Sasuke temporarily manages to hold his own against Haku, an impressive feat in itself, for the fact that Haku is an extremely formidable opponent. He even awakens his Sharingan. Naruto, hardheaded as usual, refuses to accept that Haku is too strong for him, thus, he repeatedly picks himself up and continues hopelessly fighting. Haku throws needles at Naruto and Sasuke, fearing the needles to be fatal, jumps in front of Naruto and is struck with them instead. After Naruto witnesses this selfless act by his fellow teammate, believes Sasuke has been killed. As he cries over his fallen comrade, he is blinded by immense anger and frustruation and allows his inner demon to partly overtake him. After this, Haku is severely wounded by an enraged Naruto, who does not seem to be affected by the needles he throws at him. This being due to Kyubi's chakra merely shunning them aside as if they were nothing. Haku, in disbelief, admits that "This isn't good", before getting punched out of his Ice Mirrors.
Trivia
Although edited out in the dub of Episode #3: Sasuke and Sakura: Friends or Foes?, the scene of Naruto accidentally kissing Sasuke is shown in the flashback sequence of the dub of this episode.
Manga Chapters
This is a list of chapters from the manga this episode is from
