The little girl was walking alone in the dark forest. She had been wandering around for a while. "Why did I run off? I don't know the way back to the village." The little girl regretted.
"The sky looks so dark… I hope it doesn't start-" She said but was interrupted by the sound of thunder. She didn't have time to think about much. The rain started pouring. Sarada used her hands to cover her head, even though she knew it wouldn't help much.
"I need to take cover somewhere!" The little girl had never been a fan of lightning, and she would usually hide under the stairs whenever it stormed in Konoha, which was actually pretty rare. Normally, she would just sit and wait until the storm passed by, or until her mom found her and told her there wasn't anything to be scared of. Whichever came first.
Sarada could feel her heart beating. The tears wanted to press their way out, but she managed to hold them back, at least until she had found a rather acceptable shelter. She ran along the mountainside of the village. She ran further and further towards the south.
She could only assume that Boruto had chosen the other way towards the east. She was running further and further up a hill that was getting harder and harder to come across. "I saw a cave at the top of this hill! If only I can reach it I'll be safe!" She almost yelled to herself.
She was still in the shirt that she had borrowed from Naruto, and her shoes were still in the mud pile her and Boruto had played in earlier. The little girl looked down at the ground but instantly regretted it.
'There's like, 100 meters down!' She thought, even though there probably wasn't anymore then 50. She was walking across an extremely petite path across the side of the cliff. If she fell down now, she would definitely break a leg or two and a couple of ribs. Sarada looked up. 'Only a couple of meters left to go!'
She heard lightning in the distance. She looked over towards the east and saw that one of the trees had started burning, which only made her more nervous. 'I hope Borup is safe...' She thought as she forced herself to keep on going.
A powerful wind then hit her, and Sarada had to really cling to the tree roots that were growing out of the mountainside. Unfortunately, because she had to use all her strength on not blowing off the mountainside, her red glasses blew off her face and fell aaaaaaall the way down to the ground.
Her vision got blurry, and she was freezing. She looked upwards, and everything was just a black grey-ish blob. 'I can't see anything! But if I don't get up there soon, I'm gonna get sick!' Sarada thought as she thought back as what her mom had always told her.
"If you stay out in the rain too long, or stay in your wet clothes, your body will get too cold and you could end up getting sick, so whenever it rains to make sure to take cover or run home, okay sweetheart?"
Her mom had always told her. And now Sarada understood why. She was shivering from the cold, and she felt dizzy. 'I'm almost there!' The girl thought as she kept her vision locked on the top of the mountain.
If she fell down now she could die. But she tried not to think of that, and instead focused on reaching the top. Another lightning stroke hit, another tree set on fire. Sarada didn't want to look at it.
Her legs were shaking like crazy, and she didn't know if it was from the cold or just pure fear anymore. Her whole body was numb. "Mommy…" She couldn't hold the tears in any longer. She started whining.
With tears in her eyes, and a blurry vision she continued up the large cliff, even more, careful than before. A couple of minutes passed and she was getting closer and closer to the top. All the dirt had turned to mud, so she knew she had to be extremely careful not to slip off the edge.
But since her feet were covered in it, she almost fell off a couple of times, but her survival instincts kicked in and made her grab onto something in the last moment.
'I'm so close!' The little girl thought to herself. The wind was getting stronger as she was getting closer to the top. All she could think about was the nice warmness back at her house, and her mother making hot cocoa, while they would sit by the fireplace at home. She kept fantasizing about it in her head and kept convincing herself that if she kept on going that fantasy could become a reality.
And at last. She reached the top. It was the highest cliff in the internet south-east forest, and it was full of caves and holes to seek cover in. Sarada almost couldn't take it anymore. Her whole body was paralyzed, and she didn't know how much longer she would be able to stand up.
All she had to do would be to find a safe hiding place. More thunder sounded and the rain intensified. Sarada couldn't see her own feet anymore. She just hoped that someone would show up! She didn't care who.
'What's that?' She thought to herself. She could see something light in the distance. It was blurry to see exactly what it was though. But since everything else was so dark, she could only assume that it meant it was a fire.
'Someone's out here!' The raven-haired girl thought relieved. She didn't have to be alone anymore.
She felt like she just forgot everything around her. Her slippery feet, strengthless body, blurry vision, and the hurricane. She started running. Running like she was running for her life. 'Someone's here! Someone's here! Someone's here!' She just kept assuming to herself. Nothing else mattered.
But unfortunately, Sarada should have paid more attention. With her blurry vision, she didn't realize how dangerously close to the edge she was running, and when the wind became stronger and stronger, and at last, came in one huge blast, the little girl was blown off the cliff.
She screamed. Never in her life had she been this terrified. She was using the last of her power to grab onto a vine that was hanging down the mountainside. She looked down. Death was right at her feet.
Her body was too weak though. 'Oh no… My body... I'm so numb I can't hold on much longer!' She started panicking. She hung on with the last of her strength.
"Help! Somebody help!" She yelled. But no one seemed to have heard her. Her hands were getting slippery. 'I need to pull myself up before it's too late.' The little girl stared down at the ground. She gulped.
'Alright! Now is not the time to be scared! I can do this!' She thought. She started pulling herself up the vines. 'I really should've taken those extra training lessons with mom.' She thought, thinking back at the time she had rejected training her strength together with Sakura.
She was sweating like crazy, even though it was freezing. 'IDTE!' The girl had pulled too hard. Her right shoulder had dislocated. No matter how hard she tried, she couldn't get herself to raise her arm and use it to pull herself up.
'Can't...hold..on...much...longer...' The raven-haired six-year-old thought, as her hand started slipping. "SOMEBODY PLEASE! HEEELP!" She screamed with the last of her power. Her left hand slipped. She started falling.
The three Jounins and the little girl were sprinting through the forest like the world was gonna end. They didn't seem to care about the storm at all. Himawari was riding on the back of her Aunt and could barely keep her eyes open.
The raindrops hitting her skin at the speed they were running, felt like needled pinching her face. Her parents and aunt didn't seem to care at all though. All Himawari could think was 'they must've fought in this kind of weather before…'
Hinata had her Byakugan activated, and was actively looking in all directions possible. "Can you see him?" Her dad almost yelled. It was hard hearing anything from the loud thunder crashes and the lightning. "Not yet!" Her mom yelled back. Himawari was freezing, even though she was wearing both her mom AND dad's raincoat and jacket. Thunder stroke from the sky. "Aunt Sakura? Are we gonna find Nii-chan?" The little girl asked shaking wildly.
"Himawari! You're cold!" The medic nin exclaimed as she could feel the little girl shivering. "Come one let's give up. I don't think we're gonna find much here anyway." The medic nin said clearly worried for the little Uzumaki girl.
"No! I know he's here, I just know it!" She yelled. Sakura's facial expression turned to a frown. "I love Nii-chan! I can't leave him when he needs me!" She yelled as tears started to form in her eyes.
"I will find him!" She was determined to find her little brother. "Byakugan!" The little girl activated her byakugan, in order to help her mother search. She looked all around. Lightning stroke in the distance.
"Naruto-Kun, Sakura-chan! We need to leave! The lightning is setting the trees on fire." The older Hyuuga said looking into the distance. "We need to return! It's safe here!" Sakura told her former team and classmate.
Himawari kept searching. 'Wait! In my dream, Nii-chan was lying by a giant tree that was on fire!' The tiny Hyuuga thought as she focused on the direction of the burning tree.
She wasn't used to looking that far with her byakugan, that wasn't even that developed yet. Her eyes started hurting and she got a little dizzy. Sakura noticed.
"Himawari-chan! What's wrong?!" She asked like the professional medical ninja that she was. "Himawari?!" His dad came running over to the little girl, who looked like she was about to pass out.
"I...need..to..find..him…" She said out of breath. Naruto stared worried at his one and only daughter. "Hima. If you keep on going like this then you'll get hurt!" He yelled at her. "But I need to find Nii-chan! I need to look even further!" She yelled as she got a really bad headache from trying to look too far.
"Himawari!" Himawari couldn't decide is her dad's tone of voice was angry or concerned. But she was so close. She HAD to keep on going. And then at last. She spotted the little boy lying several kilometers away, on the ground, his chakra barely flowing.
"Nii-chan!" She yelled, wanting to jump down from her aunt's back. "Himawari! Stay here!" Sakura said, tightening her grasp on the little girl. "Let me go, aunt Sakura!" The girl yelled, but she wasn't strong enough to overpower the Jounin.
"What is it Hima? Did you spot him?" Her dad asked. "Over there!" Hinata's voice yelled from a little further ahead. Sakura and Naruto got distracted by hearing the Hyuuga's voice, and Himawari used that as her chance and broke free from Sakura's grip.
"Himawari!" Sakura yelled. But too late. The little girl had already broken free and started running with all the last of her power.
She ran past her mom, who seemed confused, and Himawari could hear her calling her name in the distance, but she kept on running. Her Nii-san needed her more than ever right now!
However, she didn't get very far before she slipped in the mud, and scratched her leg. The other Jounin quickly caught up to her and were right behind her, but the little girl stood up again on her own and started running again.
Boruto had always protected her, always, always! He even became known as a village hero and got her dad to acknowledge him. He had always saved her whenever she was in trouble. Now it was her turn to save him.
That's what made her so determined and made her speed up, even though her entire body was SCREAMING from exhaustien. 'I'm coming, Nii-chan!' She thought more determined than ever, as her byakugan's power increased and she shed a tear.
"Nii-chan!" She screamed as the little boy was finally within her sight, and she saw him lying there. Completely still. On the ground. She rushed over to the boy and picked him up, his head lying comfortably on her legs. She quickly felt for his heartbeat and puls to check if he was still alive, just like her aunt had told her. She was relieved when everything seemed normal.
The white pupils in her eyes slowly started fading back to their usual blue color. "I found you… Nii-chan" She smiled as a tear of joy ran down both cheeks. She felt like hugging him for hours and hours.
She cried and cried and cried. "What happened to you Nii-san?" She asked as she realised his seriously burned hand and scratches all over. She could hear footsteps.
"Himawari!" It was her mom, dad, and aunt. "Mommy! Daddy! Aunt Sakura!" She yelled with a smile. The three Shinobi had easily pinpointed her location and caught up before five minutes had passed.
"I found him!" She yelled proudly. They all looked surprised and hurried over to Himawari's location. "Borup-kun!" Hinata yelled. Sakura bent down and started doing her thing, and Himawari moved away.
She looked at her parents. "Don't worry mom and dad! Nii-chan is gonna be alright. I checked his pulse and heartbeat just like aunt Sakura said I should, and he was alright! And aunt Sakura is gonna heal him right?" She said which seemed to lift a smile on her parent's faces.
Hinata bent down and embraced her daughter in a tight hug. "Don't ever run off like that again!" She sounded concerned. Himawari smiled and hugged her mother, who was crying lightly back. "Ok mom I won't." She said smiling. Naruto smiled and turned to Sakura. "You will heal him right Sakura?" He asked with concern.
"Of course. His injuries aren't that serious, but he's been out in the cold for way too long. He might end up with a bad cold, but otherwise, it'll be like nothing happened." She insured them both.
Naruto sighed a sigh of relief. "Well, that's good." He smiled. They all stared at the medic-nin, as she performed her healing jutsu on the little boy. His wounds slowly started healing, and she tied a bandage she had in her pocket around the burned hand.
"All done." She said with a smile. "Medical ninjutsu is so cool!" Himawari told her aunt. She stared confused at the little girl. And then she smiled."Say Himawari, do you want to learn medical ninjutsu?"
Her parents stared surprised at her. "Me?" Himawari asked surprised. Sakura nodded slowly. Himawari's face lit up. She looked at her parents. They smiled at her. "Mhm!" Himawari nodded at her aunt in excitement.
Hinata picked up the dirty boy from the ground. "Well let's get going before we all get sick," Sakura said as she quickly bended down and healed Himawari's wound as well. "Hai!" The little girl said as she smiled, and climbed up on her dad's back.
"Hold on tight Hima!" He said. They then proceeded to start running back to Konohagakure.
Sarada was frightened. Was this how she was gonna die? Her hand had just slipped off the edge, and she was about to start the looooooong fall down to the ground. She screamed and closed her eyes.
Was this really it? But she had so much more to do! She really wanted to meet her Papa at least once! What would her mom think? and Boruto and lord Hokage? Would she never get to see any of them again?
She didn't want to leave, but she knew she had no choice. The girl closed her eyes and accepted her fate. However… something was wrong. Why didn't she feel like she was storming down towards the ground?
She slowly dared to open her eyes. Someone was holding on to her. Someone had heard. She was saved. Sarada couldn't see who it was. Everything was too blurry. But she could see a very dark silhouette, and a red a purple light glowing in the darkness from the spot his eyes were positioned.
She could feel him slowly pulling her up with ease. Lightning stroke, and made the dark man glow with a slight light-blue tint. He didn't waste any time leaving her hanging over the cliff. He immediately pulled her up, and let her stand on her own.
However, her legs were too weak. Sarada couldn't determine if it was because of the numbness from the rain, or if her body was still too shocked from her near-death experience. She was about to fall over, but this man was so fast that he managed to get a hand under her and grab and pick her upright as she was about to fall to the ground.
He carried her through the rain at a fascinating speed, and he still hadn't said a word to her. 'Just who is this guy? He's amazing!' Sarada thought as she stared fascinated at her savior. A little after, Sarada could feel the rain stop hitting her, and she could see a really bright light.
'it must've been him who had a fire…' She thought as she felt the heat coming from the glowing light. She was still shaking wildly and her whole body felt like that time Boruto and her went ice-skating as little kids, but she ended up falling into the water and was stuck with a bad cold for weeks.
The warmness coming from the fire made her feel safe. She was so comfortable. They still hadn't said a word to each other. When Sarada finally felt she had enough strength to talk she was the first to say a word.
"Thank you, mister! You saved my life." She said with a smile. Her vision was starting to get a little bit better as well. Still not completely back, but she could see him more clearly now. He gave her a dead stared. Still hadn't said anything to her.
Sarada decided to keep on trying to get him to talk. "So um… are you from the hidden leaf, mister?" She asked. He looked at her. His eyes were black. ' But then.. where did the red and purple light come from?' Sarada thought to himself.
"Yes. I am." He answered her. His voice was masculine and comforting for some reason. Sarada smiled. "Well, I'm actually from the hidden leaf too!" She said smiling. For some reason, this guy made her feel relaxed and at home.
"Then what are you doing up here in the mountains all alone?" He asked her. "Well, I um.. I was actually playing tag with someone and I kinda got lost…" She said a little embarrassed. "That so.." The mysterious guy said quietly.
The guy handed her a warm bowl of something. She looked questioned at it. "What's this?" She asked. "Something to help you get warm. There's also a couple of medicinal urbs in there that helps you regain your strength." He said as he poured a bowl for himself.
"You're a medical ninja?" She asked confused on how else he would know which urbs to put in. "No, but I'm married to one." He answered her. Sarada smiled. "My mom's a medical ninja too!" She said proudly. She started eating the soup.
It was the best thing she had ever had in her life. "Yum! This is really good!" She said, pouring the rest of it down. He didn't seem to care too much, as he focused more on his own bowl.
"Oh, I never got to ask you. What are you doing up here? If you're married to someone in the village, then why are you out here?" She asked curiously. He gave her a look as if he didn't know if he wanted to answer her or not. He closed his eyes and told her anyways.
"I'm on a long-term mission away from the village. And to be honest… I'm not really married but we are in love. We have a daughter together. I haven't seen her since she was a baby though.." He said.
Sarada looked sadly at him. "I know how that is. My dad left when I was little too. Mom won't tell me why he isn't coming home though! I just really want to see him once though… that's my dream." She said smiling.
Then there was silence. "Achoo!" The girl sneezed. The dark-clothed man smiled and turned to her. "It's not good for you to stay in that kind of clothes. If you stay in the wet clothing you'll catch a cold." He said taking off his own jacket and placing it carefully over the little girl.
He was wearing a purple shirt with a white t-shirt over it and some black pants underneath. "Thanks…" The girl said as she could feel her eyelids getting heavier. She yawned. The raven-haired adult smiled. This girl made him feel… different somehow.
"I am the future Hokage of the hidden leaf village! My name… Is Sarada Uchiha!" Sasuke snapped. "What… did you just say?" He asked her. She stared confused back at him. He clenched his teeth and eyes. "Is….Is something wrong?" The girl asked worriedly.
"It's impossible.. You can't be…" He said. He opened his eye. A red light was glowing. "My... Daughter." He said. Sarada stared terrified at the friendly man. "You don't mean…" Sarada got tears in her eyes.
She ran over to the man. "Papa!" She screamed of joy, as she hugged the tall shinobi. "Papa!" She screamed as the tears streamed down her face.
And BOOM! HA! I bet you all really wanted to read about Sasuke's reaction right? Well, guess what. Sorry, but you'll need to wait.
For anyone reading this fanfic: If you're here to read about some battle where Sarada and Boruto are little kids, then sorry to disappoint ya, but that's not gonna happen.
This story will have 12 chapters in total, and some details may be left out, but if some stuff comes up that you REALLY want to know, I'll release a QnA at the end. Well anyways sorry about the cliffhanger, but I promise I'm gonna update soon enough.