Suigetsu walked out of his room and knocked on Menma's door. He received no response and knocked a few more times. When he still didn't get a response he grabbed the doorknob and turned it.
Once he opened the door, he looked inside and saw Menma slumped on the floor surrounded by strange looking bullets with different symbols on them and 2 guns that were in his hands.
Suigetsu sighed and walked towards his sleeping body. He grabbed Menma by his shoulders and started lightly shaking him. After enough shakes Menma finally woke up and Suigetsu said, "Good morning Menma, we have stuff to do today."-Suigetsu.
Menma sat up and stretched. He looked at Suigetsu and gave him a smile. "I've finally perfected it."-Menma. Suigetsu gave him a confused look and Menma followed up with, "The gun, I've finally perfected it."-Menma.
Suigetsu was ultimately not surprised and sweat dropped. "Of course you did. You don't want to tell me what you did do you?"-Suigetsu. Menma thought for a second and decided, "No, I think I'll keep it a secret for now."-Menma.
Suigetsu mentally sighed in relief and said, "Well anyways we have stuff to do."-Suigetsu. Menma gave a confused expression and asked, "What stuff?"-Menma.
Suigetsu raised an eyebrow and responded, "What do you mean what stuff? You said we would go visit the families of those we killed."-Suigetsu.
Menma started rubbing his head. Each second, a few seconds he started rubbing harder until he eventually stopped. He looked up at Suigetsu with a mixed look. "What do you mean the families of those I killed?" Menma asked with a tiny smirk.
Suigetsu felt a little offended by his question and asked, "What do you mean, what do I mean? I'm talking about the families of the 11 Hagetaka guys you killed indiscriminately!"-Suigetsu.
Menma gave him a smile and asked, "Why would I visit their families? They were criminals and I took care of them."-Menma.
Suigetsu was dumbstruck and after a few seconds he grabbed Menma by his collar. "What are you saying?!?! Last week you gave a whole speech about how you were wrong to kill them and that you would make it up to them!"-Suigetsu.
Menma chuckled a little and responded, "That sounds like a weird thing to say. Why would I say something like that?"-Menma. After hearing that Suigetsu became furious and was about to say something else but heard Nozomi and Minako turned the corner in the hallway.
"What are you 2 arguing about?"-Minako. Suigetsu let go of Menma and walked past Minako. "Nothing, would love to stay and chat but I gotta go take care of something."-Suigetsu stated storming off.
Menma looked at Suigetsu as he walked off and thought, 'What was that about? That seemed out of character for him to get mad like that.'-Menma.
Minako walked up to Menma and asked, "What was all that about?"-Minako. Menma waved her off and explained, "It's nothing serious. Apparently I said we were gonna do something last week. But I lost my memory of a lot of recent events so I don't think we'll be able to do it now."-Menma.
Minako nodded and asked, "You lost your memory? Do you still remember... that story?"-Minako. Menma nodded and confirmed, "Yes I remember. I only forgot some small things like this guy called Hachi and the most recent events like what happened the day I invaded the southern hideout."-Menma.
Minako smiled and said, "Alright, well if you don't mind will you come with me to the homeless shelter? Recently a lot more people arrived there and I need you to help me feed them. After that you can take Nozomi with you to wherever you go."-Minako.
Menma thought about what he would be doing today and sighed, "Sure, I have a lot of time."-Menma. Nozomi ran towards Menma and jumped on him. "Will Kaikaku come with us?"-Nozomi.
"Kaikaku? I don't know, I can check and see."-Menmasaid as they all went outside. "So will Kaikaku come with us?"-Nozomi. Hold on let me check"-Menma.
Menma teleported to the Kamui dimension and looked around. He called out, "Kaikaku! Are you here?"-Menma. Menma got no response and looked around.
He stopped in front of a door and the room had a familiar feel to it that he couldn't point out. After a few more moments of silence Nozomi said, "That's the room I stayed with Kaikaku In."-Nozomi.
Menma walked into the room and checked to see if he was in there. There was no one in the room but Menma saw a note on one of the coffee tables.
Menma walked over to the small table and picked up the note. He opened it and started reading.
Dear Menma,
If you're reading this then you probably wanted me to hang out with Nozomi again. But I wanted to inform you that I won't be around for awhile and I don't know when I'll come back. I've recently lost my taste in torture and I'm unsure of who exactly I am. So I'm going to be spending my time in a place called Tokyo in another universe until I find out what I want in life.
Sincerely, Kaikaku
P.S. You should already know this cause our minds are connected but just in case you didn't know you can use the golden eyes to travel to different universes and realms. You can do the same thing with Kamui but it's mainly exclusive to dimensions and has only 4 universes connected. Using Kamui is too chakra draining anyway.
Menma closed the note and put it back on the table and smiled. Nozomi was wondering why he was smiling and asked, "What did it say?"-Nozomi.
But Menma didn't hear her and a single tear fell from his eye. 'Kaikaku... Mina. You two were completely right about what you told me about not just being entities of my personality disorder, and how torture is like food. Kaikaku formed into existence because of the worst moments In my life, and like a child he quickly accepted that as a part of his existence and purpose. But you've matured, after having so much of what you thought you were meant for you realized you didn't need it in the first place. It's just like what Mina said, you have thoughts and feelings just like any normal person, and you can even fit in and change with enough exposure. Menma wiped away the tear and left Hell with one more thought, 'I hope you find yourself.'-Menma.
Nozomi was constantly pulling on his cloak to get his attention and Menma finally snapped out of his thoughts. "Did you need something?"-Menma. "Yes! Where is Kaikaku?"-Nozomi.
Menma gave her a foxy smirk and said, "He's on a journey somewhere far away, we won't see him for awhile."-Menma. Nozomi was disappointed by the answer and Menma was thinking. 'Travel universes and realms? I don't see myself going to other universes anytime soon but realms? I remember that Freya goddess something about 9 realms... so does that mean... the reason Odin wants these eyes is so he can go to the other 9 realms?!?' A light bulb went off in Menma's head, 'Yes it all makes sense now! He wants my eyes so that he can conquer the 9 realms, but for some reason he can't travel to the realms without these. That must be why he hasn't come to take them from me himself!' Menma smiled, then looked up at the sky and pointed at it. And with a determined look he said "Don't worry Odin, so I'm gonna be coming to you!"-Menma.
"Are you ready to go now?"-Minako. "Yeah, I'm done."-Menma.
Toshiro's House
Toshiro entered his apartment and put his hands in his pocket. He pulled out the gun he was given and threw it on the ground in disgust.
The gun had an accidental discharge and went off. Toshiro rubbed his ears and grunted in annoyance. He thought back to what happened last night and started thinking, 'I don't think I can force myself to work with these people anymore.'-Toshiro.
He remembered that Orochimaru called for a meeting of a lot of lieutenants. He was invited because he was spying on the biggest threat to their gang.
Toshiro was guided into the meeting spot outside of the eastern hideout. Once he arrived his bandana was removed and he saw 3 other people there. One person was Karin, she was the lieutenant that watched over the western hideout which was the base for all sage experiment operations. She was an attractive red head that wore glasses and hand bite marks up and down her arms and legs.
The next lieutenant was Yurusarenai. Among the scum of the gang Hagetaka he is considered hell on earth. He was an obese horrendous looking man who spent all of his inside with his... child servants. There were absolutely no likeable traits about him but somehow Orochimaru considers him his right hand man. Not many people have been to the eastern hideout and there is a only a handful of security. not even the guards here know where this place is because they aren't allowed to go outside. Only Orochimaru knows where the place is because they were all brought there with bandanas covering their eyes. The only thing known about the hideout is that
The there was the leader Orochimaru himself. He still maintained the same eternal youthful face as if he was the devil. The only difference from the last time he saw him was that Orochimaru had bandages around his eyes. Toshiro was gonna question the bandages but decided no to when he saw a red glint behind the bandages.
Yurusarenai opened his mouth and asked, "Where is your servant Kabuto?" Orochimaru grinned and responded, "Unfortunately I had to get rid of him. But it was a necessary sacrifice to achieve the ultimate power of the sharingan."-Orochimaru.
Yurusarenai grinned at his answer and Karin remained silent but looked away. Toshiro was curious about what the sharingan was but decided to forget about it for now. "So what did you bring us here for?"-Toshiro.
Orochimaru grinned and said, "Toshiro, already wanna get to business huh? You'll make a great lieutenant. As long as you don't fail in your mission that is." Orochimaru revealed a suitcase to everyone and opened it. He pulled out a gun from the suitcase.
All 3 of them had a curious look on their faces and Orochimaru stated, "This is a gun. It's something that will revolutionize the weapons industry." Orochimaru examined the weapon and continued, "The previous idiot that I had work on the barrel couldn't figure out how to make a bullet go straight, so I had to personally examine it and create a spiral pattern for accuracy."-Orochimaru.
Orochimaru threw a gun at Toshiro and he caught it. He threw guns at the other 2 and they caught theirs. Orochimaru walked towards a garage door and pressed the button beside it. The huge door raised into the wall and the room behind it revealed 10 people strapped in chairs.
All of them had bags covering their heads with a rope tied around their necks to keep it on. Their arms and feet were kept in place with restraints. "You will all end up showing off how these work to the rest of the gang, so how about we have some target practice?"-Orochimaru.
Toshiro gulped and looked down at the gun. Yurusarenai smiled and aimed at 1 of the captured men. He shot shot the weapon and it made a deafening sound. Everyone looked at the aftermath while rubbing their ears and saw that the man who was shot now had his brains splattered across the wall.
Orochimaru chuckled and said, "Amazing isn't it? Every shot is more than twice the speed of sound! And its destructive power is dozens of times more powerful than a kunai."-Orochimaru.
All 9 of the remaining victims started whimpering and Yurusarenai started laughing. He aimed the weapon and shot again at another, then again, then again, and so on until there was only 2 remaining. Toshiro watched on in horror at the bloodbath in front of him and Karin vomited while Yurusarenai and Orochimaru both laughed.
'How could they do this? What the hell is wrong with these people? What gives them the right to do this when we could have just used targets?'-Toshiro. Karin spoke up and said, "I think I'll practice my shooting later, I'm getting tired."-Karin.
Orochimaru excused her and Yurusarenai said, "More for me then!" And shot the 9th victim. The room that was previously a sleek white room was now an unrecognizable bloody room. There was one more victim left in the room. He was crying. The thing that separated him from the rest of the victims was that he was missing both of his hands.
He was crying out for Menma to save him. 'He knows Menma?'-Toshiro. Orochimaru had a devilish grin and said, "Well this is a surprise. He knows Menma." Orochimaru walked up to Toshiro and said, "This makes everything so much better. Make sure you don't shoot him in the head."-Orochimaru.
Toshiro gulped and aimed the weapon at the poor crying man. "MENMA SAVE ME! I DON'T WANT TO DIE YET!" Toshiro stopped aiming the man and looked at the ground. Orochimaru walked right behind Toshiro and looked over his shoulder. He grabbed Toshiro's hand and aimed it at the man.
"Come on Toshiro, he is friends with our biggest threat, that makes this important!"-Orochimaru. Toshiro gulped and looked away. "I can't kill him, he's done nothing wrong."-Toshiro.
Orochimaru frowned and firmly grasped Toshiro's hand. He aimed it directly at the man's heart. He grabbed Toshiro's face and faced it in the direction the gun was aiming. "You're gonna start doing this a lot once Menma is disposed of, so you should get used to it."-Orochimaru.
The man with no hands started talking to himself, "Menma, you won't be able to save me. But please find where this place is. I will grant you what I have left of my chakra, and reveal this location to you." The poor man stated before he started forming a piece of paper and had it fly off back to the village.
No one noticed what the man did and Orochimaru took full control of Toshiro's hand and placed his finger on the trigger, and shot him.
Toshiro rubbed the sweat off his brow and took a deep breath. 'I'm gonna have to tell Menma about this, he's the only person I can call a friend."-Toshiro.
Toshiro got off his couch and walked towards his door. He opened it with the goal of going out to find Menma, but once he opened the door, he was met with fellow Hagetaka members.
Itachi And Kisame
Kisame picked up Killer Bee's unconscious body and started walking. Itachi followed close behind and Kisame stated, "Extracting all of his chakra is gonna take a long time, especially now since Deidara, Sasori, Kakazu, and Hidan are dead."-Kisame.
"At least we got a new member."-Itachi. Kisame chuckled, "I guess that's a positive, I like Tobi. He shines a nice light on our gloomy organization... does he have a teammate?"-Kisame.
Itachi thought for a second and said, "I think he might be going solo just to gain info on the 9 tails power, considering he was able to take down the immortal duo and both of the "artist" in our group."-Itachi. "Hm. Whatever, I'm just glad the fighting will be over soon."-Kisame.
Itachi nodded in agreement but he wasn't looking forward to what he might have to do to Kisame. Kisame noticed the tiny difference in Itachi's expression but decided to ignore it.
'During the past couple of weeks, something's just seems off about you Itachi. Especially when you happened to come back from meeting a "contact" and both Kakazu and Hidan ended up dead. Not only that, but the tiny bit of chakra that was still lingering in Kakazu's body was erratic as if it was in a genjutsu... but after we extract the 8 tails I'll know for sure."-Kisame.
Homeless Shelter
Menma looked around with visual concern until Minako tapped him on the shoulder. "You look worried, is something wrong?"-Minako. Menma gave up on his search and turned towards her.
"Do you know where our friend Akiro is? I can't find him anywhere, it's been a long time since I saw him and I wanted to talk to him about my progress."-Menma.
Minako thought for a second and responded, "No, I don't know where he is. Which is pretty strange, I don't think I've ever seen him go one block away from this place."-Minako.
Menma sighed and said, "Well I think I'll come back for him tomorrow."-Menma." Menma felt a tug on his arm and looked down to see Nozomi.
"Did you need something Nozomi?"-Menma. Nozomi was about to say something put decided not to. "Nevermind, it probably isn't important." Nozomi said holding on to the folded paper in her pocket.
"Alright."-Menma. Minako turned towards the door and stated, "Well I have to leave now. But I'll tell everyone to watch out for Akiro."-Minako.
Menma nodded and picked up Nozomi. Nozomi yelped in surprise and landed on his shoulders. "Alright, bye Minako. Menma started walking outside and told Nozomi, "We're gonna drop by one of my friends apartments first."-Menma.
Suigetsu
Suigetsu looked down at the newspaper and compared it to the records he found. Found out where the families live. He took a deep breath, 'Menma should have been here with me.'-Suigetsu thought as he left for his first destination.
Menma and Nozomi
Menma arrived at Toshiro's apartment building and walked through the door. While he was walking up the stairs Nozomi asked, "So who is your friend anyway?"-Nozomi.
"Hmmm, well he's uhhh... kinda like a business partner. I met him the second day I came to this village and I'd say we've been decent friends. He knows a lot about the village."-Menma.
Menma arrived on Toshiro's floor and asked Nozomi, "Hey Nozomi, how old are now?"-Menma. "I'll be 13 soon."-Nozomi. "So your 12 huh? Wow, and you're still so immature."-Menma.
"Shut up! How am I immature?!"-Nozomi asked with a blush of embarrassment. "Well i guess the biggest reason is that you call me dad."-Menma.
"I'm just teasing you."-Nozomi. Menma was about to respond but stopped when he heard a crash come from Toshiro's room. He rushed towards his room and kicked open the door.
He saw 2 Hagetaka members standing over a beaten Toshiro with weapons in hand. Toshiro made eye contact with Menma and 2 thoughts instantly came to mind. The first was that he was relieved since he would be saved. And the second was that he was frightened because he wouldn't be able to avoid telling him the truth about why these 2 are in his house.
The 2 men noticed that Menma was in the room and Menma told Nozomi to get behind him. She did as she was told and remained silent. Menma slowly started approaching them and they both looked at each other. They both nodded and looked at Menma.
Menma was prepared for anything they would do because he already knew it would be futile. After he was 2 meters away from them he raised his hand to begin his attack but both of the men turned around and yelled, "NIGERUNDAYO, SMOKEY!" As they both ran away.
Menma was surprised that they ran away but decided to ignore it. He walked over to Toshiro and helped him off of the ground. "I feel like I'm gonna die Menma."-Toshiro.
"Oh shut up." Menma replied before placing his left hand on his chest. He raised his hand off of him and said, "Do you feel better now?"-Menma.
Toshiro started feeling himself all over to make sure and realized all of wounds were gone. "How'd you heal me?"-Toshiro.
Menma showed him the sun mark on his hand and said, "This is one of my abilities. It's the ability to heal any wounds, I can even replace internal organs with this. I'm not sure if I could replace things like arms and legs though."-Menma.
Toshiro absorbed the information and smiled. "Well, thank you for saving me."-Toshiro. Menma gave him a thumbs up and said, "Well of course I saved you! You're my friend."-Menma.
Toshiro looked up at him confused and asked, "We're friends?"-Toshiro. Now it was Menma's turn to be confused and he responded, "Yeah of course we're friends. What, did you think you were just someone I used to get info?"-Menma.
Toshiro looked down and said, "Yes." Menma frowned and said, "What happened to the overly enthusiastic you?"-Menma. Toshiro generated a weak chuckle and said, "It was all a front."-Toshiro.
"Well I won't hold it against you. I'm glad I met someone here besides Minako that could at least pretend to show some positive emotions... but I'm wondering, why did they attack you?"-Menma.
Toshiro was afraid that Menma would eventually ask that question. If there was one thing that Toshiro couldn't do it was telling a lie. Toshiro was realizing he wouldn't be able to avoid the question and was about to open his mouth but Menma answered for him, "Did they attack you cause you were failing to do your job good enough?"
Toshiro felt lucky since that was the perfect response he could use. "Yes!" Toshiro looked down, "And I don't think I can stay here anymore. They've given me one last chance to do my job right but I'm not sure if I'm willing to go through with it."-Toshiro.
'I'm still not sure if I'm gonna go through with this mission or not. All they want me to do is find out where he lives and I'll be Scot free... but is it really worth it... yeah, of course it is! If I do this then they'll never be bothered and I won't have to worry about anything again!'-Toshiro.
Menma started feeling uncomfortable because of the dead silence and held out a hand for Toshiro. Toshiro was snapped out of his thoughts and accepted it. "Well while you think about what you're gonna do why don't you come talk to me for awhile?"-Menma.
"Talk?"-Toshiro. "Yeah, like friends do. We could go to my favorite bar or something."-Menma. "I don't drink." Toshiro stated as he accepted Menma's hand. Menma smirked and pulled him up. "I don't drink either."-Menma.
Toshiro returned the smile and they started walking out, "Alright then, I'll go with you."-Toshiro.
Suigetsu
The woman closed the door on him and Suigetsu walked away. 'Alright, some of these encounters turn out positive. But damn Menma, I'm not really meant for this, your the one that has a special way with words.'-Suigetsu.
Menma, Toshiro, and Nozomi
The trio turned the corner and arrived on the same street as the bar. Once they were a couple buildings away from it Menma just realized something. 'I don't think I'd be allowed to bring a 12 year old into a bar.'-Menma.
Menma made a shadow clone and the clone grabbed Nozomi. "Hey, what are you doing?"-Nozomi. "Sorry but you have to be an adult to walk into a bar."-Menma.
"Well you're still 17!"-Nozomi. "Yeah, you're right, but I look like an adult so ya know." Menma stated as he turned around. Nozomi was about to say something but Menma cuts her off, "Don't worry Nozomi we won't be drinking."
Toshiro and Menma walked into the bar and sat on the stolls closest to all the drinks. The bartender walked over to them and made eye contact with Menma. "Oh, it's you again."
Menma smiled and replied, "Well that's not a very nice way to greet a friend."-Menma. The bartender sighed and said, "Hi Menma, just don't kill anyone inside my bar this time." Menma gave a thumbs up and responded, "You got it!"-Menma.
Menma turned back towards Toshiro while the bartender got water and asked, "So what is your job anyway?"-Menma. Toshiro shifted uncomfortably and responded, "I'd rather not tell you yet."
Menma stayed quiet for a few seconds but then he asked another question, "From what I know about you I don't think just a beating would make you start acting like this. I think something else must have happened to you either today or yesterday."-Menma.
Toshiro started remembering what happened last night and the screams of the man with no hands was enough to make him start feeling uncomfortable again. "Yeah, you're spot on with that analysis. But because of what happened I don't wanna tell you now."-Toshiro.
Menma frowned and said, "Ok well we aren't making any progress, how about you ask something about me?"-Menma. Toshiro thought for a second and said, "Yeah we can do that." The bartender walked over and gave them their drinks.
Toshiro took a sip and said, "But I will say this. Depending on what you say your words could affect my entire future. What happened last night has to do with my job. And right now I'm wondering if I really want to keep that job right now. So I think if I know enough about you that will help me decide."-Toshiro.
Meanwhile Across The Room
Saburo, Sachi, and Sen sat around together at a table. They all remained quiet until one of them said, "It seems Hakura and Doppo have completely lost their memory of where Ms.Minako lives. It's as if that night was completely erased from their memory, almost like it never happened."-Saburo.
Sachi shrugged his shoulders and said, "They also seemed too stupid to document where she lives. But it doesn't matter, Menma will lead us right to where she lives."-Sachi.
"So what should we do once we find the place? Should we send them the package first then go after them the next day?"-Sen.
"No, once we find out where he lives we will wait until the next time he leaves and we will capture Minako. She is associating with someone who is a grave threat to our organization and we will give her to a nearby noble army that has been searching for her. Then we will do what we see fit from there depending on what Orochimaru orders us to do."-Saburo.
Back To Menma And Toshiro
"So, first I wanna know what you think about Orochimaru."-Toshiro. "Well, there is not a single person I despise more than him. Someone could piss on me and slit my throat and they might as well be my best friend when compared to him."-Menma.
Toshiro was surprised by Menma's response. He originally thought that Menma came here on an S Rank mission to take down Orochimaru since he was a rogue ninja. But Menma hasn't mentioned that at all. It sounded like this was very personal. "Why do you think that? I mean he is definitely a first rate scum, but thought you came here because of a mission."-Toshiro.
Menma chuckled a little, "No, I don't think I was actually allowed to leave my village... hmmm. Whatever I think I lost count of how many times I've left the village without permission, I think they got used to it by now."-Menma.
Toshiro was confused but laughed a little. Menma stopped chuckling and gained a serious expression. "But the reason I'm here is most definitely personal. But there is a mission that goes along with this. But I'll save that for later... Orochimaru, is someone who managed to destroy everything in my life over the course of 6 days. Because of him eventually ended up ending my own life, which sadly caused me to lose some abilities my best friend granted me before he died, like near indestructible skin and healing that exceeds anything on earth."-Menma.
Toshiro quickly gagged on the water he was drinking and replied, "What do you mean end your life?!?" Toshiro realized that him raising his voice attracted attention and he calmed down and restated his statement, "What do you mean end your life?"-Toshiro.
"Well that's a much longer story, so I'll just avoid it for now. Cause telling you even a small detail would make you ask 5 more questions."-Menma. Toshiro accepted his answer and Menma thought, 'I'm starting to realize that telling different people the same story over and over gets annoying after awhile.'
"So what do you wanna ask me exactly?"-Menma. Toshiro thought and said, "Tell me how he ruined your life."-Toshiro.
Menma took a deep breath and started, "Well it all started during the chunin exams. We completed the written portion and the second stage objective was to receive 2 scrolls in the forest of death. I was knocked out for the majority of the time but for the few days I was awake some interesting things happened. Something that was special about that forrest was that normal animals are the size of dinosaurs. Bears will tower bundles of normal trees. Speaking of dinosaurs I remember I saved this redhead girl with glasses from getting eaten by one, I think her name was Karin."-Menma.
Toshiro thought for a second, 'Karin? The same Karin as the leader of the western hideout?'-Toshiro. "Anyways eventually me, my brother, and 2 of my teammates ended up fighting Orochimaru. Before that I thought I thought I could hold my own against anyone, I was lazy. And he humbled me by easily defeating me in every way. I was 15 when that happened."-Menma.
Toshiro asked, "You have a brother?" Menma looked away for a second and simply said, "I had a brother." And continued, "But anyways what happened next was the 3rd exams after that."-Menma.
Suigetsu
Suigetsu arrived at the last house he needed to and wasn't happy with his results so far. He knocked on the door and thought about all of the previous responses he received. Most of them were still mourning and they had financial issues. Previously they were friendly with the gang since their family had a member, but after they died they became another victim of the "debt" collectors. They all spammed their doors on him but he promised them that Kitsune will liberate their village from Orochimaru.
Suigetsu's thoughts were cut off when he heard the door open in front of him. He made eye contact with a woman and they asked him, "What do you want?" Suigetsu took a deep breath and asked, "Was there a man that lived here named Isshin?"-Suigetsu.
"Yes, he was my son. Who's asking?" Suigetsu looked down. "So he was your son, Ms.Tsurai?"-Suigetsu. Tsurai gained a confused look and opened her door all the way. Before she opened the door all Suigetsu could see was her hazel eyes. But now that the door has been opened all the way Suigetsu can see that she was a beautiful woman with long reddish pink hair turned into a ponytail.
"Just who are you and how do you know my name?"-Tsurai. Suigetsu prepared himself and responded, "I know your name by tracking you down by looking through family records based off of your son that died... I came here because me and my friend killed your son."-Suigetsu.
Tsurai remained silent for a few seconds until she grabbed him by his shirt and stated, "If this is some kind of prank then I'm telling you it's not funny."-Tsurai.
Suigetsu maintained his serious and slightly solemn expression and stated, "Your son was a Hagetaka member who worked at where all the warehouses are as a guard. Your husband was killed by Hagetaka members after he failed to do his job right and your son had to be put to work early at 17 or else you wouldn't be able to survive financially. You both hated Hagetaka for what they did to your husband but you knew there was nothing you could do to stop them, and since they killed your husband you thought they would come after his family. So you thought that being a guard for shipments was the best way to prevent your child from experiencing danger from rebels or the gang themselves. But my friend..."- Suigetsu was cut off when by Tsurai when she punched him to the ground and had tears in her eyes.
"So it really was you. So why are you here? What are you gonna do? Rub it in my face?!?"-Tsurai. Suigetsu stood up and said, "No, I came here to apologize."-Suigetsu.
Tsurai scoffed and replied, "Apologize? What are you gonna apologize for? He's already dead! Also, you just said you had a friend and that he was the one that killed him, where is he?!?"-Tsurai.
Suigetsu thought about what he would say and answered, "He can't come. He's the one that came up with the idea of visiting you after he realized what he did wrong. But he recently had a coma and he's forgotten about everyone that died, so when I asked him to come he wouldn't."-Suigetsu. Tsurai punched him again.
Menma And Toshiro
"So then that's when I was brought back to life by the sage of the 6 paths and I started my journey. My 2 objectives are to take down Orochimaru and Odin, and once that happens I have to set free everyone that died into the real heaven, so that their souls don't fade away.
I'm close to Orochimaru, and once I take care of him the journey will be half way done."-Menma.
They both remained silent for a few seconds while the 3 assassin brothers left the bar. Toshiro finally responded and gave Menma a smile. "Wow, that's something far above my understanding. But I don't think I would believe it if anyone else told me this."-Toshiro.
Toshiro held out his hand for a hand shake and Menma accepted it. "Alright, I'll tell you what happened to me, friend."-Toshiro.
Menma gave him a foxy smile in return and they both left the bar. The clone brought Nozomi back to them and Menma asked, "So you aren't still mad are you?" Nozomi was about to respond but she was cut off when Mina ran up to them.
"Hey Mina! Did you need something?"-Menma. Mina caught her breath from all of the running and said, "What do you mean did you need something? You remember that thing we were supposed to do today? The sun is setting."-Mina.
Menma thought for a few seconds and he remembered what she was referring. "Oh right! Let's go now!"-Menma stated as he ran away with Mina.
"What about us?"-Nozomi. "My clone can guide you home!"-Menma. Both Menma and Mina ran non stop until they reached the warehouses. Neither of them realized Saburo, Sachi, and Sen hiding in the shadows watching them.
They both jumped onto a building for an overview of the place. But after a few seconds Menma started breathing heavily from exhaustion. "How are you already out of energy?"-Mina. Menma rubbed his head and said, "I'm almost fully healed, but I'm still not at full performance."-Menma stated while manifesting his gun in his hands.
Mina sighed and said, "Well I guess you're lucky you have a gun then. Besides, we need to know if there are guns there before we actually do something."-Mina. "Well based of chakra signatures warehouse-7 has the most people in it, so maybe we start there."-Menma.
Suigetsu
Suigetsu played still on the ground with not the slightest bit of resistance as Tsurai punched him over and over. Tsurai stopped punching him and said, "Just tell me where your friend is! You 2 killed my son because of your own ignorance!"-Tsurai.
Suigetsu remained silent and Tsurai was about to punch him again but Minako pushed her off of Suigetsu. She helped Suigetsu stand up and asked, "What is going on?!?"-Minako.
Tsurai stood up and said, "Those 2 monsters killed my son! And now... and now..." Tsurai broke down in tears. Minako said, "What? This must be some kind of misunderstanding."-Minako.
Suigetsu shook his head and replied, "No, she's completely right. Her son was an innocent Hagetaka member who worked as a guard, and both me and Menma killed him. Now please leave, this is my responsibility."-Suigetsu stated as he tried to walk past her.
Minako put a hand on Suigetsu to prevent him from walking. She looked at his beaten face and thought, 'Menma really changed you hasn't he, Suigetsu?' She opened her mouth and said, "That's not fair Suigetsu, there's no way you could have known that. You may think it's your fault for not knowing sooner but there was no way you could have. Now come on, let me take care of your face back at home."-Minako.
Minako turned around tried to guide him but he said, "Let me just say one more thing."-Suigetsu. They made eye contact for a few seconds until Minako sighed and nodded.
Suigetsu walked up to Tsurai until he was 5 meters away from her and stated, "You have every right to hate me for my ignorance. Back then I was too stupid to ever think about how even the enemy might have families. And I can't bring your son back. But I promise me and my friends will take down the gang that killed your husband and forced your son to work."-Suigetsu.
Tsurai remained silent and Minako told Suigetsu, "C'mon." And they both left, leaving Tsurai in the rain.
Warehouse-7
Menma held out his hand from the window and felt raindrop on his hand. He recoiled his hand and summoned a second gun in it. "Alright, we've confirmed that all of the guns are being kept in this warehouses, give the signal and we'll exterminate them all at once."-Mina.
Menma analysed the room and saw that there were a total of 30 guards guarding the 4 different containers. He was ready and took the bandages off of his head. 'I think I'm fully healed now.' Menma was about to give the signal but he stopped and thought about what Suigetsu said earlier.
'He was telling me something about killing those with families...' Menma put his guns away and tapped Mina on the shoulder. She looked back at him and he said, "I think we should do this without weapons, maybe we shouldn't kill anyone."-Menma.
Mina raised a brow at him and he replied, "I'm not sure why. But Suigetsu told me something I said to him this morning, and this sounds weird but I think I'll respect what he told me about not killing every gang member I see."-Menma.
Mina was still confused by what he said but complied nonetheless.Menma gave the signal and they both jumped down. Menma still felt slightly exhausted so he activated his EMS and used Tsukuyomi on everyone that made eye contact with him.
They both split up and took care of their individual groups. Menma had about 10 people to take care of on his side while Mina had 20. The first person in Menma's group used a Water Style:Water Dragon jutsu using water coming from the nearby river and Menma used Kamui to get through it. 'So they can use jutsu.'
Menma used an Earth Style:Mud Wall jutsu and made half of the group lose their balance. He blitzed them all and knocked them out cold with different attacks. Menma looked towards the other half of the group and some of them made eye contact with him.
3 of them collapsed from the stress of Tsukuyomi and there were only 2 of them left. He was about to run towards them but they both ran away.
Menma caught his breath and was about to help Mina with her group but when he turned around he already saw everyone was knocked out. "How did you knock them out so fast?!"-Menma.
Mina looked at him and said, "Well a big thing that's different about us is that you always like fighting with fashion and a variety of techniques. I just knock them out."-Mina.
Menma accepted that answer and walked towards one of the containers. He looked into it using Kamui and saw guns. "Yeah this is definitely the place holding the guns."-Menma.
Menma backed away from the containers and he got them all in his line of view. His eyes started to bleed and he used Amaterasu on them.
After using that he collapsed to the ground and Mina caught him. "Are you all right?"-Mina. Menma waved her off and said, "Using that technique usually makes me a little light headed for some reason. But I guess I get light headed a lot quicker for the moment. But tomorrow I should be back in peak condition."-Menma.
Mina accepted the answer and they went home. While at the same time Saburo, Sachi, and Sen left Minako's home.
