52 Arc 3: Phase 2: Journey to Tenchi Bridge (1/2)

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Arc 3: Phase 2

”Sarada's Diary Log”

”Being in this journey and this mission is both a blessing and a curse for us. A blessing because it felt like the old times, when the team was still together. A curse, because we were still not familiar with the places that we went by during the journey. It was like a new world for us, and we were just only our way to the Tenchi Bridge, which looked very way different back in our time.

”I have to say that there is a big difference, that I recently noticed, during the mission. I noticed that the traveling aspect was more harder and longer than I thought, compared to our time when traveling itself was made easier because all of the technological advances made for the transportation. Although, that's a different story, we're in the past so we really have no choice but to adapt.

Moving on from that, the mission is still in progress, after the team's vacation-like experience back at the public hot spring resort, we were finally back and now continuing on the journey to the Tenchi Bridge, where according to Sasori, his asset was supposed to meet him exactly at noon. We really don't know the asset's true identity but something tells me that it will not be a good meeting. Since this was considered an A-S rank mission, we really had to be careful from now on.

Going back to my thoughts, I've been recently thinking or rather envisioning scenarios on how would it be like meeting the younger version of Papa and my mind kept repeating the same thing all over again, Was it true that he was a very different person? Was he really that bad according to Mama?

So far the only few things that I can depend on is none other than the stories that Mama told me. Stories about the past, that I considered very much useful on this mission and journey. I'm not sure about Boruto but, I guess he has the same thoughts as well.

Another thing that I took note of is what Miyuki had told us days before. She really didn't go in exact detail but she had warned us about the enemy and their watchful eyes. Who knows what they'll be like or what would they looked like but we have to keep our guard and be alert for the meantime.

We just have to focus on the mission for awhile.”

(JOURNEY CONTINUES)

The first voice was finally heard in the midst of the windy silence but only to the two time travelling teens themselves. Something had just came up into the blonde's mind, while he was observing the country side, and nearing of that stage of the journey, he was able to start a conversation.

Sarada's ears raised up as she caught her teammate's voice and then turned to him.” Easier? You mean travelling easier because of the advance mode transportation back in our time right?” She said.

Boruto simply nodded while giving his teammate a small smile” Yup exactly! Although, if you try to look back, you start realized that the many trains in our time really helped a lot of travellers, especially Shinobi like us going on missions.” He explained.

”I see your point Bolt, but we are in the past and it's a different story, Most of the country side is still in its underdeveloped state.” She explained.” I'm sure modern trains would be invented and developed in the near future, but I guess not in this timeline.”

Boruto blinked and gave a small chuckle.” Well, I guess in twenty years or so” He said.” Then we might ride those trains again.” He said.

”Are you guys talking about that cool steam engine machines that travels to far places?”

A familiar voice had entered the conversation and it was none other than Naruto himself, who had overheard the topic that the two rookies were talking about not too long go. The teen himself was interested because he had seen an actual train before.

”Uhmm, Yes I think so” Boruto was the first one to reply.” Have you rode one before?” He asked.

Naruto simply grinned.” Yup! I did rode one, but that was a very long time ago.” He said. He would then go on to the explained that it was 2-3 years ago when they were assigned to escort an actress, playing the role of a action princess of a movie, who turned out to be a real and actual princess in real life.

”Then during that mission, we rode this kind of moving machine which turned out to be a ”train” and I was really stoked about it Dattebayo!” Naruto continued with a grin. He still remembered those good old days when everything was seemed to be fine.

As for Boruto and Sarada, they just go with the flow while the future seventh Hokage told them more stories about the particular mission. They were somehow really enjoying the company of the blonde, who was surprisingly a good story teller and entertainer. They realized that this was how Naruto appeared and acted towards to the people, that he felt comfortable interacting with. It was like interacting with a happy kid near

”And so that's how we rescued Ms. Yukie-chan and saved the day.” Naruto paused as he finished telling his story.” I know it's corny but that's how I saw it, so yeah hehe.” He gave a little chuckle.

”It's actually kind of cool to be honest, to be able to summarized all that in one go.” Sarada spoke this time and commented.

”Ya think? I'm so flattered Dattebayo!” Naruto replied with grin while scratching the back of his head.” I guess Sakura-chan would like to tell her side of the story.” He said as he turned eyes towards his pink haired teammate.

”Hmmm, that seems strange, She's really quiet today.” Naruto wondered.

”Is she okay?” Boruto asked.

Naruto sligtly nodded.” Well, she is fine but sometimes she's having this occasional headaches which I can't figured out.” He explained.

”Headaches? I thought they were gone, when did those headaches start appearing again?” Sarada asked. She was surprised when she heard about this.

”Not too long ago, although I think she is just stress and tired.” Naruto said. His tone of voice immediately changed from bright to gloomy. He was a bit concerned for his teammate as two straight missions in a row seemed to have an effect on her well being.

Sarada nodded in understading. She began to observed her young mom from behind and gave a slight worried face. Was she really alright? How was she? She remembered her being alright back at the tea house, except for a moment when the headache appeared again and she became dizzy and held her head in pain for a bit.

She really need to monitor her young Mama from now on.

(INTERVIEW)

”Well, if you ask me, I think it's mainly the stress of this mission, I mean there were too many conflicts that happened.”

-Sarada

(LITTLE FOREST)

The travelling throughout the countryside part was finally over, the team had reached the next stage of their journey. What was once a beautiful view of vast greenfields just awhile ago had been slowly changing into a place run by a lot of trees.

The sounds of the wind rustling through the trees acted as a signal or message that they arrived at the forest, which was welcoming them with open arms. Yamato observed his surroundings, thinking which way or route should they take later on. They were still on the main road for now.

”So which one is the right route?” The brown haired instructor thought to himself. He was slightly moving his eyes all around the place, looking for that area where a shortcut was located that will lead them immediately to a small open field in the middle of the forest.

”Need any help Yamato-sensei?” The voice of Naruto was heard.

Yamato slightly turned around to face the blonde.” I'm fine, It's just that I'm locating an area where a shortcut is located.” He explained.

”A shorcut?”

Yamato simply nodded.” Yes Naruto, It's been a long time since I've been into the Tenchi Bridge.” He said.” Maybe that particular area is now overgrown by trees.”

It was kind of a surprised for the rest of the members, that the brown haired man himself had been into the bridge before. The only problem was that it was years ago and the man had already forgotten on what the spot actually looked like.

”Well, I'm afraid to say that we have to take time to search for that spot.” Yamato said as he was about to instruct the rest of the team to assist him on searching for this spot where the shorcut was located.

Unbeknowst to the man, a certain Uchiha girl had secretly tapped into her Sharingan and was able to locate the spot in just a matter of seconds.” Uhmm, Yamato-sensei, I think the spot is that way.” Sarada said as she pointed to a certain distance.

The rest of the team turned their heads towards her. All of them except for Boruto, where surprised to hear that she finally found the spot earlier than expected.

”You mean that way?” Naruto asked.

Sarada simply nodded.” Yes, the area is just ahead, so we need to pass a few distances to reach there.” She explained.” It's only a walking distance to begin.”

”Oh.”

There was a moment of silence that took over for awhile before Yamato broke the silence and spoke.” Now I remember, She is right, the shortcut is just a few blocks up ahead.” He said as he turned around and continued the journey.

Naruto and Sakura gave glances at each other before continuing and following the man, Sai gave a few moments to observed the girl before going as well. As for Boruto, the blonde just gave his teammate a pat on the shoulder and nodded at her.

Sarada just sighed and gave a small smile.” Phew! That was a close one.” She commented.

The raven haired girl had apparently immediately and quickly used her sharingan to locate the area in order to speed up the process and mission. She knew that showing off her clan's eye in front of everybody could have drastic effects on the timeline. Although, it was for the best and she was able to get away with it.

(INTERVIEW)

”I think Sarada needs to lower down the abilities, when everything is in the mood of suspecting anything. I mean just for the safety of it.”

-Boruto

(LATER ON)

It didn't take too long enough for the team to finally reached their destination and locate the area where the shortcut itself was located. Surprisingly, it was not overgrown as expected and the shortcut was revealed to be an entrance to a certain forest.

”So this is the shorcut?” Naruto asked. He was wondering why everyone was just staring at the certain direction.

Yamato simply nodded.” Yes Naruto, this is indeed the shortcut that I'm talking about.” He said.” It's quite surprising that the place hasn't changed a bit that I thought it was finally been blocked by all of these overgrown grass.

”We better moved on now.” He added as the he continued on and headed straight to the forest itself.

He was then followed by Naruto and Sakura at the same time while Sai was behind and also ahead of the two rookies.

Boruto stopped his tracks as he noticed that his raven haired teammate was not moving and only standing at her spot. The blonde immediately went to the girl with confused eyes.

”Hey Sarada-chan are you alright?” He asked.

Sarada gave sighed and a small nervous smile.” Of course, I'm fine Bolt, It's just that no dark creepy forest can stop me on this mission.” She said. In truth, she was a little bit scared that she remembered a time when she, accompanied by Boruto, entered a a famous horror house which had a forest setting and this really creeps her out right now.

”Oh come on, you're better than this! You've been to a lot of places like this and you managed to get through all of them Dattebassa.” Boruto said.” I'm sure that no creepy dark forest will stop you, Sarada-chan.” He tried his best to motivate his teammate.

”Don't worry, I got your back.” Boruto added.

As for Sarada, she gave the blonde a smile and a nod. Her teammate was the best at motivating people to overcome challenges and she doesn't see any reason on why she shouldn't continue on. She then took a deep breath for a moment and continued on.

”Alright, Let's do this!”

(LITTLE FOREST)

It was like entering a new place to begin with. The rays of the sun could barely get even through the huge trees that stood tall and dominated the entire area of the forest. It was not only that, the team had been traversing the forest for quite sometime now and there were hardly any signs of the right way out.

Yamato had instructed the rest of the team to stay together in order everyone not to get separated or get lost. It was always a part of team traditions, in situation like this, hostile forces could be anywhere.

”Stay together team, this is only temporary.” Yamato announced while leading the rest. He was quite confident that the rest were ready and mature enough to handle situations like this. They were born and raised to be hardened Shinobi.

Moving on from the brown haired man's perspective, It was something different on what was happening right now. It wasn't the results that he was expecting and he was very much unaware to what was happening to rest of the team right now.

A few walking distances from behind, Chaos or rather a series of freak outs had plague the young group. Aside from Sai, who was normally walking and catching up with Yamato, things had been a bit adventurous and humorous for Naruto, Sakura and the two rookies.

In a synchronized manner, it started with the two blondes telling the girls some jokes to lightened up their mood and give them confidence as they traversed the forest. It was all going well at first until it slowly turned into some kind of a teasing scare fest. Naruto didn't meant harm when he teased his teammate about ghost, which led to a small series of pranking jumpscares, which also led to the blonde getting accidentally smacked in the head by the pink haired girl and almost getting knockout unconscious.

As a result, Sakura had no choice but to assist her teammate along the way.

As for the two time travellers, their experience in the creepy forest was more in the real side stuff. Boruto, on the other hand began to cheer his teammate up all he can just to keep her mind occupied from being creeped out in the forest. This attempt had a successful but short run. It was all going well when a spider appeared from a random tree startling the two especially Sarada, who had fully freaked out.

Boruto was about to calm her down when he was unexpectedly grabbed and carried off by a freaked out Sarada like a sack of rice blasted off the scene just to escape a very confused spider, who just coincidentally was there and crossed paths with the two.

All those things happened beyond Yamato's awareness, by the time he decided to turned around to check on the crew, he became confused as he saw the two girls assisting both exhausted blondes.

”Are you guys alright?” Yamato asked.

”Yup, we're fine sensei!” Both blondes replied in unison as they gave a grin.

(SETTING UP CAMP)

Several Hours had already passed since the team entered the forest.

it was not all the humorous side of things that happened during their journey through the forest. As the team finally reached the end point of their little forest experience, they arrived at a small open field.

This was already expected by Yamato himself, the area was mostly used by some travellers to set up their own camps. Since the afternoon had arrived unnoticably during their time inside the forest, it was a good and practical idea to set up their camp in this empty space of lot.

Yamato stopped his tracks and observed the area for a few moments.” Looks like we're on the right place.” He thought to himself.

”Uhmm, Yamato-sensei? Aren't we going to continue on?” Sakura asked. She was wondering on why the brown haired instructor wasn't moving on.

Yamato then turned around and said.” I apologized for not telling you guys early, but we are going to set up camp here for awhile.”

Set up camp? but we only have a limited amount of time to reached the bridge, Sensei.” Naruto explained. He was also surprised, they really can't waste time right now. They need to be at the bridge before the spy reaches it first.

Yamato just sighed but smiled.” Just calm down and don't worry, the bridge is just up ahead.” He replied much to the surprised reactions of the rest.

”Up ahead?, you mean the bridge is just a few blocks away?” Naruto asked.

Yamato simply nodded ”Yes, and so I was saying that we should set up camp here so that we can plan and prepare on what's ahead.” He explained.” Remember, it also could be a potential ambush by the Akatsuki themselves.”

The rest of the team just nodded in understanding while their main instructor proceeded with his next plan. He walked a few steps facing towards the middle of the field. He then took a deep breath before forming a hand sign thus performing his own signature jutsu.

”Mokuton: Four Pillar House!”

Yamato said in the midst of a windy silence. At the same time, the ground began to shake for a little bit, and in the middle of the small field, a series of huge woods began to erupt from the ground on towards the sky. It soon began to take shape into a large two storey building complete with a Konoha symbol displayed on the middle of the entrance.

The rest of the team just watched in awe as they found themselves staring at their new camp house. Reactions were mostly coming from Naruto and Sakura, who were very much amazed on what their new sensei can do.

Meanwhile, the two rookies were having their own thoughts about it.

”This is quite cool, I never knew Yamato-sensei can create a house with a nice design.” Boruto commented.” How does this Mokuton thing work again?”

Sarada nodded.” Well, it's quite simple, I read about that in a book and the Mokuton works By sending chakra into the ground, the roots of the plants are converted into raw materials. This technique allows for a building to be constructed, by forcing accelerated growth. The size and shape of the building are taken from the user's imagination or memories.” ” She explained.

”Wow, talk about a natural conversion.” Boruto commented as he continued to observed the huge wooden house.

Sarada continued.” And by placing tags around the house, the user creates a barrier, making it impossible for the enemy to detect it and allowing the user to ”camp” in peace.” She said.

”Well, better than having those CCTV's back home.” Boruto commented.” If only this house has ”WIFI” then we could really camp in peace dattebassa.”

Sarada just sighed.” Oh come one Boruto, We're twenty something years in the past, the Shinobinet or Social media doesn't exist yet.” She explained. As much she wanted to have her timeline's treasure, she didn't have any choice but to live without it.

”Hey at least, you got the smarthphone, maybe we can watch your saved movies or whatever is inside that memory storage.” Boruto pointed out. At least they can enjoy for awhile.

Sarada sighed yet again.” Suits yourself.” She said as she took out her smartphone, which really didn't belong or supposed to exist in this time, and handed it to her teammate.

Boruto immediately grabbed the smartphone and started to take a photos of the large two storey wooden house.

”Well, might as well save this into the memory box.” He grinned.

Sarada was just shaking her head, but still she couldn't stop the millenial side from coming out from him. There were things from the future that still remained with them.

(INTERVIEW)

”We really do miss our home, and when we think about it, life was pretty much easier because of the technology and eventually things don't last that very long.”

-Sarada

(LATER ON)

”This totally awesome Dattebayo!”

Sounds of praises and amazement were heard inside the huge two storey wooden house. It was none other than the blonde knucklehead himself, Naruto Uzumaki, who felt as if he was seeing the best thing that he had seen, even though it was just a big house made of wood.

”I wonder which room will I be in?” Naruto wondered. He was just all over the place like a little kid.

The excitement was really there and the others could only stand there and watch him explore the place like a happy go lucky kid. Sakura was just sighing and shaking her head off even though, she was already used to the blonde for a long time. Sai didn't bother to care, while Boruto and Sarada were amused to see the future seventh Hokage like that.