Naruto woke up to a dull headache and loud screaming, the latter didn't do him any good. He groaned and blinked into the bright sunlight that shone through the leaves high up on the trees. He was back in the forest. Though this time he wasn't alone. He tried to sit up, but dropped down as soon as he realised every movement caused pain to erupt.

The shouting came to an end. The cause of the screaming was standing only a few feet away from him: Three men. The tallest one had straight black hair that reached past his shoulders and fell over his dark red armor. Beneath the armor he wore a loosely-fitting black shirt, the sleeves of it were connected to arm guards in the same colour as his armour. And when Naruto looked into his dark eyes, the man stared right back.

The man nearest to him had spikey white hair. And to Naruto's surprise he wore a Konoha hitai-ate, that framed his face in a protecting manner. The man wore the same armor as the other one did, but his was in a dark shade of blue and it had a creamy white fur hood attached. Just as he let his gaze roam over his body, he realised that the stranger had three red scar-like lines on his face and menacing red eyes, that were fixated on him.

The last man was standing far away from the other two, his head was turned away from them and he held himself in a way that radiated confidence. Where the other men seemed caring and gentle, this man seemed to be poised. He had black hair that fell in spikes to his lower back, the red armor he was wearing seemed similar to the other ones, but his ended in what seemed to be a cloak. The single pieces of metal were connected through a leather string, which stopped on his high collar. Naruto couldn't see his face very well, but the hand it was leaning on was gloved.

He knew these men, they were legends, the strongest out of the strongest. They were Hashirama Senju, Tobirama Senju and Madara Uchiha. And they were supposed to be dead.

"Please don't scream !", Hashirama said, lifting his hands in a calming manner. Naruto's mouth closed. Instead he scrambled away from them until his back hit a tree. "Wh- why are you here ?" He couldn't believe what he saw, three dead legends were standing right in front of his eyes. This just had to be a trap of some sort, maybe even a genjutsu. Madara huffed, but it sounded suspiciously like a 'Hn'. He didn't seem to take the boy serious enough to answer his question.

As no one answered Naruto got insecure, with a blush spreading on his cheeks he looked to the ground. Thus he didn't see how Hashirama gave his brother and Madara a warning glare and started walking up to him. The moss on the ground muffled his steps. Oblivious to what was going on around him tears started running down his faces, but just as the first one was about to fall to the ground, he felt fingers on his chin, gently lifting it up, so he could look into his eyes. A startled screech escaped his mouth as he came face to face with Hashirama Senju. The latter just smiled at him and wiped the tears away. "Young Naruto, do you know what power you possess ?" In confusion he frowned. Of course he felt stronger, but wasn't this just because he was in the presence of the three ninjas ? He decided to shake his head in denial. He did know that everyone had chakra flowing inside him, but he couldn't quite grasp it yet, so he didn't have anything remarkable.

Hashirama just chuckled lightly. "You have become the successor of eternal power. In your veins flows the blood of an ancient being. And we..." He gestured to Madara and Tobirama. "... are here to help you. We are your pillar of support, we are your brothers, your friends, but also your rivals. We'll help you to become a ninja worthy of the name Rikudou Sennin." Naruto's jaw was almost hitting the floor by now. Maybe if he trained under the supervision of these men he could finally get the recognition he deserved from his parents. Maybe he was finally more than the younger brother of the child of the prophecy.

He was just about to answer when he looked behind Hashirama. Tobirama and Madara had started a taijutsu fight. With wide-opened eyes Naruto stared. He was sure this was a sight not everyone got to see. But from what he knew about the history of them, they were going to fight until someone died. "Hashirama-sensei... I think they don't really like eachother.", he said while pointing at the two fighting ninjas. Confused Hashirama turned around, then he sighed. This was something he had to get used to: They were alive again, so their endless grudges were coming back too.

With another sigh Hashirama stood up and walked towards the men. Just as both of them were throwing another chakra-enhanced punch, Hashirama stepped between them and caught their fists before they had a chance to land in their faces. "Could you be so kind and explain why you're acting like children fighting over some kind of toy ?" Hashirama's eyes were covered by a shadow, but you didn't have to be a ninja to feel the KI radiating from him. He was angry. Extremely angry. "He started it ! I just said that his clan was probably distinct in this century !", Tobirama started defending himself, he pulled back his fist and crossed his arms in front of his chest. Just as he was about to say another thing, Hashirama knocked him upside down the head. "Not another word.", he got out through gritted teeth.

"And now on to you.", he said, turning to Madara. Said man just shrugged and Hn-ed. "Madara, you're a grown man, I think you're capable of saying more than this... sound.", Hashirama growled. Naruto mentally made himself a note not to anger Hashirama at any times. "What do you except me to say ? That I'm sorry ? It's not my fault, that I don't intend to lie." Naruto knew that was the wrong thing to say, he just knew it. And Tobirama also knew it, because he started laughing like a madman, even though he still held his head where a bumb started to grow.

A vein popped up on Hashirama's head. And with a loud thud Madara was on the ground holding his head like Tobirama did. Hashirama just held his fist and walked back to Naruto, who was struggling to contain his laughter.

"I'm sorry that this is your first impression of those dirtbags, Naruto." Disappointed he shook his head. "Normally they can control their emotions at least a bit... I don't know what has gotten into them." Naruto couldn't help but grin, this was way more fun than he had expected. "Rikudou Sennin revived us with the last bits of his powers, now you've got all of his powers and we are meant to train you.", Hashirama explained and sat down next to the boy. "Let's start with your chakra."

"Madara, could you come here for a moment ?", the older Senju shouted over his shoulder without looking. With a grunt Madara started walking over and sat down in front of Naruto, staring right at him. Now he could see his eyes too, they were a vibrant black and it seemed like he was looking right at your soul. "Could you look at his chakra vessels ? He didn't activate his chakra yet and we don't want him to destroy his veins with it." Confused Naruto furrowed his eyebrows. "Since your chakra is way stronger than anyone else's, you run the risk to destroy all of your vessels and that is painful, trust me." Understanding shown on his face he nodded. That seemed logical. "To activate your chakra you have to meditate and feel it's flow. Your inner source of chakra is located around here.", Hashirama said and drew a circle with his finger around his navel. "So when you meditate you're going to see nothing but dark abyssal, it's important to forget your senses completely, don't hear, don't smell and don't see. You just have to feel. Feel around until you've found something that looks like a lake. If you've found it, try to move it's water, or in this case chakra, into the trenches. The trenches symbolise your veins, your chakra has to flow through your whole body. And if you succeeded, then you can open your eyes." Naruto nodded determined and closed his eyes. He was ready to activate his chakra.