Friendship.
Uchiha Sarada was the daughter of Haruno Sakura and Uchiha Sasuke, less known as the niece of Uchiha Itachi, so it was expected her prowess in the arts of being a ninja. That was what Uncle Naruto said when he came to visit and watched her practice.
Sarada though that her Uncle was kind of klutz but she liked him anyway. He also said that she remembered him of her mother when she was her age, especially when Uncle saw her with Bolt.
"Che, it's a waste of time… we will see it when we go to the Academy, Sarada" Bolt grumbled when he saw her reading a book, "Instead we can go to play with Inoji, dattebasa!".
But sometimes Naruto-jii also told the girl that she remembered him of his father, especially when he saw her with Bolt.
"No dobe, I don't want to be a dead last like you"
Naruto didn't know what to expect about them.
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Sometimes Bolt could be so…
"Shanaaroo!"
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Himawari was strange, sometimes she could be so shy and quiet and then she could transform in a furious girl.
Sarada liked her, even if his brother was an idiot.
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Sometimes Sasuke went with Sarada to the park, especially when Sakura needed to do double turns in the Hospital. Most of the times he didn't mind, he just needed to be near in case his daughter had a problem, but then there were times that he wanted to kill something or someone just to stop the tantrum of his little girl.
What he did not expect was Uzumaki Bolt being there. He was like a carbon copy of his father as a child…a troublemaker, and Sarada being who she was, an Uchiha, didn't make any easier to get along with the boy.
"Your glasses are stupid" Bolt said when he saw her arriving to the playground him and his father were.
Naruto gave Sasuke an awkward smile.
"Your face is stupid, dobe" the girl replied.
Sasuke raised an eyebrow while the other man just barked a laugh.
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Being a father is really difficult, so is being a best friend.
Sasuke hopes that Sarada will do it better than him, he doesn't want to imagine the drama that the Uzumaki siblings will put if some day Sarada goes missing like he did.
He doesn't want to imagine what he will do if it happens.
He doesn't want to imagine what Sakura will do if it happens.
A/N: Thank you very much for all the faves and followers, I hope that you still enjoy this work. I was talking with a friend about this fic and she had some points about the timeline , that I hope that in the next chapter can apply. Anyway for reference I have to say that the order of the chapter in the timeline is not consecutive, when I finish all the chaps, I will publish the correct order if you want to read them in like that.
Also kudos for anyone who discovers the hints about who Himawari resembles, they are vague but I know you can do it. If you have some prompt that you want to see here, feel free to drop it. I don't know if I will fill it but I will make my best effort to do it.
[Edited 11/21, thank you nekochan1994 for pointing the mistake in "dattebasa" ]