"Crap it happened to me to…" The raven-haired girl said as she realized she was now also a six-year-old girl.
"What happened to you!? Why are you the same age as me!?" The blonde was very confused. 'How am I gonna get out of this one? I can't tell him the truth or he'll think I'm crazy… But I need to do something before I-' She thought, but didn't get to finish.
'What was I about to say? Wait! Why is Boruto here!? Is this a playdate? She thought. What's he looking at?'
"What are you staring at?" Sarda asked rudely because Boruto was staring at her. When he didn't answer and just kept on staring, the little girl got angry and knocked him in the`head. "Answer me when I ask you something!" She said like a high tempered toddler. "Ow, Okay, okay I get it!" The boy said, finally getting it together.
The raven-haired girl smiled. "Well now that we're here anyway…" She said as she cast a weird stare. "Now what are YOU looking at?" The little boy asked grumpily. Sarada gave him a childish smile. "You're it!" She said, lightly touching Boruto's chest, and quickly started running.
"No fair, cheater!" Boruto yelled as he followed the girl deeper into the forest. Sarada giggled, as she ran away from her boy-best-friend. "He'll never find me here…" She said followed by a little giggle. She was sitting in a large pine tree, and she was actually pretty well hidden.
"Sarada! Come out come out wherever you are!" Boruto yelled. Sarada could see the confused look in his eyes and was almost about to give herself away. "Fine then! I'll have to use my secret weapon!" He said as he smiled.
'NO NOT THAT!' Sarada thought. "Come on out… Salad!" He yelled, which made the little girl furious. 'No Sarada! You have to stay strong!' She thought to herself. "Salad, Salad, Salad!" Boruto sang as he ran around, yelling as high as he possibly could. 'Stay strong Sarada, you need to-' "SALAD?" The blonde yelled, which made her click.
"THAT'S IT!" Sarada yelled as she lept out of her hiding spot, her eyes sharper than knives. "DON'T CALL ME BY THAT NAME, CHAA!" She yelled as she ran up, and punched him back, knocking him into a puddle of mud.
The muddy boy stood up, his head still smoking from her hard hit. "I win!" The boy smiled victoriously, yet in pain. "No fair! I don't like it when you use that trick!" She yelled. "Well, it's not against the rules! It's you who keep revealing yourself!" Boruto said, knowing she couldn't say anything against it.
"You baka!" She yelled as she threw a little more mud in his face. She started laughing, as Borup was knocked back into the mud. "Serves you right you-" Sarada said, but was interrupted, as she could feel a cold, wet, sticky and gooey substance on her face.
She wiped the mud off her face, and she looked furious. She formed a mud ball with her hands. "Take this!" She yelled getting payback. "I'm not giving up that easily!" The blonde yelled as he tackled Sarada, making them both fall head-first into an even bigger mud pile.
The fight went on in what felt like ages. None of them wanted to give after and lose the mud war. They were both soaked in the mud, and their rather large clothing got heavy from all that weight, which made it practically impossible to run. They both had a blast. However, they were forced to stop when the sun started setting, and Boruto got afraid of what his mom would think if he showed up late.
"I'm gonna reach the village first!" Sarada yelled as she started running towards Konoha. Their shoes and socks were stuck in the mud, and they were therefore forced to run home barefoot. "Hey wait up you cheater! You head started!" Boruto yelled, catching up with her.
As they were about a kilometer or so away from the village, Boruto realized something he wished he hadn't. "Crap... My mom is gonna be pissed if I show up at home like this…" Boruto said remembering his monster-like mom. "We could always take a dip by the bridge," Sarada said.
"I guess showing up wet is better than dirty… No matter what I'm definitely getting it when I get home.." The two young children then proceeded to head towards the leaf village bridge, that was conveniently placed over a river, that they had often played in together.
"The last man in is a chicken!" Boruto yelled jumping off the bridge, and diving into the water with a large splash! A couple seconds later, the little girl followed her, and giggled as she landed right beside him, splashing his entire face with water.
After a quick water-fight, the two of them got out of the water, sitting on the grass, drying off a bit, before heading home. Sarada giggled. "I won!" She said. "No you didn't, liar! I was first!" "Well, I was the best!" The two children started arguing (Again).
They both stared into the sunset, not wanting to look at each other. 'Stupid Boruto-baka..' Sarada thought. 'Stupid Salad…' Boruto thought. They looked at each other, and Boruto looked like he was about to say something, but didn't. The silence was killing her.
"Fine then! Let's determine it with one last race!" Sarada said standing up, shaking all the remaining water off. She dried her glasses off the best she could, and looked at Boruto with a perky smile. "You're on!" He yelled standing up, the water dripping down his rather large clothing.
"Ready.." Sarada said. "Set.," Borup said. "GO!" They yelled simultaneously. They were actually both pretty good runners. Boruto was the fastest, with Sarada right behind him. They were both trying to win with all of their heart. 'I'm not going to lose!' They both thought, which caused Sarada to speed up.
But considering how their six-year-old selves had shorter legs than usual, Sarada ended up tripping over her own feet. "Bwaa!" The little girl yelled as she face planted into the asphalt. Boruto stopped.
Sarada slowly lifted her head. She looked like she was about to cry. The tears started pressing their way out, and Boruto ran back to support his hurt friends. Sarada started whining. "It hurts!" She said as she sat up. "What hurts?" Boruto asked.
"My *sob* leg.." She said pointing at her red ankle. Boruto did his best to help her get on her feet again, but when it was clear that she didn't want to stand up, the little boy insisted on carrying her on his back.
Funny how the situation had changed. First, it had been Sarada carrying Boruto around, but now the situation had changed drastically. Sarada's eyes were still in tears, and her cheeks were blushing with embarrassment.
It had gotten dark, and the street lights were on, so luckily not many people were out. And the ones who just gave them a strange stare and continued on with their evening. The way back home was a lot longer when your legs were shorter than usual, and you were carrying someone on your back.
"You're really heavy," Boruto said but regretted. Another hard bump hit the top of his head. "Shut up, or next time I won't go easy on you," Sarada said, clearly insulted.
(I know what you think: Whoa! Isn't that a bit extreme for a six-year-old girl!? Well nope. That's just how Boruto's and Sarada's relationship has always been. Some things never change you know.)
"Okay okay just please don't hurt me again.," Boruto said, biding in the pain from his sore head, that he thought had already been hit enough for one day. The tiny blonde could feel Sarada's head landed on one of his shoulders. He heard the little girl snore a bit.
"..." 'Geez.. what did I get myself into?' The little boy thought as he sighed. The main road to Sarada's house was blocked for some reason. "Guess I'll have to go the long way, all around the south side of the village," Boruto said quietly.
He was already pretty tired. They had been walking for about 30 minutes. "Hey Salad. Wake up" Boruto said bumping her head with his shoulder. "Huh?" The little girl said as she slowly woke up. "We need to take a break.." The little boy said sounding tired.
"Huh, why? I just had the greatest dream.." Sarada said, still not lifting her head. "Oh come on." I've carried you around for so long!" I'm not your servant you know." Boruto said, as he finally caught sight of a bench.
The little boy sat down, finally taking a break. As his little body finally got to sit down, he finally realized how sleepy he was. Sarada yawned. She looked tired as well. "No..don't fall asleep now.." Boruto said to Sarada, who clearly didn't listen, because she was already asleep, leaning tightly against Boruto.
The little boy could feel his eyes getting heavier and heavier. 'Come on Boruto! You're not a baby! You can stay awake..a..little..longer..' He said as everything went black, as he fell asleep, leaning up against Sarada. The two kids laid peacefully on the streets of Konoha.
A couple of hours later..
Boruto woke up, to a voice he didn't recognize. The boy slowly opened his eyes. "Hey? Hey!" The voice said. Boruto looked up to see what looked like a Jounin, doing a late night patrol. "Are you kids alright?" He asked. He was holding a lantern, which blinded Boruto because his eyes weren't used to the bright light.
The man had blue eyes, brown hair, wore a leaf shinobi headband, a blue scarf, and the special Jounin uniform that almost all the Jounin's and chunins from the village wore.
"Yeah, we're fine," Boruto said, as his eyes slowly got used to the bright light. Sarada slowly woke up. "Hey what's all this about..? I was just dreaming so nicely.." Sarada said rubbing her eyes.
"I was out doing a night patrol at the south side of the village, and there isn't usually a lot of people here, so I was surprised to see you laying here in the middle of the streets. What are you doing out here? And where are your parents?" He asked.
"We were on our way home, but then the way was blocked and we had to go a different way, and then we stopped to take a little break," Boruto said, trying not to sound childish. "I see.." "Would you mind telling us your name? My dad says I always need to ask that if I run into someone who I don't know.." The little blonde asked.
"Of course. I'm Konohamaru Sarutobi." He answered the boy. "Boruto smiled. Nice to meet ya!" He said smiling. The man stood up straight and was now his normal height again. He was actually quite tall.
"Can I take you anywhere? As a leaf shinobi, it's my duty to protect everyone in this village. And I'm definitely not letting you walk home alone." He said. "Eh… If you could just *yawn* take us to the Hokage's tower then we'll be fine." Boruto said tiredly. Sarada had drifted off to sleep again. Konohamaru picked her up, and carried her on his back, exactly like Boruto had.
'She's soaked…' He thought to himself, as he could feel her wet clothing pressing up against his."Alright to the Hokage's office we go." Konohamaru said as they started walking.
"Oh, and by the way," Boruto said as they started walking towards the Hokage's tower. "Is the only reason you're helping us that you're a leaf shinobi?" The tiny blonde asked, confused why the stranger was this nice to him.
He smiled. "You remind me a lot of my students. Actually... You look just like them." He said. Boruto stared confused at the man. 'What a weird answer..' Boruto thought to himself. The rest of the walk to the tower, they all remained silent, and Boruto almost fell asleep.
Right as Konohamaru was about to knock on the door, he stopped for a second and looked at Boruto and Sarada. "By the way. I never got YOUR names." He said. The blonde smiled, and the girl yawned. "I'm Boruto Uzumaki! And I'm *yawn* Sarada Uchiha." The kids answered.
Konohamaru looked surprised. "But that's… Impossible!" He said.
Hi guys! So from now on I'm gonna make the chapters a little longer! I think that'll be more fun for everyone! However, that does mean that I'll probably take a little longer to update, so feel free to write as many ideas and suggestions as you want! I won't judge you. Well anyways, I've actually really started liking this story, and the next one is gonna be about Sarada and Boruto, and their new relationship as little kids. Hope you look forwards to it!