You, Boruto, Shikadai, and Inojin were walking together to school the next day. Boruto yawned loudly, his mouth opening wider than Guantanamo Bay.

"Man... if you keep yawning like that you'll choke on a ghost dick."

Boruto's face exploded in red and steam arised from his cheeks.

"E-EH?!?! DON'T GO SAYING THINGS LIKE THAT!!" He exclaimed, backing away from you.

"Then keep your damn yawns to a minimum!" You exclaimed back, an irk mark on your head.

We all can't be sociopaths like you.

'I'm not a sociopath! I just have standards!'

Uh huh...

You and the others kept walking, but stopped when Shikadai looked back and turned around. You and the other two watched Shikadai run up to Metal who was walking slowly behind the group of you. You hummed, looking at Metal.

'I sense something evil consuming him...' You thought.

You're right. An evil chakra is feeding off of him.

Chakra? Is it a demon?

No. It's something else, but I can't pin point what or where it is.

Y/n and I would've sensed if it was a demon. Most of the demons down in the Underworld and Hell don't feed off of humans chakra.

'Then what is it?'

I guess we'll find out.

Metal didn't reply and just jumped onto a roof and hopped down.

"Wait up!" Shikadai exclaimed to him before following him. You, Boruto, and Inojin ran to where Shikadai was previously standing.

"Shikadai?!" Boruto called to him.

"What's going on?" Boruto asked, a little freaked out.

"No time for questions!" You replied before jumping and following the two with Boruto and Inojin not that far behind you. You stayed on the roof and saw Metal swing his leg into the stone wall in front of him. Shikadai rolled out of the way in time and stood back up.

"Shikadai! Are you okay?" Boruto asked as the three of you jumped down to his side.

"He's fighting Metal?" Inojin asked.

"I don't get it, but he's not himself." Shikadai replied. Metal got into a deep stance.

"If you're going to get in the way I won't show you any mercy either." He said, his voice completely serious.

"HAH?!?! I'LL SHOW YOU NO MERCY YOU BOWL CUT SON OF A—"

"What's wrong Boruto?" Inojin interrupted. An irk mark appeared on your head, but you let it go.

"Can't you guys see that?" Boruto asked, looking at the three of you.

"I can't see it, but I sense it." You replied.

"What are you talking about?" Shikadai asked. You glanced back at him.

"Never mind that! Metal's lost it... what do we...?" Shikadai trailed off.

"Something terrible will happen unless we do something." Boruto explained. You looked at him in confusion. Metal brought out shuriken and threw them at you. You all dodged by jumping in the air.

"He threw them perfectly!" Shikadai exclaimed.

"When he's not nervous he's amazing." Inojin added. Metal threw two more shuriken's from behind his back. You pulled out a kunai and deflected the one that flew at you.

"Hey Shikadai, he strong! Do you have a strategy?!" Boruto asked as the four of you landed back on the ground.

"Calm down. I'm thinking!" Shikadai replied.

"In any case... run away!"

The four of you ran away from Metal who followed you. You ran through the Academy's courtyard into the school and back into the training grounds. The four of you took cover in bush since you gained distance from him. Metal stopped by the logs and looked around, his back facing where you four were hiding.

"Come on out. It's useless to hide!" He called out.

"H-he's scary..." Boruto whisper yelled.

"Shh, quiet." Inojin said.

"We can't just keep on running away." Shikadai said.

"You were the one to tell us to, you shit!" You whisper yelled as well.

"It's okay! I've figured it out this time..." Shikadai reassured.

"It better be a good plan." You grumbled.

"Let's counterattack."

You hummed in interest.

"Listen, Boruto." Shikadai began, turning his head to the blond.

"If you don't want it to be game over don't go charging in all by yourself!" Shikadai explained.

"Huh?"

"Even if our opponent is strong, pooling our strength makes victory possible. That's what makes games fun." He explained further. He then turned his head to you.

"Y/n, be prepared to knock Metal out with one of your scary mother punches."

You smiled and cracked your knuckles, stars shining in your eyes.

"With pleasure."

Boruto and two clones popped out of the bushes and landed on the ground, running towards Metal. Metal kicked the one away in a poof and round house kicked the other one. Metal looked up and saw Boruto up in the air falling to him. Metal raised his leg so that he collided with it and it poofed away.

"Shadow Paralysis Jutsu!" Shikadai called out from him. Two of his shadows slithered out and chased Metal around. The shadow had stretched to its limit.

"Ninja Art: Super Beast Scroll!" Inojin exclaimed while rolling out a scroll. Multiple birds popped up from the scroll and flew towards Metal. It distracted him long enough that Shikadai hit him with his Paralysis Jutsu. You smirked lightly.

'Oh... not bad.' You thought, watching them. The real Shikadai popped out from the bushes.

"Shadow Paralysis Jutsu complete." The clone Shikadai poofed and it was Boruto who used the transformation Jutsu. The shadow at Boruto's feet moved and revealed they were Inojin's drawings. Suddenly, the dark chakra surrounding Metal intensifies, his face going red.

What's happening?

He's gaining power.

"I will never forgive you... for tricking me!"

You saw Shikadai strain to keep the Jutsu together.

"Y/n! Knock him out!" Shikadai exclaimed to you. You jumped out of the bushes with your arm back.

"WITH PLEASURE!!!"

Shikadai, Inojin, and Boruto covered their faces from the kicked up dust and dirt.

"W...what...?" Boruto's mind blanked out. When the dust cleared Metal was underneath you, looking completely dazed and confused. You felt the dark chakra recede and Metal was back to normal. The three of them ran over to Metal and you.

"Metal, are you okay?!" Boruto asked as he ran up to him. You took a step back and looked at all of the ground you broke. You puffed out your chest proudly.

'Hmph! Take that, Sakura!' You thought.

Man...

Everything you do turns into a competition.

'Spite helps motivate me.'

No, food does.

'... that too.'

Ja ne!

{Ruby Red}