A/N: Thanks for the reviews guys. But just a warning now, more depressing scenes up ahead. Chapters 10, 11 and 12 is rather depressing, just so that you're warned now. As you all know, Kakashi did not have an easy life, as did his friends. Especially during the Kakashi Gaiden era. So, don't expect too much happiness in this chapter and the next.

Shattered Reflection Chapter 11

Rin sighed as she went back to sit next to Kakashi, pulling out a blanket for him but was surprised when he still pushed her away. "Kakashi, please don't move. Minato-sensai said that you're still too weak." She pleaded.
Kakashi just gave her a dark look as he still tried to climb to his feet. But then gave up when he felt a wave of nausia roll over him. So he just sat there, glaring at Obito as he was gathering firewood. "Obito, you stupid moron! Why did you freeze up like that?!" He exclaimed.
Obito turned back and glared right back at him. "Shut up, Kakashi! Who are you to lecture me? I get enough of that from sensai." He grumbled.

Kakashi shook his head still looking very angry. "Rin could have died because of you, you loser! Not to mention, you would have been next! Are you a ninja or aren't you?!" He snapped.

Obito jerked around, dropping all of the wood in his arms. He looked like he was ready to charge at Kakashi and start pounding him. And he probably would have if Rin hadn't stood up and got between the two. "Kakashi! You should talk! You ignored Minato-sensai when he told you not to attack the Rock nin! If you would have listened, it probably wouldn't have happened!"

"Knock it off, Obito!" Rin yelled over his own yelling, her hands on her waist. "We shouldn't be fighting! Kakashi needs his rest and you need to find some firewood like Master Minato-sensai told you to." She told him sternly. Obito glared at her next before turning away. "Stop defending Kakashi, Rin! He's a jerk for crying out loud! I know you're madly in love with him but he doesn't like you! Get it through your head!" He snapped angrily.
Rin stepped back in alarm, a faint blush forming on her cheeks as she looked at Kakashi, who was looking away. He looked highly annoyed but at least he wasn't saying anything. So Rin looked back at Obito. "Obito, don't be stupid. I am not in love with Kakashi, all right? So don't be stupid!" Rin told him severely.
"Don't call me stupid, stupid!" Obito said turning back. "You're always fawning over him! It's Kakashi this and Kakashi that! Well I'm sick of Kakashi! He's a jerk who just nearly got himself killed! Why, when I activate my Sharingain eyes, my clan's genetic trait, I'll surpass him and maybe for once you'll look up to me like you do to Kakashi!" He shouted. "Maybe you'll even realize that I like you a lot, Rin!"

Again Rin stepped back in alarm. She hadn't been expecting that one. Sure, she had noticed how Obito sometimes stared at her but they were just friends. They were best friends. Nothing more. Right?

"Please." Kakashi said in disgust as he turned away. "Who'd like a coward like you? You shame the Uchiha clan with your cowardance."

Obito's dark eyes glared right back at Kakashi, looking ready to attack Kakashi and beat him to a bloody pulp. "Shut up! I am not a coward! Unlike you, you stupid selfish silver haired freak who always follows the rules and doesn't care about anyone else but himself!"

"That will be enough!"

All three turned sharply to see Minato returning, a deep scowl on his face. He looked like he had just gotten done with a fight himself, but came out unscathed. But upon returning to the camp, everyone was at each other's throats.

"What is with you three?" The golden haired Shinobi asked, sternly as he moved closer. He folded his arms and stood right next to Rin, giving them a scolding look. "I leave for five minutes and you're at each other's throats, insulting each other like you hate each other!" He shook his head. "We are a team, guys. We're suppose to work together." He looked at Kakashi. "Kakashi, it was foolish of you to use that one attack. You are not ready to use your own techniques against enemy nin. Especially that one, the Chidori. Your eyes are still too slow to attack enemy nin with it and it will leave you defenseless. You are to not use it again!"

Kakashi just looked away, feeling awefully annoyed. He didn't want to be lectured right now. He was too tired. So he let Rin coax him to lay back down onto the sleeping mat she unrolled for him.

"As for you, Obito." Minato said looking at the black haired Chuunin. "You shouldn't speak without thinking. I know why you froze up like you did and I will forgive you like that. But be careful of what you say. Kakashi was only trying to help you and Rin when the enemy attacked you." He shook his head. "Now, gather the firewood like I asked you to, please. Rin, Kakashi still needs a little more healing. Do you mind?"
Obito snorted as he gathered up the wood he had dropped. "Of course she doesn't mind! She would be thrilled to help Kakashi!" He muttered bitterly before going off to find more wood. Rin, sitting beside Kakashi, winced guiltily as she watched him go. She just lowered her head and went back trying to help her team mate.

Later that night, Rin tried to get some sleep but was having a hard time. She couldn't get the day's events out of her head and she knew Obito couldn't either. She had see him tossing and turning on his sleeping mat before muttering to himself. She was sleeping close to Kakashi, ready to help him if he ever needed anything. But she still felt so guilty about what Obito had said earlier.
Why had she not noticed it before? Why had she not realized that Obito had a crush on her just as she had a crush on Kakashi? She knew that she and he were close, best friends as any friends could be. She just didn't see Obito the way he saw her. She thought of him as a brother, nothing more. But that seemed to be hurting him more than it hurt her. She hadn't thought of his feelings and now she felt like she had done something very terrible.

"Argh!"

Rin blinked into her blanket before lifting her head and looking to see Obito kicking off his blanket. He looked so frustrated as he was fighting it off of him. And then to her surprise, he crawled over to Minato, who was watching with amusement. "Having trouble to sleep, Obito?" The golden haired Shinobi asked.

Obito sighed as he knelt by his side, shaking his head. "Master Minato-sensai, why is he like that? What is Kakashi's problem?! He's such a jerk!" He grumbled.

Minato looked away thoughtfully, though his eyes betrayed his feelings. He was looking rather forlorn about whatever he was thinking. But after a long moment, he sighed and looked up at the full moon above them. "Obito, you have heard of Kakashi's father, Sakumo Hatake, right?"

Obito made a face but nodded. "Yeah. He was like you, right? One of the legends of Konoha? Wasn't he called The Leaf's White Fang?"

"Yes." Minato told him as he looked at him. "He was one of the most strongest Shinobi of Konoha Village. He was a legend at what he could do and sometimes it shunned Kakashi to think that he'd never be like Sakumo." He breath out a long sigh. "You have heard that Kakashi grew up mostly not knowing Sakumo because he was dead, right?" Obito just nodded. "Well, the reason why Sakumo is dead is because he killed himself."

Rin stifled a gasp into her jacket, her eyes snapped wide open. She had not known that at all. Kakashi never told her or Obito that his father had killed himself. Then again, he never told them about his father period.

"What?!" Obito gasped before quickly lowering his voice.

Minato even held up a finger to his lips to shush Obito before nodding. "Yes. Sakumo Hatake took his own life after the village looked down on him for something that happened during one of his missions. Years ago, when Kakashi was only five years old, Sakumo left on a mission with his team. It was a S class mission though, saved for only the elites of Jounin, the ANBU." He sighed shaking his head.
"However, the mission was so much more dangerous than everyone thought. Sakumo's team was ambushed by very dangerous rogue ninja and their mission was halted to fight these nin. Sakumo could have completed the mission they were suppose to do, but if he had, his team would have been killed. Because of his loyalty to his friends, Sakumo chose to save his friends rather to complete the mission, which, unfortunately, took the lives of a hundred people. He broke the rules of ANBU for the lives of his friends and disgraced himself. He was shamed by the entire village and because of it, he couldn't handle to see that his son, Kakashi would be shamed too. So he went to the mountains and took his own life."
Minato turned his cerulean colored eyes onto Obito who was staring at the ground with shock. "Because of Sakumo's shame, Kakashi decided that he would never break the rules of the Shinobi way. He locked away his emotions deep inside and promised himself that he would never do what Sakumo had done. He would complete a mission instead of breaking the rules. That's why Kakashi is the way he is now."

Rin turned her her head a little to look at the silver haired nin she thought she had known. She felt pity for him. She couldn't believe how much pain that he had been through and now she knew why. His pain was probably more worst than her own. At least she had both of her parents, even if they shamed her theirselves. Kakashi only had one because his father had gone and killed himself.

"Obito, Rin," Minato said, now looking between the two.Rin jumped at her name but chose to acknowledge her sensai. She knew that he knew she was awake. So she looked over at Minato and Obito, sheepishly. "With every word that Kakashi says to you, don't take no offense to any of it. He's just had it so hard. He's not used to working with others and he's not used to the energy that you both have inside yourselves. Don't hate him because of his strict ways." Minato told them softly. "He just wants to be the Shinobi that the Village wants us to be."

Rin just nodded as she rolled onto her stomach and rested her head onto them. "I won't hate him, Master. I promise."

Slowly Obito nodded himself. "Okay. I'll...I won't either. I'm sorry for what I said to him. I'll tell him tomorrow." He promised. Minato just smiled as he reached over and ruffled his hair. "Good. Now go get some sleep. We have a big day tomorrow." He told them. So both Rin and Obito laid back down to fall asleep.

But then Obito sat back up. "Rin," He spoke softly, catching her attention. "I'm so sorry for what I said earlier. That was really uncalled for. I know you like Kakashi and I should accept that." He told her. Rin faintly smiled at him as she curled up into a ball. "Thanks, Obito. I do like Kakashi, a lot. And I'm sorry if you feel like I've been ignoring you. I didn't mean to if I was. We'll see what happens after this mission, okay?" She told him.

"Okay. I'd wait for twenty years if I have to, but I will wait for you, Rin." Obito said before laying back down. Rin felt flushed with glee and honor before she fell asleep. Minato just smiled over the two as they drifted off before breathing in deeply and returned to looking up at the stars.

As the morning broke and the sun was rising higher into the sky, Kakashi's wounds were healing up nicely as Minato was making breakfast for the three young Chuunin. Rin was finishing up on healing Kakashi's wound, who was taking it rather sourly. He thought it was going too slow. Obito was being more himself, smiling at everyone and trying to entertain them with stories. Rin would smile at them as would Minato, but Kakashi was rather being a sourpuss about it.

Finally they were ready to move on with their mission and destroy the bridge that they needed to.

But Minato shook his head as soon as his students had everything packed up. He had been looking rather thoughtful all morning, almost trouble. It was as if he was trying to make a very hard and important decision but wasn't sure what the outcome was going to be. But he finally made his decision.

"We have to split up the team." He suddenly announced, surprising his students, who looked at him in alarm. "The Rock nin that attacked us yesterday revealed to me that there is going to be an ambush on some of our own Shinobi a few miles away from here. It was right before I killed him. He told me that his comrades are planning on killing over fifty of our Shinobi as they travel towards the borders. The Third Hokage, I believe is with them."
Minato shook his head. "They need to be alerted right away and that should be me. I am the fastest of this team, as you know. I can travel to the other group, alert them and help them with the ambush and be back within the day." He shook his head. "But the mission needs to be done soon. The Rock nin also told me that several of his other comrades will be crossing the bridge in three days to invade the Fire Country. It needs to be destroyed right away. Today, if it's possible."

Rin looked up at him worriedly. "Master Minato-sensai, but how can we do this without you?" She asked sounding afraid.

Minato gave her a gentle look before going over and touching her shoulder. "Don't be afraid, Rin. You will be fine. I'm sure that you will not be attacked any time soon before I return. The Rock nin from yesterday told us that none of his comrades are on this side of the bridge. He was the only one. So you should be safe." He then shook his head as he pulled her into a light hug, sensing her fear. "Together, you three are unstoppable. If only you work together. You are the best students I've ever had. Look out for one another and you will be fine. I know you can do this."

Both Obito and Kakashi looked at one another but then nodded as they stood up straighter and more proud looking. "We will do this, Master." The silver-white haired Shinobi told him, boldly. "You can count on us."

"Good." Minato said smiling. "The bridge should be few miles ahead and it would only take you about two hours to reach it. I will leave you in charge, Kakashi, because you are the oldest and you are a higher rank than Obito and Rin. But you must work together. No more fighting each other." He looked between Obito and Kakashi the most. "We can't afford anymore strain in our team." He told them.

The two spoken Shinobi only nodded as they bowed to Minato. "We will do our best, Minato-sensai." Obito said, smiling.

Minato smiled back and nodded in satisfaction. He turned away, releasing Rin and looked off towards the trees. "Be careful, Team 7. I know you can do this. As I said, you are my best students." He gave them a friendly grin. "I'll see you soon." he told them before starting away.

"Bye, Master." Rin said waving after him. Then all three went off in the other direction.

Kakashi, Rin and Obito spent hours walking together, none of them talking to each other at all. They were all on edge a little. They had never had to be seperated from Minato before but there was always a first for everything.
Rin was exceptionally nervous, always looking around for any sign of an attack. Obito stayed pretty close to her to make sure she would stay safe. While Kakashi looked around dully. He looked awfully bored and ready to fight if needed.

But as they walked, they were very unaware that what Minato had said about there being no more enemy nin on their side of the bridge was not true. Not fare from above them, traveling among the rocky hills, two Rock nin were watching them very carefully. They had seen what happened before with their comrade and was very relieved that Konoha's Yellow Flash had took the bait of leaving his students about the ambush on the Third Hokage. The information that had been giving to Minato had been somewhat true. There was going to be an ambush on the other Shinobi but it was mostly a distraction for Minato to leave his students unguarded. Just so that they, the Rock Nin, could take his students hostage.

Unfortunately, they had seen what happened with their comrade. They had seen what Kakashi had tried to do and they weren't anxious to find out exactly what he was truly capable of. Nor did they want to find out with the one called Obito. They had caught a glimpse of his eyes before, seeing them spark up with red. They knew instantly that he was one of the Uchiha clan and knew that he possessed the Sharingan. And they did not want to give him a chance to fight them either.
So their best bet, they figured, was the medic of their group, the girl. She had shown no skills of fighting and knew that she was the medic. So she would be the easiest to capture. So they would make Rin their target.

It was almost an hour later, near steep cliffs when they decided to move.

Kakashi, Obito, and Rin decided that they would take a break for now. They had been traveling nonstop so they were somewhat out of breath. Kakashi wanted to go on but seeing that Rin was incredibly exhausted, he rolled his eyes and let the other two sit down.

"You know, you're not much of a Shinobi, are you, Rin?" Kakashi remarked.

Rin blinked in surprise before looking up at him after taking a drink of water. "Huh? What do you mean?" She asked, sounding just a little hurt. Kakashi gave her a dull stare as he folded his arms. "A true Shinobi should be able to travel without rest. You have needed to stop at least twice since we've began walking." He said dryly. Obito gave him a dark look when he noted how hurt Rin was looking now. "Kakashi, will you please just shut up? That's not very nice to say to Rin. She's tired, okay? She spent the entire night trying to heal your ass."

"I did not ask her to, now did I?" Kakashi snapped right back.

Obito shook his head as he stood up and glared right back at him. He knew he had promised Minato not to fight Kakashi but he couldnt' just let his comrade insult Rin like he was and he refused to let him get away with it. "No, you didn't. But Master Minato did. So stop being such an ass and shut up. Rin saved your life last night and the least you could do is thank her." He shot.

Rin shook her head as she stood up and waved her hands in the air. She did not want to start fighting again. Not on her behalf. "Stop it. It's okay, Obito. I don't mind." She told him. "Just don't start fighting. I think I'm ready to move on anyway. Let's continue." She knew it was a lie but if it stopped them from fighting, then so be it.

It seemed to work because they were walking on again.

The path they were taking was starting to slant upward and this didn't seem to settle with Rin very well. She groaned out loud without realizing it. Kakashi tilted his head to look at her, noting how tired she look. With a frustrated sigh, he stopped and turned around folding his arms. "Take another break." He ordered. "I can't believe how annoying and useless you are."

Rin blinked in shock and definitely hurt. She stared at him as she stepped back. "What?" She asked. Obito was gritting his teeth again, looking very angry. "Kakashi! That was mean! Say your sorry!" He shouted, pointing at Rin. Kakashi just gave them both a dull stare. "Why should I?" He asked with annoyance. "It's the plain truth. Rin, I'm sorry I have to tell you the truth but seriously! This is ridculous. You are the weakest one of our team. You're only good for healing."

Rin lokered her head, looking very hurt. "I'm...I'm sorry, Kakashi." She said tears filling her eyes.

"And another thing," Kakashi added, dryly turning sharply at her. "Stop wasting your time on me. Obito's right. I don't like you. I'm not interested in you because you are not my type. I'm not even interested in getting a girlfriend any time soon. Especially one so weak and annoying."

More tears filled Rin's eyes as she closed her eyes tightly. She was terribly hurt by his words. They stung badly. So he thought she was annoying and useless. And maybe he was right. She hadn't shown any benefit to the team other than just healing them. She wasn't very good at fighting at all and she knew it. Not to mention, that she was not Kakashi's type. She liked him, a lot and he was rejecting her. Now, of all times.
"Kakashi!" Obito snapped now moving towards Kakashi, his fists clenched tight. "Why do you always have to be so mean to Rin?!"

And that's when it happened.

Suddenly there was a loud explosion above their heads, making all three jump and look up to see a rockslide towards them. Rin gasped as she immediately bolted up the path while Obito and Kakashi went down to avoid getting hit by the boulders.

"Watch out!" Obito yelled as he jumped over a few that came very close to hitting him. Kakashi joined him in jumping boulders.

Rin was above the rockslide, dodging boulders flying near her head and jumped high above more. That was until she landed right into someone's chest and strong arms wrapped tightly around her. She gasped and looked up to see an enemy nin grinning wickedly down at her. "Oh no!" She cried out before trying to pull away but another Rock nin appeared and grabbed her other arm. "Let me go!"

"Okay. The trap worked. We've got her, so let's get out of here!" One of them said.

The other Rock Nin nodded as they began yanked and pulling Rin up the path, who was kicking and trying to get loose. "All right! We better hurry or the other two will catch up quickly!" And they began dragging Rin across the rocky terrain.

"Kakashi! Obito! Help!" Rin shrieked as she tried to pull away. She tried to fight the Rock nin but they were a whole lot stronger than she was. She was now fighting frightened tears as she tried to free herself. That is until one of the Rock nin jerked around and slammed his fist into her stomach. She gasped airlessly, doubling over. But the Rock nin who punched her gathered her up and threw her over his shoulder. That way, they6 were moving faster.

However, Kakashi and Obito had heard Rin's cries for help.

As soon as the rockslide stopped, they were leaping over the boulders and were looking around for any sign of Rin. But seeing her gone, they knew what must have happened. "Rock nin! They've done this!" Kakashi said looking at the rockslide. "And they've taken Rin as hostage."
"No!" Obito cried out, his eyes widening. "We have to go help her, Kakashi!" He turned sharply around. "They could be killing her!
Kakashi shook his head as he looked dryly at him. "We have to finish the mission, Obito. The bridge needs to be destroyed or hundreds of more people will die." He told him.

Obito gave him a sharp look as he whirled to face Kakashi. He couldn't believe that Kakashi was saying that. This, however, reminded him of Sakumo Hatake and of what had happened with him. Kakashi was trying to fullfill his promise of not breaking the rules. But the cost would be Rin's life. "Kakashi! Rin is one of us! She needs our help or she will die! We have to go after her!" He shouted.
"A sacrifice I'm willing to make, Obito. We have to protect the village by destroying the village." Kakashi said stilly dryly. He even started to move up the path that would lead them to the bridge; the opposite direction of where the enemy had taken Rin.

WHAM!

Obito's fist slammed into the side of Kakashi's face, sending him sprawling across the ground. The very impact made the higher ranked Shinobi crash into one of the boulders, grabbing a hold of his now aching jaw. Kakashi looked wide eyed up at Obito, who stood over him, his eyes rather dark with rage. "You stupid, selfish jerk, Kakashi! Rin is our friend! We should go help her!" He snapped. "Let me tell you something, Kashi! Your father was not a fool in giving up a mission to save his friends! To protect your friends is more honor than we ever need!" He shouted angrily. "Your father, Sakumo was a hero! The village might not have seen it that way but he saved his best friends' lives when they needed them! Screw the mission, Kashi! We can complete it AFTER we save Rin!"

Kakashi just continued to stare up at Obito with wide eyes, astonished that he had not even sensed the attack coming. Nor the fact that Obito even dared to punch him. He was too stunned to move or say anything. And more to his astonishment, Obito's eyes were no longer black. But they were flickering with a little red in them but not yet changing.

With a frustrated groan, Obito threw his hands above his head. "Forget it, Kakashi! The only coward around here is you! Sure, anyone who chooses to not follow orders and do whatever you want are scum! But to leave your friends in the hands of danger when they need your help, that's lower than scum!" He shook his head as he whirled around. "I'm going to help Rin, with your help or without it! But I will not allow my comrades to die!" And he was running away from Kakashi as fast as he could to save Rin.