Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto or an of the characters!

I decided to try Normal Point of View on this chapter because I wanted to try it out, and see how it worked out. Sorry about updating so late T_T.

As the genins followed Anko to their respective training grounds, they began to wonder what was in store for them. They followed Anko for a couple more meters, and then they came to a clearing. There was a fenced off area that seemed like a big circle. Inside the fenced area, there seemed to be hundreds of thick green trees that seemed to give the place an ominous feel. The trees were so clumped around each other that it was impossible to see a few meters forward.

The genin teams spread around the area, as Anko cleared her throat.

"The second exam will begin shortly. You will be given one of two scrolls, either the earth or heaven scroll. Before you can get them you need to sign a consent form, so we won't be blamed if anything happens while you are inside. Sign the form and go get your scroll at the front cabin. Remember that everything goes when you arrive inside there will be no holding back."

"Naruto, Sasuke are you guys ready?" asked Sakura.

"Of course Sakura-chan, I am always ready." Naruto answered.

"Hn." (Guess who? You got it! Sasuke!)

Team 7 walked to turn in the forms, and they received a heaven scroll. They had a few minutes before the second exam began. The other teams were at different entrances waiting for the exam to begin. Everyone was nervous, and they all wanted to prove themselves. They wanted to strive to be better ninjas.

The gate creaked open as the ninjas opened it. The teams raced through, and began their treacherous journey.

Team 7 walked on, as they tried to figure out what they would do to get the earth scroll. They were jumping from tree to tree, when a man in with a straw hat and tan robe came out.

"I see that you are doing well Sasuke-kun." he said in a scratchy voice.

"Who are you?" Sasuke asked him with an impassive look.

"Ah, Sasuke-kun I am the one that will give you all the power you need to kill your brother."

"I don't need your help!"

"Sasuke-kun you will have to seek me out to gain what your heart desires."

The weird man slowly made his way towards Sasuke and lifted his hat up. He let his long purple tongue lick his lips. His head reached out and was about to pierce Sasuke's neck. When Sasuke skid away from him, but he was only a couple of feet away, and the man was back in a second. He pierced his neck as Sasuke let out a startled scream.

"Sasuke-kun you will seek me out!" He said as he laughed maniacally.

Sasuke went down to his knees and clenched his neck painfully. Sakura ran to him and tried to get a look at his neck but Sasuke would not let her near him. His cold exterior was filled with pain, and even though he was going through it, he would not let anyone near him.

Sakura was worried for him, but she couldn't really do anything for him if he wasn't willing to let them in. She felt a pang in her heart. What could be happening to her? She couldn't be falling for her stoic teammate…could she?

Sasuke collapsed, and they all ran over to help him lay down on the grass. Naruto and Sakura were sitting down, when they heard some faint rustling in the background. Some Sound ninjas jumped out from the bushes were they had settled.

"Hey, hand over the Uchiha boy and nobody will get hurt!"

"Like hell we will hand him over! He is our friend, we are not just going to give up a comrade like that! Right Sakura-chan! Let's beat them!"

"Well then let's move then!" Sakura answered with a fiery glaze in her eyes.

The Sound ninjas attacked first. They took out some shuriken and threw them. We dodged them and ran towards them engaging in some Taijutsu. Sakura took out some kunais and started throwing them at the Sound ninja. Most of the kunai were avoided, but there were some that hit the Sound ninjas. Sakura smirked as she began to ready her attack.

"Mikazuki No Mai" A rain of weapons fell on the enemy as Sakura quickly launched her next attack.

"Katon Goukakyuu no Jutsu" A big huge fireball encased the enemy ninja. Sakura smirked as she saw the sound ninjas send her a surprised glance.

Naruto stared at Sakura in bewilderment. How had this happened? Last time he had noticed she had been the weakest one. She was a girl who needed to be protected, not someone to be feared. A sound ninja appeared behind Sakura.

"Sakura-chan watch..." Naruto started to say, but it was too late the kunai had embedded itself in the depths of her stomach. Naruto watched her startled face, then something happened...she smirked and disappeared in a poof of smoke. Naruto's eyes widened as he saw Sakura's body form into a log. Substitution Jutsu...when had she...?

Naruto pulled himself from his trance and attacked the ninja.

"Uzumaki Nisen Naruto Rendan" A bunch of Naruto's began attacking the ninjas making it harder for Sakura to target the enemy. She quietly squatted down and began analyzing the situation. She thought back to the vision she had had a few days earlier. It had been about some sort of training she had done in the future. She quietly got up, as the Naruto clones disappeared

She sent some chakra to her fist; she felt her arm charge up as she hit the ground. A huge blast was heard, and then dust rose in the air. Once the dust cleared, a huge part of the forest had been cleared out, and there now stood a huge crater in between. Sakura stared at the crater in disbelief. She saw the Sound ninjas get up, but before they could flee she made their way towards them.

"What scroll do you have?" She asked.

"We have the earth scroll. You may have it, if you let us flee."

Sakura smirked, and agreed to the deal. She saw the ninjas head out, and she began to head towards their camp. She saw Naruto and she ran towards him.

Meanwhile behind the clearing, Ino, Shikamaru, and Choji were all hiding and staring in amazement after the small petite brown haired girl. (remember she has brown hair as of now)

"Ino, you knew her in the academy, right?" Shikamaru asked.

"Yeah, I did, but she didn't seem strong back then. She always seemed kind of depressed now that I think about it."

"Well, it looks like things are finally starting to look up. Don't ya think?"

The two of his teammates nodded their head in unison, as they made their journey into the forest of death.

"Naruto, wait up!"

"Sakura-chan, when did you get so strong?

"Naruto, what do you think I did after being at the bottom of our team after all of those missions? I didn't just sit on my butt all day. I trained and it looks like it is paying off."

"I am proud of you Sakura-chan!"

"Thanks Naruto." She smirked.

And so the two teammates headed towards Sasuke. When they got back to the camp, they saw Sasuke sitting against the tree.

"Hey, Sasuke-teme."

"Dobe."

"Oh please don't start that AGAIN!"

"Hn"

"Sorry, Sakura-chan."

Sakura let out a sigh before she said "Let's go. We better get to the tower. I do need my beauty sleep you know."

Sasuke stared at Naruto and Sakura before he stated, "We only have on scroll. We..."

His statement was silenced when she held up both scrolls in her hand.

"Come on Sasuke-kun," She smirked, "Let's go!"

Sasuke nodded his head and the three of them made their way towards the tower. They weren't too far off, and when they arrived they were surprised to find that they had made at the same time as the team from the sand. The one with the reddish hair seemed to have a very threatening aura, and he was accompanied by a tall blonde woman (her hair was up in a ponytail and she had some weird angles in her hair which made it look spiky) and a man with purple paint across his cheeks.

"So it looks like we aren't the only ones who finished early." The tall blonde woman said.

"My name is Temari, this is my brother Kankuro, and my other younger brother Gaara."

"Hi, my name is Haruno Sakura, and these are my teammates Uzumaki Naruto, and Uchiha Sasuke. It is a pleasure to meet you."

"Same here."

The two groups made their way to the tower. They were greeted by guards, who explained the contents of the scrolls, and why they were important. They then proceeded to the tower to wait for the second exam to end.

Oh jeez, this was a pretty lame chapter wasn't it? T_T Sorry I took so long to update. It is just that I have been really busy with school lately. I'll try to update again this week, but if I don't I am so sorry. Oh and yes Sakura has been having some visions of her future self training with Tsunade, and since she remembers her visions she remembers the training she does in the future. I will try to include some of these future training sessions in the next chapter. I am sorry if it is confusing, and I am trying to improve the fight scenes...I know they are pretty bad so sorry...Yeah that's all please review and comment and suggest and all that good stuff.

Next Chapter: The Tournament Part 1: Preliminary Exams

Who will fight who? What will go on during these matches?

~Timafa12~