Chapter 40 A Madman Reborn

Konohamaru and a team of clones were busy preparing the ritual. They were just about ready to get started when Konohamaru turned to Brainiac.

"Ok I am going to look through universes you tell me which most appeals to you and we can get started. You must read the passage at the bottom of the necronomicon over and over again at a steady and even pace. Pronunciation shouldn't be a problem so long as you read word for word. Anything so much as muttered wrong and the aim will fly randomly through the multiverse. So just speak the words as read got it", asked Konohamaru.

"Yeah, Yeah, Yeah lets get started", said Brainiac.

Konohamaru held his hand toward the ritual circle as a tear in space formed above the seal. His hand glowed a purple light. He shifted through universes to find one best compatible.

"So what do we have", asked Brainiac.

"parallel world where Naruto was born an Uchiha", said Konohamaru.

"No way, I suck at being emo, next", said Brainiac.

Konohamaru shifted through universes again.

"Naruto born a Hyuuga", said Konohamar.

"No I like pupils"

"Naruto as a girl"

"No too hormonal, do you know the unmentionable horrors I would unleash during that special time of the month, there would be nothing left in the world for Cthulhu to destroy after I'm done with it", said Brainiac.

Konohamaru lifted an eyebrow as he tried to imagine the possibilities. He quickly nodded in agreement.

"Naruto born blind", said Konohamaru.

"No to dark"

"Naruto stuck in a time loop"

"Not unless he has a time machine"

"Naruto born a homosexual"

"No it would just be the same thing but with better taste in clothing"

"Naruto with no arms"

"No then I can't play with sharp pointy objects"

"Naruto where he has a heram of girls"

"...Can we vacation there", asked Brainiac with a smile.

"We can only take him out, we can't go in", said Konohamaru.

"Then I cannot in good conscience take him away from that. He is a hero to us all", said Brainiac as he wipes a tear.

Konohamaru sighed.

"Ok next is Naruto born with Dead Bone Pulse"

"No, I won't change my name to the Amazing Boner"

"Nar...Wait what?", asked Konohamaru.

Brainiac did not answer. Konohamaru could only massage his head with his free arm.

"Naruto as the son of Orochimaru"

"Did he experiment on Naruto"

"No apparently Orochimaru loved his son", asked Konohamaru.

"Then no, come on where is evil Naruto who kills the weak, slaughters the poor, butchers the rich, burns the land, salts the earth, mindrapes his friends, and has a dashing goatee", asked Brainiac as he rubbed his chin.

"Sorry no facial hair on any I can find, except a universe where Naruto is a hermit", said Konohamaru.

"To smelly"

"Naruto without the nine tailed fox"

"To Boring"

"Naruto as a hermaphrodite"

"Well...maybe, but lets see our other options first"

Konohamaru groaned.

Naruto sat patiently in a lobby as he read his book. He didn't know why but he had a bad feeling something was goint to happen soon. For some reason he believed it would involve Brainiac. He ignored the feeling and continued to read on how people overcomes shyness. He was flipping through pages when he heard footsteps. He turned his head to see Team 10 walking his way. Naruto smiled.

"Hey you guys made it, congrats", said Naruto.

"Thanks, so who else is here", asked Ino.

Naruto thought for a moment.

"Well Team 8 and the sand ninja. Before you got here those sound ones joined and steered clear of me. Other than that I hear that Rock Lee and his team got here but I haven't run into them yet", said Naruto.

"Troublesome", said Shikamaru.

"For once, you have no idea how right you are", said Naruto.

"So how was everyone", asked Choji.

"Sasuke and Sakura are doing fine. Though I was told the process was awkward. I don't know why, they were only topless in front each other", said Naruto.

It became strangely quiet. And the temperature seemed to drop several degrees. This phenomena originated from Ino who was white as a sheet. Her eyes were wide for a second.

"Are you ok Ino", asked Naruto.

"S-she saw S-S-Sauske-kun, T-t-t-topless", said Ino stuttering.

"Yeas and he saw her the same way", said Naruto confused by the actions of Ino.

Where Ino had once stood was an after image and a trail of dust leading down the hall. It took Naruto two second to realize she had run off.

"Wow, impressive. I think she almost broke the sound barrier", said Naruto.

Skikamaru laughed out loud and Choji was holding one back. Naruto turned to see them in this state.

"Am I missing something", asked Naruto.

Shikamaru slowly got control over his laughter. He wiped a tear from his eye.

"I'll tell you when you're older", said Shikamaru.

Naruto raised an eyebrow at that but decided to ignore it.

"Well we have two days to see who else makes it. How about a game of shogi", asked Shikamaru.

"Fine I'll increase your winning streak", said Naruto.

Meanwhile back underground. Brainiac and Konohamaru were still shifting through universes. Konohamaru was becoming irate.

"Naruto born as a werewolf", asked Konohamaru almost pleading.

"No I hate shaving", said Brainiac.

"Naruto as a Blood sucking fairy", said Konohamaru..

"No, just no. Granted Blood sucking fairy sounds cool but they are way too small and nonthreatening", said Brainiac.

Konohamaru siged.

"Naruto as a wizard"

"This is getting ridiculous. How many universes are there anyway", asked Brainiac with his arms crossed.

"There are an infinite number of universes. We can go at this all day and still have enough universes to keep us busy until Azathoth awakens", said Konohamaru.

"Fine whats next", asked Brainiac.

"Universe where Naruto and everyone else who lives there are nymphomaniacs", said Konohamaru.

Brainiac took out a pad and paper. And smiled as he began to write.

"Adding that to the list of Universes to visit when I build a dimensional portal. Right under that water slide universe and that place called Las Vegas. Speaking of water slide universe how would that even work. I mean with everyone as a water slide and everything. How are they even born", said Brainiac.

Konohamaru groaned.

"Once you enter a new universe logic from this one is thrown right out the window Now please, just pick one already", asked Konohamaru.

"Be patient, now whats next", asked Brainiac.

Konohamaru only sighed.

"Universe where Naruto is the son of the shinigami", said Brainiac.

"Been there, done that, bought the t-shirt, then blew it up with TNT", said Brainiac.

"When were you ever a Death God", asked Konohamaru.

"Why it was just the other day, there I was surrounded on all sides..."

Konohamaru was getting ready to kill Brainiac if he didn't pick something. Even a Yithian had it's limits.

"Forget I said anything, lets just continue", said Konohamaru.

"Fine what's next", asked Brainiac he really wanted to tell the story that one of the voices in his head told him he did. Who was he to argue with himself.

"Universe where Naruto is an S-rank missing nin", said Konohamaru.

"Hmm... How does he look", asked Brainiac.

"Black hair, white kitsune mask, dark-grey robe with a fur collar, and a greyish blue tattered cape with some stupid emblem. Apparently he is Naruto but his name is Menma for some reason", said Konohamaru.

"So he dresses like an evil maniac, lose the cape add a stethoscope and I think we have a winner. The memories and skills of an S-rank ninja would be a good step if we are going to even be considered a momentary nuisance to Cthulhu anyway. That way blondie won't be on my case", said Brainiac.

Konohamaru could only smile.

"I'll get the ritual started. Just do as I say if you do anything wrong then we can summon anything. Anything", said Konohamaru emphasizing the word anything.

"Fine fine, lets just get this over with I have to figure out if an army of zombie cyborg laser sharks is a viable army. Then I have to start finding a way to make a plants sentient and capable of singing and feasting on the flesh of those fools who dared laugh at the magnificent "

Konohamaru stared at Brainiac for a moment trying to process what he just heard. In the end there was only one thing he could say. For the first time in history a Yithian muttered the words.

"...The fuck is wrong with you"

Naruto had just lost against Shikamaru yet again at shogi. He banged his head on the table for a moment.

"This is getting sad", said Naruto.

"Don't be like that, you are the closest thing to a challenge I got", said Shikamaru.

"Says the guy who always wins", said Naruto.

Shikamaru shrugged.

"So Naruto I've been meaning to ask you more about your summons", said Shikamaru.

Naruto's eyes looked up to Shikamaru. He scratched his chin for a moment before he smiled.

"Ask away", said Naruto.

"Well first it's about that deity you say they worship and his progeny, mind explaining a bit on that", asked Shikamaru.

"You got time it's going to be a long story", said Naruto.

Shikamaru nodded.

Naruto leaned back in his chair and began to relax. The he took in a deep breath.

"First is Azathoth also called the daemon sultan, the nuclear chaos, and the blind idiot god. From him spawned his son Nyarlathotep, the Crawling Chaos and God of a thousand forms, from Azathoth his other offspring was the Nameless Mist and Darkness, not much is know of those two. His Grandchildren are Yog-Sothoth who is linked with all time and space yet is also locked from the multiverse. Then there is Shub-Niggurath, The Black Goat of the Woods with Thousand Young. Trust me when I say Shub-Niggurath looks like anything but a goat. Below the Outer Gods are the Great Old Ones. such as Hastur the Unspeakable One, Ghatanothoa a creature so hideous those who see it are mummified alive from it's horrific visage alone, Cthulhu the High Priest of the Great Old Ones who's appearance is so alien men go mad just looking at him, Cthugha a living giant ball of fire who is the parent of the Fire Vampires, and many others who's names are spoken in alien tongues. All these beings are infinitely more powerful than us with the Outer Gods being infinitely more powerful than the Great Old Ones", said Naruto.

Shikamaru nodded at this as he thought it over. Choji visibly paled.

"And you say your summons believe in these beings", asked Shikamaru.

"Indeed they do, it is not a pleasant thought should any of these deities take interest in humans. Cults are formed merely by them being in the same reality as us. Who's to say", said Naruto as he shrugged.

"I See, thanks for the talk Naruto", said Shikamaru as he stood up and left.

Naruto nodded to him then he continued to read. He smiled a bit. If he could plant the thoghts of the deities that hide in the cold black of space then maybe they would be inclined to join the CDA.

Back at the lab everyone was preparing the ritual to bring the other Naruto to this world. They waited patiently as Konohamaru prepared the final touches on the intricate seals. Brainiac turned to a clone and smiled.

"Hey guess what Naruto, I'm going to have a real body. Talk to you soon. bring milk, eggs, butter, and plutonium when you get back. Love you", said Brainiac with a psychotic smile on his face.

Before the clone could say anything Brainiac stabbed it with a scalpel causing it to poof out of existence.

"Do you have to send him messages like that", asked Konohamaru.

"No, but it's more fun. Besides I could never kill anyone with my face. I'm much to handsome", said Brainiac.

Konohamaru shook his head. Brainiac grabbed a pair of gloves with wires going through them and put them on. He then grabbed the Necronomicon and opened it to the bookmarked page.

"Lets get started", he said with the smile on his face.

Back at the tower Naruto could feel the memories of a clone enter his thoughts. His face fell as the shock of Brainiacs words hit him. He closed his book and sighed.

"That does not sound good", said Naruto.

If Naruto could he would leave to go see what Brainiac was doing but since he could not he did the only sane thing to do in this situation. He left the room and fell to sleep, hoping that whatever Brainiac was doing would not cause him any problems.

Back underground Konohamaru lifted his arms to the Portal in front of him. Purple tendrils of energy came from his palm as he reached deeper and deeper into a world much like the one he was now in, though also much different. The portal began to glow with a rainbow of sickening colors like a wound in reality itself was festering. He pulled tighter and tighter. Whatever this Menma was he was quite strong though he was unprepared for literally being dragged through time and space. A bright white light shone all around and then a shockwave of purple energy and crackling lightning could be seen through the blinding light. With one final pull The effects ended. Menma, the black haired Naruto was being torn through reality itself and white tendrils from his own universe attempted to pull him back. Brainiac fought the urge to cackle as the universe itself attempted to stop this defilement of the natural order. Holding the Necronomicon Brainiac spoke words in tongues no man could understand. The white tendrils were losing to the purple ones and the bonds between universes started to weaken. Then with one final pull Menma fell to the ground and the tear in reality disappeared.

"Where am I. Who are you", demanded Menma.

"Bag em and tag em", said Brainiac as he cracked his fingers.

A black orb surrounded by white rings appeared in his hand. Brainiac cackled he found it amusing. Menma threw the orb at Brainiac. He merely stood there as Konohamaru's purple tendrils grabbed the orb and it dissipated. Menma turned to Konohamaru even behind his mask his shock was evident. Wile he concentrated on Konohamaru Brainiac snuck behind him.

"Peek-a-boo", said Brainiac as he grabbed Menmas head. From his gloves sparks flew and within an instant Menma was unconcious on the floor.

"S-rank ain't got shit on science bitch", said Brainiac as he removed his taser gloves.

Brainiac laughed as Konohamaru used his mental powers to lift Menma into a bed then he that tightly strapped him down so he could not move.

"I agree, S-rank abilities are not as impressive as I imagined. That orb while destructive from what I felt can easily be countered by Psionic tendrils. However I doubt that if he wasn't caught off guard it would have been quite as easy", said Konohamaru.

"Enough with the talk, lets give me my real body", said Brainiac.

Konohamaru nodded. Brainiac strapped himself into a similar table as Menma for when the process started.

"Ok now then once this is done this Menma's body will be yours, but do not move. Should your heart stop for to long you will dispel. Now hold still", said Konohamaru.

He laid a hand on each of their heads and closed his eyes. A purple aura appeared around Konohamaru. He smiled. Body swapping was easy for Yithians and this would be no exception, there was nothing to slow him. Even the parallel Kurama could not do anything. The black fox was merely a spectator as his hosts mind was swapped with another. Menma began to convulse in pain. Then for a brief second Brainiac smiled.

"Pussy", he said as he felt his mind leave his body.

It was dark. Brainiac stood before a black Kurama, the sight of the fox made him laugh. The ebony fox growled and thrashed causing the psychotic cackling from Brainiac to grow.

"Let me free you fool, or taste my wrath", spoke the black Kurama.

Brainiac could not contain his amused laughter that echoed beyond the walls of the sewer that slowly changed before him into what resembled a laboratory. He turned to the fox still laughing.

"Looks like I have a new friend in my head, hello Kurama", said Brainiac.

The Black fox froze as the stranger spoke it's name. He backed up slowly.

"How do you know my name", spoke the fox.

Brainiac laughed as he noticed the demon actually backed away from him.

"You fear me, good to know I can make a demon crap itself", said Brainiac as he wrung his hands together.

He laughed some more.

"I am now your master, you do as I say or I will use my science to destroy you like a tennsy weensy little cockroach. Then I will take the remains and eat them like some strange insane fox eating mad scientist. If that won't work well I'd love to see how mental torture would work on a big stupid fox, it could be fun", said Brainiac in a tone that was creepily innocent.

The fox did not respond. It only glared at Brainiac. Brainiac laughed as he lifted his arm. Suddenly the black Kurama began to convulse as if in pain and it's howls echoed down the hall.

"We are in my mind now, not a safe place to be. Now bow down of feel this pain for the rest of you little life stuck in the head of a madman", said Brainiac.

Kurama twitched as he tried to fight the urge to convulse. He could not show weakness to this new madman. Instead the pain only intensified.

"In the mind logic does not apply, I can make you feel as much pain as I want. The limit is infinity, so what say you fuzzbutt or do you will find out how a shish kebab feels", asked Brainiac.

In response the beast only bowed before Brainiac. His psychotic laughter drowning out the pain as if it had never been there.

"Good boy, now sit"

Kurama sat. The look on it's face only caused further laughing.

"Excellent", said Brainiac.

Brainiac woke on the table he was being unstrapped by Konohamaru. He smiled as he slowly stood up. He walked to a nearby mirror. He tore the tattered cape off and placed a stethoscope around his neck. He removed his mask to see his face.

"Ha, I'm older than Naruto. Take that logic", said Brainiac shaking his fist in the air.

He put the mask back on.

"I'll get started getting my handsome looks back. Forget the transformation. It's plastic surgery all the way baby, yeah", said Brainiac.

"Whatever, just don't over do it Brainiac", said Konohamaru.

Brainiac lifted his hand to scratch his temple as he thought to himself. He pondered for a while before turning his head back to Konohamaru with a small smile behind his mask.

"No I'm reborn, I need a real name. A name befitting a scientist of my stature", said Brainiac.

Konohamaru raised an eyebrow. This should be good thought the Yithian swapped child.

"Very well, what will your name be", asked Konohamaru, he was curious as to what Brainiac would choose given his mental disabilities.

Brainiac looked over to his old body with the unconscious Menma locked within. He could not wait to see how he took the news he was a shadow clone. It would be fun. Torturing him with the threat of a simple death with only a fist. Then his thoughts went back to his name issue.

"Well Menma is out, it doesn't have the science ring to it I am looking for", said Brainiac.

He put a hand to his chin before he snapped his fingers. Beneath his mask a smile formed as he slowly thought of the perfect name.

"Got it", he said.

"I from now, on shall only go by Brainiac as a nickname, my new name shall be the same as the great scientist who made all this possible. The man who showed us all what it truly means to be a mad scientist", said Brainiac.

He turned to Konohamaru and crossed his arms. He held his head up and stood straight.

"You may call me Herbert West"