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Chapter VI: They Will Reject My Being

"Rejection makes a man stronger." -Jiraiya

"So," Sakura began as the Uzumaki family besides the head and the Uchiha family besides the only man in the family, to wait for them to arrive, "How has training been with your father, Boruto?"

He waited a moment to say something since he barely saw his father and truthfully did not want to associate with him. He tapped his fingers on the table before nodding at this.

"It's been fine. We train probably four times a month," He replied which shocked both his mother and Sakura. He remained unmoved from their expression and continued to look down at this plate of cold food from waiting for his father to return.

"Oh…" Sakura mumbled out for a response and he felt himself lose his patience, every second taunting him. Silence surrounded them before he moved off his chair and the four woman stare at him in confusion and shock.

"Boruto, where are y-?" His mother began and he sighed at this, moving to the front door.

"I'm going to go get the both of them." He replied and opened the door, slamming it behind him. He did not care about their expressions or what they would say after he left.

He cracked his knuckles and began heading towards the direction of Hokage Office. His feet kicking up dirt and casually strolled towards where his father should be.

"Where do you think you are going, Boruto?"

The voice of Sarada causes him to pause and he sighs from this, running his fingers through his hair.

"Just go back, Sarada." He stated and she continued to remain still, her arms crossed over chest in anticipation that he would answer her. He scowled at this and anger building up from her resistance.

Then without another say, the world around him turned black and white. He swore loudly and moved a hand to cover his eye so Sarada wouldn't notice anything. She moved towards in him, concern about what was wrong until he shouted out, "Stay away!"

She winced at his tone but ignored his call, edging closer to him then what he wanted.

"Boruto, what's wrong with your eye?" She whispered out and he grind his teeth together, his eye open to see the charka pathway system flowing throughout Sarada's body.

She would see what's wrong with him and would want desperate answers to her many questions.

He wouldn't let her get dragged into this mess.

He brushed his bangs over his eye to hide the fact that something was wrong with him.

"Nothing. I'm fine. Some dirt got kicked up into it." He replied then before she could do anything else, he ran off hoping she would not try to go after him. He attempted to identify signs, but it seemed as if they were blacked out, and he knew Sarada would most likely go after him.

"BORUTO!"

He frowned at her scream of annoyance and continued going for it. He dodged some people that roamed the street and saw how they glanced at him in confusion.

Suddenly he slammed into someone and fell to the ground, swearing at this.

"…Boruto?"

His eye grew wide at the voice of his father and continued to look down at the ground so he wouldn't see his eye.

"Hey, what's wrong?" his father asked him and he gripped his fist fist tight, sealing his eye shut. He hoped that his father would not find out and that his eye had returned to normal but it was not sure.

"Nothing. I'm absolutely fine." He replied and then his father picked him up, horror crossing his mind that he would be found out.

"Then why is your eye closed?" His father asked and he bite his lip at this before slowly opening his eye open again to see the world full of color. His father's nervous face greeted his eye and Sasuke Uchiha standing behind him, as if he were trying to find out what was wrong with him.

"I got some dirt in my eye." He mumbled out as an excuse and his father nodded at this before glancing over to his life time friend.

"Well, we were just leaving my office to head back home. Were you going to go fetch us?" his father questioned him even more and he scowled at this, ignoring the happy look in his eye.

"Mom finished cooking a half a hour ago. The food was getting cold and everyone was waiting for you two." He replied and Naruto glared at Sasuke.
"Well, he kept me in my office because he wanted small time chat before we were to head home." Naruto grumbled out and Sasuke glared back at him.

"It was important." the Uchiha hissed back and Naruto sighed at this before placing his son back down on the ground, seeing Sarada finally catching up to the him.

"Well, now dinner is cold and it was red bean soup!" Naruto announced and groaned in annoyance. Boruto knew his father was putting on an act since he was a master of acting and getting away with it.

"Boruto! What do you thi…" Sarada began but slowly her words ended at the sight of her father and her eyes grew wide. The Uchiha man stared at her before giving her a small smile at her and she couldn't help but give him a smile back to him.

"Father…" She whispered then turned back to Boruto before hitting on the head.

"Idiot! Why did you run from me?" She shouted at him and he winced at her attack.

"I thought we could have a race of who would be the fastest." He lied and she slightly narrowed her eyes at this but it did not escape her father's note.

"Well, as much as I would love to see a race between the two of you, how about we head back? I'm starving." His father said to break up the act and the two children nodded at this as the two men began walking to the Uzumaki household for dinner.

They all sat the table and ate the food as everyone chatted about life yet Boruto and Sarada remained silent as they avoided making small talk. Naruto and Sasuke took note of the Uzumaki boy before Naruto moved a hand on his son's shoulder. The boy looked up to him and he couldn't help but his eyes wide at the sight that fell before him.

Boruto's eyes held no pupil and iris, just completely devoid of a hue.

He shot out of his seat and his chair moved back in a slam that started everywhere.

"Naruto, what's wrong?" Hinata asked her husband who took a glance over at her to give a reassuring smile then back to his son that had his pupil and iris back in his eye.

"Nothing…just thought I saw something in the corner of my eye." He replied and ran his fingers through his hair.

He couldn't get the image out of his head now.

"Ok, honey." She said as he picked his chair up and Boruto looked down to his food, trying to understand what had just happened to his father that startled him so easy.

Did his eye change without him noticing?

He took a scoop of his soup as he prayed that was not what happened. He gripped the spoon tight as he sipped some of the dish and notice Sarada directly staring at him.

The tension was getting tight and it was as if it were choking him with a noose around his neck.

"Is something wrong, Sarada?" He asked and instantly regretted his choice of speaking out but he couldn't help it.

"No. Nothing is Boruto but you not stating what actually happened to you for gaining those injuries." She spoke out and his eyes grew wide at this, anger boiling in his veins at her betraying him.

"You bitch!" He hissed at her and Hinata said, "Boruto!"

He ignored his mother's voice as he then shoved himself off his seat and ran to the window.

"Boruto! Where are you going?!" His father called after he yet ignored his father's call. He jumped out of it and began running as fast as he could, hoping no one would go after him.

Yet the likelihood of that happening was slim.

He continued on without stopping, surprised to hear silence following.

He wouldn't let them catch him. He wouldn't let his facade break so easily.

"Should I distract them, Ororchimaru?" A hollow like man's voice spoke and a silent chuckle escaped the man's lips.

"If you are up to annoying your former teammate, go for it. It would great to collect information from all of the children." The man spoke and the other man's grin grew from cheek to cheek.

"Finally, I can cut something up again! It's been far too long!" the other man spoke with glee and began moving towards the exit of the cave.

"Remember. I just need a can hurt them but no killing."

The man's grin still remained as he grabbed a blade with two cut outs, a circle close to the top and a semi-circular one nearer to the handle. The latter notch seemed to allow a strap to be wrapped around it, making it easier for the man to carry it.

"Yep, no killing. Only cuts and bruises. I'll take note of everyone's actions and improvements." The man spoke and stepped out of the light to reveal himself fully to the man.

He was of average height with straight white hair tied back from his face, almond shaped purple eyes that held delight in the thought of fighting and killing. In his smile, shark like teeth greeted the world and wore a dark, high-collared button down arguer which had light-coloured, upturned sleeves. He bore two belts around his waist, a simple one and larger one with two pouches-one at each side.

"See ya, Ororchimaru. Don't scare the kid too much!" He shouted as he dashed off in the direction of Konohagakure and the man smirked at this.

"Oh, I hope not, Suigetsu. It would be a disappointment to see the boy not wanting to accept my offer." The man spoke and walked in the direction of Boruto's charka.

Sasuke's eyes grew wide from the sudden sense of a familiar charka heading in their direction.
"Naruto, someone is-." Sasuke began and was interrupted by the sudden smash of the Uzumaki's household wall tearing out. A gigantic sword stepped into the house and Sask.'s eyes narrowed at the sight of an old comrade.

"Oi, Sasuke! It's been a while, hasn't it?" The man with white hair spoke, balancing the gigantic sword on one shoulder.

"Suigetsu, what the hell are you doing?" Sasuke hissed at the man who frowned at this and Naruto stared at Suigetsu who stared at the two young girls.

"So, you got yourself a kid, Sasuke. How nice to relax like that with a woman." Suigetsu spoke and Sarada took into a fighting stance while Sasuke moved in front of his wife and child while Naruto did the same.

He grinned at Naruto and said, "That kid of yours likes to raise hell, huh, Naruto? He's a lot like how you were back in the day."

"What the hell are you doing here, Suigetsu? Especially destroying my house." Naruto hissed at him and Suigetsu sighed at this.

"Well, you see, I'm here to fight you all." Suigetsu said and then shot at the Uzumaki and Uchiha clan members.

Boruto heaved for breath as he sank to his knees and sweat drenched his entire being. Rain slowly began to fall and he knew that he was doomed for questioning by his family because of the one person he trusted with all of his secrets.

He scowled and slammed a fist into the ground, clenching his fist tight at this.

"God damn it," He hissed out and pain started to shot through his right eye, swearing again.

He was going to have to break the facade and show the world his true self. His roots had shown themselves with his family and he would be able to do nothing to cover them back up.

"GOD DAMN IT ALL TO HELL!" He shouted and watched as the world around him started to give him nausea and paranoia. Colors mixed with the black and white world as he attempted to see through both eyes and he coughed, noticing that he spat out something but could not tell what exactly it was.

"I'm doomed." He murmured as he put both hands over his eyes, sealing them shut, "Why does this have to happen to me? I never wanted my father to be the Hokage and my mother to be the heir of a family. I just want a normal life. This eye is cursed. I want it sealed away so I won't have to deal with it anymore. It has only brought ruin to my facade."

"I could help you with that, child."

Boruto's eyes shot open and turned to see the man grin down at him.

"You-!" He announced and the man kneeled down to him.

"Now, I have a proposition for you child." The man told him and he slowly moved to his feet, the world around him distorting into different colors and unknown shapes.

"I'm not foolish enough to make a deal with you, bastard." He hissed at the man who frowned at his tone but merely shrugged at this.

"I will tell you of the deal and you can decide to follow through or not." The man spoke to him and he continued to glare at him while trying not to get sick, "I need you to get me a scroll that your father has hidden that would rid you of your so called 'curse'. That is the main part of the deal."

Boruto looked down at the grass from the man's simple request and thought about it.

That wouldn't be hard at all.

"The other part would be to gather up a couple of people, preferably who you have no care of, and give them to me. Five would be lowest amount I am willing to accept otherwise the deal is off. Your father can not be one of these people." The man told him and he closed his eyes, knowing instantly who he would gather up.

Sarada gave him up. She would be one.

Inojin Yamanaka. He pissed him off to no belief. That would be two.

Shikadai Nara. Being a smart ass anyone, especially him. Three.

Chōchō Akimichi. The fat ass that always complained about doing anything or nothing. Four.

Mitsuki. One of the main people for putting him in this position. Five.

He knew exactly who to choose for the deal.

"After that I will be willing to help with your little problem. So, are you interested?" The man asked and he released a breath.

Instead of nodded in agreement with the man, spat at him and hissed, "Fuck off. I don't want nor need your help. I can figure this curse out without you trying to help me."

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