Silence, pure, utter dead silence. The was all between Hinata and Boruto. Silence. Hinata's wide eyes looked at the photo, Boruto was holding. Hinata knew that photo, she remembered the day it was taken. She even remembered putting it in Kairi's room.

Kairi's room!

"You…" Hinata finally found her voice, "You went in…"

"Yeah," Boruto snapped, "I opened that door! I found a room… A girl's room, it wasn't Himawari's," Boruto's hand trembled as he continued to hold up the picture, "It's hers isn't it?"

Hinata looked between the photo and her son. Boruto's face was filled with so much, pain, anger, and betrayel.

"This girl…. This girl is my older sister isn't she?"

The accusation in his tone made Hinata look down for a moment, "Yes," Hinata didn't want Boruto to find out like this. She and Naruto always meant to pack that room away, but couldn't bring themselves to. But now he knew, and there was no turning back.

Boruto didn't feel any accomplishment from his mother's confession. It just made the turmoil in him get worse.

"I… All this time… I… We… We had an older sister. And you didn't tell us?" Boruto could barely keep his voice steady.

"Boruto," Hinata tried to stay calm, "You… you don't understand… We… Your sister…" Hinata imagined telling Boruto and Himawari about Kairi so many times. In so many ways. But she couldn't remember any of those lines. Everything was a blank, she could barely make herself talk.

"It's one thing," Boruto snapped, "It would have been one thing if Dad didn't tell me! But you were always there. You never hid anything from me, mom! How could you not tell me about her sooner?"

The betrayal in Boruto's face almost made Hinata cry. Hinata was always a devoted mother to her children. She did everything to be there for them, especially when Naruto became Hokage. Seeing Boruto in so much pain over this secret, made her chest twist painfully.

"We…" Hinata tried, "We were going to tell you… when you were ready."

"Ready for what?"

"The truth."

"And what's the truth, you didn't care about her, so you decided to pretend that she never existed?"

That accusation, enraged Hinata, "Boruto, we loved her dearly! She was our world, losing her destroyed us! But we had to live and move on for your sake!"

"My sake? How is pretending my sister didn't exist for my sake? Don't make excuses! I don't even know her name!"

Boruto turned his head, to see his friends. He had nearly forgotten they were there. They were standing in the doorway, clearly trying to be as small as possible.

Boruto couldn't stand to be in that house any more. He ran past his friends and out the door.

"Boruto, wait!" Shikadai shouted as he ran after him. The others followed suit, not wanting to be in a more awkward situation.

Hinata collapsed to her knees. She felt tears threatening to spill from her eyes. How did she think this would go? Did she honestly think Boruto would take the truth well? She knew this day was coming. As much as she hoped it wouldn't, she knew it was. Boruto was going to find out about Kairi eventually. Secrets stayed buried.

"Mommy?" Hinata looked up to see Himawari, looking her concerned.

"Himawari," Hinata wrapped her arms around her daughter, "I'm so sorry."

Himawari was silent through the whole fight. She saw the photo her brother had. She heard her mother confessing that, they had a big sister. Himawari was full of questions, but seeing her mother's crying face… Himawari wanted to know more about her sister, but even she knew; this wasn't the time to ask.

Himawari held her mother as she cried. Not knowing how to make any of this better.

"Boruto!" Denki called. Just after he left, Boruto vanished. The group split up to find him.

"Denki," Shikadai ran up to him, "Did you find him."

"No, I didn't," Denki shook his head.

"Man what a drag," Shikadai tried to think carefully. How could this go so bad? They only teased him about it, because they didn't think he really had a big sister. Shikadai assumed it was a weapons room, something that was too dangerous to go into. He honestly didn't think it really was the room of his long lost big sister. Shikadai tried to focus, they'd think about that later. Where would Boruto go? Boruto was angry, confused, Shikadai understood that. Boruto would want to know more about his sister, he'd also be really mad at his parents. He already yelled at his Mom, so…

"I think I know where he might be," Shikadai said.

Naruto sat at his desk doing paperwork. He could tell he was going to pull another all nighter. Shikamaru was telling him about the latest report when there was a rapid knocking at the door.

"Come in," Naruto called.

The door swung open to reveal Boruto.

"Boruto?" Naruto was confused, "What are you doing here? It's late."

Boruto didn't answer, he didn't even look at him. Naruto knew immediately something was wrong. He began to stand, "Boruto what-…"

"It wasn't enough," Boruto interrupted, he began to stalk towards the desk, "It wasn't enough for you to ignore Mom, Himawari, me…"

"Boruto," Naruto knew that his son wasn't happy with his position. He'd been home less and less. He and Hinata have explained that being Hokage is a difficult job, but that never satisfied him, "Being Hokage is-…"

*WACK*

Boruto slammed a picture frame on his desk, interrupting Naruto's explanation, "It wasn't enough for you to ignore us… You had to pretend she doesn't exist?"

Naruto looked at the picture and his heart stopped. It was the picture of Kairi with Boruto.

"Boruto where did you-…"

"I found it in her room!" Boruto shouted, "Did you honestly think, I wasn't going to find out one day?"

"Boruto," Naruto said, "We were going to tell you one day. We were, but we still have so many unanswered questions."

"What do you mean unanswered questions? What happened to my sister?"

Naruto took in a deep breath, "Years ago, when she was five, and you were only a little over a year old. She was kidnapped."

Boruto's eyes went wide.

"I searched for her for months," Naruto said, "We all searched for her, but we couldn't find a trace of her. We couldn't find her body or her chakra."

"So… you just gave up?" Boruto demanded.

"I haven't given up looking for answers," Naruto said, "I still want to know what happened to her."

"You don't even know if she's really dead," Boruto said, "She could still be alive-…"

"Boruto," Naruto snapped, "I used my sage mode, all over the world, for months. I couldn't find her chakra!" He did not want Boruto to have false hope. Naruto knew just how painful that was.

"You said you never found her body either," Boruto tried, "Maybe she was just someplace far away, maybe she's-…"

"Boruto stop it," Naruto said.

"No! I'm not you, I'm not going to give up on her, just because you couldn't protect her!" Boruto grabbed the picture and ran out of the office.

Shikamaru who stood there watching the whole thing looked at Naruto. He was starring at his desk, with a defeated look on his face.

"Naruto?"

"I'll be fine," Naruto sat down, "I'll talk to him later."

Sakura was about to cook dinner, when the phone rang. Sarada jumped up and answered it, "Hello… Okay," Sarada looked up from the phone, "Hey Mom, it's for you."

"Coming," Sakura left the kitchen and took the phone from Sarada.

"Hello?"

"Sakura," Hinata's voice came from the other end.

"Hey Hinata," Sakura said, "What's up?"

"Sakura…" Hinata's voice sounded so tired, "Is it possible for you to watch Himawari?"

"Yeah, why?" Sakura asked concerned. Hinata didn't sound well.

"Boruto…" Hinata's voice trembled, "Boruto went into Kairi's room."

Sakura couldn't stop the gasp, "What?"

"He found a picture of Kairi, and he figured out she was his sister," Hinata explained, "He… He ran out. I need to find him."

Sakura didn't need to hear the whole story. Boruto got mad. She knew how emotional he was. He must have yelled at Hinata. Sakura knew that Kairi was always her weakness, Hinata's and Naruto's.

"Okay, we'll be right over."

"Thank you."

Sakura hung up.

"We're going somewhere?" Sarada asked, only hearing half the story.

Hinata hung up the phone. She looked to see Himawari sitting on the couch. She had been quiet since Boruto left. Hinata could only imagine what Himawari was thinking.

Himawari reminded Hinata of Kairi. She was so sweet and cheerful. Hinata sighed, she knew Himawari deserved to know more, her and Boruto.

Hinata left the living room. When she came back, she had something. She sat down next to Himawari and placed it on the coffee table. The little girl looked at it, it was some kind of book.

Hinata took the cover and flipped it open. Revealing a series of pictures of a red-haired baby, "This is your sister Kairi, when she was first born."

Himawari leaned closer.

Boruto found a bench to sulk on. He curled into a ball, the picture secured in his embrace, almost as if to protect it.

"Hey."

Boruto looked up to see Sora standing near him.

"Hey," Boruto muttered.

Sora sat down next to him. Boruto turned his eyes back to the picture.

"You knew I had a big sister," Boruto said quietly.

"Yeah," Sora nodded, "I know her, I grew up with her."

Boruto shot his eyes back up at Sora, "So, she is really alive?"

"Yeah," Sora nodded.

Boruto couldn't stop his relieved smile. His sister was alive. Then so many questions hit him at once, "Where's the guy who kidnapped her? What did he do to her? Is she hurt? Where has she been this whole time? What's her name?"

"Whoa slow down," Sora held up his hands, "First, the guy who kidnapped her. He erased her memories, and altered her appearance a little. Right now, she doesn't have whisker marks and her eyes are blue, but she's going to look like that again soon. She's in training."

"Training? For what?"

"Chakra control," Sora explained, "After he erased her memories, he left her on my home island. We don't have ninja, so we don't know anything about chakra. Kairi never had the chance to have any ninja training."

Boruto's expression fell. That didn't sound fair. He got to go to the Academy, he learned how to make shadow clones and transform. Imagining his sister didn't have that chakra or ninja training. Boruto couldn't help but feel bad.

"She was happy on our island, but she was always staring into the ocean. You want to know what I learned?"

Boruto raised an eyebrow, "What?"

"Even if we lose the memories of the people we care about, they're still in our heart."

"That sounds really sappy."

"Well, I don't think so, I think it's the truth. When Riku and I wanted to leave our island, Kairi wanted to come with us. She said she wanted to see the place she was born. I think deep down, she was looking for you."

"Kairi?"

Sora pointed at the photo, "That's her name."

Boruto looked at the photo of his sister… at the photo of Kairi.

"Kairi," Boruto repeated, wanting to know how it felt to say her name, "What's she like?"

"Well, she's nice," Sora began, "She can be a little bossy though. If me and Riku got into a fight, she'd break us up. She is kind, loyal, she's always trying to make herself better for those around her… she's amazing."

Boruto looked at Sora, and saw a dreamy expression. Then he realized something, "Do you have a crush on my sister?"

Sora's face went beat read at the question.

"You do!" Boruto said appalled.

"Look, we're well… ow." Boruto started hitting on Sora's head.

"Stay away from my sister!"

"Boruto!"

Boruto woke up. Someone shook him awake. He looked up to see it was his mother

"M-Mom?"

"Finally, I found you," Hinata sighed in relief.

Boruto looked down at the photo in his lap. Hinata sighed and sat next to him. She knew he wasn't going to be that happy to see her.

They sat in silence for a while. Hinata looked at the photo, "I remember the day this photo was taken."

Boruto silently looked up at his mom. Silently urging her to continue.

"Your were about half a year old," Hinata explained, "When we were expecting you, we sat down with Kairi, your sister," Boruto noted that his dream was right again, "We told her that you were a baby and couldn't do anything on your own. So, we were going to have to give you more attention. Kairi was four, she didn't like it, but she never complained. At the beginning, she mostly stayed away from you. Her excuse was, she just didn't know how to take care of you. That did change. One day, you were a little fussy, so I went to go get your bottle. When I came back, she was standing next to your crib. Talking to you, telling you a story. It kept you calm long enough for me to get your bottle and feed you. Kairi, didn't know how to handle being a big sister at the beginning, but she tried to. She started helping out, even though it was just small tasks. That picture. One day, I was tired, and I fell asleep in the living room. According to Kairi, she walked in, and you just crawled to her. When you got to her, you climbed onto her, so she had to sit down. When you were in her lap, you got comfortable and fell asleep. Your father came in and saw you two together. He woke me up and we just couldn't help ourselves. We took a picture… Kairi loved you…" Hinata's voice started to tremble, "I-it just took a little time for her… t-to know that… And you… you l-loved her from the beginning."

Boruto started to panic when he realized his mother was starting to cry, "Mom."

"I loved Kairi," Hinata confessed, "I still love her. I miss her everyday… I know you're mad we never told you, and you have every right… But we didn't know how to tell you or Himawari…"

Boruto went silent with guilt. He held his mom's hand, "Mom… I'll find Kairi. I know you and Dad… and everyone else thinks she's dead, but I know she isn't. I'll find her and bring her home."

Hinata just hugged her son as she cried. Boruto knew that she didn't believe Kairi was alive, or didn't want to hope she was. So, he just hugged her. He wouldn't bring it up again verbally, but he was going to find Kairi!

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Sora watched the pool, that showed Boruto and Hinata hugging. Sora rubbed his sore head, "Man, he hits hard, just like Kairi."

"So, did you speak to him?" Sora looked behind him to see Neji approaching.

"Yeah, how's Kairi?"

Neji thought back.

Kairi tumbled back, splashing over the surface. Neji lowered his palms, "You need to rest now."

Kairi struggled to get up, "I'm not done yet."

Neji sighed, "You are for now."

"I'm asleep," Kairi reminded, "I can train as much as I want."

"Training like this, still puts a strain on your physical body. You need to rest. I'll come back tomorrow. Rest for now."

"But-…"

"No buts! Over exerting yourself won't make you stronger, it will only harm you!" She didn't have a tailed beast like her father. She couldn't train non stop. Kairi shot him a glare that reminded him of Naruto.

"Fine," Kairi relented, "But you better come back and train me!"

"I will," Neji then left Kairi.

"She's as stubborn as both her parents," Neji sighed.

"Well, Boruto knows about Kairi now, but he wasn't exactly happy his parents didn't tell him."

"I can imagine," Neji said, "He's just like his father. At least Kairi inherited Hinata's patience."

Sora looked at Hinata as she walked Boruto home, "Now I know where Kairi gets her good looks from."

"What was that?"

Sora felt chill go up his spine, "Did I say that out loud?"

"You did."

Sora slowly looked behind him to see a very angry Neji.

"What?" Sora asked trying to defuse the situation, "It's a compliment, you don't think they look nice?"

Neji sighed, "Being attracted to idiots, like mother like daughter."

"So," Sora decided to change the topic, "Do you really think that, training her chakra will bring her real memories back?"

"Yes," Neji said, "Kairi activated her Byakugan twice, that helped loosen the seal. Luxu made it so that the stronger her chakra, the weaker the seal. Eventually, she'll have to remember on her own, but for now, this is a start."

"So, is she any good at it?" Sora asked.

"Kairi has never received any chakra training," Neji reminded, "But she has had combat training. I think her magic training, may also help. I only trained her in one day, but she is eager to learn."

"I told Boruto she's always trying to make herself better," Sora sighed, "She's already amazing," Sora then shivered when he felt the angry glare of Neji.

"You saved my niece three times, so I'm willing to accept you to be apart of her life," but Sora could practically hear Neji also saying, 'But I'm never going to like it.'

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Boruto was lying in bed. After Hinata found him and brought him home, he went to bed. He barely had a chance to say goodbye to Sakura and Sarada.

He just starred at the ceiling. Today was just messed up. He had another sister, an older sister, named Kairi.

He heard his door open. He sat up to see Himawari, clutching a photo album to her chest.

"Hey, Hima," Boruto said. Himawari was quiet as she looked down. Boruto frowned, he wasn't mad at his little sister. He was mad at himself. He was so angry earlier that he lashed out at their mom. Himawari saw the whole thing. He completely forgot about her in his anger. He should have thought about how she felt, "Himawari, I'm sorry about earlier. I know I must had been really scary and…"

His sister walked to his bed and placed the photo album on his lap. That shut him up. Himawari then climbed onto the bed next to him and flipped open the book of pictures. The first page was filled with pictures of a red haired baby.

"This is Kairi's," Himawari explained. Boruto looked between her and the book.

For a while, they just sat in silence. Looking through the photo album. When it felt like they examined the page long enough, Himawari went to the next page.

They looked at Kairi's early years. Her baby pictures. She had a pink kitty onesies that highlighted her whisker marks when she was a baby. Another picture of Hinata holding baby Kairi. Another of Naruto holding baby Kairi. There was a picture of Kairi as a toddler, holding a teddy bear. Kairi being doted on by their grandpa Hiashi. A picture of Kairi holding hands with a slightly older girl.

"Wait, that's…" Boruto looked at the small title. Kairi and Mirai

Mirai knew Kairi? That was something Boruto would have to ask later. They went to the next page.

They were in the hospital. Kairi was sitting in her father's lap, who sat next to Hinata; who was holding a newly born Boruto.

The photo's after that weren't just of Kairi. Boruto was in them two. Kairi standing next to Boruto in his cradle. Kairi wiping a mess, next to a crying Boruto. Kairi holding Boruto in his lap.

Eventually, they reached blank pages.

"There aren't any of me and Kairi," Himawari finally said.

Boruto looked at his little sister. Himawari stared at the blank pages sadly. Of course she wanted to know more about their big sister.

"Kairi was… Kairi left before you were born Hima," Boruto told her.

"I know… Mommy told me."

"You want to know something Hima?"

Himawari looked at him curiosly, "Kairi is alive. She's out there somewhere."

Himawari frowned, "Then why isn't she with us?"

"Because apparently our stupid old man, couldn't find her and gave up," Boruto said bitterly, "But I'm going to find her. I'm going to bring her home and then; we'll take a photo. All three of us Uzumaki siblings together."

Himawari's eyes widened. Hope sparkling, "Do you mean it?"

"I mean it," Boruto said, "Just keep it a secret from Mom and Dad okay?"

"Why?"

"Because, they think Kairi's gone for good. They won't believe it unless they see her in person. It'll be a surprise for them."

Himawari smiled, "Okay."

The Next Morning

"We searched everywhere all night for you," Shikadai complained as they rode the top of the train to the Academy, "It was such a drag."

"Look, I'm sorry okay," Boruto sighed.

Then Shikadai sighed, "No… I'm sorry."

Boruto looked at him confused, "For what?"

"We didn't mean it yesterday… We didn't actually want that room to be…" Shikadai sighed. It was supposed to be a joke, not a real family tragedy.

"Don't worry about it," Boruto said, "Because I'm going to find Kairi."

"Kairi?"

"My big sister," Boruto explained.

"She's been gone for ten years," Mitsuki said. Wait a minute.

"Mitsuki?" Boruto and Shikadai jumped to see Mitsuki behind them.

"How long have you been there?"

"This whole time."

"Wait, you knew about my sister?" Boruto asked, "Why didn't you tell me?"

"I thought you already knew," Mitsuki said, "And you made it clear yesterday you wouldn't believe she was real until you saw her room."

Boruto sighed, "I guess you're right."

"Boruto are you sure?" Shikadai asked, "Ten years is a long time."

"I don't care," Boruto said, "I know she's alive. Sora told me."

"Who?"

"The guy in my dream, he's the one who told me about Kairi in the first place," Boruto then looked down to mutter, "He may or may not be Kairi's boyfriend… He better not be."

"Well, this is going to be a drag."

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Ienzo walked in to check on Kairi's vitals. One of the things they had to do was make sure Kairi didn't die. Kairi's heart rate was a little fast, like she was calming down from a workout. It didn't look like her life was in danger though.

He caught a glance of her reflection in the glass behind the computer. Then he turned to face her completely. He even got closer to examine her face. It was clear, just like before. He could have sworn that her cheeks had markings. That looked like whiskers. Maybe he was just tired.

"This is strange." Even was looking over the saliva swab. He was looking at the DNA. It was basic medical procedure. However, there was something different. Foreign about Kairi's DNA. Even stood up from the microscope. He may have to take a better look.

Kairi deserved to know, what she was.