Hello readers! I am now in Singapore which will be my last destination before I go back home to the States. Unfortunately, my computer broke, so I'm trying to upload this chapter via iPad. Hopefully it works out! If any of you feel the need to rate and review, please do not hesitate to do so! Oh! and Happy New Year!

"Well!" shouted the Mist ninja, "if that's the way you kids want to play it!"

He took his sword and quickly sliced Himawari in two almost forcing Bolt to vomit. Yet, Himawari only poofed and turned into logs with the real little girl appearing under a tree a ways away from the battle field.

Sarada quickly put her hand on Bolt's shoulder as he recovered from seeing a dummy of his sister be decapitated.

"It's okay Bolt, it was just a log, again."

Bolt gasped for breath for a while. "Why exactly are there random logs just lying around a forest. I mean, I get it if it's a tree trunk, but when was the last time you were walking around the forest and saw a bunch of discarded logs that you could use to take on human images?"

"Now's not the time!" said Sarada.

Bolt nodded. "Look Sarada…We actually have a bit of flexibility. I don't think he can kill us, since killing us would be a huge problem for him."

"That's right! That explains why he didn't actually pick up Himawari."

"Yeah…and I think I've got a plan. Do you see these?"

"Demon Wind Shuriken?" said Sarada.

"Yeah," said Bolt, "I stole them off of Inojin."

"Normally I'd scold you, but this is different. Do you have a plan?"

"Kind of," said Bolt, "but we'll have to be really lucky. Thankfully, he kind of underestimates us."

"Look kids," said the ninja, "I've you're done talking, I'd like to…"

"Fire Style: Great Fireball Jutsu!" exclaimed Sarada as she blew another fireball at the ninja.

The Mist ninja did not expect a sudden blast of fire, but thanks to his water jutsu, defended himself, resulting in a large amount of steam covering the battlefield.

"Wow!" said the ninja, a little excited, "I didn't expect you to be able to do two!"

"I can do three a day!" exclaimed a girl's voice from the steam.

"Sarada!" exclaimed Bolt's voice in annoyance, "don't tell him that!"

The Mist ninja gave a loud laugh. "You kids have no battle experience whatsoever!"

The steam began to clear. As it began to dissipate, the Mist ninja could notice the figures of Bolt and Sarada in front of him.

"Ha!" laughed the Mist ninja, "there you are!"

As he began to charge, he noticed a large, black object flying toward him. In surprise, he jumped into the air.

"A Demon Wind Shuriken!" thought the Ninja in surprise, "where did these kids manage to get one of those?"

The Shuriken missed the ninja and found itself lodged into a tree at the edge of the battle field.

"Well!" shouted the ninja as he descended to the ground. The steam had cleared and he could see Bolt and Sarada clearly. "I'll admit that was good, but not good enough…what?"

The Sarada, standing next to Bolt suddenly poofed, revealing itself to actually be a large toad.

"Alright Gamakichi!" shouted Bolt, "I can't believe I summoned you this time!"

"Ha!" laughed Gamakichi, "sure beats the tadpoles, huh kid?"

"Never mind that!" said Bolt, "do it now!"

"Sheesh you're annoying!" said the toad. "Toad Oil Bullet!"

The mist ninja suddenly turned around to realize that the Demon Wind Shuriken had actually poofed into Sarada.

"Fire Style!" she yelled, "Fire Ball Jutsu!"

The Toad Oil and the Fire Ball collided as they hit the Mist ninja, enveloping the entire battlefield in an array of flames.

"Fire Style!" smirked Bolt, "Toad Flame Bomb."

Now finished with the attack, Bolt and Gamakichi ran over toward's Himawari's body.

"Alright Gamakichi!" said Bolt, "I need you to bring Himawari back to the village!"

"Heh," said Gamakichi, "sure, why no…"

Gamakichi suddenly poofed away, leaving Bolt alone with Himawari in his arms.

"Gamakichi?" said Bolt in shock. "NOOOOOOOOOO!" he exclaimed realizing that his chakra was not controlled well enough to keep Gamakichi around a little longer. "Now is when I needed you!"

Sarada looked over at Bolt with a bit of sympathy in her eyes. She wanted to feel bad, but it all seemed a little funny. That was, until it happened.

"Alright…" said a voice from the fire. "I'm tired of this shit. I've played ninja with you kids for long enough, but now…now I'm mad!"

He ran out of the flames and grabbed Sarada by the collar. She was completely shocked that he had resisted the bomb, but realized that he must have turned into water at the last minute.

"It was really clever of you, disguising the girl as a shuriken and that toad as that girl. And to think it was to use a high powered jutsu to make Toad Flame Bombs! You kids probably think you're real ninjas now, huh? Well, if you kids want to be real ninjas, let me be the one to showyou what that means!"

He lifted his hand and gave Sarada a hard punch in the face, breaking her glasses. Seeing hand to hand combat, Bolt's jaw dropped.

"Sarada!" he shouted.

"Bolt!" exclaimed Sarada, "run!"

"No!" said Bolt, "I can't leave you!"

"BOLT!" exclaimed Sarada, "go! Save you sister!"

"NO!" shouted Bolt, "I can't leave you here to die!"

"Bolt…" said Sarada, as she took another forceful punch in her stomach. "If you care about me…then you would go. If he kills me…then…he'll come after you next. Whatever you do Bolt…protect Himawari…"

She took another punch in the stomach and coughed a little blood.

"Sarada…"

"GO!" she shouted. "Or else I'll hate you forever!"

Bolt gulped and picked up his sister. "Thank you…Sarada…you're probably one of the strongest ninja's I'll ever know…I'm glad…I'm glad I had the honor of meeting you."

As he prepared to go, the Mist ninja suddenly dropped Sarada to the ground. "Where do you think you're going? I'm going to do the same to you as I did to your little girlfriend!"

Realizing that the ninja intended to follow him as well, Bolt quickly rushed into the woods, protecting his sister by any means necessary. The Mist ninja quickly followed him, deciding he would get more ransom money off the Hokage's children anyway.

As the others disappeared, Sarada lay on the ground of the forest. She felt the great amount of pain on her body, but realized that she was going to survive, and because of that, she smiled a little.

She thought of Bolt and his willingness to stand by her, even at the threat of hisand his sister's life. She imagined his deep blue eyes, bright blonde hair and his glowing, beautiful smile. She could almost hear his booming, excited voice that would interrupt so many of Aburame-sensei's classes. Bolt always had something to say, and being him, meant he always had something to scream, and as annoying as he was to her, Sarada couldn't help admiring him.

"You…" thought Sarada, "you who is noticed by the whole Village…the Troublemaker…the Prankster Prince…the Hokage's Son. You Bolt, who everyone acknowledges…if even negatively…I was…I was finally able to make you acknowledge me."

Her smile grew to cover her face, being absolutely sincere, she didn't smile for anyone else but herself.

"And…I'm one of the strongest ninja's you've known?" Her already large smile grew a little larger. "And why not? I am an Uchiha, after all."

I hope you enjoyed! The next chapter is coming soon!