Momochi Zabuza
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 Momochi Zabuza is a fictional character in the anime and manga series Naruto. DescriptionZabuza is a former ANBU member and Nukenin (Missing-nin) from Kirigakure no Sato (Hidden Mist Village) and an extremely powerful water jutsu user. Being a hidden mist-ninja, most of his jutsu are water-oriented. He had tried to kill the Mizukage and attempted a coup d'état on the Mizu no Kuni (Land of Water), but failed and intended to finance another one by working as an assassin. He is known as the "Kirigakure no Kijin" (霧隠れの鬼人, "Demon of the Hidden Mist") since he once single-handedly killed all of the students in the village's ninja academy as a young, untrained boy. (This event also marked the end of Kirigakure's custom of pitting students against one another in battles to the death.) Zabuza is of Jōnin level and, as a member of the Kiri no Shinobigatana Nananin Shū (霧の忍刀七人衆, "Seven Shinobi Swordsmen of the Mist"), he wields a large Zanbatō.Wave County arcHired by Gatō to assassinate Tazuna, he is forced to deal with Team 7, who have been assigned to protect Tazuna. During their first encounter, he manages to overpower Hatake Kakashi and trap him within his Suirō no Jutsu (Water Prison Technique), and would have emerged victorious had it not been for a clever tactic deployed by Uzumaki Naruto. After Kakashi uses Zabuza's most powerful jutsu, , against him, Zabuza's life is narrowly saved by his servant Haku. This young man poses as a Tracker Ninja to "kill" Zabuza and take his unconscious body away, ostensibly to assure that the secrets it held would not be uncovered by rivaling ninja clans.Several years prior to his confrontation with Naruto's group, Zabuza had met the young and lonely Haku on the cold streets and taken him under his wing. In exchange, the boy gave a promise of complete loyalty. Later, he and Haku met Kaguya Kimimaro, who was assigned to kill anyone who was from Kirigakure no Sato (Hidden Mist Village). He asked them and Zabuza briefly said no, preparing to kill Kimimaro if he tried to attack. In a battle taking place on what is later to be named the "Great Naruto bridge", Haku honors his promise by sacrificing his own life to save Zabuza, jumping in between him and Kakashi's Raikiri (Lightning Blade) attack. At first, Zabuza appears to think nothing of Haku's act, claiming that he was merely a tool, as are all shinobi. However, as an incredulous and outraged Naruto scolds him for his indifference, he finally admits to having cared for Haku. Shedding tears, he declares that even the most cold-hearted ninja is still human, and thus possesses feelings regardless of how much effort he or she puts into suppressing and concealing them.
 After being wounded in both arms, Zabuza is confronted and ridiculed by Gatō, who appears along with a mob to finish off both the assassin and those he failed to eliminate. Carrying Naruto's kunai in his mouth, Zabuza literally slices his way through the rank and file and finally kills Gatō, but is impaled by six different weapons in the process. (In the manga, Zabuza kills him by decapitation with the kunai. In the anime, Gatō is slashed and stabbed several times in the chest, and finally thrown off the bridge.) Before dying, Zabuza asks Kakashi to bury him alongside Haku, to which Kakashi complies. Trivia
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