Two black shadows began to kill white zetsu at very fast pace. One black shadow was the black tiger and another was the Itsuki. Both of their speed was too fast, especially Itsuki. Minato despite being the fastest shinobi, he couldn't keep his eyes on Itsuki.
"I don't what these black things are but I think they have something to do with Finn." Sakumo suggested. Hiruzen and Minato also nodded.
Minato and Sakumo looked at Hiruzen. Hiruzen felt confused and asked.
"What?"
"AHem! I thought lord Hokage would have some kind of answer about this strange summoning creatures." Hiruzen was called Professor for nothing.
Hearing Sakumo's words Hiruzen felt little embarrassed. "I have never seen anything like this."
"Lord 3rd, I and Sakumo will fight the Summoning and 5 people wearing black cloak with red cloud patterns." Hiruzen nodded.
Hiruzen took the commanding position while Minato teleported with Sakumo but a moment later a red haired girl came to Hiruzen.
"Kushina, what happened?" Hiruzen understood something must have happened seeing Kushina look so tense.
Huff! Huff!
Kushina took few long breathes first then spoke.
"Old man, I was on my way to join the battle but I was stopped."
Hiruzen raised an eyebrow.
"A group of ninja. They were wearing the same black cloak with red cloud patterns, same as the 5 who are currently fighting with Sakumo and Minato. Apparently this whole thing is their plan to kidnap the nine tails host, me." Hiruzen opened his mouth in shock.
"How did you escape?" Hiruzen knew that Kushina was not skilled enough. Her speciality is sealing jutsu.
"I was captured and they were about to take me away but Finn came in time and saved me." Hearing Finn, Hiruzen look relieved. Hiruzen was wondering why Finn was so late. But it turned out Finn was rescuing Kushina.
"Where is Finn?"
"Finn managed to make them retreat. Now I think he is fighting them outside the village. One more thing, Finn has sent these two shadows to help. They are on our side." Hiruzen nodded with a relief. Hiruzen was dying to know what sort of technique Finn was using to get such powerful being under his control.
"If Finn is fighting, then I am sure he will win. In the whole elemental nations, anyone other than Hanzo of the Salamander, there is no other person who can defeat Finn." Hanzo only would win because of his deadly poison. Hiruzen could defeat Hanzo himself if Hiruzen finds some cure for the deadly poison Hanzo uses during battle.
Fire style: - Great fireball jutsu
Hiruzen burned many White Zetsu who was coming to attack him. He then turned to Kushina. "Kushina, stay with me. After this battle, I will give some advanced ninjutsu techniques. I have made a mistake by neglecting you, as the hokage, I will personally look after your training. If I hadn't neglected you, then our leaf would had another Kage rank Shinobi." Kushina became very happy Hiruzen's words.
Meanwhile,
Minato and Sakumo was having very hard time fighting with other 5 versions of pain. The pains could avoid or dodge any attacks thanks to their shared vision which was giving a headache to Minato and Sakumo.
Sakumo was using long range sword attacks and while Minato was trying close range attacks. Sakumo and Minato was unharmed only because of their great speed.
But then one of the Asura path pain released 20 mini missiles towards the group of Jounin fighting with white Zetsu.
Boooom!
Caught off guard, all the jounins died from the attack. Minato was unable to save all the jounins.
"Dammit" Minato felt frustrated seeing his own jounins dying in front of him and he couldn't save them.
"Sakumo, I need to get closer to them if I want to land a perfect hit with teleportation. You keep them busy." Sakumo nodded and understood what Minato wanted to do.
Minato took out special kunai and threw them towards the 5 paths of pain, next scene is where Minato teleported at extremely fast pace, faster than what pain is capable of.
Scene change.....
"Nagato, please stop this. There is still time. Because if you don't stop now then you never will. Rightnow you, Konan are being controlled by someone. You two are dancing in his palm." Konan looked at Pain. She, after hearing Finn's words knew that their path was wrong so she wanted to stop and wanted some rest.
"Finn, is peace is possible to achieve?" Pain asked.
"Peace is not impossible. I have built a small village in a far away place. I discovered that place when I was traveling. I was the first man to land on that Island. I saved some normal people and let them stay where I live. I can say with certainty that peace exist there."
Pain and Konan now looked they have lost their path. There was a silence for few minutes.
"Let me tell you something, about the identity of the masked Uchiha." Konan and Pain looked at Pain but their reaction was calmer than before since they do not care much about the masked Uchiha or about the Akatsuki anymore.
"The Masked man is the ghost of Uchiha Madara."
"But how?"
"Madara died fighting the first hokage Hashirama in the final valley." Nagato and Konan both knew about the God of Shinobi and the Ghost of the Uchiha. Today every shinobi knows about them. When Madara and Hashirama was alive, no village dared to against the hidden leaf, every village had to bow their head in front of Hashirama and Madara.
"There is a Uchiha jutsu which which lets the user change their destiny in sacrifice of their eye. Madara sacrifice one of his sharingan to change his destiny, he lived but hid himself from rest of the world." Konan and Pain looked at each other in shock.
"Madara's is the man behind the Akatsuki and your rinnegan belongs to him. When your were small, Madara gave the rinnegan to you, a Uzumaki. Uzumaki has huge vitality and are born with large chakra reserve. Everything that happened in your life was controlled by Madara from the shadows. Including the death of your friend Yahiko." Konan and Pain looked very angry.
In the end, Nagato sighed and looked at Finn. "You know all of this, that means you already have plans for Madara don't you?"
Finn nodded. "Madara and along with few others who are hiding in the dark." Pain nodded.
Pain sat down on the ground and he had a tired look on his face. "Ever since I started walking in this path, I have killed thousands of people. But I knowing, have never killed an innocent person. Even after coming to hidden leaf, I have killed many shinobi. I cannot bring the people I have killed back to life but I can bring the people I have killed after coming to hidden leaf."
Konan tried to stop Nagato but just smiled. "Konan, live your life. Perhaps because of me, your and Yahiko's life had become more tougher. Finn promise me that you will take care of Konan for me."
Finn didn't knew why but he felt a strange meaning to his words but he still nodded his head.
"I could have gone for revenge but then what's use. I have been wanting revenge for my whole life and I tried of it. Finn please kill Madara for me. Consider this as my final request. Konan you should try to live your life in that peaceful place Finn talked about. I am sure you will find true meaning of life."
Finn wanted to stop Nagato but he didn't because this was Nagato's way of getting redemption.
Seeing Konan crying, Pain smiled and said. "Don't cry. You are like a little sister to me and Yahiko. I want to close my eyes in peace."
Scene change----
"Now I have a powerful shadow, my 3rd shadow. I wonder how things are going at the village." Finn sighed.