Enter the Saiyans

"Good work, Sasuke. That was a perfect shot," Iruka said proudly to the Uchiha heir. Today his students were practicing the throwing of shuriken, and as with most things, the last Uchiha excelled far beyond any of the other students.

"Hn," was the boy's only response as he walked to the target, a tree with a bull's-eye painted on it, to retrieve his shuriken. They were clustered in the center.

Looking down on his list, Iruka called the last name on the alphabetical list. "Uzumaki, Naruto, your turn."

The blond (Note: I don't remember if I changed it in past chapters but blond is for girls and blond is for guys like brunette is for girls and brunet is for guys) grinned, and ran up enthusiastically to take his turn. A little too enthusiastically, it seemed, as the boy nearly slid into the tree trying to stop his rapid momentum. Iruka let out a sigh. Naruto was one of the strangest cases he'd ever seen in his time at the Academy, brief as it was. The boy could very well be the strongest person in the group as far as taijutsu went. But in all things, the boy simply lacked any self control.

Naruto had always had the most stamina, even more than many jounin Iruka knew, which was, needless to say, very odd to the young chuunin. But as a consequence of having had that power dumped in his lap all at once, or so it seemed to the scarred chuunin, he lacked chakra control, and as a result, was the worst student in the class in just about every way beyond pure, raw potential.

Until recently, that had been all of the boy's trouble, Iruka observed as Naruto retreated to a more appropriate distance. But a little more than a year ago, the boy had suddenly started dropping in and out of the academy with a strange, irregular frequency. Supposedly, it was do to hospitalization, but how could the blond drop in and out of the hospital so often?

That wasn't even the strange part though. Each time Naruto had come back, he seemed to be a lot faster, stronger, and had even more stamina. For a good few months, Naruto dropped in and out of class, and for a few months, the boy's power began to skyrocket, but still the boy lagged behind just about everyone. As with his chakra, his strange power was simply dumped in his lap too quickly. The boy had lost all control over his own strength.

"Ok Iruka-sensei! Watch this!" Naruto grinned as he tossed the shuriken. They slammed into the ground, digging themselves halfway into the earth.

Even to this day, Naruto was still trying to gain that vital control.

"Well, we still need to work on our aim a little," Iruka chuckled playfully, to the boy's mortification. "But still, that was a powerful throw Naruto!"

"Yeah…" he muttered. No need to rub it in…

Naruto easily pulled the shuriken out of the ground, but pulled so hard he fell over in the process. The class, minus the ever brooding Sasuke, and though Naruto would not notice it, the timid Hinata, laughed.

As the pariah walked back into their midst, he overheard one of the boys whisper, "I asked my dad 'bout it, he thinks it's got something to do with some sort of demon…"

"Really?" whispered another.

"Yeah, but mom said not to believe a word he says. Said he was 'drunk,' whatever that means."

Naruto gritted his teeth. The boy's father may have been drunk, but Naruto knew what he meant. The village blamed his explosive strength on the damn fox.

"Ok, now we'll move on to some light sparing. We'll pair up in the usual way, alphabetically," Iruka commanded. "Ok, you know who your partners are, get into groups, and begin. Mizuki and I will supervise."

The children, with varying degrees of enthusiasm, paired up alphabetically. That put Naruto with Sasuke.

"Ready to get your ass kicked again, dobe?" asked Sasuke with an arrogant smirk.

Naruto got into his stance without a word, annoyance clear in his gaze. He was tired of getting beaten up by Sasuke, damn it!

Iruka watched the two carefully. He had paired the two up on purpose again. The simple fact was Iruka seemed to always pair the two up. Naruto could overwhelm almost everyone in the class in taijutsu with sheer force, and Iruka knew it. He was simply too fast for a bunch of eight year olds. Yet Naruto still had the worst grades in the class in taijutsu, because Iruka always paired him up with the worst opponent for him, one way or another.

There were only three people in the class that really had a chance to defeat Naruto in a straight taijutsu fight. One of them was Kiba, who as an Inuzuka fought almost exclusively with taijutsu, but because the boy wasn't more than near genin level currently, and because the Inuzuka style focused heavily on overpowering opponents anyway, the boy could still be overwhelmed by Naruto on some of the blond's better days. Another was Hinata, who as a Hyuuga also fought almost exclusively in taijutsu. Even though the Jyuuken was perfect against Naruto, as it was built to exploit the very same weaknesses the boy currently had, namely unstable stances and unrefined attacks, she was too timid and too unwilling to hurt her obvious crush to fight all out against Naruto. For that reason, she lost every time, sometimes on purpose.

Then there was Uchiha Sasuke, whose style relied even more on exploiting the opponent's own momentum than the Jyuuken did. Designed to be used with the Sharingan, the Uchiha style of taijutsu predicted enemy movements in order to use them against them. With Naruto's clumsy, inefficient style of fighting, it was very easy for Sasuke to overwhelm him.

That was exactly why Iruka always had them fight each other. The truth was, grades mattered very little in the academy. It was designed solely to pump out ninja in the quickest manner possible. Students were simply funneled from year to year until they eventually passed the final exams. Those who didn't failed to be ninja. Those who did were obviously good enough, grades or no grades. So while Naruto's failing grades never actually hurt the blond's chances of becoming a shinobi, so long as he did eventually get good enough to pass the exam, training him against Sasuke was the perfect way to force Naruto to fix his shortcomings.

Progress, however, was slow…

Naruto ran at Sasuke, cocking back his fist to deliver a blow straight to the head, but as the blond approached the Uchiha, he ducked his head slightly to the side, letting Naruto's fist miss him by inches. A subsequent high kick to Naruto's face, followed by two sharp blows to the chest destabilized Naruto. Sasuke followed up the combo by lowering himself to the ground to sweep his legs out from under him. As the kid fell to the ground, Sasuke finished his combo. He pushed off the ground with his hands, flipping over forward, and landing on the blond dobe. He pushed off from his position on Naruto's stomach, and landed next to the boy's head.

Naruto lay on the ground sputtering for air. Iruka was forced to declare Sasuke the winner.

"Come on dobe, you can do better than that," Sasuke taunted, leaning over the pariah. "Surely if you try hard enough, you can last a whole thirty seconds?"

With a growl of rage, Naruto shot a fist up from his position on the ground, trying to catch Sasuke's chin. Instead the Uchiha, who could see the punch coming from a mile away even without his yet-to-be-activated Sharingan grabbed Naruto's arm, and flipped him over, twisting the limb behind his back.

"Useless," Sasuke smirked triumphantly.

"That's enough you two," Iruka scolded, getting between the two to break up the fight. "Class is dismissed for the day."

Sasuke just continued to smirk as he walked away. Naruto got up, anger burning fiercely, and ran off.

"Naruto!" Iruka yelled as the rest of the class left, but it was too late to catch the blond blur.

"You did better today…" Iruka tried to reassure thin air.

-0-0-0-0-

"Damn it… Damn it… Damn it!" Naruto swore as he punched at the walls of his apartment. Holes opened up in the walls with each strike.

"Why can't I beat him?" Naruto growled to himself.

That was when the knock came at his door. The genin in training paled slightly. That would be the landlord, come to demand reparations for the holes Naruto had just beat into the wall. Of course, he'd also demand something extra out of spite for the damn fox.

-0-0-0-0-

Goku tried the door again, knocking three times in rapid succession as he stared around the hall. The place had a distinct order of decay in the wood. Paint pealed off the walls, and the light in the windowless corridor flickered. Quite simply, the place ought to be condemned, and from the rust on the hinges of the door, Goku didn't believe the apartment would be any better.

An eight year old lives here? Things really must be pretty bad for the little guy after all…

Just then the door opened, and a child with yellow hair, blue eyes, and strange whisker marks on his cheeks stared out. He wore a look of uneasy apology on his face.

"I'm sorry, really, but I don't have any money beyond what I need to pay the rent right now!" he blurted out nervously.

It was only then that he seemed to get a good look at Goku. His eyes turned from nervous, not quite scared but still uneasy Goku noted, to confused.

"Hey, you're not the landlord!" he laughed in relief. "Man, I thought you'd come to yell at me about putting holes in the wall."

"No, I'm not. Though I did ear some strange noise on the way here, was that you?" he asked playfully.

"Huh? Um, I guess it was," Naruto laughed nervously.

"May I come in?" Goku asked, getting to the point of his visit.

Naruto's eyes narrowed a little suspiciously, but he shrugged.

"Sure, who's stopping you? Heck, the lock's broken anyway."

Naruto lead Goku inside, while the Saiyan added the lousy lock to the list. He looked around the room as he entered. Aside from the fresh holes in the wall, there were a few mouse holes, and a broken window. Not to mention the place was an absolute pigsty, but what could be expected from an eight year old living on his own?

He doesn't have much money left over after paying for a dump like this? From what that Hokage guy told me, he receives a pretty good check to cover living expenses…

"So what are you doing here anyway?" Naruto asked.

"…Hm…" Goku responded, acting as if he were considering something. "Do you… like living here, Naruto?"

The boy looked a little puzzled, probably surprised the Saiyan knew his name. "Not really, I mean, it's a home!" Naruto laughed. "But it's sort of old and smelly. Not like I can afford much better, at least until I'm a ninja. Why?"

Goku frowned, and silently handed Naruto some papers. The boy grabbed them, and looked over them quickly. His eyes lit up in recognition. He'd asked the old man to show him these a million times, each time fantasizing that they were being handed to him by some kindhearted member of Konoha. But no such man existed, to Naruto's knowledge. Yet now, this strange man Naruto didn't recognize had handed him… signed adoption papers.

"Are you serious?" Naruto gasped, mouth agape in sheer shock.

"I am. And while I don't have the place set up just yet, by the end of the day we'll have somewhere else to live besides this… er… place."

Naruto seemed to just freeze up. His mind couldn't process what was happening. It was… unreal.

"What's your name… otou-san?"

"I'm Son Goku."

I guess that makes me Son Naruto," the boy grinned brightly, fighting back the tears of sheer happiness.

-0-0-0-0-

"Damn it… there's no lead on the other two Saiyans…" Vegeta swore to himself as he wondered through the village.

There was simply no other solution but to wonder through the village, looking for any sign that there was something more than human lurking about. They had to be here, after all. The Kaioshin had no reason to lie.

With their incredible story, it's hard not to wonder if they're just screwing with me, but then a boy with a tail turns up. So the question is, where's the other one?

As he continued to walk, he caught something suspicious out of the corner of his eye. A restaurant was near, an establishment that sold barbecue. Of course, it was the inhabitants that were interesting. Two customers, each on opposite sides of the establishment, seemed to be inhaling the food in rather astonishing amounts.

One was a… pleasantly plump boy, sitting beside his father, who was even larger. Between the two lay twenty different entrées. They were carrying on a rather enthused, friendly conversation. Of course, the full blooded Saiyan might be around the age of the father, but they were already dead, according to the Kaioshin. Still, one had been a woman, so it could be the mother…

Well they certainly eat like Saiyans, but I'll be damned if I acknowledge the little fat ass that easily.

The other interesting occupant was a little boy, the same age as the fatso, but decidedly more physically fit. He wore a very dark shirt, which matched up with his jet black hair and eyes. In front of him was an assortment of foods nearly as large as that of the other two, but he ate more gracefully. To top it all off, he was all alone.

"Boy, what's your name?" Vegeta asked as he walked up to the lone child.

"Uchiha Sasuke," he replied in a rather bored voice. "Why?"

The hair is typical, the appetite is Saiyan like, and he doesn't have any remaining parents. Not to mention that look in his eye, there's some determination in there. This Uchiha Sasuke could be the one.

"Do you want to become stronger, boy?"

Sasuke's eyes narrowed at the man, appraising him. "Who are you?" he asked suspiciously.

That was answer enough for Vegeta.

"Come with me kid, we're going to go see the Hokage."

-0-0-0-0-

"What are we doing out in the middle of the forest?" asked Naruto, for the third time since they left the walls of the village.

"We're not in the middle of the forest," Goku corrected. "We're only a kilometer from Konoha. Anyway, we're meeting a friend here."

"A friend? Out here?"

"So this is the other one?" came a voice from behind the two. Naruto turned quickly in surprise only to see Vegeta walking not three feet from where the two Son's had been walking not moments before.

"Oh," Goku replied. "I didn't expect to see you here so soon Vegeta. Weren't you looking for the other one."

"I found some kid who's probably the other brat."

"Hn…" Sasuke grunted as he came into view, "I still don't see why I have to come here with you just because the Hokage told me to…"

Sasuke eyed Naruto. Naruto eyed Sasuke. Both blinked in astonishment.

"You!" Naruto pointed an accusing finger at Sasuke.

"What's the dobe doing here?" Sasuke glared at Vegeta.

"So this is the kid, Goku?" asked Vegeta, examining the blond from a distance.

Hmm… he has a good bit of ki for his age. No where near a Saiyan elite, but still strong. But what's with the blond hair? He can't have reached the level of Super Saiyan so soon. Well, maybe it's just some weird genetic anomaly. I mean, Trunks has purple hair, and he's half-Saiyan too.

"To answer your question, Sasuke, this boy's the other half-Saiyan," Vegeta revealed.

For a moment, there was silence.

"What's a Saiyan?" Naruto asked.

"More on that in a bit," Goku assured Naruto. "First, we need to get a roof over our heads. Vegeta, you have the capsule, right?"

"Yeah, one second," he replied, pulling out a large metal capsule. It disappeared in a burst of smoke, revealing a menagerie of multicolored, normal sized capsules.

"I don't know why the woman even bothered to pack these all up separately like this…"

With an unceremonious toss, the capsule released a burst of smoke that overwhelmed the group of Saiyans. Naruto started to cough a bit as he inhaled accidentally.

"What the heck was… that?" Naruto began to yell, before his complaint was caught in his throat. Before them stood a crude, but monolithic, structure. A simple square, metallic box, the only indication of what might lie inside was the door that stood at the forest floor. Otherwise, the monolith was a smooth, featureless cube notable only for its height, well above the forest canopy.

"Wow, Bulma really put her all into this one," Goku proclaimed in admiration.

"Yes, she did," Vegeta replied curtly, annoyed by his wife's generosity.

She was just going to give this to Kakarrot…?

Naruto and Sasuke followed Goku and Vegeta towards the structure with a degree of caution. As they arrived at the door, they saw no way to open it, save a key pad on the side. Goku moved towards the keypad, and almost started to key in the combination, before hesitating. He quickly shifted his weight to the side a little, as if to block the pad from view.

"The password is 'Namek,'" Goku said to their two charges, in a soft whisper. "'N-A-M-E-K,' got it?"

"Yeah, sure." Naruto replied in a much louder voice. Sasuke merely nodded as Goku punched it in.

"Ok, then get inside," Goku said in his normal voice. As the others complied, Goku looked over his shoulder, into the trees, before following them.

-0-0-0-0-

A young Hinata ducked quickly behind her tree as the Saiyan looked towards her, hoping she hadn't been caught. Her heart pounded in her ears as she drew short, panicking breaths.

Who is he? What should I do? Is Naruto in trouble?

When Naruto had stormed off from the earlier training session, she knew she just had to see if he was ok or not, so she followed him. He was far too fast for her though and she had lost him halfway to his apartment. Unable to tell which way he went, she had decided to check his favorite eatery, Ichiraku's Ramen, but of course, he hadn't been there.

So she knew he had to be home. There would be no chance of anyone going out to train so soon after being beaten into the ground so thoroughly, not even Naruto, and there really weren't all that many places the blond was welcome…

As she went to check on her secret crush, she had fought with herself over what to do when she arrived. Unable to bring herself to speak with him, yet equally desiring to comfort him if he was taking his recent loss hard, she ultimately arrived at a stalemate, unable to decide.

The importance of the decision diminished sharply on her arrival. Choosing to scan the apartments with her byakugan before forcing an end to the ultimatum, she found a man she did not recognize leading her crush out of the building. A sense of dread had overcome her as she saw the incredible amount of chakra he had within him. This man had to be a high rated Shinobi.

She shut her eyes down immediately. She wasn't all that good at hiding her chakra, not like Hanabi. She couldn't hope to hide herself if she used here eyes while pursuing this man.

Who was this man? What did he want with Naruto?

So now she was slumped against a tree, barely able to keep herself from hyperventilating. She had to keep her breathing soft, soundless. She had to still her heart before its pounding gave her away. She did not dare use her eyes; he'd almost caught her already, but they were already inside. What were they doing in there?

"Naruto-kun…" she choked out under her breath, inaudible.

-0-0-0-0-

The inner structure of the monolith was like a multi-compartmented box. The walls formed perfect square rooms, each extremely spacious. Between each square was a smaller hall with three doors: one into each adjacent square and one leading to a staircase. The stairs lead up to a large observation chamber. Though, like the halls, the chamber was much less wide than the rooms themselves. It wound about so as to circle every one of the larger rooms from every angle along the uppermost section of the walls. There was a ceiling much lower than the top of the structure, indicating many more floors above, which was reaffirmed by the presence of stairs in the center-most room. Only accessible from a protrusion of the observation chamber, which stretched from one side of the center room to the other through the center point, this spiraling staircase seemed to be the only way up to the higher floors.

It was from this protrusion, right near the stairs in the center, that Goku ended his first floor tour.

"Well, the other five floors are pretty much like this, right Vegeta?" asked Goku.

"Well, the entire sixth floor is all one big room," Vegeta corrected. "It holds the supercomputer that can control everything else."

"Oh, right. But still, we'll get to that later. What do you guys think so far?"

Sasuke stared out at the structure before him. He noted the dobe at his side, who couldn't seem to speak from sheer shock at the arrangement. Sasuke had to admit he too was impressed, though not quite as much. The walls of the observation chamber, including the floor of the protrusion, were made of a nearly invisible material that allowed one to only barely note its presence. Vegeta had assured him it was just as hard to break as all the other walls. As Sasuke stared through to the room below, he noted the shine of the seamless metallic walls of the large rooms. They shone with the color of pure chrome, which added to the expensive, industrial effect of the structure. Yet, Sasuke couldn't escape the feeling of mechanical soullessness of the entire thing. Though impressed by the clearly expensive, high class quality of these men's home, it was all too unseemly foreign, alien, inhuman.

"It's ok," he shrugged.

"…Ok?" Naruto sputtered. "It's amazing!"

"I'm glad you like it," Goku grinned. "This is where we'll be living from now on, Naruto."

"Really? No way! Even the Hokage probably doesn't have a place this cool!"

"I'm sure the Hokage's mansion is a lot more aesthetically refined than this cube, dobe," Sasuke cut in, rolling his eyes. But I have to admit, the thick walls and lack of entrances make this place nigh impenetrable…

"You're just jealous," Naruto grinned. "I bet you wish you could live here."

"That remains to be seen," Vegeta cut in. "So come on now, down to the main chamber.

Naruto and Sasuke both stared dumbfounded at Vegeta as he walked towards the central chamber.

"What do you mean 'remains to be seen'?" they both demanded at the same time, eerily within the same mind at the moment.

"The fact is, we're the closest thing to family you have, Naruto," Goku replied, skirting around the issue a little. "At the same time, there's someone else in the village who we share an equal bond with. And… we think this person might be you, Sasuke."

"Bullshit," he scowled. "You two are not my family," he growled dangerously. "Just who the hell are you anyway?"

Vegeta sent Sasuke a glare that nearly made his blood freeze. "We are Saiyans," he said curtly. "And you might be too, half way anyway. So I guess you can say we're all part of the same clan here," he said, drawing on his uncertain knowledge of this world.

"You keep saying that," Naruto grumbled, still unhappy about this new turn of events, but accepting what Goku said a little better than Sasuke. "Saiyan. What does that even mean?"

"Like we said, we'll explain better in a bit," Goku reassured them. "And we won't force you to call us family if you don't want to," he continued, focusing on Sasuke. "But the fact is, if you are the other one, then we're all part of a group here."

"Tch," Sasuke relented. "Whatever. You don't even have any way of knowing if I'm who you think I am anyway. I'm out of here."

He began to move past Vegeta, but the Saiyan prince grabbed his arm quickly, holding him in place.

"Let go of me!" Sasuke growled, struggling futilely against Vegeta's grip.

"Listen kid, I don't know what family issues you have, and I don't really give a damn, but if you are who we think you are, then we have something you want. Power."

Sasuke froze, ceasing his struggling. "Power…?"

Vegeta nodded, "I thought that might get your attention. Yes, if we're inviting you into our little clan here, that comes with access to our unique skills."

He's offering to teach me his clan's techniques…? Sasuke thought to himself. That's not something that happens every day.

Although he refused to believe any clan could be superior to the Uchiha, Sasuke heard a chance at defeating Itachi in those words. If he could combine whatever advantage made these two so confident with his own Uchiha superiority, maybe he could gain an edge.

"You guys are going to train us? Naruto asked excitedly.

Goku smiled at the energy that seemed to enter the child at the mention of training. "Yep, speed, strength, and techniques, everything."

Vegeta released Sasuke. He didn't try to leave.

"I don't need help from some weaklings," Sasuke scowled, causing Vegeta's face to twitch slightly in annoyance. "How do I know you two are worth my time?"

Vegeta instantly focused his energy in anger. The room began to shake as Vegeta released half his power level, without a sound. Sasuke could feel chakra bleeding into the air like some sort of monster was before him. His eyes widened in fear as he felt the force beat down on him. His breathing became labored as he fell to one knee from the pressure.

Naruto barely felt the energy around him, at least in comparison. His senses weren't developed in the least, and Vegeta seemed focused on Sasuke more than on him, but even he couldn't mistake the sensation running through him as Vegeta's power filled the air around him. Even the ground shook around them.

As fast as it started, it was over. Vegeta powered down seconds after powering up.

What was that…? Naruto thought, shocked into silence.

That power… it rivaled even the Third! No… it wasn't by much but… it dwarfed the Third Hokage! And the way he unleashed it… I've only ever seen one other person do something like that…

"What was…?" Sasuke managed to get out as he gasped air, taking advantage of the removal of pressure on his lungs.

"That was me displaying half of my power," Vegeta replied contemptuously. "So then, who's weak now…?"

No way! That's impossible… no one could have twice as much chakra as the Third…

"I'll stay," Sasuke nodded. "If you can teach me to do that."

You're a million years too early to match that," Vegeta spat. "But let's see just how close you are. Both of you, down to the training area. It's time for you to give a demonstration."

-0-0-0-0-

"What… is this…?" Hinata gasped as she felt a wave of chakra leave from the metallic cube. What was happening within? Were they fighting?

The feeling of power threatened to crush her senses. She felt the pressure on her lungs, and ceased to breathe. This power was certainly within kage level. If Naruto had gotten himself in a fight with a kage level ninja…

The power faded away quickly, and Hinata could breathe again. She held her breath for another ten seconds. The fight, if there was one, had ended.

Naruto-kun!

Hinata sprang to her feet, preparing to run back to Konoha. She had to do what she should have done from the beginning. She had to tell someone Naruto was in trouble.

But before she could escape, there was the hiss of a mechanized door opening. The Hyuuga heiress froze in place, not daring to make a sound. Someone was leaving.

"Hey, whoever is out there, you might as well come out," came a remarkably lighthearted voice from the artificial clearing. "I know you're there."

Hinata's eyes widened in horror. He knew…

She hardened her resolve, and activated her eyes. She could suddenly see that the man was the same shinobi who had taken Naruto from his apartment. She raised her arms in preparation to fight as she stepped out from behind her hiding place. To her shame, she was trembling. But she would not run.

"Oh, I didn't expect you to be so young," the man smiled. "I'm Goku. What's your name?"

"Hyuuga H-Hinata," she replied.

"Ok, now, why don't you relax a little? We don't have to fight you know. I was just curious about why you're here."

The young girl became confused, but didn't let down her guard. What a curious kidnapper.

"I saw you taking Naruto away, and I followed you," she admitted. No point denying anything at this point. A thorough enemy would never let her escape now.

Goku blinked, "You were worried about Naruto? Wow, I wasn't expecting that. The Hokage said most people didn't like him."

"You've s-spoken to the Hokage?" she asked in shock.

"Well, yeah. Why wouldn't I have? Naruto's a ward of the state, so I needed to ask his permission before I could adopt Naruto."

Hinata's face turned red. Adoption? Is… is that what this is?

"Well, I can see you're rather protective of Naruto," Goku laughed. "Maybe you'd like to come in and say hello?"

"Prove what you say is true," she insisted.

"Ok, here's some documentation with the Hokage's seal on them," Goku agreed, pulling out Naruto's adoption papers. With her enhanced vision, Hinata could see even across the distance between them that they were authentic.

"G-gomen!" she stuttered, face turning a beat red as she relaxed her fighting stance. Her fingers twiddled together. "I thought you were…"

"It's ok. It's nice to see someone is looking out for Naruto," Goku laughed. "Come on, I bet he'd like to meet with you. You can train with us, if you'd like."

Hinata shook her head in refusal. "I-I couldn't. I mean… I h-have t-to go."

She turned away and ran. Just the idea of going into this man's home after that incident was bad enough, but the idea of talking with Naruto on top of that was too much.

"Well, ok," Goku shouted to her as she ran. "But the invitation's still open if you change your mind!"

As the Saiyan turned to go back inside, his thoughts were troubled.

Why would she just assume I was going to hurt Naruto?

-0-0-0-0-

A/N: Well, it needs to be addressed sooner or later, but here's how issues of power will work in this story. While I might exaggerate the strength of canon Naruto characters a bit, particularly everyone who isn't receiving training from Goku and Vegeta, as the ones who are will be justifiably stronger, I'm going to have to ask for your willing suspension of disbelief on the elephant in the room of this topic.

DBZ characters can blow up planets. Even the Bijuu are only, at best, capable of causing earthquakes, Tsunami's, etc. Obviously, there's a large disparity in power there, and I won't really be addressing that so much in this fic. Why? Because it's boring!

For every major enemy in the Naruto universe, there's suddenly Goku and Vegeta, here to combat them. And at their real level of power, Vegeta and Goku would kill Pain, Madara, the Nine Tailed Fox, Orochimaru, Gaara, and the rest of the Akatsuki (excluding Hidan) in ten minutes, max, if they faced them all at once. Then they would go to Ichiraku's, pig out, and call it a day. Heck, they might even kill Hidan, depending on his immortality powers handled being atomized by a Kamehameha, and they'd still incapacitate him if they couldn't kill him.

There you go. I just ended the story in a single paragraph under those conditions. Yawning yet?

So for the purposes of this story, Vegeta and Goku are roughly equivalent to kage level ninja, in terms of fighting ability, without going Super Saiyan. I could make up some excuse about how traveling through Mu sealed their powers, but really, I don't want to insult your intelligence. By the same token, I left their power as kage out of Super Saiyan, because if they had to go all the way to SSJ3 to combat a kage, that would leave them at genin level out of it and, by the same token, I'm not going to insult your intelligence by claiming that.

Within Super Saiyan, we're going to fudge the numbers and say they're roughly equal to a Bijuu. Whether or not a Bijuu is really fifty times the strength of a kage exactly is hard to say, but even Toriyama fudges the numbers on "Super Saiyans are fifty times more powerful" thing.

So, yes, if they went Super Saiyan, they could probably beat anyone in this fic, save one person. No, its not who you think it is. Unless it is.

But I feel I can realistically say that they wouldn't, for various reasons (no I won't say here, that I can address in story). So it works.

So sorry, this story is not "Saiyans appear and freakin' own those lamers man!" There's no tension in that.