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Along the way, thoughts were beginning to cloud her mind once again. If this was really it, she have to really prepare herself for this confrontation. If she was really going to meet the Uchiha, she needed to strengthen her heart and her mind. She knew that this would be a very tough confrontation.

As she kept running towards the exit, she noticed a person standing outside." Sai?" She thought to herself as she wondered on how the heck did the guy get there. Was He responsible for the earthquake or explosion?

At this rate, irritation began to take over since she hasn't forget on what he had did to her, abandoning her all alone at the maze. She also doubted his change of heart since he still wanted to chase his goal of assassinating her former Uchiha teammate.

As she neared the exit, her questions were cleared as it was indeed the young root, who was standing on the middle of destroyed room and looking upwards.

The pink haired teen gripped her hands as she was going to make sure that the black haired teen would know his lesson, for backstabbing her and the rest of the team many times.

(MEANWHILE)

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"He broke my Jutsu"

Those were first words that the black haired teen had said as he stared upwards looking at a certain Sasuke Uchiha, who had effortlessly destroyed his ink summons in a matter of seconds.

The once training room of the hideout had been transformed into its now current state of destruction. Giant boulders of rocks scattered everywhere, the whole place was in ruins while the blue sky along with the hot sun had took over this time.

He was place in a state of disbelief for the first time. It seemed that he had underestimated the guy yet again and he found himself wondering on what should he do next.

At the same time, a new presence had entered the scene in the form of a pink haired teen, who suddenly emerged from the hideout and immediately went towards him.

Sakura finally reached her destination as she headed towards the young root. With irriration and a small sense of vengeance, she grabbed him by the collar and lashed out at him.

"What the heck do you really want!?" She exclaimed as she released her anger directly towards him, shaking him back and forth.

"What are you really after!?" She demanded to know the truth from him as she was finally sick of his lies. She wanted him to reveal everything that he knows including his real goals in this mission, since he was just a spy.

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"How many times are you going to backsta-" She wasn't able to finish her sentence since a familiar voice suddenly interrupted her.

"Sakura."

The pink haired teen was cut and she immediately stopped her mouth as she immediately recognized that voice. A voice to which she hadn't heard in years. A voice that said those words" Thank You." to her

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As she slightly turned her head towards the source of the voice, memories began to flashed before eyes, the times that they had spent together as teammates, friends, and the last memory of him leaving the village in the dead of the night.

"Thank you for everything."

She still remembered those words that he had said before. The last time they had met and parted ways. She still kept those words inside of her mind and to till this day would remember that moment.

By the time, she finally looked upwards, she saw the person that she had been searching for all these years.

Meanwhile, Sarada stood from behind a giant boulder as she watched the scene unfold right in front of her eyes. In truth, she didn't knew what to do right in the moment since the confrontation had escalated into new levels. She also remembered from the stories that her Mama would used to tell her about the time her team met her Papa for this first time in years during a certain mission in their teens.

This was in fact that moment in time.

Right now, she was just going to hide and witnessed this moment in her family's history unfold.

(TIME BOMB)

By the time the rest have decided to evacuate the large chamber, a strong earthquake was suddenly felt all over the area.

Boruto and Naruto, who was assisting the still weakened Otsutsuki, stopped their tracks for awhile to let the effects of the quake passed by. Right in their minds was confusion and surprised as they wondered on where the unexpected quake came from.

"What the heck was that?" Naruto asked, he was the one that was startled the most, giving his counterpart a concerned look in the eye.

There was silence around them. Showtaro quietly surveyed his surroundings. He told everyone to stay calm and be alert for any possible threats towards them right now, so far there were none.

Slowly but surely, they continued on albeit in a very careful and not so fast manner. Along the way, one of them noticed something odd going around the walls and ceilings especially the symbols, which were glowing brightly one by one.

"What's going on here?" Boruto spoke this time. He too was puzzled and confused right at the moment, although he had that feeling of danger approaching fast.

Showtaro observed the surroundings, in fact this was all too familiar to him since he immediately recognized the symbols and there was a pattern or somesort going on. He just can't figured it out yet and it was really annoying.

"Showtaro." He was called once again by his friend.

Kaiga Otsutsuki, who was still in his weakened state, tried his best to speak." You guys need to get out here fast." He warned them." What you're seeing right now is not a display, but a countdown." He added.

All of them stopped there tracks a sudden and turned their attention towards the weakened Otsutsuki.

"Countdown to what?" Showtaro asked, while the other just gave him a nod along with a very serious look.

"He means this chamber is going to blow up anytime." Boruto finally spoke, confirming the fears of everyone as he continued explaining." The symbols or should I say numbered, glowed one by one as a sign that the countdown has started and it's only a matter of time before-"

The blonde was suddenly cut as he was interrupted by his jougan, which secretly and instantly activated, beckoning him to turn towards a certain directions as he then noticed a familiar figure standing in a certain corner of the huge chamber. It was none other than "Tensai" the white cloaked person who he had met and confronted back in the forest.

He was just standing there and observing them. He had that suspicious smile on his face, and it was obviously kind of smile when someone was going to get killed.

"Bolt? Are you alright?" The familiar voice of his young dad interrupted him." Is something the matter?"

For a moment, the rookie was silent, he was beginning to realize that their arrival here has somehow been expected by the enemy and this could be possibly be a surprising trap for them. Boruto then gave each of the guys a look." Let's get out here as fast we can!" He exclaimed as he told the rest to continue on.

"Right!" Both Naruto and Showtaro nodded in agreement as the group continued.

As they took the steps towards the only exit, the place also began to crumble at the same time, as one by one parts of the ground and ceiling began to explode.

"Avoid the boulders!" Showtaro warned as giant portions of the destroyed ceilings began to fall towards the ground in an unexpected attempt to crush all of them.

Boruto and Naruto were very much concentrated on what they were doing right now. Both had the task of taking every careful step while also assisting and keeping the Otsutsuki in one piece.

As the countdown neared its final moments, half of the area had already been engulfed by the explosion and was finally catching up to them. At the same time, the group found themselves drawing near the exit, Showtaro was the first one to reach into safer grounds while the two blondes were still catching up.

"Dammit, it's nearing us!" Naruto gritted his teeth as he was sprinting as fast as he can.

As for Boruto, he just kept quiet and thought of plans to reduced the risk of them getting caught by the explosion. There was one idea that stood up and the rookie took a glance of his right hand.

"Looks like I got no choice." He muttered as this was the only way for them to be really safe from danger.

As the explosion were just inches away from them, Boruto wasted no time as he removed himself from the rest, pushing Naruto and Kaiga towards the exit with full strength, Once that was done, he then immediately turned around, raising up his right hand, and pointing towards the explosion itself.

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His right hand, which had a small diamond shape mark on the middle of the palm, glowed as it resisted the force of the explosion and began absorbing it instead. Soon marks began to appear on his skin which spreaded across the right side of his body forming angular and curving geometric patterns, extending up to his right eye, and then glowed blue. It didn't took long enough that he felt pain on his hand as the force was too much powerful to absorb and he along was blown away by it. However, He did managed to create space thus saving himself from being overwhelmed by the fire.

He also braced himself for impact as he found himself being sent towards a certain wall. But luckily, he was then safely caught by Naruto who reacted quickly and prevented him from fully crashing. By that time, the glowing marks on his body fully faded away before Naruto could see it.

"Hey! Are you alright rookie?" Naruto asked the blonde who was still grabbing his hand in pain.

"Yeah, I'm fine." Boruto replied back. He was still cringing since it will take time for the pain to go away." Enough about me, are they alright?" He then asked regarding Showtaro and the Otsutsuki.

Naruto nodded as he helped the blonde recover from the ground." Yeah they're fine. He said, as pointed towards the duck and the man, who were recovering from the recent explosion." Is your hand alright by the way?" He asked, he was concerned for the rookie because his hand seemed to be emitting somesort of smoke.

Boruto gave a weak smile." Yeah, I'm fine, I almost got it burnt but luckily I was able to avoid it just in time." He explained, as he slowly stood up.

Naruto gave a sigh of relief." That's good to hear." He said, before turning towards a the former entrance of the said chamber which was now blocked by chunks of boulders." I really have no idea on what's going with all of this but I'm glad we're able to make it alive." He commented.

"Yeah I know." Boruto gave a small smile and as he was about to follow his sentence, the walkie talkie, which had been silent the whole time, came back to life as a familiar voice spoke through it calling his name.

"Boruto come in! Do you copy!?"?The voice of Sarada spoke through the walkies as if she was in a dangerous situation.

Naruto widened his eyes in surprised." Wait, Sarada-san calls you "Boruto?" He asked, while the his blonde counterpart could only give him a look.

As for Boruto, He immediately drew out his walkie and replied back." Yeah, I'm here Sarada, Have you managed to locate Un-Sasuke Uchiha." He asked.

"Yes! you guys should really come over here right now." The voice of the raven haired teen replied, explaining to them look for a certain pathway leading to a huge training room to which has already been destroyed.

"Thanks, we'll be right there, what's the current situation?" He asked one more time. although unfortunately the signal suddenly went down.

"You've got to be kidding me!" Boruto annoyingly exclaimed, before giving sigh. From what he had heard, it seemed that the situation there was escalating.

They really needed to rush now.

"Alright guys we should really get going or else..." The blonde rookie trailed off as he found himself staring at the empty position where Naruto used to be.

"What the- Where the heck is He!?" A shocked Boruto asked, it was only him, Showtaro, and the Otsutsuki who were left.

Showtaro, who was nursing his friend back to health, gave the blonde a nod and smile." You go on ahead, We'll catch up later."

"From the bottom of my heart, Thank you for helping me rescue Kaiga." He added.

Boruto nodded in understanding as he then proceeded to head towards the path where the other blonde had took just awhile ago. As for now he could only swear at his young dad right now.

"Dammit Old man!"

(Interview)

"Whenever someone mentions Uncle Sasuke's name, The old man would always gets that excitement, That really confuses me."

-Boruto

(Meanwhile)

Naruto dashed his way through the final pathway of the corridor. By the time he had heard the conversation and that the rest of the team had managed to find the long lost Uchiha, a sudden burst of adrenaline took over him as he felt the need to head to that area where the rest were currently at.

His only fault was not telling the rookie before he left but he managed to wave a sign towards Showtaro and the rest.

All those three years that he had trained and worked hard was for this moment. He considered himself to be ready and prepared to finally confront him. He still remembered that fateful day which he failed to bring him back because he wasn't strong enough.

Her thoughts were not even helping her since worry is the only thing that it could bring to her at the moment. A common thing in this kinds of situations.

She wondered the possiblities on what could happened next.

Would this turn into somekind of staring competition like what they're doing right now?

A stand off interrogation act?

Or worse, being forced into a situation were she had no choice but to face and defend herself, just in case the teen would try to hurt her.

These were some possiblities that could happen. She kept telling herself not to a

Naruto dashed his way through the final pathway of the corridor. By the time he had heard the conversation and that the rest of the team had managed to find the long lost Uchiha, a sudden burst of adrenaline took over him as he felt the need to head to that area where the rest were currently at.

His only fault was not telling the rookie before he left but he managed to wave a sign towards Showtaro and the rest.

All those three years that he had trained and worked hard was for this moment. He considered himself to be ready and prepared to finally confront him. He still remembered that fateful day which he failed to bring him back because he wasn't strong enough.

Naruto narrowed his eyes in determination. He found himself running towards a certain exit which would eventually led him towards his final destination. From a distance he could finally see two people standing there, which soon revealed to be his two teammates in the form of Sakura and Sai.

He shook his head as he didn't believed that he was too late. No matter what happens, he's going to prove that all those years wasn't a fluke and he will make sure that promise that he made will be fulfilled.

He briefly stopped his tracks and rested for several seconds. He was gathering every confidence that he could find as there was no turning back once he proceeded on. Naruto took a deep breath and soon continued on his feet as he headed towards final exit.

As He finally reached the end of his journey, he let out his last words before entering the scene.

"I'm gonna bring you back, Dattebayo!"

(CHAPTER END)

AN: Thank you for reading the story!

With the rest of Team Kakashi, incapacitated, Sasuke stood in triumph as he stabbed Sai on the shoulder, pinning him against a giant boulder. The Uchiha gave an emotionless stare at the young root, reminding him on not to interfere with other people's business once again.

"Sasuke!"

Then again, the familiar voice of his former blonde teammate exclaimed as he then turned around only to meet the teen charging towards him once more with a kunai on his hand.

Sasuke gave an arrogant smirked." It's no use, He's can't even control his own balance." He thought as he proceeded to removed his blade, which was stuck from Sai's shoulder.

He then proceeded to make his next move by swaying the blade towards the charging blonde in hopes slicing him in half, although his efforts were suddenly interrupted by something he didn't expected.

The world around him slowed down in motion as he felt something headed straight for him, He was just about to activate his Sharingan when suddenly he felt someone grabbed his hand from behind, preventing him from slashing Naruto, who also stopped his tracks, and when he turned to face that certain someone, he widened his eyes in surprised to see the raven haired rookie, Sarada Inoue in front of him with a looked that felt like a knife in the heart.

He was distracted for awhile before another presence had entered the scene, to which he also felt. The second that he was about to turned around, He saw what appears to be small blue ball of energy, which appeared from thin air and flying straight towards him with incredible speed.

The last thing he saw before being sent away was a flash of yellow lightning.