Two Old Monsters

Ishizu's POV

I waited until the Hokage and 4 Anbu arrived.

"Sasaki-san what happened? What was that scream?" demanded the Hokage to know.

"Hokage-same report: It started as Naruto came to me after he failed the exam and told me that he got a mission from Mizuki to get a scroll.

At first, I didn't give it a thought, but I got curious about which scroll it was as I never heard of such a mission to pass the exam. I searched for him and found him as Mizuki told Naruto an S-ranked secret about his identity.

I saw that Mizuki attacked Naruto, but Naruto fought against him. I could intervene, but I wanted to see if he had the guts to become a ninja.

I assure you; I had everything under control and would intervene if I saw that Naruto was in danger. Naruto managed to cut Mizuki's arm with a kunai by using multiple shadow clones as Mizuki underestimated him, but Naruto sustained some damaged.

I cut off Mizuki's head as I overheard him talking about using Naruto to steal the forbidden scroll and bring it to Orochimaru. Afterward, Naruto fell unconscious due to his injuries," I explained to the Hokage.

The Hokage nodded after hearing the explanation: "Good, dismissed. Anbu clean up and Ishizu come with Naruto to my office as soon as he wakes up."

I didn't know if it was real but I think I saw my vision go purple for a second and then black. 'Dammit, I had both eyes open for too long, didn't I?'

Hokage POV

Hiruzen Sarutobi had a headache.

One second he thought about how an academy student defeated a Chunin and the next he saw one of the strongest Jonin fall unconscious.

Naruto probably had read the forbidden scroll the traitor Mizuki asked him about.

He saw that Ishizu had overused his eyes, but he couldn't understand why one of his best Jonin did something like basically making himself blind.

He knew how powerful a Sharingan was; he had just to look at Kakashi, who knew almost as much Justus as he.

The Chakra drain was also hard and just implant Sharingan's to make a larger chakra pool was a waste, so he was suspicious about it but dismissed it as Ishizu was a student of Minato and loyal to Konoha.

He knew that Ishizu dismissed himself from ANBU, so he could train Naruto. Kakashi was not amused but dismissed it after Ishizu told him to take the Uchiha.

Unknown location

"Finally, someone else awakened the Rinnegan. It is time I meet him to see what kind of person achieved to activate my eyes and summon me from the dead," an unknown voice of an old man said before fading away.

Ishizu POV.

Darkness.

Only darkness.

I wanted to sing but did not.

I walked through what I could call a void.

'Hmm, the last thing that happened was me talking with the Hokage as I lost consciousness. Why was I being stupid and let my eyes open for so long.'

I signed: "Well, I hope I am not dead as I would like to live a long and happy life."

"You certainly will live long if you take the road you walk now," was the answer.

Hearing a voice, I turned around and saw somebody who I didn't think would appear. Before me stood/floated? Hagoromo Otsustuki, better known as the Sage of the Six Paths.

It surprised me seeing him of all the people but I stayed calm: "I didn't think you would appear before me as I am neither your reincarnation sons."

The Sage smiled at me: "Yes you are neither of my sons' reincarnations. Yet you are different from all the others. I can feel that your soul is old, although you have a young body.

Having lived a life before, you are certainly a mystery to the world. And still, you are wrong about me not being related to you.

You indeed combined both types of my son's chakras but your body belongs to a distant descendant of me so you could awaken the Rinnegan.

I am before you because you awakened my Rinnegan.

I have seen from the afterlife how this abomination of my mother called "black Zetsu" corrupted Indra and his reincarnations and finally succeeded at Madara.

His soul was tainted and I refused to meet him, yours is clear although I see greed and lust? in it, it doesn't matter.

The awakening of your eyes gave me a chance to slip through to the living world for a short time. To summit up: I want you to help me.

During my time I tried to achieve peace by giving people chakra to learn 'Ninshu' but instead, they bastardized it and used it as a weapon creating Ninjutsu.

I will give you both the six path yin and yang seals. Both are needed in case my mother ever emerges.

I will allow you to use them only in dire need situations as they are not destined to be yours and therefore will not be able to use them at even 1%.

If you think it is the right time for one of my son's reincarnation to have it than give it to them," explained Hagoromo.

I opened my palms and the Sage pressed his hands down. I could feel the power of both seals surging through my body and it was awesome.

I have never felt so strong before. Opening my palms I could see in my left palm a black sickle moon and on my right palm a sun.

"I will do it. Even though I am biased as I have a better connection to Asura's reincarnation I will not forsake Indra's and will give him a chance if he doesn't fall to the darkness. It is not my destiny to help him, it is Naruto's."

The Sage nodded and I could feel waking up.

After Ishizu disappeared

Hagoromo's POV

'This boy is full of greed. He would do anything just to get power.

If he follows this path, then he will surely become like my mother, although there was something else that keeps his greed in a place that I couldn't see.

I entrusted him with both my powers so he can guide those boys but I have doubt.

I hope 'he' and his familiars can redirect his greed to a more useful path.

Naruto's POV

A sewer.

I was in a sewer I had never visited before.

I could see that it was dark, but some light was emitted but didn't know more.

All of a sudden I heard a deep voice speaking.

"Come here, you little brat. It is time to see the mighty me."

Following the voice as Naruto had nothing better to do he walked into a huge room where a big cage was standing.

A single paper showing "seal" on it, holding its bars together.

All of a sudden a big claw came through the cage only to stop a few centimeters as the doors were shut tightly.

'So here is where I am'.

It was the place where the Kyuubi was held tight.

Ishizu-niisan showed me the markings on my stomach.

"Boy, come here and rip that seal off and you will gain power beyond your imaginations," spoke the giant fox.

I rolled my eyes.

"Yeah, thanks but I think I will let the seal stay where it is. Kyuubi, where am I and why am I here?"

The Fox was not amused as his demand was not fulfilled reluctantly answered.

"You are in your mind because your 'Nii-san' made you unconscious and as to why I wanted to talk.

I am half sad and half amazed.

First, because you didn't use my power.

If you would you could have killed this fool in one strike.

You could be faster and stronger, but I am still amazed that you defeated him.

But do you think with your meager power you can defeat everyone? Don't make me laugh.

After some time. "Ah, your teacher has those cursed eyes. (Sharingan, not Rinnegan.)

I don't know why but he gives me creeps also he did something to you. I felt it when you were sleeping. Even though you didn't notice it, I did."

I thought for a moment.

'I can't trust him but I have to ask Ishizu what he means'

"What has he done?" was my question.

"He took some blood from you," answered the fox.

Naruto was not convinced as he trusted his Nii-san.

"So? Maybe he wanted to see if I am good?"

"Fool, my chakra is very precious he could do everything with it.

Never mind, your trust for that man will be your doom now be gone I don't want to see you for now," said the fox.

With that, the Kyuubi send me out.

'Maybe I should talk about it with Ishizu.'