Outside the Leaf Village Main Gate – With Goku, Naruto, Sakura, Kakashi, Tsunade, and Iruka

"Okay, we're off!" Naruto informed, tugging onto his backpack that was secured on his back.

Iruka closed his eyes for a moment, before reopening them and smiled. "Naruto, good luck."

Naruto glanced behind his shoulder at Iruka and nodded. "Thanks."

Goku stared at the distance ahead of him for a moment before turning to Tsunade and asking, "So, where is this sand village, anyway?"

However, before Tsunade could formulate a response, Jiraiya landed on the ground in front of Team Kakashi with style and greeted, "Yo! Are you off on a mission, Naruto?"

Naruto nodded with a smile at his master. "That's right!"

"Oh, right… More importantly…" Jiraiya walked past Team Kakashi and strode overt to Tsunade. Once he was in front of her, he stopped in his tracks and informed, "Tsunade, I've got some important information for you. The Kazekage of the sand—"

"I know." Tsunade interrupted. She then pointed her finger at Team Kakashi and continued, "I'm just about to send them off to the Sand Village.

Jiraiya turned around with a surprised look on his face and stared at Team Kakashi for a moment, also noticing Goku in the process. He then shifted his body towards Tsunade's direction, got close to her, and whispered to her ear while placing a walled hand near the side of his mouth, "You know about the Akatsuki and Naruto, don't you?"

"It's an emergency situation, you see." Tsunade responded. With her eyes closed. "I just made the best choice I could."

Jiraiya narrowed his eyes at the Hokage with a slight groan, his expression tightened with slight irritation. "Oh, come on…"

"Besides… Naruto is tagging along with Goku. So it shouldn't be a problem, right?" Tsunade added. She then gazed ahead at Goku and answered, "Oh, and Goku, as for your earlier question, Kakashi will guide you towards the sand."

"And you're even allowing Goku, an alien, to come alongside with Naruto? The man has the power to destroy planets."

"That is true. But he's on our side. And I believe he will be a valuable asset to the leaf, as well as a great friend and trainer to Naruto. There's still much to learn about Goku, but I believe I made the best decision so far."

Jiraiya turned around and ambled towards Team Kakashi before facing Naruto and gesturing him to follow him. "Come here, Naruto." He then turned to his left and took a few steps ahead as Naruto decided to follow his master. Once they were a little away from the group, Jiraiya got close to Naruto and whispered, "Listen up, Naruto. Don't get reckless against the Akatsuki."

Naruto frowned. "They've got business with me, so this time I'll go to them." he said with determination in his voice."

"You've indeed gotten stronger, but if you don't keep your cool, you'll just be asking for trouble. Losing your cool right away is a bad habit of yours."

Naruto stared at the ground below him whilst gritting his teeth in anger. Noticing the disturbed ninja, Jiraiya crouched down a little and placed both his hands on the blond ninja's shoulders, before saying softly, "Naruto… I think you already know this, but don't use that power."

"I know…"

Jiraiya then retreated his hands back to his sides before walking towards Goku. Once he got close to the Saiyan, he stood still and said, "Goku… I hope with your incredible strength, you can bring everyone back to the village safely."

"Leave it to me… Although, I do have a question. How strong are the Akatsuki?" Goku wondered.

"They're incredibly strong. They're versatile and skilled enough to become criminals that wreck havoc in the five great nations. But… since you have the power to destroy planets, I'm sure puny guys like them are nothing to you, right?"

Goku chuckled. "Well, I don't really think I have the power to destroy planets. At least, not in my base form. But in my Super Saiyan form? Yeah, I'm pretty sure I can."

"Then that's still plenty." Jiraiya complimented with a smile on his face. "Please do take care of Naruto… There are times where he may snap and get angry."

"Snap? Get angry?" Goku repeated with a confused look on his face.

Jiraiya said softly, "Naruto tends to undergo a transformation of his own, and is able to unleash ferocious amount of power if he gets furious. However… I don't recommend it as Naruto doesn't know how to control that power."

Goku was surprised as he thought to himself, "Woah… Naruto reminds me of Gohan! My son also tends to get furious and unleash his dormant power. Is that the same thing for Naruto?" he then glanced over Jiraiya's shoulder at Naruto. "Maybe Naruto has some sort of hidden power like Gohan too!"

Suddenly, Goku sensed something within Naruto's body. He widened his eyes slightly in shock, as he noticed a different type of Ki within him. "What the heck is that?! I sense something else inside him… How does he have two sources of Ki? On top of that, Naruto's Ki is actually pretty high, but he hasn't been able to utilize it fully yet. Because of Naruto's large reserves of Ki, he was able to make so many clones of himself. If Naruto learned how to fully utilize his large reserves of Ki and convert it to battle power, he could end up having a super high power level!"

While Goku was lost in his train of thoughts, Jiraiya had already walked towards Kakashi's left side. He then stopped when he was next to the copy cat ninja's left side and said without looking at him, "Kakashi, keep an eye on Naruto and make sure he doesn't do anything too reckless."

Kakashi nodded with a smile. "Yes."

Naruto took several steps ahead of him before stopping and glancing behind his shoulder at his teammates. "Uncle Goku, Kakashi-sensei, Sakura, let's get a move on."

Goku was baffled. "Wait, we are going to walk all the way there?"

Naruto turned around to face Goku. "What do you mean? How else are we going to get there."

Goku smiled. "How about you show me the directions to the sand village, and I'll fly there? That way, we can get there faster."

Tsunade was surprised. "Oh, right! I just remembered that Goku can fly!"

"But only Goku knows to fly, what about us?" Sakura wondered.

Goku coruched onto the ground before gesturing Naruto, Sakura, and Kakashi to hold onto him. "Simple! Just hold onto me."

Naruto got slightly scared. "Oh man… That would be cramped… Are you sure all of us would fit?"

"We got no choice for now. This sand village gave an emergency message, so we gotta get there as soon as possible."

Naruto was surprised for a moment, before nodding with determination. "You're right. Gaara needs my help." And with that, he latched himself onto Goku's back and back neck, as Kakashi and Sakura hesitantly did the same thing. Once everyone was hooked on, Goku glanced behind hi shoulder at Tsunade and assured, "Don't worry, we'll be back before you know it!" he then looked at the sky, before suddenly shooting towards it.

Jiraiya widened his eyes in shock as he watched Goku disappear in the distance. "My god! I know there are ninjas who have the ability to fly, but Goku's speed surpasses all of them."

In the Sky – With Team Kakshi

Naruto's body was flailing in the air like a hoisted flag as Goku soared through the air. The Uzumaki shouted with panic, "OYE! UNCLE GOKU! TOO FAST! TOO FAST!"

Goku quickly slowed down a bit, now flying at a reasonable pace for the ninjas, as Sakura was also scared and mumbled, "I thought I was going to die…"

Kakashi sighed while still keeping a good lock onto Goku's back. "Good grief… This is a bit too crowded."

Goku looked worried. "You're right… It is crowded." But then his expression turned into a joyful one when he decided to ask, "But hey! Tell me the directions towards the sand village, and how it looks like, so I can find it better?"

Kakashi nodded with a serious look on his face whilst pointed over to the yonder. "It's that way… If you fly us to that direction, you should come across a village in the desert."

Goku looked over at where Kakashi was pointing and nodded with a confident smile on his face. "Got it! Buckle up everyone! I'll make this quick."

"W-Wait wha—" Naruto was interrupted when Goku suddenly sped off like a rocket, heading straight towards the Sand Village.

"AHHHHHHHH!" Naruto screamed for his life as his mouth flapped open due to the force of the wind brushing against his face. The speed of Goku's flight was too much!

After roughly ten seconds of zooming past various landscapes, Goku quickly spotted a village as big as Konoha perched in the middle of a desert. Upon spotting it, he slowed down before stopping in mid-air. Naruto, Sakura, and Kakashi were disoriented. They had almost lost their grip onto Goku in the process. However, in the end, they were able to make it. Apparently, thanks to Goku's incredible speed, they were able to reach the sand village in just roughly ten seconds! Kakashi hyperventilated as Goku quickly descended onto the desert below him, his shoes touching the sand. With that, Naruto, Sakura, and Kakashi let go off Goku and fell onto the sand back first, panting heavily.

"D-Didn't I tell you to slow down…?" Naruto was exhausted, as he slowly got back to his feet.

Sakura staggered back to her feet as Kakashi did the same and helped Sakura to stand up. Goku chuckled nervously and rubbed the back of his head, and apologized, "Sorry… I should have been much slower."

Naruto was still drowsy. However, his drowsiness faded away eventually as he noticed the landscape around him and widened his eyes in shock. "W-Wait… A desert?"

Kakashi was shocked. "Unbelievable! It would have taken roughly one and a half to two days time to reach the sand village by foot! But Goku just took us there in almost an instant!" he then stared ahead at the distance and saw the Sand Village.

Sakura was in awe. "Goku… You truly are amazing!"

Naruto grinned like a fox. "Oh hell yeah! That's Uncle Goku for you!"

"Alright… from here on, we walk." Kakashi informed, and with that, he began walking ahead. However, Naruto ran ahead past Kakashi and towards the sand village. With an angry and frustrated look on his face, the blond ninja shouted, "Gaara!"

Sakura reached her and out to Naruto and called out, "Naruto! Wait up!"

To be continued...