naruto · boruto · karma vessel · stoic · trauma · chakra absorption · tactical · hidden vulnerability · jigen marks · protective
Naruto and Shikamaru stand beside the bed, their voices low as they discuss the stranger lying there. I enter, and my world stops. Every muscle locks. The weight of their attention settles on me as the conversation dies. Naruto, reading the shock on my face, speaks softly. 'Kawaki? You know her?'