Disclaimer: I don't own either the Dragon Ball or Naruto franchises.

AN: So I have two ideas for a Naruto/DBZ crossover that are similar at the beginning but split into two parts. I wasn't crazy about the plot of Dragon Ball GT, but I did like them bringing certain factors in like SS4 and the Great Ape Transformation. One of the other things I really enjoyed was the Shadow Dragons, specifically Rage and Naturon. So my ideas go like this:
After the Fourth Shinobi War, Naruto dies from his injuries but not before bringing peace to the Elemental Nations. He does this by using Asura Mode to absorb the remaining negative emotions from the planet into himself. This in turn causes his soul to go into a dormant state where it seals up the negative energy away from the world. This mutates Naruto's soul, and eventually it finds itself drawn into a large gathering of energy, which turns out to be the formation of the Dragon Balls. Years pass, and as the negative energy, still bound by Naruto's goodness, grows with each passing wish, it eventually breaks free when it gets too much for the Dragon Balls to handle, forming one of the Shadow Dragons. However, with Naruto's good soul still bound to it, the dragon actually becomes good as well as a result and joins with the Z Fighters. Also, due to Naruto's soul being an anchor for the dragon's, they don't need the Dragon Ball attached to exist. This is where the story diverges.

1. The dragon is Naturon Shenron, brought about by wishing those killed by King Piccolo back to life (in canon it was to revive those killed by Majin Vegeta but I don't want to wait for the freaking Buu saga to start this idea). Like Naturon, Naruto can absorb bodies to become stronger and gain new attacks. However, Naruto won't use this as a cure all solution to his fights only as a last resort. For example, if he absorbs the body of a mole like canon Naturon did, Naruto will actually train in that form until he has it mastered, only switching bodies if there is no alternative. He'd even train his wimpy original form so he can actually do damage when not absorbing someone. He'd show up during the 23rd Martial Arts Tournament in order to challenge Piccolo. He winds up fighting and beating Shen/Kami as well as Piccolo, but ties with Goku. Naruto offers to absorb Piccolo to keep him out of trouble, but Goku sensing Piccolo isn't as evil as his father, lets him go like in canon.

2. The dragon Naruto becomes is instead Rage Shenron, brought about by wishing Goku back to life for the Saiyan Saga. Like canon Rage, Naruto can use electric slime and also get bigger by absorbing electric energy. However, Naruto will be a bit more strategic about it and actually figure out more offensive strategies with his electric attacks, possibly using them to recreate Lightning Jutsu such as the Chidori. Also, this version of Rage will be aware of his weakness to water and ask Bulma for help with that. Bulma in turn will figure out a chemical that Naruto can use that will make him less combustible with water, and can even use the lightning from rainstorms to power himself up. He'd join up with Goku just as he's taking on Vegeta and help him beat the Saiyan Prince. I can even see Naruto using his ability to get bigger to match Vegeta's Great Ape form.

CHALLENGE: noun, a call to take part in a contest or competition. AKA, I'm asking if anyone else wants to do this story because I can't even though I want to.

Naruto the Shadow Dragon

Part 2, Skip to Divergent Point if you read Part 1

Naruto Uzumaki, jinchuriki to the Nine Tailed Fox, son of Minato Namikaze and Kushina Uzumaki, reincarnation of the youngest child of the Sage of the Six Paths, and hero of the Fourth Shinobi War, was dying. After a long and difficult battle involving the blonde and his allies fighting numerous reanimated ninja, White Zetsu clones, Obito Uchiha, Madara Uchiha, and finally the demoness Kaguya, Naruto's body was finally succumbing to his injuries and exhaustion. It was only due to both his status, bloodline, and stubborn personality that he'd held on this long as most people would have succumbed long ago. Unfortunately, everyone has a limit and Naruto has both reached and surpassed his. With what little strength he had left, Naruto said farewell to all of his friends and companions, encouraging them to move on without him to bring about a better world and by the end of it all there wasn't a dry eye to be scene. Confident that the world was in capable hands, Naruto passed with no regrets, but he did give the world one last gift.

Utilizing his abilities as a sage, as well as the powers of Asura, Naruto's soul was able to live on after his body gave out. His disembodied soul then went around the planet, picking up any lingering negative energy that remained from the past few centuries of violence and bloodshed, taking them into himself to ensure that the world will be at peace at long last, fulfilling his role as the Child of Prophecy. Naruto's soul then took the negative energy along with itself deep within the Earth to make sure nothing else like the Shinobi World Wars ever happens again, and peace reigned throughout the world. Years passed, and the Elemental Nations prospered. No longer focusing on militant applications, the people were able to focus on other pursuits such as improving the technology in the world. Eventually the usage of both shinobi and chakra grew out of fashion in times of peace, and the Hidden Villages became bustling metropolises. The Bijuu, feeling that their presence may at one point disturb the peace the humans had, decided to go off to parts unknown and no one saw them for many, many years. People began to use technology more than chakra as it was easier and more available to use. Soon most forgot the old, violent ways with people only speaking of ninjas as myths and legends, only a few holding onto some of the shinobi way. While chakra itself fell out of use, people did still utilize the physical aspects of it from time to time, usually those heavily involved in the martial arts, but it gained a new name: ki.

Throughout all this, Naruto's soul remained nestled in the Earth, absorbing any buildups of negative energy to prevent it from harming humanity. Then, one day everything changed. A new guardian for the Earth, called Kami, had decided to make seven magical orbs called Dragon Balls that, when gathered, could grant a person one wish. He used powerful abilities to create the Dragon Balls, many of which were connected to the Earth itself. Said powers were like a beacon to Naruto's wandering soul like it was Nature Chakra, drawing it in like a magnet. As the Dragon Balls were created, the negative energy Naruto's soul was distributed amongst them but the majority held onto the ninja's soul as it was sucked into one of the orbs. Years pass, people using the wish granting abilities to make their fondest wish come true. Some wishes were for beneficial reasons, others evil, and others completely ridiculous. With each wish, the negative energy in them grew stronger, especially in the Dragon Ball containing Naruto and the majority of the negative energy. Finally, one day the negative energy in Naruto's Dragon Ball overflowed and took shape, which is where our story truly takes place.

(Divergent Point – Rage Shenron)

It has been several days since Son Goku had died and his son Gohan was kidnapped by Piccolo. It had been such a pleasant start to the week too. Goku was going to meet up with his old friends Bulma, Krillin, Oolong, and Master Roshi, and then he'd show them his four year old son Gohan. Then a powerful and evil stranger appeared, claiming to be Goku's long lost brother Raditz! It was then that the savior of the planet learned of his origins, on how he was from a race of alien space pirates known as the Saiyans and that he was sent to Earth to conquer the planet for sale. Goku, being the noble hearted individual that he was, rejected his people's evil ways and fought his brother. The fight was brutal and short, with Goku having to team up with his arch rival Piccolo to defeat his brother and save his son. The victory had a cost, however, as Goku needed to sacrifice his own life so Piccolo could land the finishing blow. They then learned the startling news; Raditz's two partners, both much stronger than him, were on their way to Earth and would be there in one year's time!

With the looming threat in mind, Piccolo kidnapped Gohan to train him seeing that the child had a lot of untapped potential in the fight against Raditz. Goku himself had his body and soul taken to Other World after he died by Kami in order for him to train under the Martial Arts master King Kai. Goku's friends who could fight were taken to the Lookout to be trained by Kami and Mr. Popo. This left his other friends like Bulma and Master Roshi to gather the seven Dragon Balls so that they could wish Goku back to life in a year's time when the Saiyans arrived. However, unknown to the Z Fighters and their friends, having the wish granting orbs in such close proximity to each other for an extended period of time with their current level of negative energy allowed it to escape and take form, bringing the soul of a certain blonde shinobi along with it.

If one were to look into the back room of Roshi's Kame House, they would see that the seven Dragon Balls were flashing. The Five Star Ball was flashing brighter than the others, however, and the ball suddenly turned a blackish color before releasing a dark colored smoke. Once all the smoke was released, the ball returned to its normal orange color, but the smoke remained as it hovered over the balls. The smoke began to condense and take shape. Soon, a strange creature was standing over the Dragon Balls while looking around in confusion.

The being's body was largely a dark red color with his front being more of a cream color. It had a large birdlike beak for a mouth as well as a fin shaped horn on the top of his head with antenna on both sides of it. It's eyes are yellow in color and kind of beady, and it had short black claws on its hands and feet. The arms were long and slightly muscular, while the legs were barely visible as the creature's somewhat chubby body went all the way down to its feet, which were also birdlike in nature. There was also a thick reptilian tail poking out of its backside. The biggest, or should I say smallest, feature of the newly born Shadow Dragon is that it was tiny, barely two feet in height including the horn.

Naruto looked around the dark room in confusion. 'Okay, I'm pretty sure I was dead until now, so how am I here? Is this a dream or the afterlife?' He then noticed the pile of "adult" magazines from Roshi's personal stash nearby and he sweatdropped. 'If this is the afterlife, it looks like Pervy Sage's version of it. But the most important question is…'

He then looked down at his tiny, chubby body and, after standing still for a few moments, fell onto his hands and knees with twin rivers of tears leaking from his eyes, 'WHY THE HELL AM I A FATASS PIPSQUEAK?!' he mentally shouted in despair.

Shaking himself out of his brief bout of depression, he then took a closer look at his body and wished the lights weren't so dim. The physical changes shocked him, but not nearly and much as when he gave himself a sharp pinch (both to see if he was dreaming and to make sure the body he was looking at was actually his), his skin stretched and snapped back into place like rubber. Feeling his skin, Naruto noticed that instead of flesh and bone, his body was made of some kind of elastic, slime like substance.

"Alright Naruto, think. You're in a dark room in unknown territory, you've been changed into some kind of slimy bird…reptile…thing, and you have no idea what happened to you. Try to remember so you can figure out what's going on," he murmured to himself to give himself a pep talk, momentarily starting at how his voice had changed and how it almost had an electric undertone to it.

Sitting as best he could given his current body's structure, Naruto closed his eyes and meditated like the Toad Sages taught him too to collect his thoughts. While he wasn't one for sitting still for too long, situations like this required it for a calm mind. It helped, as he was able to see flashes of what happened around the Dragon Balls over the years. Kami making them…those who wished upon them…Son Goku and his friends…Demon King Piccolo…and the recent trouble with the Saiyans (Naruto was initially freaked out about there being aliens, but he'd seen stranger during his time alive). He was amazed at how much the world had changed over the years, but saddened at the same time that by now all those he knew in life most likely passed on years ago. He put that to the back of his mind for now though as he knew none of his friends and family would want to see him mourn over the past for too long. Instead, Naruto thought of the future and what he should do from here.

Getting out of his meditative stance, the now tiny dragon started passing around the Dragon Balls while trying to figure out what to do. "I think the best thing for me to do is to help protect the planet when these…Saiyamen or whatever arrive. If I'm remembering this right, Son Goku's friends are going to revive him in a year with the Dragon Balls and train to fight the aliens, so I should team up with them and take this time to train myself," Naruto mused before he lifted a hand to his face and a look of concern appeared. "But…can I even fight like this? I'm not even sure if I can use chakra in this body, plus everything feels different from what I'm used to…"

Experimenting, the former ninja brought his hands into a familiar cross shaped symbol and cried out, "Shadow Clone Jutsu!"

He waited, but there wasn't even so much as a puff of smoke around. Giving a frustrated sigh, Naruto looked around. "Maybe if I can find a light switch or something I can see if I'm doing anything wrong," he thought out loud before he face palmed and groaned out, "…And I really need to stop talking to myself."

It took some searching, but Naruto was able to determine where the light switch was in the room. Unfortunately, he was too short to reach it so he hand to grab a small empty crate to stand on in order to reach it. It was lucky that it was late at night and everyone was asleep, otherwise someone might have heard light thumping and the occasional muttered curse coming from the storage closet in Kame House. Standing on his clawed tiptoes, Naruto was just able to reach the switch to turn the light on. However, this caused a small electrical spark to jump out of the switch and was drawn to Naruto's body. The slime like substance he was made of soaked it up like a sponge, and Naruto gave a small gasp as he felt a tingling feeling go through his body. It wasn't unpleasant, more like when Kurama's uncorrupted chakra would flood his system just in a much lower potency.

Naruto could feel a power flowing through his body now. It wasn't chakra, but somehow it felt…natural. Focusing the power to his hands while remembering some of his old chakra control techniques, Naruto saw small sparks of electricity leap off his hands like tiny fireworks. It reminded Naruto of Kakashi and Sasuke's Chidori, just much, much weaker.

'Did…did me getting shocked give me lightning powers or something?' Naruto thought before he noticed an outlet on the opposite wall. Giving a slight gulp, Naruto walked (More like waddled, man he was going to need to find a way to get back into shape. Now he was sorry for all the fat jokes he came up with for Choji as he silently cursed karma) over to the outlet and, after a moment's hesitation knowing that this was going to hurt a LOT if he was wrong, plunged his finger into the outlet. The results were almost instantaneous. The tingling feeling returned with a much greater force that almost overwhelmed the former blonde. As the house's electricity started to flow into Naruto's body, the lights around the house briefly flashed on before turning off again as the increasing power surge occurred. In several weeks' time, Roshi's electrical bill will increase threefold and he'll be forced to hold off on his internet porn for over a month due to this. Meanwhile back to Naruto, his body starts to feel truly reenergized, almost like he did before he died with the more energy he took in.

The changed ninja was so wrapped up in the feeling that he didn't notice two things. The first was that his finger that was in the outlet now took on a more liquid like appearance as it slipped into the holes of the outlet. The second was that after a few seconds of 'charging' himself, his body started to get bigger (1). His overall mass increased along with his height and general bulk, his dark red lightening to a lighter pink the bigger he got. Naruto noticed none of this even as he started to hunch over to keep in contact with the electrical source. Soon though, Naruto's crested head bumped into the ceiling and he jerked himself up into a standing position in surprise. Of course, due to him being much taller this caused Naruto to go literally head and shoulders through the ceiling of the closet like it was cheap toilet paper.

Thanks to his gelatinous state, Naruto wasn't hurt by the crash, but he was shocked out of his wits when he saw both what he'd done and that he was much bigger than the room he was currently in. The Shadow Dragon's (limited) mental capabilities tried to wrap his head around what happened, but just then he heard creaking coming from outside the door to the closet his lower body was still standing in. Hunching down so he could see into the room, Naruto saw that the lights had been turned on in the next room and shadows leaking through the cracks in the door indicated someone was coming in.

'Oh, crap!' Naruto mentally panicked, wondering how in the hell he was going to explain who he was, why he was in Kame House, and why he suddenly broke the ceiling. His yellow eyes darted around, trying to find some place to hide but soon realized it was pointless because a) he still didn't have chakra and as a result couldn't use his ninja skills to hide and b) he was a fifteen foot tall jello…bird…lizard…thing. Just then, the door opened to reveal a short bipedal pig in pajamas (Oolong, if Naruto remembered correctly) was standing there while rubbing his eyes tiredly. The talking pork looked at Naruto's towering form with heavily lidded eyes before shrugging, turning around, and closing the door behind him. Naruto waited a few moments before letting out large sigh of relief, wiping some sweat from his antenna'd forehead. It was a good thing Oolong was still largely asleep. Now hopefully it would give him time to think of a way to get out of here without further breaking the house before –

There was the sound of rapidly approaching footsteps before the door swung open once again to show Oolong, eyes wide open and getting bigger as he took in Naruto's appearance, his face becoming the color of sour milk.

…before Oolong realized he wasn't dreaming and came back. Crap.

The pig let out a yell that could probably wake up people all the way on the mainland, startling Naruto causing him to take a step back. Unfortunately, Naruto's large feet stepped right on the Dragon Balls as he did so, and the magical orbs acted like marbles causing him to lose his balance and fall backwards. Naruto's extra mass made it so his falling body was like a wrecking ball and he crashed right through the wall behind him, making most of him lay outside the house.

'Well, at least I'm outside,' Naruto thought sarcastically as he slowly got up, the sand falling off him in a small waterfall. By the time he was standing, the other occupants of the house had come outside and were now staring up at him with surprised (and slightly fearful) expressions. The first was Oolong, looking ready to pee himself. The other was an old, bald human man who wore dark green sunglasses (despite it being nighttime), shorts, a Hawaiian shirt, and strangely enough a giant turtle shell was strapped to his back. This man is Master Roshi. The final member was a floating blue cat whose name is Puar.

They all stood there for several tense minutes before Naruto broke the silence. "Umm, sorry 'bout the wall…and the ceiling. Totally my bad," he chuckled nervously while rubbing the back of his head.

The other three face vaulted at this before quickly composing themselves. Roshi stepped forward and coughed into his hand. "Urm…that's quite alright, I was planning on remodeling soon anyway. But I think the main question is though," and Naruto could swear he could see the suspicious glare sent his way behind the man's sunglasses, "is who are you and what are you doing here?"

Naruto plopped down on his (quite generous) rear end and said, "You all might want to take a seat, 'cause this is going to be a looong story."

Several Hours Later

The sun was starting to peak over the horizon as Naruto finished his tale. Puar was looking at him with a starry eyed expression, Master Roshi seemed contemplative as he calmly smoked a pipe, but Oolong had a look of pure skepticism. Ignoring the fact the former ninja could easily squash him like a bug, Oolong shot out, "Oh give me a break! You really expect us to believe that you were some kind of super powered ninja who saved the world thousands of years ago?! Not only that, but you've somehow been reborn from the Dragon Balls we had in the house? How gullible do you think – "

"I believe him," Roshi said abruptly, cutting off Oolong's rant.

The other three looked to the older man in surprise as he took another puff on his pipe before elaborating, "When I was a small lad, just starting martial arts myself, I was told a tale of a time long ago when the world was in a constant state of war fought by soldiers cloaked in shadow. It ended with a child who had carried a demon helped to bring peace at the cost of his own life. Few know of this story, and even fewer know the details – Naruto was it? (Naruto nods) – told. Added to the fact he was somehow able to get inside our house despite his size in the middle of the night with none of us the wiser, and that he is able to tell us details about ourselves that only one who observed our actions closely could tell, lead me to believe everything he has told us is 100 percent true."

Naruto couldn't help but grin and extended a fist towards him. "Thanks old man!" Naruto sincerely stated. He had been worried for a while that none of them would believe him and he'd have to think of some kind of way to convince them.

Roshi huffed playfully at the 'old man' comment but extended his own fist anyway to tap Naruto's larger one. "No prob – "

However, the moment the two fists connected, electricity sparked and Roshi started jerking around wildly as he was shocked by hundreds if not thousands of volts of lightning. Naruto was so shocked (no pun intended) at what the simple fist bump did that he jerked his fist back, leaving behind a nice and crispy (but still alive) perverted martial arts master, his beard standing on end. Naruto jerked so hard that he once again fell backwards…landing right in the ocean.

BOOM!

Scene Break

Naruto laid down on a sofa in Kame House, shrunk down to his previous size and covered in both Band-Aids and burns. "Note to self: do not go near water," he groaned as he tried to sit up with little success.

The second Naruto's large and electricity filled body touched the water, it reacted similar to that of dropping a plugged in toaster in a bath. After being horribly shocked to the point it reminded him of being stabbed by Sasuke's Chidori, Naruto seemed to explode. When the smoke cleared, it showed him lying face up in the shallow water of the beach, blackened and coughing out a smoke ring at his original tiny size.

"Second note to self: do not fist bump a being made of electric slime," Roshi groaned in the chair beside him, equally burned and wrapped.

"Sorry about that. And I promise I'll help with the repairs," Naruto swore as he was finally able to get into a sitting position. He then gestured to the hole in the wall that was now covered in a large tarp courtesy of Puar.

"Don't worry about it, it'll take more than that to keep me down. Besides, I can ask Bulma for help with the repairs if she can come up with some sort of invention or something," Roshi said dismissively.

"Heh, be great if she could invent some way for me not to get shocked when I touch water. Kinda sucks. Though I guess it won't matter much until I learn how to control these new powers and body of mine," Naruto said with mirth as he looked at his hands before clenching them into fists. His eyes then widened in terror. "OH NO! What if I could get shocked touching ramen broth too?! I wouldn't be able to eat ramen anymore!" he cried in horror while clutching his head.

Roshi chuckled before wincing in pain. "Heh – cough – I'm sure we can think of something (2). So, what are you going to do now? The world is quite different from the one you came from."

Naruto calmed down and thought about Roshi's question for a moment. "Well…I want to help protect this world again. While it's not the same as the one I was raised in, it is the one me and my friends fought for. If I can, I want to be able to fight those Saiyan guys when they arrive. Only problem is I don't have chakra anymore and I'm just learning what all my body can do now. I'm afraid that if I fought, I'd make the situation worse as I am now."

Roshi considered this before coming to a decision. "If you want, I can help you out with training. While your powers seem slightly different from Ki, there's no reason I can't assist you in figuring out your powers. Who knows, I might even teach you a thing or two! I wasn't known as the World's Strongest for nothing you know!" he offered.

Naruto looked surprised at this before a grateful smile worked its way onto his beak like mouth. "You sure? I mean you barely know me, and in the time you have known me I've partially wrecked your house and shocked you," he asked.

"I'm sure. It's the older generation's duty to pass on their knowledge to the new generation, correct? Of course in your case it would the new generation teaching an ancient generation a thing or two," he chuckled at his own joke before continuing, "Besides, it has been a while since I've had a student and I find myself missing the experience. It'll be good teaching again, and I'm confident I'll have you ready to fight those aliens in six months rather than a year. But I must warn you, my training will not be easy. It could very well be the hardest thing you've ever done!"

Naruto grinned and proclaimed, "Bring it on old man! I'll take whatever you throw at me, Believe It!"

Time Skip (Several Months Later)

Both Roshi and Naruto stood across from each other in a clearing. Naruto now standing at six feet tall, his preferred height, and looked ready to battle while Roshi himself was in a ready stance. Sparks suddenly leapt from Naruto's skin before he disappeared in a blur. Roshi himself followed shortly after. During the time Naruto was being taught under the aged master, he had learned a bit about how his new lightning powers worked and was able to shape them into attacks. In remembrance of both Sasuke and Kakashi, Naruto was able to make a replica of the Chidori and all its variants by using the lightning stored in his body. He was even able to replicate A's Lightning Armor in a way that his speed and strength drastically increased, which was good because without it he was slower than Lee when he got his leg broken and weaker than an Academy student. Naruto was even able to create some new attacks from his research like one he calls Dragon Thunder where the energy is collected into a solid form and is then shot out in the form of an electrical dragon.

Naruto was also able to figure out how to fight with his new body. As it turns out, his slimy form was very versatile in way of attack. For example, Naruto learned he could detach parts of his body that he can control with his thoughts. With a little ingenuity, Naruto was even able to use this ability to make clones of himself, albeit they were mindless replicas but still it was good to have a familiar technique. He also found his body was nearly impervious to damage when, during one of the spars with Master Roshi, the older man fired his signature Kamehameha Wave at him. Naruto was unable to dodge out of the way in time due to him still getting used to moving on squat legs, but instead of being blasted by the Ki attack (which was thankfully underpowered as it was just a practice spar), Naruto's body seemed to absorb the attack like a sponge, holding the energy inside of him. It took a little work on Naruto's part, but he was finally able to get the blast to exit his body which missed hitting a nearby Oolong by only a foot. After some practice, Naruto was able to figure out how to use this ability to reflect energy attacks back at his opponent almost instantly. He also learned how to shape his body a bit like clay, being able to form weapons and direct his mass into only certain limbs like the Partial Expansion Jutsu.

Finally, Naruto was able to learn a bit about Ki. While his body was more inclined to his electrical powers, Naruto found that he had the capability of using Ki to an extent. Roshi was able to teach him his Kamehameha Wave with little difficulty, and Naruto even explored mixing his Ki with lightning similar to what he did with the Rasengan. The results were an extremely powerful technique that Roshi had the Shadow Dragon promise to only use for emergencies. The perverted martial arts master also explained the theory behind using Ki for flight, that while he didn't know himself he knew the basic idea behind. Naruto was able to fly a bit after multiple falling accidents, but he wasn't fast nor graceful at it (3).

Back to the fight, Naruto and Roshi were clashing in the clearing at speeds so fast that one with untrained eyes would just see a slight disturbance in the area they were at. Roshi would use all manner of punch and kick combos while Naruto would prefer using his arms as his legs were not made for kicking. After several moments of this, the two came at a standstill with Naruto holding onto Roshi's kick with his left hand while his right fist was being blocked by both of Roshi's arms in a guard position. They held this pose, both trying to overpower the other before Naruto smirked.

The antenna on his forehead started to spark, causing Roshi to pale as Naruto called out, "Dragon Thunder!"

Roshi was barely able to dodge in time, but in order to do so he had to lower his guard slightly and in doing so allowed Naruto to take some of the Electric Slime in his chest to form a third fist that got the man right in the face. The two broke apart and skidded back several feet before coming to a rest. They looked at each other for a minute before Roshi relaxed his position, followed by Naruto, and the two bowed to each other.

"That was very good, Naruto. You are quickly on your way to becoming one of the strongest fighters on the planet. I'd say another couple months and you'll be ready to fight the Saiyans when they arrive," Roshi commented as he wiped some of the blood from his mouth.

Naruto smiled proudly before asking, "So what's next for the training old man?"

Roshi then looked at his latest student seriously and said, "It is getting to the point where I can't teach you much more myself. I would recommend you go find one of my other former students like Krillin or Yamcha and train with them. I'll take you to Bulma's place in the city where she can contact one of them, because from what I heard they all got back from their own training with Kami the other day. Once there, you might also want to talk to Bulma, because I talked to her and she said she had some things that she believes will help you out."

Naruto, while surprised and somewhat saddened to leave the man who had been willing to teach him for all this time, knew he had a point that he needed to up his training if he wanted to be strong enough to defend this world. So with that, the two got on Roshi's Capsule airplane and took off towards Bulma's place. While traveling, Naruto couldn't help but smirk to himself.

It looks like the Number One Unpredictable Ninja was making a comeback!

1. Instead of just surrounding his body in a shell of electric slime, I made it so it's Naruto's body itself that absorbs the electricity.

2. Some of the things Bulma will invent to help Naruto: a chemical that makes him water resistant so he won't get shocked every time it rains, a Capsule that can be used to store his extra Electric Slime, and a portable generator for when he's not close to any major source of electricity that is strong enough to power two cities.

3. Way I see it, the Shadow Dragons probably all had some level of Ki to them, but most preferred using their elemental attacks or trickery to fight. Naruto, being the practical ninja that he is, will train in all forms of attack so he can keep up with stronger opponents.