The blue eyed reaper

A mission

"What do you mean he is going to the Land of Water!" Naruto yelled.

A visibly shaking clone of Konohamaru chuckled nervously, scratching the back of his head. "Well, like I said—we found that village you sent us to help, and when we got there, their problem was already solved. Bolt wasn't very careful about hiding his tracks, and from questioning the village leader we discovered it was him that had helped them," Konohamaru explained, trying to calm down his older surrogate brother. "The village leader said that Bolt had mentioned he wanted to travel the world, and mentioned he wanted to go to the Land of Water."

Naruto stood suddenly and began to pace the Hokage's rather small office. In the process, he spilled a small cup of instant ramen had had been eating. To Konohamaru, that spoke volumes as to the Hokage's worry. Naruto never wasted ramen. It was sacrilege. Blasphemy. It's been 3 months since he left so he must've been already there since he left the small village he helped a month or two ago.

"The original and his team are currently en route to the Land of Water as we speak," Konohamaru's clone said, trying to reassure him. They would find Bolt. He was their friend. Their teammate. Sarada, especially, since she and Bolt had been close friends since childhood, Konohamaru thought.

Naruto still paced, a deep frown on his lips. "Sarada has her Sharingan, and Mitsuki has his… snake… things… I'm sure they will find him! No problem!" Konohamaru declared, a confident smile adorning his features. He held his fist aloft with his thumb up. It didn't appear to have any effect on the Hokage's mood.

Then at that very second the door swung open and both men looked surprised at the new comer. Konahamaru looked at the strange kid he never met while Naruto grinned.

"Hey lord seventh! You never visited!" Kawaki sounded pissed and we'll he should be. Naruto never got the time to see him for the past 2 months because of work and Boruto's case. Naruto looked and smiled. The boy is much calmer, his mind is clearer than ever and his chakra is stronger, bigger and more mature. He was truly a Sage and he looked good in the red coat with flames Naruto sent him.

"Who are you?" Konohamaru asked and instead of glaring Naruto was surprised to see the hot tempered boy smile. Wow living with toads in nature does wonders. He'll definitely do the same with Boruto.

"Kawaki, my name's Kawaki. And you are?" Kawaki tilted his head

"He's Konohamaru and you'll be going with him in a mission to retrieve Boruto since as a Sage you can sense him" Konohamaru gaped and Kawaki just nodded with a shrug of his shoulders.

"Cat," Naruto demanded. Before Konohamaru could question Naruto's sanity, a figure emerged from a shadowy corner of the room, causing his heart to flutter in surprise. He was a tall man, with spiky brown hair that hung loose outside of his animal mask—a cat, with two red crescent moons and four green claw marks; two above the eye, and two below. He wore the standard issue wardrobe of the Anbu; black slacks, shirt, gloves, and boots, with a dull gray jacket and vambraces.

"Hokage, sir," the Anbu said, standing at attention, awaiting his orders.

"Remove your mask. Konohamaru, memorize his features. He will rendezvous with you in the Land of Water," Naruto instructed.

The Anbu nodded once before reaching up and removing his mask, revealing pale skin and bland features with dull black eyes. "This is Yamato," Naruto introduced. "Continue searching for Bolt in the Land of Water. He will find you. Kawaki follow him" Kawaki nodded.

Konohamaru nodded, lifting his arms to form the hand seal that would release the clone. "Wait!" Naruto said. "The Land of Water has had some… unrest, these past few years. Mercenaries taking advantage of the peace to do jobs that the Hidden Villages have refused to take. Be careful, and make sure Bolt is safe."