Moments after the projected kiss from Naruto's and Sasuke's past, the door to the shed opened. A figure stood rather dramatically in the threshold while the setting sun shined brightly behind.
The preteens immediately whipped their heads around to identify the person, hoping strongly that it wasn't any of their parents. The blackmailing had just started getting up close and personal, you could say.
The figure turned to be Uzumaki Himawari, the unofficial adorable Princess of Konoha. Her cerulean blue eyes, similar to her older brother and father, shone with unshed tears while her mouth was pulled down into a pout. Her arms was crossed in front of her yellow sweater and her legs stood apart. Himawari's upset expression started Boruto feeling bad, and maybe a little panicky.
"Mou, Nii-chan! You said you'll be home by 4 to play with me! It's already 6 and Mommy is worried about you! What are you doing here?"
A tear managed to escape Himawari's notice and began to glimmer on the edge of her right eye. Boruto knew the waterworks was about to start soon, and Sarada's glare was starting to burn even more intensely. He knew just how overly protective one Uchiha Sarada (and Auntie Sakura) was over Himawari.
Boruto flailed, trying to come up with a way to appease both his younger sibling and Uchiha classmate/childhood friend/rival.
"Uhm...well...y'see...we were...watching a movie about Dad! Yeah, we're watching a movie about Dad's and his friends' childhood!"
Immediately, the tears and the pouty expression dissipated into thin air and was replaced by curiosity. Himawari walked further into the shed and looked at the so-called 'movie screen'. She turned eyes full of burning hope at the group of Academy students.
"Can I try? Please, please, please?," she begged, complete with the puppy eyes and clasped hands.
Her voice and words jerked at the hearts of the older kids. They hadn't yet formalized their defense against those eyes, and really. Who could ever say 'no' to the most innocent child that had ever existed in Konoha?
Shikadai, who had now seen the potential of the jutsu, immediately retracted his hand. He'll just go next, much less troublesome in the end.
Boruto stammered a response, "S-sure, Hime. Just stand in the center of the circle we drew."
Himawari beamed and made her way to the mentioned circle. Sarada showed her the signs needed to activate the jutsu then took her seat among her friends.
Himawari struggled a bit while making the signs, as she wasn't yet entered the Academy. But, in the end, she did it with complete pride at her achievement. She focused both her concentration and energy to the movie, like her honorary older sister Sarada told her to do so, and she was rewarded with the screen sparking with blue energy.
Naruto stood in the fighting pit on one side while Inuzuka Kiba stood on the other side, a few scant feet separating the two boys. On Naruto's lips was a stain of dried blood with some scruff marks scattered on his face. His clothes weren't in a good condition, either. Fortunately, Kiba wasn't any better off than Naruto, whose face also had similar markings and bruises. His pet nin-dog, Akamaru, had disheveled fur while his lips was pulled into a snarl.
Shikadai looked at the screen in passive apathy, "Lord Seventh is in another natto situation, ChoCho."
Beside him, ChoCho nodded sagely while snacking on a box of red bean mochi, "He is, Shikadai."
Inside Naruto's head, he was struggling to come up with a good battle plan to defeat his current opponent 'This guy gotta have a weak spot...I just have to find it!'.
Kiba, however, didn't give Naruto the luxury to think in silence. His Half-Man/Half-Beast form ready to use, he leapt forward. Claws out and lips pulled into a vicious snarl, coupled with wild eyes and his furry hoodie on top of his head, he looked like a rabid dog claiming a(nother) win. He circled behind Naruto in a position ready to claw Naruto's behind.
Naruto's eyes looked at Kiba in his peripheral vision in panic, 'Shoot! I'm gonna lose to Kiba!'
Boruto, having already accepted that young Naruto was naturally a slow person, rolled his eyes.
All of a sudden, Naruto's posterior tooted as gas escaped. Naruto uttered, "Guh!"
Boruto immediately dropped his his attitude and yelled out, "BWAHAHA! DAD FARTED! THAT'S HOW HE WON AGAINST UNCLE KIBA!" before bursting out in unrestrained laughter.
Himawari's face was adorably pinched, "Yucky Daddy."
The rest of their friends' respect meter for the young Hokage shown lowered a bit more.
Up above, in the audience, everybody was both shocked and disgusted. The screen showed screenshots of Temari's, Shikamaru's, Ino's, Sakura's, Lee's, and Kakashi's expression. While Temari's, Shikamaru's, Ino's, and Sakura's disgusted expression were comically widened eyes and dropped jaws, Hinata worried for her teammate.
Metal muttered out, "Lord Seventh's fart was that loud?"
Himawari's glimmered in awe at the brief image of her young mother, "Mama is so pretty! Right, Nii-chan?" Boruto nodded his head distractedly, paying more attention to the event happening on the screen.
Kakashi's one exposed eye was comically shown in a way to subtly express disgust in his own special way, 'Who said Naruto had ran out of gas? The poor boy's jutsu backfired on him.'
Kurenai, Team 8's proctor, grimly looked down at the fight happening below, 'And his sense of smell is a thousand times more sensitive.'
Boruto snickered some more at the former proctors' inner thoughts. Himawari glanced worriedly at her young father, "Poor Uncle Kiba."
Naruto's widened in shock and his jaw dropped at his own body's biological functions while Kiba froze. Instinctively, he sniffed at the foreign new smell in the air. As the smell registered inside his mind, his face reformed its former vicious look into a disgusted one. He flew back in haste while his hands desperately tried to block off the remaining portion of Naruto's fart. It was also a vain attempt in trying to rescue his nose.
Kiba scrubbed at his nose while coughing loudly. Kakashi looked on apathetically at Naruto, 'Is that his new secret technique? Well, he was always a unpredictable ninja in the first place.'
Himawari knew what Kakashi was thinking about and giggled a bit, "Daddy is all over the place."
Meanwhile, Sakura cheered at Naruto's unique victory with a shaky voice, "W-Whatever works, Naruto!"
Boruto busted another gut while laughing at Aunt Sakura's attempt to congratulate Naruto's (unusual) victory. Himawari, on the other hand, cheered with Sakura's younger self projected on the screen.
* SHIKATEMA ALL THE WAY*
Dinnertime at the Nara household...
Shikadai slowly ate his rice and salmon. Beside him, Shikamaru sipped some sake while reading the newspaper.
Shikadai observed him for a few moments before opening his mouth, "So, Dad. Is it true that Lord Seventh really farted in Uncle Kiba's face to win in the Chuunin Exams?"
Shikamaru's eyes widened as he spitted out his sake. Nearby, in the kitchen, Temari choked on the soup she was taste-testing. Memories of that fateful event flashed by quickly in their minds.
Coughing a bit while wiping at his mouth, Shikamaru stuttered out a question in reply to Shikadai's question, "Wh-Who told you that, Shikadai?"
Shikadai only blinked once before turning back to his food, "Hm...just a rumor I heard from those troublesome gossipers in the village."
Shikamaru repressed a shiver and his wife resumed the stirring of the soup while a shiver slowly crawled down both their spines.
Alternate Ending:
Meanwhile, Boruto's laugh attracted someone to the shed. With a loud burst, the door opened to reveal the Seventh Hokage himself looking at the 'movie screen' in stunned disbelief before turning to the silenced kids in a ominous way.
Himawari, oblivious to the silence, greeted her father with a tackle with a loud "Daddy!"
...I want to eventually add the old Naruto cast into it, so that unrelated memories can be written about to. Such as Iruma's famous Nosebleed Rocket Jutsu or his iconic Big Head Jutsu (lmaoo). Suggestions and constructive criticism? Also, I'm still shaky when it comes to react fics, and I keep having Boruto laughing at it all. I want to have the others be included in this, so far Shika, ChoCho, Inojin, etc. have only spoke the maximum of a line. Part of the reason why I've started this fic was due to my screaming need of Boruto understanding exactly why Naruto's is so awkward at parenting (hence, why I prefer Boruto: The Movie over the anime series) and Gregorybryce9's Flash Forward: Naruto Edition (READ IT, CHILDREN).
As much as I want to keep this 'funny-centric', I feel like in the future I'll be adding the occasional sad (i.e. Naruto's sad childhood ;-;)/intense (i.e. Naruto and Sasuke VS Kaguya hELL yEaH)/angst-heavy moments to this 'fic', such as Neji's death (;-; X100...) so that the Uzumaki children can see exactly how their uncle was killed in order to protect Mama Hinata, 'cus I've been entertaining the idea of the New Generation seeing that sad moment and I need to get it out there eventually. So yeah, a very possible occurence in the future. Perhaps a Christmas special for the December update? Lmaoo, a sad chapter for a happy holiday. I've got a sick sense of humor :,)
'Til Christmas 2k17 then, readers! (omg. 2018 is almost here, time flies by and I'm growing older with every passing day *wEePS*)
