Hatake Ziyan looked at the crazed man before him and thought back over the people he had killed in Konoha these past few years. The only member of the Uchiha Clan seemed to have been the brat who had blocked his way the first time he entered the clan's grounds after returning!
"Are you his older brother?" Hatake Ziyan asked calmly once he figured it out.
"That's right! You killed my little brother! I've wanted revenge every waking moment, but I hated myself! I hated myself for being too weak!" the black-robed man roared. Then he calmed down and said, "But I was lucky enough to meet our Uchiha Clan's Clan Leader. I'm not who I used to be. My name is Madara Uchiha! Hatake Ziyan! Are you ready to die?"
Hatake Ziyan gave a scornful laugh. "You're Madara Uchiha? Never mind that you aren't-even if you really were, you'd still be no match for me. Since you haven't attacked yet, I can let you leave! Otherwise, don't blame me for showing no mercy!"
"Hatake Ziyan! Your life is mine!"
The black-robed man ignored Hatake Ziyan's words, drew a short blade, and hurled it straight at him!
Hatake Ziyan instantly drew the long sword at his waist. Cold steel flashed, and the short blade flying toward him shattered into fragments. After breaking the blade, the slash continued straight toward the black-robed man.
Hatake Ziyan sheathed his sword, turned, and started walking away. But the decapitation that should have followed never happened. The Sword Aura passed straight through the black-robed man and struck the outer wall of a nearby house.
It cut a gash forty to fifty centimeters long into the wall!
"Hatake Ziyan! Your sword is useless against me! Just accept your death!"
The black-robed man pulled a scroll from