Hey guys!
Yep, , I'm back, sorry for the delay, I wanted to take more time doing this chapter so it was better.
Anyway, I hope you like today's chapter and remember:
I DO NOT OWN DBZ NOR NARUTO.
"Look, Ero-Sennin!" Naruto called Jiraiya, who was asleep. "I finally did it!"
Jiraiya was still asleep, which made Naruto furious.
"Wake up, old man!" Naruto yelled, kicking the Sannin so he woke up.
Jiraiya screamed in pain as he looked up at Naruto.
"What the hell is your problem, kid?" He asked.
"I finally did the Rasengan." Naruto explained.
"You did what?" Jiraiya was so surprised that he almost fell back. "He did it already?"
"The rasengan, I did it." Naruto repeated.
"Show it to me." The sannin ordered.
Naruto proceeded to show his master that he was saying the truth, making a little rasengan. Jiraiya burst out laughing after seeing Naruto's rasengan, but as he laughed, Naruto used it in him, throwing him towards the forest.
"It was just a demonstration, stupid old man." Naruto said, rolling his eyes.
"I see it wasn't that pathetic after all." Jiraiya said, his pain reflecting in his tone
Gohan was watching how his teammates trained, giving their best, it kind of reminded him of himself when he trained with Piccolo. Man, did he miss those days.
Team 10 had been training really hard, they all wanted to become Chuunin. Gohan had helped by pointing out their weaknesses and giving them specific training for them to improve. They had also analysed their possible rivals, so they knew their fighting style, but it would still be hard as they also had time to train so they'd have new strategies and abilities. Taking that on count, Gohan wanted to show his teammates some of the techniques he knew.
"Guys, can you come for a moment? I have an idea." Gohan said, beckoning them to go.
As they reunited, Chouji asked what his idea was.
"I've been thinking about teaching you some of my techniques." Gohan explained. "But I'm not sure if you'll be able to use it."
"Why not?" Shikamaru asked.
"Although our energy is kind of the same, they still are from different worlds, so I'm not sure." Gohan said.
"You don't lose anything trying to teach us, right?" Ino said.
"Well, yeah I guess." Gohan said. "Let's start with the Solar Flare."
"What's that about?" Shikamaru asked.
"Well, you basically use energy to create light so intense that blinds your enemy temporarily." Gohan explained.
He then proceeded to do a demonstration, although trying to do a weaker variant for them not to be blinded for a long time.
"You can avoid this by closing your eyes, but don't go telling everybody." Gohan said. "The point is blinding the opponent so they better not know how to avoid it."
"Wow, let's try!" Chouji said, he was clearly excited about learning this new technique.
Gohan told them the hand position they needed to do. His teammates thought it was a weird position, but they still tried it. Then, Gohan told them to focus their chakra in their hands and tried to use it to make a very intense light. At first, they had some trouble, but after many tries, they started to achieve it. The first one to do it was Shikamaru, then Ino and in the end Chouji, although he couldn't master it.
"Wow! I'm impressed by your talent guys!" Gohan said, scratching the back of his head while smiling.
"Hehe, thanks, Gohan." Ino said, she really loved being complimented by Gohan.
"Thanks I guess." Chouji said while he ate some of his chips.
"It isn't that serious, I imagine you know better techniques than this." Shikamaru said.
"Actually, that's one of my best techniques." Gohan said. "It is really useful during battle."
"Yeah I don't believe you." Shikamaru said, making the group laugh at his stubbornness.
"I do have better techniques, but I believe you're still not ready." Gohan explained.
"Anyway, we should rest a bit for the rest of the day." Ino said. "There's a week more left for the final phase of the exams."
"That's right, and it's been troublesome to train so much." Shikamaru said. "I'm off." He said, waving off.
"Yeah, I guess I'll be going too, I'm hungry." Chouji said.
"That leaves us both" Ino said, winking at Gohan.
"I-I actually wanted to go to my house and rest a bit." Gohan replied nervously.
"Oh, come on, let's eat something." Ino insisted.
"Ok, let's go." Gohan replied, giving up.
As the sun started to set, Ino and Gohan arrived at Ichiraku. He had taken her there as he didn't really know any other place.
"Ichiraku? Really?" Ino asked.
"Yeah, is it that bad?" Gohan asked, scratching the back of his head.
"Well, it is not the best for a date." Ino said.
"A-a w-what?!" Gohan became really nervous and blushed to the point where his face was completely red. "This is not a date, is it?"
Ino started laughing softly at Gohan's innocence.
"You could say so." The blonde kunoichi replied.
As Gohan tried to say something, his stomach started to growl.
"I see you're hungry, let's go in already." Ino said.
As the couple took a seat at the little restaurant, Teuchi turned to greet who he thought would be Naruto and Gohan, but he was actually really surprised when he saw the onyx-haired ninja and the blonde girl.
"Oh, Gohan, I didn't know you had a girlfriend." Teuchi said.
"Umm, she's not my girlfriend." Gohan explained, blushing again, but at a less rate than before.
Ink nodded as Gohan said that. Teuchi proceeded to ask the couple what they wanted to eat, and then served the food. Gohan had been eating like crazy, when Ino was almost finishing his food, the saiyan had already eaten 6 bowls of ramen.
"How do you eat so fast?" Ino asked, raising an eyebrow.
"I don't know, I've always been like that." Gohan explained.
Th kunoichi didn't understand how he could eat that much and keep his really fit body, it was simply impossible and hard to believe.
Suddenly, Gohan sensed something. He raised his head and stranded up as he felt the disturbance.
"What happened?" Ino asked quickly, standing up too.
"Someone is in trouble, he is being attacked by more ninja." Gohan said, he took the money out and gave it to Teuchi. "Thanks for the food, Teuchi, I really appreciate it."
"Wait, I'll go with you." Ino said.
"No you won't, they're stronger than you." Gohan said, getting two of his fingers to his forehead, focusing on the ninja's energy.
"But what about you?" Ino asked, she was worried about Gohan, she'd formed a really strong bond with Gohan, she couldn't lose him at that point.
"I'll be fine, trust me." Gohan said, before disappearing in thin air.
Ino could just seat back and finish her food.
"He'll be fine, trust him." Ayame said, trying to comfort Ino.
"I hope so." She replied, looking deeply at her food.
Hayate was trying to arrive a the Hokage's building through the roofs of Konoha, he had really important information, he needed to get there fast. He quickly noticed the two ninjas in front of him, throwing some shurikens at them to try and make his way, but he failed. He finally found himself surrounded by the enemy.
"Shit." That was all Hayate could say, he thought about everything he'd leave behind, Yugao, his duty, the village, his friends.
"You're going to die." One of the ninja said. "So get ready to fight."
"2 vs 1? That's a bit unfair, don't you think?" Gohan said, as he appeared next to Hayate.
"You can use the teleportation technique of the Fourth? How?" Hayate asked, he was truly surprised at the reveal that the new kid could do such advances techniques.
"We'll talk about that later, for now, let's focus on not dying." Gohan said.
Hayate simply answered taking his sword off and starting to attack the ninja of Sunagakure.
"So you were in some shady stuff. I couldn't feel any evil energy in you, why's that?" Gohan asked Kabuto.
"I guess I am a good spy." Kabuto replied. "But it sure is unfortunate that I have to kill you right now."
Kabuto quickly attacked Gohan, trying to kill him as fast as he could, but was stopped by Gohan's hand, which grabbed him. Then, the saiyan used his other hand to pulverise Kabuto with his masenko at full power.
Then, he looked at Hayate, who was struggling against the ninja from Sunagakure, so he went to his aid. Gohan tried to kill him but Hayate stopped him saying that they needed him alive.
"Close your eyes." Gohan said.
"Ok, just don't kill him." Hayate said.
"Solar Flare!" Gohan yelled, creating an intense light that blinded Baki.
As the ninja struggled to recover his sight, Gohan hit his neck and the ninja fell unconscious.
In the end, the onyx-haired boy helped Hayate get to the Hokage's building and carried Bali al the way.
Hayate thanked Gohan before taking Baki inside to get interrogated, and to give his report to the Hokage .
Gohan finally arrived at his home after a long and tiring day. He was more tired than he normally is, as he hadn't used that many Ki in a long time, he also hadn't used the Masenko in quite a long time.
Naruto was already at home, he also seemed tired, but was eating a ramen bowl anyway.
"Hey, haven't seen you in a while." Gohan said.
"Yeah, I've been training with Ero-Sennin." Naruto said with a sleepy tone.
"Oh I see, but who's this Ero-Sennin?" Gohan asked.
"Oh yeah, sorry. He's one of the sannin." Naruto said, finally finishing his ramen
"The legendary Sannin?!" Gohan had read about them in a history book.
"Yeah." Naruto replied, yawning afterwards.
"Anyway, I believe we should go to sleep already." Gohan said.
Naruto simply nodded before heading for his room. While in the other hand, Gohan went to his room.
The Hokage was, apparently, having a meeting with other elders. They were discussing how to deal with the possible invasion of Konoha.
"Should we cancel the chuunin exams? We cannot risk the lives of our young Genin." The Hokage suggested.
"And when are we supposed to do it?" An old man, his face mostly bandaged, replied. "We don't even know if Orochimaru is really behind all this."
"I think we should still apply the final part of the Chuunin exams, so we make them believe that we haven't found out about their plans." Another elder added.
"Hmm. Maybe we should try that." The Hokage said, but kept thinking about the idea. "Won't they notice the absence of one of their jounin?"
"We can get someone to use a transformation jutsu, so they won't notice." An elder woman suggested.
"Then it's settled. We'll infiltrate more ANBU between the audience and we'll have more jounin in the arena." The Hokage said, standing up.
"What will we do with Orochimaru?" The bandaged elder asked.
"I'll fight him if necessary." The Third answered, he was clearly sure of his decision, although he felt a bit nostalgic about the old times. "In case I struggle in the battle, don't intervene, that'll just make things worse. Understood, Danzo?"
Danzo nodded, but he didn't intend to do that.
Finally, the final phase of the exam had arrived. The participants all looked stronger, they'd been training a lot, after all.
Naruto was excited, he wanted to show his new techniques and abilities to his friends, he wanted to try them, too. Gohan was feeling a bit nervous, he really hadn't fought in front of so many people, he hoped he didn't mess up, he'd be very embarrassed. Shikamaru seemed pretty confident, but he was truly nervous in the inside, he wasn't sure if he'd be strong enough to defeat the likes of Gohan and Sasuke. Ino was trying to convince herself that she'd be able to have a great performance in the exams, she wanted to demonstrate that she was really strong. Neji was sure that he'd win the exams, although he wasn't sure if he was totally stronger than Gohan or Sasuke, maybe they'd give him a decent fight. Shino simply went there, but he didn't really have much hope for him.
"Where's Sasuke?" Naruto asked.
"Maybe he's late, he's been training with Kakashi after all." Sakura said, laughing softly at her own comment.
"Should I get him?" Gohan asked.
"Nah, let him get disqualified." Shikamaru said carelessly. "It'll be easier for us that way."
"Shikamaru!" Sakura yelled, hitting Shikamaru in the head. "Gohan, please go for Sasuke."
Gohan saw Sakura warn him with her knuckle, so he nodded and tried to feel Sasuke's energy, finding him not that long from the arena. He then teleported to his location, finding a relaxed Sasuke next to Kakashi, they didn't really intend to arrive early at the arena.
"Need a ride?" Gohan asked.
"I don't want anything from you." Sasuke said, continuing his way.
"Well, I'd like a ride, if you want to get disqualified, then that's your problem." Kakashi said. "Let's go."
"Hmph." Was all Sasuke could say before Gohan put two fingers in his forehead.
Gohan quickly put a hand on Kakashi and teleported to the arena. Then he went back and took Sasuke.
As Gohan arrived with Sasuke, Sakura went to hug him, but Sasuke simply avoided Sakura.
"I don't want to have anything to do with you." Sasuke said, walking off.
"That guy has some serious trouble, doesn't he?" Chouji said, raising an eyebrow.
Naruto just looked at him go, feeling dissapointed as he thought they had gotten closer and maybe even become friends, but apparently it hadn't been the case. But he couldn't let that distract him from his objective, he had to win every battle and become a Chuunin.
Gohan simply thought that Sasuke was a lot like Vegeta, although Vegeta eventually stopped being that arrogant with some people, like Bulma, but Sasuke didn't seem to change. He also saw Naruto's dissapointment and Kakashi's clear concern in his eyes. Sasuke was starting to worry him. He couldn't feel any evil in his energy, but he could feel hatred, lots of hatred, and that wasn't good.
As Gohan tried to ask Kakashi why Sasuke was like that, he was interrumpted by the Hokage, who announced the beginning of the final part of the exams. The Hokage was next to the Kazekage, in the highest part of the arena. The Kazekage has his face covered by a kind of mask made with his Kage hat. As they welcomed the audience and participants, he also presented the Kazekage, who followed him by waving at the audience. After all the announcements and greetings, the Third Hokage finally announced the first match.
"The first match will be between Naruto Uzumaki and Neji Hyuuga, let's receive them with an applause." The Hokage said.
"Good luck." Gohan said to Naruto, being followed by their friends who wished luck to Naruto too.
The crowd started clapping their hands and they cheered the ninjas when they went in.
Neji looked at Naruto seriously, he was dissapointed as this fight would be boring and fast, he expected a stronger opponent.
"You're destined to lose against me." Neji said, getting in his fighting position.
"You and your damn destiny!" Naruto replied. "I'll defeat you and prove that you're wrong."
Neji beckoned him to start his attack as Hayate told them to start.
Naruto throwed shurikens at him as he saw Neji activating his Byakugan, these being deflected by Neji's kunai. Then, Naruto made several clones of himself and launched an attack against Neji, to which Neji responded by using his Heavenly Spin, destroying Naruto's clones and deflecting the original one.
"You can't defeat me! I'm clearly better than you." Neji said. "Just accept your destiny already."
Naruto standed up and created even more shadow clones than before. Then, he used them to throw shurikens and kunai at Neji from every possible direction, forcing him to use his Heavenly Spin, making the clones attack after he stopped the technique. He kept a clone at his side so he could do his special technique. As Neji easily destroyed the clones, he spotted what seemed to be the original Naruto, running at him to attack his heart directly, destroying every clone in his way. But when Neji landed the hit on Naruto, he laughed before exploding into smoke. The blind-looking ninja quickly and desperately tried to spot the original Naruto, finally seeing him behind him. Neji turned to look at Naruto, seeing a blue energy sphere in one of his hands, although he was holding his hand with his other arm. The Hyuuga quickly used his heavenly spin to block the sphere, but it wasn't strong enough to stop it completely. A weakened rasengan landed in Neji's chest, exploding and throwing him away. Naruto smiles victoriously, but his smile vanished when he saw Neji stand up. His shirt was now damaged and had a circular hole where the Rasengan has landed.
"What on earth was that thing?" Neji asked, he was both frustrated and surprised at Naruto's unexpected technique.
Back in the arena seats, Kakashi was astonished, how could Naruto possibly use the Rasengan in just a month of training. Was Jiraiya really that good of a master? Meanwhile, Gohan was surprised at Naruto's technique, apparently they had techniques similar to theirs in this world.
"It is called Rasengan, one of the strongest jutsus there are." Naruto said, smiling confidently.
Neji attacked Naruto out of anger and frustration, he couldn't lose against a loser like him. He aimed for the blonde's chest, and then hit his arm so he wouldn't be able to use it anymore. Naruto kneeled at Neji hit his arm, he couldn't feel it anymore, he quickly summoned a clone and used it to distract Neji and take some distance. Unfortunately, it didn't work because the Byakugan user destroyed it real quick and then grabbed Naruto by his arm, throwing him at the floor.
The blonde ninja was starting to get tired, he standed up again, but Neji quickly appeared in front of him, getting a position similar to the one of his fighting position.
"Gentle fist style: Eight Trigrams 64 Palms!" Neji said, giving Naruto multiple hits throughout his body, blocking all his chakra.
Then, Naruto fell to the floor, apparently he had finally being defeated.
"I guess it's over." Hayate said. "It's such a shame, it was a fun match."
"No, sir, wait." Naruto said, standing up. He was really tired and injured, no one understood how he could still get on his feet.
"There's no point on fighting, you're out of chakra, just surrender already." Neji said.
"There is a point on fighting, to prove you wrong-" Naruto explained. "And yo avenge Hinata, you almost killed her in the preliminaries."
Naruto was clearly mad at Neji. Then, the blonde ninja started to get surrounded by a mysterious red chakra. The blind-looking genin couldn't understand how he could still liberate chakra, he had blocked his chakra channels anyway.
As the chakra surrounded Naruto, it took the form of a fox, making some of the spectators to recognise Naruto and start to get nervous. The blonde ninja then proceeded to create what seemed more than 20 shadow clones, attacking Neji continuously. The blind looking ninja used his heavenly spin in response to Naruto's attack, and then saw the original one coming right at him, aiming at his chest. Neji, desperate, used his heavenly spin again but this time he had used even more chakra, almost draining all of his own. The clash of chakra was so strong that it exploded, sending the two ninjas flying, making them hit the ground hard. It didn't take much for Neji to stand up, but Naruto was already up and hit the other ninja in the face, finally defeating him.
"Now it is over, right?" Hayate asked.
Naruto nodded in response.
"And the winner of the first match is Naruto Uzumaki." Hayate announced.
Almost everyone in the crowd cheered at the incredible and intense match they had just seen. Naruto's friends were crazy at his win, everyone was really happy, except for Sasuke, who was silent. On the other hand, Neji's teammates were dissapointed as they all had been eliminated already, but they were still proud of him.
After the cheering stopped, the Hokage stood up to announce the next match.
"We've just seen an intense and thrilling match. I congratulate the two contenders, who gave their maximum effort." The Hokage said. "But we have to move on to the next match, which will be between Sasuke Uchiha and Son Gohan."
The crowd started to cheer as they'd finally see Sasuke's match, he had to be really powerful, he was the last Uchiha after all. Meanwhile, the Genin were wishing good luck to either Sasuke or Gohan, some did with both, but just Gohan received them well. Gaara simply watched as both of them went down to the arena.
"The one of the purple uniform will win." Kankuro said.
"Probably." Temari added. "But that Sasuke guy is an Uchiha, they're really powerful."
As the other Genin heard Temari and Kankuro talking, the started discussing who would win.
"Probably Gohan." Shikamaru said. "He's way stronger than any of us."
"But Sasuke has always been the strongest of us." Sakura said. "I believe Sasuke can win."
"He has no opportunity against Gohan, he is in a whole other level." Shikamaru replied.
"The only chance is that Gohan holds himself." Ino said.
"Let's just watch the match, ok?" Chouji said, eating one of his chips afterwards.
Back in the Arena, Sasuke watched Gohan silently.
"I won't let you win." Sasuke said. "I don't care if I have to kill you to defeat you."
"I won't hold myself back neither." Gohan replied.
As both got on their respective battling position, Hayate gave them the order to start.
When they heard Hayate, Sasuke attacked Gohan with great speed, so great that Gohan could hardly avoid his attacks. When Gohan saw he couldn't afford avoiding this attacks, he blocked one of Sasuke's hands and throw him away.
When Sasuke landed, which he did safely, he realised that this wouldn't be an easy fight. He then proceeded to imitate Lee's style and try to attack Gohan again.
Between the audience, Lee and Guy saw, impressed, how Sasuke imitated their taijutsu style perfectly.
Gohan decided to counterattack Sasuke when he came close to him, which he did. When Sasuke was close to him, he tried to punch his chest, but he avoided it. Gohan hadn't taken on count Sasuke's Sharingan. The purple dressed ninja saw himself forced to block and avoid the Uchiha's attacks, until he decided he had to use a little more power, releasing some of his Ki. The aura deflected Sasuke's attacks. Sasuke quickly tried to attack him back, but Gohan punched him with such speed that he hadn't seen it coming. Gohan then started to punch him continuously. Then, he jumped up to punch him towards the floor, creating a crater with Sasuke in the middle of it.
The uchiha couldn't believe that he could be punched that easily by someone. But he hadn't lost, he still had something under his sleeves. Sasuke got up, and put one of his arms down as if he was pointing to the floor, then, as some electric-looking energy appeared in his fingers, he went running at full speed towards Gohan.
"Shit." Gohan simply said, getting his hands to his forehead. "Masenko!"
As the Uchiha avenger saw Gohan's technique, he used the Chidori to break through it, which he, surprisingly, achieved easily, but when he had gone through the Masenko he couldn't find Gohan. This made the avenger confused, he couldn't understand how Gohan did that. Suddenly, thanks to his sharingan, he noticed Gohan aiming to attack him, to which he turned and clashed his Chidori against Gohan's fist, but when he touched Gohan's fist, Gohan disappeared.
"Masenko!" Gohan yelled from behind Sasuke, but as the Uchiha turned at Gohan, he disappeared, throwing the Masenko from behind Sasuke.
Next thing Sasuke could feel was Gohan's Technique consuming his body, then exploding. When the attack exploded, everybody in the crowd went silent. Meanwhile, the Genin were astonished, they all thought that Gohan had just killed Sasuke, but his teammates knew that he either not killed him or had a really good reason to do it. Sakura, on the other hand, was terrified.
As the smoke dissipated, Sasuke could be seen in yet another crater, lying unconscious. Gohan was surprised, it actually took a decent amount of his energy to defeat Sasuke, he was impressive, just like Naruto.
"And the winner is Son Gohan." Hayate said, making the crowd cheer at the great battle the two Genin had.
Gohan quickly took Sasuke and teleported to the hospital, then teleporting back to the arena.
"You idiot! You almost kill Sasuke." Sakura yelled at Gohan, slapping his face afterwards.
"I didn't intend to make it look that way, but he was too strong to defeat by normal attacks" Gohan explained. "But I never tried to kill him."
"Gohan would never do something like that, don't be stupid." Naruto said.
"Let's just calm down." Chouji said.
"There's no point in arguing, remember you shouldn't be here with us in the first place, Sakura." Shikamaru told her. "You lost in the preliminaries after all."
Ino approached Gohan to see how he was doing.
"Where did you take Sasuke?" The Yamanaka asked.
"To the Hospital, he'll be okay there." Gohan explained, taking a seat as he was a bit tired.
"I don't get why you care that much about Sasuke." Naruto told Sakura. "He doesn't give a damn about you!"
"What do you know?" Sakura asked, starting to get furious.
"I know that Sasuke always complains about your presence and always tells you how annoying you are." Naruto replied.
Sakura knew this was true, keeping silence as she didn't know what to say.
"Enough fighting!" Ino yelled. "You two apologise right now!"
Sakura and Naruto apologised to each other.
"Sorry Naruto, you're right, I shouldn't care that much about about Sasuke." Sakura said, looking at the floor.
"Look, I didn't say that to do any harm to you, I just said it for your own good." The blonde ninja explained. "I just want you to be happy, and clearly Sasuke won't make you happy."
Sakura looked up at Naruto in amazement, she was surprised about how much Naruto cared about her. Maybe she should follow his advice.
"Damn Naruto, I had forgotten you liked Sakura." Shikamaru said, keeping his two arms behind his head.
Everyone burst out laughing, except for Sakura, who was laughing softly, and Naruto, who was completely blushed.
And that's the chapter. I guess there will be one more chapter dedicated to the Chuunin exams and then we'll go directly to the invasion of Konoha.
Anyway, I hope you liked the chapter and see you in the next one!