Chapter 82 - 75: Revival

In the middle of the destroyed Konoha, the King of Hell suddenly emerged from the ground. The people suddenly feared that something bad might happen again.

The King of Hell opened its mouth before releasing countless souls from its mouth. All the souls returned to their bodies, reviving them completely.

The others saw the people they thought died, rise up. They were confused because they saw the enemy use this to kill people earlier.

Slowly, everyone who died this day in the village was revived. Everybody just heaved a sigh of relief, knowing that they won't have to mourn for anyone anytime soon.

(Meanwhile, in an unknown place)

The place was dark, no light could be seen anywhere. Kakashi woke up having a headache and when he opened his eyes, he saw nothing but the darkness. He tried using his chakra but later found out that he couldn't use his chakra.

"Where am I?" Asked Kakashi, who's very confused right now.

The only thing he remembers just before he ended up here was that he was fighting all the Pains at once. He managed to take down 3 of them but ended up getting killed by the Pain that uses gravity ninjutsu.

(Note: In this fanfic, he is almost as strong as the sannins even without his sharingan).

He extended his right hand, trying to touch something physical. He stood up and started walking with no clear destination. He felt as if his body was moving on its own. He walked towards something, not knowing where he will end up.

1 Hour…

2 Hours....

3 Hours…

Just as he felt that there was no end to this place, he saw something in the distance. A light lit by a bonfire. But he saw that there was someone else there, too.

That person had a kind face with dark eyes which had deep lines running underneath them. He had spiky, silver-coloured hair that reached into the middle of his back tied in a ponytail and bangs that hung over his forehead protector. He wore a standard Konoha-nin uniform with a pair of gloves, flak jacket, bandages on his right arm, and the addition of a distinctive short white sleeve which had red edges and the standard crest of Uzushiogakure on it.

He was just sitting on a log near the bonfire. That person then turned his face slightly, and smiled warmly before saying, "You sure have grown up, Kakashi!"

Kakashi seemed to just smile to himself as he walked towards the bonfire. He then sat right beside that man and said, "It's been a long time, father."

"Yeah, and now that you're here, would you tell me your tale?" Said Sakumo.

"Alright, but it's going to be a long one and I'd like to take my time." Kakashi replied.

"Yeah, that's fine." Sakumo said with a slight smile.

Kakashi then looked upwards meaninglessly and said, "Now, where do I start?"

(Back With Hikaru)

After using the [Gedo-Rinne Tensei], Nagato promptly fell down with a smile on his face as his red hair completely turned into white. Konan rushed towards her fallen friend, just to see whether he was alive or not.

"Now, now, please get away from him." Hikaru said, as he grabbed Nagato's soul from passing towards Limbo.

Konan cried as she held Nagato's body closed to her. She then gently put down the corpse of Nagato and turned around to face Hikaru. She spreads her arm widely, just like someone trying to protect something.

"I will not let you disgrace him any further! I'll protect him, even if I have to put down my life as well!" Konan's voice resonated around them. Her will to protect the dead body behind her was surely admirable, but…

"You're being a nuisance, sit down!" Hikaru commanded coldly before she felt a huge pressure on her back. She forcefully knelt down due to the heavy pressure but she still kept her posture, Hikaru saw that her face was not flinching, only her will to protect Nagato's corpse was shown on her face.

He face palmed at the stupidity of this woman. He was just about to revive Nagato but she just had to get in his way.

"Tch, i didn't want to use this." Hikaru said as he pointed his finger at Konan before an inch small yellow lightning bolt came out of his finger and charged at her at light speed.

"[Paralyze]"

The small lightning bolt hit her and she quickly fell down to the ground, unmoving. She was paralyzed. From time to time, yellow lightning arcs would flash around her body.

Hikaru then walked towards Nagato, ignoring her. She tried moving to at least stop him but her actions were futile, since she couldn't even move an inch. No matter how much Will you have, that is still not enough to resist absolute power.

Hikaru knelt down to inspect Nagato's body. Seeing that there was no other injury other than his malnutrition, he decided to fix his body first to a more normal way. But first…

Squelch!

He dug out both Nagato's eyes, the rinnegan. He then proceeded to put them in a jar bottle, which was filled with water.

"D...on't you da...re…!!!" Konan managed to speak, even though she was paralyzed.

Hikaru just ignored her.

He then used his Yang Element to restore Nagato's original eyes along with his nutrition. Nagato's body turned back to his original state before he used the powers of his rinnegan, a young man who has a normal body unlike his previous state. Hikaru then put his soul back into his body, thus reviving him.

Nagato opened his newly regenerated purple eyes, and sat up. He shook his head a little to get his head away from aching and then looked around his surroundings.

"So you really kept the part of your deal, huh?" Nagato said with a small smile.

"Of course but I had to take the Rinnegan away from you, I'm gonna use them for something later." Said Hikaru.

"That's fine, I have no need for them anyway. I'll only have to train myself back to a proper fighter. By the way, what's Konan doing there?"

Hikaru turned to look at Konan before he turned back to Nagato and said, "She was being an annoyance. She tried keeping me from reviving you because she wanted to 'protect' you from me."

"Silly girl." Nagato said, laughing a bit. Konan tried looking away in embarrassment but found that she couldn't, since she was still paralyzed.

"Can you undo what jutsu you put her in?" Nagato asked.

Hikaru just snapped his fingers and she was free just like that.

"It's good that you are fine, Konan." Nagato said warmly, with a smile so tender.

"Yeah, I'm glad that you are back, too." She replied with a smile.

Hikaru just stood on the sidelines, not wanting to ruin the moment.

(Back with Kakashi)

Sakumo was shocked to learn so many things about his son. And even at the end, he understood what he did to protect his comrades. He was ridiculed, shamed by the very village he was protecting just because he prioritized the lives of his comrades but Kakashi had understood that. He was just doing what's right in his heart.

Knowing that his son did not hate him, Sakumo smiled. He can finally move on to the next life, with his beloved wife.

Sakumo stood up and said, "Well, it's time to get going now. See ya, Kakashi."

"Wait, what do you mean by that? Aren't I also dead?" Kakashi asked, shocked.

"It is still not your time. And just one thing, save your friend from the darkness." With those final words, Sakumo vanished completely.

Then, out of a sudden, a beam of light descended upon him before he fainted again.

'Save your friend from the darkness? What does he mean by that?' Kakashi's last thoughts before he fainted.

(Three Days Later)

It's been a few days since the invasion and Konoha is still in the middle of recovering. Tsunade is still bedridden, and Danzo is currently trying to seize the seat of the Hokage but they were all futile attempts. First of all, there are three Shinobis in the village that can easily take the seat. Azumi, Sasuke, and Kakashi. Second, there is also Hikaru, who is a monster in every meaning of that word. And third, the people of Konoha are against him since he didn't even show up when the invasion was going on.

He's dream of being a Hokage is basically futile.

Konoha has just been setting up tents with everyone's help.

And he also found out that the girl from three years ago that he rescued from that depraved island, has become the youngest Jounin right now. She's just 12 years old. Her name is Tsubaki, no last name.

But he found one disturbing thing, she is basically Azumi 1.5. He already has enough sins as it is, he doesn't want to add a new one. Her obsessiveness was astounding, but not to the point of Azumi. She's just idolizing him but to the point that she would attack anyone who dares to insult him, even if it's just slightly.

Though, if he leaves this unchecked, he might really have another Azumi.

One more thing, the hotel that he paid to be built 3 years ago was also destroyed by this invasion and the construction manager ran away with the money out of fear. He'll be hunting him down soon. Yeah, soon.

Anyway, the recovery of Konoha is going well and the people are happily working together to repair their beloved village. Also, the people of Konoha came to recognize Sasuke, Azumi, and Hikaru, heroes of the village.

They are now working on Itachi's case with the council, about him slaughtering the Uchiha Clan. Out of all this, he is still a wanted criminal at the end of the day.

But fortunately, he just have the right man to place the blame for the Uchiha Massacre; Danzo.