Ways to become a Hokage

~CHAPTER 15: Forced to limits~

Sarada woke in a room, bound by some type of magic rope and wearing thin red robes. Her eyes lost the blurry and she gazed around in silence, her newfound happiness fading away. Kenta lay a few meters away from her, with similar red clothing. She realized she was in good condition, in the sense smelling good and having not-so-dirty hands. Kenta looked good in shape too, his hair had been trimmed and his face was clean of the soot he'd had before.

The room was dark, she and Kenta were the only people in it and there were distant sounds bursting through the door crack. Sarada took deep breaths, were they free?

Besides the effortlessly restraining ropes, it seemed like nothing else was placed to stop them both.

Sarada dragged her body using her feet to Kenta and kicked him a few times softly, to which he didn't wake. Well, guess it wouldn't hurt to—

"OUCH!" Kenta groaned in pain as Sarada apologized regretfully.

"I'm sorry."

"Where are we?" Kenta forgot all his pain as surprise caught him. He stared at his surrounding in amazement, "are we free?" he whispered before his eyes moved slowly to the ropes binding him. He shut his eyes and sighed, "I should've guessed..."

The door opened and a woman walked in, pretty but expressionless. She was tall and wearing complete black. "Get ready" she muttered. With a snap of her fingers, both Sarada's and Kenta's ropes disappeared. "Don't think of escaping, you cannot. Your owner will meet you once his meeting is over"

"Hey, what do you think we are? Slaves?" Kenta demanded, glaring at the woman. "We have no owner"

The woman smirked before turning on her heels and walking to the door. "You both are Master Allegro's pieces, hopefully, you don't disappoint. Today's match has been long-awaited, make it worth watching" she winked and shut the door behind.

Sarada closed her eyes and took in the information. "So, we're in some kind of competition, and this bastard Allegro threw our names in?"

"I guess so"

"Keep your head up Kenta, this may be our only chance to escape" Sarada advised. She stared at the door, and at her hands. The ropes were gone, what was stopping her?

She felt her hands and body properly once again. "Kage Bunshin no Jutsu" her clone walked to the door and placed its hand on the knob. A streak of electricity passed through the clone and it burst in smoke. Sarada exhaled, obviously.

She raised an eyebrow at Kenta, who was staring at her weirdly. "What's wrong?"

His eyes widened in realization and he shook his head, blushing. "Uh—nothing... you just, you look different" he muttered.

"You too"

"Yeah. Anyways, it's too soon for an escape plan, we have to devise a plan once we're out. And remember, if you get an opportunity to escape without me, don't hesitate, promise me you won't"

"Never. We've been in this together, and we'll be out together." Sarada smiled, "we both will make it out, I can promise you that"

Kenta grinned, "we'll go to a restaurant first thing after getting out, ok?"

"What's so special about a restaurant?" Sarada questioned, raising an eyebrow at his excitement.

He blushed, "well... it might be a normal thing for you, but I haven't been to many restaurants, you know?"

"It's no biggie, we'll go to one after we escape" Sarada realized she'd forgotten about all the responsibility she'd carry even after they escaped their imprisonment. Talking of responsibility, Boruto, his face was blurry in her eyes now. Every time she thought of him, her thoughts would someway divert to Kenta.