just a thought i had...
what if the reason why Madara never got Rinnegan until he was already on his deathbed was beacause of the following:
When Hashirama died... the Ashura Chakra travelled further in order to find the next host...
Madara had already implanted the Hashirama DNA / Ashura Chakra in his body,
which automatically acted as a magnet of some sort to absorb the Ashura Chakra without Madara knowing this?
Hashirama dies
Ashura Chakra leaves his body to find a new host
Madara has Hashirama DNA & some of the Ashura Chakra
The Ashura Chakra is drawn to its own Chakra that is inside Madara
The Ashura Chakra travelled straight for Madaras body and fused with him because of this?
- Madara dies and the Indra & Ashura Chakra is separated again and entered Sasuke & Naruto?
question: does the timeline match?
because if this is true, it would answer the question why it took so long for the Ashura Chakra to reincarnate into Naruto,
which is simply: The Ashura Chakra went to Madara first (after Hashirama's Death), and not until after Madara died did the Ashura Chakra and Indra Chakra enter Naruto and Sasuke
it could make sense and it could not... it's just an idea i came up with
** edit: if this is true, then i believe that Hashirama must've died from old age.
hinting that Madara was about to die from old age when he recieved the rinnegan and Hashirama was about the same age as Madara.
(which means that Hashirama should've also been about to die from old age, only that Hashirama must've died a few days/weeks before Madara was going to die, but luckily Madara could summon Gedo Mazo with his new Rinengan Eyes and use it for life support.)
** edit: according to my friend ISKOKRIPS:
Hashirama died in battle, which i did not know... however he must've been pretty old!
Thoughts?