The next day the five students were walking to the chunin exams, when a tiny boy ran into Kankuro. Kankuro, pompous ass he was, picked the boy up by his scarf. Kaze narrowed his eyes,
"Kankuro, put the brat down, your disgracing Sunakagure."
"What are you doing here." came a feminine growl. Kaze looked back and saw a girl with pink hair, and wrinkled his nose at the scent of her. This was the girl that before he became a Kaiju, he loved.
"Are you stupid, little girl?" Tanuki giggled, 'Its the chunin exams. By your Chakra print, and your effeminate shape, and long hair, you are either only dressed up as a ninja, or fresh from the academy." she crowed, very well knowing who the pinkette was.
"I am a Gennin of Konoha!" Sakura snapped back.
"Not one joining the chunin exams, I am guessing." Kaze sneered, "Or for your sake, I hope not. You will die with in the first exam."
"No she wont. Shes strong." the little boy spat in Kankuro's face.
"Shut up brat." Kankuro threw the boy at Sakura and turned to walk away. Gaara had found the exchange mildly amusing.
"Hey, who are you." came a new voice, Kaze and Gaara turned. There was a boy with hair like a chickens ass, and dark eyes.
"it is only polite to give your name first." Gaara droned.
"OK. Uchiha Sasuke."
"Fokkusu Kaze." the once blonde boy growled out.
"Sabaku no Gaara." Gaara droned. The two boys turned and began walking again, Gaara's blood lust stirring in him.
"Gaara. Don't kill. Not yet." Kaze whispered. Gaara nodded, Kaze knew the plan.
The students entered the exam building and were walking up the stairs, they noted the crowding around a Gen-jutsu-ed room, and Kaze chuckled. Stupid children. They kept walking, but to Kaze's anger, he heard the squeal of the pinkette,
″Look! They're so stupid they're going to wrong way!" And now, Kaze showed a little of his old personality and turned around. His scythe was held out and he was in front of Sakura in seconds, the Scythe's sharp edge against the back of her neck,
″Do you have a death wish? I will be head you right here and now." he snarled. A spark of recognition showed in Sakura's eyes, and she whispered out a single word,
″Naruto."
″What?" Kaze felt a twinge of fear, if she gave them away, they were done for. 'Stupid girl..." he shook his head and turned away, 'Your not worth my energy."
'Leave her alone." came a dark voice.
″Shut up Uchiha. I would have not greater desire than to finish off the Uchiha clan." Kaze replaced his scythe in the holster, and continued up the stairs.
″Kit, you must calm down. If she does confront you, you know what you will have to do." Kurama's thoughts intruded on his mind. Naruto nodded, and Tanuki looked at him. Her thoughts flowed into his mind like warm water, it was quite soothing.
The test was much too easy. Tanuki used her Byakugan to cheat, then Naruto read her mind through the seal. It was much too simple. Now they were all walking back to the hotel, Tanuki and Temari talking, and Kaze and Gaara were discussing in hushed coded tones, how they would attack.
″Naruto." Came a quiet familiar voice. Kaze went rigid. He turned and saw Sakura standing there. Gaara sent him a confused look, Kaze mimed that he would explain later.
″Go on to the Hotel guys. I'll catch up." he growled. Tanuki looked scared, she recognized the look on his face. They quickly moved on. the moon had risen, bathing them in its light. Kaze turned to face her, his green eyes dark with anger, he dropped his Henge, and he stood there in front of Sakura, his wild blonde hair tousled by the wind, his blue eyes dark with anger.
″How did you know." he stated.
″When you got angry at me... It reminded me of when you attacked Iruka." She whispered.
″Well Sakura, What do you plan to do about it now?" Naruto pulled his scythe from his back and leaned on it nonchalantly.
″I-I'm going to tell Hokage Sama." she squeaked.
'oh now that's where we hit a bump, Sakura Chan." he growled, and began walking towards her. She eeped and backed into a wall, she stared Hyperventilating, noting her stupidity. She was in a deserted part of town, there was no one around. They were alone, and there was a murderous tint in Naruto's red eyes. Wait... red? They were blue just a moment ago...
″What... what are you going to do?" she whimpered.
″I'm going to kill you, Sakura. You should have kept quiet to me, about you knowing who I am."
″Then..." gasped, ″tell me why you left?"
″This god forsaken village tired to kill me on many occasions. I'm just returning the favor" he hissed. He was now right up against the wall with Sakura and was hissing into her ear. She was breathing hard in fear. His skin turned red, and thick evil smelling Chakra coated his skin, and he bared his fangs,
″You will die quickly, Sakura." he bit her neck and smacked her hand over her mouth so she wouldn't scream. He pushed the deadly chakra of the Kuyybi into her, e effectively destroying her own chakra coils, and killing her. He dropped her body to the ground, and felt tears sting his eyes, this was his first kill.
″What did it, Anko-sempai?" a masked man asked the purple haired jounnin.
″well. The bite looks like a fox's bite. See the small incisors and the very large fangs? But... there's burns all over her, and not like fire burns. If a fox had killed her, which it wouldn't have, it would have eaten her... so would a wolf or coyote. ″ she frowned, then a memory came to her...
Flashback
″What did that?" Anko whispered to Orochimaru as they watched a man being taken out of the infirmary, dead. He was covered in red dark burns.
″That, Anko-chan, was the chakra of the Kuyybi. The beast doesn't even need to touch you to kill you, if she gets enough of her Chakra into your system."
End Flashback
″the Kyuubi."
″Excuse me, Miss?" the masked one answered in confusion.
″The Kyuubi... or her host at least. Those burns are from the Kyuubi's chakra." she shuddered, Naruto was back, here somewhere.
Sorry for not posting for a while! I've been really busy. Sorry to the Sakura-lovers.
