DISCLAIMER: I DON'T OWN DBZ OR NARUTO. IF I DID THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN A SERIES INSTEAD.
WARNINGS: SLIGHTLY ANGTSY GOHAN AND I'LL BE USING THE ENGLISH NAMES FOR JUTSU COS I DON'T KNOW THE JAPPANESE ONES. SORRY...
A/N: It's me again with chapter 4! Again a special thanks to StephanG and a warm welcome to RazgrizAce22 and ghost. And just to clear everything up about Iruka not being all that suprised at when Gohan used a ki blast, you seem to be forgetting the end of chapter 2. Now, the academy part is short but the explanation you've been waitng for takes up a large part of this chapter
The poll is CLOSED and the answer was (play drumroll) ................................. YES! so this fic is henceforth a naru/Gohan brotherly fic! Thanks to all who voted (all 6 of you...)
Now let the story continue...
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"Here," Naruto said while handing him the futon and bedding "Stay as long as you like, as long as you get your own ramen" he joked, attacking the older boy's mark again for added emphasis
"Thanks Naruto" Gohan said sincerely "you're a good friend" He then moved to a corner, set up the futon and was out cold
'Friend?' Naruto thought, shocked 'I've never had a friend my own age before' he couldn't stop the grin that now covered his face from forming even with the strongest frown that the 'last Uchiha' himself could muster.
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"There you are tou two!" Iruka said as the pair walked towards the room "the rest have already gone inside, Naruto, you go in too, Gohan, can you wait here until I come fetch you?" he asked
Gohan merely nodded
"There'll be a spare seat next to Naruto, Gohan, that will be your seat for the remainder of the year" Iruka explained
Gohan nodded again and watched as his friend and teacher dissappeared into the classroom.
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"Class, this is Gohan Son, who will be in this class from now on, Gohan, introduce yourself" Iruka prompted
"My name is Gohan Son," the onyx haired boy began "I am 12 years old and I don't come from this viliage." he finished
"Thank you, Gohan" Iruka praised "now take a seat". Gohan nodded and, to everyone's suprise (except Iruka and a certain blonde) he took the seat next to Naruto.
"Alright class," Iruka said "I need a volenteer to fight Gohan so I can see what he is capable of"
"I'll do it" said the voice of Sasuke Uchiha, To the suprise of everyone
"Fine" Iruka agreed "Everyone go to training ground 1 please"
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"FIRE STYLE: FIREBALL JUTSU!" Sasuke yelled as he brought his hand to his mouth and exhaled, Creating a large fireball that soared towards Gohan, who didn,t move out of the way, intead he brought his left hand forward and extented his fingers, palm forwards as, to everyone else, a blue ball of what, to them, appeared to be pure chakra formed in front of his palm.
Gohan made a quick "HA!" and launched the 'chakra ball' at the ball of fire.
Unexpectidly, to the potential shinobi and Iruka, the little blue blast passed through the fireball, dissipating it in the process, and detonating as it hit Sasuke, who was still shocked at having seen his jutsu been negated, Sending him back into the tree.
He Didn't bother getting back up
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The time at the academy progressed progressed quickly for Gohan. However at first he found himself unable to use this "chakra" that the others could. A few days After the fight with Sasuke, The Hokage had asked Gohan to see him in his office.
Of course, a certain blonde friend of his had tagged along as well...
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"Ah, Gohan!" The Hokage greeted before noticing Naruto and giving him a dissapproving look "I asked to see Gohan alone,
Naruto, you sho-"
"Anything you can say to me, Naruto can hear as well" Gohan interrupted "He'll find out sooner or later anyway," he added "His powers of persuasion are... unrivalled"
"But you'd tell me anyway, right?" The blonde said while looking at Gohan with his newly developed 'puppy eyes Jutsu'
"Of course, Naruto" Gohan caved "see what I mean?" he added to the Hokage
Sarutobi nodded dumbly 'I hope Ibiki doesn't learn of this' he thought 'With him and Naruto interrogating someone they'd get him to spill his life story' He shuddered at the thought of Ibiki's torture mechanisms and Naruto's puppy eyes combined
Naruto shot Gohan one of his fox-like grins and turned to the Hokage
"Very well," the third replied "but you musn't tell anyone else what you hear, Understood Naruto?" he added to which the Blonde nodded enthusiastically
"So what is this about?" the half saiyan asked before realising the only reason that coulld possibly explain the sudden summons "My fight with... uh what's his name again?" he turned to his friend
"Sasuke" Naruto supplied
"Right, that guy. Sas-whatever" at this Naruto snorted and had to cover his mouth to stop himself laughing
"Very astute, Gohan" The Hokage replied to the boy's earlier question "That is what this is about. Can you tell me about it?"
"It was awesome!" the blonde exclaimed "Gohan dodged all of Sasuke's lame attacks, threw him into a tree and shot this blue ball thing at Sasuke's jutsu when he decided to cheat. It flew right through the fireball and hit the cheater back into the tree!"
"Thank you, Naruto" Sarutobi deadpanned "but I did ask Gohan" he said while turning to the onyx haired boy
"Naruto pretty much explained it" Gohan answered "whats-his-name fired some weird fire ball at me and I shot a small ki blast at it to see what it was"
At the word 'ki' the Hokage dropped his pipe. He quickly regained his composure enough to ask:
"K-K-Ki, as in life force?"
"That's correct" Gohan replied while Naruto had his squinty face on
"What's Ki?" the confused blonde asked
Falling back into 'wise old man mode' The Hokage replied "As you know Naruto, Chakra is made out of two distinct types of energy: physical energy or stamina and spiritual energy. Ki is another name for spiritual energy. By combining this with Stamina, we shinobi are able to create the chakra we need to form jutsu we use. However, it is possible to use Ki by itself with devastating effects. Ki is far more destuctive than chakra, but using it comes at the price of shortening your life span"
Upon hearing this, Naruto looked at Gohan with a worried glance
"That's where you're wrong lord Hokage" Gohan retorted "There is a difference between using Ki and using your life force."
At this Naruto looked immensely relieved while the Hokage looked extremely curious
"Every person has a set amount of ki that is increased by using it, but only if you use up the amount that you have do you start using up your life force" Gohan continued, Repeating the words of his old Sensei from all those years ago "however it is difficult to distinguish ki from your life force when you use it. So what you said is true lord Hokage but it only applies to someone whio has used up their reserves of ki"
Sarutobi Nodded while absorbing this information 'This will surely relive Iruka' he thought
"Wow!" the hyperactive blonde exclaimed "you must be really strong Gohan!"
The hybrid chuckled before turing to the Hokage "Naruto has told me how to create chakra but I seem to be having trouble with it" he said
"I'm not suprised" the Hokage replied "you've been using Ki so you've never had to combine it with anything. My advice would be to attempt creating chakra when your ki reserves are getting low, that way you'll have a better chance and after you've created it you'll have no problems tapping into it from then on" He then opened a drawer on his desk and pulled out a small piece of a yellowish coloured paper before handing it to Gohan
"Try creating a Ki ball over that" The Hokage explained "I'm curious about something"
"Alright..." Gohan replied sceptically before doing what he was asked. The blue ball hovered over the paper before something suprising happened.
The paper became wet.
"I thought so" The Hokage said "I wondered why Sasuke's fire jutsu was destroyed when your ki blast passed through it but now it makes sense, your chakra has an affinity to water. Water techniques have an advantage over the fire element"
"But Gohan doesn't use Chakra yet, right?" Naruto asked "So how can he have an element if he doesn't use chakra?"
The HoKage was suprised. He had expected Naruto to demand he find out what his element was, but was more concerned with the onyx eyed boy next to him 'He's acting like a worried little brother' he mused before turning his gaze back to Gohan 'maybe Gohan is the miracle I asked for after all...' he then answered Naruto
"Evidently it seems that a person's elemental affinity is decided by their spiritual energy" Sarutboi concluded
"It seems that way, And thank you, Lord Hokage, for the advice" Gohan said with a deep, respectful bow "I will start my training to learn how to use Chakra with all due haste"
'If only he could be less formal' the third thought, inwardly cringing at the bow the boy was giving him, but was simply astounded when the blonde hurredly did the same 'Naruto's even started to emulate Gohan, even though they've only been around each other for a few days, I doubt I'll be able to separate them at all by the time the graduation exams roll around'
"That's quite alright Gohan" Sarutobi said "now get going you two, You have a test tomorrow, don't you?"
"Yeah, we do, C'mon Gohan the quicker we study for it, the quicker we can start training!" Naruto said, while running out of the room
"Training?" the Hokage asked the remaining boy
"Yeah, Naruto persuaded me to help him improve his Taijutsu skills" Gohan replied, Referring to the 'Eyes of doom'. Then a thought occured to him. "Lord Hokage," he began "Could you do me a favour?" he asked
"What is it, my boy?" Sarutobi answered
"Well," Gohan said with an almost shy look on his face " I was wondering if you could take Naruto shopping for some gi,
preferably like my own, but with the symbol for my name here" he continued, pointing to Picollo's symbol "as well as a sword"
he added
"Why of course, Gohan" the Hokage said with a smile "But why can't you take him?" he then asked
"I would, but The people in the villiage say I've been 'corrupted' by Naruto" Gohan said with a confused look
The Hokage's smile vanished "I see..." he said "well, leave it to me, I'll be sure to see to it that your new pupil gets the items you requested"
"GOHAN!" a familiar voice shouted "HURRY UP, I WANT TO START TRAINING!"
"You'd better go!" the Hokage chuckled
"Yeah," Gohan said while astounding the Hokage again by sporting a very Naruto-ish grin "See ya old man!" he said over his shoulder while running to catch up with his friend
The Hokage simply stood there in shock
'Maybe it does work both ways after all' he thought before returning his attention back to his paperwork
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After that visit, Naruto had become much better at his Taijutsu over the next few months, while Gohan had followed the Hokage's advice and had mastered how to use Chakra and had even used his elemental affinity to create two new jutsu in secret as well as master the water clone jutsu, which he taught to Naruto
The routine was the same every day over the 6 months they had. They would wake up at 6, Have breakfast (which usualy consisted of ramen), train for an hour on various things like taijutsu or their swordsmanship, head to the academy, return home, then study for any tests that they had. After that they worked on their aim with kunai and shuriken, Then was dinner (again, Ramen, but at Ichiraku's most of the time). After that they trained until 9 when they went to bed.
Gohan had asked Naruto not to show off any of the new skills he had learnt until the exams and Naruto had reluctantly ageed.
Then, the day came...
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"Naruto, today you can wear your gi if you want" Gohan said to Naruto, who was about to put his normal orange clothes on
"Really?" the blonde asked "but you said I couldn't until..." he trailed off as realisation dawned on his face
"That's right, today's the day" Gohan replied, smiling "the graduation exam is today, and I expect you to pass" he continued,
sternly
"I'll do my best!" the blonde one shouted "Believe it!"
Gohan slapped his forehead with his palm "I thought I told you to stop saying that,"he deadpanned "It's so stupid, and if I think that, God Knows what eveyone else thinks"
"Sorry..." the blonde said with a small grin "I sort of forgot"
"It's ok, just hurry up." Gohan assured "And bring your sword too, you might need it"
The blonde nodded and after putting his gi on, stapped his sword to his back and the pair of them left for the academy, getting a few confused stares along the way.
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As the pair walked in, the classes attention was drawn to them.
Shikamaru noticed the symbol on Naruto's gi and his eyes widened slightly in suprise
Everyone else was noticing the outfit as a whole and had one collective thought 'WHAT. THE. HELL?!!'
Iruka also noticed but he wasn't suprised, the Hokage had Informed him of Gohan's intent to train Naruto while he was told of Gohan's abilities.
"Alright class, outside to the training ground please" Iruka said when everyone had settled down
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The first part of the exam was target pravtice with stationary and moving targets, 10 of each. The objective was to hit as many targets as you could.
Sasuke looked increadibly smug as he managed to hit 19 of the 20 targets, but the smirk was wiped off his face when both Gohan and Naruto Hit all the targets.
"Well done everyone!" Iruka said "Now back inside for the final two parts"
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"Alright, the final parts are to display your jutsu skills. Everyone will perform the transormation jutsu and the Clone jutsu" Iruka explained
The class then, one by one, Transformed into various people, mostly Iruka, and then proceeded to create doubles of themselves
When it came to Gohan's turn, He transformed into Sasuke with the Uchiha's trademark scowl on his face.
Naruto was rolling around on the floor with laughter at the real Sasuke's face, which had contorted to an odd mix of anger,
confusion and annoyance at Naruto's laughing at once.
"Very good, Gohan Now perform the clone Jutsu please" Iruka said after Gohan released his transformation
Gohan formed a hand seal and said "Water clone jutsu" And out of the floor came two puddles of water which formed identical versions of himself.
Iruka was suprised, but could not think of a rule that said examinees couldn't use techniques that were superior to the ones that they were asked to perform.
"Exellent, Gohan, you pass!" Iruka announced after a moment and Naruto burst into admiring whoops and claps. "Naruto Uzumaki"
Iruka said, reading the next, and final, name on the list
Naruto stepped forward and Performed the tranformation.
After the shinobi smoke cleared, a copy of Gohan stood in Naruto's place
'Big suprise' was the sardonic thought that ran through the heads of everyone exept the two Gohans. The real one had a look of pride in his eyes as Naruto honored his teacher by copying him
"Good, Naruto," Iruka said, but inwardly he was dreading the next part 'this jutsu has never been Naruto's strong point' "next, the clone jutsu please."
Naruto grinned and performmed the same hand sign Gohan used and spoke "Water clone jutsu" and just like Gohan he created two clones
Iruka was relieved and looked at Gohan with an appreciative look
"Congratulations Naruto, You pass!"he said
After that Naruto ran around the room jumping and shouting for what seemed like hours
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A/N: Well, what d'you think? I decided to have Naruto pass the exam as Gohan would be very upset if he didn't. Also, Don't worry about the Part with Mizuki, that will come later on, I'm just going to leave Naruto oblivious to a certain fox FOR NOW
Anyway don't forget to read and review!