All of Orochimaru's major hideouts are gonna be in the Sound Village so everything can make more sense.

Menma looked for the nearest street and started walking down it. While walking down the dirt road he looked around at each individual store. After making it all the way down the block someone glanced toward him and noticed the fancy attire he wore. The man tapped him on the shoulder and asked, "Why are you looking around like that? Are you new or something?"

Menma faced him and took in his appearance. The skinny man stood a couple inches shorter than Menma and had messy brown hair with matching eyes. He looked young and he was wearing a business suit.

Menma responded and answered, "Yeah, me and my friends just got here. We're gonna be here for a month so I decided to get to know the place."-Menma.

The man gave him a strange grin and introduced himself, "Well I guess you're in luck then! My name is Toshiro Yakuza! And I have exactly what you need!"-Toshiro.

'Yakuza? Where have I heard that name before?'-Menma. Menma noticed he was becoming lost in thought and laughed nervously at the overly enthusiastic introduction and asked, "So what do you have for me? A map or something?"-Menma. Toshiro stood up straight and answered, "Bingo! That's exactly what I have!"-Toshiro said as he pulled out a map.

"You sound like you're trying to sell me something."-Menma. Toshiro shook his hand and said, "Oh no no no. It's completely free!"-Toshiro. "I've been told that nothing is free."-Menma.

Toshiro chuckled and said, "Well there is a price. All I ask for is your friendship."-Toshiro. Menma stood there confused for a second and said, "Friendship? I'd think someone as enthusiastic as you would have a lot of friends."-Menma.

Toshiro shook his head and said, "That would usually be the case. But not in this village, the people here are pretty shady."-Toshiro. "Yeah, I noticed"-Menma.

"So do we have a deal?"-Toshiro asked holding out his hand. Menma shook it and Toshiro handed him the map and a small card. "What's this?"-Menma.

"It's my address, come by anytime if you need information. I'm everywhere!"-Toshiro. "Huh? Are you sure you should just give me your address? We just met."-Menma.

"I can tell just by looking at you that you wouldn't do that." Toshiro looked down at his watch, "Well I gotta go now. Don't forget!"-Toshiro.

As Toshiro was running away Menma thought, 'It'd be hard to forget about someone like you.'-Menma.

Menma looked down at the map and examined the areas. "Ok, so the warehouses are to the west."-Menma. Menma looked up at the sun and saw that it almost noon, but the sun was slightly to the east, so Menma started running west.

It was high noon and Menma stood on top of a building next to a line of warehouses and started thinking, 'So now I'm not just taking out Orochimaru but I'm taking out a gang too. *sigh* Well no one ever said this would be easy. But from what I know about gangs there's most likely going to be lieutenants, so I'm gonna have to gather information on where their hideouts are. I could just use Kotoamatsukami to find out but that's no fun, it gets rid of the entire challenge of finding information... wait, what am I doing here? I'm getting distracted.'-Menma.

Menma hopped off of the building and onto the next. 'Warehouse 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, ah, 3!'-Menma. Menma jumped on top of the warehouse and looked inside. Inside were multiple shipping containers with words on them related to hunting. 'Yeah, that looks about right.'-Menma.

Menma hopped down into the warehouse and quietly moved towards the supplies. Menma activated his rinnegan and looked at all of the supplies. Each container had seal barriers on them and Menma said, "Damn! When I get back to Minako's house I'm gonna have to start studying Minato's seal books, I should start studying the rinnegan scroll too... actually this is good."-Menma.

Menma walked up to one of the containers and put his hand where the seal barrier was. "It's time to send a message and let them know that I'm the one that's gonna take them down."-Menma.

Menma shoved his hand past the seal barrier and teleported the container away. The seal activated and alerted the guards outside.

By the time the guards got inside the entire room was empty and Menma stood by himself in the middle. "Who the hell are you?!?"-Man.

Menma manifested his sage blade and said, "There's no point in telling you. You are already dead."-Menma said in his Kenshiro voice.

There was about to say something else but before he could 11 of the 12 men were cut down. The last man stood in shock and Menma walked up to him and told him, "When you go back to your base, tell them that my names Menma, and that me and the rest of Kitsune is gonna have all of Hagetaka exterminated within the month."-Menma.

Menma backed away from him and said, "it's October 2nd. The clocks ticking."-Menma. The man nodded his head and started running away.

Menma walked out of the building and looked at the other warehouses. He started walking towards them and arrived at warehouse 4. He put his hand on the handle, but he changed his mind and turned in the other direction. "Nah, I can see what's in these other warehouses some other time."-Menma.

Menma pulled out his map and looked at it again. He put it away and started heading towards the nearest bar.

10 Minutes Later

Menma walked into the bar and looked around. Everyone looked shady but everyone seemed to mind their business. Except for this one group of people that were being obnoxiously loud.

Menma sat down at the bar and asked the bartender, "Water and a bowl of ramen please."-Menma. The bartender nodded and walked away. Menma sat there for a second then he thought, 'Wait they actually have ramen here? I just said that as a joke... What kinda bar sells ramen?'-Menma. While the bartender was getting his drink and food Menma realized that the loud group wasn't yelling anymore and he listened in on their conversation.

'Damn, they're too far away.'-Menma. Menma started thinking of a way to talk to them without walking over there and figured it out.

He put his hand up to his ear to cover it and activated his EMS. 'I've been training with this technique lately, this is gonna take a lot of chakra and a lot of concentration.'-Menma. He used Kamui on his ear and it disappeared and reappeared under the table they were at.

"So did you achieve stage 2 of the mark yet?"-Man1. "Yeah, I got it just yesterday. It still feels weird."-Man2. "What do you think is the point of them?"-Man3.

"I'm pretty sure it's some kind of powerup."-Man2. "What would we need a powerup for?"-Man1. "I heard that an old enemy of the leader has come to this village, and that he wants him disposed of."-Man2.

"An old enemy?"-Man3. "Yeah, one of my friends came running towards the hideout screaming and jabbering. Once he calmed him down he told us that the guy sent a message. He said, "My names Menma, and me and the rest of Kitsune is gonna have all of Hagetaka exterminated within the month."-Man2.

"Ha! He's really that confident in himself?"-Man3. "He knows that we have members all across the village right? We have cashiers, mailmen, and even some doctors. How's he gonna take us all down?"-Man1.

"Yeah, that's true, but I heard he's powerful. He managed to sneak in unnoticed, and once he was in he purposely set off an alarm. And once they got in there he killed 11 out of the 12 men In less than a second!"-Man2.

The first man slammed his fist on the table, "That doesn't matter! He says he'll take our all of Hagetaka but I'd like to see him try! We have connections, we can find out anything we want about him, and have him taken care of. Besides, he'll inevitably have to fight the leader, and he got a new power recently."-Man1.

Menma stopped listening and turned around. 'New power?'-Menma. Menma deactivated his EMS and looked at his glass of water. He started drinking it and noticed that they went back to yelling. *sigh*'I can't concentrate like this.' Menma turned around. "Can you 3 please shut up?"-Menma.

All 3 of them turned around and looked towards him. "Ehhhhh?! Who do you think you're talking too?"-Man2. Menma looked at them with a smug impression and said, "The parasite right in front of my eyes."-Menma responded pointing at him.

The man got pissed off at his response and started walking towards him. "Your next line is, "Do you know who we are punk?"-Menma. The man grabbed him by the collar and said, "Do you know who we are punk?" *gasps* The man was surprised when he realized what he just said and Menma used his surprise to slip out of his grip.

Menma backed away and noticed that a white haired man with a giant sword on his back walked in. Menma turned back to them and said, "Why yes I know exactly who you are! You're Orochimaru's henchman!"-Menma.

The man growled and pulled a knife with a smile. Menma pretended to be fearful and the man asked him, "What's your name?"-Man2.

"Hmmmmm, I don't think I can tell you that."-Menma. The man pressed the blade against his throat and said, "If you don't tell me I'm gonna kill you right here!"-Man2.

They were both interrupted when they felt blood spray all over them. The both looked towards the source and saw 2 decapitated bodies on the ground. Before the man could react Suigetsu grabbed him and slammed his head against the table.

"Go ahead Menma."-Suigetsu. The man was shocked and got a good look at him. 'Wait, he has blue eyes, white hair, and a strange cloak.' His eyes opened, "You're the Menma stole from one of our shipping warehouses!"-Man2.

Menma got down to eye level with him and said, "That's right, and if you don't tell me what I want to know I'm gonna steal your soul. You got that?"-Menma.

The man nodded in fear and Menma asked, "So you said your friend came to the hideout, where is this hideout? And how many hideouts are there?"-Menma.

"There are 4 hideouts! The hideout I was at was the southern hideout! It's located a few miles below the southwest part of the village! I swear that's all I know!"-Man2.

Menma looked at him for a second then told Suigetsu, "Ok you can let him go."-Menma. "What? We can't cut him up or something?"-Suigetsu. "Uhhh, I guess you can. I don't really care."-Menma. Suigetsu looked at the man for a good 10 seconds then let him go and sat down next to Menma at the bar. "I'd rather not get this place more bloody than it already is."-Suigetsu. The bartender walked out of the back and sat down Menma's food and drink. The bartender glanced at the 2 bodies on the ground then started cleaning glasses.

Menma was surprised and asked, "I guess your use to seeing this huh?"-Menma. "Yeah, I've seen worse."-Bartender. "Worse."-Suigetsu.

The bartender nodded and said, "The worse I've seen is when the previous leader of Hagetaka was here, Olivia. He was enjoying a drink while a bar fight was going on behind him. Sense everyone was drunk one of them eventually hit him. And when that happened he stood and and well... no one died but none of them could ever walk again."-Bartender.

Menma looked down at his glass of water and realized it wasn't there anymore. Menma looked towards Suigetsu and saw him drinking it. He scowled at him and Suigetsu said, "What? Drink the water in the ramen bowl."-Suigetsu.

Menma sighed and started eating his ramen. 'Man, I've been hearing a lot about this Olivia guy lately. From what I'm hearing he must have at least been on the level of the sannin.'-Menma.

Menma finished his bowl and told Suigetsu, "Alright, let's go destroy this hideout tomorrow, it's gonna be dark soon."-Menma.

"Wait! I have one last question."-Bartender. They both turned around, "Are you 2 brothers? Cause you look almost identical."-Bartender. They both sighed and said, "No." In unison and left.

20 Minutes Later

While they were both walking a thought crossed Menma's mind and he stopped. Suigetsu stopped and asked, "Why'd you stop" Menma handed him his map and told him, "You can go back home, I need to meet a couple of people.

Suigetsu started walking away and Menma looked down at the card Toshiro gave him and started heading towards that address.

Toshiro's Place

Toshiro was playing back on his couch and one of the guys there asked, "So what did you find out about him so far?"-Man1. "Nothing yet."-Toshiro.

"Well find something out soon! He just raided one of our warehouses! We can't let him get away with that! We need his address!"-Man1.

They all sat in silence for a second then one of them asked, "Hey Doppo, I noticed that you haven't collected the rent from that Minako lady we're protecting from that one Daimyo."-Man1.

Doppo looked confused and said, "What lady?" "Huh? What do you mean what lady? It's the one you've been collecting rent from."

Doppo started rubbing his head, "I can't remember, I feel like a day out of my life is missing." "Hmmmm, well whatever. Just go there sometime this week."-Man1.

All of them stood up and left Toshiro's room. As soon as they left the building Menma turned the corner and entered.

"Hey Toshiro I have a question for you."-Menma. Toshiro was startled by Menma's sudden arrival and jumped in surprise. "Well you've decided to come by pretty fast!"-Toshiro.

"I want you to tell me what you know about Orochimaru's southern hideout."-Menma. Toshiro was surprised by the question and thought, 'I can't tell him where that place is, that info is too great to be shared.'-Toshiro.

"It's ok if you don't know where it is, I already know. I was just wondering if you could warn me of anything there."-Menma.

Toshiro felt mentally relieved and said, "Well there's not much security there, and the hideouts main purpose is keeping people held prisoner."-Toshiro.

Menma smiled and said, "Great!" Before running out. Toshiro ran over to his window and when Menma turned the corner he ran out of his house to the nearest hideout. Toshiro hates lying, that's why he told him a partial truth. It's pretty ironic considering his job but it was necessary. The southern hideout won't have a small amount of security for long.

Homeless Area

Menma walked inside of the alleyway door and looked around to see all of the homeless examining the items he brought there.

Menma walked up to Minako and Minako gave him a heart warming smile. "I feel like I underestimated you."-Minako. Menma scratched the back of his neck and said, "Yeah, people usually do."-Menma.

Menma created a shadow clone and had it stay with all the homeless to teach them what he was gonna teach them.

Menma noticed that Minako was drifting off in her thoughts and grabbed her by the hand. She looked back at him with a blush and Menma walked her out of the place.

"We should go back home now."-Menma. Minako remained silent and they walked on. Menma turned the corner of the alley and noticed that there were Hagetaka members right there.

Menma backed up into the alley and thought of a way to avoid them. Menma came up with something and held both of Minako's hands. "Minako, this might make you a little nauseous."-Menma.

Minako looked confused and said, "Wait wh"- it was too late and Menma activated Kamui and teleported them both away.

They both teleported inside of their home and Minako got on her knees.

Menma leaned down next to her and checked on her, "Are you alright."-Menma. She nodded her head and said, "Yes, I'm just catching my breath."-Minako.

Then he apologized, "Sorry about that. But sense I'm considered an enemy of Hagetaka I can't have us scene together or else you'll be in danger."-Menma.

Minako stood back up and said, "I'm glad you're worried for me. But please give me a better warning next time."-Minako.

Menma nodded and asked, "So there was one more question I wanted to ask you."-Menma. "You want to know who this is right?"-Minako asked pointing at the picture of her family.

Menma nodded and Minako started walking towards her room and signalled Menma to follow. Once they were inside they both sat down on her bed and Minako said, "It's a long story so get comfortable."-Minako.

Minako cleared her throat and started, "I wasn't born in this village I come from a nearby noble land. In that land I am the adopted daughter of the king and I was ordered to marry the prince and become the next queen."-Minako.

Menma blinked a few times and asked, "So why did they adopt you?"-Menma. "The king was infertile so the prince was the only one who could help impregnate someone. And the prince couldn't just marry anyone, he had to marry someone who had some kind of royal blood in them. And although I'm technically don't have royal blood, I come from a clan that's considered valuable. Have you ever heard of the Uzumaki clan?"-Minako.

Menma's eyes widened and he remained silent. "I'm assuming you do know about this clan?"-Minako. Menma snapped out of it and started stroking his hair, "Yeah, I'm very familiar with it. My mom was a Uzumaki."-Menma. Now it was Minakos turn to be surprised and she was about to say something but Menma cut her off, "But before we start talking about being an Uzumaki, we should finish your story."-Menma.

Minako regained her posture and nodded. She continued, "I was unaware of their plan for the first 8 years I was there. I was only 18 once i found out what they've been planning. But before that life was actually really good. And while I Was a teenager, I fell in love with my husband Kagami."-Minako stated pointing at the black haired man in the family photo.

"We spent as much time as possible with each other for the next 8 years. We were both In love with each other... but then when I turned 18, it was time for me to marry the prince."-Minako.

I tried to protest but they weren't having any of it, when I told them who I already loved someone they tried to have him punished. They sent ninja to his house and tried to take him away, but his parents protected him and they died in the process. So me and him ran away until we ended up here. And we eventually had our daughter. You can infer on the rest."-Minako.

Menma sat there thinking for a second and asked, "So what is her full name?"-Menma. "It's Nozomi Uchiha."-Minako.

Menma became surprised again and thought, 'A baby coming from a Uchiha and Uzumaki, that's a powerful combination.' "So while you were a teenager did he ever have red eyes?"-Menma.

Minako nodded and said, "Yes, when I first met him he had red eyes after he protected me from a wild animal. He started out with 2 tomoe and he eventually had 3."-Minako.

"And once you were both adults did his eyes change again?"-Menma. "Yes, when we ran away from our home his eyes looked really strange, they had some kind of pinwheel pattern."-Minako.

Menma started thinking if it was okay to ask his next question. "So... is it ok if I ask"-"He was killed by Orochimaru... When Orochimaru's oppressive rule started he tried to oppose him. In response Orochimaru fought him along with at least a hundred Hagetaka members... he eventually died of exhaustion."-Minako.

Minako started to tear up, "One of the reasons we ran away was to escape the life of n-ninjas... but maybe i-if he trained he would have been able to beat them."-Minako.

Menma got closer to her and started to comfort her, "I'm sorry I shouldn't have asked."-Menma.

Minako wiped away her tears and regained her posture. "No, it's fine." She stood up, "Sometimes when I look out at the moonlit sky I start to wonder when they'll come back for me and end me."-Minako.

"Menma got a little more serious and replied, "Don't say that." Menma thought back to something he was told before and told her, "Don't think such pessimistic thoughts, I have no doubt that Kagami wouldn't want you thinking in such a morbid way, instead of constantly thinking of death you should look at the better things in life and try to be happy."-Menma.

Minako looked at him and giggled, "Menma, it's not like I want to die or anything." Minako lost her smile, "I more so consider it an inevitable fate."-Minako stated.

Menma was caught off guard by her response but before he could reply she exclaimed, "Well it's time for dinner!"-Minako.

Menma stood up and followed after. On the way to the kitchen Menma just kept on thinking, 'Orochimaru... Orochimaru... it's always Orochimaru that's ruining people's lives... but don't worry, I'm gonna get you soon.'-Menma.

When they arrived in the kitchen they saw Mina walk through the door. "Where have you been all day?"-Menma.

Mina walked past him and Minako said, "We're having dinner right now."-Minako. Mina waved her off and said, "I've been walking around all day, I'm going to sleep."-Mina.

Suigetsu walked out of his room and started walking towards the kitchen. "So what's for dinner?"-Suigetsu.

10 Minutes Later

All the food was set on the table and Suigetsu was about to dig in but Menma said, "Isn't Nozomi gonna come eat?"-Menma.

"Oh right, I almost forgot. Nozomi! Come get dinner!"-Minako. After a few seconds a door down the hallway opened and a girl came out.

When she walked into the line of sight Menma looked at her and realized she had a strong resemblance to Kushina when she was 13. The only visible difference was her raven black eyes.

She picked up the plate on the table and started walking back to her room but Minako stopped her, "Where do you think you're going? Don't you see these 2 people here? Introduce yourself."-Minako.

Nozomi started walking back towards the table reluctantly and sat down. Minako laughed under her breath and told Menma and Suigetsu, "Sorry, she's pretty shy around new people."-Minako.

Menma waved her off and said, "It's alright, I find it really cute."-Menma. Nozomi looked at both of them and spoke in a low tone, "Hello, my name is Nozomi Uchiha, and what's yours?"-Nozomi.

Suigetsu introduced himself first, "I'm Suigetsu Hozuki."-Suigetsu. "And I'm Menma Uzumaki. It's great to finally meet you!"-Menma stated holding out a hand for her to shake.

Nozomi held out her hand to shake his. Once their hands made contact it seemed like a normal handshake but Menma quickly felt a strange feeling in his arm.

He realized that the seal on his arm showed up again and he tried to pull away, but his arm wouldn't move. His arm quickly became enveloped in a white light and Menma could finally read part of the seal and saw that it said, "God's Understanding".

Menma was finally able to pull his arm off and the light on his arm settled. He had a strange voice in his head talking about how she's the key.

Menma snapped back to his senses and looked around the dinner table. Everyone was looking at him strangely and he apologized, "I'm sorry about that. I still don't know what this thing on my arm is so I can't really control it yet."-Menma.

"Well why don't you just go back to the guy that gave you the seal?"-Suigetsu. "Well... I can't, the person who gave it to me was a Vanir God and if I was gonna meet them I would need to know how to use another ability I still don't know how to use."-Menma.

Everyone looked at him confused and Menma sighed. "Nevermind, it would take a long time to explain everything to you. Let's just eat!"-Menma.

Later That Night

Menma just got out the shower and evaporated the water on his body before manifesting night clothes on his body. Menma sat on his bed and was getting ready to go to sleep but was interrupted when saw someone open his door.

Minako walked in with night clothes on and sat next to Menma. Menma blushed and asked, "Did you need something?"-Menma. Minako cleared her throat and told him, "We never finished our conversation about how your an Uzumaki and why your here."-Minako.

Menma smiled and cleared his throat, "Well then get comfortable, because it's a long story."-Menma.

The Next Morning

Menma woke up and tried to stretch out but realized he had arms wrapped around him. He looked down and saw Minako hugging him. He sighed and activated Kamui to slip out of her.

Menma got out of bed and slipped on his cloak. He looked back at his bed and looked at Minako's half naked body laying there. 'Man, good thing no one walked in or else they'd get the wrong idea. It was just really late when I finally finished my story so she ended sleeping here sense she was too tired to go back.'-Menma.

Menma walked out of his room and knocked on Suigetsu's door. Suigetsu opened the door and walked past him.

When they arrived in the kitchen Suigetsu saw Nozomi playing with his sword and ran over to her.

He picked her up and told her, "No! No playing with the sharp toys or you'll cut yourself."-Suigetsu. Nozomi nodded and sat on the table.

"So Menma are we ready? Or do you want to bring Mina with us?"-Suigetsu. Menma thought for a second then said, "Nah, we can do it ourselves."-Menma. "Are you sure? The group wouldn't really be Kitsune without her."-Suigetsu.

"Hmmm. Well I guess you're right."-Menma. Suigetsu walked back to his room and walked in.

Menma waited in the kitchen and waited for him. While waiting he looked around and saw Nozomi playing with Suigetsu's sword again.

He ran over to her and picked her up, "Nozomi. If you don't stop touching the sharp toy I'm gonna have to put you back in your room."-Menma. Nozomi shook her head and said, "No I promise I won't touch it!"-Nozomi.

Menma put her down and thought, 'Man, she's acting a lot different today than how she was acting yesterday. She gets comfortable with people pretty quickly.'-Menma.

Menma's thoughts were interrupted when he heard a crash coming from Suigetsu's room and he ran into the hallway.

Menma looked down the hallway and saw Mina shut the door on Suigetsu. Suigetsu started walking towards them while rubbing his head. "She's pretty grumpy this morning. How about you just make a shadow clone to look like her?"-Suigetsu.

Menma complied and did what he asked. Once the fake Mina was created Menma told Suigetsu, "Come on already. We've been wasting too much time here."-Menma. Suigetsu nodded and they both started running towards their destination.

On The Way

Kitsune was walking down a dirt road and were looking around. Suigetsu walked a newspaper stand and picked one up. He read the title and it stated that have been at least a dozen confirmed deaths in Hagetaka so far.

Menma was still looking around and noticed he was getting glares by certain people when he walked by. Menma frowned and started feeling uncomfortable. 'This reminds me a little too much of home.'-Menma.

"Hey Suigetsu, do you have any idea why everyone's acting like this?"-Menma. Suigetsu had a mixed look on his face showed Menma the paper he was looking at.

Menma read the newspaper and he was left with no words. He eventually said, "No. That can't be right... People like that?"-Menma. "Well only 2 of those guys we met were annoying, but they weren't annoying enough to kill. But I can't say anything about the 11 you've killed."-Suigetsu.

Menma stayed silent until he said, "I don't know anything about them. As soon as I saw them I killed them without letting them get a word in..."-Menma.

Menma felt like he was gonna fall and put his hand on a wall to regain his balance, "So now, because of me... 11 families are left without anyone to bring them income... I don't know what to think... once again I'm the bad guy. Like when I was talking to Mina about the other me's."-Menma.

They both remained silent for a while and Suigetsu dropped the newspaper on the ground. After a little while Menma's seal on his arm started glowing and Menma noticed it was the one from yesterday that said "Gods Understanding".

After a few seconds Menma jolted straight up and he felt enlightened. "I've considered the people of Hagetaka scum. But it seems like I generalized the whole group, I only knew part of the story from one side and didn't stop to think that there are people in there that joined for different reasons. A lot of people are doing the dirty work to protect their families, or maybe they have a criminal record they regret and can't get any other job... and I killed those poor men based off of my ignorant ideals..."-Menma.

Menma looked at Suigetsu and said, "I've learned a lesson. I have despised these people after what I heard about them and how they treat people with families, and I killed them because of it. But I didn't take into account that they also have families, and now those families probably despise me. It's like a... cycle of hatred... And I guess with this new found knowledge I'll try to end this ignorance that leads to hatred. Now I'm gonna have to atone for my sins. After we take care of this hideout I'm gonna go to each of the houses of the families and do whatever I need to do to make them feel better."-Menma.

They started walking again and Suigetsu felt amazed by Menma's speech. He thought, 'I never really thought of it that way' Suigetsu looked at Menma walking in front of him towards the sunset and he almost looked like the angel of death. He seemed pure and compassionate on both the inside and outside, but he was still capable of so much damage. Suigetsu smiled and thought, 'Menma, no matter what I won't let you die.'-Suigetsu.

Southern Hideout

Once they arrived they saw stairs leading down into the hideout and went in. Once inside Menma looked around and started getting a nostalgic feeling.

Menma was about to say something but felt a ticklish feeling on his back and saw a little girl holding on to his cloak. It was Nozomi.

Itachi And Kisame

The last remaining Akatsuki duo were currently sitting in a booth waiting for a waiter. A waiter got there and asked them, "What would you like to drink?"

They both said water and the waiter asked them, "Do you know what you want to eat yet or are you still deciding?" They made their decisions and told her their food.

The waiter wrote it all down and started walking away. While walking away he had a mischievous grin. 'Hahaha, you 2 must have forgotten about your arch nemesis Sado. HAHAHA, well don't you worry. Pretty soon I'll be burying you 2.'-Sado.

2 Minutes Later

Sado got their drinks and played them on a table. He put a small pill in the water which quickly dissolved and spit in it. He picked the drinks up and brought the drinks over to them.

Once he sat the drinks on the table he ran away to a nearby corner to watch. Kisame looked at his drink and picked it up.

He was about to drink it but Itachi started coughing wildly out of nowhere. A little bit of blood was coughed up and it landed in Kisame's drink. Sado's Jake dropped.

Kisame frowned and sat the drink down. "Aww now I can't drink it, hey Itachi are you okay?"-Kisame. Itachi nodded his head and said, "Yeah, it's just that I'm not getting any healthier."-Itachi.

Sado closed his mouth and started growling. After a few seconds he calmed himself down and said, Whatever, that's alright, I'll just have to poison your food."-Sado.

A Few Minutes Later

Sado came out with their food and set it on the table and said, "Enjoy."-Sado. Sado bolted over to a nearby corner and Kisame thought he was weird for running away sense there was no other person they were serving.

Kisame looked down at the food and had a smile on his face. His hand was reaching down towards it and Sado thought, "Haha, that food is covered in dart frog poison! Once you touch it you'll finally be done for!'-Sado.

Kisame's hand was about to touch his food out Itachi patted him on the shoulder. Kisame looked up and saw Itachi holding out a spoon towards him. "Oh right, sorry."-Kisame said slightly embarrassed.

Sado got a little annoyed but remained confident, 'No matter, you'll still die. That soup has rat poison and mercury in it!'-Sado.

Kisame picked out a chunk of food from the small soup bowl and brought it up to his mouth, but before he could eat It someone was thrown in his direction and all of their food was splattered across the walls and floors.

Sado dropped to the ground and said, "HOW IS THIS POSSIBLE?!?! They must have some divine power on their side or something!"-Sado.

Kisame stood up and felt extremely annoyed, he left his booth and said, "Come on Itachi, I lost my appetite."-Kisame.

As they were leaving another person was thrown in Kisame's direction, but this time he caught him and threw him back, knocking out the people who were fighting

A Few Minutes Later

They both walked out of the bar and Sado ran towards the door. 'This plan is the most typical of them all but I gotta do what I gotta do.'-Sado.

Sado got a bamboo straw and made sure the poison needle was in there. He blew it at Kisame's neck and thought, 'That needle is covered in King Cobra poison, so please die this time.'-Sado.

The projectile was closing in on Kisame and Kisame stopped walking. He looked down and saw something shiny, he bent over and picked it up, causing the needle to fly right over him.

Kisame looked at the gold coin that was decorated with jewels and asked Itachi, "Hey Itachi, how much do you think this is worth"-Kisame. Itachi looked at the coin and said, "The bare minimum price for that would be 8,000,000 ryo."-Itachi. Kisame put the coin in his pocket. Sado felt defeated and yelled at them, "You bastards! I may not have managed to kill you today! But I swore I would get you, so you better watch out!"-Sado.

They both looked back at him in confusion. "Do you know this guy?"-Kisame. "I don't think so. Let's go."-Itachi.

They both started walking away and Sado sat there in silence, "They didn't even remember me."-Sado

Sorry it's been so long since I've updated. But I've been playing the new Sekiro Dies twice game a lot lately. But I'll try to balance my time between Sekiro and writing this book