"Report." Uchiha Madara, the current head of the Uchiha Clan and arguably the strongest Uchiha in the remembered history asked to the gathered clan members before her.
"Madara-sama. There were several skirmishes against the Senju clan, they were hired by the Tokugawa family." Katsumi, one of the stronger members of the clan and one of the few Madara trusted the judgment of said with her head low as she knelt before her leader.
"…the losses?" Madara asked with resignation. She knew that what the team had against the Senju clan members was a 'skirmish' only by their standards, which had been skewed after their fight against Hashirama's clan from time immemorial, which meant there had been losses. As the clan leader it was her duty to deliver the news to the people who lost their family members.
But instead of hearing the news of dead shinobi, she was met with the hesitant look of Katsumi. She looked like she wasn't sure what she was supposed to say.
"There were… no casualties. On either side." Finally the kunoichi said much to Madara's shock as she got up.
"Do not joke on matters like this. There is no way I would believe that either sides left without losing someone." Madara declared with certainty. The only on in the clan who ever openly spoke about peace with Senju was her, and even she hadn't made a proper effort over a year.
"It wasn't by choice, the battle was interrupted by the Akimichi clan head." Katsumi said much to Madara's confusion.
"Choro?" She asked with her head tilted to side. Granted the current leader of the noble Akimichi Clan was powerful, even more powerful than Katsumi, but he wasn't powerful enough to stop a battle between Senju and Uchiha without casualties.
"No, it seems Akimichi Choro has been defeated by one of his clansmen and his seat of power was taken from him." Katsumi explained and Madara could feel herself get more and more interested.
Akimichi Choro was a strong warrior, he might not have been as strong as Madara herself or Hashirama but to be perfectly honest; that was the case for almost anyone in these lands. Still, to hear that he had been defeated and usurped by someone else, if nothing else it was interesting.
"And this, new clan head, he stopped your skirmish?" Madara asked with a raised eyebrow and Katsumi nodded with an uneasy expression.
"Yes, he… he is very strong. He knocked out Senju Yamazaki with one punch." Katsumi said and Madara had to hold herself back from whistling. Senju Yamazaki was one of the stronger members of the Senju clan, known for his ridiculous durability. Madara had seen the man take a earth jutsu to his face and continue his charge like it had no effect, hearing that he had gotten defeated with one punch… this new clan head was interesting.
"Tell me more about the new leader of the Akimichi clan." Madara ordered.
"He is… big. I had some issues realizing that he was actually a man and not some sort of mountain yokai." Katsumi admitted with a smile.
"To be perfectly honest ma'am, he doesn't actually look like a shinobi. To me he looked more akin to some sort of rikishi, even for an Akimichi."
"A rikishi you say?" Madara asked with a raised eyebrow. She knew of the enormous wrestlers, but found them to be bit of a joke. Their battle was a sport, it was a show for children in her eyes.
"Yes, he looked like a rikishi. At least a rikishi who was actually fearsome. His arms are huge and his palms are big enough to crush someone's head. But he is also fast, faster than a man of his size has any right to be. He had laid down Senju Yamazaki before any of us managed to realize after… after what he said." Katsumi told her as she averted her eyes at the end of her explanation, much to Madara's curiosity.
"And what did he say?"
"He… uhh…" Katsumi seemed to be unwilling to actually repeat the words she had heard but a glare from Madara managed to persuade her otherwise.
"He said that if our clans… continued to bicker like children before him he would… he would bend us over his knee like one." Katsumi said as she lowered her gaze, sweating as Madara's chakra started to fill the room.
She had endured lots of insults throughout her life. Insults from those who did not find her worthy of her station, from those who were envious of her strength and from those who could not accept the reality of a woman being stronger than them. None of them had bothered her, they were coming from weaklings after all, but an insult to her clan? To her family? She would not let such a things stand.
So she swore on her brother's eyes that now resides in her eye sockets.
"And what… is the name of this man?" She asked, as calmly as she could while trying to keep her chakra from damaging her office any further.
"Sukune. His name is Akimichi Sukune." And Madara knew the name of the one she would dance with. It was only a matter of if they'd dance before or after her dance with Hashirama.
"Is there anything else you can tell me about this… Sukune?" Madara asked other subordinate who nodded.
"He seems to have made a name for himself in the west of the land of fire, man with unrivaled strength is what they call him. They also have given him another name for his speed and power." The younger Uchiha said.
"Raiden, that's what they are calling him. The strongest Akimichi in history." Katsumi told Madara with a shudder as she remembered the man's strength and speed that had made him famous. No matter how much she hated the man for what he had said, she couldn't refuse that the man's fame was earned.
Madara on the other hand cared none for such things. Sukune being the strongest Akimichi had only one meaning to her. That she would have fun before killing him.
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