Hey it's me. Sorry to have you kept waiting for the next chapter, but like I said a dozen times, I am pretty busy with everything. May it be work, household etc. But in the last few days, I managed to write at least a decently long chapter. I hope you still enjoy this chapter.

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Chapter 5: Decision

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Konoha hospital (Boruto's room):

"I know the truth", Mitsuki told the Boruto, who lied on the hospital bed, starring him in the eyes.

"What do you mean with the truth? Is it something about Sumire?", Boruto asked him with a serious face.

"Maybe...", Mitsuki looked at him with a weird smile. "But first we have to wait for Lord Hokage".

"Not necessary, here I am", said a man entering the room.

"Lord Seventh!", the girls said.

"Dad!", Boruto shouted in suprise.

"Are you alright Boruto? I heard you got hurt pretty badly".

"Oh shut up old man", Boruto said with an annoyed tone. "I am lying on a bed in a hospital. Of course I feel bad".

"Baka! Don't talk to Lord Seventh like that", Sarada said to him.

"Leave me alone Sarada", Boruto shouted at her. "I've lost one of my friends. I am depressed because of that".

"I know how you feel, but you didn't actually lost your friend", Naruto told Boruto. "Ask uncle Sasuke. He will explain that to you".

"What do you mean dad?", Boruto asked him.

"I was in a similiar situation with Sasuke. It seems like I lost him as a friend, but we were always connected. That's why we were always friends and at the end, everything turned good".

"I can confirm this", said Sakura as she entered them room and approached them. "Even after dozens of argues between them, they were friends and I am sure that Sumire is also still your friend".

"A friend...", Boruto murmered.

Mitsuki looked closely at Boruto's reaction. It seems that there was more behind it. Finally he also approached them and started talking to him.

"Boruto, I have a question", Mitsuki asked to him. "It's about the class rep".

"Mitsuki please don't waste much time. I still have to ask him about the incident with him before I can send out the ANBU", Naruto said.

Just before he wanted to start talking, the door opened once again and Himawari and Hinata entered with a bag of food.

"Papa!", shouted Himawari as she ran towards Naruto. "Onii-chan is hurt! Please help him".

"Hey darling", Hinata said before she kissed him. "You've already talked with him about everything?"

"No, not yet", Naruto said to her and turned back to Boruto.

"Could you all please leave the room and leave us alone? Mitsuki you stay here", he said to them.

"Of course. No problem", Wasabi said as she started to walk out of the room.

"No please stay all here", Mitsuki said to everyone. "I need you to hear the whole story because I need your help afterwards. You all had something to do with the class rep in the past few days. You may know some important details".

"That's not really necessary Mitsuki", Naruto said.

"No please Lord Seventh. I think we should all work together now".

"B-But...", Naruto stuttered.

"No but. I can keep the whole story for myself if you really want them to leave", Mitsuki blackmailed him.

"Alright, alright", Naruto said. 'He's just like Orochimaru uhh'.

"I think I won't be needed. See you later", Sakura said as she left the room.

"We're going down to the lobby", Hinata said as she grabbed Himawari's hand and left the room.

"So now returning to the question I wanted to ask you, there's something I was curious about the last few days...", Mitsuki said.

"What do you mean Mitsuki?", Boruto asked.

"Boruto, do you really want to bring her back after what she did to you?", Mitsuki asked.

"Are you serious!? Of course I want to bring her back home!", Boruto shouted.

"She hurted you, she told you those bad things and she didn't showed any feeling to you. Why do you want to bring her back?"

"...I-I.."

"What Boruto!? Going by her actions she became rogue. She left the village unauthorized and hurted a comrade", Mitsuki told him.

"Because I want to", Boruto shouted.

"Your want to save a single friend is so absurd that you can call that obsession", Mitsuki told him.

"Mitsuki are you against me or why do you want to annoy me that much? Never helped out a friend in danger?", Boruto said to him.

"Where do you know that she was in danger. She left the village because it was all her decision or not?", Mitsuki.

"MITSUKI!", Boruto stood up and punched him in the face He falled down to the ground, before his snake like hands saved him from the impact.

"BORUTO! STOP!", Sarada shouted.

"You really are an idiot Boruto. I just wanted to help you but it seems like you became crazy", Mitsuki said as he quickly went behind Boruto, it almost looking like he teleported.

"Boruto, I am sorry", said Mitsuki as he kicked him down to the ground.

"AHHHH", Boruto shouted after he hit the ground. He was ready to stood up and to punch Mitsuki once more.

"Stop you two or I am going to arrest both of you", Naruto shouted at them.

Mitsuki sat down and was mute for the next seconds. Boruto on the ground stood up and also sat on his bed.

"I have to bring her back. It's my duty as a friend to do that", Boruto said as he started crying.

"Well Boruto I know that and I can understand you", Mitsuki told him.

"W-What? Why did you suddenly changed your opinion?", Boruto asked him.

"I wanted to see how you're going to react", Mitsuki told him.

"And why exactly? That was the thing you wanted to ask me?", Boruto said.

"No, actually not", Mitsuki answered. "There's something more important".

Mitsuki stood up and walked directly in front of him.

"Boruto, what do you think of the class rep?

...

...

Everyone including Naruto, Sarada, Namida and Wasabi looked at Boruto. All of them with serious faces.

"W-What do you mean Mitsuki?!", Boruto stuttered.

"I already said it to you. What do you think of her as a person"

...

Boruto started blushing and looked into a corner.

"S-She's my friend. A-And that's w-why I want to bring her b-back"

"Forget that whole 'bring her back' thing. I just want to know what is your opinion about her".

"I-I like her. Is that a problem?", Boruto said in a shy tone.

"There's more behind it or?", Mitsuki said.

Namida, Wasabi and Sarada all started too smile while looking at Boruto. Naruto noticed this.

"Could you please stop with that. It doesn't make the situation for Boruto more comfortable", Naruto asked them.

"Sorry Lord Seventh", Namida and Wasabi said to him.

'Mitsuki is a genius', Sarada thought.

"I am out to get me a drink", Sarada said as she left the room.

...

"Boruto, I've seen you more happy in the last few days. And that's surely because you were out with the class rep. I believe you that you want to have her back in the village, but the reason seems to be something more than just her being a friend", Mitsuki continued.

"N-No it isn't like you think off. I want her to be my friend, nothing more", Boruto started panicking.

"I can't understand your behaviour then. In the last few hours, you supposedly have said her name more times than the whole class was saying class rep to her in those few years in the academy".

Boruto started tearing. There was nothing saving him from that situation.

"Mitsuki p-please s-stop now-w".

"Boruto, we all understood what you're trying to hide. Just let it out", Naruto said to his son.

"No p-please", Boruto looked up at the ceilling.

...

"Boruto, do you like her more than a friend?", Naruto asked his son.

"Y-Yes she became m-my best f-friend", Boruto tried to save himself out.

"Boruto...", Mitsuki started and he looked back to Mitsuki.

"Boruto...do you love her?", Mitsuki finally asked his question.

...

...

"Yes...", Boruto started crying now, grabbing a pillow to hide his face into it.

"I admit it! I love her ever since we were in the academy. Ever since I saved her that day and ever since we've started talking more together; I started falling in love with her. I tried to hide it until we were mature shinobi so I can do the first step. I never wanted anyone to know that, especially my family and friends! Now what's the problem with me loving Sumire? What's the damn problem?"

'He finally admitted it. Sumire would be overjoyed to hear that', both Namida and Wasabi thought.

"There's none but now you should feel better about the whole situation", Mitsuki said to him as he picked something out of his jacket.

"Only because of that? Are you serious? Was that punch I gave you really worth it only to make me confess that?".

"You really want to save her or?", Mitsuki asked.

"Of course and that won't change even after asking me thousand more times", Boruto said. "And now say me what's the deal with 'I know the truth'. Which truth do you know?".

"I know what happened to Sumire before you battled her in the Senju-Park", Mitsuki said.

"W-What happened? She said to me she would left the village because she wanted to find out what's her purpose in this world", Boruto said to him.

"That's sure a weird reason to betray her friends and leave the village isn't it?", Mitsuki said to him.

"You're right and that's why I can't understand why she acted like she hates everyone in the village. Now tell me everything about it".

"Sure, sure but before we do that, read this".

Mitsuki gave him the letter he found in the mailbox in front of Sumire's apartment.

"What's this? It seems like some kind of letter", Boruto grabbed the letter and looked more closely to it until he found his and Sumire's name on it.

'T-This is...', Boruto thought.

"This is a letter she probably wrote before she left her apartment", Mitsuki told him.

Boruto's body shaked and his heart beated faster.

"Now read it and I am going to explain it afterwards", Mitsuki said.

Boruto's hands shaked as he tried to open the letter.

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Konoha hospital (Lobby):

Sarada was walking towards the next kiosk as she saw Hinata and Himawari sitting and eating something

"Hello Miss Uzumaki and Himawari", Sarada greeted them.

"Hello Lady Sarada. Is Naruto finished with his talk to Boruto?", Hinata asked.

"No, not yet", she answered.

Himawari eated some cookies her mother bought her just a couple of minutes ago.

"Are they tasting good?", Sarada pointed towards the cookies Himawari just eat.

"Yes they taste very good", Himawari said to her with a sleepy face.

"If that's the case...", Sarada walked to the kiosk.

Himawari looked at her as she bought some snacks. She came back with a water bottle and a bag of the same cookies Himawari ate.

"It already 11 P.M. I'll just wait until my mother finished with her work and then I'll go home", Sarada said.

"We are also pretty tired, but it seems like my husband won't come home today", Hinata said to her.

"Mommy I am really tired. Can we say daddy that we're going home?", Himawari said to her mother.

"I don't know...I have to bring him new clothes and underwear for the next day when he can leave the hospital".

"Let me bring him his clothes. I need to return to him anyway and I'll say them that you went already home", Sarada offered.

"That would be nice from you. Thank you", Hinata said. "So what happened since we left?".

"Let's just say we learned more about Boruto's private life", Sarada answered.

"Private life? What do you mean with that?", Hinata asked.

"Ask his 'girlfriend' about this", Sarada said as she grabbed the bag with the clothes and turned around. "Good night"

"Hmmm?"

"Mommy let's go now", Himawari said before they finally left the hospital.

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Konoha hospital (Boruto's room)

Boruto opened the letter and started reading the letter.

'That's the momemt of truth', Boruto thought and read the letter.

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Dear Boruto

When you read this, then I probably already left the village, but before you start doing something like searching me, please read the letter until the end.

The last few days in my life were the best days in my life and that's solely because of you. Your optimistic nature and warmth gifted me a smile everytime you were close by me. You helped me everytime I felt sad and since that incident we had in the past, I started admiring you so much that I have to express my gratitude for you.

You truly changed me and I'll forever thanking you, but I have to leave, to truly achieve my goal. A goal so important, that I would leave behind everyone to fullfill it.

Boruto, out of the people I've met in my life, you're the boy I like the most.

I enjoyed the last few days with you and our friends, but for now, I have to say goodbye.

I hope we'll see each other in the future.

Your Sumire.

...

...

Boruto started crying, thinking about what she wrote in the letter.

"S-So she still likes me. I-I am so happy", Boruto's tears cascaded down onto the ground.

"I am happy that she only played the evil girl", Namida said.

"Me too but where's she now?", Wasabi told her.

"Lord Seventh, sorry for the delay but I had to tell him that", Mitsuki said.

"No problem".

As Boruto still cried and looked to the letter, he noticed some wet looking spots on the paper.

"I am sure my tears didn't dropped onto the paper that much".

"These spots were already on the paper before I gave it to you", Mitsuki said. "I analyzed them and those were indeed tears".

'Is there something Mitsuki can't do?', Naruto thought.

"So that means that...", Boruto started asking.

"Yeah, she also cried while writing this letter", Mitsuki told him.

"But why she would do that in a situation like this?", Boruto asked, slowly calming down.

"Boruto, now listen closely to what I am going to tell you and then answer the questions Lord Seventh and me are going to ask you".

"O-Ok", Boruto said.

...

"The class rep never wanted to leave on her own. She was blackmailed by some Root members".

"W-WHAT?!", Boruto shouted "W-WHAT THEY DID TO HER?!"

"Calm down and let me tell you everything before you say something", Mitsuki said back.

"O-Ok", Boruto said with a nervous tone.

"The class rep was blackmailed to leave Konoha-gakure with them. The-"

"BUT WHY THEY WOULD BLACKMAIL HER AND NOT ANYBODY ELSE?", Boruto shouted.

"BORUTO NOW SHUT UP AND LISTEN", Naruto screamed.

...

"We are not hundred percent sure but because they named themself the leftover of the Root organization, we can asume that they wanted what is sealed inside her body", Mitsuki said to him.

'The Nue! That's it!', Boruto thought as he still looked to Mitsuki.

"They're probably going to abuse the beast to destroy the hidden villages with it.

"Can I ask you something. Please it's important", Boruto interupted them with a sad tone.

Mitsuki looked at Naruto and he nodded.

"Okay son", Naruto said.

...

"I know how strong she is. She may not be able to defeat more than one of those pricks, but I think she could've escaped. Namida and Wasabi said that she's very good in stealth missions and it should've been no problem to run away and scream for help. So why she hasn't done that?".

"You're underestimate them. They seem to be at least as strong as I am, but that wasn't the reason", Mitsuki said to him. "The letter said something about a goal she wanted to achieve right?".

"Y-Yeah you're right", Boruto stuttered.

"That goal...was to save you... and your friends", Mitsuki told him

"W-What d-do you mean?", Boruto asked.

"They blackmailed her to leave the village. If she doesn't obey, then they would kill you and everybody who was important to her life".

"R-Really?", Boruto asked, almost starting to cry again. "T-That means she saved me this time".

"You're right and now you know the whole story", Mitsuki said. "Now we have to plan the rescue mission and we need your help now".

'Sumire never hated me. She never wanted to fight me. She only did those things to protect me from those stupid people...', Boruto thought.

"Boruto, are you listening?", Naruto told his son.

Boruto wished his tears out of his face and started smiling.

"Sure dad and now that I learned her true intentions, I'll going to save her from those retards", Boruto said.

"No you won't. We're going to send off a special ops team to bring her back", Naruto said.

"I think there was another reason why Mitsuki wanted me to know that", Boruto started arguing.

"Well I don't think so", Mitsuki said as he smiled towards Boruto.

'MITSUKI', Boruto thought, disappointed by his friend.

"But I also think we should participate as a secondary tracking team Lord Seventh", Mitsuki said to Naruto.

"M-Maybe, but first we have to find something leading us to them", Naruto said. "And that's going to be difficult if they can really use some kind of Kamui with the Sharingan".

"Sharingan?", said a girl entering the room. "Did I heard right? Are you talking about me or my father?".

"Sarada", Boruto said as she looked at her approaching him.

Sarada throwed a bag onto Boruto's bed.

"This is from your mom. They already went home", Sarada mentioned.

"It's already late. I can understand that", Naruto said.

"Yeah we are also very tired now", Wasabi said as she looked towards Namida.

"So what's up with the Sharingan", Sarada asked.

"I'll tell you later but first tell me about your confrontations with them. Boruto tell me about how the fight went and what kind of pills she used against you and you two girls tell me how Miss Kakei's behaviour was in the last two days", Naruto said.

"O-Ok", everybody said.

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Some town in the Fire Land

A group of shinobi entered the village. One of them wearing a cloak and a mask.

"We're almost out of the Fire Land. We're going to hide somewhere and do a little break", Ramos said.

"I don't need any breaks", Azura said with an angry tone.

"But I need one so shut up Azura", Nero told her.

"Little girl don't put down your mask at any time. We're looking over you, so don't dare to run away", Ramos said.

"I won't. I promise", Sumire said.

They reached an outpost soon and hided behind some trees.

Sumire sat on the ground while the other were sitting not to far away.

'I already miss Boruto...and the others', she started crying, trying to hold back as much as possible so they won't notice.

'I hope he can forgive me about what I did to him sometime in the future'.

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Konoha hospital (Boruto's room)

Boruto, Mitsuki and the others told Naruto everything they know about Sumire from the last few days. Naruto just finished asking them.

"Thank you for the support. I am going to immidiately send the special ANBU group out", Naruto told them.

"What's with us. We want to help!", Boruto asked his father.

"I still don't know if you are able to help at all", Naruto said.

"We are the only one ready for a mission. The teams of Shikadai and Iwabe are already on missions since multiple days and we know Sumire the best, so let us do the mission.

"I have the Sharingan and maybe can locate them based on their chakra", Sarada told him.

"We are specialized in tracking. Namida can use her jutsu to fly and I also have some pretty good locating skills. The Izuno clan is as good in locating as the Inuzuka clan and our sensei teached me some of his skills, so we also want to save her", Wasabi said.

"My body also got some decent tracking skills and I am the only one of us who can fight them hand in hand", Mitsuki said.

"My eye is also able to locate chakra and I am the one who want to save her the most, so of course I am going", Boruto shouted.

"I want to save her and I will do it!".

"Me too", Sarada said.

"She's our team member so of course we're going to help her", Namida and Wasabi agreed.

"PLEASE!", everybody said in union.

...

"...OK", Naruto gave up. "But you're the ones leaving for the mission first. We're sending the ANBU there and you're playing the secondary location unit leaving tomorrow morning. You WON'T fight anyone, understand?"

"THANK YOU DAD", Boruto was overjoyed.

"Alright, now return home and sleep enough for the mission. You're leaving at 8 A.M".

"Okay Lord Seventh", Sarada, Namida and Wasabi said and left the room.

"Boruto, return to your hospital bed. I'll preparing everything for your departure tomorrow", Naruto said.

"Okay dad", Boruto said as he walked towards his bed. "Goodbye Mitsuki".

"See you tomorrow Boruto", Mitsuki said.

Both Mitsuki and Naruto left the room.

"Tell me why was it so important to force him to confess his love to us?", Naruto asked.

"It was the best solution for him to let loose his frustration. It may also motivate him more to save the class rep. I, Sarada and some other knew it early on that they share more than just friendship, but he still hided it behind his cool attitude that it only caused some mental instability when he's around her or when she get's mentioned in front of him. Trust me. Now that everything is out, things are going to turn into the better".

"I trust you Mitsuki", Naruto said to him. "Could you watch over him over night?".

"You noticed that I don't need to eat and sleep right?", Mitsuki said with a smile. "Of course I will. It's a honor to do that".

"Thank you", Naruto said as he walked away from him.

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Later

Boruto now lying on his bed, looked up at the ceilling, thinking about the upcoming mission, not noticing that Mitsuki watched him from outside.

'Sumire I am glad you didn't actually betrayed us in that way. We're going to save you soon, you'll see. And when I finally saved you, I am going to tell you everything'

Boruto closed his eyes and pulled up his blanket.

'I am going to confess my love to you. That's my decision'


That's it for this chapter. Boruto admitted his love towards Sumire and learned the truth about her. The next chapters are going to be fire, but I still need to think how I am going to write the battles, because there will be quite many. You can guess who will fight who. I am curious to see what you're going to think.

Sorry that it's shorter than usual and that it took so long to update, but life is currently in the way. I don't know when I am able to update again but I'll try my best for it to be soon.

Thanks for reading and leave a comment. Bye.