Boruto finds himself stuck in the past where he meets his father when he was younger. Without a clue of how he got there, he tries to find a way back while finding himself being part of team 7. While trying to keep his identity a secret, he bonds with Naruto, learning things about his father he never knew and seeing him in a new light.

A/N: This is set during the movie, so spoiler alert just with this first chapter, which is more like a prologue. I am currently working on another fic called Borutos struggle. Yeah im kind of obsessed with Naruto at the moment XD I will post a chapter sometime 2mar or the next day! This story will follow events in the original Naruto time line, just with boruto being there to witness everything and what not. Some things will change of course where hes there. So this fic will probably be LONG. Question is will I finish it? Muwhahaha! **Cough** Anyway I hope you guys enjoy it.

Expect future mistakes and errors (Grammar) hee hee

Prologue

In that moment, everything slowed. Time itself became still because in that second, when the light engulfed him, was when he finally understood exactly what Sasuke had meant. At the time when he spoke them he didn't get it. They were just words that didn't register to him but, now, his eyes that were so blinded before saw a little clearly.

Listen Boruto. Naruto was full of weaknesses. He was a loser, a good for nothing but, he pulled up with his own strength and realized his dream by becoming hokage. You don't need to understand who Naruto is now, you need to know the Naruto who made it all the way here.

Boruto saw his father as the hokage. A father who would rather spend less time with him and more time doing a hokages duty. He made it his goal to surpass his father one day. It didn't matter how or when except that one day he would step up and defeat the seventh. Just because he felt the need to.

He didn't understand why his fathers dream was to be a hokage. What was so important about it? It was just another job that someone else could do. Why did it have to be his dad? He would find himself asking those same questions quite a bit and never could figure out the answer.

As the nearby ruble danced through the air around them, his blonde hair blowing from the power radiating all around the battlefield, his eyes starring at the sevenths back, a memory began to play in his mind. A memory he had forgotten till now.

Naruto, as he stood protecting his son and Sarada was also looking back on the same memory.

(Start Flashback)

"Boruto. Do you know why I wanted to become hokage?" The seventh stood starring at his five year old son sitting in front of him.

Boruto tilted his head to the side in curiosity. "So you can protect people?" He answered with a smile.

Naruto laughed. "Yeah. That and its been my dream for a long time. I wanted to be hokage so that I could be looked up to and so that I could be seen instead of ignored."

Boruto blinked. "I see you! You're right in front of me!"

Naruto's smile grew as he bent down and picked up his oblivious son. He held him in his arms. He had never had a father and at the beginning he wasn't sure how to be one himself but, when news reached him that he was about to become a dad so many thoughts raced through his mind.
Was he ready for the responsibility of being a parent? Would he be a good father? The most important question was would He stay around long enough to see them grow?

He was scared of what the future had in store but at that moment it didn't matter because he was going to be a father. He was going to give them a life that he never had with his father. A happy and long joyful life.

"You can huh?" He rubbed Borutos head. "I'll always be here for you Boruto."

Boruto smiled widely and hugged his dad with all his might. "I love you daddy!" He said cheerfully.

Naruto's eyes softened. He never thought he would hear himself being called that. He always though he was going to be alone for the longest time. It made his chest ache painfully, in a good way. "I love you to son."

(End Flashback)

Naruto's head turned slightly to peer back at Boruto. Their eyes met and for some reason Boruto felt a strange tug on his heart. Looking into his fathers eyes and seeing the sadness and a emotion he thought he would never see, pride, it almost felt like he was saying goodbye.

he can't be...

The ends of Naruto's mouth turned up into a small smile and everything sped up. Everything happened so fast. Boruto started to reach out, frantically trying to grab his fathers cloak but, it was futile. An explosion of light blinded him and he was knocked back but not before one single word left his mouth.

"DAD!"

He was thrown into a black oblivion. The last thought he had was how he wondered how his father became hokage.