So is anyone here holding a pointy object or gardening tool. If not, please proceed calmly. If you are…well your just weird. :p And a warning: This will obviously contain spoiler for volume 27 of Naruto. I wanted to get this out as a Christmas present, but I didn't. Sry guys. Oh well.

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto. I own Yami, the OC's and the plot.

Chapter Ten: Reborn Memories

Obito blinked. "Who'd ya expect? The Hokage? Now come on! We gotta meet Rin and Minato-sensei at the bridge." Obito jerked him to his feet and brushed him off. "Jeez, why were you watching the clouds? Who'd guess you'd be the late one." Kakashi said nothing, watching his supposedly deceased friend. He looked exactly the same as he had that day, so long ago. Spiky black hair, wide goggles, and that goofy grin of his. This is not normal. "What's that look for? Get a move on Kakashi!" he growled. "I'm going, I'm going!" He blinked. What the…? His voice sounded as though he were still a small child! Kakashi quickly glanced into the river beside them, as they walked. He bit back a gasp, and his eyes widened. He still had the wild crazy, silver hair and he was still wearing his mask, but… he was thirteen again!

Kitla floated in a black abyss, her newly lengthened hair and kimono spread far around her. Her head was tilted back, and her eyes closed. She had been viewing all of her visitor's memories with keen enthusiasm. She had found Kakashi's to be quite entertaining. Not only because of his confusion. But because of the way he acted around Rin and Obito. A sad smile worked it's way to her lips. And the worst hasn't even happened yet. She opened her eyes as she checked up on Tsunade and Gai. So far, so good. As Kakashi's memories flew into her mind, she closed her eyes. "I'm so cruel." Her whispered confession went unheard, as the climax of the show began.
The second time. It was the second time that Obito pushed Kakashi out of the way. The second time a boulder had fallen on his comrade. Rin's scream pierced his ear-drums as she called his name, and Kakashi's heart slowed. A large boom shook the cliff ledge they were on. Kakashi shut his eyes tight and clenched his fists. He heard Rin jump down, regardless of if there were enemy shinobi. An illusion! It's just an illusion! His knees gave out, regardless of what reality was. Tears fell onto the soft dirt, as he crouched. Then, he heard nothing. He opened his eyes and wildly looked around. Everything was deathly quiet. Not even the wind rustled through the trees. He looked behind himself to see a bird, frozen, in mid-air. Kakashi slowly got up, and peeked over the side of the small cliff. He saw Rin kneeled by a boulder, and a black spiky-haired head connected to it. He took a deep breath, and jumped down. He walked over to Rin and saw what was happening. Tears streamed down her eyes, and she seemed to be yelling at Obito. He had his eyes open, and they were becoming dull. Kakashi's eye (1) narrowed. If only he hadn't have pushed me out of the way! I would have died! He doesn't deserve it. If only I could change what happened… Suddenly, a burst of bright light shined behind him. He whirled around, and his eye widened. "N-nadi! W-what are you doing here?!" Nadi had appeared behind him, floating in the air. Her hair and kimono sleeves billowed about her, giving her a priestess look. "To grant your wish, of course." Kakashi blinked. "My…wish?" Nadi nodded. "You wanted to change who died. I can grant that wish." Kakashi's eye widened. "Y-you can do that?!" Nadi chuckled.

"Well, I can tell Kitla to. She's the one controlling this illusion." Kakashi narrowed his eye. "Can you tell me what would happen if I…changed it?" Nadi smiled slightly. "I can show you." She extended her left arm, and her sleeve lengthened and widened (again). An image appeared on the translucent cloth. Rin had knelt beside Kakashi (who was now under the rock) "No! Please don't leave us!" Obito was on the other side of him. "Kakashi, you moron! Why didn't you let me help?!" Kakashi smiled weakly. "You don't…deserve…death." He closed his eyes and let out a slow, final breath. Obito punched the ground repeatedly, tears falling from his tightly closed eyes. Rin lifted her head, also crying, and screamed. Nadi lowered her arm, and the image evaporated. She glanced at Kakashi. He was breathing hard, and was quite pale. He's doing better then most. Kakashi looked her in the eye." My Genin. Show me my Genin." Nadi blinked. "You sure you want to?" Kakashi nodded fiercely. Nadi sighed heavily and extended her right arm. This is always when they break. "As you wish." An image of Naruto appeared. He was sitting on the bench in a park, playing with a rubrics cube. He seemed to be about twelve or thirteen years old. Two children walked by, a girl and a boy. They stopped and pointed at him. "Hey look! There's that worthless fox!" Naruto flinched and stood, walking away. Then Sasuke. An image of him fighting Itachi came up.

Sasuke ran toward him, kunai in hand. Itachi disappeared, then reappeared behind him. He drove his katana straight through Sasuke's heart, with a smirk. Sakura flashed into view. She lay on the ground, her clothes ripped and tattered. A group of shinobi stood around her. "You stupid kunoichi! Can't even defend herself!" Sakura closed her eyes in pain, and buried her face in her arms, sobbing. "Enough! Please stop!" Nadi jerked her head up, quickly lowering her arm. Kakashi had his hands covering his ears, and his eye was squeezed shut. "Your saying that all that would happen? Just because I wanted to save Obito?!" Nadi's feet touched the ground, and she crouched next to him. Wrapping her arms around his shoulders, she drew him into a hug. "I'm saying it could. The future is never set in stone." Kakashi looked at her through his tears. " Then I won't. Even if I did, this is an illusion right? Nothing would be real anyways." Nadi grabbed his shoulders, and looked him straight in the eye. "Is this your answer?" Kakashi gulped and nodded. Nadi gave him a beaming smile. The forest, Rin, and Obito melted away.

He once again floated in black space. Clapping began behind him and he twisted. There was Kitla floating as well. She seemed completely exhausted. She was pale and sweating, as well as slight panting. "Well done. You've passed with flying colors." Kakashi blinked. "What are you…?" Nadi appeared beside him. "So how did it fell to be thirteen again? Cool, huh." He tilted his head. Then he noticed that he was in his older body again. Suddenly, three flashes of light were beside him. Tsunade, Gai, and Zeon tumbled out of the mini-portals. Zeon was floating upside down with his legs crossed. "Well, that was fun." Tsunade twitched. "You call that fun?! Watching people you love die, isn't something I'd call entertainment!" Zeon floated past her. "I was being sarcastic." She calmed down a bit and looked at Nadi. "Now what?" Nadi looked up. "Now Zeon must transport us to Yami. Kitla and I are near, or already, unconscious. We are in no shape to do so." Everyone looked at Kitla. She was indeed out cold. Her clothes and appearance had reverted back, and her hair floated behind her. Zeon swam/floated behind her and caught her. He looped his arm around her waist and put her arm around his shoulders. Nadi coughed. "You should hurry." Zeon nodded and gently passed Kitla to Kakashi. He took her and then noticed how low his chakra level was. "Zeon. Why is she so tired? Shouldn't Kuro be helping her?" Zeon glanced back at him, as he floated towards Nadi. "She is. The only reason Kitla hasn't died yet is because of her. You don't know how long this jutsu has been activated. Even Kuro has trouble with it." Gai looked up. "What do you mean? How long have we been in here?" Zeon looked at Nadi. She started to count on her fingers. "I'd say…about…two days!" Everyone stared at her. "Huh?!' Zeon nodded. "That seems about right. I mean we had three or four people going through."

Nadi placed her hand on his shoulder. "Zeon, please. My eye sight's getting fuzzy." Zeon stuck his hand in front of her face. "How many fingers?" She squinted. "Your hand's too close." He moved it back. "Five." Zeon nodded. "At least you aren't as bad as Kit. Now let's get this party started!" Zeon focused chakra into his hands. His clothing shifted as Nadi's reverted back. Gai quickly caught her and turned back to Zeon. His spiked hair was now tipped with metal. Every spike was as sharp as a kunai. His ear tips were covered in metal points as well. Dragon-like claws appeared on his hands, as well as scales all the way to his elbows. Two enormous metal wings sprouted from his shoulders. They appeared to be a hawk's, but instead of feathers there were scales. Silver chains appeared and wound them selves around his arms. They were covered in spikes, and dug painfully into his arms. His sword shifted so it was at his hip, like Kitla's. His chakra was grey and coated his wings in armor-like deigns. He breathed in and out heavily, then sent an enormous blast of chakra towards a floating glass door. Kitla winced in Kakashi's arms as it connected. It shattered, and the darkness evaporated like mist. Once the darkness was gone, they found that they were in front of a pair of black iron gates (2). It stretched as far as the eye could see in both directions. Silver writing was scrolled along the top and bottom, pulsating with light. Zeon turned to them, with a smirk. "Welcome to Yami, kiddies."

(1) For those who don't know, Kakashi lost his eye remember? --;

(2) Think of the black gates in Lord of the Rings.

YAY!!! Chapter Ten! I'm on a roll…baby. I'm HYPER! Know what? Know what? I LIKE POCKY!

Kit-chan