The One eyed Uchiha

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Chapter 4: Business Deals:

Obito set his team through the paces during their mission to Sunagakure. Genma and Hayate were really feeling the strain, but they kept their silence. He was facing troubling thoughts as he thought about his future in Konoha. He knew he had to earn his place in the shinobi ranks. He did not possess a sensei of the caliber of Namikaze Minato nor did the clan and the Elders favour him because of his actions on gifting the Sharingan.

So in reality he was figuratively without any clan or sensei. Takeru-sensei didn't count. The man had done all that was possible to help him. It would go against his morals to disturb a man who wanted to enjoy his retirement. That meant he had to earn his merit with his actions. He couldn't hang on to the coattails of any other person to reach heights. It wasn't a problem for him. He had faced this problem in every other scenario in his past life. He had to work for everything. He was underestimated by Kakashi, Jiraiya, Tsunade, etc.

All of them were responsible for him during his younger age in his previous life. Kakashi had washed his hands off him saying that he was too depressed by the death of his sensei and teammates. Jiraiya, his godfather had the same excuse. Saying he lost his student and the man he considered his son. Tsunade, his godmother said the same thing except she had lost her lover Dan and her brother Nawaki. All of them looked at him not as Naruto but as replacements for their loved ones. Jiraiya considered him as Minato, Tsunade as Nawaki and Kakashi as Obito. Well, atleast he fulfilled Kakashi's wish in this dimension.

Obito snorted at their hypocrisy. They said they loved him and expected him to forget and forgive when they were unable to do so by themselves. He had received a Chidori through his chest and when he failed to bring back Sasuke, they said he was jealous of his teammate and purposefully sabotaged the mission. While he may have been jealous of the awe and admiration the Uchiha received he knew he would never sabotage a mission or break his promise. But they had still doubted him. His stigma as a demon container was always against him. Only after Pain's invasion did the people view him as a hero. And that was because his lineage was released by Tsunade. He was always ready to forgive at the drop of a hat, but he never forgot them. The war and Tobi's assault left him very little time to think over matters. He knew he had lost his naivety a long time ago. Being a ninja tended to screw people like that. Only few gems like Haku, Sarutobi Hiruzen, Kaguya Kimmimaro (despite his fatalistic attitude, the man had the balls to stick to his guns despite facing overwhelming opposition even though his master was a psychopath). Uzumaki Naruto had been such a gem but he was not Naruto anymore. He had seen too many deaths and betrayals. He knew his knowledge of the future was invaluable. He could use it to change history. Countless lives could be saved. But he knew he had to keep his knowledge a secret. If anyone suspected him of such things he would be facing a tribunal and he would lose his knowledge for the good of Konoha or some such nonsense.

Obito shook himself of such thoughts as he reached the gates of Sunagakure. Since he was the team leader he flashed their papers to the chunnin at the gates. After verification, they were lead to the ninja in charge of handling their documents. When the team entered Sunagakure, Obito saw his teammates look around at their surroundings in awe. He knew Suna was very different to Konoha in environment and standards. The people led a harsher life compared to the people of Konoha. This translated to amazing endurance to their shinobi. Suna shinobi were notorious for their ability to withstand long battles and their esoteric techniques such as puppetry. Suna was in a state of high alert due to the kidnapping of their Sandaime Kazekage and the loss of one of their foremost shinobi, Akasuna no Sasori. They were at a loss and their hasty actions in confirming a rumour that the Sandaime was kidnapped by Iwa led to the escalating tensions. Konoha since it was Suna's ally had to send help and support it. Despite the alliance, Suna still harboured a grudge against Konoha for losing the Second Shinobi War against it.

Obito maintained a sharp lookout despite being in friendly territory. He knew how long grudges lasted and didn't want a face a Suna shinobi in his homeground. Genma and Hayate being rookie chunnin were looking around without any hesitation. while they were able to analyse and find out if any harm was going to head towards to them they were not capable of analysing a experienced shinobi's glares or killing intent.

It was known fact that chunnin were able to withstand atleast jounin level killing intent. But most rookie chunnin were unable to distinguish between civilian's killing intent and a experienced jounin's killing intent which the person managed to suppress to that of a civilian. That was what set apart the rookies from the elites of the ninja , while standing in front of the jounin sitting in front of the desk, could feel the killing intent the jounin emitted, Genma and Hayate were oblivious to it.

The Suna jounin noticed the chunnin standing in front of him were oblivious to his KI and mentally snorted," Tree hugging Konoha-nins. It was only because they had Sarutobi Hiruzen, Hatake Sakumo, The White Fang or Senju Tsunade, The Slug Princess, Suna would have won the Second Shinobi War. Now they have forced Sakumo to commit sepukku and Tsunade has walked out of her village. If it weren't for the fact that our Kazekage is missing, we would have amassed our force and hit Konoha." As the jounin was thinking such thoughts he turned his eyes towards Obito. He could see the chunnin's lone eye boring into him with an unholy intensity.

"Atleast, one of them have their priorities right.", thought the jounin. He acknowledged Obito with a nod. The jounin took the papers from Obito and after riffling through them, called a genin and sent him with the papers to the Kazekage. After that the jounin said," There are some papers that will be sent to Konoha from the Kazekage. The papers will be ready tonight. You are welcome to enjoy our hospitality till then." Obito and his team nodded. Obito could also clearly hear the hidden meaning. They were welcome till their mission allowed them to be in Suna. After that they had to pack their bags and hightail it out of there.

Obito and his team walked out of the Kazekage's building. Genma and Hayate were looking at hm expectantly. He said to them," We will spend the time in the bazaar and training grounds. No need to take a room and waste our ryo for a few hours. Meet me in the same place in four hours." Hayate and Genma nodded and walked away from him towards the training grounds. He knew, that he was being watched carefully, more than others because of his Sharingan. That was the reason why he avoided the training grounds since his mere presence might lead to escalating tensions between Konoha and Suna. Besides with his knowledge of the future there was money to be made and deals to be brokered.

While the Hidden Villages did revolve around the income of shinobi, various treaties, alliances and bounty hunting; the Daimyo's palace and kingdoms revolved around the various mercantile guilds and companies in their kingdom. Whereas Akatsuki were able to increase their finances by hunting bounties, and completing A rank and S rank missions, the common man couldn't do that and so they were businessman. Blacksmiths, carpenters, tailors, etc were some of the most demanding businesses.

Obito knew, he couldn't depend on his uncle and aunt to provide for him forever and he would have to stand on his own legs soon. While his shinobi lifestyle would provide for him a good life, Obito knew the value of money and he wanted to save some money for his needs. Combined with what Konoha would face during the next few years, finances were going to be a crunch and he knew it. During wartime no missions would be taken by the warring villages and so the shinobi cannot earn any money during the war. Obito in his past life didn't know about the hardships, since he was a main kingpin of the war and he was provided with everything he needed. But he had seen shinobi's with families suffering hardships and poverty since the breadwinner of the family was unable to earn any money.

Obito also knew that the money he earned from missions were first directed to the clan treasury and then alone rerouted to his account after tax cuts and rent. He knew some ryo in cash, kept as a insurance in other places would help him in the future, if he was in a crunch situation. Thinking of such thoughts he approached the main bazaar looking at the various trinkets and clothing on display. While looking around he could see that they mainly traded the gold dust obtained from the desert for various items.

Looking at the various items sold, Obito saw something that might help him earn some side money. Obito approached a man selling furs and animal skins. While fur was almost never found in Suna and was also never used because of the intense heat, Obito knew animal skins were in high demand because of their ability to retain water. While shinobi possessed immense stamina when compared to civilians and a jinchurikki like him could go for days without food or water. But even average shinobi fell under the onslaught of the intense heat and the bone drying heat of deserts of Wind country. That was the reason Sunagakure was never invaded since its conception by a large attacking force. Combine the intense desert heat with the ability of the various Kazekage's ability to control the sands and the presence of Shukaku, was enough to be destroy any invading force. Only Deidara and Sasori managed to attack Suna and also manage to invade it. But that was due to Sasori's presence who knew all the hidden springs and wells to keep a person hydrated in the desert and their S rank capabilities. Average ninja would perish in the unforgiving sands if they tried to explore or go off the beaten path.

This meant that animal skins were costly in Suna. Especially desert animal skins, since they possessed high retention factor. Unfortunately, the few anmals in the desert were scorpions, lizards and snakes. Snakes were usually used for waterskins. But finding snakes in the undulating dunes of the desert was hard. Usually merchant went with an entire caravan to hunt and kill these animals for their skins. For an average shinobi it would be hard to find a snake, but for Obito with the Sharingan and his huge chakra reserves, he would be able to detect them easily.

After noting the main types of snake skins used, Obito was walking out of the bazaar towards the gate of Suna when he saw man with crocodile water skins for sale. Crocodiles don't live in deserts do they.?

When Obito reached the gates it was past noon and dusk was a few hours away. He knew it was at such times that animals came out in the desert. As he left the gates of Suna, he knew he had to stray off into the deserts, out of beaten tracks if he needed to find some snakes. But the desert was a confusing place and even with the Sharingan's memory perception he would be unable to find his way back. Thankfully he was gifted with his previous fuinjutsu skills. While he could use the Hiraishin because of his fathers formulae and help, he didn't have such a luxury in this era. He never did understand the mechanics of Hiraishin fully. He just knew how to use it in conjunction with his fathers kunai. Thankfully he had deciphered some of the seals and could understand the area perception seal. This seal allowed the person to pinpoint the area from which the tug was coming and flash over there. While he hadn't deconstructed the space-time movement he had managed to identify the target perception seals.

This meant he would be able to leave markers near the tracks to maintain his position and come back to the correct path. Only difference was that he couldn't flash over there instantly like Hiraishin. But that was not an issue in this case and Obito calmly placed a marker seal near the path on a bland rock and headed off into the deserts.

After a few hours, Obito was heading back to the bazaars of Suna using his markers. Thanks to the prolonged usage of Sharingan, he was able to discern the minor movements in the sands and headed off towards those distortions. He had managed to take down around thirty desert sidewinders, some colourful snakes of a different variety and also a sand boa which he found near the oasis. He knew the sand boa would fetch him the highest price because of its unique coloration and its water retentivity. As he was heading back towards Suna he had found various hunters scrounging around the sands for snakes. He had carefully used the henge jutsu to move away from them towards Suna. Once he was at a nearby distance he slipped into a silent shunshin heading towards the markers. After reaching the markers, he had simply sealed the carcasses into a scroll. While storing things ina scroll were risky considering that if the scroll was damaged the entire thing would be wasted. Obito knew he wasn't going to be attacked now and he would just unseal it in the crowded bazaar so no one would notice.

Once Obito reached the bazaar, he created some clones and they henged into non descript men. Once they mingled inside the bazaar, Obito headed off towards the Wind temple in order to avoid any confrontation and to have plausible deniability. He had read the laws that Suna shinobi were banned from hunting in the desert unless it was a mission for the client. Only civilian traders and merchants were allowed. The fact that he was a Konoha shinobi and that he was on a mission to Sunagakure and he had done something illegal to boot in the village, and also the fact that he was doing side businesses without his clan's knowledge would have harsh repercussions on the Uchiha clan and Konoha. But Obito wasn't going to let a opportunity squander as such. His trio of clones went into various shops at various intervals selling the carcasses to the shopkeepers. He had passed specific instructions to his clones to trade in the skins for gold dust only as it was much more valuable outside Suna than inside it.

The clones finished selling their good and headed towards each other clone. Once they bumped into each other, one clone passed it to another clone and dispersed itself after vanishing into an alley. An other clone also gave the money the same way and also dispersed inside an alley. The lead clone possessing all the money sealed it inside a scroll. Then it headed off towards the park, where the boss was waiting for him.

In the park, Obito received the dispersed clones memories and headed towards the gate. As he came outside he bumped into his clone who surreptitiously transferred the scroll to him. After that the clone headed into some bushes and dispersed itself. Obito gave a small smile as he mentally calculated the amount of money he had earned. Nearly 50,000 ryo if he sold the gold dust in another place. An equivalent pay of a B rank mission. "Nice", he thought. He knew if he sold the gold dust in Konoha there would be suspicion on him and they would have to pay to the clan. Since Konoha was also allied to Suna, gold prices were comparitively low there than in other countries. So he knew he had to sell it somewhere else to earn the money.

As he reached the Kazekage's building, he saw Genma and Hayate waiting for him near the building. Once he reached there, he nodded to them and headed inside the building. There they met the same jounin who handled the paperwork. Once he finished arranging it. He passed a scroll to Obito and said curtly," The reply is present in the scroll. You can take it back to the Hokage." Obito and his team nodded. after securing the scroll. Obito and his team headed off towards Konoha.

Once they reached Konoha, Obito and his team reported to the Hokage tower. There they reported their mission success to the chunnin in front of the Hokage's room and submitted the documents. They were paid the money and after splitting it headed off. Obito informed them to come to Training Ground 43 the next day morning. After that Obito dismissed them. As Obito was walking home, he was immersed in thoughts. At first he had thought the Hokage would receive all ninja after missions. But he had learned that the Hokage only met with ninja who were close to him and who were prodigy's and future clan heads. This was so that they could maintain a cordial relationship with the various clans and also garner their support. Now Obito realised, how the entire Rookie Nine reported to the Hokage. Since they were all clan heirs the politics dictated that The Hokage should suck upto them by showing favouritism. Also all the Hokages either possessed some kind of connection to the previous ones. It would be nearly impossible for a non-related person to become the Hokage. The Shodaime and Nidaime were brothers. The Sandaime was taught by the Shodaime and the Nidaime. The Yondaime was the Jiraiya's student who was the Sandaime's student. Tsunade , the Godaime was also one of the Sannin. Obito snorted at the thought of his team now being received by a chunnin. Since he was out of Namikaze Minato's team, he was considered unworthy of any time with the Hokage. He knew if he became a jounin he would just be sent to ANBU or some job in the Uchiha Military Police since he was not considered to be elite material. Obito knew he had work to do if he was to be considered as an elite.

So immersed was he in his thoughts that he nearly missed Rin's squeal as she hugged him. Obito had nearly stabbed her before he controlled his reflexes. As he looked up, he saw Namikaze Minato, with Kakashi in tow standing over there. Rin stopped hugging him and led him towards his previous team. When he drew near them, he saw Kakashi had his headband over his left eye with his facemask standing and looking at him shocked. Minato shot him a warm smile and shook his hand. Obito idly considered the man who would become his father. But he knew, this man was not The Yondaime Hokage who had faced the Kyuubi no Youko in a battle and defeated it sealing it inside his own son. So, Obito didn't really have a connection to this man other than being his sensei. Even then the man doted on Kakashi much like Kakashi had doted on Sasuke. Obito merely gave a curt nod to his team, as he neared them.

When he neared them, Minato said jovially," It's good to see you Obito. How are you doing?". As he said this, he could see Minato's eyes flick towards his mask which showed his absent eye. " Fine, Namikaze-san", replied Obito. Minato nearly winced at the indifferent tone shown by his former pupil. Obito maintained a stoic facade, as he mulled over his thoughts. He knew the Sandaime did not suggest the Medic-nin programme for him offhandedly. Someone must have informed the Sandaime of his inferior capabilities compared to Kakashi and due to his lack of an eye, they would have recommended him to the Medic-nin program. The only people who could influence the Sandaime in his case was the Uchiha clan head and Namikaze Minato. The Uchiha clan head would rather execute him than send him to the programme, that left only his former sensei. So Obito was understandably cold to his sensei. Then Obito looked at Kakashi. He merely grunted in Kakashi's direction and then ignored him. It stung him that Kakashi was such a stuck up prick and had yet to change despite Obito giving him the Sharingan.

Kakashi was at loss when he saw his former teammate. He knew that emotions were crowding him but he maintained an expressionless face. When he heard that Obito was alive, he was jumping in joy that they could go back to how they were formerly and he could apologise for his mistakes. But then he was informed Obito was shifted to a new cell, which Obito himself was leading. After that Kakashi immersed in training himself in using the Sharingan and didn't have the time to think of Obito. But he had seen him when he had gone on to receive a mission at the Tower. Obito was there, his left side of the face covered by a porcelain mask. Totally gaunt and having lost that innocence, Obito looked all business ready. Before Rin could call out , Obito had vanished. Now he was seeing Obito after the mission. He would have talked to Obito but he was just ignored by him and he couldn't even look at his face,. But he maintained a stoic face continuously.

Rin happily chatted to Obito, oblivious to everything around her. Then she exclaimed," Hey Obito, maybe we could meet up over the old training grounds tomorrow. You know we can train together even though we are in a different team. Maybe, Kakashi or Sensei can give you some pointers on how to lead a team." Obito's eyes flashed the Sharingan in anger before he controlled himself. Kakashi and Minato winced at the look in his eyes, when he said," No problem, Rin. My team and I are working by ourselves and we have our training to do." Before Rin could say anything more, Obito simply pulled his hands away from her grasp and vanished in a silent Shunshin towards the Uchiha District.

Minato noted in the awkard silence that followed Obito's departure that he already had the third stage of the Sharingan and was capable of soundless shunshin. Kakashi merely frowned at Obito's coldness towards them, whereas Rin was in despair because Obito had simply brushed her off and simply disregarded his old team. Rin was in silent tears before Minato beckoned Kakashi and her towards the tower, their thoughts spiraling in various directions.

Obito headed to the his home quickly. After greeting his aunt and uncle, he went to his room and stashed his gold dust scroll in the corner of his wardrobe. Once he had divested himself of the clothes, he took a shower and went to sleep. He had training to do tommorrow and he was unwilling to waste his time brooding over his past team and the injustices done to him.

Obito woke up early and finished his morning rituals before heading over to Training Ground 43. He reached the Training Ground 43 and saw his team mates hadn't come yet. Obito was preparing for the training exercises that they would have to undergo to become an accomplished unit. He knew it was during the war that the Ino-Shika-Chou trio had achieved their highest successful missions just shy of the Sannin's achievement. He knew it would be nearly impossible to recreate their magic but he was sure that he could atleast set some basics for the Raido-Genma-Aoba-Hayate combo that he had witnessed. He had seen thir breathtaking moves and had been astonished at their versatility and adapatability. But he was told it was just a shade of what the Ino-Shika-Chou trio or the Sannin had achieved. Now his mere presence changed the timeline. but he was damned before he let his team to waste away. He would recreate it now with his team.

Usually Uchiha's were not allowed to join the regular ninja forces. Mostly they remained in the Military Police and very few people were sponsored to enter the regular ninja forces. Since the civilians saw the Uchiha's maintaining the order in civilian sectors of Konoha, they had a very high opinion of the Uchiha Police. That was the reason Sasuke was always supported by the civilian part of the council. Now he was one of the few Uchiha's in the regular forces. While the Uchiha in the ninja forces have the Sharingan, they just used it to apply or dispel genjutsu and copy ninjutsu. They never practiced the ninjutsu they obtained to perfection. Thus even though they might know around a thousand jutsu, like Kakashi did, they were never able to perform it at its full strength. Also despite the enhanced memory perception they were unable to recollect it fast enough to counteract an enemy's jutsu. Whereas Kakashi despite being a non Uchiha practiced and perfected all the jutsu's he had learnt. This lead to him able to utilise a jutsu to counteract any enemy he faced in the battlefield. that was why kakashi was feared and infamous despite many other Uchiha's having the Sharingan.

Genma and Hayate reached the training ground 43 and looked for their team leader. They had their doubts at the beginning when they heard their team leader was just an experienced chunnin and not a jounin. They were further more disheartened when they heard that he was impaired with the loss of an eye. They were under the impression that he was just cannon fodder and their enquiries into his character and skill had not given them a very good impression. They had thought that since he was an Uchiha whose Sharingan had been activated and who was previously in the team of Namikaze Minato and Hatake Kakashi, he would be skilled. But their enquiries had disillusioned them. But when they saw a gaunt Uchiha with a mask on one side of his face approach them they were shocked. Even his personality and demeanour totally clashed with what was described and seen about the one-eyed Uchiha. His sheer presence and powerful chakra had instilled the fear of Kami in them, when Genma had questioned his leadership ability. Genma had thought he had rightfully questioned Obito's placement since he was with Gai and Ebisu in his genin team. It was during that Chunnin Exam that Obito had choked on the sweet and lost to Gai. So naturally Genma considered him a failure. But now he had changed. That death experience had changed Obito from the fun-loving, excuse-giving dobe into a serious, punctual shinobi.

Just then Obito arrived in a soundless shunshin in their midst. They jumped back in fright at his sudden arrival. Obito scowled as he evaluated their chakra sensing abilities or lack thereof. Shunshin could be detected due to the chakra displacement and even its location could be deduced if you possessed immense skill. Many elites were able to sense it and so were the doujutsu users. He had seen the Nidaime Tsuchikage, Mu actually predict in time to a shunshin and arrive before the opponent and kill him just as he arrived. He had a lot of work to do if this was the case of his team.

Obito merely stared at them and then got down to business immediately. Obito ordered,"You will report to this Training ground everyday at 6.00 in the will begin with taijutsu practice. At 8.00 we will increase our capabilities in chakra exercises. We will practice on everything from chakra control to elemental chakra during this period. At 12.00 we break for lunch and appear in 15 minutes back. No excuses for tardiness. After that ninjutsu theory and practice till 2.15. Later till 04.15 in the evening it will be individual practice. we coalesce our findings and our strengths and weaknesses later and disperse by 6.00 in the evening. Every week we will be running atleast a mission. We either take C-ranks or B-ranks. I prefer B-ranks to give us experience and real skills. I have managed to reserve this training ground for our usage for the next month. I will also endeavour to obtain the permission slips to train in the Forest of Death." Genma and Hayate gulped as they looked at him in fear of training in the Forest of Death.

"Now we begin with our taijutsu practice.", said Obito. After getting themselves warmed up they had a light spar, they were practicing their katas, when Obito asked," Hayate how good are you with that katana?".

"Satisfactory. I can take on a chunnin and beat him easily but a jounin would smack me down.", he said. Obito nodded and asked him again, " Who taught you swordsmanship? Where did you buy the katana?"

Hayate raised an eyebrow at that, before saying," I was taught by my father he was taught by a samurai in the basics. Then he expanded on the style and taught it to me. Now I am trying to fully finish the style. As for the katana, it's a family heirloom gifted by the samurai to my father and now to me.

"Any places where there is a good blacksmith who is willing to do a custom order for a tanto.", asked Obito.

Hayate said," Konoha has blacksmiths but they rarely take custom orders. A better idea will be to take it to the Daimyo's capital. There are some excellent blacksmiths over there. They will also take custom orders for tanto's since the Daimyo's army requires them for officers. You want to practice swordsmanship, Obito?" Obito simply nodded and thanked him for the information. Mentally he was calculating the amount of money he needed to order a custom made tanto made of chakra metal. Chakra metal was metal that was imbued with the chakra of the wielder since the time it was obtained from the earth. So to obtain a lump of chakra metal attuned to yourself you had to spend days in a smithy pumping chakra into it during the bonding process. But he knew to make a tanto out of chakra imbued metal would take around a month. So he needed enough finances to live in the capital for a month and also to pay for the smithy charges and the material. So he needed money around 10 A rank missions to obtain the necessary finances. That is if he didn't spend a ryo he received from those missions and if he performed them solo. Yep that would mean he would have to become atleast an ANBU Captain to achieve such distinctions. But even if he worked and saved all his money from missions he would be unable to get it before the war started. Damn, there went his plans to obtain a tanto. But still, he needed to get some cash ready because war was brewing and he would be damned before he had to resort to scavenging in the forests of Fire Country because of the rationed food supply. He decided that his first priority would be to conduct some illicit business to obtain the required money for his objectives. The Hidden Leaf could be damned for all he cared. There was Orochimaru, Akatsuki, Kabuto and Danzo to face here and frankly the requirement to save the world came before any of his loyalty to the Hidden Leaf by fulfilling damned missions.

(4 months later)

Obito was running through the rooftops with his team after their mission. They had run around 10 C-rank missions and 6 -B ranks in that time. His savings from missions accounted for nearly a million ryo. He was used to scavenging for his food from the forest and he had used his money he obtained from the missions sparingly. He scavenged kunai, shuriken and other ninja tools from cadavers of the enemies he and his team slayed. Even his team had started doing that to cut down on their expenses.

He had also conducted illegal trading for yakuza lords and drug dealers in various towns and cities. He always used his Oiroke transformation since that was solid, to conduct his dealings. His various black market trading had led him to a very good network of contacts who informed him about the various deals to be made or connections to be forged. This also led him to the hit list of various crime lords and drug leaders. He was known by a nickname, Hunchback, because he always pretended to be a hunchback while conducting deals. His various illicit profiteering had led him to a profit of around 3 million ryo. But all this was kept in different bank accounts n the name of the hunchback in different cities of Fire country.

Now he would dismiss his team and the head for the clan district. Tomorrow he would head off towards a village near the Fire temple in the outskirts of Tanzaku Gai, in order to meet with a contact. His team, Obito smirked at the thought of his team. He had transformed them into a lean mean fighting unit. He was damn proud of their training and after meeting with his contact tomorrow he would start on the true training. The kind of training that forged the Sannin, and the legends of Konoha. He would make them the best, a all combat specialist team. In simple words he would make them the Elite.

Obito simply transformed into an hunchback after receiving the co-ordinates from his contact. He was limping through the village after reaching it and reached the Fire temple. There he seemed to be offering prayers when a man came and prodded his back. Obito turned around and the man jerked his head towards to the copse of trees. When he reached the copse, the man simply dropped his cloak and stood to his full height.

He was tall, wearing a red armour over a black jumpsuit. He had a lock of hair falling over his right eye obscuring it from view. In his eyes, a red sclera with a black pupil surrounded by three small circles connected to each other and reaching the ends of the sclera with black lines. An Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan.

Obito whispered horrified at the identity of the man," Uchiha Madara."

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