I recently started reading in this site and ever since I wanted to write my own crossover. Now DBZ and Naruto are one of my favourites. But while reading most stories here, I found DBZ characters to very much nerfed. So hopefully in my story I will be able output I good content without weakening my favourite characters.

Now in this story, the DBZ timeline will be after the Cell games, while the Naruto timeline, it will around the formation of Team 7.

Disclaimer: I do not own either DBZ or Naruto. All content belongs to their original owners.

After Cell was defeated, Gohan was tasked with being the protector of Earth. Goku had passed on the responsibility to his son, Gohan when he saved the Earth one last time by giving up his life. Unfortunately for Gohan, Goku didn't leave behind him a lot of money. With a baby Goten on the way, Gohan and Chi-Chi were short on money. So they decided to move in with Chi-Chi's father, the Ox-King, who was the king of the Fire Mountain, a small part of the Fire country.

Chi-Chi still wanted to send Gohan to study. So she decided to send Gohan to the best institute in the country, which happened to be the one in Leaf Village. What she didn't know was that it wasn't the kind of school that she had in mind for Gohan.

The half-saiyan knew exactly what kind of school it was. He hid it from his mother knowing she would not allow it. For him, it represented the perfect opportunity for him to help people, while also being able to train himself.

Gohan had told his grandpa of his wishes, and made him promise not to tell his mother. This was their secret. His grandfather understood his need for training, being a formal martial artist himself so agreed to it. So Gohan and the Ox-King went to Konoha in the hopes of joining the institute.

Upon reaching Konoha, the young Saiyan was surprised. It was not at all what he imagined. The whole village was surrounded by a wall. Also he could see a mountain, in which the faces of four persons was chiselled out. Gohan and his grandpa went to see the Hokage.

Sarutobi immediately recognised the Ox-King and welcomed him "Welcome Ox-King. I'm the current Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi. Why have you come here in person with this young boy? If you have any mission, you only needed to send a request. You didn't have to come here in person."

"Greeting Hokage. You see, I didn't come here for a mission request, I came here to join my grandson in your academy. That's why he has come here. Well until now, he has been home schooled, but I'm sure he will pick it right up if you were to put him in a class of his age." Replied the Ox-King.

Sarutobi looked over the boy, and he could feel that he was peculiar. His eyes had a feel of responsibility and strength. "Hello boy, what is your name?" asked Sarutobi.

"My name is Son Gohan and I really do want to join your academy. Even though I have been home scholled, I'm sure I will fit right in. I will also work very hard sir" replied the young half-saiyan.

"Well it is not like I can say no to request from the Ox-king, so I will allow it. I will decide where to place you after I test your four basic skills. Is that ok?" asked Sarutobi. Gohan nodded a yes to him.

"Come to the village academy tomorrow morning. For tonight, I will arrange a place for you to stay." Gohan was happy to hear that. The Ox-king had some work to do, so he went back to his place that day itself.

The demi-saiyan was to staying at an inn that night. He was happy to study here. He knew that he was different from the other students here, so he promised himself that he will try not to stick out. He wondered what will be in store for him the next day.

The Next Morning

Gohan reached the academy, wearing his signature outfit which he had got from Picollo, but without the white cape. There he found the Hokage and one more person waiting for him.

Sarutobi greeted him "Good morning Gohan. I hope your stay was comfortable. Now this is Iruka. He is one of the teachers at the academy. He is here to assess your skill level."

"Good morning Gohan. So first we will start by testing your Ninjutsu. Are you following me?" asked Iruka seeing the confusion in Gohan eyes.

"Well you see, I don't know Ninjutsu, I know only martial arts. So I was kind of hoping that would be enough for me" replied Gohan.

Now Iruka and Sarutobi was not surprised. They really did expect something like this to happen. "Ok, well than I will test your martial arts or Taijutsu as well call it here by sparring with you" replied Iruka and Gohan just nodded knowing that he would have to hold back a lot.

Iruka stepped forward and went into his battle stance. Gohan also changed into his stance, he took the turtle battle stance that was taught to him by his dad. His stance really surprised the academy teacher and the Hokage. They couldn't find any weakness. Sarutobi impressed thought "That stance is not like any I have seen and I must say I'm impressed by it. Depending on the outcome of this battle, we might have an another Lee in our hands".

Iruka charged forward wanting to see how Gohan will react. Gohan side stepped him at the last moment and then put some distance between him and Iruka. Still eyeing Iruka, Gohan was waiting for him to make the next move. The half-saiyan was still trying to get a measure of Iruka.

Both Iruka and the Hokage understood that Gohan was waiting to test measure Iruka's strength, even though it should really be the other way. So he tried to phase behind Gohan, but only to met by a knee to his stomach. It really hurt and surprised him. Sarutobi could see that Gohan was still holding back. He smiled knowing that he found another Lee. So he told to stop the fight.

"Gohan, what style of fighting is that? Is that the Turtle style of Muten-Roshi?" asked the old man curiously.

"Yes. Have you fought someone who uses it before" asked Gohan wondering how much the Hokage knew about it. He was scared that he might know of his true strength.

"Well I heard a rumour that your grandpa went to foreign land to train under some great martial artist in the Turtel style. So did your grandpa teach you that?" enquired Sarutobi.

Gohan shaked his head " No, it was taught to me by my father, who was also a student of the turtle style."

"I see. It's a very powerful style, and your dad must have been a great teacher. You showed skills far beyond your age. How long have you been training?" asked the Hokage.

" Well I have been training since 4. My first teacher taught me the demon style. But for the last 4 years, I was trained by dad" answered Gohan surprising the Hokage and Iruka.

"I see. Well, you may go now, I will call you later to my office.". Gohan bowed his head and left the two of them.

After Gohan left, Sarutobi turned to the academy teacher "So what do you think? I think his Taijutsu is excellent and felt that he will still holding back on you. I'm thinking of making him a Genin."

"I must agree with you, he showed excellent reflex and he did really pack a punch. But do you think we should promote him straight to a Genin? If he make him go through the academy for a year, we could teach him about chakra and how to control to use it. Then he will make a fine Shinobi" pondered Iruka.

"No, I don't think he will be able to do that. He can't learn chakra control. I think by now he must have fully mastered Ki, that it must be impossible for him to use Chakra" replied the wise man.

"What do you mean? He knows how to use Ki? Why didn't he say that? Is that even really possible?" asked the surprised teacher.

"Well I have heard that the Ox-king trained under Muten Roshi, one of the greatest martial artist of this era. His martial arts includes the use of Ki. I'm pretty sure of that. If my assumption is right, he must be really skilled" answered Sarutobi.

"So that's why you want make him a Genin. So which team do you plan to put him in?" asked Iruka.

With a smile, Sarutobi replied " I plan to put him in Team 7. I think Naruto will welcome a person who will judge him for he is and not based on what is inside him."

Iruka nodded, agreeing to the old man's reasoning.

Meanwhile, Gohan after leaving the academy went to the library to read about Ninja and their techniques. He read a lot of things, but the thing that most caught his attention was Genjutsu. Having never experienced it before, he was not sure what to do about it. All the other techniques, he figured that he could easily over power them. He also read about the tailed beast, which he really found intriguing, wondering where he could fight one.

After some heavy reading, he heard the infamous saiyan growl of hunger coming from his stomach. "I can't believe I almost forgot lunch" laughed off the half saiyan went out from the library in search of some (I meant some in saiayn terms) food.

Kakashi was summoned by Sarutobi to office and told about the extra member in his team, and how he was a special case. Later Gohan was told the same, and told to report, the next morning in the institute.

A/N: This was not easy. It was much harder to write this, much more than I thought. Anyway, waiting for your reviews after reading.