The Future: Naruto Fanfiction

Chapter 57 BRAINS VS BRAWN

Clyde's Headquarters

Her eyes are dark, just as her fathers were. It is amazing the contrast between them, many have noticed this, not the least Sakura. Behind Sasuke's eyes there was always an avenger, looking out for his ambitions and his goals. Even when he was brought back to the village by Naruto that coldness was still there, like mechanical calculations were taking place just behind them. Sarada's eyes are similar yet different, looking almost identical and yet showing an almost childish naivety at all times. Fear, concern, hope, expectation, betrayal, the effects of all of them are seen at all times; Uchiha Sarada's eyes are truly the map to her entire life.

"Uchiha Sarada" Sheer acknowledges the new arrival like a friend walking the other way down a street. "What are you doing here?".

What is she doing here? It almost seems like a bad joke, don't they all have a fairly good grasp on the situation? Sarada can see the tears in Hinata's eyes, the desperation in the eyes of the colonels and the complete emptiness of the camp. She also sees the position of their bodies, they were likely guarding the prison from Hinata. There is only one reason she would want to get to it, there is only one person who could be inside.

"I came here to see my master but I'm disappointed to see something else" Sarada explains. "Instead, I have found you ganging up on Hinata, I've found an entire group of you forcing her to the ground. Now, unless I have got the situation entirely wrong, Naruto is inside that prison".

Hinata drags her head to the side to look around the colonels at her would be daughter-in-law. "Sarada, please, you have to get him out of there".

This is a stark contrast to the last time the two of them met. Back then Sarada had been desperate, flailing about in the dark and praying for a Hokage to save her. Hinata had slapped her out of it. Now it is the reverse, Hinata is seeking divine intervention, silently pleading for the help of a Hokage; a Hokage whom not long ago was in a very different state. Previously Sarada looked like a lost child, crying to her parents. Now she looks like what she always dreamed of being, she looks like a leader who protects the village as her family.

"Don't worry, I won't let any harm come to either of you, I am a Hokage after all".

Hinata smiles as Sarada turns her attention back to the captors.

"I still have to ask. Why have you all put Naruto in that prison? You must know that he would help you in your fight. If these new invaders are trying to kill you then you need him".

"You wouldn't understand our reasons" Sheer answers.

"Try me".

"We're not doing this for the reasons you think. We're doing this because we have made an alliance with Naruto".

It's a two-faced argument bar-Sarada, all those present know it. The 7th Hokage had happily entered into an alliance with his former adversaries believing them to be good people who had changed for the better. That may be the case, their intentions may well be good but they have gone against his wishes here.

"An alliance?".

"The general has gone to save your world" Colonel Grace explains. "However, the situation in our world is far worse. We need Naruto to save it! He can't do that right now, he is not strong enough but there will come a day when that changes".