A Different Kind Of Journey 41 Arc 3: Unexpected Meetings

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Arc 3:

Chapter 8: Unexpected Meetings.

It was around the late afternoon when Tsunade had finished the last stack of paperwork, her tired hands just dropped as soon as she signed the last paper which finally ended her work for the day. The blonde haired woman took a deep breath and rested herself on her seat.

She yawned and rubbed her eyes at the same time, She had been spending the most of the whole day sitting and staring at a piece of paper, attending meetings from old geezers and receiving calls from neighbouring villages. It was finally time for her to call it quits for the day.

"When I get home, I'll be sure to dump myself on that tub." Tsunade thought as she gave a smile. She was excited to take a very nice and deserving hot bath when she gets home.

She could feel the atmosphere getting lighter as her time for relaxation finally neared. Her thoughts were the only one that was with her through out the whole day and right now and it alright for her to think about anything as long as it didn't stress her.

Her thoughts began to circle around her mind. She recapped what went through the whole day. It was the usual but except for the fact everyone seemed to be letting gunning towards her for no reason. She got scolded and pressured by the members of the council about her ability to protect Naruto, and she also got a visit from the old grumpy geezer, Danzo, who was coincidentally his sensei's former teammate, only to insult her.

The world has really gone crazier at least from her perspective, Maybe all those wars took a toll, that it caused most of everybody to get paranoid. Even after the three Shinobi wars, which caused thousands of lives, there are still signs of conflict and war that could possibly happen at this day and age.

Goals, such as world domination, terrorizing lives and others were the common stuff for anyone who wanted to be the villains. It's like these kinds of goals doesn't make any sense or whatsoever. When will of all of these finally end?

But as for now she will just assumed that Everybody wants to rule the world.

In addition, the unexpected arrival of three teens from future just made things more complex but interesting. Their arrival also affected her lives but in a good way. She started to drink less and try new different ways to enjoy life instead the usual things that she did before.

It also added more challenge to the story as she would have the challenging task of protecting trio's secret and to keep their true identities hidden from anyone with bad intentions. The world was a very dangerous right now and even here in the village, which there are a lot of hidden snakes.

Although, there were still people that had good intentions and these people can be trusted.

After spending a good amount of time with her thoughts, it was finally time for her to clocked out of office, the blonde haired Sanin also checked the time via the wall clock.

"Just right in time for my favourite show." Tsunade gave a smile. She was also wondering if she can beat the time just to watch her favorite drama show on TV that airs every late afternoon.

Apparently, she changed her lifestyle a little bit, as recommended by Himawari herself, she tried watching television for a change and she had actually grown to like it. She even attempted to watch those horror movies that were trendy to the young generation and it scared the crapped out of her.

Speaking of horror movies, most of the movies that she had watched revolves around haunted places and which means old buildings like this building could be possibly haunted because of Its long history

Tsunade felt goosebumps all over her body, why she hadn't think of that for a very long time? She just realize how this could be potentially haunted by the previous Hokages!

She really didn't like ghost to be honest, and she would rather not see one. As her mind continued to filled with thoughts, the small radio on her desk suddenly turned on.

Tsunade widened her eyes in surprised as she was immediately startled. She quickly turned her eyes to the small radio which just mysteriously turned on by itself.

Tsunade then sighed and raised an eyebrow. "Oh come on please, like that would scare me." She said as she shrugged this off. A few moments later, some of the papers on her desk suddenly by flew around and towards her face, not knowing that it was the small electric fan that caused it.

Knowing that this was really serious, the blonde Hokage immediately stood up from her chair and kneeled down on floor and began to pray.

"Okay! Okay! Please stop! I'll promise I'll do my job properly! Just don't haunt me please!"

Tsunade, with shaking hands, pleaded. She has come to believed that the ghost of the previous Hokages or something else has been haunting this place and she deduced that they needed prayers for their souls.

(INTERVIEW)

"I just didn't like ghost and other scary stuff, I rather not talk about it everytime but except for Halloween season."

-Tsunade

At the same time, the door to the office opened and a person stepped inside.

Tsunade closed her eyes as she thought this was the work of the paranormal." Please Grandpa Harashima, I'll be good, I promise!" She exclaimed followed by silence.

"Uhmmm, Lady Tsunade? Are you okay?" A very familiar voice was then heard.

Tsunade then opened her eyes to see a very surprised and confused Shizune staring at him with a weird look. She then quickly abandoned her former position and stood up from the floor.

"Sorry about that Shizune, I was just uhmmm meditating that's all." A slightly embarassed Tsunade explained as she brushed of the dust from her clothes. Being called "Auntie" is sometimes felt new to hear considering Dan as the young woman's Uncle.

Shizune both raised her eyebrows."Oh, I didn't know you were actually meditating." She said as she was still a bit confused.

Tsunade scratched her head and sighed." Yes I was, So what's the deal this time?" She straightforwardly asked. She didn't knew what's going on right now.

Shizune then took a deep a breath." Well, I think you have visitor Auntie." She simply said as she fully opened the door.

As the door opened once again, a certain someone stepped inside. Tsunade then darted her eyes to the person in front of her. It was a young girl. She had dark blue eyes, short black hair, and bangs. she donned a light green dress with white bloomers underneath and brown boots and she was also carrying small bag.

Tsunade blinked a couple of times. She somehow knew and have met this person before but she just can't figure it out.

"You really gotten quite a bit chubby, Tsunade." The young girl smiled and said.

Tsunade widened her eyes in surprised, as she finally recognized the young girl standing right in front of her." You're Miyuki?" She asked.

On the other hand, Miyuki just gave a small smile." Yup, it's me."

Tsunade was very surprised to see this person for the first time. The blonde hokage realized that this person here was the owner and doctor of the small clinic, that everyone was talking about in recent times. She was famous amongst the local community.

As for Miyuki, She decided to get straight to the point as she didn't come here to waste time.

"I'm sorry for disturbing your time but we really need to talk, this is very important."

(INTERVIEW)

"I've heard of Miyuki before but I never actually seen her in person, so seeing barging in with something important to say is a whole new thing for me.

-Tsunade

(MEANWHILE)

"So what do you want to talk about?"

That was the first thing that Konohamaru said as He and his fellow classmate, Kenta sat down down the grassy ground of the academy sports field. It was around mid to late afternoon when the black haired boy asked the young Sarutobi to stay for awhile so that he could talk to him.

Kenta gave a small smile."Well, I just wanted asked on how you are doing these days?" He explained.

It was a very quiet and windy afternoon as the two boys started the conversation while the rays of the sunset shined upon them.

Konohamaru raised both his eyebrows in confusion." What do you mean? Of course I'm doing good." He replied. The boy really didn't understand what he mean't.

"l'm just glad to hear that you're doing alright, Despite the fact you're living alone for a very long while." Kentai explained.

Konohamaru stayed silent for a few moments, his thoughts brought him back to his parents, that he'd never seen before, to the year and time of his grandfather's passing. Yes, He'd been living mostly alone but not anymore.

"Well, not that i'm often alone, I just recently got a pet just to let ya know." He explained as he was referring to a certain small cute crimson fox that he had met not too long ago.

"A Pet? What kind of Pet?"

Konohamaru gave a slight chuckle." It's really hard to describe the pet that I got, but I can tell you that if you see him, you'll be really surpised." He explained.

Kenta gave his fellow classmate a puzzled looked." Okay? I guess that this pet of yours is really one of a kind huh?" He said.

Konomaharu grinned." Yup."

"And are you sure that your better off on yourself since you got a pet now?" He asked once again.

"Well, I guess so."

"Even if your parents come back, would you still choose be your pet rather than them? Kenta asked.

As for Konohamaru, He kept quiet yet again. It was really a tough question but since He felt no feelings to his parents because he had never seen them before, He can be considered lucky as He didn't have to go through seeing them gone.

(INTERVIEW)

"People often asked me that question a lot of times, but who cares?, It's not that I'm always affected by it, I'm used to it.

-Konohamaru

"I'm pretty sure that I'm alright with things so far, why do you asked though?" Konohamaru asked.

He observed his fellow schoolmate who just kept quiet. He also noticed that there was a small smile forming on his lips. There was something about Kenta that he can't figured out. Aside from that school boy and sporty persona, He is just really mysterious.

Kenta then sighed as he just wanted to get straight to his second point." Anyways, just to informed you that an inter-class soccer tournament has been announced just recently and Iruksensei had just told the team that they would be having some training sessions." He explained.

"Great! I'm so excited for that!" Konohamaru exclaimed as he clenched his fist in the air.

Kenta slightly smiled." Well, looks like that pumped you up, Konohamaru." He said as then stood up.

"But I guess, I'll be going now, I really don't wanna miss dinner." He added and explained.

Konohamaru blinked a couple of times." I guess I'll see you then, Kenta." He said as he watched the black haired boy leave the place.

However, unbeknownst to the two boys, a certain small nine tailed fox was heading and sprinting towards their direction.

"Konohamaru!" A very familiar voice yelled as the brown haired boy then caught a glimpse of a crimson silhouette passed by him.

"Kurama?" Konohamaru widened his eyes in surprised as he then saw a very famliar nine tailed fox jumping and tackling his fellow schoolmate.

Kurama charged in full speed and tackled the black haired boy. He was in the midst of searching for Konohamaru when he suddenly sensed and located him in the sports field. Since He was the overprotective fox himself. He took his own route and tackles the other boy which he thought was a danger to the young boy.

"Alright! Who are you and what are you going to do with Konohamaru?" Kurama asked as if he was one of those very hardened cops. He also used his tails to tickle the boy so that he may get his answer as fast as possible.

Kenta was very much surprised and shocked that someone had just tackled him on the ground and was now being restrained and tickled by something furry." What the heck!?" He exclaimed.

Konohamaru, on the other hand, immediately stood up and headed towards the commotion to separate the two. He then quickly grabbed Kurama but struggled a little bit to separate him from Kenta was still on the midst of being tickly tortured.

"Answer me Kid! Who the heck are you!?"

"Kurama stop! He is my schoolmate!"

(INTERVIEW)

"And then Kuu-chan just came out of nowhere and that scared the crap out of us.(Chuckles)

-Konohamaru

There was a little bit of arguing and conflict that took over for a little while between the three and Konohamaru tried his best to end the misunderstanding, there was a little bit of struggle but he finally managed to separate the two in the end.

"Kurama calmed down!" Konohamaru exclaimed as he then cuddle Kurama who instantly calmed down from his outburst.

"Is that a fox!?" Kenta exclaimed as he observed the cute furry creature that was still furious.

"Yeah, I am fox alright! are you blind?" Kurama fired back as he struggled to let go from the brown haired boy.

"It talks!" Kenta exclaimed while pointing a finger on the latter.

"Yeah it's some kind of trick that I thought, this is my pet that I told you just now." Konohamaru explained as He gave an apologetic grin while scratching the back of his head.

Kenta raised both is eyebrows in surprised." Wait? so your pet is fox with nine tails?." He asked while the other just simply nodded.

"How come I never seen it with you for the past few days?" He asked.

Konohamaru gave grin." Well, He really likes to sleep back at the house, so that's why you never see him all the time." He explained.

Kenta then scratched the back of his head." Alright then, I guess I will be really going now, Your pet really got some badass tails there, I swear." He commented as he began to leave the scene.

Konohamaru gave a smile." Yeah I know, See you then!" He replied as he then waver his hand in goodbye as he watched his fellow school mate left the area.

By the time, the black haired boy left, Konohamaru then gave Kurama a serious looked." Alright, what the heck did you do just now?" He asked.

Kurama, who had finally calmed down. gave him the same looked." Well, I've been searching for you for awhile now, and plus you had me worried there." He explained.

Konohamaru sighed but smiled." You don't have worry all the time ya know? Kenta just wanted to inform me about the upcoming inter-class soccer tournament, until you suddenly came out from nowhere and tackled him." He chuckled.

Kurama sighed and shook his head." Yeah I know, I'm sorry about that okay? you just kind of remind me of the Kit that's all." He explained as he remembered a certain blonde from his memories that came flashing right in front of his eyes.

A confused Konohamaru raised both eyebrows." Who's Kit?" He asked as suddenly the fox just mentioned someone that he didn't knew.

Kurama sighed and shook his head. Of course, the boy had really no idea that he was referring to Naruto.

"Nevermind that, let's just go home, I'm starving by the way." He said as he then proceeded to leave the area.

As for Konohamaru, He blinked a couple of times in bewilderment before realizing that he was going to be the only one person left here if he doesn't catch up. Plus, it was already approaching night time.

"Hey! Kurama wait up!"The brown haired boy said as He was finally the last one to leave the area.

That nine-tailed fox was really something else.

(INTERVIEW)

"It's just one of those feelings that I always get everytime something feels wrong, I often take upon myself to take action and find out the problem, hence why I was furious just now.

-Kurama

(LATER ON)

It was around the late afternoon when the blonde clocked out from today's work. Earlier on, He received a walkie call from his little sister telling him that dinner was already waiting for him. He was now very excited and can't wait to get home just to eat his sister's cooking.

"Man, I can't really wait!" He exclaimed as he clenched fist at the same time. He was finally free from the big hands of the daily hardships of work, and now he finds himself walking along the streets of the village on his way towards the apartment.

Boruto also took the time to enjoy the scenery around him. As for him, seeing the village alive and well everyday was a blessing to him. He had personal attachment to the place that he grew up with and even though this place is very different from his home, It's still his home.

The blonde first walk through the busy district of the village, the shops slowly turning on their neon signs which lit up and gave color to a once almost dark place. The atmosphere of the village at night was very chaotic yet it was somehow beautiful at the same time far away from the digital and modern version of home.

He could also hear the many conversations and voices of the villagers, who were going about the second part of their lives. There were so many stories heard from the many voices right now but the blonde didn't got the chance to hear them all as he finally reached the second part of his little journey.

This time it was the peace and quietness that took over as Boruto now found himself heading to a certain street which was named "Evergreen", this was also the street that the apartment was located.

Boruto walked through the quiet residential zones in the area, He moved his eyes around as He observed the houses that he passes through, He knew that it was already early dinner time as he can smell the scent of every food cook coming out from the windows of these houses.

The blonde's mind then came alive yet again as for a brief time, he was suddenly taken for trip down memory lane. He remembered the good old times where in a time like this, the rest of his family would be having dinner right now.

He smiled as he recalled his dad would always cracked corny jokes, his mom would somehow laughed about it, and he and his little sister would just find it cringy and yet they would always go with the flow.

However, those times were really way behind before, Boruto had to accept the reality that he is now which simply means that He can never go back to his old life ever again.

"Excuse me!" A voice suddenly interrupted his thoughts.

Boruto then turned around only to face a long spiky white haired man. was a tall and well-built man in adulthood with fair skin. He had spiky white hair that he usually tied back into a ponytail, with two shoulder-length bangs framing his face. There were red lines under his eyes which extended further down his face.

His attire consisted of a green short shirt kimono and matching pants, under which he wore mesh armor that was visible at his wrists and ankles. He also wore hand-guards, a black belt, traditional Japanese wooden sandals, and a red haori with two yellow circles on each side.

"Yes, Can I help you sir?" Boruto asked.

(INTERVIEW)

"There was this very tall guy that approach me, he asked me about the location regarding the street that I was heading to, and judging by his looks, I was able to recognized him quickly and I couldn't believe my eyes.

-Boruto

The man just smiled." Well, yes in fact I really need help on locating a certain street here." He explained as he drew out a note from his pocket.

As for Boruto, He observed the man, It seemed like He had seen him somewhere before." Which street sir? There are a lot of streets here in the area." He explained.

The man then read the small note. "Yes, I'm looking for a street named" Evergreen street"." He said.

Boruto widened his eyes." That's where I'm heading to right now!" He thought inside.

"Maybe you might know it." The man added as he took a few steps closer to the blonde.

Sensing that there's no threat from the man, Boruto simply nodded." Well I can take you there if you like." He replied.

The man smiled and nodded." Sure thing, Thank you by the way." He said as he thanked the teen.

"My name is Jiraiya." The man finally introduced himself as he shook hands with the teenage blonde.

Boruto smiled. The name really sounded so familiar to him and He even looked familiar to him. He recalled his Granny Tsunade talking about former teammate of his that perfectly match this description. He also heard his dad back then telling stories about white haired man that would be his grandfather.

As the blonde was about to introduced himself, The white haired man spoke ahead of him.

"And you must be Boruto, Tsunade told me a lot about you." He said.

Boruto just stared wide eye in surprised and realization. He never expected that the man would really be the one person both his granny Tsunade and Dad were talking about. He also never expected that the man would you knew him.

"Uhmm, Yes sir I am, but Can I asked on what are you here for and what do you need?" He asked.

Jiraiya just sighed and gave a smile.

"Well, I want to see my future godson and god daughter."

(INTERVIEW)

"When I first saw him, I thought He was Naruto's long lost twin brother.(Chuckles)

-Jiraiya

This was indeed the first time that Tsunade had met Miyuki at least one of the first times that she had seen her. In fact, the blonde woman would always forget on how she would like in person. The only knowledge that she had about her, was that she was really good on the field, Medically.

It was not that long ago when She first heard of her, when word got spread around the local community about this small clinic which was flocked by many villagers due to its doctor which they claimed to be really good on handling different types of medical issues.

Tsunade then wondered if the doctor was a former well known medic nin because of the good feedback that she was hearing from many people. Although, she knew most of the best medic nin that she had met but she never heard any of them setting up their own clinic as most were affilliated in the hospital.

So far this Namaiki Miyuki is a very mysterious person but of course she has there is always a chance and now she has the opportunity to actually converse with her face to face and get to know her more. Although, the only question that she had in mind was that why was she here? what made her to come here just to start an important meeting? What was she gonna tell her?

Sounds of hot coffee being poured into a cup could be heard all over the room. It was instant coffee, 3 in 1 to be exact as Tsunade herself prepared the hot drink. The two women sat down on their respective seats as the conversation started.

"This is all I have so far, so enjoy." Tsunade said.

Miyuki gave a small smile." Thanks, having a cup of coffee at this time is really great." She commented.

Tsunade smiled." Don't mention it, the work load in this office is unimaginable, its already making me crazy." She explained while taking a sip of her coffee.

"I guess I can relate, I got so many customers to treat that it took all my free time during the day." Miyuki added. She was too was having the same thing that the blonde had.

Both of them had a good laughed as they find themselves being stucked in these kinds of situations many times before. It's just coincidentally that they would crossed paths in this life time. Although, to make way for the light headed jokes, Miyuki had to go straight to point and tell her purpose here.

"Listen, I came here because I want to asked you about this blonde boy with a scar on right eye." Miyuki explained.

"Yeah Boruto? what about him?" Tsunade asked. She was surprised that the other knew him or had met him before.

"Well, I want for you to arranged a meeting so that I can meet him and the two girls face to face." She explained.

Tsunade widened her eyes in surprised. She wondered if Miyuki knew something about the trio, especially that they are from the future. Although, she doesn't sensed any threat from her, only the fact that she has the truth in her eyes and she was really serious about this.

"So what are you gonna tell them?" She asked.

Miyuki sighed but smiled." Well, it's a very long and complicated story." She said.

"Oh okay, but what is your relation to them by the way?" Tsunade asked. "Do you know something about them that I don't know?" She added.

There was a brief moment of silence that took over. Miyuki closed her eyes and took a deep breath. She knew that she was going to reveal the big revelation sooner.

When the time was finally ready, She then looked at Tsunade straight in the eye and smiled.

"Well, I was the one responsible for sending them to the past."

(INTERVIEW)

"I didn't know what to say when she told me that she was the one responsible for sending the kids here, I kept asking myself on how was this possible?"

-Tsunade

CHAPTER END

AN: Thank you for reading the chapter!

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