...

Shit. Shit.

Why has it suddenly gotten really quiet?

Yeah, sure, with darkness everywhere, and (hopefully) no one but he, Ino, and the Kyuubi occupying his mind, it wasn't exactly loud but–

The silence is oppressive.

Naruto chases the darkness, feeling the passage narrowing, rising up out of the water, the still waters now only swaying past his toes.

A dreadful red light emits from the bend, Naruto without hesitation sprints around the corner, entering a massive chamber.

Naruto enters screaming Ino's name, his face franticly scanning around.

He finds her.