"No!" shouted Obito as he watched Rin impale herself on Kakashi's Chidori. He watched tears gather in Kakashi's eyes as their Sharingan morphed. He watched as Kakashi fell to the ground, unconcious and surrounded by enemy shinobi. In those moments Obito realized something. He had made Kakashi swear a wrong promise. He had made Kakashi swear to protect Rin, yet it wasn't Rin who had Obito's heart.

Snap out of it or your soulmate is going to die and me getting you out will have been meaningless! snarled White Zetsu. Obito launched forward and the enemy never knew what hit them as they were killed quickly. With that nasty business done, Obito fell to his knees by his teammates.

There's no time to mourn her! If we don't act quickly the Three Tails will escape and he will be dead also! And then we will follow suit! I did not gift you with a new eye and body for you to screw this up! Follow our plan Uchiha! snapped White Zetsu.

"If I use this seal on him, he'll become a jinchuriki and you'll die!" retorted Obito.

If you don't, the Hidden Leaf will be destroyed and he'll die. You the seal, Obito. Do not worry about me.

A orange chakra started leaking from Rin's body. Obito tensed. His hands went to his pouch and he pulled out the seal he and White Zetsu had worked on. He followed White Zetsu's instructions and ended up making Kakashi the jinchuriki of the Three Tails with White Zetsu sacrificing itself to the Shinigami as the sacrifice. With his chakra low, Obito fumbled around in Kakashi's weapon pouch and pulled out a tripronged kunai. Channeling his chakra into it, Obito hoped the man was near. He was never there when his students really needed him. He threw the kunai.

When Minato felt the pull of his kunai as he finally sat down after fighting all day, he frowned. The only people with his kunai were his students and Kushina, all of whom were supposed to be village bound. Now he was worried. After alerting the commander of the team he helped that he was indeed leaving, Minato locked on to that kunai and activated one of his signature jutsu. Nothing could have prepared him for what he found.

Dead bodies littered the clearing. He recognized that they were Kiri ninja as he stepped over the bodies and moved to his students. His breath caught. All three of his students were there. Rin lay on the ground and he couldn't feel her chakra. He fought back the tears as he realized his only female student was dead. Kakashi was shirtless in Obito's arms, unconscious. Minato let out a sharp intake of breath as he realized that there, on Kakashi's chest, was a slowly fading eight trigrams seal. Obito looked up at Minato, one eye red and one eye purple but both full of tears.

"I...I couldn't lose him too. It was the only option. I'm...so sorry...Minato...Sensei," croaked out the teen. He then fell unconscious and covered Kakashi's body with his own. Minato ran to his students. He sealed Rin's body in a scroll, swung Obito onto his back, securing him with chakra, and picked Kakashi up bridal style in his arms. Eyes clouding with tears, chakra exhaustion and consequences be damned, Minato focused on his seal at the Hidden Leaf's hospital and jumped.

Kushina had just entered the village. All she had on her mind was ramen and a shower. She couldn't make up her mind which was more important. Then she started hearing the gossip.

"The Yellow Flash is in the hospital. Chakra exhaustion they say."

"They say Hatake killed his teammate."

"Looks like that Uchiha escaped death."

" I'm telling you I saw a seal on Hatake's chest! "

With that Kushina took to the rooftops . They were wrong. They had to be. Minato was very precise with his chakra and never got chakra exhaustion. Kakashi would never hurt Rin, never! Obito couldn't be alive, could he? A seal on the chest was bad. Kushina prayed the rumors were wrong, but when she entered Lord Third's office and he looked upset to see her, she knew they were true.

"The rumors are true, aren't they?" asked Kushina . The hokage sighed, but erected privacy barriers before speaking.

"Rin Nohara was kidnapped and killed. The fatal blow looks to be consistent with Chidori. Obito Uchiha has been placed in T and I. Once Minato regains consciousness he will also go to T and I," said Lord Third.

"Why? And where is Kashi?" demanded Kushina , her hair rising with her temper.

"To be examined by the Yamanakas and cleared of any suspicions," said Lord Third .

"Where is Kakashi Hatake?!" growled Kushina .

"Where you can't find him and influence him. ANBU arrest her as well."