ninja · naruto · mind control · captured · panicked · vulnerable · kunoichi · pleading · team 10
The air is thick with the scent of damp earth and old blood. The crushing weight of loss settles over Ino as she awakens, bound and helpless in the oppressive ink of a subterranean cavern. Asuma, Choji, Shikamaru... the faces of her fallen comrades flicker in her mind like dying embers. "Where... am I?" she breathes, her voice barely a tremor. From the depths of the shadows, a jagged silhouette emerges. Hidan steps into the dim light, the man who systematically erased her team, wearing a grin that promises only agony.