I'm sooooon sorry that it is so late (8:53pm) But I forgot today was Wensday and I wrote this in like an hour, so sorry if it was sucky. I think I might do 1 or 2 more chapters, we'll see. I want more Shikadai and Himawari! There arn't many shippers of them, and I think them and Bolt/Sarada are the cutest pairings! And I'm sorry for the unoriginal name for Lee's son. I Named him Lee jr, I was thinking maybe Gai, but I decided just to stick with Lee. I own nothing you recognize!
Bolt's Pov.
Himawari and I worked together to help mom with the dishes. Laughing at the struggle, but we got the hang of it. I felt something breeze across the back of my head.I froze, looking around, seeing nothing, and none of the windows were opened.
"Bolt." A voice muttered, Sarada's voice. I closed my eyes as I felt arms wrap around my chest, a head on my shoulder. I leaned into the embrace, out of habit. But no one was there.
"Bolt?" Himawari asked, looking at me. Mom too. I looked and didn't see anyone behind me.
"I-I swear I just, did you-I mean." I felt light headed. "I need to lay down." I muttered. I turned to go to my room, but my mom grabbed my arm, feeling my forehead.
"You're pale, but you arn't warm. Is your arm bugging you? Do I need to take you to Sakura?" My mom asked, her voice filled with concern.
"I'm fine mom. Really. I just need to lie down for a few hours and then I'm going to see Sarada. Her mom is releasing her today." I hurried up the stairs, closing my door and leaning against it. I felt fingers glide across my face. Sarada. I knew it was her. I could feel it. I closed my eyes, refusing to come to the worse case conclusion.
"I'm losing it. She's fine. She's going home. She's fine." I chanted, rubbing my face. "You're just tired. You're going to nap, then go and see her when you wake up." I calmed myself. Suddenly there was a knocking on my door.
"Bolt!" My mom opened the door. She was pale and on the verge of tears.
"Mom! What's wrong? Is everything ok?" She shook her head.
"It's Sarada." Her lip wobbled,
"What-what about her?" I already knew. I felt like I've been punched. My mom clenched her teeth, trying not to cry.
"Her heart keeps stopping and she's in a coma. Sakura doesn't know why, or if she's going to wake up from this." I felt a knife in my stomach.
"I-I need to be alone." I whispered, laying down. I heard my door gently close and I clenched my eyes shut. Suddenly, there was a void in my bed where someone was sitting. I jumped, terrified.
"Bolt. It's me." Something grabbed my face. Sarada.
"Are you dead." I whispered.
"No. My heart is still beating at the hospital. Well, it was last time I was there. I don't know where I am. No one can see me, and so far, you're the only one to hear me." I heard. I saw an indentation in my bed. Someone was next to me
"Whoa. This is freaky." I muttered. The indent disappeared. I stood up, looking around.
"Can you feel me?" She asked. Hands on my face. I nodded, my hands going, almost automatacally to where her hips are, but going through them. "That tickles." She laughed. I smiled, the I heard her let out a groan,
"Sarada?" I asked, the hand disappearing from my face. "Sarada! Are you here? I can't feel you anymore." I began to panic. I took off out the door, running past my mother and Himawari, out the front door. Running as fast I could. I ran past the front desk, hitting Sarada's door and freezing. I opened the door, and monitors were going nuts and Sakura was doing chest compressions. I backed up, unabled to preccess what was happening. My legs felt like jelly. I bumped into my dad.
"Bolt, whoa, hey," He caught me.
"She's going to be ok? right. Please just-just, I need." I leaned against him as tears ran down my face. He tried to pull me back, but I kept shrugging him off. "No. Stop. I need to stay."
"There's nothing you can do. Come on." Sarada's heart monitor suddenly began beating.
"Let him stay. It may help." Sakura said, then "Just send for Sasuke now!" Sakura demanded. Dad nodded and I took a seat, holding her hand. Wiping my face. I moved so that Sakura was close to her, in case something happened. Which it did. I curled in the corner. Covering my ears as all the machines went off and Sarada started to shake. Sakura brought her back, everytime. Sasuke came running in maybe an hour or 2 later. In shock. He collapsed in a chair, burying his face in his hands. Sakura and Granny ran every test they knew, they even had Kiba come in and sniff her.
"She smells fine. I can't find anything wrong." He said as her heart monitor went nuts and her heart stopped again. It went quiet after a while and night came. I curled in the corner as Sakura and Sasuke curled together in a chair, muttering to each other. I was dozing as a scent hit me. Sarada. I opened my eyes as her monitor went nuts again. Sakura jumping into action. I closed my eyes. Praying for it to start. As her heart began beating, I felt hands on my face. I smiled and leaned into them.
"She's here." I whispered. Knowing I sounded crazy, but I didn't care. She was here. Sakura and Sasuke looked to each other.
"What?" Sakura asked, not understanding.
"Sarada. She's here. I can feel her." I whispered. Sakura sighed.
"Bolt, Honey, you need to sleep." She said gently. I shook my head. I know I'm not that tired. I can feel her hands on my face. I crept my hands up and rested them above hers, feeling the coolness of her hands.
"It hurts. When my hearts stops. It hurts so much." She whispered, her voice cracking. I felt like I've been stabbed. She was in pain. I felt my eyes burn.
"I don't know what to do. I just wish I could take the pain from you. i wish it were me instead." I whispered. I felt lips flutter against my cheek as fingers wiped my tears. My eyes closed as her forehead touched mine. Her heart monitor suddenly went off and flatlined and she disappeared. I couldn't feel her anymore and I slumped as Sakura began cpr again. When her heart started again, I didn't feel Sarada anymore. I leaned against the wall and tried to sleep.
"Hey." I glanced up and Sasuke was staring at me, Sakura was curled up in his side, fast asleep. "In the morning. We're heading out."
"I don't want to leave her." I said, shifting in my spot.
"You didn't let me finish boy. Tomorrow, we're heading out and gonna ask them what the hell they did to her." He said. I thought about it.
"Let's do it. They're going to pay."
"Ok. We can take Shikadai and Choji. Watch her. I'm gonna go run it past the dobe and get it approved. I'm going whether or not it gets approved, but I don't want you guys to get in trouble." He moved slowly, Shifting his sleeping wife so she was comfortable.
"I'm going too, no matter what." I promised, standing up, walking over to her and sitting at the end of her bed. Needing to be closer. Sasuke left and was back quickly. I guess the Hokage was in the waiting room. I guess everyone's in the waiting room sleeping. He nodded to me and I knew we were approved. I leaned back and tried to get some sleep. I dreamed Sarada was holding my face. I smiled. Leaning against them. "Sarada?" I asked. Thinking the whole thing was a dream. I felt a forehead against mine
"I'm here," I heard her whisper and I opened my eyes, expecting to see her onyx eyes staring back. There was nothing there and she was still on the bed. I rubbed my eyes.
"I'm dreaming." I shook my head. Walking to her and kissing her forehead, "Please pull through." I whispered then shaking Sasuke awake.
"What?" He asked, half awake.
"You ready to head out?" I asked. He nodded.
Let's grab Shikadai on the way out, then stop by the office and get Choji and head out." He said. I nodded.
"You really think these men are going to give us the answers we need?" I asked as we began walking. He stopped a moment to kiss Sakura's forehead then brushing his fingers across Sarada's cheek. Letting out a shuttering sigh.
"Oh, trust me. They will." He promised. We walked out of the room. I had my hands behind my head. We walked into the waiting room and Sasuke nodded to Shikadai. Shikadai nodded back, moving and letting L.j take his spot next to Himawari. Shikadai looked between me and Himawari before letting out a sigh and kissing Himawari. I let out a glare, not liking it. Suddenly, I felt arms coming under my arms and something leaning against my back, a head on my shoulder.
"We were 14. Stop with the face." Sarada whispered. I closed my eyes, Letting out a sigh. I knew everyone was looking at me, so I cleared my throat and I saw Himawari nudge L.j. They all had a look of pity. I glared. I felt the arms wrapping around me again, almost comforting me. I suddenly had an idea, proof that I ain't crazy or losing it.
"Himawari? I wanna test something. Look at me with the Byakugan and tell me what you see." Everyone looked confused, but Himawari shrugged and activated it and gasped.
"I-I see Bolt's chakra and there's something next to him. It's faint, but I can see a shape, a human shape. It's hugging Bolt from behind." I felt Sarada move from me. "It moved!" she pointed.
"Sarada, if it is really you, prove it." Inojin said.
"How?" I heard her asked. I shrugged.
"She asked how." Inojin thought, then shrugged.
"I don't know." He said. Sasuke was staring at where she was with the sharingan.
"I see her, it's faint, but her chakra is there." He said, crossing his arms.
"Does that mean she's dead?" L.J asked. Sasuke looked at him.
"No. She could be between life and death."
"It hurts when heart stops." She said. I looked at where her voice came from.
"She just said it hurts when her heart stops." I said.
"Let's head out. Sarada, I want you to stay here. I don't want to risk you being to far from your body, just in case." Sasuke said. I nodded, agreeing with him. We headed out, picking Choji up and running through the woods. The village where those men were being held was about 3hours away, and we didn't stop. Lee would've been proud. We made the 3hour trip in about 2hours. We entered the village and went straight to the prison where they were being held. They let us right in and they brought out the leader, the man Himawari was fighting when I arrived to the fight. He was a big guy, 7ft, 300lbs. Made Himawari look like a child fighting. He was sat down in front of us. We stared.
"What do I owe the pleasure of the last Uchiha, the shadow boy, The hidden leaf's Hokage's son and a fat guy." The man asked. Choji's eyes flash, but he took a breath.
"I'm gonna be outside." He said, walking out.
"I'm only gonna ask you once. What did you do to her!" The man stared at Sasuke, not flinching.
"I don't know what you're talking about." The man smirked. I sat back, thinking. Sasuke didn't flinch as he grabbed his hand and twisted it, breaking three fingers.
"Did you know the body is an amazing thing? How many bones do you think it has?" Sasuke asked. The man glared at him. "I can sit here and count. We're at three." He bent the hand again, 4 more snaps. "Oops, 7 now. You can stop this." Sasuke moved his grip, breaking another bone. "8." That hand was done. He moved up the wrist. "Come on. You know what answer I'm looking for." *Snap* *snap*. I cringed, as Shikadai looked sick. The man finally broke, after breaking up to his shoulder. His whole arm was broke.
"Ok! Ok! That wasn't a normal powder Jinor threw in her face." He yelled.
"What was it then!" Sasuke demanded.
"Umm, it sucks the chakra out of her. Has her heart stopped and restart a bunch of times?"
"Yes. It has. What is the cure?" Sasuke asked The man smirked.
"I don't know." Stupid man.
"Shikadai? Would you do the honors?" Sasuke looked at him.
"Pleasure." Shikadai stretched his shadow across the table, snagging the man. He then proceeded to move his arm, the mans bad arm. He howled in pain as the shattered bones tore muscle and nerves.
"Ok Ok! Just stop!" The man begged. I looked at him in the eyes.
"What. Is. The. Cure." I emphasized every word. Shikadai froze for a moment,
"You have to transfer Chakra to her, to counteract the poison. An abundance of chakra should override the poison and she should wake right up."
"Let's go." I said. Sasuke walked over to him and grabbed his bad hand.
"You're lucky I just don't kill you. I've killed people just for breathing wrong." The man began to whimper. "Now, I will ask you this once, maybe you've learned I don't play. How did you know everything you did?"
"We found out who was hired to follow the caravan. We each staked the kids out. I followed Sarada and Jinor followed Himawari and Bolt, and we dug up dirt and waited. I heard Sarada complaining to the pink haired girl that you were never home, Saw her and Bolt together, a lot. Watched him propose. We have dirt on them too. We were prepared to meet any of them and cut them down with lies, it just happened to be her we caught, we just weren't expecting them to be strong. Three men. Taken down by two girls? That's why Jinor threw the powder in her face. I was reaching for mine when the bitch hit me."
"That bitch is my sister." I said, stepping closer. Sasuke held his hand to my chest.
"Come on. We got what we came for. Let's head back and see what we can do with the information." I shrugged him off and went out the door. Shikadai following. Choji was still steaming.
"Let's go." We heard the man scream again and Sasuke walked out.
"I'm ready." And took off. We followed. I already had a plan. I knew what needed to be done. We got back to the hospital and met Himawari at the door.
"We know what's wrong with her!" We both said. "You do?"
"How do you know?" I asked.
"I watched her. When ever her heart stops, chakra stopped flowing there."
"Well, we know she was poisoned with that powder, and the only way to help her is to give her chakra, to counteract the poison." I began walking.
"What are you going to do?" She asked, Sasuke went to tell the Hokage and Shikadai sat down, waiting.
"You know." I rubbed the whisker marks on my cheeks. Being part of the Uzumaki clan, we both got a bit of Kurama's power. Just a little, but I think it'll be enough.
"Bolt no! That's dangerous! You could kill yourself!" Himawari grabbed my arm, jerking me to face her. I glared down at her. She's small for her age, always has been. She's about 9 or 10 inches shorter than me, and I was 6'2, so that put her at barely 5'2, and she's always been tiny too, but don't let it fool you, she's powerful, pure talent and dedication, which was why she graduated at a young age. Her glare cut me down, but I held her gaze.
"We don't know if that man was telling the truth Boruto! It could be a lie and you'd die for nothing!" She tried. I shook my head.
"It's a chance! Just a chance to save her and I'm taking it! I'd do the same if you'd on that table! You can't stop me Himawari!" I jerked my hand from her and proceeded to Sarada's room. Looking at Sakura.
"Did you find something?" She asked. I nodded.
"I need to to take the tube out and unhook her. I got an idea." I focused on my hand.
"Do it." Sasuke was behind me and Sakura nodded. I put my hand on her chest, right above her heart and I focused. I gave it all I had. Suddenly, Himawari was next to me, giving some of hers.
"We're in this together, Big brother." She smiled. I felt the Kurama's power leave me and I collapsed, Right as Himawari was looking pale, Sarada suddenly shot up, gasping and clutching at her chest. Sakura and Himawari both jumped back and I smiled,
"What-what happened?" She asked.
"Boy, do we have a story for you." Himawari said. I couldn't stop myself. I forced myself to move and I hugged her, tightly.
"Bolt. Can't-breathe." She said. I couldn't stop myself as I captured her lips. Kissing her hard and kissing her face all over.
"Please, don't do that again." I whispered. Hugging her again.
"I'll try not too. Now what happened?" Sakura told her everything she knew, and Sasuke filled in the rest, leaving out me giving up my Kurama power. It was late. I stayed in bed with her and I finally told her. "Wait. You gave up Kurama's power? For me?" She asked.
"Well, of course I did. What else was I suppose to do? Besides, I got more chakra. Just, not as much as normal. I'll be fine, really." I whispered, kissing her hair. She smiled.
"I remember, I was a ghost thing. You were the only one to acknowledge me. And Himawari could see me."
"I felt you. I just didn't want to believe it." It was nearing midnight and we were still talking. Himawari went home, and Sakura and Sasuke passed out in the chair again. I stayed on the bed with her.
"I knew you would be the one. It was scary and the pain was almost unbearable. I met the Uchiha's though, grandfather is grouchy." I smiled down at her. She looked at me, cocking her head to the side. "What?"
"I- I just love you so much." I said, playing with her hand.
"I love you too, even though you were a cocky jerk when we were children!" She hit me.
"What are you talking about?" I demanded, holding my head.
"Oh, I don't know, Calling me a foureyed, big forehead freak when we were 7, or that fight we all had over that and you kicked me in the face and gave me a bloody nose? How bout when you kissed me when we were 8 and made fun of me for a week! Or when you were a show off and made 13 clones when I could only make one?" She hit me with everything she listed off. I thought and she was right.
"Well. I just gave up Kurama's power, does that make up for it?" I asked, covering my head. She thought about it,
"One more kiss, and we should be even." She smiled up at me. I leaned down and kissed her, my hand going to her hip.
"And that is over. Either you two go to bed, or Bolt has to go home." Sasuke said, making me jump.
"Alright papa, we're going to bed now." Sarada said. Laying down. I went to put my arm around her.
"I'm watching that hand Bolt. Be wise where you put it."
"Papa." Sarada complained as I rolled my eyes and Sarada turned, resting her head on my shoulder and I wrapped my arms around her, She sat her hand on my chest and , falling asleep. I stayed awake a few hours, making sure. Sakura was paranoid, so Sarada still had a heart monitor hooked up to her, but soon, exhaustion won.
"Sleep Bolt. I'm watching it." Sasuke whispered.
"I can stay awake too." I protested, my eyes drooping .
"Bolt, I have 30 years of sleepless nights. Sleep. I got this."
"You were 6?" He nodded.
"I haven't really slept since that night. I've had good nights, I've had bad nights. The good is catching up, but I already know tonight's a bad night. So, sleep." I nodded, letting the exhaustion take over. I fell asleep to Sarada's strong heart beat and her deep breathing lulling me to blissful dreams.
Review! I kinda like this chapter, pretty proud at it, considering I wrote it in an hour.