Obito and Kakashi heard an unfamiliar breath at the same time, but Obito, shuriken in hand, had no time to react.
With a savage laugh, a cold gleam swept past Obito's eyes, heading straight for his heart.
I'm done for!
Obito watched the attack coming from behind him. When it was less than half a centimeter away, a violent collision shoved Rin aside in front of him, and someone rushed right before his eyes.
Squelch...
Blood sprayed out.
It splashed onto Obito's goggles.
Before his eyes, Kakashi, his eye slashed, still stubbornly thrust the broken blade in his hand beneath his own arm and into the enemy's chest and abdomen.
The enemy fell.
Kakashi fell too.
Beneath his torn mask, Kakashi had lost an eye.
Obito's eyes grew hot, and his nose suddenly stung.
An endless stream of tears slid down his cheeks, dripping onto the dead tree beneath his feet.
"Kakashi!"
Obito screamed. Behind him, Rin, her expression shocked, was the first to react. Tears falling, she hurriedly used Medical Ninjutsu to help Kakashi recover.
"Cough!"
Suddenly, Kakashi coughed softly. Looking at Obito with his one eye, he smiled and mocked him in a derisive tone. "See? I saved your life again. Also, you really are ugly when you cry."
"Kakashi, why? Why did you save me?!"
Obito practically screamed himself hoarse.
His face was flushed now, his veins bulging.
If he could have chosen, he would not have wanted Kakashi to save him.
He did not want to owe Kakashi this favor.
They were rivals, so why had Kakashi been able to rush in at once and knock him aside without hesitation?
His tears were warm.
His goggles were covered in mist.
Obito tore them off and threw them aside without hesitation.
He had bought those goggles specifically