The Future: Naruto Fanfiction

Chapter 199

North-East Cheqitori

Boruto analyses the situation. He begins to see paths open to him that weren't available before. He looks down at his hand and wonders if he was always capable of what he just did. He has never used his grandfather's Flying Thunder God technique before, but now he can. He searches his mind for what else he can do now and works out what has changed. He can now perform some of the techniques of his predecessors. The limitation seems to be related to the plausibility; his father's and grandfather's 'life' techniques are obscure to him, but he now knows how to use Enri's 'fate' techniques. He cannot use tailed-beast chakra, but his sage mode techniques have improved dramatically. He now understands the techniques of his family, the techniques that have brought him to this point.

What's more important is the voices he is now hearing. The voices of his ancestors.

"Brother…"

"Don't worry Himawari," Boruto says. "The fight is over."

"I won't tell you where the empress is just because you claim you are stronger than me," Enri says. "You will have to prove it."

Enri feels a bead of sweat role down her head. When she told them to wait until they were strong enough to defeat her she expected it would take at least a year. Even for geniuses like them breaking through this quick should not have been possible, yet here they are. She worries that even with Boruto's new powers he will not be a match for the empress. Now if she wants to stop him from marching into that danger she must find a way to defeat him. That will be difficult though, even for the former empress consort, as she has no idea how far Boruto's new abilities extend.

"I am stronger than you are now, grandmother. Do you really want to fight?"

"If that is the only way to stop the empress' return, then I must."

Boruto nods. If his grandmother wants to fight then that is what he will do. His sister's peace of mind depends upon it.

Boruto begins to walk forward. Kushina's voice says, 'Stop her movements.' He channels his paternal grandmother's power, using adamantine sealing chains to tie his maternal grandmother in place. He then walks forward calmly, forming a divine energy enhanced Rasengan in his hand. Compared to before, this all feels so much easier.

Enri desperately pulls at the chains but feels no give in them as her grandson approaches. She needs to think of another way out of the situation and fast. She creates a golden 'fate' boomerang in her mouth and uses the strength of her neck to throw it. A ridiculous strategy for anyone else but for someone who can influence luck; it is at least possible that it might work. Enri does get lucky, the boomerang strikes the adamantine sealing chains in a weak spot, starting a reaction that shatters them. She then quickly jumps backwards, putting distance between herself and Boruto.

Not being a battle specialist is proving disastrous for Enri now. She does however know the battle principles. She hopes that by using Regulation she will be able to keep up with Boruto at least long enough to find an opening in his technique. If called upon she will use the other principles as and when required. She starts by using another of those principles, the Scatter Shot which attacks her opponent constantly.

She forms a golden 'fate' discus from her right shoulder and uses her internal divine energy to fire it at Boruto. She does this continuously, giving him a stream of attacks to avoid. She hopes that this will prove limiting to his potential, but the Crown Prince has a technique that renders the Scatter Shot useless.