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 once again viewers and welcome back to Piccolo and Kakashi on Theories," Kakashi Hatake greeted the people currently watching the broadcasted television show. "Today, we'll be doing something we haven't done before, using an editing technique we have used only once. We're truly filled with confidence here."
"Sarcasm? Come on, Hatake. I know you're better than that," Piccolo quietly remarked to the ninja. "At least stick to the script."
"Fine, fine..." Kakashi grunted in a quiet tone. He soon raised his voice back to a normal level. "In this episode, we will be discussing a matchup between Bardock and Minato - two of anime's most well-known fathers. That and they're from our series.
"Instead of merely discussing what would happen in the fight like last time, we have prepared a simulation of the fight. Afterwards, we will talk briefly about it," Piccolo explained to the viewers. "Just like we did back in episode three."
"Exactly. With that, we'll leave you to watch the simulation," Kakashi finished. Only half a second after the ninja finished speaking, the screen faded to black with the words: Bardock vs Minato written on the screen in a white, bold font to stand out against the black background. Then, the simulation began.
A grey-tinted wasteland, covered in a silvery fog and blanketed from above by steel clouds. It seemed as if nobody was here, though the area contained a hint of life, almost as if it had significance in the world.
One lone spikey and yellow-haired human, wearing a white and red cape along with a strange uniform wandered this plain, as if he were looking for something important. What this something is remains a mystery, even to him.
It feels like I should be here, for whatever reason... the man, almost like a ninja, thought - commenting on his peculiar surroundings. Konoha should be fine without me leading it for a little while.
With his mind at ease, the man was almost tempted to return home. However, a unique sight caught his attention; a strange pod was plummeting for the ground and appeared to be landing towards him. The man reached into the small bag that was connected to his leg and pulled out a kunai knife, on guard for a potential attack.
He waited, anticipating what would happen next. After several nano seconds, the pod landed on the planet and for what seemed like the longest minute of the man's life, a strange humanoid creature with green armour and black spikey hair emerged from the pod.
An extraterrestrial? I must find out if it's friendly, the man decided, slowly approaching the stranger. "Excuse me! Are you friendly?"
"Hmm?" the strange creature responded. He had a scar on his cheek and a green machine of sorts on his left eye, which activated once the creature pressed a button on it. It began scanning the yellow-haired man, almost as if it were analysing him. Interesting. This human has a particularly high power level; it's more than what I would have expected. Heh, maybe I'll have some fun on this mission!
"Are you human? What land do you belong to?" the man continued to question. "I'm the Fourth Hokage, Minato Namikaze. I can lead you to your home if you're lost."
"Human? No...why would I be a member of that pathetic species?" the alien responded. "Your power level is far higher than that of an average human...but it is not enough to beat me."
"I'm not sure what a power level is, but I'll take that as a compliment," Minato remarked, grinning slightly. "I believe it's customary for you to reveal your name, as I have done."
"Very well. My name is Bardock, though that won't matter when I'm through with you."
"We'll see about that."
Each warrior stared directly into each other's eyes, as if they were both ready to kill.
FIGHT!
Minato charged at Bardock, ready to slash him with his kunai. Unfortunately, he had not known about Bardock's speed, a trait which the Saiyan warrior used to easily avoid the attempted attack upon him. He then charged up an energy ball, firing it at the Fourth Hokage. Bardock was curious - what kind of power did this person have, he repeated in his mind.
Evidentially, the person had quite an impressive amount of strength, as shown by his ability to cancel out the energy sphere with his own - a ball of compressed and maintained chakra energy, the Rasengan. Bardock merely smirked and dashed so fast, he disappeared from Minato's naked eye and reappeared behind the ninja, kicking him upwards then jumping and finishing off the Final Revenger combo attack by using a downwards arching combined fist strike.
Minato was planted firmly into the earth below, but was nowhere near out for the count. He flung three shuriken Bardock's way, though he fired an energy wave that had the power to vaporise each shuriken. Minato managed to avoid the basic ki wave by using the Body Flicker Technique, his position on the ground now only a short distance away from where the small crater created by Bardock's attack was.
Hatching an idea, Minato brought out his famed three-pronged kunai that had a special mark written upon it - he threw it at Bardock, whose speed allowed him to evade it. However, Minato planned for this, having analysed Bardock already. Using his special chakra teleportation technique, the Flying Thunder God, Minato warped behind the Saiyan warrior and quickly prepared a Rasengan which he landed on Bardock's back, bringing the fight to the ground. Minato jumped away from Bardock once the pair landed, giving him enough time to get back up.
Not according to Minato's plans, Bardock had barely taken any damage from the Rasengan - only his armour had been broken slighly. Wanting to end things quickly, Minato activated the Nine-Tails Chakra Mode, boosting his stats considerably. He sped right up to Bardock and delivered a barrage of slashes with a kunai - easily ripping through the armour and striking his foe's skin - ending with a forceful kick that sent the Saiyan backwards a little.
Having actually felt that, Bardock became irritated and started to charge a large amount of ki. Eventually, his hair turned yellow and his power dramatically increased - the Super Saiyan transformation had been unleashed. Super Saiyan Bardock then dashed towards Minato at a speed even he couldn't attain and punched, knocking the Fourth Hokage backwards and charging up a Final Spirit Cannon, which he released in a second's charging. It made contact with Minato, evaporating his entire body and causing his death.
FINISH!
Like before, the screen faded to black and quickly returned to the view of Piccolo and Kakashi standing against the back, white wall of the studio. Their positioning did not seem to change.
"This was an easy fight for Bardock. His strength in base form alone would be enough to crush Minato in any of his forms," Piccolo stated with confidence. "Bardock is far stronger than Raditz, who we have previously established was stronger than someone who could destroy a moon with effort - me, back in that time. Minato isn't anywhere close to that level of strength, or durability. He might be faster with the Flying Thunder God, but that's really the only kind of edge Minato has, other than strategy."
"However, strategy and speed only go so far when your own strength or move pool is limited. If you don't have the moves to put your opponent down or the strength to even scratch them, then you've already lost," Kakashi agreed. "Super Saiyan only made things much, much worse for Minato."
"Minato's stats could not match Bardock's, which is why he lost," Piccolo summarised. "Now that finishes another episode. If you'd like to see more of this kind of thing, do feel free to let us know. We'd love to do more if there's demand for it."
"But for now, that's it from us. We will see you next episode."
The screen faded to black once more, but only to signify the end of the episode.
Author Notes: Do feel free to post your thoughts on this idea for a chapter. I'm starting to run out of steam with theories, so I thought doing something like this can help the fic to stay fresh. It won't always be DB vs Naruto, mind you. There's only so many of those match-ups that can be feasibly done.
I hope you enjoyed this chapter and have a good day!