It was terrifying how quickly a human life could be extinguished.
How quickly cities could be destroyed.
How quickly power could shift from the hands of many, to the hand of a single person.
It was terrifying that such a power existed.
Terrifying that nobody could stop the apocalypse.
God has damned us all.
"…I can see it…"
That is all He says. She understands. He is exhausted. He is injured. He needs to rest. Actually, He had needed that for several days, now. Despite Her begging, yelling, and reasoning, He refused any kind of help until his work was complete.
"Not until there is peace." He tells her.
He explains that they needed to finish it now. They need to seal the Kyuubi now. If they wait, there could be problems.
"Yes. Do it now."The Uchiha agrees. "When we are finished, an era of peace will begin."
Of course Madara would encourage him. God's health isn't his concern. To be honest, he didn't expect God to survive this long. His death is part of Madara's plan.
"Do you have enough chakra to do this, Nagato?" She asks him.
"Yes."
Perhaps that would've been the truth if the others were still alive. With ten people, sealing the Kyuubi would've been much easier. But, there were only five. With ten people, it took three days. With five, it would take a week. A week without rest. A week without any kind of help. In His current condition, that isn't an option.
"We can do this ourselves." She offers.
"No. It will take longer."
"We need to do this quickly." Madara says again. "We will be attacked if we wait."
Arguing with them seems to be futile. The quicker they start, the quicker He will be able to rest. The Juubi stands motionless, waiting to be whole again. The ten tailed beast, split into nine different demons by a God. Now, it was about to be put back together by another. It was going to be unleashed upon the world.
She watches Him closely that week, somehow managing to be subtle about it. Madara watches, too. Madara watches to see if He will die. Madara watches to see how far He will go for peace.
"You're holding back." Madara notices.
She sees that, too. She is grateful for it. For once, He seems to be listening to her.
Don't hurt yourself.
Unfortunately, He takes Madara's observation as a challenge. A challenge to push Himself, even in this condition.
"It doesn't matter." She protests. "We have more than enough chakra to handle this."
Nobody else comes to His defense. Nobody else would dare to argue with Madara.
"It'll get done faster if he's not holding back."
That is true, and she knows it. It seems like a lose-lose situation at this point. If He holds back, it will take longer, and He won't get any rest. If He didn't, He will lose more chakra, and it will take longer for Him to recover. She goes silent, letting Him continue however he wants. As long as the result isn't death, it can be fixed later.
For the first time that week, her eyes stray from Him, and scan the rest of the cave. The others seem fixated on the Juubi, imagining what power it could have. Nobody knows, and that worries them. Would anyone be able to control it? Would anybody be able to direct its power to Akatsuki's advantage? She follows suit, and looks up at the face of the monster. Eight of the nine eyes have already been opened, and the last one has begun to crack. Perhaps it is her imagination, but the last eye looks different. The color is different. Red?
No, her mind must be playing tricks on her. She is tired, just like everybody else. She brings her focus back to Nagato, and hopes that He'll be okay.
Please don't overdo it.
A/N: I promise that most chapters will be much, much longer than this. But, this is just an intro, and I left it short. This is going to be more of a 'what if' kind of story, where Nagato finally gets his wish, and becomes the 'god' of the world. I'll probably be talking a lot about Nagato, Yahiko and Konan's past, too. (Some of it canon, some of it I just assume happened.)
Also, nobody has really explained what the Juubi is quite yet, but I think it might be the giant statue Akatsuki has been using to absorb the other nine beasts. I could be wrong, but I'm going to go with that assumption for now.