Menma walked towards Shikamaru who was leaning against a tree to ask him an important question. "Shikamaru, you were with Naruto last so where is he?"-Menma.

Shikamaru looked up at Menma replied, "Well we came up with a tactic to trick the enemy and get Sasuke in our hands. But the plan was ruined when someone else arrived and took Sasuke, I stayed here to fight Tayuya while Naruto ran ahead to chase after the guy. I think his name was Kimimaro."-Shikamaru.

Menma nodded and was about to run in the direction they went but collapsed. "Menma?!?"-Shikamaru.

Menma gave him a thumbs up to say he was okay and said, "I'm alright, it's just that using these different tailed forms puts a strain on my body. I'll just have to fight this guy without Kurama's help. See ya Shikamaru, stay well."-Menma.

Menma's eyes, nails/teeth, and whiskers returned to normal and he ran off towards where they went.

While jumping through the forest Menma started to think, 'So, I was able to keep my promise, I protected all of my friends. But now I must complete an even greater challenge, I must protect my brother. If my brother died... I don't know what I'd do. That's why I won't let him die, this isn't just about me. This is about all of my friends, Tsunade, Kakashi, they're all counting on me. Naruto's gonna become Hokage, that's a dream I intend to help him fulfill.'-Menma.

Menma started to clench his fist. 'Naruto may be my younger brother, but I look up to him. I want to be more like Naruto, he's such a kind hearted and forgiving person who inspires everyone around him, like during the first stage of the chunin exams. If Naruto dies the world will become a dark place, I don't know how... but I just have a feeling when I'm around him that the world could end if he died.'-Menma.

Menma felt a burning sensation in his chest, his Will of Fire was flaring. He clenched his fist so hard that his hands bled, and he manipulated the trees around him to bend them into a Y position with branches in between the trees being stretched and softened like a rubber band. He stepped back to bend the bark and released the tension on the trees causing him to be launched forward straight through the trees into the clearing.

The Final Valley

Naruto laid on the ground unconscious surrounded by rain and mud as Sasuke looked down at him. Sasuke thought back to what Itachi said. If you want to kill me, you'll need the same eyes as me. And to achieve these eyes you must kill your best friend."-Itachi.

Sasuke thought about what he said in disgust and said, "I'll never stop down to his level." Before leaving Naruto where he was.

Back To Menma

Once away from the trees he saw Lee and who he guessed was Kimimaro, who was in the 1st stage of the curse mark.

He landed next to Lee and asked, "Lee, what are you doing here? You should still be recovering."-Menma.

"I didn't want to feel useless, I may still be injured but I can still fight!"-Lee. Menma smiled at that and responded, "That's admirable of you Lee, but let me handle things from here."-Menma.

"You should know before you fight him, he has a Kekki Genkai that lets him weaponize his bones, their also as hard as steel. I wasn't able to even crack them with a kick."-Lee. "Hmmm, that sounds troublesome. But thanks for the info. But just so you know all bones are stronger than steel, but bones are all weak against fast moving objects."-Menma.

Menma charged at Kidomaru who readied himself. Menma jumped up and covered himself in wooden armor and made 5 clones who axed kicked down on him. Kimimaro guarded and extended his bones stabbing the 5 clones and Menma, but Menma caught the bone and punched it, but instead of breaking the bone his wooden armor cracked.

Kimimaro backed up and punched Menma who put up his guard. Kimimaro punched right through it and stabbed his arms making him fly backwards.

Kimimaro coughed up some blood, "Are you sick or something?"-Menma. "Yes, my sickness cannot be healed. And my body is moving solely off of will power, but Orochimaru's dream is to receive a new body. I am no longer capable of being that vessel but I will help him achieve his dream by bringing him Sasuke."-Kimimaro.

Menma was surprised by that. "Well, I guess I was wrong about all villains being heartless. I respect you for your dedication, but I have a duty to stop you. Because I too have someone I admire. And that person I admire is probably bringing Sasuke back right now."-Menma.

"I guess you're talking about that clone beat Naruto, he seemed angered when I faced him. But he's not bringing him back, you probably don't know this but Sasuke left on his own accord. He wants power and he believed Orochimaru will give it to him."-Kimimaro.

Menma's eyes widened at this, "Wha-wha-what? Sasuke left to go with you guys??!?! I don't believe you, Sasuke has a powerful ambition but he would never betray his village!"-Menma.

Kimimaro lowered his head and activated the second stage of his curse mark, "I guess that's something you'll have to find out yourself. But this body will not last much longer, so let's finish this now."-Kimimaro.

Menma readied himself and replied, "Yes, lets."-Menma.

Menma used the terrain to his advantage and rose wood from the earth creating a wall around him and clapped his hands making the walls close in and crush Kimimaro. But Kimimaro broke through it and started shooting his fingertips at Menma. Menma jumped out the way of most of them and created another wood wall to protect himself, but the fingertips broke through the wood and stabbed into Menma.

Menma realized that the wood was too weak and decided to start using Schinopsis Brasiliensis wood. Menma rose multiple trees from the ground started throwing them at Kimimaro, who started to dodge them.

Kimimaro was being assaulted to fast for him to find an opening. While he was jumping back Menma rose a tree from the ground behind him causing him to fall into it. "Gotcha."-Menma.

Menma wrapped the tree around him and started slamming him into the same spot in the ground to create a 12 feet deep crater multiple times before throwing high into the air. While he was in the air Menma used the tree roots to spread out the hole creating a 100ft deep hole.

As Kimomaru was falling from the sky he created a spiral shaped spear on his arm, "This is my final attack, so please die."-Kimimaro.

Menma prepared a Chidori in his left hand, and a rasengan in his right hand, and closed his hands into each other creating an unstable black ball with white lightning coming off of it. "Chidorsengan!"-Menma.

Menma held up the unstable core up to Kimimaro and jumped up towards him creating a clash.

The clash created powerful wind gust making Lee grip on the ground. Kimimaro started to put a small crack in his Chidorsengan. Menma noticed this and started to think about could happen if he loses here. Menma has dedicated most of his life so far to making sure Naruto is happy, all he wants is for him to fulfill his dream. But if he dies here he won't be able to care for Naruto, and not only that... but he won't be able to keep Kakashi company, and he won't be able to spend time with Temari.

So knowing how much he has on his shoulders he felt a hand on his shoulder. Menma looked up at it and saw Old Man Hiruzen. Menma gave him a smirk and turned back towards Kimimaro. And with a powerful roar his Chidorsengan turned into a burning red ornate black ball of stable energy with lightning revolving around it.

Kimimaro's bone weapon started to crack and Menma roared,

"LEAF STYLE: CHIDORSENGAN!"-Menma.

Kimimaro became enveloped in the energy and all of his bones were shattered, letting him fall into the pit Menma created.

Kimimaro transformed back into his normal form and looked up to see Menma.

"4000 pounds of force is what it takes to break a femur bone. This chakra enhanced Australian Buloke wood is over 2 times as much force as that. Your extremely persistent but even you can't move if all your bones are broken. I respect your dedication to completing your goal to make someone happy, but I also have people I care for that I need to make happy, so this is the end. Goodbye."-Menma stated before covering the ground with the wood, burying Kimimaro.

Menma walked over to Lee and asked, "Are you alright?"-Menma. Lee came back to his senses after such a display of power, "Yes-yes, I'm fine."-Lee.

"Good good, so where's Naruto?"-Menma. Lee lowered his head at that, "He ran off after Sasuke. Sasuke finally woke up but when he did he revealed he left on his own accord and ran off."-Lee.

Menma frowned at that, "So... it's true then, he did leave by choice."-Menma despaired.

But he quickly regained a hopeful look, "But that just means we'll have to slap some sense into him! We'll drag him back to the village if we have to!"-Menma. To Menma that sounded like something Naruto would say.

Lee smiled at that, "They ran that way."-Lee replied pointed in the direction they left.

Menma nodded towards him and started running off, "And one last thing!"-Lee. Menma stopped and looked back at him.

Lee faced towards him with an emotional and brave face, "Make sure you knock some sense into that fool Sasuke!"-Lee stated with a clenched fist in front of his own face. Menma nodded and continued on.

Menma started jumping through the trees again. "We should hurry, there's remnants of Kyuubi chakra in the air not far from here."-Kurama.

Menma nodded and tried to activate his 3 tailed state but collapsed. "It Seems that my chakra is putting a big strain on your body, you should stop."-Kurama. Menma shook his head no. "No, it's ok, I might be knocked out for a week but I need to save Naruto and Sasuke."-Menma. Menma forced himself to stand and against his bodies wishes he forced on a 1 tailed cloak and started charging forward with will power.

Sand Village

Gaara leaned against a tree and was thinking heavily. 'Orochimaru is too powerful for the current Menma, and Menma said he would meet 4 other powerful people on the way towards him. This isn't safe... I may soon be Kazekage, but my duty as a friend comes first.'-Gaara.

Gaara stood back up and called to Temari, "Temari! Come now, we're going to the Valley of the End, Menma can't do this by himself."-Gaara.

Temari nodded happily in agreement and they set off towards the Valley of the End.

Final Valley

Naruto's eyes opened and he looked around. He stood up and started limping towards a road. He almost made it to the road when he felt a foot collide with his face.

Naruto went flying into a wall and fell back onto the ground. He tried to form a rasengan put the man stomped his leg on his arm. The rasengan dissipated and Naruto looked up at the man to see that it was Orochimaru.

Orochimaru looked down at him and told him, "You've done enough. If I let you live you'll only ruin my plans. You would have been such a nice toy to experiment with but this is goodbye."-Orochimaru.

Naruto had a fearful look in his eyes as he saw Orochimaru pull out the kusanagi blade from his mouth. He took the blade in his hands and slammed it into Naruto.

Naruto desperately grabbed the blade and tried to resist Orochimaru's strength. "So you still have some fight in you huh?"-Orochimaru.

Orochimaru put more force behind his blade and it was slowly piercing Naruto's skin. "No, I can't die here! I have to become Hokage!"-Naruto.

Menma, 500m From Valley of the End

Menma was close enough now to see the statues. "Alright! I'm here now Naruto! I don't hear any battling so hopefully- Menma stopped dead at the edge at the side of the valley.

Menma dropped his cloak and teleported next to Naruto, he was surrounded by a puddle of 1.5 gallons of blood that lay around him.

Menma touched his shoulder and started shaking him. No response. "Hey, hey Naruto. It's ok I'm here now. Na-Naruto, c-come on now. Stop j-joking. Naruto, NARUTO, NARUTOOOO!"-Menma screamed.

Menma had just thought he might of had a concussion or something, and with the little hope in his heart he felt him for a pulse... there was none.

Naruto's body slipped out of Menma's arms back onto the ground revealing a huge black hole in his stomach. For Menma everything went blank, all of the trees and the sky turned gray. There was nothing he could do but sit there and cry. All of his senses besides sight such off. All he could think of was how he failed to save the most important person in his life.

Menma started thinking about all of the bad times, like everytime they were adopted, they starved and were beaten. But they never lost hope because they had each other to cry with.

And then he thought of the good times, like when they first met Kakashi and he saved them from the villagers. And when Kakashi took them out to Ichirakus for their first bowl of Ramen. He stood there in that restaurant with his brother playing with their food, and arguing, and having a contest to see who could eat the most. But now, he couldn't do that anymore. His brother was gone, and Menma didn't know what to do. Naruto was someone he looked up to, someone he wanted to be like, someone that he wanted to help fulfill their dream. But he's dead now, and Menma feels lost. It started to rain heavily, as if the sky shared his sorrows.

While he was thinking about everything he's done with his brother and for his brother he didn't notice a man walk up to him with a shovel who was laughing. It was Orochimaru. Orochimaru knocked Menma over the head with a shovel and put the 5 pronged seal back on him before picking him up and carrying him away towards his base.

Nighttime At Orochimaru's Hideout

Menma woke up and found himself locked down to a titanium chair that was covered in chakra suppressing seals to prevent him from using even the smallest wood style jutsu.

Menma oriented himself before remembering what happened. Then he quickly felt sad again, not as sad as when he saw his dead body, but still deeply saddened.

"Young Menma, your brother may be dead, and I'm sorry for that. But don't let his life be in vain, YOU can fulfill his dream of becoming Hokage, you've inherited his will now. I have no doubt that he would want you to be Hokage if he passed."-Kurama. Menma felt a little better but still depressed. "Besides, remember you still people who care for you. Young Temari loves you, and Kakashi Tsunade and the other genin care about you. And don't forget most importantly I'm here too. I'm your... best friend."-Kurama.

Menma felt very surprised to hear that, he almost cracked a small grin. And weakly spoke, "Wow Kurama, those are 2 words I never thought I would hear you say."-Menma. Kurama chuckled a bit at that, "Well, I'm stuck to you for life. So it's not hard to do that."-Kurama.

Menma was still sad, but Kurama was right about all he said. And most importantly he still had him, he was his best friend and like a personal therapist.

Then Orochimaru and Kabuto walked into the room. Kabuto went over to the table but Orochimaru walked straight towards him. Menma tried to muster as great a glare as he could as he looked up at him. Orochimaru gloated, "Awww why the sad face?"-Orochimaru.

Menma spit at him. Orochimaru wiped it off and pulled out a baton. "It seems, you have to be TAUGHT!*SLAP, A LESSON! *SLAP, IN RESPECT!*SMASH"-Orochimaru. Menma felt blood dripping from his forehead.

Menma realized he wasn't healing as fast. "Ahhh, you noticed. I put a stronger seal on there this time."-Orochimaru.

Orochimaru lifted his head and looked him straight in his eyes. "You know you've cost me my Sound 5. You're going to pay for that with torture, but for now... GIVE ME THE GOLDEN EYES!"-Orochimaru.

Orochimaru reached his hand towards Menmas eyes. "Ah, what THE HELL ARE YOU DOING?!?! STOOOOOP!!!"-Menma. Before he could touch his eyes they turned into a robotic looking eyeball with a gold iris in the middle. Orochimaru grinned finally seeing them in person but before he could touch them they blasted him back with a gust of force. The stress made Menma become unconscious.

"Lord Orochimaru! Are you okay?"-Kabuto.

Orochimaru waved his hand away, "Yes yes I'm fine!*sigh, it seems I'm gonna have to weaken him before I can get those eyes. We have 2 weeks here so I'll have some fun with him for now."-Orochimaru stated before leaving the room.

Leaf Village Gate

The squad of 5 that was now a squad of 4 along with Lee reunited and were now at the village gate. They all looked tired and beaten but they were still able to walk.

"Do think Menma will be able to bring both Naruto and Sasuke back?"-Choji. All the other 4 nodded and said something along the lines of

"Of course".

They all stopped after they saw Kakashi jump in front of them with a worried face. "Where's Naruto and Menma?!"-Kakashi.

Lee answered, "He went ahead of me to go help Naruto talk to or fight Sasuke, apparently he left on his own accord. He last told me he was heading for the Valley of the End."-Lee.

Kakashi nodded, he couldn't wait for Tsunade to let him leave, he had a job as a father to fulfill. "Go tell Tsunade what happened and to send out search parties of Anbu, then all of you get some rest. And one last thing, tell her that if they see any Sand ninja don't attack them."-Kakashi.

They nodded and Kakashi jumped past them and started running at full speed to go find Naruto and Menma. Kakashi was praying that Menma brought Temari or Gaara with him, but he's someone who doesn't like to bother people for something he thinks he can do so it's not likely.

Near the Valley of the End

Gaara stood up from examining the battle field, "Yeah, Menma definitely fought someone here, and judging by all the craters it was a hard fight."-Gaara.

They kept on running, 'Menma, if you were struggling against someone here how do you expect to beat Orochimaru?'-Gaara thought worryingly.

"There's a lot of remnant Kyuubi chakra near this area."-Shukaku.

Hearing that Gaara ran in the direction he sensed it and ran through the clearing to land down in the Valley. What he saw made his blood run cold.

Gaara felt his eyes start to tear up at the sight in front of him. There laid Naruto in a pool of his own blood with a hole in his stomach. Temari gasped and put her hands on her mouth with some tears of her own.

Gaara almost collapsed, there laid one of his 2 friends on the ground, brutalized. Gaara felt a little bit of his old self seep for a moment, but quickly calmed himself and kept on crying. "I need to find Menma now... whoever did this will pay."-Gaara.

Gaara looked over to Temari, "Temari, clean off all of his blood in the river and take him back to the Leaf Village."-Gaara.

"But Gaara"-"Do it! I don't want you getting hurt, Please."-Gaara. Temari hesitated but listened. She cleaned Naruto's body in the river and Temari held him bridal style before running towards the Leaf.

Gaara made a short pray and parted by saying, "Saying your soul rest in peace, friend."-Gaara. Garra wiped away his tears and started search for clues to where Menma went.

Gaara doesn't want Temari getting involved with this, he just lost one of his 2 only friends, he doesn't want to lose her, or his other friend.

1 Hour Later With Kakashi And Temari

Kakashi was still running towards where the Valley of the End was in Hopes of making it there in time to stop anything bad from happening.

Kakashi continued running but noticed a couple of blonde heads in his Peripheral vision. He stopped himself and looked over to them instantly recognizing them. He quickly jumped down in front of Temari who had her hair covering her eyes, her cheeks still had fresh tears on them. She didn't really talk to Naruto but she spoke to him before and knew his past with Menma so she felt bad.

"Temari, what are you doing here and is that Naruto?"-Kakashi. Temari responded by saying, "H-he died...by Orochimaru's hand."-Temari revealed letting Kakashi see him fully now.

Kakashi's eyes widened bigger than they ever have before, and he felt like a piece of himself just died. Kakashi reached out his hands and Temari handed him to him. Kakashi held him in his arms and collapsed onto his knees with tears in his eyes.

"Look how they massacred my boy."-Kakashi spoke with great sadness in his voice. Temari responded, "Gaara is out there searching for Menma right now."-Temari. Kakashi stood up slowly and said, "Please, follow me."-Kakashi.

Temari started following him as he walked back to the village, he wasn't in a rush, the Anbu or Gaara would find Menma. But now he had to make sure Naruto gets put in a proper burial before he went to go find Menma himself.

Hokage's Office Midnight

All of the Rookie 13 minus Naruto and Menma were restless in the Hokage's office.

"When are we gonna be sent out again?!?"-Neji. "Menma's in danger out there!"-Shikamaru. "We aren't busy anymore! We can go after Menma!"-Ino.

Tsunade started to get annoyed sense she should be sleeping but before she could say anything they were all interrupted by the door opening and a white haired man with his hair covering his eyes entered the room with Naruto in his hands, followed by Temari.

When Kakashi walked into the room everyone was so quiet you could hear a fly sneeze. Kakashi stopped walking when he was all the way inside the room of lifted his head slowly to reveal a crying saddened man. Everyone in the room let out a gasp of surprise by this, none of them had seen Kakashi exhibit any emotions past an eye smile. Tsunade recognized the look in his eyes though and already knew what happened.l as she began to lower her head with light sobs.

They were all slightly confused at first but Shikamaru and Neji caught on and clenched their fists. "Lady Hokage, Naruto Uzumaki... is dead.

The Next Morning

After all the rookies received the news the village was quiet. Tsunade and Kakashi were preparing for the funeral, they already had the casket, all they need now is to prepare the body to look nice.

Kakashi and Tsunade stood in front of the door leading to the best cosmetologist in the village. Kakashi took a deep breath expecting the worst.

They opened the door to the office and Tsunade spoke first, "We'd like you to perform a cosmetology on a body for a funeral. The man kept looking down and asked, "What's their name?"

Tsunade was trying to keep her cool expecting the worst, "Naruto Uzumaki."

The man stopped what he was doing and asked to confirm, "Naruto? As in the blond one?" The man asked.

Kakashi was thinking he already knew what was gonna happen but tried to keep his cool. The man smiled for a second, then he started laughing.

"Well then, Halle fucking lujah! HAHAHAH"- the man was cut off by him being slammed against the wall. It's hard to make Kakashi mad but someone laughing at his son's death was something he wouldn't let happen.

Tsunade didn't do anything, as she was about to do the same thing. Kakashi threw the man away from the wall and picked him back up hanging him out of a window, he looked the man dead in the eye and told him, "Listen here and listen closely you little shit. You don't know ANYTHING about these people and what they've been through, people have tried to tell you but you're all just to ignorant to understand, so maybe you'll understand this. If you don't perform a cosmetology on his body I will personally hunt you down and kill YOU, and your entire family, and destroy your business. Are we CLEAR?"-Kakashi. The man nodded and Kakashi threw him behind him back into the room. He started to leave but said one last thing, "Oh, and also... when we get his body back if I see even a speck of dust on his body your losing an arm."-Kakashi.

Tsunade dropped off the body and told him to have it ready by tonight.

Orochimaru's Lair

Menma woke up to the sound of equipment rattling around and looked in that direction to see Kabuto.

"Kabuto, so you were a spy."-Menma. Kabuto said "hn" in response. "So, what is Orochimaru talking about when he says golden eye?"-Menma.

Kabuto stopped what he was doing for a second, and then he thought it wouldn't hurt for him to know. It's not like he's leaving this place alive anyway.

Kabuto looked in his direction and said, "Orochimaru wants to do 2 things, learn every jutsu in the world, and become immortal. Orochimaru was visited by man once, who told him that there is a child with eyes that exceed the Sharingan. That apparently these eyes are a kind of portal to another realm full of people and opportunities to make him immortal. I don't remember the name of the place though, I think it was called... As-something."-Kabuto.

Menma took in all that information, then he laughed a bit, "Haha, that sounds insane."-Menma.

Kabuto hesitated for a second but spoke, "I must admit, it does sound quite outlandish."-Kabuto.

Kabuto stood up and left the room, "Where are you going?"-Menma. Kabuto looked back and said, "Orochimaru will see you now, I have to go talk to Sasuke. Orochimaru intends to torture you and weaken you until he can take your eyes."-Kabuto responded before walking out the door.

Menma gulped when he saw Orochimaru enter the room. "Alright Menma, I intend on keeping you here till the end of the week, we're on day 2 now so we should get started."-Orochimaru.

Orochimaru walked over to the table with equipment on it and picked up a pair of pliers and a circular saw.

Menma wasn't very fond of the view as Orochimaru started walking towards him so he started moving around in his chair to try and break free. "It's no use Menma, that chair is made out of titanium, you won't be going anywhere any time soon.

"He-hey, stay BACK! YOU'RE GONNA REGRET THIS IF YOU DON'T STOP! NO NO NO, PLEEEEEASE! STOOOOOOOP!!!"-Menma screamed as Orochimaru started crushing his fingers with pliers and pulling out his nails.

Nighttime-Menma

Menma was heaving his breath, he still felt sore all over from the pain. His fingers have grown all the way back now. 'Orochimaru is truly a sadistic bastard, after he crushed my fingers and pulled out the nails he cut them off with the saw. Then after that he put his hands in a metal compressor and flattened my hands. I thought that would be the end but then he placed nail boards under the chair and started electrocuting me, causing me to jolt back and forth sparratically. Which made me slam my feet on the nails multiple times. Then after that, he said he would do the same and even more tomorrow...'-Menma.

Nighttime-Kakashi

Kakashi stood in front of the shrine with the names of dead ninja from the war on it. Naruto's funeral was going to start soon. "Obito, Rin. Times are hard right now... I thought I've become immune to this kind of sadness but this is the worst so far. Please... watch over me, and give me the strength I need."-Kakashi.

Kakashi turned around and started walking towards the Villages graveyard to meet everyone for the funeral

5 Minutes Later

Kakashi walked through the graveyard gate, this was the first time in awhile he wasn't late for something. Some people turned around to look at him.

The people that arrived for the funeral was Tsunade, Iruka, the rookie 11, all of their parents, Konohamaru and his friends, a sand clone of Gaara, Temari, Teuchi and Ayame, and now Kakashi.

They all knew that this was the hardest for Kakashi, Naruto was practically his son. This was a private funeral, no villagers or other ninja were allowed to come.

The man standing in front of everyone else gave a eulogy of Naruto, none of them really knew but some villagers hosted parties sense news of his death spread.

The man giving the eulogy finished by saying, "But in the end he was unfortunately slain by the vile villain known as Orochimaru. The memory of Naruto will never be forgotten, and he will continue to live on in our hearts." The man finished by closing his book and Naruto's casket was lowered into the grave.

Everyone had their own personal reaction to his death. Some sobbed like Hinata, some had tears like Konohamaru, some were angry like Neji, and others were just saddened by how another poor child life was lost on a rescue mission.

Once he was buried people started to leave like Tsunade was gonna drink herself to sleep in her sorrows. Gaara's clone dispersed. And Konohamaru and the adults left. Hinata left with her dad and so did Sakura. Iruka left to go to Ichiraku to reminisce. And Kakashi stayed there in the rain.

Kakashi wiped away his tears and pulled down his mask and got on his knees. He felt like he was suffocating. "Naruto... your sacrifice for your friends and loved ones will not be in vain."-Kakashi. Kakashi put his mask back on and proceeded to the graveyard gate to go start searching for Menma.

When he reached the entrance he saw that Temari, Neji, Lee, Tenten, Shikamaru, Ino, Choji, Kiba, and Shino stood there.

"What are you all still doing here?"-Kakashi. Shikamaru answered, "Naruto was close to all of us, he was our friend."-Shikamaru. "We know you're going to go search for Menma."-Shino. "Take us with you, we can't bear losing Menma too!"-Ino.

Kakashi stood tall looking down upon all of them, "Do you kids know what you're getting into? Orochimaru is a powerful man."-Kakashi. "OF COURSE we know. But we were there, we know we can handle ourselves."-Kiba. Temari firmly spoke, "Kakashi, Naruto is gone now but Menma is also close to us, whether you take us with you or not we're going to go find Menma."-Temari. Kakashi looked at all of them, "Do you all agree with her?"-Kakashi.

They all nodded with a resounding "HAI!" Kakashi smiled under his mask, "Well then, in that case... let's go now! Everyone, follow me!"-Kakashi.

Kakashi found a new strength in himself and started running into the forest followed behind by 8 of the previous 13 rookies and Temari to go search for Menma.

Sasuke was no longer someone they were worrying about, because of his choice to leave Naruto died, so their only concern is Menma.

Day 3-Orochimaru's Lair

Menma woke up to find himself in a dirty room covered with blood at his feet. He already knew where he was. 'Ok, ok. I can't lose hope, Kakashi or someone else will find me.'-Menma.

A man with long hair walked into the room and Menma lost a little of that hope. "You're not supposed to be awake yet, today's the day things are gonna get really painful for you. Menma couldn't do anything about his current situation even if he tried his best. The man walked over to him and injected him with a needle, the needle pierced his skin and Menma jolted a bit and started having flashbacks.

Ok, that was the last origins chapter, pretty soon Menma will be on his path of Vengeance, so stay tuned for the next chapter.