23/09/2025
🌌 Episode 6 – The Price of Sacrifice: Boruto’s Awakening
The battlefield was silent, save for the faint crackle of burning roots fading into ash. The colossal Wooden Fox spirit had vanished, leaving behind only scorched earth and the trembling shinobi who had borne witness to the impossible.
Naruto lay still, his body frail, drained of nearly all life force. His golden glow was gone. His chest rose shallowly — the Hokage who once carried the world on his shoulders now seemed like a candle flickering against the wind.
Boruto knelt beside him, tears streaming down his face.
Dad… please… don’t leave me too.
Naruto opened his eyes slightly, a weak but determined smile forming.
Boruto… listen. I gave everything because this world… and you… were worth it. But now… it’s your turn.
As his words faded, the ground beneath them glowed. The remnants of the Baryon Wood Chakra that had burned away began to swirl, forming into glowing branches and embers. The energy didn’t vanish—it searched for a vessel.
The chakra reached toward Boruto. Roots of burning light wrapped around his arms, sinking into his body. His eyes widened as the immense power of life itself surged within him.
⚡ In an instant, Boruto’s aura exploded. His Jougan flickered to life, glowing brighter than ever before. Blue merged with gold and green as his chakra flared uncontrollably, shaking the battlefield.
Sarada shielded her eyes. That chakra… it’s even stronger than Naruto’s just now!
Mitsuki whispered, almost reverently:
Boruto… you’ve inherited the Baryon Wood.
Above them, fragments of Akamura’s void essence still lingered, trying to reform. The Devourer of Creation was not fully gone. The sky trembled as a distorted roar echoed.
I will return… I am eternal!
Boruto stood tall, his tears gone, replaced by fierce resolve. His new cloak blazed—a fusion of his father’s orange fire and emerald wooden markings flowing like veins across his body. Behind him, a young fox-shaped aura of fire and wood emerged, not as Kurama, but as something entirely new—a legacy reborn.
Boruto clenched his fist.
No. This ends with me.
With newfound speed, he vanished and reappeared mid-air, striking at the void essence before it could reform. His blow unleashed a shockwave that split the sky.
Naruto, barely conscious, whispered as he watched:
That’s it… my son… shine brighter than me.
The episode closed with Boruto standing between the shinobi alliance and the remnants of Akamura, his new power blazing like a second sun. For the first time, the world saw not just Naruto’s son—
but the true beginning of Boruto, the Heir of Baryon Wood.