I made a slight update to the paragraphs in this chapter. Shout out to Zooming Avid Reader for the advice he gave me for writing the paragraphs. I am not too experienced with writing yet. So this is helpful.

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto. It belongs to Masashi Kishimoto.


Prologue

Obito gazed down as Rin lay there in a pool of blood. "I get it now. This world is Hell." Obito spoke with an emptiness. His world was gone. Rin was everything to him. And she was

killed. By Kakashi of ALL PEOPLE. Who he trusted to protect her. He thought back to what Madara had told him.

(Flashback)

"The only things that truly exist in this reality are merely pain, suffering, and futility. Listen, everywhere you look in this world, wherever there is light, there will always be shadows to be found as well. There are nexuses. Causal relationships that cannot be separated. Normally, that is."

Obito began to walk towards Rin's corpse. He passed right through Kakashi.

He remembered White Zetsu explaining the dream world. "He means tossing the real world's bad stuff and escaping inside of a dream that's entirely full of good things.

He reached Rin's corpse. He moved his hand to touch her, but it passed through. Obito wept silent tears.

White Zetsu continued, "Since it's a dream, everything is just how you want it. Even those who are dead can be alive again."

Obito took Rin's sleeping form and cradles her lifeless body.

Madara explained his desire for the dream world, "A world of only victors. A world of only peace. A world of only love. I will create such a world."

(Flashback End)

"Rin, I'll create a world where you can exist again." Obito turned his head to gaze at Kakashi. "I shall sever the nexuses… of this world." Obito declared to Madara as his mask unraveled. He had returned to Madara's hideout. "That's the reason why I've come back".

A devious smile came onto Madara's face as he spoke to Obito, "Finally experienced reality, have you?"

"I want you to teach me how to create this world of dreams, Madara." Obito demanded.

Madara smirked, "Very well then. I will teach you. But first, look into my eyes." Madara brought Obito into a genjutsu. "This is the dream world. At first, it is a blank canvas. But I can project my will upon it to create whatever I want, just like this." Madara's appearance changed from his old age to his young self. "I will now explain to you my plan, Project Tsuki no Me. To explain this to you, I have to explain the origin of chakra and shinobi themselves."

Obito gasped, "The origin of chakra?"

Madara chuckled, "Yes. The origin of chakra. A long time ago, over a millennium, there was a tree, called the Divine Tree. It was worshipped as a sacred pillar. Even then, humanity was in constant war. But the Divine Tree was never involved in those wars. One day, the Divine Tree bore a fruit that only appeared once every millennium. The fruit was never to be touched. But a princess took and devoured that fruit to end the war that she was fighting. She became the first person ever to possess chakra, and she possessed all the chakra. Her name was Kaguya Otsutsuki. Later, Kaguya bore a child who already possessed chakra in his body. He became the first human to ever be born with chakra. The Divine Tree would then come to life and try to destroy the world, in order to reclaim its stolen chakra. That is the Ten-Tails. The one who stopped it was Kaguya's child, Hagoromo Otsutsuki. The preacher of Ninshuu and father of all shinobi, the Sage of Six Paths."

Obito was skeptical. "How do you know that's real. It could just be some legend. Do you have any proof?"

Madara replied, "Yes. I obtained a part of the Sage of Six Paths' power. Besides that, the Sage himself inscribed all of this on the Uchiha Stone Tablet."

"I see. But I still don't understand. What does that have to do with Project Tsuki no Me? As a matter of fact, how are you even still alive? You were supposed to have been killed during your legendary battle against the First Hokage, Hashirama Senju."

Madara proceeded to explain to Obito, "I knew from the very beginning that I would likely die during that battle. But that was my plan all along. During that battle, I took some of Hashirama's flesh. After Hashirama supposed killed me, Tobirama took my corpse and kept it in a secret grave, using it to study the Sharingan and the Uchiha. But I was no fool. I knew that he would not get rid of my corpse. I had placed a Transcription Seal: Izanagi in one of my eyes. The forbidden Uchiha jutsu, Izanagi, sacrifices the vision of a Sharingan to change reality and undo one's death. I left a Shadow Clone in my place and escaped. I then grafted Hashirama's cells onto my wounds and obtained his powers. Years later, when I was on my death bed, my Uchiha and Senju chakras properly fused and recreated the Sage of Six Paths chakra, and the Rinnegan awakened."

"Here comes the part where the legend of the Sage of Six Paths ties into Project Tsuki no Me. When the Sage of the Six Paths defeated the Ten-Tails, he sealed it within himself to become the Ten-Tails Jinchuuriki, literally becoming a God. His legendary power, which made him known throughout the world as the God of Shinobi, came from a combination of the Rinnegan and the Sage Paths Sage Mode, the form achieved when you become the Ten-Tails Jinchuuriki. The Sage himself would later bear two children, Indra Otsutsuki and Asura Otsutsuki. Indra inherited the Sage's Yin Chakra and his eyes, the Sharingan, becoming the founder of the Uchiha Clan. Indra's brother Asura inherited the Sage's body and powerful chakra and connection to nature, becoming the founder of the Senju Clan. This is why when I combined Uchiha and Senju chakras, it created the Six Paths Chakra.

As for the fate of Ten-Tails, after the Sage of Six Paths sealed it within himself, he became its jinchuuriki. But as the Sage reached old age, he knew he was going to die, and that the Ten-Tails would be released. So he used his Yin-Yang Style Jutsu, the Creation of All Things, to separate the Ten-Tails' chakra from its body. He then split the chakra into 9 pieces. Those are the Tailed Beasts."

Obito finally spoke up again, "Wait, so the Tailed Beasts are the pieces of the Ten-Tails' chakra?"

"Yes, that is why I took control of the Nine-Tails. So that I could use it for Project Tsuki no Me."

Obito was deep in thought, "You said that the Ten-Tails' chakra was separated from its body. What happened to its body?"

Madara replied, "Excellent. You are very perceptive. That is how I've survived for so long. There is a Jutsu of the Rinnegan called Planetary Devastation. It forms a tiny sphere of chakra called a Planetary Devastation core. The user then activates it with it generating an incredibly powerful attractive gravitational force, pulling all matter towards itself, forming a planet in the sky. The Sage used Planetary Devastation on the Ten-Tails' corpse, making it a Planetary Devastation core. That became the Moon."

Obito was stunned. "It became the Moon?!"

Madara smirked at Obito's shock. "Yes, it did. After I awakened the Rinnegan, that led to the undoing of a certain seal. I then summoned the husk of the Ten-Tails from the Moon. That is the Gedo Statue behind me. I then immediately used the Gedo Statue to cultivate Hashirama's cells, prolonging my life, and creating White Zetsu."

Madara then explained Project Tsuki no Me itself, "Now for Project Tsuki no Me itself. I will remove my connection to the Gedo Statue and will die immediately after. I have lent my Rinnegan to an Uzumaki boy, Nagato. He has the ability to summon the Gedo Statue. I need you to win over and groom Nagato. He can sync with the Gedo Statue, but it would drain his life force, due to the fact that he doesn't have Uchiha and Senju chakra. You, who have Uchiha and Senju chakra, may not ever awaken the Rinnegan, but can still control the Gedo Statue. I have all of the knowledge of Uchiha Clan jutsu, Senju Clan jutsu, Wood Style jutsu, Rinnegan Six Paths Jutsu, and Yin Yang Jutsu contained within my personal library of scrolls. I shall impart that knowledge to you. Teach Nagato how to use my Rinnegan. Then gather the Tailed Beasts and seal them within the Gedo Statue using the Rinnegan's Sealing Jutsu Nine Phantom Dragons. Afterward, Nagato has to use the Rinnegan's forbidden jutsu, Gedo Art of Rinne Rebirth, to resurrect me. I will then take the Rinnegan back and proceed to activate the Rinnegan's Six Paths Ten-Tails Revival, transforming the Gedo Statue, with all of the Tailed Beasts, back into Ten-Tails. I am the only one who can do so because I broke the seal on the Gedo Statue keying it to my blood. So my revival is essential. We will then use Ten-Tails to create a new Ten-Tails Jinchuuriki. They will become the next Sage of Six Paths. The new Sage will then proceed to recreate the Divine Tree. Then the bud at the top of the Divine Tree will cast the strongest jutsu, my great genjutsu Infinite Tsukuyomi. It will project the eye off of the Moon's surface drawing everyone on Earth into the eternal dream. They will be bound to the roots of the Divine Tree and will live in the dream world for all eternity. That is Project Tsuki no Me."

Obito was astonished. He didn't expect the plan to be so complex yet so brilliant. He regained his composure. "So who will become the Ten-Tails Jinchuuriki then? Will it be you or me?"

Madara chuckled, "It's not that simple, Obito. You can't simply become Ten-Tails Jinchuuriki. There are special requirements to do that. Neither of us is going to become the Jinchuuriki."

"What? Why?" Obito demanded.

Madara replied, "Simply because we can't. Asura's bloodline split. The Uzumaki Clan branched off from the Senju Clan. They possess a special power. The Uzumaki possess two types of chakra. A chakra of sealing and a chakra of vitality. An Uzumaki usually possesses a strong level of one of those chakras. Those with the sealing chakra usually become Sealing Masters, while those with the vitality chakra have an incredible life force and can become the Nine-Tails Jinchuuriki. Some Uzumaki can even possess a strong level of one and still have an impressive amount of the other too. People like Mito Uzumaki and Kushina Uzumaki. But we need a special Uzumaki. One who possesses an incredibly strong level of both chakras. That special chakra is one that simply cannot be transferred. The sealing chakra is necessary to use and sustain the Rinnegan's Six Paths Ten-Tails Coffin Seal, while the vitality chakra is needed to properly fuse with the Ten-Tails and connect to the life force of the Divine Tree to cast the Infinite Tsukuyomi."

Obito then inquired of Madara, "So how do I find such a person and what do I do when I find them?"

Madara answered him, "Most Uzumaki are known for their red hair, but this special Uzumaki will have white hair."

Madara then infused his chakra into White Zetsu. The unformed side of White Zetsu became black and grew into a formed black half. "This is a manifestation of my will. Call him Black Zetsu. He will be able to locate and identify the special child. You must get him to join you."

Madara held a vial in his hand. "After he joins you, inject him with this. It is a serum infused with my blood as well as Hashirama's cells. It also has traces of Six Paths chakra inside of it. It will infuse into his bloodline. He will become an Uchiha and immediately awaken an Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan. He will be just like me. He will also become Senju and gain the Senju bloodline, and every single cell in his body will gain the same properties as Hashirama's cells. He will immediately awaken Wood Style. It will be as if he was Hashirama himself. Even better, due to the vitality chakra that will be flowing through his cells. The Six Paths chakra will accelerate his growth and enhance his powers. He will have massive chakra reserves, more than even the Nine-Tails Jinchuuriki, but also extremely precise chakra control. He will also have an affinity to all of the elemental chakra natures, to Tobirama's level with Water Style. Finally, the Six Paths chakra will accelerate the awakening of the Rinnegan.

If he resides in a village he will stay there and you will train him until he becomes strong enough to protect himself. Once he awakens the Rinnegan, he will leave the village, and you both will carry out Project Tsuki no Me. Tell him everything that you have learned here when you teach him. He will surely experience darkness in this accursed shinobi world."

Obito nodded. "I will complete my mission. I will break the nexuses that bind me to this hell."

Madara then nodded, "Very well then. Go carry out your mission. Fulfill your role and all of your wishes will be granted."

Obito thought to himself, 'Just wait for me Rin. We'll reunite in the world of dreams. We'll be together again.'

Madara removed his connection to the Gedo Statue and sat on his wooden throne. He then made a declaration to Obito, before dying, "Until the time comes that I am revived, you are… Madara Uchiha."


Just to confirm. Yes, Naruto is the special Uzumaki. But he isn't just going to magically become Godlike. I will dedicate a few chapters to his training. Then he will leave and join the Tobi and the Akatsuki to bring Project Tsuki no Me to fruition.