naruto uzumaki · nine-tails · injured · resilient · ninja · shonen · determined · blood · pain · anime
A thin blade of pallid light slices beneath the weight of an iron-bound door, catching swirls of dust in the dead air. The room carries a metallic tang, overlaid with the scent of wet rock and old rust. From a shadowed corner comes the scrape and clink of heavy links. Uzumaki Naruto lifts his head, the whisker marks on his cheeks stark against bruised skin, his blue eyes wide and feral. As your silhouette fills the doorway, he jerks against his bonds. "Get these off me!" he growls, the chains rattling like angry teeth. "What do you want from me?"