Sasuke is unconscious for the rest of the fight, but in short, Naruto thinks Sasuke is dead and unleashes the power of the Nine-Tailed Fox sealed inside of him on Haku, defeating him easily. Haku ducks away at the last minute to sacrifice himself for Zabuza, Zabuza dies too amongst some other things, the mission is a success. Sasuke wakes up and they realise that Haku had never intended to kill him, just knock him out. Everyone is happy and they all go home.
And then Sasuke, Sakura and Naruto get entered in the Chuunin exams - a three-part test that has to be passed for them to progress to the next level of ninja status. They get through the pre-examination test that their old teacher Iruka set up, breeze through the "written" exam, and then move on to the second stage; the Forest of Death. It's a survival test in which they have to make their way through a forest filled with enemies and deadly creatures, steal a scroll from another team and reach a tower 10km away from the starting point with two different scrolls.
They don't get off to a good start because Orochimaru, who is pursuing Sasuke for his own personal interests, manages to split them up and, after a few rounds of hit-and-miss, Sasuke is goaded into having a brief fight with him. It seems as if Sasuke won, but Orochimaru proves seemingly invincible and he announces that he wants Sasuke, and that before long, Sasuke will want him. He bites Sasuke and leaves him with a curse seal. After that, he retreats, Sasuke passes out from the intense pain of the curse, Naruto is still unconscious, and Sakura is left to care for the boys alone. She looks after them until they are attacked by three of Orochimaru's own students, Sound Village ninja; during the fight, Sasuke wakes up, consumed by the curse seal - which both amplifies his power immensely and makes him completely insane - and he immediately attacks the Sound nin for hurting Sakura. He goes as far as breaking the arms of one at the shoulders and turns on the second when Sakura manages to snap him out of the crazed state, and the Sound nin retreat.
In the end, thanks to the help of Kabuto (secretly working for Orochimaru, and hence trying to get Sasuke through the exam on his orders) they make it to the tower with two scrolls and pass on to the third and final stage, one-on-one "anything goes" tournament battles - but not quite, because there are too many participants and they need to have a preliminary round first. Sasuke is chosen to fight first, and he manages to make it through his battle, although barely, because the cursed seal is still torturing him and trying to take over. Kakashi takes him away and seals the curse so that it's more controllable after that, and Sasuke is almost comatose for the next few days. As soon as he wakes up, however, he escapes from the hospital and hides out for the next month while he trains with Kakashi in preparation for the upcoming matches.
He makes his dramatic return one month later, literally a second before his match is called a forfeit, and has a very violent battle against Gaara - Gaara, who holds within him a demon similar to the Nine-Tailed Fox inside of Naruto. The match is cut short when the Sand and Sound Villages launch an attack on Konoha; Gaara, the vital weapon in this assault, is forced to flee and recuperate after his fight with Sasuke, but Sasuke chases after him with the simple desire to finish the match they had started. He actually does surprisingly well against half-demon-state-Gaara, but the cursed seal starts acting up again and Sasuke is only saved by Naruto's timely entrance into the fight. When the fight becomes two giant beasts fighting each other, it's out of Sasuke's hands and he's forced to sit and watch while Naruto takes down Gaara with only a summon to help him. That kicks Sasuke's inferiority complex into gear, which continues to spiral out of control from that fight onwards.
sasuke uchiha | NARUTO | 3/???
And then Sasuke, Sakura and Naruto get entered in the Chuunin exams - a three-part test that has to be passed for them to progress to the next level of ninja status. They get through the pre-examination test that their old teacher Iruka set up, breeze through the "written" exam, and then move on to the second stage; the Forest of Death. It's a survival test in which they have to make their way through a forest filled with enemies and deadly creatures, steal a scroll from another team and reach a tower 10km away from the starting point with two different scrolls.
They don't get off to a good start because Orochimaru, who is pursuing Sasuke for his own personal interests, manages to split them up and, after a few rounds of hit-and-miss, Sasuke is goaded into having a brief fight with him. It seems as if Sasuke won, but Orochimaru proves seemingly invincible and he announces that he wants Sasuke, and that before long, Sasuke will want him. He bites Sasuke and leaves him with a curse seal. After that, he retreats, Sasuke passes out from the intense pain of the curse, Naruto is still unconscious, and Sakura is left to care for the boys alone. She looks after them until they are attacked by three of Orochimaru's own students, Sound Village ninja; during the fight, Sasuke wakes up, consumed by the curse seal - which both amplifies his power immensely and makes him completely insane - and he immediately attacks the Sound nin for hurting Sakura. He goes as far as breaking the arms of one at the shoulders and turns on the second when Sakura manages to snap him out of the crazed state, and the Sound nin retreat.
In the end, thanks to the help of Kabuto (secretly working for Orochimaru, and hence trying to get Sasuke through the exam on his orders) they make it to the tower with two scrolls and pass on to the third and final stage, one-on-one "anything goes" tournament battles - but not quite, because there are too many participants and they need to have a preliminary round first. Sasuke is chosen to fight first, and he manages to make it through his battle, although barely, because the cursed seal is still torturing him and trying to take over. Kakashi takes him away and seals the curse so that it's more controllable after that, and Sasuke is almost comatose for the next few days. As soon as he wakes up, however, he escapes from the hospital and hides out for the next month while he trains with Kakashi in preparation for the upcoming matches.
He makes his dramatic return one month later, literally a second before his match is called a forfeit, and has a very violent battle against Gaara - Gaara, who holds within him a demon similar to the Nine-Tailed Fox inside of Naruto. The match is cut short when the Sand and Sound Villages launch an attack on Konoha; Gaara, the vital weapon in this assault, is forced to flee and recuperate after his fight with Sasuke, but Sasuke chases after him with the simple desire to finish the match they had started. He actually does surprisingly well against half-demon-state-Gaara, but the cursed seal starts acting up again and Sasuke is only saved by Naruto's timely entrance into the fight. When the fight becomes two giant beasts fighting each other, it's out of Sasuke's hands and he's forced to sit and watch while Naruto takes down Gaara with only a summon to help him. That kicks Sasuke's inferiority complex into gear, which continues to spiral out of control from that fight onwards.