Legacy of Heroes

by Cmartin-Panda Productions

Minato Namikaze. Son Goku. These two are known to be heroes of their own realms, but what happens when the eldest son of Goku and his friend Videl encounter the son of Minato in the world of Shinobi with no way home? (AU. Non-canon mostly. Saiyan Videl. Stronger and slightly smarter Naruto. Stronger and useful Sakura. More confident Gohan. M for Adult Content, language and gore.)

25. Chapter 25: Finals Naruto vs Freeza

Author's Note from Panda: Ho-lee SHIT. How many chapters did it take us to get to this point? How many months of writing, delays, and everything else? I can only hope that it'll all be worth it and live up to the hype. That it'll be a chapter that all of you will enjoy. But at the end of the day, this chapter is our baby, mine and Cmartin's, so we will love it unconditionally and we hope you do too.

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Morning on the final day. Our heroes step on the fields of the arena like the Knights of yore.

Whis steps into the middle of the arena and taps his microphone.

"Ladies and gentlemen, souls and demons, are you ready TO GET OUT OF HELL?!"

The crowd roared in response.

"So this is it. The final battle." Tsunade said. She had invited the friends and family of those in hell to the top of the Hokage tower to watch the end of the tournament.

"Looks like it." Jiraiya said as he snacked on hors d'oeuvres. "So glad I cut my 'research trip' short."

"Perv..." Videl grumbled.

"I'm really worried about Sakura..." Mebuki said in a worried tone.

"She'll be fine. She's not fighting in this, although I'm sure she'd do well." Kakashi said.

Meanwhile, Gohan was having a conversation with Inoichi and Hirashi.

"As hard as I struggled with Cell, I was absolutely floored with the fact Lee was able to take him down." Gohan said.

"I know how hard of a time you had with that creature when I peered into your mind. I will say that you fought well despite your loss." Inoichi said.

"How goes training to be a shinobi?" Hiashi asked.

"So far, good. I'm having a hard time with the transformation jutsu though."

"It's not hard if you can the basics of chakra down." Inoichi said.

"Right." Then a thought occurred to him. "Is it possible to turn into animals?"

"Completely, so long as it is within your size range." Inoichi said. "You couldn't transform into a Tailed Beast or a mouse. But things like wolves and other humans are completely possible."

"I see... so I guess transforming into an eagle for recon isn't possible I assume."

"Well no not really. But with you training everyone here I'm sure you could add flying to that." Hiashi said.

"True, I can if that's something they want. Sakura is working on that right now, actually."

"Well then. After she is finished, I want you to train Hinata." Hiashi said seriously.

'You know I transformed into a cloud for my mission with team 7, right?' Videl thought.

'Right, hold on.' "Hinata? Well sure, if she wants to."

"She won't have a choice. She is going to train to fly." Hiashi said firmly.

Gohan frowned. "If she doesn't want to learn, I'm not going to force her."

"I will force her then. I'll not have my daughter fall behind her peers any further."

"You forget, Videl and I are the ones here who know how to fly. If we train her, it's going to be of her own free will. Not because someone is making her." Gohan said firmly.

"My will is her will. I am her father." Hiashi stated.

"And that's fine, but to force her to do something she doesn't want to do isn't right. I know, I went through it too. My mother made me study endlessly and I hated every minute of it. It made me miserable, but I did it because it made her happy and while my dad wanted me to train and do fun things with me, he supported my mother and me. But you know what? It's a right to have the freedom of choice, not a privilege."

"He's got a point, Hiashi." Inoichi said.

"Inoichi, I do not meddle in how you raise your daughter. I would expect the same kindness from you."

Inoichi bit his tounge and nodded.

"As for you, Son. If you are looking for compensation I will gladly pay. You need not insult my honor." Hiashi said.

"While we need the money, it's not about that. You say I'm insulting your honor, well, what about Hinata's? Or mine for that matter? Forcing her to do something she doesn't want to do and expecting me to train someone against their will is insulting to me. And then you insult me further by paying me to force Hinata to train." Gohan scowled.

Hinata then put her hand on Gohan's shoulder.

"I appreciate what you're trying to do, but I want to train." She said before frowning at her father. "Not because someone wants me to."

"Are you sure? It won't be easy." Gohan informed, but Hinata smiled.

"I've already trained in 100 times gravity so I know what to expect. I'm looking forward to your training."

"There you have it." Hiashi said as he turned to rejoin his wife.

"Well, alright. If that's what you want. Since Sakura is in Hell, we can get started whenever you're ready." Gohan said.

"As soon as the tournament ends we can start." Hinata said.

"Sounds good."

Back in Hell, Whis had finished warming up the crowd as the two teams gathered before him on the stadium floor. Team Freeza, standing tall and proud; and Team Sasuke, standing like they had just spent all of last night fighting an Ascended Super Saiyan and being revived by senzu beans over and over again.

"From Universe 7, the tyrannical emperor once bent on galactic conquest Freeza and his elite group of warriors the Ginyu Force!" Whis listed off. Directing everyone's attention towards the six aliens standing on one side of the arena.

"Finally, we have the living wonders from Universe 24, the tried and true Ninjas who have ceaselessly wowed us, Team Sasuke!"

The crowd roared with approval. Both in Hell and in the Leaf village, these boys had become heroes. So no one questioned it when they were seen carrying an unconscious Naruto on their shoulders.

Whis raised a quizzical eyebrow. "Is he okay?"

"He will join the fight shortly but he's doing some last minute preparations." Sakura replied.

"Well fine, if he wants to sleep in, by all means..." Whis said dismissively.

"Will he even wake up in time?" Choji asked.

"I'm not certain. You guys take your matches and I'll work on getting him ready." Sakura instructed.

"So the plan amounts to us buying time for fox boy over here to finish his training and fight Freeza?" Kiba asked.

"Pretty much, yea."

"Yea that figures..." Shikamaru sighed.

"Well, we can take solace in the fact that death isn't really all that bad." Neji said as Lee nodded.

"Yeah, only if we lose then we'll never see our loved ones again and will spend 100 years in Hell." Shikamaru reminded them.

"Wait, what?!" Sakura exclaimed.

'That reminds me...' Gohan thought as he tried to reach out to his father mentally.

"That's the penalty we face if we lose the final match." Shikamaru said.

"Shit..." Sakura cursed before looking to Naruto. 'You better win...please...'

Naruto on his part didn't respond. He was still deep in meditation with the Kyuubi.

"Don't worry Sakura-chan. My son will pull through." Kushina reassured her.

"I hope so...the last thing I want is for any of you to die, but Naruto...I couldn't live without him..."

Minato put a comforting hand on Sakura's shoulder. "You won't lose him. I promise you that much."

"I don't know. Maybe I want Naruto all for myself for a few years." Kushina said.

"W-what...? But... I..." Sakura stammered.

"Kushina..." Minato stated firmly.

"But nothing, Minato... We've missed almost 16 years of his life. I can't just let go of my baby after we get to see him after all this time..." Kushina cried.

"We knew that when we sacrificed ourselves for him. Don't take it out on Sakura. Especially since she's a part of the life we gave to Naruto." Minato reminded her.

"But...but he's our baby..."

"And Sakura is his first love. Do you really want to break them apart? As much as you want our family to live on through him? No teasing meant, Sakura."

"No I understand, I do." Sakura waved off.

"Ahem." Whis coughed. "If you don't mind, we'd like to get this underway."

"Right, my apologies." Minato said.

"Alright! The first match will now get underway! Teams, send forward your fighters!" Whis shouted into the microphone.

"Guldo, you're up first." Freeza ordered.

"Right, Lord Freeza." Guldo said as he stepped forward while the rest of his team descended back into their box. The barrier surrounding the platform then glowed green, indicating that one fighter had been chosen and no soul from his team could enter until he was the victor or the defeated.

"So, who wants to go first?" Neji asked.

"Why not you?" Kiba suggested.

Neji shrugged. "I suppose I could."

"Alright. Go get'em tiger." Kiba slapped him on the back.

"Alright folks! Let's get it started with the first match! Team Freeza and Team Sasuke have sent out their two fighters for the first round. Meaning this match will be Guldo of Team Freeza vs. Neji from Team Sasuke!" Whis cheered, sparking a roar among the crowd.

"Guldo is a member of the elite Frost Empire squad, the Ginyu Force. And Neji is a Jounin from the Hidden Leaf village. It's difficult to say which fighter has a clear advantage. One thing is for certain though, this promises to be a short match!"

"Very funny!" Guldo protested.

"Thank you. ARE THE FIGHTERS READY?!" Whis called.

"Let's do this." Neji said simply.

"I'm ready." Guldo said.

"Alright; GULDO VS. NEJI, BEGIN!"

"Byakugan!" Neji exclaimed as he activated his clans Kekkei Genkai.

He scanned Guldo's chakra network to see that he was indeed an alien. He didn't have Gohan and Videl's double chakra network, so he wouldn't be on the level of a Saiyan, but now Neji didn't have a real reference of his power or what his abilities were.

"And just what is that supposed to do?" Guldo taunted.

"Tell me what your abilities are and I'll tell you what mine are." Neji stated.

Guldo, being the weak idiot he is, decided to oblige. "Simply. I can stop time itself." Guldo smirked.

"Really?" Neji said raising his eyebrow. "And how do you do that?"

"Just watch and find out."

"You don't want to tell me?" Neji inquired.

"It would be too difficult for your puny mind to understand."

"True, but perhaps you could find a way to explain it simply using your brilliant mind." Neji said, laying on the flattery thick.

"Well... If you must know..." Guldo started. "All I do is form a certain thought in my head and-"

"GULDO! ZIP IT!" Ginyu scolded.

"What?! I was just telling him-"

"You're telling your enemy your secrets, you idiot! Now shut up!"

"Ump!" Guldo zipped it. Until he remembered something.

"Hey, you said that you'd tell me what your eyes did if I told you my abilities. Now spill!" He demanded.

"Alright fine! My Byakugan are used to see through illusions and copy ninjutsu. So if you use any chakra or jutsu, I'll know about it and can counter any techniques you use." Neji lied.

"Then I guess it's a good thing I don't know what those are." Guldo smirked.

"Damn, you foiled me, you clever bastard!" Neji cried.

"You might as well give up now!" Guldo laughed.

"What do you think, Shikamaru?" Choji asked.

"First impressions? He's an idiot and a cocky one at that." Shikamaru said.

"And how do to you Neji will fair against this guy?" Kiba asked.

"Honestly? Neji has already won." Shikamaru said. "He already has this idiot believing that his Byakugan acts like a Sharingan."

"Yes, but will that be enough?" Choji wondered skeptically.

In the arena, Neji was the first to charge at his opponent. Guldo sent out a Ki blast towards Neji who dodged it and the second volley Guldo blasted at him.

"Uh oh." Guldo said as Neji was almost on top of him. Then, "TIME FREEZE!" Guldo exclaimed as he shot his hands forward. Time froze in that instant and he quickly got out of the way and onto the other side of the ring. In that moment, he let out a huge breath and released his technique, returning the flow of time to normal.

Neji stumbled when he realized that his opponent had vanished into thin air and reappeared on the opposite side of the arena. No, not vanished, he had cast no hand signs and his energy did not gather into one location. He had been in one place and then another without Neji noticing. He truly had stopped time.

Neji turned around to face his opponent who had already lifted up two massive boulders using his telekinesis.

"Suck on this!" Guldo cried as he threw one of the boulders directly at Neji. The Hyuga prodigy stood his ground and aimed a palm thrust directly at the incoming projectile. Smashing it into pebbles and leaving Neji completely unharmed.

"WHAT?!" Guldo exclaimed.

Neji sprints through the waning dust cloud and makes a beeline for Guldo. His Byakugan ready to spot him wherever he runs off to.

"Oh crap. TIME FREEZE!" Guldo shouted as he used his time freezing ability again, this time stopping time just as a blow was mere inches away from him. Again, he ran away to the other end of the arena.

Again, Neji skidded to a halt as he saw through his Byakugan that Guldo's second boulder was coming right at him from behind. Neji sidestepped the boulder as gracefully as running water. Allowing it to hit the wall of the stadium where an invisible magic barrier shattered the boulder on impact.

"Impossible! How did you see that coming?!" Guldo cried.

"My eyes can see into the future." Neji lied. "They have shown me your defeat at my hands."

"You lie!" Guldo gulped.

"Prove to me that I'm wrong." Neji taunted.

"Grrrrr... I'll teach you not to make fun of me! GAAAAHHH!" Guldo shouted as he captured Neji in his paralysis technique.

'Shit!' Neji thought. He couldn't move.

"Hahaha! Now what will you do?!" Guldo laughed as he picked up another boulder and shaped it into a spike. "You best think of something quick before I skewer you."

Neji closed his eyes in concentration. He couldn't move his body, not an inch. Gai-sensei always told him that when you were out of moves, you had to invent your own. A fat lot of good advice that was. He had the entire Hyuga clan's arsenal of techniques but they were all physical and required movement. Besides, the closest technique he had to get him out of this would be the Rotation, and it too required him to spin his body for the chakra to...

Neji's mind flashed back to a memory of him watching Gohan's transformation and what effect that had on his chakra network. It was like he focused all his energy inside of him to build and build until finally it exploded outwards.

The Hyuga prodigy focused his chakra inside his body, not letting it get anywhere near the surface of his skin. Instead he had it circulate throughout him. Building up speed as it raced along his chakra network. Neji could feel himself becoming extremely warm as the chakra built up inside him with nowhere to go until.

"Static Rotation!" Neji shouted as his chakra burst out of his every pore in the same way it did with the Rotation. Except it was the chakra itself, not Neji's momentum, that turned it into a rotating sphere. The chakra exploded out and knocked Guldo flat on his back while destroying his sharpened boulder.

"W-what?! But, nobody has broken my paralysis! Not even that bald guy and that kid!" Guldo exclaimed.

"They're not... (gasp) me..." Neji wheezed. As it turns out, there was a reason you didn't allow so much chakra pressure to build up inside you for even brief periods of time. It felt like Neji's entire body had been filled with hot air and released all at once through his pores. Every inch of him hurt, but Neji would not let this opportunity go to waste.

He charged at the fat green alien, determined to shut down his chakra points and win the match. Guldo however wasn't in as bad of shape as Neji was and stood up to defend himself. The two of them exchanged blows for quick second. Guldo just barely keeping up enough to block Neji's onslaught. Neji on the other hand managed to land fire direct hits on Guldo's chakra nods before Guldo could leap away. Enough to take Guldo's right arm out of the match for good.

"GAH! What have you done to me?!"

"I struck the nerve clusters in your arm. You may use that arm again, but for the next week, no strength in Heaven will help you lift that arm." Neji said as he dropped into his 8 Trigram 64 Palms stance.

'I'm done for! I used up too much energy to stop time again! I'm Finished!' Guldo thought in fear.

"8 Trigrams; 64 Palms!" Neji shouted as he started his assault on Guldo.

"2 Palms!" Neji shouted as he struck two chakra points on Guldo's chest.

"4 Palms!" He cried as he struck 4 more along Guldo's arms.

"6 Palms!"

"8 Palms!"

"16 Palms!"

"32 Palms!" Guldo was a mess of internal injuries. Neji took the final stance in his clan's most infamous dance.

"64 PALMS!" Neji shouted as Guldo was knocked back a dozen yards by the accumulative force of the blows. The 4 eyed alien lay flat on his back, unable to move even a pink finger in retaliation.

"GULDO IS UNABLE TO FIGHT! NEJI WINS!" The announcer shouted, much to the Ginyu Force's shock.

"I didn't even see him move..." Jiece gasped out.

"What did he do to Guldo?" Burter wondered.

"Pathetic." Freeza stated bluntly.

"Yes... I agree, Lord Freeza... Perhaps I should have thought better on his application to join years ago..." Ginyu mused.

"Yes, and perhaps I should have long ago reconsidered you as Captain of my main guard." Freeza stated, his words cutting deep.

"L-Lord Freeza!"

"Oh spare me... Your men couldn't even stand up to a Human midget and a half monkey brat, let alone Vegeta and Goku."

"My Lord, I can offer no excuses! But we will succeed and grant you a spot in Heaven. This I swear!" Ginyu felt to his knees, begging for forgiveness.

"And if you don't, you can be sure that I'll see to it that you end up spending eternity in the Garden Chamber." Freeza threatened.

"Y-yes, my lord." Ginyu said nervously.

"Recoom! Get in there!" Ginyu ordered.

"Recoom will squash these puny bugs." Recoom smirked as he leaped up to the ring.

"Of course they would send out the biggest one." Sakura sighed.

"Guess that's my cue then." Choji said as he cracked his knuckles.

"Be careful, Choji. This guy looks tough." Sakura said with concern.

"Don't worry Sakura. I got Ino waiting for me at home. I'm not dying until I confess to her good and proper." Choji smirked as he stepped onto the platform, sealing him in.

In the Leaf, Ino felt her chest warm up.

The two fighters now stood before each other on the field of battle with Whis standing in between them.

"What kind of insult is this? Recoom has to fight a fat kid?" Recoom scoffed.

The others on Team Sasuke winced at that remark.

"He just pushed the fat button." Sakura said.

"He shouldn't of did that." Shikamaru added.

Choji had a tick mark on his forehead and his eyes went white with rage.

He cocked his fist back and expanded it to the size of a trailer.

"I'M NOT FAT!" He yelled as he punched at Recoom like a runaway train.

"GAAAH!" Recoom cried out as he skidded across the ring.

"Crikey! That kid has a power lever of 50,000!" Jeice exclaimed.

"I'M PLEASANTLY PLUMP!" Choji yelled as he slammed his enlarged heel down on Recoom, driving him right into the ground like a nail.

"That's impossible! Recoom is only at 45,000!" Ginyu exclaimed.

"Just like it was impossible for that Saiyan to do him in before?" Freeza scoffed.

Recoom staggered to his feet.

"I think Recoom may have chipped a tooth..." Recoom said.

He then glared at Choji. "Recoom is going to roll you like a ball, you morbidly obese doughnut."

"Roll me like a ball?" Choji raised his eyebrow.

Everyone in the Leaf gasped.

"Oooooo...hes gonna regret that one." Ino said.

Choji slapped his hands together into his clan's signature hand sign.

"Expansion jutsu!" He shouted as his entire torso inflated like a balloon, his limbs and head all disappearing inside his body until he was nothing more than a human pin ball. He spun faster and faster until he took off toward Recoom.

"Human Juggernaut technique!"

Choji slammed into Recoom, knocking him clear into the air.

Recoom just smirked. "Recoom Eraser Gun!" He shot out a large pink beam of energy at Choji from his mouth.

The beam just bounced off Choji's rapidly rotating body.

"What!?" Recoom yelled before feeling another impact.

Recoom crashed to the ground with a bone crushing impact.

Choji followed up by landing directly on the large man's back, causing Recoom to yell out in pain.

"Oooo... he's gonna feel that one..." Sakura winced.

"I think he's feeling it now." Kushina said.

Freeza growled. "Ginyu, your forces are embarrassing me again."

Ginyu gulped. "P-please forgive me, Lord Freeza!" He begged.

"Stop your sniveling, Ginyu. You can make this up to me by winning your match. At least then I'll know your team isn't completely worthless."

"Yes my Lord." Ginyu bowed. That's when Freeza stepped forward. "Recoom surrenders." Freeza announced.

Whis held up his hand to signal the fighters to stop. Choji and Recoom then literally froze in place, Choji in mid bounce. Recoom looked up from his latest round of beating at his master.

"My Lord?"

"Your fight is over." Freeza said firmly.

"But...my lord, I can beat-"

"No you can't. His power lever is over 50,000. He could beat you at any moment. Now, step down."

"Ugh...yes my Lord... I surrender." Recoom said with his head bowed in shame.

Whis released his power and the two fighters dropped down to the ground. They both looked at each other before returning to their respective boxes.

"Nice going Choji." Shikamaru said as he patted his best friend on the back.

"He called me fat." Choji said simply.

"Yeah well, did you see the way he turned tail when his master called for him?" Kiba said. "He looked like a whipped dog- BOOM!

Everyone's heads turned around to see the large hole in the side of Team Freeza's box. Where the three remaining members of the Ginyu force looked on in horror.

"This is the WORST insult to me since that miserable Saiyan bested me! How can you lot call yourself MY soldiers?!" Freeza yelled.

"He didn't..." Choji stuttered.

At Freeza's feet was a burnt Recoom laying on the ground.

"Do you lot have any idea how embarrassed you made me right now?!" Freeza yelled.

"M-my Lord...please..." Ginyu begged.

"Stow it!" Freeza barked. "You are going to un-fuck this situation now, or I will make certain that your eternity here will be as miserable as possible!"

"Yes my Lord!" Ginyu scampered off to the platform.

"Shit...Freeza sent out his best man..." Sakura said with concern.

"I'll go then." Shikamaru volunteered.

Sakura then handed him a senzu bean. "Take it only when you need it and be careful."

"Thanks." Shikamaru said as he pocketed the bean.

"Good luck." Choji said.

Shikamaru pounded Choji's fist before stepping up to the platform.

"Alright... Third match of the finals between the Captain of the Ginyu Force, Captain Ginyu, and the Chunin and strategist of Team Sasuke, Shikamaru Nara! Are both contestants ready?" Whis yelled.

Ginyu cracked his neck while Shikamaru stretched his legs.

"Ready." They both responded.

"Third match, BEGIN!"

Instantly, both fighters clashed into a fury of blows, sending shockwaves into the air with each connection.

"Damn...Shikamaru got good." Ino stated in awe.

"Has he?" Temari asked.

"Before Gohan's training, he was nowhere near this fast. I can't even keep up with him."

"Yeah, he's definitely gotten..." Temari got a glimpse of Shikamaru's flexing muscles mid punch. "...stronger."

Videl saw this and smirked. "Checking him out again?"

"Yea..." Temari replied absentmindedly.

That's when the fan mistress realized what she said.

"U-uh...I-I mean..."

Ino and Videl giggled.

"Relax, it's no secret you like him, plus he obviously wants to be with you." Ino said.

"Says who?" She sighed.

"Your actions for one, plus what Shikamaru said over the sphere." Videl said simply.

"I don't know what you're talking about." Temari said dismissively. Ino and Videl just rolled their eyes.

"Stop lying, Temari." A deep, yet soft voice sounded behind them. They turned around and Ino's jaw hit the ground.

"L-lord Kazekage?!" Ino exclaimed before bowing.

"Who?" Videl asked.

Ino grabbed Videl to make her bow. "Temari's brother and the Sand village's equivalent to the Hokage." Ino hastily whispered at Videl.

"Ah, Lord Kazekage, what a pleasant surprise. I wasn't expecting you at all." Lady Tsunade greeted him courteously.

"I had gotten an invitation with your signature on it so I assumed you were the one who sent it." Gaara replied.

"I sent no such..." Tsunade was stopped when Shizune began whispering in her ear. "...mission cooperation...but I...and you didn't... My apologies Lord Kazekage. It seems with all this excitement going on I forgot about personally inviting you to the Leaf."

Gaara looked up at the Descry Sphere and saw Shikamaru and some weird looking guy fighting in a fierce match. "I can see this." Then Garra returned his gaze to Temari. "Your actions betray you, sister. Even I can see that you like this boy."

"Well you don't have to spell it out! His parents are RIGHT THERE!" She hissed.

Gaara just placed a hand on her shoulder. "All I want is to see you happy. If this boy is your source of happiness, then I approve." He said quietly.

Temari actually teared up at that statement. "What are you saying? You're my younger brother. What are you doing giving your blessings...?"

"Hey what about me? I'm her brother too, aren't I?" Kankuro jumped in.

"Our difference in age doesn't matter. What does matter is the difference between seeing you miserable and seeing you happy." Gaara wisely stated. "I saw you miserable once and I don't want to see that side of you again. You and Kankuro are my family first and foremost, making your health and happiness my top concern."

"Does this mean we get to decide on who gets to keep whom? Ooo I love these." Tsunade smirked. "Shizune, go fetch Shikaku Nara and his wife, they'll want a say in this."

"Wha-wait!" Temari exclaimed as her face flushed.

"A Nara? You didn't tell me he was of the Nara clan." Gaara said.

"You mean it's not obvious?" Tsunade asked as she pointed to the sphere.

"To be honest with you, it's hard to track his movements." Gaara replied.

Shikamaru then sent a powerful kick to Ginyu, sending him skidding across the ground. Then he formed the hand signs of one of his family's jutsus. "Shadow Stitching!"

Gaara smirked. "So he is. Who is he fighting and where?"

That is when Videl stepped in. "Would you believe that he is fighting down in Hell with Naruto to save the damned soul of Sasuke Uchiha?"

"Excuse me?" Gaara blinked.

"He's in the Afterlife and fighting deceased alien soldiers from an alternate dimension. The same one that I'm from." Videl said as she held out her hand. "Hi, Videl Satan. Genin and teammate to Naruto and Sakura."

"Ah, yes... I remember now. I met Gohan about starting his global peace keeping force. Gaara of the Desert." He introduced as he shook Videl's hand.

"Any friend of Naruto's is a friend of mine. As well as Sakura. Collectively the two of them saved mine and my brother's life. In more ways than one." Gaara said.

"I heard about that. That was actually shortly after we arrived that they went to save you." Videl said politely.

"Yes, but Naruto saved my life long before then. Back when we were all just Genin sent to destroy the Leaf village."

"Oh...right. I remember Sakura telling me about that." Videl said.

"Where is Sakura anyway?" Gaara asked.

"She's down in Hell with them. Naruto had fought Zabuza again and he was marked in critical condition after a near fatal blow." Videl explained.

"I see. Well I'm sure they'll be fine. And if not, well they're already in Hell." Gaara said in a rare demonstration of his humor. Just then, Shikamaru's parents arrived.

"Uh...yea..."

"Ah, Shikaku. Good to see you." Tsunade smiled.

"Likewise, thank you for inviting us, Lady Hokage. Lord Kazekage." Shikaku bowed respectively.

"Lord and Lady Nara." Garra greeted.

"Yes, what do we owe the pleasure?" Shikaku asked.

"I was also invited, but it seems that my sister and your son have formed an attachment of sorts." Gaara said.

"My little Shikamaru?" Yoshino asked, genuinely surprised that her son had grown attached to a girl without her knowing.

"Yes, it seems they are quite smitten with each other." Tsunade smiled.

"Ugh..." Temari groaned in embarrassment.

"I see. Well my son is the heir to our clan. One of the major ones of the Leaf. On top of that he is an expert strategist and as the Sphere shows a very powerful ninja." Shikaku opened negotiations.

"Yes, but Temari is also an expert strategist and a powerful shinobi of the Sand village. She is also my sister and one of the few family members I have left. On top of all that she has served as an excellent liaison between the Sand and the Leaf village. One I would not like to lose since I plan on keeping close ties with the Leaf in the foreseeable future." Gaara negotiated back.

"No one said that she still couldn't be." Tsunade said professionally. "If accepted, she can still remain as your liaison to the Leaf for the Sand."

"Yes, I'm afraid I would miss her if she were to move to the Leaf year-round though. Do you have any other children that might take up the mantle of clan leader should Shikamaru move to the Sand?" Gaara inquired.

"Afraid not. Shikamaru is our only child." Shikaku said.

"Well Temari is my only sister. We have neither cousins nor aunts and uncles to call our own. You do."

"I'm afraid we don't...not since the 9 tails attacked..." Shikaku said with a heavy heart.

"Also inaccurate. Our spies tell us that the Naras have many relatives closely related to the Head family." Gaara countered.

"Wait a minute, spies?" Tsunade questioned.

"Oh like you don't have spies in our village." Gaara said.

Tsunade shrugged. "Yes, it's true."

Shikaku sighed. "You are right...I have 5 potential heirs..."

"Well then negotiations fall back into our favor." Gaara said as he took a drink handed to him by one of the ANBU agents serving drinks.

"And I don't have a say in this?" Temari huffed.

All eyes turned to Temari. "For that matter, what about what Shikamaru wants? You all talk like we're already married! We haven't even gone on an official date yet and you're talking about living arrangements?!"

Gaara and the adults all looked at Temari, a bit ashamed of themselves. "Sorry sister, I was only looking out for you."

"For the record, I can look out for myself. We can discuss this when or IF that time comes!" Temari stated.

"Yes, I think that would be best." Yoshino agreed. "I'd rather watch my son fight now anyway."

"Agreed." Gaara said, in hopes of dropping the subject for now.

---

Back in Hell, the tides had turned against the Nara heir as he was now the punching bag for Ginyu.

"What happened to all of that spirit?! Fight me!" Ginyu barked as he continued to unleash ki blasts at Shikamaru.

Shikamaru dodged the onslaught, but could not avoid the Shockwave from the explosions that followed.

'I got something for ya.' Ginyu thought evilly.

His last Ki blast was close enough to knock Shikamaru off his feet and skidding across the ring.

"Ugh...that one hurt..." Shikamaru groaned. He opened his eyes to see a purple hand in front of him.

"Say goodnight. MILKY CANON!" Ginyu yelled out and a massive blast erupted from his hand, hitting Shikamaru point blank.

"AAAAAAAAAAHHHH!" Shikamaru cried out as his body disintegrated from the blast.

Once the blast cleared, nothing was left but a smoldering crater, making Ginyu smirked.

"MY BABY!" Yoshino cried.

"Wait for it..." Shikaku said.

"So much for him." Ginyu laughed. He turned around to leave but was instantly frozen in place by some unknown force.

"Shadow Possession Jutsu, complete." Shikamaru said from behind the alien, which made Ginyu's eyes go wide.

"H-how?!" Ginyu gasped out. "You were dead!"

"You only destroyed a Shadow clone I'm afraid." Shikamaru smirked.

"A clone?!" Ginyu asked.

"Took a page out of Naruto's book. I may not have the Chakra he does to create an army of Shadow Clones, but it seems one is enough to fool you." Shikamaru made a hand sign and a shadowy hand began snaking up Ginyu's body towards his throat.

"Tell me. I'm unfamiliar with your species. How long can you hold your breath?" He said as the shadow hand began to tighten around Ginyu's throat.

"I'm already dead! I don;t need to breath!" Ginyu yelled.

"That may be true, but I doubt your subconscious mind knows that."

Much to Shikamaru's word, Ginyu started to choke, gasping for air.

"I understand that you are loyal to your Lord over there, so you won't surrender. I'm loyal to my friend as well. Because I know he'll be Hokage one day." Shikamaru stated. "Were both knights in that sense. So I'll give you a quick death to honor you as a fellow knight."

That alone was all Ginyu needed to summon the remainder of his power to begin pushing back.

"I'm...not...losing...to you..." Ginyu growled.

"You don't have a choice." Shikamaru squeezed his fist and the shadowy hand twisted Ginyu's head up and around, snapping his neck. The Captain collapsed like a rag doll onto the stone tiles.

Shikamaru took out one of his cigarettes in his breast pocket and lit it with some Chakra flames. "Checkmate."

"And Shikamaru is the winner!" Whis exclaimed, to which the crowd erupted.

"IS HE SMOKING AGAIN?!" Yoshino ranted.

"Looks like it." Gaara said.

The Sphere panned around the crowed, showing them all cheer. Then, something caught Videl's eye. When she looked closer, she gasped and cupped her mouth.

"What is it?" Ino asked.

Videl pointed a shaky finger at two people in the crowd. "I-it-its...my parents..." Videl breathed out as she was on the verge of tears.

Ino and the others saw the two she was talking about. A muscular man with an afro and a woman that looked almost exactly like Videl in strange armor, she had purple eyes and a tail wrapped around her.

"That's your Dad? Wow, he looks nothing like you." Ino said.

"But her mother...she's beautiful..." Hinata breathed out.

"Videl looks almost exactly like her..." Tenten said in awe.

Videl collapsed to her knees. She had never seen her mother before and seeing her now tugged at her heart strings to the point where she was finding it very hard to keep it together.

Sensing his mate's distress, Gohan was quick to come to Videl's side.

"I've...never seen her before...she's absolutely beautiful..." Videl choked out as tears fell.

"Who?" Gohan asked as his attention was focused entirely on Videl.

Videl pointed again. Gohan looked up and saw a woman who was very identical to Videl sitting next to Hercule. It could only be her mother.

"Oh my god...Videl..." Gohan said as the Sphere cut back to the guys celebrating their latest victory as working demons carried Ginyu off to somewhere out of sight to recover.

"I want to meet her so bad..." Videl sobbed as Gohan held her close.

The other girls couldn't help but choke up, especially Temari who lost her mother a long time ago. She could relate to her best out of anyone there.

"It's okay Videl...just let it out..." Gohan comforted her as best he could.

"Fourth match! Would the next contestants please step forward!" Whis called out.

"I'm taking over this shit show..." Freeza growled as he made his way to the ring.

The boys who were celebrating all felt their stomachs drop. They looked over and saw that Naruto was still in his meditative coma.

"Shit...now what do we do?" Lee cursed.

"I still can't wake him..." Sakura said with dread in her tone. "He's the only one who can take him on."

"Can't you take his place? You're stronger than him now, right?" Kiba asked

"I am, but...Whis said I'm not allowed to participate." Sakura replied.

"Crap...I can fight him...but I don't think I can beat him. Not if I can't knock him out of the ring." Lee admitted.

"Lee, if what Gohan told me is true, if you die again, you won't exist in this realm anymore." Sakura warned.

"Well then what do you expect us to do? He's waiting and if he's as powerful as they say only by unlocking the 8 inner gates will I stand a chance. At least until Naruto wakes up." Lee argued.

"Lee has a point, Sakura." Shikamaru said. "If what Gohan said was anything to go by, Cell is far stronger than Freeza. That means Lee should be able to do a lot of damage until his body can no longer handle it."

Sakura just sighed. "Just be careful..."

"Yosh! Do not worry Sakura-chan. I shall beat back this dastardly villain until Naruto can wake up and defeat him." Lee said, giving Sakura and the rest a thumbs up.

Sakura smiled. "Do your best."

Lee smiled and stepped into the arena.

"What the Hell is this? I wish to fight the blond haired brat. Not some bowl cut freak with eyebrows the size of my gluebax." Freeza scoffed.

"Well that's too bad. Naruto isn't ready to fight yet so you have to fight me. That is, unless you're too much of a coward." Lee sneered.

"What did you call me..." Freeza growled.

"I mean; I completely understand if you don't want to fight me. I did take down Cell in the preliminaries." Lee gloated just to get on Freeza's nerves.

'That's right. This brat did put Cell into a corner...I better be careful around him.' Freeza thought.

Freeza chuckled. "The difference between Cell and I is, I'm a lot more careful when it comes to my opponents."

"Pffft...bullshit you are." Gohan scoffed.

"He could be after being down in Hell." Videl pointed out.

"What do you mean?" Ino asked.

"Freeza isn't one to change, even after being down in Hell for the last 13 years and he doesn't believe in training. He believes the power he has is unrivaled by anyone, hence why he thought of himself as the ruler of our universe." Gohan explained.

"And subsequently he got beat by your dad, which is why he's down there." Videl added.

"Not entirely accurate." Gohan replied.

"But you said your dad defeated him." Hinata pointed out.

"I did, but I didn't say he killed Freeza." Gohan clarified. "A friend of ours from the future killed both Freeza and his father when they came to Earth. My dad had actually spared Freeza's life, albeit not intentionally."

Hinata blinked in bewilderment.

"Your universe is weird..." Ino deadpanned.

Freeza smirked. "To show you I'm not playing around; I'm going into my final form right from the start!"

"Then I shall do the same." Lee proclaimed.

Freeza then exploded into his final form, leaving a much sleeker and less evil looking verson of himself, to which the others began to sweat.

"He's like a Tailed Beast." Minato said with concern.

"Worse... According to Gohan, he destroyed an entire planet." Sakura said grimly.

"Namek wasn't the first planet I destroyed, I'll have you know." Freeza gloated.

"And his hearing is excellent." Choji stated.

"He's still weak with his need to gloat." Neji said.

Freeza glared at Neji. "Just for that, I'll make sure you die slow and in agony..." He growled.

Freeza was jolted as Lee finished his power up to his 8th gate, only this time, he was reaping the full benefits of the transformation without his body cooking itself.

"Hmm... Interesting power, but you still pale in comparison to me." Freeza sneered.

"Power is nothing compared to skill and technique." Lee countered. "My master taught me that."

"You think I don't know that?" Freeza barked.

"Of course not. That why you don't train. You believe your natural strength will carry you through life. I'm aiming to show you that it is not true." Lee declared.

"Who says I don't train?" Freeza questioned. "I have poured countless years of my life into reaching the level I'm at now. All of my blood, sweat and tears went into achieving the level I am at, only for it to be cast aside by a low level, filthy monkey of a Saiyan! I will show you the true meaning of terror!" He yelled before phasing out. He reappeared in front of Lee and delivered a powerful left hook to the green clad ninja that sent him soaring through the air until he hit the wall of the ring hard.

Freeza followed up with a barrage of death beams that all hit their target. He continued his barrage until he was satisfied. Without wasting a second, he charged at Lee and unleashed a fury of blows to the ninja's torso.

"Okay...we have a problem..." Kiba commented.

Freeza flashed in front of Lee to grab the boy's neck with his tail. He then threw the boy into the ground and stomped on his chest.

"Oh what? Did you think just because you managed to back Cell into a corner that you would have it easier than me? I'll have you know I've not been idle since my death. I've trained with Cell for this very tournament. And while he remained relatively the same, I was able to power up substantially." Freeza smirked.

"Shit..." Gohan cursed. "I was afraid of this..."

Soon, Freeza's assault was too much for Lee to handle. His 8th gate transformation dropped as he slipped into unconsciousness.

Freeza saw the limp boy beneath his foot and smirked. "One down."

Freeza then send an electric shock into Lee's forehead, waking him up.

"Don't fall asleep now. Your friends are counting on you to hold out as long as possible to buy time for your little blond friend. So let's not disappoint." Freeza smirked as he placed Lee inside a psychic bubble, which he then kicked straight into the air.

"LEEE!" His teammates cried as Freeza flashed above the bubble and kicked it back down at breakneck speeds. Then left, then right, up, down, and every which way like Freeza was playing "keep it up in the air" with Lee's broken body.

Freeza then broke the psychic bubble and grabbed Lee by the ankle. He flew them both down to the ground and dragged Lee's face across the stone pavement.

"He's an absolute monster..." Sakura gasped as she looked on in fear.

Back in the Leaf, Tenten just had to look away. It was too gruesome. Too inhumane.

"LEE! TAG OUT!" Neji shouted.

Lee seemed to mutter something, but his team couldn't figure out what. It made Freeza smile though, so he threw Lee's limp body towards the boxes. Lee landed like a sack of potatoes mere feet from his friends, separated only by the barrier.

His team looked on it horror at his broken and bloody form, yet somehow Lee managed to raise his head.

"...No..." He whispered.

"Lee, he's shredding you to pieces. You're already dead and if you die again you won't exist anymore in this realm." Sakura warned.

"Only I can take this much abuse though. The rest of you won't stand a chance. But if I can buy enough time...we'll win..."

"No, Lee." Neji said firmly. "You are unable to fight back and you need to rest."

"You heard him fish eyes." Freeza said as he walked up behind Lee. "He wants to sacrifice himself for the group. So why don't you let him?"

"Because I out rank him and if I have to, I will make it an order." Neji growled as he looked at Lee with a look saying that he will if he has to.

"Well it's all up to Lee in the end. Isn't that right, proctor?" Freeza asked Whis.

"Yes that is correct. Unless Lee falls unconscious or admits defeat, I cannot stop the match." Whis said.

"And I don't...I don't give up..." Lee spat.

"Lee." Neji pressed, but once again, Lee went unconscious and didn't respond.

"Good enough for me." Freeza said as he grabbed Lee by the hair and threw him into the air behind him. Freeza then launched one final death beam causing Lee to explode like a firework. All without Freeza ever tearing his gaze away from Team Sasuke.

"And with that, Lee is unable to battle." Whis stated.

Freeza just smiled. "I think that should satisfy me for now." He said as he turned to walk away.

In that instance, the Hyuga prodigy knew only blinding hot rage. Before anyone could stop him he charged up to the platform to attack Freeza from behind. He would use his gentle fist on the alien's heart, causing him to know nothing but terrible heart pains that not even death could relieve him of.

But just before Neji landed his attack, Freeza swiftly turned around and impaled Neji in the chest with his hand, going straight through his back.

"I'm sorry, were you trying to do something?" Freeza smirked.

It happened so fast none of Neji's loved ones knew how to react. Hinata might have screamed, Hiashi, his wife, and Hanabi looked up in horror, Guy just stood there, and Tenten only just summoned the courage to look back up, only to see that now both of her teammates were dead.

"NEJI!" His team mates cried out.

The Hyuga prodigy did not answer them, instead his head went limp and his body just hung on Freeza's arm.

Freeza laughed. "Ninja cabob. My favorite."

"You bastard!" Sakura cried.

"501." Freeza said smugly.

"You smug cunt! I'll snap your alien dick off and shove it up your fuckhole!" Kushina screeched.

"Try it." He smirked as he ripped his arm out of Neji and let him fall to the ground.

Kushina's hair stood up like nine demon tails as she punched the barrier causing it to ripple.

'Holy shit Naruto's mom is scary...' Sakura thought.

"Oooo, how scary." Freeza mocked.

That just angered Sakura to the point where her eyes turned solid blue.

Freeza saw this and looked at her quizzically. 'What is this?' He thought.

Freeza ignored it and turned away, this time actually making it to his own box on the opposite side if the field. Where Burta and Juice stood waiting for him in fear.

"If you both do half as well as me, you'll do alright." Freeza scoffed.

"Y-yes my lord." They both responded nervously.

Back over with the Shinobi, everyone watched as Neji's corpse grew a halo over its head and the deceased Hyuga blinked.

"That hurt..." Neji said before standing up.

"Are you okay?" Sakura asked.

Neji looked above him and sighed. "Well, I'm dead, so I'm about as okay as I'm gonna be."

That's when a thought occurred to Neji. He didn't want to dare hope it, but if he was dead... He slowly untied his headband and undid the bandages underneath.

"Guys...is my...?"

Sakura gasped. "Y-your seal is gone..."

Neji touched his forehead, of course he could never truly feel the seal, but it didn't hurt. Back in the Leaf, his aunt and cousins all gasped. The entire Hyuga clan looked astonished as their prodigy stood above free from the cursed seal that bound all who served beneath the main house.

"Mirror, I need a mirror." He stuttered.

"Hold on." Sakura pulled out a pocket mirror on the rare occasion she wore make up and handed it to him.

Neji grasped it with two hands as if it were the most delicate thing in the world. He looked back at himself, at the face he had not seen since he was 4 years old. The face of a boy not destined to serve others who considered themselves his betters. A boy who was free, no longer a caged bird.

Neji hastily handed back the mirror to Sakura and he ran across the ring and kneeled at Freeza's feet.

"What is this?" Freeza asked in a confused tone.

"I'll thank you for this. And only this." Neji said as he bowed before standing back up.

"Um...I'm sorry, that's a new one..." Freeza said in complete confusion.

Neji walked back to his team without another word. For the Hyuga's in the Leaf, it was an unbelievable gesture. For someone as prideful as Neji, whom many considered to be the hero of the branch clan, to willingly bow before an enemy who had killed him and his comrade, while never willingly bowing to the main branch who was in fact his own blood...

It was a ballsy move. A huge middle finger to the entire main branch that filled the cadet branch members with pride.

Freeza just blinked. "The hell just happened...?"

Neji walked over to where Lee's body lay. It was charred, but Lee was merely unconscious. Neji picked his teammate up and carried him over to their box.

"Um...if I were to guess my lord, I think he just thanked you for killing him." Jeice said.

"Uh huh..." Freeza said in bewilderment.

Neji and Lee made it to the box and we're immediately surrounded by their comrades.

"What was that about?" Kiba asked.

"Nothing to concern yourself with." Neji said.

"Hey, I just find it weird that you would thank the guy who killed you." Kiba defended.

"Well I did. I expect you would know why if Lady Hinata is your teammate."

"Wow, glad to see that death hasn't changed you." Kiba scoffed.

"So who fights next? Sakura asked.

"That'd be me." Kiba said.

Shikamaru nodded. "The red guy should be easy, but I don't know about the blue guy so be careful."

"No worries. I just gotta take on one and then the other." Kiba said as he stepped up to the arena floor.

"Jeice, you're up." Freeza ordered.

"Yes my lord." Jeice replied beofre jumping onto the ring.

"Hold it!" Beerus ordered.

"Lord Beerus?" Whis questioned.

"Have dog boy fight both the red one and the blue one at the same time." Beerus decreed.

"Wait, what?" Kiba questioned in shock.

"Oooo, a two on one! How splendid." Freeza grinned in delight. "You heard Lord Beerus, Burter."

"Wait hold on! What happened to one on one?!" Kiba exclaimed.

"Maybe I changed my mind, you got a problem with it, dog breath?"

"Yeah I do! It's unfair you damn cat!"

Beerus flashed right in front of Kiba. "I'm sorry, what was that?"

"I said it's unfair." Kiba said standing his ground. Out of sheer ignorance or bravery no one knew.

"I don't care. You want unfair? I'll have Freeza fight you as well."

"Kiba just shut up for once in your life!" Shimakaru shouted.

"Hell no! We're all dead anyway. This is just a waiting game until Naruto wakes up and kicks all their asses!" Kiba stated.

"You're still alive, idiot!" Sakura yelled. But Kiba wouldn't listen, he stood his ground against a literal god and the threat of certain death. He was backed into a corner but he would not be licked.

"Heheheh..." Beerus chuckled. "You've got balls mutt. Alright, you fight them two on one."

"With my buddy Akamaru. He's my partner." Kiba demanded.

"He's not a register soul for your team, but what the hell. I don't think dogs are 2nd class souls anyway." Beerus smirked.

"Oh, so you let him participate but not me, I see how it is." Sakura grumbled.

"To be fair, Sakura. Naruto would never forgive any of us if anything happened to you." Shikamaru reminded.

"That's not the point."

"Um, Sakura-chan, did you just equate yourself with a dog?" Minato asked.

"Haha! She totally did!" Kushina laughed.

"No that's not it at all. I mean, I get Akamaru is Kiba's partner, but he wasn't on the roster and now all of a sudden he can participate. I'm the strongest here next to Naruto and... you know what, fuck it." Sakura huffed.

"Well in our world a ninja dog is the equivalent of a tool such as a kunai. So to be sad that you weren't allowed to participate over Akamaru is like being said you weren't chosen over a kunai." Minato added.

"It's whatever, I don't even care." Sakura huffed and turned away.

"Hold on." Beerus said to Sakura. "Are you saying you can take on both of them?"

"I probably could." Sakura huffed.

"Well too bad, you're a 2nd class soul and you weren't a part of the original team." Beerus leered.

"2nd class?! The hell is that supposed to mean?!" Sakura snapped, her eyes turning blue.

"It means that you're below me, an immortal god. You are a sentient mortal soul. Dog breath over there is just a mortal soul. And so is his pet canine."

"Hey!" Kiba cried.

"So why don't you pipe down and sit down before I kill your boyfriend and then your entire planet."

Sakura had briefly flashed into her blue form before calming down.

"Anyway, So dog boy and the dog against two opponents. You may start when ready, Whis." Beerus waived off before flying away.

Kiba stood opposite Jeice and Burter as Akamaru licked Bluebell goodbye before trotting over to join his master.

Back in the Leaf, Hinata stared up in awe of Kiba's actions. Standing up to the God of Destruction like that. She never realized he had so much... tenacity. It reminded her of a certain whiskered blond.

"And begin!" Whis announced.

Jeice and Burter charged straight at the canine duo as Akamaru and Kiba activated their clan's signature jutsu.

"Man-beast jutsu!" Kiba shouted.

"(Man-beast jutsu!)" Akamaru barked.

"What the...there's two of them now!" Burter exclaimed.

Indeed, the two had transformed into more feral like versions of Kiba. The two leapt off each other to face their opponents head on.

"ULTIMATE MAN-BEAST TAIJUTSU!" They shouted as they spun like tornadoes of fury, colliding directly with the aliens.

Jeice was hit directly, but Burter was fast enough to avoid the attack.

Jiece was all but shredded in the attack that seemed like it was nothing to be afraid of. But one good look at him after it was over, he was cut up on almost every part of his body, barely able to move.

"Pathetic..." Freeza grumbled.

The twins then descended upon Jeice like hungry wolves with their prey, ensuring that he would not rise again any time soon.

"Jeice!" Burter cried out.

"Burter! Focus!" Freeza barked.

"Huh?" Burter said cluelessly before he got hit with the same attack.

Burter tried to counterattack, but Akamaru bit at his neck and tore out his throat before he could do anything.

"Kiba wins!" Whis announced.

The crowd roared as Akamaru spit out the piece of blue throat he was chewing on.

"Good boy Akamaru!" Kiba said as he furiously petted his best buddy.

"Alright, they did it!" Gohan cheered, but sadly the joy was about to be short lived.

"Now it's time to face the last of Team Freeza. The winning team will be allowed to choose who they want to ascend to Heaven." Whis said as Freeza made his way back out to the ring.

"Shit... Come Naruto...wake up..." Sakura pleaded.

"Damn it, he's still training." Shikamaru cursed.

"I'm waiting!" Freeza shouted.

Kiba remained in the ring while Akamaru was forced to leave. He looked over his shoulder at Shikamaru.

"I'll have the next crack at him. I'm still fresh, but you still need to recover. If I don't make it back home..." Then Kiba remembered that there was a Descry Sphere in the village. "Hinata...if I don't make it out of this. I just wanted to let you know that...I'm sorry..."

"You may begin when ready." Whis said and Freeza charged at the Inuzuka heir.

Kiba turned his attention back to Freeza and prepared for the worst, but he was going to give his all before going out.

"Fang Over Fang!" Kiba yelled out and turned into a twister of claws.

Freeza sent out a wave of energy shaped like a blade that cleaved Kiba in two, canceling out his attack and ending his life.

"NOOOO!" Hinata cried out as she witnessed Kiba's death before her eyes.

"No! Not Kiba!" Sakura cried.

Akamaru went crazy over at the box, furiously barking at Freeza.

"Next." Freeza said.

"Dammit!" Choji cursed before he leaped into action

"Oh look. The fat kid thinks he can win." Freeza snickered.

"Not a chance. I'm just here to keep you company until the main event arrives." Choji said as he cracked his knuckles while Kiba walked off the stage.

"Go get'em." Kiba pounded his fist on Choji's shoulder.

"Oh, how dull...batting you weaklings around is just so boring."

"Well you could always surrender." Choji suggested.

"Please...if anyone should surrender its your little band of do-gooders. Now, please try to entertain me, fatass."

That was when Choji saw red.

"You know I know you're trying to piss me off. AND IT'S WORKING!" Choji roared. He slapped his hands together and expanded his entire body until he was 300 ft. tall.

"Awe, how cute. Tubby is upset. And here I thought fat people were supposed to be Jolly." Freeza taunted

"GRRR I'M NOT FAT!" Choji yelled out as he attempted to hit Freeza, only to have his attack dodged and was instantly punched hard into his massive belly.

Choji doubled over in a massive amount of pain, his jutsu failing as he fell to the ground. In an instant, he felt something long slither around his neck and it tightened.

"Before I kill you, you should know that..." Freeza leaned over to whisper into his ear. "You're a fat sack of shit."

SNAP

Frieza's tail snapped Choji's neck and he fell limply to the ground.

"CHOJI! NOOO!" Ino cried. She collapsed to her knees and broke down, crying.

"CHOJI!" Shikamaru cried out.

Now, Shikamaru was pissed.

He slowly walked up to Freeza, glaring at him with every step. "I'm going to renovate your face for what you did to my best friend."

Freeza smirked. "By all means try. So long as you are able to provide me a challenge then I will be happy."

Both fighters phased out and exchanged blows, matching every one with perfection and creating shockwaves with every hit.

"Holy crap. Shikamaru isn't even fast enough to keep up with Freeza and yet he is block his every attack! How...?" Gohan asked.

"Because he can anticipate Freeza's attacks like pieces on a chess board." Temari stated.

"Damn...I gotta play him at it sometime." Gohan mused.

The two broke away and landed away from each other. Shikamaru panting heavily while Freeza looked like he didn't even break a sweat.

"Impressive. I can see how you beat Ginyu now." Freeza praised.

"Glad I could impress you." Shikamaru gasped.

"Sadly for you, I'm only at about 45% of my maximum." Freeza stated.

Shikamaru went wide eyed. "You're lying!"

"Am I? Am I really?" Freeza asked as he unleashed his untapped powers.

Shikamaru stumbled back in fear. While not being a sensor ninja, he could still feel the sheer power Freeza was putting out. While not as massive as Cell's, Freeza had the skill to back up his power. That is what scared him the most.

"So, now you need to ask yourself. Do you really think you stand a chance now? Because this..." The dust settled to reveal a much more muscular form of Freeza. "Is my full power."

'Damn it, no way I can keep fighting him toe to toe. I need a strategy of some kind damn it. Think. What did Gohan have to say about Freeza's weaknesses...?' Shikamaru thought as he dropped down into his own meditative stance. He thought back to the few times Gohan had talked about his adventures to Namek. Fight Freeza...Then his father's stories...

Shikamaru opened his eyes. He had his plan.

"So, are you ready to give up now or shall I kill you like all of your friends?" Freeza sneered.

Shikamaru responded by reaching into his weapon's pouch and tossed a flash grenade into the air that Freeza predictably looked up at.

"And what exactly is that supposed to-GAAAAH! MY EYES!" Freeza cried out as the flash grenade went off and blinded him.

Freeza threw up his guard expecting a sneak attack but surprisingly none came. He blinked away the light and found himself surrounded by three plums of thick smoke and no pineapple haired brunette in sight.

"What in the...?" Freeza wondered. He couldn't find his opponent anywhere.

"What the heck? What did he do?" Kiba wondered.

'Phase 1 complete.' Shikamaru thought.

"I see...damn Shikamaru, that's very clever." Gohan praised.

"What's he doing?" Videl asked.

"Freeza can't sense energy, so his vision is completely dependent on sight." Gohan informed.

"What?" Videl looked back up and saw Freeza desperately firing death beams into the plumes of smoke, yet he never seemed to hit his target.

"Genius..." Tenten said in awe.

"That's not even the full extent of it." Temari praised as the Sphere rotated around to a spot in between two plumes of smoke where Shikamaru was kneeling with some kind of cloth draped over his body. The cloth was somehow blending into the background making Shikamaru all but invisible to Freeza's point of view.

"And now you see why Shikamaru was the first one in our age group to earn the rank of Chunin." Ino praised.

"No kidding. I wouldn't be surprised if he ends up as Naruto's advisor when he becomes Hokage." Videl mused.

"He could make a very good Hokage himself." Temari stated.

"I would agree, but he doesn't want to become Hokage." Ino pointed out.

"How do you know?" Temari asked.

"Who would know him the best than his own team mate?" Ino stated.

"Well I still think he'd make a better Hokage than Naruto." Temari said.

"Excuse me?" Hinata growled.

"Dammit! Where are you?!" Freeza bellowed as he shot beams all over the place.

'Phase 2 commencing.' Shikamaru thought as he flashed through the necessary hand signs.

'Shadow Possession Technique.'

Freeza growled. "Mark my words, brat. When I find you, you'll be-" He stopped mid-sentence when he felt his whole body freeze up, unable to move. "W-what the..."

"Shadow Possession complete."

Shikamaru undid his cover, meeting Freeza face to face.

"You used that Shadow...whatever on me, didn't you..." Freeza growled.

Shikamaru smirked. "Yes I did, and it's called Shadow Possession. This allows me to take control of your shadow. You can't move unless I move."

"Ho, is that right? Well, I don't need to move to kill you." Freeza smirked as he shot out two beams out of his eyes, hitting Shikamaru in his right shoulder.

"Gah!" Shikamaru flinched but did not break the jutsu. Instead he grit his teeth and turned his head, forcing Freeza to turn his own head away from Shikamaru.

"Clever, but you forgot about my tail." Freeza said as he swung his Tail around and shot beams from the tip of his tail, piercing his leg.

"Now for your other glubok." Freeza smirked.

"My wha-AAAHHH!" Shikamaru cried as Freeza shot his other thigh.

"You're not...really familiar with human anatomy are you?"

"It doesn't matter, I'll hit your glubok somewhere...huh, dejavu..." Freeza mused as he shot Shikamaru's left foot.

"AAAHAAA..." Shikamaru cried out before reaching his arm behind himself and grabbed ahold of his imaginary tail, causing Freeza to grab his actual tail.

"Hang in there, little boy...you can do it..." Temari encouraged softly.

That's when Shikamaru got a devious plan in his head. With one hand holding onto his imaginary tail securely, he reached in to weapons pouch and pulled out a single kunai.

"Hey Freeza! Catch!" Shikamaru yelled as he tossed the knife at Freeza while imagining that he was being tossed a knife himself. They both caught their real and imaginary knifes respectively.

"What's this for-oh no you fucking don't."

Shikamaru started feeling dizzy from his loss of blood, but he shook it off for now.

"Oh yes I fucking do." Shikamaru smirked as he reached back into his weapon pouch while consciously making sure that Freeza couldn't let go of his own kunai.

"What the Hell do you think you are doing brat? Going to slit your throat and therefore mine?" Freeza said furiously.

"Nope. But that's not a bad idea." Shikamaru smirked.

Temari and Shika's parents looked up in horror at the suggestion.

"No, see, contrary to everything you've seen. I don't have a death wish..." Shikamaru said as he positioned his kunai underneath his posterior.

"And I don't have a tail either."

Secretly Freeza channeled ki into his tail so that the blade would not have any effect when Shikamaru made his move

"Don't you fucking do it..." Freeza growled.

"Im'ma do it." Shikamaru cockily replied.

Much to his word, Shikamaru made a swift motion with his hand behind his back in hopes to cut Freeza's tail off, only to see the blade he had given the tyrant shatter.

"WHAT?!" Shikamaru shouted in shock.

"You fool!" Freeza laughed. "Did you really think that blades would hurt me? I had a planet blow up in my face and survived! A little blade won't do anything to me!"

"Then you won't mind if we try again?!" Shikamaru yelled as he threw his kunai at Freeza, repeating the process.

Once again Shikamaru held his own kunai underneath his imaginary tail, forcing Freeza to mimic his movements.

"Really...you're really doing this again..."

"We both are." Shikamaru mused.

Shikamaru staggered a bit, his loss of blood was taking its toll.

He held onto his blade tightly as Freeza laughed at his stupidity. He then stabbed himself right into his leg.

"GAAAHHH!" Freeza cried out, he had not expected that at all until he heard the sicken sound of steel slicing through flesh. Freeza threw something with his other hand. It wasn't until it plopped on the ground facing him that he noticed it was something long and white.

Shikamaru smirked, he might not be the expert on Ki control, but he knew that it operated on the same principles as any other energy and needed concentration to work. By letting Freeze think that he was focused only on cutting his tail, the Frost Demon would concentration all his Ki into his tail to prevent injury like Lady Tsunade and Sakura did with their chakra enhancement. So when Shikamaru unexpectedly stabbed his own leg and therefore Freeza's leg, all that concentration was focused on the newest source of pain. Leaving the tail vulnerable.

"YOU FILTHY WRETCH!" Freeza hollered.

"What?! Did I hit your glubok?!" Shikamaru laughed while feeling woozy.

"I WILL TORTURE YOU SLOWLY FOR THAT!"

"You'll get no such satisfaction. I'll be dead before I release this jutsu and our match will be over." Shikamaru coughed, his lungs feeling like they were on fire.

"No, don't you dare die." Temari cried.

"Then allow me to ease your passing!" Freeza yelled. With an explosion, his energy shook off Shikamaru's jutsu just before he collapsed.

Right as he was about to scamper away to safety he sensed something that made him smile.

"I surrender." He said quickly.

"Not before I squeeze your filthy little head." Freeza growled as he charged at the Nara heir.

Then a golden flash appeared right between him and Shikamaru. He kicked Freeza right in the head and sent him flying in the other direction. The crowd stared in awe of the golden haired boy with whisker marks that stood defiantly against the tyrant Freeza. His blue robes flapping in the breeze.

"Sup, Dildo head." Naruto smirked.

Freeza looked up to see the boy he had been waiting to fight. "So, you finally woke up. Now things will get interesting."

Freeza stood up and smirked. "I almost mistook you for a Super Saiyan."

"Nah, my girlfriend has that part covered." Naruto said while pointing a thumb to Sakura. She took that as her cue to activate her seal, albeit hesitantly since she didn't know what would happen. In an instant, her hair turned golden blond and a golden aura surrounded her.

'Wow... that was only a guess...' Naruto thought.

Freeza had a sudden look of panic on his face. The hair, the eyes, whilst not completely green, the aura, the strength, it brought flashbacks of Goku to the alien tyrant.

"N-n-nooo...not another one..." Freeza stammered with fear.

Meanwhile, Gohan's and Videl's mouths dropped to the ground.

Naruto took this as his opportunity to deal a devastating blow to Freeza's gut, making him double over in pain.

"Heh, took you long enough." Shikamaru coughed.

Sakura returned her seal back to normal and decided to watch.

"Hey, you okay?" Naruto asked.

"Used...too much...chakra..." Shikamaru wheezed.

"Just rest for right now, I'll handle it." Naruto said as he looked for a senzu bean, only to come up with nothing.

"Aw shoot! Sakura!" Naruto called out, but Shikamaru held his hand up.

"No... don't bother...I'm done for anyway..."

"Not if I can help it you're not..." Naruto said firmly.

"No Naruto...don't waste your energy. Just beat Freeza...and it was all worth it."

Sakura ran to Shikamaru's side and began checking him over. What she found chilled her to the bone and sighed.

"There's nothing I can do...he's lost too much blood..."

"Worth it... It'll all be...worth it..." Shikamaru whispered.

"And what about Temari? Your parents?" Sakura pointed out.

But Shikamaru grew silent and his body grew limp. He slumped against Naruto's chest as he passed away.

"No..." Temari breathed out, but listened to what Sakura had to say as she checked Shikamaru's pulse.

Sakura just shook her head as a tear fell. "...he's gone..."

A golden halo appeared over Shikamaru's head and he opened his eyes.

"Troublesome." He sighed as he stood back up without a care in the world.

"We're gonna miss you terribly..." Sakura said quietly.

"Save the goodbyes for when you two get to go back home. Naruto still needs to beat Freeza with his advanced Kyuubi cloak." Shikamaru said as he reached into his breast pocket.

"Yeah see...about that..." Naruto stammered.

Shikamaru blinked. "You did manage to do it, right?"

"...Kinda..." Naruto said as he tried not to look at either of them.

"What is that supposed to mean? Either you did or you didn't." Sakura deadpanned.

"Well I learned the theory behind how to use the form. I couldn't actually try it because it would use up the little Kyuubi Chakra I have."

"So, we're fucked is what you're saying." Shikamaru said with dread.

"No we're not. I just have to call upon the Kyuubi's Chakra like I normally do and we'll be golden." Naruto reassured.

"Wait...run that by me again...did you say, golden?" Sakura asked in bewilderment.

"Yeah, golden, it's a figure of speech, right?"

"Uh...no, not really..."

"What? It totally is. 'We'll be golden,' is exactly a figure of speech. Shikamaru, you agree with me don't you?"

"Oh I get it..." Sakura sighed.

"Right, so if we could just get back on track..." Shikamaru urged.

"You two get back to the box. Let me work my magic." Naruto urged

Shikamaru nodded and headed back to the box to join the others while lighting up his cigarette and muttering to himself. "At least they can't lecture me about getting cancer anymore."

"You have a problem! You know that?" Naruto called out to him. "You're worse than Asuma!"

Back in the Leaf, Asuma coughed out his latest drag.

Sakura smacked him upside the head. "I'm still here, ya know."

"Yea, but I'm dead." Shikamaru reminded.

"It's still a nasty habit." Sakura grumbled.

"I honestly don't see a problem." Videl said as she took out one of her own, but was ripped from her hands by Gohan. "Hey!"

"How long have you been doing this?" Gohan asked furiously.

"About a year, what's the big deal?"

"You're pregnant, that's what the big deal is. Do you know how many birth defects this shit causes?!"

Videl now had a look of worry written on her face. "Shit...I completely forgot..."

"Well, it stops here and now." Gohan said firmly.

"Did I just catch you smoking young lady?!" Tsunade yelled as she walloped Videl upside the head.

"OW! I'm sorry, okay?!" Videl whined

"You're gonna be sorry at our next check-up!" Tsunade lectured as she yanked on Videl's ear.

"OW! Like you're one to talk with your alcohol abuse!" Videl spat.

"She's not pregnant, Videl..." Gohan deadpanned.

Videl just groaned.

"Alright everyone, that concludes this public service announcement. Now back to our regularly scheduled program." Whis spoke to the people watching through the Descry Sphere.

"And as for you..." Sakura said as she punched Naruto upside the head so that he would fall into her arms for a hug. "Please come back to me..."

"I made a promise of a lifetime to you and I'm not about to break it..." Naruto said softly.

"You better not..." Sakura locked her lips with Naruto's for a moment before she pulled away and returned to the box.

"You done saying your goodbyes?" Freeza sneered.

"There are no goodbyes to be said because I'm not dying to you." Naruto proudly stated.

"Ohho. Is that right? Well, we'll just see about that." Freeza sneered.

The two titans stood opposite each other on the stone tiles, seeped in the blood of their two teams. Whis stepped in between them.

"Two teams came to the stadium today. Each took ahold of five victories apiece out of eleven. Only one match up remains to decide the ultimate champion of the 11,185th Get Out of Hell Tournament! Only one will get their chosen soul ascended to Nirvana! The rest must remain here and serve 100 years in Hell! Lord Freeza of the Frost Demons and Naruto Uzumaki of the Leaf, ARE. YOU. READY?!"

"Let's get on with it." Freeza said.

"Bring it on." Naruto said as he pounded his fist.

"BEGIN!" Whis exclaimed.

Not a moment after, both fighters clashed into a furry of melee attacks, creating small shockwaves with each connection.

Naruto did a cross, dodge, counter, and finally landed a blow Freeza's cheek.

Freeza staggered back for a moment before he righted himself and launched a death beam at Naruto.

Naruto dodged it but it nicked his jacket. Before he could recover he was kicked in the sides by Freeza.

Naruto was sent flying away while Freeza created an energy disc in each hand. "Have some pizza!" He shouted before launching the discs.

"Have some WHAAAAA!" Naruto shouted as he dodged the two flying death discs. Naruto leapt backwards end over end dodging the twin discs that seemed to hone in on him.

"Careful they're still hot!" Freeza chuckled as he guided the discs around Naruto.

As Naruto was about to land on the ground he noticed that the discs would converge on him before he could touch down. Thinking fast, he concentrated his Ki into stopping his momentum and hovered midair, causing the discs to collide and destroy themselves.

Sakura gasped in shock as did the rest of the team. "H-how did he..."

"He used his Ki like he did with Princess Snake." Kiba reminded them.

"Right...I forgot he mastered it so quickly."

"Not so much mastered as found a method that works for him and utilized that to his full potential." Neji clarified.

"That's my boy." Minato praised.

Sakura looked on in awe as Naruto used a Ki blast of his own that hit Freeza directly. "I'm gonna marry that man someday..."

Everyone looked over at Sakura at bit weirded out.

"Damn girl, you wanna wait a month into the relationship?" Kiba asked.

"Shut up before I pummel you." Sakura growled.

"Maid of Honor!" Ino called out before Videl could.

"Bitch!" Videl cursed.

Hinata, Tenten, and Temari just giggled at the two of them.

Freeza meanwhile slapped the last of Naruto's pathetic Ki blasts aside.

"You know for all the people I've had to kill to wait for you, I've got to say that you're not living up to the hype."

"Bitch, I am the hype." Naruto joked.

"LANGUAGE!" Kushina scolded from the box

"No." Freeza punched Naruto straight into the ground. "You're just another bug I have to squash beneath my feet. Making all your friends deaths pointless." Freeza sneered.

"Heh...I'm not even trying right now." Naruto chuckled.

"You're not?" Freeza asked innocently as he stomped on Naruto's face.

On the next stomp, Naruto caught Freeza's foot and squeezed untill he heard a crack. "No, I'm not."

Freeza then kicked Naruto across the face, knocking a tooth loose. "Well then why don't you show me? Brat."

Freeza flew off of Naruto to give him space for his transformation. The whole village watched with baited breath. This was it. The moment of truth.

Naruto nervously stood up and concentrated on his training. In truth it had mostly just been about how best to control the Kyuubi cloak. Activating it was just something the two of them assumed he could do. Naruto had no real reference points to go off of except for all the times he had technically used the cloak.

He spread his legs in a horse stance and then clapped his hands together in prayer.

'Just dig down deep into the power within you...and pull it out.'

The air around Naruto began to swirl around him as his Chakra began to churn. 'Think of what makes me strong, what calls upon my powers in my most dire moments...'

The threat of death, the murder of a loved one, losing Sasuke, Sakura being in danger, all his friends being hurt...

The air around Naruto became harsh and repulsive, tinted with blood red orange, the Kyuubi's Chakra began oozing out of Naruto like a bloody disease. Naruto's teeth grew fangs, his eyes turned red, his whisker marks grew dark, his fingers grew claws, and his wounds began to sizzle as they healed.

"So that is the..." Kiba began.

"The Kyuubi's Chakra..." Choji said in terrified awe.

Back in the Leaf and in Hell, both Videl and Sakura winced at the sight of that evil looking Chakra. The entire village saw firsthand the cursed demon chakra. Even if they couldn't sense it, everyone who had lived through that night remembered it's sickening presence.

"So this is your ultimate form?" Freeza asked. "I'm still not impressed."

Naruto stomped his foot so hard into the ground that it left a crater that he used to rocket himself towards Freeza at nearly double his previous speed.

He attacked Freeza with a new kind of ferocity. It was his same fighting style as before but faster and more aggressive. Freeza blocked nearly every strike but that did not stop Naruto from drawing blood here and there.

Freeza then grabbed Naruto's outstretched arm and slammed him into the ground. Naruto quickly tried to recover but he was met head on with a powerful shockwave Ki blast from Freeza. Kicking up a whirlwind energy storm that sent Naruto skidding across the arena floor.

"Not impressive at all..." Freeza tisked.

The blond shot up from the rubble, his eyes filled with rage and to everyone's horror, half the skin on his face peeled off.

"Woops, I think you've got something on your face." Freeza mused. "Let me get that for you." He said as he shot a death beam at Naruto's face. The blond was only just quick enough to dodge it but by then he was running a curve at Freeza on all fours.

Freeza shot blast after blast but each of them Naruto dodged until the last one that clipped his shoulder and he was sent rolling end over end right past Freeza.

"You know; this whole tournament has been boring... You're obviously no challenge to me." He said and then turned to view Sakura. "Your girlfriend on the other hand...her Super Saiyan powers are exactly the kind of challenge I need. Maybe, I'll kill her instead to satisfy my vengance against the one that killed me."

Freeza looked over and came face to face with a massive blood red claw. The tyrant was sent flying to the other side of the arena and buried beneath some rubble.

He threw the boulder off his chest and looked over to see that the enraged blond human was gone. In his place was a bloody red were-fox with four thrashing tails, hind legs like an animal, razor sharp jagged teeth, and soulless white eyes.

"RAAAAHHH!" The beast roared to the Heavens.

"Well, this is new." Freeza said in amusement.

Videl felt a chill run up her spine. There it was, the very form that scared her to the core.

"Sweet Dende..." Gohan breathed out.

Videl had to hold herself even when that demon was safely in Hell. Its skin was moving, boiling with blood, and its body looked so sickly. It repulsed her.

The rest of the Shinobi fared no better. Jiraiya felt the scar on his chest start to sting. Kakashi felt like he would lose his lunch. Minato and Kushina were horrified that beneath all that blood was their son, and that they had both been responsible for sealing such a monster inside of him.

"So, this is your almighty transformation, is it?" Freeza laughed. "You look like nothing more than a mere space mutt."

The beast just roared in response.

"That's all you are now, isn't it? A dumb beast that threw his mind away in the slim hope of defeating me, Lord Freeza." He cackled.

The beast leapt at Freeza with speeds only Gohan and Videl could follow. Yet Freeza merely side stepped him and stomped his foot into the monster's head, sending him crashing into the ground. The beast lunged again but Freeza was too clever to be touched by such a wild animal, no matter how fast he was.

"The only thing you've managed to do is make yourself a bigger target." Freeza sneered.

"ROAAAARRR!" The monster cried.

Freeza then kicked Naruto hard in the gut, sending him flying through the air and landing hard on the other side of the ring.

"I'm not even trying right now!" Freeza mocked. "Isn't that what you told me? If this is you actually trying, then you have disappointed me."

The monster began gathering up black Chakra to launch at Freeza, but the space tyrant was having none of it.

"As much as I've struggled to keep this form in check, this Freeza guy is batting him around like he's nothing..." Jiraiya said in awe.

"I wasn't bullshitting you when I said Freeza is a class A monster." Gohan said, his eyes glued to the sphere.

"And now I believe you..." Jiraiya replied and everyone around Gohan nodded in agreement.

'What the hell, I thought the whole idea of this training was to help me waste Freeza.' Naruto thought to the Kyuubi.

'You're the one who keeps dicking around.' The Fox berated.

'How am I dicking around? I'm trying to take him down!'

'I told you that you need to focus on your fears!'

'I did that!'

'No you dumb idiot! You're focusing on what you are scared of, you're supposed to focus on WHY you are scared of it!'

'Why I'm afraid?' Naruto had to stop and think about what the fox said.

He thought about all his fears. His fears of the death or injury of his friends, the only family he had ever known. His fear of being alone. Was that simply it?

No...

He didn't just want to keep them safe for the sake of it... He wanted to keep them around...to be happy with them...to love them...

He then realized that if he couldn't protect them, he would lose all of that. Forever.

'It's love isn't it?'

'It's always love, idiot.'

'So... how do I use that?'

The Kyuubi face palmed.

'What the Hell were we training for the last 18 hours for?! You use those positive thoughts to overcome the negative ones seeped into my chakra!'

'Oh, right.'

'I don't even know why I'm so adamant to avoid Hell. Having a dumbass like you for my host is worse than any torture the demons could come up with.' The Kyuubi groaned.

'Love you too, you damn Fox.' Naruto smiled.

The Kyuubi just smirked. 'Now you're getting it, Kit.'

Back in Hell, Freeza was slapping the shit out of Naruto's beast form. He actually managed to tear one of his arms off which had the kunoichi in the audience screaming until another torso of Naruto's grew in its place to attack at Freeza. The Frost Demon then sent the beast hurling into the air before drop kicking him into the ground like a meteor, burying him beneath all the rubble.

The crowd grew silent as the pile of stones did not stir. Freeza just cackled to himself as he descended down to the platform with a death ball ready in hand.

"Come on out little space mutt." Freeza stuck his head out right over the pile I'd rubble. "It's time for your- MUPHF!" Freeza cried as a golden arm reached out of the rubble and grabbed the alien by his cheeks, shutting him up mid-sentence.

As fast as Freeza could blink, Naruto emerged from the rubble and looked as if he was on fire covered in golden flames. His eyes sparkled with what was now a golden aura and heroic determination. His hair stood up not as a Saiyan's would like lightning, but like flames with two bangs sticking out prominently like divine horns. His whisker marks were no longer nasty looking scars but perfect blank lines. All over his body there were similar black markings that tattooed over his skin and his clothing. He looked like something out of a book of demigods.

Freeza quickly thrusted his death ball at Naruto's head, but the golden blond simply swatted his evil Ki away. He formed a single golden Rasengan right into Freeza's chest, exploding outwards and knocking the Frost Demon back, halfway across the arena.

Freeza was a complete mess. he had staggered back after receiving such a hard hit that knocked the wind out of him.

"W-what are you..." Freeza wheezed out.

Naruto looked at his sleeves and noticed his golden aura. "Um...a Super Saiyan, I guess."

Sakura stared at Naruto in complete awe as did the others in the box.

"That's new...what form is that...?" Sakura breathed out.

"Y-you're no super Saiyan...you look...nothing like it..." Freeza gasped.

"What? I'm golden and I'm clearly stronger. What more do you want?" Naruto asked.

"You aren't a Saiyan..." Freeza wheezed.

"Why not? My father had blond hair like a Saiyan. Maybe he was a Saiyan. You don't know." Naruto said, enjoying the rise he was getting out of Freeza.

"D-did we...drop him on his head before we sealed the fox into him?" Minato asked.

"If...that were the case...only your hair...would have changed...and your eyes would...be green..." By now, Freeza's power was waning and he lost his 100% form.

"Oh hey, you shrunk. Don't worry, Freezer. Happens to the best of us." Naruto smirked.

Freeza staggered back to his feet and wiped the blood from his mouth after catching his breath. "You...you're going to pay for that..." He growled.

Naruto smiled, feeling more empowered then he ever had before in his life.

"Bring it on, Dildo head."

The two took a massive step and shot off towards each other faster than anyone could see.

"What happened to Naruto? I've never seen this before." Sakura asked in general.

"If I had to take a guess, He was able to tap into the full potential of the Kyuubi's chakra. This right here, is essentially his version of a Super Saiyan." Minato mused.

As he finished speaking, a sonic boom ripped through the stadium, then another and another, like machine gun fire, but no mortals could see what was happening. Only the faintest glimpses.

"They're so...fast..." Sakura gasped.

"YEA! THAT'S MY BOY! KICK THAT DILDO-HEAD'S ASS!" Kushina cheered furiously.

"Yeah alright! Come on, Naruto! Kick his ass!" Kiba cheered.

"DECK HIM IN THE SHNOZE!" Choji yelled.

"Take him down!" Neji cheered.

"YOSH! BEAT HIM DOWN!" Lee Cheered.

"Teach him not to mess with Leaf Shinobi!" Shikamaru cheered.

Sakura jumped on top of the box. "KICK HIS ASS! I LOVE YOU!" She cheered.

Akamaru and Bluebell howled in cheer, then the entire stadium picked up the cheer.

"NA-RU-TO! NA-RU-TO! NA-RU-TO!" The chanted. The air was electric, even as the shockwaves kept building.

Meanwhile Naruto was trading blows with Freeza. Punches, kicks, side swipes, counters and parries. The both of them were now evenly matched, but for how long?

'Kit, you've got maybe two minutes left of my Chakra at this rate! You need to end this quickly!' The Kyuubi thought.

"Right!" Naruto shouted as Freeza fired a death beam at point blank range at Naruto, forcing him to leap back down to the ground. Freeza shot out a volley of death balls in Naruto's direction. The man then extended out his Chakra arm like a grappling hook near the center of the arena. He outran the death balls while using his Chakra arm like a rope.

He kept increasing his speed until he managed to outflank the Frost Demon and got in his blind spot. With his other hand, he split his Chakra arm into multiple limbs, each of them holding their own Rasengans.

"Rasengan Riot!" Naruto cried as he plunged the barrage of spiraling Chakra spheres into Freeza's backside.

"GAAH!" Freeza cried as he crashed into the ground. His body shook from the pain and the fury. Until Naruto ran up and kicked Freeza directly in the hole where his tail used to be.

"AAAAAAHHHHH" Freeza howled in pain.

'Man, our hubby is amazing!' Inner cheered.

'Got that right.' Sakura replied.

"That was for my friends, asshole!" Naruto shouted as he charged up a Rasengan. "And this one is gonna be for when you threatened Sakura-chan. It's going right up your tail stump."

Freeza quickly turned around and blasted Naruto with a wide Ki wave, knocking the man off balance. Freeza then righted himself and kicked Naruto right in the junk.

"LOW BLOW! HOW CAN I BE A GRANDMOTHER NOW?!" Kushina shouted.

"YEAH!" Sakura shouted, then she realized what Kushina said. "Wait, what?!"

Naruto doubled over, for second he knew only white hot pain, which gave Freeza just enough time to stand up and shoot Naruto in the leg with a death beam and follow up with a devastating right hook to the jaw.

He staggered back, giving Freeza another opening for another hard jab to the left temple. Freeza didn't get a third punch in though, for Naruto anticipated the third strike and ducked underneath it, with his own fist tucked into his body to deliver his own quick jab and Freeza's jaw.

Freeza staggered back and Naruto went all out on him, blow after blow.

Freeza reached his arm back and created a death disc which he slashed at Naruto with, leaving a huge gash across the ninja's chest from hip to shoulder.

Freeza then brought it down onto Naruto's shoulders, but he could Freeza's forearm before he could make anything more than a shallow cut. The two struggled until Naruto managed to plunge the disc into the ground and hit Freeza directly in between the neck and shoulders with a Rasengan. Freeza was knocked back 10 feet before he came to a screeching halt. The both of them stopped to catch their breath.

"You're good, I'll give you that...It's a shame...I'm dead...I'd want you...as an underling..." Freeza gasped.

"Heh...same. Having a... space alien for an ally... I'd be the coolest Hokage ever." Naruto wheezed.

'And the two Saiyan's don't count?'

'I mean...he's more alien looking...' Naruto thought.

"Did you have a space ship by any chance?" Naruto asked the Space Tyrant.

"Many, why?" Freeza inquired.

"And was it shaped like a saucer?"

"Yeees...where are you going with this?"

"Well I mean...heh...if it makes you feel any better I had always wanted any alien friend like you. Flying around in your saucer. I'd be a lot of fun. Now if only you were green..."

"I am not a Namekian..." Freeza growled.

"What's that supposed to mean?!" Shouted an evil Namekian in the crowd, loud enough for the two fighters to turn around and look at him.

"Who's that guy?" Naruto wondered aloud.

"Huh?" Freeza looked over with genuine curiosity. "Ah, that's Slug. He's a Namekian."

What? He's not a slug. Slugs are white and don't have any limbs. Although those antennas look familiar." Naruto replied.

"His name is Slug, you imbecile..." Freeza deadpanned.

"What? That's dumb. It's like naming a kid after a condiment...never mind."

Kushina and Minato blushed at Naruto's statement.

"Well I thought it was memorable." Jiraiyia muttered to himself.

"Well anyway why don't we...?" Naruto said before being suckered punched in the cheek.

"Smash Human! Smash Human!" Freeza chanted as he thrashed Naruto about.

He mercilessly beat into Naruto's face, not letting the blond be given an inch.

"Naruto!" Sakura cried out as she watched him be beaten like a rug.

Naruto finally stepped into Freeza's assault and kneed him in the stomach. Freeza paused but had enough sense to grab Naruto into a bear hug. Kami damn it he would squeeze the boy to death I'd that's what it took.

Naruto used his instincts and cocked his head back to deliver a devastating head-butt to Freeza's forehead.

Freeza staggered back and then Naruto unleashed his own barrage upon the alien tyrant.

He punched Freeza straight in the gut before throwing a three hit combo at his head. Freeza was dazed and his patience was at an end. He caught Naruto's next punch and gave another right hook straight into Naruto's nose, shattering it.

"ENOUGH!"

Before Naruto could counter attack, Freeza flew directly up into the air.

"I'M ENDING THIS NOW!" Freeza yelled as he created a massive, planet shattering death ball.

"BIGGER!" He yelled.

The sphere grew in size until he felt it was the proper size. "Perfect..."

"Mines still bigger!" Cooler called out from the audiance, to which Freeza growled.

"SHUT UP!" Freeza shouted.

He then looked down at a very panicked Naruto. "NOW DIE!" Freeza through the moon sized ball of Energy directly at Naruto.

The blond quickly held his palms together, concentrating every last drop of energy he had to create the mother of all Rasengans. It grew to the size of a basketball, then a person, then a house. So large that it eclipsed Naruto entirely. A rotating ball of energy with more Chakra than a Jounin could use in a month, and it collided directly with Freeza's Death Sphere.

There was no sound. Just an endless flash of the purest white light, all contained within the arena barrier.

Then suddenly...

BOOOOOOOOOM

A massive shockwave rang out as both attacks detonated, severely damaging their owners.

As their vision began to return, the audience looked up where the barrier opened up to the sky as a plume of smoke and debris blocked out the divine clouds that separated Heaven from Hell.

Sakura tossed a house sized boulder off of her and her team and coughed. "Everyone okay?"

"Well we're all still dead. So..." Kiba said.

"Smartass..." She said.

Kushina grunted. "I'm okay...more or less."

"Guys, look!" Choji pointed at the arena where the dust was beginning to settle. There, a lone figure struggled to stand up, yet no one could make out who it was.

"Is that Naruto?" Sakura asked hopefully.

"Neji." Shikamaru instructed. The Hyuga quickly activated his Byakugan to peer through the thick smoke.

"No...no god damn it! No!" Neji cursed.

The dust and smoke cleared to see that it was Freeza that was still standing, but barely.

"No..." Sakura said shakily as she searched around for Naruto.

"Aah!" The tyrant cried as he tried to put weight on his leg, only for a shooting pain to go up it and he fell to his knee.

That's when Sakura noticed another figured appearing from the smoke, standing tall.

Sakura gasped. "Is...is that...?"

The figure waved his hand and blew away the dust, revealing himself to be none other than Whis, standing casually without so much as a scratch on him.

"Shit..." Sakura continued to scan the area, lifting up into the air with her limited flying abilities. That's when she spotted Naruto in the center of the crater. He was barely moving and his golden form was gone.

"NARUTO!" She hollered.

Freeza looked up at the servant to the Lord of Destruction and broke out in laughter.

"I DID IT!" He cried in complete joy. "Victory is mine! I won!"

Beerus cocked an eyebrow at the former Tyrant.

Everyone in the village as well as Naruto's teammates and parents all looked on with defeated looks as well as looks of worry, anger and sadness.

People smashed their fists again walls, tears were shed, all that hard work. All that pain and suffering for nothing.

"No...no no no..." Videl sobbed as she smashed her fist through the roof of the tower.

"Dammit..." Gohan seethed as electricity formed around his fists. "I shouldn't have let them go alone...I should have been there with them..."

Gaara broke the glass cup in his hands, the shards cutting into his palms but he didn't care.

Tenten, Hinata, Ino and Temari all broke down in tears. Now they really would never see the men they loved.

Tsunade gripped Jiraiya's jacket tightly. While Kakashi held Shizune while the two of them were certain that no one was looking. Guy took the opportunity to hug Kakashi from behind.

Kushina cried into Minato's chest, certain that Naruto was dead and that they had failed. Sakura fell to the ground on her knees. She couldn't believe he was dead. She refused to believe it.

Freeza meanwhile continued to laugh and hold his sides.

"Ohhhh...gonna wizz red in the morning..." Freeza grunted. "Heheheh...In Heaven!" He coughed.

"I'm sorry, what was that?" Beerus asked.

Freeza looked over at the God of Destruction who had chosen to come down to the arena floor.

"M-my prize, my Lord. I was just saying that I would be in Heaven soon."

"No you won't." Beerus stated matter-of-factly.

At this, everyone perked up.

"W-what?"

"The prize was that you would choose to ascend ANOTHER soul into Heaven. From outside of your team." Whis reminded him.

"It had something to do with sacrificing yourself for another or fighting for someone who is worth it...that kind of nonsense." Beerus added.

"W-what? Are you telling me that I can't claim my prize?!" Freeza exclaimed.

"So long as it's for another soul other than your own, yes..." Beerus stated.

"But I have no other soul that I care about!" Freeza exclaimed.

"Well it's not like it's going to matter. That blond idiot still isn't dead yet." Beerus said, pointing at a broken and battered Naruto who stood up on shaky legs.

Sakura looked up and gasped happily. "Naruto! You're alive!"

But Naruto couldn't answer her just yet. He was dead focused on his opponent. As Freeza stared back at him, both their faces so swollen and bloody that neither of them could quite see clearly. The dust caking their skin, their bones creaking, and their muscles screaming.

He took one step towards Freeza, you could hear the pebbles shifting underneath his feet.

He took another step, his feet feeling like lead at the bottom of a lake.

"He's completely exhausted..." Sakura said in awe as she watched her sunshine slowly make his way back to Freeza.

Whis floated over to him. "Are you sure you want to continue? You can forfeit you know."

"Fuck you..." Naruto muttered without even looking over at whoever he talked to. There was only Freeza now.

"Oh my..." Whis gasped.

Naruto took another step; his left arm was completely numb but thankfully his dominant hand could still mold chakra. He held it waist high and slowly the air surrounding his palm began to swirl around until it formed into a mini hurricane of chakra.

Freeza tried to run at the boy to beat him down once and for all, yet he could not summon the strength to get to his feet. It all just hurt too much and he had wasted so much energy fighting those other five weaklings...

Desperately he raised up his finger and pointed it at Naruto, yet his arm felt so heavy. It waved and bobbed until he fired a death beam and it grazed Naruto's sides. Yet the boy did not register the scalding Ki cutting through a piece of his ribs.

"Come on Naruto, you got this!" Lee shouted encouragement.

Naruto took a couple more steps. Freeza fired again and only hit the dirt right in front of Naruto's feet.

"Dammit! You're not going to win!" Freeza declared.

Naruto stepped forward, focusing all his energy on keep the Chakra ball spinning while putting one foot in front of the other.

"No you fucking don't..." Freeza growled as he tried to fire off another death beam.

The death beam pierced Naruto's calf, causing him to fall to his knees.

"That's better. Now lose like a good human." Freeza snickered.

"Don't you dare give up!" Sakura yelled. "You hear me, Naruto!? Get up and WIN!"

"You shut your mouth you filthy whore." Freeza spat.

Naruto heard her...he struggled to stand up, his knees and his one good elbow all scrapping against the rocks to stand himself up.

"Get up!" His teammates cried.

"Get up, Naruto!" His village cried.

He stood up on one leg, then another. Freeza shot a death beam into Naruto's abdomen and his shoulder, but it did nothing.

"Do it, Naruto!" Minato cheered.

"You can do it, son! I know you can!" Kushina cheered.

"The man I know and love wouldn't give up, so don't you let that bastard win!" Sakura encouraged.

"I said shut your mouth, slut!" Freeza hollered. He tried to shoot a death beam at her, but it bounced off the barrier.

"Come on, Naruto! Fucking do it already!" Kiba shouted.

"Do it! For all the fat people and the idiots out there!" Choji cried.

"Win!" Neji shouted.

"I said-GAAAH!" Freeza cried out when he felt a searing pain shoot up his arm. He yelled out in pain as he was forced to the ground by Naruto.

"Don't you dare talk to my friends like that you fuck..." Naruto growled, his eyes glowing red with rage.

The audience and the Leaf all cheered as one. All across the Leaf along all the roads and atop every building the people cried out for Naruto.

"DO IT!"

Naruto cocked back his arm and thrusted his jutsu directly into Freeza's chest.

"Rasengan!"

The tore directly into his insides like a drill. What a billion souls and an army of powerful Saiyans could not do, one boy did.

Freeza's back exploded and the tyrant's eyes rolled into the back of his head as he fell over on his back. Leaving only the lone Leaf ninja standing.

"TEAM SASUKE WINS!" Whis shouted, earning an eruption of cheers all over hell as well as the entire Leaf Village.

Lovers and teammates hugged each other in the streets, children went crazy with excitement, a few people even passed out from all the unbelievable victory.

Whis dropped the barrier and instantly, all of Team Sasuke rushed to Naruto, Sakura leading the group so she could quickly heal him.

Naruto just fell backwards feeling absolutely positively 100% exhausted, yet he was caught by something soft, wet, and warm.

Naruto opened one eye slightly to see nothing but pink hair, but he immediately knew who it was and returned her kiss with gusto.

Everyone around her smiled at their interaction until Sakura pulled away.

"You did an amazing job, Naruto. I'm so proud of you." Sakura praised lovingly as she got to work healing him.

"Really? Not even gonna scold me or call me a Baka? I must have died and gone to Heaven." Naruto smiled.

"Naruto...yea, I was worried and so was everyone else. But...you won in the end against someone that took a super Saiyan to take down. That in itself makes up for everything. Plus, you saved Sasuke's soul! What's there not to be happy about?" Sakura asked.

"I mean...you'd usually berate at me for being reckless and making you worry. It's kinda freaking me out that you're not now that I think about it." Naruto admitted.

"Just shut up so that I can heal you, dumbass. You're going to spend the rest of your life making it up to me anyway." Sakura said firmly.

Kiba chuckled. "That almost sounded like a marriage proposal, eh Shikamaru?"

Shikamaru saw where Kiba was going with this and smirked. "Sure did."

"I'll squeeze both your windpipes shut for good if you don't shut your traps." Kushina threatened, not wanting them to ruin the moment.

Both men gulped in fear and nodded.

That was when Beerus descended upon them. "Congratulations and yada yada..." He said with a bored tone. "So, what is your wish?"

"We wish to-" Naruto stopped himself for a moment. He looked at all of his friends who had Halo's over their heads and felt guilty for what he really wanted to do.

Shikamaru was the first to pick up on it. "Dude, it's cool. We came here to save Sasuke, so that's what you should wish for."

"Yeah but...you guys sacrificed your lives..."

"Don't remind me. We literally died for that duck butt haired emo. I'm never going to live this down." Kiba sighed.

"Kiba, enough." Neji scolded. "Naruto, Sasuke is the whole reason we came here. It would be dumb to bring us back. It would make our whole trip pointless."

"Yeah...you're right...I just wish there was some way..." Naruto was stopped when he felt Lee's hand on his shoulder.

"We did not sacrifice ourselves for Sasuke. We sacrificed them for you and your ideas, Naruto. Because we believe in you and what you stand for. You are the most youthful person I have ever met and I am proud to call you my friend." Lee praised.

Naruto closed his eyes and steeled his resolve. He wasn't worthy of such praise. No one could be. For the rest of his life he would have no choice but to be better.

"We wish... for Sasuke Uchiha to be pardoned of all sins and to ascend to Heaven."

"Very well. Whis, you do the honors. I'm returning home for a nap." Beerus said.

"Follow me please." Whis said as he motioned to the hallway inside the stadium, which was filled with feel good music and confetti from the trillions of celebrating souls and demons.

Whis lead them all down the corridor that lead to what looked like a prison block. Many souls of the damned were screaming out in agony and in pain from being tortured for their crimes. Soon they were lead to a cell that had a small child inside who sounded like he was crying.

"Let him out." Whis ordered to one of the guards who begrudgingly opened the cell door. The gang all looked at each other as the sniffling child crawled away from the light as if he feared it.

"Sasuke?" Naruto called out.

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At once the Descry Sphere in the Leaf went black.

"Hey what gives?" Videl cried out.

"What happened?" Gohan asked.

The whole village was filled with murmurs as everyone speculated on what happened.

The Sphere was then filled with the face of Whis, just as it had done so when it first appeared.

"Hello everyone, Whis here. Sorry to cut you off, but this seemed like a private conversation and I think you all get the gist of it. Thank you all for your support. Chow." Whis smiled as the Descry Sphere collapsed on itself and vanished. Uncovering the sky for the first time in days.

"THE FUCK!" Tsunade yelled in rage.

"W-wait, WHAT?!" Ino bellowed.

"You were just getting to the good part!" Temari shouted.

"Turn it back on!" Tenten shouted at the sky.

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Author's Note from Panda: BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!