The Tale of Menma Uzumaki-Hyuga

• About the Lore: The lore is the same as in the original "Naruto", almost unchanged except for the addition of new characters. The events and lore of "Boruto" are not canon in any form unless otherwise stated, although some characters from "Boruto" are present in the story. Important clarification: here, Neji did not die in the war.

• About the Characters: The main active characters in the universe are mostly grandchildren and children of "Naruto" characters. Content Warning: children of non-canon pairings and OC/canon pairings are present in TToMUH. Both parties (Main Protagonists/Main Antagonists) are displayed below with short descriptions.

• About the Chronology: For convenience, we have introduced a chronological system where we do not consider the events of Naruto's universe before his birth. Thus, the starting point is the year of Naruto's birth, which we conventionally designate as year 100. The events of the spin-off begin in year 163, on night from the third to the fourth of September in Konoha, when a coup happens. The coup resulted in the death of Naruto, the resealing of Kurama into Menma, and deaths of Sasuke, Sakura, and Sarada at the hands of Sengoku.  A short while later, Sai, Shikadai, and Shikamaru were imprisoned for attempting to stage a mutiny. We use the word "timeskip" to refer to the time period that Team 4 spent on Uzumaki Island hiding from pursuit. It begins some time after the coup, when Team 4 arrives on Uzushio Island and settles in. The timeskip lasts for 2 and a half years, and after it, the events of the second part of the story begin.

• Where To Read: Now released on AO3! Only part 1 and Russian version, but here it is: https://archiveofourown.org/works/58745098/chapters/149700802

I've been thinking about Karin in TToMUH. She's not exactly portrayed as a happy human, still working at Orochimaru's in her old age, having terrible relationship wirh her dauther, not willing to do anything for Menma and his friends (for the record - they asked her a thing that was very important to saving Konoha and also was capable of). Suigetsu is a rather nice man in this AU, he doesn't really has any problems. Orochimaru couldn't even do anything bad to him after 4th war because Kirigakure literally said "if you touch The Child we'll break ur stupid village" and he has to obey.

But Karin? Oh, that's certainly where he had his plans. Uzushiogakure couldn't exactly say the same as Kirigakure, leaving Karin helpless in his hands. First, she has returned from the war, believing that Orochimaru has changed... only for him to slap a Cursed Seal a few years later on her and say, "it you won't obey I'll kill you. I'll kill Suigetsu. I'll kill anyone you love", forcing her to continue doing horrible stuff. I think that even Shingetsu's birth was, in fact, requested by Orochimaru, who wanted to have a specimen of Hozuki hiden and Uzumaki jutsu mixed together naturally. (Through, Kirigakure found out about that too quickly and also said "u can't touch that child either"). I think that her seal won't even allow her to speak of it, just like Konoha's Root ANBU Seal.

And she grew tired. She started writing a diary where she wrote all of stuff that happened. How she was put a seal on, how she wanted to go home, how she didn't want to do all that stuff, how Orochimaru threatened her family, how stupidly she feels because of having to deal with her daughter. How afraid she is. How she's sorry for everyone.

One day, Suigetsu and Shingetsu decided they are tired of Karin and they should moved on to Kiri. Shingetsu left first with Menma's team, while Suigetsu stayed a bit longer, collecting their stuff and things like that. They obviously didn't want Karin, whose behaviour was not very well to say at least, to follow them, which Suigetsu explained to her. Karin had a last request for him to bring her diary before she left and he did it, peeking into it out of curiousity.

He read it, and she left a message that she was sorry on the last page. That she knew she'd die once he opened the book - because the seal will kill her once anyone knows of it. And her last wish, to be buried in the place that was home for her ancestors — the Uzushio island. At that moment Suigetsu probably didn't care much about Karin, but he still carried the body and buried her in Shingetsu's presence... which become critical in Kiri's campaign against Orochimaru alongside with his own case.

In TToMUH, the Uzumaki clan has sealed their children under the ground in a safe place, so no one can find them. Makoto and Mikoto, brother and sister, were left as the eldest to rule the children.

The one on the picture above is one of the strongest jackals - Ururu, the prince. He has a contract with a human named Akira, who is known for being very severe and fierce during battles, not sparing anyone, even if they are a little genin.

Don't worry - Ururu has survived this clash, the medics healed him in time. He lost one of his eyes, but gained a cool eyepatch and a few scars.

Yashiro Uchiha is a young boy, the last (this time for real) living descendant of the Uchiha clan. His father is Sasuke's and Sakura's son, named Yakumi Uchiha. He (and his wife) passed away under... questionable circumstances, resulting in small Yashiro being an orphan.

Kansui, through not given much screentime in TToMUH, is Menma's father who died on a mission when Menma was small. He's a little older than Himawari, but not too significantly, a year, I'd say. He was a pretty nice guy, but nothing beyound average — just your usual jonin, skilled, but no special abilities.

Menma, actually, was a pretty nice boy at the Academy, unlike his grandfather Naruto (yes, if it isn't obvious by his looks, Naruto is his grandpa). Social and active... before an unfortunate accident happened on one of his father's missions, leaving Menma to live with his mother only. This left a scar on young boy's heart (figurally), forcing him to become more closed and hostile.

Despite that, some time passed and Menma recovered from the blow of his father's death, almost (but not fully) returning to his usual self. He passed the exam almost effortlessly, but still — it's a very important day to every shinobi. One day Menma will surely become a strong shinobi and smile, remembering his grandfather and his time at Academy.

P.S. I like the Academy too much, have it (not blurred version) separately. :)

So, in TToMUH, Suigetsu and Karin moved into Otogakure after 4th War because Orochimaru asked them to, promising to get them nice places to live, missions to do under his command — and they both agreed, not having any place to go (Jugo probably also joined them, but this ain't about him). Time passed, they both grew up, got married, etc etc, Karin got a job in Orochimaru's laboratories, Suigetsu is just a ninja. Somewhere in this time soon-to-be Mizukage (Suigetsu's niece) sent him a replica of Kubikiribocho, so the sword on the picture isn't the original one.

After some time, a child was born by mistake — Karin wanted to get rid of it, but Orochimaru paid her quite some money and she kept it. The child, named Shingetsu, was pretty curious and almost a copy of her father, which led to Suigetsu becoming her favorite parent. They spend their free time by fighting each other (or, rather, training with each other). :)