Sakura and Naruto get together in the original timeline. What will happen with Boruto?

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Naruto was sitting at home at the Hokage mansion looking over some scrolls that Shikamaru had left for him. He was very concerned about the fact that someone had broken into the Hokage office and he wanted to get to the bottom of it as soon as possible. He heard the sound of someone entering through the front door. He looked and saw that it was his son, Boruto.

"Hey, dad," Boruto said, greeting his father casually. "Sakura-san isn't here?"

Naruto thought back to five years ago when everything had changed.

Naruto was heading home from work. He had been depressed about his family, so he had had a couple drinks while he was working. As he turned a corner, he crashed into someone who was about a foot shorter than he was.

"Ow! Excuse me... Wait, Naruto?"

Naruto found himself facing Sakura who was looking at him with a surprised expression. He smiled weakly at her.

"Oh, it's you, Sakura-chan... Come on, I'll walk you home." he said.

The two teammates walked side by side to the Uchiha home, making small talk. When they arrived, they stopped. Sakura had noticed that Naruto was being uncharacteristically reserved.

"Are you okay, Naruto...?" she asked.

"I don't know, Sakura-chan... Everything is so screwed up. Nothing is the way that I envisioned it being... I feel like a failure. My son hates me. I guess I wasn't a good father... I feel like I messed up my life and there's no way I can fix it, Sakura-chan."

Sakura stared at him. She didn't like this at all. This was nothing like Naruto.

"Naruto, you're completely wrong. You're the opposite of a failure... You're the most wonderful person I've ever known. I've always thought so... You deserve to get everything you want, Naruto," Sakura said, looking at him seriously.

Naruto looked at her with a wistful smile on his face.

"I wish that were really true, Sakura-chan..."

Sakura's eyes widened in shock.

The way he's looking at me... Is it me? Am I still hurting him even now...? Naruto... thought Sakura.

"Naruto... I'm so sorry!"

She suddenly hugged Naruto. Naruto was stunned for a few seconds before reciprocating. He looked like he was struggling inside and tried to say something.

"Sakura-chan... Can you... Damn it..."

"What is it, Naruto?"

"Can I just be selfish this one time...? Sakura-chan... I..."

Naruto's voice sounded very pained. His grip on her tightened.

Does he still... Oh God... All this time... Naruto... I am so selfish and stupid... thought Sakura, internally cursing herself.

"Sakura-chan... I want to ask if you..." Naruto continued.

"I love you, Naruto..."

"What...?"

Naruto tried to break away from Sakura. She pulled him closer to her, pushed her lips against his briefly, then held him by the shoulders and stared into his eyes.

"I love you! Naruto, I am so sorry. I was so stupid. Please forgive me... I made a huge mistake. I'm unhappy, too. I should have been honest with you a long time ago... I want to change all of this. I love you with all my heart, Naruto."

"Sakura-chan..."

She looks so serious... Am I dreaming? This is amazing, Naruto thought.

"Sakura-chan!" Naruto shouted joyously.

He picked Sakura up and spun her around.

"What are you doing?! Put me down! Baka!"

/

After that, the two of them had discussed the situation with their families.

Hinata was much less upset than anyone expected. She simply expressed that she was sorry that she couldn't make Naruto happy, and she was glad Naruto had thought she was worth spending a part of his life with. She only wished that they continue to work together to take care of their children. Naruto agreed, feeling somewhat guilty. The two of them divorced amicably a few months later. Hinata returned to the Hyuga estate. Boruto chose to stay with Hinata, and Himawari lived with Naruto half the time and Hinata the other half.

Himawari had been hurt by it, but she had too much love for her father to hold anything against him. Naruto explained to her how he had always felt towards Sakura and that he believed he couldn't be happy without her in his life. Himawari said she understood and wanted to get to know Sakura better; she must be amazing if her father loves her so much.

Boruto really didn't care at all. His relationship with his father was so bad at that point, it almost couldn't get any worse. He honestly thought his mother was better off without Naruto. Leaving his mother was something he had practically expected from Naruto. They improved their relations later on, but things between him and Naruto continued to be awkward.

Sarada was glad to see her mother happy, and she had always admired Naruto. She spent more time around the two of them than Naruto's children did. She really enjoyed seeing her mother's interactions with Naruto. It was a side of Sakura that she had rarely seen before.

She couldn't have been happier for the couple, but she was concerned about her father's reaction. It didn't really make any sense to Sarada.

Sakura had come to spend the night with Naruto at his home, the Hokage mansion. It had been several months after they had first talked. She had brought Sarada with her as she had wanted to visit Naruto. He had promised to help her work on a jutsu. Himawari was staying with Hinata, so it was just the three of them.

Naruto helped Sarada with the jutsu, then they had dinner together. Then Naruto went out to pick up some bath products that Sakura wanted. They were of a type that Hinata had never used, so Naruto had to go buy them. The two women were relaxing after the night's events. Sarada was upstairs on the balcony while Sakura was sitting in the living room wearing a pair of pink pajamas. She was waiting for Naruto to return so she could finally take a bath. She heard the sound of the front door opening and someone walking in. Sakura stood up.

"Naruto...?" she called.

She went to see who it was. As it turned out, it was Sasuke, dressed in the attire that was typical for him when traveling. It seemed he had just returned to Konoha after some years away.

"Sasuke-kun..." mumbled Sakura when she found herself facing him. Sarada was listening to the exchange from her position hidden on the balcony.

"Hn. Sakura. What are you doing at Naruto's house?" questioned Sasuke. He remained standing in the doorway.

"Sasuke-kun, please let me explain."

"No need to explain. You're obviously involved with Naruto. I really don't care. I still trust you. Please continue to safeguard the interests of the Uchiha as you always have."

Sarada's mouth fell open in shock.

That's his reaction...? Are you serious...?, thought the younger Uchiha.

Sakura became teary-eyed. She tackled Sasuke and hugged him tightly.

"Of course I will! Thank you so much... Over all these years, you've truly become my best friend... Sasuke," said an emotional Sakura.

Sasuke extricated himself from her embrace, blushing very slightly.

"Hn. I have other business to attend to. Since Naruto clearly isn't here, I'm leaving now. See you later, Sakura."

He turned to leave.

"And you, Sarada," Sasuke finally stated.

Sakura smiled nostalgically as she watched him walk away. Sarada jumped down from her hiding spot and stood next to Sakura.

"Papa..." Sarada softly muttered as the Uchiha's figure got smaller and smaller in the distance.

/

The couple still weren't at the point of living together. They planned to wait until both Sarada and Himawari were living on their own. Sasuke didn't ask them to be discreet, but Naruto and Sakura didn't want anyone to think badly of him. Sarada eventually came to understand that Sasuke had simply never looked at her adoptive mother that way.

"Dad?" Boruto asked again. Naruto finished reminiscing.

"Yeah, no. She has some business at the Hokage Tower," Naruto replied.

"Oh, okay!" Boruto grinned in what he supposed was a friendly way. "Say, Dad?"

"Yeah?"

"I've been studying fuinjutsu a lot lately. You think I could take a look at your seal?"

"You mean the Hakke no Fuin Shiki that holds Kurama?"

"Yeah, that one."

"Sure, I guess," Naruto grabbed the hem of his shirt. Just as he did so, there was a crash as the front door slammed open. As they turned to look, both father and son heard a cry of "Shannaro!" and could feel the floor underneath them being torn apart. Naruto was able to regain his footing, but Boruto tripped and fell backwards.

"Naruto!" Sakura yelled from where she had punched the ground near the entrance to the mansion.

"Sakura-chan? What's going on?" Naruto asked, still looking at Boruto.

"Don't trust him. Sarada was supposed to return from her mission today, but she didn't! This was after the two of them had a fight! Then I heard about your office being broken into. A while ago, Sasuke told me that there might be something wrong with Boruto. I think he did something to Sarada! Naruto, be careful!"

"Sakura-chan..." Naruto replied, not really knowing what to do.

"Dad, are you really going to listen to her over me? I'm your only son! She's just a..." Boruto said, playing at innocence as he pulled himself to his feet.

"Boruto, be quiet. You can't imagine how much she means to me. Just stay where you are and don't move. If you really didn't do anything, I promise nothing bad will happen," Naruto interjected, making a ram sign.

A clone appeared and ran off to retrieve a squad of ANBU. Sakura let the clone pass and moved to stand by Naruto. She glared at Boruto apprehensively. The blonde's calm facade was slowly falling apart as he realized his plan would never work now.

"Grr... God damn it! How the hell did this happen? You fucked everything up for me... How? You fucking pink bitch! I should've-" Boruto ranted before he was cut off by Sakura punching him in the face. She didn't use full force, but he was sent flying and crashed through a wall. Naruto and Sakura followed him through the newly created opening. Boruto was laying there on the floor, stunned but still conscious.

"I hope the ANBU arrives soon... Thank you for trusting me, Naruto," Sakura said as she wrapped an arm around Naruto protectively.

"Of course... I think you might have saved my life, Sakura-chan," Naruto said, returning the one-armed embrace as the two watched the prone Boruto.

"It wouldn't be the first time, baka."

Shikamaru arrived along with a group of four ANBU. Naruto's clone had explained the situation to him. He held Boruto in place using his clan jutsu.

"Search him. We still don't know what he planned to do or where Sarada is," Shikamaru said. The ANBU did as he instructed while Naruto and Sakura observed. They pulled out several sealing tags and a large scroll.

"I think he intended to take the Kyuubi from you at the very least, Hokage-sama," Shikamaru continued after having seen the tags.

"Oh, God... What the hell is wrong with you, Boruto...?" Naruto wondered. Boruto only glared at him.

"This is scary, Naruto... If we can't trust the people close to us, then what are we supposed to do?" Sakura said, pulling Naruto a little closer to her.

"I don't know... I'm so lucky that you showed up, Sakura-chan," Naruto replied.

"You'd be lost without me, Naruto-baka... Hey, Shikamaru. What's that big one?" asked Sakura.

Shikamaru signaled an ANBU who then grabbed the big scroll and unsealed it. A seriously wounded but still conscious Sarada appeared in front of where Boruto was being restrained. She wasn't wearing her glasses and her clothes were badly burned.

"Mama... Naruto... You have to stop Boruto... He wants my Sharingan..." Sarada muttered weakly.

"Oh no... What happened, Sarada?! What did that bastard do to you?! My poor baby girl..." Sakura said, pushing off of Naruto. She knelt next to Sarada's position on the floor and started healing her.

"He ambushed me as I was returning from my mission... He's crazy... You have to stop him..." Sarada explained.

"We already took care of him. He's behind you," Shikamaru replied.

"Boruto, you little shit... How dare you? I should fucking kill you..." Sakura spat angrily while glaring at Boruto. Boruto grinned back in a taunting fashion.

Sakura continued to heal the dark-haired girl. In the meantime, Naruto and the ANBU examined the seals Boruto had planned to use while Shikamaru kept Boruto disabled. After they had finished cataloging everything the younger Uzumaki had on him, Sarada's major wounds had been healed and she wasn't in much pain anymore.

When Sakura had finished healing Sarada, the pinkette stood up from her position on the floor with a murderous look on her face. She stomped over to where Boruto was being restrained. Then she started kicking him in the midsection and the lower half of his body over and over again, which eventually sent the young man flying into a wall. He landed in a painful heap.

"Ow! Fuck! Stop it, Sakura! God damn it! ANBU, restrain her!" yelled Shikamaru from where he had fallen over, face contorted in pain. He somehow managed to retain control of his jutsu.

The ANBU moved to stop Sakura. Two of them took hold of her arms and dragged her away from the fallen Boruto.

"Heh... Sorry about that, Shikamaru..." Sakura said sheepishly.

"Yeah, sure... No problem... I really don't envy you, Naruto..." Shikamaru muttered, still somewhat hurting.

Naruto chuckled before remembering that his son had just tried to murder him. He became serious and looked at Sarada, who was now sitting up and facing him and Sakura.

"Sarada-chan, we'll need to have a hearing. Will you be able to testify against Boruto?" Naruto asked.

"Of course... That asshole nearly killed me... By all rights, I shouldn't even be alive... You'll never have my Sharingan! You hear me, Boruto, you fuck?!" Sarada shouted, not bothering to turn her head to look at Boruto. He couldn't hear her, as he had passed out when he hit the wall.

The ANBU dragged the fallen blonde away as Sakura apologized to Shikamaru again. Shikamaru nodded and walked out. Naruto and Sakura looked at each other.

"I'm so glad I made it here in time..." Sakura said.

"Thank you, Sakura-chan," Naruto replied.

"Thank you both... I thought I was going to die in there," Sarada said gratefully.

Both Sakura and Naruto wrapped an arm around Sarada, supporting her weight. They slowly walked to the hospital.