4 Stone Tablet!

Knock! Knock! Knock!

"Come in!" an aged voice sounded inside the Hokage office, it was the Hokage.

Ryu pushed the door open to see an old man with a tobacco pipe in his mouth sitting in front of a desk filled with paperwork, he was wearing the hat and clothes for hokage's, it looked good on him.

There was also a handsome young man in his twenties with a longer yellow hair in a Jounin attire. It looked like he just finished reporting given that the hokage told him to enter.

"Oh, Ryu! Good, good, it's good that you survived. If not, that Fugaku would again cause trouble." Old man Sarutobi exclaimed in a relieved tone even repeating the word 'good' thrice. It seems that the patriarch really caused trouble.

"It was just luck, Hokage-sama." Ryu said respectfully.

"Haha, luck is also part of your skills. I already know what happened from your two teammates and I have my condolences for your teacher. I won't ask for what happened to you or how you survived. Although your mission failed and the client failed to pay you, here is some money you can use. It is also for your heroic deed of luring the enemy to you alone." the old man threw him a small pouch which was probably filled with money. Ryu accepted as he also knew that Sarutobi was just doing this out of goodwill and nothing more.

"It is just good that you survived, if there is something nothing more that you need to report, you are dismissed." said the old man. It was not him being disrespectful or not caring about Ryu as Ryu could notice the slightly agitated tone in the old man's voice. It really seemed that they have very important things to discuss with the yellow haired young man.

"Thank you, Hokage-sama. Then, if you'll excuse me." Ryu said and left the room.

"Hokage-sama..." the yellow haired young man finally spoke, his tone was surprised and a little doubtful.

"So you also it... It seems that that boy has something to hide. Weather it would be a blessing or disaster, we will see. That damned Fugaku, it is really fortunate that he hid him, or else... sigh" just as the old man finished talking, a masked man with an anbu outfit emerged from the shadows, kneeling in front of the old man.

"Don't get noticed." Old man Sarutobi said and turned his chair towards the window as he puffed a smoke and sighing. The anbu officer disappeared in the shadows leaving the two behind.

"Sigh... Let's continue..." Sarutobi finally focused to the yellow haired young man.

...

'Mhm... It seems that they know something. Could Fugaku-sama have finally revealed it?' thought Ryu when he noticed someone following him, he also felt the presence when he was in the office. Given his disappearance and the way the hokage told him about the patriarch causing trouble, it is highly possible that his secret has been revealed.

'There is another one, could it be... Danzo...' The name flashed through his mind and his emotions rose, he got angry. He hated it, the feeling of being controlled and manipulated. He hated the feeling of being unable to be let go. He hated not being free!

He only half believed it when Fugaku told him about Danzo, but it seems that it was all true. 'I need to get stronger!' that was the only solution Ryu could think of at the moment. What else could be other solutions.

He acted normally, not letting the two following him that they were already noticed. He finally reached his destination after several minutes, the Uchiha Clan! He directly went to his small house, took a bath and changed in a new set of clothes.

Ryu loved wearing black, but he did not like having a long hair and always cut it in shaggy style, which really looked good in him. He wore his headband on his forehead. His appearance looked rather gloomy with all black attire, even the supposedly white bondage was black.

And if anyone looked at him, it would be like a normal kid in the neighborhood with a gloomy temperament. Ryu arrived at the Konoha Military Police Force HQ, the symbol of the organisation was a four-point star with the crest of the Uchiha clan in the center. And every member of the police force had this symbol on their shoulder instead of the normal Uzushiogakure.

Because he was recognized by the other members, he was not barred from entering. In fact, everyone he passed by always gave him warm smile. He went directly towards the captain room, knocked and was allowed to enter.

...

"What, you awakened the third tomoe?!" Fugaku suppressed his raging emotions and his desire to shout.

"Yeah, I was lucky enough to have been able to. If not I would have died." Ryu lied casually. But he needed to lie, if not...

"GOOD, good, good! It seems that the Uchiha Clan is not yet out of hope. Come, I will take you to a place." Fugaku was excited beyond belief as he smiled a lot while talking to Ryu earlier. Fugaku could only assumed that the death of his teacher awakened it. They arrived at the place, in front of them was a Stone Tablet, with words inscribed on it.

"This is the Stone Tablet that was passed to our clan since it was obtained. You can only decipher by activating your sharingan. It is up to you if you can decipher more." said Fugaku and turned to leave.

Ryu sat crossed legged in front of the tablet and activated his sharingan.

Mangekyou Sharingan is the second stage after the normal sharingan. It is awakened with great sacrifice. When awakened, each eye can awaken an ability which differs to everybody. Some are powerful and some are weak. But every time you use the ability, your eyes will be strained and could could cause permanent blindness if repeatedly used. Unless you have the regenerative cell of Senju Clan will The Mangekyou Sharingan be able to be used freely. It was also said it that has the ability to control Tailed Beasts.-- This was the most detailed of what he deciphered.

Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan is the next stage of the Sharingan- Just some words he could put together.

Kaguya, God Tree, Tsukuyomi are just words that he can somewhat decipher as it pop-upped many times.

Seeing that it was the only thing he could decipher, he gradually stood up tidied his clothes and went out of the room where Fugaku was waiting outside.

"How was it?" asked Fugaku. His tone was now calm and collected.

Ryu told Fugaku what he deciphered and Fugaku could only sigh in amazement.

"When I was also here the first time, I could only decipher some words. You are truly gifted." He stared at Ryu straight in the eye and his eyes turned blood red forming the normal sharingan, but it suddenly transformed, taking the form of three dots followed by three curves spiraling counter-clockwise around his pupil. While he did that, Ryu calmly obseved as he knew Fugaku would not harm him.

Although it did not affect him in the slightest, Ryu could feel a slight chill coming from the eye. He was also sure that a normal or even jounin level ninja would succumb to a genjutsu from it.

"This is my Mangekyou Sharingan. This is the first time that I have shown it to anyone, and I trust that you could keep that as a secret for me as well. Cause if you don't, our clan would get many attention in this war. And I am very confident that it could control any of the tailed beasts." said Fugaku seriously.

"And if you awaken your Mangekyou, I am sure that it will be more powerful than mine. be sure to come back here if you do. What I deciphered from the Tablet is also the secret in awakening the more advanced form and some more secrets of our clan, but I will leave it for you to decipher them yourself. You're very young, I can't have many burdens on your shoulder. I hope you understand..." Fugaku said seriously with a trace of being apologetic.

"Don't worry, Clan Leader. I understand." Ryu smiled. "How is Itachi? I would like to visit him..." He added while his eyes were shining and he had an excited smile on his face.

"Ahahaha, he is with his mother. You can go to our house anytime to visit him. Play with him and teach him some things." Fugaku laughed when he heard the question. Ryu would ask it everytime and he would always answer him with the same answer. But he was not tired of doing so, 'cause this was the only time that Ryu would show his childish child.

He had watched Ryu grew up, no, everyone in the clan watched him grow up. And they knew that he was a boy with a kind heart, he gave no trouble to anyone. When some clan member gives him food or money for free, he would help them clean their backyards or do some errands to pay them back. And although, Ryu doesn't smile a lot, he was still well like because they know his true attitude.

Like when he got back home earlier. He always notice if something was wrong in his house, like the filled rice box which was almost empty before. And his slightly moved pillow than usual was probably placed with some money.

It was only because of the war that he stopped doing so. But he still bore in his mind that he will pay them back ten times-no, a hundred times when the war is over.