I do not own 'Naruto'
Rescue
Sorry about the wait, Read below once you all finished. There will be a bit of voting.
Orochimaru was making his way away from civilization. He was searching for a person named Menma. The snake had kept tabs on the boy, he and Mei did. The two agreed on one thing, Menma was interesting. They often talked about him while getting drunk.
Now he found him.
Menma was almost ready, he was just waiting for a signal.
He had spent the last year doing the hardest training his body could handle. He was now eleven and a half with three tails of power. He even grew nearly an entire foot.
His skills had improved nicely thanks to his training. He was proficient in both his Ninjutsu and elemental manipulation. Whatever Jutsu he learned for one element, he was capable of using for another. His Kenjutsu had improved with his 'sword', he was skilled with a whip, staff and spear. With the more people he encountered, the stronger he got.
While he did his training he made sure to stay under the radar. When he wasn't doing that, he was making a name for himself. He was now B-Rank ninja, known for his raw power and swords skill.
He now wore a black Noh mask, a dark blue-grey robe with grey lining and a fur collar, and a tattered grey-blue cape emblazoned with his personal emblem: a mandala comprised of ten reddish-brown circles of varying sizes atop a larger green-grey circle. Beneath it, he wore no shirt, finger-less opera-length black gloves wrapped in studded red-brown leather straps, baggy black pants, and red-brown sandals.
His outfit wasn't just for show, though it did make him look intimidating. His robe was lined with several different types of seals, each of these seals had a practical use. There was the standard repair seal. A gravity seal that could increase it's weight.
His mask carried two seals of it's own, an ANBU seal that prevents the mask from being removed unless destroyed. The second was a cloaking seal that hid his chakra.
There were two seals that both these attires carried. The first is a defensive seal that protected him from non-chakra attacks. The second was binding his chakra for later use.
He never wore his head-bands in the open. He had them both tied around the strap on his waste, they hung like trinkets. There was no need to put those villages in any danger.
That didn't mean that Menma had spent his time alone. He had one constant companion, Zero. The leech demon that was evolving into something else.
Even Menma didn't know what it was.
Menma was busy meditating when he sensed a dark presence. Though it was dark, it was familiar.
Menma jumped to the side to avoid a snake that would have devoured him. Before the snake could prepare for a second attack Menma acted.
Repulsion
Just as the name stated, it's a force of pure chakra that repels. This technique can be used for both offense and defense.
He had been working on it sense Pein mentioned he could use gravity.
The blast was only enough to stun the snake, but it was enough to return it home.
Menma watched as Orochimaru appeared in front of him.
This was their form of greeting, a game between the two of them. The two had become more than partners hoping to kill someone. They had become honest friends, something Orochimaru once thought impossible.
"I see you aren't surprised I arrived." Orochimaru spoke. "How did you know I was here."
"You have a vile aura." Menma answered.
Orochimaru open his mouth, only to close it. There was nothing he could say to deny that simple truth.
"I haven't come here for pleasantries Menma-Kun." Orochimaru spoke with a frown. "I carry grave information."
"Apparently Stone and Cloud are trying to create an alliance against Konaha." Orochimaru spoke. "They're having a meeting in three days time."
"What's so bad against that?" Menma asked "Think they won't let you join to finish of Minato, or do you just want to do it alone?" Minato joked. "Or..."
"They have Mito." Orochimaru stated.
"...What?"
The Snake Sennin sighed as he began explaining. "Stone kidnapped her and the Tsuchikage plans on using her as a gift to the Raikage."
"What is Konaha doing to stop them?" Menma asked.
"Nothing."
"WHAT?" Menma roared.
"Minato believes it's wise to let them think she's a nobody." Orochimaru explained. "No one outside of the village knows that she's the Kyuubi's host."
"She's his daughter!"
"Look at what he's done to his sons." The snake retorted.
Menma knew that Orochimaru was correct. Nawaki had become a spoiled child, and Menma was...
"Let's try from an angle he does care about." Menma sighed "She carries the Kyuubi and the Uzumaki genes. Konaha loses both powerful assets and he loses face."
Orochimaru could only shrug, even he didn't know what that man was planning.
"No choice." Menma sighed.
"You're going after her."
"Damn right."
"Well you'll have to find out where she is on your own." Orochimaru stated "Even I don't know where the meeting is being held."
With nothing more to say, the snake like man began sinking into the ground. Man, he's creepy. Menma thought.
Menma was pissed!
Konaha was experiencing a peaceful day. That wasn't made him mad.
The remaining members of the Namikaze family were currently eating at Ichiraku's ramen stand. It was as if they didn't have a care in the world. As if Mito wasn't in the hands of an enemy nation.
Menma was currently standing on top of that very ramen stand. He had been able to sneak in through Konaha's secret 'barrier' and move with the crowd.
Menma had to agree with Orochimaru once again, Konaha had become soft with peace.
Time to break that peace. He thought.
"Hello Namikaze family." Menma greeted.
The entire restaurant went on edge when they noticed Menma. Many of the Shinobi were reaching for their weapons.
"No weapons." Menma spoke "It'll only start a conflict, too many civilians around, don't you think?"
There were a lot of civilians around. Many looked nervous and other were looking in expectation, waiting to see Shinobi in action.
"Put the weapons away." Minato ordered.
With only a slight hesitation, they did.
"Good, now where is Mito?" Menma asked.
"Who are you?" Nawaki asked back.
"Who? Who is but the form following the function of what; and what we are is a man in a mask." Menma answered.
"I can see that you baka!" Nawaki retorted angrily.
"Of course you can." Menma stated as if he didn't care "We're not questioning your powers of observation. We're merely remarking upon the paradox of asking a masked man who he is."
Nawaki began to turn red in anger and embarrassment. He could hear the people laughing at him, civilian and Shinobi alike.
No one tells me off! He thought outraged. I'm the son of the Hokage and heir to the Uzumaki-Namikaze Clans!
Nawaki stood and drew a kunai, only to be stopped by Kushina.
"Why are you looking for Mito?" She asked.
"We're going to save her." Menma answered. "Now, tell us where she is."
Menma was beginning to lose his patience. Being near them made him angrier than he had been since he left.
"Why should they tell you anything?" A voice asked behind him.
Menma turned to see that it was Kakashi Hatake behind him. Another person he hated, one of the Hokage's sheep.
"Because if they don't." He began "We're going to start destroying Konaha."
"Wrong answer."
Nawaki unleashed a chakra chain that wrapped around Menma. When he tried to tug him, he felt how heavy he was. He couldn't make the masked boy move.
His chakra chains were joined by Kushina's.
"Hold him right there." Kushina ordered.
Menma began using his chakra to levitate himself off of the ground. He felt the chains resist, so he grabbed them.
Corruption
The chains they wielded began falling to pieces.
No more darkness. He thought They'll find out it's me.
Lava Style: Volcanic Meteors
Menma's arms began changing into lava, increasing in size. He fired them into the air over and over. They traveled so high that they passed the clouds and left everyone's sight.
"Was that supposed to do something?" Nawaki asked.
"Tell us where Mito is." He ordered. "Your last warning."
His answer was a kunai flying towards his face. He quickly caught the object just in time to see that it was one of Minato's.
Damn! He thought frantically.
He never had a chance to drop it. Minato had already teleported to his location, a Rasengan in hand
The ball of chakra hit Menma directly in his chest. The blow was more powerful and painful than he had anticipated. It forced Menma into a sizable crater of his own.
"Now, let's start this again." Minato spoke "Who are you?"
Menma remained silent.
"Hokage-Sama!" Hiashi cried.
They looked towards the Hyuuga clan head to see him pointing, up. His Byakugan was activated and many of his clan member followed his example. The usually stoic clan had a look many rarely see, fear.
They followed the Hyuugas' gaze.
At first, nothing could be seen in the sky. Until many small, red twinkles began to appear. They were falling fast.
The villager's faces began matching the Hyuuga's.
"Stop them!" Minato ordered.
Instead of answering, Menma fired another fist straight up. It was meant for Minato, but he jumped back. The fist just flew high into the sky with the rest.
"Where is Mito?" He asked as he began standing.
"The civilians will die!" Kushina cried.
"Where. Is. Mito?" He asked again.
The attack was getting closer by the second. Each one looked as if they could crush an entire building. Not to mention the fact they would probably spill into pools.
"She's at the boarder of of Cloud and Stone!" Minato answered frantically "Now, stop them!"
"We can't." Menma answered "But you can."
"How?"
Menma pointed to his Kunai. "How did you end the last war?"
It clicked in a heartbeat. Minato grabbed every last one of his special and threw them into the upcoming fist.
Ninja Art: Shuriken Shadow Clone Jutsu
Each kunai multiplied ten fold as they flew into the air. Each fist collided with several of the kunai at once.
Minato then 'jumped' to each one, grabbing them just as the end so the magma wouldn't burn him. He then 'jumped' each one to a safe place he had hidden a large distance from the village.
When he finished and returned, Menma was gone. But there was a note in the spot he had been standing.
You missed one.
"No I-"
A fist collided with the Hokage monument. It landed directly on his face, leaving the other's untouched.
Menma was no longer pissed, he was euphoric. He had been able to make the man he hated above all others nearly crap himself.
Need to focus. He chastised.
He was a day away from the two village boarders. Usually he could have moved through the darkness, but he was low on energy. His attack costed him nearly a tail of chakra. The rest he had sealed away by his outfit. He needed to move slow and recover for what he had planned.
Menma looked at the village before him.
It was on the boarders of the two nation and fully packed. This was the perfect place to have a secret meeting, and crash one.
Now where to begin? He thought to himself.
His question was answered by a blow to the side of his head. The force behind it knocked him into one of the buildings.
"We've been waiting for you Menma." A familiar voice spoke.
Menma stood up to see that he was surrounded by both Iwa and kumo Shinobi, half a dozen each. In the front was a man Menma had never trusted.
"What are you doing here Shinno?" Menma asked.
"He's here to give us a show." A gruff voice answered.
Menma turned his head to see two powerful men, the Rai and Tsuchikage. It seemed that they were already in the building he had been knocked in.
Shit! He was trapped.
"What is all of this about?" Menma asked.
"We're going to restrain you, then we're going to my village." The Tsuchikage answered.
"And why would we allow you to do that?" Menma asked.
"We?"
"He does that." Shinno spoke "The reason you'll allow us is simple." He smirked "We have Mito."
Menma went rigid as he heard the statement.
"I have Mito." The Tsuchikage spoke "All you have is your words."
"Of course." Shinno agreed. "And I'm sure it'll be enough."
Menma had been bound as Shinno said he would. What none of them knew was Menma had two other sources of power. Thanks to Shinno, he had his chakra sealed away. But not the darkness, the first thing he had expected Shinno to seal. Not that he would have used it, not if it put Mito in any danger.
What are you up to Shinno? He asked himself.
As if the mad man could here his thoughts, he gave Menma an unpleasant smile.
We'll have to use our brains for this. He thought.
They had been moving at a quick pace with Menma on the Raikage's back.
"So why steal Mito?" Menma asked. "Why not come after us yourself?"
"As if I'm crazy enough to challenge you without a plan." Shinno laughed. "It was best to lure you out."
"Is Mito unharmed?" Menma asked nervously.
"She just under a bit of...restraint." Shinno answered. "Nothing else."
"Has she been...'touched'?" Menma asked.
"Mito Uzumaki Namikaze has not been touched." A kunoichi spoke "You have my word."
Menma looked at the woman who had answered, a Kumo kunoichi. She was wearing a cat mask, but Menma had the impression that she was a beauty.
"Thank you." Menma sighed with relief.
"That actually has me thinking." Shinno spoke "What is she to you, I couldn't find that out."
"And you never will?" Menma assured.
"I dug up all the information I could, but I couldn't find anything." He continued "Other then your hatred for Minato."
"A man after my own heart." The Tsuchikage chuckled.
The rest of the way was in complete silence. Menma noticed how tense the two Shinobi sides were.
Maybe we can use that. He thought.
"Where are we going?" Menma asked.
"To Iwa." Someone answered.
"Why Iwa?" Menma asked.
"Once there, we will extract what we need from you." Tsuchikage spoke.
"Why is the Raikage here?" Menma asked.
"My village will gain an Uzumaki."
"And Iwa will gain...what?"
"Revenge against the man who decimated our armies." The Tsuchikage declared. "What father can live with knowing he failed his child?'
You have no idea. Menma thought.
"Don't trust him." Menma whispered to the Raikage.
"Hmm?" He grunted.
"When has Iwa ever done something without gain?" Menma asked. "They're always the first to grab the spoils once the work is done."
"Manipulation doesn't work on a Kage." He growled.
"Examine the evidence." Menma spoke "You'll see."
The Raikage said nothing as his mind began to work against him.
Menma had nothing more to say, speaking too much could cause him to be obvious.
"What are you going on about boy?" The Tsuchikage demanded.
"Why do you all need us?" Menma asked "You both have what you want, where do we come in?"
"That would be me." Shinno answered "I steal Mito and they give me you."
"Anymore questions?"
"...Why are all of you so open with answers?"
The Shinobi, Kage and underling, paused as they considered the question. Why are we answering him? The asked themselves.
The truth was, Menma had been pumping them full of pride. Too much of the pride had caused them to fill with arrogance, which led to over confidence.
"You-"
"We're here."
They had arrived to one of the Five Great Villages, Iwagakure.
The Raikage and the Tsuchikage moved through the village with an air of confidence.
They made their way towards the Kage office. Just like the other villages, it was located in the center.
"Okay Raikage." The Tsuchikage spoke "Hand over Menma."
Menma noticed how the Raikage gave him a look before speaking.
"First the Uzumaki." He returned. "I want to see that she is in...unsullied conditions."
The Tsuchikage gave the Raikage a calculating gave before nodding. With the snap of his hands, he sent a Shinobi to fetch Mito.
"I'm sensing a lack of trust in you." The Tsuchikage spoke.
"The first two Tsuchikage have been known to use underhanded tactics to ensure prosperity for their village, in times of alliances and peace!" The Raikage answered. "What's to say you're any different?!"
"That was simple tactics!" The old man snapped.
"So is making sure that my village get it's end of the deal!" The large man snapped back.
The two were left at a standoff.
The Shinobi finally returned, he had Mito with him. For the most part, she was unharmed. She was bound in ninja wire and gagged with a cloth.
"Why is she gagged?" Menma asked.
"She switches between biting and saying curses that make sailors blush." The guard answered. "'But mostly biting."
That's my girl. Menma thought.
Menma looked around at the people guarding him. He had six Cloud Shinobi surrounding him, but he was also in the heart of Iwa.
This won't end well. He thought.
He made his way to the prisoner, no one tried to stop him. They thought he was just another harmless prisoner. He pulled her gag out before speaking.
"Mito." Menma spoke to her "Have they harmed you?"
The red-head gave him a searching look before shaking her head, they did not.
"Who the hell are you?" She asked.
"We're the one who will save you." He answered.
She gave him a once over. "You don't seem to be doing to well yourself."
"It's a work in progress." He admitted.
"A failed work." Shinno laughed.
Stone tablets began forming themselves under Menma, very familiar tablets. These are the sealing tablets! He thought frantically.
"What is this Tsuchikage?" The Raikage asked.
"The plan." He answered. "We plan on extracting the power in this boy."
"What do you plan on sealing it into?"
"A vessel strong enough!" Shinno declared.
"Until a suitable host can be found!" The Stone kage exclaimed.
"Then I shall take the Uzumaki girl." The Raikage spoke.
The Tsuchikage made a subtle hand sign to a kunoichi.
Lava Style Quicklime Jutsu
The kunoichi's cheeks inflated as she expelled a large quantity of the substance. It was a direct hit to the Raikage, who had his back turned.
"Wha-"
Water Style: Water Trumpet
The substance began to harden as the water came in contact with it.
"Actually Raikage." Shinno spoke "We feel that it would be best if you didn't go anywhere."
"What are you planning you fool?!" The Raikage asked "This wasn't part of the arrangements!"
"I know, but I can't let any blood of that accursed man live." The Stone Kage snarled "Any children you breed from her will have his blood."
The Raikage's body began surging with raw lighting chakra.
He struggled against the lime prison in vain. No matter how much force he used, it wasn't enough.
"Pointless." The Earth Kage stated "This prison is keeping you from gaining any leverage to break free." He explained. "Added to the fact that it's partially Earth chakra, you can't break free."
His words were being proved correct as he continued to struggle. The Raikage began to understand that Menma's words were partially true. Instead of greed, the Tsuchikage's hate has caused him to betray a fellow Kage.
"Kill the bitch." The Tsuchikage ordered.
"No!" Menma forced out.
He reached into his robes and grabbed his necklace. On it were two items of great importance. The First Hokage's necklace, and the Sage's sword in a shrunken size, the same size as the First's necklace.
Menma grabbed the sword.
The weapon extended and grew until it was the size of a nodachi.
Raising the legendary weapon high over his head, he brought it down onto the seals. Since the weapons was just malleable chakra and not darkness, it wasn't absorbed. The seals were broken for a second time.
"That wasn't part of the plan." Shinno grumbled.
"Neither was this!" Menma shouted.
He used the weapon as a whip and lashed it towards Mito. It didn't harm her, it just wrapped itself around her and pulled her to his side.
"Yugito!" The Raikage roared "Retrieve her!"
His attacker came in the form of a kunoichi.
She jumped into the air and came down with both her legs. The force behind her stomp caused the ground to shake and dust to kick up.
With the dust as a cover, she lunged for Menma. Her nails extended into claws, Menma barely blocked.
As soon as she was close enough, Menma felt it.
So, another demon container. Menma thought. Good.
"You are Yugito Nii, correct?" He asked in their power struggle.
"Yes." She answered.
Menma ducked as she took a swipe at his head with her claws. Aiming his weapon, he extended it.
She was too close to block or dodge, so she took the full force of the attack. With great precision, his weapon hit her in a specific pressure point.
She fell unconscious.
Everyone looked at how he had just easily downed a Jinchuriki. It gave him enough time to prepare one of his most unused attacks.
Black Hole
A concentrated force of his darkness began to manipulate the gravity. It created a blackball, no larger than a marble. No matter how much power he poured into it, the size stayed unchanged. The same couldn't be said about it's weight, in seconds it was becoming to much for the boy.
So he dropped it.
It created a small crater on impact.
The darkness the erupted from the crater in a smoke like substance. It spread out in a black blanket like form. It began to cover the area in a mile wide radius.
Everyone had no choice but to watch as the buildings began to sink into the darkness. The buildings caved in as the collapsed under the pressure of the pull.
"What are you doing?!" The Tsuchikage demanded.
"We are using the power of gravity to destroy your village." Menma calmly answered.
"Stop this at once!" He demanded.
The pulling stopped, all eyes fell on Menma.
"Free Mito." He ordered. "Then we will spare your village."
"No!" He stated "I will have my revenge!"
The pulling continued.
"You are not worthy of the title kage." Menma whispered.
"Attack him!" The Tsuchikage ordered "Why are you all standing there, attack!"
The Iwa Shinobi were broken out of there trance at their leader's order. They swarmed the masked child, weapons drawn.
However, it was a little too late.
Liberation
The darkness released everything it had devoured. Everything was crushed to smithereens under the pressure.
"What have you done to my village?"
The Tsuchikage didn't receive and answer. He looked to see that Menma was gone, along with Mito.
"What he did won't compare to what I'll do!"
The Tsuchikage turned to see that the Raikage was free from his lime prison.
"How?" The kunoichi that imprisoned him asked.
"As the kid said, liberation."
In truth, he had been freed from the prison by Yugito. The surge of dark chakra had caused the Two Tails to force her awake.
"Han, after them!" The Tsuchikage ordered "kill them both!"
"Yugito, after them." The Raikage ordered. "Bring me the girl alive."
With a simultaneous bow, the Jinchuriki were off.
The Kages had a fight of their own.
Menma was running away from the village at top speed, Mito in his arms. The young redhead had never stopped squirming since he grabbed her. It was the reason he hadn't taken off her binds or gag. He couldn't risk her doing something drastic.
Mito finally had enough of being kidnapped.
Sending a small amount of chakra to her mouth, she was able to lengthen her incisors. In a single bite, she tore though her gag.
Clever. Menma thought.
"Who are you?!" Mito asked.
The question hurt Menma deeply, but he understood her suspicion. He wanted to tell her who he was, but he couldn't. Not now at least.
"We are Menma." He answered.
With a single twist of her body, she pushed herself from his grasp. He watched as she jumped to her unbound feet and bit through her hand binds.
"You!" She screamed, pointing an accusing "You're that stalker!"
"No, we..."
She never gave him the chance to explain himself.
She charged Menma with impressive speed, fist raised.
Menma raised an open palm to catch her punch. Once it connected, he was shocked by the strength.
She tried a surprise kick to his side would work. He simply caught the leg in mid-strike and pushed her off balance.
Impressive, but a sloppy style. He thought. "Show us more."
She growled as formed a single hand sign.
Shadow Clone Jutsu
The name spoke true as she summoned half a dozen replica's of herself. They charged him while she tried to make a retreat.
Not on our watch.
Menma sent a single tentacle of malleable chakra after the redhead. The substance began crawling over her until her arms were bound behind her.
"Am I going to make the hentai joke, or are you?" She asked.
With a single yank, he pulled her back into his arms. He placed her onto the nearest thing to them, a boulder. The chakra began to fuse itself with the rock, holding Mito in place.
"GET HIM ALREADY!" She shouted to the clones.
Clone one lunged from behind, Menma ducked and allowed her to crash into another clone. That was two out of the way already.
He noticed three more grouped together, waiting for an opportunity to strike.
He would not give them one.
Repulsion
The blast forced all three to dispel at once.
He turned to the final clone.
"And then their was one."
The clone looked at him in complete fear. He had just destroyed three of her at once. What hope did a single clone have.
None. She answered herself.
Until she looked behind the masked boy.
Menma watched in confusion as Mito's clone just smirked before dispelling itself. He turned to see the source of her strange action.
Yugito Nii, host of the Two-Tailed cat.
"We don't want to fight you." Menma spoke. "We only want..."
Fire Style: Mouse Hairball
A ball of blue fire flew towards him, he was sure he saw the image of a mouse inside it.
Menma jumped back from the flame. Instead of it crashing into the ground, it exploded into more hairballs.
The flaming rodents began a wild and directionless charge.
Water Style: Liquid Bullets
Menma's cheeks expanded as he fired a ball of pressurized water at the flames. He aimed for the source, where the other mice were firing from.
This created a large steam that covered the immediate area.
Menma drew the Sword of Nunoboko and took the Hidden Mist stance. He had the knowledge of the style, but he wasn't a master of it.
Menma jabbed it forward like a spear, hoping that the steam would block her view.
Instead of impaling the kunoichi, she jumped on it.
"Cat like balance." She spoke.
She then ran down the weapon towards the masked boy. When she was close enough, he raised a hand.
Repulsion
It was a direct hit to the kunoichi, she didn't go far.
The kunoichi stood up and began brushing off the dust
"Just tell me where she is and I'll let you have a painless death." Yugito offered.
"No." Menma answered.
"Good, I'd hate for your kind to go unpunished!" She growled before lunging.
What does she mean by that? Menma thought.
Menma had no time to ponder the answer. The blond was on him, claws extended.
The black-haired boy caught both her upcoming hands.
"We won't let you harm her." Menma spoke coldly. "We won't let you turn her into a breeding stock for you village."
He kicked her back, she landed on her feet.
"We both no you don't care about her heritage." Yugito spoke "You know very well what's in her, Nibi told me what's in you as well."
"Does the Raikage know about it?" Menma asked.
"...No."
Menma began removing his robes, his restrictions along with them. He kept his mask on. Without the restrictions in his robes, he let loose two tails of chakra.
It took the form of a chakra coat like a Jinchuriki, only this one was black.
Yugito was shocked at how much power the child had possessed. This power is equal to the Nibi's! She thought in shock.
"We're going to make sure you never get the chance to tell him." Menma stated seriously.
Yugito began flaring the Nibi's chakra, she too entered the chakra cloak.
The two beast stood at a standstill, waiting for the other to make a move. As they waited, both were studying and forming a strategy against the other.
The Nibi is a fire demon. Menma though. So we'll need to stick with the Sanbi's essence.
He's just a child, so he should be low on experience. Yugito assumed.
Menma made the first move, an offensive one.
Water Style: Ripping Torrent
A ball of water formed in Menma's hand which he proceeded to fire at her. It moved at a high speed as it expanded to the size of a person.
Yugito countered with two large fireballs directly to the water. The blasts were so hot that she extinguished the flames on contact.
Flame of Judgement
The Nibi possessed woman punched the ground. It began to crumble away as blue fire rose up. It consumed Menma, only for him to look at it in confusion.
"Impossible!" She shouted. "You should be ashes!"
She proceeded to charge, but stopped mid-attack. She looked down to see a purple tendril piercing through her chest, where her seal was located.
She felt a familiar pull in the back of her mind
Menma watched as the host of the Nibi gained 'consciousness' in her mind.
Inside of the mind scape was a large nothingness. Menma felt a ground below his feet, but there was nothing their.
There was a demon, a large demon. Menma looked at the giant, Two-Tailed cat demon. It was made entirely of blue flames with mixed eye colors.
"Hello human." The demon spoke.
"Hello Nibi-San." Menma spoke.
"Tell me, why do you posses Sanbi's essence?" She asked.
"Isobu gave it to us." Menma answered "So did Son Goku."
"You know their names?" She asked in shock.
"We would also like to know yours." Menma spoke.
The Nibi was shocked at the human before her. Since he had the Reibi and other Tailed Beast's essence, she was sure he was familiar with demons. But to ask our name!
"What do you want with the Kyuubi child?" Yugito asked.
Menma looked at the woman for a long minute before answering. "To protect her."
"So you want the girl for a good reason." Nibi stated in realization "No wonder you weren't turned to ashes."
"What now?" Menma asked.
"My host here thought you had dark...intentions for the girl." Nibi explained, making her host blush "That fire came directly from Hell. Those flames were meant to judge you, but you passed."
"First one to ever do that!" Yugito stated in shock.
"So...since her judgement was on our intentions to Mito, we passed?" Menma asked.
"Yes, I thought you were just trying to gain power." Yugito admitted.
"...You're right, we don't care about her blood." Menma agreed "But we also don't care about the Kyuubi."
"Then what do you care about?" Nibi asked.
Menma thought on the question before answering. "Our little sister."
"...My name is Matatabi." Nibi spoke.
Menma smiled as he received another name.
Before they could continue their conversation, a spike in chakra broke the connection.
Menma and Yugito snapped to consciousness at the sudden surge in chakra, demonic chakra.
They turned to see the host of the Five-Tails standing right behind them. He was in his initial state with steam flaring around his body.
"Die!" He shouted.
He delivered a steam punch to Yugito's side. The blow knocked her into Mito's boulder, cracking it. It also managed to knock the Kumo kunoichi unconscious.
Before Menma could react, Han charged and kicked Menma in his chest. The blow sent him a few feet over the ground.
Menma quickly corrected his stance, lava covering his arms.'
Lava Style: Lava Punch
Menma sent flying fist after fist of lava towards his enemy host. It was similar to his attack in Konaha, just on a vastly smaller scale.
The Five-Tailed Jinchuriki simply flared his steam, creating a shield.
He charged the masked child again.
Menma had no way of defending himself from the upcoming Jinchuriki, so he took the blow. It didn't send him flying, just knocked him onto his backside. This left him open to attack.
No, not like this! Menma mentally cried.
He had no name for his next attack, he doubted he ever would. It was just a desperate move that he came up with.
He focused as much of Son Goku's 'essence' into his arms. He struck out desperately into the enemy's chest. His fist dug into the Jinchuriki's body, it would leave a hole larger than the child's fist.
He wasn't done. He began pumping an entire arm's worth of lava into the man's body. He pulled himself out and jumped back.
Menma watched as the man fell to his legs, holding his wound.
"Anything less then a Jinchuriki would be dead right now." Menma stated.
"W-why?" Han question.
"Why what?" Menma asked.
Menma began to get nervous as he felt the Five Tail's host summon more power. His hole began closing as he grew chakra tails.
"Why do you have the Four Tail's ability?!" He shouted, his voice reaching a demonic roar. "What have you done to Roshi?!"
Menma finally took notice of something about this Jinchuriki. Pass the anger and disgust, he felt sadness. The Jinchuriki was sad and only getting sadder as he fought on. The sadness seemed to be fueling his anger.
Menma realized he couldn't face the berserking man like this. He needed to make some room, time to think.
Time he didn't have.
The demonically charged Han charged Menma, the blow broke several of Menma's ribs.
Shit!shit!shit! He couldn't take many more of those.
Menma felt something overwhelm him, a feeling he hadn't felt in a long while. Fear. An overwhelming fear.
Han raised his hand to attack, only to stop. A sensation covered all of them. A sensation that froze a rampaging Six-Tailed host and removed Menma's fears. Only to replace them with a primal urge to steal it.
Kyuubi's chakra.
But he fought it, he replaced that feeling with another, anger. Menma felt rage boiling up in his skin. Ready to burn the world if ever given the chance. But he spoke in a voice so cold that fire would have frozen.
He lowered his mask, only partially. He used one of his visible eyes and glared at his demon possessed sister.
But he never saw her, he saw the demon.
"I...warned...you!" He hissed.
Then he saw the child. Menma. The boy was so different, but too much the same.
Kyuubi continuously pumped it's chakra. Pumped it's hate. Trying to force it's way to freedom from the human's body.
But the child was like a black hole, continuously draining him. If he kept that up, the child would completely devour him.
Kyuubi pulled back.
For now.
Yugito and Han stared at the child before them. A child, that had just glared the Kyuubi into submission.
"I'm taking Mito." Menma spoke.
It wasn't a voice full of anything, it was completely empty.
But the underlying threat was still there.
Menma was going to take her home.
Review-Also vote.
Who should Mito have a crush on?-Answer in reviews.
Menma-Not knowing who he is.
Sasuke-Not arrogant (To her)
Haku-As a guy you pervs.
P.S. How many of you would like for me to write a scary story. If you followed Mirage Fox Blade or Gum-dall/war, I'll be tapping into that...source.
There will be little humor, I want you people looking over you shoulder's after reading it. I want you all to be too afraid to look under your beds. I want you all running to your parents out of fear. I want you all to wonder WTF is in his head!
Tell me if you want that in your reviews. I'll be posting a voting poll.
Gravity Falls: Slenderman or my version of the Boogieman.