As he lay dying, Obito watched Kakashi land safely without a shred of regret.
Through unbearable suffering and the agony of impending death, he raised his hand and opened his recently awakened Sharingan.
He entrusted one of his Sharingan to Kakashi.
"Kakashi..."
"Stay alive..."
"Make sure... you protect Rin..."
That was his only lingering wish as death approached.
As his words faded, another mass of rock collapsed with a deafening crash, burying Obito deep in the pit and sealing him underground.
Dust filled the air, and rubble piled high.
But no one knew. No one noticed.
At the very instant the rubble buried Obito's body, when everyone believed he had died.
White Zetsu, who had long been lurking in the shadows, quietly intervened and spirited away the dying Obito, half his body crushed.
The images on the Sky Screen shifted rapidly once more.
With half his body reconstructed, Obito Uchiha raced toward the battlefield with everything he had.
Rin, the girl who filled his thoughts, the girl he had fought with all his strength to protect.
But the final sight that greeted him-
His comrade Kakashi, wielding Lightning Blade.
Before his very eyes, Kakashi drove it straight through Rin Nohara's chest without holding anything back!
Shlk-!
In that moment, all the hope, all the tenderness, all the beauty Obito had been running toward.
Collapsed utterly the instant he witnessed that scene.
His chakra exhausted and his body gravely wounded, Kakashi fell straight to the ground, losing consciousness completely.
Rin Nohara crumpled into a pool of blood, the wound through her chest bleeding freely. Those gentle, comforting eyes lost their light forever. Never again would she smile and call his name. Never again would she gently mediate when the two of them bickered.
Watching the girl he loved most, the light