Forest of death, Konoha
Second stage of the chunin selection exam

Sakura Haruno, a kunoichi of the hidden leaf was in a grave position at the moment. Alone without much medical resources at hand and her teammates, unconscious. Worse is that one was extremely hot as if burning up and unable to remain still. The other very cold, and shivering greatly, Sakura even swore that she saw fog escape their mouth once in a while.

'Come on guys, you've got to pull through.' she thought to herself before she had to move as one of the traps, she set outside the hollow tree was tripped. 'I'll have to protect them until they get better,' she declared inwardly.

.OoOo.

White that was what she saw all around her, nothing but an icy, tranquil landscape. The girl couldn't enjoy the sight, and it was what she was seeing within the frozen ice beneath her feet. Looking back were terrified, horrified humans, all frozen for eternity in place. "Who could do something so horrible." muttered the girl her, this being the first thought in her mind instead of 'where am I' This was because instinctually she knew that she was still located inside the forest of death.

"You of course." spoke a strong feminine voice. She turned and looked at the person who spoke. She was beautiful, a woman tall with long blue hair, pale skin and a strong and shapely build. Dressed in a white military uniform, with thigh length boots. "Hello Naruko Uzumaki," she was greeted and Naruko's eyes feel on the woman's own blue eyes unsure of how to respond.

"Wh..What do...you mean I was the one who did this?" she asked, afraid and deep, far deeper than her own conscious and unconscious mind she knew, that this woman was telling the truth.

"Well, I was the one who slaughtered them, they were weak and dared to challenge me, so I ended them, encasing them in the cold embrace of death." she said a small blush adorning her face as she held a cheek in delight. Naruko looked at the woman, a horrified look on her face.

"But you said I was the one who killed them." said Naruko and the woman nodded.

"Yes of course, you see young Naruko, you and I are one in the same. You are I and I you." spoke the woman matter of factly. Naruko looked at the woman, a horrified look on her face.

"No, I'm no monster!" she shouted. The woman sighed.

"To think I'd be reborn as such a fool. Listen girly. I am no monster, I am the great General Esdeath and I will not be judged by an emotionally stunted brat who's yet to face the real world." the woman's agitation reflected in the powerful, icy winds that suddenly exploded around them. Naruko took a small step back, an unseen pressure smashing down on her.

"Now listen and listen closely child, I am powerful, I am strong and I am intelligent. All that you are not." spoke Esdeath as she walked closer to the girl and gripped and tugged at her ther collar of her orange and blue jacket and lifted her off her feet. Naruko felt fear settle deep within her. "And that is not acceptable, if you are me, my successor you must be nothing but the best! Nothing but the perfect killing weapon, nothing but a intelligent and glorious leader who instills fear on the hears of those even hear a whisper of your name." declared Esdeath before tossing the girl away. "You will not be weak, I refuse, it's unacceptable for I Esdeath to be a weakling. For I Naruko to be weak." as she spoke Esdeath's eyes flashed red, her sclera turned a pitch black. Slowly getting up Naruko felt something snap inside of her and anger flashed within her own eyes.

"Do you dare treat me light trash bitch." she growled and Esdeath smirked cruelly.

"What is a weakling like you to do, the weak have no say, they have no right to speak let alone live. You are weak so I can treat you however I wish, you are weak that is why they treat you as they wish." at the last statement the villagers appeared in Naruko's mind, and she glared hatefully at Esdeath, but both knew where that anger was aimed.

The blizzard around them intensified, so much so one couldn't even see the sky, that had been a dazzling purple with stars. Naruko ran forward and raised a fit to punch the woman but Esdeath executed a perfect roundhouse kick that connected with her cheek and sending her spiraling before for crashing on the icy ground.

Naruko rolled to her feet, and dashed forward once more eyes, a hateful sheen of blue with a slit pupil. Esdeath dodged the mediocre high kick, gripped the offending leg and lifted Naruko by said leg before planting a powerful skull shattering kick to the girl's face sending her spinning before crashing on the ground. Then she was stomped a high heeled boot pressing in Naruko's face. "See, weak." declared Esdeath.

"I AM NOT WEAK!" Shouted the girl while letting out a baleful roar. It was then that the energies of 2 demons awakened within her. One red and hateful and the other purple and menacing. They clashed and Naruko attacked and a wall of ice rose.

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It was unclear to her how long this has been going on, but Naruko knew one thing, the only thing was that she desired the death of Esdeath, this woman had to be purged from the world or whatever plane they were in. Their battle continued for what felt like hours until it abruptly ended when a silver flash pierced flash.

Esdeath staggered back a step as her own rapier, her beloved weapon petruded her heart. A heart that was still beating lively, wonderfully. Naruko held the woman's weapon a strong grip on the hilt, "See I am no weakling." she grinned a sadistic on that matched the one on Esdeath's face, who leaned forward.

"Of course, my dear. You are me of course," she replied, then disappeared.

"Thanks." muttered Naruko to the woman who woke her up to reality, forced her to face her own weakness, at least in part. Naruko knew it would take a long time to master the skills imparted to her during their battle.

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Sasuke was in a rush; he could feel the power rushing through his veins. He needed to test it, truly did and mixed with the desire to end the man who injured Sakura one of his teammates. He saw him, not really caring what his fellow konoha shinobi thought and moved. A punch to the gut and quickly dodging the following swipe of the hands.

Sasuke gripped them as they sailed passed, then forced the boy to his knees pulling the arms and planting his leg on his chest. The screams of pain the teen let out filled Sasuke with glee, he felt joy when he heard the popping sound of the teen's joins.

Then the uchiha felt something collide against him, dispelling his high. "Sakura what are you doing?" he asked, unintensional but he growled out the question.

"Sasuke don't do this, this isn't you." spoke the girl, despiration clear in her tone. Her voice cleared the fog that clouded his mind, but he also felt no remorse for the actions he wasn't even sure were his own. He let the teen go, then looked to the heavily bandaged sound ninja.

"Take your teammates and go but leave your scroll." demanded Sasuke.

The teen bowed, "Very well, thank you for you...urk." the teen couldn't finish as a sharp thin needle pierced his forehead, ending his life.

Shocked Sasuke looked to where he'd seen the ice needle came from. He saw his teammate Naruko walking, with a grace she didn't possess before and a devious smirk on her face, but her eyes screamed danger.

"Now now Sasuke-chan it's never a good idea to let a potential enemy live."

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END OF PROLOGUE

NOTE: I WROTE THIS STORY THANKS TO THE INSPERATION OF WINDSTORM16'S NARUKO: THE FROZEN CONQUEROR AND BELIEVE THE STORY HAS GREAT POTENTIAL SHOULD IT BE CONTINUED.

ANOTHER THING WAS WHEN MY DUMB BRAIN REALISED THAT THE MALE VERSION OF ESDEATH IS BASICALLY GRIMMJOW FROM BLEACH.