Alright so another chapter. I know some of you are chomping at the bit for this to be a naruto x bulma, and honestly haven't decided yet. Obviously you see they'll be incredibly close with previous chapters and this one now. But whether that takes that next step is something I'm hesitant to do, not because I don't want to, but I want the dynamic of the story to keep developing, and I don't want to jump immediately into the romance, but develop it, with whoever it is with. and if it's not bulma, then naruto will have a lifetime female friend and confident, or something close to that , for help whe he does find his love interest.
A lot of stuff in here, could have been better and eh.
No some of commented on this, my grammar, or rather my typing skill. I know it's atrocious, but there's a reason. I've got twitchy fingers, so doing anything dexterous can be difficult at times, my fingers will hesitate to make certain key strokes, hit another key entirely, or won't tap hard enough for the strokes to be acknowledged. I'm trying to work on this, but I think it's more a physical problem with my hands. Normally I don't notice this for my hands on things that aren't delicate operations of the fingers, but I notice it most when I'm trying. SO bear with my guys, I try to fix all my mistakes as I make them, but obviously I'm not getting all of them, but thank you for pointing them out so I can try to improve on those keystrokes.
Disclaimer: Don't known DBZ or Naruto.
On the way to the Sanctuary, Naruto took the time to recollect the recent happenings. Ever since he had gotten his new chakra under control, things had literally taken off like a space pod from there. His training to fly, learning of the saiyan he now knew the being to be he had sealed away, then rushing into learning to sense energy. Following that up with booking it to the battlefield, just to witness goku's death, which still had him on edge for more than one reason and then to learn of another threat to earth was coming in a year, the dragon balls, piccolo taking gohan's son and the reason why he let it happen, which he didn't agree with. Getting the man's body, setting up the meeting with the others, who didn't know he was an alien himself or a child soldier, so that was going to be a fun conversation. And to roll it all up, he needed to summon to convey everything's that happened, get his preparations in order for the next step of his training and try to stall tsunade and jiraiya who would likely demand he come home immediately saying it's not his fight.
That about summed up everything he believed. Pulsing chakra to the toad marking on his right arm under the forearm band, he had about an hour and a half before he reached the sanctuary at this speed. So he stayed his course and thought about the conversation he was soon going to have. It may not be pretty, but he was aware that while he was here, he was in as much danger as the rest of the people here, so he should fight just as much as they should. His thoughts took several turns, corners and even loops along different lines of thinking before he noticed the sanctuary coming into view.
Slowing down, he landed on the platform, taking a knee to breathe and adjust a moment, before he stood and walked away from the edge, before biting his thumb and running through the handseals. He didn't even pay attention this would be the first summoning he'd used with his new chakra, and so wasn't prepared for how little the drain affected him when he put his hand to the ground to summon. Blinking owlishly, he shrugged before standing up to greet Pa.
"Well Naruto boy, I was wondering whe you'd get around to summoning me again. Here we are-" He was cut off when naruto spoke however.
"Pa, I'm going to need you to stick around this time, I'd like your word on this too, since you've been more than helpful in giving advice before. Some things have happened and are going to happen, so the extra ear and words will help I think." He spoke, trying to convince the toad elder to stay.
"Of course Naruto boy, whatever you need. Though let me get Jiraiya boy and tsunade girl out here so we can talk together. But where s the guardian at?" Asked the elder and now naruto was paying attention, he didn't see him.
"You know, I'm not sure. ANyway, here's a scroll for you to take to tsunade for medical analysis, along with my clone scroll and the empty ones." He said, taking his empty clone scroll from him and handing the one with raditz he had over. He set the filled one's down and unsealed them. from them popped out tsunade and jiraiya, or their shadow clones anyway. "Okay, so now that your both here I've got things I need to talk about and you might not like them." He said, getting that out of the way, and instantly the two were frowning. Not the ideal way to begin a talk, however they could see naruto wasn't in the best state right now.
"A moment though, I believe congratulations are in order Naruto boy. Even without sage mode I can sense your chaka, you've achieved the higher forms to Physical and Mental energies and molded them into that new chakra you were talking about I believe right?" He asked, smiling as he looked naruto over, able to just feel the power rolling off of him in waves.
Naruto blinked and then smiled, nodding. "That's right I did. I achieved it sometime ago actually and been retraining to get my control back t par where I had it before. Hence the delay in summoning." He said, pulsing his power to allow them to feel it, and the two clones eyes widened as they could say they honestly felt it without the aid of a jutsu or aids. "And since I have, I can do, this." He went on, and began t slowly levitate off the ground, before he took off higher into the air, showing a few aerial maneuvers he was capable of before landing. "It's actually quite easy when you know how and practice it a bit." He finished.
The two sannin clones were blinking rapidly, before tsunade shook her head. "Okay, so aside from you flying around like the tsuchikage, and the obvious upgrade, what have you to talk to us about?" She asked and jiraiya was bale to wake himself from his stupor now as well over the display.
"A great deal I'm imagine." Spoke the elderly voice of kami. "Tsunade, Hiraiya, Lord fukasaku." He greeted, and they bowd slightly in return.
"Guardian." The toad spoke. "So what is this all about naruto boy?"
"Well, we know more about the race now that use those space pods." He stated, and looked to kami who nodded.
"Indeed. They are called saiyans apparently, this one was anyway, human looking with a tail. They work for a organization of somekind that purges planets of life to prepare them for sale to bidders, employers, or just resources. They send their adults to strong words apparently, and infant to what they deam as weak worlds, where under the moon, they exhibit some kind of transformation into a being that can lay waste to a planets surface because of their tails." Kami stated, summarising what he had learned whilst watching the interactions raditz had with others. This information caused all of them to tense, as they hadn't thought of that possibility. Why would that? to broker entire planets?
"That's...unreal." Jiraiya stated.
"Yes, and our warriors just managed to kill one such saiyan, though at the loss of our strongest to do it in a suicide tactic, and now we've been made aware that there are two more coming to our planet, in a year, and they'll be far stronger than the first." He finished, stating the gravity of the situation.
"How much longer until that ship is finished naruto?" Tsunade asked, not even question it further.
"Don't know, and I'm not leaving." He said, looking to tsunade. "Goku was the one who died, not only do I owe him, but regardless of whether I'm here or not, they'll be coming and they need every able bodied fighter they can get. their planet's military is not equipped for this, they might as well be civilians in comparison. I an't leave these people to face this knowing I can do something about it. I have a year to prepare, that should be enough time to get into proper fighting shape that I'll need to be." He spoke, making his conviction to this known.
"If this was your decision, why even tell us." Jiraiya asked.
"Because it's the courtesy and I don't want to hide this from you. I also need your help so I can properly prepare, so whatever you can give me to get me trained up or what not, I want, and I'll find a way to make it work." He spoke, crossing his arms. Set on this course of action. Tsunade and Jiraiya looked to one another, before the woman nodded, followed by the man.
"We'll pool our resources here for the next few steps of training we intended for you, but you'll need to pool everything yu have there and do the same. Do you know what your next phase of training is?" She asked.
"With his next teacher he'll be working on conditioning, redeveloping all of his current techniques for use with his new chakra, learning the basics of our energy based techniques and assisting him to generally get at the level. Unlike your world, our warriors are primarily close quarter fighters and directed energy based attacks in open combat. The Jutsu and tactics he uses will provide him an edge once they are redeveloped for his new chakra and he gets equal to the other fighters. Though he can use his clones for his own pursuits as well obviously." Kami spoke up, informing them of the current plan.
"Good, at least he has some advantages in his court going into this then." Tsunade stated, visibly relaxed now knowing he wasn't setting himself out to dry.
"Indeed, and while we haven't tested it yet, but I believe that with the new chakra, his natural healing factor has gotten an increase along with his other abilities, and in tandem with the kyuubi's, he should be that much harder to kill." Kami decided to reassure the woman with as much as he could offer, touched at her worry. "Don't worry, I'll see your son is taken care of." He teased, and tsunade spluttered, embarrassed, while jiraiya laughed and naruto looked away, scratching the back of his head.
"Oh don't act like that naruto, on that subject I'm damn sure you see her as a mom as is." Jiraiya stated, getting a red dusting of color to naruto's cheeks with a nervous smile, but no rejections or denials, but a happy smile to tsunade's lips.
"Touching as this is, I hope you all remember yu have a time limit to your clones right?" Fukasaku reminded and they all straightened, serious once more.
"Right, well, we'll work on what we have for now to work with, you do the same and in the next summons we'll have supplies for you ready. Good?" Tsunade spoke and a nod from naruto was her reply. However seeing as the subject had been breached by the guardian, she decided to strike while the iron was hot and moved to naruto, before pulling him in a hug, shocking him. He didn't know how to respond at first, this was something he honestly did not receive often and it felt foreign. But after a mment, he started closing his arms around her, before locking her in to is own hug, and tightened his grip to hold her close. "You take care of yourself brat, alright? I want you to come back safe and sound. No heroics." She spoke, her voice gentler as she spoke into naruto's ear with a gentleness that even jiraiya did not recall hearing out of her personally.
Naruto just held strong, nodding into her shoulder as he took in all of the sensations and emotions he was experiencing, and with a few words, finally allowed himself something he had all but self imposed that he wouldn't do. "I will...mom." He allowed someone in, to get close. Naruto had no idea if he understand how a mother and son was supposed to be, but between him and her, this as the closest he knew, and the strongest he felt, and doing it felt... better. Right, even. Naruto could feel her grip tighten on him, and he returned it, though he knew from the slight dampness on his shoulder she was crying. They didn't separate for a long while until tsunade rubbed her face onto his shoulder, to try and dry her tears discretely, but to no avail on the discrete deal. However no one thought to call her out on it, just letting it be.
"I'll head on out first and make sure the office is empty." Jiraiya said, waving to the boy and bowing his head to the guardian, before he poofed away. Tsunade looked to back to naruto after that, and smiled, before leaning in and kissing his forehead.
"Try to be safe. I can't be a good mother if my son doesn't stick around." She spoke slightly, trying to use bad humor to ease her own nerves and trying to reign in her emotions from the admittance she just gave. Naruto was a lot like nawaki, which helped her connect with him in the first place, but then with the time they spent together afterwards, various missions and just how they got along, naruto became his ow person in her mind that she shared a connection with, that she now allowed to take a stronger place in her heart, once again, one last time.
"I'll try my best. You take care of yourself as well, okay? Don't need my mother dying from a mass of paper cuts." He snickered and she grimaced at the thought, and sometimes honestly believed she might die that way with the paper work before kage bunshins. But she gave a nod and a smile, a final hug before she poofed as well. Looking to lord fukasaku, he made a clone for all 6 of the current shadow clone scrolls they had, and filled each of them, before the toad took them and went on his way.
Naruto took his time t recompose himself, before he looked over to kami.
"You have questions for me?" He asked and naruto nodded.
"You never mentioned the dragon balls or piccolo until the moment right of before I left, why?" He asked, seeig to get his answers. "And then after the fight, you spoke in my head, to let Piccolo take gohan. why?" He asked more directly.
The old guardian sighed, looking to his student as that was what he was really. "The dragon balls are of my creation, and can grant any wish that is within my power, personally and as guardian of earth, to grant." He spoke, looking to the blonde. "I set them out int the world to hopeflly spread te desire for knowledge, but most designed power or personal gain. I did not mention them because a solution is already in progress and so there was no need. As for piccolo, he is my dark half, similar to yami." Making naruto flinch slightly. "I separated from him so I could be pure of heart to assume the role of guardian of earth. However piccolo used his power to rule and do evil, until he was killed by goku. The piccolo you know now is the child of their piccolo, however unlike my original half, this one has the capacity for change, and I believe he's starting to show that by taking gohan to train which he will do properly. As for why I didn't say, piccolo is my personal matter, the same way you never told tsunade of yami." He stated, getting the young blonde there.
"Sorry." He said, rubbing the back of his head.
"It's no trouble. Now I believe it time for you to meet with the others. However I have news. I collecting the rest of the earth's strongest fighters to convene here for training, first with korin at his tower down below, then with me, however your training will continue as planned. Once you progress through each phase, you'll move on to korin's tower, climb to his plateau to train with him like the others will, before climbing the pole to come back here to commence training for the rest of the year. But I am sorry to say goku will be missing your birthday, as he is training in the afterlife, or otherworld as we call it, with a supreme master called king kai." He stated, making naruto's yes widen.
"So piccolo was right...but to train while dead in the afte-otherworld. I mean you need a flesh and blood body for that don't yo-" He cut hmself off as he remembered goku's body fading the way it did. "Oooh, okay, I see now." He spoke, catching kami's smile tha he caught on. "So we'll be using the balls to wish him back in a year so he can get the full training before the saiyans show up. Gotcha." Realizing the rest of the plan now.
"Indeed. But to ensure that your training is as thorough as possible." Kami stated, extending his index and finger fingers together forward, pointing at naruto, who suddenly took a knee and hand with a grunt of force as he labored to breath. "A training harness of weighted plates, bands and resistance springs. They will adjust to you to stay a constant burden. Though with your healing factor, the hyper recovery from the stress of such a training method will be accumulative and very beneficial. Master roshi's training methods should be very effective with this harness on, and here, a scroll for him to read. Now collect your things from here and capsule corp, You'll be needing every bit of resources you can possibly get. And I believe bulma wishes to talking t you once you get at capsule corp before you leave for kame house." The guardian stated, smiling as he walked off.
Naruto struggled under his training harness that extended from neck, to wrists to ankles, and held tight, pulling against itself as much as it weighed him down, and the some. It took a large amount of effort, but he was able to get his things packed before he took a few uneasy takes off, adjusting for the weight of the harness and finally he was flying. he trip was decided longer with all the weight on, having to push his chakra further than he had to since arriving to earth to get to capsule corp. Touching down, he huffed by stood straight, keeping his proper posture. Walking inside, he didn't see bulma yet, so he went to his room and sealed everything away into his travel scroll, sure to clean the room as he went.
He came out and in the hallway was bulma. "Ready to go?" She asked and he looked to her.
"Um...yeah, but where are you going?" He asked, and she pouted.
"With you of course. I've just got down with the scouter and remote, got new versions of the scouters with me, new and improved, slimmer too." She said, handing him one. It really was slimmer than the bulky face piece. It looked like a silver disk wth a square clear splactic piece set over it. He held it up to his ear, pressing it on and the disk seperated, a piece goung around the ear itself, another into the ear like headphones, the colored plastic square looking iece hoisted over the eye by a thin mental arm and frame, with a small piece looping under the ear down to the jaw. It was skeletal framed and weighed practically nothing. "I'll explain how to use it later, just tap on it behind the ear and it'll fold up behind there out of the way and int your hair." SHe said demonstrating and he followed suit.
"Awesome. But why are you coming with? Not that I won't mind the company at kame house with roshi, but doesn't your dad need you here or something?" He asked, she obviously had more importance than to sit around some old guys house didn't she?
"Well first we're meeting all the others at kame house before they go off to train. Then I'll be spending the year with you, roshi, puar and oolong. I'd rather be here if it was just going to be those three, but having you along should beep me busy." SHe said with a teasing grin as she flicked naruto's nose. "Besides, this is for you too, since I know kame house can get a bit cramped and teenage boys want their privacy and all." She said, handing him a open capsule case, showing the chart the revealed several capsule types, including a medium type self sustained capsule house. Naruto's eyes dropped out of his sockets, before picking them up and looking at her.
"Bulma... I can't accept this, I know how expensive these are, I can't just-"
"They're a gift naruto. No worries." She said trying to placate him, but seeing his troubled expression, she thought it over. "Tell you what, consider it an investment for a favor. Deal?" She asked, giving naruto's sensibilities a way around it, and he thought a moment before nodding.
"Deal." He said, shaking her hand. Pocketing away the capsules for now, he'd see what this little house would be like later.
"Besides, I need to get away from the house for a while. Parents are starting to drive me a bit bonkers and dad has the ship under control, it's his newest project and he's taking his time on it to not miss a single thing. Though it'll be aid t see you go before the big fight." SHe said, sighing.
"I'm not leaving. At least, not until I'm sure you and the others are all safe. So I'll be here to fight too." He said, making her turn on him sharply, eyes wide.
"w-What!? But this isn't your world, you don't have to defend it, you can just return home when you want, and not worry about dying!?" She went on, surprised and concerned, surprised because she hadn't honestly expected someone who didn't have an obligation like they do to stay and actually fight, and concerned with the reason why he was fighting, almost scared to know why he wanted to, her thoughts going to darker places for a moment.
"Doesn't matter. I've made friends here, precious people, and I'm not about to abandon them when they need it, what would that say for me and my beliefs if I turned my back on them when they needed help?" He spoke, and bulma was reminded of that haku person anruto told him about that changed naruto's views for life. She calmed and smiled now, understanding his reasoning, and it made her feel quite warm the extent he was willing to go through for them despite being a stranger to their world.
"Thanks naruto." She spoke, turning back, not seeig his nod as they continued to walk. They got outside, and bulma produced a hovercar, and naruto took a seat, allwoing his body to rest as she drove, though she noticed the lurch when he sat, and her befuddled look.
"Kami has me wearing a weighted training harness t make sure roshi's training is effective. I had to fly here with it on and it's a pain." He said, and she hmmed. She started the car and tey took off.
"So, besides your fights and pranks, anything else of note back on your homeworld?" She asked, looking to gauge his reaction with an honest and innocent question. Naruto thought about that, and remembered the memories he all reviewed in his mindscape and hnestly, they were few and far between.
"Well, there is a few things. Like some of the people that I know miss me, I think but we aren't exactly close friends. Then there's baa-chan...she's been like a mother to me really and I'm happy to have her, though she's also the leader like I told you. There's the ichiraku family, they own a ramen stand and make the best damn ramen I've ever had!" He said and the car stopped.
"ramen?" She asked, looking to naruto for confirmation.
"Ugh yeah...they'ves basically been family with hoe long I've known them, for the logest time ramen was the only thing I ate, and I'm fairly sure they remade their recipe to be healthier just for me, thought that's also made them very popular." He said, thinking back to that time.
"Well... I know of a ramen stand here in the city if you don't mind a quick stop." She said, now trying to get in her own comfort food fix. She'd never say it to anyone, out loud for others anyway, but ramen had a special place in her stomach, didn't matter for the brand or type, home made of packaged. She couldn't go a week without an honest bowl of ramen. And by the twinkling in naruto's eyes, she could already see they were going to have plenty of future ramen runs together.
"Your on, Drive woman!" He shouted, standing in his seat pointing forward exaggeratedly as if to direct them..."um, which direction is it in?" He asked slightly embarrassed now. And like that, after many months, the old naruto that hadn't left konoha made an appearance, but he was subdued by his more mature and sensible mind now. While, maybe not subdued, but better behaved now. He took his seat again as Bulma laughed and they just took off. She made quick work of the streets before stopping in front of a little ramen stand that was out of the way, and had a homey feel that, while the stand was different had a similar feel to ichiraku's. Already he was liking this place and pretty much ignored his weights as he followed bulma in.
"Hello. Me again!" She called out and smiled at the people the worked, calling out welcomes and good days. They took a seat at the bar and a waiter came over t collect their order. "The usual and my friend here is on me." She said, and naruto smiled, both for the friend comment and being told to eat. Good thing she had the money to splurge, like she said, more than they knew what to do with.
"I'll start with a sampler, I want to see hw the flavors stack up to the stand at home before I dig in." H called out, and got a smile in return. Professional chefs always did like to challenge their skill and tastes. Shortly afterward, bulma's bowl was brought out, and a small platter filled with different broths, noodle types and additives was brought to him, along with a menu describing everything. Naruto set abut trying everything, clearing his pallet just as chouji showed him when tasting new foods before they did that food ninja weird mission thing they did. He knew he could use the rasengan like that?
After his samples were done, he took a minute to think it over and nodded. "One of each to start!" He called, and bulma choked on her bite a mment, before looking to him. He gave a feral grin, as bowls were brought out, and then with a speed to match, but decidedly more grace, naruto wolfed down the ramen at goku speed, and the 'clink' 'clink' 'clink' of bowls being stacked brought up old memories. More grace because not a drop was spilled, and he actually didn't make a mess of his face. Bulma was amazed by what she was seeing, every other meal naruto ate normally, in speed, manners and amount. So where did all the ramen go? Goku wolfed down everything, so he was an exception. Did he have a nother stomach reserved fr ramen only?
Then the seconds, and thirds started coming in, until bowls were stacked so high they could be seen past. She had to remember to finish hers before it went cold and soggy. But then she just watched and eventually, he stopped and sighed in content. "That's just what I needed." He said with a smile, and yet, not a single bulge of his stomach to show for the 40+ bowls he just ate."Thanks bulma, Didn't know how much I needed that." He said with a smile.
"yeah...sure." She said, taking out her wallet and paying the waiter, shaking her head as they walked out. "How do you eat so much ramne but normal of everything else?" She asked numbly.
"Dunno, but I can always eat ramen, night or day. It's my favorite and I can't believe I've gone this long without a bowl." He said and she smiled. Oh they were definitely going for more ramen runs in the future.
"Glad you enjoyed it. Though I'd like to try this ichiraku ramen of yours ne day if I get the chance." She said and he jsut grinned at her. "What?"
"Well that's the thing. The old man gave me the recipe to his ramen before I left so I'd be able to cook for myself since i'd be away for three years and he didn't trust any other ramne chef to deliver top quality. I haven't had much chance to make any of them, but I'll see what I can do when we get settled alright?" He asked and she nodded excitedly this time.
"I'm looking forward to it. New ramen is always great!" SHe exclaimed, then froze, as she realizd what she just did, and naruto just smiled knowing at her.
"One addict to another eh?" He asked with a cheeky grin, getting into the hovercar, before she mubled about smartass blondes. They left the city then and got going. Heading for kame house as they drove over the water.
"Still, after the ichirakus what's next? Your village is bound to have more than a few things right." She went on, resuming their conversation before the ramen stop.
"Well...there was a few thigs. But not much more than that. I was raised in an orphanage then the miltary academy to be a ninja. The childhood for us orphans wasn't all that great." He said, admitting to a little of the bad stuff so he wasn't grasping at straws for details he just didn't have. "There was this girl I realized that liked me. But I can't really say I like her the same way. Sure she's a comrade and all, a friend even, but I don't now her tat way and I'm nt sure if she actually lies me, or something else, which I'm leaning toward the latter." He spoke, thinking of hinata, which as true, he really couldn't think of her in that way. Nothing against her in the slightest, she was very pretty. But after his mind review, he found he preferences an she just didn't fit. So he'd have to find a way to let her down without absolutely crushing her.
Bulma hummed in thought, getting a nugget of the pain she saw in his eyes ut of him now, and stating to piece a few things together. But hearing him talk of a girl did interest her, though she could tell that his interests in her were as vacant as the void, romantically anyway. That wasn't good. Teenage boys were supposed to go out and explore that stuff, have fun, get in trouble, hell from wha she knew, they were basically adults right out of the academy, so their had to be plenty of chances for things like that didn't there? She'd have to see more on that later, but she listened to naruto talk of the few other things he was willing to, and they revolved mostly around people, rarely anything else, and so few at that.
"We're almost there, hope you're ready to meet the other fighters of earth. they're all gathered at Kame house waiting to have a meeting before they go train." She said. They arrived soon after to the little island, where others were sitting outside around a table, and looke to them. He recognized krillen and Yamcha from earlier meetings, as well as master roshi, but then there was others, like puar, the cat thing, oolong the animal earthling, ot his first animal type he met, and he dealt with talking toads so... Tien, Chiaotzu, Launch, and yajirobi. They each greeted and introduced themselves properly, though yamcha gave him a dirty look as he just grinned, shaking his hips and he spluttered while bulma laughed followed by launch when she cued in with a whisper from bulma, the others missing the inside joke.
"Right, My turn. My name is Naruto Uzuamaki. And I am an Alien." He said, casual clarification. He waited for them to all process and explode withquestions and accusations, while bulma just smacked his arm. "Fine. I am an alie, but Ive been here for several months now, I came from a planet called Element, though I stumbled ito a saiyan space pod like the one that goku fought before, apparently they sent one to our planet too be but unsure of what happened to it. Somehow I got stuck in the ball and pressed the wrong sequence of buttons and ended up being brought here, where goku found me when I pulsed my energy trying to get home. So for the time being I'm stuck here until a new ship is made, though I've decided to stay and fight since I owe it to goku who helped me meet bulma, who's also helping me with a ship. More than that, I consider them friends and we help each other right?" He asked and many of them nodded.
"Hye, the hell was up with the date you said you was having with bulma." Yamcha asked, eyeing the two of them carefully. Now bulma decided to have fun since apparently yamcha still had his head up his ass, or just jealous.
"I don't recall lying about ay of that. He was new to town, just way more literal, and we were out on the town having a good time together, and dinner went over wonderfully." She recalled, and decided to get evil. "Then I followed him back to his guest room he was staying in and..." She let that hang in the air as Yamcha paled and krillen hissed in mock pain like he been burnt, before rubbing yamcha's back soothingly. Launch coniued to laugh and Naruto was having to hold in his laughter, while tien was just shaking his head and the two animal tyes were snickering. Yamcha was whooping for naruto's success. "Wish him a good night and let him get some sleep." She finished, and now launch was on the ground, not able to breath she was laughing too hard, naruto let out his own laughing then and then yamcha realized been been played, though how much he wasn't sure... Still he shook off the last part as the joke and sighed.
"Very funny, now can we move on?" The wolf fang fighter asked, wanting to not be the butt of a joke anymore here.
"Yeah sure. Just don't stop to check me out this time will ya? I'm not a piece of meat." Naruto commented, and this time every got it and every laughed, launch was doing the silent laughing as she could get air and soon, everyone started to calm while yamcha crossed his arms and grumbled about damn blondes.
"What'd you say Shit face!?" Lauch hollered, a SMG right in Yamcha's face, who paled and realized his fuck up.
"Nothing! Blondes are lovely." He laughed nervously, but then stopped as he saw naruto stepping back and behind bulma, hands over his rear. "Oh come on!" He shouted, and another string of laughing that died down quickly.
"Okay enough of questioning mop heads sexuality." And indignant hey could be heard. "Anyway, My introductiona nd recent history out of th way, You will be training with Kami, the guardian of the earth. I met him to do some training to learn your ways of fighting, but he sent me here to start with the basics from Master roshi. You all will be going to korin tower, climbing the tower, then to korin for initial training and then up to the sanctuary. I'll be doing the same myself once I fnish roshi's menu. Which kami wanted me to give you this." He said, tossing the turtle hermit the scroll he was given, who started to read it and nodding to himself.
"I believe you were already told about the threat and goku right?" He asked, getting nods. "Okay, just wanted to be sure we were on the right page. Now, Korin and Kami are waiting on you all, so sooner the better." He finished and they all gave nods and bows, though yamcha was still giving him the dirty eye. Naruto turned to bulma on that one. "Why do I feel like I have earned a rival against my will over something that isn't truly up for grabs or belongs to anyone." He asked, and bulma huffed, crossing her arms.
"Because you have, but if he doesn't get his head out of his ass, he won't have any claim even in spirit to it what so ever." She stated, and sighed once they were all gone, leaving Naruto, Bulma Puar, Oolong, Roshi there on the island. Launch having gone to chase after Tien, much to their amusement. "So...what now?" he asked, looking to the group.
"Now, we prepare to move." He said, going over to his house and pressing a hidden buttom, where it poofed into a capsule. Cocking an eyebrow, he looked to Roshi. "if I'm to train you properly along the same, or harder methods as I taught goku, then we're moving to the mainland where we're commence training there." He said,a nd bulma nodded, producing her hovercar once more. However naruto sat up front with bulma, with puar, oolong, roshi and turtle in the back. "Why am I an the back if I'm the elder?" He asked and naruto snickered.
"More seatbelts to secure said elder in for his own safety. let the young people ave the front." He said, using his words against him, and bulma couldn't help the single laugh. Oh she was so gonna enjoy this year if this was how it was gonna be. They started off for the mainland at speed, and a conversation was started when roshi asked of his training thus far. "Well, I know a number of techniques, however they come from my world, and I need t adapt them to the power kami helped me learn that you all use here, among them is that I can transform, but I've been told you two can doing it by will alone. That true?"
"Yes it is!" Puar answered, sitting on Oolongs head.
"Would you mind teaching me your method, so I can maybe make my own transformations by will alone too?" He asked and got a cheerful nod from the flying cat.
"And what else do you know. You obvously learned how to fly, and sense energy I'm guessing." Roshi cut in, trying to get to the point
"Well, I know several movement techniques for replacing yourself with something instead of taking a lethal hit, short to mid range high speed movement thats a bit tricky to use. A CQ energy ball attack, I can make solid clones that can learn and transfer what they learn back to me. I can stand, walk run and fight up walls and on water with just my feet. And I've been trained in a unnamed hybrid martial art, along with my prior Ninja training as a child soldier." He stated, hitting the major points for now really.
Roshi nodded, taking in everything as he was told. So he had a strong base, that was good. "By the way, How ld are you and when is your birthday?" Roshi asked.
"My birthday is October 10th and I'll be 14 next month." He said, and counted off 5 seconds, before a collective high pitched what sounded out.
"I don't believe it myself, but he insists on being just 13. Though I don't see why he'd lie about it." Bulma spoke up as she continued to drive.
"Well, really. My, I wasn't expecting that. Still, to think your this strong at this age. I feel it, though we'll have to see how you actually perform." Roshi said, smilling as he thought of the potential he had to work with.
"Well there's a reason for that. Master roshi, You are aware that Physical and Mental energies are the base forms of ki and magic right?" He asked and got a nod from the elder. "Well on my home planet, we don't use ki or magic at all, but we developed, according to kami, to combine Physical and mental energy instead into a singular energy we call chakra. Their synergy is what makes our chakra strong, but it has limitations. The training I was doing with Kami was to separate those two energies, manipulate them individually, and then develop them into their more advanced forms, ki and magic. From there my body naturally recombined them back into chakra, but now with the properties and power of both. Now that my chakra is like this, I can learn your techniques properly." He explained, getting ooohs, from the back seat at the explanation.
"Well I look forward to putting that to the test naruto. I really do. Ah, Bulma, stop once you crest that hill. That will do." He said, as they had come to land already and Roshi was looking for a good spot to set up at. When they stopped, they unloaded and Roshi immediately set up his house. Though Naruto followed this up with setting up his own opposite, door to door with a good space between them. Unlike Roshi's square home, Naruto's was a dome home, and with the door open, asie rom the bathroom, it was a studio style layout on the inside, for maximum room. Naruto smiled and looked to bulma.
"Thanks Bulma." He said and she just waved it off. There was a reason for this partly, as this home was designed similar to what she and her father expected the final result of the living space of the ship to be like. So they figured to set up a little test to see how naruto likes it himself.
"Well, Everyone take a bit to get settled, Naruto, get some rest, training starts bright and early tomorrow." He told the boy who nodded, and proceeded to unpack everything he owned into the dome home in easy to access and resealable methods. This way if he had to leave in a hurry, he could get and go. Once everything was ready, he decided to go outside and do a little something. Between the two houses was a sizeable area, so he usd the basic earth manipulation jutsu to devour the grass and debris between them in a perfect circle and compress the ground, making it hard to stand on, but smooth. In it's center was a depression, ideal for a burn pit. Gathering up some dead wood from the area and made a fire, the others caught on and came out as well, Roshi bring out folding chairs for them and they sat outside just enjoying it.
"So, How long did it take goku to run through your training?" He asked, looking to Roshi who hummed.
"Eight months doing it at the optimal speed to allow for recovery and growth of strength. However according to Kami's scroll, we won't have to worry about that with you, and we can speed it up with your clones. SO we'll be going in divide and Conquer. I believe you still have an education to persue with Bulma right? You'll be leaving clones with her to do that, and whatever clones you need to leave to work on anything else, While I take you the original, through the conditioning and workout menu." He listed off. "So about 4-5 months, give or take, just to be sure and get the most out of it. You've already got a good foundation to work with, so this will be to get you up to speed. Now, jump as high as you can." He asked.
Naruto complied, getting up and took a breath, before pushing off with as much raw muscle force as he could muster. The result surprisd even naruto as he rose and rose a good 80 ft, before dropping back down. "Damn, and that with the harness Kami has me wearing." He spoke, amazed, not yet having really conditioned at all. Between getting here, kyuubi's gift, that one sparring session and training with kami, then the new energy, his body was still relatively untested.
"That's good. Well Kami's scroll did mention the harness so you'll be forgoing my usual shell weight. But this gives me a good idea of how intense to start at. I'll be working you to the bone, especially your stamina. So be prepared."
"Old man. My stamina is my pride and joy." Naruto said with a smirk, though Roshi giggled perversely to himself and bulma snickered.
"Really naruto. I thought men bragged on their endowment before they do their stamina." SHe spoke in mock disbelief.
Naruto spluttered a moment, but recovered, though nulma was already laugh. Two can play at this game. "I prefer to let that speak for itself. Though you'll not be knowing any time soon. Unless of course, you want to make what you told yamcha the full truth." He went on, and now had bulma blushing, and he grinned. She chose to stay silent, not wanting to dig herself into a hole of embarrassment she can't climb out of. They talked more casually after that, but eventually settled in for bed.
The next morning, they arose bright and early with the rising sun. Naruto had already created his clone for the day and they got to work on their assigned tasks of learning, and R&D overhaul of all their current techniques, a few working with Puar and Oolong. Naruto himself wore simple clothes and sturdy running shoes, instead of his nice clothes or combat clothes. Lighter, less to wear, and wouldn't be missed when destroyed. He learned that lesson before he even left konoha. But with the Shorts and sleeveless mesh shirt, the harness could be seen quite clearly now, and bulma actually studied it for a minute before moving on.
"Alright, we'll start with a morning run. However, ditch the shoes. You won't be needing them." He started, and once he did, Roshi nodded and got him started. What naruto didn't realize was the scope of the training, as Master roshi would call out limitations during the run, to deliver milk of all things, and the distances honestly reminded naruto of lee and gai's training. Once that wild thought took root, he realized just what was in store for him now. The training stayed hard thanks to his harness auto adjusting to keep him at the same level of ability, but the effort he was exerting was obviously increasing. Then there was the work in the field, construction and the forests, clearing land for more crop fields using just kicks to fell trees, and knife hands chops to cut the wod down to manageable sizes, not to mention ripping out the stump with his bare hands.
Followed by Swimming in the lake with the bullshark, swimming in the ocean while pulling along Roshi, bulma, Oolong and puar in a metal boat filled with extra weight. Using bees to increase his intuitive dodging and evasive skills. Doing leap runs to get more distance from one foot leaps, and climbing the stairs to the monastary, or wall climbing, up there. Once Roshi knew the full extent of his current skill set, he put the boy to work without mercy, thoroughly taxing his healing factor to the limit. By day's end each day, even he would be huffing and struggling, but fully recovered the next. Master roshi took it upon himself to get some training in as well, exchanging a heavier shell and doing the sets with him, feeling the need to shake off the dust.
Back at camp, Bulma pounded every bit of knowledge she could into naruto's head from the ground up, starting most in association with his skills so he could actually better understand them, an connect what he learns with training and thus, future lessons. While Oolong had been some help, it was puar who'd been the major teacher in the transformation arts, and though he couldn't perfectly learn their method, he learned their method at least to apply to the kaihen, and found that trick to mold his ki/magic based chakra to skip handseals thanks to them, and applied to the rest of his techniques. his would be insanely helpful in going against sasuke's sharingan, now he wouldn't be able to copy his techniques.
That thought honestly brought up a new point to naruto. He had a god idea of where he stood before, but when he finally did return back to element, how would he stack up against the others? Looking to his hands, he had to consider the changes he was undergoing, and what that would mean for his life back on Element. He had no doubt there would still be people stronger than him. But... a part of him couldn't help but feel he was going to be the outsider again, if not more, but for his power now. He'd have t get himself evaluated first thing when he got back, to see where his next decision lay.
His personal training was coming along, as kami provided a few scrolls of healing techniques, nothing fancy, it was their combination with Tsunades healing techniques that when he learned the jutsu, come to understand and comprehend what went into them, how they worked, and then combined them with his no handseals trick, that made the result what was essentially the mystical healing palm technique, green glow and all, but adapted as such that he can use it without pinnacle level chakra control. Something about his trick to molding his energy and certain qualities present in ki and magic that allowed him to d this, rather than skill or individual aptitude for the technique. Regardless of how, he was just happy to learn the healing techniques that he could, because now he wasn't all about destruction anymore, which did kind of bother him when he realized how easy it would be to crush someone if he wasn't careful.
That lesson became apparent, and scared him half to death one night, when Bulma came into his house, clearly pissed, after he heard a wailing soprano scream from the other house. "Roshi?" He asked, and she just nodded, a small bag with her. "Bathroom's clean. I'll sleep on the couch again." he said, going to a closest to pick up a few pillow and a blnaket for the couch. This was starting t become a habit, whenever Roshi's perversion became overbearing or he just did something over the line, thre would be violence, and then she'd come over for the night or a few days, as the only other place where she could have any means of privacy, and his house was a studio for crying out loud. She'd get clean, and then get into his bed while he slept on the couch, but one night, she'd stared having nightmares, about goku's death, what was happening to gohan, and their possible future.
"Naruto... um, can you come here please?" She asked weakly when she woke up from said nightmare before he realized and could wake her. He got up and walked to the bed, in a pair of shrts and shirt, and looked to her. "Could you sleep with me tonight. I-...I don't want to be alone."
"Um..bulma. I'm not sure that's-" He started, but as cut off.
"I'm calling n my favor...just please." She said weakly, and naruto nodded, climbing in bed with her, despite his discomfort of sharin a bed with a woman, twice his age, and not react to it since he'd been reading the Icha icha black edition, was really difficult. However when she hugged onto him, her head on his chest as she fell asleep, he ehld onto her tightly, and could see the discomfort on her face, where he loosened his grip and she relaxed. He hadn't even been gripping that hard, and yet it'd been enough to nearly hurt her. That fact shocked him, so he set time aside for 'gentleness' training, ever since then, so as not to break everything and everyone around him who wasn't as super powered as he was.
After that, the training continued this way, learning other energy attacks, ad finding he preferred to use the rasengan as their base, such as forming the rasengan in his hands and then producing the Kamehameha from it. Gave the technique a drilling effect that had some real punch compared to a standard one of similar strength, and now he could throw his altered rasengan without issue, and it had similar grinding and then explosive properties a he was hoping for. Elemental training followed, as Bulma got him to understand the laws of nature, why things wre cold, why they were hot, what made up matter and the natural processes found in nature. Practicing the elemental control exercises with this knowledge, he managed to advance his control to will based molding of the elements, but he lost the effect of certain elemental jutsu that way, however it was a trade off, as he could manipulate past the standard 5 he knew. Even Ice and wood were possible, but not to the unique properties those kekkai genkai used, merely the element and their natural traits. Still cool though, like surprising bulma with a rose he grew for her with said technique.
He combined other jutsu and techniques together, like kawarimi, after image, Shunshin, and rush techniques, to really develop his arsenal of movement techniques and decide how he wanted to use them. Clones were another, as he picked up on the multiform, and th application of it was actually the easiest of all, but he figured it was because of just how comfortable he was with cloning himself that it came natural. Now his shadow clones could be created with a thought and perform excellently, and last a good long while, even when fighting. He could only imagine his old swarm tactics with these clones. Neji and sasuke wouldn't stand a chance against an army of clones that are hard as hell to dispel.
New techniques came up that that, like forming energy barriers, repulse fields, kiai, shockwaves, pressure wave punches, pressure point striking, and others. This would all be followed by sparring with clones and full contact sparring wit master roshi at 80%, the highest he could go before his bulk got in the way. And as the weeks were going by, he noticed Master roshi was getting stronger as well, obviously motivated himself. Which got Naruto thinking.
"Hey bulma." He spoke, getting her atention while they were eating lunch. "You spend a lot of time around all these powerful individuals. Have you ever given thought to training yourself? Or at least unlocking your ki an magic?" He asked, genuinely curious since he was more than aware of the benefits to having them or chakra unlocked even if you don't train with it.
"Nah, I'm not a fighter, besides I like the way I am and I want to focus n my knowledge and skills in technology and as well, my perfect figure and beauty." He said, doing a model spin.
Naruto chuckled. "Well did you know that unlocking your inner energies has an effect to enhance your baseline abilities further, like mental processing, intelligence and memory, mental fortitude, to name a few that you'd be interested in. Also it increases your longevity and overall youth, letting you live longer and retain your youth for more of it, naturally." He said idly, and now he knew he had her biting at the hook with what he was giving her. "Course there is also that no one in the scientific community on earth, that I'm aware of, has proven and really prove and quantify ki or magic. It's a field no one has any merits in, just waiting to be explored." He said, pulling on the line and he had her hooked with that.
"Well...if I were interested, do you think you could teach me then? I respect the turtle hermits skill, just not anything else about him." She said, pointing to him through the kame house window as he was watching his women's exercise program.
"More than fair on that point. Who knows, if we awaken both, you might be able to combine them into chakra and get more benefits." He said with a small smile as she really considered this. Which honestly, chakra would be ideal for her, since she'd be training both ki and magic at the same time with one exercise. "Well, when do you want to start?" He asked, and she pulled him along without answer. "I guess now?" He voiced, though his reply was a hum and he sighed. He wasn't finished with his ramen he made for them. Which surprising the bluenette had devoured, and asked for more. he was proud this day to be a ramen addict.
So along with a clone to train bulma in manipulating her physical and mental energies, then slowly to raise them to their higher forms, he taught her what kami taught him of the two energies in full. Naruto's main body was still doing the conditioning work, but on top of that, was doing 10k reps of various stretches, exercises and workout routines that pushed his abilities to their furthest. Once of the final lessons was on raw energy manipulation, aura exertion, such as the water repelling drills, kiai water splitting and waterfall cutting with energy alone as taught by master mutaito in learning to control your energy.
"Alright listen Naruto, this is the last technique I will be teaching you." master roshi spoke, getting naruto's attention.
"Your MAX form?" Naruto asked, thinking a bit about that technique and it's uses.
"No, this one was requested by kami, otherwise I wouldn't think to teach it. He said you would know why you need it. It's called the Mafuba. Evil containment wave. It's technique to ensnare an enemy in your energy, control them and then to capture, or seal them into a container, that you closer and seal with a special talisman. The reason I wouldn't teach it is because it's lethal against targets who have the power to try and resist the technique, but it's only use is against those who are too strong for you otherwise. Making it a suicide technique. It's what my master developed and used to defeat the original piccolo, many years ago. I don't know why Kami wants you to learn it, but he expressed that you do. Possibly because of your unique energy, you might be able to survive using it, but I can't be sure. Are you ready to begin?"
"Yes Master roshi." he spoke, and the man nodded.
"Good. Now follow these steps, this is important Naruto, your aim with the technique must be perfect, and when I say this, not slouching a half centimeter there or even a 1/10th thre. I mean absolute, otherwise the technique will miss, too powerful enemy you can't beat will be free'd an you've wasted your life for nothing. Now like this." The man spoke, using turtle as the target and a slim necked bottle and cork. "Turtle, you'll be safe, just don't resist." He said, as he initiated the technique and naruto could see the vortex of green energy and turtle being drawn into it, before he became a comet of green energy, and master roshi directed him down into the bottle, corking it and sealing it. "Like that. This is how it looks perfected. Now you try." He explained, releasing turtle, and naruto took his turn at the technique, only to fail at the first step. "Now who said it was easy. Just keep working on it."
With a Solemn nd, naruto kept working on it. He figured kami wanted him to learn this incase the kyuubi was freed without his concent or went back on their deal. In which case, his last moments could be used for a mafuba in either a container, or to himself and potentially dragging the bju to death with him. Then again, their wre other biju and potentially other threats in his world, so knowing this technique could prove a useful back up when nothing else worked.
Naruto was making progress with the mafuba, and by the time he got halft way through, His clones had finished with the work they could do, the instruction scrolls on jutsu were nice, but he didn't need elemental jutsu anymore, or couldn't rather, and he was merely adapting the unique traits of some jutsu to techniques he already knew, like his sensing technique benefitted from the genjutsu pulse and echolocation, which tsunade tested and he had a definitive detecting, breaking and source trackig method down readily for any genjutsu used on him. Jraiya's technique for manipulating his hair was an interesting one that he picked up, since his hair was growing longer. Tsunade had wanted him to learn her super strength technique, but when he demonstrated his raw strength, there really was no need. There was only so much he could do at this point that wasn't external anymore without going into a highly specilized training regimen.
So that's why when jiraiya learned of naruto's new sealing technique the mafuba, and saw it in action, he started naruto on learning seals. It started slow with his handwriting, then drawing and caligraphy, onto theory and basic seals, and until he could draw 5 different seals from memory alone perfectly did he learn to do it all with chakra. It was a slow going process and he guessed this would be one of those ones that took years, so he didn't try to rush it, just making sure he was doing it right.
That was the other thing, the group was aware of his summoning and met jiraiya and his mom, as he really had taken to calling her now. Which in of itself was now official.
"You serious mom?" He asked, astounded as they sat at the table by the fire pit, looking down at the piece of paper in front of him.
"I am. I want to officially adopt you. You'd still have your clan heritage, but you'd also be part of the senju clan . But more than that, legally, you'd be my son." She stated, a smile on her lips. Naruto felt this may have been partially prompted by her knowing he may be going into a life or death battle, and so didn't want to have regrets, ad he understood that completely, which was he snatched the pen from her hand and signed on his life, tsunade's already written in. She smiled as the tears fell and pulled him into a hug, muttering thank you's one after another, which he was sure he was the one supposed to be doing that.
"Good on ya brat. Be sure to be a good son to her though, she's been through enough heartache that she doesn't need more." Jiraiya told him and he nodded, though he was more than happy himself. While he and jiraiya were talking, he was unaware of the talk between tsunade's clone and bulma, but from some of the motions, it seemed professional rather than personal. Proven when bulma gave the toad summon a scroll she had narut prepare containing several schematics and many notes regarding medical technology, though nothing more thankfully.
Something else Tsunade spoke with him off was the full analysis and breakdown of the corpse he gave them. They managed to find a number of things within the DNA that was surprising and honestly, forced her to destroy the corpse and the samples she had. Apparently when tested, the cells would become excited and undergone a mutation of some sort and when they determined why and the effects, she didn't want that on their planet, and she could now see how, despite the barbarism, they would send a infant to world to purge. The power was too much. Much to his relief, he made the right call, and she told him the tail was the source of the power and to remove it whenever he got the chance.
Between those visits and training, days and nights spent with bulma, time together, Naruto was enjoying himself completely. So when Roshi marked his mafuba as mastered, he called the training to an end, right around 5 months, like he said. By then Bulma had made headway in her own training, having awoken magic and ki,able to manipulate the energies separate and together to some degree, but not able to mold them into one. Which was fine, he expected that, but now she was experiencing the benefits he mentioned, and learned a couple of techniques, like flying, sensing and enhancement. He couldn't be happier for her, especially when he saw her face the first time she flew. And not one to fall behind, roshi had picked up his own training, getting the techniques he never learned down, eve Oolong got puar to help him finish his transformation training, much to everyone's shock as they knew of their rivalry.
"Well done naruto, this was excellent progress and you've made me very proud." He stated, pulling out a large, flat box. "I had this made for you when you finished the training. Even though I don't require it, all of my students take it as tradition to wear it." He stated, and naruto opened it, seeing the orange and blue gi. His eyes widened as he looked to his master who nodded.
"Thank you master roshi." He spoke, smiling.
"Well, go put it on, unless you intend to change out here." He said, and naruto rolled his eyes before he did just that. He took a little extra time to seal away away, coming out of his house, he put it back into capsule for, putting it away int his case, as he wore an identical gi to Goku. Roshi nodded approvingly at the boy. He stood 5'6" now, his hair was still blond spikes, but flowed back against his scalp and came down to his shoulder blades, looking like a lions mane. His whisker marks were a bit more defined, and his musculature was impressive. Unlike his other outfit, he had his ninja supplies sealed into various storage seal tattoos, to keep unnecessary bulk down, and his travel scroll seal on his body too with his capsules. The only thing not sealed was his necklace. The Harness was still frmly affixed to his body, but he'd gotten so used to it, it was going to feel weird without it.
"Very good naruto. Now, it's time to head for korin's tower, where you'll start the next phase. We are going to go on to collect the dragon balls. So that we'll be ready. Now take care of yourself boy, and train well." Roshi said, stepping away and letting naruto talk to Bulma.
"Well you done it Naruto. Your officially apart of this little insane group of fighters and weirdos. Congratulations." SHe teasd and he smacked her arm, a little hard, but now that she was training with ki and magic she could more than take it. But he had to remember that she was no fighter.
"yeah well where does that leave you?" He shot back, and though he knew he'd likely be paying for it later, he got laughed at the rise he got out of her. "But seriously, thanks. It's taken a while, and though my energy hasn't come that far in the training, by body and control has made tremendous gains." He spoke, happy with his progress so far. "Not only that, you've made a to of progress two, from just starting out with no prior training to now your flying and breaking boulders." He said with a smirk that got her cheeks to dust red.
"Yeah well, you convinced me into it. But seriously I feel better than I ever had before. So thank you for doing that." She said, before leaning in and kissing his cheek. "And that's for all the help and patience you've given me so far. I know sometimes I can be a little bit of a hassle, so thanks for putting up with me and whatever I asked." She stated.
"I'd do it again bulma, all you need to do is ask." He tol her and a small nod was his reply.
"Now get out of here. You've got a tower to climb and we've got crystal balls to track down. Remember to use your scouting to call me every now and then alright?" She asked and he nodding, waving her off. When they were out of sight, he sighed and stretched, before taking off into the distance to find the tower.
Kay so a ton of stuff has happened, anruto has finally started serious training, though we don't yet know the results of the training yet since it was interupted. No I know some were thinking about raditz body and don't worry, while tsunade may have destroyed his body, doesn't mean others didn't know about it before that happened. Naruto has finally gotten his skill set where I want it to be to both of shinobi use, and of quality a db fighter can appreciate. Most of his techniques will perform the same, will projections of his power forward for a desired effect, such as his clones, the elements, and other techniques he has learned. Now before OP concerns come up, remember. He had the power last chapter, this time the training was to acquire the skill to use it properly, so his energy gains at this point aren't significant. Not that he has many prior uses of his energy before hand to know how big or potent his new chakra really is. So all this training is when he's really coming in to learn just what he can do. And then there was bulma, naruto convincing her to learn ki and magic, though not to be a fighter, but continue her scientif pursuits and reap the benefits the energies give. I've read may a fic, and I don't recall many, or if any, whre bulma becomes at least, stronger, in some sense, though if you do, shoot me a pm with the story.
Leave a review to tell me what you think and future ideas. Next chapter finishes out the training and the landing of the saiyans.