The fading Chakra light slowly revealed Rin—her small figure replacing the large Biju body that was now beginning to disappear. Rin's soft hair flowed, her face appeared peaceful… but on Rin's chest—right where Kakashi's sword was embedded—blood began to flow profusely.
"No…!"
In an instant, Rin's frail body fell.
Kakashi ran.
With all the remaining strength he had, Kakashi reached out to catch Rin before her body hit the ground. Kakashi's trembling hands embraced the small body he once protected… but this time, Rin felt so fragile, so cold.
Rin's blood flooded Kakashi's hands.
Kakashi looked at Rin with eyes beginning to fill with tears. "No… this can't be happening…"
"No… Rin… no…"
Rin's body was too light. Too weak. Rin's breath… barely perceptible.
Kakashi pressed on the wound in Rin's chest, his blood-stained hands trying to stem the flow of life that continued to drain from Rin's body. "Hold on… Rin… please…!"
But there was no answer.
No sound.
No last words.
Only silence.
Only Rin lying in Kakashi's embrace, her eyes slowly beginning to lose their light.
The rain began to fall. Drop by drop, it soaked Rin's pale face and Kakashi's tears that fell endlessly.
"No… NO!!"
Kakashi bowed his head, his tears mixing with Rin's still-warm blood.
Kakashi's hands trembled, gripping Rin's body tighter. As if by holding Rin more strongly, she wouldn't leave.
But…
Rin was no longer there.
Kakashi did not move. He knelt on the ground, silently holding Rin, as if the world around him had stopped. Unbeknownst to him, Kakashi's Sharingan slowly changed, spinning in a strange pattern—Mangekyō Sharingan had awakened.
The gray sky wept with Kakashi, the rain pouring harder, washing away the blood that stained the battlefield. In the end, Kakashi's body weakened, and unable to withstand the mental pressure he had long suppressed, Kakashi's consciousness slowly faded.
In the silent battlefield, there were only two male ninjas who had lost everything, and a girl who left without saying goodbye.
Behind the trees, a boy stepped forward with a stiff body. The boy's breath felt heavy, his eyes now stained with blood. Tears mixed with blood flowed down the boy's cheeks, but most strikingly—his right eye shone blood red, spinning slowly like a wheel of death.
Yes, it was Obito.
And in Obito's newly awakened eyes… the Mangekyō Sharingan shone in the darkness.
Several Kirigakure ninjas tensed, their gazes full of vigilance as one of them growled.
"Damn! That boy got here before us!"
They all looked towards Kakashi, who was kneeling, holding Rin's lifeless body. Blood still stained the girl's clothes, while Kakashi's face appeared vacant, as if Kakashi's soul had died along with Rin.
"We've worked so hard to get this far...!" one of the Kirigakure ninjas growled, his fists clenched.
But before they could move further, a scream filled with rage was heard.
"Wooooohhh!"
Roots suddenly burst from the body of the spiral creature, wildly creeping along the right side of the spiral creature that covered Obito. In an instant, Kakashi lost consciousness and his body fell to the ground.
The Kirigakure ninjas were startled, their eyes widening as they stared at the figure—a man whose body was almost entirely covered by a spiral-shaped white creature, wearing a cloak.
"Another enemy?" one of the ninjas whispered suspiciously.
"That person is all alone!" another added, trying to calm himself.
One of them quickly took action, throwing a shuriken with high precision towards Obito.
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