Legacy

Chapter 31: 31 - Fire Lord

Chapter 31 – Fire Lord

## Valley of the End ##

The valley of the end. The place of the final showdown between Senju Hashirama and Uchiha Madara, the place where Madara died and Hashirama emerged victorious. Or so everyone thinks. The valley remained pretty much untouched since the fight except for the addition of two gigantic statues.

They represent the two fighters whose power could bring any country to its knees. They symbolize and honor those two legendary figures that left their mark in history. The statues of Uchiha Madara and Senju Hashirama each one doing the battle seal as if until this day they were still battling each other.

On top of Uchiha Madara's head we find someone sitting there. The wind carried his cloak allowing everyone to see his clothes. He wore a black long-sleeve top that also covered his neck and chin, a pair of black gloves, and a pair of dark-colored pants. On his waist, he wore a thick black belt with armor-like metal plates attached to it. He also wore blue nail polish on his fingers and toes. But from all that, the most distinguishing feature he had was a strange mask he wore. The mask was strong orange in color and had a spiral pattern with a single hole for his right eye.

The cloak itself was a high colored black cloak with red clouds adorning it. The cloak pretty much said that this someone belonged to the mercenary group known as Akatsuki who, according to Jiraiya, where searching for the bijuu.

The figure seemed to be deep in thought as anyone could see; he was gazing into the emptiness of the sky as if trying to find the meaning of life.

(FLASHBACK)

The same figure was seen walking through some cave in some unknown location. The figure stopped walking when he noticed two other figures approaching him. The first one had spiky orange hair with multiple metal piercings in his nose, ears and bottom lip but what stood out were his eyes, silver eyes with concentric circles around the pupil. He was wearing the same black cloak with red clouds.

The other figure was definitely female. She had blue hair, amber colored eyes, lavender eye shadow, and a labret piercing. In her hair she had a paper flower strapped to it. She was also wearing the same cloak as the other figure.

"We need to talk...Madara" the orange spiky haired figure said watching very closely the figure with the orange mask.

"Of course Pein...Tobi is a good boy" Tobi said in a childish almost high pitched voice.

"Enough with playing around" Pein said in a serious voice making Tobi instantly drop his childish ways and took a completely different stance. "We have some information that you...forget to tell us" Pein explained.

"And what is it?" Tobi asked but now is voice was more deep and serious.

"Kisame and Itachi went to scout the Kyuubi Jinchuuriki and heard the most interesting news" Pein cryptically said.

"Don't play games with me and get to the point" Tobi said. He didn't want to deal with Pein right now.

"For starters the Kyuubi claims to be Uchiha Madara's grandson" Pein said and Tobi's eyes widened "Your grandson to be exact" Pein said looking at Tobi directly in his eye waiting for his answer.

"And what proof does he have of that" Tobi asked trying to gain some time while his mind was running a mile per second trying to figure just what was happening.

"The fact that he is an uncounted sharingan user seems to help" Pein said in a monotone voice.

"How very interesting...if that brat has a sharingan that could only mean that it came from Minato as Kushina's family is very well documented" Tobi mused in thought "That would explain how back then he knew I wasn't Madara" Tobi conclude in complete shock. Even during his fight fourteen years ago he never felt or saw Minato's sharingan.