Gohan, clad in a black tank top and blue shorts, stood in the middle of field as he looked at the blonde across from him with a look of irritation.
The reason being was that the half-saiyan was rudely awoken from a nice dream by the energetic blonde who demanded that he get up so they could get a start on his Ki training. Gohan could now understand why some of the Z-Fighters got irritated with his father at times.
"You know, maybe you should let people get their fair share of sleep, Naruto. Some people need it…" Gohan covered his mouth to yawn as he was instantly reminded how early his mother would wake him up to study. Man did he not miss those days?
"Haha, sorry." Naruto lamely apologized as Gohan sighed. Yep, Naruto was definitely just like Goku.
"Anyways, shall we get started?" Gohan asked as Naruto grinned eagerly.
"Yes, please!" Naruto gleamed.
"Okay first off I feel I should explain the essence of Ki. Think of it like as the hidden energy or power located deep within your body." Gohan began his explanation as Naruto narrowed his eyes.
"Hidden power?" Naruto asked confused.
"Right. And it may be a bit troublesome for you to gather your Ki at first given how your body is more accustomed to Chakra, it'll be harder but with time I'm sure you can learn it." Gohan explained before sitting down as he instructed Naruto to do the same.
"Now to start, you hold your arms out like this in order to draw out your hidden Ki." Gohan said as he cupped his arms forward.
"Once you do that, you slowly draw out the hidden power within you… Like so…" Gohan explained before he began concentrating his inner Ki before a small yellow sphere appeared from his chest.
"Whoa that's amazing!" Naruto yelled as Gohan smiled.
"Now you try it, Naruto." Gohan ordered his friend who nodded his head.
"Uh right." Naruto agreed as he tried his best to gather his inner Ki but after five minutes, his face turned red from the strain and he fell back on his butt.
"Damn it! What's wrong with me?" Naruto relented on his failure.
"The problem is you need to be as calm as the sea when you gather out your Ki. You were putting too much force into it which is extremely dangerous so you need to try again and get your mind and body within peace." Gohan scolded the energetic blonde who sighed.
"Right…." Naruto groaned as he wasn't the calm type. Heck he didn't have a reputation for being "hyperactive" for nothing!
Naruto was able to sit still for a good five seconds before nearly falling behind in frustration.
"I'm not the 'sit-still, be uber patient" kinda guy! This is gonna be impossible!" Naruto yelled as Gohan sighed at his friend's attitude.
Naruto has the attitude but is there a way…Ah! Wait, that's it! Gohan announced to himself before he turned to Naruto smiling.
"I've got it. Try to communicate your want of wanting to use Ki with a particular goal in mind. Like you want to become just like Mr. Hiruzen, right? Translate that dream into your desire of mastering Ki." Gohan explained as Naruto raised an eyebrow still uncertain.
"… Well… okay… If you say so…" Naruto sighed as he went silently into thought. If he mastered Ki like Gohan, he'd definitely be one step closer to his dream of becoming Hokage. Especially considering Gohan's comment about his strength.
As he thought this old memories came into Naruto's mind.
"Hey look! It's him! It's that boy…"
"Is he coming over here? If so I'm leaving…."
"Get away from us you freak!"
"Monster!"
Naruto grit his teeth as a long tear fell from his eye. He so desperately wanted to know why everyone loathed him but when he asked the old man, all he received was a vague answer. Yes, he was a troublemaker and somewhat of a delinquent but he was an all-around alright guy. He'd happily take in anyone who was on the streets and for him to be a pariah all his life for reasons he had no idea why was utterly maddening to him.
He would do it. He would become a strong man and ninja and get the respect of everyone in the village and then become hokage.
He would do it!
NO MATTER WHAT!
As Gohan observed his protegee, he noticed the outline of a small ball of Ki forming in Naruto's hands. While it wasn't a quarter as big as the one he was able to produce earlier (with little to no effort), it was definitely a start.
"Naruto, you're doing it!" Gohan exclaimed happily for his friend as an excited grin made its way onto Naruto's face.
"Really!?" Naruto yelled.
"Yeah, just focus a little bit more!" Gohan said, proud of his student.
"O-"Before Naruto could do anything, the kicking up of leaves cut him off, disrupting his concentration.
The two bewildered boys looked up to see a bizarre looking boy about their age with a bowl cut hairdo, large bushy eyebrows and a very hideous green jumpsuit.
"… Who… are… you?" The confused son of Goku asked the mysterious newcomer as he smiled.
"You want to know my name? Gladly! I am Rock Lee, the handsome devil of the Hidden Leaf!" Lee grinned before striking a pose while the other two preteen boys were left bewildered with blank expressions of shock.
"… O…kay?" Gohan uneasily replied as Naruto got over his shock.
"Hey bushy brows! Piss off! You're disrupting my training!" Naruto yelled with an irritated expression as Lee returned his irritated look.
"Bushy brows!? How dare you!?" Lee yelled before the two stomped up to each other and got in each other's faces.
"And who the hell got you that outfit!? A charity worker!?" Naruto roared as Lee's already limitful patience was broken by ten times.
"How dare you insult this outfit!? My sensei, Guy, got this for me!" Lee yelled as Naruto rolled his eyes.
"Who gives a shit!?" Naruto retorted before Gohan, being the peaceful mediator he was, got in between the two.
"Uh… Lee… so why have you come here in the first place?" Gohan asked as Lee calmed himself down.
"Oh right. The reason I'm here is because I'd like to have a fight with you." Lee explained as Gohan raised an eyebrow.
"A fight?" Gohan pondered.
"That's right. I hear you don't use Chakra but are really powerful, especially with Ki." Lee said as Gohan's raised eyebrow widened even more.
"Huh… the gossip here spreads pretty fast huh?" Gohan internally thought before turning to Lee.
"I don't know if that's a good idea." Gohan said as he was certain he'd no doubt beat Lee. Though he did have some potential, Gohan could sense.
"Well let's just see whether it is or not!" Lee roared as he attempted to assault Gohan with a barrage of punches and kicks as Gohan dodged them with relative ease.
"Whoa… awesome! That Lee freak is fast as hell but Gohan's able to keep up with him!" Naruto observed with amazement as Lee was just as astonished.
"What the?" Lee asked in amazement as he stopped his assault on the young hybrid.
"No one has been fast enough to keep up with my punches and kicks before…" Lee breathed out speechless as Gohan shrugged.
"Well apparently I did." Gohan joked as he remembered his father using the same joke when he fought Jeice and Burter back on Namek all those years ago.
"Huh… if that's the case, let's see how you do against this!" Lee yelled before he disappeared in a sudden flash.
"Whatever you're doing isn't gonna wor—"Gohan tried ending the fight for Lee's integrity before he was suddenly kicked into the air.
"Gohan!" Naruto yelled in concern for his friend.
"… Work…" Gohan finished as he was abruptly kicked into the air before a voice from behind decided to speak up. He wasn't hurt in the slightly but he was slightly curiously about Lee's apparent plan.
"Impressive Son Gohan... let's see how you do against this!" Lee roared as he kicked Gohan several times in the air before deciding to wrap the bandages on his arms around him.
"What're you?" Gohan was about to ask as Lee grinned.
"Let's see how you do against the ground with my Primary Lotus!" Lee roared as he was about to send Gohan straight into the ground before Gohan decided to end this.
"Yeah… no." Gohan said before breaking out of the taijutsu user's bandages and knocking him towards the ground with little force on his end before Lee landed back first to the ground.
"Haha, that's why Gohan's the best! Though I wish I was that strong and badass…." Naruto thought, a little jealous at the end.
"Lee… I think we should stop this." Gohan suggested as Lee wiped his mouth before standing up defiantly and smirking.
"You know Gohan… you're strong… I'd say even stronger than Neji… last year's number one rookie…" Lee began as Gohan raised an eyebrow at the name.
"Neji?" Gohan asked before Lee continued.
"As I am right now I have absolutely no chance against you… but let's see how I am with my hidden gates!" Lee declared before donning a peculiar pose.
"Hidden gates?" Gohan raised an eyebrow.
Before Lee could do anything, a shuriken disrupted his process and nearly knocked him back. The source was a man who literally looked to be an older version of Lee, possibly his father.
"Good day, my young boy! Life treating ya good!?" The man gleefully greeted as Gohan was taken even more aback by this weird man.
"Another weirdo!?" Naruto thought as he nearly fell back in frustration.
"Uh… who… are you?" Gohan asked as the man grinned.
"I am Might Guy, the more handsome devil of the Hidden leaf!" Guy exclaimed as his teeth glowed, unnerving the two boys.
"You're the main freak!?" Naruto yelled as Lee grew a tick mark on his head, tired of the blonde's disrespectful attitude.
"How dare you! Guy-Sensei is one of the strongest jonin in the history of the village! Show some respect you pipsqueak!" Lee yelled as Naruto stormed up to Lee.
"Pipsqueak!? Say that again you green suit wearing, bushy browed having freak!" Naruto dissed as fumes blew from within Lee's head.
"Okay that's it!" Lee roared. However, before a potential fight could break out….
"Lee that's enough! Now we need to talk…." Guy started as Lee tensed, already knowing what was coming.
"Yes, Guy-Sensei?" Lee stammered as his sensei balled up his fist.
"How dare you pick a fight with another random person you idiot!?" Guy roared before slamming his fist straight into Lee's face, shocking the half-saiyan and blonde prankster.
"What the hell!?" Both boys yelled as Lee hit the ground before Guy lowered to his height and put his hands on Guy's shoulders.
"Lee… you know… that hurt me more than that hurt you…." Guy began, his voice getting choked up as Lee was just as emotional.
"Y-yes sir…" Lee sniffled before Guy started crying.
"What… is… going on here?" Naruto asked the confused half-saiyan as Gohan could barely speak anything given his current state of shock.
"… You got me…" Gohan replied as they continued staring at the show ahead.
"Never… do anything like that again…." Guy choked on his tears as Lee smiled.
"Yes sir! I love you Guy-Sensei!" Lee sobbed.
"Lee!" Guy yelled.
"Guy-Sensei!" Lee yelled back before the two eccentric fools hugged each other before the image of a sunset appeared behind them.
"… Okay… I'm done…." Gohan said as Naruto silently agreed with him.
"To our next encounter Son Gohan!" Lee smiled as he gave Gohan a thumbs up as he turned around after getting out of Guy's hug.
"Uh… sure?" Gohan nervously replied before Guy gave Lee a pat on his head.
"Now, let us run across the village 1000 times in order to regain our youth!" Guy suggested as Lee cheered.
"Right! To the power of youth!" Lee cheered before the two got on their hands and waddled off, much to the amazement of the two.
"… What… just… happened?" Naruto asked the more intelligent of the two.
"… I don't know…. nor do I want to know…." Gohan stammered, slightly traumatized at what he just saw. Thank goodness the sound of Naruto's grumbling stomach cut him off.
"Wanna get some ramen for lunch?" Gohan suggested.
"Yeah…" Naruto muttered before the two boys then entered the village where Gohan noticed how the treatment of him changed significantly over his stay in the village. It had been around four days since Gohan literally landed in the world of the Shinobi and the village's reception of him got even worse!
Given how it spread how he didn't use Chakra but rather Ki, he was treated just as much of a freak as Naruto was.
As Gohan shrugged off the treatment of the villagers, the two eventually entered the Ramen shack where Naruto immediately ordered ramen for the two of them.
Thankfully it arrived pretty fast.
"Here's your ramen, Naruto, Gohan!" Ayame cheerfully yelled while winking at Gohan, making him blush before she went back into the kitchen.
"Good as always…." Gohan said after finished his bowl of ramen as Naruto grinned.
"You like her don't you?" Naruto laughed as Gohan blushed.
"N-no I don't!" Gohan tried to lie as Naruto chortled.
"Oh yes you do! You totally have a crush on her!" Naruto laughed harder as Gohan's blush deepened.
"I do not!" Gohan yelled as this didn't stop Naruto but rather inspired him.
"Gohan and Ayame sitting in a tree… K-I-S-S-I-N-G! First comes lo—"Naruto began singing.
"Naruto, enough!" Gohan yelled as Naruto ignored him.
"Love! Then comes marriage! And finally—"Naruto was about to finish as Gohan clamped his hands over Naruto's mouth.
"Enough alre—HEY!" Gohan yelled before he realized what Naruto did.
"You licked my hand!" Gohan recoiled in disgust as Naruto grinned.
"Ain't nothing wrong with having a crush on Ayame." Naruto smugly smiled as Gohan narrowed his eyes as the blonde.
"You know… there are times like this morning when I absolutely hate you…." Gohan began as Naruto's grin only got wider.
"And?" Naruto tried holding in his laughter.
"This is one of those times." Gohan growled.