AN: REQUEST! 1v2 shot me an interesting scene, and it evolved into this. Small harem, Sasuke bashing. VERY asshole Sasuke. Bits of almost-rape, don't complain about it.

Starts at the Forest of Death mini-Arc.

THIS IS FOR YOU, 1v2! Hey, that rhymed.

Enjoy~

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto. If I did, the Sharingan wouldn't look as cool as it does.

~*~HJN~*~

Chapter 1 –

Naruto frowned at his teammate. The teme had been more and more of an ass, lately, but this just took the cake. It had happened about ten minutes ago.

Sasuke was always being pursued by Naruto's crush, Sakura, and normally he paid it no mind. But this time, it seemed, the stoic Uchiha had snapped. He slapped Sakura across the face, sending her to the ground. Naruto had prepared a large knuckle sandwich, and was about to feed it to the Duck-Ass, but Sakura stopped him. Even with a large red mark on her cheek, and tears welling up in her eyes, she still said, "Naruto stop, he's right! I got too far in his face; his ninja instincts kicked in and pushed me away. Leave it alone."

Sasuke had smirked then. Not his usual arrogant smirk, although this one DID still somehow contain his massive ego. No, this smile was… Naruto could only describe it as evil, corrupted, insane. Like the Uchiha really HAD snapped.

Naruto didn't have much more time to contemplate this, as the last teams had just received their scrolls for the Second Stage of the Chuunin Exams. The hot trenchcoat girl announced them to approach a gate, and they did so. Gate 7. 'Kakashi-sensei would be so proud at our ability to be cliché.'

The gates had opened, and now, ten minutes later, Naruto was watching Sakura and Sasuke prepare a plan for the test. Sakura acted as though nothing was wrong, like everything was the same.

Naruto couldn't think about anything else besides just how far off his rocker Sasuke seemed to be, now. Even his 'normal' face looked crazy, like a madman whose plans were just starting to take effect. The blonde made an excuse to go to the bathroom just to get away from him. He really didn't like leaving Sakura alone with the guy, but he needed to come up with a plan of his own. 'Sasuke's going to get us all killed or worse, I just know it. I'll need a backup plan when his fails.'

Naruto stood behind a fairly nearby tree and emptied himself. "Hey, as long as I'm here, I might as well."

Zipping his pants back up, he stopped as he heard movement coming from where his team was. Rushing back, he knew it was probably nothing, but something in his gut was telling him that they were in trouble. And so he left his piss-spot, completely missing the ticked-off looking giant snake that had just lost its prey.

Returning to the clearing, he saw it empty. A swath of minor destruction was cut though the forest, though, so he followed that. After several minutes, he reached another clearing; he saw Sakura hiding behind Sasuke while he conversed with the Genin team from the Sound village. The girl was leaning back against a tree, waiting for her teammates to finish up, apparently.

Naruto watched from the side as Sasuke spoke. "So, you guys are here to help us pass?"

The guy with bandages around his face answered. "Well, really only you. But if you request, we will pass the other two, as well. Just come with us, and we can take you to our master. He can give you power beyond your wildest dreams!"

Naruto jumped out from the bushes and pointed defiantly at the Oto ninja. "Yeah right! Like we would trust you guys!" He lowered his arm and stood in front of Sasuke. "Besides, we can pass this on our own, right gu-"

All was quiet as Naruto stood there, wide-eyed, a kunai sticking out of his left shoulder blade. Sasuke removed his hand from the hilt and pushed the blonde forward, letting him fall to the ground. Sakura screamed and ran over to him, nervously checking the wound.

The pinkette glared at her crush. "SASUKE-KUN! What are you THINKING? I know he can be kind of annoying at times, but that doesn't mean you should KILL HIM!"

The Uchiha scoffed. "If he can't survive from a single knife wound, he doesn't deserve to be alive, anyway."

Sakura's face grew into that of horror. "But… But you pierced his heart from behind! You might have even punctured his lung, too! Anyone would die from that!" She got up from her knees and pushed her face into Sasuke's. "Sasuke-kun, you have gone way too far, this time!"

For the second time that day, the Uchiha smacked the Haruno girl to the ground. "Kami, you are just so very annoying. You're worse than Naruto!" He turned to the Oto team. "One of you can take me to this master of yours. Whoever wants can… entertain this slut."

The girl, Kin, walked up and nodded. "Well, then I suppose I'll be the one to take you to Orochimaru-sama. Zaku, Dosu, you two can stay here and play." The two nodded, and Zaku grinned lecherously as Kin and Sasuke left.

They approached Sakura, who was crying by this point, and started pulling her hair, fondling her body, and ripping her clothes. It took longer than they thought it would, she was feisty when backed into a corner.

Meanwhile, Naruto could feel himself slipping away. His heart wasn't even beating anymore, but he was still conscious. He could hear Sakura's screams of terror as she was undressed and beaten. But that wouldn't last long. He could feel a tugging on his mind, as though the Shinigami were trying to take him.

No, that's not right… The tug was coming from his own body. The seal on his stomach, to be exact. Eventually, he felt his strength give out, and his mind drifted away from the outside world.

~~HJN~~

The blonde jinchuriki opened his eyes to a five-story iron cage. There was a slip of paper with the kanji for Seal on the bars, and engraved in the floor was the Kanji for Willpower.

Behind the bars was the largest animal he had ever seen. Too big for even the massive cage, there was a nine-tailed red-orange fox laying on the floor, head resting on its paws, eyes open and staring at him. It spoke in a male, demonic voice. "You know who I am. I am the Kyuubi no Kitsune, strongest of the living tailed-beasts. I am a demon by blood and reputation. And you, kit, are dying."

Naruto nodded. "What's it to you? I die, and you get set free. So why did you call me here? You did call me, right?" Naruto added, dropping his cool demeanor.

The fox chuckled, a deep, dark sound that not many would hear and still have clean undies. "You have been misinformed, kit. This seal prevents me from taking physical form at the death of my container. It will bleed me dry to try and keep you alive, which is the reason you are not dead, yet. I will die before you do, as it takes my chakra and uses it to heal you. However, it cannot. Somehow that Uchiha managed to strike you with the tip of the blade piercing a chakra point, a lucky shot if I ever saw one. The chakra-conductive metal is messing with your coils, preventing the healing from reaching your wound. If he had hit a chakra point anywhere else on the body, besides maybe your head, you would live, easily. But your heart cannot pump scab-makers to itself. The cells in that organ rarely, if ever, divide on their own, and so you will die. But there is an option."

Naruto looked up at the fox hopefully. "Well? What is it?"

"My power has more potential than what this seal uses it for. If I were to feed my chakra into you directly, without the seal filtering it, I could save you. All you have to do is let me out. Release the seal. It's based entirely on your willpower, so really the only thing stopping you, is you."

Naruto considered this for a while. He had to save Sakura if he could, and the fox seemed sincere enough. Stepping forward, he was about to jump up to the seal paper when he saw something behind the Kyuubi. A door. A black door, with a rich golden glow coming out from beneath it.

Kyuubi turned his head to look where Naruto was gazing, and his eyes widened. "Kit, be warned, I do not know what is behind that door. It was trapped in here with me when I was sealed away, it may be even more dangerous. I sense power almost as great as myself from it, and that alone should scare you. Take my offer, it will save you, who knows what that door will do."

Naruto could hear the fear in Kyuubi's voice, and see it in his face. But it was fear that Naruto wouldn't let him out, not necessarily that the blonde would open the door. Naruto walked past the bars, and passed the Kyuubi, who couldn't move in the tight space. Despite the fox's continued protests, he placed his hand on the doorknob, which seemed to be made of a large diamond, and turned.

~~HJN~~

Sakura struggled furiously against her tormentors, but to no avail. They were stronger than her, and she was losing energy from their abuse. Her true virginity remained intact, though her hymen was already broken from an incident on the playground as a kid, but there were fingers inside her, now, wriggling around, trying to get her 'ready'. But she knew, with some kind of twisted pride, that she would never be 'ready'. Despite Dosu's attempts to get an automatic, biological reaction from her, she was still relatively dry down there. Zaku's penis was in her face, though, trying to force its way into her mouth, but she kept biting it every time it got near. Which, of course, earned her another slap and a bad taste in her mouth.

Then they paused, and tensed visibly. She was confused for a moment, but then she felt it. Chakra. It was in the air, and it was thick, dripping with Killer Intent. Sakura turned her head to the source, and saw Naruto, on the ground, covered in a golden glow. She could see him twitching, and finally she noticed why. The kunai in his back was slowly sliding out, as though it were being pushed from within.

Dosu and Zaku let Sakura fall to the ground as they watched Naruto slowly pull himself to his feet, steam rising from the wound on his back as it closed rapidly.

Naruto could feel liquid power running through him, the wound closing as though it were never there. Then he felt a pressure in his shoulder blades. When it released, a skeletal bat wing structure burst from his back, ripping his clothes.

The Oto nin and Sakura gaped at the development. It was as though the bone wings weren't made of bone. They were more like clear blue diamond. Hollow diamond, with some kind of golden liquid flowing through them. Then more diamond-bone burst from above the boy's butt, sprouting into a tail, shaped exactly like his spine would be, except at the end. The end had three spikes splitting off from the tip. The wings stretched and popped their joints, the tail swishing behind him, spikes twitching independently. Naruto rolled his shoulders and neck, testing them.

He opened his eyes, revealing his blue irises, the malice looking out of place in those orbs, yet deadly all the same. Perhaps it was the golden pupil, but he made it work.

Naruto stepped forward, and the Oto shinobi stepped back. Naruto quirked an eyebrow. "Nope. Sorry. Too late to run away. You have done wrong by me by hurting my precious person. Now you must be punished."

Sakura's eye grew wide as Naruto thrust his wings at her tormentors, piercing them through the stomach. Their bodies convulsed for a moment, then slumped over.

Naruto withdrew his wings and let them fall to the ground. Turning, he looked at Sakura, then immediately looked away. "Did… Erm.. Did they…?"

Sakura looked down, and seemed to notice for the first time that she was naked. Covering herself as best she could, she shook her head, blushing furiously. "N-no. I'm alright. More or less. Naruto… What happened to you?"

He chuckled and rubbed the back of his head, still facing away. "I don't rightly know. I was dying, then I got sucked into my seal, you know the one with… Anyway, I opened a door or something, and next thing I know, I wake up, feeling better than ever, and more ticked off than I've ever felt. Here, come on. Let's get back to our packs and get you into some clothes."

Sakura nodded, and made to get up, but a pain shot through her leg, and she fell back to the ground. "Ugh! Okay, yeah that's not happening."

Naruto risked a look back, and saw the state she was in. Bruises all over her, a cut on her cheek, and a very ominous purple mark on her left shin. "What's wrong, Sakura-chan?"

She looked up and shrieked, "DON'T LOOK! TURN AROUND!" He did, immediately. Once she calmed down, she said, "I think my leg's broken."

Naruto frowned. "Well we can't stay here. Storm's coming. I can send a Kage Bunshin to get our packs, but otherwise, we need to move. You sure you can't walk?" Even as he said it, thunder rolled across the sky, and he shot out a clone, complete with the skeletal wings and tail, which ran back to their original clearing.

Sakura tried bending her knee and rolling her ankle, and winced. "Yeah, I'm sure. I suppose… Y-you'll just have to…c-carry me…"

Naruto's face grew hot. "Well… I could d-do that." The clone returned with the packs and Naruto started looking for Sakura's spare clothes. "Here, let's get you dressed, fir-" *plip*

Naruto and Sakura looked up at the sky, and felt the rain begin to fall. Sakura's eyes grew wide. "I guess there's no time for that, then." She looked over at her blonde, and indeed, now only teammate, and narrowed her eyes. "You better not try any funny stuff, mister! You are to carry me to shelter, leave me my bag, and leave the area while I change!"

Naruto chuckled nervously. "I'm not a pervert, Sakura-chan. At least not normally."

She adjusted herself to cover her breasts and crotch as best as she could. "Yeah, well, this isn't exactly a normal circumstance, is it? Come on, you can turn around now, but just remember our agreement!"

Naruto nodded and swung their packs over his shoulders. Turning around, he braced himself for the nosebleed, but it never came. She was beautiful, of course, sexy, too, at least to him. But it was coupled with a respect far too great to have inappropriate thoughts in this situation. Walking over to her, he gently picked her up under the knees and back, bridal style. He could see her blushing furiously, and he himself was losing feeling in the rest of his body from all the blood rushing to his face. And another part of him, but that was a natural, biological reaction, she couldn't possibly get upset at that.

It seemed his tail knew what to do while he moved, it automatically counterbalanced him as he jumped through the trees. "I think these wings actually work! At least as gliders, anyway, I'm jumping farther and faster, now."

Sakura looked up at him. "Really? But they're just skeletons, how could they help?"

Naruto blinked and realized he must have been thinking out loud. "Oh, well, I don't know. Then again, I don't know what this means, either. All I know is that I'm gonna be practicing these while you're changing. Hey, I think I see some shelter!"

Sure enough, not a minute later and Naruto landed in front of a shallow cave, just big enough for four people comfortably.

Sakura squinted against the rain and wind. "Good thing, too, this storm is picking up!"

Naruto hopped inside and pulled a sealless clone, something he had worked on during his C-rank turned A-rank mission in Wave. The clone pulled a blanket out of their packs, which Naruto placed Sakura on.

Removing the packs from his shoulders, he put them next to the girl, and turned around. "Now, I'm going to be right outside. Call me in when you're done, got it?"

"Okay. I promise I'll hurry, so you can get out of the rain."

Naruto gave her a thumbs-up over his shoulder. "I'll be fine. You just be careful, when you're done, I'll splint that leg." And he left; back out into the wind and the rain just outside the cave.

Sakura grabbed her pack and looked into it. She hadn't really known what they were going to be doing for this test when she packed, so she had tried to cover her bases. Unfortunately, with everything she had put in there, there was only room for one extra pair of clothes, and it wasn't even her normal outfit! Pulling on her underwear, she started wrapping her breasts with the medical tape like every Kunoichi is taught when bras are unavailable. They weren't big by any means, but it still bothered her when there was nothing to hold them. The next bit was a problem, though. The black shorts, which were different in that they had a light red stripe down each side, were skintight. And her leg was broken. She managed, though, with some pain, and got them up onto her hips. 'Let's see, what else did I put in here…?' A metal mesh V-neck shirt, apparently. She pulled that on, and dug a little more. 'Aha! Oh crap.' Sakura held up a red zipper-shirt with her family's white circle on the back, similar to the top part of the dress she normally wore. Unfortunately, this one was from when she was just a little younger. 'Must have grabbed it by mistake.'

Pulling it on, she found it still fit, mostly, though the zipper didn't go all the way up. Thankfully, the V-neck of the mesh shirt hid it from view; she may be wearing a shirt a couple sizes too small, but she didn't need to look like that Anko woman. She noticed that about two inches of her midriff was exposed, too, but it would do for now. She hadn't packed a skirt, thinking she had thrown her battle dress in there instead of this old shirt, so her skintight shorts were all that was there. All-in-all, she looked alright, and the exposed skin wasn't slutty, so she called it a win. "Naruto! I'm done, you can come in, now!"

*HJN*

Naruto left the cave to let the girl get dressed. Seeing a large pine tree ten feet away, he took a stance. His legs were bent and spread, but his feet were slightly closer together than a horse stance. Arms were loosely held aloft, and his right side was leading, slightly. Then he struck. His right wing folded its 'fingers' into the main branch, and stretched at the tree. 'They did that before, too. Are the skinny branches vulnerable?' The wing struck the tree, but barely. It seemed ten feet was the limit of each wing. Testing this, he held his right wing stretched, and struck with his left. It hit the tree too, again, only scratching the surface, though a little less than the right wing, due to his stance. He nodded. "Yep, they're both ten feet, even at the same time." Withdrawing his wings, he brought the right one in for examination. Touching it, he could feel with them. They felt like just another appendage, like his body had had them all its life. Touching the finger branches, he found that they were just as tough as the main arm, but the arrangement of the bones prevented striking movements with them spread. 'So its automatic due to structure. Okay, I get that. Tail…'

Bringing it around to the front, he inspected the end. The three spikes coming off the tip seemed to be able to move independently, like three long, bony fingers, complete with joints. Naruto looked at the tree, and readied himself. Striking this time with his tail, he subconsciously knew to bring the tips of the fingers together and make a point at the end. The tail struck the tree, and went all the way through it. He estimated the reach to be about 20 feet! "Now that's cool! It's like it stretched!" bringing it back, he watched as it retracted to a mere 6 feet long, twitching behind him. Naruto thought for a moment. "Hm. I wonder…"

He looked around and saw a small rock in the, now, mud. Reaching with his wing, he tried using the branches to pick it up, but no luck. They just weren't meant for it. Trying again with his tail, the three fingers lifted it from the ground easily "Alright, that's cool. Let's test how accurate I am."

Aiming at a tree more than 50 feet away, he whipped his tail and flung the rock. It struck the trunk perfectly!

He would have tried with a kunai, but he heard Sakura yell from inside the cave, "Naruto! I'm done, you can come in, now!"

Walking inside and shaking water out of his hair, he looked at Sakura on the blanket. "Wow… You look great! Why don't you ever wear that, huh?"

Sakura raised an eyebrow at him. "Because this is an old shirt that, by all rights, barely fits me."

Naruto chuckled. "Well, it sure looks like it fits. From where I'm standing, it doesn't look constricting, or anything."

"Well, no, it's not, but.."

Naruto grinned. "Then what does it matter? Now drop it, and let me splint that leg." He said, before leaving once more to find a few sticks for the splint, cursing himself for not doing so, earlier.

Sakura looked down at herself, and tried to imagine a mirror. "I guess it does look pretty good. And it IS comfortable…" She looked up as Naruto returned, once more shaking his hair dry.

"Although, you could do with a haircut. It just doesn't match the outfit." He said, as he pulled a length of rope and some medical tape out of his bag.

Sakura contemplated this while he wrapped her leg. He was very gentle, but firm where it counted. 'Kind of like his personality.' She had been growing her hair since she found out Sasuke liked girls with long hair. "I don't know if I could cut my hair. Sasuke likes it this way." Before she could catch herself, she said it. But the damage was done. Naruto pulled a little tighter than he needed to on the splint, making her wince.

"That teme betrayed me. Betrayed us! He tried to kill me, he left you to be beaten and raped! If you still care about him, fine, but I'm done with that asshole."

"Naruto…"

"NO! He has snapped, Sakura-chan! He's had this crazy look in his eye since he slapped you outside the gates! Like he enjoyed the power he had over you. And then when you stopped me from decking him, it only got worse, like his dominance had just spread to me in his eyes. Sakura-chan, he's nothing anymore. Leave him." He finished the splint and looked up at her, having just realized something. "Who told you he likes long hair, anyway?"

Sakura thought for a moment. "A note. A piece of paper he was doodling on next to his desk. It had little stick figures of people and dogs and stuff, and a note at the bottom that said he preferred long haired girls. That was the second year of the Academy."

Naruto blinked, then started laughing. "Sakura-chan, that was Kiba! He sat right next to Sasuke, remember? Didn't the dogs tip you off?"

Sakura reddened at the thought. The dogs should have made it obvious, that's true. "So… He doesn't like long haired girls?"

Naruto's face grew dismissive. "He probably doesn't even like girls at all, Sakura-chan."

She knew she should hit him for that, but instead she giggled. Normally she would have hit him, but somehow, Sasuke had lost a lot of luster in her eyes. 'Somehow nuthin, he practically told those guys to rape me!'

Naruto smiled seeing her laugh. Pulling out some more blankets, he spread a few over Sakura. "We should get some sleep since this storm is probably gonna last the night. I'll whip us up something simple, then we'll head out tomorrow. Sasuke took our scroll, so now we need to find both of them to pass."

Sakura looked at him as he sifted through the packs for food. "But Naruto, we have to get through this test as a team. If one of us dies, or we get separated, we fail anyway. Even if we somehow get both scrolls before the five days are up, we'll never be let into the central tower without Sasuke."

Naruto grinned, not looking up from the portable fire he was setting up. "I'll burn that bridge when we get to it. Sasuke abandoned us, so he shouldn't get in anyway, plus I killed two of the Sound Genin back there, so that girl's team should fail, too. But somehow I get the feeling that both of them will pass this test. If they can do it, so can we." He finished the food he was preparing, and handed some to Sakura. "Here. Eat, it'll be good for your leg."

Sakura looked down at the rice and veggies. It wasn't gourmet, but she would never expect that on a mission, so why expect it here? Taking a bite, her eyes grew wide. "Naruto, what is this? It's rice and veggies, I know, but I can taste pork! Wouldn't that spoil?"

Naruto laughed at his friend's amazement. "Yeah, it would, at least until I figure out a way to stop it. That's the extract you taste. I cook bacon and pork and other meats to eat, then I take the drippings, not the blood, mind you, but the self-contained sauce, and bottle it. It doesn't spoil for months, and you can take it on the road to add flavor without needing to cook meat separately to put it in your meal."

Sakura grew silent for a moment, before saying, "I didn't know you could cook! With all the ramen you eat, I just assumed…"

He smiled sadly. "That I didn't know how to take care of myself? I have not once had ramen the same way twice, did you know that? I've been teaching myself to cook since I was eight, the Ichirakus' have been helping since I was ten. I am constantly looking for ways to make square, nutritious, energizing, and filling meals while out on missions quickly and effectively. We have soldier pills for chakra, nutrient bars for the rest of the body, but there is still the debilitating effects of an empty stomach. If each team that goes into the field could be equipped with someone who could make what I'm trying to invent, and still able to fight at team capacity, there would be a lot less mission fails and KIAs. Same goes for medic nins, if there was a combat-proficient medic on every team, the failure and death rates would lower, too." He took a few bites of his food before speaking, again. "You know, our Yondaime Hokage tried to push the medic bit through during his command. He never got it past the council, though."

Sakura quirked her head, intrigued. "Why not? That sounds like a great idea."

"Apparently the mindset was that medics were trained to heal, not to fight, and so they would only get hurt on the battlefield. And who would heal the healers? But that's just it, isn't it? You CAN train them to fight, AND to heal! They just didn't get that."

"Is that what you're going to do? When you become Hokage?"

"One of the things, yeah. There's so much about this village that just reeks of bad decisions, and I feel like the only one who wants to fix any of it is me."

Sakura reached over and put her hand on the blonde's shoulder. "I'll help you. Fix it, I mean. Now that I see your reasoning, I get how screwed up this place is now. I guess I just never noticed cause it's my home, and it's hard to hate the place you call home."

Naruto flashed a foxy grin, letting her know it was alright. "Well, thanks, Sakura-chan! Now, eat your, apparently, delicious food! Tomorrow, we go scroll-hunting!"

She nodded, and finished her bowl. 'I'm learning more and more about Naruto each moment… Speaking of new things..' "Naruto, how are you going to sleep with those wings and tail?"

He looked down at his body, and thought about this. If they burst from his body, they should be able to retract into it, right? No sooner had this thought formed than the wings and tail jerked back into his body, leaving holes in his clothes at the shoulder blades and tailbone. "Like that! Aw, crap, now I gotta change, too! That's going to be a problem…"

She giggled as he spun around, trying to better see the damage, and inadvertently exposing part of his butt to her. She didn't really mind. Somehow, being carried, stark naked through the rain has lessened her embarrassment around him. Go figure."I'll help you figure something out tomorrow, I know a little about sewing."

Naruto plopped down on his blankets, face red from shaking his butt around in front of her. "Thanks, Sakura-chan. I know I sound like a broken record, but let's get some sleep. For REAL, this time."

She nodded, and they curled up under their covers, waiting out the storm and ending the first day of their Second Exam.

~*~HJN~*~

AN: Okay, shorter than normal, I know! I just need time to figure out how in a blue Hell I'm gonna fix Naruto's outfit! Kinda wrote myself into a corner there, but I'll manage. Read, review, don't kill me.

Ja ne~