Disclaimer: Fan of Fanfics21 does not own anything, not even the song or the references.

A/N: I was in the groove to write this, but I wondered where my sanity went when I wrote this. Then again, staying up late to finish this might be a good reason why...

Sokka looked over all of the intel of Menma the Third and grimaced. There was only information on his past exploits and from personal experience from people who've fought him. He'd thought he'd figure out this thief, but there was no pattern. It was too chaotic in his methods, each one random and unpredictable and clearly impossible to pull off. Yet, he succeeded in pulling off these heists flawlessly. How the hell did Menma do it? Every time he reread the reports, his paranoia went up, to the point when Naruto himself had disguised himself as an ally when they were in Ban Sing Se a while ago in spring.

Frankly, staying up late at night reviewing all of this was all a fucking bad idea. He was tired, hungry, starting to smell due to sweating from his constant reading, and even worse, his bags have bags now. He needed to consult with Hinata, an expert with Menma's trickery and swiftly put an end to this mission.

Menma leaned back in his chair as Kitsune was in the kitchen, tossing fried rice in the air as with the skill and grace of a kunoichi, she separated the flying pile into three separate bowls without a single grain on the stove, "Dinner's ready!" she called out as Menma and Kirin went to sit at the table and began to eat. "Once again, you've outdone yourself." Menma complimented as Kitsune puffed her chest with pride. "I've had years of practice in me to do something like this ya know." she told him as Menma nodded his head. "I need to refine my skills; I admit I'm getting rusty with my cooking. By the way," Menma turned his head as he looked at Kirin. "What do you have experience with cooking?" he asked.

"I'm not much of a cook, but I'm told I cook a mean Behemoth Steak." Kirin answered as the two looked at her. "Well I'm sure if we ever find one, I'd like to try it." Menma immediately answered.

Hinata yawned as she stretched her body and began doing traditional strikes in the air with her Gentle Fist as she utilized her flexibility to twirl gracefully before she landed an invisible blow to her unseen enemy as a small compression of air flowed forward, gently blowing the tree's branches as she smiled with content. "I see you're doing well," a voice commented as Hinata looked over her shoulder to see Naruto, although he couldn't see it, she had a small sad smile on her face. "Likewise, Naruto-kun." she answered before doing and set of strikes as the tree's bark was slowly burnt away by an unseen force.

"Working on a new technique?" the Paragon of Fire asked as Hinata wiped the sweat off her forehead as she nodded. "I'm trying to use the Eight Trigrams Air Palm with my fire nature chakra. Not only will the technique harm the opponent, it would also burn them in the process. It's an experiment to improve the Gentle Fist, to remind me to keep moving forward to the future." she responded as she looked at the tree with determination.

Naruto for some reason, felt proud of her for some reason. He remembered how timid and shy she was when they were younger, and now she's matured. He respected her for becoming a better person.

"What do you have this time...Menma?" Hinata asked out of the blue as Naruto immediately slid forward and turned to see Menma with his back turned against them, revealing that he was back to back with Naruto a few minutes ago. "I'd say you should investigate the Daimyo's spymaster. He's hiding something, one that is behind her Ladyship's back. It probably involves that cult I took down." the masked boy answered before dispelling, revealing to be a clone as Naruto frowned at the usage of the technique. "He always does this?" he asked.

"Yes, short, brief, and straight to business. That's how he is when giving me tip offs for some investigations." Hinata replied as they turned to see Sokka walk towards them. "Hinata, can you spare a minute?" he asked. "If it's about Menma, it'll have to wait. I got a tip off from an acquaintance of something important." she told him with a tone that said she won't change her mind from what's in front of her.

*Palace-Night*

"Curse that damned brat!" swore spymaster Ken Fushimi. Menma had brought in the cult he hired and they were in prison. Interrogations will begin and even though he made sure no one knew it was him, they know enough that someone in the palace was responsible for the job and plague. He needed to rid of Menma fast, and these shinobi of Konoha were not helping matters.

His plan, oh his glorious plan to rid this place of the pathetic poor and disabled who did nothing but lounge around in laziness, bringing this beloved city prosperity and riches. But those cult fools! They've messed it up big time! Their plague ran out of control, infesting a good deal of the city. Now Lady Miki is stressed and that blasted Menma is bringing all these people in. There will be too many witnesses here, he must rid of any physical evidence he had before its traced back to him; that will be the only way towards making an alibi for himself.

Yes, rid of any proof that he was connected to those blasted fools and pretend that-!

He lurched forwards as he stumbled, feeling a slight headache as he shook his head. "That was rather odd..." the spymaster thought as he began to burn his evidence, unaware of Ino Yamanaka hiding in the shadows as her clan's secret techniques were kicking in as she had a focused look on her face. Her nose began to drip blood as she began to transmit the details inside the spymaster's mind towards Daimyo Miki.

Said ruler was receiving it as Hinata and Naruto stood in front of her. They watched the expressions change on Miki's face; first shock, surprise, betrayal, and then a tranquil fury that made Naruto unconsciously take a few steps back. He's heard of women's scorn, but seeing it right in front of him made his instinct to flee skyrocket. This was worse than a fan girl chasing him, even a pissed Azula was less terrifying than that tranquil fury Daimyo Miki had. "Bring Ken to me now, kicking and screaming if you must." she ordered, her voice mellow and soft, but the underlying venom underneath it.

*Outside the Palace*

"So you tipped them off instead of disposing the man himself?" Kirin asked as Menma nodded his head. "The man has secrets in his mind, secrets best left buried and forgotten. But thanks to Ino, those dark secrets, all of those forbidden acts of treasons he's committed are now known to our newly crowned Daimyo. And boy, will she whip this country back into shape once she's done reforming the entire court and ending the corruption." Menma whooped happily as Kitsune looked at him. "So are we still going after the mirror?" she asked as Menma cupped his chin in thought. "Well, we do need the money for the revolution..." he mused dryly, "And our client, whom I fucking hate with my very existence is paying top coin for it plus the fact I made my calling card out to them; we'll have to finish the heist. But not before trolling everyone a bit more." he chuckled musingly as Kirin and Kitsune met each other's gaze before sighing. This was going to be a chaotic trip for the two women.

By the next day, all of Spymaster Ken's dark secrets were exposed. The injustice he committed and his atrocities have stripped him of rank, wealth, honor were all taken from him. He was executed for his crimes, and buried in an unmarked grave deep in a dark forest to show how much of a disgrace the man truly was. When Menma heard it, he had to admit the guy must have been messed up in the head to suffer an unmarked grave and buried someplace far away from civilization. But since the bastard had a connection to a cult that murdered children, spreading plagues left and right, he'd best be left forgotten for his atrocities. But now, Menma had one thing in mind, mess with Kumo and get those sorry assholes out of here, and in the most humiliating way possible.

Sokka froze mid-step, causing Suki to bump behind him a bit startled as she looked at her boyfriend confusingly. "Sokka," she spoke up, "Why did you stop like that?" she asked. Sokka looked at his girlfriend with an annoyed expression. "I feel like Menma is up to something stupid that I do not want to find out what it is." he answered flatly. "Well, you probably guessed right." came the voice of Kiba as he and Akamaru walked in on the pair. "It's following a pattern here, once something bad is exposed and removed, Menma strikes again, and everyone is...well I'd can't say I can take it seriously after what he does." Kiba grinned as if recalling an inside joke with the thief that only a few know.

"Okay I'll bite what in the world can Menma do that is so stupid that'll work?" Suki asked as both Sokka and Kiba looked at each other and face palmed.

"-Funny eyeball glasses, bowling pin-"

*SNAP!*

"Yeouch!" Darui yelped as he pulled his hand out of Menma's coat pocket as he removed the contraption from his hand. "-a fucking mouse trap." he swore. Menma snickered as Karui rolled her eyes in annoyance as she searched the other coat pocket. "Is this seriously the infamous thief that stole our village's scroll? I mean it could be a fan posing as him." Atsui asked as he scratched his head in confusion. "It sure is that same bastard, found him sipping tea with some girls when I picked a fight with him; used those freaky crystal powers of his." Karui answered as Darui nodded his head in agreement. "A Stress ball..." Darui commented as he squeezed it before looking at Menma confusingly. "-Never seen those before in my life."

"...Explosive launcher?" Karui asked with an unnerved tone as Menma looked her straight in the face. "I have a permit on that." he answered her as she looked at him skeptically before tossing it aside. What Darui pulled out from Menma's pocket left his face flushed? "Picture of Atsui's sister..." "What?!" he demanded.

"Uh-oh..." Menma said in a not-so-worried tone.

Indeed it was a picture of Atsui's sister, the Ice Queen of Kumo Samui. Except she was dressed in a really sexy and revealing lingerie and written in her handwriting (Atsui knows her writing like the back of his hands) saying "Call me Handsome! 555-9371"

"Samui!?" he exclaimed as he gave the thief a glare that would scare the crap out of ordinary people. "You fucking son of a bitch!" he snarled as Omoi, who was thinking of worst case scenarios, actually predicted this one right, and tried restraining the overprotective brother. "Geez, I figured you had a sense of humor after all...YOU'RE RELATED TO HER!" Menma retorted as Atsui when into a frothing rage as Menma somehow escaped his binding, startling everyone save for Atsui as said thief began to slap him silly before dashing off at a frighteningly good speed. "Get that bastard!" he shouted, as everyone took notice the binding were on Atsui instead. "Damn...he's good." Omoi noted with a cupped chin and a nod of approval.

*With Team Paragon*

"Everyone," Shino spoke up, gaining everyone's attention. "I've just gotten word that Menma is on the move, all of Kumo's shinobi in the area are in for the kill."

"Well good riddance to that thief, he's been a real pain." Ino huffed as Kiba looked like she grew a second head. "Are you mad? You're underestimating the guy!" Kiba exclaimed as he and Akamaru made a run for it. "Where's he going?" Neji asked as Hinata had a slightly amused smile. "He's off to see how Menma will outwit and humiliate Kumo again. And I'm in." she answered as she ran after her fellow teammate with Shino right behind her. Azula looked like she was contemplating something before following them, with Sokka and Akela right behind her. "I don't want to be involved with Menma right now." Naruto grumbled, really needing a smoke. That thief rubbed him off in so many ways he didn't want to be around the guy right now.

"Great, we better stop those seven before they do something stupid as well." Neji groaned as none were in the mood to deal with Menma after finding out the dirty secrets the now deceased spymaster had.

*With our lovable thief*

"Oh sweet nibblets..." Menma muttered, he was surrounded by both Kumo shinobi with hand signs ready to unleash devastating jutsu, the police force of the town armed to the teeth and out for his blood, and a street full of civilians wanting to see some action. "It's over Menma, surrender now or die trying!" one of them warned.

From the rooftops, Kirin and Kitsune watched from above while shaking their heads. "They're walking into his trap. Leave while they still can with their dignity intact." Kirin muttered softly as Kitsune had a weak laugh at that. "He's playing on their pride, luring them here all at once. This is one insane prank he's trying to pull...will he make it out?" she asked. "This is your son we're talking about." Kirin replied, looking at her friend. "He's bound to surpass you in pranks and antics one way or another."

Kitsune paused for a moment before laughing hard. "Y-You got it right, 'ya know? He's definitely going to surpass me if he gets out of it alive!"

From an alleyway Sokka, Akela, Kiba, Akamaru, Hinata, Shino and Azula were watching. "You think he'll make it out alive in this one?" Kiba asked as he bit his fingers in anxiety. "Are you kidding me?" Sokka asked, looking at the Inuzuka. "He's surrounded by trained men in both normal police force and shinobi, all armed to the teeth. It'll take a miracle to escape!" he retorted. Azula narrowed her eyes as she studied Menma's posture and her eyes widened. "Oh Agni's balls, he's playing them like a fiddle! And he's done it without them even knowing it!" she swore. Hinata merely chuckled as she knew their lovable rogue was up to no good again, and was going to kick back and enjoy the show.

"Hit it!" Menma shouted, snapping his fingers as the sky went dark and searchlights were lit on his location.

"What the-"

"Hehehe..."

"Oh come on...!"

Menma had taken off his mask, revealing he had painted his face in some sort of decorated skeleton face paint as he threw his robes off to reveal some sort of...dance costume? That was when the music started as he picked out two instruments of some sort and shook them as he danced to the tune as his black hair swayed in the wind.

"They call me Cuban Pete," he began to sing as people were being entranced by his song. "I'm the king of the rhumba beat. When I play the maracas I go chick-chicky boom, chick-chicky boom!" with sway of his hips as he danced, Akela and Shino noticed that several of the police force were moving their shoulder in tune with the song. "Yes sir I'm Cuban Pete, I'm the craze of my native street." he admitted with a cheeky grin.

"When I start to dance, everything goes chick-chicky boom, chick-chicky boom!" with that, he tossed the maracas towards a nearby villager who started to shake them along to the song. "The senoritas, they sing and how they swing with this rumbero~"

"What's a rumbero?" Kiba asked with a scratch of his head as Shino looked at him with a shrug.

"It's very nice," Menma continued as he flirted with a few lovely ladies who cooed at his dancing. "So full of spice~" he did a little jig, swinging his rear for them, "And when they're dancing a happy ring the maraquero-!" he leapt away as they squealed at their attempt to grab his butt as they failed as he landed on a see-saw. "Singing a song," he began as his end of the saw began to descend to the ground. "All day long~!" then the laws of physics were reversed as he was catapulted towards the Kumo shinobi. "Soooo...if you like the beat, take a lesson from Cuban Pete." he began as he found Samui in front of him. "And I'll teach you to chick-chicky boom, chick-chicky boom, chick-chicky boom!" with his hands outstretched, he began to gesture as if that was her cue in a magical way.

"He's a really modest guy," Samui began, confusion in her expression. "Although he's the hottest guy!" she continued as she began to enjoy it and began to dance to the tune. "In Havana! In Havana!" with that, Menma had his hand outstretched like a proper gentleman. "Si senorita, I know that you'll like to chicky-boom chick!" with that, she joined in in a duet.

"It's very nice!" a couple of drinking villagers joined in as everyone save for Hinata's group and Atsui's group that's catching up were in the song and dancing. "So full of spice!" a group of Kumo shinobi finished joyfully.

"I place my hand on your hip and if you'll just give me your hand." this responded in Menma being playfully slapped in the face by Samui as he twirled her. "Then we shall try, just you and I...Aye aye aye!" with that, she was dropped into the arms of her comrades with a cry of "Ole!"

"He's not bad," Omoi admitted as Darui and Karui were trying to remove Atsui's bindings. "Shut up and help get these off me!" he snapped.

"If you like the beat, take a lesson from Cuban Pete!" Menma repeated a big grin on his carefree face. "And I'll teach you to chick-chicky boom, chick-chicky boom!" With that, a massive conga line was formed from all three groups of people as they were making merry.

"What the..." Shino began as Kiba began to join in on the line and having in on the fun. Then they began to break dance without any care. Azula took notice that Sokka was slowly starting to get into the beat. She placed a hand on his shoulder and smoke came from his sleeve. "Start dancing and I'll fry your brains out." she growled. This stupidity had gone far enough, and she did not want this mission to take longer than necessary! Spying some fireworks nearby, she used her firebending to light it up as it went off with a bang.

"Shake your booty wow! See ya~!" Menma called out as he slid away from the scene. "What're you idiots doing?! Stop Menma! Show's over, let's go guys!" Atsui screamed out as everyone was regaining their senses as the police and shinobi were chasing after the rogue thief down the alleyway where he ran off.

"This was..." Azula grimaced, trying to comprehend on just what she saw. "That was fun!" Kiba laughed as he rejoined them as Hinata has a smile on her face as she was trying her best not to laugh. Leave it to Menma to brighten a rather dark day!