Aha! I have returned! Apologies for taking so long! It was all Mitsuki's fault! Oh lord that guy is a freakin' mystery! It's so hard to figure him out! Thanks again for your reviews, for liking and putting this story on your alerts.

Oh well...on with the story ~

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As the sun was starting to set, Sasuke's head turned to the other side of the forest as he dodged Shinchiku's attacks with ease. he knew that it would be occupied because of the chunin exams being held at the moment, but still...this feeling of worry took a slight toll on him.

"Oi! Don't forget about me you son of a bitch! I guess you're practically begging for me to put you out of your misery" Shinchiku appeared from behind and threw several shurikens at Sasuke who knocked them all away with his sword like they were pesky flies. "Hn! Don't make laugh! You're so pathetic! You might as well put me out of misery, It's way better than you boring me to death!"

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Anko swung over the tree branches with agility with the white haired genin in tow.A trickle of sweat dropped from her chin and splashed on ground, "He's somewhere close..." she gripped her shoulder, "I can feel it", She swung from branch to branch, jumped over twisted exposed roots with ease and walked up to a figure embedded into a trunk.

He chuckled lightly "Well well...Anko it's been a while"

Mitsuki hid himself amongst the branches of a tree not too far from the higher ranked ninjas. he stretched his neck a bit closer to hear what they were saying.

"Now's not time to reminisce about the 'good old days', You're a S class criminal, top of the most wanted list and it's only fitting if I'm the one to take you down! Right sensei?" Four senbon needles came out from her sleeve.

"Hmmm...not really" He outstretched his tongue grabbing her by the right wrist forcing her to drop the senbon.

"Gah!" Anko shrieked at her slime covered forearm, She extended her left arm*STRIKING SHADOW SNAKES!* four serpents emerged from her sleeve and pierced into the tree trunk. "GET OUTTA THERE!" she pulled back her arm, forcing him out, The serpents retreated to her her sleeve. She ran towards him, joined her palm with his against the trunk behind him and drove a kunai through it.

Anko panted heaviliy "Heh...I got you!...just lend me your left hand."

Golden eyes widened in surprise "That hand sign!"

Beads of sweat from her forehead trickled down the bridge of her nose, Her chest heaved, "That's right! The two of us are going to die here! She closed her eyes tightly and drew in a deep breath. "Ninja art! Twin snake sacrifice jutsu!"

"I'm afraid you'll die alone Anko!" He rose out of the ground behind her.

Anko's eyes snapped open, She looked at him from the corner of her eye, "Wha.."

"That's right!" Orochimaru tore off the burnt skin revealing his true identity in the light of the full moon.

Mitsuki's jaw got slack, There was no doubt about it now! It was his parent alright!...errr even though he looked a bit rugged.

She turned her head back, only to find what she entrapped turned into a thick pile of mud.

His menacing laugh echoed through the forest as Anko closed her eyes and lowered her head in dismay.

"You're one of the elite now...how naughty of you to be using the forbidden jutsu I thought you."

She yanked the kunai out of the tree and threw it towards him in frustration, only for him to catch it with ease. "Won't work!"

"Wha...what the...I can't move!" She started to tremble, "Why are you here anyway?"

He started to make his way over to her, "I'm disappointed. I expected a friendlier reunion after such a long time"

"You're here to assassinate lord hokage!"

"Hmm...not yet. I don't have that amount of followers to pull that that one."

She dropped to her knees as a sharp surge of pain shot through her neck.

Orochimaru stopped to her eye level,"It's that curse mark isn't it? I just placed one on a boy just a moment ago"

"He'll die before he serves you!" Hazel eyes glared into playful golden eyes.

He placed his calloused palm against her cheek, "hmmm...jealous? Please forgive me for using you and tossing you aside...It's just that the boy has more potential than you" His eyes narrowed as he grinned, "You see he's from the Uchiha Clan"

Mitsuki sat up with a grave expression on his face, "I don't understand...why would my parent want to destroy the hokage? What's a curse mark?...This is way too much! I gotta go! I gotta find Boruto and Sarada!...And maybe,..just maybe we can get outta here and I get these questions answered" He gave one last look at them over his shoulder before disappearing into the branches.

Flashes of the burnt skin, those cold menacing eyes, the blood bath of the faceless corpses haunted Mitsuki's memory, as he jumped from tree limb to limb, he was so out of it he almost lost his footing, "What I should focus on is finding my friends and making sure that they're safe!"

*FLASHBACK*

A six yr old Mitsuki walked into his father's study with a troubled look on his face.

"What is it my child?"

"I' overheard some ninjas talking about you this morning"

Orochimaru looked up from the scroll he was reading, "Do tell"

He averted his gaze to the floor, "They said that even though you helped out in the fourth great ninja war you're still not to be trusted." He met his father's gaze with a frown "I know that you're a hero! and they're just a couple of douches!" Tears welled up in his eyes as he continued ,"They also said that I wasn't born...*sniff* *sniff* I was created...father am I one of your experiments?"

Orochimaru got up from his seat ,got on one knee and ruffled his son's unruly hair. "Does it matter? You are my son, whether you were born or created, You're very precious to me and my feelings for you will never change!...and about the village...do you think that I would ever lay a hand on such a place?"

"Nope! You're better than that!" He wrapped his arms around his father's neck and closed his eyes as tears trickled down his cheeks.

And when we went Camping in Otogakure last year...

*Pant* *Pant* "We've finally reached the top of mount Hotaka! I don't think I can go any further can't we rest here?" Mitsuki plopped himself down on the earth, a small gasp left his lips as he looked in awe at the lush green below them. "Wow...this is amazing! Have I been missing out on this!" Orochimaru chuckled softy as he watched the boy in amusement, "Very well I guess, We have been travelling since the break of dawn, and It's almost sundown, so let's set up camp" Within two minutes, their tent was set up and they went fast to sleep.

They both awoke in the middle of the night due to the sudden cold breeze, Golden eyes opened and marvelled at the stars above him, "My son do you know what those stars in the sky tell us?"

Mitsuki gave his father a small smile "Of course, Astronomically It means that there are thousands of galaxies out there!"

The Sannin shook his in amusement before answering, "No, It means someone stole our tent!''

*END OF FLASHBACK*

A sigh escaped his thin lips,he stopped jumping from tree to tree and hid in the thick branch, his eyes darted around for signs of any movement, "Judging from the information I received from one of my snakes...Sarada should be right around..." He looked down below and saw the female Uchiha resting against the thick trunk staring at some kind of scroll. "Here" Mitsuki's lips broke into a wide grin.

Sarada's head shot up, she looked keenly around her surroundings. Heh...Being all by herself in this weird...cold and unfriendly forest...at NIGHT! Hell! She wouldn't even go in her back yard at night! She couldn't get rid of that eerie feeling that she was being watched. "It better not be another ninja disturbing me for those 'scrolls'! I swear! They're gonna get it! SHANNARO!" She held up the earth scroll to her eye level. "What's special about this thing anyway?"

Mitsuki's face appeared with his usual coy grin.

Sarada jumped back in surprise, "Whaaaa!"

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He watched intently as many emotions flashed across the kunoichi's face! It varied from shock to fright...a slight hint worry then to full out rage, She grabbed him by the neck and slowly whispered in his left ear, "Listen here mister and listen gooood, if you ever wander off like that ever again I will snap you like a twig...Anyway! Let's go find Boruto then we can all go show support to papa and the others!" She reverted back to her lively mood.

His downcast eyes did not go unnoticed by the Uchiha Kunoichi.

"Mitsuki...is something wrong? Are you alright? Are you hurt?...did something happen to papa's team?...or Boruto?"

His silence only made her worry more, she jumped to her feet and placed her hand on his shoulder, looking straight into his golden eyes, She could see hurt mixed with a tinge betrayal, confusion and disbelief swirling around.

"Mitsuki" Sarada gently placed her hand underneath his chin forcing him to look up at her. "Please...tell me what happened..I can take it"

"It's about my par-" before he could utter another word, The bushes behind them started rustling, both ninjas pointed their kunai in the direction of the noise.

Tenten and Rock lee came out, she looked at their forehead protectors "We heard voices..So Lee and I thought you guys were enemy ninja.,..Wait a minute I've never seen you guys around here before thoug-"

Lee pushed Tenten out of the way and walked up the female Uchiha with tears flowing from his eyes."Oh Kami! Just when I thought Sakura-san was the most beautiful thing I had ever laid my eyes on...You now send this angel before me! Her beauty is incomparable! I MUST HAVE DIED AND GONE TO HEAV-"

Tenten summoned a club and whacked Lee in the head knocking him out cold. "It's such a shame and I just woke him up from that fight with those sound ninjas" She turned towards them and saw Mitsuki and Sarada huddled close to each other trembling in fear.

"Mitsuki...I don't want to be here anymore...I'm scared"

"What's with you guys?" Tenten sweat dropped.

Mitsuki's eyes roamed along the new trail "What happened through here? A hurricane?"

The weapons kunoichi bit her lip, "Oh this? From what I heard from Sakura...A giant snake caused this, that snake was summoned by a man named Orochimaru"

Sarada's eyes widened while Mitsuki's face grew pale. He slowly started to back away from them, then made a run for it into the forest.

"MITSUKI WAIT!" She ran after him, leaving Tenten with a question mark over her head.."Was it something I said?"

The branches smacked across her face knocking her glasses off as she charged after the pale skinned haired boy in the dark eerie forest, the moonlight was no help whatsoever, "Mitsuki! What's wrong? Dammit! My glasses!" she trailed off when she ended up face to face with a sharingan spying creature (a minion..lel!), Before should could've uttered another word, It teleported her and disappeared into the ground.