Sorry for the few days without posting. Work and school have to come first unfortunately.

Welcome to chapter 13!

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"K-Kashi just go!" Rin gasped.

Her voice was weak. I had no idea how long he had her or what he had done before I had shown up, but she seemed like she had been fighting. Her face was pale, almost ghost white against the purple steaks on her cheeks.

What should I do?

I need to come up with a plan and fast or else he could kill her. Okura had her in the perfect place, he was just toying with me until he felt that the game was over. I could see the sense of excitement on his face. He looked almost like a serpent with his narrow cheekbones and rough skin. His eyes seemed to constantly be moving, but that could be the excitement getting the best of him.

"Why don't you just fight me? Let her go." I said. I needed him to take the bait like Ishii did, it would give me an opportunity to evaluate his skills and come up with a plan.

I have no idea where Minato-Sensei is or if he's even fighting Kurokawa anymore, so until he gets here, I need to handle this.

"Come on Okura, just me and you." I crouched down and put a hand on the ground, feeling the dirt and grass between my fingers.

He looked in my direction with a sickening grin. "I said…Time is UP."

Okura jumped into the air suddenly.

He's fast.

Rin was trying to pull herself up the minute the weight left her head. She had small cuts all up the side that had been against the ground. I launched myself at her as fast as I could so that I could grab her, I had to get her somewhere safe, away from Okura.

Minato-Sensei needed to hurry, I needed him to either fight or watch over Rin while I fought. She was too weak to be on her own during a battle and I wouldn't let him get her again.

I reached out my hand and at the same time there was a light gleam above Rin's head.

"RIN GRAB MY HAND!" I screamed. My hand wrapped around her wrist as I planted my left hand on the ground and threw her behind me and out of the way. Okura's blade sliced downward through the air and right through my left hand, the thin blade planting into the ground and restricting me from moving.

"AHHHHHHGGG" I fell onto my left side unable to move. The pain was excruciating, and I could feel the blood running down my fingers. I couldn't even bare to open my eyes and look at my hand. I was losing a lot of blood and it was making me dizzy.

I opened my eyes and looked to where I had thrown Rin, she was sitting against a tree across the clearing trying to pull herself together, I don't think she even noticed what happened to me yet. Her eyes were glazed over like she was completely unaware of reality, maybe that's for the best right now.

A snickering from the trees above me got my attention. I had almost forgotten that Okura was hiding again, he really has a way of distracting me.

"Isn't my blade beautiful?" He said before jumping back into sight, landing straight onto his blade causing it to shove further into the ground through my hand.

"Mrphhhhh" I grunted, biting my bottom lip. I was trying to not show the pain that he just caused. I took a silent breath before speaking. "It's an okay sword." Is all I could manage to say without screaming. I felt like I was under water, every sound sounded slightly muffled.

I could hear Okura laughing above me "You wouldn't believe what this 'okay sword' can do." Hopping down and landing next to me, he crouched down so that we were almost eye level. "For example, It is slowly sucking your chakra through your hand…when it's done…"

I'll be dead.

His face lit up. He knew that I had already come to that conclusion. "Hmmm, you already knew that didn't you…smart kid." He stood up and started walking in Rin's direction. "Since you're preoccupied, I think I'll go have some fun with your friend over there." I looked over at her, she was staring at me, eyes full of tears and fear. When had she noticed what had happened? She was obviously still too weak to move, but I could see her lips moving. She was trying to speak to me, but I couldn't hear her. I needed to stop him, but how…

I was going to have to pull myself over to the handle of the sword and get it out of my hand, it was the only option even though it didn't seem like I was going to be able to do it. I needed to protect Rin though.

I started with my right arm, trying to reach it forward to grab the ground.

Nothing.

I couldn't move it other than a few inches. This was going to take much longer than I had hoped, I'll never get to her in time. I looked back; Okura was in front of her, I watched as he wrapped a hand around her throat, standing her up against the tree.

Damnit, MOVE.

Still nothing happened. Rin had blood dripping down her chin and Okura was speaking to her, but I still couldn't hear the words. I have to move, I have to get up, he's going to kill her. I closed my eyes; I could feel the stinging tears rolling down my cheeks. I could barely feel my left hand anymore, I just couldn't watch him kill her. This is all my fault, if only I had stayed close to her.

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"AGGGHHHH" I screamed suddenly as I felt the blade sliding through my hand. The numbness was gone and all that was left was searing pain once again. I was gasping for air and trying to regain some control over my body, I could tell that the chakra that had flowing out theough my hand had stopped and my hearing was coming back. This must have all been a side effect of chakra draining, not just loss of blood.

"Kakashi…" Someone was kneeling in front of me…Minato-Sensei? "Go…get…Rin…" I looked up just as Minato-Sensei collapsed on the ground. He was beat up and bloody, but he had managed to wrap a ripped piece of cloth around my hand with the last of his energy, I didn't even feel him do it.

I pulled my left hand to my body, still laying where I had been as my senses were coming back. I looked over to Rin and Okura again, she looked almost lifeless in his grasp, his mouth against her right ear. My hearing was suddenly coming back rapidly as I felt rage rising through my body looking at them. I could hear him speaking into her ear.

"Don't go to sleep yet…You should be watching your boyfriend die." He snickered.

He hadn't noticed anything going on behind him yet. My blood was boiling throughout my body as I was using my right hand to push myself up off the ground. Rin was looking directly at me and if she could see me, she didn't make it known to me or Okura, but based on her eyes, she couldn't see anything more than a few feet in front of her. I pushed myself to my feet; my left hand was completely useless, I almost couldn't move my left arm, but the rest of my body was suddenly just fine. My rage was taking over.

I had one shot at this, and I didn't think I was going to miss. No…I knew I wasn't going to miss.

I focused all my chakra into my right hand, holding the best I could onto my bicep to keep my arm steady. I could feel the rush through my body as the sparks on my hand started to quickly build up, they were traveling up my arm in a matter of seconds.

My eyes were set on Okura as I pushed off the ground below me, rushing toward him at a speed I didn't even know I could manage normally, let alone injured. I hardly noticed the chakra in my hand rapidly changing, getting thinner on my fingertips, smoother…

He turned just as my hand was about to slice through his body, but instead skimmed right across the front of his chest, between him and Rin and right into the side of the tree that he had been holding her against; splintering it like a miniature explosion.

I felt Rin's body fall against my side as Okura let go of her. "Ka…Kashi?" Is all she said before falling to the ground next to me.

I turned and looked at Okura on my left, he was holding onto his chest with both arms, blood soaking the ground where he was kneeling, I must have made quite the gash. "YOU LITTLE SHIT." He was screaming and gasping. "HOW…DID YOU…GET UP." I didn't care about him, I hoped he would collapse from blood loss.

I closed my eyes catching my breath, what was up with my Chidori? It felt different than it had before and it shouldn't have cut through him like that…almost like a blade.

Rin…

I almost forgot for a moment. Thank god I had gotten here in time. I crouched down and turned to her. She was out cold laying on her right side, she must have used up almost all of her chakra just to stay awake long enough for me to get over here.

"You screwed…up…Kid". Okura, still gasping for air behind me said. I looked at him. "What do you mean!" I was yelling at him.

He was just trying to mess with me again, another game for him to play. He let out a small laugh "Look…closer…kid." That was all he could get out before falling forward onto the ground trying to reserve the last of his energy.

I looked back at Rin. She was completely in one piece, no gaping holes, or missing limbs. Her back was rising and falling so she was breathing. I needed to move her and get her back to Minato-Sensei, I needed to evaluate the damage done to him as well, I was the only one who still had any strength left. Although, that wasn't saying much. The last of my chakra was used in that jutsu so if there is any fight to be had, I was finished.

I crouched down next to Rin and wrapped my arm around her torso, pulling her up enough that I could slide my shoulder under her chest to carry her on my back. I grunted and winced at the pain that was running through my body. This was going to be a rough recovery. I felt the warm sweat dripping onto my shoulder from Rin's face, she was going to be exhausted when she woke up, the amount of chakra that she used up wasn't going to be corrected with one day of sleep.

I looked down at my shoulder that she was resting her head on.

Blood. That's not my blood

I suddenly couldn't breathe…my heart was racing as I looked at the right side of Rin's face. She had a deep blood-soaked slice from the middle of her cheek diagonally up the side of her head leaving a bald stripe and…her ear was sliced at the top, it was completely gone.

I…did…this? But how…? My Chidori couldn't have

I had to get her over to Minato-Sensei, I needed to stop the bleeding.

I carefully ran across the clearing, Minato-Sensei was awake when I got to him. He was trying to lift himself up on his forearms, blood soaking his forehead, chin, and hands. "Sensei! You're okay!" I said with a panicked voice. He nodded his head slightly, still looking at the ground trying to steady his breathing. "I will…be." His tone was very hushed.

"Sensei…" I said as I laid Rin down in front of him, the injured side of her face exposed. He looked up enough to catch a glimpse of her, his eyes shooting open as if he just gained all his energy back in one short moment. "Kakashi…What happened to her…" I felt as if he was accusing me. "Okura didn't have his sword; how did she get those injuries…"

My eyes were stinging, tears building up once again. "I…I don't know…I mean." I looked him in the eye, his face was more concern than anything. "I did it…" I said, tears now flowing down my face. "I don't know how Sensei, my Chidori…" He stopped me from saying anything further.

"Kakashi…that couldn't have been your Chidori. That is a clean slice." I knew that. I had no idea what had happened, I noticed something different, but what was it.

"We can't worry about that right now though." He said. "We need to tend to her wounds and get to the outpost. Kurokawa won't be an issue and I assume neither will the other two." I helped him up to his feet so that he could steady himself and regain some strength. He tore a long piece of cloth from his undershirt and wrapped it around Rin's head, covering the gash and her ear to try and clot the blood even a little bit.

Once she was bandaged, we got her onto my back so that we could head to the outpost.

After a couple of miles walking, we heard voices ahead of us. Another ambush? No, we couldn't handle that.

"ARE YOU GUYS ALRIGHT?" There was a man yelling through the trees. I couldn't see him; my vision was blurry from the amount of chakra I had used. "YEAH OVER HERE…" I heard Minato-Sensei say weakly next to me before seeing him collapse next to me. "MINATO-SEN…s…e…" I felt darkness take over and the sensation of falling, Rin's weight on my back helping gravity pull me down.

"Don't worry we've got you now…" I voice above me said. "GET THE OTHERS YOU TWO! GET THE MEDICAL TEAM HERE PRONTO" I could only hear now, my eyes closed as I was slipping out of consciousness.

"You're going to be okay…" Is all I heard as everything went silent.

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