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"Speech"

'Thoughts'

"Dark Character speech or special technique"

'Dark Character thoughts'

Killing in a New World

In a world filled with nothing but blank white it was quite easy to find anything of interest within. So it wasn't hard to notice that the only thing that wasn't solid and bright white was at the center of all the nothingness in the form of a floating lone figure.

He was relatively young only thirty-five years old, and if he were able to put his feet on solid ground then he would stand at a modest height of about 5'8 almost 5'9, his skin a very pale color almost like that of marble, but it only seemed to make his two most prominent features stand out even greater. Specifically his hair and eyes, his hair was straight almost scarlet colored hair that he left cover his right eye and seemed to flow to the tops of his shoulders. As for his eyes just looking into those eyes that were a beautiful shade of metallic purple with a ripple pattern anyone could tell what they were, the legendary rinnegan.

'Where…Where am I?' Came the confused thoughts of said figure he looked around with and widened his eyes at the sight of…well nothing. Quickly composing himself he pulsed his chakra throughout his body and to both his relieve and his confusion his body seemed to be in perfect condition, strange considering he had died twice now.

Wait he supposed to be trapped in the Sword of Totsuka? He could be wrong but this did not look like the world of Drunken Dreams, at least not like any dreams he's even had.

'I remember fighting Naruto, Itachi, and the Hachibi jinchūriki. And then, Itachi he defeated me with the Sword of Totsuka. Then that begs the question why am I in complete control of not only my body, but also my chakra?' He thinks to himself before accessing the abilities of the Deva path to fly around in this seemingly empty space.

He knew he was flying because his clothes were rippling in the wind of him moving quite fast. So there was nothing here but him and air to breath, what a boring world he seemed to be trapped in.

"I do hope you're enjoying yourself Nagato-chan." Hearing another voice Nagato wipes around to look at a being that he knew for a fact had not been there before. This new individual appeared to him in very regal looking clothes, but they were in a style that he'd never seen before.

The man before him wore almost all black from his overcoat, button-up shirt, shoes, socks, and pants. Nagato was really at a loss of words when it came to his dress it was so plain, yet exotic somehow. He spotted a golden wristwatch hanging off the man's pants and for some reason it was unusually loud to the redheaded shinobi.

As for his face the man appeared to be slightly tanned almost the same shade as Naruto's skin the last time Nagato had seen him. His hair was, unsurprisingly, jet black much like his clothes with a single stripe of bright sliver running down the right side of his head, and his eyes were a vibrant shade of emerald green. Or at least they were for a moment, but when he blinked they shifted colors first to a dark crimson, they then shifted to an icy blue, and finally to a dark shade of amethyst before returning to green and restarting the pattern.

"Nagato-chan did you hear me? You do know that it is very rude not to respond when someone is trying to talk to you." The man says in a mocking tone of cheerfulness.

"I suppose I was for a little while, yes it was pleasant to be in control of my own body, while in a more stable state of health." He says honestly remembering when he was able to move freely, and of his own free will.

"Yes it was a bit unpleasant watching that despicable snake using you and Itachi-chan like puppets for a while. But enough your past I want to talk about your future." He says to the Uzumaki making him hesitantly summon a chakra receiver and keep in the sleeve of the purple cloak he was still wearing after his departure from the living world.

"Please don't do anything stupid Nagato-chan, I'd hate to put you back into the drunken mess of a world. So please, let's just talk." He says surprising the former Akatsuki member who reluctantly put away the hidden weapon.

"What do you want?" He asks with a voice laced with caution to the man in front of him. Said man removes his watch and checks the time. "Well at the moment nothing. Oh and as for removing you from the drunken realm let's call it a gesture of good will. What I really want is to see something extraordinary, preferably something that involves a lot of conflict. And you Nagato are going to be the one who is to entertain me."

The Uzumaki scowls at the man, "No. I've seen enough death for a lifetime. And I am in no rush to cause any more." He says sternly to the man making him grin before he then broke out into a small laugh at hearing his answer.

"Who said anything about death, sure some fights do end in the loss of life, but that's your choice." Nagato once again scowled and shook his head. "No."

This time though the man glares at him with an amused smirk, "I don't think you understand your situation Nagato-chan, I chose you for a very specific reason. You, my friend are in no position to answer so quickly without looking the whole picture. You don't realize that you're expendable in ways you could never imagine."

This makes the redhead raise a brow at what the man had said. "Allow me to elaborate with a question, where do you think people like your dear sensei and Naruto-chan will go when they die?"

This makes him recoil a bit at the seriousness of the question, but nonetheless he answered honestly if only out of curiosity for his reason behind the question. "The Pure World." He says back to him.

He then takes a step closer to the redhead, "Now tell me where do you think men such as Hidan and Kabuto will end up?"

Nagato knowing the answer doesn't respond, "Exactly, but then there is you Nagato-chan, trapped in a state neither dead nor alive, inside of a legendary blade, inside a special technique of someone inside the pure world. To be trapped for all eternity in a world of Drunken Dreams, quite the shitty place to be."

Nagato clenches his fist at hearing exactly where he already knew he was, "Get to the point." He says seriously.

The man laughs, "Ok alright I was just about to get to that actually. You see be it Heaven or Hell there is someone to watch over the souls of those who enter. From those pure, prissy, untouched maidens who wouldn't know a good time if slapped them on the ass…" he says in a mocking tone while gesturing as if he was caressing something, making Nagato put his head in his palm thinking he looked a bit too much like Jiraiya.

"…to those psychopaths that get off listening to children scream. All of them are watched over and either taken care of or tortured to the end of time, except you." He says pointing to the only other being that happened to be there.

Nagato somewhat knows where this is going and cuts him, "Meaning if I'm gone from the afterlife then no one would notice."

The man smirks, "Exactly. So then here are your options, and please think very carefully about what I'm about to offer. Either I send to some other part of unknown corner of time and space and I get my kicks at watching you change all the events that are sure to happen, or at least would've happened without you there. Or I put you back where I found you."

Nagato glared at the man knowing he really lost no matter how he looked at it. Do what he wants or go back that sealed state he was in. Both were not pleasant, but then he thought about and he looks to the ever changing eyes of the being in front of him, who he knew for a fact wasn't human at this point.

"Where would I be going if I chose to accept your…. offer?" He asks nervously after he sees the man smile a bit wider at hearing him ask about the offer.

"Well this is a world I've seen before a few times, and I must say it is fascinating what has been done there, in fact it was much like your world. Long ago there was chaos with war after war tribes and small settlements scattered across the lands, constantly fighting for what little land and resources they could get. Then the next time I come looking for a good show I see that they went and formed an empire, but even then the world was fun to watch seeing the empire claw its way into the sun taking more and more territory as it fought tooth and nail to create order in the world, but at the same time creating internal strife. And before I know a few centuries later BOOM, civil war. And that was the last time I a paid it a visit, so it's finally time for me to go back and to see what they've been up to. And that Nagato-chan is where you come in."

Nagato raised a brow yet again as he looked to this being, "And you want me to do what exactly if I were to go to this world? If you want me to start some kind of war, then absolutely not. I don't care where I end up, but I will not create a new cycle of hatred."

The man shrugged his shoulders at the declaration Nagato made, "Then don't, I just want to be entertained. That's your only job, break those chains if you want I don't care just make sure it's exciting for me." He says without a care in the world.

Nagato was about to mouth off to this being when an idea appeared in his head. 'Sensei, Naruto…maybe this is a chance. A chance to have the second volume in the series finally have more than just pain and mistakes, a chance to correct itself in an epilogue. Is this my chance to, to be what you two wanted to me to be?'

Nagato pondered this for a moment as he then thinks of all those who thought he was supposed to save the world, and all those he had let down by becoming Pein. He actually let loose a small smile as he thought more and more about this. To hell with everything else, he didn't care that this was a chance to escape; he thought he deserved the Drunken World for all the things he'd done in his own world.

But now if he can carry on the will of his sensei, his dream, then he would take this chance to make Jiraiya proud.

"I'll do it." He says to the being that had gone back to checking his watch. Looking up to the redhead, "Excellent! I think this calls for a drink!" He says in an excited tone of voice before snapping his fingers and two small glasses of sake appeared in the air in front of the two men.

The one who summoned the drinks casually takes his from its suspended place in the nothingness and waited patiently for Nagato to take his. When the younger of the two finally did take the glass he watched as this mysterious being salutes before downing the alcohol.

"Oh yeah, I forgot to mention one thing though." He says suddenly making Nagato look at him strangely, "This is going to hurt, like really, really, really hurt."

Nagato just stared at him blankly as he started to open his mouth to speak the being cut him off, "Ok bye, and good luck?"

He then kicked Nagato through a tear in time and space and smirked and he could hear Nagato being torn down by the atom as he traveled through reality.

"Well then I'd better get there to put him back together." He says casually before disappearing.

With Nagato

When Nagato awoke from his unconscious state he began to look around. He ached all over as he slowly rose to his feet as he began to try and stand on his own.

He realized that he was still in the maroon robes he fought Naruto and Itachi in; he also had his kunai pouch full of standard ninja gear and a few extra paper bombs. Guess that being thought he'd need some firepower here.

The first thing he noticed after looking himself over was that he seemed to be surrounded all sides by trees, so he was in some kind of forest at least. As he looked around to get his balance for things he wobbled as he stood to his full height and then he started to flitch as he had just finished the most grueling training of his life.

His entire body had started to hurt from his bones, to every muscle in his body from top to bottom he held in a startled shout of pain as it all hit him at once. Quickly spotting a small lake Nagato went to it and dipped his entire head into the water and started to drink like a man possessed not caring at all if anyone saw him like this.

After what felt like an hour of him drinking like a dying camel Nagato relaxed as the pain stated to go away and he allowed himself to stand and admire the landscape.

But when he looked back to the water he saw something that made his eyes widen in shock. He looked younger, not by too much but if he were to take a guess he'd say perhaps twenty at the youngest and maybe twenty-three at the oldest. Strange perhaps his journey here reverted him back to a younger form, thought it was strange seeing himself this age, and able to walk. He chuckled a bit at his own former misfortune.

However admiring of his younger self was cut off as he felt something approaching underneath the water, vanishing using the shunshin Nagato looks down from the tree he was in to see a large reptilian creature coming out of the water growling at him for escaping.

However Nagato couldn't tell what it was. It wasn't a crocodile or an alligator it was larger, much more brightly colored, and even had some fish like fins on the sides of both its head and legs. But that really didn't matter as Nagato realized something else about his situation. He was starving, and that creature looked like it would be quite a meal if roasted over a fire.

"Oh well, can't bring peace on an empty stomach I suppose. Kazekiri no Jutsu." And suddenly the air in front of Nagato began to become slightly visible as it turned into a razor that quickly, cleanly, and easily decapitate the beast.

Dropping out of the tree Nagato inspects the beast before nodding to himself seeing as it appears that his chakra seems to be working properly. He then tries to access the abilities of the Asura path and watches in satisfaction as his hand quickly transforms and is replaced by a serrated steel blade.

Nodding at that Nagato then begins to work on cleaning the beast for meat, and also taking his time to look at the anatomy of the strange creature he had killed, just in case he found anything peculiar about the beast. After all with the Animal Path he'd summoned some outlandish creatures before so it didn't hurt to compare this one with his own beasts.

That Night

Much later after having to drag the creature onto the shore and prepare a fire, Nagato could be found meditating while his food was being roasted over said fire. Nagato himself was no stranger to meditating since it was how he was able to use his Six Paths and how he was able to communicate with the other Akatsuki members using the Gentōshin no Jutsu (Magical Lantern) when he was still the figurehead of the Akatsuki, and it really was the only thing he could do with his real body while he was in his weakened state.

Focusing his chakra he began to slow his breathing and focused on the smallest of objects laying around and began to draw power in order to activate his Deva path slowly making the small stones and other small objects around him on the forest floor begin to float in the air and slowly but steadily come closer and then steadily be pushed away from him.

So now he knows that his Deva and Asura path could still be used, but that left four paths he didn't know about.

True that it was probably safe to assume that they were all working, but it never hurt to check just in case. So once again focusing like he did with the Deva and Asura he smiled as a complex series of patterns appeared on the forest floor. He didn't fully activate the jutsu, as all of his summons were quite large as almost all of them were made for combat and he really didn't want to risk exposing himself to any of the locals in such a frightening manner.

And unfortunately his other three paths were better used on people rather than just simple open air; then again he could make a clone to test the Preta path.

Nagato though was rather contempt to know that at least three of his paths worked he would just have to test the other paths somewhere down the line, but he would cross that bridge when he came to it. For the moment he knew from channeling his chakra that all of his standard elements were still there as he had used earth to move the beast, wind to kill it, water to clean it, and fire to cook it, so he was assuming that lightning was also still within his arsenal.

He took a whiff of the air and smiled as the aroma of slow roasting meat filled the air he couldn't help but pat himself on the back seeing as he now had clean water and food for a few days.

However that was short lived as his shinobi training kicked into gear. Even while meditating he was constantly scanning the surrounding area, a force of habit from his days a revolutionist for peace and then as a terrorist commander. Funny now that he thought about he seemed to always be on the side that was almost always the most dangerous.

He calmly applied a henge over his eyes just in case he'd have to hide them in this world, he knew next to nothing about this world. Best to keep his eyes a secret for now, just in case.

Slipping a kunai into each of his hands he allowed his senses to search the area to find the intruder, widening his eyes at how close they actually were he snaps his head to the right and throws a kunai into the brush expecting to hear one of two things.

Either the sound of metal piercing flesh, which would mean he got them and could then interrogate or treat their wound depending on how they behaved towards him.

*CLANG*

Or they would block it and he would need to be ready for a fight, seems to be the latter of the two.

Stepping out of the bushes came a young girl with her sword drawn taking a look at her she reminded him of Itachi in terms of a appearance. She had long black hair that reached her all the way down to her knees and scarlet colored eyes. Her clothing was a dark sleeveless mini dress with a white collar and a red tie; she also had a red belt that had a red side skirt cover. She also had long black socks and solid black shoes even a pair of black gauntlets and gloves.

From the dull but still serious look on her face she reminded him of some kunoichi he knew in his lifetime, and the sword she held didn't really do anything to change that opinion.

The two simply stood there and looked each other up and down studying them to see if the other was going to make the first move. However it was the girl that seemed to break the silence when she held up his weapon that he'd thrown at her. "Yours." She says before casually throwing it to him, which he caught rather easily.

Nagato seeing that this girl didn't want to really fight puts his kunai back into its pouch, but doesn't go to sit down yet, and neither did she.

Once again it became a bit of a staring contest between her red eyes and his bright green, although even if he did lift the henge he could tell this girl was not easily intimidated.

However when he heard a small roar come from the girl he smiled when he started to figure out why she'd been brought here. "Sounds like you're hungry." He says making the girl simply nod to while trying not to slightly drool at the sight and smell of the meat roasting not six feet away from her.

He looks to the massive beast and then to the much smaller teen, 'What's the harm in sharing?' He says to himself, though as of yet neither of them had really dropped their guard.

So he slowly sat down as he removed a knife and began to cut away at the roasting meat and handed a portion to the girl who nodded in thanks. He then walked over to his seat and as he went to take a bite he noticed that the girl didn't have any meat next to her and seemed to be licking her fingers.

Confused he looked down next to her and widened his eyes when he saw that there was a cleanly picked bone resting next to her. He does a double, then a triple take. "Damn, you eat fast." He says honestly before taking out a second kunai and holding it by the blade gestures for her to come grab it.

Hesitantly she does the entire time her eyes don't leave his, and her sword doesn't leave her side. She takes the knife from him and he goes back to his own meal. However after seeing that she really wasn't doing anything he motions his head towards the roasted beast, "Help yourself, I doubt I could eat all of it. Just please leave a bit for me, I still need something for when I head out in the morning." He says casually to the girl, she nods before going over to beast and trying not to drool begins to cut with the precision of a seasoned butcher and eventually much to Nagato's shock she held in her hands almost a literal quarter of the beast before she then happily sat down and began eating away to her heart's content.

The minutes pass by as night begins to pass by before they both finish the beast off and there was nothing left but bones, mostly surrounding the contempt looking girl who happily wiped her mouth. Nagato for his part was actually surprised at how much he ate as well, being dead tended to make one very hungry he supposed.

And before he knew it was once again an awkward stare off between him and the girl, this was starting to get old. "So what's your name?" He finally asks her.

"Akame." She said plainly and simply.

Seeing as that was all he'd get he moved on, "So if you don't mind why'd you come out here?"

"Meat." She replied again pointing to the bones at her feet.

'Alright then, I suppose I've heard simpler answers before.' He says in his head. He then closes his eyes to go to sleep, but before he nodded off the girl asks him a question in return. "What's your name?" She asks looking over his reaction.

"My name?" He asks making sure he heard her right, to which she nodded, 'Should I really tell her, saying a code name would come off as really suspicious though. And not answering is probably worse.'

Sighing he smiled thinking about the very few people that actually knew his real name back in his old world, why not? "My name is Nagato, Uzumaki Nagato. Nice to meet you Akame." He says calmly to the girl now known as Akame.

But now that he thought about he felt like he was about to dragged into something huge, and something told him it was going to involve this girl at every corner.

Well that's exactly not all bad, after all he's got to start somewhere.

And Done!

Sorry there really wasn't any excitement in this chapter, but all in good time.

So yeah, I'm not dead…yet.

Well that was fun to write, and it feels good to actually post something again on here, damn I haven't posted since September.

Well between school, work, and a shit ton of fun new games for me to loose dozens of hours of my life into I'd say it wasn't all bad…ok yeah I'm not going to lie my friends and me have been playing just an absolutely ridiculous amount of Overwatch and R6 Siege.

Although Nioh really didn't help my social life, 126 hours later no regrets.

But yeah hopefully I can update some of my other stories without dropping off the face of the earth for a few months…fingers crossed on that though, I'm pretty lazy.

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