The Next Generation of Ino-Shika-Cho

Chapter 2

"IF YOU STEP ON MY FEET ONE MORE TIME I SWEAR I WILL CASTRATE YOU!"

"I can't help it, I told you I'm not a good dancer!" Boruto defended to a fuming Inone.

"The wedding is tomorrow, and if you want to woo that girl with your dance moves, then we're going to need nothing short of a miracle."

Boruto scratched the back of his head, trying to ignore the blonde girl opposite him muttering ominously while sharpening her heels. Was there anyone he knew that could help him get ready in such a short time? Inone was good at dancing, but a very, very bad teacher who blew up when he made the tiniest mistake. He needed someone who was brilliant at dancing, and the patience of a saint.

ACHOO!

The two blondes jumped as the sneeze reverberated around the walls of the empty ballroom.

"Whew, I think someone was thinking about me."

"Kakashi-oji!" Boruto exclaimed as his 'uncle' hopped down from the window ledge, closing the window behind him.

"What are you two doing here? You should be in bed by now, it's almost eleven."

Inone pointed at Boruto and explained that she was trying to teach "this moron" how to dance so he could dance with his his crush at the wedding.

"Ah."

Boruto frowned. What was 'ah' supposed to mean? Ah, Boruto you're an idiot? Ah, you'll never impress the girl? Ah, Boruto her father will chase you out the wedding reception with a sword if you ask her to dance?

"Ah, Boruto you're lucky you ran into me, the Konoha dancing star of 2000!" Kakashi exclaimed, his eye creasing into a smile.

"But there's never been a dancing competition in Konoha. Or any dances except for wedding for that matter." Inone interjected.

"The title was was self given."

Boruto shook his head in disbelief. "Self given is just not good enough oji-san. I need to wow her, knock the socks off her feet."

"I can think of another way to do that."

"Oji-san you perv!" Boruto cried.

"Who me? You're the one that's assuming things, all I did was suggest an alternative method for knocking the socks off her feet, I never said what the method was."

"You walk around with porn in broad daylight, you can't blame us for assuming the worst." Inone pointed out.

"Fair point," He conceded, "Anyway, who is this mystery girl you want to get down and dirty with?" Kakashi teased.

Boruto blushed the colour of his late grandma's hair before spluttering indignantly. "I just want to ask her out, nothing further than that. And besides I'm not telling you who it is, it's a secret."

Inone snorted. "Oh please, everyone knows you have a crush on Sa- " Boruto clapped a hand over her mouth before she could complete the sentence.

"Shut up." He hissed, removing his hand.

Kakashi smiled, amused by the boy's antics. The boy wouldn't need his dancing to wow Sarada, he just needed to be his normal, dorky self. Also he just came back from a mission and like hell was he going to stay up all night teaching the brat how to dance. He had better things to do, like giggling over porn in his bed.

"Well, nice seeing you, Boruto, Inone, and good luck wooing the girl." With that he body-flickered out the door, ignoring the outraged cries of the genin.

Boruto turned to Inone in despair, who simply shrugged and picked her heels up before also making her departure.

"Now who's going to help me?" He moaned to the silent room.