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Prepare for Chapter 48:

PEIN VS KONOHA: THE STRUGGLE FOR POWER!

Normal POV

Chapter...BEGIN!

A large earthquake made Aaron fall out of bed with a cry. Anko sat right up and asked,

"What's going on?"

"I don't know." Aaron said, rubbing his sore cranium.

"Some kind of earthquake." His door was suddenly kicked open by an ANBU wearing a bear mask.

"The Akatsuki Leader is attacking! Lady Tsunade is ordering all shinobi to mobilize!" They said. The ANBU appeared to be a man by the sound of their voice. Aaron got right up.

"Pein's attacking?" He cried out. Pein wasn't supposed to attack for a long time! He helped Anko get off the bed.

"We're going. Thanks for telling us." He said. The ANBU nodded and ran back outside. Aaron changed into his Archangel form.

"Anko, this might sting." He said. His eyes glowed and two orbs of light appeared in his palms. He put both of his hands on Anko, and a bright light blanketed the room as Anko cried out. When it faded, she was changed. She was wearing a tribal crown on her head, a beaded necklace, a brown vest-like piece of clothing with a green breastplate over it, which had a symbol like two wings with a snake around each, and a brown, tasseled, long skirt. On her feet was a pair of brown sandal-like shinobi sandals. The only thing subtly different was her ears. They were now like Aaron's.

"Is this a new form or something?" She asked, looking over herself. Aaron smiled.

"Nope. It's exactly what I thought." He said.

"What did you think?"

"Well...I'd need to tell you a quick backstory."

"Go ahead." He drew in a breath.

"Ok, you see, you remember how I first took down Hansuke, or, Cryptus, as he was back then?" She nodded.

"Well..."

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~FEAR THE LINE OF FLASHBACKS~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

He was standing in front of Satan himself, trying to argue about something.

"No, I will not let you go to heaven for a day or two." Satan said, folding his arms.

"Aw come on!" Aaron shouted, throwing his hands up. Then he got a devious grin.

"Ok, but if you don't, then I guess I'll have no choice but to tell Kami-chan, and you know what happened the last time someone pissed her off." He said, folding his arms on his chest. Satan's beady yellow eyes grew as big as grapefruits.

"DON'T TELL HER! PLEASE DON'T TELL HER!" He begged.

"Only if you let me go to heaven for a few days." Aaron told him.

"Alright, alright!" Aaron nodded.

"See ya in a few days." With that, he was enveloped in a column of light, and he disappeared. Aaron reappeared in front of Kami's house. She came running out.

"Aaron? Why are you here?" Kami asked.

"I want to look something important up, and I bargained with Satan to let me come here for a few days."

"What do you want to look up?"

"I noticed something strange in Anko's energy, and I want to check out her parents' past." She gave a questioning look.

"If I'm gonna be here for a while, I might as well make use of my time." Aaron said. Kami nodded.

"Well then, follow me." He walked with her inside her house and to her room. She picked up some type of glowing object off of her bed.

"What's that?" Aaron asked, pointing to the thing in her hand. She turned around, revealing it to be a glowing newspaper.

"A newspaper?"

"Not just any newspaper. This newspaper can tell you everything about someone in the form of a headline article."

"Cool." Kami whispered something right in front of the picture, and a headline and article appeared on the cover. She handed him the newspaper. Aaron looked at the headline, and then the picture. What he saw shocked him. He saw a picture of Anko's parents, which would've looked normal except for one thing: Her parents had elf ears.

"Anko's were elves?" He asked. Kami looked over his shoulder.

"Wow, I never would've suspected that." She commented. Kami took the newspaper back and whispered something new in front of the picture. The picture, headline, and text changed, and he looked again. There was a picture of Anko this time, so he read the text that talked about her.

"*mumble*...Orochimaru's apprentice...already knew that...*mumble*...born on..." He stopped as his eyes widened.

"Born on what?" Kami asked. Aaron mumbled something.

"What?"

"Ra'drith..." He whispered.

"She's an elf?" Kami cried out. Aaron's expression grew solemn.

"I need to go speak with my subordinate." He said. He then teleported out of her house. Aaron reappeared right behind a certain blue-haired boy who was sitting down and looking through a hole in the clouds. Aaron's form grew and turned black, and a yellow glint appeared over his left eye.

"Fate..." He said in a warning tone. Fate turned around with a frightened expression. Aaron turned back to normal.

"Why did you keep from me the fact that my girlfriend is an elf?"

"I didn't think it important to tell you before and...I was kind of...busy..." Fate told him, sheepishly rubbing the back of his head.

"Doing what, exactly?"

"Well..." Aaron sighed.

"You were trying to get Luck to go on a date with you, weren't you?" He asked with a facepalm. The bluenette rubbed his head again.

"Yeah..."

"That's fine and all if you do that, but getting information to me and Hansuke is above all else."

"Yes, sir..." Aaron knelt down to come face to face with Fate.

"I understand how love works, and it's fine if you try to woo the girl you like. You never know, she could like you back." Aaron said with an amused smile and a twinkle in his eye. Fate perked up.

"Really?"

"Maybe..." He told him. Aaron stood back up.

"But I'd have to check with Shintaja first." He added with a wink.

"Now," He began, growing a serious expression.

"Is there anything else you haven't told me? If there is, you need to tell me now." Fate nodded, and stood up. Then he leaned in close to Aaron's ear, and whispered something. Aaron's eyes widened, and he nodded.

"Thank you for telling me." Then he just walked off.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~YOU CAN STOP FEARING THE LINE NOW~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "You saw the flashback, right?" Aaron asked her. She nodded with an amazed look.

"I'm...an elf?..." Anko asked. Aaron nodded.

"So why do I look like this? From what you told me, when you got changed, you kept the same clothes on."

"The thing is, the thing Fate whispered to me...is who you really are."

"Who I really am?"

"In the elven culture, whenever a god or goddess dies, they are reincarnated as a special child."

"So?"

"You are one of those special children."

"Really?" He nodded.

"You know how you can summon snakes, and that you had the curse seal?"

"Yeah?"

"Those are proof of what goddess you are. Each reincarnated god has a special ability about them. Some have a mark, or can do certain things. Some of them are more special than others."

"I'm a goddess?"

"You have a natural friendship with snakes, and the curse seal was a special mark."

"A special mark?"

"Not to be curt, but you ask too many questions. Just listen for a while. It saves your energy, and you can learn more." He commented. She nodded.

"There are 50 elven gods and 60 elven goddesses. Of the major goddesses, there is Shintaja, the goddess of love and peace, Kenmeinajosei (pronounced Ken-may-eena-joh-say), the goddess of wisdom, daughter of Kangae, the god of thoughts, and bride of Ronritekinaotoko (pronounced Rhone-ree-teckeena-oh-toh-koh), the god of logic, Mizubi, the goddess of the sea and all sea creatures, and bride of Tsukiotoko, or really Hansuke, Ischeranka, the goddess of snakes and the sky, and bride of Illyon, Tsumatohahaoya (pronounced Sooma-toh-huh-how-yuh), the goddess of childbirth and marriage, and bride of Iegara, the god of parentage, and Kasaibi, the goddess of fire, and bride of Hakai, the god of destruction and explosions." Aaron told her.

"Since you have a friendship with snakes, who would you assume you are?"" He then asked. Anko put a finger to her chin.

"Ummm...Ischeranka?" She asked. He nodded.

"Now we've got to hurry. I need you to inform everyone about Pein's abilities." Aaron said.

"But we don't know what he can do." She told him. He grinned.

"You guys might not, but Rich, May, and I do." Anko's eyes widened. Aaron's grin disappeared.

"The one you normally see can manipulate gravity to pull things toward him or push them away. The one who's bald except for four spikes coming out of his head is practically a robot. He can shoot missiles, has a blade that comes out of his back, and is really hard to defeat. The path that has long hair can search peoples' minds for information just by placing his hand on them, and can kill them by removing their souls. The only female can summon animals. The path with spiky hair and spikes coming out of his ears can interrogate people and resurrect dead paths. The last one who has slicked back hair and a ponytail can suck chakra (XD). He summons the Outer Path, and can force people to tell him information. If they lie, he kills them." She nodded, showing she understood his information.

"So how do I tell them?"

"Since you are a god, and have much power, you can teleport. Just focus your energy, or, chakra, and imagine where you want to go." She nodded and closed her eyes. Then she flashed for a moment, and finally vanished. Aaron smiled.

"Now I know we can be together." He said. Then he teleported to the Hokage Tower.

Hokage Tower

"Pein! Why are you doing this?" Tsunade asked the piercing-covered corpse, who stood across from her. Beside Tsunade were two ANBU; Yugao Uzuki, and one with a dragon mask.

"We need the Kyuubi jinchuriki. If you lose him, you all will finally understand true pain." Pein said emotionlessly.

"Lady Tsunade!" Anko's voice called out. Tsunade turned around to see Anko running up to her, wearing some kind of weird tribal outift.

"What is it, Anko?"

"Aaron told me all of the paths' abilities!" The Deva Path's eyes widened.

"Multiple 'paths'? What do you mean by 'paths'?"

"Pein has six different bodies!" Pein held his hand out angrily.

"Shinra Tensei!" He shouted. A shockwave launched Anko off of the ground and sent her flying into a wall.

"Anko!" Anko groaned, got up, and dusted herself off.

"I'm alright." The Deva Path's eyes widened more.

"How could you survive that?" He asked. Anko grinned sadistically.

"Let's just say I've got some newfound strength." Pein stared.

"That will not be a problem." He said. Anko turned back to Tsunade.

"This path can manipulate gravity to push or pull anything." She said. Suddenly, four "POOF!"'s were heard above them. They looked up, and saw the other five paths dropping down.

"Those are the other five paths of Pein. One is a machine, one can collect information and remove souls, one can resurrect the dead and interrogate, one can summon the paths and creatures, and one can absorb chakra." All the paths' eyes widened.

"You know too much. Now you must suffer." The Deva Path said. The Asura Path grabbed him and the others one by one, and threw them in the air high above the village, jumping up after them. Aaron appeared right next to Anko.

"Shit!" He yelled.

"I'm too late!"

"What?" She asked.

"He's gonna destroy the village!" Tsunade and Anko's eyes widened. Tsunade was prepared to use the Mitotic Regeneration, but Aaron stopped her.

"I can protect the people from Pein's attack, but the village will fall and that'll be all I can protect them from." He told them. Aaron held his hands in what looked like a combination of the tiger and dog seals. All around, a shield of light appeared around every person. Aaron let a groan escape his lips, and fell to his knees.

"Aaron!" Anko shouted. He stood up shakily and turned around.

"I'll be alright. It's taken a lot of my energy lately to do everything I have." Aaron said with a grimacing smile.

"ALMIGHTY PUSH!" The Deva Path's voice shouted. Everyone looked up as an invisible shockwave brought every building down to the ground as the earth rumbled and shook like a Cyclops' stomach after 5 alarm chili. Aaron heard Anko cry out, and turned around to see her on the ground in pain, with a large piece of the Hokage Tower falling towards her.

"ANKO!" He shouted. Aaron tried to run towards her, his fear making him forget that he could teleport. But he was too late. The remains crumbled as they landed on Anko, completely covering her in a thick blanket of stone. Aaron made all the bricks and stones fly away with a hard flick of his wrist. She was laying on the ground, blood seeping from the corners of her mouth. He fell to his knees.

"Aaron..." She said with faint eyes.

"Anko..." Was all he could get out, tears welling up in his eyes.

"You know...*cough*...I thought my life was horrible...before you came..." She told him.

"Please...Stay with me..." Aaron begged, the teardrops now flying down his angular face.

"You were the greatest person...*cough* that I ever met..."

"Anko..." He could barely get any words past the massive lump in his throat.

"You showed me kindness...when nearly all the village hated me..."

"Please..."

"You were the first person...who truly loved me..."

"Please..."

"But now, I guess...*cough*...I can't repay what you gave me..."

"Anko, no..."

"Looks like...we might not be together...after all..." Anko said with a sad smile.

"Please..."

"See ya...in a while...Aaron..." Her gaze turned unfocused, and she lay still amongst the rubble.

"ANKO!" He screamed as he leaned over his lost love. All of his friends turned in his direction, knowing he had just lost one of the only things that gave his life purpose. Aaron kept sobbing as the paths returned to the ground.

"Now?" Pein asked.

"Now do you understand true pain?" Aaron got up without a sound, not even bothering to look at Pein. Everyone was silent as they waited for his response. What they got was unexpected. A demented laugh rippled through the village. Everyone looked in Aaron's direction in fear, save for Pein. Aaron laughed more, sounding as crazy as if he was in a straitjacket. He turned around to face them, a manic and fiere look in his eyes.

"You think I don't know true pain? I, the man who slew his father and best friend to save a world with so many people who deserved to die, don't know true pain?" He asked. Pein stared.

"You may be here for Naruto, but there's something you don't know." Pein's eyes widened.

"I'll sing you a little song." Aaron told him with a demented, feral, and evil grin.

BGM ACTIVATED: AARON'S REVENGE (bold and underlined text = Aaron's singing)

My life,

It's been some kind of hell;

An invisible shockwave shot out from Aaron as he sung.

I've lost my mother,

Another invisible shockwave burst from him. A ball of energy began building at his chest.

My father,

Yet another intangible wave blew from the mighty elf.

And nearly my entire race.

The energy ball was as big as a melon as yet another pulse echoed.

Now I've lost the one I love,

Thunder clapped and lightning appeared in the black sky above.

And I'm going to take my VENGANCE!

A massive shockwave blew everyone back.

SO HEAR ME WHEN I SAY:

He began glowing.

KYUUBI RELEASE!

Chapter...END!

I finally got this chapter in after much typing and thinking! I hope you liked it!

WHAT WILL HAPPEN NEXT? WILL AARON GET HIS REVENGE? FIND OUT IN CHAPTER 49:

SAVE THE DAY, AARON!; THE WARRIOR AWAKENS!

SEE YA L8A!

~Jinso ^3^