A/N: Hello! First off I'd like to thank all the favorites and follows which have really helped motivate me to try to give a follow up chapter as soon as I could. Now before we get on to other matters I'll address the reviews.
Hanmac: To answer your question while spoiling and not giving too much, I'll refer you to remember the time travel event and go over it in your head a few times. As for Chocho that would be freaking hilarious, I just can't really seem to be able to write her well myself and didn't think about her when I initially started this work.
JohnPeaceKeeper: I really appreciate the compliment I am actually pretty worried myself about this fanfiction's similarities to others before it and I was really hoping to bank a difference in dynamic that hasn't been used in the other ones I've seen. I placed the time of their arrival between the land of waves arc and the starting of the chunin exam arc. I'm just ecstatic with all I want to write them living in this new time.
Blaze27: I will try my best, but my schedule can be quite busy.
Guest: Ah yes Bolt's vocabulary, initially when I started the idea for this fanfiction Gaiden hadn't even come out yet, much less the trailers for the movie so you should base canon on only 700 for the terms of this fanfiction. However, some of elements from the trailers and Gaiden (especially for Sarada) have been thrown in to flesh out the background a bit more. Sarada should be about the same, but I will try to demonstrate that her adult figures she has had the opportunity to inspire to be are Naruto, and possibly Sakura. I really hope to reflect that. As for Bolt, I disliked Boruto's character in the way he seems to be dealt with in 700 and the trailers, so this is going to be a slight AU in terms of Bolt.
All that said... I understand and agree I should tone down Bolt's vocabulary, not even Neji talked so stoic (the relevance of that is a pretty huge spoiler, I can't keep my big mouth shut -). Therefore, I will be trying to tone down his speech to only reflect his status as estranged off shoot of the main Branch of the Hyuuga and son of the legendary seventh Hokage. I had an explanation for his speech patterns being the first scene of this chapter, but now it will seem like such a cop out lol.
Guest #2: =)
Now with the reviews out of the way, I shall continue on with business, which I don't believe there is much left... good reviews everyone, you managed to get a lot more out of me then I should have given.
Disclaimer: I own nothing! If I did every arc would have been like the land of waves and WWNinja would have been for reasons other than mystical super 10 tails summons. A lot more blood and fighting between the shinobi nations, but we work with what we got!
"So... Its been bugging me for a while now..." His father began trying to start a conversation after he had finally calmed down from his shock.
"Yes?" The rather sullen blonde responded to his dad's invitation.
"How come you talk so weird? I don't think I've understood even half the words you've said..." Naruto inquired while scratching the side of his head.
Bolt furrowed his brow taking a few moments to fully register the question before responding "It's a by product of my upbringing that... I guess I don't really need to keep up anymore..." The realization of how much he was still holding on to the future comforting himself with something as pathetic as a forced learned speech pattern. I guess Haishi's speech therapy was a lot more effective than I gave him credit for.
"How'd you end up stuck talking like a boring, old dictionary?" His ever blunt father demanded without a single ounce of subtlety.
"My speech patterns where far cruder when I was young, and it didn't much fit with my supposed status . One day you and mother decided that I could use some education in elegancy, so I was shipped to a... correctional facility." The taller blonde responded as he devoured the bowl of ramen before him. In reality its just my grandfather's estate but I've been to prisons that were more lenient than the Hyuuga Estate.
"A correctional- That doesn't sound like anything I'd ever do!" Naruto countered taken slightly aback at the story.
"Hnn... well it hardly matters right now either way. You'll learn to guard your career and reputation in time anyway." Bolt dismissed and muttered to himself. "We have other business that is much more prudent to deal with or have you forgotten your promise already?"
"No way! Naruto Uzumaki is a ninja of his word I'll keep my promise to help you find your friends! Its my nindo, my ninja way!" The cerulean blue eyed boy proclaimed.
Keh.. As if I hadn't heard the exact same lie a thousand times before.
"So! Who are we looking for?!" Naruto grinned broadly causing his son to form a nervous frown.
"There is a female raven haired, glasses, about my height, and the same age as me. Then there is a another female around 2/3 my height, violet-blue hair, about four years my junior, and... two whiskers on either side of her face." The lavender eyed boy divulged realizing the futility or retaining the ancestry of his sister.
"Raven... violet-blue- wait!" The shorter blonde flailed practically dislodging his eyes. "Y-you mean?!"
"Uzumaki Himawari, first daughter of the seventh Hokage, and my sister." He clarified to his father.
"Woah! So I have two kids in the future?! No way that's totally awesome!... I really didn't..." His father marveled and started to rub away tears that hadn't yet leaked.
"?... What-" He tried to nag as his father intervented.
Naruto suddenly embraced his son, hair covering his face, "I-I j-j-just still can't really believe. I have a family!" he croaked. "I've never had one before... I... always wondered what it would be like... To have it just drop in on me like this. I just really don't-" His father whimpered as his hands trembled clasping his son's jacket.
What is this? What is this feeling burning inside me? Bolt's hands began to shiver and quake as he broiled in anger scowling fiercely. Stop acting as if you appreciate having a family member or two show up when all you've ever cared about is being Hokage! Enough with your fucking rhetoric you're nothing but broken promises, false vows, and nice words! You've never shown the slightest interest in actually being there for your family even once why are you pretending to care about me being here now?! Unable to contain himself the tall blonde grasped his father's shoulders and shoved him back.
Bolt nearly gasped at the sight before him. Before him stood his father teary and leaking a bit of mucus from his nose, that in itself was not that uncommon of the sight, he had known his father as a very flamboyant individual. What seemed to leave time frozen was his eyes, eyes that he had never seen on his father; his father was a bright man that seemed to inspire others, and generally brighten the mood of those around him.
What stood before him now was not the father he knew. His eyes seemed faded the light within them gone, they were empty, longing, lonely even. Why does my father have these eyes? Bolt knew the beloved and revered legend that was his father; accepted by everyone, beloved by most of them, and respected by his most starched opponents.
The lavender eyed boy allowed his eyes to drift over the room absorbing the scenery with new perspective. It was lonely, empty, abandoned, and the signs of depressive neglect were more obvious than he would've previously even allowed him to acknowledge. Its empty, just like his eyes. His eyes are the same as.
A image of Sarada's shadow formed besides the future Hokage having the same eyes. They are the same eyes I've seen her make when she thinks no one is noticing back during the academy days; before she became my father's apprentice. He slowly slid his arms off his fathers shoulders. "I guess you were right sensei..." He finally grumbled.
"...Bolt?..." His father inquired.
A tall blue haired man stands still as a yellow blur constantly streaks across the scene leaving nothing but sparks and the clinging of metal in its wake. Sasuke then places an end to the spar striking Bolt with the hilt of his blade causing the much lighter child to fly back crouching down.
"Hnn... that's enough for today" The Uchiha warned the over zealous Uzumaki.
"Ha...Ha...Ha..." The lavender eye boy panted heavily. "I thought you proposed a lesson of grave importance. All I've accomplished is sharpening my kendo."
"You've already had the lesson." Sasuke pointed out expressionless towards two unconscious ninja.
Two shinobis laid in the direction. A brown haired lad in his late teens collapsed near a overturned tree; his metal plated shin guards shattered. The second masked shinobi hanged upon the fallen tree with several tears exposing his chainmail armor underneath his flak jacket.
"That hardly qualifies at a lesson; they barely succeeded in stalling me for a brief moment." Bolt whined to his sensei.
"Then what did you learn?" The blue haired man inquired.
"Learn?... their tactics were sloppy and used poor cooperation to engage me, the brown haired one's swing was-" The boy began.
"What of the shinobi? Have you understood them at all?" Sasuke interjected.
"... I fail to see the relevance of-" Bolt attempted to retort.
"Boruto your father is just a dope, but what made him a legend was not pure fighting prowess. He managed to convey himself and reach an understanding with others even as they clashed in battle." The Uchiha clarified.
"That's simple then, Byakugan!" The lavender eyed boy activated his as he walked to the disabled shinobi. "With my Byakugan I can see the slightest detail and even extrapolate their thoughts as-"
"You still don't understand it Boruto. What you achieve from the Byakugan is just observation I cam talking about forming a bond with your opponent and reaching understanding of each other through combat." His sensei explained. "You desire to surpass your father, but you've not taken the slightest steps towards that. You have come to me asking me to teach you how to be a great Shinobi; through me you have gained 'power', but you've neglected what has made your father a legend. He did not achieve his status of the Nanadaime Hokage, the hero of legend out of sheer power."
"That is ridiculous! All the training I've done till now, are you telling me I've achieved nothing?!" Bolt exclaimed.
"Boruto... I'll tell you until you can understand this principle. You're progress to catching up and surpassing your father cannot even be measured in micrometers."Sasuke sighed.
Bolt tensed up balling his hands into a fist. Its always the same! No matter how much progress I make I never move forward! No matter how much I try to move forward I am perpetually placed in my fathers shadow. And now all I've achieved is meaningless before this one ridiculous notion?!
"Hmph" The blue haired man snickered with a grin as he approached his afflicted student. "It's sickening to admit it but in that respect even I'm still attempting to catch up to your father. Maybe next time?" His sensei chided as he tapped his forehead before disappearing in a cloud of smoke.
"...Bolt?..." Naruto repeated. "What's eating you? Even if it was just for a second I thought I saw something eating away at you. C'mon you can tell you're father right?" His father repeated his iconic grin as if the previous sorrow on his face had been a figment of imagination.
I think I am starting to understand if even just slightly sensei... This sniffling, abandoned wreck before me managed to achieve the title of Nanadaime Hokage. I am here standing before him but there may as well be a vast ocean between us, this is something that I can't merely surpass with power. Even now with this vast difference in power I sense clearly, the measures of our existence cannot even be compared. "I'm just contemplating what lays ahead, we have a lot of work to do if we're going to accomplish those goals" The taller blonde lied.
"Hey! I don't think you can just li-" His father retorted as he was intercepted by 'gentle' tap to the forehead. "OWWWWWW! WTF?! Again with that fucking poke! Why the hell does it hurt so damn much?! And why did you get me in the head?!" Naruto growled.
"Just marking something for later..." Bolt mused before furrowing his brows. "We have a prudent tasks set before us and cannot afford to be bogged down in such trifle matters or would you prefer to prolong our proquiring of your second born?" The lavender eyed Uzumaki stated in monotone.
"Again with those big words! I don't even understand half of what you just said!" The shorter blonde snarled before curving the ends of his mouth into a smirk. "But I still get what matters! Sure lets get this Uzumaki reunion on the road and I just know we're gonna find here. 100% Uzumaki guarantee!" His father vowed pumping out his fist.
"I thought I informed you to never repeat anything the likes of those statements again..." Bolt narrowed his eyes and frowning in disgust.
"Wha- D-Don't look down on your own father like that!" Naruto shrieked.
A/N: well that's that for this chapter and I hope you enjoyed it. I'm sorry if the quality of the work isn't what you've expected I been under a lot of pressure in my classes recently, but I felt obligated to post after that reception.
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