Rebirth of Pein

Chapter 001 – Exiting Stage Left

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It's funny how a certain soul can be reincarnated. A good soul turned bad, before being brought back into the light in its last minutes was reincarnated as yet another orphaned soul. How will the man once known as Pein survive in a world filled with magic and superpowers as the Boy-Who-Lived?

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"We studied under the same master… I told you before that we should therefore be able to understand each other. I was joking then but… you're an odd kid… you remind me of myself when I was younger…"

"Nagato…"

"I couldn't believe in what Jiraiya believed in, or… in the man himself. But… you chose a different path. In you I can see a different future..."

As he noticed Naruto's eyes widen, he removed his arms from his walker to do the greatest, and last Jutsu he would ever do.

"I… will believe in you… Uzumaki Naruto… Gedō: Rinne Tensei no Jutsu."

As Naruto gasped in a mix of shock and confusion, I heard Konan scream my name. Konan, oh poor Konan. I, she, and Yahiko had been friends from the beginning, and when he had died, she had been crushed, with only me keeping her sane, and her keeping me afloat. He only hoped that after what he planned to do next, she would be fine after he was gone.

"Konan… it's enough… I have a new choice… a choice I'd given up on…"

"What? What is that Tech!" Ah, the young Naruto's rashness, for the first time in a while. Just as he was about to explain, he heard Konan start talking.

"He who controls the Rinnegan is a master of all six Pains' Jutsu. They say he is outside life and death. Nagato is the 7th Pain, able to control life and death... Gedo." Right after she was done speaking, Nagato could feel the pull on his chakra signaling the Jutsu's activation, and the start of the souls returning to their mortal chambers. Almost immediately after, he could feel excruciating pain ripping through his body. In the haze of pain, he could hear Naruto and Konan talking.

"There's still time to save those I killed when I came to Konoha. It's the least I can do." Immediately after he broke out in a fit of coughing, after which he felt something warm dripping from his mouth. 'Blood?'

"…You…"

He could tell he was fading, and fast, and knew if he wanted to say what he wanted to say, he had to do it fast. "…War brings Death… and wounds and pain to both sides… There's nothing harder to accept then the deaths of those you love… so you believe… they could never die… especially… those who haven't known war… you try to find meaning in death… but… there's only pain… and hatred… that you don't know what to do with… dying like trash… never ending hatred… pain that never heals..." He broke out wheezing "That… is war… Naruto… this… is what… you must face… Heh…! The book… and you… it's like… someone… set this all up… or… maybe… this is the hand of the real god… my role is over now… Naruto… you… can really….."

And with that, Pain, Leader of Akatsuki, originally born as Nagato Uzumaki left this world.