So much for waiting another three months to update this story XD

That's cuz how I much I love you guys! XP

Well in any case, let chapter fourteen commence!


Gohan and Co. finally made their way back to Konohagakure.

"Man I'm so happy to be back home!" Naruto grinned as he ran back in the village gates.

"You're telling me?" Gohan asked as his stomach roared in anticipation of getting some Ichiraku Ramen as his heart was anticipating in seeing Ayame again.

"Easy boys, right now we have to go get our ninja pay from lord hokage." Kakashi reminded his protégé.

"Hmph." Sasuke rolled his eyes as Naruto and Gohan groaned in realization.

"Okay." Gohan sighed as he was looking forward to stuffing himself with ramen.

As the group of five made their way to the Hokage tower, they soon found Hiruzen smiling as he was just finishing the bane of every hokage's existence-paperwork.

"Ah, welcome home all of you!" Hiruzen smiled.

"Thank you. The mission was a success and the bridge succeeded in his production." Kakashi smiled under his mask.

"Yeah! The bridge is called the bridge of hope! Cause we all inspired hope in the Land of Waves! Especially Gohan and I!" Naruto grinned.

"Haha yeah." Gohan laughed as Hiruzen's smile widened.

"Happy to hear that. Well congratulations all of you on your first A ranked mission." Hiruzen smiled as he handed the five all their individual mission pay.

"Yay, thank you!" Sakura cheered as there were some boots at the local leaf clothing store that caught her eye.

However a loud growl got the attention of all the occupants of the office.

"And I know how I'm spending my money!" Gohan grinned as Naruto cheered as he knew that meant ramen as Sasuke and Sakura sighed.


Unbeknownst to everyone in the office from a nearby room, listened the ear of the warhawk Danzo.

"So…Gohan is back in the village…Excellent." Danzo smiled before going to a special underground corridor. This was where he kept his own brand of soldiers called Root.

"Shin!" Danzo called as a white-haired teenager wearing black clothing appeared before Danzo.

"Yes, Lord Danzo?" Shin asked.

"Given your high status in Root, I assume you've heard about Son Gohan, right?" Danzo asked.

"The refugee who's taken refuge in our village over the last couple of months?" Shin inquired.

"The one and the same. I would like for you to get a good gauge of his power." Danzo said as Shin looked a little reluctant to do so as he heard how Gohan was Jonin level. However, orders were orders….

"Yes sir!" Shin said before shun-shining away.


Soon the group left the office.

"So what're you guys gonna do?" Kakashi asked.

"Gohan and I are gonna stuff ourselves at Ichiraku!" Naruto grinned.

"I'm gonna go train." Sasuke said as he definitely planned on honing in on his new Ki abilities.

"And I'm going shopping!" Sakura cheered.

"Alright then, this meeting is adjourned." Kakashi said as everyone left as Gohan and Naruto made their way to Ichirakus where the smell of ramen broth assaulted their noses.

"Welcome to Ichir-Naruto! Gohan! Glad to see you guys are here!" Teuchi smiled.

"Hey old man!" Naruto heartily greeted.

"Is Ayame in?" Gohan asked.

"I sure am~!" Ayame said in a sing-song voice as she immediately put two ramen bowls down in front of Naruto and Gohan who drooled at the sight of it.

"I had a hunch you guys would be here today and so I decided to have bowls already made. Enjoy." Ayame smiled as she sent a wink towards Gohan who immediately blushed as she went back.

"Haha, you totally dig her!" Naruto chortled as he downed his ramen as Gohan glared at the blonde.

"Naruto!" Gohan yelled.

"Ain't nothing wrong with that! She's pretty cute, ain't she?" Naruto grinned as Gohan turned as red as Jeice before sighing.

"…Yes…" Gohan sighed.

"And sweeter than chocolate, right?" Naruto laughed.

"….Yes…." Gohan sighed again.

"Total waifu material?" Naruto's grin widened.

"ENOUGH ALREADY!" Gohan yelled as Naruto waved him off.

"Sorry, sorry!" Naruto laughed as the two then enjoyed their ramen before leaving the ramen stand.

However, a mysterious shadow soon appeared behind the two.

"What the?" Gohan asked as it was revealed to be a pitch black tarp as outcome three rambunctious kids.

"Hehe, nice as always boss! Here we are!" Konohamaru revealed to be under the tarp.

"I'm Moegi!" The girl named Moegi introduced.

"And I'm Udon and together we're…." Udon added before all three stroke a pose.

"THE KONOHAMARU CORPS! HI!" Konohamaru, Udon and Moegi all grinned as memories of the Ginyu Force immediately filled Gohan's mind.

"Uh…." Gohan was overwhelmed as Naruto laughed.

"Hahaha! What the hell was that!? That was so lame!" Naruto laughed as the Konohamaru Corps all glared at the blonde.

"No it wasn't! You just wish you could be cool like Gohan!" Konohamaru yelled as he spat a raspberry at Naruto who glared at him.

"You little twerp!" Naruto growled as he and Konohamaru immediately got into a glaring match.

"Easy…easy…." Udon tried to reason with the two as he was ignored easily.

However, Gohan was able to catch a certain detail about the kids' appearance.

"Hey wait, you're all wearing my GI?" Gohan raised an eyebrow as he noticed them wearing his father's trademark GI colors as Konohamaru grinned as he pulled away from his glaring match with Naruto.

"Hehe, well you're the boss so we wanna be like you!" Konohamaru grinned.

"And that includes dressing like you too!" Udon added.

"I…uh…thank you?" Gohan thanked, albeit awkwardly.

"So what's on the agenda first boss?" Moegi excitedly asked as Gohan laughed.

"Well I have to restock our fridge back home." Gohan said before turning away.

"I'll see you three later, Konohamaru, Moegi and Udon." Gohan smiled before walking away as the kids all beamed in excitement.

"Oh my god!" Moegi gleamed.

"He said our name!" Udon grinned.

"Oh brother, well I'm gonna get some ramen." Naruto shrugged before going back inside.


As Gohan went to the store and eventually made his way and restocked the fridge Naruto and him shared, the front door was beat on repeatedly.

"What the?" Gohan asked as he opened the door only to look down and see it was Udon looking panicked.

"Udon? What's up?" Gohan asked as Udon could barely breathe.

"It's Konohamaru! He was kidnapped!" Udon yelled as Gohan's eyes widened.

"What?" Gohan demanded to know more.

"Yeah we were all hanging when that Naruto guy came and then out came a white haired ninja before he took Konohamaru away!" Udon said as Gohan's eyes narrowed before closing his eyes and sensing for Konohamaru's energy signature.

"Okay it's not that far from here! It's at the training field!" Gohan said as he ran out and making sure the coast was clear, he flew into the sky so he wouldn't be late in saving Konohamaru.


"Damn you! Give him back!" Naruto growled as he growled as he clashed his kunai with Shin's sword.

"I'm sorry but no. Which reminds me, you sure are weak, huh?" Shin said before knocking Naruto back and kicking him back.

"You bastard! Shadow Clone Jutsu!" Naruto growled as he summoned ten different Shadow Clones who charged at Shin before he cut them all with ease.

"Although I don't want you. I want Son Gohan. Might you know where he is?" Shin inquired as Gohan shouted from above.

"I'm right here!" Gohan said as he appeared from a nearby tree and jumped down as he did his best to keep the disdain he had towards Shin off his face.

"Boss!" Konohamaru happily yelled although he was tied up.

"Glad you're here! This bastard keeps on cutting through my shadow clones." Naruto growled.

"It'll be fine now." Gohan reassured the blonde.

"So you're Son Gohan?" Shin asked Gohan.

"Yep, that's me. And you are?" Gohan asked.

"You may call me Shin. And I'm here to gauge your powers." Shin smiled before charging at Gohan.

However unlike the swords people in the village Gohan found that Shin was faster than them.

"Huh? Well he's definitely faster than the people i've Seen with swords but I won't have to worry!" Gohan said as he charged Ki in his arm while evading the sword strikes before stopping Shin's sword with his forearm.

"Whoa! Awesome!" Konohamaru exclaimed with sparkly eyes.

"It's like you put a barrier around your arm? So this is your Ki abilities?" Shin inquired.

"That's right. And I won't let anyone hurt my friends." Gohan narrowed his eyes as Shin smiled.

"You are indeed a worthy opponent." Shin smiled.

"Thanks…" Gohan glared at Shin, still upset at his actions as Shin readied his blade before vanishing away and appearing from the sky as he readied his blade down towards Gohan.

"GOHAN!" Konohamaru yelled in worry as Naruto pet his back while untying his ropes.

"Don't worry he'll be fine." Naruto grinned as Konohamaru stared at Gohan in disbelief as Gohan put Ki into his hand before knocking Shin in the back of his neck before chopping the back of his neck, knocking the root ninja unconscious.

"Whoa! You're so cool!" Konoahmaru grinned as he ran and tackled Gohan to the ground.

"Haha, I guess!" Gohan modestly laughed as he picked the two back up.

"Now, why don't we go?" Gohan suggested as Naruto grinned.

"Right!" Konohamaru grinned.


Soon after, Shin awakened from his slump before looking up and seeing that it was nighttime.

"Night time…So….I was defeated…" Shin said before making his way back to Danzo.

"Lord Danzo!" Shin kneeled as Danzo looked up from the scroll he was reading.

"Ah Shin. How was it?" Danzo asked, not bothering to comment on the scratches and dirt surrounded Shin's appearance.

"Son Gohan is definitely strong…He bested me. I'm sorry to say." Shin apologized to the elder for his failure.

"Think nothing of it. Just report to your station." Danzo ordered as Shin nodded.

"Sir!" Shin said before going down to a small house where he occupied with another boy.

"Brother." A very pale root ninja acknowledged as his brother walked in.

"Oh. Sai." Shin acknowledged as his brother walked into the room. They weren't blood brothers but they were raised together. As such, recently Shin decided to name his brother with the name Sai to commemorate their bond.

"Where were you and why do you look so dirty?" Sai asked.

"I was sent to spy on Son Gohan…and it kinda…went south…" Shin laughed awkwardly as Sai's expression was blank.

"Son Gohan, huh?" Sai said to no one in particular.


Meanwhile, Naruto and Gohan were currently washing dishes together.

"So Gohan, why didn't you tell me you could fly?" Naruto said as he laughed as Gohan's "oh shit!" expression as he nearly let the plate he was falling fall to the floor before catching it.

"W-how do you know that?" Gohan asked the demon carrier.

"I saw you flying towards us earlier." Naruto explained as Gohan mentally face-palmed at his own stupidity.

"Shoulda kept that under wraps." Gohan muttered to himself.

"How long have you been flying?" Naruto asked as he put the dish he was washing away.

"Since I was five." Gohan answered as he noticed Naruto wasn't shocked.

"With everything I've heard and seen from you, I don't think anything can surprise me anymore." Naruto shrugged as Gohan shook his head amusingly.

"So, can you teach me?" Naruto asked.

"What?" Gohan asked at the abruptness of the question.

"I really wanna learn how to fly! I can use Ki now so please!" Naruto begged with puppy eyes as Gohan chuckled.

"Sure, but just keep it between us." Gohan promised as Naruto jumped up.

"Yeah! Thank you!" Naruto grinned.

As the two continued their talk and banter, from a nearby window, Sai watched the entire conversation with a blank expression.

"So this is the Son Gohan everyone talks about….he sure is….unique…" Sai said before vanishing away in what looked like ink.


Okay I know this chapter was shorter than norm but when you consider all this took place within several hours, I don't think anyone can bite my head off for that! XD

I know you all might get onto me for Sai having his name right now when he got it during Shippuden from Danzo but I felt it'd be more warming if it were a name given to him by Shin. Like I said I like to play around with canon! *Shrugs*

Don't worry, we have one more chapter before we get to the nitty gritty!

Chapter 15 will come out Tuesday August 7th, 2018 so expect it then!

Til then, take care!