"Alright Mom! I'm heading out for my training!" Sarada called out to her Mother as she she was halfwat out the door.
"Sarada! Don't forget your lunch! It's going to be a long day and I'm not giving you any money to buy food!" Sakura called out. She paced herself to her daughter and gave her a big hug. "I'm so proud of you."
Sarada stared at her toes quietly. "Say Mom, when's Dad coming back?"
"You know that he's out on a very important mission. He'll be back very soon."
"You always say that, but he's never here!"
Sakura touched the top of her forehead softly. "I promise you Sarada. He'll be here very soon."
"Okay Mom. Well, I've got to go! I love you! See you later!"Sarada waved to her Mother and darted off into the city of Konoha. Sakura waved back and smiled brightly. "I love you too Sarada."
"Hey! You're late!" Boruto exclaimed. "We were about to start without you!"
"Sorry guys, something important came up." She faced her squad leader and bowed. "I apologize for arriving late Konohamaru Sensei. It won't happen again."
The brown glared man laughed and scratched his head. "We still have some time before we have to head off to train. Besides, surely you all haven't forgotten what today is!" The three Genin glared at each other. Konohamaru sighed. "As expected of you three. Today is the day when we battle other teams. It's only to get you guys accustomed to other shinobi abilities."
Boruto clutched his head in frustration. "That's today?! Crap, I totally forgot!"
"I think we all did…" Mitsuki added.
"Well there's nothing we can do now." Sarada joined. "Alright Sensei, let's get going!"
On the way to training, the four ninjas traveled together. They had made contact with the other Genins from various teams. When they arrived to the battlegrounds, there were Jonins and Chunins gathered around to watch the young shinobi. Sarada walked past a couple of the older shinobi and overheard their conversation.
"Isnt that the piece of trash's kid? What's her name again…? Salad?" The ninjas laughed.
"No man. You've got it all wrong! That guy is worse than trash. After what he did to us all, he is worse than pig slop. Crap is way better looking than him."
Hearing this made Sarada's blood boil. No matter where she went, shinobi were always giving her Dad lip. At times, she was being bullied herself by others. One time, she tried sticking up for her Father, but at the end, she got shoved and laughed at by the older ninjas. Sarada dared not to tell her Mom because she didn't want to cause any trouble for her.
Revenge.
The young kunoichi looked around. She heard a voice, but couldn't figure out where it had come from.
"Settle down everyone!" Shikamaru emerged from a crowd of Jonins. "WE will commence the battles. Each of you will have your names drawn randomly. Battles will last for about 10 minutes tops. Mind you, there is a possibility that you'll fight against your teammates." His eyes grew dark. "Under no circumstances will there be any intent to of killing. If that does happen, punishment will be issued right away. We shall begin!"
Shikamaru walked up to a shiny glass bowl, which had a million strips of paper, reached his hand in, and grabbed two fragile slips. "Boruto Uzumaki and Shikadai Nara!"
The two Genin walked up and held two fingers up in front of their faces. Boruto smirked. "I'm so going to win this…"
"What a drag…" Shikadai responded.
"Commence the battle!"
The two ninjas somersaulted backwards. They stood tall with their own unique fight stance. The blonde haired boy glared at his "enemy" with eyes of determination. The brown haired genin stared at his opponent with uninterested eyes.
"Shadow Clone Jutsu!" Boruto brought his fingers up and crossed them. About three clones appeared along his side. They all jumped forward to Shikadai, who was now crouching on his knees and with his hands clasped together. When they reached Shika, they froze in place. Shika reached for his kunai and slashed the three Borutos. They grunted in pain and vanished into thin air. He reached into his bag for a shuriken and launched to the real Boruto.
With amazing reflex, Boruto dodged the shuriken and retaliated back. He reached the shadow user and swung his leg around. His kick missed him by several inches.
"Shadow Bind Jutsu!" Shikadai muttered. Boruto froze in place with his back towards his opponent. Shikadai walked up to Boruto and held his kunai to his back. "How troublesome is this?" He said irritatingly.
"What the heck?!" Boruto growled under his breath.
Shikamaru paced to the battlegrounds. "Shikadai is victorious!" He held his son's wrist and brought it to the air. Boruto walked over to his teammates. To avoid further embarrassment, he made no eye contact to anyone. Sarada and Mitsuki snickered.
"That fight wasn't close to three minutes." The onyx eyed girl giggled. "How pathetic is you ask me."
The blue eyes genin crossed his arms in frustration. "Shut up! I'd like to see you try."
"Sarada Uchiha and ChoCho Akimichi! Come forward!" Without hesitation, the two girls made their way to the center. They held up their two fingers in front of their faces. They stood about three meters away from each other.
"I'm not holding back Sarada." ChoCho said as she put away her bag of chips.
"Just because you're my best friend doesn't mean I'll feel sorry for you." Sarada responded.
"Commence the battle!"
The two kunoichi glared at each other. Sarada closed her eyes. If Papa were only here to see me. No Sarada, focus…
She lost herself in her thoughts. Memories from her being bullied about her and her Dad haunted her mind. No matter how hard she tried to concentrate, she was being pulled back in. The blood within her began to flow hot through her veins. Her eyes fluttered open.
They eyes that were once onyx, were now red as blood. In those red, determined eyes, were three little onyx colored tomoe.
Revenge…