Menma already ready to start doing missions again as soon as Tsunade left the room.

Menma jumped out of the window and jumped onto the roof and breathed in a deep breath, but he was interrupted by a bird with a message attached to it. Menma removed the scroll and created some black sunflower seeds in his hand feed the bird while he read the scrolls.

It goes like this: "Menma, it's me Temari. I have Gaara with me and we have some trouble going on in the Sand Village. Baki is about to become Kazekage, and we need your help to expose him for being a accomplice to the murder of the 4th Kazekage. If he becomes the Kazekage he will hand over power to Orochimaru. Meet us near the Hidden Dust Village."-Temari.

'Huh, looks like the Sand Village is in trouble, I better help or else the Land of Wind might collapse under his rule. Should I tell someone before I go? I think I'll warn Kakashi with a clone.'-Menma.

30 Minutes Later at Kakashi's Home

Menma unlocked the door to his home and called out for Kakashi, "KAKASHI! I have to tell you about something that's come up!"-Menma.

Kakashi turned the corner and signaled him to tell him. Menma prepared himself to respond with a deep breath and continued, "I'm not Menma, I'm a clone. I've come to tell you that the real me is going to meet Temari and Gaara at the Hidden Dust Village. She needs help with preventing Baki from becoming Kazekage and giving over power to Orochimaru."-Menma.

Kakashi's eye widened in surprise from hearing this, but then he was mad. "Menma! What are you thinking? You can't go there by yourself! It could be a trap, and even if it's true what do you expect to do about it?"-Kakashi.

"Well, I know it's true because of a specific phrase on the signature that personally told her. Under her signature it reads "Miles Morales is the strongest Spider-man because he can say the N-word." Also, I think you underestimate my abilities in certain categories. The reason I don't know any jutsus besides Chidori and Rasengan even though I have the ability to learn a lot more, is because of how hard I've been training in Taijutsu. And also because of all of my stealth training."-Menma.

Kakashi raised an eyebrow at this. "Stealth training you say?"-Kakashi. "Yes, I've been training with Kurama to do this stealth training, I've become so good at it that I have developed the ability to steal YOUR PORN WITHOUT YOU REALIZING IT!!!"-Menma. Kakashi's eyes widened so much he accidentally activated his sharingan. "NANI?!?! Your sneaking abilities are on par with Jiraiya! Although... what do you plan to do with that knowledge?"-Kakashi. Menma put on his Jotaro voice and laughed, "Hahaha, that information is for another time Kakashi."-Menma.

Menma creaked his throat and continued, "Also I can merge my body with an object by using chakra to scramble my atoms into different elements. Although, I can only really use this ability twice. It's too Nauseating and burns through my chakra like calories."-Menma.

Kakashi's eyes widened at this. "Well damn, that is an amazing ability. But do you really think you can do this?"-Kakashi. Menma gave him a determined look, and pumped his fist in front of his face, and with pure confidence said, "Believe It! Orochimaru is an evil in this world that can't be ignored, I don't want anyone to feel anymore pain because of him! That's why... I will take this as my Responsibility to take him down! If I fail, then they can all put the blame on me."-Menma.

Kakashi couldn't argue with that, he gave him an eye smile and simply said, "Well then, show them all how strong your Will of Fire is, and take down Baki!"-Kakashi.

The clone smiled and was about to dispel stopped. "Wait, one last thing. If the worst happens, like if Temari or Gaara die, and you fail. Stay strong. Because I know better than anyone what it feels like to lose those close to you. I have lost my father, my sensei, and my best friends. But I have also learned, that one must never choose the dead over the living."-Kakashi.

Menma nodded his head and dispelled in a puff of smoke.

At the Land of Leaves Border

Menma received the memories from his clone and smiled at them. "Were only a few miles from the Hidden Dust Village, just make sure once you get there you don't get distracted by young Temari."-Kurama.

Menma stopped for a second and tripped on a tree branch, "Wha- WHY WOULD I GET DISTRACTED?!?! THIS ISN'T ABOUT THAT, I'M HERE TO TAKE DOWN BAKI!"-Menma. "Haha, I'm only joking young one."-Kurama.

Menma got off the ground and started hopping on the trees again. "Its late noon now, but... well you already know how I feel about Temari, but this is Orochimaru we're talking about. He's too dangerous to be left unchecked. I inherited the old man's Will of Fire, and I'm going to defeat Orochimaru, in my current state of power, I can't beat him. But I can stop his operations for power."-Menma.

1 Hour Later

Menma finally reached where he needed to go, and was on a hill overlooking the village where Temari and Gaara were waiting for him.

Menma called out to them and they quickly turned around. He and Temari made eye contact and ran over to each other and embraced each other. "You're more beautiful than the last time I saw you."-Menma. "And you look 30 years older than the last time I saw you."-Temari.

"Damn, I felt that."-Kurama.

"Oh, now that was unnecessary. Stress can do a lot of things."-Menma retorted in defence. She brought her hands up to his face and started rubbing his head and whiskers. "Heeey stop that, you know I'm sensitive there."-Menma complained with a pur and a fox like expression. She giggled and pulled him in for a kiss. "It's good to see you again. But... we have work to do."-Temari.

"Yes, we do. Do you want to hear more details about the mission before we leave for the Sand Village?"-Gaara. Menma nodded. "Well basically, Baki is strengthening the bond between the sound and sand village. And he has convinced the council that the Leaf village try to invade them soon. They're prepared for a war... we need to get documents of Baki and Orochimarus letters to expose him. We're gonna infiltrate the mansion at night."-Gaara. "Understood."-Menma.

They began to venture off towards the Sand village.

At The Wind Nation Border

"So, how have you 2 been doing sinse Kankuro's passing?"-Menma.

"Well, I have regrets, I should've been a better brother, but me and Temari have found a way to move on without letting go. To get over such a tragic death of someone that close to you. It really feels necessary to have a shoulder to cry on next to you. Temari was that shoulder for me."-Gaara.

"His body may no longer be with us, but he will always be in our hearts. Besides, one must remember... one should Never Choose the Dead Over The Living."-Temari.

Menma thought the words sounded familiar but shrugged it off.

The next thing that happens is gonna be like a movie scene where they say what the plan is but show it happening at the same time. So by the end of Temari's speech they will be inside his room.

10:00PM Kazekage Mansion

"All right, so Baki still trust me, he thinks I defeated you and escaped with Gaara. So I ended up hearing yesterday he arrested 3 of his ninja guards because he suspects that one of them are traitors, we already know who the traitor is because Gaara has been spying on them. So what we're gonna do is first Gaara is gonna give Menma snead to put in his pocket. And then we'll knock 2 of them out, and convince the traitor that we're gonna help him kill Baki. After that Menma will create a wood clone and we will be sent to the Kazekages study for him to talk to us personally. Once your in there release the sand in your pocket so Gaara can create a sand eye, and when the traitor goes for the kill, the wood clone will try to stop him, and the traitor will retort and kill him in bloodlust, after that Menma will take his weapon and subdue him. After that you will probably be rewarded in some way and will be sent out of the room to continue your duties. Now, the room will be left unguarded because of the small decrease of ninja after the invasion and because he needs as many guards around him as possible because of recent panic in the village. So Menma will walk in there and check his desk for documents related to the assassination of the Kazekage or conversations with Orochimaru. I'll tell you the final step of the plan after that."-Temari.

In The Kazekage Study

Menma and Gaara had a telepathic link letting them speak to each other because of the tailed beast.

'So what do you think is gonna happen to the traitor?'-Menma asked while admiring the fancy jewel Baki gave him. 'It doesn't matter now, he knew the risk when he decided to kill him. Besides, he was a fool, killing him will only bring more chaos. That's why we have to expose him.'-Gaara. 'So who's gonna become Kazekage then?'-Menma. 'I guess I will.'-Gaara.

Hearing that surprised Menma and he dropped a book onto the bottom cabinet, which hit a hidden pressure plate and the bottom of the drawer slid into the desk to reveal a hidden compartment with an agenda book and a letter in it.

Menma picked the agenda book and found a schedule in it. He scrolled through it and found some past dates from about a month and a half ago. It said things on it like "arrange caravan for Orochimaru as visiting noble". And "assassinate and dispose of Kazekage in a lion ant pit".

'Yes! This is what I need, but what's in that letter?'-Menma. Menma reached for the letter and unfolded it, sitting in a chair with a lamp over the letter.

Menma did not like what he saw.

Dear Baki,

I'm glad that you've been so cooperative in our business relationship. Disposing of the Kazekage in the Sand Moon Gulch was brilliant on your part. And I appreciate all the young ones you've been sending me. The children have quite a powerful Kekkei Genkai, Magnet Release is a fascinating thing to experiment with. But, I'm afraid our business will be over soon, you will soon be Kazekage and by next week I will have young Sasuke in my grasp after the Sound 4 convince him to seek me out for power. If you need anything else I will temporarily stationed at the Valley of the End, sense that's where I will be until Sasuke arrives. It was a pleasure like always.

Sincerely, Orochimaru

Menma was so infuriated by the message he crushed the jewel in his hands, and he didn't realize he was crushing the end of the desk. 'MENMA, Baki is coming back, hide!"-Gaara.

Menma quickly snapped out of it and put the agenda book and letter back in the drawer before closing it, and transforming into a piece of paperwork.

Baki walked in the room and walked over to the desk. "I forgot my pen. For the speech with the council tomorrow."-Baki.

Baki got his pen and was about to walk out before realizing the lamp light was still on. He walked back over to the desk and turned it off before walking out.

Menma transformed out of his transformation and huffed and puffed a few times before opening the drawer again and taking the agenda book and letter with him outside the window.

He hoped over to a nearby building. "Mission Successful. But it's worse than I thought. Not only did he kill the Kazekage, but the reason he's still associating with Orochimaru is because he's trafficking kids with Kekkei Genkais out of the village to him. Also, he plans on capturing Sasuke within a few days. So I'm gonna have leave tomorrow."-Menma.

Temari's eyes widened after hearing that, "Ok, it's unfortunate you have to leave so soon. But I understand. But the next step of the plan is to go to the Civilians and Elders council with Baki tomorrow to expose him in front of all the most powerful people in the village."-Temari. Menma nodded his head in understanding.

Late That Night

Temari was kissing Menma passionately but she couldn't help but feel his mind was somewhere else. "What's wrong with you? You're barely kissing back."-Temari.

"Well... I'm just thinking about Sasuke. Ever sinse he was little he's been training to kill Itachi after he killed his entire clan. And he doesn't show it, but he's in pain, and his ambition to kill Itachi is the most important thing to him in life right now. And after what Naruto showed he can do in a fight, Sasuke has been feeling insecure about himself sense Naruto was dead last in the academy. So I feel like he might actually fall for it. And then... I'm even more worried about my brother, he looks up to Sasuke as an obstacle he has to pass to become strong and worthy of becoming Hokage, and outside of me he thinks of Sasuke as his bestest friend, sense he's someone from a different family that can relate to him because of the loneliness that isolation gives. So if Sasuke runs away there's no doubt that Naruto would run after him, but after reading that message in the letter, the sound 4 will be there. So I don't want Naruto to get hurt trying to pursue him. That's why I need to get back to the village as soon as possible."-Menma.

That was a lot to take in, so Temari simply nodded, and decided to do something, "You know, I don't want you to be in such distress. So if you want to, you can leave now to go talk to Sasuke and me and Gaara can deal with this ourselves.

Menma's demeanor changed after hearing that, "No, no no no. I'm worried, but from the timing of the letter I'd say I got a few days, so I can wait. Besides, what we're doing here is too important to just leave."-Menma.

Temari smiled at the response and rubbed his hair and whiskers. Menma started purring in response before becoming sleepy.

In The Leaf Village

Sasuke was walking in the dead of night towards the village exit, his objective in mind:Power. A few meters away from him laid an unconscious Sakura, who still had tears on her cheeks.

Final Stage: The Council

"All right Baki, we have come to a verdict. And it has been decided that you will be"-"HOLD IT RIGHT THERE!"-Menma interrupted as he kicked the door open with Gaara and Temari by his side.

"And who are you?"-Elder. "Honorable elder, we've come forward to you with evidence of Baki's treachery in this Agenda book and letter we've found hidden away."-Temari.

Baki was almost seething but kept some of his composure, "So what you're saying is you broke into my office and stole some of my archived information? Arrest them."-Baki.

Guards starting walking towards him but Menma was still waiting for them to take the bait. "Wait Baki, I want to see what they have."-Elder. 'Gotcha.'-Menma.

Baki started getting nervous, "But honorable elder, they clearly broke the law, surely"-"That is enough Baki. We will see what they have."-Elder.

Temari walked over to them and pointed at the bookmarks placed in the agenda book, and gave the letter to another elder. Baki wasn't sure what to do, he was thinking of some way to escape but couldn't.

The elders eyes widened at what they read. They knew it was real because it was Bakis handwriting, and it explained times he went missing.

The elder cleared her throat before stating, "Baki, with this new revelation that has come forth you will no longer become Kazekage. You are charged with betrayal of the village, kidnapping, trafficking, assassination of a important political figure, and association with a missing Leaf ninja. Your sentence is execution, which will be held tomorrow. Guards, take him away."-Elder.

Baki was seething with anger at this, but he knew he couldn't fight them all, so all he could do was escape. So he quickly charged towards the door but was stopped by Gaara's sand wall which enclosed on him. At first some thought he would kill him, but Gaara simply squeezed him enough to force the air out of his lungs, leaving him unconscious. Gaara then handed over Baki to the guards and simply left.

Temari followed behind him and Menma said "Your welcome."-Menma. Before following behind.

As they were walking down the hall they started to talk. "So, now that that's over I'm gonna have to go to the village and protect Sasuke."-Menma.

"Alright then, it was nice seeing you again, tell Naruto I said hi. Also now since Baki is out of the picture and I showed my self control I will most likely be made Kazekage now. There will be trouble with a jinchuriki becoming a kage but if you fail to stop Sasuke from leaving the village send us a message and I'll send over ninja to help."-Gaara.

"Alright then, good luck to you."-Menma said finishing the conversation with a firm handshake. Establishing a new friendship between the Leaf and Sand. Menma kissed Temari goodbye and started his journey back to the village.

Edge Of The Sand Village

Menma rubbed some sweat off his forehead before noticing a bird flying towards him. The bird flew over to him and he found a message in it by Tsunade.

Menma's eyes widened at the letter, apparently Sasuke has been kidnapped by the Sound 4 and she has sent a team of 5 of the rookies to retrieve him. "Oh no... it's already happening. Kurama."-Menma.

"I know."-Kurama.

Menma enveloped himself with a 3 tailed cloak and started running at full speed towards the Valley of the End.

Shikamaru's Squad

"So why are there only 5 of us?"-Kiba. "There were no other ninja available."-Shikamaru. "Not even Menma? He's a real man that guy, and I heard he just got out of the hospital. I would have thought he would definitely come with us sense he usually hangs around the village all day."-Kiba. "Well apparently he left the village without telling the Hokage, the Hokage intends to punish him for that, and she's gonna punish Kakashi too for letting him leave. Apparently he went to the Sand village to help stop a corrupt man from becoming Kazekage, I'm thinking that if he succeeds then Tsunade might forgive him."-Shikamaru.

"So when do you think he'll come back?"-Neji. Shikamaru smirked, "Well it was a stealth operation. So I'm thinking he's probably on his back now. He'll be in a hurry too sense Tsunade sent a message to him about the recent event, so we'll hopefully meet him on the way."-Shikamaru.

"You're that confident in him?"-Neji. This time Naruto spoke, "You'd be surprised by how efficient he can be in a dire situation, I have no doubt he's nearly a 4th of the way here already."-Naruto.

"Alright everyone shut up, remember our plan. They're up ahead."-Shikamaru.

2 Hours Later With Menma

Menma was now back to the Land of Rivers and Leaf border. He decided to for the 2nd time in his life pray.

All he prayed for was for the safety of his friends and brother, as the world has been cruel to him his entire life, he doesn't want things to go back to the way they were after things are starting to look up.

And with that he continued on his journey, Menma hasn't killed before in his life, but that's what the ninja life prepares him for. He would do anything to protect his friends, his friends were the only thing he has in life.

Back With Shikamaru's Squad 1 Hour Later

Choji layed down against a tree. He felt drained after using the 3 pills, all he did was look up at the butterflies as he thought, "Wouldn't it be nice to be a butterfly?"-Choji.

Not far away Neji was still fighting Kidomaru, but looked to be in trouble, as Kidomaru is finding out where his blind spot is.

Further away is Shikamaru who's battle was starting to get through some trouble sense Tayuya summoned the 3 monsters of hers.

And last was Kibas fight against Sakon and Ukon, his fight is about to begin.

Menma Near Choji

Menma was still in his 3 tailed state and noticed that he was coming up to a clearing with a dead body laying in the middle of it. He jumped in front of the corpse and recognized him to be one of the Sound 4 he saw a picture of in Bakis agenda book.

Menma stood up and looked around to find Choji laying against a tree looking beaten.

Menma ran over to his friend and his hand on his jawline. "Ok, your still alive."-Menma sighed in relief. Choji is knocked out, he's almost in a near death state.

Menma put a hand on Choji's head and channeled the Kyuubi's chakra into him passively through his Chakra points. "This won't heal you completely but you'll be able to walk big guy."-Menma.

Menma stood up and continued running towards where he sensed chakra.

After seeing Choji in that state he started thinking about what's been going on with himself. 'I guess I would be considered a funny guy with layers, pull back those layers and I'm a bit of a sensitive caring guy. But one thing that will never change is my love for my friends. And I'll be damned if I let someone take that away.'-Menma thought with a clenched fist.

Menma was now getting close to the fight and found Neji fighting Kidomaru. Neji looked exhausted.

Menma jumped down next to Neji and his face lit up. "Shikamaru and Naruto were right, you did come."-Neji. Menma simply smiled at him and asked, "Of course I came, but I don't want to linger around too long, so what do you know about this guy?"-Menma.

While they were talking, they didn't notice Kidomaru transform and position himself behind them.

"Well, whenever he's not very good at Taijutsu, and when he spits and shoots webs at you he has a line of chakra in them that can be cut if you can concentrate your chakra into your palm good enough for it to be like a knife."-Neji.

Before Menma could respond though Kidomaru shoot an arrow at Neji's neck. Menma noticed and pushed him out of the way before realizing that the arrow redirected itself to hit Neji again. Menma had no time to think, so he jumped in front of it to take the blow. He thought his chakra cloak would lessen the blow but it cut right through it and pierced him onto a tree. "MENMAAAA!!"-Neji yelled.

"I'm ok. It didn't hit anything that serious."-Menma confirmed with some blood in his mouth. The arrow went right through his liver.

Because the arrow went right through him he cut the line with chakra before coming up with an idea, 'Wait... if these lines are connected with chakra that means I can channel chakra through the line. He looked over to Neji and Neji came to the same conclusion.

Menma's liver healed within a few seconds and he readied up next to Neji before 2 arrows were shot at them.

Menma and Neji started running away from their arrows and made it go through a few trees, but these arrows were stronger than the other one was. They both ran through a couple more trees before Neji realized this wasn't going to work, so he stopped running.

'Giving up eh?'-Kidomaru. The arrow went straight through him and pinned him to the ground before Neji put his hands on the rope and started channeling chakra into it.

Menma was distracted by Neji getting stabbed and didn't notice the arrow coming straight for his heart. Kurama created a huge chakra arm to block the arrow and destroying it before telling Menma, "Menma! Don't be so easily distracted."-Kurama. Menma snapped back to reality and apologized, "Right, sorry."-Menma.

After Neji channeled his chakra into the rope he told Menma, "QUICKLY! I damaged a lot of his internal organs, before he can attack again finish him off!"-Neji.

Menma listened and charged at Kidomaru at full speed. Menma really wanted to finish this so he transformed into a 4 tails cloak and put his fist behind himself.

Kidomaru cursed himself for being stupid and decided to give it one last try, so he yelled, "MAXIMUM DESTRUCTIVE POWER, ACCURACY 200%!"-Kidomaru.

Menma lifted his other hand and grabbed the arrow in mid air crushing it, before continuing his rush.

Kidomaru had no hope anymore, accepted defeat with a simple, "Damn."-Kidomaru.

Menma made connect with his punch, the punch caused a shockwave that made all the trees within a mile radius shake. Kidomaru died on impact and his body flew through multiple trees.

Shikamaru and Tayuya stopped there fight for a second to look in that direction before continuing.

Menma ran back over to Neji to check on him. "Did we win?"-Neji asked weakly. "Yeah, we beat him."-Menma.

"I feel dizzy, Menma"-"Shhhh shhhhh. Sleep now, save your strength. I'll take your place In this mission."-Menma stated calmly while channeling Kyuubi chakra into him to heal him before Neji's eyes closed slowly before drifting off to sleep.

Menma stood back up and felt disappointed in himself. "Look what they did to poor Neji."-Menma. Menma walked into that battle foolishly, he had the element of surprise he could of used to kill Kidomaru at the start. But now Neji is in critical condition.

Menma's Will of Fire started to turn ablaze, and he vowed not to let another friend be hurt this badly on this mission.

Menma feeling slightly enraged by his stupidity started to grow a 5th tail and his appearance started to slightly change in appearance. Parts of his body started having small glows on them of red and blur showing that there were traces of a nervous system and organs in his body now. And he let out a loud roar that could be heard for miles.

Everyone that was fighting at that moment stopped and looked into the distance of where the roar came from to see a dark beam in the sky. "What the hell is that?!?"-Tayuya. Shikamaru smirked at her, "That is the sign of your defeat."-Shikamaru.

Tayuya glared at him and activated her 2nd stage of the curse mark. "Your really starting to post me off, I'm gonna finish this N"- Tayuya was cut off by a dark chakra hand that grabbed her face and violently threw her towards the ground creating a medium sized crater.

Tayuya just laid there in shock and before she could do anything else Menma used the trees around him to bend them upside down and impale her, but she was able to use the flute to make the 3 monsters protect her. Menma glanced back at her and charged up a small tailed beast bomb and shot it at her which instantly obliterated her and created a bigger crater.

Shikamaru awed at his power, "Damn, I haven't seen you go past 3 tails."-Shikamaru. "Yeah, that's because it's starts to hurt like hell going past 3, and it's hard to control myself. I'm glad I was able to get here in time, but I need to go after Kiba now. Where is he?"-Menma.

"He fell down that hole with Sakon. And don't worry about me, I only have minor injuries."-Shikamaru.

Menma nodded at him before calming down. He realized that the cloak was starting to put a strain on his body so disabled the cloak and simply kept the red eyes, sharp nails/teeth, and the broader whiskers. Menma dived down the hole and used hard thick wood to create a shell around himself protecting him from the fall and making himself fall faster.

He landed in front of Kiba and Ukon and climbed out. Kiba's face lit up a bit seeing him, but he quickly gagged again on some blood.

Menma lost his smile after that and looked next to him to see what he guessed was Ukon. Menma wasted no time on pointless words and shunshined next to Ukon picked him up before slamming hi. Back into the ground with kyuubi enforced strength. The force destroyed his vocal cords and left him dazed.

Menma picked him up again and lifted him up over his head before slamming him down on his knee. Breaking Ukons back and paralyzing him. Ukon just laid there in pain making pathetic sounds. "You people disgust me, kidnapping children and experimenting on them."-Menma. He looked over to Kiba, "Wait here for a minute, make sure you put pressure on that wound."-Menma.

Menma dragged Ukon away near the river and saw Sakon cleaning his eyes.

"Kurama, are you thinking what I'm thinking?"-Menma. "I hear all your thoughts, so of course."-Kurama.

Kurama channeled more chakra into Naruto, to the point where it created an intimidating enough aura to petrify a anbu.

He walked up to Sakon and poked him on the shoulder, Sakon turned around and Menma grabbed him by the throat.

From a distance it looked like a simple choking but in Sakons eyes he saw death himself, someone who could decide whether he lives or dies at any moment. He couldn't resist, the gravity felt great. He simply stared into the eyes of Menma and saw the 9 tails fox in all of its glory. He fell unconscious from the stress.

Menma was going to finish them off quickly but then his eyes became bn lack with red irises, and he thought differently.

20 Minutes Later

Both Sakon and Ukon woke up, Menma healed Ukon and replaced his broken bones with wood. "What the hell happened?"-Sakon.

"So, you're finally awake."-Menma.

"What the h"-"Before you do anything, just know that if you try to attack me, or merge to each other the chakra I've put in your brains will activate and you will die painfully. So, I don't want to waste time sense I have a friend to get back to, so I'll make it simple. You 2 are going to fight, to the death. The one that wins will be let go."-Menma.

"So you just expect me to kill my brother?"-Ukon. "You 2 are brothers, and I can empathize with that, but you have chosen to live a horrible life, and kill who you please. So, as the friar once said, these violent delights have violent ends."-Menma.

They couldn't argue against that, so they started circling each other, "Nothing personal."-Sakon. "Your annoying anyway."-Ukon. Then they charged at each other. Menma already knew Sakon was going to win sense he gave Ukon temporary wooden bones.

It didn't take long for Sakon to overpower Ukon and throw him to the ground. 'I guess that's why villains usually fight alone. They're all quick to betray an ally, and they know that, even if it's a brother.'-Menma thought in disappointment. But Menma's sadistic smile appeared as the fight went on.

Sakon was beating on Ukon and was starting to make him bleed. Ukon was paralyzed again sense his wooden bones collapsed.

Sakon lifted him slightly lifted him slightly off the ground and broke his neck, killing him.

Sakon stood up with heavy breaths and stated, "I win, now let me leave."-Sakon. "Not even a bit of grief? You just killed your brother. Ya know?"-Menma thought giggling to himself.

"It was all just business. Besides"- Sakon was cut off by his own head exploding into a fountain of blood.

Menma stood up from his chair and started walking towards Kiba. "You got some enjoyment out of that, that was quite sadistic of you."-Kurama. "Don't act like you didn't enjoy it as well... besides, it was a test to see how much the worst of villains care about family. I wasn't very surprised, besides... I would of had to kill them whether they passed or not. They're too dangerous to be allowed to walk free."-Menma.

Menma's eyes turned back to normal and he was confused for a second, he ignored his confusion and he scolded Kiba for stabbing himself. But commended him for his wit at the same time before healing him and asking where Naruto is.

"I don't know, Shikamaru was the last one to see him, you'd have to ask him."-Kiba. Menma nodded and walked off to go back to where he landed and created a catapult out of wood and launched himself back to the top of the hole to ask Shikamaru where Naruto is.

I was considering killing some of the ninja on the Sasuke mission, but decided that I don't want things to be too sad and dark. Yet.

So, I will see you all again in chapter 5 where we will finally reach the Valley of the End and find out the situation.

Also the plan that Temari came up with was inspired by the Netflix movie Apostle.