Sasuke's still unconscious and dreaming, and we get to see young Sasuke and his horribly murdered parents. Sakura's still on the ground, tired from being all hardcore last episode, and Sound Boss is amused by more Leaf Village goons. They don't put up the best first impression. Shikamaru's holding onto Choji's scarf and while irritated at the whole deal, isn't about to let Ino run out and try and save Sakura all by herself. Zaku mocks Choji, calling him fatso. This apparently has the same effect as calling a member of the proud McFly lineage chicken. He asks Zaku to say it again, and the Sounder foolishly does. Choji is big-boned, darn you, HURRAY FOR BIG-BONED! Choji's heart's now in it, to say the least. We get this awesome bouncy music as Team Ino prepares to go full throttle.
The next actions are beyond your humble author's words to properly convey. Formation Ino: Choji breaks out the Expansion Jutsu, blowing up like a puffer fish, then turns into a human boulder. Zaku hits it with the Slicing Sound Wave, but it doesn't look like Choji's going anywhere, but he does. Choji rockets into the air and is crashing down towards Zaku. Sound Boss rushes into save him, but Shikamaru's not having with that. Shadow Possession Jutsu! Shikamaru's got Dosu by the shadow. It's ladies' night and the feeling's right - Ino does the Mind Transfer whammy on Kin. Ino-as-Kin threatens to kill Kin if they don't hand over their scroll and beat feet, but the Sounders aren't exactly compassionate Shinobi. Choji has to block Zaku's attack on Kin's body, and Kin still gets knocked into a tree, which apparently Ino's body can feel the effects of. The Sounders aren't here to win the test, but snatch Sasuke. Shikamaru loses his hold on the Shadow Possession and things've turned on Squad Ten. The Sounders have no problem having offing Kin to kill Ino.
Reinforcements in the form of Neji and Ten-ten! I start to hope that Kiba and the awesome Akamaru will show up before too long. Neji's all kinds of scary-pissed for them messing with Lee, and Dosu's in particular freaked out by Neji's eyes. He's about to make his move, but senses an odd Chakra and decides to stay where he is. It looks like Sasuke's hit his boiling point after reliving his parents' death a time or four. His younger dreamself taunts Sasuke, saying if only he had [i]power[/i] he could've done something, and rips part of his face to reveal Ochimaru's eye. Sakura notices Saskue's awake, and that might be a bad thing this time. The Chakra's just erupting off him, and everybody's about to lose it. Dark Sasuke says Sakura's name...
Vengeful Deity Sasuke asks who did this to Sakura, and Sasuke's pretty chilling all Curse Marked up. He's cool with it, though, this kind of power is just what he needed. He asks who hurt Sakura again and Zaku foolishly answers. Amusingly, it's at this point Shikamaru realizes it's time for Squad Ten to get out of the pool. Sasuke's full-body Curse Mark turns briefly magma-colored, and damn. Dosu's about read to rabbit, but Zaku's thinks he can take the kid. He makes with a wide-angle Super Sonic Slice, and when he's finished, Sasuke's gone. Gone behind him, that is. Sasuke backhands the mess out of Zaku, and goes for some Fire Style, which Zaku can't counter because it's shuriken on fire. Distracted thus, Sasuke's on Zaku in a second and has him by both arms with his foot between Zaku's shoulders, and keeps pushing. Sakura remembers how Orochimaru said Sasuke's come for him one day. Sasuke increases the pressure on Zaku's spine, we get snapping and a red filter and it's just not pretty, folks. Sakura can't believe this is Sasuke, and yells for him to stop.
Sakura grabs him from behind, tears streaming down her face, asking him to please stop. It's that, or maybe the Curse Mark's just run its course, that Sasuke comes back to normal. Dosu calls it in favor of Squad Ten, giving them his scroll in return for being allowed to leave, though he asks for round two down the line if it happens. Sakura asks Dosu why Orochimaru did this to Sasuke, but Dosu doesn't have any clue - they're just hired help. Squad Ten heads out to assist, and from the trees Neji is impressed by Sasuke's power and the Uchina clan. Naruto is amusing in his dementia. Sasuke doesn't know what the hell is happening to him as we fade out.
Next Episode: What's that, Akamaru? Gaara fell down a well?
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