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(A/N): Here's Fridays second chapter!

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Chapter 47: Sasuke's Curse

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"Seinaru-sama! What has happened here!?" Maito Guy said as he Kakashi and Hayate landed in the new clearing. Cole sighed. "It was Orochimaru. The snake was here and attacked Team 7. I drove him off but the teams in bad shape. Hes escaped. We need to go after him as soon as possible." Cole said as he walked past the three.

"I'll go report to the Hokage!" Kakashi said as he Shunshined away. Cole grumbled as he started heading towards home. "Damn Snake...I will not let him have his way!"

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"What do you mean by that!? And what the hell was that red chakra!?" Sakura yelled frantically at the both physically and mentally exhausted Naruto. Naruto groaned and held his stomach. "Well, I'm just saying you forgot that I was hurt too and all you've been doing is taking care of that Teme on the ground. And to answer your second question, classified. And now I have a question for you pinky." he listed off and pointed a finger at her. "You have perfect chakra control right?" he asked and Sakura nodded. "Good, I'm gonna need some help getting this damn seal off. Fuckin' snake just knows how to fuck with people." he said as he started to remove his jacket and shirt.

Sakura blushed and turned away. "W-what the hell are you doing!?" she yelled. Naruto scoffed. "I'm just making this easier to look at, now, get over here so I can fix this." he said in an inpatient tone. He growled lowly until Sakura turned around an noticed the seal on his stomach...covering a seal she couldn't even comprehend due to it being so intricate and complex. "Uumm...what is it you need me to do?" she asked.

Naruto nodded down and pointed at the glowing purple seal on top of the complex one. "Ok, I need this off, and soon. It's fucking with my chakra control and is making me weaker by the second. I'm gonna talk you through this ok?" he instructed. Sakura scooted closer and nodded.

"Ok," he started. "First you need to focus chakra into your fingertips." he said as he grabbed her wrist and placed her hand so that each finger was press to the purple seal. She started to channel chakra into her fingers and noticed the purple glow lessening. "Ok, now, put as much chakra into it and I'll help by transferring what I can to you." he said, still holding her wrist. She instantly felt his chakra flowing into her arm as she focused more and more chakra into the seal. "Ok, time for the tricky part." he said as his grip tightened. "Now, to break it. Focus all the chakra you can into your fingers and make it burst out into my stomach." he instructed. "But, wouldn't that hurt you?" she asked a little frightened about what she was about to do.

He nodded. "Yeah, like a bitch, but it's how it is removed. I can deal with the pain, but you need to do it soon or we're both gonna run out of chakra." he said as a bead of sweat went down his forehead. Sakura shakily nodded and focused all the chakra she could. After a few seconds she let it burst out.

Naruto noticed the effect immediately. The wind was knocked out of him and he had a slight burn where the seal was. He coughed up a little blood and kept coughing till he got his breathing under control.

"*huff* *huff* Man! At least it hurts less than getting the damn thing put on! Kami!" he said as he felt his chakra rush back into his system. He let out a loud sigh of relief. "Ahhhh, that's soooooo much better! You have no idea how it feels to have that much chakra bottled up!" he said as he sprung to his feet. He stretched out his sore muscles and cracked his neck. "Ahh, 100% again!"

Sakura just looked at him wide eyed. "H-how did you get better so quickly?" she asked completely surprised by his sudden second wind. Naruto shrugged. "The only damage I took was from the seal and then the fall after. Not much really hit me other than that." he said as he sat back down. He then looked over at Sasuke and his expression became grim. "This is not good..." he said and moved closer to the Uchiha. Sakura got worried and started to shake again. "W-What is wrong?" she asked. Naruto looked at the boys neck and shook his head. "This," he said pointing at the mark on his neck. "This, is one of Orochimaru's curse seals. It will provided Sasuke with a huge power boost," he started. Sakura got hopeful. Maybe this isn't too bad. But her hopes were dashed with the next part of the explanation. "But it'll corrupt him. It will mess with his head and eventually cause him to follow or worship Orochimaru. It's a glorified mind control seal." he said as he gritted his teeth. "We need to get to the tower and soon. I don't have the equipment, or the time here to suppress it." he said as he went to try and move Sasuke. He was stopped in his tracks when they heard a voice outside the cave call out.

"Come on out Uchiha! Get out here so we can kill you!" a male voice called. Naruto growled as he turned to the entrance. "Sakura wait here. I have some idiots to crush." he said as he stalked out. Sakura followed him to the entrance and stood a the entrance to make sure no one could get in.

Naruto sauntered out of the cave. His shirt and jacket still off. He saw there was three of them. And that they were from Oto. Naruto sighed as he remembered the three of them glaring daggers at Sasuke since they arrived at the exam. "Who the fuck are you?" asked the one in front. He had spiked black hair and a grey camo scarf. Naruto sneered at the older Oto Genin. "The Uchiha's teammate. He can't fight right now, but feel free to leave a message for him from the hospital." Naruto mocked. He slid into a stance. His feet were staggered and he was bent at the knees. He reached his right hand over his shoulder to make it look like he was reaching for a weapon. His left hand reached for a scroll on his hip. He gave them a mischievous grin. "So, whose gonna be first?"

The one in front scowled and then got a sadistic grin. "Dosu, Kin, let me take this little fucktard." He raised a single hand, palm facing Naruto. "Zankuha!" he shouted as a pressurized blast of air shot at Naruto.

Naruto just grinned and stood his ground. At the very last second he moved. "Kitsune no Hikari! (Fox's Light)" he roared as he summoned his red blade and in one fluid motion launched the hardened light right through the Oto ninjas attack.

The boy's eyes widened in shock as the blast kept coming straight at him. He would have been cut clean in two if he hadn't be just out of the attacks range. He ended up with a lightly cut cheek the didn't even bleed. His face contorted in rage as he brought both hands up. "ZANKUHA!" he roared and sent a second wave of air at Naruto, twice as strong as the last. This time Naruto didn't use Kitsune no Hikari to stop the attack. He quickly unrolled a scroll on the ground and just before the wave of wind came in contact, a wall of pure red chakra burst from the scroll and halted the attack. Once the attack was stop the chakra dissipated and Naruto dashed forward.

He swung a close range blast of chakra which the other boy barely dodged before Naruto shot his other hand out and grabbed the boys neck. He tossed the boy into a tree and pinned his arms to it with kunai.

"AAAHHHAHAHHHH!" The boy screamed as the knives pierced through his arms and pined him to the tree. "Zaku!" the aforementioned Dosu yelled. Kin shot a hail of senbon at Naruto who used a low powered Daitoppa to knock them away. Dosu charged at Naruto with his bandaged arm cocked back. He punched at Naruto, but that was huge mistake.

Naruto's sword turned bright red before he swung it to meet Dosu's arm.

"AAAIAAIIIIIIGGGHHHAAAAAA!" Dosu screamed in agony as he watched his arm be cut from his body. Naruto's blade cut through it like a hot knife through butter. Naruto kicked the nin away as he began to bleed out. He turned to the now shaking Kin. He gave her a hard glare before holding out his hand. "Give me your scroll and get these two out of here." He growled at the terrified girl. She quickly nodded her head. She went over to the now unconscious Dosu and took his Earth scroll and tossed it to Naruto. She pick up Dosu and Zaku got himself unstuck. They turned and made a hasty retreat.

Naruto sighed and turned back to the cave.

"Hey, Kit. You have an audience." Kurama said in a lazy tone. "Oh, hey you're back. And who is it?" Naruto asked his tenant. "The lazy one's team as well as the weird one who kicked the Teme's ass." He droned.

Naruto turned to where they were hiding and waved to them. "Hey come on out! I know you're there Shikamaru! Lee!" he called and heard a muffled screech.

Team 10 and Lee emerged from their hiding places and greeted Naruto. "So, you guys just watching as I had to fight three on one? Some friends you are," he said in mock anger. Shikamaru smirked at the blonde. "You seemed plenty capable. And it would have been too troublesome to stop the fight to barge in." he said with a shrug. Choji offered a chip and Naruto turned him down. Ino was giving him a curious eye. "I see forehead over there, but where's Sasuke-kun?" she asked with a raised eyebrow.

Naruto shrugged and was about to answer when he felt a vile surge of chakra.

"NARUTOOOO!" Sasuke yelled as he walked out of the cave. Purple chakra covering him as his curse mark spread across his skin.

"Ah, shit...he gave in."

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(A/N): To be continued...

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