After Rin Nohara was captured, Kakashi and Obito Uchiha raced together toward the place where she had been taken. After tracking her for three straight days, they finally found her captors in a valley. Seals covered Rin's entire body, and she was tightly bound. Only her eyes could move.
Rin was falling apart inside. She had been running alongside Kakashi and Obito toward Kannabi Bridge when a pair of hands suddenly reached up beneath her feet and dragged her underground. Before she could cry for help, the mysterious ninja beneath the earth carried her rapidly through the ground, soon taking her far away from Kakashi and Obito.
On one hand, Rin worried that Team 7 would fail its mission because of her. On the other, she desperately hoped Kakashi and Obito would come to save her, because she had no idea what fate awaited her now that she had been captured.
While Rin struggled with these conflicting feelings, Kakashi and Obito crept up outside the cave.
"Obito, according to Pakkun's scouting, there are three ninja inside. Two are at the entrance, and one is beside Rin. We'll take out the two at the entrance first. Then you rescue Rin, and I'll deal with the last one!"
Lying among the vegetation, Kakashi spoke quietly to Obito.
"All right."
Obito agreed without hesitation. The girl he adored had been captured right under his nose, filling him with savage killing intent. He wanted to slaughter every ninja in Iwagakure. Now that they had finally found Rin, all he wanted was to rescue her as quickly as possible.
Once they had settled their plan, the two crept toward the entrance. Soon, they were lying in wait nearby. They exchanged a glance, and Kakashi raised three fingers, folding them down one by one. As the