He almost doesn 't want to fathom those words. The realization slides down his throat like coarse oil and it drips down his spine like the hottest of steel. It 's something unpleasant to hear, let alone try to wrap his mind around.

Young and dying.

That either means that Uchiha Obito was somehow riddled with sickness while young or that Uchiha Obito was somehow on the verge of death.

Either way, Uchiha Obito was meant to die young. One of the many that would be forgotten in history simply because they aren 't important enough. Maybe mentioned as a footnote in someone else 's story, or not even that.

Then came Uchiha Madara. A relative, though what kind is left unsaid. A relative with enough power to change Uchiha Obito 's life. To take Uchiha Obito back from the gates of hell and give him a chance to live.

It 's trading away death for life. Trading away your nothing for everything.

Who wouldn 't take such a chance?

Only a fool would dismiss it.