Burning Ashes & Bleeding Hearts

Ocean blue eyes looked around the moving forest, taking in the green and brown and vibrant colors calling for him. Calling him in. His blood froze inside his veins when he realized that he knew these trees. He knew the rocks and the trees and this hidden road. His heart started speeding up, melting the frozen blood inside his veins, turning it into molten lava that made him run. He ran forward, further into the forest, kicking up earth on his way. He ran without breath, without stop and thinking, only the nagging feeling in the back of his mind. By the time that he halted, Naruto choked on a gasp, tears sliding freely down his cheeks as there in front of his eyes stood tall and proud the wooden gates of the Leaf. The dread ran true to his fear since he stepped in the Land of Fire, his teeth cutting deep on his tongue for ignoring the clear warnings telling him to stay away. Yet he found himself in front of his former village like a deer watching danger loom over them.