What A Drag... || Shikamaru x reader

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Edited: 02/06/24

Reuploaded: 06/06/24

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"What're you saying?" Jiraiya asked.

"Yes, I've grown from a man... To a God," Nagato replied, that thing again. 'Lord Pain' the 'God' that everyone looks up to with his 'Lady Angel' his messenger.

"Since I'm a god. All my word and thoughts have become absolute, poor sensei, you're still just a little human," Nagato continued, "it's not your fault if you don't understand what I'm saying."

He's quite conceited now that I look at this whole conversation from a different perspective.

"Have you really become that twisted?" Jiraiya asked him.

"Things that I couldn't see when I was human are clear to me now that I'm a god," Nagato replied, I do question how Konan deals with this guy every day. I mean. She doesn't really look too friendly herself, but if I was in her position I would've backed myself out of that deal ages ago.

This guy is strange.

I know I don't particularly remember my past two meetings with this guy, but I do know that he's a lot different.

"And being a God, I realise there are things that I can do that mortal men cannot even dream of. Or to put it more simply, I have evolved beyond man," he just keeps talking. Is there a mute button on this guy? I feel like I could go to the Snowflake Guardian mountain and have dinner with my family and come back and he'd still be rambling on and on about being 'God'.

"What exactly are you planning to do?" Jiraiya asked Nagato. He just closed his eyes before looking at us both.

"At last, I'm going to put an end to this senseless war riddled world. This will be my sacred deed," Nagato told us. If he thinks he's the first person to have tried this then he's wrong. So naïvely wrong. Many children and adults wish to end war and bring peace, but it never ends too well for them, who says it'll end well for him as well?

"If that's your plan then why're you gathering up all the tailed beasts?" Jiraiya asked him, finally the information the whole world would like to know.

"Ah, you're both about to die anyway, so I don't need to keep this secret from either of you for any longer," Nagato replied, when he said that I felt a chill run across me. Strange reaction to words I hear frequently. Coming from this guy, I guess it really makes me fear something especially when we came here knowing we may not leave alive.

"I will use the sealed tailed beasts to develop new forbidden jutsu," he started, "jutsu of such magnitude that just one could destroy an entire nation."

Now that's one scary jutsu.

"They will be the most powerful, the ultimate forbidden jutsu weapons," he finished.

"But how could creating such jutsu possibly bring an end to war? Weapons such as those will just increase conflicts between nations," Jiraiya reminds him. He's seen war before, so he knows what he's talking about, but so has Nagato.

Nations have fought over the tailed beasts and just trivial matters in the past. Things like those jutsu are just asking for another great shinobi war, or at least bring the one knocking on our doors into our villages faster than expected.

"The world is already ripe with conflict. So what's the quickest way to stop nations from fighting each other, Jiraiya sensei?"

"That's what I'm asking you! So answer me!" the white haired Sannin demanded.

"To each one of the warring nations, I shall hand out a forbidden jutsu weapon. For once they have them, once they possess such a power, then they're bound to use them," Nagato replied.

"So he's using a nations weakness for power hunger to take over?" I whispered to myself, frowning as I thought it over. I guess in one way that'd work but in the end, isn't that just creating more war?

"What're you saying?" Jiraiya asked the man once again. I just looked at the Sannin annoyed. It's obvious, use your head Jiriaya....

"Just think 10 million people will die instantly and all of mankind will quake in terror. All of humanity, all the nations will learn what pain truly is. Fear would breed the strong version of war. Conflicts would cease, it can be said that this world is still in the process of maturing, that it's still on a path to stability," Nagato answered, "Pain will make the world grow up. Just like it forced us to grow up, in order for the world to think and walk on its own, it needs a God's helping hand. It's still but a child you see."

"You want to teach the world pain in order to make it grow up, is that it? Do you really believe that this is your mission?" Jiraiya asked, stepping back a bit and looking angrier by the second. Hell, even I'm feeling a little frustrated at this.

This is all—it's ridiculous. Absolute nonsense. A bad idea that's going to turn and take a bite out of the ass of all those included.

"I do. I believe in this fully because I'm a pacifist God," Nagato replied with a small nod.

No more like a psycho or a sadistic weirdo.

"We'll all I see is that you've developed a sense of humour," Jiraiya replied, calming down now, "Nagato—"

"Oh I'm not joking, far from it. My mission it too important," Nagato replied before his words held a small amount of anger and suddenly the hair wrapping around him spiked and a log was in his place.

"Substitution," I muttered, looking for the real person before finding him on the wall of pipes.

"I'm over here, sensei," Nagato gathered our attention.

"So that's your summoning then, is it?" Jiraiya asked as clouds of smoke disappeared, and this freaky looking lizard appeared with its tongue sticking out and Nagato stood on its head.

"To me, you're like a single celled organism that hasn't evolved at all," Nagato just replied bluntly, causing Jiraiya to laugh as he went and jumped up at the two.

I noticed Konan had started watching me oddly closely.

What? Feeling left out to not be fighting?

Move your gaze elsewhere, paper girl.

"Ha-ha! Summoning jutsu!" Jiraiya shouted as a cloud of smoke appeared, "imagine a kid treating me like a kid. Well I have news for you, kid. I'm not really human either, these tears of blood, overflowing with rage. I went from Sannin to sage! The hermit sage from Mount Myoboku! I am master Jiraiy—"

Before he could finish, he fell forward onto his face as the frog he'd just summon moved.

"You haven't matured at all, sensei," Nagato told him sounding almost disappointed, "you're just as clumsy as ever..."

"That's what makes Jiraiya, Jiraiya. You wouldn't understand because all you care about is pain this, pain that, give me a break, you're becoming a pain in my ass," I told him with an unamused expression. He looked at me like a was an ant, look again pal, I'm a guardian!

"Come on! Watch it, Mr Gamaken. Don't jostle me during such a crucial gesture!" Jiraiya shouted down to the large toad who was happily sat with a shield and a two-pronged stick. I had to hold back a laugh before jumping down onto the toads head.

"I'm sorry, I'm quite ungraceful," Gamaken apologised to Jiraiya.

"Last time I saw you, we were fighting two giant snakes. Great to see you again," I greeted the frog.

"You too, ice user," Gamaken replied, looking up to where I was stood near one of his eyes.

This is where the fight begins.