70 Arc 3: Phase 2: Retrea



"Papa!"

Sasuke turned his attention from reading his book and saw a certain little raven haired girl, who was calling up to him a few inches away from the bench that he was currently sitting on.

"Sarada, is something the matter?" The man asked as he placed book beside him and leaned closer towards his daughter.

There was brief quietness from the girl as she slowly gathered herself, taking a deep breath and as she then grabbed her father's hand and led him to a certain area in the park.

The sun was shining in the early afternoon along with the wind, which blew by the trees.

Sasuke, confused and surprised, found himself being forced by his daughter to follow her towards a certain spot at the park. The spot was revealed to be a small open field, where a group of chunins most of them girls, were currently training. By the time, they got there, he found himself witnessing these Genins destroying a handful of training logs by single punching them with incredible strength.

For a few moments, He stared at the scene unfolding. The girls really reminded him of Sakura very much, but in comparison with his wife, they were lesser, yet it blessed him with more memories from the past.

"Papa?"

He turned his attention once more to his daughter, who was now giving him a very curious and hopeful look.

"Do you think I can be strong like them someday?" Sarada asked.

Hearing those words, a small smile slipped across the man's lips as he knelt down and placed a hand on his daughter's shoulder." Of course! More stronger than them actually!" He said, before continuing. "Why do you asked?"

Sarada gave a sigh as she slightly looked down." Well, is because Mama actually." She explained." A lot of people really looked up to her, even my friends at the academy." She said." I just wanted to know if someday I could be like her?"

A respected Medic-nin and Shinobi all over the world and a woman, who can destroy even the largest of natural formations with her strength.

These were just one of the qualities that the raven haired girl found endearing. Her mother was just as famous as the Seventh Hokage along with the other heroes of the great war.

Sasuke could only nod in understanding and support his daughter." You're already reached that level." He said." As long as you can punch hard." He added, with a small smile.

Sarada raised both of her eyebrows." Really? Do you think I could be a strong as a puncher like Mama?" She asked, recalling that her mother accidentally destroyed their home once and they were forced to move in to an apartment.

"Of course! You'll be, when you grow up." Sasuke replied and assured her. He then brought up his hand in front of the little girl." Here, try to punch my hand as hard as you can." He said.

She narrowed her eyes, determined to be strong someday, she threw her first little strong punch on her father's hand. Three times she attempted to threw her punches. The first punch that she threw was to release all the doubts of progressing as a strong Shinobi, that continue to remain in her childhood life.

The second punch was stronger than the first one, trying to release herself from the shadows of her parents. She was going to established her own legacy someday.

Sasuke continued to proudly smile at her daughter as he could really see the determination in her eyes. As the third and last punch was given, he could see an image of her daughter, finally grown up and had matured into a beautiful young woman.

As for Sarada, she finally gave her last punch releasing herself from her own fantasy and brought her back to reality. Her world was slowly changing in front of her and she finally got to let out her words.

"Someday, I'll be stronger."

(PRESENT DAY)

The world around them came into a crash.

In a unexpected turn of events, Sarada had finally took action as she appeared in front of her teenage father. Wasting no time and immediately unleashing a strong haymaker which instantly sent him flying towards several distances and crashing into a portion rock debris.

At the same time, the dark essence surrounding him finally vanished.

A huge sound of a crash was heard all over, there were trails that formed on the ground leading up to main site where a certain raven haired Uchiha currently laid on certain boulder, shocked and defeated by an unknown teenage girl.

The sun and the blue sky were the only things that he could see in front of him. He continued to gazed above along with his thoughts, who gave him a lot of questions and confusions.

"H-How's this even possible?" Sasuke thought to himself. His face still had the bewildered expression as he wondered the possiblity of losing to a nobody. He didn't lose to anyone for years...

In fact he did lose to a nobody, who was also a girl. That was the reality now and he had no choice to but to accept it.

Doubts and frustration soon started to get into him. What was the purpose of all these trainings? How was he going to achieve his goal of killing his big brother? That he found himself losing to a bunch of nobodies!

This all didn't make sense for him, it seemed that everything was just trying to tear down the hard work and dedication that he put into his goal. His goal to avenge them, his parents, his family, his whole clan from the certain person that took away all of them.

"This is not what I dreamed off."

"I won't let this happen!"

His pride was trying to win him back once more. Telling him to get up and continue to fight, yet his whole body won't cooperate with him in a mysterious way. No matter how he tried or force himself to do so, he still found himself at the mercy of quietness surrounding him.

In somehow or someway, he felt a mysterious peace growing inside of him. He can't even explain what was happening right now. His mind continued to be active, yet began changing. Instead of his usual thoughts, it began showing him the mysterious memories once more...

The sun was shining and he found himself at arriving at the gates approaching two certain individuals front of him. The two were revealed to be a pink haired woman and a raven haired little girl. He can't see their faces clearly but he could eventually hear their voices calling out to him.

"Welcome back Papa, I miss you!" The little girl said, which took him by surprised.

"Welcome home, Sasuke-kun..."

The last voice shocked him the most, because he recognized that very voice.

"S-Sakura?" He muttered to himself as he tried to decode if that was really the girl's voice. It sounded like the pink haired teen yet it was somehow more mature than her current voice.

As he neared the two, his world began to change once more and he found himself back into reality, gazing at the blue sky while the silence was still in toe with him.

Several moments later, he heard footsteps coming from a distance. He could feel a presence approaching him and he wasn't sure of the presence but he expected it to be one of the Leaf Shinobi or Orochimaru himself.

Although, what he got was far more different than what he had expected.

As soon as the footsteps reached to him, a silhouette of a man appeared right in front of him. His identity was partially blocked by the sunlight yet he could see a good view on what the man had looked like.

The man was wearing light blue sleeved shirt with grey cuffs, black pants and a black cloak covering all over him. He had the same dark raven hair and a face to which eerily looked familiar to him.

Sasuke tried observed the man despite the sunlight. He felt helpless right now, yet he wanted to recover as immediately as possible and afterwards...

"What I am going to do?" Sasuke asked himself, before focusing his attention towards the mystery man, who stood in front of him.

There was silence that took over between him and the man. The wind grew strong and dust continued to settle in. Sasuke continued to stare and observed him.

As for the mystery man, he gave a small smile." I told you, if you keep pushing it, you're gonna end often like this, Sasuke." He said.

Sasuke slightly looked away, and gave a small guilty look." It doesn't matter, I can hold my own." He replied, with the last of his pride." And I don't need your advice." He said.

There was a slight chuckle that came from the man." Trust me! you're gonna need it."

He simply said." You always find ways of getting yourself hurt everyday, don't you?" He followed.

Sasuke didn't reply for several moments. He spended more time with his thoughts as he recalled every chance that he took just to get stronger. Even, let himself be experimented and beaten up to acquire more power. He left the village because he thought the life and people were the main reasons on why he was struggling. It was one of things holding him back from his goal.

As much as he wanted to go to the best path. He had no choice but to choose alternate way. For years he wanted to strived without getting hurt in all aspects, He honestly didn't want to experience the pain, yet he was here suffering from an ultimate defeat and from a certain nightmare of failure.

Why does everything seemed to hurt him?

Sasuke then opened his mouth to speak." I guess that's the whole truth, I am destined to experience hurt and failure." He said, as he turned his eyes on a certain blade beside him." I don't want this anymore." He added.

His mind directing towards a certain way of ending his suffering, He began to reached for the blade. Grabbing it and bringing it towards his throat, he wanted to make sure that it was quick and swift. Although, as he was about to proceed to it, he was suddenly prevented by the mystery man, who kneeled before him and carefully snatch the blade away from him.

A shocked Sasuke then stared at the man, his identity finally revealing a familiar eyes. His vision was still blurred by the brightness, yet he was slowly recognizing the man's face.

"The truth is, everybody is going to hurt you, you just got to find the ones worth suffering for."

The man said with a smile." You don't have to come all the way here to just to achieve your goals." He added." Trust me, there are a lot of things in store for you than this." He finished his statement as he reached for the teen's hand.

Sasuke was loss for words as he absorbed the words. He didn't know how to respond to this let alone watch his pride getting destroyed in front of him.



At the same time, the memories began to reappear in front of his eyes. Memories of a wonderful family living their lives together in a peaceful village. Memories, that were considered long lasting and a treasure.

The raven haired teen then brought his upwards once more and saw the man, who was now offering hand to help him recover from the ground.

"Don't worry everything's going to be alright." The man smiled and assured the teen.

For a few moments, quietness took over the Uchiha, he felt nervousness growing inside of him for the first time. He was uncertain of what will happen afterwards, yet he recalled a certain blonde's words from years ago.

"The strongest people don't always win, but the people who don't give up when they lose."

Having finally realizing that this wasn't the way. The Uchiha turned his attention back towards the man, the light was still shining upon them as the teen now slowly raised up his hand and took the offer.

As he finally recovered from the ground, he was able to asked one final question before he was engulfed by the bright light.

"W-Who are you?" He asked." I mean, what's your name?"

As for the man, he gave him a smile, as he placed his hand on the teen's shoulder.

"I am Sasuke Uchiha Of the Leaf Village."



By the time the man had introduced himself to the teen, the bright light grew stronger and fully overwhelmed them and their surroundings.

(MEANWHILE)



Silence had took charge once more.

The sound of the rustling wind was the dominating force around the area, after a certain battle had concluded, He found himself finally recovering from his fall. On his feet once again, Sasuke observed his newfound surroundings with surprise and awkwardness.

"W-Where am I?" He asked himself, moving his eyes around." This place looks familiar." He added.

This was the first time, he had a direct feel of the cold air and the scent of his current surroundings. The Uchiha felt free for the first time as he brought up his hand and took a brief observation of it. He then raised up his other hand which gave him the shock of his life.

"Two? I thought I only had one!" He secretly thought to himself, Confusion was slowly taking over. Was he really heaven? Or Was he just inside a dream?

It was pretty much impossible for him to have two arms, since he lost one to a certain blonde many years ago. There was no way he could have two since he himself refused to have the artificial arm just like dobe. Unless there was something that happened which he couldn't explain.

His eyes moved around once more and darted directly towards to the front to see a site he had not seen for a long time. His widened in surprised.

"This place..." He said as his mind began to act once again.

He knew this place, because he had been here before. The stage of the day along with the current scenery gave him the clues that he need and immediately realized on what has happened.

Soon the memories, came back and he recalled what had transpired before. He slowly raised up his hand towards his cheek and held an area where a fresh bruised was located. By the time, he had touched the bruised, an image then flashed before his eyes of a certain raven haired girl that was responsible for giving him that bruise.

The familiar face of the girl.

"S-Sarada." He muttered to himself as his eyes caught her and the rest on the middle of the ruins.

He slowly moved his feet and began walking towards the area with anticipation and hope in his eyes. He could feel his legs trembling in nervousness as he approached, yet he was able to compose himself.

At the same time, his mind was still continuing to send him flashes of memories and this time he remembered a certain blonde kid, who he had fought not too long ago.

"B-Boruto." He muttered the name, since he caught a glimpse of him in the middle, and he was laying on the ground, to which really surprised him.

Soon, he began to realize the damages around him. Shocked came into his eyes as he wondered on what had transpired before. Did an actual battle took place recently? By the looks of it, it was really obvious. Multiple debris were scattered everywhere, which all seemed to belong to a more larger structure.

The roof perhaps.

Then an image flashed before his eyes, showing him what had actually happened. Basically, he was the one responsible for the unknown explosion. He began to shake his head in disbelief and wondered if all of these are the truth.

He began to walk faster in hopes that he could learn more further. He was determined to reached that particular area, where the others were located. He wanted to have a at least a proper conversation despite the possible hostility that he was expecting.

He wanted to check if they were alright.

(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." He called out to her.

His first word, It was the only thing that he could say right now. He was being more observant rather than choosing to talk altogether for awhile.

By the time, the Uchiha girl heard her name being called again, she didn't react and still kept her guard up. As she can recall, she remembered introducing herself briefly when she first met her teenage Papa. She won't fell for any tricks anymore and not even this. The only thing that surprised her was the way her teenage Papa had said her name.

Boruto, on the other hand, had the same thoughts as his raven haired teammate. He gripped the girl's hands as a message, telling her to never let her guard down yet. He was having the same cautious feeling as anyone else.

Sai, on the other hand, had gotten himself ready once more as prepared to defend the rookies in case if the Uchiha attacks again." What are you trying to do?" Sai muttered to himself, his hands were still shaking.

Back on the main field, silence had entered the scene once more. Sarada gripped her hands into fist as she prepared for another fight. This time, she was going to chidori him if he ever tries to lay hands on her blonde teammate.

As everyone was expecting the same scenario to happen, they got a different outcome instead.

Sasuke stood there ignoring the hostile expressions that he was receiving. He focus his eyes on the raven haired rookie and still kept his smile.

"You're still the cute little peanut, I remember."

He spoke once again, which finally shocked the raven haired teen.

Sarada froze as she widened her eyes in shock and disbelief." Little Peanut? How could he...? There's no way!" She was in denial. That certain term to which she heard years back

"No, this can't be really him!" She thought to herself. Her heart was beating fast right now. She was in between denial and believing as she slowly let her guard down.

Both Boruto and Sai were taken over by confusion. They didn't know what was happening right at the moment.

At the same time, Sasuke took a few steps forward as he raised up his hand to reach for the raven haired girl. He too also felt nervous, he didn't know what to do with the exception of pulling her into a warm embrace to which he did in the end.

Everyone was taken by shocked as Sasuke Uchiha, the former Shinobi turned dangerous rogue, drop his blade and pulled the rookie into a huge embrace."

As for Sasuke, the guy didn't care about anymore reactions or surprises. All He wanted was just to hug the raven haired rookie because of the simple fact that it's been so long and he didn't get the chance to see her again.

His little princess, his daughter.

Sarada raised both her hands in awkwardness and surprise. She didn't know what to do right now, with the exception of letting out another comment.

"Uhmm, this is really weird!" She thought to herself, at the scene of getting hugged by a younger Sasuke Uchiha, who was supposed to be cruel and dangerous.

(Interview)

"Until now, I considered it as one of the most awkward moments throughout my entire life. Who wouldn't be creeped out that a 15 something year old evil version of Papa, just started hugging you as if you were his lost daughter."

-Sarada

It was one of the things that continued to baffle the Uchiha girl since just awhile ago, the younger version of her father tried to kill Boruto and the rest of the team without hesitation.

Her mind was stuck between believing and not believing, since this could be possibly just a ploy or a trap. She didn't knew how to react or whatsoever as of now.

"There's no way this could be actually Papa?" She thought herself while still in the midst of being hug. Her mind trying to decipher all the possible questions right now. She could see the fact that guy had no bad intentions yet a part of her was telling to be alert and not fully trust him yet.

Unbeknownst to her, the hug had slightly grown tighter and the guy was actually sobbing secretly on her shoulders.

"I-It's been... so... long." She could hear a faint mutter of words coming from the latter. Another evidence to support the other possibility.

After several minutes of hugging, raven haired teen slowly let go his hug just to get a good look at the girl. Sasuke was both surprised and shocked, surprised because he wasn't expecting to reunite with his daughter this soon, and shocked since she looked far different the last time he had saw her when he left the village for his last mission.

He remembered seeing her as this girl in her early teens and yet he was now seeing her as a young beautiful lady in her mid to late teens.

"You've grown so much Sarada." He commented as he continued to observed her." You looked like just you're mother when she was at this age." He added, still amazed on what he was seeing." For most of the part."

As for the other, hearing his statement was the turning point. This is how her Papa would talk such things about her Mama back then and until now. It wasn't just the eyes or how he acted right now, but the overall aura that she was witnessing altogether.

"B-But how?" She finally let out her words, still giving a slight baffled look.

The teen just shook his head slowly." I don't know..." He replied, trailing off afterwards and wondering on he had ended up here. The last time he recalled, he was sent on a mission by the Seventh to investigate a consipracy by an unknown enemy force, assumed to be Otsutsuki then...

"Alright! cut the bullshit! Dattebasa!"

A very familiar voice then exclaimed aloud. Both of them turned towards the source of the voice to immediately see a certain blonde heading towards them with frustration.

Despite, the injuries Boruto limped his way towards them. Impatient and Protective, he was eager to get straight through this mess as he finally reached his destination." Sarada! Get away from him!" He then pulled his raven haired teammate away from the man, pointing a finger towards him.



"Hey listen up! If you lay hands on her, I'l make sure-" Boruto was furious. Acting like any other overprotective boyfriend or friend would do.

"Boruto, wait you don't understand!" Sarada tried to reasoned with her teammate.

"I got this Sarada! This younger versi- I mean this guy is trying to molest you and I won't allow him to hurt you again!" He argued, this was a whole different story for him. Even though, this was the younger version of his Sensei, he won't back down since he hated seeing his teammate get violated.

(Interview)

"This is probably the worst thing any human can do and it really triggered me. To say it again, I won't allow such a thing happen."

-Boruto

Sarada sighed, trying her best to be calm "He is not what you think he is!" She said, trying to keep the blonde from charging at the man.

Sasuke stood there in surprise. He was amused yet bewildered from what was happening in front of him." Molest?" He muttered to himself. He would never do such a thing to any girl and even to his daughter.

He stood there, not doing anything against a furious blonde.

"If you don't start talking, I will definitely drown you with Ramen Soup, got that Dattebasa!?" Boruto finished the last of his statement, at the expense of Sarada's deadpanned expression and immediately calmed himself down. He wanted answers right now.

Silence took charged once again.

Sasuke kept himself calm as he finally recalling how his student could be triggered in rage even in the smaller things. He understood the fact on what had happened just awhile ago and he knew he needed to talk right away.

Giving up a calm and unaffected look, he took his deep breath and finally spoke.

"So I'm not allowed to hug and talk to my daughter?"

Quietness took over the area once more. The statement which gave Boruto the confused and puzzled look instead of realizing the whole damn picture.

(MEANWHILE)

The events leading up to the final explosion was still fresh in their memories. Especially, for Showtaro, he still couldn't forget his friend's sacrifice. He walked along the rocky grounds in quietness, trying to focus on the main goal for now.

Behind him was, the kid, Mitsue, who was catching up despite the heat of the sun. He was sweating for a little bit and he was obviously panting due to a little exhaustion resurfacing.

"Are you alright?"

It was at this time that Showtaro finally noticed. He stopped his tracks for a little while and turned his full attention towards the boy.

"Yeah, I'm fine" Mitsue replied while trying to catch up his breath." Just trying to catch with my breath that's all." He explained, while giving a cringed.

Showtaro observed the boy for a few moments before sighing. He then raised up his hand, summoning a certain blue transparent bluish orb.

"Here! You won't be thirsty for a long time." He said as he threw the small orb towards the kid, who instantly caught the orb with both hands.

"What's this thing?" Mitsue asked, examining the jellyish orb, even trying to smell it.

Showtaro sighed once more, before giving a small smile." It's basically water but edible and more bite size." He explained in the most simplistic way that he can.

Mitsue's eyes widened in surprised." Woah, this is quite cool! Is this from your world as well?" He asked, trying clarify if this water orb was made from the Pure Land.

"Nah, just got it from a friend." The duck simply replied, before turning back and continuing on the journey.

Mitsue stared at the duck for a second before finally deciding to put the orb inside his mouth. As soon as he took the bite, his eyes widened as he felt being refreshed altogether. The thirst that was torturing him disappeared immediately and he found himself in high spirits once more.

This also help him to continue on with the journey as his re-energized legs could finally cooperate along with his mind.

(Interview)

"I've got to admit that the water orb was something special! It feels like an easy trip to heaven!"

-Mitsue

Their journey didn't took long enough as they finally reached a certain endpoint.

All this time they thought they were in a lower ground, but when the endpoint was finally revealed, they were all caught by surprised as the two found themselves observing a very huge crater in front of them or specifically below them.

"What the..." Showtaro trailed off as soon as his eyes caught the image of a recent crater, which was created through human causes." I guess this is where the source of the first explosion had taken place." He commented.

If he can remember correctly, there was a certain loud sound that was heard across the hideout, afterwards a small earthquake was then felt. There was no doubt in his mind that this was indeed the actual site of the explosion.

The question now was, who or what caused this to happened in the first place?

"What happened here?" Mitsue, who had finally caught, asked.

Being the best observer that he is, Showtaro quickly picked up the little bits of clues, focusing more on the middle where multiple individuals were located, he managed to identify each of them.

"Looks like a fight broke out." The duck commented, trying to get a closer look.

Based from his observation, he saw what appears to be Boruto and Sarada having a conversation with the Rogue Sasuke Uchiha, while an unconscious Sakura Haruno and a weakened Naruto Uzumaki, were placed in opposite directions of the field. Sai, on the other hand was clinging into a giant boulder as he tried to support himself.

The only thing that was baffling him was that of the Uchiha, who seemed to be not attacking the two, but instead conversing them in a more benevolent manner.

As he was about to say his words, he was suddenly interrupted by an unfamiliar sound of an electronic beeping, which also caught the kid's attentionm

Both of the two, were taken surprised, Showtaro drew out a certain modern-like scroll. The scroll itself was one producing the sound in a uncontrollable manner.

As Showtaro continued to observed, the scroll was revealed to be partly damaged, presumably caught by the explosion awhile ago. It was not just beeping uncontrollably, it looked as if it was going to explode any second.

Continuous effort of examining the scroll lead him to realized that this was the scroll that the blonde rookie had dropped earlier. In addition this particular scroll contained a certain person, the team's sensei. Yamato.

At the same time, he sensed a new presence nearing their area.

"Showtaro-san! Someone's coming!"

Even Mitsue had felt oncoming danger. The only problem is that he was so sudden, that he had slightly startled the duck, causing him suddenly tripped on a random rock, thus unknowingly losing control of scroll, which saw itself falling down deep into the ruins.

Showtaro didn't noticed since his mind was now focus on the other." Dammit! Behind here!" He beckoned the boy to come faster before the presence had arrived.

The boy and duck stayed in silence, hiding behind a boulder and trying not to say anyword or making any movements that would possibly caused some noise.

Silence had took over.

Both of them could here their breaths fully. A few moments later, foot steps could now be heard throughout and the presence has now reached the area. It sounded as if someone was just walking along the area.

As for the two, Showtaro stayed intact and quiet while Mitsue was flirted by curiousity immediately. The boy seemed itchy, as he slowly but carefully raised his head up for a little bit just to take a peek of the mystery presence.

His eyes would soon widened in surprised as he saw a familiar paled person.

"Orochimaru!?" He thought to himself as he immediately returned back to his hiding spot.

"Who was that?" Showtaro whispered and asked.

The boy was slightly trembling from what he had saw. He turned his eyes towards the duck." Uhmm, It's Orochimaru." Mitsue simply said.

Showtaro gave the boy a slight puzzled look before raising his head up to see for himself. The boy was in fact right as he saw the snake man walking along the area and heading towards to the northern side of the crater.

There was a big sigh of relief from the two they were able to passed this one. Their focus finally shifting towards their main goal of rejoining the others.

It was also at this time that the duck had realized that the scroll was no longer in his hands and slightly panic." Where's the heck is the scroll!?" He asked himself.

Mitsue also noticed the duck's worry." Hey what's wrong?" He asked.

Showtaro, who had been searching his spot for awhile now, turned his head towards the boy." The scroll, it was in my hands awhile ago." He explained." I'm not sure where it went but..." He trailed off as he began to realized something.

"But what?" A confused Mitsue asked.

As for the duck, he finally remembered what had happened as he headed near the end point and took a look down. The boy also followed him.

Right on the lower ground, was the scroll which had fallen down.

(Interview)

"Well, I really don't know other than repeatedly telling myself how clumsy of an idiot, I am sometimes." (Sighs)

-Showtaro

Beeping uncontrollably was the only thing that scroll could do before prior to its fall. The once innovative invention of a certain scientist had been damaged by the blast and was now on the verge of blowing up.

Blowing up it did, as soon as the scroll made contact with the ground. It burst into small explosion, producing a large portion of smoke which engulfed that particular area.

The smoke continued for a short while before finally vanishing into the air, revealing a certain brown haired man laying on the ground face down.

(MEANWHILE)

He felt he had been trapped in that position forever.

Naruto was continuously struggling to move as his whole body became frozen all of a sudden. It was during early stages of the battle when he found himself not being able to move properly and his whole body suddenly froze while he was forced to watch the fight continue before him.

The blonde was in deep frustration. He had been gritting his teeth for awhile, doing everything he can to move a muscle. He knew that he had missed a lot of stuff in a span of hours and this is what he get in the end.

"Come on! You can do this!"

Naruto told himself, using every bit of his strength to break free. The process was painful but he had no choice to begin with. After several minutes of struggling, he was finally able to achieved his objective as his body broke free from the control.

Naruto collapse on the ground, on his knees as he gasp for his breath, The process was exhausting for him. He described it as a torture and somewhat similar to when he had trouble of pooping during the morning.

He stayed on the ground for quite sometime, before finally recovering and regaining some of his strength back, thanks to a certain furball inside.

By the time he had recovered, his mind went back to working and moved his eyes around the surroundings. It didn't took long enough for him to noticed the two rookies and the Uchiha teen on the middle of the battlefield. His instincts began telling him to rush towards the field to defend them, so he eventually decided to head out.

Although, a part of him immediately interrupted, stopping his tracks as the blonde then turned towards his left and saw a certain unconscious pink haired teen leaning on a boulder.

"Sakura-chan!" He exclaimed, letting go off his previous goal as he rushed towards his teammate instead.

It didn't took long enough for him to reached his destination as he arrived at the girl's side. Naruto, being the worried guy, he is did whatever he can to check her to make sure that she was in one piece. By the time he had arrived there, he found himself staring at a girl, who had gone to slumber.

There was a sigh of relief that took over the blonde. By the looks of it, she was safe and unharmed. He felt a little bit disappointed for not being there to protect her and the rest. He wasted no time as he attempted

As moments passed by, the blonde noticed that his teammate was slowly regaining. Green eyes slowly revealed itself as Sakura had finally regain her consciousness. Still slightly weakened, she was able to speak.

"N-Naruto?" She muttered, with her vision still blurry."

A small smile formed around the blonde's lips." Yeah it's me Sakura-chan." Naruto said, giving a small chuckle for the first time.

Sakura blinked for a couple times, before continuing." W-What happened while I was out?" She asked.

Hearing that question, the blonde teenager also had very

Sakura could only stare as she gave a very confused looking face. She wondered why her blonde teammate was such in a hurry that he dropped his Kunai on the ground before he left.

(MEANWHILE)

"What are you talking about?"

Confusion would soon take over Boruto as he stared at the guy with a puzzled and calculative face. The blonde had been helding himself back during the battle, getting sucker stabbed, and now being turned crazy at the same time. He won't fall for these mind games that easily.

He was able to calm himself down from his outburst and was now interrogating the guy. He wanted to get all real and true answers from him. Since he was claiming to be the Sasuke of old. His late sensei.

"You're daughter?" Boruto said, before continuing." What makes you say that she is your daughter?" He added.

"Dammit Boruto!" A faint whisper from Sarada could be hard from the background.

On the other hand, Sasuke gave a sigh." Because she really is." He simply said, He too didn't know how to explain the situation to him since a lot had happened.

"Looks like Sensei's younger self is tougher than I thought." Boruto thought to himself. This guy was now claiming to be the Sasuke of the future.

This was old news for Boruto since Uchiha's are good at convincing people. He was going to challenge him to prove that the guy was just tricking them.

"Alright, if you're really him, when is her birthday?" He asked, referring to his teammate.

"March 28."

Boruto widened his eyes in surprised." Yeah, Lucky guess, What's her least favorite food?"

Sasuke gave a sigh, this was one thing that he found disappointing." Tomatoes." He simply said, recalling how much he was heartbroken when he discovered that his own daughter hated his favorite food.

Again, with the right answer, Boruto was firing question after question. He was now apparently asking everything about his life and his teammate's life just to discredit the man, yet the other was answering all the questions with such accuracy.

Sarada, on the other hand, chose to gave up and decided to go with the flow since she could not stop her blonde teammate. She was just going to see how this ends eventually.

As the interrogation continued, Boruto decided to level up the questions and focused more on certain important events that happened throughout. Expecting that the man would be having a tough time, he instead got the opposite.

"Who were the two guys responsible for attacking the Chuunin Exams?"

"Momoshiki and Kinshiki."

"How did we met Uncle Jiraiya?"

"By using that time travelling talking robot turtle provided by Katasuke."

Boruto was about speak when he was suddenly cut for the first time.

Sasuke continued." And we were there to prevent Urashiki from killing your idiot father's kid version." He finished his statement, which was probably the nail in the coffin.

With all the questions being answered by the Uchiha, Boruto was running out of ideas. He was sweating really hard and he didn't know what to say anymore. His doubts still continued to rally him and by the time the interrogation had reached it'a climax, he fired one last question.

"Who is my favorite stuff toy?" He asked.

The question really confused Sarada, she was wondering on how the conversation had changed its topic to stuffed toys.

There was quietness that took over the area. Sasuke gave a sigh, and shook his head." Mr. Octo, is the name of your favorite octopus stuff toy, that you often secretly carried around even until now." He said.

Boruto was shocked, no one had known that secret except for his Sensei. He was very much surprised as he could not believed that this was in fact his sensei standing right in front of him.

"Oh shoot, it really is you! Dattebasa!" He exclaimed.

Sarada gave a sigh." Oh finally!" She commented, she thought the idiocy of her teammate would last forever.

Sasuke could only shook his head, yet he gave a small smile. He really did missed his student's idiotic antics. At least, it lightened up the mood as of now.

"I don't understand, H-How's this even possible?" Boruto wondered, there has to be some explanation to this. He himself, had witnessed his death.

He was then greeted by silence, even his raven haired teammate had no explanation for this. It was up to other to answer that question.

As for Sasuke, He shrugged off his shoulders, before giving a clueless expression.

"To be honest, I really can't remember how I got here."

(MEANWHILE)

Groaning was all that he could do.

Yamato felt as if he had the worst headaches ever. His whole body was stiff and he couldn't moved properly since his muscles were still going numb.

A certain crash on the ground was the reason for his returning consciousness yet, he coudn't remember what happened before that, with the exception of darkness.

After a few moments, the brown haired instructor was able to finally moved his body. As the numbness faded away, he used his hands a support as he slowly got up from the ground. He could feel the dust and sands contrast to the earlier grassy grounds of the forest, which led him to wonder on the heck had happened.

The sun was mercilessly burning as the man finally stood up. Almost losing balance, he leaned on the rocky wall to support himself. Yamato brought his eyes up as he found himself in a entirely new place." What in the world...?" He trailed off.

The ruins accompanied by the sunny and windy weather greeted him.

Yamato was in awe of his surroundings. How come he had never seen this, or maybe he had he been into this place before? Continuous observation led him to presumed that this was some sort of base or hideout. Probably Orochimaru's?

The question is how did he even get here? The last time he recalled, he was back in the forest trying to doubt his abilities as a team captain and now he was thousands of miles away from his former location.

Another question also led to him to wonder the whereabouts of his team, which slightly made him panic. He forced himself to walk along the dusty areas, the visibility was not kind to him, so he had to focus more to find the right pathway.

Along the way, he still wondered some of theories on how he had managed to even get here. He could have hit his head hard on something which caused him to suffer a case of amnesia. That could be a good explanation.

Yamato narrowed his eyes as the wind had gotten stronger. He deduced that he was somewhere in the middle of the desert because of the sand. He could sense the presence but he could not see any person right now. As he then turned to his left, as he finally saw a certain pink haired teen from a few distances.

"Sakura!" Yamato exclaimed as he hurried himself by slightly limping towards the teen, despite his still weakened condition.

(MEANWHILE)

Sakura sat and leaned on the rock, as she finally regained her consciousness. She was confused and unaware of what had transpired. She was woken by her blonde teammate, who was very much in a hurry, as he immediately left her for something more important.

Her head was slightly aching due to her collapsing during the fight and she had no choice but to give in, yet the rookie was there to assist and take her to a safer area. She immediately thought of the girl, by the time she had woken up.

Curiosity had also gotten into her as she began to wonder on what has happened to the rest. She darted her eyes around and stopped at a certain spot where she saw the two rookies, and surprisingly Sasuke, who was standing on the middlefield.

She widened her eyes in surprised. She thought mostly of the rookies as this gravely concerned her. The guy was dangerous, and the two were eventually facing him, which mean't they could get killed instantly if they made the wrong move.

She immediately decided to stand up, yet she found herself being prevented by her wobbly legs and weakened state. She realized her current condition and she began to use her medical Ninjutsu as she placed her hands on herself. The Jutsu eventually worked and she could feel the improvements as she regained her composure and was able to stand up properly.

"Sakura!"

A familiar voice then suddenly called her name.

The pink haired teen widened her eyes in suprised to see her brown haired sensei, by the time she turned to her right." Yamato-sensei!" She exclaimed, rushing to the limping man instead.

Yamato, who was very much nearing the teen, suddenly lost his balance and fell down to the sandy ground. He could still feel the dizziness still rummaging inside his head and he stayed on that position until the pink haired teen reached him.

"Sensei are you alright?" Sakura quickly rushed to the man's aid." What happened to you?" She asked, wondering on he had gotten himself in a place such as this.

The last time she remembered, the man was unconscious from a certain battle and they had no choice but to seal him inside a futuristic-like scroll to carry him safely throughout the journey.

The question was how did he escape from that scroll?

"Yeah, I'm alright." Yamato replied, still recovering from his fall as the pink haired teen assisted him.

"What happened here?" He asked, wanting to know the truth." Are we in the Hideout?" He added.

There was brief of moment of quietnessthat took over. Sakura thought of the ways to explain the situation at best, since a lot had already had happened.

"Well, we ran into some trouble and...Sasuke." Sakura explained, before turning towards the main battle field.

Yamato raised both his eyebrows as he immediately turned to the pink haired teen." Wait...What!?" He asked.

Sakura could only beckoned the man to look at her direction, to which the latter did.

In the main battlefield itself, where the rookies and Sasuke are seemed to be having a conversation?

(MEANWHILE)

Sai continued to held on to the boulder that supported him. His legs were still shaking and he could still feel the numbness going through his whole body. He had apparently escaped death just awhile ago by not making any single move when the Uchiha passed by him.

He knew his heart was beating fast, yet he didn't made a single noise or even a stare. He kept his eyes on the blank space yet, he occasionally slipped a peek to see where the Uchiha was headed.

Time had passed since and he found himself watching from behind the scenes. He couldn't hear what they were talking about but what really shocked him was that the teen had suddenly pulled Sarada into a hug.

A literal hug.

He was now confused as ever. How could a guy like him would do such an impossible thing? As far he can remember, he tried to kill the whole Team 7, with the exception of Yamato, who wasn't present during that whole time.

He wasn't sure whether to attack the man from behind, or just let it all go since he could sensed no threat right now. As if the mood had gotten into a different kind of level.

"Hey Sai!" A loud whisper was then heard. The black haired teen turned his eyes and saw Naruto, who had appeared out of nowhere and was now behind him.

Apparently, Naruto had snuck in undetected as he found himself heading towards an area behind the main field. It was basically spot behind the Uchiha.

"Are you alright?" Naruto asked, as he reached the teen." Did he tried to kill you again?" He added.

Sai simply shook his head." I'm okay." He said." It's just that I can't move properly." He added, trying to balance himself.

"So far Sasuke is busy having a conversation with the rookies." He informed the blonde." But I'm not really sure what is happening between them right now." He added, referring to the Uchiha's sudden change of mood.

Naruto, who had turned his attention towards the main field, nodded." I know, I think he is trying to trick them." He said." Which is why this is perfect opportunity for me to execute my surprise attack from behind." He said, giving small confident grin.

The blonde proceeded to slowly head towards the main field. He gripped his hands as he saw this as an opportunity to finally end this once and for all.

This was a do or die situation for him. He was going to make sure that he'll bring the Uchiha back to his true home no matter what.

(MEANWHILE)

"You don't remember?"

Sasuke simply shook his head. He was actually telling the truth. He had no idea how he got here in the first place. As much as he tried many times to search through his own memories, it was all blanks and dead ends.

As for the two teens, they were still baffled yet amazed.

He kept his eyes towards the two as he continued to observed them. "They've gotten bigger or is it just me?" He thought to himself. He was not used to seeing the two at this age and appearance. They all look as if they had matured in a span of days.

It also felt like he had missed a lot of things.

He really did and he wanted to continue on talking to them if it now for a certain blonde, who had suddenly entered the scene from behind.

"Sasuke!"

A voice, to which he hadn't heard for a very long time, was heard calling out his name.

Soon his instincts took over and the Uchiha immediately took a step aside to simply dodge the attacking blonde, who tried to ambush him from behind. The two rookies were also startled as well they too, tried to evade the oncoming young seventh.

Boruto quickly pulled Sarada toward himself, yet, as a consequence, he found himself tripping on a random rock, resulting the both of them falling to the ground.

Naruto gritted his teeth in frustration as he found himself missing his one and only target, he already had thought that attacking the raven haired teen from behind, would be more easier now and he was wrong yet again.

The blonde landed at the same time as them as he didn't took off his focus on the raven haired teen." Dammit! Lucky dodge teme!" He said, as he charged once again with his kunai this time.

As for Sasuke, he had enough of this small fight as he instead evaded the blonde once more and jumped up to the top ground, above the crater.

"Get back here teme!" Naruto exclaimed, as he continued." You don't know what is happening!" He added, trying his best to reasoned out with him.

If he can't beat him in a fight, he was going to beat him through talking.

(Interview)

"I was really frustrated with the way things are going with the teme. He really doesn't understand the whole picture and What he really needs is a lecture Dattebayo!"

-Naruto

"You don't understand!" The blonde continued." Orochimaru's going to kill you and take over your body!" He added.



His voice was already aching from yelling. In a span of minutes, he began to blurt out all the reasons and explanations that he could think of. He explained everything from the consequences and punishments that the teen could received and it also could lead into a possible death.

Everybody was pretty much in silence. Sakura and Yamato, who had reached the scene stopped their tracks as they too watched the blonde confront his former teammate. Sai, also arrived at main field, still holding his wounded shoulder in pain. In his mind, he still won't forget what the Uchiha had did to him.

As for Boruto and Sarada, they safely landed on the ground, and were now also eyes on the Uchiha.

The barrage of words still continued from the Uzumaki. It seemed that he wasn't giving up that easily.

The wind grew stronger as the silence took charged afterwards. The spotlight shifted to Sasuke, who was expected by everyone to reply back.

The teen stood in his current position giving his own cold and blank stare. It seemed that he was back to his old and usual self. Although, back inside his mind, he was having a tough time bringing back his former personality. He wasn't used to it anymore and he can't even put on a good act to save his cover.

Yet, He was trying his best.

He took a deep breath and began to slowly put on a mask.



"I don't bother." He finally replied." If that happens, it happens." He added, with the coldest and emotionless tone of voice that he could released and surprisingly, it worked for him.

The blonde was reduced to silence and could only stare at the Uchiha in shocked. So as the rest of everyone.

Sensing that this was an opportunity to speak, he continued." My revenge is the only thing I care for." He added." As long as I can achieved it, I really don't bother on what happens to me or anyone else." He paused for a little bit, observing their mixed reactions.

He then gave a smirk." So what if Orochimaru takes over me?" He said, before continuing." The both of us have no match against Itachi." He added." If sacrificing myself to Orochimaru is the only way to kill him, then I will give my life a million times over!"

This was exactly the same words that he could recall saying, during his tenure with the Snake Sannin, twenty something years ago. He was fortunate that he could still remember it.

So far his former teammates' reactions including that of Sai were a mixed of shocked and disbelief. It was not until a certain brown haired man interrupted the conversation as he limped his way through the middle of the field.

"I am afraid, that won't happen." All eyes then turned towards the man.

"Yamato-sensei!?" Naruto was caught by surprised when he saw the man in front of him. He then turned his eyes towards the blonde rookie and gave him a very priceless look.

Seeing the other's expression made Boruto to check his pockets, and to his shock, the scroll was nowhere to be found. He widened his eyes surprised as he realized that he must have somehow dropped the scroll back inside the hideout.

The appearance of the brown haired instructor was total unexpected random suprise for everyone.

Sasuke raised an eyebrow." Where the heck did you came from?" He asked himself, as he began to wonder on what was really going on right now.

At this time, he began to feel a familiar presence arriving at the area and he exactly knew that person.

He then moved his attention back towards them and saw the brown haired young man still speaking and giving statements that he had heard before, and so decided to cut it.

"He is the same as Orochimaru, A rogue ninja, who deserts the village and can't be allowed to-" As Yamato was about to finish his sentence, he was suddenly interrupted by the Uchiha.

"Roam free..." Sasuke finished the words, before continuing." I've already heard that before." He said, as he then decided to go on further with his act.

He raised up his whole arm towards sky, forming a stance as if he was going to summoned a very powerful jutsu. As expected, by the time he had fully raised it, he was suddenly prevented by a certain snake man.

"You're still not using that technique, Sasuke-kun."

Orochimaru appeared beside the Uchiha, as he grabbed his hand to prevent him from using a certain lightning jutsu." You could possibly kill yourself." He added.

The rest of the gang were greeted by surprised by the time the Snake Sannin appeared. Especially, Naruto, who yelled out his name." Orochimaru!"

The snake sannin paid no heed to the blonde's comments. He was more focus on the teen as he gave him a very serious look." We've got some serious problem." He added with a cryptic tone of voice.



As for Sasuke, he stared at the Snake man, trying to figure out his statement. As he could recall, the man hadn't said this kind of statement before, at least during this time around. This was also the first time, he saw the man in a very serious mood, usually he would be more sly and playful.

Sensing the urgency to leave the place, Sasuke simply sighed and snapped his hands. Moments later, portions of fire appeared surrounding them as they slowly fade away from the scene.

Back below the crater, Most of Team 7 were still loss for words, as they could only helplessly watch the Uchiha slowly fade away from them. Their expressions and stares were a mixed of loss and despair. Especially, Naruto, who felt defeated yet again.

They were slowly beginning to realized that they still have a long way to go before they can officially bring the Uchiha and Sakura were the most affected, while Sai and Yamato could only sympathized with them.

This were the main things that Sasuke had noticed. From the inside, he was surprised to discover that they really do care for him. He only realized this just now, years after the original event had happened.

He could only give a sad look secretly.

As for Boruto and Sarada, they too were just observing the scene unfold. Mainly, their eyes were focused on the Uchiha. Their thoughts differ from the rest of the main core. Boruto was more amazed while Sarada was more amused that her Papa's acting skills had surprisingly improved.

As the Uchiha disappeared from the scene, The rookies immediately noticed that Sasuke was now staring at them, and surprisingly, the teen gave them a small smile, which mean't that they will meet again.

(Interview)

"You know, all these stuff that happened right now, it's probably one of the most random yet mind-blowing experience ever. More mind-blowind than Momo-san, occasionally taking over my body.

-Boruto

"Well, I really don't know what to say, I mean it's just really strange and surreal to see that Papa's really here."

-Sarada

(MEANWHILE)

Silence took over the entire place.

Everybody was left speechless, with a growing emotion from inside. The ambience of the place had changed once more, as it finally calmed down from the previous chaotic events that had transpired.

Naruto stared at the empty spot, where his former teammate used to stand. For a few moments, he wondered with his mind on what other things that he could he have done to get a better result, yet he was just too late and the damage had been already done.

He slowly collapse to his knees as he began to began to quietly cry.

All that he that training that he gone through for all these years, all the goals that he had set, the blood, sweat and sacrifice, it still wasn't enough to bring the guy back and he was beginning to doubt his efforts.

Boruto saw all this as he slowly stood up from the ground, while still slightly limping, the rookie headed towards his young old man with a goal to comfort him.

Sarada, on the other hand saw the pink haired teen, who was slightly struggling to catch up as she quickly recovered and headed towards to the area to assist her.

As everybody took action, Yamato found himself witnessing his team, worked together for the first time. It was a very surreal thing for him and he began to compare the chemistry from before and now, which was really surprising.

(Interview)

"This had always been the common thing after a battle or a fight, it basically leaves you a very small trauma to manage, yet right now, It's somehow turning into the opposite.

-Yamato

(MEANWHILE)

"Hey man, are you alright?"

It was often the question that Boruto would asked everytime he sees someone, who has been struggling with a problem. The rookie sat beside the other as placed a hand on the the blonde's shoulder.

Naruto felt the rookie's presence as he turned to see the teen, with a small smile." Yeah, I'm fine man." He replied, before taking a deep breath." It's just that I cried a lot in this mission." He added." No matter what I try, all my goals always seemed to fail." He began to doubt.

Hearing his statement, Boruto gave a sigh, yet smiled." Well, it's okay to cry all the time, but sometimes crying doesn't really help on solving the problem." He explained." Although, no matter what happens, there's always away to get back up and continue on."

Naruto slowly looked up and stared at the rookie. He slowly nodded as he understood what he was trying to say. Things are not always too late.

"As matter a fact, we could use this disappointment as a motivation to get stronger and that will really help us along the way." Boruto added, as he finished the rest of his statement.

"I am here too!"

A familiar voice then said. Both of them looked up to see the pink haired teen, assisted by the raven haires rookie with a supportive smile." We'll be stronger!" She said, while tears were flowing from her eyes.

She too cared.

Sarada on the other hand, also joined in." Count me in too!" Giving her support towards the rest.

"And I guess, we still have six months left?" Sai entered the conversation as he garnered the rest of everybody's attention. He then gave a smile." I am pretty sure that three is better than two, and I am also strong myself." The teen said, surprising the rest. It seemed that he now understands the meaning of Unity.

Naruto was loss for words as he could really see them committing and pledging as a team." T-Thank you." He muttered under his breath.

It was definitely a very eventful day. As the sun shine upon them, their hopes were renewed once more.

As Boruto assisted his dad from the ground, his eyes suddenly caught two certain someones, waving at him from above and it was none other than Showtaro and a boy to which he hadn't seen before.

"Hey everybody!"

The boy's call resulted in everybody looking at a certain direction.

"Who's that?" Yamato asked.

Sai widened his eyes surprised as he immediately recognized the voice." Mitsue!" He called out the boy's name.



It was the final arrival of the two that resulted in everyone finally reuniting for the first time after a series of unfortunate events that befell them throughout their journey.

It seemed that they now had the opportunity to gather and retreat for now.

(MEANWHILE)



It was probably the worst headache that he had ever been since suddenly blacking out. As his consciousness slowly returned, Kabuto slightly cringed as he felt multiple aches and pains throughout his whole body, not just his private part.

He tried to move a muscle but was unable to because of the pain. He could feel the heat of sun slowly burning him and he somehow knew that he was done as a potato. There was no one here to help him right now.

He was all alone.

Orochimaru? He won't be able to help since he had important matters to attend to.

Sasuke? There's no reason or possibility for that brooding moron to help him in some way. As matter a fact, he hated the teen's arrogant attitude.

This was one of the consequences that he would often get since he made that decision to leave and desert the village for the Snake Sannin. In fact, he had already accepted it and there's was no turning back.

He had no family nor friends, all of them were dead to him, it was only himself from the beginning and until the end.

He tried to open his eyes for the first time but was greeted by the blinding light of the sun. which forced him to retreat back to a dark vision. It's not just the trouble of getting up but opening his as well. He wondered if he was going to remain here forever.

All he wanted was to go home, but which home? The Hideouts that he had stayed in? Or the other home, to which his story began, that fateful day?

As moments passed by, he soon began to feel a sense of coolness and relief. All the pain and aches were slowly fading away. He began to feel a presence beside him, a presence which baffled him. It was all too familiar yet, he couldn't figured it out.

Who was this person right now?

"You'll be alright, Kabuto-kun." A female voice then said.

That voice. It was very familiar, as if he had heard it somewhere before and he also couldn't figure it out.

So he took another attempt as he slowly opened his eyes. This time he was able to get a vision and he could see a certain young woman, with a light brown hair. She donned some kind of old Shinobi attire to which he had not seen and she wore this square-shaped style of glasses. The main feature that caught his attention was the emerald green eyes that this young woman possessed.

His mind started come to life and began to share memories from his past. Particularly, a certain someone that he looked up to as a role model and family long ago.

"There you go! I guess it fits you well!"

"Do you think so?"



"Yup, Now you can be on time. I just hope the lenses are okay for you."

"Really?...Thank you so much!"

As his mind brought the memory forward, Kabuto began to slowly realized and soon, he was overcome with a shock and surprise towards this person, who was currently healing him. Unknowingly, small tear then fell from his eye as the silver haired man, finally gathered himself to speak for the first time.

"Mother?"

(CHAPTER END)

Then again, Thank you for reading the story:)

(EXTRA SCENE)



The peaceful and sunny atmosphere of the day had suddenly been interrupted.

It felt as if a meteor had struck the middle of a certain small open lake, surprising anyone, who was there. The impact had created a small tsunami which definitely caused little panic from the forest animals, who were drinking the waters of lake from the shore.

In a unexpected coincidence, two boys in their early teens found themselves as witnessed to the current event. They were currently fishing on the lake, by the the time the mysterious object hit the lake, which caused the little tsunami.

Luckily, the boys were able to land ashore by the time the object landed on the waters. The two of them were surprised as they had not expected this kind of thing to happened.

The first boy, held his bucket of fish while the second boy was holding his fishing rod. Both of them were frozen into shock and now staring at the lake expecting the next scene to unfold.

"What do you think that is?" The second boy asked his friend.

The first boy shrugged." Beats me, I guess a giant rock from space fell." He replied.

As the ripples in the water calmed down, the two boys headed near the shores once again to investigate and by the time they got closer, they saw something arising from the water.

"What in the world...?"

The boys stopped their tracks as they found themselves staring at the mystery object that hit the waters. Actually, it wasn't an object but person that fell from the sky. To add something to the thrill, the person was a pretty blonde young woman, who arose from the waters and headed towards the shore.

The young woman seemed to be irritated or annoyed. She donned an unfamiliar Shinobi attire, which was now all soak and wet. She took the first few steps towards in land, thinking about the previous incident that befell her.

Yuko was pretty much annoyed. The young woman thought that going back to that kind of immature personality, she had before, was still alright.

Although, going back to her old psychotic self, gave her consequences and one of them was being smash and thrown like a ragdoll by a freaking tailed beast, which was a first time. She still couldn't believed that she still lose to a bunch of losers.

She learned a lesson today.

Still wet, Yuko then took her old self off, revealing a new personality. Her current sassy and more mature personality. Swaying her hips naturally, the young woman found herself walking in land and passing two certain boys, who were staring at her as if she was something shocking that they had ever seen.

They were right, she was indeed a shocking yet, somehow amazing site to look at.

Soon, irritation would take over as the young woman narrowed her eyes, giving them a very haughty look.

"What are you two idiots looking at?" She asked rudely and with arrogance, her hands on her hips." Haven't seen a poor and wet woman before?" She added, before turning her eyes away from them, wallking towards a specific area, where a certain person was waiting for her.

As the young woman passed by, the two boys were still staring at her. There jaws almost dropped on the floor and their expressions were pretty much priceless. As the quietness continued, the boys wondered about the mystery girl.

"Hey, you know what?" The first boy then broke the silence, getting the attention of the second boy.

"Yeah?"

The first boy then took a deep breath as he shook his head and a smile formed around his lips.

"She's pretty hot!"