Hey. Sorry for not uploading any new chapters. I was busy with exams and all of that stuff. And also, something happened to my computer. IDK why but it doesn't let me access the Internet. I can't access towards this site also not being able to watch anime. Huhu. The struggle is real you know. I mean like I really am into watching Black Clover lately and kinda addicted to the songs. Yeah. So without further ado, enjoy reading.

Chapter 6: Meeting Little Red

Swoosh!

The sound of a wind makes the grass moves slightly as it runs past them. Expertly jumping towards the upcoming logs and rocks in the forest, it makes its way, dashing over the greenery. It is summer and the light from the sun penetrates through the leaves as if it was just a white paper. For a while it keeps on running and jumping until it finally stops near the lake. Resting for a while, it licks its paw, momentarily distracted for the pleasure it feels.

Just then, it heard a sound of the leaves rustle from behind. Being alarmed by it, suddenly it makes it's moves once again running away from the threat that wants to capture it.

"Tch! It runs again." A voice of a male teenager slightly irritated as he's making his moves through the dense forest.

"Like I said, don't make any sound, you idiot. We must stay quiet!" A feminine voice counters the male's protest as she slides her spectacles that nearly slides off from the bridge of her nose. She lands on a branch before takes off again leaping from one branch to another.

The other make in the group stays quiet and only smiles towards the interaction between his comrades. His slit eyes shows somewhat amusement.

The irritated male huff in anger as he jumps from tree to tree. "We only have one mission and why is it so hard to complete it!?" He yells in frustration.

"Idiot! I told you to keep quiet! What if it heard us!" The female scolds him. Keeping a cool look but still she's slightly irritated with her annoying teammate. "And recalled back just who's wanted a quick mission in the first place?"

[Flashback]

"Today we will be doing some light exercises," a brown haired man stands tall as he tells his students about the agenda of today's activity. His long blue scarf flutters, following the gentle morning breeze. His shining brown eyes looking at his students one by one.

The blonde student of his irks his eyebrows up. "Exercise?"

"Yes," the teacher nods his head.

The said student looks at his teacher with a question mark face. "Why do we need to exercise when we can just go on a mission, Konohamaru-no-niichan?"

Sarutobi Konohamaru, grandson of the Sandaime Hokage, Sarutobi Hiruzen and also one of the elite shinobi of Konoha, frowns from his student question. Feeling a little disdain, he said, "Although it is good to go on a mission but a little exercise is also important to train your body, Boruto."

The blonde haired teen shinobi named Boruto eyes his teacher again before a low tch sound was made.

Konohamaru, hearing the low protest fums at Boruto. "What was that-kore!?"

"Well, exercise is only for dumb people-ttebasa. Besides, I don't need it. What's the point of exercising anyway?" He said boredly. His azure blue eyes looking anywhere but not Konohamaru. A look of utterly uninterested on the topic shows on his face.

The only female on the group steps forward, eyes looking directly at her blonde teammate. "I don't care if you have any interest in it or not but I let you know that I won't let you get in my way of becoming the Hokage." Her speech comes out serious than she intended it to be. Her red spectacles shines when it hits the sunlight.

"What? Who said that I'm gonna get in your way," shifting his gaze towards the female, he gave her a serious look as he said, "And I also don't ever dream off to become Hokage."

Still looking at the blonde, the black haired girl fixes her glasses with her right hand. Her seriousness still didn't waver as she said her piece earlier.

Sparks of electricity between the two clashes as they staring at each other. Konohamaru sigh as he rubs his forehead, bracing for any headache that have might on its way. Seriously, when it comes to these two, there's nothing he can really do. They really do have their father's rivalry in them. "What am I gonna do with both of them?" He asks to practically no one.

The pale student of his chuckles when he heard his teacher's little whine. "Why don't you just go with Boruto's plan, Konohamaru-sensei." He flashes a smile towards the brunette. "I think that's the only way for you to stop them."

Konohamaru sighs again. He really didn't like where this is going.

The female heard her pale friend idea and so she turns around, forgetting the blonde. "Mitsuki, you also?"

Mitsuki smiles at her and nods his head. "Yes. Whatever Boruto ideas is, I always follows him."

This earns a beam from Boruto as he yells, "Oh~ Mitsuki. You really understands me." Which he then receives a glare from the female.

"So, Konohamaru-no-niichan, what kind of mission that we're gonna do?" Asks the now excited blonde.

Konohamaru scratches his head, thinking of what kind of mission his team gonna do. "I don't think the mission centre has anymore mission to hand out for today-kore."

"Eh~" Come out a long protest from the blonde again. "Are you really sure, Konohamaru-no-niichan?"

"Yeah, I'm sure. The submissions for today are all pretty easy so the other genin teams wipe them out pretty quickly. That's why we didn't get any mission for today."

"Ah. Then we're stuck doing nothing but exercise then. Man, I really hope to get some action today."

Konohamaru seems to be lost in thought, thinking over the mission centre. He let's out a long hums. "Hrm, I think there is a mission that no one have taken yet," he said aloud.

The blonde interest kicks up again as he looks at his teacher slash brother. His eyes shining brightly. "Really?"

Konohamaru nods his head. "Yeah, but I must asks you guys. Are you really sure you want to do this?"

Boruto pumps his fists up high and shout, "Hell yeah I'm in. I'm not gonna miss some fun-ttebasa!"

Mitsuki just smile, "I just follow Boruto wherever he goes."

Then, the teacher looks at his female student. "What about you, Sarada?"

Sarada just sigh. She really can't do anything. "Well, everyone seems to be agreeing to it already. No use to protest, I guess," she said. She looks up at her brunette teacher, "I'm in."

The teacher just smile. "Good. Then this is your mission for the day."

[Flashback end]

"Your mission is to capture a cat that had escaped from one of the resident pet store."

Leaping from the logs, the cat continues to run, dashing from its enemy that's tailing it from behind.

Upon nearing an open field, Boruto waves a sign with both of his hand. "Don't let it gets away-ttebasa!" Instantly, two clones pops up from both of his sides. Both of the rushing towards the cat. A shout of OK can be heard.

The first clone tries to catch the cat with both of his arms. "Here, come here kitty," he said as he leaping forward towards the cat. The cat notice it's presence so it jumps from being captured by the clone. The clone instantly dives onto the dirt and pops into smoke.

The failure of the first clone trying to capture the cat makes the second clone tries his luck by securing the cat from its left.

"GOT 'CHA!"

His shouts makes the cat startled as it swiftly avoids the clone by moving forward. Seeing the cat moves makes the clone's eyes focus on it not noticing the boulder in front before he smashes his head against it. And then in pops into smoke, following the first clone.

Boruto facepalm by it as he's crouching low on the branch. "Seriously? My clones were defeated by a cat? So uncool."

"Seriously? That's all you can do?" Sarada appears besides the blonde. Her eyes still looking at the cat below who's licking its paw.

"You make it sound so easy. How about you just do it, Sarada."

Sarada just sigh. Seriously, why's she should do it? She didn't even agreeing with the blonde to do the mission today. Whatever, let's just do this quickly so that she can hang out with Chocho later.

Sarada puts her right hand in front of her, making a sign with her fingers. Her onyx eyes close as she's focusing her chakra. Instantly, she opens her eyes. Her black eyes turns into the infamous dojutsu from the Uchiha clan, the Sharingan.

She tries to cast a Genjutsu on the cat or maybe putting it to sleep even so the mission can end quickly. Before that she needs the cat to look at her in the eyes so she's prepares some shurikens and set it on her hand. Focusing on the cat, her hand swiftly throws the shurikens towards it with acute accuracy. The shurikens flies towards it and hit the dirt besides it. The cat who notices it jumps high on the air, almost shocked by the sudden attack from its capturer. Instead of looking at Sarada, it turns its tail and tries to make an escape from the place.

Sarada who notices this lets out a sound from the place she's sitting. "The cat! It's getting away!"

"Shoot! Don't let it get away!" Boruto shouts as he quickly moves from the tree onto the land and running towards the cat.

The cat didn't went far as it's stops in front of a pale boy, hiding behind him from Boruto. The boy crouches low and begins to pet the cat below its nape. Then, he scopes the cat into his arms.

"Ah! Mitsuki! You did it! You get the cat!" Boruto said as he notices his blue haired friend with the cat in hand.

Sarada also arrives later and she looks at the cat in Mitsuki's arms. "Huh, it doesn't seems to be struggling. Maybe it likes you?"

Mitsuki only smiles towards his female friend. A chuckles was heard from him. "You think so?"

"Hm! Yeah, look at it. It seems to be liking you a lot," Sarada said pointing it out.

"Well, since it likes Mitsuki then you should hold it," he said, arms towards his head.

Sarada looks at her teammate, "Are you okay with it, Mitsuki?"

Mitsuki nods, "Sure. I don't mind."

"Then, let's go back to the tower and get this over quickly. Man, I'm hungry," the blonde said as he walks out from the land to the village. "Mitsuki, wanna go and grab some burgers later?"

"Sure."

…

"Please make yourself at home."

The front door of the apartment is wide open featuring a long hallways that leads to the dining room. Sakura walks inside as soon as she takes off her sandals. The group followed by Mikoto let's themselves in one by one and follows her to the dining room where there already a set of chairs and table near the kitchen.

Shisui instantly sits down on one of the chairs. He lets out a sigh relieving the tiredness from his body. They had to take a detour from the tower to the apartment to avoid any unnecessary troubles. But even so, they found themselves always stopping as the villagers and shinobis alike greets the pink haired woman asking about her and her companions. Sakura quickly make a cover story for them and says that they are people that she knows from a far away land. Thankfully enough they buy the story for now.

Fugaku founds himself in an unfamiliar place to be called home. He thought a lot of things since arriving at this little apartment. One of them being is to why is his son live in this tiny place? He is an Uchiha so shouldn't he be living in somewhat a big place for his family? Is he unaffordable to be living in such a grand house like he used to when he was a child? Fugaku shakes his head. He shouldn't be thinking about this at the moment. It should be his son to think about his own family accommodation and well-being, not Fugaku. He sigh. Now that he think about it, where is Sasuke?

Itachi weirdly enough is still standing at the front door. He's still isn't dare to go inside the apartment now that he knows that his brother is living here with his very own family. How would Sasuke's children react upon seeing him?

He steps inside the room. Closing the door behind him, he takes off her shinobi sandals and slowly walks onto the wood floor. He feels his feet touching the cold wooden floor. It felt so real to be a dream. Making his way inside the hallway, he then come face to face with the bright colour of the dining room. Everything looks peaceful. There are no threats, no bloody fingerprints, or even plants emerge from below. It's just a normal dining room with normal occupants.

He let out a breath. He shouldn't be paranoid. It's not even a dream. This is reality.

Mikoto in the other hand is trying helping Sakura with the dishes although the host already said that she can handles herself just fine. Because of that, she doesn't have anything to do instead roaming around the kitchen trying to find something interesting that might perks her interest. And she founds something.

Her eyes is looking towards a picture frame of a cute little black haired girl smiling towards the camera. The frame is nicely sit on the cupboard in the dining room so she went over there and lifts the frame up. Eyeing the girl, her onyx eyes scans the girl's face. She had a red glasses and a cute little pink shirt on. Mikoto's heart squeals in delight. She's so cute.

"Hey, Sakura-san," she called over Sakura who's cutting some vegetables.

Sakura instantly looks up upon hearing her name being called by her mother-in-law. "Yes, Mikoto-san? Is something the matter?"

"Ah, no. I was just wondering, " she said as she's facing Sakura with the frame still in hand. By then, every occupants in the room are looking at her. "Who is this cute girl in the photo?"

Sakura blinks at Mikoto. Her green orbs then shifts towards the frame in Mikoto's hand. Seeing the girl in the photo, her lips quiver into a small yet fond smile as she said, "That is our daughter."

Mikoto already anticipating her answer smiles even more upon hearing about it. She said 'our daughter'. Not 'her daughter'. What kind of relationship did those two have, she wonders.

Hearing the word daughter makes Shisui stands on his two feet and rushing towards Mikoto. "Daughter? Sasuke's daughter? I wanna see!"

But he was pushed by Fugaku that also excited about his granddaughter.

Mikoto only chuckles by her husband behaviour as she hands the frame to Fugaku to look at. Itachi also being albeit curious walks towards his father trying to take a glimpse of his niece. Seeing the little girl in red makes his heart thumping with life. Sasuke now has someone to protect.

As the men adores the little girl, Mikoto takes the chance to question Sakura about her family. "So Sakura-san, how did the two of you met?"

Sakura blushes. How did they met? She didn't even know where to start. Should she tell them that she developed a huge crush on her son when they were younger? Oh my, isn't it embarrassing to admit that in front of his family.

"Name…"

Gladly the moment where save by Itachi who's still looking at the photo. Sakura turns her head towards the older Uchiha, face masks in confusion.

Once again Itachi asks her, "What is her name?"

Remembering the memories that she had with him when their daughter was born, her husband is the one who chose her name. When asking why he chose the name Sarada instead of any other names, he just simply said that it reminds him of the the two most beloved people to him.

The word Sa comes from Sasuke's own name and the Ra is from Sakura's name. The last word, Da comes from Itachi's own name which is Ta. And that's how the name Sarada where chosen.

Sakura can only smiles upon remembering the memory. "Uchiha Sarada," she said.

Itachi looks back the photo in Fugaku's hand and smile. "Sarada," he said, testing the word on his tongue. "What a beautiful name."

The sound of the front door clicks open was heard by the occupants in the room. Their heads instantly looking towards the hallway that connects the front door to the room that they were all in. Anxiety raise from inside except for Sakura who knows the person is.

They heard the shuffle of someone's feet making his/her way inside the room. Then, the sounds stop only to be replace by the sound of a rough stomps that rushing towards the dining room.

"Mama, is Papa home!?"

A voice of a young girl was heard as she appears from the hallway. Itachi eyes fixated on the small figure of a girl in red clothes and red glasses. Her short black haired is neatly comb as her bangs looks nice on the right side of her face. Itachi then concludes.

This is Sasuke's daughter.

P/s: For the Muslim community, Happy Eid Mubarak from me ;)