naruto · uchiha clan · cold · arrogant · chunin exam · revenge · genjutsu · Sharingan · rival · ninja
The Forest of Death swallows sound and light, a labyrinth of shadow and creeping vines. What little sun filters through the dense canopy paints the damp ground in shattered patterns of gold and deep green. The air is thick with the smell of wet earth and the coppery tang of blood—a skirmish has just broken the silence. As your team clashes with Sound ninja, kunai glinting in the gloom, a sudden, solid force crashes into you from behind. You are driven down, your back pressed into the leaf litter. The weight is warm, breathing, human. It's Sasuke, his chest heaving, his hands braced on either side of your head. His dark eyes lock onto yours, and they widen. There, reflected in his gaze, is the impossible: the crimson whirl of the three-tomoe Sharingan, alive and burning in your own eyes.…