A little later at the same time:
"Wait Mitsuki!" Sarada calls after him worried. It's useless, he doesn't listen to her. Events have unfolded in the last hour.
It started with Mitsuki's idea to visit Kawaki, who has been living with the Uzomaki's for a few months.
Apparently it wasn't such a good idea after all. Hinata, Boruto's mother received them with concern.
She told both of them , that there was an incident involving Boruto and Kawaki where Boruto was badly injured. In addition, the 7th and Sensei Shikamaru were in mortal danger. Hinata and Himawari weren't allowed to entrance the institute.
After this shocking news there was no stopping for Mitsuki, "I'll kill HIM!" were his alarming words. Sarada, just as shocked and horrified by the news, has since tried to calm her friend down, but with no avail.
Sarada has now caught up with Mitsuki and runs alongside him.
"You don't even know the background of the hole happening, maybe it was Code , who attacked both of them," she tries to rationally fathom what happened.
Or maybe the other side has resurfaced in Boruto after the Code was a massive threat to everyone and Borutoshiki's escape only made things a whole lot worse, she thinks and hopes.
If it turns out that Kawaki acted out of sheer malice, she wouldn't know how to handle the situation. But it is not yet the time to make decisions. Right?
Gradually she begins to understand that life as a Hokage also has its downsides. But if you have to take a life to save an entire city, you have to take that step.
Making a sacrifice, however, conforms to her father's way.
On the other hand, she had vowed years ago not to give up on anyone so easily and to save a friend.
Does the 7th have to make such difficult decisions as the Hokage, too? she thinks.
No, he would do anything to save a friend.
She recalls an experience when they first traveled to Kirigakure with Boruto. At that time their common and unfortunately deceased friend Kagura betrayed his village. Well it turned out that Kagura was blackmailed and they were able to save him and put the real masterminds in prison. Strange that she has to think of Kagura now during the current events
"Sarada if you're not on my side. Then stay out of it when it comes to Kawaki. I'll take care of him!" Mitsuki says admonishing Sarada.
"You can not be serious. Do you know what you're talking about?", she asks horrified,
"Listen! For some reason, Boruto kept a few things from us, you noticed that first. There must be more behind it..."
"WHAT, Sarada? Isn't it enough that Kawaki pierced Boruto with his ninja technology?" he yells at her emotionally.
Seeing an emotional and tearful Mitsuki breaks Sarada's heart. She puts herself in his shoes and probably would do the same if she were in his place.
"Okay, I won't intervene if it turns out that Kawaki attacked Boruto out of pure malice," she promises Mitsuki.
Her friend looks at her seriously, but says nothing more. She hopes that everything will be fine in the end and worries about her teammates.
At the institute:
" Shikamaru, have you gone insane? You can't just hand Kawaki over to an enemy cyborg like that. What has become of the man who promised to protect the next generation with all his might? Kawaki is also part of the next generation," Naruto yells angrily at Shikamaru.
"Naruto, do you still not understand our hopeless situation? I'm just trying to protect our families and Konoha. And anyway? How much do we know about the boy?" Shikamaru explained.
"I think to betray him, will only bring him against us more," says Naruto.
Sasuke calmly watches the arguing, "I'll keep an eye out for Kawaki and Boruto until you two are done," and says goodbye. Time mustn't be wasted unnecessarily and that Boruto isn't back yet and that Kawaki has also disappeared, worries him.
Meanwhile, Sarada and Mitsuki arrive at the Institute. Strange, the institute seems deserted..., she thinks. Otherwise there is always a hustle and bustle here.
Both enter it, they go in the direction of the visitors' compartment, where they had visited Boruto in the morning. Mitsuki goes ahead of Sarada. She clearly senses his anger. There must be something she can do!
Surprisingly, a flea-sized Kawaki perches on her shoulder. Her Sharingan suddenly activates and she sees him clearly. WHAT THE?! she thinks and hides him under her top. Now just shut up! she hopes. I try to get you to safety and she suddenly realizes that he is the first to see this very personal glimpse of hers and her face blushes. She sincerely hopes that Mitsuki won't look at her now. He would immediately become suspicious.
" Where is he? Dammit ! He'll pay for doing that to Boruto," Mitsuki yells angrily.
"Hey Mitsuki, please please calm down. It seems that he is nowhere here. There's no use getting so emotional," Sarada tries to calm him down and distract herself a little.
" WHAT DO YOU MEAN?!" he yells at her, tears welling in his eyes.
"Mitsuki..." seeing her friend like that. Having to face Mitsuki's nervous breakdown, breaks her heart.
"I understand you, I'm worried too," and holds her hand where Kawaki is right now, "but we have to keep calm and in the end Boruto is still alive."
Mitsuki calms down a bit and thinks about what she said, "You're right. It's so frustrating for me. He is my sun and I want to protect him for everything in the world..."
Sarada walks up to her friend and hugs him, "I know... he will be fine and we'll find him soon..."
Don't you touch me somewhere there!, she thinks of the third person between them and means Kawaki.
Meanwhile, Kawaki sits on her sternum, red as a tomato, finding the situation somehow odd standing between her and Mitsuki. He would rather be alone with Sarada...
Nothing like this has ever happened to him, but it's one of the nicer and funnier experiences he's had in his otherwise so sad life. He clearly hears Mitsuki and Sarada's discussion, knowing that the conversation is about Boruto and him. He understands, that Sarada wants to save his and Mitsuki's life.
Mitsuki has always seemed a bit strange. He was always watching everything and everyone. Preferably Boruto and Kawaki. And his "you're interesting" didn't make it any easier for Kawaki. But it turned out to be a good one, because Sarada seems much calmer than Mitsuki.
Oddly, he's always worried up until now that she would be the one who would freak out after the Boruto incident last happened.
As soon as time permits, he will have to explain everything to her. He is reassured that she is a reliable friend, maybe the only one. He carefully nestles against her breastbone and feels safe at this moment. He closes his eyes for a moment and listens to her heartbeat in confirmation, Sarada places her hand on Kawaki.
Sasuke overhears Mitsuki and Sarada's conversation. One of his fears has come true, the two have figured out Boruto's and Kawaki's secret, judging by Mitsuki's angry voice in the visitors' compartment, he finds them both too. Disappointingly, he also realizes that there is a third person under Sarada's top.
You two will have to explain that to me! , he thinks. However, he doesn't betray Kawaki, that he doesn't need a fight between two hooligans gone wild right now, from which one of them would most likely die. On top of that, Amado could appear with this cyborg and he doesn't want to use the boy as a pawn.
Sarada looks at her father in shock. She can't fool him. He also sees Kawaki...
Not good... she thinks.
"You two are probably looking for Boruto and Kawaki?" He asks them both and looks sternly at Sarada, who looks shy and caught.
Meanwhile, Mitsuki is highly emotional. Sasuke has never seen Orochimaru's vessel in this condition. He worries about how Mitsuki will react when it comes to Boruto and an outbreak of the Otsutki genes. Then he and Sarada must necessarily act, probably Kawaki would help them in that as well.
"We have to split up! Come Mitsuki! We're looking for Boruto. Don't worry he's fine. And Sarada, you're looking for Kawaki! You're the only other person who has the Sharingan and should be able to track him down," he tells her.
"Okay, dad! Please be careful!" she says worriedly.
"We will!" Sasuke says to her.
Both groups separate. Sarada waits until the other two are out of earshot.
Finally she is alone with him, "it would be better if you don't lie to me and told me immediately what happened," she whispers. Does he hear irritation in her voice?
Kawaki crawls onto her shoulder so that she understands what he says.
"I've never lied to you, Sarada," says Kawaki, a little offended, pondering how to explain all of this, and climbs into her ear so only she can hear him.
" Thanks... for helping me and you should better not talk now. They're after me. I mean Amado and Shikamaru..." and explains the whole story to her with his resurrected Karma Mal, Code, the outbreak of Boorushiki. That Boruto asked for Kawaki to rid him of this monster. His own injury and unconsciousness, to the point that Shikamaru has to team up with a stranger without his consent.
"All I want is to protect Konoha and the 7th," he says earnestly, ending his explanation.
Horrified at what happened, Sarada heads towards the exit with Kawaki to take him to safety. She can't believe that Sensei Shikamaru wants to give Kawaki to a stranger, but she doesn't allow it. Shikadai's father has always been suspicious of Kawaki, which she doesn't understand.
Kawaki is an ass sometimes, but not a liar!
But she is also touched that Kawaki finally has the sense to protect the village and his own home.
You've learned so much and growed, she thinks happily and a small smile forms on her lips, which Kawaki doesn't get to see.
"I promised you. If you need help, I will be there for you and I will not allow you to be handed over to someone else. You are a good friend," she tells him firmly and softly.
"Sarada..." he breathes into her ear full of admiration, giving her goosebumps.
"Come on, let's go!" she whispers softly.
In front of the institute:
Amado safely brought the two cyborg siblings, Eida and Daemon, to the Science Institute with the help of another of Amado's cyborgs named Koji Kachin.
"You're about to learn the leadership of Konoha, and Kawaki can often be found near the Hokage. The boy feels an obsessive fatherly love for him. I'll put you under Shikamaru and you'll have Delta for backup. Both of them are under your spell now, "Amado explains to the attractive cyborg, her little brother is still sitting on his shoulders and playing piggyback.
"So I'll work with you," she whispers sweetly. This artificial human is really scary, just like her hyperactive brother.
"Hey, grandpa! You told me and my sister why you're so after Kawaki..." Daemon asks.
The scientist thinks for a moment, " His stepbrother is the problem. Kawaki is just a weapon against him and so is Code. However, a dangerous one and the current Hokage cannot control him. But I do... I know of an event in the near future that will wipe out entire generations, maybe even the world we live in..."
"Boruto?" asks Aida surprised, "Code is after him… I know what you're talking about. "
"It doesn't matter if Code gets hold of him or..." Amado is interrupted when he sees a young girl storming out of the institute and she doesn't pay much attention to the trio.
Eida looks after the young girl, "Tell Amado. Who is this girl?"
Amado looks after Sarada and sees the Uchiha's emblem on her back.
"That must be Sasuke Uchiha's daughter, Sarada . Both are the last descendants of the Uchiha's..." he says thoughtfully.
„Interesting", said Eida.
"We're here and leave the talking to Shikamaru to me," Amado reminds her. You'll see Kawaki in a moment. When Eida is hearing his name, the cyborg immediately blushes and seems shy again. A strange phenomenon to observe in an artificial human.
At the institute:
The argument between Naruto and Shikamaru has calmed down a bit.
"What should we do with her? I have little faith in that cyborg," uncomfortable memories with Delta flooded back into Naruto's mind.
"She works for Konoha now. The problem is that she is also under Eida's spell. She's still a useful protection against Code if we can get Eida on our side," Shikamaru muses.
Delta looks unimpressed. All she cares about is seeing Eida again. Oh, it hurts so much not being able to be near her.
"And if that person is still working with him, we've got a big problem. I'm all for disabling her ," Naruto suggests.
"Only Armado will be able to do that. Oh God, that's annoying again!", frustration spreads in Shikamaru.
The intercom answers. Ino contacts Shikamaru and Naruto: "Hey you brawlers. I sense three strange chakra flows in the main corridor. One of them is Amado and he comes with two other strangers. One of them is a very attractive woman and a small child..." says Ino a little enthusiastically.
"Oh god, Ino! Now don't say you're under her spell now, too," says Shikamaru, horrified, "don't turn on the monitors now. Naruto is still here."
Naruto looks at Shikamaru in shock.
"You heard it! Go immediately ! You noticed where they are. You must not come under their influence. You won't be able to defend yourself," Shikamaru explains to him worried.
There's already a knock at the door.
Naruto signals him "Okay" and takes a side entrance and quietly disappears...
The door slowly opens and in the entrance stand Amado, Eida and a little boy no older than Naruto's daughter Himawari.
This is supposed to be the still unknown person that Kawaki has done so? A little boy not more than 10 years old...
Well Shikamaru wouldn't be in this position if he had underestimated his opponents in the past and his intuition tells him that this boy is dead dangerous.
" Amado! I can't believe you survived all of this. We need to talk right away. And Eida! Greetings," he tells her politely, trying to ignore her influence as much as possible.
Eida smiles seductively at him, " Shika dear! I am happy to see you again. This is my little brother and protector Daemon," she looks over at Delta, "hello Delta darling, I missed you so much..."
Amado rolls his eyes in annoyance at Eida's behavior, although she can't help it and acts according to her nature.
Delta acts like a shy teenager in love, trying to hide her flush with her hands. Oh God! She's back! she thinks.
" He...he..hello Eida...", she says shyly.
Meanwhile, beads of sweat form on Shikamaru's forehead. He knows that Eida is there for the sole reason that she wants to see Kawaki.
However, Sasuke hasn't come back with the boy yet and without him it will be difficult to get Eida on Konoha's side.
Eida looks at him reassuringly, "You're worried about me, Shika dearest. How sweet of you! But do not worry. I know where he is…." She turns to Delta and walks towards her and strokes Delta's cheek with her index finger, "My dear Delta. Would you do me a favor ?"
Delta's looks into Eida's eyes she could sink and forgets everything around her,
"I would fulfill your every wish...Tell me what you want."
Amado doesn't like the way Eida takes over so quickly, „Eida! It's enough now! Didn't I tell you to let me do the talking?!"
" Don't be so jealous, Amado . I'll get right back to you," Eida turns back to Delta, "you know I want to see my Kawaki. But he's not here, he's with a young girl. Her name is Sarada. She is easy to spot. She wears black short hair, red glasses and red clothes. Take care of her, I don't want to have to share Kawaki with anyone. "
"I will find her, dear Eida," Delta tells her, oblivious to other orders along the way.
Shikamaru's alarm bells are ringing. Shocked to hear what order Eida just gave to Delta, Shikamaru speaks up, "What are you trying to say? Leave the Uchiha's daughter out of the game. She has nothing to do with it..."
"Oh, she's very involved with everything here. But that doesn't have to bother you anymore, Shika-dear ...", she breathes menacingly, "Daemon, be so kind and take care of him..."
