(School Gym)

Videl made sure to keep her eyes on Naruto, getting a good look as he stretched for the coming exercises that they Gym Coach would be asking of them. There was something off about the story that the blond had told them… but Videl wasn't sure if it was just Naruto holding back on some personal detail or if it was because he was lying.

"Ok!" The Gym Coach yelled, grabbing her attention and reminding of the young girl of the service that she'd offered the school over a week go. "Line up!"

Videl made her way to the line-up, making sure that she had Naruto on one side and Ersa on her other side. It wasn't the typically blond that she was used to having on her opposing side, usually, that was Sharpener but she wanted to make sure that she could pick Naruto out for what she had planned.

"I want to see what you can do against someone better than some thugs," As Videl turned her head slightly to glance at Naruto, the two shared a smirk as the boy could read her mind. "This is going to be fun."

"Now, kids we've gotten a very special guest in today," The Gym Coach grinned, tipping his cap down as a man wearing a white tank top and white pants walked over to meet him. As her eyes roamed over to this man, Videl couldn't help but groan. "He's a legendary martial arts expert that I'm sure that you're all excited to meet."

"Not him," Videl's hand palmed against her face. i]"Is this a go at revenge? I didn't think he'd have the guts after I smashed his face in so hard that he needed surgery."[/i] that was she noticed Naruto had heard her groan and whispered out. "You'll see."

"That's Caroni," Sharpener whispered into his fellow blond's ear. "He's one of Mr. Satan's top students. Though he's been out of the public eye for a while now, ever since Videl kicked in the face so hard that he-"

"Ah, Mr. Sharpener!" Caroni's voice spoke up, interrupting the young boy with a smooth but threat filled voice. "Long time no see," with his arms wide and his eyes glaring. And do you have something you want to say to the whole class?"

"No, sir," Sharpener responded, holding his hands up in surrender.

As Caroni frowned, Videl made sure to give the man her fiercest glare, something that man noticed if the twitch of his eye was to be believed. The daughter of Hercule was daring him, daring the man to make a big deal out of her friend to talking in class.

Videl hoped he would, just so she'd have an excuse to wipe that smug look off his face.

"Good," he eventually shrugged, walking over to some sort of foam pad. "Now for why I am here. See your school thought that with the rising crime rate that it would be good if all the students learned some self-defense techniques."

"So… they decided to send the has-been," Videl scoffed, crossing her arms. "That's rich."

"So of course they asked Satan Dojo to send someone over," Caroni shook his head, letting his long flowing hair swipe back to the sides of his face. Some of the girls swooned over the maneuver. "And I was willing to do the deed for free."

"Pervert!"

The Gym Coach frowned, as if was realizing something about Caroni. Maybe it was because of the way the fully grown man winked at the young girls, maybe it was the glares that Videl was sending the man's way. But after a moments' hesitation, he waved Videl over to him, Wordlessly she walked over, standing next to the Gym Coach on the other side than Caroni.

"Of course, with Videl here, and her prior offer, we'd plan on her helping out with these lessons," The Coach explained. "But she can't afford to teach every class, Videl has her own Commitments."

"I suppose I could use an assistant," Caroni forward, bringing him back to everyone's attention. "Well, the first-"

"Thing we need to do is pair up everybody," Videl interrupted the man taking over to make sure that things were done probably. "Naruto, you're with me," without even waiting for a response her hand pointed out tow more people and the class went on till everyone was paired up.

"Excuse me, Videl," Caroni tapped the young girl on the shoulder. "As instructors shouldn't we pair up so we can teach them how to fight in the right way as an example."

"That's what I've done."

"Ouch," Naruto loudly exclaimed, drawing the man's fury towards him.

Slowly Caroni stalked forwards before he took in a deep breath in from his mouth and out through his nose. With an odd stance, the man turned around a low chuckle coming from as he walked back to Videl, his head held high.

"Oh, this is interesting."

"What is this guy on now," Videl's glare never let up, in fact, it was now being noticed by the entire class. They nervously glanced between the two people, worried about what a fight between Hercuole's daughter and one of his top students would do the gym.

Caroni leaned in close, his mouth coming within inches of her ear.

"You've got a crush on the blond?" he whispered, his voice low as ignored a glare that was sent his way by both Videl and now, the Coach.

"What?" Videl glared at him, even as the man leaned in close to her ear and said something that Naruto couldn't hear, "It isn't like that at all! You'll see," her arm came out, hitting the blond man in the chest so hard that fell to the ground gasping for air. "Naruto, get your ass over here and show everyone what you can do!"

Naruto's face broke out into a grin that Videl couldn't help but to mirror on her own face. The display against the thugs at the bank had excited her, in a way that surpassing her Dad's strength would. She waited for Caroni to roll his groaning body off the matt, before dropping down into a loose stance.

Something that Naruto did himself.

Videl kept her eyes on Naruto's hands, she'd seen how fast he could move them earlier that morning and she wasn't going to let herself get caught off guard by such a normal advantage such as speed or even raw strength. No, Videl knew that those weren't places that she held any sort of advantage.

But technical skill, that was something that Naruto seemed to lack compared to her.

She went with a low kick that Naruto blocked with his shin, her left hook was deflected as his forearm knocked it to the side. With a telegraphed leg sweep, Videl was ready to hop over it, her foot out to strike at Naruto's shoulder.

But that boy had anticipated such an attack, his hand leaping into action and grabbing hold of her foot. Now it was Naruto going for the low kick, aiming for the back of Videl's leg so that she'd fall to the ground.

"Got you!" Videl smiled, using the fact that Naruto was holding her foot in mid-air, the young daughter of Mr. Satan threw up her other leg, moving much faster than most other people could manage, kicked off Naruto's chest and flipped away from him.

The kick knocked Naruto to the ground, his mouth scrunched up into a grimace as his ass hit the soft mat.

"So… that was deserved," Naruto hopped back to his feet, this time his smile gaining an edge that Videl found herself excited to see, she could feel that he was about to take this more seriously.

"That's what you get for holding back." Videl grinned at him, rolling her shoulder and sticking her tongue out at the boy. "So that's one to naught, you ready for round 2?"

"Oh, I was born ready."

This time it was Naruto that came in, leaping at her with a left hook heading right for Videl's head with a speed that he hadn't used in the last bout of fighting between the two, drawing gasps from the people around them.

Videl moved the side, expecting the boy to fly pass her and be wide open, all the while feeling disappointed at having gotten so excited at fighting such a sloppy fighter. But that never happened, instead, Naruto's leg swung out, shifting his mid-air momentum and whacking her in the shoulder hard enough that Videl hit the ground.

This time people did more than just gasp, they were agape with shock. None could believe the sight before their eyes.

"Videl got hit?" Erasa was in awe, while Sharpener, who'd sat down on the floor beside, could do nothing but clap at the impressive display of skill before. This caused Erasa to turn to him. "You're not shocked?"

"Oh," Sharpener smiled, shrugging his shoulders in an offhand manner. "Videl was holding back, something she'd complained Naruto was doing… Impressive but you know what they say, turn about is fair play."

Meanwhile, Videl flipped back to her feet, rolling her shoulder once more to ease the aches coming from that bruise that Naruto no doubt created with that blow. There was a smile on her face, one of sheepish resignation.

"Suppose that I deserve that for underestimating you."

"You wouldn't be the first," Naruto grinned, dropping back into a loose stance. "Final round?"

Videl's left hand come out, while she held the other close to her body. The smile on her face was rapid now, like a predator finding a prey fo true worth. Videl mimed the ranging of a bell.

"Ring, ring," her body moved, taking on a completely defensive stance. "Fight."

This time neither went for the attack immediately. Instead, they circled each other, strafing around the mat. Their eyes glancing at the other's limbs, at the other's eyes and every single part of their bodies that made up their stances, looking for a weak spot to exploit.

Naruto licked his lips, making a dash forward in an attempt to surprise Videl and force her to flinch. But the girl stayed steady, only swaying slightly to the side to grab hold of Naruto's passing arm as his punch missed. She turned, keeping hold of the arm and flipping him over her shoulder.

Acting quick, Naruto's body somehow flipped faster than Videl could've expected to let him land on his feet instead of his back. Then Naruto kicked backward, a sloppy move that Videl was more than capable of dodging, her counter kick aiming for the joint behind Naruto knee.

But Naruto was already moving, twirling his leg away and using the motion to send a spinning knee right to the unprotected part of Videl's back. The girl reacted as if she was a hummingbird, moving so that she could grab hold of the knee by slapping her palms on either side of the limb. Next Videl went for yet another low kick but this time it landed, causing Naruto to lose his footing and fall back.

Instantly Naruto threw his arms back, catching his body off the floor and kicking up in a flip that both attacked Videl and landed him back on his feet. Fortunately for Videl, the girl had seen Naruto's flexibility earlier in the fight and had already stepped back, letting the kick portion of the attack miss her chin by centimeters.

The two stopped, just staring at each other with such wide smiles that the onlookers would've thought that they had just engaging something that didn't involve smashing the other one onto the mat. But that wasn't even was amazed them the most.

"Whoa, they're not even breathing heavy after all that," Erasa was giddy with excite for her friend, she knew that the girl longed for some challenger that wouldn't fold against her skill. But apparently Mr. Satan himself wouldn't spar with the young girl, afraid that with his strength he may hurt her.

"You know, I wouldn't have guessed with how short the guy is," Sharpener added his own two cents into the equation. "I guess it takes all kinds. We gotta get this guy on some of the sports teams."

Sadly for both the exhilarated audience and animated fighters, this was the moment that the bell rang. The air was filled with the disappointed groans of all parties, minus the Gym Coach and Caroni that was.

As Videl went down to pick up her gym bag… the Coach called her over.

"What is it, sir?"

"Videl, perhaps next time you can actually try and teach the class?" The man chuckled in good nature at the rather red face that Videl had now, though whether that was because of embarrassment or just due to the spar, he couldn't tell. "It was impressive but a bit much for this exercise. Next time how about doing some simple judo flips and teaching the rest of them how to do it safely… otherwise, the Principal will have to let Caroni actually teach this subject."

"Sorry, sir."

"It's fine," The Coach waved her off, "These things happen, especially when you get a challenge at least. I know how you feel, it was the same thing for me back in my Baseball days."

The rest of the day went pretty fast, just with the addition of yet another blond in Videl's life. She did find it amusing that whenever a teacher would assign them homework, Naruto would slump down on his chair and let out a light moan, nothing too distracting but it was noticeable.

When the school day was finally over and they were packing away their things, it was Erasa that spoke up first.

"Hey, Naruto, you busy?"

Naruto's face lit up in surprise like he wasn't used to be asked like this. Which Videl wouldn't found kid of odd for such an otherwise. His eyes turned left as he was thinking about the things he needed to do today.

"No, not today anyway," he replied, standing up from his chair and throwing his bag over his shoulder. "Why?" his hair, the messy nature of it supplying a spiky head that wouldn't be out of place with someone that had just woke up.

It made him seem like

"We're-" Erasa waved her arm around, pointing out Videl and Sharpener. "-heading down to the mall, you want to come?"

"Sure," Naruto smiled, walking behind her as they started to walk out of school together as a group.

It didn't take them long, they left within about five minutes, after Sharpener lift in some of his sports equipment in his locker, things that he didn't need to bring home with him since the longer-haired blond would be using them the next day, as PE was going to be baseball tomorrow.

"You big into sports, Naruto?" Sharpener asked, swinging an arm around Naruto's shoulders, his slightly larger muscles flexing as he did so. "Because if you ain't, you gotta join… like the Boxing Club or something. You'd be the star breadwinner."

"Nah, I do enough of that sorta thing with my guardian," Naruto waved him off, smilingly good naturally. "Man's laser-focused on me knowing how to defend myself."

"Isn't that good?" Videl asked, confused by the almost exasperated tone that Naruto used to describe the situation with his guardian. "I know from that smile that you enjoy fighting, like if he was trying to force you to study way more instead… wouldn't be worse?"

Naruto chuckled, shaking his shoulder a little bit and turning so that he could face Videl and walk. Basically, he was walking backward.

"I love it," he smiled, and suddenly Videl found himself amazed by the look of contentment that just spread across Naruto's face. She'd never really seen something like that, but if Videl was to compare it to something, it was like a man who'd walked through a desert with just a single glass of water. "Jiraiya, he's my Guardian, just runs me into the ground. I've gone through three outfits in two months, torn to shreds."

He truly appreciated that water… even if it had sand in it.

"Sounds rougher than any training I've done," Sharpener scratched his chin, his mouth forming into a frown. "What about you Videl?"

"It sounds tough… but I can't argue with the results," she shrugged, her smirk gaining a satisfied grin. "I've never had such a close spar, not since Daddy stopped doing them with me. Says I'm too good for his instincts not to take over and… bam!"

"Yeah, I get that," The new blond in the group spoke up once more. "Jiraiya says that I'm not ready to spar with him yet. He's waiting for me to toughen up and honestly, I can't wait for my training to double down."

The two shared a knowing nod as they entered Satan Mall. Another landmark named for the Savior, Mr. Hercule Satan. It was a newer mall, only completed in the last two years, Videl even remembered being there for the grand opening.

It had a massive food court, with such a wide variety of selection that it rivaled the food that Satan Manor had. Not in quality but in quantity at least, which meant that there was a family-owned restaurant that made some decent Ramen, that was something that Sharpener brought up to his new male friend. The mall also had the best selection of clothing stores in the district, which was something that Erasa made sure Naruto would know.

When Naruto showed little interest in either of those, the two other blonds broke off. Saying that they would be getting a few things and be back in a few minutes.

Videl on the other hand just tapped Naruto on the shoulder and pointed out a Sports Store, one of the bigger brands owned by the famous Capsule Corp… though that nearly went without saying, it would be easier to count the stories that didn't have a connection with them.

"It has a few pieces of equipment that you might want to check out?"

"Yeah, like what?"

"There's some good weight lifting equipment, some treadmills," Videl smiled. "That sort of thing."

Naruto laughed, his arms crossing behind his back.

"Nah, all that tech… it's not how I roll."

"No," she quirked a brow up. "And how do you roll?"

"There ain't no school like the old school, good cheap methods."

"And it's not because your cheap?"

Naruto scoffed, a sly grin on his face. There was an ease about the boy, a laid attitude that told her that being a lot harsher in tone with him was fine, that he was used to it and he enjoyed it.

And Naruto just looked comfortable with ti.

That was when Videl's eyes spotted the old arcade that was in the mall, it wasn't actually old, it was built at the same time as the rest of the mall. It was just that the machines that were in the arcade were old machines from about five to twenty years ago.

"Did your hometown have any arcades?" She asked, leaning against the wall nearby, her eyes searching his face for any tells. Anything that would lead her to find out where he had come from.

"Not… that I'm aware of," he shrugged, his eyes finding the same arcade that Videl. "The closest I've been to an arcade was that time I snuck into a gambling den," At Videl's rather alarmed expression, he elaborated, "They eventually kicked me out… once I started to win too much."

[i]"His hometown must be far removed from any of the major cities," [/i] Videl theorized, "But what would he find out in such a place that he'd need to go into hiding," Part of her knew that maybe she shouldn't be looking for these details, should respect his wishes.

But another part of her didn't want to be caught off guard if Naruto's issues found him.

"Right… I'm just going to ignore the underage gambling," she shrugged, thinking Naruto was making a joke. "How about we check it out, I haven't been to one since I was eleven. Could it be fun?"

Without really waiting for a real response, Videl pushed Naruto forward, practically dragging him into the arcade. Naruto didn't bother putting up any struggle against her, having decided that he'd check the place out anyway.

It didn't take long for Videl to take Naruto toward a certain cabinet. Satan II: Hyper Fighting, a fighting game based on the adventures that he'd had before the Cell Games but heavily dramatized and with many fictional aspects added to it.

This was the second version of the game, Satan II: Hyper Fighting Champions Edition.

"It came out about a year after the Cell Games," Videl told him, her hands coming up to the controls. "It's Dad's favorite release, says that the other ones get too complex."

"I really wouldn't know?" Naruto chuckled, reaching into his pockets for spare change sliding two coins into the machine. One for the first player, one for the second player. "This will be my first time playing any of them."

The game started up, and Videl brought up the character selection screen, showing the twelve playable characters on screen. It included many characters that never met Mr. Satan but where old school martial artists that weren't around anymore.

Like Jackie Chun.

"Ok, so those two buttons are your light and heavy kicks," Videl started to explain the controls. "The bottom two are light and heavy punches, depending on the character-," Then she explained how combos and special moves worked and how to achieve them.

It was then time for the match.

Naruto choose the old man of martial arts himself, Jackie Chun. While Videl used the former world champion... Devilman, the blue-skinned man in a blue suit that resembled the devil. The daughter of Mr. Satan let her new classmate get used to the controls of the game.

Letting him test out some special moves that her character just leaped over or that were too close range to ever reach Devilman. After a minute or so, they really started to fight each other, virtually that was.

It didn't last long.

"Damn," Naruto chuckled. "Thought I'd last longer than thirty seconds."

"Well… it's like you said," Videl smirked, victory was hers and it felt so good. "There's no school, like the old school."

(?)

A pair of red eyes scanned the girl, watching as Videl played games with a young blond boy in the arcade just a few meters away from the cafe that he was sitting at. He was sipping at the low-fat latte that he had paid for.

"How adorable, the young girl has gotten herself a boyfriend," The man's mouth stretched into a smile. "I wonder what the girl sees in him. I should find out… I've certainly been paid enough now to make it a two for one."

"Is there anything that I can do for you, sir?" A waitress asked the man, her smile painted on as was standard for underpaid waitresses. "Perhaps a refill on your drinks?"

"No, no, I'm quite fine," The man explained as he got to his feet. "I'm ready to pay for my drink now."

It was a single note of currency that he handed the waitress, the mercenary stood up. Quietly, the man followed the pair of children, keeping his distance and never looking toward them. Even as the pair started to make their way through the massive Satan Mall crowds, even as they met up with their two blond friends… he never quickened his pace.

He didn't need to, his upgrades made sure that he would never lose track of the pair.

(Later that Day at Satan Apartment Complex B)

The sun had already set by the time Naruto entered his apartment, a sigh on his lips as he made his way towards his fridge, looking to drink some refreshingly cool milk. He was tired, but not physically but mentally. He wasn't sure but he thinks that he made Videl more suspicious with him, rather less like he hoped.

But Videl seemed nice enough that he didn't mind.

As long as she didn't start yelling his secrets to the world.

"You look like you had fun, Naruto."

The smooth but deep voice of his mentor caused the young boy to look up from the fridge, seeing the man dressed in the style of clothes that he'd been wearing since they'd arrived on this continent, a suit. While the younger one of the pair was caught with the lips of the milk carton meeting Naruto's own lips. Jiraiya frowned at his apprentice, quickly walking over to him and yanking the carton out of his hands.

"What have I told about drinking out fo the carton?" he admonished Naruto, a glare seeping over his brow, "I mean seriously, wasn't this behavior that gave you di-"

"Hey!" Naruto interrupted him, his own glare causing Jiraiya to chuckle. "How'd ya learn that?"

"You should know by now that there's nothing that I can't learn about someone Naruto," Jiraiya smiled, putting the carton back into the fridge before sitting on their couch, while his signature lecherous smile stretched across his face. "Especially that young lady that you spent the evening with."

"Have you been spying on me?" Naruto asked, confused why his mentor would even bother when the reason why they were here was that it was unlikely that anyone would recognize Naruto, never mind target him.

" Nope," he replied, starting to wipe away the face point that he usually wore from his face. It would only make him stand out, something that he didn't need when he was trying to keep a low profile himself. "You need to keep track of the internet, specifically in regards to the famous… Videl."

"Ehhh…"

Jiraiya sighed, shoving himself forward, getting off the couch and handing Naruto a small tablet that he had been going on his person. The young apprentice of the Toad Sage glanced to the device, scanning the contents with a keen eye.

"Oh," Naruto said as his mind congested the information. It seemed that he'd been spotted in the mall with Videl by some of the newspapers, the wanna be Hokage wasn't sure how the pictures were taken, he hadn't thought they'd been fooled and he would've noticed someone taking a picture.

The clickbait articles seemed to imply that he was Videl's first boyfriend?

"It was the video cameras in the mall," Jiraiya told him as he sat back down. When he noticed Naruto's confused frown, he added; "I could see the question on your face, something that we need to work on. Your poker face."

"Sorry, Ero-Sennin," The younger of the pair said, his head looking down to the ground. "I know that you didn't want me to make much-"

"It's fine," The White-haired man interrupted Naruto with a wide grin on his face and a hand on his chin while he winked at the boy, who's face went bright red. "I was young once too you know, a pretty is a weakness of some man-"

"It isn't like that!"

"-but I doubt they'd be on the lookout for the boyfriend of some girl on the other side of the world," Jiraiya ignored the interruption, his casual posture keeping Naruto from really exploding. "But don't make plans with the little lady tomorrow, we're restarting your training so it's straight home from school."

"Right… " Naruto looked at the man, seemly wanting to say something else but instead just trailed off. "So… you didn't hear about anything else?"

Jiraiya's eyes narrowed, his interest peaked when Naruto's face changed to a much meaker expression, something that his apprentice wouldn't usually wear.

"What did you do?"

And so Naruto told him about the incident at the bank that morning.

"NARUTO!" The Toad Sage's voice roared throughout the apartment complex. "THAT'S NOT LOW PROFILE!"

Author's Note: I've had a few issues with this chapter, finding the right mix of events to get the characters where they need to be. Things will heat up a bit, and more of the how's and why's of Naruto's situation will also reveal itself in the future.

But I'm only planning on revealing it all when Videl finds it out, that way I only need to explain it once in the story. But I'm pretty sure that most of you know the set-up already, it's basic Naruto fusion set-up.

I also decided to give a few scenes of Naruto just hanging out with Videl, doing a few things that aren't just fighting or training.

Build up that friendship between the two. If you like what you read, or if you have some criticisms don't be afraid to give me a review, especially if you're already following the story.