Hey to all you cool cats and kittens out there in fanfiction land! It's ya main man, Zinmaster24, here with another chapter once more. You all asked for it and you shall receive! Hopefully I can keep up this type of pace with this story and I won't have you all waiting around forever. I want to take the time to thank you all for the reviews to this story. Any input you have is valued greatly and considered for insert in varying degrees depending on helpfulness. Out right flamers (and you know who you are) can just show that on the back burner. First though let's get to some reviewer shout outs.

TheParagonPariah: Did I give that type of impression that this was a medieval knight Naruto? Trust me on this. Naruto is no knight for anyone in this story in the slightest. If you know the game Shadow of the Colossus, then that should give you some insight to what might happen. But just know this, I already have the ending planned out. I just have to get to that point.

gunslayer12: I'm glad you're enjoying it so far, but just to let you know. Wander did not win the game. This isn't a replay. He died soon after bringing Mono to the alter. If he had won, neither him, or Mono, would be in that part of the temple and the sword wouldn't be there either for Naruto to take. Also all 16 statues wouldn't be standing as well.

DarkSun24: Thanks! I'll try to not disappoint you with this. Let's just say the ending will be… Crazy though.

Guest: Whoever you may be, just know this. This isn't your big brother's Naruto anymore. This isn't canon Naruto. I made that clear from the beginning with all the exposition to his character. So with that mind, who are you to say that Naruto can't know Kurama beforehand? Also, any regular shinobi can use a sealing scroll. It's a basic scroll used for holding any type of items, such as clothes, kunai, shuriken, and so on. Anyone can use one for any purpose. In Naruto's case a spare outfit and equipment.

Argorok: Thanks for reading so far. I'll do my best to keep this interesting for you and I'll try to update quicker than I have before! Keep reading on!

Moonfur ADV: Thank you so much for pushing me to actually publish this. I'm glad you're enjoying this so far. I plan to keep writing this story whenever I can. The relationship between Naruto and Kurama is drastically different from canon as you can tell in this story, so it would be understandable for Kurama to call Naruto his "Kit." I have had a problem with run on sentences ever since I was a kid, and all my teachers have tried to correct it, but no dice. So it's something I have to live with.

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto or Shadow of the Colossus. If I wish for it maybe it will happen, but until that day all I can do is dream.

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Fighting the Shadows of Isolation

Chapter 2: Deal or No Deal

As Naruto patted the side of the black horse that was by his side now, he had mixed feelings about his current situation. Getting on top of the mare, he let out a small sigh as he took the reins in his hands. "Alright Agro, let's go!" The blonde shouted as he cracked the reins in his hands and the horse took off from the temple towards its new masters' first target. As the horse let out a cry and took off into the open fields, Naruto turned his thoughts inward and let his body go on auto pilot for the moment as he tried to recount everything that had happened only a few minutes ago.

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After the fight with his inhuman opponents, Naruto had tried to take a seat next to the dead bodies to recollect himself. He needed to figure out where he was and why he was here, as well as a way to get home. But his thoughts had been broken up instantly by that voice that called out from nowhere. Looking around he couldn't find anyone other than himself and the bodies of the boy and girl near him.

"Hmm? Thou possesses the Ancient Sword? So thou art mortal…"

Hearing the voice put Naruto on edge as he started to reach for the sword on his back in a reverse grip and prepared himself for a fight. The last time he fought a shinobi that he couldn't see, but spoke out from seemingly nowhere almost got Sakura, Sasuke, and himself killed. The blonde didn't want to go through that experience again.

"Come out now, and tell me who you are." He said as the sound of metal sliding could be heard in a slow drawn out pace. There was silence after the sword was removed from its sheath finally until laughter came out from the disembodied voice.

"We are known as Dormin, young one, and we cannot come out from our prison."

Naruto for his part continued to look around him as he heard the voice, but didn't move from his spot next to the bodies just yet. He didn't want anything getting the jump on him if those shadow creatures were still around, but he still needed to rest from the pain of having his chest ran through. Even with accelerated healing from the fox within him, it still would take a lot of time to repair that kind of damage without a medic to treat the wound properly.

"Ok then. If you say you're in a prison, then can you tell me why you're imprisoned and where the hell I am? Also, can you tell me how to get out of this place because I'm not supposed to be here and from the looks of it neither were these two." Naruto felt it would be a good move to get some information from Dormin if that was possible. Any little thing about where he was and how to get back to Konoha would be great on his part.

"The mortals of this land have called this a forbidden land at the ends of the Earth. Our body and power was split, and we, imprisoned because the mortals feared our power. Do thou wish to leave from these lands? We have the power to send you back from wince thy came, but such a wish comes at a heavy price."

That had caught Naruto's attention instantly, completely forgetting about the fact that this was some sort of mystical being he was dealing with right now. But, thinking on it he dealt with the Kyuubi on a daily basis for his entire so this wasn't too much more different… right? "You can send me back home? What do I need to do and what is this heavy price you speak of?" Naruto was ecstatic about the prospect about going home and ready to jump at the chance, but he wasn't completely stupid to just overlook such a deal that comes with a heavy price to pay.

"The price is heavy indeed, you will be returned from whence you came, but there is a possibility that you won't be returned completely intact. You may lose your humanity or you may lose your soul. Of what you will lose, I cannot say with certainty what you will lose, but you will lose something important to you."

Naruto blinked several times at hearing this bit of information now. So this was a wild card effect that was only going to end badly for him? Was this situation worth it then? It was either be stuck here but for the most part relatively safe, or take this chance to return home but lose something important to him in the process. Naruto had to think about this one and decided to ask the only other source for an answer, the great beast within him.

"What do you think Kurama? Is this worth the risk?"

The great beast stirred within and let out a low growl as he had been listening this entire time. "If I were to be honest, you would be pretty stupid to take this deal, but it doesn't look like we have any other way out of here unless you can summon your disgusting amphibians to reverse summon you and send you back home. As a matter of fact, why haven't you tried that already Naruto? It would bypass all of this and you would be back at home eating your ramen trash of a food source as you always do."

That had caused the blond to palm his face at his own lack of forethought. Kurama had given him a brilliant idea, even though he had dissed his favorite food for the umpteenth time since their partnership began. "Oi! You bastard! Raman is the food of the gods, and you would do well to remember that you furry hairball of shit!" Naruto never backed down when someone insulted his favorite food after all so he couldn't let it slide. But putting that behind him when all he received in return was a snort of self-satisfaction of agitating him. Naruto let out a sigh and changed his mood. "Your right though, that is a good idea. Let me try it now."

With the newest plan of action put in motion, Naruto bit his thumb to draw blood, then rolled through the required hand seals and built up his chakra. "Kuchiyose no Jutsu(Summon Technique)!" After yelling out the name of his jutsu, Naruto saw a puff of smoke that went with the jutsu and then nothing. There was nothing there after the smoke cleared. No Gamabuta, Gamakichi, or even Gamatatsu at all. The blond was a little disgruntled at that, but tried it again and again only to end with the same result as the first time. Nothing but smoke, wasted chakra and time. Clicking his teeth in annoyance he deemed that he didn't have any other solid way out of here than to make a deal with the possible devil. So he looked up at the shining beam of light and squinted his eyes slightly to adjust to the light. "Dormin! Alright! I'll do it. You've got a deal. I'll kill the colossi and return home, but I'll tell you this much. You better damn be right that I will get home and alive or else I will become a killer of not only men and colossi, but gods as well." Naruto narrowed his eyes as he could hear the deep mixed laughter of the faceless god from above now.

"So be it, mortal. Raise thy sword by the light and head to the place where the sword's light gathers. There, thou shalt find the colossi thou art to defeat."

After that, everything fell silent around Naruto as he looked away from the light and unsheathed the sword from his back. Looking the blade over, he shrugged his shoulders and did as instructed from the faceless voice from before. It wasn't like he had any other leads or ways to find the colossi and he didn't feel like searching for them on foot for hours all across the deserted land he found himself in. Walking outside of the shrine into the open field, he found something waiting on him there as well. A black horse with a white diamond in the middle of its forehead could be seen standing there looking at him from a short distance away with, what Naruto guessed, was judging eyes.

The two stood in complete silence staring at each other, and for Naruto it was completely awkward and weird to be stared down by a horse. But, after a short time had passed, the horse finally came over and gave him a little nudge on his head. Naruto let out a small sigh and patted the creature on its mane and let a small smile pass by. "Well hello there. You're a smart one it seems. Obviously you've been around humans before, if that saddle on your back is anything to go by. So do you have a name?" Naruto asked as he looked through the saddle bags to see if there was anything there for him to use or put some sort of ID on the horse. He pulled out what appeared to be a photo of the only two people he had seen here in this land, along with the horse in the picture. There were names along with the faces, and Naruto looked up at the horse. "Argo, huh? Not really a bad name if you ask me. It's better than anything I would have called you."

After his little chitchat with the horse, it seemed that Naruto was finally ready to head to the first colossi with a new companion in tow to help him out. Getting on top of the horse and adjusting himself to where he was comfortable enough to ride, he held the sword up to the light and watched as the reflecting light started to gather into a single beam directly south of the shrine he was at. Kicking at the side of the horse, Argo sped off in the distance now.

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All of these thoughts had gone by in Naruto's head as he basically went on auto pilot in steering Argo in the right direction towards his first destination which was cliffs that were already in sight of the shrine that they came from. Once there, Naruto stopped Argo and looked up at the climb he would have to go through to get up to the top. With a sigh, he got off the horse and patted it on the side of the head. "Alright girl, stay here and wait for me. This shouldn't take too long." With that, the blond started jumping up the cliff side and sticking to the side that would have otherwise required him to grab the vines to get across.

A moment later, Naruto found himself at the top of the cliff looking around for the sighting of his first target. He didn't have to wait long, because thunderous footsteps made themselves known that shook the very ground he was standing on himself. Looking up, the giant creature continued walking southward of where Naruto was for a distance as if it hadn't noticed him in the slightest. That caused the blue eyed ninja to sigh in relief. But that relief was soon replaced with fear as he saw the colossus stop in its tracks and turn around to face him.

Two pairs of blue eyes stared at each other as things fell silent for what seemed like hours, only for one of them to turn reddish orange and bring down a giant club to strike the dominion intruder in a fit of rage.

"And this would be the time to run, Naruto."

And scene!

Holy freaking crap! And you all thought I wouldn't get this out? Ha! I may take a while but I do plan on finishing this thing. Hopefully I won't be taking as long anymore as this chapter did though. In all that time, I've grown and learned that I am a badass! Why you ask? Because I avoided death! That's why! But you all don't care about any of that right? You all just want to read the story that's coming from the mind of a madman!

And I'm cool with that just so you know. Even though it's late on the delivery, I hope you all had a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! Or just Happy Holidays in general so there is no leaving out any holidays I've missed. Now I've got to find a new job and get myself back into school and get to getting into the military as well, because a badass needs to make a living for himself to become a possible candidate for the FBI. HA! Go big or go home people. And I am big.

So read, rate, and review please! You guys are all great for having waited all this time for the second part and I plan on trying to get the next part out WAY sooner than this one came out. You all deserve it!

So, ciao for now all you cool cats and kittens! Zinmaster24 out!