Hey-o! Warning, suggested themes of language, later on, and action. Anyway, enjoy! Two-personality Naruto/Menma. Dark!Smart!Menma! Good!Smart!Naruto!

Chapter One: Double Personalities

Naruto read the book he had gotten from the library on ninjutsu and chakra. Despite the teachers not giving him much of an education, he took every opportunity he could to learn. The book that he was reading he had to steal without the librarian knowing or she'd force him to put it back.

Naruto was halfway through the book even though he had just gotten it the day before. He was a natural born reader but whenever something was suggested to try, he couldn't do it. He figured that he had to watch something happen to understand it. Just like one of those visualists from the books, Naruto mused to himself.

He stopped reading when he heard the thumping of feet and looked to see a group of five kids from in his class walking up to him. Four of them were behind a bulkier kid. They were looking uncertain of the bigger kid but were too afraid of him to do anything.

The leader was a boy from a civilian family. He was one of the bullies of the school and took most of his anger out on Naruto. He wore a black t-shirt with a grey skull on the back. Naruto found it cheesy but kept to himself. The boy wore white shorts and blue sandals.

The group consisted of four civilians that were too cowardly to stick up for themselves so they became the bully's lackeys. They laughed whenever he did something that he expected to get a laugh for so that they won't get hurt and they yelled back whenever he hated something. But they never fought.

Naruto watched as the boy walked up to him with a confident smirk. "Look at this, the demon brat is reading a book! I didn't know retards could read."

The group of four chuckled when the bully looked at them. Naruto didn't care, he got used to bullies over the years. He stood up and closed the book. "Goodbye, Koari."

The boy hated how Naruto ignored what he said and grabbed onto the others shoulder. "Hold it, Uzumaki. I'm not done."

Naruto ripped his self from the boys grip. "Well I am. Go terrorize someone else."

Kaori gritted his teeth before punching Naruto in his back. "Don't you dare turn your back on me, Uzumaki!"

Naruto fell forward and smacked his face into the floor. He didn't know what to grip in pain, his back or his face, so he just settled for scrunching up in a ball. Kaori kicked him in his stomach as hard as he could. "Don't ever turn your back on me!"

Naruto gritted his teeth in a combination of feelings. He was angry, sad, pained, and frustrated. Angry because he hated the bully, sad because he didn't know how he deserved this, pained because he was hurting all over, and frustrated because he wasn't a demon!

Suddenly, the kicks stopped followed by the voice of Naruto's savior, Iruka Umino. He was a Chunin in the Academy, and also Naruto's teacher. He had grown to like the boy and tried his best to turn Naruto into the ninja he was needed to be. But it wasn't enough, he realized.

"What do you think you're doing, Kaori?!" Iruka yelled in anger. He had the boy held back by the ear. "Get to class now!"

Kaori hightailed it away from the man, intended on following the order. Iruka bent down to Naruto and put a hand on his shoulder. His expression was soft, almost father-like, and his eyes showed a lot of sadness. "Are you alright Naruto?"

Naruto nodded and stood up with the man's help. Iruka led him down the hall. "Come on, we're going to the nurse. You won't need to come to class, just relax."

Naruto nodded and followed the man into the nurses office. The room was big and split in two. One was where the nurse worked, the other where sick students would rest. There was a couple sinks to wash their hands, and two bathrooms for both genders. Curtains covered two beds to show that it was occupied and left three others open.

Naruto was led to the furthest cot and laid down. He nestled to the cold leather and closed his eyes. "Thanks, Iruka-sensei."

Iruka smiled sadly. "No problem, Naruto-kun. Remember, just rest."

Naruto nodded and curled into a ball. Iruka walked to the nurse and signed Naruto in. He then walked away without a second glance. The nurse smirked and took out an empty syringe.

Naruto laid down for about an hour before hearing footsteps headed his way. He ignored it that maybe the nurse was going to a different person but doubted it when he felt the presence of the nurse outside the curtain. He heard the curtain move and his arm get grabbed.

Naruto immediately opened his eyes and saw the woman put a needle into his arm filled with a clear liquid. He ripped his arm away, not the smartest thing he knew, and jumped to the other side of the cot. "What the hell are you doing?"

The woman still had the syringe in her hand and scowled. Before she could do anything, Naruto burst out of the room. He ran through the halls as fast as he could. He bumped into a few students but it didn't deter him from his path. He was almost to the door when he was stopped by someone holding the scruff of his neck. He was then pressed on his neck and his sight went blank.

-X-X-X-

'Damn, my neck hurts.' Naruto thought as he involuntarily grabbed the left side of his neck and sat up. He looked around the dark room in confusion.

The only way light was in the room was from the hanging lamplight swinging overhead. Parts of the room were still covered in shadows but it was still lit enough to see. There was a single door in front with a hatch covering an aperture big enough for a pair of eyes to look through. The room looked to be wooden and there was a sink and a toilet.

Suddenly, the latch clicked and swung to show a pair of green eyes before it latched back shut. The door creaked open and showed a cloaked man. He walked into the room without taking his eyes off of Naruto and advanced towards him.

Naruto moved backwards until his back was against the wall. "What are you going to do to me?"

Naruto's ear was pulled by the man and was pushed towards the door. He held onto Naruto's shoulder firmly so he wouldn't run away and led him out of the room into a barren living room. All that was in there was a chair and small coffee table. The cloaked man opened the front door and pushed Naruto outside harder than before.

Naruto stumbled forward until he fell over into the dirt ground. He looked up and paled when he saw the large group of villagers gathered around. They were all ranging from their late twenties to late forties. He could tell that they weren't there to help him.

But one, only one person stood out to him. She was a woman of her mid to late thirties. She had pink hair that reached down to her shoulder blades, and green eyes. She was the one to organize most of the mobs and held a place in the civilian council. She was none other than Rose Haruno, mother of Sakura Haruno.

The Haruno woman grinned, almost ear to ear. "Everyone, this is your chance to avenge those that you have loved but lost on this demon's," She spat out the word with venom, "Attack thirteen years ago! He will die today! That old fool of a Hokage may have been fooled, but we aren't! We will finish what our Yondaime would have wanted! That is why he had the demon forced into such of a weak state, for us to end the pain and suffering!"

The crowd cheered at the woman's words. "The Yondaime will smile upon us in the Heaven's above!" Rose continued. "He will thank us and forever protect us for fulfilling this deed! Now, everyone, end this demon's life!"

Everyone cheered before surrounding Naruto quickly. They were all grinning maliciously. Naruto knew what this meant, it was always worse when they were all riled up with a fancy speech. He held up his hands when one person raised their foot and kicked him.

Everyone then joined in. They left all of their worries of Hiruzen finding out and just focused on how much pain they could cause Naruto before he died. They felt a shiver dance up and down their back when a scream sounded from the young blonde.

Naruto felt numb all over his body. Suddenly, he felt it again. He felt the anger, the frustration, the sadness, and the pain, all gathered into two places over his body. It was in his head, more so his brain, and his heart. It all hurt so much more than how much the villagers could hurt him.

Suddenly, it all went away. Naruto felt the pain from his body leave before his sight went blank and fell into eternal bliss.

XXX Minutes later XXX

The villagers were enjoying themselves letting out all of their pain and sadness. They had been wanting to do this for so many years but that all ended. The were suddenly flung back by an invisible force and some even hit a tree and the house from how strong the force was.

Those who could recover quicker looked up to see Naruto's body, but were shocked. Naruto's appearance had changed. He now had black hair and it was longer, and more unkempt. He was at least half of a foot taller than what he was before but what shocked them the most were his eyes. They were now red with a black pupil and two black tomoes.

"The Sharingan!" Someone screamed in shock and horror.

Naruto just stood there motionlessly with a blank stare. He looked at each and every horrified civilian before grinning maliciously. "Let us see who can scream the best."

Naruto disappeared but appeared in front of a shocked man and dug his claws into his eyes. The man's scream echoed through the dark forest, and horrified the others even more. They were snapped out of it when the man stopped screaming and his body went limp.

"That wasn't fun, he only lasted thirty seconds." Naruto said before disappearing.

Screams started to echo throughout the forest creating a horrible symphony among each other. It only took five minutes for all of them to have been maliciously massacred. They were all killed slowly and painfully, maybe even considered 'artfully' among serial killers.

Naruto was still grinning despite being drenched in blood from the headless figure in front of him, blood pouring from the wound like a fountain. He dropped the head of the pink haired woman to the dirt. Her eyes were wide and her mouth open. It was the look of horror, the last emotion she felt.

Naruto had sensed the two strong chakra signatures behind him for the two minutes he was killing the others. He turned around and saw two horrified Anbu behind him. Despite having their masks on they wreaked of fear, something Naruto's nose and ultra-senses now caught.

"What the fuck was that?!" Yelled the Anbu with a bear mask.

Naruto grinned. They must not have realized it was him or else they would have had the Hokage down here in a flash. "What? I thought you knew what a massacre was in your line of work."

The bear-masked Anbu was still horrified but what he asked was how the hell a kid could have massacred a group of at least twenty civilians so easily. "You're going to have to come with us."

Naruto grinned. "Or what?"

"We'll have to force you. Please, kid, come with us." The parrot-masked Anbu said. It sounded more to be a beg than a request.

Naruto grinned. "Um, no. Have fun with the cleanup."

That was when the bear-masked Anbu realized Naruto's eyes. "The Sharingan?"

"What?" The other Anbu said before looking at Naruto's eyes and seeing the same thing. "The fuck?"

"What do we do?"

"Apprehend him, of course. He might be a living Uchiha that wasn't at the Uchiha Compound when the Massacre happened so we need to be careful with him." The masked Anbu said.

Naruto just stared at them, hearing the whole thing. "Are you going to let me through or no?" The two Anbu got into fighting positions. "I guess no."

The Anbu went after Naruto in unimaginable speeds but Naruto saw it easily. He blocked the multiple kicks and punches from both of the Anbu. Both sent a punch at him but he easily grabbed the punches and sent them barreling into each other.

Naruto grinned. "Aw, come on, this is the best you can do?" Naruto picked up a fallen kunai as the two Anbu got up. "What a pity."

Naruto twirled past the punch sent by the bear-masked Anbu before stabbing him in the elbow. The man jumped back as his partner went after Naruto. He was easily faster than the blonde but his attacks were seen faster.

Naruto grabbed the man's fist as he slid to the side, letting the man fall forward, but stabbed the kunai into the neck. Only a grunt could escape the parrot-masked Anbu before he hit the ground limply with a dull thud.

The bear-masked Anbu stood horrified that his partner was killed but didn't see the kunai hit him in the right shoulder. He fell back and looked at Naruto frighteningly. "What…Who are you?"

Naruto grinned and bent down, pushing down with the kunai. "Menma's the name. Let this be a warning to those who choose to harm Naruto Uzumaki."

The kunai was yanked out and the Anbu was kneed in his face, knocking him unconscious. Menma stood up before running in the direction of Naruto's house. He easily slipped into his house without any complications. He took a shower to clean off the blood and burnt the clothes that were stained with it. He slipped into the bed still wet and pulled the covers over him.

Menma closed his eyes. They stayed like that for a while before snapping open and sat up. His hair was now yellow again and his blue eyes shone in the dark. Naruto was gripping his chest and he breathed hard. "It…it's all a dream. A horrible dream."

Naruto laid back down and closed his eyes. "A horrible dream."

XXX Next day XXX

Naruto sat up and held his head in pain. 'Ouch.'

Naruto walked took a quick shower, got dressed into his jumpsuit, and left. He went to the Academy with his usual smile. He was halfway there when he saw Sasuke. He grinned and ran up to the boy. "Hey, Sasuke. Want to hang out today?"

Sasuke glanced at Naruto with his usual scowl. "No, dobe, now get away from me."

Naruto frowned but persisted. "Tomorrow?"

"No."

"The day after tomorrow?"

This went on, advancing day to day, like every morning. Naruto, since he first met Sasuke, wanted to help the boy have fun and release his hidden goof but it hasn't gotten anywhere. Naruto wouldn't give up, though, and made it his goal other than becoming Hokage.

When they made it to Iruka's classroom, gossip was going around about a mysterious massacre of twenty villagers and one Anbu. Naruto narrowed his eyes but shook his head since his dream didn't have an Anbu in it.

'Something weird's going on…'

R&R