Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-24531362-20140723084127/@comment-24824859-20140726214438

Jashin Uchiha wrote:

Obviously continuing the reincarnation theme, hagoromo-hamura, ashura-indra, hashirama-madara, obito-kakashi, naruto-sasuke

Obito and Kakashi are not the reincarnation of Ashura and Indra. Also, Hagoromo and Hamura do no reincarnate. So that scene where Kakashi protects Sasuke, while Obito protects Naruto was just a reflection of roles