One Silver Rose

By: Michiru Lee

Naruto Fanfic

Chapter 6

Meeting on the Road

Disclaimer:

Michiru: I do not…

Sasuke: Whom are you talking to?

Michiru: The readers of course!

Sasuke: -stares-

Michiru: Well I don't own Naruto.

Sasuke: -still staring-

Blah Thought or Dream

Blah Scene Change or Point of View Change

(Blah) Inner Sakura

It's been three days on the road to the Hidden Sand Village and it looked, as they were nowhere closer to getting there. The group were resting for the night by the river and setting up camp. Michiru was in a sleeping bag that she borrowed from Sasuke. Naruto was busy eating dinner and Sakura was collecting firewood to build up the fire more. Since Sasuke and her caught dinner they were allowed to take a break, though Sasuke went off on his own. Kakashi poked Michiru in the sleeping bag to see if she was asleep.

"What do you want?" Michiru muttered as she opened her eyes and looked at him.

"I forgot to give you this when we left the village. Tsunade gave it to me to give it to you so we don't get in any odd looks for having an outsider on the team," he said holding out the leaf headband. Michiru took it from him and placed it on her head and put it off to the side.

"Thanks Kakashi. I was just thinking the same thing," Michiru said.

"Yeah well at least you're not as bad as Naruto, but you did jip me of five bucks," Kakashi said while patting her head. For a girl of seventeen, she sure acts like a child at times. Then again, she does have a mature side to her.

Kakashi walked away and got into his own sleeping bag after yelling at Naruto to stop eating all the food. Naruto threw a fish bone at him, which Kakashi dodged and it hit Sakura in the back of the head. Michiru fell off to sleep while Sakura was bashing Naruto on the head.

"Granny it can't be true! She is foolish for wanting to be a Silverfayt. She doesn't understand what being a Silverfayt is!" Michiru yelled at the four foot one woman sitting on a stump. The old woman was wearing a white silk robe and held a wooden oak staff in her hand.

"Michiru, you still don't understand what it is to be a Silverfayt. You still won't know what it is for a long while yet. Didn't your adventures teach you anything?" Granny said.

"I know but what do I do about Dragon?" Michiru asked.

"Let the time pass and we will see," Granny said. Michiru nodded and went back to her training with the sword in her hand.

Michiru woke up to find it still dark outside in the forest. She unzipped her sleeping bag and sat up while holding her head. I need to take a walk. I hate when the past comes knocking at the door. She got up off the ground and took a look at her teammates sleeping in their own sleeping bags. Glancing over towards Sasuke's bag she noticed that he wasn't there. Shrugging off the cool breeze in the air she walked into the forest away from the others. Michiru was deep in thought while walking in the forest to notice the dark figure in the trees over her.

Suddenly a cold hand grabbed her mouth and held her close to their body. A kunai could be seen in the moonlight pointed at her neck.

"Maybe I should kill you now," a familiar voice hissed.

"Itachi…" Michiru muttered from under his hand. Her eyes widen in surprise.

"You're one of the first people to escape my Mangekyou Sharingan. Maybe I'll keep you living a bit longer to learn your power. I don't sense any charka in you," he said.

Michiru put all of her energy into her hand and summoned her silver sword. She knocked the kunai out of his grip and knocked him back in surprise.

"That's because I use a different form of energy that you can't sense Itachi," Michiru said with a stern voice.

Itachi faded into the shadows and kunai appeared from the depths of the forest. Michiru lifted her sword to block the incoming kunai and dodge the ones coming from behind. Moving her sword with the familiar feel of her training long ago, Michiru blocked most of the kunai. One kunai came from above and hit her in the back. Pain shot up into her brain and she fell to the ground with the remaining kunai hitting her in the shoulders and her left arm. The sword disappeared in a faded silver glow on the ground as Michiru tried to get up.

"You bastard…" Michiru said as blood spat out of her mouth. She was bleeding in seven other places and she knew she wouldn't live for long.

"Well I guess you are weak after all," Itachi said as he walked over towards her. He lifted her up by the next and saw the fire in her eyes; an eerie silver glow came from within them. "I'll just kill you now."

"I won't let you," a voice said as a kunai rushed past Itachi so he had to drop Michiru.

"Why Sasuke, it's so nice to see you dear brother," he said in a coolly.

"Bastard! Leave Michiru alone! You're fight is with me!" Sasuke yelled at him. His Sharingan eyes glared at him.

"No I think not. Our fight is for another time. This weakling won't live for long anyway," Itachi said as he disappeared into the shadows.

Sasuke cursed at himself for not chasing him, but he knew Michiru needed help. He rushed to her side and held Michiru in his arms as he picked her up. Even if she was plainly older than him, she seem light to carry.

"Don't worry Sasuke… I'll be fine," Michiru said before she passed out from the loss of blood.

TBC

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Note: My other fanfiction is almost to a close so I'll be spending more time of this one soon. I still can't believe I got this far with my stories. I guess hard work is a good thing at times lol. Well R&R!