bubblegum princess

chapter thirty five

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the end of the beginning:
A SPAR WITH THE SUCCESSOR !
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CURIOUS AS SHE IS, she watched how Kagura somehow slightly spaced out after their spar had ended. His face somehow grew pale with his eyebrows furrowed, Seiren slightly walked closer and hesitantly reached him but she complied, tugging his sleeves "Are you alright?" she asked softly. Kagura was slightly tense when she held his sleeves, which led him to turn to face her, only to get flustered to see her up close slightly. 

Kagura clears his throat, adjusting his collar yet he lets her hand linger on his sleeves. He regained his composure and smiled at them, ignoring how girls, blushed and cooed at the sight of him smiling before Denki struck up a question "Will Kagura be the next Mizukage?" Everyone seemed to look at Kagura with admiration which he hints at with a smile yet Seiren noticed how his lips quivered as he forced a smile.

He gripped the hilt of his katana before forcing a laugh that none of them noticed, except for Boruto and Seiren, who glanced at each other secretly, wondering if they saw the same thing. Seiren didn't bother to hold up her frown as Kagura diverted to another topic.

Boruto happily held up two grilled squid on a stick, people on the Hidden Mist seemed nice and the stall owner happily gave him an extra grilled squid to share with his friends, he couldn't reject such an offer, especially regarding food. Looking over to the sea, his eyes landed on someone's twin, who was more cranky and often a spokesperson for Seiren. 

Slowly walking his way to her, he stood beside her and handed one of his grilled squid "Here you go." Sarada looked up at him, she covered her mouth in shock and didn't bother to hide her surprise "Eh? What is this?" she asked him weirdly, quite bewildered by his sudden behavior. Boruto happily chewed his squid and replied happily, "It's squid. It's good."

Sarada lifted her glasses "Why don't you give it to Sei?" she tested.

Boruto was seemingly oblivious to her observant gaze, yet he looked at her weirdly like she had grown another head, he side-eyed her and said "Did you hit your head or something?" Boruto asks that Sarada irk at the backfired question "Why you--!"

"Sei is allergic to squid." He munched another bite, Sarada hid her smile before scoffing "I know that, I'm just testing you, stupid."

"And don't talk when your mouth is full, did your mother ever tell you that?" Sarada snarled, took the grilled squid from his hand, and stared at it. Hesitant, she took a bite and the flavor had melted down on her taste bud and she gushed at the sudden flavor in delight "Hm! This is good!"

"Right?" Boruto smiled.

"I'm glad," Kagura spoke as he approached them both with a smile "Honestly, I was afraid that you won't like simple food here." Boruto released a chuckle and softly tapped the wood where they sat, gesturing him to sit down with them "Our village only has forests and mountains so this is delicious!" 

Kagura obliged and sat between them, seemingly breathing heavily "I see... I want to go there someday." He says softly before smiling at the sudden thought of someone "Seiren told me many things about the Hidden Leaf that weren't much information in our books." Sarada fought a smirk when Kagura mentioned her twin "Like what?" Boruto asks, a bit muffled as he chewed another meat off from the squid that Sarada shot a glare at him.

"The numerous parks, the shops, and fast food chains that were yet to be discovered here in our village. She seemed to like libraries." Kagura lists before smiling "She even included That people from your village were like a family to her." he says before glancing at them, Boruto cheekily grins "Of course!" before waving something off "Although there isn't much sightseeing, it's in the countryside."