The Ghost Within
"I remember those red eyes piercing into me, their gaze was dull and bored but they felt like a fire consuming me whole"
It had been two weeks since the invasion of the sand village during the chunin exams lead by the fallen sanin Orochimaru;. Thise recent event left the village in despair, panic, and for the first time since the nine-tailed foxes attack, without a Hokage.
When the village had repaired itself enough to resume daily life the medical ninja of the three sanin tsunade took the mantle of new hokage. With these facts and times now in place; let our tale begin.
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Sasuke was in the forest honing his skills and ninjutsu to prepare for chunin exams that would occur in two days. He had to get stronger and faster than he already was. He would not fall as easily as he did in the mist village, he would NOT be the one being saved by that dobe Naruto. He has to exceed his limits so that one day he would find his traitorous brother and bring the proper honor back to the Uchia name.
"Katon; Fireball no jutsu!" he shouted as spewing a rage steam of flame from his mouth to incinerate the wodden target. He proceded to pracitice his shuriken throwing and honing his athletic prowess until finally after a solid three hours of training, retired to his home in the abandoned uchia district.
After a short shower, he cooked a single portion of rice and grilled fish and sat on his window sill watching over the moon lit empty streets with memories of when living people of his clan still walked them all to the times were they were littered with corpses and stained with blood.
"After I kill him, I will restore life here…" he swore to to himself in his mind. Putting his dishes in the sink, he returned to the window sill to think. But as he engaged back in deep thought, a soft voice whispered in his mind.
"Go to the uchia shrine…" it intrusctred. He simply ignored it.
"Go to the shrine…." It repeated. He tried to ignore it again but it seemed to came back with more command; until finally he relented and headed out. The walk there wasn't a long one, the famous shrine of the uchia, the place which Itatchi told him to visit when he was ready to attain the new level of sharingan.
As he entered the building he saw nothing out of the ordinary. The two twin statues demon statues and the stone with text only sharingan users could read.
"Go to the left wall…find the entrance" the voice instructed in a clear male tone. Sasuke followed the intructions with a little suspicion and scanned closely at the left wall until he felt it sink a little and revealed a hidden door.
"Go..inside…"
He entered and found a dark winding tunnel which seemed to be like a void.
"Go…"
He illuminated his hand with chakara and proceeded inside and down dark walkway; what he saw when he reached the bottom surprised him.
It was an underground stone temple with statues of war gods beating on drums with the tomos of the sharingan on the bases and on rings sorounding the statues. Purplish black flames burned on latterns on the wall for what the young Uchia deemed them to have been doing for a very long time; and at the center of the roof in a sitting up position was a wooden coffin with chakara repression seals on the lid.
"Open it….." the voice instructed. "Undo the restraints."
Sasuke didn't follow that command immediately, he only looked at the coffin nameplate with great disbelief.
Uchia Madara
The legendary uchia who nearly conqured the lands of fire unmatched. The uchia whom had founded the village of konoha alongside the first hokage Harishima Senju. The uchia whom had fought the strongest shinobi in history to near death. The uchia whom had faced the legendary stongest demon Kyuubi no Kitsune, and tamed it to his will like a mere pawn and used it to his advantage with ease. This was his grave site, inside this coffin before him was this man whose body was thought to be scattered in the earth, but now revealed to be under the village hidden from all knowledge except his and the ones who hid him.
"Open it….Remove the restraints" the voice in his head commanded harder. "Open it and your eyes shall be opened."
Sasuke started by undoing the paper seals on the lid. When he did, he was suddenly swarmed by the most powerful chakra he had ever experienced. It was dark and chilling but had no seen limits. Placing his fingers on the rim of the coffin lid; and with on pull ripped it clean off.
All he saw was a rotten skeleton wearing red armor with bits of hair. But when the dark chakra hit him and swilred around him like a stream of water, he saw a great spirit of the the legendary uchia standing before him with arms folded and sharingan eyes looking at him with study. Sasuke was to struck with awe to dare speak to this "god" of the uchia, nor did he desire to. But he was taken by full surprise when the spirit reached forward with two glowing fingers and plunged them into his eyes.
"GRAAAAAAAAAAAAUGGGGGGGGGGHHH" the young uchia cried out in pain; then the world went black.
"Sasuke…" called the familiar voice of Kakashi sensei in a echo. All he could see was darkness complete and utter darkness. Slowly light came to his eyes and he say the familiar face of his sensei looking at him while glancing down at his signature perv book.
"Kakashi Sensei? Were am i?" he asked his teacher as he sat up in the bed.
"Your in the hospital, I found you in unconscious in the middle of the uchia district street"
'Wasn't I in that secret temple' he thought to himself. "Sensei how long have I been unconscious?"
"Only two days; don't worry you still seem fit enough qualify to participate in the chunin exams." Sasuke sighed in relief.
-4 hours later-
Naruto and Sakura were waiting outside the exam building for sasuke to arrive and also their silver haired instructor.
"Were is that baka Sasuke" Naruto grumbled impatienetely as he played out scenarios of how he would win and shoot his way to hokage seat.
"Will you just be patient Naruto; kami I swear your so immature at times" the pink haired kunoichi scolded her irritable blonde teamate. As she was about to scold more and tell how Sasuke was the best at everything like the tool she was, the familiar uchia boy appeared walking from around the corner.
"Sasuke!" Sakura called in a fan-girlish squeam.
"What took you so long baka!" Naruto demanded earning a small smirk from Sasuke.
"I was making plans to cover up your poor skills you dobe" he replied cooly.
"Why you son of a-"
"That's enough Naruto we need to get inside for the exam" said Sakura cutting him off before he could engage another conflict.