(Last Time On Naruto: Crimson Ninja)

Naruto was stunned, "Iruka-sensei? What's going on why are you appearing from a summoning jutsu?". Iruka chuckled, "Well Naruto we Chunin are messengers for you genin about this part of the exam and I was lucky enough to become the messager for you guys." He checked his watch, "You guys just made it here it's almost over." He soon went on and explained about the scroll they found on the wall. Sakura was eyeing Iruka, 'Hmm…He seems to like my son…however he didn't admit it until young Naruto was nearly killed by Mizuki…speaking of whom I really should deal with him later…the fool thinking that I'd give him power for killing her child…You may be helping the boy now Iruka but it does not excuse you from my wrath!' Her eyes flashed purple before returning back to green.

(Now)

A few days of healing later

All of the passing teams were listening to the third as he explained about the truth of the exams soon he offered anyone a chance to back out of the exams after their third exam proctor Gekkou Hayate arrived, He was a kind sickly looking man with a jounin vest, blacks pants, and a sword strapped to his back.

Much to Naruto's surprise Kabuto raised his hand, "I'm out."

"What? Kabuto?"

The silver-haired man smiled, "I'm sorry Naruto-kun but ever since that encounter in the first exam with the Oto-nin I've been death in my right ear."

Hayate spoke, "You're Yakushi Kabuto correct?" He wrote his name down on a clipboard, "Alright you may go."

The Sandaime along with the other proctors began talking about Kabuto's past.

Kabuto turned to leave and as he did a sinister look appeared in his eyes, 'If I stayed my 'old blood' might start rising again and as a top spy that would not be appropriate for my mission…besides… with you masquerading as their teammate you've got everything under control don't you… Ketsua?' He knowingly looked at Sakura an image of Ketsua appeared above her. Kabuto walked away, 'I look forward to seeing you again someday Naruto-kun.'

Sakura looked at Kabuto's retreating form with a knowing sinister glint in her eyes…she turned her attention on Team 10 who stood to attention at her gaze. She smirked evilly, 'Good they're still under my jutsu…They're still my pawns…Just as I planned.' Next she turned a cold hateful glare on the Sandaime, 'Sarutobi…I will make you suffer for your lies…for what what Kushina's has gone through because of your actions… you shall suffer his pain a thousand fold!' Her emerald eyes began to glow and her fists clenched tightly a faint dark purple aura began to seep from her body only Neji, Hinata, and the Sandaime noticed it.

Hinata noticed Sakura's actions and shivered, 'I…I don't know why but… Sakura frightens me so much now!' She could sense something was very different about the pink haired girl she wasn't all over Sasuke and wasn't scolding Naruto like she used to. Also she sensed a different presence than usual the original Sakura was loud and annoying especially when it came to her raven haired teammate or talking down Naruto, but this 'new' Sakura seemed to have a much more commanding sinister presence.

Neji activated his Byakugan and stared at "Sakura", 'Her chakra it's so sinister and evil…It's like she isn't even human.' He could see her chakra pathways but instead of them being blue, they were a dark purple and her chakra was like a dark flame seeping throughout her body.

Sarutobi remembered what Anko told him when he found her wounded in the hospital.

(Flashback a day ago)

Hiruzen was doing his paperwork with annoyance when a Chunin burst into his office…he looked like he ran all the way here forgetting about Shunshin.

"Hokage-sama!" a random chunin barged in

Hiruzen sighed, "What is it?"

"It's Mitarashi Anko! She's…been attacked!"

Sarutobi's eyes widened, "What!" he yelled.

"Yes sir! She's in critical condition!"

Hiruzen ordered, "Take me to her!"

"Yes Hokage-sama!" Instantly Hiruzen and the chunin sunshine to the hospital…the people recognizing their leader allowed him in and took him when asked to Anko's room.

What Hiruzen saw shocked him…many medic-nin were standing around Anko's form trying to heal the deep puncture wound in her stomach…it looked like she'd been stabbed with a spear through the stomach…She had clad in nothing but her fishnet mesh making

several of the males have nosebleeds from her 'assets'.

Hiruzen was horrified, "What happened to her?"

One medic nin turned, "We don't know Hokage-sama…we found her like this on our way back from the field and brought her in."

Anko somehow woke up, "H-Hokage…sama…" She was in so much pain… it was difficult to talk.

Hiruzen asked, "Anko-chan who did this to you?"

"It…was…someone named…Ketsua…she's… the one under the skin… of… the 'new' Haruno Sakura… and looks like…Kushina-sensei".

Sarutobi was stunned, 'Who is this Ketsua person'. "Anko-chan is there anything this Ketsua wants?"

"Yes…sir…she wants to retrieve the weird Naruto kid…the black and blomde girly gaki…above anything else."

Hiruzen backed up, 'She wants Naruto? Never… she won't get him".

Anko whispered before going unconscious again, "Hokage-sama…one last thing...Ketsua said…Kushina-sensei is very angry with you…beware… she may come after you…sir…" with that Anko fell unconscious again.

Sarutobi shivered…he knew how dangerous Kushina had been before but who knew what happened over the years.?

(Flashback end)

Hiruzen had heard the reports that Haruno Sakura was one of the Genin who died in the forest and now she suddenly shows up alive but different? There was no doubt in his mind who's really hiding within the skin of 'Haruno Sakura.' He could sense it.

Soon Hayate announced, "Now…cough…we will begin the preliminaries…cough…look to…cough…the wall above the statue."

Everyone looked to see a panel open above the ram statue to reveal an electronic screen and it began scanning through names…

Soon it stopped and read Uchiha Sasuke Vs Akadō Yoroi

Sasuke smirked, "I get to go first huh? Hmph how unexpected." The arrogance in his tone was so sharp you could cut it with a knife.

Yoroi smirked under his mouth cloth, 'Ooh I'm gonna enjoy beating you up Uchiha!'

Naruto rolled his eyes as if he cared whether or not this bastard passed.

Hayate commanded, "Will…all…cough…but the two competitors…cough report to the upper balcony?"

The rookies and their senseis all went up to the upper floor except Kakashi… who came to wish his precious Uchiha good luck.

Kakashi spoke, "Sasuke…use whatever means to win. You're an Uchiha and you won't get in trouble if you kill anyone."

Sasuke and Yoroi remained down on the floor. Sasuke smirked, "Hmph…Tell me something I don't know Kakashi…Everyone shall soon fear the Uchiha clan as they should."

Ino was silent along with her team because they were under 'Sakura's jutsu. They knew not to act up less they anger their master.

Asuma was surprised, 'Normally Ino would be cheering for Sasuke to win…and Shikamaru would say she's troublesome…what happened to my team? They've been acting strange ever since the second exam ended.'

Kurenai was looking coldly at Naruto, 'Soon demon… you will die by my student's hands…I managed to break Hinata from your mind control beast.'

Suddenly Kurenai felt a massive wave of KI aimed at her she was shocked to see Sakura looking at her with the same dark hateful glare she was giving Naruto, 'What's with her? I thought she hated the demon too and how is she releasing so much KI?'

'Sakura' glared at her former genin, 'Kurenai… you're foolish to let my disappearance blind you to the truth…I'll make your students suffer for your crimes against Kushina's son.' She was releasing Kage-level killing intent more than enough to knock most of the other genin unconscious yet Hinata was the only one to faint the intent was too much for the poor Hyuga girl she was instantly knocked out.

Sakura smirked cruelly at the unconscious hyuga, 'She gives a bad name to all of us kunoichi…this girl is as pathetic as her mother was, She broker Naruto's heart, and now he wants to take her out. '. Her smile only seemed to grow more cruel remembering how she killed the weakling Hyuga after she had given birth to her second daughter.

Kurenai gasped when Hinata fainted, "Hinata!" She tried to wake her up but couldn't. Hinata was in a death-like trance from the intense KI alone so the medics had to take her away saying she was out of the exam.

Neji watched Hinata being carried off with a sneer, 'Tch…Just as fate intended… she's a failure and always will be nothing more than a failure.'

Kakashi watched Sasuke's battle intently, 'There's no way Sasuke will lose…he's the best of them all no one can beat him.' He sneered under his mask at Naruto, 'Especially not a demon he will eventually control as the lowly beast that it is.'

Hayate spoke, "Cough…Uchiha Sasuke…Akadō Yoroi…you both have been chosen as the first ones to fight in the preliminaries…cough…Any protests?"

Sasuke shook his head, "No."

Yoroi nodded, "None here."

Hayate nodded, "Alright…cough…The first match of the preliminaries…hajime…cough!" He raised and lower his arm to signal the start of the match.

Sasuke leapt back and went through hand seals, "Fire release: Great Fireball Technique!" He shot a fireball at Yoroi who easily avoided it…

"Ha! This'll be fun!" Yoroi placed his hands in a seal and they began to glow.

Sakura smirked, 'Poor little Uchiha…Yoroi-kun's techniques are the absolute worst you could face! Unless…you were born with a huge amount of chakra like me, Kushina, Naruto-Kun and I were".

Sasuke sneered, "Like your glowing hand is going to frighten me away! I'm an Uchiha you scum!"

Yoroi smirked, "I'm gonna enjoy taking you down a peg or two." He rushed forward with his glowing hand aimed to touch Sasuke.

The Uchiha began going through hand seals again, "Fire release: Phoenix Sage Fire Technique!" Sasuke shot multiple fireballs at Yoroi…but the older Genin easily weaved around them dodging them all…Yoroi soon managed to grab Sasuke in the forehead then pinned him to the ground…he began absorbing Sasuke's chakra.

Sasuke struggled, "My chakra! You're absorbing my chakra!"

Yoroi sneered, "It took you this long just to figure that out? How the hell are you the best genin the village has to offer?" He continued draining Sasuke's chakra…The Uchiha's struggles weakened… until he fainted from the chakra loss…

Yoroi let go of him and got up with a scoff, "Tch. He wasn't that hard to defeat."

Hayate announced, "Cough…I'm stopping this before it goes too far…Shousa Akadō Yoroi!"

Kakashi couldn't believe it, "How…How could my best student lose!" The other jonin were surprised as well.

Neji shook his head, 'I guess fate decreed Uchiha Sasuke to lose in the exam.'

Naruto smirked, "I guess the Uchiha clan ain't all they're cracked up to be… eh Kakashi?"

Kakashi glared at Naruto, 'Ooh! You just wait demon! Soon you'll get yours! I'll avenge my sensei's death!' He shunshined down to the floor and picked up his prized pupil before taking him to the medics…who scrambled over themselves to take their 'beloved' Uchiha to the infirmary to be given the best medical treatment (kiss ups much?)

Kiba laughed, "Oh man! I guess the teme wasn't all that tough after all!" He got smacked by Kurenai, "Ow!"

Kurenai scolded, "That's not very nice to say about your comrades Kiba-kun."

Kiba grumbled something about 'Bastard Uchihas not being comrades.' "Ow!" Kurenai smacked him in the head again.

Akamaru snickered at his partner's dilemma.

Soon the Board began through names again and stopped at Aburame Shino Vs Abumi Zaku

Zaku the spiky haired Oto-genin smirked, "Who's that loser?"

Shino remained silent as they both walked down.

Sakura spoke, "Naruto-kun I have something to do I'll be right back…" She vanished quickly.

Naruto raised an eyebrow, 'What's gotten into her?' He thought, "Whatever game she is playing i don't like it one bit, but at least i'll enjoy her niceness.' Rias finally spoke up, "I don't know Naruto-kun…I sense something strange about her…". 'That you Rias? Where've you been? 'I've been resting Naruto-kun… believe it or not even I need to rest once in a while, plus working on your next training schedule with me and Kyu.'

I see so what's so strange about Sakura now?' Just keep a close watch on her Naruto-kun I sense the Sakura you once knew is no longer alive.' 'Sweet I never liked the bitch anyway!' Rias sweatdropped before cutting off the connection so she could rest some more.

'Still why did Hinata do it? What did i do wrong?' he pondered with a troubled face, but after a minute his face switched to serious. "Never mind, she chose to stand by the villagers, there's no other choice".

(Infirmary)

Sakura appeared at the infirmary and met the receptionist. She read through the girl's memories and winced, 'Ugh! I can't believe I have to demean myself like this!' She put on her cutest pout for those who couldn't sense her true sinister power, "Hi! Um…I'm Haruno Sakura and I'm wondering if I could visit Sasuke-kun? I'm his teammate."

The receptionist smiled, "Of course you can he's just got a case of chakra exhaustion."

Sakura smiled back, "Thank you!" But inwardly she was disgusted and wanted to wretch, She was led to Sasuke's room and entered alone, but she noticed there were a couple of ANBU guard. The snake queen in disguise scoffed and then swiftly killed each one without any resistance,Injecting high fatal doses of her venom into them they died instantly and painlessly,Kushina prefered to make a kill as clean as possible. Sakura stood at Sasuke's bed. The Uchiha looked so peaceful in his sleep,aside from his casual muttering of 'Itachi vengeance… is mine!'

Sakura dug into her pouch and brought out a syringe with a strange black ink-like liquid inside. She smirked maliciously, 'So…You want power to gain revenge? I'll give you power little boy…' She stabbed the needle into Sasuke's arm and pushed the plunger…the liquid went into Sasuke's arm…Sasuke groaned in his sleep but didn't wake…

The pink haired girl turned and left to go see Anko in the hospital…using the old style curse seal her predecessor gave Anko as a tracking beacon…

(Hospital)

Sakura arrived in the hospital and searched for Anko's chakra signal, she found it and went into the room she was in, Sakura smirked as she studied Anko's vital signs, they were still strong and her venom was still in Anko's system. The fools had obviously tried to eject it but her venom is no ordinary venom. It's a powerful demonic toxin that can change its structure to appeared to be normal body fluid flowing through her victim's body to fool those who would try to remove it, Even her former sensei and mother-in-law Tsunade wouldn't be able to stop it, She walked over to her former pupil, and sat on her bed close to her.

"Anko-chan… I really hoped you of all people would know how my son felt… out of my three former students I liked you the best because we were so similar back then." Sakura said with some nostalgia. She reached out and stroked Anko's hair, "You've disappointed me Anko-chan…So you must be punished for your choices and I'll be dealing with Kurenai and Yugao soon enough."

She sighed with some regret and stood up to leave. She vanished via shunshin not noticing Anko's chakra was beginning to change or her features becoming more snake-like…

(Tower)

The battle between Zaku and Shino got really tough but Zaku won by using his air cannons to destroy Shino's army and blowing the Aburame into the wall… before Shino could even create a beetle bushin.

Zaku sneered, "Tch. Like I said just a loser!" He walked back up to the balcony.

Kurenai and Kiba couldn't believe their eyes…Shino lost.

Soon Sakura reappeared at the bottom floor and walked back up where she stopped beside Naruto. She crossed her arms and gazed up at the board wondering who was next…The board soon read Tsurugi Misumi Vs Kankuro

This battle Kankuro won easily by using his mastery of his puppet known as 'Karasu' to trick his opponent who revealed his body's strange abilities to dislocate his joints.

The board ran through names again before stopping Uzumaki Naruto Vs Inuzuka Kiba

Kiba grinned, "Alright! I'm up against the dobe this'll be easy!" He basically made a complete fool of himself dancing around like a total moron.

But Akamaru wasn't so confident…something about Naruto had changed big time and he had a feeling they were screwed…

Sakura raised an eyebrow at Kiba, 'Heh…so he's Tsume's kid eh? looks as mangy as she does!'

Originally according to the information Kushina passed to Ketsua, she didn't like Tsume, the Inuzuka Heiress had always be hanging around her. plus she didn't like how she smelled, so she pretended to be her friend, but gradually over the years she began to notice how similar they were in attitude so she began to genuinely become best friends with her, until a few years ago when her spies told her tsume was one of the ones who attempted to kill her son, she considered poisoning Kiba, but why she should deny Kushina's son a chance to vent some anger out on the mutt?

Naruto and Kiba walked down to the floor and faced each other.

Kiba spoke, "You know Naruto…I'll end this in one shot and make Hinata mine Demon!"

Naruto Scowled. "You can keep her, she means nothing to me anymore and learn when to quit, your a warm up, actually your more of an appetizer or something smaller than an appetizer.!"

Unnoticed by everyone else and him a seal appeared on Naruto's forehead.

Kiba scoffed, "Tch! Akamaru stand back and let me handle this, i'll get this beast back for what he said about Hinata.!"

Akamaru shook his head and backed away…

Hayate announced, "The fifth match…Uzumaki Naruto…Versus…Cough…Inuzuka Kiba…cough…Hajime!".