Chapter 6
Fixing the speaker with a glare Madara stood defensively in front of Akari as he watched them. It was a male somewhat shorter than Madara with a ghostly pale skin and black hair. His eyes looked like soulless black pits at he smirked at the pair. He was dressed in all black except a beige symbol on the front of his shirt, a symbol Madara recognized belonged to that of the Ayakashi clan, a clan thought long extinct. Their clan had a water based chakra nature but also a kekkei genkai that allowed them to work with spirits if he recalled correctly.
"You do not look too happy about the work done here, Madara-san" the male said in a cocky attitude before continuing, "Are you perhaps unhappy to be in the presence of your long since dead kin?"
As the male finished his sentence Madara would go through a set of hand seals launching a fireball about double the speaker's size at him. To his displeasure however the man dodge landing using his chakra to stand atop the roof of the cavern. A bit of rubbled shook down from the force of the jutsu some taken note of. No wonder they didn't just outright attack it would destroy the place, that said if Madara could get Akari and himself out he could launch another jutsu in with enough force to cause the section to cave in. Easier thought of than done however as he'd also have to keep the man trapped as well as make the rest of the journey out of the cave hoping the cave in did not affect the rest of the system. Instead he finally decides to try and probe for information.
"What makes you so sure we are in their presence?" Madara asks mocking tone to his voice.
"Let's not play games you know full well what my clan is capable of." the man answered in a scoff adding on, "Names Seiji by the way."
"I do not have time for a dead man's name." Madara responded almost getting interrupted.
"And yet you have only thrown one attack at me, I do not think that makes a dead man." Seiji teased.
"That could change very quickly." Madara said jerking forwards a bit but not moving, a mock to see what the other man's actions would be.
Unfortunately for him Seiji had not moved, he had called the bluff standing there a triumphant smirk on his face. It irritated Madara greatly he could not act as he pleased in this space. Making up his mind he tried to get Akari to move towards the exit while staying behind him. Seiji didn't make a move watching them as they left but not bothering to follow.
A few minutes of careful maneuvering, as well as Madara swapping spots with Akari moving behind her to keep between her and the man, they finally made it out of the cave system and situation as a whole. Not stopping here he grabbed Akari holding her under his arm and rushed her back to his hideout taking an indirect route to ensure they were not followed. Luckily for them they were not although why they did not know.
"That was scary." Akari stated as she got set down inside his base.
Madara simply grunted in agreement flipping through a series of hand seals and setting up a camouflage barrier around the base. From here he instructed Akari to get some rest while he went to his personal study gathering a series of books and flipping through them. This clan being back could only cause problems for him, he knew this, so he was looking up his information from long past years and present day to see if there was a way to gain a comfortable advantage over them.
The next morning Akari woke up and found her friend still stuck in his books. Deciding to make breakfast she tried to call him over but he didn't budge. It would be a few hours before Madara finally closed his books with a sigh. Looking over Akari he made a decision, and he planned to act on it immediately.
"Akari stay here, I have to go meet with someone and I do not want you outside of here until my return." he instructed sternly.
He got a nod in response and quickly exited the door taking care to not disrupt the barrier as he now heading in the direction of the Akatsuki base. He would get his eyes back, that would give him a sure advantage against the enemy. Although this meant he'd also have to reveal himself to the members and if needed forcefully take control after he obtained his rinnegan from the person to whom they were lent.