Light in the Dark

The Journals

••••Boruto pov••••
~yes you read that right read all the way through you'll understand ~

I let out another annoyed huff as I continued to clean the storage space out. This was mom's way of punishing me for getting into more trouble at school. This room never gets touched, in fact it's almost completely forgotten about. It's just a bunch of stuff from when mom and dad were kids, and before they lived together. Luckily Himawari insisted on helping me, but we wouldn't let mom know she was. In fact I made Himawari promise that the second she heard mom open the front door she sat down and started playing with her dolls.

"Hey big brother, what is this box?" Himawari's voice was a whisper, she was worried that mom didn't just have good eyesight and that her hearing was good too. As if she would hear her all the way from town.

I walked over to the box and dusted off the top of it, only to see in faded letters the name "Akari". I felt excitement wash over my whole body, and I instantly sat down next to Himawari.

"Don't you know who's name this is?" I looked at her and she kinda just shrugged her shoulders. That's right, dad never talked much about her. Then again, dad was never around much at all. Mom had told us a few stories about her, but insisted it wasn't right to dwell on the past. Then would constantly say how I resembled Aunt Akari a lot, and that my personality was more hers than it was dads. Although she insisted that I had some of dad's qualities too.

"It's Aunt Akari, you know, dad's twin?" I looked at Himawari and her eyes lit up a little bit.

"Should we open the box big brother?" Himawari looked a little worried, clearly the box hadn't been touched since it was closed up. I had to admit I wasn't sure how either of them would react if we opened this now.

"They can't keep just telling us the same old story about her, and acting like we don't deserve to know more about her," I looked at Himawari who still looked a little worried, "If you don't want to be in here when I do it you can go Hima, I've got the rest of this." I smiled at her and she nodded quickly leaving the room. I looked back at the box and felt a bit of anxiety flood over me at the thought of getting to know more about her.

It was exactly like dad to ignore and not acknowledge his family, but the fact he never told me any stories about Aunt Akari was always something that didn't sit right with me. All he would say was the same three things, that she was a big part in the Great War, and that she was mom's teammate. It was like he made mom agree to never say anything either because she didn't. Just small things here and there.

This box though? This box could tell me more about her. Maybe even help me understand what happened to her? That's all I needed after all, was to just understand why she wasn't in our lives. It would be nice to know at least that, if she was alive or not.

As I ripped open the box the first thing I saw was the jacket she wore in the Team Eight picture. Underneath the jacket was a few pictures and a few what looked to be notebooks. I picked up the notebooks and began flipping through them.

These were her life; before she was even a ninja. The first one ended when she became a ninja, but was filled with stories about her and dad. I caught myself smiling at a few of them but quickly stopped myself. The second one was talking about her first few days with Team Eight, and kept referring to a "him", she never said a name though. Probably out of fear dad would read these, just like I am. These were her personal thoughts. One page stood out to me in particular.

"I am still trying to process what is going on with me, am I some kind of monster? After all I attacked Hinata that one day with no explanation. Ever since then it feels like there is a voice in my head telling me to hurt people. Telling me I need it to be strong. I think I am losing my mind. I found a moment of peace within him though, he let me hug him after he got a little jealous. I hope he is strong in the chunin exams, then again I know he will be."