Hi All, My first fanfic in many many years. So please enjoy. ~ Lane

Chapter One: Looking Without Eyes

Sarada had never been so upset before and it took a lot to upset the Uchiha girl. After turning sixteen Boruto had asked her out the total of five times in two years; each time she shot down, the problem was she loved Boruto but she didn't know how to show her feelings, so what had upset her the most was hearing now that Boruto had a girlfriend. A women from the sand village, a girl they'd meet four months ago on a mission. Sarada didn't like her, for a start she was loud, a flirt and she obviously and clearly stated she had no feelings for Boruto.

The first day of the mission was like any other, the team reported to Lord 7thfor the mission terms. Boruto was just annoyed that he had to trade in his black jacket for the standard green one, but then she walked in. "Miss Perfect" with a few other sand ninja. Boruto obviously liked what ever it was she had; her face was painted in make up, her clothes were short and reviling, she had light peachy orange hair. After the mission brief they set off, straight away the girl was all over Boruto, saying how good looking he was. And Sarada couldn't even argue with that. He had shot up in height, his eyes were that beautiful blue that reminded people of the sky, he also had a toned body that Sarada dreamed about almost every night. Not that the sand ninja could see that.. Yet.

"I didn't catch your name.."

Boruto said after almost an hour of her talking. She giggled and kissed his cheek before replying; 'Isoko, but you can call me Oko.' That had so annoyed Sarada to no end. From that point the whole mission was Isoko talking about how amazing Boruto was, how strong he was, how well manored he was. It was the evening that had annoyed Sarada more then anything. Isoko had sat in front of her and said clearly that she had no feelings for him. And that he was a good escape from an arranged marriage, and Isoko's female team mate had laughed and agreed. It was all a joke for them. But not for Sarada. When she spoke to Boruto he said that they were just friends and not to worry about it.

Sarada was so annoyed when she found out they were officially dating. She found out from Mitsuki, only because he didn't show for a mission. When she asked why he wasn't here, the silver haired man told her that he was in the sand village meeting Isoko's parents. That was like an arrow to her heart. But why did she feel like she was being cheated on? Boruto had asked her out and like a fool she had turned him down more than once. After that short mission she returned home. And that's where she was now. Sat looking in the mirror, along the edge of her mirror was photos of her and her friends, her favourite was the one of her and Baruto. She didn't even remember who snapped the photo, but it was everything she loved about him. The photo was the two of them, he was looking deep into her eyes and she was smiling. On his lips; he had that soft smile one that he rarely showed, but she got to see it, every time in that picture. It was taken just after the exams, Sarada had got top marks and Boruto was the one who stood up and made the toast to her, no one else even thought about it, he was always so caring. That smile was for her she just wished she had acted on her feelings sooner rather than later.

The young Uchiha women was devastated. She felt like she had lost her best friend, she understood why he had accepted her invitation to a date. She just couldn't believe that she didn't know they were dating. Sure he hadn't been hanging around as much, but it was only now that she was noticing that. Sighing a little she moved the photo down too look at it better. She kept it in her hand till she moved over to the bed, it still in her hand, her eyes still on it as she laid down with it.

The sound of her parents coming home made her sigh, the picture going under the pillow to keep it hidden, she knew her mum will be in to check on her soon enough. She could hear her brothers downstairs making noise. She didn't mind that the made noise. She just wished they didn't have such a big age gap between her and them. Twelve years was a big gap but she was glad her mother did it, it was nice to have siblings. And her father was thrilled that he had two sons as well as a daughter. It wasn't Sakura who came up to check on her, it was her father, escaping from his two Uchiha sons. "Good evening." Her father said as he walked in, as Sarada sat up, her father poked her in the forehead, a trademark of the Uchiha clan.

"Good evening Papa." Sarada said with a smile as he pulled her into a hug with his one arm. It made her smile more, he was so kind and caring, yes he could be scary, but it made a change that not everyone knew that he used to be a monster. "How was Achi and Suki at the memorial site?" She asked her father, she knew that's where they were, Sasuke used to take her all the time too, but now she had missions and he couldn't make her go. But her brothers could be little nightmares. Both had the jet black hair too, both had his dark eyes. Yet Achi had glasses like her, where Suki didn't. Both boys would fight, argue, shout and yell. Sarada really thought that her mom was starting to crack when her father wasn't home, the boys were a handful.

"We had a slight issue, I didn't kill either of them, but they're both banned from sweets after dinner." Sasuke told his daughter, watching as she pulled away from his arm. Sweets in her mind was much different than her fathers, Sasuke view anything sweet as something with a sweetening taste, so dessert normally ended up being either blended frozen ice with fresh orange squeezed over the top or some sort of fruit salad. Sarada didn't even know what chocolate was till she started school and ice cream, she and Mitsuki both blamed that on Boruto. Sasuke watched his daughter before he stood up again. "Your mirror is missing a picture." The man said as he stood. He knew which one, it had been up there for almost two years. He stepped over to the mirror and looked. "You and Boruto have a falling out?" The man asked his hair slightly in the way as he flicked his head slightly so he didn't have hair in front of his eyes.

"No. I just wanted to get a more up to date photo, but I can't find my polaroid camera." Sarada lied and by her fathers face he knew that she had. But he wouldn't pester to much on at his daughter, he wasn't very good with that sort of girly talk, that would fall to Sakura. But Sakura was dealing with the boys.

"Believe it or not, Boruto is very smart and very strong. And as much as he takes after his fathers hot temper, miserable attitude and his sudden out breaks of loud annoyance. He is very much his mother's son. He's grasped both the byakugan and the power of the nine tail fox chakra. What I'm trying to say is that he's a good friend to you. And if you like him you should tell him." It pained Sasuke to say that, it really did. Sarada eyes widened a little at his words. Did her father just serious say that? Before she could say anything he spoke again. "Not that I wouldn't take great pleasure in beating him for even considering I'd let him date you without asking me first. But this..." Sasuke raised his arm and made a spinning hand movement with his hand as he jester her emotions at her. ".. The stomping around, the snapping, the tutting and the rolling of the eyes is rather annoying. And the next slam of your bedroom door and you'll find yourself out on the street for not respecting my house."

Sarada was totally embarrassed, her father and mother had both noticed her change since that mission, she didn't think anyone had. Her cheeks were a little red as she looked down at the floor of her room from where she was sitting up on the bed with her feet on the floor. "Papa, I like Boruto, a lot and I'm lost without him…" She told her father who watched her, he could see that tears were going to form because of the sharingan in his right eye. The man let out a heavy sigh as he moved over to his daughter, his arm going around her as his Susanoo took over and created his other arm so he could reach the box of tissues to hand.

"You say lost but is he really lost.. or is he just out of reach.." Sasuke said as his Susanoo hand offered her the tissues.

Boruto sat with Isoko as they sat in the evening sun. As lovely as she was Boruto just didn't know if he could fall in love with her. Isoko loved the sound of her own voice, not that her voice was horrible, but it was still a lot to take in. She was very beautiful too, that was a plus. She was bright, had lots of friend, but she wasn't Sarada. Isoko's family were very genuine people, they wanted her to marry a man who could take care of her, support her and give her a family. The reason being that she was an only child and they wanted her to marry someone from within their clan to protect her. Boruto watched her talk, though no words came out of her mouth, he had completely lost focus on what she was saying. Inside he was listening to his chibi nine tails, telling him that he could be back in the leaf village with Mitsuki and Sarada doing missions. Obviously the nine tails was bored of whatever she was saying. That's when Boruto noticed she was looking at him waiting for him to speak.

"Well, should we?" Isoko asked all excited, Boruto could really do with listening more, he had no idea what he was going to be agreeing on, but he couldn't let her know he was think about Sarada.

"Sure. Anything for you." The women suddenly beamed and threw herself on top of Boruto where he was sit, she pushed him back so his back was against the sand as well as his hair.

"You're so perfect." The young women said a grin on her lips as he held his face in place. "I'm sure Lord Kazekage will marry us at once."