I FORGOT TO MENTION I HAVE SOMEONE HELPING ME WITH THESE CHAPTERS! Jeez I'm so rude _ But thank you Hidan for all you do I appreciate it. Also this chapter took so long to write because of writer's block. RIP


Kakko, the Jonin from Iwagakure that had enclosed them in the cave, smirked at his handiwork. There was no way those Hidden Leaf brats had survived. Even if they did, and managed to escape the tomb, more Iwa ninja were coming to assist him. Nothing would be left of the kids for the Hidden Leaf village to take back home and burry once they arrived. Behind him, in the forest, was a rustling in the leaves. 'Good,' Kakko thought, 'Those must be reinforcements.' but his thoughts were interrupted when something shiny caught his attention in the trees and darted towards him. The Iwagakure Shinobi jumped out of the way quickly, and looked to where the object had struck the trees behind him. It was a kunai with kanji written on cloth that covered the side of the handle. A paper bomb. "What the-!?" Before he could finish it exploded, leaving a thick shroud of smoke to envelop him and block his vision.

"Who's there!?"

Kakko tried to look through the obstacle for a sense of escape or a remedy to bolt . He noticed a shadow and then, before he knew it he was tumbled to the ground. After the shinobi caught the breath that was brutally knocked from his lungs, he looked up at his assailant; a pair of sky blue eyes bore down at him. He wore the same uniform like outfit as other Jonin from Konohagakure did, a green vest over a navy blue tracksuit. The tall blond had a Konoha headband tied around his long, teased to spike hair, the metal reflecting back the fear found within Kakko's own eyes. It was The Yellow Flash of Konoha, Minato Namikaze, someone the brunette would be appalled to have fought against in the past, now only to be holding him down aggressively, a kunai pushed against his throat. Small specks of blood dripping from the threatening assault.

"Where are they?"

"What…?"

"Where. Are. They?"

'So he was after the Hidden Leaf brats?!' He inwardly groaned at this misfortune. The others from his village needed to get here, now. He couldn't take on someone like this in a one on one fight. Especially, not after the hits he took from the kids earlier in the cave. Kakko would have to buy time and stall the Jonin.

"Those little brats? They're only going to get you killed."

"I will ask one more time. Where are they?"

With each word he pushed the kunai down harder onto the afroed man's neck. He could feel burning from where it started to cut in and bleed, the skin pooling around the blade before splitting apart to allow access into deeper layers of the epidermal. That's when the calm he had started to unravel, filling in only with panicked fear. He didn't want to die, even if it was for the village. God, he was too young. His thoughts were interrupted by a rumbling that sounded from behind them. Kakko glanced over at the cave and saw the top crumble a bit more to the ground, when he glanced to the Ninja holding him down. Minato's eyes were wide in fear. It was starting to collapse completely. His team must be in there; that had to be why the Iwa nin was guarding it.

"You're too late…" Kakko began, "By now they're already de-", all that followed was a sickening gurgle from Minato slitting his throat, the thick blood gushing and squirting onto the shinobi's vest, staining the green fabric. He stood up leaving him to bleed out as he rushed to the cave where a hole was starting to form at the top. Before he could get close enough however the top of the cave burst open; spewing rocks and dirt everywhere, forcing Minato to quickly cover his face with his arms. Once the dust cleared it gave way to a small form standing atop it. It was Kakashi, he had a scar over his left eye which now had a red iris. The procedure had been completed. Kakashi now had Obito's left eye. The sharingan.

"Kakashi!" The blond called up to him and the boy looked down to his teacher. He was a sobbing mess. There was dirt every inch of him and he was crying, the dirt burrowing into his waterline as it filled nonstop with pathetic droplets of salty tears.

"Minato-Sensei help! It's collapsing!"

"I'm coming!"

The Yellow Flash quickly jumped up to the top of the nearly demolished private holding, and landed beside Kakashi, who was barely leaning half way into new entrance to the cave with his arm outstretched. Inside, more and more boulders started to fall from the roof of the soon to be tomb. Meaning less and less time was supplied to escape. Rin sat there holding onto Obito's hand with her one of her own, looking up to Kakashi as if she was as useless in this situation as she felt.

"Rin! Come on! You'll be stuck in there too!"

"But...Obito…"

She looked back down to the Uchiha in question. His breathing had gotten dangerously shallow. He was robbed of his sight now that his uncovered eye was gone. She couldn't leave him. He was their close friend and teammate. Something that they could never be replaced even if they tried.

"Go…"

He spoke quietly, just loud enough Rin could hear him. Her grip on his hand tightened. He had come to save her, so she had to do the same for him. Another rumble snapped her back to the reality of the situation. If she didn't leave now she'd be done for.

"I said…go!"

He hissed as he threw her hand away with what little strength he had. She could only nod before standing slowly, and jumping up to grab Kakashi's hand before he pulled her outside with help from Minato. Just then the rest of the cave began to crumble and shut itself off; the older Jonin hoisted them up with each arm and quickly lept away so they wouldn't be brought down with the rubble. Just behind them the Iwa-nin reinforcements had just arrived.