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THE LIFE OF A FUSION NINJA
Knocking on the gates of the Sarutobi clan home, Ino waited for someone to come and greet her at the door. Not having to wait long, the door opened and saw what she thought was a Jounin. He had black hair and black beard with a smoke in his mouth, very tanned skin and wearing the standard Jounin attire with a sash hanging off his waist that had the symbol of the Fire country on the flap of it. The man was Sarutobi Asuma, who looked down at the smiling Ino," ah, Ino, you've made just in time, Gai is just about finished sparring with Naruto," Asuma said he put out his cigarette, he wouldn't want to get an ear full from Kurenai about him being irresponsible about smoking around kids.
Seeing as Asuma was letting her in, Ino bowed to the older man," Arigato, Asuma-san," Ino said politely before heading inside, already knowing which way to go. Not hard really since the sound of battle cry's and the sound of combat was ringing out the area around. Coming into the dojo area of the Sarutobi compound, Ino sat calmly near the entrance and took out a candy bar to snack on as she watched Gai-san going up to par with her teddy bear, Naruto-kun.
Ino sighed in a bit exasperation, those two were just a bunch of Taijutsu fanatics as far she knew. Not that had anything against it, but she often found Naruto-kun talking about training methods and other related matters with Maito Gai when he wasn't hanging around with her and her friends. But, looking at his cheerful expression as he continued to fight with Gai, both of them without their weights on, though Naruto's clothing was just as weighted as well, Ino couldn't really fault him. She liked it when Naruto was happy and fighting seemed so much apart of him, it seemed he thrived for battle. For some, that would have them worried about his battle lust, but Ino liked that part of him. It meant that if situation ever called for it, he would switch to a more serious mood if any of his loved ones were in danger, and she knew he would always be there for her if she was ever in trouble.
Why, just last night, the day she had pecked him on the cheek, she had called him over to water fountain in the center of Konoha (let's just say there is one, I'm trying set the mood really).
FLASHBACK
It was dark night, the stars and moon only being the source of light since lights in the area were turned off. Ino had snuck out of her house and had quickly gotten Naruto's attention by throwing rocks at his window. She never noticed the Anbu just watching at what was happen in amusement, the scene was a little cute. As Naruto peeked his head out, he found a note next to his window with suction rubber arrowed pinned on it. That was all Ino saw before she dashed away towards their meeting area.
Shaking a bit, she wrapped her arms around herself and started to rub them, it was starting to get cold. But when she looked back up to the stars, she smiled as she saw a shadowed form flying towards her. She knew only one person who could be up that high and stay up there as if gliding down by some invisible force," Naruto-kun, down here," she called out to the flying figure.
Coming in, Naruto landed a few feet from her. He then jogged up to her and cocked his head to the side with his usual big grin," what's up, Ino-chan? Is something the matter?" he suddenly asked in a bit of worry.
Looking down at the ground, Ino made circles in the dirt with her right foot with her hands behind her back," well, like I said, were going to the Ninja Academy," she then looked up at him with a bit of sad smile," and when we graduate, we might not be on the same teams that they assign each other," she informed him of her worry.
Scratching his head a bit in confusion, he really couldn't see what she was worried about. It's not like there weren't going to see each other ever again if they even did," well..." he really couldn't think of anything to say to what she was talking about. But then a light bulb dinged over his head," it's alright, we'll always see each other, just like I said earlier," Naruto said with the brightest grin he could muster, it always seemed to calm her when she saw him do that.
Shaking her head a bit at the boy in front of her, she sighed. He just couldn't understand how the girl felt really. Well, neither could she since she didn't even know why she was doing this.
He then got an idea," how about this, since I'm aiming to be the best Ninja in the world, how about you become the best Kunoichi in the world," he suggested with the same grin on his face.
Thinking a bit as she cocked her head to the side and putting a finger on her lip, she happily nodded. It would mean they would be different from everyone else and be with each other forever, just like he promised her," Un," she nodded happily. She then thought about their differences and knew he would probably only needed up to the graduating day at the academy to already being the best Ninja in the world, so she opted for one more thing," hey, I know you're really strong, so I know you'll already make your dream come true before I do, so...could we make a promise to each other?" she asked a bit pleadingly.
"Hmm?" wondering why she asked that, he just internally shrugged and nodded to her.
"If ever you get to become the best Ninja in the world and if I'm ever in a bind..." she then looked up to the stars with a bit of fantasy in her eyes," you'll come save me, alright?"
With the squeaky sounds of his eyes blinking, Naruto just looked at her for a moment before saying," nani?" he asked confusedly as he tilted his head to the side.
"If ever I'm in trouble, my hero will come rescue me," she looked at him with a cute smirk on her face," I want to experience that at least once," Ino said as she sat down on the edge of fountain.
Still not getting it, he looked at her," nani?"
"Come on! Promise me!" Ino insisted as she looked at him imploringly.
Seeing her pleadings, Naruto nodded with a big smile on his face," Un," he said cheerfully, he do anything for his friends and if it was a little promise like that, he'd do it.
END OF FLASHBACKI
After that, the two had parted ways back to their homes. Ino had slept quite peacefully after that with a content smile across her face. Naruto...he was just happy all the time really.
"Come on you two, it's almost time to go the academy," Ino called out to them.
"Right, Naruto-kun, it's time we finished this," the two locked each other in grapple, Gai towering over the boy as he clasped onto Naruto's smaller hands. One would think he was the one in control of the fight, but Naruto had trained with weights that made even Gai cringe at and was equal to Gai in strength in his small body. The two parted, Gai standing off away on the grass as Naruto landed on top of a boulder. The Dojo had both a floor wood, but also had an outside for those who were too strong to be held on the inside, so the two were on the outdoor part of the dojo.
The two then jumped into the air and started to send kicks and punches towards each other. While Gai had to adapt to such fighting, it wasn't that hard since he was a Taijutsu fanatic really, Naruto was used to such fighting since the fusion with Bardock had put an instinct in him on how to fight aerial opponents. But it seemed Gai got the upper hand as he got surprise air round house kick connected into Naruto's face, sending him splashing into the pond that nearby, for Suiton Jutsu use.
"You're getting sloppy, Naruto-kun, you flames of youth need to burn brighter," Gai then let out roaring laugh as he saw the boys soaked in water. But then a big splash hit him and bucket followed to hit him in the face, letting Ino know that Naruto had filled and chucked it at Gai, who fell down in surprise.
"Oh yeah, who's getting sloppy now," Naruto said as he was crouched down on the floor, his white karate gi soaked and clinging to his body. He then yelped in surprise as Gai hit him over the head with same bucket.
"I swear, those two," Ino sighed in exasperation.
Moments later, the two were walking their way to the Ninja Academy, Ino walking as any normal person would, just walking towards the school on the ground. But Naruto was a bit different in his walking, as he was just walking like normal on a fence nearby. The fence itself was very narrow and any person who didn't have training would have either fallen off or would have hit their privates in between their legs, that might not matter to girls but guys would have something to worry about that one.
"Naruto-kun, are you using that Ki of yours again?" Ino asked as she looked at Naruto, who was impossibly keeping balance on the loose fence that seemed to rock with the wind.
"Nah, I'm just training some more and trying to keep my balance," Naruto answered to her with a slight shrug.
"What good is that, you can fly already," Ino said as she really didn't see what that training would do if he could fly.
"It helps me keep balance when I don't fly, you wouldn't think it, but its kind of hard to keep yourself straight in the air if you don't have the balance and control," Naruto lectured a bit to his best friend.
"Eeeeh," Ino sounded as she pondered about that a bit. She has a little usage in the energies he had, but she wasn't as proficient as Naruto. Hey, if you have a best friend who could fly and break boulder with nothing but his pinky, wouldn't you want to learn how to do that?
The two then made it to the gates of the Ninja Academy, parent and children all over the courtyard front of the academy. Off to the side, they saw Ino's Otousan, along with the Sandaime, waving them over to them.
But before the two of them could even get to them, Ino sensed something. Snatching it out of the air, she saw to her surprise that it was a rose. Blinking a bit, she looked to see a bug eyed looking boy with black hair that seemed to curl up at his ends," yosh, you must be really skilled to catch my throw at of the air like that," his eyes shining as he came up to her," you are also very beautiful," he then puffed his chest out and pointed to him," very well, I will be the one to protect you and be your boyfriend from now on," he proclaimed proudly.
Those who saw and heard this wondered if the boy was all there, some of the kids saying he was infected with the coodies. Ino just continued to blink at him; this was supposed to be her knight in shining armor. She shook her head,' no way! If anyone is gonna be that...' she then turned her head to Naruto and blushed a bit," um, that's nice, but could you excuse me," she said as tried to get passed him.
But the boy held out his arm to block her path," it is only fair that I shall know the name of my Hime (princess)," he somewhat demanded.
Seeing no harm, she said," Yamanaka Ino," she introduced herself, but was getting really impatient now at this boy.
"Man, Ino-chan, already getting popular with the guys," Naruto joked to his best friend.
Seeing the familiarity with his Hime, the boy pointed at Naruto," you, how are you with familiar with Hime," he demanded with a bit of fire in his eyes," who are you?"
Blinking a bit at the probably a year older person in front of him, Naruto pointed to himself," well, Ino-chan and I have been best friends since I can remember, and my name is..."
"Wait, is not ones custom to give out their names themselves first," the fire that in the boys eyes then returned with full force," then my name I shall give you," Naruto sputtered a bit at this interruption. This boy seemed a little to similar to someone he knew closely," I am the next Taijutsu specialist of Konoha, the unbeatable rock that holds against the tides of enemies, my might will strike fear into the hearts of my enemies, my peers will call me the next Green Beast of Konoha, age 7, Rock Lee," the boy then pulled off a bastardized form of the Goken-ryu.
Then it clicked into Naruto's mind on who the kid reminded him of, Maito Gai. Only someone like him would act like that,' seems he's got a fan,' Naruto noted wryly, how he felt for the kid now. He had nothing against the green spandex wearing Jounin, but even he was a little weird for his taste.
"And it would seem that I have a rival in love for the hand of Hime," the newly introduced Rock Lee announced before charging in at him at speeds that were beyond a human.
Naruto, though, wasn't human, so he easily jumped over the hard right hook that was going for him. He noted the boy was actually using Ki,' maybe Ojiji is teaching it nowadays,' but Naruto pushed that aside for another time as he turned over in the air in a flip," I'm Uzumaku Naruto, sole user of the Tenjho Tenge-ryu (Heaven and Earth Style)," he then took off and tossed his bag over to Ino," take this for me for a minute, would ya Ino-chan," Naruto called out to her as he threw his bag, Ino easily catching it in her arms with a sigh, boys," I accept your challenge," Naruto said as he got into his newly name Tenjho Tenge-ryu starting stance.
The reason for the name Tenjho Tenge, was that the style was similar to what the name suggested. Being that his hard hits were powerful enough to break hard boulders, it was what was referenced to Earth. But while doing so, he also pushed energy into the opponent's internal organs and bursts the energy within to make more damage, thus like the name of Jyuuken, Heaven. It was really plain out hitting hard with energy, a bit of skill, and a whole lot of instinct; nothing more, nothing less, just like how any saiyan fought.
Off to the side, Inoichi was about to step in, but the appearance of Gai and the held out hand of the Sandaime stopped him," shouldn't we stop this Hokage-sama, Naruto-chan's going to floor that boy."
"No, I think this will benefit him a bit," Sarutobi said calmly as he gazed at the boy name Rock Lee.
"Indeed, Lee has been training under me for a while," Gai commented.
"Huh? Why, I mean, I know he kind of looks like you, but he's not apart of your family or anything," Inoichi said confusedly.
"Ah, but Gai hasn't been training him to be like our average shinobi's Inoichi-san," the Sandaime replied. Seeing the confused look, he looked towards Gai to explain.
"You see, Lee..." Gai shook his head a bit sadly," Lee unfortunately has a birth defect that has made his Chakra coils broken and stunted," seeing the surprised look on his face, Gai nodded," you get it don't you now? I have been training him in the art of using Ki," Gai answered the unasked question of Inoichi. Though not as proficient as his sparring partner, Naruto, he had the idea of it down since he was purely a Taijutsu fighter, who happened to use Chakra, but nonetheless knew the mechanics of it and taught it to the poor boy.
"So, you have been with Hime since you can remember," Lee noted to Naruto, who just stood with his legs spreaded apart and bent, his hands on his knees, giving a look of relaxation at his opponent. Naruto then rubbed his nose in a bit of arrogance," we shall see in this fight who shall be the one to protect Hime," Lee challenged to Naruto.
Hearing that made Naruto know it was a bit serious. Naruto always had this thought in his mind that he had to redeem himself for some reason and always protect those close to him, and Ino-chan was the closest friend he had. Even if this wasn't as serious as losing her, he wouldn't let anybody just hog the position of protecting her.
"Come on then," Naruto said with the motion of his saying to bring it.
"Yosh!" Rock Lee exclaimed he charged in.
Lee then went for a hard hit for Naruto face, but Naruto jumped clearly over that. The cement gate behind him, though, didn't make it as the cement was crushed by Lee's fist. Naruto was about to bounce of a tree nearby, but Lee went in for axe kick at him. Again, Naruto dodged over his attack, but the tree was broken in two by Lee's enhanced Ki kick.
"Your very slippery, Naruto-kun," Lee commented with smirk on his face, it was fun having a fight like this.
"You haven't seen nothing yet," Naruto said as he jumped up a bit before dashing at him. Just as he got in Lee's range, Naruto had to dodge left and right at the fast jabs Lee was shooting at him with," you...shouldn't...push...the...energy," each pause was dodge to left or right," that hard," Naruto said as he got in Lee's face, making the boy starting to step back some, but Naruto stayed in his face as he continued to lecture the boy about how to use Ki," Ki is as instinctive as using your arm, you have let it come out or at least get in tune with it, or else you just going to botch it up."
"This kid is good to be able to make Naruto dodge his attacks," Ino noted, usually, Naruto let those who attack him hit his body, but he only did that for those who couldn't hurt him. It was usually bullies he had to deal with and the bullies themselves would find out first hand how rock hard Naruto's body was, as what happens after they do so was getting broken hands. To be able to make Naruto dodge meant that this Rock Lee must have some force of power in his hits. She then palmed her face because of her stupidity, the crumbled cement and broken tree should have been enough proof of that.
"Ki is...the projection...of the physical...energy in...the body," Naruto kept dodging as he continued to teach Lee about Ki; if the boy could properly harness the energy than he'd have another sparring partner, which was a good thing in his book.
'This guy is good,' Lee noted as he never even landed a hit on this Uzumaki Naruto. Taking one last swipe at him, Lee looked on with no surprise as how Naruto dodge his roundhouse kick by jumping back in a flip away from him.
Everyone who was watching this fight were very impressed, they didn't know how good either of the two boy's were. Off to the side Fugaku look on with disdain at the power the two boy's were wielding. Looking at Itachi, who was at least twice the two boy's age, he noted to himself that he should push Itachi further, so that these low class peasants don't surpass the might of the Uchiha. He would definitely regret that decision in the future.
"This will be the final move," Lee stated as he held his right hand and charged up Ki in the way Naruto was describing into his right hand and forearm, making a white glow appear around his arm, his feet showing he was ready to dash in a split second.
"Alright, give me your best shot," Naruto said in with a grin on his face. Not a second, Lee almost vanished in a flash a speed. Well, vanished to those who were not trained fighters yet, everyone else saw him running at Naruto at a good amount speed. Naruto, though, saw him moving at a snails pace and easily dodged it by jumping high in the air, leaving Lee to make a sort of booming sounding out in the area.
Looking up, Lee saw Naruto coming down at him with his hand straight, as if going for a chop. Lee then repositioned himself and went for left hard jab at Naruto. Once close enough, the two then striked at each other. Naruto leaned his head to barely dodge Lee's fist as Naruto fingers hit Lee's head at what people assumed was a tap. Before the two could hit at each other again, a hand on both their shoulders stopped them. The two of them stopped and looked up to see the Sandaime's smiling face.
"A good match you two," Sarutobi said, leaving the hint that the fight was done. Luckily the two caught it and settled their stances," now I think you two should give each other praises for the match itself."
Seeing sense in those word, both Naruto and Lee bowed to each other in respect," IT WAS A GOOD MATCH," the two of them said at the same time as they both lifted themselves up and had good natured grins on their faces.
"Naruto-kun, you are truly worthy of protecting Ino-chan, I hope to someday find my own Hime to protect," Lee conceded to Naruto as he bowed once again to him," I shall not bother either of you again."
"Ah, come on, Lee, you, me, and Ino-chan can still hang out," Naruto said as she scratched the back of his head.
"Really!" Lee said with utter true happiness. The other students of the academy didn't seem to like being around him since he couldn't use Chakra. It was a good thing his idol, Gai-sensei, had come to him and took care of that problem when he had taught him what he knew about Ki. Now that his new friend knew more about it, he could be one step closer to achieving his dream of becoming a ninja that used Taijutsu alone.
"For sure, and I still gotta help ya with you Ki control. You can even become a good sparring partner of mine," Naruto said with that sunny grin of his. Lee was bouncing up and down at that offer and whole heartedly nodded.
"I would be honored, my friend," he then turned back to the doors of the academy," we will see each other again, Naruto-kun, Ino-chan," Lee then dashed at a good amount of speed back to the academy, most likely to get back to the first day of class of his new year.
"See ya Lee," Naruto waved goodbye to the retreating form of the Gai fan,' hope he doesn't take it personal that I wrote 'fair' on his head in bruises,' Naruto thought with a bit of nervous chuckle. He then scratched the right side of his neck in irritation for a bit, not noticing the bruise where Lee had missed his hit.
Four years later
Not a whole lot happened since that day he started learning at the Ninja Academy. Sure, he made some good friends, those being Rock Lee, Inuzuka Kiba, and Aburame Shino. The other's he had already met, those being Ino, Chouji, Shikamaru, Tenten, and Hinata. Tenten always seemed to be a bit of a tomboy, which he had voiced right in front of her, but she just shrugged it off and agreed that she was and was proud to be one. Hinata was quiet and repesctful and would always cheered him on to do his best. Naruto always did reply back that he was already the best.
And it was true if the tests during in and out of class showed anything. In class, he was keeping his place as Rookie of the Year, a fact that irked the last surviving Uchiha. Though Naruto felt for him a bit, since he too didn't have any parents and most of his race of people was killed by a cold and heartless tyrant. But even with that in mind, he really didn't like the attitude the kid had, so he just shrugged at him. The kid asked the first time he was placed as the best to fight him. That fight had lasted at least ten seconds as Naruto was really getting irritated with the boy and flicked his forehead, making the boy fly into a tree and get knocked out.
As for the outside of the class; Naruto had continued his training in the usage of Ki, Chi, and Chakra. His Ki had risen exponentially due to his constant training work out. He could most likely bench the Hokage Stone Face Monuments if he wanted to and still go for few more rounds. This being due to King Kai weights since he was now getting around at least 20 tons.
His Chi was coming along nicely as he knew that besides strength and skill, he needed to know at least some tactics, so he opted to learn some strategy at times when he was actually exhausted with his physical training. This combined with his meditation training had made his Chi just as good as his Ki, thus making a good balance of Chakra, making him also have some good control over his mind powers.
And to increase his reserves on Chakra, he started to combine the exercises he had learned so far, such as Tree, Water, Kunai, and Senbon training. Combining in ways as like sticking the senbons into the tree trunks all the way up to the top and try to run up those and not make the them fall off with his weight on them while shooting off Jutsu in the process, or keeping kunais stuck to various parts of his body while doing a complex kata over a large body of water while also dodging shuriken attack from some of his senseis. Many other combined exercises were made and allowed Naruto's Chakra control grew at that of a Medic-nin.
Though many would argue that it was impossible for one so young to have so much control over so much Chakra, the ones who knew him would just scoff and let those who doubted him watch him train in those exercises. When asked about it as well, he'd just say that the original exercises were too tame and he was a person who wanted a challenge that was at least a bit chaotic.
Those who had watched his training could only shake their head in disbelief, just where did he get the drive from. His senseis, them being Sarutobi, King Kai, Gai, and Inoichi, could really see that Naruto was at least mid jounin. He would have been higher, but he hadn't gain any individual experience on his own yet. If only they knew now (With the exception of King Kai and Sarutobi that is).
Because just about half a year ago; Naruto had received a bulk of Bardock's memories. It had been a painful process, feeling all the experience of a battle hardened saiyan being crammed into his head, but it also answered why he was the only one of his race of people left. Or was. Even though it sounded strange, his son was still alive, on planet Earth. When he remembered that and his training with his mind powers, he sat down in a meditative state and sent his mind's eye to the planet, to see how he was doing.
It brought a smile to his face to see his son, who was the same age as him now, odd that, was having a good time on his adventures. It really made him wonder what he could wish with those Dragon Balls though. Shrugging to himself, oh well, maybe if he could find his ship when he became trusted enough to leave the village, he could find a way to fix it and be able to meet his son when Ojiji would let him.
Since he knew he was fused, something he had extracted information about from King Kai about, he knew he was Bardock, but not. He was Naruto, but also not. He shook his head, it was a confusion of identities at first, but he knew how to phrase it now that he thought about it. Bardock was Naruto and Naruto was Bardock, it was just as simple as that. Nothing to be confused about really, he was who he was.
There was one thing he wanted to do once he was able to get his pod fixed, besides meeting his son, Kakarott, or Goku, he reminded himself as he remembered the controlled vision he had. That one thing was to find Freiza and make him eat his heart. He didn't care if it was him, prince Vegeta, or his son, but Freiza will pay for destroying his people and his friends, Tora, Fasha, and the others.
Shaking his head about thinking about his old comrades, Naruto got back to paying attention to his flying. He may have not gotten permission to leave Konoha, but that didn't mean he wasn't going to sneak out every now and then. And while he could look for his ship, since he knew it was in Fire country, he didn't want any ninja patrol's to spot him and get in trouble. Looking around, he noticed that it was somewhat snowing. Looking down at the ground, he saw what looked like a boy probably two years older than him playing around with some rabbits around the snow field, seemingly unaffected by the cold of the weather.
Naruto seeing this as getting a new friend started to descend down to the field below. Hey, he may be a little more mature and experienced then his current friends and age group, but he was still a kid and kids look for friends to have some fun with. When he landed, he raised his hand hollered," Oi," he called out to the boy.
When the boy stopped chasing the snow white rabbit, he looked towards Naruto. Naruto now notice his features. He seemed somewhat feminine; something like those bishounen's he sees in those mangas Ino likes to read around her room. His eyes were nice shade of brown and had long black hair. He was wearing gi like shirt with what looked like bandages underneath them and brown pants. He assumed he was wearing at least some form of foot wear, but couldn't tell since his feet were covered in snow.
The boy looked worriedly at him for a moment," what do you want?" he asked in what sounded almost like a girl's voice. Cocking his head innocently at the boy's wariness at him and the sound of his voice, Naruto just shrugged internally and turned on his best Uzumaki smile.
"I just wanted to come play for a bit," Naruto then appeared in a flash of speed in front of the boy," my names Uzumaki Naruto, who are you?" Naruto asked politely as he took his hand and shook it. He oddly noted that his hands were unusually soft for a boy. Oh well, that just meant he was a bit of a girly boy, he'd get him out that funk soon enough.
Blinking in surprise at how fast the boy came at him and how cheerful he was, the feminine boy greeted in kind," hello, my name is Haku," his voice still sounding like one of girl.
"Hak-chan, then," Naruto said happily as he gave him a pet name, doing a little teasing since he sounded and acted like a girl.
The boy blushed a bit for some reason, but nodded with smile. Inside the 'boy's' mind, he couldn't help but think how cute Naruto was," I'll only let you call me that if you let me call you Naru-chan," he conditioned to him.
Seeing that he was getting teased back, he chuckled. Good, at least this guy wasn't being submissive to him, a little playful words did everyone a bit of good every now and again," sure then Hak-chan," Naruto said as he gave him a pat on his shoulder. But then got mischievous smile," oh, and just one more thing."
"Nani?" he asked as he cocked his head to the side. Naruto blinked a bit, if he was even a girl, he would have thought that look was kawaii.
"Avalanche," Naruto said before he jumped away. Just as he did so, a pile snow fell down on Haku. Sputtering a bit, Haku came out with an irritated look on her face.
"Mou, you jackass, I wasn't even ready for that," Haku, for once, was angry. Ooh, Naruto was going to get it.
"Can ya say Hak-chan popsicle, hahahaha," Naruto said as he laughed at his new friend. But was stopped as a pile of snow fell on him; bursting out of the snow pile, he blinked at the chuckling, or was that giggling, Haku.
"Ha, payback's a dish best served cold Naru-chan," Haku said with smug smile on his face, a frigid air of snow forming around him.
"Wow, that's cool, so you can manipulate snow," Naruto must have said wrong thing as the snow around Haku immediately fell down.
Haku looked left and right in worry now, he had gotten caught in the heat of the moment and used his Kekkei Genkai,' Kaasan said to never use it again, I promised her, what am I going to do? She always said people wouldn't accept my gifts, now Naru-chan's going hate me, just like the other kids,' Haku then started to tear up.
He was about to cry when a hand landed on his shoulder, breaking his train of thought. He looked up and saw the dark navy blue eyes of his newly appointed friend, Naruto, looking at him in concern," you alright, you know boy's shouldn't cry," Naruto said in concern for his new friend.
"I'm alright, I just..." he froze at what he just said lastly. She then looked at him with a bit of glare," mind repeating that last part you said pal," Haku said in frigid tone.
Blinking a bit, Naruto thought back to what he said and repeated," boys shouldn't cry?" he oddly felt the temperature lower a little more.
Gritting his teeth, Haku strained out his words and was about give Naruto the beating of his life,"I...am...a...gi.."
"HAKU, IT'S TIME TO COME IN DEAR, DINNER IS READY!" he heard his mother call out to him.
Blinking at the interruption, he sighed, no need to beat the boy when it was time to eat. He didn't want to get on his mother's bad side now," well, it's time for me to go Naru-chan," Haku then started to walk away, but then remembered that he didn't know where Naruto came from and was worried he wouldn't see him again," will I ever see you again Naru-chan," he asked in timid tone. Even though he was a bit of jerk, Naruto was a starting to be like a starting good friend.
Scratching the back of his head, Naruto grinned at Haku," sure you will," he then thought about the times he was available and nodded to himself," I'm always free on the weekends, so how about coming here every weekend at noon," Naruto suggested to his snowy friend.
Thinking about it, he happily nodded," hai," he answered cheerfully.
"Good," he then started to float from the ground, surprising Haku at his ability to fly," I'll see ya sometime next week, Hak-chan," he then blasted off from the ground, kicking up snowing in his show of force," AND REMEMBER, BOY'S DON'T CRY," Naruto hollered to him.
A second after hearing that and getting out his shock of seeing Naruto actually fly, she shaked her fist at him with an angry face on," DO I HAVE TO SPELL IT OUT FOR YA, YOU JACKASS, I'M A..." seeing that he was already a dot in the sky, he just sighed," oh what's the use, it's not like it's going to matter if he knows I'm actually a girl," Haku said as she shook her head with a sigh, but then blushed,' but if he did know, what he would act like,' she wondered if he would be like the princes in those stories her mother read to her. She sighed, she hoped he was like that if he ever found out she was a girl.
A day later found Naruto looking at the opponents circling left and right. His opponents in this sparring session were Gai, Kakashi, and Asuma. Though some would think these three would take it easy on the fused Ninja, they would be wrong since they had come to know that even though Naruto hadn't exactly been out in the field yet, the kid knew how to move and fight like a veteran. They would have had understood better to know that he was fused with a battle hardened saiyan.
Right now, he was wearing his usual black and green collared chinese shirt, the red wrist bands turned into red arm guards with black serpent like dragons etched onto them. His Anbu pants being held up by the belt on his waist and by his brown tail with heavy combat boots replacing his Martial Arts slippers, the boots weighted down like the rest of his clothing. His red headband was a bit longer now, its long tails waving around in the gentle breezed that passed through. With all the weight on him, he still was a match for all three Jounins. (In a way, think of Soatome Ranma's usual attire, but with my changes)
With no signal given, all three Jounin's attacked the fused saiyan boy. They threw everything they had in Taijutsu, and in Asuma's case, a bit of Kenjutsu with his trench knives. Ducking, parrying, and weaving around the attacks, and even jumping over or through some of Kakashi's Ninjutsu, Naruto was having the time of his life. Now this was how fight should be. Punches thrown that could break a persons bone into a million pieces, slashes that would dice most into mince meat, blasts of energy and elements being thrown at you with the intention of either disabling or incinerating you, this was how he liked to fight in a battle. Pure chaos, a common thing in a battle with saiyans involved since they expected no less than a mountain being blown apart as a requirement in a battle, lucky for these guys this was just a spar.
Seeing that it was about time to wrap this up, Naruto dashed in a burst of speed. A roundhouse to Asuma's face, a hard elbow into Kakashi's gut, and a good ol' headbutt to Gai's face in a matter of two seconds sent the three reeling back in pain. Flipping away from them a couple of times to get some distance, Naruto got into a prerequisite stance for what had became his saiyan clan's signature technique," Kaaa-meee-haaaa..."
Seeing where this was going, Kakashi quickly flipped through his hand seals. As soon as he got it when Naruto was about to start the next part of the chant, he called out," Doton: Doryuuheki," somehow, in someway, he spat out a stream of mud from behind his mask. Not a second later, the mud sprang up and turned into a hard stone wall," get behind me and help me keep this up!" the other two did so, not really needing to told twice as they had seen this coming as well.
"...MeeEEE," the brightness of the blueish white ball of Ki in between shined greatly before he thrust both his hands forward and gave good push," HAAAAA!" Naruto exclaimed out loud as he sent a blue Ki blast of destruction towards the trio. As soon as it hit the stone wall, dirt started to fly out, the beam not seemingly content to explode just yet. Asuma, Gai, and Kakashi were having a hard time keeping their Chakra into the stone wall, seeing as how the blast was quite powerful even with the three of them pumping as much Chakra as they could to force it back or let is pass over.
The trio did indeed outlast the blast, as it only made halfway through to them, but it had also left them totally exhausted. The three slumped onto the ground as the stone wall crumbled back into its base element. What made them groan in frustration and mercy was Naruto standing perfectly full of energy, not even panting after using the Kamehame Wave. Naruto just grinned a bit sadistically at the three," that would have been impressive guys...if I had been using at least twenty percent of the techniques original power," that made the three of them go wide eyed with white eyes and gaping jaws.
"JUST HOW MUCH POWER DID YOU USE!" the trio asked incredulously. Being a little freaked out was the understatement of the lifetime. It's like saying Jiraiya is a little perverted.
"Oh, about five percent," Naruto commented casually with the usual hint of arrogance in his tone. The three groaned again as they knew he was spelling out to them that, and they quote, 'the best ninja on the planet'.
"You, gaki, are too much," Asuma lazily said to the mixed colored haired boy as he thought about quitting smoking just to get his lungs back to normal, even though they were still in good condition since he kept using Chakra to do his best to keep the clean; not they weren't effected in anyway nonetheless.
"I can just imagine the girl he'll get with, she'll be nothing but a pile of goop after he's done with her," Kakashi muttered under his breath, silently wishing he had the boy's stamina since it seemed to be endless. But, he mused, it had to be because of his status as a Jinchuuriki to an unknown Bijuu. He often wondered how the boy could even pull of the things he did since he separated Chakra to it base elements and be able to use them in such destructive ways. He knew Gai could do that to some extent, but couldn't fully do it for some reason. He reasoned that it had to with being able to grow accustomed to it from a young age such as Naruto's.
"Your Flames of Youth are too much, even for me some times, Naruto-kun," Gai said as he panted, and seeing a panting Gai was a rare thing since he was second to Naruto's great stamina and power, with Lee closely coming up to the third. That was no surprise since all the boy did was train, sometimes even with Naruto himself. Of course, Lee still couldn't match up to Naruto's battle prowess quite yet.
Thinking about the boy, Naruto couldn't help but wonder if the boy was a saiyan himself. The power, strength, speed, and aptitude to use Ki, it was all the matching signs of a growing saiyan. The only thing missing was the brown tail. So, until he could find someone who was knowledgeable in genetics on saiyans or anyone that could match the D.N.A. of one, he couldn't really say if the boy was really a saiyan or not.
"You guys need to train some more, taku (geez)," Naruto scolded them, which made them groan more since it was supposed to be them scolding him since he was the junior here. Naruto just shrugged and went to pack up; he had a trip with the old man to Ame to meet this guy named Hanzo. It seemed this guy had heard about him and let the old man there was tournament going on for exceptionally strong prodigies.
Though he really didn't consider himself a prodigy of any sort, he was just experienced really; he couldn't pass up the opportunity to fight someone on this planet that might give challenge. Besides the prodigies that Hanzo mentioned fighting in the tournament, he had also stated that other children that were allowed to participate, if they passed a test to enter it. That meant any unknown fighter could come in with no intel on just how powerful they were. For your average upcoming ninja or any other ninja, that would be a problem with them, but Naruto had loved to be surprised in fights. Sure, knowing the guys style, Jutsus, and tactics would help come out of a fight relatively unharmed if you had a counter strategy to the opponent's moves and thought patterns. But for a saiyan like himself, or any other saiyan for that matter, he wanted a fight where he could come out bloodied and bruised and feeling good that he had come out on top in the end. It was the excitement of the unkown and seeing Jutsus never before seen that gave him a rush.
Speaking of Jutsus, he could pick up on and learn some new ones to come up with his own Jutsus. One Jutsu he had made, which would most likely be a B to A class Jutsu, was a combination of the Katon: Karyuuendan and Fuuton: Renkuudan no Jutsu. He had named it Mouko Bakunetsu, the Fierce Tiger Erupting, which took the form of a mighty, roaring giant flame tiger. The Jutsu was a Katon based Jutsu that was just as hot and powerful as Katon: Karyuuendan, but had the added effect of drilling of the Fuuton: Renkuudan no Jutsu. When he had practiced it on a Kage Bunshin, something he had picked off Kakashi the other day, he had used the Mouko Bakunetsu. The one thing he felt was the memory of the clone come to him and it definitely didn't feel like a pleasant feeling to have your skin being boiled and burned alive when within a second of being torn asunder by invisible cutting winds. Even though feeling the clone's death being hit by the full power of the Jutsu had made him cringe a bit, Naruto couldn't help but grin like a maniac. Oooh, would he love to just use this Jutsu on Freiza.
That was about the only combined Jutsu he could come up with so far, but he felt he could make up more if just had enough time to think and break down the Jutsus he had in his repertoire. Maybe if he could just see that Raikiri Kakashi has just once and see one of the two legendary Jutsus of the Yondaime, the Rasengan if he remembered right, then maybe he could make those two S-class Jutsu into a whole new bracket of power on its own, maybe even call it an SSS-class Jutsu if he ever got them combined and added their elements and power levels together. Or, he could make them combined with the Ki blasts he learned mostly from his visions, including with his own signature technique, the Final Spirit Cannon.
Hmm, this was a lot to ponder on. As he rounded the corner to the hall the led to his room, he bumped into a familiar somebody," oof," he heard a female grunt before looking down to see his best friend, Ino, getting back up with a scowl on her face. He chuckled nervously and scratched the back of his head at the moment he saw that scowl. He didn't how, but this girl just seemed to have some sort of control over him that makes him not want to have her angry at him," watch where you going, Naruto," she then bopped him on the head with kendo stick, seemingly bringing it out of nowhere somehow.
When she had hit him, his head bent down from the blow, even though it really didn't hurt, and had his both hands extended outward with both of their wedding and middle fingers bent in, leaving the hands out in warding gestures," ow," he grunted fake manner. He came out of his position and rubbed the offended area and pouted at Ino, who somehow had just made the kendo stick disappear out of thin air," you didn't have to do that Ino-chan."
"Well, you should mind your surroundings, or do you want to be killed by an enemy nin that would sneak up on you when your like that," Ino chided Naruto as if he were a child. But then she shook her head," but," she then looked up at him with warmth in her eyes," I guess you wouldn't be you if weren't the dimwit that I've known since way back then," her smile was practically so radiant, it made Naruto blush how cute she looked.
As the two had foreseen when they were starting out in the Ninja Academy, they had now attended the same class when they finally turned ten years old. When that happened, they had been so happy, they had gone out to eat lunch together. It was then that Ino had saw Uchiha Sasuke and almost when ga-ga over him. That is, until he had come up to him to challenged Naruto again to fight. Naruto had ignored him and Ino saw this as a chance to get to know her forming crush on the broody Uchiha. It was right then what the boy had said to Ino made any forming feelings for the boy get crushed and grow even more for the fused Ninja, as the Uchiha had said he wouldn't talk to trash tramps that aren't worthy of his time. It was when he said those words that Naruto had shot his eyes wide open in anger and proceeded to beat the boy within an inch of his life as he saw Ino's eyes watering up the harsh words. It took almost all of his senseis, save King Kai, to stop him from killing the boy. And only then, it took only a mind Jutsu from Inoichi to forcibly sleep the boy to settle him down. Naruto had been punished severely for what he did, but he said if it was for Ino-chan, he'd endure, because he would never want to see her eyes shed any sort tears unless they were only shedding for joy.
So because of that, Ino still had her best friend Sakura with her. It was a relief because Sakura had voiced her interest in the Uchiha. Ino had held her tongue about Sakura interests in pursuing him; a person who really didn't care for the feelings of other's and only cared for his own self and his goals. But, Ino mused, if Sakura could break through the darkness that seemed to have a hold on Sasuke, it would probably make him better in the end. So, after telling Sakura her good luck in getting her man, the two then proceeded to gossip a bit about what they liked in their interests.
But Naruto, as always, was oblivious to Ino's crush. It seemed to make her a little sad that he didn't notice her interests. But then, she remembered Hinata was just about that same. When she had confronted Hinata about this, Hinata had just smiled at her and said for her to do her best in getting Naruto. It confused her to no end when she said that. She had expected an outburst of anger, or a shocking look followed by a crying form of Hinata slumped against the wall for someone already being near Naruto. She had asked why she had said that and Hinata said that all she admired Naruto for was his courage and strength. That he always helped her when she needed it like a big brother and that would be all she saw him as, a big brother. But then, she giggled and mentioned that she did have an interest in a certain Inuzuka in their class.
Ino really couldn't believe this girl was the Hinata she had met when they were just starting the Ninja Academy. Where as she was shy and respectful then, this Hinata was a bit more outspoken and still respectful, but if she found something she didn't like and knew it was wrong, she would correct it. One of things she knew she frowned upon was the Caged Bird Seal she had mentioned to her one time, a seal Hinata wished abolish the day she became the clan head of the Hyuuga. Ino know only one person who could have made Hinata into the girl that is in their class to this day, and his name was Uzumaki Naruto.
Shaking her head internally about past events, she cocked her head in a cute manner and smiled at him, a good feeling growing in her heart seeing that flushed face of his, it meant that he was finally noticing her, yay," so, what you doing now, Naruto-kun?"
Naruto shook his head a bit and tried to banish the thoughts of Ino's cute look out of his mind, which was hard since she was still doing it in front of him," I was just about to pack up to get ready to leave for a tournament in Ame," Naruto informed and immediately frowned worriedly as he saw her face fall at that," what's the matter?"
"You're...you're leaving the village?" Ino asked in a bit of scared voice.
"Yeah, but I'm just going there for the tournament, I'll be back afterwards," he then hugged her and held her gently," how would I be able to keep my promise to you if I don't know if your the best Kunoichi in the world or not by not staying in this village," Naruto reminded.
Not trusting her voice, she sounded that she agreed and laid her head against his chest and started to snuggle up against him. This was something she always wanted to feel, she knew now, this was a feeling that meant he was meant for her. Forget that they were both at least ten years old, she just knew and it was as simple as that.
"Naruto-kun, I just got invited along...with...you...to," Rock Lee had just come around the corner to see the youthful scene before him. He had gotten news that he too was invited along with Naruto to participate in this tournament and that the two had permission from both the Sandaime and the Ninja Academy that they were allowed to go. He had been so excited that he was finally being recognized for his training with his ever youthful comrade, he just had to tell him that he was coming along. But seeing this, just made him feel a little bit out of place.
The two looked towards the voice and then back to each other, only to note how they lips almost brushed against each other when they turned to look at the one they were hugging. The two froze and turned beet red in embarrassment and separated faster than you can say 'Mouko Bakunetsu'.
"Hehehe, hey Lee, so you got in too, huh? That's real good, man, real good," Naruto said in a bit of wavy voice and a forced smile while scratching the back of his head. In his mind though, he was berating himself,' stupid, stupid, stupid! What the hell was that! Are you actually falling for your best friend?'
Ino just had her body turned away from the boys with her face still beet red in not only embarrassment, but also in anger,' I was so close, I was SOOO close. I could have at least pecked him to seal the deal, dammit!' Ino cursed herself in anger at the interruption.
Lee blinked a bit before getting his sunny smile back, completely forgetting what just happened in his usual oblivious fashion," I'm coming with you to the tournament in Ame, Naruto-kun, I've been invited along with you," he happily told his sparring partner and very good friend.
Completely forgetting the situation himself, Naruto got an excited look on his face and clamped his hands onto Lee's shoulders and patted," that's good man," he then got teasing smile on his face," but you know your gonna lose when you go up against me," he said with his usual arrogance.
"Yosh, I will show you the flames of my youth that have shone through my training, Naruto-kun," Lee exclaimed with a clenched fist and fired up eyes.
Ino sighed, knowing now that her crush was too far into his enthusiasm of fighting to even think about continuing the romantic scene they just had. She then turned gave a hug to him, leaving Naruto blinking," don't lose, got it, baka?" Ino asked with a demanding tone.
Naruto got a small smile, knowing the undertone of her demand was just for him to take care of himself while he was at the tournament," of course," Naruto said with his usual confident smile," I can't ever lose, because I'm the best," Naruto told her as if she was just a baby.
She lightly slapped his arm once she got out of hugging him," arrogant jerk," she said simply with a smile. Naruto just smile and shrugged. She then turned to leave at the moment. When she was about to turn down a corner, she peaked her head over it," I'll see you off when you leave, by Naruto-kun," she waved at him as she left.
Seeing her leave, Naruto turned to Lee and put his arm around his shoulder," come on, man, let's get to sparring. And later, we'll get packed up to leave for Ame," Naruto said to him as he led him to the dojo.
"Yosh!" Lee said in happy manner.
In a town, in between Kusa, Ame, and Hi no Kuni lands, a figure in walked down a beaten path. When a passerby went passed the hooded robed figure, the figure seemed to sneer at the person, as if the people who were passing it were a bane were bugs in its eyes. Returning its eye sight to the road, she stopped when she saw a information board was beside. As it continued, something made it stop as it gazed at a particular ad.
The figure went up to it and read,' those who wish to test your skills and be known for it, look no further, Hanzo, Kage of Ame, is hosting a World Ninja Tournament for all skill fighters to participate. All those who win the first place will be known as the world's greatest Ninja and a million ryo, but only if they prove after they come out on top by fighting Hanzo himself. Second place winners get half the amount, and third get half of that,' reading this, it finally remembered something.
Chuckilng at reading this, it wouldn't even have considered participating in any sort of feeble thing as this. But the one it was searching for would most assuredly would. Changing it's destination, the robed and hooded figure made it journey to the World Ninja Tounament. Lifting a hand up to its face, a claw in fact, it let a haze of red energy swirl around it hand, a manic grin showing through the shadow the hood was casting,' I know you'll be there Bardock, don't disappoint me.'
Looks like things just got a bit more exciting for Naruto.
A/N: alright, here's Ch. 2. Sorry if this chapter didn't have much interactions in it and I hope you guys are dissappointed in the way I'm taking this. It's kinda hard thinking about how to mix DBZ and Naruto in way cuz I've only seen DBZ really, hardly seen its prequel for along time. Anyway, I'm trying to set this up to the beginning of Naruto as soon as I can, but I don't want to skip the whole process of his childhood. Now for the name of his style, Tenjho Tenge, yes, I took it off the that cool ass anime that hasn't been continued, though I am reading the manga of it now. Whether or not he'll use techniques shown in that anime is entirely up to you all. As for Ino, well, at least in terms of relationship, she a real close friend right now. If its too fast for some of ya, just think, Tenchi Muyo and the GXP one, has the main characters getting girls left and right, and I hear of the manga, or comic if you like to call it that, Gold Digger has the relationships going just like snap that at first sight. So really, I guess you could say I'm going at a moderate pace with her relationship. As for Haku being a girl, well, it kind of sets it up to what theme I'm going for her, I mean in Ranma, Ukyo was considered a guy until it was revealed that she was a girl, I'm kind of going for that whole thing here, so that Naruto could have just about the same encounter as Ranma had with Haku. Now the next chapter will be mainly the tournament, so it might be short. And this is where I'm letting you reader decide, who should he be fighitng along with Lee. Of course, he'll get some sorry asses at first, but who will be the major opponents be besides the Kyuubi? You help me decide, k? Well, PM me or send a review please, ja ne.
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