A/N: Thank you all for the reviews, everyone. I really appreciate them. Also, someone pointed out a really BIG mistake that I did in this story and I would like to thank them for helping me out there. I realize that I did mess up on the timeline, big time and I would like to try and fix it. Especially with the ages. So I'm sorry, everyone. Here are the ages of everyone in the story, just to fix it now.

Kakashi: 29 yrs
Rin Hayashi: 27 yrs
Naruto: 14 yrs
Sakura: 14 yrs
Sasuke: 14 yrs

Caligo Zangetsu: 37 yrs
Kageri Zangetsu: 32 yrs (He married rather young)
Sei Zangetsu: 29 yrs
Sen Zangetsu: 15 yrs

Chiro: 34 yrs

I hope that clears up a little. I'm sorry for messing up the timeline. I have a habit of messing with the ages just a little, so forgive me.

Anway, in this next chapter, this has a BIG spoiler alert, just so that you'll know. It somewhat follows Kakashi Gaiden, though I haven't actually read that manga yet. I'm just following through with information I'm getting off the net. So bear with me, if I mess something up. And also a little warning, this story that Rin is telling does not end happily. Anyway, read and review.

Shattered Reflection-Chapter 10

Early in the morning, Rin was leading Chiro and Sen towards the Memorial Stone training area, feeling somewhat excited. They were walking together, talking about what might happen that day. Though, Sen wasn't entirely happy. She didn't mind going to watch the Shinobi train. She was actually very excited about it. It was the fact that when Rin had returned to the apartment the night before, the Shinobi immediately told them who had attacked her and Kakashi. Sen was immediately in a state of paranoia. She hadn't been able to sleep most of the night until Rin made some tea for her to help her sleep. Then the Shinobi and her Shadoai friend stayed up most of the night, talking about what they were going to do.
But as the new day began, Rin told Chiro and Sen of what her plans were and that they were invited to come watch the training with Team 7. Both agreed rather enthusiastically. So they were on their way to the training grounds.

Upon arriving there, they found the three young Shinobi sitting around the memorial stone and of course, Kakashi was late.

As Rin and her two companions walked up, all three of the young Chuunins looked up and was surprised to see them coming towards them. Though Naruto immediately gave Rin a cool look and turned away folding his arms. He still wasn't happy with her for what she had said to him the day before. Both Sasuke and Sakura didn't notice the look on his face for they were too interested in finding out what Rin, Sen and Chiro was doing there. But Rin did notice. She tried to give Nartuo a gentle, apologetic smile but it didn't work because his back was to her. She did not blame him for being so mad. She had said terrible things to him. How could he not be mad?

"Hello, Team 7. Is Kashi not here yet?" Rin asked pleasantly.

Sakura stood up and shook her head at her. "No. He's always late. And he comes up with lame excuses of why he's late." She said, with an anime sweatdrop rolling down her cheek.
Rin smiled but shook her head as she looked at Naruto, who looked over his shoulder at her, still looking rather angry. But instead of saying anything to him, she looked at Sasuke. "Hmm. You're from the Uchiha clan, yes?"

"..." The black haired nin hummed before nodding. "Yes. Everyone knows that." he grumbled.

Rin just nodded as she reached into her hip pouch and pulled out a Kunai. "I have something for you. It rightfully belongs to your clan so I thought I'd return it." She held out the Kunai, which to the youth's surprise, it had the seal of his clan on it.

"How...how did you get this?" Sasuke asked looking rather surprised.

Rin shook her head as she went over to the memorial stone and looked it over before she found Obito's name right by her own. She reached over and began tracing his name with her finger, a very thoughtful look on her face. "One of your cousins, I believe, Sasuke, Obito Uchiha. He was my best friend. And Kakashi's."

That took all three by surprise immediately as they heard that.

Rin didn't look at them for a long time before she turned and looked at Naruto. "Naruto, I've done you wrong. I am so sorry for what I said to you yesterday."

Now everyone's attention was on Naruto, who looked forlorn again. The surprise to hear that Sasuke's old cousin had been Kakashi's friend was gone the moment Rin addressed him. He just dipped his head into his neck, still looking at her in such a way. "I am not Kyuubi." He grumbled. Sasuke and Sakura looked surprised that he would say that out loud, though they had known for a while theirselves.
"I know." Rin said softly as she looked at him. "I should have never accused you to be. I know you may have the demon sealed up inside of you but that's not who you are. And I am so sorry for what I called you. You are Naruto Uzumaki, not Kyuubi." She then turned towards him before bowing so low that her forehead almost touched the dirt. "Please, forgive me."

Naruto frowned at her but his face was softening out of its angry expression. He took a deep breath before nodding. "Okay. I guess I can forgive you." He told her.

Rin smiled as she sat up straight again. "I wish I could make it up to you, Naruto. Ask for anything, and I will happily do it." She said to him. Naruto tilted his head to the side, his arms folding over his chest before he got a very bright look on his face. His arms immediately dropped to his sides and he took a step forward, grinning. "What does Kakashi-sensai look like under his mask?!"

"...!" Everyone blinked in surprise.

Rin stared at him with wide eyes, seeing how fast his request came before she tilted her head to the side. "What, has he never taken off his mask?" She asked sounding a little amused. The blank looks that all three gave her answered the question. "No. He never does. He doesn't even take it off to eat with us." Sakura said dully. "Once he did take off his mask because we kept begging him to but he had another mask under it."

"He, he, he." Rin laighed as she shook her head. "Oh, that sounds just so like him. He never takes off his mask for anything unless it's so dark that we can't see. Why am I not surprised?" She then shook her head. "So you've never ever seen him without his mask, right?"
All three young Shinobi shook their heads, still looking at her dully. "Nope." Naruto said, folding his arms behind his head. "We've got this bet going on about what he looks like. I say he has fishlips. Sakura thinks he has a harlip. So we'e been trying to get him to take off his mask to see who wins." He then grinned again. "So, what does he look like? Does he have fishlips or a harlip?"
Rin rose her eyebrow, very amused but she shook her head, looking at Sasuke. "Before I tell you, what do you think, Sasuke? What are you betting on?" She asked still laughing.

Sasuke shook his head as he looked away. "I'm not betting on anything." He said quietly. "It's a stupid bet and it's none of our business of what Kakashi looks like." He told them all, giving them a look. But Naruto stuck out his tongue at Sasuke.

Rin shrugged. "Well, you have a point there. Kakashi wears his mask for a few reasons. The number one reason is, a few ninja don't like showing off their faces, for identity reasons. Even if you do know who they are. Another reason," Rin looked rather mischievious with this piece of information. "He's rather handsome under that mask. He knows that if he takes off his mask, he won't left alone by women."

Now all three, mostly Naruto and Sakura, looked very interested. They had their full attention on Rin, who was smiling. "So you do know what he looks like?! But I thought you said he never took off his mask!" The energetic blonde said.
"Well, he never did on purpose." Rin told him, her eyes starting to look distant again. "How I got to see his face once, which was only once," She pulled a face. "Did he ever tell you HOW he got the Sharingan eye?"

This definitely had all three young Shinobi's attention. "No." All three said, two sounding too excited that they were actually learning something about their sensai. They had been waiting for this for a long time. Now they were going to learn something. Rin, just looked back at Obito's name in the stone. "Well, I'm not entire sure if I should tell you. It's a little graphic and I would think if Kakashi would have wanted you to know, he would have told you himself." She then made a face, her nose crinkling. "Then again, he never says anything." She smiled at the three young students. "All right. I'll tell you."

"ALL RIGHT!" cheered Naruto as he threw up a fist into the air before plopping down onto the ground in front of her, looking like a kid at Christmas. Sakura sank down to her knees, her eyes as bright as Naruto's. Sasuke just folded his arms before sitting down himself. Rin paused to look at Sen and Chiro, who were moving forwrard to listen to the story too. Then she took a deep breath. "Okay. This happened many years ago. When I was 11 years old and Kakashi was just 13. We were the students of Namikaze Minato, the Fourth Hokage."

"WHAT?!" Both Naruto and Sakura exclaimed, their jaws nearly hitting their chests. Even Sasuke looked shocked to hear that.

Rin blinked a few times before making a face. "Oh please. Don't tell me he didn't tell you." No answer but shocked stares. So she sighed. "Oh boy. Kakashi, why in the world are you hiding EVERYTHING from yoru students?" She again shook her head. "Anyway, yes. Kakashi, Obito Uchiha and I were the students of the Fourth Hokage. But I won't tell you too much about that. I'll just tell you about the last mission that Team 7 ever did together." She paused looking at the three curious Chuunin. "But be warned now. It's not a happy story."

"What happened, Rin-chan?" Naruto asked, looking concerned. "Is it really that bad?"

Rin slowly nodded as she looked at him with such a sad look on her face. "Yes. It's horrible." She pointed at Obito's name. "We lost Obito during our last mission. And it was my fault, at least that's what I believe. Kakashi won't let me face that fact."

Fifteen years ago

The morning that Team 7 was going to go on their biggest mission yet was a gorgeous one. It had almost been a whole year and a half since Rin had been kicked out of her parents' house. She had gone home a few times but she never went inside, afraid that her parents would yell at her and throw things at her again.
For almost two months, Rin had resided in her sensai's house, feeling rather glum but at least Minato was being very pleasant about it. His home was rather big for just two people, now three because of Rin.
When Rin was taken to his home, she discovered that Minato had a girlfriend living with him. A rather brash and tom boyish young woman with brilliant red hair, Kushina Uzumaki. She was a very interesting woman when Rin first met her. She greeted Rin just Obito would have, a cheezy grin and a hearty handshake. It was so amazing how totally opposite this woman was to Minato, but they seemed to get along so well. She didn't even seem to care that Minato had brought a young girl home. She was actually rather enthusiastic about it. However, when Minato told Kushina why Rin was going to stay with them, the woman was so ready to march over to the Hayashi Trading Post and demand for an apology to Rin.

As the two months went by, though sometimes it was a little uncomfortable for Rin because Kushina really was brash, Rin seemed to be getting more comfortable living with her sensai and his lover. They treated her with respect and always tried to make her smile. Though a few times at night, Rin snuck out onto the roof of their apartment to avoid listening to certain activities. Kushina was rather loud while spending her alone time with Minato. And it was something that would have made Rin's nose start to bleed. Of course, the very next morning, Minato would apologize when he found her on the roof sleeping.

As for her time with Team 7, she was getting better along with Obito and Kakashi. They worked really hard with their sensai, working with training sessions and missions. They were becoming quite popular among the teams. They had completed quite a few missions and soon were taking higher level exams. While Obito and Rin were taking the Chuunin exams, Kakashi was finally taking the Jounin exams.

Not long after, they passed the exams with flying colors.

And then their team pretty much seperated, though they still got together to train. Rin spent most of her time at the hospital, training under Tsunade. She was doing very well as a medical nin. She occassionally recieved visits from Obito and Kakashi, both always seeing how she was doing and to make sure she wasn't bored.
Of course, getting to know Kakashi Hatake did have its disadvantages. Rin found out that he had a rather crude hobby. And it wasn't just him. It was Obito. Being typical guys, they had their weird habits. One day, Rin had saw the two walking together towards the movie theaters, which she knew they were not suppose to do. For the movie they were going to watch was Icha Icha Paradise. That was the most embarrassing moment for Rin, when she got caught along with Kakashi and Obito. The three had gotten the worst lecture by Minato ever. She also found out that Kakashi had a habit of looking at the Icha Icha books. She ended up slapping over the head for that one.

But finally, Kakashi and Minato recieved an important mission and they decided to have Obito and Rin tag along. Rin was going to go as a medic nin while Obito was going for backup purposes. And it was during the time of the Great Shinobi War, when everyone was against everyone.

"This mission is a very dangerous one, just to warn you now." Minato told the three rather gravely. They were all sitting under the Great Hokage Monuments, listening to Minato explain the mission. "It's a ranked A mission and a very important one at that. Our team is to to the Northeast part of the Fire Country and destroy a bridge between our country and the Rock Country. It's to keep the Rock nin from invading us." He told them.

Rin felt somewhat nervous when she hear this bit of info. She had heard about the Rock nin. They were one of the most dangerous enemy they had, from her understanding.

"Hmm." Kakashi hummed before becoming serious as ever. "Destroy the bridge? Will we encounter any enemy nin?"

Obito began bouncing on his heels, punching at the air. "I hope so! I'll give 'em a left and a right! Then I'll kick them in the shin, and then I'll smash them into the ground and..." He was saying. Kakashi rolled his eyes. "Don't be stupid, Obito. The Rock nin are out of your league. If anyone's going to take care of them, it's going to be me and Minato-sensai." He said dryly.

"Shut up, Kakashi! I wanna fight too!" Obito snapped. "You can't take all of the glory!"

Rin stood up, glaring at her best friend and standing between him and Kakashi. "Quit it, Obito! Stop talking to Kakashi like that! He knows what he's saying. He's a Jounin, remember?!" She scolded. Obito just frowned and folded his arms in a moody way. Minato sighed, shaking his head. He knew they did not have time for arguements like this. So when Obito started forward when Kakashi said something rather rude, he quickly joined Rin into blocking their path. "Knock it off, you two." He scolded them. "We really don't have time to fight. Now we are a team and we need to work together to make sure that this mission gets done and over with." he then shook his head. "Kakashi is right, though, Obito. The Rock nin may be out of your league."

The young black haired nin sighed and his shoulders fell. "Aw, man. Kakashi gets all of the fun." He grumbled.

"Wrong." Minato said, surprising all three. "We are to destroy the bridge and to avoid any fights, if we can help it. If we do get into a fight, I will take care of the Rock nin while you three stand back." he gave Kakashi a warning look when he looked like he was going to argue. "Kakashi, choose your words carefully when you speak. I mean it. The Rock nin are not only out of Obito and Rin's league, but they are out of yours too. They are too strong for you as well. Like it or not." he warned the silver-white haired teen.

Kakashi looked rather put out at that. He just folded his arms and shifted his weight to his other foot. "Master Minato-sensai," Rin spoke softly, catching all three of her team mate's attention. "If the mission is that dangerous, then why are we going to do it?"

Minato sighed as he folded his arms and shifted his own weight. He didn't look too happy with what he was going to say. "As you know, the war is growing way too terrible. We've been losing way too many Shinobi. And because of all the losses, we need as many able bodied Shinobi to join in the war." He now looked upset. "I'm sorry I have to put you three in the spot like this. But you're going to have to join the war in your own special way. Our mission is to make sure that bridge is destroyed. It's the only way we can keep the Rock nin from attacking the Fire Country. It was passed as a law by the Hokage that all Shinobi fight. Mostly Chuunins and Jounins, seeing that Genins aren't ready. So therefore, we have an important task at hand."

Rin looked down at the dirt, realizing that he wasn't very happy at all that they had to do this but they didn't have any choice. It was war and they were Shinobi. She was scared, but she would do her best.
Minato seemed to guess as much. He sighed and passed his arm around her shoulders. "Don't worry, Rin. I'll protect you, Obito and Kakashi, no matter what. We will get through this together." he promised. Rin smiled up at him with a nod.

Not more than a day later, they were well on their way.

It took many days of traveling before they got anywhere. They were mostly quietly while on their way but occassionally, Obito and Kakashi got on each other's nerves and would fight now and then. Rin did all she could to step in and break it up. No matter how annyed Kakashi got with her butting in. And when that didn't work, they stopped when Minato gave them a look of warning. That look, they knew too well.
But as the days grew long and they traveled well into the rough terrains of the Fire Country and towards the high mountains, Rin began to feel very uneasy. She felt as if someone was watching them. It seemed that way for the others too because they began to feel very uneasy. Minato kept a sharp eye out, always looking around as if expecting an attack any time soon.

It soon came.

It was a very hot day and it hadn't rained for quite some time, much to their disgust. Kakashi and Obito were bickering with another again, just annoying one another. Rin was getting tired of trying to keep them from tearing each other's throats out so she decided to just let it go.
As they started to approach a few cliffs, Rin had the feeling of dread again, like someone was watching them. She tensed as she walked but kept walking nonetheless. She just looked around, before turning sharply when Obito started to call Kakashi a rather bad name.

"Obito! Stop talking like that you, idiot! And stop being mean to Kakashi." She scolded him.

Obito frowned at her, his arms folded over his chest. " Stop taking his side, Rin. Jeeze. It's starting to get annoying how you keep fawning over him." He told her. Rin blushed but looked away. "I do not keep fawning over Kakashi, you dork. Now shut up." She grumbled. Obito opened his mouth to argue when suddenly Kakashi grabbed his arm and threw him to the ground as a Kunai came whistling out of the air, missing him by inches. "Ouch! Kakashi!" Obito shouted in anger.

Rin threw herself backward, her eyes snapping wide when she realized that she just stepped too close to the cliff side. She gasped as she started to fall backwards, her arms thrown outward to catch herself. "Ah!" She screamed as she caught nothing but air.

"Rin!" Obito gasped as he scampered to his feet.

But it was Minato who quickly moved forward to her rescue. He rushed forward in a golden blur and caught her by her arm before she completely fell over the cliffside. He nearly went over himself if he hadn't quickly called his chakra to his feet, keeping him planted against the cliff side. He wrapped his arms around Rin and pulled her back to safety before they all turned to see Kakashi charging at Rock nin, who had just came out of the bushes. "Kakashi! No!" Minato told him sharply.

But Kakashi chose not to listen. He just rushed the Rock nin, his fist blazing with blue electricity. "Chidori!" The young Shinobi shouted, sounding very excited that he was going to be using this attack.

The Rock nin, however, seemed ready. He quickly made the sign of the Tiger, straightening very stiffly and waited as Kakashi was very close before he seemed to explode into rocks. Kakashi came to a screeching halt, his eyes growing very wide as his enemy vanished.

"Kakashi! Behind you!" Rin screamed as soon as the Rock nin appeared right behind him, making a striking blow.

Kakashi turned sharply to see the Rock nin starting to swing his Kunai to cut his throat at a high speed. He quickly dropped down to the ground, the kunai cutting only a little of the top of his hair. Without a word, the silver-white haired Shinobi struck out with his foot, swiping the Rock nin's feet right out from underneath him.

The Rock nin fell, but as chunks of rock.

"What?!" Kakashi gasped before realizing he had just fallen for a trap. The Rock nin had been a Shadow Copy. His eyes snapped open wide before jerking around when he heard movement.
It was Minato moving now. More Rock copy nin had appeared, probably had been quickly created to attak the others. Now Minato was moving to take care of them quickly. He was moving in a golden blur, striking the Rock nin down at a very high speed before they could even move.

Rin and Obito stood together watching in alarm. They had never seen their sensai move as fast as he was now. But then again, they had never had to fight enemy nin before either.

Just then there was a deep brown flash and the Rock nin who had attacked Kakashi first was right in front of them, swinging a kunai right at Rin. She yelped in surprise and fear as she started to jump back. Obito had frozen up in shock and hadn't moved to even help her.

But Kakashi had.

He suddenly appeared right between Rin and the Rock nin, his teeth clenched tightly before there was a strange sound and red liquid went flying every where. It only took a moment for Rin to realize that the Rock nin had struck Kakashi in the shoulder, cutting too close to his chest. The pain immediately kicked in for Kakashi as he staggered back, his hand clapping over the Kunai being pressed into his chest and staining his hand with his blood. The Rock nin grinned wickedly as he began pushing his kunai deeper into Kakashi's shoulder, who struggled to keep standing and fight the Rock nin off.

Behind Kakashi, Rin gasped as she saw the blood running down Kakashi's front. "Kakashi!"

And once again, there was a golden blur as Minato appeared beside the Rock nin, tackling him away from Kakashi, Rin and Obito and throwing the enemy nin across the ground. Freed from the kunai, Kakashi fell backward, tripping on his own feet and landed against Rin. He gasped in pain as he started to go down but was stopped when Rin caught a hold of him, slowly lowering him to the ground.
The enemy nin quickly stood up, his teeth clenched as he looked at the dark look on Minato's face. He shook his head, knowing that if he stayed, he was going to die. So he turned and ran as fast as he could away from the group, not stopping at all.

The only sound that was being made was from Rin sobbing and Kakashi's harsh breathing as he cried out in pain. His hand was still tightly clenched over his shoulder as blood was spilling from under it.

"Kakashi!" Rin cried as she cradled his head, trying to calm him down.

Minato paused from going after the enemy nin, deciding to rush over to their side instead. His eyes were very serious and had lost the glint of cheerfulness he usually had. He grabbed a hold of Kakashi's hand, trying to pry it away from his shoulder but the young Jounin refused to remove it. "Kakashi, I have to see it! Let me see!"

Kakashi tried to shove Minato's hand away with his other one but Rin quickly grabbed it and held it down. "Kakashi, it's okay! It's just Minato-sensai! Please, let him see it!" She begged.

It took a long moment before Kakashi finally calmed down, but he was still in a lot of pain. He was bleeding heavily from the wound that the Rock nin left on him. From what they could see, the enemy nin had cut way too deep. It was a very serious wound. It was lucky he hadn't been killed instantly. But if they didn't stop the bleeding, he would.

"Rin, see if you can heal him." Minato told her as he did his best to pulling open Kakashi's shirt so that Rin could lay her hands onto his skin. "He has got to stop bleeding or he will die."

Rin gave him an alarmed look but shakily nodded. She placed her heavily trembling hands onto Kakashi's shoulder, who flinched from her touch. She paused before trying to call on her chakra to use the Mystic Healing Palm technique that Tsunade had taught her. At first it didn't work. It was because Rin was nearly in hysterics, tears flowing down her cheeks as she tried her hardest to call her chakra forward. She was crying to hard to mutter the words and shaking too hard.

But then Minato placed his hand onto her shoulder in a comforting way. "It's okay, Rin. It's okay. Just calm down. Take a deep breath and calm yourself down." He said in a very soft way.

It helped a little.

Rin took a deep breath and let it out slowly before trying again. This time it worked. Her hands began to glow blue and flow right into Kakashi's face. Kakashi squirmed under her hands, groaning in pain but he couldn't move very much since Minato was holding him down. His eyes were tightly closed from the pain and there was sweat on his brow.
But after a long try, Rin stopped, gasping as she nearly fell onto her rear from exhaustion. "It's done, Minato-sensai!" She gasped. "I've done it!" She yelped.
Minato sighed as he patted her shoulder, looking over Kakashi's wound. It was healed, all right and had stopped the bleeding but he could tell it was still causing Kakashi a little of pain. "Good job, Rin. You've done well. You may be still learning. But I think Kakashi will be all right after some rest." He turned his head to see how pained Obito looked. He could see how wide the young boy's eyes had gone. But it was his eyes that made Minato freeze.

They were red.

"Obito, are you all right?" Minato asked standing up and going to him, looking at Obito's red eyes. He then noticed how the pupils in each eye had one black swirl slowly revolving around it. The first stage of the Sharingain, the trait of the Uchiha clan.
Obito still stared at Kakashi, noting his pain and misery. He couldn't believe himself. He had froze up when Rin needed his help. And for it, Kakashi had gotten seriously hurt. He felt a wave of painful guilt roll over him as he stared down at his comrade. "Ka-Kakashi...Kakashi, I'm s-sorry." He muttered as he stared down at him, his Sharingan eyes slowly turning black again.

Kakashi's other eye fluttered open and glared up at him, almost angrily. It was clear that he was not happy with what just happened to him at all. "Y-you idiot...Ob-Obito."

"Kakashi, just try to get some rest. We will make camp here." He looked at Rin. "Rin, watch over Kakashi. Help him with whatever he needs but don't let him get up." He then turned to Obito, who looked like he was in deep pain. "Obito, please go find some fire wood. We'll need a fire."
Slowly, Obito nodded and hurried away to find wood for a fire.
Minato glanced at Kakashi, shaking his head when the young Shinobi was trying to fight Rin in getting up. "Kakashi, you lost too much blood. If you get up, you will only hurt yourself. Lay still and try to rest. That's an order." He turned away, glaring in the direction the enemy nin had gone. "I'll be right back." And he was gone in a golden flash.