Awakening

"Fire Style: Phoenix Sage Fire Technique!" After using the jutsu, Uchiha Yo hurled five cross-shaped shuriken and fought while shifting the battlefield toward Konoha. "Water Style: Water Formation Wall!" "Water Style: Exploding Water Shock Wave!" His opponent immediately counterattacked. "Fire Style: Great Fireball Technique!" After launching the Great Fireball, Uchiha Yo sprinted toward Konoha, with his opponent relentlessly pursuing him. The two continued to clash, and Yo's wounds steadily multiplied. Boom! Uchiha Yo formed hand seals with one hand, detonating explosive tags he had planted earlier to his opponent's left. Three shuriken then shot in from behind. "Lightning Style: Lightning Tiger!" His opponent gathered a massive amount of Lightning Style chakra around himself, which formed into an enormous blue tiger wreathed in lightning. It charged swiftly at Uchiha Yo, electrocuting him. Bang! The shocked Yo turned into a log. "Uchiha Shuriken Technique!" After throwing his shuriken, he continued running toward Konoha. Uchiha Yo was still injured. His opponent's assault had been too fast; although he had used the Substitution Technique immediately, he had still been wounded. He spat out blood. This won't do. If this keeps dragging on, I'll be dead before reinforcements arrive. "Mister, we have reinforcements. You can still leave now. Look, we've already rescued them, and your mission has failed. Why do we have to fight to the death..." Uchiha Yo kept fighting and running while talking trash. The enemy jonin was clearly ruthless. He did not say a word, only bombarding Yo with shuriken and ninjutsu, looking utterly determined not to stop until he killed him.

Fine, then it had to be a fight to the death. Otherwise, he really would die! Uchiha Yo hardened his resolve, and his attacks became increasingly vicious. He grew more exhausted with every exchange, and his injuries kept piling up. Then, amid the life-or-death battle, a surge of chakra flowed into his eyes. Everything changed. He could see his opponent's movements more clearly. Though he was still at a disadvantage and on the verge of collapse, his fighting became more and more organized. His opponent noticed it too. Just as he was wondering why, he saw Uchiha Yo's eyes. The Sharingan—an Uchiha! This mission had not been a waste after all. Though he had failed to bring back the jinchuriki, bringing back a Sharingan would count as making up for it. Since he was not the one in charge, his merits should outweigh his faults. "Kid, thanks. I'll be taking your eyes." With that, he used "Lightning Style: False Darkness!" and lunged forward once more. "Lightning Style: Lightning Body Flicker!" He arrived before Uchiha Yo almost at the same instant as the lightning attack unleashed by False Darkness. "I think you should save your thanks. I'll be the one thanking you for giving my son a birthday present!" Several voices rang out from behind him. "Earth Style: Earth-Style Wall!" "Wind Style: Great Breakthrough!" "Fire Style: Fire Dragon Technique!" "Earth Style: Underworld Swamp!" Though the enemy reacted quickly, after dodging the ninjutsu, he was still pinned to the ground by two three-tomoe Sharingan users with ninja blades driven through him. "One tomoe in the left eye and two directly in the right? Not bad, kid. You really know how to court death!" With that, the handsome uncle hoisted his son onto his shoulder and retreated toward Konoha. "Dad, did you see the blond kid and the red-haired girl? How are En and Retsu?" Uchiha Yo asked weakly. The handsome uncle glanced at his son. "Those two are hot commodities. They were with us at first, but then Root came to take them. I was in a hurry to chase after you, so I don't know what happened afterward. Still, no one from Root can snatch something from the Uchiha! I don't know about your two brothers either. Ming and your uncle were the ones pursuing that route." The man stopped and looked ahead. "Heh, quite a crowd came. Two of the Three Legendary Ninja are here. Jiraiya, which one is your child?" The handsome uncle looked at the ANBU and Root forces confronting his clansmen, then spoke to Jiraiya across from them. "Ieyasu, don't talk nonsense. I don't even have a girlfriend yet—don't ruin my reputation," Jiraiya protested. The moment Orochimaru heard Uchiha Ieyasu's words, he knew the man was trying to ease the tension. They were all shinobi from the same village, and the jinchuriki had already been rescued, so there was no need to create further trouble. He said, "Jiraiya, there's no need to ruin your reputation. It's already about as bad as it can get... Uchiha Ieyasu, by special order of the Hokage, please hand over the red-haired girl." He took out a scroll and tossed it to Uchiha Ieyasu. Just as the handsome uncle caught it, the captain of the nearby Root squad said, "I am also here under orders. Lord Danzo has commanded that Uzumaki Kushina be placed under Root's custody." Orochimaru sneered, licked his lips, and tossed a token to the ninja. Then, with the Uchiha clan's tacit approval, he took the red-haired girl away. Jiraiya waved at the blond boy, signaling for him to return with them. The boy bowed to Uchiha Yo and returned to the ANBU ranks. The three sides then departed separately.

"You awakened your eyes too? Yo and I were seriously injured when we awakened ours, but you didn't even lose a single hair!" Uchiha Retsu complained indignantly on the way back. "When I saw you, I thought you were dead. I got emotional, and they just awakened. Hehe, that just shows how deep our bond is. Right, Yo?" Uchiha En said happily. Uchiha Yo ignored him, silently calculating that once his injuries healed, he would beat him up properly. Damn it, he got the advantage and still acted smug about it. Amid the two boys' bickering, the group continued toward home.