Original idea came from Nightmares Around Winter and Fox Boss. Don't own DB/DBZ or Naruto.
Speech: "Ninjutsu"
Thought: 'Taijutsu
Demon Speech: "Genjutsu"
Demon Thought 'Martial arts'
Naruto gave a sigh as he crossed his arms behind his head and took in the sight of the midday sun shining down on the Konoha, it was an impressive sight to behold and the red haired teen found that he was actually enjoying the last week here. He closed his eyes as a gently breeze tussled his hair.
"Hey." A voice spoke, causing Naruto to open his eyes and a deadpanned look towards the person
"What do you want?" He asked in a slightly peeved tone. The owner of the voice, Kushina, gave a slightly strained smile as she rubbed her arm. Naruto hadn't much contact with the red haired woman when he was younger. Mostly just catching her anxious glances at him when she picked Narumi up from the park. He knew the reason behind her anxiety, but it did little to change the strained relationship they now had.
"How are you?" The kunoichi replied.
The teen shrugged his shoulders, "I'm fine." He answered as he sat up and gave the older red head a cautious stare, "I doubt you came here just to see me, so what is it that you want?"
Kushina crossed her arms and pouted lightly in indignation, "I can't be curious about how you're doing?" She replied in a huff. The Uzumaki was very much aware that they royally fucked up with their son, but that wasn't going to stop her from trying to fix it.
The martial artist blinked in response to what the Uzumaki said, "Still not used to the whole, 'family abandoned me for my own protection' thing. So, sorry if I'm a bit apprehensive about the whole thing." He said as his voice took a slight edge to it.
The Uzumaki turned her gaze onto the village and gave a small sigh, "Well you are right that I did come here to see you about something." She said.
The red haired teen rolled his eyes as he stood up and brushed his pants off, "What is it then?" He asked the kunoichi. If it was another offer for him to live with them he was going to scream.
"It's regarding Gohan's last will."
That was not what the teen had been expecting to hear. He hadn't really thought about that, but he was still a kid when his adopted grandfather left this world for the next, "Why has it come up now? Shouldn't that be something that be found when the knowledge that a citizen of the nation has died be brought to their attention?" Naruto asked as he tilted his head in confusion. A dry laugh from Kushina caused the teen to give a small sigh, "Let me guess, got lost in a sea of paperwork?"
Kushina nodded, "Whenever Minako is trying to find something in records she has to dig through tons of it." She replied as she turned around to face him, her expression becoming a little serious, "You need to speak before the Civilian and Kunoichi Council and give your account of how Gohan died."
The martial artist's complexion paled to near snow white at the thought. It wasn't speaking before the blowhards of the council, but having to relive one of the worst days in his life, "Isn't there another way to get around this?"
Kushina frowned and shook her head, "We are needed right now, the Civilian Council has pushed for the debate to start very soon." She offered her hand to the teen.
Naruto gave a small sigh as he accepted the hand. A moment later he was transported into a large room that was filled with the overlapping voices and many curses. Just another day for the council members in Konohagakure no Sato. The teen spotted Minako with her head gently hitting her head against her desk.
"Will you idiots shut up already dattebane?!" Kushina exclaimed loudly as she let a bit of her K.I. loose. The room went dead silent as the kunoichi and civilian's took notice of the two newcomers.
"What is he doing here?" Asked one of the civilian council members in a strained voice as he gestured towards the teen.
"Why are you here?" Naruto shot back as he crossed his arms and glared at the councilman.
The man recoiled slightly as the martial artist gave him his attention. He gulped lightly as sweat began to form on his brow, "I-I am a member of the great Civilian Council of Konoha!" He blustered as his face began to turn red with rage, "I'm here to discuss what should be done with the late Son Gohan's estate."
"You have no right to decide what is done with my family's land!" The teen growled out as he narrowed his eyes at him as well as getting into stance where he could spring towards the man if he further enraged him.
"Hokage-sama! You can't just allow this upstart to talk to us in such a way!" Another councilmen exclaimed as he looked towards the blonde kage, "How far we have fallen if a child has the right to talk back to us!"
"That child has more respect from the Kunoichi force than the whole lot of you!" Shouted the head of the Inuzuke clan as she slammed a clenched fist hard onto the table she was seated at, "I bet you just want Gohan's land so you can turn it into another strip mail or shopping center!"
This started another wave of heated arguments that was only silenced when Minako stood and gave loud shout, "Will all of you just shut the hell up already?!" Her voice was amplified by a substantial amount of K.I. that caused many of the councilmen to sweat profusely and go pale while the kunoichi where trembling lightly.
Naruto swallowed the fear that momentarily took hold in him after the kage silenced the room. He forgot that she was regarded as one of the strongest kunoichi alive.
"Naruto is here do to the fact that the matter in which we are discussing is what is to be done with the late Gohan Son, who had adopted him." The kage said in a monotone voice as she sat back in her seat, her blue eyes looked over the clan heads and civilian council.
"That may be, Hokage-sama," A aged voice spoke as Minako hardened, "but that doesn't mean he is in the will at all."
"Danieru, I thought you didn't have any interest in this matter." Asahi Hyuga spoke as the old war hawk stepped out of the shadows and gave the Hyuga clan head a seemingly polite smile.
"Any matter that involves Konoha is important to me." The mummy replied before turning her gaze towards the teen, "How are we to even know if Gohan put Naruto into his will?"
"Yeah," one councilmen added as he stood, "how do we know that thing didn't kill Gohan as soon as they were out of eyesight?" The moment the words left his mouth, the councilman was thrown back against the wall and his body crumpled to the ground in unmoving heap.
"The demon's finally showing his true colors!" One of the terror-stricken councilman shouted. True enough, Naruto's arm was outstretched with his palm facing where the fallen man once stood. A second after the councilman's outburst a ANBU shunshinned behind him and quickly dispatched him before vanishing as quickly as she had appeared.
"Hokage-sama, you can't just allow him to attack us and kill one of us!" Another councilman shouted as he pounded a meaty fist against his table.
"That fool brook my law, which the punishment is death." The kage calmly replied in a nonchalant tone, truly not caring about the councilman that was slain, "As for the other he is very much alive, just unconscious. Now, if there aren't any more distraction, can we set about settling this matter?" Silence followed the kage's words, more so out of fear on the civilian council's part, "Very well than." The kage pulled out a scroll and began to open it.
"If you're reading this, then I guess the Shinigami finely caught up with me." Minako read aloud, "I'm not sure how I met my end, but that really doesn't matter know does it? What matters now is what is to be done with my property now. I had planed it to be turned over to Konohagakure no Sato after my passing, life has a habit of skewing are plans, but I digress. In sound mind and body, I leave all my posseions in the hands of my adopted grandson, Uzumaki-Son Naruto." Minako lowered her gaze from the scroll and let her gaze look over the room.
"Ah, but if the person whom is in question is the last one to see the deceased alive they are in question of foul play." Danieru spoke in a calm voice as she kept her ever present smile.
"That's right, and as far as we know Naruto is the last person to have seen Gohan before he passed." A councilman spook, a smug expression on his face in the belief that is all that was needed to keep the demon from getting Gohan's possessions.
The blonde kage sighed as she rubbed her forehead and casted her estranged son a apologetic look, "Than it seems that Naruto will have to give his account of what happened."
"What?!" The red haired teen exclaimed in disbelief.
-time skip-
After some arguing and a little coercion, Naruto agreed to the demands. What he hadn't been expecting was to be strapped to a chair and have odd look device placed on his head that made him look a sify nut, the thing looked like it was going to electrocute him for Kami's sake! It didn't help that the kunoichi that was putting the thing on him gave him a wide, toothy grin as she finished adjusting it.
She had black hair that had violet tint to it that was styled in a short, spiky, fanned-ponytail, light brown, pupil-less eyes. She was wearing a mesh body suit that did very little to hide her ample DD bust. Over this she was wearing a tan overcoat with a purple in-seam, a dark orange mini-skirt and pale grey shin guards. Her bangs covered the metal plate of her hitai-ate, she was also wearing a small pendant that resembled a snake fang. She also wore a dark blue belt around her waist that connects to her skirt that has an appendage-like sash.
"So, what is this thing supposed to do exactly, Anko?" The teen asked, a nervous break in his voice near the end.
"You're going to think about what happened when Gohan died and this is going to project your thoughts for all to see on that." The kunoichi replied as she stepped back and gestured towards a large TV screen while flashing the martial artist a smile that was a mile wide, "It's perfectly safe, just don't move too much." A mischievous glint shown in her eyes before she went to stand by the Head of the Konoha Torture and Interrogation Force.
"Uzumaki-Son Naruto, you're innocence is in question regarding the death of Gohan Son, is there anything you would like to confess?" The woman asked as she addressed the teen. She was very tall, standing a good 6'3', had a muscular frame as well as large DD cup breasts. Her was face rugged and scarred, yet it didn't do much to hide her beauty and she had hard eyes that could cause even the toughest kunoichi to sing like a canary. She was wearing a darker version of the standard uniform of the Intelligence Division, along with a black trench coat and gloves that really sent home the intimidation factor.
All the teen could do was shake his head as he feared if he did open his mouth the sound that would come out would be akin to that of a small, furry animal.
Small arcs of electricity danced along the wires connecting to the device as a light began to shine on the TV screen.
-flashback/projection-
A twelve year old Naruto laughed as he hanged from a tree by his knees. His laughter was matched by the laugh/cries of his new friend Upa who was dangling from Naruto's hands.
"L-let me down!" The younger kid shouted loudly.
"Naruto." Gohan called out as he gave a mirthful laugh, how wonderful it is to be young.
The red head smiled as he let go of Upa. The native child let out a loud scream as he began to flail his arms wildly as he started to succumb to the force of gravity. Naruto pulled himself up and over the tree branch before he propelled himself downward. As soon as he landed, Naruto angled himself and caught the falling kid on his shoulders.
"Why did you do that?!" The native exclaimed as he pounded his small fists onto Naruto's head. What type of person drops a child out of a tree?
The boy in question gave a wide smile that made him look very fox like, "You didn't get hurt, did you?" Naruto replied as he began to run around with Upa on his shoulders. The younger boy let out a cry of alarm as he wrapped his arms around Naruto's head.
Bora gave a loud laugh, "It's good to see the young enjoying themselves, don't you agree?"
The aged man nodded as he drank from a cup of tea. A distant sound caused the old martial artist to turn his gaze up to the sky as he frowned. Soon a figure began to appear and quickly approached the camp. It was a man riding a segment of a pillar. Gohan's eyes widen in shock as realization dawned on him, "Naruto, Upa, get over here!" He shouted out, but it was too late.
The pillar crashed into the ground and a large cloud of dust and debery was formed.
"Well, if it isn't the great Son Gohan. I guess that buffoon was right to be worried." The man said as the dust cleared. The man had long black hair tied into a braid, a thin mustache, small, beady eyes, and a pointed nose. He was wearing a pink chang pao with the kanji kill on the front with a dark blue martial artist's outfit underneath and black shoes.
"Tao Pai Pai." The elderly man replied as he stood and assumed a fighting stance.
Naruto and Upa began to make their way to the old martial arts and the native man, but where stopped when Tao turned his gaze onto them. The two children trembled as the assassin smirked slightly.
"I didn't think you would take a child into your care," Tao said as he dismounted from the pillar, "at least one that has zero talent."
A tick mark formed on Naruto's forehead at the insult, "Say a crazy man that rides columns through the sky!" He shot back.
"Seems the brat has some backbone!" The killer chuckled as he flipped his braid over his shoulder.
"What do you want?" Gohan demanded from the madman.
"The dragonball that you have." Tao replied in a businesslike manner, "My employer is collecting them and you have the last one."
"Whoever was desperate enough to hire you isn't someone that should have them"
Tao smirked as he dropped into a fighting stance. For a second the two martial artist stared each other down before they vanished in a blur. Gohan side stepped a pressure point strike and countered with heel palm to the taller man's middle. Tao grunted from the blow and retaliated with a knee to the old man's chin. The force from the blow jerked Gohan's head back and he was thrown into the air and flew thirty feet before crashing into the ground. As the old man pulled himself up Tao rushed him and unleashed a barrage of unrelenting punches before Gohan grabbed hold of his right fist and pulled the assassin into a punch across the face.
"Not as strong as I though." Tao spoke as he wiped some blood from his lip, a smirk forming on his face.
A pained gasp escaped Gohan as he dropped to one knee and clutched at his heart, 'D-danm, not know!' He thought as he struggled to get to his feet. He gritted his teeth as tightly clenched his fists, "Raw strength doesn't always guaranty victory."
"True," the assassin replied as he vanished before reappearing in front of the wrinkled man with his knee buried in Gohan's gut, "your level of skill is laughable as well!" The kame student coughed up a mouthful of blood as he fell to his hands and knees.
"And here I thought you would be something more." Tao scoffed as pointed his right index finger at the back his adversary's head, "Die, Son Gohan."
"Leave my grandpa alone!" Naruto shouted out as he rushed the assassin. Tao smirked at the kid before taking aim and firing. A yellow beam of energy shoot out from his finger and raced towards the boy that had just started to realize what was happening. It seemed that the idiotic kid was doomed until a red blur appeared behind him and snatched him out of the beams path.
"What?!" Tao as he realized that Gohan had also vanished. The fool was on his deathbed, where did he go?! Tao spun around when he felt the sensation of being a deer caught in a trucks headlight. Sure enough the same red blur smashed into him. The assassin's eyes widened as he saw who had attacked him, 'How?!' Tao thought as he was thrown back several dozen feet and into a tree with enough force to smash straight through and into another. As the battered assassin slowly pushed himself up he saw Gohan gasping for breath as he favored his right leg.
"What was that about skill?" The old man called out as a half-smile formed on his lips.
Tao rubbed his nose and winced as a sharp pain shot through his nerves, "D-damn you?!" The man yelled out as he pointed his index finger at the man, "Dodonpa!" He yelled out as he fired another energy beam.
The old man rolled to his right just as the dodonpa was about to pierce through his chest, "Ka me ha me," the martial artist chanted as he cupped his hands to his side.
"Just die!" Tao roared as he fired another energy beam.
"HA!" Gohan called out as he thrusted his cupped hands forward and unleashed a large blue beam of power that raced forward to meet the dodonpa. As two energy beams collided Gohan gritted his teeth, the wrinkled martial artist knew that the kamehameha was weaker than the dodonpa and it was only a matter of time before his attack gave out.
"This is your end!"
Gohan gathered his power and prayed that his body would hold out, "Kaio-Ken!" He shouted as his body was engulfed in a red flame like aura as his power increased to new heights. The kamehameha grew as well, nearly doubling as it overwhelmed Tao's energy beam and smashed into the assassin with frightening speed and force. A deafening explosion resounded through the area for miles, causing birds to take to the sky as they tweeted in pure terror. "Still got it." Gohan laughed lightly before he gritted his teeth in pain as he dropped to his knees. He really had pushed it the very limit.
"That was amazing, Oji-chan," Naruto exclaimed in a awed voice as he ran up to the old martial artist, "you got to teach me how to do that red flame thing! With that I'll be stronger than even the Hokage!" The boy was jumping up and down as he begged his adopted grandfather to teach him the super cool move.
"Easy, Naruto," Gohan said as he patted the child's shoulder, "the 'red flame thing' is something that I haven't even finished it yet."
The red hair child pouted as he crossed his arms, "But I want be super strong!"
Gohan chuckled at the kid as he slowly stood up and turned to find that Upa and his Father were hiding behind a large boulder with stunned expersion on their faces, "It's all righ-" He began but was cut off when Tao's voice rang out.
"DODONPA!"
The old martial artist spun around just in time to have the super-heated yellow beam pierce through his left shoulder. The force of the beam threw the martial artist back into a large tree.
"Grandpa!" Naruto yelled out as he ran towards his fallen grandfather only to be stopped as the ground in front of him was blasted.
"You're not moving an inch!" Tao seethed as he stepped out of the large smoke cloud. His body was covered in cuts and gashes as well as most of his clothing being torn up. The assassin snapped his head toward Gohan and glared daggers at him, "You ruined my favorite shirt!"
Gohan leaned on the tree as he stood up and laughed lightly, "W-well, I say it would be an improvement, but now you look like you got beat by a swarm of moths."
Tao trembled in rage as he clenched his fists so tight his nails cut the skin and blood flowed from his palms. How could he, Tao Pai Pai, be reduced to such a state by a man like him? It was just unbelievably! The assassin growled lightly as he began to levitate.
Gohan's smile vanished as he watched with both amazement and terror as Tao floated a good thirty feet in the air. He knew the tsuru assassin was deadly, but the ability to fly? That was something from the time of Piccolo Daimaō! His fears grew as he watched Tao form a tringle with his hands and aimed at him.
The red flames erupted around Gohan as he stood fully and challenged the assassin to fire, 'Just have to hold until he strikes.' He thought as he felt his body screaming in protest from the consistent abuse it was taking.
Tao narrowed his eyes as he smirked lightly, "Kikoho!" He exclaimed as he directed his aim towards Naruto. A bright beam shot from Tao's hands and shot to the kid that was stuck in place from fear. Gohan panicked as he rushed to save Naruto, "Dodonpa!" Tao shot his energy beam into Gohan's back, taking away his energy field, 'Protect yourself now!' The assassin though.
The kame martial artist didn't even notice the dodonpa strike him as he got in the path of Tao's Kikoho. A blinding flash engulfed the area as well as a thunderous explosion as the powerful energy attack connected. Tao dropped to the ground and put his hands on his kness, "That took more than I thought, but they're both dead now!" He laughed to himself. Ashe laughed he noticed a form still standing in the smoke, "W-what?!"
Gohan was standing on shake legs as he gazed with half lidded eyes at the assassin before he fell to his knees, "Grandpa!" Narutp cried out as he stared at the old man's back.
"Sorry, Naruto." Gohan said in a low voice as he fell forward.
The red haired child trembled as he crawled to his grandfather's side and began to shake him lightly, "No, I won't lose you!" He cried as tears began to run down his whiskered cheeks, "Your all I have, you can't leave me!" He started to hit the old man's body, trying to get him to respond before he collapsed atop him and began to sob hard.
"Your too weak, boy!" Tao called out as he straightened himself and began to walk towards them, "Too naïve about the real world and its lesson: only the strong survive and the weak exist only to feed them!" He sneered at the pathetic whelp as he stood a few meters from them, "I'll give you a chance to live, hand me the dragonball now!"
Naruto slowly stood as he continued to cry, "Y-you took away my oji-chan." He whispered as he clenched his fists tightly.
Tao tilted his head in confusion at the boy, "Has the shock dulled your brain, hand me the dragonball!" He demanded as he took a threatening step towards the boy. His eyes widened in shock as he saw that the boy's eyes had changed to crimson slits as well as bloodshot. A red aura began to bubble around Naruto, almost as if it was coming from himself.
"What is this?!"
"I'm going to kill you!" Naruto roared in demonic voice.
Got done with this far quicker than normal, not sure if that is a good thing.
I hope I made Tao's and Gohan's fight good. I know that when we saw Gohan fight in the anima Goku had already gotten stronger than Tao and Gohan was match for Goku, but I needed a way to kill Gohan off before Naruto got back to the elemental nations. The reason Gohan was weaker was because he wasn't immortal like Roshi, Shin and Tao are and his body was starting to fail him. I also decided to Have Gohan invent the kaio-ken because I like the technique and having Gohan create it seemed like a cool idea.
Gohan wasn't wished back was because that his body gave out rather than die at the hands of Tao. Shenron can't wish someone that died of natural causes so he is stuck in the afterlife.
This was also the first time that Naruto used the kyuubi's power in a fit of pure rage and I think this is an ok situation for him to use it.
DeschenesB: Thanks for the idea!
Apedreitor: I'm sorry, but I can't find the grammar problems that you said. I did butcher Roshi's name, that I did!
55: Thanks for the idea, but Naruto in cannon isn't the type of person to hold a grudge so I don't think I'll be going down that path. But thanks for the idea!
Rebmul: Thanks, can be tricky to deal with plot holes that spring up and bite ya in the ass! I may have them have that kind of relationship, or maybe I just like to mess with the little creature in my web of darkness!
Jeirin: Yeah, it's hard to make a good story where Naruto reconnects with his family that has abandoned him. And I'm not going to have any sayian's in this story, it's a DB crossover and I think I did a decent bit with the Dragon Ball world here. Thanks and I hope that you like this chapter!
Zero Phantasm: Thanks! I thought about putting it in the DBZ section just so more people would see it, but that would be lying about the story and I'm not going to do that. Yeah, it's really hard to keep things reasonable considering I don't have any experience with this type of family problem myself.
That's the most I made when it came to mistakes from what I saw, but it's my story and I'm going to be biased. Out of curiosity I looked up that song and OMG. I only know DB from reading the manga so that song was new to me! He will use some of the old school moves during his fights and I hadn't given Mai a thought, but I like the idea and now going to have her in the harem.
Bigun03: Thanks!
animemaster5724: Thank you! I'm glad I'm breaking the mold and making readers happy and I hope you continue to enjoy my work!
DragonPony022: Thanks!
SonJubbi: Glad you liked it and hope you enjoy this chapter!
Facebreaker17: Thanks and I hope you like this as well!
NacNak: I laughed loudly reading your comment! I hope you enjoy the chapter!
Guest: DBZ abridge is slowly over taking the cannon for me. Nappa shall never be the same again!