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Sometime later when Sasuke managed to wake Naruto they went in search of Sakura. They didn't actually find her but instead stumbled across a field of bodies. The corpses weren't human but that didn't change the fact that the animals were bloodied and dismembered. Enraged Naruto grabbed Sasuke by the collar.

'Sasuke what's going on here?! I know you know!'

Sasuke was unfazed. 'Let go of me you idiot before I break your arm.'

Naruto snarled and opened his mouth to say something else but instead, an eerie laugh floated around the area and they jumped apart to pull out weapons.

'Now, now boys aren't you looking for me?'

'Sakura!' Naruto spun to face the opposite direction and lowered his weapon searching for her.

A voice sounded quietly directly behind Sasuke- "Hello there Uchiha. Come to meet your death?'

He spun immediately and slashed at her but she had already jumped out of the way.

He sucked in a sharp breath at her appearance, this girl was not Sakura, she was evil incarnate. The once bright pink hair was now darkened to a maroon color and shaggy like an animal's coat. Her eyes were green where white should've been and held a black slit in the middle. She smiled at them but even that wasn't normal: her teeth formed sharp spikes and her razor grin stretched farther towards her ears than what should've been possible. Then she laughed, it was the same sound as before, menacing and full of blood lust. She ran a hand through her unkempt hair and he realized with a start that her nails were sharpened like claws and covered with blood. Then she spoke-

'So do you boys like the transformation? It's not quite there but thanks to Orochimaru I have the strength to visit the surface world and once again delight in the joy of killing.'

Naruto trembled and whether it was from fear or anger Sasuke couldn't tell.

'Sakura what's wrong with you?'

She turned her attention to him. 'Oh dear Naruto am I no longer to your liking?'

A Kunai flew at her and as she jumped away landing in a crouch it lodged itself in the spot where she had just been. She turned a glare at Sasuke.

'What do you want you foolish urchin?'

He pulled another kunai from his pouch. 'What have you done with Sakura?!'

She rolled her eyes at him. 'Why do you care? You're just her teammate right?'

He growled in response and she laughed in his face standing up to her full height.

'If you must know you insignificant wretch I have done nothing to the girl. She is here, with us, resting deep within this body and during her slumber she has no feeling of the conscious world. While her soul is vacant I am able to animate her body and use it as I please.'

'If you're not Sakura then who are you?'

'Well now fox child you are beginning to catch on. My name is Kieran.'

She laughed bitterly. 'The sole purpous of my "birth" was to cause human destruction and misery and then I was sealed away in the soul of Sakura's ancestor only to be passed down among the generations. That was, however, many years ago because the first few thousand years of my confinement I spent in slumber. I'm not sure as to why I awoke within the girl and though I have grown fond of her it is still too much fun to pass up the opportunity to slay something and bathe myself in its blood. It has been far too long since I've heard a prey scream for mercy.'

Startled and silenced Naruto stepped back a bit, away from the menacing malignant spirit in front of him.

'Why do you want to kill me? And why did my hand burn you?'

She paused and raised her left arm up to inspect it.

'That is a different matter Uchiha. When I was first thrust into the body of the boy some thousand years ago I demanded the name of my sealer and she laughed in my face.'

Her fist clenched tightly.

'Though I cannot recall her entire name I do remember that she was an Uchiha. I vowed before I lost consciousness that I would destroy every one of her descendants. The old woman must've feared that I would fulfill my oath and set another curse on me. Whenever an Uchiha touches me it burns like a fire exploded under the skin and I'm forced to recoil from the torching of my flesh. The burn does, however, disappear when Sakura awakens and takes control of her vessel I suppose this was added to make sure the host is unharmed. If it wasn't for that retched fox demon I would've never been stuffed into the confines of a human form.'

Naruto seemed to regain his voice. 'What about the fox?'

'I was ordered by my master to destroy the little fox tike, such a persistently annoying brat he was. He actually managed to evade me several times before I succeeded in cornering him. It was then that the old woman appeared and demanded we both surrender to her. Once I realized she was casting a sealing jutsu I attempted to flee but during my scuffle with the brat he had injured my leg and I lost my footing and stumbled, she was on me in an instant. I saw the fox behind her at the edge of the forest and he laughed at me before turning to vanish into the distance. That little mongrel had planned the whole thing, rather ironic that he fell to the same fate.'

She laughed aloud and Sasuke ran at her with a kunai poised for attack but she just kicked him in the chest sending him flying backwards into the advancing Naruto. They both fell to the ground in a heap and she was standing above them a moment later.

'You are lucky Uchiha I vowed to the girl that I would not kill you, at least not in this form. Here.'

She tossed Naruto something and he fumbled to catch it.

'That is one of the scrolls you need to pass the test and get out of this artificial forest.'

Sasuke coughed and wiped his mouth with the back of his hand and pulled it away to see blood. 'Why are you helping us?'

'I cannot have Sakura get injured anything that happens while she is in control is permanent and will take time to heal, and I will not allow her to die.'

Laughter floated out among the trees and three sound ninja appeared: one had hair that spiked upwards and some sort of medal guarding the sides of his face, the second one was a woman with dark eyes and hair that reached to her ankles, the last one had a large amount of fur covering his back along with bandages covering his face and though his arms were covered as well and he walked with a heavy shuffle forward he seemed to be the leader.

Sakura's form turned towards the new threat almost as if she was protecting Sasuke and Naruto. The sound ninja with the spiked hair spoke-

'How convenient they are already fighting amongst themselves.'

She girl laughed loudly and twirled a kunai around her right pointer finger with a grin.

'Well then this should be far more interesting than we thought.'

She launched the kunai at them and Sasuke stared in horror as it lodged itself into the soft tissue between her collar bone and shoulder.

The impact flung her left arm behind her and blood trickled off her hand and down to the ground forming a small puddle next to him.

Naruto was frozen silent and as Sasuke scrambled to his feet to check on her he was quickly reminded that this girl wasn't Sakura when she began to laugh.

'You shouldn't have done that you loathsome little vermin.'

Sasuke watched stunned as she grabbed hold of the kunais handle and in one fluid motion ripped it out of her skin and flung it back at the girl.

She hit the ground with a loud thud and his blood ran cold.

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