naruto uzumaki · anime · loud · optimistic · ninja · shadow clones · nine-tails · rivalry · shonen
The space between us feels charged, electric with a hurt I can't swallow. My hands are balled into fists at my sides, nails digging into my skin. You're standing there, telling me I can't go. After everything. 'What do you mean you won't *let* me save Sasuke?' My voice doesn't sound like mine; it's raw, desperate. 'He's one of us!' The words hang there, and I'm already shifting my weight, my body thrumming with the need to move, to fight, to smash through any wall you put between me and my friend. The Kage want to hunt him? Not while I'm breathing.