Alrighty, everyone! And what's a way of celebrating the beginning of a new month than with an update from Saiyan Shinobi!? =D
BTW thank you all so much for the get well wishes, I really love you guys and to the people saying I shouldn't have updated saying how I was, well I feel since I do this story for you guys, you all deserved to know since I feel that not saying anything would be a major disservice to you guys.
Since the Chunin Exams start in this chapter, it's sure to be a bit doozy! I hope you all enjoy it! ^_^
The tiny team of Team Konohamaru was making their way through the streets of Konohagakure, sporting very similar looking GIs to one Son Gohan.
"Konohamaru, you really seem excited!" Moegi told her friend who grinned at her.
"Of course I am! One day I'm gonna be just as strong as Gohan is!" Konohamaru grinned remembering the awesome power Gohan displayed again Shin.
Konohamaru then ran forward.
"Hey Konohamaru, watch out!" Udon said.
Konohamaru however paid the snotty nosed kid no mind until….
"Ow! Ugh…" Konohamaru groaned as crashed into someone several inches taller than him.
"Konohamaru!" Moegi and Udon said in concern as they ran to their friend's aid.
"Why don't you watch wear you're going….?" A dry voice announced getting the attention of the three friends.
The three looked to see a teenager wearing a black body suit with face paint.
The teen glared at the three before looking at a nervous looking Konohamaru.
"And you're the run who ran into me, brat?" The teen asked menacingly as Konohamaru sweated nervously.
"U-uh….it was an accident! I'm sorry!" Konohamaru apologized as the teen glared at him.
"Too bad for you…I hate accidents." The teen growled before lifting the young boy up by his collar several inches from the ground.
"Konohamaru!" Moegi and Udon exclaimed in worry.
"Just put him down already Konohamaru or you'll cause a lot of trouble." A blonde girl sighed, shaking her head at the face painted teenager's childish behavior.
"These kids are the ones who started the trouble with me in the first place, Temari." Kankuro said before grinning menacingly at Konohamaru.
"And I don't like brats…" Kankuro grinned as he raised a hand to clobber the poor kid.
That is until…
"People don't like bullies. Maybe you should pick on someone your own size!" The voice of one Son Gohan said as the two foreign nin looked to see Gohan holding a confused Konohamaru Sarutobi before putting him with his two best friends.
"So fast?" Temari asked in disbelief.
"I didn't even see or feel him take the kid!" Kankuro thought in shock.
"G-Gohan!" The Konohmaru Squad exclaimed in glee.
"Are you okay, Konohamaru?" Gohan asked.
"Yeah! Thanks to you, boss!" Konohamaru grinned as Kankuro narrowed his eyes at Gohan.
"So, you're the Son Gohan everyone in the village has been talking about?" Kankuro inquired.
"Yep, that's me. And you two don't look to be ninja around here judging by your headbands." Gohan replied pointing at the symbols on Kankuro and Temari's forehead protectors.
"Hmph. Smart and cute to boot." Temari smiled before deciding to speak up.
"That's right. And we're ninja from Sunagakure, the Sand Village here for the Chunin Exams." Temari said.
"I see. Now tell me, why are you guys bullying these three? They did nothing to you." Gohan said as Kankuro smirked.
"They ran into me, hence I had every right to defend myself." Kankuro smirked as Gohan fought the urge to roll his eyes.
"Looks like just because you have some power, you feel the need to pick on those weaker than you. There's a word for what you are, sad." Gohan said as Kankuro's face contorted from one of amusement to one of anger.
"You may be strong, but I assure you, you're just some snot nosed brat thinking he's tough shit when he's nothing." Kankuro glared at Gohan who smirked.
"And you're nothing but a brat who lashes out at those he knows are better than him." Gohan argued back as that was the last straw for the painted sand ninja.
"Alright then, let's see you put those words to the test!" Kankuro said before pulling a bandaged apparatus from his back before it unraveled resembled a crow like looking puppet.
"HOLY CRAP!" Konohamaru exclaimed with wide eyes.
"It looks like a crow!" Udon exclaimed equally shocked as Moegi screamed in fear of it.
"What is that? Some kind of puppet?" Gohan asked with a raised eyebrow.
"You're gonna use the crow?" Temari asked in disbelief.
"Of course. This little brat pissed me off!" Kankuro glared before using his crow to lunge at Gohan who smirked while not moving.
"This idiot isn't even going to move? Perfect." Kankuro smirked as Gohan said nothing before raising a single fist.
With it, before anyone could say anything, Gohan shoved his fist, deep into the abdomen of the puppet, leaving a huge hold in the stomach of the puppet.
"W-what the!?" Kankuro exclaimed.
"So fast!" The Konohamaru Corps yelled.
"I didn't even see him!" Temari thought to herself, perplexed.
"This is your last chance, give up now and leave or I will fight back!" Gohan warned the puppet nin.
"You damn brat!" Kankuro scowled as he was about to lunge himself at the half-saiyan before…
"That's enough, Kankuro! You're a disgrace." A voice announced as everyone to the source…
A boy near Gohan's age, at most a year older hanging from a tree with short red hair. However…what stood out to Gohan the most was the dark circles under his eyes, showing he has a huge case of insomnia.
"Who is this guy?" Gohan thought to himself as Kankuro was stammering and even sweating much to the shock of everyone present sans Temari and the mysterious boy.
"Gaara look h-"Kankuro tried to explain.
"Shut up. Or I will kill you." Gaara growled.
"Wow….touchy…." Gohan thought in slight bemusement as the boy touched down on the ground with the power of sand.
"Looks like this guy loves having sand baths…" Konohamaru commented.
"My apologies for the trouble he caused. I assume going by your forehead protector, you're competing in the Chunin Exams this year?" Gaara assumed.
"Yeah. And you all are?" Gohan asked.
"I am Gaara." Gaara introduced.
"The name's Temari." Temari smiled as Gohan found himself oddly reminded of Bulma.
"Kankuro." Kankuro growled reminding himself of the disdain he had towards the half-saiyan.
"And I'm Son Gohan. Here's to a good exam." Gohan said with a slight smile as Gaara nodded before turning away and walking.
All the while Kankuro shooting him a dirty look.
"Something about that Gaara guy seems…..off…..That attitude reminds me of Vegeta back when he was evil. But I sense power in him…I wonder…." Gohan thought.
"Gohan!" Naruto's voice cut off Gohan's train of thought as said blonde appeared with Sasuke and Sakura by his side.
"Oh Naruto." Gohan nodded in a way of greeting.
"Who were those guys?" Sasuke asked.
"Ninja from Sunagakure. They're here for the Chunin Exams." Gohan said as Sasuke found himself smirking.
"Hmph, seems like these exams are gonna be interesting." Sasuke smirked.
"Yeah, totally!" Naruto grinned.
Sakura however was quiet.
"….Gohan, Sasuke and even Naruto would do well in this exam….but me…Hell I nearly got killed that one time…." Sakura meekly thought to herself. Something which Naruto noticed.
"Hey you guys are wearing Gohan's GI!" Naruto exclaimed as the three children grinned.
"Of course! After all we're…." Konohamaru, Moegi and Udon began.
"THE SON GOHAN FANCLUB!" The Son Gohan fanclub exclaimed.
There was a blank silence.
"Uh…yeah, I'm just gonna head home." Sasuke shook his head before leaving.
Gohan soon followed after. He had grocery shopping after all.
"Hey Sakura, you okay?" Naruto asked.
"Y-yeah!" Sakura stammered as Naruto gave her a disbelieving look.
"Sakura…" Naruto said as Sakura sighed.
"Okay no….It's just….I think back to the Land of Waves mission…..And…..with how strong everyone is…I just feel left in the dust…like I'm just worthless…" Sakura sighed as Naruto looked at her in disbelief.
"Don't be like that Sakura! Sure you may not be as strong as the rest of us but you're pretty smart! Not to mention Gohan has been training us! Hell I'm sure you can be stronger than us one day if you put your mind to it! After all, unlike me, you're a genius!" Naruto grinned as Sakura was quiet before she found her lips going upwards into a smile.
"Y-yeah….Thanks Naruto…." Sakura thanked her teammate,
"Heh, of course!" Naruto smiled.
Soon…the day of the Chunin Exams finally rolled around as Team Seven found themselves walking through the hallways of the Academy as they found the remnants of Team Gai, sans Neji, were getting thrown around like ragdolls.
"Wait, I recognize them! Well Lee and Neji but the girl is new. I'll help them!" Gohan said.
"Please! Just let us in!" Tenten pleaded.
"Sorry but no." One of the exam proctors said as he was about to hit her before….his arm was stopped.
"That's enough." Gohan said.
"Gohan!" Lee exclaimed.
"What's he doing here?" Neji narrowed his eyes as his disdain towards the hybrid Saiyan hasn't subsided from all those months ago. In fact, it only got bigger.
"Oh Son Gohan, eh?" The other exam proctor smirked.
"So what's the deal, newbie?" One of the exam proctors asked.
"The deal is this isn't even the right floor. Nice touch with fooling everyone with genjutsu." Sasuke said as he came to Gohan's side.
"Sakura, the honor is all yours." Naruto smiled.
"Right! Release!" Sakura said as she undid the genjutsu.
"Heh, nice. Let's see how you rugrats do in the Chunin Exams." The proctors said as he flickered away.
"This is gonna be interesting." Sasuke smirked.
"Hey! Son Gohan!" Neji announced.
"Neji." Gohan greeted in a voice of amusement as Neji's glare deepened.
"I see you're in these exams, then?" Neji asked.
"Yep, that's right." Gohan replied.
"Then let us have a battle of sorts to the ends together!" Lee winked with his "Nice Guy Pose".
"Uh…right…." Gohan awkwardly said.
However…Lee's attention was soon drawn to a certain cherry blossom named.
"Hi, there! I am Rock Lee! Will you be so kind as to go on a date with me later!?" Lee winked as Sakura paled as Naruto growled bloody murder at the green spandex wearer.
"This asshole…" Naruto growled as Sasuke held him back.
"Chill, dumbass." Sasuke rolled his eyes.
"Uh, no thanks." Sakura said.
"B-but why?" Lee asked.
"Because you're weird." Sakura bluntly replied as Lee fell to the ground comically depressed.
"I'm…weird…." Lee slumped down as Gohan smiled.
"C'mon guys! Let's go!" The Son of Goku smiled as his team followed.
With unknown fates of the future ahead, the four man squad of Team Seven have officially started the Chunin Exams!
Well I hope that chapter was worth the wait guys! ^_^
Next Chapter is when shit gets REALLY real! XP
Hope you all enjoyed the NaruSaku moments in this chapter as well as the introduction to certain characters like Gaara, Kankuro and Temari. ESPECIALLY Gaara since I LOVE him! =D
Don't worry, Romance won't be a HUGE part of this story and ruin it completely. In short, this story won't turn into Pretty Little Liars! XD (LOVE THE SHOW TO DEATH THO! XD)
As well as the reintroduction to Team Guy also! Yep, Neji STILL hates Gohan. What do I have planned for him? Just wait and see! ^_^
In which case, chapter 17 is coming out September 27, 2018 so expect it then!
And also, if you guys have some free time please check out my other fanfiction called Rosewood Saiyan! It's a crossover between Dragon Ball Z and Pretty Little Liars where instead of Orange Star High, Gohan goes to Rosewood High and becomes friends with the PLLs (Hanna, Aria, Emily and Spencer)! It's only eight chapters but I think you guys will enjoy it! Here it is here:
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Until the next update, later guys! ^_^
