Hey All! Welcome to my new story that I'm kinda excited about :D As you read in the description, this is a time-travel series. It's mostly intended to be fluff, however there is gonna be a plot to it. I don't have a plan for a specific time period for when I will update this as I'm writing it for fun and as a relief from my FMAB fic that is rather angsty. In any case, I hope you enjoy!
P.S. I do not own Naruto! I just love his world so I am writing about it xD
Nagato slumped down in the machine he was hooked up to.
"You really are a curious fellow." He barely paused in his speech, "You remind me of myself when I was younger."
"Nagato." Konan supplied, her soft gaze carefully watching her best friend.
"I wasn't able to continue believing in Jiraiya's idea's." Nagato continued speaking as if Konan never said a word, though he slumped a little further, "nor could I keep believing in myself. But… you give me a different vision of the future that shows a different path from the one I've walked." At a steady pace, Nagato pulled his hands out of the devices they were currently stuck in, no sounds of pain crossing his voice at the action. Naruto dared not move an inch, though he couldn't help his eyes widen at the sight, "I think I shall believe in you after all, Naruto Uzumaki."
Nagato opened his eyes to gaze at his fellow sibling student. He then brought his hands together to make a familiar sign for a jutsu he'd long since prepared for for a different reason entirely. "I'll use gedo art of rinne rebirth."
Naruto could only watch what was going on. Though he was prepared to fight, he couldn't explain the feeling deep within his gut to not move an inch and watch what would happen next.
"Nagato! You can't!" Konan cried out, terrified.
"No, Konan. It's alright. .All I'm going to do is make a new choice!" Nagato's hands shook as he prepared the jutsu, "even though I'd all but given up hope."
"What is it?" Naruto piped up, scared of the consequences of not doing anything, "what kind of jutsu are you doing?"
Konan resigned herself to the answer she was about to give. She glanced at him, inwardly amazed that a young boy like Naruto could change Nagato so completely as to instantly reroute his opinion of what the future would hold.
"Those who possess the rinnegan, can perform all of the jutsu the six pains used, and are said to exist outside the realm of life and death. Nagato's visual prowess itself is the jutsu that preside over life and death. He is the seventh pain."
Naruto gasped, as Nagato struggled to gather the chakra necessary to perform the jutsu. "Gedo," Nagato gasped.
Konan once more warily watch her best friend. If he performs the jutsu with his currently level of chakra, Nagato will…. He's willing to go that far for that child. This mysterious child has changed Nagato. Konan could feel sadness creep up, wishing she didn't have to say goodbye to the only living best friend she had left in the world. Naruto, watching from his position, could only watch helplessly as Nagato then activated the jutsu.
"I'm also going to give you a gift, Naruto, one that will not only help you along your journey, but also give back what was taken away from you so long ago." Nagato gasped, shaking wildly, his concentration then laying hold strictly upon his actions. Both Naruto and Konan furrowed their brows in confusion.
In a village not far off, full of destruction, waste, and death, a massive creature like building appeared out of the ground, the mouth opening to lay against the ground. The villagers watched, confused, as the three story "thing" (as most called it, unsure of what it actually was and what it actually did) proceeded to expand as if collecting air, then suddenly, so quick some wondered if they even saw the process, it began to spit green light from its mouth. Individual green lights swarmed the broken area, smacking into the dead viciously. Many villagers cried out, not sure how to defend themselves against the attack, before they realized they weren't in any danger at all.
"What's he doing? What just happened!" Naruto demanded of Konan, feeling wary, if not a bit scared of what he allowed to happen. Nagato looked ghastly, his white hair falling into his face. Konan only looked away, unable to look Naruto in the face.
Suddenly, appearing out of nowhere, Lady Katsuyu popped out of Naruto's shirt, crying out in amazement,
"Naruto! More and more villagers are coming back to life!" Naruto watched the slug on his shoulder in shock,
"What! Seriously?" He looked at Nagato once more, a feeling of gratitude welling up within his chest (though the anger that presided far outweighed the gratitude) when he was suddenly knocked off balance as something hit him in the back. Lady Katsuyu was thrown wildly from his shoulder, landing on the ground near one of the "tree" walls.
Naruto, shocked, stood slightly hunched over, staring at his body which glowed a superficial green hue. Only when he heard Konan gasp did he glance up in fright.
"What did you do, Nagato!" His voice wretched out with a strangled sort of desperation. "Nagato! Why am I glowing? What's going on?" Fear and anger combined, lacing Naruto's heart so fiercely he thought he was going to puke.
"I already told you," Nagato wheezed out the remaining breaths he contained, "it's a gift to you. It's the least I could do for you and your village." Naruto watched in horror as the words that Nagato continued speaking faded away from his ears. It was with greater horror that his surroundings began to fade away as well, vanishing from his sight as if they never existed in the first pace. He glanced to where Lady Katsuyu spoke frantically, trying to quickly move her way towards him, but her words were lost on him. Then, as quickly as they were in his sight, they were gone, and Naruto knew no more.
Please R&R to tell me what you think so far! This prologue is essentially a recap of events you're already aware of, but from that point on, it won't be. ^-^
