Authors Note: Well not much to say here, once again all reviews are welcome. I will probably not being updating till next week since it's just about Thanksgiving here in America, and I will be spending time with my family and in a food coma. Also this chapter will be very graphic, I am thinking of raising the rating but you will know when it comes up by the parenthesis of an Authors Note. Also bonus points to whoever can spot the Hellsing reference

Also I will be putting a list of 'who's who' before each chapter so the names don't get confusing.

Menma- Naruto

Senshi- Sasuke

Ringo-Sakura

Ukei-ya-Yamato

Kosshi-Kimimaru

Kumo-Kidomaru

Han-Sakon

Bun-Ukon

Ke-Jirobu

Review response:

Tricelex: About Naruto's plan for peace, that won't be revealed until the Chunin exams prelims. The deal with Ame is that it is a puppet regime, although Ame has its own leader they take orders directly from the Hokage. Everything else I cannot say anything else, what good is a story if you know exactly what will happen.

Darth Xion: While you are right about the others have the advantage of knowing, it's just that they know there is another, the timelines are still synched up so they don't know the future or anything. Also about the connection between the two, it is a stretch of sea but in between the two is the Arashi no Kabe which I had thought I put a translation of up, it means (roughly) the wall of storms, basically it is constant hurricane, or typhoon if you are in the pacific, season. With the current technology level of the Naruto verse they just cannot traverse it. The reason why the others can will be revealed later.

Key:

'Hmm': thinking

"Hmm": Speaking

"Hmm": Demon speaking

'Hmm': Demon thinking

Konoha 8 P.M.

As Menma jumped across the trees, he glanced over at the Chunin next to him, he was a little under six-feet, had a slight tan with a scar across his nose with his hair in a ponytail and his sleeves rolled up. Menma recognized this man, he had become an instructor his first year at the academy, along with Mizuki, he had mainly graded the papers submitted and logged the grades. It seems here that he became the primary teacher, and now they were together trying to find himself, Menma would have laughed at the absurdity of it were he another (Senshi back in the office suddenly sneezed causing Ringo to elbow him.).

He turned his head to his companion and asked "So, who is this Naruto, to you?" Iruka glanced over with a questioning gaze before asking "What makes you think I know him?" Menma rolled his eyes before smirking toward the older man and saying "Everyone, but you in the office was a Jonin, and if it was a matter of simply not having enough Jonin then multiple Chunin would have been called. This means you have some connection to the one we are chasing. So who is he to you?" Iruka sighed and said, "He is one of my students, I just have no idea why he would do such a thing. Even if he did fail three times it's not like him to do this." Although Menma was stoic on the outside inside he was raving 'THREE TIMES! THIS FOOL HAS FAILED SUCH A SIMPLE EXAM THREE TIMES! Calm down, calm down, even if he is an imbecile he is still me. Perhaps I should train him? No that would only cause later problems.'

All of a sudden Iruka's head snapped to the right, "He's over there, I can sense him." Menma nodded and called out "Hang on, I'll send a message to the others." After Iruka stopped he glanced over to see what Menma was doing. While Iruka looked on with a questioning gaze Menma performed a series of hand-signs before shouting "Ishiki bushin no jutsu!" Then another Menma fell out of the one currently standing, before it stood straight and Menma said "Go and give our position to the closest shinobi and ask for assistance, understood?" The clone nodded and dashed off, leaving Iruka with a dumbfounded look before Menma walked past and said, with a smile on his face "Didn't you say he was this way Iruka-sempai?"

As they were about to enter a clearing Menma said to Iruka "Listen sempai, I'm a Genjutsu specialist so you go ahead and try to get him close to the edge and I'll put him under, O.K.?" Iruka merely nodded noticeably dreading the confrontation with his student. While Iruka went in, Menma stood in the shadows waiting for his chance. Although he could not hear anything he could see them, Iruka was angrily reprimanding a confused Naruto, when Naruto said something that visibly confused Iruka when out of the corner of his eye he saw something flash in the moonlight. He reacted quickly throwing a few shuriken into the path, but it was not enough and Iruka was still hit with some kunai. Menma quickly moved to a new position, having given his old one away by protecting Iruka. He created a quick regular bushin and sent it away to convince the attacker he ran away. He got to his position just in time to hear the attacker, whom he now identified to as his other teacher Mizuki, scream out "You are the Nine-tailed Fox!" Menma was confused by this, but before he could think on it Mizuki threw one of his two giant shuriken at Naruto. Menma attempted to stop it, but Iruka dashed out and took the shuriken in the back. Menma took the opportunity and sent a hail of kunai and shuriken at Mizuki and called out "Naruto-kun come with me!" After Iruka told him to listen Naruto ran over to Menma and together they took off into the woods,

Once they were safe Menma turned to Naruto with a small smile and said "Hello there Naruto-kun, my name is Menma now would you mind giving me that scroll? I need to return it to the Hokage immediately." Naruto looked at him with an appalled look on his face and yelled "But what about Iruka-sensei?! We can't just leave him!" Menma merely gave him a sympathetic look and said "I don't feel good about this either Naruto-kun but the protection of the scroll is the objective here, plus odds are Mizuki already-" just as he was about to finish he saw someone approaching from the woods, he grabbed Naruto and dashed into one of the bushes. From the other side of the clearing came a sight that surprised them both, another Naruto! Then after words Iruka came out, Naruto was about to call out until Menma put his hand over Naruto's mouth, and whispered "Listen the one who looks like Iruka is really Mizuki, I can sense a henge over both of them, so I have a plan…" Menma then whispered in Naruto's ear causing a huge grin to spread across his face.

(Mizuki POV)

I stood above Iruka finally able to end him, too bad the demon wasn't here so he could do them both in. I started spinning my fuma shuriken and shouted "Hurry up and die!" and just as I was about to hit him I was suddenly hit in the gut and flew backwards. As I looked up I saw the demon slowly fade into view and I screamed "Wha-, HOW DID YOU DO THAT?!" the demon just smirked and shrugged his shoulders and said "Dunno but it was cool wasn't it, now don't touch Iruka-sensei I'll kill you!" That smirk infuriated me and I shouted out "Then do it demon brat!" then a flurry of leaves obscured my vision and when it passed I was all alone in the clearing. As I turned around I shouted "What is this?! Where did you go?!" as I tried to turn again my feet would not move, when I looked down they were covered with roots! To my horror the roots kept climbing, till all that I was, was a tree with a face sticking out, then I heard a muffled voice say something like "NOW!" then the tree started to contract all around me, it felt like thousands of punches connecting at once. These were the last sensations he would feel before waking up in an ANBU jail cell.

(Normal POV)

Menma looked down at the unconscious form of Mizuki with disappointment, the fact that a Chunin did not even notice the Genjutsu he had placed was slightly disconcerting, it was just the Demonic Illusion: Tree Binding Death combined with the Demonic Illusion: Hell Viewing Technique using the Demonic Illusion: Double False Surroundings Technique, a Chunin should have definitely have noticed it. 'Perhaps it would be simpler to conquer this village than to seek an alliance, after all if this is a measure of their average Chunin than it will be simple.' He glanced over at Iruka and Naruto to see Iruka tying a Hitai-ate around Naruto's head, he walked over and slung Iruka over his shoulders and said "Come along Naruto-kun, we still have to report back to Hokage-sama and get Iruka-sempai to the Hospital, after all those wounds don't look too good." Naruto nodded and followed after, and asked "So who are you anyway, I haven't seen you chasing me before?" Menma merely chuckled and answered "I'm just a mercenary, me and my friends are trying to get employment in the village." Naruto nodded and was silent for a time before finally asking "What's a mercenary?" Menma sighed knowing the trip back would be full of questions like this.

After getting Iruka to the hospital Menma found himself with Naruto in the Hokage's office, he noticed with some trepidation that his teammates were nowhere to be found. After Naruto's recounting of events, with Menma having to come in and keep him rational, the Hokage then turned to Menma and said "Well it seems that you are trustworthy, for now. Tomorrow you will be set to accompany another squad. Until I see you next." Menma, in a rare show, was slack-jawed at this and even asked "Just like that? You're not going to put us through some extreme tests or anything?!" The Hokage merely smiled as he filled his pipe and said, "If you did have any harmful intent, you would have shown it during the test mission, besides you are still going to be under strict observation. Now Neko here will escort you to your temporary quarters with your friends." Menma turned and there was a female ANBU with purple hair, he then nodded to both her and the Hokage and set out for the lodgings set up for him.

Konoha 8 A.M

Menma walked into the classroom seeing his teammates he walked over and sat by them. He turned to Senshi and asked, "So, this is your graduating class what's different about them?" But instead of Senshi, surprisingly it was the normally quiet Ringo, who answered saying, "Physically, they are no different, but their personalities are different. Kiba is normally quiet and soft-spoken; Ino is a timid person, Shikamaru is very active, Choji normally has to be forced to eat, Shino is very outspoken, Hinata is very…promiscuous, Sasuke is very moody, and I'm apparently a fan-girl." she shuddered after finishing. Menma would have said more but Iruka walked in and started to address the class.

"Alright quiet down everyone, beginning today you are all real ninjas, but you are still merely rookie Genin the hard part has just started. Now you will soon be assigned duties by the village, so today we will be creating the three man teams and each team will have a Jonin sensei. You will follow that sensei's instructions as you complete the assigned duties we tried to balance each team's strengths…. Team seven will be Sakura Haruno, Naruto Uzumaki, and Sasuke Uchiha under Kakashi Hatake. Team eight will be Hinata Hyuuga, Kiba Inuzuka, and Shino Aburame under Kurenai Yuhi. Team nine is still in circulation so Team ten will be Ino Yamanaka, Choji Akimichi, and Shikamaru Nara under Asuma Sarutobi. Also two teams will be selected at random to be partnered with our two mercenary teams, comprising of Han, Bun, Ke, and Kumo," at the mention of the last name Hinata seemed to jump a little. "under Kosshi-san. And our second team is Senshi, Ringo, and Menma-kun, under Ukei-ya. Now your senseis will be here after lunch so you have a break until then."

After Iruka left, many teams went to have lunch together so Menma announced to the class "Would teams seven, eight, and ten please come here, I would like to have a word with you." Once they had all gathered he smiled at them and said "I would just like to get to know you all better, so I would like to treat you all to lunch." After saying that, Naruto, Choji, and Kiba all started cheering about free food, Ino and Sakura were mumbling to themselves about being on a diet before blushing at the prospect of sitting next to Sasuke, Hinata was blushing from her head being full of fantasies of Naruto feeding her, Sasuke and Shikamaru narrowed their eyes from being suspicious. But it was, surprisingly, Shino who spoke out and asked "Why would you only wish to get to know us and not the others? Answer because you know of another trial we must face." Menma merely smiled to him and said "Very perceptive Shino-kun, yes you will face one more trial, but it will vary depending on your Sensei. Rest assured I am very confident you nine will pass." Shino seemed accept this and nodded. They then began their trek to Yakinaku Q.

After having their fill and finding out a bit more about their comrades the Genin-hopefuls went back to the academy. There Iruka was waiting, and when all had arrived he said "Alright settle down, now the teams assigned to be with the mercenaries will be, team seven with team… Kosshi, and team nine will be with team Ukei-ya. Come on in." After calling out in walked team nine, with their two spandex clad members enthusiastically cheering and the other two looking thoroughly embarrassed. Menma and his team left, Menma saying his farewells to all the teams he followed after the, eccentric, sensei. After he caught up to the team, he asked "My name is Menma, and yours?" immediately the smaller one in green jumped up and yelled "YOSH! I AM THE BEAUTIFUL GREEN BEAST OF KONOHA! ROCK LEE!" after screaming this, the female punched him in the back of the head and said "Please ignore him, you'll stay sane that way. My name is Tenten, nice to meet you." Meanwhile the other male just looked at them out of the corner of his eye and finally said "I am Neji." Menma stared at Tenten and said "talkative fellow isn't he?" Tenten just laughed nervously and said "Well between him and Lee we would be a normal team, except for Gai-sensei…" Just as she said that, Gai stopped at the entrance to the tower and turned and said "Yosh My most youthful students, we will now be taking on a C-rank mission, Menma-kun, Senshi-kun, and Ringo-kun, your Sensei has put you into my care. Now let us go!"

After arriving with team Menma in a daze and Tenten gazing sympathetically at them, meeting Gai for the first time will do that to you. The Hokage saw the group approaching him and chuckled while asking "Ah, Gai-kun so good to see you, what can I do for you?" Gai gave a blinding smile, literally the assistant would not regain sight for two hours, while he responded "Yosh, Hokage-sama I would like to ask for a new C-rank to do with our new team." The Hokage hummed his assent while looking for some scrolls, finally coming up with two scrolls, saying "since you have two Genin teams with you, I will assign you two missions. The first is to escort a merchant and his wares back to Taki, which will take around three weeks, you are then to spend another three weeks in Hill country, staying at Taki, taking out a bandit army amassing around the country which will take another three weeks. You will have a week of leave in Taki before you will come back to prepare for the Chunin exams. Do you accept?" Gai gave his agreement in his own way (Yosh! If we cannot complete these missions I shall run one hundred laps around Konoha if I cannot do that…) and they were sent to retrieve their supplies to begin their journey.

They met with the client at two A.M., he had a large carriage filled with many kinds of goods and jems in it. The merchant himself was a middle-aged, slightly overweight man with a slight beard, and a laugh that was deep and jovial and a demeanor that made one think of an uncle. As they traveled they mad small talk with the merchant whose name turned out to be Takeshi Sato, and found out about both Takigakure and his life, his wife and two children one of which is training to be a ninja. On the last day before the approach to Taki would begin, they were walking along, a river on their left, Tenten on the roof of the carriage to be able to respond to any attacks, Neji behind using his Byakugan, Gai at the front, Ringo and Lee ( Lee hitting on Ringo the entire time) on the right, and Senshi and Menma on the left.

All of a sudden a scream ran through Menma's ear as a group of bandits charged the wagon , Ringo and Lee immediately began to fight back, with Tenten provided coverage while yelling to Neji "How didn't you sense them!?" Neji, fighting off six bandits at a time, replied "I don't know, I couldn't it's like their chakra isn't even there!" Gai was mainly fighting the bulk but they were steadily moving him away from the group, all the others were fighting six bandits each. But when Menma defeated one the others split up and he was against one bandit who did not look like the rest, he had an aura of self-assurance, "Who are you? Why send your men away?" The man just chuckled and said "I am Akihiro Sakayama, Chunin ranked missing-nin from Kusagakure, a pleasure to make your acquaintance. As to why I sent the plebs away, I will be the one to end all of your lives, the bandits are merely to weaken you. Now engarde!"

With that Sakayama began to flip through hand seals finishing and bringing his hand to his mouth, with his index finger and thumb connected, and yelled "Fire Style: Gōkakyū no Jutsu!" sending a large ball of fire at Menma. Menma quickly rolled out of the way, and performed his own hand signs then yelling out "Water Release: Teppōdama!" sending his own elemental ball at Sakayama who tried to dodge but was still hit on his right side. Sakayama then started to laugh, hysterically so "So, it seems you have some fight in you after all! Let's kick this fight up a gear Fire Release: Katon Bushin!" creating a clone from the smoldering remains of his failed fireball. The two Sakayama's then called out in synchronization "Fire Release: Gōkakyū no Jutsu!" and "Earth Release: Doryūheki!" then "Collaboration Technique: Contained Fire Jutsu!" the earth wall came up behind and to the sided of Menma, while the fireball was coming straight toward him! Thinking fat Menma started to jump from wall to wall getting steadily higher, until he was able to jump over the top and wall run down to avoid the explosion. Not getting a moment of rest both Sakayama and his clone came and engaged Menma in a fist fight, they traded blows for a time, until Menma was able to jump away and throw a kunai, it hitting just short of both but stopping them from pursuing. Menma then performed a series of hand signs then called out "This may take everything I have but there is no way I'll miss! Lightning Release: Gian!" he then thrust his hand at one of the Sakayama's who taunted him, in unison by saying "Which one of us is real, hm?" a bolt of lightning then shot from his palm and went straight through one Sakayamas chest. The Sakayama who was hit then proceeded to collapse into embers, causing the real one to laugh and say "Looks like you missed short stack!" Menma simply smirked and, to Sakayama's confusion, said "I never miss," he then put his hands into a seal and call out "Jiton Fuin: Kai!" The kunai Menma had thrown then glowed and the lightning bolt then curved and hit Sakayama in the lower body from behind. They both fell to their knees, one from exhaustion and the other from pain, and Sakayama said "That was a good plan kid, you shoot at the one who isn't in front of the kunai, that way even if you don't hit the real one the first time it will still come back for round two" he then smirked and said "But you forgot one thing, I'm not dumb enough to work alone." Menma then gasps as a kunai slides deep between his ribs, coughing up blood on the exhale as another pair of feet come into view.

(Authors Note: I was very much considering ending it there but since it is a holiday)

Sakayama was then picked up by the new entry, his constant taunting becoming a droning buzz as a new voice came to the forefront of his thoughts "Kill them…Kill Them..KiLl ThEm. KILL THEM! TEAR THEM LIMB FROM LIMB! SNAP THEIR BONES AND DRINK THEIR MARROW!" Instead of turning away from these dark thoughts as one might expect, Menma embraced them, and the rush of power they provided. As his chakra started to become visible it was painfully obvious it was not normal, instead of a sky blue it was a deep black, and the chakra began to fill the hole where he was stabbed. Menma began to snicker, which then turned into a chuckle, evolving further into a laugh, until finally he was cackling like a mad man, further scaring his two opponents. Menma then said in a voice that was halfway between his own and something else entirely, "So you two have managed to push me this far, normally I don't like using this, it halts my regeneration and makes me a little less… merciful." He then charged the two sending and arm of chakra to separate the two and charged after the newcomer, tearing him limb from limb, bathing in his cries of pain, relishing in his attempts to fight back, soaking in his final whimpers as he fell into the sweet embrace of death. Turning to Sakayama he saw him slowly, in vain trying crawl away, he ran over and tried to stop him but only managed to grab his ankle and tore the foot completely off, he then stood over Sakayama and said in maniac type of voice "Come on get up! Attack me! You've only suffered the loss of your foot! Send out your summons! Utilize your jutsu! Heal your foot and stand! The evening is still so young. Come onhurry, hurry, HURRY! Pull yourself together-the fun has just begun. Come on! Hurry!" Sakayama could only whimper in fear and ask "Wha- What are you!?" Menma smirked and said "Your Death!" then he tore into the beaten warrior, although not as feisty as his friend it was still enjoyable. But after Sakayama was long dead he finally started to tire and his wounds, especially the ones he just got, burned in absolute agony, and he fell to the ground, the last thing he saw before passing out was a body approaching him, one topped with mint green hair.

Authors Note: Well this is it the longest chapter yet, hopefully I'll be able to do things like this all the time. Well anxious to see the responses are for this chapter, we will finish up the "Wave" arc next chapter, I will also, probably create a chapter of what happened in wave with two teams instead of one. Also since I did not do this earlier I do not own Naruto or Hellsing Ultimate, both are property of their respective owners.

Until next time, Stay classy Internet.