Goku vs. Naruto

## Description

*It's the Super Saiyan against the Seventh Hokage in the anime battle to end them all.*

## Interlude

Hiro: Naruto. One Piece. Bleach. Long ago, the Big Three, the Shonen Trinity, were the pinnacle of what anime was about.

**MBStarscream: But one day, the adventures of Ichigo Kurosaki suddenly faded into legend, and was replaced and overshadowed by a new king that took the world by storm: Dragon Ball!**

Hiro: For years, fans have debated who is truly the best of the best: the adventures of the golden-haired alien warrior, or the story of the running ninja?

**MBStarscream: Well, time to put all that to rest with a match-up decades in the making, the culmination of 120 episodes in the business.**

Hiro: Son Goku, the Super Saiyan.

**MBStarscream: And Naruto Uzumaki, the Seventh Hokage.**

Hiro: I'm Hiro Hamada.

**MBStarscream: I'm MBStarscream.**

Hiro: And it's our job to examine both warriors' strength, abilities, weapons, and weaknesses to see who would win in a fight.

## Goku

Hiro: Under the control of Lord Frieza, the Saiyan army was a known terror across the universe. Ruled by the mighty King Vegeta, they had the title of the strongest warrior race there was. So when Kakarot was born during the height of their power, the life of a conqueror was ahead of him.

**MBStarscream: Surviving the destruction of his planet, young Kakarot was sent to Earth to subjugate it, and was taken in by an old man named Gohan who adopted him as his grandson, and whom Kakarot's future son would be named after. He would be given the name "Son Goku", and was a *lot* to handle at first.**

Hiro: Until he fell down a deep ravine and hit his head, entering a coma. Upon awakening from the coma, he suffered from amnesia, making Goku forget his original mission and his aggressive Saiyan characteristics, becoming a kind and mild-mannered child.

**MBStarscream: As Goku grew, he also developed a love for fighting and adventure, traveling the world in frequent search of the legendary seven Dragon Balls as well as to train and fight against strong opponents. Trained by legendary masters and god-like beings, Goku became Earth's protector against all comers--aliens, androids, mystical entities, gods and even his own race.**

Hiro: Goku fights his battles with ki, the life-force energy innate in every living being. By drawing ki out from inside of himself, Goku can manipulate it to incredible effects, such as ki blasts or flight. Ki also grants enhanced strength, speed and durability, and is the fuel for many of Goku's advanced techniques.

**MBStarscream: Like the Kamehameha, where the user channels all their ki to a single concentrated point between their cupped hands, and release it as a powerful ki blast. Another technique is the Kaio-Ken, which Goku uses to boost his abilities for a short period. It works by letting the user control all the ki in their body, then amplify it.**

Hiro: Goku originally had to beware of overextending himself using this technique, but his control and limits expanded with time and experience. During his time away from Earth after fighting Frieza, specifically on a planet called Yardrat, he learned the skill of Instant Transmission, where the user locks onto a sensible form of ki and then instantly moves from one location to another.

**MBStarscream: The Spirit Bomb is an attack in which Goku borrows energy from everything around him, such as the grass, trees, people, even inanimate objects and the atmosphere, and concentrate those energies into a destructive ball of energy. In the Super Android 13 film, Goku learned to harness the power of the Spirit Bomb by absorbing its Ki and becoming one with it, allowing him to transform and manipulate it himself.**

Hiro: The After-Image, or Zanzouken, creates illusions of the user, causing the enemy to become confused and disoriented. The Dragonthrow is his trademark grapple with which Goku throws enemies with immense power. One of his strongest techniques is the Dragon Fist, which allows him to charge up his fist into a super fist using a golden ki dragon.

**MBStarscream: Rock, Scissors, 'n Paper, or Janken, is a technique where the user either uses a strong punch, a poke to both eyes, or an open-palmed strike. Finally, the Fist Shockwave and Fist of Eight Hands, or Hasshu-Ken, amplify Goku's punches with different abilities.**

Hiro: Goku doesn't need to use just his Ki attacks though. He also has the Power Pole, or Nyoi-Bo, which according to Daizenshuu 7 via Kanzenshuu, is "A magical staff which expands and contracts." It is indestructible and has infinite reach.

**MBStarscream: When he's injured, Goku can eat a Senzu Bean, which can heal injuries, restore broken bones, and can restore his Ki just like spinach for Popeye. It's also stored on a convenient belt pouch for him, and if Goku wants to get a jump on the opponent, he can use the Flying Nimbus, or Kinto-Un. This magical yellow cloud can only be used by those with a pure heart, and flies at a speed of Mach 1.5.**

Hiro: After reaching a high level of power and witnessing the death of his friend Krillin at Frieza's hand, the rank of a Super Saiyan was founded. The amount of times stronger varies by who you ask: In Daizenshuu 7, the form is said to multiply the Saiyan's power level by 50 times times its normal amount.

**MBStarscream: There are many different levels of Super Saiyan, each of which increases his power more and more with each transformation. At Super Saiyan 2, he is twice as strong as Super Saiyan 1. Super Saiyan 3 multiplies the strength of Super Saiyan 2 by 4, extends his golden hair even longer, and can destroy his body if he uses it for too long.**

Hiro: With the power of five pure-hearted Saiyans, Goku was able to become a Super Saiyan God. This is his only transformation with a time limit; all Super Saiyan Gods are immune to godly dark magic like Demigra's. The multiplier, while unknown, should have to be at least by 20,000 as Goku stated that even if himself and Vegeta fused, they would be no match for Beerus, whose fight with SSG Goku shook the *universe.*

**MBStarscream: After becoming a Super Saiyan while still retaining his godly ki, Goku can transform in to a Super Saiyan Blue, or Super Saiyan God Super Saiyan. This form has enough power to be stronger than suppressed Beerus from when he fought Super Saiyan God Goku, but he is still weaker than Golden Frieza.**

Hiro: Goku can use his Kaio-Ken and Super Saiyan Blue at the same time, although it initially had only a 10% chance of working and a 90% chance of killing him. Thus, Goku must maintain an extraordinary amount of focus when activating the technique in order to ensure its success.

**MBStarscream: When he obtains Ultra Instinct, Goku has complete focus during a fight, as he does not need to think with this form. It is... a perfection of reaction.**

Hiro: Ultra Instinct doesn't only increase his reaction time, he also gets a major power boost, as he was able to keep up with Jiren, who before was able to fodderize Super Saiyan Blue Kaio-Ken X20 like it was nothing.

**MBStarscream: No matter what color the hair, Goku isn't gonna stop fighting. His greatest strength is his Tenacity, Never Give Up attitude, and his reason for fighting; he fights not to defeat others, but himself too.**

Hiro: However, this may also be his greatest weakness as well. Goku prefers his opponents fighting at their best, finding it more fun than when an opponent is holding back or at a weaker level than they can be at. He also is a bit too forgiving at times.

**MBStarscream: He has a limited amount of Ki, and his super forms drain energy. He also must have oxygen even though he can survive in a vacuum. Goku also isn't the sharpest sword in the armory. He has had no formal education in his life and only had basic schooling from Master Roshi.**

Hiro: However, Goku understands his own strengths and weaknesses. To him, formal education is a waste of time when he's already a genius fighter. He has amazing ingenuity on the battlefield and he improves with every fight. That is the whole point of Goku: To become stronger in large bursts. He has overcome every obstacle he's faced thus far because of this.

**MBStarscream: And he'll just keep fighting to hone his skills and better himself as a warrior. A true inspiration to us all!**

Hiro: The legend of the Super Saiyan is true, and all his enemies should fear it.

*Goku: You haven't figured it out yet? I'm the Saiyan who came all the way from Earth for the sole purpose of beating you. I am the warrior you've heard of in legends, pure of heart and awakened by fury, that's what I am.* ***I AM THE SUPER SAIYAN! SON GOKU!***

## Naruto

Hiro: A thousand years before Naruto's adventures began, the princess Kaguya Ōtsutsuki arrived from another world and, upon losing her faith in humanity, ate the fruit of the sacred God Tree, thus becoming the first progenitor of chakra. When she committed acts of cruelty upon the humans of the world, her twin sons Hagoromo and Hamura, who inherited her chakra, stopped Kaguya when she merged with the God Tree to become the Ten Tails, Hagoromo in particular splitting the Ten Tails' chakra and creating ancient monsters known as the tailed beasts from it.

**MBStarscream: Hagoromo would later go on to be called the Sage of Six Paths and bear twin sons of his own, Indra and Asura, choosing Asura to be the heir of the chakra he developed and successor of his legacy, and Indra was kinda pissed about that.**

Hiro: Centuries would pass and Indra and Asura would continue their feud and legacies through the clans they founded. A thousand years later, on the exact day Naruto would be born as Asura's latest incarnation, the village of Konoha was attacked by one of the chakra beasts; in particular, the nine-tailed kitsune monster known as Kurama.

**MBStarscream: Minato Namikaze, leader of Konoha at the time, would give his life by cutting Kurama's chakra, the monster's life force, in half; Minato absorbed one half into himself and placed the other half of Kurama's chakra in his infant son, Naruto.**

Hiro: Naruto would only understand this truth later on in life, and instead spend his early days as both a mischief maker and an outcast in Konoha, where he would also cultivate his lifelong aspirations of becoming the Hokage, much as Minato was. In order to even hope of reaching this position, Naruto took up classes at the Academy in his hometown and, while he failed to graduate three times, he nonetheless strove to attain the rank of Hokage; training with esteemed ninja such as Kakashi Hatake and Jiraiya, Naruto learned how to properly manage and utilize his chakra, thus setting him on his way to becoming the next Hokage on a journey that would span several years and see countless allies and enemies emerge on the path to his goal.

**MBStarscream: The origins behind Naruto's conception and the massive inherent talent such a conception bears, combined with the sheer commitment he has put into his craft in the mission to become the next Hokage has paid off more than handsomely. Even at the age of twelve, Naruto was capable of moving at speeds faster than the eye could track and could later dodge a lightning-speed in a feat comparable to Minato.**

Hiro: More impressive than this, Naruto has even dodged a stream of natural energy that moves at the speed of light itself. With his durability, he has survived impalement, the removal of his soul from its body, and even a direct hit from a sword made by one of Kaguya's direct descendants, made of chakra and both long and powerful enough to slice the moon in half.

**MBStarscream: His physical body, however, serves as only one half of Naruto's prowess, relying on the aspect of chakra for the other. In the world of Naruto, chakra is instead a form of energy that exists within all life to varying degrees, split up between the five elements of earth, water, fire, wind, and lightning; the more physical and spiritual energy one has, the greater the pool of chakra they can draw from.**

Hiro: Naruto's lineage of the Uzumaki clan, famous for a number of aspects including plentiful chakra, means he has a large pool of chakra himself, leaning more towards the wind element, and allows the usage of mystical techniques known as jutsu. Through his training and the massive chakra reserves of his bloodline and Kurama's own contributions of chakra, Naruto proved capable of mastering a great number of jutsu across the five chief elements, his preferred jutsu being the Shadow Clone Jutsu and the Rasengan.

**MBStarscream: The Shadow Clone Jutsu, also known as the Kage Bunshin no Jutsu, sees Naruto divide his chakra into a number of body doubles with their own tangible presence and the exact same physical capabilities as the original. The Rasengan, meanwhile, consists of forming a sphere of pure chakra and slamming it into a target; from the original and simplest variant of the Rasengan, Naruto has developed a number of more advanced forms, one such example being the Wind Release Rasenshuriken, a pressurized wind current that encircles the primary Rasengan and can cut on a cellular level.**

Hiro: The Shadow Clone Jutsu and the Rasengan are but a few examples of the jutsus present in Naruto's repertoire, with several other examples allowing him to summon giant toads, substitutions, and transforming his body into various objects; one of the more esoteric abilities the Konoha native possesses is a variant of the latter, specifically, distracting his foes via transforming himself into a nude woman, known simply as the Sexy Technique.

**MBStarscream: W-w-wha?**

Hiro: That's just scratching the surface of the numerous abilities Naruto can perform via jutsu, let alone what Kurama offers once the tailed beast had befriended the ninja, and, perhaps most importantly, various states of transformation that grant Naruto numerous new abilities and vast increases in power. First off is Sage Mode, which Naruto learned from the toad Fukasaku, and with it, he can draw on the ambient energy around him and use it to survey his surroundings, while also amplifying his physical capabilities.

**MBStarscream: With Kurama's aid, Naruto also has a number of transformations that call upon the power of the tailed beast; the primary one simply titled the Nine Tails Chakra Mode, like the Sage Mode, increase Naruto's physical strength and energy output, which was upgraded to the Kurama Chakra Mode.**

Hiro: The Kurama Chakra Mode further increases Naruto's strength, speed, and durability, while also allowing him to sense negative energy and form additional arms made of chakra to assist him in battle; further improvements also enabled Naruto to conjure an astral form of Kurama and use its most destructive attack, the Tailed Beast Bomb, an orb comprised of a mix of positive and negative chakra capable of destroying whole mountains.

**MBStarscream: Naruto still has one final form, gifted to him from his history as the most recent incarnation of Asura, the Six Paths Chakra, and with it, Six Paths Sage Mode. Six Paths Sage Mode grants Naruto astronomically high increases in his physical attributes and adds a few others to the mix; the mode lets Naruto fly, firing truth seeking balls made of the five elements, and even transform the balls into weapons which automatically disintegrate anything they touch.**

Hiro: This mixture of a unique lineage, mythical entities at his disposal, and constant training and development of his skills is what have helped elevate Naruto to a league unlike that seen in his world. The ninja has proven himself capable of fighting off multiple tailed beasts at once and destroying meteorites with a single Rasenshuriken, while his chakra can withstand the intense heat of the Amaterasu jutsu, a form of fire jutsu that can burn other flames, and managed to fight long time friend and enemy Sasuke Uchiha.

**MBStarscream: While Naruto is indeed an impressive combatant and one with many more feats under his belt than need be counted, he still has a few crucial flaws that can be exploited. Naruto has never been one for strategy in his fights, rushing headlong into danger with minimal planning, and in the unlikely event his supply of chakra is drained, Naruto will die once his reserves are expended.**

Hiro: But in the face of adversity and overwhelming odds, Naruto has continued to emerge victorious with these threats doing little to stop him, making amends with Sasuke, uniting the two halves of Kurama during the final defeat of Kaguya, and finally succeeding in his lifelong goal of becoming the next Hokage, paving the way for a new generation of ninja to thrive thanks to that million to one chance of unfolding events which is his life.

*Naruto: If there's such a thing as peace, I will find it. I won't give up!*

## Fatal Fiction

*Mario flips a coin.*

Hiro: Well, Naruto wins in terrain, but does he truly have the Super Saiyan beat?

**MBStarscream: Feels like I've been waitin' forever for this.**

*A forest*

In a vast, green forest, a young ninja with blond, spiky hair and blue eyes meditated peacefully on a large boulder, taking in the tranquility of his surroundings. **Naruto Uzumaki** had been springing through the treetops for a while and was taking the time to work it off with a good, undisturbed meditation.

But it wouldn't be undisturbed for long.

A voice spoke deep inside his soul. Kurama had come to alert him once more.

"Naruto." He said. "I sense a powerful chakra approaching."

"Where?" Naruto asked as his eyes opened. Just then, a figure with black spiky hair and an orange gi on appeared before him in a flash, giving him a start. "Hi there!" the figure said, brimming with jovality. "I'm **Son Goku!**"

"Uh, hi! I'm Naruto Uzumaki!" Naruto introduced. Goku then made an interesting observation, squinting his eyes at the ninja in curiosity.

"Say... you kinda look like a Super Saiyan, but your energy's different."

"A... super sayin'?" Naruto repeated with confusion.

"Yeah! You must be real powerful!" Goku continued. "How about we settle this?" He took a stance.

"Careful, Naruto. His chakra's unlike any I've felt before." warned Kurama.

"Sure! I can sense your energy too!" Naruto beamed before taking his own stance. "Let's see what you've got, friend!"

"Oh, boy! This is gonna be fun!"

**FIGHT!**

Naruto vaulted off the rock and tossed a set of kunai at Goku, the Saiyan nimbly dodging them before going in for the first blow. Naruto blocked the punch, and from there, the two warriors fought above the trees at breakneck speed, moving so fast that it was blinding to watch.

Goku grabbed a flying kick from Naruto and preformed his Dragonthrow, sending him into the air. In mid-air, Naruto summoned five different clones of himself that came down towards Goku, who managed to fight them all off before the real deal came down with another flying kick that he planted into the Saiyan's face. Goku grabbed Naruto's leg and threw him across the treeline, the ninja skidding across the grass. "Not bad!" Goku complimented from above before flying towards him.

Barely dodging a series of rapid punches, Naruto formed a blue ball of chakra in his hand before striking Goku with it, causing the ball to explode and blasting him backwards. Goku unleashed a large amount of energy spheres and sent them Naruto's way as the Seventh Hokage jumped from tree to tree to avoid them. Cupping his hands together, Goku charged them up with ki and...

"KamehameHAAAA!"

Fired a massive ki blast that Naruto BARELY jumped over in time. Goku teleported in front of him, charging ki into his outstretched hand. "Hi!"

BOOM!

Sent back to the floor, Naruto formed a handsign and shadow clones appeared around him. The first one to lunge at Goku burst into smoke in front of him, leaving a bomb behind that promptly detonated. The now-distracted Goku was left wide open for the real Naruto and his numerous shadow clones, all charged with Rasengan spheres, to gang up on the unsuspecting Saiyan and send him flying with consecutive blasts.

The two warriors then dashed forward, clashing with each other with such force that they simultaneously powered up into their Super Saiyan and Sage Mode forms respectively.

"Whoa! So cool!" said the two in unison.

Smirking at each other, they broke off the clash and Naruto channeled Kurama Chakra Mode through himself as Goku starting using Kaio-Ken. They charged up a Kamehameha and a Rasengan respectively, but right as Goku fired, Naruto leapt above him and threw the chakra orb down at him, the Super Saiyan barely blocking in time. Naruto landed behind him and threw a chakra-manifested punch that Goku caught. The hokage then summoned a chakra manifestation of Kurama that punched Goku away, sending him smashing through trees. Goku caught one and threw it at Naruto, the Kurama apparition destroying it with a punch.

"Dragon FIST!" Goku used his yelled technique to meet another blow from the Kurama chakra, causing an explosion of chakra and ki. Goku rushed forward and repeatedly punched Naruto at extremely high speeds, causing him to stagger back violently with each hit. Naruto landed a solid kick to Goku's midsection and sent them flying back to meet five other clones of himself, all also charged up with Kurama chakra. Each clone kicked Goku towards another until one kicked him into the air where another was waiting, leg raised, to slam his heel down on Goku's head, knocking him to the ground.

When Goku got up, his battle-hardened expression quickly changed to one of red-faced confusion and embarrassment, a sweat drop appearing on his forehead. All around him were five clones of Naruto, all preforming the Sexy Technique for his eyes to see.

"How's this, good-lookin'?" Said a flirtatious voice.

Goku's jaw dropped.

Standing in Naruto's place was a pretty, twin-tailed blonde girl, completely naked save for some conveniently-placed clouds. Goku shook his head and turned into Super Saiyan 2, chuckling. "Sorry. Already taken!"

His fist collided with the side of her face, turning Naruto back to normal. Naruto created two human-sized Rasenshurikens as Goku held his hand into the air, conducting ki in the form of a razor-sharp disc, which was then hurled at Naruto to meet one Rasenshuriken head on. Goku used Instant Transmission as Naruto threw the other shuriken and put his fingertaps to his forehead.

With a cry of "Solar Flare!", Goku created a burst of bright light, stunning Naruto long enough for the Saiyan to swing the Power Pole at him, sending him flying into a cliff. Naruto recovered from the hit and the Solar Flare long enough to run up the cliff from a Kamehameha, spheres of ki quickly following him up the mountainside. Goku appeared above the mountain and charged up more ki. "KamehameHAAAAA!"

Massive rocks flew everywhere as the mountain exploded, Naruto landing on a chunk. Goku powered up in Super Saiyan 3 and beckoned Naruto with a "bring it" gesture. Kurama quickly spoke. "Naruto! He keeps getting stronger! Be careful!"

"And keeps getting longer hair, too!" Naruto said before he leapt from the rock to the next one. And the next. And the next, until he leapt above Goku and pulled out a kunai, kicking it down towards him. Naruto drew his fist back as he plummeted towards Goku, but he was kicked towards another rock, after which Goku fired a ki blast that shot him through the mountain chunk and sent him flying.

As he sailed through the air, Naruto activated Six Paths Sage Mode and landed on a tree branch, throwing newly acquired Truth-Seeking Balls at Goku, who countered with a series of ki blasts. Goku teleported in front of Naruto and punched him off the tree, then charged in to follow up with another blow as Naruto releases a boiling steam from his body to deliver a steam-enhanced punch that matched Goku's. The ninja and the Saiyan matched each other blow for blow until Goku started teleporting all around him with Instant Trasmission, throwing punches that Naruto narrowly turned to block each time.

Goku finally performed a somersault kick to Naruto's chin, launching him high into the air. As he landed back on his feet, Goku charges ki into his hands and fires a Kamehameha up at Naruto, who conjured a Truth-Seeking Ball to shield himself with, the explosion launching him even higher. Goku flew up to him and threw a punch, but Naruto grabbed it and activated Six Paths Asura Kurama Sage Mode before throwing Goku back to the ground. Goku glared upward as Karama readies a pair of massive chakra spheres; positive cyan swirling in one, in the other, negative chakra, a mix of blacks and purples.

Goku stomped his foot and transformed into his Super Saiyan God form, his hair going from blond to red-violet. He cupped his hands once more, and ki poured into it. "KaaaaaaameeeeeeehaaaaaaaameeeeeeeHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!"

A pair of ferocious grunts from Naruto and Kurama alike were what preceded the chakra spheres being lobbed at the Saiyan and a ray of negative chakra following; the ensuing explosion could be seen well out of orbit as the Ultra Big Bomb Rasenshuriken met the Kamehameha. So high was Naruto launched, he was barely in orbit by the time he stopped his ascent. He started to charge up another Ultra Big Bomb Rasenshuriken.

"Let's finish this, Naruto."

The ninja's eyes narrowed.

Goku's did too from below. His hair turned blue as he turned into Super Saiyan God Super Saiyan. "Let's finish this." He seemingly agreed.

He bounded off the ground and flew up to meet his opponent one last time.

Naruto screamed as he threw the Ultra Big Bomb Rasenshuriken down at Goku. Goku screamed as he drew back his fist. Past Fatal Fiction combatants, both fanon and official, flashed between Goku and the Rasenshuriken.

Goku threw a punch.

The Rasenshuriken was thrown right back at Naruto, who could only scream as he was hit by his own attack. There was no trace of him or his master left. Breathing heavily, Goku willed himself back to normal and saluted with a smile before flying back to Earth.

All in all, a great fight.

**FATALITY!**

## Results

**MBStarscream: We waited 8 years, 10 seasons and 120 episodes to do this match-up and it was WORTH IT!**

Hiro: Both Goku and Naruto were unlike *any* foe they've ever faced, and yet so alike in many ways. Both had great training, powerful healing factors, and strong forms. Ultimately, Goku's own Saiyan power was too much for a human ninja like Naruto to handle.

**MBStarscream: Yeah! While Naruto was the reincarnation of a half-alien, Goku was a *full* alien. He may have dodged Madara's lightspeed spit and even withstood a blow that split the moon in half, but Goku can move even faster thanks to Instant Transmission, and was capable of surviving a bomb that could destroy the Earth.**

Hiro: Both have managed to surpass their limits in more ways than one, although Naruto's sage powers gave him immense field awareness, Ultra Instinct is powerful enough, maybe even more so, to match or even surpass it completely. Naruto managed to survive an explosion that busted a hole in the moon, while Goku managed to survive his own Spirit Bomb being sent right back at him.

**MBStarscream: Naruto's only dealt with *one* planet-level threat, while Goku's fought a lot of 'em and come out on top! During his battle with Beerus, they sent out shockwaves that rippled through the universe, far beyond what Naruto's shaken his fist at.**

Hiro: Although both heroes are some of the most well-known and beloved in their fields, Goku had the edge in essentially every category to far greater extremes than Naruto was capable of ever considering keeping up with.

**MBStarscream: Goku wasn't monkeying around when it came around to hearing what the fox had to say.**

Hiro: Goku wins.

## Advantages

### Goku (Winner)

* Stronger
* Faster via Instant Transmission
* More durable
* Saiyan biology beat ninja training
* Ultra Instinct countered sage abilities
* More experienced with greater foes