Naruto Sedai 7, Puraimaru no tatakai (Battle of the primordial Forces)

by The Storyteller and his Books

World Wars, Natural disasters, supernatural assaults, what have they together? Death and destruction! And those who know what comes forth out of this combination, have already made their move to save the world. The war has finally begun, the worlds stands on the edge, will the Light win, or the Dark triumph? Will the Humanity be saved or will it perish in the flames of hell? ( 16)

5. Disaster Date and a Pearl, so pure

Naruto Sedai 7

Puraimaru no tatakai

Battle of the primordial Forces

Chapter 5: The 3D Trial and a Duett under the Starlight:

Part I:- (Present time), the Month Between:- Side, Uchimaki Junior: (3D=Devilish Disaster Date)

Himawari´s Pov:

Love; surely it is as complicated feeling, you can feel like the happiest human in the world.

However there are also times, where you ask yourself why you even should have deserved to be loved.

And then there are times where love can become an obsession of yours; but after all, it always depends on yourself, the way you want to experience love.

Pure and innocent, unknown yet welcomed, or obsessively and not responded.

A Lecture even someone like me has to learn at some point, even if it is thanks to your best friend stopping you before you can do the most stupid thing you could probably do.

I shall be forever in Katsuo´s debt for this, though.

In Katsuo´s Genjutsu; Illu-Himawari´s Pov:

The Sun was shining, the birds were singing, a gentle summer-breeze caught fallen leaves from the ground and turned them into flying ships, flying within the Gentle blue sky.

It was the perfect day to go out in the park, sit down and chill out, maybe even go picnicking, enjoying the coming summer and Beach time.

Still, what I was doing can hardly being seen as relaxing, still, to me it was drop down serious and damn necessary, to show me where I really stand to him.

Still, was it really right to do it that way?

This was a question I was asking myself since the last few hours, deep inside of me, there was a part who thinks that this whole plan is futile and will bring nothing but negative emotions with it.

But there also was an overpowering part of me, on the surface, who wanted nothing more but to be loved by the Person my heart beats for.

However, Love makes blind they say, guess that really is true.

And so the first days of the one-Month-break from mission, was either spent with training together with Katsuo and the others, means Shana and Hiro Aburame; or with trying to butt into dates of other people, as I was about to do right now.

After the mission from 4 months ago, I asked Dad officially to be able to move to a new Team.

Also due to Ganto and Lorena, having stated their outmost hatred for being ninjas and that they will no longer do it.

So I had to get a new team anyways.

However there were no new Genins, less any academy students which will graduate in the next 5 years, therefore dad told me to participate in an already formed team, as an additional team-member.

And so I was placed, or rather I wanted to be, in Katsuo´s team, which consisted of him, and the Twins, Shana and Hiro Aburame-Inuzuka, as well as their Sensei, Sasuke Uchiha, Dads friend and Katsuo´s father.

Katsuo was a talented, smart and calm, careful and kind boy, he also was quite tall-grown comparing to me and Shana.

He even was a bit taller than Hiro, ever since his extreme-growing phase, by now he is even taller than his sister, despite being only 2 years younger, still he is a bit tinier than Bolt.

He was and still is a real friend and often my partner in crime for pranks and schemes.

Still, he often tried to deny his actions, mostly before his sister to not get in trouble; or he tries effortlessly to reason us, however he always was just going along with the scheme anyways.

T´was so ever since we were young and I hope it to remain that way, always.

He went well along with his old Team-mates, Hiro and Shana, the sons of Shino-sensei and Hana-san, they were Twins of the same age, only for Hiro being 2 minutes older.

The most difference between them both, not counting the gender difference, was their height and the fact that Shana earned her mother's Facial Markings, while Hiro earned his father's tick to always wear sunglasses to hide his eyes.

Both were very energetic and jolly, Shana even more than Hiro, the typical Genki girl, she can´t hold still for a second, is loud and brash, but that's what I like on her.

However she has that annoying tick of calling everyone with a nickname, mine was Sly Vixen, Katsuo´s Faithful Dog and Hiro simply got called, 3B (Best Big Brother).

Hiro was more laid back, smart and cool, as well as mysterious at times, simply enjoying life in his fullest, not thinking much about the things people are saying about his family.

The both of them had become friends with Katsuo and me, ever since the second year of elementary school, due to Bolt and Sarada´s Sensei, Shino-san, their father, introducing them to us, also because they never participated in the mobbing of the mobbing against Katsuo or even against me.

I honestly cannot think of better best friends than them.

And now I am finally in the same Team, since 4 months, no more dumb comments from Ganto and Lorena, this was sure a blessing.

Still I was really sorry that I hadn´t Kiba-sensei anymore at my side, he was pretty cool, I really ask myself what he´s doing by now, but I guess that he finally is going on to fully settle down, to finally start a family.

It has been a real Up and Down, quite a rollercoaster-ride, of the feelings between him and Tamaki-san, on one day they wanted to marry, on the next they wanted to have nothing to do with each other.

At first one could really talk about a hate-love, they couldn't get along with each other, nor living without each other, for all too long.

According to Dad this has going on ever since 10 years and both always cried their hearts out by their friends, when things go wrong between them both again.

8 years ago they almost married for real, the first time, but It hasn´t been for long, before they forgot about that idea.

It was a real hard kind of relationship since they were extremely different poled, Kiba-san was loving all about dogs, while Tamaki-san loved all about cats, and same as these both animals can´t really get along with each other at some time, it looked between them.

But in the end, a year ago they finally married, guess opposites do attract, and ever since they are finally honest towards each other, like really drop dead honest, they get way better along as when they were trying to adjust their personality, feelings and believes to each other.

It was one of many mysteriously appeared romances which had occurred, during the years after the last war.

Perhaps because the people are fearing to not have a second chance to do so, if a new war comes up.

Such romances seemed to pop out of nothing, same as Iruka-sans marriage with Tsubaki-san, or Shino-sensei´s marriage with Kiba-senseis older sister Hana.

People are calling them Crack-ships, even I am caught in one, more or less.

In the imagination of the peoples around us, means mostly in those of my friends, I am often shipped with Katsuo, far more often than with Hiro.

Still, Katsuo was just a friend, wasn´t he, I mean, he can´t possibly have such feelings for me anyways, I would have noticed for sure, I am not Sarada or Nii-san after all.

To be honest, I have no Idea which kind of Dere I am, but I know that Sarada was quite the Kuudere and also has now a bit of Tsundere sometimes.

According to Hiro´s teasing I too have a little from a Tsundere and also a bit of a Yandere, but I am not at all psychotic, am I?

All I want to know is, if I might still have a chance or just not at all anymore.

I think I never had shown any signs of love and admiration to anyone beside of Inojin, well beside of Bolt, but he´s my brother after all, so it´s natural.

But still, even though, people always think that Katsuo would match the best to me, only because I know him for my entire life, is he just a friend to me, at leas ti think, perhaps a reall cool and loyal friend, the best I have but, who hasn´t a best friend at some point in his life.

But as I said, it´s not like he has such kind of Feelings for me, hasn´t he?

Or could it be, could he really hold and hide such feelings for me, was it possible.

But still, even if, how am I supposed to feel then.

I always had admired Inojin-san, but now that he is together with Senpou-san, it´s not like I seem to have any chances anymore anyways, still, I really want to know, why he choose her and not me.

And therefore, Katsuo, my partner in crime, and myself, were currently stalking Inojin and Senpou on their date.

Also a way to spend a day on a one month mission break.

"Which is quite easier said than done, dammit Katsuo just why the hell, do you have to be so tall!" I thought as I hid behind a light pole.

While Katsuo tried his best to hide his tall body behind it too.

I admit, if I would be alone, my stealth would be perfect, since I have my mom's genes and so also the triple-S, the soundless-stalking-stealth ability.

Still if I would trying this all by myself, I might end up doing something, out of rage, which Inojin truly will hate me for it later.

I claim to be no Yandere, but could I really be so sure of that, maybe there do is a side I don´t know yet about me.

I mean, aren't we all a little Yandere, if we have fallen in love with someone and that one is going to be stolen by someone else.

Maybe Inojin will hate me if he finds out that I want to sabotage this date, but if it means that I can show him, of how much I am willing to fight for him, maybe he won't be that angry, wont he?

If he finds out that I am trying to follow them around, and to sabotage their Date, will he really hate me then, or will he understand that I am not willing to stop fighting for his love.

Still I had to see it with my own eyes, and feel it with my own heart, that his heart and soul belongs to her.

If not, I never will be able to get rid of these feelings.

I hated to see them so lovey dovey with each other and even more did I hated to see when she touches him.

"Katsuo are you even following?" I asked, annoyed and with a low volume.

"I am, still you are so fast, and also I am terribly hungry!" The Cherry-blossom haired Boy stated, his stomach growling loudly, as if on call.

"Cut it out, Katsuo, or they will hear us!" I hissed at him.

"Well how am I supposed to do that, it´s not that I had time to eat my lunch, since you came up with this whole plan, shortly after I stood up.

Geez, it´s Sunday and I thought we would go to the zoo together, as you told me, and now we are hanging here on the roofs of the town since hours, while following your Crush on his date.

This is honestly not at all how I thought to spent my day and anyways, geez really, if they find out, that we are tailing them, we will be in so much trouble, you know!" Katsuo stated and I sighed in annoyance.

"Well if you keep on speaking so loudly they will definitely find out, so shut up and make yourself useful, take this and drop it over there!" I said pointing to a certain spot, after we jumped up on a roof, observing the pair of lovebirds under us.

"Geez, you better get me a real treat later!" Katsuo said with an equally annoyed expression.

"Yeah, yeah whatever, just do it and hurry up!" I said annoyed.

I didn´t meant to be so mean to him, still he always keep on thinking things over, for hundred times.

In the Reality; Katsuo´s Pov:

Love is anything but easy to comprehend, especially when you are so blindly in love with someone, that you are willing to do anything for that person.

Even if that someone is letting you doing awful things.

I was unfortunate to be hopelessly in love with Himawari, and no matter what I do to please her, she never really acknowledged me as a man, less a potential boyfriend.

At least the way I see it, I hated to be Friend-zoned by her and I was willing to get out of this spot, with all my might, I want to show her that i´m the one, the only one right for her.

However did I never intended to do this on the cost of someone else happiness.

Therefore there was no other choice but to do this, even if she may hate me later for it, at least I was able to keep her from doing something so selfish and stupid.

Something she surely would get hated for.

"Forgive me Hima-chan, it´s only for your own good!" I mumbled as I laid her down on the meadow.

I hope she´s not too angry at me afterwards.

But it was better to do this, this way, as to make her plan becoming reality.

" Naitomea no sekai, Saigo no shudan no jutsu (Nightmare-world, Jutsu of the last exit), the extremely simplified version of Izanami.

The Genjutsu bore no risk for myself and I can use it on others, to show them the consequences of their actions, without them making it reality.

The one to be sat under its spell doesn't know that he is in a Genjutsu already and thinks of the illusion to be reality.

The best thing is that I can, with help of my own imagination, control the Genjutsu to some point, but most of it is made by the inner fears of the person within the Genjutsu.

A bit it was just like Magen: Narakumi no Jutsu (Demonic illusion: Hell viewing technique).

Wherever they admit them or not is irrelevant, they will be shown and made true, on that the Spell bounded person will fall on their knees crying.

Then the illusion helps them, by saying there is a chance to not let things happen, a possibility to go back in time and make things unhappen.

It tries to convince them to see the fault in their actions, so long until they decide to take upon that second chance, at that point the Genjutsu stops and they awake back out of it.

"I really hope she makes it!" I said, as I observed her still peacefully sleep, which soon will transform in a real nightmare.

In the nightmare Illusion, Illu-Katsuo´s Pov:

Goddammit, this really sucks.

This is not at all, how I thought I would spent my day.

Himawari called in the early afternoon to tell me to go meet her, and when I showed up, she came up with this stupid plan.

I really thought, she would like to finally have a Date with me, but noooo, seriously why the hell am I stuck in this shit…., ah yeah, because i´m hopelessly in love with Himawari, like really, really, madly in love.

However, right now, this is the worst day ever; Sarada´s surely killing me for this later.

I didn´t really was willing to get scolded by her, and actually, I also felt bad for playing such jokes on Inojin and Senpou, after all I was really glad for them both, to still live and to have come together.

Still I was even gladder for my own self, since when Inojin is finally off-market, I might have a chance to win Himawari over.

However I have to show her, that she can always count on me, something she doesn´t really recognizes as much as I see.

I always asked myself why I had been fallen for her, not that I don´t know the answer, she had that cuteness on her which mesmerized me and which let me doing everything for her, even if I get in trouble.

"Then why the hell am I helping her, to get these two to separate, only for her to continue her obsession with Inojin-san!" I though sighing, as I laid myself on the edge of the roof.

This sure was a good question, still Himawar asked for it and I once swore to always help her no matter what, and honestly no matter how stupid or not planned through her plans were, I always participated anyways.

Just like today, as I was waiting on the roof with a flowerpot in my hand, before, on Himawari´s mark, dropping it down.

I really hoped that it does not hit someone.

I had luck, the same crashed down on the ground, seconds after Inojin, out of unknown reason, pulled Senpou backwards to a halt, letting it crashing at least 5 meters away from them.

Senpou was surely surprised, but fortunately no one had been harmed, I would not be able to forgive myself if something would have happened.

I suddenly felt such an intense cold feeling climbing up my spine, I knew exactly what it was.

I took my phone out and saw the text on it.

"You little bastard, are you nuts or what, this could have gone out really worse, what the hell were you thinking?

Thank god Bolt managed to warn Inojin through his mind reader ability, so he could pull Senpou back before she could get hit.

Oh wait when you come home, I will beat you to the moon, you little sucker!" Was written on it, shit, I knew that I will be in trouble, Sis is extremely pissed.

I speed-texted Sarada.

"Sis, please I beg you, save this date, don´t let them find out what Himawari is doing, I don´t want Inojin and Senpou to hate Himawari!" I texted without Himawari noticing.

"No fear we will, but prepare to get the beating of your Life, you stupid Boy, I will not watch and stay still, while you and Himawari are trying to ruin our friends´ date, less trying to rip apart their blooming relationship!" I saw Sarada's text on my handy screen.

Her words stung sharply, like a knife, but I know I had deserved every punishment afterwards.

"I Know!" I mumbled.

"What are you mumbling over there, c´mon we have to get on the next roof, the Flowerpot didn´t helped at all!" Himawari stated.

"What were you even actually aiming for, did you wanted it to hit Senpou´s head or what!?" I asked.

"Oh stop creating such a fuss, I would not do such things, still, she shall think that as long a she is with Inojin, she will have all the misfortune of the world.

So long until she runs away freely, if he cannot handle one unlucky day with Inojin she is not in love enough to handle a relationship with him!" Himawari stated and the glance she gave me scared the holy shit out of me, it was an empty stare, almost emotionless.

Could it be, did she really turned into a Yandere, I always had the assumption that one day she will become this way, ever since she began to stalk Inojin from which I thankfully could bring her off after a while.

I really started to think that she would not feeling any guilt at all, if the Pot actually would have hit Senpou.

"Shall we not stop better right here, it still hasn´t really happened something!?" I said to her.

She didn´t responded, while we ran over the roof to the next location.

"Hey, did you heard what I have said!" I asked her as I grabbed her arm, stopping her harshly.

She ripped herself out of my grasp, rubbing her sore arm.

"I did, but that isn´t an option, I will get this trial through to the end, and if she still wants to stay with him, then and only then I will do my best to accept it.

But if she fails, I will steal Inojin away from her!" Himawari stated with a sinister smile.

"You really are kind of cruel, you know!?" I said, sweat dropping and backing away.

"Well you are helping me after all, so you are too, aren´t you?" She asked.

"The only reason I help you, is because I am afraid of your health and your mental state right now.

I read that Girls in Love are scary, but that Girls, whose love is not responded, are even scarier, when they are jealous!" I said and she frowned.

"Are you now telling me to be mentally ill?" She asked, coming really close to me, with a furious look in her eyes.

"No, still a totally normal person would not do something like this, wouldn´t she?" I asked sweat-dropping.

"You are really an Idiot Katsuo, how can you say something to a girl, I am normal, i´m just a normal, innocent girl in love!" Himawari said, faking innocence.

"Would you stop calling me an idiot, please and actually the way I see it, you are far from being normal and innocently in love anymore.

To me it looks as if you are riding right into the obsession!" I stated with a side-glance.

"Obsession of what exactly?" She asked, cracking her knuckles, freaking me out.

"How about your, soon to be, obsessively love with Inojin, which is not only not responded, but also rejected, as you know very well.

I heard from Sis that he gently told you, that he has feelings for Senpou and that he still wants to be friends with you, even though he cannot respond to your love.

I think there is no man on earth, who can reject a girl more gently than he did, am I right, still, even after this, you still are thinking that he will chose you, if one date with Senpou will go down the drain!" I said.

"Well hopefully he will!" She stated confident.

"That's what you are saying and even if he would then come together with you.

You know yourself a first love cannot be forgotten so easily, so if he actually finds out that you have mainly being responsible for the break of his relationship to Senpou, don´t you think that he will be mad and hardly still will accept your love.

You know what, if you ask me, I say you better forget Inojin and move on, there are plenty of friendly guys out there, who would be ready to love you the way you want to be loved and protected.

Boys from different character than him, boys who are willing to sacrifice anything for you, even if they get in big trouble themselves, you know, the world is not only made out of Bolts, Inojins and the average stereotypes!" I said to her sighing, while running next to her side over the roofs.

"But I am not asking you, besides, who in their right mind would actually love a living Target, I have being three times in my live almost kidnapped or assassinated, and the way I see it, this can happen anytime again.

So I got to hold myself on that love I have found, if there is any chance to win him over , i´m gonna take it!" Himawari stated, and I only shook my head in annoyance, now she only sounded selfish.

"Don´t you think i´m not a living target too, I am an Uchiha for hell´s sake, there are plenty of people who got an hate against my family, even in this town and land, but will I let this rule my life, no way.

So I will live on, even if my first love would completely reject me, if I ask her!" I stated with a firm nod.

"Wait you got a crush on someone, when did you, and who is she?" Himawari asked me curious.

"You know her very well and I got it for some years already, even though it is quite one sided, the way I see it!" I replied with a little of venom on my tongue.

"Why so, who in their right mind would not fall in love with you, you are cool, smart, cute in a way and extremely loyal, so I cannot understand why that bitch is not loving you back, do you know it?" She asked confused, as she jumped over to the next roof, following Inojin´s trace.

"She´s after a guy who doesn't even loves her that way, still she doesn't notice me as a boy, less a man, who might be in love with her at all, so all I do is admiring her from afar, wishing for her to notice me, it´s kind of like in a shojō manga you know!" I stated sarcastically.

"And you say I know her, hmm, can´t really remember to know someone on which this description matches, surely must be an unworthy wretch, if she doesn´t even recognizes your feverish hot glances at her!" She said thinking.

I sighed, really, how dense is she actually and is she really calling herself a Bitch and a wretch right now?

Seriously, people are right on this, the Konoha Uzumakis are dense if it comes to terms of love.

"Oh well never mind, I will just try to get closer to her, so long until she completely refuses my love with a clear and acceptable reason or accept it.

And different as from you, I would not interfere if she would get a boyfriend, no matter how much I love her.

If she will be turning me down, then I simply will remain her friend, if she still wants to!" I stated.

"And if not?" She asked.

"Well this won´t be much of a problem then anyways, I would still be able to see her often, seeing her being happy makes me happy after all!" I said.

"Wait, don´t ask me you are becoming such a stupid, creepy stalker won´t you?" She asked.

"Who the hell do you think I am, i´m neither you nor am I my sister, even though both of you aren´t what I would call creepy, or at least not that stupid!" I said.

"Well thank you dearly for not being `that´ stupid!" She said with venom, anger and with a nasty side-glance at me, her fists clenched.

"I apologize okay, still, there has to be some kind of idiocy if one stalks someone else, at least if to an extension, where it rules one's life.

Anyways guess we are at the zoo now, so how do you want to keep your stalking trial tour up, if there are people everywhere?" I asked her.

"Well let´s disguise!" She said, as she transformed herself into some weird nerd guy.

"You know, now this whole plan has only gotten even more stupid and far, far more disgusting!" I stated sweat-dropping.

"Well you can leave any time you want, I bet I will also get fairly along by myself!" Himawari stated pouting, with blown cheeks.

It would be so cute, if I hadn´t such a weirdo nerd guy before me right now.

Actually it´s hard for me, to believe that this is really the true Himawari, she truly begins to transform in a girl with Yandere and/ or Tsundere potential.

But in the worst kind of it.

"Sigh like hell I would do, I might not be fully for this plan, but I will keep on helping you.

And if only I do, to stop you from doing the most stupidest things, which might get in your head right now and which you surely will regret later!" I stated.

"Well then, stop screwing and bitching around and c´mon or else we will lose them in the masses!" She said, having not really listen to anything I said, as I assume rightly.

"Yeah, yeah, yeah!" I said as I transformed, before jumping on a safe spot down.

"One yeah is enough, idiot!" She said annoyed.

"Stop insulting me, seriously, if it isn´t mostly for ensuring Senpou's survival of this trial, I would go home and let you cope with this whole shit here alone.

Maybe I then would meet you tomorrow, so I can comfort you when Inojin finds out about your scheme, and turns you down harshly!" I said sarcastically but honest.

"Hey would you please stop painting the devil on the wall, just trust me, he won´t get wind of it, same as your Sister and actually I won´t hurt Senpou, you got my promise on this, really!" She said, still her eyes were being way too emotionless, as to me being able to believe her right now.

"Yeah right, just let us get this over with, as quick as possible and without collateral damage, okay, geez what a drag!" I said.

"Now you sound kind of like Shikadai!" she said smiling, changing her mood to 180° in less than a second and even if her eyes don´t sparkle as they usually have done, her smile still mesmerized me.

It was her smile and her natural beauty which made it hard for me, even in this situation right now, to ever leave her behind.

She has caught me in her spell and I had no idea how to get out of it, but to be honest, I don´t really want to get out of it anyways.

The Love I have felt for her lies too deep in my heart to ever get rid of it, and my greatest pleasure on earth is to see her being happy, even if it would mean that I am not the one who will stand by her side.

"Anyways, what´s your plan this time?" I asked her sighing.

"Well we will try our best to tail them, and when there is the right time, we going to try to get them into a fight, if Senpou loses her cool and start fighting leaving Inojin behind, we know that she is not the one for him!" Himawari said, but I instantly saw the crotch in this plan, a really, really massive crotch.

"Yeah and when you or I get hit, our whole disguise will be blown at once!" I sighed in annoyance.

"Well for that case I got these here!" She stated showing me some smoke bombs.

"I bet this plan will fail as well, at least I hope so!" I thought, as we made our way through the masses.

A few moments later:

"Alright you going to change yourself into some kind of gangster, and you are trying to bump into Inojin or Senpou, and try to pick a fight!" She said after tailing them for a while.

"So why again do I have to let me being beaten up, only for you to prove, if it even appears, that Senpou will surely come to pick a fight leaving Inojin standing.

I think she will not easily do that anyways; the way I see it, both would fight side on side!" I said and she pouted.

"Anyways, let´s get it started, we can think later about the details!" She said.

"Or about a good excuse when we will be caught!" I mumbled, as I disguised from anew, in a safe spot, where no one saw us and followed her.

To be honest my feet hurt, and my stomach still was growling, I hadn´t eaten in like forever.

This really was a drag.

"Why do I have to do that, what about you?" I asked frowning.

"I will stand by your side and support you!" Yeah right, as if.

"Sigh well then let´s get this over with!" I sighed, what one does for the love of one's life.

Honestly, I wish I had the guts and power to simply drag her away from her and stop her from trying to sabotage Inojin´s date, however I also could not stand to see her crying and with this she got me.

She wrapped me around her finger, just as always, she was a real troublesome girl, but I admit, that's what I like on her.

"Alright, let´s go!" She cheered me on and I sighed.

I braced myself and went out into the masses, observing Inojin and Senpou, who were completely unaware and innocently enjoying their Date.

I hated myself for doing this, but the most I disliked Himawari right now, for even forcing me into doing this.

I never was one to on long-term being able, to resist the will of a woman, this unfortunately had much to do with my Sister and my Mother, for they were quite matriarchal.

Even Dad has not so much to say back home and more than once he simply sighed and did whatever was wished for, however out of unknown reasons, he does never complain about Moms attitude or Sarada´s behaviour.

I think, he surrendered their will a little, kind of as an atonement for something, and since I am his son, I do had my own respect before determined women, with a straight plan.

No matter how stupid this plan was.

"Oi, what´s that to mean, you better apologize, this was my best suit!" I stated after I bumped into Senpou, spraying my Ice-cream, I had bought extra for this act, right on the suit of my Gangster disguise.

"I´m very sorry, Sir, logically I will pay for the cleaning of the Suit, her is my address, please send the bill to me, I will directly pay it as soon as I got it!" Senpou stated bowing deeply, the people around us looked with interested glances at us.

I was kind of buff how easily she handled the situation.

"Are you kidding, this is my best suit, I hardly can walk around like this now, what will the people think, that I got it out of the garbage, goddammit girl!" I shouted, faking.

Honestly I was in bad condition here, I hate it to be watched by so many eyes, mostly thanks to some traumata in the past.

After all I was an Uchiha, it always make me breaking out in sweat, when I trip into a stressful situation, where I cannot solve anything with my jutsus.

"Please keep calm sir, I got this, I surely will pay for the cleaning of the suit!" Senpou said with a smiling and rather cute face, I was amazed how easily she handled me, the ideas to keep going were literally fleeing out of my mind.

I didn´t really knew what to say, by that cute smile, even if I was watched by a minor pissed Inojin.

"You better do that…, this Suit cost more than your entire life…., I guess!" I said trying to put on a badass gangster face, but I guess I will fail in this anyways.

However, Inojin and Senpou did not in the slightest reacted to my false gangster slang.

That was pathetic anyways, I knew it was, I never liked to act, even back in school, during the festivals, I hated to be watched by so many eyes.

"Of course I do, I promise, send me the bill and I will pay for it!" Senpou said and I nodded.

We bowed before each other, then they walked away and I was standing there being not only a loss of words but also fully stressed out.

"Well this was surely the worst gangster act I ever saw in my life, really pathetic, you E-class actor!" I heard it behind me.

"Well thank you dearly, it was not as if I was all too prepared for showing off with a Broadway-Act today, weren´t I?" I asked the sarcastic lady behind me, with venom in my words.

I got enough of this crap, whatever I do it never is good enough for her.

"Anyways this hasn´t worked, time for Plan B!" She stated and was about to go back on stalking Inojin.

"No we stop right here, I have enough of being dragged into your stupid plan, and I won´t no longer watch how you will ruin your life.

It´s not working anyways, or do you see them in anyways arguing about those little mishaps, just admit it we failed.

Inojin is not going to easily giving up his love on Senpou nor will she does, only because of a little misfortune.

But all we do is exhausting and making a real fool out of ourselves, so let´s just stop!" I said to her loudly, while the people around us stopped to watch.

"What´s that supposed to mean?" She asked loudly.

"That I have enough, let´s stop this stupid Trial, okay!" I stated.

"As I said before, you can leave whenever you want, I don´t need your help anyways, I got plenty of ideas I can do myself and I won't need you to execute them.

If you want so barely to retreat from your word you gave me, then do it, go home and do whatever stupid little boys like you do.

I don´t care, just leave me alone, and don´t ever dare to promise me something, when you are not willing to hold your words!" She shouted and I was buff, this was the very first time that she ever shouted at me.

"Guess; this is a goodbye for today then, I really thought that you are way more reasonable, guess I had mistaken that, you are nothing but a bothersome, troublemaking, stupid little Girl, who doesn´t know when it is enough!" I shouted equally loud at her.

"Fine then go, go and leave me alone, just like everyone!" She shouted, as she transformed backwards to her original form.

"Fine I go, and don´t you ever try to drag me into one of your stupid Plans and Pranks like this one, again, you won't go any far with this one anyways!" I stated, hinting her fail, before I turned around and ran away.

"Hey, What´s that supposed to me, hello, I am speaking with you, dammit Katsuo!" I heard her yelling behind me, but I didn´t cared anymore, I was transforming back and I didn´t bothered the dirty glances I got, as I ran through the masses.

"Stupid, stupid Himawari!" I said, as I jumped up on the roof of the houses, still crying from rage embarrassment and self-hatred.

I already hated myself for leaving her behind so easily, but still, I won´t go any further into that plan with her, I had already load enough shame and betrayal on my shoulders.

I stopped at a certain spot, the roof of the Hokage office, to get my mind blank.

I sat there for a while, no clue how long.

I regretted to have run away, I already was asking myself in which trouble she might be already again.

"Good dammit, why am I such an idiot, why can´t I simply stop her!" I mumbled to myself.

"Guess your little game ends here, Katsuo!" I heard it behind me, sharp words stinging in my back.

"I´m not in the mood to get a lecture by you Sis, tomorrow I will be all open for every punishment, but right now just please leave me alone!" I said and it was silent between us for a while, I was not looking at her, but I still felt her presence.

Suddenly I felt her standing next to me, her back turned towards the fence that help us up from falling on the street.

"You really love her, don´t you?" She asked me after several minutes of pressuring silence between us.

"Yeah, you are right on this, I am, still I don´t want to be responsible when Inojin and Senpou break up, or when Himawari gets hated by Inojin.

I really wish I could be there for her, save her from that fate, show her another way, a way which does not result in anyone getting heart broken, a way in which she still see that she is loved by someone who is not her family.

I wish that I had the guts to stand up to her and stop her from doing all this.

But even if I ask her to stop, she won't listen to me, she is madly in love with Inojin, almost maniacally.

I don´t even know why she is, what does he has what I haven't, why did she never thought about falling for me.

Am I really only the guy next to her, the loyal dog as Shana always calls me, do I really have been fallen victim to the spell of the Sly Vixen.

I always have only being friend-zoned by her, she never thought of me, as a potential boyfriend I guess!" I said.

It was silent for a long time again.

"You know, before I got to know Bolt better, I was a real Dandere, cool, emotionless and always silent, when other people were around, not minding their business a bit.

I tried that as often as I could though.

However as soon as I was alone with Bolt for once, I began to soften up to him, speaking with him while his words, no matter what, weaved a tender warmth in my heart.

Bolt, is energetic, brave, friendly and kind, sometimes stupid, indecent, dense to no end, but still, he is always there when I or anyone else need him.

It was his open character, which made me liking him.

I know that you love Himawari-chan since a long time, if I would have known it really, I would have supported you in any possible ways!" She said to me.

"I appreciate your help, Onee-chan, but I guess it is too late anyways, she is so darn in love with Inojin, that she does not see, that she makes a complete fool out of herself this way.

She won´t believe anyone, especially not when we tell her, that it will leave nothing but pain for her if anyone of them both will find out, about Himawari's involvement in this Disaster Date!" I said.

"So that was the reason, why you texted us about her Plan, earlier that afternoon!" Sis asked and I nodded.

"I knew at some point something will go terribly wrong, despite my tries to ruin the Sabotage on purpose, that she won´t listen to me and does something really stupid.

I just wanted to know that no one gets harmed, through her stupid and foolish acting, not mentally and not physically, that's why I called you, to make sure that you somehow warn them, while I try to ruin the sabotage.

I don´t want Inojin or Senpou to hate her and refuse their friendship to her, that's why I tried my best to stop her, but in the end I only became her accomplice, guess I have not enough self-esteem to speak a word of power against her!" I stated and she chuckled.

"I Guess I am mostly to blame for this then, I always forced my own will on you, and I always wanted you to become strong and smart, I forced you to learn and to train, when other kids were playing around, all carefree, having a good time.

I guess I really failed as a Big Sister!" She stated.

"No, not at all, although I have not the guts to talk back that much against a girl, especially not against you or Himawari, doesn´t that mean that you taught me bad.

After all you taught me to always respect a women for the way she is, not how I want her to be, you told me that behind every façade of an ugly duckling, might be a beautiful Swan, who just has to find herself, although I never really get what you meant by that!" I stated and she snickered.

"You still remember that, oh geez, guess I really messed up, well it´s not like it´s wrong though, it´s true, a wall flower of a girl can become, alone through her heartfelt smile, more beautiful if she´s in love, than a rich girl, who has anything she wants, but doesn´t know the value of true feelings

I guess this can be refereed to Senpou and Himawari, not that I want to mock them, mind you.

In this case Senpou is the wall flower, hardly ever has been seen as girly by anyone but as I said, as soon as she is in love she is far more beautiful.

And well the girl that has anything is definitely Himawari here, she has beauty, she has almost anything she wants, still she tries, by every means, to get what is not meant for her!" She said and I was confused but I think, a little I understand her.

"So you mean that's why Inojin has chosen Senpou over Himawari.

Because he knows the value of a girl which is naturally beautiful, like Senpou, but does not use this beauty for her own benefit, but works hard to get what she wants.

Rather than a girl who has grown beautiful and knows how to use her charm, to get what she wants, like Himawari, but who also knows how it is to have nothing and to be misunderstood" I asked and she nodded.

"Yes, though both of them have become strong, independent and beautiful, are their ways to charm others quite different.

Senpou does it through giving her everything every day, always wearing a smile and so a natural beauty, which naturally convinces people to simply like her.

Himawari, on the other hand, knows how to act and charm people into liking her, to not feel outcaste anymore, because she has a Famous father and everyone expects the blue of the heaven from her!" Sis explained and a little I began to understand.

The reason why Himawari always acts before other people, who don´t really know her as well as Hiro, Shana and me do.

Because she fears, to only being seen for what other people expecting her to be.

"Anyways, what are you going to do, do you go back and keep her from doing the most stupid thing in her entire life, or do you want to go home and leave her to her fate?" Sarada asked me.

I had not even to think about it, I knew what to do.

"I once vowed to keep her safe and from every harm and hurt, and I will keep my word, I am man enough to keep her from harm even if I get in trouble myself!" I said with determination.

"That's my big, little Brother, a hero who always comes at the right time, now go find her, and stop her with everything you got, before it is too late!" She said with a nice guy position.

"I will do, thank you Sis!" I said and embraced her.

It was funny, for she was tinier than me, and also quite light weighted, means I was able to lift her up, not far though, but still.

However I know, that despite of her height, she will always be my big sister and I will always have my proper respect before her.

After all she taught me the world the most, for Mom and dad constantly worked during my childhood.

Back to the Reality:

I ask myself what my sister would say if she actually really would see me running off to help Himawari, I bet it would be something like this:

In Katsuo´s illusion, Illu-Sarada´s Pov:

"You think he can get her off her plans?" A voice asked behind my back, as I watched how Katsuo was running back, from where he came.

"I really hope so Bolt!" I replied.

"Oh well, it´s not like she isn´t tailed herself, my real self will surely prevent her from crazing too much out, in her stupid attempt to break Inojin and Senpou apart!" The Clone of Bolt stated.

"Sigh, it´s really a pity that your sister is choosing such ways, to claim what she wants, is this really the Himawari we know, I almost don´t recognize her anymore!" I said to Bolt´s Clone.

"A little i´m sorry for Katsuo, he surely has no easy task there, I know my sister is usually really lovely and cute but at times also quite a handful, I admit that.

She can be the cutest thing alive and in the next moment the greatest nightmare you ever experience, especially when you get on her bad side!" he stated nodding with closed eyes, frowning before a bright smile plastered on it.

"Anyways, it´s nice to hear that you like me!" He teased, putting a hand on my cheek, smiling this cute smile I had fallen for, it was as if there was a halo of shine glitter around him.

I stared and blushed.

"Uhmm…, well…, eeeh…, it is…, how shall I say?" I began to stammer.

"No fear I like you too, a lot, anyways, it might become ugly so it would be better, when you too will be there, just in case, don´t you think so too?" The clone said.

"I guess you are right!" I said and so I made myself on the way, towards Bolt´s location.

"Hey by the way, shall we resume our `special training´ tomorrow, or shall we train our fighting skills, you know both goals we have are at the same day, so what shall we do?" He asked out of the blue.

"Uhmm, well, i´m open for both!" I said blushing deep red, at the mention of our `Special training´ a secret between us, just in case for everyone who might misunderstand this, it was nothing dirty or sexual.

"Well then, going to get you tomorrow at 8 o´clock am, we will make it half and half, is that okay?" He asked me.

"S-s-sure!" I stammered, as he flashed me a smile and a nice guy pose.

"There they are!" Bolt´s clone stated pointing forward, before he shattered to dust and I already saw that there was some major shit is going on.

Some thugs were trying to pick a fight with Himawari, just before Katsuo butts in, defending Himawari and put the Thugs to flight.

Back to Reality:

Yes I can imagine this to play off this way, I always knew that Sarada has a major thing for Bolt, and they are constantly, since the beginning of the month, talking about some special training they do, next to the regular training for the Chunin exam finals, whenever Sarada is on the phone.

I really hope it is nothing dirty and sexual, still I cannot be that sure about it, it´s a well hidden secret they have.

Guess it´s now time to show Himawari the result of her actions and what might happen thanks to them.

Maybe, I…, wait should I really…, oh well why not, the earlier she gets away from this obsession, the better I would say.

"Time to play the knight in shining armour, who comes to teach you a little lesson about true friendship which blooms to love!" I said, as touched her forehead, entering her mind, to mess with the Illusion.

Illu-Himawari´s Pov:

Mal-calculation is the fiend of every plan.

That is something even I have to admit.

"Dammit girl didn´t you said that this will be easy!" The man before me asked, holding his back in agony.

"Well it is, I mean you are ten full grown men and they are 2 teenagers, so where was the problem?" I asked.

"Well the problem was, that you missed to tell us that they are martial arts experts!" The leader of this gang shouted.

"Well I didn´t knew that, all I wanted you to do is to pick a fight with them, to show the boy how this girl really is.

But I also told you that it might not be so easy.

I also told you that there is a reward for you, if you manage to do that, but all you do was to being beaten up by two teenagers and you truly call yourself the hardest gang of the town?" I asked sarcastically.

"Grrr, anyways where is the money?" The man stated holding his hands out.

"Here, for your efforts!" I said, as I paid them a quarter of what we had settled by a success, after all they do made a more or less acceptable job in disturbing Inojin´s date.

It would be hardly to call this date enjoyable anyways, even Inojin has to admit that.

"Hey this is a little less than we had settled didn´t we, I thought we had a deal? The man shouted.

"Success in the mission, money on the hand; that was our deal.

You didn´t managed to accomplish your mission successfully, therefore you also did not fulfilled your part of our deal, so why the hell shall I pay you the whole thing.

I mean you also not going to pay for a whole menu in a restaurant, when you actually only drink a glass of sake aren´t you?" I asked.

"uhmm well yeah, still…!" the man tried again.

"Well it was you who claimed yourself to be the hardest gang of the town, but if you cannot even defeat two simple teenagers, then this title is hardly justified and not the whole money worth!" I said and the Leader was a loss of words.

"Dammit girl, my men have been beaten up thanks to you, so you going to pay!" He said.

"Well it was your choice to take my offer, so you have to had a certain sense for eventual risks in your job, every job has them.

It was you who accepted the deal after all, I only offered it to you, you had the possibility to decline, you should have said no if you are not able to hold your part of the deal!" I stated cool.

"Dammit, I won´t let you go so rude on us, we too have our honour!" The Leader shouted and his men nodded.

"Well there is not much to see from, you want to pick on a little helpless girl, all ten of you and you call yourself men of honour, tse tse, the world is cruel I now, still I thought that at least guys like you truly have a sense of what real honour is!" I said.

"We know what real honour is!" They stated harshly.

"I truly doubt that though, anyways, I will now go home and you guys, well you do whatever you want, just don´t bother me again!" I said, as I was about to go.

"Hey now stop right there, not so fast young lady!" the Leader said, as he put a hand on my shoulder to stop me.

"Get your filthy hands off my shoulder or you might lose them!" I threated.

"Well then, try me!" The Man stated mockingly.

"You wanted it, you are getting it!" I stated, as with a few well trained grips, the man was lying on the floor crying.

"Are we still gonna be so cocky, or do you want to live till the next day!?" I threated cracking my knuckles.

"Hey what are you doing with our boss!?" The thugs asked shouting as they were about to go against me, all at once.

"Well who wants to be the next on the floor?" I stated observing their every move.

"Well we will see!" They stated with smug grins, as some of them took some knives out.

"Well you are attacking me with weapons, according to the law, I am now allowed to defend myself then!" I said, as I started my Byakugan.

"Shit this is a Ninja from the Hyuuga Clan, my girlfriend told me about them!" One of the men stated, by the look of my eyes.

"They shall be real fast fighters!" The man stated.

"You better run, I might let you go away with this!" I threated.

"Well, let´s see how fast you really are, bet you cannot dodge a bullet!" One of them said with a cocky grin as he took out a gun aiming for me, ready to pull the trigger.

Now I was really in deep shit, I began to sweat, I knew I was fast but as he rightly claimed, not as fast as to dodge a bullet.

If not a wonder happens now, I will be fucked for sure, probably even literally.

"She won´t have to dodge, for the bullet will never be fired!" A voice stated right behind the man in the back, before the same was knocked out, flying at the wall next to me.

"What the…., who are you?" the men shouted at the sight of the silhouette standing right in front of them, in the shadow of the skyscrapers, the alley was already dark lit and the piercing red eyes didn´t really helped the whole situation to calm down.

"My name is irrelevant, what is relevant is that you pick on a harmless girl, I got all the evidences I need for the police!" The voice, still standing in the shadow stated.

"But she attacked us!" the men stated.

"All I can see and all the police will get to see, is that ten guys were trying to rob, and maybe even trying to rape, a young girl in a dark lit alley!" the voice stated.

"Dammit, we will not be fiddled so easily, guys get them!" The Leader back on his feet stated.

"You asked for it!" The Voice said, before he defended himself against their beats, same as I did.

"Himawari!" Katsuo shouted before we jumped in the middle of the dark lit place.

Back on back, ready to slay the shit out of them.

Suddenly from somewhere a police siren was to hear.

"Dammit, the cops, let´s get out of here, you should be lucky Girl!" the men stated, as they picked up their slain brothers.

"I won´t forget this girl, you will regret to have messed with us!" The Boss stated weakly, now more than his back was hurting, that´s for sure.

"We will see!" I stated growling.

They vanished and honestly, there was a big stone falling from my heart.

"Guess this was help in last second, Thank you very much Katsuo, but why are you back, didn´t you wanted to go home?" I asked as I turned around, while Katsuo was silent, looking deep in my eyes, making me blushing.

"What, what the…, what´s with his glance, Katsuo, what´s the matter?" I asked confused.

"So was that now your goal, did you have what you wanted Hima-chan?" The voice of Katsuo asked, before the cherry blossom haired boy, stepped right in front of me, observing me with a scanning glance

"Not that I can admit!" I said with an embarrassed side-glance.

"Are you now finally gonna stop your plan, it is futile anyways, you can only fail in this!" Katsuo stated.

"Why, why should I fail exactly, you stated that earlier not, why do I fail, tell me!?" I demanded to know.

"Because he told us from the beginning on, about the whole plan!" A new voice stated, before another two silhouettes appeared out of the shadow.

"Hiiiiii, Nii san!" I shouted, in shock and surprise, he was the last person I would had awaited right now.

"Well Himawari, are you satisfied, your stupid acting would have killed you now, or maybe even worse would have you gotten raped by these guys.

If Katsuo would not have saved you, you would surely have experienced your worst nightmare,, thankfully he was here to the right time, just the way he always is!" Sarada´s voice stated, as they both appeared out of the shadow.

"S-s-sarada-chan!" I stammered sweating buckets, I was in deep shit, even more than before, I would not get easy out of this one.

"But how?" I asked.

"Katsuo texted me about your plan, as soon as you told him about it, this way we could prevent anyone from getting hurt, even you, even though it might would have been a lesson to you if you actually did.

You can truly talk from luck that Inojin and Senpou don´t know about this, I think they would be quite disappointed!" Sarada stated and I looked with an angry glare at Katsuo.

"You little traitor!" I said to him.

"Better a traitor than someone who treats other persons feelings as material things, just because you cannot get something you go after it by every means, and just because someone else has it, you want to wreck it for that person.

So I guess you are here the biggest traitor!" Katsuo stated, who looked equally angry back at me, catching me of guard.

"Well we do are kind of disappointed!" a new voice stated.

"Nooooooooooo!" I shouted in my mind, as out of the alley, Inojin-san and Senpou-san appeared.

"I-i-i-Inojin-san, S-s-s-Senpou-san, b-b-b-but how!?" I stammered as I backed away, fearfully.

"Bolt called me, and told me about everything!" Inojin-san stated with a sad voice.

"Nii-san, why?" I asked near crying.

"Because it´s time to settle this whole misery once and for all, you got to stop running after Inojin and move on, also you should not do such things to Senpou anymore.

Especially not when you drag other people in your schemes, as you have seen now, such things easily can strike right back at you!" Bolt stated.

"I don´t know what you are meaning?" I stated faking ignorance.

"Oh please, we all know about your 3D Plan!" Sarada-stated.

"Katsuo was at least as quick-witted as to instantly text me, after you told him that you want to sabotage Inojin´s date with Senpou, even on the danger to being punished for helping you!" Sarada stated.

"Katsuo, how could you, I trusted you, you cheater, you stupid traitor?" I shouted at him.

"Stop it Himawari, we all trusted you too, that you would not be angry at either of both, Inojin and Senpou.

You said that you wanted to stay as friends, but the way I see it, you were one step away from ruining every friendship you have with them, what if the Flowerpot actually would have hit Senpou or Inojin, what would you have done then, huh, answer me Himawari!" Bolt asked.

"But Nii-san, I-i-i-i-i-i….!" I was a loss f words, I didn´t even thought as far as this.

Or did I and just didn´t cared?

What would I have done if the flowerpot do would have hit one of them?

"You didn´t at all thought about the consequences of your doing, didn´t you, all you wanted was to get Inojin and Senpou to break up as soon as possible wasn´t that it!" Sarada asked.

"Noo, I-i-i-i-i…!" I stammered.

"You know what, I am truly disappointed by you Himawari, I really thought you would be more mature, that you would understand my decision or at least that you would be happy for me.

I thought that you would stay as my friend but now I don´t even think that I still want to be friends with you, you know.

Cause for me, I truly can abstain such a kind of cruelness coming from you, guess that at such a point, our friendship is better off dead!" Inojin stated his face a mask of anger and disappointment.

"Nooo…., I-I-Inojin san…, I beg you…, I didn´t meant it that way, please, don´t go, please I beg you, don´t go, why are you leaving me behind, I don´t want that, I don´t want that at all!" I shouted, as tears streamed over my cheeks.

"You know no one is falling for that anymore, Himawari, we all now know how you really are, you are a wretch, a heartless, spoiled little brat.

Who isn´t worth the air we spent while talking with you, you know what, your friendship, you can keep it, I don´t need it.

I don´t want to know anything about you anymore, for me you truly are dead!" Senpou stated, as she and Inojin turned around and went away back into the shadow of the alley, hand in hand.

"Noo, noo, Inojin, Senpou no please don't go, I beg you!" I shouted, as I wanted to run after them but was stopped by Bolt.

"Nii-san, why are you going in my way, why are you denying me my bit of love, why can anyone be happy and only me being left to suffer?!" I shouted full of anger and sorrow.

"You can be happy too, if you would have looked for a different kind of Happiness, or at least at another place, we told you to forget your love for Inojin and that you should move on.

Inojin´s love belongs to Senpou and both are my friends I won´t let you interfere in their relationship, just because you have selfish feelings for Inojin, you should have listen to us, then nothing of this would have ever happened.

Inojin wanted to stay friends with you, but now you won´t ever see him ever again, you did something hardly forgivable, so don´t expect anyone to go easy on you anymore.

You will have a hard time to regain the respect you had my dear, for no one respect a traitor in friendship, someone who can only betray and force the own will on other people to get what you want, no one likes a dictator!" Bolt said and his words stung in my heart.

"Anyways I have to go tell mom and dad about what you did, so you better brace yourself for being punished.

I have to say, I was never more disappointed by you and if you weren´t my sister, I would hate you now, but fact is you are my sister, unfortunately, as for such a sister I really can only pity myself.

Right now, I am so ashamed of myself that I didn´t taught you better, anyways, Sarada are you coming?" Bolt asked and Sarada-san nodded.

"Himawari, I truly have to say that I too am disappointed by you and I guess I too have to think about, if I still want to be your friend, or not.

If this is your sense of friendship, then I guess I have nothing to say anymore, well then sayonara, see you back home Katsuo!" Sarada said and so also they vanished.

"Nii-san, s-s-s-Sarada san, not you too!" I stated as even more tears ran over my face, I fell to my knees, my mind was blank, my body numb, I didn´t even minded the rain that was pouring down on us.

"Do you now see it, I told you, you should stop, from the beginning of your plan on I tried to stop you, but I was too weak.

I should have dragged you away, keep you from making your claim reality, from the moment on, that you made the decision to sabotage the date I should have bring you off it.

I should have been more stronger myself, but I knew I wasn't, so you left me no choice but to tell them.

And they are right aren´t they,, if this is how you value friendship and relationships then I truly have to ask myself, why I ever fell in love with you, why did I ever thought that you are the one, the one and only girl for me, what was the point of falling in love with you, if you have no value for feelings of love, care and friendship.

What´s the benefit in loving you, when all you are, is being nice, cute and kind from the outside, but rotten and mean at the inside, no one wants to love such a beast, not?" Katsuo stated.

"Whaaat, you-you, you actually loved me?" I asked dumbfounded, I was confused, was he joking or not, and if he wasn´t why was I never able to see anything.

Was I really that blind?

"I did, ever since we were little, you are that girl, that wretch and that bitch how you called yourself.

You are the girl, I meant as I said that it runs after someone else, someone not meant to be for her, and all I can do is admiring you from afar, you are my one sided love.

I swore to always be there for you, and I will stay, even if you hate me now, still I am disappointed that you never recognized how much you mean to me, that I was willing to die for you.

I would catch a grenade for you, throw myself before a train for you, to push you out of the danger, hell I even would take a bullet straight for you, yes I would die for you Himawari, but would you even think about doing the same?

I wanted you to know that you were the girl I wanted to be together the most, I always loved you and I still do, even if everyone abandons you, I won't.

I will stay at your side, for all eternity, that´s what I vowed to you.

Even if I will forever remain in the friend zone, I will stay at your side, observing you, watching over you keeping you safe and sound.

For my love to you and your friendship to me, is what I treasure most in life!" Katsuo stated and tears rolled over my eyes, mixing with the rain that fell on my face, even the sky was crying right now.

"I will be your shadow, the guy next to you who loves you, but whose love might never be responded, because he is not cool enough, not Inojinish enough, to be the one you could fall for!" Katsuo stated with a smile, but his eyes were full of pain and sorrow, I never saw such a glance on him, so full of grief.

Only now I recognized that he was right, he always had been at my side, he always helped me and him always shared good times and bad times, peace and trouble with me.

He has always being my partner in crime, my friend, but I never thought much about it, was that real, was he only some guy, who simply was there, for me.

Did I really took his Friendship, he kindly offered to me, for a granted feeling.

Did I really saw nothing but a dog in him, a loyal dog like Shana always said.

Was he nothing more to me, but a simply friend, someone who simply exist to follow me around, like a servant.

Or was he something more, something far greater.

"I never thought about that, but he´s right, why could I never see how much he did for me, how much I liked the feeling of having him near me, of feeling his tender care, his kindness, his…, his…, his love?" I thought to myself as I looked at him, eyes filled with tears, full of hurt, pain sorrow but also full of care and kindness.

Am I really as stupid as he said, was this really my goal, to destroy anything I had and everything I might could have get.

"I´m so sorry…., everyone…, I didn´t meant to destroy anything…, I beg you…, I beg you…., please forgive me…, please give me a chance to make it up to you!" I cried as I tried to stand up but feel to the ground, my boddy too numb to move, I only laid there crying, letting the darkness of the evening surrounding me like a blanket, while the rain still was pouring down on me

"Is this what you want, is this your goal, is this what you have aimed for all the time?" Katsuo asked me.

"No, no this is not what I wanted!" I said my voice hoarse.

"Do you now see how right I was, following your plan to win Inojin over, to steal him from Senpou in gruesome ways, left you with almost nothing?

Is this what you wanted from the start?" Katsuo asked.

"No, no this is not what I wanted, this is not what I aimed for!" I shouted, my heart was crying same as my soul.

"What do you want then, Himawari?" Katsuo asked softly.

"I don´t know, I really don´t know, I don´t know how to get it.

But, I want my friends.

I just want this to never have happened, I don´t want this reality, I don´t want to lose my friends and I don´t want my brother to be disappointed and ashamed of me.

I want to be friends again, that my Brother doesn't hates me, that no one hates me, I want to be loved, just held and comforted because I want to, I want to be able to share love myself and to receive it!" I said

"Well nothing is for free, you know, if you really want something you have to work hard for it.

However, if you want something but know that you never will get it, without hurting others, than you better think twice about it, not?

For nothing is worth to get, when it means that you have to hurt other people for it, don´t you think so too?" He asked me.

"You are right, you are so right, i´m so sorry, I never wanted to lose my friends, I never wanted to lose anyone!"

"What would you wish for, if you got two wishes for free?" Katsuo asked cryptically.

"I would wish to never have ended up like this, disappointing, shaming and hurting everyone!" I said to him still crying my heart out, lying on the ground, the coldness of the rain crept into my body.

"And what else…?" Katsuo asked.

"I wished I would have acknowledged your love in me, I wish I would have noticed it, that I would have fallen in love with you, rather than in Inojin, at least I wouldn´t have been hurt then!" I said.

"What if I tell you that I can make your wish come true, that there is a second chance for you, a chance to undo anything that happened?

What if I can show you a way to help your own heart, to go a different way, to be able to decide against destroying anything you got, to reach out what is directed to you, do you want me to do that?" He asked me and I looked at him confused.

He was smiling a comforting smile, while he held an umbrella over me.

His smile was so warm so friendly and so full of care and kindness, I only now recognized that it was the same smile, he always had given me when I cried, mostly back in elementary school.

It was that comforting smile, which I liked so much on him.

I always thought it was just him being friendly, but now I know, it was the smile of a boy in love.

"Yes I want it!" I said.

"You have to mean it, say it louder!" he demanded.

"Yes I want you to fulfil my wishes, I beg you, please!" I said louder.

"This is still not loud enough, tell me, what do you want?" Katsuo shouted.

"I WANT MY FRIENDS BACK AND I WANT TO FEEL WHAT IT FEELS, TO FALL IN LOVE WITH SOMEONE ELSE, I WANT TO EXPERINCE TRUE LOVE.

I WANT TO EXPLORE ALL WHAT YOU SEE IN ME, I WANT YOU TO STAY AT MY SIDE; WITHOUT YOU I CANNOT DO ANYTHING STRAIGHT, I BEG YOU KATSUO, PLEASE HELP ME!" I Screamed.

"Then come take my hand and I will grand your wishes the choice is yours, make the best out of what you learned today!" Suddenly there was a light, right before where Katsuo stood.

"What the hell, where is this coming from?" I thought to myself, dumbfounded.

"This is your second chance, so come, if you really want your wishes come true!" Katsuo stated, helping me up, the warmth of his hand filled my body and made the numbness fleeing with flying colours.

He went through the gate of light, as soon as I stood solidly.

"Wait, wait, Katsuo, i´m coming!" I stated, as I ran after him, he stood right in the light, holding his hand out to me.

"Come Himawari, I will never leave you alone!" he said and I was glad, I smiled and gently grabbed his hand he reached out to me.

A hand which was warm and tender as well as gentle and soft but also so manly.

Hands I don´t want to ever let go again.

"I´m so sorry I never noticed your feeling, I swear from now on I will and I will cherish your love for me, until the day I can tell you that I do love you too!" I thought as I saw him smiling, tears of pure innocent joy flooded my eyes, as we run through the corridor of light.

I tripped over my feet but was caught by him, I looked up to gaze in his eyes, and they were so full of care and tender feelings, that it stole my breath.

It was a glance, I never have seen on anyone, not even on Inojin when he spoke with me, only when he spoke about Senpou.

The shimmer of love was in Katsuo´s eyes.

"Let´s go!" He said, taking my hand and so we ran through the corridor of light.

While running several memories came in my mind, memories of good days and sad ones, and in each and every of these day, I had to witness that Katsuo was always on my side, more than even Bolt was and far more often than Inojin.

He always had been there always and he never complained about it.

He always watched over me, so why didn´t I ever noticed him as a cool man, did I really took his friendship as granted, and if I did, what was I thinking, how stupid could I be.

"Why the hell didn´t I ever saw it myself, and why was I so charmed by Inojin if he never showed me any kind of mutual feelings.

Why did I tried to let myself fall in love with him, rather than turning around and grabbing those hands directed to me, the Hands of the boy…., no, the man who has always been on my side!" I thought to myself as I ran after Katsuo, who run before me, he looked so manly, so strong and yet so cute

"Katsuo, I´m sorry, I swear, I will find my feeling for you; all I need is time!" I mumbled to myself, while Katsuo, the boy and a real man, who was in love with me, dragged me further into the light which became brighter and brighter.

Until I was totally blinded.

Before I knew what happened, I saw a blue sky, with birds flying in it.

"What the….?" I mumbled as I stood up from my rest place under a tree.

I looked around to see Katsuo sleeping peacefully on the meadow before me.

"Where am I, and why are we here?" I asked, before I walked over to Katsuo.

I watched his chest rising and falling and I had to admit, his sleeping face was kind of cute.

He looked kind of like a beautiful angle, really, why did I never saw how cute he actually was.

I could have it so easy, really, all I would have needed to do was to stop running, after a man I never would catch anyways; and to turn around and embrace the young man, which was running after me, trying to reach me.

"Hey Katsuo, wake up!" I stated poking his cheek gently.

"Hmmm, yaaaawwwwnn, ooh Himawari you are finally up again, I see, and how was your sleep?" He asked me, almost a bit too curious..., that was sure really suspicious.

"Awfully, what happened and where are we?" I asked.

"We are in the park of Konoha-city, and about what happened, uhmm, well, I-I,… uhmm!" he stated fidgeting with his fingers.

"Katsuo, just tell me what is going on, I mean it was night we were in the downtown in that dark alley and then we went through such a corridor made of light.

Wait, Oooh noooo, Inojin, Senpou, Bolt, Sarada, oh no, I messed so much up, I have to go and apologize to them right now!" I stated, as I wanted to stand up.

"Huh, Katsuo what´s going on, what's the matter?!" I asked, as he grabbed my arm.

"Just sit down, you don´t have to tell them anything!" He said in a serious tone, a tone I never heard on him.

"But I have to apologize!" I stated confused.

"For what, there has been no damage done at least not already!" He said.

"Wait what…., wait, I was sleeping how…. Katsuo, tell me right now what happened!" I demanded to know, his whole behaviour was really suspicious…, wait…, no way…., don´t tell me he…..?

"If you promise to not hate me and to let me explain, I will tell you!" He said, fidgeting.

"Alright, alright, I promise, now tell me what happened!" I demanded.

"Sigh, well you see, you were asleep for the last one and a half hour, because…. I kind of…, you know…, put you in a Genjutsu!" He stated, and closed his eyes, holding his hands in defence.

"I see, so this was all not real, all of what I experienced did never happened?" I asked dumbfounded.

"No, not at all Naitomea no sekai, Saigo no shudan no jutsu (Nightmare-world, Jutsu of the last exit) is a Jutsus, to show the inner fears becoming true towards the opponent.

I put you inside, as soon as you told me about your plan, I knew I had to stop you right from the beginning, or else something terrible might have happened!" he stated.

"So that means…?" I asked.

"Beside of me, no one else knows about your plan, the Jutsu should show you your inner fears and the consequences of your false decision, giving you a taste of what probably would happen, the worst case scenario, which lies the nearest, at the possible reality.

The way you have shouted their names, tells me that the jutsu had success in showing you the fear you have, behind taking your decision, the fear deep down in you.

You know if something would go wrong, something extremely terrible would happen, everyone would leave you alone, Bolt would be so disappointed of you, same as my sister, Inojin and Senpou would might start to hate you, or at least don´t want to see you for a long time.

Friendship is something to treasure, something one has to value.

So don´t go trying to lose it, just because of having lost the race in a love never meant to be.

Inojin has made his choice, and as a good friend and especially as a girl who once has fallen in love with him, you have to respect his decision.

He deserves happiness and this means that he is together in a relationship with Senpou, to feel happy.

I think it is also in your intention for him to feel happy, isn´t it, or do you like him more when he is unhappy?" Katsuo asked.

"No you are right, you really saved me, hell what was I thinking, I would have destroyed me everything I ever have, if you wouldn´t have stopped me right by the start.

I will forever stand in your debt!" I stated.

"No need to thank me, after all, that's what friends are here for!" He said and I saw it in his eyes, as he said the word friends.

They weren't shining at all, they were dull and sad.

"Well, you surely are far more to me than a simple friend.

Honestly, now that Inojin has made his choice there is nothing left for me to strive for but my other dreams.

The childish dream of becoming his bride has vanished like a Bubble.

The time I had been in this Genjutsu was really needed, I am kind of glad you did put me inside of it, it opened my eyes, and enabled me to take of this Pink glasses.

I don´t even know anymore, why I fell for him in the first place, I mean, when I shall be honest, I know close to nothing about him, he also never showed any mutual feelings of infatuation, only friendly care and concern but nothing more.

Also the only things that I know about him are the facts, that he draws good and that he is good in Ikebana and flowers in general, he is smart and strong, but that was it.

I mean we hardly ever met, only if Bolt is with me during their training, or during missions.

But that's the only time he is there, somehow it has become a real riddle to me all of a sudden, now that I can see clearly again, I truly have to admit that I was about to do the stupidest and most idiotic…., hell it simply would have been, the most needless fault of my entire life!" I said and he nodded.

"Told you so!" He stated.

"And I really should have listened from the start!" I nodded.

"Anyways what now?" I asked.

"Well we have the whole afternoon time, how about we go get Hiro and Shana and go to Ichiraku?" He asked and suddenly my eyes shone.

"Sure thing!" I said excitedly.

"Really, well then it´s on me this time, as atonement for setting you in a Genjutsu!" he stated and his eyes sparkled the same way they always had, when he was truly happy.

"Well then, let´s go!" He said as he stood up and grabbed my hand, I blushed at this, his hands were just as tender, warm, strong, gentle and as manly as in the Genjutsu.

I was running behind him and the way I see it, I had truly not a boy anymore before me, but a true young man, someone who is always there when I need him, a partner in crime, and that's what I will cherish from now on.

This horror vision showed me what I'm almost loosing, and I was determined to turn around and to grasp those hands who are reaching out for me.

The Hands of Katsuo Uchiha.

Manly, tender and still strong hands, meant to hold mine, meant to make me happy.

"Katsuo, please wait for me, I will surely come, to embrace your love!" I mumbled.

He smiled, just as if he had heard me.

I chuckled at that thought.

And so we went to spend the day together with our friends, better than I had intended.

"I thank you Lord, you delivered me from evil, I thank you so much for this second chance!" I thought, as I looked up in the sky.

Part II:- The Bonus story continues, 4 months ago: (The Night before the Climax):- Tenderness under the Starlight and a Song that echoes towards you.

The temple of Light in the Sacred forest, Bolt´s Pov:

2 Weeks passed since we arrived here in the Temple of the Light Foxes, 2 weeks nothing happened, while we were guarding and looking over the Sacred Forest.

Still, Tomorrow in the evening, at the light of the full moon, the Portal to the Getchōseki no kyuden (Moonstone Palace) will open itself to let the Wild Sage of Light, Lady Inari, manifest herself.

And so will also the shield be weakened, allowing the evil to break in.

Still now, in the Night before that phenomenon, things were as peaceful as they can get.

Thanks to mine and Himawari's stern talk towards Ganto and Lorena, the both of them didn´t dared to say any word of insult, to any of our friends anymore.

Honestly, they didn´t talked to anyone of us since the last 2 weeks, which truly was a blessing.

Currently I was busy with chilling, with my Pals and my Sister, watching the stars.

The sky was completely cloud free and the Stars were shining brightly, somehow it remembered me on that Day 2 Years ago, the day of the Starlight Festival; which will come again in 5 months.

It was a magical night for sure, for it was the night, in which I truly fell in love with Sarada-san, However was it also the darkest hour for me an my friends, for I almost died that night.

It was pure luck that I am still alive, however, it was unfortunately also that luck that made me forgot about this day and night for a long, long time, until 2 weeks ago, as I saw Sarada being sad of letting me go with Mirai-sempai´s team.

Still all I saw were an incomplete set of moving pictures and sound.

Flashback, 2 Years ago:

It were some hours before the highlight of this big day, the Starlight festival.

That one event, me and my Friends were excited for, since the entire first half of the Year, for it was the festival right after the Chunin Exam finals, not that we had participated this year though.

Konohamaru-sensei stated that the Exam will become harder and harder by each year and that, despite of being a top team already, so he says, we should still get some more experiences, for the rank of a Chunin wasn´t anymore what it has been before the fourth Ninja world war.

There was a certain requirement, one should at least have succeeded in 1 B-rank mission and shall have at least 14 years of age, before one is allowed to participate.

"Are you guys excited for tonight?" I asked my friends, after a hard day of Training.

"Sure thing Bolt, after all this festival is only once in a year!" Chouchou stated and I nodded.

"I swear this year I will get the main price in the eating contest, meals for free in your favorite restaurant, for an entire year!" I stated excited and drooling, of course was this, for a passionate Ramen eater like my father, my Sister and me, the absolute and most tasty price to get.

I drooled even more, by the mere thoughts of all the Ramen I can get with that.

However I didn´t expected the scratch sound to come.

"Forget it Bolt, I will win!" Chouchou stated with a stern look.

"Ah yeah, well we will prove it, tonight, make sure to eat ground, Akimichi, Dattebasa!" I said, as sparks of anger and rivalry flew between us.

I had to be careful, she was an Akimichi after all, so she was able to eat 20 bowls of ramen in no time, without breaking a sweat, still I was a Konoha Uzumaki, and we never give up no matter what.

"How bothersome, is that the only way you two want to celebrate this day?" Shikadai asked, as he observed the sunset we currently were watching all together from the Hokage Mountain, still far from the heads away, right behind the fence.

"Well how do you want to spent it then?!" I asked him curious.

"I will lie myself here on the roof and watch the Stars and the moon, since this is actually the main reason the Festival has been created 17 years ago, after the moon stopped to splinter and fall down on the earth.

To remind us that we are lucky, to still be able to see the starlit night sky, if it weren´t for our Hokage and his Wife, means your parents Bolt and Himawari, as well as our parents, who prevented the moon from crashing on the earth, we might all not live anymore, or better said, we 8 would have never been born!" Shikadai stated and we all gasped.

"Way to fuck up the mood Shikadai, Dattebasa!" I stated annoyed.

"Maybe, still that is what this Festival is really about, it is the National Celebration Day, where merchants and entertainers from all around the United Shinobi World will come together here in Konoha to celebrate, it is the biggest Open Air Festival of the Year!" Shikadai stated.

"So you will lie down and eventually fall asleep till the next morning, sleeping through the entire Festival, is that your plan!?" I asked confused and he nodded.

"Pretty much!" He replied.

"But where is the benefit in doing that, it's as if you would stay at your home, a festival is there to celebrate, not to sleep through it, you lame-ass!" I stated annoyed, he really knew how to ruin the mood.

"Just leave me alone Bolt, it´s not like you would understand the benefit of having a long peaceful sleep, right under the starlight, after a hard day of training!" Shikadai stated sighing.

"Geez way to go you, mood-killer!" I mumbled with a sour expression.

"Anyways, what are you guys doing tonight, to celebrate?" I asked Inojin, Senpou, Himawari and Sarada, who sat next to me.

"We have to work!" Senpou and Inojin replied in unison, before blushing.

"Wait what, but why?" I asked in shock.

"Well my Mom and Dad have a Painting and Ikebana workshop stand on the Festival, in which I shall help, to do a workshop for Calligraphy!" Inojin stated sighing in annoyance.

Little I could understand him, I bet his mother forced him.

"And my parents are making a Kung-Fu show with some of our Pupils, in order to win new customers, I shall participate in it too, Mom and Dad practically begged me for it, since I am their strongest pupil!" Senpou stated, pumped up with the spirit of youth.

I bet that was her mother´s idea.

"I see, well that's sad somehow, still after all Chouchou has time to come with us, don´t you?!" I said happily, nodding over to her.

"Sorry Bolt I have to work too, the Akimichi Clan Members are having several Food-stands, Mom asked me to help her and Dad by their stand, they make Chili con Carne, a specialty from Kumo, I am only free for the duration of the contest!" Chouchou stated with a frown and my smile crashed deep down.

"Whaaaat?" I asked shocked.

"Me too, sorry Nii-chan but I already promised Katsuo, Hiro and Shana, to go with them this time, Mom and Dad know about this too, i´m so sorry I totally forgot to tell you.

Anyways, I got to go, I still have to help Shana to style each other for the Festival; you know, Hairdressing, Nail varnish and so on, girl-stuff!" Himawari stated, speaking about the Aburzuka Twins, as we call them, the Kids of Shino-Sensei and Hana-san; honestly I died a little inside at these news.

That of all persons, Himawari would let me hang on a cliff, so to say.

"Hi-Hi-Himawari, you, you, you, you too...?" I was extremely shocked and began hyperventilating as they all went away.

"We are sorry guys, but I bet you will have fun anyways, you as our pair of Lovebirds, well then see you on the Festival!" Senpou stated, as they all parted their ways.

It was a heartbreaking scene for me, like a horror vision of a complete break-up of our clique, I had not even the nerve to complain about her Lovebird-joke.

"Breath Bolt, breath!" Sarada stated, giving me the empty bag of chips, I felt sick and ready to vomit all of a sudden.

To be honest this was a real shock, since we normally made practically anything together, expect in private things and when one team is on missions.

"Uhhhh, why didn´t anyone told me this before, I was so excited to celebrate with all of my friends and now the only one that is remaining, to celebrate with me is..., wait...!" I stated, turning around to fixate Sarada with my eyes.

"Whaa, what´s the matter Bolt?" She asked blushing.

"You won´t jump of the plank as well, won´t you?" I asked, with puppy dog eyes.

"No of course not,...baka... i´m free for the whole day!" She said pouting, pushing her glasses back on her nose, blushing.

"I hope so, dattebasa, to celebrate festivals without friends is just boring!" I said and she nodded with a smile.

"There you speak a true word,... well seems like it´s only us two tonight!" She stated, smiling at me and I blushed.

"Guess that's true, anyways, I bet we also will be able to have fun, only the two of us!" I stated smiling back.

"But I fear that this will definitely fuel the rumor mill, not that I care though, still, I don´t want your good image to be damaged, by some kinds of false histories about you and me!" Sarada stated, as we watched the sunset.

We were sitting closely next to each other, since it had become fairly colder all of a sudden, so I offered her to come closer.

She hesitated at first, but eventually scooted closer as soon as the warmth of the day faded away.

"You know I honestly don't really care about what other peoples are saying about both of us, the only ones I do care about, are you, our friends and my Family!" I stated as I looked at her and she nodded blushing.

It was easier to show more care and concern at each other, when the others were not here with us, this way no one called us a pair or made dumb comments to it, which ruined the mood.

I like Sarada, very much, maybe even in that special way, at least I think I feel more than just friendship, honestly I was more than often confused of my own feelings.

There are times, where I want to be so much closer to her, and there are times, where I tell myself that I never want a girlfriend of her attitude, mostly after we had a fight.

Still, whenever we are both alone, I wish I could show her more tenderness, somehow, but I am overheating of blushing, by the mere thought of it.

"Therefore, it is not as if there would be any image that can be damaged so easily, I think that we may make a good pair anyway, hypothetically spoken of course, at least a better one than most others, what do you think?" I stated blushing shifting my gaze to the side.

"Hmm maybe, honestly I personally never really thought much about being in love with someone, or to be love in general.

Still, in a way, the claims of the others might be true, somehow.

I mean at least one bit of truth must be in it, if so many people are thinking we would make a good pair, I mean even my Mother jokes constantly about it!" Sarada stated, looking at me with a curious and flushed face.

"I know right, mine too,...!" I stated, equally flushing.

A long silence followed in which neither of us said a word, we just kept on watching the sun setting and the stars coming out.

Enjoying the company we were blessed with along with the silence and only the sound of Nature and the busy town, in a way, it made me think about what Shikadai said.

He was right, if Dad and the others wouldn´t have stopped Toneri Otsutsuki from destroying the moon and our World, we would never be able to sit here and speak about possible relationships, enjoying ourselves.

So to say, that I was able to sit here with Sarada, was a blessing of God, truly.

"Ho,..., how would you feel about that..., about being in a relationship with me?" I asked out of the blue, looking at her, to see her reaction, I saw her blushing a bit.

"Don´t know, as I said, I never really thought about love or crushes!" She stated blushing, I think she meant that mid-honestly, there seemed to be something behind this claim.

"Well I think it might not be so bad, I honestly have no real clue about crushes and lovey dovey feelings as well, still I would have no objections against it!" I said, face flushed.

"Really?" She asked curious, but also a bit nervous.

"Uhu, I think, even with our bickering and fighting from time to time, it would not change much in our current relationship, only that I might show you more tenderness, without the others having to state unjustified claims.

All in all it would stay just the same maybe becoming even better, I would do my best to defend you from all harm, maybe even more than before!" I stated and she looked at me in wonder.

"I see, well I would also try my best to keep you from harm and to make you see, of how much I feel for you, every day.

But I guess Dad would be the first to complain if I would mention me being in love with you, he is always so damn protective!" She stated with annoyed expression and I nodded.

"Can imagine that and I do understand that, it´s like with me and Himawari, in a way, I also don´t want her to just fall in love with someone, I logically want someone I can entrust her with.

Same as your father wants you to be safe under all circumstance, still, I am Bolt Uzumaki, I bet I would be able to make him see, of how strong and protective I am!" I stated and she nodded.

"I think you are the only one, which might be able to beat my Dad in protectiveness!" Sarada said chuckling.

"Anyways, it´s still strange to think about relationships, there you are right, still, it´s not as if I can talk much about that theme anyways!" I said.

"I see, so you didn´t had girlfriend ever before?" she asked and I shook my head in no.

"You could say I am a relationship-virgin!" I joked.

"Yeah same here!" She said and had such a sad glance.

"Well, since I am an Uchiha there would be no one anyways, who would like to have me as girlfriend, so in a way there are not much options left for me.

It boils down to that I have only three options at all:

1. Finding someone who is strong, protective and nice as well someone, who knows me the way you do, who looks and treats me without prejudice, which is really rarely to find.

2. Finding someone who don´t knows me at all, like from another village or even a completely different land, still, the name Uchiha is known in the entire United Ninja world since 20 years.

3. Staying forever alone!" She stated and her glance went even sadder.

"Forget it, I will never allow you to stay alone anymore, even if we would not date, note you can always count on me, Sarada, I will always be there to help you, comfort you, or to simply be your shoulder to lean on!" I stated lifting her chin, as she blushed but smiled as well.

She stood up, looking at the Sunset.

"Thanks Bolt, I really appreciate your care!" She said, gazing in the far distance.

I looked at her and blushed hard, the sun that illuminated her face made her looking quite beautiful, I had to admit.

To be honest, I may know her so long now, still I never really realized how beautiful she actually was.

Her ebony, almost coal black hair, which she had begun to grown longer, was flying, caught by the wind, this dark silk-like hair.

As she took of her glasses, to clean them on the sleeve of her pullover, I had a good glance at her Face, my breath stopped for a second at the sight.

She truly was the most beautiful girl, I ever have seen, perhaps only my mom can top her and Himawari comes very close behind her.

"You know, I don´t think I ever told you how beautiful you are!" I said to her, blushing deep crimson.

"Really thank you, note that you too are quite handsome, a real nice piece of eye-candy!" She stated and I chuckled.

"Well shall we go, I think we still have to dress up for the festival!" She said smiling, having her glasses still of and I nodded blushing, being a loss of words.

"Bolt are you alright, you seem to have a fever, you are all red?" She asked curious.

"Ah no,... it´s nothing!" I stated flushing even more.

"...Well, if you say so!" She said and I thought to see her blushing too.

"Anyways, let´s go and..., hey..., uhmm Sarada?" I asked, as I tried to stand up, but was unable to.

"Yeah, what´s the matter Bolt?" She asked curious.

"Uhmm, well,... could you please help me, I think my legs fell asleep!" I asked her and she chuckled cutely.

"Sure thing!" She said and pulled on my arm.

I was halfway in the air, as she lost her footing, slipping on the still partially wet grass, still wet from the rain earlier this morning, and fell flat on me, pushing me back in the grass.

As if it was divine doing, our lips met, due to her falling right on top of me.

We were paralyzed with shock for several seconds, still I had to admit she really had soft lips, they tasted and smelled like Watermelons, somehow.

"Uaaah, I´m sorry Bolt!" She stated a she went of me, releasing my lips.

Somehow I missed the feeling, almost instantly.

She scattered next to me and went to her knees, same as I did.

"Uhmm sorry, here too!" I said bowing before her.

"No I have to apologize!" She said bowing too.

And as if in a slapstick comic, we hit our foreheads at each other, by bowing simultaneously.

"Ow-w!" We stated in pain, trying to ease the same, by rubbing our foreheads.

"Well that was awkward!" She said and I chuckled.

"Kind of, still, I stole your first Kiss and I am sorry for this, normally the first kiss on the lips is reserved, for a person you love!" I said reproachful.

"You are right, still, it was an accident and... honestly..., it´s not like I hate it..., it felt kind of... good, I guess!" She stated blushing deep red, dropping her glance to the side.

"Well, I have to say, that it do felt good, somehow!" I said, blushing equally red.

"Well we better stand up, not that someone who is passing by, might misinterpret this scene!" I said blushing.

"Would be better!" She replied nodded.

"If you want, I will treat this as our little secret!" I said to her smiling, as I helped her up.

"Sure, but, umm..., well then..., please treat this here as well, as such a secret, okay!?" She said, as she took my face by my cheeks and crashed her lips gently on mine.

I was buff at first, to say the least, but soon I leaned in.

The Kiss she gave lasted at least a minute, maybe even longer, but for me it was like an eternity, right now, I wish that time would stop and this moment would never end.

However it did ended and I was as sad as possible over it, even though I didn´t showed it to her.

"This way our first kiss at least was something freely been done by us, rather than a simple accident or forced!" she said face flushed.

"I see, well it was really nice and I will held this kiss forever in my mind and as a secret.

By the way, you are a good kisser and your Lips taste like Watermelon,... I like it,... in more than one way!" I stated blushing and she smiled.

"Yours taste like Miso-soup!" She stated and chuckled cutely, which made her even more beautiful.

Suddenly I though about it, perhaps a relationship, with her would not be so bad.

"Well then, let´s go!" She said standing up and dragged me, perhaps unconsciously, after her by holding my hand.

2 hours later, at the Uzumaki Villa:

It was only a half hour before we go out for the festival.

I promised Sarada to pick her up since her Parents would go with mine, to enjoy the festival.

By the way I only recognized this now, but it truly was the very first time that I ever was alone with Sarada on some kind of festival or event, usually it was mostly Himawari or Katsuo who tailed us.

But as she said earlier this evening, today it truly will be only us two.

I was excited to say the least, but also a little bit confused, for the time being.

These two kisses didn´t got out of my mind anymore, same as the feeling of her tender and hot, fruity tasting, lips on mine.

"Dammit this was unfair, how am I supposed to not feel myself lightheaded and like having butterflies in my stomach, dammit, you are just too cute Sarada!" I mumbled.

Honestly, I longed for another kiss of these lips.

"Is this how an infatuation feels like?" I mumbled blushing.

"Bolt are you ready to go, we will soon leave, you know?" Mom asked, knocking on my door.

"I am, uhmm... Mom, can I ask you something?" I asked, as I looked at the door.

"Sure what do you want to know?" She asked, but first I was looking if no one was eavesdropping.

"No fear, Himawari is already at Shino and Hana's home, helping Shana!" She said.

"I see, well, umm, it´s a little embarrassing and I don´t want you to get the wrong idea, but..., how does infatuation feels like?" I asked blushing.

"Oh my..., well..., how shall I describe it, you could see it as a feeling that you can´t stop thinking about a person and that you are willing to do anything to make that person notice you, the way you truly are, you wish yourself that she feels. that she means more to you than other peoples.

Whenever you see that person, you are attracted to, you seem to overheat by an inner fire, which burns stronger when you see her, as if she is the wind that rises up the flames.

At least so it was, as I met your Father the first time!" Mom stated and I nodded, this might come in question to describe what I am feeling right now.

"How did you actually met Dad, I only have partial memories about you telling me and Himawari the stories of you and Dad!" I stated.

"Well I might tell you, I think so many time we still have!" Mom stated, as she sat herself on my Bed and pated next to her.

I walked and sat myself right next to her.

"You see, as I was only six years old, I was constantly being mobbed by the Kids from the Town, calling me the Byakugan monster, it was not easy for me, since I was the Hyuuga-heir´s first born daughter, Your Aunt Hanabi was only a year by the time.

I was weak and had little to no self-esteem therefore.

On a snowy day in December, I was yet again being mobbed by three older kids from the town.

Naruto, who was sitting on a swing nearby, came to defend me, even though he knew me not at all, same as I him.

But in that moment as he stood bravely in front of me trying to defend me, I had to think of my Mother´s stories about the White Knight in shining armor.

And in that moment, your Father was the closest, for me, to that fictional character.

Unfortunately, were his opponents to three bullies, older, taller and therefore also stronger, your father was easily beaten up and passed out after a while of being beaten up.

The boys then took his red scarf he wore and played with it, by hanging it on a tree and stomping on it, completely destroying it in progress.

Naruto woke back up and yet again wanted to beat the boys up, but he had to see that they already had vanished.

Losing interest in mobbing us, they vanished after a while, not knowing what else to do, since there was no one who could help us with medical ninjutsu or so, I simply asked Naruto if he was okay.

He grumpily replied that everything was alright, even though it was clearly to say that he was not at all okay.

I offered Naruto his scarf back and then the stupid me, just had to point out that the scarf has really been ruined, as if it wasn´t obvious after such a treatment.

It was only logical that he then said, that he doesn't need it anymore.

So I kept it, in order to remember me at him and his braveness.

As he was about to leave, I thanked Naruto and he nodded saying goodbye to me, politely.

Ever since that day I fell in love with Naruto and whenever I had the chance, I watched him train or just doing whatever he did, I kind of stalked him ever since.

Through this, I too found the strength, little by little, to overcome my own weakness, my fears and limits and to become stronger.

It was thanks to his will, of never giving up, that I never gave up on loving him, and so you have been born, 14 years ago same as Himawari, who has been born 12 years ago!" Mom stated and I nodded in thought.

"I see, thanks, now I understand a little!" I said.

"So, who´s the one..., do I know the girl that stole my sons heart?" Mom asked and I blushed.

"It´s not like that, I am not in love with her, I..., I just came to the conclusion, that I like her a lot..., maybe a bit more than my other friends!" I stated blushing deep red.

"You mean Sarada, don´t you?" She asked me with a cocky smile.

"I..., I..., I never said that!" I stated embarrassed.

"But you also didn´t denied it, as much as I can say..., I see, so Sakura-san´s Daughter, well she´s really nice and polite and she is talented no doubt about that.

But what makes you feeling so for her?" Mom asked me.

"Sigh..., well..., she is nice and she is super strong, also is she the best of friends I have..., and lately I recognized how cute and beautiful she actually is!" I stated honestly, knowing that she knows when I lie.

"I see, well I cannot say yet if your choice is right or not but I think that, if you love someone, don´t stop right at the beginning, try to find out more about her and try to watch behind the façade, only then you truly know if you will be able to love her or not.

In any way, I will support you my son and I know Dad and Himawari will definitely too!" Mom stated and I was glad that I spoke with her.

"Thanks mom!" I said and she nodded smiling.

"Well, I guess you prepare yourself, we will soon meet up with Sakura and Sasuke, make sure to go with time, so that Sarada won't have to wait, also tonight is the best opportunity to show Sarada your best side, show her how polite and how nice you can be.

I heard that it will be only you two tonight, since your friends have to work and Himawari is going with her friends, so have fun and don't get in trouble, okay!" Mom said and I nodded.

"Will do so, see you tonight mom!" I said and she nodded.

"Mom sure is awesome!" I thought, as I watched her leaving the room.

"I cannot imagine a stronger woman than her, no matter what, she never stopped loving Dad and always aimed to be with him and to defend him, same as Dad does by her.

I hope I can be so too, to the girl I one day will select, as the mother of my children!" I thought.

"And even if it would become Sarada, I will always defend her, after all, that's what I vowed to her with my blood!" I said with the fire of determination in my eyes.

"Bolt we´re about to go!" I heard Mom asking from downstairs.

"Alright I will go too I think!" I said, as I made my way downstairs, dressed in my black Hakama, ready to impress Sarada, I hadn´t really planned it through, but I will show her what she might get when she would like to be my Girlfriend.

I got that feeling that tonight will be a good night.

Oh how wrong I should be.

Flashback end

Ever since that day I had such a good feeling, a feeling that she do might like me, it was to that evening as I fell in love with Sarada.

Still, there was something happening afterwards which I cannot really remember, as if something had swiped the memory partially out.

All I still know, was that I woke up in the hospital, all soar and not able to really remember what has happened the whole day before.

Later I got explained that it had been actually a month ago, since I was brought in the hospital and laid in the bed, in which I had been in coma ever since this night.

They said that I was really lucky to still be alive, everybody was happy to see me awake, as they visited, however even if Sarada was glad, really glad, to see me, I felt a certain distance, newly appeared, between us, a gap where I couldn´t not easily jump over, where the only possibility would be, to build a bride towards the other side.

I had no memory what had happened, still I knew deep within my heart that I have to overcome this trial, in order to get back so close to Sarada, as we had been before.

I has been a long time, since before I began to remember, but I still only remembered bits of that day, like the kisses and me going out for the festival, this was as much as I could remember of that night, by now.

But I remember to have felt such a loss in my heart somehow, as if I lost something really important and in a way I now could understand what it might have been, but still, I have to bring it back, to experience, what I lost, from anew.

All my Parents could tell me, was that Sarada and I had been attacked, by Nukenins, better said, by paid assassins having entered the Town together with some merchants, who came for the festival, during our alone time.

Luckily Sarada was unharmed for I have, as they said, shielded her from any harm with my own body.

I had several cuts and bruises, as well as manybullet wounds, thanks to being attacked with a machinegun, still my shield held out most of the attacks, but if you are under constant attack of rapid-fire, your chakra will drain quite quickly.

Unfortunately, I still hadn´t really learnt how to use Kyūbiko's chakra to that time, without getting too consumed by its power.

A fact I changed later as quickly as possible, in order to defend my Friends, no matter what.

Whenever I used it before that day, it nagged on my mind even though Kyūbiko didn´t wanted to harm me, but it was just too powerfull.

If not our friends, Konohamaru-sensei, Mirai-sempai and our parents had come to help us, killing the Assassins and if Sarada hadn´t been there, to help me with her medical ninjutsu, until her mother would have arrived, I might have died by now.

It is a debt I don´t ever know how to repay, but I will do my best to show her my gratitude every day.

Meanwhile in the Nekotsuki Hideout in Sora-ku, Sarada´s Pov:

I was sitting on the roof of the abandoned restaurant, hidden from curious glances, to watch the stars and to get my mind of the stress I felt for a while.

It had been two weeks, since I now trained under Hid, Pan and the other cats, to master the Pansā Kumite, and I was on the best way to do so, according to Hid.

All in all my training was specialized on espionage, hunting and high-speed attacks, through fighting against the other Cats, in complete darkness and only with Taijutsu.

Thanks to Lee-san´s training I had quite good reflexes and hard beats, but through this training here, my senses had been sharpened even more.

Hid trained me to sharpen my other senses to high definition, hearing, smelling and feeling the presence other beings.

He also taught me on how to activate and deactivate my hunting-instinct in one second flat, which was the most amount of time I had, in order to react towards high speed attacks.

I was trained, how to see the world with cat eyes, to focus my eyes on the tiniest amount of light in a room and to amplify these light sources, so that I was also able to clearly see, if a room was almost completely Black.

I also learned how to walk and run as well as jump like a cat, moving myself with extreme secureness and completely soundless.

I learned more about moving and jumping, than I was taught in the academy, even when being high above on non-solid ground, jumping over high distances.

I jumped, while predicting the exact distance and how many power I had to use to jump far, without hurting myself when I land.

I also could now always land on my feet and hands, just like a cat, without hurting or breaking anything.

However, there was one disadvantage, the more I learned to fight and act like a cat, the more my eyes as well as my stance resembled the one of a cat, according to Kona it was the one of a panther, even when I am not fighting.

It amazed as well as it frighten me.

What if I become a cat after all this training, I remember the first time I saw Bolt using sage mode, after he learned it from his Father and their Toad-senseis, Fukusaku and Shima.

His eyes changed and he had tremendous power all of a sudden, he could jump higher and faster as ever before, it amazed me and I admit, I had been a little jealous, but then he told me about Shima´s food, which consisted of larvae, caterpillars and several insects, and then again I was glad I hadn´t to learn there.

But all in all could it be, that all of this training with the cats, could possibly make me a cat-sage.

Giving me the strength, the speed and the power of a wild-cat.

It was though tempting to find these things out, but I guess that tomorrow I will have enough time to do so.

"I Just hope that I don´t disappoint them!" I mumbled.

In the last two weeks I lived with them, laughing and sharing the same they did with me, they grew close to my heart, no matter their different characters, especially Kona and Deida.

I saw sides on me I never thought I have, I learned to see my world with new eyes, to take everything in, and not only what I want to see.

In a way, living with the Nekotsuki gang changed me in a good way, also I now had a favor for fish of all sorts.

Senpou and the others were having, even though enclosed, a good time, since they constantly got to eat, in order to be fit for the maze, so the guards said and to not go down after two minutes already.

Lady Chibineko managed to exchange many of our news towards each other, this way they knew that I was okay and safe.

I informed them about the plan the cats had and that tomorrow I will challenge Nekomata, to a duel one vs one.

Logically they complained, not feeling good to know me in such a danger, but I told them that I had been prepared in the best way possible.

After all I had my Sharingan and now also my new Cat-instinct.

Still, for now I wanted to clear my head a bit, stopping to think about tomorrow, I rather wanted to relax and to think about old times and there I once again arrived on an memory with Bolt.

However, it was a special memory, for it was a memory only I could remember, something terrible happened which made Bolt losing his memories of the day and night before.

To that time I really thought I would have lost him, as so often, because he always wanted to defend us, regardless of his own health.

However this memory, from two years ago, during the Chunin exam and the preparation for the Starlight festival, caught me in its spell.

Since a few days, at night, I constantly saw these picture before me, and I constantly hear that song Bolt had sung, together with me, during a karaoke evening at the cultural festival.

A duet under the starlight.

The memory gave me a warm and fuzzy feeling and I just knew that I has been a very important memory to him, even though he still cannot remember what had happened that night.

That magical night in which he showed me a tenderness I never thought to see by anyone but my parents, that night in which he once again showed me. that he was one of them people, who cared the most about me.

That's why I wanted to make him remember, but since two years, has any attempt to make him remember it, has been for nothing, also in a way because I tried to keep my own feeling hidden before him, to never get him in such danger again.

Still he hadn´t ever since remembered that night.

I was sad, but I didn´t lost the hope, I just keep on trying, until he remember it again, the love we felt for each other that night.

I was sitting in my room that evening, two years ago, my mind was restlessly thinking about those two honest kisses I had with Bolt, kisses filled with admiration and love.

Tender and carefully, gently lifting my chin upwards, lips tasting like Miso Soup on mine.

Flashback, two years ago, Uchiha Villa:

I couldn't get rid of that one thought, since hours.

I kissed Bolt, why, the first kiss was an accident wasn´t it, so why did I had to kiss him a second time?

A crime of passion, this was the nearest words I found, to describe my sudden behavior.

"But if that´s so, why do I thought, the whole last two hours, only about Bolt and about how good this kiss felt, how soft his lips were and how delicious the taste of miso soup had been between my lips and of how much I longed for a third, a fourth, maybe even a fifth kiss and always so on.

All in all I longed to be hold and loved by Bolt, being tenderly kissed till the rest of my life!" I thought to myself.

I knew that I like him much, but I never would have thought that I would be able, to pull of such a stunt with him.

"Can it be, am I truly in love with him, perhaps?" I thought to myself, thinking hardly.

"Hmm, I honestly don´t get it, I am officially and fully confused!" I stated with a huff.

"Sarada-chan, are you ready, we are going in a half hour and I think Hinata mentioned that Bolt will come along!" Mom stated, as she knocked on the door.

"I´m ready to go!" I stated, being dressed in my cherry blossom colored Yukata, with a dark blue obi with yellow ornaments on it.

My Hair had been tied in a lateral ponytail and a cherry blossom shaped hair clip, which held the rest of my hair to the side of my face.

I wore, normal Sandals and with socks.

"Alright, dear, I will go down to help Sasuke with the closing of the doors and windows!" Mom said.

In a sudden rush of the need to finally solve this question, I called out for my greatest source of Wisdom.

"Mom, can I ask you something?" I stated.

"Sure, may I enter?" She asked, from behind the door.

"Yes, please come in!" I stated and she opened the door.

I gestured to my bed and she closed the door, before sitting herself next to me.

"So what´s the matter, Sweetheart, aren´t you feeling well or did something happened to you, you seemed to be so absentmindly, since you came back home?" Mom asked curious.

"Well there do has something happened, still I have a question first!" I stated.

"Sure go on, what you want to know, Darling?!" Mom asked, in anticipation.

"How do I know, when I am infatuated to someone?" I asked her.

"Huh, oh my..., I wondered to myself, when you might ask me that question..., well I can only tell the standards, for I think it´s for anybody different.

Anyways, I think you know it when you feel a bit uneasy in your beloved one´s company or when you want to have a straight dialogue, but manage to only stammer your words.

More evident is it, when you constantly blush while talking with that person.

Also do you feel slightly lightheaded and constantly happy when you think about him, but perhaps also a bit worried, depends on how popular, the boy you are infatuated to, is with the Girls.

There is always a bit of fear, in which you are asking yourself, if not someone might steal him, before you get the chance to tell him your feelings.

But telling him your feelings is something you will constantly hesitate to do, out of fear to be hurt and rejected!" Mom stated, and now it was clear to me.

"I see, so when I feel myself good in his company but blush often and begin to stammering, whenever I try to talk sweetly to him, and when I am jealous and afraid of someone stealing him away from me, that means that I am in love with him?" I asked and she nodded.

"Exactly, but as I said, these are only the standards, for every person it gives different ways, to show symptoms of infatuation to someone else!" Mom explained.

"I see!" I mumbled.

"So anyways, who is the lucky Boy?" Mom asked catching me of guard, I blushed deep red.

"Huh..., wait what?" I asked in embarrassment.

"Oh c´mon Sarada, it´s clearly to see that something has happened to you, or else you wouldn´t ask such a question, for saving your life!" Mom said snickering.

"Geez, guess I cannot hide anything before you!" I sighed.

"Well you are my Daughter after all, to me you are like an open book!" She said chuckling and I blushed, dammit.

"Anyways, care to tell me?" She asked.

"... Sigh, alright I tell you, but please promise me to not tell it Dad, as long as I am not sure about my and his feeling!" I Stated.

"I Promise" She said, waiting in anticipation.

"Well it might be Bolt!" I said blushing.

"I See, I wondered if you two might fall in love someday, I always hope for it!" Mom stated and I blushed deep red.

"What are you talking about?" I asked in sheer embarrassment.

"Ever since you both befriended each other, back in the elementary school, I saw these glances between you two.

Glances of pure admiration for each other, it might not have been clear for the both of you, but I knew that there might become more than just a strong friendship.

Also did Hinata recognized that you constantly stalked Bolt?" Mom stated to my sheer horror.

"What, oh no!" I stated embarrassed, I always thought that no one might know about this.

"Ha-ha, no fear she only told me, your Dad doesn´t know about that!" Mom stated and I breathed up.

"But it seems to me that you did took an early interest in him?!" Mom stated with an questioning expression.

"Well..., maybe..., I do felt for him early..., however only as a friend, but I guess that only since today I might have fallen in love with him!" I said blushing.

"What did happened!?" She asked.

I gulped.

Should I really tell her?

I looked at her, how she looked with a curious, but also understanding expression at me.

"Well that was so...!" I stated, deciding to tell her the entire story.

After I was done, being interrupted, as mom had to laugh out loud at the imagination of the fall-kiss scene, she looked with a joyful expression at me.

"Well, well, I think you truly fell in love with Naruto´s Son, still, all I can tell you is that I am glad that you found someone to love, someone able to defend and comfort you.

I knew that you always had been alone and in inner pain, and I had no idea how to solve this fact, how to ease your pain, I could only give you the love I had but it seemed that I hadn´t been enough for you.

I am most thankful to Bolt, for he brought you the light, as well as your innocent and heartfelt smile back!" Mom said.

"Guess you are right!" I stated.

"Ding dong!" Suddenly the doorbell rang.

"Sakura, Sarada, Naruto and his family are here!" Dad shouted from downstairs.

"Coming!" We shouted back.

"Well shall we?" Mom asked.

"Can´t have it to let your love waiting!" She snickered.

"Stop saying that!" I stated embarrassed.

"Here let me give you something, a good luck charm, on that your love becomes true!" Mom said as she took out a hairband with a Cherry Blossom, which she wrapped around my Ponytail.

"Now you are even more beautiful than you already are, and with this extra portion of luck, Bolt will not be able to take his eyes of you, that I am certain off!" she stated and I smiled.

We walked downstairs, only for them all to gasp.

"Sarada you look so cute!" Mr. and Mrs. Uzumaki stated with smiling and honest faces.

"Thank you Mr. and Mrs. Uzumaki!" I said bowing politely before them.

"Out of the way, Dad I cannot see a thing!" Bolt stated behind him.

"Oh My, sorry, well here is your date for tonight my son, I hope you know of how much of a luck you have right now!" Bolt´s Father stated as he walked away from the door, revealing me to his son.

"Dammit, it got the luck of the whole world, I guess there are bad times coming, for I intend to consume the entire luck tonight!" Bolt stated and I chuckled, this was such a typical Bolt-speech, only he can understand, but by his mouth agape, I think I know what he means.

"Am I looking good?" I asked.

"Breathtaking beautiful will be too less to describe it, I think I died and went to paradise, don´t anyone dare to use Edo-Tensei on me now, for I don´t want to go away from here!" he said and we all rolled our eyes chuckling.

Dad was scanning Bolt off, but he had nothing to complain, for Bolt looked neat.

"Well you look quite handsome yourself!" I stated.

"Anyways, now comes the photo!" Mom said, as she took the cam.

"What, but, but...!"

"No Buts Sarada, this is too cute to let this moment go to waste, your first Date!" She stated.

"This is no Date, this is pure coincidence that our friends had to work and forgot to tell us!" I said trying to save the situation from becoming awkward.

"But still the two of you are going alone on this festival, so it´s a Date!" Mom teased.

"Geez, Mom!" I stated.

"Well why not, it would be an honor and a great pleasure to take you out on a Dinner, Sarada, anyways for tonight, I will make you see that I am the perfect company, whatever you want I buy it!" Bolt stated.

"Are you serious?" I asked him.

"Positive!" he stated with a thumb up.

"Anyways we will go now, see you tonight guys!" Mom stated and the others nodded.

"Alright we will come soon!" I stated.

"Alright until then!" they said.

"Yeah, well, why don´t you come inside, I just must do something first, before we go, also do I have to take some money with, just in case that we do pulverize all of yours!" I joked and he smiled.

"Would be better, I guess, anyways I will wait in the living if that's okay for you!" He stated.

"Sure, make yourself a home!" I said and he did as told.

"Will be right back Bolt!" I said, as I went back to my room, picking up my purse, I went to the toilet and finished in no time, ready to go and kick the night.

"I´m done Bolt!" I stated, as I went in the living room.

He was standing before the commode with the pictures of my family and me, as well as my friends.

"I remember this day, that's when we were at the Tropical center.

And here in the zoo, where that Ape was talking with Konohamaru for getting a banana from him, which sure was hilarious!" He stated.

"Yes and here was as Senpou won the National Taijutsu-contest of Ko-Su-Ku (Konoha, Suna and Kumo) and here, where Inojin won the Prize for the best speed-paint artist!" I said.

"Yes, where he got that mega practical Spray set, which he uses in Battles, sometimes!" He stated, referring to the Ninja-Spray set, with Chakra ink, having templates of different runes, like his summoning rune circle, or templates with several animals on it.

This way he was able to spray his jutsus in a battle which surely saves many seconds in a battle, still he said that he was getting better along with his pen.

Therefore the set stands at his home in the atelier of his father, catching not more than high amounts of dust, only used when he´s out of money and out of ink, what a waste.

"Wow, you got lenses didn´t you!" Bolt asked me, as he recognized that I was not wearing my Glasses.

"Yes I though they are sometimes more practical, since glasses can break!" I stated.

"You look already with Glasses gorgeous, but without you look like an angle!" Bolt stated and blushed deep, red.

"You think, well thank you?!" I stated, a little embarrassed.

"Anyways, shall we!?" He asked, holding his arm out to me.

"Sure, Bolt!" I said and so we walked out of our house.

The Night has fallen upon the village and everywhere fairy lights and Festival-deco decorates the Streets, loud and rhythmic music was played in every corner of the town.

The Festival was to be hold on the Market Place, right before the Hokage Office, which had been build halfway within the Hokage Mountain.

From both Parts of the village, better said Konoha City, the people came to celebrate.

The rich and mighty, as well as high technologized, Citizens of the Uptown, above the Hokage Mountain, and the traditional, as well as the powerfull Clans and Citizens of the Downtown, before the Hokage Mountain.

Though it is called Uptown, are there mostly only Offices, apartments and Banks for the whole Hi no kuni High society, since it was one of the best secured places within the Land, still there always managed one or two Nukenins to enter; however they easily were beaten back out, before being able to greatly damage our Home.

Standing on good terms with the other Villages, ever since the Fourth Ninja World War and the Moonfall-case, Konoha more and more lost its future generation of Shinobi defenders, the generation of today had no interest into old-fashioned Ninja Battles, and beside of a few young members of diverse traditional Clans, as well as some volunteers, no one held it for necessary to have an internal military force anymore.

Dad says, that the technologization of the Ninja world was as well as it was futile for us traditional Shinobi warriors.

More than ones our Chunin or even Jonin were brought back with bullet wounds, being simply shot down by the enemy.

The modern warfare was gruesome and without a Heart, so dad and most of the other older Shinobi stated, and it mostly came from different Continents.

Therefore we all, alongside Kumo, Suna, Iwa, Kiri, as well as the new official Ninja villages, Takigakure with their first Morikage (Forest-shadow) and Hoshigakure with their new and the first official Hoshikage (Star-shadow) and Tetsu no kuni, where always skeptical and alarmed, when we got visitors from these other Continents.

But even within the 8 united Lands, it had always given some revolts and minor battles, but never something big that might stir up a new war.

Still even with the current Peace, we wanted to be prepared for the worst case, therefore were those who wanted to become ninjas being put by their senseis under a hard and difficult training over 6 years long, from the day as a Genin on.

Currently it gave only 10 Genin teams, so 30 young Shinobis of Konoha, with Katsuo´s, Himawari´s, Shikadai´s and My team being the last ones, from 7 to 10.

In the stats we are the ones, with the most decline of new Shinobi.

"It´s beautiful not!" Bolt interrupted my thoughts, as he pointed to the starlit sky.

"It is indeed, so peacefully, yet so busy at times!" I Siad and he nodded.

"I admit, a little I can understand Shikadai for peacefully wanting to watch them, but still, a festival is there to be celebrated after all!" He said and I nodded, as I just recognized we still had our arms hooked together.

"Is that okay so, is it not uncomfortable for you to be so close to me?" he asked worried.

"Not at all, I like it, to be honest, I wish we could always do that!" I stated honestly and looked at him with a cute blush.

"Do you have any idea how cute you actually are?" he asked.

"Mom always says that, however I never really thought I was cute!" I said.

"But you are!" He stated firmly.

"C´mon there is nothing that might be cute at me, perhaps cool and strong but not cute!" I said looking aside.

"Your smile, when you feel happy, is cute, your blushes are cute and especially that giant forehead of you, it invites me always to kiss you on it!" He said and kissed me on the forehead.

I blushed deep crimson, but smiled.

"T-th-thanks!" I stammered.

"Well then, here we are, time to enjoy this festival, shall we!" Bolt said excited.

"Yes lets go!" I said and so we made our way through the festival, enjoying ourselves.

We went from stand to stand, enjoyed the Akimichi-specialties, watched the Rock Dojo´s performance and made a portrait of each other at Inojins Calligraphy and his father's Painting workshop and even if I was looked on, like I have the pest, by the people, nothing seemed to be able to crush my joy right now, thanks to Bolt.

Well so I thought, until that one moment.

"Grrruuummmoooar!" Suddenly Bolt´s stomach rumbled.

"Oomph, I think I should haven´t eaten all of these ramen, still it was worth the price!" He stated holding his stomach.

"There are toilets over there, if you need one!" I stated and he nodded thankfully.

"I will be right back!" he said.

"I will wait here for you!" I said and he smiled before his stomach rumbled yet again and he made his way over to the toilets.

I was standing a bid on the side of the road, in solitude, trying to not mind the dirty glances a bit, however I unfortunately heard a sudden conversation, I really would like to not have heard.

"Look at this, the son of the Hokage seems to be in company of that filthy Uchiha girl again, it´s really a shame!" I heard someone saying.

"What does he find on that wretch, she is not even beautiful, look at this cheap kimono and I bet my daughter would match far better to him!" Another voice whispered but still I heard it.

"I don´t trust these Uchihas anyways, thanks to two of them my Husband isn´t alive anymore and my son and daughter had to grow up without their Father, just look how she smiles, seriously, as if nothing has happened, if I would be of such a murderous clan, I would like to sink in the ground!" Another voice stated.

I looked around to find the source but what I saw only hurt my heart, everywhere I could see piercing dirty looks and people whispering to other peoples, pointing at me.

Their eyes were full of cold hatred and wrath, it freaked me out.

"Oooow!" Suddenly something hit me in the back.

I turned around only to be hit by something right on my chest.

"What the..., ooow?!" I asked, as another one hit me on my forehead.

"Get away from here, you filthy bitch, thanks to your family my Big brother died!" A young girl shouted, as she was throwing with rocks at me.

"Oww, stop it!" I stated as from another direction another stone flew, I had no time to turn around as suddenly it seemed that stones, big or tiny, were hitting me from everywhere, raining down on me.

I felt worse in a lot of battles, but I covered my ears to blend out the voices, therefore I was vulnerable for their attacks, I felt not only Stones but beats, feet stomping on me and even some tore on my hair.

"Get out of our village you whore, you filthy Uchiha, why does something like you is allowed to live, give me back my husband and go die!" Anybody was stating something different but all meant the same.

"Die, Uchiha, vanish from the face of the earth!" Another one screamed as he held a heavy and large rock in his hand.

"Diiiiiiieeeee!" He shouted, as he threw the rock at me.

"Please no!" I screamed, lying on the ground, bruises and wounds everywhere, my hair was destroyed, my beloved Yukata, a gift I got from Grandma, was destroyed, I was lucky to not have my Glasses on, they surely would be broken now.

I prepared for the impact that never came.

"Huh, why, what is he doing here?" I heard people whispering.

"Why, why do you stop me!?" I heard, I looked up to see Bolt standing right in front of me, a stone in his hand, facing his back to me.

"How dare you!" he stated.

"What are you doing here, son of the Hokage, you should not get involved with this filthy whore, she is a nuisance to our village, why the hell are you defending that piece of dirt!" The Man, who wanted to throw the rock, asked Bolt while shouting.

"Huaaargh!" he bend over, as Bolt kicked him right in the stomach, it was dead silent all of a sudden.

"How´s my Name, asshole!?" Bolt asked, his wrath surpressed, but he stood there all too clamly.

"What, what are you talking about, son of the Hokage?" the man asked painfully, before shivering.

"I asked, how my name is?" Bolt asked louder.

"Eh, uhmm, I-I-I!" The man stammered, backing away terrified at the glance Bolt gave him.

"I ASKED YOU; HOW´S MY FUCKING NAME!" Bolt screamed as loud as he could.

Everybody was silent, beside of a few who whispered to others.

The man started to sweat buckets.

"I-I don´t know, i´m sorry!" The man stated bowing before Bolt, who kicked him right in the face making him flying right into the crowd.

"So I ask you, does anybody here knows how I am called, my real name, not my dumb title, huh?" Bolt asked, as he turned, looking around, to face every single one of them, but no one could answer this question, beside of me.

It was as if no one ever acknowledged him, as a simple person, only as a title.

It was the sad truth, very few People, me too, knew Bolt´s true name, same as, even less people, knew my name or even cared to acknowledge it.

"So that's how it is, is it?

No one, nobody of you, of the here surrounded, knows my name, am I right..., I FUCKING ASKED IF THIS IS RIGHT?!" Bolt screamed loudly, and still everybody was silently looking down.

"So is that, I see, my own fellow citizens don´t know my name, no one of you is knowing the person behind that stupid title not!?" Bolt asked, before kneeling toward the man he had stomped to the ground.

He was taking his throat and squeezing it, his eyes glimmered dangerously, even demonical, bright red with Slit pupils.

"Not one single soul, of the here surrounded, knows my name, acknowledges my existence, only knew me by my fucking title, is this the way you know me, the way you see me?

Is this also the way you see Sarada, just because she is an Uchiha, doesn´t mean, that she is evil or hateful, understood!" Bolt stated, but everyone was still looking down silently.

"SO ALL OF YOU, WHO NEVER BOTHERED TO LOOK BEHIND THE FAÇADE, BEHIND THE TITLE, WHO NEVER TOOK THE EFFORT TO GET TO KNOW THOSE PERSONS BEHIND THE TITLES AND FILTHY NAMES,YOU GIVE US, HAVE YOU NOW UNDERSTOOD, THAT I CARE A SHIT ABOUT THESE TITLES.

YOU KEEP ON CALLING ME THE HONORED SON OF THE HOKAGE AND YOU KEEP ON CALLING SARADA A FILTHY UCHIHA WHORE.

WELL HOLY FUCK, NO ONE OF YOU DESERVES THAT I CARE ABOUT YOU THAN EITHER, YOU WHO YOU ONLY LOOK AT THAT POOR GIRL WITH PREJUDICE, NO ONE OF YOU RECOGNIZES, HOW MUCH SHE SUFFERS UNDER UNJUSTIFIED CLAIMS.

A NAME AND TITLE IS NOT, ALL YOU THERE IS, YOU KNOW.

SO TELL ME, PEOPLE OF KONOHAGAKURE, RICH ASSHOLES OF THE UPTOWN, DUMB IDIOTS OF THE DOWNTOWN.

WHICH FUCKING RIGHT HAS ANYBODY OF YOU, TO HURT MY GIRLFRIEND, TO CALL HER NAMES, TO TORTURE HER BOTH PHYSICALLY AND PSYCHICALLY?

ARE YOU EVEN AWARE THAT YOU MAKE THE GIRL, WHO ACTUALLY KNOWS HOW I AM CALLED, FEELING WORSE ALL HER LIFE.

THIS GIRL, WHO KNOWS WHAT I LIKE, WHAT I DISLIKE; WHO KNOWS ME IN WAYS NO ONE ELSE KNOWS, WHO ACCEPTS ME THE WAY I TRULY AM.

WHICH RIGHT DOES ANYBODY OF YOUR FILTHY FUCKERS HAVE, TO HURT MY GIRLFRIEND, THE GIRL I HAVE CHOSEN TO LOVE?!" Bolt screamed loudly and I gasped.

Did he just said that he loved me, that I am his Girlfriend?

"B-Bolt!" I was a loss of words, still I was in intense pain, so my tears of joy would mix, with those of pain.

"THAT GIRL OVER THERE, HAS MORE COURAGE, MORE HEART AND MORE LOVE, THAN ANYBODY OF YOU EVER WILL.

DON´T YOU EVER FUCKING DARE TO HURT HER AGAIN, OR I SWEAR, THAT BANISHING YOU FROM KONOHA WILL BE THE LEAST THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN TO YOU.

I GLADLY WILL TAKE CARE OF THAT, DOES ANYBODY UNDERSTOOD, YES, WELL THEN GO AWAY, LEAVE US ALONE AND DON´T YOU GUYS DARE, TO EVER CROSS OUR PATH ANYMORE!" Bolt screamed on the top of his lungs, showing the large rock towards the man, which he had to pick up with two hands and much power.

Bolt, for being in sage mode, managed to pick the same up with one hand and handled id with an extreme easiness, before crushing it with sheer, through Sen-chakra enforced, muscle power, to leave nothing more than dust in his hand.

"We too understood this, haven´t we?" He asked and the man nodded fear fully.

Bolt then let him go, stepped towards me and helped me up.

"Bolt, th-thank youuuuoooow!" I stated, as my foot fold over.

"Ooow!" I stated, feeling intense pain which drove even more tears in my eyes, my body already felt numb from the stones, beats and foot-stomping, anyways.

"I´m so sorry, Sarada, I should have never leave you alone, among these false snakes, here let me help you!" he said, as he took me piggyback, picking me up gently and with extreme care, his eyes shifted back to ocean blue and his glance was full of sorrow, worry and gladness .

"T-thanks for saving me!" I stated as I leaned on his back, he truly was amazing in every way.

"Always, I really hate this law of not being able to hurt normal citizens, at least when they deserve it, still, I am more than capable to simply knock these assholes out with Taijutsu.

Anyways we better get out of here, I don´t like to be here anymore, in this Snake hole, full off snake-shit!" he said eying the people around who looked at us with dirty glares but kept their mouths shut, I bet this will come tomorrow on the first page of the newspaper.

"What about the third Food contest?" I asked, he still had won only 2 of these 3 Coupons he had aimed for.

"Don´t worry I don´t care, I just will give them to Himawari and Dad, you are more important to me than a dumb contest!" he said, as he jumped over the roofs, away from the town.

"Where are we heading?" I asked him.

"A secret place I once found with Inojin and Shikadai!" he said.

"It will last a bit so lean against me and try to relax, I soon will treat your wounds!" Bolt stated, kindly as ever.

"Hey..., Bolt, uhmm..., did you really meant that, as you told them I would be your Girlfriend and that you Love me?" I asked curious.

"Yeah I think I do exaggerated there!" He said and I nodded sadly.

I knew it, it was all a...?

"After all, you haven´t said yes to it yet, haven´t you!?" He said and I was shocked, yet full of joy.

"You actually meant it?" I asked in pure shock and admiration.

"Yes, actually I wanted to ask you tonight, before we go home, in front of the temple!" He said nodding.

"You see, I thought about these kisses for two hours straight and I came to the conclusion that, In a way I always liked you, more than others, I just was not true to myself and always tried to deny it.

However I long had to see, that my attempts to be ignorant of my own feelings, had been futile, that I always wanted you to be safe and to keep you from any harm, to be the one you always can seek comfort; but as I see it right now, I completely failed in this!" he said.

But I only pressed him on me.

"You did not, Bolt, you truly didn´t failed me!" I said crying in his back, of joy, of admiration and of sheer love.

"I too!" I said.

"Huh?"

"I too thought about it and I too came to the conclusion, that you are very important to me, more than other persons, be it friend or family.

You truly didn´t failed on protecting me, for you had done it so often, thanks to you I am still alive till today.

Anyways I am to blame for this here myself, after all I was too weak to fight back, all I did was to close my eyes and let it happen.

You are in no way to blame for this!" I said to him.

"Still, I should have been on your side to keep you from harm, now your favorite Yukata has been completely destroyed and somehow the entire festival-mood is fucked up as well.

Sigh I really wanted it to play off completely different, that I would have a good time on the festival with you, and that I take you to the temple asking my question, before leading you to this place to watch the fireworks!" Bolt stated and I had to admit this do sounded romantic.

"Well we still can enjoy each other's company and I am more than eager to hear that special question of you!" I said to him blushing.

"Alright then let´s do this but first I have to treat your wounds!" Bolt stated, as we seemed to have finally arrived.

He sat me down on the ground near a tree, on which I was leaning, from here one clearly could see the fireworks, when they go off.

"Alright stay still, I first will disinfect them!" Bolt said, as he took out a medical case, out of a scroll, which was stuck in one of his Hakama pockets.

"Owww!" I whined as it stung a little as he disinfected my wounds and put bandages around, his touch was as careful and gentle as always, soft and tender, still his hands looked so manly.

All of him was manly and cute, I loved the sight of him, I had to admit, especially whenever we went swimming, I always silently admired his six-pack and his muscles, he was an Adonis of the sweetest kind.

Konoha´s greatest new generation eye-candy, one of the strongest Shinobi-disciples and perhaps the future Hokage.

"So, well it´s not nearly as romantic as I wanted it to be, but I just got to ask this Question.

Sarada, I know you since a long time already, and in these years, you were the closest of all my friends to me, I learned to like you, to care about you and finally I also learned to love you, so I ask you, do you want to be my Girlfriend, I swear from now on, I will protect you from every harm with all my might!?" He stated and I blushed.

"I would really want to be your Girlfriend Bolt!" I stated and he smiled brightly, as bright as the sun shines.

"Really, oh i´m so glad that you said this!" Bolt said and leaned in, same as I did, I had longed for another kiss.

And I was not disappointed in the slightest.

His lips were tender and soft yet a bit demanding, we made out for what felt like hours, even, after a while, French kissed.

He had amazing tongue skills I had to admit, and I felt a mighty heat rising within me.

And a sudden perverted longing in the most private part of my body.

I flushed at the mere thought, of how it reacted to Bolt´s touches and kisses, especially so strong.

But I was not ready at all, I still wanted to be a virgin, at least for the next 2 years still.

"I love you so much Sarada, I...!" Bolt stated, but stopped in midsentence.

"Bolt?" I asked, confused of why he stopped.

He looked into a far distance right, I recognized that he had his Byakugan activated.

"Bolt what´s the matter, what is happ...!" I stated but was interrupted midsentence, as he suddenly jumped before me, throwing me over to the ground

"Bolt what's the matter?" I asked, as I recognized that he was over me, but I had not time to blush.

Suddenly there was a strange noise, like a Kunai coming at us, but I saw nothing, even though this place was completely illuminated by the full-moon.

"Bam, Bam, Bam!" I heard it, but could not muster up from where the noise was coming, since suddenly the fireworks were shot, echoing noisy through the forest, overtone my senses, to predict where the shots came from.

"Uaaarggh!" I heard a hiss in pain, coming from above me.

I felt something wet splashing in my face.

"Huh!" I asked as I wiped it off, I looked to see something red on my fingers, something sticky, smelling of iron; I paled in pure horror.

"Blood!" I mumbled shocked.

"Bolt!" I screamed terrified, as I recognized that it was him who bleed and now I also saw what he was doing, he, stood up and spun around, despite of having being shot multiple times in the back.

He crafted a shield of Kongō Fūsa (Adamantine sealing Chains) around us, trying to hold up the fired bullets, but some made it still through.

There was somewhere the location of the shots coming, I just had to find it.

"There he is, Haaaa!" I shouted, as I threw a Kunai, only to crash against something after several meters.

"When I craft this shield nothing is supposed to get in and nothing gets out!" Bolt stated.

"I see, how can I help you then, is there something I can do, Bolt, please?" I asked, my mind was blank, I could not think straight anymore.

"Can you get the bullets out of my waist and my shoulder, I have to concentrate on the shield, please!" Bolt stated, calmly, as if he was unfazed by the Bullets in his back, but I know that it must hurt him like hell.

"Of course, hang on and be strong this will hurt like hell!" I said, as I just reminded myself that I knew medical ninjutsu after all, so there was something I could do for him.

"Dammit, get your act together, Sarada!" I mumbled to myself as I used my medical Ninjutsu on him.

"Hang in, Bolt!" I said.

"I´m strong, I can handle it!" Bolt said.

"Believe me, this will be no cakewalk!" I stated, as I used my medical Ninjutsu, to get the bullets out of his body, which was in the given circumstances a real hurtful procedures.

Bolt was not placed under morphine, therefore he felt how the Bullets moved out of his body, moved by magnetic like forces.

"Uaaaarrrrgggghhh!" He shouted in pain, as the bullets flew out of his body.

"Stay strong honey!" I stated and he smiled a pain filled smile.

"I will, my sweetheart!" He said smiling.

"It´s so unaccustomed to hear you calling me honey, less to sweet talking with me, I wanted to tell you this already earlier!" he stated chuckling, but hissing in pain as well.

We heard faint gunfire, the sound was mostly blocked and the bullets which have been fired were stuck in midair, right into the Shield.

Bolt wheezed while upholding the Shield.

"Aaaaarrggghhhh!" He shouted, pressing every ounce of chakra out of him, I tried my best to adapt my chakra to him and channel it through to him.

"Bolt be careful!" I said to him, full of concern.

"Will be, go behind me and stay down, just in case!" He said.

"Dammit, I really should learn some earth-ninjutsu!" Bolt mumbled while he tried his best to uphold the shield, however with every passing minute the shield grew weaker and weaker and the bullets came near and nearer.

"Help, anyone!" I shouted in my mind, hoping to get in contact with Inojin.

"Aaaaarrrggghhh!" I Bolt shouting as new bullets came flying, pierced through his body, being slowed down by the shield but not enough to fully stop.

"Bolt!" I screamed in pain, I hated to see him so, why was there nothing I could do.

"Stay down!" He commanded.

"You won't die tonight, I will not allow this!" He stated, breathing in sharply.

"These fucking cowards, they know that a bullet is faster than most jutsu, they searched for a moment where I was inattentive!" He mumbled.

"Stay down Sarada, I will kill that bastard!" Bolt stated.

"Bolt, be careful!" I stated.

"I will I promise!" He whispered and my heart hurt as I heart him saying that.

"Give up Uzumaki, you have no way to run, but you still have a chance, all we want is the Uchiha girl, tonight she will go down!" A voice atoned loudly.

"Fuck you, I won´t allow you to get her!" Bolt Screamed back.

"They are after me, but why, what did I do, why is it always me and why does Bolt always gets everything off in the end?!" I thought in horror.

"Sarada I need your chakra for a second!" Bolt stated.

"Sure thing, here you go!" I stated and infused him with my chakra, which he used to enforce the shield, pushing it further away.

Suddenly he was letting go, performed, with near light speed, fingersigns, before proceeding back to uphold the shield.

"Haaaaaa take this, Rasen Shuriken!" Bolt´s appeared Kagamibushin, a Neo Uzumaki Hidden, shouted and used his attack to shot on the enemy, however he had to open the shield at some point, only for these guys to start the fire yet again.

"Aaaaaaaarrrrrgggghhh!" I heard him screaming as he was hit by several bullets, still he shielded me with his own Body.

"Bolt we have to get out of here, use your Hiraishin no Jutsu!" I stated to him.

"It´s not strong enough, I have not much chakra to craft it anyways and I still can´t move with someone else and I won't leave you here only to safe my own ass, what for a kind of human would I be then?!" Bolt stated.

"Every Ninja would still try it!" I stated.

"And set his comrades out on the risk of dying, forget it, I will use this force only when I am half dead, at least you will survive then!" he stated.

"Don´t you dare to die!" I shouted, as I used my medical ninjutsu, to get the Bullets out.

"Dammit, if only I would be able to use Kyūbiko's power, without running mad, if I use too much!" He stated and I was confused, still I didn´t asked him about it, I had better things to do, to question his monologues.

"Just give up, you can´t even aim straight!" The voice said chuckling evilly.

"Dammit, Sarada get out of here, I cannot hold the shield up any longer!" Bolt shouted.

"As if I leave you alone here, don´t be stupid, I am responsible for this, they are after me, so I will stay with you until the end, and this is final!" I stated with a pained voice.

"Haha, annoying and know-it-all as always, that's what I love on you!" He smiled pain-filled.

"Sarada, we are soon there!" I heard Inojin´s voice in my mind.

"Only a little more, help is on it´s way, Bolt, we only have to endure it a bit more!" I shouted, as I used all of my forces to force every ounce of Chakra into him, I even opened my Rhombus seals (Byakugō no In/ Strength of a Hundred Seal), granting me access to my stored Chakra, I had saved for the last 4 years straight.

I used it all, in order to heal, as well as to charge Bolt´s body, enabling him to once again enlarge his shield.

"We are here!" I heard Inojin´s voice in my mind and not a second later massive detonations went off and screams in pain were to hear.

"Alright you can get out guys!" Chouchou stated, as she arrived together with Senpou, Inojin and Shikadai.

"We have to get Bolt in the Hospital, quick!" I shouted as I looked at the kneeling and wheezing Boy, who defended me, once again, at the cost of his own health, just like always.

"Alright Let´s go!"!" She said.

"Bam, Bam!" Suddenly new Gunfire was heard, and two screams full of pain shouted.

One belonged to Senpou, who held her leg in pure pain, screaming the living daylights out of her lungs.

The Other one was my own scream, not that I was in physical pain, no I was in extreme emotional pain, as I held the lifeless body of Bolt in my Arms.

"NOOOOO; BOOOOOLLLLTTTTT!" I screamed, as I tried my best to bring him back to life, his heartbeat fainted and was almost not there anymore.

In his head, two bloody holes were fired.

"Dammit we need Mom and Lady Tsunade, and Shizune, every fucking medical Ninja there is, I don´t get it done alone!" I screamed to my friends.

"BOLT!" I heard it coming from in front of us, I saw the Hokage, his wife, Himawari, as well as my Parents arriving.

"Mom, he has to get into the Hospital, real quick!" I stated and she nodded.

"Did anyone see from where the shots came?" Dad asked.

"No unfortunately not; it must be a sniper, I don´t feel any presences in our nearer surrounding!" Inojin stated.

"No fear, we will find those assholes!" Mrs. Uzumaki stated her face contorted in pain and pure, borderless wrath, an expression I never have seen before on her, it scared the living daylights out of me.

"We will get them and kill them, no matter what!" She stated and beat her fist lightly into a massive tree, which splintered to tiny pieces, everyone was dead silent.

"Anyways we got to go, meet us in the hospital as soon as you have him, get him alive, I will have a talk, as well as some fun with him!" Bolt´s father stated.

"Sure but, let also a piece for us alive, he also attacked our daughter!" Father stated and mom nodded.

"Alright, here we go!" the Hokage stated and in the next second, we were already right in front of the Hospital.

"C´mon!" the Hokage shouted and we rushed inside.

"Hello, oh my, the Ho..., shit, quick get the nurses and Lady Shizune!" The receptionist shouted, as she saw us entering.

"Room 15 is free!" A nurse stated.

"Thanks!" We said, as we rushed down the corridor to the free room.

It lasted only 5 minutes before Shizune and Lady Tsunade, mine and Bolt´s Godmother, arrived.

"Alright everybody who is not a medic leaves the room!" Lady Tsunade stated.

"C´mon Sarada, we going to wash that blood of your hands!" Bolt´s father stated.

Together we went to the bathrooms, while the Hokage waited in front of the door; I entered the room, I went to the sink and looked at my hands.

I recognized it not earlier, but the hands had been drenched in Blood.

"Bolt´s blood!" I whispered terrified and full of horror, tears streamed down my cheeks, before I felt nausea and had to vomit right in the toilet, my vision went blurry, and I had yet again to vomit.

I screamed at the top of my lungs, screaming the entire wrath, hatred and fear, I held inside of me, out.

After a while of crying bitterly, the nauseated feeling vanished a little and I stepped towards the sink again, using soap and water to wash of the blood restless, but no matter how clean my hands were, I just kept on washing until all the soap dispensers were empty.

"Sarada, are you okay?" Bolt´s father asked me from behind the Door.

I did not replied, I was too shaken to speak.

I wished to wake up out of this nightmare, that seemed to never end, but I could not.

I walked on unsteady feet out of the toilet.

"Are you alright?" The Hokage asked me, gently caressing my back.

I could only nodding, I had no voice anymore to speak.

I had cried my throat dry.

"He will be soon over the damn, Lady Tsunade meant that his heart is still beating.

I don´t know how strong he is, but I believe strongly on him, that he will make it no matter what, he likes you a lot, maybe he even loves you, unfortunately I don´t know this clearly yet.

But he would not want us to mourn about his state but to be strong and believe in him, so you have to be strong too.

Stay strong and cheer for him, to get back on the track in no time and I promise you, he surely will!" The Hokage state with a smile and gentle voice, and I closed my eyes and nodded.

In his eyes I could see concern, care and something that reminded me on my own feelings right now.

Murderous suppressed hatred.

"It´s all my fault, if only I would have never been born, only thanks to me, he has been almost killed, just because these assholes were after me!" I stated in horror, as I looked down to the ground.

Pictures of Bolt flew through my mind, the first day we met, the first time he saved me, the first time I leaned on him for comfort.

The first time he took me in his arms, and especially the first time he truly kissed me.

"This is not true, even if they wouldn´t have been after you, Bolt still would have defended you no matter what.

You are important to him, so don´t ever curse your own existence, for your existence is what makes the Bolt we know, strong enough to get through such situations.

Bolt is a kind and loveable young man, with a true heart of gold, he fights for you, he laughs with you, he suffers with you, he loves you and he is also willing to die for you.

Same as my wife has often showed me, that she too would be ready to die for my sake.

I bet you would do just the same as Bolt has done, only to know that he´s safe.

Humans need other human to feel complete, therefore, it is our most inner wish, to defend those we feel whole with.

On that they will live on and live their lives to the fullest, protecting their future with all means.

This is the will of fire, each ninja of the Hidden Leaf shall have him, so do you and Bolt.

I bet Bolt would tell you now to not lose yourself in self-doubt and self-hatred, nor to give up on your hopes and believes.

I bet he would say, keep on fighting, keep on living, keep on believing, that someday our world might be at complete peace.

He would tell you to never stop striving, to make that dream of Peace, so many Generations before him had, come true!" The Hokage explained.

"I Guess you are right!" I said while looking at the ground, this night started so good but ended to bad.

"Mr. Uzumaki?" A nurse asked and Bolt´s Father went inside the room.

"Sorry but only family members are allowed for the time being, i´m sorry!" The nurse said, as I wanted to follow.

"I understand!" I said sadly and sat back down.

The minutes passed on and with every second the feeling of fear and regret as well as self-hatred intensified, even though I tried to suppress them.

"Sarada!" I heard it coming from the end of the corridor after a while, I looked to see them all, Dad, Chouchou, Inojin, Shikadai, Himawari, Katsuo and Mrs. Uzumaki, approaching me.

Before I could say something, Dad came flying, literally, in my arms, while the others came too, only Bolt´s mother entered the room, while Katsuo comforted Himawari.

"Are you alright, does anything hurt?" Chouchou asked me, as I was hugged by Dad who cried, I tried my best to comfort him, even though I would need that comfort the most.

"No, not, Bolt saved me..., dammit this wouldn´t have happened, if I would have never been on that Date with Bolt or at least have been alone with him, for hell sake, they were after me, not him, goddammit!" I shouted in pure self-hatred.

"Don´t say that, Bolt defended you because he wanted to, if anyone is to blame, it is the lame security we have, for allowing these assholes to even enter our Village, without problems!" Dad stated and I was in shock, which quickly turned into rage.

In a way he was right, if those guys, on the main gate to our village, would do their job precisely, this would have never happened.

"When Bolt survives and is back on the track, I am going to kill these suckers from the Gate guards!" I stated with pure venom in every fiber of the words.

We sat for a long time in silence, for many hours approximately, no one spoke a word, the only sound were some Nurses running up and down the corridors and the ticking of the clock on the opposite wall.

Chouchou and Senpou were trying to comfort me, while Inojin and Shikadai did the same by them, rubbing their backs in comfort.

"Ssst!" Suddenly the door slid back up and a distressed Tsunade walked out.

"Lady Tsunade, how is he?" We practically jumped on her.

"He´s alright, he had fucking luck, any normal Ninja would not have survived this!" She stated, before wiping the sweat of her forehead.

"For now he needs sleep and peace, as I said, he had much luck!" She stated yet again.

"But what do you mean with luck, he took two bullets in the head for Kami`s sake!" I shouted at her.

"Well I don´t know how to explain it, but he shielded himself, with hardening his bones with Chakra, his Skull has become as hard as titan.

Same as his ribcage, it somehow build bone-walls around this ribs, allowing him to shield his life-important organs!" Lady Tsunade stated and we were confused.

I never knew about such a Jutsu.

"How is this possible, is this Shikotsumyaku (Dead bone pulse, Kimimaro´s Kekkai Genkai), but how, neither Naruto nor Hinata, as much as I know it at least, have such an ability.

Besides I always thought and have learned that Kimimaro from the Kaguya clan, as well as Kaguya Otsutsuki where the last humans to be able to use these forces!" Dad stated and I was confused.

"I know, I thought the same, still, somehow he managed to do it!" Tsunade stated.

"I see, well that surely is astounding!" Dad stated and I was amazed.

"A similar force, like the Rabbit Goddess was able to use, you truly always amazes me, Bolt!" I thought.

"Anyways the operation was a success, the bullets are out and he is recovering, his Bones are about to recover and get back in their original shape.

However are we not sure in which way this ability has or will affect his body afterwards, therefore we have sat him in an artificial comatose, until his body has completely healed again!" She said, nodding over to me.

"He might have later some amnesia about some events in his life, as I said I haven´t ever seen such an ability, nor is she being investigate at all.

It´s possible that it has only been some kind of self-defense-reflex or some kind of hidden ability only Bolt has.

But still thanks to the amnesia we might not find it out anyways.

Anyway, he will surely need all of your help to get back on the track, since we don´t know of how bad his mind has been damaged, so tell him what has happened, perhaps he remembers then, that has happened with him.

Anyways I´m sorry guys, you excuse me please!" Tsunade stated and walked down the corridors.

The door opened yet again, to reveal Mom and Bolt´s parents.

"And, how is he!?" We asked, our hearts longing for a better and more easier understandable answer.

"He´s alive and sleeping, so let him rest now, you can visit him tomorrow!" Mom stated with a sad but also relieved smile.

The greatest load of the world fell from my heart, and I slumped back in my seat, I supported my head with my hands, looking at the ground, once again pictures of Bolt flooded my brain and I began to cry, out of joy, out of sorrow and out of pain.

My Parents sat next to me, trying to comfort me.

"Sarada-san, if you feel better tomorrow I would like to have a talk with you, about what happened during your alone time with my Son!" The Hokage stated and I nodded slowly, my vision blurry with tears.

"Anyways did you caught him?" he asked my Father.

"Indeed, Ibiki is currently taking care of him, together with Ino.

After we have all informations, we might be able to beat him up!" Dad stated.

"Good to hear!" The Hokage stated.

"Anyways it was a long night, we better go back home, alright!? He said and we all nodded.

"I will stay here with Bolt, I don´t feel good to know him being all alone here!" Mrs. Uzumaki stated and her husband nodded, she kissed Himawari goodbye, who was supported by Katsuo.

Mom was helping me up and together we made our way home, saying Goodbye towards our friends.

It lasted a while until we were in our street.

"Well then see you guys tomorrow, and thanks again for your support!" The Hokage stated, before he walked over to me.

"Also thanks to you Sarada-chan, without you on his side, Bold might have died for real, I heard you healed him and gave him your chakra, I´m most thankful to you and I will forever stand in your debt!" Bolt´s father said and also Himawari bowed, her eyes filled with tears.

"Himawari, shall I..., come over?" I asked her but she shook her head in no, clutching herself on her father.

I understood instantly.

Tonight she wanted to sleep next to her father.

"Alright then, see you tomorrow!" The Hokage stated and so we entered our house.

"So much for your first Date darling, I really hope the second will become better!" Mom stated with a sad expression.

"There won´t be a second one!" I stated determined, I honestly was making up my mind in the last half hour, and as I was alone in the Hospital´s toilet and in the hospital´s corridor.

"If I always shall and will be the victim of assassinations, then Bolt will never be able to live a peacefully life at my side, so it´s better to let go of this love, or else I might one day be the reason why he died, just like almost today!" I stated and Mom but even Dad looked at me with suspicion, actually I was confused of how he didn´t said anything, to the thought that I wanted to date and go in a relationship with Bolt.

Usually he was so overprotective.

"Are you sure you want that, don´t think that you might be the only one, who constantly stands in the line of fire, Your father, the Hokage, yes even Bolt and Himawari, are standing on the to-do-list of several renegades.

But all of these guys are no match to us, if we struggle and fall we will rise up again, no matter what, that's what makes a real Ninja of Konoha.

Naruto´s motto is to never give up until the very end, in order to protect our home, family and friends, and as you know, Home is, where the heart is!" Mom stated, hugging me.

"You can tell yourself that you don´t want to bring Bolt in danger anymore, by leaving him, denying your own love to him, sure, but I tell you something, my dear.

I long know that you had a thing for Bolt, earlier that day, I just wanted to see, if you are able to admit it to yourself.

Therefore your home lies where your heart lies, and as much as I see it, your heart lies by Bolt!" She continued and I was confused.

"How did you knew?" I asked,

"I always felt this tension between you two, whenever you spoke with each other, I also could see it in your eyes, you wanted to say things you had bottled up inside of you, still all what mostly came out were Insults or some babbling that was not at all what you wanted to tell him.

You are a Tsundere to the heart, same as I had been, but I guess that's due to living here in Konohagakure, for this is a military Shinobi village, where a Ninja as well as a Kunoichi has to be tough, in order to not go down, being suppressed by the masses!" Mom stated and I understood, she do said that I was an open book to her.

"Even at the risk that he may have lost some of his memories, I think rather less, that his feelings for you would change so drastically, that he would not love you anymore.

He will do it, whether you close your heart, which beats for him or not.

And let me tell you one thing, a girl who has ever loved a boy, will never forgetting this love so easily in any way, especially not when you have your mother´s genes, someday your feelings will break through again, and I know you will let them, maybe not today maybe not tomorrow, but they will eventually.

If you once loved someone, you never can be `Just friends´ anymore!" Dad stated and we were buff that he said that.

"Dad...!"

"Don´t get me wrong, I am 100% against this whole relationship-thingy with you and Bolt, in my eyes you two are way too young to even think about that, still I have to admit that Bolt has become a nice and strong Ninja over the years.

At first I thought he was just a good for nothing, irresponsible goofball like his father, when the same was young.

However, ever since you, Senpou and he had become Genins, I had to see how strong and how careful he actually is, and his unwavering will to protect the both of you, got me a certain respect before him.

Same as tonight, if he wouldn´t be there with you, I perhaps would not hold this conversation with you, and I would have regret it my whole life, to not have been there with you.

The only reason I agreed for you, to go alone with Bolt at the festival, was because, even without a stern talk, I knew I could trust him with your safety.

As we now know, I was not in the slightest being disappointed by him, he successfully defended you, he even went as far as to deadly injure himself, in order to protect you.

So if you ask me, if he is the right one for you, I will gladly tell you no..., at least as a father..., for as such, in my eyes no one might ever be good enough for you.

But if I look it from a Shinobi base, I think that Bolt definitely is the first choice I would make!" Dad stated and i was buff.

"Sigh..., perhaps you are right, still, my decision stands, should he really have forgotten his love and confession to me, then I will not remind him on it, however should he admit to me his feelings then I will gladly accept them again!" I stated.

"And if he needs time, like when he cannot remember his confession but do has feelings for you, but is just too shy to tell them to you, what will you do then?" Mom asked.

"I guess then I will wait for him to confess once again, for I for hells sake won´t confess to him, that is a man´s job after all!" I said, subduing to my mom's desire, as I just realized.

Hell I knew, I would probably not be able to deny my feelings for him long enough, for him to forget to love me, there she might be right.

"No matter how long it will last, you will wait for him, to confess to you, would you?" Mom asked and I nodded.

"This is a vow I will give to myself, and you, should Bolt, against every of my expectations still like me, or even love me, after all of what has happened so far, so I will wait as long as it takes for him to confess to me!" I said and I saw how moms smile broke almost over her face.

"Sigh, I guess I cannot argue towards that, for there is probably no other boy you like, like you like Bolt, not?" Dad asked and I nodded honestly.

There really was no other boy, at least that I know, who can be compared to Bolt, or whom I would choose anyways.

"Alright now that we have cleared this, let´s go sleeping!" Dad said and we nodded yawning.

"What a day! This really has been the worst ever, still it started so good, damn you Karma.

I knew I should not have beaten that brat up in the last mission, but I was just so angry for them mocking Bolt!" I said as I entered my room.

I closed my door, and in a sudden rush of embarrassment about what I will do now, I locked it.

Katsuo was already asleep, being brought home by Shino-sensei and Hana-san, as well as their kids, while Mom was with me and Dad with Mrs. Uzumaki at hunting that asshole of a sniper.

I carefully took out my special treasure, the Bolt plush I once bought in secret.

I dressed in my pajama and brushed my teeth before I went to bed, shutting the light.

I tucked myself under the soft blanket, took the Bolt plush in my arms and tried to fall asleep, despite of my brave words from earlier, was I anything but ready to give up my love for Bolt, nor did I wanted him to forget his love for me.

I asked myself what will now happen to us.

"You won´t leave me so easily would you, right Bolt?!" I asked myself as I began to succumb to the tiredness, tears of bitter sadness were leaving my eyes, while I cried myself to sleep.

I hoped for tomorrow to become better.

Flashback end:

In the end it lasted a whole month before he woke back up, I went to his hospital room every day, speaking about various things, just to go home with a worse feeling, the more time had passed the more anxious I got.

I cried tears of pure joy, as I got the call that he woke back up.

I let anything falling and run towards the Hospital, and there he sat, greeting me with a smile speaking and acting as if nothing has happened, afterwards mom told me that he had no memories about that night, not even from the whole day before.

Still, it didn´t mattered to me, all that did, was that Bolt was back on the track and that he seemed to just keep on going with his tender friendship towards me.

But still, 2 years passed ever since, without him confessing, still I vowed to wait for him and I will cherish this vow to myself, by waiting as long as it takes him to confess, if this ever will come though, I didn´t know and didn´t wanted to think about it, I had hope and this shall not be crushed by any self-doubt anymore.

However, ever since that night, every event that happened in our town, we went to with the whole clique or not at all.

We missed the last Starlight festival for our friends once again had to work, and out of the traumatic memories I had, I begged Bolt to not go.

We told him, roughly what had happened, still I didn´t told him about his confession.

Beside of me and my parents as well as his, no one knew about it anyways, and after a while they forgot it as well.

I was the only one who remembered his tender lips pushing on mine, his hands rubbing over my back, both lovingly as well as comforting, his tongue, gently wrapping and dancing with mine.

The sight of the Stars above Sora-ku, reminded me a bit on this night, and I truly longed for Bolt to be at my side right now.

"Still, I have a Duel to win tomorrow, so I better go to sleep!" I said, still, the spot I sat on was now warm and I didn´t wanted to go sleeping yet, so I laid back looking up in the sky.

The cloudless sky showed me many lights, which were like fairy lights.

Dad once said that each star is representing a soul, wherever they died or are alive, wherever of animal or Human.

And that the Watashimori (Ferryman), the brightest star of our Galaxy there is, was the one of the strongest soul.

No one knows to whom it belongs though.

"I bet it´s Bolt´s Star!" I chuckled.

I looked deep into the space and it was as if I heard the Song, Bolt once sang at the Karaoke on the cultural festival, at the weekened after his exit of the Hospital.

I began to imagine him being here and singing the song.

It was a duet and he had insisted to sing it with me, which made them others smiling and me blushing, but I did my best to not mess it up.

We got 100 /100 points, so I think our performance was neat.

Chouchou said that we were the perfect pair and we both flushed deep red.

"Oh Bolt, I wish you would be here to sing it with me!" I mumbled and as if he heard my call, I heard his voice in my head.

Bolt´s Pov:

I was sitting on the wall before the Temple of the Light-foxes, observing the stars.

I wished Sarada would be on my side right now.

Starring up in the sky, made me relaxing from the rising threat that might come tomorrow night.

"If only I could tell you of how much I feel for you, if only I had the balls to do so, but would you even accept my love, I constantly bring you in danger, I am brash and not quite careful in fighting.

I admit you are right, I always think that as long as I fight to keep you girls unharmed, I will make my job right, but still, it also looks as if I have not an ounce of trust and believe in your abilities.

Still I claim to know that you are strong, but do I really acknowledge this strengths of you.

I don´t want you to think, that I only find you convenient to have in my team, I love your presence in our team and I wouldn´t change it for saving my life.

You are more to me than a simple friend, a simple teammate.

You are the girl I fell in love with, for so long already, I know I constantly claim that this is not true, that I would be in love to no one, but this is just my own self, trying to convince me that I have no right to get in a relationship, for I am a constant target for assassinations and everyone who is on my side will be targeted as well.

Still, I am truly lying to myself, as Mirai-san told me, when I say that I don´t wish for Sarada to know my feelings, still it was hard for me to express.

"But there is a possibility to do that, without stammering and without hesitating to say anything.

I already did it with you 2 years ago, but I think you didn´t quite caught the hint, since I was the one to choose this song!" I thought as I remembered the melody, it was, while looking in the sky, as if the stars were playing our song to me, and as if I can hear your voice.

(Original Song: Beyond the black:- Pearl in a world of dirt)

Bolt:

When the night shapes secret dreams
That I cannot change
When the moon weaves tender silk to veil the day
Then I know you'll make the magic feel so alive

Sarada:

When the stars send gentle words I wish I could say
Then I hear your heart a thousand miles away
You are always in my dreams, my reason to live
You are always in all my dreams, my reason to give

(Chorus, Both/ split-Screen scene):
You are my pearl in a world of dirt
I will be yours forever
You are my flame, my heat, my spark
Like a fire in a world so dark

You are my pearl in a world of dirt
This love cannot be measured
You're my escape from a world of hurt
My delight in a world absurd

You're my pearl in a world of dirt

(Instrumental Bridge)

It was surely a magical song, which we once sang, and I longed to sing it again with her, perhaps when I take all my courage together and confess to her, I will sing this song once again.

"I wonder if she is thinking about me, right now!?" I thought as I sang my part of the song.

Sarada´s Pov:

"I wonder if he is thinking about me, right now!?" I asked myself as I was singing my part of the song, I loved it, still I hesitated to choose it, by our Karaoke nights, when Bolt was not there, I loved his voice when he was singing it with me.

Unbeknownst to myself, I was watched by a pair of curious cat eyes, as I was singing my part of the song.

Bolt:

When your heart began to sleep, I wished I could pray
When your soul went up to start her final way
I woke up to find my world no longer alive Still I longed to feel the magic, for one more time

Sarada:

When the stars speak gentle words, I wish I could say
Look into my eyes a million miles away
Cause I'm still here in your dreams, your reason to try
And I know here in my dreams, our love will survive

(Instrumental Bridge)

Chorus, Sarada:
You are my pearl in a world of dirt
I will be yours forever
You are my flame, my heat, my spark
Like a fire in a world so dark

You are my pearl in a world of dirt
This love cannot be measured
You're my escape from a world of hurt
My delight in a world absurd

You're my pearl in a world of dirt

The way Bolt had once sang it, with so much tenderness in his voice, that each word was as sweet as pure sugar, impressed me greatly and let me hoping that he might still love me.

I hope it strongly.

"Clap, clap, clap!" I heard someone clapping behind me, as I ended my part of the song.

"You truly have a marvelous voice my dear!" I heard the voice of Deida, who walked up and sat next to me.

The last two weeks brought us close together, as true friends.

"You were singing to the boy you love, don´t you?" She asked, making me blushing.

"In a way yes, I once sang it with him during a Karaoke evening and it just came back in my mind!" I told to the Blonde cat.

"Haa, yeah the first love, I can´t really remember when it has been for me, it´s so long ago, I may be only 7 but still, in your age count I would be a geezer by now, probably!" She chuckled.

"Well, for a geezer, you look still very beautiful!" I told her.

"Well thank you, right back at you, you really look beautiful when you smile, I saw this during the last two weeks, at first I was quite suspicious of you, but as I got to know you more, I really have to say I like you!" She said and I blushed.

"Th-thanks!" I said.

"Anyways I think you should go sleeping now, tomorrow will be a busy day, this is going to be a mega event, on that Nekomata cannot do anything different but participate, always remember, you are a Human, so you are able to use more jutsus than we do, also have you now the agility of a wild-cat, so you truly have a chance.

I mean if Hid and Kaku are saying this, then you really must have impressed them, which is not easy!" She said.

"Maybe, hey I saw this earlier, you seem to be uncomfortable between them two?" I asked curious.

"Yeah well, they have a certain rivalry for my hand and I like them both equally, really, therefore it´s hard for me to choose, to whom my heart beats more!" Deida said sighing.

"No fear, i´m sure you soon will find your one and only!" I said to her comforting, caressing her hair.

"Dammit, now that you started don´t dare to stop, I like this so much!" She said with a comfortable sigh, planting a gleeful smile on her face, while she nuzzled her head in my hand.

"How about we have a girl's night together!" I said and she nodded eagerly.

And so we went to bed, while I picked her up and caressed her, until she slept in.

"Good night, sleep tight and dream something nice, Deida!" I stated as I too yawned of sleepiness, before closing my eyes.

"Tomorrow is the day of the ultimate decision.

After tomorrow, I will hopefully being able to see Bolt again.

For this I have to take all my courage together!" I though, as I drifted into the sleep.

"Bolt!" I mumbled.

Bolt´s Pov:

"If only I could tell you how beautiful you are, but would you even accept it from me, would you like to receive my love for you.

You truly are so hard to read at times, I don´t know if you only like me or if you might love me secretly and just won't admit it!" I thought, as I saw her smiling face in front of my inner eye, I felt her presence in my heart, like a fire which spreads within me.

"You are my pearl in a world of dirt
I will be yours forever
You are my flame, my heat, my spark
Like a fire in a world so dark

You are my pearl in a world of dirt
This love cannot be measured
You're my escape from a world of hurt
My delight in a world absurd

You're my pearl in a world of dirt!" I sang the song to the end.

As the song, I played in my mind, died out, I was silent for a while, looking into the sky, I don´t know how high we were here, but one thing was for sure, the sky here was even more beautiful than at home.

Still, it was not as beautiful as Sarada.

"Clap, clap, clap!" I heard it behind my back.

I looked to see Taron walking up to me.

"You sure have an amazing voice, my friend!" He said and I blushed.

"Thanks buddy!" I said, the more I got to know them, the more I came to like them, still, what bugged me was the fact, that I still was not able to touch him.

"Singing to your Girl, not?" He asked with a smug grin and I nodded blushing.

"Care to tell me of her, perhaps I can help you?" He stated.

"Well she is the most beautiful girl I know, only my Mother tops it, still, I love her very much but I´m just not sure if she does love me equally back, or even at all!" I stated.

"I see, it´s that Sarada girl your friends spoke about, two weeks ago, am I right?" he stated and I nodded.

"So you keep denying it to your friends, because you don´t know how she feels, not?

Well, I might have not much experience in human love, but I learned that a girl who loves a man, will definitely wait for the man to confess.

So you better, do it soon or else she might lose interest in you!" Taron explained.

"Yes, I guess you are right, I also thought about confessing to her, still I have no idea how to do or when!" I stated honestly.

"Well I think girls love nights like these, so how about confessing to her under a starlit sky?" Taron asked and I though about it.

"A Starlit sky you say, hmm, why not, in 5 months the Starlight festival will be again held, right after the Chunin exam, so maybe I will confess there, at least if we win.

I think, I remember to have almost done it 2 years ago, however the memory is blurry, I cannot remember clearly if I did confessed to her, or not, many things happened during that day which made me having amnesia about the whole day!" I stated.

"I see, well, trying goes over studying, I would say.

So take your courage together, tiger, and confess to her soon!" He said with a nice-guy-pose.

"Haha, alright, I will do it if we become Chunin, for then I know that I am strong enough to defend her!" I said to him.

"Good decision!" Taron said.

"Anyways it´s quite late, I guess I will go sleeping, tomorrow will be a busy night for sure!" I said and he nodded.

"I just hope everything runs normal!" Taron said and I was really sorry for him.

As I said, I got to know him and his folk during the last two weeks, and they truly grew close to mine and Himawari´s heart, not only for the fact that they were foxes and a real cute and funny troop.

But also because they really were concerned about their mistress and their folk, they reminded me on us Konoha-ninjas, and the way Taron was concerned about the Princess wellbeing reminded me on myself.

"I promise I will do my best to defend you and your mistress and I will find her daughter!" I thought as I looked at Taron, before we entered the Temple, to have a night full of sleep.

A/N:

Hello, my dear readers, I am thankful for all the Reviews lately, many surprised me, for example those of Sacha, thank you very much.

Others were known by me to come at some point, like all the requests for more Chapters, as said and as done, I have advanced and edited the current chapter.

Also, as you might have seen I took the previous Chapters down, but this won't at all mean that I will take them completely down, no, the other chapters, or at least the plot of them, will come in later chapters, maybe separated over several Chapters.

Some People also asked me of why I make the Chapters so long, well that is, for me to finish this Story in as less Chapters as possible, for if I shorten them I will be soon far over 50 chapters, for I intent to make it a big story anyways.

So I am sorry for those who are not able to read big Chapters but I still insist you to read, if you actually still want to read, the story attentively.

Many aspects and facts of the Story so far, will be revealed in a clearer and more detailed form, during the later chapters, also the Bonus flashback stories or the time interval Parts (For example: the month between; short stories) will appear throughout the entire main story, explaining characters, or other elements relevant for the main stories progress.

Also do I want to bring some emotion into the story, by showing the mind-world of the kids, as well as their parents a bit.

I hope all of you now understand, that I will keep on doing my best to improve this story and that I will write it to a certain degree towards your request.

Anyways, i´m really thankful for you to read this story, therefore, stay tuned, have a good read and see you in the next Chapter.

The first Opening (imagine this story would be an anime) would be from Galneryus, the song Destiny, which is dedicated towards the 10 Children of Prophecy, to which a destiny from ancient time is calling out, passing through the generations to the current one.

Just as the Prophecy, which has been written in Grandmother Chika´s Diary in the first Chapter, at the end of the Prologue.

Destiny is calling you, passing through your edge of heart

We're not a loss anymore, and look up your future...

OH, YEAH!

Mou mayou koto nado nai

Nayami tsudzukeru koto mo nai

Miageta sono toki, subete ni kidzuita

Ima made no ayamachi wo

Jibun wo miushinaisou ni naru koto nante, mou nai hazu

Jada hitotsu no onaji hoshi wo miteru

[Chorus:]

Destiny is calling you, passing through your edge of heart

We're not a loss anymore, and look up your future

And surely, we'll unite once again

We're filled with power

Don't lose the past

Gone with the steel

Ima ni mou kaesou datta hikari yo, mou ichido michibike

Tada hitotsu no onaji hoshi wo miteru

[Chorus]

Destiny is calling you, but you don't believe it

Keeper of the resurrection is standing alone

And surely, we'll unite once again with strong faith

Live to survive, live for my life

Just like... those stars!

The ending is Xandria, with A Prophecy of worlds to fall, which is dedicated towards Neherit and his struggling with time, to prevent the fate of the world to turn out worsen than ever before.

The decision, ethically or not, which he has to take to save the world, not minding being hated or feared, doing all that is necessary for the future generations to live.

The Part after the first chorus tells about his sensei, Grandmother Chika, who entrust all of her wisdom and the fate of the world into his hands.

I am the one that is walking the night

Sleepless I'm dreaming - eyes wide open

Watching the sky for the ashes to fall

Ending illusions - I keep on hoping

For this world to survive - to keep me alive

So for all you ever desired, you wanted to be

Was shining so bright but only a dream

And nothing remains but this fantasy

Oh this world is falling down

Frozen by gold that has turned into ice

I kept all the secrets deep inside me

Now I will pass them on - now, now you are the one

So for all you ever desired, you wanted to be

Was shining so bright but only a dream

And nothing remains but this fantasy

Oh this world is falling down

And this would be so far the two Songs I would give them as OP and ED, what´s your opinion, tell me!

Sincerely, your The Storyteller and his Books.