Characters will be greatly OOC, you have been warned.
The wind blows softly, like a whisper, and it speaks words unknown when it passes through the untouched and aged stone pillars. The mist hangs over the ruins, unmoving, as if it was decreed to protect the ruin's secrets safe from the minds of men. Rubbles of stone and dirt all over the place emanates a soft smell, the smell of disuse. Alone surrounded by towering trees on one side, and misty waters on the other, the ruin seemed untouched since it's downfall, still regal and unwavering despite it's disrepair.
His footsteps leaves a soft mark on the muddy earth, and each step repeats the process. His cerulean eyes moved about with a child's curiosity and energy. He turned his head around and asked, "What are we doing here, sensei?"
"This is the tomb of an old ruler of the Fire country." Naruto greeted his master's answer with confusion, and he just walked towards the tombs to touch and feel the stone, like a child of his age would. His master too approached the buildings, but his eyes observed the buildings for fine details. As a scholar, it was his own self-imposed obligation to study and understand things of the past, and this was a way to do so.
Naruto soon followed his master into the tomb, through a door covered in strange symbols and signs. "These signs were used to ward of thieves and raiders, but their ability to ward is based on faith and conviction alone." Naruto only smiled and pointed at a sign. "Sensei, this one looks like a eight-headed snake."
Naruto's master soon smiled slightly, perhaps in awe of his innocence, or perhaps for his childish actions. "All the symbols are extracted from folklore and legends in order to reinforce the fears and respect of the people. All in order to raise the fallen king's position as an avatar of god, to fortify his post as the leader of a blinded people." His words were cold, and Naruto recalled a moment when his master once said, "No matter how foolish the people of the past were, it is still our obligation to understand them, so it will not repeat itself." Naruto remembers such phrases, but he does not attempt to understand it's meaning. To him, it is the simple things in life that matters, although he himself doesn't know it.
"Sensei, where are we going? It's dark and scary..." He spoke with some amount of fear, and he sought the protective aura that his master offered. To him, it is his sensei that treated him like a person, not a monster. Perhaps that is because his sensei himself, is also a monster.
"Naruto. Sometimes the greatest light, is in the darkest and most frightening of places. To seek power, it is necessary to brave the thickest darkness and the brightest of lights." He then placed his hand on Naruto's shoulders, and walked together with him. He lit a small fire on a candle, and it became their guide in the midst of darkness. Naruto shook slightly in fear of the gloom and doom that seems to spew out of the walls, but he followed him nontheless.
The tunnel was decorated in all sorts of chants and runes, all kinds of words and phrases. To Naruto, it was nothing more than strange looking words and pictures, things beyond his current understanding. Yet, his master still brought him to such places, for a reason he has yet to know.
"Sensei... Where are we going?" Naruto asked, his heart pounded in fear. The fear came from history, it came from the design of the tunnels that provoke and awaken fear. Even so, his master seemed unfazed.
"Beneath all the rocks and tunnels, is the body of a dead king."
"So.. we are going to see a dead body?"
"...Yes."
"...Ok."
"Why? You expected something more flamboyant and stylish? Not everything is so... well-crafted in this world."
"Yes, Orochimaru-sensei."
WTF? Naruto and orochimaru together, master and apprentice. I hope it hasn't be done before by any other writer...