Pain Throughout Remnant

Chapter 2

(I'll add that video to my other book.)

Beacon Academy, Vale.

"Well, it was uh... nice knowing you, Nagato." Ruby waved at the newcomer as she hurried off back to her dorm, "Uh see ya!"
Once the girl was out of range, Nagato walked back to his assigned dorm room. Unbeknownst to her, the blind hunter was actually a god in disguise. Pain used the Six Paths of Pain to reanimate a corpse that closely resembled his original body. He lied about his blindness to conceal the Rinnegan hidden behind the headband and to lower any suspicion while infiltrating Beacon Academy. The red haired student began to ponder deep in thought as his footsteps echoed the empty hallways and corridors.
"Ruby Rose." Nagato mused himself, "The daughter of Summer Rose. How intriguing."

Nagato found his assigned dorm after walking for a while. He knew it was his dorm after feeling the braille inscribe on the door sign. And he lifted his headband to take a quick peek. The hunter placed his Scroll, which he has little knowledge of, over the panel. It took Nagato a couple of tries until he heard a click. He twisted the doorknob, opened the door, and went inside his dorm."No time for rest." He laid on his bed, "There is still work to be done."
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"Love is the reason why there is pain."

~Nagato Uzumaki

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A few weeks following the near destruction of the Atlas Capital.

Forever Falls, Northern Vale.

Forever Falls. This mountainous crimson area, painted with large forests of red-leafed trees and dyed grasses, and polluted with the rust-red color mist. While the beauty of the rose forest may seem harmless, it is also home to many forms of Grimm, including Rapier Wasp, whose stings mimics that of swords. It is not a place for tourism as the area is restricted to only trained hunters and huntress. Yet a certain someone is currently on the run.
Pain had traveled to the continent of Sanus after leading the Grimm into the heart of Atlas. During his pursuit, he's encountered battalions upon companies of Atlesian Soldiers and Knights. Not to mention the teams of hunters and huntresses that were sent to capture or kill him if necessary. Even crossing the primordial sea, the hunters of Remnant and the Atlas Militia were relentless. If it wasn't for the Grimm attacking them at every corner, the 'god' might not have gotten far in his future plan. And even then, Grimm attacked him as well.
Pain leapt from branch to branch, avoiding any contact with the Grimm below. He continued his trip through the red trees until he saw a small lake in the corner of his eyes. The 'god' changed his destination to the water-banks ahead as he jumped down from the trees. Once he's reached the body of water, the shinobi dipped his hands into the water and drank from it. It was cold and refreshing for him after being dehydrated for a few days.
Despite hearing the birds chirping and water splashing, Pain detected three aura signatures converging on his position.
"Only three?" He thought, "How odd..."
As their signatures got closer, the sounds of footsteps became audible. One of his pursuers made a whoosh when he jumped in the air and Pain easily parried the attack with a black receiver. The hunter jumped back as his teammates quickly caught up with him. The 'god' also jumped backward, standing still on top of the water.
"Give it up, Pain!" The hunter pointed his scythe at the 'god', "Even you can't run forever!"
"Who are you?" Pain inquired in a deadpan, yet menacing tone.
"It doesn't matter who we are!" The 'god' noticed the hunter's speech was slurred like a drunkard, "All that matters is we're going to kick your ass!"
"Qrow, please don't speak for us especially if you had too much to drink." His blond teammate admonished him.
"Sorry about my friend's behavior," Pain shifted attention over to the white-hood huntress who was speaking, "I am Summer Rose."
"Taiyang Xiao Long." The blonde-haired hunter cracked his knuckles.
"Qrow Brawen." The dark-haired hunter sober up and shifted his scythe into a sword.
"And we are Team STRQ!" The three hunters readied themselves to battle against the physical 'god'.
"Your choices have clearly led you here. As have mine. So I will give you a new choice." Pain gave the hunters an ultimatum, "Leave now and live. Or stay and face your judgment."
Team STRQ remained where they stand, finalizing their decision.
"So be it." Pain pointed out his hand, "Shinra Tensei."
A powerful, unstoppable force blasted the three hunters to the crimsons trees. And those trees were ripped from the ground and flew a great distance. Pain remained where he stood, waiting for them to come out. They weren't dead obviously as he could sense their aura from within the debris. A shadowy figure emerged from the trees, leaped into the air, and swung his sword at Pain. But he quickly raised his black receiver in the air to block the attack. The shinobi pushed the hunter back and started his counter-attack. Pain wildly struck at Qrow who started playing on the defensive. But when their weapons clashed against each other, the 'god' swung his knee into the hunter's side.
Qrow couldn't even react to the pain in his gut as the 'god' launched him into a tree. With one down, two more took his place. Taiyang and Summer emerged from the trees and simultaneously attacked him from both sides. Pain parried a scythe in one hand and blocked a punch in the other. The shinobi leaped over the white-caped huntress and fired off Almighty Push at the two. Pushing them far away from him, Pain turned around and quickly blocked a strike from the drunken hunter. Despite being a skilled hunter, Qrow was not on his 'A-game' as he was currently drunk. He pulled back his sword and swung violently at the 'god'. The shinobi was able to deflect and repel every single one of the hunter's crazed attacks.
Slightly annoyed, Pain extended his arm out and released Almighty Push upon the drunken hunter. Qrow flew many yards away from the 'god' but fortunately for him, he was caught by the blonde haired hunter. The shinobi then leaped onto a branch, narrowly avoiding the massive scythe coming in his vicinity. Summer pulled her scythe from the ground and launched herself at the 'god'. Pain quickly jumped over her before firing another Almighty Push, sending her crashing into the ground. Landing safely on the floor, he was immediately rushed by Taiyang and Qrow who were prepping their weapons for a combo attack. Qrow was swung his scythe while Taiyang launched punches at the 'god'.
"A feeble attempt." Pain studied their movements and attacks and countering them with his own.
However, focusing on the two hunters caused the shinobi to not see the huntress coming from behind. But Pain quickly parried Summer's scythe on the last second but causing his rod to snap. Hadn't he reacted, he would have taken a crippling slash on his back. Boxed in from both sides, Pain crossed his arms and let out an almighty Almighty Push that blasted away the hunters. Giving an opportunity to flee the battle, Pain leapt onto a branch only for it to be sliced by Qrow's scythe. Falling to the ground, the shinobi saw the drunken hunter charged right at him. The 'god' quickly produced another black receiver to block the incoming strike. Pain and Qrow clashed blades, the sound of their weapons echoing throughout the crimson forest.
After parrying another strike, Pain used his other arm to deliver a punch to Qrow's face. The drunken hunter winced in pain as the 'god' drove his spear into his gut. Fortunately for Qrow, his blonde haired teammate quickly rushed in front of him and blocked the black receiver with his gauntlets. Before Pain could react, Taiyang snapped the chakra rod in two with a single blow. The 'god' leapt back, watching the brawler pull out the black receiver with ease. But from the look of things, the blonde hunter's arm was bleeding and the raven-haired hunter was catching his breath. With no hesitation or remorse, Pain pointed his palm at the two.
"Shinra Tensei."
The two hunters embraced themselves as the unstoppable force ripped opened fresh dirt from the ground and pulled the crimson trees from their roots before slamming into them. The pressurized force hurled the hunters into the other crimson trees, creating a massive debris the size of a building. Pain lowered his arm and scan the debris for any aura signature within. While scanning the area, Summer appeared behind him and swung her massive scythe at the shinobi. But the 'god' had detected her and quickly jumped out of harm's way.
He turned around and was met with the scythe barely scraping his Akatsuki cloak. Pain blocked the next incoming attack with his black receiver and managed to push her back. However, the huntress was relentless as she charged straight at him. And the two hunters behind him were also relentless. They had trapped the shinobi or so they thought.
A sphere of chakra surrounded him and blocked the hunters from getting through. Not only that but their weapons were also stuck within the sphere. A few second later, they were propelled into the air by the protective sphere. Seeing the three getting back up after falling from the air, Pain picked the huntress as his target. He dashed towards Summer, produced a black receiver from the palm of his hand, and leaped in the air. But Summer managed to roll aside as he stabbed the ground instead. The white-hooded huntress quickly got back up and swung her enormous scythe at Pain as it cut through his dead flesh.
This excited Summer as she finally managed to deliver a serious blow to him. But suddenly, the shinobi exploded in a thick cloud of smoke catching the huntress by surprise. When the smoke cleared, there was a wooden log in the place of Pain. Confused, Summer let her guard down which was her biggest mistake.
"Behind you, Summer!" A voice warned her too late.
The white cape huntress turned around and saw the shinobi in the red clouds cloak standing right behind her. Before she could even react, Pain placed his hand directly on her face. Without uttering a single sound, Summer found herself launch into in the air. Lucky for her, her blonde teammate had rushed to her position and caught her in the air.
"Thanks, Tai." Summer kissed her husband as he set her down.
Qrow quickly regrouped with Summer and Taiyang as they raised their weapons against the 'god'. Despite their stature, Pain knew they were getting weary.
"It's quite impressive that you're still standing," The 'god' applauded them during the middle of their fight, "despite being mortals."
"Shut the hell up!" Qrow bluffed, "We can do this all day!"
"You have proven yourselves to be worthy of the name 'Hunter'." Pain pointed out. "But before we continue, there is something I must ask."
The blonde hunter raised his right eyebrow, "What is it?"
"Where is your missing teammate?"
"It's none of your damn business!" His raven-haired teammate, however, knew exactly what he was saying.
"Qrow." His female teammate gave him a stern look before facing Pain, "Why do you ask?"
"Hunters usually come in a group of four." The shinobi stated, "So I will say this once. Where is your teammate?"
"She... left us." Summer told him much to Qrow's dismay, "No explanation why. One day, she just left us."
To their surprise, Pain didn't feel any sympathy. He didn't make any sudden movements, didn't respond, nor even sigh; he did nothing but stare at them. And this is what put the hunters on edge. They didn't know what the 'god' was planning until the very last second.
And without any warning, Team STRQ found themselves hurling across the air and crashing into the crimson trees. And those trees were ripped from the ground and flew a great distance. Pain surveyed the destruction before walking away in the opposite direction. A foolish mistake. Qrow emerged from the debris, leaped into the air, and took the 'god' by surprise. But the shinobi anticipated him and merely stepped out of the scythe's pathing.
The drunken hunter wildly swung his weapon at the 'god', in an attempt to cut him down. But Pain was one step ahead of him as he simply moved his body in an awkward way to better avoid the edge of the scythe. When Qrow swiped at his feet, Pain jumped over the hunter's shoulders and continuing dodging more irrational strikes. As the hunter grew more impatient, so did his battle-style. Instead of thinking logically, Qrow became sloppy and thought only to land a single cut on this 'dodgy bastard'. Pain knew this from the start and continued dodging attacks to wear down the hunter's patience.
"Hold still!" Qrow shouted, bringing down his massive scythe at Pain who stepped back to avoid it.
"Qrow, fall back!" Pain looked ahead to see Qrow's teammates pulling themselves from the debris, "He's baiting you!"
But it was too late. Before the drunken hunter could react, Pain lunged forward and stabbed him in the gut. A sharp pain was sent directly to the mind as Qrow nervously looked down and saw the black rod embedded in his stomach. His drunken determination was soon replaced with fear. A crimson liquid began to leak from his intoxicated mouth as the hunter began to choke out wads of blood.
"QROW!" His teammate screamed, witnessing the horror that is transpiring.
The drunken hunter struggled to pull out the black receiver from his bleeding stomach but failed afterward. Pain watched without remorse as Qrow slumped to the ground. The spirit in his eyes slowly went dim.
"Bastard!" Taiyang snapped as he went charging head on towards Pain.
Taking down two birds with one stone, the shinobi picked up Qrow, threw him to his charging teammate, and used Almighty Push on the both of them. The two hunters were sent flying into the red forest, causing the crimson trees to collapse on top of them. Summer immediately rushed to aid her teammate from the debris while the 'god' made his escape.
"Team STRQ." Pain leaped from branch to branch, "They are truly worthy of the name 'Hunter'."
It wasn't too long ago since his skirmish with Team STRQ. After critically injuring the two hunters, Pain used this opportunity to escape the hunters. No doubt they're too busy mourning their fallen comrade. Either way, the shinobi could care less about his pursuers. The hunters were completely defiant to him and they paid the price. Returning to the task at hand, Pain looked for a way out of Forever Falls, but to his dismay, the crimson trees appeared to be identical with one another. The shinobi began to wonder if he was running in a circle. Nonetheless, he pressed on. A few minutes passed and Pain picked up a single aura signature within his vicinity.