The Fourth Great Ninja War? No, This Is Konoha vs. Madara! / Shion's Prophetic Dream! This Showdown Is...

"Interesting." Madara Uchiha, controlling a Susanoo over ten meters tall, smiled. "If this weren't a Wood Style Clone, then I..."

"I really would like to have a proper fight with you."

"But I'm not here to fight this time," he said.

"My true body still needs to complete the Rinnegan."

"So..."

"Now..."

"I hereby officially declare..."

"The Fourth Great Ninja War begins."

"Ninjas are war, no matter the time. As long as there are ninjas, there will be war."

"And I will put an end to all of it," Madara Uchiha said. "I can't be bothered to fight every one of you individually, so I alone, here..."

"I only need one battle!" Madara Uchiha said.

"In other words, you want to become the enemy of the ninja world?" Kitahara Kaede asked.

"Yes," Madara Uchiha said. "If you want peace, then defeat me."

"Let's see how large an army you can gather."

"So..."

"Come and defeat me!" Madara Uchiha said.

"Interesting," Kitahara Kaede said. "I acknowledge you."

"Ten days from now, at ten in the morning, we'll fight here," Kitahara Kaede said. "You'll understand the power of the ninja world."

"And if you lose," Kitahara Kaede said, "return to the Hidden Leaf Village and become its advisor."

"Hahahaha..." Madara Uchiha laughed upon hearing that.

He laughed so hard he seemed about to cry. "I think I understand why you were the one who inherited Hashirama's Wood Release."

"Even Obito fears you."

"You really are different," Madara Uchiha said.

"Then what an honor."

"I look forward to that day."

Madara Uchiha lightly clapped his hands together. The Susanoo around him vanished, and with a pop, his body turned into a branch.

All that remained was the section of Iwagakure that had been flattened.

A breeze blew in from ahead, cool against their