Chapter 14 of Goku in Konoha is here! I bet all my readers were happy that Vegeta finally showed up. As for Goku, whats going to happen will he be able to continue in the Chunnin Exams or will he and Vegeta have to team up to defeat Gaara, lets get on with the story
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The red aura of the Kaioken flarred back into existence as Goku stood his ground infront of this monster. Goku was a little uneasy about the creature his opponent turned into but his eyes steeled, he has faced worse than this sand racoon after all. But that was when he had the power of his Super Saiyan transformation to back him up. The demon seemed to gain a grin as he viewed Goku and Vegeta who slipped into his own fighting stance.
The demon laughed manically.
"Thats much better" he sighed as he seemed to be stretching Gaara's sand covered limbs, his predatory grin never leaving his face. "I haven't been able to kill no one for awhile now, So I must thank you Son Goku"
"What the hell are you?"Vegeta asked while the Jounins hand their Genin stand behind them incase things started to get worse. Kakashi couldnt help but feel worry for his newest student and his friend.
"Me, I am Shukaku but you two can call me your executioner"The now named Shukaku laughed before launching an arm of sand at both warriors. Goku and Vegeta both jumped out of the way as the attack slammed into the wall with incredible force, causing the building to shake. Goku roared before charging Shukaku with Vegeta right behind him. Goku thrusted his leg up hopping to connect with a kick to the head but the demons other sand covered arm blocked. Before Goku could try another attack, Shukaku's tail slammed into his chest and sent the Saiyan crashing into the wall.
"Kakarott!"Vegeta shouted before avoiding a wave of sand from Shukaku. Vegeta's fist slammed into Shukaku who raised a wall of sand for defense. A loud boom echoed as the force of the hit could be heard through the arena. Vegeta gritted his teeth before fazing out and appearing behind the demon. Shukaku sensing danger ducked in time for Vegeta's steel toed boot to pass over his head. But he didnt expect Goku to appear before him and his fist hitting hard into his sand covered jaw. Both Goku and Vegeta shot a Ki blast which exploded on contact with Shukaku. A cloud of dust and sand covered their sight so they couldnt see the demon but they kept their own sensing up, waiting for a potential attack.
Two arms of sand shot out of the cloud and both Saiyans barely dodged before both rushing to fight. Vegeta and Goku attacked the sand demon so fast it was even a blur to the experienced Jounin except Kakashi thanks to his Sharingan. The Shukaku grunted as it felt the blows the two warriors were throwing and it was surprised on how much it actually hurt!
Goku appeared high above before bringing his knee down on the Shukaku's face, Vegeta followed up the attack with a well placed kick to the abdomen. Vegeta quickly placed his hands on Shukaku and Goku fazed infront, hands cupped with a yellow ball slowly growing in his palms.
"HA!"Both Saiyans shouted as they both released a large Ki blast, Vegeta's hitting the demon in the chest while Goku's was a face shot. Shukaku was lost from view as a beautiful yellow light seemed to swallow him up before shooting off and crashing in the wall. The arena began to shake more violently before calming down.
Goku and Vegeta both knew the battle was far from over as they seen the demons body slide out of the crater it made in the wall and onto the floor. Black charred sand fell from its body and its once sadistic grin was gone replaced with a hate filled glare and gritted teeth. Both Saiyans glanced at each other before nodding. Steam rose once again from Goku's body at a faster rate this time while a blue aura flickered around Vegeta.
"Kaioken times two!"Goku shouted and his power rose far above what is was seconds ago. Vegeta's aura flickered and the Shukaku began to raise its own chakra levels, not wanting to be out done by these two fools who dared to deny his existence. Everyone felt the gigantic pressure build on the arena floor as the three Titans were about to continue their battle. Orochimaru hissed angrily as he watched the display of power before him, he wanted that power!
Goku grunted feeling the strain of the Kaioken times two before shaking away the pain. The Saiyans stared down the demon before them and everyone was on their feet watching and nervously waited to see who would make the next move.
Everyone blinked and the three were gone.
Craters started to form all around the arena as the three battled it out in bursts of speed only the Hokage and Orochimaru could now see. They reappeared on the floor throwing attacks so fast it looked like they had multiple fists. Goku and Vegeta were both surprised on how fast Shukaku could throw a fist considering how the sand made his arms alot bigger. Vegeta ducked under a sandy fist from Shukaku before pelting the sand demon with a barrage of punches and kicks. The Shukaku felt pain as the Saiyan kept assualting his body with harsh attacks before it heard a ringing in its ears, as Goku flew from the side and kicked Shukaku with enough force to level a building. Shukaku crashed into the broken remains of the hand statue and more rubble came falling down upon it.
"Do you think its over?"Goku asked while panting, the Kaioken on his smaller body really took it out of him. Vegeta watched with narrowed eyes as he could still feel the hate coming from the Shukaku.
"No Kakarott, use your senses you can still feel that damned creature's powerful blood lust"Vegeta answered as Shukaku emerged from the rubble of the statue with an evil smirk on its face.
"Kakarott if you dont find a way to stop him in the next move, I will transform and blow him off the face of the earth. We both know with the power of the Super Saiyan this fight wouldnt have lasted as long as it has. But my patience is growing thin so hurry up"Goku tensed hearing the great seriousness in his friends voice. Goku knew he couldnt let Vegeta kill this demon because Gaara was under their somewhere. Goku thought for a second before he smiled.
"Hey Vegeta Ive got an idea"Goku whispered his plan to the Saiyan prince who nodded with acceptance while Shukaku was getting annoyed. Raising its sand covered arms, a volley of sand shuriken was launced from them. Goku and Vegeta both sensing danger dodged out of the way before setting the plan into motion.
"Kakashi sensei, I dont get it both Goku kun and this Vegeta san seem so powerful, why is it their having such a hard time with Shukaku?"Sakura asked while Kakashi watched Vegeta avoid another volley of shuriken.
"Your right both are powerful if not stronger then Shukaku but when it comes to fighting, it takes more than power to win"Kakashi answered.
"What do you mean Kakashi sensei?"Asked Naruto worried for his friend.
"Goku san has the drive to win the fight but he would never kill his opponent, in the shinobi world protecting life is a form of strength itself but when it comes down to it, you should be ready to exterminate the enemy at any costs"Kakashi said while his two Genin nodded before looking back to the fight.
Vegeta stood on the side while Kakarott went off to distract the sand demon. Vegeta put his arms to the side before putting his left palm over his right hand. Purple energy sparked to life and seemed to grow but it still needed more strength.
Goku appeared infront of Shukaku before uppercutting the sand demon into the air. Goku shot after Shukaku with the Kaioken aura flaring back to life. Shukaku twisted in mid air before launching more sand made shuriken at Goku. Using his speed he managed to dodge most of the projectiles but some hit and made gashes in his skin. Goku slammed both of his feet into Shukaku's mid section which sent him crashing into the ceiling. Before Shukaku could fall, Goku in a burst of speed grabbed his sand covered tail before beginning to spin him around.
"What is he doing?"Lee wondered watching Vegeta before he looked over to Goku who was spinning the Shukaku in the air.
"Shut up and we might find out"Neji said.
'I hope this works' Goku thought silently before releasing the Shukaku who was sent flying into the rails of the balocony. Using his Instant Transmission, Goku fazed infront of Shukaku before charging and ramming his shoulder into the demon. Shukaku howled in pain as he felt the force slam into him before he was sent flying clear across the arena.
"Do it now Vegeta!"Goku shouted and Vegeta smirked.
"Galick Gun FIRE!"What the shinobi didnt expect was a huge burst of purple Ki launched from Vegeta's palms before the attack slammed into the body of Shukaku. An explosion sounded out in the arena as sand, dirt and rubble of the broken statue was blown everywhere. You could hear the screams of agony from the Shukaku above all the other noises.
Goku panted while landing next to Vegeta, his Kaioken fading while Vegeta lowered his arms watching and waiting incase of an upcoming attack. The two Saiyans watched as the now charred sand broke apart and fell, revealing Gaara who layed unmoving.
"Its finally over"Said Naruto while Kakashi's visible eye narrowed.
"Because of assistance in the match"Hayate announced, jumping down from apart of the balcony he used to watch the entire match, "Son Goku will be disqualified"
"What!"The two Genin of Team Seven shouted while looking to their sensei whos head was hung low.
"Kakashi sensei that cant be true"Sakura was hopeing this was a fucked up joke.
"Im sorry Sakura san but this is no joke, due to his friend helping him battle Shukaku, Im afraid Goku kun will be disqualified"Said the Hokage who looked over to the Saiyan with sadness cleary evident on his face.
Goku didnt really care that he lost the match, all he was concerned about that his friends were okay. The warrior never felt his body fall to the ground before he entered the world of unconciousness.
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"What the?"Goku's eyes slowly opened before he was blinded by the lights of Konoha's Hospital. Goku hissed before using his arms to sheild his vision from the light. A nurse came in and once he viewed her, Goku immediantly broke out into a panic.
"Ahhhh a nurse, that means im in a HOSPITAL!"Goku shouted loudly like the Shinigami was after him but before he could escape, he was clobbered on the head. Goku looked over to see Vegeta was the one who hit him.
"Ouch Vegeta, what was that for?"Goku tried to lessen the pain by rubbing the bump on his head.
"Because you idiot, shes not here to give you a shot so calm down!"Vegeta shouted while Goku smiled.
"Oh my bad"He replied and the nurse sweat dropped. Before she could check his wounds, Vegeta pulled out somthing from his pocket. He tossed it to Goku who caught it.
"Thats my last senzu bean Kakarott, dont make me regret giving it to you"Goku happily ate the bean and the nurse was shocked when he jumped onto his feet looking fully recovered.
"Thanks Vegeta"Goku said while the nurse just shook her head before walking out, but Team Seven walked in with a now consious Sasuke.
"Goku!"Naruto shouted."You and your friend here really kicked Gaara's ass"
"How are you feeling Goku kun?"Sakura asked gently looking like she would break out into tears of joy seeing him okay.
Goku smirked. "I feel fine thanks to Vegeta here, he gave me a senzu bean and now im all better"
Kakashi looked over to Vegeta who didnt pay him any attention before clearing his throat."Well as great as it is having you fully recovered Goku, since you've been disqualified, I thought you would like to know whos going to be fighting who in the final part of the exams" Kakashi threw a scroll over to Goku who caught it before unrolling it.
Match 1: Hyuuga Neji vs Hyuuga Hinata
Match 2: Rock Lee vs Uzumaki Naruto
Match 3: Sabaku Temari vs Nara Shikamaru
Match 4: Abrume Shino vs Sabaku Kankuro
Match 5: Uchiha Sasuke vs Sabaku Gaara
"Naruto and Lee"Goku smiled his famous Son Grin. "Thats going to be an interesting match.
"Yea and when I win" Naruto crowed. "I will be facing Sasuke here in the finals" Sasuke didnt answer but was smirking inside on how Goku wouldnt be competing in the finals. Vegeta didnt pay the others any attention as he felt a presence outside the door. He turned to see the door open and a girl with blue hair, lavender eyes and a over sized jacket walked in with a few flowers. The rest of Team Seven and Goku looked to see Hinata had entered the room. Naruto was the first to greet her.
"Hey Hinata chan, I want to thank you again for that healing cream of yours it really worked"Naruto said giving the Hyuuga princess a hug which caused her to turn a deep shade of red.
"You...your welcome Na..Naruto kun, I was just coming to give Goku kun here these flowers hopeing for a speedy recovery"Hinata said while Naruto nodded.
"Thanks Hinata san but Im fine and besides I hear your fighting in the finals as well"Goku said while Hinata sat down the flower and tapped her fingers together.
"Yes, Im going against my cousin Neji and im so worried"She said while the rest of Team Seven besides Sasuke raised an eyebrow.
"Why would you be worried about that prick?"Asked Naruto.
"He hates me for what happened to his father awhile back, I dont like to talk about it"Hinata hung her head sadly while Naruto gave her another hug to cheer her up.
"You will do great Hinata chan, im sure you will beat that asshole into the ground"Hinata smiled at her crush while her blush only deepend.
"Hey girly"Hinata looked over to see Vegeta's eyes were locked with hers. "If your so worried about this cousin of yours, then I will train you for the upcoming finals"Goku looked at Vegeta in shock.
"Vegeta why would you want to train Hinata?"Goku was confused onto this random act of kindness by Vegeta, he always knew his friend had a reason for everything he did.
"Because I want you to help train that blond brat and lets see whos student is stronger"Vegeta smirked and Goku caught onto his plan.
"Fine your on then, Naruto will be training with me and you will help Hinata san"Goku said while Naruto smiled.
"Wow first Ero Sennin and now Goku, Ive got two kick ass sensei's"Naruto all but cheered and the others laughed.
"Well Goku seeing as your fully recovered, lets get you out of this hospital. Oh Naruto, Hinata be careful somthing tells me both of you will have a hard month of training ahead of you, so good luck"Kakashi said leaving the room with Sasuke not far behind, ready to start his own training.
"Now lets get out of this hospital"The Saiyan said.
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Two days later, Hinata was standing in a training ground with Vegeta across from her. She waited nervously while Vegeta pulled out a capsule and threw it on the ground. A poof appeared before vanishing leaving Hinata looking at the strangest pieces of clothing shes ever seen. It was an all dark blue jump suit with an armored chest plate, gloves and boots.
"This is what you will be wearing when we are training, the armor, gloves and boots have been are weighted pieces of clothing so you will always be training. I can increase the weight of them when ever I desire, now go change girl, our training begins now!" Vegeta commanded and Hinata quickly picked up the suit before sprinting off to find a spot to change. Vegeta smirked, he was going to make this girl powerful. His smirk never disappeared as he felt another presence in the field.
"You can come on out now"Vegeta called out as Kurenai masked her surprise at being discovered. She jumped down and landed with a small thud as Vegeta turned to her, eyeing her to see if she would be a threat or not.
"Who are you?"Vegeta demanded but before Kurenai could answer, Hinata came back, changed into the Saiyan armor.
"Kurenai sensei, wha...what are you doing here?"Hinata asked while Kurenai smiled down at her student.
"I was coming to offer you some training for the finals and I was told by Kakashi that I could find you here, what is that outfit your wearing?" Vegeta chuckled which got the Jounin's attention with narrowed eyes.
"That outfit is Saiyan armor, one of the strongest material you will ever find and this girl here is training with me for the finals"Vegeta said in a way that told Kurenai there was no room for argument. Kurenai growled, she did not like being talked to like that.
"And who might you be, I seen you appear and help Goku san in the prelims but that doesnt mean I trust you"Kurenai said while Vegeta laughed.
"My name is Vegeta and if I remember what Kakarott told me since hes been here, you must be Kurenai the Genjutsu woman of Konoha and also the one Kakarott humiliated"Vegeta chuckled while Kurenai growled again.
"So why is it you want to train my student Vegeta?"Kurenai asked curiously but still was angered about the Saiyan prince's comment.
"I made a bet with Kakarott that the student I trained which is this girl here could beat the one he will train. Hes training some blond brat with a ridicoulous orange jump suit"
'He must be talking about Naruto' Thought Kurenai. "Fine but if you hurt Hinata here at all during your training, their will be hell to pay"Kurenai threatened which sent Vegeta into another fit of laughs.
"If you couldn't beat Kakarott at full strength, what hope could you have to beat me woman. Right now im stronger than Kakarott but when he finally breaks the seals holding back his real power, then he will be the strongest again"Vegeta gritted his teeth when saying the last part, he remembered the power of Kakarott's Super Saiyan Four transformation and the Saiyan prince promised himself he would reach that level of strength one day. Kurenai slightly paled remembering how strong Goku was and here was someone stronger than him. But what did he mean when he said Goku's power was sealed away?
"Fine just be careful ok"
"Ok woman, now leave!"Kurenai glared at Vegeta before disappearing in a swirl of leaves. Vegeta looked back to Hinata with a smirk.
"Now come at me girl with the intent to kill"Hinata nodded before charging.
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At the same time Goku and Naruto were walking to their own training field to meet the one Sarutobi called Jiraiya. The training ground could be described in one word and it was beautiful. Their were multiple trees with blooming red roses and other flowers right by them. Their was a clear stream that was full of aquatic life of all different kinds. Goku smiled at how peaceful it all was before he heard the sound of approaching foot steps. Naruto and Goku turned to see a man with long spikey snow white hair, red markings on his face and he was wearing clothing which the Saiyan has never seen before.
"Finally you show up Ero Sennin, what took you so long?"Naruto complained and Goku noticed the annoyance flash across the dubbed 'Ero Sennin'
"Stop calling me that gaki and its Jiraiya sensei to you"The now named Jiraiya turned to Goku."And you must be the one the Sandaime sensei informed me about, Goku was it?"
"Yup Son Goku and its great to meet you Jiraiya san"
"Well I will be damned, I thought you would be like Naruto here and be a disrespectful gaki but its good to see someone with manners"Goku chuckled while his blond friend fumed over the comment.
"What ever Ero Sennin, so what are you going to be teaching me?"Naruto asked and both noticed a look of seriousness grow in Jiraiya's eyes.
"Naruto im going to first teach you how to use the Kyuubi's chakra"Naruto flinched at the mention of Kyuubi and for the life of Goku he couldnt understand why.
"Hey guys, whats a Kyuubi?"Goku asked and Naruto hung his head while Jiraiya wasn't shocked that Goku didnt know about the Bijuu. He remembered the Sandaim inform him that this kid was a supposed fighter from another dimension.
"To explain what the Kyuubi is, I better explain what a Bijuu is"Jiraiya explained to Goku about how the Bijuu were large masses of chakra and they took form. Shukaku being the one tailed and the weakest to Kyuubi the nine tails and the strongest.
"But what does this have to do with Naruto?"Goku didnt know how this giant fox with nine tails had anything to do with Naruto.
"Sorry kid I can't tell you, only Naruto here can"Naruto looked up with sad eyes which Goku had never seen before on the useual hyperactive blond.
"I want to tell you but if I do you will probably not want to be around me anymore"Naruto's head hung more.
"Ok then lets make a deal, I will tell you the real truth behind where I came from and then you tell me about the Kyuubi"Goku said and Naruto looked uneasy before slowly nodding his head.
"Great, now let me start by telling you that even back in my home dimension, im not from earth. Im actually from a race of alien warriors called Saiyans"Goku then went to explain to Jiraiya and Naruto about the history of the Saiyans and even his first encounter with Vegeta. He then went and explained how the Eternal Dragon Shenlong was summoned and used to turn him into a kid again. By the time the story was over, both shinobi's eyes were wide as dinner plates.
"Wow, just wow"Muttered Jiraiya while Naruto nodded blankly before recovering from his shock.
"Your really amazing Goku I cant believe Im best friends and roomate with an alien!"Naruto's fox like grin made Goku and Jiraiya smile.
"Ok as for what the Kyuubi has to do with Naruto here, well twelve years ago for reasons unknown the Kyuubi attacked the village of Konoha. It killed many shinobi that night including our beloved Yondaime Hokage, Minato Namikaze. The Yondaime sacrificed his life to seal the Kyuubi's power"
"Inside Naruto"Goku finished while the toad sage nodded.
"Yeah and since then the villagers haven't been to kind to me either"Naruto suddenly said while his gaze drifted off to the stream a few feet away. By the gaze alone, you could tell the young blond was recalling terrible memories.
"They believed I was the Kyuubi itself, I would be beaten and hurt in other ways unimaginable. But what hurt more then all their beatings together, they pretended I wasn't even there. They ignored my existence and hated me for just being alive, I had no one and was all alone"Naruto explained and if both shinobi payed attention, they would have seen Goku's eyes flash a hard jade color and his hair turn a golden color before returning to normal. Goku hissed silently when he felt the seal act up but he was to pissed to even concentrate on it.
"But I want to prove them wrong and be the best Hokage this village has ever seen, even better than the Yondaime and then they will acknowledge me"Naruto smiled which calmed down the Saiyan down. Jiraiya noticed the sun was hanging in the middle of the sky, telling the Sannin noon had arrived.
"Well thats enough for now, lets get to training you to be the best you can be, alright Naruto" The blond Jinchuriki jumped up and down with excitement as he was about to get trained by not only Jiraiya but Goku as well.
"Let the training begin"Jiraiya declared. What everyone their didn't know was that the seal on Goku with the Kanji for one cracked, not shattered but definatly cracked.
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Thats where I will stop this chapter for now. And let me point out that Goku could have defeated Gaara by himself but that wouldn't push the story in the direction I want it to go. Also the Super Saiyan transformation will be coming up soon. I think I should tell what the power levels for Goku will be.
Super Saiyan- Can destroy Orochimaru easily, but will have trouble fighting Itachi at full power.
Super Saiyan Two- Can fight Pain on equal grounds, even with all his bodies.
Super Saiyan Three- Can fight Madara Uchiha on equal levels.
Super Saiyan Four- Matches the full strength of Kyuubi.
Of course Super Saiyan Two through Four wont appear in this story but I have a plan to strengthen some of the shinobi that will be weaker. Well thats all for now :)
MasterOfTheUnknown.