An unnatural wind blew open the old window as long clawed hands grabbed the little purple haired doll. The hands started undoing the doll by cutting the clothes off,unraveling the purple yarn,remove the black button eyes,pulling out the stuffing,turning it inside out,then filling it up with saw dust. They set the doll down in the center of a giant sewing set and started sewing the mouth back up before reaching in a drawer and picking out the best black buttons for the eyes.
The hands carefully rerooted blonde hair into the doll,and stitched a single stand on the top of the head,and put together a yellow jacket. After dressing the doll,and stitching in two whiskers on each cheek,the hands opened window and released the doll.
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A green moving truck backed up to the giant purple toned house as a silver Volkswagen Beetle drove up past a sign that read "Snake Palace Apartments". It honked at the odd man on top of the roof,who swore at them for making him lose his balance,while the movers unload the truck. An older masked man watched from the stairs leading to the bottom apartment.
Once they were finished,they retrieved their signed paperwork. As the owner went to close the door,one of the movers sticks his foot in the way and holds out his hand for a tip. The owner reaches in their wallet and hands the worker money before closing the door. The mover smiled before looking to see he only received a buck and slumps over in disappointment.
Out in the back,a little whiskered blonde boy,with one strand sticking out of the top of his head and bright blue eyes,walked down the steps of the porch and walked to the gated area. It was completely dead and the pond was empty. He frowned then reached into a bush and pulled out a Y shaped branch. He cleaned off the leaves,held it up the air,and walked off.
He walked up the cliff side,seeing the cloudy sky,but stopped when rocks came rolling down to his feet. He looked over at the boulders and said,"Hello? Who's there?" After a couple seconds of silence,he pouted and threw a rock over. It hit and loud hisses rang out,causing the boy to gasp and run away. He ran as fast as he could,passing through a dead orchid,until he reached an opening. He caught his breathe then sigh and held up the branch,saying,"Magic Dowser. Magic Dowser. Show me the well!" A loud honk rang around with a roll of thunder. He gasped and turned around to see what looked a skeleton on a bike.
It drove at him and he tried to dodge,only to have the skeleton grab the branch and end up pushing him into the middle of a mushroom circle in the mud. He looked up at the skeleton,seeing it rotate whatever was on its face before lifting it up and revealing a pale blue haired boy with yellow eye. "Let me guess. You're from Suna or Iwa. Some place dried out or barren,right?" The boy got to his feet and stared at the odd black and silver jacket as the pale boy said,"I heard people try to cast spells to make rain,but I never understood it." He waved the branched. "It seem like an ordinary branch." "It's a dowsing rod."
The blonde boy yanked the branch from the pale one's hands and said,"And i don't like being stalked! Not by psycho nerds!" He looked down at the blue cat as it hopped up on the stump the pale boy was on. "And their cats!" The pale boy bent down and pet the cat with smile,saying,"She's not my cat. She's feral. Though,i do feed her every night. And she brings me little dead things."
The blonde rolled his eyes and said,"I'm from the Hidden Leaf." The pale one tilted his head,making the blonde sigh. "Konoha." then he held up the branch,"And if i was casting water spells." He stomped his foot,"Then where's the secret well?" "Stomped too hard,and you'll fall into it."
The blonde gasped and backed away as the pale boy,after digging in the mud,shoved a stick under the lid and pushed off the mud. "It's suppose to be so deep that if you fell to the bottom and looked up,you'd see a star full of stars in the middle of the day." The blonde gave a small chuckle and moved to the well's lid as the pale boy looked out at the house. "I'm surprised he let you move in. My grandpa." He turned back to the blonde. "He owns the Snake Palace. Won't rent to people with kids." The blonde tilted his head."Why not?"
The pale boy shook his head. "I'm not suppose to talk about it." He held out his hand. "I'm Mi...Mik..." he sneezed and sighed."I'm Mitsuki." The blonde reluctantly shook his hand then wiped his hand off as Mitsuki walked to the cat. "I'm Boruto. Boruto Uzumaki." Mitsuki chuckled as he played with the cat. "Burrito? What an odd name." A tick mark appeared on Boruto's head. "I said Boruto!"
Boruto crossed his arm and huffed before he heard someone calling for Mitsuki. The cat perked up its blue ears as Boruto walked over. "I think someone's calling you,Mitsuki." Mitsuki stood up,making the cat fall over as he said,"I didn't hear anything." The voice called out for Mitsuki again as Boruto huffed,"Oh. I definitely heard someone,Mikki." A bell rang this time as the voice called and Mitsuki gasped."Grandpa."
He picked up his mask and bike and said,"Well,it was nice to meet a Konoha Water Spell Caster. But wear gloves next time." Boruto tilted his head. "Why?" Mitsuki simply smiled,"That dowsing rod of yours,is poison oak." Boruto quickly dropped the branch and wiped off his hands on his raincoat as Mitsuki rode off his bike.
Boruto blew a raspberry at him as the cat shook her head before she walked off. Boruto peeked into the well's lid then dropped a rock in. He pressed his ear against it,waiting for the rock drop,as it started rain.
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Boruto stared out the kitchen window as he placed seed packets on the window sill. "I almost fell down a well yesterday,Dad." "Uh-uh." Boruto scratched the rash on his hand. "I would've died." "That's nice."
Boruto rolled his eyes then turned to the table and said,"Can I go out? I think it's perfect weather for gardening." Boruto's Dad,without moving his bright blue eyes from his laptop screen,said,"No,Boruto. Rain makes mud,mud makes a mess." Boruto huffed and crossed his arms. "Then why'd we move to the Hidden Sound? Hidden Leaf never had rain and mud." His dad's eyebrow twitched. "Different soil here. Had to move as part of the job,but that doesn't mean you get to make a mess with it." Boruto scratched his rash again,saying,"You and mom get paid to write about plants,and you hate dirt." His dad ran a hand through his short spiky blonde hair. "Boruto..." He looked up. "You still have unpacking to do. Lots of unpacking." Boruto rolled his eyes."That sounds exciting."
His dad sighed before reached down under the table and handing Boruto a small package. "Oh. A boy left this on the porch for you." Boruto opened it and saw a note that said,
"Hey Boruto,
Look what I found in my Grandpa's trunk. Look Familiar?
Mitsuki"
Boruto tilted his head and opened the package to see a little Boruto doll,dressed in his raincoat,pink and black striped shirt,blue jeans,and it even had its own mini bolt necklace. "A little me? That's kinda creepy."
Naruto nudged him."What's his name anyway?" Boruto threw the paper away."Mitsuki." He then walked off as Naruto watched him."Do I really look like I play with dolls?"
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Boruto pushed open a door to a room with a blue haired,which was up in a ponytail,women typing on her computer. "Hey Mom. How's the writing going?" Noticing his mom wasn't pay attention,Boruto raised his voice a little,"Mom?" His mom looked at him through the screen and said,"Hello Boruto...And Boruto doll?" She shook her head and went back to typing as Boruto asked,"Do you know where the gardening tools are?" His mom looked out the window. "It's pouring out there." Boruto huffed,"It's just raining." "What the boss say?" Boruto held up the doll and yelled at it,mockingly"Don't even think about going out there,Boruto Uzumaki!" His mom pushed some hair out of her face. "Then you won't need the tools."
Boruto groaned and leaned on the door. Noticing it creaked,Boruto pushed the door back and forth until his mother let out a sigh. "Boruto,you know the rules. When we're work,your Father's word is set in stone." Boruto huffed and crossed his arms as his mother frowned. She pulled out a pen and notebook and said,"How about you do something for me? Go around and see how many doors and windows and paintings this house has." Boruto pouted,"How's that suppose to help you?" His mother smiled,"It'll help me learn the house better." then she turned back to computer,making Boruto sigh as he took of his raincoat.
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Boruto walked out into the hallway and tripped on a small bump in the carpet. He stepped down and made another one,which he stepped on only to make another one. He groaned and walked to a different room with giant windows. He cleaned off the condensation and looked outside before writing down they were leaky as a water drop landed on the notepad. Next he walked to his parents room and walked into their bathroom. He turned on the water,to see it was dark brown,which made him gag and turn off the water. Then he walked back downstairs,jumped on the bump on the carpet,and walked into a new door. He wrote down the water heater in the room then flipped the switch. The lights flicked as Boruto heard his mom crying,"NNNNOOOO!". He quickly went back to the room and noticed the "DON'T PUSH!" warning over the switch before pressing it again and running out of the room.
He walked into the living room,set the doll down on the table,and wrote down all the windows. He walked over and unpacked the snow globes,from the box on the table,and set them on top of the fireplace. He smiled at the one from the Hidden Mist then looked up at the painting on the wall. It was a chubby boy who was crying because he dropped his ice cream. Boruto raised his eyebrow. "Who in the hell would paint that?"
He sighed and went back to the table to grab the doll,but noticed it was gone. He looked around and found it hiding behind a mat on the wall. "How'd you do that,Little Me?" He moved the mat and gasped at a little door in the wallpaper. "Hey Dad! Where did this door go?!" His dad looked up from his laptop and said,"I'm really really busy!" "I think it's locked! Pleaaaase!" His dad groaned as he got up from the table and walked to the room Boruto was in. He crossed his arms and looked at the door. "Will you,please,keep it down if i do this for you?" Boruto gave a puppy dog pout and his dad sighed,"Fine."
He walked into the kitchen and grabbed an odd key,with a button shape on top,from the drawer then cut open the wallpaper. Boruto held his breathe as his dad stuck the key in and turned it,but frowned when he saw the entry was blocked off. "Bricks?!" His dad smiled,"They must have closed this off when they divided up the house." Boruto scoffed as his dad started walking out of the room. "Seriously? And why is the door so small?!" He turned back and said,"We made a deal." then went back into the kitchen.
Boruto smiled and said,"You didn't lock it!",making his dad let out a loud groan of frustration. Boruto chuckled to himself,then sighed and closed the door
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Boruto,cheek cupped in his hand,watched his parents walk around the kitchen. "Hinata,here's the ice." "Thank you,Naruto." Hinata smiled as she placed the ice on her hand and Naruto brought over a pan of food. Boruto stuck out his tongue in disgust at what looked like green slime."How come you didn't cook Mom?" Hinata sighed and said,'Writer's cramp. Got it from rewrite what I lost from the storm." He gave a nervous smile and gulped as Naruto scooped food onto his plate. "Your mom will cook once her hand is better." Hinata nodded and added,"And we'll go food shopping as soon as we finish the catalog." Boruto sighed and poked the food with his fork. "This looks like slime..."
Naruto chuckled and said,"Well it's slime or bedtime." as he took the apron off his orange turtleneck. Boruto looked at the doll and asked,"Think they're trying to posion me?" before he made it nod and he leaned back in his chair.
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After setting the doll on the chair next to his bed,Boruto stared up at the ceiling and scratched his rash. He sighed and grabbed the picture,of his blonde and dark haired friend,next to his bed and said,"Don't forget about me guys..." then he set it back and got under the covers. With one last smile for the day,Boruto looked at the doll and said,"Goodnight,Little Me." then rolled over and fell asleep.