Disclaimer: Naruto is property of Masashi Kishimoto. I don't own this in anyway so please don't sue me.

Chapter 8: The Forest of Death

The 23 remaining teams and Anko arrive at training ground 44 Naruto looks at the forest with a hint of curiosity.

"WELCOME YOU MAGGOTS TO THE FOREST OF DEATH!" Anko announced with a gleeful look.

"Well this looks like it'll be fun." Naruto says as he smiles looking at the forest. Just then a kunai flicks past Naruto's cheek and blood comes from the wound and Anko licks the blood from his cheek.

"Tough guys like you usually end up dead within the first day."

"If you think this will scare me you're in for a whole new experience." Just the Anko turns around with another kunai in her hand and a Kusa ninja with a long tongue.

"Here is your kunai miss." The grass ninja says.

"Oh thank you." Anko smiles.

"This is bad the chakra radiating off this guy is insane!" Naruto thinks as he is looking at the ninja.

"However don't stand behind me like that. That is unless you want to die young." Anko takes both her kunai and the grass ninja pulls her tongue back in.

"Well I get itchy when I see blood, also my precious hair was cut so I got a little excited, sorry." The grass ninja walks away

"Anyway in order for you to participate in the exams you need to sign these warrants that free Konoha from any responsibility or liability should you die in the forest."

"What do you mean death?!" some of the participants asks.

"Just what I said, when you enter the forest you will start out with either a heaven or and earth scroll you will need to get both scrolls to get into the tower at the center. Don't open the scrolls or else, well let's just say it will be fun for me if you do." Anko smiles dangerously. "This exam will last five days."

"WHAT WILL WE DO ABOUT FOOD?!" Chōji yells out.

"Scrounge some up; this forest is a treasure box of nature." Anko's smile widens. "But be careful as some of them are poisonous and also you might find that you will be hunting only to end up hunted." Anko brings every team to a gate and then after 5 minutes a buzzer goes off and the gates open up and everyone rushes in. After a few minutes Naruto looks at his teammates.

"Alright we got a heaven scroll so we need an earth scroll I'll take the scroll and we'll set a trap but odds are we won't even need to do that my bet is that the team from Iwagakure will come after me because of my resemblance to the Yondaime."

"So what do we do?" Haku asked.

"We gotta keep on our guard." Sasuke said.

"Yeah." Naruto said. Naruto and the others jumped through the forest and after a while they land in a clearing only to find the Iwa team.

"Well, well, well looks like the son of the Yondaime has decided to grace us with his presence." The middle girl said.

"So you figured it out." Naruto said rolling his neck and unsheathed Zangetsu.

"Yeah we did your beloved Yondaime fuck us over in the war now I'll kill you and get my revenge for my uncle." Naruto unleashed a torrent of Reiatsu.

"Do yourselves a favor and just hand over the scroll and walk away."

"Or what you piece of sh-" just then three ice needles struck each of them in the neck knocking them unconscious.

"Nice shot Haku-chan." Sasuke smiled.

"Thank you Sasuke-kun." The grabbed the scroll and saw it was an earth scroll.

"So do we just go to the tower now?" Sasuke asked.

"Yeah we can go and then-" suddenly a blast of wind started to rocket towards them and Sasuke and Haku jumped into action.

"Wall of binding light heed my command and sever the void, Bakudo number 81: DANKU!" Haku and Sasuke cried out a huge wall of light blocked the attack. Suddenly a slow clapping echoed out.

"So you're not the helpless pray I thought you were Sasuke-kun." The grass ninja from earlier said a small wakizashi strapped to her waist.

"Who are you?" Sasuke asked feeling the residue of Reiatsu coming off the ninja before him.

"I don't see any reason to answer that."

"Hn."

"All you need to know is that you need I'm here to kill you." The ninja pulled down on one of her eye lids and unleashed a blast of KI but none one member of team 7 reacted.

"Boring." Haku yawned.

"What a pathetic attempt to scare us." Sasuke rolled is eyes.

"Now this is…" Naruto started.

"POWER!" all the three unlashed a huge blasts of Reiatsu which brought the ninja to her knees.

"Wh-what is this power?" Orochimaru though trying to stand. "Such intense Reiatsu not even I can stand against it one of the legendary Sannin."

"Reign over the frosted heavens, Hyōrinmaru!" Haku shouted as she fired off an ice dragon at Orochimaru who struggled to stand and weaved hand signs.

"Katon: Go Karyūdan no jutsu!" (Fire style: Great Dragon flame bombs) Orochimaru unleashed a huge blast of fire only for Sasuke to dash forward crying out.

"Reduce all creation to ashes!" Sasuke roared. "Ryujin Jakka!" the flames of Ryujin Jakka easily extinguished the jutsu fired. Sasuke then swung his sword firing out a blast of fire easily three times the Go Karyudan Orochimaru fired when Naruto jumped in and started slicing and then Orochimaru jumped back.

"Shoot to kill SHINSO!" Orochimaru thrust his sword forward and it extended towards Naruto who blocked with Zangetsu and sliced down knocking Shinso aside and charged and gripped Zangetsu in both hands and smiled.

"GETSUGA TENSHO!" Naruto roared and fired off the blast of condensed Reiatsu Orochimaru jump back but still lost an arm because of Naruto's Getsuga Tensho.

"Damn this is bad I still have yet to mark Sasuke-kun and if this keeps up Sarutobi will definitely sense this Reiatsu. Gonna have to risk it." Orochimaru smirked. "BANKAI! Kamishini no Yari!"

"So we're playing the Bankai game eh?" Haku smiled. "Well it takes two to tango. Bankai! Daiguren Hyōrinmaru!" Haku entered her Bankai state and the two warriors clashed and Naruto and Sasuke attack along Haku quickly overwhelming Orochimaru that was until he shot down Haku with Kamishini no Yari.

"HAKU!" Sasuke Cried out and charged Orochimaru who smiled and formed a hand sign after his had regrew thanks the body modifications and he bit down on Sasuke who cried out in pain.

"SASUKE!" Naruto charged Orochimaru in a blind fury but was quickly overwhelmed.

"So Kyūbi brat I think I'll kill you then your other teammate." Orochimaru unleashed his power and overwhelmed Naruto due to his exhaustion.

"Come on move damnit move! MOVE!" suddenly his vision darkened and as Orochimaru swung his blade down.

"This is the end Kyūbi brat." Suddenly naruto's hand shot up and grabbed the blade. "Impossible!"

"Naruto you are a just complete fool some times." A new voice echoed from naruto's mouth as a white mask started to form on the left side of his face. The mask was very demonic it looked kind of like a fox skull with devil horns there was a small black half circle that ran down the teeth there was also a red line running from the eye to the tip of the horn.

"What the hell is this?! Who or what are you?"

"You wanna know who I am." The new person spoke from naruto's mouth. "I have…NO NAME!" 'Naruto' slashed with Zangetsu and cut Orochimaru from hip to shoulder and then charged again hacking and slashing. "Naruto you complete idiot sometimes you don't even realize that you get crushed by your own Reiatsu! You really are a hopeless case!"

"What the hell is this!" Orochimaru thought as he dodged only to be attacked by a black Getsuga Tensho. "Black Getsuga!" suddenly a hand gripped his shoulder and a blast of black Reiatsu exploded. "This twisted Reiatsu, this malice what the hell are you?" white energy started gathering forming more of the mask.

"Who cares what I am because as soon as I am done with you, you're going to-"

"DISAPPEAR!" Naruto's voice roared, suddenly naruto's left hand shot up and grabbed the half of the mask on his face. "I don't need you stop interfering

"You're the one who's interfering don't you see I was about to kill him! You would win if you just leave it to me..." the new 'Naruto' swung his sword more and more trying to regain control. "You fool damn you!" Naruto's will dominated the other half and ripped off the mask and the new 'Naruto' let loose a scream of rage as the mask crack and broke in Naruto's hand.

"I'm out of here I've marked Sasuke-kun and I don't dare fight whatever the hell that was it just nearly killed me!" Orochimaru thought then he jumped off as Naruto recovered. Naruto turned to his friends who were looking at him in fear while Sasuke still clutched at his neck and then he collapsed from the pain.

"N-Naruto." Haku trembled in fear. "Wh-what was that?"

"I feared this would happen the years of negative abuse and the missing half of Kurama has developed an inner hollow which represents my darkest inner instincts this half is the blood thirsty part of me that will slaughter anything who stands against him." Naruto said. "But Sasuke's down we've got to get him to the tower and have someone look at him and possibly seal off the mark from him."

"Right." Haku lifted Sasuke over his shoulder they jumped toward the tower and when they arrived Naruto saw the sign over the door and he took out the scrolls and unrolled them and in a flash of smoke Iruka appeared when he saw Naruto and Haku with Sasuke slung over their shoulder.

"Is Sasuke alright?" Iruka asked.

"Yeah but he needs to get this seal on his neck looked at and fast." Naruto said.

"Just you wait king I'll take you over any day now." Naruto's hollow laughed

"Shut up you!" Naruto shouted and then he followed Iruka towards a small room where the Hokage, Anko and Kakashi were talking.

"So what's the emergency why are mere gennin here A; so early and B; in a jounin level meeting?" Sarutobi asked.

"Sasuke has been branded by some sort of mark he's yet to regain consciousness." Naruto said.

"We need to seal it then." Anko said.

"Wait the mark is fading." Haku said as she was looking at the mark.

"WHAT!?" the jounin and Naruto turn to see Haku pointing at the mark and true to her words the mark was fading.

"Is he breathing?!" Anko asked

"Strong as ever."

"WHAT?!

(Sasuke's sub-consciousness)

Sasuke was standing in the Uchiha compound and he saw an old man with a long white beard.

"Ryujin Jakka." Sasuke said.

("Yes, Master.") Ryujin Jakka said smiling

"Why are we here?"

("You were drawn here to fight the curse mark entity you need to reject it's existence before it roots itself into your mind forever.")

"Right." Sasuke runs off and eventually finds a person in the middle of the room, his skin is a pasty white and the whites of his eyes were pitch black and his eyes held the sharingan but instead of red they were yellow, his outfit was that of Orochimaru's.

"Hey king how's it going?"

"Who are you?" Sasuke drew Ryujin Jakka. "Never mind who the hell you are cause you're going to die and then you'll vanish I know what you are don't think you can tempt me with power." Sasuke charged and started slashing and hacking at the cursemark entity and after a few minutes Sasuke jumped back then Sasuke held out his hand. "The thunder god roars as his dragon splits the sky and strikes my foes, Hado 88: Hiryu Gekizoku Shiten Raiho!" Sasuke fired a blast of lightning and obliterated the curse mark self before he could react.

("Good Job Sasuke now your friends are waiting for you master.")

"See ya Ryujin Jakka." And with that a Sasuke faded from his mind. When he opened his eyes he was in Haku's arms. "Did I die and go to heaven? Cause I swear I'm looking at an angel." Haku giggled and lightly slapped Sasuke then Haku kissed him.

"That's so cheesy."

"Hey it worked didn't it?" suddenly Naruto coughed and Sasuke and Haku separated and blushed a deep crimson.

"Well if you two are done sucking faces can you tell me how you broke the cursemark without dying?"

"I killed the representation of my curse mark and I banished it from my soul and as such it couldn't bond to my chakra network."

"Ok that's good to hear now I have a small problem." Naruto looked at the gathered group. The dark emotions of my soul have emerged and personified themselves into an inner hollow I don't know how to suppress it so if I lose control I need one of you to help me by breaking the mask that will appear on my face."