Hey guys sorry about the whole update delay but I've been a bit swamped with life. Also I lost inspiration for a bit cause of some reviews that I got but I decided to continue you regardless. If anyone out their truly hates how I portray Madara then you don't have to read my fanfic and can go make your own, I would personally love to read ho you'd do it differently. When it comes to his personality I didn't really see much choice but to make him slightly nicer, otherwise he'd just be going around doing nothing but insulting and threatening every person he would come across, and that would get very boring to both read and write very fast. I want to make him a bit closer to how he was in his childhood when he'd hang out with Hashirama at the river. As for his power level and weakened state I'll explain that now.
When Madara was resurrected and sent to Remnant his body was completely rebuilt and new. Yes Sasuke could use Susano just fine at the age he's at now but that is because he'd been using his chakra since a young age and his chakra network and body had become accustomed to the exertion of the chakra drain. Madara on the other hand was reborn with a new body and chakra network, in a way of speaking he currently has the chakra network of a very young child that hasn't become accustom to the exertion yet. While he still retains a massive chakra reserve his chakra network and body are incapable of handling the strain of using so much at once which leads to him becoming exhausted for quicker than before. I do have every intention of having him work at fixing this through out the story though. Anyway I'm sorry for the long ass A/N but I felt this all needed to be said to avoid any future flaming. Enjoy.
"Good, now we will hold this position for the next hour." Tobirama said to his newest student Jaune Arc. He and Madara had decided to begin joint training of the boy after Madara had requested that Tobirama take over training him for a week while Madara prepared for the hunters exam. That was three days ago and Madara hadn't been seen anywhere by anyone since, though Tobirama being skilled in sensory jutsu could, if he concentrated hard enough, tell that Madara was currently in the mountains about fifty miles outside Vale training.
In the time since he had left Tobirama had been covering his role as teacher in his classes as well as training Jaune. At first he was less than pleased to be teaching the boy but soon found that Madara was correct the the boy seemed very similar in many ways to his brother as well as Hiruzen when he was younger. Madara had been clear before he left that the boy had to be ready to the match he'd be fighting in on Sunday and Tobirama had decided to focus on the boys swordplay and aura control. He had hoped that they could find his semblance before the fight but that didn't seem to be happening.
Jaune had improved a great deal in both areas since they started however Tobirama wasn't absolutely certain that it was enough. He had spoken with Ozpin and gotten the specifics on the match and found that Jaune did't need to win but rather show that he'd had the necessary skills to remain a student at Beacon, along with this he learned that Jaunes team would be taken out of the match possibilities to prevent any possibility of them letting him win.
"Master Senju, where is Master Uchiha? Shouldn't he be here as well?" Jaune asked clearly struggling with their current exercise. At the moment he and Tobirama were upside down balancing on top of one finger on top of a nail, they were using their aura to create a small barrier between the tips of their finger and that of the nail.
Tobirama on the other hand was having no problem with this in the least. "He's off preparing for the hunters exam. I doubt we'll see him until the match on Sunday." Tobirama looked over at his pupil who was struggling to maintain his balance, he notice all the bruises along his arms which were exposed by the sleeveless shirt he was wearing at the moment, Tobirama also had him remove his weighted vest for this exercise. "Jaune, since tomorrow is Saturday I want you to cancel any plans you've made with your team and instead spend the day resting and recovering before the fight. Instead of the usual training session we'll be doing lighter exercises for about an hour after dinner then you will go to bed right after, I will give you a few pills to take that will put you straight to sleep."
Jaune looked a little hesitant to take sleeping meds for something like this. "Uh Master Senju, are pills really necessary?"
"Of course, knowing you you'll most likely get nervous and have some kind of panic attack over the match and will miss out on sleep. Now stop questioning your master and concentrate."
"Yes sir!"
Early Sunday morning
Madara walked along the main pathway to Beacons tower having just made it back from his training. During the past four and a half days he'd been doing nothing but pushing his chakra to the limit and learning how to better control his aura. It wasn't as easy as he'd hoped but he managed to achieve two of his three goals during his training.
First was he'd managed to discover his semblance, which he was still in the process of mastering. The second was he was able to sustain a full skeletal Susano for two full minutes before the jutsu drained him. He wasn't able to reach his last goal but he knew that one was gonna be the most difficult of all. He wanted to try and achieve sage jutsu on his own without having to steal it from Hashirama, though even after four days and a hundred shadow clones all trying at once, he was still unable to safely enter sage mode.
As he entered through the main door he walked past the receptionists desk and straight towards the elevator. The ride went by quickly and the door opened to reveal Tobirama leaning up against the assistants desk clearly waiting for him.
"How is he?" Madara asked without ever actually looking at the Senju.
"I did everything I could to prepare him, he has to do the rest. Ozpin is waiting in his office so that we can begin, this exam is about as difficult as the chunin exams back home. I assume that you kept close enough tabs on the village after your 'death' to know about the exams correct?" Madara nodded, he had zetsu spy on the village for him over the years.
"Lets get started." Madara walked over to the door opening it and entered followed by Tobirama. Inside behind his desk sat Ozpin with Goodwitch standing next to him, off to the side of the room Ironwood was leaning against the wall. "Quite the crowd you've gathered here Ozpin." Madara said as his eyes went from face to face.
Ozpin too a sip of his coffee. "Standard procedure, all hunters exams must be observed by four or more licensed hunters. James requested he be here as well to assist, as did Professor Senju. Now lets not delay any further, there are three parts to the exam. The first portion is a written test." Ozpin pulled out a folder holding a stack of papers that was sealed with a sticker. "You will have three hours to complete this test, you cannot leave this room until the test is completed."
Ozpin handed the folder to Madara as Glynda pulled out a small desk which he took a seat in. Ozpin looked at the clock. "Begin."
With Jaune
It was around eight o'clock when Jaune woke up, whatever Tobirama had given him that night had really done the job. After taking the pill Jaune remembered laying and closing his eyes, next thing he knew he woke up feeling refreshed. When he woke up he looked around his teams room and found it in the usual condition.
Ren's bed was already made and he was nowhere to be seen, he always woke up before anyone else and went out to do his morning meditations. Pyrrha could be heard in the shower, most likely having just gotten back from her morning run. Finally Nora was still asleep and snoring loudly with the upper half of her body hanging off the side of her bed. She must have fallen out of her bed after Ren left because he would have picked her up and put her back in her bed. Jaune had never brought it up with him before but he could tell how he felt about her, he could also see the small wince on his face everytime she points out that their not 'together-together'.
Jaune stood from his bed and left their dorm heading for the locker rooms where he took a quick shower and began putting on his armor and weights. As he pulled his sword from the locker he took a moment to draw and inspect the blade for any problems just as his Master had taught him. "A warrior with a broken blade is as much of a threat as a wolf without teeth." He recited to himself the old saying Master Senju once said.
Juane closed his eyes and held the blade infront of him before taking a step forward and making several extremely fast arcs. When he opened his eyes he smiled and sheathed the weapon. Deciding to get some breakfast Jaune made his way to the cafeteria and soon after entering was ambushed by a familiar team of all girls.
"Jaune!" Ruby shouted from her seat next to Weiss. Jaune smiled and gave a wave before walking over and taking a seat, Blake offered him her uneaten waffle which he accepted and wolfed down. "So! Are you excited for your match today?"
"A few of us were taking bets on how you'd do. Ice queen over there doesn't think you'll last long." Yang said causing Weiss to glare at her for using her now official nickname. "By the way, why are you fighting this match again?"
"Uh, well..." Jaune wasn't the best with coming up with lies on the stop, he never liked lying to people. "It's because..."
"It's because little Mady-chan wants to test his newest pupil against an opponent closer to his own level." A voice interrupted causing everyone at the table to look over and see there was now a guy wearing a black hooded trench coat that cast a shadow over his face making it impossible to see was sitting next to Ruby causing her to let out a squeal of surprise. Nobody, including Blake who had both her enhanced faunus senses and training in maintaining awareness of her surroundings, noticed him arrive. The man let out a laugh at their reactions.
"Im sorry about that but I just simply couldn't help myself. Anyway I just wanted to drop by real quick and meet the apprentice of not only Madara Uchiha, but also Tobirama Senju." He leaned over the table and held out his hand to shake. As he did so Blake caught sight of a katana with a red clothed hilt and a black sheath, and for some reason just looking at it caused her to feel slightly ill.
Jaune grabbed the extended hand and shook it though as their hands made contact Jaune felt a chill run down his spine and a cold sweat appear on his forehead. "Follow their guidance and you'll become a thing of legend."
There was a brief pause as the man stood up and began to walk towards the door. "Wait! You never gave us your name." Jaune raised his voice.
The stranger stopped and turned back to the group. "Call me Hyru."
With Madara
It was nearly ten o'clock and Madara had just finished the second part of the exam which consisted of a machine which gauged his aura and gave it a number. Ozpin had demonstrated it by having it gauge his own aura which came out with a rating of 217. In order to pass he needed to gauge at least 120, his score was to all but Ozpin's and Tobirama's surprise 759, just barely passing Tobirama's score of 743 when he first took the exam.
Now all that was left was the combat test where Madara would have to face off against another hunter in a tournament style match. The group of five walked towards the schools arena where he would be pair up with at random to fight against a member of the schools staff. Upon walking through the doors to the arena they were met with a wave of loud cheers as almost every single student in the school and the visiting schools were in attendance.
Madara frowned, he never really liked fighting in front of crowds. A battle was only for the ones who were fighting it, not the amusement of others. Though he supposed he could understand their excitement, it was every day you got to see two of your teacher fight like this.
Ozpin walked to the center of the arena and raised his hand causing the cheers and shouts to die down quickly. He cleared his throat before beginning. "Students, today you all will have the privilege of witnessing the birth of a Huntsman. Today Madara Uchiha will be taking on a role, and all the burden that comes with it, that many before him have also donned. All of you here who also aspire to take on the title of hunter, watch what follows closely and strive to to match it."
Ozpin walked away from the center of the arena as Madara stepped forward an took his place at the center. Up to the left side of the room a holoscreen appeared with his picture and aura bar. To the right was a screen with a blank box, after a moment the box began to quikly shuffle through pictures of all the staff of the school. Madara truly hoped it would land on the Senju, he wanted a second chance at taking him down.
The box kept shuffling through pictures for about three seconds before it stopped on one and a buzzer went off and many students began cheering again. Madara looked at the picture and a small grin appeared on his face at the results. "Well your no Senju." He said as he turned to his opponent who had now joined him in the ring. "But I guess you'll do, Ms. Goodwitch."
Next chapter Madara Uchiha vs Glynda Goodwitch. Will Madara take her down lightly or will we need to play the curbstomp song, and don't forget about Jaune's fight! Lots of exciting stuff going down next time, tell me what you guys though in the reviews. LATER.
