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ITALICS – Thinking

BOLD – demon talk/jutsu/Ki attack


Chapter 3: The Past Resurfaces Part One

It is the day after finding the One Star Ball and still, the Saiyan trio still has no idea why they would reside in the Elemental Nations as Goku took them with him when he merged with Shenron. All are currently sitting at the breakfast table eating a massive amount of food fit for any Saiyan.

"Finding the One Star Ball makes no sense; I merged with Shenron and took the Dragon Balls with me so that the humans can live normal lives without interference from a god." Goku questions as he gulps down his breakfast of eggs, bacon, ham, and orange juice

"Hmm…" Naruto is in deep thought "Would it make sense for them to return if there is an enemy so powerful that it warrants the need for them. What do they do anyway?"

"That actually makes a lot of sense." Goku responds back

"As to what the Dragonballs do; that is something special. If all seven are found you say a chant, no I am not telling you yet, and the mighty Shenron appears who grants you three wishes. The dragon can resurrect dead people, fix damage to a place, and bring back a planet…almost anything really." Vegeta explains

"I can see why you took them from Earth Goku, that amount of power makes people feel easy about themselves which means security goes lax and eventually wide scale destruction." Naruto says in understanding with Goku and Vegeta nodding their heads in approval

Breakfast is soon over and they decide to head out back to do some light sparring but as they were stretching and doing one-handed standing pushups and ANBU appears in the yard slightly shocked at what the three are doing.

Naruto flips and lands on his feet then walks over to the ANBU "What do you need ANBU-san?"

"You are required at the Hokage Tower with the other Jonin to meet about team placements."

Naruto scratches his head in confusion "I thought the Hokage said I was not going to have a team"

The ANBU quips "I was only told to get you not why you are actually required; do you need a lift?"

Naruto smiles "Nope, I got my own way. Bye Goku, Vegeta and I will meet you, ANBU-san, at the tower. Ja Ne!" he uses instant transmission to vacate the area, the ANBU shushins shortly after grumbling something under his breath; Goku and Vegeta shrug and begin to spar.

Hokage Tower – moments earlier

"Sarutobi, who are we waiting for? I am here on time for Kami's sake which is rare for me though you did threaten to burn my Icha Icha." Kakashi states

"Are you that daft Kakashi?" Sarutobi sighs "Remember, who did I promote Jonin yesterday?"

Kakashi scratches the back of his head "Oh yeah I forgot that…"

He is interrupted when Naruto appears beside Sarutobi "Naruto Namikaze here at your service Hokage-sama. Naruto bows "Now can you explain to me why I am having my own team when you said that I will not be getting one?"

Sarutobi chuckles "You are not going to have a team but be with one as a secondary leader and Sensei to the ones that pass today at graduation. I will have you trail each team to see how you work and within a year or so I will give you a team to work with."

"Oh…so who am I going to be with first?"

(AN: Teams are same as cannon but Sai is added to Team 7; I am making it where he was not in ROOT so he will be a bit different then the cannon.)

"Those are the teams Naruto and today I want you to go with Kakashi's team as I believe he has a bit of catching up to do with Sensei's son." Sarutobi replies

"Thank you sir" is heard from Naruto and Kakashi

Naruto walks toward his father's student deciding to end one bad lesson here and now "Alright, I know how you like to be late according to some rumors floating around so let's get one thing clear. If you are late to one meeting, I will make you my next punching bag; remember what happened to Guy yesterday?"

Kakashi nods instantly not wanting to feel Tsunade like punches from Naruto; everyone soon laughs at the ordeal. "HA! Kakashi's whipped" Kurenai says which produces even more laughter.

"Oh I needed that…anyway the teams have been arranged so go and meet them will you please." Sarutobi says wiping the tears from his eyes from laughing so hard

"Kakashi, hold my shoulder and don't let go. Oh and you might feel a little queasy after I do this." Naruto performs instant transmission to exit the tower leaving everyone in shock

"Was that the Hirashin?" Asuma asks

"Oh yah forgot to tell you my son. Naruto uses what is known as chi not chakra so, no, that is not the Hirashin it is something else entirely." Everyone nods and exits the room to pick up their teams

Academy

"Alright those are your teams; your sensei will be here shortly to pick you up. Congratulations again students and I hope…AHHH!" Iruka jumps back as Kakashi and Naruto appear right near him

"Dammit Naruto, never do that again without my permission!" Kakashi yells then looks around the room "Who is Team 7?" Sakura, Sasuke, and Sai raise their hands "Good meet me on the roof, Naruto lets go."

"Hai" Naruto decides to run up to the roof for exercise while Kakashi shushins

"How is that very muscular boy that looks about our age a Jonin…I call bullshit!" Sakura screams while Sasuke just grunts and starts to walk to the roof

"Remember Sakura, there is always someone stronger than you. It seems the boy is a prodigy or just that good" Sai reasons

"Whatever pale face, I am going to chase down my Sasuke!" Sakura runs to catch up "Wait for me my love!" This makes everyone in the room giggle while Sai shakes his head then shushins to the roof

Rooftops of the Academy Building

"So you found something from Goku and Vegeta's past that worries you and you think it is based on what Kami did to you? This all seems secret so why tell me?" Kakashi scratches his head in confusion

"You were my father's student hence why I trust you not to give out this information. I fear that the entire Elemental Nations and Earth will be in grave danger soon to the point where I and my two father figures will be needed to bring it to a halt."

The sound of a shushin alerts them; they turn their heads to see Sai smiling. "Hello, and before you ask I used the age old deception trick…end up as a dead last but who cares, names mean nothing it is what you do that counts."

"At least someone has a strong head on their shoulders; I will enjoy working with this team in the future." Naruto replies while Kakashi nods

"Why won't you go out with me?!" Sakura spouts arriving at the top of the stairs

"Hn. I don't need that shit called love so leave me alone!" Sasuke broods leaning on the railing of the roof top

Before the banshee, as she is known, can continue Kakashi speaks up "My name is Kakashi Hatake and this is Naruto Namikaze our newest Jonin; he will be trailing our team today to learn the ropes of managing a team."

"So you're the Yondaime's son which also means you hold the Kyuubi." Sai spouts not realizing what he said until the shocked gasps come from Sakura and Sasuke "Sorry Naruto-sensei I am sorry I brought that up."

Naruto waves his hands "It is alright just promise, all three of you, not to spread the secret that I hold Kyuubi with me just yet. Plus, Kurama or Kyuubi as you know him is very nice and only hurt this village due to being under a genjutsu. The reason I do not look like Minato is classified so I will not tell you."

"You are our age; I highly doubt that you can do anything to us if we managed to leak your secret." Sasuke responds

"Yah, I don't know why you are a Jonin anyway! I bet you used your demon magic to persuade the Hokage to give it to you." Sakura butts in making the once calm and collect Naruto very irritated on the verge of beating the shit out of something

"Kakashi" Naruto seethes "I think we should speed up the real Genin test shall we?"

"Let me guess, your father's library" Naruto nods clenching and unclenching his fists "Alright I see no problem with that. Team, meet at Training ground 7 immediately!"

"All of you grab onto my shoulders and we will be there within seconds; join if you wish Kakashi." Naruto says while Team 7 hesitantly does so while Kakashi shushins to the grounds; Naruto soon uses his favorite move and just like that the roof is barren

Training Ground Seven

Kakashi arrives to see his students on the ground retching up breakfast and chuckles at what Naruto did but become nervous as he has never seen Naruto angry before. "Sai had to go and say what was on his mind…well I hope this goes well if not the Hokage will have a lot of paperwork to do."

The Vegeta side of Naruto comes out "Stand up you shits! If you think I cannot do anything to you and think that I persuaded the Hokage then come at me; you will see the reason why I was promoted Jonin and maybe you will be taught to respect your superiors regardless of age!"

Sai nods knowing he screwed up and thinks hard about the Genin test "I really screwed up here, I made it where Naruto-sensei feels anger toward us but I know there is something about three man teams…wait a minute. If he is a Jonin then one of us cannot beat him so…tricky bastard the key is teamwork!"

"Sakura, Sasuke I know what the test means we need to use…" Sakura and Sasuke glare at Sai then rush Naruto "DAMMIT ALL TO KAMI-SAMA!" Sai soon rushes after his team members to back them up

Naruto has a look of boredom on his face as he dodges punches and kicks from Sasuke and Sakura but does not retaliate; while this was going on Kurama and Naruto had a small chat.

"So Naruto, was that anger real or just acting?"

"A little of both…I wanted to start the actual test today but after hearing that demon remark I lost it so here we are teaching the kids respect and teamwork."

"Says the guy who usually fights alone…" A rabbit runs by Kyuubi "RABBIT GIMMIE!" Kyuubi chases after it making Naruto sweat drop

"Figures, the beast sealed inside me has ADHD…great, just great." Naruto realizes what Kyuubi said "AND WHAT DO MEAN I FIGHT ALONE!" In the distant Kyuubi is heard laughing

Super Beast Imitation Drawing

The cry of the jutsu alerted Naruto who quickly punched Sakura and Sasuke with as minimal of strength as possible which still ended up making both fly into a tree then spun around to see three tigers made of ink come at him. Naruto shoots out three quick yellow blast of Ki at the tigers which explode into a mist of black when hit; Naruto uses this distraction to rush Sai but is halted when Sasuke suddenly appears near him and screams out Fire Release: Great Fireball Jutsu. Too close to dodge the Fireball engulfs Naruto; Sai is in shock that Sasuke would kill a Jonin, Kakashi just smirks knowing Naruto is not finished

The fire recedes to show an unscathed Naruto "Are you finished yet, and here I thought the Uchiha were elite. Well then, come and show me what you got!"

"How…how…GRR! I will show you how a real Uchiha fights!" Sasuke attempts a left hook but the hand is grabbed by Naruto; Sakura attempts the same with the same result

"This match is over with, I think I proved myself and I do not want to harm you further. Now, Sai can you tell me the reason of this test?" Naruto says still holding onto the now struggling banshee and brooder

Sai nods "The test was about teamwork which I tried telling my teammates that but they would not listen."

"This is true but you did teamwork without noticing during one instance hence why I am passing you all." Naruto lets go of his captives

"What do you mean Naruto-sensei" Sakura replies now knowing why he is a Jonin "And I am sorry for what I said, I will keep what was said today a secret."

"Thank you. Anyways, while I was dodging your and Sasuke's attacks, Sai used the distraction to launch a jutsu at me; this is teamwork in its finest. Kakashi, sorry for stealing your thunder today."

Kakashi walks up and pats Naruto on the back "No worries Naruto. Now to my students, what you learned here today is the most important aspect of being a shinobi. Remember, in the ninja world, those who don't follow the rules are scum, but those who abandon their friends are worse than scum."

"Well said Kakashi oh and word of advice; if you want to become strong find your precious people, find out who you want to protect. Once you do, only then do you become stronger." Naruto responds then looks toward Kakashi who nods and both disappear to give their reports

Sai sighs in relief at how today went and goes home with a big smile on his face, Sakura leaves soon after trying one last time to go out with Sasuke whom stays behind and sits down thinking over what Naruto said.

"Have I been wrong all this time, has my hate blinded me to the point where I become weak?" Saskue sits for roughly 15 minutes thinking about what happened today and over both Naruto's and Kakashi's words "Naruto-sensei, I will take your words to heart and protect my teammates." He stands up with renewed vigor and smiles, the first real smile since the Uchiha massacre and rushes home to learn everything he can about the Sharingan and his clan techniques

Up in the air, Naruto watched Saskue for five minutes as he arrived here after giving the report to the Hokage. "You will go far Sasuke; keep up your new mentality and then you will see the fruits of your labor." Naruto turns and flies home ready for what the next day will bring.

Time Skip – 3 months later

Naruto has trailed teams for three months now during D-ranks and training; Sarutobi is impressed with Naruto's leadership skills and training methods and has even noticed a massive morale boost within the troops. He figured it was Naruto's calm demeanor and protective aura that gave the result, regardless though Sarutobi could not be happier with the way Minato's son has turned out. We find our half-saiyan sparring with Guy to show his team some pointers on Taijutsu.

"Now see, when you try to kick a person in the side." Guy attempts to kick Naruto's right side which he blocks with said forearm "The enemy has the chance to block the kick then push away…" Naruto pushes away leaving a defensless Guy "…Leaving you completely defenseless and open for attack." Naruto palm thrusts guy in the chest lightly making him stumble

Naruto decides to cut in "We did this in slow motion so all you can see it. We are not saying that you should not attempt a side kick; we are saying that you should attempt them when the opponent is distracted or dazed. Once that kick connects you can follow up with various punches, kicks, and more to disable your opponent."

"Yosh! Naruto-sensei spouts YOUTH!" Lee screams to which Guy comes over and hugs him

"Lee"

"Guy-Sensei"

"Lee"

"Guy-Sensei"

The sunset genjutsu appears behind them making Tenten and Neji's eyes twitch while Naruto attempts to burn the image out of his mind. "Kurama…MAKE IT STOP!"

"I can't it seems that the jutsu is unbreakable!"

"Of all the genjutsu I run into…why did it have to be this one? First it was that pose and now…dear Kami I need a distraction!" Naruto's wish was granted as an ANBU arrived on site noticing what Guy and Lee was doing

"Quick Naruto-sama, grab my shoulder and let's get the hell out of here before that image becomes burned into my mind." Naruto nods and both shushin to the Hokage Tower

Hokage Tower

Sarutobi looks up from his paperwork to see a visibly shaken Naruto and slightly disturbed ANBU and can only think of one thing that does such a thing "Let me guess, you saw the dreaded Sunset Genjutsu." Both nod "Good luck getting that out of your mind then" Sarutobi laughs then clears his throat "The reason I called you here Naruto is that Team 7 needs immediate help at Wave it seems the client lied about the rank of the mission. It was a C-rank but now it is close to an A borderline S-rank."

Naruto's eyes widen "I will be there ASAP Hokage-sama, I will not let my comrades die out there."

"Spoken like a true leader…anyway, since this is a hurried situation here is the scroll that details everything thus far." Sarutobi hands Naruto the scroll "Read that when you can, dismissed!"

"Hai...now where are they." Naruto closes his eyes and concentrates and soon finds Kakashi's signature and it is growing weaker by the moment; his eyes snap open "Got em! Gotta love Instant Transmission." Naruto vanishes from the office in which the Hokage shakes his head and thinks

"I really wish he would teach me that, it would save me the hassle of walking here every day as well as places in the Elemental Nations."

At Wave

"So Kakashi, it seems that you are trapped in my water prison. How you fell for such an easy trick I don't know nor give a damn; now watch as your cute lil' ninja get sliced to bits in front of you." Zabuza was about to charge the battle ready Team 7 but a new voice enters the mist

"Not if I can help it!" Zabuza turns to find a fist smash into his face breaking the nose and taking the jaw of its hinges; he launches across the bridge but rights himself in midair and lands feet first on the ground putting his jaw back into place

"Who the fuck are you…AND YOU MADE ME BLEED!" Zabuza screams

Naruto chuckles "Well if you are so eager to see me, how bout I clear out this mist." He screams making the wind whip around him and the surrounding areas as well as making the ground shake which eventually led to cracking and some stones being levitated in the air. The feeling soon recedes as well as the mist showing Naruto in a glowing blue aura with a gaze as cold as ice and in a fighting position

Once the mist cleared Zabuza rushed in ready to cleave Naruto in two; he swings the sword down toward his head which Kakashi and Team 7 yell for him to dodge but Naruto does none of the sort. The blade draws near and then the unexpected happened; Naruto grabbed the blade with his bare hand stopping it inches from his face, breaking it in two with a twitch of said hand then kicking Zabuza in the stomach making him crash through three trees.

Zabuza soon comes out of the woods holding his stomach not knowing if there was any internal bleeding but he figured there might as blood was pouring out of his mouth. "How…how did you get so strong?!"

"I do a lot of pushups and sit-ups…and I drink plenty of juice." Naruto quips making Zabuza growl in anger

"What makes you think that you, a 12 year old kid can match up to me…the mighty DEMON OF THE MIST!" Zabuza retorts but a tap is soon felt on his shoulder he turns to find Naruto standing right there "How the hell…" is all he could get out before Naruto kicks both his knee caps which snap loudly signaling they broke and then gets punched in the chest three times then elbowed in the face thus knocking Zabuza out. All this transpired before he collapsed on the ground

Naruto powers down, the aura receding "Might of went overkill on that one, I could have taken him without powering up…oh well!" He puts Zabuza over his shoulder and walks to Team 7 that is helping Kakashi walk

"Hello Naruto-sensei!" Sakura, Sasuke, and Sai chorus

"Hello to you too, now mind telling me why you did not help Kakashi other than the fact that I arrived? I know with the lessons I have showed you in Taijutsu and tactics you could have at least gotten Kakashi out of the prison without my help. Speaking of which, how long were you in that jutsu."

Kakashi scratches the back of his head and chuckles nervously "About 5 minutes before you arrived and kicked the snot out of Zabuza…nice job by the way."

Naruto face-palms "Somehow I am missing something here."

Sai speaks up "He told us to run away when he was captured and to stay back the entire time."

Naruto turns to Kakashi "Is this true?" said person nods his head "Well congratulations, you are worse than scum! Even though you are a Jonin and can handle yourself most of the time, your students are your friends; telling them to run is like abandoning them. Again, congratulations on breaking your own nindo." Kakashi bows his head in shame but Team 7 pats his back trying to comfort him…what are friends for right

"Can we go to Tazuna's home now…I am starting to get hungry." Sasuke says

"The house is not far from here, I will show you the way." Tazuna replies

"Thank you. Until Kakashi heals, I will be the one in charge got it." Everyone nods their head "Good and Tazuna, is there a place I can restrain this guy; as much as I hate to do it, I will have to interrogate Zabuza as I feel he knows something." Naruto asks

"Yep, we got a cellar you can use and once again thanks for taking on this mission."

Tazuna's Home – 10 minutes later

"Alright, I will take Mr. Demon of the Mist down to the cellar and tie him up…anyone got ninja wire?" Naruto tells

Sasuke starts digging around in his pouch "I got some Naruto-sensei." Sasuke hands the wire to Naruto whom thanks him and heads to the cellar where he ties Zabuza to a post and walks back upstairs 10 minutes later to find everyone sitting at the table for dinner

"Come, take a seat Naruto. My name is Tsunami, the one beside me is Inari, and you have already met Tazuna." Naruto nods and takes a seat dishing out food but restraining himself from eating everything at the table in one go.

A few minutes into dinner Naruto sparks up conversation "So, how goes the teamwork training among other things Kakashi and I taught you?"

"We all work well together and it is all thanks to your words Naruto and Kakashi-sensei. As for me, everything has improved; Taijutsu, the speed which I write on my scrolls, et cetera." Sai responds

Sakura is up next "Thanks to you blindfolding me and focusing only on hearing to dodge punches, kicks, and thrown items my dodge skill has improved. I know you showed me how to power my punches but I was struggling until I accidently added chakra to my fist…the crater I made by accident was amazing."

Kakashi groans interrupting Sakura "Great, another Tsunade!" everyone chuckles but soon Sakura continues

"My speed has also improved with the weights I have been wearing as well…your up Sasuke."

"Thanks to you, I am no longer an avenger which I am happy about as I found that my strength has improved dramatically. From you my speed increased in both hand signs and overall, the same goes with my taijutsu and ninjutsu as I intently read my clan scrolls."

"Hmm, so if I am hearing correct; Sai is the person most likely trailing all the time in case of ambush or when fighting an opponent, Sakura seems to be on the path to a medic-nin but her super strength thanks to chakra can make her a support fighter, and lastly Sasuke in the lead with heavy assault."

"Got it in one Naruto." Kakashi eye smiles

Before anyone can speak, a loud scream is heard coming from the cellar "ARRGH WHERE IS THAT BRAT! I WILL RIP HIM IN HALF!"

Naruto chuckles "Seems our sleeping beauty is up, time to check on him. Excuse me Tsunami." Naruto gets up and heads to the cellar

Cellar

Zabuza hears someone coming down the stairs "That better be you brat I want to teach you a few things on what happens when you break my sword!"

"Now, now do you want to be healed or not; the injuries I gave you might kill you soon which I really don't want to deal with." Naruto responds bending down to Zabuza's level

"Fine, heal me then but I don't see how. It seems you are a frontline fighter not a medic."

"I have my ways but before I heal you…spill! I know your hiding something; your aura feels disturbed and antsy."

Zabuza spits in Naruto's face which earns him a backhand in the jaw dislocating it again. Since his hands are tied down, Naruto pops it back in for him. "I can keep this up all day…now spill!"

"I won't tell you shit!" Naruto puts pressure on the broken knee caps with his hands making Zabuza scream in agony

"GAHHH! S-stop…p-please!"

"All you have to do is tell me what I need to know…now speak!" Naruto adds more pressure

"GAHHH! A-alright ALRIGHT I WILL TELL YOU! JUST HEAL ME DAMMIT!" Zabuza is now panting from the pain

Naruto nods and puts his hand on Zabuza's chest and sends some of his life energy into him healing him of all wounds "There I gave you some of my life energy now what can you tell me."

"Thank you kid, what is your name? Mine is Zabuza Momochi"

"Naruto Namikaze"

Zabuza's eyes widen then calms down "Huh…no wonder I was beat so bad. Anyway, I work for a guy called Gato whom hired Haku and I to take care of the bridge builder. Haku was supposed to save me on that bridge today but I guess he left knowing I was a goner…I hope he is alright as Gato is a very strange man. He is short and pudgy but he has this…this strange aura about him. It is almost evil but still has the same feel to it as yours; fortunately yours is more calming."

Naruto flinches in hearing the words "same feel as yours" "Um, when you mean feel the same have you ever seen him produce this before?" Naruto puts his hand, palm up, close to Zabuza and generates a yellow ball of energy then disperses it after seeing Zabuza shocked look "I take it that is a yes?"

Zabuza nods "Gato threatened to vaporize me and I called bullshit but he hit me like you did and had the same speed as you; he put a blue ball of humming light near my face which gave me sunburn from the heat it produced."

Naruto gets up and slams his head on the wall…this is not a good day, not a good one at all. "Of all the things it had to be, it had to be one of my race."

"Which is?"

"You wouldn't know Zabuza but I will humor you anyway; I am a half-Saiyan like the man you stared down or that is I hope he is like me." Naruto explains what the Saiyans were to Zabuza as he looked confused and by the end of the explanation he was baffled

"Well, I am lucky to be alive then…Naruto do you mind untying me; I want to join your band of fighters and if Haku lives, him has well." Naruto nods and unties Zabuza who stretches his limbs

"Go upstairs and explain the situation to them while I go and get my two father figures and tell them the bad news…I have a bad feeling about this whole situation." Naruto tells Zabuza who nods and heads upstairs while Naruto uses instant transmission to get back home.


AN: Almost 5k words for a chapter…I need a break haha! From the way this chapter went, you can tell that I will make a Z fighters team like the DBZ anime. I will put a poll up to see what you want the fight to be like against Gato, the choices will be:

Naruto sacrifices himself like Goku did in the anime and trains with King Kai (he is a god hence living forever)

Naruto manages to kill Gato but suffers massive injuries as a result

Gato threatens his team members and in response to a need goes Super Saiyan and kicks the shit out of Gato and thus his first kill.

Those are the choices so remember to vote and as always leave a review or PM…thanks again readers.