Naru-Mon: Adventure Begins

Hey there everyone!

I'd like to welcome everyone to my first story. I have been thinking of starting a Fanfic for a while now but due to a lack of ideas combined with a low self-esteem, I had held back on it. But no more!

Now this story is basically the characters of Naruto within the Pokémon world, although Pokémon characters will be in this fic. The main pairing in this will be Naruto and Dawn, mainly because I have yet to find a good story featuring these two as a couple. I might throw some naruhina into it at a later date also if people want it, but for now I'll stick with this one pairing.

Also I will be using the English names of the Pokémon characters, mainly because they are the ones I am most familiar with.

Anyway, with that out of the way, let the story begin!


Chapter 1: The Final Exam!


It was a great day to be outside, the sky was blue, the Starly were singing, this day was the perfect time to start a life-changing adventure.

Too bad Naruto was still stuck in class.

"NARUTO! Stop looking out the window and pay attention for once! Your final examinations are tomorrow and if you do not pass it you will not be starting your journey till next year!"

"But Iruka-sensei, everything you talk about is sooo boooring! You have talked about this stuff like a billion times now!" said a blonde haired, blue eyed teen swinging on the back legs of his chair.

Iruka's left eye started twitching. "That is why it is called revision. I am just going over everything you have been taught to make sure you know everything you need to know for when you start your journey. Plus, out of all the students here, you need it the most. You current written test scores are abysmal! Now stop swinging on your chair and pay attention." Iruka said, all the while giving Naruto a glare that only teachers seem capable of doing. Naruto tried matching the stare only to look away grumbling. "Fine, fine, have it your way". Iruka smiled. "Good. Now as I was saying, the move Rollout is a good example of combining move to achieve more effective results. By itself the move doubles in power with each consecutive use, but combine that move with a Defence Curl before beginning, it will further increase the power of the move, allowing-"

At that point Naruto stopped listening and allowed his mind to wander again. Honestly he couldn't help it that he was exited to start his journey. He even had already chosen what outfit he was going to wear throughout his journey. Heck, he was even wearing it now! A plain blue shirt with a black and orange hooded jacket over the top that had a red spiral on the back, along with the dark blue jeans with a black belt and some brand new black and orange running shoes that he had just bought last week. The one thing that he thought completed the look though was the black goggles with orange tinted glass he had received from his father for his 10th birthday. They were is most prized possession and combined with everything else he was wearing; he thought he looked pretty bad ass!

His eyes wandering back to Iruka, a brown haired man with a scar running along the bridge of his nose, he started to think about the progress he has made this year. As Iruka had said, he was definitely the person who needed to listen. Apart from the practical lessons in which they each chose a Pokémon from the Academy vault to have practice battles, which he excelled in, he was barely passing at the moment, and if he didn't pass this final exam, all of his work will have been for nothing.

Iruka was a good guy, he even saw Naruto as a little brother, just like Naruto saw him as a big brother. But he was also fair and very strict, if he didn't the marks needed to pass, Iruka will hold him back a year, and that was a year too many to be delaying his journey! Naruto sighed as he started to listen to the lecture again, counting every second to the end of the day. This wouldn't be so hard if Iruka stopped talking in that boring monotone!


As the bell rang everyone got up and rushed to the door hoping to get home quickly so they could watch Pokémon battles and contests on TV. Naruto was about to leave before he heard Iruka calling his name. Walking up to his desk he wondered what he wanted to talk about with him. Did he figure out he was the one to super glue Mizuki to his chair? He certainly hoped not.

"What did you want to talk about sensei?" asked Naruto.

"Well, instead of lecturing you on the importance on study, seeing as it hasn't worked in the past, and forcing you, which only results in you pulling a prank on me, I have decided to try a new method." Only now did he notice that Iruka had something behind his back. "And what would that be?" Naruto asked, hoping it wouldn't be something painful.

"Simple, bribery" said a smirking Iruka. "…huh?" Naruto was confused, out of all the things he was expecting, that wasn't one of them.

Iruka pulled out from behind his back a small box. Opening it he showed Naruto the contents of the box, smirking as he saw Naruto's eyes grow wide.

"Is That…"

"Yep, one Pokémon egg, straight from the day care centre."

Before he could get a closer look at the egg, Iruka quickly closed the box and pulled it away from Naruto. "Now Naruto, this egg belongs to one of my own Pokémon, and you must understand that the person that I give this to must be someone I am able to trust to look after it. Now I know you are great with Pokémon and treat them with great amounts of respect, plus you are like a little brother to me, but you will only get this egg if you pass with a score greater than 70. Anything less and I will keep the egg, got it?"

Naruto was shocked that he trusted him enough to have one of his own Pokémon's eggs. He also understood why he wanted him to do so good in the test. With a score that high he would have the knowledge needed to be able to look after the egg responsibly. He let out a calming breath and said "Thank you Iruka-sensei, I promise you that I will get that score and prove myself responsible enough to look after that egg, or my name isn't Naruto Uzumaki! Dattebayo!"

Iruka smiled, knowing how Naruto was with promises, he was sure that he would pass now. "Good, now you best be off, you have a long night of study ahead of you if you wish to keep that promise."

Naruto smirked and said "Right! See ya Iruka-sensei" before running out of the classroom to start studying.

Just as Iruka was finished packing up an old man walked into the room saying "So what has got Naruto in such a mad rush that he nearly knocks me over on his way out of here?". Iruka looked up to see the headmaster of the academy and one of the elites of the Pokémon world, Hiruzen Sarutobi. "Headmaster Hiruzen! I'm so sorry! I'll make sure to punish him as soon as he comes in for the exams tomorrow!" Iruka ground his teeth. How come when it seems Naruto is going to do something right he always seem to get into some trouble?! "Now, now. No need to be harsh on him. I'm sure he didn't mean it. Now as for my question?"

Iruka calmed at that before replying, "Well since I couldn't get Naruto to study, I decided to give him some incentive to pass. One of my Pokémon has just had an egg you see, and I was going to give it to him if he manages to score over 70". Hiruzen chuckled at that before saying "No wonder he is so excited, the opportunity to have two Pokémon at the start of his journey is not one he would miss. Although, don't you think that you might be showing favouritism towards him?"

Iruka shook his head "Not really, if he fails I will not let him go on his journey, simple as that. I made the offer as a parent would reward a child for good behaviour. I wanted the Pokémon in that egg to have an exciting life like its parents had and Naruto is the only person I trust enough to look after it."

"Fair enough. Well if that is all I better get back to my paperwork. Blasted stuff won't do itself. Have a nice afternoon." And with that Hiruzen left the classroom along with Iruka to battle the bane that is Paperwork. Why oh why was such torture considered work?!


Kushina Uzumaki, mother of one Naruto Uzumaki, was currently out the front of her house watering tending to her garden. After she had completed her Pokémon adventures, she always found that she was more comfortable in her garden than in her own home. She always chalked it up to her years camping in the great outdoors during her travels. That and her garden had berries that she had found and collected throughout her travels, one of the hobbies she had picked up when she wasn't battling gym leaders and competing in Pokémon contests.

She had just finished tending to her Oran Berry Tree when she saw her son come running up the path and straight into the house. Sending a confused glance to her Milotic, which was resting in the pool of her house, she wondered why he was in such a rush. Usually he at least greets her before he runs off to whatever plans he has for the day. Deciding to go she what is going on, she turns to her Pokémon and asks "Milotic sweetie, mind finishing off watering the plants for me?" Milotic simply nodded and began to charge up a Rain Dance to evenly water the plants. She certainly wasn't going to use her Hydro Pump on them, which just would be overkill.

Seeing her Pokémon starting its task, she walked into the house to go find her son. Her first thought was to go look in his room for him, but to her surprise she found him sitting at the table. Even more shocking was that it looked like he was studying. Naruto! Studying! After watching him sit still and actually read what was in front of him she was tempted to take his temperature just to make sure that he wasn't sick, but decided to simply ask her son to see if there was a reason for this sudden change.

"Naruto, mind if I ask why are you studying so suddenly? Usually you would put it off till all the Pokémon battles on TV are over and even then you don't really focus on it like you are now."

Naruto looked up from one of his study books to see his mother behind him. Thinking for a moment he answered "Well after school had finished for the day Iruka-sensei pulled me aside made me a really awesome offer! He said if I can get a good score on the exam tomorrow he would give me a Pokémon egg! How cool is that?!" Kushina could see how exited he was about this, and honestly she couldn't blame him. Not many people would be offered such a chance at the start of their journeys.

"That's great sweetie! It's good to see you are finally taking your study a bit more seriously, even if it is only for one day. Oh well, better late than never as they say"

Naruto flashed his signature grin before replying. "Thanks mom. Could you help me with some parts I can't understand? Some of the stuff in here is a bit hard."

Kushina hummed and got into a thinking position. "I could, but that was the point of studying back then instead of now." Naruto groaned at her reply, of course she was going to rub that fact in now. He swears she does this just for kicks.

"But now that I think of it, I have a better idea. Why don't I invite over your friends so that you could have a study session together? After all studying in a group is much better than studying by yourself."

"That's a great idea! You're a genius mom! I'll call them up right now!"

As he went to get up Kushina quickly put her hands on his shoulders preventing him from doing so. "I don't think so. You would probably invite Kiba over and just goof off the entire time. No, you just continue studying and I'll call my friends and tell them to bring their daughters over. At least I know that they will keep you focused." Naruto sighed before returning to studying. If there was one thing he knew about his mother, it was that she is almost as stubborn as he is, maybe more so. There was no point in arguing in this type of situation, so he just shut up and did what he was told.

"Now don't be like that, just because I'm trying to help you doesn't mean you can go all Sasuke on me." Naruto chuckled at that. It was a little thing his mother did, whenever he went into a brooding state of mind she would joke about how he looked like one emo brooder he knew. Naruto never liked Sasuke, even though their parents were friends. He always has this Mightier-than-thou attitude that always got to him. The way he acted you'd think he could piss holy water, plus his fangirls didn't really help the situation. So whenever his mood was compared to Sasuke's he usually quickly dropped out of it.

"Thanks mom. Well I better get to it"

"You do that" Kushina replied, before walking over to the phone to make a couple of calls.


Kushina was currently doing some cleaning around the house, making sure that everything was neat for her guests. Just as she had finished cleaning the living room, the doorbell started ringing.

"I'll get it!" shouted Naruto before rushing to the door to greet their guests for the night. Once he opened the door he found two older women around his mother's age and two girls from his class. Seeing who it was he smiled "Hey there Dawn, Hello Hinata, so my mom invited you guys over? Awesome! Now I know I'll be able to study better. ". Hinata blushed lightly while saying "Hello Naruto-kun. Thank you for inviting us over." "No problem, it's always nice to have you guys over!".

Hinata blush grew deeper as she started to shuffle around a bit. Dawn then stepped forward "Hey Naruto, starting to feel the pressure from the Exams?" "Not really, though I really want to get a good score on it!" This peaked both Dawn's and Hinata's curiosity. "Oh and why is that?" As he was about to reply his mother's voice came through from the living room.

"Naruto, be a good host and actually let them into the house why don't you?"

"Oh yeah, sorry about that. Mrs Hyuuga, Miss Berlitz, my mom's in the living room at the moment. I've currently got my study stuff set up on the dining room table. If you guys get your stuff set up so we can begin, I'll get us some food and drink."

Hitomi Hyuuga smiled at the young teen's actions "Thank you for that Naruto. Hinata go on, I'll just be talking with Kushina while you three are studying. Together." She made sure to stress the last word; it was always fun to tease Hinata like this when it came to her crush, "Y-Yes mother" she squeaked in reply, before moving off to the dining room to set up. "You too Dawn, I'm sure that you want to get started" said Johanna Berlitz. "Okay then!" Dawn replied, before rushing off to join Hinata.


As they walked into the house Naruto closed the door before going to the kitchen to prepare some snacks for his friends. After making some decent food he brought it out to the dining room where is friends had just finished setting up and were waiting for him.

Dawn and Hinata were two people he has known since he was a little kid. With their parents being best friends and all it was inevitable that they would meet also. Dawn had blue hair and blue eyes and looked a fair bit like her mother. She was currently wearing her favourite clothes, a white sleeveless shirt, black top and pink skirt along with it. She wore a different style of running shoes to his, and they were also pink. Compared to Dawn, in choice of clothing, Hinata was a polar opposite. Her choice of clothing was a dark blue shirt with a large cream coloured jacket that looked once size too big for her. She also wore dark blue leggings, along with some running shoes of her own, cream in colour.

"Alright then let's get down to it" he said before setting down the plate and moving to where he had his stuff set up. "Not before you tell us why you want to get a good score for this exam" was Dawn's reply. "Yes, I also wish to know why y-you want to do better" Hinata also said.

"Oh yeah, Well you see-". Naruto went on to explain why he wanted to do better. Once he was done explaining the reason to them both of them had rather shocked expressions on their faces, it was actually rather amusing. "You mean to tell me if you do well you get a Pokémon egg alongside with your starting Pokémon? Wow, that's amazing!" was the exited reply from Dawn. "Yes, t-that's really nice of Iruka-sensei to do. Do you k-know what Pokémon it is going to be Naruto-kun?" asked Hinata, wondering which once of Iruka's Pokémon it could be.

"Well he didn't really say, but that doesn't really matter, I bet it will be awesome no matter what Pokémon it is!" Naruto said. "Well we better get started if we are gonna get you that egg. As you are now you will have no hope of getting it." Dawn said cheekily.

"Yeah I guess your rig - HEY!"


"So that is why he is willingly studying. I must say, seeing Naruto sitting still for so long just seems unnatural. At least there is a reason behind it. ". Hitomi commented. "I know what you mean, I remember when you gave him a bag of sweets for his eighth birthday, no one could get him to sit still for less than three seconds that day." Kushina sighed at Johanna's words. "Don't remind me, that night he ran around the entire house before crashing on the couch at 4am in the morning." The women giggled at their friend's distress.

Deciding to change the subject, Kushina asks "So how are Hinata and Dawn going? Are they still crushing on my son?". "Well Hinata definitely does, it is amazing how she is confident most of the time but brings Naruto up in conversation and shy Hinata appears." "Dawn also does too, but by the looks of it she doesn't have a problem around him. My guess is that she sees him as a friend first and a potential boyfriend second. She doesn't want to lose him as a friend." Johanna said as she took a sip from her tea before asking "Do you have any idea who he is interested in yet? I mean he must have some crush about now, right?"

Let it be known that while Kushina, Hitomi and Johanna are friends, they are also very competitive rivals. When they started on their journey they were always trying to one up each other, and to this very day they still try to. Kushina currently has the best garden and berry selection, Johanna makes the best poffins and the best sewing skills out of them and Hitomi has the best cooking skills, all of which they continue to try and outdo each other on.

The reason for the current question is because Hitomi and Johanna currently have a bet going on whose daughter will snag Naruto first. Both sides have been making subtle moves to try and get there choice together. There is only one bump in this plan.

Kushina sighed once again. "Nope, apart from that minor one on that Sakura girl which quickly fell apart with the way she treated him, he has not shown any hints onto who he is crushing on at the moment. Plus he is very dense on this subject you know, same as his father. At the rate he is going your girls might have to get him the way I got my husband." They all giggled at that. Now that was one interesting story, and most definitely one she was going to use to embarrass the hell out of Naruto.


It was now the day of the exams, and for once Naruto felt like he didn't need to worry about it. Hinata, Dawn and he had stayed up till late studying and helping each other out with parts they did not understand. Their parents had decided to stay for dinner to allow them more time for study, and with the exam only a few minutes away, he truly appreciated the help his friends have given him.

"So Naruto, think you gonna pass this little test?" Naruto turned around to find Kiba, another of his childhood friends, standing behind him.

"Hell yeah! I stayed up late last night studying everything I could so I could get a high score. My mum even invited Hinata and Dawn over so we could study together." Kiba was a little surprised by that. "Hey, how come I wasn't invited? Arceus knows I need the study time too."

"Well I was going to invite you but as my mom said, if I had we both would have most likely messed around instead of studying"

Kiba scratched his cheek a bit while chuckling. "Yeah, that actually would have happened. I guess it was good you didn't invite me then. I did manage to get some study done though, my sister made sure of that." They both shuddered at that. While Kiba's sister Hana was nice most of the time, she could get violent if people annoyed her, and they both had done that at some point.

"Can I have everyone's attention?"

Naruto and Kiba turned around to find Iruka standing at the door to the classroom. "Thank you. When you walk into the class you are to find where your name is written and sit at the seat assigned to you. The exam papers will be handed out once everyone is seated; you are not to start them until I say so. Now please follow me." Iruka then walked into the class with the students starting to follow him.

"Well, good luck Naruto, you'll need it." Kiba said as he started to enter the classroom.

"I won't need it; I have put too much effort into this to not succeed. Dattebayo!" And with that Naruto rushed into the classroom, ready to take the first steps on his journey to be a Pokémon Champion!


At that's the end of the first chapter!

Should note that I am setting things up for the next chapter, once I get it rolling it should flow a bit better hopefully.

So what do you think? Great? Horrible? Any feedback would be nice, though since this is my first story I don't expect much. Also if you must flame, try to make it constructive criticism.

Also, if you guys wanted to suggest some starters for the Konoha 12 I'll be happy to look at them. I do have Naruto's, Sasuke's and Sakura's in mind but if you have a better suggestion I will be happy to see it!

Anyway, review and let me know what you think!