BY TSUKARIA CHAPTER 1 : DESICION OF FATE
DISCLAIMER: I DON'T OWN DBZ OR NARUTO. IF I DID THIS WOULD HAVE BEE A SERIES INSTEAD.
WARNINGS: SLIGHTLY ANGTSY GOHAN AND A NEGLECTIVE CHI-CHI. AND I'LL BE USING THE ENGLISH NAMES FOR JUTSU COS I DON'T KNOW THE
JAPPANESE ONES. SORRY... ALSO A SLIGHT AU OF DBZ
A/N: HEY ALL! THIS IS MY FIRST STORY SO PLEASE BE KIND AND I APPRECIATE CONSTRUCIVE CRITISISM SO IF YOU NOTICE ANY MISTAKES PLEASE TELL WITHOUT FURTHER ADO LET THE STORY COMMENCE!
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12 MONTHS...
IT HAD BEEN 12 MONTHS SCINCE THAT DAY, THE DAY WHERE HE HAD STOPPED CELL'S DIABOLIC PLOT AND SAVED THE PLANET... BUT HIS VICTORY HAD COME AT AN EXTREMELY HIGH PRICE.
GOHAN SAT AT HIS DESK TAPPING HIS PENCIL AGAINST IT AS HE LOOKED AT THE QUESTIONS HIS MOTHER HAD GIVEN HIM:
'1. IF A=2.35, B=33.567 AND C IS AN UNKNOWN VALUE, FIND C WHEN 67C=22A-5B(65A+B) 2. AFTER C HAS BEEN FOUND, USE THE FORMULA 44CF=77A-3B TO FIND F THEN APPLY YOUR ANSWER TO 33F-8A-45B+C AND FIND THE ANSWER OF SAID SUM.'
NORMALLY, HE WOULD HAVE THESE DONE IN SECONDS BUT EVER SCINCE THAT DAY 12 MONTHS AGO HE HASN'T BEEN ABLE TO CONCENTRATE, WHICH MEANT HIS GRADES SLIPPED WHICH IN TURN CAUSES HIS ALREADY OVRERPOSSESIVE MOM TO GO BALLISTIC AND CLAIM THAT HE'S TURNING INTO A 'KARATE BUM DELINQUENT JUST LIKE HIS FATHER'. GOHAN THEN RETALIATES IN DEFENCE OF HIMSELF AND CHI-CHI RESPONDS BY UNLOADING MORE WORK ON HIM WHILE RECITING 'YOU'D BETTER BUCK UP YOUR IDEAS YOUNG MAN!' AND STORMING OFF.
GOHAN LET OUT A LONG SIGH. HE NEEDED TO GET AWAY FROM THIS PLACE BUT THERE WAS NOWHERE ON THE ENTIRE PLANET THAT DIDN'T REMIND HIM OF HIS DAD.
IT HAD HURT SO MUCH WHEN HIS FATHER HAD DECIDED TO STAY DEAD. GOKU HAD CLAIMED THAT IT WAS BECAUSE HE FELT THE WORLD WOULD BE SAFER WITH HIM GONE, BUT GOHAN KNEW THE REAL REASON.
'HE BLAMES ME' WAS THE CONCLUSION GOHAN HAD DRAWN. 'IT'S MY FAULT HE DIED'
AFTER THAT HE HAD RESOLVED TO TRY AND MAKE AMMENDS AND TAKE HIS FATHERS PLACE AS PROTECTOR OF THE WORLD, BUT HIS MOM HAD PUT A STOP TO THOSE IDEAS WHEN SHE HAD HIM ON A SRICT STUDY REGIME. DAY AFTER DAY, WEEK AFTER WEEK, MONTH AFTER MONTH THE REGIME HAD CONTINUED. HE WOULD WAKE UP AT 5 FOR BREAKFAST AND THEN STUDTY ALL DAY APART FROM LUNCH AND DINNER BREAKS, WHICH DIDN'T LAST ALL THAT LONG WITH HIS SAIYAN APPETITE. HE DIDN'T EVEN GET TO PLAY WITH HIS BABY BROTHER GOTEN. SO FROM THIS HE HAD DRAWN ANOTHER CONCLUSION: HIS MOTHER BLAMED HIM TOO. HE WOULDN'T BE SUPPRISED IF ALL AF HIS DAD'S FRIENDS, EVEN VEGETA, BLAMED HIM AS WELL.
GOHAN SUDDENLY CAME BACK TO REALITY WHEN HE REALISED HE HAD GOTTEN ANGRY IN HIS DEPRESSED MUSINGS AND HAD SNAPPED THE PENCIL HE HAD BEEN TAPPING AGAINST THE TABLE.
'NO ONE HERE NEEDS ME,' HE THOUGHT 'IT WOULD BE BETTER FOR EVERYONE IF I WERE TO JUST, I DUNNO, DISSAPEAR AND FIND SOMEWHERE THAT DOES... BUT IT'S NOT AS IF I CAN JUST GO AND WISH I WAS SOMHERE THAT NEEDS ME...'
THEN A THOUGHT CAME TO HIM, 'IT'S EXACTLY 12 MONTHS SCINCE THE CELL GAMES SO THAT MEANS... OF COURSE! HOW COULD I HAVE BEEN SO BLIND?!' HE MOVED TO THE WINDOW IN A PRACTICED, SILENT MOTION 'IT'LL BE RISKY BUT...' HE OPENED THE WINDOW 'IT'S ONE I'M WILLING TO TAKE!' HE THEN CLAMBERED OT OF THE WINDOW AND FLEW TOWARDS VEGETA'S FLARING KI SIGNAL, AS SILENTLY AS POSSIBLE AND PUSHING HIS KI AS LOW AS HE COULD WHILE STILL KEEPING UP A DECENT SPEED.
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GOHAN LAUGHED AS HE FELT THE MIND BLOW PAST HIM. HE HAD NOT HAD THE CHANCE TO DO THIS IN A YEAR SO HE WAS ENJOYING THE NOT-
SO-FAMILIAR-ANYMORE FEELING AS HE SOARED THROGH THE CLOUDS, LEAVING HOLES IN THEM AS HE PASSED THROUGH. HOWEVER, HIS FUN WAS
SHORTLIVED AS HE FELT THE FAMILIAR KI OF HIS OLD SENSEI CLOSING IN ON HIS POSITION.
IN LESS THAN A MINUTE HE WAS FORCED TO A HALT AS HIS SENSEI SUDDENLY APPEARED IN HIS PATH.
"GOHAN" THE GREEN MAN STATED
"PICCOLO" GOHAN REPLIED
"WHY ARE YOU HERE?" PICCOLO ASKED IN HIS USUAL GRUFF TONE "SHOULDN'T YOU BE STUDYING UNDER THE WATCHFUL EYE OF YOUR HARPY OF A MOTHER?"
'WELL,' GOHAN THOUGHT 'THAT'S PICCOLO FOR YOU, ALWAYS STRAIGHT TO THE POINT'
"I'VE DECIDED NO ONE NEEDS ME ANYMORE SO I'M GOING TO FIND SOMEWHERE THAT WILL GIVE ME A NEW PURPOSE" GOHAN RESPONDED STATING THE TRUTH
"AND THAT SOMEWHERE HAPPENS TO BE CAPSULE CORP?" PICCOLO INQUIRED, INDICATING GOHAN'S PAST TRAJECTORY TOWARD SAID LOCATION
"NO," GOHAN HISSED THROUGH GRITTED TEETH "THEE'S AN ITEM THERE I NEED SO THAT I CAN FIND THE PLACE THAT NEEDS ME SO PLE-"
"THE DRAGON RADAR RIGHT?" THE NAMEKIAN INTERJECTED
"H-HOW-" GOHAN STUTTERED
"IT'S BLATANTLY OBVIOUS" THE MAN WITH THE ANTENNAE INTERRUPTED "IT'S BEEN EXACTLY ONE YEAR SCINCE THE CELL GAMES, THE LAST TIME THE DRAGON BALLS WERE USED, AND THE FACT THAT THE DRAGON RADAR IS THE ONLY ITEM THAT WOULD INTEREST ANYONE FROM OUR GROUP THERE"
"IF YOUR GOING TO TRY AND STOP ME PICCOLO THEN YOU'D BEST BE PREPARED TO FIGHT 'CAUSE I 'AINT GOING BACK THERE WILLINGLY!"
GOHAN YELLED, WHILE GETTING INTO HIS FIGTING STANCE, LEFT FOOT FORWARD WITH HIS LEFT ARM EXTENDED TO FULL REACH AND HAND
IN A CLAW LIKE SHAPE AS IF HE WAS GRIPPING A BALL WHILE HIHT LEG FELL BACK AND BENT AT THE KNEE WHILE HIS RIGHT ARM PULLED
BACK AND BENT SO THAT HIS RIGHT HAND MIRRORED HIS LEFT BY HIS RIGHT CHEEK.(A/N THIS IS JUST SO YOU KNOW WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE SO
I DON'T NEED TO REPEAT MYSELF IN THE FUTURE)
"RELAX KID" THE GREEN ONE SAID "I'M NOT HERE TO FIGHT YOU. IF ANYTHING I WANT TO HELP SEEING AS YOU FINALY BUILT UP ENOUGH COURAGE TO DEFY THE HARPY LIKE THAT"
"HUH?" GOHAN DUMBLY REPLIED AS HE DROPPED OUT OF HIS STANCE
"I SAID I'LL GIVE YOU A HAND" PICCOLO REPEATED "NOW COME ON, WE NEED TO HURRY BEFORE THE HARPY REALISES YOU'VE DISSAPEARED"
"THANK YOU PICCOLO" GOHAN REPLIED GIVING HIS SENSEI A SHORT BOW OF RESPECT
"NO NEED FOR THANKS KID" PICCOLO REPLIED WHILE TURNING AROUND TO FACE GOHAN'S PREVIOUS TARGET "I'M JUST DOING WHAT ANY SENSEI WOULD FOR HIS STUDENT. NOW DON'T WE HAVE A DRAGON RADAR TO SWIPE?"
"YEAH LET'S GO THEN" AND WITH THAT THE PAIR WERE OFF.
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---------------- AN HOUR LATER-----------------------
THE DUO LANDED OUTSIDE CAPSULE CORP JUST AS MRS. BREIFS, BULMA'S MOTHER WAS WATERING HER GARDEN.
"WHY HELLO THERE YOU TWO," SHE EXCLAIMED IN THAT LIGHT AIRY VOICE OF HERS "WOULD YOU LIKE SOME BROWNIES? I MADE THEM MYSELF THIS MORNING."
"NO THANK YOU" GOHAN REPLIED "WE'RE HERE TO SEE BULMA BUT WE CAN'T STAY TOO LONG"
"OH ALL RIGHT THEN!" MRS. BRIEFS SAID AS SHE MOVED TO GO INSIDE THE BUILDING "PLEASE COME IN, I'LL GO FIND MY DAUGHTER FOR YOU" GOHAN AND PICCOLO FOLLOWED HER INSIDE AND TOOK SEATS IN A NEARBY WAITING AREA
AFTER ABOUT 5 MINUTES THE DOOR THE THE WAITING ROOM OPENED AND BULMA WALKED IN. SHE CAUGHT SIGHT OF GOHAN AND RUSHED OVER TO HIM WITH A CONCERNED LOOK ON HER FACE.
"GOHAN!" SHE EXCLAIMED AS SHE PULLED GOHAN INTO A FIERCE HUG "ARE YOU ALRIGHT? YOU'RE AWFULLY PALE... ARE YOU YOU EATING ENOUGH? HAS CHI-CHI BEEN TREATING YOU WELL?"
"B-B-B-BULM-C-C-CAN'T" GOHAN MANAGED TO SQUEEZE OUT AS THE LACK OF AIR WAS TURING HIS FACE BLUE
"OH! SORRY..." BULMA APOLOGISED AS SHE RELEASED HER VICE LIKE GRIP ON THE PRE TEEN
"IT'S OK" GOHAN REPLIED AS THE COLOUR OR LACK THEREOF RETURNED TO HIS FACE "AND I'M OKAY AS WELL."
"WELL YOU DON'T LOOK IT!" BULMA RETORTED "YOU LOOK LIKE DEATH WARMED UP"
"ENOUGH" THE THIRD OCCUPANT OF THE ROOM INTERVIENED "GOHAN HAS A REASON FOR BEING HERE"
"OH RIGHT!" GOHAN RESPONDED "WELL, BULMA, I'M HERE TO ASK IF I CAN BORROW THE DRAGON RADAR"
"WHAT FOR?" BULMA ENQUIRED
"HE WANTS TO USE THE DRAGONBALLS TO GO TO SOMEWHRER THAT NEEDS HIM SCINCE EVERYONE EXCEPT YOU, YOUR PARENTS, VEGETA AND I BLAME HIM FOR GOKU STAYING IN THE OTHERWORLD" PICCOLO REPLIED
BULMA SIGHED "THAT'S TRUE BUT..." SHE THEN TURNED BACK TO GOHAN WITH SAD EYES "DO YOU HAVE TO GO SOMEWHERE ELSE?"
"YES BULMA I DO" GOHAN SAID WITH A RESOLUTE LOOK IN HIS EYES "IF EVERYONE ELSE HERE DESPISES ME, HOW CAN I THROW MYSELF INTO A FIGHT TO PROTECT THEM?! BESIDES YOU DON'T NEED ME ANYMORE, VEGETA AND PICCOLO ARE HERE, BUT THERE MUST BE SOMEONE, SOMEWHERE THAT DOES, THAT'S WHY I NEED TO USE THE DRAGONBALLS, SO SHENRON CAN TAKE ME THERE AND I CAN HAVE A PURPOSE AGAIN."
"THERE'S NO STOPPING YOU IS THERE?" BULMA DEADPANNED TO WHICH GOHAN FIRMLY SHOOK HIS HEAD "ALRIGHT THEN" SHE THEN PULLED THE DRAGON RADAR OUT OF HER POCKET "BUT YOU'RE GETTING SOME EXTRA HELP FIRST" SHE THEN WALKED OVER TO AN INTERCOM ON THE WALL "VEEEEEEEEEGEEEEEEEEEEETAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!" SHE YELLED AT THE DEVICE "GET UP TO WAITING AREA G55 NOOOOOOOOWWWWWW!!!!!"
PICCOLO AND GOHAN HAD COVERED THEIR HYPERSENSITIVE EARS AND MANAGED TO AVOID THE WORST OF IT.
VEGETA, AS IT TURNED OUT A FEW MINUTES LATER, WAS NOT SO LUCKY.
"WOMAN!" VEGETA'S ABBRASIVE VOICE GROWLED AS HE SPOTTED HIS WIFE "I TOLD YOU NOT TO INTERRUPT MY TRAINING"
"WELL TOUGH" BULMA GLOATED AS SHE NOTICED VEGETA'S EARS TWITCHING SLIGHTLY "WE HAVE GUESTS" SHE STATED INDICATING THE OTHER PAIR
VEGETA TURNED AND SPOTTED GOHAN AND PICCOLO IN THE CORNER OF THE WAITING AREA
"WELL WELL!" VEGETA SAID IN A MOCKING VOICE "IF IT ISN'T THE GREEN MAN AND THE KAKABRAT HIMSELF! WHAT HONOR DO WE OWE FOR THIS SEEMINGLY ANNUAL OCCASSION?"
"VEGETA!" BULMA SHOUTED "BE QUIET AND LISTEN OR YOU'LL HAVE TO SUFFER MY COOKING FOR A MONTH!"
vEGETA PROMPTLY SHUT UP
"NOW YOUR GOING TO HELP GOHAN HERE FIND THE DRAGONBALLS" BULA ORDERED
"WHAT?!" VEGETA HISSED
"QUIET" BULMA SNAPPED "OR IT'LL BE MY COOKING AND THE COUCH FOR 2 MONTHS"
AT THIS VEGETA BECAME AS PALE AS GOHAN AND SHUT UP AGAIN
"GOOD, NOW GOHAN WHEN DO YOU WANT TO LEAVE?" BULMA ASKED
"RIGHT AWAY!" GOHAN REPLIED
BULMA SMILED SADLY AT GOHAN "ALL RIGHT THEN" SHE SAID SOFTLY AND GRABBED HIM IN A SOFT HUG "GOODBYE GOHAN" SHE WHISPERED WITH A FEW TEARS RUNNING DOWN HER CHEEKS
"GOODBYE BULMA" GOHAN REPLIED LEANING INTO THE EMBRACE
THEY PARTED AND BULMA THEN TURNED SHARPLY TO VEGETA "GET MOVING!"
VEGETA DID AS HE WAS TOLD
"COME ON GOHAN" PICCOLO SAID "WE SHOULD GET MOVING TOO"
"YEAH" GOHAN REPLIED WEAKLY "WE SHOULD" HE AND PICCOLO THEN TURNED AND FOLLOWED VEGETA.
AFTER THEY LEFT BULMA STOOD LOOKING AT THE SPOT GOHAN HAD JUST OCCUPIED "JUST LIKE GOKU..." SHE WHISPERED AS THE TEARS CONTINUED TO FALL. 'I'LL GET YOU FOR THIS CHI-CHI' SHE THOUGHT BITTERLY
A FEW MINUTES LATER, OUTSIDE CAPSULE CORP...
"WELL," GOHAN SAID, LOOKING AT BOTH HIS HELPERS "LET'S GO"
VEGETA AND PICCOLO NODDED AND THE 3 OF THEM TOOK OFF ON THE HUNT FOR THE DRAGONBALLS
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-------------------2 WEEKS LATER-------------------------
GOHAN, PICCOLO AND VEGETA STOOD IN A CLARING IN A FOREST IN A CIRCLE AROUND THE SEVEN GLOWING DRAGONBALLS
GOHAN HAD NOW LOST THE SICKLY PALLOR HE ONCE HAD AND NOW LOOKED AS HEALTHY AS HE SHOULD HAVE DONE TWO WEEKS AGO. HE WAS NOW WEARING A REPLICA OF GOKU'S OLD OUTFIT EXCEPT THE GI TOP AND PANTS WERE WHITE WHILE THE UNDERSHIRT, WRISTBANDS AND SASH WERE MIDNIGHT BLACK. HE ALSO HAD A LARGER VERSION OF THE SWORD PICCOLO HAD GIVEN HIM WHEN THEY WERE TRAINING FOR THE SAIYAN'S ARRIVAL STRAPPED TO HIS BACK, BUT THE SCABBARD WAS BLACK INSTEAD OF RED. THE GI TOP ALSO HAD PICCOLO'S SYMBOL ON THE PART COVERING HIS HEART.
VEGETA AND PICCOLO NODDED TO GOHAN WHO THEN HELD HIS ARMS OVER THE DRAGONBALLS AND SPOKE THE WORDS:
"ARISE SHENRON AND GRANT MY WISHES!"
THE DRAGONBALLS REACTED TO THE WORDS AND GLOWED A BRIGHT GOLD THAT OUTSHONE THE SUN AS THE SKIES DARKENED AND THE GOLDEN GLOW ERUPTRD INTO A PILLAR OG GOLDEN LIGHT THAT SNAKED AND COILED AROUND ITSELF UNTILL THE GOLD LIGHT RECCEDED INTO A STEADY PULSE AROUND THE CREATURE THAT TOOK IT'S PLACE
"YOU WHO HAVE SUMMONED ME!" THE GIANT, MYSTICAL DRAGON BOOMED "I SHALL GRANT YOU 2 WISHES! NAME THEM!"
"ALMIGHTY SHENRON!" GOHAN ADDRESSED "IS IT WITHIN YOUR POWERE TO TRANSPORT ME TO A PLACE WHERE THE PEOPLE THERE NEED ME?"
"IT IS!" THE DRAGON BOOMED IN RESPONSE
"AND IS IT ALSO POSSIBLE FOR ME TO DECLARE THAT THE WISH IS IRREVERSABLE UNTILL I SAY OTHERWISE?" GOHAN CONTINUED
"THAT IS WITHIN MY POWER, HOWEVER IT WOULD USE UP BOTH WISHES TO DO AS YOU ASK!" THE DRAGON REPLIED
"WELL I GUESS THIS IS IT THEN" GOHAN STATED TO THE OTHER TWO MORTALS
"DON'T NEGLECT YOUR TRAINING BRAT!" VEGETA BARKED
"COULDN'T HAVE SAID IT BETTER MYSELF VEGETA" THE NAMEKIAN AGREED "GOHAN, BE CAREFUL."
"OF COURSE PICCOLO" GOHAN SAID WITH A GENUINE SMILE
"MY PATIENCE IS WEARING THIN!" THE DRAGON BOOMED FROM ABOVE THEM
"MY APPOLOGIES SHENRON," GOHAN REPLIED "PLEASE DO AS I ASKED"
"VERY WELL!" THE GREAT BEAST ROARED AS IT'S EYES STARTRED TO GLOW A BLOOD RED.
GOHAN GLOWED THE SAME COLOUR AND THEN VANISHED IN A FASH OF WHITE LIGHT
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---------------------- KONOHAGAKURE 6 MONTHS BEFORE THE GENIN EXAMS -------------------------------
SARUTOBI SAT BACK IN HIS CHAIR IN THE HOKAGE TOWER, TAKING A BREAK FROM THE MASSES OF PAPERWORK THAT REQUIRED THE HOKAGE'S SIGNITURE, AND SMOKING HIS PIPE LAZILY.
'AH, FINALY,' THE THIRD HOKAGE THOUGHT 'A LITTLE PEACE AND QUIET AT LAST'
SUDDENLY THE DOOR BURST OPEN AND A RATHER DISHELVED ANBU ENTERED THE ROOM.
"LORD HOKAGE," THE ANBU SAID "NARUTO UZUMAKI HAS DEFACED THE HOKAGE MONUMENT AGAIN"
"WHICH ONE THIS TIME?" SARUTOBI SIGHED
"THE SECOND MY LORD" THE ANBU REPLIED
SARUTOBI SIGHED AGAIN 'I NEED A MIRACLE TO COPE WITH THAT BOY'
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------------------------- ELSEWHERE IN THE VILLIAGE -------------------------------
"YA CAN'T CATCH ME!" A BOY ABOUT 12 WITH SPIKY BLONDE HAIR AND AN ORANGE JUMPSUIT SHOUTED AT HIS PURSUERS
"NARUTO UZUMAKI!" THE HEAD PURSUER SCREAMED WHILE SPORTING AN IMMENSELY OVERSISED HEAD "GET BACK HERE NOW!"
"SORRY IRUKA-SENSEI!" THE BOY SCREAMED BACK, UNAWARE OF A BRIGHT FLASH OF WHITE LIGHT DIRECTLY ABOVE HIS CURRENT COURSE.
A/N AND THAT'S WHERE I LEAVE OFF!
NOT MUCH OF A CLIFFHANGER AS YOU CAN PROBABLY GUESS WHAT'S ABOUT TO HAPPEN XD
I APPOLOGISE ABOUT THE CAPS, I DIDN'T NOTICE UNTIL I WAS HALFWAY DONE AND I DIDN'T WANT TO RE-TYPE IT
ANYWAY PLEASE REVIEW AS I NEED THEM TO CONTINUE THE STORY!