章 115: Chapter 115 - Aftermath

As Yahiko was still confused by the sudden revival, his and everyone's attention was caught by the sound of Nagato coughing blood once again, and Yahiko reconizing his friend stood up and rushed over him checking his situation, then said "N... Nagato what happened to you? How could you reduce yourself in this state?".

Then Konan moved closer, and said "Nagato used a jutsu to revive all the people he killed in Konoha and you..." then she bit her lips for a few seconds and add "... In exchange for his life" and Yahiko looked at who was speaking and said "Konan..." then he reacted to what she said and "...Wait! Nagato why did you do that? You are supposed to be the savior, the one who rids this world of its wars and finally bring the peace we longed for...".

And Nagato coughing blood once again said "I failed Yahiko... when you died something inside me broke... and only now I realize that Madara took advantage of that and twisted, even more, my goals changing the Akatsuki in a force of destruction... but now I have found a new option and hope... In Jiraiya-sensei's last pupil... Uzumaki Naruto...".

Then Yahiko finally notice Jiraiya, Naruto, and Ren, the first two were looking at the scene with tears in their eyes, while Ren was calm but at the same time was trying to recover as much Chakra as possible, meanwhile, Yahiko looked a Jiraiya and said "Sensei...".

Then Nagato "cough*cough* N... Naruto... War is... Mutually inflicted death... Hatred... And Pain... But only the death of those closest to you is impossible to accept... So you fool yourself into thinking they're safe... Especially your generation... You've never known war... It's to be, you try to see a greater meaning behind the slaughter, but there... Is only hatred... And pain... And nothing you can do about it... Pointless death... Bottomless hatred... Unending pain... That... Is war... It will be up to you... to face it all...".

Then with his last strength, Nagato says "My role ends here, Naruto... maybe you really can do it..." then Nagato close his eyes for the last time, and with a smile on his face he let his body fall in the embrace of his friend Yahiko who was now crying, while Konan kept her stoic face, even if her eyes were glistening and few tears were running down her face, while Jiraiya even had snot running down his nose, while Naruto was clearly sad but more focused on Nagato's last words.

Ren was simply looking at the scene while thinking 'With this... there is only Zetsu and Obito left... and then I just have to deal with Kara... and keep training to deal with the eventual alien invasion... luckily there are the Hollows now so after the peace we can train against them... or find a way to go to the Hell/Hueco Mundo/Impure Land and hunt the Hollows that reside there'.

After a few minutes of grief, Konan enveloped Nagato's body in paper and made it fly next to her, and then Yahiko asked "What the hell happened after I died?" then Konan started explaining all the things that happened, how Akatsuki changed under Madara's influence, their plan, and the thing they did,

And Yahiko "Are you stupid!? How could this method work? I told you many times to not trust that fake Madara guy and that his plan is just a ruse... and you guys did just the opposite... haa" then he let out a sigh and calmed himself.

Then Naruto asked "So where will you guys go now? Not back to the Akatsuki I hope..." and Yahiko "No, this Akatsuki isn't the one I created, I will have to find a new way to help Ame..." and Konan "And I'm done with Akatsuki too, Yahiko and Nagato are the only ones I care for... and now their dream rest on your shoulders, I'll believe in you as Nagato and Jiraiya-sensei did...".

Then Yahiko and Konan walked toward Jiraiya and Yahiko said "Sensei, I'm happy to see you once again... even if I hoped it could be in better circumstance..." and Jiraiya "I'm happy to see you alive too, even if it came at a terrible cost... You all grew up and became splendid ninja... even if Nagato lost his way for some time, I'm proud of the man and woman you became... and if you need help this time come to me first..." after that Konan and Yahiko hugged Jiraiya then they went away.

Then Naruto, Jiraiya, and Ren went back to the village where Naruto was acclaimed as a hero, for defeating the menace that was Pain, while Ren's thought 'Tsunade must have spread the word like planned... and so the PR for the future Seventh Hokage is done... No way in hell I want that title... And man the village is a mess... even if I redirected the full power Shinra Tensei... the village still is in a bad shape... It will take months to fix everything'.

And so the next week quickly passed as everyone in the village was moving to help fix the damage, Tsunade even hire the carpenters from the Land of Waves, in fact, there was a reunion between Team 7 and Tazuna and Inari, the clients of Naruto's first above D rank mission.

Meanwhile outside of Konoha 3 figures could be seen walking toward the Tatsumi Gate, one male and two females, the male is young, dark-skinned Kumo-nin with short, spiky, white hair and dark eyes accentuated with eyelashes curving upwards from the corners, he wears a dark outfit consisting of an overlong shirt with a hood, with red bandage hand guards, Kumogakure shin guards, and a black forehead protector along with a Kumogakure flak jacket, and carries a long sword on his back, he is Omoi.

Next to him is a dark-skinned kunoichi with long spiky red hair and amber eyes, she wears a long, short-sleeved dress with frilly edges complete with the Kumogakure flak jacket, two simple yellow earrings, fishnet stockings, thigh-high boots with white soles, and a forehead protector which she wears like a bandanna, and she also carries a long sword on her back, she is Karui.

And leading them is a tall, fair-skinned woman with a curvaceous figure who generally wears a stoic, aloof expression on her face, she has blue eyes and straight, shoulder-length blonde hair cut in an asymmetrical bob style, she wears a very low-cut outfit which displays her sizeable cleavage, with mesh armor underneath, a short skirt and red hand guards, high boots, and what appears to be a modified Kumogakure flak jacket that covers her stomach only, similar to a girdle, and she carries a tantō strapped horizontally to her lower back she is Samui.

They were stopped by a guard and soon they noticed the state of the village and so Samui asked "What the hell happened here?" and the guard replies "It was Akatsuki... luckily we were able to repel them without human loss, but the village was damaged..." then Samui "Anyways I need an audience with the Hokage, I have a letter for her from Raikage!".