The Missing Prince

Chapter 8☑️

Konohamaru Pov:

This mission should have been simple. It had been. Shikamaru had used a tracking stone and found Boruto. Sasuke had transported us there. And then I and the rest of the guard had watched King Naruto, Sasuke and Shikamaru bash the crap out of the guy that had kidnapped Boruto.

But then of course the Fates had to screw us over and we got caught in a hurricane blast. Because of that I had two broken ribs at least and a roaring headache. The kidnapper stalks towards us. He cracks his knuckles menacingly.

The sound just makes me want to bash my head into a wall.

"Let's make this quick." He says mostly to himself, looking around the grounds. I can barely stand, let alone fight.

If I leave to fight Boruto might die. If I take off with Boruto, Big brother Naruto, Sasuke, Shikamaru and my team will die. If I fight I might die.

All this death and all because of one man. I hate him. And I want to make him pay. But I also know that isn't what Big brother Naruto would want. He'd want to kill the man himself.

I cast a pattern into the air and mutter a couple of words. It's a protection barrier around the others outside the pentagram.

I feel movement at my feet. Boruto is pulling himself up. His face is ravaged with tears, blood and dirt. Despite everything he has gone through he gives me the biggest smile. He looks at his kidnapper and glares the best he can.

"Big bwover konomaru gonna beat you. Y'know." He declares pointing a tiny finger at him.

"Shut up brat." The man growls. Boruto hides behind my foot, but not before sticking his tongue out. "You'll beat him big bwover!" He tells me smiling.

I have to. I have to protect my prince. After all the faith he placed in me I'd gladly move a mountain for him. I'll do it for you little brother Boruto. A grain of determination blooms in me.

"Boruto you need to do something very special for me okay." I tell the baby, hoping he understands.

"Yes big bwover!" He nods solemnly for a just-turned-two-year-old.

"Go to the forest and hide and don't come out until I say 'Naruto is a goldfish and Sasuke is a lilly pad. Okay?" I whisper. He nods his little blonde head and he turns and runs to the forest.

Th kidnapper makes to go after him but with a burst of strength I didn't know I had I throw the ball of energy straight at him. Luckily it doesn't disperse at the edge of the pentagram. I remembered when it was to late. Thankfully nothing happens and the energy globe smacks into the kidnapper just as it should.

He grunts and gets tossed back three feet. Something breaks inside him and I can feel his anger and bloodlust from here.

Suddenly he starts laughing. It's an insane laugh. My blood curdles.

"With the power my leader gifted me, you'll never keep that oh so precious boy." He laughs insanely.

"You've never played hide and seek with him before then." I say, false bravado leaking from every pore.

"I'll make sure to keep you watching. And deep down you'll know his pain is all your fault." He grins in savage delight.

"Shut up!" I grind my teeth together and attack. I summon two illusions, each illusion has an energy ball in their hands.