Haruto swung his crimson blade at Nagato, channeling his chakra into a sharp arc.
"Moonlight: Scarlet!"
A brilliant white hue shot out like a crescent moon, cutting across the battlefield—only to be absorbed effortlessly into one of Pain's raised hands.
Haruto's eyes narrowed.
What...? He used the Preta Path to absorb it? But...that wasn't Preta Path's body. He's mixing abilities between the Paths?
"You underestimate me, Naruto-kun," pain's voice rumbled coldly through his Paths.
"This is far from over... for I carry the weight of someone's destiny!"
He threw both hands to the sky.
'why am I getting a weird sense of deja vu...?'
At once, the world itself seemed to shrink. Haruto's body was ripped from the ground and flung upwards as massive chunks of earth tore free, drawn into a growing black sphere in the sky.
"Rinnegan: Chibaku Tensei!"
"What the hell—?!" Naruto jumped, barely keeping his footing as the ground beneath him lifted. Rocks and soil ripped from the village, pulled into the forming star of death.
"That sphere..." Tsunade's face paled. "Haruto's been trapped inside it!"
Clones of Pain pressed the attack, forcing the defenders to split their attention.
"Enough!" Naruto roared, his fists trembling. He closed his eyes—and the world seemed to stop.
Animal Path's fist was frozen an inch from his face—
—and then a golden burst of chakra exploded outward, knocking the Path away.
Flames of pure energy cloaked his body, flickering like the sun itself. His pupils sharpened into cross-shaped slits.
"Kurama's chakra cloak!"
"Lord Fourth...?" a clan head gasped.
"No..." Tsunade's voice shook. "That's Naruto namikaze... Minato's son!"
The crowd erupted in cheers.
Naruto extended his hand. Chakra whirled into a roaring sphere.
"Rasengan!"
With a single strike, a Pain clone was obliterated.
But even as the dust cleared, a cold voice echoed across the battlefield:
"How pitiful..."
A second voice overlapped, deeper, trembling with restrained...something
"How dare you... trap the Prince of Uzumaki inside your pitiful jutsu."
Haruto's voice.
The ground trembled as the black sphere in the sky suddenly shattered—Chibaku Tensei collapsing under a surge of foreign chakra.
Nagato's eyes widened. Impossible...
Haruto emerged from the ruins, his Rinnegan gleaming. "I thought you had walked into the wrong path, Nagato..." His expression hardened. "But I see now."
The pattern in his Rinnegan shifted. Golden light bled into the purple rings, until his eyes shone with divine brilliance.
"Eye of Casualty... Rewrite Fate!"
A shockwave detonated outward with the force of a hurricane, crackling through the air at the speed of sound. It spread across nations, a pulse of raw divinity.
---
Sunagakure
The Kazekage stood mid-speech, his sand swirling nervously.
Gaara froze. "...What was that...?" He turned eastward. His voice dropped.
"Hidden Leaf..."
Kumogakure
Raikage A slammed his fist into the railing of the council chamber, his face dark.
"What the hell is this chakra...?!"
Kirigakure
Mei Terumī straightened in her throne, her usual smile gone.
"Such power... like the birth of a new god. If this isn't balanced, the world will drown in it."
(Yes she is the kage of Kiri)
Iwagakure
Onoki nearly dropped from the sky as he hovered above the training fields. His frail body shivered despite the heat of the day.
"This... chakra..."
---
Meanwhile, in Amegakure.
Obito staggered, clutching the wall. His Mangekyō burned in his socket, tears of blood spilling.
"Ghhaaahhh!!" He plunged his face into the rain, screaming. "What is this... ?!"
Nagato gasped as sensation returned to his legs—he was standing. His body trembled, but he stood.
"Konan..." His eyes flared purple. "Give her back!!"
With a roar, Nagato kicked Obito square in the chest, sending him crashing through a tower wall. Obito spun mid-air, but Nagato was already there.
"Banshō Ten'in!"
Obito's body was yanked back into Nagato's grip and slammed head-first into the tower stone.
"Give. Her. Back!"
Obito phased through the next strike with Kamui, but the movement was sloppy. His mask cracked further, his breathing ragged.
From the swirling Kamui dimension, a figure tumbled out—bloodied, broken—Konan.
"Konan...!!" Nagato lunged forward, catching her in his arms before she could hit the ground.
Her pulse was faint, her body torn. "She's alive," Nagato whispered, shaking, "but barely..."
Before he could act further, a voice rumbled inside his head.
"Haruto..."
Nagato's Path spoke aloud now, desperation leaking into his tone.
"Quickly—come to Amegakure. At once."
---
Back in konoha,Haruto touched his white hair as his Rinnegan shone purple
"Eye of Construction..."
Naruto blinked as Haruto's white hair shimmered and then snapped back to its usual red. His Rinnegan dimmed.
"Bug found," Haruto muttered with a smirk.
"Bug? Wh-what bug?" Naruto asked. Wary of bugs since his sage mode training.
"Nevermind." Haruto turned, cloak of chakra trailing. "You're coming with me."
"Wah—We can't just leave the villag—"
"I said come!" Haruto's eyes burned, and Naruto swallowed hard before nodding.
The two streaked off into the trees, one red, one gold.
Behind them, Tsunade stood amidst the ruins—except... there were no ruins. Slowly, impossibly, the rubble was flying back into place. The shattered Hokage faces reformed, the streets reassembled.
"This jutsu..." Tsunade whispered.
Hiashi Hyūga appeared beside her, pale eyes wide. "Tsunade-sama... what is happening?"
"I don't know," she admitted, her voice barely audible.
From the shadows, Shikaku Nara stepped forward, hands in his pockets. His sharp gaze watched the village rebuild itself.
"This is Haruto's doing," he said. "And it's not just power anymore..."
"He's crossed into something monstrous."
---
In the forests near Amegakure, Naruto panted as he ran. "Allies? You mean those Pain guys are allies? Since when do allies try to kill each other!?"
Haruto gave him a sideways glance. "Allies aren't always chosen. Sometimes, they're bound by something worse than loyalty..."
Naruto clenched his fists. "So he's being threatened..."
Haruto almost smiled. "You've grown sharper, Naruto. Hold onto that."
---
Finally, Amegakure.
Nagato knelt in the open clearing, cradling Konan in his arms. Blood dripped into the rain.
The Six Paths rushed to his side—only to stop as streaks of gold and crimson burst from the woods, halting just before him.
"Haruto..." Nagato breathed, relief and urgency mixing.
"What happened?!" Haruto demanded, kneeling to examine Konan. He checked her pulse as he felt her chakra flowing better than most people
He used his Rinnegan chakra see through passive ability to examine konan.
"Something's wrong..." Haruto muttered as he looked around.
And then—
"Hahaha... hehehehe..."
The laugh slithered through the rain.
"Partial Domain!" Haruto snapped, a red sphere blooming around them, pushing everything outside.
A shadow seeped from the ground just beyond. Black Zetsu's grin appeared, splitting the darkness.
"Haruto-kun," it hissed. "Such a fascinating ability you have. Why not use it... for something greater? For victory everlasting?"
The rain hissed louder as Haruto's eyes narrowed.