Naruto Uzumaki was confused.
From the trees to the people, animals, and his surrounding... looking around, he saw that he was definitely standing in the middle of a familiar street within the village of Konoha. So then, why couldn't he help but feel...
Off?
The blond scratched his head with his ha-
Naruto blinked.
'Wait,'
He looked at the hand staring right back at him, his right hand.
'What the, how do I still have this when-'
Naruto frowned.
A sudden memory flashed through his mind, one where a pair of familiar red eyes stared back at him with a burning hatred.
Sasuke…
Yes, he could remember it all too clearly right now: from his training in the Waterfall of Truth to the Fourth Shinobi War to the capturing of his Biju Companions and then his final battle with his rouge former teammate/friend.
'This…'
Naruto returned his gaze to his right hand, clenching and unclenching it, easily remembering him feeling the pain of it ripping to shreds after his intense Tailed Beast Rasengan clash with Sasuke's Dark Chidori; easily remembering the numb feeling of the stump that was once present as his body was hurtling through an vortex of black and white.
The Fourth Shinobi War…
If it wasn't a dream, then why, why…
"Why is it still here?"
"It's not."
Naruto swirled around, turning at the voice, to see that it came from a busty scientist with glasses and long bushy auburn hair. She had a gold ring on her left middle finger, black nails and a pair of hoop earrings, a sleeveless, blue and red short dress with black stockings, black arm sleeves, and blue and red heel boots.
She also had a pair of Icy blue eyes.
"Where we are is a fabricated reality located between the space of our subconscious. It is modelled like this because this place is the most you feel at home."
The blond frowned.
"Yeah?"
He sent multiple discrete burst of chakra, dispelling the possible illusion he might've found himself trapped in but nothing worked, and even more frustrating was the sheer fact that he wasn't even able to see a glitch that told him his efforts made a solid dent...
Naruto crossed his hands over his chest.
He missed his partner.
Kurama was much better at this than he was.
"And why should I believe you?"
He tried using his negative emotion sensing on the female but he unfortunately got nothing off the sort from her and that could mean a lot of things, not just the fact that she was with no hostile intentions towards him which was why he kept a suspicious gaze on his target.
He was also able to note how unlike the other people passing by him, she could freely interact with him and because this might not be an illusion as he'd tried multiple times to dispel it already but he failed, he kept his mind calm and observed because acting rashly wasn't always the answer if he wanted to get out of this situation.
"'Cuz after the shit I've been through, I'm starting to find it very hard to easily give away my trust."
"Even after I tell you that your body is currently hooked on to my life support?"
Naruto paused at that, blinking slowly.
"What?"
"Here I was in the middle of research, about to create a new element that would revolutionize the way people think and then all of a sudden, the body of a strange man appears in my office and destroys my years of work; I would've gotten rid of said body had it not been for something I noticed."
"And that is?"
The woman fixed her glasses.
"The fact that you seem to be generating a large amount of energy." She continued, settling her eyes on the blond before her. "In fact, that is what's helping you heal from some of the wounds inflicted on your body but I fear it won't be enough to heal every single damage done to your body, not unless I do something about it; but I'll need to find out what I can about this "
The blond's eyes narrowed.
"It's going to need more than just life support to survive on its own."
"You're going to need more than that to prove you aren't the bad guy."
The female sighed.
"Your name is Uzumaki Naruto…"
And from there she went on to state out everything she found in the messed up pouch that was on his leg when he arrived; from his profession to his identification number to his home village and so on and so forth; by the time she was done, Naruto wasn't any less trusting of her, as apparent by his gazing.
"All you did was tell me things that I already know. That's not helping your case."
The woman was frustrated.
"Look, I am not here to make things worse for you; in fact, the one who's currently doing that right now is you by not cooperating with me. I need to know what I'm working with if you want to come out of this in one piece. Trust me when I tell you this: I am not the bad guy."
Naruto brushed his hand along his blond locks.
"Well, I don't know..."
From what he knew, so far, it seemed that this woman knew nothing about Chakra, which meant that he was most likely no longer in the Elemental Nations and he didn't know how to feel about that. What was clear however, was the fact that he was a personal witness to what the power of Chakra could do and he wasn't about to doom another world to War.
"Do you want to live?"
That was a no brainer.
"Yes?"
But he wondered, was it worth the risk of a possible billions of lives?
"Then you're going to have to work with me. You're in life support for a reason. Your ability to heal might be impressive but it won't be fast enough to heal the more severe damage and by the time that's done, you might not even be alive. If we want to prevent that then I need to know what I'm working with so that I can come up with a solution."
For all he knew he was better off dead. At least that way he would get to finally be with both his Parents and his deceased sensei, and he won't be the reason for a brand new wave of bloodshed. However, he wasn't exactly blind to the fact that his deceased body was also privy to being studied and the end result of that could be just as bad as the end result for if he were alive.
But what if…
"I get final say on what goes on with my Chakra, no ifs, ands or buts or otherwise."
"Agreed."
Naruto closed his eyes.
'Well,' He thought. 'It was better than nothing.'
And besides, his mom was gonna kick his ass if he kicked the bucket to early anyways and he couldn't have that because after all, he hasn't quite yet fulfilled the promise he made to her. Staying alive for a little longer couldn't hurt, right?
He hoped so…
...Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto or Dragon Ball Z...
-Seven Years Later-
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Hissss...
A cold hiss of the air that was akin to the hiss of a snake was heard, and it was followed by the emittance of a white smoke that seemed to occupy a dimly lit room; and as the smoke died down, the figure of Naruto Uzumaki was seen groaning pitifully as he held his aching head.
CLACK...
But that was when the lights suddenly flashed on his face.
"Geez," He winced, shielding his face from the brightness trying to blind him. "It's not like I've been asleep for over half-a-dozen years; hey lady, can you turn the lights down so that I can at least try to catch my bearings?"
And at his request, the lights dimmed a little bit.
"Thanks."
Though, as he tried to take one step forward, he was suddenly caught himself from about tripping, hopping on one leg before he suddenly settled down on his four limbs - standing on his knees.
"Okay, what the heck was that? And why does it suddenly feel like the world's spinning?"
"That's your body telling you it's getting used to the extra weight on your spine."
Looking up at the voice, his eyes met with those of a familiar shade of blue.
His eyes narrowed.
"Hey, what the heck did you do to my body!? Why do I feel so weird?"
"You have billions of nanites interacting with your biology's nervous system."
Nanomachines, also called nanites, are mechanical or electromechanical devices whose dimensions are measured in nanometers (billionths of a millimeter, or units of 10^-12 meter).
Naruto blinked.
"Okay, how do I know that?" He demanded, glaring at the lady in front of him while referring to the burst of unexpected knowledge, before his head suddenly throbbed wildly - causing him to hold it and wince. "And why's my head aching me so damn much?!"
"You're asking too many questions for someone for someone whose brain capacity is higher than that of a normal humans… but then again, you weren't exactly normal to begin with were you?"
The blond balked as another wave of information rushed to the forefront of the mind - this time, explaining the terminology of 'Brain Capacity' - which was accompanied by a wave of throbbing aches on his head; and it didn't take long for him to realise that his headaches were related to the burst of knowledge unknown to him before.
Nanites…
Naruto frowned as the word highlighted his mind.
Glancing at his hands, the blond clenched and unclenched his fingers, somehow feeling the tiny machines constantly moving inside him doing whatever it was they were doing within him and he wondered: were they the cause? As at the moment, not only was he feeling a sudden rush of knowledge, he was also feeling like he was somehow, in a constantly active state of energization...
It was like he was constantly in Sage Mode.
Why?
What's happening to him?
Did the nanites have something to do with this too?
Was his Chakra…
Naruto brought his right hand to his face, cupped his fingers and faced it to the ceiling, before he frowned in concentration to summon a Rasengan.
"What is it that you're trying to accomplish exactly?"
The blond ignored the words spoken to him as a wisp of energy formed and spiraled on his cupped hand until it formed a sphere, but rather than the orange sphere he was very used to seeing - A/N in this story, Naruto's Rasengan is and always has been Orange, his true Chakra Colour as Sasuke's color is Purple and Sakura's is Green A/N - what he saw was the red color of a Bijuu-dama covering the orb that was shaped on his palm and much to his shock…
He couldn't dismiss it.
"Um…"
But then a different set of images flashed in his mind.
Kamehameha!
Galic Gun!
Dodon Ray!
Masenko-ha!
It was easy to notice the pattern in these: charge attack, aim, fire and if anything, it reminded him of how a Bijudama wave was formed. Looking at the ball of energy slowly increasing in size - it was nearly the size of a Big Ball Rasengan - and deciding that that option was better than nothing, he decided to follow his instincts and throw it, aiming at the tank he came out from.
It was completely incinerated.
*BOOM!*
Naruto blinked, jaw slightly dropping in shock at the sheer power of what was supposed to be a Rasengan.
"What… was that?"
"You are going to have to be more specific because I can not tell if you are referring to the massively expensive equipment you destroyed, or one of the results of the overall changes done to your biology."
"Massively expensive-" Naruto scowled, his eyebrows twitching. "Of course I'm referring to me and you know that!"
"Fine then, put on some clothes and follow me. We have quite a bit to talk about."
(Time Skip...)
"-So let me get this straight."
Naruto was no longer as naked as he was when he woke up - something he failed to notice immediately - and with his tail - which was something he was extremely shocked to find that he had, and it was the reason for the imbalance he experienced when he got out of his pod. He wondered why it was a monkey's tail though - firmly wrapped around his waist, he was garbed in a pair of orange baggy pants that extended all the way to his ankle, a repaired blue shinobi sandals, a black long sleeve tee shirt, a short sleeved orange jacket, a grey pouch - which was on his right knee, and finally his black shinobi headband that was wrapped around his left bicep.
The blond currently stood behind the redhead who saved his life. She was currently sitting on what was only described as a teched out throne, facing away from the array of screens and monitors that were displayed behind her, all showing different images of locations unfamiliar to the blond.
He didn't know where he was.
No… wait,
Scratch that, he exactly knew where he was.
He just didn't believe it.
"Not only do you heal me by poisoning my Chakra, which made it more volatile than before, you also managed to replicate said energy, monopolize it, and finally create an entire company that's funded by the money earned by selling energy cells that runs on a knockoff version of my Chakra - which could be potentially world threatening in the wrong hands - after I specifically told you not to do it!?"
"I find it interesting that that's what you're able to get out of the lengthy story I just gave you." The redhead dryly stated. "Indeed you did warn me of the potential consequences that would be brought about by profiting off your unique energy signature, and no. I did not 'poison' it. All I did was introduce an element that transformed the properties of your energy to something much more unique, stable and efficient than it already was; you should be thanking me for making you effectively immortal."
Naruto rubbed the bridge of his nose in annoyance.
"Immortality? Who ever said I gave a fuck about that?!" He stated, quite angrily. "'Introduced an Element', by that do you mean the extra DNA samples that had a 75% chance of eradicating my Uzumaki heritage? Or the nanites that are now living inside my Chakra System-"
The blond paused.
His mind suddenly remembered something.
"Actually, you know what? I doubt what I have counts as Chakra anymore because it feels so different from what I remember, thanks for that by the way, and I'm not even going to comment on the fact that you transformed my mind into a computer operated library."
"It's more of a-"
"Actually you know what?" He interrupted her, raising a hand for silence which earned the blond an eyebrow twitch. "I'm going out. After everything that's just been dumped on me I need a breather; I hope that's not a problem."
And at this, the redhead sighed.
"Fine; get some fresh air. But there are some things you'll need before you go."
Naruto crossed his hands over his chest.
"Good. I'm afraid if I hit something in my anger, this whole place will come tumbling down and we wouldn't want that to happen now, would we?"
The blond didn't receive an answer for that.
Currently he was shooting across the air donned in Golden Chakra Cloak - something he was finding difficult to maintain it just as he found difficulty to summon in the first place; just proves how messed up his Chakra was - and as he felt the brush of the wind along his golden blond locks, a frown formed on his face.
Seven Years.
It was hard to believe so much time had passed because to him, it was like he fell asleep yesterday but that wasn't the fact. What surprised him was the fact that things changed so much in such little time; granted, he knew nothing of the society he ended up in that was true, but to hear and see that his Chakra was the cause of such a massive scale change…
He could even feel it in the air.
Yes he knew that there was a possibility of his Chakra being used like that, but he hoped that wasn't the case when he decided to share its secrets with her: Elina Gestone, the half owner of the extremely popular Uzumaki-Gestone Enterprises.
Guess who owned the other half of the company.
Flying was what he thought would clear up his mind but that didn't seem to be the case - especially when a perverted knock off of his Chakra was now permanently mixed up with the planets atmosphere - and the fact didn't even change given that he knew that over a million tiny machines were living in him doing who knows what on top of what they already did.
'I need Ramen… I hope this place has ramen.'
The Food of the Gods might just be the ticket he needed to get him out of this funk because Ramen always fixes everything, and it just so helped being knocked out for over half a dozen years, built up his appetite.
Here's hoping that there was enough Ramen in the world to sate it.
(Meanwhile...)
"Why that no good-"
An upset Son Chichi fumed in her house.
She was forced to say goodbye to her Gohan, watching as he took off to the skies with his father - her delinquent of a husband - in order to train to fight some monster machines that he, her son, shouldn't even be fighting.
That was over Four Months ago.
She couldn't track them down - not for the lack of trying - and snatch Gohan away from her husband but because she couldn't fly she was stuck, and even if she could. She knew she wasn't physically strong enough to take on the strength of her husband and win flawlessly and it was something that frustrated her greatly because it meant that he'd be doing things that he could be able to truly get away with like kidnapping her baby boy and running away with him.
She wanted to pull her hair out.
Asking Bulma for help did nothing because even she didn't know where Goku was so she wasn't able to track him, even with all the scientific equipment she had available which was a major let down and she sure as heck couldn't ask Vegeta of all people to track down her husband because the once prince was off planet - which was even worse because he'd left Bulma pregnant with a child and didn't even stay behind to take care of it - and everyone else was useless because like the man she called her husband, they were also busy training to fight those machine monsters.
What went wrong?
Was she a bad mother?
Was she a bad wife?
This wasn't how she'd picture her marriage to Goku would be back when they were engaged. Granted she was a young teenager with many wild thoughts, however as she'd matured and got to understand what marriage was, she was expecting that Goku wouldn't disappoint. She was expecting that like her, Goku would've at least matured and would eventually be able to invest the effort he put into fighting into their life as a future married couple.
He didn't.
Time and time again he proved that fighting would always be placed over their life as a married couple. He proved that with his fight with the Saiyans, and the time he went into space, and now he was proving that by training to fight the androids and what was worse…
He was dragging Gohan into it!
This wasn't what she wanted for her son.
Her dream for Gohan was one with literal Power and Success.
Gohan would grow up to be a lawyer or a banker, get married, and give her grandkids to spoil; the dream she envisioned for her son was one of peace and love - it was why she was so strict with him - but with how involved he was getting with his father's life, she feared she might lose her son too and that was something she couldn't bear. She already accepted that she lost her husband to martial arts but she didn't want to lose her son.
Not Gohan.
Not her baby boy.
She didn't know what to do and she was running out of ideas. Even if she found Gohan, would she be able drag him back home? He could just fly off with his father because no doubt her husband has already started to pound his ideals into Gohan's head.
"I need more books…"
If there was a chance for her to stomp away her husbands influence on her son, then she was going to take it, and if it meant grounding Gohan, taking away the keys and throwing it away so that he could drown himself in his studies like she wanted him to, then so be it.
A little shopping never hurt anyone after all.
(Scene Change...)
Naruto sighed in relief, a few moments later, dropping the empty bowl in front of him.
"Ah, that's the spot."
Ignoring the stares he got from all around, in satisfaction, the blond patted his stomach that gained a slight bump due to the amount of food he ate and why not? After all, this was the first real meal he's ever eaten in what, like seven years; so expect him to go wild with his order.
He was happy.
At first he was shocked that this place - a nootle themed restaurant - did not know how to make Miso Ramen when he demanded they serve that to him - the sheer knowledge of this was appalling - but after he showed them how to do it by preparing one himself and when the customers seemed to like it after he served his dish to the first person that requested it, he couldn't help but grin excitedly - especially after he was made an honorary customer, provided he came by every once in a while to introduce new recipes that would draw in more customers...
He accepted.
The offer was readily and quickly accepted because this place - while it was no Ichiraku - he felt that it would give him the freedom he needed to clear his mind because it focused on something divinely rewarding to him.
Ramen.
Was he allowed to eat it during chores?
No.
Was he bothered by that fact?
Hell no.
As long as he got his meal and ate as much as he liked, he didn't care because to him Ramen was life and life was Ramen - a philosophy that he was never going to abandon in his life, like ever - and the fact that he was getting paid for every Miso Ramen - and any other new recipes he brought to the table - that was ordered by customers, only made this break even all the more sweeter.
He wished this was never going to stop.
"Thanks Murakami-san, you've just made my day."
"No, it is I who should be thanking you Naruto-san."
Naruto looked over to the owner of this establishment: Murakami-san; the owner was a young looking man in a chef's costume with a traditionally long hat that showed all that he was in charge and normally, the owner would have been wearing a pair of shades over his eyes because of his sight disability but aside from bringing customers to his establishment, he'd used his Six Paths Sage Power - he was surprised that he was still able to summon it - to completely heal a sightless man and to say everyone was shocked was an understatement.
He had no doubt that was what influenced their decision of him staying as their Number 1 customer.
"Please, feel free to come back my store anytime. My doors are always welcome for the man who managed a miracle."
"Will do! Just make sure to keep a bowl of Miso ready for me every week and I'll promise I'll bring in even newer ideas to this place."
Naruto's ears twitched.
"How can someone eat so much?"
"I'm more surprised that he's able to stay so thin!"
"Speak for yourself. I'm still wondering how he restored Mr. Murakami's sight, do you think that can work for a missing limb?"
The blond, despite being a few meters away from the conversation - (he was in the customer serving area while the employees were piled up by the doorway of the kitchen) - could still hear what was said and ignoring that - like the way he ignored the other new abilities he seemed to gain since he came here: enhanced smell, sight, touch; it was like whatever made him human evolved to a level beyond that - he grinned apologetically at the owner.
"Sorry about running you dry though, I wish I didn't have such a huge appetite."
Murakami-san shook his head, showing that it wasn't a thing to worry about.
"It's alright. Today is the end of the week so it gives us as a restaurant time to restock our supplies. And because our restaurant has made more money today than we ever have in a week, our supply run this time around is going to be quite 'eventful'."
The blond stood up from his chair.
"Then I'll make sure to visit as much as I can!" His grin returned, but it was one with enthusiasm. "Just try not to run out of stock before I do."
Murakami bowed.
"It's a promise, Naruto-san."
And with that the blond took his leave, thus leaving Murakami alone with his employees.
'What a delightful guy.'
The man bent down to pick up some of the bowls on the table, before turning around and walking towards his kitchen.
'I wouldn't mind seeing him again,' He smiled, 'Now I just need to think of a way to tell my family back home the good news.'
And as he passed through the doorway, his employees scrambled to pick up the remaining empty plates that were left behind while secretly wondering just how one man could eat so damn much.
The blond, meanwhile, was walking down the route of an unfamiliar road with a very happy expression coupled with the air of satisfaction around him, and thinking back to the meal which he'd just feasted on, he thought, that really hit the spot, despite the fact that he was made to wait until after he was the last customer before he dug in.
As he just ate a large meal, flying was out of the question. It was difficult for him to maintain his Chakra Cloak on his way here and to summon his Healing abilities to restore Murakami-san's eyesight. To struggle maintaining the cloak while with a full stomach would be a bad idea which was why he chose to walk instead - and besides, this would give him an opportunity to explore this world close up.
"Now," Naruto muttered while looking around. "What to see first."
But with the way his senses were acting, it was hard to focus on anything that wasn't related personally to him. The blond wore a frown on his face and wondered what his late sensei would do at a time like this.
'No, wait; duh. If he isn't getting intel on Orochimaru related sightings, he'd find the nearest hot spring to peek at women for his book.'
And he wasn't about to stalk around for a hot spring to peek into like his shameless sensei (may his soul rest in peace) mainly because, thankfully, he wasn't as perverted as him to go that far, but in all honesty, he wouldn't mind having a friendly and sane conversation with someone who wouldn't be freaked out by him; and as luck would have it, he just managed to bump into said person who, ironically, was a female.
Thinking about it, maybe writing a book wouldn't be so bad either; Naruto thought, helping the woman up. "Sorry about bumping into you like that; are you okay, miss?"
"Don't be sorry, it's my fault for not looking," She replied, accepting his help. "With how things are lately, my mind's been a big mess."
Naruto grinned.
"Well then, I guess that makes two of us, pretty lady." His comment earned him a blush. "It's nice to see that I'm not the only one with problems like this. My name's Naruto by the way, what's yours?"
"Chi-Chi," The woman identified, smiling up at the blond who was about a head taller than her. "And you're right. It's nice to find someone to talk to about my problems; even if we only just met, somehow I feel like I can trust you. Weird right?"
"Yeah, I know the feeling." Naruto nodded, and then glanced around. "The sun really is merciless at this hour. Let's not just stand here on the sun; I'm kinda new in town, you know any nice places with an awesome shade?"
Chi-chi clapped her hands excitedly. "I think know just the place!"
And with black haired female taking the lead, the two disappeared into parts unknown.
They were both unaware that the blond's movement was being tracked.
Back where a familiar redhead resided.
"You idiot."
Meanwhile, as Naruto was off with Chi-Chi, a third person who was using the Camera's all around the City, couldn't help but frown at what she saw.
'Do you even realise what's happening to you?'
As she was the one that experimented on the blond, she knew more about his body than he knew about it himself, that was a guarantee, and it was due to the fact that the nanites she injected into him were built with receivers that allowed her to record progress and note down the status of the blonds body - like whether it was healthy or suffering from any sort of injuries - which is something she also did a lot of back when he was unconscious.
She wasn't about to skip back on the promise of making sure he was alive after her experiment.
When she gave the blond permission to leave and go release his fury she didn't think he'd be gone for so long. Granted, it was naive to believe that his venting would be quick, but still, she would have preferred it if he came back by now so that there wouldn't be any 'unforeseen circumstances' brought up on by any actions.
Actions that wouldn't happen if he was in a safe and controlled environment, but with the way things are right now, all she could do was brace herself for the inevitable string of events about to break through her door.
Hormones could make lots of things happen after all.
The nanites may have stalled off any unusual deformity of his body from his seven year stasis, the various hormones within his body continued to act normally - like the hormones that stimulate physical growth of his height, muscles, and a few others - but they, the nanites, were unfortunately unable to completely fool their host's cells to completely ward off any build up which may have been caused by physical inactivity (such as sexual tension) and for a period as long as seven years,
Meaning and inevitable, and sudden release of hormones when body resumes active movement, they might be unable to control themselves.
That was the situation Naruto was in, and she was monitoring the movements of his body.
She didn't like what she saw.
"Even if I send my androids to bring him in, I'm not sure they'll survive an encounter," the redhead muttered. "And I know he'll be too far gone to even consider listening to what I've to say… *sigh* ...looks like all I can do is hope for the best."
And besides she had other works to do, like returning to create her version of the strange time machine she discovered over a year ago as after all, she was not one that was to let a rival company like Capsule Corps get one over on her.
End.
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Authors Note: I, LandonPhill, bring you a new story that's somewhat never been touched and I say somewhat because there are stories like Kurama Otutsuki's Unmatched Android or the even more popular NeonZangetsu's Imperfection; but unlike those stories, while this version of Naruto is Cybernetic, he is not enhanced the same way the Naruto's in the other two stories are. While his energy is borderline infinite, his mechanical parts are made from nanites which act as cells to his Chakra System like normal cells act to our various Nervous Systems. His DNA has more Saiyan DNA than Cell's DNA does, and it's artificial DNA is more 'pure' of sorts than Cell's is, but despite that, as he wasn't 'made' the same way as Cell was, meaning he might not have the same Transformations/Potentials as Cell does, like the Super Saiyan Transformation and his perfect transformation.
Anyways…
While Naruto is found by Gero in most - if not all - stories, this version of Naruto is found by someone who isn't Gero, and who used his Chakra to make an entire empire. This makes Naruto now one of the wealthiest people on Earth and in addition to that, he's living in a technologically advanced home that would allow him to access tons of equipment to allow him opportunities to explore many types of physical and mental training, even more advanced than Vegeta and we all know how strong Vegeta can get.
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