After two weeks, I'm back with Chapter Five as promised! =D Hopefully the wait wasn't too bad for you guys! XD But it was necessary for school XP
Now with all that said please enjoy the chapter and kindly remember I own NOTHING of Dragon Ball or Naruto as they belong to Akira Toriyama and Masashi Kishimoto, respectively. Muchos Gracias ^_^
Gohan smiled as he walked around the village of Konohagakure as it was a relatively beautiful day. With there being no classes today as it was a Saturday, Gohan's decided to help fix up the damage he indirectly caused around the village as he felt it was his way to help make amends with the villagers he unintentionally injured.
Although due to the stories of him using Ki instead of chakra he was branded even more of a freak by the villagers along with his peers as a whole and as such he's looked at no differently than how Naruto is received.
Hopefully with these kind gestures in mind, maybe some of this negative attention will be directed away from our favorite hybrid.
As Gohan made his way around the village, he came across a particular building.
"Yamanaka Flower Shop, huh?" Gohan observed before noticing the cracks the shop had.
"It looks to be repaired but I can help finish it." Gohan smiled before deciding to walk inside. After all, repairing stuff was one of his strong suits especially thanks to incidents like what happened with the Black Water Mist during the whole Garlic Jr mess.
"Hello in here!" Gohan politely greeted before a middle aged woman came walking out. She had brown hair tied into a bun with a very elegant dress. As soon as she saw Gohan, her eyes immediately narrowed.
"Oh it's you. May I help you?" The woman asked as Gohan politely smiled.
"Yes. I'd like to help repair the damage I caused your shop as I feel it's the right thing to do." Gohan genuinely answered as the woman's gaze never faltered.
"Hmm….and it was a lot of damage you caused." The woman responded as she didn't trust Gohan, something the half-saiyan immediately caught onto.
"Ma'am, I'm aware there's bad blood between you and I and that's why I'd like to fix it. Genuinely!" Gohan tried reasoning with the woman.
Before she could say anything, one Inoichi Yamanaka came walking out behind her.
"Oh Gohan!" Inoichi politely greeted the young preteen.
"Oh hello there. Not to be rude but may I ask who you are?" Gohan asked as Inoichi smiled.
"I'm Inoichi Yamanaka and right here is my wife. And I know who you are as I'm one of the ninja in this village. One of the ninja who saw you in the hospital." Inoichi explained as Gohan nodded his head.
"Oh I see." Gohan replied.
"And you're here to help repair the shop. I greatly appreciate it." Inoichi expressed to the young boy who nodded.
"It's no problem. Where can I start?" Gohan asked as Inoichi led him around the shop and showed him where the shop was damaged. As Gohan's tour was finished, he smiled as he was sure this work wouldn't take him anymore than an hour.
"Just leave it to me, mister!" Gohan smiled a smile akin to his father's before getting onto work.
As he started his task, Ino watched from afar in shock at what she was seeing. Thankfully she had a day off and she most certainly didn't anticipate any visitors to her parent's flower shop, most definitely Son Gohan, of all people!
"Uh dad?" The bleach blonde asked her father.
"Yes dear?" Inoichi responded.
"Why is he here?" Ino asked, albeit a little rudely, something Inoichi immediately noticed in her tone.
"Gohan is here in order to help repair the damage he indirectly caused and he already feels bad about it, Ino so please don't be so rude." Inoichi scolded his daughter who rolled her eyes and shrugged her shoulders as she walked him work. As she did so, she noticed how in tune into his work and how serious he was.
"He caused so much damage so I don't trust him! But…." Ino initially thought before noticing his hair flow in the wind.
"Why is he so damn cute!? Wait a second, Ino!?" Ino thought as she blushed furiously.
"Ino Yamanaka! You're in love with Sasuke! He's your knight in shining armor! Your royal, righteous hero! Your future soulmate! Don't get mesmerized in his good lucks-damn it! You're doing it again!" Ino glared as Ino's parents noticed her inner turmoil.
"Uh dear, you okay?" Ino's mother asked as Ino turned her rage onto her.
"I'm fine!" Ino yelled before storming off as Inoichi laughed.
"Teenagers….Ah I remember back in the day when I was her age." Inoichi chortled as thoughts of the old days came surfacing through his mind.
The work took Gohan around thirty minutes as he made sure to be certain that his work was one hundred percent perfect. Then again, this was really no problem to him. Especially when learning Goku and Krillin used to do all sorts of manual labor when they trained under Master Roshi as young boys.
As Gohan finished he decided to walk around the flower shop before coming to the room where all of the flowers were located. He was immediately taken in by the radiant smells of the flowers as a whole.
"Wow, this scent! It's so amazing! And these flowers are really beautiful." Gohan smiled as he walked around before coming across various different Azaleas, Daisies, Roses, Buttercups, Orchids, Irises, and so on and so forth. However his thoughts were soon interrupted.
"Like what you see?" An amused voice asked as Gohan turned around to see Ino sporting an amused smirk on his face.
"Well yeah of course! You helped grow all of these?" The Son of Goku asked the Yamanaka Heiress as she gave him a deadpan look.
"No, the flower fairy just swooped in from the sky and dropped them there. Of course I did." Ino deadpanned as Gohan sheepishly chuckled.
"Oh right, sorry. I guess that was a stupid question, hehe." Gohan chuckled as he came across one flower in particular.
"Oh I know this one! It's a Blue Violet." Gohan smiled before picking up the flower.
"You've seen it before?" Ino asked as Gohan nodded.
"Yeah, my dad gave it to my mom once." Gohan smiled as he remembered how his parents celebrated their anniversary after he came home from Yardrat.
"I see. Do you want to buy it?" Ino asked as Gohan shook his head.
"Nah but thanks anyways." Gohan declined before starting to make his way out of the shop.
"Wait that's it?" Ino asked.
"Well…yeah. I just came here to help repair what I caused after all." Gohan answered as he was about to exit before deciding to turn his head back.
"We're in the same class though, right?" Gohan asked as Ino nodded her head.
"Yeah." Ino confirmed.
"Well I'll see you in class then." Gohan smiled before taking his leave, leaving Ino in a state of shock at how well-mannered Gohan was.
Shikamaru and Choji soon walked over, disrupting her thoughts.
"Uh, what is Gohan doing here?" Shikamaru asked as Choji kept eating his chips.
"He said he wanted to help repair the damages he caused which is what he did." Ino replied as Choji decided to speak up.
"Maybe he's not such a bad guy like everyone is saying?" Choji suggested.
"Who cares? It's about time for my afternoon nap." Shikamaru yawned before deciding to crash on the first available seat in the flower shop, much to the dismay of his fellow clan friends.
Gohan then made his way around the village before coming to an apartment complex that was particularly close to the Yamanaka Flower shop. He noticed how it was in slightly rough shape and decided to help this compartment in rebuilding it.
Gohan smiled before knocking on the door.
"Just one moment!" A woman's voice emanated from behind the door before it opened revealing a woman with short blonde hair, green eyes who wore a white dress.
"Oh it's you…." The woman known as Mebuki Haruno sternly greeted the young saiyan.
"Hello there, ma'am. I'm here to help repair whatever was left in repairing this apartment." Gohan smiled as her gaze never left the boy. Gohan did however notice something familiar in her eyes.
"Hmm….thanks to your entrance in this village, several people were injured that day, one of those being my husband!" Mebuki nearly snapped as Gohan immediately felt a pang of guilt in his chest. To think a fight with Cell would end up leading to this.
"I'm aware of that now and that's why I'd like to help in rebuilding." Gohan genuinely said as she sighed before reluctantly letting him in.
"Fine. Allow me to show you the damages in my part of the apartment." Mebuki replied before showing him the damages he caused, it wasn't anything too bad.
"Alright, just give me around half an hour, ma'am!" Gohan grinned before immediately getting to work as the woman could only watch in amazement on how fast he worked. One could only wonder how she'd react if she found out he was part alien…..
After Gohan finished his work, he was rewarded with a glass of lemonade, courtesy of Mebuki.
"And here you are." Mebuki said as she handed Gohan a glass of the refreshing liquid beverage.
"Ah thanks." Gohan gratefully thanked as he downed the cool liquid. This work didn't even make him sweat even a little but he appreciated the gesture none the less.
"Ah Mebuki, who's that in there with you?" A masculine voice asked as Mebuki nearly sighed.
"Just a helper dear who decided to help finish the help in repairing the damage to the apartment." Mebuki answered.
"Bring him in here so I can meet him! Otherwise I can just continue talking to my shadow, hahaha!" The man laughed as his lame joke as Mebuki sighed. In all their years of marriage together didn't he get the memo his jokes were horrible.
"Okay Kizashi." Mebuki reluctantly agreed before gesturing Gohan to follow him into the room she shared with her husband. Her husband was a rather middle-aged man with blue eyes and spiky pink hair, somewhat reminiscent of his father.
"Gohan, this is my husband, Kizashi Haruno. And Kizashi, this is Son Gohan." Mebuki introduced as Gohan nodded.
"A pleasure to meet you sir." Gohan politely greeted before bowing in recognition making the man laugh heartily.
"Please! Feel free to call me Kizashi." Kizashi Haruno grinned as Gohan smiled, happy at the man's laidback-nonchalant attitude.
"Okay Kizashi." Gohan smiled as he noticed that Kizashi's arm was in a sling while his leg was in a cast. However, Kizashi raised an eyebrow.
"Now why do you seem familiar?" Kizashi pondered.
"This is the boy that caused that huge thunderstorm a week ago." Mebuki answered as Kizashi's expression was blank.
"I see." Kizashi answered as Gohan frowned, assuming that Kizashi has bad blood to him.
"I know my entrance was rather rude but I didn't mean it I swear! That's why I've been doing everything I can to make amends. If you have bad blood to me I understand but I plan on doing everything I can to at least fix things." Gohan answered before Kizashi smiled.
"I can tell you meant no harm so don't worry. I hold no ill will towards you." Kizashi grinned as Gohan smiled. This man was really just like his father, a huge forgiving heart along with his father's natural goofiness.
"Thank you, Kizashi." Gohan smiled.
"Of course. Although I hold no grudges as being too mad can make a person as mad as a pitcher of salt! Right?" Kizashi grinned before laughing at his joke as Mebuki groaned while Gohan found himself chuckling also.
Yep, definitely just like his beloved dad.
Gohan then said his goodbyes and was about to make his way out of the apartment before the door opened and he bumped his head into a familiar pink head.
"Ouch! Watch where you're going!" Sakura groaned as she rubbed her head. It was like she walked into a wall of rocks.
"Sorry." Gohan apologized before helping the girl up. Immediately she recognized that it was Gohan who was wearing the same clothes when she first saw him in class and she recoiled her hand away.
"What're you doing here?" Sakura callously asked.
"Wait you live here?" GOhan asked before putting two and two together. Of course, no wonder why Mebuki's eyes reminded him of her while Kizashi's hair was similar.
"Yes I do. What are you doing here, Gohan?" Sakura asked while folding her arms as she didn't bother hiding the irritancy in her voice.
"I was just helping in the destruction I caused." Gohan answered as she narrowed her eyes at him.
"Your destruction caused my dad to be injured." Sakura replied as Gohan smiled.
"I know and that's why I made peace with him." Gohan smiled as Sakura raised an eyebrow.
"You really did?" Sakura asked.
"Yep! Well I think I should go…" Gohan replied as he knew this was a particularly awkward situation, leaving the flower name alike in a state of confusion.
"He really helped out?" Sakura pondered as Kizashi rolled into the room in his wheelchair.
"I like that boy. Heh, he could be a really good boyfriend for you, Sakura!" Kizashi grinned as Sakura blushed furiously.
"Don't be stupid, dad! Besides I'm in love with someone else!" Sakura yelled as Kizashi remained unfazed.
"He's a lot friendlier than that Sasuke kid who's honestly just a stick in the mud. But he'd definitely get stuck in the mud, haha!" Kizashi slapped his good leg as both mother and daughter sighed in shame.
As Gohan continued his work throughout the day, Shikamaru and Choji couldn't help but watch him from afar as they were particularly interested in this mysterious kid.
After a couple of hours, Shikamaru and Choji said their goodbyes to each other before Shikamaru walked into his house as it was time for dinner.
"I'm home." Shikamaru yawned as one Yoshino Nara rewarded her son with a fierce glare.
"At least take your shoes off!" Yoshino scolded her son who yawned louder.
"Yeah, yeah." Shikamaru scoffed as Yoshino felt his patience slipping while her son sat down at the dinner table.
"So where were you today, son?" Shikaku asked as Shikamaru sighed.
"I decided to tail that Gohan guy." Shikamaru answered as Yoshino nearly dropped the bowl she was carrying to the table.
"You what? You can't be serious! That kid is nothing but trouble!" Yoshino yelled as Shikamaru scoffed.
"It's not like we're friends. I don't even like the guy. But that kid has something….mysterious about him…." Shikamaru's eyes narrowed as Shikaku became intrigued.
"Mysterious?" Shikaku asked.
"Like…there's just something about him you can't help but follow around about…." Shikamaru answered as Shikaku smiled.
"I see. Well in that case just do what you feel is right." Shikaku answered.
"Shikaku!" Yoshino scolded her husband as Shikaku raised a hand.
"Don't worry, it'll be fine. Besides Shikamaru's a smart kid so I'm sure he'll make the right decision." Shikaku answered with the utmost confidence in his son.
Meanwhile Gohan arrived at the official Uzumaki-Son residence. Naruto had purchased a sign yesterday and doodled over it with "The Official Uzumaki-Son Man Cave. Only cool people welcome! Dorks, piss off!" Gohan had his fair share of disagreements with it but was overwhelmed in the end.
"I'm home." Gohan announced while carrying a bag of groceries.
"Oh and where the hell were you?" Naruto asked as he intended to practice more of his Ki-Training.
"I was helping with reconstruction, remember?" Gohan asked in slight irritation as Naruto laughed.
"Haha guess I forgot!" Naruto laughed as Gohan nearly face-faulted.
Yep, Gohan was definitely the genius in this relationship.
"But haha, helping out people, huh?" Naruto smiled as Gohan set down the groceries on the table.
"Yeah." Gohan answered.
"It's like you're the light in the darkness or some crap!" Naruto laughed as Gohan stared blankly at the blonde.
"What?" Naruto blinked as Gohan sighed.
"I swear you really are one of a kind." Gohan said as Naruto's grin widened.
"I know." Naruto gleamed.
"It wasn't a compliment." Gohan nearly sighed.
Yep, it was gonna be a long time before he ever got home…..
Chapter five is officially up now! I hope you all liked this chapter as it was a slice of life chapter. =) But DON'T worry people we have two more of these chapters before we get into the nitty gritty although I'm sure you guys aren't complaining ANYWAYS XD
I hope you guys really enjoyed watching Gohan interact with more members of the Konoha 11 other than just Naruto as that'd be pretty boring XD The reason for these slice of life chapters is to show Gohan interact and develop a bond naturally with the other characters and to make it more believable rather than just having them bond off-screen and pretending their bond is deep. Though I'm sure you guys all understand.
More importantly, I should inform you all that like today's chapter the next chapter won't come for two weeks and will be released on Febuary 1st. Wow, what a way to start up the month! XD
In any case, please don't forget to let me know all your thoughts on the story thus far and with all that said and done, please don't forget to favorite, follow and review this story and I will see you all with Chapter 6 on Febuary 1st! ^_^
Til next time, stay classy! ^_^
