LEARNED IT FROM A MANGA

Disclaimer: Don't own Naruto or the Dragonball series.

Not sure if this counts as a crossover since none of the characters from Dragonball will appear in this fic, only used as a reference for the Naruto characters.

It has been now over four years since the day when the all mighty Village Hidden in the Leaves, otherwise known as Konoha, was attacked by the Kyubi, a nine-tailed fox demon, the most powerful one known to the world. While lives were being lost, the Yondaime, Minato Namikaze, sacrificed his by sealing the demon into a newborn child, in exchange for his life. His last request was that the boy was to be treated like a hero, unfortunately, it wasn't meant to be, since those in the village that survived, plus might have lost somebody precious, needed an outlet for their hatred, misery and anger.

What was even more unfortunate was the fact that since the mother, Kushina Uzumaki, died helping to seal the kyubi inside of her son, thanks to the successful extraction of the kyubi from inside of her by Madara Uchiha, one of the founding members of the village, and the first head of the Uchiha Clan, to get revenge on those who had the nerve to stand in the way of his ambitions.

Now a young blonde hair boy with whiskers, Naruto Uzumaki, is walking down the street, feeling very much alone and depressed. Ever since he was given the permanent boot from the orphanage and had to start living on his own, thanks to the courtesy of having the Hokage being one of the only three people he knows of who actually treats him like a person, not like most of the villagers who don't seem to want to have anything to do with him, or at least those who weren't from any of the ninja clans.

As he passed by an alley, something caught his eye. Naruto picks it up to see that it was some kind of book and even though he doesn't know how to read completely, he can read the title which said Dragonball, the first issue. The picture itself was enough to make him say "Wow, I've got to show this to Gramps." He started walking towards the Hokage's tower, while looking at the pictures, which got him even more excited.

Unknown to the boy a pair of ANBU were watching him, or rather trying to keep their focus since the one in the dog mask had his nose in a orange book, while his team mate in the cat mask had her hand twitching over the handle of her sword, thinking of ways to destroy the man's book and his dignity.

Hokage's Office

Behind a stack of papers, barely a quarter of which were completed, one Hiruzen Sarutobi is wondering what the hell he was thinking on agreeing to come back to this position since it was the very thing to cause him to age faster then being a ninja ever could. Plus with his rival, Danzo Shimura and his two former team mates, Homura Mitokado and Koharu Utatane, who all serve on the main council, always undermining him over how to run this village, from how to handle the Uchiha Clan to the wellbeing of one Naruto Uzumaki. Hiruzen knew what their true objective was because he remembers reading reports about how the other nations are doing to their demon containers and why they help encourage the villagers that have been around during the attack to try and get the boy to crack enough to where he does let the demon out enough for them to trick him into Danzo's Foundation army.

And right now, what feels like his biggest regret is the fact that he is not doing enough to make sure that the Yondaime's legacy stays safe from both inside and outside of the village. While he and a very small few knew the truth about Naruto being the son of Minato and Kushina, he made sure that bit of info remained a secret from everyone, especially from the outside, because he didn't want the enemies of the Fourth to finish off the bloodline of three of the most powerful ninja clans in the world. The inside was another story, because even though he made sure to pass a law that prevented those old enough to remember the attack to not tell the younger generation the whole truth, only that instead, they decided to find a way to make Naruto's life a real living hell.

Right now he was making sure the coast was clear before he decided to pull out his little orange book from a stash he keeps so that way his secretary won't try to get rid of them. A loud knock caused him to jump a little, making him freeze on the spot. "Who is it?" He asked, hoping it wasn't any of his three main headaches or one of the smaller ones, aka the Civilian Council, deciding to work overtime.

"It's me, Gramps!" A young, very familiar voice shouted through the doors, "Is it okay for me to come in or are you reading those . . ."

"Yes, it's okay to come in Naruto." The Third said making sure Naruto doesn't finish that question. When the doors open, he gave his secretary, who was glaring daggers at the boy, a look that gave her a choice, 'change your attitude or Ibiki well.' This was more then enough to cause her to get back to her work. "What can I do for you today Naruto?" He asked.

"I found this on the street," Naruto said, showing the hokage his new magna, "And I looked through the pictures, and I was wondering if there was a way for me to learn how to perform some of the moves they use on here?"

Hiruzen placed his pipe into his mouth, trying to look like a wise old man, with a dirty old one screaming for him to ditch the brat and pull out the damn book already, "Well, if it has moves similar to some of stuff we teach ninjas, then yes, it is possible." He said, with a small grin. 'And if you have inherited any of your parents' abilities to make things possible, then it wouldn't surprise be one bit that you could pull it off.'

As Naruto flipped through the pages, "But what does showing off a girl's butt has anything to do with fighting?" He asked.

"Hm? What do you mean?" Hiruzen asked. When Naruto turned the book over to reveal how Bulma was able to convince Master Roshi on giving her and Goku the Dragonball hanging around his neck, this was enough to cause blood to fly out of the Third's nose and send him flying straight into the way.

"Gramps, are you okay?" Naruto asked, while the Hokage was slowly getting out of the imprint he made in the wall.

"Yes, I'm fine, Naruto." Hiruzen said, while dusting himself off, "Anyway, let me have a look at that book." After skimming through the pages, noticing that there wasn't enough fight scenes to help answer Naruto's question any further. "There isn't enough stuff in this one, so maybe we should go to a bookstore and find more of these." 'And hopefully more of those type of pictures.' His perverted side kicked in.

This got Naruto to feel a little bit down, "But how well you get me past the door since a bunch of the stores keep . . ." He started to say, only to be stopped when the Hokage raised his hand.

"Let's just say there are some things people don't want to risk doing and attacking a Hokage is at the top of their list." Hiruzen said, before getting up from his seat, "Anyway, how about we spend the rest of the day together, getting some more of those books and maybe get some ramen together."

As soon as he heard the word ramen, "Well what are you waiting for?" Naruto said, all excited, "Let's go already." The next thing he knew, the young blonde was already out of the room.

Hiruzen couldn't help but chuckle before thinking 'I hope I get to live long enough to tell you the truth about your parents Naruto and how much alike you really are.' While following the boy.

Here it is my latest story. Anybody asks what girl Naruto is going to be with, I'll start a poll when I'm done writing chapter 3 or 4, when I have a better idea on how I want to do this story. There well be some character bashing in this story, a couple of the usual, but I don't want to spoil it already. Read and Review.