Hey everyone! It's my last night in Hong Kong and I wanted to update you all with another chapter. I hope you are enjoying this story. Also, if you feel like leaving a review, please don't hesitate to do so!
Anyway, I hope you liked the old show That's So Raven, cause I stole one of their jokes. Bonus points if you can guess which one!
Meanwhile, back with the adults, the group continued to chit chat, until talk came to Bolt and Himawari.
"You know," began Shino looking toward Naruto and Hinata, "as Bolt's teacher, I've been wondering something…"
"What is it?" asked Naruto in a tone that said, "Oh gosh, what did he do now?"
"Well," said Shino, "Bolt is not only an Uzumaki but a Hyuga, right?"
Hinata nodded her head. "Nine months of my life can attest to that."
The group remained silent, until Kiba finally asked "What?"
Hinata sighed as her joke failed. "I was joking…" she said, "it's supposed to mean something along the lines of 'I made that baby.'"
"And I helped!" said Naruto proudly.
The group did their best to suppress their collective facepalms. Except for Shino and Sai of course. Shino was too composed for that sort of behavior, and Sai didn't get it.
"Well," continued Shino, unfazed, "has any of them showed any hint of Byakugan capabilities?"
"I don't think so, Shino," said Ino, speaking about a subject she obviously knew nothing about.
"I mean, aren't Byakugan users supposed to have white eyes?" continued Ino, posing a very logical inference despite having no first-hand experience with Byakugan genetics.
"Well…" started Hinata slowly, "I'm not sure actually. I mean, from what I know you have to have white eyes to use the Byakugan properly but…"
"But what?" asked Lee.
"Well," said Hinata, "when Naruto became Hokage, he had to work a lot, but still wanted the kids to know he was around. So he used to leave a Shadow Clone to play with the kids…but…"
"They automatically started crying when my Shadow Clone would pick them up or even say hello," said Naruto. Suddenly, his voice dropped to a whisper as if he was speaking about some frightening news. "It's as if they knew!"
"Oh wow!" exclaimed the group.
"We've been meaning to send them to the Hyuga compound to see if they need any Byakugan training," said Naruto.
"But, we're not exactly sure they're ready for that kind of thing!" Hinata remarked quickly.
"Well," smiled Lee, "it's good to know the blessings of youth have been granted upon our children!"
"Yes!" exclaimed Sakura, "I couldn't help but see you training with your son. I hope you're not pushing him too hard."
Lee smiled. "Of course not! Me and [{{Name Withheld Until Canonical Announcement}}] have been taking it slow! I do not plan on bringing in Gai-sensei's regiment until he has graduated from the academy!"
"That's wonderful," smiled Hinata, "of course, I'm sad to see that Choji and Chocho were unable to be here." Hinata looked toward Shikamaru, "and Temari and Shikadai, of course."
Shikamaru shrugged his shoulders. "Well, what can I do? I guess I just have to realize that my son's not just a Leaf Ninja. He's a Sand Ninja too."
"Boy!" said Tenten, "that would be a huge dilemma if there was ever a war."
"War!" exclaimed Naruto thanks to selective hearing as he was dozing off due to children talk, "What war? Who's going to war?"
"Relax Naruto!" said Tenten, "it was just a hypothetical."
"Geez, Tenten," said Naruto getting back to his seat. "Don't say that word! It freaks me out!"
"Dear…" said Hinata, patting Naruto's back, "I don't think that's what Nagato meant…"
"You can't be too sure!" said Naruto, "last time I was in a war I lost a fucking arm!"
Hinata sighed as she disapproved of her husband's diction.
"By the way," said Hinata looking at her former teammates, "I'm surprised you two don't have kids of your own!"
Kiba and Shino shrugged their shoulders. "We probably do," said Kiba quietly.
"Yeah," said Shino, just as quietly, "unfortunately they're just haven't arrived yet."
"Having such few kids is dreadful!" exclaimed Lee, "in the hypothetical situation that someone should want to utilize our children in some sort of creative enterprise, having so few a number makes it hard to work with."
"Not like us," said Tenten, "we're a plethora of personalities and just bubbling with a variety of possible plots."
The rest of the adults nodded their heads in agreement. -_-
When Bolt, Inojin, and Himawari arrived at the training ground, Bolt dug a hole under a nearby tree, much to Inojin's confusion and Himawari's interest. Out of the hole, Bolt pulled up a box in which he kept another set of clothes. Hiding in the bushes to change, Bolt jumped out in his usual attire. Inojin was already in his regular clothes and Himawari just watched in her yukata.
"Alright Inojin!" exclaimed Bolt, "let's show Himawari how two ninjas in training do it!"
Inojin just kind of loafed around. "I don't know Bolt," said Inojin, "I mean we saw the training grounds…why don't we get back? I mean, it's already dark, the fireworks will start soon."
"The fireworks won't start for another four hours!" exclaimed Bolt, "c'mon Inojin, let's just spar a little."
"Look Bolt," said Inojin, "I just really don't feel like sparring right now."
"What!" exclaimed Bolt, "why did you come when you didn't feel like sparring?"
"Because you made me!"
"Why do you think we wanted you to come?"
Himawari looked back and forth while her brother and Inojin argued about why one of them wanted to spar and why someone invited whoever to what place. In Himawari's view, it was all very noisy, but being more than very noisy, it was all very tedious.
"Uh, guys…" said Himawari when she found the chance.
"Yeah?" asked the two blonde boys.
"If Inojin doesn't want to spar, Big Brother," said the little girl, "why don't you just ask Sarada?"
"What?" exclaimed Bolt, "what are you talking about? Sarada's not here."
"Yes she is!" exclaimed Himawari, "Look!"
Himawari pointed behind her, and realizing her cover was blown, Sarada stepped out from behind the tree.
Not even questioning the fact that Himawari seemed to be able to see someone hiding behind a tree from behind her head, Bolt was surprised to find that Sarada had been following them.
"Oh…hey!" said Bolt, not really sure what to say. He was especially confused as Sarada seemed to be dressed in her normal attire and not in her pink yukata.
Sarada turned her head away from the other kids, a little pout on her face.
"Sarada Uchiha?" questioned Inojin, "what are you doing here?"
Sarada, still not looking at the others gave a shrug.
"Maybe she wants to fight you guys?" Himawari posited. "Or maybe," she continued, "maybe she likes you, Big Brother."
Bolt jumped up at Himawari's bold assertion. "What!?" he exclaimed.
Sarada, though on the other side of Himawari gave an equally shocked reaction.
"Don't worry, Bolt," smiled Himawari, "she's pretty! You'd make a great couple!"
Sarada twitched and ran toward the group. Lifting up her fist she headed straight for Bolt.
"Idiot!" she screamed as she hit Bolt's head, pushing him back a little bit.
"What?!" shouted Bolt as he was pushed back, "what did I do?"
Sarada was a little embarrassed. She wanted to dispel Himawari's seeds of a rumor, but she wasn't about to hit a defenseless little girl. Then again, hitting Bolt just made her seem psychotic. Confused about what to do next, Sarada did the only thing she could think of: turn away.
Bolt and Inojin didn't really know what to say. Neither of them really had much experience with women. Sure, Bolt had Himawari, but Himawari and Sarada were barely comparable. Inojin, on the other hand, had less excuse, but in his experience of women, he finally decided that any Venn diagram he could make of the women in his life would be so divergent it wouldn't be functional, so he gave up on trying to figure out women.
"Um…" began Inojin, "so, if you don't mind me asking. Why are you here?"
Sarada didn't know what to reply. She had been caught without an excuse. "Is it a crime to walk around your own village?"
Bolt rubbed the bump on his head. "Guess not," he said, "but its one thing to run into someone. It's another thing to see them on the outskirts dressed in their battle clothes."
"Hmph!" Sarada said, still facing away.
"Do you want to play with us, Sarada?" asked Himawari with a smile.
"We're not playing Sis!" said Bolt, "this is high level ninja training!"
"But you didn't even start to fight…" said Himawari.
The kids went on conversing in their adolescent awkwardness, not noticing a figure was watching them from a tree branch.
"Ha!" whispered the figure to himself, "well, looks like a treasure trove over here! The Hokage's daughter…I bet he would pay a hefty ransom for her…"
The man, for the figure was not only a man, but a ninja, smiled to himself and lifted up his right hand to make a hand sign.
"And they're a bunch of kids too!" he laughed, "this is going to be the easiest money I've ever made."
With that, the kids began to feel sleepy as the sleep genjutsu began to envelop the training ground.
"Whoa…" said Inojin, his eyes slowly closing, "what…what's going on?"
Sarada's eyes widened. "This…this is a genjutsu!"
"Himawari!" said Bolt tiredly as he looked toward his little sister.
Himawari's chin had fallen to her chest and her eyes had already shut. She had fallen under the genjutsu first as she had still not undergone even academy-level ninja training.
Bolt looked back at Sarada and Inojin who were already on the ground, hit hard by the sleep genjutsu that was falling on the four of them.
"What…the hell is going on here…" said Bolt, as he felt his own eye lids grow heavier. Before his eyes closed, she saw the feet of the adult ninja approach Himawari.
"Oh!" the voice trickled into Bolt's ear as he began falling asleep. "The Hokage's son is here too?"
From shear willpower, Bolt was able to continue staying conscious.
"Well," laughed the ninja, "I don't really want to cause any international incidents, and besides…"
The ninja turned his head towards Bolt, "someone has to tell the story. Ain't that right kid?"
Bolt bit his lip as he looked up at the ninja. His vision was getting blurry, but all that he could make out was that the kidnapper had white hair and a large, black thing on his back.
"What do you want with my sister?" asked Bolt.
"I'm surprised you could last this long," smiled the ninja, "you're no ordinary kid, are you?"
The ninja picked up Himawari and put her over his shoulder. "Well, anyway," smiled the kidnapper, "tell your Dad that a ransom note'll be in the mail."
With that the ninja jumped toward the forest, disappearing into the dense backdrop of trees.
"No!" said Bolt as the sleep finally overtook him, "Hima…wari…"
As Bolt uttered the name of his sister, he was engulfed by the genjutsu, allowing his head to fall to the ground below him.
Thank you everyone for your interest in this story! I really appreciate it! Chapter 5 coming soon!