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Day 7 – Mortality
"Careful, Sarada." Sasuke cautioned as she nearly ignited his bandaged hand trying to control her fireball jutsu.
He had come back for a visit again two weeks after he had left to find another dimension but came back empty handed.
"Dad, am I doing this correctly?" Sarada questioned, confused about the jutsu.
"You are. It takes some practice and chakra control but you will be able to make the fireball bigger than your body." Sasuke reassured her. "You have your mother's chakra control. I believe that you can do it but at the same time I don't want you to overexert yourself."
Her eyes lit up at that and she was determined to perfect it.
"I challenge you to a spar to see how much my skills have improved." Boruto announced in the school yard during their thirty-minute recess. Naruto's son was quite competitive and his goal was to surpass his father, the current Hokage.
"I accept." Sarada answered and they both went to a wide empty area far from the school. It was still visible from where they were so technically it was still school grounds.
They readied their stances and Boruto acted first, charging at Sarada. He punched directly head on but she dodged in no time and punched him in the stomach.
Sarada began to transfer her chakra to her fist and her eyes changed to red, surprising Boruto.
"You have the Sharingan? That's not fair!" He yelled, dodging this time another one of her kicks.
"I didn't gain it on purpose!" It wasn't perfected but she could definitely see every move and dodge it with ease, frustrating Boruto.
He then tried to make a fee shadow clones but only one materialized and lunged at Sarada. She then unleashed her fireball jutsu the size of a basketball as it hurled towards Boruto.
Unable to dodge it, he felt the flames burn his skin on contact as he let out a bloodcurdling scream, scaring Sarada.
Boruto fell to the ground and rolled onto his back as their teacher Konohamaru came running towards them after hearing the scream.
"What's going on here?" He asked and saw that Naruto's son was injured with burns on his arms. Konohamaru quickly picked him up and turned his head to look at Sarada.
"Follow me."
"Thank you for coming on such short notice, Uchiha-san." Ikura thanked as Sakura walked into the principal's office to see Sarada sitting in a black chair along the walk with her head down.
"It wasn't a problem, but what's going on?"
He explained the situation and she was shocked over the details and Boruto's burns. Thankfully the majority were healed and he would make a full recovery.
After apologizing for what happened, both mother and daughter walked back in silence together when Sakura stopped and crouched down to Sarada,.
"Sarada," She spoke up, the silence made her uncomfortable. "Promise me that you won't spar unless it is being observed by a teacher. I'm afraid something worse will happen since you're just learning these new jutsus."
"I will now mom. I don't think I have apologized enough to Boruto for what happened."
"Good and I want you to stop using the fireball jutsu against your sparing partners or friends. It's a powerful jutsu for your age right now that should only be reserved for life-threatening situations." Sakura explained.
"Could have Boruto died from it?"
Her mother nodded. "Yes, although it might not seem like it but there are many jutsus that have a high mortality rate if not used correctly. Even if the jutsu isn't powerful, the pain from might be a thousand times worse and someone can die from that."
"I understand." Sarada softly nodded as they walked home.
"Sarada, dinner's ready!" Sakura called, placing three plates of stir fry on the dining room table. Her husband walked into the area and his eyes looked up to the ceiling.
"Sarada, come downstairs!" He called and wondered if she holed herself up in her room for what happened at the Academy today.
Sasuke looked over at his wife's worried face. "Don't worry, I'll talk to her."
Making his way up the stairs he walked up to Sarada's room down at the left far end of the hall. He opened the door and his eyes shifted towards the opened window. Sarada had run away.
Sarada's parents scrambled to find her and split up with Sakura going towards the training grounds and Sasuke in the opposite direction.
Both had no luck in finding their daughter but kept searching for any trace of her, hoping that she was still in Konoha.
Sasuke was around the Hokage's building when he spotted Naruto walking towards him.
"Naruto." He spoke, catching the man's attention.
"Yo." The blond-haired man greeted with a grin and then frowned seeing Sasuke's concerned expression. "What's going on, Sasuke?"
"It's Sarada. She ran away from home. Sakura and I are trying to find her."
Naruto tilted his head in confusion. "No she didn't, she's at the hospital in Boruto's room. I had to drop off some papers and I'm going back there. Come with me and I'll show you."
Sasuke let Naruto lead the way and followed him towards Konoha General.
Both Sasuke and Naruto watched as their children conversed with each other like the incident never happened.
"Sarada was here apologizing to Boruto and even helped changing his dressings. You've raised a great daughter Sasuke."
"Likewise." He replied with a grin. "He's definitely an improved version of you when you were his age."
Naruto nodded and grinned widely before he realized what his friend said. "Hey, I think I was a great kid; looked how well I turned out! Granted, I had a few bumps along the way but I persevered."
They both watched as Sarada changed the dressings for Boruto's right arm and Naruto broke the silence.
"You know... watching them like this I wouldn't be surprised of a future wedding between our families."
Sasuke's eyes widened. "What?"
"Think about it, a child with Hyuga, Uzumaki, Uchiha and Haruno blood." He explained seriously and with joy. "Sakura-chan's strength, my handsome looks, and the eyes: a cross between the Byakugan and the Sharingan. It would be awesome!"
He looked at Naruto in disbelief. "One, we're technically cousins, two, that would be terrifying and three, the child would be a freak."
"Actually Sharingan and Byakugan combined would be kind of scary now that I'm imagining it. When Hinata gets mad her eyes are really scary. Just thinking about it gives me chills if she had Sakura's strength." Naruto explained and visibly shivered as Sasuke called to his daughter.
"Sarada, let's go home, you can visit Boruto tomorrow and he needs his rest. Your mom made dinner and you know what happens when she gets mad."
"Yeah, the house gets destroyed."
"What?" Sasuke asked, watching her expression turn into fear as if she wasn't supposed to mention it. "Mom destroyed the house again? When was this?"
She sighed, there was nothing she could do now. "A little before ChouChou and I met you at your meeting place with the Hokage, about two weeks ago."
Sasuke ran his hand through his ebony hair. "...That's the fourth time then. She promised me she would be more careful inside the house."
"We were outside, dad. Mom punched the ground near the house."
Both Naruto and Sasuke's eyes widened in horror. His wife was getting stronger with age instead of the opposite. "At least everything is alright now. Let's hurry home before there is a repeat, okay?"
Naruto and his son said their good nights to them and waited for his wife and Himawari to arrive to visit Boruto in his hospital room.
Thank you for the reviews, I hope you like the chapter!
I needed to mention the house being destroyed as it was never brought up in the final Gaiden chapter. I wondered what house they returned to together at the end, unless Sasuke is so rich that they have more than one property. Or maybe Shizune got builders to repair it by the time they returned... hmm...