Arc 4

Chunnin Exams

I am very sorry for not updating in so long but I have started to get really depressed and well I'm not in the best of moods to type anymore but I will update every once in a while… Try not to hate me please. I have just been having a hard time and well to say school isn't helping is an understatement it's making it worse… So R&R if you feel like it and no flames please.

Sakura looked around the huge arena, "Well it seems that all of the rookie 9 has made it to this round but I don't know if they all will survive." She mumbled to herself. "This is going to be interesting." She continued then heard the Hokage say: "Is there anybody who would like to pull out of this round?"

Slowly she started to raise her hand, "Don't!" Sasuke hissed grabbing her wrist before she could blink.

"But Sasuke! That mark… Orochimaru said it could control you what if it took over?!" She hissed back.

"I guess I'll just take that risk… Besides I managed to get it to go away before who says I can't do it again?" He asked smugly.

"But…" She whispered

"No butt's Sakura." He growled.

"I guess I will withdraw." A voice said a little ways in front of them.

"Very well then please make your way out of the building." The Hokage said and everyone watched as Kabuto walked out.

"Have fun." He whispered to Sakura as he walked by only to feel a huge jab in the stomach by her elbow he glared at her. "You'll pay for that." He whispered as he continued waking.

"Bite me." Sakura replied not even looking at him. He glared at her back before he walked out.

"Well then let the first match of the preliminaries begin!" The hokage's voice boomed throughout the room as the huge screens were revealed. "Will all the people whose names are not on the screens make their way up to the balconies?" He said as the names stopped spinning.

"Oh man." Sakura whispered and looked at Sasuke as he smirked. "Remember Sasuke don't use your Sharingan." She whispered as she walked past him to the balconies then jumping up to one beside Naruto.

"This is going to be an interesting fight." Naruto said Kakashi and Sakura nodded.

"Let the battle begin!" The proctor said then coughed before jumping away.

(I don't know many of the fights but I will do Sakura's vs Ino but I think Sakura should win… So I will not be writing any of the fights except that one because i just happened to be away everyday they were on…)

Sakura sighed, "Man when is it going to be my turn?" She mumbled to herself then looked at the screen. "FINALLY!" She cheered then froze when she noticed whom she was going to be fighting. "Oh great…" She mumbled. 'This is going to be easy.' She thought. And jumped down into the arena.

"Go Sakura!!!" Shukaku screamed in her mind.

'Oh shut up you… And let me fight.' She hissed back and stood in the middle of the arena.

"I'll win Sasuke-kun's heart and break whatever mind control you have on him!" Ino cried as she looked at Sakura with a angry look.

"Ha…HAHAHA…" Sakura laughed, "You… Think you can beat Moi?" She said putting her hand over her chest. "You have no idea what I can do." She laughed harder.

"Oh yea you may be smart but you aren't strong enough to beat me you aren't even on my level." Ino shouted and glared at her.

"BEGIN!" The proctor shouted and jumped out of the way.

"Good he's out of the way now let's do this!" Sakura said and went into a crouched position.

Ino laughed, "What kind of fighting stance is that?" She snickered. "You won't win!" she hissed and charged Sakura.

"Oh really then I guess your not accustom to seeing the demon fighting style." She mumbled more to herself even though they had learned what the Demon fighting style was in the academy.

A few of the Jonnin gasped when they saw the stance, "She practiced the demon fighting style stance?!" Some said looking wide-eyed at the girl.

"She won't be able to hold that style nobody can. Not even the hokage himself can." Another said.

Ino lunged at Sakura only to notice she was gone and off to the side 4 meters from her. "How? I didn't even see you move?!" She said lunging at her again.

"The demon style stance is the best for agility and offence as well as defense but you have to train for a long time that is why I trained with it in my spare time." Sakura said as she again dodged. "This stance is stronger then you think I may not look it but you are right I am not on your level I'm above it for I have trained in this style since I had my first kunai. And I have made many a justsu that fit perfectly with it." She continued dodging every single lunge that Ino did.

"Care to show one of your self proclaimed strong jutsu?" Ino hissed, "It won't even put a scratch on me." She laughed.

"Ok… SAND STYLE: TANUKI SLASH!" Sakura shouted and a huge amount of sand that was in the ground shot up and created a raccoon of sand that slashed at Ino.

"Alright a jutsu made for me by the demon princess!" Shukaku cheered. Gaara just chuckled mentally at the Tanuki.

Ino fell to the ground in shock, "I won't lose…" She growled and pushed herself up. Then did her clans oh so famous technique. "I won't lose to such a weakling!" She screamed.

Sakura raised an eyebrow, "You shouldn't of done that my mind is one you should never want to see… You were lucky the first time in the first exam because of my genjutsu but this time not so much." Sakura said as Ino jutsu hit her.

Ino laughed not hearing Sakura's warning, "This is just to easy…" She said in Sakura's voice. "I Sakura Haruno With…"

"No Sakura!!! Don't let her control you!" Naruto's voice suddenly screamed.

"Who says she was controlling me?" Sakura's voice said as her hand went down.

"Do you withdraw?" The proctor asked looking at her strangely.

"Y-ye- NO! GET THE HELL OUTA MY MIND INO OR REGRET IT!" Sakura roared and then Ino screamed in her body as soon as she suddenly saw a huge tanuki. Sitting in front of her in Sakura's mind.

"Welcome to my genjutsu…" Sakura said and threw Ino back into her own mind and let Shukaku go as well. "Welcome to the hell of mind genjutsu." She then said.

A few Jonnin gasped in horror, "Mind Genjutsu?! But that is a highly ranked jutsu I need tons of chakra the amount a gennin like her should not posses!!" One said.

"It's impossible…" One whispered as they watched Ino twitch on the floor. "Mind Genjutsu puts a genjutsu no matter how gruesome it is it can torture the user itself." He continued.

Everyone stared, "It's not impossible if you train enough…" Sakura said then raised her hand. "Release… I hope you learned you lesson Ino you enter my mind I will put that same jutsu up and I won't let it go so soon." She said. 'Shukaku leave her alone now.' She thought.

"She threatened you so I did the same." He said and disappeared fromher mind.

Ino didn't move, "The winner is Sakura Haruno… She's not dead right?" He asked not even sure since She didn't seem to be breathing.

"Yes just a little shaken up from seeing her worst fears. Nothing to mean if I wanted to kill her I would have plagued her with demons of all the things she has done to people by being mean to them and my demons that I have locked away from my parents deaths… All that blood nobody should have to see that but it can become a weapon for a major Genjutsu." She said. Then walked up the stairs and past Gaara. "Thank Shukaku for me." She whispered only loud enough for Gaara to hear.

He nodded, "Okay." He whispered back and the she was by Naruto and Kakashi.

Naruto shuddered when she got closer, "Sakura-chan that was cool but scary I thought you were going to lose." He said as they watched the last of the fights.

"Thanks Naruto…" Sakura said.

Once the preliminaries were done all the winners except Sasuke walked into the center of the arena to pick their numbers and were informed about the finals. "Once this is over… I am going to take a weekend off in Tanzaku town." Sakura murmured and then drew her number.

"Tell Anko what numbers you got and you will be told who you will be fighting in the Finals." The Hokage said.

(Forgive me the if the numbers are wrong but I haven't seen that episode in a while)

Naruto: "1"

Neji: "6"

Dosu: "3"

Temari: "4"

Kankuro: "8"

Shikamaru: "9"

Gaara: "5"

Sakura: "2"

Shino: "10"

And Sasuke: 7

"The people who will be fighting in the rounds will be." Anko said,

First: Uzumaki Naruto Vs Hyuuga Neji

Second: Sabaku no Gaara Vs Uchiha Sasuke

Third: Nara Shikamaru Vs Sabaku no Temari

Fourth: Sabaku no Kankuro Vs Aburame Shino

Fifth: Dosu Vs Haruno Sakura

(If Dosu has a last name I don't know it and I don't really care he is going to die anyway.)

All of them smirked, 'Perfect.' Was all they thought.

"Now within a month I will see you all at the Chunnin stadium don't be late!" The hokage boomed and then disappeared.

"What did I miss?" Kakashi asked as he appeared behind Sakura.

"Not much." Sakura said then walked away. "See you in a month Kakashi-sensei." She said and disappeared. 'Time to make more jutsu's and win this all while I protect Konoha from Orochigaylord.' She thought and appeared in the forest outside of Konoha. "If I'm going to train where better then the cliffs… Maybe I'll run into somebody there." She said as she walked to the cliffs to train.

Well I hope you like this chapter and I hope you don't mind if I made it shorter because I don't really want to write long chapters anymore. That will take me more then like 5 days to complete so I will update again tomorrow if I have time R&R and hey what do ya know writing makes me feel happy!