Can you all believe we've reached TEN chapters!? TEN CHAPTERS IN! It's like it was only yesterday when I first started this story…. :')

Plus I wanna say I'm SO SORRY for the delayed release of Chapter 10! :O But thankfully I alerted you guys ahead of time and thank you for being so understanding! ^_^ And on the bright side, this story reached 200+ reviews! OVER 200 Reviews by only TEN CHAPTERS!? Guys….that means more to me than you all will ever know…. :'D

Okay now with all that being said, let chapter ten begin! =D

P.S: Keep a look out for the ending! =D

It was a very beautiful morning in a certain leaf filled village as one Son Gohan stood in a training field as he talked with Kakashi about a very important thing in Gohan's martial arts development.

"You wanted to see me, Kakashi-Sensei?" Gohan asked his sensei in slight confusion as they had to meet in Hiruzen's office for a new mission.

They had only been a team for a little over two weeks and they had various missions assigned to them already. Although the tasks were relatively simple tasks such as ditch dogging, babysitting, gardening and even catching a wild cat of the Daiymo's wife, much to Naruto's chagrin who didn't particularly care for cats.

"Indeed I did. Now I understand that using Chakra hasn't been that easy for you, correct?" The masked ninja asked Gohan who nodded as confirmation.

"That's right." Gohan answered as Kakashi smiled, making Gohan even more confused.

"What's the smile for?" Gohan asked as Kakashi kept on smiling.

"Well let's just say that I've been able to pull together a small…solution of sorts to help you with that." Kakashi said as Gohan raised his eyebrows in shock.

"Are you serious?" Gohan asked, utterly amazed as Kakashi kept his cheerful expression.

"Yep!" Kakashi replied before he pulled out what looked to be a pair of prayer beads.

"Those…look like beads?" Gohan asked as Kakashi's tone still remained serious.

"They have that appearance but they're not your typical prayer beads. They're chakra beads made specifically for you since you're a non-chakra user. Over time they become engrained into your system and then you can use Chakra just as effectively as we can. However, this happens once they achieve a certain color. For right now, your beads are green but once they turn red, that's when the beads have done their job." Kakashi explained as Gohan absorbed all the knowledge that he was given.

"Oh okay, I understand." Gohan said as Kakashi nodded.

"Good. Now place these around your wrists." Kakashi instructed as Gohan did just that.

"Now seal!" Kakashi said as he made a hand sign.

"Thank you, Kakashi-Sensei." Gohan politely thanked his sensei as Kakashi pat Gohan's shoulder.

"Of course. Now let's go meet up with the rest of our team." Kakashi eye-smiled as Gohan returned the smile.

"Right!" Gohan agreed before the two made their way to the Mission Assignment Room located in the Ninja Academy.

Upon entering the room, the two were bombarded by the sound of Naruto's yelling.

"Come on Old Man! Iruka-Sensei! We're ninjas and we deserve a real mission! Not this dumb kiddy crap!" Naruto yelled.

As Sasuke and Sakura gave their teammates irritated looks with his petulant behavior, internally they agreed.

They were ninjas not labor workers, after all.

"Pipe down! As just novice ninjas you start off small with basic level missions and then you eventually get harder mission down the road!" Iruka yelled at the blonde, fed up with his disrespectful attitude.

"Iruka's right, Naruto. Must I explain the ranking system of the ninjas to you?" Hiruzen suggested, although half-heartedly as he realized Naruto would never agree to such a question.

"No thanks! What I need is a real mission! Hmph!" Naruto pouted as Kakashi rubbed his head sheepishly as Gohan laughed at his friend's behavior.

"I'm….so sorry for this Lord Hokage…" Kakashi apologized with a nervous laugh as Iruka and Hiruzen both looked amused at Naruto's bravado.

"Hehe, it's quite alright. If Naruto wants it…then so be it!" Hiruzen announced getting the attention of everyone.

"Wait seriously?" Sakura asked amazed. Could anybody be so weak-willed into giving into Naruto's begging?

"Seriously. Send him in!" Hiruzen said as the door opened to reveal a middle aged man with a straw hat, glasses and a bottle of alcohol in hand with his eyes red, showing that he was clearly intoxicated.

"You can't be serious? You're trusting my life to these brats? How hopeless!" The old man said as Sasuke and Sakura narrowed their eyes at him, clearly not caring for his attitude. Gohan said nothing as he was used to old men with attitudes, after all, one had to get used to nasty attitudes when dealing with the likes of Piccolo and especially Vegeta…..

"Hopeless!? Lemme tell you something!" Naruto tried to charge the old man before his brother held him back.

"Naruto…No…." Gohan said simply while sighing. Thankfully his faher wasn't this impulsive.

"Sir, I assure you, these kids might not look like much but they're capable ninjas." Kakashi said as Tazuna scoffed, setting off Naruto even more.

"Well my name is Tazuna, a bridge builder of the Land of Waves. Your duty is to return me to my land in one piece." Tazuna said, albeit a little rudely as the ninjas all nodded.

"Now that introductions have bene made, you all will leave within the hour!" Hiruzen ordered as everyone made their preparations ready.

An hour passed before the team met at the village gate with Tazuna in tow.

Gohan was clad in an Orange Gi with a blue undershirt underneath along with blue boots, making him a spitting image of his father with his Leaf Village Headband on his left bicep.

"Wow! Guess you're taking some fashion tips from my book, huh Gohan!?" Naruto laughed as Sasuke scoffed as Sakura rolled her eyes.

"Oh get real. Like anyone would be caught dead in your outfit." Sakura rolled her eyes as Naruto paid her no heed while Gohna merely laughed.

"Haha, I wouldn't say that. It's just… a momento of someone precious to me." Gohan said in in a slightly nostalgic voice at the end which everyone caught but decided not to bring up.

"I'm so excited though! This is my first time leaving the village!" Naruto laughed.

"Hmph and I can't believe someone like you is in charge of me!" Tazuna groaned as Naruto growled, sick of his attitude. Seriously, why did they get stuck with this old geezer?

"Listen here, old man! My name's Naruto Uzumaki and someday I'll be the Hokage! Just you wait!" Naruto smiled as Gohan smiled along with his friend as Sasuke and Sakura were silent as Kakashi gave a grin behind his mask. Tazuna looked unamused.

"Hokage? And next I'll believe there're talking pigs and flying cats." Tazuna scoffed as a vein opened on Naruto's head.

"Shut up! You'll realize you're wrong about me!" Naruto growled.

"Hmph become Hokage for the next thousand years and you'll still be a loud-mouthed dwarf in my eyes." Tazuna laughed before he walked off as Naruto had to be restrained.

The group then made their way to their destination; The Land of Waves.

As they did so, Sakura decided to turn to Gohan.

"Hey Gohan?" Sakura asked.

"Yeah?" Gohan replied.

"That outfit you're wearing…..the way you talked about it earlier, it's like it belonged to someone important." Sakura began as Gohan donned a nostalgic smile.

"Well this GI is modeled after my father." Gohan said as everyone, even Sasuke, looked to Gohan in surprise at the mention of Gohan's father. They could only wonder about who the father of such a monster like Gohan is.

"Your dad? What kind of man was he?" Naruto asked as Gohan smiled.

"He was noble. With a heart full of gold. He was kind and showed mercy to everyone, even those who didn't deserve it. Although…" Gohan trailed off at the end slightly sad as everyone caught on.

"Whoa, man! My bad I didn't mean to…" Naruto tried to apologize as Gohan raised a hand.

"No it's fine…." Gohan said before trekking on as everyone couldn't help but wonder about the past of Son Gohan.

As everyone continued on their walk, Kakashi noticed a rain puddle on the ground, something which was clearly an oddity to him as it hadn't rained in several days. An obvious trap….

"Hmph I see…" Kakashi said as he noticed two figures lurking in the tree above.

"Everyone! Get back!" Kakashi yelled to his team as two cloaked-wearing ninjas advanced at the ninja.

Kakashi was able to knock them back.

"Heh! To think it was you, Kakashi Hatake!" Gozu growled.

"What business do you have?" Kakashi sternly asked.

"It's not with you but with that old man!" Meizu glared before advancing towards the children protecting Zabuza.

"Naruto!" Gohan said.

"Right!" Naruto replied as he made a Shadow Clone which gave a spinning heel kick right in the face of Meizu.

"You little brat!" Meizu growled as he tried attacking Naruto before another Shadow Clone knocked him back.

"You won't get out of this alive!" Gozu growled as he tried attacking Gohan who knocked him out with a sharp hit to his gut.

Meizu could only stammer in shock and slight fear as Gohan suddenly vanished right behind him with a deadly glare.

"Now you're gonna tell us exactly what you're doing and why you attacked us…." Gohan threated in a voice that sent chills up everyone's spines, even Sasuke.

"…Fine….We were after….that old man….because of his bridge….we worked with Zabuza Momochi in order to obtain enough funds….for another attempt at the Mizukage's life." The rogue ninja admitted.

"That's awful!" Sakura gasped.

"I see…..to think it was you they were after…but why?" Kakashi asked as he narrowed his eye at the old man who sighed in defeat.

"Fine…I suppose it's only fair to explain myself. This mission falls outside your line of duties and it's not a simple mission. There's a certain man who wants me dead. Why? Because of the bridge I'm building…His name…is Gato…"

"Gato? From Gato Industries? He's one of the world's wealthiest people." Kakashi said in recognition.

"That's correct. He runs a shipping company and on the outside he appears to be a successful businessman but he's a horrible criminal who sells drugs and various other illegal types of contraband." Tazuna explained.

"So this bridge of yours must really be in the way of his plans then…" Sakura theorized.

"Precisely. Upon its completion, it'll help to stabilize the trading economy in Wave." Tazuna added.

"But with all this in mind, this mission would be a B-Rank mission at best." Kakashi said as Tazuna sighed.

"That's right. However, our land is very poor and even our feudal lords have little money…" Tazuna sadly said as he lowered his head before he looked up.

"Although you don't have to complete this mission and can just leave me on my merry way! My loved ones also won't take it too hard! My cute little grandson will only cry for a few days…or weeks….and my daughter may just spend the rest of her life cursing Leaf ninja but it's okay! I can manage somehow! Hahaha!" Tazuna laughed as everyone tensed.

"Well we definitely can't leave you alone now!" Gohan said.

"Yeah that's not what ninjas do." Naruto agreed.

"For once I agree with them." Sasuke sighed as Sakura nodded in agreement.

"Alright we'll continue with the mission." Kakashi said as Tazuna gave a peace sign while no one was looking.

As they continued on Sasuke and Sakura couldn't help but start a conversation of sorts.

"Hey Sasuke…" Sakura began.

"Yeah?" Sasuke replied.

"Did you notice how in sync those two were? They're one heck of a team. And especially Naruto….who would've thought he would actually be able to save us…" Sakura added as Sasuke narrowed his eyes.

"…Yeah…." Sasuke said as he continued on. He could handle Gohan taking care of himself like that but Naruto? He definitely had to get down to the bottom of this.

After a small trip on water, the group was slowly getting close to the Land of Waves.

As they walked down the small dirt road, they noticed a small snow white bunny suddenly jump towards them.

"Aww! A bunny!" Sakura squealed as it jumped in her arms as she snuggled it lovingly.

The boys sweat-dropped as Kakashi stared at the scene with a narrowed eye.

"That's odd…it's not the season for a bunny to get fur that color….Unless…" Kakashi thought as Gohan had the exact same thought.

"Everyone! Get down now!" Gohan yelled as everyone ducked at an incoming sword aimed right towards them as he knocked Sakura to the ground, making the poor bunny jump off in fright.

"Gohan? What're you doing?" Sakura asked confused.

"Saving your life!" Gohan answered as the sword embedded itself on a tree right above them. On top of it stood a ninja with most of his face masked.

"Well…what do we have here? The Hidden Mist's very own Zabuza Momochi. Pleased to make your acquaintance." Kakahsi smirked under his mask as Zabuza smiled under his own mask.

"Well if it isn't Kakashi of the Sharingan….sorry but the old man's mine….If you'd kindly hand him over, I may let you all go." Zabuza smirked as Kakashi stood still.

"Everyone…especially you Gohan….Protect Tazuna…I'll handle Zabuza with my Sharingan…" Kakashi said before he pulled the headband over his eye up revealed a scared left eye with the iris being red with three black swirls around it.

"What the!?" Gohan nearly exclaimed.

"What's his eye?" Naruto asked just as confused as an unnerved Sasuke decided to answer.

"It's…the Sharingan…an ocular ability that can read and defeat all sorts of Ninjutsu, Ginjutsu and Taijutsu…." Sasuke answered.

"Wow…it sounds really powerful!" Sakura exclaimed as Sasuke was quiet.

"But that's a power only people of my clan, the Uchiha, can awaken…how on earth?" Sasuke pondered as Zabuza laughed.

"Well said kid. Not only that but you can counter any jutsu available…it's what this man is known for….copying over a thousand different jutsu…" Zabuza said.

"Whoa…talk about broken…" Naruto muttered in amazement.

"But enough talk…I'm here for the old man. And it looks like I'll go through you to do it!" Zabuza exclaimed before jumping from the tree branch he was onto the nearby lake as he stood on it.

"Wow! How'd he do that!?" Naruto exclaimed as Gohan was silent. It wasn't impossible for him or the other Z-Fighters to do.

"He's releasing a lot of chakra…" Kakashi said as a huge mist enveloped the area.

"Oh no! He might be going for you all so be careful!" Kakashi warned as Gohan closed his eyes. Suddenly he shot a Ki Blast that nearly went through Zabuza's gut.

"Huh…a close call…." Zabuza muttered as Gohan powered up, breaking the mist entirely as everyone stared at the half-saiyan in utter amazement.

"Unreal…I've never seen such chakra control like yours boy…" Zabuza said as Gohan smirked.

"Well I should point out I don't use Chakra but Ki." Gohan clarified as Zabuza raised an astonished eyebrow.

"You're lying!" Zabuza said as Gohan's silence was everything he needed. However rather than fear he merely smirked behind his mask.

"Heh! I guess I'll kill you first boy!" Zabuza roared as he charged towards Gohan as he grabbed the oncoming fist and knocked the body back before it erupted in a splash of water.

"A water clone?" Gohan asked as Zabuza smiled.

"Good shot boy! Let's see how you do against this!" Zabuza said as he made over ten different Water Clones who charged towards the young boy. Gohan remained unfazed as he ran over and defeated them with as much ease as the Cell Jrs.

"U-unreal….w-what the heck is this kid?" Tazuna barely managed to stammer as Naruto smirked.

"That's Gohan! The biggest badass ever! Go Gohan!" Naruto cheered on his friend who smiled to himself.

Sakura could only hold her mouth down in shock as Sasuke started nervously sweating.

"This…kind of battle….I've…never been in one this intense before…I'm so nervous….I feel like throwing up…." Sasuke thought as he started to retch.

"What's wrong with him?" Naruto thought in slight concern as he looked at his rival.

"Sasuke?" Sakura asked.

"Sasuke! Just stay calm!" Gohan told him as Sasuke looked at him.

"I'll keep all of you safe. You're my precious friends after all." Gohan said as Naruto smiled at his friend along with Sakura as Sasuke merely nodded his head as a small thanks.

"Heh, well you'll all be precious when you all reunite in the afterlife!" Zabuza roared as he charged as Gohan with his blade as he dodged it with ease before he knocked away Zabuza who was revealed to be a clone.

"Nice one boy but let's see how you do this!" Another voice of Zabuza spoke as he jumped on the water before making a couple of hands.

"Water Style! Water Dragon Jutsu!" Zabuza roared as a huge dragon made of water rose from the water.

"What the hell is that!?" Naruto, Sakura and Tazuna yelled simultaneously.

"Take this boy!" Zabuza roared as the dragon dived right at Gohan.

"Gohan! Move!" Sakura yelled as Gohan smiled before raising a hand. His hand emitted a sphere of Ki around the size of a baseball before launching it straight at the dragon of water. It disintegrated it easily.

"Whoa!" Sakura and Naruto exclaimed in amazement.

Gohan exhaled hoping it was over before a shadow appeared behind him.

"You're full of amazement boy! But the fun ends here now!" The real Zabuza yelled as he was about to decapitate the young son of Goku.

"Gohan!" Everyone yelled as Gohan remained confident before catching the blade with his hand easily.

"What!?" Zabuza yelled as Gohan knocked his blade away deep into the water.

Before Zabuza could say anything Gohan knocked him backwards into a tree with a surge of Ki.

Zabuza barely had time to look up before Gohan charged up another ball of Ki.

Before Zabuza knew anything he was suddenly barraged with the ball of Ki as Gohan directed it to hit Zabuza all around his body.

Team Seven and Zabuza stared at the whole scenario in amazement.

"What in blue blazes..." Tazuna blinked.

"He's...literally...playing with him..." Sakura also blinked.

"Whoa...cool!" Naruto exclaimed as Sasuke balled his fist.

"Just how strong is this guy..." Sasuke grit his teeth in jealousy as Gohan snickered.

"I gotta thank Yamcha for teaching me his Volleyball Fist." Gohan laughed as he canceled his attack as Zabuza barely caught his breath.

"You damn brat! Make a joke out of me, will you!" Zabuza yelled as Gohan powered up, knocking his back into the tree.

"Enough, already." Gohan said as he knew what he was going to do.

"If you go away and promise not to harm anyone anymore, I'll let you live." Gohan began much to the shock of everyone.

"What!?" Zabuza exclaimed in anger and shock along with everyone else.

"Are you crazy!?" Both Sakura and Naruto yelled.

"Just blast him already!" Tazuna yelled as Gohan shook his head.

"He made mistakes yes but everyone deserves a chance to repent and change their ways." Gohan said as he thought of Piccolo and Vegeta, both men who were once villains but were reformed.

"…I…never thought of it like that…." Sakura said.

"I…guess you're right…" Naruto said.

Kakashi couldn't help but smile as he had never met someone quite like Gohan….Ever since….Minato and Obito…..

Sasuke was silent as he thought Gohan was insane for this but yet couldn't help feel a surge of respect for him as Tazuna thought the same….

Zabuza on the other hand was mad.

"Mercy….MERCY!?" Zabuza roared. Oh how he wanted to snap this little twerp's neck!

However before he could do so, he was suddenly shot in the neck with two needles of senbon.

"What the!?" Gohan exclaimed as Zabuza fell to the ground.

"I thank you for helping in defeating him for me." A feminine like voice said from a tree above. The person appeared to be at least two to three years older than Naruto and wore a blue kimono with a white ski like mask.

"A hunter ninja?" Kakashi asked as he put his headband over his eye.

"Yes. Zabuza is a wanted criminal of the Hidden Mist and as such I will take him for the proper disposal." The person said.

"Well…okay! Thanks a lot!" Naruto grinned as the person vanished.

Gohan couldn't help but feel something fishy about that guy before his back was suddenly smacked by his brother.

"Man that was awesome!" Naruto grinned as he smacked his back.

"Haha, yeah well…" Gohan smiled as Kakashi rubbed his head.

"I'm proud of you, Gohan." Kakashi praised his student.

"Yeah thank you for saving my life." Sakura smiled in gratitude as Sasuke was silent before muttering what sounded like, "Thanks."

Gohan smiled at all the gratitude he received as Tazuna smiled.

"Well lad you sure are amazing! Now we're closer to home where my daughter Tsunami will make a most scrumptious meal! I'm sure you all must be hungry right?" Tazuna asked as the sound of a growling stomach filled the air.

Everyone turned to see a sheepish looking Gohan.

"Hehe…sorry…" GOhan chuckled as Naruto laughed at his brother while Sasuke and Sakura rolled their eyes.

"Right then. Let's complete the mission finally." Kakashi said as everyone made their way to the Land of Waves, finally.

With a mission well done.

Now how was THAT for your tenth chapter!? Sasuke gaining respect for Gohan, Zabuza getting his ass kicked and most importantly Gohan being able to use chakra!?

Now the idea came to me as I replayed Ultimate Ninja 4 for the PS2 and that thought came to me! I think it's pretty ingenious if you ask me! XD

Now I just can't believe we're already at ten chapters!? To think it was only in late December of last year when I first posted this story…. ^_^

Some of you might wonder where I got inspiration for this story right?

Well I've been interested in the idea of DBZ and Naruto characters meeting since I first stumbled onto the internet way back in 2006 and I loved seeing fan-made videos of Naruto and Goku meeting but I was more interested in seeing Gohan and Naruto interact as Gohan's my favorite DBZ character and at that time Naruto and Gohan were close in age. (At least in the funimation dub since he was 11 there while he was 9 in the Japanese dub XP)

My number ONE inspiration for this story will ALWAYS be Gohan's Dilemma! I know some people have their fair share of problems with that story but I enjoyed it for what it was! ^_^

Other inspirations of this story include Kitsune Warrior, Mirai Shinobi, Team Z, The Z-Ninja and the list can go on and on! ^_^

Now with this story includes various scenes that I cut out for time constraints XD Here's one from last chapter:

Deleted Scene Chapter 9:

After finishing her lunch, Sakura sighed as she stared at the sidewalk.

"I wish…there'd be a way for Sasuke to like me…I mean…all that's really noteworthy about me is my damn forehead…" Sakura sighed despondently before noticing one Son Gohan make his way towards her.

"Oh…him…" Sakura narrowed her eyes.

"Hi, Sakura." Gohan cheerfully greeted as she rolled her eyes.

"What do you want?" Sakura icily asked which Gohan noticed.

"I was going to the classroom but Naruto wondered off." Gohan laughed as Sakura rolled her eyes.

"Figures…" Sakura said.

"So I was wondering if you'd li-" Gohan tried to suggest as she cut him off.

"No thanks. Besides I'd go with anyone besides you!" Sakura said as Gohan narrowed his eyes at her.

"Look if you're upset over what I did to your dad, I already apologized and made peace with him." Gohan said as he was a little tired of her attitude.

"Oh I'm over that! My disdain towards you is because you're just like Naruto!" Sakura said as Gohan raised an eyebrow.

"What do you mean?" Gohan asked.

"You're both just annoying! Especially Naruto! He acts like an uncouth brat! Probably because he has no parents! He just wants to see me suffer and-"Sakura was about to continue her rant before…

"That's enough!" Gohan yelled, alarming Sakura. She never saw him like this.

"W-what?" Sakura asked.

"Naruto's one of the best people I've ever met who's been nothing but nice to a village of ignorant people who hate him for no reason! Honestly he's nice to you when you don't even deserve it!" Gohan began as Sakura couldn't form any words.

"And you parade about Sasuke…tell me Sakura, when has he ever sought you out for any sort of company? Even when we were assigned teams, he wasn't excited about being paired with you! Please get over yourself because if you continue on with this attitude, you'll find that no one will want nothing to do with you!" Gohan finished as Sakura couldn't say anything.

He was right…

She broke off her friendship with Ino…the first kid to ever show her kindness for a boy who barely acknowledged her….

Gohan realized his anger and decided to apologize.

"Sakura…I'm sorry, okay? Naruto's just my best friend…my brother…and I'm very protective over those I love…" Gohan apologized as she looked up with a sad smile.

"No Gohan I'm sorry…I guess…I've been too shallow and obnoxious….I've been bratty for far too long…now…I'll be a kinder person…Thank you…." Sakura thanked Gohan who grinned his father's grin.

"Of course." Gohan smiled.

"So…wanna start over and walk to class together?" Sakura suggested.

"Yeah I'd like that." GOhan said as he realized he made another new friend that day.

Okay! How'd you guys like that!? =D

Hopefully that'll explain why Sakura became so friendly to Gohan over the course from that chapter to this one XP

And in case you're all wondering I DO already know how I'm ending this story. I even have it typed up! And it is going to Shippuden with the form of a timeskip not like the one in the show though, however all of that will be in this story.

And speaking of chapters the next chapter will be released next Thursday, April 5th so kindly expect it then! ^_^

Til next Thursday see you lovely people later! ^_^