67 Arc 3: Phase 2: Face Off Part 3

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Arc 3: Phase 2:



(Flashback)

Thirteen year old Boruto immediately rested under the shade of the tree as all the sweat were coming out from him. He had just finished the last out of five sparring sessions with his Uncle Sasuke, who had now gone off to the Hokage tower to attend a mission briefing.

The kid looked upwards as he wondered if the man himself was a machine. He just couldn't stop himself from volunteering in these missions. He was just like his old man, the two were often seen working together to put any threats into a halt.

He did all of these missions with only one arm!

It was kind of mind blowing when he thought of that, He also wondered if his uncle had his other arm, would these missions be over in just a few hours? He couldn't say it was all true. Although, with only one arm, he could already defeat any monstrous enemies or opponents.

"Daydreaming again?"

A familiar voice then suddenly interrupted his own thoughts. Boruto opened his eyes as he turned his attention towards a certain raven haired glasses girl standing right in front of him, with a bored look and carrying a plastic bag of water bottles.

"You're exactly correct Sarada-chan!"

Boruto gave a grin while scratching the back of his head. He just realized that he was day dreaming or maybe wondering that he didn't noticed that his teammate was already standing there for god knows how long.

Sarada gave a sigh as she drew one water bottle and offered it to the blonde." Here drink up." She simply said.

Apparently, she was the one that bought the water bottles from the nearby convinience store while her father and teammate were in their usual training session.

"Thanks!" Boruto gave a smile as he warmly welcomed the drink. He took it and immediately opened the cap, drank the cold liquid which was a very refreshing experience to be honest. He hadn't drank any liquid for hours now. He was closed to dehydration.

The wind grew blew strong in the midst of a sunny day. It was a peaceful scenery as of now. It was probably the one that the blonde was looking and waiting for just to clear his mind and regain his energy from exhaustion.

"I guess that sparring session just now really gave you a beating." The raven haired girl commented as she started a conversation.

Boruto gave a shrug." Well, what can I say, your dad, is really hardcore." He gave his own comment, with a slight chuckle.

Sarada simply nodded in undertanding." I guess that's how Papa treats everyone whenever they wanted to train under him." She explained." And I guess you're very lucky to have him as a sensei." She added.

"Well, He only has one arm and plus he could take down anybody who dared to fight him." Boruto replied and gave a slight chuckle before he went back to the same thoughts as before.

"I also do wonder on how strong Uncle Sasuke is when he was younger?"

Sarada responded with sigh." So you want to face a younger Papa, who can literally obliterate anyone, with two arms?" She clarifed her teammate's statement.

"Something like that." Boruto simply said, before contuining." It also makes me wonder if I managed to meet his younger self in the past, because he was a different person back then." He added.

Sarada raised both eyebrows." Oh you mean that incident a week ago?" She asked.

Boruto simply nodded." All these stories that we heard from friends and family, it's still a mystery to me regarding Uncle Sasuke." He said. Whenever, he asks him about his past as a Genin, he never really told him anything about it until recently during recent mission involving another Otsutsuki, he finally let out some of the truth but didn't go into detail.

Sarada nodded in understanding. She also has the same story. Her Mama would often say that her Papa was a different back then and that's just it. Although right now, she was getting new information from her teammate.

According to him, Her Papa used to be a Shinobi that defected the village to pursue his own goals, which was unknown until to this day. It came as shock to her since it was pretty much obvious that there's no chance that he would do that kind of action.

"I'm shock as you are." Boruto gave out a chuckle.

Sarada gave a sigh but smiled." You're right." She said." I guess we won't be able to know the truth unless we had the talking gadget to go back in time." She added.

"Nah, that thing is still in Beta." Boruto replied, before continuing." If I were to go back in time again, I would rather spend a couple of years in the past just to understand things for the better." He explained, before giving out a yawn.

Sarada was silent. In fact she did agreed with her teammate. She was eager to know more about the past. Yet still, she doesn't have the power to do it so. She wondered on what will she discover there especially her Papa's life during that time.

"I guess so, if we really had the chance maybe we could..." As soon as the raven haired girl turned her attention back towards the blonde, she was greeted by surprised to find him already falling into a deep slumber.

Quietness had took over as the strong wind passed by them. Sarada took a deep breath as she moved closer to the blonde and beside him. She slowly lean on the blonde's shoulder and fully rested herself. " I'm really sorry knucklehead, but I really need a pillow." She said as she let herself submerged into slumber.

A small smile also formed around her lips. A smile that she would be keeping for a long time.

As for Boruto, he had managed to hear the raven haired girl's last words before she too fell asleep. In his mind, he still wondered if he was going to get a second chance on going back to the past.

(PRESENT)



His world slowed down.

He never knew that impossible second chance would become possible some day and that is now happening in front of him of his very eyes.

Boruto waited as he readied himself for the impact. It didn't took long enough for the Uchiha girl to finally finished her analyzing as she gave a simple nod for them to have the permission to finally charged at towards the the young Sasuke Uchiha and they eventually did.

Both Rookies took off at the same time with full speed, with a sole purpose of defeating the rogue Uchiha and possibly bring him back to his home village.

At the same time, they were also in par with Sasuke as he too was charging towards them with his blade ready to strike. His Sharingan had been activated so that he won't be having any trouble of predicting their moves. He was confident he would have the upper hand right away.

As soon as they finally neared each other, Sasuke gripped the handle of his weapon as he was about to take the first strike. Although, something unexpected happened before he could perform his move.

"Now!"

There was a brief shout heard from the blonde rookie. As soon as Sasuke had heard that, he suddenly felt a very strong vibration from under and near him.

"What!?" Sasuke was greeted by surprised as by the time he looked down, there were huge cracks on the ground and by the time he brought his attention up again, he was greeted by a huge wave of rocks erupting as it headed straight towards him.

He immediately avoided the wave by jumping as high as he can, his eyes still locked up on his two targets. He was thinking of who should he go at first, the raven haired teen, who was responsible for creating that wave of destruction or the blonde guy, who was finally reaching him with his Kunai.

He had less than five seconds to make his decision and eventually fate decided to make the choice for him.

By the time he focused his eyes on the blonde, his mind briefly showed him a flash of memory regarding a certain kid, who looked like the guy in front of him right now. It still continued to baffle him.

It didn't took long enough for them to finally clash their blades creating a small shockwave and thus starting off the first sword fight between the two. Both also stared into each other's eyes.

Boruto was really can't believed that this was his Uncle Sasuke in front of him. He was young yet full of emotion. He could fully sense guy's anger and he knew that this was going to be a challenge for him. There was a possibility that he could be killed in this duel if he make any wrong move.

He had to be careful.

The sword began immediately after they clashed. The blonde was greeted by a barrage of strikes from the Uchiha as he was immediately forced into the defensive side trying block and avoid the attacks from the other.



He had to admit that his teenage sensei was much more faster compare to the older version. Another difference is that this one had two set of arms while the other has only one arm. The major turning point is that the younger version doesn't have the rinnegan or even the Mangekyou yet at this time.

It was an advantage for the blonde since, he won't be having much trouble facing him. What he wanted right now was a counter offensive to put a stop of this attacks yet he can't find the right timing. He'll just have to be patient for a little while.

As for his teenage sensei, he was all over the place, trying his best as he can to lay a wound on him. It seemed that the excitement and adrenaline had gotten to him first hence why the guy was very determined in the first place.

"Was He really this eager to fight?" Boruto thought to himself as evaded another strike.

The offensive side of Sasuke was just sparking up, literally sparking since he had channeled his chakra through his sword producing and unleashing his elemental lightning release jutsu. With this kind of elemental technique, it would be harder for the blonde to evade since the essence of lightning can now penetrate his skin.

The Uchiha had been a little amazed that the blonde could avoid his fastest attacks smoothly. He hadn't seen a person who dodges attacks accurately.

Boruto quickly anticipated as he too summoned his own elemental jutsu. which was an explosion jutsu. It was revealed to be his ticket to get away from defensive side for awhile. He quickly placed his hand on the ground activating the jutsu.

*Boom!*

An explosion then occured as Sasuke was forced to stopped his attacks and jumped out of the area to avoid the explosion. There was smoke that had appeared around the area after the small explosion. The Uchiha stood there still with his fighting stance yet looking around for the blonde.

It didn't took long enough as in a flash of yellow lightning, the blonde appeared right in front of him, who was now on the offensive side as it was now his turn to unleash his own attacks against him.

Sasuke was put into surprised as he was suddenly greeted by a swift strike of the Kunai which almost touch his cheeks. He successfully blocked it with his sword and the second the strike that followed after that.

So far the duel had been slowly turning into a sword fight between the blonde and the raven haired teen. Both of them exchange blows even though the Uchiha had the slight advantage since he had the bigger weapon compared to the blonde, who had only had his Kunai, yet still he has managed to hold himself for quite sometime now.

On the other hand, Sasuke was still amazed yet baffled." He still can keep up at this level?" He thought to himself, he was already using his full speed attacks against him.

Should He activate the cursed seal right away?

No! It was too early and it was waste of Chakra, He needed conserved his energy for his best attacks. He was going to wait for awhile and think!

As for Boruto, He was finally gaining some lead. From what he noticed, it seemed that his teenage sensei was bothered by his own thoughts, giving him a little distraction to which the blonde took advantage right away.

First, He decided pull out from the offensive side towards the defensive end, which caused the Uchiha to immediately take advantage as he unleashed some of his own sword attacks. Second, He focused his eyes on the Uchiha's feet and hands, awaiting for the right time take action. Lastly, as the Uchiha move forward to take another strike, the blonde evaded the attack by giving a slight spin around him, much to the raven haired teen's surprise.

Boruto then finally took action as he elbowed him on the back, which caused the Uchiha to be pushed forward, he then followed it by summoning a Rasengan directly sending the guy to a few distances. The blonde didn't want to immediately stabbed the guy using the Kunai.

He wasn't a murderer, and this was the younger version of his Uncle Sasuke, which also caused him to hold back during the duel, he just can't bring his full power to defeat his young sensei right away.

Sasuke was taken by shocked as immediately felt the pain on his back. the counterattack was so quick that he thought he was facing the Fourth Hokage. It also gave him the annoyance as he recovered immediately and charged at the blonde again.

This time, he could feel the aches in his head resurfing back, but it didn't matter, he wanted to fight a stronger opponent anyway.

Boruto was surprised when the Uchiha immediately recovered and charged at him again for another round of sword fight." Does even He run out of Chakra?" He thought to himself. He gave another sigh as he prepared for another round.

He also wondered on what has happened to his raven haired teammate. Wasn't she supposed to be assisting him on this battle? or Did something happen along the way that prevented her from doing so?

(MEANWHILE)



Sarada gritted her teeth in annoyance as she struggled to find a way to enter the battle. They were just too fast to begin with and the raven haired girl wasn't able to find the right timing to strike her teammate's current opponent.

There was a time when she finally had the chance to enter the scene but she eventually chose to let them be as another series of problems had risen.

Another problem was that she can't just use her Sharingan that easily that it may caused some incredible consequences since the knowledge was that there was only one Uchiha in this place of battle. She looked over her surroundings and discovered the young lord seventh and her young mother, who were both shocked and ibg on what was happening right now.

They were just staring and watching the whole thing happen like they were kids lost in the middle of a city. There must be a lot of questions going around their minds right now and it could be a tough challenge to explain all of this to them right now.

At the same time, trouble began to make its presence known in the form of Tensai, who was still here and witnessing the whole scene unfold. Apparently, the man still had intentions up under his sleeve as he raised his right hand and snapped his fingers.

After that move, scoreless portions of dark entities began appearing and rising from the ground. They first appeared to be in a form of a dark transparent cloud that hovered in the air until they surround the two teens, who still weren't aware of it.

These dark entities or rather spirit remnants of shinobi, who died in this place, then slowly morphed into human shaped figures until they all took the form of Shinobis but wore a different era type of clothing. They still retained the black essence making them some kind of physical shadow people.

There were about a dozen of them in the area and all of them had one goal of closing in towards the two teens, who were still not aware that they were already in a dangerous situation.

Time was closing in for the raven haired teen, it didn't took long enough for her to decided as she immediately took off from her former position and dashed in towards the certain area.

"Naruto, Sakura!" She called out to them in hopes to alert them, but still they failed to noticed.

Sarada gritted her teeth and gave a slight frustrated look. Looks like she was going to take matters into her own hands this time. As she got closer, she secretly activated her Sharingan to learn more further of the surroundings and was surprised to discover that a lot had already happened.

And at the same time, a big group of the same kind of physical shadowy enemies began to materialized in front of her. The raven haired teen stopped her tracks as she was greeted by another problem.

"You've got to be kidding me!"

(Interview)

"It was a place full of hidden surprises that you have to uncover by yourself, literally because all these different kinds of problems arrived at the same time and you can't just focus one problem. Boruto had caught a bigger problem and I have to handle the other big ones."

-Sarada

"When I learned that certain problems had risen besides the main one, I ultimately decided to let Sarada-chan handle the other stuff. We can't just focus on one.

-Boruto

(MEANWHILE)

It was something very unexpected for the two main members of Team Seven. They stood there with shocked and disbelief on what was happening right in front of them. From what was supposed to be a personal battle between them and their old former teammate, they have been put into a situation where they were reduced as mere spectators.

Questions were going around their minds, as they observed and watched the blonde rookie Boruto Kazaki take on Sasuke Uchiha by himself. It also caused them great worry since the guy was considered to be a possible S rank fugitive.

Sakura could feel the tension around her surroundings. The pink haired teen was overwhelmed on what happening right now. She wasn't sure on how was she gonna handle the situation, worry was in the forefront of her head right now.

"We need to help him!"

Naruto gritted his teeth in anger, the fact that he was just standing there and doing nothing. He tried to push his way towards the main battlefield but was suddenly prevented by the pain and injuries which only resurface at this time.

It looked like the Kyuubi's support had been cut off.

He almost fell to the ground but was immediately caught by his pink haired teammate.

"Naruto, please don't force yourself!"

"You haven't recovered yet!" Sakura exclaimed as she held the sudden weakened blonde.

Naruto gave a slight chuckle." It's alright Sakura-chan, I can handle this Dattebayo!" He replied with confidence as he tried to push himself again but wasn't able to, then again, he felt some relief when the other began to use the Healing Jutsu.

"Hold still." Sakura instructed as she immediately began to heal her teammate. Her hands were still shaken from the tension of the battle.

The two stayed in that area for a little while and by the time the healing process had ended. Trouble had finally caught up to them as a certain black essence in the form of a shadowy human figure that suddenly materialized in front of her and behind her blonde teammate.

The shadowy human was described as looking like a Shinobi from a different era. The village headband could be seen but the symbol was vague to read. The last detail about the shadowy enemy was that it had a huge weapon in the form of a battle axe with a long handle and menacing yellow eyes.

"Look out!" Sakura immediately noticed it as she immediately pulled the blonde out of his position, avoiding the attempted attack on the teen as the giant axe smashed the ground instead.

Naruto was caught by surprise as he suddenly found himself being shove safely towards the ground. He heard a loud smash to which he realized that an enemy has appeared. His eyes then turned back towards the main direction and saw the enemy ready to strike again.

"Another one!" Naruto exclaimed as he pushed his pink haired teammate and himself to avoid the second attack by rolling away from their former position.

The result of the second attack also hindered the enemy as it had trouble of bringing the huge axe since it was stuck on the ground. Sakura noticed this and immediately acted by punching the ground so strong that it caused a little quake causing the shawdowy enemy to lose balance.

The next move was performed and followed up by Naruto himself as the teen quickly recovered, drawing out his Kunai and charged at a low position striking and slashing the enemy on both legs which caused it to disintegrated.

However, it did not end from there. Apparently, a huge number of them immediately materialized in front of the two and less than a minute they found themselves being surrounded.

"Dammit where did these things came from!?" Naruto exclaimed. He was surprised and puzzled at the same time. He didn't know what the heck was happening right now but he wanted to know on why there were being attack.

If these were all summons, then who summoned them?

Was it Orochimaru? But He wasn't here.

Kabuto? He wasn't here either.

Sasuke was a doubtful case. He couldn't summon all these weird shadow people? He was busy fighting the rookie.

Then that leaves a mystery question for now. Neither his pink haired teammate could answer it. They were both stuck in a situation where they force to defend their lives once again.

(MEANWHILE)

It felt like watching an experimental scene, with so many things going on from left to right, it was slowly turning into a royal rumble. He moved his eyes around observing the others, who were currently engage on their own battles.

Tensai's interest focused more on the two newcomers. They were more interesting compared to the others, who were considered to be only chess pieces and pawns, expected to act the already manipulated plan.

These two were an exception.

He himself had decided not to interfere for awhile. He needed to know more of their capabilities and how they would handle this situation. He was given that power to test anyone and he would used that power to give this event a little spice just to test them, although, he won't abused it.

Since these summons were taken from the remnants of what was left in this place. The memories to be exact, it was the only thing that he could do so far. He won't be revealing much of himself and his abilities and that was his final choice unless something goes unexpected.

As he continued his observation, he collected upon several important things that he learned from the two. He first observed the teenage blonde, who was now engaging a battle with Sasuke Uchiha. He had to admit that the guy was quick and strong based from what he can see in his movements.

There was this brief theory that told him that the blonde could be stronger than the Uchiha. Even though, they were fighting at the same speed level, he could tell that blonde could go beyond that, it's just that he seemed to be holding back right now. Which brings out the question...

Was there something bothering him?

Does he even know the person that he is currently fighting right now?

If it is, then what is his relation to the raven haired teen?

Only the two main members of Team Seven, had relations with him. So what does this have to do with the new blonde comer?

Yet the teen can still bring out some of his best as he wasn't just some rookie for a team.

His attention then shifted to the other newcomer, which was the raven haired rookie. Sarada Inoue, was the only thing that he knew about her when they bumped into each other during the time at the Public Hot Spring.

To his shock, this girl was even more of a monster than any person present here. Literally, a monster since she was throwing away the shadow summons like a frisby. One summon even got uppercutted towards the air heading straight to his direction. It really did almost hit him and with that being followed by a cold brief stare from the girl herself.

Tensai gave an amused look, she was obviously sending a direct message to him and that a simple "Don't ever messed with a girl" message.

"SHANNARO!"

His attention then suddenly shifted towards the other area, where the two main members of Team Seven were still engaging in their current battle. He gave this very suprised look by the time he focused on the pink haired teen, she was basically a monster similar to the other girl.

The surprising detail about it was that he noticed something similar between the pink haired girl and her raven haired counterpart. Their moveset was eerily similar yet the other was more quicker.

Then he began to slowly to connect the dots and came up with a possible theory of this rookie being related to pink haired teen. It was a far fetched idea yet somehow it feels as if it was somehow true.

It was an interesting observation and fate only knows what would happen next.

(MEANWHILE)

As the fights continued on, another spectator had been left out for the remainder of the time. Sai leaned on the rock as he still found himself in pain and holding his stab wound on his shoulder which he received from the raven haired teen earlier.

His whole body was numb, as he struggled to even make the slightest move. He felt as if his whole energy had been drained. In fact, he was having that feeling the whole time since first meeting the Uchiha and his Sharingan.

"Dammit." He muttered to himself.

His eyes were the only ones active so far, moving around and observing what was currently happening around his surroundings. It felt like as if he was in the middle of a war, with all these surprises and new enemies at the helm, he didn't knew what waa going on right now.

Was this all part of the mission or just some illusion?

He observed his teammates, who were fighting them off and that really answered his question immediately that this was the real deal. If they can touch and hurt them, then there was no question.

His eyes then moved around and saw the two rookies battling their own problems. He was in fact a bit guilty and embarrassed for underestimating them. They were no ordinary rookies into his eyes, they were at a level to which he recognized only as "Elite." Just like what the rookie Boruto Kazaki was doing right now to the one Sasuke Uchiha.

He seemed to be just toying with him or so at it seems or maybe just helding back for some reason. The rogue Uchiha was giving all his effort by using incredible attacks yet the blonde was just evading every bit of it at ease.

Was this guy a rookie to begin with?

He was still unsure of it. There were just so many mysteries to ponder right now and He doesn't have all the time to do that. So wasting no time, the black haired teen tried his best to moved around, specifically trying to stand up from the ground. His knees and legs were still numb so he had to get used to it eventually. Unbeknownst to him, there was already danger creeping up from behind.

As He was about to force to himself to stand up, A huge shadow enemy wielding a huge Katana suddenly came up from behind him ready to strike.

Sai immediately felt the presence as he turned around for a brief look before throwing himself to a distance to avoid the strike. His only source of weapon, were his pen, scroll, and sketchpad which was separated from him. The boulder that he was leaning on to was destroyed and he found himself crawling away from the enemy as it chased him.

It really did felt like as if he was in some torturous event, where he was stripped from all chances to defend himself, let alone trying to find away to avoid the attacks. His only saving grace came up as he finally found his scrolls and pen from a distance.

Sai widened his eyes as he tried his best by crawling up faster just to get himself there. He could feel the large and loud footsteps heading towards him. The sounds of tHe large blade being drag recklessly on the ground.

This was the first time that the black haired teen had subconsciously asked for help towards the heavens.

Fortunately, his prayers would be answered as he finally reached his destination. He immediately grabbed his scroll and pen as he then turn his direction facing front towards his attacker.

As the large shadow enemy caught up to him. It brought its huge blade to performed another strike once again. At the same time, Sai finally managed to get a head start as he immediately opened the scroll, drew something on it and turned the front of the scroll towards the enemy. Moments later, a huge blade in ink suddenly came out from the scroll and headed directly towards the enemy instantly impaling and destroying it.

Sai gave a out his own sigh of relief as his whole body gave out from the pressure. The teen found himself catching up to his breath as the danger faded away from him. Now he found himself again as a spectator.

He observed his surroundings again and his attention focused on the middle where the rookie and the raven haired Uchiha were still battling.

It didn't took too long for him to decide as he proceeded to slowly recover and headed towards the main battlefield.

(MEANWHILE)

He was breathing heavily in and out, He didn't knew the exact numbers or how many times he had performed the Rasengan already against those shadow enemies but it seemed that he had taken out a good number of them from his own point of view. At least that's what he thought of.

The bigger damaged came from none other than his pink haired teammate and the raven haired rookie, who were both eliminating the enemies from left to right. The two girls were apparently on a rampage as none of the enemies could really lay a finger on them.

If anyone would dare to come near the two girls, they will be instantly turned into a frisby just like what has become of the shadow enemies. Bodies were literally flying everywhere.

The blonde had to admit that these two girls were literally a freak of nature. Although, the only question that came up to his mind was how these two girls were somehow similar in terms of their monstrous strength?

Could this be just a coincidence?

Maybe Sakura had a distant relative that possesses the same monstrous strength as hers?

There were so many possibilities going around his head. Should he even used all his time just to figure it out or continue fighting the enemies?

He immediately chose the right decision as he was suddenly brought back to reality. He found himself staring what appears to be large shadow enemy heading straight towards his direction and is almost at point blank range.

"Oh shit!" Naruto exclaimed as he immediately evaded the attack by bending backwards to which he hasn't done before. The enemy would eventually crash on a big debris so hard that it vanished from the face of the earth.

The blonde landed on the ground as he found himself facing the clear blue sky. He was confused and began to wonder on had just happened. "How the heck did I do that Dattebayo!?" Naruto commented as he slowly recovered up. He never knew he had that kind of reflexes and reaction time.

As he was about to stand up again, he felt a sharp pain on his head as he gave out a cringed and held his head from a side. It seemed that the annoying aches had came back yet again.

As he attempted looked up towards the spot where the Rookie and his former teammate, who were still engaged on a battle, a certain short piece of memory flashed before his eyes. From what he saw, it was a blonde haired boy sparring up against a raven haired man at a certain training ground.

The short memory ended there and Naruto was left baffled and confused once more. He tried to figured it out by connecting the dots but he wasn't able to do so.

Although, He was glad that the headaches were just here for a brief time. He then turned his attention towards main battlefield and immediately headed there to help the rookie.

However, before he could even take the first steps, there was a snap to which he had heard as he suddenly found himself being unable to move as his whole body became paralyzed.

"What the hell...!?" Naruto exclaimed to himself as he wondered on what was happening to him.

He can sense no enemies approaching and only found himself there being stuck in that position.

Unbeknownst to him, a certain brown haired man, by the name of Tensai was responsible as he stood up from his position to finally take action.

(MEANWHILE)

It was a very much an unlikely scene going on. It wasn't like any other since it was a combination of destruction and girl power. Sarada and Sakura were mainly the ones responsible for creating a chaos that no one would dare to interfere.

The two girls found themselves taking on the last portion or group of shadow enemies. It didn't take too long for them to immediately finish the whole fight in a matter of minutes. Although, something happened in last minutes of the fight.

"Come on Bring it!"

It was often one of the common phrases said by the pink haired teen during or in the midst of a heated battle. She had that kind of mannerisms since she was a kid growing up. She was a type of person who would expressed her emotions in every battle that she was involved into.

It was one of things that kept her passion alive as a Shinobi. She also didn't expected that she was going to share the same kind of aspect with the raven haired rookie as both of them fought side by side, defeating every shadow enemy right now.

There was one scene where she found herself grabbing an enemy by the collar and threw it towards the raven haired girl who got the message as the latter gave a high roundhouse kick which sent the one enemy towards a group of them instantly knocking them out as if they were somekind of bowling pins.

Punch after Punch, Smash after Smash, both of them were sending a message to everyone.

The chemistry between them was a thing that she had never seen before. It felt like she was already comfortable as if she knew what would be their next move and how will their next plan of attack will work.

She also felt this strange sense of proudness towards the rookie. She didn't knew if it was because of her mentorship as a team leader that she was starting to see her advices going into effect. Although, this was a different kind of proudness as if this was a thing to be treasured for the rest of her life.

Her light green eyes observed the rookie once more while she was finishing the remainder of the enemies. At the same time, she felt a sudden pain on her head that she was forced to hold her head because of the pain. A blurry image of a crying little raven haired girl hugging her flashed before her eyes.

By this time she could feel a strange emotion yet again and this time she could feel sorrow.

As for Sarada, the raven haired teen took noticed of that and she immediately rushed towards her young teenage mother.

"Sakura!" The raven haired teen exclaimed as she finally reached her destination." Are you alright?" She followed up another question as she also began to check if her young mom had sustained any injuries.

So far there were none with the exception of the ache on her head.

As for the pink haired teen, there was silence that overwhelmed her before as she was looking down. A few moments later, she slowly raised up her head as she then looked straight towards the rookies eyes and gave her a mysterious smile.

In that moment in time, there was something strange yet a familiar vibe that Sarada had felt. When she met her the pink haired girl's eyes, she saw something different about it and somewhat surprised her.

(Interview)

"It was that time when I looked into her eyes, I saw Mama herself looking back at me and she gave me this smile that I haven't seen for quite a long time now. It was a very strange scene since she had never given me this kind of look before."

-Sarada

After that, the pink haired teen reverted back to herself as she suddenly collapse on the rookie's arms. Her consciousness was weakened.

"D-Don't worry, I'm fine." Sakura finally replied with a slightly weakened voice." Go help Bolt over there, He needs your help." She said and encouraged the raven haired rookie before staring at the blank space wondering about what had really happened just now.

She would eventually slowly lose her consciousness and fell into slumber.

As for Sarada, she nodded in understanding as she carefully assisted and brought her young mother to a safe spot, where the latter rested on a huge rock.

After that, she proceeded to head towards the main battlefield to assist her blonde teammate, who was currently on a ongoing battle with her teenage father.

Although, before she could do that a certain voice had suddenly interrupted her.

"That was Impressive!"

Sarada stopped her tracks quickly turned around to face a familiar brown haired man, who was now beside the pink haired teen.

The Uchiha girl immediately went into her fighting stance." Don't you there touch her!" She calmly exclaimed to the man, who was none other than Tensai.

The young man gave a small smirk as he took a glance at the unconscious pink haired teen before looking back at the raven haired girl with both of his hands raised up. "Don't worry, I won't touch her." He replied."

I am gentlemen." He added, his voice giving out that eventual promise.

"However, I'm really curious, on how you seemed to care so much for her, even though you two obviously had just met." Tensai added.

Sarada narrowed her eyes." It's none of your business." She replied, before continuing." What matters the most is that no one gets hurt today!"

Tensai nodded in understanding." I guess so, It seems that you've done most of your objectives." He commented before turning towards the main battlefield." I wonder if you could still accomplish the last objective." He said.

"Your teammate is holding back."

There was quietness that took over thereafter, Sarada didn't wasted anytime as she immediately headed out towards the main area. However, a lot already had happened since.

(MEANWHILE)

Boruto gritted his teeth in annoyance as he found himself slightly slipping from his concentration. The fight had just gotten into higher levels as he found himself trying to avoid elemental attacks from his raven haired counterpart.

Sasuke had apparently resided on using elemental summons, mainly focusing on the element of lightning, which was his preferred choice. He then combined it with his elite Taijutsu and sword combat prowess to finally gain the majority of the advantage.

The battlefield was filled with creative chaos. A series of Lightning bolts began flashing around the area as the Uchiha was very intent on defeating the rookie.

Sasuke knew from the very start that this kid was something special and He could sense that he was somehow helding back and he wanted to bring out the best of him.

"It's useless if you don't fight back kid!" He told the rookie with an arrogant expression." You'll get yourself killed anyway." He added, before he felt a slight ache in his head.

As for Boruto, He tried his best to keep calm and not let his emotions get the best of him. He had to admit that it was really hard to face the person that helped him to become the person that he is today. With so many good memories that he could recall, it was tough for him to go on toe to toe with his young master.

(Interview)

"I seriously didn't want to bring the situation towards a possible deathmatch. Although, I really don't have any choice and I had to make the decisive decision during that time when I was facing him."

-Boruto

However, at the same time, he knew that if he didn't act on this situation. he might as well be stuck here forever and he didn't want to waste a lot of his energy on this. The only thing he could do was to think of a move that would disable his opponent but at the same time won't kill him or hurt him in a way.

The possiblity of bringing him back to Konoha earlier was in his hands. Less than a few seconds, he finally thought of a move to execute and he waited for the right moment to do it.

He focused his eyes on the Uchiha's feet yet again awaiting for the moment for another strike.

As for Sasuke, he was still continuing his onslaught as he attempted his best just to lay any single damage to the blonde, yet he was still unable to.

Frustration would soon catch up to him as he began to level up his moves again. He increased his offensive side more and more until he could secure the time where there was no more chances for the blonde to perform a counterattack and just as he predicted the latter began to jumped far away from him.

The odds were turning into his favor slowly.

However, at the same time, the aches in his head continued to grow as time passed by. It would soon reached its turning point as his mind began to change his own world. He began to see flashes of memories which wasn't familiar to him yet he had seen them in his dreams.

The memories briefly took him to a certain training ground where he found himself in a sparring session along with young blonde boy, whos determined eyes was to beat him at any cost.

"Come on! I thought you were faster than this?"

"It's not over yet! I'm gonna beat you and make sure that it will take less than one minute Dattebassa!"

"Let's see about that."

It was at this time that the ache had taken its toll and he felt a sharp pain on his head that he was suddenly forced to stop his attacks and held his head in pain.

The Uchiha's blade dropped on the ground as He struggled much to the surprised of the rookie.

Boruto widened his eyes in suprised as he immediately stopped moving. He found himself looking at the young Sasuke Uchiha, who had somehow been incapacitated by a mysterious headache.

He then instinctively turned to his right to see his raven haired teammate, who had just arrived at the scene. He raised his hand to tell the girl to stop as the situation had surprisingly change.

The rest of everyone was quite to shocked to see what was happening right now. Even for Tensai, who was baffled since this wasn't supposed to really happen in this event.

At the same time, Sai had arrived at the scene from behind as he acted immediately by using his ink summons to bind the Uchiha to close any chances of him escaping.

As for Boruto, The rookie slowly headed towards the guy just to check if he was alright. In that moment in time, Concern took over him and He thought that the battle was finally over because of unexpected circumstances.

He could feel his heart beating faster as he slowly reached his counterpart, who had apparently turned silent for quite sometime now. His head was down and he wasn't showing signs off being conscious.

It seemed that the pain was too much for him to bear that it completely shut his mind down.

Sai on the other hand, made sure that things would no longer go out of hand as he even summoned his ink substances yet again to create a connection to the original one to further tightened the security and to make sure the teen won't be able to escape this time.

The whole area was covered with silence. Sarada couldn't help it as she proceeded to head to the main spot.

"Boruto." She muttered out to her teammate. Worry was also growing inside of her.

As for the blonde rookie, he had finally reached the raven haired teen. As He was about to stretched out his hand towards the unconscious teen, something unexpectedly interrupted him.

There was a certain sound of a single finger snap as he immediately turned to his right to see Tensai, standing near the area with a confidant smile.

For a few moments, the blonde was confused but gave a serious expression before turning back towards his current direction only to face the Uchiha fully awakened with a insane and twisted expression.

In a matter of seconds, the ink substances which binded him were destroyed by lightning to which emitted from the raven haired teen much to the shock of Sai.

At the same time, Boruto's Jougan reacted and activated, he found himself staring at a dark essence surrounding the other.

Moments after that Sasuke gripped his blade and immediately made his move by stabbing the rookie on the stomach.

Boruto's eyes widened in shock as the blade slowly penetrated his skin. His instincts took over as he tried to back away only to get kicked by the Uchiha which sent him to a distance.

Everbody was in shock with the exception of one. As much as Sai wanted to help, he wasn't able to since he was still weakened by his wounds.

Boruto himself laying on the ground as he held his left stomach in pain. There was a small portion of blood coming out the wound and he could a little bit of electricity since he saw the Uchiha channeled his lightning release. He found himself incapacitated and unable to freely while the other was slowly coming towards him.

"You've got to be kidding me!" Boruto exclaimed to himself as he tried to back away. He blame himself for being distracted at this time.

As for Sasuke, he headed towards the rookie as many thoughts came into his mind. Confidence had finally gotten into him and he thought he had finally won the battle. As he got closer towards him, he held his blade with an intent to finish him once and for all.

Boruto held his breath as he found himself staring at his young master who still had that crazy look. What caught his attention about him was the dark aura that surround him. It gave him confusion and wondered if the guy has been controlled or that was his actual power.

It doesn't matter since he was close at death's door.

There was silence that took over once again, Sasuke, who was close to victory stood stared down at the rookie. He had to admit that he was impressed on what the guy had shown to him during the fight. He seemed to have finally figured out a certain flaw about him and that was small distractions.

"Some rookie you are." He muttered to himself as he slowly raised his blade in an attempt give one more strike. He also gave one last stare which will eventually be his own distraction.

The memories had returned once again and this time it showed him the same setting but different scenario. It showed him the same blonde kid from before and this time he was giving him a goofy and confident grin.

"Don't worry Uncle Sasuke! I'll make sure I'll keep her safe!"

Once he heard that familiar voice, his eyes widened in shocked as he realized something. At the same time, his world began to change as the aches in his head made a return. The memories then soon flooded his mind and slowly became too overwhelming for him

"What is happening?"

"Why am I...?"

He was changing.

"Papa!"

A voice of a kid then called out to him. The raven haired teen then looked up to see a vision of a familiar raven haired little girl, donning a red glasses, looking and smiling at him.

Sasuke observed the little girl as he slowly took a few steps. At the same time, he carefully opened his mouth and whispered a certain name, following that, a small tear also fell from his eye.

The brief memory experience would eventually come to an end as he was finally brought back to the real world. His vision then changed and instead of the blonde kid or the little raven haired girl, he found himself staring at a fist of a certain raven haired rookie before finally being sent away.

In a unexpected turn of events, Sarada had finally took action as she appeared in front of the guy. Wasting no time and immediately unleashing a haymaker which instantly sent him flying towards a few distances and crashing into a debris. At the same time, the dark essence surrounding him vanished.

Boruto, who had witness gave out a sigh of relief." What took you so long." He muttered to himself.

As for Sarada, she was breathing in and out. It was about time that she had took matters into her own hands. She blame herself for not acting up earlier. She immediately knelt down and check the wound that her teammate had sustained.

Boruto gave a little cringed because of pain but eventually calmed down by the time he looked unto to his teammate's comforting eyes.

Sarada gave out a sigh relief as it turned out that the blade luckily didn't hit important organs. It was basically a flesh wound that the blonde had sustained.

As she was about to heal her teammate, when a voice then interrupted her once more.

"I guess the damage has been done."

Both of the rookies then turned around to face Tensai once again, who stood in front of them with an amused look.

Sarada hissed." What are you trying to say?" She asked.

"I must say that you did a great job on handling the situation." The young man said." However, you can't change anything on what has been foretold." He added.

Sarada narrowed her eyebrows." You mean we can't bring him back to his own village?" She tried to clarify the man's statement.

Tensai nodded." That's just a part of it." He replied." Eventually, History will push back to its original course everytime it has been interrupted." He added." I guess this will be a lesson for you two." He warned them." And If you don't want to end up like this, I suggest that you two won't be interfering anymore."

There was quietness that took over once again. Tensai had finally told the two on what he had to say. It was time to leave for now since he was going to give them time to realize.

"Orochimaru will be on his way here soon."

Those were his last words before completely disappearing in a blur.

(MEANWHILE)

Sai cringed in pain as he struggled to get up from the ground. He could feel his hand and legs shaking and he really felt weakened by the ordeal. He bore a great disappointment for not taking action since the injuries were too much for him. He grabbed a certain huge boulder that acted his support on his way to standing up.

Along the way, his thoughts came up to him once again. He blamed himself for not being too careful during the fight. He could've fought calmly but he was too eager on defeating the Uchiha right away and hence why there was no teamwork just now.

He couldn't go back in time and redo it all again. There was no possibility of a second chance to redeem himself again, although he did his part during the battle.

However, by the time he got up, he suddenly felt a presence approaching him and he turned to his left to face Sasuke himself, who was slowly walking and limping towards his direction.

At this rate, nervousness had took over as Sai widened his eyes in little panic. He was shaking all over as he tried to think of any solution. So far he was getting a lot of ideas yet, his body won't cooperate with him.

As Sasuke neared his spot, the panic increased as he attempted to walk away with his weakened legs. It doesn't matter if he can still feel the pain as long as he can escape. However, it was already too late as the Uchiha was able to catch up to him.

"Damn!" Sai gritted his teeth as he had no choice but to be on his defensive stance as he brace himself for a possible onslaught again.

His heart beat was getting faster and he held his breath along with a serious expression. He closed his fist as he prepared to fight another battle.

As time passed by, the possible fight that he was expecting didn't come into fruition. Apparently, Sasuke simply walked passed by him without doing anything to him. Sai was even more confused to what had happened just now. He focused his eyes on the raven haired teen, who was heading back towards the main area, where the rookies where currently at.

Worry soon began to raised up for Sai, His thoughts were telling and warning him about the raven haired Uchiha once again. Yet, he cannot sense any danger or threat from him which was strange.

(MEANWHILE)

The short-lived peace would soon be interrupted.

Sarada slowly and carefully assisted her teammate on his way to recover up from the ground. She had apparently started healing him although due to the dangerous circumstances of more enemies arriving in the area, she had decided to take the rest of the group out to a safe place.

Although, it would take a lot of work since she had to gather the rest of the team members to a safe spot.

Both rookies, who were about to leave area when they suddenly were interrupted yet again. Both turned their heads towards their current direction only to face The young Uchiha teen once again.

"How's this even possible!?" Boruto gave a quiet little whine." You already punch him hard on the face Dattebasa!" He added, while wondering how the heck did the guy recover so fast after receiving a possible death punch from his teammate.

Sarada just rolled her eyes and gently placed the blonde on the ground. To be truthful, she already had enough of this, if this was what the teen really wanted, so be it. She was going to give him one more round as she positioned herself into her fighting stance.

As for the other, He had something different in mind.

Silence had took over once again. Everybody was holding their breaths off. They all wondered on what was going to be his next move. The only possible scenario is that they had in mind was that will orchestrate another attack again.

Sarada foresaw that and prepared herself. Although, something unexpected followed after that which really surprised her.

By the time her raven haired counterpart had finally caught up. He stopped his tracks a few meters away from her and brought his head up, showing a very different expression.

A small worried but genuine smile.

Sarada narrowed her eyes, she wasn't falling for any kind of smile tricks made famous by Sai. Although, as she continued to observed him, especially the face that he was showing, she noticed something different.

It was the eyes as if she was staring into a whole new person.

She wouldn't say that it was a completely different one since it was still the young Sasuke Uchiha from the outside. But the way those eyes potrayed itself, it was much more older, mature, and weary.

The last thing that she noticed was the whole expression itself. The expression of the raven haired teen, was the same kind of expression that she had seen many times from her Papa, everytime when worry takes over him. This was the final detail that finally opened the can and spilled the revelation.

Sarada slowly let her guard down as she thought of anything to say. But before she could even speak, she was beaten to it by none other than the raven haired teen himself.

As for Sasuke, He finally gain the courage to speak and open his lips to say his eventual word which was revealed to be a certain name.

"Sarada."



(Interview)

"At that time, I really didn't believed it. I really thought that he was just somehow faking all of it. But as I continued to observed, the way he acted around, the way he looked and the emotion that he showed.

It made me realized that this person standing right in front of me was indeed him.

(CHAPTER END)

Small Preview for :

Time was officially running out for them. They were surrounded by the countless experiments that had been released and brought back from the dead. There was no escape this time.

As much as Showtaro thought of any ideas as a means to a possible escape, it was just useless.

However, for his Otsutsuki friend, He had something different in mind. Kaiga drew out a small pouch from his pocket, he took out a a piece of seed and observed it. He took a deep breath as he knew if he swallowed this, there was no going back.

He either die a hero or live long enough to see himself become another victim.