The Reuniting Of The Uzumaki Brothers.
Naruto groaned in his sleep and rolled over. Kurama looked at his big brother. The 16 year old seemed to be having a nightmare again. Naruto tossed and turned for about 10 minutes while the younger brother sat there watching, knowing he wasn't able to do anything. Kurama kept his giant plush toy to his chest and looked over it to his brother. '3... 2... 1...' As if right on cue, Naruto screamed and sat up, gripping the blankets and looking around frantically. Naruto's eyes landed on Kurama. "Sorry... Did I wake you up again?" Kurama shook his head. "Bathroom." Naruto nodded and smiled. "Right. That's what you say every night this happens."
Kurama shrugged and put his giant plush on his bed and slid down, then walked to the door and looked at Naruto. The older teen turned on the lamp in the room and then went to the door and opened it, then went and flicked on the light in the hallway. Kurama waddled over to the bathroom and went in, then closed the door. Naruto went and sat on his bed to wait for his little brother to be done. A minute later, Kurama waddled back in and laid down in his bed, clutching his giant plushie of Freddy. Naruto walked out and turned off the hallway light. When Naruto turned around, he saw a pair of purple eyes glowing in the dark. The door to his and Kurama's room was closed. The whole hallway was dark.
Naruto backed up and hit a wall. Naruto looked back and saw that he was against a concrete wall. Naruto looked back at the eyes. There was now a purplish light illuminating the hallway he was in. The purple eyes now had a body. It was in the shape of some type of rabbit costume. The person stepped toward. Naruto pressed himself into the wall, hoping he'd fall through it back to reality and end up on the floor of his hallway at home. The person in the rabbit costume with the glowing purple eyes stalked forward more. Naruto kept himself pressed against the wall, praying for it to give way.
The person was 2 steps in front of Naruto and Naruto turned his head and squeezed his eyes shut. Naruto felt 4 fingers touch his chin and they turned his head. Naruto tried to turn his head away but his chin was held firm. Naruto was too afraid to open his eyes. "Look at me." Naruto heard a voice say. Naruto refused. Naruto was pulled forward and he felt a hand on his shoulder. The hand on his chin remained in place. Naruto felt his eyes opening without him wanting them to. Naruto stared into the purple eyes that the rabbit person possessed. "I'm not going to hurt you. I just want to talk." Naruto felt an odd wave of calm wash over him.
Naruto knew he shouldn't trust this person, but the odd calmness kept him relaxed. Naruto's breathing slowed. "So, may I speak?" Naruto felt himself nod without his command. It was as if his body began moving on it's own...
Kurama shook Naruto's shoulder. "Big brother...?" Kurama softly called for the 10th time. Naruto was still laying on the floor of the hallway, unconcious. Kurama had stepped out to check on Naruto when the older brother hadn't come back into the room, and when he looked up, he saw Naruto's eyes glowing a bright purple before they closed and he fell to the floor. The thud had woken up their dad who was also in the hallway. Minato went back into his room and woke up his wife. Kushina quickly came rushing out of the bedroom and knelt down next to Naruto and started violently shaking him. She called his name multipule times. Naruto groaned and she stopped. Naruto's eyes slowly opened and he looked at his family.
"What happened...?" Naruto asked while rubbing his head. Kushina hugged her son. "Thank God you're ok!!" Kushina cried. Minato sighed in releif. Kurama tilted his head. "Why did your eyes glow purple??" Naruto gave his little brother a confused look. "What?" Kurama blinked. "Before you passed out, your eyes were glowing purple." The 6 year old said. Naruto tried to remember what had happened. But he just couldn't. Naruto sighed. "Let's just go back to bed." Minato suggested. Kushina nodded and helped Naruto back to bed. Kurama laid next to Naruto and cuddled his brother. Naruto wrapped his arms around the small child.
The parents left their sons in the room that the boys shared and went back to bed. Soon, the Uzumaki family all fell back asleep...
When Naruto awoke the next morning, he heard Kurama scream and start giggling. Naruto bolted downstairs and almost fell flat on his face at the bottom before being caught by a strong and muscled tan arm. Naruto looked up and was met by the face of a green eyed blonde. Naruto's eyes widened and the other blonde smiled. Naruto threw his arms around the other man's neck and squeezed tightly. Naruto felt the man wrap his arms around Naruto's torso. "Menma!!" Naruto sobbed out as he hugged the other man. Menma rubbed Naruto's back. "I missed you too, little brother. Naruto continued to sob into his brother's chest. Menma rubbed Naruto's head. Kurama was clinging to Menma's pantleg.
Menma picked up Kurama and held both his younger brothers close. Naruto stepped back and wiped his eyes. Menma ruffled Naruto's hair. "Hey! Jerk!" Menma chuckled. "Ma, still got my hair dye in the bathroom?" Menma asked as he looked at his mom. Kushina nodded. "Still in the cabinet." Menma smiled. "Sweet. Mind if I go use it?" Kushina sighed and rolled her eyes with a smile. "Go ahead." Menma smiled and pumped his fist in the air. "Yes!" Kurama copied him. "Yes!" The whole family laughed. Menma kissed his baby bro on the head. "You little copycat!" Naruto chuckled. "Maybe put a couple streaks of black in his hair?" Menma's face lit up.
"You have to let me split dye your hair!!" Naruto stepped back. "Woah, no thanks!" The younger blonde nervously chuckled. Menma pouted. "C'mon, brother bonding!! You said you would let me do it!! And it's Saturdaaaaay~ You don't have school." Menma had a smug look on his face. Naruto sighed and rolled his eyes. "Fine. Split dye." Kushina smiled. "Don't make a mess boys. And be careful not to stain the towels or get it in your eyes or mouth." Towards the end of her sentence she looked straight at Menma. The oldest son looked guilty. Naruto chuckled. "Why did you drink it, anyway?" Menma chuckled. "Well, when the intrusive thoughts win, you gotta do it."
"So? That doesn't mean you drink or eat HAIR DYE!!" Naruto said while laughing. Menma and Naruto started laughing really hard that Menma almost dropped Kurama. Menma set Naruto on the ground. Kushina sighed. "If you boys make a mess in that bathroom, I'm getting the spray bottle!!" The boys chuckled and nodded, then the 3 ran up to the bathroom. Menma pulled out 3 bottles of black hair dye. "Alright, Kurama, you're first. You gotta stay in here till your big brothers are done, k?" Kurama rapidly nodded.
Menma smiled and grabbed out a brush used to brush the dye into someone's hair. The brush looked like it had already been used. "I'm surprised you didn't dye your hair while you were away." Menma chuckled as he pulled the supplies needed out from the cabinets. "I left it behind because Sarg said I shouldn't worry about my hair color." Naruto nodded. "Oh." Kurama sat on the edge of the tub, clearly bored. When Menma had all the supplies set up, he looked at Kurama. "Wanna look like a fox??" Kurama tilted his head. "How ya gonna do that?" He asked. Menma smiled. "I didn't get the nickname 'Magic Mike' for no reason, dear brother." Natuto scoffed with a smiled and rolled his eyes.
Kurama giggled. Menma poured the black hair dye from one of the bottles into the bowl he had grabbed. Menma mixed it around with the brush and knelt down in front of Kurama. Naruto stood and walked towards the door. "Where ya going?" Naruto looked back at his brothers. "I was gonna grab paper towels." Menma nodded. "Alright." Then Menma turned back to Kurama. "Alright, you gotta sit still ok? Consider this an early birthday present, k??" Kurama rapidly nodded in excitement. Menma smiled and began putting the hair dye in Kurama's hair. The younger boy shivered when he felt it on his scalp. "It's cold!"
Menma chuckled. "That happens. But stay still, ok?" Kurama nodded and stayed as still as a statue. "Ok!" Menma let out a soft 'hm'. "Statues don't talk, Kurama." The child giggled. Menma heard Naruto walk back into the bathroom when Menma was finishing up the streak of black on the left side of Kurama's head. Naruto sat on the toilet lid. "Looking good, Kurama." The redhead giggled at the compliment. Menma chuckled. "Wuit making him laugh, I need him to hold still!!" Menma complained. Naruto laughed and Kurama giggled. Menma sighed. "Ok Kura, stay still, I need to do the other side."
"Ok!" And Kurama stayed still. Naruto decided to play on his phone while waiting for Menma to finish with Kurama's hair. After 8 more minutes, Naruto heard the water running. Naruto watched as Menma used one arm to keep Kurama from falling into the tub fully and used his other hand to rinse Kurama's hair with the shower head. Kurama kept his eyes squeezed shut and his cheeks were puffed out while he held his breath. (Typical child, right?) Naruto grabbed a black towel so they could dry Kurama's hair when Menma was done. After Menma rinsed out Kurama's hair, the oldest brother turned off the water. Kurama's eyes shot open and he gasped loudly for air. "I'm alive!!!" He yelled. The older boys began laughing. Kushina quickly ran upstairs into the bathroom.
"What happened, why was Kurama saying that he lived through something!?" Menma explained while laughing and then Kushina started laughing too. When Kushina was done, she looked at the black towel. "Who's using that one?" Menma looked at his mom. "We all will. We're all using black hair dye, so why not use a black towel?" Kushina nodded. "I'll leave you boys to it." Then she closed the door and went downstairs. Naruto grabbed the towel and had Kurama sit in front of him. Naruto began drying Kurama's hair and ruffling it with the towel. Menma laughed his ass off when Naruto pulled the towel away from Menma for a couple seconds and then went right back to ruffling Kurama's hair.
Kurama giggled the whole time. The 10th time Naruto did that he had to stop cause he was laughing so hard. Kurama laughed and then stood up and sat by the door. Menma and Naruto soon got their giggling fit to settle down and then Naruto dropped the towel to the floor and slid off his shirt. "I know you're gonna make a mess on my neck." Menma scoffed and chuckled. "No I won't!!" Menma spat while laughing. Naruto smirked. "Yes you would!" Menma rolled his eyes and pulled Naruto to the tub. "Let's just get this over with!" Menma said while chuckling. Naruto huffed and pouted. "Fiiine." Kurama giggled by the door.
Menma got to work putting the black dye on the right side of Naruto's hair. Menma was laser focused that he didn't realize that Naruto was asleep until he was done and needed to rinse out Naruto's hair. Menma gently shook Naruto's shoulder. "Naruto." Menma called to him. No answer. He tried again for about 2 minutes. Then he looked at Kurama. "Kura, is this normal?" The 6 year old shrugged. "He passed out in the hallway last night after his eyes turned purple." Menma gave his brother a confused look. Menma pulled Naruto up and had Naruto's back on his arm, not caring that the hair dye would stain his skin for a while. Menma carefully opened one of Naruto's eyelids. His eyes were a vibrant purple...
Menma placed Naruto back over the tub and rinsed off his arm in the sink and quickly fixed Naruto's hair and then rinsed it off. Menma dried Naruto's hair the best he could and then looked at Kurama. "Do you think you could go wait out in the living room??" Kurama tilted his head. "I thought you said I had to wait." Menma looked down and thought for a moment. "Kura, what happened last night?" Kurama told Menma about Naruto recently having nightmares on a nightly basis. And how Kurama would wake up and automatically know he couldn't do anything for Naruto. It seemed to be just some sort of instinct that Kurama had ever since that first nightmare Naruto had. And everytime Naruto found Kurama sitting and staring at him from behind his Freddy plush, he'd tell Naruto that he just needed the bathroom, even if he really didn't.
Menma nodded. "And has this...thing with his eyes been happening that whole time?" Kurama shook his head. "Only this week." Menma's eyes narrowed. "And how long have the nightmares been happening?" Kurama seemed unfazed. "The whole month." Menma was even more confused that before. Kurama still sat by the door. Naruto groaned and sat up. "Mm... Did I fall asleep again...?" Menma patted his brother's shoulder. "No worries, dude." Naruto looked at his brother. "Done already?" Menma nodded. Naruto nodded and rubbed his eyes. "Your turn?" Menma softly smiled. "I can wait." Naruto tilted his head. "Ok?" Menma shrugged. "You seem tired. I can have mom or dad do it." Naruto shook his head.
"I'm not that tired. I can do it. I thought you wanted all 3 of us to be a surprise as well." Menma chuckled. "Fine. Go ahead." And then Menma took off his shirt so it didn't get black on it. Naruto noticed a black spot on Menma's arm. "What's that?" Menma looked at his arm. "Hair dye. Moved you around and that happened." Naruto blinked. "Oh." Menma nodded. Naruto grabbed the bowl and brush and Menma leaned over the tub. Naruto hadn't realized that Menma really bulked up until now. Naruto began putting the hair dye in Menma's hair. Naruto's eyes glided down his older brother's back and noticed a tattoo above his brother's pants line.
Naruto took a closer look at the tattoo. It was 9 fox tails arranged in a fan like manner. "Nice tattoo." Naruto said. "Hey, don't get distracted, you'll make a mess! Then mom'll beat our asses." Menma said. Naruto got right back to putting the dye in his brother's hair. When Naruto finished he let it sit for a few minutes. When it was done, he rinsed out Menma's hair. Menma dried his hair when they were done and the boys went to the top of the stairs. They all crept down and stood in the living room. Kushina and Minato turned to them from the kitchen. Kushina just about dropped her cup and Minato's jaw dropped. The boys smiled. "Looks great boys!!" Minato said. Kushina nodded in response. Kushina glanced at the clock and then looked at it for a couple seconds.
"Kurama, you ready to go to your play date?" Kurama rapidly nodded. "Yeah!!" Kushina giggled. "Get your shoes and coat on and I'll take you." Kurama did as told and sat on the couch. "I'm gonna go upstairs and catch up with Naruto." Menma said. Kushina walked over and hugged her sons. "Alright, I'll see you boys when I get back, ok?" The boys nodded and kissed their mother on the cheek and then ran upstairs to Menma's old bedroom. Menma flopped on his bed and starfished. "Ah, I missed this old thing. I'm surprised you didn't take it." Naruto shrugged. "Just figured I'd stay to keep Kurama company when he had bad dreams."
"Like I used to do to you?" Naruto stayed quiet for a bit. "Sure." Menma sighed and sat up. "C'mere, Naruto." Naruto walked over and sat next to Menma. The older one pulled Naruto into a hug and held the teen tightly. Naruto began to cry into Menma's shoulder. "I kept wondering if you were dead!!" Naruto sobbed out. Menma rubbed Naruto's back. "Shh, I'm here now, I'm alright." Menma soothed his brother. Naruto continued to sob into Menma's shoulder for 20 minutes. Menma kissed Naruto's head. Naruto pulled away when he was done and wiped his eyes. Naruto took note of the tattoos on Menma's right arm.
Naruto sniffed. "What are those?' He asked. Menma turned his arm towards Naruto. "Take a look." Naruto's eyes widened when he saw Minato, Kushina, himself, and Kurama in descending order. "Wha..." Menma smiled. "So I can take you guys everywhere with me." Naruto felt the tears begin to fill his eyes. Menma chuckled and pulled Naruto into his arms. Naruto began to cry again. Menma laughed. Naruto looked back up at Menma. "You gonna be home for Kurama's birthday?" Menma nodded. "I have a present for him downstairs." Naruto smiled.
Menma ruffled his little brother's hair. "For your 18th birthday, I'll get ya a tattoo, k?" Naruto chuckled and nodded. "If you're here." Menma nodded...
Minato hadn't heard anything from the older sons in a few hours. And just as he and Kushina were about to go and check on them, they heard a thid followed by grunting and noises of struggle. They were just wrestling. Kushina and Minato looked at each other and laughed. Just like when Kurama was going to daycare...