It's the afternoon and Menma had finished all of his training, he was spending the rest of the week in the hot springs. He decided to go by himself this time because he was disturbed by Jiraiya's habits.
"I wonder how everyone's doing without me. Hopefully when I go back next week we can all hangout like before."-Menma. Menma sat back and looked around him and something caught his eye. 'Wait, this isn't the hot spring I usually go to.'-Menma.
Before Menma could do anything about 6 girls walked into the hot springs and got comfortable. 'This is a unisex hot spring!'-Menma. Menma sunk into the water a little and got comfortable. He kept his eyes closed so it didn't look like he was staring.
After sitting for a few more minutes he started listening to their conversation. "Last night my brother told me he came across a big camp site. He says he saw women being escorted around."-Lady1. "Seriously!?! Shouldn't we go tell the police?"-Lady2. "Yeah! My sister went missing a couple weeks ago!"-Lady3.
"I don't think they can do much, he said that the men that were walking them around were missing nin!"-Lady1. Menma lifted himself up and decided to intervene, "Excuse me miss, where is the camp that your brother found?"-Menma.
"Oh, I don't think you will be able to do anything, these are some lethal ninja."-Lady1. "You underestimate me miss, I may not look like it." Menma flashed his EMS and rinnegan, "But I am quite a versatile ninja myself."-Menma.
The lady thought about it for a minute and decided to tell him, "just go under the bridge and follow the river, it'll be on the right."-Lady1.
Menma nodded at them and got out of the hot springs but the third lady called out to him, "Wait mister, please bring my sister back! She has blonde hair and 4 pigtails."-Lady3.
The description reminded Menma of his bn late girlfriend and he pumped his fist and said, "You can count on me miss, I'll have her back by tonight! Menma Uzumaki always keeps his word!"-Menma. Menma raced out of the hot springs and his clothes flew towards him.
Sunset
Menma felt his sandals splashing in the mud and thought, 'Well this is starting to become pretty shitty. I've been following this river for half an hour and it's starting to rain.'-Menma.
Menma decided to stop and walked up to a tree. 'I'm gonna try something new.'-Menma. Menma put his hands up to the tree and tried to sense everything in the are around him. His method of searching was feeling where all the tree roots were, and finding a place nearby where there was none. After a few seconds Menma felt something, "Gotcha! Man, wood style is useful!"-Menma.
Menma teleported to the place where he felt a lack of trees and overlooked the area. Their was around 8 different tents and they all had men chattering inside them. On the outside he saw around 30 different women in tattered clothes chained up to a pipeline. 'I guess they're supposed to sleep outside in the rain while they sleep in the tents.'-Menma. Menma studied all of them and found the one the lady told him about.
Menma's heart pained looking at her and the rest of them, 'She really does look like her.'-Menma.
Menma sunk into the ground and reappeared in front of all of the women. They all looked up at him and Menma put his finger to his mouth. Menma put his hands together and created around thirty truth seeking orbs. All of the balls flew towards the women and formed around them into warm clothes. Menma used his sage blade and cut all of the chains. "Wait here for a few minutes, I'll tell you when you can come out."-Menma. Menma formed a wooden house around them and walked out. (Sage blade will be the name of the sword he makes out of the truth seeking orbs. Unless you can come up with a better name.)
All of the commotion caught the attention of the men and they all walked out of their tents. "Who the hell are you?"-Man1. "This is private property. If you don't leave we'll kill you."-Man2.
"I know that you've been violating these women, I'm not leaving."-Menma. "Well you're not taking away our toys so we'll just have to kill you then!"-Man2 responded pulling out a sword.
Menma sighed and said, "The end of human violence will never come will it."-Menma. "What?"- the man was cut off by Menma blitzing all of them instantly and cutting off all of the important ligaments and tendons in their limbs. They all fell towards the ground paralyzed and Menma said, "Scum like you make me sick, I want to make you all feel the pain those poor women did, but it's not my place to make you suffer."-Menma.
The wooden house Menma made disappeared and Menma called out to all of them. They all ran into the center of the camp and found all of the men paralyzed. Menma made 30 more truth seeking orbs and gave them all to the women the form of weapons. "These men captured you and made you all feel extreme physical and emotional pain, probably permanent damage. I can't make you forget what happened but I can help you have your vengeance. So, beat them to your heart's content."-Menma.
As the women started beating on them while ignoring their pleas Menma had a bitter look on his face and looked away. 'Can I truly stop the cycle of human violence? Such a thing is their nature. Humans are easily tempted, and temptation leads to sin, and sin leads to increasingly evil acts. How would I be able to stop that?"-Menma.
After the women finished the paralyzed bodies laid there, they were alive but probably not for long. Menma walked over to them and created some shadow clones. He took all of their souls and sent them to the Kamui dimension for his split personality to take care of.
Menma walked over to the women and most of them had bittersweet looks as the men's blood mixed with the rain and mud. Menma put his left arm on the shoulder of one of them and said, "I'll take you all back to your village now, I'm sorry I couldn't have come sooner to stop them from... "taking" you."-Menma.
Menma raised his hand off of the woman and Menma looked at it when he realized there was a golden circle that looked like a sun on her shoulder. The woman rubbed herself for a second and said, "I feel like my hymen is restored!"-Lady4. Menma looked at his hand and realized that his hand had a sun mark on it, "This is the sages power."-Menma.
All of the women looked on curiously and Menma started walking towards all of them and rested his hand on all of their shoulders. After he was done they all started talking amongst themselves. "I think the sages power let's me heal people in all physical ways. I'll have to elaborate later."-Menma.
Menma walked up to women and they became silent, "I'm sorry I can't take away your emotional pain. But I'm glad I was able to restore your something."-Menma. The women smiled at him and one of them said, "You've done a lot for us already, we'll never be able to repay you, but thank you."-Lady5.
It stopped raining and Menma nodded at them and they all started walking back towards the village, but Menma couldn't help but feel disappointed in himself, 'Even with all this power I can't truly save people. Honestly I could take away those memories if I wanted too. But it doesn't feel right to take away something like a memory.'-Menma.
Nighttime
Menma arrived at the village gate and all of the women ran into the village to go to their homes. The woman from the hot springs was waiting at the gate and she ran towards her sister, they hugged and the woman told her how much she missed her. As they embraced Menma couldn't help but be reminded of the brotherly embrace he and Naruto use to have after they were worried for each other.
"Oh, Ana, why did you run away?"-Lady3. "The reason I ran away into the forest was because I was trying to get away from having to marry that man."-Ana. "Why would that happen?"-Menma. "Well that's the law of the land, if a man finds a woman they're interested in they can arrange a marriage with them without their permission, or even knowledge."-Lady3.
"Well who made that law?"-Menma. "The leading Daimyo of this land. He lives in the biggest building in the center of the village. You aren't from here are you?"-Lady3. "No, I've come here a couple years ago for a training trip, I'm leaving at the end of the week. But I can make one more stop before I'll leave."-Menma. "Huh? You can't possibly mean"-"Its alright miss, I can be very persuasive."-Menma.
Menma teleported onto the roof of the building the Daimyo lived in and sunk into the room below. The Daimyo was currently working and Menma hopped onto the floor. Before he could do anything Menma looked at him and said, "Kotoamatsukami!"-Menma.
2 Days Later
Menma and Jiraiya started walking towards the village gate and once they turned the corner about 30 women stood there. Menma recognized them as all the women he saved. They were all wearing decorated kimonos instead of the tattered clothes from before.
Menma walked towards them all and they all thanked him for all he's done, "Thank you for everything that you've done for not just us but all the women in the village! We'll never be able to repay you in a thousand years but please accept this gift!"-Lady 3.
Menma accepted the scroll and said, "Well none of you have to thank me in anyway, it was pleasure saving you and changing the law of the land. But what's in the scroll?"-Menma. "Well I recognized the Rinnegan you had from a sacred scroll of our village. And we all agreed you should have it, so that you can learn as much about it as possible!"-Lady4.
Menma had a look of awe and put the scroll in his pouch, "I should be the one thanking all of you for this! The Rinnegan was the one thing I couldn't figure out how to use these past 2 years!"-Menma. The woman joked and said, "Well you don't have to thank us, it was a pleasure helping you with your training goals."-Lady3.
"How do you even have such a scroll?"-Menma. "Well long ago, our village was dependent on something called the divine tree. And one day a man named Ashura came to our village and revealed to us that the tree was killing us. So he created a well and discovered an underground water source which made life great again. He stayed in this village for about a month and while he was staying here he wrote in scrolls a lot. Mainly how to use ninshu, but this scroll contained his father's abilities."-Lady4.
'Ashura huh? The sage told me about you, I wonder if you're watching over me.'-Menma. Menma smiled at all of them and both him and Jiraiya started walking off. They all waved goodbye and Menma waved back. "You've been keeping yourself busy."-Jiraiya. "Well what can I say? I can't help helping people."-Menma.
The Hidden Leaf Village
Menma and Jiraiya stood outside of the Village Gate and Jiraiya ran over to a bush and vomited. Menma looked at him and gave him a nervous laugh, "Haha sorry, the first time I teleport someone they usually become nauseous."-Menma.
Jiraiya returned to him and they walked through the gate, "So when are you gonna read the new book I made?"-Jiraiya. "Hopefully never, I'm already mad at you for thinking Icha Icha Tactics is a good bedtime story. I've had some... interesting dreams because of you."-Menma. Jiraiya shrugged his shoulders and said, "Well someday those tactics will come in handy. Anyways I sent a messenger bird to tell the Hokage we're coming back early, so expect a welcome back party."-Jiraiya.
Menma put his hands behind his head and said, "I wonder how everyone has grown. I haven't really changed much, I'm just taller and more fit. But I can't wait to show everyone and especially Kakashi my new abilities!"-Menma.
They kept on walking until they arrived at the Hokage mansion. They opened the door and Menma was greeted with a bone crushing hug. "Menma you're finally back! Look how you've grown!"-Tsunade. 'How does this hurt so much!?! My skin is as hard as titanium!'-Menma. Tsunade released the hug and Menma took a deep breath.
"Well my physical appearance isn't the only thing that changed, I learned a lot of new techniques too!"-Menma. "Hopefully you'll show me later, but
I heard about what you did in the village you were in, that was pretty heroic of you! You're gonna need to be rewarded for that."-Tsunade. "No, I already got a reward."-Menma.
"Well alright then, but now we should get going to the bigger and better Ichiraku Ramen. All of your friends are waiting for you there."-Tsunade.
Menma came up with an idea for a prank and said, "Ya know I can teleport us there."-Menma. Jiraiya punched him over the head and said, "Don't listen to him, it'll make you vomit. Let's just walk."-Jiraiya. Tsunade glared at Menma for his attempt of pranking her and he just laughed. She didn't appreciate him laughing at her so she punched him out the window.
Menma landed on the ground outside and stood up, "Ow, it was just a prank bro."-Menma. Tsunade and Shizune walked outside and signaled Menma to follow them.
They continued walking past a few blocks and eventually arrived at the restaurant. They opened the door and Menma was greeted by all of his friends and all 3 of the sensei's. They all sat at a big table and there was a bowl of ramen in front of each seat. And above them was a banner that said "Welcome Home Menma".
"Welcome back Menma!"-Everyone. Menma took a good look at all of his friends and thought, 'Wow, nobody really changed but they've all grown a lot at the same time. Except for Shino, Shino will always be Shino.'-Menma. "Hello my friends! I hope life has been good without me?"-Menma. "It's never the same without you!"-Lee.
Menma took another look at his friends and thought, 'Man, Ino has also grown quite a bit... Temari did say she wanted me to find another woman.'-Menma.
But then Menma started to remember everything that he experienced with her and changed his mind, 'No, what I had with her was a special feeling that can't be replicated. She told me to find another woman but I don't think I can.'-Menma.
"Come on, let's eat already!"-Choji. Everyone sat around the table and started eating. "You're not gonna eat Ino?"-Menma. Ino blushed and said, "No thank you Menma, I have to keep this figure."-Ino. Menma made an eye smile and said, "Right... of course."-Menma. "You can have my bowl if you want."-Ino. "Sure!"-Menma.
They were eating for awhile and Choji and Menma had an eating contest. Menma and Choji sat down their bowls and Choji fell out of his chair. "Looks like I'm the winner!"-Menma.
"So Menma, you've come back a year early. Does that mean you finished your training early?"-Neji. "You're mostly right. I mastered the sharingan, but I only learned 2 of the rinnegan abilities. But one of them is really cool, it let's me revive people from the dead! I was only able to learn that because the people of the village I was at gave me a scroll with all of the Rinnegan abilities in it. If you're wondering how that happened Tsunade will announce it later."-Menma.
"Well do you want to show us one of your new abilities?"-Tenten. Menma had a devilish grin on his face and said, "Why yes, of course. Hey Neji make eye contact me with." Neji did what he said, "Kotoamatsukami!"-Menma. Neji tensed up for a second. Then he grabbed Tenten and kissed her. "Youthful love!"-Lee.
Menma and the rest of them started laughing historically as Tenten blushed madly and Menma started explaining, "This Haha, ability let's me, HAHAHA, make people do something without them realizing it! HAHAHA"- Menma was cut off by a 8 trigrams 64 palms. Everyone started laughing even more from his overreaction.
Then there was Shino. Shino was just sitting there being Shino. In his mind he was Shinoing his Shino ways and was becoming annoyed in a Shino way. "So Menma. Do you have any other abilities you can show us?"-Shino. Menma layed there paralyzed for a few more seconds and activated the rinnegan. "Can someone touch my hand?"-Menma. Shikamaru walked over to him and touched his hand. Menma drained some chakra out of it and stood back up. "Asuma, could you pull out a cigarette?"-Menma.
Asuma looked at him confused but did what he said. He pulled out a cigarette and Menma said, "Amaterasu!"-Menma. Menma's eye bled and a black flame was on the cigarette. "Menma why is your eye bleeding?"-Lee. "Well that's the side effect of using it, but I can also do this!"-Menma.
Asuma was about to smoke the cigarette Menma lit for him, but Menma turned a tso into a kunai and threw it at the cigarette. Asuma frowned but Kuranai laughed. "I already knew this ability before I left, but none of you have seen it besides Neji, so I'll show you Kamui. Ino, punch me."-Menma.
Ino looked at him confused, "What? I'm not gonna punch y"-"Sakura was always hotter than you."-Menma. Ino punched him in the head but her hand went right through it. "Kamui basically makes me untouchable for about 10 minutes. It also allows me to teleport anywhere in the world, and I can teleport to my own dimen"- Menma was cut off by a punch to his face by Ino.
He flew a few feet back and Ino had a satisfied smile. "It was only a joke, you're much more beautiful than her."-Menma. Ino blushed and Menma stood back up, "I still have one more ability, but there isn't really a playful way I can use it. So I think I should leave now."-Menma.
Menma started walking out the door. Choji laid on the ground unconscious, Asuma was sad about his cigarette, Neji and Tenten were sitting awkwardly near each other, and the rest of his friends waved goodbye to him.
Menma pulled out the paper Itachi gave him and look at it. 'Tonight's the night.'-Menma.
Menma started walking off to get prepared, he would have to tell Kakashi to fight him tomorrow.
Nighttime
Menma walked through another wall of the hideout and looked around. 'Why is this place so big?'-Menma. Menma continued walking down the hall and examined the doors. Menma stopped and looked down at a door that had lights on.
Menma flew through the ceiling onto the next floor and walked into the room above that one. Menma got on his knees and faced his head through the floor. He looked down and saw Danzo writing down something.
Menma faced through the floor and appeared in front of Danzo. "Danzo, there's someone who wants to meet you. Come with me and I won't have to hurt you."-Menma. Menma made the plant in the room wrap around Danzo as a threat.
"Ah, wood style. So you really did survive the transplant."-Danzo. Menma stood there confused, "Transplant? What are you"- Menma was interrupted by a riot ninja grabbing him from below and pulling him into a new room.
The root ninja grabbed Menma and another root member was about to slash down on him. Menma fazed through the ninja that was holding him and the ninja got slashed by the sword. Menma drop kicked the injured ninja into the other and Menma stabbed both of them with the sage blade.
5 more root ninja ran into the room and one threw a kunai at him. Menma caught it and was about to throw it back but realized it had a paper bomb on it. Menma cursed and created a tso shield around himself. The blast made Menma and the shield fly out of the room.
The tso ball bounced on the ground a couple times before Menma dropped it and looked around himself. This room was much bigger, it was gray and there was a big bridge in the middle.
Danzo entered the room with 10 root ninja behind him. Before Danzo could say anything Menma used Amaterasu on him. Danzo yelled in pain for a minute but then he ripped the bandage off of his right eye and looked at Menma. "Deactivate it!"-Danzo.
Menma did what he said and Danzo recollected himself. "Now, Menma, calm down. Why are you trying to capture me?"-Danzo. "My friend Itachi wants to see you. And I have some questions about Orochimaru."-Menma.
Danzo scoffed and said, "Itachi? He's a traitor to the village, why would"-"Don't feed me that bullshit! He already told me everything about how you've created the Akatsuki. And how it's your fault the Uchihas are gone!"-Menma. "The Uchihas were a danger to the village! What's the guarantee that"-"Enough! I'm done talking."-Menma.
Danzo walked out of the room and said, "Make sure you don't make eye contact with him, those eyes are lethal."-Danzo. Around 100 root members ran into the room and were getting ready to attack.
Menma created 50 shadow clones and they all created chidoris. They raised their hands together and yelled, "Chidori Stream!" All of the root ninja got electrocuted and were disposed of.
Menma started running out of the room but stopped when he saw a black and white tiger try to attack him. Menma used Amaterasu on it and looked in the direction it came from. A pale man a couple years younger than Menma stood there with all black attire, and a crop top shirt. Menma looked closer at his hands and saw a paint brush.
After looking at him he looked at all the ninja around him and realized something, "These are just kids!"-Menma. But before he could do anything the man drew on his scroll and created 5 more tigers. Menma used Amaterasu on them again and he tried to grab the man with wood style but he failed.
The same thing a couple more times and Menma started feeling a little nauseous. 'My head is losing too much blood. I'm gonna have to end this soon.'-Menma.
Menma created multiple tso's and placed them across the room. The man created more animals but the tso's turned into spikes and stabbed them. Now sense the man couldn't draw anymore Menma blitzed him and destroyed his brush and scroll.
Menma held the man down and activated Kotoamatsukami. "You're gonna go to the Hokage and tell her everything that's been happening here. Then after that you will become a normal leaf ninja."-Menma.
The man stood up and started walking away. Menma took a deep breath and made all the tso's return to him. Menma teleported outside of the hideout and saw Danzo.
Danzo saw him and stopped running. He faced Menma and took off the bandages on his arm revealing multiple sharingan. Menma was disgusted by the sight and used Amaterasu on Danzo again.
Danzo became enveloped by it but then he appeared a few meters away from where he stood. Menma looked confused and Danzo explained, "This is the power of Izanagi. It allows me to put an illusion on reality itself and control whether I die or be injured."-Danzo. Menma got over his initial shock and thought, 'Why do people always like to explain how their abilities work?"-Menma.
Menma blitzed Danzo and cut off his sharingan arm. But it reappeared on. "This is gonna be tedious."-Menma.
Danzo turned around and used wind bullets on Menma but he fazed through them. Once the bullets stopped coming Menma used the sage blade and stabbed Danzo by extending it. But Danzo used Izanagi again.
"This is boring."-Menma. Before anything else could happen a voice said, "Danzo."
Danzo looked in the direction of the voice to confirm who he thought it was and was met with red eyes. Danzo stood there for a second but collapsed on the ground. "Damn it, I got caught in Tsukuyomi."-Danzo. Menma blitzed him again and cut off his sharingan arm. He wasn't sure what to do with it so he dropped it on the ground.
Itachi had nothing to say to Danzo so he was about to cut him down but Menma stopped him, "Wait! Let me ask him some questions first."-Menma. Itachi lowered his blade and Menma walked up to him.
"Where's Orochimaru?"-Menma. Danzo laughed at him, "Why would I tell you?"-Danzo. Menma didn't feel like playing around so he ripped out Danzo's sharingan eye and gave it to Itachi.
While Danzo was screaming in pain Menma walked up to the DECAPITATED arm and took out one of its sharingan's and put it in his eye. Menma used izanagi to allow him to use Kotoamatsukami again. Menma plucked out the eye and put back in his normal one.
"I'll ask again. Where, is, Orochimaru?"-Menma. "He never stays in the same place. He has 4 hideouts but I only know where one is."-Danzo.
"And where is it?"-Menma. "You've already been there."-Danzo. "So it's useless information then."-Menma. But Menma remembered something Danzo said earlier and asked another question. "What did you mean earlier when you said transplant?"-Menma.
Danzo chuckled a little and said, "When you were much younger I tried to recruit you. I implanted Hashirama cells into your body so that I would win either way. You would have ended up as the other experiments and we would have only 1 jinchuriki, or you would survive and I would take you away from your home, But Hiruzen found out and stopped me before I could capture you. That's why you can use wood style."-Danzo. Menma despaired at the thought of possibly dying at such a young age and asked, "What happened to all the other experiments?"-Menma.
"They all mutated and died. Besides you there has only been one survivor."-Danzo. "But why did you want me?"-Menma.
"That night that all of the villagers attacked you, your were supposed to die. But then Kakashi came along and ruined everything. I tried to have his ninja privileges removed but it didn't work... Only one 9 tails Jinchuriki was enough, that Naruto seemed to be pure hearted enough, but you... past all the pain I could see a deep hatred in your eyes. And I couldn't allow anything bad to happen to the village because of you!"-Danzo.
Menma wasn't sure what to think or what to say, he wasn't wrong. But Menma did change, although that doesn't change the punishment that Danzo deserves. Menma walked behind Danzo and put his hand on his head and activated his rinnegan. "Danzo Shimura, you claim you want to protect the village, but you're the reason for everything wrong in the village. If you didn't take Shisui's eye then the Uchiha clan would still be alive and they would be peaceful... Sasuke would have never left the village. Then before that you helped a man named Hanzo kill the original Akatsuki simply for trying to help people, and because of that we are facing a new Akatsuki with a new goal in mind. I'm not sure if you're just delusional or a liar, but you have caused nothing but harm to this village, and because of that we will stop you from causing anymore harm."-Menma.
Menma signalled Itachi to kill him and Itachi sliced through his throat.
As the blood dripped from Danzo's neck Menma tore the soul from his body and sent it to Hell.(I'll just call the place that Menma tortures people Hell, because that's practically what it is.)
"Ya know, I had one of his ninjas go tell Tsunade what Danzo did. So you might be allowed to come back home."-Menma. Itachi shook his head and said, "No, after everything that happened it's better if I don't go back, but I'll be around."-Itachi.
"But the Akatsuki believe that you might have the 9 tails still."-Itachi. "Why?"-Menma. "Well it usually takes a year for the 9 tails to reform, but it hasn't. So they think you might have lied. So be wary."-Itachi.
Menma nodded and they went their separate ways.
'Tomorrow I should go to the Hidden Sand Village, the Akatsuki will be there very soon."-Menma.
Menma started walking down the road towards home, but changed his mind and went to the Hokage mansion.
Once he got there he opened the front door to see Tsunade half awake on her desk and a bottle of Sake in her hand. "M...Menma? Wha...what are you doing here so late?"-Tsunade.
"After you rescued me from Orochimaru's hideout, did you have the place searched?"-Menma. "Yea-yeah, we brought back some guy."-Tsunade. "Can I see him?"-Menma.
Tsunade pulled out a key from her desk and gave it to him. The key had a room number on it. "Yeah, yeah sure. Go for it."-Tsunade. Menma took the key and was surprised, "Just like that?"-Menma. Tsunade couldn't respond though because she was already asleep again. "Well, thanks. I guess."-Menma.
Menma walked out the office and towards the prison. Once he arrived there he came face to face with a guard. He showed the guard the Hokage's key and he let him by.
Menma walked down the corridors and showed up in front of a door with a guard in front of it. He showed the guard the key and the guard told him, "You have 10 minutes."
Menma walked past him into the room. He walked in and came face to face with a white haired man. The man turned around and looked at him. He looked a lot like Menma except his eyes and teeth were different. The man looked at him confused and seemed to acknowledge the twin like features, "Who the hell are you?"
Menma smiled at him and said, "I'm you, but better."-Menma. The man looked at him for a second then threw a chair at him. Menma fazed through it and looked at him angrily, "What was that for!?!"-Menma. Menma picked the chair and threw it back at him but it went through his water like body. "I'm in a jail! Why are you making jokes?!?!"
The man was going to throw something else at him but the guard banged on the door and told them to quiet down. They both calmed down and laughed it off and the man introduced himself, "Suigetsu Hozuki, and who are you?"-Suigetsu. "I'm Menma Uzumaki, and I've come to you with a proposition."-Menma.
Suigetsu stood there and was waiting for him to say what it was, but Menma was just standing there like he wanted him to ask what it was. "I'm not gonna say it."-Suigetsu. "Come on just say it"-"No I'm not"-"Come on bro just say it"-"I'm not saying it!"-Suigetsu. "JUST SAY IT!"-Menma. "FINE! WHATS THE PROPOSITION?!?"-Suigetsu.
Menma spread his arms open and said, "Why I'm glad you asked! I know that you've been around Orochimaru for a long time. And if he's kept you around for so long you must be special, so I want you to help me hunt him down."-Menma.
Suigetsu thought about it and said, "That all sounds very nice. I do kinda want to get back at him for capturing me. Sure, I'll help you. But I want you to help me with something too."-Suigetsu. Menma was waiting for him to answer but he was doing the same thing Menma just did.
Menma realized what he was doing and laughed, "Hahaha! What's the one condition?"-Menma. "You're going to help me collect all of the 7 swordsmen of the mist's blades."-Suigetsu. Menma thought for a moment and agreed, "Ok, we can do that. I know where 3 of the 7 swords are already."-Menma.
"Alright! Let's go now then."-Suigetsu. Suigetsu started walking out the door but Menma stopped him. "We can't just go yet. I need permission from Tsunade first or else I would be labeled a rogue ninja. Just wait a little while, I'll bring some of the blades to you and I'll get you out of here by next week. Deal?"-Menma asked reaching out his hand.
Suigetsu looked disappointed but he shook his hand and said, "Deal."-Suigetsu.
Menma waved goodbye teleported to the Kazekage mansion. Although once he got there he saw Matsuri run up to him.
"Menma, thank goodness you're here! You have to save Gaara, he's been captured!"-Matsuri. "Wait slow down, he's already been captured? Where did they go?"-Menma. Matsuri nodded her head, "Yes, go outside the village entrance and follow the footsteps. We've already sent out a team to go after them yesterday."-Matsuri. "How long ago was he captured?"-Menma. "2 days ago."-Matsuri.
Menma felt dread, 'I thought I had everything planned well.'-Menma. Menma was about to leave but Matsuri grabbed his hand, "Please, bring him back."-Matsuri. Menma forced a smile on his face and told her, "Of course, I always keep my promises!"-Menma.
Menma teleported away and appeared in front of the footprints. He started following them and he started thinking, 'How could he have already been captured? Itachi said they would capture him a lot later.'-Menma.
Menma created 5,000 clones and had them all search the surrounding area and further ahead just in case the footprints were fake. "Don't worry Gaara, I won't fail you!"-Menma.
