74 Nagato's sacrifice

Nagato's face turned grim after seeing 11 golems spread around. the remaining golem stood before them and Tanyu jumped up and sat on its shoulder. Naruto then "Multi Shadow Clone jutsu" more than a hundred shadow clones appeared and they spread out to stop the golems.

Jiraya, Itachi, Kakashi and countless jonins went to stop each of them while they are destroying the village. meanwhile, Naruto and Nagato are facing the remaining golem and Tanyu. Naruto then said, "Nagato Ojisan, back off, I'm going to destroy the golem and him with rasenshuriken."

Nagato asked "you already used one right. how many more can you use?" Naruto replied "two more". Nagato nodded "ok, let's hope that it'll be enough. as long as he's killed. they'll disappear."

Naruto jumped back and stood behind Nagato and made two shadow clones and started to make rasen shuriken. Tanyu frowned "that jutsu is troublesome. it destroyed one of my golems just now. I need to interrupt it." he controlled this one with his mind control. golem leapt up and punched down with a huge amount of force. but just when it about to reach them, Nagato interrupted "Shinra Tensei", this time with golem flew quite a bit and crashed on the ground.

Tanyu growled, "damn you Nagato". Nagato replied "you forgot about me again. Naruto your turn". Naruto who's already completed and threw it. but he defended it by Dust release. a cube enveloped rasenshuriken and destroyed it completely.

Nagato cursed "damn it, this ba****d won't die easily. Naruto, make one more again. this time you won't miss." after the last rasen shuriken is done. Nagato then "Bansho Tennin". the golem is getting dragged towards him. Tanyu got panicked "what's happening. damn it this Nagato has one more hidden card. C'mon" he tried to stop the golem. but slowly and himself both are getting dragged".

Nagato then used more chakra and golem lost its friction and flew towards him quickly. "Naruto now". Naruto threw it again. this time it got hit and a huge explosion occurred. the golem was destroyed but Tanyu hasn't died yet but he's on the verge on death. he coughed blood and looked at the sky "Father, I'm sorry I wasn't able to take revenge for you personally" then he looked at Naruto and Nagato "but I'm dying very satisfied that I alone was able to almost destroy the hidden leaf. even if I die they won't disappear. furthermore, they would be out controlled. hahaha, good luck in protecting your remaining village"

Meanwhile, Itachi with his Susanoo dealing with golems one by one. and after a while, they finally managed to destroy all of them but a great cost. Naruto dashed to somewhere. while Nagato walking heavily seeing the rubble. and dead bodies everywhere. people are crying everywhere. Tsunade went into a coma lying on the ground. the healers trying to cure her.

this event wiped out three-quarters of Konoha population, several genin, chunin and jonin died. Nagato roamed all around the village looked at the sky and thought 'if only Diran is here' suddenly someone called him behind "Nagato?" he looked back to see Konan and Yahiko who were with injuries.

Konan dashed towards him and hugged him while crying "you are alright. I'm worried about you". Nagato sighed "I have failed jiraya sensei. I actually thought I can bring peace to the world with this eye but until now, I haven't done anything that can back my statement. i even let captured myself lost one of my eyes to the enemy. what's the use of this eye when it doesn't serve its purpose. I wasn't worthy of this eye. now, there is only one thing I can do"

Yahiko shouted, "no, you can't do that". Nagato looked at him "you know I don't have a choice.this village gave us shelter, gave us a new life when we're supposed to die with hunger back in Amegakure."

Konan asked, "what are you talking about". Yahiko then replied " he's going to bring back all the dead to life" Konan looked Nagato "you can do that?" Yahiko then said, "but he will die". Konan screamed "what!!!" Nagato replied "everything has a price. I have a lot of debt towards Konoha, towards jiraya sensei. it's time to clear it." Konan grabbed him "no, i won't let you do that. and also you are going to be..." Nagato looked at Yahiko pleaded "please". Yahiko hit Konan some point at the neck, and she fainted.

Nagato looked at her "I'm sorry Konan" then looked at Yahiko "promise me, you will protect her" Yahiko patted his shoulder "I'm proud of being your friend and your brother." the tears flowing out of his eyes. Nagato then pulled out two scrolls and written something and gave it to Yahiko. "can you give this message to Konan when she wakes up." Yahiko then asked, "and this one?".

Meanwhile I, Miura and Raiga were just walking towards Land of Swamp. for a while, I'm thinking about something that happened in that cave. "the royal honey i got was around 5000metres deep inside but how come lights are available only up to that. is there nothing further down or will there be something more powerful than that Queen Bee? well, that one is powerful at least for average jonin. then if i go further down will I eventually meet have level beast? hmm. would be nice to have a summon contract with if it's really possible. after all flying beasts are rare. I should go there again on the way when I return to Konoha."

then suddenly a pain started in my heart? I clutched my chest. Miura saw me and worried "what's happening, papa?".the pain went away. I smiled "its nothing" but i thought 'why do I feel as if something bad going to happen'

at Konoha

Nagato after saying everything he wants to say to Yahiko. he raised his arms to the front. interlocked all of his fingers poured a lot of chakra "Rinne tense no jutsu"

king of hell being summoned and opened his mouth and countless amount of souls poured out of it. some people weren't able to revive as their bodies were completely disintegrated by Tanyu's particle style and some bodies were completely destroyed by fire or bodies which were crushed. rest of them except Tanyu were revived. all wondered "what's happening" then some shinobi who saw the king of hell's eyes which have the same pattern as Nagato's eyes, they got into conclusion that Nagato was the one who revived them.

some who have strength grouped together and searched for Nagato to thank him but the found Yahiko knelt on the ground beside Nagato who's hair was completely turned in white and dead.

all became instantly sad. yahiko saw them and said, "he had to make a choice and he made it." they all knelt on the ground and bowed to Nagato.

a few days later, Daimyo had a meeting with the village council to discuss next Hokage. One person proposed my name and the civilian council head rejected it "I apologize, I know that my suggestion wouldn't be cared about seriously in shinobi matters but I should ask you. where was he when we were attacked? if not for Nagato san we would have stayed dead."

then, Tsume said "precisely because of that i want him to be Hokage. everyone here will agree that if Diran is here, we wouldn't have faced this destruction. if he's Hokage he won't be able to out of the village and if something like this happens again we would have him as our guardian."

Daimyo then looked towards Shikaku and asked "you are considered to be the most intelligent in all of the land of fire. tell me your opinion." Shikaku thought for a while and replied "I would agree with Tsume san for some extent but I think it would be better to choose a temporary one. and unofficial Hokage till Tsunade sama awakes. as we all know under her administration how Konoha has been prospered and gained two great countries as allies. and as far i know about Diran, he isn't the type to take up Hokage mantle and even if we somehow convince him, after Tsunade sama wakes up, taking him out will be very difficult".

"that's why I propose two names Kakashi and Itachi and of course we also have jiraya but he has already rejected it twice," they whispered between themselves Tsume voiced out "I vote for Itachi." then Homura said "no, he's an Uchiha" Tsume stood up "so what if he's an Uchiha. he's a shinobi of the village".

Homura then said, "did you forgot of Uchiha clan's rebellion against the village?" Tsume replied, "and who stopped it by killing its leader". Homura went silent. then Hiashi opened his mouth "you can't get better than a shinobi who kills his own father, mother, his clan for the sake of the village. for one I definitely wouldn't able to do it. Hyuga clan vote for Itachi".

One by one all started to support him. Daimyo then declared "ok, until Tsunade recover Itachi Uchiha will be unofficially treated as the sixth Hokage. if his administration satisfies village, then after Tsunade, he will be officially appointed"

somewhere in the land of swamps, we're camping out in the wild. a messenger bird came and land on my shoulder. I took out the message tied to its leg. Miura asked, "Papa is it from Hana san?". I shook my head "don't know. no seal or name on it. let's read it". after I read it. my eyes became red. I punched the tree beside me out of frustration. it got destroyed while startling Miura and Raiga.

"Papa, any bad news from Konoha?". I sighed "yeah, the village has been attacked and Nagato sensei sacrificed himself for the sake of village".

two weeks later, we reached Konoha. I left both of them in clan compound and I went to the gravesite. I knelt before his grave and stood up and when I turned, I found Konan and Yahiko coming together to visit. I looked at her and said "Congratulations Konan". she smiled at me weakly and touched her belly. Yahiko was surprised that I found out quickly.

Then I said "I'm sorry Konan I wasn't here when it happened. if only I was here. Sensei would have been alive. but I promise you this, by the time your baby is born. Sensei's wish will be fulfilled."

and just when I was about to leave, Yahiko stopped me "Diran wait. we won't blame you for something which wasn't in your hands. before Nagato sacrificed, he told me to give you this scroll and this". when I saw that. my eyes widened "but this is" Konan then replied "please take it. it's his last wish. he hoped you will complete his dream". I opened the letter and read " Dear Diran, by now you might have already learnt about everything. you are smart. so, you would also understand my decision. I told Yahiko after my death to give my eye to you. you don't need to transplant to yourself. if you did that you would look very weird hahaha. well, at least preserve it and keep it safe from Akatsuki. too bad that my other eye was stolen. otherwise, I would have asked you to transplant my two eyes to yourself."

"well, I heard Danzo had quite a number of Sharingan on his hand. if it's possible you can also put it to use. but don't do it just for my sake I'm just giving ideas not ordering you anything. well, anyway I hope you would use it somehow. I know some people will blame you for not being here but be strong and please forgive all of them. can you do that for me?. and also I'm worried about Naruto. even though he has friends but I'm the only family he got. please look after him from time to time. I'm sacrificing myself not just because of the village but also because of you, my student. I'm passing my dream to you hoping that one day, you will bring peace to the world.if not I'm confident that you have at least a role in it."

I sighed "may you enjoy peace in Pureland". later, I went to the clan compound and took rest. I sealed the bottle which has rinnegan in it in a scroll. a few days later, while meditating, unconsciously I started to absorb heavy amounts of natural energy. Jiraya who was talking with fukasaku in Konoha suddenly looked towards a direction. " Fukasaku sama, did you see that?". Fukasaku nodded made a serious face "someone is absorbing natural energy too much. I hope it's not Naruto". Jiraya pointed "it's flowing in this direction. do you know what's in that direction? it's Senju clan compound". Fukasaku then replied " but isn't he already became a Sage years ago? no one would do this mistake as every Sage knows absorbing too much natural energy will turn him into a stone. let's go and see"

at the same time, Itachi frowned who's on paperwork "I don't know what it is but there's something wrong going on".

jiraya and Fukasaku tried to enter but got stopped by a barrier. Jiraya frowned "it's an Uzumaki's blood barrier which would only allow the relatives of person's blood used or the ones he permitted. but it's not great after all. I can undo it but it would be an offence to Diran considering we are nothing more than strangers."

Meanwhile, the tattoo under my left eye started to glow and also absorbing all the marks on my body because of lv3 sage mode into it. and it's glowing brightly. I opened my eyes and i was amazed by what I saw "wow, these energy lines are so beautiful" I see the whole world in a completely different view. i felt connected with everything in nature. then I saw Jiraya and a toad outside my clan compound retreating. I thought of an idea that I'm not sure whether it'll work. so, i tested it. "I said you both are permitted". then the voice travelled all the way to their ears through the air.

both got stunned and looked around. Jiraya said "so you also heard that?" the toad replied, "was he speaking through our minds?" I replied "no, I'm not. you both are hearing through years, the wind just transmitting my voice to you that's all. you can enter the barrier if you wish".they both nodded and went inside.

Meanwhile at some random place

Akatsuki leader asked, "Zetsu, how many of us left?" Black Zetsu replied "three". he frowned " wasn't it four?" Zetsu replied "shun was killed by hachibi and Kisame currently alive in samehada which is in the hands of eight tails jinchuuriki collecting Intel on the enemy. after all the lightning country has the largest army. and lastly, Deidara got himself killed by Sasuke Uchiha".

The leader nodded "ok, there are only two bijuu left. the four nations are already in an alliance. there might be a meeting between Kage. watch them carefully."