ĭuring the Fourth Mizukage's reign over the Bloody Mist, Zabuza came to disagree with the workings of the village. Although Haku wanted to talk to the boy, Zabuza forced him to leave Kimimaro alone and keep moving.
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Soon after, they encountered Kimimaro, the soon-to-be-sole survivor of the Kaguya. In the anime, he and Haku witnessed the Kaguya clan attacking Kirigakure yet chose not to help his village. At some point, he discovered Haku, a child with a special kekkei genkai and began training him to be the ultimate weapon.
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His fame grew over the years as he became an Anbu, killing the Konohagakure ninja Kumade Toriichi at that time, before finally joining the Seven Swordsmen. After Zabuza, not yet a student himself, killed over one hundred Academy students, the practice was discontinued and he would thereafter be known as the "Demon of the Hidden Mist". Zabuza during his time as a Kirigakure ninja.īefore the term of the Fourth Mizukage, Yagura Karatachi, Kirigakure began the practice of pitting Kirigakure Academy graduates against each other in death matches as a final exam with the exceptionally skilled students named prime candidates for the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist.