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Chapter 02: Uzumaki Menma

《Menma's House》

It didn't take Menma long, with him using the top of buildings to reach where his house was located, which was a sizable two story house that was away from any other house are buildings, the house has three bedrooms, two bathrooms, a kitchen.

A large living room, a basement, and big library/study room along with a large pool in the back and a small gym, the house was currently protect by a barrier Menma design himself around his land, now he got this house all thanks to the money he won in bets and gambling.

Menma first started gambling with his classmates in small games with money at the academy when he was seven which was when he started, till he moved up to bigger places like gambling houses under a Transformation of course since he couldn't enter since he didn't have an ID.

Since they do allow children but only the ones that are considered adult because of their ninja status, anyways Menma use his luck to win bet after bet, and made sure to save his money which is alot in the millions in fact plus the rent money he receive monthly for the apartment building he own which is the same building Naruto lives at but he doesn't know that it is own by Menma and his alter ego as a musician but that's for later.

Now, back to the protection barrier he had around his property, at a young age Menma found out that he was very good in Fuinjustu which was a very difficult art, so difficult that most ninja couldn't do it, but not Menma when he was able to make a storage scroll in less than half the time some else take to made it.

And now after starting learning Fuinjustu at six Menma is confident that he is the best are at least in the top five best people in the village at Fuinjustu, in fact he is so good that he's the one who is now supplying the weapon shop with paper booms, which of course pays very well, even the necklace he has on has protection seals on it.

The protection barrier has a few features, like the only person who can enter is the people who have their Chakra signatures add to the barrier anybody else can forget about entering and if they try they will be shocked very harshly which is the reason why he had to put up a warning sign and be sure to add that he could careless who didn't heed his warnings and speaking of making seals his Fuinjustu Watch is what he made with it, which essentially tells the time using Chakra to power it.

Not wasting anymore time Menma went through the barrier and walk the path towards the front door which he opened entered then closed it behind him and took off his sandals then putting them aside, that's when he remembered the jutsu he watch Naruto learn from the Forbidden Scroll.

"Right, I should use this chance to get a feel for the jutsu," Menma said to himself before making a cross handsign and molding his Chakra. "*Shadow Clone Jutsu!*" He said out loud before a puff of smoke appeared beside him, which clearly revealed an exact copy of himself.

"Ahh, how do you feel?" Menma asked and quickly realized that as a stupid question the Clone caught. "That's a stupid question, Dattebane!" The Clone said that caused Menma's eye brow to twitch be refrain from making a come back since he would have said the same thing. 'So he thinks like me, that's... interesting,' Menma thought before he reached out his hand and puck the Clone in his chest with a finger.

"Hey, what the fuck are you doing?" The Clone asked in annoyance. "Am just see if you, in fact, solid and not just Illusion like the regular Clone Jutsu," Menma said after moving away his hand. "Tch, well, a simple handshake would have been better," Clone Menma said while stretching out his hand, which Menma took and shook. "Ah yes, you're definitely solid," Menma said with the Clone, giving him a look that said, "(You think)

"Yeah, anyway am going make the ramen dinner you wanted," said the Clone with Menma raising an eyebrow before he realized that the Clone must also remember everything thing the user does just before it was created. "Okay, then I'll be upstairs, if anything," Menma said with the Clone nodding before heading for the kitchen to do it's task, seeing that he proceeded to head up stairs to take a shower.

《Later/Kitchen》

After taking a shower, Menma was now dressed in a red t-shirt and black short with his necklace since around his neck and his hair now loss reaching his shoulders, before heading to the kitchen just in time to see his Clone finishing its task and has the food place on the table. 'So he can do things I do,' He thought as he pulled out a chair from his dining table and sat down.

He was then knocked out of his thoughts when the Clone spoke. "Am I done here?" Clone Menma asked. "Hai, you may dispel yourself." Menma said since he must be able to do that, which the Clone did as it dispel in a puff of smoke, and as soon as the smoke cleared Menma started to remember everything the Clone did since he was created.

"Oh, so that was the scroll meant when it said that, once dispel the memory of each clone with go the the user of the Jutsu!" Menma said while rubbing his chin before a smirk appeared on his face, knowing that with the Shadow Clone Jutsu in his arsenal, he would be able to learn and do many things a lot faster.

'I wonder if the idiot realized that wonderful hack of the Jutsu,' Menma thought in wonder as he began to eat his dinner. 'Probably not,' he thought with doubt in his mind, but only time will tell if Naruto realizes, Menma then focus on eating his food as he wanted to copy of the Jutsu he got from the Forbidden Scroll tonight so he can focus on starting to learn them after he got some rest.

《Later/Study/Library Room》

After finishing his dinner, then washing and putting away the dishes, along with wiping down his kitchen counter a bit even though he didn't have to worry about cleaning it, in fact he didn't have to clean his house of any dust are dirt all thanks to the cleaning seals he created.

Because that's the thing he realized with Fuinjustu, is that he could create any seals if he has an imagination of said seal, and believe he has a very clear imagination of what try of seals he plans to make in the future and now the he has the Shadow Clone Jutsu, those will be soon that later.

Which is why Menma was now seating at his desk in his study/library room with some empty scroll line up for him to use in order to copy down the Jutsu he written down in his trusty idea book. "Now let's see," Menma said as he opened his book and skipped to where he wrote down the Jutsu.

"Mmmm, Shadow Clone Jutsu!... even though I already learned that I'll still write it down," he said before he picked up his Chakra pen and began to write down the handsign required to perform the jutsu which was a simple cross seal, then the explanation of said Jutsu.

Once done, Menma more on to the next Jutsu, name Multi Shadow Clone Jutsu! Which is like the Shadow Clone Jutsu, but this one will make more clones, and after the was finished added just under the first, he moved onto the next Jutsu.

"Shuriken Shadow Clone Jutsu! A Jutsu created by the old man, huh..." Menma said, then began to write down it, which was like making Shadow Clones of yourself but with Shuriken, and he knows that Jutsu will come in handy.

The next Jutsu was called Exploding Clone Jutsu!, which, well, makes clones that can explode another useful and powerful Jutsu, next was a Jutsu call Blood Clone Jutsu!, that is like the Shadow Clone but is more durable and Forbidden because the user has to use there own blood from their body, and Menma learn that you could die if one loss too much blood.

So he made sure to write that it isn't an everyday use Jutsu, beside the information says that it the Clone is made with plenty of Chakra it will have the potential to last for a year because it can only dispel if the user wanted it to are it's killed.

Nexy up is the Dead Body Transformation Jutsu!, a Jutsu which can transform a dead body and the only way to tell its isn't what it looks like is to run a medical diagnostic on the body since the dead person DNA would be changed. "Not very useful, but it may come in handy one day," Menma said before moving on the one called Camouflage Jutsu!, a special Jutsu that can hide the user from sight but can still be found by a very skillful sensor.

'As long as there Chakra isn't complete gone I'll be able to find them,' Menma thought since he could easily sense anyone Chakra and even it's level if he focus hard enough, he then continued with his work. "Mmmm, this one is created by the Nidaime Hokage Senju Tobirama himself, huh!" He said out loud with interest in his mind at the jutsu, which is called Hiraishin no Jutsu!, but from what he's seeing it's technically Fuinjustu base, that can teleport the use from point A to point B, by utilizing the Space-time Jutsu.

"Hmmm, it kinda sounds like the jutsu that the Yondaime Hokage is famous for," Menma said as he remembered reading the history of Namikaze Minato how he could use teleportation jutsu.

'It must be the same Jutsu, I'm sure of it,' He thought with narrowed eyes before a large smirk appeared on his face, knowing that it he is able to master the jutsu before he became the same age as the Yondaime before he died, then Menma will just proved that the loser Yondaime has nothing on his. "It's going to be fun," he thought giddyly as he began to write down the Jutsu, which would take longer than the one before now.

In the end it took Menma about half an hour to finish writing down the Hiraishin, which was more are less the same time he use it the forest early to night while Naruto was busy training in the Shadow Clone Jutsu, he grabbed the scroll and write every thing, and Naruto didn't even realize he wasn't alone, which was his own fault. "Tch, and he want to be a Ninja, what a joke," Menma said in disdain before looking over the second to last Jutsu that was in the Forbidden section of the Forbidden scroll.

Which is called Summoning: Inpure World Reincarnation! A very powerful, very forbiden Jutsu that can bring the dead back to life, well mostly back to life since they'll be controlled by some one, now the powerful side of the jutsu is that, the person reanimated couldn't be killed which means they're immoral, and doesn't require rest are food with their infinite Chakra reserves, which is just plain been overpowered in its full form.

But the Forbidden and downsides are that you'll have to first get the DNA of the person you want to summon, then get a living person use as a host for the person, which means it's going to be curtains for the poor fool that is used, once those two requirements are complete, the user will need do the required handseals and puff they got a person who was dead.

Then once the jutsu was successful, the user will write a control an a special kunai, then place it inside the reanimation, and ding ding the person can be awaken whenever the user is ready, they can even put away the reanimation for later via them going into a coffin and sink into the ground, then the user just have to summon like a animal summon, only without a blood contract.

But a very scary side of the jutsu is that even if the user is dead, the reanimation won't return back to the land of the dead, which means you'll have a immoral reanimation that will continue to do whatever it was ordered to do are worse you'll have a reanimated person that can do whatever he are she wanted without consequence, but luckily they is a way to stop them, either the user themselves released the jutsu willing are by force, are someone has to seal the reanimation.

"Hmmm, it's a lucky thing I'm getting better at Fuinjustu, and even more lucky is that I now have the jutsu myself, so I'll be able to learn about it's inside and out." Menma said analytically, before his mind returned back to the creator of the Jutsu, the Nidaime Hokage. "He must have been one sick son of a bitch to have want created something like this," he said in wonder.

Well okay he will able to get information from people that could have valuable information but was dead to tell it, but the danger of the Jutsu getting into the enemy hands, and what if on enemy out there who has beef with Konoha should just the jutsu on the Nidaime himself, how would he feel knowing that the very jutsu he created is used on him to destroy the very village he was once he leader of?

'That's why I always make sure to so develop a fail safe for any seals and jutsu I created and will eventually create,' Menma thought while looking into the ceiling of the room, knowing that the smartest thing to do is to always remember that there is no guarantee that your the most smart and powerful person in the world, heck even the universe a well.

'But it's obvious most people don't think like that,' He thought, thinking of Naruto and how the Yondaime seal the Kyūbi inside him, while knowing that there must be a chance it might escape again and even want revenge on the village.

"And even worse is what if someone tries to remove the Kyūbi from the idiot?" Menma asked no one in particular before a thought came to him. 'What if the Kyūbi didn't just escape its former Jinchūriki, but was instead forcefully removed and used to attack the village?' He thought before his eyes widened at the possibility, especially if it turned out to be true, and even worse, the person who did it is somewhere out there making plans to possibly return.

Menma then shook his head before he started to get paranoid of something that is just one possibility out of many others, but if it turns out to be that possibility, he made sure he spent more of his time getting stronger which lucky isn't new to him, just in case of anything, especially with his related to Naruto, since their's a saying that said, if you can't catch your target use a relative, love one, and friends to draw out your target.

"Well I would be going down without a fight," Menma said with determination in his voice as he continued to write down the rest of the Jutsu, with the last one not being forbidden but was put in the scroll by the Hokage's who created said jutsu, mostly the Shodai and Nidaime, they are as follows:

Water Style –

(Water Style: Water Dragon Buttet Jutsu), (Water Style: Water Encampment Wall), (Water Style: Giant Vortex Jutsu), (Water Style: Great Water Wall Jutsu), (Water Style: Tower of Waves), (Water Style: Exploding Water Shock Wave)

Earth Style –

(Earth Style: Moving Earth Core Jutsu), (Earth Style: Multi Mud Wall Jutsu)

Genjutsu –

(Ephemeral), (Infinite Darkness Jutsu)

And finally, a Jutsu created by the Yondaime Hokage himself called Rasengan, which is an A-rank Jutsu, the jutsu itself really caught Menma's attention because all you have to do is compress your raw Chakra into a perfect ball, and because the Chakra will be spinning it can grind the target area.

"But to achieve something that, one will have to have excellent Chakra control," Menma said out loud in wonder, he may despise the Yondaime but even he have to admit that he was a powerful ninja in his own right. "Oh, well, he'll be old news soon enough," he said as he finished copying down the Jutsu.

《An Hour Later》

"Ahh, finally finish," Menma said as he stretched out his hands, as it took more than an hour straight to finish writing down each jutsu, but he did it. "Now it's time to get some rest," he said after securely putting away each scroll, though once he mastered each jutsu he plans to put them in a very big and special scroll he made for the single purpose of adding any try of jutsu he created are found once he mastered them, no matter what type, from, Fūinjustu, Ninjutsu, Kenjutsu, Taijutsu, Genjutsu, and even Medical Jutsu.

It's so his future children can learn them and eventually add their own to the scroll, that Menma made just that only people who are his descendants can access it just to be safe, after all that, Menma then left the room to go make sure he lock up securely, before going to the kitchen to drink some milk, and then head for his room, that has a large bed, dresser, walk in closet, a nightstand, and other things a large room can have.

Not wasting anymore time Menma quickly got in bed and cover himself with his warm blanket just before sleep got, and he wasn't worried it was almost five in the morning, which was about the time he originally woke up, because his body with need the rest will all the work he will do in the four days before getting his ID ninja photo.

《Timeskip-Four Days Later/Menma's Home》

It has been four days since the scroll event, and with Menma getting use to the Shadow Clone Jutsu on the first morning by having about ten of them doing small things around his house and yard just to be sure how they work, the next day he create about thirty of them thanks to him learning the Multi Shadow Clone the day before, and while he do in fact receive the memory from his clones which was the best thing he could have asked for.

The downside... well downsides since they are two, is that the user don't not receive anything physical from the clones, which was good, because it wouldn't be good if he receive any injury the clones receive also well, and the second downside is that if he let too many clones dispel at once he would have a very terrible headache, from receive too much memory at once, which Menma avoided by having at least five dispel every four are five minutes, maybe he could up that number when his mind is use to it.

Anyways, one thing for sure is that now his training will be multiple by how many clones he decided to use at once, because he able to learn the Exploding Clone Jutsu, and started on the Shuriken Shadow Clone Jutsu, but now it's in the morning and Menma is at his desk in the study room reading a few books without any clones because he wanted to be fully rested to have his clones do a field test at a place he heard about a while back but didn't went, it will be the first time he would use his clones outside of his property.

Now, it was four in the early morning, and Menma has just gotten up. "Another beautiful day with no rain later," Menma said as he stretched out his hand above his head while looking out his window. He then proceeded to head to the bathroom to blush his teeth and wash his face before returning to his room and then got dressed in a red and black track suit, the reason he got up so early is because it's the time he usually got up to do his morning exercise.

This is what he was getting ready to do as he exited the house to be in his large backyard, which he took as his personal exercise and light training ground which consist of a few training dummy and target practices for his Shuriken no Jutsu and accuracy training. "Ok, let's start with a hundred push-ups," Menma said before getting into position and began to compete the task, which is far from being new to him.

It wasn't long before Menma finished his pushup exercises and then moved on to do a hundred pull-ups followed by a hundred squats and a hundred sit-ups, in all that took about an hour to complete. "Ahh, finally," Menma said, wiping some sweat from his forehead with a towel he brought with him. "Next up is a few laps around the village," he said before locking up and headed for a point in the village to start from.

Once he found a good spot to start, the Uzumaki redhead began to start running laps around the entire village, intended on doing at least ten laps around it, before moving on to some light training and a few other things before the time to take his ninja ID photo came around.

With Menma beginning the laps around the entire village, he made sure not to run too fast so as not to burn out his stamina too quickly even though he has a lot that the average person, in the end it took Menma about an hour and half to complete the ten laps. "Ahh! That will have to do for now," Menma said while panting a bit and wiping some sweat from his forehead before he began to make his way back home.

《Later/Study/Library Room》

When Menma got home, he processed to take a shower and eat a healthy breakfast, and now he was currently at his desk in the study/library room, now the reading category Menma was doing is all about history, history he already know, but he take it as an hobby to read whenever he got the time.

Because even though he always remember whatever he sees in perfect detail like a photograph, in fact Menma is able to remember things from he was about two years old clearly and even one year old in he tried hard enough, but now any younger than one, but just chalk it up as he been to young to understand things back then been a baby and all.

Not only that he can also see in very far distant clear as day, kinda what he read the Sharingan can do, unfortunately Menma realized he can't perceive movement but he doesn't bother him in the least, now the history he was refreshing his memory in is regarding famous ninja and their conquests on the battlefield, relearning about more famous ninja from Konoha like.

The Shodai Hokage Senju Hashirama, the man who built Konoha, and said man brother the Nidaime Hokage Senju Tobirama, who was a master in the Water Style Jutsu, the Yondaime Hokage and how he earned his nickname as the Yellow Flash, which Menma believe was because he learn the Hiraishin no Jutsu there was no other explanation none that he could find at least, the Legendary Sannin.

As well as about Uchiha Madara, the man who also helped build Konoha, before he defected and after his battle against the Shodai Hokage at the Valley of the End, though Menma will admit that the man was the coolest ninja, no matter that he defect Konoha, because Menma isn't one to judge a book by it's cover since he won't be any better than the villagers, and he refuses to be like those bastards.

Even history about more recent ninja like Hataka Kakashi, who's known as the Copy Ninja, Might Gai who's considered one of the best Taijutsu users in the Elemental Nations, and a master in Bukijutsu, Sarutobi Asuma the Sandaime's son and a former member of the Twelve Guardian Ninja, and Yūhi Kurenai who's considered Konoha's number one Genjutsu user.

Along with others like Wicked Eye Fugaku who was the Uchiha Clan Head before his death in the Uchiha Massacre that happened about five years ago, Shisui the Teleporter who was also from the Uchiha Clan, there's also Hyūga Hiashi the Head of the Hyūga Clan, as well as Nara Shikaku the Nara Clan Head and Jōnin Commander.

Also Menma couldn't forget get about his favorite part of refreshing his memory in this category, which was the Three Demon Queens of Konoha, Uchiha Mikoto known as "The Dollmaker" due to her skill in Genjutsu and controlling her enemies, Hyūga Hitomi "The Yuki-onna" due to her being able to combine Water Style and Wind Style to create Hyōton and freeze people, and the final one, that always confused because no matter where he looked he couldn't find their name only that they were known as "The Crimson Death".

But Menma did find the person moniker name ironic because he receive a name similar at the academy which is "The Crimson Demon/Devil", he receive that because he would always beat up any who would get on his nerves, are worse of all call his a tomato face, they got no mercy from him when those two words are said in his face are behind his back, because once he heard them and he could hear very well, then the one are ones where done for.

Though of course Menma didn't read about ninja from Konoha alone, he also learned about the other Hidden Villages and famous ninja from them, like with Hanzō of the Salamander who fought and defeated the Legendary Sannin, and being the one who gave them their title for surviving against him, unfortunately they were the least Menma cared about since because he wouldn't want a title for losing especially from the very person he lost to, it's just isn't him.

Next was Granny Chiyo from Sunagakure no Sato, the village hidden in the sand, she's one of the best puppeteers in the world, along with her knowledge of poisons that only Senju Tsunade herself could counter, though, something that always interests Menma whenever he read about these two, was that Chiyo is one of the few ninja that could fight Hanzō to a standstill, numerous times.

The Sandaime Raikage who was considered Kumogakure no Sato, the village hidden in the clouds, best ninja, having fought an army of ten thousand ninja for three consecutive days and nights alone before finally dying from Chakra Exhaustion, along with the Nidaime Tsuchikage Mū and the Nidaime Mizukage Hōzuki Gengetsu, who had a rivalry with each other and were considered equals, which was proven true when they killed each other in their final confrontation.

When Menma first read about their powerful ninja both living and the dead ones, he was shocked, amazed, and worried at the skills they all each had, that's the reason why Menma doesn't waste his time with nonsense and focus solely on training to get stronger because you'll never know when you could want strength in a battle till you're dead, and that's why he doesn't just learn one single shinobi art, no Menma learn anyone he got his hands on, so if he is in a fight and one shinobi Art isn't working he could just use another.

The redhead Uzumaki did eventually stopped studying when he realized that it was about time he got the Hokage Tower from his shinobi license, where he decided to go after he finish putting away the books he was reading, since he like to keep things neat and tidy unlike Naruto, got dressed in his regular clothes then securely locked up his house before leaving to go have his photo taken.

《Later/Hokage Tower》

After getting his ninja ID photo taken, Menma was now sitting across from the Sandaime Hokage, who was looking at his and Naruto, who was also sitting just a few feet away from Menma's position in a chair, photo with the Hokage humming at he looked at both photos before looking up at the twins position.

"Take it again," Hiruzen said, and before he could say anything else, Menma quickly stood up for his seat. "What do you mean, take it again?" Menma asked in anger since nothing was wrong with his photo, and you could clearly see how it was, since seeing the person clearly in required for the photo which was why Menma didn't take it with his hood up, and instead have it taken with him showing a very dark glare the suggest that he wouldn't want to meet the person face to face.

"No, no, your photo is fine, Menma," Sarutobi said while not being bothered by the glare he was receiving. "Am talking about Naruto-kun photo," he said with Menma calming down before sitting back on his chair, then it was Naruto's turned to get angry. "No way," Naruto said but without the anger like Menma.

"I mean, it took me three hours to come up with the idea, which was to put an art project on my face only cooler," Naruto explained, with Menma looking at him before shaking his head, since could never understand how it would take him three hours to come to a stupid idea, then again he is a Clone the face painting only make that fact more obvious.

"We can't accept his photo," Hiruzen said simple. "Yeah, well, I'm not doing it again," Naruto said stubbornly before he and the Hokage started a glaring contest, which didn't last long as Naruto growled and made the ram seal then shouted "Transformat" before he was involved before it reveal a female version of Naruto with her hair style pigtails, with her being naked except for her breasts and crotch which hidden by smoke.

"Pretty, please, Hokage-sama~," the girl, whose name was Naruko, said to the Hokage in a seductive position and voice, and the effect was instantaneous on the Hokage was he was blast back by a huge nose bleed, before Naruto dispel the jutsu while looking at the Hokage.

As for Menma, he couldn't help but feel disgusted by his Jutsu, and obviously, he isn't faze by it, and he isn't new to seeing a naked woman body, in fact he has sneak into a brothel house under a Transformation and bin having sex since he's eleven, he did because he learn that some Konoichi took jobs that lead them to seduce man for information, so he made sure to get used a seeing woman naked so he isn't distracted by them.

'Tch, the old man is a disgusting pervert for falling for that Jutsu,' Menma thought with a shake of his, that's when he sensed someone at the door which he ignored as he got up from his seat and approached the desk. "Can I please have my ID so I can go, I have better things to do," he said impatiently as the Hokage cleaned his nose of his own blood. "R-right," Sarutobi said, handing Menma his ninja ID after he finished cleaning his nose.

"Thank you," Menma said as he took his ID and then started to look over it. "Ah yes, with this, I won't have to use any more fake ID," he said more to himself than anyone else since he, in fact, used a fake ID he created himself. "Is that so," Hiruzen said as he took a puff of his pipe and exhaled the smoke.

"Tch, forget that," Menma said before he put away his ID in his hooded. "Now, where is my payment for the mission I completed?" He asked with narrowed eyes, which cause the Hokage to raise an eyebrow in confusion. "Mission, what mission?" Sarutobi asked in confusion since he didn't recall giving Menma any mission, especially with the fact he just received his ID.

"Oh, I don't know. Does scroll and traitor ring a bell?" Menma asked sarcastically, which caused the Hokage to sign and Naruto to finch as he remembered the night. "And here I thought you were being a good samaritan," Hiruzen said as he pulled out a draw and then took out some more before handing to Menma, which he took. "Does it look like I give a crap about being a stupid samaritan," Menma said as he counted the money.

"I guess not," Sarutobi said said with a tired sigh since Menma made it clear and, in fact, said that he isn't some goodie too shoes. "Anyways, a B-rank mission will be added to your mission status," he said with Menma nodding his head. "Yeah, that's cool, Dattebane!" Menma said before walking over to Naruto and handing him some of the money.

"That's for your role as the bait," Menma said with a cruel smirk before walking as Naruto glared at him from being called a bait, but he didn't get to say anything as everyone in the room turn to the door as a child with a long blue scarf burst inside like a maniac and charged at Hiruzen.

"Old man! I challenge you! I'm gonna defeat you and become the Godaime Hokage!" The kid shouted while running at the Hokage with a shuriken.

Though the boy didn't get far and ended up tripping over his scarf, with Hiruzen sighing at the sight of grandson "assassination," attempt, while Naruto looked at the scene with a confused expression, and Menma deciding to see how this goes especially with someone heading this way.

"Ah, something tripped me," the kid said as he rubbed his face just as another person which was a man who was has on a dark blue bandana with the leaf symbol, and the standard shinobi outfit with out flak jacket, along with blue shinobi sandals, came up to the door and looking confused. "Are you okay, honorable grandson?" The man asked in concern before fixing his round dark shades. "And by the way their isn't anything for you to trip on it's pretty flat," he said.

'He must feel smart stating the obvious,' Menma thought with a roll of his eyes before he decided to leave, but changed his mind after what the kid said next. "Hey! You're the one who tripped me and messed up my sneak attack!" The kid said, pointing at Menma whose eyes twitch, with the other newcomer looking Menma and Naruto. 'Huh! It's the Kyūbi brat and his delinquent brother. They're the worst kind of trouble, especially the redhead,' the man thought as he fixed his glass.

"Yeah! So what if I did," Menma said while approaching the kid and stopped right in front of him. "What. Are. You. Going. To. Do?" He asked while poking the kid on his head gear with each word. "Hey! Don't talk to him like that," the man said as everyone looked at him. "He's the honorable grandson of the honorable Hokage-sama!" Finished, with Menma looking at the Hokage and then the kid with a raised brow.

'That's stopped him,' the kid thought with a grind before he started to shout. "What's the matter, tough guy, afraid to do anything because the Sandaime Hokage is my grandfath–," the kid being to say before cut himself off as Menma grabbed him by the scarf with both hands and brought him up to eye level. "Listen very carefully, kid," Menma said in an all too calm voice for everyone before he explored.

"I DON'T GIVE A FLYING FUCK IF YOU'RE HIS GRANDMOTHER!" Menma shouted in anger that caused his bangs to start floating with the site cause the Hokage to see the image of a young Kushina. "No one talks to Uzumaki Menma like that, Dattebane!" He said after punching the kid in his stomach with everyone looking on in shock at the fell to the ground unconscious.

"Tch! Damn brat," Menma said as he turned around to leave and be on his way. Unfortunately, the glass wearing man had other plans as he stood in front of Menma with a glare. "Do you have any idea what you– Ahh!?" The man began asked coldly but didn't get to finish as he received a powerful punch in his stomach by Menma. "Get the fuck out my way," Menma said before the man fell to his knees then stomach unconscious. "Tch! Pitiful!" He said with disdain before kicking the man in the side, then left the room without a single care.

'I'm too old for this shit,' Hiruzen thought while rubbing his forehead because of what Menma just did, which is exactly what Kushina would've done. 'He's too much like his mother,' he thought, as Naruto checked if the kid was okay, which he was as he was starting to wake up. "What the hell is wrong with that jerk," Naruto said as he glared at where Menma was standing.

《With Menma》

Menma was now walking through the streets of Konoha after leaving the Hokage Tower, and he currently had a frown on his face as he remembered the scene that took place earlier with the brat. 'Damn, brat has no manners for his betters,' He thought in anger because they're about to things he wouldn't tolerate, being disrespected by brats and most of all been called tomato because of his round face and red hair.

While Menma will let off someone easy for disrespecting him, it's a different story when it comes to calling him tomato. Anybody who does, don't receive any mercy whatsoever, he then shakes his head of those thoughts before he begins to think of where he should go to do some training with the Shadow Clone Jutsu in privacy.

That's when he remembered a special training ground he heard about a while back. 'Ahh yes, it's time I pay that place a visit,' Menma thought while rubbing his chin in thought as he walked through the streets of Konoha towards his destination.

Though Menma decided to make a quick stop at his favorite sweet shop to have a snack since he refuses to go hungry, especially now that he has enough money to almost feed everyone in the red light district, with that in mind he entered the shop. "Welcome... hello again, Menma," an older woman greeted with a smile.

"Hey, Yuri-obasan," Menma greeted with a smile of his own to the woman Yuri, because is one of the very very few people who didn't blame Menma and, are Naruto for what the Kyūbi did, so she is one of the few people Menma has respect for, with her not being stupid like the rest of the villagers.

"So what will it be today?" Yuri asked with her warm smile in place. "Hmmm, two slices of cheese cake, please," Menma said, making his order with the woman nodding when to get his order. Just then, Menma saw a young girl enter the shop.

Said young girl, looks to be around seven years old going on eight, with fair skin, long dark brown hair, that reaches down to the middle of her back, with long parted bangs with a single lock of hair falling into her face, along with large white eyes with a lilac tint. With her attire consisting of a sleeveless, navy blue v-neck shirt with mesh armor underneath, navy blue shorts, and blue shinobi sandals.

'A Hyūga,' Menma thought curiously when he saw the girl eyes, and knowing that she is a member of the Hyūga clan a prestigious clan or whatever, Menma don't care much for the Hyūga clan because of a curtain thing they do to their own members.

"Hello miss, may it have a slice of cheese cake please," the Hyūga girl greeted and made her order politely, something Menma was happy to see, because in his eyes one should be polite and show respect, to who deserve it of course, as well as the ones who show you respect, and he learn that not for someone, but a book on manner that he read when he was younger.

"Amm... I'm sorry, little on, but unfortunately, I only have two slices of cheese cake left," Yuri said with the girl raising an eyebrow before she continued. "And this young man has ordered both pieces," the shopkeeper informed, pointing at Menma.

"Oh, I see..." The girl said, sounding a little unhappy at the news and now seeing that she sneaked away from her caretaker while they were out shopping, and the girl love having cheese cake, since it was one of her favorite snack, she was about to leave when she heard Menma spoke.

"Actually, she can have one piece, and I'll take the other," Menma said to Yuri before turning to the Hyūga girl. "I'll pay for both, don't worry," he said, then took out some money and paid the shopkeeper for both cake slices.

As for the girl, she couldn't believe Menma, showing kindness to a stranger like her, before she narrowed her eyes. "None of that is necessary, thank you," she said, not being one to take clarity and handouts for anything kind.

"Either way, someone else can have it if you don't want it," Menma said after taking his slice of cake from Yuri. "See you, obasan," he said, waving his hand to the shopkeeper who smiled and thanked him as he left the shop, with the young Hyūga watching Menma curiously as he left.

Menma was now calmly walking through the streets and headed towards him originally destination with eating his cheese cake when he heard a voice shouted that made him look around to see it was the Hyūga girl running up to him. "Is something the matter?" He said when she stopped in front of him.

"I just wanted to thank you for, you know, back there," She said, sounding a bit awkward. "It's all cool," Menma said, waving it off. "Thanks, my name is Hyūga Hanabi," the now name Hanabi introduced with an out stretch hand. "Cute name, mine is Uzumaki Menma. Nice to meet you," Menma said while shaking her hand as Hanabi blushed at the cute comments before her eyes widened in surprise.

"U-uzumaki?" Hanabi said in what sounded like a surprise kind of tone. "Yeah, Menma," Menma said, removing his hooded to reveal his red hair, not wanting the girl to confuse him for Naruto, which caused Hanabi to start blushing at seeing the most handsome boy ever, and while she's seven, she is more mature than her age, so she knows about girls liking boys, though she never really cared about such things until right now.

"Hey, are you okay?" Menma asked, a little bit concerned about her sudden silences, and of course, he knows what a girl blushing means when looking at him, it's old news to Menma especially since most girls in the academy does the same until they got annoying, in fact most of the female population of Konoha looks at like an eye candy even older women, really older women, so time is got creepy for Menma.

"Y-yes," Hanabi said, snapping out of her thoughts before trying to get herself together. "It just you like a redhead that I saw beat-up a Chūnin level ninja two are so weeks ago," she said, thinking Menma had to be the same boy with the fact that he's probably to only redhead in the village, are she ever seen for that matter.

With Menma taking a thinking position as he tries to remember which Chūnin she was taking, since he kicked a few of them ass before. "Ohh yes, I remember what you're talking about," Menma said with nodding before continuing. "Tch that loser had lost a bet against me and think he could get away with paying up, how wrong he was," he said with a smirk, remembering that day before he looked at Hanabi.

"So what? Do you know him are someone who wants some kind of revenge?" Menma asked not because he cared either way. He just thinks that's why she brought it up. "What? No, I didn't know him are anything like that," Hanabi said, shaking her head in the negative, with Menma just shrugging as she continued.

"It's just... I thought you were strong," Hanabi said while looking away nervously. Heck, this is the first time she has talked so long with a stranger, but Menma isn't making her feel uncomfortable for some reason, which is why she decided to make a request. "So, I was hoping you could... teach me to, I don't know, become stronger..." she said and couldn't believe that she's basically asking someone for help, which just isn't her.

Now Menma expects her to say something along the lines of what he did was wrong are whatever but not that. "Teach you, huh..." Menma stated in wonder before pointing at an empty bench nearby. "Let's have a seat," he said, walking over to the bench with Hanabi following his. She was happy that there weren't many people around here, as she sat down with Menma.

Menma then cleared his throat. "So let me get this straight. You want me to basically be like a sensei?" He asked with Hanabi, nodding a bit shyly at his question. "I see... well, that seems very suspicious to me," he informed and held out a hand when Hanabi tried to say something. "Hold on," he said and continued when she didn't say anything.

"Now, it would seem simply suspicious to me if you were a civilian, but with the fact that you're a member of Konoha's strongest clan currently, which is obviously the Hyūga clan, a clan of prestigious people as the mass would say," Menma explained as Hanabi decided to see were he was going and what he knows about the clan. "Let us say it's very strange, strange if you were a part of the side they called the Branch," Menma revealed, causing Hanabi's to widen at that, how much he knows about the Hyūga clan.

"But that fact you're obviously from the main household, it means you must have some alteria motive," Menma said before thinking about a few and once again at Hanabi was about to say something she was cut off by him, it was honestly getting annoying to the girl. "So if I take you as my student, you were probably told to get me to drop my guard, which will then allow the ones who put you up to this, to spring into action, and I'll probably end up in the hospital battling for life, if I'm lucky that is," he said while looking in the clear sky.

As for Hanabi, she was starting to think that he must be overly paranoid and just mess up in the head, to say all that instead of simply refusing, which was what she expected, not all that. "Sure, why not," Menma said boredly, causing Hanabi's eyes to widen in surprise. "W-what did you say?" She asked, thinking that she heard wrong.

"I said I'll take you as my little apprentice -ttebane," Menma said with a bright smile. "But what about all you said?" Hanabi said, now being the one to start to get suspicious while being a little curious about the ttebane. "Don't worry about all that, I was just going over possibilities in my head," Menma said with a wave of his hand. "Possibilities?" Hanabi asked a little dummyly with Menma, only nodding.

"Yes, anyways we should discuss schedules," Menma informed with Hanabi, nodding a bit, still finding it hard to forget what he called 'possibilities', which if she had to guess were the worst ones he picked out. "Since I'm a very busy man, most so that I have just graduated from the academy," Menma said before Hanabi interrupted him.

"Wait, you weren't a ninja," Hanabi said in surprise at the fact he defeated that Chūnin and he's was just an academy student. "Hai, just got my license shortly before we met," Menma said showing her his ID, with Hanabi seeing that he's letting the truth at the date, which caused her to want him to be her sensei even more and which her gaining more respect for his strength.

'He's not only handsome but strong as well,' Hanabi thought with a blush while looking him, already developing a crush on the redhead. "And while I would love to start your training today," Menma said, bringing back Hanabi out of her thoughts. "I have things to do, same as tomorrow and maybe the next day, so we'll meet three days from now at the sweet shop to discuss how our own schedule will work out," he explained.

"Can you do that?" Menma asked as she began to think if she could find a way to meet him in three days without creating any problems for both herself and him for her to be seen talking to him by any of her clan members. "Sure, I'll do my best to meet you," Hanabi said with Menma nodding before getting up.

"Okay, but just know if you don't reach up to my expectations, you better get lost," Menma said seriously. "And I will not care about her begging are crocodile tears, got that," he said, showing her that he refused to have his time wasted. "You don't have to worry about any of that, and I won't waste my time either," Hanabi said confidently, causing Menma to smile.

"Excellent, so we understand each other," Menma said before turning to leave. "Later, Firecracker-chan," he said and chuckled when he heard she growl in anger at the nickname. "You better watch it, tomato-kun," Hanabi said and smirked, knowing that she got him back when he stopped for a few seconds before continuing his leave.

"Uzumaki Menma Hm..." Hanabi thought while looking at his retreating form before she herself spotted her caretaker coming her way and knowing that she was about to be annoyed by her lectures about going off on her own, though Hanabi won't be too annoyed since she probably just made her first friend.

《To Be Continued...》

So yeah, that is chapter 2...