Chapter 259 - 259 (2/2)
Very calmly, Yahiko raised his hand, and a strong repulsive force bounced off all their Ninjutsu.
Konan breathed a sigh of relief, and then immediately ran over to her companions.
She knew very well that Yahiko was dead, and could estimate that his ”resurrection” had something to do with Nagato's eyes, because now, the same Rinnegan were in Yahiko's sockets as well.
”Konan, long time no see!” Nagato waved to Konan.
”Long time no see, Nagato! Has Yahiko recovered from his… injuries?” Konan's voice tensed up greatly upon mentioning the ”injuries”.
Nagato immediately answered: ”Yes! However, his throat was injured to severely, and it did not get healed yet. So for now, Yahiko will not speak.” Nagato controlled Yahiko to nod.
Seeing all three of their leaders standing before them, the Akatsuki felt better at last. However, things were urgent, so they talked of the demolition of the base and their companions who were caught.
Upon hearing about the Rain village, Nagato remembered once again how Yahiko was ambushed and killed. After sighing coldly, he controlled Yahiko's body to fly into the sky, and sent it out of the base.
Familiar with Yahiko, the rest of the Akatsuki were stunned! If Yahiko could fly, how come they never heard of that?
Seeing everyone's surprised expressions, Nagato quickly explained: ”Yahiko's injury was in a way, both a blessing and a curse. While he had to be on the sidelines for over a year, his near-death experience awakened his Kekkei Genkai. Flying is one the abilities it grants.”
Although this explanation was rather flawed and vague, the Akatsuki members chose to believe their leaders unconditionally.
On the other side, Yahiko's body flew into the Rain Village, and following the information the Akatsuki had, he quickly arrived at the place where the captured members were detained.
In the base, Nagato could see everything through Yahiko's eyes, and he found that the captured Akatsuki were held in a cave.
Hundreds of Rain Ninjas were hiding around the pits, to ambush whoever would come from the Akatsuki.
Nagato closed his eyes, transferring the power of his Rennigan to Yahiko's body. The latter landed, and then raised his hands pointing their palms at the Rain Ninjas.
”Bansho Ten'in!” Nearly a hundred Rain Ninjas who were exposed to the attack were pulled in towards Yahiko's body.
”Shinra Tensei!” The Rain Ninjas who were just pulled in where pushed away violently, slamming into the distain rocks!
Yahiko's body continued to move forwards down the hill, to reach the cave where his companions were being held. Whenever he encountered someone that he didn't know, he just used Shinra Tensei and sent them away.
Gradually, no more Rain Ninjas dared to move in. As he reached the portal to the inside of the cave, he used the Black Receivers to destroy the seals closing it, and then freed all the captured Akatsuki members.
At the base, after ”Yahiko” returned, he went into Nagato room with both Nagato and Konan.
”Nagato; what's this thingon Yahiko?”
Nagato had nothing to hide from Konan, telling her everything: ”This is what I managed to come up with following Ryo's advice. The power of the Rinnegan is transferred to Yahiko's body through these Black Iron Rods. This way, his body his preserved, could be moved, and use a portion of my Rinnegan's power. ”
Konan nodded, murmuring: ”I feel awkward witnessing Yahiko move again… Hey, can you only control one?”
”Six; the Rinnegan has six main abilities! I will collect the appropriate corpses in the future, spreading these 6 abilities among them. They will be called Pain, and Yahiko will be: Tendo Pain!