Madara Uchiha In Jujutsu Kaisen

Chapter 16: Chapter 15: Dance Needs Steps!



"Y-You…"

"How… how did you get here?"

'Is he working with this curse?' Maki wondered, gripping her broken weapon tighter. 'But why would he break into the Domain then? And why does he have no cursed energy? Could he be connected to the ones who sealed Gojo-sensei?' Her mind raced, trying to make sense of the bizarre situation.

"Hmph! It doesn't matter how you got in!" Dagon snarled, recovering from his initial shock and refocusing his anger on the newcomer. 

"You'll just die here along with these pathetic sorcerers! You'll regret stepping into my Domain!" 

He gathered his cursed energy, preparing to unleash another devastating attack from his Domain's arsenal.

'He doesn't seem allied with the curse,' Nanami observed calmly, deflecting another biting fish shikigami. 'But that doesn't automatically make him an ally either. We need to remain cautious.' He continued his defense, watching the newcomer closely.

"Death Swarm!" Dagon roared, unleashing his technique again. A massive, seemingly endless torrent of the vicious fish shikigami erupted from the ocean surface, surging towards Madara like a living wave, jaws snapping ferociously.

Madara stood calmly on the water, watching the monstrous swarm approach. He showed no fear, no urgency. 

Only when the first wave of creatures was almost upon him did he move. His hands blurred through a series of intricate signs, faster than any of them could follow. He took a deep breath, expanding his chest noticeably.

"Fire Release: Great Fire Annihilation!"

An immense wave of searing fire erupted from Madara's mouth, instantly engulfing the entire swarm of shikigami. 

The monstrous fish creatures vanished in the inferno, incinerated completely, not even ashes remaining. 

The colossal wave of fire didn't stop there; it rolled across the ocean surface like a fiery tsunami, heading straight for Dagon and the three sorcerers on the beach. Steam hissed violently where the flames met the water, creating a thick, blinding mist.

Dagon's eye widened in disbelief and alarm at the sheer scale of the fire attack. Reacting instantly, he summoned his own power, drawing upon the ocean within his Domain. A massive wave of water, easily as large as Madara's fire tsunami, rose up to meet the flames.

FWOOSH! SSSHHHHHH!

Fire and water collided with incredible force halfway across the Domain's ocean. 

A huge cloud of steam instantly blanketed the entire area, obscuring everyone's vision. Hidden within the mist, Dagon tried to summon his Death Swarm again, intending to overwhelm Madara while he was potentially blinded. 

But as he focused his energy, a figure appeared directly in front of him through the swirling steam. It was Madara, his crimson Sharingan gleaming menacingly in the haze, seemingly unaffected by the collision or the mist.

"Well done," Madara said, his voice calm but carrying an edge of satisfaction. "Surviving that earns you some points. I would have been disappointed if you hadn't." He paused, a predatory glint in his eyes. "Now, shall we take this dance to the next level?"

Before Dagon could react, Madara swung his fist. It wasn't enhanced by Susanoo this time, just a simple, incredibly fast punch. 

The blow connected solidly with Dagon's face, sending the Special Grade curse hurtling sideways across the water like a skipped stone.

Dagon quickly righted himself mid-air, hovering above the water's surface. His first instinct was to gain altitude, thinking Madara might not be able to fly.

But that thought was instantly proven wrong. Madara was already high above him, seemingly having leaped there instantly, now descending rapidly. 

Before Dagon could ascend further, Madara brought both hands down in a powerful hammer fist strike right onto the top of Dagon's head. 

The impact drove Dagon straight down like a nail, smashing him through the water's surface and deep into the ocean below.

Being underwater didn't bother Dagon; he could breathe there as easily as in air. Recovering quickly from the blow, he immediately prepared a counterattack from the depths. 

Two enormous, monstrous fish shikigami, far larger than the ones in the swarm, materialized beside him and shot towards the surface at incredible speed.

All of this happened in just a few chaotic seconds. Madara was still descending from his downward strike when the two giant fish erupted from the ocean below him, their cavernous mouths wide open, aiming to swallow him whole in mid-air.

Seeing the two massive fish shikigami lunging at him, Madara didn't show the slightest hint of concern. Instead, a predatory smile spread across his face. The fight was finally getting a little more interesting.

His red eyes, the three tomoe within them already spinning, began to whirl even faster. The tomoe blurred and merged, transforming into the complex, hypnotic pattern of the Mangekyo Sharingan. 

As the new pattern settled, crackling blue energy erupted around Madara once more. 

This time, it didn't just form a skeleton; it rapidly expanded, solidifying into a towering, armored humanoid figure – a much more complete form of his Susanoo.

Watching from the beach, the three sorcerers were stunned. They had managed to overpower Dagon before he used his Domain. 

But this newcomer, this man in strange red armor, was completely dominating the Special Grade curse inside its own Domain, where Dagon should have been at his strongest. 

And he was doing it all without a shred of detectable cursed energy. The question burned in all their minds: 'How is he doing this?!'

Naobito, the experienced clan head, was particularly shocked but also analytical. 

He knew of rare individuals born without cursed energy due to a Heavenly Restriction, often gaining superhuman physical abilities in exchange. 

'It must be a Heavenly Restriction,' he reasoned silently, watching the impossible display. 

'That explains the lack of cursed energy and perhaps the raw power… but those techniques? That giant blue warrior? How can he use abilities like that without cursed energy as fuel? It makes no sense!'

Back in the air, Madara's humanoid Susanoo reacted instantly to the charging shikigami. It raised two of its massive, armored arms high above its head. 

As the first giant fish lunged, jaws agape, the Susanoo brought its fists down with devastating force, completely crushing the shikigami's head like an eggshell. It exploded in a shower of cursed energy residue.

The second giant fish attacked from the side, trying to capitalize on the Susanoo dealing with the first one. 

But Madara's Susanoo had four arms. While two dealt with the first fish, the other two materialized ethereal blue swords. 

With swift, precise slashes, the Susanoo cleanly decapitated the second giant shikigami, its head flying off before its body dissolved into black smoke.

Both massive shikigami vanished completely, leaving only fading wisps of dark energy.

The towering blue Susanoo landed gently on the surface of the ocean within the Domain. Madara then dismissed the construct; the blue energy faded away, leaving him standing alone on the water once more.

The moment the Susanoo vanished, Dagon burst from the water directly behind Madara. He didn't waste a fraction of a second, pouring cursed energy into his leg to strengthen it for a powerful surprise kick aimed at Madara's back.

But it was useless. Without even turning around, Madara casually raised his arm, blocking Dagon's reinforced kick perfectly. He didn't even shift his stance. 

The impact, however, was immense, sending shockwaves through the air and water, creating churning waves across the Domain's ocean like a localized storm.

"Ah, you decided to come out and play yourself?" Madara remarked calmly, still holding Dagon's leg firmly in his grip. 

"I thought you might hide and let your summons do the work. A pity they were too weak to even make me take this seriously."

With those words, Madara suddenly pushed off the water's surface with immense force, leaping high into the air, effortlessly dragging the powerful Special Grade curse up with him, still caught fast by the leg.

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A/N: Dance can't be called dance if you just take only one step saying it is dance.

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