I don't own anything. It's a work of fiction and all that jazz. Uhh…so not putting this anywhere else so yea!!! Besides, this was another one of those ideas I just had and couldn't escape from for some very odd reason…….. Enjoy!!!!

'Why?' Sakura fell to her knees and threw up, her dinner rushing back up and splattering the ground. 'Why am I shinobi? What purpose does it serve?' She stayed in the same spot, her body violently ill. Behind her, she felt Naruto shift slowly. Her mind flashed back to him killing the enemy shinobi. He had been efficient and just a little bloodthirsty. It was a job he had done before. Her train of thought inevitably rolled into the reason she was throwing up on a battle field. Her eyes rolled, searching for the corpse of the first and only man she had ever killed. He was older than her, and had threatened to do things to her body after she was dead. So why was she crying and vomiting and despairing over his life, over his death? He was a disgusting specimen of a man, and yet she was getting sick over him?

"It'll get easier to block it away Sakura-chan." Sakura closed her eyes. 'I'm only twelve. This can't be happening; this can't be happeningcan'tbehappeningcan'tbehappening!!!' "Sakura-chan? Drink some water." Naruto bent to her side and handed her the canteen. She closed her eyes and turned away from it. "You can't be dehydrated Sakura. Sensei will get angry."

"N-Naruto, I'm not thirsty."

"Drink it." He waved the canteen in her face. "You know how he gets." Sakura sat back, accepted the canteen and drank the water. "You did a good job." Sakura gagged. "No! Don't! You did a good job. He died, and it was no more than he deserved."

'When did he become bloodthirsty? When did I learn how to kill?' "Thank you Naruto."

"Naruto! Sakura!" Their sensei appeared, his caramel eyes taking in the scene before he relaxed. "Report."

"We were attacked. The missing ninja came from everywhere. I killed the majority of them, Sakura managed to take one down. Is the client well?"

"It was a trap." Their teacher sighed and dug into his kunai pouch, pulling out a senbon needle and placing it in his mouth. "The clients have been dead. This mission was sent to Konoha with the hopes that a good team would be sent out. It seems these ninja got bored preying on innocent civilians. They wanted to go against elites." Sakura looked up, blanched at the sight of the metal in her teacher's mouth and forced bile back.

"Genma-sensei, how did you find this out?"

"A little torture never hurt anyone." Sakura gulped in air, valiantly fighting back her lunch. "Naruto, see if you can find anything of use on these bodies. Sakura, go check the village and see if there is anyone alive there." Sakura nodded and pushed herself to her feet. She had something to focus on now, something to take her mind away from the blood.

"I'll show your body how to handle a man Pinky. Even if I must touch your cooling body after you die."

And she was gone, vanishing away into the trees, desperate to be away from the man's ghost.

"Wise choice Naruto. But please refrain from impersonating me in the future." Naruto smiled brightly and dispelled his henged kage bunshin.

"She was sick."

"She needs to know that you won't protect her from her job."

"She should just be a medic or genjutsu specialist."

"Most women kill if you leave them to those undignified jobs. Check the bodies like you said you would."

"Sure man-slut. Whatever you say." Naruto walked over to the bodies and began going through the belongings.

"Can't you have some more respect for your dear sensei?"

"Default sensei. Go check on Saki-chan. I don't know if I got them all." Genma shrugged and then vanished after his pink haired student. Naruto sunk to his knees in the middle of the carnage he had wrought. 'What am I?' He brought his fists down to the ground, ignoring the crunch of the ground as he repeated the action. He stopped and stared sullenly at the dead bodies around him. Slowly, he drug in a breath and stood. Red chakra filtered up though the air, drawn back to the place of their origin. Naruto stood in the middle of the rising light and absorbed it. Briefly, his eyes flickered to a purple slitted version of themselves. He sighed softly as it filtered back into his body. 'Happy? Blood just for you.Death for you too.'Kyuubi giggled softly.

Aren't you a loving host?

'Shuddap!'Naruto sighed softly and stretched. Then he dug through the corpses, stealing all the weapons he thought he needed and leaving everything else for the fire that would soon consume their bodies. He jumped back, surveying the scene of carnage he was faced with. Forming seals, he blew into a ring formed with his fingers. Blue fire came out and engulfed the field, burning everything in its path. Naruto sat on the other side and watched it. When Genma and Sakura reappeared, he cut his connection with the leaping flames and they vanished into nothingness.

"Good one Naruto. Ready to return to Konoha?" Naruto nodded and turned away from the ash on the road. Genma smirked around his senbon and ruffled Sakura's short pink hair. "You ready Saki?"

"Sakura, man-whore. Sakura."

"Whatever Saki." Genma smiled at his student, prouder than he had a right to be. She smiled back at him.

"Well, let's go." Naruto scratched his head and sighed as they set off towards Konoha. Within seconds, they were back in the trees and running towards their village.

"How do you feel, returning after these four months?" The duo shrugged. "Won't they be surprised to see how you've changed?"

"Who Sensei? Our old teacher and his apprentice? I doubt they will care." Genma's caramel eyes hardened.

"I could care less what that bastard and his little brat think of you. I was referring to the rest of Konoha."

"Who cares what they think?" Sakura murmured softly, self consciously pulling at the sleeve of her shirt. "They're all asses anyway. Look at how they treat Nari."

"Naruto, you slut, Naruto." Naruto ground out. Sakura smirked.

"Saki and Nari were good little whore names, but seriously Sakura, aren't you looking forward to it?"

"Nope." Sakura leapt from another branch and landed gracefully. "Could care less. Stop asking Sensei." Genma refrained from asking anymore questions. The next four hours passed in silence until the team stood outside Konoha.

"You ready Nari?"

"Only if you are Saki."

"How about you man-whore?"

"I could care less about you two miscreants." Sakura grinned.

"He's going man-whoring Naruto. He's been without females for too long." Genma grinned and leaned closer to the pink haired girl.

"You could have kept me company Saki-chan." His voice dropped down a decibel. "I would have loved to keep you company." Sakura growled and whirled on him, a kunai drawn. There was a screech of metal that alerted the guards into standing up. Genma smiled down at his student. "Report to the Hokage for me Saki-chan?" Sakura glared at her Sensei.

"Man-whore, stop playing with a girl around twelve years, if not more your junior." Genma pouted.

"You're just jealous because you haven't the guts to do it yourself Naruto."

"Go, man-whore, away with you now." Genma shrugged and wandered away, idly placing his senbon back in his mouth. "Don't catch anything!"

"We're back, I need to see some respect whisker boy." Naruto stifled a curse when he realized his teacher was right. Away from Konoha, no one had cared enough to keep up formalities, now that they were back, barriers needed to be rebuilt.

"Ready to see the Old Man Saki-chan?"

"As ready as I'll ever be." Sakura and Naruto walked back through the gates of Konoha and towards the Hokage tower.

"Sakura!?" Sakura winced when she heard her best friend turned rival's voice.

"Hi Ino." Sakura turned to face Konoha's pretty princess and she stared. 'Was my hair like that once? Did I dress like that, look like that? Was I ever that fashion conscious?'

"Ohmygah!!! What happened to you!?" Ino rushed to her side. "Did you give up on Sasuke!? You look like crap! What happened to your diet!? What happened to your hair!? Sakura, you're fat!" Sakura blinked at the girl, and laughed.

"I cut my hair Ino. It got in my way too often." She raised a hand to it self-consciously. "I was living with men, so it's the only way they knew how to cut hair, short. But I like it like this." Her hair was shorter than Hinata's and almost like the timid Hyuuga, her bangs reached her neck. "As for the clothes, well, Naruto bought it for me and I liked what he brought, so I kept it."

"Oooh, so Narutois where you get clothes from? I guess you realized you weren't good enough for Sasuke, and with an outfit like that, you'll never be." Sakura shrugged.

"At least I won't be the one to get raped first. I look like a boy, and the enemy will assume I am one. Somehow, I think being thought of as a boy is a lot simpler than the enemy seeing me as a girl. But should I need to look pretty, I can manage." Sakura looked down at her baggy gray cargo pants and the deep crimson shirt she wore. "Besides, this is Naruto's shirt anyway. Mine was dirty." Ino raised an eyebrow.

"Ah, wearing Naruto's clothes too? Is the dead last the only thing you could manage to get?" Sakura smiled brightly.

"I happen to adore the dead last Ino." She turned. "But me and he have some errands to run, so I'll be seeing you around." She grabbed Naruto' clenched fist. "C'mon. Oh, Ino, just because I put some pounds on doesn't mean I'm fat. I'm actually very healthy. I mean seriously, what kind of ninja goes on a diet anyway? Our bodies are kept in peak physical shape if we do what we're supposed to. I guess you don't." Sakura pulled Naruto behind her as they set off towards the Hokage's tower. A double tap on her wrist had her jumping to the nearest rooftop. From there, cold jade and burning sapphire watched as their old teacher and his apprentice walked by below them. Sasuke looked up and spotted them. For a moment, pain flashed in his eyes before being washed away in anger. He turned from them and strolled after his teacher.

"Were we wrong to abandon him to Hatake?"

"He's getting the training he wanted Nari-chan. What more could he would?"

"For it to be like it once was before we got tired of being left behind?" Naruto replied softly. Sakura shook her head.

"I've come too far to settle for being taught second handedly again. So have you." Naruto nodded. "C'mon! We have to go. Genma will be pissed off at us." Naruto nodded and this time, they set off across the roof tops. They made it to the Tower with no other interruptions and strolled in.

"Saki and Nari!!!! You're late. What kept you?"

"We ran into Ino and then Sasuke, Sensei."

"Ah. Well, come on in, Hokage-sama is waiting to hear from the two of you." The two walked into the office and then bowed low.

"It's nice to see the two of you again." Naruto straightened first.

"How've you been Old Man?" He smiled when Sakura straightened to smack him, catching her fist easily. Sakura smiled brightly at the Hokage as she wriggled her hand out of Naruto's. The wizened old man simply laughed at their antics.

"It's wonderful to see that you two have grown closer." He leaned forward. "And you look like a shinobi more focused on her job than anything else Sakura. What a surprising change."

"Yea, well, after the Saki/Nari mission I thought it would be better to look like a boy for the most part. I actually enjoy the freedom I gain for it. Most people don't know I'm a girl until I talk, so they don't underestimate me quite as much and I'm given the respect I deserve…until they realize that I'm a girl." The Hokage nodded.

"I heard you made your first kill in the last four months. Both of you."

"Naruto killed more than I sir. I only recently killed my first man in battle."

"But it is an accomplishment. Now, you and Naruto may leave. Thank you for reporting to me." The duo bowed to the elderly man. "I have one more question."

"What is it?"

"The Chuunin Exams are coming up. Do you wish to be reunited as Team Seven to take the exam, or will you skip it?" Sakura and Naruto looked at each other.

"Will Hatake be reinstated as our teacher?"

"For the duration of the exam, you will be known to be under his lead, but that he is not your true teacher. You need not report to him either as Genma is your team leader. You will continue to learn as you do now." They nodded at each other and turned.

"You can reunite us sir." Sakura replied. "But we will not acknowledge Hatake as a Sensei. He taught us nothing for the two months he had us, choosing to favor his apprentice. We want nothing to do with that hypocritical man."

"Run along then." The duo nodded and then left the office.

"Genma."

"Yes sir?"

"What's the status of the demon?"

"During our four month trip, Sakura and Naruto were captured by missing nins. To protect Sakura, he used his Oiroke no Jutsu and was a girl for the duration of their capture."

"Nari?"

"Yes, Nari-chan was born there. Apparently, she's so beautiful that the men couldn't help themselves. Sakura was spared for the most part, but the most degrading things happened to Naruto."

"And how did they escape?"

"One man took it too far with Sakura. Naruto pulled on the demon's strength and killed them all. It seems his actions awakened the slumbering beast. It seeks payment for the use of its power."

"What is this payment?"

"Blood and carnage."

"Is Naruto able to satisfy its wants?" Genma chuckled softly.

"Naruto has always been a brutal fighter Hokage-sama. He's simply just a bit more bloodthirsty." The Hokage nodded.

"You are dismissed as well then Genma."Genma nodded and he too fled the room.

Two days later, the bigger half of the retired team seven was found on the bridge they used to wait on. Sakura boredly twirled a needle around her fingers before throwing it at leaves, only to withdraw it with wire. Naruto sat next to her, reading a book.

"The idiot can read?" Sasuke gasped when the senbon stopped in front of his face, lazily twirling in the morning light.

"Don't do that Sasuke. The idiot is my best friend." Sasuke's eyes trailed the freakishly floating wire back to its owner. Sakura waved lazily and then pulled it back, breaking the coating of chakra that had allowed her to keep the wire stiff. "Besides, the book is useful." Sakura turned back to the bridge and resumed leaf fishing. Naruto didn't even respond.

"Hello team! Isn't it great to be back together?"

"We're only a temp team Hatake. We won't stay long enough to ruin your love affair with the Uchiha. We just came to take the Chuunin Exams, get promoted and run while we can." Naruto spoke up softly. "We aren't back together."

"Fine, fine, be that way Naruto."

"I will." Naruto stood, brushing off his pants. "We came to say hi, get our forms and then report back to Genma-sensei."

"I saw your Sensei hounding Kurenai around town." Sakura rolled her eyes.

"He's such a man whore. Oh well, Naruto and I need to go shopping anyway. The exams are used to promote stability within the ninja community and as a way to show off your countries ninja. I can't go wearing Naruto's shirt and he can't go in that simple outfit." Sakura stood and slid off the railing of the bridge. "So can we have our forms?"

"Come and get them." Two seconds later, Kakashi lay on the floor covered in sharp wire. Sakura stood idly over him, the reel in her hand.

"You may not want to move. This wire is extremely sharp. It's used as a toy down in the ANBU assassination squadron. I rather like to keep mine blood free because it's very difficult to keep clean. I have the scars to prove it." She wriggled her fingers at him playfully. "May we have our sheets or will I have to prove that we are far better under Genma than we were under you?"

"Saki-chan, let him go. He's your superior." Sakura grit her teeth and unraveled the silver haired man. The wire coiled itself onto the reel before the faint blue glow once again vanished. "Don't do that again."

"Yes sensei." Sakura and Naruto turned to face their metal loving teacher. "But could you tell him to give us our forms? I don't feel like hanging around him any longer than I need to."

"Hatake, would you be kind enough to give my students their forms?"

"You taught her that level of control? Are her chakra reserves even improved enough for her to use wire like that? And how could you let her choose wire as a weapon!? Did you give her clearance for the type she carries? You know only ANBU are allowed to carry it."

"Sakura has always had very good chakra control. I just helped her hone it. Along with helping her gain larger reserves. The wire was her own idea after she was captured on a mission. As for the type of wire, I just came to give her permission from the Hokage himself. She knows she wasn't supposed to play with it."

"Actually, you never told me that Sensei." Sakura spoke softly.

"My apologies then, but now it doesn't matter because you have clearance from the Hokage to do whatever you want." Genma ruffled her short hair. "Tell you what, I'll hold on to your forms and you take Naruto shopping. I want to see an improvement in what you wear to represent Konoha…and me to a lesser degree." Sakura grinned brightly. "Your pay from your mission should be in your accounts by now. By the way, why have the two of you joined accounts?"

"Hmm….well, Naruto should explain since it was his idea." Sukura turned to Naruto who was still reading. "Naru?"

"Huh? Oh, the account thing?" Naruto closed the book. "Well, Sakura and I are going to be living with each other soon, along with her mother if she accepts. The money being pooled together is more than it is apart and thus garners a higher interest rate. And since she isn't me, the interest will have to be met because no upstanding citizen should be cut off from their money. Oh, and since the account is basically under her name, funds cannot mysteriously disappear and never be returned." He blinked up at Kakashi who was staring at him in shock. "I've never been stupid Kakashi, and certain circumstances have allowed me to use a greater part of my brain than ever before." Naruto shrugged. "Your loss." Naruto stood. "Would you like to go now Sakura?" Sakura nodded. "Shall we?"

"Bye Genma-sensei. See you tomorrow!!! Oh, we'll meet you at the Academy tomorrow morning Sasuke." Sakura waved at the Uchiha with her fingers and turned around. "C'mon Nari."

"Naruto!!!" Naruto jumped to his feet. "Which district do we start in first? Civilian or shinobi?"

"Mmmm….civilian, they're a lot more fun to haggle with." The two wandered off of the bridge, idly discussing what store they would go to. Genma turned to Kakashi, caramel eyes smoldering.

"Do not test my students Kakashi. They are not under your supervision anymore. Do you understand this?"

"Excuse me?"

"Don't you even dare to look insulted. I don't care who you are or all the titles you have gained from others. You lost all respect in my eyes when I was given those two and saw the raw potential they both had. You diddled the Uchiha, I make them gain strength. Leave my students alone and dwell in your world of favoritism and scum." Kakashi opened his mouth and then closed it, unable to retort. "May I have the forms now Hatake?" Kakashi wordlessly dug the two entrance slips out and handed them to the other jounin. "And for the record, doing your student is frowned upon."

"I've never touched him. Besides, women are more my type." Genma stared at the bristling man.

"If you say so. Bye." He used shunshin to escape the silver haired man.

"Saki?"

"Hmmm... no, dark blue darkens your eyes too much. I want you to stand out from the crowd." Sakura glared at the pile of clothes that surrounded the blonde. "But not by using a bright color."

"Hate orange now anyway."

"Fuck you!!!" A girl's husky voice yelled. "I'm going to rip your dick off and feed it to you!" Sea blue eyes glared at the bandit. "And when I finish that, I'll fucking tear your fucking head the fuck off!!" Sakura stifled a scream when the man's hand slammed across her teammates face.

"Pretty girls like you shouldn't talk so dirty. It makes me think you aren't as pure as you seem." The filthy missing nin tilted Naruto's face up. "Naughty little girl." Sea blue eyes crystallized.

"Fuck. Off. You.Fucking. Pervert. Before. I. Rip. Your.Fucking.Throat.Out."

"Nari!" Sakura screamed when the man's knee connected to the blonde's gut. "You fucking bastard!"

"Shut up Saki!"Naruto looked up and spit blood on the man's face. "Just shut up."

Sakura blinked when Naruto poked her in the side.

"What is it?"

"You were thinking too hard. How do you think I'll look in green?" Sakura blinked.

"Green?"

"Just a question Saki. Where has your mind gone?" Sakura shrugged.

"Well, lemme see." Sakura waited as he pulled off his shirt and pulled on the deep green one. "Uhuh. Makes your eyes look turquoise." Naruto rolled his eyes and pulled off the shirt.

"Can we just try the black or the white then? I think we've run through most of the color wheel. Besides, we both agree that crimson on me is okay. And that light blue is passable."

"Try the white." Naruto dug into the rack and pulled out a plain white shirt. He slipped it on and waited for her assessment. Sakura's breath caught and then she grinned. "Wait there!" Sakura all but dove into the racks; pulling seemingly random clothes from their resting places and dragging them over to her comrade. "Try these on." Naruuto looked down at the pile in her arms and obediently stripped off his shirt and pulled on a light blue shirt. Over it, he put on the white jacket Sakura had given him.

"Well?" Sakura grinned happily.

"This is it!!! The white jacket so does it for you!!! Now…get a green shirt, dark, a light blue one, black, crimson, and ochre."

"What the hell is ochre?"

"Browinsh orange."

"I don't want orange!" Sakura winced. She had forgotten he hated the color now.

"Then a shirt of your choice." Naruto nodded and pulled off the shirt and jacket.

"Are we going to see what I look like in black?" He murmured softly.

"Just get a black jacket as well, and some new pants….preferably not man capris. Get either shorts or long pants. Or at least pants that fall below your knees."

"Why?"

"So you can shift to Nari with no trouble should you need to." Naruto nodded and went back to searching through the clothing racks. Sakura turned to face the store owner and repressed a grin at the sour look on the man's face. Minutes later, Naruto tapped on her shoulder and they walked to the counter together.

"Hello little lady! What? Your boyfriend not buying you anything? Go find a trinket while he pays for this." The merchant grinned, thinking his excuse infallible. He couldn't see what the pretty girl saw in the demon, but he would make the boy suffer the only way he could.

"Ah, I'm paying for all of this. He said he'd buy my outfit for the Exams if I bought his! My teammate is awesome!!! But the store I want to go to is in the shinobi district!"

"But there are many ninja outfits here. Surely you can buy something here instead of having to go all the way over there." The store keeper stared down at the pink haired kunoichi and saw the closely guarded hate. He all but swallowed his tongue.

"That offer is unnecessary; please refrain from making it again." She smiled sweetly, an underlying danger emanating from her pale pink lips. "How much?" The man quickly added the prices together and told the girl. She handed him the money, hiding a smirk when she realized he had miscalculated. The man hurriedly folded the clothes and slipped them into bags before giving it to the blonde boy.

"Thank you sir." Naruto bowed respectfully. Sakura just left. He picked up the packages and ran after the girl before summoning a clone. Wordlessly, he handed over the bags. The clone rolled his eyes but walked away, towards his new house, eager to be dispelled. Naruto snorted at a thought the clone sent his way.

"What did he say?"

"If you're her bitch, does this mean I'm the bitch's bitch or am I just her bitch too?" Naruto's mouth quirked into a smile. "My clones need help sometimes. He sighed and shrugged. "Where to now?"

"Shinobi sector. I really do want to buy my clothes from there. You will too. These are just to replace the overwhelming amount of orange me and Genma destroyed on our return. Civilian clothes are durable enough for our normal tasks, but I would like to get a better, or even similar outfit for you to wear to the exam itself." Sakura looked up. "Is that alright with you?"

"Yea, yea." Naruto rolled his eyes. "Let's go get your clothes." The two leapt off heading towards the shinobi sector.

Once there, the two shinobi wandered around aimlessly until a store caught Sakura's eyes.

"Hey, hey, Naruto!"

"Hmmm?" Naruto replied, eyes still searching for a place for them to shop.

"Let's go in there."

"Where?" Naruto turned to see where she was pointing. His eyes widened when the store blurred into view. "Saki? Are you sure?" He looked over to see his partner, only to roll his eyes when he saw she was already halfway to the store. He ran and caught up to her, shaking off the sudden vertigo when they crossed the threshold. His eyes widened when he looked around the simple store.

"Nari? Isn't this amazing!" Sakura almost reverted back to her previous self, the beautiful clothes surrounding her almost making her drool. Her emerald eyes sparkled with a light Naruto hadn't seen since their capture. A small smile found its way to his face.

"I get to pick your outfit Sakura-chaaan!!!" Sakura smiled at him and made shooing motions with her hands.

"I'll find something for you to wear as well Narrriiiii!!" Sakura disappeared off. Naruto sighed, almost seeing the glittery hearts and stars left in her wake.

"It's been a while since I've seen you Naruto. Happy to see you still live." Naruto spun around quickly, blue eyes narrowed in anger.

"Who are you?" The old lady stared at him, her wrinkled lips pouting.

"Bah! Of course you don't remember the person that fed you when you were ejected from the orphanage. Traumatizing times, I can see why you sent those thoughts away." She smiled suddenly as her features shifted and changed. Naruto step backwards, moving away. The younger woman who stared at him with pink eyes unnerved him.

"Who are you?" The woman turned to the aisle next to her and motioned for Naruto to follow her.

"I'm a simple shopkeeper." She smiled at him over her shoulder, light green hair distorting what would have been comforting. "Of course, I also dabble a bit in genjutsu, which is why my store is invisible to those of the lower echelon. Don't think they deserve my wares. But your friend spotted my store…and so did you." Naruto stared at her back when she turned around. "So, what are you getting your girlfriend?"

"Chuunin Exam gear." The woman spun.

"I haven't dressed genins in forever!!!! I'm so excited!!!! Do you have any colors in mind?"

Blood covered the once white shirt of the pink haired girl turning it crimson.

"N-Nari?"

"I'll fucking kill them." Nari's voice was a hoarse whisper. "I'll fucking kill them all."

"Nari….rest…please." Sea blue caught emerald. Nariabruptly pushed herself to her feet, ignoring the wounds that laid her side bare for the world. She limped over to her teammate, a hand over the wound keeping things not meant to see light in her body. Sakura stared down at her gender bending teammate when he finally stood in front of her chained body. The blonde smiled up at her, blood sticking hair to her face.

"You look nice in red Saki. Makes you seem strong, powerful even." Nari raised her bloody hand to Sakura's face. She trailed it down her cheek gently. "But if you tell me to fucking rest again, I'll beat you." Sakura stared down at her teammate.

"You idiot." She forced her hands to her face and wiped away the blood. "Go back to where they left you. You don't need to get hurt anymore." The fist that slammed into her stomach made Sakura gag. Faintly, she saw Nari heading back to her side of the room.

"Fuck you Saki, fuck you." And then everything went dark.

"Naruto?"

"Crimson. Deep and dark." Naruto's blue eyes caught pink. "I know how to shop though. So your help is unnecessary." The woman pouted.

"But I wa-."

"If she doesn't like it I will come to you for help." The woman sighed but left Naruto to his own thoughts.

"Nari!!!!!" Sakura's hysterical screams roused him from his sleep. "Nari!!" She shrieked. Naruto rolled over, wincing when his still tender flesh pulled. "Nari!!" Sea blue eyes opened, sea blue eyes froze.

"S-Saki?" He whispered softly. Sakura's eyes found his as the man fumbled with her shirt. Naruto froze. He remembered that filthy man doing the same to him; he wouldn't let the man touch her. Not Sakura. Not his teammate. Not. His.Sister."Saki!!"Naruto pushed his female body to its feet. "Leave her the fuck alone you asswipe!" The man spun around and grinned lecherously.

"Awake are we?"

"Fuck off!!" Naruto ran towards the man and tried to punch him. The missing nin laughed and grabbed his delicate hand and crushed it ruthlessly. Naruto, no Nari screamed in pain as her bones were broken and then crushed. She was flung across the room, where she slammed into the wall and slid onto the small mattress on the floor.

"Selfish bitch.Seems you want all the attention to yourself." The man grinned. "Well…I don't mind that." Nari watched in a pain filled haze as the man strolled over to her, unzipping his pants. Dazed blue eyes found green and then Nari smiled beatifically. Sakura was safe again.

Naruto stared at the racks in front of him and slowly began to rifle through it. A grin lit up his face as he found the color he had come to see Sakura own. He chuckled softly when the outfit formed in his mind and then he looked for the clothes he would need to complete the design.

Sasuke tapped his foot impatiently. 'Where the hell was I supposed to meet them? And when!?'

"Uchiha? Ready to go?" Sakura asked softly. Sasuke gasped and spun, he hadn't even heard them walk up behind him. Naruto and Sakura stared at him curiously. He realized they were waiting for an answer.

"Whatever. You two are late."

"We assumed you'd wait by the entrance, not hidden away in the playground. Excuse us for not clarifying things more for you." Naruto snapped. Sasuke blinked and stared at the blonde.

"Hurry up Uchiha. We don't have all day." Sakura turned and walked away, Naruto following behind her. Sasuke's eyes widened when he skimmed over her outfit. He had a faint thought that maybe he had been wrong to let them abandon him with an elite teacher…especially if it meant that he could have seen Sakura turn into what stood before him. He walked after them, smiling faintly. Hit team was back together.

When Team 7 walked into the exam room, Sasuke was jumped on by Ino. The girl eagerly cuddled up to the raven haired boy.

"Sasuke!!! I haven't seen you in forever!!! Sasuke grunted as her familiar weight collided with his arm. Ino blinked when she wasn't yelled at by her love rival. Blue grey eyes found her old friend quietly conversing with her teammate. Ino all but swallowed her tongue when she saw Sakura's outfit. She had kept her old clothes thinking that she had outdone all the other females in her class in terms of sexuality. The pink haired girl in front of her had somehow managed to ooze sex and confidence and ice cold rejection all at the same time.

"Ino, let go." The blonde haired girl let go of Sasuke's hand without much thought and made her way over to her rival.

"Ohmygah Sakura! What the hell are you wearing!?"

"Clothes Ino. Some that are of better make than yours apparently." Ino blushed until she was able to retort.

"What the hell are you talking about? My clothes are amazing."

"Whore." Ino gasped, insulted.

"What!?"

"That's what they say Ino. Now my outfit just says kunoichi. I am sorry you couldn't find something more respectable to wear."

Sakura was wearing a white, sleeveless shirt lined in red that cut off an inch over her abs. The back of the shirt had a cherry blossom in pink on it. With it, she wore deep crimson pants that reached her calves and puffed a little at the bottom where they were tied up. At the waist of her pants, there was a white sash tied off at the side. She wore a pair of black shoes and to complete the look, there was a crimson ribbon around her neck and another tied in her hair.

"Besides. One of us had to look like a true shinobi." Ino snorted.

"What shinobi wears that much jewelry!?" Ino retorted. Sakura blinked in surprise and looked down at her arms. She wore multiple silver bangles in varying degrees of thickness around both her wrists and ankles.

"I do!" There was a poof of smoke as someone entered the room.

"It's time for your first exam. Get your number and sit at the desk with the same number on it. I hope that was simple enough for you maggots, because anyone left standing after five minutes is automatically disqualified…along with their team."