Here is the next chapter! I posted this a day early because I can't wait to show it to you!

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The evening of their return from Suna, the Uzumaki house was silent. They all had went to the living room to talk, but there was a problem. The children didn't say a word to their father about the trip. After a few minutes, Naruto finally asked how Shikadai's induction ceremony went. Himawari tensed at the mention of it and felt like she was going to break down again. Luckily Boruto changed the subject by asking Naruto how the office was while they were gone.

"Pretty normal," Naruto answered with a questioning tone. "Though Gaara requested a Kage meeting in Konoha for tomorrow."

Himawari perked up, suddenly interested in the conversation, but Boruto was the one to do the talking. "Do you know why?"

"He said something about wanting to introduce the new Kage to the others." Naruto informed. "But then today he said Shikadai wanted the Kages to meet his two, well, technically three new guards if want to count Gaara as new."

"Shikadai has four guards?" When Naruto nodded, Boruto laughed shaking his head in disbelief. "Leave it to him to want the extra protection and not need it. I got a gut feeling I know who the other two are."

"Who?"

"You should know," Himawari retorted bitterly as she stood from sofa that she and her brother were on. "You made them a deal, but they wanted out of it so they had to beg for forgiveness!"

"Hima, you don't under-"

Knowing what he was going to say, Himawari turned her back to her father and stomped up stairs to her room in a hurry. Naruto sighed once he heard the door slammed and turned to his son. "I assume Sarada told you everything her father told her."

"That you want to give the Akatsuki members a second chance but you're afraid to so you're tricking Himawari into making everyone think they deserve by having her hate you?" Boruto basically summarized. "She told me and she said I couldn't tell Himawari."

"Are you going to though?"

"No," he decided, "Because she'll figure it out. I guarantee it."

The next day the meeting was held in the Nara Forest because of Gaara saying they needed the big empty space for what was to unfold. Naruto was anxiously waiting along with his two children who wanted to see their old friend though only a few hours has passed since he saw them. Sasuke waited patiently while his daughter waited impatiently because she was ready to start training.

The Fifth Raikage, Darui, and the Fourth Tsuchikage, Kurotsuchi, had already arrived thirty minutes prior to when the meeting was supposed to start. The Sixth Mizukage, Chōjūrō, couldn't make it to the short notice meeting because of a slight problem in his village. All the Kages were waiting on is the new Sixth Kazekage who would introduce his two new guards.

"They're running late," Kurotsuchi said impatiently as ever as she crossed her arms to show her annoyance.

"One of his guards is being stubborn," Boruto answered as he read the text he got from him. "He says the guard knows someone from his old village is here and doesn't want to get bombarded with questions."

Himawari giggled into her hand. "Bombarded?"

He looked at the phone as another text came through and read it out loud, "'His words, not mine.'"

Himawari shook her head in an amusing manner. "Where are they?"

"The forest edge. Apparently he got nervous or something."

"I'll go talk to him-"

"There is no need." The group looked up to find it was Gaara that spoke with the other four people with him. After Himawari hugged him and went back to her spot, Gaara addressed the other Kage and the guest, since he would be co-leading the meeting, "First off I'd like to introduce the new Kazekage, my nephew, Shikadai Nara." Shikadai removed his hat and the others who knew him were surprised that he kept his hair down. "The second part I will leave to Sasuke."

Sasuke moved toward the front of the pack to say his piece. "This may not seem important, but I assure you it is. In the Leaf Village, there is a child, the Hokage's daughter might I add, has failed her graduation test because of a simple justu that she refuses to use so no one can get hurt. She was unable to finish her last test due to her teacher being unfair; however there is a rule that she can finish the test in front of the Kages and they decide if she passes or not."

"What is the jutsu?" Darui questioned.

"It's her father's famous jutsu." Sasuke began, "but in this case it is the Shadow Clone Jutsu. Her version of the jutsu is different from others."

"Go ahead and have her perform the jutsu then!" Kurotsuchi insisted excitedly.

Sasuke turned to Himawari and asked her, "How many clones do you wish to summon?"

"Only one." She answered as she stepped forward. She placed her hand in the symbol and announced, "Shadow Clone Jutsu!"

In a puff of smoke, her clone appeared. The clone stood a couple feet over her. It-he, had short, unkempt, dark-colored hair, and black eyes. He wore the standard attire of the Uchiha clan which includes a high-collared, dark-colored outfit along with a tantō strapped to the right side of the back of his shoulder. He also wore what appeared to be a harness for his tantō which ran across his chest and fastened over both his shoulders.

Himawari winced sheepishly when she saw Sasuke's reaction: wide eyes of shock and mouth slightly agape. "I'm sorry," she apologized sincerely. "My mind went back to the picture I saw of him, Itachi, and you as a kid. You see, I can also summon a clone of someone just by looking at their picture, but they don't have a voice because I never heard it."

"It seems like you know this person Sasuke," Omoi commented, acting pretty calm about the clone not looking like the girl. "So who is he?"

"My brother's closest friend. This is Shisui Uchiha."

A couple days has passed since the meeting took place. Three out of the four Uzumaki's were eating their dinner, silently hoping that the other was okay on his mission and it wasn't pouring down on him like it was in Konoha. Like before Naruto was the one to speak first, "So today I was thinking about what mission I should put you on and I was wondering what you would prefer."

"How about ones pertaining to Suna?" Himawari suggested, not looking at her dad because she was still ticked at him. She played her foot as she said offhandedly, "I could see them more often if-"

"I hope you aren't referring to Shikadai." When his daughter didn't answer, Naruto sighed. "I don't approve of your relationship with him."

Hinata and Himawari both stared at him, one more stunned than the other and one wondering that's what he's doing more than the other. Himawari asked in an equally bland and stunned stone, "What?"

"Hima-"

"No!" She shouted standing abruptly which shook all the items on the table. "How can you disprove of us? We are really close friends and not even a couple yet so you can't-"

"Yet?" Her father repeated, not bothered by her actions. "So there is something going on between the two of you?"

Himawari grew furious and decided to let all her anger out, which happened to include the truth. "Yes! In fact I just lied! Shikadai and I have been together for a little while now. In fact we have been on several dates."

"Himawari," her mother said soothingly. "Please calm down before you say anything you'll regret."

Himawari shook her head, not believing her mother was on her father's side instead of hers. "I'm out of here."

Before her parents could stop or argue with her, she was out the door running in the rain to find someone she could talk to.

Cliffhanger! Got any idea who the 'someone' is? Here's a hint: it's not Shikadai.

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