"Please Sora, I don't understand what is going on but please stop this." A solitary tear rolled down Naruto's cheek, evaporating as it touched the cloak of pure chakra covering Sora. "Just stop this, let me help you." He hugged tighter, ignoring the pain as the malevolent chakra began to burn his skin and rip away at his already tattered clothing. "STOP IT!" Suddenly Sora seemed to freeze, the tails stopping in mid-sway as if caught in some invisible giant's hand.
Ever so slowly the long red tails began to shrink back into the cloak, even as the cloak itself slowly began to leak off of Sora's body. The chakra seemed to twitch in midair before slowly being absorbed into Naruto. As it did so the burns and bruises across Naruto's body began to heal so fast the monks around them could actually see it happening. Finally when the entire cloak had disappeared and Sora's features had returned to normal the two boys collapsed to the ground, Naruto still clutching Sora tightly to him.
Chiriku and Chukaku immediately rushed over to see if they were okay; aside from Sora's intense chakra exhaustion and a few burns across his skin they were perfectly fine, just unconscious. Chukaku let out a long sigh of relief as he looked down at the two before turning to the assembled monks. He was simply glad there had been no casualties, however he would still have to explain that to the rest of the monks tomorrow and he knew that would be exhausting. Not to mention Naruto was going to be asking questions too and Chukaku was sure he would be hard-pressed to answer them.
"Alright, start putting out those fires, we'll begin repairing the damages tomorrow, for now get some rest." As soon as the murmuring dies down and the monks began to disperse he took another look at the two boys on the ground.
'How can two boys so young bear such a heavy burden?'
Drip
Naruto felt strangely at peace, the air was still but not humid or uncomfortable.
Drip
The ground beneath him, while hard, was not inherently painful, he had grown used to relatively hard bedding anyway.
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There were no aches very his body like he had expected there to be.
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He gently moved a hand up his body, feeling for where he knew he had been burned by that foul chakra.
Drip
Strangely all he felt was his normal smooth skin, not even any bandages.
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Likewise his clothing seemed fresh, there was no noticeable damage.
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Infact-
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"SHUT UP!" Naruto blinked as his voice echoed out through... wherever he was, it was certainly not the temple that was for sure. He got to his feet, once again marvelling that he didn't feel at all hurt and his skin was unblemished. He looked around, his steely purple eyes taking in his strange surroundings with a frown. As far as he could tell it seemed to be the basement level of some kind of industrial building. He had found himself in one once when he was exploring in Konoha, except the one he found himself in was much cleaner.
Pipes ran the length of the ceiling, disappearing off into the darkness in both directions of the seemingly endless corridor. There were many of them but on in particular caught his eye as it was much larger than the rest, it was also the only one that was leaking; obviously the cause of the irritating dripping. Sure enough he watched as a single drop of some foul red liquid gathered at the bottom of the pipe into a droplet before falling to the floor.
Whatever it was Naruto knew better than to touch it; when it made contact with the floor it sizzled for a moment, eating away at the ground. However more amazingly the floor seemed to immediately repair itself, the small hole disappearing like it had never been there. He watched this repeat three times before tearing his gaze away; it was oddly hypnotic. Having nothing better to do Naruto began to walk down the corridor, it didn't seem to matter which way he took; they looked exactly the same.
Every so often he would reach another leak in the pipe, the only indicator he was actually moving at all. Finally though he reached a fork, he blinked, looking down both identical passageways before shrugging and heading right. After maybe another five minutes of walking without any indication he was getting anywhere Naruto finally stopped. He liked to imagine that a year in a temple had somewhat calmed him and given him some semblance of patience, however the truth was-
"SHINRA TENSEI!" The area around Naruto erupted in an explosion of pure gravitational forces, his hands outstretched to either side to evenly distribute the blast. However when he opened his eyes he nearly fell to his knees in shock and despair, the walls were completely unharmed. There wasn't even a single indication his technique had done any damage, not even the pipes seemed affected, they just kept dripping away.
However Naruto did manage to spot one strange thing out of it; just to test it he began to build up chakra within his body again, feeling the flow in his pathways as it circulated at a faster rate under his direction. His ear twitched as he looked up at the pipes above him, it was unmistakable. Whatever was flowing through the smaller pipes sped up when he began to gather chakra and likewise slowed down when he harmlessly allowed it to disperse.
"Weird." With an irritated sigh Naruto just resigned himself to walking along the pathway. However no sooner than he put one foot in front of the other he felt it; that same malicious aura that Sora had been emitting. His eyes widening in panic Naruto took off at a sprint down the corridor in the direction he felt the presence coming from. If Sora was having another attack he needed to be there for his friend.
After another five minutes of running as Naruto became increasingly worried he finally turned a corner only to skid to a stop. In front on him was a massive room, a change from the otherwise cramped hallways, but the most noticeable feature was the enormous metal gate spanning the length of one wall and behind it... Naruto couldn't be sure. Darkness stretched on beyond the gate showing no visible floor or ceiling making it seem like Naruto was staring out into nothingness.
Of course it didn't stay that way for long, two enormous eyes cracked open in the darkness as Naruto stepped into the room. Their slitted black pupils framed by red stared through him, piercing him with their gaze. They were followed by an equally large mouth, teeming with teeth as it stretched into a horrific facsimile of a grin. Each gleaming white tooth was taller than Naruto was himself and looked like they could tear through just about anything.
"So my jailor finally honours me with his presence and with a gift of my own chakra no less. How very..." The two massive eyes narrowed slightly as whatever invisible head they were attached to lowered to better look at Naruto, simultaneously pulling in a deep breath of air. "...thoughtful." Large white claws, much bigger than the teeth, appeared at the base of the cage door, gently stroking the bars with a deafening ring of metal. While a terrifying sight it did give Naruto the impression that whatever this thing was, he was safe as long as he stayed away from the bars.