"Hima?" The blonde asked. A couple seconds of awkward silence went by. "Huh?" The little girl stared confused at her brother. "N-Nii san!?" She asked a little after realizing who it was.
"Who was is Himawari?" He could hear Hinata's voice from inside the house. The two kids stared shocked at each other. "When did you become so little?!" When did you become so tall!?" Boruto asked.
He was extremely confused. Why was his little sister suddenly a head taller than him!? Naruto and Sarada came running from behind. "Didn't I tell you to wait?" Naruto's clone asked his son. Boruto didn't reply.
He was to busy staring his little sister deeply into her eyes. Hinata came from inside the house. "Hima who was-" She asked, but didn't finish. Her eyes caught sight of Boruto and Sarada.
The look on her face explained everything. She was REALLY confused. "I'll explain it all…" The clone said after a couple of VERY awkward seconds. "Please do," Hinata said, letting the kids, and the clone inside.
The clone was busy talking to Hinata about something. But Boruto didn't listen at all. He was too busy staring eyeing down his little sister. So was Sarada. "So? What happened Nii-chan?" Himawari asked.
"Or wait? Can I even call you Nii-chan now that I'm taller than you?" The tiny Uzumaki girl asked. "I don't know what happened either you know, but I'm still older than you!" Boruto said. Himawari didn't look like she was listening very much.
"So what should I call you then? I would feel weird calling someone smaller than me for Onii-chan…" The girl asked confused.
"I get what you mean. I don't like calling Boruto-baka his real name either." Sarada said with a quirky smile. "Boruto-baka? Has a nice ring to it…" Himawari said. "Don't tell me you're on her side Hima!" He was outnumbered.
The two girls giggled. "Fine then. Why don't we play a game to decide it?" "Let's play tag. Boruto-baka is it, and if he catches us both, he can decide what we call him. But if he doesn't his name is settled: Boruto-baka." The raven-haired girl mocked.
"Yay! I love playing tag!" Himawari said, clearly not knowing how much was on the line here. "No way!" The tempered boy said.
"You scared we're gonna beat you?"Sarada taunted. "No it's not that, it's just... I don't wanna play okay!" "Aw come on Boruto-baka.. you're no fun..." Himawari said sadly.
The raven-haired girls both looked at him with a 'come-on-you-know-you-can't-resist-our-puppy-eyes- look.' Boruto had no problem resisting Sarada's look, but he could never get himself to say no to his sister's adorable eyes.
'No Boruto! You can't give after just because you're-' Boruto thought to himself. Himawari leaned in closer. "Pleeeeese." She begged. "Fine!" Boruto finally yelled.
The girl's face lighted up. "Yay!" She yelled in excitement. "You're it!" Sarada tagged Boruto and started running. "No fair!" The boy ran after the two girls.
"Catch me if you can!" Sarada taunted as she stuck her tongue out. "Me too!" Himawari yelled as she ran further away.
Naruto and Hinata were too busy talking to notice the kids running out the front door and out into the huge backyard.
The girls ran around, easily outran the little boy. Well, Sarada almost got caught, but Himawari distracted the boy which made the two girls able to escape.
Boruto stopped for a second to catch his breath. "No...fair...you..guys..are...teaming.." He panted. "Well, it's not our fault that you're so slow." The Uchiha mocked.
"Why you-" Boruto yelled. All of a sudden he wasn't very tired. He easily caught up with Sarada, but he still couldn't get close enough to tag her. "Catch me if you can slowpoke." She teased.
"Just you wait! When I get you I'm gonna-" "Hey what about me!?"The other raven-haired girl yelled from the other side of the backyard. "You have ten seconds to hide! When I tag Sarada I'm gonna come look for you!" Boruto told his sister who giggled and ran off to go hide.
Sarada and Boruto kept running in circles. Sarada kept yelling: "Slowpoke! Slowpoke! Slowpoke! Slowpoke!" Over and over again. "OK, THAT'S IT!" The blonde boy sped up.
'Crap! He's catching up with me!' Sarada thought as the boy started coming closer. 'Why is he so fast all of a sudden!?' She tried to escape the little boy, but he was too fast. He had her corned up the edge of the fence.
He smiled. "You have nowhere to run to now." He smiled. 'I only have one option!' Sarada thought as she lept over the fence, running in the direction of the south-east forest.
"Hey! Get back here!" The boy yelled as he jumped over as well, following the little girl into the woods. The two kids ran deeper and deeper into the forest.
"You'll never catch me!" The girl yelled. 'Geez! Why does she have so much energy!?' The boy thought as he could feel himself getting tired.
The tiny blonde slowly started falling behind a little. She smiled. "Slowpoke!" She yelled as she kept running. The boy had to stop. "Crap..." He thought breathing heavily.
The sweat was running down his forehead. "I'll...get..you..for..sure...you..know," He said. 'Stupid Salad...' He thought to himself. He stood for a couple more seconds, gathering as much strength as possible. "All right! Ready or not here I-!...come." The boy said, as he stood up straight, and realized the little girl was nowhere to be seen.
"Come back here! Ugh! Which way did you go!?" Boruto thought, staring at two different paths, leading to the south and east part of the forest.
'I have no way of knowing which way she went... oh well.' "Eeny, meeny, miny moe, catch a Salad by the toe when it screams you're good to go!" He yelled, his finger switching between the two routes.
"All right, it's settled then! South it is! Ready or not here I come!" He yelled running down the southern path.
He felt like he had been running for hours. His shoes were dirty, his feet were tired, his eyes tired of seeing nothing but trees for who knows how long! And worst of all, he still hadn't found Sarada yet. He was starting to think he chose the wrong path.
"Come on out Salad… It's not funny anymore! I'm tired! I wanna go home!" He yelled. No response. "Fine! Call me whatever you want! I don't care about the stupid game anymore! I'm going home!" The boy yelled.
"Wait… Just which way was home again?" He said to himself, realizing he had gotten lost from the path he was on. The sun was setting.
His legs were tired, and his feet were hurting. He couldn't anymore. He was exhausted, completely run out. All the energy was drained from his body. His legs forced him to the ground, as they didn't have the strength to stand up anymore.
The boy laid on the ground. He was out of breath and alone. It was getting darker. 'I'm not scared..not at all because I'm-!" Thunder sounded in the background.
'EEK!' The boy flinched. It started raining. 'Ok, Boruto...Calm down, it's only a small storm.. nothing you can't handle.' He thought, trying to calm himself down.
'I need to get to shelter, or I'll be soaked!' The boy thought, trying to stand up. No good. His legs were still too tired. He fell right back onto the ground. The dirt was starting to turn to mud. The rain got stronger.
Boruto tried standing up again and again. But he kept falling head-first right back into the mud. After 15 minutes of falling, he finally managed to stand up.
The little boy started running. He was cold, dirty and homesick. "Mommy, Daddy, Hima... I wanna go home!" He yelled. Another crash sounded.
Boruto took shelter under a rather large pine tree. A loud crash sounded in the background. Boruto knew what sound that was. 'The trees are falling over!' Boruto thought. He was completely out of breath.
The thunder got louder and louder. The lightning was getting closer. At last, the boy realized it would be idiotic to stay where he was. The tree he was sitting under was the highest tree in the area.
Boruto was right to be worried. An enormous crash sounded. 'Crap the tree is falling!' He thought panicking. The boy quickly got up again. He scratched his arms and legs on the tree branches. But he didn't care. The only thought running through his head was getting away from that tree.
'Wait...The tree should've fallen by now shouldn't it?' He thought a little confused. "What's that smell?" He said, realizing something was smelling roasted.
'The tree isn't falling... it's... burning!' The boy thought as he panicked even more. he hurried, even more, leaving nothing but even more scratches.
He reached upwards towards one of the branches over his head, to keep his balance, as he was about to fall over. 'THAT BURNS!' He thought. He felt like he had just stuck his hand into an open fire.
He looked up. "CRAP THE FIRE IS HERE!' He thought. The fire was right above him. 'Almost out!' "MOMMY! DADDY! HELP ME! I'm scared!' He yelled with the last of his power.
The tree started tipping a little. Boruto used his hands to cover his head, expecting the large tree to fall on his head. He closed his eyes. He could hear the large tree falling over, but was surprised when nothing happened after 20 seconds.
The boy slowly opened his eyes. The tree had tipped the other way. A sigh of relief was released from his mouth. He stared at his hand. It was burnt to a crisp, and he was shaking like crazy.
Boruto couldn't take it anymore. He was so exhausted. The tiny blonde could feel his legs getting wobbly. His eyes getting heavy. Suddenly, Boruto collapsed of pure exhaustion.
He tried to force himself to stay awake but wasn't successful. The last thing he said was: "Somebody.. please help me..." Everything went black.
The Hokage was sitting in his office, doing some late night paperwork. "Man.. what a stormy night..." He said quietly to himself. It was pouring down like crazy, and thunder and lightning were heard and seen in the distance.
For some reason, Naruto couldn't help but feel that something was wrong... That something had happened to one of his precious children. The shadow clone had poofed away long ago, as he finished explaining to Hinata, who immediately started searching for Boruto's old clothing.
Still... something felt... off. It didn't storm very often in Konoha, but the few times that it did, there was bound to fall a couple trees in the forest.
He felt like the paperwork was never going to end! 'I feel so bad not being able to be there for them.. especially now, that Boruto is so childish again..' Naruto thought to himself.
Suddenly, he could hear footsteps in the Hokage building. "Someone is coming..." he whispered quietly to himself. He didn't think it would be anyone special. Probably some Jounin who was here to give him even more paperwork.
'Wait something's off...'Naruto thought. The footsteps... are they.. running?' He thought. The door blasted open.
"NARUTO-KUN!" It was Hinata. She was holding Himawari tightly by the hand. They were both soaked. Naruto quickly stood up. "Hinata! Himawari! What are you two doing here?!" Naruto thought, knowing that could only mean trouble.
"Nii-san never came..." Himawari said. Naruto couldn't tell if it was just because she was so wet from the rain, or if she was actually crying that water was running down her cheek.
"What?" Naruto asked confused. Himawari cried. "Nii-san ran after Sarada.. they were supposed to come find me, but they never came..." Himawari said, squeezing her mother's hand tightly.
"From what I understand Boruto, Sarada and Himawari were playing tag. Apparently, Sarada said something that got Boruto mad, so he ran after her. He told Himawari to go hide, and he said that he would come find her when he had tagged her... But after waiting for an hour, Himawari decided to check. After realizing they weren't out in the backyard anymore, she started searching in places like the playground and park.
But she couldn't find them anywhere. And then it started storming and she had to run home." Hinata explained. Himawari nodded. "You don't suppose that-" "NARUTO!" Another woman came running up the stairs.
"Sakura?" What's wrong?" Naruto asked his old teammate. "It's Sarada. I can't find her anywhere!" She said out of breath. "So she hasn't returned home either..." Naruto said, rubbing the top of his head.
Sakura looked confused at the Hokage. "Apparently they ran off somewhere while playing tag. But none of them has returned yet..." Naruto explained.
"They ran off? But Sarada knows her way around the village! I mean.. I get that Boruto could get lost, but even so, Sarada is watching over him! And she knows to return home before too late!" Sakura shouted confused.
"I was going to tell you, but so many things just got in the way..." The Hokage said. Sakura looked confused at him. "It seems that Sarada was somehow affected by the scroll as well... She's a six-year-old as well.." Naruto explained.
"What?" Sakura was speechless. The Hokage then took some time to explain everything he could to the two ladies. Himawari was getting tired. So she laid down on the couch in the corner, tucked herself in the blanket, and fell asleep before 5 minutes passed.
-Start of dream.
Himawari was running and running. It was storming, and the rain was pouring down at her. "Onii-chan, Onii-chan, Onii-chan..." She kept saying. She knew her brother was out there.
She could see smoke in the distance. 'The lightning probably hit one of the trees and set it on fire...' The little girl thought. She was already soaked and cold, but she kept on running. She didn't care how dirty she was.
"NII-CHAN!" She yelled. The only thing she heard was thundering, that was actually getting louder.
Himawari stopped. 'This is hopeless.. What if Nii-chan isn't even here?' She thought, about to give up. "MOMMY! DADDY! HIMA!" She heard someone yell in the distance. "Nii-chan? NII-CHAN!" She yelled as she started running again.
"Nii-chan? WHERE ARE YOU!?" She yelled. She could hear a tree falling over. She ran quicker and quicker. Suddenly, she tripped over what felt like a tree root and fell head-first onto the muddy ground.
"Ouch..." She said quietly. She had twisted her ankle. 'I can't give up! needs me!' The little girl thought as she tried to stand up again. After successfully getting on her feet, she started running, even though her foot hurt like hell.
''Why does this forest look so familiar?' The little girl thought. 'OH! It's the south-east forest! I always played ninja here when I was little...' The little girl thought, still running at her top speed. She could see something yellow in the distance. As she ran closer, she realized it was a person lying on the ground.
'That's blonde hair! And an orange shirt!' She thought running closer. Her big brother was lying unconscious in the mud. Bruised, and burned. "ONII-CHAN!" She yelled running closer.
She was so close. She cried. She didn't know if it was of happiness or sadness. The little boy didn't move. "NII-CHAAAAN" She yelled as everything turned white.
-End of dream
The little girl woke up. She was sweating and crying. Her parents and aunt were still talking in the background. 'A dream?' She thought. She got flashbacks and realized something. 'The south-east forest... The south-east forest!' She thought.
She threw the blanket on the floor and stood up. The adults noticed. "Hima?" "What's wrong?" He parents asked with concern. "The south-east forest!" She yelled, running towards the door.
"Hold on Himawari!" Hinata said, standing up. She grabbed her daughter's arm. Himawari was in tears. "Nii-chan needs me! He's hurt and alone!" She yelled, trying to break free from her mother's grip.
"What are you talking about? You know where Boruto is?" Hinata asked, concerned. "Yes, now let me go!" She yelled, breaking free from her mother's grasp.
"Himawari!" Hinata yelled. But the little girl had already run out the door. "Naruto-Kun!" She shouted, looking at her husband. "Let's hurry Sakura." He said looking at the pink haired girl. "Right." She said as the three Jounin ran out the door.
Hey guuuuys! Feels like forever since I last updated this fanfic! So I know I promised you a chapter where Sasuke reacts to Sarada as a little girl, but I couldn't stop myself from writing this chapter first! But next chapter I promise okay? I'll keep updating when I can, so stay updated, rewiev (if you want .), and stay happy!