19 Ancient One

Because I was tired I decided to stay in D.C. for the night.

After booking a hotel room, I walked into the spacious room, sat down in a chair and examined my hands. They were shaking.

In my whole life I never had a problem eliminating my targets. However, I have never slaughtered people and enjoyed seeing them die. Is the power going to my head?

Even though the scumbags from Hydra deserved to die, was it necessary to kill them the way they did? Someone like Thanos would simply kill everything.

It was like I couldn't control myself there.

Thinking about what drove me to such extreme actions, I remembered the raven saying that the price is the darkness that comes with power.

First I thought it would be the blindness that comes with the Mangekyou Sharingan. If I look at my past actions when I lost my cool against Fury and then the massacre on Hydra, maybe there is something else going on.

Didn't Tobirama basically state that Uchihas could easily become psychopaths? As they go crazy, they become more powerful. Did my eyes evolve because I went crazy a bit when I attacked Hydra?

So many questions I don't have answers to.

I sighed and said under my breath, "Maybe I should consider therapy."

A voice suddenly rang out from the side, "Maybe you should just accept who you are?"

Before me across the small tea table sat a woman in something like a monk's robe and she had a shaved head. How come every bald person I meet sits at a table with me?

She chuckled a bit as if she could hear my inner monologue.

I relaxed back in the chair and started the water kettle which was standing on the tea table.

"Is the Ancient One working as a psychotherapist now? Shouldn't you beat up a dimension demon somewhere or recruit some cocky doctor for your cause?"

If I feel anger boiling up in me.

However, she didn't speak for a while, but when the kettle finished she poured some tea for herself and me.

"A while ago I saw something like that flying around New York. I didn't know what it was or where it came from, but later it fused with a human that I had also never seen before. This person suddenly appeared in this dimension and started changing things." she said as she sipped her tea.

It seems that she has watched me for a while now.

I started also to drink the tea and then asked her, "And what is your mission now to restore the balance as it was before?"

She simply laughed at this and shook her head, "Don't you think too high of yourself? Since you are here there will be a new balance no need for me to interfere."

"Then why are you here? Don't tell me you want me to join you?" I asked while putting the cup down.

"No I was simply curious how you would handle the darkness that always comes with such powers."

She closed her eyes and continued to speak in a warm tone.

"Nothing is free in this world and I don't know the being that gave you your powers, but I know that if you don't act the darkness in you will consume you. Like right now don't you want to activate your eyes and make me stuff my mouth?"

Her violet chakra began to erupt from her.

Wait I can't see chakra without my Sharingan eyes active. Without my knowledge, my Sharingan was already on.

She stands up and walks in front of me.

"I can help you with this if you are ready to fight for your soul or you can take it easy and let it take over you."

When I forced my eyes to deactivate, I said, "And what is your price for doing this?"

She started laughing loudly, "Not everyone wants something from you. I do things because someday they will probably pay off."

With her eyes closed, she continued to speak while moving her hands over her amulet in a strange way.

"I saw a lot of possibilities where you were the destroyer or the savior of this world. But the choice was always yours how it played out."

My eyes widen in shock.

"The destroyer? So will I become bald and turn violet or something?" I joked, while processing the information.

She smiled and said, "I don't think that going bald or turning violet will be your biggest problem."

Wait will this happen to me?

In order not to dwell on it further, I decided to take the risk.

"I want to take your offer but before that, if I fight for my soul will I become the savior or the destroyer?"

She stepped forward and brought her hand back, "This choice is yours."

And then she hit my chest with the palm of her hand. I could see my body in front of me and then the world changed around me.

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Appearing in a dark void, I could see a bonfire not far away. Can I meet Kakashi's father here?

As I approached it, I saw a man seated there. I sighed and sat in front of him.

I loved the scene in Naruto and now it's going to be used against me ... give me a break!

Sitting in front of me was a man I hadn't seen for 10 years.