Hey Guys! Sorry for the wait on updating, I've been busy lately with my new job and also with family matters as well but I think it's about time that I got back to updating The Dragon of the Leaf as I haven't touched this in a while.
Now, before I get to answering the reviews I got from you guys in the previous chapter, I wanted to talk real quick about why I made Goku a teen.
Really, the reason why I made him revert back to the age of a teen is that so he could fit in with Team Seven as it would look weird to see Goku who is an adult a part of Team Seven and be out of place, so I didn't want people to think that or see him like that...if that makes sense.
So pretty much as to how big he is as a teen, think of him about the same size as Kabuto. Again, I hope my explanation makes sense as I'm not too good when it comes to explanations.
Anyway, let's get on with the reviews:
xXKentonHatakeXx: Sorry for making you wait, but here is the next chapter!
Monster King: I'm happy you like it so far!
Dragonblade101: I'm pretty sure I went back and fixed some of the grammer problems, so I think it should be good. If not, let me know and I'll go fix those mistakes.
Hawkcam1996: I should point this out now, but my memory is not the best so I can't remember exactly if Goku had ever heard or said that phrase before so I just assumed that he never heard of that phrase. I mostly made Kakashi act like that because he was annoyed that he had to do the dishes because he wanted to get back to his Novel (A.K.A Icha Icha Paradise), so that was why. I am happy that you still loved the needle scene and the different part I chose for when Inoichi entered his mind. Again, just look above the reviews for my reason why Goku is a teen in this story and hopefully it makes sense.
Naruko2001: Glad to hear that!
gokusaiyagod: Sorry, but I already have the pairing planned for Goku, but thanks for your idea.
That should be all the reviews from the previous chapter, but without further ado here's the re-done Chapter 1 of The Dragon of the Leaf!
(A/N: Also real quick, I'm trying something new for when it comes to fight scenes that I'm going to put an OST from Dragon Ball, Naruto and also other animes too during a fight. Why? Some of the stories I read did so I figure I could give it a try and see if it works and if you guys like it as well. If not, then please say so down on your review and I won't do it again.)
"Talking"
"Thinking"
"Jutsu/Biju Talking"
The Dragon of the Leaf
Chapter 1
-Previously...
"Sorry for the wait Gramps! I had to put a shirt on because I was only in my shorts. Did you need something?" Naruto asked.
"Yes I do. Your apartment is big enough to hold two people right?" Hiruzen said.
"Uh I think so. Why?" Naruto asked again.
"I was hoping if you could let my friend live here for a little bit until I can get him his own home." Hiruzen replied as he moved over to reveal Goku.
Being that he was meeting someone new, he introduced himself.
"Hi there! My name's Goku!" Goku introduced himself.
"O-Oh uh...Naruto Uzumaki." Naruto introduced back, although shocked about what Gramps was asking for him.
"Could you let him stay here until I can get him his own home? I would appreciate it a lot." Hiruzen asked again.
"Uh...alright. I'll do it for you Gramps." Naruto replied "In exchange though, you gotta take me out for Ramen!"
"I'll see if I can. Now then, I best be going now. I hope you two can get along." Hiruzen said before disappearing from where he was.
Which left Goku and Naruto by themselves as they continued to stare at each other.
"R-Right...well...come on in." Naruto said, moving out of the way.
Goku walked in and looked around to see it was a rather small apartment that looked like it was able to hold the two of them with no trouble as it had a small kitchen at the side, a hallway that lead to a room and the bathroom as well. He also noticed that there was a couch by the entrance and a small table there as well.
"Hm...nice little place you have here!" Goku said.
"Eh, I don't know if it's nice but its better than nothing." Naruto said "Well...if you need to go to the bathroom, it's over there and if you get hungry I have some instant cup ramen in the shelve if you get hungry."
"And I'm guessing this is where I sleep?" Goku asked as he pointed at the couch.
"Yeah. Sorry, it's because I only have one bed so you'll have to sleep on the couch." Naruto told him "Well...it's really late so we better get some sleep."
"Right. Well, good night Naruto!" Goku said as he laid down on the couch.
"Night." Naruto said as he went to his room, before turning the lights off.
As Naruto went to his room and he laid on the couch, Goku thought of one thing before going to sleep.
"It looks as though that I'm going to start my new life here in this place. I'm gonna really miss my world, but I hope I can get used to things here and make some friends too." Goku thought to himself.
-The Next Day...
As daylight had come in through the window of Naruto's house, the sunlight had shined on Goku's sleeping form as he was snoring with part of his blanket draping over him as he slept on the couch. He began to stir awake as the light shun on his face and he shook his head slightly as the sleepiness of his eyes started to disappear.
"Mmm...Huh...it's morning now." Goku said to himself "Well, better get ready then!"
Goku sat up from laying on the couch and stood up as he stretched his arms up in the air as he went to go check on Naruto and let him know it was morning.
"Hey Naruto! It's Morn..." Goku trailed off.
He didn't finish his sentence as he saw him laid out on his bed, also snoring and a bubble formed from his nose as he was sleeping still. Goku just smiled as it seemed like he was still tired, so he decided to let him get some sleep as he walked away from the door and decided to exit the house.
Why? It was mainly for two reason. The first reason was that he was starting to get hungry and was curious as to what kind of restaurants they had here and the second reason was to pass some time before he headed to the training grounds for his sparring matches from what he remembered Hiruzen telling him.
So Goku who was still in his white shirt and blue shorts, exited the house as he started to walk around the village. As he did, he looked all around him in wonder as all the buildings looked really interesting to him.
Just about every single building caught his attention as a lot of them mixed from homes, to shops, to restaurants and what looked like weapon shops as well. While he was looking around, he failed to notice some of the people looking at him with weird looks.
When he did finally notice the people's looks, was it then that he heard some of the things they said.
Does that man have no manners?
Why is he walking out in the village in that kind of outfit?
What is with that hair?
Wow! He's hot!
That last one confused him as he wasn't feeling hot, so he didn't understand that. What he did understand however was that he knew his current outfit didn't appeal well with the people.
"Hm...maybe I should ask that Hiruzen guy if he could give me some clothes...or better yet, maybe I can ask him if he can ask someone to make me a Gi too!" Goku thought to himself.
He was definitely thinking about asking him that as he never felt comfortable without with his Gi, so he might just do so when he sees him later today. However it left his mind as his nose caught the scent of something very delicious as he looked over to a small little restaurant called Ichiraku's.
Seeing that he was hungry, he headed for it in the mood for a good meal. As he entered, he almost nearly drooled at the sight of what kind of food this place had.
Set in front of a few people that were sitting in some of the seats were bowls of what looked like the most best and delicious Ramen he had ever seen! It made him even more hungry from both the look and smell of it.
It was good enough that it caught the eye of the man that was behind the bar as he had a smile from his awed look.
"Hey there! I'm guessing your here for a bowl of my Ramen?" He asked.
"Oh yeah! That looks and smells delicious!" Goku replied in a very happy tone.
"Well then! Take a seat and I'll whip you up a bowl right now!" He told him.
He didn't have to tell him as he was already in his seat as he waited for his bowl of Ramen. After a few minutes of waiting, the man came back with a hot steamy bowl of Ramen as he placed it right in front of him.
"Enjoy!" The man told him.
"Oh boy! Thanks!" Goku replied.
Then with the chopsticks he had in his hand did he dig in and in Saiyan fashion, gobbled up the Ramen with no trouble at all which made the people sitting beside him look in shock and disgust. As for the man, he just simply smiled as the way he ate reminded him of Naruto as he remembered how he would also gobble down his Ramen too.
After only a minute of slurping and gulping, Goku had finished his bowl already as he set it down after drinking all of the soup.
"Ah! That was delicious!" Goku said with a big smile.
"Glad to hear that! Now then..." The man trailed off as his hand reached out as he opened his palm right in front of him.
Goku raised an eyebrow as he wondered what the man wanted as his hand was right in front of him.
"Uh...do you need something from me?" Goku asked.
"What do you think? You gotta give me money because you ate my food." The man told him.
"Money? But...I don't have any." Goku said.
That got a reaction from the man as he looked at him with a shocked look.
"You mean to tell me you came here with no money at all!?" The man asked in shock.
"I guess...is that a bad thing?" Goku asked again.
The man couldn't believe it! Out of anyone he had ever met who came into his restaurant, did he never meet someone who had no money!
He was about to tell him that he had to do something in order to pay up for eating his food, did someone arrive and broke the moment between the two men as Goku recognized the person who arrived to be Naruto as he also noticed he was now wearing an orange jumpsuit.
"There you are! I've been looking everywhere for you!" Naruto told Goku "Why the heck did you leave and not tell me!?"
"Well, you were sleeping so I decided to let you get some sleep." Goku told him.
"Hm? Oh, hey there Naruto!" The man said.
"Hey Teuchi!" Naruto replied back.
"Is he a friend of yours?" The man called Teuchi asked.
"Not exactly, it was a request from Gramps who asked me if he could live with me until he got his own home." Naruto told him.
At the mention of Gramps, Teuchi gasped in shock as from the various times of Naruto coming his Ramen shop said Gramps did he realize that he was talking about the Third Hokage.
"How come? Did something happen?" Naruto asked him.
Goku was about to answer him, but Teuchi had cut in and answered him.
"Oh, nothing at all! He just came here looking for a good bowl of my Ramen!" Teuchi told him.
"Huh? But I thought-"
"All in the past my friend! Besides, a friend of Naruto's is a friend of mine! So today is on the house!" Teuchi interrupted him.
Goku would've asked him why he suddenly changed his mind, but it immediately disappeared at him mentioning it was on the house as Naruto answered what he meant by that.
"You mean we can eat today for free!?" Naruto asked in shock.
"Yep!" Teuchi said.
That got both of them very happy as Naruto took a seat besides Goku as he had a huge smile on his face.
"If that's the case, then I want the best Ramen you've ever made!" Naruto said excitedly.
"Same here!" Goku said as well.
"Coming right up!" Teuchi told them.
Thus he got to making the two their bowls of Ramen and unfortunately for him, it was going to be the biggest mistake he made. About fifteen minutes later did both Goku and Naruto have a pile of Ramen besides them...well two in Goku's case.
Naruto had eaten over eight bowls of Ramen, while Goku had eaten at a shocking total of sixteen which was twice the amount Naruto had!
"Oh man, I'm stuffed!" Naruto said.
"Took the words right out of my mouth!" Goku told him as he patted his stomach.
Then after a small burp, did Naruto get out of his seat with Goku following what he did as well as they exited the place.
"Thanks for the free Ramen!" Goku and Naruto said at the same time.
"No problem at all!" Teuchi told him.
Afterwards, both Naruto and Goku walked down the path as they both had smiles on their faces after having a good breakfast.
"Man...Ichiraku's Ramen is the best food in the world!" Naruto told him.
"I gotta agree! I hadn't taste food that good in a very long time!" Goku replied.
"Anyway...how come you left the house all of a sudden? I was just wondering why you decided to leave without telling me." Naruto asked.
"Hm? Oh, I was just hungry for some food and also to pass some time." Goku answered him.
"Pass time? For what?" Naruto asked again.
"For sparring matches! The Third Hokaki asked me to go to the training grounds to do some sparring matches as he wanted to test out my skills." Goku answered him again, failing to say Hokage right again.
"It's Hokage." Naruto corrected "And Gramps wants to test your skills? *gasp* Does that mean your like super strong or something!?"
"Hehe, you could say that." Goku told him with a smile.
"You definitely gotta be real strong if Gramps has sparring matches planned for you! He's like the strongest person in the entire village!" Naruto told him.
"He is!? Sweet! That makes me even more excited for when I gotta go for those sparring matches!" Goku said excitedly as he got more pumped up for the upcoming event.
However, he didn't have much time to think about it as he looked over at the people and found himself looking at them in confusion. They all had looks of disgust as they weren't looking at him, but at Naruto who also noticed the looks.
He overheard some of the people and it made him start to get slightly mad at the comments.
It's the Demon child!
Why is that monster still walking around?
That child shouldn't even exist!
But it immediately changed as the next comment he heard now made him angry as a young man who had a drink in his hand with his buddy looked at Naruto in disgust.
"Ew, look. It's the demon brat again." The man with the drink said in disgust.
"Why the hell is that thing still alive? I thought the Hokage would have done something by now." His buddy asked him.
"I wonder too, but all I know is that monster shouldn't be alive." The man with the drink replied.
"He should've been dead from the moment he was born." His buddy added in.
At the comments, Naruto looked down at the ground as tears started to form in his eyes and seeing that look on his face made Goku's anger rise up as he looked at the two with a look of fury.
"How can you say such cruel things to him!? He's just a kid!" Goku asked in anger.
"Kid? More like a monster that should be killed on sight." The man with the drink in his hands "corrected" him.
In a single second, the man found himself lifted up at a shocking speed as Goku had both of his hands on his collar as a look of anger was shown on his face which made his buddy back up in fear.
"Listen here...I don't like people such as you who say cruel things about a kid and the things you said really ticked me off. So I'll tell you right now that you'll shup up now with those comments. For if you say stuff like that again...then I won't be as merciful as I am right now." Goku said in an angry tone.
"A-A-Alright! Y-You got it!" The man said in complete fear.
With one more furious look, Goku let go of the man's collar as he fell on the ground and crawled back in fear as he walked back to Naruto who had a look of awe and shock on his face.
"Come on. Let's get away from these people." Goku told Naruto.
Naruto didn't answer as he was still stunned at what he saw as he followed him and got away from the people who were making the comments about him.
-At the Hokage Tower...
Hiruzen had watched the entire situation go down from his crystal ball as he hated how the people were making cruel comments about Naruto, but it changed to a smile as he saw Goku stand up for Naruto in which he had only seen similar behavior with Iruka on the night he protected him from Mizuki.
"Well...looks like a bond has been made between the two." Hiruzen thought to himself.
As he looked at his crystal ball, the three people who he had asked to come to his office spoke up.
"Huh...it looks like the kid's made a new friend." The first man said.
The First man was a tall man, with brown eyes, olive skin, short black spiky hair, and a beard and his clothing consisted of the standard Konoha ninja uniform with the sleeves rolled up half way, flak jacket, regular shinobi sandals and forehead protector while he also wore a sash that had the kanji for Fire marked on it around his waist, a pair of black bangles, and bandages wrapped around the arms of his sleeves.
This was Asuma Sarutobi, the son of Hiruzen who was looking at his crystal ball with a smile.
"I haven't seen anyone stand up for him before like that. The only one that I can think of who could do something like that would have to be Iruka." Asuma said.
"Indeed! How he handled that sitaution was most youthful!" The second man said.
The second man was another tall man who had a shiny bowl style hair cut, very thick eyebrows as he wore a green jumpsuit, orange striped leg warmers, and the standard Konoha flak jacket, which was left unzipped and he had a red forehead protector worn around his waist like a belt.
This was Might Guy, the current strongest Taijutsu shinobi of Konoha.
"And already telling from how fast he had gone and from those muscles, he is a very strong and youthful fighter!" Guy said with a big smile.
And the third man who was with them was Kakashi as he looked at the crystal ball, having to agree with Guy with what he said...besides the youthful part.
"I agree. He moved faster than the eye can see. Something that only Jounin can do." Kakashi stated.
"Indeed." Hiruzen said.
He then got up from his chair as he motioned for the three to follow him.
"I think it's time for us to see how good he is as a fighter." Hiruzen told the others.
He then brought his hand up which then an ANBU shinobi appeared by his side as he exited his room.
"We'll be heading to the training grounds. I would like it if you could bring him there as well so I can test his skills." Hiruzen told the ANBU shinobi.
"Yes, Lord Hokage." The ANBU shinobi replied as he disappeared from where he was.
-Back with Goku and Naruto...
After getting away from the people who had been making evil comments to Naruto, the two were walking down the road and thankfully for them, none of the people besides them gave them a single glance. Goku was able to get his smile back, but he was still troubled and annoyed from how the people treated Naruto and speaking of him, he was still walking beside him as his face was down to the ground but not in a sad look but more of a look of relief.
"Thanks Goku." Naruto spoke up.
"Hm? What for?" Goku asked him.
"Well...for standing up for me from those people. No one's...ever done something like that for me." Naruto told him.
"You don't have to thank me for that! It was the right thing to do. Besides, those people shouldn't even be doing something like to you in the first place." Goku said.
"I wish it was like that. Ever since I could remember, almost everyone in the village is always talking or looking at me like I don't belong. Even some of the other kids too." Naruto told him.
Goku just looked at him in shock from what he told him. Ever since he could remember!? He was starting to hate those people from earlier even more now that his anger was starting to build again. But he kept it hidden from his face as with a smile, he placed his hand on Naruto's shoulder which made him look up at him.
"Well just to let you know Naruto...I don't look or think of you like those people back there. I don't think of you as a monster or anything like that, but as a friend." Goku told him.
Naruto just looked at him wonder, before it was replaced with a big smile.
"Thanks Goku! I'm more than happy to be friends too!" Naruto told him before sticking his hand out.
Goku looked at it, before he grabbed it with his hand and they both shook hands as their friendship began on that moment. However, it was short lived as they then looked over to see that someone was struggling with a total of five boxes in her hands.
"Do you need help with those?" Goku asked the person.
"C-Could you?" The person asked, the voice sounding female.
Goku nodded as he walked up to the person before grabbing three of the five boxes which allowed him and Naruto to see who the person was.
The person was a young girl that had black hair and grey eyes, her hair is in two Chinese-style buns on her head with short fringe-bangs framing her, a pink sleeveless qipao-style blouse with red sleeve trimmings and yellow fastening buttons, dark green pants, a pouch that was adjusted to her thigh and her forehead protector and sandals are both blue.
She looked at Goku with relief as she held on to the two boxes she still had.
"Thank you. If you didn't help, all the boxes would have fell and I would've had to pick them all up." The girl told them.
"No problem! My name's Goku!" Goku introduced himself to her.
"Well, nice to meet you Goku. My name is Tenten." The girl called Tenten introduced herself.
"Hey Goku, you need help with that?" Naruto asked, wondering if needed help with the boxes he had.
"Nope! I got it!" Goku told him "So...where were you heading with these boxes?"
"Oh, I was bringing these to my family's shop. It's a new order of weapons that my dad had ordered and he wanted me to bring them when they arrived." Tenten explained.
"Weapons? Like what?" Goku asked.
"You know, the typical kind of weapons. Kunai, shuriken, swords, just about all the weapon essentials for shinobi." Tenten told him.
"Really?" Goku said.
"That's right." Tenten said as she nodded.
"Huh. That's a little different from how I know fights go." Goku said.
"Really? How did you think fights went?" Tenten asked.
Naruto was curious as well and he was keeping quiet because he noticed that Tenten glanced at Goku every once in a while as a tiny blush could be seen every time she did.
"Well to me, fights always went with the person fighting at their best with them using their own techniques and without using any kind of weapons." Goku told her.
Although, he has faced people before who used weapons both when he was a kid and as an adult but most of the time he always faced someone at their full potential without using any weapons.
"Is that so?" Tenten asked.
"Yep!" Goku replied "I always like to fight someone at their fullest potential. I'm not really the kind of person to use weapons in a battle."
At what he said, Tenten giggled a little as it made him look at her with a confused look.
"What's so funny?" Goku asked.
"Oh no, it's just...what you said reminded me of one of my own teammates who pretty much thinks exactly like how you do." Tenten told her "The same could also be said for my Sensei as well."
"Seriously?" Goku asked.
"Yep. I'm sure you'd get along with both them really well." Tenten told him "Oh, here we are!"
Both Goku and Naruto looked to see that they arrived at a weapon shop as she walked inside and they followed in behind her. As they did, they looked around in wonder at what they saw was in the shop.
Inside the shop was filled with exactly what Tenten had told them, kunais, swords, shurikens and even some scrolls as well. Along with also armor as well that seemed like they had it in any size for anyone.
As they did look around, Tenten had set the boxes she had on a counter besides her as she took a breath after holding those boxes.
"Phew...just put those besides these." Tenten told Goku.
He nodded as he set the three boxes he was holding beside hers as she told him.
"Well...thank you for the help Goku." Tenten said with a smile.
"No problem at all!" Goku replied with his usual big grin "Well I gotta go. It was nice to meet you Tenten!"
"It was nice meeting you too Goku." Tenten said as well.
Then with a wave of his hand, he exited the shop with Naruto following behind him as they left Tenten in the shop alone now. The moment they left, she began to blush a little afterwards as she had thoughts about what happened.
"Man...why is it someone like him has to like stuff like Lee and my sensei? And why did he have to look hot?!" Tenten thought to herself as she had the blush on her face still.
For the rest of her day, she couldn't stop thinking about Goku as she tried to get her mind off of him doing her daily things.
-With Goku and Naruto...
"Well, it sure was nice helping her out. She's gotta be pretty strong to have lifted those boxes for as long as she could." Goku said.
"It sure looked like it. She seemed nice too." Naruto said "That and it seemed like she's interested in you too."
There was no denying from the glances he caught her doing towards Goku. It seemed that she was starting to fall for him like how all the girls for that teme always do.
Only time will tell if he could catch the heart of one girl he had his mind on and at the thought of her made him blush a bit. Unfortunately, Goku saw the blush and he looked at him in worry because of it.
"Everything Ok? You look like your getting hot." Goku asked.
"N-Nothing! Nothing at all!" Naruto stuttered for a moment.
He didn't believe him as he was just about ask him what was up, before an ANBU shinobi decked out in a full black attire appeared in from of them.
"Excuse me Son Goku." The ANBU shinobi said.
"That's me! What do you need?" Goku asked.
"I've come from the orders of Lord Hokage to bring you to the training grounds. It's time for your sparring matches." The ANBU shinobi told him.
"It is?! Sweet! Lead the way then!" Goku replied in an excited tone.
The ANBU shinobi nodded as he motioned for him to follow as he led him to the training grounds. As he did, he looked over to Naruto as he walked.
"Wanna come watch?" Goku asked.
"Heck yeah!" Naruto replied excitedly.
Thus Naruto followed behind as the two followed the ANBU shinobi to the training grounds for Goku's sparring matches.
-At The Training Grounds...
After some walking, the two had arrived in a large area that had trees, a small river and a humongous rock that had a waterfall going down it. Not only that, but they could also see that Hiruzen was indeed here, but with three other people as well.
"Welcome to the training grounds Goku." Hiruzen said "Thank you. You may leave now."
The ANBU shinobi nodded before he disappeared from where he was standing as both Goku and Naruto walked up to Hiruzen.
"I can see that Naruto wanted to tag along." Hiruzen said.
"Oh yeah! He wanted to come and watch the sparring matches you had planned for me today." Goku told him.
"It's alright for me to watch?" Naruto asked making sure that he could.
"Of course Naruto." Hiruzen told him.
"Alright!" Naruto said excitedly as then ran towards the trees before he jumped onto a branch and took a seat.
Hiruzen just smiled at the boy's antics before his attention went to Goku as he started to stretch.
"Now then. As for how these sparrring matches will go, I have selected three of my best shinobi to face off against you and the match will end until either you or your opponent give up." Hiruzen explained.
"Is that so? Sounds good to me!" Goku said as he streched his right arm up.
"Alright. Your first opponent will be my son, Asuma Sarutobi." Hiruzen said.
When his name was said, Asuma walked up as Goku looked at him with an excited look on his face.
"Well, judging from your look you seem pretty excited right now." Asuma told him.
"You bet I am! Show me everything you got!" Goku said as he got into the turtle hermit stance.
As he did, one of the two standing to the side which was Guy got intrigued by the battle stance he donned as Asuma pulled out his signature trench knives.
(Play Dragon Ball Super OST: Android 17 Theme)
"I hope your ready." Asuma told him as he got into his battle stance.
Goku just smirked as he stood where he was waiting for him to make a move. It wasn't long though before Asuma dashed towards him that the battle began.
He first started off his attack by going for a punch that was aimed for his stomach. Goku saw it coming and quickly side stepped out of the way.
Asuma grunted as his attack missed before starting his attack as he tried to get a hit on him as he threw a barage of punches at him. To Goku, it was nothing as he dodged each and every attack with no trouble at all as he side stepped each and every one of them.
During this, the little audience that was watching spoke what was on their mind right now.
"Wow...Asuma can't land a single hit. It doesn't even seen like Goku is trying at all." Kakashi said.
"It seems so. I think Asuma might have a hard time winning if he continues to dodge like this." Hiruzen said.
Back to the battle, Goku had enough of dodging and decided to go on the attack now. As Asuma went in for another strike, he side stepped once more away from it before he dashed forward with a fist aimed at his face.
Asuma didn't have time to react as the fist made impact and it sent him skidding backwards before he got his footing.
"Damn. He hits hard. I gotta be careful not to take another hit like that." Asuma thought to himself.
Then an idea came to mind as he went through a set of hand signs which made Goku go into a defensive stance as wondered what he planned on doing. Hiruzen watched and knew exactly what he planned to do as it was one of his signature Jutsu's.
"Katon: Haisekishō!" Asuma yelled out.
Then from his mouth, a huge cloud of smoke made of gunpowder surrounded Goku and he was forced to cover his eyes as the powder got into his eyes which partially blinded him.
Usually Asuma would have ignited the gunpowder next, but because this was a sparring match and he didn't want to kill him by accident, he used the gunpowder as a distraction as he got up from behind him and prepared to end it with a strike to his neck to knock him out.
"Looks like I win." Asuma thought to himself as the attack was inches from his neck.
But then to his shock right as it was about to land, Goku's hand came up suddenly and caught the attack while his eyes were closed!
"What!?" Asuma said in shock.
If you could see through the smoke, he was smirking inside of it as he then pulled him and followed it with a punch into his gut.
The impact of the punch made him grunt in pain as he was sent flying back once more, only instead he made impact with a tree as he slumped down to the ground as he moaned in pain.
Once again, the others spoke what was currently going their mind.
"He was able to block his attack even inside of the smoke of gunpowder? He must have some good senses." Kakashi stated.
"He has quite a most youthful sense indeed!" Guy said agreeing with him.
Once more to the battle, Goku was already back in his turtle hermit stance as Asuma got back up from the tree but he was starting to get tired now.
"Is that all you got?" Goku asked.
"Not yet...still got one more move up my sleeve." Asuma told then closed his eyes as he began to charge chakra into his trench knives before a long blue stream which surrounded his knives was shown now.
"Whoa..." Goku said.
"Here I come!" Asuma yelled out before he dashed towards him, aiming a diagonal slash at him.
Once again he was able to dodge the attack that was coming, but looked in shock as the slash that he side stepped had also cut into the ground as well! Asuma once again on the attack and started to have him on the ropes.
"Whoa! Whatever he did, his attacks are strong enough to cut through the ground! I can't let that hit me or I'm toast!" Goku thought to himself.
Asuma smirked as it looked like now he had the advantage as he continued his barrage of attacks.
As Goku continued to dodge the attacks, he kept his attention on Asuma as he looked to see if he had a weakspot he could capitalize on.
Then almost on cue, the next attack that came left him wide open and he took the advantage as he sidestepped the attack and followed it again with a punch into his gut.
The punch stunned Asuma as he fell to his knees from it and his trench knives fell out of his hands as he did. He coughed a few times as he got his breathing together.
As he got his breath back, he looked up to see that Goku was still ready for more as he was once again in his turtle hermit stance.
"That wasn't bad. Had me on my toes there for a moment. But...now I'm ready for round 2." Goku told him.
Unfortunately for him, Asuma had hit his limit as he pulled out all the moves he had and he couldn't capitalize on them.
"Sorry Goku, but I've run out of ideas. I give up." Asuma told him in breaths.
"Aw seriously!? I was just getting warmed up!" Goku said.
As their sparring match was over, Hiruzen walked up as Asuma went to go join Kakashi and Guy.
"Very impressive showing. Now...lets see how well you'll do against my best taijutsu specialist, Might Guy." Hiruzen told him.
Just like Asuma did, Guy walked up as he had a grin on his face as he looked at Goku.
(End Dragon Ball Super OST: Android 17 Theme/Play Dragon Ball Super OST: The Power to Resist)
"I can already tell that you are quite the capable fighter, so I plan on showing you just how strong I am as your now facing Konoha's no Kedakaki Aoi Mōjū" Guy stated before he got into his battle stance.
"Show me what you can do then!" Goku said as he got into the turtle hermit stance again.
He didn't have to tell him as the moment he got into his battle stance, Guy charged in as he jumped air doing one of his signature attacks.
"Dainamikku Entorī!" Guy yelled out.
Goku crossed his arms as the kick made impact with them and he was surprised as he was actually sent back a little bit which told him that Guy was indeed a very strong person. So he smirked as he could show off just a tiny bit of his power as Goku roared as a white aura surrounded him now.
Doing so made everyone watching be more intrigued as they all wondered what the white aura was as he charged at Guy and the two began to battle it out.
Both warriors traded blows as they blocked every attack that either one sent towards them and neither of them could get the advantage. But as they battled, both of them had their own thoughts as they continued trading blows.
"Amazing! He is quite the fighter as he's been able to keep up with me and even blocking my Dainamikku Entorī! It seems as though that I'm going to have to bring out the Eight Gates." Guy thought to himself.
"Wow! He's really strong! I'm only using about 3% of my power and he's still keeping up! I'm only getting even more excited" Goku thought to himself.
However, he was once again slightly shocked as he suddenly felt Guy's energy spike up as a fist made impact with his face. It stunned him enough that Guy was now on the offensive as he began a barrage of both punches and kicks at a very quick pace.
Unknown to Goku, Guy had gone into The First Gate: Kaimon as he got a power boost to his chakra which allowed him to get the advantage.
Afterwards, Guy finished his barrage of attacks as he prepared another one of his signature attacks as he proceeded to kick him in the face which sent him flying into the air. Usually it wouldn't do much to Goku as he could just simply fly out of it, but he wouldn't allow that as he wants to see the full potential of his opponent so he let them made impact and he did grunt in pain from that kick.
The others (minus Naruto who was literally awe struck by what he was seeing.) knew exactly what Guy was planning to do next as they saw him jump into the air
Then as he started to fall back down he suddenly felt hands grab at his sides before he found himself spinning in a circle as he fell down which started to make him dizzy as he heard Guy yell out a word.
"Omote Renge!" Guy yelled out.
*SMASH*
They both made impact into the ground as a huge cloud of smoke surrounded them with Guy going unscathed as he jumped out from it and waited to see how much damage he did. The smoke cleared and it revealed Goku laying in a pile of rubble which was made from the impact of the attack.
Guy from what he had seen from Goku before knew that he wasn't done and he was correct as he got up from the pile of rubble as a few cuts were shown on his arms and face, but nothing too serious at all as he then dusted himself off as a big smile was on his face.
"That was an incredible attack! I could definitely see that knocking out other opponents with that! I even felt that too!" Goku stated as he finished dusting himself off.
"Thanks for the comment! I made sure that I had perfected each and every one of my attacks." Guy told him "Damn. It's looks as though that the First Gate won't do. It looks like I might have to go into the second...no...the third gate!"
Thus Guy began to cross his arms together as he slowly began to go into the third gate which made Goku assume his stance once more as he was saw exactly what was happening and it also explained the power boost he sensed from him earlier.
He was transforming as Guy's skin began to turn red, the pupils disappeared from his eyes and a green aura surrounded his body.
"Open! The Third Gate: Seimon" Guy thought to himself.
(End Dragon Ball Super OST: The Power to Resist / Play Dragon Ball Z Ressurection F OST: A Deathmatch with Golden Frieza)
Goku smirked as he could feel his energy spike up even more now which meant he could use just a little bit more of his power now as his white aura returned and on a silent command, the two warriors dashed at each other with humongous speed before they collided and another battle began.
Everyone besides Naruto were just able to keep up as they moved at speeds that only the top tier shinobi could do as every attack they threw at each other that collided made shockwaves appear. Naruto nearly fell out of the tree he was sitting in because of the shockwaves and Kakashi, Hiruzen and Asuma had to cover their eyes from all of the dust that appeared from the shockwaves.
"I-Incredible! Even with Guy in The Third Gate, Goku's still keeping up with him!" Asuma said in shock "It really makes me wonder if he was trying at all against me."
"I have to agree. Not many are able to keep up with someone who uses The Eight Gates such as Guy. It does tell us that Goku is quite strong if he can keep up and still not break a sweat." Hiruzen added.
That made both Asuma and Kakashi look at him in confusion before their attention was back to the fight as it was then that they realized it. Guy who was in The Third Gate was starting to slow down as his stamina began to deplete and his body was starting to hurt from the pressure, while Goku seemed like he hadn't slowed down at all!
Meanwhile with the battle once more, Guy and Goku continued to trade blows as the ground around them began to crack and small craters appeared from the shockwaves as the battle intensified.
"I-I can't believe it! I'm in The Third Gate and he's still keeping up! I don't know how'll long I'll be able to keep this up before my body reaches it's limit, so it looks like I'm going to have to finish this in one attack!" Guy thought to himself.
With that in mind, he was prepared to try and end this fight with the attack he had in mind as Goku launched another punch at him that he dodged to the side before landing an uppercut into his chin which sent him flying into the air.
Guy however wasn't done as he suddenly appeared behind him before hitting him with a kick and then proceeded to do the same thing multiple times as Goku was sent flying in the air in different directions.
During each of those punches, he started to get even more surprised and shocked by how strong Guy was so much that he was almost tempted to pull out his own transformation, but he then remembered that he was still stronger than him even without it so he decided not to do so as the next attack he felt sent him flying up into the air again.
Then he could see Guy appear in front of him with both his fist and foot cocked back as he flew toward him before he yelled out-
"Ura Renge!" Guy yelled out.
Both the fist and kick made impact with his chest before he flew straight down into the ground as a humongous cloud of smoke surrounded where he landed and the shockwave from it made all the trees around them lean back which also sent Naruto flying off of the tree he was sitting in and everyone had to cover their eyes from the dust.
Afterwards, Guy landed some distance away from it as he fell down to a knee and held one of his arms as the skin of his body turned back to normal and he was no longer in The Eight Gates state.
"It was risky to use the Ura Renge as both my arm and leg are numb now, but it looks like that might've been what I needed to win." Guy thought to himself.
For a moment, nothing happend as the cloud of smoke slowly began to disappear as he waited again to see if Goku was knocked out to confirm that he had won the match. But it all changed as he suddenly heard Goku yell as the cloud of smoke blew away as he stood in the middle of crater that he made from impact as his attire was torn up now as his shirt was torn in half and his shorts had holes in them while he had a few bruises on his body.
Except was troubled Guy greatly was that it STILL looked like he was ready for more as Goku had a smirk once more on his face as he stared at Guy.
"Now that was an incredible attack! Using the momentum to increase the damage for your move is pretty good! That would definitely be a winning blow against your opponent!" Goku told him "But I have a feeling that your still hiding even more and I wanna see that in action!"
Guy was about to answer Goku about hiding some things and why he couldn't use them that Hiruzen intervened and spoke up.
"I'm sorry Goku, but it seems like Guy won't be able to continue on which makes you the winner of the fight." Hiruzen told him.
(End Dragon Ball Z Ressurection F OST: A Deathmatch with Golden Frieza)
"Really!? But I wanted to see more of what he could do!" Goku said in disappointment.
"I'm sure you would like to see more of what Guy can do, but I'm afraid he won't be able to." Hiruzen told him.
"Why not? He seems fine to me after I felt his energy go down from those power boosts I felt earlier." Goku said "Also, I didn't know you could transform!"
"Transform? What Guy did wasn't a transformation at all." Hiruzen told him.
"It's not?" Goku asked.
Hiruzen would've answered, but Guy beat him to it as he wanted to explain it himself as to what he had done.
"No Goku, that is a special technique that only a select of shinobi can use that is called The Eight Gates." Guy told him.
"The Eight Gates?" Goku said.
"That's correct. The Eight Gates are eight specific tenketsu of a person's Chakra Pathway System that limit the overall flow of chakra within a person's body." Guy began explaining "The basis for the idea of the chakra gates comes from the body's limits on the functions within it. It makes the person's body much weaker, but it keeps it from expiring too soon."
"Whoa...that sounds awesome! So it pretty much makes the person who uses stronger?" Goku asked.
"Indeed! The person's strength increases tenfold and can change the tide of battle in an instant if used at the right time. However, it does come at a price." Guy said.
"A price? Does it take up a lot of this...chakra you mentioned?" Goku said.
"Yes but that is not the major downside. The major downside of using it causes the user's body to tear up and break your body. With every gate that is accessed, your body gets more and more torn up to the point that you could die from so much pressure to your body." Guy said.
"Wow...that's doesn't sound good." Goku said.
"Yes. That is why The Eight Gates are considered to be a last resort if you have no other choice. In this case, it didn't matter as I had gone into The Third Gate so it didn't have much of a toll to my body with me only getting a numb arm and leg." Guy told him.
Goku nodded, but then realized something as he explained about The Eight Gates. In comparison...it actually sounded a lot like his own technique that worked similar to it.
"You know...that actually reminds me of how my technique works." Goku said.
At the mention of technique similar to it that everyone looked at him in shock. He had some kind of technique that worked exactly like The Eight Gates?
"You have your own technique similar to it?" Guy asked.
Goku nodded as he could show off a bit of his power as he spread his legs apart and brought his arms to his sides as he began to breathe slowly. As he was doing so, Naruto was able to get back as he was sent flying some distance from earlier before-
"Kaio-Ken." Goku muttered.
Goku was suddenly was surrounded by a red aura as he began to emit an intense pressure as Kakashi, Hiruzen, Asuma and Guy began sweat and look at him in shock while Naruto felt his breath get shallow and he was brought down to his hands and knees.
"I-Impossible! His power...It's-It's on par with The Eighth Gate: Shimon!"Guy thought in complete shock.
But Hiruzen was thinking of something else from the power he was feeling from Goku as he was in that state.
"This power...if he were to increase his power more...it could become even stronger than me...no...better yet...possibly be even on par with the power of a Biju!" Hiruzen thought in shock.
Goku kept it up for a few seconds before he noticed how Naruto was sprawled on the ground from the pressure he was giving before he stopped using the Kaio-Ken and ran up to check on him.
"Sorry Naruto! You OK?" Goku asked him.
"Y-Yeah but...Goku...what the heck was that?! I felt the air in my mouth disappear!" Naruto asked.
"I gotta agree with the kid. What the hell was that?" Asuma asked as well.
"Oh right. That was my technique that I call the Kaio-Ken." Goku told them.
"Kaio-Ken?" Hiruzen asked.
"Yep. The Kaio-Ken is a technique that can multiply a person's ki which can increase their power and speed which can enable them to do some serious damage to opponents who are stronger than them." Goku explained "However, just like that Eight Gates move you mentioned it also has the downsides of taking a heavy toll on their body, which can make them more vulnerable to enemy attacks."
"Really? So it's pretty much The Eight Gates a nutshell?" Asuma asked again.
"Pretty much!" Goku said.
"Well...it's quite interesting to hear that you have your own technique that is exactly similar to it. But I must ask you...what is this...Ki you talk about?" Hiruzen asked.
"Ki? Well...to put it simply, it's your life energy. Almost anything that is alive out there in the world has Ki and it's even possible to be able to use it as well." Goku told him.
"Really? Interesting." Hiruzen said "If you don't mind me asking, but-"
He wasn't able to finish his sentence as an ANBU shinobi appeared beside him.
"My apologize Lord Hokage, but I've come to inform you that the Council has asked for your presence." The ANBU shinobi told him.
"I'm guessing it has to do with Goku after what had happened yesterday." Hiruzen thought to himself "Alright. Tell them I'll be there shortly."
The ANBU shinobi nodded before he disappeared and headed back to the council as his attention went back to Goku.
"I'm sorry Goku, but it looks like my questions will have to be saved for later and for your last sparring match as well. I have some important business to attend to, so we can have our conversation later." Hiruzen told him.
Goku was saddened hearing that his sparring match with Kakashi would have t be next time, but he did get excited about him wanting to know more about Ki.
"Sure!" Goku said "Oh, before you go I was actually wondering if you could do something for me."
"And what might that be?" Hiruzen asked.
Wanting to explain in detail of what he wanted, Goku walked up to him and whispered into his ear exactly what it was he wanted which was about the Gi.
"Hm...I'll see what I can do. Until then, I'll see you next time." Hiruzen told him "As for you three, your done for today. You can get back to what you were originally doing."
He was just about to head to the training grounds until he had almost forgotten about one more thing he had to do.
"Oh I had almost forgot. I needed to give you this." Hiruzen said.
His hand went into his coat before he pulled out a headband which Goku noticed that it looked exactly like the ones Kakashi and the others were wearing.
"What's that?" Goku asked.
"It's headband that will tell everyone that you are now an official shinobi of Konoha." Hiruzen said.
"Oh! So that's why all those people wore those headbands, cool!" Goku said.
He then proceeded to grab it before he wrapped it around his head as well with a smile on his face.
"So I'm a shinobi now?" Goku asked.
"Technically yes, but you are a genin and I also wanted to tell you that since you are now a shinobi as the rank of genin, you'll be heading to the Academy to be put into teams with others such as Naruto." Hiruzen explained.
"And I'm definitely hoping we'll be on the same team!" Naruto told him.
"I'd like that too!" Goku replied.
"Well then. I'll see what I can do about your request and I shall see you next time we see each other." Hiruzen told him.
And with that, he disappeared from were he was as he headed to get meet with the council. As he left, Goku looked to Naruto as he wondered how he looked with the headband on his head.
"How do I look?" Goku asked him.
"Awesome!" Naruto replied.
"Well...seeing how things are done here,I better get going. I promised someone that I'd go take them out for a drink so I'll see you guys later." Asuma told the others.
"Same here. I have some...important business to attend to." Kakashi said as well.
Thus they both left which left Goku, Naruto and Guy still in the training grounds.
"Goku...I must say from a taijutsu master as myself, your skills as a fighter are incredible! Most youthful in fact!" Guy told him.
"Thanks! Same could be said for you! You were quite the fighter as well! Had me on my toes during our fight." Goku replied.
"You know Goku...I was hoping we could meet here again. I'd love for you to meet my student Lee. He is also quite a fighter as well and is most youthful just as me!" Guy said.
"Sure! If he's almost as strong as you, I wouldn't mind meeting him for a sparring match as well!"Goku said.
"Well, I'd best be going. Stay youthful!" Guy told him.
Then he disappeared from where he was and now it was just Goku and Naruto left in the training grounds.
"Looks like it's just us now." Naruto said.
"Yep. That gives me the perfect chance to do some training!" Goku said.
"Training? Why? From what I saw which I have to mention was AWESOME BY THE WAY, why do you need to train? Your really strong from what I saw, so I don't see why you need to train." Naruto asked.
"Why not? I always like to train to get stronger and it also helps keep your body in shape too!" Goku told him.
"Oh...right." Naruto said with a deadpan expression forgetting about keeping your body in shape.
"Why? Did you wanna train with me?" Goku asked.
"I'm good. I gotta go anyway, I have some...stuff to do." Naruto said "I'll see you when you get back!"
Goku nodded and then with a wave, Naruto exited the training grounds and headed to do his 'stuff' which he actually meant he was gonna go do some pranks which left Goku all by himself in the training grounds.
Before he did start his training, he actually wanted to see how he looked with the headband on himself as he walked over to the small river and looked at his own reflection. He had to agree with Naruto saying he looked awesome as he liked how he was looking with the headband on.
However... for some reason he started to feel nostalgic as he looked at himself with the headband on his head. He couldn't explain it but...it looked like he was seeing the reflection of someone important he knew, but he didn't know who exactly.
It didn't last long though as he immediately forgot about it and began to do training as he started doing fast punches and kicks and he would be doing training for the rest of the night.
-At the Hokage Tower...
After some traveling, Hiruzen had arrived in a small room as he opened the door to reveal three people sitting in chairs that were beside a table on each side.
The person that was sitting on his left was an old man who had black, shaggy hair and his right eye was bandaged. He wore a white shirt, with a dark grey robe over the top of it covering from his feet, to just over his right shoulder as the robe conceals his right arm which was bandaged, and was covered with three large golden braces.
This was Danzo Shimura.
The person that was sitting in front of his view was also a old man who had grey hair, a beard, glasses, a strong jaw-line a facial structure and he woe similar garbs exactly like his.
This was Homura Mitokado.
Then the last person who was sitting on his right was an old woman who had her hair pulled back in a twin bun locked by a traditional Japanese hair pin with two pearls dangling off the side and she wore a simple long kimono, closed by an obi, a jacket, and a sash over it.
This was Koharu Utatane and all three of them together formed the Konoha Council as they looked at Hiruzen as he arrived.
"Hiruzen...good to see you able to make it on time." Homura told him.
"Indeed." Hiruzen said as he took a seat in the one in front of him "So...I'm guessing this has to do with our newest arrival?"
"Yes. If I remember correctly, he had arrived in a ball of light last night which made impact at the gate yes?" Koharu asked.
"Correct." Hiruzen told her.
"And what is the current situation with him?" Koharu asked again.
"His name is Son Goku and as of how things are, I had just given him a headband to make him a shinobi of Konoha." Hiruzen told her again.
"What? You made a person who we have no knowledge of a shinobi of Konoha? You do know that is quite dangerous." Homura told him.
"You must'n worry. I had spoke with him on the night he arrived and have confirmed that he is not a danger to Konoha." Hiruzen explained.
"What if he might be lying? He could be doing things behind your back that you probably don't know about." Koharu said.
"For all we know, he could turn out just as how Orochimaru did when he turned on the village years ago." Homura added.
"I can assure you that he will not be a harm to the village. I wll make sure of that personally." Hiruzen told them.
"How strong is he?" Danzo spoke up after being silently for most of the meeting "He must have some skill if you made him into a shinobi."
"Strong...very strong. I had him spar against two of our best shinobi and he beat them with no trouble at all. He beat Asuma without breaking a sweat and he was even able to keep up against Guy, our best taijutsu specialist without any kind of trouble." Hiruzen explained.
"I see...then you've made a good choice in doing so." Danzo told him.
"You agree with his decision?" Homura asked.
"I am. Think about it, if we have someone who is able to be on par with our best shinobi, he would help with our power in case any of the other villages were to attack us." Danzo said "And judging from how you explained it and from your expression...he is far more stronger than how you said, isn't he?"
Hiruzen looked at him for a moment and knew he had no choice but to tell them or else he had a feeling Danzo would do something to Goku.
"Yes...it was shocking for me but...his power...I believe it's on par to be similar to that of a Biju." Hiruzen told them.
"What!? Similar to that of a Biju!?" Homura asked in shock.
He nodded.
"That makes it even better. Having someone with the power of a Biju will make our forces even stronger now." Danzo stated.
"Indeed. You've made the right choice in making him a shinobi of the village." Koharu said, agreeing with Danzo "At the same time though, you must keep contact with him in case he tries anything funny."
"Don't worry. I'll make sure that he doesn't get out of hand." Hiruzen told them.
"Good." Koharu said "Well...I think that shall do for the meeting."
Receiving nods from both Hiruzen and Homura, they all got up from their seats and left the room which only left Danzo in the room as his mind was currently thinking about their new guest.
"Son Goku...quite an interesting name...I should learn more about him...I might be able to use him for my own purposes." Danzo thought to himself.
To Be Continued...
Next Time
The Dragon of the Leaf
Chapter 2
Yep! Decided to make things more interesting now as Danzo is interested in our Saiyan hero. Please let me know what you guys thought of the chapter and also if I made any mistakes because again, my memory is not the best so again please let me know and also let me know what guys thought about how I did the fight scenes as well.
I haven't done fight scenes often, so it's probably not the best but I will get better if they're not good. With that though, I'll see you guys in the next chapter!
