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Chapter 2: Friends
"You guys ready for the next episode." Kushina asked after a few minutes of silence.
"Yeah we need to know what happens next." Minato says, when his students stayed quiet and the Sannin leave the decision up to him.
Episode 2: Kakashi Chronicles: A Boy's life on the Battlefield Part: 2
The scene opened up at the borders of the land of Fire and the Land of Earth. Rocks were flying everywhere due the explosions, and the few remaining Konoha Shinobi still alive were doing their best to keep the stone ninja at bay.
Luckily Minato suddenly appeared on the battlefield. He quickly landed in the trench with the remaining Konoha shinobi.
"So, you're finally here." One of the ninja said looking up at him with relief.
"What's the status?" Minato asked a serious look in his dark blue eyes.
"There's about 50 enemies. On the other hand, we're down to four men." The shinobi explained looking at all his fallen comrades.
"Well the future doesn't seem to bright does it." Jiraiya says sending a knowing smile at his former student.
"We'll see." Minato returns with a smile of his own.
"Just a little more now and we can end this." The stone ninja yelled in encouragement. "Let's do this in one sweep!"
"Ha over my dead body." Minato retorts.
"Humph if you die here I'll kill you myself." Kushina threatens lightly.
"Everyone, please throw these kunai at the enemy's side concurrently." Minato ordered. "Afterwards, I'll take care of this by myself."
"No matter what, that's just insane." One of the remaining shinobi commented while observing the strangely shaped kunai.
Kushina smirks "I've seen worse."
"Shut up and do as he says." The first shinobi Minato spoke with demanded, causing the other shinobi to look up at him. "We'll be able to see Konoha's Yellow Flash in action now. Don't blink, even for a second." He advised, as he looked up to see Minato weaving hand signs.
The scene then changed to a dense dark forest. Kakashi just landed on one of the enormous trees, and winced in pain from the wound on his arm and grabbed it in a futile attempt to lessen the pain.
"You need to take it easy or your injury will open up." Rin says.
He let go a look at the ground in sadness before remembering Rin's smiling face.
It should heal fine, but don't strain it too much, or the wound will open up." He remembered her saying.
He continued contemplating on what he should do, while it's obvious by his conflicted expressions that he wants to save Rin, but he also knows that failing this mission would lose any of Konoha's chance at winning this war.
"True it's a tough decision, always has been always will be." Tsunade says with a grim expression on her face.
He then thought back to what Obito was saying…
"Whenever you and I were injured, Rin would always save us with her medical ninjutsu! If it weren't for her, we'd have been dead long ago! Right now, rather then the mission, rescuing Rin takes priority!" Obito Yelled.
He then remembered what Minato told him countless of times.
"Kakashi, it's true that rules and regulations are there to be followed, but that's not all there is to it. I've told you before. There are also times where you have to cope with the situation. "
He then remembered his father and what Obito said about him.
"I believe that the White Fang was a true hero. It's true that in the ninja world, those who break the rules and regulations are called trash. But… those who don't care about their friends are even worse than trash."
Kakashi finally snapped out of thoughts and looked away. Bangs shadowing his eyes.
The scene then changed to where Obito was crouching on a branch just in front of a cave.
'I found them!' He thought. 'Calm down!' He ordered mentally preparing himself. 'I can do this.' He encouraged slapping his checks a little.
"Idiot." Kakashi mumbled.
Little did he know that the sound carried in to the cave and was heard by the stone ninja.
"Opps." Obito said smiling sheepishly.
"It's fine in this case, at least you'll be able to take them out one at a time." Kakashi responded earning a surprised look from Obito and a smile from Rin and Minato.
"I'll go clean up." The larger one said. "Continue with the Genjutsu and keep trying to get information from her in the meantime. Hidden Camouflage jutsu." He said before disappearing. Meanwhile the smaller stone ninja turned his attention back to the Rin. She was tied up and her form was slummed over due to the Genjutsu that was cased on her.
Obito growled at seeing this while Kakashi and Minato glared. Rin smiled seeing how overprotective her team was of her.
Obito was still observing the cave entrance with a kunai in hand deciding what the best course of action should be.
"Okay let's go!" He whispered.
"Go where?" The larger stone ninja asked from behind him, causing Obito's eyes to widened in shock, he quickly turned around, but froze when the ninja moved to attack him. The next thing that was shown was blood gushing out from a cut
.
Everyone's eyes widened in worry when they saw the blood, still unsure if it was Obito's or not because of the camera angle.
Obito was shocked to see Kakashi arrive just in time to cut down the shinobi. Kakashi looked up on the shocked stone ninja in fierce determination.
"K-Kakashi!" He stuttered out shocked and relieved at the same time. "Why did you…"
"Well, I couldn't leave this to a lonely crybaby ninja, right?" Kakashi interrupted glancing back at him.
"Kakashi…"
"That silver hair, and that blade with the white chakra light…" The Stone ninja observed already back on his feet a large gash on his chest, his face clearly one filled with disbelief and shock. "Could you be…the White Fang of Konoha?!" He asked sweating in fear.
"Is he an idiot?" Kushina asked with a look of disbelief after all there were rumors of the white fang far before Kakashi even became a ninja.
"Yes." Came everyone else's answers.
Kakashi brought the blade in front of him and looked at the shinobi with narrowed eyes "This is a memento of my father." Kakashi answered and Obito's eyes widened in realization, as he remembered Kakashi once said, "What a shinobi needs is tools useful for the mission. Emotions are not useful." Obito then glanced at Kakashi, 'Kakashi, you…'
"I see, you're the White Fang's brat." The shinobi said regaining his confidence. "Then I have nothing to fear." He stated with a smirk, he formed a hand sign and seemingly disappeared.
Kakashi tried to sniff but, as I thought. "His scent has completely vanished." Kakashi informed. "I can only tell the enemy's position by feeling faint air flows, or by sounds."
"W-where is he?" Obito mumbled studying his surroundings.
Kakashi immediately sensed the ninja appear behind Obito, "Obito, behind you!" he warned, going in to defend Obito. The ninja quickly slashed, Kakashi's eye, the blood immediately gushing out, causing him to come fall back in pain clutching his eye.
"Kakashi!" Rin and Obito yelled.
Minato Clenched his jaw watching this as Kushina tightened her grip on his arm.
My…eye!" he got out through clenched teeth trying to suppress a cry of pain.
"Kakashi!" Obito called, when Kakashi hit the ground writhing in pain. "Hey, Kakashi. Are you alright?!" Obito called out in concern helping up.
Up in the trees above them the Stone ninja was still observing them. "Even if my opponents are just kids, I should still be cautious. I'll take my time."
Kakashi was still trembling, while covering his eyes, but he was no longer groaning in pain. 'Our opponent is skilled.' He thought. 'He rid himself of the kunai with the scent of my blood on it flawlessly.' Obito was still clearly worried about his teammate if the tears in his eyes were any indication.
"Don't tell me you've gotten something in your eyes again." Kakashi said removing his hand from his eye revealing deep cut running down his now permanently blinded eye, that will surly leave a scar.
"Shinobi don't cry." He quoted. "I'm not dead just yet." Obito wiped his eyes clear, while listening to Kakashi. "Don't lower your guard."
"You're wearing goggles, so there's no way something may've gotten into your eyes. If you don't control your mouth, then your mind will become just as weak." He remembered Minato tell him.
'I've always just been as idiot who gets saved by other.' Obito thought. 'I'm just a big-mouthed dropout. But now…' he then thought about what he told Kakashi about his father. 'I'll prove that those weren't just empty words!' He continued standing up determination in his eye's.
Fugaku smirked feeling pride for his nephew. 'He might just unlock his Sharingan here.'
The enemy started to quickly approach the two
'Die.' The ninja thought as he brought down the kunai only for Obito to quickly turn around and stab him in the chest. His eyes a crimson red with two spinning black tomes.
"Obito…" Rin muttered in shock.
"You did it nice job." Minato praises though he could rid himself of this nagging feeling that something worse is about to happen.
"Congratulations Obito." Mikoto smiled and Fugaku sent him a nod making Obito smile proudly.
"H-How?" The man stuttered as his body came into view. "There's no way you could have seen me." Kakashi watched on impressed.
"Obito, you…!" He started but his words died in his throat.
"W-What's…with those eyes?" Then man asked staring into Obito's sharingan before promptly dying.
"From here on out, I'll protect my friends!" Vowed Obito.
"Obito, your eyes!"
"Yeah, looks like this is the Sharingan." Obito stated looking at his hands. "I can see the movements and flow of chakra." Kakashi winced in pain and let his head fall in to the palm of his hand.
"Are you alright, Kakashi?!" Obito frantically asked, as he looked for something in his pouch weapons pouch.
"He's not he needs to be treated immediately." Rin fretted making her boys chuckle she always get like this when they're hurt.
"Yeah, but it looks like my left eye is done for." Kakashi answered pulling out the present Rin gave him. "I still have this from Rin. After some emergency treatment to my eye, we can hurry and save Rin."
"Yeah!" Obito responded his determined eyes, His Sharingan making him look more dangerous.
Meanwhile inside the cave this smaller rock ninja is currently crouched down in front of Rin. He grabbed her hair forcing her head up to look at her face. Her eyes were unfocused and glazed over.
"You're an unexpectedly stubborn little girl." He was saying when Kakashi and Obito appeared in side the cave.
"I'm not telling you anything. You're wasting your time." She declared with arms crossed over her chest.
Minato was furious sure any teacher would at seeing their students in this condition but he couldn't help but feel extremely proud as well.
He turned to them with a bored expression and let out a sigh. "You can't count on anyone these days." He said before standing up to face them.
Obito looked at Rin and observed her chakra flow was going wild.
"She's probably under a genjutsu." Kakashi responded. "It's probably so they can draw information from her quickly."
" Looks like you're not just some typical brats." The shinobi smirked. Obito and Kakashi fell into defensive stances before, Kakashi said, "Last time I fought him, he was very fast! Be careful!"
"Right!"
With that the ninja race at them and they charged as well, and the battle commenced. Obito a Kakashi displaying excellent teamwork as they fought and Kakashi dealt the finally blow, after Obito distracted him and blocked his arms. The two then made their way over to Rin releasing her from the Genjutsu and untying her.
"Kakashi! Obito!" She exclaimed as soon as she was released from the jutsu.
"We've come to save you, Rin! You're safe now!" Obito said.
The three stood up and was about to leave when a voice spoke up
.
"I see. That was a nice combination, but you were just some typical brats, after all." The smaller stone ninja said getting up. "I have you just where I want you now." He said forming hand signs calling out, "Earth style: Stone lodging collapse" and he escaped as the cave started collapsing.
"No! You have to get out of there!" Mikoto yelled in concern.
"Crap! Run towards the exit!" Kakashi yelled in alarm. The three immediately took off dodging the falling racks and boulders. But then a rock hit Kakashi's wounded eye causing him to collapse and lose consciousness.
"No!" Minato worried grabbing on to Kushina as she hugged him.
"Kakashi!" Rin and Obito yelled again.
'Is this it?' Kakashi thought.
"Kakashi!" Rin called and Obito ran back to get him tossing him over to safety along side Rin. He looked up to see it was too late for him now and his eyes widened in fear as a large boulder was about to land on top of him.
"No!" Everyone in team 7, except for Obito, and the two Uchiha's yelled with wide glassy eyes.
Outside the cave you could see the dust escape the cave, "And here I finally had some information sources. I guess I didn't have much of a choice." The ninja said with a smirk.
"I'll KILL HIM I SWEAR I'LL KILL HIM!" Minato growled.
Inside the cave the dust was clearing up and we could make out the forms of Kakashi and Rin, who were slowly waking up.
"Are you okay, Rin? Kakashi?" Obito asked from where he lay on the ground, but his voice sounded so lifeless and dead.
Everyone except for Obito clenched their teeth as they watched this especially those from team 7 who were holding back tears.
They both turned to look at him and their eyes widened in shock. Half of Obito's body was currently being crushed from under a large boulder.
But after seeing this they couldn't hold the tears back anymore. Rin grabbed on to Obito shaking form and wrapped her arms securely around him to make sure he won't disappear.
"Obito!" Kakashi called Rin gasped and due to her knowledge in medical ninjutsu she knew there was nothing anyone could do for her teammate.
Kakashi got up and tried desperately to move the boulder.
'It's not going to work.' They thought bitterly.
"Stop…it's alright, Kakashi." Obito said as blood poured from his mouth. "It doesn't look like I'm going to make it. My right side has been completely crushed." He said as he watched Kakashi try to help him. "I…can't even feel it." Kakashi finally stopped panting heavily.
"Damn it!" He cursed clenching his fists.
"There's…no way. Why?" Rin said putting a hand over her mouth as tears fell from her eyes. Obito coughed out a lot of blood, causing Rin to call out his name in worry before remembering there is nothing she can do.
"Damit it!" Kakashi cursed again pounding the ground. "Damn it! If..if I had just listened to you from the start, and we left to go save Rin, this never would have happened to you! What kind of Captain and Jounin am I?!"
The adults watched on in sympathy knowing even if they left at the same time the odds are the outcome would still be the same.
Obito smiled and said, "That's right. I almost forgot. I was the only one who didn't give you a present for becoming a Jounin, Kakashi. " He said twitching his fingers and moving his hand. Kakashi looked at him with wide eyes.
'You idiot I don't care about that.' Kakashi thought as he cried silent tears.
"I couldn't figure out what to get you, and I just thought of something… Don't worry, it's not gonna be some useless luggage. I'll give to you…this Sharingan of mine." Kakashi's eye widened, and Rin quickly wiped the tears from her face, and prepared to do the procedure.
'Nicely done Rin.' Tsunade inwardly smiles.
"Regardless of what the village may think of you, you really are a great Jounin. That is what I truly believe." Obito said smile never leaving his face. "Please accept this. Rin, use your medical nin jutsu to take out my sharingan, and transplant it into Kakashi's left eye."
"What!" Kakashi whispers shocked.
"Just accept it Kakashi." Fugaku said.
"Besides it hasn't happened yet and it never will." Mikoto added.
"That's right Obito will come back from this mission alive!" Minato promised.
She nodded and ordered Kakashi, to come closer so she could start the procedure. Kakashi still didn't move and trembled as he looked down at the grounded with a sad eye.
"I'm going…to die," he started.
Everyone flinched at this and looked at Obito. Rin as still hugging him and Minato grabbed his hand.
"But I will become your eye in order to see the future." Kakashi finally gave in and stared at him in determination.
Meanwhile outside the cave the shinobi was sitting their drinking water. Kakashi then burst through the rocks surprising him and jumping on top of the pile of rubble.
"Still alive? You're a stubborn one."
"Damn right you rotten bastard."
There was a close up on Kakashi's face his eyes were closed his left eye leaked tears while his right eye remained dry.
"But in the end, you're still just a kid. Why is a shinobi crying? Come on, you crybaby. It's time to end this."
Again there was a close up on Kakashi's eyes first we saw his determined storm grey eyes, and then Obito's crimson red Sharingan eyes, still crying.
"Wow it really is like a movie huh? These are some really good camera shots." Obito compliments I an attempt to alleviate the tension.
The ninja finally realized there was something different about Kakashi and was on guard. Kakashi stated down at him with controlled rage in his eyes.
'That damn kid. He's different than he was before.'
Rin was currently sitting next to Obito holding his hand in support.
"Kakashi, protect Rin." Obito requested.
"Yeah." He agreed pulling out his father's tanato and springing into action.
The minute the weapons clashes the tanato shattered, Kakashi narrowed his eyes at his opponent, and created a dent where he landed on the ground. He started forming hand sands and the created the Chidori. Killing his opponent, and making his way back to his teammates.
'Because of the Sharingan he is now able to use the technique without any drawbacks.' Minato muses.
Rin tensed from her spot when she heard foot steps approach. Obito squeeze her hand in response.
"Don't be scared. Rin." He reassured and Kakashi appeared.
"Kakashi, Rin…Hurry up and get Rin out…of this place." He demanded his voice losing strength. "The enemy's reinforcements…are coming."
"Obito." Rin whispered, and he pulled his hand out of her grasp, she went to grab it again but stopped when Obito spoke.
"It's alright, so go!"
"This will not happen again. We'll prevent it from happening this time." Minato said his voice firm.
"Rin!" Kakashi called for her lowering his hand down the whole he made so she could grab it.
By then the enemy nin showed up, and made the remnants of the cave collapse in on it's self with an Earth style jutsu.
"Rin, come on! Take my hand!" Kakashi yelled down to her.
"Rin!" Obito yelled. She looked conflicted she really didn't want to leave Obito to die alone, but grabbed Kakashi's hand anyway.
"Obito!" The both called out with the cave starting collapsing again completely burying Obito under the rocks.
'Just when me and Kakashi were becoming friends…' Obito thought picturing Kakashi, as the rocks crushed him. 'and I couldn't bring myself to confess to Rin…' he continued picturing Rin.
"Okay I agree with Kakashi this is an invasion of privacy!" Obito complains his face a brilliant shade of red as he looks away from Rin who smiles at him.
'I wish I had more time with everyone.'
"Obito!" Kakashi yelled before quickly grabbing Rin and backing away from the crumbling rocks.
They both made it to a tree branch and Kakashi was quickly trying to catch his breath. Rin gasped when she realized that they were completely surrounded by countless stone shinobi.
'Why the hell haven't I shown up yet!' Minato thinks, jaw clenched.
"Damn it!" Kakashi cursed, glared fiercely at those in front of him, forming the Chidori. 'Obito, this is the jutsu that I was able to perfect with your help.'
"Given the situation, you're still going to fight?" A stone ninja taunted. "It's no wonder that you were able to get so far into enemy lands undetected with such determination."
Kakashi pulled out one of Minato's marked Kunai and held it out in front of Rin, "Rin, I'll hold them off, so hurry up and escape!" Kakashi ordered.
"But…" She was about to protest.
"I swore to Obito that I would protect you. I will protect you; even if it costs me my life!" He announced.
"Kakashi." Rin whispered shocked by his words.
"Rin, Obito cared for you. He loved you, and you meant the world to him. That's why he laid down his life to save you." Kakahsi informed her. Her bottom lip trembled, and a tear fell.
"Thanks Kakashi really." His voice dripping with sarcasm, as he hid his face behind his hand trying to avoid Rin's now blushing face.
"Sorry, I didn't know we'd be watching this, a day prior." He shoots back.
"Then, Kakashi, I think you should know how I feel about-" She began adopting a pained expression when Kakashi interrupted her.
"I…I was once trash that just abandoned you. Go Rin." He ordered and then everything went dark.
"What happened!" Minato demanded.
"Was he knocked unconscious?" Tsunade pondered.
The screen came back and we saw an unconscious Kakashi. 'Am I…dead?' He thought before slowly opening his eyes to see a dark starry sky above him.
'This place is…'
"Looks like you're awake now." Minato noted.
Everyone let out a breath they didn't know they were holding.
"Sensei, how?" Kakashi asked and Minato pulled out his special kunai.
"The jutsu inscription on this kunai acts as a beacon for my space-time ninjutsu."
"So…the ememy?"
"I took them out." Minato answered.
"Rin! What happened to Rin?!" Kakashi asked panicked and Minato pointed to her standing in the grass field looking up at the sky.
"I'm sorry, but I failed to make it in time, Kakashi. Rin told me what happened." Minato apologized.
The next day they blew up the Kannabi Bridge, completing the mission.
"The third great ninja war, With the deaths of many nameless shinobi, the war had finally ended," the narrator announced. "And with its end, great legends emerged. Stores of heroes that would be heard throughout generations. The battle of the Kannabi Bridge. That day gave birth to two heroes in Konoha. Each possessing his own Sharingan." The voice said zooming in on Kakashi and then to a pair of orange tinted goggles and a bouquet of flowers in front of the memorial stone. "One with his name engraved on the memorial stone, and the other now known as "Kakashi of the Sharingan" With time, stories of his bravery spread beyond all boundaries."
"Do you want to watch Episode 3?"
"Yes or no"
"And with that the war is finally over." Obito said.
"Obito." Minato called out in a soft voice.
"If that's the case I'm worried about what happens next. After all the future is supposed to get worse." He added.
"Obito." He called again.
"Don't worry sensei…." He started but Minato cut him off with a hug.
"Obito, I promise this won't happen again. I won't let you die." Obito clutched Minato's jounin vest and nodded his head.
"Yeah I know." He let out a watery chuckle and pulled out of the hug to rub his eyes. "Haha I've got something in my eyes." Minato laughed and ruffled Obito's spiky hair.
