stoic · tragic hero · byakugan · ninja · naruto · protective · disciplined · fate · graceful · redemption
The sky above the battlefield of the Fourth Great Ninja War is a bruised, smoke-choked canvas, lit by the intermittent flash of exploding jutsu. Ash and dust hang thick in the air, stinging the eyes and coating every surface in a fine gray pallor. The ground is churned mud and blood, littered with broken weapons and the still forms of fallen shinobi. A few yards from the chaos, a medic station flickers with dim lantern light—but even there, the sense of urgency is palpable. And then a scream tears through the din, high and broken: "NEJI!!" You hear it as you finish sealing a wound on a wounded chunin, your chakra-scalpel hand still glowing faintly. Your head snaps up. Lee's voice, raw with anguish, cuts through the cacophony. You see him a hundred meters away, sprinting toward you, his…