Chapter Nine - The Smiles

Inside The Classroom

Kakashi raised his eyebrow "so what's wrong with falling in love?" Menma looked at the ground guilty "Last time I fell in love I watch her die in my arms" Menma looked at the ground slowly turning white as Kakashi walk up to Menma placing his hand on Menma's shoulder "listen Menma worried about death is like trying to stop the leaf from going brown" Menma looked up at Kakashi "did you read that make out tactics?" Kakashi rub his neck looking away "erm looked over their nine tails!" Menma looked at the thing that Kakashi pointed at it with that Kakashi poofed away "KAKASHI!" Menma could only smile "well better get home to cook dinner." Menma poof away.

Outside Menma House

Naruto smirks happily "so Sasuke, should we do hand-to-hand combat or practice our Jutsu?" Naruto was punching the air with Sasuke watching "dope, we doing hand-to-hand combat!" Sasuke took a swing at Naruto as both begin to train, Menma looked out the window of the kitchen "wow, both of them going to be sore tomorrow" Menma started to cook but kept eye on the boys but remembering the day that Sasuke move in.

FlashBack To Uchiha Clan Massacre

Menma was walking home with sleeping Naruto on his back after a day of hardcore training, Menma stop in his tracks when he felt his whole body freeze, Menma looked around trying to see if anyone was following them "hmmm." Menma quickly made a shadow clone and gave Naruto to the shadow clone.

Shadow clone and Menma both nodded as Shadow clone, Naruto headed to their home, Menma headed into the Uchiha compound and saw multiple dead Uchiha bodies "what the hell?" Menma pulled out his kunai "what on earth could have done this?" Menma stop again as he reached the house of Fugaku Uchiha aka Sasuke's dad "hello Menma Uzumaki" Itachi Uchiha stood there and held his Anbu sword and was slightly covered in blood "Itachi, who did this?" Menma grip his kunai tighter as he already knew but wasn't sure, Itachi threw his sword at Menma and quickly started to make hand signs "Fire style: Fireball Jutsu." Menma quickly uses his kunai to deflex the sword to hit the wall "Earth style: Mud wall" Menma slam his hands to the ground quickly making the mud wall rise to take the force of Itachi's fireball, Menma jumped over the mud wall to see that Itachi was gone "why did he do this?" Menma entered Fugaku's house as he could hear crying "hello?" Menma walk through the house quietly until coming across Sasuke "Sasuke?" Sasuke turned to Menma who only kept crying but his eyes were full of rage and sadness as Menma walked up to Sasuke and pulled him into a hug "shhh it's okay" Menma placed his hand on the back of Sasuke's head as Menma started to walk outside where Muiltable leaf ninja and Anbu.

Flashback ended

Menma put the chicken into the oven as he watched Sasuke beat Naruto again "Sasuke smiled again, felt like a long time not seen him smile" Sasuke and Naruto run into the house "dad can we have some food please!" Naruto and Sasuke were dirty from training "Sure but wash up first" Naruto Ran upstairs to his bathroom, and Sasuke smiles happily before leaving the kitchen to his room to wash up.

Namikaze compound

kushina was using her Uzumaki Clan techniques as chains shot out of her back as they were targeted at Naru who was jumping backwards and trying to shoot chains out of her back but only the tips of the chains came out "good work Naru, you will get this in no time!" Kushina give her the thumb up "Thanks, Mom!" Minato watch both of them train as he smiled "honey, why don't you try helping Naruto learn the Uzumaki chain techniques?" Minato stood up as he rub his neck to train with Naru Next.

Kushina shakes her head "he isn't ready yet" Minato slightly rolled his eyes "well you and I never really spar with him so how do you know?"

Kushina facepalm "he was acting up all the time" Minato stood his ground "no that was people in the village not him!" Naru headed to train by herself and learn some water-style techniques as Minato and Kushina have their first fight over Naruto.