Naruto was walking through the village. School had just finished and Naruto was heading to the Forest of Death with his lunchbox in hand. As he was running, he accidentally bumped into someone. He fell to the ground, hitting the dirt and rubbing his nose, "Ow!"

"Oh, sorry about that, kid. You alright?" the voice of an old man asked as Naruto looked up to see an old man. He had long hair with a large bald spot on the top of his head with a long white beard. He wore a classic-style green on blue martial arts robes and seemed to have a strong posture despite his age.

"I'm fine, old man. Sorry about bumping into you," Naruto said as he got up, brushing himself off

"Where were you off to in such a hurry?" the old man asked as Naruto ran past him

"Nowhere important!" Naruto shouted as he ran, trying to make sure he wasn't late for his training with Garou. As Naruto ran out of sight of the old man, the geezer looked down and saw Naruto's lunchbox on the ground, "Seems the youngster forgot his lunchbox," he said as he picked it up and turned around in the direction of Naruto.

Garou sat on a tree branch as he was reading an orange book, "This story sucks," Garou said as he closed it and threw it further into the forest

"SENSEI!!" he heard Naruto shout, seeing the boy run around the lake toward him

"What took ya so long, brat? We've got work to do!" Garou said, hopping off the branch he was sitting on. Landing in front of Naruto, Garou smirked and crouched down, "How was school, kid?"

"Ehhh, not much to say about it. Guy-sensei is trying his best, but I can't help but doze off at times," Naruto replied

"Bah never liked school much either. Now, where were we during our last lesson?"

"You were teaching me the Water Stream Rock Smashing Fist?"

"Oh, yeah! Now, watch closely," Garou said as he bent his knees. But before he could show any moves, Garou was suddenly hit in the head with a flying kick. Garou was sent flying into a tree, causing it to splinter as Naruto stood there, both in awe and fright, "W-What the hell?!" Naruto shouted as his lunchbox was tossed at his feet

"I followed you to return that to you, but it appears that plans have changed," the old man said, standing in the spot Garou used to be in, cracking his knuckles

"Y-You shitty old geezer," Garou said as he pulled himself out the tree, "been a while, Bomb,"

"Garou," the old man replied, slowly walking toward him

"Hey! What are you doing you old coot?!" Naruto shouted as he grabbed Bomb's robes. Bomb turned his head and looked down at Naruto, "Get out of here kid, this has nothing to do with you," Bomb stated, his voice causing Naruto's entire body to shake. Naruto, still holding Bomb's robes, suddenly felt as if he was supporting the entire world upon his shoulders. It was killing intent.

It was coming from Bomb, who was trying to keep an eye both on Naruto and Garou, "It's time for the adults to talk, child," Bomb ordered as he raised his hand and went to chop Naruto's neck. But before Bomb could do so, Naruto vanished from his side. The old man raised an eyebrow as he shifted his feet, spotting Garou 50 feet away from him, holding Naruto, "You've gotten faster," Bomb remarked, but Garou paid him no mind. Setting Naruto on the ground, Garou stood up and faced Bomb, spreading his feet out, prepared to advance, "Naruto, I want you to run,"

"W-What?" Naruto asked, "What are you going to do?!"

"Don't argue with your sensei! Now get!" Garou ordered as he vanished, appearing in front of Bomb with his fist cocked back. Bomb saw this as he raised a hand to block, only to be stuck in the nose by a knee. Bomb recoiled as Garou swung his right arm at the old man's head.

Bomb saw this attack and ducked, letting the punch go above his head. Performing a leg-sweep, he managed to trip Garou, socking him in the jaw with a swift punch, sending the younger man into the air.

Garou grit his teeth to stop himself from spinning in the air. Grabbing a nearby tree branch, he stopped himself from flying any higher before Bomb appeared in front of him with his arms extended, "Whirlwind Iron Cutting Fist," Bomb said as Garou leaned forward and launched himself off the tree, landing on the ground. The giant tree was destroyed into giant wooden rings as Bomb grabbed one and threw it at Garou.

The ladder quickly bent his knees and exhaled, throwing his arms around him, creating an orb-like barrier around him.

After destroying the ring, Garou looked up and saw Bomb coming at him with his knuckles extended and ready to attack. Garou planted himself in the dirt as he roared, ready for Bombs advances, and threw a punch at the old man. Bomb redirected the punch away from him as Garou threw another punch. Repeating the same action as before, Bomb twisted his own arm and a small whirlwind was sent by Garou's head, cutting the side of his face in several places. But Garou didn't let Bomb get another chance to perform that attack as he started to throw faster punches and block even quicker.

While this clash was going on, Naruto could only stare in amazement as these two went at it. It was terrifying as he felt the ground shake, like an earthquake, "A-Amazing, se-sensei is really this strong?" he whispered as he quickly ducked, seeing his sensei come flying at him, "SENSEI!"

"I told you to run!" Garou shouted as he bounced off a tree

"But sensei-"

"Don't 'but sensei' me! He's too strong for you! NOW RUN!" Garou screamed

"I'm not running!" Naruto said as Garou quickly kicked the ground, causing a giant piece of earth to pop up into the air. Garou kicked at Bomb the former ran to Naruto, picked him up, and tossed him like a football out of the Forest, "WHAT THE HELL?!?!?!" Naruto screamed as he flew through the air

"IT'S FOR YOUR OWN GOOD!" Garou shouted back as he turned around to block a kick from Bomb

"You care a lot about that child," Bomb commented, jumping off of Garou and landing a dozen feet in front of him, "Why?"

"Tch, why should I tell you?" Garou asked as he backed up a few feet

"He's strong. I noticed his strength the moment we met. I almost fell down," Bomb remarked, shifting his body. Garou smirked at that sentence, "Seems I taught him well," Garou said, causing Bombs eyes to widen

"You've been teaching him?"

"Maybe I have. Maybe I haven't," Garou replied, smiling, "but you shouldn't be worried about that. You should be worried about me. I'm stronger than we last met and I intend to fight to my fullest,"

"Is that so?"

"Yeah, and I've got a surprise for you," Garou said, shifting his body to mimic the Water Stream Rock Smashing Fist. But there was a difference. Garou was standing sideways, his left shoulder pointing at Bomb. Of which, the old man raised his guard, prepared for what's to come next.

Garou extended his knuckles, forming a dragon's claw in one hand and an open palm in the other. Bomb's eyes widened in shock as he started backpedaling away from Garou, the ladder rushing at the former, "Whirling Wind Flowing Water: Fist of Roaring Qi, Rending Air!!!" Garou shouted as he threw hundreds upon hundreds of punches at Bomb.

'He's advanced beyond what I could've ever imagined! I can only think of how much stronger that child is if Garou is teaching him!' Bomb thought to himself, retreating from Garou's attacks

"COME ON, OLD MAN! YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BE AS STRONG AS BANG! SHOW ME WHAT YOU GOT!" Garou shouted as Bomb started to block and redirect attacks.

Bomb dodged and waved through Garou's attacks as best he could. Whenever Garou struck something, it shattered. The trees of the forest were being destroyed from the battle as Garou went to punch Bomb, but Bomb managed to move out of the way, causing a 2,000-foot tree to break in two. Bomb moved out of the way of the tree and let it fall on Garou.

With a loud crash, the tree fell onto Garou in a giant cloud of dust. Bomb was kneeling, exhausted from dodging all of Garou's attacks, "I-I hate being old," Bomb said to himself as he stood up.

Bomb turned to leave, cracking his neck as he said: "Now, off to find that kid. Hopefully, he wasn't thrown too far. I could actually start teaching him,"

"YOU THINK SO, HUH?!" a voice shouted behind him as he turned around to see Garou lifting the giant tree into the air

"I knew it was too easy," Bomb whispered as he got into his stance. Garou was exhaling giant clouds of steam from his nose as he took a step forward and swung the tree around at Bomb.

Bomb raised both his hands to block the tree as he was sent flying several thousand feet into the air. Garou crouched down, still holding the tree, and used all his strength to jump into the air after Bomb. Spinning in the air, Garou went to hit Bomb again, only for the tree to be turned into rings. Bomb grabbed one of the rings and planted his feet on it, pushing off of it and launching himself at Garou.

Holding what solid part of the tree was left, Garou kicked it at Bomb. Bomb shredded the rest of the tree as he closed in on Garou. Grabbing Garou by the shirt, Bomb punched Garou in the jaw as the ladder kicked the former in the stomach. They kept on exchanging punches and kicks as they fell back to the ground.

Latching himself onto Garou's body, Bomb positioned himself so that Garou would take the brunt of the fall. Struggling out of Bombs grasp, Garou gritted his teeth as the ground came closer and closer until Garou shouted at the top of his lungs and did a front flip, placing Bomb below Garou. Garou grabbed Bomb by the neck and wrapped his legs around Bomb's body, "ARRGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!" Garou screamed as they crashed into the ground. A large cloud of dirt could be seen over the trees as Garou was standing over an injured Bomb, "I-It seems that I underestimated you," Bomb managed to mumble

"Shut-up," Garou said as he started to walk away

"It's considered polite to help the elderly up, Garou," a voice shouted at him. Garou turned to his left to see Naruto being handled like a suitcase by another old man. The man had light blue eyes and tan skin, spikey white hair, thick white eyebrows, and a thick white mustache. He wore a long-sleeved black martial arts jumpsuit, light-colored pants, and Tai Chi slippers.

"Hello... Garou," the old man said

"Bang," Garou said as he got ready to fight again.