(Hey guys, I've been think about changing the name from Learning the Past to Lessons From The Past. what do you think? Should I chang it or should I leave it? Poll will be posted or you can just leave a message or something.)

"Who the heck was that?" Boruto demanded. "That was a cheap move."

"That's what concerned about?" Metal Lee asked. "Not the fact your dad is totally awesome?"

"So what?" Boruto said. "He took down one enemy ninja."

Boruto crossed his arms, closed his eye, and turned his nose up.

"And he didn't really fight him, the Sixth did most of the work."

"I don't see how that should of worked." Shikadai said. "They should of been killed."

"I agree." Mirai said.

"What do you mean?" Chocho asked.

"Think about." Shikadai said. "They were genin who graduated a week before this took place, they had no real battle experience before this. We are also talking about a team that has very little team coordination if any at all on top of the fact their sensei talk caught in a trap and unable to help for a bit of time. All of these factors would result in almost instant death."

No one could argue. Team 7 of the past got very very lucky.

"I'm still impressed by the fact the Seventh came up with a plan and executed it with Sasuke in near perfection." Metal Lee said. "They didn't even say a word to each other about it either."

His admiration was met with words of agreement, most thought it was impressive.

"That's something else I don't understand." Shikadai added. "How did they pull that off. As we've seen they seem to butt heads more often than not and are both headstrong. The teamwork they showed only happens to groups who've been together for years, even my team don't have that level of teamwork and we've known each other our whole lives."

"It was luck?" Metal Lee guessed.

A new scene came. They were in a house. They noticed that Kakashi was laying on a futon with a very blank face. A unknown women came and asked if he was alright.

"Not really." Kakashi told her. "It will be hard to move for about a week."

"First, who is this lady, and second, what happened to the Sixth?" Sarada asked. "Last we saw he was fine."

No one answered. Kakashi tried to get up, he only got to sitting up before he stopped from, what would seem like pain.

The lady told him she should probably just rest. Kakashi agreed and laid back down. That's when the rest of Team 7 came into the room. Sakura scolded her sensei for using the Sharingan if this was the result.

"The Sharingan hurt him?" Inojin asked.

"No." Sarada answered. "I think it only made him very exhausted, it could be a result of the not being in its original body. Makes me wonder how he go it, seeing as the my Clan was wiped out almost 25 years ago."

They tuned back into the memory

Kakashi was explaining was what a tracker nin was to his students, one of them seemed to have asked about them. Kakashi paused, he seemed to be think about something. Naruto brought him back to focus.

"Tracker nin… Take care of the bodies immediately and on the spot." Kakashi told them

"So what about that?" Sakura asked.

"What did the boy in the mask do with Zabuza?" Kakashi asked.

"How should we know?" Sakura said. "The masked one took the body away."

"That's right, if he needed proof of death, he would of taken the head." Kakashi said.

"Where's he going with this?" Shikadai asked.

Kakashi asked the kids about the weapons the masked kid used.

"A regular Senbon." Sasuke said.

His eyes widen a moment later.

"That's impossible!"

Kakashi agreed.

"What have you all been yabbering on about?" Tazuna asked.

"It's probable that Zabuza is alive." Kakashi told them.

Kakashi explained further, pointing out factors that lead to that conclusion. The kid taking the body, which was much bigger and heavier than himself, using needles that had a low kill rate. Tazuna expressed he thought they were reading to much into it. Kakashi still wanted to prepare, just in case. When Sakura asked how they would prepare, her sensei replied, 'training.'

The scene faded and another came.

This time they were in a forest. Kakashi was standing to the side with a set of crutches and his genin all looked worn out.

"What are they doing?" Chocho asked,

"It looked like tree-climbing." Mirai answered, looking at the scar and cut the genin have made showing their progress. They could tell by the trees that the three were near that Sakura was the best, Sasuke was okay, and Naruto sucked. The scene didn't last long before another took its place.

This one was back at the house and everyone was eating, well two were being idiots who stuffed their faces until they threw everything up. There was an unfamiliar face, a kid who just ate his food quietly. After dinner everyone had some tea, the women was doing dishes and Sakura was looking at a torn picture, said Inari was staring at it all through dinner. The women said it was her husband.

"Oh wow, drama!" Boruto said with fake interest.

Tazuna said the man was once a hero to the town. Inari go up and left, his mother falling after she scolded Tazuna for bring up the man. Kakashi pressed lightly. Tazuna told them how Inari and the man weren't related but with how that acted together they might as well been. He reminisced for a moment about how Inari was a happier child back then. Tazuna started crying as he mentioned an incident with Inari's father. He said that the incident was the reason the town had lost their bravery. Tazuna explained if they wanted to know more than they would have to know more about the man himself. Tazuna told them that Inari almost drowned thanks to some kids who stole his dog and the threw it into the ocean and that they knocked Inari in afterward and left him there. That's when his father saved him. He explained for that the man became closer to Inari and the family. Said he was a man the town needed. At one point a dam broke an a part of the town was in danger. The man had risked his life in the rushing waters to attach a rope so the dam gate could be closed, that's when he was regarded as a hero. Tazuna explained that's when Gato came to the lands and that one night the man was taken and beaten by Gato. The next day he was hung from a cross, his arms, the one he use to save so many, were dead. Broken, Bruised, and useless. Inari watched as Gato's men executed the man who he, and the town, looked up to.

No one said anything. Not the eight young ninja watching or the ninja who were there. At least for a few moments. The eight were starting to see how much darker the world was back then, they could only imagine what it was like even father back in time

The scene didn't last long. It was replaced by a forest setting were the young form of the Seventh Hokage laid sleeping. Above him was a beautiful person who looked angry.

"Who's that?" Boruto said as he watched the person kneel next to his father,

The person reached their hand out, moving it closer to the sleeping blonde's neck

"Hey!" Shikadai said. "What are they doing?"

They could only watch as that hand moved closer to Naruto's neck, with the only possible intention to either choke or break his neck.

Everyone held their breath.

The person's hand twitched and stopped. Their pulled it back and put it on the Seventh's shoulder telling him to wake up.

Some of the eight's eyes twitched at the sudden change of action, they couldn't believe that the Seventh had narrowly escaped death twice within a week thanks to luck, if they could call that one luck.

"I don't know how, man." Shikadai said. "But your dad is very lucky."

"So what? It's not like that person did anything."

"Your so blind." Sarada said. "That's a masked boy working with Zabuza."

Boruto just turned away, he didn't understand why everyone was getting worked up. This was the past, and they know that everything is fine but they still act like his stupid father was going to die at any moment.

Naruto and the boy talked about precious stuff. How protecting it make you stronger. While they picked herbs like the friends they weren't. The pretty boy didn't stay long before he picked up his basket and left, walking passed Sasuke. Naruto spent a moment freaking out about the fact he thought a boy was cute.

The scene changed

They were back at the dinner table. Tazuna had asked why his ninja escort had still stayed even after they found out he lied. Kakashi said a proverb that no one really got. Everyone jumped when Inari slammed his small hands onto the table, asking in a wet anger about why they were doing this.

"No matter what cool thing you say or how much effort you make. The weak always lose to those who are truly strong!"

There was a pause.

"Shut up!" Naruto told him, resting his head on his arms. "I'm not like you."

Inari didn't like that answer.

"Shut up! Looking at you makes me sick!" Inari yelled. "Sticking your nose in when you know nothing about this land! I'm not like you who's always acting frivolous, without knowing one thing about pain!"

Naruto moved his head a little.

"So you're just going to cry all day like a lead in a tragedy?" Naruto asked, his tone of voice lost all of his energy and happiness, turning to a much darker tone. "An idiot like you can just cry forever! You crybaby!"

Naruto gave the kid a glare. Sakura scolded him, causing him to walk away. It was very apparent that he wasn't in the mood to be yelled at. The scene faded with Inari's sobs.

"Wow…." Chocho whisper. "The Seventh was very mean back then. So what if he was crying?

"It's because he's crying too much." Boruto said.

His friends turned to stare at him

"What?" Boruto demanade. "I may not like him, doesn't mean I don't know what ticks him off."

A scene came into focus. It was outside in the night. Just outside the house. There Inari sat, staring at the ocean.

"Got a minute? Kakashi asked the young boy.

Kakashi sat down next to him.

"Naruto didn't mean any harm with what he said." Kakashi told him. "He's just uncouth, so…"

The conversation didn't pick up.

"We heard about your father from Tazuna." Kakashi said. "Like you Naruto never had a father as a young child."

Pause

"Actually, he doesn't know either of his parents. Not only that, he didn't have a single friend."

That caught the boy's attention.

"However, I've never seen him sulk, be timid, or cry. He's always so eager, wanting to be acknowledged by someone. It's for the sake of that Dream, he's always risking his life."

Kakashi paused again.

"He's probably tired of crying." Kakashi said. "He knows the true meaning of the word 'strong'."

Inari didn't say anything.

"Like your father. Naruto might understand your feelings the most." Kakashi got inari to look at him again. "What Naruto said. He's probably told himself over and over again."

The scene faded.

"He didn't have anyone did he?" Mirai asked, sadness in her voice. "I have had some issue because my dad wasn't there, that fact he had died before I was born. I'll admit I was even angry at him for a while because he wasn't there. My mom fixed that though, telling me that my father would of loved me no matter if he lived or died."

Mirai paused.

"I can only imagine what the Seventh must of felt as a kid, to have that crushing loneliness were ever you went, not having a single person to help you."

(Welp here's this chapter.)