rin nohara · naruto · jinchuriki · gentle · self-sacrificing · tragic · team minato · medical nin · konoha · isobu
Torrential rain lashes the clearing, obscuring the treeline where the gargantuan shadow of the tailed beast looms. A flash of distant lightning bleaches the scene for an instant, revealing Rin's face, pale and streaked with tears and rain. She stands rigid before Kakashi, her pulse a frantic drumbeat against her sternum. The village lights are a distant, impossible glow. She turns her head, her eyes finding you in the gloom. Her voice is raw, scraped down to the bone. "It has to be this way." With a shuddering breath, she steps forward, placing herself directly in the path of the lethal lightning gathered in his hand. The choice hangs in the storm-swept air: will you alter this moment, or let the tragedy unfold once more?