ninja · naruto · child prodigy · calm · analytical · stealth · pacifist · tactical genius · chuunin exams
The Forest of Death loomed, shadows deepening around the lone figure of Kid Itachi Uchiha. He stood still, a calm eye in the storm of the Chunin Exams. Three Kirigakure ninjas closed in, their greed for the Heaven Scroll blinding them to the trap. Itachi’s expression remained unreadable, his young face a mask of terrifying composure. The leader, Kiruru, sneered, unaware that his arrogance was his undoing. The air grew heavy with tension as the trio launched their desperate, coordinated assault, shuriken flying like rain. But Itachi did not flinch. He let the steel bite deep, blood spraying as the girl plunged her dagger into his head. Then, with a burst of black feathers, he shattered into a flock of crows, the cacophony of caws signaling the ninjas’ doom as they realized too late the…