Hello my dear readers. I apologise for not updating for such a long time. Because of that, I tried my best to make this chapter extra long. Enjoy!

Previously

Obito smiled. 'I will make the future better. I will!'

Now:

"Alright! Obito-chan, can I..."

"Huh?" Obito blinked. They had just finished dinner, and Kushina was clearing away the plates.

"Your arm, Obito." Minato prompted. Obito laughed nervously.

"It's fine, honestly! You don't have to check it Kushi-nee!"

Kushina frowned.

"Obito-chan, they might be infected, or not healing well. Besides, we need to know how...old they are."

Obito didn't react. He just glanced nervously at the door. Minato sighed, getting up.

"You're my student, Obito. I don't want to have to restrain you, but we need to know, okay?"

He tried to bolt, only for Minato to catch him and hold onto him tightly.

'Dammit, nobody was supposed to know about this!'

Kushina approached, pulling his sleeves up. Just like that, one of Obito's deepest secrets was revealed for the entire world to see. Thin scars covered his skin, some straight, neat ones, other slashed haphazardly everywhere. But what caught Kushina's attention was that some were old, faded scars, while others were just healing.

"Obito..."

Obito's was limp in Minato's hold, head turned away.

After the entire ordeal, Obito excused himself to his room. As soon as he got in, he set up some simple seals- not privacy seals, but seals that would alert him is anyone wanted to come in. As he put the mask on his bed, Obito sighed. So many things to do, so little time. First and foremost, he needed to be ready for the Kannabi Bridge mission, as that was not only where everything started, it also gave him an opportunity to get rid of Madara. However, that led to even more questions: What was he going to do afterwards? Should he still give Kakashi his Sharingan? The Akatsuki? Danzo? The sealing of Kyuubi into Naruto? Being this early in the timeline, Obito had the power to change those things, but, some of the events had turned out to be beneficial, such as Kakashi having his Sharingan, or Naruto befriending Kyuubi. Whatever he was going to do, Obito needed to become either Madara or Tobi again.

'Ah, but who said I couldn't be both just to fuck with people?'

He glanced at the mask sitting innocently on his bed, a grin growing on his face. Yes, he could just switch around. Tobi was capable of enemies underestimating him, while Madara could make enemies overestimate him. The combination was perfect. Now onto his disguise. Obito wouldn't bother with switching masks, his goal was to get people as confused as he could. With the Akatsuki not created yet, he couldn't go around in his old cloak and he was paranoid of Minato finding out the truth- especially as he was living with him now.

'Alright, I just need to get information and I can start changing things.'

The next day

"Hey Obito-chan! Do you have anything to do today?" Kushina grinned at the Uchiha, setting breakfast.

"Ah, I just have to go over to the Clan to meet Ita-chan, but other then that, no." Kushina nodded.

"I'm not really huge on you going back there, but take care. There's a spare key

After finishing breakfast, Obito did indeed go out. First things first though, he transformed into a plain-looking Jounin, then headed to the marketplace. Obito was very paranoid, and he wasn't taking any chances. Lunchtime came to find Obito with a set of clothes similar to his old Tobi character. After he put everything in his and set up enough security seals, he headed to the training grounds. Once he reached the grounds, he put down several seals. He couldn't risk people seeing him use techniques that the later Tobi/Madara nin would also use. Obito experimented his old techniques in this new, younger body.

'I should have some tricks included this time, last time I relied almost completely on Kamui and taijutsu, with only some chains and ninjutsu. Damn, I need to train a lot...'

Even before, Obito could barely handle his one Rinnegan. In his younger body, which would not be used to his chakra reserves, would need time to adjust.

"Aw crap! I'm gonna be late!" He looked at the clock. 11:57. He should be at the Compound already. "Huh, most of the clan still thinks I'm an idiot with no Sharingan..." And he used Kamui.

"Halt! Who-you?" Ah. A guard. "Yo." Obito waved lazily. "I'm off to Ita-chan's place. See ya." And before the guard could say anything, Obito ran off. As he went, he inwardly smirked. Uchiha's were actually really gossipy, so he gave it at most a day before the rumor that he has a Sharingan spread around the clan.

"ITA-CHAN!" Obito grinned, running forwards and picking the child up.

"Ahem." His grin turned sheepish, putting Itachi down. "Yes, Fugaku-sama?" The clan head looked at Obito, then turned around. "Follow me."

Obito followed Fugaku to what seemed to be a private training area. Obito blinked, turning to look at his clan head.

"Um, so, what kind of stuff am I supposed to do? Like what type of training, and uh, stuff." Okay, he really needs to work on his talking skills. Itachi giggled softly, but to his credit, all Fugaku did was raise an eyebrow.

"Itachi knows the Great Fireball Jutsu already. You are to supervise his trainings and teach him what you see fit." And with that, he left, leaving Obito with an excited 4-year old.

"So. Uh, do you have anything you're interested in?" "Shurikenjutsu!" Wait, what? Obito observed the younger Uchiha. "Are you sure? We could always do something els-" "No! I mean, " Itachi went slightly pink. "please? I really want to learn it."

Obito thought about it. True, in the future, Itachi had become very proficient in Shurikenjutsu. He could only think that Itachi learnt it himself of Fugaku had gotten him another tutor after he had died.

"Eh, sure. Though, I'm not the best, so the most I can teach you is the basics. If you want to learn more, you'll have to do it on your own, okay?" Itachi vibrated slightly, trying to hold in the excitement. "Meanwhile, you'll also have some chakra training. Do you know how to tree walk yet?" Itachi shook his head.

"Alright. I'll teach you the basics of Shurikenjutsu and tree walking, along with some other chakra exercises. Is that ok?" Itachi nodded, eyes shining. Obito laughed, ruffling the younger's hair.

"Let's go to your parents. You'll need a schedule as well as all the equipment."

~~~SMALL TIMESKIP~~~

Yawning, Obito walked out of the main house. In the end, Fugaku had constructed a schedule, and said he would have the necessary equipment ready the next time he went to train Itachi.

"So, people are saying you have a Sharingan. Is that true though, I wonder?" Obito blinked, turning around. He was met by another Uchiha.('Obviously. I'm still in the compound after all.')

"Uh, it's true?"

The other snorted. Another Uchiha from behind sneered.

"Are we supposed to just believe that? You? You don't even act like an Uchiha, much less be able to get the Sharingan."

Someone else sniggered. "I heard he got disowned."

"No way! Good riddance!"

"Your father must be so ashamed, so embarrassed of you. Isn't that why he killed himself?"

"Aw, is he crying?"

"Weakass."

"How are you even a Shinobi?"

"Ha, more like how did he even graduate!"

Failure. Weak. Disowned. Ashamed. Obito's fist clenched, head tilted down.

"Oh, you want to fight?"

"We'd beat you up before you even get a punch in."

"Hey, does he even know how to punch?"

"Pfft, probably not, with how weak he is."

"Shut up," Obito spoke through gritted teeth. "Shut the fuck up."

There was a pause, then the group of Uchiha's burst into laughter.

"Look at that, he's trying to be tough!"

The leader sneered, readying his fist.

"Don't think you can tell us what to do, you little fu-" "But I can."

'Minato!'

Minato had his hand around the leaders arm, stopping it from hitting Obito. His eyes were a cold blue, as opposed to his normal, cheerful blue. The leaders eyes widened, then tore his arm away.

"Let's go, boys. Looks like the crybaby found himself a new daddy." And with one last sneer directed at Obito, the group left. Minato turned towards his student.

"Obito," His voice was soft. "Come on, let's go." He pried Obito's hands open, and Shunshin-ed the two to their home.

"Minato! You brought Obito as wel-what happened?"

Kushina came over, frowning. Obito stood next to Minato, his head down and both hands held apart by the elder. It didn't help with Minato still frowning slightly.

"It's because he went back to the Uchiha compound isn't it? Damn it, I knew I should have stopped him."

Before anyone could say anything, Obito spoke up.

"It's fine. They're not wrong, and I can't just disobey my clan head. I'm going to my room, have dinner without me."

As soon as Obito was gone, Kushina turned towards Minato.

"Explain."

With Obito

'Damn it!'

Obito slammed his door shut, chest heaving.

Weak. Coward. Stupid. Useless. Failure. Worthless.

'Shut up!'

Your father must be so ashamed, so embarrassed. Isn't that why he killed himself?

'No! I killed him!'

But he beat you. He abused you. Isn't that because of you being so worthless?

'No. Nonononono. That's not, that's not why,'

Against his will, a sob escaped him.

'Pull yourself together!' Try as he might, Obito couldn't stop. Why? He'd killed hundreds and had been through hell. So why was he being like this over a few insults?

"Damn it!" Turning around, Obito blindly punched the wall. The moment he did, the door burst open. Kushina and Minato rushed in, Minato reaching out to restrain Obito. He thrashed around, tears streaming down his face. Kushina let out a small gasp when she saw his eyes, where the Mangekyou Sharingan was activated. Pushing aside the horrifying image of the Mangekyou with tears streaming from it, Kushina embraced Obito as well.

"Don't listen to them. They're wrong, you are none of those things."

Obito had calmed down, limp in Minato and Kushina's hold. His breath hitched.

"W-why...why am I crying?"

If anything, that question just solidified the fact that Uchiha Obito was now under Uzumaki Kushina and Namikaze Minato's protection.

Aight.

It's the summer now, so I'm hoping that I can update more. (that's what I always say tho so it might not happen)

Hopefully the next chapter won't take too long -_-

Check out the poll on my profile! It's about what new techniques Obito should start learning! I feel that he doesn't exactly have much ninjutsu used, or maybe he should get a Gunbai, or a sword.

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