A/N:Aaaaargh! I'm getting too much into Dbz as of late. This is my last fic for awhile now! Seriously! I need to update Five Days to Watch you Die and Artificia!. Anywho, I'm not sure if anyone has tried this yet, but I thought it wise to give it a shot. So many possibilities!

"Your wish has been granted."

~Shenron.

Wish

In all his wildest dreams, Uzuma Naruto had never imagined he'd find such a thing stashed in the Scroll of Sealing. Such things, to be precise. Seven balls exact, each numbering a star one through seven. Each, small enough to fit in his palm. Orange, each of them. His favorite color! They were warm to the touch, pulsating with life as he laid them on the ground. On some instint he decided to raise his hands. And then it happened. They started glowing. Pulsing with light a heartbeat later, darkening the sky, the starry horizing fading to an eerie, pitch black. Naruto gawped at the sight, wincing as golden lightning streaked across the sky. This was way better than some stupid jutsu! It made swiping the scroll all the more worthwhile.

"I! RETURN!"

A streak of light jolted up from the balls hurtling the unfortunate blond into a tree before winding and spiraling its way into the sky above. Naruto watched it take shape, assume flesh and form. Imagine his horror when he saw the sheer size of the creature, in all its green-scaled glory. Baleful red eyes regarded him as though he were but an insect, a mere drop in the ocean of life. Naruto swallowed, nervously fidgeting with his goggles all the while struggling not to gibber like a madman. He failed, miserably.

"W-W-W-W-What the hell is this?!"

Indeed and much to his amazement, he found himself staring at an ancient deity. One that supposdely existed only in legends. A great lizard, whom held no equal, no rival, be it on the land or sea orsky. A dragon! That was it! He was staring a dragon!

The great dragon peered down at its summoner in what could only be described as disbelief. Many years had passed since its last summoning. And who was this that summoned it now? Not its creator, certainly, but this boy, a mere whelp of a lad! No matter. He had been summoned after all this time, and in return...

"You of saiyan blood who have summoned me after all these years," the dragon thundered. "As a boon for returning me to this world, I shall grant of thee two wishes!"

Naruto blinked, his tail curling in surprise. Yes, his tail. He'd worked so hard to keep it hidden all these years, and yet here, unbidden, he'd forgotten to wrap it around his waist beneath the jumpsuit. Wihin good reason, one might think. He was already tormented enough as it was. The last thing he wanted was the villagers to see his tail and think up some new title for the demon-brat. The sandaime had always locked himup inside his room whenever there was a full moon, too. And he most likely would've done the same tonight, were it not for the clouds. All these thoughts were banished however, when he heard the dragon address him as a saiyan.

"Saiyan?" he asked. "What's that?"

"I am the mighty Shenron!" The dragon rumbled. "I am here to grant wishes, not answer questions!" Naruto whimpered fearfully. Crap! Were all dragons this scary?! Wait a second...did he say wishes? Wasn't this some sort of jutsu or something? What was all this wish crap?

"Two wishes?" he asked in disbelief.

"Yes, two!" Shenron growled out. "Now, name your first wish!"

Seriously? Naruto scratched at th back of his head, unable to comprehed the magnitude of what he was being offered. This dragon was going to grant two wishes? Two of his wishes? It was too good to be true. The first thing that came to his mind where wihes were concerned however, was thus:

"I want my parents back!"

"I cannot grant that wish." Shenron replied after a short time. "They are sealed within the netherworld. It is impossible to revive them."

Naruto sulked. Damn. What else could he wish for? A lifetime supply of ramen? He snapped his mouth shut even as it opened. That'd be a waste of a wish! A date with Sakura-chan? No...well, it wouldn't be the same if she was forced now, would it? Aaargh! What to wish for?!

Naruto thought long and hard. He was half tempted to wish for becoming Hokage, but yet again, something held him back. He wanted to work for that, to earn the villager's respect. Not make some silly little wish, and be granted everything he ever desired! Think, Naruto...think! What did he fear, more than anything else? What was he afraid of? Unbidden a memory came to him. The beatings. The hate, the ridicule, all of their harsh words as the thrashed him within an inch of his life. And each time he came back from it stronger, each time, fearing that it would be his last. Death. Yes, he feared death. More than anything else in the world.

"Why not wish for immortality?" A nasty little voice inside his head suggested. "Then you'll never have to fear death. Ever."

Had Naruto been in his right mind, he would've given pause at the sudden sound of an unknown voice in his head. As he was yet unaware, of his tenant, he should've been even more wary. But Uzumaki Naruto was not in his right mind. He was standing fifty feet or so beneath the eternal dragon! Of course he wasn't in his right mind!

"Speak!" Shenron commanded. "Make your wishes so that I may depart!"

"Immortal." Naruto struggled to quell his quaking voice. "I w-wish for immortality!" The sudden inkling of being trapped at the age of thirteen seized upon himm filling the boy with terror. He didn't want to be stuck like this forever! He'd never get a date! "W-Wait!" He added, hastily, flapping his hands, "I still want to age! A-At least until I'm an adult!"

Shenron stared down at him, its inscrutable red eyes betraying nothing. At length, it spoke.

"An interesting wish, young one."

"Can you grant it?"

An indignant snort was its answer.

"So be it!" Shenron boomed! "It shall be done!" His red eyes glowed, and a column of light shot up around Naruto and enveloped him. Naruto wanted to scream, but the words refused to come. He could feel, it; pure power, flooding his every pore. Energy, rushing through every cell in his body. It felt like he was self-destructing but at the same time revitalizing, intense. The sensation lasted for only a instant, then the light faded and Naruto found himself standing in the clearing again, utterly unchanged. He looked down at his hands, confused. "Is that it?" He looked up hopefully at Shenron. "Am I immortal?"

The dragon nodded.

"As you have wished, so shall it be. Until the day of your twentieth year you will continue to age, but then no more! You cannot be killed!" The skies thundered ominously, reverberating in his skin. "Now boy, name your second wish!"

Naruto blinked.

"My...second?" What the hell should he wish for? Again the urge to become Hokage tugged at him, an eager dog straining at its leash, but he brought it to heel. He needed to think about this. Reviving his parents was out of the question. As were the aforementioned options. Barring those, what else could he possibly wish for? He was still contemplating it when a swirl of leaves appeared behind him. A hand clamped down upon both his shoulders, causing the boy to start in surprise, his second wish left unspoken.

"Na-ru-to!"

"Geh!" He yelped! "I-Iruka-sensei! What...brings you out here?" He stole a nervous glance at the brooding shinobi. "I can explain-

"You know damn well why I'm out here-what?"

The poor boy fumbled with his tail, but it was too late. He found himself look up up up into the narrowed eyes of Iruka Umino. Thank kami the man hadn't seen his tail yet! He found himself rueing those words however as his mentor finally noticed his student's furry appendage. His eyes bulged so wide Naruto as certain they'd fall out of his head. Great. He braced himself for the hars words, for the cruel, bitter sting of resentment. The people of his village were all the same. Ignorant, prejudicious bastards, the lot of them! Harsh tears stung at his own sapphire orbs, threatening to overwhelm him. He hated this! Why couldn't anyone understand him!

Iruka gawped. When had his tail grown back?

"Naruto, you-

"LET GO OF ME!" The boy screamed, wresting himself away from the special jounin, eyes burning with unshed tears. "Leave me alone!"

"Naruto!" Iruka exclaimed. "What're you-

"Make your wish, boy!" Shenron thundered above them, drowning out the shinobi's words. "I haven't the time to tarry!"

"Nani?"

Iruka's gaze snapped upward in dismay and disbelief. Only now did he truly notice the great dragon hanging over their heads, silhouetted against the full moon. Silent dread welled up within him. A full moon. Oh no. No no no no. The sandaime had issued strict instructions as to why Naruto must NEVER see the light of the full moon, and Iruka was numbered amongst the choice few to know why. Should he raise his gaze toward the all knowing dragon-toward the moon-there would be disaster. He had no idea what the dragon was or what it was doing there. He knew only that the boy's musn't look at the moon.

'Naruto,' he thought in horror, 'What have you done?'

Naruto refused to look at either, gazing intently at the ground, fists clenched, red in the face. In his current state, it wouldn't take much to distract him.

"Naruto, you...you need to come with me." Iruka began, reaching for his student. "Right now. You need to-

A whisper of motion reached his ears. He turned, throwing himself between Naruto and the sudden sound. There was a starbursrt of pain. A white-hot explosion of agony.

Then...nothingness.

Iruka scarcely felt Mizuki's shuriken, such as it were, when he flung himself into his path. Oh, there was a twinge of pain as slammed into his back and shattering his spine, but the numbness of death was quick to claim him soon thereafter, ushering him into its sweet nothingness. But not immediately. The last sight he saw was that of his student; the final sound, his horrified whisper of:

"S-Sensei?"

There were other sensations as well.

"You can't be dead!" Naurto wailed, but the last of his words were lost in the in the approach of the one who had killed slain Iruka.

"There you are, Kyuubi brat!" Mizuki cackled, leaping down from a nearby bough. "Time to die! Iruka felt, rather than saw his former comrade, stepping into the clearing. His killing intent palpable, the distinctive swish-swish of another shuriken already flying from his hand. Naruto's gaze snapped up and the flying discus carromed off his back as though it were made of steel. He was looking past Mizuki now, up toward the dragon now past the dragon up up up..

"W-What did you just call me?" He was looking at the moon. Oh god. He was looking at the moon. Staring at it, as though he'd seen it for the first time. Iruka reached a trembling hand toward his favorite student, only to find it crushed beneath a giant foot. The towering form of a great ape loomed over his broken body, uncaring for the body of the man it had just trampled. A throaty roar left its lips. Massive fists pounded at its hairy chest, like the drums of a great hunt, out for Mizuki's blood. Mizuki screamed like a little girl at the sight of the great ape. Screamed, as it opened its mouth and obliterated three quarters of the stone faces with a single blast of what could only be called light, pouring out of its mouth.

"Demon! Oni! Akuma!" Mizukia was screeching, scrambling backwards as the boy-turned-monkey stomped toward him. ruka understood now. This was why Naruto must never look at the full moon. He knew the stories but to see the great ape's rampage firsthand...

"Na-

He choked on his own, blood, helpless to do anything but watch as the the boy wrought a just revenge on the one responsible for his rage.

"GRAAAAAAAAH!" The giant oozaru thundered, howling its fury toward the heavens. Moving with alarming speed, it reached down for its tormentor, crushing him in a massive paw.

"What the hell is this?!" Mizuki shrilled as a gigangic fist closed around his torso. "What are you doing, demon brat! No! Wait! Stop!" He found himself lifted high, brought to bear before the monkey's muzzle, before that grisly maw filled with so many sharp teeth. A gaping chasm, gawping wide Iruka did not see the man's end by any means but he recognized the crunch of bones all the same. And he took comfort in the sole satisfaction of knowing that his onetime partner had perished for his mistakes before death finally took him.

His last sight was that of Naruto, howling at the full moon.

A/N: Aaaaand cut! What will Naruto's wish be?! Before we get into that, some facts. Apparently someone on Naruto's world was of saiyan blood, hence his tail. Also, the sandaime appears to at the very least, know of the full moon transformation, implying something for those of you who care to guess it. But who oh who could have created the dragonballs here? Are they kami's? Were they made by someone else entirely on Naruto's planet? Good question. Will other foesand friends from DBZ make their grand appearances? And is Naruto a full saiyan or merely half-human half-saiyan? Why didn't Kyuubi bust out during the rampage? So many questions! And I have all the answers! Feel free to leave your opinions!

I sincerely hope you enjoyed reading this ficlet as much as I did writing it! Anywho, I'm off to work as always, and as always, Im looking forward to your reviews so...in the immortal, eternal word of Atlas...

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And would you kindly suggest what his second wish ought to be! If I like your idea I might use 'em in the next chapter! And if you think he wished to bring Iruka back to life, well, guess again. Be sure to tell me what you think!

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