Heya fellow fanfic believers, this is Fan of Fanfics21 with a special fic permitted by Deus Swiftblade, author of the major hit Avatar-Naruto crossover fic: Bodyguard of Azula. Under no circumstances this fic is highly non-canon under his decision unless he is able to fit it in his story. With further ado, let's begin!

Disclaimer: Fan of Fanfics21 does not own Naruto, Avatar the Last Airbender, or Bodyguard of Azula. Nor any other references to other works accept a certain few.


The newly crowned Daimyo Miki sighed as she finished another session in the court as she made her way to her room to rest, only to hear something she didn't expect.

"A kung fu fiesta! En garde!" and the sounds of swords clashing as Miki ran to the source. There, she saw a blond boy wearing a lion porcelain mask fighting off the guards, and was winning. The most unexpected thing she saw was the masked boy appearing behind one of the guards and gave him a wedgie that caused the underwear he had to go over his head before being kicked to the wall. "Double Wedgie achievement unlocked!" he exclaimed humoursly as he looked over and saw Miki. "Run milady! He might be an assas-ugh!" the last guard was silenced as he was frozen in ice as the boy was walking up to her.

"Hello your Highness," the boy greeted with a polite bow as he dashed up and swept her off her feet as she was leaning backwards. "I'm the new thief in town with a message." he said as he looked at her straight in the eyes from behind his mask. "The Imperial treasure will be mine! Yours truly, Menma the Third!" he told her as she widen her eyes at the name.

"Memna the Third? As in Men-mrfff!"

What she could have finished was cut off by the boy lifting his mask a little and gave her a deep, passionate kiss that caused her foot to rise up from it as she was set standing upright in a daze. When she recovered, Menma was leaning backwards on an open window with his mask in place as he waved at her. "I'll call you sweetheart! Ahahahaha!" he laughed as she watched him fall backwards before running to the window and looked down to see the guards in frantic search of the intruder. "This is bad..." she muttered as she touched her own lips. "Really bad..."

Word had gotten out about the break in and the message to the new Daimyo of the Land of Fire as the five great nations have been thrown in a riot at the mention of Menma. The biggest challenge of all time was unleashed, and Miki needed the one team she knew could stop Menma the Second from stealing what she believed to be what he was targeting. The fastest messenger bird was sent to Konoha as 'Menma' himself watched from atop a spire of one of the city's roofs as he smirked under that mask of his. "Let's welcome chaos!"


When Tsunade read the message, her eyebrows furrowed and twitched with great fury as she broke the sake bottle she had in her hand, not caring of the spilt contents as she was now sober at what she read. "Of all people, he's returned within the span of 3 weeks! I could have sworn he'd die already!" she swore with distaste as she signaled an Anbu to come forth. "Get Team Paragon here now." She growled out as the Anbu instantly faded out, sensing the ominous killing intent emanating from Tsunade.

"-so then you add the frozen peas and then chow down." Naruto finished as Sokka looked confused. "Wait Naruto, shouldn't you wait for the peas to thaw out before eating them in your ramen?" he asked. "No, you see, the frozen peas help cool the broth, and the broth warms the peas." He replied. As Sokka nodded his head at the idea, Azula couldn't help but roll her eyes. For the past half hour, Sokka had asked for advice about eating ramen and then this lecture from Naruto took place. While it was something productive for her boyfriend and his friend to have some bonding time, she was really bored. "By Agni, let something interesting happen now." She thought, not knowing she was getting her wish.

An Anbu landed near them and walked up to them, gaining the attention of the three as the Anbu spoke. "Lady Tsunade needs Team Paragon immediately. And she's not in a good mood." He warned them as he poofed away. This gained the curiosity of the three as they quickly went to get June and Suki. No doubt they must have gotten the message as well.

As soon Team Paragon had entered the Hokage's Office, confused about the immediate summons as Tsunade had an irritated expression mixed with seriousness. "I'm glad you came, now this is the biggest mission I've ever assigned to anyone, ranking X." she spoke the minute they walked in.

"X-rank mission? What, the x stands for eXtreme or something?" Sokka asked jokingly as one glare from Tsunade instantly shut him up. "Yes, and the reason why this is the highest rank is because it came from the daimyo herself." She told them as everyone immediately stood straight and had serious expressions. Like the kind when helping Miki with dethroning her father and stopping the assassination. "What's the job?" Naruto asked as Tsunade looked at them, "All of you are to protect the Imperial Treasure, the Yata no Kagami from Menma the Third." She said, saying the name of the person with great vehemence. "Menma…the Third?" Suki asked, not knowing who it is as all of Team Paragon looked confused as Tsunade groaned with annoyance.

"Menma the Third, an infamous thief and assassin of such skill he's a legend among thieves and assassins that they practically worship the grounds he's stolen or killed on. He appeared sometime last year in winter making a name of himself real fast. He started out by declaring that Kumo's version of the Scroll of Forbidden Seals would be his, which resulted in maxed out security that'll make it suicidal for anyone to try and get it." Tsunade started out as she held out a file showing pictures of Kumo's buffed up security, causing June to whistle. "Now that is one tight level of security, did he back down?" she asked as the Hokage snorted. "Of course not, the most interesting thing is that he managed to steal the damn thing right in front of them while dodging every kunai, shuriken, jutsu, and ninja out to get him. He even fooled the Raikage and the Hachibi's Jinchūriki Killer Bee with a disguise when they were acting as the last line of defense in capturing Menma." She told them as Sokka blinked at that.

"Was he using some sort of…Henge jutsu was it?" he asked as Tsunade shook her head no. "He used actual clothes and makeup to look like a pregnant woman who lived outside of the village and did a well performed act of acting like a mood-swung mother that it completely fooled those two until he got out and then removed his disguise. That baffled the both of them as he got away." Tsunade replied with a wry smile on her face. "To this day, Kumo had a rather hard time coping with the fact they were outsmarted by a mere unorthodox thief and had a huge chip dented to their egos. Although the scroll was found and returned, there was a note that the contents were already copied by Menma himself. That led to giving him the bounty of 30,000,000 if caught dead or alive." Now that price on the bounty made the hunter whistle at the amount for one guy.

"Not to mention he's stolen the Jade Peach, national treasure from Kusa, the Dragon Claw from Iwa, and the Red Soulstone of Diablo from the Land of Demons; all priceless artifacts worth a fortune on the black market."

"Are there any other details we should know about?" Azula asked as Tsunade nodded. "He's claimed to be a part-time assassin, utilizing a forbidden ritual to call him to kill others. It is the vilest kind using human bones, flesh, a heart, with a knife rubbed in the petals of nightshade. It is an effigy surrounded by candles as the summoner repeatedly stabs the body and mutter 'Sweet Mother, sweet Mother, send your child unto me, for the sins of the unworthy must be baptized in blood and fear.' In order to call him." She explained, showing Naruto a picture file of a seven year old boy invoking the ritual. This caused Naruto to frown as he looked at the picture. "Why did he do this?" he asked, referring to the picture.

"For vengeance against the owner of the orphanage here in Konoha for abusing the children and refusing to let them to be adopted. This was Kotaru Inugami who performed this ritual and called him. He had Menma kill the owner and dismember the body into pieces that even our autopsy had a hard time reconstructing. We're still missing parts of a hand, and the entire head that was requested by the boy to be removed and handed to him. To this day, the orphans hailed him a hero for killing that woman. Frankly, I think that woman deserved it for the reports from those kids." Tsunade replied as Naruto flipped through papers of what the children said about what the orphanage owner did. It sickened him, but he did not like it when the child took a choice of vengeance against that woman who formerly owned the orphanage.

"That was only the beginning, afterwards, out of numerous people, only several others were able to summon him with the…Black Sacrament. To them, he is the Avatar of Vengeance, a reaper that spills the blood of others in the name of vengeance. Our clue of how the very few to contact him were the ones with a hatred that ran deep within them. Only they could call Menma out for his assassination skills. Plus, you have to pay him in some way in order to gain his services. So far, he's killed minor nobles who abuse their powers, drug lords of the underground, and even the nephew of a Daimyo once." Tsunade reported as Naruto checked the pictures of the corpses of the victims of the 'Black Sacrament' as most of them were killed in specific ways.

"He is a ruthless, merciless, cunning, and dangerous person. A person that personifies what it meant to be a ninja in the old ways." A voice spoke, the one that instantly put Naruto on edge as every turned to see Danzō walking in. Tsunade narrowed her eyes, "What are you doing here?" she demanded as Danzō ignored the tone of distaste from her. "Information on Menma, my resources tell me he has two accomplices with him. Two females, both masked." He replied bluntly as Tsunade's suspicions rose about the man. "How do you know this?" she asked as Danzō's single eye opened up and looked at her. "Because I have taken an interest in the abilities this boy uses, for his thieving skills look eerily familiar to certain techniques belonging to two certain clans." He replied as Tsunade knew that he was after Menma for whatever techniques he had.

"Really, so what two clans are these supposed techniques did Menma have learned from? Because no clan in history is willing to share their secrets with anyone." She told him as Danzō's lone eye locked with hers. "He was using the techniques of the Iga and Kōga clans." Were his very blunt replies as Tsunade was taken aback by those names; "Impossible…they're supposed to be…" she trailed off and bit her lip. "What kind of ninja clans are those?" Naruto asked, eyeing Danzō cautiously as Tsunade recovered and cleared her throat.

"The Iga and Kōga clans were the very first official ninja clans that were ever created, predating before the rise of the Sage of Six Paths, these two clans were the forefathers of all ninjas and clans as a whole. They were professionals as ninjas, of espionage, sabotage, assassination, and even thievery a few times as they were the shadows of the daimyo's in their time. They were the Ninjas of Shadows, the pinnacle of stealth in its truest form and were once great and powerful clans. But once the discovery of chakra was made and rise of other ninja clans. It caused the Iga and Kōga clans to start falling behind, staying to the old traditions as their numbers dwindled with the years. The last of them were dead and their names etched in history as extinct clans, but it seems that this Menma might be a distant descendant of the two clans or a promising student who was entrusted with their legacy." She explained as Suki partially understood why Menma might be doing this.

After all, she came from Kyoshi Islands and had continued an old traditional custom of warriors that went on for generations, bound to keeping honor to that tradition for as long as a single one of the people who lived on the island still stands. "…Menma must be doing this to honor the Iga and Kōga clans." She said out loud without realizing it as everyone turned to her. "It's just a hunch, but it seems that if Menma is a possible descendant or student, he wants to restore their tarnished honor by using his skills to humiliate the ninjas of this era." Suki told them as Sokka cupped his chin in thought and nodded. "Yeah, I kinda see the resemblance with a certain someone…" he trailed off, looking at Zuko expectantly as said Fire Lord glared at that.

"Yes, honor to the ancient ways of what it was meant to be a ninja…" Danzō said with a very rare smile. If Naruto wasn't on edge right now, he would've been paranoid by the expression. "I shall take my leave, it seems that I have a newfound respect for Menma, and what he believes is the true way of what it means to be a ninja." He said as he turned and walked out. Once the presence of Danzō was finally gone, Naruto finally relaxed.

"Out of curiosity, why do you seem to hate Menma?" Sokka asked gaining everyone's attention. "I notice you've been constantly irritated by the mere mentioning of him, and seem to have some sort of grudge against him." He explained as Tsunade sighed. "Well…Menma has been in Konoha for a while during spring. He's practically a legend among the kids and the demons of adults with the reputation he had. That and he's insane with what he does according to Jiraiya's spy network." She replied as Naruto raised a brow. "Due to him being a bodyguard for an idol during his visit, he's gotten away with many things, especially since there were thousands of fans of the idol here in Konoha that would ruin Konoha's reputation if she's ever assassinated." Tsunade continued as she rubbed her head.

"So why would an idol want to be assassinated?" Suki asked, not knowing this side of the world's culture and traditions. "To eliminate a threat to other idols and promote them to raise money." Tsunade answered straightforwardly. "But due to Menma being a bodyguard, most assassins refuse to make any moves, due to him being more skilled and have the mind of an expert assassin. His tactics I hear are brutal, lethal, and if he had the right stuff, could kill only the target without any other casualties. To them, to try and assassinate someone he's protecting knowing that an assassin is targeting them is suicidal. We figured that the hard way when he disposed of one of ours inside of Konoha." She said with her head down.

Azula could have sworn to have heard "And she was one of our best…" muttered by Tsunade as she shook her head. "So what's he done, humiliate Konoha with pranks?" she asked sarcastically as Tsunade growled at that. "He did. And he became known as 'The Second Coming of Naruto' for what he's done." She gritted out as everyone noticed pulsing veins as they all cautiously took a few steps back. "He's defiled the Hokage Monuments with suggestive wordings, tricked the Akimichi clan into eating diet foods, crushed other ninjas with falling cows, and, and, aaaannd…!" she snarled in righteous anger as they could see the chakra emanating from her body in a massive surge. "We don't want to know the last one." Sokka spoke hastily as that was the final trigger.

"That fuckin' son of a bitch covered almost all ninja in the Inuzuka's special breeding brews as the dogs of the Inuzuka clan were released as they humped and scarred for life many ninja at such humiliation that it made them commit suicide!" she roared with uttermost fury as all of Konoha shook from the voice of the Hokage.


In his hideout with his two accomplices, Menma sneezed as he looked towards the direction of Konoha and smirked under his mask. "I see Tsunade is still pissed off about the Inuzuka Incident, I'm betting 50 ryo that she'll rip something apart real bad." He told the two. "Not betting on it." The other two depanned, knowing that in the end, he'll be proven right.


Once the rampage of Tsunade died down, all of Team Paragon peeked from behind the doorway to see the destruction brought upon by Tsunade as she was breathing raggedly, exhausted by her tantrum as she began calming down. "Anything else we might want to know before we go?" Sokka asked nervously as Tsunade held up a finger. "One more thing, he seems to have a strange relationship with the Akatsuki, ranging from trying to kill each other, to being best buds at the bar. Just take the damn files and go. I have a need of sake right now and I don't want to be disturbed." She told them, tossing the files to June who began looking through them as she walked away. Not wanting to stay, the rest of Team Paragon followed suite and looked through the files.

Naruto looked through the files of Menma's assassination targets, wondering what kind of person he is, and what he looks like as Sokka looked through the ones with Menma and the strange relationship with the Akatsuki. While he's hoping for some information on the target, there was a photo of a strange black hooded boy with a lion mask that reminded him of the kind the Anbu wear as he seems to be laughing at Itachi Uchiha who had a flushed face and was flirting shamelessly with a girl with Kisame having a 'WTF' expression on his face. Another one depicted the masked thief/assassin fighting Hidan and Kazuku, he didn't see any weapons, but the expressions of the two Akatsuki members looked like they loathed the kid with a great deal of hate. The next one was with him and Tobi, acting childishly as an annoyed Deidara tried to blow them up as they ran. All while looking at the photos, Sokka had one thing in mind; "Where do they get these photos?"

With that, Team Paragon prepared themselves for a mission that they'll never forget.