Hey, NinJarX here and I am back again with the next chapter. As I promised this chapter is going start the real plot here and that in a real emotional way. What's happening to Sumire and how will her future look like? As always have fun and please review.
Disclaimer: I don't own the Naruto/Boruto series
Chapter 2: The truth
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It was the next day and Sumire was currently preparing for training, thinking about the previous day with Boruto and about what to come today.
'I can't wait until today evening where I am going to sleep by Boruto. Yesterday was great and I never had so much fun in my life'.
Looking outside, she noticed that her two best friends Namida and Wasabi were waiting for her before the apartment building.
"Hey Sumire, please come down already. We're already late for training", shouted Wasabi.
"But there's nobody waiting for us by our training ground", Namida argued.
"Well the Chunin exam starts soon and we still need some training. The last time we couldn't participate because of our bad injuries we got in that one mission, where we had to deliver a packet and some bandits attacked us", Wasabi argued back, thinking about how annoyed she was back then watching the Chunin exams on the television.
"Be glad that Sumire was strong enough to handle those gangster", Namida said, looking at Wasabi.
"Well you're right. Without her we would've lost", she said.
"I am sorry that you had to wait so long, but here I am", said Sumire after caming down to see them.
"There you are. Yesterday was quite a nice day wasn't it", Wasabi teased her, grinning.
"W-What did you mean?, Sumire asked with a blush on her face.
"Well we saw you together with Boruto yesterday evening. Your behaviour yesterday was suspicious, so we decided to follow you for some time", Wasabi said, still grinning.
"Wasabi, stop now", Namida said to her. You're embarrassing her."
Sumire was looking at them with a red face without being able to speak a word out.
"Well it looked like some kind of date wasn't it", Wasabi talked to Namida
"NOW STOOOP!", Sumire shouted.
Both girls looked at her with shocked faces, not expecting her to shout to them like this.
"I-I am sorry", Sumire said. "But that wasn't a date, we just watched a movie together. No flirting, no hugging and no kissing".
Sumire smiled at them, trying to talk herself out of the whole discussion.
"We are close friends, but that doesn't automatically mean we're loving each other"
"But you have to admit that you're liking him very much", Wasabi said.
"Y-Yea-ah", Sumire said, stuttering.
"There you have it. That's the first step towards true love", Wasabi said, smiling towards Sumire.
She only could blush, once more wasn't able to speak to them.
"Wasabi, let's stop with that. You have gone too far", Namida whispered to her.
"Okay okay I stop", Wasabi whispered back.
"Ok let's go training. The Chunin exam is coming", Wasabi said to both Sumire and Namida. Sumire relieved immidiately.
'I am glad Namida stopped Wasabi with that. My heart felt like it could've exploded', Sumire thought.
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All three started walking towards their destination. It was a pretty cold day and it seemed like it could rain anytime today. The wind blowed from every direction, chilling up the enviroment. Hidden behind a tree, there was a man, spying the girls from the distance.
"So that's the girl with the Nue in her", a mid aged woman with dark blue hair, shoes and cloak said. "You have any information about her Nero?"
"The central said she was the daughter of Tanuki Shigaraki, the man who worked under Danzo and developed some quite strong jutsus with him. He also worked for our organization quite some time and stole our beast", he said.
Behind them was another man with the same outfit as the other two and brown hair. He was more bigger, chubby and older than them.
"Nero and Azura. You already have a plan about how we're going to handle the situation?", the man said.
"No Ramos, but we just have to wait when she's alone", Nero said.
"Don't forget that we have to do it without attracting the attention of the ANBU or other shinobi", Ramos said.
All three left their position, it almost looking like vanishing into the nowhere.
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Uzumaki estate:
"Mooooom. I am out", Boruto shouted.
"Have a nice day Onii-chan", Himawari told him. "I can't wait until today evening, when your girlfriend stays over the night".
"H-Himawari! She's not my girlfriend", Boruto said with a blush.
"What is she then?", Himawari asked
"W-Well she's a good friend", Boruto said, still blushing.
"Goodbye Boruto. I am preparing everything for tonight", Hinata said.
"Bye and don't forget to make a bed in the living room for me", Boruto said to her.
"Huh? I thought you're sleeping together with Himawari in your room while Sumire sleeps in Himawari's one?", she said.
"Not necessary, I can sleep on the Sofa pretty good", Boruto said.
"Well that's better than to sleep with Sumire in one room right?", Hinata grinned, teasing him.
"Oh mom, can you and Himawari please stop with that!", he said.
Hinata and Himawari laughed. They knew he wasn't very comfortable with teasing, but they still liked to do that.
"Well then bye", Boruto said to them.
Boruto left his house on his way to train with his team for the exams.
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Somewhere in Konoha:
"Hey Wasabi and Sumire", Namida said
"What's up Namida?", both other girls said
"Before we start training, let me buy some water bottles. Yesterday during and after the training I was really thirsty", she said. "Let's go the next supermarket and buy some"
It took only a couple of steps before they found themselve before the next store.
"I am going to wait outside", Sumire said
"Well okay. Do you want something in there?", Wasabi asked.
"No thanks, I have everything I need for today", Sumire said. "I think we won't stay outside for too long anyway. I think it's going to rain soon".
"Well then we're going to buy you an umbrella", Wasabi laughed, now entering with Namida the store.
Sumire looked into the sky, thinking about what Boruto told to her yesterday.
'Would Boruto have a crush on someone like me?'
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"Now she's alone", the agent Azura said. "Shall we begin?"
"Here on the street?", Nero said.
"It's to dangerous here. There are still too many people on the streets", Ramos said in a serious tone.
"We have to wait until she's alone and when she's somewhere where nobody ever go" said Nero.
"My dimension traveling jutsu still needs some time until I can use it again", Ramos told them, closing one of his eyes.
"Without your jutsu, they would've found out that we're in the village thanks to their radar jutsu which can detect invaders", Azura said
"We have still time until today evening. The boss wants her until tomorrow morning", Ramos said, all of them still waiting for a chance to begin their mission.
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Sumire still waited outside of the store for Namida and Wasabi to return, But then she saw Boruto walking somewhere from the distance.
'I-It's Boruto-kun!', she thought. 'Maybe we could talk about today evening before we start training?'
Boruto, thinking about what the upcoming evening when Sumire stays for the night, walked along the street, until he heard someone calling his name.
"BOOORUTO", someone shouted to him, now looking for who called him. He saw Sumire from the distance.
"S-Sumire!", he said, running to her.
"Hey Boruto", Sumire greeted him with a smile on her face. "Yesterday was pretty amazing".
"E-Ehh, yeah", he spoke, not sure what to say.
"I can't wait until today evening. I had so much fun yesterday with you and I am excited to today", Sumire told him.
"Me too. So why are you here and not with Wasabi and Namida training?", he asked, curious why she's alone.
"They're both in here buying some water for us", she pointed towards the store they're in.
"Ah ok, I thought you would have once again problems with...you know what...", he said, the last part a bit nerviously.
"N-No everything is fine...", she said to him.
"Hey Boruto. Are you talking with her about your date yesterday", a girl behind him said to him.
They turned around, seeing Namida and Wasabi with a bag full of water bottles.
"H-Hey Wasabi! I've told you to stop with that!", Namida once again tried to stop her.
"E-Eh-hmm I am going", Boruto stuttered with a blush on his face. "See ya Sumire", said Boruto, running away from her.
"B-Bye Boruto", Sumire said.
"Yes goodbye Boruto. Sumire is waiting for you today evening. Don't forget that", Wasabi shouted to him, grinning.
"NOW STOOOP!", both Sumire and Namida shouted to Wasabi.
"E-Ehh?"
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"So these are her friends", Azura said. "Only some stupid brats".
"It seems like that blonde kid is the closest to her", Nero said, thinking about his plan. "I think we could abuse that"
"It is up to you how you're going to handle your mission. I am just here to support you with my powers", Ramos told them.
"H-Hey, the boss will also punish you if we fail!", Nero said to him with an angry voice.
"We won't fail for sure", Ramos said.
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Training ground 3:
"Hey friends I am here", Boruto shouted at Sarada and Mitsuki from the distance.
"You're once again to late", Sarada said to him. "So how was your day yesterday?"
"It seems like you had much fun with her yesterday", Mitsuki said to Boruto.
"Yes, yesterday was awesome", Boruto told them. "And for today she'll sleep by me"
"By you? You mean in one bed?", Sarada said, almost starting laughing.
"E-Eh no, but she'll sleep in my sister's room", he told her. "Anyway, is Konohamaru-sensei still on a mission?"
"Yes and how it is looking he's going to miss for two or three more days", Sarada said.
"This sucks! Why are the most sensei on missions just when the exams are around the corner?", Boruto said, annoyed to see Konohamaru still missing.
"Well I think we are already pretty strong", Mitsuki told Boruto and Sarada. " I think we won't need him anyway".
"Mitsuki, I seriously want to become Chunin now so there's no time to relax for me", Boruto told him.
"Then why did you went to the theatre watching a movie with the class rep yesterday?", Mitsuki asked.
"U-Uhm...b-because helping friends out is also helping me to become a greater shinobi!", Boruto answered, tried to find an excuse for the situation.
"There you have it. You're indeed relaxing quite much", Mitsuki told him.
"A-Anyway let's start training".
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Training ground 7:
The girls arrived at their personal training place. It was a rather small one and there wasn't that much room for long range Ninjutsu's.
"Hey Sumire, you also want to become Chunin, or?", asked Namida.
"E-Ehm, I never thought about that", Sumire said, thinking about what she wants to do in the future.
"With your skills, you'll easily reach the rank of a Jonin. The Chunin exams is going to be a cakewalk for you", Wasabi said. "Tell me who trained you in the past? I also want to be able to use those water style techniques like you"
Sumire, shocked about this questions, thought about a way to answer her.
'O-Oh n-no. I can't tell them that I was trained by some criminals! What I should tell her?'
"Come on Sumire. Tell us", Namida said to her with a smile on her face.
"I-I can't really s-say that", she answered. "I-I...u-uhm...n-nobody-y".
"Are you serious? Nobody? It's hard to think of that you was able to learn those awesome techniques on your own", Wasabi said
"I-I can't tell you", Sumire once again said to her.
"And why not? Is this some kind of a family secret or what else?", Wasabi said to her, with a slightly annoyed tone.
"Wasabi, let's stop with that", Namida said to her.
"I don't care anymore anyway", Wasabi said.
'That was close', Sumire thought, relievied.
Wasabi and Sumire walked towards the center of the training ground, preparing for the strenuous training. The whole discussion made Sumire look suspicious in Namida's eyes.
'She's definitely hiding something. I am curious to know what it is'.
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The training for both teams took once again the whole day. It was already late in the afternoon, when they felt tired. The sun was already about to set down and they were still training for the important day.
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Training ground 3:
"H-Hey guys, let's stop now. I am really tired", said Sarada to her team mates.
"Yes, I need to go anyway. I have to prepare the evening", Boruto told them. "So...uhm...I thought about something"
"What is it?", Mitsuki and Sarada asked him, both curious to see what he ment with that.
He thought once again about the discussion with Sumire two days ago, now thinking about a way to break through to her heart.
"Well it's still about Sumire. Yesterday was nice and that, but I still want to do give her something for her to remember a long time", Boruto said.
"I think she was already very happy with what you gave her yesterday. I think you're exaggerating it Boruto", Mitsuki told him.
"You may be right, but I still want to do something about her situation", he said back.
"Boruto I think you have a crush on her", Sarada told him. "I know you well enough and I know that you care about your friends really much, but your care for Sumire is an exception".
"S-Sarada!", Boruto stuttered. "I-It's not like that".
"Don't try to hide it anymore Boruto", Mitsuki said to him.
"No Mitsuki, it's really not like that. It's just that seeing my friends I know since my childhood being that sad just...hurts. If you're saying that I am in love with her because I care for her that much, then I sould be in love with every of my friends" he stated.
Mitsuki and Sarada, creepied by his statement, just looked at him, trying to somehow help him with his problem.
"Well then buy her something", Sarada said. "Some nice gift makes everyone happy, especially girls. You just need to buy her some jewels and she won't stop smiling to you".
"Not enough money for that, but I already thought about gifting her something. I just don't know what", Boruto said.
"Just go walk to the shopping district in downtown and watch out for something she could like", Sarada told to him.
"Ok but I think I don't have that much time left", Boruto explained.
"Just go then!", Sarada shouted to him. With that, Boruto ran back to his home to take his money.
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Training ground 7:
"Ok let's stop for today", Wasabi said to her friends.
"You're right. I am pretty tired", Namida replied.
"Well I think I am going back to my apartment. I still need to pack my bag for today evening", Sumire told them.
"I bet you're going to watch a movie with him on his sofa? Tell me about your first kiss tomorrow", Wasabi said, grinning.
"WASABI! STOP WITH THAT OR YOU'RE GOING TO EXPERIENCE HELL!", Sumire shouted at her with a blush on her face.
"N-NO-OOOOO, I-I STOP", said Wasabi, scared of her.
'Well that's alone your fault Wasabi', thought Namida, looking at her.
"I hope that. Anyway I am going", said Sumire. "Goodbye".
"Bye Sumire, see you tomorrow", both of her friends said.
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Uzumaki estate:
"Mom I am back", Boruto shouted as he entered the building. "But I need to go already".
"Why that", Hinata asked as she walked down the stairs.
"W-Well I am going to buy something for tonight with the money I saved the last couple of weeks", he explained his mother as he walked upstairs to his room.
Boruto picked up his money and immidiately went downstairs, ready to leave.
"What are you going to buy", her mother asked him once again as Boruto
"E-EH", Boruto stuttered. "I AM LATE. BYE"
With that, he ran out of his home. There was little time left for him to look up something for Sumire.
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Somewhere in Konoha:
Sumire was on her way home, thinking about the discussion she had with her friends about her skills.
'I don't want to tell anyone what horrible things happened to me when my father was still alive. My father abused me to do kill those people I love. He trained me non-stop and all the love I ever got was when my mother combed my hair. But when she died, I lived a life in hell and the only thing I did was training for that one day and live a life alone'
Almost tearing up, she remembered that now everything is different.
'But Boruto helped me with that. He and my friends are my new family. I don't want anything bad to happen for them. I'll be there for you...Boruto'
Just then, she saw him entering a store, almost looking like he is in hurry.
'That's Boruto!'
The store he was running in was a beauty-store, selling accessoires and beauty-products. She looked to him outside of the store. Hearing him now talk to the employee.
"Please sir I need something I can gift to a girl. I thought about those special hair claps they showed on TV, but in every store I was they were sold out", Boruto said.
'A-A GIFT?', she looked at her clasps, remembering she was the only one wearing those kind of clasps.. 'F-FOR ME?'
"Young man, please let me look if we have some of those left", the employee said.
Boruto followed him to the stock room, the employee opening some boxes.
"You are lucky. We still have two of them", the employee said, holding those clasps, which look like hearts with a flower in them.
"I take both", Boruto said to him with a big smile on her face, happy to finally found something for Sumire.
"That would make 5000 yen", the employee said. Boruto just standed there, shocked about the price.
'Boruto...You don't need to do that', Sumire thought, looking at him from outside.
Boruto paid and was about to leave the store.
'O-Oh no'. Sumire immidiately started hiding herself around the corner. She was glad she wasn't seen by him.
"There goes all my money I have saved. But making one of my friends happy is more important to me". Boruto ran home as fast as he could.
'B-Boruto...'.
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'M-Maybe I should gift him something too?', she thought, walking towards her destination.
'I don't have that much money but I can buy him at least something small'.
Sumire thought about something that he would like. It was difficult for her since she never spended that much time with him.
'I saw him eating Hamburgers all the time. Maybe some kind of coupon for free meals?'
'Well I also have no time left to think about that. I still need to prepare for the night and I am sure his mother will cook for all of us. I don't want to be late'. She ran to the hamburger store, curious about if they also offer coupons.
After a short time, she arrived there, entering the store.
"Can I buy coupons for some meals?", Sumire asked the cook behind the counter.
"Sorry but we don't offer some kind of coupons", the cook said. "But you can buy yourselfe a meal now. I bet you are hungry".
"No thanks", she answered, with a dissapointed face.
She left the store without anything. She looked into another store, which sells the newest collection of top brands clothes for boys.
'He also likes new clothes, but I don't have the money to buy him that'.
She started walking home without anything, with a sad face.
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Senju-Park:
As she was walking home, she arrived at the Senju-Park, the place where she let Nue go on a rampage.
'I think I'll never be able to repay Boruto for what he did for me', Sumire thought.
She entered the Senju-Park, wanting to rest a little. It was already dark and the only light illuminating the area was the moonlight, shining down onto her.
'I am happy that he was able to change me a bit. I am happy that so many are considering me as a friend and I am happy, that I entered the academy with them. I always had so much fun with them'.
Her sadness began to fade away when she thought once again about what Boruto told to her.
'My friends are always there for me. I'll never forget those words', she thought, her now softly smiling.
She felt an akward chill on her skin and decided to walk home.
'I am already late. I should go'.
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"It's time. Let's start"
Just when she was about to go, three shadows jumped out of one tree, now surrounding her. They all had black cloaks and looked like they were not from the village.
"W-Who are you!", Sumire said, panically, shocked about what's going on.
One of the persons started walking towards her. Sumire was already ready to fight, but then, the one approaching her started to talk.
"You are Miss Shigaraki right? My name is Nero. Well actually not, but its my codename", he said.
"Y-You know who I am? A-And you know what my real surname is?", Sumire stuttered, still shocked.
"Of course little girl", the other person approached her. "We know everything about you. My codename is Azura by the way".
"What do you know? Are you somehow related to my father?", Sumire shouted with a serious tone.
The last one began to talk: "Yes, your father worked in our organization and helped us to create different kind of replica's of jutsu's of the Otsutsuki, a mythical clan living in outer space, use to rule over the world.
"S-So you were those people who worked under that Danzo guy?", Sumire said.
"We were a special organization called the Roots, working as a shadow for the sake of the village. But after master Danzo died, the most people who worked for the organization were hunted. Your father was one of them and we also. After some time, the follower of Danzo's reformed the organization and now, all we want to do is to take revenge on the village and the whole world. We were always fighting for the sake of Konoha, but at the end, we were hunted like dogs and they looked down at us as we were dirt".
"And what do you want from me?", Sumire said to them, picking up a kunai out of her bag.
"You already know that. The beast, that is sealed inside of you", Nero said.
"Nue? Never!", Sumire shouted at them, now starting to attack that guy.
Sumire was running towards them and shoted some water bullets at them.
Nero and Azura simply dodged those bullets. Ramos just standed there, the water bullets going through his body like nothing, but it seemed like he wasn't hurt by them.
"You're weak", Nero moved with an immense speed behind her, punching her back. She falled down onto the earth, spilling out some blood.
"You can forget that, we are all stronger than you and we are three", Azura said to her.
"What do you want from me", Sumire said in a weak tone, standing up from the ground.
"We already told you. The beast you call Nue", Nero said.
"W-What do you want to do with him", Sumire asked, scared.
"First you don't need to be afraid of us. We won't kill you and we won't harm your Nue either. You're leaving the village and the Land of Fire with us and you're going to work for us as an agent. You''ll get an own house, an own team and you'll get more and more power ups", Nero said to her.
"The problem we have with you is that we don't know how to extract your beast out of your body", Ramos said to her.
"E-Extracting? What do you mean?", Sumire asked, looking at her seal on her left hand.
"You sure can remember your seal or?", Ramos told her.
Sumire remembered her seal she had on her back before Boruto's touching words broke it.
"Yes", she said.
"That seal was made by the help of the cells of the legendary warrior Hashirama Senju. With those cells, we could perfectly describe how the seal should handle the stored Chakra. The Nue was actually made by the cells of Hashirama, that's why your seal was the perfect Chakra container for the beast. But now, the Chakra of the beast is mixed with your own and that's the problem. The only thing we can do with your beast is powering up the Chakra of the Nue. That's why we also want you, the host of the Nue", Ramos explained.
Sumire was shocked, not knewing the truth about Nue.
"It was already difficult to locate you. After your father betrayed us, he stole the Nue with his own seal from us, before he gave it to you. We found his dead body in an abandoned house near the village and we thought, the Nue would've died with him. We thought that the result of our years long project was forever gone, until we heard about an incident in Konoha a few years ago. The newspaper described a giant beast, looking like some kind of tiger with the tail looking like a snake and a the head looking like an ape. We knew that it only could be our Nue and we started researching the incident. After some time, we heard that the Nue once again dissappeared out of nowhere and nobody ever talked about it again. And once again we thought it got killed after that incident. But we continued our research, until one of our spies found out, that Tanuki Shigaraki had an daughter, which still lives in Konoha. And here we are. We have found you and since you indirectly confirmed our theory that you have the Nue inside you, we won't let you go anymore".
"You have to come with us", Nero and Azura said to her.
"And what if I reject?", Sumire asked in a serious tone.
"We warn you little girl", Nero said. "If you don't obey, then we're going to pull some strings and make sure your friends including that blonde brat you seem to like very much won't see the next morning".
"N-N-No-oo", Sumire stuttered, almost starting to cry. She was speechless. It was like a lightning hitted her directly into her heart.
"You can choose. Either you're going to help us or we're going to kill your friends without any of the adults noticing what is happening to their childs", Nero blackmailed her.
Sumire started to cry, quietly, thinking about the friends she made over the last couple of years. She don't want anyone to hurt them. She wanted to protect her new family.
'What should I do. I have to protect them at any cost. But I want to see them again as their friends, not as an criminal once again. And I want to stay here in the village. Maybe I could run away and scream loud enough so I can attract the attention of the shinobi patrol, but that would be risky. What should I do...Boruto'
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After a while, she stood up, not crying anymore with a serious face. She approached the Root members slowly.
'Boruto...thank you for everything'.
"What's your answer young girl?", Nero asked her.
"I...accept".
That was it for this time. Sumire found herself in a difficult situation and to protect her friends, she only had one choice. What's going to happen to her and how will her friends react to all this? I try to release the next chapter as soon as possible, but expect slightly shorter chapters from now on. I hope you enjoyed this chapter and I would be happy if you would leave a comment.
A fantastic day everyone.
