Sasuke awakens in a dream world and wonders where he is. He sees a figure though the trees. His younger self confronts him - mom and dad didn’t have to die. The clan was wiped out because he didn’t have enough power.
Back at the fight, Ino, Shikamaru and Choji step in to protect Sakura. Choji is not quite sold on entering this battle, but quickly changes his mind when Zaku tells him to run, fatty. Shikamaru explains that calling Chouji fat is taboo, and we soon see why. With Formation Ino ready to go, the three blend their techniques. Choji does Baika no Jutsu (Double Weight Technique) to turn himself into Meat Tank, a fairly entertaining and extremely large rolling ball. Zaku does Air Cutter to stop the rolling boulder, but when the force of the air hits the rotating ball, it flies up into the air. Dosu tries to protect his teammate, but Shiki performs Ninpou, Kage Mane no Jutsu (Shadow Copy Skill) to hold Dosu in place. Zaku just barely jumps out of the way of Choji as the large ball comes crashing down. Ino then performs Nintou, Shintenshin no Jutsu! (Mind transfer technique) on. She immediately takes a kunai to her throat and threatens Kin’s life. The sound nins don’t bite and Zaku and Dosu explain their purpose isn’t the scroll or the exam, it’s to kill Sasuke. Soon, InoShikaChou tires, with Shikamaru’s Shadow Copy only holding Dosu for about 5 minutes and the sound nins realizing that if they kill Kin, Ino will also die. Neji and Ten Ten then show up to witness the showdown. Neji’s eyes vein up and he threatens the sound nins. Dosu taunts him, but meanwhile, Neji senses Sasuke’s growing chakra level.
Inside Sasuke’s head, he remembers his parent’s death… everyone was killed. You let them die. You just watched them die… if he only had power. With that, he awakens as purple demon chakra pulsates though his body. The sound nins are amazed he survived the seal, as the seal is now covering his entire body. Sasuke then looks over at Sakura and asks who did that to her. He tells her not to worry. Orochimaru gave him power and he now understands that he’s an avenger. He must obtain power regardless of the source. Again he demands that Sakura tell him who did this to her. Zaku pipes up that he did.
Sensing something is going on, Team 10 makes way for the bushes nearby, as Sasuke basically goes Super Saiyan with his newly acquired power. As Zaku attempts to stop Sasuke with Maximum Air Cutter, Sasuke effortlessly picks up Naruto and Sakura and moves them out of harm’s way. He then performs Katon, Housenka (Phoenix Fire), fire balls that turn into shuriken, and attacks Zaku. Once he gets close enough to Zaku, he holds him by the arms, dislocating both shoulders. He then turns his attention to Dosu.
Sakura watches Sasuke’s actions with horror. Before he gets to Dosu, she runs up behind Sasuke crying and holds him back. She repeatedly asks him to stop. When Sasuke sees her tears, the cursed seal disappears from his body and he returns to normal. Dosu then offers him their scroll and offers them a deal. They must leave this battle in order to confirm something, but if they are ever to fight again, they will not run or hide. Before he leaves, Sakura demands to know what Orochimaru did to Sasuke, but he doesn’t respond. He can’t understand why Orochimaru would have told them to kill Sasuke after he gave him the cursed seal.
When the sound nins finally leave, InoShikaChou runs to the fallen’s aid as Sasuke sits, staring at his shaking hand.