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"One more time, Hinata!" The young voice of Gohan told his unofficial "protégé" as she nodded.

"Right!" Hinata said as she hit the tree ahead of her as she left a huge hole in the center of it. In the last week since she had been trained by Gohan, she had grown to be slightly more confident in herself and thanks to her newly found confidence, she had been able to help perform her gentle fist much more effectively and better.

"Heh, you really have improved Hinata! I'm proud." Gohan smiled his trademark "Son" grin as Hinata blushed at the praise.

"T-thank you, Gohan…." Hinata stammered as Gohan laughed. One week obviously wouldn't be enough to make her one hundred percent confident, of course.

"C'mon, let's have a small break." Gohan said as the two sat down and enjoyed a light snack of rice cakes and water.

"So today's the big day." Gohan said as he held back with his enormous appetite as the last thing he wanted to be was greedy with food. Unlike his father would've.

"Yes…." Hinata sighed. While she did improve and was certain that she'd be able to beat her sister would her father approve of her or was it too late to earn his approval?

"C'mon, don't be like that! You're stronger now! Not just physically but mentally as well!" Gohan encouraged Hinata as she smiled.

"You're right….I'm sorry for doubting myself." Hinata softly smiled as she finished off all the rice cakes she'd eat.

"Of course." Gohan replied as he downed his water bottle.

"Now, it's time." Gohan said while getting up as he helped her up.

"Right. And I will succeed." Hinata declared as Gohan smiled with pride.

"That's what I want to hear." Gohan smiled before the two made their way into the village towards the Hyuga Compound.

"Take a deep breath and then we'll enter." Gohan suggested as Hinata exhaled before she opened her eyed.

"Okay, I'm ready." Hinata said as Gohan nodded as the two entered the huge abode.

"Ah Hinata….you're here." Hiashi acknowledged his daughter who nodded at his greeting of sorts.

"Yes father….I'm here…..And ready…Who will my opponent be?" The young Hyuga heiress asked as her younger sister walked out.

"I am, older sister." Hanabi answered her little sister as Hinata had an inkling she'd be fighting against her.

"Yes." Hinata replied as the two made their way to the inner dojo of the Hyuga.

Hinata and Hanabi took their respective fighting stances as Hiashi surveyed his eyes over his two daughters.

"Do your best Hinata. I have faith in you." Gohan told his friend as she turned her head back to smile back at him.

"Whenever you're ready. Begin!" Hiashi ordered as Hanabi dashed at her older sister with her gentle fist before she blocked it.

"What!?" Hanabi asked.

"She's gotten faster…." Hiashi observed as Hinata knocked her sister back before she standing over her.

"Alright!" Gohan mentally cheered.

Hanabi not wanting to give up tried launching at her sister with more of her gentle fists as Hinata was able to dodge several times before she countered with a gentle fist of her own, knocking her sister towards the edge of the door.

"I win…." Hinata smiled as she walked over to her sister and helped her up.

"Elder sister…." Hanabi said as Hinata helped her up.

"Are you okay Hanabi?" Hinata asked as Hanabi smiled.

"I am! You sure have gotten better, elder sister." Hanabi grinned as Hinata smiled at the praise.

"Thank you." Hinata smiled as she rubbed the head of her little sister who blushed proudly. Even though she may've been weaker she always looked up to Hinata. She was just so warm and down-to-earth.

"Well I'll be…it seems I was wrong about you Gohan…..I'm sorry…." Hiashi apologized as Gohan waved his apology off with his father's trademark grin.

"Haha it's cool!" Gohan laughed.

Unbeknownst to everyone however, one Neji Hyuga was watching the whole thing.

"For Hinata to increase to where she was able to be better than Hanabi….This Gohan guy…." Neji thought before he walked over to where everyone was.

"Hey you!" Neji said as he walked to Gohan with a stern look on his face.

"Me?" Gohan asked.

"Brother Neji?" Hinata asked.

"Brother?" Gohan pondered internally before his attention was called back to Neji.

"That's right. I see you've been training Hinata?" Neji inquired.

"Yeah. Why?" Gohan asked before Neji got into his fighting stance.

"Fight me." Neji ordered as Gohan raised an eyebrow.

"Fight you?" Gohan asked as Neji nodded his head.

"That's right. I'd like to see just how strong you are. After all, you were able to effortlessly defeat Lee! So I'm curious!" Neji said as he activated his Byakugan.

"That's-"Gohan was about to say as Neji rudely cut him off.

"It's the ocular power of the Hyuga Clan, the Byakugan." Neji said as Gohan nodded his head.

"Right, I read about that in the library. Well sorry but I'm not gonna fight you." Gohan said as Neji cocked his head back.

"And why is that?" Neji said as Gohan shrugged.

"I'd beat you just like I did with Lee." Gohan nonchalantly said as Neji wouldn't budge.

"Oh is that right?" Neji asked as Gohan sighed.

"Look I'm not a fan of fighting people weaker than me so please let's just call it quits." Gohan said as Neji refused to flinch.

"Come on!" Neji said as Gohan exhaled before raising a finger.

"All of this is needed to beat you." Gohan simply said as something in Neji snapped before he lunged at the unafraid Half-Saiyan.

Gohan remained as steel as a rock as Neji was about to connect with Gohan.

"Eight trigrams-Two palms!" Neji was about to complete his jutsu before Gohan flicked his fingers away with his one finger like he predicted.

The Hyuga members watching had awestruck expressions.

"What in the?" Hiashi was speechless.

"H-how?" Hinata barely managed to stammer.

"With one finger?" Hanabi added.

"Like I said, there's really no point." Gohan said as he attempted to help Neji up as Neji lunged at him again.

"No point!? You just got lucky! Eight trigrams! Two palms! Four palms! Eight Palms! Sixteen Palms! Thirty Two palms!" Neji roared as he lunged at Gohan with a ton of strikes as Gohan effortlessly swatted his fingers away with no effort before taking his hands and throwing him back.

"Let's just stop this. Maybe one day when you train harder you'll get better than me." Gohan smiled with respect at his adversary before he turned around.

"Huh…it's like I've seen something like that before." Gohan shrugged as the Hyugas were left stunned at Gohan's display of power. It was really no need why Hinata was able to excel in a week.

Neji, mad that his pride was hurt, attempted to attack Gohan from behind.

Gohan sensing this turned around only to sock Neji in his gut, holding back of course.

However, this was worse than any hit Neji had ever received in his life and he was rendered unconscious.

"I think you all should take him to his room and let him rest…haha…." Gohan awkwardly said as he adopted his father's sheepish grin as the situation was awkward.

"I'm sorry for all of this….Well….see ya!" Gohan said before walking off as Hinata stopped him.

"Thank you…For your help. I really appreciate it. It was the first time anyone ever believed in me." Hinata thanked as Gohan grinned at her.

"Of course. And if you need any help, don't hesitate to ask! And also remember, you are strong and can do anything as long as you put your mind to it!" Gohan smiled as Hinata blushed at Gohan's encouragement as he left.

Neji, after an hour, woke up in his bed with Hinata sitting by his side.

"What're you doing here!?" Neji spat coolly at Hinata who stammered nervously.

"Well…after Gohan knocked you out I carried you to your bed…" Hinata frowned as she wished that Neji would stop blaming her for that incident….

"Well I'm up now so leave!" Neji yelled as Hinata did just that, not wanting to cause any drama.

Neji frowned as he stared at the pillow below him.

This Gohan guy would most definitely become a problem in the future….What a huge pain in the ass…..

It had been nearly a month since Gohan's arrival in the Village of the Leaves. Thanks to the local grapevine, word spread quickly of Gohan's defeat over the Rookie of last year, Neji Hyuga.

Now the local genin, not knowing him personally were somewhat afraid of the Half-Saiyan claiming how a person who didn't know key yet could beat Neji Hyuga effortlessly wasn't human.

If only they knew how right they were…

Gohan walked home from the local grocery store for the third time that week as a result of Naruto's appetite.

At least he could control his own appetite….At least somewhat…..

Gohan walked home thinking these very thoughts before coming across a certain pineapple head.

"Hey, it's you, Gohan right?" Shikamaru asked as Gohan nodded.

"Yeah I am. And you're in the same class with me, right?" Gohan asked as Shikamaru nodded.

"Right. And the name's Shikamaru. Hey why don't you come to the park with me? I'd like to play a game with you." Shikamaru suggested as Gohan shrugged thinking it couldn't be all that bad.

The two then made their way to the Leaf Village Park where a game board was set up on a table.

"And this is?" Gohan inquired with a raised brow.

"It's a game called Shogi. Basically it's a strategy game." Shikamaru said before explaining the rules to the hybrid.

"Oh I see….seems simple enough!" Gohan said before the two sat at the table and began playing.

Shikamaru was left stunned as Gohan was able to beat him on his first try!

"Wow…..and they call me a genius…." Shikamaru muttered as Gohan laughed.

"Haha well I was called a prodigy!" Gohan smiled as he thought of how his father, Piccolo and even Vegeta would call him that occasionally during his training as Choji walked over.

"Hey you guys!" Choji greeted with his happy smile.

"Sup Choji?" Shikamaru greeted his friend with a fist bump before Choji noticed Gohan.

"Oh so you're Gohan. I'm Choji." Choji greeted.

"Hey Choji!" Gohan smiled. For some reason, he got a serious Yajirobe vibe from the Akimichi.

"Want some Chips?" Choji offered as Gohan smiled.

"Yeah, thanks." Gohan accepted his offer as the three left the table with Shikamaru's game as he retrieved his before the three went to a park bench.

"So Gohan, you been enjoying your stay here?" Choji asked as Gohan laughed.

"Haha well it's had its ups and downs. But I'm making the best of it." Gohan chuckled as Shikamaru looked over at Gohan.

"Hey, sorry for how everyone's been treating you. You don't seem that bad." Shikamaru said as he gained respect for the son of Goku as he saw how intelligent he was.

"Yeah, you seem pretty chill." Choji added as Gohan felt happy that he had made two new friends.

"Thanks guys. That really means a lot." Gohan smiled before getting up.

"Well I should probably get home. I bought some groceries." Gohan smiled before waving goodbye to his two new friends.

As he made his way home, he noticed how Naruto was nowhere to be found in the apartment complex. He guessed he was doing his own training based on his impatient he was. Chuckling, he decided to do some training of his own.

As Gohan made his way to the training field where he training Naruto, he noticed a small figure looking down at him from the tree above.

"Alright, come down already! I can see you up there!" Gohan said as the child giggled mischievously before he landed right in front of Gohan. Gohan could see it was a child no more than eight years old with black spiky hair, a white helmet, a yellow shirt and grey shorts.

"Hehe, alright, if I beat you I'm one step closer to defeating the old man and achieving my dreams!" Konohamaru yelled before tripping on his own scarf.

"Uh…" Was all Gohan could say as Konohamaru groaned while rubbing his aching nose.

"Need a hand?" Gohan suggested as he held his hand up while Konohamaru reluctantly accepted it.

"Thanks…." Konohamaru thanked.

"Now who's the old man and why do you want to defeat him?" Gohan asked as Konohamaru sighed.

"The old man is the third hokage….my grandfather…" Konohamaru began as Gohan raised an eyebrow.

"W-what!?" Gohan nearly exclaimed as Konohamaru nodded.

"Right! And I have to beat him to prove my name! Prove myself! Prove that there's more to me than just being the grandson of the Third Hokage…that's all anyone ever sees when they look at me…not me…." Konohamaru frowned near tears as Gohan sighed.

He could relate as some of his friends tend to see him as just the son of his dad….Not just Gohan….His own dad included….His mistake nearly leading to his death in the Cell Games was the perfect example of that….His dad failed to realize that he wasn't a fighter like him but just a young boy who wanted the nightmare of Gero to just end….

Although he knew his dad meant well.

Saying nothing Gohan walked over to the boy and pat his head affectionately.

"There, there…." Gohan said as Konohamaru looked up at the half-saiyan.

"You can get better than your grandfather one day, I promise it. Just remember to always believe in yourself and to work hard and you can do anything! I believe in you, Konohamaru." Gohan comforted the boy who was left in stunned silence before he left.

Konohamaru was left in shock at how this mysterious person was the first person to ever acknowledge him as an individual person, a human being on the same level of respect….

Konohamaru then wiped his tears as he realized he found his boss.

Chapter 7 is officially over people! And with this chapter in the books, the next chapter begins the START of the heated stuff in this story so I KNOW you all are excited for that! ESPECIALLY because the canon for both the Naruto and Dragon Ball stories will be DRASTICALLY different ^_^ How different?

You just gotta wait and see! XD

Now how do you all like that: Hinata being able to defeat her little sister followed by Gohan effortlessly swatting away Neji with only one finger with him then making two new friends in Shikamaru and Choji which is then concluded with him (unintentionally) gained a new protégé.

I hope you all enjoyed reading this chapter and I will see you all in the NEXT one coming on March 1st! What a way to open up and start the month, huh? XD

Well until the 1st of March, take care! ^_^