CHAPTER 3

After coming back to Kumo, I had Karin transplant Kakashi's sharingan in my left eye. Now I had a 2 Tomoe sharingan in my right eye and a Mangekyo sharingan in my left eye which gave me access to long ranged Kamui. And given that Sasuke and Obito were not closely related, there was no chance of EMS (eternal Mangekyo sharingan), since the EMS could only be awakened between Close family members like siblings or parents. So my MS was a regular Mangekyo with the shape as Obito's Mangekyo and over usage of Kamui could cause me blindness. It took me quite some time to get used to the power.

To become more powerful, my next plan was to steal Obito's right eye so that I can have a complete set of Dual Mangekyo sharingan (DMS). So I kept 2 clones hidden in the Kamui time space so that Obito would show up whenever he teleported. And he did show up one fine day without suspecting anything. My Clone stole Obito's Mangekyo from his right eye immediately with Lightning Nintaijutsu speed and ejected him out of Kamui dimension. After getting the eye from my clone, I went back to Kumo and had the right eye also transplanted. Now I had the Dual Mangekyo sharingan but they were regular Mangekyo and bled a lot. 4 months went by training to utilize the full power of Kamui.

I was also tracking the developments happening in Konoha. Apparently Kakashi got Sasuke's left eye transplanted and became the combined Jonin sensei of Team 7 along with Yamato consisting of Naruto, Sakura and Sai. This was a 5 man cell and completely unheard of. I was pretty sure Danzo ensured that Sai was on the team so that he could get regular updates on Naruto and by having 2 Jonin on same team, ensure that nobody could steal the Kyubi.

Now, coming back to me, I knew that the regular mangekyo could cause blindness. And the Susanoo was accelerating this process. So my next plan was to get Hashirama's cells from Orochimaru so that I can spam Kamui without much limitations. And that's what I exactly did by teleporting to Kusagakure. I fought many of Orochimaru's shinobi to get to the Hashirama cells. On immediately finding them in a lab, I started injecting all of them into my body, which I knew was me being greedy for power. This made me feel drowsy and before I could teleport out, I was hit by a severe gas of Snake venom. I could not make out what was happening.

I heard some footsteps, and to my shock there was Danzo, some of his root agents, Orochimaru and Kabuto standing there laughing devilishly. And Danzo's sharingan embedded arm was full on display.

Danzo started smirking, "Well well, if it isn't the Uchiha who stole Kakashi's eye and created a setback for Konoha. Unfortunately for you, the poison that is flowing through your system will paralyze you and you won't be able to move. Your eyes are Konoha's property and I will be taking them now".

Orochimaru stepped forward and spoke in a greedy tone, "Danzo don't forget our deal, you get the eyes while I get the body. After you gouge his eyes out, I will transplant some of the regular sharingan into his eyes and take over his body. That way I will have a body which can shut the sharingan ON/OFF at will".

Okay, now I realised how screwed up I was. Just because I got Obito's eye, it shouldn't have made me overconfident and rush into things headway without a plan. I could deduce that Danzo must have used KotoAmatsukami on Orochimaru, otherwise there was no possible way that Orochimaru would give up Mangekyo just for an Uchiha's body with regular sharingan. They were slowly approaching towards me and I could feel my body entering a state of paralysis. There was only 1 way to get out alive and I focussed all my chakra into my right eye to use Kamui. Before I knew it I was in Kumo, but I fell to the ground and became unconscious.

When I became unconscious, I awoke in Sasuke's Mindspace. And there was the Sage of Six Paths floating in front of me. He spoke, "I am Hagoromo Otsutsuki. I have long been wanting to meet one of Indra's Reincarnations and finally it seems to be the time, Sasuke Uchiha".

Based on his talk, it was a relief for me that he didn't realize that I was not exactly Sasuke. He kept on speaking to me about his Ninshu philosophy, Tailed Beasts, his battle with his mother and life story about his sons.

"You see, I was able to Manifest inside you, because of Hashirama Senju's cells in your body, who was a previous Reincarnation of Ashura. And since you are Indra's reincarnation, both the Chakra are mixing in your body, causing my Chakra to form".

I nodded, figuring that much myself. What I didn't understand was why the Sage of Six paths was here, when there was no 4th Shinobi world war going on. "Why are you here in my Mindspace, Old man?", I asked.

He Looked at me as if trying to assess me and spoke, "You see, in case you are not aware, there is an Organization called Akatsuki who are collecting the Tailed Beasts and trying to resurrect the Ten Tails. I want to prevent that".

"So you are here to give me some of your power, I presume".

Hagoromo started chuckling "Ever the Power Hungry one, like Indra. Tell me why I should trust you and give you my power. What do you plan on doing with all that power".

I spoke what I felt, "It's your wish if you will give me your power or not, but I will be honest, I don't plan on going around the world preaching peace. I will use my Power to crush my Opponents, so that the people close to me will live happily".

"So you plan to follow a path of violence?", he asked as if disapproving me.

"If it involves violence, so be it. What did you achieve by trusting that your younger son's answer to conflicts, love was the key. You only gave him the power, and to this day, the descendants of both your sons fought causing a lot of bloodshed. Hashirama Senju, who was Ashura's reincarnation, distributed the 9 Bijuu to all 5 Shinobi villages and still what happened. We had Shinobi World Wars and your Bijuu get just sealed again and again. What we need is someone with True power to act as a war deterrent so that the thought of fighting itself causes fear".

"And you wish to become this Strong person who inspires fear in his enemies. But what is the guarantee that you will not stop killing only your enemies and start hurting innocents".

I was getting irritated with his philosophical questions. "Look Old Man, if you want, give me your power or otherwise, get lost from my Mindspace. I will handle things on my own. Right now you know that only I can possibly beat Akatsuki if you were to share me your Six Paths power, given that I don't think you will be manifesting inside Naruto anytime soon". 

He sighed, "Yes, it's true. I don't think I can manifest inside Naruto unless he atleast has a portion of Each Bijuu Tailed Beast Chakra in him or get Indra's Chakra in him. So, you are my only choice for now. Show me your dominant hand".

He ended up sharing his Six Paths power. "I hope you don't disappoint me, I will be watching over you Sasuke Uchiha, as this time I have shared my power only with Indra". Saying that he vanished, and I slowly started gaining consciousness.

On waking up I found Karin was healing and crying over me. Apparently it's been 1 month since I was unconscious. And the village was under attack by Nagato, Konan and Pain for the 2 Tails and 8 Tails. Pretty sure Obito was infuriated with me when he saw me in Kumo gear if he ordered the Pain Invasion at this point of timeline. Many of Kumogakure shinobi were dead and the battle strength cut to half. A was killed when he fought Pain. Currently Bee and Yugito were trying to fight but they were getting overwhelmed.

I could feel power flowing through me on waking up. Just as I expected, when I got the Sage of Six paths Chakra, my left eye transformed to form the 6 Tomoe Rinnegan. Though my eyes were not EMS, they did not bleed with spamming due to Hashirama's cells and Six Paths Power. I showed up at the Battlefield against the 6 Pains. They were shocked looking at me having a Rinnegan.

"Who are you and how do you have a Rinnegan. According to our Intel, you should just have Mangekyou Sharingan".

I started chuckling, "Oh that, well your intel is a little outdated. Allow me to show you the true power of Rinnegan". We started spamming the Rinnegan abilities one by one causing widespread destruction to surrounding area. All of their attacks just passed through me thanks to Kamui. I summoned my Perfect Susanoo, which was Light Blue like Kakashi and started throwing Kamui shurikens at them. 

Finally, only Yahiko's Pain was left and he started using Planetary Devastation and started forming a Big Meteor. I activated Chidori with my Susanoo and pulverized the Sphere along with Yahiko's body.

Now, I knew that Nagato had to be somewhere nearby if he was controlling the Pains. With my Lightning Speed and multiple Shadow Clones, I started scouting for Nagato, and found him along with Konan.

Konan tried to attack me, but before they could react, I took Nagato's Rinnegan from his eyes. Nagato and Konan were now scared.

I spoke in a very cold way, "Leave and you might still live. Else, I will kill both of you for all the people you killed in Kumogakure". Konan knew that they were outmatched, so she took Nagato away from Kumo. I then had the Rinnegan transplanted into Karin since she was an Uzumaki and could use it's abilities better. I was hailed as hero of Kumo and elected to become the Fifth Raikage of Kumogakure.