Naruto: Reborn as Neji Hyuga After Dying in One Piece-Chapter 64. She’s Enjoying This

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Sakura was no longer the girl they remembered.

In an instant, she snapped. A controlled explosion of fury and precision. Her shuriken work was flawless. Her eyes were focused. Her strikes? Ruthless.

Even Kin didn't see it coming.

SLASH!

A deep cut tore across Kin's cheek.

If not for Zaku intervening at the last second, Kin might've been dead on the forest floor. The Sound Trio hadn't expected this level of resistance from Sakura of all people.

"Look out!" Ino shouted suddenly.

Dosu had repositioned. No one saw him move, but now he loomed above Sakura, ready to strike.

"Neji, do something!" she yelled.

But Neji didn't move.

He just smirked. "I don't have to."

A blur streaked past him, slicing the wind.

Crimson eyes. Two tomoe spinning.

Long, flowing black hair caught the morning light. Her pale skin was now marked with swirling curse marks. Her gaze? Cold. Detached. Dangerous.

She moved like a phantom.

CRACK!

Dosu was launched backward, a scream ripping from his throat as Sasuke's heel drove straight into the same spot Neji had struck earlier. He crashed into the dirt, coughing blood.

Ino gasped. "W-Was that... Sasuke?"

Everyone turned.

Sasuke stood tall, curse marks crawling up her body like ink on parchment. Her Sharingan glowed with dangerous clarity. Her figure, undeniably female, was far more developed than Sakura's or Ino's. Her face... a perfect blend of delicate and deadly.

But the darkness swirling around her was not what they remembered.

Even Shikamaru and Choji stood dumbfounded.

"...That's Sasuke?" Choji asked.

"Apparently," Shikamaru muttered.

Sakura's eyes widened. "Sasuke!"

She was kneeling, hurt from the earlier trade of blows.

The Sound Trio had nearly overwhelmed her.

But now—

Now things had changed.

Ino could barely believe it. 'How did it come to this? What happened to the cold, stoic Uchiha boy she'd once fawned over?'

Sasuke didn't answer them. Her eyes remained on Sakura.

"Don't worry," she said softly. "I feel... stronger than ever."

Her fingers brushed the curse mark pulsing along her arm. Her chest rose and fell. Her pupils contracted slightly.

This power...

It's intoxicating.

Then it hit her. She looked down and noticed her own body again. The curves. The softness. Her voice. Her...

Sasuke gripped her own chest, face contorting as realization struck.

This... is me?

Her Sharingan trembled.

No... no...

"Sasuke, don't spiral!" Sakura cried. "That man Orochimaru, he said you could be changed back!"

That stopped her cold.

The words cut through the storm.

Her eyes steadied.

"...So this is the gift he gave me?"

A soft, almost amused chuckle escaped her lips.

It grew into laughter, light, and chilling all at once.

Her eyes fell upon the Sound Trio. The laughter died, replaced with pure, razor-edged focus.

"So it was you three," she said, voice dangerously calm. "You hurt Sakura... didn't you?"

Zaku and Kin hesitated.

Dosu, still coughing, grimaced but said nothing.

"You're the ones who did this," she repeated, her Sharingan piercing through them.

With no more warning—

SWISH!

She was gone.

Appearing right beside Dosu, eyes burning red.

He froze. The way she moved the feeling in the air reminded him of only one other person.

Orochimaru.

He... succeeded.

This vessel was viable.

Zaku clenched his fists. "What are you afraid of?! She's just some brat we almost killed a minute ago!"

"Zaku, wait!" Dosu gasped.

Too late.

"Sound Cutter: Execution Arc!"

BOOOOM!!

The air cracked apart as a sonic wave exploded forward, aimed directly at Sasuke.

Dosu was caught in the blast too—sent flying once again.

Shikamaru, Ino, and Choji shielded themselves.

Neji stood still, lifting one arm.

With a casual sweep, [Armament Haki] enveloped his hand.

SLASH!

The shockwave split around him like water parting around a stone.

Zaku lowered his arm, panting, lips curling into a grin.

"Heh. That did it."

"...Did it?"

A whisper came from behind him.

He froze.

Sasuke was standing there. Unharmed.

Her hand rose. Just once.

THUD!

A blow to the back of Zaku's neck dropped him instantly.

He hit the ground face-first.

"Too slow," Sasuke murmured.

Then she turned, hands already forming seals.

[Fire release: Phoenix Fire Jutsu]!

Flames burst forward, searing the air.

Zaku snarled and raised his arms. "Sound Pulse Disrupt!"

He shattered the fireballs with a vibrating shockwave until—

CHING!

"What—!?"

Dozens of shuriken tore through the flames.

Hidden inside the fire, the blades slashed into Zaku's arms and legs. He screamed, staggering back.

"Zaku, below you!" Dosu shouted.

But it was too late.

Sasuke appeared beneath him, her hands wrapping around his arms.

CRACK!

She twisted, slamming him face-first into the earth with a foot planted between his shoulder blades.

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The curtain of hair fell across Sasuke's face.

And her lips curled upward.

A smile.

A soft, chilling smile.

She was enjoying this.

Ino and Sakura watched, speechless.

"This isn't Sasuke," Ino whispered. "It can't be."

But Sakura... said nothing.

She recognized the pain behind that strength.

Neji's gaze shifted to the east.

Two chakra signatures were approaching.

Tenten and Lee.

Good. Reinforcements are arriving.

He turned back toward the battlefield.

For now, this was Sasuke's stage.

And the spotlight was hers alone.

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