Authors Note: It was never clearly stated that hybrid-saiyans have more battle potential than full blooded Saiyans, well in my story, they do; and the lower the Saiyan blood, the more the potential, that is if they chose to act on it and, well… train. Naruto is doing that; meaning that thanks to the Zenkai boost he received from his brush with death (multiple times as a child, and with his fight against Mizuki, Haku, Aoi, Orochimaru, Neji, e.t.c.) and the power ups he receives from the said training in question, along with a little something else that I will keep to myself for now, our favorite blond's power level is a lot more than King Piccolo's.
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Naruto Power Level (suppressed) : 1000.
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With Bulma sitting bridal-style on his hands, Naruto sat on the Nimbus cloud in a lotus position as it flew to their next destination.
"Mmm... it looks like the next Dragon Ball on an Island, one that's only a few miles away from where we are." the purple haired girl hummed as she looked at the Dragon Radar. "It's a good thing I have my Dino Caps with me or else this might've been a bit more difficult than I need it to be."
"And what's wrong with a little challenge?" Naruto quirked an eyebrow while glancing at his partner. "That makes the reward you're receiving a little bit more fulfilling than just getting it handed to you if you ask me."
Following a shower (that Naruto needed due to his work out, and Bulma needed due to… other reasons) and a quick, but satisfying breakfast - where Bulma poured a lot of questions on the blond who happily answered them to the best of his ability - the pair began their journey on the search for the Dragon Balls with Bulma riding on Naruto's arms after it was clear that Bulma - much to her annoyance - couldn't sit on the cloud without falling off it because she wasn't as 'pure' as she would like to believe but obviously, she, Bulma, wasn't deterred by that fact.
"Well I didn't." Bulma huffed. Though she wasn't deterred that she was unable to ride the Nimbus Cloud, she was still upset at that fact and it clearly showed, especially when the said cloud in question was flying underneath the person carrying her. "And besides, clearly not everyone likes getting their hands dirty."
"Like you, for instance?" the blond smirked. "Miss Lazy pants?"
"Shut up, blondie." again, Bulma huffed. "I don't need any more sass from you."
A loud shriek, however, interrupted the pair before any more could be said and, as the Nimbus Cloud stopped in its flight, Naruto and Bulma spotted the form of a beautiful young girl (with long shoulder length black hair, a pair of large black eyes, a light skin color, a height of 160 (cm) and a curvaceous and slender figure garbed in a blue cheongsam with a pair of red pants, red armbands, a pair of white socks and shoes and finally, a red sash) running from what seemed to look like a large hulking figure with red skin, bulging muscles, a pair of small horns, and of course, a loin cloth.
"Somebody help!" the girl screamed. "This monster's trying to eat me!"
"AAAAH, a monster!" Bulma tightly clutched onto Naruto. "Get us out of here, quick!"
Naruto, however, rather than listening to Bulma's scared scream, hopped off the cloud, dropped the said girl in question on the ground, and pulled the red bo-staff sitting on the sheath hanging on his back before spinning it stylishly and then aiming it at the so-called monster as the pretty black haired girl ran passed him.
"Well, well, well, what do we have here?" the monster peered down below him. "A puny human who thinks he's tough enough to take me on? Funny. Just for that, I think I'll devour you last after I'm done with the two behind you."
"You think I'm scared of you, ugly?" the blond snorted, standing his ground. "Please. I've taken on way scarier guys who are a lot stronger than you. Heck I've killed a giant snake from the inside of its guts after it swallowed me whole; you, creep, don't even top my top 10 of scary things."
"Oh yeah?!" suddenly, a cloud of smoke encased the hulking red being following a small explosion.
*!POOF!*
And as it died down, it revealed not the being that was encased in the said white smoke, but a seemingly robotic being the same size as the red hulking being with a pair of chopsticks in one hand, and a steaming hot bowl of soup in the other. "What do you think now? You gotta admit, I'm really scary now, right?" the shapeshifter spoke in something akin to a robotic voice. "You're shaking in your boots, right?"
Naruto, meanwhile, simply rolled his eyes and leaned on his staff as he placed it down standing up next to him. "Nope, not even close." he stated. "And the fact that you're looking for an approval on whether or not your scary, makes me wonder if you're really even a monster at all."
"Oh yeah, Mister Wiseguy?!" the shapeshifter threw chopsticks and hot soup bowl away from him, walked up next to a tree, and patted it. "Well then, if you think you are so tough, why don't you take out this tree?"
Naruto walked up to the tree, eyed it up and down, glanced at the shapeshifter, before glancing back at the said tree in question and punching it.
*!CRASH!*
With wide eyes everyone, including the shapeshifter, who wasn't Naruto, watched as the tree flew off its roots in great speeds, knocking other trees off its roots as it crashed into them until it finally stopped.
"So…" the blond returned his gaze to the shapeshifter. "What was that about me not being tough?"
"Um… well…" the shapeshifter stammered before he changed into a bat. "I'm outta here; see ya!"
"Hey," the blond yelled. "Get back here!"
"Naruto, wait!" she yelled as the blond angrily chased after the retreating shapeshifter, leaving her behind to do nothing but watch as his figure disappeared into the distance. "Where are you going?!"
"Are they gone?" a voice said from behind her. "Is it safe to come out now?"
"Huh?" Bulma blinked. Then, as she turned around, she found herself staring at the girl who was hiding with her. "Oh, you. What is your deal anyways? Who are you, and why are you in the woods at this time?"
Naruto, meanwhile, as Bulma was getting to know her new friend, ended up chasing the cowardly shapeshifter into what seemed to be an area surrounded by giant stone walls - one of which the said cowering shapeshifter was currently backed against - and an arking bridge above their heads.
*!POOF!*
Though before the blond could do anything, a cloud of smoke erupted around the shapeshifter and died down to reveal an anthropomorphic pig in a brown uniform looking up scared at him.
"Seriously…" he, the blond, stated. "A Pig? That's the form you chose? What are you gonna do in that form, stuff me with Bacon till I die from food poisoning?"
"I'll have you know that this is my original form punk!" the shapeshifter nervously retorted. "My shapeshifting timed out, that's all! If it didn't I would have blasted out of here in the form of a rocket! At least then I know you won't catch me!"
"Please," Naruto snorted. "The only reason you were able to run away from me earlier is because I chose to humor you. I could've caught onto you anytime I wanted."
"Is that so?" a new voice stated, causing the blond to pause and the shapeshifting pig to suddenly freeze. "Well then, if you are so convinced that you're really fast, I bet you wouldn't mind facing me in a challenge. I have a new technique that I really want to try out and I need to see if it's strong enough to get the job done."
"I-it's Yamcha!" the shapeshifter was visibly shaking at the sight of the male standing on the top of one of the walls, aka the one with a mane of shoulder length, silky black hair with a trio of bangs dropping on his forehead, a tanned skin, a slim muscular build, and a height of 189 cm garbed in a green shirt with a Kanji for 'Comfort' printed boldly on its chest, and a pair of orange pants, tucked into a pair of black boots. There was also a small cat like creature sitting on his shoulder. "He's gonna take us out and eat our skins!"
"Doubtful." an eye rolling Naruto stated, but then he smirked. "But if it's a fight he wants, who am I to refuse?"
"I'd stay away from that pig if I were you young man, his name is Oolong and we went to Shapeshifting school together but he was expelled the first semester for being a big jerk!" the cat on Yamcha's shoulder yelled. "He's nothing but a big bully who's all bark and no bite!"
"Puar, that's enough." Yamcha jumped from where he was landing and dropped on one knee, standing in front of the blond who decided to sneak into his territory. "And as for you, you have a lot of nerve trespassing into my territory. I hope you're ready to deal with the consequences. Even if you surrender all your valuables, I will not go easy on you."
"Not go easy," Naruto snorted, "Please, you're basing this on the assumption that you're stronger than me; wanna test that theory? Heck I'll even give you a handicap..." he placed the pole in his hands to its sheathe. "I'll fight you with nothing but my hands and feet."
"That," pulling out his sword, Yamcha took his battle stance. "Will be the last mistake you ever make."
And with a roaring cry, Yamcha charged at the blond who stood his ground and watched, as his opponent approached him in a snails pace before moving to easily and expertly weave and dodge all strikes and slashes from the swordsman's attack much, to the ever growing frustration of the said swordsman in question.
"Do you even know how to use this?" easily, Naruto caught the blade in between his index and middle finger, and try as he might, Yamcha couldn't even force his weapon away from the blond's hands despite the fact that he was using his fingers to hold it. "I mean, all I'm seeing is you wildly swinging a blade; there's no balance… no technique…"
"You want technique?!" Yamcha jumped back from the blond, abandoning his blade, which was thrown away by his opponent once he let go. "I'll show you a technique! Get ready for my Wolf Fang Fist ATTACK!"
As he charged at the blond with a roar, the tall warrior began to take the form of a wolf, throwing punches at his opponent at what seemed to be lighting speed if it was viewed by a person weaker than the one throwing the said punches in question but Naruto wasn't such, hence his easy blocking of every strike thrown until the barrage of attacks was over and the said blond in question decided to counter with a headbutt sent Yamcha flying back and slamming into a nearby mushroom... pillar... thing.
"Was that the special technique you were bragging about earlier?" Naruto stated, placing his hands on his hips and quirking an eyebrow. "Cuz if so, I think you don't really understand the meaning of 'Special Technique'."
"You're going to pay for this!" Yamcha got up from his drop, wincing. "No one makes a fool out of me and gets away with it!"
Unfortunately, before the two could continue on in their 'bout', the sound of an engine rumbling caught the attention of the two and as they turned to the source, they found themselves staring at the approaching form of a car being piloted by familiar individual and their partner.
"THEY'R-R-R-R-R-R-R-E…" Yamcha began to stammer and his face turned a bright, potato red. "GIRLS!"
Next thing everyone, including Naruto, knew the black haired male madly sprinted to a cave nearby and exited it, a few minutes later, with a scooter and a very scared look etched on his face.
"Yamcha!" the blue cat-thing flew to her friend, who shouted at her. "Puar we're leaving, get on!"
"Whoa," Oolong, meanwhile, couldn't help but stare at Naruto in awe as Yamcha retreated like a coward. "I take back what I said earlier blondie, you're tough!"
"Well, duh." Naruto, meanwhile, smirked smugly. "Was there any doubt?"
And as for the pair in the car, aka Bulma, and her new friend, they couldn't help but blink in confusion.
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Yamcha Power Level (MAX) :40.
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Authors Note I: So, Naruto encountered Yamcha and flawlessly took him out. Be honest, did you think anything but Naruto winning the fight was going to happen? If you're one of those who did, then you severely overestimated Yamcha's strength. In other news, the next chapter is going to include another fight; and no, it's not going to be Naruto vs. Roshi, though it will be against a character that I'm sure will surprise you all, well, most of you so, sit tight.
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Authors Note II: For the time being, I'm somewhat following the plot of Dragon Ball Curse of the Blood Rubies Movie except I'm changing a few characters to line up with what I have planned.
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Authors Note III: So yeah, I changed a bit and I decided to make it that Naruto, while inheriting a silver of Kurama's Chakra due to his mother being Kurama's Jinchiruki, isn't the said fox in question's Jinchuuriki; that honor goes to his twin brother Menma who is Jiraiya's Apprentice and the focus of Minato and Kushina's attention while Tsunade will focus on Naruto and be the parent Naruto needs. He still is in Team 7 but Menma isn't part of the said team in question due to his accepting of apprenticeship by Jiraiya.
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Authors Note IV: Naruto knows the Rasengan because he stole the scroll from Minato when he was younger and he mastered it easier than Menma did.
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Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto or Dragon Ball.
