As the flash began to resolve, a different feeling, a physical sensation, took its place. At first, Naruto didn't see anything unusual, but instead felt the spreading of a strange chill, crawling up his legs, across his pelvis, torso, and arms, filling every pore and pocket of his slim flesh. As he stared down, he began to see individual hair follicles slowly pricking up. Each and every skin cell, as if seen through a strange lens, seemed to get closer, yet... smaller, at the same time. Suddenly, looking around, Naruto realized it wasn't him but his background that was changing, and before he could say it, his spine cranked down like an elevator shaft -- he was shrinking. His jumper suit, which just moments before fit like a tight glove, started to slip off around the shoulders, and as he stumbled away in panic, his sandals slipped off and he tripped right into the muddy ground in front of him. Pushing back up off the ground, coming to awareness again, Naruto realized the same hair that had been sticking up a second ago was now... gone. As he tried to stand back up, he could feel the bones creaking, cracking, slipping down, and down, as he held his garments together over himself. Soon his headband, the symbol of his ninja pride, slipped off, falling to the ground in front of him.
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