"Okay boys and girls, you're dismissed for today" Aburame-Sensei announced to the students sitting in the bleachers. Bolt got up and headed for the front exit, where many student's parents were waiting to pick them up for some last minute training. Of course, no one was going to be around for him, his mother had to take care of Himawari and his father was busy with work. Bolt stood in front of the Academy, and watched each of his friends leave with someone.
"Guy!" Lee was running towards his son "the power of youth must bloom!" He pointed towards the village and decided "we'll run 300 laps!" and ran off, Guy followed close behind.
"Let's go Shikadai" Temari sounded annoyed "Your father is waiting"
"You too Chocho" Karui was standing close to Temari, pointing at her daughter.
"Inojin, we have to hurry" Sai was beckoning his son over to him.
Bolt waited until the entire courtyard had cleared, for some reason, he held onto the hope that someone would show up. He heard the Academy door open up behind him and Sarada walked up beside him.
"No one's coming for us" the brunette was pushing her glasses up towards her face.
Bolt stuck his hands into his pockets. "Your mom might come" the blonde shrugged his shoulders.
"She'll be at the hospital all night, and my dad is... Well, you know" Bolt looked over to her, she just seemed so sad.
"Seems like you two have a dilemma then" A white haired man, who had suddenly appeared near the Academy gate, stated. Bolt could hear the ringing of bells.
"Who are- you?" Bolt wasn't sure at first, however once the man had stepped out of the shadows, it became much clearer.
"Just passing by" The man smiled from under his mask.
"Uncle Kakashi?" Bolt was beyond shocked, he hadn't seen him in at least a year.
"Lord Sixth?" Sarada questioned.
"You two..." Kakashi was now walking towards them. "are the spitting image of your fathers"
Bolt felt a sudden rush of pride fill him, as Kakashi placed his hands on both of their heads.
"How about you train with me?" The former Hokage proposed to them.
"Wait, really!?" Bolt was excited now, he rarely ever got trained by anyone, he always had to do it himself.
"But you're..." Sarada was protesting "kind of old"
"I trained your parents didn't I?" Kakashi seemed slightly offended by Sarada's remarks.
"C'mon Sarada! This is awesome!"
"Haha" A man in a wheelchair had rolled up next to the former Hokage "So this is the new YOUTH!"
"So there you are, Guy" Kakashi turned to look at the Blue-beast.
G-Guy Bolt immediately thought of his classmate.
"So then" Kakashi began walking to the center of the training court, on the side of the Academy Building. "All you two have to do... Is get these two bells from me" the former Hokage was holding two silver bells out in front of him.
"That's it?" Bolt snickered, how was this, old man gonna stop him from just taking them?
"It won't be that easy" Sarada was quick to note "He was Hokage for a reason"
"Let's begin, come at me with every intention of ending my life" Kakashi extended his right hand, and waved, inviting them to attack.
The former Copy-ninja was reminiscing about his old team, as Bolt charged towards him. Like father, like son, he chuckled to himself. One swift kick to Bolt's shoulder sent the blonde flying into the fence at the end of the court. Kakashi turned back to see a barrage of Kunai flying directly towards him, he evaded it by jumping out of the way.
"That's all you two have got?" Kakashi taunted as Bolt made another charge towards him, this time with one of the Kunai Sarada had thrown in his hand, the former Hokage blocked in with his own knife. What he hadn't expected was the blonde to grab his wrist with the opposite hand, and use it as a pivot to aim a kick at his head. Kakashi ducked in time, but he felt Bolt push off his back and wondered why he was fleeing. He then looked up to see the young-Uchiha forming hand seals.
"Fire-Style Fireball Jutsu" Sarada announced as she moved her hand up to her mouth, forming a circle around her lips. Seconds later a ball of fire was barreling towards Kakashi. He was actually impressed at the level of teamwork they were displaying. Bolt had attacked him head on twice, giving his partner time to prepare her attacks while he distracted their opponent. Furthermore, the blonde had gaged perfectly when he should disengage to allow Sarada the best chance of hitting her target. Kakashi knew he could dodge it, but he felt like showing off a little, he couldn't have these kids thinking he was some old slouch.
Tora Mi Ne Mi Tora Kakashi formed the seals necessary to defend himself. Water Style: Water Wall. A giant plume of steam arose as the fire and water clashed, covering the training court.
"Shadow Clone Jutsu!" The former copy-ninja heard Bolt shout from about twenty different places at once. So he can use his father's shadow clones? The old ninja mused to himself. Seconds later, five copies of Bolt began to attack him simultaneously. He's using the cover of the smoke to ambush me? Kakashi wondered what Sarada's next move would be, as he dispatched Bolt's clones one by one. By the time the smoke had cleared, he could see the two standing next to each other.
Bolt was breathing heavily "He's... strong"
"Of course he is, it would be impossible for us to beat him" She really was just like her father, and maybe a little like her mother as well.
"That's not the power of YOUTH!" Guy was cheering from the sidelines "Both of you attack him at the same time!"
Naruto was sitting in his office looking over a request to find the Feudal Lady's cat, for the sixth time this month, when Moegi walked into his office bearing a slight grin.
"What's up" The Hokage looked up from his paperwork.
"You might want to see this, Lord Hokage" She was walking back out the door, guiding him to follow.
Naruto wondered what on earth could possibly be happening now, as he was guided down the hallway and into the Jonin standby area. Moegi walked over to the window, and opened the blinds that covered the window overlooking the Academy. Naruto looked down onto the training court to find Bolt and... Kakashi-Sensei?
"Is that?" The Hokage was having a hard time controlling his laughter as he watched Bolt and Sarada continuously attacking his aging predecessor.
"Lord Sixth" Moegi smiled "Yes" She began to walk out of the room.
"Thanks..." Naruto paused, feeling himself getting a little choked up over both the nostalgia of the moment and the fact that his son was really growing up "for showing me this"
"Of... of course My Lord" Moegi bowed and left the room.
Naurto took a seat in front of the window, and watched the fight unfold. He watched as Bolt conjured up more shadow-clones to his aid, and thought back to when he taught his son that technique. The next generation was growing up so fast. The Hokage watched as both Sarada and Bolt struggled to get anywhere close to the bells clipped to his Sensei's waist. The fight lasted another good hour until the two kids were close to exhaustion, having expended almost all of their chakra. Naruto decided to teleport down and congratulate his son on a good effort.
A second later, Naruto was on the training court. He caught Bolt as he was beginning to fall over.
"Hey dad" the young kid whispered, he really had been beaten, but Naruto could've sworn that was the happiest he had ever seen the kid.
"Lord Seven-" Kakashi caught Sarada who was also about to fall over.
"Maybe you went a little overboard, Kakashi-Sensei" Naruto looked over to his former teacher, and smirked at him.
"I fear I'm a bit too old for this" Kakashi admitted "Honestly, a couple more years and I might not have made it" The old man chuckled
"You have gotten old, Kakashi!" Guy rolled up in his wheelchair.
"Well, I'll take this one home" Kakashi picked up Sarada, and placed her on his back.
"Be careful, Sakura just might kill you" Naruto advised his predecessor jokingly.
"I'll be be careful" Kakashi laughed as he began to push Guy's wheelchair towards Sakura and Sasuke's house.
Naruto nodded to his old teacher, before teleporting back to his own home, he wondered if he would be early enough for Hinata.
Sakura was currently in the middle of preparing dinner when she heard a knock on her door, her daughter never knocked, so she wondered who her visitor was. The kunoichi found out once she opened her door to a familiar masked face.
"Ka-Kakashi-Sensei" It wasn't everyday her former teacher stopped by for a visit, however, why was he carrying Sarada on his shoulders? "What happened!?"
"We did a little bell training" The white-haired man explained as he rested the young girl down on the couch. "They really are... Just like their fathers"
"Yea... They are" Sakura was looking down at her daughter as she thought about her time on Team 7, and about how much Bolt are Sarada really were like Naruto and Sasuke.
"Sorry if I went a little hard on her, but she and Bolt worked really well together" Kakashi smiled "They're going to make a great team"
"Or a very scary one" Sakura was imaging what the offspring of her two insane teammates could get themselves into.
"That too" The former Hokage smiled "The next generation... Will always surpass the one before it", he waved as he walked out the door.
Sakura turned her attention back to her daughter, who was waking up on the couch. She walked over and knelt down on the floor beside her, and began using medical jutsu to seal some of her daughter's minor wounds.
"Boys are-" Sarada was about to say her usual line, when Sakura cut her off.
"Really stupid?"
"Yea" Sarada grinned slightly.
"But you don't mean 'boys' do you?" Sakura paused for a moment, she could read her daughter like an open book "You mean 'boy'"
"Boy?" Sarada looked at her mother with a slightly embarrassed look. There was a slight tint of red on her daughter's cheeks and it hadn't escaped Sakura's notice.
"Bolt" Sakura watched for her daughter's reaction as she casually dropped the name. The blush seemed to intensify, and Sarada turned her head away.
"He's stupid" Sarada exclaimed.
"What's that mean?" Sakura had her daughter right where she wanted her, she was going to express her real feeling and not be like her father who insisted on sharing close to nothing.
"He's annoying" Sarada responded without hesitation. Sakura could feel her daughter's heartbeat rising as she closed up the last of her wounds.
"Why?" Sakura pushed for a real answer again as her daughter sat up, and began to walk to her room.
"Because he is!" the young-Uchiha was getting agitated, Sakura had pushed her close to the edge, she could tell.
Maybe I should tease her a bit The medical-nin thought to herself. "Is it because you think he's cute?" Sakura prompted her daughter, and then prepared for the backlash.
"NO!" Sarada way yelling at this point, but there was no hiding it, her face was as red as a tomato and her glasses were fogging up.
"Okay, okay" Sakura relented for the time being. You're just like your father! The kunoichi was raging on the inside as she thought back to all the times she had wanted Sasuke to just share what he was feeling with her, to give her something! She had known he was interested when he returned to the village 3 years after the war, but it took him months to even talk to her! Even Naruto had a better handle on love than he did! Of course, he wasn't like that today. Sakura had broken that man's wall a long time ago. She would make sure her daughter knew about love, that was her responsibility as a mother.
Naruto had teleported himself home, and brought Bolt up to bed. The poor kid was wiped out, but he had really given it his all, and Naruto was extremely proud of him for it.
"Hey dad?" Bolt looked up to Naruto as he was tucking him in.
"Yes?" The Hokage smiled at his son.
"Uncle Kakashi is super strong" Bolt groaned "everything hurts"
Naruto looked at his son, who was wincing over the beating he had received. He remembered his own bell test, he'd been sore for a few days too.
"He sure is" Naruto nodded, before turning off Bolt's bedroom light "Goodnight"
"Goodnight, Dad"
Naruto shut the door, and immediately rushed to his bedroom, hoping he wasn't home too late.