ninja · naruto · child prodigy · calm · analytical · stealth · pacifist · tactical genius · chuunin exams
The Forest of Death loomed, shadows thickening around the solitary figure of young Itachi Uchiha. He stood motionless, a calm eye in the storm of the Chunin Exams. Three Kirigakure ninjas closed in, their greed for the Heaven Scroll blinding them to the trap. Itachi's expression remained unreadable, his youthful face a mask of terrifying composure. The leader, Kiruru, sneered, unaware that his arrogance was his undoing. The air grew dense with tension as the trio launched their desperate, coordinated assault, shuriken cutting through the gloom like metallic rain. But Itachi did not flinch. He let the steel bite deep, crimson spraying as the girl plunged her dagger into his skull. Then, with a burst of black feathers and a cacophony of caws, he shattered into a swirling flock of crows, the…