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Naruto Chronicle

Author's Note : Hey there, back again. Not too many reviews yet, but one was rather helpful. About the difference between ki and chakra, I'm well aware of that. It's actually something that I'll go into as the story continued, so just be patient. As for teaching about ki usage to Gai and mini-Gai, we'll see what happens, once he's actually made it back to his world. About the Uchihas, I don't give a rat's ass about them, although you're right that they're not likely able to use ki techniques just because they saw them, for they couldn't do so without prior ki training. Well that's it with the questions. Here's chapter 3, continue to R & R, thanks!

Chapter 3 : Evil Monstrosity's Appearance - Imperfect Seru (Cell's more appropriate, but Seru sounds cooler) Saga

Gingertown

It was doomsday for the populace of the quiet city near where the mystery capsule was, as a creature that resembled the shell that the Z Senshi found turned the place into a ghost town. Having sensed this new evil, Kami finally relented and agreed to re-merge with Piccolo, this time with Piccolo being the dominant body, and the reborn Super Namekian left to face the threat.

The quiet town became a battlefield as Piccolo confronted the monster (I wanted to use the term chimera, but he had more genes than that of two species), whose name was Seru. Apparently, he gained the abilities and ki of others by absorbing his victims whole. It wasn't the only surprise he had though. For some reason, he also knew the Kamehameha Wave, as he fired one at Piccolo.

A fleet of tanks attempted to destroy him, but were disposed of by one blow from Seru. Piccolo did his best against the menace, but was having little luck, as he was struggling just to survive. Seru then took the time to introduce himself, saying that he was the ultimate creation of Gero, infused with the cells of all powerful beings that were from or came to Earth, making him the 'perfect fighter'. He explained how the cells were gathered as Goku was followed by robotic flies all the way back from when the 23rd Tenka-ichi Budokai (World Martial Arts Tournament) took place, where Goku and Piccolo clashed for the first time.

Piccolo was badly injured from his battle against Seru, but he distracted him long enough to regenerate his wounded arm. Slightly rejuvenated, Piccolo was ready for another round, as Kuririn, Trunks and Naruto arrived as backup. Outnumbered and possibly outgunned, Seru decided to make a tactical retreat until he's absorbed more people to increase his strength. As he made his escape however, he thought, 'There's no data on that blonde one at all, but that can't be right. Is he another Saiyan? No matter, once I reached my perfect form, they'll all fall before me!'

After cleverly escaping our heroes, Seru began to carry out his evil plan as he intended to absorb 17 and 18 to change into his complete form. After learning that the Seru of this timeline was growing inside Gero's old laboratory, the Z Senshi split up, as Kuririn and Trunks set out to destroy the still-growing Seru of the present, while Piccolo, Ten and Naruto began searching for Seru, who hid himself by lowering his ki and traveling on foot (if those could be considered feet).

After learning that Seru came from an alternate timeline similar to his own, Trunks pondered the potential consequences and repercussions of his actions. Meanwhile in South City, Seru went through the civilians like a Goku at a buffet to gain ki and ran into Kuririn by accident. Meanwhile, the sick Saiyan was finally back on his feet.

After surviving the heart virus, Goku had only one thing in mind : to grow beyond a Super Saiyan, with Vegeta sharing his sentiments. He took his fellow Saiyan, Gohan and Trunks up to Karin Tower to train in the Room of Spirit and Time, in which they could complete a year's training within a day of the outside world. Meanwhile, the jinzo ningens arrived at the Son home, only to find the house empty. They set out to find Goku in the next most likely location, as they headed for Roshi's Island.

The trio was stopped however, by the appearance of Piccolo and Naruto, the latter insisting to come along as backup. The shinobi was eager to fight, but Piccolo insisted that he stay back while he handled things alone, much to the blonde's chagrin, reluctantly agreeing, but inwardly intended to jump into the fray the moment things turned sour. The Super Namekian began his battle with 17, and much to his student's relief, he was matching the jinzo ningen move for move. Meanwhile, Bulma began working on a remote that would disable said machines, similar to the device that Gero tried to use to shut down 17 and 18 before they destroyed it and killed him (I said similarly, because Gero might have put in a destruction option to his control, which Bulma probably wouldn't do. I wouldn't know, since all I saw was one button on the blasted thing). Seru felt Piccolo's rising ki, and figured that he was fighting one of his targets. He flew his way, hoping that he would soon be complete.

Piccolo and 17 continued their fight, not noticing that Seru was headed their way. The Namekian's power matched 17's, but as he was a living being, he began to feel tired while his mechanical opponent didn't look drained at all. Meanwhile, the Sons impatiently waited for Vegeta and Trunks to complete their training inside the Room of Spirit and Time, as their ki couldn't be detected while inside training. Seru arrived at the battlefield, eager to attain his final form. It was then all up to Piccolo and Naruto.

It began as 17 charged in to attack Seru. Piccolo and 17 joined forces by attacking Seru together. Naruto wanted to help, but decided to stay back, respecting his sensei's wishes to not interfere until he was in trouble, while also interested to see how the duo would fare against the monster. Meanwhile, Ten headed in the fight's direction as well, hiding himself a safe distance away to see how Piccolo as a Super Namekian, stacked up against Seru and what they were up against. Kuririn met up with Bulma so that they could defeat the jinzo ningens in an easier manner by using the remote she built.

Gohan was getting angry, eager to help Piccolo and wondering why Naruto wasn't doing anything, but Goku told him to stay, as they couldn't help at their current level. He said that the shinobi made the right decision, as he was no match for Seru then as well. He also shouted at the room, telling the pair to hurry. Down at Roshi's home, Chichi and Shion looked outside, their minds on the ones they loved. "Hiyaku (Hurry), Goku-san." "Please be careful, Naruto-kun."

With Piccolo seemingly killed, 17 had no choice but to face Seru alone, or so he thought until an angered Naruto charged in, Keyblade in hand and ki flaring, enraged by his sensei's supposed death. The attack surprised everyone, as Naruto was actually able to leave a huge cut across Seru with his wind chakra-enhanced blade before the monster could dodge, causing him to cry out in pain. The comeback was short-lived however, as Naruto let down his guard at the sight of being able to cut him, and was swatted like a fly as Seru backhanded him sword and all, sending him crashing into the rocks, although he got cut again where he touched the chakra. Naruto tried to fire kunai infused with his wind chakra, but it was no use, as Seru simply fired strong enough a ki blast to obliterate them and knocked him against the surface he was lying against. The blonde managed to remain conscious due to his impressive stamina, but was seriously wounded from the attack, as he had trouble just trying to get back on his feet.

Things looked grim as Seru headed towards the blonde to pay him back for the pain inflicted upon himself, until the larger 16 made a silent complaint as he began pummeling Seru with a fury of punches. As the battle went on, the spectators realized that 16 was every bit as strong as Seru in his current form. Knowing the stalemate needed to be broken, Seru tried to absorb 16, but was unsuccessful due to his structure being different from his two companions. 16 proceeded to rip off Seru's tail to ensure that he couldn't absorb anybody else, but due to his having Piccolo's cells, he instant grew it back, also mending the slash marks left by Naruto.

16 continued to pummel Seru, not letting up at all. Unconvinced of the monster's demise, he tucked his hand under his arms, removing them and exposing his blasters. In an attempt to finish him off, 16 fired a barrage of beams into Seru. 16 told his fellow jinzo ningens to escape, as they felt that he was still alive, but the duo's overconfidence convinced them that Seru was dead from the blast.

Seru began to rise from the hole behind 17 while the arrogant jinzo ningen laughed. He was then caught in the monster's grasp and was absorbed soon after. 17 was then sucked into Seru's tail, forced through it and into his back. In a blinding flash of light, Seru changed into a slightly more human and powerful, but still ugly form. He then turned to the two remaining jinzo ningens, hungry for more.

16 grabbed 18 and flew away in a desperation attempt to escape, but the transformed Seru simply appeared in front of them via teleportation, or rather his increased speed. 16 was frozen in shock, and just for kicks, Seru punched him in the head so hard that half his face cracked, exposing his parts. He flew a distance and lied motionlessly on the ground, circuits crackling, with sparks and all. Before Seru got to 18 however, Ten decided to jump in blasted him with Kikohou (Tri-Beam).

Ten continued to fire his Kikohou one after another, not having much effect besides pushing Seru further into the hole he sent him into and once he stopped, Seru came back up. He told the two jinzo ningens to escape immediately. Goku couldn't believe that Ten was fighting Seru when he wasn't supposed to be anywhere near the fight, as he was already upset that Naruto did the same earlier. Naruto was amazed as he sensed the enormous amount of ki released by the human's attacks, never expecting a fellow human Senshi to have that much power.

Ten was looking exhausted as veins appeared on his head, while his life force drained with every attack, doing nothing more than pushing Seru back in an effort to give the jinzo ningen enough time to get away. After one last Kikohou, he fell to the ground, burnt out. Seru came up and noticed that his targets have escaped, in disbelief that it was Ten out of all people who stopped him.

The Sons were angry, as they felt Ten's life fading, and knew Seru would try to kill Ten next. Goku prohibited Gohan from leaving. Gohan flew up to try and escape and help Ten, but his father knocked him back down. He apologized for hitting his son, then used Shunkan Ido (Instant Transmission) to teleport to where Ten was. He put his unconscious friend onto his shoulder. Seru was surprised by about Goku's appearance. He then teleported over to Naruto, who after much struggling during the fight between 16 and Seru, managed to get himself back on his feet. Goku scolded the blonde, "What the hell were you thinking Naruto? You know that you're no match for him!"

The shinobi retorted, "Demo Goku-sensei! I couldn't stand just watching anymore! Besides, even Ten-san gave it all he had. And sensei, poor Piccolo-sensei…" At the mention of their fallen friend, they both looked downtrodden, until they both sensed that Piccolo's ki was faint, but still there, meaning he survived.

They teleported over to the Namekian, the blonde having learned the technique after asking Goku over and over again to teach him, along with much practice. Naruto carried Piccolo on his back. Seru couldn't believe that he didn't finish the Namekian off with his attack, and he spoke, "Goku, it's an honor to meet the legendary Super Saiyan that gave the doctor so much trouble. As fun as it is to watch you bicker away with that insolent gaki (brat), I'm afraid I can't allow you to leave. Not without testing my new strength against yours."

Sweating as the Saiyan was well aware of the fact that he was no match for the monster as he was then, replied, "Wari-na (Sorry). I don't have time to play with you now. I'll come pound you tomorrow." That obviously wasn't an answer the monster accepted, as he flew in at Goku, shouting, "You talk as if I'm giving you a choice in the matter. None of you are leaving this place alive!" With that, he continued his charge, about to land a devastating attack. Before he landed a blow however, the four were gone. Seru was left mystified, thinking that it wasn't possible.

They reappeared at Karin Tower, healing the three wounded fighters with Senzu Beans. They thanked Goku for saving their lives and Bulma showed up with chibi Trunks. She demanded to know where her husband and Murai Trunks were, which Piccolo proceeded to explain. When he mentioned that he and Naruto would have a go in the room after the Sons, everyone looked confused, save Goku, as the shinobi was strong, even if he was no Saiyan.

Elsewhere, 16 and 18 landed on an island. The birds gathered around 16's head, while 18 looked up into the sky, mourning 17's death. Meanwhile, Cell continued his search for 18, as he flew off to another island. Back at Karin Tower, the father and son emerged from the Room of Spirit and Time, their clothes torn. Now that they were out, would they be able to destroy Seru before he absorbed 18?