This, along with the next two chapters are going to be shorter than normal, and are just going to briefly go through Natsu's training with each person.

Hagoromo was the first one to actually talk to Natsu individually. He told Natsu to follow him, then walked to the back of the cave, leaving Madara and Mu to talk to Igneel. When they finally reached the end of the den, Hagoromo turned to Natsu.

"Natsu, are you aware of a dragon known as Acnologia?" Hagoromo asked.

Natsu assumed a thinking pose for a few seconds before answering. "Yeah I think so, Igneel mentioned him a few times. Big, black, spooky dragon of destruction, right?"

Hagoromo sighed and nodded. "Yes, that one."

"So what about him?"

"He's planning to destroy the world." Hagoromo stated simply.

"..." Natsu was completely speechless. He just stood there with his mouth opening and closing as if he wanted to say something, but no words were coming out.

Hagoromo looked at him with a raised eyebrow for a few seconds before continuing. "Anyways, you are the only person in this world with chakra, therefor are the only person that we can teach. Simply put, these mages are too weak to deal with Acnologia, so it's on you."

Natsu's brain was overloading at this point. I have to stop Acnologia? Are you kidding me? Why can't these dumb mages do it... I mean, they have cool spells and stuff. And I'm sure there are other dragon slayers out there, right?

"Well, I can't be known as a dragon slayer for nothing right? Hehe.." Natsu chuckled nervously.

Hagoromo sweat dropped. "I suppose so..."

"So what am I going to be learning from you six paths sensei?" Natsu asked.

Hagoromo chuckled a bit at Natsu's nickname for him. "Well, I can't teach you shinobi stuff, since I'm not a shinobi... So we're going to be learning six paths stuff!" Hagoromo said with pride.

Natsu deadpanned. "Well that's great and all, but what is 'six paths stuff'?" Natsu asked.

"Well," Hagoromo responded. "I was going to offer you the choice between Indra's power or Asura's power, but since they both wouldn't stop arguing about which you would pick, I decided to give you half of each. Pretty genius, eh?"

Natsu sweat dropped. "Yeah... genius... Anyway, what does 'half' the power of each person do?"

Hagoromo stroked his beard. "Hmm... I have no idea to be honest..."

Natsu face faulted.

"But if I had to guess, I would say that from Indra, you would get the rinnegan in one eye. From Asura, you would gain the six paths sage mode, with only 4 truth seeker orbs, as well as his sage art wood style."

Natsu gave an appreciative whistle. "Well, damn. That's one hell of a power boost."

Hagoromo gave a hearty laugh. "Indeed it is. Anyways, shall we begin?"

Natsu grinned at him. "Hell yeah!"

ONE MONTH LATER

Natsu had finished training Asura's power. He can now use his six paths sage mode perfectly, and manipulate his truth seeking orbs into whatever shape he wants, including the Six Paths Staff, and the Sword of Nunoboko. His sage art wood style is also nearly mastered. He is able to use all wood style jutsu, including the Sage Art Wood Release: True Several Thousand Hands technique.

Right now we find Natsu and Hagoromo sitting beside each other in the forest, just talking. Natsu had just finished training his Asura power, and was asking about Indra's power, the rinnegan.

"Natsu, I just noticed another side effect of only having half of Indra's power." Hagoromo said.

Natsu frowned. "Well, what is it?"

"You are only able to use three out of seven paths of the rinnegan." Hagoromo stated, straight faced.

Natsu seemed unfazed. "Well that doesn't sound so bad, which ones can I use?" Natsu asked.

Hagoromo inspected him closely. "Hmm... from what I can tell, you can use the Deva path, the Animal Path, and the Outer path. I could be wrong though."

Natsu looked confused. "I know what the rinnegan can do from what dad told me, but what does each path do?"

Hagoromo sighed, and explained. "Well, each power of the rinnegan is separated into one of seven paths. For example, the Deva path controls the power of attractive and repulsive forces, while the Animal path controls the rinnegan summonings."

Natsu began to nod. "So then I can use the attractive and repulsive forces, and the rinnegan summoning?" Natsu asked.

Hagoromo nodded. "Those are the abilities of the first two paths. However, the last path you control is called the Outer path."

"What does this one do?" Natsu asked.

"In essence, it rules over life and death. You are able to manifest unbreakable chains that suppress chakra, control up to six separate bodies at once, and even restore life to someone, albeit usually at the cost of your own life.

"Usually?" Natsu inquired. After hearing all these insane abilities, he was unfazed by things such as this.

"I say that because the amount of chakra it requires is the reason nobody has ever survived using the technique. However, since you also have Asura's chakra, you can use it to fuel the technique. Be wary, however, Should you use Asura's chakra to fuel the technique, it will take two to three years for it to charge up again. During that time, you will be unable to access your six paths sage mode, or truth seeking orbs." Hagoromo explained.

Natsu looked at Hagoromo seriously. "Seems like a small price to pay if you could bring back a loved one." Natsu said.

Hagoromo smiled at Natsu. "Indeed" Hagoromo responded. He seems like a mix between Asura, Hashirama, and Naruto... Couldn't be better.

"Well, we'd better get started on training your rinnegan, Natsu. Madara and Mu also want to train you. Wouldn't want to keep them waiting, would you?"

Natsu looked horrified. "No, Six Paths Sensei!"

Hagoromo turned away from him and lazily motioned for Natsu to follow. "Yeah, yeah, now hurry up!"

ONE MONTH LATER

Natsu mastered the rinnegan. He could perform the techniques of all three of his paths perfectly, and even found a way to lower the cooldown on his Deva path. He had to use a cloth to cover the eye, however, as it had such a powerful presence that even some (although weaker) S-Class mages would pass out. It was finally time for Natsu to train with Madara. Before he left, however, Hagoromo had one more thing to say.

"Natsu, you've trained harder than I've ever seen someone train before in these past two months, so I've decided to give you another little gift."

Natsu looked at the sage with wide eyes. "Really?! What is it?! What is it?!" Natsu kept pestering Hagoromo.

Hagoromo got a tick mark on his head and yelled. "SHUT UP AND I'LL TELL YOU!" Natsu instantly shut up.

Hagoromo clasped both his hands together in a prayer position and called out.

Creation of All Things!

Natsu blinked. All of a sudden, 6 bodies appeared out of a poof of smoke. Natsu eyes widened as he recognized them from some of Suna's old bingo books.

Deidara, the demolitions expert.
Kakuzu, the immortal.
Kisame, the Tailed Beast without a tail.
Sasori, of the red sand.
Juzo, wielder of the executioner's blade.
Nagato, the child of prophecy.

Natsu was shocked, what kind of present is the six dead bodies of international terrorists? What the hell is going on in senseis head right now?

Hagoromo raised an eyebrow at Natsu's reaction. "You may be wondering why I created the bodies of these people." Natsu nodded his head dumbly.

"I did it so that you can have six bodies for your outer path." Hagoromo explained.

Natsu's eyes widened as he realized. "Thank you, Six Paths Sensei. But if I may ask, why these six? I am under the assumption that the bodies will only have their respective paths as abilities anyways, so why not six no-name shinobi?" Natsu asked.

"Well as an added benefit, I've decided to keep their abilities the same as before they died." Hagoromo explained.

But Natsu had more questions loaded up. "But if I use the Outer path on them, won't I have chakra receivers stuck into me like Nagato did? And I thought each body only gets one of the six paths, but I only have three!"

"You see, the reason why I created Nagato as one of the six, is so you can split his paths among them. In regards to chakra receivers, Nagato only had to do that because his rinnegan was somewhat fake, as it was artificially created by Madara. Hagoromo explained. "If that is all, I will be going now."

Natsu seemed content at this response. "Thank you for everything, Six Paths Sensei." Natsu said. Then he seemed to realize something. "Wait, where are you going? Why don't you stay here with Igneel and I?"

Hagaromo laughed. "Natsu... Madara, Mu, and I are already dead. We are merely spirits that I used my power to bring here. So when our purpose here is fulfilled, we will go back." Hagoromo explained. "Oh, and one more thing."

Natsu looked at him with a questioning expression. "What?"

"Have Fun."