Naruto: Chronicles of a Fire Ninja-Chapter 360 - 356: Mangekyo Sharingan

Kaida paused for a moment, his sharp gaze scanning the surroundings before settling back on Yomi.

"What do you mean Ryota is in danger... Wait, where is Ryota?" he asked, his mind—still flooded with endorphins from the relief of seeing Yomi alive—shifting back to focus.

Yomi gestured toward the direction she had come from. "He stayed behind to stall the enemy so I could escape."

Kaida immediately understood. Despite the flood of questions swirling in his mind, he pushed them aside for now and followed the direction Yomi indicated. Within seconds, he was sprinting toward Ryota.

Yomi hadn't covered more than five kilometres before reaching him, so it didn't take Kaida long to arrive at the area. He quickly took in the scene: three enemy ninja bodies blown apart, and a fourth lying lifeless nearby.

"Damn it," he muttered under his breath. His eyes caught the faint tracks of a dog alongside three distinct sets of footprints. With his Sharingan spinning at full force, Kaida bolted after the trail.

However, when he reached the spot where the tracks abruptly ended, he came to a halt, his body tense because of the scene in front of him.

Two bodies lay before Kaida, and with his Sharingan, he could clearly identify one of them. Yet, he shook his head.

'It must be a shadow clone... He's using it to lure the enemy, as expected of my friend,' he thought, desperately denying the truth his Sharingan revealed.

But no shadow clone could emit such lifelessness. No chakra, no movement, no sign of vitality. The reality was unmistakable, yet Kaida refused to believe it. His mind clung to denial so fiercely that he didn't even notice the figure standing near Ryota's body, holding a bloodied kunai—the very weapon that had ended Ryota's life mere moments ago.

It wasn't until he heard a heart-wrenching whine that his concentration faltered. The sound was filled with immeasurable sorrow and pain.

'Why are you crying, Kiba? Oh... you're hurt too. Don't worry, I'll heal you,' Kaida murmured, his voice trembling as he spotted Kiba a short distance away. The dog's body was battered, its legs scorched from the explosion. Despite its wounds, Kiba was dragging itself toward Ryota, determined to reach its fallen companion one last time.

Kaida made to rush toward Kiba, but an earth bullet reached the loyal dog first. The cruel projectile struck, ending Kiba's suffering. Even in death, Kiba's gaze remained fixed on Ryota.

Kaida froze. His denial crumbled in an instant as he sank to his knees. His hollow eyes darted back and forth between Ryota's body and Kiba's lifeless form.

"Why..." A soft, almost soundless whisper escaped his lips.

"Why..."

"WHY!" His voice rose, trembling with anguish, growing louder and louder.

At first, the two Jonin in the distance didn't hear him. But as his grief-filled voice erupted into a piercing roar, they finally took notice.

But Kaida was oblivious to the world for now, not even giving those ninja a glance, his mind going to the talk he had with Ryota before they left for the outposts.

"Don't worry, I will take care of her" is what Ryota said. Kaida, who was only thinking about his family at that time, didn't even think about who would protect his friend.

"You did this for that promise... a promise... a single promise," Kaida kept saying, his eyes fixed on Ryota's eyes, which were closed, but there was a smile on his face, like he had fulfilled his duty and his sacrifice was not in vain.

Seeing that smile on his friend's lifeless body, something inside Kaida broke, a chain which was holding his morality in place broke and everything inside him was replaced by void, devoid of any emotion, only for it to burn in the next second.

Kaida's eyes, which had been fixed on Ryota, stopped spinning for a moment, almost as if time itself had paused to mourn the loss. Then, slowly, they began to spin again—but this time, in the opposite direction. The motion gained speed, and the three tomoe within his Sharingan started to morph. The once-familiar pattern shifted, the tomoe merging and twisting into something entirely new.

Within seconds, a menacing new shape emerged. His Mangekyō Sharingan had awakened, and it bore a unique, haunting design. Five curved, flame-like blades spiraled outward from the central red pupil, each sharp and perfectly spaced, giving it an almost hypnotic yet terrifying aura. The deep crimson hue of the Sharingan seemed to burn brighter, highlighting the black spiraling pattern that exuded overwhelming power and despair.

Kaida's body trembled as a storm of emotions surged within him. The chakra inside him began to flow rapidly throughout his body, his once bright chakra now turning a little dark, and with each flow it was increasing in amount almost impossible normally. His physique, which was a notch better than other Uchiha, was getting used to the power up from the Mangekyo Sharingan like never before.

In a few seconds, his eyes which had been wide open seeing his friend, turned from 3 tomoe Sharingan to Mangekyo Sharingan. His chakra, which was already among the rank of low Kage level ninja, effectively doubled in size, though Kaida didn't pay any attention to that, because inside him anger and sorrow were fighting to take hold of him, each winning and losing at the same time.

Sadly, even though Kaida didn't pay attention to his changes, two ninja did.

"What was that?" Arata asked.

"Must be his friend. Look like our work is not over yet. Well, it is fine anyway, let's quickly finish him before going back, we only have 10 more minutes," Fumio said, now already over about the fact that he had to kill someone with the same age as his son.

Both of them went toward the voice they heard when they suddenly stopped, raising their guard to maximum. Due to his inner turmoil, Kaida didn't pay any attention to hiding his chakra.

"Did Konoha send someone so fast?" Arata said, as beads of sweat formed on the back of his neck.

"No, it is not possible. Maybe he was already here and was notified about the attack," Fumio said, facing a similar situation but his experience forced him to not lose his cool.

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"But all of the Konoha top ninja are located somewhere else. How can someone be here?" Arata said, being about the few experienced ninjas, they have a little more information about the mission.

"I don't think he is someone from the top, they will not make such a rookie mistake to show their chakra like this. Let's go and check out," Fumio said, analyzing the situation with a clear mind, but he made a very, very wrong choice—he chose the wrong direction to go.