Again: WARNING this chapter contains a little bit of nasty stuff. (Gore, blood, fighting etc.)

"MAMA!" Himawari SCREAMED as she saw her mother's bloody body going up in flames...

Absolutely horrified, Boruto stared at the site. His mom… was… dead. Himawari kept screaming, but it appeared that the explosion had taken care of the intruders as well.

Little Boruto and Himawari were running around the garden playing ninja. They were all over the place.

The treehouse, the flowerbed, the open field, the small forest, you name it. Their dad was "trying everything he could" to catch the two "shinobi", while Hinata was watching happily from a distance.

Suddenly, Boruto, who was running in front, tripped, causing Himawari to trip as well.

Both kids started whining shortly after, both parents speeding up and rushing over to their crying children.

Boruto had scratched his right knee, as well as both hands, meanwhile, Himawari had accidentally twisted her ankle.

Naruto picked up the whining Himawari, meanwhile, Hinata had carried Boruto, who was also crying.

"You know what sweetie? We shinobi are tough. We don't go down easily, so I know you'll be alright. After all, you're a tough shinobi, are you not?" Hinata said, with her sweet motherly eyes.

After that Boruto didn't feel the urge to cry anymore. He also did his best not to show any signs of weakness while getting his wounds desensitized.

Himawari was on the kitchen counter with an ice pack on her ankle. Her eyes were still watery. From that day forward he had made it his goal to be a tough shinobi, who could not only protect his mom but his sister and dad too!

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Boruto couldn't hear anything. The world around him was spinning and blurry. He knew tears were running down his cheeks, but he hadn't processed what had just happened himself just yet. Himawari looked hysterical as if she wanted to jump into the flames and save their beloved Kaa-chan.

But deep down… she knew it was over for Hinata Hyuuga. And so did Boruto.

Another explosion was seen in the distance, and then another and another. It quickly became clear what was happening.

Himawari, being the most "mature" of them, quickly grabbed Boruto's hand, and started running. Running, running, and more running.

She was still screaming while waterfalls were running down her eyes, but she was running amazingly fast.

Boruto almost couldn't keep up. "Hima! I can't kweep up!" The little blond yelled. Himawari looked like she wiped her tears away a moment after.

Hima-survival-instincts on.

"Sorry, Boru-nii. You'll have to keep up a little longer!" She yelled, obviously trying to hide her sadness.

Himawari POV:

She hated it, she hated it, SHE HATED IT! Having to run, when all she wanted to do was to collapse, curl into a ball and sob, for who knows how long.

Her mama… her best friend, her sensei, her role model, her angel…. Himawari's heart begged. Begged her to stop, it hurt.

She finally understood what her parents had been talking about when they said:

"With being a shinobi comes a lot of responsibilities. You will, however, be considered a fully-capable child, and we will, therefore, entrust you with the will of fire."

"But you will have to be prepared. You may face situations where you'll have to make important choices, or where you'll be forced to give up. Sometimes you'll not have any choice, and then you'll see the dark side of inheriting the will of fire."

Himawari had heard her parents say this to Boruto the day he graduated. She had been wondering what they had meant, but now she finally understood.

This was the dark side of the shinobi world. Death.

And what mattered right now was protecting her brother. Therefore, she ran. They had to get somewhere safe. Maybe to daddy, but from what she could see, the bath was blocked from collapsed buildings, and it was too risky considering there could be placed bombs anywhere.

Suddenly an idea popped into her head. Their old hideout! They had just stumbled upon it one day when playing in the forest, and they had been so well hidden that almost the whole village had been looking for them when they returned the following evening.

"Hima! I can't kweep up!" Her brother yelled from behind.

"Sorry, Boru-nii! You'll have to keep up a little longer!" She yelled back at him. They were close now.

She ran into the forest, well aware that the ground would be extremely muddy from all the rain pouring down. Himawari wiped her eyes one last time, before turning ultra serious. Now was not the time to mourn.

Himawari was well aware that her daddy and mommy had kept on fighting in the 4th great ninja war when her uncle Neji died. That was a story she knew well. She had always been curious to know more about her uncle that she never met.

Boruto and Himawari were still in their pajamas, as they had been woken up in the middle of the night.

They were nearing their destination in the forest. Himawari felt as if something was wrong… Her instincts kicked in, as she channeled chakra to her eyes, activating her Byakugan.

And true enough. Something was wrong. Very, very wrong. There were enemies around them. Himawari counted quickly without anyone noticing her. 7 in total.

Crap. They were surrounded. A second later, one of them jumped down in front of them, blocking their path. Himawari immediately stopped, shocking Boruto who bumped into her. He was incredibly out of breath, but Himawari stood prepared in her sparring position her mother had taught her. Mother.

Trying not to think about it, she noticed how all of the other guys started coming out from their hiding places. 1, 2, 3, 5, 6… wait. Only 6? One was still hiding. Boruto looked to be terrified. He clutched tightly onto Himawari. He was shaking, she estimated.

"Well, well, well. What do we have here?" One of them asked.

"Looks to be the Hokage's brats." Another commented.

"Huh? I thought they were supposed to be killed with that suicide bomb we prepared earlier." A third said.

"Guess they managed to escape. Never mind that. This one looks to have special eyes too." A man said staring Himawari directly in the eyes. She clutched her teeth.

Those bastards and stolen her mothers' eyes.

His eyes fell upon the shaking Boruto. "That one looks… surprisingly useless. Eh, you never know." He said getting into battle stance. Himawari sweatdropped. This wasn't looking too good…

Naruto POV:

Naruto was still inside his mindscape, discussing things through with Kurama. They both stopped simultaneously.

"You feel that?" Naruto asked. "Yes. That chakra level is impressive." Kurama commented.

They nodded to each other as Naruto left the sewer-like mindscape to see what was going on outside.

Right as his eyes opened, he could hear all the sound coming from the outside world. Explosions, screaming, fighting. What was this?

He stood up quicker than the 4th Hokage and looked out at the village. He was shocked at what he saw.

The buildings in the village were in shambles, countless shinobi could bee seen running around securing the civilians. Smoke arose from several spots, probably from fire or explosion.

Shikamaru burst in through the door. "Lord seventh! The village is under attack!" He yelled.

"I can see that!" Naruto snapped back at him. He suppressed his anger the best his countless years of battles had taught him too.

"What are we dealing with?" He asked in his serious Hokage mode.

"We don't know. No enemies have been spotted yet, but as you can see someone's clearly attacking. There are already too many injured people for the hospital to handle!" He commented.

Naruto prepared to cast out orders as five ANBU guards appeared in the room.

"Prioritize the civilians! Have them all evacuate immediately! Get Kakashi sensei, and basically anybody who would be of help to help!" Two ANBU guards dispatched.

"Call Granny-Tsunade and have her help out Sakura in the hospital!" Another one immediately left.

"Call Sasuke here immediately, and keep a lookout for what or whoever is attacking!"

"Yes, Lord Hokage!" The last commented as they dispatched. Naruto walked towards the door, grabbing his Hokage robe on the way.

Another ANBU guard appeared before him. "Lord Hokage." He said crouching down.

"What is it?" Naruto asked. It was clear that he was eager to get out there and fight.

"We have a crucial report." He said. Naruto looked at him in a way that would make him understand that he would have to spit it out now.

"As you can see, several buildings in the village have been attacked, and destroyed by bombs." He started. Naruto nodded.

"No ANBU guards in the Hokage mansion have been responsive, so I went to check up on it myself. It would appear that the mansion was also attacked. Naruto flinched. '..What?'

"And…" The ANBU stopped. "Miss Hinata… unfortunately didn't make it out in time. Her body was burnt to a crisp." He stated.

Naruto felt the world shatter to pieces. Hinata, his classmate, his childhood friend, secret admirer, tough shinobi, lover and at last - wife… was… dead? No…. that couldn't be right.. she was one of the toughest shinobi he knew.

Naruto had learned to suppress tears by now, but he couldn't stop his voice from cracking.

"Lord Hokage I-"What about Boruto and Himawari?" Shikamaru was about to say but was interrupted Naruto, who looked like he was ready for an emotional breakdown.

"They were nowhere to be found. We assume that Lady Hinata was protecting them, and gave them an opening to escape while offering her own life in the process. Several other corpses were found in the rubble, assembly from a group of rogue ninja." The ANBU stated.

Naruto put the pieces together in his head. 'You truly were too kind for your own good Hinata…' He thought, smiling lightly. the tears were getting harder to hold in.

'Don't worry. I'm NOT going to let you down.' Naruto thought storming towards the door.

"Where are you going!?" Shikamaru asked.

"I'm helping out my village! That is my duty as Hokage!" Naruto yelled.

"But we need you here to keep control over everything- You do that! You're a much better strategist than me anyway!" Naruto interrupted as he faster than the human eye could process, turned nine-tails-mode and ran down towards the battlefield that was once known as Konohagakure.

'Hinata…' Naruto thought as a tear finally found it's way out.

"Not now brat. Crying is for later. Focus on what's important now." Kurama commented. Naruto knew he was right. He nodded before he was stopped by somebody.

He could feel his anger boiling inside of him. "So you're the one who did this…" He said staring at what was presumebly the enemy. He could feel himself twitching. He. Was. Gonna. Pay.

Sakura POV:

She was still standing inside the hospital room, her beloved Sasuke holding her close. They had shared the last half hour together, just chatting, hugging, and comforting each other.

"Sasuke I-" Sakura was about to say after the minutes of silence that had just occurred. They both felt it. At the exact same time.

"That chakra... it's massive." Sakura commented. Sasuke nodded. Kissing her goodbye before sprinting out the door, Sasuke left in a hurry.

Explosions were heard in the background. Sakura knew what that meant. Instant flashbacks of Pein/Pain's (IDK HOW TO SPELL IT) attack instantly flooded her mind. She kissed Sarada on the forehead before grabbing her gloves.

She walked towards the entrance, and yep, the village was clearly under attack. Injured people were already coming left and right. Sakura snapped into emergency-mode and instantly started giving out orders.

"Divide the people into groups! Make sure the most severely injured get treatment first! Everyone please if you can walk move out of the way or get to the safehouse! Go get all the extra medical equipment and blankets! We have to prepare extra beds!"

"Yes, ma'am!" All the medical ninja started doing as they were told as Sakura got to work. This was gonna be one hell of an afternoon.

After treating multiple patients, Sakura was starting to sweat as the crowd only got bigger, and bigger and bigger!

Still yelling orders left and right, Sakura was starting to stress out more than she usually did. (She's a medical ninja. what else could you expect?)

Luckily, it seemed as Naruto had ordered the medical ninjas on break to go to the hospital to provide assistance. More medical ninja came to help out, which made Sakura more focused.

"Get me a medical bag, a pair of gloves and a dose of amlodipine right now!" An all to familiar voice yelled.

Sakura turned to see her old mentor giving out commands while treating a kid whose body had been almost completely crushed.

"Yes, Lasy Tsunade!" The medical ninja around her started doing as they were told.

"M'lady!" Sakura exclaimed happiliy. Now she wasn't all alone anymore. "Sakura! Focus!" Tsunade ordered.

Sakura instantly got back to work. The chaos continued on for what seemed like an eternity.

Suddenly, she spotted something odd… a little blonde boy. He was sticking out like a sore thumb, but he looked extremely terrified.

Sakura, having just finished up with another patient, decided to rush over to him.

"Boruto!" She yelled. The little boy's attention gazed upon her. He looked so horrified. 'What happened to him?' Sakura inspected him, declaring that the bruises he was covered with were all minor, and nothing serious.

"Why are you alone?" She asked.

"Want Sakura! I-I was so scawed! Dere was dis man dat woke me up in the mwiddle of de night, and den mwom came to check on me, and she said it was gonna be alwight, and den these guys came into wour house, and then mwom got hurt, and Himawari was so scawed, but mwom told us to wun away so we wan, bwut den de house expwoded and then mwom… then mwom.." Boruto said.

His eyes were waterfalls, and his nose was dripping with snot. His eyes were extremely red, he had clearly been crying a lot.

"Hold on! You don't mean to say that Hinata…." Sakura asked. The boy could only nod before whining even more.

'Hinata…' Sakura thought.

Boruto started talking again. "Bwut den Hima took my hand and den we wan. Wi was so confused, and den swuddenlwy dese guys cwame out and den…" Boruto couldn't continue his story. He hugged his aunt, snot and everything getting on her clothes.

She innerly mourned as she rubbed the little guy's head. She knew she didn't have time for this, even though she wished she could just sit and comfort him the rest of the night.

He ended up crying himself to sleep, and Sakura laid him on the couch that was placed in Sarada's room.

Sakura continued to boss around in all the chaos, even though she felt broken. Hinata was dead…

Himawari's POV a couple minutes ago:

The men surrounded the both of them. Himawari knew she was in a tight spot.

"Boru-nii. You have to get out of here." She said exactly so quiet she knew he was the only one who heard her.

"Nwo!" He said stubbornly. His eyes were still wet from the tears earlier.

"You have to! I can't let you dire too!" She said.

A man came at them.

Himawari quickly pushed herself and Boruto out of the way. "You have to!" She yelled, fighting off a couple of the other men.

Boruto was paralized. Should he listen to his sister and leave her behind or stay? It was almost killing him.

Boruto didn't have as sharp instincts as his dad, and therefore didn't notice the bad guy sneaking up behind him. He was looking like he was ready to kill. Himawari noticed.

"Boru-Nii!" She yelled pushing the guys out of her way with an air fist and jumping in front of him as the guy was about to strike.

Boruto watching and horror as the guy chopped down at his sister. She managed to jump away in time to escape with her life. Her fingers weren't a lucky though…

Her little finger had gotten cut off and was now laying on the ground like a dead worm. Himawari screamed out in pain and bit her lip before correcting Boruto's hair with a very forced smile.

"Boru-nii. You have to get out of here- ARGH - Please? -AGGH- For Hima? ARH-" Himawari said in between cries as she still smiled looking at him. She had already started healing herself the best she could, but it was clear that it was extremely painful.

Boruto could only watch in awe. He was so speechless that he didn't even sob when the tears streamed down his cheeks.

Then ever so slowly, he nodded. Himawari's smile grew wider as she stood up. Biding her lower lip in pain, she stood ready for battle again.

"I'm a shinobi! I don't give up! I'll take you on- " She said with an extremely painful expression. Boruto hated watching her suffer.

All the men came for her at once, and right as they were close enough, Himawari screamed:

"RUN!" As she looked at him in a serious tone, staring directly at him with her Byakugan. It reminded Boruto of how their mom used to be. Screaming, he tucked his tail and ran the other way.

The waterfalls opened up again, as he could feel regret, but he fought it and kept going.

He looked back one last time, to see his sister smiling, as the katana was right above her head.

Boruto looked away in the last seconds, but he could hear the sound of bones and organs being crushed so he already knew what had happened.

And so he ran. As if it was the last thing he would ever do, which it could eventually be. Screaming out Boruto ran into the rubbles that used to be his village.

(The rest is history.)

Boruto's POV:

He woke up in an unfamiliar room, but he saw a familiar face lying in what appeared to be a hospital bed. It was the middle of the night, but it was still thunderstorming.

The village was lit up by flames, and the sound of people screaming, begging, explosions, weapons crossing paths, bones being crushed and fire burning was heard.

'So this is what war is like…' Boruto thought.

There were marks on his face from where all the tears had fallen. His eyes were extremely puffy, he had a headache, and a twisted ankle, but he didn't care.

He looked out through the windows. The Hokage mountain was completely destroyed, the faces of the 1st, 4th, and 6th missing completely.

Boruto wondered how his life had gotten to this point.

He walked up to Sarada, and with a little struggling, made his way on top of her bed.

"Sawada? Hey, Sawada? Wake wup!" He said shaking her lightly. No response.

The heart rate monitor was beeping in the background. Beep, beep, beep, beep, just like that time he had been in the hospital.

He sat there for a while not knowing what to do or think. Then the sadness hit him and he burst into tears again.

"Mwom… Hima…" He said in between sobs.

He just laid there for a while, letting all his sadness out. It was so unbelievably painful he didn't want to think about it, but it was the first thing that popped up whenever he closed his eyes, so it was impossible to get rid of.

He grabbed Sarada's hand and squeezed it tight. At least she was still alive.

'I wish… this would all just be over now…' He thought to himself as he squeezed her hand even tighter.

Suddenly he heard something. "Bo….bowuto?" A voice said. Boruto looked up and saw Sarada with her eyes barely open. She looked drowsy and confused.

He hugged her tightly and smiled. "You're woah-kay!" He rubbed her cheeck against his own, and she looked very confused.

Then suddenly another explosion was heard in the background. Sarada looked scared.

"What was that?" (Sarada is sentnifically better at pronouncing words than Boruto.)

"De village is wunder attack." He said trying to sound as serious as possible. Sarada quickly got up from the bed and looked out the window.

Her eyes turned to a horrified expression, as she saw all the bodies that were either crushed, burned or cut to death. She gagged.

"Where is Lord Hokage?" She asked. Boruto then realized something. He hadn't seen his dad at all in this mess. He could've saved his mom. He could've saved Hima.

He looked into the ground and didn't answer her. He could feel the tears wanting to press their way out, but he managed to keep them in.

Out of nowhere, a WAY to loud crash sounded and the ground started shaking.

"What was that!?" Sarada exclaimed shocked, as she grabbed Boruto's hand. She was afraid.

Screams were heard coming from the downstairs building, and suddenly it was clear what was happening. The hospital was being attacked. Sarada looked too startled too move, but Boruto knew what they had to do.

He grabbed her hand before opening the window. "Let's gwo." He said. She nodded slowly at him.

They crawled out the window, and onto the bomb-infested streets. Loud explosions were coming left and right. Sarada held her free hand over her right ear, as they rushed past all the dead bodies.

They quickly learned to keep their eyes forward and not look at their surroundings, as all they would get out of that was seeing their fellow villagers' ripped, burned, crushed or exploded bodies. They both had to stop to throw up a couple times.

Boruto was still covered in scratches from before, and Sarada was getting them as they ran. The ground was incredibly bumpy, and for two kids with bare feet, that caused them to trip at least 10 times.

Everything was going pretty okay. They just had to make it to the safehouse on outskirts of the village. Boruto noticed how they passed by several corpses of people he knew.

His aunt Ino, crushed. His best friends mom, Temari, her arm was sticking out from a pile of rubble, Choji was butchered to pieces, and so on.

It hurt every single time, but he knew he had to keep running, or they would just end up like them.

The building they were running past suddenly exploded, causing the rubble to come crashing down towards their heads.

"SAWADA!" Boruto yelled as he stood in front of her, and the stones came crashing down.

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He was beyond surprised to still be alive. He probably had a broken rib, or 5, he could tell the bones in his arm were all shattered, he could feel blood dripping down his forehead, probably meaning his head was injured as well.

He managed to dig his way up from the pile of rubble, but damn. It hurt. Thinking of a way to distract himself from the pain, he decided to look for Sarada.

She was buried under a thin layer of stone, but at least she looked to be in better condition that Boruto.

Her shoulder appered to be dislocated, she had a deep cut in her arm, and her thigh bone looked to be broken, and she had a concussion. Other than that it was just a bunch of cuts or scrapes.

From what Boruto could understand, his head had a very deep cut down the side, which was also the cause he couldn't see out his left eye.

After supporting each other for a good 15 minutes or so, they made it to the outskirts of the village.

Boruto looked out over the village from the cliff they were currently standing on. The raining stopped.

Sarada was standing besides him, and they both glared miserablely over the village. It was horrifying.

The village - no. You couldn't even call that a village anymore, the battlefield was in horrible condition.

Boruto could see was appeared to be a giant glowing nine-tailed fox, as well as a big purple man a couple hundred meters away from the village.

He was wondering if that was his dad. He didn't care much anymore. So much had happened. And suddenly, out of nowhere, they both broke down.

Pain and suffering, it all came out. They hugged each other for minutes, who know it might as well have been hours.

After letting it all go, they let go of each other and laid down surrendering on the ground. They looked at each other with dead eyes.

The muddy ground was… kind of comfortable. "Sarada… I'm so sorry." Boruto said in his twelve-year-old voice.

Sarada looked a little surprised before answering. "It's okay… I forgave you a long time ago." She said in HER twelve-year-old voice.

Boruto could see her eyes slowly closing. "No Sarada! Don't leave me too!" He sobbed. He was too exhausted to raise his head. Or his arm, or literally anything.

"I'm sorry Boruto-baka… it seems… you were the toughest one of us… after all." She said closing her eyes.

"Sarada…" He said crying...

4-year-old Sarada and Boruto are running around on the hidden leaf playground.

"Hehe! Seweiouswy? Can't wou even bwuild a sandcaswle?" Sarada taunted.

She herself, hed made one hell of a masterpiece, while Boruto's caste was just a pile of sand.

"Shut wup!" Boruto said getting up and running after the little girl. She giggled. They ran towards the carousel.

"Let's swee who last the longest!" Sarada commented.

"Woure on!" He commented.

After 156 spins Sarada was declared the victor.

Boruto was so dizzy he couldn't stand.

"Whi win!" She said smiling.

"Cheatwer!" Boruto yelled after regaining his balance.

"Woah yeah? Den chwallenge mwe to someting new! Wi'll beat wuo at everwiting!" She said as she smiled.

They had spent the rest of the afternoon competing.

Sarada had won every. single. game they had played, and was, therefore, against Boruto's will, declared the toughest shinobi.

Boruto could feel his eyes tearing up. "SARADA! WE PROMISED WE WOULD ALWAYS STICK TOGETHER WHEN WE WERE LITTLE! DON'T YOU REMEMBER!? COME ON! YOU HAVE TO REMEMBER! SARADA!"

Sarada's eyes didn't open. Boruto could fee lhe was on the verge of snapping.

His mom… his little sister, his friends, his family, and now this… He couldn't take it anymore.

"I'm glad to see that you're enjoying yourself." A deep, familiar voice stated. Boruto recognised it as the man with the mask.

"You…. you're the one who did this…" Boruto said. He tried to sound angry, but he just couldn't. He couldn't move an inch. He could feel he was on the verge of death too.

"Wait… wasn't my dad and uncle Sasuke fighting you?" He asked. He had enough energy to look up. He looked like a mess.

"Ah, you mean those two? They sure were annoying as heck, but I finally managed to shake those rats off of me." He said.

Boruto's eyes widened. He had officially lost everything. He knew he was probably about to be killed but he didn't care…

The world around him went black, and he was transported into his headspace.

The images of what used to be, team 7, his friends, his family, his stupid, stupid, stupid dad, and the village came to him all at once.

Then the picture of his mother's bloody body popped up. Boruto wanted to close his eyes. He didn't want to look. But he couldn't. He officially couldn't move anymore.

Next came Himawari. How she smiled before he had just run like an idiot. Her death replayed inside his mind over and again. Except for this time, he saw her get cut in half.

He felt like he was going insane, watching his little sunflower die. Over, and over, and over.

Then a bunch of flash pictures of everyone in the village came to mind, and at last, he could see Sarada's idiotic smile as she closed her eyes for good.

And then there was nothing. This felt unreal. He was supposed to live a normal genin life. Graduate from the academy, and prove to be the greatest shinobi ever. But no. That stupid, stupid scroll just had to-.

Oh right. That's how it all started. He was such an idiot. Boruto could feel the last of his tears dwell away.

'Is this really how it ends?' Boruto thought as he could feel himself returning to the real world.

The man with the mask looked like he had just finished explaining something, but Boruto hadn't heard it at all.

'No… I'm Boruto Uzumaki! The greatest ninja in history, I still have so much I need to do!' A new strength suddenly awoke inside Boruto, who stood up, the masked man looked quite surprised.

"I can't accept a fate like this! It can't be real! It just can't! So you idiot…. GIVE ME BACK MY FAMILY!"

He said slapping both his hands together.

"KAIIIIIIII!" He screamed as a MASSIVE chakra wave emerged from his body.

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!" He screamed (Super Saiyan style -)

"IT WILL NEVER WORK! I WILL FOREVER BE WITH YOU BORUTO UZUMAKI! YOU CANNOT ESCAPE YOUR FATE-" The masked man said, but Boruto's chakra levels kept increasing and increasing.

"I AM NOT DONE! KAI!" He screamed as darkness emerged around him again.

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'Am I…. dead?' The blonde thought.

'No… I think... I think I can open my eyes.' He thought trying to do just that.

He slowly… but surely opened his eyes. He had never expected to see what he did.

'A ceiling….. MY ceiling.' He thought as he recognized the room he was in as his own.

'But how..?... I thought.' He remembered what happened. 'Is this the real world, or…' He thought.

He realized he was holding something in his hands. He looked at it. A scroll.

'Wait…. not just any scroll... That's the scroll that started this entire mess, to begin with!' Boruto thought. He took a closer look. It was broken.

Not as in broken broken, but it was blank.

'Then that must mean…' He thought as he shot up from bed. The sun was shining brightly through his window.

He looked out. Everything looked… normal… amazed, he sprinted over to his mirror to get a closer look at himself. He was a twelve-year-old boy.

Boruto almost cried tears of joy. He had never been more relieved before. then something popped into his head.

'Mom...dad... Hima!' Boruto had never been more nervous before. The door shot open and he RAN down the stairs into the big open area which existed of both kitchen, living room and dining area.

Stunned, he stared.

His mom….. walking in the kitchen cooking breakfast as nothing had ever happened.

His sister…. on the floor playing with dolls like the little girl that she was.

His dad… sitting on the couch reading the newspaper.

Hinata looked up from her cooking and saw her son standing in the hallway. He looked wrong. His eyes were wrong. They looked like those of a tormented shinobi, not like her 12-year-old boy's.

"Boruto?" She asked. Naruto and Himawari looked up from whatever they were doing and looked at him like Hinata just had.

Boruto didn't know what to say. Hinata untied her apron and went over to him, as she could see he was on the verge of tears.

Naruto did the same, and Himawari worriedly did as well.

"Mom..dad...Hima…" He said trembling. He then burst out into tears and did something none of them expected.

He tackled all of them to the ground, and then he smiled.

"Woah! Boruto what's gotten into you?" Naruto asked. All three of them were being hugged by Boruto, who was laying on top of him.

"Nothing! I just love you all!" He exclaimed before tightening his grip.

They all looked surprised at him. This wasn't the usual half-grumpy Naruto hating Boruto they knew.

'What is up with him today?' Hinata thought before smiling and hugging him back.

"We love you too Boruto." She said as she closed her eyes.

"Yeah!" Himawari exclaimed as she crawled up on top of Naruto, and hugged Boruto.

"Be careful you two! That -AHA- That tickles!" Naruto exclaimed.

"Oh yeah? Then hows this!?" Boruto asked before launching a tickle attack on Naruto.

"BWAHAHAA! BORUTO AHAHA! STOP AHA THAT! He said.

"I wanna tickle daddy too!" Himawari exclaimed as she joined in on the fun.

"NO HAHAHH FAIR! YOU AHAHA TOO AHAHH HIMAHAHWARI!?" Naruto was at the mercy of his kids.

Hinata giggled. After going on like this for a good 3 minutes or so, they all fell over laughing.

All Boruto could think was that he would never let chances like this slip by again in the future. And then they hugged.

THE END.

Awwwwww. Now wasn't that sweet? I know this fanfiction is kinda ridiculous, but hey! This is FAAAANFICTION! I DECIDE OK!? Well, I hope everyone gets the morale of this story: Family and life are important! Enjoy it while you can 3

Anyways, that gonna be it. I know I left out a lot of huge gaps, but you'll have to live with it. Unless there's a lot of stuff you still wanna know, then maybe I'll do a QnA.

Thank you for sticking with me till the end! You're amazing! BYEE