Kaneshi: Evolution
By: CallxMexSenseixSenpaixSama

His eyes changed into Sharingan. People that carry the true Sharingan eyes, as in born with it, they are able to withstand others. But only if they're strong enough. However... Mangekyou... Still... I haven't read any books or heard any news about the power of both Byakugan and Sharingan against a Sharingan user. My eyes, they weren't perfected, but they'll have to manage for now. It did increase the adrenaline rush throughout my body, increasing my speed, strength, agility, analyzation by at the most 30 percent. Also they had the effects of the true eyes. To have about a 360 degree vision and the ability to copy moves. Catching everything I can about this Itachi, I waited for Kakashi to make the first move.

In slow motion, I watched as Naruto raced forward and used Rasengan against our opponent. There was an explosion. Stepping back just a little, I finally got it. The ring.

"Everyone! Don't look at his ring! It has the same power as his eyes! It's on his right hand, ring finger. Just don't look there!!" I shouted. As I looked around to make sure no one was hurt, I realized that Naruto was already caught. "Sakura! Obaa-san!" All three of us touched him, transmitting our chakra into his. Before Itachi made his move, I warned them to jump. As we did, a fireball passed through where we once were. I could sense Kakashi underground and then pop out to tackle Itachi. I could also tell that this was a clone. I nudged Naruto. With a quick jerk, I gestured for him to go. Making a clone of himself, they both made Rasengan and combined it together. When it hit him, there was a huge explosion. I swear, I could cry from my pride for the improvements he made, but there's no time.

Itachi flew back and before the smoke covered his face, he was smiling. Was he mocking us? Did we not defeat him? We approached the body of who we thought was Itachi's, but.. it wasn't.

"Yuura... He's a jounin from my village." said obaa-san.

"From the sand? What does that mean?"

"Even I don't know.."

"He could've possibly been a spy for the Akatsuki."

"No way... He's been working hard as a leader for four whole years."

"Was he impersonating Itachi with the henge?"

"No... this isn't that level of jutsu. Goukakyuu is a jutsu that the Uchiha clan worked out and use well. And that jutsu was the real thing."

I was confused. If Itachi took over this body, he would have to be somewhere near us, but I couldn't sense him at all. And I did sense Itachi in him. Trying to concentrate and enlarge my range of vision, I blocked out everything else. But nothing. There were slight tremors far off, but I couldn't tell what it was. Giving up, I followed them.

The next day, we were on the move. I stayed at the front alongside with Naruto so I could see if I found anything. The farther we traveled, the tremors became stronger. They were giant ones and I couldn't single out any one person's chakra because it seemed so mashed together. As we entered a clearing there was a huge boulder and in front of them, I could see Neji, Lee, Tenten and Gai-sensei.

"Naruto-kun! Sakura-san! Kaneshi-chan!" Lee called.

I raised my hand as a greeting with a smile but I didn't lose guard. Not catching a word they said, Team Gai departed to do whatever they were doing. Kakashi jumped on top of the boulder and had his hand on the sign. He snatched it off and Sakura went in with a mega punch. As the rock crumbled into pieces, the four of them dashed in. Stupid of me to tune out everyone's voices. I jumped on top of the pile of rocks and looked in. Triggering my eyes, I could see no traps. But there were two people dressed in Akatsuki uniform. And an ugly bird completely made out of chakra. Pitiful.

Naruto rushed in and Kakashi stopped him. Some things never change. Then he attacked with a shuriken, which was deflected by one of them's wooden tail. I stared at them. They are the first two people I met in my life that displayed their chakra as art, since I could tell with that ugly bird and weird tail. The blonde one jumped on his pet steed and gobbled up the body of Gaara. As he left the cave, I chased after him. Partly because I was more interested in his type of art and that he had who I wanted to save.

As I expected, Naruto followed after and Kakashi followed him. After they had their little chit chat, I said, "Naruto!"

He nodded and lifted me up and sent me flying. Let's see whose art is better.

Following his design, I shot out thousands of little birds. To explain simply, my art is chakra itself and I have every bit of control over it. And it's a better sight than his disappointment of nature. When they reached him, I snapped my fingers and they exploded. Naruto and Kakashi threw a shuriken as well. But the bird was still there. I clung to the wall of a cliff as we were above a river now. Unexplainable. How did he avoid my attack?

Jumping off, I chased after him as he flew away. Naruto passed me and Kakashi just kept following after him. Using this opportunity, I leapt off their backs and shot out butterflies this time. They surrounded him and it was to at least get rid of his bird since they eat off his chakra, but it didn't work. They dispersed and disappeared. A sudden tremor in the chakra told me to fall back. I looked to Kakashi. He was the only one who knew how to communicate with me when I turned off sound. Understanding his message, I stopped and followed Naruto. Watching, I saw the atmosphere around the Akatsuki member waver. Out of nowhere, things dissolved into nothing. But it wasn't over yet.

Naruto jumped ahead and used Rasengan to cut off the freak bird's beak. He then used his clones to catch it as it fell. But the ones visible weren't the only clones. One punched the member down and others joined to beat him up. But... that wasn't the real one!

Darting my eyes everywhere, I searched for the real him. But soon, that just wasn't possible. Naruto's chakra drowned everything out. It was so powerful, it began to ring through my ears, causing my head great pain. Falling down, I covered my ears, eyes, anything. It was all very painful. Managing to open my eyes, I saw for the first time, Naruto's Kyuubi form. But.. it was only 2 tails.. ? I thought it was 9 tails. Kakashi slapped a slip of paper onto his forehead and my headache died down. I couldn't use my eyes anymore.. I strained it too much. Or rather... the chakra coming from Naruto stopped the use of my own. Sakura and Obaa-san arrived.

Using regular Byakugan, I could see where he was, but he was surrounded by Team Gai, so all was well. But then he escaped and bit off a chunk from his bird. Bulging everywhere, I could see that he was about to explode. Leaping up, I sent out my own chakra to move him somewhere else.. I knew from personal experience what a big boom a large amount of chakra could make... But then, he just disappeared. As if he was warped to somewhere far away. My hand burned as the chakra line was still connected.

Kakashi collapsed. So this was what it took to run off Akatsuki. Moving to more open space, we laid down Gaara's body, but he was dead. Dead. This was a failure. My friend.. their leader... Naruto's precious friend.. We failed. Holding back the tears, I laid an arm around Naruto as he sobbed.

"I couldn't save Sasuke, I couldn't save Gaara.. I trained for 3 years but nothing comes out of it!"

His statement somewhat angered me. Nothing came out of it? How can he say that when he improved so much? But silently, I looked at Gaara's body. Obaa-sama was bent over it, but then laid her hands on him. Was this a medical jutsu?

It's forbidden to bring the dead back to life... But was there a way to go around that.. ?! I could see her chakra going inside of his dead body. Naruto joined her and laid his hands on top of hers.

I removed my mask and all the chakra stored in it came back inside me. When you think about it, only Naruto could truly understand Gaara, as Gaara could truly understand him. Then, I could sense a numerous amount of people coming our way. Looking around, I saw some of the Sand shinobi arriving. More and more came. As their Kazekage stirred, more gathered. When he opened his eyes, they began to cheer.

This moment is a blessing.