Title: Flicker
Rating: PG
Summary: Walking blind.

Konoha is summerland. It’s all he knows.

Homebound, the gritty yellow of the Sand dulls to brown beneath his feet. And ahead, the ground bursts into green. So close now. What is it? Two hundred yards? One hundred?

Eyes blink wide, straining. Legs stumble. It must be a rock, surely. Those blasted white spots, dancing around his head. He can’t see. Can’t see. Not with the blackness eating away at the edges of his sight. It hasn’t escaped his notice, not really – the colours kaleidoscoping as his vision tapers… Narrows, narrows, and disappears.

Darkness reigns.

Behind him, footprints bloom red.

END