Chapter 1: Prologue

After Obito's death, nothing was the same.

Minato Namikaze became the Fourth Hokage, thus his team disbanding. It definitely was not the best timing for the man to be Hokage, especially after his team losing a member to the war, yet it was understandable. Accomplishing both his and his wife's, Kushina Uzumaki's, dream was the one of the only good outcomes after the war.

Kakashi Hatake, also changed. The promise, the vow, made with a deceased man to keep Rin Nohara safe was his priority, so was valuing his comrades. The Uchiha's death changed Kakashi into a better person, yet guilt was still entwined into him. He was breaking.

Rin Nohara didn't change to the world.

She was still the same, sweet and friendly, to the world at least.

In reality, Rin had changed the most.

The medic was more stoic. Traumatic was a good way to describe her emotional state. The girl who once had an optimistic view on humanity and the world itself now despised it. There was no sign of her best friend anymore either. Rin's promise to always watch Obito was broken, what would she do now? Would she die?

That's exactly what the Nohara planned to do. It was her last resort to save the village, as well as saving herself. She'd finally be reunited with Obito as well, so what could go wrong?

Nothing, right?

"Kakashi, please kill me." Rin, who was now the host of the Three-Tails, desperately pleaded out towards her friend. Kirigakure had captured her, caged a beast inside of her, wanting to use her to attack Konoha. The now jinchuriki was not going to let that happen.

Kakashi, who had just found his friend with the two Kirigakure shinobis was not going to let that happen. Losing another friend, another dear friend, could not happen again. "No! I promised Obito to keep you safe no matter what. You're not going to die." In a panicked state, he frantically used Chidori to kill both of them, yet Rin jumped towards him. Death while protecting the village from harm, and reuniting with her friend would be great. But this would result in Kakashi losing another friend.

"Kakashi…" Rin's life flashed before her eyes, and her only regret was leaving Kakashi alone. If only, she could reunite with him again to apologize. But this was it, she was finally dead.

The story would continue with Kakashi fainting and the presumed dead Obito witnessing the entire thing, while going on a killing spree. And unfortunately for Rin, she was still alive.

The world around her froze, and she woke up to witness a pitch black room. "Where am I?"

"Welcome to the Void, a state of nothingness." A young, quite attractive, pale man with shaggy white hair who bore a white kimono with a black obi approached her. "How does it feel to be in between life and death?"

Rin chose to ignore his question, instead observing her surroundings, which all happened to be pitch black. "Why am I here?" Why her, of all people?

Eyes closed, with a small smile, the man gestured for her to stay still. In almost an instance, the man flashed behind her. "The answer is quite obvious." Having no time to react, the man striked Rin down with his right palm, leaving her knocked out.

"The world needs you, Rin Nohara."

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With a light stretch, the brunette woke up only to be faced with the attractive man watching her. "How long have I been out?" Standing, she also wanted to ask him why he decided to knock her out, but Rin decided to save that question for later.

"An hour here, which is equivalent to a year in the world." The man nonchalantly said to only be met with a light gasp from the girl. She didn't expect time here to be different from Konoha's, and she was thankful that she only slept for an hour.

The now half-alive, half-dead kunoichi was now in deliberation with herself. Could there be a possibility that Kakashi's Chidori triggered her to instead teleport to this world? Rin Nohara's head was filled with suspicions on how she avoided "death," yet she was also curious. It was a stretch for even an highly intellectual shinobi like her, but there was still a possibility.

"Is there any possible way of going back into the real world?" Truly, it was an innocent question. Such an innocent question. A question which would change Rin's fate.

The man bore such a wicked smile for a momentum before nodding ever-so slightly. It was almost as if he knew exactly what was going on in the world. As if he'd lived through it before.

"I thought you would never ask." The man smiled, before opening his hands to reveal a green orb.

"What is-" Rin Nohara was again knocked out by the strange man, and it was in a similar manner as how Kakashi "killed" her.

A green orb piercing straight into her heart, how great.

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It was so strange, being pierced in the heart twice in one day. Well at least to her it had been a day.

She woke up again in Konoha, and it was different. Everything was the same, but it was different. Rin couldn't exactly put her finger on it, until she spotted an odd masked figure dashing at incredible speed. "Let's follow him, you! And tell me your name after this!" she exclaimed towards the mysterious figure before following him at a surprisingly, almost even speed with him. Almost amused, the mysterious man simply responded by smiling.

Unaware of her presence, the Masked Man continued until he reached a certain cave. As he entered the cave, Rin cautiously pulled out a kunai before following him inside, motioning for her partner to follow along.

The scene she witnessed however, was almost horrifying. She saw her sensei, Minato, and his wife Kushina lying sickly on a bed. Another, now dead, woman was also present, and it seemed as if Kushina had just given birth. This wasn't horrifying. What was horrifying was the Masked Man. With a child in his arms, a kunai was nearing his neck. Rin's life was already over, but she'd never end a newborn's life. Even if she didn't want to live, that did not mean that anyone else should die.

"Stop right now." Rin said before pointing her kunai towards the Masked Man. "Let the child go."

It was now time for both her sensei and the Masked Man to be bewildered.

"Rin? Is that you?" Minato's eyes widened. He knew that Rin couldn't possibly had died. After Kakashi blacked out, her body went missing. There was no proof that she died.

The Masked Man froze at her response. "It really is me."

"I'm glad that you're alive," yet Minato immediately frowned. "You've been missing for a year, where were you?"

"I honestly don't know how I'm alive. I've been in the Void for an hour, which is equivalent to a year here. And the guy beside me is-"

"R-Rin?" The Masked Man warily spoke, almost as if he was scared. "Is that really you?"

Rin instantly recognized the voice, it was the voice she longed to hear. It was the voice she wanted to die for. The voice she broke a promise with. It was him.

"I thought you died, it can't possibly be you." the Masked Man shaked his head, stiffening at the sight of the girl. He dropped his kunai."I saw! You, you must be an imposter! There is no way that you're Rin."

"Obito… It's you, isn't it?" Rin tried to smile, but it wouldn't come out. She wanted to smile, she really did. She could barely smile. She didn't know how to react, what to do. "It's me, I'm alive."

Minato was heavily surprised. How could his student turn against the village, and try to hurt his son? And how was his dead student possibly alive, a student who during a war. "Obito, you're alive? Explain."

The Masked Man, otherwise known as Obito Uchiha, hesitantly turned to face his sensei, all while holding the child. Obito leaned in and muttered into Minato's ear for what seemed to take several minutes.

"Rin, Obito, we'll talk later." Although Minato wanted to stay, what Obito had told him was more important. It was vital information that he had to prevent before anything. Kushina was also barely alive at this point too, he had to go. Minato quickly grabbed Kushina and took his son from Obito, before flashing away.

"Oh right, the fox is attacking the village." Obito murmured.

"Wait, what did you just say?" Rin faced the pale man standing beside her, with him putting his hands up to signal that he didn't hear anything either. Although, Rin couldn't find herself to believe that the mysterious man beside her missed it as well.

"I thought you died. T-That day, I saw Kakashi kill you when I was going to come back to the village…"

Rin then explained that Kakashi attacking her with the Chidori instead transported her to another place known as "the Void." Obito was then asked by his childhood friend a straightforward question which he failed to answer probably. It was so simple, yet he couldn't dare to tell her the reason.

"I thought you died. Why didn't you ever come back?" It was challenging for Obito to even look up at her. He refused to show his face to her, even though he was wearing a mask.

"I was saved." was all Obito was able to say, and he said it repeatedly. Almost as if he was reassuring himself that he was saved. "But you're alive."

"I wanted to die to be with you. I thought you were dead this entire time. I thought I broke my promise with you. You left me alone, Obito." The tears wouldn't come out, no matter how much Rin wanted to cry. Her pain, her feelings. All of it, was wasted on someone who lied to her. A comforting hand was placed on her shoulder, but that couldn't help even slightly reduce the pain

"Rin, I'm so sorry."

"You were able to tell Minato-sensei, but you can't even tell me?"

"I can't tell even you, I'm sorr-"

Obito was cut off by Minato flashing back into the cave. "This is a shadow clone. Listen carefully to what I'm about to tell you because I have less than a minute."

The two nodded, while the pale man smiled even more greatly.

"The Nine Tails was just on a rampage but the real me and Kushina decided to seal the Nine Tails in Naruto, while simultaneously ending our lives." The clone paused, before glancing at Obito. "I told the Third Hokage about your situation Rin, and he'll notify the village that you were found shortly. I'd also like to request you to take care of our son, Naruto. Obito I didn't mention your identify to the Hokage due to you still being my student. I also stated that an Uchiha was not the cause of the attack, or else the Uchihas would be affected greatly."

Obito nodded before Minato sharply added: "Although I would request you to stay out of the village for a while. You must reap the mistakes you committed."

It was unbelievable to see that in one day, for Rin at least, so much had already happened. From her not dying, to Obito being alive, it was already so much to take in. She couldn't believe that her sensei was going to die too.

Mourning her sensei's death would be a priority, once she was alone at least.

"Time's up. Thank you both for being my precious students." Rin quickly embraced the clone in a hug before he vanished.

Rin couldn't take it much longer. It looks like mourning her sensei's death would be next on her list. "Both you and Obito, we have to find Naruto. He must be in pain-"

"Like the Fourth Hokage said, time's up." The mysterious man smiled at Rin, before moving closer towards her.

"What do you mean? Minato-sensei became the Fourth Hokage? And we have to make sure that Naruto is okay-" Similar to her past experiences, the man created another green orb before striking the kunoichi in the heart once again.

"She'll be back shortly." The shaggy haired man held Rin in his arms, while grinning, warping both of them away.

"You. I'll kill you. I bet you were the one who instigated her kidnapping. I'll kill you." Obito continuously muttered. Seeing Rin "die" twice was mortifying, no. It was absolutely comedic at this point. The Uchiha vowed to kill that man one day, and reunite with Rin. "My honourable forefather was right. A greater threat has awakened, and that's him. For Rin I'll end his pitiful life."

"For Rin, I'll be i-n-s-a-n-e."

Author's Note:

Welcome to my new fanfiction, a somewhat Canon-AU revolving around Rin Nohara herself.

Enjoy your stay, and R&R!