Disclaimer: I do not own Dragon Ball Z, or Naruto. They are owned by Akira Toriyama and Masashi Kishimoto respectively. I do not claim to own anything in this story.
"Hello, viewers," Kakashi Hatake started, introducing the episode as he usually does. "Welcome back to Piccolo and Kakashi on Theories, where Piccolo and I discuss theories on any series. Last time, we took a little break from our current Reviewer's Choice series, where we talk about theories sent in by you viewers."
"We would also like to correct a mistake," Piccolo stated, flicking his white coat back. "In the last episode, we stated that the Death Note would be able to eliminate Superman, though as it turns out, that notebook only works on humans. Lucky me."
"With that out of the way, let's talk about today's theory, sent in by Azure Saiyan."
Kakashi cleared his throat. "Oh, jeez...uh, today's theory is about 'What if Naruto was Insane, like Gaara'," he declared. "That'd be a nightmare, literally."
"Gaara, that kid with the sand?" rhetorically asked Piccolo. "Isn't he the Kazekage? Is there something I'm missing?"
"In part one, or the original anime series, Gaara was a killer, though he wasn't psychotic. He killed anyone that opposed him, without remorse. Back then, nobody was able to touch him because of his Shield of Sand, which instantly springs to defend him from any attack. The first person to break this shield was Rock Lee during the first Chunin Exams seen in the series," Kakashi explained. "However, Naruto managed to calm him down and during the time-skip, Gaara became Kazekage after redeeming himself as a kind-hearted shinobi."
"Alright...so we're discussing about what would occur if Naruto was about as crazy as Gaara was? Well, I'd imagine it'd be harder for him to make friends, considering how much of a loner he was."
"True. However, as he wasn't able to use the Clone Technique, which would grant him a Genin position, it may have been more difficult for this insane Naruto to become a fully-fledged ninja. However, it's probable that he would kill for the position, literally."
"So not much changes there. I'm guessing his interactions with you and the other two, Sasuke and Sakura, would be more aggressive but since it's still Naruto, he'd do what he can to become Hokage. Later on, with your mission in the Land of Waves, Naruto would be a more prominent fighter and may have taken on the two surprise ninja by himself, if the Nine Tailed Fox were to show itself, which it probably would."
"Again, true. Shukaku was in effect for Gaara, so Kurama being highly present for Insane Naruto would make sense. He might be inclined to punch Tazuna after he reveals his secret, but we'd be able to contain him. Against Haku and Zabuza, he may just go off the deep end and events would play out the same, either way. Kurama's chakra may linger for a longer period of time and if Kurama's presence were to be too strong, I'd be able to detain him with a genjutsu."
"After the Land of Waves, there's the whole Chunin Exams thing. His fights there would be the same, albeit more brutal. Kiba would have some broken bones after his first fight. Afterwards, Naruto would get trained by Jiraiya like usual. I'm thinking that Jiraiya would feel more inclined to train Naruto, possibly believing he could 'tame the beast inside' or if that were to fail, he could try to teach Naruto to harness that power for himself. That would be an awful idea and the least likely."
"Makes sense. Jiraiya would still train Naruto, but would be more cautious. Maybe he'd learn the Rasengan earlier than the regular Naruto, which could be a big factor in his fight with Neji. That fight would play out similarly, with Neji dominating Naruto. Since Insane Naruto would be rage-focused, he'd be more sloppy in his moves meaning Neji would be able to take advantage of that. After the Chunin Exams, everything pretty much goes as normal, though fighting Orochimaru and Kabuto may go slightly differently. When we bring Tsunade back to the village, everything goes as it would, then the Sasuke Retrieval Team goes out to rescue Sasuke from the clutches of the Sound Four."
"I don't think much will change there, though fighting that bone-user Kimimaro would play differently. Maybe Insane Naruto won't need Rock Lee to interrupt, but if this were the case, he'd would be more tired and the fight with Sasuke would be shorter. Then begins the time-skip, which still goes as normal."
Piccolo and Kakashi paused for a moment, to gather everything that's been said so far.
"Considering all that we've suggested, Shippuden/Part Two would go pretty much the same way as it would regularly. Naruto would likely be less insane but perhaps a little bit on edge," Kakashi summarised. "This could make learning Sage Mode a bit more harder; it all depends on if Insane Naruto would want to wait to gather all that nature Chakra."
"Is that all? I expected more," commented Piccolo. "This ends our episode. Next time, we may take another break from Reviewer's Choice, because we have some theories of our own we wish to go through and we barely have any of your theories to discuss."
"We'll see you next time, viewers."
The episode ended, allowing both the Namekian and Ninja to depart from the warehouse.
Author Notes: The reason why I uploaded this quickly after Chapter 36 of Luster the Cat: Season 2 is because I started a new one-shot fan-fic yesterday and I aimed to complete it by the end of the day, but that never happened. So to compensate, here's a replacement chapter. That one-shot should be completed sometime tomorrow.