"Well, this isn't helpful," noted Kakashi aloud, getting a feel for the size of the place by the echoes. Pulling a flashlight out of his vest didn't help as the beam just went off into the dark. "Too bad there's no light switch."
Flame, unbearably brilliant after the dark, brightened the cavern. A single rune inscribed on a wall had brightened with yellow flame. The glow slowly spread to a series of adjoining runes.
"I cannot read the fiery letters," said Kakashi hopefully.
"What do you expect, it IS written in Celestial after all."
Kakashi paused at the sudden presence behind him, as well as a voice that sounded like an entire freaking mountain range had discovered a voice. Did he REALLY want to look?
Kakashi turned and saw the dragon. "Okay... You must be the dragon that allowed Naruto to sign that contract."
"What gave it away?"
"Ah, sarcasm," noted Kakashi.
"I noticed someone disturbing my former prison. What do you want, Kakashi Hatake of the Leaf Village?"
"You know of me?" asked Kakashi, thinking that this was a little alarming.
"I know of many things."
"Then you already know why I'm here, don't you?" responded Kakashi.
"Some forms must be observed, certain patterns followed. Question must precede answer. Reply must follow answer."
"Okay..." said Kakashi, letting the last syllable trail off as he considered that. Might as well go with a question that the dragon wouldn't expect. "Celestial language?"
"Fuuinjutsu is based on a very debased version of Celestial, which is why it is so relatively weak in this universe. Fuuinjutsu itself, and Celestial for that matter, is based on the concept of True Names."
"'True Names'?" asked Kakashi, thinking this was going off in a different direction but also getting the feeling that this might be important.
"Everything that exists has a True Name," rumbled the dragon. "You yourself are 'Kakashi.'"
Kakashi staggered, feeling as if that whispered word somehow encompassed everything he was/would-be/had-been. That a more forceful saying of it might break him. It hadn't actually been his name at birth, yet somehow it was more his name than any mere collection of syllables.
"A wielder of True Names can manipulate those things they know the True Name of. Though there is a Balance and a Weave to the world, and one can have things backfire upon oneself if either is too far disturbed. With fuuinjutsu, you are several steps removed from that danger - but the power of the techniques are lessened as well."
"That's way too dangerous for Naruto to know," said Kakashi.
"One can change many things if one only knows one's own True Name. One can also change things about someone else, if one knows their True Name and they themselves do not."
"Just knowing a name allows you to change the individual?" asked Kakashi, shaking off the effect. "I don't buy it."
"Behold then," said the dragon, who then said a Name and made a change.
Kakashi tried to memorize the Name, but it seemed to slip away. However, he DID remember that it was:
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