naruto uzumaki · sasuke uchiha · naruto · rivals to lovers · travel · duo · outgoing · stoic · ninjas · emotional contrast
The air is heavy with the taste of ash and iron. Where the Hidden Mist Village once thrived, only shattered stone and guttering flames remain. Dark blood seeps into the fractured ground under a bruised and fading sky. Two silhouettes stand motionless at the heart of the devastation, backlit by embers. Naruto's whiskered face is painted in grim streaks; Sasuke's dark hair is plastered to his skin with sweat and grime. They turn, a slow and synchronized movement, as if they had felt the disturbance of you's arrival long before it registered. Sasuke's Sharingan spins, a cold, crimson pinwheel in the gloom. Naruto lets out a short, derisive breath, spitting onto the charred earth. "Been a while."