Chapter 7: Kira
As Madara is guided back to his abode by Kira after walking around the village for a whole day the gears in his head keeps spinning, thinking about the possibilities, once they reach the door of his shack he stops and turns towards her.
"I don't know if would be me overstepping my boundaries here but I have to ask... do you mind if i watch you girls practice on your dojo?"
She looks at him suspiciously "You want to learn our combat techniques? Look Madara, after following you the whole day I believe less and less that you actually are a spy, but regardless of that, rules are rules, and even if you were to become a friend of our village, we don't teach outsiders, especially men... no offense"
He chuckles "None taken, and no I'm not asking to be taught, I'm asking to watch, it can be even just for one day, it's just that I also have my own martial arts and I want to compare to yours without the need of actual battle."
She holds her chin with one hand and considers his request "I will talk to the village chief, that's not something even I, the current leader of the Kyoshi Warriors, can just accept like that, it belongs to our culture after all."
He nods "I understand, by the way have you fought many Fire Nation soldiers?"
She raises a brow "Some... why you ask?"
He shrugs "I heard Fire Nation soldiers' study on an academy or school or something... and they have a standard combat style, you probably already noticed if you fought them, so once you spar with me you will see how different my combat is compared to them, easing your suspicions of me being a spy, and hopefully loose my metaphorical shackles a little bit…"
She chuckles "Yeah that could help your case a bit, but high ranks and nobles tend to have their own family style..."
Madara just kept staring at her with a deadpan expression.
"What?" she asks.
"No noble would send their family as a spy… and about the whole being high rank on the Fire Nation army… I'm fucking 9 years old!"
She chuckles and give him and awkward smile "Yeah... sorry about that... its just that you don't talk like a 9-year-old at all."
He just shrugs "Anyone in my situation would have to mature fast-" he then notices what he just said and stopped talking, turning towards the door and opening it "Then I hope I receive good news about the whole thing, thank you for everything today." He bows his head slightly and entered his house before closing the door, leaving Kira with her thoughts outside.
"Anyone in your situation huh?" she muttered to herself and walked away contemplating.
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Inside one of the biggest houses in the village the stout old man that Madara recognized was brewing some tea for himself after a long day of work.
Suddenly he hears knock sounds on the door.
"You may enter." He said.
"Excuse me then" Said a melodious female voice as a Kyoshi Warrior walks into the room after removing her boots by the entrance.
"Ah, Kyoshi leader Kira, welcome welcome, want some tea?" He says with a kind grandfatherly smile.
"Hi there Oyaji, ah yes I could have some tea right now." She says as she walks towards the teapot and pours some tea for herself before sitting right across of him.
"So how can this old man help you today?"
"Its about Madara, the outsider."
"Oh, the spy?" He raises an eyebrow.
She shakes her head "I don't believe he is a spy, he is too young and his behavior is not fitting for a spy at all, what kind of spy would just accept be openly known by the people whom they want to spy on?"
Oyaji shakes his head "You cannot underestimate how insidious the Fire Nation can be Kira, don't be naïve, you know that he is a potential threat."
Kira stares at him "But he can also be a potential friend, he did nothing wrong, on the contrary he walked around the village like a tourist, was polite, and didn't create any issue even if it was just me following him, he could've attacked or attempted to start trouble but he did nothing, he just took the hostile gazes of the villagers and shrugged them off…"
Oyaji stares at Kira's eyes with a serious gaze "You cannot underestimate their plans Kira, this could be all part of his plan! If it was up to me, we would've tied him up and extracted information out of him…"
Kira raises her eyebrows "That's extreme..."
"Extreme? You want to know what's extreme? A 100-year war is extreme!!"
The Kyoshi leader kept staring at the Village leader for a whole minute in silence before giving up, she would never be able to convince this stubborn old man of opening their borders a tiny little bit. 'Kyoshi Island is too isolated and have no friends anywhere... we do have geographical advantage against an invasion, but without aid from the Earth Kingdom we won't be able to stop an army... only stall for time... and time for what? Who would've come anyway?'
She finished her tea and placed the small cup on the table. "He asked to watch our training for a day..."
Oyaji snorted "Of course he did, he is a spy and a spy's job is to gather information..."
She took a deep breath and said it "And I plan on accepting it..."
Oyaji's brain stopped working for a few seconds before exploding "YOU CAN'T! KYOSHI WARRIOR'S TECHNIQUE ARE A SECRET OF OUR PEOPLE!"
"He didn't say he wanted to learn, he said he wanted to watch for one day, he wants to compare with his own techniques and after considering his reasoning… I decided to accept it."
"I FORBID IT! YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED!"
Her eyes narrows and her gaze intensifies "You forbid it? You have no say in this, this is our business… we don't meddle with your government and you don't meddle with our things, that's how our squadron always worked since its creation by Avatar Kyoshi herself, i'm merely informing you because it's the rules!"
Oyaji was about to reply when a childish voice echoed through his house.
"Oyaji! Oyaji! We finished cleaning the kitchen! You promised that our punishment would be over after that!"
Kira looked around and her gaze softened once she spotted a small 6-year old girl with pale skin, blue eyes and auburn hair cut into a common bob haircut with a high spiky ponitail, followed by a group four other kids, one of which resembles her a lot.
"Not now Suki, Oyaji is busy." Said the old man with a soft voice.
"Woooooo! It's Lady Kira from the Kyoshi Warriors!" the little girl had stars in her eyes. "Me and my friends decided that we will join the Kyoshi Warriors, Lady Kira!"
Kira let out a soft charming chuckle and kneeled in front of young Suki, patting her head "And we will obviously welcome such brave and strong girls, but you have to wait a few years first, so be patient, okay?" she said flashing a kind sisterly smile.
All five little girls bobbed their heads up and down like chickens, Kira was their idol and what all of them dreamed to become, beautiful, strong, gentle and imposing, it was the image of the perfect woman in their eyes.
"B-but… we wanted to see you fight more o-often… i-i-is there a way to let us watch?" said the other girl that looked very similar to Suki, stuttering a bit.
That triggered Suki, she didn't want their idol to see them as weak girls. "Mingxia!"
But Kira just laughed "Its fine, its fine… "then she thought about something and a smile blossomed on her face "In fact, next week we are planning on holding an open training so the younger generation can watch... if you girls want you can-"
She couldn't even finish her words and the young girls started jumping around like the hyperactive children that they were, shouting in excitement
"WE WANT WE WANT!"
"WE WILL BE THERE!"
"YEEEEEEEEEEEEES!"
It was so cute that even Oyaji couldn't bring himself to ruin this moment, all he could do is frown as he stared at Kira 'what a cunning woman…' then he took a deep breath and nodded.
"Alright Kira, go ahead and do it, but it will be only once, and I want to be there as well, I will also invite some earthbenders from neighbor villages to come and assist us in case of anything go wrong"
Kira said nothing, just nodded and after patting the head of all the other four girls she wore her boots, stood up and walked out of the house, leaving Oyaji to suffer from the hyperactiveness of the girls on his own.
He could only let an exhasperated sigh, turning to the girls with a smile…
"So, you cleaned the kitchen huh? Well, it's time for me to do the inspection then..."
"Er…."
"Hmmmm.."
"I got to go to the restroom…"
"My tummy doesn't feel good..."
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Madara finished filling his 'bath tub' with water, took his clothes off and jumped in, although it was nothing more than an oversized bucked that could fit a grown up, it was more than enough for him.
He secretly used his firebending to heat the water until it was the perfect temperature for him, he laid his head on the border of the tub and closed his eyes.
"Now I have to find a way to earn money… but who would employ a 9-year-old? I doubt that this village will just accept using their own money to pay me considering how they stare at me…"
Looking at his own body "A 9-year-old doesn't inspire confidence on anyone for any job… the Kyoshi Warriors only backed down because they recognized my skills during our stare down but that's only because they are knowledgeable of martial arts, the ordinary ignorant citizen from this place won't behave the same way… it seems that the Kyoshi Warriors are my only hope here… sigh… I pray that everything works."
He frowns "I hate being in a kid's body, people don't trust my skills, people don't trust my words... and I can't even have fun... going this far back wasn't worth it at all!"
CREATORS' THOUGHTS 
KojiSan
KojiSan I wanted to make this chapter to have character development and have some settups and payoffs in the future, i really dislike when the whole thing feels "convenient", so it is needed some time to set things up beforehand to make it feel natural.
I still hope you enjoy the chapter though! your support is inspiring me to keep writing! thanks a lot!
And NO, Kira is 18 years old right now, she isn't a possible romance.
Chapter 8: Demon
After a whole week of doing nothing all around the town, living of the kind donations that came from Kira, which improved a lot after their talk that day, Madara was putting his black robes on.
Today was the day that he was informed that he would be allowed to watch the Kyoshi Warrior's training, but his goal was not just watch, he will fight, he has to fight, when your words are discredited, when your actions are ignored and only warriors seem to understand you, you have to talk the warrior's language, using your fists!
Checking if everything was properly tied, Madara nodded to himself, and after putting on his black shinobi sandals he walked out of the house.
Today the mood of the town was different, he could see quite some new faces around. For someone that explored the village for a whole week, he knew quite a bit about the inhabitants, so new faces could only mean one thing…
'Heh, they are preparing for any trouble, eh?' his eyes narrowed and he smirked as he walked to the Kyoshi Dojo that was very close to his shack. 'Let's have some action.'
As he walked inside the dojo, he noticed that it was already full, not only the 10 Kyoshi warriors were giving a lecture about combat techniques to young children, even Oyaji, the village leader, was here as well, not only that but from the moment he stepped in Oyaji has been eyeing like a hawk.
While taking his sandals off before stepping on the training area he hears his favorite female voice talking to him.
"You have quite unique shoes, don't you?" Said Kira as she approached him.
He just shrugged like he usually does "What can I say, it's the kind of shoes that my people usually wear"
"I never seen or heard of anything like it"
"Of course you haven't, the Fire Nation don't have these" he replied with a smirk.
She could only reply with a smirk of her own while shaking her head. She noticed that although young Madara had the same carefree speech, tone and behavior that he usually displayed, today his eyes were sharper, today he didn't come to be a tourist, today he came as a warrior, to fight!
As the lecture kept going, which was just some basic exercises so he didn't put too much attention to it, he turned to Kira and curiously asked.
"I see quite a number of boys here, I thought you would only teach girls"
She shrugged just like him and replied "If we can accept an outsider that is a boy to be here, why would we chase away our own?"
He couldn't help but snort amused, her behavior changed a bit since they met, it's almost like... she is taking some of his mannerisms.
After the lecture there was a series of spars between Kyoshi Warriors, nothing extreme and certainly nothing dangerous, but it was enough for Madara to see their combat style.
'So, they mainly use their hands to attack and grapple... their legs are mainly for movement and stability, a very good style to specialize in using an opponent's strength and weight against them.'
After the spars were over one of the Kyoshi Warriors came to the center.
"Thank you all for coming, I hope you all learned something new to help you improve yourselves" she slightly bowed her head, proper etiquette was part of being a Kyoshi Warrior after all. "But now we will have a final spar, our … visitor … will fight with one of us 9, this will be a more serious spar but I want to let everyone know that this won't be, by any means, lethal, you are welcome to stay and watch if you so desire."
Many murmurs spread through the dojo, only the 10 Kyoshi Warriors and Oyaji knew about this spar so everyone else was obviously shocked! Most of them already got used to Madara's presence on their daily lives and even stopped staring at him when he walked around the village, to think that the young boy would have a serious spar with a trained Kyoshi Warrior….
Madara was shocked, but by another reason "9? Won't you be the one to spar with me?"
Kira just shook her head "No, it wouldn't be appropriate for the leader to spar in this situation, I will be watching the fight to guarantee fairness and the safety of everyone."
Madara snorted "Will it be Fei Lan?"
Kira raised one eyebrow "You really don't like her, do you?"
He just shrugged, and she chuckled
"No, it won't be Fei Lan, it will be Lana she has been waiting for this since you arrived, she even calls you 'little monster' when we talk about you"
Now was Madara's turn to raise his eyebrow "Oh? You talk about me?"
Kira couldn't only leave an exasperated sigh "Go!"
No one left the dojo, even the little kids were excited to see a serious combat, its not every day that a Kyoshi Warrior displays their real skill after all.
Once Madara stepped up the young kids kept staring at him, especially young Suki, she was mesmerized by his appearance, long black spiky hair that reached bellow his shoulders with bangs that covered his black sharp eyes that made him look like a predator, long black robes that, together with his eyes and hair, contrasted with his pale skin, all in all… her first impression of him was of a strong and mysterious boy.
Once he stepped up his opponent also walked towards the center, Lana was another beauty among the Kyoshi Warriors, long braided chestnut colored hair tied in a low ponytail with bright blue eyes.
When both of them were in the center, they bowed to each other in respect and at the exact same time assumed their combat positions 10 meters from one another, it was so well performed and synchronized that if someone didn't know, they would believe this was choreographed.
But then… they just stopped moving… seconds passed and no one moved. It was more like a stare down than actual spar, this made the girls and even Oyaji confused, but once he looked towards the other Kyoshi Warriors he was shocked, they all had grim expressions on their faces!
Others wouldn't notice minute details but how wouldn't they? They are all martial arts masters, regular untrained people would never notice it but they could see it clearly as day, Lana body moved slightly and Madara's body shifted in response right after in less than a fraction of a second, every time Lana prepared a movement Madara prepared a counter instantly!
To the crowd they were just staring at each other as statues, but Lana already had a cold sweat running down her spine. 'Little monster?! WHAT A JOKE!! This boy is a demon!'
Kira's expression was very grim as she looked at both of them, muttering to herself "His words weren't a bluff, if his skills are half as good as his reflexes and instincts... he could've really crippled us that day on the docks" the other 8 that were sitting in seiza position beside her couldn't help but give a serious nod.
((I kept listening to the Agni Kai theme while writing this chapter, so I would recommend the readers to do the same while reading))
Madara's presence changed since he assumed his position, his gaze and the pressure he emanated was just like that day on the docks, right now he isn't a transmigrated person with Madara's powers, right now he truly is Uchiha Madara!
'Not coming, eh? If that's the case' he stared at Lana's pretty blue eyes and displayed a sinister grin "Lana, right? Let's dance!"
In a fraction of a second his body shifted and dashed towards Lana with extreme speed, the girl manages to react but was half second late, as soon as she moved to grab his arm, he already shifted his feet and landed a heavy blow to her gut with his knee.
TUD!
Saliva flows out of her mouth. she takes one step back to catch her breath but Madara isn't letting her.
He jumps on a spinning kick aiming her head, she manages to block it but her posture was broken, the power of that kick made her feel her bones shaking.
She grabs his ankle with her free hand, and since he is very light, she spins and throws him upwards with all her strength.
She needed some time to recover her posture and creating a distance would help, that and having him on the air would making him an easy target.
But what happened next made her feel despair, Madara did a backflip in the air and landed upside down on the ceiling.
Time seemed to stop and she could see his predatory gaze fixed on her, a sinister bloodthirsty smile on his lips, right after that he instantly dashed towards her again.
He flipped on the air, using both his weight and the momentum gained, he landed a heavy axe kick on her right shoulder.
CRACK
Lana bit her lips feeling the pain, that arm is gone for the fight and every inch she moves it she feels a stinging pain.
The spar continued, Madara didn't let her even seize initiative, it was a one-sided beatdown and she could only endure it, she is a Kyoshi Warrior, she would never give up just like that.
The other Kyoshi Warriors were even more grim as the time passed, some of them were closing her fists so hard that their hands were turning white. 'That's no boy… that's truly a demon in human skin... and he is only 9 years old…'
Lana could only try to defend with her knees and left arm, she couldn't muster a counterattack at all, Madara was relentless and merciless, he might not be fighting in a life and death battle considering how he aims to incapacitate her and not to kill, but it doesn't diminish the seriousness that he is putting in this fight.
After a couple more minutes of combat Madara landed his knee on the side of her right thigh with his full strength, this time she couldn't help but let her pain out.
"ARGH.."
Falling on one knee and without being able to use her right arm, she gives up her defenses and lunges a jab towards his face.
Madara was startled by her sacrifice and couldn't react in time to dodge the blow completely, so he shifted his body and took the jab on his shoulder, using the momentum of the blow he went for a final spin.
Mid spin his hands morphed from a close fist to stretched fingers, at that moment Kira's eyes widened staring at Madara's spear-like hand.
He lunged his hand towards Lana's throat like a spear, time slowed down.
Lana could see that spear-like hand moving towards her throat, she had no way to avoid it or block it, if that hit lands, she is dead.
Kira instantly starts to stand up trying to stop the spar but she is too slow and is too far away, even saying "STOP" would take too long and Lana would be a cold corpse by then.
Everyone stopped breathing at the final moment of the spar, and when they thought it would be the end for the Kyoshi Warrior, Madara just stopped his hand half-inch from her throat.
It was dead silence, no one said a word, even Kira was stuck on a half standing up position, that final attack was aiming to take a life, it was not a kind of attack that a 9-year-old could ever use, regardless of how talented and well trained they were!
Madara kept staring at her eyes for a couple seconds as he caught his breath, then he retracted his arm while nodding to her, he offered his hand to help her stand up and she accepted it absentmindedly.
Kira finally came back to her senses and shouted
"The spar is Over, Madara Wins!"
No one could say a word, there was no cheer, there was only utter dread!
'This kid… ' Oyaji kept staring at Madara with his huge forehead covered in sweat 'He didn't even used his bending and could already kill a seasoned Kyoshi Warrior….' He then looked at Lana 'If he was a spy, he could've attacked us and we wouldn't even be able to react… I find it hard to believe ANYONE would dispatch someone like this just to spy on our small little island…'
He then muttered to himself "Potential friend, huh? I pray that you are right Kira, I truly do…"
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KojiSan
KojiSan
It took me a while to write this chapter, i'm not experienced in writing combat so i had to research quite a bit to not make it bad and boring, which i hope i didn't!!!
Dialogue, interactions and character development just comes easy to me but combat is tricky, i hope i did good sinse this is actually my first ever fanfiction.
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