Dreams of Passion turned into Reality; Flash Forward 1

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ZY: These Flash Forward chapters takes place in the future, The Boruto Era time frame. So all the Naruto timeframe characters are adults (they look the same as their canon counterparts) with their own families. Note: Boruto is still Naruto's son in this AU, but the other children... Well, some of those are another story. Also, this is just an introduction chapter for the next gen ninjas.

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'DAMN! DAMN! DAMN!' Boruto thought as he raced across the rooftops of Konohagakure. 'Dad is soooooooooo going to kill me if I don't bring everyone together in like 30 minutes!' Boruto thought as he made a quick turn.

Why today of all days did his alarm have to die on him?

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Rock Lee was having friendly spar with his son, Metal, whom by the way looks just like him but was wearing a bright orange scarf instead of leg warmers, in a very big, spacious backyard. "Make sure you keep your guard up no matter what," Lee said with a smile on his face as he block an oncoming punch. Metal happily replied "Yes, Papa!" as he was pushed back and landed on his feet not to far away from his dad.

"Rock! Metal!"

The two stopped immediately when they heard the voice calling them. Both turned towards the voice, and there standing on the porch was Hyūga Neji with his arms folded, wearing a forest green yukata, and had a stern look on his face. "What are you two doing?" Neji demanded rather than asked. Lee smiled and said "We are simply having a friendly father/son sparring match before he leaves." Metal blinked his semi-rounded lotus purple eyes and said to Neji "Otōsan, I asked Papa to spar with me while I waited for Boruto-kun." Neji raised a brow and asked "Wasn't he suppose to be here half an hour ago?" Metal nodded and added that the blond was late for some reason. Neji walked up to the two, smoothed out his son's shiny black hair, and said calmly "I don't want you picking up any of his bad habits, understand Metal." The teen smiled a bit and said "Yes Otōsan."

"METAL! I'M HERE!" Boruto shouted as he landed on the wall of the Hyūga estate.

Metal gave Neji a quick hug and gave Lee a thumps-up before he left with the blond. The two watched their son leave. Neji shook his head and said "That boy is too much like his father when he was at that age." Lee wrapped an arm around Neji, kissed his cheek, and said "Do you expect anything less from the Hokage's son?" Neji sighed as Lee nuzzled his neck and said "In all honestly Rock, I was actually expecting more from him." Lee chuckled and tucked Neji's head under his chin.

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A teenage girl with spiky black hair, beady black eyes, pointy teeth that showed when she smiled, red fang marks ran down her cheeks, wore a tight gray shirt with the sleeved torn off, black finger-less gloves, gray slacks, and black shoes raced alongside a pair of wolf-sized dogs in a large backyard. "Raiko? Sweetie, why are still here?" Kiba asked the girl as he walked onto the porch. The teen, Raiko, flashed a frown, patted a brown wolf-dog, and said "Boruto's late." Kiba sighed. 'Why'd Naruto put him in charge of this?' Kiba thought as he motioned Raiko to come over, she did. "If Boruto, or anyone for the matter, does anything funny to you, don't be afraid to use a couple of Kikaichū on him," Kiba told Raiko, whom smirked and replied "You don't need to tell me twice, Dad."

Shino poked his head out the door, carrying a wrapped bento box, and said "Ladybug, make sure you eat this when you have lunch." Raiko frowned, took the bento, and said "I will, just stop calling me that." Kiba looked up at his Soulmate and asked if he knew that Boruto was running late. "I did, so I decided to add a few more things to the bento," Shino said with a straight face. "Papa, you didn't have to," Raiko whined out. She really didn't like the fact that her papa alway needed to make sure she ate a balanced meal. 'How's Dad put up with that,' Raiko thought feeling the weight of the bento.

"RAIKO! I'M HERE!" Boruto shouted from the front yard. Metal covered his ears for that.

"Guess I'm off then," Raiko said as she stood up. Kiba nodded and said "If you see Shun, tell him that he needs to help with grandpa's birthday party." Raiko said "Will do. Solo, come on boy." the brown wolf-sized dog followed her to the front. "Make sure YOU eat YOUR bento. I WILL know if you don't," Shino told his daughter as she turned the corner with a sigh. She knew he probably had a few of his Kikaichū keeping an eye on her to make sure she ate.

Kiba chuckled and said "Cuddle Bug, I know you love her and all, but maybe you should lighten up on making her eat right a bit." Shino didn't say anything as Kiba wrapped his arms around him.

An elderly Akamaru barked.

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An eight-year-old girl with long black hair, dark eyes, semi-dark skin, was wearing a plain blue short sleeved shirt, dark blue hakama, white socks, and a pair of geta was throwing some ice daggers into the ground. She looked rather board.

"Tsurara?" asked a voice from the house to the porch. A man in his late 40s with waist-long black hair that was tied in a braid with his bangs hanging in front of his face, was wearing a light blue yukata walked out of the house and asked "What are you still doing here, Sweetie?" The girl, Tsurara, sighed, throwing another dagger to the ground and said "Boruto's late, Papa." Tsurara's father chuckled "Really?" and sat next to his daughter. The girl tossed another dagger at the ground, turns out she was making a snowflake pattern with the ice daggers, and said "I should have gone ahead, instead of waiting for Boruto." The man chuckled and said "He's too much like his father when he was that age." Tsurara scoffed and said "Like the Hokage was ever an irresponsible brat." Tsurara's father chuckled, he knew what Naruto was like long before he became Hokage.

"I'M HERE!"

"Oh~? I think that's Boruto~." Tsurara's father said happily. "About time," Tsurara said in a huff. Boruto, Metal, Raiko, and Solo jumped into the back yard. "Yo, Haku-ojisan," Boruto said with a cheeky smile. Tsurara's father, Haku, smiled back and said "You really need to work on your time management skills." Boruto chuckled nervously as the other ninjas sighed.

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A teenage boy with short pink hair, green eyes, plain face, wore a red shirt, navy slacks, and navy shoes was practicing his punches on a punching bag. He wanted to be in good shape. After all, his goal was to be the best shinobi he could be, which means he needed brains and brawns.

"Momo? What are you still here?" Sakura asked her son when she walked into the gym. "Boruto's *punch* late *punch*" the teen, Momo, said. Sakura sighed and muttered "Why am I not surprised..." Momo steadied the bag and said "It's Boruto."

One minute later, Boruto came.

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Boruto was also able to gather Nara Shikadai, Akimichi Chocho, Yamanaka Inojin, and Mitsuki. Okay, Mitsuki found him, but at least everyone's together.

"About time boy," said a relatively tall blue-skinned woman with long midnight black hair that was tied back, midnight black eyes, small nose, thin lips, thin gills under her eyes, and was wearing Anbu garbs. With a sigh, the Anbu woman said "Honestly, your time management skills suck. You should have brought everyone here 25 minutes ago." Boruto muttered something along the line of his alarm dying on him. "What was that, boy?" the Anbu woman stated in an authoritative tone. Boruto then stated louder "Nothing Tzu..." the Anbu woman, Tzu, glared at the blond and stated, showing her razor sharp teeth, "Excuse me?" Boruto jumped and quickly stated "N-nothing Uchiha-Hoshigaki-san."

"Ane~(1)" called a tall man with spiky midnight black hair, midnight black eyes, had a slight blue tint to his skin, had a small nose, had thin gills under his eyes, thin lips that were in a wide grin that showed his bladed teeth, he too was also wearing Anbu garbs, and had a broadsword that was almost as tall as him was wrapped in white bandages strapped on his back. Tzu glanced at the Anbu male and asked "What is it Sung?" The Anbu man, Sung, grin widened and said "The Hokage wants these ninjas inside, like 20 minutes ago." Tzu thumbed Baruto, said "Talk to the Hokage's kid." and walked into the building.

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Uchiha-Hoshigaki Tzu and Sung were the twin children of Uchiha Itachi and Hoshigaki Kisame. Tzu was older then Sung by a good seven minutes, so Tzu took the position as heir of the Uchiha clan while Sung inherited Samehada from Kisame. Lucky for the twins and their parents, Sung took after Kisame while Tzu took after Itachi.

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Sung looked at Boruto, said "Goodness boy, you really aren't earning any points with Ane. Come on gang, Hokage-sama's waiting." and motioned the young ninjas to follow him. "My alarm really did die on me..." Boruto muttered as he walked into the building with the others. Metal patted him on the back, showing the blond his lotus purple eyes, and said "Let it go, Boruto. Just try to make it up to Tzu-nee when you get the chance." Boruto huffed and said "Easy for you to say, she likes you, not me. By the way, why do you still call her Tzu-nee?" Metal's cheeks turned pink and muttered "Old habits..."

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Metal was a Hyūga, so he was good family friends with the Uchihas. But that wasn't the only reason why Tzu liked Metal. Even though the Uchiha heir was a good decade and a half older then the Hyūga boy, she was his Soulmate. That's right, Uchiha Tzu had her Soulmate Dreams about her and Metal three years ago, when he was twelve, the previous Hokage and still working Dream Empath Hatake Kakashi confirmed it. This was a really big deal for the two families.

Hyūga Hiashi and Hizashi use to joke about having a wedding between the two families, neither of the two expected it to actually happen, well not in their lifetime. The former head of the Hyūga clan and his twin brother had the pleasure of giving the two a pair of engagment rings and both were hoping that they'll live long enough to witness the wedding.

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The group walked into the building.

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"Raiko..." said a man with short brown hair, rounded black-tinted glasses, red fang marks on his cheeks, small pointed nose, wore a gray overcoat with a high collar, black slacks, and had his hands in his pockets. Two wolf-sized dogs stood next to him, one was brown with ginger splotches and the other was ginger with white splotches. The man was looking right at the group of young ninjas.

Raiko smiled wildly and said "Shun! What are you doing here? I thought you were out on a mission and wasn't going to see you until late." Shun was Kiba and Shino's son and Raiko's older brother. "Wasn't actually a long mission," Shun said quietly. Raiko raised an eyebrow and said "I see. Dad and Papa said you still have to help out with grandpa's birthday party." Shun nodded. He wasn't much of a conversationalist, his sister knew that. Raiko patted the two dogs on their head as she walked by and Shun ruffled her hair.

The group continued to follow Sung. "Is he cute under all those layers?" Chocho whispered to Raiko, whom replied "Ew, gross, that's my brother your asking about." Shikadai couldn't help but shutter and thought 'Why does Chocho have to talk about boys at a time like this? Such a drag...'

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Nara Shikamaru greeted the group. "Hey, dad," Shikadai said to his father, then asked "Why'd we need to be here?" Shikamaru grinned and said "The Hokage'll tell you himself." Boruto's eyes lit up and asked "Really?!" The adviser nodded, opened a door, and notion the group into the room.

The Hokage, Boruto's father, Uzumaki Naruto, was standing in the room with Uchiha Tzu and a teenage girl with midnight black hair that only reached her neck in length, midnight black eyes that sat behind a pair of red glasses, plain face, wore a red shirt, white shorts, relatively tight black thigh-high socks, and black shoes. "Hey, everyone," Naruto happily said, then motioned the girl to step forward. "I'd like to introduce you to our new ninja of Konohagakure, Uchiha Sarada," The Hokage said as the girl bowed politely. "Wait, Uchiha? But Tzu and Sung don't have any younger siblings," Boruto stated, earning a glare from the two Uchiha girls, the male Uchiha just sighed. Naruto chuckled and said "She's their cousin, Uchiha Sasuke's daughter."

The room went silent. THE Uchiha Sasuke!? Boruto HAS heard that he had a child. But that was a good few years ago.

Naruto explained that Sarada wanted to live in Konohagakure, were her father grew up, and since Sasuke is still a Konohagakure citizen, by birth Sarada is a Konohagakure citizen and has a right to live in the village if she wishes. "Sasuke-oji-sama gave his consent for Sarada to live here on the condition that she stays at the Uchiha residents," Tzu explained as she kept a careful eye on the young ninjas before her. "So don't get any ideas on trying to sneaking into her room~" Sung said playfully, causing Sarada to turn redder then her shirt and shouted at her cousin not to say such things.

Naruto finally said "I've asked you all here because you all are the same age and are also ninjas, so that she'll feel a bit comfortable when you all show her around the village. Maybe you guys can become friends." The Uchiha heir wasn't too trilled with the idea of letting "children" act as guides. The Hokage told her to relax and that her fiancé was with the group. Sarada was now really red when she stuttered "Fi-fi-fi-fiancé!? Y-y-you're engaged, Tzu-itoko(2)-sama!? T-t-to who?"

Metal timidly raised his hand and said "Ano, that would be me... My name's Hyūga Metal, her... Soulmate..." Sarada adjusted her glasses and looked at the boys lotus purple eyes, confirming that he was a Hyūga. Sung chuckled and said "It's true, Sarada-itoko~. He's going to be my brother-in-law in a couple of years." The youngest Uchiha stated along the lines of that Metal was practically her age. That was when the Uchiha male chuckled again and stated that that was the reason why Tzu and Metal were waiting a few years before they wed. "No worries my dear future cousin, I shall do my best to support Tzu-nee, err, I mean, my Soulmate and our families," Metal said happily, giving Sarada a thumbs-up and a shiny smile. Uchiha Tzu couldn't help but smile a bit, she loved Metal and all but she was really hoping that he grows out of this Konohagakure Green Beast thing before they marry.

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The gang was only able to show Sarada 1/4th of the village by the time their parents started calling them.

"But Papa... But... Okay, Papa, I'll be home by dark... I'm like seven blocks from home. Okay, okay, I'll start walking... Okay, see you soon Papa," Tsurara said into her cellphone before hanging up and telling the other ninjas that she had to go before her father started looking for her. Shikadai, Inojin, Momo, and Boruto shuttered, they knew that when Haku started "searching" for his little girl, well, lets just say that you'd better be ready for a sudden winter spell.

They waved the girl off as she headed home. "Ano, not to be rude, but why is an eight-year-old in a group of ninjas in the 14-15 year age range?" Sarada asked the group. They looked at one another before saying "To put it simply, she was too skilled to stay in her age group, and she's too much like Haku-ojisan." The Uchiha did ask who this Haku person was, but was interupted by more rings.

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All but Metal, Mitsuki, and Boruto got a call to come home. Since it was getting late, the boys decided to walk Sarada to the Uchiha resident. Metal called his parent to tell them that he was going to spend the night at the Uchihas.

"I woun't Papa, don't worry... Tell Otōsan I'll be there... Okay, love you," The Hyūga said over his cellphone. Sarada did ask Metal suspiciously if it was really alright for him to sleep over at the Uchiha resident, she apparently was still not taking the information from earlier today very well. Metal nodded and said "Itachi-ojisan and Kisame-ojisan don't mind and the twins are fine with it. Plus, I AM marrying Tzu-nee, I mean, Tzu in a couple of years."

Mitsuki couldn't help but say "I hope you don't sneek into Tzu-chan's room in the middle of the night for some fun when you're there." Baruto and Sarada's face turned pink, but Metal just blinked in confusion and asked what Mitsuki meant. Aparently, he didn't understand then implication. 'He's too innocent...' Boruto, Sarada, and Mitsuki thought in unison. Metal did add not to call his fiancée Tzu-chan in her presence. The three asked why and the Hyūga replied "I think it be best to ask the last person who called her that, I think he's still in the hospital." Neither Boruto, Mitsuki, nor Sarada knew what to say but they knew what NOT to do.

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"Sarada! Look how much you've grown!" Itachi (has a couple of graying hairs and a few wrinkles now) said happily as he hugged his niece, whom happily hugged back. "Oji-sama, it's soooo good to see you again," Sarada said as she pulled out of the hug. The Uchiha head smiled and said "You look just like Sasuke when he was your age, minus the glasses of coarse." The youngest Uchiha adjusted her red frames. Metal took off his shoes and slipped on a pair of slippers as he entered the house.

"Yo, Itachi-san," Boruto said looking through the doorway with Mitsuki. Itachi looked at them, waved hi, and said "I heard you were late because of a dead alarm, Boruto." the blond muttered "The Twins told you, didn't they..." The Uchiha head nodded and said "Boruto if you knew your alarm was faulty, why didn't you get a new one?" now the blond was pink. It never crossed his mind to get a new clock. Mitsuki chuckled.

"Just giving you boys the heads up, *pats the youngest Uchiha on the shoulder* Sarada's starting at the Ninja Academy tomorrow," Itachi said happily. "Really?!" the boys stated in utter shock. "That soon?" Metal asked his future father-in-law. "I wanted to get into the action as soon as possible, and I figure it be the best way for get my barring here," Sarada said with a small smile. Itachi muttered that she was a bit too much like Sasuke.

"Soooooo... We'll see you tomorrow?" Boruto asked Sarada, whom replied "Yup." With that, Boruto and Mitsuki left to head to their respective homes.

"I'll show you your new room Sarada," Itachi said as he locked the door. The youngest Uchiha smiled happily and followed her uncle.

Metal already knew where his room was, so he headed there. On his way, he spotted a certain picture on a table that was used for memorabilia. Metal picked up that picture and looked at it. It was a picture of Sarada and her father along with another person standing next to Sasuke and a boy standing next to Sarada, whom was the same age as her. Metal smiled and thought that the family in the picture were happy as he placed it back in place before heading off to his room.

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Uchiha Sasuke was looking at that very same picture as Metal was looking at. The Uchiha sighed, he really didn't want his little girl so far away from him but he knew she needed to spread her wings, so to speak, especially since her twin brother was sooooo far ahead of her ninja-wise.

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Yes, Uchiha Sasuke had twins, just like Itachi did. Also like Itachi, Sasuke had a boy and a girl, but in this case the boy was older than his sister by five minutes. Those two were sooooooo close when they were little, but once they became ninjas...

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A pair of arms wrapped around Sasuke. "Don't tell me you actually regret letting her go to Konohagakure?" said the owner of those arms, the Uchiha's Soulmate. Sasuke placed the framed picture on the nearby table and said "It doesn't matter what I feel. It was her decision, her right to go... I couldn't have stopped her even if I wanted to, and...it would have been more difficult for her there if I hadn't allowed her to go..." Sasuke's Soulmate rested their chin on the Uchiha's shoulder and said "She needed to spread her wings and she won't be able to do that here, not with her being in her twins shadow." Sasuke buried part of his face in a hand and said "What happen to them? They were practically conjoined twins, but now... It's like Sarada wanted to get as far from him as possible..." The Soulmate rested their cheek on Sasuke's and suggested "It might be a phase, you know something twins prabably go through." Sasuke wasn't really sure about that idea, he just wanted his children to get along again. The Soulmate turned Sasuke's head so that they could kiss.

When they pulled away from eachother, the Soulmate said "They ARE our children, they'll find away to go back to the twins we love again." "I hope you're right," Sasuke said, snuggling into his Soulmate's arms.

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Aburame-Inuzaka Shino introduced Sarada to the class. A lot of the boys started crushing on her almost immediately. There was an open seat next to Raiko, Shino's daughter, so Sarada sat there patting Solo's head, Raiko's Inuzaka Dog, as she walked by. Shino then continued with his lesson. The Team Assignment Tests were coming up in a week, so Aburame-sensei was reviewing everything that they learnt. "Raiko would it be alright if you make copies of your notes for Uchiha-san?" Shino asked his daughter. "No problem at all Pa-, err, sensei," Raiko said looking over her notes. There were a couple of murmurs of "Teachers pet" in the room. "Must I say this everytime you "children" bring this up?" Shino said in an annoyed tone, this happens everytime he asked Raiko to do something in class, which wasn't really much (collecting papers occationally, getting extra pencles, and making copies of her notes). Guess this is what happens when a teacher's child was in their class. "I've seen all of your written assignments, Raiko has the most readable handwriting out of all of you, making her the best choice for sharing notes," Shino stated plainly. Sarada wasn't to sure if this was normal or not, so she didn't say anything.

The class continued.

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All of Boruto's ninja friends were training on the school's training grounds. Sarada was there too, hiding in the shadows of some bushes, since she didn't really know a lot of people in the Academy and the group were the only one she knew. Plus she wanted to find out more about Boruto and if this Metal kid was worthy of her cousin's hand in marriage.

"Talking to them would probably give you more answers then just watching him from the shadows like this," whispered a voice in Sarada's ear, which scared her out of her skin and completely giving away her position. Boruto blinked and said "Sarada? What are you doing here?"

Raiko sniffed the air then grinned and said "Shun~ any particular reason you're scaring her?" Shun took a few stepped out of the shadows, near where Sarada was hiding. "I was just giving her some advise. Guess I forgot to let myself be known before I told her the advise," Shun said quietly. Raiko sighed, this really wasn't anything new to her. Sarada was currently trying to steady her heartbeat. "We have to go home now, Raiko, Tsurara, it's grandpa Shibi's birthday. Papa's already stalling him," Shun said softly walking over to his younger sister and Tsurara.

So, Raiko, Solo, and Tsurara said good-bye to her friends and headed off with Shun.

"It must be nice to have an older brother," Chocho said almost dreamily. Shikadai remarked outline that she was probably dramaticising it and that he was glad to be an only child. Chocho was already trying to hurt the Nara. Inojin and Metal were trying to stop the fight, but was failing miserably. Momo sighed in disappointment. Boruto just jumped into the fry just for the fun of it. Mitsuki just watched.

Sarada just walked away from the sene. 'Older brothers...' Sarada thought bitterly as she started on her way back to the Uchiha residents.

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1) Ane means Elder Sister in Japanese.

2) Itoko means Cousin in Japanese.

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ZY: let me know what you all think of this Flash Forward ^_^.