Yep, they are in the Forest of Death. Both Naruto and Sasuke are out. And Rock Lee was fighting the one Sound Ninja, who beat Lee with his sound technique. The female Sound Ninja was holding Sakura by her hair. Then, she chops off her hair. She then talks about how she always was behind Naruto and Sasuke, and that she was always being protected by them. She then says that she wants to fight just like them and Lee. She starts kicking some butt with some simple jutsus. Eventully, she is laying on the ground biting on the one Sound Ninja's arm.He punches on poor Sakura's face while she's doing that.Ino is really surprized by Sakura in this episode. Plus, we learn that her and Sakura were friends when they were younger and they became rivals when both of them got a crush on Sasuke.
In the next episode, Ino and her teamates team up to help Sakura.