Pure Eye; Kaguya's Change

In the world of ice and snow, the cold wind still howled, but its biting chill seemed cut off by an invisible warmth.

Kaguya held Chiyo tightly, tears slipping down uncontrollably.

She buried her face in the hollow of Chiyo's neck, greedily breathing in the scent that made her feel safe.

He was her anchor, the one and only place of belonging she had finally found after all these long years.

"Chiyo... Chiyo..."

She called his name again and again, her voice slightly choked.

Yet it was clearer and more resolute than ever before.

Chiyo said nothing. He only held her tighter, one hand gently patting her back.

He could feel that the Chakra flowing within Kaguya was now completely different from before.

It was no longer merely a "collection of multiple powers," but an entirely new power system where everything had truly fused together and flowed in perfect harmony.

It was immense, yet extraordinarily stable, containing unimaginable potential.

After a long while, Kaguya's sobbing gradually stopped.

She raised her head slightly, her eyes gazing at Chiyo from close range.

The whites of her formerly pure Byakugan remained clear.

But deep within her irises, a faint, almost imperceptible golden glow had spread.

Like the first ray of dawn falling upon fresh snow.

The gold was not dazzling. Instead, it added a trace of holiness and warmth to her already ethereal, breathtaking beauty.

Even more strikingly, the mark of the Nine-Tomoe Rinne Sharingan that had once been closed at the center of her forehead had vanished.

A more restrained, profound dark-golden radiance faintly flowed beneath her skin, completely devoid of the unsettlingly sinister feeling from before.

"Your eyes..."

Chiyo reached out, his fingertips gently brushing the corner of her eye.

"They've changed."

Kaguya closed her eyes, feeling his touch as she