Consequences Chapter 2: Aren't We All in Trouble?, a naruto fanfic

A/N: I'm not sure exactly how long this is going to end up being, as this is probably just going to be the conclusion to a spontaneous one-shot that occurred after I initially watched the movie the first time. Who knows? I just think I watched it and thought about Boruto had basically gotten a free pass after all that had happened, which was probably because Naruto felt guilty it had gotten to that point. Anywho...this part is going to focus more on Naruto (and possibly) Sasuke's consequences, along with the punishment of our delinquents. It may even have a surprise or two thrown in. Of course, this will have both guilty parties probably involved, so that'll go well T.T

Chapter Two: Aren't We All in Trouble?

Shikamaru sighed as he saw Sakura come towards Naruto's office, trying to act as nonchalant as possible. Truthfully, he had never wanted to kill his friend as much as he did right now; because as much as he got along with Naruto, sometimes he still wanted to chunk a kunai or two at him. As much as he feared getting on the Hokage's bad side, he knew his old teammate wasn't that much better. The medic ninja was just as scary as Tsunade ever was, and he'd once heard that she'd knocked Naruto out cold for several hours barehanded. As Sakura's killing intent got closer, Shikamaru looked out the window and sighed. There was no way he was going to escape a tongue lashing at the very least and probably a punch. If he tried to defend Naruto or even himself it'd only be twice as bad, and he knew better than to go home and expect some sort of sympathy.

"BAKA!" Sakura yelled, making him flinch involuntarily. She came into the office looking somewhere between extremely ticked off and concerned, but it was always hard to tell. At this point, he wasn't even sure which one of them she was referring to but he was a little too afraid to ask. As Sakura knelt next to Naruto on the floor and checked him over, she started making a diagnosis.

Chakra depletion and a slight fever, probably brought on by exhaustion.

"Naruto, wake up for a minute." Sakura demanded, waiting for some sign of him trying to wake up. After two or three minutes of no reaction, Sakura focused all her attention on Shikamaru; giving him a sharp glare and drawing herself back up to her full height. "Shikamaru, what is he doing on the floor?"

"Well, he-" Shikamaru started, knowing no explanation was going to get him out of whatever trouble he was in. What a drag.

"He shouldn't be on the floor! You should've put him on the couch and cushioned his head! He has a fever! Luckily enough, he didn't hit his head!"

Yeah, because I caught the moron before he hit the ground.

"Tell me why he's even here in the first place and not at the house resting." Sakura said, fuming. "His chakra level is lower than I've ever seen it, which means something happened over there. He shouldn't have even left the house and neither should Sasuke."

Shikamaru kept a neutral look while the image of Sasuke dragging Boruto out of the office by his ear came into his mind.

"Did you know Sasuke came here then?"

"No, but that doesn't surprise me. We'll discuss this later, but right now Naruto needs a room at the hospital." Sakura said, kneeling next to Naruto again and running her fingers through his hair absentmindedly. "I want his room surrounded by ANBU the entire time he's there, is that understood?"

"Sakura?" Naruto asked, his eyes barely open. He was exhausted and his body felt like Gaara had piled all his sand on top of him. 'Himawari...she was going…" he continued, trailing off.

"Naruto, stay awake for a min-" Sakura tried, but stopped when she saw her friend was unconscious once again. Oh well. She needed to get him to the hospital and it didn't matter that it wasn't that serious. She didn't trust the greedy Ninja Weapons Team to not try and hurt him when his guard was down. She saw Shikamaru connecting the dots, as he always tended to do.

"You don't think they'd take it that far, do you?" Shikamaru asked quietly, making sure no one had heard.

Sakura merely shrugged her shoulders non committed way, not on one side of the line or the other.

"It's possible they'd try and do it while they still had that project of theirs. They may try and hide one and attack him in the hospital. He won't like it, but I'd rather be over prepared. As a safety precaution, maybe a few should watch the family." he told her, not afraid of overwhelming her in the least. They had all dealt with far worse in the past.

"Regardless, he'll be in a private room with ANBU at each exit and if he overreacts, tell me. I'll...explain the situation."

I'm sure that's all you'll be doing, Sakura. He'll probably need to be put into intensive care if you "explain things".

Shikamaru nodded, getting the details with the ANBU arranged while she got Naruto to the hospital. He wasn't sure whether he should feel relieved she was gone or stressed, knowing that his friend could possibly be a target for assassination again.

- XD Boruto is doomed T.T -

Sasuke had yet to let go of the kid's ear, even as they approached the training grounds on the farthest ends of the village. Boruto thought about complaining, but remembered the few times he had listened to the old man about his sensei and shivered. He was already pretty ticked off and Boruto wasn't quite sure he wanted to test his survival instincts against someone like that. If his dad had given him one shred of good advice it was to listen to his sensei, and he wasn't about to try anything. It was bad enough that he was back to being on those pathetic missions until his father pretty much said otherwise. Holding back a sigh, he almost didn't feel Sasuke stop pulling his ear as they arrived at the training grounds. He was so screwed.

Sasuke stopped pulling Boruto just to shove him several feet in front of him. He was not in a good mood, but he knew that the kid needed a good deal of discipline before something even worse than the other day happened. He had felt Naruto's killing intent skyrocket as they were walking and tried to show no reaction, but he might have practically tugged the poor kid a pace or two faster. He was sure Shikamaru had taken care of it, but he was slightly wary of how quickly it had cut off like it hadn't even happened in the first place. As soon as Boruto was squared away and undoubtedly scared to move without his say so, he was checking on the moron. This kid was about to be sorry that he had ever stepped a toe out of line on his watch.

"Boruto Uzumaki!" Sasuke yelled, calling the kid to attention. The poor kid probably jumped about ten feet in the air, but he knew better than to try and mess up at this point. "Today you'll be running the perimeter of a pre-marked trail running throughout the village and will not stop until I say so. If you do, there will be a punishment and believe me when I say you will not like it. Boruto gulped, having a distinct feeling that that was the reason he was dragged all the way out here. "Consider yourself lucky your dad was nice enough to let you sleep in, because tomorrow you will be getting up when he does."

The look on his face almost made Sasuke smirk, considering that Boruto knew good and well how early his father got up on the days he made it home. His schedule for the next month or so was probably going to make him want to beg Naruto for help. It did, however, make his old sensei Kakashi smile at the sight of Naruto's son having the exact same look his dad did when he was his age. Of course, he also knew that telling Boruto that he was practically a carbon copy of his dad was the best way to anger him immensely. On the other hand, Sasuke had said that he had mentioned it to Naruto once and been told that they were basically nothing alike. Either way, he had to say that he was going to enjoy this quite a bit.

-Jump skip and a hop to 3.5 hours later-

Boruto had finally collapsed in the middle of the trail, feeling exhausted. He felt a sense of dread, knowing that his sensei had not told him he could stop yet; but as he looked around he didn't see him anywhere and sighed a breath of relief. He took a drink of water that his sensei was kind enough to give him, basically so he wouldn't die of heat stroke. He went to sit down and somehow ended up right back at the same training grounds with his teacher resting underneath a tree.

How is that fair? I have to run for hours and he gets to sleep!

"I see that you lasted at least a few hours, so that's more than I thought a pampered son of the hokage would last."

Boruto jumped, not expecting Sasuke to be speaking with his eyes closed before trying to jump to his own defense.

"Well, I was exhausted! How long did you expect me to run for, anyway? Besides, I don't see you doing any of the running. You're just sleeping! How did I get back here anyway?" he ranted on, looking around him.

"You are my student and I am your teacher. I am not obliged to tell you anything, just as you cannot go around demanding answers whenever you want to. Hokage's son or not, you can't just demand to have the answers every single time it suits you. You are on probation and not even your father will bother interfering on this one." Sasuke told him flatly, in a no-nonsensical tone. "He agreed to my terms before knowing what they were, in fact."

Boruto gaped, unsure of how to take that particular piece of information. His old man wouldn't go as far as to let his sensei just go and do whatever he wants, would he? He was still his son!

"Don't read into it." Sasuke said, as if sensing his thoughts. "Naruto and I have known each other since our academy days and we trust each other explicitly. He knows I'd never harm you...intentionally." Boruto paled a bit at the dry tone, and wasn't quite sure if he should go home and ask his dad. That'd be pathetic, but his old man did say he'd have a shorter day today. "Now, since you stopped before I told you to; it's time for your punishment."

Sasuke took off his cloak and Boruto had a quick flashback to the battle, remembering what exactly his sensei was capable of doing. It took all of his power not to run away, but he won't deny that he might have stepped back quite a few steps.

"Now Boruto, you will learn not to disobey an order from your sensei." Sasuke said as he created four shadow clones and attacked.

-Konoha Hospital-

Sakura worked under the guard of several ANBU in Naruto's room, making sure that he was recovering. She was still not impressed with him going into work to deal with everything that had happened the other day. Surely, it could have waited until he had rested enough to deal with it after such a big drainage from the two battles. Right now, there was nothing more she wanted to do than to hit him on the head. She still needed to tell Hinata, but what about Himawari and Boruto? Boruto was currently being punished by Sasuke, quite brutally if the numbers of laps she had seen were any indication. She grimaced, knowing the kid was bound to have injuries and be beyond exhausted if he even managed to make it here in the first place. Having done another check on him, she discovered that Naruto's fever had turned into a slight cold but was nothing too serious. If he rested more often and ate something with actual vitamins, he wouldn't have gotten sick; of course, Shikamaru had to stick him on the bare floor…

She told one of the guards to fetch Sasuke and Boruto at once, not quite indicating that it wasn't an emergency. She'd let them get Hinata and Himawari later, but Boruto could use the time with his dad anyway. Doing some more rounds, she could do nothing but wait for them to arrive at the hospital.

-The training grounds-

Boruto tried keeping up, but his sensei was feeling quite vindictive and had seemingly been distracted before. He wasn't about to bring it up, but when he had tried to take on Sasuke's shadow clones with his own; he was yelled at by his sensei and told he wasn't allowed to use anything but basic taijutsu. Boruto wanted to scream and yell at how unfair that was, but that would take way too much energy that he didn't have. He'd already collapsed once and couldn't get back up, so his sensei was nice enough to give him a two minute break before adding another clone. When Sasuke's clones suddenly all disappeared, he wasn't sure whether he should feel relief or dread; especially when one of the ANBU appeared next to him. Walking up to Sasuke, he delivered a message that made Sasuke lose his usually calm composure for a moment and mumble something in return. The ANBU merely shook his head, which made his sensei sigh inaudibly and nod.

"We'll be right there." was the first thing in the whole exchange Boruto had heard. "Go on ahead back and we'll be right behind you." As much as Boruto wanted to ask about it, he knew that if he did he might get yelled at again.

After they were left alone again, Boruto was confused when the clones didn't reappear. It must have shown on his face, because Sasuke looked at him with a solemn stare.

"Follow me. We are going to the hospital to see someone."

Upon hearing that, Boruto automatically thought back to his mom having had something wrong, or maybe something had happened at home to Himawari. Somehow, it just never really occurred to him that something could happen to the old man so soon after yesterday. It didn't seem feasible. After all, he had just seen him in his office several hours ago and the man seemed just fine for the most part. He looked pretty tired for the most part, but...he always looked like that these days.

-Konoha Hospital-

Sakura saw the ANBU come back without Sasuke or Boruto, but was told they were right after him. She told the ANBU to wait a few hours before going to get Hinata and Himawari. She didn't explain and the man didn't question it, just going back to his post. Seeing a frantic Boruto following a semi-calm Sasuke, Sakura went to meet them and take them to Naruto's room. Boruto held his silence for a very Naruto-like period of time before giving her a rapid fire interrogation.

"Is it Himawari or maybe Mom? What happened? Why are they in a private room? What's going on?"

Sakura ignored him for a moment in favor of glaring at Sasuke before answering.

"Baka! You mean to tell me that you just dragged him all the way here without telling him anything?!" Several heads turned at the increase in volume before quickly turning away. A lot of them had learned the hard way the disadvantages of being on Sakura's bad side. Turning to Boruto, she sighed and shook her head. No, Boruto. Nothing has happened to any of them. It's Naruto."

"But that doesn't-" Boruto stammered, not quite comprehending what could have possibly happened. "I mean, I just saw him a few hours ago!"

Sakura put her arm around his shoulder and guided him the rest of the way to Naruto's room, and opened the door to let him inside. Boruto stood in a rigid pose, not sure what to make of the form lying on the bed. His cheeks were slightly red, meaning he obviously had a fever of some kind and was even possibly sick. What could be wrong with him? He walked ever so slowly towards the bed, barely noticing the ANBU or Sakura walking around the bed. Sasuke looked over at his friend and sighed. He knew it wasn't serious, but he still felt uneasy. He wouldn't be able to rest peacefully until Naruto was safely out of here and recovered. He hadn't been all that surprised that the idiot had finally collapsed, seeing as he'd gotten even less sleep than he did. As much as he didn't want to, he left Boruto by himself with Sakura and sat on the floor with his sword laying within arms reach. He felt Sakura put a blanket on him, as she obviously didn't want another patient.

Sakura was a little bit worried about the way that Boruto was reacting to Naruto having to be here in the hospital for however long it would take. He'd been quiet and hadn't even asked what was wrong with his father. She knew that dispite his uncaring and indifferent personality towards his dad that he really did care; as she had briefly heard how hard he had taken the news of his father's "death" and sacrifice for everyone in the village. She quietly stepped forward and gently guided him towards a chair that was next to the bed. The poor kid was obviously in shock, which wasn't too hard to believe considering the circumstances. She was so absorbed in her thoughts that she almost didn't hear what the kid said next, or asked more like.

"How could this happen? I was just with him earlier today and he was fine. It just...doesn't make sense."

Sakura sighed, as her eyes softened at his confusion. He had likely never seen Naruto like this, as his father had never allowed his family to see how the weight of being the hokage had really affected him. He had never seen him so vulnerable before, but she knew that even growing up together she was barely able to see it either. So many years that they knew each other and it had taken so long for him to let his defenses down. She sometimes wondered what would happen if Boruto knew about Naruto's past, but she could never betray one of her closest friends like that. She had put him in enough pain throughout the years, and so had his sensei; she did wonder how long it would be until he accidentally found out about everything that had happened between the two of them. Looking at Boruto now, she wasn't sure he could handle it if it happened anytime soon. As Sakura approached the different machines and took notes, Boruto looked up at her and asked her the silent question 'is he okay?'.

"He has a slightly higher fever, which is a little concerning; I think it's because of the battles he was forced into, but also because of how much Momoshiki tried to drain. Of course, I suppose it doesn't help that he tried to go into work to take care of that important business with so little sleep. I knew something like this would happen; I was just hoping it wouldn't happen today. If we're lucky, this cold is something that will go away on it's own." Sakura said, frowning as she looked down at Naruto. His breathing was a little too labored for her liking. "I'm going to have to put him on oxygen, just to be on the safe side. I'll put a higher dose of antibiotics, considering Kurama doesn't seem to be up to speed quite yet."

"Is that why he has all of these ANBU guys here? Is it because he is in the hospital and can't defend himself?" Boruto asked, frowning at the mere prospect of someone who was as strong as him being completely defenseless and vulnerable like this. He saw Sarada's mom frown, like she was thinking about whether or not she should tell him something. "Whatever is going on is probably important if these guys are here! What about Mom and Himawari?! Are they in trouble too?" Sakura glared at him, before pinching his ear. Boruto yelped as she looked at him like Sarada did whenever she got mad at him.

"You listen here, brat. If you need to know, I will tell you. But as of right now, you don't. If you cannot be quiet, then I will remove you by force. And believe me when I tell you, I have absolutely no qualms about merely tossing you out of the window." Sakura whispered in his hurting ear, before letting go. Something told him that she didn't care that they weren't on the first floor at all. He nodded silently as he remembered what his sensei had told him earlier about asking for information.

He looked at his dad and reached out reluctantly without touching him, before withdrawing a moment later. It wasn't that he hated him or anything. They had more or less patched things up, but he didn't want to touch him if he was going to end up causing him more pain than necessary.

Sakura grabbed his hand before he could fully withdraw, making him flinch slightly. She held his hand for a moment and pulled it back towards Naruto, holding all three of them together for a moment. Boruto tried to pull back again, but she didn't let him.

"Don't worry, Boruto. You won't hurt him. In fact, if you sit and talk with him, he may wake up sooner. I know that you are trying to get along better, so why don't you try and talk a bit? I'll be back in a little while." Sakura told him before leaving the room.

Boruto merely let his hand rest on his father's arm, trying to avoid the IV and sat silently before he started talking about random stuff just to have something to do. He thought he felt something jerk against his hand but wrote it off as nothing until he saw the old man weakly squeezing his hand.

"Boruto?" Naruto rasped, feeling just as exhausted as ever and yet having the feeling that he needed to stay awake for his son's sake. They were just starting to get along and he could sense how uneasy the kid really was.

"Dad! You're awake!" Boruto practically yelled, before he looked around frantically.

Naruto laughed weakly before going into a coughing fit that lasted a minute or so. Naruto saw Sakura run towards him and check on him before letting him have a little water. Naruto looked around the room lethargically, noticing the ANBU before feeling himself being dragged into unconsciousness once more. Sakura put an oxygen mask on him before backing away and giving him a warning glare that he didn't have the capacity to decipher at the moment. He looked at her questioningly, not even quite sure what he was asking about before he fell back asleep. Boruto looked at his dad worriedly and then at Sakura, not liking his coughing and the fact that he had fallen asleep so fast after waking up. Sakura wasn't as worried as he was, but glanced back at where Sasuke was resting. He had opened his eyes and was looking waringly at the bed where his friend was. He'd never admit it out loud, but Naruto did have him a bit worried. Sakura didn't seem too overly concerned, though, so he didn't say anything.

-Uzumaki Residence-

An ANBU had showed up at the house, making a chill go down Hinata's spine; especially after she had gotten the news of Naruto being in the hospital after collapsing in his office. When she asked why it was one of them who was telling her and not Sakura or even Sasuke, they were merely silent. She nodded to the masked man, going to fetch Himawari to take her along. She supposed that she could leave her with Ino or one of her other friends, but she deserved to go just as much as the rest of them. Finding the girl playing with some of the toys that Naruto had managed to buy her in his little spare time, she smiled sadly.

"Himawari, we need to take a trip and visit someone at the hospital." Hinata told her, starting off gently as possible.

"Who is in the hospital? Is it Daddy?" Himawari asked picking up one of her toys and walking over to her mom. Hinata stood wide eyed for a moment before nodding, bewildered at the child's insight. It was possible that it was just dumb luck, but she knew Himawari was very smart but never really had much of an opportunity to show it. Hinata slowly nodded, still feeling a bit confused but not quite willing to acknowledge it.

"Let's pack all of us a snack and go." Hinata said as she went about packing some leftovers and let Himawari come down in the next few minutes. Several minutes later, they were out the door and walking to the hospital since they weren't told that it was an emergency.

-In an Undisclosed Location-

There were voices that could be heard echoing in the dark room that was far enough away that no one would be able to hear what was said.

"Did you do it?" one voice said quietly, as if someone could hear them anyway. Another person turned to him and sighed, obviously frustrated.

"You don't have to whisper; no one can hear us way out here, you idiot."

"I guess I just feel like being super cautious. I mean, you know very well what would happen if we were to get found out."

"That's why we're meeting way out here. Now, did you manage to get a copy?"

"Ye-"

"What we need are some those scrolls and a kote. Did you manage to grab one of those? Can one of you even use them?" another voice interrupted the conversation, sounding beyond irritated.

"There aren't many, but that's only because I could only grab a few before Intelligence got there. It's bad enough that we have to be so secretive about all of this, but there was nothing to be done about it with him dropping the axe on us so quickly."

"Well, from what I hear on the streets this should be easy enough, since the guy has now landed himself in the hospital and all." the second voice retaliated, getting irritated at the other's pessimism. Plus, they both knew this guy was no genin.

"Very well, but we'll have to act fast. From what I know of Shikamaru, he's one of the best strategists around and is undoubtedly aware that something like this may happen."

The other two tried to hold neutral expressions at this information, but they knew it was true. Shikamaru wasn't only smart, but he was also the right hand of the hokage and a good friend of his. If this wasn't done very carefully, everything would be over before they even got started.

"What about-" the first voice started hesitatingly, "What about the family? I figure that if the hokage is in the hospital, the family is too."

"Yeah? What of it?" the darker voice asked, clearly wanting to leave this ridiculous meeting. This whole thing was stupid, but he relished in the challenge of it all.

"It's possible that if Shikamaru knows about it, he's probably has stuck a handful of ANBU on all of them; let alone in his room." he told him reasonably. "It's not going to be that easy getting in."

All three of them halted at this and realized he was probably right. Shikamaru wasn't one to leave things like that to chance. Even if it wasn't him that ordered it, there was going to be a definite challenge with things going the way they were. Outmaneuvering all of the hokage's closest allies and ANBU was going to be trickier than they initially realized.

"I wouldn't worry too much about that, although there is one of them that has me worried. I've heard that his son has Sasuke Uchiha as a sensei now. That could be troublesome."

"With his abilities, I hope you have some extra tricks up your sleeves or else you'll never be able to get in and escape with your life."

"Oh, I wouldn't worry overly much. I have a trick that they'll never see coming.

TBC… o_O

Next chapter: (cause I'm totally making this up as I go)

Naruto has his entire family visit him in the hospital, making him happier than he's been in a long time. However, he can't get this feeling of overwhelming dread to go away that seems to be lurking. Is someone after him or his family?

A/N: *facepalm* I've done it again. Now I have to write another chapter, considering I just left it on such a cliffhanger. Why? I was just doing a one or maybe two shot and now I have myself a short story! How did this happen? Sigh. Sometimes I hate the way my mind works. I get a little bit of inspiration and it just goes out of control. That's how I always end up with so many fics going at one time. I still have so many ideas. I'm working on a FMA/Criminal Minds crossover, my NCIS fic, my HTTYD one and Yugioh...to name a few. This is what happens when you get writer's block.