10 * Title in the End *

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