Hi.
This is my first time dabbling in a Sakura/Kakashi pairing. So okay, I'm really not sure where this is going. I just had the idea after I read the latest manga.
Warning: Contains massive spoilers of the manga.
Also, this means I have to make up a reason why Kakashi had to kill Rin, and that's hard. I'm still thinking of a plausible cause.
Rated M for language, and situations.
I do not own Naruto.
The Death of Feelings
In the end, when the war was finally over, and Obito Uchiha lay dying on the earthen floor, it was Kakashi who hurt the most. He wanted to weep, because if not for what had happened in his history with the fallen Uchiha who everyone thought was dead, the whole massive war could have avoided.
Well, to say that it could have been avoided was too much an assumption. As long as there were the Senju and Uchiha, forever fighting for dominance in the shinobi world, conflicts such as this would still result, in one form or another.
Kakashi, weakened as he was, crawled to where his once comrade lay. Naruto tried to stop him from going near the enemy but Kakashi did not relent.
Amidst all of the remaining shinobi who stood alive on the battlefield, he crept to Obito, and placed his head on his lap.
Obito's eyes were closed and his breathing was very weak, as if his chest was not moving anymore. But he had a serene expression on his face.
"Obito…" he whispered brokenly. "For all its worth, I'm sorry I let you down. I couldn't protect Rin. I'm sorry."
"Ah, Kakashi…" the Uchiha answered softly. "It wasn't what I would expect you to say. You saying I should die once and for all ought to be more fitting."
Kakashi shook his head, even though Obito would not see the action. "We were team mates. You saved my life in the past. You have always been my hero." At this point hot tears spilled from his eyes. He would have never thought his past would come to haunt him in this grand massive scale.
"You weep, Kakashi? Save it for the people who need it. I told you I do not care anymore of this world. It is still true that in order for someone to become a winner, someone needs to be a loser. In this case, I lost."
Obito was really getting weaker by each moment. Kakashi felt that and took one of his hands on his own and gripped it with such force that Obito had to smile wryly. "In retrospect, Kakashi, it wasn't wholly you that made me go on with the Infinite Tsukuyomi. I want to do everyone a favor. Like that orange haired jinchurikii over there who kept on blabbering how he wants to be Hokage. He would have been, in my perfect genjutsu. Rin would have been alive. No one will ever mourn a loved one in death. It will be a world full of winners, no losers."
Kakashi did not want to spend the time arguing with him, especially on the last seconds of his life. "Save your breath, my friend."
"I am not of this world anymore, Kakashi. And if I would be given a third life I would do better in succeeding where I failed. I would create a perfect realm. For everyone. I will never forgive you for what you did, letting Rin die. And if there is an afterlife, when I see you I will not hesitate to kill you. If that is even possible."
"Then live, Obito. Live so that you may get stronger and kill me," the white haired Jounin implored, gripping his hand almost painfully.
"It is my time." Obito gasped and choked out blood. "Farewell, Kakashi. We still have a settle to score in the afterworld."
And with that last statement, the evil Uchiha passed away.
It was eerily quiet in the battlefield, as if they acknowledged that even if Obito Uchiha was the enemy, the perpetrator of this war, they wanted to recognize him as a fellow shinobi who died in battle and who still deserved to be mourned.
Kakashi lifted the lifeless body and held it to him, as tightly as his weak arms could allow.
Naruto looked on, bowing his head.
No, it was not true that in order to have winners there had to be losers. It was only a matter of choosing what was right and what was wrong that held the difference.
Obito Uchiha obviously chose the wrong path. He had his principles and ideals, but it was still a path not worth taking.
Konoha, and the rest of the world would have to move on and choose the right path from here on. It was the only choice.
Sakura Haruno fell down on her knees, glad that the fighting was over, glad that they could all go and make a new beginning.
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So. That was just an introduction.
I'll introduce the love story angle on the next chapter.