The world silent, like it was morning the destruction of a once vibrant city. Konoha had become a city of the dead, its land cleared of all and its inhabitants slaughtered that not even their corpses remained.
Barely any citizen had survived because of luck as they had been at the edge of Konoha when Pain attacked and through the Hokage's effort.
At the moment the fight had come to an end and Uzumaki Naruto had achieved victory but it was not something to celebrate as the cost had been too high.
"You have killed my master, my friends, and my teacher and taken the lives my people, I will never forgive you." Naruto muttered with clenched teeth as strands of the Kyuubi's chakra mixed with his sage mode, giving him a feral look
"I do not care about your forgiveness child as you are nothing more than a pawn in this game of life. You lack ability to lead and now you feel the pain. You said you will find the path of peace and end the cycle of hatred but tell me what you feel." Nagato asked as he was immobilized in his seat watching Naruto with inquisitive eyes while Konan stood behind him
Naruto quivered at his words but was not led into confusion as his rage had risen to the forefront.
"I lack the ability but I will learn just like I learned everything else. I will not forgive you but it does mean I hate you. It was the circumstance that brought us to this stage and the people who commit evil without any restraint. You cannot be forgiven as you have already done too much and you can not be allowed to live in the name of fairness, this is my path. I will erase all evil in this world so that none will suffer like us and become like you." Naruto replied as his words affected his soul more than he could have ever understood, the cruel reality had started to affect the pure soul to change into something he could have never imagined
"Hahaha, cough, cough" Nagato laughed at his words like a maniac and coughed out black blood while Konan comforted him as she saw him with sad expression, she had already known that it was his end.
"Much better Naruto, now you can actually be someone that can affect this cruel world. I have suffered but I understand that it blinded me to make mistakes so I can only saw don't be like me and take these eyes or destroy them. The Rinnegan cannot be allowed to land in enemy hands, which means Madara Uchiha. I will leave Konan to you, please allow her refuge and she will guide you to the secrets of the Uzumaki clan." Nagato muttered in a tired tone, he wanted to say so much more but life was disappearing quickly and he could see Yahiko calling out to him.
Nagato starched out his hands towards Yahiko and his parents, his soul left the mortal shell and flew towards its final destination.
Naruto felt something pass him by and saw Nagato slump with a smile on his face, he didn't know what to do now. He had nowhere to release to his anger, being kind and stopping from just taking the easy way out was proving to be too frustrating.
"AHHH" Naruto screamed as he punched the wall behind, causing a massive explosion from the force and speed of the strike that cleared miles of the forest.
"Will you allow me to mourn my friend?" Konan questioned in a neutral tone that hid her pain as she picked Nagato delicately
"Bury him in this area, don't go back and give me the eyes." Naruto replied as he extended his hand and received the Rinnegan
He watched Konan go deeper into the forest and decided to go back to Konoha.
'I wish everyone could be revived. I wish all this was a bad dream. Master, how did you live through this pain. It hurts so much. I feel like my heart is going to be ripped apart. I feel that even breathing is difficult. Tell me that time will heal this wound.' Naruto thought as he jogged back at a slow pace as he wished to clear his mind, the emotional pain making him losing his footing and causing him to fall to the ground face first.
Naruto stood up as he touched his eyes, he could feel tears from his eyes and they didn't seem to stop.
"It hurts so much. Why did this have to happen?" Naruto muttered as he swallowed the lump in this throat and decided to just move on to his location, the people needed him and hear the news of victory.
The news was delivered but there was no one left to celebrate, only about 1% of the citizens survived and the shinobi had all been killed except a few.
Tsunade, Hinata, Sakura, Kiba, Shino, Kurenai, Team Gai, Hiashi and Hanabi Hyuga had been the lucky ones to survive while the rest had been killed by the attack by Pain. There internal organs crushed even after being protected by Katsuyu.
The atmosphere was bleak and the people could only mourn in silence or even more. Sakura was the only healer left and she did her best to heal the people while Tsunade had been put into a come from the stress and overuse of chakra.
Naruto looked down on the crater that was Konoha where the remaining survivors were present and was lost in his thoughts when he felt someone arrive.
"What happened? Is my daughter safe?" Hiashi questioned as he looked at the remains of his beloved village
"Hinata is alive but the rest of your clan is dead that was present inside the village." Naruto replied as Hiashi hurried off without a word along with Hanabi who showed clear emotions for the first time in a long time
'Pain, pain everywhere. Can I really end it all? I wonder why I was not informed, who made it so?' Naruto questioned as he looked round while his eyes changed, nature energy flowed through him and combined with his chakra.
His senses grew to exceptional levels and he could see all life within 100's of miles, and he saw what he had expected.
'Root, Sai's old home. Just like I expected it was Danzo, no losses among his subordinates. My path is looking to be much better than what I believed before. If Grandpa Hiruzen had killed Danzo then this would have never happened.' Naruto thought as he started walking heading for his targets, it was time to clean his house.
A.N Hope you enjoyed. This was one of the things i wanted to write. I want to ask if anyone can recommend something similar which does not have Naruto becoming the Hokage.