Forgive me..So Mitsuki's hair is light blue but I described him having white hair...short chapter...forgive me hopefully the next chapter will less drawn out than this one.

The blond found his team mate sitting on a rock, hugging his knees and staring at nothing. He knew that look for some reason, it was the thousand-yard stare. He didn't have to announce his presence since the boy opened his mouth to speak.

"Boruto why did we have to come here" He didn't yell but the icy tone in his voice made the blond ninja nervous.

"Y..you know why...I wanted to see how Sasuke travels in and out of dimens-"

He suddenly stood up cutting off the blonde, "That's it! That's why! It's always about YOU! Sarada and I would always wholehear...No I would always support your decisions, but this time you've gone too far!"

Boruto was flabbergasted, he never saw this side of his friend before, he always had a stoic demeanor, but to lash out like this...It scared him. "Dude...why are you in such a crappy mood...speaking of Sarada where is she?"

"I don't know...come to think of it she was right behind me" Mitsuki snorted and glared at the moonlight, a moment of awkward silence filled the air until Mitsuki broke it, "If anything happens to Sarada I won't forgive you!"

Boruto lowered his head in shame, the white-haired genin was right, It was always about him...He always put himself first...they always did whatever he wanted to do. Whatever made Mitsuki to act out like this was his fault!. He looked up again when the bushes in front of him started to rustle.

The members of team 7 staggered out, Sakura sighed in relief and dropped to her knees when she noticed them, "Oh...It's just you guys"

"What's the deal with you guys? why were you making so much noise? don't you know that at night you should take it easy?" Sasuke frowned at them as he sat on the floor.

Naruto was about to follow his team mates but stopped when he noticed something gleaming in the moonlight, "What's that? It's looks shiny, anything shiny can't be that bad..ttebayo!" ''Err..guys I'm gonna get firewood" and he left.

"Why would he need firewood when there's a log right here?" Boruto sweat dropped as he sat next to Mitsuki who seemed to slip back into his thousand-yard stare.

Sasuke used his firestyle on the log instantly brightening their surroundings,Mitsuki scanned him as he discreetly rubbed his neck, silently wincing in pain, his golden eyes widened when he saw the familiar mark on the Uchiha's neck.

"It's that curse mark isn't it? I just placed one on a boy just a moment ago" he squeezed his eyes shut as his father's voice echoed in his mind

"That mark..did...you get that from...Orochimaru?" "Is this the mark Orochimaru was gloating about? Was Sasuke that boy?"

Sasuke and Sakura stiffened at the name, Sasuke placed his hand on top of it and scowled "It's none of your concern"

"Who's Orochimaru?" the blond ninja frowned when his team mate completely ignored him. He decided to change the topic and It was then he took a good look at Sasuke and Sakura, "You guys look like you got the shit beaten out of you! what happened?"

Sakura sighed "I don't know where to start...A giant snake was summoned, it was so powerful it created a whirlwind that cleared an entire part of the forest"

"Wha..a snake did that?! That thing blew me to the other side of the forest ttebasa!" "So that's what separated me from Sarada.."

Naruto came back frowning, "What a waste of time!"

"Where have you been loser?" Sasuke glared at him

Sakura ran up to him and smacked him behind his head, "You idiot! why are you wandering around in the forest at night? Are you trying to get yourself killed?!"

Naruto grinned at the kunoichi, "Ohh Sakura...I've always knew that somewhere in that heart of stone towards me, you had a soft side!"

Her fist connected to his face, "Not in this lifetime!"

He presented the broken red spectacles from his pocket, "Doesn't this belong to that pretty girl who was with you earlier?"

Boruto glanced at Mitsuki, then looked back at Naruto, "Take us to where you found it"

"You got it!...but first.." Naruto took out a small carton of milk from his weapons pouch,placed it to his head and chugged it down.

Boruto sweat dropped "Wait...aren't you lactose intolerant?"

He removed the carton from his lips and glared "Are you dumb? This isn't lactose...It's milk!"

Everyone sweat dropped "What's the difference?"

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Sarada fell hard on the floor , she fished around for her weapons pouch, "Wh-where is it!...Dammit I think I lost my glasses in the forest when that branch smacked me across the face."

"Looking for something?" A figure stepped out of the dark holding up the pouch.

"Huh?!" Her head shot up, the figure in front of her was blurry...she couldn't make out shit in this room! "H-hey give that back! I have something important in there...I swear if you break it..." she clenched her fists so tight that her knuckles got white.

"What are you gonna do?" the blurry figure swayed their hips side to side mockingly.

This person was testing her. She stood up and cracked her knuckles, Gathered some chakra to her fist, "Who every you are... in approximately one second you're gonna realize that you chose the wrong girl to mess with! CHA!" her chakra covered fist connected to the ground pulverizing it into many pieces. her ninja pouch landed at her feet as the figure fell back from the impact. she ransacked her pouch, until till she retrieved a glasses case "It never hurts to carry along a spare"

With her glasses back on, her surroundings became clearer, It looked like she was underground, due to all the roots above her head. "Now to see what exactly I was dealing wit-" she gaped at the little minions scattered across the shattered floor. "These were my opponents?...pathetic!" the ground above her caved in, she barley moved out of the way from being crushed to death.

Sasuke pierced his sword through Shinchiku's chest and grabbed him by the neck, "I'm tired of playing cat and mouse!, why are you here?"

He spat out some blood ''Ugh!..heheh...well I might as well let the cat out of the bag. I came here in search of Orochimaru, his research and knowledge combined with my futuristic devices and my 'minions'...we would be formidable!"

Sasuke sunk his sword deeper through his chest "That's bullshit! Tell me something else that makes sense"

Sarada peered out at them from behind a rock, her pulse quickened and onyx eyes widened at the sight of her father. "P-papa?!"

The giant sharingan creature from before grabbed her, she started to struggle.

Shinchiku's grin widened as he saw Sasuke pale and his face contort into a look of horror, he took the opportunity to free himself from Sasuke's grip,"Feel free to crush her!" he disappeared into the ground.

"Sarada?! What are you doing here?" he retrieved his sword and rushed towards the creature.