Chapter Eleven

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Before the sun even had a chance to rise Kakashi was already making his way to the training fields. To his displeasure the ground was muddy from the storm last night and he cringed as his shoes sunk into the brown slush soft squeaks being heard every time his foot made contact with the soil. Pushing back his discomfort he entered the drenched field, hands shoved in his pockets as he casually walked past the wooden training targets. He wouldn't be needing those, not today at least. Today, he was doing a different type of training.

As he continued strolling through the field he eventually found himself coming to a halt in front of a large boulder. The boulder brought back painful memories of the night that he had lost his beloved sensei, the night of the Nine-Tails attack. This boulder had fallen when the Nine-Tails had destroyed the cliffs surrounding the area. All that remained from the attack was this boulder, too heavy and big to be removed. Now, as he stood in front of the large mass of stone he closed his eye, taking a minute to mourn for his sensei.

Minato-sensei...

He shook his head- this was no time for remembering old memories, war was just around the corner and he could not let these thoughts be a burden to him. He needed to focus on protecting the village, protecting Rin.

When the Hokage had called him to his office yesterday it had been to discuss the matter of the approaching war. Iwagakure (Hidden Rock Village) had sent a group of nin over their aim being Konoha's never ending supply of weapons and scrolls. The ANBU had stopped the squad in time but the peace and trust between the two villages had already been broken. Very few nin knew about this security breech and the Hokage wished to keep it that way. Only the higher ranked ANBU and the council knew about this imminent war.

War. War was one of the few things that Kakashi hated, his blood boiled at the thought and mention of it. What good came out of it? Yes, there was always a winning side, a victorious moment when the winning side knew that they had won. But for what? What did they gain from winning? Land? Fortune? Nothing would replace the many lives lost, the many hearts broken. He could hear them, the cries of the soldiers who had laid their life down for the victory. Those warriors, hero's, all forgotten in a few years, names carved into stone with empty words and empty promises to never forget.

Obito...

He would never forget he promised. He would always remember Obito as a hero, his hero. Sure, they had never gotten along, they were like water and fire, black and white- but in the end they had finally come together, an understanding developing between the two polar opposites. Perhaps we weren't so different after all...

He was doing it again, he was remembering. He made a mental note to control his emotions better in the future.

Kakashi opened his eyes, his sharingan flaring to life as the world around him became clearer. He concentrated on his gifted eye, channeling his chakra into the sharingan. His vision distorted through the eye, his stance faltering slightly as the eye fed on his chakra. He grit his teeth together sending waves of concentrated chakra to the area once more. For a split second he closed his eye and when he opened it back up, the change was remarkable.

His already good vision had increased, even the slightest movements already foreseen. He had felt this feeling before, the shift in his eye, the sudden surge of power that surged through his veins. The last time he had felt this was when he had witnessed Obito's death.

He had no doubt about it, this was the Mangekyo Sharingan.

Kakashi gazed blankly at the boulder in front of him. He shifted into a defensive stance, willing his eye to do something, anything. When nothing happened he let out a huff of frustration, his Mangekyo was supposed to come with a new power, every Mangekyo Sharingan was yet nothing was happening. Perhaps he was doing it all wrong?-

There was suddenly a ripple in his vision, the world starting to spin slowly but surely. The boulder became distorted in his sight, the large chunk of stone starting to become deformed. Kakashi only faltered for a second before adjusting to the situation. After several moments of undisturbed concentration, the boulder disappeared entirely, the only remains being the little pieces of rubble that were scattered around the wet grass. For a moment the jonin smiled, his hands on his knees as he bent over, a bead of sweat running down his face. He was feeling pride, not for himself but for Obito. Obito who had died thinking that he was a loser,weak, a useless team member. Yet seeing the powers that his eye could do, he couldn't help but smile, his gaze flickering towards the sky. See Obito? You're not weak, not at all.

Before the teen could even process what was going on, he crumpled to the ground his eye suddenly throbbing. He closed his eye, teeth gritted together as the throbbing slowly began to turn into pounding, his skull feeling as if it were being bashed, his brain with it. He raised his hand to cover his eye feeling thick, hot blood beginning to drip from his closed lid. He let out a low hiss as the pain in his eye began to spread through his body like wildfire. Falling over on his side he brought both of his hands to cup his parasitic eye. Spasms of agony relentlessly flooded through his system like an endless tidal wave leaving him sprawled on the ground panting. He could feel his strength slowly diminishing leaving his body feeling as if it were on fire, his eye the source of the spread. He laid curled up in ball, his breaths heavy as he panted. As another spasm ran through him he let out a silent scream, his voice no where to be found as he clawed at his chest, his heart burning. He didn't dare try to open his sharingan eye already knowing that it was this was the side effect of the Mangekyo Sharingan, not to mention that because he was not an Uchiha the eye drained him of much more chakra than the average sharingan user.

His hands grasped at the grass, his eye slowly closing as the pain finally ebbed away leaving him numb. His body fell still as all feeling left him. Black dots swarmed his vision before he closed his eye, his consciousness slipping away into darkness.

Rin walked through the halls of the busy hospital her expression filled with relief and a hint of joy. She had just finished an operation, the out come a success. The day was coming to an end, her shift over for the day. She couldn't wait to go home and share the days successful events with Kakashi, the two always told each other about how their day was no matter how good or bad it was. Though Kakashi couldn't say much about his days work due to the rules stating that ANBU must not talk about their missions outside of work she still enjoyed hearing about his day with his squad.

She reached the end of the hallway before walking to the main desk. Picking up the pen that laid on the desk she began to fill her name out along with the time she was leaving. Feeling the gaze of the woman sitting behind the desk she gave her a friendly smile.

"Leaving so early, Rin-san?" The lady asked curiously knowing that Rin was usually one of the last ones to leave.

"Yeah, What about you, Shizune-san? Are you leaving anytime soon?" She asked the older woman politely.

"My shift is over in an hour," Shizune told her though she quickly changed the subject, her eyes filling with innocent curiosity, "Are you leaving early because you have plans with Hatake-san?"

Rin froze, her hand freezing in mid word, the pen slipping out of her motionless hand. She must have heard her wrong, yes that must be it. Yet she knew that Shizune had indeed asked her that, there was no doubt about it.

"Why would I have plans with Kakashi?" She tried to keep her cool as if the question hadn't phased her at all though she fiddled with the pen as she waited for an answer.

"Well aren't you and Hatake-san an item?" Shizune asked, tilting her head to the side, "You two live together don't you?"

"Me? Kakashi? T-There isn't anything going on!" Rin blurted out, her face red as she dropped the pen her hands going to cover her face. The pen hit the floor with a little clatter though Rin barely noticed. Her and Kakashi? An item? No, he didn't like her like that. " We're just close friends!"

Before Shizune could interrogate her further the entrance doors slid open. Noise erupted from outside and before she could even process what was going on several nurses ran in pushing a stretcher.

"CODE RED! CODE RED! We need all the help we can get! Bring the patient to operating room 203!" The lead nurse shouted pointing towards the far hall. A bead of sweat trailed down her face as she shouted orders, the nurses wheeling past Rin with stunning speed, too fast for her to see the patients face though slow enough to make out the droplets of blood which dripped down the stretcher bars.

"What's going on?" Rin asked one of the nurses who had stopped to take a break. The nurse was panting heavily, blood dripping off of her latex rubber gloves. Specks of blood were splattered across her white uniform. She let out another pant before replying.

"An ANBU was found unconscious on the training fields today by his team all drained of chakra. He's some how still alive but I've never seen anything like it, he didn't have any physical wounds besides bleeding from his eye. He's only a corner away from death, if his team hadn't found him he would most likely already be dead. He's in a critical condition right now, he's barely breathing."

The doors slid open once more revealing a familiar teen rushing through the doors. At the sight of the sweaty teenager Rin excused herself before walking up to the boy who looked around frantically, eyes relaxing slightly as they met hers.

"Tenzo? What brings you here?" She asked, curiosity laced in her voice. She smiled at him, she'd always liked the younger boy, he was a good friend of Kakashi's after all. The silver haired jonin always talked about him, praising him for his kindness and skill. She searched him from head to toe for injuries, confused when she found none.

"Rin-san, where is he?! Where is he?!" Tenzo asked, ignoring her question as he frantically looked around. Startled by his sudden outburst the kunoichi took a step to the side letting the teen get a full view of the busy room. The wood wielding boy let out a huff, crossing his arms and making it apparent that he did not find who he was looking for.

"Who-?" She froze in mid sentence as a new possibility ran through her mind. No, it couldn't be...The last time she had seen him was this morning when he had went out to train-. To train. No, it had to be a coincidence, there were plenty of other ANBU who went to train early in the morning. Though she tried to think positive her hands were already starting to shake as she gripped Tenzo's shoulders giving him a gentle but urgent shake, "Who are you looking for Tenzo?"

"Kakashi-senpai, I'm looking for Kakashi-senpai."

Rin let out a choked gasp, letting go of the boys shoulders as she stumbled backwards in disbelief. No, no no! He wasn't, he couldn't be...Rin had to take a minute to calm down using the wall as support as she processed this. Even then she let out quick breaths, her hands running through her hair, tugging at the ends as she repeated the nurses words in her head.

An ANBU was found unconscious on the training fields today by his team all drained of chakra. He's some how still alive but I've never seen anything like it, he didn't have any physical wounds besides bleeding from his eye. He's only a corner away from death, if his team hadn't found him he would most likely already be dead. He's in a critical condition right now, he's barely breathing.

He's only a corner away from death. Barely breathing.

A corner away from death.

From death.

Death.

Rin slumped against the wall, slipping down onto the floor. She brought her knees to her chest, wrapping her arms around herself as if she were literally trying to hold herself together. She could barely breath, her heart racing, mind spinning. Her eyes were already watering and before long she could feel a single tear trail down her cheek. Not him- he couldn't be- it was impossible. She mumbled to herself, repeated the words, 'not him-he couldn't be- impossible'.

"...Rin-san?" Tenzo's voice was what brought her back to reality, his concerned figure towering over her as he held out a hand for her to grab. She stared at it for a few moments, her vision becoming un focused as the image of the dying teen being wheeled into the emergency room filled her mind. She gripped both sides of her head, shaking it before taking a deep breath. After a good minute she took his still outstretched hand gratefully, finally finding the will to stand up though her breaths still came out heavily and her heart still feeling as if it were being squeezed to death. She took a deep breath to steady herself.

He would not die. She wouldn't let him.

Finding a new surge of strength she walked past Tenzo, determination firing up inside of her as she marched up to Shizune. She watched as the brunette watched her with pitiful eyes that made the kunoichi's resolve burn brighter. She was looking at her as if Kakashi was already dead, like they had just wheeled his corpse into the ER. Anger flared up inside of her at that look, her eyes burning with determination.

"Rin-san are you Ok-?" Shizune asked softly as she looked down at the information written about the new patient, already knowing who the ANBU being rushed into the Emergency room was.

"Show me the patient in 203's status, information, everything." Rin demanded holding out a hand. Shizune let out a sound of surprise at her uncharacteristic bluntness but wordlessly passed her clipboard to the kunoichi who quickly began scanning the page for the details.

Abnormal heart rate, chakra drained, low blood pressure...The list was almost endless. The kunoichi bit her lip, flinching at every word. Under these conditions it was a miracle that Kakashi was even breathing.

"We're not sure how the patient could loose so much chakra and not notice. Even with his sharingan there is no way that he wouldn't start feeling the effects long before going into this state." Shizune started though Rin was barely listening. It didn't matter to her at the moment, she didn't need to know right now.

"He's stubborn, he must've over trained" She replied quickly. The sharingan took an immense amount of chakra, not to mention that Kakashi was a non Uchiha, the eye was never an original part of him, therefore the eye fed on his chakra like a parasite. Though the eye was a gift, it was also a curse," We'll just have to ask him when he wakes up."

"Rin-san..." Shizune watched the girl with sad eyes. Seeing the resolve in the girls eyes, the hope was all too much for the raven haired woman to handle.

"I'll operate on the patient in 203. Send as many medics as you can, we'll need as much chakra as possible," She ordered, already starting to walk down the hall. Without hearing the older woman's reply the teen walked into the operating room, the sound of the heart monitors overly quick beating and orders being shouted greeting her. As she opened the door the medics went silent, eyeing the teary eyed kunoichi.

"Rin-san, what are you-"

"Status?"

"His eye is the problem at the moment, it's taking in all the chakra we're giving him. If he doesn't get enough chakra back, we'll never get his heart rate back to a steady pace, let alone his blood pressure!" One nurse replied, nodding towards the nin crowded around his body. Rin nodded in response before pushing past the many people and towards the jonin's body.

"Forget sending chakra to his body-send it directly to his eye!" She suggested, "If chakra is what the eye needs then we'll give it more than enough."

Looking at Kakashi's unmoving form pained Rin, her heart clenching as she saw his face which differed from when he slept. His expression was tense, pained. She couldn't bare to look at her friends pained expression so instead she kneaded her chakra into her palm, watching as faint light came to life in her hands. She carefully pressed against his bleeding eye, making sure not to add too much pressure.

"His hearts giving way!" A panicked nin yelled. Sure enough the heart monitor had gone quiet for a few moments at a time, his heart rate becoming scarcely slow. Letting the others take over her position she moved her hands onto his chest. She placed the heel of her hand in the middle of his chest, putting her other hand on top of it and interlacing her fingers. She began pumping, starting chest compressions as she desperately tried to keep his heart going.

"Don't die on me Kakashi!" She begged, pumping harder as the heart monitor began beeping less often. She continued the chest compressions, her own heart racing as she pounded against his chest. She abandoned her post, moving her way towards his head. She placed her fingers on his nose, pinching it before bringing her lips to his. She could see that another medic had taken her place, pumping at his chest while she attempted to revive him in the only way she could think of.

She blew in air, watching as the new puff of air entered his lungs and his chest rose for a second before falling. She continued, the whole medic team busy around her as they scrambled around to send more chakra flowing through his body. She hadn't realized it before but drops of tears were spilling over, making their way down her face and onto his. She let out a sob, finally drawing away. She let out a pant, leaning over his form. She closed her eyes feeling her tears trailing down her face, dripping off her chin.

"KAKASHI!"

AUTHORS NOTE:

I hope you enjoyed this chapter! To clarify some things

1. The reason why Kakashi felt the effects of the Mangekyo was because in this story, it was his first time using it. For those who read the manga or watch the anime you'd know that the first time we saw Kakashi use Kamui, he had to be hospitalized for a week. I'm assuming that that was not his first time using it, so I imagine that the effects were even more dramatic when he first uses it, not to mention that in this fanfic he's currently a teen therefore he has a lot less stamina/chakra.

Anyway I hope you guys enjoyed! More chapters on their way!:)

UPDATE: I noticed I got literally no comments on this chapter. With almost little to no motivation, I've decided not to update until I get a few comments.