the fire that rages within

sharingangster:

Fervent red orbs focused down on the boy before him before closing with an accompanied sigh. “I won’t make you. Perhaps it’s best that you don’t; but just this once.”

“They’re coming. We need to find somewhere safe. You’ve already exhausted your chakra far over your limit.”

⌈ ほのお ⌋—

He was wary of him; no, he absolutely distrusts this man. Even when he seemed very familiar to someone he loves, or because he held the clan’s trademark with ease, he cannot allow himself to lower his guard. But—

He is right. Honō has pretty much used all of his reserves; he could not fight any longer and he could have collapsed by now if not for his adrenaline and the dread that continued to hunt them down for no particular reason than the blood they carried. This was not the time to weigh whether this man was to be trusted or not.

                                 "—Fine.“ He decided, breathing heavily when his overuse of chakra started to take effect on his weak body. "Where d-do you suggest we go?”