Chapter 61: Consequences
[Beforehand i want to say that i wrote this chapter listening to this OST, and if those interested in listening it while reading, the name is Naruto Shippuden OST (Cover) - Uchiha Madara | 4th Great Ninja War]
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As the massive wave of heat took over the docks, every single person in the area couldn't help but to look up and not only get shocked but also completely scared.
"…w-what is that?..."
"…I-impossible…"
Someone muttered while others trembled, their weapons falling to the ground, and there were loud gulping sounds coming from them. Most abandoned their combat stances and just stared at what was approaching.
A fireball of titanic proportions, capable of swallowing everyone and everything with ease, approached from the skies above. Actually, calling it a 'fireball' would be an understatement, it was like the Sun decided to descend from the skies and swallow the earth.
From the distance everyone could see as the enemies' ships started burning, sails and wood turning into dust as the 'Mini Sun' devoured every single vessel like a hungry beast.
There was no time to even scream in agony, once the fireball reached the sea surface it turned into a massive pillar of fire and swallowed every single ship around while also creating small tsunamis.
The earth trembled as the people in the resort lands could only stare as the massive wave approached them.
The quick ones managed to run and procure some shelter, the slow ones were left at the mercy of nature, being devoured by the sea never to be seen again.
As everyone was recovering and the invaders were reduced by 50%, and without a way of retreat since their ships were gone, a loud crash sound was heard behind them.
Looking back, they could see an azure flame surrounding a man with a long wild black mane, glowing red eyes, and a very angry expression.
'…Shit…'
The man only stared at them, crossing his arms with his eyes narrowing. His hair flew up as if defying the laws of gravity.
"You are all aware… that no one will ever hear from you again… aren't you?"
Even though they had over a hundred people still ready for combat, no one felt that they could win. No, it was as if they were being stared down by the apex predator of this world.
"This won't even be a dance…"
….
….
"MY LORD!" Shouted a middle-aged man in deep red and black clothes, running towards a luxurious red room with ornated golden dragon pillars and a massive golden wall statue of a dragon facing their subjects.
The elevated altar had only a single seat, and it was separated from the lower area by a trail of flames.
The middle-aged man was sweating, not from heat, but because of the content of the latest report that they received from their falcon carriers.
A tall man with long hair and a golden ornament on top of his ponytail depicting a flame stared at the middle-aged man carrying what looked like a message, his eyes narrowed, he didn't appreciate the abrupt entrance of a servant in his council room.
The lower portion of the room was filled with old men wearing ornate armors, carrying proud dragon badges signifying their rank and nobility, and all those men stared at the newcomer with narrowed gazes.
The middle-aged man instantly bowed "…My Lord! We received…" he gulped hard "The outcome of the invasion against the Ghost Lands."
No one said anything, not even the lord shrouded behind the wall of fire, he simply made a simple gesture, allowing the newcomer to continue.
Taking a deep breath the man said only two words "..C-…Complete A-Annihilation… the Mercenaries … are no more… "
Everyone gulped hard.
For the Fire Nation or even the Earth Kingdom, the threat of five hundred mercenaries was not a big deal, it could annoy them and cost a little, but it was not a threat.
But for a simple resort to be able to completely destroy an army that could pretty much conquer many of the Earth Kingdom's lands with ease… that was 'a bit'…
"N-not only that…. according to this message… the G-ghost alone … demolished them all…" Said the middle-aged man.
"Ridiculous!" One general shouted.
"Impossible!" Shouted another general.
"Silence!" The Fire Lord said with a tone of finality, before staring at the middle-aged man again
"If everyone was killed, how did we receive such reports?"
This made the middle-aged man sweat even more and he started to tremble.
"Speak!" Shouted the Fire Lord.
Nodding his head, the man held the message with his trembling hands "T-the m-message wasn't w-written by our scouts…. It was signed b-by… M-Madara Uchiha…"
Silence again for several seconds until the middle-aged man said.
"A-and after signing, he-he…. He w-wrote… 'See you soon'…"
"PROPOSTEROUS!"
"RIDICULOUS! THAT'S REBELLION!"
The Fire Lord said nothing but everyone could see his eyes narrowing and his eyebrows lowering into a frown shape.
…
At the same time, in an opulent palace with a mix of gold and green, a tall man, partially bald but with a long-braided ponytail, wearing black and green changshan robes demonstrating his affiliation with the Earth Kingdom, was reading the exact same message with a frown.
He said nothing but destroyed the message with an angry expression, but after taking a long breath he looked towards the Throne Room.
"We need to prepare…"
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Meanwhile, cruising above the clouds on a big fluffy flying bison, Team Avatar was finally on their way to the legendary Northern Watertribe.
Aang was still scared of even considering trying to firebend again, as hurting Katara in his excitement left a permanent mark on his mind.
As the siblings were chatting to one another, everyone felt a massive heat wave pushing against them, even Appa the poor fluffy monster lost stability for a few seconds but with Aang holding the reigns, everything ended up fine.
"What was that?!" Shouted Katara in panic, it was the Arctic sea, it was freezing cold, but that heat wave suddenly made them all sweat.
"Look!" Said Sokka pointing south, towards the horizon.
Aang's eyes went wide and he felt something inside him recoil in fear.
"T-the sky… turned… red…" the young Avatar said, not understanding why he was feeling such fear.
"The heat wave also came from there," Said Sokka with a narrowed gaze.
"Was that firebending?!" Asked Katara after removing the huge fur coat she was wearing due to the heat.
"Impossible!" Shouted Aang. "No one can bend like that!"
"I hope you're right…" Said Sokka.
"Look! That's a huge wave!" Katara shouted while pointing at the horizon, after seeing the aftermath of whatever caused the catastrophe.
Aang shrugged. "Well… at least we are flying…"
Sokka immediately hugged Appa "Have I ever told you how much I love you Appa?"
This made both Aang and Katara chuckle.
Unfortunately for the Fire Nation fleet below… the situation wasn't as … carefree… as it was for Team Avatar, not only were they closer to the shore, but they also were not flying.
"PREPARE FOR IMPACT!" Shouted one of the officers as the massive wave swallowed them.
Admiral Zhao being cold-hearted as always, commanded the Firebenders to go towards the deck and use their fire to dispel as much of the water wave as they could, even Iroh that was a guest on the ship was there to help… hell even Zuko who was pretending to be a regular firebending soldier did as well.
Everyone was feeling the power of the impact.
"That direction..." Zuko said behind his helmet.
"Yes… It is the Resort..." Iroh said in a hushed tone beside his nephew, pretending to be helping him get up after they did their best to escape the wave.
"I-is that… T-teacher's firebending?!" Zuko was scared.
"Most likely." Answered the old General with a serious gaze towards the south.
That day, a third of the invading Fire Nation fleet was completely wiped out. Zhao would never call a retreat, he claimed that it was just a natural disaster and that the Honor of the Fire Nation would never bow to nature, that they are the rulers of this world and would never give up, the remaining fleet continued their course.
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Xi saw many things, she grew up with the two biggest dragons ever recorded in history, and she knew one of the oldest firebending stances in existence, the Dancing Dragon, herself!
She knew many secrets about spirits and many other things that people consider fairy tales nowadays due to the passage of time.
But absolutely nothing was enough to prepare her for the sight in front of her.
The sun that turned into a fire tornado in the middle of the sea, the size and intensity was something that she would never forget.
Gulp.
"Madara is pissed," Kaliya said with a narrowed gaze. She never calls him by his name in public, it's always 'Boss'. So hearing her speaking like that sent a shiver down Xi's spine for some reason.
"W-was that…. the L-lord?!" Xi couldn't help but ask to confirm it.
"Aye… he did something similar against me once… and I survived by pure dumb luck…." Even Kaliya gulped hard at the sight "But this time I don't think he held back like he did back then…"
Even Nari's hands trembled as she did her damn best to keep the ship stable after receiving that shockwave of heat that almost ruined everything.
She instantly recalled what Madara said not long ago 'So what? Who do you think I am?' and couldn't help but smile a bit, regardless of fear.
Theres no one that wasn't scared shitless of what Madara Uchiha just did, well… almost no one…
In the streets of the resort, surrounded by piles of corpses a man with long flowing dark brown hair was standing straight, staring at the tower of fire that seemed to link the sea and the sky.
He was holding some random raider by the neck, like a chicken. His robes were all destroyed and he was only wearing black pants, white socks, and black kung fu shoes. His back had a massive tattoo of an angry green dragon surrounded by clouds.
The dude was fucking ripped, and his body was covered in burn marks and cuts with blood still being leaked, but he didn't seem to care, he had a smirk on his face as his eyes seemed to glow at the sight of fire.
"You are back!"
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KojiSan
KojiSan Hello there! i usually dont post chapters on weekends but today i was inspired because my Youtube feed was bombarding me with Avatar the Last Airbender videos lol.
So i couldn't hold back and i started writing it! i hope we can finish the Book 1 of ATLA this week! although i don't know if i will derail because of character interactions and events... >_> but the plan is to finish the book one in 5 more chapters tops!
Thank you all who support me, its incredibly challenging to write while having to deal with this obnoxious ADHD shit >_> sometimes im super hyped to write, other times i feel absolutelly no inspiration whatsoever! its really bad.
One thing, i know it can be a bit confusing with the timeline of the POVs, obviously both the Fire Nation and Earth Kingdom PoVs are supposed to be days after what happened.. but... i felt that it was more fluid to write in the order of PoVs that i did... idk... it felt more... impactful... while reading... well you tell me on the comments!
Have a great day you wonderful sausages! stay awesome guys!
Chapter 62: Responsibility
Smoke billowing from the horizon, a sign of destruction and carnage left by the most recent disaster, or even tragedy, on the northern most part of the western side of the Earth Kingdom.
Honestly if it wasn't for the Airship that arrived ten minutes later, half of the Resort would've been swallowed by the flames.
Kaliya proving her worth as one of, if not the strongest known waterbender in the world, used her bending to bring a controlled wave from the ocean, cleansing every fire in the vicinity.
One would think that with such a turn-around situation where Madara fell from the skies and destroyed hundreds of mercenaries, he would be welcomed with cheer and happiness, or even fear due to his unprecedented level of power.
But no, reality is not that simple.
It's not about who wins, or about how spectacular the action is, that is an animation gimmick. All that could be felt was sadness.
The current Resort had around two hundred and fifty to three hundred employees, one third of them being guards and scouts, and of that one third… half perished in this tragedy…
The mercenaries didn't just want to rob, although they had gold in their eyes, they were following orders, orders that if followed would leave no one left alive to tell the tale.
They killed; they killed without remorse, on the contrary, they did it while smiling and laughing, thinking of the huge payload they would secure from the unofficial richest firebender in the world.
Forty-two dead guards, twenty-seven dead civilians in which ten were children.
This was a tragedy, and Madara was not happy even after destroying them one by one.
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The sun was setting and inside a traditional Japanese office, a young man with long-wild black hair could be seen, flipping papers and reading documents while holding his forehead.
The door slowly opened to reveal a tall man with black chengshan robes, his hair was tied with a green hairband into a low ponytail, he had some bandages on his face but he was overall completely fine.
"Mr. Uchiha.." the man said, revealing his presence.
"How many Jackie?" Asked the young man who didn't even look up, still buried in the reports he was reading.
With a long sigh Jackie shook his head "Thirty-one wish to terminate their contract saying that it isn't safe for them and their families to remain here, seven families are now without any income because their husbands or fathers were among the casualties… "
Jackie was even more depressed than Madara, different from his boss, Lei actually interacted with everyone and always tried to help them in everything he could. Madara might not know the name of every single employee under his name, but Jackie knew, he would even go out to drink and eat with them from time to time.
And now many of his friends were dead, while some would be leaving for good.
"This was a tragedy, Jackie…"
"It wasn't your fault Mr. Uchiha…" Lei tried to help his friend, but Madara wasn't listening.
"Wasn't, really?" Madara asked with a sarcastic tone in his voice "If it wasn't for the fact that I am the owner of this place… this shit storm would never have happened… they wanted to hurt ME, and now my people paid the ultimate price for my folly…"
Lei stared at his boss for a few seconds.
"Mr. Uchiha, we live in a time of war… Something like this was bound to happen, sooner or later..."
"The war has been on hold since the failed siege of Ba Sing Se, Jackie… this wasn't an act or consequence of war, this was personal… and you know it"
"While it is partially true, yours isn't the only lands that have been invaded, and while I agree that it was personal… you destroyed the mercenaries, and the name of Rough Rhinos will never be heard ever again, you made sure of it."
"And how does that bring back what we lost?" Asked Madara with his sharingan active, staring at his friend and employee.
"It doesn't, nothing does... so there's no point in pulling yourself down like that."
With a dry chuckle Madara replied "You say that… but would you really behave like that if Nari or your future child were among the deceased?"
"..I…." Lei's eyes went wide and he even took a step back
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"You don't know, right?" Madara stared at his friend "You would not be this nonchalant if they were involved, and Nari would be aiming towards the Fire Lord if you were gone as well… and you know it."
"I am not nonchalant!" Lei narrowed his eyes and even raised his voice by a little bit "They were friends of mine, Madara!"
It was incredibly uncharacteristic of Lei to use his first name directly, so much that even Madara had to stop for a second and stare at the Jackie Chan clone in front of him with wide eyes.
"Friends that I will never see again, and I have to deal with more friends also wanting to leave this place now… you are not the only one dissatisfied with this situation, but you need to remember, you can't calculate everything. Even if you know what will happen you will not be able to calculate every detail about it, life is unpredictable and we need to live with it!"
They remained in silence for some time, staring at one another until Madara couldn't help but lower his gaze.
Jackie was right, one can't calculate everything, and not everything that falls under calculations will go as expected… hell even fucking Aizen was screwed with his plans, who is he to want to be flawless? He was just a hobo that had decent survival skills in a modern society...
Noticing his boss lowering his gaze, Lei's stiff expression relaxed, he even offered his friend a smile "The point is… life is filled with bad moments like these… you can either learn from them or be destroyed by them, and believe me Mr. Uchiha, neither me nor the girls will allow for the latter to happen, so pick yourself up… there are people waiting for you, so don't make us wait too long."
Without saying another word, Lei approached the desk, placed the reports about the people who wish to leave the resort on Madara's desk, turned around and left, sparing his friend only a single final look over his shoulder before closing the shoji door.
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Hours went by as Madara kept reading everything, saying to himself that he was doing it because it was his responsibility, but in truth he was fleeing from his responsibilities.
He was scared of walking out of his place and staring at his people in the eye, what should he say to them? It was easy years ago when he earned their trust with his promises of wealth and delivered it, but now? How can he overcome their grief… how can he… redeem himself.
To make matters worse, his recent intel claimed that the Avatar was seen flying northwards on their Flying Bison.
Madara knew that the Siege of the Northern Watertribe was imminent, yet…
'I can't leave my people like this… after such a tragedy they need their leader more than anything! Especially after being attacked precisely because of my absence!'
Funerals needed to be prepared, rites needed to be had… yet he vouched to himself that he wouldn't let Yue die due to Zhao's stupidity.
On one hand he had his own goal, call it a vanity project even, prevent Yue from dying due to him considering her like himself, on the other hand his people needed him and he had a responsibility towards them.
"Heavy is the crown…" he mumbled to himself, clenching both his teeth and fists.
Many would say that he was just their employer, not their ruler, and that would be true in modern society, but in this era, he was no different from a feudal lord, and his employees were no different from subjects.
He didn't have long to think about these things, because suddenly he heard the door sliding open again, this time instead of Lei's heavy steps he heard soft gentle steps instead.
"Mr. Uchiha" Said Nari with a composed expression but a warm smile, there was pain in her eyes but she knew her 'son' needed strength, but that's not why she came here. "A ship has been spotted getting closer to the docks…"
Madara frowned "More mercenaries?" smoke came out of his mouth, threatening to burn everything and everyone.
"No, not mercenaries, they appear to be a merchant ship…"
"What would a damn merchant ship be doing here at a time like this?" Madara growled and stood up, pulling his haori over his shoulders imitating certain admirals from a certain pirate world, and walked out.
He was going to find out.
Standing in front of the docks, watching a fancy merchant ship finally docking properly. Madara's eyes narrowed.
'There's no banner, and they should've seen me and the remaining of my guards here before docking, so they are either idiots who considers themselves strong… or not enemies… the ship also looks way too expensive to be sent here for battle purposes…'
As the ship stopped, a tall man dressed in green robes walked out while carrying an expensive looking scroll, and went straight to Madara.
"Who are you and what do you want in my land?" Madara asked with narrowed eyes.
The man simply smiled once he saw Madara, which confused him. 'Do we know each other, mate?' he even raised an eyebrow while staring at the dude.
"We came here bringing you a message," The man said while extending his hand towards Madara so he could grab the scroll and read it himself.
Not wasting time, Madara snatched the parchment and started reading.
A weird shift of emotions appeared in Madara's eyes as he was reading, honestly, he didn't know what he felt… gratitude? Embarrassment? Happiness? Helplessness?
"… This…"
He looked at the man in front of him, and searched his memory for a few seconds until his eyes went wide. "You are… that guy… Gan?..."
The man grinned. "Aye, it's been a while, Instructor."
"Lao sent you here?" Madara asked incredulously, while watching more and more previous guards that he had trained in the Beifong Estate, the people he tormented, the people that he crushed and transformed into elite soldiers, leave the ship.
Gan just shrugged, and cheekily replied "Well, our contracts ended, and Master Beifong said that it would be better for our careers to be sent here now that the Earth Kingdom entered in a partnership with them, at least you would give us a stable job."
Madara couldn't even understand what was happening and saw Gan chuckling, this prick will feel pain again for sure!
"But yes… Lao Beifong sent us here, but it wasn't just us…"
Gan said while stepping away, giving Madara the view of five people who he hadn't seen in a long while.
"It's been a while, Madara…" a cheeky female voice reached his ears.
"Who would've thought that you saying that you were a Firebender back then was no joke at all?"
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Madara couldn't even reply as he stared at five mature women, wearing heavy green robes and samurai armor, carrying katanas on their waists alongside war fans. "Kira?!"
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KojiSan
KojiSan
Hello there ! i was without internet for quite a while. >_> and it was so awful guys, totally do not recommend!
Now, this chapter is a bit slow but i can't just disregard the previous chapter and what it entails, the world has more nuance than just "Sasuga Moments", no... this fight was in home territory, with his own people's lives as price...
Even if it was a badass entrance and a brutal destruction, it does not diminish the cost.
About the second part of it, it was something that i had in mind since the beginning, i like bringing things together doing a full circle.
Kyoshi Warriors welcomed Madara in their land. Now Madara welcomes Kyoshi Warriors in his land. Beifong Guards were trained by Madara, now Beifong Guards protect Madara.
I like doing things like that because it makes it feel that the world keep spinning on the background, that although the story is focused on Madara, the Gaang, and Zuko, the rest of the world also moves and have their own stories and journeys.
Honestly the chapter wasn't supposed to be this long, but again.. i guess i get lost in character interactions and just keep going x-x
ANYWAY, i hope yall are happy with the new chapter, i am already writing the next one :3 have a wonderful day you wonderful sausages!
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