Last of the Uchiha? [Sasuke Uchiha]

[MENMA]

Thump. A red ball would hit the wall and bounce back being caught in someone's hand now. Thump. Thump. The ball was thrown fast enough the hand caught it and threw it again before catching it again. The room was mostly dark but the light from outside show in through a crack of the curtains. A figure laying on a bed near the wall opposite the ball had been thrown at would move legs swinging over the edge of the bed now. Head leaning forward a fox shaped mask was revealed hiding the face of a dark haired male with whisker marks on his cheek red eyes gleaming through his eye holes. Thump. The ball was thrown at the wall opposite him and this time he let the ball drop reaching up to remove his mask now laying it on his lap. A set of sharigan was then revealed before quickly deactivating fading into a grayish blue color now. He wore no shirt only black pants with ninja sandals on and on his hands elbow length fingerless gloves with red straps wrapped around his wrists. Moving to the window now he ripped them open closing his eyes as he drifted off into the past now recalling how he had come to this point.

---Several Months Ago---

The sound of footsteps could be heard through the once hollow hallways of one of Orochimaru's various hideouts. A door was kicked open and three leaf shinobi ran inside finding themselves in a library of sorts. Immediately they began to ransack the place looking through the books and scrolls throwing them around all over the room not noticing the file on a table labelled Menma Uzumaki Uchiha.. More footsteps could be heard and another door was kicked open. Two more leaf shinobi ran inside finding a dark haired male wearing only a pair of gray sweatpants near a wall drawing something. Upon closer inspection advancing towards the male now they realized it was various symbols ones recognized as the Uzumaki clan symbol and Uchiha clan symbol. One of the leaf ninjas seized the boy by the shoulder and jerked him around before grabbing him by the throat a shocked expression crossing his face. "What the fuck are you? Why do you look like Naruto Uzumaki? Why do you possess the sharigan of the Uchiha. What are you doing down here alone drawing on the walls?" So many questions asked and yet the male simply stared at him with dead eyes as he suddenly began to laugh. "See if this is funny kid." He then kneed the boy in the gut smirking when he cried out in pain and doubled over only to hear him start to laugh again. He was about to ask him what was wrong with him when he heard three bloodcurdling screams of anquish then nothing.

[UCHIHA SASUKE]

The ball bounced back and forth, his sharingan and whisker marks showed the rare heritage that this experiment had. It was quiet and maybe this seemed weird to other people but out of everyone in this village the only kind of emotion that he felt for anyone was for this boy. Maybe the last bit of his clan besides himself. Uchiha blood flowed through his blood and that was something important to him. His memory began to fall backwards into an abyss. Where he first met this boy..

==Several Months Previous==

The last and most secretive of Orochimaru's hideouts. Whenever he came here, not even Sasuke was allowed full access. However then he did not care,now he needed the information. Not only for his curse mark studies but for everything that the Sannin gathered. Whenever he arrived, three Leaf Ninja had entered the place. Leaf Ninja, fire burned inside of him so very hot now that he saw this and moved into the hideout slowly.

Suddenly he heard a grunt of pain and one of the ninja screamed. All of them were beating someone down to a pulp but not for long. The shinobi furthest back felt his chakra but it was too late. A thousand birds sounded as though they were screeching as chidori flew through the heart of the Leaf ninja. Then as he cast aside, the Kusangi was drawn. "It's Sasu-" But his words were cut short as as his entire chest. Finally the last man used his kunia to block his face but the lightning chakra that Sasuke added to his sword broke through it and pierced the man's eye and head.

Sasuke then turned his sword onto the boy on the ground but as he struck, his own sharingan opened wide when he saw a one pronged sharingan staring back almost as a reflection of himself and Naruto mixed together. "What the hell are you!?"

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[MENMA]

The boy would cough a little holding his stomach despite his best attempts to laugh more. Hearing the screams the two leaf shinobi looked at each other. The one closest to Menma nodded for him to go investigate. The other leaf shinobi groaned only to sense a chakra and start to turn around to find Sasuke there. He had barely opened his mouth to speak when his life was ended blood pouring from his mouth and the hole Sasuke left in his chest. The one man alarmed spun around to face Sasuke drawing a kunai only to be struck down as well without much effort. The boy's head then snapped up to look at the intruder his sharigan activated now and a shocked expression crossed his face. This was the man from his memories the one he shared genes with. His mouth had begun to open but at Sasuke's question he fell silent again.

"Just another experiment like the rest. They called me many names but I chose Menma." The dark haired male finally spoke up now using a piece of chalk to draw on the ground again like he had been before the leaf shinobi interrupted him. Again he drew the Uchiha clan symbol before starting on another Uzumaki one. "Sasuke Uchiha. That is your name correct?" Menma would ask glancing back up at Sasuke and Kusanagi pointed at him. He showed no fear then he wasn't afraid to die if it came down to it. What was the point of him existing in the first place if Orochimaru was dead now. He had to be if he hadn't come by to check on him now. "Kill me if you wish I don't care. I have no purpose in life anyways." Having said that he would resume his drawings again.

[UCHIHA SASUKE]

Just another experiment. That made Sasuke begin to look around, Orochimaru left a scroll or documents on everyone of his experiments. Part of his OCD in Sasuke's eyes. Now he saw the name that the boy just spoke. Menma as he moved towards the folder full of documents. When it was opened, his eyes widened some. Half Naruto, half of Sasuke's genes. His mind was racing, they had the number of abilities the boy had picked up from the Uchiha and Uzumaki. Although his train of thought was broken whenever Menma asked for his name. Their eyes met again as he moved closer.

"Yes, I'm Uchiha Sasuke. The sole survivor of the Uchiha clan.." His eyes were stern looking, without a change in his voice even though he was beginning to plot something in his head already. Then the boy said that he had no purpose to live, so it didn't matter if Sasuke killed him. On that note, the Uchiha began to sheathe his sword. "I'm not here to kill you.. Actually how would you like to go outside?" There was no hint of emotion on Sasuke's face but something about his voice was trusting.

==Present Time==

Sasuke jumped down from his position landing right next to Menma as he caught the ball. "Have you eliminated the runner like I asked?" A member of Shimagakure had tried to fled, Menma's job was to destroy him. Now it was time to find out if he did.

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[MENMA]

Another experiment. The way it was said suggested he hated himself. What was he if not a freak or abomination like they called him? Spliced together from this man's genes and another he hated. He felt at war with himself unsure of what side he should choose. As for why he didn't fear the man or the possibility of dying it was simple. Without purpose he had nothing and without purpose why should he live. It all seemed pointless to him now so he didn't care anymore. He was content with dying down here alone no one would miss him after all. "I know all too well who you are." Menma simply replied looking back up at him now. He didn't have his complete memories but he had enough to understand who he was and what his goals in life were. Revenge against one called Itachi and the leaf village. He gave him a curious glance as Sasuke began to sheathe his sword and at his question he looked into the man's eyes finding no deceit there. "I'd like that." Then he stood up and walked out past Sasuke now.

---The Present---

Menma's eyes snapped open and soon enough he sensed Sasuke's chakra behind him. He wasn't surprised by his sudden arrival he had grown used to it by now. "He's dead. One look at my eyes and he cracked. Wasn't much of a fight then." A light sigh escaped his lips now. He had accepted Sasuke's orders without hesitation. The man hadn't gotten far after being reported to Sasuke as a runner. He'd worn his mask like he was supposed to but when facing the man and being alone it took off hoping his eyes to intimidate him. It had worked naturally and seconds later the man was ended with a chidori through his chest. After that Anbu took his body away and Menma returned to his room in the Uchiha Manor basement like he always did. He'd then turn around to face Sasuke directly sharigan still deactivated now.

[UCHIHA SASUKE]

The boy's words back then had stuck with Sasuke, Menma had no reason to live so he did not care if he perished. That was not for him though, not the fate of an Uchiha with the sharingan. No he would Sasuke kept him in Shimagakure and trained him. Gave him a reason to live, instilled the Curse of Hatred that plagued their clan for long inside of him. Surely there was no way for him to escape it, it was the fate of any Uchiha. Maybe Naruto would have been able to save him but there was nothing else to say about that.

Menma assured Sasuke about the runner being dead. One look at the Sharingan on someone besides Sasuke, turned that man to mush obviously. "Good, I expected nothing less from you." This was the truth, Menma had been taught better. Killing instinct, no more emotions to spare for people that they barely even knew.

"Shall we continue training?"

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[MENMA]

Menma hadn't understood at first why he had taken such interest in him. Why he had taken him from that hideout and not killed him. He had practically begged for a means to end his existance then but he had been denied. No Sasuke took it upon himself personally to give him purpose in life and a reason to live. To help him avenge the Uchiha clan orchastrated by the Leaf village and handled by his brother Itachi the former dead now. Part of him had wanted to refuse the Uchiha in him pushed that it and accepted. Soon training and begun and Menma noticed a change in the Uchiha if only a small one at that. He spared no emotion for others even those in his village but with him there was a glint of something there that suggested her cared for Menma like a brother possibly or something close to it he wasn't sure but that was enough reason to serve Sasuke and his dream without question or hesitation.

"I aim to please Lord Uchiha my will is yours to use as you see fit." He had taken his lessons to heart. He cared for no one else but himself or Sasuke. He might toy around a little with his victims at times but only because he was bored not because he pityed them or felt sorry for them. He scratched at his collarbone a little now looking to Sasuke at his question. "I'm always up for training. I will give nothing but my best." Menma replied with a smirk now moving to collect his mask incase Sasuke needed him to wear it. he hated wearing it in public like out in village but he could deal since it served to enforce his fake Anbu title Sasuke had given him. No one would dare question him on that basis alone as no one questioned Sasuke unless they wanted to die.

[UCHIHA SASUKE]

Their wills were one in the same, everything that needed and wanted were one in the same. "I'm glad to hear that Menma, it seems as though you've come far in the past several months. Not only in strength." One of Sasuke's hands reached forward, with a slight push of his two fingers hit Menma in the forehead. Suddenly he was flashed back to him with Itachi, opposite role of Menma being himself as a young boy. He had given this boy hope, he had come to be like a little brother to him.

"Before we start I need to brief you on something. A mission that we will be going on." Normally Menma would be sent with Kameko, as she was someone that he could trust to some extent but when he left tomorrow he had someone he needed to meet with and wanted Menma there. Perhaps to keep more of a watch over him. "In three days time, we travel to Amegakure to meet with their kage." There wouldn't any questions from Menma, just a yes sir.

Now Sasuke walked away but stopped after a few feet. "Activate your curse mark."

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[MENMA]

"All thanks to you Lord Uchiha without you I'd still be underground begging for death." He blinked a little when Sasuke extended a hand only to suddenly poke him in the forehead. Immediately he recalled Sasuke's brother doing the same to him a when he was younger. The thought made him smile having shared a personal and private moment with Sasuke like this. It made him think that maybe he did generally care about. That he wasn't completely a tool to him to be disposed of when he was done with him. No they shared common blood and that meant something to the Uchiha that he had yet to fully understand but in time he believed he would.

"I'm all ears Sasuke." Menma would simply reply focused on Sasuke directly now arms at his side mask grasped in his right hand still. He was surprised for a change he was briefing him directly. Normally when Menma was allowed out and sent somewhere it was Kameko briefing him before babysitting him on the mission to keep him in line. He knew Sasuke trusted him but his existance had to be kept a secret only Sasuke really knew about otherwise it would create problems for them both later on. "Sounds big. I'll be on my best behavior then." Menma simply replied knowing it wasn't a joking matter. At the command he simply nodded and winced a little as his curse mark began to glow spreading like fire now covering his face, body, and limbs now. "Anything else?"

[UCHIHA SASUKE]

Menma made a promise about being on his best behavior. "I'd hope so. This is different than normal, you are with me. We not only have to prove to Ryou that we are serious but that we are not to be tested with." Fear was normally the way that Sasuke did things but this was much bigger. After this meeting, his plan would be set in forward motion. To grasp all of the minor villages in hopes of destroying all the major villages... Especially Konoha.. Save maybe one that decides to join their war against the other countries.

The curse mark spread over Menma's body except it hurt him. Not like he did, his control over the mark caused him no more pain. "We are going to be working on developing your curse mark but first." No emotion was shown on his face, even with the slight smirk that he replaced his normal thin line of a mouth as he reached into his cloak and pulled out a pill and a scroll. Quickly he opened the scroll and summoned a big crate.

"First you have to die." With that he tossed the pill. "Only for about an hour. When you go down though, you will see all the anger and pain I have. Itachi and his purge of the Uchiha. Everything." Sasuke said as his sharingan burned bright.

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[MENMA]

"I understand the importance of it all. This is big for your plan to crush the Leaf Village. It's not something I would screw up. I aim to see the Uchiha clan's revival and for that to happen this first step must succeed." He would joke about some things like girls or training on occasion but he knew never to joke about or screw up a mission pertaining to Sasuke's quest for revenge and his clan's revival. There was a time for fun and games and a time for serious business. This time happened to fall into the latter and so joining Sasuke on this mission he would keep a straight face and do as he was told without question. Part of him felt wrong about it all but he would swallow it and think no more of it now. He'd groan a little rubbing his neck a little as the curse mark completed level one now feeling his chakra reserves increase as well as his own strength no doubt his own sharigan activated gleaming brightly now.

Menma listened intentively now raising a curious brow as curse mark training was mentioned. He wasn't sure what else he could learn he had practically mastered level one so that left level two now. He would see Sasuke's emotionless smirk and knew the time had come for level two as he pulled out a pill and scroll now. The pill was tossed as Sasuke then explained that he had to die though it was only temporary. He simply smirked not that he was afraid to die even if it had been for real. He would fight tooth and nail to his last breath before he'd allow death to take him. "I shall welcome it all and allow it to make me stronger as it has done for you. Let's get this over with." Menma popped the pill into his mouth and then he got into the crate pulling the top over now to close it. At first he felt nothing but slowly and surely his vision began to dim as he closed them now his heartrate slowing until it had almost stopped completely body going numb as he eventually lost consciousness his curse mark glowing bright as it began to spread again until eventually consuming his whole body.

[UCHIHA SASUKE]

There he was, Menma was inside of the crate as Sasuke moved to be on top of it. Stirring was happening inside of it but he just let his eyes close. Perhaps it was time to catch up on some sleep for the next hour. His dream state led him into separate places of his life. With Itachi, then Team Seven, then the Sound Five, moving onto Orochimaru. Clips of every scene of his life where he moved into new strength, where he killed Orochimaru, Itachi and then where he made his decision to purge the Leaf from existence. Suddenly he was awoken by the shaking of the crate.

Sasuke moved away from it with a swift jump as the crate almost exploded with dark chakra and the different form of Menma. Smoke was created from the explosion and lifted ever so gently into the air. However the form was unseen to Sasuke yet as he didn't activate his sharingan. He wanted to see it all happen, to reveal Menma's new form to him.

The difference in chakra was noticeable int he air. Killer intent radiated off the second level of the curse seal along with great increase in chakra reserve.

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[MENMA]

Menma wasn't aware of how much time has passed. He had drifted off into his memories or well those Sasuke possessed at least. Pain and hatred filled most of them. Nothing had mattered more to him than his revenge towards Itachi the one who had massacred his clan. All because the leaf had feared his people and to throw salt on the wound asked him to wipe them out. Of course Menma had been told by Sasuke what happened after that filling in all the gaps his broken memories left. He hadn't know the leaf himself personally but he greatly disliked them maybe not as much as Sasuke did right now but the more he learned the more he loathed the whole lot and the one called Naruto he shared the rest of his genes with. Then his eyes snapped open revealing black scalera with his sharigan activated giving it a menacing look now.

Then he released his pent up rage and felt his chakra explode wings unfolding from his back now as the crate he was in exploded no longer able to contain him. Standing up tall now slowly turning around to face Sasuke revealing his emotionless expression now. His hair had grown some in length and his whisker-like marks look more pronounced. His chakra felt different darker than before. He glanced at his hands and then clenched them tight as his bat-like wings expanded to their full length flapping a few times before folding up against his back now. "So this is what level two feels like. I must admit it is quite impressive." He examined himself a little more closely finding his skin had darkened and grown some wings apparently not that he really cared for those. He looked to Sasuke folding his arms against his chest now. "Each day my hatred grows towards the Leaf making my resolve that much stronger than before." The power was impressive but he found himself longing for greater power like the mangekyou sharigan Itachi possessed and he couldn't wait for that day to come.

[UCHIHA SASUKE]

Batlike wings spread out from Menma's back with his newly found grey skin. Ah the power that Sasuke had lost in his fight with his brother. Although new powers were gained, to the point where the curse mark was now useless to him. If he wanted to place one on himself he would have done so a long time ago. No his power was his own, he'd destroy Konoha on his own. Whatever his subordinates had at their disposal was of his own accord to ensure that his goals were met. He'd even create a monster. It was funny to him that this thought occurred to him whilst staring deep into a sharingan. Finally one that belonged to a true Uchiha.

"That power.. that darkness is nothing compared to the one that Mangekyou will make you feel. It's power... it's...Different than anything you've ever felt."

The way that Sasuke talked was almost with care of the mangekyou. "And the hatred and anger will only grow but for now." Sasuke drew his sword and his sharingan activated easily. Now the two stared carefully at each other. There would be no need for mangekyou or anything of the sort in this spar. Sasuke was strong, probably stronger than Madara was. Now it was time to train a protegee to take over incase he ever fell like Madara did.

Although he had no plans for the sort. "Let's test out that new power of yours."

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[MENMA]

Menma had to admit the curse mark's power felt great but it wasn't entirely his own. No the sharigan was his true power and looking at Sasuke was like looking at the future of what he could become. That was real power that could be his own and not some enhancer like the curse mark. He wanted his strength to be entirely his own when he crushed someone into the ground and killed them. It was why he refrained from using the curse mark unless absolutely forced to use it. His knowledge of the mangekyou sharigan was limited and he didn't know how to awaken it but he knew he had to master the basic sharigan first and unlock all three tomoe like Sasuke had. "Of that I have no doubt Sasuke. I've seen what yours can do and I long for the same power but all in due time." The way he spoke of MS he could tell Sasuke said it with care and great pride. He smirked he hoped someday he could stand beside him someday and hold the same great pride of the MS in his eyes as well.

Anger and hatred. They had certainly grown some with his near death experience earlier. Still it didn't feel as strong as it could be because some part of him still was good and much as he tried to purge it he seemed unable to. He would have to if he ever hoped to possess MS and Susanoo but what could he do? What if he was unable to when the time came? So many doubts and yet Sasuke seemed to have a plan already set for him so he tried to suppress his doubts and focused on becoming what he was destined to become in the Uchiha's eyes. He watched as Sasuke drew Kusanagi now his basic three tomoe sharigan activating now. "Let's." Menma simply replied and in his right hand a blackish colored Chidori roared to life and then he lunged forward at Sasuke poised to strike now wings propelling him forward with breakneck speeds.