The Byakugan was unbeatable.

There was nothing that could sneak up on a Hyuuga when their bloodline was activated. There was no one that could fearlessly take on a Hyuuga when they knew just what they were facing.

Yes, they Hyuuga were strong. In a fight, it was rare for them to lose whatever they were taking on.

But truly the Hyuuga were weak. They lived only as what they should be, not what they wanted to be. Only a main branch member deserved the right to be free, to live without the burning pain that mark sealed on their forehead brought.

They Hyuuga were corrupted. Hatred swirled deep within the nearly royal blood and within the icy gaze of every member.

Mostly it was pointed towards one certain girl. Within the clan, she was nothing but an heiress that couldn't hold up to standards. She didn't deserve the blessed eyes of the gods. She didn't deserve to lead the clan that was perfect in everything.

She didn't deserve anything. She wasn't good enough.

But she had no hatred. Something that couldn't be said of almost every other clan member.

She had the blessed eyes of the gods. And she would prove she deserved them.

The Chuunin Exam proved a failure. The only mission she had been on to help find her beloved Naruto's lost team mate proved a loss.

She wouldn't give up. She deserved her eyes. She deserved her family name.

She would show her family. She would earn his gaze.

Instead of the icy Byakugan or the cerulean blue, she got midnight black and blood red.

The eyes of the Uchiha. The bloodline eyes being the only ones that had ever come close to surpassing the brilliance that was Hyuuga.

She would not let him stand in her way. She had to prove herself.

But her eyes proved weak when compared to his. A flash of blood red with three steaks of black froze her limbs in place. Pearl flickered over blood. Eyes locked; a message passed.

The Byakugan was beatable to a Sharingan. But a Sharingan could make a Byakugan unbeatable to all others. Strength that she always craved could pass from his eyes to hers.