Chen and Madara's First Meeting

A note of caution: My writing style tends to be serious, as I am a serious and earnest person in real life, and even if I were starving to death, I couldn't change that. Except in bed.

Apologies, but there is no place for you to store your brains here, because I simply cannot write without using them.

Heh heh. The story begins.

Konoha year 80, July 1st, 7:30 PM.

Beneath Konoha, in the Forbidden Ground.

A tall man in a black God Robe stood before a coffin, the Uchiha fan crest standing out starkly beneath his hair, which hung loose to his shoulders.

The Konoha guard he held in his grip rasped, "Uchiha Chen, do you even know who is inside this coffin?!"

"I know. Uchiha Madara."

"Then are you trying to become the public enemy of the entire ninja world?! Lord Hokage will never let you go!"

"Go to hell!"

"Zzzzt!" A crimson light flashed through Chen's Sharingan, and a powerful mental shock caused the Anbu member to lose consciousness instantly.

Chen tossed him aside into the corridor, among the pile of fallen Anbu.

He placed a hand on the coffin before him, his eyes flickering with complex emotions.

"Seven years. In the end, it still came to this..."

Chen was a transmigrator, and a womb-transmigrator at that.

In Konoha year 48, he was born in the Land of Lightning.

His parents were Uchiha descendants who had been responsible for guarding the Forbidden Ground of the Chinoike Clan in the Land of Lightning, later hiding their identities and living as commoners to avoid disaster.

The couple was fated to have no children, yet Chen's destiny carried the weight of a brother.

Two years after Chen was born, his younger brother, Jin, was born as well.

The brothers awakened their Mangekyo Sharingan early on; their relationship was much like that of Madara and Izuna in the past—the elder brother kind, the younger brother respectful.

As a transmigrator, Chen knew that the ninja world would face massive changes during the era of Boruto: Naruto Next Generations, so he began laying the groundwork for the future with his brother's assistance very early on.

That was the initial plan, formulated around the powerful alliance between the brothers Chen and Jin, and Naruto and Sasuke.

After the Fourth Great Ninja War ended, Chen officially stepped from the shadows into the light. He laid out the pros and cons to the Konoha led by Naruto, intending to alter the fate of Naruto and Sasuke being relegated to the sidelines in the original timeline.

Regrettably, things did not go as planned. His arguments were not accepted; instead, he was branded a dangerous element spreading heretical lies.

It wasn't until seven years ago, when his brother Jin died unexpectedly, that Chen transplanted his brother's eyes and merged their ocular powers. Upon awakening the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan, he birthed brand-new ocular techniques. These eyes now housed six rare ocular powers in total.

They were—[Amaterasu-no-Mikoto], [Mizuha], [Omodaru], [Haniyasu], [Toyomiketsunomikoto], and [Twin Flowers].

Well, counting the not-so-rare [Susanoo], Chen's own eyes could utilize seven great ocular techniques.

More terrifying than the quantity was the quality of these techniques.

These peerless eyes, pregnant with rare ocular powers, allowed Chen to see a possibility of bypassing Naruto and Sasuke to break that future.

He adjusted the plan he had formulated while working with his brother years ago.

Finally, today, Chen was determined to take the crucial step of his new plan—reincarnating Uchiha Madara via Impure World Reincarnation, and recruiting both Madara and another successfully persuaded reincarnated soul to serve as his right and left hands!

"Naruto, Sasuke, I will not stay in place waiting for you."

"From here on out, either keep up closely, or be left far behind in my dust!"

"Zzzzt!" The three tomoe in Chen's eyes spun, blooming into a magnificent pattern. It was a breathtaking pair of Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan!

"Whoosh!" A black vortex released from his right eye sucked in both Chen and the coffin he was holding!

7:38 PM.

Inside a stone cave chamber that Chen had prepared before taking action.

The walls and ceiling were plastered with forbidden sealing talismans.

In the center of a grand casting formula on the ground sat a White Zetsu that should not have existed in this world!

The ice crystals enveloping the White Zetsu were slowly receding, following the light flashing from Chen's right eye.

The White Zetsu's frozen, yellowish-brown eyes regained their clarity. After looking around, he saw Chen's face!

His fragmented memories reconnected in an instant.

"You, it's you... I remember you were clearly just a short-haired kid! How did you turn into a long-haired ronin like Madara in the blink of an eye!"

As the Fourth Great Ninja War neared its end, the White Zetsu had died one after another following the release of the Infinite Tsukuyomi.

Chen had used his unique ocular technique, [Omodaru], to freeze time and preserve a portion of the White Zetsu for a rainy day.

The one before him was exactly one of those.

"I'm impressed you could recognize me at a glance~."

"How could I not! You look just like the child Madara and Senju Hashirama would have had!"

Chen smiled. "That's a niche theory~ I've never known how to describe my own appearance."

"Cut the crap! What is going on here! How did you suddenly grow up!"

"Your time was frozen by my ocular jutsu. To you, it felt like a mere flicker of thought, but in reality, fifteen years have already passed."

"Fifteen years...? You say fifteen years have passed? What about the war?"

"The war is over. You were supposed to die along with your comrades when the Infinite Tsukuyomi was undone. It is because of me that you are standing here, breathing the air of fifteen years later!"

"However, you are about to enter an eternal slumber."

Chen looked back at the coffin standing behind him; in the center of the lid was a special talisman.

This was the [Sealing Spell of the Coffin], a protective measure personally placed by Sasuke, who had originally suggested to Naruto that Uchiha Madara's remains be preserved.

This spell was incredibly overbearing. If anyone other than the caster were to tear it off, the remains within would not only be destroyed instantly, but it would also trigger a spatial casting formula inscribed by the Rinnegan, bringing the caster down to deliver judgment!

--Amaterasu-no-Mikoto!

"Sizzle." Chen's right eye focused on the talisman. With a flash of light, the charm instantly dissipated into black specks of light. The spell for destroying the corpse and the spell for spatial teleportation were both thoroughly annihilated at the source, rendered completely useless.

Amaterasu-no-Mikoto could directly erase external objects that lacked a soul, phenomena triggered by Chakra, and even 'casting formulas' transformed via a carrier were no exception.

In layman's terms, it could directly erase anything other than a living being.

"Creak." The lid was lifted, revealing Madara's remains.

White Zetsu stared at the remains in shock for a long time, then examined the casting formulas surrounding him, finding them increasingly suspicious.

"Why does this formula look so familiar! Hey! You—you aren't planning to use me as a living sacrifice for the Impure World Reincarnation of Madara, are you? Just like that bastard Orochimaru did back in the day, using us to reincarnate the Hokage!"

"Smart."

Chen made a swipe across Madara's shoulder with a kunai, then tossed it into the circle of the Impure World Reincarnation with a "clang!"

Closing the coffin again, Chen pressed his hands against the lid, his eyes trembling with the light of his ocular jutsu.

"Crackle." About ten seconds later, the coffin was encased in ice. As a mist of frost dissipated, it vanished.

White Zetsu: "Fine, so I never really had a choice, did I?"

Chen's hands moved rapidly through hand seals, while his left eye, hidden beneath his bangs, released a vermilion glow!

--Mizuha!

In mythology, Mizuha is the deity of irrigation water. As an ocular jutsu, it could grant an 'overkill return' to any technique performed in conjunction with it!

White Zetsu cursed before his death: "Ahhh! You god-forsaken bastard! I curse you to never find a wife in this life, and if you do, may she be as empty-bottomed as I am!"

"Apologies, this one has a wife!"

And my wife... possesses all six eyes!

--Mizuha: Impure World Reincarnation!

"Ughhhhh!" A storm erupted in the dim cave, and White Zetsu was swallowed by dust amidst his screams.

The dust solidified into the figure of a burly man, his wild, long hair cascading down.

His torso was bare, clad only in black trousers, and the dust piled up on his chest to form a white face.

It was the face of his former best friend and rival, Senju Hashirama!

After that face was set, "sizzle, sizzle, sizzle"—Hashirama's unique Sage Mode markings appeared upon it.

The man's eyes were tightly shut, and the cracks on his face were being filled by dust. Suddenly, his black hair swept backward... and those Rinnegan, which had vanished when Kaguya was sealed, were perfectly manifested within his eye sockets by this Impure World Reincarnation!

Uchiha Madara had returned!

"Boom!" The moment Madara opened his eyes, a shockwave swept through the stone chamber, causing the talismans on the walls to rustle.

Under this overbearing pressure, Chen felt as if he were bathed in a spring breeze, not even blinking once.

He did not speak, choosing instead to considerately let Lord Madara adapt to the situation and catch up with the current state of affairs on his own.

Madara looked at his mottled palms, his brows furrowing involuntarily.

"What is this? Impure World Reincarnation again. What are Naruto and Sasuke doing, letting a rat like Kabuto emerge in the ninja world again..."

"Hm?" His words choked off, for he saw a pair of eyes glowing with crimson light in the gloom!

Then, framing those eyes, was the Uchiha Clan's signature flame-shaped hair—and it was long!

"Those eyes... the complex pattern, is that the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan?"

After a moment of surprise, Madara's gaze slowly darkened.

"It seems you aren't one of those rats who likes to hide in the shadows. Aside from Sasuke, there is another survivor of the Uchiha? That surprises me. Young one, state your name!"

"My name is Uchiha Chen. It is an honor to meet you, Uchiha Madara."

"Chen, is it." Madara stared at the left eye hidden beneath Chen's bangs. "Your left eye shows traces of having just used an ocular jutsu; it was cast in conjunction with the Impure World Reincarnation, wasn't it? Tell me, what have you done to my body?"

Chen said concisely: "Aside from the power of the Ten-Tails, your prime state has been restored to this vessel."

Madara pondered slightly, looking down to scan the Sage Mode face of Hashirama on his chest, then touched his own eyes.

The way Madara looked at Chen now became somewhat subtle.

With his arms crossed over his chest, he said eerily, "Setting aside Hashirama's Sage Mode, to have allowed my Rinnegan to retain its true Dojutsu Power within this Impure World Reincarnation—it seems you possess not only a pair of 'good eyes' but also 'good guts'!"

Without giving Chen a chance to speak, Madara's right Rinnegan locked its gaze in an instant!

Lie down first, and wait for me to slowly interrogate you on your motives!

--Limbo: Border Jail!

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