09/08/2012 18:09:00

Young Justice: Shippuden

Chapter 3: The News of A Terrible Enemy

(DC Universe)

Mount Justice

Three days after Naruto joined the team, he was bombarded with questions about chakra from Kid Flash and the others, especially Kid Flash who eagerly wanted to learn the Rasengan. Naruto was laying on his bed in his new room, processing about being unable to return to his home world and worried about the Akatsuki invading his village to kidnap him. The Akatsuki wants to extract the Nine-Tailed Fox like they extracted the One-Tails from his old friend Gaara.

' Well, I should make the most of it here, thought Naruto as he was about to sleep when he heard a knock on the door. Naruto got off his bed, and opened the door to see the familiar face of Robin currently wearing his civilian clothes.

" Hey, Naruto," said Robin greeting him.

" What's up, Robin?" asked Naruto.

" The others are in the kitchen, having breakfast. Figured you were hungry," said Robin. On cue, Naruto's stomach growled and echoed the hallway.

" Okay, give me a minute to change," said Naruto as he was in his new pajamas. The team figured that Naruto didn't bring clothes with him except the clothes on his back, so Robin and Megan went to the mall, bought new clothes for him. Naruto came out of the room with his civilian clothes: a black t-shirt, dark blue jeans with black tennis shoes and an orange jacket. The duo made their way to the kitchen where they see the others were about to eat.

" Alright, let's eat, because I'm starving," said Kid Flash with drool coming out of his mouth, not noticing Naruto and Robin in the room.

" You should wait for others, man," said Robin. Kid Flash turned around and see Naruto with Robin towering over him with glares.

"Sorry, forgot that you live here, Naruto," said Kid Flash feeling embarrassed.

" It's alright, now let's eat," said Naruto taking his seat between Kaldur and Kid Flash as Robin sat down with Megan and Superboy. The gang look at the eggs, bacon, sausages, has browns and finally pancakes which Naruto and Kid Flash were fighting over the last piece with Naruto being the victor.

" So, Naruto," said Kaldur.

" Yeah, Aqualad," replied Naruto.

" Heh, you don't have to call me Aqualad, that's only for missions. My name is Kaldur," said Kaldur prompting the others to do the same.

" My name is M'gann Morzz, but my Earth name is Megan Morse," said Megan happily to her new friend.

" The name's Wally West," said Kid Flash with a salute. Naruto nodded and waited for Robin and Superboy to tell their names, but none of the duo spoke.

" What's wrong, guys? Don't you have names? asked Naruto

" I don't have a name," said Superboy bluntly.

" Okay. What about you, Robin," asked Naruto. He was waiting for Robin to answer, but to no avail.

" Boy Wonder here can't tell his name to anyone because the Bats made him swear not to and if he did, Bats will punish him," said Wally casually.

" Oh, that sucks," said Naruto feeling pity for Robin.

" It's alright," said Robin.

Naruto felt comfortable about his teammates telling him their names and that they trust him. He was about to say something but was interrupted by Batman who walked in the room.

" Team meeting in the conference room in ten minutes and this includes you too, Naruto," said the Bats with no emotion and left the teens. The teens went to their rooms and put on their respective uniforms except Superboy.

The team went to the conference room and see Batman standing in front of ten 3-D images. Naruto and the others see the images of shooting stars, but Robin noticed that the shooting stars were actually space pods.

" Are those space pods?" asked Robin with the team giving him looks of 'what are you talking.'

"Yes, these images were taken by NASA and they send these images to us because they see us as the better solution," said Batman.

" Are they friendly or enemies," asked Aqualad politely.

" We don't know. Hopefully they're friendly and want to negotiate, but if they choose the other way, we will retaliate," said Batman.

" Not at your current level, you won't," said a voice. The teens and Batman's eyes widen and took their stances, preparing to fight whoever is talking to them.

" A GHOST!" shouted a panicked Naruto and Wally.

" I'm not a ghost," said the voice again, this time sounded irritated.

" How are you doing this?" asked Kaldur to the voice.

" I'll explain later, but right now I must tell you about those pods," said the voice.

" Who are you?" asked Megan sounding a little scared.

" Where are my manners? My name is King Kai and my job is to watch over galaxies, universes, and dimensions," Naruto's ears perked up when he heard King Kai talk about dimensions and thought ' Maybe he can help me get back home.'

" What do you know about those space pods?" asked Batman.

" In those space pods, there are two alien warriors called Xilians who destroyed countless civilizations and now they're heading towards the Earth. They are far more powerful than any of you, even Superman can't defeat them," said King Kai. The group's eyes widen when they heard that Superman, one of the most powerful beings on Earth, cannot beat them.

" They can't be that powerful," said Superboy in disbelief.

" Believe it, they are very powerful. Almost no one on your planet can beat them, because they have a power which you and the rest of your species lack," said King Kai.

" What is the power that they use?" asked the dark knight. The team wanted to know what the power is and if they can learn to use it against the Xilians.

" The power that the Xilians use is called Ki energy. Ki energy is basically your life force and will allow you to increase your strength, speed, stamina, durability, and many more. It exist in every living being in galaxies, universes and dimensions," Said King Kai. Naruto and the others' eyes widen when they heard that Ki energy is every living being's life force and the Xilians can manipulate it to destroy their home.

" WE'RE DOOMED!" shouted Naruto and Wally panicking around the room.

" Hold on a second," said King Kai causing Naruto and Wally to stop in their place.

" I said 'almost' no one can beat them. There are few individuals who can receive Ki energy training and stand a chance against them ," said King Kai referring to the team who, along with Batman, quickly caught on except Naruto.

" Well, who are the individuals? We need to find them," said Naruto, causing everyone, even Batman, to sweatdrop.

" It's you and your team, Naruto," said King Kai annoyed. 'He's just like Goku, not the brightest color in the crayon box.'

" Oh, so we're the individuals. Cool, so when will we start training, King Kai?" asked Naruto excited about receiving new training.

" My associate, Mr. Popo, will be arriving in your dimension in about three, to, one…" as King Kai counted down to one, a figure appeared in front of them, scaring the crap out of Naruto and Wally. The figure was a short black skinned man with pointy ears, rid lips and was wearing white Indian-style pants with a light-green obi as a belt.

" Are you Mr. Popo?" asked Batman, seemingly unshaken by Mr. Popo's appearance.

" Yes, I am. It is a pleasure to meet all of you," said Mr. Popo with a bow and the team returned a bow to him, causing the friendly alley to smile.

" Alright, let's get to training," said Naruto excited.

" Hold on there, Naruto. You are not training with your team," said King Kai confusing Naruto and the others.

" Why not?" asked Naruto.

" Because you are going to be training with me personally," said King Kai.

" Really? All right!" exclaimed Naruto who was jumping up and down like a kid who got the new popular toy for Christmas, causing Megan to giggle at his antics.

" Wait, why is Naruto going to receive training from you. We all should receive the same training if we want to have a chance to defeat the Xilians," said Robin with the others nodded in agreement.

" I wish I can train all of you, but Naruto is only one who can receive this type of training since his body is more than capable to withstand my training and since he used Ki energy his whole life," said King Kai confusing Naruto.

" But I only used chakra my whole life, King Kai," said Naruto.

" That's true, but your chakra is part of your Ki which means you've been using it bit by bit," said King Kai.

" Really, man I'm awesome," said Naruto feeling proud of himself.

" Robin, you and the others will be training with Mr. Popo. As for Naruto, he will be training with King Kai, " said Batman. The teenagers nodded in agreement, but Kaldur asked " How long until the Xilians arrive to Earth?"

" They will be arrive in two Earth months," said King Kai. The team were shocked at the amount of time they have before their new enemies arrive.

" Well, let's stop standing around and get to training," said Naruto.

" Right, let's train," said Robin.

" We can do this, guys," said Megan.

" One question," said Naruto. Batman and the others looked at him, waiting to hear his question. " How am I going to train with King Kai?" asked the blonde.

" No problem, I'll summon you to my homeworld," said King Kai. Naruto was very confused by his statement.

" How are you going to-" as he disappeared in a puff of smoke, shocking the others as they no longer see their teammate in the room with them.

" Now, get to training, you need all the time you have to get stronger," said King Kai, taking the teenagers out of their shock and nodded in agreement.

" Alright, Let's begin," said Mr. Popo as he is about to train the teenagers.

(DBZ Universe)

Otherworld

On a plain land, there stood a mansion with a figure on the balcony. The figure was King Kai, who was wearing a black overcoat with a kanji on the back for " Kai." He had light-blue skin, two antennas on his forehead.

King Kai was waiting for his new protégé to appear, so he can start training the boy. He heard a 'poof' and expecting to appear in front of him, instead Naruto was in the sky which was unfortunate for him, since the planet's gravity started pulling him to ground.

" AAAHHHHH," screamed Naruto as he face-planted hard on the ground.

" Ouch, that hurts real bad," whined Naruto clasping his face. He noticed the figure in front of him and assumed to be his new teacher.

" Um, King Kai?" asked Naruto.

" Yes, I'm King Kai. Ready for your training?" asked King Kai.

" Yes, sir," said Naruto as he was struggling to stand up. Naruto was confused of this and he saw King Kai not struggling at all.

" King Kai, what's going on? Why can't I get up?" asked Naruto.

" Because this planet's gravity is ten times the Earth's own," said King Kai causing Naruto to bulge his eyes.

" What? How am I going to train if I can't get up?" said Naruto.

" You can't yet. You have to release your Ki first and then you will be able to stand," said King Kai.

" Oh, man. How am I going release my Ki? I can barely move," asked Naruto.

" Get into a lotus position," said Kin Kai. Naruto did what he was told to do and waited for his teacher's next instruction.

" Now, try to focus on the energy inside you, feel it," said King Kai. Naruto closed his eyes and searched for the energy. Hours seemed to passed by, when suddenly Naruto felt a tug in his stomach and King Kai sensed it as well.

" Good job, now slowly bring it out," said King Kai instructing his student. Naruto focused on pulling out the energy and a minute later, he felt a warm touch and opened his eyes to see a glimpse of the ball of energy before it disappeared. Naruto had a huge grin on his face and exclaimed " Yes, I did it. I released my Ki," said Naruto laughing over his new accomplishment. King Kai was astonished at Naruto's achievement.

'I never thought he would release his Ki so quickly, in one hour. Usually it takes a whole day or two to release Ki energy. Looks like I'll able to teach him the Kaio-Ken technique after all' thought King Kai as he walked over to Naruto.

" Alright, you ready for your training?" asked King Kai to his protégé.

" You bet I am," replied Naruto.

" Alright, let the training commence," said King Kai.