Obito's Death

As Kakashi finished forming his seals, the vacant look in Nohara Rin's eyes slowly faded, and life returned to them. She looked at the two before her with a dazed expression and asked weakly, "Kakashi? And Obito?"

"We came to save you! Rin, you're safe now!" Obito said reassuringly, his face full of concern.

"Kakashi, your eye? Let me bandage it!" Nohara Rin looked worriedly at Kakashi's left eye, which was still bleeding profusely, and reached for tools from her medical kit.

"Now isn't the time for that. We need to retreat! We've wasted too much time—the enemy could arrive at any moment." Kakashi shook his head, refusing Rin's suggestion.

The three of them failed to notice that, while they were talking, the Rock Ninja who had been struck down by Chidori had recovered and climbed to his feet. Watching the wary trio, he sneered wickedly. "In the end, you're just kids! Don't forget that you're still in the enemy's palm!"

The instant the Rock Ninja finished speaking, his hands rapidly formed seals before he slammed them heavily onto the ground. "Earth Release: Rock Collapse!"

Crack! Crack! Crack! The makeshift cave formed from piled rocks suddenly shook violently. Dust rained down from the ceiling, while massive boulders teetered on the verge of collapse. Clearly, the Rock Ninja had long intended to use this cave as his final trap, which was why he had brought the hostage here for interrogation.

"Not good! Run for the exit!" Kakashi warned them.

The three hurriedly fled toward the exit through the falling dust and rubble, but in the chaos, Kakashi's right foot accidentally stepped into a crack in the ground and became stuck.

Just as a massive boulder was about to come crashing down on him, Obito hurriedly lifted the fallen Kakashi and shoved