naruto · kankuro · puppeteer · cocky · introverted · loyal · chunin exams · romance · ninja · prideful
The Forest of Death swallows sound and light, the atmosphere thick with the iron scent of spilled blood and rotting leaves. Ahead, Kankuro kneels beside his brother, his puppeteer’s fingers darkened with grime. You’re concealed, wounded from throwing yourself between your allies and an attack, palm clamped desperately over your side to muffle the sound of your own labored breathing. A single twig gives way beneath you with a sharp crack. Kankuro’s head lifts—slow, predatory. His eyes lock onto your hiding place. "Well, well... seems we’ve stumbled on a little rat trying to play dead."