The Missing Prince

Chapter 9☑️

Naruto Pov:

What kind of password is 'Naruto is a goldfish and Sasuke is a lilly pad'. I look at Konoharmaru, the creator of the password. He has his hands on my sister in law's waist. I'm pretty sure he's just milking any injury so he can keep holding her.

I'm miffed, relieved, happy, terrified and anxious all at once. I close my eyes a second and breath in. Don't worry, Boruto. Daddy's coming to save ya, y'know. I tell myself.

I'm so close to finding and holding my son in my arms. All we need to do is say a crappy password and Boruto will burst out of the brush and be safe in my arms once again.

After this, I'm never letting him leave the castle without me. I huff at the annoying factor that we can't use the tracking stone. The magic faded out somehow after Konoharmaru blew something up. I'll have to ask what happened while we were unconscious later.

I need to focus. Boruto is great at hiding. We could've walked past him three times already and never known he was there.

"Damn elf genes." I mutter to myself.

Hanabi turns around sharply. Konahamru hisses in disagreeance at the fast movement. "What did you say?" She hisses. She knows full well what I said but maybe not so much the meaning.

"I meant that he's really good at hiding and finding him is going to be a lot harder." I console her.

She nods primly before tugging Konoharmaru away.

The forest is eerily silent. There's no flutter of wings or song from birds. No rustling of  animals scavenging for food. There is barely movement from the wind.

It feels so loud yet quiet at the same time. Sasuke hasn't let down his guard or deactivated his god eyes. I think he can tell something is wrong too.

"Any movement?" I ask tensely. Something feels off. And it's not Boruto that's causing the feeling. Where are you my child? Please just jump out and run to me.

A frantic rustle of leaves happens above our heads and we each pull out a blade. Hanabi has activated her Byakugan clan eyes. Only the Huyga branch of elves can unlock the special god eyes.

The byakugan can see through lies, buildings, heck it can even see an individual's core magic. Perfect for hide and seek like this.

Hanabi hones in on a small oak tree. We follow her gaze and wait. It goes quiet again. The silence of the forest feels alive this time. The anticipation is getting to me and I can feel the sweat drip down the back of my head.

"Naruto is a goldfish and Sasuke is a lilly pad." Konohamaru tries. A small squirrel pokes it head out of the leaves. It has red fur and intelligent eyes. It feels like it's judging us.

"Hello there cutie." Hanabi grins. All elves have a balance with animals. It was just a natural elf thing. Big, small, old, young, ugly, cute. You name it the elves can tame it.

Hanabi sticks her hand out and the squirrel nimbly dashes up it. Konohamaru mutters something incoherent about how squirrels aren't that cute before getting leaped on.

One by one the squirrel judges us. When it gets to my turn I feel especially nervous. It's small, wide eyes bore into mine, it feels like they can judge the very depth of my soul.