I just wanna say I'm sorry for delaying the chapter and I'm sorry for making a note explaining why I did and if it annoys you guys, but I feel if I just let the day pass without updating the chapter when promised, I feel as if I'd be cheating you guys and that'd be unfair so that's why but thankfully I updated the chapter THIS time so there is that! Like I said, if I can't reach the first scheduled day, I always reach the second one as I try to be a woman of my word!
Now without further ado, let the chapter begin already! ^_^
"So that's how dad became a ninja…" Boruto looked down with a small smile as both of his teammates had similar feelings.
"It's pretty ironic. Mizuki's plan on getting Lord Seventh ejected from the Ninja Academy was what actually what led Naruto graduating the Ninja Academy in the end. If that's not irony, I don't know what is." Mitsuki chuckled.
"I feel bad for Lord Seventh….he spent his whole life being lied to and deceived by the villagers. It's almost a wonder that he never went rogue from the village or defected since he had no real reason to stay in a village that treated him like crap." Sarada frowned.
"It's because he knew that if he left or went wild, especially when he found out the Nine Tails was inside of him, it only would have proven the villagers' right and so obviously he would do anything to change the negative stigma about him." Boruto explained as something else came to Sarada's mind.
"Hey, you know what's weird? Despite that headband being obviously a lot to him, he doesn't wear it anymore." Sarada noted as Boruto blinked before having the same epiphany.
"Yeah…..it's strange because you could tell how happy he was when he had it even though he didn't show it on his face." Boruto said as he could remember the intensity of such a scene. He had a feeling that it wasn't just the fact that he graduated the Academy that had Naruto silent with a heavy heart but rather the fact that Iruka had entrusted him with his own ninja headband…almost as if he were passing a torch and he entrusted Naruto with his own treasure.
"It could be a similar case to Lord Fourth where if a majorly serious threat comes to the village, then Lord Seventh will put on his headband. Think about it, Lord Fourth didn't wear a headband yet he put it on when that Masked Man appeared." Mitsuki said as Sarada tilted her head.
"But why didn't he wear it when Momoshiki, Kinshiki and Urashiki attacked?" Sarada asked.
"Well back then we all thought that all what was gonna happen was just the Chunin Exams and we'd all go home nice and happy. Those three attacking was just a surprise." Boruto surmised.
Before Sarada could say anything, the bluish-purplish foggy mist suddenly enveloped the three as they were ejected from the black void they were in before they found themselves right on the Hokage Office root top.
"What's going on her-"Sarada tried asking before the curious question of hers mutated into visible annoyance.
"You have got to be kidding me!" Sarada groaned as Boruto looked at her in confusion.
"What's got your so pis-"Boruto caught Sarada's eye before he snickered as Mitsuki also chuckled as they looked to see Naruto with his face painted to the point where he resembled a literal clown.
"Talk about the class clown." Mitsuki laughed as Sarada face-palmed.
"Ugh…how could Lord Seventh be so…..ridiculous?" Sarada sighed as Boruto put a hand on her shoulder.
"Oh c'mon! Liven up and learn to appreciate some humor every now and then!" Boruto snickered as he wished his dad would be more like this later in his lifetime.
"Why is Lord Seventh like that anyways? This has to be when he's taken his ninja registration photo taken since he's graduated from the Ninja Academy, right?" Sarada asked.
"Well he obviously wants to leave his mark on history." Boruto snorted as he had to commend his father for his guts in such idiocy. If Hinata caught Boruto doing any foolishness like that for his Ninja Registration photo…
"Listen kid…..you sure you want me to take your picture like that?" The photographer tasked with taking Naruto's graduated picture looked at Naruto like he just wanted to smack Naruto in the skull with his camera for having the temerity for asking him to take such an asinine photo.
"Just do it, come on already! Come on! Come on!" Naruto practically begged the poor man who sighed in defeat.
"Don't blame me later….now say cheese!" The man said before Naruto's clown picture was taken. All Naruto needed was a red wig and a yellow jumpsuit with red and white sleeves and an M on the outfit and he'd definitely resemble a clown now.
With his registration photo successfully taken, Naruto quickly washed off his face before making his way to the Ninja Academy where he handed Hiruzen his graduation photo.
To say Hiruzen looked displeased was an understatement.
If Naruto noticed, he obviously didn't care as he grinned proudly at his handiwork while laughing as he rubbed the back of his head bashfully.
"At first you know, I couldn't figure out exactly how to do it. It took me like three hours to work it out and stuff. But finally, I got it. Like an art project on my face, only cooler." Naruto bragged, clearly proud of his handiwork.
"How very descriptive of you." Boruto rolled his eyes.
"Take it again." Hiruzen bluntly stated.
"Huh? No way!" Naruto nearly fell back in shock as Team Konohamaru snickered at Naruto's childish reaction.
"We can't accept this photo." Hiruzen simply said as Naruto was clearly not having it.
"Yeah? Well I'm not doing it again!" Naruto spat in defiance as the two glared at each other before Naruto conjured a hand-sign.
"Transform!" Naruto yelled before transforming into his Sexy Jutsu. Logically, Hiruzen fell back unconscious with a nosebleed as Naruto tensed, realizing he may have gone a little overboard.
"…I…uh…think I may have overdone it…" Naruto laughed sheepishly as Sarada rolled her eyes.
"You think?" Sarada scoffed.
"I wonder what his Sexy Jutsu would look like if he did it now." Mitsuki curiously pondered, clearly not noticing the bizarre looks his teammates were sending him.
Eventually Hiruzen regained consciousness as he tried to salvage some bit of dignity he may have had left.
"Just what on earth is that nonsense you transform to anyways?" Hiruzen asked, irritation highly present in his tone.
"…T-the Sexy Jutsu…" Naruto laughed, hoping Hiruzen wouldn't be too mad at him.
"That's the Sexy Jutsu, you say? Very tricky. Much too tricky. Don't do it again!" Hiruzen sternly warned as Naruto laughed, thankful he got off easier than he could've gotten off.
"And where is your headband, Naruto? You're supposed to be wearing it." Hiruzen asked.
"You know, I was wondering the same thing." Boruto noted.
"I'm not putting it on until the orientation. I don't want to mess it up." Naruto admitted.
"Yeah, I guess that makes sense." Sarada shrugged as Boruto and Mitsuki nodded in agreement.
"So you want your headband nice but your photo which is supposed to identify you makes you look like a clown. It's for ninja training and missions which is the key to your future. Look at this picture, you can't even tell who it is!" Hiruzen chided Naruto who scoffed, clearly not desiring to have it with Hiruzen.
"Well fine! How am I supposed to know all this complicated stuff anyway?" Naruto argued back, seemingly about to cave into Hiruzen's demand of retaking his ninja registration photo before the door suddenly opened, getting the attention of both Naruto and Hiruzen alike.
"Old Man, I challenge you! I'm going to defeat you and become the Fifth Hokage!" A young boy yelled as he charged at Hiruzen, kunai in hand.
"Who is this?" Mitsuki asked, curiousity aroused.
"And why does he have a Shuriken like he's gonna try to spear Lord Third!?" Sarada yelled in dismay as Boruto's eyes widened.
"It's him!" Boruto pointed at the boy in confusion before he fell on his face as he groaned in pain while writhing around in pain.
Naruto was clearly unimpressed as his facial expression practically said "Who is this shrimp?" while Hiruzen looked just as irritated.
Sarada blinked, looking at the young boy in both curiosity and annoyance.
"….Who is this kid?" Sarada asked as Boruto gasped.
"That's Konohamaru-Sensei!" Boruto noted as both of his teammates looked at him in shock.
"That's him?" Mitsuki raised an eyebrow.
"Really? He looks so different!" Sarada blinked, wondering what made Konohamaru look so different from the young kid here to the man who led their team.
"I…guess puberty hit him in more ways than one." Boruto shrugged as a ninja ran into the room after Konohamaru.
"Are you okay, honorable grandson? And by the way, there's nothing here for you to trip on. It's pretty flat." The ninja tasked with guarding Konohamaru, Ebisu, pointed out.
"This must be the person who was in charge of Konohamaru-Sensei was still young and inexperienced." Mitsuki noted.
Team Konohamaru quickly noticed the look in Ebisu's eyes change as he noticed Naruto.
"Oh, don't tell me, he's one of those Nine Tails hating hypocrites." Boruto groaned.
"I just wonder what led Lord Seventh to becoming so beloved in the village." Sarada asked as the pain left Konohamaru's face before he turned his gaze to Naruto, clearly blaming him for his embarrassing slip up.
"Alright, you're the one who tripped me, aren't you!?" Konohamaru pointed at Naruto as Naruto grunted at him before quickly grabbing the front of his scarf.
"You tripped on your own feet, dork!" Naruto spat as he reeled his fist back, ready to smack Konohamaru whenever he needed to.
"Oh boy, this is not gonna end well." Boruto deadpanned, putting his hands behind his head.
"And Lord Third's not gonna do anything!?" Sarada asked as she noticed how Hiruzen looked more or less disinterested with Konohamaru's current plight.
"He probably figures there's nothing much he could do, given how hotheaded Lord Seventh is or given the fact that Konohamaru-Sensei probably wouldn't accept his help, anyways." Mitsuki noted as Sarada could not believe everyone around her. At least in the memory, anyways.
"Am I the only sane one around?" Sarada face palmed.
"Hey you! Take your hands off of him right now! He's the honorable grandson of the honorable Third Hokage!" Ebisu spat as that seemed to effect Naruto on some level as his grip on Konohamaru's scarf softened, somewhat. Something that Konohamaru noticed.
"What's wrong, huh!? I thought you were gonna hit me, tough guy! Afraid because the Third Hokage is my grandfather!?" Konohamaru smugly gloated as that was the last straw for Naruto.
"I don't care if he's your grandmother so believe it!" Naruto yelled, smacking Konohamaru's skull and knocking him to the ground, clearly not caring if Hiruzen was watching or not, nor did he take notice of the horrified expression on Ebisu's face.
"What'd I tell you!?" Boruto snickered as Mitsuki stared at Konohamaru before looking at Hiruzen and turning back to his future teacher.
"Wait 'I don't care if he's your grandmother'? How would that even work?" Mitsuki asked as Sarada face-palmed.
"Why can't I have sane teammates?" Sarada deadpanned as Naruto huffed.
"You know what, I'm outta here, ya know!" Naruto yelled before making his way out of the Ninja Academy.
"And there he goes." Boruto snorted.
"Let's go after him, obviously!" Sarada spat as her team went after the young future to be ninja as they noticed Naruto looked around town before looking down.
It didn't take a genius to figure out why as the team noticed the villagers glaring hateful daggers at him like they always did. But…they noticed something…different in their looks.
"Is it just me or do the villagers look….colder?" Boruto grimaced.
"Yeah…like before they were filled with hate but now…they just look…ice cold…" Sarada cringed as Mitsuki was able to look at their eyes with the least problem out of his teammates.
"It's because unlike in the previous memories where Lord Seventh was oblivious to the reason why the villagers detested him, in here he's fully aware of why they despise him and since he's fully aware, he has a better understanding of their feelings of animosity and hate to him and as such, with a greater understanding, it's why the villagers' hate becomes even more pronounced than normal." Mitsuki explained as Boruto and Sarada had no words to say to Mitsuki's explanation.
Naruto shook his head as he tried disregarding their usual BS as he had a future to look forward to. After all, his ninja journey would be starting soon!
As Naruto walked through the village, the sound of footsteps got his attention as he looked behind him only to come up with nothing.
As Naruto continued walking, he heard the sound of footsteps again only to see tiny legs cradled under a blanket that resembled a rock with how much it was crumpled up.
"Ten bucks on who that is." Boruto snickered.
"Oh brother…" Sarada face-palmed. Were all boys really this immature and lame?
"I wonder if Lord Seventh knows who it is." Mitsuki chuckled as Naruto stared at the "rock" in confusion before shaking his head and going off on his business as he heard the sound of footsteps again, before finally having enough.
"I know that you're following me so just give it up!" Naruto yelled before realizing he was yelling at a fence. Or rather…a young boy hiding behind a cheaply made tarp resembling a fence.
"….That's so obvious, it's pathetic…" Naruto muttered, his eye twitching in annoyance as the "fence" laughed.
"Okay if someone as dense as dad can figure you out, you know you've done goofed!" Boruto laughed.
"Indeed, he could be fooled with sock puppets." Mitsuki added just as amused.
"Saw through my disguise, huh? The rumors about you are true. You're good." Konohamaru grinned, impressed with Naruto as he threw off his tarp before making his way over to the taller boy.
"Alright, I'll be your apprentice and you'll be my trainer!" Konohamaru declared as he pointed at Naruto who just looked lost.
"Huh?" Naruto titled his head.
"Now that's getting down to business." Mitsuki smiled.
"How about the word 'please'?" Sarada crossed her arms, displeased with the rudeness she heard.
"And afterward, you've got to show how to do that Sexy Jutsu thing you did on Grandpa Hokage!" Konohamaru grinned as Sarada groaned.
"Of course!" Sarada rolled her eyes as Naruto looked just as irritated as her.
"This is some kind of joke, isn't it?" Naruto crossed his arms as he looked to the side, obviously not interesting in training Konohamaru.
"No, I need a new trainer! Please boss?" Konohamaru begged as the look in Naruto's eyes suddenly changed.
"Huh? Boss?" Naruto asked, now clearly interested.
"Yeah, you're the boss! Boss! Boss! Boss!" Konohamaru smiled, hoping that would work and unsurprisingly, it did!
"Well, how can I refuse?" Naruto grinned.
"And that's how Konohamaru-Sensei became Dad's biggest fangirl." Boruto snorted.
"He sure has a way with words like Lord Seventh does." Sarada shook her head, this time in slight amusement before the team followed Naruto and Konohamaru walking through the village.
"Listen, you wanna be a master ninja? Then believe it, you gotta learn to control your Catra." Naruto said as Team Konohamaru looked to each other in confusion.
"…Catra?" All three adolescents asked each other.
"Wait, does he mean chakra?" Boruto snickered as Mitsuki chuckled while Sarada sighed.
"More than likely." Sarada shook her head in disappointment as Konohamaru looked just as confused as his future students did a couple of moments ago.
"Your catra?" Konohamaru tilted his head as he was more than likely imagining a cat.
"I said your catra." Naruto repeated sure of himself as Konohamaru looked even more confused at his newly made leader.
"Boss, I uh, think you're talking about your chakra." Konohamaru said as Naruto tensed, not having liked being put on blast like that.
"Don't question me. Real ninjas say catra." Naruto reaffirmed as Konohamaru looked convinced while Sarada and Boruto rolled their eyes.
"Sure they do." Boruto scoffed.
"Really? I didn't know that. That's cool." Konohamaru grinned as Naruto rubbed his forehead while breathing a sigh of relief, relieved that Konohamaru bought his bluff.
"Listen, I'll explain what chakra is." Naruto said as Konohamaru interrupted Naruto.
"Chakra is the elemental life energy that is used to perform jutsu." Konohamaru began his explanation of the essence of chakra.
"Huh?" Naruto asked as Konohamaru continued.
"The ninja arts combine physical energy from each cell in the body with mystical energy which is intensified from training and experience. When these two chakra mix, special hand signs allow the ninja to focus this combined energy for advanced jutsu." Konohamaru finished schooling Naruto. Or rather, he read the whole thing from a scroll he conveniently pulled out from nowhere much to Team Konohamaru's amusement.
"Shoulda figured he'd been BSing that!" Boruto laughed.
That seemed to really set off Naruto however.
"Know it all! You were just reading that whole thing!" Naruto yelled as Team Konohamaru snickered at Naruto's rage before he calmed down as he finally decided to get ready for his mentoring lessons with his brand new, unexpected protégé.
"Yo, you can blab all you want about how to do ninja techniques. But it really comes down to one thing." Naruto began.
"What is it?" Konohamaru curiously asked.
"Just plain hard work and guts." Naruto stated.
"That's two things." Sarada dryly deadpanned.
"That's two things but okay, I'm with you!" Konohamaru grinned eagerly, ready for his classes with Naruto to start.
"Alright, I'm going to throw some real big challenges at you now. Are you ready?" Naruto asked his student who nodded vigorously.
"I'm ready boss!" Konohamaru pumped his fist as Naruto was satisfied to hear this.
"Good, then let's do it. Show me a transformation." Naruto ordered as Konohamaru looked at Naruto in confusion.
"Huh?" Konohamaru tilted his head.
"Believe it. Show me what you can do and I'll take you to the next level." Naruto said as Konohamaru blinked, understanding what Naruto meant now.
"Oh right sure. But uh, what do I transform into?" Konohamaru asked as Naruto looked around the village before coming across a very attractive women with brown hair wearing a blue kimono who was observing some fruit.
"There. Yeah, right. You can transform into her." Naruto pointed at the woman as Konohamaru nodded feverously, ready to make his teacher proud.
"No problem, here I go, boss. Transform!" Konohamaru said before transforming into the woman. Or rather, he transformed into an obese version of the woman with a unibrow, big puffy cheeks, and some stubble on her chin.
"How do I look?" The transformed Konohamaru asked Naruto who was lost for words as Boruto and Mitsuki were snickering as Sarada face-palmed.
"He's hopeless…" Sarada muttered, wondering just what changed everyone into the people they knew today.
"He's hilarious!" Boruto nearly fell back laughing as he had to use Mitsuki for cover.
"At least he has the clothes down!" Mitsuki laughed as Naruto seemed to be on the same wavelength.
"Uh…the clothes…kinda…look like her…" Naruto muttered though he quickly turned around to see the woman in particular standing behind him with her fists clenched and a murderous look of rage present on her face.
"That looks like me!?" The woman yelled before she quickly whacked out Naruto, sending him to the ground in a bruised frenzy.
"…Harsh…" Boruto muttered, feeling some degree of sympathy for Naruto as the woman huffed before quickly changing her tune as she turned to Konohamaru and gave him a kind smile.
"Now, now, honorable grandson, next time you transform into me, make me a little cuter, okay? Ta!" The woman smiled as she left the two without another word.
"Oh you can tell she just wanted to do that to Konohamaru-Sensei…" Sarada muttered.
"It's probably because he's the son of the Third Hokage that she feels like she has to restrain herself or else she'll get in trouble." Mitsuki said, remembering Konohamaru touting his connection to Hiruzen in front of Naruto, thinking he would care, not realizing he'd get a fist to his skull instead.
"Man…she's scary…." Konohamaru tensed, remembering how she beat up Naruto who moaned as he lied on the ground, battered and broken.
"Ugh…you did it…why am I the one who gets whacked around?" Naruto moaned as Boruto was quiet when he realized Mitsuki was right.
"You're right, Mitsuki…just like the whole mess that went down with me and that train during the Academy initiation….I probably would've been thrown in the slammer if my dad wasn't hokage…." Boruto admitted.
"That just goes to show just how important connections are…." Sarada admitted, thinking of how she was treated because of who her father and mother were.
"Indeed." Mitsuki said as Naruto eventually picked himself up before making his way to the bookstore of the Leaf Village.
"Alright, next we do some research on female beauty." Naruto said as Sarada groaned.
"Oh no." Sarada rolled her eyes remembering what happened the last time they saw Naruto here from all those memories ago.
"Female beauty? Right boss!" Konohamaru said as the two snuck into the store, grateful that the old man who ran the store was soundly asleep as the two went over to the adult section of the two as the two were literally drooling over the exquisite looking woman bent over in provocative poses.
"Oh brother." Sarada face-palmed in disgust before the sound of tapping got the attention of the two perverts.
"This is not a library, Naruto!" The old man who ran the store said, making the two tense up before all Naruto saw was the whack of his store broom before the two were promptly thrown out of the store.
Or rather…Naruto was while Konohamaru was asked to politely leave.
Eventually Naruto took Konohamaru over to where the Leaf Hot Springs were.
"Now this is the last stop so give it everything you've got, okay?" Naruto grinned at Konohamaru.
"Everything…right boss." Konohamaru pumped his fists before the two faced the hot springs.
"Transform!" Naruto and Konohamaru said as they transformed into their Sexy Jutsu transformations as Naruto resembled a female version of himself with pig tails while Konohamaru just resembled a hairy-faced sumo wrestler.
"I see he's still not good at the Sexy Jutsu." Mitsuki noted.
"Why are you so interested in the Sexy Jutsu anyways!?" Sarada asked as the two walked into the hotsprings but Ino and the other current inhabitants of the hot springs were quickly to wail on Naruto while Konohamaru was thankfully spared from their wrath.
"Why…do they only whack me?" Naruto muttered, slightly bitterly as Konohamaru felt some degree of guilt as they stood in the middle of a forest.
"Sorry…" Konohamaru apologized softly.
"Huh?" Naruto asked in confusion.
"It's because I'm the grandson of old Hokage…" Konohamaru looked down bitterly as Boruto looked at his future sensei with eyes of empathy.
"Of course you'd understand…" Sarada looked at her teammate who sighed.
"Yeah…..if it wasn't for who my dad was I probably wouldn't have gotten away with a lot of the stuff I did like vandalizing the Hokage monument all those times along with crashing the train with Denki that time or even gotten away during that whole cheating fiasco before the whole Momoshiki, Urashiki and Kinshiki attack happened…" Boruto admitted as thankfully being the understanding guy he was, Naruto held no ill will to Konohamaru.
"Hey, don't worry about it. I prepared you so now you're ready to do the Sexy Jutsu. Believe it, you're just gonna need to practice." Naruto reassured the young boy with a smile and thumbs up as Team Konohamaru smiled at Naruto.
"Dad was always understanding and empathetic." Boruto smiled, slightly wondering if his team would see the memory of him going back in time and meeting his father as a kid.
Konohamaru felt Naruto's reassurance before smiling back at the older boy.
"Practice. Alright, boss!" Konohamaru grinned as Team Konohamaru could tell he was honestly enjoying hanging out with Naruto.
"Now the trick is to get all the curves in the right places. You ready?" Naruto asked.
"I'm ready boss! Transform!" Konohamaru yelled before transforming into the same version of the woman he transformed into earlier though this time her kimono was replaced by a swim suit.
"What do you think?" Konohamaru asked as Naruto shook his head in disapproval.
"No go! You've gotta make her skinnier!" Naruto reminded Konohamaru.
"Skinnier! Right boss!" Konohamaru said before transforming into an anorexic version of the woman from earlier.
"How's that?" Konohamaru asked.
"Well at least he's got spirit." Mitsuki smiled.
"Can't you boys have more useful jutsu?" Sarada droned as Naruto and Konohamaru continued their practice of the Sexy Jutsu before eventually deciding to take a break after about a half-hour.
Naruto and Konohamaru sipped sodas from a nearby vending machine before Naruto decided to ask a question that was on his mind.
"So what's up with this obsession you've got with your grandfather?" Naruto asked as Konohamaru looked at Naruto in surprise at the sudden question before sullenly looking down.
"My grandfather named me Konohamaru after the ancient name of the village. So it should be easy to remember. But no one calls me that name. Not one person in the whole village. That's because when they look at me, they don't really see me. All they see is the honorable grandsom of the Lord Hokage…No one knows who I am….I can't stand it anymore, it's like I'm not even visible…like I don't even exist…I hate that…that's the reason…." Konohamaru looked down bitterly as Team Konohamaru's eyes went out to the younger version of their future sensei.
"Oh Konohamaru-Sensei…I had no idea….." Sarada frowned before turning to Boruto.
"I know exactly the feeling…..I used to feel the same way….all everyone saw in me was being the Hokage's son….as the son of the Hokage I should be perfect and prestine….but screw that, that's not me. I'm as human as anyone else…I used to think I wouldn't fit in or be accepted…" Boruto looked down, remembering some of the snide, jealous remarks some of the older kids would give him before he looked as he felt his shoulders getting tapped before seeing his teammates giving him kind smiles.
"And you are accepted now. By Sarada and I along with Sumire, Shikadai, Denki, Iwabe and the others in our class." Mitsuki gave Boruto a kind smile which he returned in thanks.
"Thanks guys…both of you." Boruto smiled at his teammates.
Naruto meanwhile kept a blank expression as he listened to Konohamaru vent his heart out.
"I've got to become a Hokage now so people know who I am." Konohamaru stated in absolution as Naruto looked at his now empty soda can, it still being unsure of what he was thinking before he scoffed.
"Get real. You think people are going to accept a squirt like you?" Naruto was practically patronizing Konohamaru as Konohamaru glared at him.
"A kid can't just turn into a Hokage after a day or two." Naruto continued on as this was enough to force Konohamaru on his feet like he was ready to challenge Naruto.
"What!?" Konohamaru challenged as Naruto was unfazed with the younger boy's anger.
"It's not that simple. You keep saying Hokage, Hokage. To really be a Hokage, you know what you'll have to do?" Naruto started, not even looking the other boy's direction.
"What? What is it?" Konohamaru grit his teeth as Naruto chuckled before finally acknowledging the Third's grandson.
"You're gonna have to defeat me in battle!" Naruto toothily smirked at the younger boy who was taken aback at Naruto's words.
"Impressive but given what we've seen of Lord Seventh so far, he's practically nothing but a dog that's all bark and no bite." Mitsuki pointed out though he was impressed with Naruto's words.
"Can't argue that. It's still so crazy seeing just where and how Lord Seventh became and what he came from." Sarada said as Boruto shook his head good naturedly.
"That sounds like dad but…I wonder if he and Konohamaru-Sensei ever really had their battle?" Boruto asked as his teammates were starting to wonder the same thing.
"I guess we'll see if they did in these memories." Sarada shrugged before the sound of feet touching a tree branch got the attention of both those in and out of the memory.
"I found you!" Ebisu said, stunning both Naruto and Konohamaru.
"I was wondering where he was." Boruto muttered in relative disinterest as Ebisu fixed Naruto with a stern hateful glare, very reminiscent of the villagers.
"I hope he kicks his ass." Boruto muttered as Naruto tensed at the iciness of Ebisu's glare as he clenched his fist before Ebisu touched down across from the two.
"So honorable grandson, time to go home." Ebisu said as Konohamaru shook his head in defiance.
"No way! I'm learning how to beat my grandfather so I can get the title, Hokage. Now don't get in my way!" Konohamaru spat, hoping Ebisu would get the memory but as the saying goes, you can lead a horse to water but you can't make it swim. Rather than looking irate at Konohamaru's blatant insubordination, he looked amused.
"A Hokage is more than just a fighter. He must move virtue, honor, wisdom and he must be skilled at a thousand jutsu. You don't even know one jutsu." Ebisu mused before Konohamaru decided to challenge his statement.
"Transform!" Konohamaru yelled before turning into a naked, very attractive slim, curvaceous female with long black hair.
"Hi, there~!" Konohamaru in his perfected Sexy Jutsu winked at Ebisu who looked ready to fall over in a heart attack.
"He actually perfected it!" Sarada yelled, her face and voice full of obvious disgust.
"I'm actually impressed, nicely done Konohamaru-Sensei!" Mitsuki praised.
"Why are you impressed!?" Sarada spat.
"Hey, he's not defeated." Konohamaru said in disappointment as Ebisu's face was red and wide as it was obvious he liked it but was trying to hold onto some shred of decency.
"W-wh-what kind of scandalous technique is that!? Such tasteless vulgarity can never influence me! I am far above it!" Ebisu yelled as that seemed to set Naruto off. Whether it was because of the fact he was one of the villagers who thought of him lowly for having the Nine Tails within him, his obvious hypocrisy at trying to condemn Konohamaru for having such a perverted jutsu even though he obviously liked it, him trying to take a new friend he made and trying to literally force him not to hang out with Naruto anymore or if he was just sick of the sight of Ebisu's mug; Naruto was literally going to take this situation into his own hands.
"Honorable grandson, stop this, right now! Naruto's turning you into a delinquent. Only my special training can put you on the fast track to becoming a Hokage!" Ebisu yelled, literally trying to drag Konohamaru away, using his scarf.
"Hey, ease off him!" Boruto yelled as Konohamaru tried crawling away.
"Just leave me alone!" Konohamaru spat before the voice "SHADOW CLONE JUTSU!" rang through the ears of both Konohamaru and Ebisu before they found themselves surrounded by over twenty different Shadow Clones.
Naturally, Konohamaru was impressed as he had never seen so many clones before.
"Whoa! This is…unreal!" Konohamaru was practically fangirling as Ebisu fixed his glasses before scoffing in obvious disinterest.
"Hmph, I'm not impressed. I'm a jonin, an elite ninja warrior. I'm not some lightweight like Mizuki. Now watch…as a real ninja stages an upstart." Ebisu smirked confidently as he walked over to where Naruto was.
"This dude just loves hearing himself talk." Boruto rolled his eyes in annoyance.
"So we're really gonna see Lord Seventh's first real fight? Is…he ready for this?" Sarada asked in slight worry as Mitsuki smiled, having a good idea how this could possibly end.
Naruto's clones all struck a defensive pose as Ebisu scowled at Naruto.
"Ready?" Ebisu smirked as he donned a battle stance.
"Transform!" The real Naruto and his Shadow Clones all changed before they all transformed into the Sexy Jutsu versions of Naruto.
"Shoulda known that Sarada!" Boruto snickered as Sarada's irate expression.
"Shut it!" Sarada spat before all the clones as well as Naruto all glomped on Ebisu as that was too much before the Tokubetsu Jonin was sent flying mad yards away, unconscious with blood streaming down his nose.
"Gotcha! With my harem Jutsu!" Naruto snickered as the look on Konohamaru's face literally said how impressed and awestruck he actually was.
"I wonder what would happen if he did that Sexy Jutsu but with males instead." Mitsuki questioned as he teammates sent him bizarre expressions.
"Huh!? Don't even ask!" Boruto spat.
"Yeah, I have no idea why he even created such an asinine jutsu like that anyways…it's not like he'll end up saving the world with that jutsu anyways…" Sarada muttered to herself.
Naruto and Konohamaru just decided to leave Ebisu were he was, not really caring if he was up or down as the sun started to slowly set towards evening time. Although, despite seeing his former trainer getting made an ass out of himself, this only seemed to damped Konohamaru's mood.
"Oh man! I couldn't even beat that snobby trainer of mine! I wanna be Hokage so bad but I keep messing up. Why can't I do it?" Konohamaru muttered before Naruto bonked Konohamaru's skull, tired of hearing his whining.
"You really think it's that easy?" Naruto asked as Konohamaru rubbed his sore noggin to loom at Naruto.
"To be a Hokage, you have to be the greatest of all ninja. You have to prove yourself so everyone believes in you." Naruto stated in a matter of fact voice before the memory suddenly flashed as Team Konohamaru saw flashes of all the mistreatment Naruto had as a child at the hands of the villagers.
"Look at me. I've been through a lot already. I've been ignored, pushed away and treated like I had the plague or something. And after all that, I found one person who believes in me. To find that one person, I had to get knocked down a lot." Naruto finished as the memory then flashed to Naruto getting Iruka's headband as a graduation present before it returned to present time.
"So you better make sure that you're ready." Naruto stated with his eyes closed.
"For what?" Konohamaru asked, feeling taken aback by Naruto's words as Naruto turned his back on Konohamaru.
"For lots of sweat and tears while you're learning to be a ninja." Naruto stated, his back turned to the young boy as the wind slowly blew through Naruto and Konohamaru's air as if to give the two silence before Naruto turned to Konohamaru with one of his trademarked foxy smiles.
"And by the way, there is no easy way to becoming Hokage, believe it!" Naruto grinned as the look in Konohamaru's eyes changed from being the bratty, spoiled kid that saw from earlier in the memory to someone who was changed…someone looking more the Konohamaru-Sensei they knew.
"And that's how Konohamaru-Sensei was changed." Mitsuki smiled.
"Hmph! Who do you think you are anyway? Giving me a big lecture like that?" Konohamaru turned his back to Naruto with a scowl as Naruto was silent before Konohamaru continued.
"That's it. I'm not going to be your apprentice anymore. From now on, we're rivals!" Konohamaru declared with a smirk as Naruto returned the smirk, eager to one day battle Konohamaru for the title of Hokage. Not only that…but he gained a new friend as well.
"That's like the happiest rival declaration I've ever heard." Boruto snorted.
"Yeah totally." Sarada laughed, remembering her mother's stories about how her and Ino were once rivals for Sasuke's love but thankfully they reconciled before things got too out of hand.
"Well I can't be your trainer anyway because tomorrow I start my advanced ninja studies but I accept your challenge. And someday, we'll fight for the title of Lord Hokage. So let's both look forward to that day, Konohamaru." Naruto smiled as Konohamaru's eyes widened as he looked close to tears. Finally….after so long, he found someone that accepted him not for who his grandfather was but for him being him.
Naruto then left without another word as he departed with a wave looking forward as Konohamaru sent a salute to Naruto's way, though whether Naruto noticed or not was anybody's guess.
And with that, the bluish-purplish foggy mist enveloped Team Konohamaru as the memory faded away.
And there's the chapter introducing everyone's favorite grandson of the Third!
I must say it's a shame of how wasted Konohamaru has been in Boruto…such a shame…especially with how badass Konohamaru was against Pain.
Oh well….It is what it is. (Sighs in disappointment)
But I'm sure you all are happy that next chapter is when we get into the real knitty gritty of this fic with the beginning of the introduction of everyone's favorite Team and as a result the chapters WILL be longer than how the last two chapters have been.
I admit I was originally going to have the Konohamaru stuff in the next chapter when Team 7 is introduced but I decided against it since Konohamaru and Team 7 are so unrelated from each other, it's not even funny. To others that might be against it, I'm sorry and just keep in mind that the chapters going forward WILL be longer, believe me! Because if I just cover one manga chapter or cover one anime episode PER chapter this story will last forever! XD
But with the chapters getting longer, unfortunately some changes will be coming to this story and these changes are that instead of getting a new chapter every week, this story will be getting updated Biweekly so as to compensate me with school, other fanfics and the like.
Once again, if this is an inconvenience, I'm sorry but it has to be done.
Thank you for reading and understanding, please let me know your thoughts on this chapter and the story as a whole and Chapter 8 will be released February 19th so look forward to it then! ^_^
Until then, stay classy! ^_^
P.S: Anybody notice how Naruto's eyes used to always be closed? XD