Smash Freshmen Gaiden:
Anime Clash
Late one night, after all the battles were over and most of the fighters and spectators had gone to bed, two figures stepped onto the wooden platforms of Suzaku castle.
"Alright, Son Goku," the first said, placing himself opposite the other, "it's time we finished this, once and for all. Believe it!"
The other crossed his arms and flipped his enormous spiky hair. "Okay, Naruto, we can fight. That is, if you don't mind losing."
"Lose?" Naruto scoffed. "I'm not going to lose. I'm the most powerful ninja in the entire Hidden Leaf."
"Good for you," Goku said. "I'm sure that was quite an accomplishment. But you see, even the most powerful ninja could never stand up to a fully-fledged Super Saiyan."
Naruto bit his lip. "Okay, fine, but I can still call on the powers of Kurama, the beast who lives inside me."
Goku grinned innocently. "You have one of those too? Cool. Mine's a monkey."
Naruto raised an eyebrow. "Monkey . . . ?" he shook his head. "Never mind. And just as backup, I invited along my emo rival-slash-best friend."
Out of the shadows behind Naruto stepped a young man with dark bluish-black hair and a sword at his side. One of his eyes was bloodred with black patterns across it, while the other was a purple ring of concentric circle.
"I've got your back, Naruto."
"Thanks, Sasuke."
"Not so fast, foolish ninja," a harsh voice said from above Goku's head.
"Oh, good," Goku looked up. "My emo rival-slash-best friend has joined the party."
Another Saiyan touched down beside Goku, his pointy black hair coming to a peak at the back of his head.
"I am not your best friend, Kakarot!" the Saiyan snapped.
"Of course you are, Vegeta," Goku said. "You're right up there next to Krillin."
Vegeta sneered. "I'm going to forget you said that." He looked across at Naruto and Sasuke. "Scared now, ninja brats?"
Sasuke shrugged. "Not really. We've also brought along our former enemy-turned-ally and our team genius."
A red haired teen with a kanji-shaped scar on his forehead stepped out of the shadows, followed by a bored-looking young man with a ponytail.
"Glad you could join us, Gaara and Shikamaru," Naruto said with a grin.
Shikamaru sighed. "Let's just get this over with, Naruto. These fan wars are such a drag."
Naruto puffed out his chest. "What do you think now, Goku? Not even two Super Saiyans could take on the four of us."
Goku shrugged. "That's okay," he said. "We have an enemy-turned-ally and a team genius, too. Isn't that right, Piccolo and Bulma?"
A green-skinned alien in a purple tunic descended from the sky while a blue-haired woman stepped up to Vegeta's side. "Sorry I'm late," the alien said. "Had to deal with Garlic Junior again."
Naruto and his three allies looked at each other a little nervously. Naruto glanced out to the stands. "That's okay," he said. "I've still got my pervy mentor and my future wife, who doesn't look like much but she can be really scary when she wants to be. Come on over, guys."
A pair of figures looked up from where they'd been seated on the stands. They stood and made their way to the stage. Naruto's girlfriend Hinata edged to his side tentatively, while his mentor Jiraiya stood to the side with his arms folded.
"Naruto-kun, I just came to watch," Hinata said. "Are you sure about this?"
"And I just came to check out Bulma in person," Jiraiya said. He met the blue-haired girl's eye and winked. Bulma shuddered in revulsion.
"Ha!" Naruto said. "Now, you have no chan—"
Goku's team was joined on stage by Goku's wife Chi Chi and an old man with a white goatee and a loud Bermuda shirt. "We are going to battle eventually, right?" the old man said.
Goku smiled. "Of course, Master Roshi. I think we have enough now. Come on, Naruto! Let's finish this!"
The six members of each team crouched in fighting position. Great veins popped out around Hinata's eyes, Vegeta's hair started to glow with power, and Shikamaru placed his hands together between his knees. "Ready!" Naruto shouted.
"Go!" Goku said.
The two sides rushed each other. Just as they were about to clash, someone from the stands shouted, "Wait!"
The combatants froze. All turned to see a shiny bald head bobbing down through the seats. A short monk in an orange jumpsuit crawled his way onto the stage. "Goku," the little man shouted. "I want to fight to. Can I?"
Goku smiled. "Why, of course you can, Krillin. The more the merrier."
"But now our teams are uneven," Sasuke said.
Vegeta laughed. "That's an easy fix. Just call in your weakest, most pathetic friend and we'll be good to go."
"Hey!" Krillin said.
Naruto and his teammates looked at each other, deliberating. Then as one, they all turned and shouted, "SAKURA!"
"Hey!" Krillin and a pink-haired girl in the stands shouted in unison.
