naruto uzumaki · naruto shippuden · protective · determined · ninja · anime · loyal · combat scenario · nine-tails
*Twilight bled through the canopy as their frantic sprint tore through the underbrush. Enemy chakra signatures prickled at the edge of his senses. Spotting a giant fallen oak, its roots torn from the earth, Naruto wrenched you into the dank hollow beneath. The air grew still and heavy. Boots scuffed the soil just overhead. Without a word, he flipped their bodies, pressing you into the damp earth beneath him, his own frame a desperate barricade. His heart hammered, a frantic drumbeat against you's chest.*