//------------------------------// // Interlude: The Two Uchiha // Story: My Little Pony: An Uchiha's Wrath // by Lord Nopony //------------------------------// At last it had begun. He would finally show those stupid, naive ponies about true power and how love was not necessary. Power was the only true necessity! Madara smirked to himself as his plans were about to come to fruition. It wouldn't be long now. After having leaving the betrayed King under rubble (although thinking he was dead would kind of be anticlimactic in his opinion) and using Kamui, he had teleported to an area near the Changeling Empire's lands. Of course, this laboratory was far underground and only accessible via Kamui; since it only reacted to chakra. Not magic. No one but himself would be able to find this place. Of that, he was sure of. He then heard small 'whooshing' sounds. It appeared that his experiments had finally arrived to the new laboratory's location. Excellent. Now then, all he had to do, was put the final phases into the plan. It would take time of course, but then again, Madara was a patient man. He had all the time in the world. Literally. ~Back at Canterlot Castle~ Many ponies were quite surprised when they suddenly felt tremors all around them. Many panicked and others simply did their best to keep their cool and find shelter. As for certain others in the castle? Let's say that somepony was VERY worried. It didn't help that she was being examined at the time either. Everything seemed normal at first. Then Eternity had felt a small bit of dizziness. It soon passed off, but she seemed to suddenly remember what was said and she somehow...overreacted? It was kind of hard to remember. All she could remember was that she heard her husband yelling at Madara. Why though? It was then that she was ordered to be taken in for a check-up. And that of course, was when the tremors began. They were small at first, but then began to increase exponentially. This was a bad sign to the queen. Just what on Equus was happening?! She shot up straight from her bed, scaring Medic Queue in the process. "My Queen! You shouldn't get up so quickly like that! You could get your headache back quicker that way! I know we're experiencing tremors of sorts, but you need to stay calm or I can't finish your examination!" He frantically said. Queen Eternity however, had no time. "Where is my husband?" She asked with a small bit of urgency. Taken aback, Medic Queue could only reply, "Well your Majesty, after your 'episode', he had gone off in search of Madara to have that 'talk' with him." That was all that needed to be said to the queen though. Madara. She knew somehow that these tremors were his doing. Not only that, her husband was probably caught up in the middle of it all! Queen Eternity wasted no time and immediately flew off to the epicenter of the quakes, much to Medic Queue's surprise (and extreme worry). She then began to scan the various quakes by sending out a pulse of magic, spreading it out like a submarine would to track any enemies. At last, she found the location of her husband and sped over to the location. Landing down on the ground, she sent one more pulse and it was confirmed that her husband was somewhere around this area. It was then that her instinct told her to get out of the area. She trusted it and was thankfully spared the wrath of a small explosion that blew up where she was at moments before! She gave a small sigh of relief. She then remembered her husband and found him coughing and spluttering, while struggling out of the rubble caused by the explosion. Gasping, she quickly rushed over to her beloved husband. "Oh my Faust! Dear! What on Equus happened to you?" Eclipse took a moment to answer, but then remembered the sudden betrayal of one Madara Uchiha. "It was that traitor Madara!" He shouted with pure venom. "He...he did unimaginable things! Things I dare not say in public. He's truly beyond reasoning. ~cough~ ~cough~" "Relax dear." Eternity comforted him. "Tell me everything that happened. Piece by piece." And so...Eclipse told her everything. As he did so, our main character was back at his laboratory once again examining the strange token. POV Change "What is this?!" I practically shouted in pure frustration. "Why can I not identify what the heck this is?!" I rubbed my temple with two fingers and took a few deep calming breaths. It was then that I had a sudden epiphany. Why hadn't I thought of it before? I quickly rushed toward the laboratory's main computer and scanned the strange token again. Yes. It was indeed Void Magic. Which of course coincides with spacial magic in a way. And the only thing that I have in my Jutsu arsenal that comes close to that would be my Sharingan's Kamui! 'Yes...yes! Now we're getting somewhere!' I thought excitedly. Focusing my chakra onto the token, I then proceeded to use Kamui. After that, a purple and black portal of sorts appeared in front of me! It was very similar to those Dark Corridors that were featured in Kingdom Hearts. Fascinating! Reaching towards it with one of my hands, I felt the inside and found it to be a cold sensation. Something similar to the cold embraces of death in a sense. Mustering up all my courage, I entered; keeping Kamui's power over me. Through the portal I flew, and what I saw amazed me. Void after void, I saw so many others like me, along with other universes I could never begin to comprehend. Sadly, there was no portal back to Earth, but I didn't care much, as Earth had nothing I truly cared for anymore. I also filed away some universes I thought would come in handy in the future. It was then that I saw a light of sorts seemingly calling for me. Reaching towards it, I felt myself being pulled toward some sort of Equestria similar to my own. And before I blacked out, I managed to catch a glimpse of two Sharingan looking at me. My only thought was, 'What?' I woke up on the floor of my lab. I remembered the other Sharingan and looked around. Standing in my lab, inspecting my experiments, was Sasuke Uchiha. He must have sensed I was awake because he spoke. “Now this is interesting,” he said calmly. “The last thing I was expecting was to see another Uchiha.” He looked over to me, “Nice setup you got here. What’s with all the noise upstairs?” I suddenly recognized that I was talking to THE Sasuke Uchiha! Call me a rabid fan. Still though, I asked, “What? What’re you doing here?” He kept walking around. “I’m just going to take a wild guess that you aren’t the real Madara Uchiha.” I tensed slightly. “Don’t worry, I’m not the real Sasuke. Bet you never thought cosplay would get you in this much trouble either, did you? As for why I’m here? You tell me. You called me here.” Finally gaining my bearings, I stood up while brushing myself off. “So,” I said. “You’re just like me aren’t you? I merely activated Kamui to explore different worlds, but I never expected this!” I frowned a tiny bit as he touched one of my vials. “Please don’t touch that. It’s rare and fragile.” He finally turned to face me. He was different from the ‘official’ Sasuke. He wore a friendly smile. It was somewhat unnerving to see that on his character. “There are a lot like us. I would refrain from random void travelling as a noob,” he said. “Even with your current immortal status, I’m pretty sure there are actual gods out there. And what is this stuff?” Despite him calling me a ‘noob’, I refrained from lashing out; instead I decided to take his advice. When he asked the question concerning the vial, I replied, “That is the essence of a special creature found here in Equestria. It belongs to a Lich. Trust me, those things’ hearts are something special; a key ingredient to remaking my own version of the 9 Tailed Beasts.” He smiled deviously. “Now I’m positive we’re going to get along great. Now for the real intro: We are Displaced. There are many like us and yet none like us. So far you are the only other Uchiha I’ve met. We come from different Earths but we've all landed in Equestria. If you want to contact one of us, you use a token.” As if on queue, a slew of small objects dropped out of the void. “It’s way better to cross the void if you have a destination. And seriously what is that noise?” I was taken aback by this ‘unique’ speech of his. As hesitant as I was to believe it, he was living proof that what he says is true. Remembering his question, I replied, “Ah. You mean the explosions from my old lab that self-destructed in the middle of Canterlot Castle?” Sasuke cocked his head to the side briefly. “I’m just going to ignore the lab in Canterlot Castle and move on the ‘self-destructing’ part’. What?” I sighed. This would take a few minutes of my time, but nonetheless, I’d explain. “To answer your question, this Equestria is in a period long before the Two Royal Sisters. I arrived here during their parents’ reign much to my immense confusion at first. I was ‘interviewed’ for a lack of better term, and made their war general due to their time of war. However, I learned to not trust them, seeing as they distrusted me right from the start. I therefore began experiments to show the ponies true power and true destruction. This is my justice in a way. I digress though. I lured the King, a fool by the name of Eclipse, to my lab, showing him my experiments to instill terror in him and to show him what true betrayal is like. I then began to explain parts of my plan vaguely to him and left the lab while sending the remains of my projects here. I activated my self-destruct sequence after to hide the evidence and will soon begin the final phases to my plan. Erase the fools from this world, and create a true utopia in my image.” Sasuke looked at me strangely and spoke calmly and slowly. “I’m only saying this because I am genuinely concerned for your well being. I think you’re losing it. You want to sit down and talk about your feelings? It might help. Or, and hear me out all the way, we could go to a professional and get you some help.” I laughed. I couldn’t help it! I knew he was serious, but nonetheless, I responded back. “I may be crazy yes. However, these inferior creatures are truly deserving of this punishment. Why? Simple. Back on Earth, before I became this, I was a social recluse all my life. I made friends, but in the end, they used that trust against me. Here in Equestria, I thought it would be different. But no. They lie. Every. Last. One! So I then assumed that’s when my Curse of Hatred surfaced. Some may reject it, but I embrace it. I personally don’t care what your opinion is of me at the moment, as my plans matter more. However, enough about me. I’ve told you plenty about myself. What of you? I don’t know much about YOUR views on your Equestria. Did they wrong you? If so, I believe my actions are justified.” Sasuke looked like he was taking in what I said. He looked up and scratched his chin before he shrugged and went back to smiling. “It’s not my place to tell someone who's using hate as a power in a land where love is literal power that they’re doing something wrong. My story? There’s not much to tell. I landed in Equestria during the early part of the Royal Sisters’ reign. I helped them win some wars and develop as rulers. No real issues… Until I massacred a village. Things kind of got out of hand at that point. Ended up destroying a forest, a castle, and ended up trapped in stone for a little over a thousand years.” I gave a small laugh. “Seems we’re both somewhat insane. Me moreso than you.” I then pondered for a moment. “What are you planning now that you’re out of stone? Perhaps we can help one another in some way. Undoubtedly, I too, would end up in stone, but I’ve backups for that. What say you fellow Uchiha?” He grinned. “I say I smell a mutually beneficial deal! What exactly are you looking for?” I grinned savagely. “Well, there are at the least, two things I’m looking for. One, the power of an Alicorn. Mainly so I can have a way to use Equestrian Magic of my own. Second, I need at least 6 pony bodies for my soon-to-be Six Paths of Pain. And for my future Akatsuki organization. If you can provide me with these things, I’m sure that I can replicate my Sharingan and perhaps give a pair to you. I see that it would be in your best interests since you only have the Mangekyou. Not the Eternal. Well?” His eyes changed and he looked at me with… Eternal Mangekyou? What? “I already got a spare set of eyes.” His smirk was slightly irritating. “But if you’ve got Kamui, I’ll take that. In return…” He did a few hand seals and a bottle of golden liquid appeared in his hands. “I’ll give you this bottle of Alicorn Blood. And…” Sasuke’s smile faded as he did a few more hand seals. He summoned a white unicorn mare with a blonde mane. “Mama Blue’s body for Kotoamatsukami. Don’t ask who she is or where she came from. Just know that she had a unique magic and to treat her well.” Smiling once more, I examined the body and thought to myself for several minutes. I then said, “Very well. You have yourself a deal. But, I’m still in need of at least five more bodies. If you can supply me with those, I’ve a special plan to replicate my Sharingan with the Alicorn Magic and hand them out to only to a small amount of loyal followers I will most likely gain. Perhaps I could spare a few for you in return for the remaining bodies should anything happen to your current eyes?” His face returned to normal as a scroll was summoned to his hand. He bit his thumb and put the blood across the scroll. Five bodies were summoned in a puff of smoke. There was a griffon, two pegasi, a minotaur, and another unicorn. “These are worthy enemies I've faced,” Sasuke said. “I didn’t want to reincarnate them and we were having a bit of an issue with necromancers for a while, so I’ve actually got a lot of bodies in storage.” He chuckled, “Don’t tell Celestia though. She thinks I got rid of them.” If my eyes could change to money signs, I swear mine would’ve. I smirked and held out a hand for Sasuke to shake. “Very well. You’ve got yourself a deal and have impressed me with your quick thinking.” I then performed some hand seals and prepared to transplant the wanted ocular powers to him. “Keep in mind though that this might sting a little. Use my gifts wisely.” I put my forefinger and middle finger to the center of his forehead and prepared to use the Transcription Seal. “Wait a second,” Sasuke said. “This isn’t supposed to hurt.” I activated the technique and he let out a yelp of pain. “It feels like you’re cramming a rock into my eye socket!” he yelled. It only took a moment for the transfer and he held his hand over his eyes when I finished. “You’re probably wondering why that hurt. Simple. Transferring powers from an undead being to a living one is quite...painful as you no doubt felt. Nonetheless, you now have Kamui and Kotoamatsukami. Are you satisfied with these powers? I could always grant you more deals like this in the future should I require more...interests…” I paused for a moment adding, “Speaking of which, how do I summon you again? And how would someone summon me for that matter?” Sasuke rubbed his eyes and grumbled something inaudibly. “It would be nice to have a human business partner,” he said as he summoned a necklace. It was made of green jade and had six magatama. “This is how we call each other. Its a token. Any Displaced, you included, can make one. Basically just infuse something with your essence and a short message and whatever brought us here takes care of the rest. I think.” “I see. In that case,” I performed a few hand signs and made a piece of wood from my Wood Style. I then shaped it into a claw of sorts, and much to Sasuke’s disgust, pulled out one of my Sharingan eyes. I then placed it into the claw’s grasp, and added a few remaining touches. “There. This shall be my token. The wood comes from my Wood Release and will therefore keep my Sharingan ‘alive’ as long as it stays there. It also activates as a special scope of sorts to let me see some events happening in the void. Granted, it’s limited. As for my phrase, here it is: I am Madara Uchiha, the famed enemy of Hashirama Senju. Should you require my aid or visual prowess in battle, summon me, and I shall rend the flesh from any opponent who dares to challenge us!” After indicating my 'chant', I took in a deep breath and exhaled shortly after. I then turned to Sasuke. "Well then, what now?" I asked. “Now…. I don’t know, actually,” he said scratching his head. “We could...maybe…..fight?” At hearing the last word in Sasuke's suggestion, I suddenly gained a grin. "Hmm...a spar to see how we fare against one another? I like the idea of that!" I then looked at my token and then suddenly it vanished! Sasuke looked at me in bewilderment and I gave him an answer to his unasked question. "I felt a sort of...energy call out to me. I then focused my powers, and it seems that my token was somehow placed in the void." “Yeah. That happens.” I sighed. "And you didn't mention it before why?" I said a cross between annoyed and amused. He shrugged. “I dunno. Would you believe it slipped my mind?” I shook my head in exasperation. "No," I said. "Not really." I sighed once more and then grinned again shortly after. "Well then, how about that spar?" I asked. Sasuke immediately threw several kunai at me and I dodged them easily. I wondered about sparring in my lab with all of it's sensitive experiments, but I was sure Sasuke knew better than to mess them up. I activated my EMS, and sent us to the dimension of Kamui. Despite my thoughts on Sasuke knowing not to mess up my laboratory, I wouldn't take any chances. I then went into one of my famed combat stances the Equestrians dubbed the "Lethality Stance". I grinned and performed some handsigns and saying, "Fire Style: Fireball Jutsu!" Sasuke responded with his own handsigns. “Water Style: Tearing Torrent!” The clash of the two jutsus created a steamy smokescreen. Believing to know what my opponent had in mind, I used Wind Style: Great Breakthrough, to cleanse the smokescreen. I then quickly performed more handsigns and used Lightning Style: Lightning Shadow Clone Jutsu. I then disappeared from Sasuke's sight. I saw him activate his own Mangekyou Sharingan. A skeletal Susanoo formed around him and it started swinging wildly at the clones. It seemed…. uncoordinated. Not one to usually be deterred (and also taking a mental note on Sasuke's Susanoo), I activated my own Susanoo to counter his. They then clashed with each other causing a huge shockwave. I then performed a few more signs and decided to do something surprising. "Vapor Style: Solid Fog Jutsu!" I shouted. I intended to melt his Susanoo to mush thanks to my immense power. How would he counter I wondered? “You can use Boil Release!?” he yelled. He then summoned a small book as his Susanoo was melting. He looked through it and performed some handsigns. “Two can play at this game! Vapor Style: Solid Fog Jutsu!” He used his own fog to neutralize the acidity of my fog. A Shadow Clone then appeared in his Susanoo and formed Rasengan. It ran out of the Susanoo at me. 'Interesting,' I thought to myself. 'I never thought he'd be able to counterattack so well! Nonetheless though...' I finished my train of thought by performing my own Jutsu. However, instead of a Shadow Clone, I used Wood Clones. I then had each use Chidori at the incoming Rasengan. Then, I deactivated my Susanoo much to Sasuke's surprise. As the standoff between the Chidori and Rasengan clouded me from view, I vanished and somehow appeared right next to him! He was caught off guard and I managed to stab him in the shoulder with one of my Chakra Rods. “AGH! Son of a bitch!” He jumped back holding his shoulder as the clone from earlier appeared in front of me and slammed the Rasengan into my stomach. “Bet you weren’t expecting that!” Sasuke said. “I put a Flying Raijin mark on you while you were knocked out!” "Impressive Sasuke!" I commended him. "But I am not one of the most famed Uchiha for NOTHING!" I then began laughing maniacally. I enjoyed this! To Sasuke's surprise once more, my Rinnegan began to activate. "Shinra Tensei!" I shouted without restraint, pushing everything back with such force, the ground practically shook! "Ha ha ha! Yes! Show me more of your power Sasuke! I no longer want you to hold back." I then waited for his next move with my arms crossed. “Rinnegan is definitely cheating,” Sasuke muttered. “But don’t turn it off just yet. I’ve got something for you.” His grin became maniacal as his Susanoo’s top half fully formed. It held a ball of Amaterasu's black fire, which it formed into a bow and arrow. “Eat this!” It shot the arrow upwards, momentarily confusing me. Then it began to rain Amaterasu arrows with enough force to crack the ground wide open. I stood in the center of the onslaught waiting for the crescendo. Sasuke did not disappoint. The black fire swirled in a vortex and it was all focused on me until it exploded. The smoke slowly dispersed, and I was seen panting from the attack while smoke was wafting off of my slowly regenerating body. I was in shock, it appeared that I was so caught off guard, that I wasn't able to try and use one of my Paths to absorb it. However doing so might've caused a risk to my body. I grinned one last time and decided that my last attack would finish this. "Good work Sasuke." I said. "But this Jutsu I created myself should end this fight. Please try not to die." I then put my hands together and began to gather chakra around myself. Once enough chakra was gathered, I then began pulling out a blade. I opened my eyes shortly after and shouted, "Yin Release: God-Killing Spear!" My blade was then enveloped in pure Yin chakra and it suddenly extended. It hit Sasuke in the stomach (painfully I might say) and extracted out shortly after with a squelching sound. I grinned and said, "You might as well give up and submit Sasuke. With a simple twitch of my fingers, the chakra piece I inserted inside you would blow up along with you. Unless you have some sort of counter? I also know you're not a clone. I can see it with my Sharingan." He coughed up blood and smiled. “Nope. I’ve got nothing for this.” He performed some handsigns. “Orochimaru Style: Body Replacement Technique.” In the most disgusting manner possible, he shed his skin and crawled out of his own mouth, body completely healed. “I don’t have much chakra left. Healing life-threatening wounds takes a lot out of me. It wouldn’t be much fun to continue.” I smiled. Looks like I had won. Although being the good contestant I am, I reached out with my palm to help him up. He accepted gratefully, and I restored his chakra just to be nice. "I must say that your Orochimaru Style was completely unexpected Sasuke. Still though, have you ever thought of creating your own Jutsu like my own? If you'd like, I can teach you it. It will however take a lot of chakra and drain you, so it's a last resort technique to those who aren't Edo Tensei like myself. Nonetheless, a great spar!" “As much as I would love to create my own jutsu, I think I’ll hold off for now. Things are about to get interesting back in my Equestria. I’ll come back once my plan advances a little bit.” I nodded. "Very well. I can respect that." I said. I then reached into a drawer and pulled out an item. I then handed it to Sasuke. "Here. Take this. It's a list of some of my own techniques I created. They're not as perfected as my God-Killing Spear, but perhaps you can perfect them." I smiled once more and remembered one other thing. "Also, should you ever need my assistance, call for me. I'd enjoy a nice vacation from this Equestria. If though, I'm not available, I'll send someone...else as a mediator of sorts. Fair enough?" I asked. “Seems like a good deal,” he said as he put my pages into his book. They attached themselves to the bindings and reformatted themselves. “Huh,” he said. “So that’s how that works.” I stared and then stared some more. I then couldn't help but keel over in laughter. "Ha ha! I must say Sasuke. I believe you and I will get along very well! Now then," I said recomposing myself, "I must get back to work at the moment. However, take one more thing that I offer." I then gave him the container holding the heart of the Lich and gave it to him. When looking at me in confusion, I merely said, "Think of it as a backup plan in case you ever need it. Word of warning though, it should only be used sparingly. Never use it on a living being. But the results on an artificial creation or undead being are quite...extraordinary." I finished. Sasuke contemplated my words for a moment. “I do love backup plans. Alright, thanks. Good luck with… whatever it is you’re doing.” A void portal opened up behind him. He turned to walk through it and waved. I replied back, "An Uchiha Elite believes in no such thing as luck my friend. But I thank you nonetheless." I gave off a slightly amused grin and waved goodbye back. I was sure that things would be QUITE interesting with other fellow Displaced like my friend Sasuke. ~Meanwhile~ "And that's what happened my dear." Eclipse finished. "Then it appears we've no choice," Eternity said with a stern tone. "We must prepare for battle against the traitor Madara Uchiha!" TO BE CONTINUED!