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Obito - Hell

In a perfect world

This could never happen

In a perfect world

You'd still be here (Perfect World – Simple Plan)

"How far?" he yelled, and jumped off the next branch.

"Half a minute" Hope replied from his side. Effortlessly she kept pace with him. Once in a while she extended her arm, touched him and thus gave him a boost of energy so that he could be faster… could get faster to where Kakashi and Rin were.

"It doesn't look good though" the Zetsu who surrounded and protected him said. "They are cornered, there are too many enemies."

He cursed. Kakashi, Rin… hang in there guys. I'm with you soon. Then we can defeat everyone together because Kakashi and I can now combine our strength.

Just don't let Rin die. You swore to protect her. Don't let her get hurt, he thought desperately.

Suddenly, an image appeared in his head. It was Rin. She looked at him, shocked; her brown eyes gaped in horror. A trail of blood ran down the corners of her mouth.

Angrily he shook his head to make the image disappear. No! Rin would be fine. Kakashi had promised this to him.

But fear still had gripped his rapidly bumping heart and squeezed it painfully.

"You're almost there" Hope said and with another touch of her he jumped out of the trees.

He spotted them instantly. They were facing each other, standing in the middle of the enemy shinobi. Kakashi… Kakashi's hand was pierced through Rin's chest; the lightning of his chidori was still crackling around his hand, fresh red blood dripped to the ground.

It felt like his heart had stopped beating for a moment. The world seemed to stand still. His widened eyes were only fixated on the scene yet he couldn't believe that what he was seeing was truly happening.

"Obito…" he heard Hope's voice from far away but then she was suddenly gone.

Kakashi

Wide-eyes he stared at Rin. Blood streamed around his outstretched arm.

All of a sudden she had stood directly in front of him, just as he was about to kill the Anbu ninja.

Now she stared back at him with her eyes as big as his. Her mouth moved without saying anything.

Don't die! Please don't die!

But he knew better. He had activated his chidori in order to kill. He knew that he had killed her with this attack.

He had killed Rin.

No… Thereby I swore to protect you; I swore it to Obito… I can't lose you too, not yet another friend.

Suddenly his attention was distracted by a bright light coming from his left side, just behind Rin. His eye widened even more when he saw the little girl standing there, holding his gaze. In her big blue eyes were deep sorrow and sadness. It was just like back then when she had shaken her head after giving him energy in order to move the bolder from Obito's crushed body. She had put a hand on his shoulder in a comforting way, had pulled him away from his friend before the cave would have crashed them too.

"Ka-Kakashi…" His head whirled back to Rin.

I'm sorry, he thought. I'm sorry I'm sorry I'm sorry so so sorry…

He felt a single hot tear stream down his face.

Carefully he removed his hand from her chest.

Rin coughed up blood. Her body was trembling. Then her knees gave away. She fell. He stretched out an arm, trying to catch her but he only gripped thin air. With a thump she hit the ground but he didn't hear it. He only heard the blood gushing though his head and his rapidly beating heart.

His shaking hand was still reaching out for Rin. Then he felt it. A sudden powerful gush of chakra rushed through his body, coming from the Sharingan eye.

It was too much energy at once. Black dots appeared in his vision. The last thing he saw was that glowing bright light coming from the mysterious girl, and then he fell into unconsciousness.

Obito

Rin fell backwards, like a cut tree, with a big hole in her chest where her heart should be. Her heart that wasn't beating anymore.

She was dead.

Dead.

The horrifying truth hit him like a rocket. His mind went completely blank. All that was left was grief, anger, sadness, despair and red cold hatred.

Abruptly he felt sudden power emerge from his body. He saw only red.

Rin was dead.

He felt how Zetsu closed around him, covered him in his protecting material, until only his eye was free, the bloody red eye that was burning with hatred.

Just as the ninjas noticed him, he jumped forward. After that, everything happened on its own. Blood splashed, the ninjas screamed, the ground got covered in red.

All the while he had an eye on the spot where Rin and Kakashi were lying. They were hardly to oversee as Hope was now standing beside them. Her white dress and blonde hair that seemed so out of place were shining in the bloody darkness.

Suddenly he saw how a ninja was running toward them.

No, he wouldn't let him. He wouldn't let him touch Rin.

Angrily he ran toward him, running through the ones who were standing in his way, killing some of them and pierced the one who dared to touch Rin with wooden spears.

Everything then disappeared in a whirl of blood and darkness, with the glowing figure of Hope in the center, still standing above his fallen friends.

When he came to he stood in a sea of blood. Tree branches reached into the sky, peppered with ripped corpses. Blood dropped down, creating ripples. The reflection of the moon shone in a ghostly red light.

Slowly he walked over to the only source of light. He stepped over Kakashi. Zetsu loosened around him and opened the protecting layer around his face.

His Sharingan was surrounded by blood while salty tears trailed down his left cheek.

He now stood directly above Rin, looked down at her.

"I see now… I'm in… Hell."

With trembling hands he reached out for her. He wanted to hold her, just once more, wanted to feel the warmth of her body before she would turn cold. He winced though as his fingers only slipped through her skin without touching her. His eyes widened in desperation. But then another hand was placed over his. His head jerked up to see Hope kneeling next to him. She nodded and carefully he lowered his hand again.

His fingers touched Rin's warm skin. Tears built up in his eyes. He pulled her limp body closer to him, leaned her head against his shoulder.

What should he do now? Rin was dead. In all the time he had spent training with Zetsu the sole thought of seeing Rin again had pushed him forward. He had wanted to see her again so desperately. He still did. He couldn't bear the thought of having to live in a life without her. There was no purpose in it. She was the center of his world. What use would it have to become Hokage without having her watching over him?

"She might be physically dead, but I'm sure that she is still watching you, hoping for you to fulfill your dream" Hope said softly.

No, Rin was dead. In a few hours her body would be cold and stiff. He would never see her laugh again. He would never hear her voice again.

"There is a possibility to change this" Zetsu replied in his ear. "Remember what Madara told you…"

An imaginary world, a world of dreams… Where everything they wished for would come true… Dead people would be alive again… Rin would be alive… They could be a team again, him, Rin and Kakashi… He could be Hokage and watch over Rin…

"Obito, no! This would only be a fake, a giant lie! You can't change reality with it. Grieve, mourn, but then move on. You still have Kakashi, you can still become Hokage. I am sure that Rin will be watching over you like she had promised!"

But Hope's voice turned into nothing more than an annoying noise in the background while Zetsu whispered in his ear: "Come, go back to Madara and help him archive his ultimate goal. Let us create a world that only knows love, where everyone will be happy."

Yes…

"No! Obito!" Hope shouted desperately. "You will betray everything you stand for! Think about Kakashi. He just lost his second friend. Go back to him, you two can get over the pain together, you can help each other. You said that you wanted to combine powers with him… That's your chance! You can be a team again!"

A team? It wouldn't be the same without Rin. Also he didn't need Kakashi's power, didn't need his second Sharingan. He felt it: An increase of chakra, a new level of skill.

"That's the Mangekyou Sharingan" Zetsu explained to him. "You just activated it."

"Obito!" Hope yelled but he already didn't hear her. With one last sad glance he let go of Rin.

"Don't worry, I will bring you back" he whispered to her. "Then we all can be together again: You, me, Kakashi and Minato-sensei. Everything's gonna be okay."

"No, nothing's gonna be okay! You will destroy this world and replace it with a lie!"

He stood up. The tears had stopped. His eyes held new determination as he walked over the sea of blood and back to where Madara was waiting for him.

He didn't turn around. He didn't look back. Hope was still yelling after him but her voice became lower and lower with every step he took.

When he stepped in front of Madara, she was gone.

He didn't need Hope; he knew exactly what had to be done.

In case someone didn't get it: I always write from the pov of the person who sees Hope. So when I changed to Kakashi that was because Hope disappeared from Obito's side and reappeared for Kakashi simply because his despair had been greater in that moment.

To be honest I don't like Obito. I liked him as a child because he resembled Naruto so much, but as Tobito I really hated him. But because I said that I will write about every character that has ever known despair, this scene was an absolute must.

Also while writing I had the image in my mind that Hope was the angel sitting on Obito's shoulder and Zetsu the little devil. Just imagine how things would have played out if Obito'd have listened to the angel… *sigh*

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