Confident that Minato won`t be able to reach them in time, the traitors prepare to attack Rin and Kakashi. Reaching near their destination, one of the escortees thanks Rin and Kakashi, but the other two reveal themselves as traitors and attack their fellow shinobi. One of theirs escortees, however, is hit, and falls down from a bridge into a river. Kakashi tells Rin to go on ahead while he stalls the enemies. Another group of pursuers catch up to Rin and Kakashi`s group. Obito and Minato engage in battle, with Minato having to save Obito from an attack. During the mission, Minato notices they`re being surrounded by enemies and orders Rin and Kakashi to go on ahead while he and Obito fall back to take care of the enemies. Due to Team Minato completing all available D-rank missions, they`re assigned a C-rank mission to escort a group of foreign shinobi carrying a missive. Obito completes the missions with help from the elderly people he often aids, leading Minato to appreciate Obito`s kindness towards others. The team passes, and Minato informs them they`ll start with simple odd-job missions. As Team Minato gathers for the first time, Minato applies the bell test. Later, Rin berates Obito for being late to his own graduation ceremony and takes him inside to re-enact the graduation, giving him his certificate and telling him they were assigned to the same team. Naruto and the others are further shocked when they learn that Obito has been working with Madara Uchiha for years to orchestrate Project Tsuki no Me. The identity of the masked man is revealed to be Kakashi’s old friend Obito, previously believed to have died in the battle of Kannabi Bridge. Hiruzen asks Minato to teach Kakashi some humanity. Naruto Shippuden Episode 344 - Obito and Madara.
Obito trains in the rain to catch up to Kakashi with Rin encouraging him in the background. He then comes across Kakashi and tries to strike up a conversation with him, only for Kakashi to leave, telling him not to worry.
Leaving the Academy, Obito shares his concerns with Rin. With his new trained ability, his goal of searching for long lost friend, Uchiha. Naruto is now older and more mature than before. After 2 and a half years of training with his master, Naruto finally returns to his village of Konoha. They advise Obito to be wary of being assigned missions with Kakashi. Plot: Naruto Shippuden is a continuation of original series Naruto. Naruto and Sasuke have both become such high-level shinobi that each knows exactly what the other is thinking just by exchanging attacks. They tell him that Kakashi ignores his team-mates to complete missions no matter what, which conflicts with what Obito remembers Kakashi saying. Obito overhears some shinobi complaining about completing missions with Kakashi and asks them about it.