Welcome back, my faithful reader to another chapter of Naruto and Menma Brothers in Arms, I have one request from my readers and anyone who like this story, could you guys leave reviews for each chapter and tell what you guys think. It would be really appreciated if you guys did, anyway onward with the story.

Story Start.

Naruto was currently in the basement looking at the remains of the Sekirei ship that Miya and the girls arrived in. He thought 'I wonder if there is anything else we could do with this?' Naruto got an idea of what he could make and went to work, creating new toys for himself. After a while Naruto heard something that sounded like… movement, coming from within the walls of the basement.

He stopped his work; Naruto went over to the north wall in the basement and pressed his ear to it. He heard something in there moving around and pulled his head back. Naruto placed his hand on the wall and began feeling for a switch or something. The Nephilim finally found the switch, which was a little carving of a gargoyle sticking out of the wall; Naruto flipped the head back, revealing a small red button underneath the neck. Naruto pressed the button and a section of the wall next to him slid back and opened up, revealing a hidden passage.

Curiosity getting the better of him, Naruto pulled out a flashlight from his coat and turned it on as he went into the tunnel, the secret entrance door closing behind him. Naruto let out a sigh at the cliché secret tunnel door.

"Well, only one way out of here." He said to himself

Naruto went through the tunnel, removing the cobwebs in his way and looking around as he went. This tunnel seemed to be made for when something went wrong and a hiding place was needed. Naruto thought back to his parents and a small smile crossed his face, he wondered wherever they were, that they were ok. Naruto pushed the thought out of his head and walked on until he came into a large room and spotted a large chest in the middle of the room. Naruto heard something behind him move and turned to see… nothing. Thinking it was just his imagination, Naruto found rune carved into the wall that looked like a sun. Placing his hand on it and sending his energy into it, Naruto made the room light up as a little ball of white light appeared on the ceiling and illuminated the room, revealing furniture that had plastic covering on it and the large chest with a padlock on it.

Naruto turned around, only to let out a curse as something small and fluffy jumped onto his face and smacked him on top of the head with a brick. Naruto managed to grab the thing and threw it at the opposite wall. The thing threw the brick at Naruto as it crashed into the wall. Naruto recovered only to be hit by said brick.

"FUCK, What the Hell!" Naruto cursed out and clutched his broken nose. The thing tackled him into the wall and started punching him in the face with its small fluffy hands/paws. Naruto had enough and punched the thing back, the thing let out a grunt and was struck again as Naruto kicked it off and reached for his Blundergat. The thing pulled out a shiv and leaped on him. Naruto had his super-shotgun aimed at its head when it landed on him and… froze.

"Naruto?" said the thing which was revealed to be a medium sized teddy bear. Naruto started remembering said teddy bear from his past, his mother and father got it from a festival that the family went to after they won a game and gave it to Naruto and Menma, he remembered as the two spotted a shooting star that night and made a wish before they went to bed. The next morning the teddy bear was brought to life by the wish. Cereza and Soma's reaction were funny when the talking toy greeted them.

"Ted?" Naruto pulled back his gun and put it away as Ted dropped the improvised blade and hugged Naruto in happiness. Naruto hugged his old friend back.

"Holy crap, I thought you guys died, when the demons attacked and Mr. bald asshole came, I ran to the basement and was hiding here ever since. What happened to you guys over the years" asked Ted as he got off Naruto and sat on a couch.

"Well, you're in for a long story, so grab some popcorn." Naruto told Ted what had happened since the death of his parents and the thing the twins went through up to now. Ted was almost finished with his large bag of popcorn by the time Naruto finished telling him everything.

"Wow, you guys went through a lot, though I didn't take you for a ladies man, Naruto, or Menma for a cultured pimp." said Ted as he threw the empty bag away. Naruto chuckled at Ted's words. He hit the nail right on the forehead. Naruto looked at the chest and asked

"What's in the chest?" Naruto nodded to it, and Ted answered

"Your mother and aunt's toys' that they put away, though I guess it belongs to you now." Ted tossed Naruto a key that he had. Naruto caught the key and went over to the container; he put the key in and turned it. The padlock acme off and disappeared in purple sparks as the sound of locks and clamps being undone were heard from the chest, finally the lid creaked open.

Naruto put the key in his pocket, opened the chest and looked inside. Naruto saw a multitude of weapons and things, the item that caught his eye was a picture frame that had him, Menma, Ted, their aunt, mom and dad on it they were smiling at the camera. Naruto had a small smile on his face and put the picture back. Naruto got an idea on what to do with the things in the chest and closed it. Naruto picked up the large container and put it on his shoulder and turned to Ted.

"Is there a way out of here?" Ted nodded and walked to a section of the room, he knocked a pattern into the wall and it moved away to reveal a set of steps leading up. Naruto chuckled and muttered "secret passageways, gotta love them." Naruto followed Ted up the steps.

(In the office area)

Menma was looking over some papers as he was drinking some tea that Miya made for him. Earlier in the month, he had commissioned the creation and sale of a type of camera. In short the product was a success and he had made billions from the sales. Menma finished his tea when the bookcase to his right shuddered slightly, Menma went on alert and reached for Yamato, the bookcase moved forward and to the right as Naruto and Ted emerged from the secret entrance. Ted spotted Menma and ran to hug him.

"Oh, look at you, you look like you're ready to bring the swag, from now on you shall be known as Mr. Pimp." said ted as he got a good look at Menma. Menma's eyebrow twitched and he looked at his brother. Menma saw the chest on Naruto shoulder and asked "what's in there?"

Naruto answered "mom and aunt's old toys and other things, also" Naruto reached into the container and pulled out the picture and tossed it to his brother. Menma caught it and looked at it. He gained a small smile at seeing the picture and placed it on his desk.

"I got a plan on what to do with the things in here follow me and call the girls into the training room." Naruto said with a smirk on his face. Naruto walked off to the training room with Ted following him. Menma got up and went with his brother.

(With Miya)

Miya was in the living room reading a book when Menma called her with telepathy, 'Dear, could you get the others and bring them to the training room, Naruto and I have a surprise for you all' Miya heard him and put down her book, time to see what this surprise was.

(In the training room)

Miya and the others were gathered in the room (which was transformed into a giant yellow area with smaller yellow boxes and platforms floating around). The brothers and Ted were standing in front of them with the chest open, the twins were smirking, and Ted was currently staring at the girls with his mouth wide open. Naruto spoke first.

"We brought you girls here for a couple reasons, but first, let me introduce an old friend, Ted" Naruto looked down at the toy bear and noticed his silence, Naruto nudged Ted and snapped his fingers in front of the bear's face to get his attention.

"Ted, Ted, you in there buddy?" asked Naruto, Menma sighed and smiled at Ted's silence. Finally Ted regained his bearings and hugged Naruto and Menma's legs.

"You two make me so proud, I thought you were exaggerating when you said they were beautiful, but you were right, you two deserve a big hug from you old pal." Ted climbed up onto their shoulders and hugged their heads. Naruto and Menma smiled at Ted's antics, it seems that Ted was quite the friend.

"So, what's with the room being like this and what's with the chest" asked Uzume as watched Ted give Naruto a noogie and tried to give one to Menma, only for the younger twin to trap Ted in a light blue ball of magic and spin it. The others were curious as well, since they sensed power emanating from within the container and the room had the words 'WEAPONS TRAINING' floating in the background. Naruto chuckled at Ted's predicament and went to answer Uzume's question.

"Well, in this container, are things Menma and I would like to give you all, think of it like as a lover's present and ways to defend yourself in this world, you're up first bro." Naruto said as he popped the ball and set a dizzy Ted down, Kusano giggled at the toy bear. Menma cleared his throat and asked.

"Miya, do you still have your blade?" Miya nodded and pulled her katana from her sleeve and held it out to Menma, Menma took it from her and unsheathed it, looking at the blade with the eyes of a master swordsman, and Yamato was floating next to him. Menma sent a concentrated stream of his energy into the blade and it started glowing white, with the sound of cracking, Miya's katana broke into tiny shards and fell onto the ground. Menma dropped the hilt and turned to the chest. Miya had a shocked look on her face, as well as the other girls, Menma turned around with a different blade in his hands. It was sheathed in a blue-green scabbard, and had a little tassel on the end of the hilt.

"The contents of this chest belonged to our mother and aunt, this blade is known as Angel Killer, it belonged to my aunt, she passed her gifts along with mother's to us, and we are passing them to you, do you accept this blade, my dear Miya" Menma said with complete seriousness. Miya nodded and reached for the weapon. When her finger touched the scabbard, Miya received visions of the twin's aunt using the sword to fight through hordes of enemies with skill that it made her envious. The visions faded and Miya promised herself that she would use this blade to protect the ones she cared for.

Naruto saw that it was his turn. "Ahri could you step forward." The fox-woman did as asked. Naruto turned and reached into the chest. He turned around with a small black choker with a golden fox head emblem on the front of it in his hand. Naruto handed the choker to her and said.

"This little baby can shape itself into what ever you desire and will leech the energy from your opponents and transferred to you for your use." Ahri blinked twice before a smile appeared on her face and she kissed Naruto on the lips, she put the choker on and closed her eyes and thought of something, the others watched in fascination as the golden fox head emblem glowed before moving from the choker and in front of her. The golden ball of energy transformed into a small golden fox with red tufts of fur coming out of its large ears, it stared at them with its golden red eyes and yipped. Ahri opened her eyes and saw the little fox floating in front of her. She reached out to it and touched it; the fox jumped into her arms and snuggled into Ahri.

"Sona, could you please come forward" said Menma as he turned to reach into the chest and procured a golden necklace with small blue gem that had a pink core in the center of the necklace. Menma put the necklace on her and said.

"this necklace has similar abilities to Ahri's, but instead of leeching the energy of opponent, you can use this in conjunction with your etwhal and create new ways and methods of dealing with your adversaries, also focus some of your energy into it." finished Menma as he stepped back. Sona did that and a small feline-like creature that had cream colored fur on most of its slender body and a reddish tail. There are two bow shaped and scarf-like objects around its body. It has four legs, each one a pink color-like the tail-and three toes on each. It also has two large blue eyes and long pink ears emerged from the gem on her necklace. It looked at her and leapt into her arms while purring.

Menma grabbed his brother and moved Naruto head close to the cat-like creature, it stared at him and the bow like objects snaked out and made contact with his temple, it closed its eyes and sang a small tune, Naruto became drowsy and collapsed onto the floor, dead asleep. Ted jumped onto Naruto's chest and started shaking him. Naruto woke just as Ted was about to drop a scorpion into his mouth. Naruto crushed the scorpion and stood up, Ted fell off him.

"Well, that was weird, anyway Akitsu, you're up" Akitsu walked forward and Naruto had a pair of blue ice skates with golden trimmings in his hands, "these ice skates are known as Odette, they are capable of creating ice, like your powers, I was thinking that they would suit you with your skills and natural flexibility. Try them on" Naruto handed them to her and Akitsu slipped them on. She moved forward and found that she took to them like a fish to water. Akitsu created a large sheet of ice in front of her as she skated around it, the skates leaving a cosmetic trail of ice crystals. She stopped in front of Naruto and bowed to him before moving back.

"Matsu, could you come here" said Menma as he pulled out a pair of rocket launchers and spun them around like a pair of tonfas, "These are a pair of rocket launchers that can be used as a pair of tonfas, their name in Lt. Col. Killgore, I had modified them so that if you don't want to physically harm your enemies, you could set them to stun, or capture, along with other options. Use them well" he handed them to her, Matsu was surprised when she felt that they seemed to weigh almost nothing. A soldier was created on her command and she pointed the rocket launchers to it. Matsu spotted the little dial on the handles and switched it to the small picture of the net, she fired the launchers and twin nets shot out and ensnared the soldier, making him disappear.

"Musubi, your turn" said Naruto as the energetic fighter sekirei stepped forward with a large smile on her face. Naruto turned to the container and fished out four golden Halo-like rings that can fit on the ankles and wrists were in his hands. "These bracelets go on your wrists and ankles; they can take to form of any weapon you can think of and help augment your abilities, their name is Rodin, for a demonstration, break the watermelon without damaging the giant cement block"

Naruto snapped his fingers as a giant cement block appeared in the room and a watermelon was placed on top of it. He handed the rings to Musubi and she slipped them on, she punched the block in hopes of breaking the watermelon, only for the block to crumble.

"Aww, I didn't get it." Musubi looked depressed. Naruto spoke up. "It's alright, think of the bracelets on your wrists forming boxing gloves and when you hit the block try to focus on the watermelon." He told her. Musubi willed the bracelts on her wrist into golden boxing gloves and punched the block again, focusing on the fruit on top of it. To her surprise the watermelon exploded.

"Yay, I did it." She cheered before hugging Naruto and stepping back, playing with her gift.

"Kagari may you please step forward." said Menma, as he had pulled out a set of black gauntlets and greaves that had a glowing red orb/gem in them. He handed them to the Fire Sekirei and she put them on over her clothing. Kagari activated them with her energy and was astonished to see large flame claws emerge from the opening and cover her hands and feet, not harming her, despite that fact she could sense the intense heat coming from them.

"These gauntlets and greaves are known as Durga. By studying you fighting style, powers and your natural flexibility and agility, I deduced that these would be perfect for you. You could try them out." said Menma as he made the training room create a wall made of titanium next to him. Kagari looked at her gift and tried them out, she swiped at the wall with the claws and watched in awe as the wall fell apart with burned slash marks appearing where she swiped. Kagari thanked Menma and moved back.

Naruto reached into the chest and pulled out 'gun-chucks' "Uzume, your turn" the veiled Sekirei walked forward and stared at the odd weapon in his hands. Naruto began twirling them around like a professional and simultaneously firing off shots that hit each and every bulls-eye that appeared in the room some were nearby, others were far away, but he hit them all with a bored look on his face. Naruto tossed them into the air as a large constantly moving bulls-eye appeared behind a dozen obstacles. Naruto caught the 'gun-chucks' as they fell and aimed them before firing off two shots that hit the bulls-eye dead in the center, the amazing part to the girls and Ted was that he hit all the bulls-eyes in the center and he never took his eyes off Uzume.

"This little toy is named Sai-Fung, think of it as a cross between guns and nun-chucks. Like Matsu's gift you can change the shots to kill, stun, capture, etc… Also you can disconnect them and use them with you veils and attach them to the back of your high heels. Have fun with them" Naruto handed them to her and Uzume gave them a small twirl before hugging him before she stepped back.

Menma pulled out a pair of cylindrical objects from the chest and said "Yume, could you come here" the 'twin' of Musubi stepped forward and watched as Menma activated the objects, making two beams of light emerge from the openings one green, the other red. Menma deactivated them and handed them to her.

"These blades are named Pillow Talk and Bloody Moon; they are similar to your light based powers. Use them to protect the ones you care for." Said Menma as he watched her clip them onto her belt and hug him before moving back.

Naruto took a teal and bronze handle with a trigger and had a golden chain with a golden panther on the end from the box and said "Kazehana, could you come here." The wind Sekirei walked forward and Naruto's arm twitched. Kazehana squealed as she felt something strike her rear, she turned around only to see nothing, she turned back to Naruto, only to face a pink-purple serpent that had five golden eyes staring at her. Kazehana noticed that it emerged from the opening on the hilt.

"This otherworldly whip is called Kulshedra, to activate said whip you just pull down on this trigger. This is now yours have fun." said Naruto as she accepted the whip and cracked it. She was surprised when a condensed sphere of wind shot out of the serpent's mouth and destroyed a created concrete wall that was made by the room. Kazehana kissed Naruto on the cheek and stepped back.

Menma grabbed a similar handle from the box, only this one was onyx black and bronze in color and had a small silver chain with a cross on the end. "Tsukiumi, could you come here" said Menma. Tsukiumi walked up to Menma and he handed her the handle.

"This whip is almost identical to Kulshedra, the only difference is the color and the powers. Give it a try." Said Menma as Tsukiumi pressed down on the trigger and a teal-blue serpent emerged from the opening. She gave it a crack and a ball of water shot out of the serpent's mouth and hit another wall. Tsukiumi thanked Menma and stepped back to the group.

"Karasuba, time for your gift" said Naruto as he pulled a sheathed katana from the chest, it was similar to Miya's, only reddish-purple; everyone also felt the bloodlust coming from it. Karasuba walked up to Naruto, and Naruto unsheathed the blade, twirled it around and held it at her throat. He smirked as he sheathed the blade and held it out to her. "This blade is known as Shuraba, a living katana that always hungers for blood, it will even suck the souls out of its victims, and I am giving this to you for a couple reasons. One, to use this to protect the ones you care for and destroy your enemies, Two, I owe you a blade since I broke your previous one during our date, and finally, I think it suits you, especially since you have a penchant for battles and spilling blood."

Karasuba took the sheathed sword, grabbed Naruto by the lapels of his coat and kissed him on the lips with all the passion she could muster. She pulled back and licked her lips, wanting to try out her gift as she walked back to the group.

Menma pulled out a small necklace from his coat and walked over to Kusano, "I made this little trinket to help control your powers in case they get out of hand, and you have little friends to help you." said Menma as he slipped the necklace on his daughter.

"Friends?" asked Kusano, Menma sent some energy to his finger and touched the small carving on the necklace. In a burst of green light, four little wooden humanoid creatures emerged from the necklace and stood in front of Kusano, they stared at her for a bit before the leader spoke "young one, has power same to us, friend" the others all replied "friend" before going up to her and hugging her legs. (Whittles from super Mario Galaxy 2) the other women smiled at Kusano as she started playing with her new friends. Naruto pulled out a pair of butterfly blades from his coat and handed them to Iroha.

"These are yours, I made them as a weapon of self defense, just in case you run into that douche again" Iroha flipped them open and was amazed when they transformed into a pair of butterfly swords. She returned them to normal and hugged her master. Ted asked "hey, pal, where's my gift?" Naruto smirked pulled a dark blue metal case with orange details out of his coat. He handed it to the toy bear and Ted pressed the button on it. The case started to transform, covering Ted until it formed a large mech that stood a foot taller than Naruto (Gypsy Danger from Pacific Rim)

"Oh my god, this is the best present ever!" exclaimed Ted from within the torso. He tried it out and the controls were perfect. Ted de-activated it and it returned to the case form, Ted opened the zipper on his front and put the case away. Naruto chuckled and turned to the chest, h pulled out the Bazillions and the Infernal Communicator. Naruto put them in a box and took it with him. "I'll be back, just going to deliver these to Morrigan and Mai" Menma nodded and the others started to try out their gifts on the dummies in the room.

(In the Marvel/ Capcom world)

Naruto emerged from the portal and stood in front of the door to his former apartment; he sensed Morrigan and Mai in there and put the wrapped bod on the ground before ringing the doorbell. Suddenly Naruto heard a telepathic call 'someone, anyone, please help us' Naruto changed the destination of the portal to the source of the plea and left to go help who ever called. Morrigan opened the door, only to see nothing. She looked around and the spotted the present. She picked it up and read the tag.

"To my lovely ladies, the gifts within are for you two, enjoy."

-Naruto

Morrigan smiled and called to Mai as she closed the door behind her.

(Nighttime in the Elemental Nations)

A portal opened up within the Leaf village, Naruto, in his vampire form, emerged first carrying a large container on his shoulder. Following him was Jasmine Shuzen, Fujiko Sendo, Lulu Toujo, Shizuka Nekonome, and Tamao Ichinose came out of the portal behind him as it closed and they looked around.

"Your family and friends are within this village, I will take you to them" said Naruto. They followed him as he walked to the house the Moka and the others lived in. Naruto stood at the front door and turned to the girls. "This is where we part ways; I hope you can have a new life here with your friends and relatives." Naruto set the chest down, Jasmine asked.

"Will we see you again, stranger?" Naruto reached into his ouch and pulled out a small medallion that had a dragon head carved into one side and a wolf head carved into the other side. He knelt down and handed it to her and said. "If you are ever in trouble against overwhelming odds, send your energy into this and either my brother or I will be summoned to help you." Jasmine took the medallion and hugged Naruto. He returned her hug and stood up as the other women hugged and thanked him for saving them. The girls turned to the door and knocked.

"Hey, mister" Jasmine turned back to Naruto, only to see that he was not there anymore. "Who is it?" asked Akua from the other side of the door. "Big sis Akua, it's me Jasmine" she said happily as she heard the voice of her elder sister.

(With Naruto)

Naruto walked down an alley to his house when Menma emerged from the shadows in his vampire form. "You took longer than expected, what happened?" asked the younger brother. "I was called by Akua's younger sister in a plea for help, she and some others were held prisoner by Issa and the boy" answered Naruto as the two began walking back to the house.

"I see did you find anything during the mission?' asked Menma, Naruto nodded and said "I freed the captives and found the dead bodies of some of their friends and fathers. I sealed the coffins in a roll of paper that I gave to them along with their personal things, including heirlooms from the parents to the children. The boy is seriously injured and Issa has fallen to my hand" said Naruto as he brought out the broken off stake from his combat cross 'Vampire Killer' and handed it to Menma. Menma took the stake and put it away. "Interesting, I always thought Issa was all bark and no bite. I have picked up two copies for this exam that is coming up, I think we should join, for fun, but for now let's go home, Miya has dinner ready."

The brothers continued their walk home, discussing this 'chunin' exam that was coming up.

Alright chapter done, Lulu from Final Fantasy X is Ruby's mother, the Sekirei have Cereza and Jeanne's weapons now, as gifts from the twins. What will happen next time, find out in the next chapter. Also, please leave a review telling me what you think of the story, it would be really appreciated.

Hell is Fun 21 signing out.