(Got a lot of good responses on the first chapter so I guess I'm going to continue it then
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Chapter 2: Outer path Samsara of Heavenly Life
I sat up from the operating table. I felt the bandages on my eyes but I wanted to see what It was like to be Nagato or even...Sasuke. I slowely peeled the bandages off my eyes. I opened my eyes slowely. The room was dark, and it seemed to be night time. I turned to see Sakura and Hinata at my bedside. They were both asleep. I turned to look at the mirror. I stared heavily at my left eye. The purple and black rings of the Rinnegan pulsated as my eye naturally focused to the low level of light. A wave of memories struck me like a wave as I clearly remember the battle with the six paths of pain in Konoha, my talk with Nagato, and Nagato's past that he relived in his final moment. All of it reverberated in the back of my head.
I closed my eyes. I didn't want to look at the other eye, as much as I felt compeled, I simply couldn't. Finally, I forced myself to look at the three tamoe sharingan that was once in the possession of a madman. The blood red color and the three black marks slowely circling my pupil, unlike the rinnegan which adjusted to the light, the sharingan almost glowed red in the darkness and I could see it clearly.
Like with the rinnegan, a wave of nastolgia washed over me. Kakashi fighting Zabuza, Sasuke fighting Haku, Bushy Brow, and Garra. Itachi staring into my eyes when we first crossed paths. And most of all, the hate I saw in Sasuke's eyes those times we crossed kunai.
Then a far more gruesome fact came to my mind. This is the exact same eye that fought my dad, unleashed Kurama on Konoha and caused the death of my parents. My lonliness, the scorn of the village, the curse I was forced to bare. But perhaps...it is not so bad. Imagine how different my life could have been if not for this eye.
I felt a hand on my shoulder. I turned around to see Tsunade standing behind me.
"You realy shouldn't be out of bed yet. But what is the point of stopping you. Your too stubborn to be stopped," She said with a bit of uncertainty.
"I will be fine Granny Tsunade. What is the plan for tomarrow?" I asked.
"Tomarrow we begin the trip back home. Everybody. The dead have been found and those who cannot return have been given a ceremonial grave," she responded with sadness in her voice.
I paused for a moment and continued, "Can we make a stop in Amegakure?"
"What for?" she asked.
"I want Konan's blessing for taking Nagato's eye. I feel bad for taking it without asking her," I replied, holding my eye.
"What will you do if she refuses to let you have it? Just rip it out?" She fired back. I closed my eyes and knodded. She stayed silent for a moment and responded, "If it means that much to you. Then I will allow it.
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Sakura, Kakashi Sensei, Neji and I split off from the main group and travelled towards Amegakure. We did not know exaclty where we were going but we managed to get inside the city at least. Kakashi sensei was surprised they let us in. Must be Konan has opened up the city after Nagato died. The city was surprisingly quiet and empty. It was rather disturbing.
Finally Neji activated his Byakugan and found out that the entire population was all surrounding a giant building in the center of the building so we went that way. He wasn't kidding. There was thousands of people there. They were all crying and holding paper roses.
"Hey, what is going on here? Where is Konan?" I finaly asked somebody. They only began sobbing and ran away.
Another man behind me spoke up, "Outsider, keep quiet. Show respect for the passing of Lady Angel." My heart sunk.
"No it can't be. She can't be dead? What happened?" I protested.
"A masked man invaded Ame, battled and killed Lady Konan, then the bastard took away Lord Nagato's body. We just found her this mourning laying in a puddle of blood."
My heart sunk further. I ran from the group, despite their protests. I ran through the crowd and through the blocks set up by the Ame Ninja. I ran all the way into the building and there she was. Lying in a bed of paper roses, next to the body of Yahiko pain was Konan. Her tarnished Akatsuki cloak lay on an alter in front of her. She now wore a pure white dress. I collapsed to my knees in anger.
"Damn you heartless Bastard! Damn Tobi! Why?" I screamed. The rest of my group finally caught up to me, with looks of sadness yet none of them stopped me.
"Im sorry Naruto," Kakashi said quietly.
A thought came to mind and I turn to speak with one of the guards, "Hey! When did she die?"
"Just a few days ago?" the guard replied, confused.
"Naruto, what are you doing?" Neji asked.
I began thinking of the day Pain attacked. I thought of what Nagato did before he died. He did some hand signals and appearantly everybody who died was brought back. If I have his Rinnegan, could I possibly....
"Ram and ....snake. Those are the handsigns." I said as I clummsily moved my hands into the required shapes. "Outer Path:Samsara of Heavenly Life...RINNE TENSEI!" Everybody was stunned as the face of a terrible creature appeared. The same face that could revive Nagato's pains. It opened it's mouth and a mystical green energy from it's mouth. The energy began to flow over Konan, her skin slowely gaining color. My body began to shake, I looked down at my hands and I could see the color of my body disipearing as well as my flesh growing thiner. I looked up and could see the tips of my hair turning white.
"Naruto! Stop! Your expending all of your chakra!" Neji said, "Sakura, begin supplying him chakra. If we don't help him he will die!"
Sakura complied and began pouring her medical chakra into me. My skin began getting it's color back and my muscles began to be restored. I pulled my hands apart and the giant face disipeared. I weakly moved to Konan's side. I held my ear close to her chest and I heard it. A faint heartbeat. Her stomach begin to rise and fall. Her eyes opened and looked at me. She was still weak, it seems I got to her just in time. she looked first at my face and then at my right eye. She looked at the sharingan with contempt. Then she looked at the rinnegan. And she smiled, before kissing me on the cheek and falling asleep. I watched to make sure she kept breathing. Then I layed next to her and passed out from lack of chakra.
( here is the link to Chapter 1 btw:
Chapter 2: Outer path Samsara of Heavenly Life
I sat up from the operating table. I felt the bandages on my eyes but I wanted to see what It was like to be Nagato or even...Sasuke. I slowely peeled the bandages off my eyes. I opened my eyes slowely. The room was dark, and it seemed to be night time. I turned to see Sakura and Hinata at my bedside. They were both asleep. I turned to look at the mirror. I stared heavily at my left eye. The purple and black rings of the Rinnegan pulsated as my eye naturally focused to the low level of light. A wave of memories struck me like a wave as I clearly remember the battle with the six paths of pain in Konoha, my talk with Nagato, and Nagato's past that he relived in his final moment. All of it reverberated in the back of my head.
I closed my eyes. I didn't want to look at the other eye, as much as I felt compeled, I simply couldn't. Finally, I forced myself to look at the three tamoe sharingan that was once in the possession of a madman. The blood red color and the three black marks slowely circling my pupil, unlike the rinnegan which adjusted to the light, the sharingan almost glowed red in the darkness and I could see it clearly.
Like with the rinnegan, a wave of nastolgia washed over me. Kakashi fighting Zabuza, Sasuke fighting Haku, Bushy Brow, and Garra. Itachi staring into my eyes when we first crossed paths. And most of all, the hate I saw in Sasuke's eyes those times we crossed kunai.
Then a far more gruesome fact came to my mind. This is the exact same eye that fought my dad, unleashed Kurama on Konoha and caused the death of my parents. My lonliness, the scorn of the village, the curse I was forced to bare. But perhaps...it is not so bad. Imagine how different my life could have been if not for this eye.
I felt a hand on my shoulder. I turned around to see Tsunade standing behind me.
"You realy shouldn't be out of bed yet. But what is the point of stopping you. Your too stubborn to be stopped," She said with a bit of uncertainty.
"I will be fine Granny Tsunade. What is the plan for tomarrow?" I asked.
"Tomarrow we begin the trip back home. Everybody. The dead have been found and those who cannot return have been given a ceremonial grave," she responded with sadness in her voice.
I paused for a moment and continued, "Can we make a stop in Amegakure?"
"What for?" she asked.
"I want Konan's blessing for taking Nagato's eye. I feel bad for taking it without asking her," I replied, holding my eye.
"What will you do if she refuses to let you have it? Just rip it out?" She fired back. I closed my eyes and knodded. She stayed silent for a moment and responded, "If it means that much to you. Then I will allow it.
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Sakura, Kakashi Sensei, Neji and I split off from the main group and travelled towards Amegakure. We did not know exaclty where we were going but we managed to get inside the city at least. Kakashi sensei was surprised they let us in. Must be Konan has opened up the city after Nagato died. The city was surprisingly quiet and empty. It was rather disturbing.
Finally Neji activated his Byakugan and found out that the entire population was all surrounding a giant building in the center of the building so we went that way. He wasn't kidding. There was thousands of people there. They were all crying and holding paper roses.
"Hey, what is going on here? Where is Konan?" I finaly asked somebody. They only began sobbing and ran away.
Another man behind me spoke up, "Outsider, keep quiet. Show respect for the passing of Lady Angel." My heart sunk.
"No it can't be. She can't be dead? What happened?" I protested.
"A masked man invaded Ame, battled and killed Lady Konan, then the bastard took away Lord Nagato's body. We just found her this mourning laying in a puddle of blood."
My heart sunk further. I ran from the group, despite their protests. I ran through the crowd and through the blocks set up by the Ame Ninja. I ran all the way into the building and there she was. Lying in a bed of paper roses, next to the body of Yahiko pain was Konan. Her tarnished Akatsuki cloak lay on an alter in front of her. She now wore a pure white dress. I collapsed to my knees in anger.
"Damn you heartless Bastard! Damn Tobi! Why?" I screamed. The rest of my group finally caught up to me, with looks of sadness yet none of them stopped me.
"Im sorry Naruto," Kakashi said quietly.
A thought came to mind and I turn to speak with one of the guards, "Hey! When did she die?"
"Just a few days ago?" the guard replied, confused.
"Naruto, what are you doing?" Neji asked.
I began thinking of the day Pain attacked. I thought of what Nagato did before he died. He did some hand signals and appearantly everybody who died was brought back. If I have his Rinnegan, could I possibly....
"Ram and ....snake. Those are the handsigns." I said as I clummsily moved my hands into the required shapes. "Outer Path:Samsara of Heavenly Life...RINNE TENSEI!" Everybody was stunned as the face of a terrible creature appeared. The same face that could revive Nagato's pains. It opened it's mouth and a mystical green energy from it's mouth. The energy began to flow over Konan, her skin slowely gaining color. My body began to shake, I looked down at my hands and I could see the color of my body disipearing as well as my flesh growing thiner. I looked up and could see the tips of my hair turning white.
"Naruto! Stop! Your expending all of your chakra!" Neji said, "Sakura, begin supplying him chakra. If we don't help him he will die!"
Sakura complied and began pouring her medical chakra into me. My skin began getting it's color back and my muscles began to be restored. I pulled my hands apart and the giant face disipeared. I weakly moved to Konan's side. I held my ear close to her chest and I heard it. A faint heartbeat. Her stomach begin to rise and fall. Her eyes opened and looked at me. She was still weak, it seems I got to her just in time. she looked first at my face and then at my right eye. She looked at the sharingan with contempt. Then she looked at the rinnegan. And she smiled, before kissing me on the cheek and falling asleep. I watched to make sure she kept breathing. Then I layed next to her and passed out from lack of chakra.
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