Welcome back, my audience to another chapter of Naruto and Menma Brothers in Arms, just adding another chapter for you guys. Enjoy
Naruto was looking over the form that Menma had given him pertaining to the upcoming chunin exams. Naruto glanced at Menma and asked.
"So, we should join this 'exam' in the pretense of having fun?" asked the elder twin to the younger twin.
"Yes, but also to make sure the girls are safe, since they are also participating in said exams. Besides I am sure you will want to do something fun" answered Menma as he finished reading his paper and set it down. Naruto nodded and put his paper down. The girls were in the living room with them as the brothers were discussing the upcoming exam. Naruto thought back to his old friends and their families. There were some people within the village who he knows would capture and experiment on them for their powers and abilities, in essence a majority of the people in this village were greedy and wanted to increase their standing in this world by any means. Not in his watch.
"Alright, so what are we to expect in the exam?" Naruto asked as he took a drink of his drink. Earlier Menma had learned of how the exams were going to play out by reading the minds of some unsuspecting leaf shinobi.
"Well, the first exam is based on information gathering, so the contestants will be expected to cheat and not get caught, or you could just bullshit your way through. The second part will take place in the 'forest of death', that is based on survival skills and you need two keys to continue onward. There may be a preliminary if there are too many contestants. And lastly, the final exam is basically a fighting tournament, the winner moves up in rank." finished Menma as he sipped his tea.
"You know I don't care about ranks, so this is basically us just joining in to mess with the child soldiers and make sure no harm comes to our old friends." said Naruto as he leaned back on the couch.
"I know, besides, we both know that this village thinks very highly of itself, they claim that they are untouchable since they survived previous wars by the skin of their teeth and have also claimed to own the perfect weapon. Besides you still have a promise to keep to Ahri" said Menma as Ahri rested her head on Naruto's shoulder, everyone knew what the Nephilim meant; Ahri was a former prisoner of the leaf village and was freed by the twin's parents long ago at the request of their god-mothers. Naruto also had a promise to keep to the vixen pertaining to her still imprisoned siblings.
"Ok, I'll play along with the child soldiers. But don't get angry at me if I kill some of them based on some things that I find." Naruto said as he finished his soda.
"agreed, since the whole thing of becoming a legal adult as soon as you receive your headband is basically tradition throughout the countries, it would be interesting to see what these kids do since they believe they are entitled to do what they want." Menma said as he finished his tea.
"Who wants to go to the movies?" asked Naruto, as he finished filing out his form, Menma following suit. The girls raised their hands and went to get their shoes ready.
Naruto got up and gave his form to his brother. Soon everyone was ready to go. Menma put up the protection spells and barriers once they left the front yard.
(At the Theater)
The twins and their family arrived at the theater; the girls looked through the movies available while Naruto, Menma and Ted were talking about simple things like their views on the village and the people within said village. The girls finally decided on a PG-13 movie that had drama, humor, action, and romance. The boys paid for the tickets and Ted took the girls to get the snacks and drinks. While the twins got seats.
(During the movie)
Naruto was munching on some popcorn, occasionally passing it to his girls as they were enjoying the movie; his brother seemed to be enjoying it. Naruto had taken note of the Leaf child soldiers that were Kakashi's students plus the others of their class and team 9 were hanging from the ceiling using their chakra. Naruto gained a dark smirk on his face and tapped Karasuba's shoulder. He pointed upward when she looked at him, she saw the poorly hidden kids and got and idea. She grabbed some popcorn and started flicking it at the Leaf shinobi while still watching the movie. Akitsu noted what her Sekirei sister was doing and froze the popcorn that was being flicked upwards.
(With the Leaf 12)
Sai was a bit annoyed with his team and their friends; they all wanted to spy on the two young men that were strangely dressed. He was against this but they convinced Kakashi and the other jonin to let them gather information one the one that injured Kakashi. So he was crouching down, on the ceiling with chakra holding him in place like the others. He noted that the one in red and black (Naruto) was more laid back and carried himself in a slick, confident manner. The other, in black in blue (Menma) was calm and carried himself in a confident manner like his brother. Sai also noted the women, child, and …teddy bear that was with them they all had this strange aura to them that he sensed, must be family or close friends. Sai was taken out of his musings by something cold bouncing off his head. He quickly noticed it was a little frozen ball of popcorn; he traced the frozen snacks to the woman with light grey hair sitting with the young man. Sai quickly flipped down and landed in an empty seat in the back of the theater, posing as a person enjoying the film.
Sakura and the other Leaf kids started to complain and whine as they were struck by the popcorn, alerting the usher to them.
"Hey, you kids, no shinobi tricks and freeloading in here, I am going to have to ask you to leave." Said the man as his flashlight shined on them, giving them away to everyone else in the large room. The remaining kids all started to whine and claim that they paid for their tickets when Naruto had enough of their whining, he let out a sharp whistle that got everyone's attention.
"Excuse me, some of us are trying to enjoy this movie, so could you please be quiet and listen to the hardworking man, or do I have to go up there and get you kids to listen?" Naruto said as his family looked up at the Leaf 11 (Sai was munching on some candy that appeared in his hands). Grumbling and vowing to get back at Dante Alighieri (Naruto's cover name) they got down from the ceiling and walked out of the theater. The usher then left to go have a word with the kids. Naruto went back to the movie as did everyone else.
(After the movie)
Naruto, Menma and the others walked out of the theater while finishing the snacks.
"The movie was fun, what did you think girls" asked Naruto as he munched on some gummy bears.
Musubi; "I thought it was great"
Akitsu; "Ah, it was good"
Kazehana; "I liked it"
Uzume; "good, kinda cheesy in some parts"
Karasuba; "ok, could use more action"
Ahri; "it was good, but I've seen better"
Iroha; "it was nice"
Ted; "Meh"
Menma; "good enough for rental"
Miya; "it was enjoyable, though it could use more romance"
Kagari; "pretty good"
Yume; "I liked it"
Tsukiumi; "it was good"
Matsu; "it was fun"
Sona; "it was fairly good"
Kusano; "yay, more please"
Naruto heard their responses and finished his bag of candy. "So, who wants to play a game?" everyone agreed and Naruto decided on a game.
"Alright, how about we race home, the first one home gets the last piece of devil's food cake in the fridge, and the last one home has to do the dishes for a day." said Naruto as he smirked. Everyone nodded and got ready.
"Go" with that the group raced home, Naruto and Menma were in the lead as they were neck-to-neck. Menma got an idea, he grabbed Naruto's arm and judo flipped him into a river.
"Anything goes, brother and I am currently winning." called out Menma as Naruto landed in the water. Naruto emerged and looked to see Menma racing away with Miya hot on his heels. Akitsu landed by the river and froze it with a small smile adorning her face as she sped off and the others passed him, Ted was into his robot suit with Kusano riding on his back. Naruto sighed and broke his way out, dusting himself off he called out to his lovers.
"Looks like someone is going to get it rough tonight" Naruto said as he raced after them. Naruto caught up to his brother and grabbed him by his chest before turning around and throwing him into the air as he crashed into Miya, Matsu and Tsukiumi.
"See you soon" said Naruto as the four landed on a food cart, spilling food and drinks onto themselves. Naruto ran off while making a wop-wop-wop sound similar to the three stooges. Ahri was catching up to her husband and ensnared him with her tails as she kissed him and pinched a nerve on his neck, messing up his motor controls.
"See you soon, lover" she said as she raced home. Naruto got his motor controls back to normal, but before he could do anything he was caught within a ball of water and flung away. Menma, Miya, Matsu and Tsukiumi passed him as they raced home.
(With Naruto)
Naruto landed in front of the Three Maiden's Bakery. He got up and shook his head as water flew off him. "Looks like they want to play rough, well then, two can play at that game." Naruto said as he snapped his fingers, multiple angel boost rings formed in the sky and Naruto jumped to the first one, speeding off as he flew through the sky.
In the bakery, Simon and the others (his wife and daughters, and Moka and her family and friends.) watched Naruto leave for his house through the large glass window in the bakery.
"Who was that" asked Ruby as she was eating her food, her mother Lulu was next to her.
"I don't know, but he seems familiar" said Claudette as she sipped her drink. The Belmont family was visiting their friends ever since they arrived to the Elemental Nations, Akasha had informed them of what had transpired since they last met 12 years ago, before Cereza and Soma died and the twins disappeared. Simon had paid specific attention to the two warriors that had saved them (Naruto and Menma), they had similar versions of his combat cross, which was a gift from his father, Julius Belmont, who died from an unknown illness when Simon was a boy.
"Maybe he will be in the chunin exams that are coming up" said Moka as she ran a hand through her vibrant pink hair. She found out about the truth behind Gyokuro's actions and was shocked to know that the woman actually was trying to protect them from her father and how she admired Akasha for who she was. The girls then had unsealed the coffins containing their dead family and friends. Needless to say, they were stricken with grief and have buried the coffins, that was two days ago. Jasmine had introduced herself to the girls and told them of the mysterious warrior who freed them from captivity and had destroyed the Shuzen mansion, she was accepted by them.
"Love, do you think that the two warriors Akasha mentioned will be seen later on" asked Melpha as she sipped her tea.
"I don't know, but the medallion that was given to Jasmine by the one in red was only to be used in case we are in danger of dying to supernatural forces." answered Simon as he finished his food. The Belmont scratched his beard and took out the expertly drawn pictures of the warriors provided by Akua and Jasmine. Simon looked over their appearances, the one in the dark cloak and had white hair was a vampire from what he could tell (pale skin, unnatural colored eyes, and the ability to transform into mist, fangs, along with other things that the girls told him) the one in red armor was more human like with regular skin tone, but Lulu had told him she spotted fangs when he spoke, not only that they had an aura that all vampires had, though the main question was simple, who are they and why are they helping them?
"Hopefully, we will be able to meet them at a later date, but for now you girls should get ready for the first exam, it starts in three hours." said Simon as he put the pictures away. The girls nodded and went to get their gear and stuff. Simon turned to Lulu and asked
"Do you have any other knowledge about the one that freed you and the others?" Lulu nodded and began telling him of the warrior in red.
(Back at the Paradise Mansion)
The gang all arrived one after another, only for Iroha to open the front door with the last piece of cake in her hands with a glass of milk, she won. Matsu however was baffled.
"What-how did you beat us?" asked the redhead while pointing to the maid. Iroha smiled and said. "I can transform into a swan, that's how I won, while you guys were all racing and knocking each other over to win, I flew over your heads to get home." She stated while taking a bite out of the dessert. The others sighed and accepted their loss.
"Wait, where is Naruto?" asked Ted as he set Kusano down. The other looked for him; suddenly Naruto shot down from the sky and landed on the pavement, leaving a crater.
"What's up" said Naruto as he dusted himself off. The others (besides Menma) were wondering where he came from but pushed the thought aside.
"Well, the first exam starts in three hours, so what do you want to do till then" asked the younger brother. Naruto answered. "Don't know about you guys, but I'm going swimming in the pool for a bit." Naruto said as he walked into his house, his girls following him. Menma looked at his wives and daughter.
"Would you like to go swimming for a bit?" asked Menma they all agreed, Matsu was drooling at the thought of seeing her husband in nothing but swimming trunks.
'That delicious body' was the only thing going through the technology Sekirei's head. They all followed Menma inside.
(Hour and a half later)
Naruto and Menma emerged from the house in dry clothes as they had said their goodbye's to their family and left for the academy building where the first exam was being held. Both had smirks on their faces on how much chaos they were going to cause.
"So, bro, what are we going to do for this first test?" asked Naruto as he and Menma were walking through a small alley with fences on both sides. "Nothing much, but I do have a little surprise in store." answered Menma, earlier he had Matsu telepathically hack the puppet drone proctors that were going to be in the first exams and synced them to the data-pad she carried with her, ready to go on his command. Naruto chuckled and pulled out a bag of beef jerky from his coat and opened it before he started to enjoy the snack.
The two Nephilim came upon team 7 and the sand shinobi harassing a kid, well the boy with purple make up on his face was, the girl was waiting at the side, the girl with the large forehead (Sakura) was trying to command the puppet boy to put the kid down as his friends were scared, and Sai was standing to the side rubbing his temples. The twins sensed the emo, broody one hiding in the tree along with the red-head sand shinobi that had the smell of blood on him.
"What do we have here?" asked Naruto with sarcasm as he chewed on his snack and Menma stood next to him. The group turned to Naruto and Sai was the one to speak.
"Fancy meeting you here, Mr. Alighieri" Naruto got a devious smirk as Sakura recognized him and started getting angry, this jerk and his two wenches ruined her movie, and she was going to beat him up for it.
"You know, if Karasuba and Akitsu were here, they would've ended your career as a child soldier if they found out what you are thinking of me and them" said Naruto as Sakura was shocked, he read her thoughts.
"What's with the puppet boy picking on the kid for" asked Naruto as he put away his snack. Temari took a good look at Naruto and thought 'he's handsome'
"Hey there, tiger, could you be a gentleman and help me find the academy?" Temari asked as she winked at Naruto, trying to seduce him. Naruto chuckled at her attempt and said.
"Sorry, little girl, but your attempts of seducing me are crappy at best, besides, I already have a lady that uses the winds to fight, plus she is more powerful than you and she is a lot better looking than you. So catch you kids later" Naruto said as Menma placed his hand on Naruto's shoulder and both teleported to the academy. Temari was a bit peeved at being mocked for her ability to manipulate the winds with her fan and her figure, Gaara dropped down from the tree as soon as it exploded into pieces (when Naruto and Menma left) Sasuke also landed next to his team with a scowl on his face.
"Temari, Kankuro were leaving stop fooling around" said Gaara with a slight growl in his voice. The two young men intimidated him, he sensed something… dark within them, it scared him. The sand siblings left without another word.
Sasuke was scowling at the fact that he had sensed the twins had a power that was a lot stronger than the third, that power should be his, so he could kill him. "C'mon, you two were going to the academy." Sasuke commanded as he started walking off, Sakura following him like a lost puppy and Sai in the back. Team 7 never noticed Karasuba standing on the water tower on a building to their right, having a dark smirk on her face as she ran her hand along Shuraba. Naruto was going to have fun tormenting them. The black Sekirei turned and left for her home.
(With Moka and the others)
Moka checked her gear and straightened out her outfit. She wore a red blouse over a fishnet shirt and a black pair of tight pants that hugged her form; she finished off the look with a pair of low heeled sandals similar to the ones Gyokuro wore. Her Rosario was in place and her gear was in a storage rune. Kokoa wore a simple red T-shirt with a pair dark blue jeans with a black frilled skirt over them. She also had on a pair of red convers. Her pet turned into a watch and was on her wrist. Yukari wore them same thing only in black and purple.
Kurumu was wearing a detailed blue shirt that had zippers over her shoulder blades, in case she needed to reveal her wings. A pair of dark purple skinny jeans and a pair of high-heels completed her attire.
Mizore had a white sweater with black sleeves and a purple hoodie on; underneath the sweater she wore a sports bra over her impressive bust and fishnet sleeves over her arms, she also had on a pair of purple fingerless gloves on, she wore a striped skirt and the light and dark purple leggings she had one before, her shoes were replaced with a pair of high heeled boots that had buckles on the sides and went up to her knees.
Ruby still wore her corset top but she replaced the dress bottom with a pair of leather pants that went down to her ankles. She had one a pair of formal high heels.
Sigui wore a revealing take on a nun's outfit wearing the traditional neckpiece. On her torso she has an open, white, frilled dress, with a blue jacket on top of it with elegant designs and armbands. On her lower body she wears white garters underneath her metal thigh-high boots.
Claudette was wearing a black body suit that had white trimmings, with a black open breastplate and corset-like piece underneath, and a long flowing cape. (She does not have that cod-piece thing on) her curly red hair flowed down to her lower back.
Nyx had on a red dress with 3 or 4 tails, and a flame design on the bottom. There are long, dark feather-like attachments on the shoulders. Underneath, she wears a purple bustier, with a red heart on the garter belts. She wears purple elbow gloves and red heels as well.
The girls had their gear and things ready for the exams as they stood in front of their parents, who all had smiles on their faces. Akua and Jasmine were the two teachers for the girls and Simon was the teacher for his daughters.
"Take care and don't get into trouble" said Akasha as she hugged Moka and the others did the same to their kids and friends.
"I know we'll be ok" answered Outer Moka as Inner smiled at her 'twin' from within the Rosario; earlier Akasha had repaired the Rosario from what Mikogami did to it. The women and friend smiled at the girls as they left for the academy with Akua, Jasmine and Simon in tow. Akasha smiled and turned to go back into her shop, her friends following her.
Alright, another chapter done, the chunin exams are beginning, what will be in store for Naruto, Menma and his old friends? How will the Leaf 12 react to the newcomers? Please leave a review in the review box, this is Hell is Fun 21 signing out.