What happens when the new Team 7 (Boruto, Mitsuki, and Sarada) go on an adventure where one comes back gravely hurt, two are captured and badly hurt, and no one knows where to find them? So, who's gravely hurt? Who are the captured two and will they ever see home again?

Ch. 1

The Mission: Team 7 must track down the remaining three rogue (previously) Sound Ninja and return them to the Leaf Village for a trial.

(General P.O.V)

The rain was pouring hard on the four ninjas who sat silently in a group of trees. They were quiet and focused, waiting for their quarry to advance from the nearby forest. They quietly prepared their weapons for attack.

(Sarada P.O.V.)

Boruto pushed his hair off his forehead making a face while he did so. Sarada smirked when she saw his face. For all his boyish qualities, he was the only boy that she knew who preferred to keep his clothes clean and hated his clothes getting torn and dirty.

She had always admired Boruto for his powerful fighting capabilities and his friendly accepting nature of everyone. She watched him closely- he was moving slower tonight than he had for the previous two nights of their mission. They had traveled in the rain the entire time except for last night when they slept in a barn off the forest trail until before dawn. Boruto had looked so sweet and young in his sleep. He had moved some, but when his hand accidentally touched Sarada's arm, she felt a spark pass from his hand to her arm. Sarada blushed thinking about her reaction to just his hand touching her arm. She shook her head and focused herself again on paying attention to the mission at hand. They had 1 mile left until they reached the house where they were meeting the informant. She looked her watch carefully using the moonlight to help light the face of it. "Drat," she thought, "we have less than 30 minutes to arrive at the meeting point." She was thinking back to their meeting where the mission had detailed that "the informant would only wait 10 minutes for them to arrive and if they were late the informant would leave and not return."

Sensei motioned for them to pick up speed to make the destination in time.

(General P.O.V.)

Boruto was lagging behind the rest of the group as they advanced to the next tree line when Boruto sensed a shift in the wind and noticed something move in the trees ahead. He crept forward landing on the same branch as Sarada and tapped her on the shoulder. She turned silently, and he pointed at the tree line where the sound had come from… She shook her head indicating that she didn't see or hear the same thing as Boruto. Mitsuki and Sensei advanced and landed in the grove right before the next set of trees- they were waiting on Boruto and Sarada to catch up.

(Boruto's P.O.V)

Boruto was about to follow Sarada jumping down when she stopped dead in front him. Did she see what he had seen? Boruto thought to himself. He opened his mouth to say something to her when a kunai flew past them, and he saw two black shapes shift down to where Mitsuki and Sensei were. Sarada, not turning her head, gave Boruto the sign to move forward and attack….