Chapter 45 - Chapter 47 (1/2)

Dragon, together with a lot of people were sitting inside his hall. They were all sitting in a circle, and in the middle of that circle was Obito, bound by golden shining chains that restricted all of his movements.

”Obito. That seal i placed on your shoulder has taken all your chakra away. As long as it stays on you, you will never be able to perform any, ninjutsu, genjutsu and even your taijutsu will be restricted. Do you understand?” Dragon said with his parental and stern look.

”Yes, i understand.” Obito had spoken very little after waking up. He had mostly stared into the void and let tears fall from his eyes.

”I am going on a journey as everyone in here knows. Obito, that seal will be with you for as long as i am gone. I want you to take this time to reflect on the life you've lived up until this point. You are also restricted to only this building.”

For reasons he didn't quite understand, he felt pity and sorrow when he looked at Obito. He wanted to make sure that this was Obito's chance to make amends for what he has done to this world.

”I understand.” Obito said with semi-dead eyes. Dragon didn't know if he would ever recover, but maybe people would say that he doesn't even deserve this much mercy.

”Dad, do you have to go so soon?” Naruto said with a dejected look on his face.

”Yes! This is something that i can't keep delaying. Just keep living your life and you won't even notice that I'm gone. But don't think that just because i am gone you can slack off in school. Ryu will report everything to me when i return.” Dragon said and looked at Naruto's panicked face.

”I-I would n-never even think about skipping school.” Naruto rubbed the back of his head while giving Ryu the stink eye.

”I will keep an eye on young master,” Ryu said and bowed respectfully.

”Itachi, Fugaku. How did the talk with the Hokage go?” Both of them had been invited here after they had been and talked extensively with the Hokage. They talked about their position in the village and about them becoming a clan in Dragon's empire instead of in the leaf village.

”Lord Hokage understood why we accepted and he said that he won't say anything about us leaving the village. The last difficult part will be to make the clan itself accept such a rash decision. I can imagine some members that are not too happy to move away from the leaf village.

”I see. When you are ready to move, if I'm not back, just look for Ryu and he will show you to the land that your clan will have within the borders of my empire. There is no real hurry, so make sure that you have all the clan matters in order before you move to my empire. You don't want the problems here to follow you over there.” Dragon said while nodding in acknowledgment towards the two Uchiha.

”Understood, Lord Dragon.” Fugaku said with a respectful bow.

”Shisui, have you thought about what I asked you before?” Dragon looked at the quiet Uchiha in the circle.