Disclaimer: I do not own Dragon Ball Z, or Naruto. They are owned by Akira Toriyama and Masashi Kishimoto respectively. I do not claim to own anything in this story.


A warehouse with grey exterior walls and a darker grey roof was located in the middle of a city. The city wasn't big enough as some other cities, but it wasn't too small to be considered a town or a village. Within the city, many people crossed roads, drove in cars, jumped over the rooftops and some even flew in the air using their own powers. Despite all this, it was a fairly quiet city; it never got much representation in any newspaper - the only way people knew about this locale was via word of mouth.

Inside was a Saiyan with orange gi and tidy, yet pointed hair. This particular warrior appeared to hold a ton of potential and seemed to be declining in power within recent years; how this is possible is unexplainable. Next to him was a Ninja from Konohagakure Village, a teen with spiky hair and Chunin attire. He seemed to be able to hold his own, but also seemed particularly lazy and uninterested in many things.

What was strange about these two is that they were not meant to be in the warehouse, filming for the television show. Originally, it was supposed to be a Namekian and a white-haired Ninja from Konoha to be the two presenters. What happened here?

"Heya, my name's Son Gohan," the Saiyan, revealed to be named Gohan, introduced. He pointed a finger towards his weaker, more versatile companion.

"And I'm Shikamaru Nara. Boy, why do we have to do this? It's such a drag," Shikamaru lamented. "Why couldn't Kakashi and Piccolo do this one themselves?"

"Don't you remember? They told us they were busy with something and couldn't take the episode, that's why they got us to stand in. Mr. Piccolo and Kakashi are our friends, we should be able to do anything for them."

"Oh right...I almost forgot. So, shall we get underway?"

Gohan nodded. "Shikamaru and I will be replacing Piccolo and Kakashi for this one episode. Next time, it'll be back to them. However, today, we're gonna talk about what would happen if I turned into a Super Saiyan during the fight with Nappa. This is an interesting one."

"You turning into one of those gold-haired guys as a kid? That's absurd, everyone else in your series either went through rigorous training or a heart-breaking incident in order to reach that level. Why would you turn into one at that time?"

"You're forgetting that Mr. Piccolo gave his life to protect me from Nappa's attack. That could have been enough to push me to the Super Saiyan level. I will agree that it sounds completely ridiculous, but that's besides this show's point - we're here to analyse any situation from any series, be it ridiculous or not."

"Fair point. Now, if you had transformed, would you even beat Nappa?"

"I'm not sure. Probably? I think I coulda held my own against Saibamen and since they share their power with Raditz, that means I may have been able to defeat Raditz. I've seen some sources that say that the Super Saiyan state increases the user's strength by fifty and if that were true, that means I'd be around Frieza's level in his first form. We all know that Frieza, even in his base form, is way stronger than Nappa; I'm guessing this means I'd be able to beat Nappa and even Vegeta."

"It's difficult to say. We don't really know how powerful you would be in that form, so you could succeed, or you could lose. It is impossible for us to tell." At this point, Shikamaru shrugged. "Is there anything else you'd like to discuss?"

"Not really. You can end the episode, if ya want."

Shikamaru smiled. "Thanks," he replied, turning to the camera. "This has been a special episode of Piccolo and Kakashi on Theories - Gohan and Shikamaru on Theories. However, it'll probably be the only one, so it's goodbye from me..."

"...And me," Gohan chipped in.

"Kakashi and Piccolo will see you next time."

With that, the episode ended, prompting Gohan and Shikamaru to return to whatever they were doing prior to filming.


Author Notes: My first chapter of any fan-fic in a while. I had a bit of a writer's block dry spell, and it was exam period at my school just now. Luckily, all that's over, meaning I'll be able to update this and Luster the Cat regularly again. I can't speak for procrastination, though.