"What do you mean I have to die?!? I don't want to literally become one with nature!"-Menma. "Gamakichi, what's with the death? You aren't actually gonna die Menma."-Fukasaku.

"What's gonna happen then?"-Menma. "Let me explain. Absorbing nature energy means the ability to sense it and draw it into you. In addition to mastering sage absorption you'll be able to fully control the nature energy energy entering and leaving your body. In other words, sit still."-Fukasaku.

Menma had a confused look and asked, "Like meditation?"-Menma. "Something like that. Come over here to this waterfall."-Fukasaku.

Fukasaku started hopping away and Menma followed behind him until they reached the waterfall. "Naturally learning how to even sense Nature energy would take a whole month, but do you see this waterfall?" Menma nodded and Fukasaku continued, "This is toad oil, give me your arm."-Fukasaku.

Menma complied and he started rubbing the oil on his wrist. "This sacred oil allows nature energy to open your body much easier, and soon you'll be able to sense nature energy within a few days."-Fukasaku.

Menma's arm felt funny and he told him, "Yeah, I can already feel it."-Menma. "Yes, after awhile you won't even have to use the oil, but there is a risk."-Fukasaku.

Fukasaku let go of his arm and Menma looked down at it to see that it looked to see that it was bloated and had warts on it. "But when one who is inexperienced in using sage chakra absorbs it, they start to turn into a frog."-Fukasaku.

When Menma saw his arm he stood up and started running around. "AAAAHHH, I'M TURNING INTO A FROG!!! TURN ME BACK, TURN ME BACK!"-Menma.

He stopped running around after Fukasaku hit huh I'm with a staff and he reverted back to normal. "It's all about balance, for ninjutsu you rely on physical and spiritual energy, but now you must add nature energy to the mix. If you absorb a small amount, and the sage jutsu won't work, but take in too much, and you'll turn into a frog."-Fukasaku stated looking in the direction of all the frog statues.

Menma followed where his eyes went and he had a cold sweat. Fukasaku decided to lighten the mood and said, "But don't worry, those with an enormous amount of chakra have an easier time learning it. Besides, if I notice you are absorbing too much chakra I'll just use this baton to knock the chakra out of you."-Fukasaku.

Menma gave him a reluctant nod and got into a meditation position to start his training.

Hokage Mansion

"I see, so they even got Chiruki huh?"-Tsunade. The man was sweating and responded, "I was out on patrol, but by the time I got back I was too late."

"It must have been those Akatsuki guys, they must be searching different landmarks in the Land of Fire to try and find the 9 tails Jinchuriki."-Shizune.

"That's strange, they must think Menma still has him somehow... either way, we must send not let them out of the Land of Fire, contact the 20 newly formed platoons immediately!"-Tsunade.

Back To Menma

Ow. Ow. Ow! OOOOWWW!"-Menma shouted as all of his clones dispelled and he fell to the ground. "Hahaha, Menma this isn't a game of whack a mole, I won't be able to keep up."-Fukasaku.

Menma looked up at him with a swollen face and was about to say something but was cut off by another strike from the baton. "My face is swollen because you keep on hitting it!"-Menma.

Fukasaku took a deep breath and said, "No matter, its break time."-Fukasaku. Gamakichi hopped over with a few trays and Fukasaku set down Menma's food in front of him. Menma looked at it reluctance but started eating nonetheless.

5 Minutes Later

Menma took the last bite out of his food and thought, 'Man, I feel less human already. That actually tasted kind of good.'-Menma. "Alright! Time to get back to training!"-Fukasaku.

Menma got back into his training position and started concentrating. After a little while he started to feel an indescribable feeling. It was like a refreshing breeze, but it felt static and energetic.

Small orange pigments started circling Menma's eyes and he opened his eyes. Fukasaku looked at him in surprise and said, "Congratulations, you've achieved the rank of imperfect sage."-Fukasaku.

Menma gained a foxy grin on his face and shot up and started praising himself. Once he was done Fukasaku ordered, "Now come over here, I want you to raise this stone frog. But first try it using only ninjutsu chakra."-Fukasaku.

Menma complied and started walking towards the frog. Once he reached it he molding chakra throughout his body and tried to lift up the frog.

After a few seconds the frog wouldn't move and Fukasaku was gonna tell him to stop, but the ground started vibrating under Menma and the frog slowly started rising. Menma kept on lifting it for a few more seconds until it rose above his waist, then his shoulders, and then the frog was lifted above his head.

Fukasaku and Gamakichi looked on in awe and Menma set the frog back down. Fukasaku came back to reality and thought, 'His chakra control must be incredibly good to be able to do something like this!' "Great work Menma, but now try it with sage chakra."-Fukasaku.

Menma nodded and started channeling sage chakra. Some bumps appeared on his skin and he had orange pigments around his eyes. He put his hands on the stone frog and started lifting it. Within a few seconds it was lifted off of the ground and Menma set it back down.

"Good job Menma, we're gonna call it a day, tomorrow you're gonna start training without the oil."-Fukasaku.

Tomorrow Morning With Asuma

Asuma, Izumo, Kotetsu, and Shikamaru were walking up the stone steps of a recently destroyed temple, and once they reached the top they were greeted by a man who asked them, "You're from the Hidden Leaf Village right?"

"Yes, we were contacted by the monk who is in your care."-Asuma. "Let me introduce myself, I am the head monk of this temple, I was away for awhile, and when I heard about what happened I rushed back. And I was greeted by I terrible sight." The man stated as he signalled them to follow.

They followed behind him and their eyes were met with countless coffins. "This is horrible."-Shikamaru. Asuma's eyes searched around and he asked, "Where's Chiriku's body?"-Asuma.

The monk looked down and said, "We weren't able to find his body, we suspect his body has been taken."

Asuma thought for a second and Izumo spoke up, "Apparently Chiriku has a 30 million to bounty on his head."-Izumo. Shikamaru turned towards them and said, "So he must have been taken to a collection office. Where's the nearest one?"-Shikamaru.

Izumo pulled out a map and said, "There are 5 in the area, we'll go to the nearest one, and I'll send out messenger birds to the other squads to search the others."-Izumo. "Alright then, let's go!"-Asuma.

"Wait, there are only 4 other teams, so why'd you send out a 5th bird?"-Shikamaru.

"Izumo smirked and said, "It's a friend Lady Tsunade told us to call."-Izumo. Shikamaru accepted the answer and they started leaving. "We'll pray for you." The monk stated. And after that last statement Asuma and his squad disappeared.

Over To Itachi And Kisame

Both Itachi and Kisame were walking down a dirt path when a messenger bird flew towards them. Itachi's eyes were sharper than Kisame's and he saw the insignia for "Fire" on it , so he quickly took the letter before Kisame could.

He read the letter and saw that it was from a Leaf ninja. Apparently 2 Akatsuki members were in the Land of Fire searching for the 9 Tails Jinchuriki, and she already sent out teams to find them. The leaf ninja wants him to go to the Post Office nearest to the Temple of Fire.

Itachi sighed and thought, 'I guess it's time to make my first move.'-Itachi. Itachi changed the direction he was walking in and Kisame asked him, "Where are you going?"-Kisame.

Itachi didn't look back and said, "I have to go meet up with a contact."-Itachi. Kisame was skeptical but accepted the answer.

Hidan And Kakazu

The immortal duo was on their way to the post office when Kakazu suddenly stopped walking. "I've been carrying him for awhile now, how about you carry him?"-Kakazu.

Hidan looked back and said, "No way, killing for money is against the law of Jashin remember? Carrying him would mean I'm associating, it's your kill anyway."-Hidan said at he kept on walking.

Kakazu made an angry grunt and continued walking. "I'm gonna kill you one of these days."-Kakazu. "Ahhh, don't be like that."-Hidan.

Mt. Myoboku With Menma

Menma was sitting high above the stone frog statues and was currently training without the toad oil. He started transforming and Fukasaku hit him with the baton.

"This is a lot harder without the oil."-Menma. "Of course it is, don't expect it to be so easy without the oil!"-Fukasaku. Menma looked at him and simply put his head down.

Fukasaku sighed and said, "But the way you transform so quickly, even though you've already achieved the rank of imperfect sage in such a short amount of time you seem to lack concentration."-Fukasaku.

Menma looked back with a surprised look and said, "Why would I lack concentration? I've created my own jutsu, and my mind is one of the sharpest in the village."-Menma.

Fukasaku thought and said, "Have you had anything on your mind lately? Something that's been troubling you?"-Fukasaku.

Menma thought and said, "There's always something troubling me. Maybe it's the other personalities I have."-Menma.

This peaked Fukasaku's interest and he asked, "Well how many do you have, and what is a defining feature of them? And how do you think they've formed?"-Fukasaku.

"Well at first I had 7, but now I only have 1 other. The first one was a Menma that bore a lot of wraith inside of him, the only thing he cared about was harming others. And I think I got him from my overwhelming hate for the villagers in the past. But he's gone now, and I've formed a special kind of partnership with him to keep him away."-Menma.

"The next I learned about is one called Meneko, apparently she is usually very boastful and prideful around people but is shy when I am in view. She's still here."-Menma.

"The next one is the one called Clouticus, he seemed greedful in a way, and I'm honestly not sure where he came from, possibly a need for more power after my conversation with the wrathful Menma, but he's gone."-Menma.

"The next is the lustful Menma. I might have subconsciously created him from all those times I've had to read Jiraiya's books, mostly involuntary. But he's gone."-Menma.

"There's also the lazy Menma, I must have got him from how laid back I was before the chunin exams... back then I was too care free." The mood seemed to darken some but Menma quickly put an easily seen through smile on his face and said, "But he's gone too."-Menma.

"Then there's Mina, I think her dominant trait is gluttony. But she seems serious when she wants too. She's not inside me anymore but she sticks around. Also she seems to look at Suigetsu in a weird way, might be because of the teeth. But anyways I must have got her from how powerful I felt right after I received the Sage of the 6 Paths chakra."-Menma.

Fukasaku gasped in surprise and asked to reconfirm, "Did you just say the Sage of The Six Paths?!"-Fukasaku. This answered a lot of questions, like how quickly he was able to grasp the concept of Sage Jutsu, and how he was able to lift the stone frog without sage chakra.

Menma was surprised by his reaction but then had an embarrassed laugh, "Hahaha... oh yeah, I forgot to mention that I met the guy. Once I did he gave me both his power and a mission."-Menma.

Fukasaku had so much more questions he wanted to ask but he cleared his throat and said, "Nevermind that, we can talk about your meeting with him in front of Gamamaru."-Fukasaku.

"Huh? Who is Gamamaru."-Menma. "He is the oldest toad among all of us, he's so old that he knew the Sage of The 6 Paths."-Fukasaku.

Menma stood up and said, "Well let's go talk to him now then!"-Menma. Fukasaku put up a hand to stop him and said, "We can't just meet him, we talk to him if he request our council. But never mind that, you still have one personality you haven't told me about."-Fukasaku.

Menma's lost his excitement and reluctantly started speaking. "Well, the last one is the envious Menma. He's gone now, but whenever he was around anyone else he looked at them with an envious look, as if he wished he could be like them. Even though he possessed power gifted to him by the sage... the way he formed is... from... I'm sorry, I just don't feel comfortable saying how he came to be."-Menma.

Hearing his reluctance to say how he formed peaked his interest even more but he decided to save that for another time and decided to go back to the training, "Well then let's go back to the training. To improve on your concentration you're gonna have to follow me to the next training site."-Fukasaku.

While they were on the way there Fukasaku asked, "So how do you like Mt. Myoboku so far? When you first came here you had bags under your eyes but you look a lot better now."-Fukasaku.

"Uh yeah, I've been sleeping a lot better sense I got here. Before I got here I've been having trouble sleeping. But why do you think I've been sleeping so well?"-Menma.

"Well the most basic explanation I can give you is that the natural chakra and atmosphere affects your brain in a positive way. But have you been having trouble sleeping?"-Fukasaku.

Menma looked down for a second and said, "It's just... all the stress I've been having to deal with. I still have some PTSD from all the torture I've been put through, and I have to coup with the deaths of my loved ones while trying to prevent anymore from dying, and at the same time I still have to gain enough power to fulfill my mission. And the fact that if I fail this mission everything could be destroyed only adds on it... it's like the universe hates me."-Menma.

Hearing those details about his mission made Fukasaku extremely curious but he replied with a simple,"Hn."

"Well for your PTSD you will need to find the source of your troubles, and eliminate it. But for your other problem, well I can't help you with this mission of yours, but I can tell you that you shouldn't view their deaths in such a pessimistic way. While the living mourn for the dead they are reuniting with loved ones that they have also lost. Remember, if the dead have one thing it's time. Right now they are waiting for you, but they want you to live your life to the fullest, so they'll remain patient. I know my loved ones would be mad at me if they knew I was losing sleep like you are."-Fukasaku.

Menma let the wise words sink in and he had an optimistic smile on his face, but then his face returned to a small frown and said, "But that's the thing about my mission, if I don't succeed then the dead will cease to exist."-Menma.

They became silent for a while but Menma gave him one last comment, "But what you said does make me feel better tho, it's reminded me of why I need to keep on going."-Menma.

Fukasaku smiled they continued to walk the rest of the path in silence while Fukasaku continued to become more and more curious about this mission of Menma's.

10 Minutes Later

Once they arrived there Fukasaku walked up some stairs and picked up a stone slab. Menma looked up and saw multiple spikes facing up towards the sky that were at least 50 meters tall. "Don't tell me were doing what I think we're doing."-Menma.

"We are."-Fukasaku. Menma sighed and accepted the stone slab. "You're gonna go up there and balance on top of one of those spikes. Once you've learned to be truly still then we will finish our training."-Fukasaku. Menma nodded and started flying up towards the spikes, and Fukasaku followed behind him.

2 Minutes Later

Menma was sitting completely still on top of the stone slab and Fukasaku was doing the same across from him observing.

Menma was doing well but then he felt a ticklish feeling on his arm and it kept on crawling on it. Fukasaku looked on and was waiting to see what Menma would do. 'That's a special kind of wasp that resides only in these mountains, we let them feed off of nature energy and in return they help us with these kind of trials. Now, how will you deal with this Menma?'-Fukasaku.

Menma started feeling irritated by the insect that was crawling on his arm and he tried to release a little chakra in his arm to scare it away. But in response the wasp stung him.

But before Menma could retaliate the bug flew away and Menma lost his balance. Before he completely fell off of the slab Fukasaku told him, "Don't use your flying ability to save yourself!"-Fukasaku.

While Menma was falling he abided by his command and punched a hole in the side of the spike. Doing this created a space for him to hold himself up.

While he was dingling from the gap in the rock he saw Fukasaku trying to see if he was ok. Menma gave him a thumbs up and Fukasaku smiled.

"Ya know you're gonna have to learn how to fight without those eyes. One of these days someone might find a way to not let you use them."-Fukasaku.

Menma started walking back up to the top of the spikes and said, "Yeah yeah yeah I know, maybe another time. I'm a busy guy so let's just focus on the senjutsu for now."-Menma.

They were about to start training again but Fukasaku noticed something on Menma's arm and asked, "Menma, what is that seal on your arm?"-Fukasaku.

Menma looked down at his arm to see what he was talking about and noticed the mysterious seal on his left arm. "I don't know yet. I met a lady named Freya and she gave it to me, but she didn't explain what it is."-Menma.

Menma tried to think about what it was but then he remembered what happened the first time he came to Mt. Myoboku. How he accidentally absorbed nature chakra and shot it back out, and he got an idea.

He stood back on the slab and told Fukasaku, "If I start turning into a frog don't hit me, I want to try something out!"-Menma. Fukasaku was curious about what Menma was planning but nodded in agreement.

Menma got into a meditative position and started absorbing Nature chakra into his body through both his seal and his body.

While using the seal nature chakra came to him a lot faster and he eventually started gaining frog like features. Fukasaku was about to stop him but Menma opened his eyes and stretched out his left arm and shot out all of the nature chakra. Once he did that his features returned to normal.

Fukasaku had an amazed look on his face and thought, 'This child continues to amaze me. He really is unexpectedly crafty and intelligent just like Jiraiya boy said.'-Fukasaku.

Menma gained a foxy grin on his face and said, "Alright, that's one problem solved! But we should get back to my concentration training, or else I'll never become a perfect sage."-Menma. Fukasaku nodded his head and they continued their training.

Collection Office

Kakazu was counting the money while Hidan was waiting outside for him. Hidan heard footsteps behind him and he stood up and said, "Finally you're done, I've been waiting forever"- Hidan was cut off when he felt a blade slice his throat and he fell to the ground.

Asuma put his blade away and called out the other 3. Once everyone was there, he said, "Alright, that's one down. Now what we're gonna do is"-"Owwww that hurt!"-Hidan.

Everyone looked towards the thought to be dead Akatsuki member with a mix of distraught and surprise. He stood up and rubbed his neck. "What the hell is this guy??!"-Kotetsu.

"I'm sure that I killed him, so how?"-Asuma. Hidan turned towards them and told them, "I'm immortal, isn't it obvious? So who are you guys supposed to be anyway?"-Hidan asked as he took a close look at them.

After laying eyes on Asuma he noticed a piece of cloth around his waist and said, "That mark, that's the same mark as the other guy from the Shinobi 12. *groan* now I'm gonna have to go back inside that dirty collection office."-Hidan.

Hidan pulled out his scythe and Asuma pulled out his wrist blades in response. Hidan was about to charge towards them but noticed he couldn't and looked down. He saw a black line and followed it with his eyes until he saw Shikamaru on top of the roof of the building.

Hidan simply grinned and said, "You came after us in the wrong order."-Hidan. Asuma tensed up and asked, "Where's your par"- Asuma was cut off when he heard a loud sound coming from where Shikamaru was.

He looked towards the sound and saw Shikamaru being chased by Kakazu. Asuma saw Kakazu catching up to him and rushed over and intercepted him before he could reach Shikamaru.

Kakazu got into a fighting position but before he could attack Hidan said, "Hey Hey Hey! These guys are gonna be a part of my ritual, don't interrupt!"-Hidan.

Kakazu got into a relaxed position and said, "Very well, but be careful or they'll kill you."-Kakazu. Hidan laughed in response and started creating a diagram with blood. "If they could kill me I wish they could."-Hidan.

Asuma started sweating and tensed up. "What's he creating that diagram for?"-Shikamaru. Asuma turned his head towards him and ordered, "I'm going to charge him, you're going to catch him in a your shadow binding jutsu and I'll cut off his head to stop his movements."-Asuma.

"That's too risky, I should go with"-"Don't you get it?!? This is the best we can do for now!!"-Asuma.

Asuma was about to follow up on the plan but everyone stopped when they saw rustling in the bushes. They all looked towards the source of the sound and saw Itachi walk out of the forest with his famous sharingan flaring.

The Leaf ninja lost all hope of their chances to beat the 2 Akatsuki members, and Kakazu and Hidan were curious but calmer. "Itachi Uchiha, what are you doing here, and where's Kisame?"-Kakazu.

"Kisame is meeting up with a contact right now. And I heard commotion over here so I came to see what it was."-Itachi said as he walked up behind Kakazu.

Kakazu accepted the answer and faced back towards the leaf ninja. "Well sense you're here you can help take care these Leaf niNJAAAA"- Kakazu was cut off when he felt a painful feeling in his back. He looked behind his shoulder and saw Itachi holding 2 swords that pierced 2 of his hearts.

"What the hell do you think you're doing?!?!"-Kakazu asked with blood coming from his mouth. Itachi activated his Mangekyo Sharingan and told him, "I'm making my move on the Akatsuki now. I guess you'll be the first victim, Tsukuyomi."-Itachi.

Mt. Myoboku

It's been around 9 hours since the training started and a thunderstorm started coming, but Menma continued to train.

The heavy rain arrived and he had multiple special wasp crawling on his body, but he continued to train.

'You're finally doing it.'-Fukasaku thought as he saw the nature energy quickly rising in his body. After a few more seconds he stopped gathering Nature energy and opened his eyes to reveal yellow irises with a cross like shape to his irises. Fukagaku gasped and thought, 'He has no rings around his eyes, so he shouldn't have achieved sagehood! But It feels like he has even more sage chakra in him then what a perfect sage should have!'-Fukasaku.

The wasp around Menma left and birds started flying towards him. 3 birds landed on him but he didn't lose his balance somehow.

Menma had a bright smile plastered on his face and he said, "I feel like I can see the entire world!"-Menma. Fukasaku chuckled in response and said, "Well that's how it feels to be a Sage."-Fukasaku.

Everything was quiet and peaceful for a little while until Gamakichi came over and called out for Menma. "Menma! The elder toad has asked for your audience!"-Gamakichi.

The vibrations of his footsteps caused the birds to leave and Menma sighed. Menma was about to jump off of the slab but something caught his attention.

He focused on the chakra he sensed and was able to distinguish who it was. He sensed Shikamaru, Asuma, Kotetsu, Izumo, and 2 huge malicious chakras. He became worried and stood up on instinct. But before he could say anything he noticed one more chakra source and calmed down. 'Itachi, I'll leave this in your hands."-Menma.

As Menma was walking away from the training site he noticed something else about himself. 'I thought that sage mode would give me insight on what this seal is... but I can't even translate it yet. Just what is this thing?'-Menma.

Collection Office

Itachi and Hidan were currently engaged in a sword battle with Itachi having the advantage. They continued trading strikes until eventually Hidan locked Itachi's sword in place.

Itachi was surprised and Hidan took advantage of this and put a big gash in Itachi's skin. Itachi released the blade and backed up.

In the time that Itachi was dazed Hidan ran over to his diagram and already licked his blood. The entire time Shikamaru and co. looked on with looks that indicated that they were viewing an entirely different battle than what was really happening.

Hisan's skin darkened and his face and body became covered in skeletal looking tattoos. "HahaHAHAHAHA!!! I really use to think you were cool! But now you've gone and betrayed us, and treachery is against Jashin's laws! So where do you want it first?!" Hidan asked pointing a narrow spine towards himself. "The stomach!?! The lungs?!? Or do you want me to just finish you off with your heart?!?"-Hidan.

Itachi just sat there and didn't respond in anyway. Hidan waited a while longer but eventually got pissed off, "Come on, this isn't fun if you aren't gonna at least scream!"-Hidan.

Hidan waited a while longer but Itachi still didn't show any sign of worrying. He eventually snapped and yelled, "You know what?! I take back what I said, you were never cool!! Maybe after I stab you in a few vital places you'll respond!"-Hidan.

Hidan brought the spike up to his stomach and stabbed himself. Itachi fell to the ground in pain and Hidan started laughing maniacally, "Come on come on come on COME ON!!! You were acting all fine a second ago, don't give up just yet!"-Hidan yelled stabbing himself again.

This time Itachi started coughing up blood violently and Hidan was satisfied by the sight. "You should feel honored to be a sacrifice for Jashin!"-Hidan yelled before stabbing himself through the heart.

Itachi fell to the ground dead and Hidan started laughing maniacally. Once he was done laughing he looked over to where Kakazu was and lost all of his satisfaction. Where Itachi was previously now stood a unharmed Itachi.

Hidan was about to say something but the battle field around him started becoming blurry and it transformed into something much different than what he saw before. The biggest difference was that where he previously saw Itachi he now saw Kakazu lifelessly laying on the ground with 5 holes in his torso and a pool of blood around him.

Hidan stood in disbelief and asked, "What the hell just happened?!?"-Hidan. Itachi started walking towards him and Hidan tried to take a step back in slight fear, but he was stopped by what felt like invisible wires.

"It's quite ironic really. The first time I ever met the Akatsuki I already put everyone under a genjutsu just in case one of you betrayed us. And since we're fighting the genjutsu became active."-Itachi.

Hidan got pissed off and yelled, "But what the hell did you just do you bastard!?!"-Hidan. Itachi stopped walking towards him when he was 10 meters away and said, "The illusion started at the beginning of the battle after I arrived and I stabbed Kakazu in 2 of his hearts. Then while your vision was being tricked I switched places with Kakazu and controlled his body to fight you. After you got his blood and you used your secret technique I provoked you in a way that you would try to get a reaction out of me by making you stab him in the remaining 3 of his hearts. Oh, and also during the entire time Kakazu was under Tsukuyomi so that's why he couldn't resist the genjutsu or wake up."-Itachi.

Hidan and everyone stood there speechless, only a few like Shikamaru truly understood what he said. 'What a genius tactician. I'm glad he's on our side?'-Shikamaru.

Itachi sighed and raised up one of his arms. "This battle has gone on long enough, so this is goodbye."-Itachi said as he flicked his finger onto an invisible wire that caused an explosion. Hidan's decapitated body laid in a deep ditch and Itachi walked up to the hole.

Itachi looked down into the hole to see Hidan's bloodied body parts spread throughout the hole, and he looked dead. But knew he wasn't and waited until he eventually opened his eyes.

When he did Hidan glared at Itachi and yelled, "You BASTARD!! YOU THINK THIS WILL STOP ME?!? EVEN IF I HAVE CHEW MY WAY OUT HERE I'LL FIND YOU AND KILL YOU!?! I SWEAR IT ON JASHIN!!"-Hidan.

Itachi stood unfazed by the threat and closed his eyes. Once he reopened them he revealed the mangekyo sharingan and said, "Hn, the 2 of us believe in 2 very different things. You believe in a fools God, but right now I'm your God. And I'm the one who judges your fate. And I've decided I'm gonna end you with the one thing that you won't survive."-Itachi.

Hidan was struck with fear by the threat and his eyes widened. The sun was behind Itachi's body and the silhouette of his body reminded Hidan of the angel of death casting out his judgement.

Itachi's left eye began to bleed and Itachi said 1 word, "Amaterasu." And with that word black flames began to envelope the head and Hidan and he screamed in pain.

Itachi walked away from the screams and started walking back into the forest. Shikamaru was about to ask him something but Itachi predicted it and cut him off, "Tell Tsunade that the shadow Hokage took care of it."-Itachi.

Mt. Myoboku

The walk towards Gamamaru was surprisingly quiet and uneventful. Once they arrived there Menma took a deep breath before opening the door and looking directly at Gamamaru. 'That's what I expected him to like.'-Menma.

Gamamaru woke up from his rest and smiled when he saw Menma. "Grand toad, you ordered for his audience."-Fukasaku.

"Yes yes I did, it's an honor to finally meet you, uhhhh... uhhhhh... what was your name again?"-Gamamaru.

Menma sweat dropped and said, "My name is Menma Uzumaki."-Menma. Gamamaru remained silent for a little while but he said, "Ahhh Yes Yes yes that's your name! Menma Uzumaki! Do you know why I called you here?"-Gamamaru.

Menma shook his head and Gamamaru continued, "Ya know, you have the same chakra and eyes that Hagaromo had."-Gamamaru. Menma had a surprised look on his face and asked him, "How old are you?"-Menma.

"Hmmmmmmmm... I don't remember."-Gamamaru. "He's over a thousand years old."-Fukasaku.

"Well listen here Menma, I have a prophecy for you. So listen closely... Soon you will come across a white snake on your journey. A snake that you're familiar with, but when you meet this snake you must not let it beat you in a physiological sense."-Gamamaru.

Menna understood who the white snake was and chose not to ponder on the part about beating him in a physiological sense. "Also, on your journey you will meet a child that is like no other. This child you teach you many things as you will do for them. You mustn't let this child be harmed at all cost, they will be the key to you defeating the king in the golden kingdom."-Gamamaru.

Menma thought about what he said, 'What is the golden kingdom? Is that where Odin lives? And who's this little girl?' Then Menma asked, "Is that the entire prophecy?"-Menma. "Yes, but don't forget about becoming the child of prophecy, and don't forget about Jiraiya's valuable teachings of achieving peace."-Gamamaru.

Menma nodded his head in acknowledgment and asked Fukasaku, "I think I'm done here for now. Can you send me back?"-Menma. "Huh? But we haven't completely finished your training yet, you still need to learn frog kumite."-Fukasaku.

Menma waved him off and said, "It's Alright, I can learn it another time. There are some things I need to do that I should have done a long time ago."-Menma replied in a serious tone.

Fukasaku was going to protest but complied and told him, "Alright, but make sure you come back here to finish your training."-Fukasaku. And with that last statement Fukasaku sent Menma back to Konoha.

Back In Konoha

Once Menma arrived back in the village he started heading towards the neighborhood closest to the Hokage Mansion.

Once he arrived at his destination he stood in front of a 2 story house. He walked up the steps towards the door and once he arrived in front of it he walked through the door and took in the sight.

The house wasn't very well kept and it had a lot of dust and spiders in it. Menma coughed and activated his rinnegan to find a source of chakra. Once he found it he rushed towards it and looked at the door.

Unlike the rest of the house the door looked untouched. Menma found it strange but shrugged it off and tried walking through it, but he couldn't.

Menma looked up at the door in surprise and tried again, but he still couldn't walk through it. 'Does this door have some kinda multi dimensional barrier?'-Menma.

Menma put his hand on the seal and activated the seal on his arm. Once he did his arm started absorbing chakra from it.

Once all of the chakra was absorbed from the seal it disappeared and Menma opened the door. When he walked inside he was greeted by a room that resembled a small library. But it looked like an infinite amount of books.

Menma examined the room and his eyes passed over a picture of a blonde man, a red haired pregnant woman, and a red haired baby.

Menma walked up towards the painting and thought, 'This must be me. Is that what my parents looked like?'-Menma.

Menma smiled at the picture and stood still until 2 people started walking up behind him. One of them tapped him on the shoulder and Menma's mind came back to reality.

He turned around and saw both Mina and Suigetsu. "Hey Menma! We've missed you."-Mina. Menma gave them a heart warming smile and said, "It's nice to see you again. You haven't caused any trouble while I was gone have you?"-Menma.

They both made nervous laughs and looked at each other in an awkward way. "No we haven't, I had a little trouble but... Suigetsu made me feel a lot better."-Mina. Menma narrowed his eyes at them but remembered the subject at hand. "Well anyways, I'm gonna need you 2 to be quiet for a little while. I'm doing something important."-Menma.

They complied and backed away while Menma stepped closer to the painting. He noticed an imprint on the wall and moved the painting slightly out of the way.

When he moved it out of the way he saw a strange metal cube in a hole in the wall. He pulled it out and looked at it. It asked the question

,"I turn polar bears white

And I will make you cry.

I make guys have to pee

And girls comb their hair.

I make celebrities look stupid

And normal people look like celebrities.

I turn pancakes brown

And make your champagne bubble.

If you squeeze me, I'll pop.

If you look at me, you'll pop. What am I?"

Menma looked at the riddle with a blank face and thought, 'Why the hell is it so long? Couldn't just be something like I have one head, 1 tail, and no body?' *sigh* 'Hmmmmmm. I make celebrities look stupid? Hmmm, I think it's pressure.'-Menma.

Menma wrote out the word on the cube with his chakra, and once he was done the word glowed and the cube opened up to reveal a pyramid.

Menma looked at the object and sighed in relief, 'At least these riddles are a lot shorter.'-Menma. The first one asked, "Pronounced as a letter, written with three, I have a twin whom I cannot see. What am I?"

Menma thought about for a few seconds and came with his answer. He wrote out the word Eye on the pyramid and it glowed. Menma thought it would be over but another riddle appeared.

"What is mine, but only you can have?"

Menma found this rifle quite easy and wrote out the kanji for Love on the pyramid. After it glowed another riddle showed up and asked, "I am one in Youthful, 2 in acaulous, and 3 in uruhu, but I am none in earth. What am I?"

Menma about it for a few seconds and came up with the answer. He wrote out the letter u on the pyramid. Once he did that the pyramid glowing and it opened up to reveal a key inside.

On the key it had the answers to all the riddles on it and it said, Eye Love U. "I love you... I love you too."-Menma. Menma picked up the key and once he did he felt like a foreign chakra entered his body.

Menma put all of the objects back where they were and rebalance the painting before walking towards the bookshelves.

While walking over he saw a table with a keyhole in the middle. Menma walked over to the strange hole and stuck the key in it.

Once did the shelves started shaking and around 4 different books started falling on the ground. Menma worried that they might break so he caught them with the tso.

Menma walked over to the books and read the title on them. Menma had a satisfied smile on his face and put the 4 books in a bag. "Hey Menma are these your parents?"-Suigetsu asked looking at the painting.

"Yep, as you can see I inherited my mom's beauty and my dad's coolness."-Menma. They both rolled their eyes and left through the front door.

Menma followed behind them and Suigetsu asked, "So are we finally gonna leave this village?"-Suigetsu. "Right after we hit one last stop."-Menma.

Because of Menma's relative chakra to the sage of the 6 paths it would have made more sense for him to have already be able sense nature energy. But for further enjoyment of the story I changed it.