{Chapter 12}

Preliminary round

Sakura shook her head at Naruto she was wondering how in her time she would do this she was lucky because he showed up to stop them but not again.

"No Naruto you are not opening the scroll we have a heaven scroll now we need an earth scroll." Sakura said to him sternly

Naruto frowned

"But Sakura-chan!" Naruto wined

Sakura twitched in annoyance "Let's say we did open it Naruto we will fail and never become chunin till the next time do you want to prolong your time in becoming hokage?" she explained to him trying to talk him out of it

Naruto's eyes widened in disbelief

"You're right! I want to become hokage fast! Believe it!" Naruto said hugging the scroll to his chest now Sakura rolled her eyes wondering where Sasuke is right now with the food

"That's good you stopped him Sakura-chan." said a new voice making itself known to the two now

Sakura's eyes narrowed

"Kabuto-san." she said sickly sweet to him putting a fake smile on her face

Kabuto smiled back at her not noticing it's fake

"Hey Kabuto what are you doing here!?" Naruto asked with a grin not finding it suspicious

Kabuto sat down next to Sakura

Sakura's eyes narrowed thinking he was too close for comfort

"What's he doing here?" Sasuke demanded staring at Kabuto as he just arrived from hunting for food

Kabuto smiled at him

"Hello Sasuke-kun."

"If you want our scroll then you have to kill me to get it." Sasuke stated

Kabuto shook his head

"No my team and I already have it I just lost my team they should be heading to the tower now I wish to travel with your group for now." he said

"Fine." Sasuke said not letting his team mates have a say

Sakura looked like she was going to protest but Sasuke shook his head saying he was going either way

"Thank you." he said

Sakura just ignored him as she put the fish on a stick and put it in the fire she then felt an intense pain in her shoulder where the curse mark is her hand shot up to it trying to hide it

Kabuto looked at her

"Sakura-chan are you okay?" he asked

Sakura nods looking away from him

Kabuto secretly smirked Orochimaru told him his new target is Sakura

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Sakura felt like she was missing something after she watched Naruto kill a snake by a kunai pinning it to a tree

Kabuto looked at her waiting to see if she figured it out yet

Sakura looked around again and seen the snake her eyes widen

"Shit." she muttered

They all look at her

"It's a genjutsu we have been walking around in circles without realizing it. Look there's the snake Naruto killed." she said as they see the snake

Sasuke turned his sharingan on

"She's right." he said

Sakura performed the hand sign to get out of this

"Kai." she muttered as the genjutsu fell that's when ninja from rain came out there was tons of them

The five stare at them

"We have to fight." Sasuke said just then Naruto created tons of clones they all ran at the ninja

Sakura's eyes narrowed Something seemed off

She watched as Naruto's punch went straight through the ninja

Her eyes widen

"What!" Naruto yelled

Sakura kept watching

'They can hit us but we can't! What the hell I forgot this part and what they are using!' Sakura thought doing a backflip to dodge the punch coming at her 'I can't remember what this is! There not clones it's not another genjutsu….what is it?'

Sakura glared at the ninja as she kept dodging

She suddenly felt a pulse come from the mark

'Use it…you will have power you will end this!' a foreign voice said in her head

Sakura's hands went to the mark to hide it from view

Kabuto glanced at her and smirked

Sakura shook her head

'No! I can't let this control me!' she thought as she dodged a punch 'I have more important things then this power the enemy!' Sakura's eyes widen at realization

"Guys! It's an illusion!" just after she says that the illusion ninja disappear and three rain shinobi stood before them

The three rain ninja look at hikaru

"Not many people can figure that out." one of them said

Sakura glared at them as her breathing began to become heavy she fell to her knees

"Sakura!"

Sakura fell to the ground unconscious

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Kakashi slipped out of Danzo's office with some files that seemed of use that he can give to Sakura so she can figure them out there all in code he could figure them out but Sakura wants him to gain information on them he needed to get back to his squad there probably at the building waiting for him to show up Kakashi stayed low not wanting to get caught by someone

"That was a long meeting." a root ninja said yawning

"Yeah you're right."

The root ninja yawned again

"So Sai has to kidnap the Haruno after this part of the chunin exams."

"Yeah."`

"When everyone left the Haruno alone in the hospital bed and she was knocked out by all the drugs the doctors gave her to calm the pain sai got close enough and want to know what he saw?"

"Yea?"

"He saw seal on her stomach a jinchuuriki seal it was a strange one he said it was a white circle around her stomach and the three cherry blossoms surrounded that circle."

The other root ninja gasped surprisingly

"So she's a jinchuuriki?"

"Yup."

The two root ninja passed a shock and disbelief Kakashi

Kakashi hurried he had to get to his team now

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Sakura opened her eyes again to see she was in a building and that she was on Naruto's back as they talk to Iruka

"Where are we?" Sakura asked dazed still

Naruto jumped in shock as Sakura spoke but slowly calmed down

"We're in the building we had to go to!" Naruto said cheerful

Sakura slowly nods

"Can I get put down please?" she asked

Naruto put Sakura down

Sakura felt her legs shake a little but stayed up

"So we passed?"

All of them nod

"Sasuke-kun!" a squeaky voice was heard

They all turn their heads to stare at the person

"Well I have to go good luck!" Iruka said before disappearing

Sasuke tried pushing the blond of him even naruto was trying to help

"Help!" Sasuke yelled

Sakura looked at them lazily

"Pig get off him now can't you see he hates it when you do that." Sakura hissed at her

Ino glared at her

Sakura glared back

"Get with your squad!" the hokage said

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Kakashi ran through the village he was close to where they were going to battle now the files were in his pocket secured he was mad at Sakura why didn't she trust him enough to tell him she was an jinchuuriki!? Kakashi felt hurt a little at that he cared so much for her.

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Sakura sighed as she waited

"Sense there is a lot of you we are going to hold a preliminary round and whoever wins against their opponent goes to the finals! You can stay or you can forfeit we won't hold it against you!" the hokage said

Kabuto raised his hand

"Sorry guys I'm low on chakra I'll lose." he said leaving them

Anko whispered something to the hokage

They then look at team seven

Sasuke stared at sakura seeing her twitch in pain then put her hand over her neck Sasuke's eyes flashed with concern at why she is doing that

"Sakura i think you should forfeit now you're in pain." sasuke said in a low voice so only sakura heard it

Sakura looked at him

"No I'm fine" she said

"Saku-"

"I said I'm fine!" she said in a threatening tone

Sasuke stared in shock

'I guess I will ask for them to take her out then.' Sasuke thought raising his hand but before he could raise it anymore someone grabbed his hand

"I told you I'm fine so stop it now."

Sasuke sighed and put his hand down

"Fine but if I see you hurt more I'm having them take you out." Sasuke said

Sakura glared at him but then turned forward not responding back to him she knew he forgot the mark was on her neck

'Just like we thought.' the hokage thought

"We should take her out of the exam." Anko said

The third shook his head

"Leave it if it gets to serious then we will." he said

Anko nods

"You all can go up to the balcony and wait till you see your name." the thirds said

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Sakura sighed as she looked at the board waiting to see her name just when she was going to rest

"Hey Naruto I'll be back."

Naruto nods not really paying attention he was just watching Sasuke's fight

Sakura walked to the bathroom to freshen up before her fight with Ino happened Sakura turned the sink on and got her hands cold with water she splashed some on her face trying to help herself Sakura turned it off and grabbed a paper towel wiping her face off she then threw it out

Sakura sighed as she turns around but stops when she sees her rival

"Ino why are you here?" she asked calmly

Ino smirked and flipped her ponytail over her shoulder

"I'm just here to tell you if we fight I'm not going easy on you it's not like you'll defeat me anyway." Ino said her hands on her hips

Sakura glared at her

"I'm stronger than you and I will prove it you are not my equal!" Sakura said

ino turned around

"We will see…if we fight that is." Ino said walking away

Sakura couldn't contain her anger so she punched the bathroom wall leaving some crakes and blood from her knuckles

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Sakura walked back to her squad to see Naruto staring at the screen again and that Kakashi was finally there

"What's going on?" Sakura asked

Kakashi's head shot to her and held the look of disappointment

Sakura stiffened at that look wondering why he is looking at her like that

"We need to speak in private Sakura." he said firmly leaving no room for an argument

Sakura nods stiffly and follows him into the hall there two other teammates never noticed as they look at the new fight Kin vs Shikamaru

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Kakashi crossed his arms and stared at her

"Why?" he questioned his voice strained

Sakura tilted her head to the side

"Why what?"

Kakashi's eyes narrowed

"Why didn't you tell me you were a jinchuuriki?" he asked sounding hurt

Sakura's eyes widen as her hands shot up trying to hide her stomach from view even though the seal isn't visible "I….i didn't want you to know….." Sakura said looking at the ground feeling terribly guilty now "I'm sorry….i was afraid." she said her voice shaking

Kakashi's hands drop to his side

"Afraid of what?" he asked concerned for her

Sakura's head bowed her hair fell in her face

"That's the thing I don't know." she muttered

Kakashi frowned as he lifted her head up by her chin and brushed some strands of pink hair out of her face

"Tell me Sakura did you ever marry in your time?"

Sakura's eyes widen as she shook her head

"Never had the chance I always took missions I was to busy to settle down."

Kakashi smiled

"This time you should Sakura-chan."

Sakura blushed but soon smiled at him

"Hai Kakashi!"

Kakashi nods his hand leaving her chin

"Let's get back."

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Naruto grinned seeing the two

"Sakura-chan! Guess what!"

Sakura raised an eyebrow

"The old man let Hinata and Neji both go to the finals sense they both put up a good fight but I got angry when he hit her like that! Believe it! I'll beat him!" Naruto said determined

"Will sakura haruno and ino yamanaka please come down here?" Hayate said

Sakura looked at Ino seeing her look back at her

Sakura smirked and jumped over the railing landing gracefully on her feet Ino soon followed

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Hayate stared at the two rivals

"You know the rules begin!" Hayate yelled jumping away from the two

Ino jumped back throwing three kunai at Sakura

Sakura stayed at her place and stared lazily at them everyone wondered if she was going to try and dodge them

The whole arena watched as they hit but Sakura was replaced with a substitution

Ino's eyes widen

"What no hand signs!"

Ino stiffened as she felt someone breathing down her neck

"I told you I was stronger." Sakura said

Ino's eyes widen even more as she heard a scraping noise she quickly jumped away from Sakura seeing she tried to slice at her back

Ino was panting in frustration

"You're fast I'll give you that Ino." Sakura said walking to her

Ino growled and started throwing more kunai at her trying to hit her but Sakura kept blocking with her sword or she dodged them

"How are you so good!?" Ino yelled in anger

Sakura only chuckled

"It's called training pig try it some time." Sakura said amused by Ino's anger

Ino's eyes narrowed

'If only I can get her sword away from her.' Ino though but then a thought came to her making her smirk

Sakura raised an eyebrow at ino seeing that smirk

Ino grabbed a kunai out of her pouch and ran at her head on

Sakura's eyes narrowed not thinking Ino will attack head on

Ino slashed at Sakura's stomach but Sakura blocked it with her katana Ino then sent a kick at Sakura's hip but she jumped away in time Ino ran at her again and kept trying to hit her with the kunai Ino aimed the kunai at Sakuras hip again and striked but just liked she predicted Sakura blocked it with her katana in sent her kick at Sakura and kicked the katana out of Sakura hands Sakura jumped away staring in shock

Ino smirked at her throwing the kunai at Sakura watching as Sakura tilted her head a little allowing the kunai to pass but only gaining a scratch

"Surprised?" Ino mocked

Sakura's eyes narrowed

"That's not the only thing I'm good at Ino I still have my jutsu's and I'm great with taijutsu." Sakura said suddenly grinning as she cracked her knuckles

Ino got into a stance

"Then show me your taijutsu forehead!"

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Hinata sighed

"Ino is in for it now." Hinata stated bluntly

Team ten that was near them look at her

"What do you mean?" Shikamaru asked putting his hands into his pockets looking at her

Hinata crossed her arms and glanced at him "Sakura may be good with kenjutsu and ninjutsu but her taijutsu….let's say it's compatible with the legendary slug princess Tsunade Senju!" she said a small smirk on her face as she's looking at all the shocked faces

"That's can't be." Shikamaru said

Hinata shrugged

"Don't believe me then just watch by the end of this Ino will have countless broken bones."

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Sakura sighed as she blocked a punch at her head her eyes were never leaving inos showing her how bored she is with her

"Can I hit you now?" Sakura taunted as she sent her kick to Ino's hip making it connect

Ino winced in pain hearing a crack come from it but it also made her stumble back

Sakura smirked but soon it came off as her body was over come In pain Sakura's body started to shake and a cough was coming but Sakura was fighting it so she wasn't paying attention to Ino at the moment which I was a stupid mistake

"Mind transfer no jutsu!"

Inos body fell to the ground

Sakura's shoulders slumped forward as her head was bowed

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Hinata's eyes widen

'Sakura is not a fool to make a mistake like that! She never lets ino get the better of her! Most importantly like this.' Hinata thought in shock as her hands were now clutching the railing in fear Sakura will lose

"What was that now?" Shikamaru said

Hinata glared at him

"Sakura's mind is hard to control so either way Ino stepped into Sakura's domain!" Hinata hissed in anger

Shikamaru's eyes widen in shock at what Hinata said

"Come on Sakura-chan! Don't lose to the pig face girl!" a loud voice yelled in the arena for his team mate

Hinata smiled

"Naruto-kun."

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Sakura's head shot up with a huge smirk on her face

"To bad Sakura is gone." Ino said smirking

'If I were you I will get out girl.'

Ino's eyes widen as she clutched Sakura's head and screamed from Sakura's body as she started to cough up blood

'Ino leave now before she loses it.'

Ino fell to her knees in agony she kept coughing up blood she was in so much pain all the pain was coming from her lungs she wanted to scream but couldn't cause the blood was coming to much

'This is your last warning GO GIRL!'

'Ino leave she'll hurt you calm down neko!'

Ino could no longer see the arena all she saw was darkness and a figure that looked like Sakura with the kanji on her forehead that said inner

"W-where am i?" Ino stuttered in fear the pain was all gone

Inner turned to Ino

"Get out of here ino before neko gets out right now I'm trying to wake sakura up for some reason she's not getting up." inner said turning back to something at her feet

Ino stood up hugging herself but that's when she realized she's in a lake of a black substance that looked like black blood

"W-what is this?"

Inner glanced at her

"It's Sakura's mind that your in."

Ino's eyes widen

"T-this is S-sakura's mind? i-it looks like she's losing it!" Ino yelled panicking

Inner ignored her and continued to look at the thing in front of her

Ino ran up next to her

"Who are you!?" Ino yelled afraid but soon stopped as she sees Sakura's unconscious form in front of them Sakura's hair was turning black from the lake they were in "What's wrong with her?" Ino asked worried for Sakura now

Inner glanced at her

"You need to get out now before she comes."

Ino looked at her

"B-but Sakura!"

Inner sighed

"She'll be alright don't worry now go!"

Ino's eyes widen as she was pulled from Sakura's mind and back to her own body

Sakura dropped forward and landed on her knees panting heavily

Ino pushed herself up in shock

'That other girl in Sakura pushed me out….i didn't realize it…' Ino though in complete shock

Sakura stood up wiping the blood of her chin

"It's time we end this."

Ino nods

The two run at each other

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Hinata was in shock at the blood that came out of Sakura's mouth Hinata saw the whole fight Sakura was never hit and her injuries were healed Hinata shook as a thought came to her

'Is….the disease back?' Hinata questioned herself as the blood kept coming

Hinata's hopes were crushed that it wasn't the disease but it was hinata activated her byakugan and scanned Sakura's chakra and saw something up with it Sakura had the disease still Hinata clenched her fist in anger but soon stopped as Ino stopped coughing up blood and her body fell limp

"Sakura…?"

Everyone waited to see the outcome of the one who won the fight mentally it was couple of minutes before they saw Ino start breathing in her body and Sakura falling on her knees

Hinata watched as the two got up and ran at each other

"When this is over Sakura….we need a talk!" Hinata hissed

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Ino through a punch at Sakura's face but Sakura was still quick enough to dodge it even when she was exhausted Sakura's knee came up and slammed into Ino's stomach

Ino bent over and coughed up blood sakura then back handed her making ino fly across the arena and land on the ground not moving

"Winner Haruno Sakura!"

Sakura smiled but soon came off as Hinata appeared behind her and grabbed her wrist

"We need a talk."

Sakura's eyes narrowed and she smiled sickly sweet at her

"Yes we do."