Ten Years Ago

"So you're doing what now?" Reiner asked Madara who was packing some stuff.

"I'm going on a trip," Madara answered as he was about to finish packing.

"On a trip? Where are you going?" Reiner asked. He didn't know what to do, Madara said, he was going on a trip and started packing food.

"To find my wife," Madara said as he looked up at Reiner.

"Who is this wife, exactly?" Reiner asked thinking Madara was delusional.

"Mereoleona Vermillion," Madara answered.

"Vermillion? One of the royal families. Are you sure you want to pursue her? I heard she violent, loud, violent, strong, and a battle maniac." Reiner said making Madara smirk.

"That's what I like about her. A lioness no one could tame except me." Madara said with a smile on his face.

"How did you even hear of Mereoleona? Their family is in the capital, we are in the forest." Reiner said while looking at Madara.

"While I was sleeping I heard her name in my dreams," Madara said to Reiner.

Madara was full of sh*t. He never had such a dream. He wanted to do this now, so he won't have to work so hard in the future.

Although he knew what the risk was of doing this. He could die by her hands or even the wild animals in the forest she's in.

He didn't know which forest she was in and didn't know how to get there. That's what he would say if he didn't have the sensory abilities he has.

"You had a dream about this woman, now you want to marry her?" Reiner asked confused. He didn't know what was going on inside the little boy's head.

"Long story short," Madara said as he finished packing his stuff.

"Your a weird one," Reiner says as he sees Madara get in a lotus position.

[Mana Zone: Sensory 100]

Madaras' sensory abilities were increased, better than anyone. Madara knows Mereoleona would fight strong animals instead of weak ones, so he has to Mark the ones she would potentially be at.

It was like a map inside of his head. After searching for a few minutes, he came across a land that had a bright orange flame coming from it.

Madara concluded that that is where she is. He made a mental note of where and opened his eyes. He opened them to see the same old forest.

'That's a long way from here.' Madara thought as he scratched his head. Madara put his bag on his back and was about to start traveling.

"You were serious about that?" Reiner asked seeing Madara was about to leave.

"I'm off," Madara said as he began to walk away.

'A six-year-old boy going to find Mereoleona, his future wife.' Reiner thought. "Yeah, whatever. Don't get yourself killed while you're out there."

"Like you'd care," Madara said from a good distance away.

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While walking through the forest, his walking turned into a light jog, then a full-speed sprint. He was moving so fast, despite his age, he turned into a blur to the untrained eye.

The sound of his feet against the grass wasn't making a sound. All while Madara had a blank expression on his face.

The journey would be long and when he got there, there was a high chance of him dying. Not because of the animals but to Mereoleona.

But he only smirked. What's life without taking risks?

While running at a fill sprint, Madara sensed both animals and beast creatures. He could run past them, but he and Reiner already started exterminating them.

The black-haired boy appeared in a tree, stalking his prey. He chose to fight them all at once, though it wasn't smart, who's he running away from a challenge?

[Katon: Goukakyuu no Jutsu]

Madara jumped off the branch, into the air, as he fired off a large fireball. The beast creatures take most of the blast and the outcome of that, loud screeches.

'Don't tell me...'

Madara thought in the air. He heard the scream but he needed to be sure they weren't calling for backup.

Madaras' eyes turned a blood-red when he touched the ground. All the animals and beast creatures were hostile. The animals were hostile to the beast creatures and the beast creatures hostile to the red-eyed boy.

'I see. No pun intended.'

It looks like the beast creatures were attacking the animals. Looking at the injuries on them, it seems they were in a fight. For food and survival.

The furry creatures with too many eyes were glaring at Madara and leaking killing intent. Madara just had a smile on his face.

The black-haired boy saw the beast creature's leg twitch, signaling he was about to attack. Before the beast creature could attack, the boy appeared to the left of him, kicking him into a nearby tree.

The other two, charged at him, but Madara did a backflip over them. While in the air, he threw a few fireballs at them. Just as he was about to touch the ground, he used his fire magic on the soles of his feet.

This made fire come out of his feet, propelling him back into the air. When this happened, he threw exaggerated fireballs at the one in the tree.

By this point, the boy concluded that no backup was coming, he would've sensed it. He could tell the animals were scared. They wanted to run, but they couldn't move.

They watched in terror how this what would be considered a snack, is handling three beings they were struggling with.

They immediately realized the difference and power and became horrified. They were shaking and their heads were down.

Madara saw the black spot on the grass where he burnt it. He also saw the beast creature's fur was on fire, along with some chard spots on the tree.

The boy landed meters between the beast creatures. He had his back turned to the two, looking at the one in the tree.

The breast creature jumped in the air, aiming to take off Madaras' head. Madara had already sensed it coming and when he sensed he was right behind him, he smirked.

A swirl of flames surrounded his body, he balled his fist. He bent his knees, the flames around him, surrounded his hand and forearm.

He jumped off the ground, with a large flame in his hand. In a twisting motion, he uppercuts the beast creature.

'Shoryuken!'

Madara punches a hole in its stomach, with his hand still in its body, he used his fire magic to explode its body.

Before its body exploded into pieces, Madara got a good distance away so he wouldn't get blood on him.

Madara looked toward the sun, realizing he was wasting daylight, he quickly took care of the other two beast creatures.

Seeing how easy he took care of them, the animals were even more scared. Madara grabbed his bag and walked over to them.

He saw they were shaking and the injuries on their bodies. He placed a hand on them and started healing them. They were confused when the pain they were feeling disappeared.

After that, Madara continued his journey to find Mereoleona. Madara ran the entire day, only taking breaks to kills beast creatures of drink water.

Six days later, he was entering another forest where he sensed strong entities. He could care less about fighting right now, he hadn't found a river to bathe in the whole way here.

He smelled like shit.

Sadly, he wouldn't be finding a bath. He had things to take care of like the boar in front of him. The boar looked hungry too.

The boy scratched his head as he threw his bag. The boar's eyes were redirected to the bag. His biggest mistake was taking his eyes off of the boy.

Madara appeared below the boar and using his leg muscles. He managed to kick the boar off the ground, meters into the air, using magic to increase his strength.

Madara stood on two feet, then jump into the air, above the boar then axe kicked it. The boar's eyes popped out of its sockets and it went crashing down into the ground, creating a crater.

Madara could tell it died so he didn't need to waste his time with it anymore. Madara landed on the ground without making a sound. He picked up his bag and traveled deeper into the forest.

At this point, he wasn't even looking for her at the moment, he just wanted to take a bath. So, he used his senses to try and find water.

While he walked deeper into the forest, he came across a few more boars. Some stronger than the previous one.

But while he was fighting, he got distracted and a baby boar ended up eating his bag because he set it down to concentrate.

It took him a minute until he found water. Something he noticed was that the deeper he went into the forest, there seemed to be fewer boars.

Also, the deeper he went, the stronger the mana was. He wasn't familiar with her signature, he had never met her. But he took a gamble coming here.

After walking for a while, Madara saw this clearing. He heard the sound of flowing water. Most of all, the mana he sensed was clear as ever. It was just behind those trees.

When he walked past them, he saw a waterfall with steam coming from the water. The thing that caught his eye was the ginger woman in the midst of it.

She turned her head back to meet his gaze. She sighed and scratched her head. What was a child doing out here?

"What are you doing out here, kid?" The orange-haired woman asked as she turned her head back around.

"I'm here in search of my wife." The child responded making her chuckle.

"Good luck with that. Don't get yourself killed." The naked woman said as she returned to bathing.

"I think that's you," Madara said making the woman burst into laughter.

"You have guts to say that to me. But you're too young and if cannot beat me, you'll never be my mate." Mereoleona said, releasing some killing intent to scare the kid.

Surprisingly, he was still there with a look of determination in his eyes.

"A kid like you resisting my killing intent, impressive," Mereoleona said with a barely surprised face.

"So that means you'll take my hand in marriage?" The boy asked making her scoff.

"If you can beat me in a battle to the death, you will be worthy of being my mate." The orange-haired woman said making him smile.

"So could we fight right now?" The boy asked cautiously.

Madara knew with a slip up with his words, that could be the end of his life, but he had to see how far the gap was.

He wasn't planning on fighting to the death know. He just wanted to see how strong she is at her current age.

"Challenging me? You have guts, kids, but sure. I'll fight you. It's not my problem if you die." Mereoleona said as she stepped out of the water.

Her naked body was exposed to Madara. Now on the outside, his face remained the same, but on the inside, he could only burn the image in his mind.

Madara activated his Sharingan. He wasn't going to let that go to waste.

'Hmm, doesn't react when seeing a naked woman... He has a strong will.'

The woman put on her clothes and got ready to face the boy. It would be an absolute mistake not to activate his Sharingan at the start.

Mereoleona grinned seeing him in his fighting stance. She didn't care for his eyes because everyone had different color eyes.

Now they were staring each other down, with third battle intent leaking. Her mana had taken the form of a lion that was almost suffocating him.

But Madara was no pushover. A white aura surrounded his body, intriguing Mereoleona.

She got in her stance and prepared for a fight. After a few seconds, she jumped at Madara.

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