Imperfect Sage Mode Transformation!

Cradling Naruto's head in her lap, Sakura placed her palms above his gaping chest wound, showering it with the positive Life Energy she was drawing from the Stone of Gelel. Under her attentive care, Naruto's internal organs began miraculously piecing themselves back together…

As Naruto's eyes fluttered open and he gradually regained consciousness, he began staring in disbelief at the four plump globes dangling over his head. Still feeling quite groggy due to the many pints of blood he had lost, he began wondering if he hadn't just died and gone straight to the Land of Bliss.

Indeed, due to the potent Natural Energy coursing through her unprepared Chakra Pathway System, Sakura had adopted an Imperfect Sage Mode Transformation, just like Hyde and his three female knights— and just like Sasuke in his Cursed Seal Mode.

In this cow-like mode, which doubtlessly corresponded to some yet-undiscovered sage region, Sakura had gained some Holstein-print makeup around her eyes and grown an extra pair of breasts under her upper pair, as well as a pair of horns on her head— and she had also gained a few centimetres of height, bringing her to the towering height of… 155 cm (5'1").

Needless to say… Sakura's already abused dress hadn't survived the Minotaur transformation, revealing the full extent of her pale skin. And in Naruto's fevered mind…. when presented with beautiful breasts, would it not be considered impolite to not suck on them?

"Thanks for the meal!" Naruto mumbled incoherently.

Hidden below Sakura's line of sight, Naruto's mouth latched onto one of Sakura's lower nipples, causing a shiver to run down her spine. Feeling something wet touching her in a place she didn't even know existed, Sakura pressed down on her upper breasts with her left arm and peeked over the edges of her curves.

"@#%#$@#!!!"

Sakura let out a wordless cry and smacked Naruto, leaving a bright red handprint on his cheek and knocking him out of his breast-induced trance. He was lucky she wasn't lactating, or he would have got a dose of Manyuu toxin through her milk, which would have doubtlessly finished him off for good in his weakened state.

'Now I'll never be a bride!' Inner Sakura sobbed. 'Wait— if we smother him to death now, nobody will ever have to know!'

"What the hell happened to you!" Naruto screamed, pointing at her.

"What the hell happened to me!?" Sakura screeched, finally noticing her predicament. "My clothes!"

Naruto turned his forefinger in Sasuke's direction.

"And what the hell is happening to Sasuke, y'know!?"

Sakura's gaze followed Naruto's outstretched finger— Sasuke had sprouted large, leathery wings, which he was using to slash at Hyde. Through pure force of will, Sasuke had managed to progress to Stage 2 of his Cursed Mark Form in combat without having to first be plunged into an artificial coma.

"Lend me your jacket," Sakura told Naruto, her face as bright red as a tomato. "I'll wash it and return it to you later."

There was no way she was getting into a fight with her breasts hanging out!

"Just give it back when you're done with it," said Naruto humbly, handing her his signature orange jacket. "No need to go out of your way to wash it, y'know— I'll do it myself."

Wash it? And erase all of its Sakura essence goodness? As if he'd ever wear that Sakura-flavoured jacket ever again! This artefact touched by a goddess was going straight into his shrine dedicated to Sakura!

Sakura wrapped the proffered orange jacket around her chests, which allowed her to regain a modicum of modesty. With this, she would finally be able to go all out! Or at least, as much as this loosely tied garment would allow her!

"Naruto, hold out your hand," said Sakura. "We're going to use that."

It was finally time to let the newbie farm some experience by letting him last hit the boss monster!

"Finally!" said Naruto excitedly. "It's about time we used our ultimate move, y'know!"

Sakura placed her palm over Naruto's, and they both concentrated. She supplied the rotation and the Senjutsu chakra, while Naruto took care of the compression and containment! A turquoise-coloured ball of rapidly rotating chakra appeared in Naruto's hand, growing larger and larger until it reached the size of a melon.

"I'm going on ahead!" yelled Sakura. "Just make sure to hit him, Naruto!"

She flickered in front of Hyde, who was busy tearing off Sasuke's newly grown flesh wings— thanks to the speed the Imperfect Sage Mode granted her, she was now able to keep up with their movements!

"Sakura Lariat!"

Still holding her Stone of Gelel in her left hand, Sakura flickered, hooking Hyde in the neck with her right arm as she blitzed past him. Hyde's windpipe instantly shattered upon contact, and he was thrown to the ground so forcefully that he actually bounced back up like a balloon, coughing up blood.

"Got you!" Sasuke growled, flickering behind Hyde and digging his winged talons into his scaly skin.

"No, no, no, this can't be happening!" Hyde shouted in desperation. "And I would have got away with it too, if it weren't for you meddling—"

"Senjutsu: Cooperation Rasengan!"

Naruto slammed his special Rasengan variant into Hyde's abdomen, the force of the spiralling chakra pushing through his body, twisting and warping his flesh beyond recognition.

A fraction of a second later, the Rasengan's outer layer of containment chakra gave out, releasing the swirling energy held within with explosive force. The blast hurled Hyde into his earth-moving machine— his body smashed through several metal walls, before finally coming to a halt!

Exhausted beyond belief, Naruto and Sasuke dropped where they stood, falling into a deep reparative coma. Sakura dragged herself to their side and gave them a once-over— Naruto was already good as new, and Sasuke's Cursed Mark Transformation was slowly being undone, which was probably a good thing.

Relieved that her friends weren't about to drop dead on her, Sakura let the Stone of Gelel slip through her fingers and she crumpled into a heap. Slowly but surely, her extra bits receded back into her body, as the last wisps of Natural Energy permeating her cells naturally left her body.

"Is it over?" Kahiko asked tentatively, poking his head through the earth-moving machine's entrance. "Did we win?"

"Thanks for the meal…" responded Naruto, snoring in his sleep.

"I'm still bleeding out," moaned Temujin, who was lying in the dirt farther away. "Please, someone save me…"

…

And so it was that by getting assigned a D-rank mission to find a missing pet ferret, Team 7 successfully completed the S-rank mission that had fallen into their laps. By taking out Hyde, they had saved countless innocent lives and ended an invasion that had threatened the entire southern coast of the Shinobi Continent.

Furthermore, by preventing Hyde from discovering the Mines of Gelel, Sakura, Naruto, and Sasuke had saved not only the Land of Fire but also a third of the entire continent from annihilation, cementing their place as heroes.

Yet, tragically, as Sakura would end up choosing to keep the location and the existence of the Mines of Gelel a secret, no one would ever learn the full extent of Team 7's heroics and how narrowly the world had averted disaster…