Disclaimer: I Don't Own Naruto, Mr Kishimoto Does.

Arc 2: A New Beginning

Wiping of the dust was a whole new different level, at least for a certain nine tailed crimson fox. Sneezing at different moments in time, but fighting, Kurama was still getting used to the spring cleaning sessions at the flower shop. He had been wiping every corner of the ceilings and every part of the walls for about a good amount of time now.

Using everything, from his nine tails, paw- like hands, feet, he made to sure that every dust and dirt was eliminated. Even in this small stature or form, he had his motivation throughout the process.

He had been glancing back and forth at the clock, just to check if he still has the time to finish the remaining areas. So far he was somewhere around the ninety percent and the last area to which he was now heading off to was the counter itself.

Jumping off from a certain shelf, the crimson fox landed directly straight on the cashier counter like a shinobi, he then wasted no time and immediately started on wiping off the long counter with this trusty cleaning cloth, which coincidentally had a logo or an art of him imprinted on it.

He could only cringed about that certain topic. From being feared and despise as a nine tailed demon fox by majority of the ordinary people, now he was looked up as a hero alongside with Naruto and surprisingly a famous toy model for the many children of this generation, who are fans of the tailed beast collection series.

It was a strange journey for him, yet he actually liked his own ending of it. He was already content of what he had right now. He didn't want anything to do with battles, conflicts or war anymore, he was happy with this normal life.

As he continued on cleaning the counter from east to west, he took one more glance on the wall clock." I still got twenty minutes left." He thought to himself, as then proceeded to push his way through the long path.

It was originally the young lady's idea on holding a clean up session in the flower shop. He agreed with the idea since it would be better for customers to be greeted by the sense of cleanliness and freshness during the course of the morning.

By the time he had reached the end point of the counter, he wiped out the last of the dust as he officially reached and finished his task. The crimson fox look over his surroundings once more to see that the hard work he paid. Every area and corner of the shop had been cleaned.

Kurama took a deep breath as he proudly observed the results." Looks like everything is almost ready." He commented as he darted his eyes towards the transparent glass window to see the young lady awaiting for a certain delivery.

A small proud smile then went across from his lips as he proceeded back on finishing the last touches. He stood a couple of steps, forward not knowing that he had bumped into an object, knocking it down.

The nine tailed fox rubbed his forehead in a slight pain, a bit disappointed of his carelesness. He would soon open his eyes to focus on the object itself, which was revealed to be a certain picture frame of a very familiar person.

The photo was revealed to be that of the whole Yamanaka family. Taken at least ten years ago and a couple of months before the war. Kurama remained quiet as he gave sympathy for the Yamanaka Family, especially for the couple, who had lost their son at the tender age of 16.

He couldn't recall what had happened that day, but from what he learned, the teenage Yamanaka, sacrificed his life to save the civilians, who were caught in between the crossfire.

The kid had heart and it was unfortunate that he wouldn't be able to continue on his life. He had so much ahead of him.

He then glanced back at window to see the Uzumaki lady, finally interacting with the deliveries. A thought came into his mind regarding the inside joke of her crushing on the late Yamanaka. It would make him laugh but sometimes confused him.

The Words "Puppy Love" came up and it really it was, to his own perspective. The idea was far fetched to him yet it slightly bothered him when he thought about it. If there would be a guy trying to win the lady's heart, then he would go through the fox first!

(INTERVIEW)

"I'm the type of character besides Boruto, who's willing too keep her safe from anything suspicious and that includes possible idiots! If you know what I mean."

-Kurama

It was at this time that the sound of wind chimes could be heard all over as the door to the shop opened and the Uzumaki lady finally entered pushing a trolley cart filled with delivery boxes.

"I'm back Kuu-chan!" She greeted with a smile, closing the door thereafter." Deliviries' been late for almost thirty minutes, but I'm glad they managed to push through." She explained, wiping off a little sweat from her forehead.

Kurama raised both eyebrows." Must be because of the traffic." He guessed, earning a nod from the other.

"No doubt, even in this area, cars just keep multiplyng out of nowhere!" Himawari commented, unloading the boxes from the cart on the counter.

"Don't tell me those cars could perform Kage Bushin now." Kurama, with a little sarcasm, made his own comment, earning a chuckle from the twenty three year old Uzumaki.

"I guess so." Himawari said." But we may never know, Kuu-chan" She added." Cars are probably the most convienient way of transportation nowadays." She commented.

Kurama nodded." Hmm, you're right though." He agreed with her." But are you interested on having one for yourself?" He asked. It would be a good idea for the young lady to have her one car since her big brother is often busy with his job.

Himawari smiled." Well, I'm fine with commuting for awhile." She said, as she took out a number of bouquet of sunflowers from the delivery boxes and placed them on the cooler fridge." Besides, Nii-chan can teach me during his free time." She added, she wasn't even worried about that.

"And of course, I like riding in those Trams." She finished her sentence, finally storing all the flowers on the fridge.

Kurama gave a slight shrugged." Well, you got a point though." He said, recalling a certain memory when he first rode the Trams with the Uzumaki lady when it first operated." I just hope there aren't a lot of people riding it nowadays." He added.

"Congestion is pretty much an ass, ya know."

Himawari gave a chuckle." I've heard that a lot before." She commented, as she finally finished organizing some of the flowers displayed on some shelves.

Kurama just sighed, he turned his focus towards the cleaning cloth that he's been holding for awhile as he threw them on the nearby empty bucket, where it originally came from. He then gazed at the wall clock once more to see that the time had finally reached the flower shop's opening hours.

"And done!" Himawari exclaimed at the same time, as she finally finished her task. Heading off towards the counter in less than five seconds, she grabbed a certain lavender coloured apron and wore it but not before placing the "Open" sign back.

As the clock finally ticked in, the flower shop was now open for business. It was probably an unexpected scenario since the customers began entering and filling the place in a matter of minutes. With the Uzumaki lady being the only employees so far, she was determined to entertain the customers and make sure that they will choose the right the flowers.

(INTERVIEW)

"Well, I'm kind of not the type of person, who really has good communicating skills but I'll do my best to sell them flowers.

-Himawari

As time passed by there were no signs of the customer number dwindling down. In fact, Himawari had to double her efforts as she directed and guided a lot of confused customers, having a hard time deciding their own choices of flowers.

"I'm looking for something bright and yellow?"

"Daffodils!"

"Are there any sweet peas here miss?"

"Yes ma'am! you can find them at that very corner."

"Where can I find the the cherry blossoms?"

"Head over to section 2 and at the first row, you'll find those wonderful cherry blossoms!"

"Which do you think fits for my date? Violet Roses or Red Roses?

"Hmmm, I'm guessing Red Roses fits the bill!"

How tiring it was for the young lady to handle each customer, yet she found herself enjoying the moment and the task. To her this was already a good way to train herself and she was doing well so far.

Kurama, on the other hand stayed on the counter and kept watch, since his task was done, he just relax himself at the further corner, observing the scene. With the fox being more observant, he would begin to know each of every customer's reason for buying flowers.

There was a young pianist in his mid twenties, who bought a set of flowers for his late friend, who had passed away from a terminal illness, when they were still teenagers. He would visit her grave in occasions to pay respects and also to remember her.

Then there was also a customer, who bought flowers for his late big sister, who had passed when he was still a kid. In his story, They were playing at a nearby river when he suddenly slipped but didn't fully fell in, his big sister came in and was able to save him but at the cost of her own life.

These were all the reasons that the crimson fox kept hearing throughout. It kind of bothered him but overall it was just really sad to hear their stories. Same for other customers, who were there just buy flowers to pay respect for their loved ones, who died during the war.

Inlcuding Himawari in the midst of these stories. She formerly a part of a tragic past and had since moved on to a new beginning.

He also wondered on the whereabouts of the people, who buy flowers just to give to their love interests, families, or simply have them displayed on their homes and offices.

(INTERVIEW)

"It really makes me wonder if everyone nowadays had that same reason."

-Kurama

The sound of wind chimes was heard once more as a certain individual stepped inside the flower shop. The customers were still minding their own business and paid no attention to the new customer, for the simple reason that they don't even no him.

Yet, the Uzumaki Lady and the nine tailed fox turned their heads up to see a very familiar person.

Donning a casual dark blue jacket, covering a black t shirt, and dark pants, Sasuke entered the flower shop with a goal of buying his own flowers. He found himself being greeted by the busy atmosphere as he looked around his surroundings.

"I guess, I'm too early." He muttered under his breath.

"Uncle Sasuke!"

Just then a voice of a very familiar lady called his name.

"Himawari!' The man said, turning his focus towards the beautiful young lady, wearing an apron." It's been awhile." He added with a smile.

The lavender haired lady smiled." Long time no see!" She greeted, slightly bowing in a respect, causing the man to sigh.

"You don't have to do that." Sasuke said, before continuing." I'm not that old." He added.

Himawari gave a littke chuckle." Sorry about that." She said, before straightening up her professionalism." So how may I help you?" She asked, giving another smile.

Feeling a bit amazed on how the young lady handled this maturely, Sasuke didn't said a word but simply nodded in response." Well, I'm having a difficulty deciding on which flowers to buy this time." He explained.

"Oh I see, may you tell me on what kind flowers are you looking for, Uncle?" She asked.

Sasuke began to wonder as he scratched the back of his head." Well, what I need is something pleasant to smell but a bit darker in color." He explained.

"Hmm, something darker..." The Uzumaki wondered. After a few moments, she finally had an idea as she beckoned the man to follow her to a certain section.

Sasuke did what he was told as he went along with the young lady. Traversing through a crowd of customers and sections of shelves housing different types and sets of flowers.

The short journey also caused him to suffer a little dizziness, adding the fact that smelling all the different strong scents of every flowers contributed to a little craziness going around inside his mind.

For Himawari, she exactly knew where those flowers were located, leading the man to a row of cooler fridge in a quiet area, she stopped her tracks to particular section where a certain set of flowers were shelved inside the fridge.

She stretched forth her hand towards the handle grabbed a bouquet of flowers, which were revealed to be a set of Iris flowers, having that signature darker violet colour.

"I guess this is what you're looking for Uncle?" The Uzumaki lady asked, handing the bouquet of Iris flowers to the older Uchiha.

Sasuke took the set of flowers by his hand, his eyes still glued to it, observing and it immediately fully caught his interest.

(INTERVIEW)

"In my opinion, the Iris flowers were great! So I ordered three sets of them during my small adventure inside the flower shop.

-Sasuke

(LATER ON)

"So why do you need the flowers for by the way?"

The most awaited question was finally asked, this time by the crimson fox. Kurama had been wondering this time, and that rarely, the Uchiha had gone into a flower shop just to buy flowers for what reason this time?

The last time he had bought flowers was for his own mini-garden at the terrace. Was this going to be the same reason though?

As for Sasuke, the man gave a smile." Well, it's for something else and not for my garden back home." He said, as he waited for the young lady to finish the rest of the packaging.

Kurama raised both eyebrows." Oh I see." He said, still wondering until a thought came up into his mind." Oh is it-"

"Finally done with the packaging! Here you go!" Himawari interrupted him all of a sudden as she arrived to hand over the big paper bag containing the three set of Iris flowers.

There was an small awkward moment of silence which followed after. The young lady was quick to noticed." Am I missing something?" She said with a curious grin, focusing back and forth at the two.

Both Sasuke and Kurama glanced at each other, while the man was still thinking of anything to say, the fox just gave a sigh and finally spoke." Uhmm, Nevermind." He said putting an end to the awkwardness.

Sasuke straightened up and gave a simple nod." Well, not at all." He replied with a smile. As he grabbed the paper bag, finally deciding to head off." Thank you very much for the flowers." He added, giving a slight bow.

Himawari smiled in return." You're welcome, Uncle Sasuke!" She replied.

With that said, the man nodded and proceeded to the exit door. In less than a minute, his presence was gone, leaving the two once more in the busy atmosphere.

Himawari would soon turned to the fox and asked him the question once more." So what did you guys talk about?" She said.

"Well, I was going to ask him on what are the flowers for but I just gave up since it was pretty much obvious." Kurama explained, giving a slight shrug.

"Oh, I think Uncle told me before that he was going to visit the memorial." Himawari shared some of her knowledge." Maybe this week, I guess." She added.

An amused expression went across the fox's face." Oh I see, that's going to be a long ride you know." He said, referring to the long travel time towards the certain destination.

The Uzumaki lady gave a chuckle." Well, Uncle's got that Rinnegan thing." She said, before continuing." It may take him just a minute to reach there."

Kurama slightly smirked." What can I say, He's an Uchiha."

(INTERVIEW)

"I think it's normal for people to visit their loved ones' final resting places. The memories of the war was still fresh in everyone's mind and it's understandable."

-Kurama

"We knew things would be pretty much busy along the way and We're glad that we were able visit Mom earlier."

-Himawari

(MEANWHILE)

"Alright, close your eyes."

Holding the small syringe, Sarada carefully and gently injected the needle through the soft skin, once it was on the right level, she continued on as the contents of the vaccine push through. It only took less than a minute as the process was over, pulling the needle out and applying iodopovidone followed by placing a band aid on the spot.

"And we're done!" She then gladly announced to a certain boy, who was accompanied by his mother.

The 10 year old black haired boy, by the name of Shouta Miyazaki opened his eyes. He had a little fear of in needles and had been cringing for the past several minutes now. He was glad that it was finally over. By the time he had opened his eyes, he saw a small spot on his arm, now fully covered by bandage.

The boy sighed in relief. He can't believed that he was able to go through all of that and this was a flu shot that he was talking about.

Sarada smiled once more" Did it hurt Shouta-san?" She asked the kid, regarding the short pain that he had experienced.

"I think I can handle it!" The somewhat surprised boy responded with a new found confidence.

"See, I told you Shouta-kun, I know you can handle it!" His mom then entered the conversation, cheering for her only son.

Sarada smiled from behind the scenes, she was now finishing the rest papers up so that the boy can go and enjoy the rest of the day, while also listening to the current conversation.

"That means I could finally play with my friends near river this week !" The boy joyfully said. The excitement was there again, yet her mom showed a slightly concern face.

"Shouta, you know it's dangerous playing near the river!" She expressed her worry." Is it because of that girl you're talking about?" She asked.

"Of course not, mom!" The boy replied back, his cheeks were a bit slightly red." She's just there to play alright." He added.

"So what about this girl in the river, you're talking about Shouta-san?" Sarada entered the conversation and asked, her curiosity got the best of her.

"Well, it's just a girl that me and my friends met while playing near the river, she was shy and so we invited her." The boy explained.

Sarada nodded in understanding." Oh I see." She said, before following up a question." How old was the girl?" She asked.

"Hmm, I think she's a teenager but she looked like a kid to me." The boy said, giving a shrugged, meaning he wasn't really sure about the girl's exact age.

"And I hope you be careful when you go outside and play." His mom then said, issuing a little warning.

"Of course I will mom!" The boy responsed with a grin, while the mom gave a sigh.

Sarada could only shook her head but smile about it. She really missed being a little kid from time to time, a kind of kid with no major real life problems and just here to play and enjoy the simple life.

(INTERVIEW)

"I guess it's a lesson learned, always have that child inside of you."

-Sarada

Time has passed since the recent patient in the form of the boy, Shouta had left. Sarada found herself once again in the midst of another silence as most of the other patients, who were mostly kids scheduled for a flu shot had been all assessed.

The young lady took a deep breath as she relaxed herself more on her chair. She focused her eyes on the ceiling afterwards not knowing what to do next. She had finished most of her tasks earlier than expected, there weren't any new patients on the list as of now.

In the midst of that silence, the young lady decided to do something different as she grabbed her phone, activating it, and heading straight off to the Social Media site.

With just one click. she immediately found herself looking at the many different posts of friends, group pages, and the common memes.

A smile swept across her face as she began to scroll down to explore the rest of her newsfeed, which were mostly filled with posts regarding "Life Hacks or Productive things to do when actually bored"

She couldn't really count the number of pages to which she had followed or subscribed to. She had that tendency to do it when a certain topic interests her.

What the heck she was supposed to do? At least all those web pages were on the side of good or on a postive note. She gave a little chuckle, realizing on what she had done on that certain topic.

Scrolling down once again, she found herself on the News section. With all the interesting and uninteresting news about daily people's lives and the current events happening around the town and the other towns.

There was nothing really important in terms of all the seriousness in the world. In fact, it made her smile and feel good about it. Knowing that people achieving their goalsl and dreams after all the hardships that they went through. It was inspiring and heart touching at the same time.

Scrolling again, there was this certain news article that caught her attention. The Headline which simply read" The Fukkatsu Phenomenon" was enough to raised her own curiousity altogether.

Getting straight into the contents of the article, which tackles rare cases of this so-called phenomenon. She found herself looking into the stories, where the dead or long deceased supposedly had come to life without any logical explanation.

An excerpt from an old news article dating back at least thirty years ago from a small village also caught her eye:

"It was in the month of June that a certain man by the name of Kisuke Saki was discovered near the shores of the lake. He seemed lost and confused and was immediately taken to the nearest medical facility where he was treated and the revelation would soon be revealed that this man had been long dead for ten years and that the doctor who had checked him up, was the same doctor that treated him and pronounced him dead ten years ago.

Sarada's interest on the subject was still rising, there were more stories to be read and yet, she wasn't able to finish it all as at the same time, a notification popped up in the middle of the screen as received an unexpected video call from a certain best friend.

Immediately switching her attention to the call, she automatically answered it as her phone went into a video call mode. Moments later a familiar faced appeared on the screen.

"What's up Sarada!"

It was none other than Chou-Chou, who had the usual big smile and this time she wearing a sunglasses.

Sarada's face lit up in gladness on seeing her best friend once again." Chou-Chou! What a surprise!" She said, before adding." How's it going so far?"

From the other side, the orange haired young woman gave a grin as she adjusted her phone's camera to reveal that she was currently at the shores of a quiet morning beach.

The Uchiha lady's eyes widened in awe." Oooh I would really love to go on a vacation right now!" She gave a whine and commented with a little tone of jealousy.

"Well, it just so happens that we were near the coast so we took the opportunity to add a beach episode into the bucket list!" Chou-Chou explained, as she showcased more areas around the beach.

Sarada kept observing while she thought of ways on how to get herself in Holiday mode. She badly wanted to take that days leave. yet there were reasons on why she couldn't do so.

"So how's everything so far there?" It was now her best friend's turn to ask.

Sarada sighed." Well, like the usual." She simply said." Just finished giving flu shots for 30 kids this morning." She added.

"Oh I see, those kids must have been tough though" Chou Chou replied.

"Not exactly, for some reason all of them were calm, so I didn't had a tough time giving shots." Sarada explained." By the way, when are you guys coming home?" She then asked.

From the camera, Chou-Chou shrugged." Well, I'm not really sure, we still got a lot of places to go to." She gave a grin." My dad really loves to travel a lot these days and It just happens that I got nothing to do, so he took me along." She explained.

"And that means...?" Sarada was a little bit confused.

"Which means I'll be having the chance to visit...You know what I mean sis!" Chou-Chou excitedly exclaimed.

"Oh that's so cool! I really wanna go!" Sarada couldn't take it. She really had to release all that excitement that was building up inside.

"Hey don't worry sis, you'll get that chance alright?" Chou-Chou replied, giving the raven haired lady hope and assurance.

Sarada sighed but smiled." I know I'll get there." She said.

"I know you will." Chou Chou replied, with her last words for this conversation before the current situation finally called her in." Oops, sorry sis but gotta go, the barbeque party is gonna start now." She explained, waving a simple goodbye and grin.

"Have a fun day!" Sarada bid her a simply goodbye as well before the video call ended.

Silence took charged once more in the room. By the time video call ended, Sarada her placed down on her desk once more as she then gave a yawn. Staring at the ceiling thereafter, she wandered off again in her thoughts.

She really wanted to go on a long vacation, whenever an opportunity comes by, she would immediately take it. Although if a holiday was on the line, she would also invite the Uzumaki siblings along for the ride.

And speaking of them, how are they doing nowadays? Especially her former teammate.

It was at this time that she received another notification from her phone, and it was revealed to be a message from none other than her papa.

"Where are you? I'm already here." The message said.

Seeing that message, brought the lady back to reality as she took a glanced at the time." Oh crap!" She said as she immediately stood up and packed her things in one go.

She can't believed that she was late.

(INTERVIEW)

"I must say that life is pretty much crazy even though things seemed to be boring."

-Sarada

(MEANWHILE)

Packing things up easiest task ever so far but carrying the luggage was a different story. In fact the two men found themselves having a tough time carrying and loading the luggages on the back trunk of the car. There were about 7 of them and each of them were surprisingly heavy to carry.

Everything was mostly fueled by Nawaki's high energy. His excitement talking about on living in the small city was getting heard everywhere.

"Nawaki, could you please be quiet for now?" Tsunade was trying to calm the boy down as they entered the car.

As for Boruto, the young man stood by the vehicle as he enjoyed the fresh air for the remainder of the time. Gazing at the still morning sky, he found himself enjoying the the little moment of peace.

He still couldn't believe on what he had gone through for these past few days. Who knows what will be things in store for him once he gets back home.

"Is everything alright, Boruto?"

His short-lived thoughts were interrupted, as he turned to face the snake sannin, who was already dressed and prepared.

"Yeah, just trying to get some fresh air before heading off." The young man replied with a smile.

Orochimaru simply nodded." I understand, after all the things that happened before, it just make you wonder if all of this was really true." He said.

Boruto gave a little chuckle." I know gramps, I still wonder on what's purpose of those weird green liquidy essence when I was inside the void." He then said, causing the older man to give a look of confusion.

"What do you mean by Essence and Void?" He then asked.

"Oh I guess, I haven't told you guys that part yet." The young man said, as he tried to think of a way to explain on what really happened during his attempt to rescue the boy.

"Well, during that time when I trying to catch up with Nawaki, There was this green energy or essence that appeared out of nowhere and engulfed us." He explained." And then I found himself inside this strange void filled with the same kind of thing." He paused for a brief moment.

"Then what happened?" Orochimaru asked.

"I completely ignored it, went into rescuing the kid and after that I tried to find my way out using the Jougan." He explained." What I find surprising is that the strange green energy tried to trapped us inside but luckily we were able to reached that portal before it closed." He finished his best summarized version of the truth.

There was a brief moment of silence that took over thereafter. Orochimaru, who freshly heard the rest of the story, was left curious and also confused.

"Any idea about that green energy?" He then asked.

Boruto shook his head." Not a clue." He said." But, I started hearing these voices calling out for help." He added as the voices were still haunting him until now.

"Oh I see." The older man said, still fascinated about this mysterious energy, he kept a promise that he would be finding out the truth about it. So far it seemed to have a connection with the boy's case.

He then took a glance at the other two inside the car and then back toward the blonde." You'll be careful out there." He said." I will be continuing on with my travels for the meantime."

"And I'll try to find out more about this green essence as best as I can." He added.

Boruto simply nodded." I will." He replied, focusing on the morning sky once more.

He had feeling that this wasn't over yet. Whatever he saw back there, He knew that there will be more to come. He just didn't know the real reason behind this mystery. He hoped that there wasn't any supernatural conspiracy in this.

His thoughts then went back to the boy, as he pondered on any ways on how he will be blended back to this new normal for him. No wars, No fighting, but just peace. The kid basically had missed a lot of things for these past decades.

His life was right now was in a new beginning.

(CHAPTER END)

AN: So this the first chapter for Arc 2, I only had three scenes planned for this chapter since it's a bit tough to fit everything here. the New Beginning chapters might be split into three to four parts if needed.

Speaking of the characters who'll come back from this arc and next, I think the past characters (Pre Naruto era) is a fitting choice. I'm just not sure yet on who will be the first in line to return. (Rin, Kushina, Minato, or Itachi? and many more), Which character you think is better to return first and Why?

As for the truth and reason by the resurrections, it will stay as a "Mysterious Phenomenon" for the meantime. I haven't plan the ideas yet for it, if you any ideas, feel free to share :)

For Beta readers in this chapter, there were none, I've tried to contact several beta readers and all seemed to be offline and busy. So I did the chapter on my own

With that said, Thank you very much for reading and supporting the story:) It means a lot to me!

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