[Chapter Size: 1900 Words.]
Third Person POV
Northern kingdoms.
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Madara ended up falling backward as he felt a burning sensation in his left arm due to Kenzu's point-blank attacks. Even though he tried to avoid them, he still got hit a little, causing him to fall back forcefully while trying to regain his balance until he could stand again.
"Tsk." Madara clicked his tongue, his arm partially burned, while his attention focused on the cloud of debris in front of him, where that guy had been caught directly by his paper bomb. He hoped it had worked.
He hoped it had done much more than just destroy a mask; that would make his victory even easier. It was obvious this guy had no experience fighting other chakra users or even competent fighters. Not that Madara could really hold that against him—after all, the ninja system didn't exist in this world, except for a few people with chakra. So maybe he did know how to use chakra and his abilities to surprise opponents, despite always wanting to fight head-on. But it was undeniable how much his memories helped him with that.
However, there was one exception in this world—the transformation jutsu. He couldn't transform into other people, only objects, even though Madara was already aware that he had mastered the jutsu completely.
"You bastard..." A voice came from the smoke, making Madara stop his thoughts as his gaze fell on his adversary. Madara had hit his blind spot, making it harder for him to avoid the attack, so he waited to see the result.
Kenzu finally emerged from the smoke, all battered, with half of his hair gone and raw flesh exposed, while he still had two masks attached to his back.
"You... how can you be so strong..." Kenzu couldn't accept that a child had left him in such a state.
Madara remained silent as he moved toward the seals on his wrist and pulled out the Witcher's sword, which he had kept all these years. It was now easier to approach him in close combat.
His adversary, despite the pain, didn't seem to care much about his condition, as if he could reverse it. But he didn't. Instead, he simply brought his hands together, forming a seal.
The masks attached to his back began to stretch, still with a mass of threads expanding until they formed bodies and turned into humanoid figures made of threads, like Kakuzu could create.
The thread clones, much taller than a human, using the two masks, landed on each side of Kenzu, while he maintained a serious gaze on Madara, who kept staring back at him.
"..." Kenzu just looked at him with a more resolute expression. He could keep throwing curses at Madara, but it wouldn't solve anything. Instead, he grabbed a kunai, preparing to fight the Uchiha.
In the next moment, Madara prepared himself as the clones leaped into the air, beginning to summon wind and lightning above him. Madara quickly started moving to dodge the attacks.
BOOOM!!!
BOOOM!!!
BOOOM!!!
BOOOM!!!
Madara kept running, dodging all the attacks that fell on him in a zigzag pattern, while he had no choice but to move forward for close combat, approaching the other shinobi who looked at him with a fierce gleam in his eyes. Both quickly prepared for their close-quarters fight as Madara's sword clashed against the kunai.
Metal
In the next instant, both moved at high speed, launching strikes at each other, sparks beginning to light up the air.
Metal
Metal
Metal
Metal
For the first time, Madara found someone who fought in the same style as him, faster than any other opponent he had faced before, as they both tried to create an opening against each other.
Metal
Metal
However, he had an advantage as his Sharingan spun, anticipating his opponent's movements, and the other was consumed by rage, which began to give Madara the upper hand.
Kenzu found himself stepping back as he struggled to regain his balance to fight the child, with great difficulty still.
"Tsk!" Kenzu clicked his tongue and began performing a jutsu with only one hand, while flames exploded point-blank at Madara.
Flames
BOOOM!!!
Madara appeared to the side, and instead of looking at his opponent, his attention was drawn to the two masks positioned on either side of him, with Kenzu also preparing a jutsu.
"Try escaping this, you bastard!" He believed he had secured his victory against the Uchiha in this fight, as Madara didn't seem to have any defensive jutsus. He was confident.
In the next moment, Kenzu, along with the masks, unleashed fire, lightning, and wind.
Flames
Lightning
Wind
An enormous explosion that shook the entire forest occurred as Madara became the target of the elements.
"Did I get him?" Kenzu murmured, narrowing his eyes until he looked up, seeing a large number of flames coming his way.
'How... I was sure I got him... Did I fall into another of his genjutsus? This brat is too dangerous and skilled,' he murmured as several fireballs advanced toward him, forming dragon heads with roars.
"Fire Style: Majestic Dragon Flame Technique," Madara used his technique, sending it directly at his opponent after preparing it while Kenzu believed he was destroying the original.
BOOOM!!!
BOOOM!!!
BOOOM!!!
BOOOM!!!
BOOOM!!!
BOOOM!!!
The battlefield became a rain of flames, exploding wherever they touched. Kenzu struggled to handle it, dodging and using jutsus to block some of the attacks coming his way, but the entire battlefield was now obscured by the destruction. He knew this was a disadvantage, as he didn't have a Sharingan to see better through the chaos.
Echoes of destruction
"Where is he now..." He looked carefully around, searching for the Uchiha, until kunai started flying out of the smoke toward him.
Wind
BOOOM!!!
His green mask began firing at the direction of the kunai, stopping the projectiles before they exploded. Madara had been using paper bombs on his kunai.
"That bastard... He's setting up the battlefield to destroy me. It's not safe to run away as things are... He could be anywhere," Kenzu muttered, looking toward where Madara had thrown his kunai.
In the next moment, a slicing sound came from his side as another kunai appeared.
Lightning
BOOOM!!!
Another explosion occurred, and before he could react, another kunai came from above toward him, with his green mask destroying the projectile.
BOOOM!!!
Unlike before, this kunai had a smoke bomb, enveloping them again in another state of unstable visibility.
Then a figure emerged—Madara, running toward him with a kunai—but it was destroyed by a lightning explosion before turning into smoke.
"A clone," Kenzu murmured, as more projectiles began rushing toward him. He started destroying them before they could reach him, but they didn't have paper bombs. More clones also started charging, only to be destroyed by his masks.
"This brat... Is he toying with me?!" Kenzu grew frustrated as the fight turned into something more drawn out. He continued destroying everything that came near him. Clones and projectiles appeared constantly from all directions, while more and more smoke bombs exploded, limiting his vision and trapping him in a vicious cycle.
"He wants me to waste my chakra until I weaken... Enough of this, brat!!" Kenzu couldn't take it anymore and quickly started forming hand seals as his masks opened their mouths.
Flames
Lightning
Wind
All the elements began exploding in every direction within the smoke, trying to clear the area or even catch Madara in one of the attacks. He could hear the sounds of smoke bombs exploding and clones dispersing.
Finally, the area started to clear, and everything became visible to him once again. Surveying the situation, he saw no sign of Madara.
"I hope he's running out of chakra..." He couldn't help but think about how the boy was using so many jutsus. After all, Kenzu had also used a lot of his chakra.
Everything seemed quiet as Kenzu, along with his masks surrounding him, tried to find Madara. He began walking after seeing no sign of him for a while.
'Where could he have gone...' His thought was interrupted when something broke beneath him, and a sword emerged, coming straight for him as Madara burst out from the ground with a quick movement. Kenzu managed to use the kunai in his hand, but his arm was slashed by Madara, leaving him open to attack. Kenzu only felt the pain of his heart being pierced as the blade drove into his flesh.
"AHHHHH!!!" He couldn't help but howl in pain, as both masks appeared beside him, their mouths open. Madara knew he had to get out of there, as threads emerged from Kenzu's body, trying to entangle Madara to prevent him from escaping.
"Die!!" Kenzu was ready to unleash his point-blank attack to rid himself of this boy once and for all.
Lightning
Wind
The explosion happened, and a small object flew backward as Madara rolled on the ground, stopping some distance away. His clothes were destroyed, and he had injuries all over his body, but he stood up, looking seriously at his opponent within the explosion.
"That really hurt..." Madara couldn't help but mutter, feeling the burns and cuts he had suffered, having to use a third element to escape with his life.
"That wasn't ordinary lightning... what was that jutsu?" Kenzu's voice could be heard, even with his heart destroyed by the sword, which Madara had left behind to escape. Another mask moved toward the damaged area, while Madara knew that Kenzu was now reconstructing his heart of fire using the lightning element.
"..." Madara didn't respond.
Kenzu finally stepped out from the destroyed area, holding his severed arm. He reattached it to the part of his body that had been cut, as threads began to stitch it back onto his body.
"You know... I never wanted to fight with everything I had against a child, Uchiha or not, because it was humiliating... but I've already lost two hearts to you and one to that mage... it seems I've been a fool this whole time... it's time to take this seriously..." Kenzu finished speaking as his body began to change. From his neck, mouth, and various parts of his arms, his form started to shift, as he finally began to fight in his strongest form.
Madara saw this and simply prepared himself, knowing the battle had reached its peak. Without his sword, he also realized that kunai would be of little use, so he decided to use his Kekkei Genkai.
His hand began to glow as a purple thunder started to spark. It wasn't regular lightning; it was the powerful storm style, one of the abilities belonging to Uchiha Madara that he had obtained in recent weeks, though he hadn't fully trained with it yet.
The thunder sparked in flashes as Kenzu eyed him carefully, but he was also ready to kill the boy with everything he had. Now, with only his wind mask left, Kenzu knew that if he died once more, it would be for good.