HEY'OOOOOOO! IT IS TIME FOR CHAPTER 49! LET'S GIT IT OOOOOOOOOON!
Get ready, 'cuz it is time for Chapter 49:
SAVE THE DAY, AARON!; A WARRIOR AWAKENS!
Normal POV
Chapter...BEGIN!
Aaron slammed his hands together and crushed the ball of energy at his chest between them in a tiger hand seal, his entire body glowing red. Everyone's eyes widened like hell as he threw his arms out and released a battle cry. His entire body was covered in maroon chakra as he entered his 8 Tailed Form. Somehow, though, he kept his personality.
BGM ACTIVATED: 3RD VERSE OF NEW DIVIDE, LINKEN PARK
"You may think you are a god, Pein, but how would you fare against a real god?" Aaron asked him. As he spoke, tendrils of wind flew through the area, making his hair and chakra tails whip about.
"They say in the elven culture that one day, a hero will be born amongst the ranks of children, and they will grow to assume a great destiny." The winds picked up. Everyone watched as the conversation happened.
"But before they can assume that destiny, they will face tragedies and battles which will plague their mind and soul, battles which they must overcome." The winds began to go at speeds similar to an F0 tornado.
"And you know, I had to face some pretty hard stuff." Everyone kept silent.
"The first challenge, they said, was that they would have to win the heart of the person they loved.
After, one of the hero's comrades would be hurt, and they would kill the one who hurt him; an easy decision.
Next, the hero would defeat the general of their enemy's army after .
The next challenge was that they would face a comrade in a major battle, one of fate and death.
Then, they would slay a traitor within their own family.
The next obstacle was rescuing their love from new enemies.
Then they would find a demon inside them, but they would learn that the demon was sorry and loved them."
"The last challenge, the legends say, would be the loss of the person whom they loved the most." Their eyes widened as they realized what he meant, except for the demon loving him part.
"Finally, the hero would utter an ancient phrase of power in the form of a song taught to all elf children when they come of the elvish age of sixteen, which would be the human age of nineteen." Aaron raised his arms above him, and began to chant as the sound of an electric guitar playing appeared in the background and the BGM ended.
Hear my cry,
Spirits of ancient times!
I have faced the challenges!
Give me power as the clock chimes,
And let my enemies face the consequences!
He began to glow, and started chanting in an ancient and foreboding language.
Hum na'thra!
Skul fed'ra!
Lren nu fdesh ka da!
The winds picked up, and he glowed brighter. The sky began buzzing with lightning and energy.
My journey is near complete,
So grant it to me today!
Hear me speak and wake me
When I say:
AWAKEN, LEGENDARY WARRIOR!
A massive column of light struck down from the heavens and surrounded him. The village and the Paths watched in fear and awe as silver light shone. The column burst apart, and little dots of multicolored light, just like snowflakes, fluttered down, giving a colorful glow to the new man that stood there with his head held to the ground. His hair was like a lion's mane, but a glittering argent in color, and lustrous like a shining pearl. Within it were streaks of the oddest colors in a combination with silver. There were patches of wood mahogany, fire orange, ocean blue, and forest green. He had eight maroon fox tails flittering behind him, and a massive sheath was on his back.
"Now you see why I've borne the pain and suffering. I knew that I was the one since I met my tenant, and that I would lose Anko. I feared for her, and tried to think of ways I could avert her death. But as time passed, I knew that what the ancients of my race foretold could not be avoided, so I came to accept it. The fact saddened my fragile heart. But now that I know my capabilities, there is no need to be sad," Aaron said. He raised his face to reveal a happy and bloodthirsty grin.
"BECAUSE I CAN GET REVENGE!" Aaron slammed his hands together and made at least 100 hand seals, maybe about 500. Then he chanted softly in a language, telling fantasies of healing the wounded and restoring love. All around, any dead bodies of civilians and shinobi started glimmering. Their comrades and families watched in awe as the dead sat up, blinked a couple of times, then cried at the thought that they nearly were gone forever. Anko sat up amongst the remains of the Hokage Tower, and stared at Aaron with big eyes.
"Tsunade-sama, who is that?" She asked quietly. Tsunade gave a warm smile.
"That...is your boyfriend." She replied. Anko just looked with her mouth agape at the scene before her.
"Now, Nagato, let us see if you can stand against a real god." Pein stared, but his eyes widened in fear as Aaron smirked and disappeared. The Paths looked around in craze. Aaron reappeared behind the Preta Path and decapitated it with his fist. Then he drew a massive longsword as the Asura Path charged. He flew at it with his elbow out. Skin and machine collided, smashing one of the Asura Path's faces in. Then he slashed in great multitude about the Path's body, tearing off ribbons of skin from the corpse, and breaking it apart.
"Am I too much for God, Nagato?" Aaron asked with a sneer. The Animal Path was next. She summoned a giant chameleon with Rinnegan eyes. Aaron formed the seals and summoned Tasogare.
"Feel the power of the clan of wolves!" He shouted. Tasogare and the chameleon raced toward each other. Tasogare snapped the creature up in his jaws and it puffed into smoke. Aaron then summoned two shadow clones and they began pumping chakra into the palm of his hand. Suddenly, Rich and May landed nearby, ready for battle. Aaron's head turned to grin at them. They saw what he was doing and grinned back.
"You can do it, Aaron!" May shouted. The little theme that plays in a major moment in Naruto and Naruto Shippuden with the flute and the buh buh-buh-buh buh buh buh-buh-buh began playing. (Anyone know what I'm talking about is called? I sure as hell don't.)
"RASENSHURIKEN: NARUTO STYLE, BITCH!" He said. A rasenshuriken formed in his hand. He spun around and flung it as his shadow clones disappeared. The Deva Path held his hand out.
"SHINRA TENSEI!" The invisible wave pushed the rasenshuriken back towards him, making it look like it was going to cleave Aaron's head off. People gasped as it did exactly that. Aaron's head slid off his body and fell on the ground with a pained look on his face. Pein looked satisfied, but gawped as the "POOF!" of smoke was heard and Aaron was seen standing on top of a pile of rubble, laughing.
"Really, Nagato? A shadow clone beat two of your Paths in two moves? Tsk, tsk, tsk." Aaron said with a grin. Pein was shell-shocked as he saw that that had been a single FRICKEN SHADOW CLONE.
'WHAT THE FUCK?' He thought, fighting the urge to shout that at the top of his lungs as an explosion occurred behind him while he screamed "BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!" (YAY, IT'S A REFERENCE! *epic-face*) Aaron put his arms to his sides and yelled an unintelligible word in his native language. A swirling black vortex appeared behind the remaining Paths.
"Now prepare, Nagato, as your only weapons are cast in oblivion!" Aaron said. The Paths tried to run, but one by one, they were sucked in and cast across the universe into nonexistence. Aaron slammed his hands together and the portal closed. Aaron closed his eyes, and rotated his arms with his hands flat in the air so the went like a counter clock and stopped at his midsection. He breathed in slightly, and sighed. Then Aaron opened his eyes, but did not smile. Anko got up and ran to him.
"Aaron! You did it!" She exclaimed, an exuberant smile on her face.
"But why did you call him Nagato?"
"It is not over yet. The original Pein, Nagato of Amegakure was controlling them."
"So?"
"I still have to find him."
"But—" He smiled at her sweetly, making her stop her sentence.
"I promise I'll be back." Aaron told her. She hugged him and said,
"You better, otherwise I'll have no one to torture." They both laughed, and Tsunade stared at them in confusion.
"Torture? I thought you loved each other." She said. Aaron and Anko both laughed again, and Aaron put his arm around Anko's shoulders.
"It's an inside joke." He said. Then he grew serious again.
"Be back in a while." With that, he disappeared.
"Why do I have the feeling I'll be competing for him, or something like that?" Anko asked after a few moments of silence.
"Foreshadowing, it's a mysterious thing." Tsunade said with a shake of her head or two.
Forest
Aaron appeared right in front of the tree Pein had been in during Naruto Shippuden.
"Nagato!" Aaron shouted.
"I know you're in there!" There was silence. Aaron waited for a few moments, then scowled. He ran towards the tree, and kicked a hole in the paper bark, landing inside.
"So, you're finally here." Nagato's voice said. Aaron looked to see Nagato in his weird machine and Konan standing beside him.
"Yeah, I'm here. Now why are you attacking Konoha?" Aaron asked.
"Simple. I wish to let the world know true suffering, and I'm starting with the Hidden Leaf Village."
"That is so stupid. Just because you suffered, it doesn't mean you had to go emo and plot to make the entire world feel what you felt!" He said. Nagato felt a tick mark appear on his forehead when Aaron called him emo.
"God commands it; therefore it has to be done." Konan said.
"Seriously, you think he is God? Even when God is standing right in front of you?"
"He is God, no matter what you may believe." Aaron was silent for a bit, seeming to be judging them.
"Let us stay neutral for a moment or two."
"Might I ask why?" Nagato questioned.
"I wish to show you something." He held out his hand, and pulled a small glob of water out of the ground with his energy. It splashed down and turned into a puddle, and Aaron whispered something. The puddle shimmered, and revealed an image of a woman and two kids gathered around a gravestone, all sobbing and crying.
"Look and see a suffering this family has had because of war and greed." The image zoomed in, and there, leaning against the gravestone, was a scroll with an ink picture of a man, who was smiling like everything was great.
"These children have lost their father, and a wife has lost her spouse, and he was not even a shinobi. He was a simple farmer, who was killed by thieves who wanted his money and possessions, which he did not give up." The puddle shimmered to reveal an image of Anko in the past, standing in a destroyed village.
"Anko lost her parents because Orochimaru killed them in his power craze." It then changed to Itachi on the night of the massacre, his katana covered in the blood of his parents.
"My brother had to kill most of his clan because Danzo Shimura ordered him to, and he was loyal as an ANBU." The image faded and the puddle returned to Aaron's reflection.
"Many people have suffered, like you. So why would you cause them even more when it would do nothing but ruin their lives?" He asked Nagato. For once, the leader of Amegakure was speechless. He used to think nobody had suffered the way he did.
"I..."
"Do not cause more suffering. In a world of quick deaths and pain, it is not ever needed." Aaron said, closing his eyes. Nagato stayed silent.
"What you should do is to relish what you have. You have a city full of people who are loyal to you, and you have someone who likes you, and not many people have someone as beautiful and..." Choosing his words carefully, Aaron added,
"...exquisite..."
"...as Konan." He finished, adding a wink. Konan semi-blushed. Aaron turned to leave. But right before he exited the tree, he said one last thing.
"Another thing I would suggest: see if you can stay in Konoha. We might like having you around." With that, he walked out of the paper tree.
Ruined Konoha
Tsunade, Anko, and the ANBU were helping people out of the rubble, and cleaning up the town.
"Hey look, it's him!" Someone's voice suddenly shouted out. Their heads turned as fast as lightning to see Aaron walking towards them with a proud smile on his face. Anko ran like she was using the Hiraishin, and glomped him as hard as she could.
"Hey, hey, take it easy! I got some important news!" He told them. Anko got off reluctantly.
"I showed Nagato what was wrong about what he was doing, and well..."
"We've decided we want to live in Konoha." Nagato's voice said semi-loudly. He was moving towards them in his contraption with Konan trailing not far behind.
"WHAT?" Tsunade shouted.
"I gave them the offer to live here." Aaron said with a shrug.
"WHY THE HELL WOULD YOU DO THAT?"
"I was extending hospitality. Before I came here, I was Christian, which is a religion in that other dimension. One thing I learned; even if someone tries to hurt you, treat them as you wish to be treated."
"HE TRIED TO DESTROY THE VILLAGE? WE HAVE REASON TO TORTURE HIM AND CUT HIS BALLS OFF!"
"A different saying with the same meaning; unto others as yourself." Aaron said in a way reminiscent of a philosopher. Although he was calm on the outside, inside his mind, he and Inner were both puking their guts out at the thought of getting their balls cut off, with Akahana being scared at that thought and worried for her fiancé.
"I can't believe the Hokage, the best in the village, and one of the Sannin to boot, can't see the fact that Nagato and Konan would be valuable additions to Konoha." Aaron said jokingly, shaking his head from side to side. That caught Tsunade off guard.
"Wha-"
"Plus, if the leader of Amegakure and his second-in-command joined us, all of Amegakure would follow." He added. She seemed to ponder that for a moment.
"You know, that's actually a pretty good idea." She said, pointing a finger upwards.
"Exactly why I'm the leader of the gods." Anko, for reasons unknown until the next verbal sentence, grew a devious grin, and whispered something into Tsunade's ear. Then Tsunade grew a likewise grin, and said,
"I just got an idea. In honor of our victory, I'm making tomorrow the first annual 'Shirtless Guys Day'! All men cannot wear a shirt for the entirety of tomorrow!" All the males of the population jaw-dropped.
...
Except for Jiraiya. He was giddy with a bloody nose to add. What? Did ya think he really wouldn't have a pervert moment?
"Jiraiya and any old guys are the only exception." She added. Jiraiya's perverted little world came crashing down like an avalanche. HA-HA! (I just had a Nelson moment. XD)
"Son of a bitch, I'm probably gonna die of fangirl-itis tomorrow." Aaron said, mimicking shooting himself in the head with a pistol by using his hand.
"Well, why don't I just let everyone take a break from rebuilding and do it myself?" He then suggested.
"How are you going to do that?" Anko asked him.
"If I made the universe from scratch in one day, I can certainly rebuild the village." Aaron answered with a grin. Then he closed his eyes and floated up in the air. He moved his hands around, and all the broken buildings and such floated up, and began rebuilding themselves. Within minutes, the entire village was back to normal. Aaron floated back down, and smiled.
"All done." Fate somehow appeared next to him, and whispered something in his ear, making Aaron's eyes widen a little.
"Thank you for telling me. You're making progress." Aaron quickly said. Fate nodded, and disappeared as fast as he came.
"What did he tell you?" Anko asked. Aaron dismissed it with a wave of his hand.
"It was nothing."
...
Awkward silence...DAMMIT!
"I think I'm going to head home; it's been a long day." He said. Then Aaron walked off. Anko shrugged and followed suit.
Aaron's House
He climbed into bed and stared at the ceiling.
"So she's one as well? I thought she would be with him instead." Then he just turned over and went to sleep. Little did he know, a gentle form got in the bed as well. Aaron just assumed it was Anko.
Chapter...END!
Who was Aaron talking about? What did Fate tell him? And who got in bed with him? Find out next time!
~Jinso ^3^