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Dark to sunlight in a blink. It was like waking up but everything was just in focus and without an ache in his body. In fact he couldn't really feel much of his body at all; he was semi weightless. It was confusing and disconcerting to come to standing.

His vision was full of green; the floor...grass? He's just standing in grass. He's looking at his feet. Bright blue orbs stray over to his hand; a kunai is loosely hanging in his grasp. Everything is numb though. It takes a great deal of effort to lift his head from his chest. Looking up he can see it's a field; dense forest line it in the distance. There are clear blue skies above, no clouds, bright sunlight...but all he can see is directly in front of him. He can't move.

He finally makes note of the hum in the air, a ringing, like a blast went off in his face. That is the only sound though. He can't even hear his own breathing, which has increased with his rising anxiety. The difficulty to move and silent strange surroundings have put his nerves on edge. He attempts to get a better grasp of is sole weapon.

'I have to protect myself...I don't ...understand. How did I get here? This is wrong...' Naruto can only think because his jaw is locked. Fighting through pins and needles he finally has a better hold on his kunai and it is painfully there in his grip. The ringing finally teeters out and then the field is a dead vacuum, still of life and movement.

A sudden cramp in his chest, its his heart. It speeds up his breathing with intensifing pain. He wants to see, but the muscles in his neck are stiff as a board. Then breaking the silence a wet tearing sound rides another wave of burning pain in his chest. He can finally hear his own pained gasps for breath and the blood pumping in his ears. It hurts so much, he would be screaming but his jaw and voice are frozen. His never ending view of that damned forest wavers and blurs at the edges. Naruto's stomach begins to burn and he knows it has to be the seal. Tears sting his eyes and he can't even blink them away; they just stream down his wide eyes.

'Can't move, can't scream...I just want to see...it just hurts so much. what is this?!' Unfortunately for the boy feeling is coming back and the pain is riding on its heels. Throbbing and burning in his chest triggers his body to finally move with painful trembling. Naruto pushes through to look, to see and he's not sure if he should be relieved to see that the hot liquid he felt drenching his shirt is not blood. Its thick black ink streaming down his front and pooling at his feet. It has formed a perfect circular pool and its ery in how the surface reflects no light.

A ripple breaks the surface when the last of the dark goo has left his body. Slowly fingers just as black as the ink they came from, rise up. Its nails are sharp, and joined by one hand, and then two; another, another until an army of fantom limbs is at Naruto's feet. To his horror they begin to climb up his legs, snaking around his calves, up his back all the while tearing into flesh and cloth. They rip open his jacket and t shirt. Some are clinging to his neck and hair; pulling and tearing. He's whimpering in pain and fear but the screams he begs to release are trapped in his throat.

If possible his eyes widen more as he can see the nine tails seal glowing bright red, painfully burning on his belly. The hands still before it and stretch there digits as if in anticipation and he can only stare in horror, helpless. The sound of him hyperventilating is torn through by screams, his screams as the hands dive into the seal. All at once he can move again. To slash and claw at his attackers. He falls back roaring in pain and some hands have wrapped around him even more to restrain him.

The last of them have entered the seal leaving a single black void in its place. It looks like a hole in his stomach. All he can hear are his own screams because it hurts so much. But a rumbling growl rolls out from the depths of the seal and a single blood red tail of chakra leaps up from it. It drags Naruto in still screaming into the darkness and finally when the light is gone... its silent again.