Mitsuki was shaking in pure anger. "Why?! Why do that to him?!"
Boruto tightened his grip on Naruto's sleeve as Naruto said,"It was the only thing that would be agreed on. I didn't wanna seal his eyes,but..." "So instead of locking him up,he's gonna be blind?!" Naruto frowned. "If he just had his Jougan,i'd only would have sealed one eye. But,since he has the Byakugan too,I had to seal both." "That's not fair!"
Naruto clinched his fists. "I tried! Be thankful that Boruto's been allowed to stay in the village,at all!"
Mitsuki let out a "Tsk!" before he turned his head. Boruto turned his head towards the direction he heard Mitsuki's vocie and said,"Mitsuki,it's alright. Yeah,i'm gonna be blind,and my chakra's been sealed off,till my birthday..." He gave a small smile. "But at least I get to be here,right? I'll be here with Kaa-Chan and Hima,so you'll always know where I am,Ttebasa."
Mitsuki gave a concerned face,still not liking the situation,but nodded. "Alright,Boruto-kun."
Naruto let out a quick sigh and smiled before saying,"Mitsuki. I have a mission for you." Mitsuki looked up as Naruto continued,"I assign you,Mitsuki,to watch over Boruto during his punishment. You can do whatever you need to to protect him. Do you accept your mission?" Mitsuki's eyes widen slightly before he nodded. "Hai,Hokage-Sama."
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Boruto felt around as Mitsuki held his hand and led him to the table. "I never realized how big the house is before."
Mitsuki pulled out the chair,helping him down,and smiled as Hinata set a plate down in front of him. He watched Boruto feel for the utensil and grabbed his hand before it ended up in his food. "Let me do it." He then placed the utensil in his hand and guided it to the food. Boruto blushed and said,"O-oi! I'm not a baby. I can do it,Ttebasa." getting giggles and chuckles from Hinata,Himawari,and Naruto.
Mitsuki nodded and moved his hand,"Sorry.",then watched as Boruto lifted up the utensil,only to ram it into his nose. He quickly dropped it and grabbed his nose. "Chikusho!"
Mitsuki frowned and cleaned the food off his face. "Now will you let me help?" Boruto pouted as his blush deepened. "F-fine."
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"NO! LET ME GO!"
Naruto and Hinata shot up and quickly ran to Boruto's room. Naruto knocked the door down to reveal Boruto thrashing around on his bed with tears roll down his cheeks,the blindfold had a wet spot from the tears. "LEAVE ME ALONE!"
They instantly ran over and pulled him into a hug. He screamed and started punching and elbowing until he heard Hinata say,"Boruto! It's alright!" He let out gasp and started panting,starting to realize the difference between reality and his nightmare.
He wrapped his arms around her,trying not to squeeze too hard to keep from hurting the baby,and buried his head in her chest as Mitsuki popped in the window. "What happened?"
Naruto jumped a bit and looked back at him. "He had a nightmare. But why are you in the window?" "So I can watch over Boruto. I fell asleep though."
Naruto's head tilted slightly before he got up and left the room. When the door opened again,Naruto had a mat with some blankets and a pillow in his hands. He set them out by the bed then pat it with his hand. "Here. You can stay in Boruto's room,since you seem to not wanna stay in my office." Mitsuki nodded and watched Naruto leave,to get Mitsuki's stuff,then turned to Boruto and Hinata. Guessing by his breathing,Mitsuki figured Boruto had fallen back asleep.
He sat down on the mat and looked up at Hinata as she said,"He said he had nightmare about about Shizuma. He was trying to take him away again." Mitsuki clinched his fists. "Shizuma won't lay a finger on him again. If he even looks in Boruto's direction,i'll kill him."
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Boruto winced when Sakura accidentally stabbed his gums with the dental scaler. She moved the tools and said,"Sorry Boruto.",as she set them down a pulled out two bitewing tabs. "Open wide."
Boruto gulped and hesitantly opened his mouth. He gagged and bit down after she put in the bitewing. "I know. I hate these too." Boruto stayed still as she took the x-ray,then opened his mouth and repeated with the other side of his mouth. She looked at the computer and study the x-rays before she smiled and said,"Well,at least he did a good job at taking the teeth out. Not a broken bit in your gums. You won't need surgery." She frowned when she saw his response was lowering his head and slumping over.
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Mitsuki grabbed Boruto's hand after he stepped into the hallway. "How was it?" "I'm alright. I won't need to get teeth bits outta my mouth." Mitsuki nodded and helped Boruto walk to the Maternity Ward,pushing carts or pulling him out of the way before he tripped. He even wrapped Boruto in his arms and held him up so he wouldn't trip on a trolly,making Boruto blushing and kick his legs around. "M-mitsuki! Put me down,Ttebasa!"
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Himawari looked over as she heard footsteps and broke into a smile. "Nii-San! Mitsuki Nii-San!"
She ran up to them and held Boruto's hand as Mitsuki helped Hinata up. Hinata thanked him and asked,"What did Sakura say?" "I don't need the surgery. She nodded before Boruto asked,"What did Child Granny say?" Hinata smiled. "Lady Tsunade said the baby was doing just fine. I'll tell the gender when Naruto gets home for dinner."
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Himawari finished setting the table as Boruto felt on the wall to find the door. Everyone was helping with dinner,and he really had to pee. He grabbed the door and slid it open,giving himself a mental fist pump for finding the door by himself,only to run face first into Naruto's chest. "Chikusho,Dattebasa!"
Naruto sweatdropped with a smile and said,"Hello to you too,Boruto." Boruto rubbed his nose as Mitsuki walked over before Boruto sighed. "I just wanna go to the bathroom." He felt Mitsuki grab his hand as he said,"I'll help you there. I'll you go too,if you want." Boruto's face went tomato red as he violently shook his head while little sweatdrops flew off. "No! I don't need help with that part,Ttebasa!"
Naruto chuckled as they went upstairs then handed Hinata a small box. "Here. It's a congratulatory gift from Ayame for finding out the gender." Hinata smiled and thanked him before sat down at the table. Himawari sat next to him and talked about how she helped out with dinner and how it's extra tasty for a bit before Mitsuki and Boruto came back. Mitsuki sat Boruto next to Naruto,who said."You know,Mitsuki. Boruto can't learn to adjust to being blind if you help him with every single step." Mitsuki turned his head with a little 'hmpf'. "He wouldn't need to learn to adjust if he wasn't blind."
Naruto sighed and said,"Honestly,it might be safer if he is,for a bit." He sweatdropped. "Remember the nightmare Boruto had on the ship? Iwabe went to wake up him and Boruto end up Air Palming him in his gut."
Boruto blushed a little as he lowered his head while Hinata set the last of the food down. She sat at the table and smiled. "Everyone ready for the gender?" They all nodded and Hinata took a deep breath.
"It's going to be a boy."
Naruto's eyes lit up as Himawari's sparkled. "I'm getting a Otouto!" "We're getting another boy!"
Naruto ran over then laid his head on Hinata's stomach and rubbed the spot the baby was kicking. "Hey,Little Guy. You need a name now." He looked up at Hinata with a closed eye smile. "How about Jiraiya? Or maybe Ramen?" Hinata giggled and stroked Naruto's hair,saying,"That didn't work the first two times. It won't work this time.",before Himawari walked up. "We could name him Panda!"
Naruto and Hinata chuckled as Hima smiled while Mitsuki looked over at Boruto,who looked like he was concernes with something. "What's the matter?" Boruto looked in the direction of Mitsuki's voice. "Eh? It's nothing." "Don't you wanna help name your brother?" Boruto nodded,"Of course I do! It's just..." He lowered his head. "Maybe it be easier to name him after he's born."
"We can wait till he's born."
The two looked over as Naruto and Hinata gave them a smile. "We'll wait till he's born. It could be fun."
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Boruto started shaking as Shizuma pushed Mitsuki in front of him. "Kill him Shoji. He just keeps getting in our way." He walked behind Boruto and slowly placed a sword in his hands,forcing them to grab onto the handle. He smirked,showing off his sharp teeth,and whispered,"Do it,Shoji. Make your Ona happy." into his ear.
"Plunge the blade though his flesh and let his blood spill." He chuckled. "Or else i'll spill yours"
Boruto teared up and said,"I-i can't...Mitsuki's my friend...He..." he tightened the grip on the handle. "I won't. Mitsuki's my best friend and I refuse to harm him!" As Shizuma faded away,Boruto lowered his head and said,"You can't make me..."
He gasped and quickly lifted his head as he felt a pair of hands gently grab his hands and push the blade forward. His eyes went wide and overfilled with tears at the sight of Mitsuki's hands on his,the blood trickling down his mouth,and the blade going straight through him.
Mitsuki simply gave a gentle,closed eye smile. "If it keeps you safe,i'll gladly let you kill me."
Extreme guilt,pain,and despair instantly washed over Boruto as his whole body started shaking. He hunched over and started crying harder,letting out a scream.
"MITSUKI!"
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Mitsuki instantly shot up and ran to Boruto when he heard him screaming. He gently sat him up and started trying to wake him up,"Boruto-kun. Boruto-kun. Boruto-kun!"
Boruto jolted up,covered in sweat and letting out a giant gasp,and started panting as Naruto busted down the door. "What happened?!"
He ran over to the bed and placed his hand on Boruto's shoulder,who immediately wrapped his arms around Naruto and buried his face in his chest. "Shi-Shizuma wanted *hic* me to *hic* kill...I wouldn't *hic*...But then Mit*hic*suki took the blade and...There was so much blood on the blade..."
Naruto and Mitsuki frowned and comforted Boruto. "It's alright Boruto. Mitsuki's right here." "Yeah. I'm not going anywhere."
Boruto lifted up his head to Mitsuki's voice and shook his head. "But you... You would die if it kept me safe...Even if it meant killing yourself..." Mitsuki's eyes widened as Boruto lowered his head back into Naruto's chest and gripped tightly on his jacket.
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Boruto had his cheek resting in his palm as Himawari cleaned up lunch with Hinata. He tried to block out the other night's nightmare,and the other nightmares of Shizuma capturing him,when he felt a hand on his shoulder. He jumped and heard,"Sorry Boruto-kun." from Mitsuki. He nodded and placed his cheek back into his palm. "Boruto-kun,you've been cooped up in this house for a couple days. Would you like to go out and see our friends?"
Boruto shook his head and said,"You can go,if you want." "I only wanna go where you wanna go."
Boruto chuckled,"That's such a 'You' answer." Then he turned his head away.
Mitsuki saw the depression creep onto Boruto's before he grabbed his hand and started walking to the door. Boruto tried wiggling his hand free. "Mitsuki,let go." Mitsuki grabbed the doorknob and said,"The Sun is suppose to shine bright. Right now,it looks like it's in the middle of an Eclipse. The Moon is going to help it shine again."
Boruto's eyes widened slightly under the blindfold as a slight blush formed on his cheeks.
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"Does it get itchy?" "Sometimes,but I can reach the spot when it does."
Denki nodded at Boruto's answer as Iwabe,accidentally,slammed his hand on Boruto's shoulder when went to pat it. "What's it like to sleep in?" Boruto's filled with terror as his reflexes kicked in and punched Iwabe in the gut. Iwabe fell back from the bench and to the ground as Boruto realized what he did. "I-i'm sorry Iwabe! I didn't mean it!"
Iwabe let out a groan as Shikadai helped him up and said,"It's alright Boruto. I know you didn't mean it."
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Shikadai let out a yawn as Inojin asked,"What should we do now?" Metal Lee raised his hand. "Let's go to the Hot Springs! Most of us have been a tiring missions,and I heard they finished installing bigger tubs." The guys nodded as Boruto moved his head in the direction he heard whispers. "They're talking about me again..."
The guys gave the villagers glares before Metal started pushing Boruto and Mitsuki. "Let us hurry to the Hot Springs!"
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Mitsuki placed his top in the cubby and noticed Boruto was frozen to the spot he was standing on. "What's the matter? Need help?"
Boruto shook his head and grabbed his shirt. "I...You and Tou-Chan,are the only ones to see my..." Mitsuki gently grabbed Boruto's arm,spooking him a bit,and smiled. "It'll be alright. It's just our group soaking and if any of them try to say anything,if they even think about staring at you,i'll take care of them." Boruto felt his cheeks get warm from a blush and nodded as he started stripping.
Once they had towels around their waists,they walked in to the soaking area,that immediately got quite when the guys saw Boruto's scars. Boruto bit his lip and grabbed his arms,feeling extremely self conscious,as Mitsuki shot each of them a threating glare. They all gulped and Inojin cut through the silence,"This new tub is great. Nice and roomy." The others agreed and turned their heads away as Mitsuki gave them one last warning glare before he turned back to Boruto,helping him to wash off.
As soon as they were washed up,Mitsuki helped Boruto into the tub and smiled as Boruto sank in. "Ahhhh. This feels really good,Ttebasa." He felt someone move in the water and instantly jumped up,making the guys stare. Metal frowned and scooted back to spot he was sitting in before. "Sorry,Boruto. I didn't mean to scare you."
Boruto shook his head and said,"It's fine. I just don't want anyone but Mitsuki to get too close to me while we're naked." "Why?" Boruto instantly started shaking and hugged himself as he bit his lip. Mitsuki rubbed circles on Boruto's back as the guys frowned. "Sorry. We don't need to know. Shouldn't have asked."
Boruto sniffled and said,"It's alright..." He gave a fake smile. "We're here to have fun. So,let's have fun."
The guys nodded and did their best to break the awkwardness in the room.
After a while,they started getting real chuckles from Boruto and they all started having fun again.
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Mitsuki waved to the guys as they went their separate ways. "That was fun,huh?" Boruto nodded and gave a small smile. "Yeah. I think my favorite part was when Inojin slipped and belly flopped into the water. Well,at least you said he belly flopped." Mitsuki smiled and said,"Yes he did. He turned red for a while,even his face. His nose was still a bit red too."
Boruto let out a soft chuckle,making Mitsuki give a closed eye smile and grabbed his hand. Boruto felt himself being turned around as hands grabbed his hands. He could feel Mitsuki's breath hit his face and could smell the eggs from Mitsuki's burger,making him turn bright red. "Uh. M-m-mitsuki..." "You're shining brighter. It's not much,but your light is coming back." He gave a closed eye smile. "You'll be the Sun again soon."
Boruto gulped as he could feel Mitsuki was smiling at him. He felt Mitsuki back away as the wind began to blow. For some reason,a thought went through his mind that made his eyes widened under the blindfold.
"I...Do I like Mitsuki?"