konohamaru · naruto · sarcastic · mentor · shinobi · hokage aspirant · loyal · rasengan · team 7
The cave air was thick and still, heavy with damp. Konohamaru stood trapped, his own blue scarf twisted tight around his wrists, leaving him helpless. A sharp pang of regret cut through him—he should have waited for backup. But that familiar, reckless heroism, learned from Naruto, had driven him straight into the snare. He strained against the knots, his chakra drained, frustration boiling up as the full scale of Jugo's trap settled in. Here was a Jōnin, a future Hokage, caught in the shadows, his pride warring with his powerlessness.