Living with the Beasts
Prologue 1 of three.
He Lives!
To any lurkers out there, the first two chapters of this story were rough drafts. I've decided I need to fix a LOT!
Start!
"Obito… understand him… even a little… don't bear a grudge toward him." Asked Namikaze Minato, giving his student a sad look. He suddenly stiffened.
"Obito, can I ask you to let me put a seal on you?" The yellow flash asked.
Obito started. "Why?"
"It's a premonition, and probably nothing… But I feel as if you're going to need me. I'll put it on the palm of your left hand, and you need to slide blood in three ways to activate it. Down, across, and diagonally."
"I-If you're sure, sensei…"
"Come here then, it'll sting, but nothing more. Use this only if one of you is about to die…"
An Ending… or Not?
"Kakashi… I might live… My right eye's… cut at roots… I couldn't use it anymore… but you can… Left… palm seal… three… guhh…" Ground out Obito. He had thrown Kakashi out of the way of a rack, which had almost crushed the right side of his body. But a twitch in Kakashi's direction had saved him from the fate that would have occurred in another life. His right leg, arm, and a few ribs had been crushed, but at the angle at which they had been, it was still possible for Obito to live. A small deformation in the rock had saved his head, but a jag had pierced on the side of his eye, enough to avoid major sight damage, but it had cut through most of the muscle connecting it to the brain.
Kakashi rushed up and took Obito's hand, while Rin began to try to cut small parts of the rock away from Obito's face. On the Uchiha's palm was the inscription 'blood'. Kakashi then bit his thumb, and swiped it over Obito's palm three times, taking into account what his teammate had said.
Poof! "What is it…" The Yellow Flash asked, the question dying on his tongue as he took in the sight of the crushed boy.
"Kakashi, I need you to get Obito to safety the moment I bring the wall down. Rin, help support Obito. The place will probably come down."
'Let's hope the lessons Jiraya forced me to take with the Slug Princess paid off…' And with that, the blond reared back his hand, and struck the rock as hard as he could.
Crack! The two coherent students were awed as Minato crushed the rock into rubble, but did not stop to dwell on that as they had to get Obito to safety.
"Kakashi, Rin… I need you both to keep going and get Obito to safety… I'll complete the mission… If you go at top speed, you'll get to the hospital in a few hours. Go." The blond commanded. They nodded, and the teacher made a Kage bushin that henged into a stretcher.
The run was brutal for the three of them. Obito was in immense amount pain, and every stumble the two others made just made it worse.
Kakashi was horribly low on chakra, and his blind eye was throbbing. 'Are we going to live? Will sensei be okay?'
Rin was traumatized; her mind blank at the thought of her teammate and friend die before her eyes.
In hours they reached Konoha, and they were greeted by two surprised chunin guards.
"What-?" One asked. Kakashi shook his head and continued to run to the hospital. They passed the dango shop, where Itachi and Shisui were frozen in shock. They watched with wide, tear-filled eyes as the group made their way to the hospital.
"C-come on Itachi-kun, l-lets go t-to the hospital." Shisui stuttered, grabbing the younger's hand to lead him.
End
Yay, I'm finished with this chapter. I've got the beginning of Itachi's life with the wolves on file, but a few things should be explained better…
