A Different Kind Of Journey 47 Arc 3: Phase 2: Public Hotspring Part 1

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Arc 3: Second Phase

Chapter 13: Public Hot Spring Part 1

Sarada's Diary Entry

" This has to be my first entry log since we arrived here in the past, it was a good thing that this old journal of mine is still in one piece. I was able to find it deep down the storage room back at the apartment and here I am writing my thoughts on a small book.

To go on with my story, its really been one heck of a ride since the time we arrived here, we really had to adapt to the changes around us, from wandering out of the woods to stumbling ourselves in a familiar place that we thought was already gone and to living a new life in that place that we called Home.

We also found ourselves being given new ident.i.ties and being a.s.signed into missions by the fifth Hokage, who was the one that took care of us and protected our secret. She was also a distant relative and a family friend back in the future. One mission had already been done which turned out to be life risking and a few days after that very mission we're suddenly thrown yet again into another one.

This second mission revolves around rescuing and retrieving back the younger version of Papa. Boruto and I have been really prepering ourselves for the meet up because from what I've heard, the original version of this mission didn't turned out good for everyone.

I just hope everything will be okay after all of this."

(A CONVERSATION)

It was another tireful yet eventful day for the new version of Team 7. They found themselves at a public resort and hotspring in the middle of their journey on towards the Tenchi Bridge.

As for the time travelling duo, the two of them describe the mission so far as somewhere between just plain quiet and almost being turned into a reality TV show with the beef between Naruto and Sai going on recently. They almost thought that there is gonna be a fight that will be take place sooner if Yamato hadn't intervened awhile back.

Who knows what would happened if Boruto hadn't spoke up and choose the more relaxing way of settlings at a public hotspring. How would three main members of the team get along inside a single giant wooden cage in one day?

Sarada took a deep breath as she rested herself in a particular chair. She placed her diary and pen on the table and then moved her eyes to explore her surroundings which was dominated by the customers that were in line to buy their tea. The raven haired teen found herself at a local tea shop inside the huge resort and she apparently decided to spend the rest of the time here while her blonde teammate was in the hotsprings with the rest of the guys.

Sarada took a sip of her hot cup of tea as she enjoyed the silent ambience of the place, her thoughts also began to fill her mind up as she thought about some things that about the past that she didn't know about. Things such as the young seventh's ongoing conflict with Inojin's dad and a long mystery that she was eager to know about, which was her Papa's relations.h.i.+p with his team.

She remembered how her parents would have these small team reunions with the seventh and also Uncle Kakas.h.i.+. She was also present at those reunions and had the chance to witnessed those bell test sessions and how would the sixth Hokage would turned pale when the bell test began.

She also thought of being in this world, a world so familiar yet different, she remembered her original home which was had a modern lifestyle and fast- paced lifestyle, it was really crazy compared to where she is now. Life in the past was so much simpler and easier minus the dangerous side of things. She also wondered if her parents were here, they would be really glued to her right now, especially her Papa, who was the most overprotective father of all fathers.

Speaking of her Papa, she also thought about the younger version of her Mama, who was really a very kind and strong person, she noticed that her personality was exactly the same as of her future self, although she was still learning things. When she first met younger Mama, she didn't have the courage to speak to her since all those memories would suddenly came back and would overwhelmed her. But as of now, there was improvement and she was starting to get to know her more.

It was also at this moment when a very familiar voice suddenly interrupted her thoughts.

"h.e.l.lo." The voice simply greeted.

Sarada looked up only to see a certain pink haired teen, who was none other than her younger Mama, donning her usual red outfit and standing right in front of her with a warm smile on her face.

"Oh, h.e.l.lo Sakursan! What brings you here?" Sarada said. She was a bit caught off guard as she greeted as if there was a respected person right in front of her.

Sakura just sighed but smiled." Well, I'm not really sure on what's the deal with you respectful rookies, but you can just simply call me "Sakura"." She explained.

Sarada widened her eyes in surprised." Oh, I'm really sorry about that Sakura, I guess I'm just a really respectful person." She gave a slight chuckle. She was really not used to calling her mama by her first name, which was really weird for her.

"Well, being too respectful is already too much, but it's alright, you don't have to apologized." Sakura said as she sat down on the empty seat in front of the raven haired teen.

"So what you brings you here by the way?" Sarada repeated the same question from awhile ago. She thought that the pink haired teen was in the hotsprings.

Sakura just simply smiled." Well, I was at the hotsprings for a short period time, but I left because of a certain loud teammate of mine." She said. She would go on to explained that while she was quietly relaxing herself in the springs, the loud annoyed voice of one certain Naruto Uzumaki began to break the peacefulness up as an argument between him and Sai on who has the longer junior took take place.

It was a quite sensitive topic and that made the pink haired teen leave the area because of the laughter from the other female customers and the growing embarra.s.sment that she had inside.

Sarada could only give a cringy smile as that was a really an inapprotiate topic to discuss about." Did he really say that aloud?" She asked.

Sakura sighed and simply nodded." Well, I'm the one that should apologized, I think It's pretty embara.s.sing on how we are acting in front of you two." She said." We were supposed to be ones guiding you in this mission, I just don't really know what causing us to act like children." She gave a chuckle.

Sarada gave a smile." It's alright, the two of us understand on what you guys were going through, from what I heard from Kakas.h.i.+-sensei, the team had a former member named "Sasuke Uchiha" who left the village?" She asked.

Sakura nodded and gave a sad smile." Yes, he was a very close friend and teammate, in fact, the team was close as a family before he left." She explained.

"Why did he left the village though?" Sarada asked."

Sakura sighed as she remembered the last time she saw him." Well, there were a lot of reasons, I personally think that he left because he really wanted to become stronger and avenged the murder of his family." She explained.

"But does that make him a bad person in some kind of way?" Sarada asked. Her Papa was considered a dangerous criminal during this time and she wanted to clarify if what they say was really true.

Sakura shook her head and gave a smile." I wouldn't think that way, just because he left that he is now deemed a criminal and suspect for life. I think there is still good in him, and that's why there are missions such as this, in order to bring him back." She explained.

"That's why we never gave up on him, especially Naruto, who would go over to the ends of the earth just bring him back. He was like a brother to him." She added.

"Oh." Sarada was just very much surprised to hear that from the pink haired girl. She really had a point that there was still good left in him, and she could see the determination and hope in her eyes or was it really love that fueled her all these times?

"So what was he like?" She asked. She also wanted know a hint of her young Papa's personality.

Sakura sighed and smiled." Well, He's probably not the most happiest person but he really cares to the people that he loves, He just really doesn't show any of his emotions or feelings." She explained. Even though, Sasuke left, she still loved him.

"So what do you think of Naruto, from what I've heard, He really likes you?" Sarada asked.

Sakura only sighed yet again." Yes, I'm aware of that and to be honest, I treat Naruto as something of a little brother, because that's how I see him since we were kids." She explained." And He doesn't have a clue about it yet."

"Oh I see." Sarada nodded in understanding. Looks like she was beginning to understand on why her Mama would always reject his advances everytime.

"And speaking of Naruto, I noticed that He and Bolt are really looked alike, from the hair, eyes and so on, they can be considered as twin brothers!" Sakura commented. The resemblance was very uncanny, people would get confused if it not for those two white patches in both of his cheeks.

"Yeah, I can see that. I guess we're living in a very amazing world, where sometimes everybody just coincidentally resembled each other." Sarada said as the two girls gave a good laughed at the subject.

"Although, If I may asked, what are the two white patches in his cheeks for?" Sakura asked.

Sarada then took a deep breath. She had to come up with a possible explanation." Well, when our village was destroyed by bandits and raiders, Bolt was the one that protected us and he got himself injured when we were escaping." She explained.

"Oh yes, I remember now, I'm really sorry about what happened to your home and your families." Sakura apologized. She really felt sorry for the raven haired girl. She also had this feeling of unexplainable sadness for the rookie.

Sarada simply smiled." It's alright, we've pretty much moved on from all of those, our goal for now is focused on the future ahead and start a new life." She explained, although there was still a part of her that won't let the old memories go.

Sakura just gave the girl a surprised looked. She was really amazed on how the girl was coping right now. The raven haired rookie really had a strong personality and she also wondered, about the ident.i.ty of her parents, she can somehow see a familiar person in her, does she personally knew her mother or father?

Sakura shook her head to put those thoughts aside." Well, if you guys really need something, you can talk to us and we will be there to help." She said to the rookie as she looked at her straight in the eye.

Sarada blinked a couple of times before responding"T-Thank you so much Sakura, I never really thought you guys would be this supportive to us." She said.

Sakura simply smiled." Don't worry, you guys are part of the Team 7 family now and-" She was about to continue her sentence when she suddenly felt a slight ache in her head. She felt a bit dizzy and held a hand in her forehead.

"Hey are you okay?" Sarada immediately noticed and voiced her concern.

"Yeah, I'm fine it's just that I've been having these occasional headaches recently, I think it must've been the fatigue that I had acc.u.melate all throughout this journey." Sakura explained as the headache instantly disappeared.

"I guess so, do you think Naruto is having the same headaches as you have too?" Sarada asked.

Sakura just simply shrugged." I'm not really sure, but for now I guess he's still at the hotspring continuing his argument with Sai." She said while shaking her head in disappointment.

Who knows on what would they were doing back at the hotsprings right now.

(MEANWHILE)

It was an uneventful time back at the hotsprings, the blonde rookie expected it to be just one of those normal days where he would just enjoyed the relaxing warm water in peace when something happened yet again that would really make this day eventful.

It was none other than Yamato, who started it all. First, He suddenly broke the silence and called up the rest of the guys to partake in this unecessary introduced yourself speech which was really weird for him, followed by a mens only discussion which emphasized about the importance of the ultimate male bonding in a hotspring and its dangers that every male goer must avoid. When the topic went to the true story of how Jiraiya suffered the consequences when he tried to peek at the women's section, this sent s.h.i.+vers down to Naruto's spine when he was about to do the same thing that his mentor did long ago.

Sai then entered the conversation and blurted out a few lethal jokes and insults which fueled the blonde's temper which caused him to retaliate back with his own words which led to the current situation right now.

Boruto wasn't really sure on whether this was some kind of drama scene from a movie or a just a public social experiment stunt being performed right now. He tried to understand on what the fuss was all about but he just can't seemed to figured out the point of this whole argument between the two.

Cerulean eyes just darted around, observing, and watching the two certain people as they continued their argument. His young annoyed dad, who was very much leading the way and the other one was Inojin's dad, who has calmness in his side, deflecting and countering every verbal attack that his young dad would throw at him.

It was a bit relieving that it didn't esclate into a wrestling match, it was just them trash talking on who was more manly and had the most awesome junior, which was also a very inappropriate topic to talk loudly about right now. It was after awhile went Yamato had left the scene that the argument slowly began to escalate.

"Oh Geez." Boruto, who had a white towel place on top his head, just sighed and shook his head. He felt like a parent watching over a kid and making sure that kid doesn't do anything idiotic that would caused his entire existence on the line.

He was also itching to take the two white patches off his cheeks as he was not used to wearing them when taking a splash in the water. Although, he had no choice because everyone would wonder on why he had same whisker-like marks as the other blonde and it might caused a chain reaction of disasters.

"When are they gonna stop? This is getting embara.s.sing." Boruto thought to himself. There was a limit on how much bull c.r.a.p that he could take and he wasn't just going just stay here and be stuck in the middle of all these laughters and awkward stares coming from the other guest.

(INTERVIEW)

"Well, dad kind of started to react to his comments and it was pretty much embarra.s.sing to be honest-tteba.s.sa."

-Boruto

"It's all your fault that everybody is laughing!"

"Why me? It was obviously you, who started this all idiot."

It was a battle between rage and calmness, Naruto was not aware that he was raising his voice all over the place, He was trash talking the newest member of the team and He didn't even care if he had to go into another verbal fight with him. He was just too annoying and weird.

Although, the battle would halt into an abrupt end when the knucklehead blonde was then suddenly pulled from behind by none other than the rookie himself.

"Can you please stop!? This is getting embara.s.sing ya know?" Boruto scolded and whispered to his dad's ear.

Naruto widened his eyes in shocked and immediately shut up his mouth. He was taken by surprised in the middle of his sentence when Bolt had interrupted and pulled him down back to the water." What the heck are you doing!? Dattebayo!?" Naruto asked.

"Bringing you out from shame, I guess." Boruto simply explained. He was about to continue his sentence when he was interrupted by Inojin's young and sarcastic dad.

"It was a good thing that you pulled him down, He could've caused a catastrophe for all I know." Sai smiled and said as he stood up and began to leave the area.

"By the way though, I find it weird that you wore those two patches in your cheeks, is it a part of your culture? or are you just trying to be different?" Sai commented as he wrapped around his towel and left the scene.

There was silence that followed, Boruto just stared, narrowed his eyes, and gave him a looked. This was actually the first time that he had conversed with the guy and it was a direct tirade at him, which he thought was a bit disrespectful while Naruto gritted his teeth in annoyance. He pretty much thought that guys like him should be taught a lesson that he won't forget.

(LATER ON)

"I really don't understand on why you have to argue with him!?, It's pointless if you know what I mean!"

It was something out of another scene from a movie. It was some kind of role reversal situation where Boruto found himself scolding his young dad which was really awkward for him. He was the one who usually gets scolded back in the future.

The two blondes were already out from the hotspring and were currently sitting in their own respective chairs inside a gazebo. Both were now properly dressed in their clothes, Boruto was wearing his civilian clothes that he brought for the mission while Naruto donned a thin cloth gray jacket matched with gray shorts.

Naruto was silent all the way, He appreciated the rookie's words of encouragement but all that he was thinking about was that irritating Sai that he considered as a bad thing for this mission.

"So if I were you, I would really just ignore him, I find that really effective to be honest." Boruto ended his speech, and he hoped all that he said managed to enter his young dad's head.

Naruto just sighed." Well, to be honest Bolt, He is really crossing the line and getting on my nerves Dattebayo." He explained. He really can't moved on from what happened just now.

At this moment in time, Boruto learned some of the important things from his young dad's personality. First, He was very hot-headed, second, He just really can't moved on even from small things much like this compared to his future dad, who was very much the opposite of all except for the little recklessness that he retained.

He also concluded that his young dad would probably moved on if something was done about the situation that happened before or he would found himself pretty much stuck in the middle of this.

"So what do you proposed that I should do to make you just moved on ?" Boruto asked. He was getting a bit annoyed.

Naruto simply shrugged." Well, I don't have any idea, sorry." He said.

There was a little of quietness that took over the area. Boruto took a deep breath as he folded his arms and thought of a way to solve this. He stared at the blank s.p.a.ce for several seconds before suddenly something came into his mind.

The blonde rookie widened his eyes as he then turned his head back towards his young dad, who was still sitting there and minding his own business." Hey Naruto!" Boruto called his name.

"Yeah what's up?" Naruto asked before meeting the serious face of the rookie.

Boruto took another deep breath before looking directly straight into his young dad's eyes and opening his mouth." Hey listen, if you wanna really get all of that hate inside your head, then I guess I have no choice but to do this." He said.

"What do you mean?" Naruto asked.

"Well, I promised myself a long time ago that I won't let myself get involved into mischevious things." Boruto explained." Although, If the situation calls for it, then why not?"

Naruto just stared wide eye at the rookie, he blinked a couple of times before opening his mouth." Y-You don't mean that we're gonna have to-" He was about finished his sentence when was stopped along the way.

Boruto simply nodded." Yes, you know what I mean." A smile formed around his lips.

"We're gonna have to execute a prank on him."

When Naruto heard the simple statement from the rookie, his eyes and ears lit up and a mischievious smile formed around his lips. How could he forget the long lost way of settling things out? He used to be so good at these kinds of things!

No matter what happens, This was going to be fun.

As for Boruto, He was just doing this for his young dad, but deep down inside he was really going to regret this. He just hoped that they won't caused any trouble on other people, especially his raven haired teammate.

(INTERVIEW)

"It's the only way I could think of, if he wants his revenge, he'll get his revenge in the most harmless as possible

-Boruto

(CHAPTER END)

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