Chapter 5: A Terrible Alliance

When the last ANBU member had fallen, Menma undid the summoning of his masked beast. He wanted to finish with his own hands the last ninja standing. He approached the poor soul to end him with a Rasengan when he sensed several ninjas getting closer to his position.

"Great, more useless ones come to play with me" said as he kicked the nearby ANBU sending him straight to a tree.

If he didn't have his mask on, the nine ninjas from Konaha would have noticed the surprise on Menma's face as he saw the teenager who physically remember familiar faces from his world. Although some of them looked very different.

"Really is him? He doesn't seem like a threat compared to the other Akatsuki" Kiba mentioned until he saw bodies of the ANBU in the ground surrounding him. That image chilled Kiba's blood.

"I could say the same about you and these pathetic ninjas. If you value your lives, leave now" the masked one responded with a cold tone that unsettled some of them.

"Everyone, attack him now," Neji said leading his squad to attack the Masked Man while the rescue team did their job.

As they tried to touch him, he quickly moved away and released his most famous technique: The Nine Masked Beasts. The Konoha shinobis looked surprised as a large mandala appeared above him, summoning nine creatures that wore white masks similar to those of their enemy.

Lee moved at maximum speed and managed to extract about three ANBU members, while Ino began treating the most severe cases. Meanwhile, Kiba and Akamaru each carried a ninja, but they came face to face with Kinja, the Golden Masked Snake that was about to attack them. Fortunately, Hinata arrived in time to defend them using the Byakugan.

"Kiba-kun, Akamaru, hurry. I'll cover you," Hinata said.

"Got it, Hinata. Take care, we'll be back soon," Kiba replied.

Hinata nodded with a smile, which quickly vanished as the snake was faster than she thought and almost hit her. Fortunately, she used the circular defense to save her and kept the snake focused on her.

The rest who tried to attack Menma met with a barrier of eight creatures. Shikamaru and Choji fought against the Tennyo, the Masked Maiden and Suzaku, the Masked Bird, whose movements and attacks made it difficult for both young men.

Neji and Tenten had a bigger problem against the Shinigami and Seiryu, the Azure Masked Dragon. Tenten's weapons couldn't reach her target because the scythe of Shinigami destroyed them, while the dragon launched fire making them back off. Byakko, the White Masked Tiger chased after Shino, who was looking for a way to save himself as Genbu, the Masked Black Turtle blocked his movements. Finally, Menma stood in his place with Hokuto and Nanto Sennin, the two Masked Sages at his side.

"They are not as weak as I first thought. Madara was right. The worlds may be very different from each other, although the main abilities remain the same for each of them. It seems like I will have to get involved soon" thought the Masked Man while he watched carefully how the counterparts of his friends fought against his summonings.


A white lightning bolt raced through the village at maximum speed towards the Hokage tower. The guards did nothing because they knew who it was and didn't want to receive the traditional youth and training speech from him. He went upstairs until he arrived to the Hokage's office where he saw Lady Tsunade interrogating Sakura, partly angry and partly surprised.

"How come you went to that other dimension and you're just mentioning it now! Sakura Haruno, you may be the daughter of the heroes of the village, but it doesn't allow you to hide that information" said the Hokage while Minato and Kushina were beside the pink-haired girl.

"Excuse me, Lady Tsunade. I wasn't sure if it was real, everything was very confusing. I think it was due to the blow I received on my head while I was in my mission. But based on what happened today, I can confirm that I was in that world, although I don't remember much," Sakura replied trying to hide as much information as possible, and share it later with Menma's parents.

The pink-haired girl breathed deeply as she saw her sensei enter the room as she didn't know what to do to avoid the anger of the Hokage and her assistant. Kakashi entered the room surprised to see everyone in some kind of meeting.

"Excuse me for disturbing you. If you need, I'll leave. I was training to keep myself in shape to repair the village," said Kakashi very enthusiastically, as usual.

"Don't worry, rather your arrival is timely, Kakashi-san," Minato replied.

"Can you tell me why do you need me, sensei?"

"Kakashi, do you remember that new technique you had been developing with your Sharingan? The one you told me that created like a spiral that made the object disappear."

"The Kamui?" Minato just nodded so his student could continue speaking, which was not difficult at all. "Yes, it's a technique I discovered while training. It seems that this eye has its own youth flower. I just need a target to show it."

Minato took a shuriken out of his pocket and placed it on the Hokage's desk. Shizune and Tsunade stepped back in case the technique failed. Clearing the area, Kakashi uncovered his left eye, which had the legendary Sharingan of the Uchiha clan. He closed both eyes and when he opened only his left eye. The three normal blades of his eye changed to a different pattern. Immediately, a spiral began to form around the shuriken followed by a small hole showing in the middle. After a couple of second, the hole swallowed the shuriken and made it disappear. Kakashi had to kneel from exhaustion after using the jutsu.

"I don't think I have that technique mastered yet haha," Kakashi said, trying to stand up.

"Sakura-san, does the way Menma and those other two ninjas disappeared resemble how the shuriken did it?"

"Yes, it's identical; only on a larger scale," the girl responded weakly.

"Surely. It seems that it requires more chakra and an excellent control to open a portal that connects both worlds and keep it stable. Lady Tsunade and Shizune, I think we have proven the existence of the other world. The enemy possesses a Sharingan capable of creating a fissure in time and space. He may not be an Uchiha, but someone who stole the eye from a fallen ninja." Said Minato

"It seems that, as always, you're right. The challenge is to open the same portal to that other world" mentioned Shizune and it was followed again by Minato

"Moreover, we need to confirm that this world is the one we're looking for and the safest option would be to use my Thunder God jutsu. I'll send a kunai through the portal that Kakashi will create. As soon as it makes contact with the ground, I can go there to verify if that's the correct destination. There's a huge risk, but I'll take it for my son".

"Understood. Minato, Kakashi, and Kushina, your mission will be to retrieve Menma. Let me know if you need anything. Sakura…where's that girl?" the old Hokage responded, looking around for the pink-haired girl who was with them a few minutes ago.


"You were always there when I needed you, no matter the time or place. Without you, I couldn't have gotten to where I am now. You were my light in the darkness, and if you fell into the shadows, I'll be the one to bring you back. No matter the price I have to pay," Sakura thought, wandering sadly through the streets of the village.

"Sakura! What did you do to my Menma? If it's your fault that he left or if you're hiding him to run away with him, I swear to you..." Hinata, the heir of the Hyuga clan, interrupted Sakura's thoughts.

However, Sakura ignored her and continued straight ahead. Hinata activated her Byakugan to threaten the Fourth's daughter. However, to her surprise, Sakura only pushed her away with her immense strength and continued on her way.

"Something serious must have happened" Kiba replied, approaching Hinata and making cat-like noises. "Usually, she argues with you that she's not dating Menma. She never attacks you, meow."

"Yes, I haven't seen her like that since the funeral of her parents."


Menma focused on how the fight was developing. The ninjas who fought his masked beasts were in trouble and on the brink of death. Menma's plan was to use both Sennin's technique to immobilize his enemies and Shinigami would drain their chakra. However, a green blast pierced through the battlefield, hitting the Hokuto and Nanto Sennin and making them recoil. Menma was surprised to see two sharp tornados attacking other beasts.

"Looks that now they are going to fight for real" Menma replied, seeing the Konoha ninjas showing some fighting spirit.

Lee, Kiba, and Ino joined the rest of the team. Neji finally had a few minutes to catch his breath again; this fight was way more difficult than he thought.

"This guy's fight like Naruto, he tries to overpower you with the numbers. Although instead of clones, he uses those masked beasts. They are more resistant than Naruto's clones."

"Then let me level the battlefield," said Shikamaru, who used his shadow possession jutsu on a large scale to immobilize the nine masked beasts.

"I need one of you covering my back, the rest can go for that guy."

Rock Lee stayed to protect Shikamaru while the rest surrounded Menma. The Masked Man was calm until Tenten threw a wave of kunai towards him. The Masked Man released some chakra to stop the weapons in midair. He turned to see Tenten ready to attack again.

"It seems like you're not as clumsy as I thought," Tenten reacted confusedly to the comment, but that brief pause didn't last long, as a thunderbolt struck next to the Masked Man.

To everyone surprise, the last Uchiha appeared next to the Masked Man. They were back-to-back facing the Konoha ninjas, but ready to act against each other.

"Sasuke-kun," Ino said, surprised.

"Great, this is all we needed. Sasuke helping the new guy. What's next, Orochimaru and Madara watching all of this?" Kiba said, annoyed.

"I don't help to annihilate them. Leave if you know what's good for you," Menma replied, annoyed.

"Believe me, it's not my choice. I don't like to work as a team. It was Zetsu and Madara's idea. Either way, I'd like to see you try to hit me. I'll take care of you myself, but only after I finish with these nuisances."

"I just hope you don't try to conquer any kunoichi you see during this fight," Sasuke responded, activating his Sharingan and looking towards his former teammates.

"Baka"

Menma recognized the voice, but the tone, seriousness, and coldness in his words made him think that he wasn't as pathetic as the playboy Uchiha he knew in his world.

The Masked Man and Sasuke took up battle positions and quickly headed towards their opponents. Menma easily dodged blows, demonstrating unmatched agility, and used some chakra from his palm to pushed them back. At some moments of the fight, Sasuke and the stranger ninja worked together, helping each other to dodge attacks of the Konoha ninjas and attacking simultaneously. Their synchronization was incredible, as if they had fought together for many years. When they were about to attack Menma and Sasuke from behind, Sasuke jumped to dodge and to use his fireball against Kiba, Shino, and Ino. Meanwhile Menma attacked the Hyuga cousins head-on, after creating some kind of purple sphere in his hand. The resemblance to Naruto's Rasengan distracted both Hyuga, to the point that they didn't notice when one of the masked beasts, the Shinigami, appeared behind them to steal their energy with a swing of its scythe.

"How did he escape my jutsu?" Shikamaru said, surprised.

"I needed a little bit of time to break the Nara clan's shadow possession jutsu on one of my beasts," the hooded figure replied, hitting Neji with the purple sphere, followed by a series of kicks to Hinata and Tenten.

Meanwhile, Sasuke was holding his ground against Kiba, Akamaru, and Shino. Thanks to the Sharingan, he avoided their attacks and countered with his electrified katana, which paralyzed them.

"You're not worthy of seeing Susanoo or Amaterasu," he said.

After a few minutes, only Rock Lee, Ino, and Shikamaru were left standing. Shikamaru knew he had to hold his jutsu so that the rest of the masked beasts wouldn't attack them, although he wasn't sure about the plan, given how Sasuke and the Masked Man were operating.

Menma and Sasuke looked at each other as if they had been lifelong companions and ran towards Rock Lee. Even with his maximum speed, Lee couldn't react when the Masked Man got behind him and sent him straight into Sasuke's electrified katana with a wind blast. Lee had to be grateful for his training with Gai, as the sword's edge only cut his vest and skin superficially. However, the electrical shock left the green beast incapacitated.

It was a dire situation for Ino and Shikamaru; Sasuke and his new ally were more dangerous than they expected. Then they were surprised when Sasuke put away his katana and withdrew.

"They're so pathetic that killing them won't mean anything. Just send this message to the Hokage: This is just a warning of what would come."

"Ah, you don't want to get your hands dirty. I understand, they're your old companions. Don't worry, I'll take care of them. Besides, I need to practice this technique. I had been sometime."

At that moment, Menma rose into the air. He created a purple spiral that reminded both Shikamaru and Ino of the Rasen Shuriken, a thought that only generated more fear for them.

"Dai Rasenringu."

Just before he unleashed his attack, a hand appeared to stop him. Menma raised his gaze to discover that it has been Madara who stopped him.

"Sorry to interrupt your fun, but I need them to return to Konoha so the jinchuriki can come. Wouldn't you like to challenge him again?" Menma thought about it for a moment, reducing the size of the sphere and disappearing the masked beasts.

"Thank you for your help. But it doesn't mean that we can't have some fun" Madara said before returning to Sasuke's side.

"I think it's time to go, Sasuke. We still have to make some presentations. Konoha ninjas, tell Naruto Uzumaki that we will wait for him, or the attacks will continue. I hope you survive. Good luck"

Tobi made a spiral to disappear along with Sasuke. Shikamaru quickly reacted to help his injured comrades when he realized that the man with the kitsune mask was still in the air with his attack in hand.

"Ino, we have to run NOW!" Ino and Shikamaru tried to help their friends while Menma released the purple sphere from his hand. While the sphere was going down, Menma said the name of one of his most powerful techniques

"Rasenringu."

As soon as the jutsu touched the ground, a huge explosion occurred. releasing a large amount of wind in the form of blades that sent the Konoha ninjas flying, leaving them unconscious.


In Akatsuki's hideout, Sasuke was leaning against the wall. Madara told him to wait a few minutes while his new companion arrived. He looked up when he heard footsteps approaching. Sasuke approached the masked man and face him. He was ready to unsheathed his katana if that fool dared to do anything, not noticing that Menma already had a kunai in his hand. The tension in the air was palpable, so Tobi stood between them to stop them.

"I don't think that attacking allies is the right path. I think both of you will find this encounter a bit strange. Sasuke, I want you to meet Menma, and Menma, I think introductions are unnecessary. You'll notice that he's somewhat different from the one you know."

"At least he's not trying to conquer every girl who crosses his path. He's not pathetic or weak." This caused Sasuke to grab him by the collar of his coat and activate his Sharingan.

"I don't know you, but I already want to pierce your chest with a Chidori. How do you know me?"

"Don't worry the feeling is mutual." Listening carefully, Sasuke noticed something strange and familiar in the man's voice.

"I think that to better explain this; can you show your face to Sasuke? It would save us a lot of explanations."

Sasuke let go of Menma, giving him space to remove his mask. As soon as he lifted his face and his face became visible, Sasuke couldn't believe what was in front of him.


Finally, the story catches up with the Spanish version. My plan is to upload both stories at the same time going forward as the Naruto's world ninja would face Menma and Sasuke. The next chapters are going to be really interesting. Hope you enjoy the battle on this chapter and if you had any suggestions or comments let me know.