Yeah, I'm back!
I've been kind of busy, but nevermind, I'll be back to posting 3 times a week after christmas.
Anyway, I hope you like today's chapter, and remember:
I DO NOT OWN DBZ NOR NARUTO.
"I won't wear that old robe!" Tsunade yelled, she was clearly mad at something.
"But, Lady Tsunade, you have to wear it, at least for the ceremony." Shizune insisted.
"Fine, then I'll just use the hat." Tsunade gave up carelessly.
The blonde Sannin stood up and grabbed the Hokage Hat, then heading towards the roof of the building.
All the inhabitants of Konoha had gathered in front of the Hokage building to receive the Hokage through the ceremony. Konohamaru, who was in the crowd, wasn't very happy with the fact that his grandfather had been replaced so quickly, but his friends, Naruto and Gohan, had told him not to do something stupid. He'd decided to follow his friends' instructions, but he still felt a bit mad.
As Tsunade finally appeared in the rooftop, the crowd received her with an applause and with cheers.
The ceremony went through normally, although the Fifth wanted it to end as soon as possible, because she thought it was boring. When it finally ended, the now Fifth Hokage said goodbye to the crowd quickly and then rushed back to her office. Shizune went after her, although she hadn't rushed like her boss had.
"So, let's see what you have to do on your first day as Hokage." Shizune told her boss, reading a paper she had with her. "Your first action as a Hokage will be choosing the Genin that will be ascended to Chuunin."
"And how am I supposed to do that? I didn't even watch the exams, I've just arrived at the village." Tsunade carelessly replied.
"Apparently, The Third made some notes about the best performances, maybe you could go from there." Shizune suggested as she gave the notes to her boss.
"Hmmm." Tsunade scanned carefully through the paper, and she finally found Naruto's name. "I'll tell you when I decide, but for now, do whatever you want or need to do."
After a couple hours, Tsunade finally called Shizune, who arrives quickly at the Hokage's office, curious of who she had chosen. As her assistant entered the room, Tsunade turned to look at her.
"I'm actually really surprised." Tsunade said, making Shizune surprised by her comment. "There are actually two Genin who were better than Naruto, according to these notes."
"Wait, really? Who?" Shizune asked, she was as surprised as Tsunade.
"Two boys with the same age as Naruto, one is called Shikamaru and the other one was the kid that was with Jiraiya and Naruto the other day, Gohan."
"Really?" Shizune was shocked, but then remembered that Gohan was too muscular for his age. "It's not that weird now that I think about it."
"Yeah, I noticed too." Tsunade said. "He is too muscular for his age."
"Anyway, did you choose those two or someone else?" Shizune asked.
"Shikamaru, according to these notes, has a great ability as a tactician, what makes him really useful, he also knows when to surrender and knows how to take advantage of his surroundings, so he'll be a Chuunin."
"Ok, but what about the other boy?" The assistant asked.
"Apparently, the boy is capable of defeating the Third, according to the Third himself, which is shocking. He isn't as good in tactics as Shikamaru, but he is still really good. So I believe that I'll ascend him to Chuunin, too." Tsunade explained. "But I have doubts about Naruto."
"Hm?" Shizune was confused, she thought Tsunade would just give those two boys the rank of Chuunin.
"Naruto did really good during the invasion of Konoha, from what Jiraiya told me, but according to the Third's notes he just gave one impressive performance, against a Hyuuga prodigy." Tsunade explained. "But I don't know if I should give it to him for his service during the invasion."
"Hmmm." Shizune thought for a bit before answering. "Maybe he deserves it, from what Gohan has told me, he's been training a lot."
"I will grab him the rank of Chuunin, not because he trained a lot, but because of his great performance described by the Third." The Fifth declared. "Then it's settled, summon those three."
Shizune nodded in response to her boss's request, exiting the room and telling some ninjas to call the three boys.
The boys finally arrived at the building, noticing each other. They waved at each other, and some of them realised what this was about.
"So guys, what do you think this is about?" Naruto innocently asked.
"So you're telling me you haven't noticed?" Shikamaru asked.
"No." Naruto simply said.
"Remember the Chuunin exams?" Gohan asked, trying to make Naruto understand.
"Yeah, why?" Naruto asked back, making Shikamaru and Gohan fall back.
The boys kept on walking towards the Hokage's office, where they met with Tsunade. She welcomed them to her office and told them to take a seat. Next to The Fifth Hokage, there was Shizune, who gave some papers to Tsunade. Behind them, there were some ninjas, they were in charge of protecting the Hokage.
"What did you call us for, old lady Tsunade?" Naruto asked.
Shikamaru facepalmed as Gohan cringed at the Uzumaki's reaction. Tsunade raised one of her eyebrows before starting to speak.
"I called you because you've been chosen to be promoted to Chuunin." The Fifth explained.
Naruto started to cheer at the Hokage's phrase, while the other two boys thanked Tsunade.
"From what I was told, the Third had the best comments about your performances, and based on those comments, I've chosen you to become Chuunin." Tsunade explained, beckoning for the guards to take some green vests. "These will be your uniform from now on, so make sure to wear it."
The guards gave one to each one of the boys, and they put it on after looking at it. They thanked Tsunade, and then exited the room.
Naruto, Shikamaru and Gohan had gathered up with all of their friends to celebrate their promotion. Everyone was their, even Sasuke, surprisingly, although he was kind of distant. They were all happy and they all cheered, Sasuke did not cheer, but he was kind of happy for Naruto, although he was more jealous than happy.
They were eating at a restaurant, not Ichiraku though, a nicer restaurant.
"And how did you feel when you got it?" Ino, who was sitting next to Gohan, asked.
"Naruto went crazy." Gohan said, laughing at his own comment. "But yeah, I felt happy and proud of myself, of course."
"Yeah, whatever, I felt nothing." Shikamaru answered carelessly.
"But didn't you cheer, too?" Naruto asked, he had a puzzled face.
"Umm, no I didn't." Shikamaru replied nervously.
Gohan laughed at Shikamaru's response, making everyone else laugh, everyone except Sasuke.
"Hmph." Sasuke turned to look to the opposite side of everyone, which made everyone nervous.
"Did we say anything mean?" Gohan asked, to which Ino denied with her head.
"Umm, Sasuke, is everything okay?" Sakura asked.
"No." The uchiha coldly answered.
"Sure?" Naruto asked, noticing his inner anger.
"Yeah! Shut up already, loser!" Sasuke yelled in response.
"Hey! At least he has the Chuunin rank!" Sakura replied.
"Well, I'm sure I can defeat him even as a Genin!" Sasuke yelled, standing up and beckoning Naruto to go out. "I challenge you to a battle."
"Hey I think we should calm down." Kiba said.
"Maybe you should eat something to calm down." Chouji added.
"I don't want to fight, it is not the moment." Naruto explained.
"See? He knows I'm still stronger than him." Sasuke said, although he knew deep inside that Naruto may be stronger than him.
"Stop it already, man." Shikamaru told him, tired of Sasuke's drama.
"Stop what? You started all this." Sasuke replied.
"Shut up already." Sakura said, standing up. "If you're so jealous about Naruto, then start training as hard as he does."
"I don't need training as much as he needs it, I'm a prodigy!" Sasuke yelled.
"Relax, already, please." Gohan asked politely.
"Shut up, outsider, go and cry elsewhere!" Sasuke replied, turning to look at Gohan.
"You're crossing the line, Sasuke!" Naruto warned, standing up. "I'll fight if you want it that much, but calm down."
"Finally, but don't go complaining about your defeat." Sasuke said.
"Whatever you say, scaredy-cat." Naruto say, remembering the time he saved Sasuke in the Chuunin exams.
Sasuke looked at Naruto angrily, and attacked him. Hinata, who had activated her Byakugan as she saw Sasuke's angry face, blocked the attack, but broke her arm in the process. Everyone looked in horror at Hinata's arm. Ino, Sakura, Kiba and Shino go to help Hinata, while Naruto punched Sasuke out of the restaurant.
"You crossed the line, Sasuke!" Naruto yelled, getting ready to fight.
"She got in the way, it's not my fault." Sasuke replied.
Naruto kept silence as he knew his friend was right. Noticing this, Sasuke smiled confidently, and then attacked him. The blonde ninja received a punch directly in the face, to which he responded hitting Sasuke's gifted face, then punched it again, and again. After several punches, the Uchiha finally responded to this attack, hitting Naruto in the ribs. The blonde ninja got some distance from his friend, then charged against him, but before punching him, he jumped and aimed to kick him, but Sasuke blocked it thanks to his Sharingan. Naruto tried to think about a way to break Sasuke's defence. The Uzumaki ran towards Sasuke, and the Uchiha did the same, which made Naruto smile, and then he jumped again. In response, Sasuke slid down from him, but Naruto then kicked him by going down towards the floor, hitting Sasuke's abdomen.
Everyone looked shocked at Sasuke, who was lying in the floor, defeated, too weak and injured to continue. He got up, and went right towards his house, not even saying goodbye, he felt humiliated. Naruto simply raised an eyebrow before looking back at his friends, who were really surprised by his performance.
"Go." Gohan said, pointing towards Sasuke.
"Why should I? He started the whole problem." Naruto replied, waving Gohan's request off.
"At least try to talk to him tomorrow or something." Sakura said, she had come out to see how her two friends were doing. "Anyway, we're taking Hinata to the hospital."
"Sure." Naruto said.
"Will you come with us?" Sakura asked.
"No, I'll actually go home." Naruto replied, turning to look at Gohan. "Will you come?"
"No, I'll stay here for a bit more." He said, turning to the restaurant to look at Ino.
"So you two are a couple already? That was faster than I thought." Shikamaru said, crossing his arms.
"N-no, you got it all wrong." Gohan replied.
"Oh I get it, then have fun, Gohan!" Naruto said, leaving the place and going to his house.
"I hate you sometimes, you know?" The hybrid told Shikamaru.
"I know, I know." The Nara replied calmly.
When Naruto and Gohan were still sleeping, someone knocked the door. He continued knocking, every time the knock was harder. Finally, one of the knocks finally woke Naruto up, who went and opened the door.
"Who is it?" A sleepy Naruto asked.
The blonde was surprised to see Sasuke, apparently ready to go training or to a mission.
"Is Gohan awake?" Sasuke asked.
"No, he isnt. What do you want?" Naruto asked.
"I'll be back later, then." Sasuke said, waving off.
Naruto closed the door as Gohan had already woken up.
"Who was it?" The saiyan sleepily asked.
"Sasuke, he wanted to talk to you." Naruto explained.
"Really?" Gohan asked, to which Naruto nodded as response. "I should go and search for him."
"I'll go back to bed." Naruto said.
Gohan git ready to go out, and went to search for Sasuke, who was training at one of the training zones.
"Why were you searching for me?" Gohan asked, as he arrived to Sasuke's position.
"I wanted to ask you if you could train me." Sasuke said. "I've heard that everyone's gotten stronger under your training and I wanted to try."
"If that's it, then I accept." Gohan said. "Your training starts now!"
Sasuke nodded in response.
"Lord Orochimaru, I've found something of interest." Kabuto said, showing his master a piece of green meat. "I've made some tests and maybe we could get you some new arms."
"How would that be?" Orochimaru skeptically asked.
"This thing has regenerative capabilities." Kabuto explained. "We could try to cut your actual arms and replace them with new ones made on base to this."
"That sounds interesting, do whatever you need to do, but I need my hands back." Orochimaru said.
Kabuto nodded, taking the green thing to his laboratory.
Several days had passed since Sasuke had started his training with Gohan, and the Uchiha had improved a lot. He now used a uniform similar to the one Gohan used under Piccolo's training, this was Gohan's idea as he thought it would be fun to make his apprentices use a uniform.
The Uchiha had learned the some techniques, such as the Solar Flare, and physically talking, he had greatly improved his speed and strength, but he still wanted more.
"So, Gohan, during the exams you used an energy blast of some sort." Sasuke said, to which Gohan nodded in understanding. "What is it called?"
"Masenko, I learned it from my master." Gohan explained. "Why do you ask?"
"I wanted to know if it was possible to learn that technique." Sasuke answered.
"Hmm, maybe it is, but you'd need to start a special training." Gohan explained. "Ki is basically the same thing as Chakra, but they're still different energies, so you'll need to do this special training as this techniques are different from the Solar Flare, for example."
"What would this training be?" Sasuke asked.
"Sit down." Gohan ordered.
Sasuke sat down, and looked at Gohan, expectant for his next instructions.
"Try to make an energy ball, like this." Gohan created a little Ki ball between his hands.
Sasuke tried to do this, but he found out it wasn't that easy, he couldn't do it.
"Focus energy between your hands and give it the form of a sphere." Gohan said, creating another Ki ball.
Sasuke tried again, and again, and again, but he was never successful. Eventually, he started to get frustrated and angry, which made his energy increase, and then, he finally made an energy ball. Sasuke smiled pridefully as he saw the sphere. Gohan looked carefully at this sphere, it's color was purple, but then adopted a dark blue, which seemed to call Gohan's attention.
"Is there something wrong?" Sasuke asked.
"No, no, don't worry, I just got curious." Gohan replied. "These spheres aren't that strong, but you can use them during battles as a distraction or to attack while the enemy is distracted."
Sasuke nodded in response and then his energy ball disappeared, he had lost his concentration.
"Now we'll use this same type of energy to do a Masenko." Gohan said. "You can use that rock as a target."
Sasuke nodded, and then Gohan proceeded to show Sasuke the position needed for this technique. Sasuke emulated it, and then focused his energy in his hands. Gohan then shot his energy wave towards another rock, destroying it without much effort. The Uchiha did the same and, surprisingly, achieved it at his first try. Sasuke's blue Masenko destroyed the rock easily, and Gohan congratulated him, but the saiyan was curious about the Masenko's color. It was blue even though it was supposed to be yellow, or at least that was what his master told him, although the didn't give it much attention.
Meanwhile, Naruto and Konohamaru were passing by the training zone, and noticed that Sasuke was training with Gohan, which made the blonde ninja confused. The two boys walked to the place and headed towards Gohan.
"When did you start training him?" Naruto asked, taking Gohan by surprise.
"We've been training for some days, didn't you notice?" Gohan asked, raising an eyebrow.
"Really? That explains why you've been disappearing for some hours." Naruto said. "I thought you were with Ino or something."
"Gross." Konohamaru said as Gohan nervously tried to deny it.
"Why do you get so nervous if it isn't true?" Sasuke asked, raising an eyebrow. "It's not as if she was ugly or anything."
"No, she isn't, she's pretty." Gohan added.
"So you like her." Sasuke said, making Naruto laugh.
Gohan looked down in defeat, but quickly tried to change the subject.
"So, what were you doing here?" Gohan asked.
"We were just passing by." Konohamaru explained. "But I wouldn't mind if you trained me, I'll be the next Hokage after all."
"I doubt you'll ever be Hokage, kid." Sasuke said, before going back to practice his Masenko.
"I want to train a bit, too." Naruto said. "I'll be Hokage too, after all."
"Well then, it's okay for me." Gohan said. "Hey Sasuke, would you mind if we train alongside Naruto and Konohamaru?"
"I don't care, but if you get in my way, I'll kill you." Sasuke meant to be mean, although he was a bit excited to train with Naruto, he wanted to prove that he was stronger.
Naruto and Konohamaru cheered at Sasuke's response, and immediately asked Gohan for instructions, making the saiyan scratch the back of his head while smiling.
Kabuto had finished the new arms made of the green meat-like mass. This arms had a white color, just like Orochimaru's original arms, which made it aesthetically better.
"Lord Orochimaru, your new arms are ready?" Kabuto said, showing the arms to his master.
"Good." Orochimaru said, smiling creepily. "Proceed with the operation."
Kabuto nodded as he took a really sharp blade. He used it to cut his master's arms, which were useless thanks to the Third Hokage's jutsu. Orochimaru screamed in pain as Kabuto continued the operation. After cutting the arms, Kabuto used his medical jutsu to stop the bleeding, and then attached the new arms using chakra threads and medical ninjutsu to attach the arms' nerves with the ones of Orochimaru.
"It's ready, master." Kabuto said, smiling confidently.
Orochimaru stood up from the bed he was on, and moved his new arms, making him smile creepily. Then, he punched Kabuto, destroying many of the walls of his hiding place. Orochimaru started laughing sinisterly as he saw the arms' incredible power.
"Kabuto, make sure to create more of this mass." Orochimaru ordered. "I think it can be useful."
Kabuto went back to the room were his master was.
"Yes, master." Kabuto said, bowing to him before leaving
While his friends were training, Gohan was resting a bit as he had to defend against all three of them. He was seeing how Naruto tried to teach Konohamaru the Rasengan, while Sasuke tried to make his Masenko stronger, when suddenly he felt a familiar Ki. Gohan started trembling, it couldn't be possible. The saiyan suddenly felt how what seemed to be Orochimaru's energy had melted with Cell's energy.
"It can't be." Gohan said repeatedly.
Naruto turned to his back to ask Gohan for advice on how to teach Konohamaru the Rasengan, and he quickly noticed Gohan's fearful face. They quickly went and asked what had happened, but the saiyan hybrid simply ignored their questions and told Naruto he'd go home, leaving the place.
So, that was the chapter, did you like it? I surely hope you did!