"Hell no!" shouted Sakura. "You are not sending my daughter's team on a B-Rank Mission!"
"Oh come on, Sakura," replied Naruto, trying to calm her down. "We completed an A-Rank Mission when we were genin!"
"And if it weren't for Kurama, you'd be dead!" the pink-haired woman yelled. "That Haku boy was going to kill you and Sasuke- he caused Sasuke's temporary death! Boruto doesn't have the same power you do!"
"That's true..." Naruto sighed, "...he and Himawari both have something else, something... much more ancient and much more powerful, ya know."
Sarada's eyes widened as she struggled not to gasp from the other side of the door. Her mother would ground her for weeks if she had known she was eavesdropping. She didn't budge, ears against the wall. What could Boruto and Himawari possibly have inside them that was stronger than the Nine-Tailed Fox?
"Naruto-sensei, are you in?" a voice asked from outside the Hokage Mansion's front door, tapping the oak with the his knuckle as he spoke.
Boruto strolled towards the door and looked at the visitor. "Oh, hey, Kamaru. If you're looking for Dad, he's out somewhere, ya know. Dunno where."
The visitor was Kamaru Shimura, a member of the Shimura Clan and a member of Team Naruto when he was a genin. He was always a prodigy and a very talented user of Kyushu, the Shimura Clan's kekkei genkai, which allows the user to absorb minerals from soil, which can be used to replenish chakra and is a way to keep going for days without eating or drinking. He sighed.
"Thanks, Bolt. (A/N: Bolt is Boruto's nickname. However, this nickname is only used by a handful of people.) You mind giving this mission report to Naruto-sensei? It's kinda an important mission to him and I so I wanna get it to him as soon as possible," he handed a file to Boruto.
"No problem," the blonde genin grinned as he walked towards his father's office.
He placed the file on his father's desk and slowly walked away. He paused just before he left the room, curiosity taking over, he walked back to the desk and opened the file. He gasped after reading the report. He had no idea that his father had kept this from him.
"Are you serious, Naruto?" Sakura asked her old friend. "Your children have that sort of power deep inside them?"
The Hokage nodded, "Must've been because I'm a jinchuriki. I'm surprised I didn't get this power, cos mom was a jinchuriki too."
"Well, you didn't have to give birth," explained Sakura. "So the seal wouldn't have weakened. The events of your birthday must have gotten rid of it somehow. I dunno. But, with Sarada's Sharingan, Daiki's Byakugan, Konohamaru's jonin abilities and... that... I guess they stand a chance. Go ahead. Send them on that mission."
"Thank you, Sakura," Naruto smiled.
Sarada snuck away from the room where Naruto and Sakura were talking, shivering from what she had just heard. Boruto and Himawari... really had such an evil inside of them? And was it really contained? Were they really safe from... the twin demons of legends only just discovered by archaeologists?
"Team Konohamaru," Shikamaru Nara, Jonin Commander of the Hidden Leaf Village, addressed them. "By the order of Lord Seventh Hokage Naruto Uzumaki, you are to be sent on a B-Rank Mission. Here are the details."
Konohamaru took a deep sigh. Keeping an eye out for his team would be a lot harder on a B-Rank Mission. Daiki remained neutral, not caring about the difficulty level of his next mission. Sarada was afraid, not uneasy about the mission, but about Boruto. She didn't know what to do next, especially considering the... circumstances. Boruto cheered as he leapt higher than anyone thought he could, punching the air. Konohamaru and Daiki (who seemed to act very similarly to each other, curiously) appeared to be quite annoyed by this childish enthusiasm, but Sarada seemed to be relieved somehow. As if it had released a burden off of her shoulders. Shikamaru then continued.
"The most infamous criminal organization in the world, currently, is the Yakuza. In the last Five Kage Summit, the Five Kage decided to be rid of the Yakuza as soon as possible, but they've still managed to evade us somehow. However, we have information that the Yakuza is targetting the Hidden Lake Village, but we don't know why. Outside of the Yakuza, the only one who does know why is the secretary of the Feudal Lord Hiroshi Kawaguchi of the Land of Lakes, a man named Hattori Shinjimoto, who was found unconscious in the Hidden Leaf Forest. He needs to be escorted to the Hidden Lake, where Feudal Lord Kawaguchi is currently taking refuge. That's your job. Go meet him and a chunin that will be aiding you at the Village Gate tomorrow at 8am sharp. That's all."
"Well, I'm as good as dead. These punks count as shinobi?! Especially that blonde kid, he looks the most idiotic of them all!" Hattori Shinjimoto pouted, clearly unsatisfied.
"WHAT DID YOU SAY?!" Boruto launched himself at Hattori, ready to punch the secretary square in the face until Konohamaru stopped him by grabbing hold of him.
"It's not much use if you kill the guy we're meant to protect, Boruto," Konohamaru sighed.
Boruto studied Konohamaru, "Why aren't you so lively anymore?"
Konohamaru frowned, "Huh?"
The blonde explained, "Dad told me how lively you always were and I vaguely remember my lively old Uncle Konohamaru."
Konohamaru threw Boruto a few feet away, "That's no concern of yours. Anyway, stop calling me Uncle Konohamaru. For professional purposes I want you to call me Konohamaru-sensei. It's also effective in that I can look at you as my student rather than my friend's son."
Boruto slowly got up, shaking his head, "You'll always be Uncle Konohamaru."
"Can we just get going?" asked Hattori.
Konohamaru looked at his client. "No, we're still waiting for the chunin coming with us," he paused. "Speak of the devil."
A familiar chunin walked towards them.
"Sorry I'm late! Shall we get going now?" asked Kaeru Gamamoto (A/N: If you don't remember him, he made his debut in 'The Mokuza Triathlon').
