Chapter 1 In The Rain

"PITTER PATTER"

As the rain fell down on Amegakure, a boy laid on the ground, his red hair covering his eyes. "W-Where am I?" He asked confusedly as he pulled up hi hair to look around. The boy found himself in a waste land, with a small dog by his side.

'How, what? I was just crossing the street, where am I?' He thought to himself as he rose to his feet. The dog next to him looked small and pitiful, then again, he felt the same way at this moment.

After looking around a for a few seconds, the boy noticed a girl in the distance, she was about his height, and had straight blue hair along with amber eyes. In one hand she held an umbrella and in the other a loaf of bread.

"Growl!"

Seeing the piece of bread the boy grew hungry. As he stared at the bread the girl eventually made her way towards him. "Here eat this." She said before handing the boy the bread. The boy was astounded for reasons he couldn't understand.

"T-Thank you." He replied as he accepted the bread, the boy was about to begin eating when he noticed the dog at his side. 'Well I don't know what he has to do with me, but I feel bad.' The boy mused before halving the loaf and giving the dog his share.

The girl smiled seeing this. "I am Konan, what's your name?" She asked when suddenly his face froze over.

'I was walking down the street and then I woke up in a raining wasteland. My hair is red, and I meet a girl with light blue hair named Konan. No, don't tell me.' He thought to himself before gathering the courage to ask.

"Excuse me, but, where exactly are we?" The boy asked with a final glimmer of hope. "Eh, we're in Amegakure, also known as the Village Hidden by Rain." Konan answered happily.

The boy's hopes were dashed though. 'Then, I must be Nagato.' He contemplated. Who else could he be after all. If he was really in the Naruto World, Konan is much younger and clearly not part of the Akatsuki, and he has red hair, who else could he be?

"I, I am Nagato." He said before munching on the bread. On the outside he looked as calm as the ocean, but inside he felt like a raging tornado. 'I still have hope, I still have hope, this could just be a dream right? And if it isn't, who's to say I am actually Nagato or that I even have the Rinnegan?' The boy consoled himself before finishing the bread.

"Seeing as you've probably been starving for a long while, would you like to come with me?" Konan asked, but he had no reply. He didn't know what to do. 'If I don't join up with Yahiko and Konan I could live a peaceful life, but eventually Obito or someone else will come for my Rinnegan if I have it. Not to mention the fact that right now I am starving have no where to go, and this is probably the 2nd Ninja War.' He analyzed quickly, before simply nodding.

"If its not too much trouble." The red haired boy replied. Hearing this Konan smiled happily before motioning for him to follow her. Along with them the dog came. 'What should I name him actually, I don't remember there being a dog with Nagato at that time, or was there? Its been so long I can't really remember.' The boy thought.

"Hmm, lets name you, Chibi." He declared, hearing this the dog smiled before Konan interjected. "What are you doing? Naming him?" She asked with some curiosity. "Eh, ya why?" He replied with some embarrassment.

"Oh then I think we should name him Hiroto." Konan recommended. "Well I guess we could call him Hiroto." He simply said, as the dog was now named Hiroto. "So Nagato, how did you become an orphan?" She asked him.

'She's quite blunt isn't she?' He thought before answering her. "My parents were killed by 2 shinobi who mistook us for combatants." He said monotonously. In this life although he was probably Nagato, he had never interacted with Nagato's parents, so he had almost 0 attachment to them.

"Oh, I am sorry for bringing it up." Konan said as she regretted as asking the question now. After walking for almost an hour, they finally arrived at their base of operations.

It was a large open cave, with many crates inside. As they entered, his eyes locked with an orange haired figure. 'This man, you could say he's even more famous than Nagato himself, although he was dead for literally the entire series.' He thought as he locked eyes with Yahiko, who would one day become the host of the Deva Path.

"Konan, who is this?" Yahiko said with an irritated look on his face, his brown eyes looking the boy up and down. "This is a boy I found on the side of the road, he was starving so I brought him back here." Konan explained to Yahiko.

"Hmm, we're low on food these days, but fine, what's your name anyway?" Yahiko asked curiously. "I am Nagato, this is Hiroto." Nagato stated as he pointed to himself and then to the dog.

"Okay, anyway you better pull your weight around here, I am not too fond of leaches." Yahiko declared in a passive aggressive tone. "Mhmm." He simply replied before looking around the cave.