For all of those people who've wanted to see my original story again... then here it is!

This will be my second attempt at my first DBZ/Naruto (the original) story and let me just address some things that I've made changes to:

WARNING: THERE WILL BE PLENTY OF CHARACTER DEATH, YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!

We all know how much stronger DBZ characters are than Naruto characters, so I'll have to balance it out with Goku being a kid. Even still, Goku will be stronger than most shinobi by the time he reaches the first tournament point in DB. So I'll make the Naruto characters somewhat stronger to compensate, but not unrealistically. Goku will have advantages and disadvantages with being a ki-user in comparison to chakra-users making it a bit more fair. I will get into these advantages and disadvantages throughout the story with certain experiences, but I'll cover a few basic ones right now:

Extreme Genjutsu such as Tsukuyomi will effect the Saiyan, but anything that's Jonin-level and under won't. This is due to the fact that certain Genjutsu's have the ability to affect beings with or without chakra so long as they have any kind of ocular prowess. This is especially true with Uchiha Genjutsu.

Ki is not Chakra and vice versa, but at their core both of them are energy sources.

Ki (気 "Ki", lit. "Spirit"), also known as chi/qi, Yōki (妖気) or simply energy (エネルギー enerugī), is the life force energy used by DB characters. It is composed to these components as verbatim stated by Akira Toriyama: Genki (元気 lit. "Vigor"), Yūki (勇気 lit. "Courage"), and Shōki (正気 lit. "Mind"). Chakra (チャクラ, chakura) is the combination of two types of energy, Spiritual energy and Physical energy.

In short, everyone originally had Ki (and still does) as it's the basic principle of everyone's life force. No Ki = No life. However, in THIS ALTERNATE UNIVERSE, the origins of Chakra are still the exact same as they were in the Naruto canon.

As we know, Chakra originally belonged to the God Trees. When Kaguya ate the fruit the God Tree bore, she became the first being in Earth's history to wield chakra. With her new-found power, she ended all the wars that plagued the lands. Her sons, Hamura and Hagoromo Ōtsutsuki, were the first people to be born with chakra. Hagoromo spread chakra to others through a practice called ninshū, intending to create peace by using the chakra to connect people's spiritual energy so that they would understand one another without even talking. However, the people did not use chakra in the way Hagoromo hoped, instead using it to connect their inner spiritual and physical energies. They kneaded their inner chakra to amplify and weaponize it, creating what is known as ninjutsu.

This just so happened to be the reason why almost everyone's life force is Chakra rather than Ki, as humanity adapted to the Chakra being infused into their biology via the Ōtsutsuki's. The Ki that was once essential had "evolved" into a much more versatile energy, which makes perfect sense as to why Goku himself does not possess Chakra. As he is not an earthling, he is not linked to Kaguya whatsoever.

As for why other earthlings may not possess Chakra later on in the story...read to find out.

The point of this explanation is to show why Goku will not learn Chakra and why Naruto will never learn Ki, as it not only maintains the difference of character styles, it also makes perfect sense. Ki is a Universal Energy Source, Chakra is a Specialized Energy Source.

Now onto the World-Building: It will be predominantly set in the Naruto Earth, with numerous elements from DBZ.

For starters, the technology in Naruto will be more advanced but not to the point of flying cars. Vehicles will only be seen in pure civilian cities, not shinobi villages. Capsule Corporation will be there, but in a civilian city only, like some of the cities in Naruto Gaiden. The Dragon Balls will be implemented, with the same restrictions in place.
That being one cannot become omnipotent or gain additional power(ups) that are beyond the creator's level of power. Everything else is fair game.

The Red Ribbon army will be a thing as well, as that leaves the Naruto-Earth with new experiences.

As far as Outer Space goes, it has to be exactly the same as DBZ's as the Naruto-verse has yet to be ventured outside of the Otsutski's being aliens.

Onto the explanation of Goku's character...he'll basically be a good version of Kakarot (as he never hit his head), not typical DB Goku. This means he may or may not be pure of heart, that remains to be seen...

To make this story interesting, I've decided to implement powerful villains and obstacle or Goku and his teammates. I've always wondered why out of all the thousands upon thousands of shinobi in the world, only a few dozen are actually noteworthy in the story. With all the talent out there in the world, you would think that at least a hundred of shinobi would emerge as "powerful" or "noteworthy".

Now onto the characters, certain DB/Z/S characters will make an appearance if I can fit them in. However, some of them won't make an appearance. All of that depends on if circumstances or plot allows it to happen.

Character pairings ARE SET N'STONE, and if you don't like them then what are you wasting your time for?! Some of the pairings WON'T be canon and will been seen as exotic, but they will make sense for the circumstances I create. Also, I will attempt to make them as realistic as possible. In reality, the vast majority of people do not end up making their first boyfriend/girlfriend as their significant others at first sight. People cheat, die, lose feelings, gain feelings for another, etc all the time. Some of the characters in this story shall operate in a similar fashion, and if that upsets you then LEAVE.

No Harems, Yuri or Yaoi in this story whatsoever.

Lastly, onto the Power-Scaling. Due to the fact that Goku is child in the early portion of this story, expect him to have similar levels of power for the first 20 or so chapters. Early DB Goku began at Car-level (watch Episode 4 when he performed his first Kamehameha and destroyed a car at Age 12), and ended at marginally above City-level in terms of attack potency and destructive capacity when he killed Piccolo Daimao (Age 15). Also, his speed could be classified as Hypersonic+ prior to training with Kami and Popo, as he scaled above Mercenary Tao whom only has feats of throwing pillars 2300 KM at speeds faster than a Jet, which by proxy is Hypersonic speeds.

That's all and I hope you all give this story a chance. Now lets get on with it already:

Chapter 1: The Arrival of Kakarot

The mountains of Paozu were some of the best places for meditation. An older man sat down on the cliff with his eyes closed, simply becoming one with nature; breathing calmly, and getting rid of the troubles on his mind.

He continued his deep meditation, letting his energy flow freely.

Behind him, there was a small hut, which he identified with as a home. He was walking to go inside, but as he was about to slide open the door; he heard a loud crash. He turned around, seeing that not too far from his house; there was a giant plume of smoke that could probably be seen from the village. It was followed by the appearance of a Ki signature he couldn't identify.

It seemed the newcomer would be the only other Ki user besides Master Roshi, the Ox King, the Crane school students, a few scattered monk settlements, and himself in the world.

As an elder, retired martial artist of Konohagakure, it was his job to go and investigate. He went to the edge of the cliff and placed his hands on his hip, and quietly sighed. The man sensed other shinobi already moving quickly toward the scene, but he was lucky enough to be the closest to the crash site.

Running, he quickly turned his attention to the metal pod. The man was more than confused as to what was going on. It was silver, with a small red-ish window in the front of it. He walked up to it and tapped it with his foot gently, and surprisingly it opened.

His eyes widened behind and he gasped once he saw what was on the inside. He took a step closer to get a better look.

It was a baby! It was no normal baby, but a baby nonetheless. It cried and held its arms out for help like any other child, and the man had no choice but to help the baby out of the pod.

It was a boy, and the man found that out the hard way because he peed directly on his face. The baby started laughing and the man couldn't even be mad. He ran a hand through the boy's spiky black hair and almost smiled, "Hey there kiddo." He greeted the child.

His eyes widened once he realized the almost "alien" nature of the Ki that belonged to the child, "Wow, you're different."

Through all this he didn't notice that a tail wrapped around his arm while he held the child, "You're a weird one too aren't you!"

He laughed a bit to himself, before tickling the kid on his stomach and looking past everything weird about him, understanding he was still a baby. "My name is Gohan! What's yours?"

He knew he wouldn't be getting any real response, just a confused stare. Gohan still smiled, "I'll call you … Goku," He said as he looked at the boy's tail, "It seems fitting anyway."

The baby, now known as Goku, giggled with glee and happiness.

-Five Years Later-

Gohan ducked as the young boy in front of him threw another punch at his head. "Not quite strong enough to hit me yet Goku," he told the boy as he sent a punch at the boy. Goku deftly dodged the attack and countered with a round house kick.

Gohan caught the boy's leg and used Goku's own momentum to send the boy flying off into the bushes.

The Saiyan arose from the bushes and dusted off his blue martial arts uniform. "No fair," the boy said. "I can't hit you."

"You've only been training with me for a year now," Gohan replied. "You'll improve with time. And I've been training my whole life. You can't expect to get results like that over night."

"Grandpa," Goku started. "Is everyone as strong as you are?"

"No," Gohan replied. "Many people aren't even as strong as you are now, only Shinobi's. I've been studying martial arts for my entire life to gain the amount of strength that I have. I'm still not the strongest in the world even now. But don't be discouraged that you're not winning. It takes time to be the best but eventually I know that you will surpass me."

"Really?!" The child asked, excitement manifesting on the boy. The elderly man chuckled, nodding in confirmation.

And just like that, the day had gone by in the blink of an eye, and Goku didn't go to bed, seeing the moon. "Man the moon sure is pretty tonight. I wonder why Grandpa never let me stay up to see it when it was full like this," the boy said to himself.

Before the words were out of his mouth, Goku lurched back uncontrollably as his body began to spasm. His eyes turned bright red and fangs soon grew from his mouth. The front of the boy's face began to pull outward into a long snout. Brown hair grew all over Goku's body as his clothes were ripped to shreds by his rapidly growing body. Within seconds Goku's transformation to his Oozaru form was complete.

That would be the turning point in the life of Son Goku.

-With Hiruzen-

"Send for reinforcements immediately!"

'This isn't good.' Hiruzen mused as he shouted to his hidden ANBU bodyguards, "We can't let that beast get any closer to the village than it already is!" The old man commanded as he leaped to the side to avoid a crushing stomp from the massive beast of an ape in front of him.

It was completely savage, wild, unruly, any word would work to describe the vile beast. Stamping and stomping on a rampage, even it's roars were terrifying; every time the creature opened its mouth to scream it would release a monstrous beam of what appeared to be velvet colored energy.

The destruction the small boy turned ape was dealing to the surrounding forest was almost as if the Kyuubi had returned. The blasts it was releasing from its mouth were traveling incredible distances before exploding, obliterating chunks of the environment upon each impact.

It was surprisingly agile for its size as well, causing the Sandaime Hokage to keep moving, lest he suffer a strike from the large creature.

He had to do something. Going through a certain number of hand-seals as the creature continued in its efforts to strike him down, the Hokage released a massive torrential flame from his mouth that formed into a giant dragon before the ape turned toward him and fired a beam of yellow energy from its mouth.

The energy met with the jutsu and for the most part cut completely through it before dissipating. Some of the flame managed to splash onto the beast, but all that did was further enrage the creature as it patted the fur that was on fire to extinguish the flames before attacking the old man once again.

With the size, durability and power of the beast, all the Hokage could manage to do before he further analyzed his combatant was stay alive. There had to be some weakness to this abomination. It didn't take long for reinforcements to arrive to try and take down the rampaging monster.

Even then they were having problems.

Its tail was sweeping around and taking out any of the shinobi that were trying to attack from behind. The speed with which it moved and the power with which it struck was tremendous and jutsu seemed to be having minimal effect. As the Hokage threw as many techniques as he could at it, but none of them were working too well much to his chagrin.

The durability of the creature would have been very impressive if it hadn't been trying to kill them. Energy beams that were almost continuously being shot from its mouth weren't doing the ANBU any favors, and while most of them wanted to be on the offensive there were a number that simply couldn't get a chance to attack.

It very much felt like the Kyuubi all over again.

Hiruzen could only watch in horror. A thing of terror, and now he understood the fear and anger of the people of the village. Who knew if Naruto would one day explode just like this? Releasing a monster upon them all? But just because he understood what they felt didn't mean he felt it was justified. They were still wrong because Naruto was still just a innocent boy thus far.

He had absolutely no clue about just what the hell this gargantuan biju-sized beast was.

Eventually, it started to look like Konohagakure's forces were starting to get the upper-hand on the creature. While he didn't think too many of the ANBU had been killed thanks to their evasive techniques, a large number were injured, having taken glancing blows from the limbs or tail of the giant beast.

The ground shook with every step it took. They needed to bring it down soon. Because while they were getting the upper-hand, they were going to start running out of reinforcements if he didn't send for more. He didn't need more bloodshed.

To be frankly honest, Kakashi had had enough of this ungodly ape and its tail, which seemed to have a mind of its own. They needed a way to truly slow down the beast, and hopefully taking away its tail would do the trick. Every time he'd gotten close to inflicting any sort of damage to the body of the beast, the tail would swing in from nowhere and either knock him away or impede his movement forward.

Going through a number of hand-seals in preparation for his attack, he drew his Anbu blade once again, channeling Raiton-chakra into it before charging forward, slashing at the air in front of him faster than the normal eye could see.

When he appeared on the other side of the ape, seriousness in his lone eye, it had looked as if he'd only struck once. Just as Hiruzen started formulating a coordinated all-out assault on the beast, trying to think of something that would help them finish the fight, something strange happened.

The tail dropped to the ground. One less asset for the beast to use in its fight, right? The Hokage could only marvel at the sight of the beast roaring as it shrank to the size of the small boy again, who fell to his knees, his eyes going empty as he dropped the rest of the way to the ground.

Every ANBU saw their chance to eviscerate the threat at hand. And the Hokage knew in that instance that he couldn't let what was about to transpire come to pass.

"STOP!" Hiruzen cried. Every ANBU froze in place, some just slight moments from ending the life of the small boy.

He understood how the people felt about Naruto, but that didn't mean he thought that was right.

'This boy is just like Naruto, and it appears his tail is the source of this monstrous creature within him,' Sarutobi thought as he peered over at the tail that had also shrunk back to size. 'He must be that kid that came from that...that...space-pod five years ago! Yeah, that thing that Gohan-san had reported. It's the only explanation, as we know he's not a Jinchuuriki and nobody else on the planet can do that.'

"But Hokage-sa…"

"No buts! This boy is under my protection and therefore the protection of Konoha. I have a feeling that without his tail he isn't a threat to anyone. I'll have someone keep an eye on him, but if I find out he was 'dealt' with I will find the people responsible and I will execute them on the spot!" Realizing that some of the ANBU present were still unconvinced he got their attention again, "Look at him! He's just an innocent child!" the young boy was curled up naked on the ground as he slept.

"A child that can turn into a giant ape that shoots energy from its mouth and whose stomps caused mini-earthquakes," one of the ANBU spoke up form the group.

"I'm not going to end the life of a small child from a foreign land because of a hidden ability he has. A hidden ability I'm quite sure we've dealt with."

"Do you think he's a Jinchuriki?" Another ANBU spoke up, "There's never been a mention of an ape bijuu with only one tail."

"No," the Hokage said firmly, "he's not a Jinchuuriki. I have no clue what he is."

"And you don't think he'll be a threat again?" Another ANBU spoke up skeptically.

"No, the moment Hound cut off his tail he began changing back. Like I said, it would appear this power manifests itself from within the tail somehow. As long as he doesn't have one he shouldn't be a threat."

It was clear from the grumbling within the group that a number of the ANBU were extremely skeptical of the decision of the Hokage. However, he was the Hokage for a reason, therefore they couldn't do anything about it.

"You're dismissed," Sarutobi said, "Make sure to seek treatment if you are wounded, I'll handle the boy."

With that the shinobi disappeared in swirls of leaves, some of the healthier helping the injured.

When they were all gone, Kakashi stepped out from the shadows.

"You really think this boy isn't a potential threat?"

"Right now I don't know Kakashi, but potential yes. But look at him. I can't just abandon him and I can't kill him, he's too similar to Naruto in this regard."

"We know nothing of the repercussion of sparing his life in the future. I really hope that bleeding heart of yours doesn't get us all killed one day Hokage-sama."

"So do I Kakashi, so do I." After picking up the small naked child the two of them disappeared.

-In The Aftermath-

The Sandaime looked at the five-year old with apprehension. With sheer luck he had been able to distract the Oozaru with his monkey summons to allow Kakashi a chance to cut the apes tail off. It had succeeded, turning the great ape back into the five-year old he is. After breaching the village walls which were still in the process of rehabilitation from the Kyuubi like nothing, and then destroying a whole sector of village.

Many were in outrage, ordering for the boy's execution. However, the Sandaime being the kind man as always, protected the boy from the council and made the debacle an SS-ranked secret.

Having a Yamanaka check his memories didn't help, as they were blank. The strange abilities the great ape seemed to have placed him on-par with the Kyuubi. It seemed the gaki had an undiscovered Kekkei Genkai.

The brat remained an enigma to him even to this moment, and he examined him. He seemed below-average in height and weight compared to everyone else his age.

To any onlooker, many would think he was the Yonbi, Son Goku in full transformation. However, the boy didn't have a seal mark anywhere on his body and possessed a tail. Just what was he? He'd have to talk to Roshi-sama about this. He had known about the boy prior, but not much.

The boy's eyes groggily slid open while the Hokage mused to himself, and he groaned. "W-what happened?" The boy said, with a yawn and half-opened eyes. He then tried to move his furry appendage, but failed to even feel movement. "Where's my tail?!"

Sarutobi Hiruzen snapped towards the gaki, tossing him a gi similar to the one he had prior to the transformation. The only difference were that the pants were black instead to the blue hue they once were. "Put these on. I'll explain everything afterwards," Hiruzen stated.

The Saiyan quickly changed into his new gi, awaiting the Sandaimes explanation. Hiruzen dropped his cigar on the floor, spewing smoke from his mouth and looking towards the boy. "So, as you know, your tail is missing. The reasons...are rather complicated. Transforming into some kind of Great Ape, you went on a rampage towards the village and breached it, ravaging it in fury. To stop you, we had to cut off your tail. By the way, what's your name?"

"Son Goku," Goku muttered solemnly, feeling the guilt of damaging the village.

"I see," Hiruzen mused, thinking it ironic to the event that took place the night prior. "I now hereby declare what I just told you to be classified as an SS-ranked secret near the level of the Kyuubi's attack. You're the only one allowed to tell the secret other than myself to anyone who you deem trustworthy. Those that break those rules will be executed without hesitation, Goku-san. Understand?"

"H-hai," Goku stated hesitantly, responsibility having never been truly dawned on him. "Where's Gohan-ojiisan?!" The boy inquired with nothing but curiosity pegged into his voice. The Hokage looked downwards, dreading at the question being asked. What will the boy's reaction be?

Clearing his breath with a sigh, Hiruzen answered. "He died when you began your rampage after your initial transformation into the Great Ape. Before he died however, he left me instructions just encase he passed of old age."

The boy had tears pour down his face, guilt rolling down his spine, shaking him to the core. He clenched his fists and gritted his teeth in anger at himself, and he cleared his eyes of liquid. "T-then what do I do?"

Hiruzen sighed, reading his directions. "You're to live in this village for six years and live with Roshi for the one year after that. When you return you'll enroll at the Academy once more and become a Genin. Understood?"

Goku nodded, not saying a word. "Good. I'll arrange you an apartment for yourself and enroll you into the academy once you turn six. Dismissed." Nodding, the Saiyan strode out of the room, a lot on his young five-year old mind.

-18 Hours After the Meeting-

"Hey wake up!" Naruto said as he slapped the boy upside the head to get him up. The orphanage generally had a myriad of chores to be done and the redhead would be damned if he had to do some by himself when this new kid could help him.

Goku groaned as he woke up, his head pounding. He wasn't sure what had happened last night or where he was, but there was a loud blue eyed red-haired kid around his age yelling at him for some reason.

"Where am I?"

"You're in the orphanage. What's your name?!"

"Son Goku," he said, pointing to himself.

The redhead pointed to himself as well, "Uzumaki Naruto!" he said exuberantly.

Goku was then dragged from the bed by his hand and taken from the room in a rush.

"We've got a lot to do today!" Naruto said loudly as he dragged his new friend through the orphanage.

Goku had no idea where he was, but the redhead that had woken him up seemed friendly enough.

The redhead kept looking over and smiling at him as they went about doing chores, which Goku didn't mind. He had no problem with the boy or the chores and he had a feeling that if they didn't do what they were told the stern woman that he saw patrolling the large house would definitely have something to say about it.

Even with all his concentration focused on doing the chores and trying to be happy about it he still couldn't prevent the breakdown that hit him like a truck halfway through the morning as they were doing dishes. He had killed his grandfather on an accident in a form he had no control over, but still.

And when it rained, the gloomy mood settled in.

'Screw this,' he thought as he grabbed his new friend's hand and sneaked away. The kid was lucky he was mourning silently, he knew that bitch wasn't a fan of soppy kids. Even ones recently orphaned like this one, the insensitive cow. The amount of crap he had to put up with from her for no particular reason was ridiculous, he didn't know why he didn't just run away sometimes.

Emerging from the house, his companion in tow, Naruto quickly made his way to one of his favorite places within the village. Making their way a fair distance from the orphanage and climbing the winding stairs carved into a cliff they soon arrived at the top of the Hokage monument.

The sun was just beginning to properly rise into the sky and as it bathed the village in golden light Naruto couldn't help but smile. He was going to be Hokage someday and this village would be his. Everyone would recognize him for the great man he was!

He noticed a lack of sadness and looking over to find that Goku himself was captivated by the view the lookout offered.

Naruto felt for the guy. He barely knew him but he seemed nice enough. And the fact that he was now in the orphanage meant that something horrible must have happened to his guardian. No wonder he was sad, but concealing his turmoil.

He was lost and alone, just like Naruto was alone. But they didn't have to be alone any longer. They had each other.

-The Next Day-

Naruto spent the rest of the day exploring the village with Goku, using the adventure to try and keep him busy. The boy marveled at everything, from the stores, to the variety of people, especially the ones with funny lavender eyes they saw. He obviously didn't get out very much where he was from.

It was late in the night when the two young boys returned to the orphanage, scolding words thrown at them from the headmistress. She hated that little redhead and if that black haired kid was anything like Naruto she was going to hate him too. Goku obviously didn't care, and Naruto could give two shits about her.

But no, she couldn't do anything about them, not even throw them out; Hokage's orders. She had to put up with having the Kyuubi in her orphanage and some strange child the old man had just dropped in a bed last night. And neither of them felt the need to finish their chores!

Both of them scuttled back to their beds as fast as possible, trying not to wake the other children. Naruto didn't need scorn from them either. For some reason none of them liked him anyway. He wondered why?

-With Hiruzen-

"So do you mean to tell us what that booming sound was last night?" One of the civilians piped up from their section of the table.

Hiruzen had just concluded the first half of the meeting, addressing everything that was of concern to the civilians. This was definitely not something he was going to share with everyone.

"If you would please excuse us."

"Excuse you? What is the meaning of this Hokage-sama!"

"There are some things that must not be shared with the public, and to put it bluntly I do not trust you. There are very few people I would trust this information to in actuality but I must reveal the secret to some. The situation has been handled and the source of last night's disturbance has been dealt with. Now you will excuse us," the Hokage said more sternly, anger in his eyes at their insolence. He was the Hokage, which put him above everyone else in the village.

The civilians got up grumbling and left the meeting room. Only clan heads, the high-ranking Jounin, the two elders and Danzo remained in the room, along with the Hokage's hidden bodyguards.

"Cat, before we proceed did you inform the ANBU that were present last night of this meeting?"

The ANBU stepped from the shadows and nodded.

"Good, fetch them now, this involves them as well."

Danzo wasn't exactly happy that this was being drawn out. And why were ANBU allowed to hear what was said. He understood that they had been involved in subduing the beast-child, but this didn't have to involve them. Unless he was giving a command or something of those sorts.

He would just have to wait and see what his sentimental friend had in store, and what exactly he planned to share with them.

After all the ANBU had filed in to the room, standing at the back away from the table the Hokage spoke. "As you all know, the village came close to being damaged heavily under a rampage last night. If it were not for all of your efforts, especially yours Hound," the Hokage said, turning his head toward Kakashi, "there would have been a major loss of life for sure."

"What was the threat?" Fugaku Uchiha spoke up. As the head of the police force he needed to know about threats.

"I was getting to that," Hiruzen said, annoyed at the interruption, "We came under attack from a monster that was handily dealt with."

"What are you not telling us father?" Asuma said from his position within the Jounin.

The old man sighed. "The vile monster was a child… a child I found within the forest while investigating a disturbance with my bodyguards. He turned into the monster during the night of the full moon that caused the destruction that you no doubt all heard and will see if you venture a few miles out from the main gate. I called for ANBU reinforcements, which arrived whilst I kept the monster busy and they all helped me deal with the problem, this is why they have been allowed to hear what I have to say."

"You say a child turned into a monster? What did you do with this child? Is it dead?" Homura the elder councilman spoke up.

"No," the Hokage said to only a few shocked faces. Most of the people in the room knew what kind of man the Hokage was. He'd spare a life if he could. It was the reason Orochimaru was still at large, the biggest threat of the village as of right now.

"Then what became of him," Homura asked once again.

This time Danzo was interested. He would have had one of his ANBU tail the Hokage but if he'd been caught then there would be investigations. And investigations weren't the greatest way to keep a covert operation covert.

"I have put him in the orphanage," the Hokage said. Now people weren't exactly happy.

"A child that was a threat to the entire village and you just put him in an orphanage!" Koharu exclaimed.

"Sounds rather familiar doesn't it?" Danzo added slyly, getting a stern look from the old man in charge.

"I'll not have any of that! He is just a child and his monstrous transformation has been dealt with thanks to Hound, although I believe he performed the attack unknowing that the tail of the beast was the source of it's power."

"Tail? Beast? So we are dealing with a Jinchuuriki?" Gai wondered what particular beast it was if that was the case.

"No, he's not a Jinchuuriki, as far as I can tell, and like I said, I think it is in our best interests to let him live in Konoha. I know not where he is from, but I know that he is alone after killing Gohan-san." Now that caused many people to be shocked, THE Gohan? The one trained by the legendary Muten Roshi?

"Yes," Danzo spoke up from next to the elders, "For once I agree, it would be best to keep him under surveillance and alive. He may be useful in the future, and if we were to turn him out, another village may discover whatever power is hidden within him and use it against us."

Hiruzen's expression darkened, it was very rare that Danzo ever agreed with him.

"Yes, and on a final note do not inform anyone of this. If people ask what the disturbance was and questions are being asked, tell them that we were under attack from a rogue force and that the ANBU Hound was responsible for bringing them to justice. It is better that they focus on a hero within the ranks than a potential but unlikely threat within their midst. The punishment for this will be the same as the punishment for speaking of the nature of Naruto's secret."

One of the ANBU in the ranks at the back of the room, wearing a dog mask, looked to move to be in a position to speak when the Hokage finished. "My decision is final, there will be no discussion nor debate," he said firmly. "The boy is not to be harmed and he will be watched. The fact that he and Naruto were observed getting along today will make observation easier."

"Now, I'd like to speak with you three," Hiruzen looked over at the three elder council members as he said this, "Kakashi, Ibiki, Shikaku and Inoichi remain behind also. Everyone else, you are dismissed."

The rest of the high-ranking jounin eyed Kakashi curiously, but knew not to make a fuss. They would get their answers if the Hokage deemed it necessary. It didn't mean they weren't a little annoyed though.

Naturally the Hokage's detail remained behind also.

"Okay, to get to the really important information. I called the main meeting so that none of the ANBU made a move against the boy or revealed his true nature to the public. Now we must discuss the true nature of the child. What have you been able to determine from the old spacecraft, Ibiki, Inoichi?"

"The thing was pretty beaten up when we brought it in, and it doesn't seem to be able to power-up. Although it might just be because we don't know how. The technology involved is amazing, vastly ahead of our worlds. If we can reverse engineer even half of the tech from this thing we'll be well off, that's for sure." Ibiki said, the scars on his face moving animatedly as he spoke in the low light.

"What craft?" Danzo had heard nothing of a craft from his operative. This was definitely news to him.

"I said I did not know where the boy was from because he is from the stars. I have no idea how but he fell from the sky five years ago in a craft that seemingly allows safe travel between celestial objects. How, I do not know. But what it means is that we aren't as alone as we thought."

Everyone who wasn't in the know, meaning the three elders and Shikaku, were in shock.

"Th-the implications," Homaru stuttered out.

"Yes we know," Kakashi said, "the question though is what we are going to do with this information."

"The people in this room are the only people that know of the nature of the boy and the craft. Everyone else that is working on the craft don't know the relationship it had with the boy and the ANBU that fought him don't know of the craft either. It was buried under rubble and covered in moss by the time they arrived," the Hokage explained,."What is worrisome is that a small child like him could not come up with technology like that. So there are others. We are not alone and who knows how powerful some of the beings out there are?"

Shikaku was still sitting stunned in silence as is mind ticked away at trying to comprehend the possibilities and implications. This was mind-boggling.

"Hokage-sama," Inoichi spoke softly, getting the attention of everyone in the room, "There's something else. We found a small spherical object inside the house of Gohan-sama's, a golden orb with four red stars on it. Preliminary investigations show that it contains extremely immense power, easily enough to make a Biju look like an ant in comparison. We are unsure of just how to access this power though. It may not be possible."

"That is fine," the Hokage said, not one to miss the greedy look that slipped across Danzo's face for just a second. "For now we must focus on keeping the boy safe until he can tell us his story and continue trying to obtain information and technology from the craft. As long as this enormous power is contained and isn't a threat, it shall not be our top priority."

"Hai, Hokage-sama," they responded, which ended the meeting right then and there.