naruto · uchiha madara · sharingan · stoic · dominant · protective · arrogant · wounded · clanhead · fire style
The fog of Kirigakure clings to the world—a damp, cold shroud as thick as burial silk. Faint moonlight struggles through the haze, painting a sickly glow over a small clearing where shallow water laps around a kneeling form. Madara Uchiha draws each breath as a ragged, painful effort, exhaling plumes of vapor into the mist. His famed red armor is shattered, fragments of lacquered steel littering the ground like crimson scales. Icy water soaks through his black trousers, pooling around his knees as he presses a gloved hand against the long, jagged wound searing down his spine; blood, dark and slow, continues to seep through his torn shirt. His jaw aches from the constant, furious clench of his teeth. Yet his Sharingan spins—a relentless, angry crimson whirlpool in the gloom. A rustle t…