AN 1: I know, I know. SHDG. I'm working on it. I was marathoning DBZ abridged and searching the site when I realized this genre was lacking. So, I called up my good friend Eng and we came up with this little treat! Enjoy and you can expect SHDG III to update at the end of the week.

Co-Written by Engineer4Ever

AN 2: Being an avid action fan, and a male at that, there's no way I wasn't a Dragon Ball Z fan growing up. Engineer4Ever is the same way and so we decided to tackle the challenge of mixing the two worlds of our favorite finished Manga.

Arguably, our favorite series is the Majin Buu Saga, so that is where we will be starting off, with a glimpse at the Cell Saga in this first chapter.

That said, hope you all enjoy!

The World's Strongest Human

1: The New Kid

"There he is, folks. Cell. The Monster that has killed hundreds!" The television reporter said. He went on to interview the latest champion of the Tenkaichi Budōkai. Seated in front of the television, a young blond-haired boy wearing an orange gi with the black kanji for Gama stitched onto his back turned to face what would be his older duplicate, only wearing a white gi with the same patch, seated behind him on the couch.

"Dad, why aren't you going to help?" the boy asked.

The man smiled and reached forward to ruffle the blond's hair. "Because, son, those other fighters are the ones who saved us from the Saiyan invasion several years ago."

"Sugoi!" The boy turned and looked at the other fighters, their eyes locked onto the green monstrosity known as Cell. "They must be really strong! Why don't they compete in tournaments?"

"The same reason I don't, I think." The man sat back and crossed his arms over his chest. "There hasn't been a decent tournament since the twenty third Tenkaichi Budōkai. I think the last tournament invented a junior league. If you were to enter now, you'd wind up fighting the best of your age group, not the world."

The boy scrunched his nose up. "That sounds stupid. Son Goku first entered when he was my age!"

The man cracked a smile. "Yes he was..."

They continued to watch. A man with the image of a rose on his white shirt stepped forward and taunted Cell. The boy scowled.

"That's a student of the world champion?"

"Now, now. He's not all bad. He's just a little slow," the man said.

"You'd think a martial arts master would be a little faster," the boy said, irritated. The other student joined his colleague and both failed magnificently against Cell.

The man shook his head. "This is ridiculous. They focus only on one aspect and I've yet to see any Ki thrown."

"Maybe they can't throw Ki, dear." A woman with long red hair said as she walked in. She was dressed in pajamas and wore a large white T-shirt that had the kanji for Gama on the front in dark red. She set a plate that was in her hand on the table, the boy in front of them turned to grab one of the sandwiches.

"Thanks Mom!" The boy said as he devoured it with ease. A wooden spoon whacked him on the head. "Ow!"

"Manners!" the mother said. She put her Spoon of Pain (trademarked) away and leaned against the older man. "Do you think this will end today?"

"I hope so," he said softly. His blue eyes had a glimmer of hope in them and he watched as the camera focused back on the strange warriors.

"Hey, wait! Dad, isn't that Ma Junior?" the boy asked. He referred to the green man in the white turban that appeared to be brooding.

"It appears to be. Perhaps he's changed since the twenty third tournament," the man said.

"Or he doesn't want his planet to be destroyed," the mother said. The father chuckled and wrapped an arm over her shoulders.

"Whatever the case, I have the feeling we're going to be fine." He smiled at his wife and looked back at the screen as the blond man in an orange gi stepped up.

"Yeah, kick his ass – ow!" The boy rubbed his head.

"Apocalypse or not, don't swear in my house!"

"Quiet," the father said. His eyes were narrowed and locked on the screen. He watched carefully as Cell uncrossed his arms and his hands clenched into fists. "They're starting."

"Finally!" the boy sounded exasperated. Twinkling blue eyes widened when the blond man in the orange gi settled into a beginning stance. "There's no openings...This guy..."

"I know," the father said. He leaned forward, interest written all over his features. "There are no flaws in their stances. Cell and this strange warrior...They're far stronger than anything on this planet."

"Even you!?" The boy looked horrified at the thought.

The man gave him a small smile. "There will always be others who are stronger than you, son."

"Bu-but you're the Ni Gama Sennin!"

The man's eyes went back to the screen. "Yes...but there are more stronger than I. Watch, Naruto. We're about to witness legends fight."

Naruto nodded and watched the fight between Cell and the mysterious martial artist. What the cameraman, reporter and Mr. Satan couldn't see, he saw clearly. And all it did was make his drive to be better all the stronger. Cell and the martial artist struggled in a fist lockup before they jumped away.

That's going to be me, one day. He thought. A grin spread across his face. I'm going to be the Strongest Man on the Planet and defeat any other would-be Cell that comes around!

~Seven Years Later~

"Uzumaki Naruto?" The teacher looked up to the top of the rows where a teen with wild unruly blond hair dozed away, his head on the desk. The boy wore an orange shirt with a red spiral on the back and loose cargo shorts. Two blue Capsule Corporation boots were on his feet and white tape was wrapped around his wrists. The teacher sighed at the unfortunately familiar site and looked to the girl seated just in front of the sleeping student. "Erasa, would you be so kind as to wake Uzumaki?"

"Sure thing, Miyagi-sensei!" A ditzy-looking blond girl turned around and whispered into the dozing boy's ear. "Naruto, if you wake up now, I'll get you two bowls of ramen later."

"Deal!" Cerulean blue eyes snapped open and locked onto the deeper blue of Erasa's. "But remember, you promised me ramen."

"I'll remember." The girl giggled and turned around as Naruto sat up with a stretch of his arms.

Naruto looked down at the teacher and grinned sheepishly. "Sorry, Miyagi-sensei! Just finished moving the rest of my stuff into my apartment."

"Humph. How you have a B in all your classes, I'll never know," Miyagi-sensei said in return. He went back to his roll call when the door slid open.

A girl his age with jet-black hair pulled down into two loose pigtails came into the classroom. She wore an oversized T-shirt with the school's button at the hem, dark shorts, green boots and two martial arts gloves to protect her hand.

"Sorry I'm late, Miyagi-sensei," she said. "I was called to help with a bank robbery on my way to school."

"That's fine, Videl. Please go take your seat," Miyagi-sensei said kindly. The girl nodded and ran up the steps. She passed Erasa and sat down in the seat on the blonde's right.

"Look who decided to show up," Naruto said with a smirk. "The city's self-proclaimed super hero."

"Shut it, Naruto." Videl glared at the blond.

Naruto chuckled. "Ah, you don't mean that. I'm you're best friend."

"Second best friend," Erasa said with a wink.

"This is true," Naruto said with a nod. He looked at the overly agitated daughter of the Savior of the World and arched a brow. "Hm? What's eating you, V?"

"Today a Golden Warrior showed up at the crime scene." Videl growled at the memory of the confidant platinum blond teen. "He took several bullets to the chest and flew off after he took out the criminals."

"A Golden Warrior?" Naruto leaned forward. "From the Cell Games?"

"Yeah," Videl said. She sat back with a huff and crossed her arms over her chest. "I don't know how he flew off like that. It's fishy."

Naruto rolled his eyes. "Well, did you see any wires?"

"No. But humans can't fly," Videl said. "Otherwise my father would have during his fight against Cell."

Naruto shook his head. Stupid fatheaded idiot, he ruined the good name of Martial Arts with his lies. That one Ki...the one that Dad and I felt before it all vanished. Whoever had that was the one who stopped Cell.

"Tell me more, Videl. Was he cute?" Erasa asked with a coy smile. Videl scoffed and then growled as a beefy arm fell over her shoulders. A handsome teen with long blond hair grinned and leaned against her.

"She doesn't care what other guys look like as long as she has me," he said.

"Might want to move that arm before you lose it, Sharpener." Naruto chuckled while his best friend glared daggers at the blond hanging off of her.

The other teen glared at Naruto. "It's Sharpner, Uzumaki. You're just jealous of our relationship!"

Videl grabbed Sharpner's wrist tightly until it cracked. "Hands. Off."

"Right, sorry babe." A fist imbedded itself in his gut and he doubled over.

"Don't call me babe!" Videl glared at Sharpner. Naruto and Erasa laughed at their friend's predicament. Videl glared at them before she looked back at Miyagi-sensei. "Annoying, all of you."

"That's blond stereotyping!" Naruto said.

"Shut up, Naruto."

"Make me, Satan."

"That's enough you two," Erasa said. She looked at the blond. "Naruto, you can't challenge Videl to a fight. She'll beat you up and bruise your cute face."

Naruto huffed and looked away with a light blush. "I'm not cute! I'm handsome."

Erasa giggled. "No, you're a cutie. Sure you don't want to go out sometime?"

"Trust me, it wouldn't work out, Erasa," Naruto said. He set his chin on his hand and looked at the agitated heroine. "So, tell us more about this Golden Warrior. Did he do any martial arts?"

"I only saw him stop bullets and fly off," Videl said with a grunt.

"But was he cute?"

"Erasa!" Videl scowled with a light flush at her friend.

Erasa smiled. "That wasn't a no~!"

Naruto grinned mischievously. "Does the daughter of the 'Mighty' Hercule Satan finally have a crush on someone?"

"Naruto!" Videl glared at him.

"So quick to deny it!" Naruto beamed at this. Videl started to get out of her seat and Naruto tensed up, prepared (and a bit excited) to fight his friend.

"All right class, that's enough. Please pull out the weekend's homework and open your books to page –" Miyagi-sensei was cut off by several light knocks. Confused, Miyagi-sensei went to the door and slid it open. He spoke to the unseen knocker in hushed excited tones. Naruto turned his head to the side and listened.

"Ah yes, you're the new transfer? Good, good." Miyagi-sensei stepped back and let a tall boy with dark spikey hair walk in. He wore baggy orange pants – already approved in Naruto's book – and a loose shirt underneath a black vest with the high school's button pinned to it. There was a shift in the air and Naruto stiffened. That Ki was familiar. Cerulean blue eyes narrowed as they locked onto the newcomer's face. He looked weak, but beneath that exterior was power. Now if only Naruto could remember where he felt that Ki.

"Class, may I be the first to introduce Son Gohan! He's new and managed to get into the school despite missing half a semester because of his outstanding performance on the placement grades. Record setting impressive," Miyagi-sensei said with a smile to the sheepish Gohan. Naruto's eyes narrowed even further.

Son? Like Son Goku!? That can't be a coincidence...and his Ki...Naruto watched the boy introduce himself and walk up the steps to sit next to Erasa.

"Hey there, cutie," Erasa said with a smile. Naruto chuckled and leaned back as Erasa started her traditional greeting to any 'cute' boy. Gohan was a shy guy, but no worse than someone else Naruto knew. Eventually, Erasa started to introduce Gohan to her friends and Naruto gave the boy a grin that made Gohan pause.

"Nice to meet you," the blond teen seated behind him said. He held out his hand. "Uzumaki Naruto."

"Ah, pleasure Uzumaki-san. Son Gohan," Gohan said with a shake of the offered hand. Gohan blinked when the hand tightened around his. It was almost as strong as Yamcha's grip. Maybe just as strong. Gohan feigned a wince to stick with the 'nerd' cover he was going for. "That's, uh, a strong grip, Uzumaki-san."

"Don't use any honorifics, Gohan," Naruto said as he pulled his hand away. The grin on his face returned and Gohan pushed the memories that threatened to resurface away. "I'm just Naruto."

Gohan smiled back. "Good to meet you, Naruto."

"Oh, oh, Gohan you've got to meet Videl!" Erasa drew Gohan's attention away from the laid-back blond and gestured to an angry girl that was glaring at him with her dark sapphire blue eyes. "She's my best friend, and you'll never guess who her father is!"

"Uh...I could guess?" Gohan blinked in confusion. Was her father a local hero or something?

"This is Videl Satan, Gohan," Erasa said. When Gohan didn't jump at the name, Erasa blinked and leaned forward. "The daughter of Hercule!"

"Hercule?" Gohan blinked again. Why did he know that name?

"Hercule, you know, Mr. Satan? The World Champ?" Erasa frowned prettily when Gohan still came up with a blank. "The guy that beat Cell?"

"Oh!" That's right! That guy! That explains why his mother didn't like him! Gohan smiled and waved at Videl. "Must be nice to be related to a celebrity."

"Yes because waking up to Hercule's voice would be nice all the time," Naruto said with a snort as he rolled his eyes. He sat up and put his hands on his hips. His voice lowered as he did an impression of The World 'Chump'. "Ha! All that light show and flying nonsense are tricks! Smoke and mirrors! You've gotta be big and strong to beat a monster like Cell! Nothing but your fists! AHAHAHAHA!"

"Uzumaki, please stop impersonating Mr. Satan and sit down," said Miyagi-sensei dryly, as though he had done it before.

"Gomen, sensei," Naruto said. He sat down and pulled out a book for the lesson.

Gohan turned to look ahead and do the same. His mother would kill him if he got anything less than an A+ in this class. Gohan paled as he thought of a worse outcome, getting banned from dinner or brained by the Pan of Doom. Throughout the first lesson, Gohan felt two pairs of eyes on him.

The first was Videl, who kept staring at him with a frown on her face. Gohan attributed that to not knowing who her father was. He'd have to apologize later and explain that he just transferred in.

The other pair of eyes belonged to the blond seated behind him. Naruto's stare was invasive. Gohan felt like Naruto was digging past skin and trying to find something just by staring at him. It was a bit unnerving, like when Cell or Frieza or even Vegeta stared at him.

Thankfully, the stares stopped when the bell rang.

Naruto waited against the side of the lockers for the rest of the jocks to pile out onto the field for gym class. He looked up when the last guy piled out and frowned. Gohan wasn't changing? Well, that would make sense for a freshman...then again, Gohan had mentioned he was from the Mountain Area. He was probably homeschooled and wasn't used to changing for gym.

Naruto frowned even more. Damn, and I wanted to ask him what his father is like.

A bit upset at not being able to talk to the boy, Naruto left the locker room and walked over to line up while Sharpner and Videl called names. Naturally, Videl called him first and Sharpner scowled. Naruto walked up to Videl's side and crossed his arms while they called teams. His eyes went back to the shifting Gohan and frowned.

He's hiding his true potential. Naruto frowned. Maybe he doesn't want to be famous...I can understand that. If the girls knew he was related to anyone as powerful as Son Goku...then again, hardly anyone remembers Son Goku after all the trash Hercule had said about him.

"Naruto...Naruto!" Naruto looked up at Videl when she called his name again. "Get over in center. Gohan's on right. Cover for him."

Naruto blinked and nodded. He looked over at the dark haired teen with a frown. Geez, I hope he doesn't take any anger out on Videl. Hate to see him fight her...now if we fought on the other hand...

"Uzumaki, pay attention!"

Naruto lifted his glove lazily and caught the ball without looking away. He tossed it to first base, where the runner was called out. Naruto looked back at Videl, who was giving him what he called the 'microscope look'.

Oh, that doesn't bode well.

Naruto looked up as Sharpner hit a pop fly that veered right. "Yo, Gohan! Might want to snap out of it and catch the ball!"

"Huh?" Gohan looked up and extended his arm. "Oh, right. I need to catch it!"

"Well you don't need to-Damn!" Naruto blinked as Gohan cleared a good twenty vertical feet just to catch the ball. That tears any doubt I had! He's the son of Son Goku or I'll eat Dad's cooking!

Gohan landed gracefully and blinked. "What?"

"Dude...that was twenty feet high." Naruto stared at the ball in Gohan's hand. He gave a bright grin to the new kid and held his fist out. "Nice one! Must be some really good shoes or something if you could catch that!"

"Uh, yeah! Ha-ha, brand new shoes," Gohan said with a sheepish grin as he bumped the blond's fist with his own. "They're new off the market from Capsule Corp. I, uh, won a contest to get them!"

"Might want to bring a fair set for next class," Naruto said with a chuckle. He tossed his glove to the teen approaching his spot. "C'mon. We're at bat."

Gohan blinked and quickly followed him back to the dugout. As Naruto thought, Videl quickly cornered the new kid with a frown on her face.

"So what was that?" Videl asked. "How'd you catch that ball?"

"Oh, uh, my shoes! They're brand new from Capsule Corp." Gohan looked around nervously.

Naruto patted him on the shoulder. "Relax, V. He's not lying. He won a contest that got him some prototypes. He'll wear fair shoes next time."

"...Fine," Videl said. She glared at Gohan and he swallowed. "I'm watching you, Son Gohan."

She stormed off to bat and Gohan let out a breath of relief while Naruto chuckled. "Don't let her get to you. She's a good girl, just has trust issues."

"Huh?" Gohan gave him a bewildered look.

Naruto gave him a sad smile. "Her dad's the celebrity, not her. She's been stuck in the shadow of his boasting since she was little."

"And people who would want to know him would use her...That's horrible!" Gohan said with a frown.

Naruto shrugged. "People are heartless that way."

"If that's the case, how did you become her friend?" Gohan asked.

The blond laughed. "With a lot of time and a lot of patience. Then again, we met like five years ago when my mom sent me out here to go to the best school."

"How'd you meet?" Gohan asked.

"Nothing special. We just got assigned partners with each other in a science class and through that we became friends," Naruto said. He smiled lightly. "Course, I was younger and going through puberty –"

"You're still going through puberty, Naruto," Videl said as she walked back into the dugout. She glared suspiciously at Gohan. "Gohan, you're up."

"Uh, right," Gohan said with a nervous swallow as he rushed to get onto the field.

Videl looked back at Naruto. "Making friends?"

"Ah, he's a cool guy," Naruto said. He sat back and put his hands behind his head. "A bit of a nervous wreck around you, though. I think he likes you~."

Videl rolled her eyes and looked at the boy up at the bat. "Shut up, Naruto."

Naruto stuck his tongue out at her. He watched through half lidded eyes as Sharpner reared his hand back. There's the wind up...and the pitch and out of the ball-Ow, that had to leave a mark.

The ball nailed Gohan in the head and knocked his helmet clean off. Videl started to yell at the horrified pitcher, who had expected Gohan to duck or flinch, while Naruto kept his eyes on Gohan.

He didn't even try to dodge it? He must have known it wouldn't have hurt. This guy...he's up there with Dad... Naruto frowned. And Dad's light years ahead of me...I wonder if I could train with Gohan.

"Hey, this means I can take a base, right?"

Naruto laughed at Gohan's question while Videl and the rest of the class gaped at it.

"Watch out V. I think Gohan's trying to take your spot as my best friend," Naruto said with a snicker. Videl frowned and huffed at that.

"There's something fishy about that Son Gohan," Videl said under her breath. She glared at the boy that Erasa was talking to during study hall. "And I'm going to find out what!"

"...So you're going to stalk him?" Naruto asked innocently while he drew in a small notebook that had the image of a crudely drawn nine tailed fox on the front. It was his personal notebook, a journal of his life since he was nine. Right now he was working on a crude cartoon of a turtle, a crane and a toad facing off in a three-way battle with the toad coming out on top.

"Yes, I'm going to-Naruto!" Videl glared at him and her cheeks darkened.

Naruto sniggered. "Wow, first the Gold Warrior and now the new kid. The first crushes you've had in the five years I've known you."

Videl looked livid. "I don't crush on boys!"

"Su-u-ure you don't."

"I don't!"

"Ri-i-ight."

"Keep it up and I'll-!" The beeping of a watch cut Videl off. Naruto rolled his eyes and went back to his notebook while Videl spoke with Satan City's police chief. After a moment, Videl was up and out of the classroom, leaving her two blond friends and the new student behind.

"W-wait, where's she going?" Gohan asked.

Naruto shook his head. "She's off doing something noble. Stupid, but noble."

"Hush. You're just jealous that they declined your badge," Erasa said. Naruto stuck his tongue out at her. He retracted the organ when she reached for it. "That's what I thought."

"Badge?" Gohan asked.

"Videl works with the SCPD on criminal cases," Erasa explained to him.

"What!? But that's dangerous! What if she got hurt!?" Gohan asked.

Erasa giggled. "Don't worry about it, Gohan. Videl was trained by her father, and he beat Cell."

Naruto snorted. "Yeah, and I climbed Korin's tower when I was three."

"What, Naruto?" Erasa asked, not hearing him clearly.

"Nothing, Erasa," Naruto said. He went back to drawing in his notebook. Unlike his new blonde friend, Gohan heard exactly what Naruto had said thanks to not only his training, but his Saiyan heritage let him catch the mumble.

How does he know about Korin's Tower!? Gohan wondered. He stole a glance at the sketching blond, unintentionally ignoring Erasa as she told him the lay of the land, i.e. how not to get your butt whooped in school. He snapped out of it when Erasa said one of the three words that would get any Saiyan's attention.

"Oh hey, it's time for lunch."

"Wow...and I thought I had an appetite," Naruto said as he sat across from Gohan in the cafeteria. The new student had three trays in front of him filled to the brim with food. And currently, the Son was eating in a manner that had the whole cafeteria frozen in shock.

"That's...not normal," Sharpner said.

"Well, there goes my appetite," Erasa said. She pushed her tray away and Gohan pulled it towards him.

Finally coming to terms with the vacuum the boy was, Naruto laughed at the looks on the others' faces. Naruto grabbed the bowl of noodles from his tray and started to eat. "You know what they say, if you can't beat 'em, join 'em!"

"The both of you are disgusting," Erasa said with a pout. "Figures. The cute ones always have the worst qualities."

"You know, I don't have any bad qualities," Sharpner said with a flex of his arms.

"No, but your head is shoved so firmly up your ass that you can't see past your own shit," Naruto said. He snickered around his noodles while his fellow blond glared at him.

Sharpner stood on the table and glared down at Naruto. "You want to fight, Uzumaki!?"

"Sharpner, it's not worth it. Videl would come and stop you," Erasa said. She sighed. "Or worse. Like in sixth grade."

Sharpner shuddered at the memory while Naruto broke into laughter.

"Man, I never thought someone could fly so far from a simple arm toss," Naruto said.

"Shut up, Uzumaki!" Sharpner clenched his fists tightly.

Naruto didn't back down. He slurped more noodles before he gave the boy a smirk. "Make me, Sharpener."

Sharpner slammed his hands on the table, disturbing Gohan for a microsecond. "Dammit, how many times to I have to tell you that it's Sharpner!?"

"Both of you, knock it off-What the...?" Videl gaped at the scene she walked in on. Gohan continued to shovel food into his mouth without a care in the world and Naruto, who she once thought to be the worst eater on the planet, laughed at the look on her face with a bowl of noodles in his hand. Videl put her hands on her hips and glared at him. "And what's so funny?"

"Your face!" Naruto snickered at the dual joke.

Videl did not share the sentiment. She wrapped her arms tightly around Naruto's neck from behind and began to choke him in a sleeper hold. "What'd you say? You want to run that by me again!?"

"Air! Air! V! Can't...breathe!"

"That's the point!"

Throughout all of this, Gohan continued to satisfy his stomach's need for food. Not once did he stop, although after lunch he did ask Erasa why Naruto looked paler than usual.

The end of the day came without any more instances of oddities from the new kid, much to Naruto's dismay. Gohan proved himself to be a book nerd and a teacher's pet, two things that Naruto knew would've gotten him a beating from some jock if not for Videl's presence because of Naruto and Erasa's own interests in Gohan. Then again, Naruto could feel it in their first handshake that Gohan was stronger than he looks.

That Ki... Naruto looked over at Gohan as he put his math book away. Erasa was just turning to face him, so Naruto decided to act now.

"Hey, Gohan?"

The new student turned to face his new friend. "Yeah?"

"I've got some questions about today's lesson and you've got a good head on your shoulders," Naruto said with a grin. "Can you give me a hand?"

Gohan looked a bit nervous. "Uh, well, I don't know. I need to hurry home..."

"Ah, it'll only take a second. You can tell your parents that I held you back," Naruto said.

"I guess that's all right..."

They remained in the classroom, and after everyone else left, Naruto's friendly gaze turned predatory. He watched Gohan tense up like any fighter would and his grin widened.

"Naruto?" Gohan jumped in his seat when Naruto moved at high speeds to rest in a crouch atop the desk in front of him. An index finger landed an inch away from his nose and Gohan flinched.

"I know your secret, Son Gohan!" Naruto grinned as the other teen tensed. "You're the son of Son Goku, champion of the twenty third Tenkaichi Budōkai!"

AN: Whoo! Chapter one is done and over with. Tell me, and Eng, what you thought of it! Now in this series, there's no chakra (if you haven't already guessed) and some other Naruto characters will make an appearance. This won't be one of those "Naruto becomes stronger than Goku hax ninja über power!" stories.

This is a story of the next generation, where Dragon Ball Z was supposed to go, but changed due to the fanboys' cry for Goku's return – which I totally understand, but seriously, I liked where Gohan's development was going. Then the fanboys got butthurt and Gohan was shunted aside. Poor, poor Gohan.

Oh well, you all know what to do!

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