(Naruto of the Silver Sand)
Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto. Masashi Kishimoto owns Naruto and all things related to it. This story is simply a
product of Cuius-of-Caelum's imagination, i just got their permition to rewrite naruto as a boy.
Chapter 9: Shi no Mori I
"This place is where the second exam will take place. The 44th training area…also known as Shi no Mori." Anko, said
to those who had passed the First Exam as they stood outside of a massive forest behind a large fence.
"This sure is a creepy place." Sakura commented. Naruto looked over at her. "Really? Seems like a cool place to me."
He said. "That's because you're crazy…" Sakura deadpanned, to which Naruto only grinned.
"You will be able to experience why this place is called Shi no Mori." Anko told them cheerily. "Before we begin the
Second Exam, I'm going to pass these out to everyone." She then said, pulling a stack of consent forms from her coat.
"These are consent forms. Those taking this exam must sign these."
"Why?" Kiba asked.
"From here on, people will die. Therefore, we need people's consent before we continue. Otherwise I'd be held
responsible." Anko laughed before continuing. "Now, I will begin the explanation of the Second Exam. To be concise, you
will all go through an extreme survival match." She told them as she handed the stack of forms to the closest Genin,
who took one before passing them on.
"First, I'll explain the training area's geographic features. The 44th training area is a circular region surrounded by
44 locked gate entrances. There is a river, a forest, and a tower in the middle. The tower is approximately 10
kilometers away from the gates. Inside this limited space, you'll have to go through a certain survival program." Anko
explained.
"The program consists of a competition where anything goes…over these scrolls." She said and pulled out a pair of
scrolls, one white and the other dark blue.
"Scrolls?" Sasuke questioned. Anko nodded. "Yes. The Scroll of Heaven and the Scroll of Earth. You will fight over
these scrolls. 18 teams in total passed the First Exam. Half of those teams will get the Scroll of Heaven. The other
half will get the Scroll of Earth. Simply you have to fight over these."
"So to pass, you need one of each?" Naruto guessed. Anko smiled. "Exactly. To pass, bring the Scrolls of Heaven and
Earth to the tower with your teammates." She told them.
"So in other words, the 9 teams, or half the people here, that get their scroll stolen will fail." Sakura said.
"But it needs to be done within the time limit." Anko said. "This Second Exam has a limit of 120 hours, or exactly five
days."
"Five days?!" Ino exclaimed. "What about food?" Choji joined her.
"Scrounge it up yourself! The forest is a treasure box of nature. There should be plenty of food." Anko told them.
"However, there are a lot of man-eating beasts, poison bugs, and poisonous plants." Kabuto cut in, getting complaints
from Choji.
"Baka, that's why it's called survival test." Ino reminded him.
"And we're surrounded by enemies. We won't be able to sleep in peace." Sasuke commented.
"People will get hurt in the process of fighting over a scroll, and those who cannot bear this program's strictness
will emerge, as well." Anko said before Shikamaru raised his hand.
"Excuse me, can we quit in between?" He asked.
"As a rule, you are not allowed to give up during the exam. You will spend the five days in the forest." Anko
responded with a smile.
"Just as I thought…How troublesome."
"While we're on this topic, I'll tell you the conditions that will fail you. First, a team that cannot bring both
scrolls to the tower with the three teammates will fail." Anko explained as she held up a finger. Raising another one
she continued. "Second, the team that loses a teammate or produces an unrecoverable teammate will fail. Also, just a
note. You are not allowed to look inside the scrolls until you reach the tower."
"And what if you do?" Naruto asked. "That's a surprise you'll see when you look at it." Anko responded cheerily. "If
you become a Chunin, you will be handling top secret documents. It's to determine your reliability. That's it for the
explanation."
"We will exchange three consent forms for one scroll at that hut." Anko said and pointed to a nearby hut. "And
after picking your gate entrance, everyone will begin at the same time." Anko finished before she gave a deep sigh.
"Here's a last piece of advice. Don't die."
After a ten minute break given to decide whether you wanted to sign the form or not, Team 7 traded their forms in
for a Scroll of Heaven, which Sasuke held on to. Soon after they were positioned outside of gate 12, waiting for the
sign to go.
"We will now begin the Chunin Selection Second Exam!" Anko's voice rang out and the gates flew open, allowing them
to take off into the forest. "Alright, let's go!" Naruto grinned and took the lead.
After only about five minutes the first screams rang out throughout the forest, causing Team 7 to stop. "It's begun
huh?" Naruto commented before turning to Sasuke. "Oi Sasuke, give me the scroll."
Sasuke frowned. "Why?" In reply Naruto pulled out four scrolls, three of which looked identical to a Scroll of
Heaven. "I made these earlier during the break. We'll each have one, while we hide the real one in a storage scroll."
He smirked.
Sakura's eyes widened in surprise. "That's a really good idea." Sasuke nodded and handed Naruto the real scroll and
took one of the fakes as Naruto sealed the Scroll of Heaven into a simple brown storage scroll. "Okay, let's go."
Sasuke said once he finished, taking the lead this time.
Naruto stood up and as he did a small rock hit his cheek. "What the…?" He muttered and looked in the direction it
had come from. "Guys…" He called out to her team. "Can you feel that?" Seconds later a massive wind hit them.
"Gah, this isn't a natural wind!" Sasuke yelled, seeing the chakra in the air with his Sharingan, as they struggled to
not be sent flying. "Must be an enemy!" Naruto responded and called forth his silver, creating a wall in front of them
that blocked the wind. "You guys okay?" He asked once the wind dissipated, receiving a nod from Sasuke and a "Yeah"
from Sakura. Then a malicious chuckle reached them.
"I see. What a very interesting defense. This will be a lot of fun I think." A voice said above them. Looking up they
saw a Kusa-nin standing on a large branch above them. Naruto narrowed her eyes. 'Only one?'
"Sasuke, you've got better eyes than me. Can you see anyone else?" He muttered to Sasuke. Sasuke shook his head
before the Kusa-nin got their attention by pulling out a Scroll of Earth. "You want this Scroll of Earth, right? Since
you three have the Scroll of Heaven." He said before thoroughly grossing them out by swallowing his scroll.
"What…the…fuck?!" Naruto exclaimed. The Kusa-nin smirked. "Now, let's begin the fight over our scrolls…by putting
our lives on the line!"
Their enemy glared into their eyes, and they were blasted with killer intent so strong they were frozen as they
envisioned their own deaths.
'T-This guy…' Naruto thought in shock as he panted while Sasuke threw up next to him. He looked down at his hands,
which were shaking. 'I've never felt killer intent like that before. Who the fuck is this guy?'
He glanced at her teammates and saw Sakura shaking uncontrollably and crying. He clenched his fists. "Y-You…fucking
bastard." He muttered and slowly pushed himself to his feet.
Sasuke looked at him unsurely while the Kusa-nin gazed at him in amusement. "You…made Sakura cry." Naruto
continued, his voice regaining its steadiness and growing louder. "I'll make you pay!" He yelled and threw his hands out
at their enemy, sending a mass of silver sand at him from his seals that tore his sleeves to pieces in the process. "Oh?"
The Kusa-nin muttered in amusement and jumped away barely a second before the branch he'd been standing on was
obliterated by the silver. "Snap out of it, Sasuke!" Naruto yelled at his teammate as he directed his silver towards
their opponent again, who continued to dodge his attacks easily.
"Naruto…" Sasuke focused on him as he managed to stand. Then looking at Sakura he said. "We need to run; this guy
is on a different level from us!" Naruto turned her head and glared at him.
"I told you to snap out of it! You're not thinking clearly, if this guy is stronger than us then there's no point in
running! He'll just catch up!" He told him and called his silver back in a defensive position around them.
"Sakura is out of it right now, so I'll need your help if we are going to have any chance of surviving this!" He yelled
at him before the Kusa-nin laughed, getting their attention.
"You should listen to Naruto-kun, Sasuke-kun. You won't escape from me." He said and charged them, slithering
towards them on a branch like a snake. At the same time Sasuke's eyes widened when he felt something large coming
from behind them. "Naruto, behind us!" He yelled and jumped, taking Sakura with him. Naruto jumped away in a different
direction as a giant snake crashed into where they had just been. Glaring at it he manipulated the silver he had left
behind into large spikes, spearing the snake on them.
Landing on a branch he was blindsided by the Kusa-nin, who caught him by the throat. "Gah!" He cried out as he was
slammed into the branch hard. "Naruto!" He heard Sasuke and Sakura cry out. Seemed Sakura had finally woken up.
Glaring at their smirking enemy he called on more silver from his seals. "Get…off me!" He choked out as the silver
formed into a pair of hands that grabbed the Kusa-nin and threw him into the trunk of the tree they were on,
before reforming into a mass of senbon which pelted the stunned ninja. To their dismay however their enemy turned
into mud before his evil chuckle reached them again as he appeared from a different tree. "You truly are interesting,
Naruto-kun. I'm disappointed by you however, Sasuke-kun." He said before he was surprised when he found himself
unable to move.
Looking at his body he found nothing restraining him, causing him to frown and bite into his lip enough to bleed. As
soon as he did the world changed slightly, and he could now see wires binding him to the tree.
Following the wires with his eyes he saw Sasuke holding the wires with his hands in a tiger sign. "Katon: Ryuka no
Jutsu!" His eyes widened as Sasuke exhaled fire along the cord.
"Finally yourself again, Sasuke?" Naruto asked as they watched the fire burn their opponent. "Yeah, sorry for
freaking out." Sasuke apologized. "Me too." Sakura joined in. Naruto smiled.
"As long as you're fine now."
"That's more like it…" The Kusa-nin's voice shocked them as he appeared behind them, causing them to jump away to
get some distance. "I think I will step it up a bit now." He smirked and pulled up his sleeve, revealing a tattoo.
Naruto's eyes widened as the Kusa-nin bit his thumb and spread it over the tattoo. "That's a summoning seal!" He
exclaimed.
'Can't let him summon!' He screamed in his mind and shot his silver forward, but he was too late. "Kuchiyose no Jutsu!"
The Kusa-nin exclaimed, slamming his hand on the tree. An explosion of smoke hid the ninja from their view as Naruto's
silver took the form of large spikes and pierced the smoke. From between the spikes a giant snake shot out from the
smoke, barreling towards Naruto with the Kusa-nin on its head. Naruto quickly tried shifting his silver, creating more
spikes that shot out form the first ones, but the snake was too fast and maneuvered out of the way. "Shit!" Naruto
panicked as the snake reached him and gathered the silver around him as a barrier, but it proved too weak and the
snake broke through it and crashed into him, sending him into a tree where he hit his head hard and landed on a
branch.
"Eat him." The Kusa-nin told his summon, only to frown when it didn't obey him. Then to his shock the downed Naruto
faded away, and silver sand was wrapped around his snake. He quickly looked around, finding Naruto next to the pink
haired girl, who was holding a hand seal and his eyes widened in realization. When he had summoned, Sakura had the
opportunity of him not being able to see them to put him under a Genjutsu.
The silver constricted, crushing the snake and the Kusa-nin found himself standing on a detached snake head falling
through the air. "Katon: Gokakyu no Jutsu!" He then heard Sasuke exclaim from above him and looked up to see a
large ball of fire come crashing down on him.
"Did we get him?" Sakura questioned as the burning snake head fell to the ground. "No." The Kusa-nin said next to
them and sent them flying before they could even react. "Naruto! Sakura!" Sasuke yelled in worry as Sakura crashed
into a tree head first, landing on a branch out cold, while Naruto slammed into a branch with his back. "Gah!" He
cried out as he fell, managing to catch himself with a platform of silver.
'Shit. This guy…he really is out of our league. We can't even put a scratch on him. And he can summon snakes…'
Naruto's thought.
"You…are you Orochimaru?" He asked the Kusa-nin, who chuckled before gripping at his face and tearing it off.
Naruto and Sasuke were frozen in shock and disgust as a different face was shown. The new face was pale, and had
purple markings, as well as a pair of yellow snake-like eyes. "How observant of you, Naruto-kun."
Naruto shuddered. 'I knew it…it's him.' He thought before calling out to the beast inside him. 'Oi, time to honor our
deal.' In his mind he heard an amused huff before he felt the crimson chakra course through him. Orochimaru's eyes
immediately narrowed in on him when he felt a change in his chakra. Something Sasuke took advantage off as he shot
at him with a barrage of kicks and punches that forced Orochimaru on the defensive.
Taking the opportunity Naruto quickly called all the silver he had used in the fight to him, forming two large
spheres of silver as he took position. He stood between them with his arms spread out, his right hand resting against
one of the spheres while the other one hovered a small distance away from him left hand. Taking aim at Orochimaru
he yelled at Sasuke to get out of the way. The second he was clear he initiated his Jutsu. "Die you fuck! Gausu Taiho!"
He exclaimed as one of the silver spheres smashed into his left arm, making his body into a connector, causing the
other sphere to be fired at Orochimaru at an untraceable speed with a loud boom.
Naruto panted hard, grimacing in pain while holding his left arm, which had been heavily damaged by his technique.
Where Orochimaru had been and a long distance behind it there was nothing left except for a large vacant spot. His
Gauss Cannon had literally obliterated everything in its path. It was his most powerful Jutsu, and he needed the
Kyubi's chakra to use it if he didn't want to pass out after. He also couldn't use it more than twice unless he wanted
to permanently damage her arms.
"W-What happened?" Sakura's voice caught his and a stupefied Sasuke's attention as she held her head and took in
the scene.
Naruto sighed. "I think I got him. You okay, Sakura?" Sakura nodded. "My head hurts but I should be fine. But what
about you, your arm?"
Naruto grinned. "A side effect of that last Jutsu, I'll be fine." Meanwhile Sasuke was looking around, even though he
didn't think there was any way for Orochimaru to dodge that last attack, something still felt off for him. The reason
appeared behind Naruto. "Naruto, behind you!" He screamed, but it was too late and Orochimaru had Naruto by the
throat, with his tongue no less.
"You are quite amazing, Naruto-kun." Orochimaru told him as he flipped through hand seals before gripping his right
hand as purple fire ignited on his fingertips. "But right now you are in the way." He went to thrust his hand into his
stomach, but found his hand trapped by silver sand. He was surprised; he hadn't expected him to be able to put up a
resistance in his condition.
"Don't underestimate me, fuck-face!" Naruto growled and grabbed his head with his hands. "Kojikai!" From his hands he
generated a powerful magnetic field, effectively turning Orochimaru's brains to mush and exploding his head, showering
him with mud, showing he was another clone. 'How the hell did he switch?! I made sure he wouldn't escape with my
silver! Were we fighting a clone the whole time?' Naruto's thoughts raced before Sasuke cried out in pain.
Snapping his head in his direction he saw Sasuke, with Orochimaru behind him biting into his neck. "NO!" He tried to
move but found his body unwilling to respond, he was just too exhausted. "Sasuke-kun! What did you do to him?!"
Sakura yelled as she rushed to Sasuke while Orochimaru pulled back.
"I gave him a farewell present. Sasuke-kun will seek me. He will seek me for power." Orochimaru told them as Sasuke
writhed in pain. "It was fun being able to see a lot of your moves Sasuke-kun, Naruto-kun." He said before he
disappeared.
Translations:
Shi no Mori = Forest of Death
Kuchiyose no Jutsu = Summoning Technique
Original Jutsu:
Gausu Taiho (Gauss Cannon)
Rank: S
Class: Offensive
Range: Mid-Long
Naruto's currently most powerful Jutsu. He gathers two large spheres of silver. He holds one with one arm then
uses his attraction to slam the second one into his other, making his body into a connector which causes the ball he
is holding to fly at incredible speeds. However this attack has a major drawback, as the damage of slamming the ball
into his arm causes major harm to said arm, making it so he could only use that attack twice without causing
permanent injury to himself. It also takes a large amount of chakra to use.
Kojikai (High Magnetic Field)
Rank: B
Class: Offensive
Range: Close
Naruto generates a powerful magnetic field from his hands when he grabs his enemy's head, which scrambles the
enemy's mind and reduces them to mush.
