With over forty chapters, this story is officially my LONGEST story to date~! Thank you all for staying with me over the last three years and for newcomers, thank you one and all and I hope you all enjoy the ride!
Onto the story because we all REALLY gonna get to the knitty gritty of the fic soon! ^_^
It's said that time really flies and that statement has been proven to be nothing short of legitimate with the arrival of the Ninja from the planet of Ninjitsu onto the planet of Earth.
With all of the Ninja deciding to hone in on their training and even get new training in the form of new masters, four months have come and gone and everyone has gotten significantly more powerful thanks to the assistance of the Z-Fighters, the friends of Son Goku.
With such significant upgrades in their powers, obviously they would need to put their powers to the test just to see how significant the fruits of their training was.
And so the perfect opportunity came in the form of the World Martial Arts Tournament, the highlight of Son Goku's childhood, an event that led Goku to meeting many of the lifelong friends he still kept in contact to this day.
Now was the time for four months of training to come to the surface.
However, everyone in Capsule Corp was sleeping peacefully with the months of training taking its toll on everyone.
At least until.
"Good morning, everyone! Ready for some training?" Kakashi smiled cheerfully, banging on a trashcan to get everyone in the boys' room awake.
However, no one was happy to be awoken by his rather less than stellar greeting.
"Ugh shut up!" Kiba yelled, slamming his pillow over his head.
"Will you can it!" Shikamaru groaned.
"What time is it!?" Zaku yelled.
"Six O'Clock." Kakashi shrugged, "We have to be at the World Tournament Arena by Eight O'Clock guys to register. Can't hurt to be too early, right?" Kakashi nonchalantly shrugged, thinking that these kids would be happy that he was being proactive by waking up early.
Newsflash, they were not happy.
"So whaddaya say we all just wake up and-"Kakashi tried suggesting before he was nailed in the head by a Barbell, courtesy of a pissed off Konohamaru.
"Nice one, Konohamaru!" Naruto praised his young friend.
"Now, let's ju-HEY!" Kakashi narrowly dodged a paperweight hurled in his direction.
"Save some for me." Lee grinned.
"Count me in." Neji smirked, activating his Byakugan.
"Me too." Sasuke activated his Sharingan.
It was at that moment that Kakashi Hatake was beginning to have second thoughts on his life choices.
"And I just had to decide to be a sensei!" Kakashi mentally groaned before hauling ass, running for dear life, hoping the girls would be way more understanding.
Spoiler alert, they were even more irritable and even more agitated.
"STAY OUT OF OUR ROOM!" Kin yelled, hurling needle after needle after the Veteran ninja.
"UNLESS YOU WANNA DIE!" Tenten yelled, intent on making Kakashi a paperweight with all of the different weapons at her disposal.
"I shoulda chosen a different career!" Kakashi dreaded.
Sometime afterwards, everyone was happily eating a nice, filling breakfast courtesy of Panchy.
"My my, what an interesting morning you all have had!" Panchy cheerfully chirped.
"Yeah…for most people…." Kakashi muttered, covered in all sorts of bruises and wounds as everyone laughed at his plight.
"Shoulda thought differently about waking us up." Naruto grinned, eating a forkful of eggs and bacon. Although unlike the orange and blue tracksuit that everyone was familiar with, he was cloaked in a high collared sleeveless shirt with a blue short-sleeved undershirt and orange shorts with a different pair of blue sandals. (Think of his outfit from the original Naruto Movie 3).
"Mmhmm. You done goofed, sensei." Sakura giggled wearing a summer variation of her outfit with a red shirt revealing her midriff with a matching red skirt (She's wearing the outfit she wore in Naruto Movie 3 as well).
"Indeed, maybe you should think about waking kids up!" Lee laughed as he was clad in a shorter version of his outfit meant for the summer time. (He's wearing his Movie 3 outfit as well).
"Mmf, I'll think about that." Kakashi shook his head though internally he was somewhat regretting his decision in letting these kids pass.
"Heh, kids nowadays." Dr. Briefs chuckled as he turned a page in his newspaper as Bulma strolled into the café area of Capsule Corp, as cheery as Kakashi once was.
"Good morning, kiddos~!" Bulma happily greeted everyone with Baby Trunks in her arms.
She received a combination of either cheerful responses or half-hearted, indifferent responses.
"Thanks again for making these clothes for me, Sakura and Lee; Bulma!" Naruto grinned.
"Think nothing of it, Fishcake!" Bulma waved off Naruto's thanks with an amused grin.
"I still can't believe your name means Fishcake." Ino laughed.
"Well that's the Japanese for you. Hey, how about I take you kids to visit Japan one day?" Bulma suggested.
"You know we just might have to take you up on that." Hanabi smiled as she and the Konohamaru Corps were clad in GIs similar to the ones that Goku and Krillin wore as children.
"But I wanna go to that America place though." Shino said.
"Yeah they have some hot ass celebrities there! Sofia Carson, Hailee Steinfeld and Lucy Hale are just a couple of people I'd love to meet!" KIba grinned.
"As much as I love to rain on your parade, those women are either in their twenties or early thirties." Dosu snorted.
"I'm starting to get tired of you! I'll beat your ass!" Kiba yelled.
"Like you did last time?" Dosu rolled his eye as that was enough to set off the Inuzuka.
"That's it!" Kiba yelled, ready to redeem himself for how he fought against the former disciple of Orochimaru months.
"Hey! Let's just save it for the World Tournament." Kakashi reminded the two boys or rather just Kiba.
"Fine…" Kiba muttered.
"By the way Sasuke, you sure you don't want Bulma making a variation of your outfit too?" Kakashi asked, clad in a similar version of his outfit like Naruto, Sakura and Lee did while Sasuke snorted at the offer.
"Thanks but I think I'll pass." Sasuke refused as Bulma chuckled.
"Suit yourself. Now then, you all ready to go?" Bulma smiled.
"Oh we're more than ready!" Zaku and the Leaf Ninja Academy delinquent group all energetically exclaimed.
"Haha, just like the good old days." Bulma giggled as she walked to the courtyard of Capsule Corporation before going in her pocket and fishing out a Dyno Capsule.
"Time to go!" Bulma cheerfully stated as a huge Capsule Corporation Flying Craft came out of the smoke of the capsule.
"Okay….I don't think I'll ever get used to capsule things…" Kin muttered as instead of her sound ninja garp she was clad in a purple sleeveless zip up hoodied jacket with black sweat pants and standard ninja lookalike sandals.
"Same." Kiba muttered as instead of his long hoodie, he wore a shorter version of his hoodie with grey sweat pants.
"Time to go!" Naruto pumped as the group of Ninja all boarded the train.
However, while nearly everyone was in a festive mood, those on top of the lookout were far from a celebratory mood.
"What's wrong Dende?" Mr. Popo asked, stopping to tend from his flowers upon sensing the young guardian of Earth's distress.
"You can't sense it, Mr. Popo?" Dende asked.
"Sense what?" Mr. Popo dreaded as he was starting to get tired of all these threats invading earth. What ever happened to having a long standing peace? Was that too much to ask?
Sensing his friend's mood, Dende sighed.
"It seems some sort of parasite is starting to invade Earth." Dende answered.
"A parasite? Is it on the same level as Cell?" Mr. Popo struggled to ask.
"It is too early to judge….." Dende answered as he got up.
"I'll need to let Piccolo and the others know!" Dende said.
Meanwhile the plane had finally touched down on Papaya Island with everyone eager for the competition to begin.
"Finally here! Ready to kick some ass!" Naruto excitedly grinned.
"Oh get in line!" Kiba rudely shoved Naruto to the side.
"As if! I shall be the one to win!" Lee yelled.
"Are you stupid!? It's gonna be me!" Zaku got in between everyone.
"Will those idiots give it a rest? It's only nine in the morning…" Ino muttered.
"You're telling me." Sakura agreed.
However before any further arguing could be done, two familiar figures made themselves known.
"Yo!" Son Goku happily greeted his friends as they all smiled at him.
"What's up, sensei?" Naruto greeted before running to Gohan.
"Sup, bro?" Naruto grinned, bumping fists with his brother from another mother.
"Here for the World Tournament, obviously!" Gohan grinned.
"Awesome! You gonna compete too, Goku?" Naruto asked.
"Nah, I think I'll let you kids go at it." Goku laughed.
"Oh yeah?" Ino asked.
"Well you know I don't plan on letting the fruits of my training go to waste so I plan on competing myself too." Kakashi mused.
"Heh, maybe we'll get to go at it again!" Gohan grinned, remembering their skirmish during the Bell Test nearly a year ago.
"I wouldn't be against that." Kakashi smiled, patting Gohan's head though internally he was fully excited in paying him back for the Masenko BS Gohan put him through.
"Well we should probably go in before we're all late." Neji was quick to remind everyone.
"Right, then let's go!" Goku was quick to point out as everyone followed the pine-headed Saiyan as they all made their way to the registration desk.
"Right, thank you." A certain sunglasses clad announcer said to a certain daughter of a certain pseudo world hero.
"Yo, long time no see!" Goku greeted his old friend as the World Tournament Announcer nearly dropped his shades from his face.
"N-no way! Goku!" The World Tournament Announcer gave the Earthly Saiyan a nice bear hug which Goku was all too happy to accept as he hugged him back while the Ninja seemed a little taken aback by the reaction.
"Uh….you know Goku?" Sakura cocked an eyebrow.
"Know him? I used to supervise and oversee all the tournaments Goku did as a kid! How long has it been Goku? Twenty years?" The World Tournament Announcer smiled at his old friend who laughed while rubbing the back of his head sheepishly.
"Haha who knows? I always sucked at math!" Goku laughed as the announcer shared Goku's amusement.
"I've gotta say your fights were always the highlight of my old tournament announcing days. You and your friends." The Announcer smiled as Bulma strolled next to the two.
"Well thanks we're glad to hear that." Bulma gratefully thanked the man.
"Speaking of…where's Tien and the others? Are they gonna compete?" The announcer tried finding the Z-Fighters.
"Actually no. We were just gonna have the ninja and Gohan compete." Goku explained as the announcer raised an eyebrow.
"Ninja? Gohan?" The Announcer was no doubt confused.
"He's referring to us. Hi, there." Kakashi smiled as he expected a bizarre, lost or disturbed look from the man but all he got was laughter.
"Trust me. I've dealt with giant monkeys and green aliens so ninjas aren't that out of the ordinary for me." The announcer chuckled as the ninjas were relieved this man wouldn't be as freaked by them.
"I think I like this dude already." Naruto laughed as the announcer then noticed Gohan.
"And you're Gohan? You sure are the spitting image of your father when he was your age. How old are you?" The announcer asked Gohan.
"I'm almost twelve, sir." Gohan answered with a smile.
"I see…..definitely his age but you're taller." The announcer laughed as Gohan also laughed since from all the pictures he had seen of his father as a child, he was a very short kid.
"And tell me the truth, Goku. You were the one who really killed Cell, right?" The announcer leaned into Goku's chest, much to the ninja's shock.
"No way! He's not drooling over that Hercule idiot like everyone else?" Zaku blinked.
"Good to know that some people actually have some common sense." Kin smiled, having a bit more respect for this man.
"Haha actually that was my son who killed him." Goku chuckled as he gestured over to Gohan.
"Yep!" Gohan brightly chirped in agreement with his father.
Though surprisingly the World Tournament Announcer didn't look too surprised.
"I shouldn't be too surprised. After all this is the son of the man who stopped King Piccolo himself. I bet you're even stronger than your old man, right?" The Announcer grinned at Gohan as both father and son laughed.
"Haha not really." Gohan laughed.
"Yeah after all I've perfected my Super Saiyan 1 and 2 forms." Goku grinned.
"…Super Saiyan?" The World Tournament Announcer asked, with this being his time to be confused for a change.
"It's a long story." Sasuke answered for his friends.
"By the way…Mr. Announcer, shouldn't we be registering now?" Hanabi asked as the man chuckled both in amusement at the kids' energy and in embarrassment at losing so much track in time that he was starting to shirk off his work responsibilities.
"Oh right. And by the way, no need to be so formal. My name's Mr. Alonsa." The man smiled.
"Okay….Mr. Alonsa. Lead the way." Shikamaru said as the ninjas all had a box displayed before all of them.
"Alright so here're the rules of the Tournament since you all seem unfamiliar with the rules. In this box you will all draw a number and from then you will all draw a number from a green ball like this and that will be used to decide who will fight whom. We'll have a grand total of two matches; one of them being a preliminary battle and the final round which will used to determine the winner of the World Tournament of Age 769! Sounds simple, right?" Mr. Alonsa smiled.
"Just like our Chunin Exams…" Choji whispered to Shikamaru.
"Yep!" Naruto grinned as everyone got their own balls save for Goku.
However right as they read their numbers to the World Tournament Announcer….
"Well, well, well, isn't this a sight for sore eyes?" A female voice asked in clear amusement as some had feelings of dread build at the sound.
"Oh no…." Neji asked.
"Don't tell me." Gohan finished for the Hyuga prodigy as they turned to see Videl leaning near the wall with an amused smirk on her face.
"What're you doing here?" Ino asked, clearly not liking her joke of a father.
"What do you think? Here to compete in the tournament of course. That and to get you asshats back. You all insulted my father and called him a fraud!" Videl glared at the ninja.
"Because he is!" Naruto spat back.
"He isn't! And he'll prove that since he's competing in today's tournament!" Videl smirked eager for her family to get some honor back.
"Oh god damn it." Sakura face-palmed.
"And I look forward to owning you forehead!" Videl yelled as that was enough for Sakura to stomp right over to Videl and get right in her face.
"Who you calling forehead you pig-tailed bimbo!" Sakura got right in Videl's face, ready to fight.
"Oh crap!" Naruto and Lee simultaneously said, already sensing a fight.
"Girl fight!" Kiba and Zaku cheered before they were smacked by Ino and Kin respectively.
"Shut up!" Both girls snapped at the stupid boys as Sai stared blankly at the girls.
"Girls really are confusing… Sai bluntly stated though unlike the outfit he wore originally he wore an outfit similar that Goku wore in his three year expedition around the world.
"For once I agree with you." Sasuke muttered.
"Okay that's enough, girls! Let's just save it for the ring, okay?" Gohan suggested as both girls glared at each other before huffing.
"Bitch." Sakura muttered.
"Whore!" Videl spat back but before the two could go at each other again….
"Now what is all this fighting in my arena!?" Hercule laughed as the ninja all rolled their eyes.
"Oh brother." Tenten scoffed though no one was more annoyed at his presence than Team Seven. If they were honest about it, they were more annoyed and hated this joker's guts than they ever did with Vegeta.
Shockingly, they were starting to warm to the Saiyan Prince.
Or at the very least Sasuke was as the two had come to somewhat of a mutual understanding of each other with all the time they had spent together training.
"Hey, daddy!" Videl smiled in pride at her father. She couldn't understand how anyone could be so dismissive and disrespectful of her father. He was the hero who killed Cell after all!
"I look forward to making my mark on this tournament for the third time around!" Hercule laughed as the ninja were getting tired of hearing his voice.
"Shut up, already!" Naruto spat as Hercule glared at the young blonde alongside Videl.
"Oh boy…." Goku covered his face in his hand as Mr. Alonsa had to bite his tongue to cover his laughter.
"Well, well, I see young kids like you need to-Wait it's you!" Hercule nearly fell back as Naruto snorted.
"Yeah, it's me." Naruto smirked, happy that Hercule remembered him as Hercule couldn't believe he had to deal with the same brat who tried exposing him all that time ago.
"In either case, we should all draw our numbers before deciding who will be matched against whom." Mr. Alonsa said.
"Right." Gohan nodded as everyone drew their numbers before they were given the people they were assigned.
"Huh…I got Kakashi-Sensei." Gohan smirked at Kakashi who surprisingly looked chill about the fact he was assigned to fight against a half-human, half-alien preteen.
"I'm actually looking forward to this match. Especially with what Bulma made for me…" Kakashi thought to himself with a smile.
"Me and Neji, huh?" Lee smiled, eager to show the results of the training he had done with Piccolo.
"I look forward to it." Neji returned Lee's smile as he was excited to show off the fruits of his training he did with Vegeta.
"I have….that weird smiling pale guy?" Videl turned to Sai who smiled at her.
"Looking forward to making your acquaintance." Sai smiled as Videl grimaced at his smile.
"He is so freaky!" Videl was no doubt freaked at him.
"Me against Hinata?" Karin turned to Hinata who smiled.
"Looking forward to it, Karin." Hinata smiled.
"Likewise." Karin returned Hinata's smile. Although she wouldn't admit it outright, she had become aware of Hinata's feeling for Gohan and despite her love and fondness for Hinata, even going as far as to consider her a sister, she was in a way a love rival to her.
"Me and Ino, huh?" Kin smiled.
"I'm not gonna be a pincushion to those needles." Ino chuckled.
"Oh you wanna bet?" Kin jokingly threatened.
"Me against Zaku? I don't wanna crush him." Choji joked as Zaku smirked.
"You mean me crush you, right?" Zaku smiled as he had grown accustomed to this group over the last couple of months.
Though his teammate wasn't as straightforward with his feelings.
"Me against that Shikamaru guy…." Zaku said.
"What a drag." Shikamaru yawned.
"Me against Tenten? Should be an interesting fight." Sasuke mused though if he was being honest, he wanted to fight against someone like Gohan, Naruto or Neji.
"I may not be a superhuman freak like your friends but don't count me out just yet, pretty boy." Tenten winked as if she could read the Uchiha's thoughts.
"Heh, wasn't counting on it." Sasuke snorted.
"Me against Hanabi." Konohamaru blinked.
"Hehe…" Hanabi cracked her knuckles as Konohamaru smiled.
"I'm gonna be better than Gohan one day so I'm not gonna lose to you!" Konohamaru grinned.
"And somehow I knew that I was gonna fight Udon." Moegi giggled.
"I'm not gonna go down so easily." Udon smiled and thanks to help from Dende and Bulma, his snotty nose problem was no longer a thing.
However, a scream cut everyone's conversations short.
"W-W-What the hell…is this!?" Hercule yelled as his opponent grinned broadly at him.
"Happy and eager to meet you in the ring, buddy" Naruto grinned, stressing the last part.
"Is there a problem, Mr. Satan?" Mr. Alonsa walked to Hercule, hiding the amusement in his tone.
"N-no! I just feel bad about schooling such a little brat!" Hercule tried to save face as everyone rolled their eyes save for Mr. Alonsa.
"Sure you did." Shikamaru scoffed.
"Oh well okay." Mr. Alonsa neutrally said though inwardly he was looking forward to seeing this clown get his ass owned.
"If you will all follow me into the ring?" Mr. Alonsa said as everyone did just that.
As soon as they did, they were all lead into a waiting area where the music of the Tournament began courtesy of a band that performed annually at the World Tournament as the crowd went wild, eager to see Hercule and Videl pulverize their way through the tournament.
Oh what a surprise this year would be for the fanboys and fangirls of the Satan family.
"Welcome to the World Tournament of Age 769 and I am your host Mr. Alonsa! Thank you all so much for coming!" Mr. Alonsa announced as the entire crowd went wild.
"WE LOVE YOU HERCULE!"
"EASY WIN FOR THE SATAN FAMILY!"
"GO VIDEL! WE LOVE YOU!"
"TAKE DOWN THE POOR LOSERS!"
"What a bunch of idiots." Shikamaru muttered.
"Tell me about it." Sakura sighed, not believing any group people could be so stupid.
"In the first match of the World Tournament we have our very own Videl Satan go against the mysterious newcomer Sai!" Mr. Alonsa announced as the crowd went wild.
Though it was obvious over 70 percent of the cheers were for Videl.
"GO VIDEL! KICK HIS ASS!" Erasa happily yelled as she held up a poster with Videl's face on it.
"What's with that guy? Why's he so pale? He sick or something?" Sharpner sniggered.
"These idiots really are fooled." Naruto rolled his eyes. And HE was called stupid and dumb?
"VIDEL IS A SHOO IN!"
"KICK THAT PRETTY BOY'S ASS!"
"I FEEL SORRY FOR THAT POOR SAP"
Sai merely paid little mind to these comments though inwardly he was curious.
"Is this what it's like to have a fanbase? They seem rather stupid? Maybe they should be called a fan dumb instead?" Sai thought to himself before entering the ring before smiling at his opponent.
"I figured I should let you know, if you fight me the way you are, you will lose, that is all." Sai bluntly stated as there was a blank silence in the air.
At that exact same time, two nefarious figures had entered the Earth's atmosphere.
"You know the plan, yes?" The blue skinned lookalike of Dr. Gero asked Baby.
"Of course. Hunt down and possess the body of the world's strongest Saiyan!" Baby stated.
"Good and I will regroup with….him….." The man said.
"And remember, this is meant to be discreet." The man reminded the parasite who flew off.
"Today….will mark the end of the Saiyans!" The blue-skinned man remarked with a sadistic smile on his face.
Needless to say, the crowd was less than pleased with Sai's statement.
"What did he say!? Kick his ass, Vid!" Erasa yelled, outraged that someone would diss her friend so bad.
"What's that string bean talking about?" Sharper growled.
"Who does that bastard think he is!?"
"Videl needs to show up some an uncouth ruffian!"
"Such nerve!"
"Oh Sai…" Gohan buried his head in his palm, knowing how much trouble Sai's mouth was as well as how much trouble it could get him into the future one day.
"How dare you!? Have you no idea who I am! I am Videl Satan, the daughter of Mr. Satan, the hero who killed Cell!" Videl yelled at the Root ninja who looked less than interested or impressed at her declaration.
"You seem to be just as weak if not weaker than your father." Sai bluntly stated.
"That guy really loves putting his foot in his mouth, huh?" Goku asked his son who sighed in irritation.
"I will say again, resign or you will look like a fool." Sai stated in a tone that let everyone in the vicinity know this was the last time he had any sort of intention of repeating himself.
"Okay Sai's a rude asshole and all…" Ino began.
'But he really needs to learn to shut up…I mean look at that crowd!" Kin pointed as the tournament watchers looked ready to see Sai's head on a platter.
"Take him out, Videl!" Sharpner cheered on his childhood friend as she charged to Sai with a kick, intent on having the ninja fly out of the arena but much to everyone's shock he actually caught her foot.
"That's it?" Sai asked with a blank facial expression.
"What in the!?" Videl asked.
"Who is this guy!?"
"Videl probably let him get that first catch in!"
"That's right! It shows how hospitable and generous she is!"
"…These idiots are brainwashed." Dosu muttered, making himself comfortable in the position of a nap, not even bothering to watch the match as he had an idea as to how it would actually end.
"Same." Naruto and Zaku agreed with the former mummy lookalike.
Sai merely threw Videl to the side as he cocked his side.
"That's the power of the daughter of the world's hero? How disappointing." Sai said in a monotone voice as Videl growled, sick of the guy.
"Just shut up already!" Videl tried punching Sai in the face with a bum rush only for Sai to sidestep.
"Don't get cocky because you get lucky, asshole!" Videl glared at Sai as she tried a series of punches and kicks at him as he met her fists with his own.
"I believe it's time to end this." Sai then body-flicked away before pulling out his scroll.
"She won't even be worth a big animal…" Sai said to himself.
"Ninja Art…" Sai said before a snake appeared from his scroll much to the shock of everyone sans Goku, Gohan and the ninja.
"What on earth!?"
"I-Is that…a snake?" Sharpner asked bug-eyed.
"Eww~! How creepy!" Erasa grimaced.
"Hey, what the hell are you doing?" Videl asked as the snake popped from the scroll.
"Winning the match." Sai answered before turning to the snake, "Go!" Sai commanded the snake as it suddenly wrapped itself around Videl.
"Hey! What the!? Let go!" Videl tried ripping the ink-reptile from her body to no avail.
"Wait…he drew an ink animal and it came to life?" Sharpner blinked.
"What the hell is with this guy?" Erasa cringed at how tight the snake seemed to be constricting her friend.
"Game, Set and Match." Sasuke said.
"Though does he have to go that far?" Kakashi shook his head as Sai hoisted the daughter of Hercule.
"Hey! Put me down! Put me down!" Videl tried kicking Sai who hoisted the girl over his head.
"Sure thing." Sai then dropped Videl out of the arena unceremoniously much to everyone's shock as they were all too stunned to speak.
"Uh…by a ring out defeat the winner is…Sai!" Mr. Alonsa announced.
"Alright Sai!" Naruto cheered on his weird friend.
"Way to go!" Gohan smiled as the other ninjas all applauded for their friend while literally the other eighty percent of the arena were too shocked to speak.
"That was fun. Thank you for the match." Sai smiled at Videl who was too stunned to speak.
"Release." Sai made a hand-sign before the snake released Videl from its grasp.
"Who the hell are you!?" Videl growled.
"I'm a ninja." Sai answered straight-forwardly as the arena was in silence.
"A ninja?"
"No way."
"I bet this kid's some sort of weeb!"
"He definitely doesn't get out much. Look at how pale he is!"
"Well that was fun guys." Sai smiled at his friends as some of them shook their head.
"Way to take it too far." Tenten sighed.
"I was merely having fun as designated in the rule handbook." Sai cocked his head to the side.
While Sai was in happier spirits, a certain afro sporting "hero" was not in good spirits. In fact, he was literally terrified.
"That punk took out my baby….And the other brats could be even tougher….Oh no…..I…could get outed! No…like hell that's gonna happen!" Hercule sweated before his eyes widened as he realized what the next matchup was.
"….No! Shit! It's me against that whisker faced brat!" Hercule dreaded as Mr. Alonsa made his way to Hercule's room.
"Mr. Satan, you're up in five." Mr. Alonsa said.
"R-right….thanks…." Hercule tried saving face until Mr. Alonsa left as he buried his head in his hands.
"What the hell am I gonna do!? Everyone's gonna see I'm a big fake until…wait! I can strike a deal with that kid! He can't be any older than twelve or thirteen and kids that age are stupid! Right! And I can keep my glory, haha!" Hercule smiled in pride of himself.
In no time, five minutes came and went.
"Alright everyone! Time for the second match of the World Tournament! In one corner, we have the reigning champion Hercule Satan!" Mr. Alonsa said as Hercule jumped through the ring.
"YEAH! Let me hear it for your loyal champ!" Hercule cheered with throwing double peace signs in the air.
"HERCULE! HERCULE! HERCULE!"
"KICK THAT BRAT'S ASS!"
"HE LOOKS LIKE A CAT!"
"WHAT IS HE SOME NEKO DEMON?"
Naruto's eyes twitched at that last comment.
"Don't let them get to you, they're rather…intellectually challenged…" Gohan reminded his friend who shook his head.
"And in the other corner, we have another newcomer, Naruto Uzumaki!" Mr. Alonsa said as Naruto beamed.
"My time to shine!" Naruto grinned as he seemed a little more excited than about the World Tournament than the Chunin Exams.
"Do your best, Naruto!" Sakura beamed.
"Yes! Show that fraud who's boss!" Lee added.
"If you don't win, I'll roast your ass even harder than I already do." Sasuke smirked with crossed arms.
"Heh! Thanks, guys! I definitely have something planned for him." Naruto smiled with a glint in his eyes as Ino grimaced.
"I hope it's not another sexy jutsu." Ino muttered.
As Naruto made his way to the arena, he took delight in the fear he was causing Hercule, as evidenced by the sweat on his brow.
"Scared shitless, huh?" Naruto smirked as Hercule glared at Naruto.
"Scared? Scared for you I mean! I feel bad for humiliating you in front of the world!" Hercule guffawed as his fans decided to have his back.
"SHOW THAT BRAT HERCULE!"
"KICK HIS ASS!"
"SUCH BRATS NEED TO RESPECT THEIR ELDERS!"
Taking advantage of the crowd going wild, Hercule decided to make his way to Naruto's ear and try to wager with the kid.
"Hey listen kid….I know you know…my truth so how about a wager?" Hercule whispered in Naruto's ear.
"A wager?" Naruto asked. Now he wasn't even remotely interesting in hearing anything this clown had to offer but decided he would at the very least entertain him.
"Yes! If you throw the match for me, I'll get you anything! Your favorite food, video game, a date with the hottest girl your age, you just name it?" Hercule offered as Naruto snorted before stating his answer.
"Pfft! No way!" Naruto snickered at Hercule's dot eyed expression.
"B-but!" Hercule tried to reason though Naruto would hear none of it.
"Forget that old man! I'm in it to win it!" Naruto grinned before jumping away from Hercule.
"H-Hey wait!" Hercule tried to reason as Mr. Alonsa decided to get things started.
"Hercule, are you ready to begin, sir?" Mr. Alonsa asked.
"Y-yes! Of course!" Hercule said as Mr. Alonsa turned to everyone watching.
"Well then! Let the second match of the World Tournament begin!" Mr. Alonsa said.
"This should be interesting." Sai noted.
"For once I think I agree with you." Gohan said as Goku raised an eyebrow just wondering when his son got so…..sassy.
"Alright, he ain't interested in bargaining with me and so I just gotta use some cheap tricks and hope I get lucky!" Hercule thought before regaining his composure, not wanting to have what happened to Videl to happen to him.
"Alright, kid here you go! Dynamite kick!" Hercule yelled as he jumped in the air to try to kick Naruto before Naruto easily evaded the kick as Hercule was darn near close to jumping out of the arena.
"Oh crap!" Hercule cursed before managing to keep himself in the arena by pure dumb luck alone.
"Uh…" Hercule noticed the silence in the crowd.
"Don't worry everyone! I'm just going easy on this kid!" Hercule laughed as the crowd laughed with him as well.
"That's our Hercule!"
"So kind-hearted and noble!"
"What would earth be without him?"
"Oh brother." Karin rolled her eyes.
"There's being a fan and being a fanatic." Neji scoffed.
"Now look here kid, I'm sorry to have to school you so thoroughly." Hercule rolled his collar while Naruto rolled his eyes.
"Just get on with it." Naruto scoffed as Hercule growled.
"Take this! Hercule-Miracle Bomber!" Hercule yelled as he tried to bombard Naruto with a barrage of hits before Naruto easily smacked Hercule to the sky.
"And….there he goes…." Ino blinked, not believing of how weak this Hercule actually was.
"Game set and match." Choji ate his chips as Shikamaru was quick to doze off, quickly losing interest.
However, this was actually just a ploy as Hercule fell straight down, hitting Naruto dead on his skull.
Though thanks to his forehead protector, Naruto was relatively fine.
Hercule on the other hand?
"O…OW! GOD DAMN IT!" Hercule rolled on the ground as a big, bloody bump grew on his head as he writhed on the ground in pain.
The Tournament watchers were just….lost.
"….That…does not look good…"
"Yeah…I understand trying to go easy but that's just embarrassing…"
"Were we wrong about him?"
That last comment made Hercule regain some semblance of dignity as he stood up.
"Uh…just kidding!" Hercule joked as the crowd laughed though it wasn't as strong as it was before it seemed.
"Now then, Naruto Uzumaki!" Hercule began as Naruto groaned, already tired of this clown.
"What now? Most people just take the L and keep moving." Naruto crossed his arms, speaking in annoyance.
"For entertaining the crowd, I just wanna give you this." Hercule digs into his back-pocket before handing Naruto what appeared to be a pink wrapped present.
"A present?" Naruto asked.
"What the hell?" Zaku asked.
"It's obviously a trick." Dosu said.
"Uh…" Naruto blinked.
"I enjoy this match so just take this as a token of appreciation." Hercule said to Naruto, practically shoving the gift in his hand.
"Uh…." Naruto blinked again while not looking to see Hercule scampering off.
"Alright, here we go!" Hercule pressed a secret button on a remote control before a huge explosion went off. It wasn't meant to kill Naruto but just eject him from the arena.
"That idiot!" Kin yelled, afraid Naruto may have gotten boosted from the match.
"Relax, he's fine." Sasuke smiled.
As the smoke died down, it was revealed that Naruto was nowhere in sight.
"I did it! I won! YEAH!" Hercule cheered to the heavens as the crowd went wild.
"He did it! He really did it!"
"I knew he could!"
"And to think I doubted him!"
As Hercule continued his fanfare, he didn't notice a secret looming figure behind him.
"And that was the last straw." A young voice said as Hercule's heart stopped.
"W-what are you…" Hercule couldn't see Naruto.
"I can't think of a better jutsu than for a two-faced, slimy scumbag like you!" Naruto growled, putting his fingers together for a jutsu, seemingly for a fire style jutsu.
"L-let's talk about this!" Hercule tried to reason in vain.
"Take this! A jutsu straight from the teachings of Kakashi-Sensei! A THOUSAND YEARS OF DEATH!" Naruto yelled before his fingers were shoved into the ass of the biggest fraud on planet Earth.
Hercule screamed as he was sent flying out of the arena and across Papaya Island.
The whole stadium was silent, even Mr. Alonsa though he smiled inwardly, happy to see the fraud get his just desserts.
"The winner of the second match, Naruto Uzumaki!"
Though no one but the ninjas cheered but even they were unnerved at what happened.
The Tournament watchers could barely believe what they had seen.
"Did he just shove his fingers up his…?"
"Just what the hell just happened?"
"Hey guys!" Naruto grinned, greeting his friends.
"Uh….where did you…?" Shino tried asking as Naruto grinned.
"Kakashi-Sensei taught me!" Naruto laughed.
"You mean he actually…" Karin grimaced.
"Then again…he does hang around Guy-Sensei a lot…" Tenten muttered.
"And they are very close…" Neji said.
"And he does turn down that Launch chick." Lee added as that was enough for Kakashi.
"Okay, it's nothing like that!" Kakashi yelled in embarrassment.
"At least wash your hands." Sakura sighed.
"Indeed, I wouldn't wanna touch your hands after…." Ino trailed on.
"Alright, alright, I got it." Naruto made his way to the bathroom to wash his hands as thankfully it was time for the next match to start.
"Will Son Gohan and Kakashi Hatake please step into the arena please?" Mr. Alonsa announced.
"We're up, kid." Kakashi slapped Gohan's shoulders.
"Yes, sensei!" Gohan grinned.
"Do your best Gohan!" Goku cheered.
"Yeah, Gohan!" Ino and Sakura joined in on the cheering.
"On the left we have Son Gohan, the son of a previous champion Son Goku! And on the right we have Kakashi Hatake, another newcomer!" Mr. Alonsa announced though the normal humans were too…shaken to really cheer.
"Alright, sensei!" Gohan raised his hand as Mr. Alonsa got down from the ring.
But before the two could actually start their match a pained yell heard.
"What was that?" Gohan asked before the arena was treated to a rather peculiar and disturbing sight.
(One Piece Stampede OST: Bullet Theme)
A baby sized parasite was holding the beloved World Tournament Announcer by the scruff of his neck as the man was covered in a variety of wounds.
"What the hell!?" Zaku asked.
"Who is that!?" Shikamaru was awoken to all the yells.
"Mr. Alonsa!" Goku yelled as he immediately flew to the man's aid before the man was literally thrown into his chest.
"Who the hell are you?" Kakashi asked in a dangerously low voice, holding his kunai to the throat of the parasite, Baby.
"I am but an enigma. I am here for a single specific mission!" Baby said before erecting an aura of Ki, blowing the copy ninja away.
"Kakashi-Sensei!" Sakura yelled, flying up to catch Kakashi.
"I'm fine. Go and evacuate the patrons!" Kakashi ordered the ninja.
"Right!" All the ninja said as they made their way to do just that as Goku glared at Baby.
"Alright, spill it! Who the hell are you!?" Goku glared at Baby with Gohan at his side.
"I am Baby….and my mission…is to eradicate all Saiyans! I'm grateful to Frieza for eliminating the vast majority of you monkeys but you all are like gnats and I will eradicate every single one of you!" Baby spat with disdain clear in his voice.
"Not on my watch!" Goku powered up to Super Saiyan, not sure on how strong Baby was but not willing to take any chances. They were on a very highly populated island after all.
"Likewise!" Gohan said powering up to Super Saiyan as well.
"Hmph, I look forward to decorating my home with your heads!" Baby said to the two who tried their best to combat him but unfortunately he was very evasive and slippery.
"He's like a snake!" Goku grunted.
"Talk about a pain!" Gohan agreed.
"Oh come on! Is that it? I thought Saiyans would be more of a challenge." Baby gloated to the two.
"Even if they aren't I am!" A new voice challenged Baby.
"What th-"Baby could barely say before he found himself face to face with a Rasengan mere inches from his face.
"RASENGAN!" Naruto yelled, not in the mood for some little baby brat.
"Nice try but not nice enough!" Baby yelled, giving Naruto a bicycle kick to the face.
"Naruto!" Sakura yelled in concern as she evacuated one of the last civilians.
"I have no need for some brat like you!" Baby spat as he charged a lethal amount of Ki in his palm before shooting it at the falling ninja.
"Naruto!" Goku yelled, instant trans missioning to Naruto's location but was so preoccupied in saving Naruto that he missed energy blast number two.
Goku grunted as a scratch opened on his arm, which was all the opening that Baby needed.
"Yes!" Baby laughed before literally entering Goku's body through the wound making him go as still as a pencil.
"W-what is this?" Goku grunted.
"Goku! What's wrong!?" Kakashi yelled as Goku grit his teeth.
"Ugh….what….is…this!?" Goku growled.
"Oh yes….I can sense it…YOU are the strongest of the Saiyans on this planet….You will do just fine for my purpose of eliminating the Saiyans! Your body will aid me greatly!" The voice of Baby rang through Goku's head.
"Damn you…get out of my head!" Goku yelled.
"It's time you went to sleep now…" Baby purred before a huge red aura surrounded Goku shocking the ninja who had just finished getting the World Tournament watchers to safety.
Goku screamed in what appeared to be agony as the aura around him started to swirl all around him.
"What's happening to him?" Neji asked.
"Dad!" Gohan yelled.
"Goku! What's wrong!?" Kakashi yelled.
"It can't be…" Naruto's eyes widened as he seemed to realize what was happening.
Eventually the light died down as Goku stood in the center.
"Hey, Goku! You look okay!" Choji said in relief before Shikamaru's eyes widened as he stopped his friend from running over to Goku.
"No he isn't! Look at him…" Shikamaru said.
"What do you mean?" Ino asked as Neji's eyes widened.
"What the…" Neji said as it was then that everyone noticed the change in Goku's appearance.
His hair was snow white, his eyes were red and he had long thin lines running from his eyes to down his face.
"What the hell happened to him?" Zaku asked as Gohan could barely breathe.
"He did it! He took over his body!" Gohan alerted everyone much to their confusion.
"What the? How the hell could he do that!?" Tenten asked.
"Oh yes…..this body…will fit me…perfectly…." Baby Goku grinned in glee before powering up to the base of Goku's Super Saiyan powers though unlike a golden glow, this aura was colored red.
"So this isn't Goku anywore…" Hinata frowned.
"Thankfully the kids are gone…" Sakura exhaled grateful they got Hanabi and the Konohamaru corps to safety. Yes they moaned and groaned but it was for their safety.
"So we need to get this being out of Goku's body then." Karin lifted a hand.
"It seems that way!" Kakashi raised his headband exposing his Sharingan.
"Hehehe…you're going to try to get me out of Son Goku's body?" Baby Goku chuckled.
(One Piece Stampede OST: Bullet vs Supernovas)
"I'd like to see you try!" Baby Goku yelled instantly backhanding Karin and kicking her to the side, completely catching the Uzumaki off guard.
"Now Sound!" Dosu yelled as he pointed his amplifier at Baby Goku's back before shooting it at Goku.
"Boom!" Dosu yelled but before he could finish the blast in his attack, he was suddenly kicked through the side of the arena wall.
"Dosu! Why you? Senbon Blast Trickle!" Kin yelled as she fired a mirage of blasts at Baby Goku who laughed as he literally walked through the blasts before giving Kin a gut punch before kicking her to the air.
Before Baby Goku knew anything, he heard the sound of two thousand birds chirping.
"CHIDORI!" Sasuke and Kakashi yelled as they tried to tag team Chidori the villain though he phased through, having their jutsus collide with each other, giving the two a nice shock.
"Heh, weak!" Baby Goku smirked.
"Mind Transfer Jut-"Ino tried to invade his mind before he punched her in the gut, kicked her and fired a blast at her, sending her crashing to the ground.
"Stay out of my mind." Baby Goku laughed as he noticed a huge array of weapons literally nearly fall on top of him.
"Weapons?" Baby Goku asked as Tenten smirked.
"Let's see how you like being a pincushion!" Tenten smirked as Baby Goku laughed before roughly grabbing her by her ankle and throwing her to the break area of the World Tournament.
"Hmph fool!" Baby Goku laughed.
"Bastard!" Naruto made a Shadow Clone before charging his new favorite Jutsu as Naruto charged to him.
"RASENGAN!" Naruto yelled.
"Striking Ki Barrage!" Zaku also yelled as he threw a barrage of needles before Baby Goku disappeared before reappearing in front of the two and smashing their faces together and throwing them to the sound.
"Hey, stupid! Stay the hell outta my way!" Naruto and Zaku spat at each other.
"Eight Trigrams! Gentle Cannon!" Neji yelled as Lee powered his Gates.
"Hidden Gates!" Lee yelled as he tried to attack Baby Goku who elbowed Neji in the face followed by drop kicking Lee to the ground.
"Heh, is that it?" Baby Goku laughed as he noticed all the ninja were wounded from his assault.
"We're not done!" Gohan yelled as a golden aura surrounded him as he was in his Super Saiyan 2 state.
"I'm gonna end this ASAP!" Gohan yelled.
"G-Gohan…" Kakashi staggered himself up.
"Heh, pragmatic I see! I look forward to your strength!" Baby Goku charged his "son" as Gohan clashed fists with his possessed father.
"I can see it, you're the strongest of this bunch!" Baby Goku didn't know why but he was suddenly excited at the prospect of this fight.
"Masenko-Ha!" Gohan yelled shooting the blast at Baby Goku who was actually wounded for the first time since coming to Papaya Island.
"Heh, powerful!" Baby Goku grinned before he suddenly had the wind knocked out of him.
Gohan didn't let up on his assault as he followed through with his attack.
"Here I come!" Gohan yelled as he punched Baby Goku to the air before back kicking him back down to the ground.
"Explosive Combination!" Gohan yelled as he his attack with a large blue wave.
"He did it!" Karin smiled.
"Way to go!" Naruto and Choji cheered though Neji, Sasuke and Kakashi weren't cheering.
"No…it's not over…not yet…." Dosu's eyes narrowed.
"What do you mean?" Kin asked before a huge aura of energy arose through the area as Gohan had a nervous sweat roll down his face.
"So…to think there's a level beyond Super Saiyan….I'm happy this body has such an invigorating transformation!" Baby Goku yelled as he ascended from his Super Saiyan 1 form to Goku's Super Saiyan 2 form.
Everyone was aghast at the power he was emitting.
"No…way….he…" Ino could barely breathe.
Though no one else wanted to say anything, they knew at his current strength added onto Goku's, he was now stronger than Gohan.
"I…I won't give up!" Gohan yelled as he tried charging Baby Goku only to have his arm tightly grabbed to the point where it was nearly broken before backhanding Gohan across the face before giving him a gut-wrenching punch, nearly making Gohan black out.
Before Gohan knew anything he suddenly had his lights punched out of him again, again and again.
"Gohan! Get away from him you bastard!" Kin yelled throwing senbon needles to Baby Goku who smiled before throwing the injured Gohan to the former sound ninja as the two were blasted to the ground though Kin took the brunt of the attack.
"Gohan!" Naruto and Sakura yelled as everyone ran to Gohan's aid.
Gohan was barely conscious before everyone looked to see a bright glow on the sky above.
"Hey…what's he planning?" Neji asked.
"I'm happy this body has so many techniques so now that I've acquired what I want…" Baby Goku grinned before cupping his hands together.
"Ka….Me….Ha…Me…" Baby Goku grinned as everyone's eyes widened as they realized what this monster was going to do.
"He's going to try to take us all out!" Lee yelled.
"With a Kamehameha!" Kakashi added.
"HA!" Baby Goku yelled and the last thing our heroes saw was the red energy of the evil organism known as Baby.
Well that's a way to end a chapter, huh!?
Gotta love Baby and honestly I think he's my favorite villain of the whole DB franchise if I'm being completely honest!
I wonder if you guys have noticed that my passion for this story has really come back thanks to several factors such as reading some of my favorite DBZ X Naruto crossover stories, watching some of my favorite DB youtubers like Qaaman and Geekdom and playing Dragon Ball FighterZ for the first time (for the Nintendo Switch to boot! XD And the story in that game is way better than any of the arcs in super, sorry not sorry).
And I'm REAL excited to take this story all the way to its conclusion and this year has been crazy BUT it's given me the chance to rediscover why I love this story of mine!
And with all that said the second to last chapter of this "Homecoming Arc" will be coming Thursday February 4th as a way to start off the new year! ^_^
Til then, have a VERY Happy Holidays! ^_^
