Naruto spent the most unforgettable three days. Here were his mom and dad, his older siblings, and no one looked at him with strange eyes. The shopkeepers were also exceptionally warm when he went shopping.
Here, Sasuke hadn't defected. Here, Sakura still liked Sasuke. Here, Kakashi Sensei still liked to read Pervy Sage's books...
Naruto wondered more than once how great it would be if his world was like this, how great it would be if he had a mom and dad, how great it would be if... he could stay here.
"No, no." Naruto shook his head vigorously. "I have to go back eventually. I still have things I must do."
According to Minato's examination, Naruto had residual 'Time-Space Power' on his body. When the 'Time-Space Power' was completely exhausted, he would return to his original world.
"It should be soon, right?" Naruto looked at the Hokage Rock with only four faces, feeling somewhat reluctant.
"At least go say goodbye." Naruto looked at the pedestrians coming and going on the street with nostalgia, walking step by step towards home.
Naruto took a deep breath and pushed open the door, "I'm ba... Huh?"
"Happy birthday!" *n
A banner unfurled, and countless tiny ribbons fluttered, showering Naruto's head and face, catching him off guard.
A large birthday cake was placed in the center of the living room. Minato and Kushina stood in front of the table, while Kimimaro, Haku, Karin, and the Eleven Xiaoqiang surrounded the table behind them. Except for Sasuke, who had a reluctant look on his face, everyone else, including Akamaru, didn't hold back their smiles.
"What... is this for?" Naruto was a little confused and a little excited.
"Because Mom wanted to make up for your birthday, and everyone was happy to come when we told them." Kushina smiled and pulled Naruto to the table. "Come on, make a wish!"
Naruto looked at everyone's smiling faces and Sasuke's tsundere face, his vision gradually becoming blurred. To cover up his abnormality, he quickly closed his eyes and made a wish: 'I hope I can bring Sasuke back smoothly, I hope I can become Hokage, I hope... I can see Mom and Dad again...'
Naruto took a deep breath, opened his eyes, and blew at the candles, but the candles did not go out.
Naruto was stunned for a moment, then forced a smile and said, "Haha, I guess I'm too greedy. Because I can't fulfill so many wishes, even the candles won't go out..."
"Naruto..."
"Naruto..."
Everyone looked at him worriedly. Only then did Naruto notice a faint white light shining on his body, and his whole person gradually became transparent.
"I see, is it time?" Naruto raised his head and tried to show his usual silly smile. "Then, I have to go back. Thank you for taking care of me these past few days, thank you for coming to celebrate my birthday, thank you for letting me see Mom and Dad..."
Minato put his hand on Naruto's head, "Naruto, your name comes from Jiraiya's book. We gave you this name in the hope that you can become an excellent ninja and bravely face any difficulties. Although you haven't seen us before, Mom and Dad have always been by your side in another way. Naruto, do your best..."
"Yes, I know. I will work harder, harder, and harder to become an excellent ninja, to be recognized by everyone, and then to become a Hokage who surpasses Dad!" Naruto's figure became fainter and fainter, a tear fell, and at the same time, he left the last sentence, "Everyone, goodbye..."
Before Naruto completely disappeared, a gust of wind blew out the candles on the cake.
...
"Where is this... a desert?" Naruto tried to adapt to the changes in light and vision. "That's right, this is Loulan. I'm back?"
Kakashi's voice came from the side, "You're finally back, Naruto. I've been waiting for you for a long time."
"Kakashi Sensei! Why are you here?" Naruto said in surprise. He remembered that Yamato led the Loulan mission, and he came with Sakura and Sai.
Kakashi put away the classic book in his hand, "Because I received news that you and Yamato disappeared. Later, Yamato and another Naruto came back."
The smile on Sai's face was still a little stiff, "Anyway, it's good that Naruto is safe and sound."
Yamato said, "That's right, we were shocked at the time."
"So you really went to another world?" Sakura asked curiously.
"Yeah, it was an awesome world." Naruto recalled the events of the past few days, feeling like it was all a dream.
Kakashi suggested, "Let's talk as we walk. We've been delayed for so long, our Hokage is probably going to go berserk."
"Uh..." Everyone imagined Tsunade's furious appearance, and cold sweat trickled down their foreheads.
"By the way, did you guys meet the other me?" Naruto asked, "What kind of person is he?"
Kakashi thought for a moment and said, "How should I put it? Pretty obnoxious, I guess?"
"Obnoxious?"
Kakashi said, "Yeah, as soon as he saw Sakura, he started calling her Sakura Bro or something, asking Yamato if he was here to do some landscaping, saying Sai's smile was fake and punching him..."
Naruto turned to look at Sai and asked, "Did Sai get punched?"
Sakura waved her hand, "No, when Kakashi-sensei stopped him, he said he had to give face to Guy-sensei, so he stopped... I just feel like he wasn't saying anything good."
Naruto laughed, "Haha, sounds pretty interesting, makes me want to meet him."
"He's way stronger than you are now, Rasengan, Sage Mode, even Flying Thunder God, it's just..." Kakashi remembered that figure, adding in his mind, just like Minato-sensei, "Anyway, you have to work hard and not lose to yourself."
"Of course!" Naruto continued to ask, "So he was waiting here for me to come back?"
Kakashi said helplessly, "Of course not, after confirming his condition and the situation here, he left, saying there wasn't much time and there were things he had to do. We couldn't stop him at all, let's just hope he doesn't cause any trouble."
...
Chatting about the two parallel worlds along the way, the group returned to Konoha Village on the evening of the next day.
As soon as they entered the village, they saw a scene of ruins. Sai looked at the location and said, "That... seems to be the Root's base."
"Root? Enemy attack?" Kakashi immediately thought of a possibility, "Could it be his doing?"
Kakashi immediately asked the two gatekeepers, "Izumo, Kotetsu, do you know what happened?"
Izumo Kamizuki replied, "That? It suddenly exploded yesterday, the sound was super loud, it felt like the whole earth was shaking. Only Danzo-senpai and a dozen Root members' bodies were found in the ruins. The cause of the accident is still under investigation."
Kotetsu Hagane added, "Although the two advisors believe it was an enemy attack, they couldn't find any traces of anyone infiltrating, and no intruders were found in the village."
Sai suddenly remembered something and opened his mouth to show Yamato, "My Curse of the Root: Tongue Severing is gone, Danzo-sama must have really had an accident."
Kakashi seemed to understand everything. If it was a Tailed Beast Ball, it was entirely possible to do this, and with that person's strength, he could completely infiltrate Konoha without anyone noticing...
"Anyway, let's go see the Hokage first."
Tsunade had been extremely busy these past two days. First, Naruto disappeared, and then the entire Root was blown to smithereens. Although she was happy that Danzo was gone, she couldn't sit still after such a big commotion happened right under her nose. What if the Hokage Building was the next to be taken out?
It wasn't until Kakashi came back and reported the whole story to her that Tsunade breathed a sigh of relief. Another world's Naruto? Well done!
"I wonder if he did anything else?" Sakura's question made everyone in the room fall into deep thought.
Tsunade could only send Anbu to investigate quietly.
In fact, the other world's Naruto didn't have time to do too many things. After he hurriedly returned from the Land of Wind and blew up the Root, he went to Kakashi's house and left a spoiler, and then he wanted to beat up Sasuke, but unfortunately, he was forcibly repatriated before he even left the Land of Fire.
The group came out of the Hokage Office as it was getting dark, and everyone went back to their respective homes.
Naruto subconsciously took a few steps in a certain direction before realizing, "Ha, almost went the wrong way, my home... isn't that way."
After a moment of silence, Naruto perked up and returned to the bottom of his apartment building. As expected, the lights in his apartment were off.
"It's nothing, I'm used to it anyway, right?" Naruto forced a smile and grabbed the doorknob.
"I'm back." As always, there was no response. Naruto took off his shoes, turned on the light, and prepared to grab a bucket of instant noodles to fill his stomach.
"Welcome back!"
Did he just hear things? Naruto shook his head and prepared to boil water.
"Naruto!"
Clang! The kettle fell to the ground. Naruto didn't bother to pick it up and went straight into his mental space. Looking at the blonde and red-haired figures inside, tears couldn't stop flowing.
"I'm back!"
"Welcome home!"
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