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Storm Brewing
Boruto walked through the street in silence. He wanted nothing more than to be out hunting Land of Time shinobi, or tracking down rogue Jinchuriki. It was so much fun. And yet, doing so was no longer his job. He sighed. He needed to get used to living life without fighting a freak of nature every thirty seconds again. Hard as that would undoubtedly be.
"Hey, Boruto," Shikadai called out, Boruto looking over at him.
"What's up?"
"Not a whole lot," Shikadai said. "I was just heading back from training with Moegi Sensei."
"I see," Boruto nodded, looking up at the sky.
It was overcast today, but the clouds seemed to be darkening.
"I was just going to visit my sister's grave," Boruto admitted. "It's been a long time since I was home. I still need to tell her all the things I did. And I owe her months worth of flowers."
Shikadai nodded sadly. "She's be proud of how strong you've become."
"She'd be top of her class at the academy this year," Boruto smiled sadly. "Beating up all of the boys in sparring."
"I doubt any would be willing to fight her more than once," Shikadai chuckled.
"Boruto, your father's summoned us," Mitsuki said, appearing beside them.
"Okay," Boruto nodded.
The two of them ran through the streets, making their way to Naruto's office, arriving at the same time as Naruto. Boruto knocked and the door swung open, Kakashi stepping out of the way as Sasuke and Naruto both turned to them.
"Welcome back Uncle Sasuke," Boruto smiled. "I take it all of the Tailed Beasts have arrived?"
"Not yet," Naruto said. "Killer B and Matatabi are still on their way. No, the reason we've brought you here is much simpler than that. It's time for you to begin your Senjutsu training."
"Finally," Boruto sighed. "Okay. Let's get started."
"Not so fast," Naruto said. "In order for you to learn, we need to find an area with a high natural concentration of Nature Energy. We also need to enlist the help of one of my summons who has a tool to reverse the...side effects, of gathering Nature Energy incorrectly."
"Okay," Boruto said. "So where are we going?"
"We're going to go to an island off the coast of the Land of Lightning," Naruto said. "It's where both myself and Killer B trained to learn to control our respective Tailed Beasts chakra. The island also happens to be a giant turtle."
"Wait, what?" Boruto blinked.
"The whole island is a massive turtle," Naruto said. "The Island Turtle is so massive, it has an entire forest on its back, and actually has subterranean areas in its shell. In the heart of the forest, the area is so saturated in Nature Energy, that there's a spot where the Nature Energy actually manifests the darkness in your heart, all of your anger, your hate, and your pain, and it forces you to confront it. If you defeat it, you'll be free of it. But if you fail, you'll be lost to it. it's dangerous training."
"More so than Senjutsu training?" Boruto asked, raising an eyebrow.
"Not even close," Naruto said. "Even the slightest mistake while training with Senjutsu, the slightest twitch of your finger, and you'll turn to stone."
Boruto's jaw fell open before he collected himself. "So, I'm going to learn to be a Toad Sage like you?"
"No," Naruto said. "I trained to use Sage Mode on Mount Myoboku, where the Nature Energy is...stained, in a sense, by the Toads. Because that's the Nature Energy I trained with when I learned, that's the Sage Mode I am able to use. I don't particularly know if one Sage Mode is stronger or weaker than another, but there are different types of Sage Mode. Kabuto Yakushi is capable of Snake Sage Mode. The First Hokage had a special kind of Sage Mode of his own, though I'm not sure what kind it was or where he learned it.
"So, what, I'm going to get Island Turtle Sage Mode?" Boruto asked.
"No," Naruto said. "As we said before, the mark on your arm is capable of drawing upon Nature Energy and allowing you to wield Sage Chakra. That's going to be the type of Sage Mode you have."
"So, Tattoo Sage Mode," Boruto asked before rolling his eyes. "Joy of joys."
"We're not going to give it some fancy name," Naruto chuckled. "Not until we understand exactly what that mark is. For all we know, your Dojutsu may affect your Sage Mode as well."
"Maybe," Boruto shrugged.
Boruto looked outside and his smile faded, his brow furrowing, Naruto and Sasuke turning as well. When had the clouds gotten so dark? They were practically pitch black now, and yet they weren't dropping any rain. He activated his Jogan just for laughs and his eyes widened. There was some kind of very, very dark chakra saturating the clouds to the point that it almost gave him a headache to look at.
"So, am I the only one who sees the chakra in those clouds?" Boruto asked.
"No," Sasuke said, staring at it with his Rinnegan. "Naruto?"
"I know that chakra," Naruto said, staring. "That's not good."
"What is it?" Boruto asked.
"Not good," Naruto said, turning to the door. "Mobilize everyone!"
An ANBU seemed to step out of the shadows, nodding once before vanishing again. Naruto and Sasuke hurried from the room, Kakashi following with Boruto. When they reached the roof, they stopped, staring up at the sky. All around them, shinobi were leaping from rooftop to rooftop, preparing for emergency measures. However, as they were, blood red and deep purple lightning suddenly lit up the sky in a massive, continuous, ever-changing spiderweb of raw power and light, remaining in the sky for nearly twenty seconds before fading.
"What was that?" Boruto asked. "A jutsu?"
"Much worse than that," Naruto said just as Jonin began to land in front of them, Shikamaru landing at his side.
"It's him," Sakura said, walking forward.
"Yes," Naruto nodded. "This is going to be very bad."
"We can take anything he throws at us," Rock Lee said. "We're far stronger than we were last time, and last time we obliterated him."
"Don't get cocky," Naruto said. "If we can sense him from here, he's stronger too, and he'll also not underestimate us this time."
"Who is it?" Boruto asked.
"Moryo," Shikamaru growled. "A powerful demon that Naruto once destroyed. He's been revived again."
"That doesn't sound good," Boruto said.
"Last time I defeated him because I had a power boost from someone with access to a very powerful chakra, and in addition to that, Moryo had only just been revived, so he wasn't back to full power."
"We can handle him," Sasuke said.
"I agree," Naruto said.
"Lord Hokage!" Kotetsu shouted, appearing on the roof and kneeling.
"What is it?" Naruto asked.
"The Ghost army, it's been spotted!" Kotetsu said.
"Everyone mobilize to the Land of Ogres immediately!" Naruto said.
"Sir, that won't help!" Kotetsu said, stopping everyone.
"Why?" Naruto asked.
"It's marching on the Land of Fire's Daimyo's residence!" Kotetsu said.
Everyone fell silent.
"How did it get so far without anyone noticing?" Naruto asked.
"The army is different," Kotetsu said. "It's not terracotta statues this time. It was reported as an army of flesh and blood monsters who only get stronger the more blood they lose!"
"Have any been killed?" Naruto asked.
"No," Kotetsu said. "None."
"Sasuke," Naruto said. "Go and rescue the Fire Daimyo. Have a shadow clone try and find a way to kill the army if you can. We need to know whatever you can find out about them."
"And what about Moryo?" Sasuke asked.
"I'll go myself," Naruto said.
"You can't fight a demon alone," Shikamaru said. "Even if you did kill it before."
"I won't be alone," Naruto said. "God help me with Hinata's reaction, but I'm taking Boruto's team."
"And Sumire," Boruto said, Naruto looking at him a moment before nodding.
"And Sumire," Naruto agreed.
Boruto nodded, turning and sprinting away to gather the others, only to find Mitsuki at his side instantly.
"I'll find Sarada," Mitsuki said. "We are being mobilized, right?"
"We're going to fight a demon," Boruto said.
Mitsuki nodded and branched off, Boruto heading for Sumire's house. He couldn't help the grin that spread over his face. This was shaping up to be a fun mission. A slight change from fighting Land of Time shinobi, but probably considerably easier.
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