I tracked Sensei Jiraiya to Amegakure and when I found him he had already arrived in the village. I flew above the clouds in the sky and looked at Sensei's situation from the air. I knew that the rain would reveal my position as soon as I entered the village, because Nagato uses the raindrops as a sonar to detect enemies and intruders in the village. After a few hours Sensei was involved in a fight with Konan and Pain, which I of course watched comfortably. After about half an hour, Sensei had finished off 3 of the 6 paths and he assumed he had won the fight. His arm would be severed at any moment and now I intervened and killed the Nakara Path Pain behind him with one blow and the eyes of all the Pain landed on me.
Jiraiya: Sato? Where do you come from all of a sudden?
Sato: Auntie told me to save your ass and I see you really needed the rescue. Who once said to me to never let your guard down?
Jiraiya: Was that me? Anyway, thanks for the help.
Fukasaku: It's good that you came, we're pretty exhausted.
Fuma: Exactly, the old geezer has no strength left.
Fukasaku: I just wanted to be considerate of you, I could tell from the way you sang that you were running out of breath.
Jiraiya: Be careful, you shouldn't underestimate these guys. I had already killed 3, but they are all alive again. At least you were able to take one of them out of the race, which will save us a lot of trouble.
Sato: Leave the rest to me and relax to gather some strength, sensei.
Deva Path: So you're that Sato Senju I've heard so much about?
Sato: And then you're that idiot Nagato who is being manipulated by others?
Deva Path: What are you talking about? I am a god, no one can manipulate me!
Sato: Then why are you being used by Madara Uchiha for his moon plan?
Deva Path: How do you know about our plan?
Sato: You will only be used to revive Madara later. Then he will rip your eyes out of your head, which actually belong to him, and then you will die at his hands. Even the death of your parents was staged by him to activate your eyes. Yahiko also lost his life because of Tobi, or Madara as you call him. He gave Danzo and Hanzo information about your organization. He wanted to make you stronger and more submissive to his plans.
Deva Path: That can't be true, you're lying!
Sato: And the best thing is that Madara and Tobi are being manipulated by someone else. The actual mastermind is actually Black Zetsu, who is trying to free his mother Kaguya, who was imprisoned in the moon by the Sage of the Six Paths.
All 5 remaining Pain fell to their knees at the same time and looked at me with desperate eyes.
Deva Path: But then everything I did was a lie?
The real Nagato burst into tears and severed his connection to the paths, their bodies were all falling to the ground and none of them were moving anymore.
Jiraiya: Is everything you said true?
Sato: Yes, I've known that for a while. You should go to your student, I think you have something to discuss with him.
Fukasaku: Jiraiya, we'd better go back and leave you alone.
Jiraiya: Do it, I have to do this alone.
The next moment both toads disappeared from his shoulders in a cloud of smoke.
Sato: Sensei, let's go to the real Nagato.
Jiraiya: Yes, let's go.
The two of us entered the top room in the tower where Nagato's real body was, he was waiting for us together with Konan.
Jiraiya: You look pretty worn out Nagato.
Nagato: It looks worse than it is, sensei.
Jiraiya: So now you're calling me sensei again?
Konan: We're sorry for what we did. Please don't blame Nagato for this, I've had a strange feeling about this Madara for a long time. I should have known he was manipulating us.
Nagato: Konan, stop defending me, I should have noticed too.
Sato: Neither of you are to blame, Black Zetsu has manipulated everyone and has done so for millennia. He also contributed to the dispute between the Sons of the Sage of the Six Paths and caused an eternal war between Senju and Uchiha.
Nagato: That doesn't change the fact that we hurt and killed people to achieve our goal of lasting peace.
Jiraiya: It's not your fault, you heard Sato. You know, when I taught you back then, you were like my own children to me that I never had. You weren't the strongest, but you had the will to make a change and go beyond your limits and even if you came far from your real dream because you couldn't overcome your pain, I still know that Yahiko would have be proud of you both and I'm proud of you too.
Jiraiya went over to the two of them and hugged them and everyone started crying and I just thought, "What wimps."
Sato: Now that we've sorted that out, let's get to the important part. Where are Tobi and Black Zetsu right now?
Konan: The two of them are somewhere in the Land of Fire together with Kisame and Itachi.
Sato: So it's about time. I will now remove the Rinnegan eyes from you, Nagato. And then heal you completely and remove the antenna from your back.
Nagato: I see.
Nagato stood up and broke off the antenna and knelt in front of me. I removed his eyes and healed him, which allowed his natural eyes to grow back and improved his vitality significantly.
Konan looked into Nagato's new eyes which were green in color.
Konan: So he was telling the truth, they weren't your eyes.
Nagato: I don't think so, but what will become of the two of us now?
Sato: You are the leaders of Amegakure, the people here trust you and you should not abandon them.
Konan: We've caused them so much pain, I don't think they'll trust us.
Sato: I kidnapped three girls from your village a while ago and they remained loyal to you. I will bring them back here, but you must treat them well. Of course you also have enemies, but you can talk to them.
Nagato: But who am I without the Rinnegan?
Jiraiya: You are someone who strives for peace and wants to protect others, and people will recognize that when you show yourself to them.
Konan: Sensei is right, Nagato. You led us all and without you many here would have died a long time ago. I know you can lead us and keep the peace.
Nagato: Okay, for you and Yahiko, I'll try it.
Sato: Sensei, I'll go look for Itachi and I think you can manage the things here on your own now.
Jiraiya: You want to go without me?
Sato: Yes, you stay here, but don't forget to inform aunt.
Jiraiya: I will. Do you two know where you can get something to eat here? I pay.
I opened a portal to the Land of Fire near the old Uchiha quarters and watched the fight between Sasuke and Itachi. Itachi died and White Zetsu disappeared to report to Tobi. I came out of my hiding place and took both of them to Taiyougakure. I put Sasuke in one of the beds in my castle and transplanted Itachi's eyes into his eyes and then healed Itachi to give him new eyes.
Sasuke woke up after a few hours.
Sasuke: Where am I and where is Itachi?
Sato: Itachi died of his illness and you are in my village.
Sasuke looked over at me.
Sasuke: It's you Sato. What kind of illness are you talking about?
Sato: I made an offer to your brother years ago to save you from being manipulated by Madara today and gave him a fuinjutsu that would give me his location to find you when he dies.
Sasuke: Why would he do that, he's a murderer?
Sato: You just don't know the true story behind your clan's murder.
Sasuke: What true story?
Sato: Your brother killed the clan to prevent a rebellion against Konoha planned by the Uchiha. Your clan was not recognized by the leadership in Konoha for years and was even sent to the outskirts of the village. The Uchiha began to hate the village and became more and more corrupt in their role as police. From accepting bribes to eliminating political enemies and even punishing civilians for things they didn't do. But the man who sowed this tension between your clan and the village was a man named Danzo Shimura, who was killed as the Hokage before our Chunin Selection Exam, wanted to cleanse the village of past mistakes.
Sasuke: But Itachi killed everyone even the babies and children?
Sato: This was not your brother, the innocents died at the hands of a man posing as Madara Uchiha and hating Konoha because of a manipulation from the real Madara Uchiha, he was also responsible for the Nine-Tailed Fox's attack on the village. At that time, Hiruzen did everything he could to find a peaceful solution, but Danzo maintained tensions and so Itachi saw no other way to prevent a coup d'etat other than eliminating all the Uchiha adults so that the village and the rest of the Uchiha could be at peace and not die in a senseless internal war. He did it for you too.
Sasuke: That can't be right, you're lying!
Sasuke's tears fell.
Sato: Your brother had a lung disease for years and was at the end of his strength when he fought against you, but he had to give everything he could to push you to your limit to free you from Orochimaru's curse mark. The last thing he did for you, was to transfer the power of his eyes to you. With this you received your Mangekyou Sharingan and I merged your eyes and his eyes together, so that your eyes will not go blind if you use your Mangekyou Sharingan. I have Itachi's body lying nearby in case you want to say goodbye to your ever-loving brother. I'll give you some time to think about it first.
Sasuke cried and was quiet and didn't ask any more questions. I left the room and waited to see if he recovered from all the news.
After a day he left the room and wanted me to take him to his brother. When Sasuke saw his brother lying peacefully with a smile, tears flowed and he screamed: "Why didn't you tell me the truth! Why did you want me to hate you?
Sato: Your brother felt very guilty about what he did and wanted at least you to be able to come to terms with it after his death. He wanted to die for a long time, only you kept him alive for so long, he wanted you to be happy. And that you won't be manipulated by anyone.
Sasuke leaned over Itachi and shouted, "I forgive you, you damn idiot, why didn't you just tell me everything when you were in Konoha."
Sato: I'll leave you alone with him.
Sasuke: Thank you.
I left the room and left Sasuke to grieve in peace. After a while he came out of the room, looking as if a weight had been lifted from his shoulder.
Sato: Should I have him buried here or in Konoha?
Sasuke: Please take him and me back to Konoha.
Sato: Well, Sakura has been waiting for your return for a long time. I bet she's happy to see you again.
Sasuke: Is Mara still so disturbing?
Sato: Mara is beyond help.
Sasuke started laughing and I said, "Good to have you back brother."
Sasuke: I said before that I can't be related to Naruto, but I'm also happy to come back. What about my team Taka?
Sato: They are here in the village and are having fun. I also fixed Juugo's natural energy problem with a seal, he won't fall in ragemode anymore.
Sasuke: You could do that, even Orochimaru couldn't?
Sato: My seals are thousands of years ahead of the others.