I have had this idea stuck in my head for ages now and have needed to finally just write it out. It will only loosely follow the story line as this is my own story. So please stick around, I plan to complete this one even if I have no one reading it. Also, of course I do not own Naruto just my characters that show up. This is last time I will mention it.

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War is something each shinobi is taught in the academy, that it could happen, but it's something that no one thought would be a reality in their life. Seeing someone you have grown with, eaten meals with, die in front of you isn't something you can learn in school. The fourth war was a relentless one, the enemy didn't hold back when striking. No one deserves to die in some of the ways that had been seen in the battles.

Kaiya Yamamoto was currently in the medical tent, trying to talk her way back out to help the cause. She felt useless sitting here getting examined, just the thought of her friends out there without her made her heart break. If something happens to them, I will not forgive myself for getting hurt. Looking around the tent was horrible, every medi-nin was exhausted and the people they were tending to were moaning out in pain.

"You should realistically rest Kaiya, but given the circumstances do you think you would be able to hold yourself in battle?" The medi-nin in front of her asked, his eyes bloodshot and baggy. Kaiya immediately nodded, said her thanks and was out of the tent before he could speak again. Times were tough at the moment, the war had be waging for ten months now and no one knew when it would end. Kaiya had seen too many lives taken in front of her, for the first couple of weeks it had nearly made her want to curl up and cry, but her friends had consoled her and told her that when this was all over no one would have died in vain.

A light tap on her shoulder as she was walking away from the tents almost startled her, but turning around she realised it was Sakura.
"I saw you get patched up, are you sure you should be going out there again?" Her pink haired friend asked.
Kaiya sighed her head pounding, she knew that rest would be beneficial for her. "Honestly Sakura, I need to be out there. I don't mind if I exert myself for a while, you know that."
"I know… You and Naruto worry me, he isn't much better than you even with the fox inside of him."

Kaiya gave her a small smile, and a comforting hand on her shoulder. Sakura worried about them even before the war started, she knew in the weeks leading up to it that Naruto and Kaiya wouldn't stop until their body was literally black and blue.

Kaiya said goodbye to the pink haired kunoichi, and started running east. Tying her long dark hair into a ponytail she thought about the plan she had formed the last time she laid down. She had cornered an enemy shinobi last week who had seen Itachi Uchiha, as he been resurrected by the Edo Tensei jutsu. Her plan was to track him down and see if he had been in contact with his brother, Sasuke.

Of course she only knew that last direction he was seen and that was almost three days ago, she only hoped that he was still going this way. From what she had seen of this jutsu, the resurrected didn't need to rest and they could keep on going and going. It was frightening seeing former mentors and friends being used for war. She knew that Naruto wasn't taking it easy, as much as he said it was okay.

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The last thing Kaiya remembered before being knocked out was finding Itachi. He had told her that he didn't want to fight her, to run for her life as he couldn't control himself. Kaiya had refused her mind racing of all the things Sakura and herself had theorised about the jutsu controlling him. "Itachi, please I have a plan to help you… I know that you don't want to fight, trust me though I have thought this through." She yelled through her heavy breathing. Unfortunately Itachi had managed to kick her in the ribs, breaking a couple.

"You haven't got long, do what you need." Itachi said before his body started moving on its own towards her. Kaiya didn't take her eyes off of the man running in her direction, she knew that his Sharingan was quicker than her and that she had one chance at this.

Come on Itachi, take control of your body for at least a second.

Kaiya braced herself, just as he was a foot in front of her, and jumped onto his body. Swinging herself to his back she tightened her legs around his waist so her hands could be free. Her hands made the signs quicker than anything she had done before, the combination of the Yamanaka mind jutsu and Sakura's medical jutsu. She poured hope into herself as she slammed her hands around Itachi's head, feeling barriers break down from the Edo Tensei.

Kaiya knew it worked when she was in the mind of Itachi Uchiha.

"What have you done?" He asked, his face curious. A smile made its way onto her face, tears threatening to appear. "Something that I didn't know would work. I don't know how much time we have, as our bodies are in a battlefield so we have to be quick. My comrades and I have been thinking of a way to free the resurrected from the jutsu, or at least break the control. So far it's working, I broke the first barrier."

Itachi studied her face for a second, not knowing whether to approach her for fear of hurting her.

"And what else have you come up with?" He asked, raising an eyebrow.

The violet eyed shinobi walked closed to him, the smile not leaving her face.

"I have made my own seal, I just have to place it in here. See, I gathered some intel that it's a talisman inside you or something. So it being only a physical thing, what I'm going to do is put my seal in your mind and it will hopefully be extremely hard to break." Her voice was excited, she had really done gotten into his mind.

"You know that should this not work you will have to run as fast and far as possible." Itachi said, a frown forming on his face. Kaiya nodded, already pulling out her scrolls.

It took her but five minutes to place the intricate seal into the older Uchiha's mind. He wouldn't admit it until he knew for sure that it had worked, but he was remarkably impressed with her knowledge and attention to detail. She hadn't missed a single thing with her seal, and even added counter measures should it not work.

"Itachi, I'm going to leave your mind now. If this doesn't work I have put in place a jutsu that will automatically activate, all it will do is paralyze you so that I can get away."

Itachi nodded and placed his hand on her shoulder, "I do thank you Kaiya Yamamoto, I know that you have gone to great lengths for this."

She gave him a small smile before releasing the jutsu that kept her there. Her body reacted a lot quicker than her mind as she jumped off the Uchiha. Taking a few steps back she watched as he opened his eyes to reveal his deep onyx colour instead of the nightmarish look they took on before.

"H-How do you feel?" She stuttered, her heart racing now. If this didn't work she would only have a twenty second head start, and she was out of chakra. "My head is clear and I have control of my body Kaiya, what you have done is working." His voice wasn't loud now, and he still looked hesitant to approach her.

But that was all Kaiya could remember of her encounter with him, after that it went black.

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So this was the small taste, I am well aware we haven't got the full picture of Kaiya in our minds yet (Well I do) but be patient as it will come soon.

-Mars