Chapter :1

Gohan's Arrival

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As the gates of Konoha otherwise known as the Hidden Leaf Village were experiencing the hustle and bustle of a typical day of people's coming and goings. A strange occurance not typical of even a ninja village happened right in the middle of the crowd of people. A boy of about twelve years old with messy spiked black hair with a white chinese shirt and black pants slinging a bag over his shoulder suddenly appeared as if like he'd just materialized.

The people passing around didn't notice this protrusion by being too busy with their own comings and goings. But two guards, the Chunins who were typically assigned guard duty, namely in Kotetsu and Izumo caught the apparition right in front of them and were startled out of their normal lackadaisical activity.

"Hey, Izumo? Did you just see what I think I saw." asked a weirded out Kotetsu. Even for ninja just teleporting like that was not normal, especially from a boy that young. "If you thought you saw a kid just appear out of thin air in the middle of the street? Then yeah, I saw what you thought you saw." shot back an equally amazed Izumo.

Meanwhile, Gohan, the boy in question, was unaware of the attention that was brought on himself and just merrily looked around at his fascinating new sights. "Woah, so this is The Village Hidden in the Leafs huh? Doesn't look that big. But I guess it's not that small either. It definitely looks like an interesting place." said Gohan as he took in the whole "look" of the village. He was definitely impressed by the immediate sight of the famous Hokage Monument, the four faces carved into the mountainside.

"Hey kid!" Gohan heard being directed at him which snapped him from his reverie as he turned his head to find the to Chunin guards waving their hands while making their way to him. "Hey kid, we saw your little entrance, that's not normal, even for around here. Care to tell us what your doing here and what your business is?" asked Izumo, the one Gohan identified as the one with the bang over his eye.

"Well, I'm just coming here for a visit. I'd heard about this place from a friend of mine, Naruto. A ninja who lives here. He told me about his home the Hidden Leaf village so I decided to come for a visit to surprise him and to see this place for myself." explained Gohan honestly, not wanting any trouble from what he assumed were the village authority. Plus he knew that he didn't have anything wrong or menacing to hide from them (apart from his powers and the secret life of his adventures.)

Kotetsu and Izumo shared a look at each other before turning back to him. "Wellllll that sounds okay. But that was still a strange way for you to enter the village so we're going to have you checked out at the Hokage Mansion just to be on the safe side. Just to make sure. Can never be too careful, for all we know you could still be a spy trying to infiltrate our village. If you'll please accompany us." spoke Izumo as then Gohan proceeded to let them escort him.

As Gohan made his way through the village with his escorts, he looked around at the various crowded streets and the shops that they passed around. Getting an overall impression of the village in general and he was pleasantly impressed by the general spirit and pleasant air of the people here.

Having made their little trip in silence, they finally made their way to the Hokage Mansion, and Gohan definitely was impressed with that building. Seeing the slight look of awe in the young boy's face, Kotetsu and Izumo gave knowing smirks to each other. "So kid? What do you think of our village?" asked an almost prideful Kotetsu.

"It's definitely different, I don't think I've ever seen anything like it before. And I've seen a lot "different" places." responded Gohan, having seen many cities, in different planets even. But never found such as what he saw as a "small" town feel so impressive and accommodating to him before. Feeling satisfied with his answer, Kotetsu and Izumo proceeded to take him inside.

After making their way through the building, Gohan found himself in a circular office with windows surrounding a desk that overlooked the whole village. And seated in that desk was what he would describe as a beautiful blonde haired woman with a very "generous" sets of "assets". Gohan assumed that this woman must be the Hokage.

"Izumo, Kotetsu! Why have you brought this kid to me?" asked Tsunade, looking somewhat annoyed with the two Chunin. "Uh? Well, this kid just appeared at the front gate in a very weird way. And when I mean appear, I mean appeared! He just materialized in front of us in the middle of a crowd without smoke or any other recognizable marks of any Teleportation Jutsu that we know of. Fortunately no one else there noticed since it prevented any panic. But still it's very odd and so we brought him to you to see if you could tell us what technique he used and gauge if he's a threat or not." answered Izumo.

Tsunade then eyed Gohan warily."Okay kid, care to tell us who you are and what that technique you used was?" asked Tsunade, lounging back in her chair as if to say 'Okay, I can't wait to hear this one.'

"W-Well, my name is Gohan Son and all I did was use the Instant Transmission technique to transport myself here. But I didn't expect to appear right in the middle of a crowd like that. I didn't mean to cause any trouble." nervously answered Gohan.

"This "Instant Transmission" technique you speak of? Is it some sort of teleportation technique?" questioned Tsunade.

"Well I guess you could say that. You basically dematerialize and rematerialize from place to place. All I need is to sense the life force of someone or something and imagine myself there and I appear there or somewhere nearby. Only two people, myself and my father, are the only ones on the whole planet who possess this technique." explained Gohan.

"I've never heard of this particular technique. But I guess I do know of some similar Jutsus that are available in the world. So I guess no harm no foul. Still it sounds like a useful little technique." said Tsunade. "It is." affirmed Gohan.

"So? You said your name was Gohan Son right? Gohan... Gohan... Gohan? Why does that name seem familiar to me?... Wait a minute! Not THE Gohan Son, the Prince of the Ox Kingdom?" exclaimed Tsunade, incredulous as to who she was dealing with. "Uh... You know about me?" bashfully answered Gohan.

Tsunade continued to stare incredulously with wide eyes at Gohan, but soon managed to regain her composure and sling back into her chair. "I know that the Ox Kingdom has an heir named Gohan. But what are you doing out here?" asked Tsunade.

"Well, I was told about your village by my friend Naruto when he and his team were out escorting me to a diplomatic function several months ago. It sounded like an interesting place to visit so eventually I decided to come here a see it for myself. I guess I wanted to make it a sorta surprise visit to surprise Naruto and his friends and so here I am." explained Gohan. Tsunade just sat there for a while as if contemplating what he'd said.

"Okay, even though you seem honest enough. How do I know that your really who you say you are and that your not a spy trying to infiltrate us?" asked Tsunade, looking at him critically.

Now tensions were really high as Gohan felt like he was in a corner, but then the tensions seemed to be broken by a really unexpected source. "HEY! GRANDMA TSUNADE! I've got a bone to pick with you!" yelled out a very familiar voice to all those in the room.

"That brat, when will he ever stop calling me that?" muttered out Tsunade, placing a hand on her forehead as a vein popped.

Pretty soon after, Naruto in his signature orange suit came running through the office doors but stopped just short when he saw Gohan. "Hey-what... Gohan? What are you doing here?" stammered a surprised and slightly confused Naruto.

"Naruto, you recognize this kid?" questioned Tsunade. "Well yeah... We escorted him on a mission before. Gohan's this Prince from this Ox Kingdom place or something like that." answered Naruto as if it was the most obvious thing in the world.

"Hey Naruto, nice to see you again." greeted Gohan. "Great to see you too Gohan. But what are you doing here?" asked Naruto.

"Well, after what you told me about the Leaf Village, it sounded like such a cool place that I decided to make sorta a surprise visit. My granpa got me approved to come here as an official royal fact-finding tour. Officially I'm supposed to stay for up to two weeks to give a royal review of the village. Here's the official seal he gave to me to approve it." explained Gohan as he handed Tsunade a folded piece of paper from under his shirt. Tsunade then read it, skimming over it briefly.

"Well, it looks like this is official enough. So I guess that takes care of the problem about who you are. Now the problem comes to about what to do about your accommodations? After all, it's not everyday that you have the Prince of the Ox Kingdom as your guest. So what do you do to show him the royal treatment?" said Tsunade, muttering that last part more to herself.

"Really, you don't have to go that far." nervously waved off Gohan, knowing where this was going. "Nonsense! Naruto, why don't you entertain our guest and give him a little tour of our village while I think up of some accommodations fit for our guest?" suggested Tsunade to which Naruto immediately saluted as if to say 'Leave it to me!' before grabbing Gohan by the hand and running out the door with him.

"Come on Gohan! I've got a ton of places I want to show you!" exclaimed Naruto as he dragged his bewildered friend. Tsunade couldn't help but chuckle at his exuberance. "Heh heh, that kid." she muttered to herself before going about her business at hand.

Meanwhile Naruto took Gohan on a whirlwind tour of the village, showing him all sorts of places as they made their way through the busy streets. "And that's the Hokage Monument! All the faces of the Hokage are carved on that stone and someday I'm planning on being one of them." called Naruto as he pointed his finger at the famous carving, coming near the end of their little tour.

"That's amazing! An amazing piece of work. Buuuut could you point out which ones is which?" asked an impressed but still curious Gohan. "Sure! That one's the First Hokage, That one's the Second Hokage, that other one is the Third Hokage and the last one is Fourth Hokage. He's said to be the greatest and most amazing Hokage. Someday, I'm gonna be greater than even him! And I guess you've already met old lady Tsunade the Fifth Hokage. Buuuut I guess we just haven't gotten around to getting her face on the mountain yet." explained Naruto as he'd pointed out each one of them.

"Hey Naruto? Why do you keep calling her grandma? Is she your real grandmother? Because she didn't look all that old to me. In fact she looked kinda young." questioned Gohan, a bit confused b his naming of her.

"Naah, she's not my real grandma or anything like that. But don't be fooled by how she looks. She uses some kind of wierd cell regenerating jutsu to make herself look younger than she actually is. She's actually an old lady of over fifty or something. I call her that because I calls them as I see them. That and plus to just get under her skin." Naruto whispered in Gohan's ear and they both giggled at that last part.

They continued to go around the village for the rest of the day, but pretty soon it was about time for nightfall and then at Naruto's suggestion they ended in a place called Ichiraku's. "(Slurp) Man! I gotta say Naruto, this ramen stuff is great! I'm real glad you talked me into going to this place." complimented Gohan as he slurped his last ramen bowl. (Although not his father, Gohan still had a decent appetite compared to most people. He ate four bowls to Naruto's three.)

"What did I tell ya? Ichiraku's has the best ramen in all the world!" boasted Naruto with pride. "Heh heh! Well, it's nice for our favorite little customer to say so. And a compliment from our favorite little customer's little friend is well appreciated too. Any friend of Naruto's is a friend to us." said Teuchi as he and his daughter Ayame watched the two with glee.

"And don't worry about the bill Naruto. You can have our special discount to account for your friend's eating habits." cheerfully said Ayame. "Yeah, I never would've believed there could be one to match you Naruto." said Teuchi. "Thanks, I owe ya one again old man. Your the best!" earnestly thanked Naruto.

Gohan blushed and scratched the back of his neck bashfully at the attention. But that was when he looked outside and noticed that it was night out. "Hey, listen Naruto it's night out now and don't have a place to stay yet. So could you..." Gohan went to ask but was cut off. "Room with me? Suuuuuure! It would be GREAT!" exclaimed Naruto. "Thanks, it would be great." thanked Gohan.

Pretty soon they were out the door having paid their meal. And pretty soon they were at Naruto's apartment. "Hey listen, it's not anything fancy or nothing. Buuuuut..." Naruto introduced as they entered his apartment room. "Hey, it's just fine. I'm not one for any fancy palaces or nothing. But it sure beats out living in a cave, which I had to do once." said Gohan as he scanned the little one room apartment with a smile on his face.

"Good! Then I'm glad you like it. Then I guess you won't mind sleeping on the floor for tonight. You may be a prince, but this is still my home." said Naruto, laying claim to the drawing lines a bit.

"Sure, no problem. I don't mind. In fact, I wouldn't want it any other way." said Gohan as then went to make his bed on the floor next to Naruto's bed while Naruto himself went into the bathroom to get changed into his pajamas. They then went to sleep in their own way. And so that ended Gohan's first day in Konoha.

Author's Thoughts: And so here's the start of Part 2 that I promised you. And now Gohan has arrived at the Hidden Leaf Village and is now going to get to interact with nearly all of the heroes of Naruto that we all know and love. And just so you know, this takes place nearly 2-to-3 months after Sasuke has left the village. So it's basically towards the end of the filler arcs.

I'm sorry that I can't be using any of the Japanese dialects or suffixes like anything like that. And although it could've made writing these stories much easier for me. But unfortunately I have to hold on to my own writing rules. I already established writing these stories in the previous Dragonball Z stories in the pure english verbalage. And in order to continue with a story set in the same context I have to keep up with that same context. So I'm sorry for those of you used to the japanese way of speaking in these fics. But although I could've done that, I'm afraid I just couldn't. So you'll just have to suffer through the same americanization as before. I'm sorry.