Kakashi pushed himself up trying to ignore the pain that flooded him,
"You shouldn't move too soon"
He turned to see his former teammate looking at him softly. She held a clipboard tight to her chest but his eyes only saw the bandage wrapped around her arm and the guilt made him look away,
"I have to wish them luck"
He said quietly and pushed himself up again only to grunt,
"Forget it, the first exam has already started."
Kakashi glared at the man that strolled in casually,
"Who's the proctor?"
There was silence,
"Obito!"
The dark haired hokage leaned against the wall,
"Ibiki Morino"
"The interrogator!?"
A hard glare silenced Kakashi; Obito sighed. Before they used to laugh and play when they got together but lately the times they were united were because of dire circumstances, circumstances such as….
Naruto.
It was a large elephant if any that paraded and danced in a stripper outfit but no one wanted to call it out.
"What do we do?"
Obito closed his eyes trying to ignore the pain and sorrow in the woman's voice. Things shouldn't have happened this way… They should be playing and laughing betting what teams would pass or fail.
Not preparing a funeral,
"Who's going to tell him?"
He watched Rin's knuckles turn white from the pressure she was holding the clipboard.
"I need to go"
Kakashi struggled to get out of bed and that angered Obito even more,
"Why to see your PRECIOUS student?"
"Obito…"
He knew he said it rather cruelly but he didn't care,
"He needs help right now"
Kakashi countered.
Yea naruto always needed help didn't he? Naruto always was the center of attention wasn't he?
Obito clenched his fist,
"Really… he needs help?.. If it wasn't…"
Rin gasped as she reached out to Obito,
"Don't.."
But Obito pulled away from her gentleness…
"WHAT?! IT'S TRUE! IF IT WEREN'T FOR NARUTO KUSHINA WOULDN'T HAVE DIED!"
Kakashi shouldn't have physically been able to but before Rin could see it Kakashi had slammed into Obito and they both crashed into the floor,
"KAKASHI! OBITO! STOP THIS!"
"THAT WAS HIS MOTHER!"
"AND MINATO'S WIFE! WHAT ABOUT HIM HUH!? THE LOVE OF HIS LIFE IS GONE!"
Only the sound of soft sobs could be heard as Rin cried falling to her knees,
It shouldn't have been this way.
They should be living a happy ending. They had won the war. Conquered two nations, sealed a demon fox, so why…
Kushina had died.
After the extraction she had never gone back to normal. Her body was constantly losing chakra like a cracked cup. No matter how many time you filled it it leaked. She was weak and sick and though she took pills she was always at risk.
But why it had to happen now… no one knew.
Rin had felt it first. The power of the nine tails awakening, she told Obito and called Kakashi and when they arrived…. Naruto was holding his mother as close to him as posible, eyes red, flowing with tears and the demon chakra covering him.
Naruto wasn't as strong as the last time they had faced them like this. Whether it was the fact that Kakashi was there instead of away like he had been last time, or maybe he knew exactly what had happened to his mother they didn't know.
But when Rin managed to reach the woman she was gone.
Kushina was dead.
And Rin wondered if she didn't have to battle Naruto... if she had gotten to Kushina faster… She wondered... if she could have saved her….
But it was too late.
Naruto woke up three days later and left for the chunin exams and again…
No one said anything…
Even though Rin hadn't wanted to make the same mistake as last time, it seemed they were cursed to repeat the past.
"He's… he's still a child…."
It was rare to see tears float in those eyes nevertheless fall and Obito watched in equal sorrow,
"He didn't chose this…. We did…"
Obito closed his eyes, not wanting to see either of his friends cry; ironic wasn't it that he used to be the cry baby and here he was playing the adult?
But Kakashi was right. Naruto didn't ask to have the beast in him, he didn't ask his mother to suffer, he knew Naruto didn't want to hurt people important to him…
They had…
They had chosen to seal the beast in him. They had chosen to hide him away, they had chosen to condemn him…
Naruto was still a child…
And Minato wasn't even here to handle this.
The man had chosen the worst time to seek out Jiraiya and leave the village.
The family was broken enough already….
It wasn't fair…
Not to anyone
sooooo... yes, yes I did kill off Kushina... AND I REGRET NOTHING! as I was going through things I realized after the first story isn't too cruel to just kill off the mother he tried so hard to save...yes it is... BUT IT'S AWESOME! the reality that no matter how hard you try bad things may happen, that there may not always be a happy ending... I LOVE IT! and of course the story only continues from here...
I did write quite a bit though so if you guys are hungry to read what comes next just send me a message and i'll update as soon as possible. I don't know why I decided to update this one slowly to be honest... but since no one's rushing it I was like...whatever. Leave reviews and messages anyway though and i'd love to hear what you think; ciao!