「 Second Time Around」

「 chapter two」

"Whatever you say...!" he muttered, sending up a red chakra flare.

"Shit." Kakashi cursed under his breath, but still loud enough for Izuna to hear. He turned to his team. "Obito and I will distract. Rin, set up the bombs." He whispered as they backed up. "Obito take the boy, I'll take the woman. Ready?"

They nodded back at him, a smirk appearing on Izuna's face. Although this body was weaker than the one he fought in, it would be fine. 

Kakashi smiled slightly and nodded, prompting all three of them to scatter into the trees nearby.

The boy laughed, throwing his head back. "Do you Konoha shinobi really think you can hide? Come out!" he taunted them, his eyes scanning the terrain.

"Alright...it's now or never," Izuna muttered under his breath. He had experimented with turning his Sharingan on, but it had always failed, with him clutching his eyes in pain. "Sharingan!"

The familiar pain struck his eyes and blood dripped out of the corners. He covered his eyes, wincing. Instead of attempting to turn them off, he forced himself to continue, marching through the pain.

As soon as the pain became almost unbearable, the background changed and he was back in his 12 year-old body, fighting in the war alongside his friends.

Uchiha Izuna, having recently turned 12, was marching up on the battlefield, when his best friend died to the hand of a Senju. Furious, he dropped to the ground as his eyes burned and turned into the signature Sharingan shape.

Unbeknownst to Izuna who was currently experiencing his first Sharingan awakening, his body in the present time had fainted and fallen out of the tree he was hiding in. Rin turned as she heard a loud thump and the Iwa nin rushing towards him. 

She looked between the paper bombs clutched in her hand and her fallen teammate. She clenched her teeth before attaching a paper bomb to the end of her kunai and throwing it at the Iwa nin. "Hey, you jerk! Over here!" She cried, before throwing yet another kunai to the boy.

Kakashi cursed. What the hell was she doing? The mission came first, always. "Rin! Focus on the mission!" He called out.

"Are you serious? Obito's in danger!" She shouted back, glaring at his general direction before running to help her teammate.

Kakashi gritted his teeth. "Rin-!"

"So here you are," the woman had found Kakashi hiding in the tree. Kakashi flinched before flipping off the tree. He glanced at the bridge and then the woman. There was enough time-!

He turned and ran, his hand heading to the pouch on his left leg. Pulling out ten paper bombs, he fastened one of them to a kunai. The woman's eyes widened when she realized where he was heading.

"Stop! You brat-!" She took off after him. 

Rin had managed to fend off the ninja as best as possible from a long distance. She was much shorter and weaker than her opponent, so she did her best to throw weapons at him from far away as possible. 

Izuna had come too, tears and blood pouring out of his eyes. He sat up, rubbing the liquids away to see clearly. Blood stained his hands as he considered awakening the Mankeygo, but realized it would be too suspicious. And he didn't want to witness another death. 

He rubbed his head, blinking the bright dots away before remembering where he was. He spotted Rin fighting the male shinobi and obviously being overpowered. He grinned; his Sharingan allowing him to see everything clearly.

He grabbed his katana resting at his side and snuck behind the shinobi, slashing at his back before jumping back and throwing a kunai at his head.

His opponent dropped and cursed as blood stained his back. He turned, glaring at Izuna before his eyes widened in surprise. "Sharingan-!"