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Au/crossover between to the main path and movie.

First Ripple

Tonight was a special night for all of reality, it was the night of the Red Moon. An occurrence that happened without warning.

Whenever it did, something was bound to happen. Sometimes it would be for the better or worse, it depended on your luck and actions.

Outside of Konaha stood a masked man, he would be testing his luck with his actions.

"Tonight will be the night." A masked figure spoke "I will test the power of the Limited Tsukuyomi."

Summoning Jutsu: Kyuubi

As the name said, he summoned the Kyuubi. The Nine Tailed fox, strongest of all the tailed beasts.

With the power of the Kyuubi alone, I should have some kind of affect on the world. He stated sure of himself. I just wish I knew what was happening. He may be the one who was initiating the Jutsu, but even he couldn't control it.

The masked man gave the crimson moon a praising look. With his Sharingan spinning fiercely, he started.

Limited Tsukuyomi

The man gave the moon a sharp glare as he poured his entire being into the technique. He waited for some kind of visible affect.

Nothing. He dejectedly.

"Well, since I'm here." He thought in a lighter mood "Kyuubi, att-!" The words were caught in his throat.

He wanted to finish the words, to command the demon to attack, but he couldn't bring himself to do it. Instead, he pulled himself into his eye.

The fox made his way to freedom.

In truth, something did happen with the Genjutsu. A ripple, a disturbance in reality itself. It was something one would never have noticed unless they knew where to look.

In this case, the Konaha hospital.

Kushina Uzumaki Namikaze was straining to give birth to her child. The one that would carry on the legacy of her people and her husband. The single source of both their love and happiness.

"Come on Kushina, you're almost there!" Minato cheered.

The mother to be let loose a scream that would put banshee's to shame.

It was cut short by a sound that caused her to ignore the unholy pain she was filling. The sound of a newborn child screaming. It's scream actually replaced it with pleasure, not of the body. It was a pleasure of the heart.

"Kushina." Minato spoke worriedly.

"Yes?" Kushina weakly spoke. "What's wrong?"

"It's..."

She noticed her husband's reluctance to answer, she could only assume the worse.

"What's wrong Minato?!" She asked frantically "What's wrong with my baby!?"

"Babies." He corrected "We have twins."

Kushina was shocked at her husband's statement, twins. That was unsuspected, it was supposed to be a single child. The one that they would name after Jiraiya's 'decent' book.

She took a peek at her children.

There were both boys, and as amazing as could be.

There was one thing that caught their attention. His eyes were wide open, searching. He had a look on his face of someone who knew they didn't belong. A stranger in a foreign land. A disturbance in a settled environment, like a ripple in water.

And he knew it.

"What shall we name him?" Kushina asked.

She, like her husband, was shocked at the extra child. But he was theirs, so they were happy.

Minato was just as surprised, but more than prepared.

"How about Menma?" He offered. "After your favorite ingredient in ramen."

She could only give the man she loved a smile. Ramen was the only thing that she loved almost as much as him.

"Menma it is."

The events of the almost Kyuubi attack soon passed.

There was no unimaginable amounts of damage. No loss of 'innocent' life for either Shinobi or civilians. No unfocused hate growing within the village. And no honorable sacrifice by noble Shinobi's.

It was an incident the village would never know it was lucky to avoid.

Without such a major factor in the village, time went on. One course was blocked, but another created.

The Uzumaki-Namikaze clan was living a peaceful and prosperous life. Even more prosperous after suing the doctor for telling them that they were having one child.

The time that passed showed how different the children truly were.

Naruto was brash and kind. He often jumped into the fray of things without thinking.

Menma was focused and cruel. It wasn't that he was a bad kid, he just had little self restraint.

The two would often bump heads because their difference, but they were agreed on one thing.

Ramen, they loved it.

More time passed with the family.

Menma became more...disgruntled with the way things were. The problem was, he didn't know why. It had been an issue since the day he was born.

He had a family, they loved him with all their hearts. Even his brother, who he clashed with cared for him. In the end, he loved them just as much.

His clan was widely respected, but small enough not to be arrogant. The villagers treated him with decency.

It just seemed as if something was out of place in the world, like him. There were times he felt as if he just didn't belong to it. Like he was somehow misplaced in the world.

"What is it?!" He would scream for an answer.

He wouldn't get an answer until he was eight.

Menma was spending another of his special nights on the roof. He was gazing at the moon, waiting for it to reach it's peak. It seemed that the only time he would feel at peace was when he was under the full moon.

He watched the moon rise higher and higher.

Then it did the most incredulous thing that Menma had seen, but somehow familiar. The moon turned a blood red.

What the hell? He asked himself.

As Menma gazed at the moon, a sensation washed over him. He felt a restlessness in him he never felt before, as if a fire had been lit inside of him. Under it was a sense of peace he never knew.

The child stood up and began walking, heading towards the direction of the moon.

Menma arrived under the moon, as close as possible in his situation that is.

Where am I? He asked himself.

He had blindly followed the moon, never taking his eyes off of it. It was a miracle he hadn't bumped into anything while he was moving.

As he looked around, he saw that he was at the entrance to the Uchiha district.

Why did the moon bring me here? He asked. Only one way to find out.

Menma made his way into the Uchiha's land.

As he moved through the empty streets, trouble became obvious.

He had simply walked into the territory of one of the most prominent clans in the entire village. There was no one to either greet him or stop him, it was just empty. Even if it were the middle of the night, there should have been some form of life.

Ignore it. He pushed himself forward. Need to follow the moon.

The moon seemed to have lead him towards the clan head's home. He stood in front of the large house in intimidation.

Menma took a deep breath as he moved in.

Menma was greeted with the sight of death.

The clan head and his wife were lain in front of him, dead.

For some reason the sight of two dead people didn't bother the child. It was like looking at the death of someone in a lucid dream.

"You're back faster than I thought Itachi." A voice spoke "Have you finished with your brother alre-who are you?"

Menma turned his attention to the speaker.

There stood a man in an all black coat. He wore a mask that had black fire markings on it. There was a single eye hole that showed a Sharingan.

Menma didn't answer the man, he just looked out the window.

The only sign that he had reached the end was that the moon had faded. That meant he was either too late, or at his destination. He prayed that it was the second.

The Sharingan user noticed his look.

"Do you see it?" The masked man asked. "Do you see the red moon?"

Menma's attention snapped to the masked man. It seems he had reached the end of his destination.

"I am Menma, who are you?" Menma asked.

"The Ripple in reality, so we finally meet." He stated, confusing the child. "Tell me Menma, does everything feel off to you?" He asked the child. "Like something's not right with the world around you?"

Menma froze at the questions. What does he know?

"What does it mean?" He asked the masked man.

"...That is a story for another day." The masked man spoke.

With a barely noticeable nod, Menma fell unconscious. He had been struck by somebody from behind.

When Menma re-awoke, he was in a hospital.

"He's awake!" A cheerful voice cried.

Menma turned to see that it was his father that spoke. His shout of joy awoke both Naruto and Kushina from their deep slumber.

"Menma!" They shouted.

"Do you have any idea how worried we were for you?" Kushina asked. "You're lucky your father was went to check on you! If he hadn't had you marked with his seal..." She trailed off in tears.

She had heard about what happened to the Uchiha clan. A massacre with only one survivor. To think that her baby boy was there, of what could have happened. It was too much for a mother to bear.

"What were you doing out so late at night?!" Minato asked.

The question was enough to pull Kushina from her growing depression. So many scenario's began playing through her mind. They all revolved around the same answer.

"Was it...a girl?" Kushina asked silently, her hair rising in anger.

Shit! Everyone thought, panicked. When her hair became like this, it was time for 'fight or flight'.

"I was following the red moon!" He quickly answered.

What do you people want from him, he's eight! You all expect some kind of elaborate lie, well not this time!

"Red moon?" Minato asked.

Everyone noticed his strange tone, it was all business. It was apparent he knew something about it.

"What does it mean?" Naruto asked.

"Truthfully, I don't know." He answered. "But there is something special about it, concerning you two."

"What?" They asked, Menma more desperately.

"It was out the night you two were born." Minato answered.

"The night you two were born, we were expecting only one child." Kushina spoke thoughtfully. "But we were blessed with a second."

"We sued the hospital and doctor for all they were worth." Minato spoke. "You're mother spent it on Ramen."

The redhead had the decency to look away in embarrassment.

"Well I have good news!" Kushina spoke, pushing her blush away. "I'm pregnant!"

"Since when?!" Minato asked in shock.

"Since we conceived it." Kushina answered "Last night, under the red moon."

"Gross." Naruto whined.

Menma was too caught up in their words to be grossed out, another child.

He finally had his some of his questions answered. Now he knew why he always felt as if he didn't belong. It was because he didn't. And another that didn't was on it's way. One that was born under the red moon, born of the red moon, just like him.

But what is the red moon? He asked himself.

Even if he had some of his questions answered, more were made.

Menma had returned home that night to find a gift to him. A kitsune mask and two scroll. One of the scrolls was labeled the Nine Masked Beasts.

There was no name anywhere, but he had a feeling as to who left it. The masked man from the Uchiha compound.

Call him what you wanted, he didn't care. It could be Obito, Madara, or even Tobi.

The masked man watched the child of the moon.

He didn't know what possessed him to give the child the gifts, he just did. They were the techniques he would have learned in his own world, Obito brought then out. He wanted to see the child grow to be as strong as possible.

Is this what it feels like to be a father? He asked himself.

He had helped give the child life, helped bring him into the world. For all intent and purpose, he was the child's father.

And another on the way. He thought, slightly confused. But I had nothing to do with this one.

It was a mystery even he knew nothing about.

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Tsunade.

Sakura's dad.

Minato.

The Third Hokage.

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