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Kale's POV

Huh?

I opened my eyes "Where…am I?"

I remembered getting stabbed in the side by the white Zetsu.

"I'm…dead?"

"Why do you sound so sure you've died?" a voice asked.

I sat up and looked over seeing a man floating there, he was sitting on six truth orbs, he had grey skin and two small horns coming out of his forehead, he face looked old and wise.

"Who are you?" I said slowly standing up and walking over to the man.

"I wonder about telling you that…it will come in time." The man said "or now you may call me Hagoromo."

"Your eyes." I said as he blinked "They're Rinnegan."

"Correct, good observation." He commented "Now as to where you are, you're in a place between life and death. A world inside your mind…"

"Interesting, you must be quite powerful to speak to me like this." I smiled "So what is it that you need? Can we cut to the point of this conversation, I need to get back to the real world."

"You rush." He commented "I've waited all this time to see what would become of the Ninja world…"

"Just who are you?" I asked.

"As I said my name is Hagoromo Otsutsuki, most people refer to me as the Sage of Six Paths."

"The…Sage of Six Paths." I gasped "You created Ninjutsu."

"Not Ninjutsu, I created Ninshu." He said "My Ninshu was made to bring hope, not war like that blasted Ninjutsu."

"I see, sorry for my ignorance." I apologized "Still there's so much I want to ask you-."

He cut my off and tapped his staff on the ground, making it ripple like a lake with a rock thrown into it. I looked at the floor, there was an image of two boys.

"These are my sons, Asura and Indra." He commented.

"Okay…" I looked "Still I'd love to hear your stories but I really must get back, can you do that for me?"

"No, only those on the outside can save you." He said "Now listen, this will become important in time."

"Alright." I shrugged and looked as he changed the image in the lake again.

This time it was of a woman, long hair, horns and she had three eyes.

"This is my Mother, Kaguya Otsutsuki." The Sage said "That's the Holy Tree, she came to this land to take the fruit from it, and having done so she gained power to rule the land."

"I take it she was strong."

"Stronger than anyone." The Sage nodded "To some she was a Rabbit Goddess, and to others she was the devil incarnate. She was both worshipped and feared. She gave birth to two sons, myself and my brother. As time went on we sought to undo the sins of our mother and battled the Ten Tails, the embodiment of the Great Tree, we succeeded and seal the beast away inside me."

"Must have been a might seal." I commented.

"Again time passed and I had two sons, Asura and Indra. One had strong Chakra the other did not. The Elder brother exceled and the younger was weak. They followed different paths, Indra used his strength and Asura his ability to inspire others, in the end Asura, in working with others, obtained the power Indra was naturally born with. In the way he lived I saw a new possibility. I broke the power of the Ten Tails into Nine parts and gave them names. I began to feel cooperation was the key to power. I made Asura the successor to my Ninshu, naturally this angered Indra."

"Understandable." I said "He was the first born, having grown up with strength he would have felt somewhat entitled, and not being chosen by a parent will make anyone bitter."

"Precisely." The Sage nodded "The result was a long war, their bodies may have been destroyed but the chakra remained."

"Ah…now I see." I nodded "The chakra flows into people, naturally compelling them to finish the brothers' fight. Do you mind if I wager a guess on the current hosts of those Chakra?"

"Not at all." He said.

"It's Naruto and Sasuke…" I looked at him.

"That is correct." He nodded "Before that is was Hashirama and Madara, but Madara caused an issue when he took Hashirama's cells into his body to extend his own life."

"He mixed the brothers' Chakra." I hummed "Which is what enabled him to awaken the Rinnegan, your eyes."

"I knew that one day this could happen, which is why I left the Stone Monument but it seems that didn't work." He said.

"So centuries have passed and you've watched your kids fight over and over again." I said.

"Yes." He nodded "And after the last time I grew sick of it and took a precaution to ensure this would be the final cycle."

"And that would be?"

"You."

"Pardon?" I looked at him.

"I selected you to be my avatar in the next battle." He said "I infused a small fragment of my remaining chakra into you, that's why Elemental Jutsu and Seal come naturally to you. I was hoping you would be able to walk a neutral path and unite the light and the dark."

"So I'm supposed to be some sort of mediator between Sasuke and Naruto?" I asked.

"Yes, if we don't unite them then stopping Madara, one with too much power, is impossible." He said "Luckily they've managed to defy conventions on their own but they need someone wise and not impulsive to keep them focused. In the past I had been too naïve but you, you have a realism too you that allows you to walk a path. Now Kale, how do you want this fight to end?"

"Simple really." I smiled "I wanna seal up Madara, wake up Fu, and just be together with her and our friends."

"Hmm…" he held out his staff "Then take this and my sacred treasures and use them as you see fit."

I took the rod with the rings and hook on it.

"From here on you, Naruto and Sasuke will decide what to do."

Later

"HA!" I sat up.

"Kale!"

I looked around and saw a few of my friend.

"Hmm…" I looked around "Where are they."

"Where are what?" Tenten asked.

I snapped my fingers and a bunch of treasures fell in front of my "Perfect."

"What the heck!" they all yelled.

"His wound closed." Kurotsuchi commented.

"Hmm…" I picked up the Crimson Gourd "It's full."

I held my hand on the back "Stop loitering I need the space Release!"

The bottle opened and spat out two members of the Hidden Cloud. I quickly gathered the other treasures in a separate scroll and readied my staves before heading off.

"Where are you going?!" Tenten yelled.

"Stay here!" I yelled "Keep an eye on Fu for me, no matter what don't let any harm come to her pod!"

I flashed my way across the battlefield until I found Madara trying to fight Naruto. As I landed next to the others Madara absorbed the Great Tree.

"You can't beat me." Madara said "I'm Immortal."

"Stupid, I won't beat you myself." Naruto smirked.

Sasuke suddenly landed "We will."

"You've walked your final path." I said waving my hand and making the Sage's staff appear "It's time for you stop this interference with the course of history."

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