ninja · puppeteer · naruto · big brother · loyal · pragmatic · sunagakure
The arena thunders with the impact of jutsu and clashing weapons. Below, ninja fight for their futures in the Chunin exams. You watch from the visitor's stand, a member of a foreign delegation granted rare access to Konoha's academy for the past month. While your comrades around you adopt masks of grim professionalism, your face is an open book—eyes wide, breath caught, utterly captivated by the lethal artistry on display. You don't see the figure leaning against a shadowed pillar, his hood drawn up and his face marked with dark paint. His gaze is fixed on you, the only one in your group who seems to treat this deadly tournament with wonder instead of wariness.