"Shinobi tournament?" asked Boruto
"Yes, every three years a tournament is organized in one of the great villages for shinobi, each village appoints five people who will represent their village. Boruto, Kawaki, Sarada, Mitsuki, Iwabe I want your five to take part in it," Naruto said
"Seriously, someone else can't do it?"
"Look at this from a different angle, son, you will have a chance to repair your reputation that you tarnished during the chuunin exam, don't you care?"
"Honestly, I have somewhere what others think, but it's okay I will participate using my own strength this time"
"I am happy, in that case the tournament will take place in a month in Iwa-gakure, this time you can use for training and improve your techniques, you can all leave"
"But I'm excited about this tournament, this time I will go further than during the chuunin exam," Iwabe said
"I wonder if we'll meet any familiar faces there," added Mitsuki
"Don't get so hot, I'll be the only one to win this tournament," Kawaki said
"Don't be so confident, I'm going to win him and kick your ass," said Boruto pointing a finger at Kawaki
"Yeah? Get strong enough so you don't have to use ninja tools"
Boruto clenched his fists at Kawaki's words, a smirk appeared on his face
"Give me a month and I will surpass you!"
"I think in dreams"
"Calm down both!" Sarada snapped irritably
Boruto and Kawaki muttered something under their breath, turning their backs on each other
"Remember, it is not known who will come to face, maybe we will even hit each other, so we have to use this month to improve our skills"
Everyone agreed with Sarada's words, then everyone went their own way, Boruto and Kawaki returned home and found Naruto waiting for them
"It's good that you are here, I forgot to mention that your two did not use Karma during this tournament," Hokage will announce by surprise
"Don't use Karma, sounds like a challenge," Kawaki said
"Damn, I'm down, so far I have been forced to use Karma in major fights, but it will be hard without it," Boruto thought, looking at his hand
Next day...
Boruto and his master were in the training clearing
"Sasuke-sensei, i want to learn a new technique!" the blond announced
"Why?"
"Until now, all I used to fight was Kage Bushin and Rasengan, but to win the tournament and beat Kawaki I need some ace up my sleeve."
"Tell Boruto, one of your chakra natures is raiton, right?" asked Sasuke
"Yes"
"It's good, I can teach you some techniques"
"Really great!"
Elsewhere, Kawaki trained with the Naruto clone
"You've made progress Kawaki"
"However, he still needs something new"
Sarada stood in front of the boulder, activated her Sharingan with two tomoe, placing a seal and creating a chidori in her hand, when she succeeded she hit the boulder with technique
"I haven't fully mastered this technique yet, but I should finish it for a month," she thought, looking at the impact
Mitsuki trained alone, sat down in the meditation position, began to meditate, some time later he entered the sage mode trying to stay in this mode as long as possible