Back in Time (Naruto Fanfic)

The Final Chapter

Sarada's head hurt.

That was the one thing she knew. Her eyes were closed, and her head was pounding. She'd just had a really weird dream, her bed had suddenly gotten hard, and she smelled grass.

Wait.

Grass?!

"HEY! Sarada!" A voice she didn't recognize shouted. She heard pounding feet, which made her head hurt worse, and they stopped in front of her. "Get up! What're you doing on the floor?!"

Sarada opened her eyes. Standing in front of her was a strange girl, around 5,8 or 5,9, was wearing an ANBU outfit...

She had the trademark onyx eyes. And a long ponytail, bangs that went down to her chin...

She was a spitting image of---

Itachi?!

"Sarada!" She laughed, extending a hand to the confused girl. "What on earth are you doing on the floor?! Get up! You're getting yourself dirty!"

"Who are... who are you?" Sarada asked, taking her hand and accepting the pull up.

The girl laughed. "You don't even recognize your cousin?! Shoot, do you have amnesia? My name is Akira. Akira Uchiha. I've known you since you were a baby. I'm pretty sure you know who I am."

Akira? Who's that?

Akira sighed. "Don't tell me you got a concussion. THAT would be bad. How many fingers am I holding up?" She lifted her hand that had fingerless gloves on them, and raised three fingers.

"Three." Sarada muttered.

Then her headache got worse. Images started to flash in front of her face.

A three year old toddler sitting next to a crib. She wore a cute little outfit, and had her hair in a high ponytail. The tips of her hair went down to her shoulders, and a little bit onto her back. Her shirt had a high collar like most Uchiha shirts, and it was a dark purple. She wore white shorts, and shinobi shoes. She rocked the crib back and forth, humming a lullabye. The baby inside was fast asleep. "Good night, Sarada-chan." She whispered, then stood up and went out the door.

"Sasuke-jii!" She called. "Sarada-chan is asleep now!"

Sasuke turned to the girl and opened his arms for a hug. The girl ran into them. "You're a lifesaver, Akira."

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A four year old baby Sarada recognized as herself was playing with Boruto in a field, picking flowers.

The Akira girl dropped out of a tree and walked over to the kids, a smile on her face. "Hey guys."

"Akira-chan!" Boruto said, smiling.

Sarada stood up, grinned and ran to Akira for a hug. "Akira-nee!"

Akira ruffled her hair. "Hey, Sarada, Boruto. Do you guys want to practice with me?"

Boruto and Sarada nodded eagerly. Five minutes later, they were at the practice range throwing kunai. Akira's precision amazed both of them. "No, hold the kunai like this, Sarada."

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Ten year old Sarada paddled around in the water. "I'm doing it." She yelled to Sakura. "I can go get it."