A/N: Thank you, everyone, for your reviews ! Now for the tear jerker chapter. This will get the water works going, believe me. Also, there is a gory moment warning somewhere down there V just so that your warned now.
Shattered Reflection-Chapter 12
Rin was in a state of tears as she was roughly shoved against a bolder and tied to it. She had tried to fight against the Rock nin who had taken her prisoner but she was roughly beaten for it. A few times, she tried to use a substitution jutsu to escape but the Rock nin did not fall for her trick at all. They would catch her before she could take off running and beat her a little more.
By the time they decided to put up a base in a cavern, she was nearly beaten tired. She had bruises all over her and her lip was bleeding heavily from getting punched in the mouth a few times. There was no doubt that the Rock nin who had taken her hostage were Jounin. They were a lot stronger and faster than she was. And she was just a simple Chuunin. She was way out of her league with this one. She just hoped that Obito and Kakashi was okay and they hadn't gotten crushed by the rock slide. Her heart nearly stopped at that thought. She was praying that they made it okay and that they fulfilled the mission to save the Fire Country.
"So, what are we going to do with this little brat?" One of the Rock nin said after finishing up tieing her bonds.
The other Rock nin shook his head with a grin and sank down on a rock close by. "We wait for the word. If the Leaf Shinobi don't surrender, we'll kill her. The boss is pretty sure that their Golden Flash ninja would do anything to protect his student. Especially this one." He looked at Rin with a wicked smile. "He seemed pretty close with that one."
Rin gave him a bitter and hateful look but didn't say anything as tears were rolling down her cheeks. 'Minato-sensai is going to kill you when he finds out what you've done.' She thought bitterly. She couldn't wait till he would show up and save her. She hoped that Obito and Kakashi would be with them after they completed their mission. If they were alive and well, that is. She almost burst into tears at that very thought. 'Oh, Kashi, Obito. Please be all right.' She begged in her own mind.
Back at the rockslide, Kakashi was still sitting there, staring off in the direction where Obito had gone. He was still a little surprised by what Obito had told him. He was trying to decide what he should do. He knew that they had to complete the mission but Obito's words were biting his conscious pretty hard. He couldn't stop thinking about Rin now, and of how big of a danger she was in. He knew that if they didn't go help her, she would probably die.
"Oh." Kakashi sighed as he placed his head into his hands. "I really have messed up."
He sat there for a while longer, trying really hard to decide what to do. Would he go finish the mission and destroy the bridge or go help Obito rescue Rin? He knew that there was probably going to be two different consequences. One, he would fail the mission and two, he would lose a friend who cared deeply for him. Which would be the worst of the worst? Failed mission and possibly shame on his shoulders like his father had or lose a friend?
Then he decided, stern faced as he stood up and began making his way down the path to his decision.
Obito was almost to the cave where they were keeping Rin. He was still very angry at Kakashi for what had happened earlier. It was no doubt that the silver haired Jounin had gone to the bridge to finish the mission. He saw him as a selfish person, Obito did. He was also very disappointed. He knew that it was dangerous to be doing this by himself. But it was a risk he had to make. Rin was his best friend and he loved her so much. He could not let her just sit around and die just because of the mission.
As he was walking, he remembered every time they spent time together. He remembered how he had defended her from Yakitate and his bullies of friends. He scowled at every name that Yakitate hung out with. Of course, not long before one of them tried to flirt his way into Rin's heart. That was how Genma used to be. He had been one of the jerks that picked on her and taunted her. But then turn around and started flirting with every female, even Rin when puberty hit him. Obito remembered the time he had nearly knocked Genma's teeth out of his head because of a sick and rude remark he made about Rin once.
Then there was Gai Maito, who considered himself as Kakashi's long time rival, bigger than the rivalship Obito had with Kakashi. That one was actually a little nice to Rin. Though Obito knew that he was doing it to get at Kakashi, thinking that the silver haired nin actually liked Rin. He was only trying to get with Rin to spite Kakashi, which failed miserably. Rin always admitted to Obito that Gai creeped her out with his fuzzy worm like eyebrows. It creeped her out even more when Gai tried wiggling his eyebrows at her and asking for a kiss. She had punched him for that, knocking him stone cold out.
And now, she was in danger.
"Don't worry, Rin." Obito hissed between his teeth as he climbed the pathway, his fists tightly clenched. "I'm coming for you."
But to his knowledge, he was being watched by one of the Rock nin.
His name was Taiseki and he was a rather stealthy ninja of his kind. He was the best when it came to stealth and spying on enemies. And was definitely one of the best scouts there was in the Rock nin army. He was rather deadly when it came to silent killing.
He had been watching the path, leaving his partner, Kakka with the girl to guard while he would keep watch. But as he sat on a high ledge, hidden very well, he saw movement on the path below saw that it was just one of the boys from earlier. He sneered seeing this boy. He remembered that Obito had frozen up earlier against one of his comrades, Mahiru, who had perished against Namikaze Minato the night before. So it was no doubt that this boy would be too easy to kill.
"Hmm. We only need one hostage for the Namikaze man." Taiseki whispered under his breath before he made quick signs with his hands. Immediately, his invisibility jutsu kicked in and he vanished.
Obito was starting to get very uneasy as he walked up the path. The hair on the back of his neck was standing up and that was usually a bad sign. He kept walking though, thinking of Rin instead of what could be happening. He hoped that he was not too late. And if he would have been paying attention, he would have noticed an extra shadow behind him. And that shadow looked like he was holding up a kunai to stab into Obito's own shadow.
Suddenly there was a silver-white flash and a loud "oof!" as the shadow's owner was knocked across the way after being bowled into.
Obito jumped after hearing the collision and spun around, his own hand grabbing his kunai and started to swing. But his comrade caught his wrist, stopping him from slashing him. "Seriously, Obito. Do you always attack someone who just saved your life?" Kakashi asked with amusement.
"Kakashi?! What are you doing here?!" Obito gasped as he dropped his hand and kunai. "But I thought...!"
Kakashi shook his head as he turned and looked at the Rock nin he just attacked to save Obito's life. The invisible jutsu had quickly worn off due to the distraction but the enemy nin was already climbing to his feet, glaring at the young ninja who stopped him from claiming the other boy's life. He had not been expecting the other boy to show up so quick.
"Please, Obito." Kakashi said smuggly. "Like you can rescue Rin by yourself anyway. You can't handle the situation by yourself." He remarked. Obito glared at him for a second before his face softened and he nodded. He was actually happy to see Kakashi. It was telling him that he was putting the mission aside to save a friend.
So he with another nod, they both turned to face the Rock nin, who stood up slowly and in a very dangerous way. "So, two little leaves traveling to save another leaf." Taiseki said dryly. "How cute. Now I can kill you both." He said pausing to look up at the sky.
Both Kakashi and Obito took a quick look above them and froze in horror. A large cloud was rolling over the sun, darkening the area a little. Even though Obito wasn't sure of what happened before, Kakashi knew that they were in trouble. Especially when they looked back at the enemy nin and saw him vanish in thin air after making a strange sign with his hands. "Oh great!" Kakashi said as he immediately tensed up, his kunai tightly in his hand. He was looking around for the enemy nin's shadow but beceause of the cloud over the sun, it was hard to see. "Obito! He's using an invisibility jutsu! It's going to be hard to see him without seeig his shadow! Keep an eye out for his shadow!" He warned his comrade. Obito just nodded as he held his kunai ready in his hand. He was terrified after seeing an enemy vanish but he had to keep an eye out for him.
"Hmm." came a dark and dangerous chuckle. It sounded like the enemy was circling them. "Two little boys, looking for their lost little girl. This should be fun."
Kakashi gritted his teeth as he tried to locate the enemy nin by his ears. The cloud was not helping their cause at all. It was still blocking out the sunlight and there was no sign of the shadow. That is until the cloud thinned a little. To his utter shock, the enemy nin's shadow was directly in front of him and Obito and the kunai he was holding was aimed for the black haired Shinobi.
"Obito!" Kakashi shouted before quickly shouldering his younger comrade out of the way.
Blood went flying everywhere the very minute the kunai connected with Kakashi's face. It cut in deeply, slicing his left eye in half as well as his eyelid. The attack sent Kakashi staggering back, crying out in pain while Obito went crashing to the ground. He tripped on his own feet and went falling onto his back, knocking the air out of his lungs. Obito quickly sat up and looked around wildly before freezing seeing the state Kakashi was in. Blood covered his entire left side of his face and he was clutching at his eye, gasping in pain.
The invisible Rock nin, Taiseki was alarmed of what just happened but his surprised frown curled into a wicked grin as he saw the silver-white haired boy rolling around on the ground, clutching his eye. "Jackpot."
"Kakashi!" Obito found himself shouting in fear. He felt tears filling the brims of his eyes as he watched him. Kakashi had been hurt badly, once again for saving him. Obito felt fear, guilt, anger and pain clashing together as one deep inside him. He had had enough of Kakashi saving his life. This was just too much. Once again, his young comrade had been injured saving his life. And it hurt badly.
"Why is this always happening to me?!" Obito snapped to himself, catching Taiseki's attention. "I'm always acting weak and someone is always having to save me from harm! I can't stand it!" He snapped at himself. "I am a Uchiha! I should be able to defend myself and the people I love without any fear!" He got to his knees and clutched his head. "I am suppose to ascend to the next level, getting my Sharingan without having to have so much trouble! Rin is in danger! Kakashi has saved me enough! It's my turn to save them!" He gripped his hair and tried so hard to focus on his eyes. "Come on, you stupid Uchiha trait! Activate! Sharingan Eye activate!" He snapped and opened his eyes sharply.
And they immediately changed colors; to blood red and a black swirl slowly revolving around the black pupil. He had done it. He had activated his Sharingan eyes. This time, he could see the invisible Rock nin standing above Kakashi, getting ready to make a killing blow with his kunai.
"Oh no you don't!" Obito yelled at the top of his lungs and charged at him with his own kunai in hand.
Taiseki jerked around when he heard the boy shouting at him and was even more alarmed to see him charging at him. He couldn't believe it at all. The boy could see through his jutsu. But how?! And a second later, when Obito thrusted his kunai into his chest, he knew how. He saw the famous Sharingan eyes glaring into his black ones.He knew of its origins. He had heard of the Uchiha clan, of their special trait. But it was too late for him. The kunai in the boy's hand had pierced his heart. He was dead as he hit the ground.
Obito stood over Taiseki, gasping in pain and anger as he glared down at him. His shoulders were rising and falling quickly as he sobbed. He didn't even see Kakashi push aside his own pain and decide that Obito needed him right now. With his hand over his ruined left eye, he tried to climb to his feet, even if it was unsteadily.
"...I...I ki-killed...I killed him." Obito sobbed, his kunai slipping from his bloodied hands and falling blade first into the ground. He flinched a little when Kakashi placed his hand onto his shoulder. "Kakashi, I...!"
Kakashi nodded slowly as he made Obito turn around, his other eye looking down at the dead ninja. "I know." He said, his voice full of pain. He sighed unsteadily. "We're ninja. Sometimes we have to do things like this. Anything to defend our friends and loved ones." He told him before groaning in pain. His face was hurting really bad because of the slash in his eye. Obito turned when he heard the pain in Kakashi's tone and noticed how much pain he was in. With a deep breath, he turned towards his friend. "Kakashi, are you okay? How bad is it?"
(Warning: Gory Moment!!!)
"It's bad. I can tell by how much blood is coming out of it." Kakashi moaned as he bent over and let a little blood fall from his fingers. "Damnit! This is so not good!" He reached into his hip pouch and pulled out a large roll of bandages. He paused when Obito grabbed his shoulder. He looked at Obito with his one good eye.
Obito made a face but nodded. "Let me see how bad it is, Kakashi. Maybe it's not bad." He said trying to sound brave.
Kakashi made his own face and shook his head, trying to step back. "I don't know..."
"Just let me see it, Kashi." Obito said just as dryly. "Don't be such a punk right now!"
Kakashi winced but slowly nodded. He lowered his bloody hand from his face and let Obito take a look. He felt the pain in his left eye but to see the look on Obito's face, that was worst.
Kakashi's left side of his face was covered in blood so it was hard to see. The left eye was horribly mangled and slashed in two. Obito could see the muscle in the socket pulsing a little and more blood was seeping out but it looked like the blood flow was slowing down, as if his chakra was gathering behind the eye to stop the blood from spilling. It was a natural body instinct.
"That bad, huh?" Kakashi asked in a low voice.
Obito swallowed back a large lump in his throat before snatching the bandages and forcing Kakashi to sit down. "Well, look on the bright side, you'll look really cool with an eyepatch." He tried to be enthusiastic but it failed miserably. "I'm...so-sorry, Kakashi. It's...it's my fault." He muttered now trying to wrap the bandages over the eye and around his head.
Kakashi sighed, letting him but shook his head. "When we find Rin, maybe she can restore it. But right now, we have to hurry and make sure she's okay."
"..." Obito hummed lowly before nodding. "I just hope she's all right." He said sadly. Kakashi nodded as he let Obito finish helping him and when they were done, they quickly made their way up the path.
Far away from there, Minato was finishing up helping his fellow ANBU kill any enemy nin that had attacked them. It had been a nasty battle but they had killed more than a hundred enemies. But there was something bothering Minato terribly. A pain in his heart. Something was wrong. He knew it.
"Master Minato-sama," A lower ranked Shinobi said approaching him. "Thank you so much for your help. It means a lot to us. If it weren't for you..."
Minato quickly held up a hand, his eyes narrowing in the direction he had come from before. He knew something was wrong. He could feel it in his gut. There was something wrong with his students. He knew that they needed him. He suppose it would be the bond he was sharing with the three students who had made a huge impact on his life.
During the years of knowing all three of those young ninja, he had deeply cared for them. He had seen them grow greatly throughout the years. Sure, it was Kakashi who was the most skilled one of the three, but it was Obito, he knew, that had the most promise. At least that's what he thought. It was the Sharingan trait, he believed, that would make Obito into a powerful ninja.
But then again, it was Kakashi who the smartest and most skilled of the group. Since the age of six, he had shown great skills of the ninja ways. That was why Minato had taken him on as a student. He had always been teaching Kakashi. No one else could. The boy was too strong, too full of chakra and too smart for the other teachers. So Minato was the only one who could help Kakasi become a very powerful ninja. And he truly was. His only flaw was his sense of arrogance. Kakashi always believed that everyone else was just holding him back and he had not been happy when Minato announced to him that he was going to take Obito Uchiha and Rin Hayashi as his other two students.
"But why waste time on them, Master Minato-sensai?" Kakashi had asked once right after he was told about Minato's decision. Minato just shook his head as he looked gently at his young student. "Kakashi, I have my reasons. They are the benefits for you. You need friends. You have no friends because you are too advanced and you're so quiet." He smiled. "Rin likes you. She seems to respect you and Obito would probably be a good sparring buddy for you. He's really good with ninjutsu, believe it or not."
Kakashi just folded his arms, moodily. "Whatever."
After that, he hardly complained again. And he stopped complaining all together when he helped Minato find Rin after she had been thrown out of her home. Kakashi had pitied Rin, even though he wouldn't admit it out loud.
"Master?" The Shinobi asked again, trying to get Minato's attention. And finally Minato blinked out of his thoughts and looked at him. "Master Minato-sama, are you all right? Is there something wrong?"
Minato nodded slowly as he turned away again. "Yes. Something is wrong. I know it. My students needs me. I trust that you and the others can handle your mission on your own." He told him. The Shinobi only nodded before he watched "Konoha's Yellow Flash" actually become a yellow flash as he ran away as fast as he could. 'I'm coming, kids.' Minato thought, worriedly. 'Just hold on tight.'
Rin jerked awake when she heard the Rock nin, Kakko, start swearing as he paced at the mouth of the cavern. She could see the frustrated look on his face as he gazed outside. She knew that something was not going along their plan. It almost made her smile to think that their plan was falling apart. She hoped that it was something big.
"Where in the hell is Taiseki?!" Kakka growled as he kicked at rocks. "He should have been back a while ago."
Rin decided to be agitating. She forced a harsh laugh from her bloodied lips as she glared at him. "He's probably dead. My friends will come for me. You will die just like Taiseki did." She told him. Kakka shot her an icy look but looked back out into the darkening sky. "My master, Namikaze Minato-sensai is coming for you, Kakka."
"Shut up!" snapped Kakka as he turned sharply around and glared at her.
Rin just shook her head as she rested her head against the stone behind her. "Nope. I don't think I will. I can see the sweat rolling down her face, the fear in your eyes. You know it's going to happen. You. Are. Going. To. Die. And there's nothing you can do it." She said calmly.
Slap!
Kakka slapped Rin hard across the face after phasing towards her, his hand striking her flesh hard. He knew that was going to leave a mark. "Shut up, you little gaki! You know, I'll think I'll kill you now!" He pulled out his kunai and pressed it against her throat. "I'll kill you slowly and painfully."
There were tears in Rin's eyes, mostly from pain but she was doing her best to show no fear. She was not going to show this enemy that she was afraid of him. She was going to die like a brave Shinobi.
"Get your filthy hands off of her!"
Kakka's eyes widened and he spun away from Rin, looking to see the two young Shinobi standing in the mouth of the cavern. One of them was covered in blood, due to the bandages around his forehead but his dark eye was full of rage and hatred. The other may have had a little blood on him, but it was his blood red eyes that scared him.
Rin felt happiness swell up inside of her when she saw her friends. She couldn't believe it! They had actually came for her! They had came to save her! "Kakashi! Obito!" She cheered, which ended quickly when she noticed the blood on Kakashi's face. "Kakashi...?"
Kakashi didn't look at her at all but glared at Kakka, his eye darker than ever. He had caught a glimpse of all the bruises on Rin and saw her blood spilling over her lips but he knew she was okay. She looked all right other than being beaten a little. Instead, he glared at Kakka. He knew that they needed to take care of him first before worrying about Rin. "You touch Rin again, and I swear, we will kill you." He warned in a very dark voice. Obito nodded, his teeth clenched and his eyes blazing with the Sharingan. "Yeah! Leave her alone and mess with us instead!"
Kakka sneered as he slowly moved away from Rin to face them. He knew that something bad had happened to Taiseki, otherwise these two wouldn't be there. "So, if you are here, Taiseki is dead." He shrugged as if it was no big deal. "All well. More fun for me. So, you want your little friend, you'll have to get past me." He moved into a crouch, like a tiger getting ready to pounce.
Both, Kakashi and Obito lowered their heads and gritted their teeth but they both stepped forward, staying side by side. "We work together, Obito. Let's show her what happens when you mess with Team 7 of Konoha." The silver-white haired Shinobi said. Obito nodded before they tensed.
A second later, they pounced!
The fight they broke into was a severe one. Both young Shinobi attacked Kakka viciously, helping each other and working as a team against him. They avoided his jutus, pounding him with their taijutsu and nearly beaten him to death. One eyed or not, Kakashi showed the Rock nin that he was a Jounin and he was one that he and his partner should have never messed with. But as they fought with Kakka, the cavern walls were started to rumble every time they slammed each other into the rocky texture. Dirt and loose rocks started to fall from above. Rin didn't notice though for her eyes were watching the fight, wider than ever. She had never seen her friends move so fast and attack so viciously.
Moments later, Kakka was on the ground, trembling from pain. He was nearly bruised and broken after two young boys just beat the living daylights out of him.
"Rin," Kakashi said as he moved over to Rin while Obito took the liberty to give Kakka a few extra kicks, even if he was already down. "Are you all right?"
Rin felt tears spilling over the brims of her eyes but she nodded. She tried to give him a weak smile and not stare at the dried blood on his left side of his face and on his Shinobi shirt. "I...I'm...I'm fine. Are...you okay?" She asked, nodding to him.
Kakashi sighed as he began working on untying her from the boulder before deciding to just use his kunai to cut her free. "I'll be fine." he lied, though he was sure she could see through him anyway. He just kept on working on the rope. "It was Taiseki. He got me pretty good but I think I'll live." he tried to reassure Rin. Obito nodded as he moved closer, grinning at Rin. "He'll be really cool looking with an eyepatch though! Just you wait, Rin! I don't think anyone would want to mess with him because of his great battle wound and it'll make him look really tough and all." He told her grinning.
Rin tried to smile but knew she could't because of Kakashi. She knew that it must be a pain to lose his eye like that. She knew for a fact that it was going to be a little difficult without it. But she knew he would make it. This was Kakashi Hatake. He was tough enough to survive this.
Suddenly the cave began to rumble loudly, making all three look up at the ceiling with wide eyes. The cave was beginning to collapse. Rocks were falling from above and dirt was falling heavily.
"Wha-what's going on?!" Rin gasped as she began to panic. Kakashi quickly began yanking the ropes off of her and helped her get untangled. "The cave's collapsing! We have got to get out of here!" He shouted above the loud rumbles.
Obito blinked when he heard someone shout and he turned to see Kakka making a symbol with his hands before slamming his fist into the cavern wall, causing a huge crack to appear in the rocks. He quickly followed the rocks as they began to shatter above them and realized that the cavern roof was going to fall right on top of Kakashi and Rin. "No!" He shouted before running towards them. "Kakashi, Rin!"
Both Kakashi and Rin jerked around before hearing the loud snaps above them. They looked up to see huge boulders falling towards them before Obito collided with their bodies, throwing them out of the way just as he was engulfed under the boulders. Kakashi and Rin hit the ground hard with only a few rocks landing on them, knocking them unconscious.
It was only moments later when they both came to. They hadn't been out too long. And luckily the cave hadn't collapsed all the way. They could still see the mouth of the cave and there was light shining inside it. But that wasn't just it. That wasn't what had made Rin scream, almost causing another landslide or Kakashi swear loudly as he shoved smaller rocks off of him and Rin.
It was the large pile of rocks and boulders that was on top of Obito.
Obito was buried by a huge boulder that had completely covered his lower body while his right side was crushed by a ton of rocks, big and small. There was blood all over, caking his body along with dirt. He was in a terrible state.
"No, Obito!" Rin cried as she rushed over to her friend, Kakashi right behind her. They both dropped down by Obito and tried pulling the rocks off of him. They both had tears rolling down their faces as they were fighting to free Obito. It was sad enough that he didn't seem to even be alive. "Obito! Oh, Obito!" Rin sobbed harder as she pulled rocks off of him. "Please, Obito! Don't be dead! Please!"
Kakashi was breathing harshly under his mask as he was fighting the rocks off of his friend. The tears were blinding his vision and with the dirt mixing in them, it was making it very hard. He kept rubbing his eyes, getting dirt in them but decided to just let the tears come to wash the dirt out. "Obito! Don't you dare die on us! I will forever hate you!" He snapped weakly.
And then Obito coughed weakly, blood flecking his lips.
Both Kakashi and Rin stopped when they heard him before sinking down to their knees. "Oh, Obito! Please..." Rin cried as she touched his face and tried to heal him. But Obito used the only free arm he had to weakly push her hands away. "D-don't, Rin, waste your chakra on me." He said very weakly. "I...I'm...dying. I know...that...for a fact." He coughed up more blood. His left eye was the only one open, seeing that the right one, along with his face had been crushed by the rocks and boulders. "Ka-Kashi..."
Kakashi took a deep breath but moved closer to him so that he could hear over Rin's sobbing. She had broken down into her hands. They knew that Obito was dying. They could see that he had lost a lot of blood. "Kak-Kakashi, p-please, watch out f-for Rin..." Obito stammared weakly, his voice so low that it was almos hard to hear. "Please, protect her no matter what." He begged.
"...Ob-Obito..." Kakashi gasped under his mask as he grabbed Obito's free hand and held it. "I...I can't do tha-that. She needs you..."
Obito would have shook his head if he had enough strength. "Kakashi..." He sighed and then winced in pain. "Please...promise me that...that you'll protect her." He begged. "Pr-promise me."
Kakashi lowered his head, the tears coming freely now but he slowly nodded. "I...I promise, Obito." He told him weakly. Obito faintly smiled, which caused a little more blood to spill over his lips. His one good Sharingan eye looked at Rin's shaking form. "Rin..." Rin looked at him from over her soaked hands, tears still spilling down her dirty cheeks. She didn't want to look at him, didn't want to hear him. But he was her best friend.
"...Rin..." Obito said weakly, releasing Kakashi's hand and reaching for hers. He paused to look at Kakashi as the silver-white haired Shinobi moved back to let them have room. "...Rin...d-do me a fa-favor, will ya?" He asked, and paused till she nodded weakly. He took her hand and pulled her so close to him that her face was inches away from his. "...My...my eye, my Sharingan...g-give it to Kakashi...it's a late gift for him..." Obito whispered.
Rin's eyes widened at the request as she stared into his only good eye. "What?" She whispered.
"Rin...please...take my eye and give it...give it to Kakashi. Promise me." Obito told her as he looked at her pleadingly. "It...it will help him become a great ninja and he can protect you with it."
Rin stared at him for a long time before she slowly nodded, looking so pained. She was hurting and badly. Her best friend was fading away. She could see it in Obito's eye. "I...I promise, Obito." She paused when she heard Kakashi groan and looked to see that he was laying down, probably too tired from the day's events and losing too much blood. It was a second later before he was out cold.
"D-Do it now, Rin. Please...you have to perform...the surgery now.." Obito said weakly. "Right after...I'm gone..."
Rin began to sob again as she lowered her head. "I...I can't do it..." She whispered. "I...please don't die, Obito. I need you..." She told him, tearfully. Obito shook his head as he pulled her closer. "Rin...I...I love you." And then he kissed her. Rin was surprised at first but then she returned the kiss, until he was not moving again. She felt his last breath on her lips before he faded away. He was completely gone.
Moments later, she used Obito's family kunai to operate on Obito and Kakashi, cutting out both of their left eyes and then replaced the still bright red Sharingan into Kakashi's left eye socket. She was sobbing the entire time, tears spilling down her cheeks as she operated. She knew it was causing Kakashi pain by every grimace he made in his sleep. But she knew it had to be done. She promised Obito that she would make sure that he had the Sharingan.
As soon as the eye was set, Rin began the healing process. She took a deep breath and concentrated hard on making sure that everything was healing correctly. She closed her eyes and pushed all of her chakra into Kakashi's new eye, fixing the visionary tubes and healing every muscle that was damaged. She was using all of the chakra she had to do it. And it was weakening her terribly.
An hour later, the Sharingan was slowly swirling in Kakashi's eye socket and they were both crying as they made their goodbyes.
Kakash stumbled away from the cavern, covered in blood and dirt as he made his way out. He had just finished killing Kakka, finished using his new Sharingan Eye on him and now finished saying his goodbyes. Rin was gone. Obito was dead. He was all alone.
"Kakashi!"
The silver-white haired Shinobi turned his head, staggering to the ground when he saw a breathless Minato appear right before him. The shocked look on Minato's face was a painful sight. He had never wanted to see his sensai look like that. And he knew it was just about to get worst. When he told Minato that both Obito and Rin was dead. He made a promise that he would kill the memory of Rin in the village, just until she was ready to come back.
"Kakashi!" Minato gasped as he rushed over and threw his arms around his weakened student. "Oh my god! What happened? Where is Rin and Obito?!" He looked frantically around for them. But stopped when he saw the pained look on his young student's face. That look was the most haunting look he had ever seen and he knew it.
"...They're gone, sensai." Kakashi spoke sadly, almost painfully. He nearly choked as tears spilled down his eyes, both old and new. "They were killed by the enemy. I'm the only one left. And he then showed his new eye to Minato, who looked at it with pain. That look on his sensai's face, that was the most painful thing he had ever seen besides the death of Obito.
Minato slowly turned his eyes onto the ground, the words almost echoing in his head. His students, Rin and Obito were dead. He felt as if his heart had just been ripped out of his chest. Tears blinded the golden haired Shinobi's eyes as he continued to let the words hit him. "Rin...Obito...dead." He whispered. He then fell onto his side, covering his face with a hand.
And for once in his life, he cried in front of someone.
He could not stop the images of his two younger students. The memories of them were flashing before him. Rin's gentle smile when he first met her. How happy she had looked when her father had finally caved in to let her be a Shinobi. The cheezy grin on Obito's face every time he did something stupid but hilarious. It was more than he could ever bear. He had loved his students, especially Rin. He had saw her as a younger sister to try and protect from the harshness of the world. And now, she was gone. How in the world was he going to tell her parents? And even worst, how in the world was he going to tell the Uchiha clan that Obito Uchiha was dead?
Not far from them, Rin was hiding in the trees, looking down at her sensai and best friend in pain. She knew that it was causing them a lot of pain to see her gone. But she had to do this. She could not go home and let everyone look at her like they used to. She could not see the looks her parents would give her. It hurt terribly, but it had to be done.
"Goodbye...Kakashi...goodbye, Minato-sensai. I love you both...and someday, we'll see each other again." She promised.
Her promise to Minato was an empty promise though. She would never see him again. The last thing she saw of him was the pained look and the tears on his face. Because a year later, he sacrificed his life to save Konoha Village from Kyuubi. He was killed sealing the evil demon fox in a newborn baby boy, who was once his own son.