Ginsa no Naruto 10
(Naruto of the Silver Sand)
Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto. Masashi Kishimoto owns Naruto and all things related to it. This story is writen by
Cuius-of-Caelum, i just got their permition to rewrite Naruto as a boy.
Chapter 10: Shi no Mori II
"How is he doing?" Naruto asked as Sakura put a new rag on Sasuke's forehead to try and cool his fever. After
their fight with Orochimaru they had moved to a small cave formed from the roots of a large tree. Currently
Naruto was sat against one of the roots that formed the entrance of the cave, nursing his damaged left arm.
"No change since the fever appeared. I wish I could do more, but my medical skills aren't advanced enough." Sakura
frowned as she sat down at the root opposite of Naruto.
Naruto gave her a reassuring smile. "You've done what you can, that thing on his neck is a cursed seal. I can't tell
what it's purpose is, but there's nothing we can do right now. Once we get out of here I'll be able to study it more
closely and hopefully I'll be able to remove it. And hey, you managed to dull the pain in my arm, that's something at
least. I'd be completely out of comission if it weren't for you."
Sakura returned his thanks with a half-smile. "I still wish I could do more." She could see it, even if she had managed
to reduce some of the pain in Naruto's arm, it was still bothering her. She tried to hide it, but he would wince
everytime he tried moving his arm. And he wasn't just low on chakra, he was experiencing full out chakra exhaustion,
evident by the fact that he was covered in a sheen of sweat, and looked like he would pass out at any point.
"Get some rest, I'll keep watch and set up some traps." Sakura told Naruto, and when Naruto tried to tell her he
was fine, she sent her a glare that made Naruto give up immediately.
Naruto sighed again before wincing when a throb of pain shot trough his arm as he moved himself into a more
comfortable position. He needed the rest, and he had someone he needed to talk to.
"Why has my jailor decided to grace his lowly prisoner with his presence now? Was my help against the snake not
satisfactory?" The mocking voice of the Kyubi greeted Naruto as he opened his eyes to find himself in the sewers of his
mindscape. Frowning he noted that he really should try fixing it to something nicer. Shaking the thought out of his
head for now, he focused on the blackness inside the cage in front of him.
"No, I am thankful for your help, but I have a question." He answered the massive fox, who entered his vision with his
seemingly permanent grin.
"And what would that be, little boy?"
"After you aided me with my Gausu Taiho, and I was caught by that snake freak, he tried to do something to me. He
was stopped by my silver sand, but here's the thing...I didn't do it. It acted on it's own. Now that I think about it, it
also happened during my fight with Zabuza. I had too much in my head at the time, so I forgot about it." Naruto
explained.
"Well that's very interesting, but I don't hear a question." The Kyubi commented airily.
"Well if you'd let me finish, you overgrown ball of fluff." He scowled before continuing. "Since both times it happened
I was using your chakra, my question is, was it you who controlled my silver and defended me?"
The chamber was quiet, except for the sound of swishing tails from the Kyubi before his smirk seemed to grow
slightly. "Yes...while you were using my chakra during the fight against the eyebrowless monkey I noticed I could
control your precious silver as long as you weren't actively controlling it. The first time I defended you because you
would have died, and if you die I die, and I very much enjoy being alive. Even if it is in this cursed existence. The
second time was simply because the technique the snake man was going to hit you with would have disrupted the seal,
which would have cut you off from me completely."
Naruto blinked once before bowing, shocking the great fox. "Thank you, Kyubi. I owe you."
"The great jailor bowing to his lowly prisoner?" The Biju chuckled once he got over his shock, but was stop from
continuing by Naruto.
"Would you stop that?! I don't see you like that, so stop it! Stop hiding behind that mockery and accept my thanks!"
He yelled at him, shocking him once again. "If you don't want to be friends with me that's fine, I'll accept that. But at
least be upfront with me."
The two stared at each other for a moment, before the Kyubi abruptly turned around. "You should leave, your
teammate is in trouble. And there's a malevolent chakra coming from the Uchiha boy." He muttered. Naruto frowned,
not wanting to leave it like that, but if he was right then he needed to wake up. "I'll be back later." He said as he
faded away.
"If we kill Kin, that girl will die too!" Zaku yelled, firing a focused blast of wind at his teammate, who's body was
currently occupied by Ino.
"Shit, Ino!" Shikamaru yelled as he held Ino's body. Then silver sand crashed into the ground in front of Ino, forming
a protective wall that blocked the wind.
Sakura's eyes widened and looked behind her. "Naruto!" She exclaimed in relief as said redhead walked up to her, his
face stony. "You okay, Sakura?" Naruto asked. Sakura nodded. "I'll be fine."
"Tch, another one? They just keep coming." Zaku complained. Naruto walked past Team 10, putting himself in between
the Oto-nin and the rest of the people in the area, Ino having returned to her body, leaving Kin unconcious.
Apparently Naruto had been unconcious way too long, judging by the fact that Lee was lying beaten up and unconcious
near Sakura.
"I...really don't like you guys. Beating up Gejimayu, attacking your own teammate..." Naruto trailed off as he called his
silver to hover around him. Zaku scoffed. "I'm getting tired of this dammit, all of you should just die!" He yelled and
pointed his hands towards them. "Zankukyokuha!" He fired a massive wave of cutting wind at the Konoha Genin.
"Hehe I-huh?" Zaku started but was stunned when the dust that had been kicked up by his attack settled, showing
another wall of silver, this one much bigger than the previous one. Then the wall twisted and writhed, becoming wave
of silver sand that shot towards them, sweeping up Kin while the other two jumped over it. "Too obvious!" Dosu
exclaimed, only for some of the sand underneath them to form into tendrils, which grabbed them and smashing them
into the trunk of a tree.
"The worst place to escape an attack to is the air, it leaves you completely open for a follow up attack." Naruto
stated as they groaned in pain on the ground. Before they could get up, the silver sand swept over them, holding
them down. "Holy shit, Naruto just beat them like they were nothing!" Ino exclaimed quietly to her teammate.
Then the attention of everyone was pulled behind them, to a rising Sasuke, enveloped in a foul purple aura of
chakra, with black flame-like markings covering the right side of his body. "Sakura..." He started before being
interrupted.
"Sasuke!" Naruto yelled. "That seal is doing something to you!" Sasuke looked down at his body, gazing at the black
markings before looking at Naruto. "Don't worry. More importantly, I can feel power surging inside me. I'm feeling
good right now." He said with a smirk. Naruto frowned and glared at him. "Nothing good can come from a Cursed Seal,
Sasuke. Don't get drawn into it."
"He gave it to me...I understand now. I'm an avenger. I must obtain power no matter what, even if I must let the devil
take hold of my body." Sasuke continued, as if not hearing Naruto.
"Idiot! Are you crazy? Stop drawing on that thing's powers! It's clearly fucking with your mind if you are saying shit
like that." Naruto yelled at him. Sasuke frowned.
"I'm telling you, I'm better than ever." He told him. Naruto shook his head. "No, you're not. You just think you are
because of that fucking seal, and as soon as we're out of here I'm going to find a way to remove it." That got Sasuke's
attention.
"No, you can't remove it. I need it! I need it's powers against him!" He growled at him, getting angry at him. And as he
got angry other feelings was brought up, mainly his secret jealousy of him. Why was he so strong? He did the most
against Kakashi. He killed Zabuza and all those bandits. He did the most against Orochimaru. Even now, he had taken
out those three Oto-nin. And now he wanted to take away something that made him stronger? He wouldn't let him. He
wouldn't let him!
He wasn't thinking anymore, he just acted, fueled on rage. He disappeared from sight, reappearing next to Naruto,
who only had time to widen his eyes before a kick smashed into his cheek, sending him tumbling across the ground
before he righted herself. "What the fuck, Sasuke?!" He yelled, alongside the other exclamations of surprise from the
rest of the Rookie Nine. Sasuke glared at him. "I won't let you take it away!"
"Shit, you've gone insane." Naruto frowned, calling out more silver sand from his seal. He glanced at his captives, they
were struggling against the silver holding them down. I would be a bitch to hold them down while fighting Sasuke,
especially since he hadn't recovered completely from their fight with Orochimaru. At least Team 10 had moved out of
the way, leaving Sasuke and him in the middle of the clearing alone.
Sasuke disappeared again. When did he become so fast? This time he was ready, blocking Sasuke's kick with his silver.
Sasuke ducked down, attacking with an uppercut which he caught in his hand before a blast of silver sand hit Sasuke
in the chest, throwing him back. While in the air he successfully righted himself, barely touching the ground before
speeding through hand seals. Naruto narrowed his eyes as a ball of fire blazed through the air towards him. 'He's not
holding anything back.' He thought to himself and blocked the fireball with his silver. He didn't take into
consideration Sasuke's new speed however, and as he appeared behind him he didn't have time to do anything before he
was assaulted by a barrage of taijutsu. Punches and kicks came in a flurry, Naruto managed to block some, but for
each he blocked, another got past his block and hit him, and he couldn't focus long enough to pull his silver sand to
him under the constant attacks. At least not without letting the Oto-nin go.
Sakura watched in shock and horror as her teammates fought, or fought was probably the wrong word. At this
point it was more of a one sided beat down than anything else. Finally Naruto was sent to the ground, with Sasuke
towering over him. Both where panting, and Naruto was clutching his left arm again, he had used it to defend himself
and it had worsened its condition again. "S-Stop this...this isn't you." Sakura whispered as Sasuke tried stomping on
Naruto, who rolled backwards to avoid and landed in a crouch. "Stop it!" Sakura yelled and ran towards them. She
reached them just as Sasuke was going to attack again and crashed into him, embracing him from behind with tears in
her eyes.
"Stop!" She told him again as he turned and glared at her, Sharingan blazing. "Please...stop." She begged him with tears
falling from her eyes. Then slowly, the marks on Sasuke's body receded, and he fell to the ground, Sakura kneeling
next to him. "Sasuke-kun." Sakura said in concern.
"Did you finally snap out of it, you idiot?" Naruto asked wearily as he pushed himself up. Sakura looked at him. "Are
you okay, Naruto?" She asked in concern. Naruto gave her a strained grin.
"I'll be fine, take care of Sasuke for now." He told her before turning towards the still restrained Sound ninja.
Kin was still unconcious, and the other two had stopped struggling, the damage from being violently smashed into a
tree trunk catching up to them. "Oi, Oto-nin." Naruto addressed them, catching their attention as the silver sand
holding them down raised, freeing them. But they quickly noticed it was hovering above them, formed into a spiked
roof ready to drop and impale them. "Leave your scroll, and beat it." He ordered them. It didn't take any persuation
for them to follow his orders, they weren't in any condition to fight and felt lucky they could keep their lives.
Didn't mean they weren't pissed.
Soon after Lee's team came to get him, leaving swiftly after and Team 10 left as well after Ino helped Sakura even
out her newly cut hair, saying it would be a disgrace to leave it as it was.
Naruto sighed as they were left alone, before looking at Sasuke, who was clutching his hand, staring at it horrified.
"What..was I doing?" He heard him mumble. Sakura was next to him, looking at him in worry but unsure what to do.
"Oi, Sasuke. Snap out of it." Naruto told him as he walked up to him. His gaze switched to him. "Naruto..."
"It's okay. It wasn't you, it was the seal. It was clouding your mind, making you think shit. Nobody was really hurt,
that's what is important." He said firmly before turning. "Besides...now you know what I have to be careful of."
Translations:
Zankukyokuha = Extreme Decapitating Airwaves