Chapter 2: Chapter 1 : I Am Nagato
Louis finally opened his eyes. The scene in front of him was so dark he couldn't see anything. His body also felt different. When he looked down, he saw himself strapped into a strange machine. His hands and body seemed to be fused with it.
"Nagato, are you alright?" A feminine voice called out to him. It sounded like a woman in her 20s. But who was she calling?
He turned his gaze forward and saw a woman with short, purple hair. Her hairstyle added to her beauty. Her features were so lovely that he thought he'd met a princess.
"Hey, Nagato, Nagato." He snapped back to reality after the woman patted his shoulder.
He closed his eyes for a moment to recall what had happened. After three minutes of silence, he finally understood his current situation.
It seemed like he wouldn't be returning to his previous life. Who would have thought his weird request would come true?
He supposed he had to accept his fate now. But what should he do? And where was he? In one of his requests, he had asked to transmigrate into the body of Nagato Uzumaki. So, was he now in the ninja world? Did that mean the purple-haired woman in front of him was Konan, his Akatsuki partner?
He looked down at his thin, scrawny body, the dark surroundings, and the fact that he was strapped into this strange machine. There were only two possibilities for what year it was. First, he could be in Amegakure in the year 79 of the Shinobi world calendar, before the Akatsuki began hunting the Bijuu. Second, it could be the year 80, the year Nagato attacked Konoha to avenge Yahiko and hunt the Kyuubi jinchuriki. The second possibility was more likely to explain the current situation, given that the dark setting was so similar to the place where Naruto first met Nagato.
So, what he had to do now was not panic, and then trick Konan into not launching the attack on Konoha, which would lead to Nagato's death as per the original story. He had to avoid that event, no matter what.
First, he needed to decide who he was now. Louis Vuitton was dead because of his own foolish choices. So, he couldn't use that name anymore.
Since he'd chosen to transmigrate into Nagato Uzumaki's body, he had to take responsibility for his choice.
He had decided that, from this day forward, he would be called Nagato Uzumaki. He would live as Nagato Uzumaki from now on. He didn't know where the original Nagato's soul had gone. What was certain was that this body was his now!
"Nagato, Nagato, why are you so quiet?" Konan called out, her tone worried.
He looked back at the woman named Konan. She seemed very worried about the owner of this body.
"Sorry... I was ignoring you, Konan," he answered. His voice sounded like he had a cold, very heavy and rough.
"Nagato, we should probably cancel this attack, it seems like your illness is getting worse," Konan said. You could clearly hear the concern in her voice.
He was grateful that there was still someone who cared about him, even though they didn't know each other before.
"Then cancel it. Uhuk, uhuk..." Damn, how bad was this body's sickness? Just speaking for a short time made him hurt. It was like he had asthma, where he had trouble breathing. Did this body have that disease?
"My illness, it's flaring up again right now. Konan, I think we should stop this operation." Fuck, why did he have to feel the pain of a body that shouldn't be his?
After saying that, he was honestly a little nervous. Would Konan suspect him for canceling the attack on Konoha? From his expressions and the information he knew from the anime, Konan cared deeply about Nagato. Konan was very beautiful in his eyes, more beautiful than any woman he had seen in his previous life. She had purple hair, and a flower accessory in her hair. In addition, Konan also had a piercing in her chin. Konan looked like she was in her 20s. If he hadn't known Konan was a woman in her mid 30s, he would have guessed she was in her 20s.
"Alright, the Kyuubi isn't important, what's important is your health now," Konan said with a worried expression.
If he remembered correctly, he had asked for the Super Regeneration Skill and Founding Titan Skill, right? If he activated those skills, wouldn't he be able to heal this frail and damaged body? So, should he activate those skills now? Just do it! He couldn't stand having a damaged body like this anymore.
"Konan, if I had the ability to heal myself right now, would you still choose to continue the attack on Konoha?" He deliberately asked Konan that question to assess her priorities. Did she care more about the mission or about him?
In the anime, he knew Konan hated Danzo, who had caused Yahiko's death. Danzo was from Konoha, so he thought he would do a test like this. Did Konan prioritize him or revenge?
"Nagato, even if you have the ability to heal your body right now, will you still have the energy to carry out this attack? Our opponent this time is Konoha Village. We can't be reckless. Besides, you are the leader, I will always obey the leader's orders." Konan spoke with a serious look.
He looked into Konan's serious eyes, and he saw a strong determination to protect him. No doubt, Konan was someone he could trust, besides himself.
"Actually, I've already figured out a way to heal my body!" He said that because he wanted to let her know that he really did have the ability to heal himself. If he suddenly recovered and was able to walk normally, Konan would become suspicious of him.
After he said that, he saw a change in Konan's expression. The seriousness suddenly turned to confusion.
"So, what you said earlier was true?" Konan asked.
"Yes," he replied. Was Konan suspecting him? The real Nagato didn't have the ability to heal his body that was injured from using the Gedo Mazo. But he wasn't the real Nagato. He was a human from Earth.
"Since when did you have the ability to heal? I've been with you all this time!" Konan's voice suddenly changed, giving him a suspicious look. Oh shit, he had made her suspicious. What to do, what to do? Think, Nagato, think.
He was honestly nervous now. He was confused about how to explain it. Should he tell her that he wasn't Nagato, but a foreign soul inhabiting Nagato's body? If he said that, he would surely be killed by Konan.
Nagato... Nagato... oh, damn, he forgot. Why didn't he use the Rinnegan as his reason? The Rinnegan was the legendary eye of the founder of the Ninja World, the Sage of Six Paths. Its abilities weren't widely known. Konan, as someone who was always by Nagato's side, definitely knew the Rinnegan's powers. But, if he lied and said the Rinnegan had evolved and gained a new ability, that reason would make sense, and Konan would accept it. Yeah, just use that reason.
"Actually, when you were calling my name earlier, it seems my Rinnegan evolved."
"Your Rinnegan evolved?" Konan said. She seemed shocked upon learning that information. Okay, one step closer. Konan would believe him.
"Yes, it evolved, and because of that, I gained a new ability," he said. With this reason, Konan would believe him and wouldn't suspect him.
"I see, I understand. You should use your new ability as soon as possible. Use it to heal your body. I'll wait outside." Konan showed a gentle expression on her face, she seemed very happy.
He watched Konan walk outside. It seems he successfully tricked her, good.
After seeing Konan truly leave the paper tree, he immediately activated both the Founding Titan Skill and the Super Regeneration Skill simultaneously.
Because these skills hadn't been activated before, the original Nagato's thin, frail body wasn't healed. Now, after activating both of his skills, he could feel their effects for the first time. Before, the skills he had received from the Being were inactive.
Suddenly, a hot steam came out of his body. There was a lot of steam, he was like a humanoid steam engine now, releasing hot steam. He was panting, this heat was beyond the temperature he could tolerate. "Ahhh, it's so hot, my skin is blistering." The shout he made caused Konan, who was outside, to come in.
"What happened, Nagato?!" Konan asked in a panic.
He saw how worried and anxious Konan's expression was now.
Konan saw Nagato's blistering body, and it was continuously regenerating. She also saw Nagato's dead skin cells falling off very quickly. Was this the effect of the new ability he mentioned before?
"Relax, Konan. This is just the effect of my healing ability, I'll be back to normal soon, you should bring me some clothes." Nagato said weakly, panting from the hot steam that was coming out of his body.
Konan calmed down a bit now, after being told that it was just the effect of the Rinnegan's healing ability. Konan took out a piece of paper in her hand, the paper had a complicated symbol. Konan put her finger on the paper, then suddenly, white smoke came out. After the white smoke disappeared, a pair of men's clothing appeared. The clothes had the red cloud logo.
"I'll leave it here." Konan walked over to the strange machine where he was and placed the clean clothes on top of it.
"I'll be waiting for you outside. Nagato, if you need anything, just say so," Konan said. Her voice was so gentle and calm, it made his ears want to melt.
He watched Konan leave. Okay, bear with your pain, Nagato.
The Founding Titan Skill could heal its user's body. Because this skill had a strong regeneration ability, although not as strong as the Super Regeneration Skill. Besides that, this skill also had other abilities, such as if his head was crushed by something, he could transfer his consciousness to another part of his body, right before his head was destroyed. He could survive, although he probably wouldn't need it, because the Super Regeneration Skill would heal his injured limbs in seconds.
The Founding Titan Skill could turn humans into Mindless Titans. He could do this in various ways. Either through food, water, gas, or even directly using the spinal fluid of the titans. Besides that, it seemed his Founding Titan had been modified by the Being, so that he could turn people of any ethnicity into Titans. Other species could also be turned into Titans by him. He got this information when he activated this skill for the first time.
The effect of this skill was to regenerate and repair the wounds all over his body, both inside and out. After almost 10 minutes passed, the regeneration of his body was complete. Now he no longer felt the pain he had suffered before, and his breathing was back to normal. No more shortness of breath, he was healed! But why was he so weak and tired?
How could he get out of this thing? He saw a button on his right side. The button was labeled "exit," so was it the button to release this strange machine? He moved his head towards the button and pressed it with his chin.
Click.
He heard the sound of a lock opening.
He pulled both his hands out of the machine, and then he crawled out of this strange machine. He took the clothes that Konan had prepared, then he removed the ragged pants from his waist. Why was the Akatsuki boss wearing ragged pants like a homeless person?
He didn't know the original Nagato had such a strange fetish.
The clothes Konan gave him were standard male ninja clothing and an Akatsuki robe, it was all black. He lowered his head to put on the ninja shoes. After he put on the shoes, he stood up. Then, he put on the Akatsuki robe.
"I knew it, the Akatsuki robe is really cool. Kishimoto is a genius." After saying that, he walked out of the paper tree Konan made. Heading towards Konan, who was outside.
Konan saw Nagato coming out of her paper tree. Now she saw Nagato's appearance was very different. Nagato's appearance now was like Nagato 17 years ago, when they were still 18 years old.
Nagato's appearance now reminded Konan of that dark event, when she first saw Nagato using the Gedo Mazo. Then Nagato used the Gedo Mazo to avenge Yahiko's death. In the end, Nagato failed to kill Hanzo, and as a result of that battle, Nagato suffered very severe injuries. Nagato had to lose both of his legs, until Nagato gained a new ability. Today, and that incident was 17 years ago.
That meant, Nagato's disability for 17 years was her fault. If she hadn't been caught by Hanzo back then, then all this wouldn't have happened.
he saw Konan running towards him. he could see sadness and happiness intertwined in Konan's eyes. He was shocked, Konan hugged him.
He was confused, was he supposed to hug Konan back in a situation like this?
He hesitantly hugged Konan back, and it made Konan cry in his arms. By the way, Konan smelled so good, and the two big, soft mountains felt amazing on his chest.
After a while of crying in his arms, Konan finally stopped crying and released her hug.
"Are you done crying?" He hesitated to say that, but that was the only sentence that came to his mind at the moment. So, forgive me.
Konan nodded.
He saw Konan's wet and moist eyes, then he unconsciously wiped the remaining tears with his hand.
Konan blushed. Seeing Nagato's actions.
"Everything will be alright, Konan," Nagato said.
"The attack on Konoha is canceled. I want to go back to Amegakure to discuss something with you." After saying that, he walked towards the village of Konoha. From on top of this hill, he could even see the invisible chakra barrier that protected Konoha Village.
The bright blue sky and the vast green trees surrounding him made him feel like he was truly in another world. Was this the atmosphere of another world? From a distance, he could already see the Hokage statues on Konoha's hill. Seeing it with his own eyes was different than seeing it on the screen.
This made him excited.
The Rinnegan could see any object very clearly within a distance of 20 kilometers from where he was standing.
Konan watched Nagato's back from behind, the breeze made Nagato's Akatsuki robe flutter. She felt that Nagato was like he had changed now. Whether this change would bring good or bad, she didn't know.
Konan began to dismantle her paper tree.
He called back all of his Pains. This was the first time he had used the Rinnegan's abilities.
After everyone was gathered, they began to return to Amegakure. The attack on Konoha was canceled.
.....
30 minutes later.
After arriving in Amegakure, he immediately summoned Konan to the Akatsuki meeting room. This room was often used by Akatsuki leaders, namely Nagato, Konan, and Obito, to formulate the Akatsuki's development plans.
He saw Konan sitting on a sofa. He was currently eye to eye with Konan. He was currently using his real body, not using a Pain.
"Nagato, what is your next plan?" Konan asked. She knew when Nagato canceled the attack, something was definitely up.
"I want to move the land of Amegakure to the middle of the ocean," he answered. He wanted to use his skills to move the land of Amegakure to prevent the 4th Ninja World War, and of course, to get out of Obito's grip.
Konan already knew Nagato must have other plans, but this time, she couldn't predict it.
Such a crazy plan, Tobirama Senju would definitely be stunned to hear it. Besides that, Konan had never heard of any Jutsu that could move an entire landmass.
Konan's expression was like saying to him, "Have you gone crazy?"
"Relax, Konan, the reason I want to move the land of Amegakure to the middle of the ocean is because there are threats like Madara. I am very sure that after the news of the Hachibi being captured by us, the 4th Raikage will hold the Five Kage Summit. And there, Madara will launch his crazy provocation to declare the 4th Shinobi World War! Now the Shinobi World already knows that the Akatsuki's headquarters are in Amegakure. You can imagine, if five major villages form an alliance to fight us, then they invade Amegakure. Even though I'm strong, I can't possibly protect everyone." This was true, he honestly doubted he could even face the 5 Kage at the same time like Madara.
"So, I have decided to move the land of Amegakure to the middle of the ocean, far from the continental conflict." He had asked for a skill like this from the Being. He had actually thought about moving his apartment near the beach, hehe.
Nagato's voice sounded serious.
"But Nagato, how do you move the land of Amegakure to the middle of the ocean? Even if there really is a Jutsu or ability like that, it must require a lot of chakra!" Besides, why would Madara provoke the 4th Shinobi World War? It didn't make sense. Madara didn't even have the Rinnegan to control the Gedo Mazo to fight equally against the Alliance, so why would he do such a crazy thing?
What are you really planning, Nagato? Konan thought.
"The evolution of the Rinnegan resulted in 2 new abilities, first, the ability to heal, and second, the ability to move landmasses. The downside to the ability to move landmasses is likely the very large consumption of chakra. But don't worry, ever since the evolution of my Rinnegan, for some reason, my chakra has increased greatly, it's like being a Jinchuriki. But if my chakra alone isn't enough, I'll use the Gedo Mazo to supply me with chakra." This was his plan. That damn Being gave him skills that were so wasteful. This plan was inspired by the original Nagato's use of the Gedo Mazo when he first summoned it.
"No! I'm against it! If you do that again, your body will return to what it was before," Konan shouted angrily at him.
He didn't know Konan cared so much about him.
"Thank you, Konan, for your concern, but my decision is final. This is to protect my homeland. Besides, I'm just using the chakra of the Gedo Mazo, not using the forbidden Jutsu that I used 17 years ago. And besides, the Gedo Mazo is already filled with 7 Bijuu."
"Okay, but I beg you, Nagato. Don't use that Jutsu again, I don't want your body to be damaged and sick again," Konan said.
He saw the sincere eyes of Konan. "Yeah, I promise."
"This operation is called Operation Amegakure Rescue."
After he said that, he immediately got up and left to carry out Operation Amegakure Rescue.
....
Amegakure Field
He saw six Pains in front of him.
Looking at them up close was truly amazing. He had only ever seen them on a screen before, and now, he was seeing them in real life. Of all the Pains, the one he liked most was Pain Tendo.
"Plant these black rods at the borders of the Rain Country. You need to go west, south, north, and east to plant all of them. I'm going to the middle of the ocean to find a suitable spot."
After he said that, the six Pains immediately left to carry out their respective tasks, planting the black rods he had given them. The Pains themselves could actually think, like living creatures, but they weren't as smart as adult humans. You could say they were like three-year-olds. This was all thanks to the power of the Rinnegan. So he didn't have to control all six Pains manually. He only needed to send out commands, and the six Pains would automatically execute them.