I'm happy the reception behind Gohan getting the curse mark was all positive for the most part since I thought some people might be like "WTF Lucy!? Gohan could've easily dodged Orochimaru! Letting his guard down!?" XD

Well considering that Goku in his Super Saiyan Blue Form was able to get seriously injured by a death beam from a guy who was named after yogurt as well as also considering that the Gohan in this fic currently is both younger and weaker than Goku at that point in Resurrection F, I think it's pretty plausible.

Thank you all for having faith in me and please just remember events in this story happen for a reason. After all I've had this entire story outlined from beginning to end ever since this story was published in December 2017 so please just keep all that in mind.

Now with all that said and done let the chapter begin! ^_^


Orochimaru made his way back to his current hideout where he and Kabuto changed at the end of every week in order to elude detection he was greeted by his right hand man, Kabuto.

"So I'm assuming things went well?" Kabuto mused in amusement at Orochimaru's jovial expression.

"Yes. Son Gohan in now mine. He is marked." Orochimaru explained in glee.

"Glad to hear it, Lord Orochimaru. Though I never doubted you for a second." Kabuto smirked as his eyes trailed down to the blood covering Orochimaru's shoulder.

"Although I see it wasn't done without a bit of resistance." Kabuto said before making his way to heal Orochimaru's injury.

"With how powerful Gohan is, I have no doubt he'll survive the effects of the curse mark. He's even more skilled than Kimimaro." Orochimaru said as the wound he received from Sasuke's Chidori healed completely, leaving nothing but a stain of blood.

"So what's the next course of action? After all, the Leaf won't just let you waltz in and take their most precious weapon." Kabuto stated as Orochimaru got to his feet.

"Obviously which is why I plan on bringing the Sound Five with me. And that includes Kimimaro." Orochimaru said as Kabuto raised an amused eyebrow.

"Well that can be arranged." Kabuto chuckled.

"Yes. Soon….in only a couple of days, the fall of the Third Hokage and the Hidden Leaf Village shall be accomplished! All by my hands!" Orochimaru gleefully laughed into the night.


Gohan shouted in pain as he continued holding his neck as he tried his best to ignore the pain but to no avail.

He had multiple bones broken, been blasted at, punched at and nearly died but the pain from Orochimaru's neck bite?

It was definitely a drag as Shikamaru would say.

"Just stay with us…." Sakura soothingly said as she scooped up Gohan in her arms.

Gohan only grit his teeth as he tried bearing with the pain in response.

"What do we do now?" Naruto asked.

"What do you think? Take him back to the leaf." Sasuke said.

"Oh right." Naruto said as the three levitated out of the area where they were and flew towards the leaf.

As soon as the group of four touched down in the Hidden Leaf Village, they were immediately greeted by Kakashi and Jiraiya.

"Kakashi-Sensei! Pervy-Sage!" Naruto said.

Although normally Jiraiya would've been annoyed by Naruto's pet name for him, this time he paid the orange clad genin no mind as his and Kakashi's attention were directed towards the injured Gohan, cradling his shoulder in pain.

"What happened?" Jiraiya asked, his voice not in the mind for any jokes.

"We encountered a guy named Orochimaru." Sakura began as Kakashi and Jiraiya's eyes both widened in dread.

"It can't be….that guy's back?" Kakashi asked, remembering how he was only just a boy when he last saw Orochimaru. He really gave him the creeps with his snake like appearance.

"It looks like it." Jiraiya narrowed his eyes as he and Kakashi waited for the team to fill them in with the other missing details.

"He was about to kill a group of sound ninjas but we saved them and Gohan used a summoning jutsu to send them back to the Leaf." Naruto added as Kakashi turned to Jiraiya.

"Gohan learned how to summon?" Kakashi asked.

"Damn right." Jiraiya smirked though he quickly lost his smugness, realizing the seriousness of the situation.

"And then?" Jiraiya requested.

"Gohan fought him and defeated him. Or so we thought. We thought Gohan killed that slimy bastard but he took advantage when Gohan's guard was down and he bit his neck." Sasuke finished as Kakashi and Jiraiya couldn't believe what they heard.

"That sounds like what happened to Anko…" Kakashi said as he turned to Jiraiya.

"It seems like he gave Gohan the Curse Seal of Heaven." Jiraiya crossed his arms with a serious expression on his face.

"The Cursed Seal of Heaven?" Sakura asked.

"Basically it gives the victim a huge power boost. Although…it can also corrupt the victim if they have any inner darkness within him." Jiraiya finished as Naruto, Sasuke and Sakura were silent, remembering their encounter with the Moryo just weeks ago.

"Well we're Gohan's family and we promised we'd take any darkness from him!" Naruto declared with a determined expression on his face as both Sasuke and Sakura smiled their agreement.

"Glad to hea-"Kakashi was about to comment before a scream from Gohan cut him off as everyone turned to the pained half-saiyan in concern.

"Oh no, Gohan!" Sakura said.

"Naruto, Sasuke, Sakura, you three take Gohan to the hospital. Jiraiya and I will tell Lord Hiruzen the details." Kakashi said.

"Right." Naruto, Sasuke and Sakura nodded before body-flickering away.

Jiraiya then sighed as he crossed his arms.

"To think we'd have to deal with that slippery, slimy bastard again. If only I was able to finish him off back then…." Jiraiya grit his teeth, mentally cursing himself for his inability to stop his old friend as Kakashi put a hand on his shoulder.

"Now, now. You were friends with him. If a close friend of mine went rogue if I had the ability to make a difference I don't know what I'd do." Kakashi sighed.

"Yeah but now that bastard has marked Son Gohan of all people. Nah, I can't see Gohan giving himself to that bastard." Jiraiya said.

"Exactly. After all, a Super Saiyan under Orochimaru's heel? But still, we should report to Lord Hokage." Kakashi said.

"Right." Jiraiya said before the two were gone.


To say Hiruzen Sarutobi was irate was an understatement.

Upon learning that his former student was about to kill young ninja who were always loyal and did nothing to wrong to him filled him with disgust.

However, learning that same former student had branded Son Gohan with the Curse Seal of Heaven in order to make him a "loyal" follower of his, made the elderly Hokage livid, for a lack of better words.

Before he could make his way to the hospital to visit the young Z-Fighter, he made a slight detour to the Hidden Leaf Interrogation building.

"Oh Lord Hokage." Inoichi said.

"I trust the three have been cooperative?" Hiruzen asked.

"Yes. I scanned their memories accordingly like you asked and they're ready for questioning." Inoichi said.

"Right, thank you." Hiruzen nodded before the old man was led into a room where Ibiki and Anko stood at a desk across from three individuals.

These three were Dosu, Zaku and Kin.

"Well, go ahead and tell Lord Hokage what you told us." Anko ordered.

"Yes, I believe you were all devout followers of the S-Ranked criminal, Orochimaru, correct?" Hiruzen asked, the tone in his voice leaving no room from bullshit, which the sound trio immediately noticed.

Kin and Zaku looked to Dosu who decided to speak for them.

"Yeah, that's right. We did everything for that bastard. We felt it was obligatory since he saved us all from a life on the streets." Dosu began as all the adults were silent, waiting for the three to continue.

"We completed any and everything he wanted. Until nearly a month ago when we got a new mission, bring back Son Gohan to Orochimaru." Dosu added.

"And you knew Orochimaru had every intention on making Gohan a weapon for him to use, correct?" Ibiki asked.

"Right. What he planned on doing was taking Gohan's body and turning it into a vessel for him to use." Dosu admitted as both of his teammates turned to him in alarm.

"Dude!" Zaku growled, thinking Dosu was revealing too much.

"Shut up. Besides as much as I hate to admit it, our lives at at their mercy. If we shit them in any way, they can easily kill us." Dosu said as Anko snorted.

"Well mummy-boy's right about that." Anko smirked.

"Continue." Shikaku said as he entered the room with Inoichi.

"This mission was an obvious failure given how strong Gohan was. After the preliminaries were over, that bastard decided we were of no more use to him and we was going to off us. Before Gohan and his team saved us at the last moment. Then Gohan summoned a small Dragon that brought us here." Dosu finished as the adults in the room were silent, contemplating on Dosu's words.

"Well Lord Hokage? What do we do with them?" Anko asked as Hiruzen seemed to be deep in thought before coming to a decision.

"Okay. We'll allow you three asylum in the village." Hiruzen said as Team Dosu looked relieved as the leaf ninja in the room looked at Hiruzen like he was insane.

"Lord Hokage, you can't be serious!" Anko yelled.

"Yes, I agree." Ibiki nodded.

"Given how long they've known about Orochimaru, they can provide us with every little thing about his hideouts and where they are." Hiruzen said before turning to the three.

"As of the moment, you all aren't affiliated with the Sound Village anymore. But be warned, if I catch word of you betraying my trust, I will see to it, you three are branded as traitors to the village and I will see that you all are dealt with as such. Am I clear?" Hiruzen asked with a rare dangerous tone in his voice that he's used only a select few times in his life.

"Yeah." Dosu answered for his team.

"Then with that, see that our guests are out of here and put under surveillance." Hiruzen ordered to the intelligence division before making his way to the Leaf Village hospital.


Hinata continued her daily sparing with her little sister before the two decided to stop since it was nighttime.

"Alright, I think that's enough for today, Hanabi." Hinata wiped sweat from her brow as Hanabi smiled at her sister.

"Yeah that's a relief." Hanabi huffed as she drunk a bottle of water.

"I gotta say you've really changed over these last couple of months! You're like…a Super Hyuga now!" Hanabi childishly grinned as Hinata giggled at her sister's enthusiasm.

"Haha I guess." Hinata took a swig of her own bottle as she thought of the kind-hearted Saiyan who was responsible for her character development. Was he okay? What was he doing right now?

"And it's all thanks to that Gohan guy! Man I wanna be trained by him." Hanabi pouted at the thought of not being able to train with someone as powerful as Gohan as Hinata laughed before patting her little sister's head.

"Someday you'll get to train with him. I'm sure of it." Hinata confidently told her sister.

"Maybe…but…is he like….your main squeeze?" Hanabi smirked as Hinata nearly choked on her water bottle.

"W-what?" Hinata tried playing dumb which made Hanabi's smirk only widen.

"Don't play dumb, you heard me. Well is he?" Hanabi pestered as Hinata's face turned red as she suddenly felt the confidence she acquired over the last several months slowly fade away.

Hinata wouldn't answer though she did have strong feelings for Gohan, even stronger than the ones she initially had for Naruto.

But were they love? The Hyuuga heiress couldn't quite figure them out just yet,

"He'll burst out laughing if he finds you slobbering over yourself!" Hanabi grinned, pointing to Hinata's wet shirt, no doubt caused by the water she nearly choked on.

"Hanabi!" Hinata chided her little sister, having enough.

"Okay, okay. Calm Down, Byakugan Princess." Hanabi snorted.

However before Hinata could retort, Kiba and Shino touched down.

"Oh Kiba? Shino? What's up?" Hinata asked, but the looks on their faces told the Hyuga heiress they weren't dropping in to say hello.

"Hinata, you need to come quick! It's Gohan!" Kiba shouted.

"Gohan?" Hinata raised an eyebrow.

"Apparently he got injured in a fight with some rogue ninja and now he's in the hospital in critical condition!" Kiba said.


Son Gohan shuddered as he lay in the hospital bed as pain coursed through his veins as his teeth clattered together.

"Just what's wrong with him?" Naruto asked the nurse who looked at her clipboard.

"He seems to have been injected with a highly deadly type of poison toxin. It's inflammatory and is causing Gohan deadly pain. With how much has been put into him, a normal person would've died. But then again this kid isn't normal." The nurse shrugged as Team Seven looked at their fallen teammate with concern.

"This is my fault….if only I wasn't playing that stupid foosball game…then none of this would've happened!" Naruto grit his teeth before Kakashi put a hand on his head.

"Don't worry, Naruto. You did manage to save some lives so just look at it from that angle." Kakashi said in an attempt to make Naruto feel better which seemed to work as Naruto gave a small smile and a nod.

"What do we do now Kakashi-Sensei?" Sakura asked as Naruto and Sasuke also had the same question.

"Go home. Let Gohan get some rest and we'll come in first thing in the morning." Kakashi said as the three teens seemed to agree with that notion.

"Right." Sasuke nodded as the four left the room.

However as they left the room, the team heard several whispers, mainly pertaining to Gohan which the team were able to hear.

"Did you hear? Apparently Gohan got his ass handed to him!"

"No shit? But that kid's a monster!"

"If Gohan is immobilized like that then I guess he's not all that special after all?"

"Pfft, I guess that just goes to show just how worthless he is."

"Yeah no kidding."

Team Seven all shook in anger as they couldn't believe how apathetic people could be.

Though Naruto and Sasuke knew this better than Sakura and Kakashi, they were still disgusted.

Sasuke especially.

"Shut up!"

As everyone turned to see an irate Sasuke.

"After everything Gohan's done for all you bastards, this is the thanks he gets? You stupid, shallow, self-centered assholes!" Sasuke yelled as the villagers couldn't believe the usual stoic Uchiha was prone to so much anger?

Team Seven weren't that surprised as they knew Sasuke had changed under Gohan's influence.

But this much?

Sasuke shoved his hands in his pockets before taking his leave.

"Sasuke? Where're you going?" Sakura asked.

"Home." Sasuke answered.

"I think that's the best course of action." Kakashi said as both Naruto and Sakura nodded their agreement, both feeling exhausted after a very, very long day.

However, they were suddenly bombarded by Teams Eight, Ten and Guy.

"Hey! What the heck happened to Gohan!?" Choji asked Naruto who sighed.

"Gohan...he...was injured by...a rogue ninja...Orochimaru..." Sakura explained much to the shock of the young genin present.

"Orochimaru? Wait I heard about him from my dad!" Ino said.

"But how? Gohan's one of the toughest people we know!" Kiba blinked.

"Not everyone is unbeatable...remember that." Kakashi said as he stepped aside letting the other genin come in to visit Gohan.

Gohan was a sickly pale as a breathing machine was hooked to his mouth, letting him take slow, steady breaths.

Everyone was highly disturbed seeing someone as powerful as Gohan literally hooked to a machine to live. To some of them...it was as if Gohan would take his last breath and leave this world forever...

"...My god..." Lee said as Hinata walked over to Gohan as tears built in her eyes.

How...how could something like this happen to Gohan? He was so strong...

"Gohan...you can't lose!" Hinata pinched Gohan's hand, expecting a comment back although she received none.

"Just how could this happen!?" Tenten growled, wanting to have Orochimaru on the wrong end of one of her weapons.

"That bastard got him when he dropped his guard!" Naruto growled as his eyes slightly turned red before they returned to their normal sapphire color.

"Guys...don't worry, if I know Gohan, he won't let something like this get him down." Shikamaru smiled as everyone stared at him before Naruto broke out into a grin.

"Hell yeah...I don't call him my bro for nothin'!" Naruto grinned his foxy smile as everyone else couldn't help but smile despite their worry.

"Idiot..." Sakura shook her head.

"Yeah...you're right. Gohan's flames of youths won't get extinguished by something like this!" Lee grinned.

"Now then everyone, why don't we let Gohan rest? So he can be in tip top shape whenever he awakens." Kakashi suggested.

"Okay!" Naruto grinned, vowing to come back tomorrow as everyone did the same while Hinata sent a smile to Gohan.

If one were close by, they would see a small shadow of a smile appear on Gohan's face.


For the next three days, Gohan spent his days resting in the hospital as the Leaf Village Twelve would visit Gohan daily.

Well all of them, save for Neji who didn't visit for obvious reasons.

After the end of the third day, Gohan was allowed to leave the hospital as long as he stayed in bed as the half-saiyan was still in a state of unconsciousness.

As such, Naruto and Sakura dragged Gohan to Naruto's apartment as Sasuke raised an eyebrow as he took note of the second bed in Naruto's room.

"Wow, that's kinda…." Sasuke began.

"Big? Yeah Gohan bought it after the first couple of missions." Naruto smiled as Sasuke nodded before setting Gohan down in his bed before tucking him in.

As Sasuke looked around the room, he narrowed his eyes at Naruto in annoyance.

"Seriously? How the hell is this room a pigsty? I thought Gohan would be on your ass about keeping this room clean." Sasuke deadpanned.

"Well I haven't had Gohan rooming with me in a while!" Naruto raised his hands in defense of himself.

"Three days?" Sasuke scoffed.

"Okay maybe you have a poin-What the?" Naruto asked as Sasuke took out an apron out of what looked like thin air.

"What the hell?" Naruto snickered as Sasuke put an apron with the Uchiha crest on it on.

"Shut up. It was my mother's." Sasuke muttered.

"Well hopefully I can get this room clean by the time Gohan wakes up." Sasuke said before getting a spare vacuum out of the closet that Gohan kept before going around the house and vacuuming and cleaning and throwing out the trash.

Thanks to Gohan's training, it only took the Uchiha Avenger five minutes.

Naruto meanwhile watched the whole thing as Sasuke put out the last trash bag.

"If I leave my crib like this more does that mean you'll come and clean for me?" Naruto asked in a mock-pout voice as Sasuke glared at Naruto.

"Hell no. The only reason I did that was the ghost of my mother keeping me from ignoring your disgusting, dirty apartment." Sasuke said as the ghost part wasn't a complete lie.

With it being noon, Sasuke decided to get some lunch for himself but found there was nothing but…..

"Ramen? Seriously?" Sasuke deadpanned.

"Gohan hasn't been in the house for three days, hehe." Naruto sheepishly laughed as Sasuke rolled his eyes before putting on his sandals.

"C'mon, time to take you shopping. Because god knows how you would've ended up if you never met Gohan." Sasuke sighed.

"I would've failed the graduation exam again and Kakashi would've left me with some scrub of a sensei?" Naruto snorted.

"It seems Gohan is a miracle worker." Sasuke smirked before the two boys left the apartment.

Unbeknownst to them however, Gaara had been watching the entire scenario from a far away tree with a very pleased and deadly expression on his face.

When he heard Gohan was hospitalized, the Shukaku carrier was thrilled. When he heard that Gohan was practically in a coma, to say he was happy was an understatement.

"Now…it seems I will finally get my revenge. Today Mother will be fed exemplary blood!" Gaara sinisterly snickered before vanishing in a trail of sand.


"C'mon, Sasuke! Just get a couple of cups of ramen!" Naruto whined as he watched Sasuke get various fruits and vegetables as he tried sneaking in an instant ramen cup before Sasuke slapped his hand away.

"No. Honestly, you need to eat something else other than ramen." Sasuke sighed.

"Asshole." Naruto muttered.

"Dipshit." Sasuke retorted.

However as Sasuke made his way to pay for the groceries, he suddenly tensed up.

"Huh what's wrong?" Naruto asked.

"You sense that?" Sasuke asked

"What do you mean?" Naruto asked.

"Where Gohan is. There's something dark and ominous around him…." Sasuke said.

"You mean?" Naruto asked.

"C'mon!" Sasuke said, pulling Naruto out of the grocery store, ignoring the shouts from the store worker.


As Gaara made his way to the room where Naruto and Gohan shared, he looked down at Gohan's sleeping form with sadistic glee.

"Hehe…look at how pathetic you look, Son Gohan. But then again, you were the first person to defeat me and your blood will no doubt be perfect for mother…now…make me feel ALIVE!" Gaara yelled as sand was starting to cover Gohan's face, arms and cheeks.

However before Gaara could enact his horrible jutsu….

"Fire style! Fireball Jutsu!" Sasuke yelled as Gaara's back was instantly protected thanks to the sand in his gourd.

Annoyed, Gaara turned to see an angered Sasuke and Naruto glaring at him.

"And just what the hell do you think you're doing you no eyebrow having freak!?" Naruto growled as Sasuke activated his Sharingan.

"Well, start talking." Sasuke ordered as Gaara gave them blank expressions.

"Simple, I was going to kill him." Gaara simply said.

"Well thanks for stating the obvious but why?" Sasuke asked as Gaara smirked.

"Why? To feed his blood to my mother of course." Gaara said as Naruto and even Sasuke were unnerved by the calmness in his tone.

"But why though? How can you kill some so calmly and with no remorse!?" Naruto demanded as Gaara smirked.

"It's because killing is my absolute purpose in life." Gaara stated as Naruto and Sasuke were taken aback by the absoluteness in Gaara's tone.

Even Sasuke who dedicated his life to seeing his brother dead at his feet couldn't imagine having a life devoted nothing but killing.

"But how?" Naruto barely got out in a voice under a whisper.

"Because thanks to this carrier in me, everyone's always against me. I can't trust anyone so as far as I'm concerned everyone is my enemy." Gaara said as Naruto couldn't help but take a step back.

"…This guy…he's just…like me….If I didn't have Gohan….what would've happened?" Naruto gasped out.

"Gohan has helped to give me some purpose and for that I will take his life." Gaara said, having enough of his Ted Talk before a fist from Naruto caught him off guard.

"No matter what your past is, we won't let you kill our friend!" Naruto yelled.

"That's right." Sasuke said as he readied his hands for a jutsu as Gaara smirked.

"Well then….YOUR BLOOD WILL ALSO SUFFICE!" Gaara yelled as the two boys braced themselves for a fight.


As Gohan stirred in his bed, an ominous purple chakra started arising from his forehead. Although none of the boys noticed this however.

Gohan opened his eyes to find himself walking in what appeared to be pitch black darkness.

"W..where am I?" Gohan asked as he walked around before a voice got his attention.

"Real pathetic you are..." The voice drawled as Gohan narrowed his eyes.

"Who's there!?" Gohan demanded as the voice chuckled.

"You're no warrior!" The voice mocked much to Gohan's irritation.

"Show yourself!" Gohan yelled as the voice let out a sound akin to a sigh.

"You'll know who I am in due time, Son Gohan..." The voice muttered before a bright light suddenly enveloped Gohan's eyes...


Although Naruto and Sasuke were holding themselves fairly well against Gaara, they were holding back, not wanting to destroy Naruto's apartment.

"Well, c'mon, let's keep on going!" Gaara sadistically yelled as he raised a hand. However….a certain person grabbed his arm.

"Wait, is it Gohan!? Hey G-"Naruto was about to eagerly greet his friend/brother before everyone was taken aback with Gohan's newest appearance.

An ominous purple aura covered Gohan as his entire left side was covered in black flame-like markings.

Everyone, even Gaara, was taken aback with Gohan's menacing appearance.

"What…the HELL do you think you're doing to my friends!?" Gohan yelled as Gaara tried his best to wiggle his way out of Gohan's grip but to no avail as Gohan's grip was harder than steel.

"G-Gohan?" Naruto asked as Sasuke could stare speechless.

"Get...OUT OF OUR HOUSE!" Gohan yelled before firing a beam point blank at Gaara sending him flying out of Gohan and Naruto's apartment, though creating a huge sized hole in the wall.

"Gohan!" Naruto yelled as he and Sasuke ran to Gohan's side as he fell back.

"Gohan? What was that?" Sasuke asked as Gohan was immediately unconscious.

"We…should tell Kakashi." Sasuke said.

"Yeah." Naruto nodded as the two turned to the sight of Sakura flying to them.

"Guys? What happened?" Sakura asked as both boys blinked before turning to each other.

"Everything." Naruto and Sasuke answered.

However unbeknownst to the four, Sai had observed the whole scenario from up above.

"Lord Danzo would no doubt like to hear about this." Sai said before body-flickering away.


Two days later, after Gohan was now fully aware of himself and his surroundings and had returned to his old self for the most part, he was approached by Kakashi who had a solution to Gohan's curse seal, sealing it.

"So this'll work Kakashi?" Gohan asked as Kakashi drew blood from his thumb.

"I have no doubt. Although it's based on how strong your will is. If it's strong, the seal shouldn't be a problem but if it's weak, the seal may take over." Kakashi said as Gohan nodded.

"Right, thanks for explaining it." Gohan nodded.

"Of course kid. Now….SEALING JUTSU!" Kakashi yelled before slapping his palm on Gohan's shouler as the curse seal was sealed away.

A sharp jolt suddenly erupted through Gohan's body that went away as soon as it happened.

"Thanks a lot for this Kakashi." Gohan smiled as Kakashi pat Gohan's head.

"Of course, now c'mon." Kakashi pat Gohan's back as the two walked through the village.

"So Sasuke's been nice enough to let Naruto and I stay with him. He's really been more open these last couple of months." Gohan smiled.

"It's all thanks to your influence." Kakashi thought as he looked to Gohan.

"Oh and don't worry about your house. A friend of mine is working on it." Kakashi winked.

"Thanks Kakashi!" Gohan grinned.

However…in Naruto's apartment these pleasantries weren't shared.

"Yes, thanks Kakashi! Honestly….the stuff I do for Master Kakashi…." Tenzo huffed as he shook his head.

As Gohan was trying to find a semblance of normalcy, the remaining days slowly winded down before the days of the Finals eventually came!

Tons of people from all around the nation came to the Hidden Leaf in order to find the one worth their time and money.

The one that was the Ultimate Ninja.


Next chapter starts the finals!

And it's my pleasure to say that there are two more chapters until my version of the Chunin Exams arc for this story ends and then we'll get into the real knitty gritty of this fic?

What is it? You all gotta wait and see of course! XD

Now for Gohan's curse seal appearance, imagine his appearance similar to whenever someone is possessed by Mira and Towa in Dragon Ball Xenoverse.

Hope you all like what I'm doing with Gohan's curse mark as it's gonna be a MAJOR plot point for later in this fic.

Now like always I will let you all know that chapter 29 is coming Thursday April 25th so expect it then!

Until then, please let me know your thoughts and I'll see you all then, kay? ;)