A gift form god
Once they were far in the depths of space, Obito exhaled heavily as he didn't realise how tired he was from that fight. He concluded early on that his body was no longer made of White Zetsu cells like it was in the past hence the fatigue.
Obito placed a hand on his white three tomoe mask and took it off his head as he just dropped it on the floor with a clank. He was seeing double now, he could hardly keep his eyes open and each breath was shorter than the previous one, he was going to faint; diagnosis? Chakra exhaustion. As his body was no longer made of White Zetsu cells, he was stripped of all the advantages he'd had with them
The stamina and the added chakra as well along with bonus strength, weak, was what he felt like as he paled and felt a warm liquid that smelled metallic drip down his cheek from his eye. Once tin the common room he found Quill, Gamora and Groot there along with Mantis who noted the injury "Obito, your eye is bleeding. You are hurt!" she exclaimed but Obito managed a faint smiled before shaking his head ever so slightly, things now started to go back and fourth but for some reason his body pushed it self to the right as Obito's eyes rolled and he could hear faint voices of shock as his body hit the cold hard ground with a thud.
'Is this is?' Obito thought as he tried to move but couldn't, he felt Gamora flip him straight as she applied CPR and repeatedly pressed his chest in order to revive him. 'Am i....dying?' Obito thought as he smiled as things started to go black 'Kami-Sama....i wonder.....was this the plan you had for me?'. Obito paused but then continued his train of thought as everything went dark.
He was floating endlessly again, he felt as if he were drifting in a calm body of water as he allowed it to take his body to wherever it chose. He felt lightheaded and raised an eyebrow at this feeling and chose to resume his thinking 'No, i don't believe this is the end. It can't be....time was too short'. Obito exhaled internally and placed his hands on his chest and interlaced his fingers. 'Then again, time is a rather....odd concept isn't it? It sounds simple but it's actually one of the most complex things in this universe. Think about it.....time......the second, minute, hour, day and so on so fourth.
For some beings like Kami-sama, time is irrelevant. To him, it is but a mortal invention....to help keep track of what must be done and when' Obito chuckled at this. Then it started to brighten up as the whole space shifted from Black to a Pearl White setting, Obito looked down on himself and his eyes widened as he inhaled sharply with his eyes widening.
"I..impossible" Obito exclaimed softly as he looked at himself as it seems that he had somehow taken on the physique of his younger more rash self. "Obito..." Called out a feminine voice that he'd realised.
Obito's mouth gaped as he frowned and his eyes squinted, tears were brimming on the edge of his eyelids and threatened to spill. He was looking at a young 13 year old girl with hazelnut brown hair, chestnut brow eyes with soft, white, smooth skin.
The girl had wide, diagonal purple markings on both cheeks and wore a simple black dress with a light pink apron. "It's been a while hasn't it" The girl said again smiling, her eyes sparkling.
This time, a tears spilled down Obito's left cheek and then on the right and he realised what he was doing. He was crying. "Obito?" Rin said again as she cocked her head to the side and frowned in worry.
She came closer and Obito couldn't help it anymore, he ran and lunged at her to engulf her in a hug. "Rin...." Obito whimpered "I'm sorry..." he sobbed "I'm so, SO sorry....i...i.."
Rin smiled and touched Obito's cheek as she took his Goggles off and set them on the ground. "Sssshh, it's ok Obito. No need to cry anymore, i'm here." Rin reassured the now young Uchiha as he cried harder and with more feeling, he gripped her shoulders and whined softly.
"Obito, deary, look at me" Rin said softly and Obito obeyed as he lifted his head and stared into her eyes. He felt Rin's thumb go over the edge of his eye as she wiped his tears and smiled softly.
"I. Forgive. You." Rin stated bluntly as Obito's frown slightly disappeared. "Listen" Rin said as she chuckled slightly which in turn made Obito chuckle, but this time with tears of happiness and joy. "Kami sama told me everything. So i know what's happening now, you're being rushed to a hospital and your friends are worried."
"Oh that's right!" Obito exclaimed comically and Rin laughed her heart out which in turn made Obito blush in embarrassment, not that he minded it. He grinned sheepishly and scratched the back of his head.
"However" Rin said and Obito stopped to listen "Kami sama says your time isn't up yet, you must return.".
"But i don't want to! Haven't i done enough? Those Stones are virtually unreachable, they're in a dimension that doesn't exist now that i'm dead. Rin. look. All i want is to be with you! The Third great shinobi war ROBBED me of that, during the Foruth Kabuto couldn't bring you back! All i want is to be with you...is that too much to ask?" Obito asked looking hurt.
"Oh Obito" Rin sighed as she hugged him again and whispered "It's not. But regardless Obito, you have a duty to do and sins to make up for" Rin explained and Obito looked down in guilt with a painful frown and hurt Rin.
"Not that any of that was your fault, and neither was it Madara's too." Rin explained and Obito whimpered a "yeah i know". Rin smiled and reached into her apron pocket "However, Kami-sama has a gift for you"
"A-a gift?" Obito stuttered as he raised an eyebrow.
Rin then presented him with the mask he wore when he invaded the hidden leaf all those years ago. Sensing that OBito was about to inquire about it she answered his question "Kami sama said that if you wore that, you'd regain your stamina, chakra and strength. So technically the mask is a replacement for the White Zetsu cells, wear it and you'll never again experience Chakra exhaustion on the level you just did"
Obito nodded and accepted the gift, and as he did everything started to fade away. Obito's eye widen in panic "WAIT! RIN!! COME BACK!" he shouted and Rin replied, but it was faint and faded "You can do this Obito! I believe in you! I love you!",
With that last statement Obito's eyes widen 'She...loves me?' his mind repeats as he falls down to reality
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Obito's eyes flutter open slowly as he finds himself back in the hospital in Xandar, in his adult form again. 'Urgh.....back here again huh?' Obito thinks as he exhales and gazes endlessly at the ceiling.
He heard the door open and turned his head towards it, and saw Peter, Rocket and Gamora rush to his side. He was bombarded with questions like "How're you feeling?" or "What happened exactly?" and "how you holding up?"
With Obito recollecting everything, there was only ever one reply he could give at this moment. He smiled and looked at them, his new friends. No. His new family, Obito sighed happily as he replied "I'm perfectly at ease"