Cast:
Sakura Haruno: Jocelyn Fray
Sarada Haruno (there is a reason it isn't Uchiha for this): Clary Fray
Sasuke Uchiha/ Sasuke Uchihara : Lucian Grayback/ Luke Garroway
Pein: Valentine Morgenstern
Boruto Uzumaki: Jace Herondale
Himawari Uzumaki: Jace's younger sister (that I invented so that Himawari could exist)
Naruto Uzumaki: Stephen Herondale
Hinata Uzumaki: Celine Herondale
Shikadai Nara: Alec Lightwood
Temari Nara: Maryse Lightwood
Shikamaru Nara: Robert Lightwood
Inojin Yamanaka: Simon Lewis
Metal Lee: Eric (member of Simon's band)
Yahiko : Hodge Starkweather
Kimimaro: Raphael Santiago
Karin: Camille Belcourt
Orochimaru: Magnus Bane
Log and Mitsuki: High Warlock's sons.
Tsunade Senju: Iron sister
Jiraiya: Brother Jeremiah
Iruka: Brother Zachariah
Kurenai: Madame Dorothea
Jugo and Suigetsu : members of Vamp Clan
Sage of Six Paths: Raziel
Hashirama Senju: Jonathan Shadowhunter
Chap 4:
Sarada wanted to step forward, to somehow possibly comfort Boruto in any way. She didn't know what could comfort the guy who just saw people partially responsible for the murder of both of his parents. Boruto didn't budge but seemed to be deep in thought repeating the same self-destructive thought over and over again. They left the house upon Boruto's instruction, who locked the door with his stele.
Inojin however didn't seem to get the memo that this was not the time to be bright and cheerful.
"So, anyone telling me where we are going? A "Death to Demons" Van perhaps?"
Boruto didn't respond and continued leading the way. Sarada had to hold on to Inojin's sleeve to get him to stop his rant. Boruto's face held a look that Sarada would describe as scary-calm. A sort of mood that could turn to lashing anger at any moment.
"Inojin. This is not the time. We are taking the L train incase you were wondering, but please. Enough."
Inojin made a face in response but listened.
After a few train stops and Inojin not being annoying they arrived at the old "cathedral".
"You. . . You live here?" Inojin asked.
"Yes, now be quiet for a moment." Boruto replied.
"It's a church! And a dump!"
"It doesn't really look like that Inojin. It's a glamour meant to ward off intruders. Right Boruto?"
Boruto gave a brief nod, fitting a key into the lock.
Once they entered Inojin let out a gasp, clearly surprised. His surprise was interrupted by an abrupt meow.
"Tora. Where's Shikadai. And Yahiko."
The cat gave am indignant meow and started walking. Boruto hurried after signaling the train of people to follow. They ended up in kitchen. And in the corner was the fourteen year old Himawari, sweaty in a training outfit and trying to jump up to reach a package of cookies that clearly in black sharpie read Yahiko's Cookies, do not touch! She hastily turned around a bit startled from the noise.
"Boruto! I wasn't touching the cookies?"
Boruto raised an eyebrow. "Tsh. It's not me you have to explain yourself to. Can I have some?" Himawari grinned widely.
"I would say yes, but I can't reach them. Could you be a dear elder brother?" She trilled.
"Fine." Boruto came up behind Himawari, standing over a foot taller than his younger sister, and easily reached the package.
Himawari ran over to the fridge and grabbed a container of milk before happily pouring glasses full with the white liquid.
"Anyone else want some?" She asked.
Inojin raised his hand."I'd like some."
"Wonderful!" The blunette yelled out.
Boruto sighed.
"Hima, do you mind watching the kid? He's a mundie and I have to go find Yahiko, for real this time." Boruto asked giving the cat a glare.
"Of course! And don't glare at precious Tora, he has done nothing wrong!"
Sarada was lead off by Boruto and Tora down the hallways.
"It just occurred to me. . . but Himawari has dark blue hair and you have blonde, how did that happen?"
"Uh My dad was blonde and my mom a blunette. That's how genetics work." Boruto replied lamely.
The cat lead them up steps to what looked like a greenhouse.
"Should've known, Yahiko loves it up here." Boruto muttered before spotting him gazing up at something.
"You look like you are pondering something." Boruto voiced.
Yahiko looked up startled.
"Ah Boruto, you're back. Sorry I was lost in thought, what happened?"
"We were attacked, specifically by forsaken. We were only attacked by one, but Kurenai said there were more."
"Kurenai? Maybe take the story from the beginning."
After giving a recital of the events leading up to being sucked into the portal.
"The interesting thing is that Sarada's mother's friend goes by the name of Sasuke Uchihara, but Pein's missionaries called him Sasuke Uchiha." Yahiko's eyes widened at the name.
"What were the names of the. . ."
"Sasori and Deidara."
This time Yahiko actually went pale.
"It is just as I feared. The Circle is rising again."
Sarada looked confused.
"The Circle?" she asked.
"Follow me, there's something I have to show you."
He led them to the library and pulled out a large book.
"I hereby render unconditional obedience to the Circle and its principles."
Boruto's face scrunched together.
"What kind of shit is that?"
"Yeah, I agree with Boruto there. It sounds Fascist." Sarada chimed in.
"It is a oath from the Circle of the Sage of Six Paths. An organization lead by Pein dedicated to wiping out all downworlders and purifying the world to nothing but Shadowhunters." Yahiko explained.
"The uprising. . ." Boruto put together.
"Even I didn't realize that Pein and his followers had a name."
"Well that is because it isn't something spoken about these days."
"Is there a reason you have a copy of the oath?"
"I helped to write it."
"You were in the circle?' Boruto asked alarmed.
"Yes, I was, many of us were, including Sarada's mother, and yours Boruto."
"What?!" Sarada yelped out.
Boruto stared down at the ground.
"I highly doubt your mother had a choice Sarada."
Sarada's head whipped up.
"Huh. . . what do you mean?"
"Because she was Pein's love."
"What? Pein had a wife? He married?"
"Slow down dear. Sarada. . . you mother did leave the circle as did many others. Once everyone realized how extreme Peins ideals were they left. Sasuke Uchiha was the first to leave, and he tried pressuring Naruto Uzumaki to leave, your father Boruto since they were Parabatai, but Naruto was too far in, there was something preventing him from leaving at the time. Sasuke died trying to leave, and that was a severe blow. That's probably what caused Pein to manipulate the Uzumaki's into staying. That and that Naruto held significant political power since his mother was the inquisitor then, now too actually. Some others stayed loyal, or pretended to stay loyal. Sasori and and Deidara were real loyalists and stayed till the end, and then there were the Naras."
"Shikamaru and Temari?" Boruto asked surprised.
"Yes, they pretended to stay loyal but they had everyone fooled. The Clave sent them on a mission to spy and so they stayed till the end, pretending to stay loyal to collect intel. Temari's brothers, Gaara and Kankuro who are heading the institute in Tokyo, were furious that their elder sister was forced into this, but the Clave was adamant at sending the smartest Shadowhunters. Those of us who actually stayed till the end, well we received a curse that binds us to the Clave. I also can never return to the Glass city as punishment."
Sarada thought for a moment.
"But of you knew my mother was married to Pein, and her name, why didn't you say anything before?"
"I wasn't sure it was her, and also before you misunderstand, there was no wedding, Sakura was not married to Pein, but he loved her. Regardless you were so insistent of ignorance to the Shadow world I decided it could not have been the Sakura Haruno I knew. I didn't want to believe it either, but here we are. Especially considering everyone thought she was dead. Her Parabatai died so everyone assumed she had perished along with him."
"My mother had a Parabatai as well?" Sarada asked confused.
"Yes, his name was Kiba Inuzuka."
"Wait! But. . . that's my father. . . That's what mom said."
Yahiko gave a pained smiled.
"I'm sorry to break this to you, but Parabatai can not be lovers. It is forbidden. Whatever your mother said about him being your father is not possible. You are indeed Sakura's daughter, that is not a lie, but I can't say I am exactly sure about your father. You do looks strangely like a werewolf who used to be part of the circle though. I say used to because the Circle was all about purifying the world. Pein told him to kill himself for the honor of the Circle, and we believe he did."
'But. . . I'm not a werewolf. . ." Sarada said confused.
"Werewolves aren't born my dear. They get turned he was born a shadow hunter."
"Wait, all this information. . . and you casually mention MY parents were used in the circle and don't say anything else Dattebasa!" Boruto yelled exasperated.
"What happened to them? I never knew."
"I don't know the details, but I do know they lead the rebellion to stop the uprising, and sacrificed themselves for many families. That is all I know. I'm sorry Boruto Uzumaki."
"Ughhhh Dattebasa!" Boruto yelled out pulling at his hair.
"You. . . you say Dattebasa a lot don't you. . ." Sarada pointed out.
Boruto paused his hair pulling to look at Sarada with a raised eyebrow.
"Yeah. It's a verbal tik, a strong one to the point where its been in my family for three generations. It just comes out whenever I'm expressing strong emotions."
"Do you want be continue?" Yahiko asked.
"Uh, yeah sure." Boruto replied.
"It seems as though Pein is mainly after the cup to build himself an army and to prevent the accords from being signed."
The conversation was cut short by Himawari bursting through the door announcing that she had ordered dinner.
Within seconds everyone was in the kitchen and Himawari had taken all the Ramen.
Everyone was discussing something while eating.
"So Pein wants to build himself an army?" Shikadai asked.
"It seems that way. Pein was a brilliant but insane would do anything to kill demons and downworlders. Even sacrificing his son." Yahiko replied.
"Pein had a son?"
"Yes. When his land was burned, and his home was destroyed. His bones were found in the ashes along with the bones of his wife."
"But my mother lived. She didn't die in the fire."
"As I said before, Sakura was not his wife. He loved your mother yes, but he had a wife. Konan her name was and he had a son with her. The son is most likely dead though."
"This is just getting even more confusing!" Sarada yelled out.
"I agree, it is a rather complicated situation. But there is nothing much we can do about it."
"Actually. . ." Boruto started.
"We could try to make this less complicated by getting some answers. Take her to the Silent Brother's perhaps."
"You hate the silent brother's though Big brother!" Himawari teased.
"I'm terrified of them, there's a difference. Also. . . Shikadai Wake Up Dattebasa!"
The sleeping teenager stirred from his slumber.
"What a drag. . . What do you need Boruto?"
"We are going to the Silent City!"
"Hey! Leave her alone!" Inojin yelled.
Boruto looked over.
"Oh . . . I forgot the Mundie is here.
"I will show him out. . . institute isn't meant for Mundies" Shikadai muttered half asleep before before pulling a protesting Inojin out the door.
….
Sarada was tired but she didn't get much sleep. Her sleep was filled with strange and mysterious dreams.
"Wake up Sarada. Wake up."
Sarada bolted into a seated position from her bed and she noticed her wrists were restrained by strong hands. She slowly realized that she recognized the hands.
"Boruto!"
"Sorry. You tried to hit me the minute I said your name." He replied letting go of her hands.
"Sorry on my part then. How did I get here?"
"You sorta fell asleep in the hallway, Yahiko helped me get you into your bed. Figured this bed would be more comfortable then the infirmary."
"Thanks, what time is it?"
"About fiveish, before you yell at me for waking you up at this hour, one of the silent brothers is here to see you. I also figured you might be less cranky if you woke up to seeing something nice looking."
Sarada raised an eyebrow. "Are you referring to your apparent impeccable beauty?"
"What else?"
Sarada sighed.
"You know I didn't agree to this. Seriously Boruto."
"Do you want to find your mother?"
"Well yes. . ."
"You just have to meet Brother Jiraiya. That's all, I swear you might like him, he has a great sense of humor for a guy who never says anything. . ." Then he quieted his voice dramatically "And is supposedly a perve."
"YOU ARE LETTING ME SEE A PERVERT?!"
"I said a little!"
"Get out so I can change."
"Gladly Sarada Haruno. . ." Boruto replied fake bowing.
Sarada quickly changed and slid on her glasses before exiting her room.
The cat Tora was nervously mewling.
"Is the cat okay?"
"Yeah, the silent brothers just make him nervous. He is a scaredy puss, seriously he acts pampered as if he was some fancy daimyos cat."
"Well it sounds like they make everyone nervous." Sarada replied.
Boruto shrugged and began heading towards the library signaling Sarada to follow him.
When they entered the library Yahiko sat at his desk and next to him stood a figure in a long robe basically covering him completely. Only a long gray ponytail hung through the robe material.
"This is Brother Jiraiya of the Silent City. And this Jiraiya is Sarada Haruno."
"Hello." Sarada said.
Yahiko looked Boruto over.
"Boruto, I decided that perhaps your idea had some merit."
Boruto grinned triumphantly.
"See! I'm always right Dattebasa!"
Yahiko ignored Boruto and continued looking at Sarada.
"I wrote a letter to the Clave last night. But Sarada, your memories are no one's but your own. Meaning whatever we uncover is yours to keep and you can do with them what you wish. So, if you seek the help of the Silent Brothers, the decision in the end is up to you."
Sarada didn't speak up. Kurenai had mentioned that there was a block in her mind. Of course she wanted to know what she couldn't remember, but the Silent brother seemed eerie and gave her the chills.
This is Sakura's daughter?
Sarada stepped back in alarm, it was almost as if she had heard the voice inside her head.
"Yes, but apparently her father according to her was a man by the name Kiba Inuzuka, which is not possibly considering he and Sakura were Parabatai."
Ah, I see. That is rather interesting, Regardless of who her father is, her mother's blood is dominant.
"Hey hold on. Why did you call my mother Sakura? Did you have some personal connection to her?"
"Well, the Brothers keep the records of the Clave, supposedly exhaustive."
Boruto snorted.
"Well it can't be that thorough if they thought she was dead."
There is a very high chance that she had the assistance of a warlock in her disappearance. Otherwise. . . It wouldn't have been so easy to escape from the Clave. Or to completely hide the identity of a shadowhunters parentage.
"There is something I just don't understand! Why would Pein think that my mother had the Mortal Cup? If she put so much effort into disappearing, why would she bring the cup with her?" Sarada questioned.
"Hmm, I'd say it was to keep Pein from getting his hands on the cup. She would have known what Pein would have the ability to do with the cup. Sakura certainly wouldn't have trusted the Clave to hold it since that is where Pein stole it from originally." Yahiko supplied.
"Yeah, I suppose. Still, it seems unlikely"
"Hmm, Sakura turned against Pein when she learned of his intentions with the cup. It isn't unreasonable to assume she would try to hide it away from Clave would have gone to her first, if they knew she was alive."
"I have a feeling that everyone that the Clave thinks is dead, isn't dead. Maybe they should get some dental records."
"Tsh. . . My Parents are dead, and I don't need a dental record to tell me that." Boruto replied with bitter distaste.
Sarada suddenly felt guilt etch it's way into her.
"Look. . . I didn't mean. . ."
Enough. There is a mystery that can be uncovered. That is if you are willing to hear it. A gesture allowed his hood to fall down revealing his face.
She could see him more clearly now, his head of hair was a silvery color and hung down in a spiky ponytail to his ankles, and where his eyes had been there were indents. His lips had a crisscrossed stitching pattern holding them shut.
The Silent Brothers do not lie. If you want the truth, I will give you the complete truth, but you must give me something in return. Your memories. Your mind can not lie, but your memories hold the answers that we need.
"Listen Sarada. It is possible that there are memories that are suppressed or buried inside of you. Memories that can be accessed with Brother Jiraiya's help. It could help us tremendously."
Boruto interrupted. "She doesn't have to, does she? I mean if she doesn't want to?"
While Sarada hated the idea of someone seeing her memories she realized it had to be done.
"It's okay. I will do it. I want to learn the truth."
Sarada closed her eyes and felt an overwhelming feeling of many sensations at once.
"STOP!" Boruto yelled.
Sarada's eyes flew open.
"Boruto! What is it?!"
"Look at her hands damnit!"
Redlines were scoring her skin where her nails had brutally dug into her skin from the pain.
There is a block in your mind. Your memories can not be reached. Some sort of spell has prevented the conscious mind from being accessed. She will have to come to the Bone City and stand before the brotherhood.
"A spell?" Sarada asked confused.
"Yahiko! If she doesn't. . . She shouldn't have to go there!" Boruto pressed.
"It's okay, I will go. I want to know the full truth. I want to know what Happened to my mother, who she is, and what happened that made me Pein's daughter."
Boruto's eyes widened.
"You think. . ."
"It makes sense doesn't it? She never told me who my father was because it was Pein the entire time."
Yahiko processed the information.
"It does make sense breaking it down." He admitted.
"Yeah I guess. . . Fine I will go to Bone City with you." Boruto replied.
….
Sarada sat silently in the carriage.
'It's strange. I can only see through the glamour when I concentrate."
"That is probably the block, the brothers will take care of it." Boruto replied.
"Then what?"
"Well then you will see the world as it is. Infinite."
"Don't quote Blake at me."
Boruto wrinkled his nose.
"I didn't think you would recognise it, you don't seem like the type to read poetry."
"Everyone knows that quote because of the Doors." Boruto gave her a confused glance.
"It's a band."
"Sure, whatever you say."
I guess you don't have a lot of time to enjoy music in your shadowhunter life." Sarada replied thinking about Inojin who revolved his life around music.
Boruto shrugged.
"Yeah, I suppose maybe the occasional chorus of hell." Sarada looked for a sign that he was joking but didn't see any sign.
"You. . . you were playing the piano at the Institute yesterday, so you must. . ." Sarada began.
"I was messing around. My mother loved to play the piano, and kinda taught me some simple notes when I was little."
"She sounds like she was an amazing mother."
Boruto looked up at the carriage ceiling.
"Yeah. . . I don't remember her too much, just faded memories and a happy feeling. When I was a kid and Himawari a baby, Mom and I would sit on the piano bench together and play small duets together. Dad he didn't really have a musical ear and Hima was too young so he would sit on the couch next to the piano and bounce Himawari along with the music, sending her into fits of laughter . . It didn't last long. When I was four my parents dropped Himawari and I off at the Nara's for a playdate. I didn't think much of it. I was four and they tearful hugged and kissed the daylights out of us. I think everyone just thought my mother was being emotional, and possibly pregnant again or something from the emotion. But they went out, and they never came back. There was burned property and charred bodies were was assumed to be my parents. From then on I lived at the Nara's."
Sarada didn't know how to respond.
"Why didn't you tell Yahiko that you saw the men that. . ."
"He would questions what I was going to do next. He would know that I wanted to kill Pein with my bare hands." Boruto replied clasping his hands together. She noticed a ring glittering on his finger. It wasn't as feminine as she would have thought. It was thick and silver and had the letter U inscribed into it.
"Will revenge really make it better?"
"I was four Sarada. My parents were taken from me. We lived in manor out in the country in Idris. They wanted to raise us away from chaos, but they enjoyed hosting parties, so while it was isolated I saw many people by the time I had learned to talk. That night, theie bodies were burned alive by Pein and his Cronies. I didn't know it was happening, I got no closure."
Sarada looked down and then placed her hand on his.
"I'm so sorry Boruto. . ."
She could see his eyes gleaming with tears.
"Why do you mundie's always apologize for something you didn't do?"
"It wasn't apologizing really. . . It is a way of expressing empathy. Saying that I'm sorry you are upset. Do you have any other living relatives, I heard Himawari mention something about Granny?"
"My Grandmother, my father's mother, is Inquisitor. We see her and Grandpa but they have a busy and dangerous job, so we can't live with them. That is why my parents left us here instead."
"Oh. . . I see. Still I'm sorry you are upset."
"I'm . . . not upset. . . I have a purpose."
Sarada sighed.
"It's okay to be upset and have a purpose. But ask yourself if your parents would have wanted you to take revenge."
Boruto snorted.
"Tsh saying that to the wrong person. My mom would have hated the revenge idea, but my dad, he had a thing about justice and proving people wrong."
"Just don't make the wrong decision Boruto."
After a while Boruto and Sarada arrived in Silent City.
Come a voice spoke.
Sarada got chills as she followed the voice. The walls seemed to be made of dirt and corpses. There was a stone statue with the words Nephilim: Facilis Descensus Averno.
"Is that meant to be the mortal cup?" She asked.
"Yes, and that is the motto of the Nephilim. It means Shadowhunters: looking better in black than the widows of our enemies since 1234." Boruto joked.
"Boruto. . ."
It means: The descent into Hell is easy. Brother Jiraiya spoke.
Sarada nearly jumped. The three continued their decent down.
It became creepier by the minute.
"It's a mausoleum. A tomb where we bury our dead."
"All the dead?" Sarada asked nearly adding on the question on whether his father was buried here.
Finally she arrived where a row of characters similar to brother Jiraiya stood.
The council greets you, Sarada Haruno.
She could feel an insistent poking at her head as if many different forces were trying to break the fragile barrier of her mind.
"You can go inside my head, but only when I'm ready." Sarada spoke.
She paused before nodding her head. "Go ahead."
State you name for the Council. Sarada Haruno.
Who are you?
Sarada took a deep breath before replying.
"I'm Sarada. My mother is Sakura Haruno.I live at 807 Berkeley Place in Brooklyn. I am fifteen years. My father's name. . . I don't know to be quite honest, but I assume it to be Pein."
As if a glass shattered Sarada felt herself folding in on herself and she saw her younger self.
Her mother was tugging her along the street in a hurry. The she saw her mother crying over the box with the initials K.I. before shoving it under the mattress when Sarada walked in. It changed again to Sarada standing at the top of a flight of stairs looking down at Sasuke with a bag at his feet. Sakura stood in front shaking out of her mind.
"Sasuke! Why now? Why? I thought. . . I thought you were dead!" Sasuke looked different, his hair was longer and more tousled. It also looked as though he was missing his arm.
"I'm sorry Sakura. . . I don't know if he is alive or dead. I can no longer sense him."
The image changed as Sarada was in the park reaching out towards little green specks that looked like faeries. Then it changed for the last time and her mother was hastily dragging her through the streets and she stopped at an apartment building where a name popped out at her. Orochimaru.
It seems as though the block is worse than anticipated.
"A name popped out. Orochimaru!"
It seems as though your memories weren't blocked but stolen, by a warlock no less. You will have to find this warlock to retrieve your memories.
A/N: Hey everyone! So I hope you are enjoying the fanfiction so far. Please let me know what you think in the comments, It really helps me gage if people like the story and want to see more. Anyway I'm trying my best to juggle Upcoming A.P exams and some me-time to write and such so I will try my best to keep updating regularly but it is a busy time!