Hello everyone! Can you believe this year will mark the THIRD year this story's been published!? Crazy times huh…. XD

Oh well, Happy New Years, everyone! =D

Hopefully you all enjoy Chapter 37! ^_^


The sounds of grunting and fists flying filled the air as Vegeta stared down his two students; Sasuke Uchiha and Neji Hyuga.

Now with how prideful the prince of Saiyans is, one could only ponder as to why on earth, such a proud and stubborn man would even bother to take on children to train with him?

After finding out about more of the Dojutsu of the Shinobi World and realizing how utterly broken they were, Vegeta decided that he would help perfect their ocular powers.

Why would the former evil Saiyan Prince remotely even care for something as trivial as that? It seemed the influence of Kakarot and his idiot friends was starting to rub off on him….

And besides, it turned out that Kakarot and that idiot Piccolo had taken a couple of the brats under their wing and so it would only make sense Vegeta would have disciples of his own to train! It's be a cold day in hell before he lost to either of those two pests.

"Again!" Vegeta commanded his new students as they all charged at him.

"Gentle Fist!" Neji yelled as he attempted to blindside Vegeta although he easily dodged before appearing right behind the two and headbutting Neji, dazing him while Sasuke appeared right in front of the Saiyan Prince.

"Chidori!" Sasuke yelled although Vegeta laughed.

"You two might have gotten stronger over these last couple of weeks, but not strong enough!" Vegeta backhanded Sasuke, sending the last Uchiha of the Leaf Village skidding across the ground.

In the last two weeks since Vegeta had taken the Uchiha and Hyuga under his wing, the two boys' power was a huge difference that what it would've been had they just trained on their own.

"Geesh...no pain no gain huh?" Neji cracked his neck while he scowled at the young Hyuga.

"And how do you think you'll get strong if I'm not hard on you!? Up on your feet and not on your ass!" Vegeta commanded as the three, albeit begrudgingly, got on their feet.

However the three turned to the sight of Trunks touching down with Sakura in tow.

"Father." Trunks greeted his father.

"Trunks." Vegeta greeted Trunks back.

"How goes the training, guys?" Sakura greeted her friends.

"Just lovely….in either case, where's Naruto and the others?" Sasuke asked as Sakura shrugged.

"Naruto and Lee are training with that Piccolo man and Kakashi is training with Mirai while the others are just finishing their training with Roshi." Sakura answered as Sasuke and Neji nodded, seemingly satisfied with that answer.

"Oh okay." Trunks said.

"Either way, what are you doing here, Trunks?" Vegeta turned to his son who laughed.

"I just wanted to see if the kids were doing alright." Trunks answered as he remembered how rough Vegeta was on him during their year in the Hyperbolic Time Chamber and he wanted to make sure if their sanities remained intact. Lord knows they needed it when dealing with someone like Vegeta….

"I wonder how Lee and the others are doing…" Neji asked to no one in particular.


"Rasengan!" Naruto yelled as he charged at a Lee who was opened to his Fifth Hidden Gate.

"Primary Lotus!" Lee yelled as the two attacks collided, though Naruto's sent Lee flying several years away.

"Cheat shot!" Lee grunted, wiping the dirt and debris off of him as Naruto snickered as he was clad in Nine Tails chakra.

"Heh, all's fair in love and war, right?" Naruto snickered.

"I'll show you. And when we fight in the Chunin Exams again or heck if we get to fight in that World Tournament thing, I'm gonna be the one to win!" Naruto smirked as Lee glared at him despite the pain of his gates.

"No I will!" Lee declared.

"Says who?" Naruto snorted.

"Says me!" Lee spat as the two went at it again as Piccolo watched with crossed arms and a smirk.

"These two boys…especially that Lee kid…he may be crazy as all get out but that Inner Gates can definitely be a force to be reckoned with…if he combines that with the Kaioken…." Piccolo pondered, wondering just how powerful Lee could get if he stacked Kaioken alongside his Eight Inner Gates technique.


As for everyone else, they all stood atop Kami's lookout, amazed at how they were all standing atop something that stretched over the entire planet itself, thanks to Goku's Instant Transmission.

"Holy crap!" Shikamaru nearly fell back in shock.

"Uh…how far high up are we?" Kin blinked. She had undergrown a small wardrobe change at Bulma's insistence as she now wore a green sleeveless hoodie with black leggings and her standard ninja sandals.

Gohan however shrugged at her question.

"We're all about….in the geostationary orbit of the Earth." Gohan nonchalantly said as the ninja stared at him bug-eyed.

"….Maybe…I should've stayed home after all…." Ino muttered as some of the others weren't that far off in disagreeing with her.

Well Sai didn't as high distances didn't bother him. Especially with how high he would soar with his ninja drawing summons.

"Haha don't be like that guys. Especially when I show you all something that'll be very useful in your training." Goku smiled.

"What do you mean?" Dosu asked clad in different attire. After being on Planet Earth for nearly a month, Bulma had finally convinced him to let her go shopping and now he was clad in a sleeveless black T-Shirt coupled with dark blue track pants and his standard ninja sandals. Although his hair underneath was exposed, revealing it to be a spiky brown although his mouth and lower face regions were covered by a mask, similar to the one Kakashi wore.

"Yeah, this better not be a waste of time." Zaku rudely stated, him going through a wardrobe change of his own as he was deck in a red GI-like top similar to the ones Goku or Gohan wore with a dark blue undershirt on underneath and his usual pants and ninja sandals.

"It won't be. I just gotta wait for Mr. Popo to get out here." Goku reminded everyone as Karin meekly looked down the lookout.

"Man…we're so high up…we're practically in outer space…" Karin whimpered as Konohamaru sensed her fear and laughed while smacking her back.

"Don't be so scared! I'm sure it ain't worth nothing! In fact, I could jump off this hideout right now!" Konohamaru smirked as everyone went wide-eyed at his declaration.

"Konohamaru, I would advise you to not jump off of the monument. Why? It would surely lead to a quick death sentence." Shino said as Udon ran to Konohamaru's side.

"Yeah Konohamaru, listen to Mr. Shino!" Udon said as Moegi grabbed his collar.

"Don't you dare do it!" Moegi growled as Konohamaru pushed his friends off.

"Konohamaru, seriously kid, don't do this!" Choji tried reasoning.

"Enough! I'm gonna do it!" Konohamaru grinned as Gohan turned to his dad.

"Dad?" Gohan blinked as Goku looked down at his son.

"I'm sure he's just joking, he wouldn't actually d-"Goku tried replying not believing anyone would actually do what Konohamaru was thinking.

At least until….

"YAHOO!" Konohamaru yelled before he jumped off, much to the shock of everyone present.

"HE ACTUALLY DID IT!?" Practically everyone yelled.

"Hold on, Konohamaru!" Goku put his fingers to his forehead, about to Instant Transmission to where Konohamaru was as Sai took out his scroll.

"Just leave it to me." Sai said as he drew a picture of what appeared to be a hawk on his ninja scroll.

"Ninja Art, Super Beast Scroll!" Sai said as the ink hawk drawing suddenly came to life.

Sai then dove off the cliff, atop his drawing, as he tried searching for Konohamaru only to find him falling mad yards, his eyes wide and skin pale, no doubt in shock.

"Found him." Sai said as he immediately flew to where Konohamaru was before catching him.

Eventually the two made their way back up to Kami's lookout where Konohamaru was shuddering hard as his entire life literally flashed in front of his eyes.

"…S-so…cold….." Konohamaru muttered as he turned to Sai.

"….T-Thanks a lot…." Konohamaru muttered as Sai gave his patented trademark fake smile.

"Of course." Sai smiled as over the last month, everyone was actually starting to warm to him.

Moegi however was quick to smack Konohamaru upside his head.

"I hope you learned your lesson! Honestly…." Moegi shook her head.

"Gohan wouldn't do something so stupid…." Udon practically rubbed salt in Konohamaru's wound, albeit unintentionally as Konohamaru groaned.

"Oh patronize me why don't you?" Konohamaru weakly gasped out.

"Dumb kid…" Kiba shook his head as Akamaru barked in agreement.

"I actually agree with you, Kiba." Ino rolled her eyes.

"Hey don't be mean, guys." Gohan said as everyone turned to the sound of chuckling.

"I see things are just as lively as ever, Goku." The voice of Mr. Popo voiced out as everyone turned to seeing a very dark man with a turban on his head with a kid that looked like a Mini Piccolo.

"Who are you two?" Shikamaru asked.

"Oh me? I'm Mr. Popo and right here is Dende, the guardian of Earth." Mr. Popo introduced himself while pointing to Dende for reference.

"Wait, this little kid watches over Earth?" Dosu raised an eyebrow as some of the others had similar thoughts as the former Sound Ninja while Dende had a small tick mark appear on his head. Did he appear that weak?

Gohan sensed this and ran immediately to Dosu's side.

"Yo, Dosu! Dende might be small but he's mighty, take it from me!" Gohan said as Dosu shrugged in response.

"If you say so." Dosu rolled his eyes as Dende sighed before turning to everyone else.

"Hi, there!" Dende happily greeted.

Immediately the girls ran over to him.

"Aww, you're so adorable~!" Ino gleamed as Dende rubbed the back of his head sheepishly.

"O-oh yeah?" Dende shyly asked with a blush on his face.

"You look like that Piccolo guy. Are you his son?" Kin asked as Dende shook his head.

"Oh no. We're just of the same race, Namekians." Dende explained.

"Namekians?" Shino asked.

"Yes. We come from the planet, Namek." Dende clarified as mostly everyone looked at Dende in surprise before turning to Goku and Gohan.

"Yeah it's legit. There's a whole planet of creatures like Dende and Piccolo." Goku confirmed to everyone.

"Whoa…maybe we should go there someday…" Tenten said.

"We could!" Gohan smiled, hoping his new friends could explore the immense vastness of the entire universe they were in.

"That's nice and all but….that dude kinda creeps me out…" Zaku whispered to Gohan.

"Whaddaya mean?" Gohan asked.

"His eyes…they're so…creepy…" Zaku cringed as Mr. Popo suddenly appeared right in front of Zaku, smiling somewhat creepily.

"I beg your pardon, young man?" Mr. Popo smiled a bit too sleepily as Zaku suddenly broke out in a cold sweat.

"…U-uh…nothing…" Zaku cringed as he had a feeling that if he pissed off Mr. Popo, he would suddenly get thrown off of Kami's lookout.

"Good!" Mr. Popo smiled.

"That guy must specialize in Draconian methods…" Ino muttered.

"Same…" Kin and Tenten agreed.

"Excuse me, young ladies. But did you all speak?" Mr. Popo questioned as the two cringed.

"N-no sir Mr. Popo sir!" The ladies cringed as Dende made his way over to where the unconscious Konohamaru was.

"What're you about to do, Dende?" Karin asked as Dende only smiled in response.

"Just watch." Dende said as he placed his hands over Konohamaru's body before he was suddenly up.

"Whoa! What happened!?" Konohamaru blinked before being glomped by his school mates.

"Oh Konohamaru!" Moegi sobbed.

"Thank god you're okay!" Udon also sobbed as the ninja stared flabbergasted at Dende.

"What did you just do!?" Choji asked as Dende smiled at the Akimichi.

"I healed him using Namekian Healing. It's something the Namekians specialize in." Dende explained as Tenten blinked.

"It sounds and looks similar to the healing that Lady Tsunade uses!" Tenten noted.

"Tsunade?" Dende tilted his head in confusion.

"She's the strongest woman on our planet back home!" Moegi smiled in glee, excited at the thought of potentially meeting Tsunade one day.

"Oh…I see…" Dende smiled as he hoped he could perhaps meet this "Tsunade" one day.

"So what did you bring us here for Goku? Because I doubt it was just to meet Dende and Mr. Popo." Shino noted as Goku laughed.

"As astute as ever, Shino. Yeah you're right, what I brought you up here was to introduce you all to a special room." Goku smiled.

"Special room?" Karin asked.

"Yeah. It's a room where you can get a year's worth of training in a single day!" Goku grinned as nearly everyone stared at Goku as if he stripped and lit himself on fire.

"….A year's worth of training…" Dosu began.

"In one day?" Konohamaru blinked.

"Seriously?" Ino skeptically asked.

"Believe it! It's actually legit. It's where I learned to become a Super Saiyan." Gohan added onto what Goku was saying as the kids actually felt somewhat motivated now.

"…If that's the case then maybe we should try it!" Choji said as Dende smiled.

"And that's not all. I made some modifications while Gohan was gone." Dende began.

"Modifications?" Shikamaru asked.

"It could originally hold only two people but we added in more supplies and now more than two can go in there but for the fourteen of you all, I'd say go into your own groups." Dende explained as everyone seemed to agree but the only question was who would go with whom?

"You all seem like you have your own little groups, right?" Goku asked as they all nodded.

"Yeah we do." Tenten confirmed.

"I say the 'leader' of your groups should draw some straws." Goku suggested, pulling straws out of your pocket.

"…Uh…where did you get those?" Shikamaru blinked as Goku shrugged.

"From somewhere." Goku shrugged nonchalantly as everyone just decided to just roll along with it.

Konohamaru, Dosu, Kiba and Shikamaru all went up and got their respective straws.

"I was thinking since Karin, Sai and Tenten don't have teams at the moments especially with Lee training with Piccolo and Neji training with Vegeta, they could just team up together?" Gohan asked Goku who smiled.

"Yeah, that sounds good." Goku smiled as everyone showed the results of their straw drawings.

"Alright, we got it first!" Kiba grinned as while Shino appeared indifferent on the outside, on the inside he was practically fangirling.

"…Second." Dosu sighed, irritated that this dog loving idiot would be able to get the year's worth of training in before him. Kin and Zaku appeared just as irritated but decided to just suck it up.

"Third." Shikamaru yawned as Ino scowled at him.

"You could at least pretend to care!" Ino glared at Shikamaru who rolled his eyes at her anger.

"Damn it! We got last!" Konohamaru groaned as Moegi and Udon went to his side.

"Tell me about it…" Moegi sighed as Udon shook his head.

Sensing the discomfort, Goku laughed before walking to everyone.

"Don't worry, Konohamaru. Everyone will get a chance I promise. And on the plus side, whenever you're all not in the Time Chamber, you all can train with me. Sound fair?" Goku asked as the kids not going in all smiled and nodded.

"Now if you two will follow me?" Mr. Popo gestured to Kiba and Shino.

"Woohoo!" Kiba grinned as the two followed him.

"Oh and before I forget, I also added it to where you can train in there but you won't get any older. Basically if you're in there for two years and if you go in there when you're sixteen, you'll still be sixteen! Basically that way you won't miss important things like birthday parties and what not." Dende smiled as Gohan returned his smile.

"Thank you, Dende." Gohan smiled before looking to Kiba and Shino.

"Kiba! Shino! Good luck!" Gohan waved at his friends.

Shino said nothing as Kiba waved back at him.

"Thanks man!" Kiba grinned as the two were finally led to where a door was.

"Enjoy…although hopefully it won't be too much for you two." Mr. Popo said with a hint of amusement in his voice.

"What do you mean?" Kiba raised an eyebrow.

"Just wait and see for yourself." Mr. Popo still smiled that creepy smile of his as Kiba turned to Shino in confusion as the two entered the Time Chamber before they were immediately put on edge on what they had seen.

"What the hell is this!? Shino look! It's like…a never ending white zone…" Kiba blinked as Akamaru yelped in fright.

"…Indeed…" Shino noted, nervously walking before tapping his foot on the white ground before raising an eyebrow.

"Apparently…we can walk around…." Shino said as Kiba immediately put his arm on his head.

"And it's so hot in here…..not to mention the gravity…" Kiba muttered as Shino put a finger out.

"…My bugs even look to be affected…" Shino noted as Kiba shook his head.

"Well we were gonna stay in here for a year and that's what we're gonna do!" Kiba grunted, trying his best to ignore the heat as he made a hand sign.

"Are we gonna train together or what!? Man Beast Clone!" Kiba said as Akamaru transformed into a perfect clone of him.

"Yes…" Shino said as he readied his bugs before the two lunged at each other.


A week went by as every one of the kids that didn't have their own personal trainers had managed to get their fair share of training in the Time Chamber and reactions of the experience were very mixed to say the lease.

"Wait, it goes from hot to cold in there?" Kakashi asked as he along with everyone else sat around the dinner table in the Capsule Corp Café area of the compound as they waited for Panchy to serve them their dinner.

"Yeah and sometimes it's hard to breathe!" Konohamaru noted as he couldn't remember the amount of times he felt like a kid with asthma in the Time Chamber.

"We actually had to leave…." Udon looked down in shame as Moegi sadly nodded.

"Don't feel too bad. When I first went in there as a kid, I couldn't handle it myself and I had to dip." Goku said reassuringly to the children.

"Whoa seriously?" Konohamaru blinked, not believing someone as strong as Goku couldn't handle the Time Chamber.

Goku nodded in confirmation as Naruto, Sasuke and Sakura weren't surprised at what they had heard as they were familiar about the conditions of the Time Chamber from Gohan's memories.

"How did you two make it in there?" Neji asked in disbelief at what he was hearing as he turned to Goku and Gohan along with everyone else, demanding an answer.

"…Uh…..extreme nerves of steel?" Goku sheepishly answered as everyone deadpanned at Goku's answer.

"…Of course that's why…" Shikamaru sighed.

"Hey I just thought of something!" Kin surprisingly started getting everyone's attention.

"Oh yeah? What is it?" Gohan asked.

"You said those Namekians or whatever were behind the making of the Dragon Balls, right?" Kin asked.

"Yeah." Gohan nodded.

"And if those Dragon Ball things were made by them and if they recharge after a year like you said, they should be activated right?" Kin added.

"Yeah." Gohan nodded again.

"I was thinking….why don't we all hunt for them sometime? Kinda make it a game?" Kin smiled as everyone raised an eyebrow.

"Huh….a game?" Naruto asked as everyone looked at each other as they realized the wishes they wanted.

'I could become Hokage!' Kiba grinned as he pumped his fist.

'I could wish for everyone to pay me attention…' Shino thought with a darkened expression.

'I could wish for all the food I want!' Choji drooled, much to Ino's ire.

'I could wish for Sasuke's love!' Ino gleamed.

'I could get Gohan to fall for me!' Kin and Karin vowed.

'I could wish for an Eternal Power of Youth!' Lee vowed with a fire in his eye.

'I could wish my clan back!' Sasuke thought, remembering the good times with his mother and even his father.

'I could even wish my parents back!' Naruto thought to himself.

'…I could wish to see Obito and Rin again….' Kakashi thought as he remembered all the times he had with Team Minato.

'…If I were to take this information back to Lord Danzo…but on the other hand….I'm becoming close with these people….' Sai thought, seemingly feeling a bit…conflicted.

"Hell yeah I say let's do it! I'll wish to be the strongest in the universe!" Zaku grinned.

Nearly everyone rolled their eyes at Zaku's proclamation but they couldn't deny feeling excited at the thought of using the Dragon Balls.

"Hehe, that brings back a lot of memories…" Goku's eyes softened, remembering the day when he first met Bulma, thus changing both of their lives forever.

"I say let's do it but with some conditions~!" Tenten winked.

"Conditions?" Dosu asked.

"Yeah…to make things spicy how about we make it a competition? Boys vs Girls! I think that'd really spice things up!" Ino grinned as the boys stared at the girls quizzically who seemed to be in agreement before some of the cockier boys started to smirk.

"Okay then…don't blame us when you lose!" Kiba snorted.

"Yeah right, girls rule! Boys drool!" Sakura snickered.

"What was that!?" Zaku growled.

As the kids continued arguing, Kakashi merely smiled behind his mask.

'These kids….if I'm still sane at the end of this, it'll be a miracle…' Kakashi smiled, never imagining he would have to deal with so many ninja children…

After dinner ended, the girls all laughed as they looked over several songs they could use in their Acapella Group, "Kunoichi Rumble". They had all talked with Bulma, and she had pulled some strings to allow them to perform in the World Tournament when it occurred in two months.

The Kunoichi might have been nervous but they were confident they would impress everyone. Besides, if they had been in life and death situations, surely they could handle performing in front of a thousand people, right?

As the girls watched a show about a clique of girls that wore pink on Wednesdays.

"Think we could have a group like that?" Tenten asked, eating a bowl of popcorn.

"Maybe when we get back home we can do something like that. But would we really wear pink on Wednesdays?" Hinata asked.

"I dunno, ask Sakura." Karin giggled, much to Sakura's annoyance.

"Hey! Is that a diss about my pink hair?" Sakura demanded of the red hair before a question came to mind.

"Hey, Karin…I was wondering. Since you've been friends with us for the last month, I was wondering, what's your last name?" Sakura asked.

"Yeah I've been wondering that too." Ino said as they all loomed in close to the bespectacled young girl who took a step back in apprehension.

"Uh…Uzumaki…." Karin answered, not understanding the big deal as the other girls' eyes widened in shock.

"Wait, did you say Uzumaki!?" Sakura and Ino practically yelled, making Karin nearly fall back on her bed.

"...Y-yeah…" Karin blinked.

"Oh my gosh, Naruto's an Uzumaki!" Tenten yelled.

"Naruto?" Karin blinked, remembering how Naruto was and how he seemed nice yet eccentric.

"Yeah! And this is perfect! He's an orphan without any family so he'd no doubt be happy to find out he has some family!" Sakura gleamed, thinking how happy Naruto would be.

"Huh….well…if Gohan likes him I guess even if he seems a bit…too much, I can give him a chance and try to form a bond with him." Karin smiled as Hinata returned her smile.

"That sounds nice, Karin." Hinata smiled, thinking of Naruto's happiness. Sure she may not have romantic feelings for Naruto anymore but she still thought very highly of him. Especially after he saved her from those awful bullies back when they were only three years old.

"Speaking of which…what happened to your family? Gohan was telling us how you came from the Grass Village." Kin noted as Karin looked down, knowing some bad memories were about to resurface.

"…Typically I don't tell a lot of people this but since I can trust you girls I can tell you…" Karin began as she slowly began to pull her night shirt down. The gesture confused the girls before their eyes widened in both shock and disgust.

Her entire upper chest and the arms from her shoulder to her elbow were practically littered in bite marks.

"My god…" Ino put a hand to her mouth in shock as Sakura, Tenten and Hinata were speechless.

Despite the atrocities she would commit for Orochimaru, even Kin was unnerved by what she was looking at.

"…How..in the…" Tenten gasped as Karin bit her lip.

"….Ever since I could remember….I've had the ability to replenish chakra with my body…while it may appear as good to some…it's practically a curse. From the time I was born, the bastards from my village would essentially use me for a chakra draining fountain….my sensei Zosui was the worst…even when I was at death's doorstep, the bastard would also zap me with no regard for my life! Even my asshole teammates would do the same! It wouldn't matter if I was at one hundred percent or at five percent, I was nothing but a biting coupon to them…" Karin grit her teeth as tears built in her eyes as the other girls weren't far off themselves.

Kin remained stone faced the most while Sakura, Ino, Hinata and Tenten had tears in their eyes.

"Karin…" Sakura gulped as Karin cleared her throat to continue.

"The worst part….they did it so much to my mom who had the same abilities that…she died…" Karin gulped as she couldn't stop the tears from pooling down.

Immediately the girls were at her side, embracing her.

"Oh Karin…we're so sorry…" Ino tried her best not to sob.

"Yeah…you're not alone anymore…you have us…" Tenten reassured as Karin felt a smile come to her lips.

"Guys…thank you…" Karin wiped her eyes as she pulled out of the hug before clearing her throat again.

"And that's why I love Gohan….he's the first one to ever show me kindness aside from my mother and he even stood up from me against my teammates. It was because of him that I decided to resign from the Grass Village and made my way to the Leaf Village and I hope one day I can become a Kunoichi he'll acknowledge!" Karin beamed as the girls couldn't stop their smiles on their faces, or rather some of them…as Kin, Hinata and Sakura weren't smiling.

Kin and Hinata because they were also in love with Gohan while Sakura was aware of Gohan's….feelings…for Ayame….

"Aww Karin, that's so cute!" Tenten smacked Karin's shoulder nearly making her stumble.

"Hey, you almost made me fall!" Karin laughed, playfully hitting Tenten with a pillow which she returned.

"Is this a pillow war?" Tenten snickered as she was nailed in the face by Kin.

"A big one!" Kin snickered before the pillow fight war of the ages commenced!


After a couple more days of training, the teams of boys and girls met outside of Capsule where Bulma supplied each group with a Dragon Radar of their own. Yes, in case of emergencies where the original radar she made as a teenager broke, she had a replacement one made just in cae.

"Alright, to the winners of the contest! First one back with the most Dragon Balls wins!" Bulma grinned as Gohan and Goku smiled.

Although to keep things fair, Gohan and the other Z-Fighters were prohibited from helping either of the teams they may have wanted to help.

"And it'll be us!" Naruto grinned.

"No us!" Ino yelled as the girls cheered on her side also.

"Remember, since you kids aren't sixteen yet, transform into sixteen year olds so you won't get arrested!" Bulma grinned as the kids remembered her words about the driving laws in this world.

"Right!" Lee said as everyone transformed into forms of them that looked like the Legal Driving age.

With Naruto and Sakura throwing capsules, the groups jumped into their own Capsule Corp Vehicles due to some of the Ninja not knowing Flight yet.

"Alright, let's go!" Both groups announced before they were off.

As the girls followed the source of beeping on their Dragon Radar, they noticed it beeping from a very far away distance.

"I wonder where it's leading us…" Karin muttered.

"Guess we'll see." Hanabi shrugged as she readied herself for a potential long ride.

After a very long drive, the blip on the Dragon Ball radar kept on spiking and getting closer until the girls pulled to a village covered in snow.

"Brr…it's chilly out here…" Moegi shuddered as Karin scanned the other available capsules Bulma gave her and the other girls.

"Cold is an understatement." Karin said before throwing a capsule that had the "label" for clothes on it before handing the girls jackets in their usual favorite color scheme.

"Let's see….where's this Dragon Ball?" Kin asked, taking the Dragon Radar before her eyes widened.

"Hey! Over there!" Kin said as she noticed a small, orange spherical ball with six stars on it.

"I'll be damned! That must be one of the Dragon Balls!" Ino cheered as she and the other girls ran over to where the Dragon Ball was but before they could catch it, a large figure suddenly touched down in front of them.

"Halt! What business do you have here?" The voice bellowed as the girls looked to see a large, stocky man that resembled Frankenstein's monster.

"Who….are you?" Tenten asked, suddenly readying her weapons, not knowing if this guy was a threat or not.

"I am Eighter and I am the protector of that Dragon Ball in this village and I refuse to let any nefarious forces have it for their own selfish gains!" The man known as Eighter said as the girls all blinked, wondering how tough this guy would be.

"No, we're not nefarious! This is just for fun!" Sakura tried waving as Eighter looked unconvinced.

"I highly suggest you leave now." Eighter said, not trusting these ninja, not that he knew they were ninja.

"Like I said, we're not threats!" Ino tried reasoning with the Android. However before a potential fight could break out….

"Eighter stand down!" A voice called as the ninja all turned to seeing a young woman, around Goku's age wearing winter gear.

"Who are you?" Moegi asked as the woman paid her no mind.

"I can't sense any ill will from these children, Eighter. Please stand down." The woman pleaded with her friend as he did no, albeit reluctantly.

"Thank you for that….but who are you?" Kin asked as the woman gave the ninja a kind smile.

"I am Suno and that's my friend, Eighter. Sorry about that, ever since an incident some years back he's been protective about outside people coming into our land. Ever since the incident with the Red Ribbon Army." Suno explained gesturing the kids to an open area where a table was which they all sat down.

"Red Ribbon Army?" Hanabi tilted her head.

"Yes. An organization that wanted Global Domination and they wanted the Dragon Balls in order to achieve that goal…but it was all thanks to a certain boy that they were all rounded up and defeated…all thanks to Goku…" Suno smiled, a light blush on her face as the crush she had on Goku on those years hadn't completely gone away.

The girls noticed and all smiled.

"Aww~! Suno likes Goku~!" Hanabi and Moegi giggled in unison as Suno blushed.

"…U-uh…" Suno muttered but the group noticed that she neither confirmed or denied what Hanabi and Moegi said.

"Goku, huh? Well he is sweet." Hinata laughed as Suno raised an eyebrow.

"You all know Goku?" Suno asked as the ninja smiled before explaining their origins, how they met Gohan, what they were doing on this planet and the small little contest the boys and the girls had. Suno let out a small laugh as the girls finished their explanation.

"I see…to think he would have a son…." Suno looked down as the girls honestly felt sympathy for her.

"Oh Miss Suno….." Hinata put a comforting hand on her shoulder as Suno gave her a small smile.

"It's okay…if anything….it sort of falls on me since I shouldn't have waited so long and maybe I should've told him I love him when I had the chance….." Suno sadly smiled before looking at the group.

"My woman's intuition tells me some of you are rather…smitten with Goku's son, Gohan." Suno smiled as three certain girls in the group blushed but stopped, hoping no one noticed but Suno did and laughed lightly.

"My advice to you all is, snatch him when you have a chance because remember, all is fair in love and war." Suno smiled as even the girls who weren't smitten with Gohan had decided to take Suno's words to heart as they realized she was right; people you love won't just sit around waiting for you forever.

"Now how about I give you that Dragon Ball?" Suno smiled as the girls all smiled at her.

"Thank you so much!" Hanabi gleamed as Sakura was handed the Dragon Ball.

"Yeah thank you!" Tenten grinned as Sakura gave Suno a kind smile.

"Miss Suno…we're sure you'll find your special man someday. Take it from us." Sakura winked as Suno laughed.

"We'll see. But thank you, regardless." Suno laughed.

And unknown to the group above, one Son Goku watched the entire spectacle from atop a nearby tree.

"Suno….once this contest between the boys and girls are over, I'll definitely come and see you." Goku smiled before looking to the shining sun above.

'I wonder how the guys are doing!' Goku thought.


As Goku had these thoughts, in a remote village, a masked caped man was brought before a man that resembled a rabbit.

"Lord Carrot, here's a newcomer. He trespassed into our village." A man with fake rabbit ears said as the masked man was dropped onto the group, still in chains.

"Hmph, I see….who are you and why dare trespass into the land of Monster Carrot?" The rabbit man known as Monster Carrot practically demanded as the masked cloaked man was silent.

"I see. Not a big talker huh? Well once you're one of my carrots, that'll get that gullet of your open!" Monster Carrot and his men all laughed as the masked, cloaked man still kept his silent act up.

The masked cloaked man was revealed to be none other than Naruto Uzumaki in disguise.

'I'll get that Dragon Ball and save those other villagers he turned into carrots!' Naruto thought as his mind flashed to previous events…..

The team of boys made their way to a village where mushroom like towers crowded the village.

"An odd place where a Dragon Ball would be…" Neji muttered.

"I swear where it is…." Lee asked before a man around the size of a normal human came out. Due to all the summonings and seeing Piccolo, the Team weren't too weirded by the sight of the carrot. It still didn't help the questions they may have had in their mind.

"A rabbit's the big shot around here?" Zaku snorted as he made his way out as they watched as the rabbit talked to a random village before touching his palm. However, much to the astonishment of the group, he turned the man into a carrot, much to the astonishment of the boys watching.

"Hold on, he turned those guys into carrots!?" Konohamaru nearly fell back.

"By a palm touch? This…could be tricky…." Shikamaru donned a pensive expression as Naruto smiled before smacking the Nara's back.

"Hey, have you guys forgotten? Some people can be tricky but I can be just as unpredictable!" Naruto vowed as Sasuke smirked.

"Of course you are." Sasuke snorted.

"You sure you can handle this?" Shino asked as Naruto grinned wider.

"Hell yeah! Just give me an hour and I'll get that Dragon Ball out of there!" Naruto vowed with a fist pump.

"And here I am…" Naruto muttered to himself as Monster Carrot jeered at Naruto.

"On your feet." Monster Carrot commanded as Naruto stood himself up as Monster Carrot strolled over to where Naruto was.

"Now I ask you again, what business do you have in my land?" Monster Carrot asked as Naruto was still silent.

"Well then, enjoy being turned into a carrot!" Monster Carrot said as Naruto suddenly transformed into a carrot thanks to his left hand being exposed!

"Hmph, another to add to my collection." Monster Carrot laughed as he put Naruto with his collection of other carrots. At least until….

"You think that's all to beat me? Get real!" The voice of Naruto yelled as the "carrot" in Monster Carrot's hand suddenly poofed away much to the rogue rabbit's shock.

"What the!?" Monster Carrot nearly fell back as the real Naruto appeared, clad in his usual orange and blue outfit.

"How did you get in here!?" Monster Carrot demanded as Naruto cracked his knuckles.

"The guys up front let me in." Naruto smirked as that was a half-truth, rather, he and his clones bombarded their way through.

"Guards!" Monster Carrot yelled as his remaining guards all surrounded Naruto who looked unperturbed. On the contrary, he looked excited.

"Shadow Clone Jutsu!" Naruto yelled as he and his clones made quick work of the henchmen as Monster Carrot looked ready to soil himself.

"No one's been this strong ever since that brat Goku…" Monster Carrot gulped, realizing that maybe coming down from the moon to enact another chance at World Domination probably wasn't in his best interest.

"Don't worry, I have something special for people like you!" Naruto said before activating a hand sign.

"Sexy Jutsu-Swimsuit Edition!" Naruto yelled before tens of women Narutos with revealing swimsuits all surrounded Monster Carrot and glomped him before he fell back with a nosebleed.

"…I….I…am in…heaven…" Monster Carrot practically drooled as one of the clones raised the rabbit up before gingerly cupping his cheek.

"Now Lord Monster Carrot…will you please reverse the carrots back into people~?" The clone winked as Monster Carrot nodded fervently.

"Y-yes of course!" Monster Carrot said before hastily reversing the people back to normal as the clone smirked before turning into the regular Naruto.

"Too bad that won't save you!" Naruto smirked as all the clones and him rounded on the poor animal while some manage to get the people out of the castle, him and the others practically brought the poor tower down.

Through the rubble, Naruto laughed, holding the seven star Dragon Ball proudly in his hands.

"Silly rabbit, tricks are for kids!" Naruto snickered as the boys ran over to him.

"You did it?" Choji asked as Naruto grinned wider.

"Shoosh yeah I did it!" Naruto grinned as unbeknownst to the group, Gohan was watching from a nearby building.

"Heh, something tells me this competition is only gonna get even more exciting." Gohan shook his head in amusement.

And the Dragon Ball hunt would only continue from here…


The Dragon Ball Hunting Challenge has officially begun!

I hope you all liked the return of old Dragon Ball characters as this arc will definitely bring out some more fan favorites like Suno and Monster Carrot because Suno was such a sweetheart and I liked her with Goku (Goku X Suno is one of my favorite anime OTPs) and Monster Carrot is Monster Carrot, nuff said! XD

Now I know some of you might notice this chapter was kinda short but I have reasons why:

-I didn't want to include the ENTIRE Dragon Ball Hunt in this chapter.

-I had been busy with some stuff and I didn't want to delay this chapter as I like to update fanfictions during a given time.

-As a special addendum to the previous comment, one of the things I've been busy with is with a new story! Now if you all remember the arc I had with Team 7 watching Gohan's memories, the truth is that arc was a prototype I've had in mind for YEARS ever since I started writing stories in 2017 and here it is for those of you who might not have seen it yet:

A Hero's Journey: Boruto has always wanted to know more about his father, especially his past when he was younger. Thanks to a forbidden jutsu in a scroll found in the Hokage's office, Boruto and his teammates find themselves traveling through Naruto's memories. However, not all things are meant to be seen. How will Boruto react to seeing his father's various triumphs, pains, successes and failures?

Yep, that's right! It's a fic where Boruto and Team Konohamaru will see Naruto's entire life that led him to becoming the Hokage we all know and love! ^_^ Currently, I'm having the kids react to Naruto's childhood but I feel like I've done a good job with the story so far and so if you lovely readers will kindly give it a look and even leave a review or two, I would greatly appreciate it! ^_^

Here's the link: s/13456962/1/A-Hero-s-Journey

Now like I said earlier, this chapter may've been shorter but Chapter 38 WILL be longer, I promise! Speaking of which, Chapter 39 will be released Thursday February 6th so expect it then!

Til the 6th of February, stay classy and stay lovely! ^_^