~ Authors Note ~
Okay, here we go with part three, I'm almost finished with school and then I can get this story knocked out and move on to some of the other ideas that a brewing in my head right now. I'm not sure exactly where this stories gonna go yet, but we'll find out together. It's like an adventure! Anyways, be sure to favorite and comment below and tell me what you think
Hinata raced up the stairs towards the Hokage's office, Himawari in tow. Her small wrist in her mother's firm grip left no room for Himawari to protest. Not that she'd even considered it, after all, she just found out that her Daddy was still her Daddy. How could she have anything negative t say right now. Though the young nine year old wondered if her big brother knew that.
Inside the office Naruto Uzumaki sat at his desk, Shikamaru Nara, his personal adviser leaned against a wall, yawning. Sasuke and Sakura were there also, keeping a respectable distance between them, given that new nature of things between the other. Everyone else seemed perfectly content, but Sasuke felt a stirring of nerves in the pit of his stomach.
The same feeling he has when he's faced with an opponent hiding in the shadows when on his missions outside the village. Something's wrong, but no one else has said anything so maybe it's all in his head. Sasuke's instincts are proven right when the door of the Hokage's office almost flies off its hinges. Behind it is the beautiful Hyuga heiress and soon-to-be ex-wife of the Hokage himself.
Her face is flushed red and she's panting. Himawari in standing behind her with a grin shinning like that of her father's. All eyes shift to Hinata as she looks around the room.
"H-has anyone seen Boruto or Sarada recently?" she asks after a moment.
Naruto shakes his head, suddenly feeling tense. Why was Hinata asking that? "Why, is something wrong?"
"Bolt was sleeping at the academy ground earlier," all eyes shift to the stoic Uchiha. "I would have woken him, but Sarada got to him first. They were talking, but seeing as I have more important things to do than eavesdrop on two twelve year old's conversing, I left them be. Why?"
"Himawari, repeat what you told me back home," Hinata directs her gaze to the child.
"After Bolt snuck of the house ethis morning, before Mommy woke up and found him, so I followed him to see what he was gonna do. After Konohamaru-san took them back to Daddy's office. I waited for them, and Sarada and the rest come out, but Bolt didn't. A few moment's later, he ran out and went back around to where the academy was, he looked upset."
"And?" Hinata pressed. She hadn't wanted the child to recount her whole day, but asking her to start over would be more of a hassle.
"Well... I was too tired to run, but by the time I got to the academy Bolt and Sarada were talking. I couldn't hear what they were saying, but it looked serious. Then this pale guy with black hair and snake eyes with purple upside down triangles on on face shows up and the two of them just leave with him."
"Pale snake guy?" Sakura asks, a pick eyebrow raised.
"You don't mean..." Sasuke asks Hinata, a knowing glint in his onyx eyes. She hesitantly nods.
"What are you two saying?" Naruto asks, trying to figure out what his best friend and ex-wife are saying between their gaze. Both eyes, black and lavender shift to him, both will a kind of fear in them. Sasuke's with anger brewing and Hinata's with pure terror.
"Orochimaru..." is all that is said before the Uchiha flees the Hokage's office.
Sarada swings her arm forward with her mother's monster strength behind it, just as her fist collides with the ground of the training field, I kick up from the dirt and am airborne and hidden from the cloud of dust as she stands in the crater she made. Adjusting her red glasses, she looks up at her, her black hair flowing with the breeze. A small smile curls across her lips as her narrows her onyx eyes.
"Y'know," I say, landing in one of the trees. "If there's ever a building the needs to be knocked down, they should hire you for the job. Great way to make a living don't you say Sarada? Dattebasa!"
She laughs, shrugging. It's good to hear her laugh, neither of us have been all that cheerful lately. I sure as hell haven't, usually I'm the one to keep everyone in goo spirits, but I haven't been all the great either. At the rustling of leaves, I jump down into the crater with Sarada, pulling a kunai from my sleeve. A dark figure appears over the crater, the cloud above shift enough for us to see the person's face.
Breathing a sigh or relief, I lower my kunai. Sarada glares at the man.
"Papa! You nearly gave me a heart attack... wait, what are you doing here? Weren't you in a meeting with Lord Seventh?" she asks, quirking an eyebrow.
"Where is he?" is the only response.
"Who me? I'm right here, are you really getting that old that you can't see what's right in front of you?" I ask, crossing my arms over my chest. Man, these people really are loosing touch aren't they?
"Orochimaru," he emphasizes the name.
"Orchi-who?" Sarada asks, furring her eyebrows at him.
"If that's some kind of food, I'm sure that it's not safe for consumption," I reply, scratching the back of my head. What's with everyone acting like a lunatic? Every time Sarada and I are sparring, we get interrupted by some insanity.
Sasuke seems to radiate an aura of hostility and anger. "Orochimaru, one of the three legendary Sannin, along with Lady Tsunade the Slug Princess and Jiraiya the Toad Sage."
Blinking twice, I say. "Isn't Lord Seventh one of those?"
"Yes, your dad is," Sasuke-san says.
What do you care what I call the seventh hokage? It's not like it matters anyways, he always wanted me to call him by his official title to the village anyways, rather than the title that I should be able to call him, he is my father after all. Right?
I don't voice my thoughts aloud though.
"Why do you think Bolt and I have seen this Orochimaru character? We've been sparring for awhile now, you know, polishing up our techniques."
He raises an eyebrow at us. "Your sister," he says, directing his attention to me. "Himwari said she saw you and Sarada walk away with a snake man, Orochimaru, to be specific. If that's true, why are you two still here?"
"Maybe because my sister thought she saw something she didn't? Look Sasuke-san, you haven't been around much, but Himawari has a hyperactive imagination, first of all, Mom always told me and Himawari to stay away from creepy ass strangers, so there's no way in hell that I'd go off with some freaky snake pedophile chasing after little boys and girls. And do you honestly believe Sarada's that stupid?"
Sarada growls to my left. Glancing over, her fist is clenched and she's gritting her teeth in anger. "Boruto!"
"N-not that I was implying that you were stupid before that... Sorry, I didn't mean for it to sound as bad as it did. Heh," I rub the back of my neck.
"Both of you, come with me. Right now," he turns without another word.
"Where are we going?" I ask, crawling out of the crater. Following after my former mentor.
Sarada falls into step beside me.
"Back to your father's office, if Himawari did see him, I want to make sure he didn't do something to your minds."
Shrugging more for myself than him, I reply. "Yeah, sure."
As we walk, my gaze shifts to Sarada and her eyes meet mine. Both of us recalling the last words spoken to us by Orochimaru before we entered the training grounds to fool the others.
Remember children, the plan to get you out of Konoha won't be so simple. Keep on your guard and don't let them see your blossoming new colors...
Earlier:
I'm sorry Mother... and Himawari for being such a terrible older brother... and even to Father, the Seventh Hokage and friend to all for not being able to be someone worthy of being your son
This is just something I have to do...
A moment later, we are jumping through the trees of the forest just outside the boundaries of Konoha. Neither of us want to be the first one's to speak as the minutes pass us in constant motion. Orochimaru stops in a clearing, far from the villiage where no one will be able to find our bodies if he decides to slaughter us like animals out here.
He drops down and sits, motioning us to do the same. Reluctantly, I do and Sarada follows my lead.
"Before I start making plans to extract you from Konoha, I want to clarify everything. Make sure I have all the facts first. Is that acceptable?" Orochimaru tilts his head in a questioning manner.
"Ask away," Sarada says.
"The Seventh Hokage is no longer intimate with his wife, the lovely Hyuga Heiress and Boruto mother, correct?" he waits for my nod, which I give. "And Sauke-kun has tired of the hot-headed Sakura Haruno, your mother Sarada?" she nods. "And instead, they are infatuated with each others former lovers?"
"Uh huh."
"And now the both of you wish to escape Konoha before they decide to produce more offspring with their new partners because that would make you two... obsolete? No," he shakes his head. "That's not the correct term now is it?"
"How about remnants or reminders, products of failed relationships. Interference's with the lives of their potential future offspring who will wonder one day why Boruto and I don't share the same Mommy and Daddy as them," Sarada mutters under her breath. Voice still clear enough for us both the hear.
A laugh escapes the sannin. "Such bitter words coming from a young child."
"What's the plan then?" I ask, shifting the discussion back on topic. We need to know how we're supposed to get out of the Hidden Leaf Village without arousing any suspicion. With my father being the Hokage, it certainly makes things a lot more difficult.
A wicked smirk curls on his lips. Team Konohamaru's transport mission. That's the extraction, when your team is exactly halfway between here and the Land of Fire, I'll have specially selected individuals take out the two stragglers and you three will be escorted back to my hideout. Easy enough, when the report gets in, I'll have it assumed that you died in action. Simple enough."
"Lord Seventh can sense chakra when he uses Sage Mode, we can't hide our chakra signatures from that," Sarada points out.
"There's a reason I'm extracting you halfway children, first of all it buys time because they'll either have to return back to Konoha or take the escort to The Land of Fire and then return, also, my base is hidden near the halfway point. My base hides chakra signature, your father, Boruto, won't be able to locate any of you."
"What do you mean three of us?"
He looks to me. "Mitsuki, has decided to return to me if both his teammates are going to. I guess I have the both of you to thank for that, oh how I've missed my precious son."
"So that's it, that all?" Sarada asks, suspicious.
"Absolutely, be prepared children. I'll be seeing you two very soon. For now though, seems your little sister has seen you both leave with me, best if you throw off their suspicion before leaving," with that his body turns into snakes that swirl in a circle so fast that I loose track. And just like that, he's gone.
Arriving at the office that I literally ran from earlier today is kind of strange. It's like when you steal a cookie from the cookie jar in the kitchen and get away with it, only to consider going back and returning the cookie you took the first time. That kind of feeling, only a a much high scale, like the scale is absolutely wrecked in comparison to this feeling.
Sasuke opens the door to the Seventh's office and inside we see Shikamaru-san, Sakura-sama, Mom, and Himawari. The Seventh is obviously there as well, it's his office and second home. Not that our home will be home for much longer. I'm sure he'll kick the three of us out after the divorce is finalized to move his new interest in and Sarada will probably go as well.
"Nii-san!" Himawari escapes from Mom's loose, two armed, front hug and runs over to me, throwing her arms around me in a death squeeze. I ignore the adored look on Sakura, Mom, and even Lord Seventh's face. They're not important right now.
Patting her head awkwardly, I unwrap her hands. "Hey Himawari, what's with the reaction?"
"I thought you were in trouble, Mommy said you were. Especially after you left with that weird guy," she's bouncing on the balls of her feet in excitement. Another pang of guilt ricochets through me.
"Oh and Mommy also told me something else, I really think that I should tell you too big brother."
"Really now? What is it?"
"Mommy told me that—" she's cut off by Mom clearing her throat.
"Himawari, now's not the time for that discussion. The four of us," she says, clearly meaning Lord Seventh, Himawari, herself, and me. "Need to have a talk, as a family. And I suggest the same thing for Sakura, Sasuke-kun, and Sarada."
Sakura looks over to where Mom stands, with Sasuke-san taking his new place at her side. I feel waves of anger, confusion, and frustration rolling over my like a bad hangover on a Monday morning. why couldn't everything just stay the way it was? Why do Sarada, Himawari, and I have to be the odd one's out, it's not like we chose to be born...
Sarada, Boruto," my body invoulintarily freezes at my fathe—Lord Seventh's voice. "Have either of you seen or had any contact with a man by the name of Orochimaru?"
"You mean Mitsuki's father... or mother?" I hear the question in my voice. "No, why would we have contact with some weird snake guy? I have much better things to do then look around for creepy old men. Dattebasa!"
"Plus, I only saw the guy... I mean it, once," Sarada said. "He gave me the heebie-jeebies."
Sakura-sama narrows her eyes. "But Himawari said she saw you both with a snake man."
"Yeah, Mitsuki came by to tell us to make sure to get a good nights rest, plus she was probably pretty far away and it was getting dark so she probably though she saw someone else. Half the time I'm just lucky that I manage to grab all my stuff in one go," I say, shrugging.
"Yeah, because you're a moron," Sarada quips, smirking at me.
Glaring comically, I cross my arms over my chest. "Well if I'm a moron, then you're obviously an idiot."
Her smirk fell. "No I'm not, and what's the difference Bolt?"
"Moron, meaning someone with an IQ lower than 70 and an idiot, someone with an IQ lower than 50," I shrug. "At least that's what I read in some book I found. Where did I pick up a book at?"
Mom clears her throat. "Okay, how about the three of you run along. We'll have a discussion with each of you later, but right now, the four of us, and Shikamaru-san need to have a private discussion."
"Sure, whatever. Come on Himawari," I say, following behind Sarada as my little sister flies out of the room like something's chasing her and I make sure to close Da—I mean, Lord Seventh's office door behind me.
As soon as Boruto shut the office door behind him, Sasuke spoke.
"Was that odd, or was it just me?" he asks, keeping his stoic expression. He never understood why everyone always got so worked up, showing emotions so openly was a weakness for enemies to exploit. Keep a calm, collected manner and intimidate them worked better.
"Hinata, what did you mean earlier," the medical ninja asks, plopping down in one of the seats in front of Naruto's desk.
It took the Hyuga a few moments before she remembered. "Oh! That. Well, you see..." she trails, trying to figure out the best way to say this. It's not every day that you tell your close friends, new lover, and soon to be ex-husband that your daughter literally believed that her dad wasn't her dad anymore. Not to mention that she suspected that her own son and Sarada may feel the same way.
And unlike Himawari who was still rather young and innocent in comparison to her older brother, those two wouldn't be so easy to convince. For her daughter, she just had to tell her straight out, Bolt would buck and fight until it was proved absolute. Sarada would be easy to convince then her son would, the Uchiha was much like her father, more stoic and prone to thinking things rationally.
Taking a breath Hinata says, "Himawari said something that makes me think Boruto and Sarada are feeling the same way..."
I'm totally leaving it right at this cliffhanger, we all already know what she's gonna tell them and I can percieve way to many ways for it to go, but I got another idea for what will happen. I still won't make this super long, but we'll just see how long it takes for this plot. Anyways, hope you enjoyed this and sorry for taking so long. I was a bit stuck around the ending of this chapter.