Kira helped Lana to get to the healer's hut and led everyone else outside the dojo with the help of the other Kyoshi Warriors, all of that while Madara sat on the ground to rest, his shoulder was hurting like crazy, that last strike he took really screwed him, if not for his final move he didn't know if he could keep fighting aggressively like that, and giving Lana the initiative wouldn't be different from admitting defeat, that woman is strong!
To anyone watching the fight it seemed that it was a one-sided beatdown but he knew better, he had to spend three times more stamina than needed, his child body didn't have the same strength as a grown man, every kick and every punch NEEDED to be done with his full strength behind it, otherwise it would have no effect in battle whatsoever.
Not only that but during fight he felt something, he doesn't know what it was and it was very faint but he felt something weird with him.
As someone who struggled to live during his previous life he was more than used to dirty his hands with a few things, he never crossed certain lines because he was afraid of the consequences that would for sure come to bite him in the ass, but he was never soft-hearted person, his goal was to survive and if he had to play dirty do achieve that he would, so he had no problem in fighting seriously or aim for the head.
His thoughts were interrupted by Kira that came back and offered a waterskin, he took it and gulped it in a few seconds.
"Phew, I needed that… thanks…"
"You are welcome" she grinned "That was a nice fight by the way, to think your small body could pack such punch…"
"Hey I resent that! Don't use the word 'small' when talking about a man, unless you want that man to really dislike you…"
She laughed out loud "Well… tell me that after you grow up a bit, okay?"
'This fucking bitch…' his eye twitched and he let out a loud laugh together with her, regardless of her teasing he couldn't stay angry with her.
"So, what you think? Did I worsen my situation with your town?"
She shook her head "I believe that after this everyone will know that if you had bad intentions, you would have no issues in doing it... by the way..." she pointed to his shoulder "You better get that checked."
Madara loosed his robes a bit to reveal his right shoulder, a huge nasty purple mark spread through his skin.
"Ouch" she said with a sarcastic tone.
"Ouch indeed, that will hurt tomorrow" he replied.
She turned her sarcastic grin on. "That will hurt for at least five 'tomorrow's"
"You know... you are this far from entering my Fei Lan list…" he said with a deadpan voice, which she just laughed louder and louder.
He got up and left the dojo with her on his tail, when he turned the corner of the street, he understood the saying 'Talk about the Devil and he shall appear'.
"BUT HE IS A FUCKING IDIOT!" said a small five-year old boy looking at the Kyoshi Warrior, Fei Lan, right in front of him, while all she did was to stare at the boy with an angry face.
That seemed to be enough and he boy lowered his head and walked away with her.
Madara turned to Kira and asked "Who's that? One of her victims?"
She chuckled and answered while shaking her head "No, that's Kelo, her son… she always doted on him like a little prince, he is spoiled to the core… well that was until certain someone showed up and taught him how to curse…"
"Oh…" Was all Madara could say.
"You finally understood huh?" she asked teasingly.
"Now everything makes sense… I can't even complain about the treatment anymore…"
She started to laugh out loud again, using her fingers to clean her tears.
"What's so funny?" Asked Madara annoyed.
"We had a bet about how long would it take for you to figure that out…" she answered while still laughing. "Some said a day, some said a week, some of us said never…"
"What about you?" He asked with a raised eyebrow.
"Until any of us told you about it" she said that with the most sunny, charming and cute smile possible, that made Madara want to punch her face so damn hard...
After that incident Madara went to rest on his cabin, and look at that? That little bitch was right, it took him five days to get his shoulder better.
After that he kept exploring the Village and talking to the population, this time no one treated him badly, it seems someone told them to treat him with respect that he was no spy at all… phew… finally!
After the first couple weeks after the spar, Madara was called by Kira again who offered him some sort of exchange for some fighting tips for her warriors, he wouldn't get paid in currency, because they wanted to keep their economy tight inside the island, but they would fetch goods for him directly if he wanted, and just like that Madara got his first job.
He also taught some extra tips to the young girl group that watched the spar that day, especially Suki, he knew what she would become so he went an extra mile to impart some extra fighting techniques to her.
"Huff… Madara this is too much... I can't carry more weight!"
"Your stamina is too low Suki, you need to grow up and become the strongest of the Kyoshi Warriors." He replied.
"Just a little break... pretty pleeeease?" she said doing her best puppy-eyes technique on him.
"Sigh, alright alright… lets rest"
And like that she dropped a big rock from her back and sat down under a tree with him, drinking water and resting her tiny body.
"You are from outside the island, right?" she asked while she gulped her water.
"Yes, why?" he said while taking a dumpling from his bag and started eating beside her.
"What can you tell me from the outside world? How people live there? Have you been to other nations?" She was really curious about how things were outside Kyoshi Island.
"Other nations huh?" he leaned back on the tree and started thinking for a few seconds, then an evil scheming smile appeared on his face "I know quite a bit about the Southern Water tribe…"
"OHHH! Tell me tell me!" she exclaimed excitedly
He pretended to be reluctant for a bit "Are you sure? I don't know if you will like it…"
Her cute blue eyes narrowed "What? Tell me!"
Sigh "It's…. well…. the boys of the southern water tribe believe that woman aren't capable fighters, that they should accept being housewives and always bow their heads to their man's wishes"
As expected, Suki got furious "THAT'S STUPID! THEY ARE ALL FUCKING IDIOTS!"
For the first time Madara was proud of spreading his sailor's speech through this village, he gave her an understanding nod and continued "That's how they behave, even if they pretend to be understanding… is just to woo other girls, it's their culture after all…"
She was fuming "What a stupid fucking culture! If I encounter any of them, I will break their family jewels!"
He let out a loud laugh and patted her head "Good, young Suki... Good" he couldn't help but use a Palpatine-like voice. 'I hope you enjoy my gift, Sokka' he lifted his water skin to his mouth, pretending to drink water to hide his demon-like evil smile on his face.
After a couple of months of tutoring young children and veteran Kyoshi Warriors in different fighting styles Madara went to Kira with a request.
"Can you take me to a blacksmith? I have some weapons that i want forged…"
She looked at him in confusion "You can just ask me any weapon and I will find you one, I know you like the katana so I will just give you one, there's no need to get a new one forged…"
He shook his head "It's not a katana, I can't wield it properly my body is too sma-" he paused mid-sentence and coughed "Ahem.. I don't have the proper body to wield one yet, the balance would be all wrong for me."
She couldn't help but raise the corners of her mouth in a sarcastic and smug smirk, gosh Madara really wanted to punch her pretty face right now once again!
"Alright, you can come with me then, I will take you there."
"Before we go can you spare me some paper and charcoal? I want to draw the weapons that I want" he requested.
"Sure" She, she looked around the dojo for the items he asked and handed them back to him. "Here."
"Thanks!" he started sketching different shinobi weapons from the Naruto world, Kira never saw any of those weapons anywhere, that made her belief even more firm 'He is definitely not from the Fire Nation.'
She guided him to the blacksmith and he presented his sketches, that made the poor old man scratch his head.
"What is this one?" he asked with a raspy voice while pointing specifics.
"This one is a Kunai, it needs to be this specific size, don't forget the hole on the pummel that's very important, it should be large enough to put a finger through it."
"I see, how about this one? How long do you need this thing to be?"
Madara stopped to think for a second "Hmm about... 900 feet each, I want at least 30, the same goes for the kunais... I will need 30 of them."
The old blacksmith nodded "Very well it will take me over a month to finish this, this... kunai… is easy, the problem is this other one, to make it resistant and malleable we will need to work on it for a while."
Madara just grinned "No worries old man, I have all the time in the world."
My plan was for a more exciting chapter, but i can't skip important characters interactions like that, skipping friendship building moments is a big No-No in my book, i am an advocate of "show don't tell" so i had to make this 'interlude' chapter.
Also many people ask about "Why not he just kill Aang? Why not just do this or that?"
I don't know if i'm not edgy enough for this platform or what, but Madara is not an idiot, he thinks ahead.. Killing an avatar is the worse thing anyone can ever do, they can comunicate with their successor and spread knowledge and information, that wouldn't be a problem for certain situations, but Madara would still be alive by the time the next Avatar come to be, and his doings would be known, he would be fucked! Also killing the Avatar and taking his spotlight on the Canon story is not what Madara wants, thats too much trouble for him, he doesn't want the weight of being the "Savior of the World" on his shoulders, let Aang deal with this shit.
Not only that he would be permanently erasing Airbending from the world, no one knows what kind of consequences that would have, he wouldn't risk it.
It's been roughly 4 months since Madara stepped in this island, he managed to achieve everything he wanted, he got his weapons ready, he expanded his training to other ninja arts from the Naruto World with his new weapons, he taught the veteran Kyoshi Warriors and their future generation, now its time to get back on the road.
Leaving his old black robes on top of his bed and started to dressing the new robes that the Kyoshi Warriors gave him, the old one didn't fit him anymore.
He asked for a specific design for his new robes, he wanted to keep his clothes in line with real Madara's style but he also wanted to have his own touch as well, the new robes were a replica of Darth Maul's Sith robes, the only difference was instead of long black boots, it was long black shinobi sandals, and instead of tight sleeves around his forearms, it was a long loose kimono sleeves, it also had a small Uchiha symbol on the back not too big, roughly resembling the one on Sasuke's first outfit on Shippuuden.
He also had a long black cloak but instead of a hooded cloak he had one with a mesh of grey fur, the cloak was long, very long that would drag on the floor when he walked, it was inspired by his favorite character from Castlevania animation, Trevor Belmont, and the cloak would fit him for many years to come.
The Kyoshi gave him several different sizes of his Robes, he believes that they will last until his growth spur hit, perhaps until 15 or 16 years old.
Setting everything up, putting his hidden weapons inside his long kimono sleeves, he picks up his backpack and give one last look at the little residence that housed him for almost half year.
Its dawn, there's a gentle warm breeze spreading through the island, the winter is over and its spring time, many people are just doing their daily chores but there's a small crowd by the docks.
"Take care Madara, if you need anything just come back here" said Kira with a melancholic smile on her pretty face, today she wasn't wearing her Kyoshi Warrior outfit and paintings, she was wearing a simple green kimono that matched her shiny green eyes and contrasted her long loose red brown hair.
"I will Kira, and you keep those brats out of trouble, Suki have been very naughty recently" Madara said back.
She just chuckled, almost half year and he didn't change a bit, she didn't want to keep talking about their farewells so she changed subject when she saw him stepping on the boat that offered him passage to the mainland.
"Couldn't you chose another color other than black?" she asked displaying her classic sarcastic tone.
"I could… but I felt you all would jump on my jugular if I requested red"
They both laughed together one last time.
"By the way you never told me about that symbol on your robes what does that mean" she said as she passed a small envelope to him, which he quickly pocketed and placed inside his robes right before the boat start leaving the docks.
"It's the symbol of my family, my clan, the Uchiha"
She raised her voice as he got farther "Uchiha? Never heard about them."
He smirked at her and shouted back "Oh, but one day you will!"
Turning to the horizon he muttered to himself "Surely one day you will…"
At the docks she could only try her best to prevent the sadness from taking her as she saw Madara become a small dot on the horizon. "One day I will huh? I will be waiting for it... farewell for now Madara Uchiha." She muttered to herself, but the other Kyoshi Warriors by her side also heard it.
What he didn't know was when he left the island a small auburn-haired girl entered his old shack, not seeing him she just sighed with tearful eyes and silently grabbed his old black robes and left.
It has been six months since Madara left Kyoshi Island, during this time he managed to strike rich!
No, he didn't find gold mine or anything like that, well not exactly… what he found was several Fire Nation encampments all around the southeastern corner of the Earth Kingdom and robbed them blind!
If no one spotted him he would just take the money and valuable items and leave, if he was spotted even by one person, he did what any sensible person on his situation would do, he would erase the witnesses and loot the whole camp if possible, he usually focused on small 5-man encampments, he didn't want to risk himself for money.
No one alive knew who was doing it, but he earned a reputation and a title for himself, the tales of the "Greedy Ghost" were spreading through the nearby villages and towns.
He had his own hideout somewhere in the Foggy Swamp, southwest of the Si Wong Desert, where he dumped all his earnings, right now he had quite a decent pile of golden taels, and a few bags of coins from all different tribes, there were also bags with many different resources that the Fire Nation so kindly donated to him.
It was midnight with a full moon shining bright on the sky, gentle moonlight illuminating the jungle through the canopy of huge trees that spread as far as one's eye could see, the Foggy Swamp was silent like a graveyard tonight, maintaining its creepy atmosphere.
That was until the shadow of young boi dressed in black robes flew through the tree branches, Madara's black robes were stained with blood but there was not a single cut on them.
Behind him a platoon of 30 Fire Nation solders chased him shooting wave after wave of fire, led by an old Firebender captain named Zhang.
How he knew? Well, he heard rumors about a Platoon of solders formed to hunt down and capture the Greedy Ghost that was costing the Fire Nation so many resources, led by a veteran Firebender that distinguished himself during the 100-year War.
((Let's queue some music, since last battle we used Agni Kai, this time lets go for an OG Naturo soundtrack, play Naruto OST 3 – Beautiful Green Wild Beast, play it on a loop if needed lol))
"Stop the Ghost!"
"Fire at him!"
Madara smirked and united both fists in front of his chest, the once he separated his fists from one another a distinct sound could be heard.
zzzzzzzziii
Jumping between trees, doing a 900 degree spin like a small tornado he spread seven kunais in all directions.
ZZZZZZZZZZZZZIIIIIII
all of them with metal wires attached to their pummels, creating a metal spider web between trees.
When the soldiers arrived, they opened fire once again instantly, not paying attention to the wires that were slightly illuminated by the moonlight.
Fireball after Fireball rained down towards Madara as he kept dodging between trees, until all of them were roughly on the spot he prepared.
Captain Zhang's eyes were following Madara like a hawk, he kept his cool during the whole chase, but got confused when Madara suddenly stopped moving further and jumped from a high tree branch to seemingly nowhere, then his eyes went wide when the boy in black started running on the air "W-WHAT?!"
Madara suddenly changed direction again, jumping towards another empty space, he was moving even faster now, they could only see a blur, he was truly like a ghost.
The soldiers were dispersed looking around looking for his location, when out of nowhere a pained shout was heard
"ARGH!"
The soldiers looked back to see one of their own with blood spurring from their neck, and a weird metal knife lodged on his flesh.
Before they could react, the knife seemed to move on its own and moved back towards between the tree leaves.
"W-what was that?"
"ARGH MY EYE!" another one.
"UGH …MY KNEE!" And another one
"ARGH.."
"BLERGH"
….
One after the other Fire Nation soldiers fell on the ground either severely hurt or dead.
The captain noticed he lost at least 10 good men in seconds and shouted.
"Block Formation! The ones in the back will support the ones on the front!"
The soldiers moved as instructed, and they finally saw a blur moving between trees again, the captain lost his cool and shouted "FIRE HIM DOWN NOW!"
As the soldiers were about to shoot a massive wave of fire, metal wires came out of nowhere
ZZZZZZZZZZZIIIIIIIII
The wire wrapped around the wrist of one of the soldiers on the very back, slightly moving his arm towards his comrades that were in a straight line, with their backs turned towards him.
ROOOOOOOOOOOOAR
The massive fire wave of that soldier swallowed at least 5 others, and just like that their numbers halved from the initial 30.
"I can feel it…" Madara muttered wide eyed as he jumped between wires, his smile getting more and more sinister.
"What the…" as the captain and the remaining soldiers turned towards the 'traitor' the ankles of 2 soldiers in the front got wrapped by steel wires, the wires were pulled and both fell on the ground with a heavy tud right before a small wave of five kunai flew towards the unprotected soldiers on the back.
Now it was just 10.
"C-CIRCLE FORMATION AROUND ME!" Shouted the captain in panic.
The soldiers moved again, they trembled inside their armors… 'The ghost will kill us all…"
All the sudden a kunai flew from between the trees twice as fast and lodged itself on a soldiers chest, he survived with no heavy damage due to his armor but then he saw a thick black liquid with a recognizable smell all over the kunai and even the wire.
"O-OIL?!"
"W-WHAT?!" said the captain in panic.
ROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAR
All the soldier could see a bright flash of orange light as a massive wave of fire flew through the wire and reached the group of soldiers.
The targeted soldier and the four beside him were swallowed by fire.
"HAHAHAHAHAHAHA I DID IT, I FINALLY FUCKING DID IT!" A maniacal laugh echoed through the foggy swamp.
"W-What kind of monster.. "The captain couldn't give orders anymore, only 4 soldiers left with extremely low morale and the Ghost already cleaned 25, they were sitting ducks at this point.
"THANK YOU FOR HELPING ME FIRE NATION SOLDIERS!" Madara's maniacal voice echoed through
The 5 remaining kept looking around with dread in their eyes, trying to at least see who is the reaper that will claim their lives.
"I HOPE YOU GAVE YOUR FAREWELLS TO YOUR WIVES AND CHILDREN, TONIGHT NO ONE LEAVES THIS PLACE!"
All four looked up to see Madara crouching on top of a tree, staring at them like a predator with a demonic smile on his face.
"D-Demon…."
That was all that the captain could say when he saw those bright blood red eyes glowing in the darkness staring at him.
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TITLE: SHARINGAN
I'm really getting tired of people complaining about how this Madara is not THE Madara, well obviously its not THE Madara, you don't even have to read the first chapter to know that, its written on the synopsis!
Yes he is nerfed, no he won't have all the powers of the original Madara, why? because it would be so damn boring! the novel would last five chapters!
This fanfiction is not about a xianxia protagonist conquering the world to display how awesome and legendary they are, there's countless of stories like that all over webnovel, i can guarantee that you will find what you are looking for, trust me.
For those who are staying with me, you guys are awesome and i hope i can keep yall entertained with my corny jokes and newb fighting scenes, this chapter is for yall, i hope you enjoy!