Morning came like usual for the Uzumaki Household and Naruto woke before anyone else. The night had been active and everyone was asleep on the jumbo bed with Naruto in the center.

With his awakening, the girls also woke up and all of them shuffled into the washroom to get ready for the morning workout.

Washing up and some morning fun, the adults woke up the kids and all of them walked into another dimension for the daily routine.

This had been their routine for a decade now and it was a torturous work out that pushed their bodies to the extreme.

The Uzumaki household wasn't the only one as the Uchiha and the other friends were also gathered in this dimension. Every person went to their specialized field for training where they could practice most effectively.

After the body work out and jutsu training, all of them sparred with each other.

Naruto made clones to fight everyone with different fighting styles to get them used to various tactics. In these spars all of them experienced death and had their bodies mutilated without care.

This training built up their resistance to fear and pain.

Finishing up with the training, the family had a large breakfast and all of them scattered.


Naruto arrived in his office wearing his formal clothing and took his seat while Hinata followed him. In his office, Sumire was seated as they needed to continue the talk from the last night.

"Good morning Lord Seventh" Sumire greeted as she saw them walk in and stood up.

"How about you, did you have any problems sleeping?" Naruto smiled and indicated for her to sit back down.

Sumire nodded, "Yes." She felt nervous sitting here now especially because they now knew what she had been sent here for.

"Relax, you are not a criminal. There is no need to feel nervous. So, how did this thing act?" Naruto asked as his locked on to the small orb of darkness with blood red eyes floating beside Sumire.

Sumire looked at Nue and extended her hand toward it. The monster didn't shy away and went to her hand like a happy puppy.

"Lord Seventh, Nue didn't cause any problem and he has been protecting me from nightmares. He has provided extra layer of mental and soul defense. I can feel that we might be able to reach a new level of power by fusing together. But, Nue is too weak now for it." Sumire replied calmly as holding Nue helped her calm down and gave her confidence.

It ate away her negative emotions.

Naruto could also see it. Nue was feeding on her nightmares and negative emotions, leaving a positive and confident Sumire.

'This thing is more dangerous I had imagined.' Naruto thought it only fed on chakra but now he saw it feed on negative emotions as well.

Naruto's locked on to Sumire and his senses scanned her completely. He found no problem.

"Come here" Naruto commanded Nue and it was unable to resist his command. It floated into his hand and Naruto analyzed it from up close.

He checked the mental world of the beast and it showed that it was really just a child. The volatile and evil instincts of the real body were not present in this piece anymore after the kids defeated it and Sumire's conflict was taken care off.

"Are you sure?" Naruto turned to Sumire and let go of Nue

Sumire caught Nue in her arms as it ran away from Naruto, showing fear, "Yes, I am sure. It is the only thing left from my family. I know it is dangerous but I will do everything to make sure nothing goes wrong."

"You can keep it but, you will live with us from now on. I will teach you personally so that it doesn't take over your soul."

Sumire was shocked to hear those words. She was going to be trained by the Hokage. She was going to live with them.

"What about my parents?" Sumire saw the loving expression of her parent's and hesitated.

"No need to worry, you can meet them whenever you want. You have to stay with us for your safety and their safety. Nue wasn't just made by your father but was an experiment of an Otsutsuki, do you understand?" Naruto didn't give her the full detail on the situation but this much was enough for the child to understand the weight of the situation.

Hearing that it was something from the Otsutsuki, Sumire felt that it finally made sense. She was confused how her father was able to do all of this and now it just clicked.

Sumire nodded, "Can I go to the Academy today or I need to be somewhere else?"

"You can go to your classes now." Naruto gave a gentle smile and gave her permission to leave.

Sumire stood up and bowed before leaving.

"Is she going to become a front line fighter?" Hinata asked as her floral pattern eyes spun looking at Sumire walking towards the elevator. Her eyes were not hindered by the walls and could see through everything.

"Yes, that monster can help Sumire grow beyond the limits of her body. It is a good prize from this battle but the threat isn't over, we need something to cancel it out because Ishiki will definitely make more of them." Naruto replied as he waited patiently for the result of the analysis by the research team. He had passed the real Nue to them team and he wanted something to destroy them.

If that wasn't possible, he wanted them to find the way to create the same thing and use it against their enemies.

"Isn't there a chance that Ishiki left a safe switch on this thing? It could be a trap." Hinata reminded him in case he forgot to take that into account.

"We were careful with it and prepared in case that was the truth… How was Boruto today?" Naruto changed the topic and asked about Boruto as he was closer to Hinata, and he wanted to know what she thought about it.

Hinata knew what Naruto had been doing and she agreed with his actions, "He was feeling a lot better now. It seems yesterday night was an eye opening experience for him."

"Eye opening, it sure was. Though, he wasn't able to open the eye in the morning and it doesn't seem to be under control. It is truly a mystery as I have never seen a bloodline act like this." Naruto had tried to activate it but it didn't react to him even when his arm speared through Boruto.

It seemed to know that the owner wasn't in real danger. From that Naruto could tell it had the ability to tell the intention of others and react to danger.

Only more battles would show what else it was hiding.

"Will you put him in real danger?" Hinata asked because she also came to the conclusion that it was the only way to fully open that eye.

"Yes, it seems that the battle is starting and I will let the kids fight on the lower levels. Those threats should help their growth and help Boruto awaken completely." Naruto replied in a calm tone as his hand gripped the necklace.

He really didn't like doing it but it was a necessity. The future needed everyone's sacrifice.

Hinata knew what he was feeling and she also felt pained from these choices. Life had brought them to these crossroads where they had to make decisions to hurt their loved ones for their safety.

"I understand." Hinata placed hugged his head to give him comfort and support.

The door opened up and Shikamaru walked in to give report on the dealings from yesterday and the current day.


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While everyone was at the academy, Benimaru had skipped for the first time in his life. He wore black jeans with a red shirt and his hair was tied in a ponytail style.

His lightning earrings buzzed as he walked to his target. He had asked for permission and got the address of the girls that ended up getting bullied because of him.

There were three girls and he was visiting them one by one. His first target was called Gram. She was a girl with an appearance that closer to a males with short blonde hair and blue eyes. She was a quiet girl that loved reading and could be found lost in books most of the time.

She was from the research department. She was not a battle type and was not talented in this field. She came from a weak family and didn't have anyone strong t support her.

She wasn't mentally weak but the people were too harsh. She had never really thought about her appearance too much but his words had wounded her and that wound deepened with the constant reminder by other people.

Gram had been forced to hide or bear those judgmental gazes that ridiculed her.

How dare she think she was good enough for Benimaru?

One week of that experience and all of them were stuck inside their houses until the air clears up. They weren't cowards and knew things would get better, so they waited for that time.

But getting stuck at home wasn't good for their health and Benimaru understood that so he was going to bring them out.

With his long legs and his fast stride, Benimaru arrived at his location very quickly. It was a normal house like most of the population of Konoha but he had never gone inside such a small house before.

Benimaru didn't judge the house as that would be too much and he took a breath before pressing the button.

He had to focus his mind and not act like an ass.

He really had never dealt with something like this and it was making him feel awkward, and embarrassed.

The camera looked at him and Gram saw him from her room. She was the only one inside the house as her parents were at work.

They were supportive of her and gave her time to fight off this problem.

'Why is he here?' Gram questioned as she glared at his appearance. No matter what happened, Benimaru always looked so fine. She just couldn't hate him since she knew that his words weren't meant to be hurtful.

It was his way of doing things. He did it with everyone and it would be beneath him to bully others.

Regardless, she didn't want to see him and it could make things worse as there were many girls that liked him.

"Gram, open the door before I open it." Benimaru looked at the camera and shook his hand covered with red lightning.

In the family his lightning affinity was the highest and Boruto was on the same level but Beni was better at utilizing it. Benimaru didn't use other elements like Boruto and he focused on purely lighting to cut through everything.

Gram never expected Beni to be so pushy and seeing his expression she felt that he wasn't kidding. Gram gulped and opened the door for him to enter.

He was the son of the Hokage and she was just a commoner. Even if he had broken in, he would have gotten what he wanted and not get charged for breaking in since Gram wouldn't say anything about it.

"Good girl." Benimaru said as he walked in and took of his shoes at the entrance.

Walking in, he saw Gram on the stairs. She was dressed in her blue shorts and white shirt. It was her sleep ware.

Her hair looked messy and her eyes had dark circles showing that she hadn't slept well these days.

"Why?" Gram looked unwelcoming with her expression and Beni couldn't blame her for it. He had acted like a child, not thinking of the consequences of his actions.

"Good morning Gram, I am here to help you. I am sorry for what I did. I didn't realize that this could happen and I only just wanted to help you look better." Benimaru looked down and bit his lips before he looked up and stared at her. His voice carried his guilt for this action.

Gram could see that he felt uncomfortable about it. She hadn't thought about it but it made sense that he would come since his father was the most gentle person in the world.

Benimaru stared at her but Gram said nothing and he understood she was asking how.

"This incident happened because of my comments."

Gram nodded as she couldn't look at the social media now because it could be filled with words from other girls.

It wasn't easy removing the trash qualities from society, people could end up easily doing things that were harmful to others.

"From now on, I will hang out with you three and help you out personally."

Gram's eyes went wide as she never thought that could come true. She was just a normal girl with not much talent while Benimaru was the son of the Hokage and one of the top students with the highest potential in the current era.

"You won't mind if I don't change my face."

Benimaru's eye twitched but he held back from commenting on that, "I will let you decide what you think is better. If you want to look better than I will help you through the process and can personally do it. I will help get a better clothes and style. Of course, I will also help you with your skills."

Gram knew he struggled with the appearance thing. Benimaru was known for being stylish and he was a model. He loved beautiful things and everyone that hung around him was attractive and stylish.

The whole family looked like models when they took to the streets and people would stare, and take pictures.

"I like my face as it is but I will accept the rest." Gram knew her appearance wasn't good but it was average and there was nothing wrong with that. Just because the guy she liked, liked good appearance doesn't mean she had to change for him.

Naruto knew that and was using the girls to help Benimaru get used to it, and break this downward spiral towards the wrong path.

Benimaru sighed and nodded, "Thank you for giving me a chance and I will show you that your trust will be returned. Let's get ready and go out to meet the others. We will go on a date today and have some fun to light up your spirit."

"Now?"

"Yes, I took a day off for you girls. So, come on hurry up." Benimaru covered the distance between them and with smooth movements picked up Gram into his arms before taking her to her room.

He had been inside girl's room before so it wasn't much for him and his eyes locked on to her clothes. Beni looked through everything and took out what he thought looked good on Gram.

"You will need to grow your hair and your appearance will improve slightly. Increasing your chest size should also give you a better image."

"I don't like long hair."

Beni stared at Gram as lightning flashed inside his eyes and he decided to just focus on her current look. This was really annoying for him since people never said no to him. His words were calculated for the best looks so no one would decline them but here this girl declined multiple times.

Beni took out a black shirt with white skull and a black leather jacket followed by red pants and black shoes. Looking at her again, Beni designed the hair style for her and even took out some accessories to enhance her looks.

Gram felt a lot better seeing him work with that serious expression and followed his instructions. She took a bath and wore the clothes he took out.

He did her hair and put earrings on her ears when she didn't wear any. He even gave her one of his shades and told her how to move, and stand.

The process an hour before they were done and they walked to Carrot and Shakuyaku's house.

Carrot was a girl from a minor clan like the Inazuka clan but with bunnies. Her bloodline had mutated and caused her to gain bunny features.

She had the bunny ears, fur and even her face had some resemblance to a bunny. She was a timid and shy girl that was part of the beast type department.

On the other hand Shakuyaku was just a normal girl with black hair and average appearance. Her wasn't bad but looked weird and she had been bullied because of it.

Regardless of that problem she had grown and walked the path of a ninja. She was from cooking department as she loved cooking and wanted to work with the Akimichi clan someday.

The food cooked in this way was a necessity in the current era for the proper growth of the ninja and helped in getting more powerful.

All three girls lived in the same neighborhood and were childhood friends, so it didn't them long to meet the other two.


While Benimaru was adapting to average appearance people, Boruto was connecting with his friends and deepening their bond.

There was a short time between each lesson and in that time Boruto gathered with his pals. Denki and Metal had been released from the hospital fully healed.

"Guys, I am very sorry for my insensitive comments. I really never thought about it that way and selfishly only thought about myself." Boruto and the gang sat in the trees where he apologized for his words. He now knew that his words had hurt them and he hadn't even noticed, making him a very bad friend.

"Does that mean you are giving up?" Iwabe asked

"No way, I am still going to aim for the top. But I won't whine about it, because you are right. I am blessed and I have what majority of the people in this world lack. It really was childish of me to complain about it when only few people are above me. I am sorry for not noticing your problems. Really, I just feel terrible knowing that I never noticed it."

Hearing his words made Denki feel better slightly, "You don't need to feel guilty, as we are also at fault for never sharing our issues. We just felt embarrassed about sharing it while you always shared your problems with us, trusting that we can help each other out."

"For a leader it is a mistake not to realize this problem, so let me just apologize. From this day, I will help you out more. So, today we start with helping Metal overcome his confidence problem."

"No, no, I am good. I can handle it." Metal shook his head as he felt that Boruto's method might kill him with embarrassment.

"Come on bro, I am not going to kill you."

"What is your plan?"

"How about using sexy jutsu on all the teachers?"

"I would kill myself before I do something so embarrassing." Metal said in a serious tone before running away.

"Team, capture the target!" Boruto commanded and all of them pursued Metal to put the transformation jutsu on his body.


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