The Story of Nagato

…Normal Pov…

Hinata had recovered and got up.

"Thank you Sakura," Hinata thanked Sakura.

Minato was with them at this time.

"Minato!" someone yelled.

Minato turned to see it was Asuma and Konohamaru.

"Is it true? Naruto took down the last Pein?" Asuma asked.

"Yeah, but we're far out of the woods," Minato responded

"Minato!" Kushina responded running to him.

"What is it?" Minato asked.

"Shikaku and Inoichi has left the village. They think they know where Nagato is at," Kushina responded.

"Did they take anyone else with them?" Minato asked.

"Yes," Kushina responded.

"Naruto is heading the same direction. He has located Nagato using his own spikes," Katsuya responded.

"Then they might be able to help Naruto," Minato responded, "Meanwhile, we need to send any available ninjas through out the Leaf Village to help anyone who might still be in trouble."

"We'll get right on it," Gai responded.

Actually Gai, I want you and your team to search for the other 5 Peins and remove every single pike on their bodies," Minato responded, "We can't risk leaving their bodies alone."

"Right," Neji agreed.

"I'll help too!" Konohamaru responded, "I want to help Naruto anyway I can!"

"I'll go too," Asuma responded.

"Good!" Minato responded, "Sakura, Captain Yamato might be coming here soon."

"I'll wait for him and explain what happened," Sakura responded.

"Hinata you should go find Ino and help her heal any injured survivors," Kushina told her, "I left her with Shikamaru at the remains of the interrogation area."

"Okay," Hinata responded.

"We can't relax just because the Naruto defeated the last Pein. Not as long as Nagato and Konan are still about," Minato responded, "Until they're no longer a threat to our village, and we get word back from Naruto, we're under security alert."

"Yes sir!" everyone responded.

…

Inoichi Shikaku and a member of the Hyuuga clan was tracking down Nagato.

"Huh?" the Hyuuga said.

"What is it?" Shikaku asked.

"It's Naruto," he replied.

…Naruto's POV…

I was heading toward the direction where I sensed out Nagato.

"Naruto!" someone yelled.

I stopped on a tree and look to see it was Shikaku Inoichi and a man from the Hyuuga clan.

"Guys!" I responded.

"I take it you beat Pein?" Inoichi asked.

"Yeah, but I'm not done yet," I responded, "I'm going to look for Nagato by myself."

"You know where he is?" the man from the Hyuuga clan asked.

"Yeah! I found him in Sage Mode," I replied.

"But why do you want to go alone?" Inoichi asked.

"I need to find something out. Something that might have to do with my father's attack on Mount Oinari," I responded.

"What do you mean?" Inoichi asked.

I clutch my necklace as I remember what Lord First Hokage told me.

"It's difficult to explained. I just need to talk to him," I responded.

"What are you talking about? I'm grateful you defeat Pein, but talking won't solve anything!" Inoichi yelled

"I know that! But if I don't find out what Nagato knows, even after he's dead, we could be facing something more dangerous later," I responded.

"But…" Inoichi responded.

"Inoichi, let Naruto go alone," Shikaku responded.

"Shikaku?" Inoichi asked.

"Naruto might be on a lead onto something," Shikaku responded, "If he's right, and we kill Nagato before finding something about the Akatsuki's goals. We could end up be walking into a trap next time a battle like this happens."

"Thanks Shikaku!" I responded and jumped off.

…

I took some time to gather sage chakra before arriving at Nagato's hide out.

I found a tree made out of papers.

I knew this was where Nagato was hiding.

I opened up the paper-tree and headed in.

Sure enough, there were two people in there.

A woman with blue hair with a paper flower in her hair, and a frail looking man with red hair and has the Rinnegan.

Konan moved in front of Nagato.

"Stand back Konan," Nagato told Konan.

"Nagato…" Konan responded.

"I take it you're the real Nagato," I said.

"So peace has arrived?" Nagato asked.

I wanted to kill him.

I really did.

I want to get revenge for everyone he killed.

"Do you hate me? Now that you see me before you, you want your revenge, don't you?" Nagato asked.

"If you kill Nagato and get your revenge, that won't change anything," Konan responded, "It'll only make you feel better."

There's nothing you can do. You couldn't even give me an answer. Your role is to be my tool for peace," Nagato explained.

A spike fired from a cannon on Nagato's seat.

I 'jump' and avoided the spike.

Only I didn't land on him for a blow.

Instead, I appeared away from the spike.

"I'm not here for revenge. At least, not until you tell me what I want to know!" I responded.

"Something you wanted to find out?" Nagato asked.

"16 years ago, my dad attack Mount Oinari. I doubt you had something to do with it. Otherwise you would have been able to take control over me a long time ago," I responded, "So, who was it from the Akatsuki that caused it!"

"What makes you think anyone from the Akatsuki was responsible for it?" Nagato asked.

"Because you told me about my father," I responded, "Even if my father was sealed once before, there was no way you would of known unless you were there, or you knew someone who was there."

"You are smarter than you look," Nagato said, "But even if you knew the truth, it doesn't mean you'll be able to find the peace that Master Jiriaya once talked about. You're not a god, and you clearly can't see the reality of things, just like him."

"Then why didn't you take control of his body?" I asked, "I had a feeling that the last Pein I fought was Yahiko. So that means you have the power to control corpses. So why did you kill JIriaya if you weren't going to use his body? It doesn't make any sense! What's your story?"

"Alright, I'll show you our pain," Nagato said, "I want to hear your answer in how to find peace."

Konan kept quiet.

"I have two great sources of pain. One is my parents' death back when the 3rd great war was going on in the Rain Village…"

…Flashback Normal POV…

Back when Nagato was a child, his home was attacked my ninjas and his parents were killed in the process.

The ninjas didn't know Nagato and his parents weren't ninjas until only Nagato was left alive.

The only thing Nagato could identified was the leaf village headband.

Nagato activated his rinnegan and killed the ninjas.

However, it wasn't until the next morning, Nagato learned what happened.

…End of Flashback…

"My mother and father died for a war that Konoha started. I can't forgive the pain of that day. It still hurts, even now.

…Flashback…

Nagato survived several days with only the food his family had left.

When that was gone, and days passed, Nagato couldn't take anymore hunger and collapsed.

A dog came to his side and picked him.

Since then, Nagato and the dog became friends.

They would walk home to home begging for food.

Nagato collapsed in the rain with only a rain jacket and backpack.

Someone came up to him and handed him a loaf of bread.

Nagato look to see it was Konan (same age) holding an umbrella.

"Here! Eat this," Konan offered.

Nagato pulled up the hood of his jacket to look at her better incase this was some kind of prank.

"Are you sure?" Nagato asked.

"Yeah," Konan responded.

Nagato gladly ate it, and even gave it to his dog.

…

Konan took Nagato to her hideout where Yahiko (same age) was at.

"What'd you bring him for, Konan?" Yahiko asked.

"He was dying," Konan replied.

"You even brought his dog? Jeez. What's his name?" Yahiko asked.

"Tiny," Nagato replied.

"You sure have a weird name," Yahiko responded as he was apparently asking for Nagato's name.

"No, that's the dog…" Nagato responded.

…End of Flashback Naruto's POV…

"That's when I met Konan and Yahiko. We were all war orphans, but they were but they were desperately trying to stay alive. Eventually they became my friends," Nagato explained.

Hearing Nagato made me remember how I met Kuroda and Takashi.

"We stole a lot. There were no orphanages in a small, war-torn country like ours. There was nothing else kids like us could do. But Yahiko never gave up hope."

…Flashback Normal POV…

Nagato Yahiko Konan and Tiny were in the rain.

"Do you have dreams, Nagato?" Yahiko asked.

"Dreams?" Nagato asked.

"I'm not going to let it end like this. I've got big dreams!" Yahiko explained, "I'm going to rule the world!"

"Rule the world?" Nagato asked.

"Yeah! When I'm on top of the world, it won't be like this anymore," Yahiko explained, "If I die now, I'll be letting my parents down. When I'm at the top of the world, I'll be able to do anything I want."

"Just like god," Nagato responded, "Will you be able to put an end to the war too?"

Suddenly a kunai knife with a paperbomb attach to it hit the ground next to them and exploded on them.

Nagato Yahiko and Konan survived the blast, but Tiny wasn't so fortunate.

They look over the cliff and saw the battle between Jiriaya Tsunade and Orochimaru against Hanzo.

"We got to get out of here!" Yahiko told Nagato and Konan.

…End of Flashback Naruto's POV…

"It was Jiriaya and them. The legendary three Sanin. They were fighting Hanzo, who was leading the village. That's when Yahiko's dream became my dream too. Yahiko decided we should become Ninjas. We search for someone to teach us, and eventually we found Jiriaya."

This got my attention.

Sure I know the story from Jiriaya, but I seem to be interested in hearing it from Nagato's point of view.

…Flashback Normal POV…

Nagato was watching Yahiko talk to Jiriaya Tsunade and Orochimaru.

Nagato still didn't want to trust them because of what happened to his parents.

"Hey Nagato, Konan, come out!" the boy shouted, "He's not a bad guy."

An Konan and Nagato came out from hiding

Jiriaya handed them food before he Tsunade and Orochimaru walked off.

However the they followed them.

"We already gave you food! What do you want?" Tsunade asked.

"You're leaf ninjas right? Please teach us Ninjutsu," the spiky orange hair boy asked.

Konan took out an origami paper flower made out of the paper Jiriaya gave them.

"Why don't we just kill them and be done with it?" Orochimaru asked, "All these kids orphaned by the war have nothing but pain and suffering waiting for them."

"Are you off your rocker Orochimaru!" Jiriaya responded, "Look you and Tsunade go ahead, I'll take care of them for a while."

"Huh?" Tsunade responded.

"Just until they can fend for themselves, it's the least I can do to make up for all this," Jiriaya explained.

…

Days passed and Nagato had fun with Jiriaya.

However, a ninja attack them and Nagato once again unleashed his powers on him.

After that Jiriaya taught them Ninjutsu.

Nagato was scared of his powers until that night when Jiriaya told him about his gift.

…End of Flashback…

"He told me: 'When people get hurt they learn to hate. When people hurt others they become hated and are racked with guilt. But knowing that pain allows people to be kind. Pain allows people to grow, and how you grow up is up to you. You know pain, you think about it, and the answer you find it up to you.'," Nagato told me, "He said it almost as if to himself. He hadn't found his answer. Just like you. But I knew my answer right away. I wanted to protect my friends no matter how much pain it caused. After three years of training we'd grown stronger in body and mind, but his words stayed within , stuck in my heart. He told me he feels my Rinnegan might be the answer to peace…"

…Flashback…

Jiriaya and 11 year old Nagato were in the rain.

"Long ago… people were always at war. There was no end to it. It was even worse than now. Then a single priest appeared. He was the fiorst to divine the true meaning of chakra, and he tried to lead the world to peace. They say he travelled the world spreading his religion. Time passed and eventually that religion became our jutsus. Being a ninjas was not about making war, but about bringing peace," Jiriaya explained, "That priest was called the Sage of the Six Realms. They called him the messiah and he had the same Rinnegan as you. 'I am here to provide peace and order,' he said. He must have believed the day would come when people would come when people would truly understand one another. Maybe he was reborn in you. I feel like his hopes rest in your eyes."

…End of Flashback Naruto's POV…

"He entrusted me with that peace and then he left," Nagato said.

I remember Jiriaya telling me about peace.

He told me about it when we were training together.

"Then Yahiko became our leader. Our gang grew famous overnight everyone agreed with our desire to create peace without relying on brute force. But the world was still in the middle of the war between the three great countries of stone sand and leaf. Hanzo, the leader of the Rain Village, heard the rumors and approached us. He could no longer afford to ignore us. He said he wanted to use us to begin peace negotiations between the three great nations. He believed we could get the three countries to agree to a peace treaty. We decided to help him," Nagato explained, "But that was a catastrophe. We were just children."

"What happened?" I asked.

"Because of Hanzo, Yahiko died," Nagato explained.

"Died?" I responded.

"It was all a trap. Hanzo was afraid we would wrest control of the Rain Village from him," Nagato explained, "The next day when we arrived at the assign place, the Konoha's black ops were waiting along with Hanzo and his minions. Hanzo had joined forces with Konoha's Danzo to obliterate us."

I don't know why, but I not surprise Danzo was somehow involved with this story.

"Danzo wanted Hanzo's help in becoming Hokage…" Nagato responded.

Of course he did.

I know this might be a possible lie to try to catch me, but I can believe that Danzo would do something that low to help Hanzo.

Maybe he was just trying to get on Hanzo's good side so that Danzo could kill Hanzo while his guard was down, just like how he had Sai do to get on Orochimaru's good side in order to kill Sasuke.

Or maybe Danzo was actually trying to use Hanzo to spread his teachings.

Who knows what Danzo thinks.

When this is over, I should tell Lord Hokage about this.

I had this feeling that Nagato knew I was thinking about Danzo, but he continued his story.

Well, I am listening.

"And Hanzo wanted Danzo's help in protecting his position."

…Flashback Normal POV…

Hanzo was holding teenage Konan with an army of rain ninjas in his command and Anbu Black Ops.

"Darn it!" Yahiko complained.

"Your gang is a hindrance to my plans. Yahiko, as the leader, you will die here today," Hanzo said as he held a kunai knife at Konan's throat, "If you don't, this girl will die."

Hanzo then threw a kunai at the ground next to Nagato.

"You, with the red hair! Use this to kill him. If you do, I'll let this girl free," Hanzo told Nagato.

Nagato was hesitant about it.

"Don't do it Nagato! You and Yahiko get out of here!" Konan yelled, "I'll be fine!"

"Nagato," Yahiko said causing Nagato to turn to his friend, "Kill me."

Nagato was surprise but confuse.

He wanted to protect them.

"Nagato!" Yahiko yelled.

"Don't do it!" Konan yelled.

"You'd better hurry unless you want the girl to die!" Hanzo threatened.

Nagato picked up the kunai, but was still hesitant.

So, Yahiko did the most unexpected thing.

He grabbed Nagato's hand, holding the kunai and stabbed himself in a way that look as if Nagato did it.

"Why?" Nagato asked.

"You and Konan need to say alive, so that you two can carry out my dream," Yahiko said before dying.

"Yahiko!" Konan cried.

…End of Flashback…

"I thought I had grown, but nothing have changed. It was just the same as when my parents died. I realized my answer was worthless. This was my second source of pain."

…Flashback…

Nagato look at Hanzo.

"Kill him!" Hanzo ordered his army.

The entire squads of ninjas threw a series of kunai knives and shurikans at Nagato.

However, Nagato summoned a force out of nowhere that repelled the kunais.

Then Nagato jumped up the cliff and fought the ninjas in order to save Konan.

Hanzo knew Nagato was not human.

The Anbu Black Ops attacked Nagato.

Nagato used some kind of summoning to summon a huge monster with no eyes (that was actually the statue Akatsuki used).

Spikes fired from the monster and hit Nagato on the back.

The statue summoned a snake out of chakra from its mouth and it attack the ninjas.

With each attack, the snake removed souls from the ninjas, killing them.

The souls were sucked into the monster's mouth.

During the chaos, Hanzo disappeared.

After the battle was over, Nagato removed his headband, took a kunai knife, and cut through the middle of his headband's plate.

…End of Flashback Naruto's POV…

"After Yahiko's death, I became the leader of our gang. I lost many more friends in battle after that. So many people had died. The Leaf Village did make peace, but with each mission they completed, their money funded for the war that killed many people. Peace is build on violence toward us. Just by living, people hurt others without even realizing it. As long as people live, there will be hatred. There can be no peace in this curse land. What Jiriaya spoke of was nothing but fantasy," Nagato told me, "Now you have heard my story. So let me hear your answer."

Next Time: Nagato's story made me remember a lot of things. Including a line from the 'Gutsy Ninja'.Most importantly, who the book was based after. What is my answer? How will Nagato take my answer? Read to Find Out...