Author's Note: Hi! This is my first Obirin fic! I hope you guys enjoy! No flames please!

As soon as Rin had finished the final repairs on Kakashi's eye, she lowered her hands, her body finally able to succumb to the urge to tremble.

Beside her, Obito's hand nudged her knee, his keen senses detecting her distress. She forced her body to steady as she took his hand.

Kakashi opened his new eye, the bright red standing out in the dim light that peeked through the rocks that surrounded them. He nodded at them, then jumped upward, breaking through the rock.

Rin's grip on Obito tightened.

As the sound of the skirmish outside clanged in her ears, Rin found her own eyes closing, her breath barely leaving her as she prayed that Kakashi would be victorious.

To have… to have to lose Obito alone….

She sniffled as tears began to fall, leading Obito to squeeze her hand.

"Everything is going to be alright," he said resolutely, a small smile forming. He made a valiant effort, but even she could see the sadness in it.

But how could he not be sad?

"Yeah," she said, trying to keep the shaking from her voice. Now was not the time to give in to weakness.

There was a sudden movement at the top of the rock opening, and as their enemy—the man who had been torturing her with genjutsu—appeared, her heart stuttered in her chest, the beaten muscle burning—

Kakashi!

"Re…lax, Rin," Obito said.

Her torturer's body swayed, the fell to the side, revealing Kakashi.

Rin's frame fell slack for a moment, the overwhelming sadness at the thought of Kakashi's passing washing away, but as Obito's thumb rubbed the top of her hand supportively, she regained herself.

She was still going to lose one of her closest friends.

"Kakashi….Take…take Rin…Hurry….Get out of here," Obito said, his voice losing more and more of its usual strength.

Rin gently drew his hand closer. "Obito…."

He pulled his hand from hers. "It's alright. Go!"

Kakashi reached down for Rin, his body tensing as he felt the enemy approaching.

Too late.

He turned, quickly counting the men before him.

There were six—and all at least Jonin level.

Their leader, a bulky man with a large nose, put his hand to the ground. "Earth Release—"

There was a yellow flash, followed by a spray of red.

Minato had finished them all before Kakashi could even run to his side, but that was no surprise.

His sensei had the title of Yellow Flash for a reason.

He heard Rin crawl up from the rubble behind them. "Minato," she yelled. "Obito! He needs help!"

Minato was beside her in an instant, pausing to look at the piling of rocks before jumping down to Obito. As Kakashi and Rin scrambled down, the Yellow Flash felt the rock that was crushing their comrade.

"I could use my Rasengan to blast it away," Minato said after a moment. "But it will be messy. Do you think his body can take it, Rin?"

She nodded. "But I need to be close by. He'll need almost instant attention if he's going to survive."

"Alright. Kakashi, have your Chidori ready. I'll need you to deflect any debris that could hit the three of you."

Kakashi nodded, activating it as Minato charged forward, the bright blue of the Rasengan crushing into the rock.

Two days later.

Rin's body leaned of its own accord against the pristine, whitewashed walls of the hospital room as chakra exhaustion finally vanquished her will. All around the bed beside her, the four other medic-nin breathed a sigh of relief with her as the last of their work on Obito came to a close.

As she wiped a clammy hand over her headband-freed brow, she looked over the damage that Obito had suffered. One side of his body had essentially been remolded and practically reattached to his body, but even with their meticulous work, there would still be severe scarring.

But he made it!

And she was surprised that he had. When Minato had freed Obito from the rock, Rin had immediately attended to the damage in his brain and internal organs, keeping them functioning as they had made their way back to the village. After he had been admitted to the hospital, she had stayed with him, giving all the information she could about his injuries as the best medic-nin in Konoha tended to him. When the situation had turned particularly dire, she even aided them, though she had been almost devoid of chakra.

"You should rest," one of them said.

"I'm fine," Rin answered. "I'll stay here with him. After all, you said he should be awake within the hour, right?"

When the sweet-natured blonde nodded, Rin continued to reel at that fact. How could someone with such horrible injuries reawaken so quickly? Gods knew that if she had been the only one tending to him, Obito would be out for at least a week.

Then again, if she had been the only one taking care of him, Obito would be dead.

She shivered another, countless time.

"I'll get Kakashi and Minato," the woman said.

As the door shut softly, Rin moved a chair to Obito's bedside, her arms shaking from the effort. After her body had fallen onto it, she saw that his face was relaxed for the first time since his injury. When she had been tending to him on their way to the village, she didn't have enough chakra to keep him alive and numb him in any way. And when they had made it to the hospital, the five of them combined still didn't have enough chakra to completely anesthetize him.

Rin blanched, her stomach roiling again as she thought of his screams when she had begun his healing in the forest. Now, she had enough time for her stomach to truly process the memory, and she lunged for the wastebasket, retching into it as Kakashi entered the room.

He waited at the head of the bed as she collected herself. The White Fang's son was as quiet as always as he watched her, though now he analyzed her though only one eye. Despite herself, she blushed, embarrassed that he had seen her in such a state.

"Will he be alright," he asked after a long moment.

"Yes," Rin said shakily. "His recovery will be long, though."

"I'm sure he will be faster than most."

She smiled, glad that he was giving one of his rare complements. "Where's Minato?"

"He is giving another report to the Hokage. He'll be here shortly."

Rin nodded, and as a long silence fell between them, she started to think of her capture. Of the genjutsu—

Her exhausted mind fought back the tears that threatened to form.

No….I-I can't think of that now. Focus…focus on something else….

"Thank you for coming for me," she said.

"I didn't want to."

Rin's heart froze. Through her fog of exhaustion, she reasoned why that was as her mind harkened back to the conversation she had overheard between Minato and Obito. And even as the pain behind his reasoning caused her heart to soften from the stinging clench that she had grown so unfortunately used to feeling when it came to many of the things he said, she still could not shed the injury entirely.

No, this is definitely the worst of them so far, she thought, forcing back tears yet again.

"O-oh," she said, her voice shaking.

"Obito convinced me to do it," he said, looking at his comrade for a long moment before his eyes locked with hers. "And he was right."

Does he know that his gaze is so intense?

Rin frowned at herself. Of course he doesn't.

She sighed. For someone so intelligent, the silver haired ninja really seemed to have no clue about the effect he had on women.

Rin smiled as she thought of the determination Obito must have had if he had been able to change Kakashi's mind about a rule.

Obito…he really is something.

"So—"

Their attention turned to the head of the bed as Obito groaned, his head thrashing slightly on the pillow.

Rin leaned forward, gently squeezing his hand. "Obito?"

His mind seemed to struggle against his body's fatigue, but, after along moment, his one eye finally opened, the dark brown warming so gently as his gaze found hers.

Author's Note: I just thought that I should add that this fic is not going to focus on a Obito/Rin/Kakashi love triangle. Rin's feelings for them both will have to be dealt with, but this is definitely an Obirin fic in terms of pairings. Thanks again for reading!