Boruto : Road to Ninja

Epilogue

A/n This was requested by @uzumaki-haru. And as such, this story is dedicated to him/her ! I hope you enjoy !

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Urashiki laid there, motionless.

Boruto and Anma both wiped the dust off of their respective cheek. That Rasengan combo knocked the Osutsuki out of commission.

From the dusts, Sarada and Sara (which they decided to call this world's Sarada), Mitsuki and Mitki (this world's Mitsuki) emerged besides the two blond boys.

"... is it over ?" Sarada timidly asked.

Composing herself, Sara nodded. "It's over."

Gradually, Boruto and Anma's smile got bigger as they registered their win. "Haha !" They exclaimed and bumped there fists.

"Anma ! Boruto !" Came a worried call. Everyone faced back to see Menma running to the two teams, tattered and drained of chakra. Sakura, Sasuke, Konohamaru and Orochimaru hurriedly made their way after the Namikaze.

"Are you alright ?" Menma asked as he kneeled down to get a better look at Anma and then Boruto.

"We're fine, dad." Anma replied. "But I'm exhausted. Look at who we just beat ! Now I just wanna sleep for a whole week."

Menma gave a relieved sigh.

"Look." Sakura said, "You guys are glowing."

Team 7 inspected themselves and indeed, they were glowing and slowly fading.

"I guess this is goodbye." Mitsuki stated as a matter of fact-ly.

"Yea. Take care." Mitki nodded. Orochimaru chimed in, "I don't really know your relationship with myself from your world, but when you get back, tell your father how much you love him. It's a strong word."

Mitsuki thought that was weird. To him, Orochimaru was just a mad scientist who created him. But perhaps, if he looked a little deeper, he held quite the affection that may as well exist between a dad and his son.

"Sarada." Sasuke muttered. "We really enjoyed your stay while it lasted."

The Uchiha almost teared up.

"Are you crying ?" Sara scowled. "You're going back to your own world, aren't you happy ?"

"I am." Sarada gave a smile and paused before continuing. "But honestly, there is everything I don't have here. A family; a whole clan ! In my world, it's just me and my parents."

Sara gave an almost pity look as she remembered what Sarada told her about her world's Uchiha and the unfortunate incident.

"You !" Sarada pointed at her counterpart. "Be thankful !"

"As though I'm not." Sara frowned.

"I've always wanted a sibling. And you're gonna have a cousin ! That's so great." Facing her fake parents, Sarada's tear dripped, "Papa, Mama, thank you so much for staying by my side during my stay here."

"We're going to miss you." Sakura went and hugged her.

On the Namikaze side, Menma pursed his lip and patted Boruto on his shoulder. "You got mad skills, Boruto. You take a lot from your father. I don't know a lot about your dad, but as how my parents told me of his short stay here years ago, I heard he grew up with no parents. I can only imagine how hard it would be for him. My childhood was rough... I could bet your father was more so."

Boruto averted his eyes from his father's counterpart. They looked exactly like each other, and hearing that from Menma feels like hearing it from his own father. A part of him still wanted to spit another complain, but most part of him wanted to apologize; the part he wouldn't easily admitted.