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NaruHaku is the slash ship between Naruto Uzumaki and Haku from the Naruto fandom.
Canon[]
Part I[]
Naruto first encountered Haku on the battlefield while he and the rest of Team 7 were battling against Zabuza Momochi. Haku had disguised himself as a hunter-nin and used senbon to seemingly kill Zabuza, and announced that he was going to dispose of his corpse before disappearing with them. Naruto was mad that a boy who could not be much older than him displayed such skill, and Kakashi explained to him that there are people younger than Naruto but stronger than even him. After the battle, Kakashi looked back on the details and explained that Zabuza was still alive and that they would have to train to fight him again along with Haku.
Haku later disguised himself as a woman and went to go pick some herbs for medicinal purposes. He encountered an unconscious Naruto who had been training, and he woke him up, warning him that he might catch a cold if he sleeps outside. Haku and Naruto then discussed their purposes and goals in life, and Haku asked him if there was someone he wanted to protect. Haku told Naruto that ninja will become stronger before leaving, and then told him that he's actually a male. Naruto became flustered upon learning this, noting that he had found Haku to be even prettier than his crush, Sakura Haruno.
Naruto joined the battlefield late because he overslept and stopped to protect Inari, and his teammate Sasuke was already surrounded by Haku's ice mirrors. Naruto managed to sneak in to help Sasuke, who then activated his Sharingan and seemingly took a fatal blow for Naruto. Naruto became enraged and started to use the chakra of the Nine-Tailed Fox to defeat Haku. When his mask broke off, Naruto realized that Haku was the 'woman' from the other day and stopped.
Haku begged Naruto to kill him, as he felt that he was no longer of use to Zabuza. Naruto did not want to do so but reluctantly began to comply until Haku sensed that Kakashi was about to kill Zabuza and took the fatal blow for him. Naruto then yelled at Zabuza for treating Haku like a tool when he dedicated his entire life to him. Zabuza admitted that even though he was a shinobi, he was still a human, and sacrificed himself to take out Gato and all of his henchmen. Naruto and the rest of the team then had Zabuza and Haku buried next to each other.
Part II[]
Haku was revived by the Edo Tensei during the Fourth Shinobi World War. He was forced to fight against the Allied Shinobi Forces and ended up fighting against Kakashi. Kakashi told Haku that Naruto had grown into an admirable shinobi, and Haku expressed with delight that Naruto would only continue to grow. Haku was later released back into the afterlife after the end of the war.
Fanon[]
NaruHaku has a small amount of popularity in the Naruto fandom. As Haku is from the first major story arc of the series, he is a very well-known character. The NaruHaku ship is based on Naruto's physical attracting to Haku when he was disguised as a girl, as he had found him to be prettier than even his crush, Sakura. Haku is often portrayed as being feminine in NaruHaku fanworks due to his appearance and the fact that many fans initially mistook him for a female, before he had even disguised himself as a woman. On AO3, there are over 140 works for the pairing, and there are over 40 on FFN. NaruHaku rivals the ZabuHaku, SasuNaru, NaruHina, and NaruSaku pairings.
Fandom[]
- FAN ART
- Naruto-x-Haku fanclub on DeviantArt
- NaruHaku search results on DeviantArt
- NaruHaku tag on DeviantArt
- FAN FICTION
- Haku/Naruto tag on AO3
- Haku/Naruto tag on FanFiction.Net
