Hey, guys! I hope you all had an AMAZING Christmas! I got some video games, clothes, money, blu-rays and some other stuff but you all probably don't care about that and I should probably get to the chapter, right?

Now with all that being said and done, let chapter three begin! And please remember I DON'T own Naruto or Dragon Ball Z, thanks! ;)

Gohan stared above at a bulbous-looking, hideous monster laughing in glee at he began expanding as much as a balloon.

"Hahaha, boy this is the end for you! You think you could beat me but you can't! I'm going to blow myself up now and I'm taking you with me! Say goodbye to your precious planet" Cell chortled as the breath nearly left Gohan's lungs at Cell's proclamation.

"N-no don't!" Gohan yelled as a plan to stop Cell began hatching in his mind. He had gotten the necessary power needed to put down the diabolical android…surely it couldn't end up like this.

Cell continued laughing at Gohan's expense as he continued getting bigger and bigger. Oh how much he grateful for his self-destruction for sticky situations like this. The nerve of this damn child getting the better of him. At least now he'd have the last laugh.

"You lose little man! I'm going to destroy this planet!" Cell bragged before Gohan adopted a battle pose.

"No you won't!" Gohan replied as he refused to let this bastard win. He would defeat him and protect not only the earth but the Universe as a whole.

However before he could make a move, Cell playfully raised his hands up.

"Watch out! You might make me explode! You don't want to make me upset! One little shock could set me off and then it's bye-bye, Gohan! Bye-Bye Goku and so long Earth!" Cell gloated as thoughts of how to counter the evil monster seemed to dwindle, little by little.

"Hahaha one minute boy and it'll all be over!" Cell grinned as the severity of the situation really hit Gohan as he lost his will to stand.

"There's forty more seconds left!" Cell gleamed while Gohan could only contemplate on his previous failure to stop Cell. Or rather his refusal to do so.

"Dad was right….I should've destroyed Cell when I had the chance but I let my powers go to my head….I could've destroyed Cell! I've failed! What have I done!?" Gohan lamented before banging his fists in the dirt below him. He wanted to kill Cell as soon as he awakened his Super Saiyan 2 power but he wanted to make Cell hurt….no…suffer for all the innocent lives he took in his power trip on becoming perfect. But now it seemed as if it was all for naught….All the training with his dad….all the training with Piccolo and the others…Android 16's noble sacrifice….He had wasted all of it and thrown it all away….just on a feeling of revenge!

"Damn it! I've been a fool and let Cell win again! Damn it! Damn it! DAMN IT!" Gohan growled as Cell continued laughing while muttering how he only had ten more seconds left before he would explode and take everyone with him. With Cell's victory assured, Gohan could only wait patiently for his inevitable death. He couldn't believe it….the life of everyone he held precious to him would be lost….All because of his arrogance.

That is before a blur of orange and blue appeared in front of him.

Gohan looked up in utter surprise to see his father smiling at him while Cell wore a similar expression of shock and horror.

"Hey you put up a good fight, Gohan. I'm proud of you." Goku complimented his son with a voice full of pride as Gohan raised an eyebrow as he could only wonder what his unpredictable father was thinking.

"D-daddy?" Gohan stammered as Goku's smile remained firm on his face.

"Take care of your mother for me. She needs you. Tell her that I had to do this, Gohan." Goku said as Gohan's eyes raised in horror as he recognized the look in Goku's eyes. It was the same look he saw back when he fought Frieza. Although…unlike last time, he knew with one-hundred percent certainty that whatever plan Goku had in mind would no doubt result in his death.

"Goodbye…my son…" Goku winked as Gohan could've sworn he saw several tears fall from his father's eyes before he vanished instantly with his Instant Transmission technique.

"No! Come back!" Gohan yelled as he realized his dad had sacrificed himself for everyone, yet again.

"Dad, no!" Gohan yelled as he jolted awake in a cold sweat before realizing he was in Naruto's room.

"It was….a dream?" Gohan muttered before looking around and wondering whether or not Naruto heard his scream. Thankfully, Naruto was asleep.

"Mm….Sakura….oh yeah….I love it….." Naruto drooled as Gohan couldn't help but slightly laugh.

"Thank goodness Naruto seems to be a light-sleeper." Gohan quietly said before turning his head over to Naruto's nightstand where the clock said how it was "5:45". While such a time would be dangerously early to most preteens, thanks to his mother having him study since he learned how to read, such a time was a cakewalk for him.

Gohan decided to tiptoe out of the room he shared with Naruto before getting the clothes he wore yesterday. Upon getting himself dressed he decided to leave Naruto's apartment as he starting scanning the streets as he realized that no one was out in the streets at this time of the morning.

With the coast clear, Gohan decided to fly where he assumed no one would be able to see him. He then touched down on in a random part on a forest located outside the village.

As Gohan touched down he exhaled before powering up to his Super Saiyan state.

As he did so he punched several punches in the air along with practicing his kicks for a little while before deciding to stop. Upon doing so he attempted to power up to his Super Saiyan 2 state, however this proved to be easier said than done as he was able to but it was only for a couple of seconds.

"What's….wrong?" Gohan asked as he tried powering up for several more minutes before realizing that he was going nowhere.

"What's up? Why can't I assume my 2nd state for long? I was able to power it back up for a long while with ease when Cell came back so what's different?" Gohan pondered for a couple of more minutes before the answer came to him.

Back then he was filled with rage, anger and hate…..Hate for him killing his father along with Trunks….If he could find that hidden power again, he would definitely be able to call upon it at will.

"I wonder…if it was this hard for dad to control his Super Saiyan state on yardrat." Gohan asked to no one before donning a determined look on his face.

"No matter what, I refuse to be arrogant and selfish like I was yesterday. My foolishness nearly cost me one world….I won't let it happen again!" Gohan vowed with the utmost certainty as he continued his training regimen for about another ten minutes before deciding to go back home but not before meeting up with Hiruzen and getting his money from him.

As he did so, little did he pay attention to three people who were looking at him from a tree above with nothing but curiosity.

"So…I'm assuming that's the mysterious new boy we've heard so much about." A boy clad in a green jumpsuit assumed.

"Indeed, Lee….but did you notice how he was able to get some kind of aura around him while changing the color of his hair?" The boy next to Lee asked. He had long brown hair along with peculiar looking white eyes.

"Yeah. Do you think he has some sort of Kekkai Genkai, Neji?" A girl with brown hair asked. She wore a pink Chinese style shirt along with blue pants.

"Who knows? But we definitely should keep an eye on this kid? He's definitely not normal, that's for sure." Neji replied as a smile suddenly donned on Tenten's lips.

"Okay…but there's no denying how cute he is." Tenten smiled in thought.

As Gohan walked through the village with the intention on meeting up with Hiruzen, he couldn't help but shake his head at the looks he received.

"Jeez…I know I'm a mysterious kid but it's not like I intended to cause damage on purpose….Hey, maybe I can do something to help! That's what dad would do." Gohan smiled in thought before he eventually reached his destination.

As he made his way inside of the building he couldn't help but notice how big the building was.

"Wow, what a really big building!" Gohan exclaimed before deciding to go in.

"Um, excuse me?" Gohan asked the secretary outside the office who glared at him.

"I was wondering where Mister Hiruzen was?" Gohan asked as she narrowed her eyes at him before she huffed.

"He's busy with paperwork so get lost!" The secretary snapped at him as she growled at him.

"I said he's busy so scram!" The secretary glared at Gohan. She didn't trust the young hybrid and saw him as nothing but a threat to the village. She hated him nearly as much as she hated Naruto.

"Actually it's no big deal. Now I trust you're not giving our new visitor any nasty treatment. Unless…you'd like for me to dock your pay?" Hiruzen asked as the secretary tensed.

"N-no sir!" She answered as Gohan ran to Hiruzen before making his way to Hiruzen's office.

"Thanks for that." Gohan thanked Hiruzen who smiled as the two entered his office.

"My pleasure." Hiruzen replied before going in his desk drawer and handing Gohan an envelope full of money.

"This should get you through the month. Given how you're a growing boy, something tells me the money I give Naruto won't be enough to feed you." Hiruzen slightly chuckled as Gohan smiled.

"Thank you so much, Mr. Hiruzen! I really appreciate this." Gohan thanked the elderly man who laughed while smoking his pipe.

"My pleasure, Gohan." Hiruzen laughed as Gohan left the office. As he watched the preteen leave the office, his mind flew back to a lovely meeting he had last night.

Hiruzen was in the center of a special meeting room where only the most important of the Leaf's political factions would meet whenever anything important happened to the Leaf.

"So you mean to tell us you just let some unknown boy take refuge in our village?" The voice of one irate Hiashi Hyuga asked in disbelief.

"Indeed I did but according to Inoichi, the boy is a warrior from wherever he originated from. And even more, he seemed to fight on the side of good." Hiruzen reasoned with the angered Hyuga as the voice of the equally disbelieved Tsume Inuzuka decided to speak up.

"Suppose his ideals of 'good' and 'evil' differ from ours?" Tsume argued.

"I wouldn't say that. I've spoken to him and he seems to be a good-natured, genuine young man." Hiruzen replied back as Shikaku and Inoichi were silent in the background as their thoughts were on Son Gohan were neutral.

"So tell me, what do you plan to do with this 'Son Gohan'?" Koharu Utanane asked as Hiruzen grinned.

"With his interest peaked, I decided to allow him to study at the ninja Academy alongside the kids his age." Hiruzen answered as everyone's eyes went wide in disbelief.

"You say this boy will be joining our ranks? How will he be able to contribute?" The dark voice of Danzo Shimura pondered.

"According to Inoichi's observations, he's able to wield extremely powerful jutsu. At the age of around four, he possessed strength even greater than the Three Great Sannin when they graduated." Hiruzen explained as everyone's mouths went agape.

"T-The Three Great Sannin? That's impossible! No one has been said to have had as much potential as a child other than Shisui and Itachi from the Uchiha clan!" Homura Mitokido stammered as he had heard of no such child having such power.

"That's right. Now while I gave him the option of getting another occupation in the village, he seemed to want this so I see that he will prove to be a very valuable asset to the Leaf. Howver, I prove on asking Iruka to test out his power so we can see just a sample of his strength." Hiruzen finished as a series of nods went around the village before Hiruzen called the meeting to a close.

Meanwhile Danzo couldn't help but smile behind his bandages.

"Son Gohan…huh?" Danzo simply asked before going away.

"Let's see how you do today, Son Gohan." Hiruzen smiled as he pulled out a crystal ball from his desk.

Gohan made his way around the village to the local Leaf Village store where he picked up several different kinds of groceries. Upon getting dressed earlier in the morning, Gohan made a quick observation of Naruto's kitchen and noticed how there was nothing but ramen in the kitchen along with a huge carton of milk that was way past his expiration date. With the voice of his overly critical mother kicking in, he immediately decided that he and Naruto needed to eat way better, delectable and healthy food.

As Gohan was satisfied with the foods he picked up, he made his way to the cash register where the sales person immediately shot him a look of disgust and disdain.

"Uh, I'd like to purchase these goods please." Gohan politely asked as the store clerk glared at him.

"Get lost, brat!" The worker glared at Gohan who tried to reason with her.

"Ma'am, I'm sorry for my entrance in the village but please believe I meant no harm." Gohan tried reasoning with the woman who only huffed and glared at him.

"Because of you my daughter is in the hospital! I'll never forgive you, you damn pest! Now leave before I-"The woman glared before a glare from a pair of ruby colored eyes cut her off.

"Before you what? I trust you're not denying this boy the right to purchase groceries are you?" A woman's voice asked getting the attention of Gohan. As he looked at her he noticed she had shoulder length black hair with piercing red eyes and a weird thorn-like red and white dress.

"But Kurenai he-"The seller argued as Kurenai's glare worsened.

"I wonder what Lord Hokage would think of you denying a child sustenance? He'd no doubt have you fired." Kurenai threatened as the woman paled before reluctantly taking Gohan's goods and letting him pay for them.

Gohan then left the shop with Kurenai, happy that he was able to get the essentials he needed.

"Thanks for that Mrs-Um?" Gohan tried thanking the Genjutsu specialist as she smiled.

"Think nothing of it." Kurenai smiled before vanishing away in a poof of smoke, making Gohan's eyes nearly bug out.

"Was that some kind of Instant Transmission? No…it wasn't as fast…." Gohan pondered before deciding to make his way home and fix breakfast for himself and Naruto.

Naruto then awoke to smells of several different breakfast foods.

"Huh…I wonder what all that is?" Naruto thought as his nose led him to the kitchen where he was greeted with the sight of pancakes, bacon, eggs and orange juice.

Naruto's mouth watered as Gohan smiled at his new friend's reaction.

"Hey there. Like what I made?" Gohan laughed as Naruto nodded energetically.

"Yeah, let's eat!" Naruto yelled as he dug in, eating with manners akin to Goku as Gohan laughed while he ate with a bit more class.

"Whew, that was so good!" Naruto belched as he rubbed his satisfied tummy while Gohan laughed at his friend's reaction to his food. Thankfully he managed to remember his mother's recipe.

"Hey thanks! Yeah I made it just like mom-"Gohan was about to say before his expression turned grim as he was suddenly reminded of his lost family. Naruto noticed this and frowned apologetically.

"Hey Gohan, I'm sorry, I wasn't try-"Naruto tried to apologize as Gohan held a hand up.

"It's fine. Besides, we should probably get ready for school, right?" Gohan suggested as Naruto groaned.

"Oh, right!" Naruto said, albeit a little reluctantly, before going back to his room and getting dressed in his orange and blue outfit while Gohan stood there silently for a couple seconds as he lamented on how if he hadn't been so selfish and arrogant, he wouldn't be in this situation but then he assumed that perhaps this was perhaps a second chance of sorts in order to make sure he didn't repeat his same mistakes.

As Gohan made this thought he decided to change his clothes as he realized that he was kind of sweaty in his current ones and since this was his first day at a new school, he wanted to make a strong good impression. The half-saiyan then dressed himself in a white Chinese style shirt, black pants and black slippers.

"Alright, ready to go?" Naruto asked his new friend who nodded.

"Yeah." Gohan replied before the two left the lovable blonde's apartment. As the two made their way to the Ninja Academy, the two were greeted with the same usual stares of disdain and disgust but unlike yesterday, Gohan noticed how while a lot were directed at him, there were a great deal directed towards Naruto too.

"Hey, Naruto?" Gohan was about to ask before Naruto turned around and smiled.

"I don't know why they're like that towards me." Naruto replied as he had an idea of what the son of Goku was going to ask.

"Do you ever wonder why though?" Gohan asked as Naruto sighed.

"I do….But it doesn't matter….Because one day I'll get their respect and become Hokage!" Naruto grinned a grin akin to the one Gohan saw on his father. At that moment, Gohan had a strong inkling that Naruto would become a shinobi stronger than anyone in this village.

"You do that, Naruto." Gohan smiled at his friend as the two continued their walk until they reached the Ninja Academy.

"So this is it huh? It's sure a big school…." Gohan observed as Naruto could make out nervousness in the half breed's voice.

"Nervous?" Naruto asked as Gohan nodded.

"Yeah, I've been homeschooled pretty much." Gohan explained as Naruto grimaced at the thought.

"Wow, rough?" Naruto grimaced as he couldn't imagine having the horror known as school within his home.

"Haha, it's fine. It's really not that bad." Gohan chuckled while internally he was excited at the thought of interacting with people his own age. Aside from the Z-Fighters, he had no real friends his age other than him meeting Lime.

Gohan was snapped from his thoughts as the two were approached by Iruka.

"Ah, so you must be the new student? I'm Iruka Umino." Iruka introduced himself politely as he held his hand out making Gohan smile as he was happy there was another person not hostile towards him.

"Yes sir. I'm Son Gohan. It's a pleasure to meet you, Mister Iruka." Gohan introduced himself as Iruka smiled at how Gohan was way more polite than the students he was currently teaching.

"A pleasure to meet you as well, Gohan." Iruka introduced back before turning to Naruto.

"Naruto, you go and sit down while I bring Gohan in." Iruka ordered the blonde who waved his hand.

"Yeah, yeah." Naruto rolled his eyes before walking into the building as Iruka and Gohan followed him thereafter.

"I'm glad Naruto didn't scare you away from the village." Iruka chuckled as Gohan return the gesture.

"It's fine. He's my first friend here. The villagers on the other hand…." Gohan trailed off as Iruka smiled.

"Don't worry about it. They're just confused but don't worry, they'll come around." Iruka said before the two reached his classroom.

"Alright, now please wait out here while I get you ready." Iruka said as Gohan nodded in understanding.

"Yes sir." Gohan replied as Iruka entered the classroom.

"Alright class, today we have a new student who'll be joining us today. He's new to the village so please be friendly and welcoming to him." Iruka ordered everyone as several students looked interested about the possibility about who the new person might while others just didn't care.

"If you'll please?" Iruka ordered Gohan who walked in.

"Hello everyone, I'm Son Gohan." Gohan smiled politely as he gave a polite bow while everyone stared at the new comer with shock. The Half-Saiyan could hear various comments about him:

"Hey I heard about him! He's that kid who fell from the sky!"

"Whoa seriously? He's definitely not normal!"

"My parents told me to stay away from him…"

"I know I am…."

"What a freak!"

"He definitely looks too soft to be a fighter….."

Were the majority of the comments Gohan heard while he heard some positive comments;

"Whoa, talk about a cutie!"

"Yeah, he's just as cute as Sasuke!"

"I think he's even cuter!"

Gohan blushed before making his way to sit next to Naruto who he bumped fists with, much to the shock of everyone save for Iruka who smiled at the scene before him.

"To think he and Naruto have a sort of bond only after a day. Hehe." Iruka chuckled interally before opening his book up.

"Alright Gohan, we're on page 100 so try to follow along with Naruto." Iruka said as Gohan nodded before looking at Naruto's book. The son of Goku was stunned to learn how people around here used a force called Chakra instead of what he used, Ki.

The discussion went on for a couple of hours before Iruka led his class outside for an outdoors lesson.

"Now since Gohan is new here, I'd like to gauge his strength so Gohan if you don't mind I'd like to see you attack these five dummies and try not to be too hard on them." Iruka instructed while he sat out five different practice dummies.

"Alright then." Gohan agreed before easily destroying all five of the dummies without even breaking a sweat much to the amazement of everyone.

"Hopefully I didn't over do it." Gohan thought as everyone stared at him in agape.

"W-whoa…." Choji stammered while he couldn't bring himself to eat his bag of chips.

"How…is he that strong?" Shikamaru pondered just as shocked as Gohan rubbed his head sheepishly.

"G-Gohan? How did you do that so fast?" Iruka asked the half-saiyan who laughed sheepishly.

"I've been training all my life since I was four." Gohan nonchalantly admitted much to the amazement of everyone, sans a certain duck haired youth.

"A-amazing…." Iruka said as Gohan decided to speak a topic on his mind.

"By the way Mister Iruka, I noticed how everyone here uses Chakra but that's not what I use to fight." Gohan said as everyone's expressions became even more bewildering.

"Y-you don't?" A shocked Kiba asked.

"Yeah that's right. I use Ki." Gohan began as everyone's shocked expressions only grew.

"H-how? I've never heard anyone use Ki nowadays…." Iruka stammered.

"I see….That explains why I couldn't sense anybody here. But it's not as dangerous as you all might think it is. Ki is the physical manifestation of your fighting spirit and it's very useful for various techniques." Gohan explained before channeling his Ki until a small yellow sphere came from his hands before firing it at one of the Shuriken targets, hitting it but not incinerating it as Gohan made sure to conserve a lot of his energy.

As everyone was dumbstruck, Iruka managed to collect himself somewhat.

"I see….so it's basically akin to Senjutsu….." Iruka theorized as Shikamaru decided to raise his hand.

"So would it be possible for us to be able to use it?" Shikamaru asked as Gohan nodded.

"I don't see why not. It may be a little troublesome for you all and may take a little while but I'm sure you all can learn it." Gohan replied as everyone was amazed for the thousandth time today at the new ability for powers available to them.

"Although with Chakra being akin to pure energy, I can sense you all and I can say Naruto is the strongest of all of the students." Gohan said as everyone's jaws dropped to the ground save for Naruto and Sasuke.

"What!? Seriously!?" Naruto yelled, ecstatic with how his dream may be closer to him than he realized.

"Yep, with some training you'll definitely be a very powerful person. Although I'll need to learn chakra…." Gohan said

"But Naruto's the dead last of the class though!" Sakura tried arguing as Gohan shrugged his shoulders.

"That's just a title and titles mean nothing." Gohan thought, a little exasperated as he thought of Hercule and how he was called "The World's Strongest Man." He was one hundred percent sure Raditz would've killed the bumbling man as Iruka smiled.

"We have around four months left until you the graduation exams but I'm sure you can learn the fundamentals of chakra." Iruka pat Gohan's shoulders as he smiled.

"Right!" Gohan smiled before Iruka called the class back inside and everyone went back inside except for one Sasuke Uchiha who stared at the back of Gohan.

"Son Gohan….If I can use Ki like him…I'll definitely be able to kill Itachi….Definitely!" Sauske darkly thought before following the rest of the students inside.

The rest of the day went on without any sorts of hitches before the day ended and Gohan decided to go to the library with taking a reluctant Naruto.

"I hate libraries!" Naruto groaned as Gohan laughed since his father hated them too.

"Just chill while I try to find out more of the history here." Gohan suggested as Naruto went off to find off things to read before coming across a couple of…..dirty books…for a lack of better words as Gohan looked up only to catch a glance at what Naruto was reading before sighing and choosing to say nothing.

"Something tells me Naruto and Master Roshi would be the best of friends if they met…." Gohan rolled his eyes as he read on the history of the Leaf village.

"Wow….so this village was founded by Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha with Hashirama becoming the first hokage while Madara went rogue and left the village before he was killed by Hashirama….Interesting…." Gohan read the book with interest as Naruto decided to get Gohan's attention.

"Hey Gohan…." Naruto began as Gohan looked up from what he was ready.

"Yeah?" Gohan replied.

"Do you think you can teach me all that Ki stuff sometimes? It looks really interesting!" Naruto pleaded as Gohan smiled.

"Sure, why not. We can start on Saturday." Gohan suggested as Naruto beamed.

"That sounds great! Thanks!" Naruto grinned.

"Haha, you're welcome." Gohan replied as he continued reading on the history of the village as Hiruzen smiled at the day's events from his crystal ball.

"So, it looks like Gohan is not only a strong person but he can use Ki…He definitely will be a benefit for this village." Hiruzen thought with glee as his thoughts trailed to the future ahead….

The Third Chapter is done and done, guys! ^_^ So a lot happened in this chapter with Gohan entering the Ninja Academy and showing off not even a fraction of his power! ^_^

Now in some stories like "Mirai Shinobi", they wrote it as impossible for the characters to use Ki but I think it's entirely possible but it'd take a bit of work. Especially when you consider Ki being akin to Senjutsu with Goku gathering the energy needed for the Spirit Bomb being really similar to how Naruto or Jiraiya gather energy for their sage mode.

For everyone wondering, next chapter we'll be switching to the Dragon Ball Verse and see how everyone has reacted to the "death" of Gohan so that'll definitely be enjoyable for you all!

And with four months til they graduate, the bond between Gohan and the Konoha 11 will be VERY close and so the next couple of chapters will be fillerish in order to bond Gohan and everyone. I feel this would be better rather than just skipping to the graduation exams as that'd be very predictable XD

Now like always, please also don't forget to let me know all your thoughts on how the story's going so far in addition to your thoughts on the story thus far and with everything said and done, please continue to fav, follow, review this story and I'll see you all in Chapter 4 next Thursday! Til the next chapter, catch you all later! ^_^