A/N: Time to continue this story! Also, check out my story "No one understands", you might like it.
"You're finished." Sasuke muttered in a low, cold voice.
Naruto's eyes widened as Sasuke flashed through a bunch of hand signs that no one could follow before shouting, "Fire style: Phoenix flower Jutsu!" a barrage of fireballs flew towards team ten. Ino jumped out of the way immediately but Sakura didn't move. Her eyes were like a deer caught in headlights as she just stared at her crush. Just as she was about to be hit, she felt herself being pulled away from danger. When she landed on a large tree branch, her mind began to stabilize. She looked up and saw Naruto, who had a serious expression on his face.
"N-Naruto?" she stuttered out, confused as the one she 'loved' just tried to kill her.
"Sakura, snap out of it! I need you to look out for yourself this time, he's not acting right. I will do my best, but this is a dangerous situation and I need you focused!" he yelled. His eyes widened again as Sasuke seemed to appear right behind him and kicked him off the branch. Sakura watched in horror as Sasuke disappeared again.
Naruto hit the ground hard, but rolled into a fighting stance as Sasuke appeared in front of him. 'How the hell did he get so fast?' he thought as he dodged the volley of punches and kicks Sasuke was delivering. A few seconds of dodging and Naruto saw an opening. He struck Sasuke in the chest with an open palm, sending him skidding back a few feet. "Sasuke what the hell are you doing? We're here to help, not fight you." he tried to reason.
"Kukuku..." the raven haired boy chuckled, "I'm feeling so much more powerful Naruto! YOU are the one I need to fight to see just how strong I've gotten! Now fight!" he yelled as he charged and engaged into an intense taijutsu battle with the blonde haired shinobi.
'Kit, I smell snakes.' the Kyuubi stated inside Naruto's head.
'Well as helpful as that information is,' Naruto thought sarcastically while parrying Sasuke's onslaught of attacks 'How about we focus on the important things like, keeping me alive?'
'Just kill him, it will be quick and easy. He's a threat and all rules go in this forest.'
'I-I can't do that, it's not right...'
The Kyuubi sighed, 'You really are pathetic...Fine, just use a bit of my Chakra and see if you can knock him out. Do not use too much or else... well you know what will happen.'
Naruto managed to distance himself from the crazed Uchiha. He made one hand sign and started focusing his Chakra as orange swirls started to seep up from the ground beneath him. 'What the hell is that?' thought the raven haired boy, but nevertheless he charged Naruto. If he would have looked closely, he would have saw the blonde's features change dramatically. His whiskers on his face got darker and more feral, his nails became longer and more deadly and his face twisted into a frightening smirk that bared his lengthen canines.
Just before Naruto was about to rush Sasuke, a cloud of smoke engulfed the the last Uchiha. Naruto paused as he felt many new and powerful Chakra signatures coming from inside the smoke. When the smoked cleared, Sasuke had about half a dozen Kunai aimed at his throat, courtesy of the Anbu. "Sasuke Uchiha, you are to come with us immediately on the Hokage's orders." one of the Anbu stated.
"Calm down." came a quite annoyed but sultry voice. "Lower your weapons and secure the perimeter." she commanded, and just as fast as they came, the Anbu vanished. Sasuke was still shocked at the amount of killer intent that was aimed directly at him. He never came so close to dieing before in his life, including his confrontation with his brother. He suddenly yelled out in pain as the black marks on his body began to glow red and slowly retreat into the seal on his neck. The Jonin known as Anko rushed to his side to analyze the situation. She grabbed the boy's collar and found exactly what she didn't want to see. A curse mark, from none other than Orochimaru. Anko gritted her teeth, "Alright pull yourself together! We're going to the Hokage right now." she said as the Uchiha was panting on the ground. He slowly rose to his feet and gave a glare to Naruto, who seemed to be back in his emotionless state.
"We're not through yet..." were Sasuke's last words as the Anbu reappeared and took him away.
"So brat, what happened?" Asked the purple haired proctor.
Naruto frowned, "Orochimaru... he applied a curse mark to Sasuke which he survived. He's using it's powers so he's choosing to not fight it, rather embrace it." he answered said matter-a-factiy.
"How do you know about it in the first place?" Anko asked.
"I know a lot about Orochimaru, and a lot about this... Village..." He responded. "Enough about Sasuke, what about those other two?" Naruto asked, pointing at Shikamaru and Choji.
"Well you can choose to carry them to the tower if they have both scrolls. But you don't have to, considering they aren't apart of your team." said the young Proctor. At this time Ino landed next to Naruto.
"Naruto-Kun, we're going to help them right?" she pressed almost pleading. He nodded his head.
"Is there anything else you need proctor?" Naruto asked as he turned his back.
Anko took a small glance around the surrounding area. 'To think that this kid could possibly cause all this damage...' she thought. "No, go ahead and carry on with the exams." she said as she disappeared in a puff of smoke.
Sakura landed next to Ino, finally out of her trance. "Umm... Naruto-Kun, I-..." she started.
"I'm going to carry these two to the tower. Don't fall too far behind." Naruto said flatly, causing Sakura to lower her head. He then made quick hand signs for his Shadow clone jutsu and had one scout ahead while two others carried Shikamaru and Choji. The real Naruto gave a quick glance over his shoulder to his two teammates and started toward the direction of the tower.
Ino gave a light smack to the back of Sakura's head, "Let's go forehead, I don't want to get too far behind." Sakura gave a small nod but her mood didn't change. Ino caught this and quickly tried to lighten the mood. "If we hurry, maybe we can convince him to take a bath out here so we can peek at him." she then gave a small wink. Sakura lifted her head with a small shade of red across her cheeks and gave a sharp nod. They both started to catch up to Naruto.
'Hmm... that was odd...' said the Kyuubi inside Naruto's head.
'What is it?'
'The seal is still falling apart, but it's hurting neither one of us...'
'Isn't that a good thing?'
'I don't know yet, but looking at it now I think using my Chakra is no longer hurting you... In fact... It might be making you stronger...'
Naruto smirked, 'See, I always knew you worried too much. I'm just too good to die early.' he boasted.
The Kyuubi let out an annoyed sigh, 'Just give me some more time to find out exactly what's going on.'
"Naruto-Kun!" shouted a familiar blond, causing Naruto to groan a bit. He definitely wasn't in the mood to deal with his team right now. They just didn't seem to grasp just how dangerous the previous situation was. Naruto slowed down a bit but didn't turn back as Ino caught up with Sakura staying about half a leap behind.
"Naruto-Kun, do you know what happened to Sasuke for him to act like that? I mean I've never felt Chakra that... evil before..." asked the platinum blond.
"I'm not really sure myself..." Naruto lied, he really didn't want to talk to her or Sakura.
Ino then looked at Naruto's clothes and found how some parts were ripped or slightly burnt, "Oh Kami, Naruto did he do that to you?" asked Ino as she quickly grabbed hold of him when they landed on a branch. Naruto rolled his eyes a bit,
"Look it's nothing, I healed just fine..." he assured her but fell on deaf ears as he was yanked toward the blond who immediately put her hands on Naruto's chest. A small green circle enveloped both of her hands and she slowly soothed Naruto's red skin. She was holding on to her jutsu with precision just fine, as her hands were a perfect green. That is until she looked into Naruto's gaze which seemed to be boring right into her. She looked back down to his chest with an obvious blush on her cheeks as the green Chakra on her hands started to flicker and warp. Cursing herself for being so affected by him, she stopped the jutsu and took a step back. She smiled at him and he gave a "thanks..."
Sakura was still gloomy about her situation with Naruto. She got in the way... twice. To make matters worse, Ino appeared to be getting closer to Naruto while Sakura was getting further in the way. She still had feelings for Sasuke, but deep inside she still felt an urge to want to get closer with her teammate. She missed Naruto's glance in her direction,
"Sakura, is there something wrong?" he asked.
"H-Huh? Oh, u-umm, No nothing is wrong Naruto-Kun." and she gave a small smile, obviously fake in his eyes. Ino wasn't even convinced.
Naruto let out a small sigh, "Listen, if this is about the situation with Sasuke, just... try to stay more focused next time." he looked over and saw her head was pointing toward the ground. He walked over and put a hand on her shoulder. "Hey... cheer up, we still gotta become Chunin right?" she looked up as he spread his fox grin. Sakura blushed a bit and gave a firm nod. Naruto proceeded to start tree hopping again as Sakura stared for a second before she got nudged in the side by Ino.
"Don't think he's yours forehead, in fact, I think I owe him a mouth to mouth celebration." the platinum blond said with a glint in her eyes. Sakura's face lit up like fireworks and was going to respond but found Ino already hoping toward Naruto while sticking her tongue out at Sakura. Sakura just groaned and hoped, well more like prayed that Ino was just joking.
IMPORTANT A/N: Hey guys you should check out the latest Naruto chapter that just came out to day. I just opened a new forum where anyone can discuss what they think is going to happen next. Feel free to post on my forum "Naruto Discussions" and please review. I rarely updated my stories, but it's pretty hard to work when I'm constantly getting school projects.