"Is that Naruto? What is that youthful form he's in?!" Lee asked with a surprised expression. Sakura didn't know how to answer that.
" Perhaps it's best if you let Naruto explain it to you. He knows about it the best." Satsuki suggested. Lee nodded.
" But why are you here Lee? Shouldn't you be with your team? " Sakura asked him. Lee gave her a toothy grin.
" I said it before Sakura-san, I will protect you until I die. And also, I will protect you until you get with the man who is your type." Lee replied, making Sakura blush as she remember what she told Lee when he asked her what was her type in men.
Lee subtly looked at Naruto, remembering the answer Sakura gave him when he asked what type of men she liked. 'Blonde, blue eyes and whisker marks.' Lee smirked as he entered the beginning stance of the Strong Fist.
'Sakura-san, you have my blessings! Good luck!!' Lee shouted as Satsuki and Sakura appeared beside him.
"Those two boys use sound to fight Lee. They can break your semicircular canals and make you lose your balance. You can't escape their attacks no matter how hard you try because they can control it with chakra too." Satsuki warned him. Lee nodded.
" Got it! I'm ready to go!!" Lee declared.
" Let me start it off. Uchiha Style: Halo Dance!!" Satsuki declared as she coated her katana in fire. She used Body Flicker and appeared in front of Dosu and unleashed a wave of flame towards him.
Dosu attempted to jump back, but he slammed into an Earth wall created by Sakura's Earth Style Barrier Jutsu. Satsuki stared straight into his eyes as her Sharingan spun dangerously.
"Genjutsu: Sharingan." She whispered as Dosu's body suddenly paralyzed om the spot. Satsuki's flaming blade sliced open his chest horizontally, giving him a large slash wound and major burns.
Zaku cursed and raised his hands. "Extreme Decapitating Airwaves—
Before Zaku could commence his devastating attack that would definitely kill Satsuki and Dosu, he was suddenly paralyzed by something invisible.
"Shadow Possession Jutsu, complete." Shikamaru whispered with a smirk on his face as he, Ino and Choji walked out from a bush. Dosu narrowed his eyes.
"They keep coming out like cockroaches." Dosu whispered as he swung his right hand at Satsuki who widened her eyes and jumped away.
Satsuki gagged and started vomiting, her ears were bleeding and her vision was distorted. Sakura rushed to help her but she was struck in her right leg by a couple of senbons. Sakura cursed as knelt down on one knee because she lost control over her right leg.
Kin appeared behind her and grabbed Sakura by the hair, pulling on it as hard as she could, forcing Sakura to yelp in pain.
"Well get a feel of this, it seems your hair is softer than mine. Pft! Trying to be a sexy ninja? If you have time to treat your hair, then train you female swine." Kin sneered at Sakura in disgust.
Sakura remained calm as she unsealed a kunai from the containment seal on her palm. She brought it up and Kin took notice of it.
"You don't seriously think you can get me like this do you. Don't be stupid, you're too weak to get me." Kin taunted with a smirk on her face. Sakura smirked and looked back at Kin with a menacing gaze.
"That comment you made about my hair, about how I take care of it more than I train." Kin suddenly had shivers sent down her spine as Sakura leaked a lot of killing intent.
"Who says I can't do both?" Sakura narrowed her eyes as she stabbed Kin in the knee. Kin screamed in pain but she still didn't let go of Sakura's hair.
"I can grow it back again." The pink haired kunoichi whispered before she slashed the kunai up behind her, cutting off her long hair, surprising everyone present.
Ino was especially surprised since Sakura's long hair was her pride and joy, seeing her cut it off so casually made her surprised.
But she also knew what this meant for Sakura. In Japanese culture, cutting long hair into a short cut means that a woman is starting anew.
"Tch! Useless ass woman!" Zaku growled as he wove several hand seals before shooting airwaves at Sakura who used Body Flicker to disappear from the range of the attack.
Zaku looked around the place, searching around for where she would appear next. His heartbeat fastened as she did not appear in a couple of seconds like he hoped she would.
"Earth Style: Ripping Drill Fang."
Sakura launched out of the ground below Zaku. Zaku was shocked at the surprise attack but ut was too late for him to retaliate.
"Cherry Blossom Impact!!!! SHANNARO!!!!"
*BOOOOOOOMMMMM!!!!!*
Zaku's jaw shattered from Sakura's monstrous chakra infused punch. Satsuki made his situation even worse as she jammed two pretty unnoticeable senbon into the hollow air tubes that extended through his arms and opened through his hands. Her actions made it impossible for Zaku to use his airwave attack.
Sakura punched Dosu hard in the face, knocking the Oto Shinobi out. Dosu cursed as he watched it all in the sidelines, unable to move due to Shikamaru's possession over him with the Shadow Possession Jutsu.
Kin attempted to jump in and save her teammate but Lee appeared in behind her with pure speed.
"Leaf Gale!" Lee declared as he delivered a spinning low kick from behind, throwing Kin off balance.
Kin widened her eyes as she was propelled away as she was knocked over. Lee appeared above her while his right fist was raised.
*BAM!!!*
"Sorry. Even though you're a pretty woman, you are my enemy at this moment." Lee whispered after he punched Kin in the nose, knocking her out.
"Some minor Oto ninja fighting against these second rate ninja, a pathetic fight." Lee widened his eyes and looked at Neji and Tenten approaching them.
Shikamaru looked at something from the comer of his eyes and smirked. "Looks like I don't need to keep going anymore." He whispered as he released his Jutsu.
"Hey! Why'd you let him go!" Ino shouted at him. Shikamaru yawned as he walked away from Dosu.
"You'll see." He whispered as he walked past her, leaving Ino even more confused. Dosu chuckled as he looked at the Konoha Shinobi surrounding him.
"I dunno what's gotten in you! You're pretty stupid for doing that, kid!" Dosu shouted at Shikamaru who in return gave him the middle finger while maintaining his bored expression.
"What are you gonna do now? My Melody Arm will kill you all in an instant!" Dosu declared while raising his right arm. Everyone got on guard except for Shikamaru.
"We don't need to do anything."
Everyone wondered what the Nara meant with that statement, but they soon found out as a immense pressure of killing intent washed over the battlefield.
Turning around, everyone saw Naruto who was standing up. The dark red layer of chakra was receding and his skeletal structure was disappearing at the same time.
All that was left was a translucent red with bubbles of chakra forming all along him, providing the blonde a degree of physical protection.
Paws of chakra form around his hands while a tail swayed behind him menacingly. Sakura gulped as she looked at his slitted crimson red eyes. His whisker-like marks on his cheeks were wide and thick. Similar to a fox.
"Naruto...." Tenten muttered with worry in her voice and facial expression. Shikamaru was studying the form with a serious gaze.
'Is he in control?' Was the first thing he thought about as soon as he saw Naruto's now menacing crimson eyes.
Neji narrowed his eyes at his new form. "What is this? Is this the power fate has bestowed to him?" He wondered. Satsuki and Sakura were staring at the curse mark on Naruto's neck intensely.
Naruto appeared in front of Dosu in a flash. Dosu tried to swing at Naruto but his right arm was grabbed by the blonde.
"Argh!!!" Dosu yelled in pain as his arm was burned by the shroud of chakra around the blonde Genin.
Naruto squeezed it tightly, breaking the Melody Arm before shattering his bones with the same squeeze.
"AAAHHH!!!" Dosu widened his eyes and screamed in agony. Naruto continued by punching Dosu in the face, sending the Oto Shinobi flying through multiple trees before slamming into a boulder.
Naruto slowly walked towards Dosu calmly. Dosu coughed out blood as he looked at the blonde Genin.
"Trying to gloat before you kill me?" He asked weakly. Naruto shook his head and smirked. He pointed at the trees behind him with his thumb.
"Nope, but these guys probably will after they're done with you." Naruto replied. Suddenly, Ibiki and a couple of Anbu operatives appeared standing on the tree branches, looking down at Dosu.
"We'll take it from here, kid." Ibiki told Naruto who nodded and slowly went out of his One Tailed Chakra Cloak form.
Naruto and Ibiki walked towards each other. Naruto stopped and so did Ibiki. "What happened to that snake? Did you kill him?" Naruto asked him. Ibiki sighed and rubbed his face.
"He was constantly using his unique form of substitution Jutsu which took a lot of chakra. But at the last moment he activated Anko's curse seal and summoned a couple of large snakes, distracting us. He got away kid, sorry. " Ibiki whispered to him. The man then grinned at him.
"You and your team did a nice job fending him off even if it's for a couple of minutes." Ibiki complimented. Naruto smirked and walked back to his teammates.
Two Anbu members grabbed the unconscious Kin and Zaku. Ibiki knocked out Dosu and searched for something in his pouch. He took out an Earth scroll and threw it at Naruto who caught it.
"Continue with the exams! Please act like nothing happened! We don't need an international scandal right now!" Ibiki ordered before he and the Anbu members disappeared with Team Dosu in their hands.
Naruto sighed as he looked at the Konoha genin akl staring at him, awaiting answers. Shikamaru was the only one brave enough to voice his confusion.
"What the hell was that, Naruto?" He asked him. Naruto sighed and rubbed the back of his head. He knew this day would come soon, but he didn't think it would come this soon.
"Alright, here's the story. You know October 10th right? The day where the Kyuubi attacked Konoha 12 years ago? So the Fourth Hokage didn't kill him, he sealed him inside a newborn baby. That baby was me. "
To be continued...