The Advent91: Hello all and I am sure you are wondering just what the heck is going on right? The sudden stop and massive delays of Naruto Z: A Hero's Legacy, the seemingly abandoned story? I am here to tell you now that THIS is still the same story BUT it is a rewritten version of Naruto Z: A Hero's Legacy having gone under a rebirth, the result being "Naruto's DB: A Hero's Legacy" This story IS Naruto Z only rewritten, reworked, massively tweaked (or somewhat) with the same story and plot, and finally including the good Naruto everyone loved from Naruto Z.

So in a way some that have thought I had abandoned Naruto Z in favor of my other stories are wrong seeing as I was rewriting it into a better version, and since Naruto's DB: A Hero's Legacy is Naruto Z with only a different title pretty much says that it was never neglected but being improved upon.

Anyway here is the rundown!

Most of the chapters are somewhat the same like those in Naruto Z only rewritten which explains the already many chapters of this rewritten story EXCEPT for some new chapters for the prologue called the "Naruto Uzumaki Saga" Now in this rebirth there a new things introduced such as an older Naruto then he was in Naruto Z but with a change of attire, new characters introduced creatively inspired after other characters from other Shonen Jump series, and finally a longer story which means MORE SAGAS!

You can all FEEL FREE to review each individual chapter telling me what you think as well as what you don't like or better yet you can just put down a single review (Feel free) after you read all chapters, and tell me what you think of this rewritten version. It is your choice to review it or not but it would much be appreciated because I want to know if you find this version as a satisfying replacement.

Now please read the following of the things that will and will not be in the rewritten Naruto Z now Naruto's DB (Dragon Ball): A Hero's Legacy…

NO HAREM OR LEMONS – Not doing one ever. If there is a pairing in this story if a mature scene pops up like say the main character kissing a female interest please do not expect to read a sex scene following afterwards, but instead it will imply it, the only thing is you are not going to read such a Mature Audience rated scene. If you like those kinds of stories then you can always go to Adult FanFiction.

NO SUPER GOD STRONG NARUTO FROM THE START HE WILL HAVE CHALLENGES AND STRUGGLE– My goal was not to have Naruto god strong and even though I hate to admit it seems that Naruto in the original version was god strong. INSTEAD in this version he will START OFF ALMOST AS LIKE KID GOKU in his younger days was in the Dragon Ball series (Only in this version instead of being twelve from the start (Naruto) he is fifteen meaning everyone becomes a Genin at fifteen), and I believe that this will satisfy both Naruto and Dragon Ball fans alike hopefully.

IMPORTANT: NOTE THIS IS A DRAGON BALL NOT Z STORY! In my opinion the characters are at least Dragon Ball level of power not Z but some fights will be Z like but they are not Z level strong.

IMPORTANT 2: Now let us PRETEND that in this story everyone becomes ninja at a much older age (15). That also means the older they are for how each character was originally like the original series that they are stronger. If you don't like that then you don't have to read on. If you like the idea then read on.

SAGA'S WILL STILL APPLY – In the original version I said that there would be sagas and the same will be in this one only with MORE than just three.

ALL NARUTO CHARACTERS LEARNING HOW TO MANIPULATE KI – I have had a change of heart and can confirm that some characters will unlock the next level of Chakra that in this story and fan fiction Ki is an evolution of Chakra. Sort of like how the Rin'negan is a mutation of the Sharingan! I am sure this will satisfy both Naruto and Dragon Ball fans. There will be an awakening…

NARUTO WILL NOT BECOME A SUPER SAIYAN SO EARLY IN THE STORY OR AT ALL – I am not going to have Naruto become a Super Saiyan so early and I am warning you right now NOT EVEN AS A CHILD. So please all bear with me until the day finally arrives when Naruto will become a Super Saiyan which wills BE IN HIS ADULTHOOD. That's right you're going to have to wait that long! I don't care if in the Dragon Ball Z series that kids like Gohan, Trunks, Goten or Goku Jr. became Super Saiyan's at a young age. Naruto will not become one at so young an age but only in his adulthood when facing a powerful opponent and that is final, and I am sticking to it.

Now as for the "OR AT ALL" what I mean is not in this PART (This story) of the "Naruto's Dragon Ball Series" which is what I am going to call it. NO WHERE (And I am deeply sorry for this) WILL NARUTO IN THIS STORY WILL HE BECOME A SUPER SAIYAN! Now you are either saddened or just down right mad after such a long wait for Naruto Z to be updated (This basically is Naruto Z only rewritten and reworked) but that will not happen until the next part of the Naruto's Dragon Ball Series. This is supposed to be like Naruto's own Dragon Ball so let us all remember and try to tolerate that until the Z part of the series comes into the picture.

PAIRING (If there is one) WILL BE ENTIRELY UP TO ME – Now if there is a pairing I will be the one to decide who Naruto gets with but you may never know that it may be with another Naruto character or with a created OC character.

NARUTO IS NO LONGER A SAIYAN HYBRID (Half Breed) HE IS MOSTLY HUMAN THAN HE IS SAIYAN – Yes you have read it he is mostly human than he is Saiyan. This story takes place many years later and thus would not be possible for Naruto to even be half Saiyan. Don't expect Naruto in this story to one shot everyone he comes across in this story. He will have struggle and challenge! If you don't like that and prefer God strong Naruto there are plenty of other fictions out there. Now just because he is mostly human than he is Saiyan does not mean he is like GT Goku Jr which by the way does not follow the Manga canon that follows the Anime canon. This fiction follows MANGA CANON therefore GT is negated and NEVER happened.

DBZ CHARACTERS ARE MENTIONED AND NONE INTERACTION WITH NARUTO BUT THEY ARE THERE – To help you understand this part what I mean is Naruto is supposed to be in the same universe as the Dragon Ball Series only many years later, somewhere else far away in the galaxy, and following Naruto as the main character. Now even though you will not read of them being in here THEY ARE STILL THERE in a sense since this is supposed to be within the same universe (Keep in mind this is a fan fiction).

NOT EVEYONE WILL HAVE EASY ACCESSIBILITY TO KI – This is something new and what I mean by this is that not everyone will have the ability to learn the art of bringing out and controlling Ki as certain conditions are needed. The use of Ki and how to get it for others other than Naruto will be different. Like say for instance if someone like Kakashi were to try and learn how to bring out Ki it is possible for him to learn how to bring it out and control it, BUT who knows how long it will take him to bring it out. It could take him days, weeks, months or even YEARS.

MOST IMPORTANT! READ BEFORE BEGGINING! - Apparently there are still those people out there that just jump right in before reading what I have to say above. They just go in and say this is wrong you're an idiot. I can accept criticism as I want to improve as I self teach myself but seriously read what I have to say above before starting. The reason I say this is because a recent guest review (And for just the first chapter. LOL that's sad but its obvious) was trying to sound smart and superior claiming that I was treating both Chakra and Ki as different energies when they are the same. I got one thing to say to that. Did YOU even read NOT EVERYONE WILL HAVE EASY ACCESSIBILITY TO KI just right above? In this story Ki is treated as a higher stage of power or evolution above Chakra. Yes you Chakra fans that believe it is superior to DB energy Ki is STRONGER in my opinion. Plus this is a FAN FICTION! In this story both Charka and Ki FEEL different because in here Ki is to be treated as the higher stage in power. Understand? Good.

The Advent91: That is about it for now and with that done I would like for you to read this rewritten version and tell me your thoughts. Hopefully you like it now please enjoy. Oh and once again as a reminder…

NO GOD STRONG NARUTO! NO GOD STRONG NARUTO! NO GOD STRONG NARUTO! NO GOD STRONG NARUTO! THIS IS NOT A GOD STRONG NARUTO FICTION!

Naruto Uzumaki Saga: Start

Outside of the village within the forests of the Leaf training within a small training field he took up for himself was a fifteen year old Naruto Uzumaki adorning black hair like that similar to a great hero, a legend so many ages ago. His hair was black sticking up in different directions wildly having small amounts of streaks blonde colored hair within inheriting it from his father's side, the same with his eyebrows being only black, sky blue colored eyes along with fair skin while adorning just BARELY noticeable whisker like markings upon the sides of his cheeks. If you wanted to see if he really had those markings upon his cheeks you would have to walk up close face to face to see them actually there because at a distance it would look like they were not present. If you thought that he was a shrimp then you were dead wrong as he stood at a height of one hundred sixty eight centimeters equal to that of Sasuke Uchiha, the Rookie of the Year currently at the Leaf Ninja Academy.

Diverting away from his physical description now comes the attire he wore upon his form. He did not wear some orange jump suit that said aloud over here come kill me because I am that obsessed with orange so much. He looked to wear what looked a similar shirt to that what the Uchiha clan use to wear with those mid tall collars but instead of his being black his was a dark crimson red color shirt like the color of blood, and the same could be said with the color of his pants having on a pair of blue ninja sandals. In fact since he had a sort of V that was parted open it showed off the dark blue shirt he looked to wearing underneath it. As for accessories he seemed to only wear two things and that was the short blue sash he seemed to wear around his waist like a belt along with wearing blue fingerless gloves with the color orange upon the knuckles of the gloves. Look upon his back and you would see what almost looks to be a sort of dragon wrapped up like a snake with the head of the dragon in center, and the thing is it looks almost like Shenron.

Now thank god these colors that he wore were not as bright as normal red and blue but these colors he wore were much darker versions of the individual colors, but the only bright red color he had upon his cloths was the Z upon the back of the collar of his shirt (Just for show as well as an epic nod to Dragon Ball Z). That dark blue sash he wore he wished to replace with that of the Leaf headband to be tied around his waist and he couldn't wait for that day.

What was he doing out here in the middle of the Leaf's forests all by himself besides to evade all the cold stares he got from most of the villagers? He was doing what he did best in order to get stronger and stronger and that was training. Naruto right now was standing in the middle of the clearing of the surrounding trees around him performing a series of punches and kicks, and all with his shirt, sandals and gloves off with his blue shirt that he wore underneath covering the upper form of his body. He continued throwing different variations of punches and kicks turning in different directions trying to be as fast as possible. It was not only in strict martial arts he trained himself in but also in that of ninjutsu of course such as having already mastered the following techniques being the Clone, Transformation, Substitution and the Body Flicker, but it was also required to have a jutsu other than one taught at the academy to pass. This was a difficult one for Naruto seeing as he didn't have a jutsu to learn like Sasuke knowing the Fireball like the many members of his clan back then when they were still alive.

It can be any jutsu only one that was a jutsu not taught to them from the academy like for instance the Water Clone if one wanted only you better get it down to the mark or else you still fail. Naruto did not have any family members to learn a jutsu from and he couldn't just go up and ask anyone to teach him a jutsu, most did not appreciate his existence because of him being the container of the Nine Tails. He finished off his exercise throwing a punch and as he did the grass below him parted a little from a small strong wind to which Naruto was unaware came from him. He looked up into the clear sky with a sad expression to closing his eyes as the wind blew past his face blowing his hair as well.

"It's not fair…" Naruto said to himself as he walked toward the tree that had his garments laying aside as well as the one weapon he had experience with.

Lying against the bark of the tree was what looked to be a staff only one that was made out of strong bamboo to which he had a small brown sheath for. All he had to do was sheath the staff behind his back within the little sort of sack, tighten the belt around the sack securing the staff itself, and finally just ring the sheathed weapon upon his back that would be in a diagonal direction. If you were wondering where he got the staff it was not from the inside of a store but really something he obtained from nature outside of the village. It was strong a durable but with a strong enough blow it would break. When he first began using the staff he didn't have experience with one at all but self-taught himself anyway with his level being on a just below average level, but with the right teacher his skill in wielding the staff can be masterful.

He sat against the bark of the tree grabbing his sandals first putting them on followed by his gloves and then his shirt to finally reaching out his right hand grasping around his staff as he sat Indian style. His grip around the weapon tightens as he looked upon the grass trying to think of some way to learn a new jutsu, but nothing came to mind. He suddenly stood up with now having an angry look upon his face and in frustration he suddenly turns smacking the side of the tree with his staff.

"Damn it and I only have a week from now!" He said spinning the staff putting it away.

His fist suddenly punches forward hitting the bark of the tree putting a dent of his knuckles within it and shaking the tree just barely.

"Did the tree just shake?"

He readies himself going into a stance before the bark of the tree taking in a deep breath to punching his fist forward into the tree but it did not shake at all this time.

"Must just be my imagination then?"

With a sigh he turns around walking away trying to come up with some way to learn a new technique.

"What am I supposed to do?"

As he walked away if he stayed a little longer then he would've saw the crack make its presence known where he delivered his punch. Naruto had hidden potential inside of him, potential he was unaware of that only needed to be awakened through the proper training, the power of a powerful warrior race that he was completely unaware, and one that was long forgotten for many years now like a distant memory that can't even be recalled. If he was to unlock this hidden potential of his then he was going to need help or awaken it himself someway somehow. If he had expanded his senses then he would have felt the presence of someone watching him and it was no ninja of his village as the individual wore a tannish grey cloak with his face the lower half of his face wrapped and hood overhead. Whoever this individual was he had his green colored eyes narrowed upon the boy that was walking away intending on returning within the walls of his village.

"So this is your son huh?"

The Cloaked Man lands before the tree that Naruto punched and examined its bark sighting the crack that appeared after Naruto punched it. The man brought up his hand gliding his fingers over the crack taking note of the width and its size.

"He may have failed to notice but I did see the tree shake."

He looked up taking note of the height of the tree being a tall one.

"For one to deliver a single punch and make a tree of this size shudder is formidable feat even to an elite leveled ninja. Sure perhaps the Leaf's Master of Taijutsu can accomplish this as well but someone like him would have to put some level of effort in it but this boy here, when he punched the tree it looked as if he didn't put any effort into it at all. I didn't detect a trace of Chakra in that punch either."

He too took notice of the grass that blew below and before Naruto's feet.

"This boy, Naruto Uzumaki is a special one. He has power within him, one that is sleeping that thirsts to be awakened. Even I could see that but he fails to even notice."

The Cloaked Man vanishes from his position to pursue after the boy…

Naruto finds himself walking through the village once again with villagers walking past him either ignoring him or either giving him a cold stare. He paid no attention to it as he would one day become the leader of the village and from there they would have no choice but to acknowledge him and respect him as the Hokage. However in order to take his first step toward that dream, that goal was to first graduate and become an official ninja of the Hidden Leaf Village. As he was walking through the village he was still completely unaware that he was being followed by the Cloaked Man who stuck to the shadows as he moved about the streets and all doing so while watching Naruto with a critical eye. He knew all about the boy's burden carrying the Nine Tailed Demon Fox as well as the results afterwards cursed with such a burden, and it even made the Cloaked Man wonder just what exactly HE was thinking of putting such a heavy burden upon the boy.

"Who is that?" The Cloaked Man asked none other than himself.

He saw Naruto now standing in the middle of the street before Chunin ranked ninja from the academy seeing the ninja have a scar across his nose.

"He doesn't seem to be a threat to the boy. I don't sense any ill will from him."

"What's up Iruka sensei?" Naruto greeted.

"Well I won't be your sensei for long knowing you Naruto. I'm sure you will pass the Graduation Exam no problem."

"Yeah no problem at all!" Naruto said as he gives out a nervous chuckle.

"The boy may know all the required learned techniques from the academy itself but he has yet to learn a different jutsu other than from the academy and he's got eight days to do it." The Cloaked Man thought as he watched the interaction between a smiling Iruka and a nervous chuckling Naruto who was scratching the back of his head.

"So where are you off to, Naruto? Do want to get some ramen?"

"Thanks for the offer but I am off to train again," Naruto said.

"It's amazing how devoted you are to your training Naruto and out of all the people that I know train as hard as you all I can think of is Guy." Iruka said to which Naruto chuckled at.

"In fact it scares me." Iruka thought.

"Well I don't want to keep you from your training Naruto."

"Thanks."

"Good luck."

Naruto soon came to arriving upon his intended destination while he was making his way to his home but he wasn't going home but instead to the Academy Training Field that was just outside of the Leaf Academy itself. This field was surrounded by a gate in a square formation where inside there were dummies set up for the students of the academy to practice their skill and further perfect throwing shuriken and kunai, practice dummies to practice your hand to hand skills against, a small area where you can go to improve your chakra control, and finally there being an area for two students wanted to spar against one another. Everything was here for the academy students if they wanted to go somewhere close by to train on the fundamentals besides just going out to the training fields. Places like training fields were areas more for training in secret or to keep others away from harm depending on what type of training you are doing. Naruto came here SOMETIMES but that was because of the Sasuke Fan Girl Club which he personally refers to all of them as. Naruto didn't hate the girls or anything just because they liked Sasuke and talked down on him just to impress him. They were just being girls with a crush. It was nothing for Naruto to make a big deal out of so he was not going to do any harm but if they said something that was totally unnecessary then he would retort verbally.

All the girls were definitely here sitting on the benches watching Sasuke train and admiring him while having their own secret individual fantasies about him. Every time they took sight of Naruto they would sometimes just ignore him pretending that he wasn't on the field or they would talk down on him thinking that it would impress Sasuke. It doesn't at all, not one bit as it did not make him see any of them with interest or differently. Hopefully this was one of those days that they just ignore him completely leaving him alone but sadly for him it didn't look like that it was going to be that way. As soon as he pushed open the gate door letting him into the training field Ino being one of the girls having been sitting down watching Sasuke heard Naruto opening the gate door grabbing her attention narrowing her eyes upon the orphan who entered into the field.

"Sasuke is so great he will definitely become a Super Saiyan you can just tell by looking at him. He is determined." Ino said as she watched Sasuke.

"That and he is from the Uchiha clan." One of the girls of the group said.

Yes the legend of the Legendary Super Saiyan.

It was a legend that has been told upon these lands for many years now. All believed they had what it takes to become a Super Saiyan which they believed was a level someone reached when surpassing their true limits into new heights of power. It was said to be so great, so powerful that the one who became this Super Saiyan would be like that of a god! One that was unbeatable and unsurpassable. No one knows who started the legend of the Super Saiyan but it was obviously POSSIBLY within the era of the Clan Wars and POSSIBLY during the times of both Madara Uchiha and Hashirama Senju. So far no one to anyone's knowledge has become this Super Saiyan even when they didn't know what possible signs there were to tell if you were a Super Saiyan or what one would look like so they assumed it was a new found strength of power described god like. In fact this legend had a large part to play amongst the whole ninja world that has been training them in order to become such a powerful warrior. It motivated them throughout the years to get stronger but they were all still completely oblivious that it was futile for any normal human.

You think they would actually look at the title Super Saiyan and take the word Saiyan into account. Returning to the situation at hand away from the legend of the Legendary Super Saiyan Ino finally grabs the attention of the other girls as she asks one question being that of Naruto's arrival and presence.

"What is he doing here?" Ino asked not only herself but the other girls around her.

"What is Uzumaki doing back here doesn't he know that his presence is annoying to everyone here?" Another random girl amongst the group asked.

"He always keeps coming back thinking he can come in here whenever he pleases thinking he can stand on the same ground as Sasuke. Hasn't he realized yet that this is the field of real ninja?" Ino said.

"Let's just ignore him." Sakura said honestly not wanting to bother Naruto and not wanting to get him in any unnecessary predicament.

Ok so even though she SOMETIMES found Naruto annoying at times but she didn't see him all that bad. From what everyone's parents say he is bad person and not one to be around but Sakura didn't see that at all. She only saw a boy that kept to himself causing no trouble at all. Except a prank he would pull off time to time which to some she honestly laughed at. She basically did not want any trouble to be started seeing as she didn't understand how Naruto's presence on the field would affect Sasuke in anyway. In fact she and Naruto were friends nobody didn't see it is all she didn't want him getting into an unnecessary predicament. That is why right now she is trying to convince everyone to just leave him alone.

"I mean as long as he doesn't get in Sasuke's way that is ok right?"

"Oh listen to yourself Sakura! I thought you found him annoying and dislike him as much as we do? Didn't you parents tell you how much of a bad person he was?"

"Yes Ino but to be honest I don't see anything bad about him at all."

"What do you like him?"

"No it's not that!"

"Then what is it, Forehead?"

"All I am saying is to just ignore him and leave him alone."

"Are you defending him?"

Sakura didn't say a word.

"Come on girls!" Ino said aloud as she stood up. "Let's go take care of this while Sakura can just stay behind defending the loser."

The group of girls stood up walking toward Naruto's direction with Sakura standing up afterwards.

"Wait a second!" Sakura said aloud trying to stop them.

The Cloaked Man that has been following Naruto was just standing right outside the other side of the large gate wall watching Naruto fighting against a practice dummy in hand to hand. The Cloaked Man was just right there really not that far away from Naruto standing about twenty yards away watching with a critical eye.

"All he strives to get stronger, train more, to better himself, and if my predictions are correct he perhaps enjoys fighting as well. So far he has not only demonstrated but also shown all the traits. His true power is within. One that he has not realized he has or learned to bring out yet he just needs the proper training and right push." The Cloaked Man thought.

His gaze then caught the sight of the group of girls coming Naruto's way.

"Well either he is very popular with the ladies or this is trouble."

"Naruto!"

Naruto stops what he was doing after ducking under the wooden arm that swung toward him threatening to hit his head. The crouched Naruto brings up his right forearm blocking the wooden arm that was at a lower level of the practice dummy as he looked over his left shoulder seeing Ino along with the group of girls behind her.

"Just my luck one of those days again…" Naruto thought.

He saw Sakura standing away from the group looking on.

"At least Sakura is not as bad as Ino and the others good for her."

"I don't want any trouble."

"There wouldn't be any trouble if you never walked in here in the first place." Ino said.

Naruto sighs in annoyance as he just continues practicing against the wooden dummy doing his best to ignore Ino.

"Don't ignore me! Hey!"

"Why do you have to make such a big deal out of this, Ino?" Sakura asked herself as she stood away watching from afar.

"Naruto did you not here me?" Ino asked aloud angry.

Naruto continued to ignore her.

"You just don't understand that here only ones that have what it takes to be real ninja can train here. It's basically only the strong that train here. Why don't you just go and eat at that stupid ramen bar or something?"

Naruto continued on ignoring her best he could.

"Better yet why don't you just go home to your parents or something? Oh hold a second that's right you don't have any do you?"

That is when it happened as Naruto's right fist suddenly shot forward punching the top half of the dummy into pieces off as the pieces of wood scattering through the air before him to dropping on the concrete. This did not go unnoticed by Ino and the girls of course as their eyes were wide in complete shock and even other kids amongst the Academy Training Field were looking as well with the same look in their eyes. Sasuke Uchiha was looking at Naruto wondering how he did that as well as with interest and not the kind of looking with interest in a weird wrong way. All and all the whole field of kids was speechless but The Cloaked Man standing right outside the field had eyes that if you looked in them made you think he liked what he saw.

"There it is again…" The Cloaked Man said.

"No chakra was in that punch at all…"

Naruto turned to Ino and the group of girls having an angry and upset expression.

"Ino that was unnecessary." Sakura from her position said aloud.

"Was that really called for, Ino?" Naruto asked.

Ino did not answer him as he noticed that her eyes and attention was focused on something else entirely confusing Naruto. It made Naruto raise an eyebrow in question as he looked over his shoulder and his eyes widen at what he was seeing. The dummy he was practicing against was destroyed and in pieces on the ground with only the bottom half still standing. Naruto was in total shock himself as he brought up his right hand turning his gaze upon it.

"And he doesn't even realize it…" The Cloaked Man said within his thoughts.

"Did I just do this?" Naruto asked himself turning his form and gaze upon the destruction he wrecked upon the dummy.

"Hey how did you do that?" A random boy that was an academy student asked him aloud.

"I…I don't know?" Naruto honestly replied as he looked upon his hand once again making it into a fist.

"How did I do that?"

"To be able to punch something like even a wooden dummy to pieces for any normal person would take many months of training but Naruto here does it like it was nothing at all. Something triggered Naruto's true strength to surface up for that one moment to perform this feat but what was it? The strive to become stronger, the love of training, quite the large appetite, and now this. I only need to see one more thing to truly know if he is one or not and that is the love to FIGHT." The Cloaked Man thought.

"How did you do that, Naruto?"

Naruto turned to the voice seeing Sasuke who was curious to know.

"Sasuke?" Naruto turned to Sasuke.

He and Sasuke were maybe somewhat like rivals.

"I didn't feel any chakra coming from you with that punch so how did you do it?" Sasuke said as he looked upon the damage.

"I honestly don't know how I did it."

"You honestly don't know or you just don't want to tell me."

"I don't know, Sasuke." Naruto said narrowing his eyes not liking where this was going.

"How do you do something that you don't realize you just did? You either just don't want to share anything or are that bad of a liar."

"I don't know and even if I did know why makes you think I should tell you or anyone else? Besides part of being a ninja is keeping secrets even if it's from your own ally's."

"But you're not a ninja yet." Sasuke said narrowing his eyes as well.

"Neither are you."

"I think I know where this is heading." The Cloaked Man thought as he watched on.

"Just tell him Naruto and stop being so greedy!" Ino demanded.

"What the hell?" Naruto said giving Ino that look that said you got to be kidding me really look.

"Tell you what Naruto how about a little match?" Sasuke suggested.

"What?"

"You heard me. If I beat you then you tell me how you did that."

"And what's in it for me if I win?"

"I'll teach you a jutsu."

"You would teach me a jutsu?" Naruto asked surprised at this sort of deal.

"Correct but you would have to beat me."

Naruto then grew a smile liking this deal. Sasuke was of the Uchiha clan and if Naruto won then perhaps he would learn a jutsu from within the clan itself.

"That sounds like a fair deal. Alright then Sasuke I accept your challenge."

"Good." Sasuke replied with a smirk.

"I can sense it radiating off of him. The excitement, this is the love of battle." The Cloaked Man thought as he watched Naruto walk with Sasuke toward the small arena.

Soon Naruto and Sasuke were standing across from one another with most of the academy students sitting in the bleachers with a small amount of them standing aside to watch up close with the Sasuke Fan Club standing aside cheering. There cheering only annoyed Sasuke who's right eye twitched finding them annoying. Not that he hated them so much he wanted them dead but found them SO annoying and even Naruto noticed this feeling somewhat sorry for Sasuke.

"You remember our deal right?" Sasuke asked.

"Yeah." Naruto said going into his usual stance.

"That stance is just pitiful. Already I can see multiple openings to attack. Then again he has been training within an academy after all. For now let us see what you can do Naruto." The Cloaked Man thought.

The fight between Sasuke and Naruto begins with the supposed last of the Uchiha clan dashing forward with Naruto staying within position as Sasuke closed in on him. What Sasuke found odd was that this time Naruto was not rushing into battle like before in their previous fight with Sasuke having been the victor that time. The Uchiha closed in holding his right arm down to his lower right as he closed in and upon reaching striking distance he began throwing multiple punches and kicks to which Naruto began dodging the best he could as he backed away while Sasuke came forward. Naruto moving his head left and right evading the punches and kicks or simply blocking them with his forearms, and Sasuke seeing Naruto doing all this took note that he was better than their last fight having been many months ago. Sasuke leaps up into the air turning his form to delivering the bottom of his right foot that was meant for Naruto's face that should have hit seeing as he was faster, but to Sasuke's surprise Naruto's forearms came up into an X blocking the strike to which surprised Sasuke obviously. Sasuke can even see the small smirk Naruto wore as Sasuke used Naruto as a kicking stone flipping himself backwards through the air landing a distance away from Naruto, and as soon as he did he immediately dashed toward Naruto with chakra assisting him in his increased speed.

As he closed in on Naruto who still stood in the same position from the beginning of the fight Naruto brought his arms down lowering his guard leaving himself wide open for attack. Once again when reaching striking distance Sasuke throws a right fist that was chakra enhanced and was sure that it would hit Naruto in the face, but once again Naruto dodged motioning his head to his left evading the strike leaving an opening for Naruto to strike. Naruto was going to strike right after Sasuke missed but the Uchiha seemed to have a sort of second wind as his speed increased managing to turn his form to delivering a kick across Naruto's face sending him off his feet falling back. Sasuke landing upon one foot while still having his right leg out as Naruto was descending down to ground level. Ino and the girls cheered thinking that Naruto was down for the count but it is immediately silenced as Naruto recovers himself flipping himself backwards landing upon a single knee with his head lowered.

"Oh yeah you go Sasuke!" Ino cheered along with the other girls.

"Hmm?" Was the only sound The Cloaked Man made as he watched Naruto then took notice of Sasuke?

Sasuke lowered his right foot to the ground and even shook it a little as for some reason whenever he kicked Naruto across the face it sort of hurt but just a little. It was odd to Sasuke seeing as in their last fight this had never happened? Was it perhaps him with something happening to his body such as getting sick or perhaps of all the training he had done most of his time?

"Ready to give up, Naruto?" Sasuke asked.

Naruto began slowly lifting up his head and Sasuke's eyes slightly widen in confusion, somewhat surprise and shock at the same time at what he was seeing.

"What?"

"Would you look at that there is not a single scratch on him?" The Cloaked Man said as he watched on.

True as Naruto was looking toward Sasuke and there was no sign within the area on his face he was kicked across even having a single scratch. Not even any sign of bruising was present on his face that slowly grew a smile. Sasuke was confused as he remembered delivering this levels strength behind a kick to Naruto in a previous fight and he remembered very vividly Naruto having signs of damage but now he didn't see not one bit. It looked as if Naruto was never harmed at all even though Naruto still felt the blow of Sasuke's kick. Now that kick that Sasuke delivered was not that of his full strength if that is what you were thinking.

"What just happened?" Sasuke asked himself.

"Are you surprised, Sasuke?" Naruto asked as he stood up almost as if nothing happened even though it did.

"My training has been paying off." Naruto thought.

"You have improved a little." Sasuke said.

"Even a little can change a lot of things Sasuke and even on the battlefield."

"Don't be so smug Naruto you have no chance of beating me just like you didn't have a chance before."

"Look who's talking. You too are being smug."

"You still have yet to even hit me once."

"Don't worry Sasuke it's coming really soon."

"Your definition of soon is more like years Naruto."

"More like right now."

Naruto suddenly leaped through the air toward Sasuke with the assistance of chakra having been focused to his right foot. Sasuke seeing Naruto reach him rearing back his right hand was going to counter by striking Naruto in his chest and when he counters intending to strike Naruto with his left fist, Naruto was quick enough to catch the top of his left arm flipping himself up and over Sasuke's arm to his right being Sasuke's left. Naruto maneuvered quickly enough to confuse Sasuke long enough as he landed to immediately quickly turning around throwing a right kick this time into the right side of Sasuke's face. Sasuke was now the one being sent off his feet twirling horizontally within the air from Naruto's kick who was now standing upon his left foot holding his right leg out to his left. Sasuke managed to recover himself landing upon the concrete safely on his feet while sliding back a little upon his feet until he came to a stop.

"No way did that just happen?" Ino asked as she and the other girls looked confused.

"Naruto actually hit Sasuke? I don't believe it!" Sakura thought.

"That had to have been nothing but a fluke." Ino told herself.

Sasuke rose up standing tall once again looking across to Naruto who brings his leg down looking across to Sasuke as well with the Uchiha bringing up his left hand giving the right side of his cheek a rub from Naruto's strong blow that was going to bruise but it would be one that would barely be noticeable. One thing was for sure and Sasuke knew that Naruto has gotten stronger since their last fight.

"Well done Naruto." The Cloaked Man thought.

"Shikamaru wake up!" Choji asked shaking the lazy to be ninja who lay upon the bleachers asleep.

"What is it this time, Choji?"

"Naruto and Sasuke are fighting."

"What else is new so what?"

"Naruto hit Sasuke!"

Shikamaru wakes up as he sits up looking toward the area of battle before them.

"Are you serious, Choji?"

"Yeah man everyone saw it. Sasuke hit Naruto first but then Naruto came right back hitting him back. You should have seen it."

"Someone actually landed a blow on Sasuke and Naruto of all people." Shikamaru said as he looked on watching as Naruto and Sasuke stare across from one another.

"I was surprised too and when Sasuke hit Naruto the first time it didn't look like he left a scratch on Naruto."

"Is that right?" Shikamaru asked now interested seeing how things play out.

"The Rookie of the Year has finally suffered a blow." He thought as Sasuke still had his hand upon his right cheek looking across to Naruto now more determined to beat Naruto not taking him lightly now.

In the days of the academy Sasuke was known as the Rookie of the Year who had also not suffered a single blow from his sparring partners in the ring but finally he has suffered his first blow. Not even someone like Kiba was even able to put a single strike on Sasuke when the two went in the ring. Speaking of Kiba he was sitting on the bleachers as well flabbergasted seeing as how NARUTO of all people hit Sasuke and Kiba was hoping that it would have been him, and he even began hearing what other students that were watching saying…

"He hit Sasuke!"

"I don't believe it!"

"How did he do it?"

"Was it luck?"

"Naruto is faster than he was before."

"Did he use a jutsu or something?"

"You think he is as strong as Sasuke now to be able to land a blow on him?"

"From all the gossip I am hearing it seems that Naruto has grown ever stronger and growing stronger the more he fights even when coming back from an attack. He is stronger than he was before and faster from what I am also hearing. Whatever doesn't kill him only makes him stronger." The Cloaked Man thought and even though you couldn't see it he had a smile on his elderly face.

"Still think I don't have much of a chance against you, Sasuke? Maybe now you could throw all of that arrogance of yours away."

"You have gotten stronger; I will admit that Naruto." Sasuke said bringing his hand down from his cheek. "But now things start for real I am going to finish this!"

"Let's go then Sasuke."

"There will be no finishing anything here!" A familiar voice said aloud.

Landing between the two of them putting an end to the fight was none other than Iruka who has an upset look upon his face.

"Iruka sensei?" Naruto addressed.

"You're interrupting out spar Iruka sensei." Sasuke said.

"You called that a spar? This was no spar but a fight until one was down for the count either dead or sent to the hospital black and blue!"

True it was even though Naruto or Sasuke never had any intention of killing one another but maybe beat one another black and blue. A spar was something like getting the first punch on your opponent but not really hitting them calling an end to the spar this being a spar to academy standards. Imagine IF Naruto had his fist before Sasuke face but not really hitting showing that he would have delivered the finishing blow, the spar would have been called with Naruto as the victor. Of course there was no victor today in this so called spar.

"You two are going to become Leaf ninja if you pass the Graduation Exam. You will become comrades and comrades don't 'spar' like this!"

"Naruto I thought you were merely going to train not start a fight!"

"No one started anything." Sasuke said grabbing Iruka's gaze. "I challenged Naruto to a match because I wanted to see how much stronger he had become. He was free to accept my challenge or not."

This was somewhat true because when he saw the results of Naruto's punch he did not just want to learn how Naruto did it but was also curious to how much stronger Naruto was.

"I accepted the challenge." Naruto replied.

"Can I ask you why, Naruto?" Iruka asked.

"Well both Sasuke and I are somewhat rivals but I also wanted to test the results of my training and…"

"And…?"

Naruto smiled.

"I like to fight."

"You like to fight?"

"I can't explain it but I do. It's like its apart of me Iruka sensei."

"So are you telling me that you would rush into any fight when the opportunity of one arises?"

"Not blindly of course but if it all means to defend my home and people then yes."

Iruka's eye widen at what Naruto just said but seconds afterwards he couldn't help but have a small smile come upon his face.

"Alright you two I will let this slide but don't do it again you hear me?"

"Yes." Both Naruto and Sasuke said as they looked upon one another with fire in their eyes.

Iruka of course noticed this and even though he told them not to do it again he had a feeling that they were not going to listen.

"There are other things to worry about such as your upcoming Graduation Exam in eight days put that on your minds instead of wanted to beat one another to a pulp, ok? That goes to all of you!" He said aloud to the other students reminding them of the upcoming exam in eight days, and then Iruka was gone with a Body Flicker leaving Naruto and Sasuke to look upon one another.

"Naruto?"

"Sasuke?"

"This is not over. We are going to finish our little spar."

"I don't think you heard Iruka properly?"

"Who said that it has to be in the village?"

"What are you saying?"

"I want to fight you again without interruptions seven days from now before the day of the Graduation Exam you hear me."

"I hear you."

Sasuke turned his back.

"I am going to train so until then Naruto I expect that you will do the same?"

Naruto turned his back.

"When and where?"

"The Third Training Ground so be there by eight in the afternoon sharp. If you don't show up then I don't blame you."

"See you in seven days Sasuke."

Both Naruto and Sasuke began walking away not looking back at one another, Sasuke about to pass up the fan club of girls with Ino up front…

"Don't worry Sasuke you-,"

"You're all annoying." Sasuke said passing them up not sparing them even a glance with the girls holding their heads down.

Meanwhile Naruto was heading toward the gate door he entered into the field from to leave until…

"Nice work there Naruto." The voice coming from a familiar lazy ninja said.

Naruto stopped in his tracks as Shikamaru, Choji, and even Kiba landed before his path.

"What do you want?" Naruto asked.

"You do know that you are the only one out of the entire academy that has landed a blow on Sasuke right?"

"And this is important to me because?"

"Well for one word is going to go all around the academy. Next thing you know you will be having other students challenging you or worse…"

"What's the worst part?"

"Try having one of those." Shikamaru said pointing in the direction of the Sasuke Fan Club that were all just told by Sasuke they were all annoying.

"You got a point there I almost feel sorry for Sasuke." Naruto said.

"How did you do it?" Kiba suddenly asked.

"Do what punch that thing to pieces?" Naruto asked referring to the wooden dummy to which some students were around examined.

In fact there were already some trying to do the same thing Naruto did with little success.

"How about that and how you were able to land a hit on Sasuke. What jutsu did you use?"

"First of all I have no idea how I did that and second I never used any jutsu against Sasuke. Is it really that hard for you Kiba to believe that I landed a blow on Sasuke?"

"It is since you are the lowest within the class."

"I don't know about that." Naruto replied.

"How did you do it?" Kiba asked almost on the verge of shouting.

"Alright I'll tell you…" Naruto said as Kiba listened in wanting to know and Naruto answered with a smile. "I do pushups, sit-ups, and drink lots of pumpkin juice."

"Don't you clown around with me Naruto!"

"How about until you stop being so paranoid and jealous?"

"Who said I was paranoid and jealous!"

"How about since you began interrogating me? Go train somewhere, stop if you feel you're ready, find Sasuke, and hit him if you can."

Kiba only growled at him.

"So what did Sasuke tell you?" Shikamaru asked.

"I beg pardon?"

"I can tell you and Sasuke were talking so what was it about?"

"Nothing important but an exchange of hateful words that's all."

"Why do I get the feeling you're lying?" Kiba asked.

"And if I am what business of what I and Sasuke were talking about is it any of yours?" Kiba once again growled. "Look I have to go."

"Don't mind us." Shikamaru said as Naruto walked past them leaving.

Naruto exits off of the Academy Training Field now back on the streets of the village heading in the direction of his home. The fight between him and Sasuke was out of his head and now he had two things to worry about, one being that he had to learn a new jutsu in order to pass the academy and the other with his match against Sasuke before the day of the Graduation Exam. As he was walking the street under the evening orange sky he came upon an area that was under construction with no human activity within it. Most people chose avoid this area but you can still go right through it, just be careful not to mess anything up.

"An interesting fight that was Naruto Uzumaki!" A male voice said aloud.

Naruto stopped immediately turning around looking for the source of the voice.

"Up here!"

Naruto looked up seeing The Cloaked Man standing upon the tallest beam of a building under construction looking down upon him as his cloak blows in the wind with his arms crossed upon his chest.

"Your fight against Sasuke Uchiha was interesting but it was not great. You were still sloppy!"

"Sloppy?" Naruto repeated narrowing his eyes upon the man above.

"Yes sloppy like your stance! I saw many points of opportunity to attack breaking through your guard and if Sasuke knew he would have defeated you with ease, and not only that but you had the arrogance to bring down your guard in the middle of a fight, sloppy." The Cloaked Man said aloud as he looked down upon Naruto on the street below.

"Who the hell are you?"

"Who am I? I am one that sees great potential in you Naruto Uzumaki. Inside you your true strength has yet to be awakened and you are completely oblivious to it. If harnessed and used properly you can win against your fight with Sasuke in next coming seven days."

"How do you know about that?" Naruto asked surprised.

"I have sharp hearing."

"Are you a Leaf ninja or perhaps an outside enemy to our village?"

"I am neither."

"Then who are you?"

"Show me what you can do and if you can impress me then I will reveal myself to you."

"You asked for it!"

Naruto leaped up into the air toward his target giving out a battle cry with his right fist reared back and when he came above to looking down upon his target he threw his punch, but only to hit air surprising him as he lands upon the beam the Cloaked Man was standing upon. Naruto almost lost his balance as he waves his arms and prevents himself from falling to looking around for the Cloaked Man.

"So fast!" Naruto thought looking around with his eyes.

"Where did he go?"

"Your guard is down!"

Naruto is kicked upon the left side of his face by the Cloaked Man who seemed to have appeared out of nowhere as the kick sent Naruto off his feet from the beam shooting toward another that was for the corner of the building being constructed. Naruto flips himself backwards rapidly until he feels his feet land against the vertical beam and he leaps back toward the Cloaked Man who just stood where he originally stood. Naruto throws his punch only to once again hit nothing but air as the Cloaked Man evaded by leaping backwards away landing upon another construction site within the building on its top floor that had no built roofing above, and Naruto landing before him.

"You were too busy searching for me with nothing but your eyes when you should have been using your senses. That's sloppy."

"Shut up!" Naruto shouted as he ran toward the Cloaked Man.

Naruto assaulted the Cloaked Man throwing punches and kicks as the Cloaked Man simply evades or block all of his attacks with the both of them circling one another and as they did he began to scold yet again.

"You are attacking blind with anger. Anger clouds one's eyes and leads to ones-," He slapped one of Naruto punches away to delivering his right fists into Naruto's stomach making him lose his breath "-DEFEAT!" Naruto backs away falling to his knees with one hand upon his stomach as the other was upon the wooden floor to keep him.

"Sloppy." The Cloaked Man said as he looked down upon Naruto.

"Damn you!"

"Don't tell me that this is your limit are you giving up?"

Naruto's eyes shoot open as he looks up to the Cloaked Man.

"Never!"

"Then rise! Show me that you can rise!"

Naruto did rise but with some difficulty.

"That punch was powerful! He is fast and this guy is strong."

"Now come!" The Cloaked Man said going into his own stance and it was one that showed almost no weak points within.

Naruto attacks once again but this time he was not making as much errors during the beginning of this fight. His punches and kicks were being evaded and blocked but he was more focused and concentrated no longer clouded by anger. Not only that but as the Cloaked Man evaded he noticed that Naruto's strikes were faster than before and already he had evaded four close calls from two kicks and punches directed for his face.

"He is faster than he was before in his attacks."

It was now the Cloaked Mans turn to attack as he strikes with a flurry of punches to which Naruto begins to evade as he backed away, the boy focused and determined to win this fight. Suddenly Naruto yells aloud as he leaps up performing a spinning kick spinning around in a complete 360 delivering his left foot into the right forearm of the Cloaked Man's arm that was meant for his face. However upon blocking Naruto's kick with a force and sort of wind coming out of the attack afterward, Naruto's hair slightly blowing as well as the man's cloak, the man was sent skidding off to the right upon his feet about five feet away, Naruto landing upon his feet facing the man going into his stance with a growl following afterwards. The Cloaked Man in the meantime still had his forearm up that felt sore while looking off to the right to Naruto and he was now impressed, but he didn't show it or perhaps that had something to do with his face all cover? As Naruto was looking upon the man he finally realized what just happened seeing how far he sent the man skidding across the wooden floor, and his face was now one of surprise once again wondering how he did that.

"Like I said-," The Cloaked Man said grabbing Naruto's attention once again "-you have strength you never realized you had and it is only waiting for you to reach out and take grasp of it. You have great potential, Naruto Uzumaki." Naruto was giving the man a confused look taking notice of the change of atmosphere from the man. "You have impressed me and so I shall introduce myself as promised!"

With a yell the man threw off his cloak and a figure leaped up into the air landing upon a higher building that was also still undergoing construction. The beam he landed upon was actually the ridge of the roof which has yet to be constructed as well. The cloak seems to block Naruto's view but when it gets out of the way Naruto finally takes sight upon the man that had assaulted him. The man seemed to have long gray hair he let flow freely with a mustache below and above his lips, brown eyes, and looked to be wearing a traditional outfit of that of a master of taijutsu with the outfit being mostly purple as well as adorning red armor plating upon his left arm all the way up to his shoulder. To top it all off he even looked to wear a long black head band tied around his forehead that stretched past his mid back level, and all with having a symbol upon the head band which was one Naruto did not recognize.

"I am known as the Master of Taijutsu all over the world I am Master Zen!"

"Master of Taijutsu?"

"Yes there is no one in the world that surpasses me in the field of hand to hand."

"Why did you attack me?"

Zen suddenly appeared before him showing off his speed to Naruto once again who was impressed.

"I had to see your skill first hand and like I said I noticed the true potential within you."

"True potential?"

"Yes but you fail to even realize it you had it all this time. You just don't know how to bring it out, to use it."

Naruto looked upon his own hands.

"A hidden potential that I have always had but I have been training a lot so how could I have not gotten a grasp of it if I had it all this time?"

"Merely performing punches and kicks, throwing around little toys, and running laps isn't going to do you any good to help take a grasp of your power. It may help but more is required for you need only the proper training."

"Proper training are you here to offer me this training?"

"I am going to be honest with you boy for I have been watching you for some time now. I watched you seeing you train out in those woods. Your determination and hard work is admirable but you are still lacking in some fields. For instance your stance having openings, you're below average level in the staff as well as opportunity to further improve your study in martial arts."

"Why me?"

He only hums to himself before replying.

"Let's just say that you are special Naruto."

"I already got a lot on my plate right now. I need to learn a new jutsu and not to mention prepare myself for my battle against Sasuke."

"I will tell you this right now Naruto you may have shown you have what it takes to beat Sasuke but at your current level you will not beat him in seven days. If you want to learn a new technique then that is fine with me."

"You know jutsu?"

"I have something far better than having you learn a new technique in mind."

"What if I refuse?"

"Then that is your choice. But let me say that I guarantee you that after the next six days of the training I have to offer you will have accomplished both of your current goals. Having the knowledge of a new jutsu and most of all defeating Sasuke Uchiha, this I promise. The decision is yours and should you choose to accept I take you up as my pupil and I as your master."

There was silence between the two as Naruto was thinking.

"If I accept I become your pupil and you my master?" Naruto asked receiving a nod.

"When I become a ninja I am going to be assigned to a team as well as a sensei. Won't there be an issue?"

"There is nothing wrong with having two teachers Naruto you can come to me whenever you can."

"I would be crazy to refuse this old guy. He is strong and that's for sure, stronger than me, and who knows what he can teach me. If what he says is true about me then how can I refuse?"

"Well what's your answer?"

Naruto had made a decision.

"When do we begin Zen sensei?"

Zen smiled.

"We will begin tomorrow at early light."

"That's going to be a problem."

"Why is that?"

"I have the academy?"

"Don't you worry about that I will take care of it."

"You will?" Naruto asked receiving a nod.

"Are you up to the challenge for the next five days?"

"Yes." Naruto said with determination to succeed in his eyes.

"Good! Now do me one favor?"

"Yes?"

"Don't call me sensei it makes me feel old."

"But you are?"

Zen's left eye began to twitch.

"Ok then Master Zen."

"Be prepared Naruto I will not go easy on you." Master Zen said as he turned away vanishing. "Don't worry about a time or place I will find you."

The Advent91: Hope you like the new and improved version so far as well as the introduction of the OC character, Master Zen. To all you who had this suspicion yes he is a character inspirationally created after Master Asia of Mobile Fighter G Gundam and hope this also has you see Master Zen as almost the sort of like Master Roshi too. Feel free to review the chapter if you'd like or do so if you want once finishing reading all the chapters that are currently up.

Also I will not be giving out power levels so please do not ask for a power level.