Boruto: Naruto next Generation Movie

Epilogue

A number of days had passed. In the middle of the morning light, Boruto was playing games as usual. He was starting from the first level, with a new character. Beside him, his still-bandaged mother was mending his clothes. It was the jacket that had gotten tattered when he'd protected Sarada. Next to his mother, his dad was reading the newspaper, as well as being a partner for Himawari's playfulness.

"...Mom." Boruto said, "You can just leave it like that."

"Eh?"

"It's cool like that." Boruto's character inside the game died. It was Game Over. Well, that was part of playing. Next, he had to go apologise to Shikadai and the others, and ask them to keep him company while levelling up.

"Mom, I mean my jacket! I'm heading out now, so I need it!"

Boruto grabbed his tattered jacket, and exited the house. Hinata watched him go with a very, very content look on her face. It was the usual scenery of heading out to work. It was the same road as always. But, inside Boruto, everything felt like it had changed.

"Boruto, are you going on a mission after this?" Naruto asked from next to hi with a grin.

"Yeah..." Boruto replied, and said sincerely,

"Dad, you too, do your best with work." 

I will!

The two of them both reached out at the same time, and bumped theirfists together. And then, they both leapt towards their own directions and took off. Just that was a terribly happy thing.

Starting the Chuunin Exams over from scratch was a lot of trouble. While the true identities of Momoshiki and Kinshiki were going to be investigated without pause while Sasuke, redoing the everything from the last exam was going to be a lot of work, even when it came to just arranging the line up of examiners.

"Redoing the Chuunin Exams is going to be troublesome as expected." Shikamaru said in the middle of the Hokage office.

He was making an openly annoyed face, and smoking a cigarette. ''Definitely not gonna be able to go home tonight."

"It's been decided how Katasuke will be dealt with, too." He continued, "Well, a demotion and punishment...perfectly valid stuff. If he turns over a new leaf, then he'll be allowed to work with his colleagues again. I'm not gonna let him be in peace. He's gonna be worked to the bone."

"He better properly take on the missions from the genin!" Naruto laughed, and looked down at his schedule packed to the brim with plans.

"Speaking of..." Naruto said, "I thought about this a bit and...well, I'm the Hokage and the Hokage is the leader so... would it be okay if...I got to decide on a vacation?"

"...Have you...been listening to anything I said...?" Shikamaru stared at Naruto with a stunned look on his face, cigarette smoke drifting out his mouth.

"...No chance, huh....?"

"Just two days." Shikamaru said. He was doing Naruto a big favour.

'...so basically, it was something that I was taught really well.' Boruto was projected on the TV at Naruto's side. Since that incident, Boruto had become a young hero. Society was a fickle thing, so the booing event was totally waved off, and now everyone was praising the young hero who'd put himself at risk by facing unknown invaders to atone for his wrong-doings.

'While still a genin, you became a reason, alongside the Gokage, that the Ninja World was saved from a major crisis. Was your reason for becoming so within what you were taught?"

Boruto proudly nodded. He probably felt awkward in front of the pretty newscaster. Well, Naruto could understand that.

'What do you think is the most important thing for a shinobi?'