Maelstrom's New Song

by OracionMist

Naruto receives a very special friend for his birthday, Rhapsody, a Meloetta from Arceus.Pokemon are in hiding, but Naruto finds peace with them.Years later, Naruto doesn't want to be a ninja anymore, but perhaps with a little twist of fate on Kami and Arceus part can change that?Possible yaoi, male haremXnaru,smart Naru, lots of saku/civilian bashing. Don't like, don't read

1. 1-Prologue and New Start

A/N: Hey, it's been a while since I published anything, but here's a new story!

P.S.- Sakura bashing, Civilian bashing, and Elder bashing, and a slight male harem for Naruto. Any yaoi for later chapters.

Chapter 1

Pokemon. Creatures that once lived side by side with humans; they coexisted happily and shared tasks together along with the happy and sad moments. However, the god of Pokemon; Arceus knew most humans had been cruel to what was supposed to be their companions and separated the humans and Pokemon. Both still living side by side, but one in-hiding. Over time the Pokemon were forgotten and called fairytales and myth. The humans became later known as Shinobi. The Pokemon and Arceus watched as they fought-even giving invisible help-there was one man though that Arceus felt could be trusted. This man was the Yondaime Hokage of Konoha, Minato Namikaze. He was a kind-hearted person that cared for those around him, even willing to go to extreme lengths. Arceus felt this man deserved a gift. A Pokemon partner before he became known as such.

Arceus approached Minato one day and told him, "I am Arceus, God of Pokemon. I have seen your actions as a kind human… Will you take a privilege of having this?" It stated as it floated a large dark blue egg between the blonde and himself.

Minato was surprised at the large horse like creature that was a god of some sort. He knew it could be a trick, but Arceus gave off a feeling that felt… Missed somehow? Looking over at the large and levitating egg, he knew it was too large for a bird, surely there would be no harm in asking, and "Will you tell me what kind of egg that is, Arceus-sama? And what are Pokemon?"

"Pokemon were creature that lived alongside your kind, sharing tasks and everything else together. There are many different kinds, and my children, known as Legendaries, watched over both from afar. What you call the Will of Fire is also one of my children, Ho-Oh, he always did seem to light a fire in one's soul. Sadly that was in the past; however, you. Minato Namikaze, still have that kind-hearted soul as other humans had in the past before they were corrupted. Thus I will give you this Pokemon egg, so you two may be companions. I will also allow you the ability to understand our language."

Minato thought for a moment as he stared at the egg before turning to Arceus, "I accept, Arceus-sama."

With those words, Arceus gave the blond man the egg as he began to fade from existence, "Remember Minato… I will be watching over you and your people… Prove that you truly deserve the Pokémon's trust."

Minato stared in awe as he watched the horse-like Pokémon leave as he cradled his egg, he whispered, "I will, Arceus-sama." He looked back at his warm egg and could feel the life of his new companion in it, he began to walk to his home with a smile as he shifted the egg in his arms, "Well little one, I hope we can be wonderful partners when you hatch. I'm sure it'll be a lot of fun!"

Not long after the egg had hatched into a female Riolu, which Minato came to name Senka. As Arceus had said, Minato and Senka became wonderful friends and partners; the blonde man was even able to witness his friend change to another Pokemon called Lucario, which was called evolution. Arceus even gave Minato an orb that Senka could stay in called a poke-ball. Minato kept Senka a secret from Konoha; although he loved his home, there were those that would try to harm his companion for power. As such he made a secret base of sorts in the Forest of Death where he found a few other Pokemon and among other things. When the blond found love from a beautiful fiery haired woman named Kushina Uzumaki, he introduced her to his companion. Kushina accepted him and Senka, as well as told them her status of being the jinchuriki of the Kyuubi no Kitsune, and had wonderful life as they secretly married.

However, when it was the day their child Naruto was born, an evil man named Madara Uchiha appeared in what was to be a joyous moment and took control and unleashing the Kyuubi. Minato had Senka protect both Kushina and Naruto as he tried to break Kyuubi from the control; he knew the Kyuubi stayed out of the way from most things and this wasn't his fault. All Minato could do now, after Kyuubi had destroyed part of the village and unintentionally killed thousands, was seal the large Biju away. And the only thing he could seal him into was unfortunately his newborn son. As he went back to his room, he was sadden as he saw his wife lay unmoving with their child, Senka could only look down in shame as Minato heard her say, "I'm so sorry, Minato-kun. I tried my best to save her, I'm so sorry."

The blond man just sadly smiled as he patted the Lucario's head, "It's okay, Senka. You did the best you could." He carried his son and left as Senka followed after him, "Senka… I'm afraid the only thing I can do is seal Kyuubi away."

Senka was shocked when she heard this, "You can't mean the Shiki Fujin?! You'll die!"

"I'm sorry Senka, but there is no other way." He looked down at his child, "I only hope that Naruto will be treated as a hero." (An: The sealing goes the same way as the Canon so I'm gonna skip to after that.)

Minato collapsed onto his knees as he cradled his son while Senka helped to make sure Naruto was safe. The female Lucario wept as she saw her friend and brother-figure slowly die in front of her as a blinding white light appeared before the two, Arceus. It seemed to have a sad look on its face, well as much as it could make one, "Minato, you truly deserve the trust between humans and Pokemon. I had wished to give your child a gift, but perhaps these will serve as mementos of you and your loved one." It spoke sullenly as it two medium sized orbs, one pure white and the other pure black, and placed them in Naruto's hands as the infant giggled.

Minato couldn't help but smile, at least he was able to son happy for the first and last time, Senka smiled as well as they looked up at Arceus, "Thank you, Arceus-sama. In my last moments I was able to see my son smile and laugh. Whatever those orbs may be, I know they will help Naruto in the future. Arceus-sama, if it won't trouble you, will you please watch over him. I know he will make anyone proud someday."

Arceus nodded as it faded away when it sensed humans coming. Senka followed soon after, but before she did, Minato gave him her Poke-ball, "Senka, please help Naruto as much as you can. I know the village will hate him for being a jinchuriki, but I know you and the other Pokemon will be good friends. And try to find yourself a good mate alright?"

The female Lucario let one more tear as she giggled at his joking tone even at this moment, "Of course, Mina-kun. I will stay in the forest with the others, and we'll help Naruto as much as possible." Were the last words she said before departing into the dense woods and watch her partner and his child.

Sarutobi, Jiraiya, and Kakashi appeared and stood in front of their dying Hokage holding his child, the masked silver-haired teen muttered a silent "Sensei…" as he couldn't do anything to help. The former Hokage and the toad sannin were aware that their predecessor and former-student sacrificed his life for the village.

"Minato, you really saved the village this time, huh? You always did like being a hero." The white haired man said in a somewhat joking tone.

Minato just gave a weak chuckle, "I don't always try to be the hero you know. It just turns out that way." He then looks down at his blond-haired and whisker cheeked son, who securely held the orbs and refused to let them go. Minato's eyes saddened, Naruto was not even a day old and he had possibly cursed his son to a life of torture. He looked up at the three in front of the two, "Sarutobi-san, Sensei, Kakashi-kun. Will you please look after my son? I'm afraid of the life I have given Naruto for sealing the Kyuubi in him, the village might hate him, but please, as my two last wishes; when you tell the villagers, tell them who he really is and that he is the village's hero and to respect. If they are cruel to him, allow him to live in the Forest of Death, there are companions and things waiting for him."

Sarutobi was shocked that the dying blonde's wishes for his son were such things. He would admit that Minato knew best at times, but to reveal the fact that little Naruto was his son could bring enemies from other nations like Iwa. And the final for letting a child to live in the Forest of Death would be suicide, there were multiple strange and large creatures in that forest that might eat him! Jiraiya noticed the orbs that were in the blond infant's hands and brought attention to them, "Minato, what is Naruto holding?"

"Those are gifts from a god, and they're going to be mementos for both Kushina and I." Minato could feel he only had a few minutes left, and on cue the orbs in Naruto's hands levitated slightly as he let them go and started to cry and reach for his father. Minato calmed his child as it seemed Naruto knew his father was going to pass on, "Shh, Naruto. It's okay, everything will be alright. You won't be alone; you'll have a lot of people and other things watching over you." As Naruto stopped weeping and calmed down, he fell asleep and the orbs returned to Naruto.

With that, Minato gave one last smile as he closed his eyes and died in peace, kneeling while he still cradled his sleeping boy. The three men and the Pokemon hidden behind the dense woods shed tears for their savior and companion. Finally wiping away their tears, Sarutobi took Naruto and went to the Hokage's and now his office, while Jiraiya took Minato's body for a proper burial with Kakashi following behind. Senka and the other Pokemon in the forest showed their sorrow for a bit longer before slowing dispersing, leaving the Lucario the only one in that location. Senka had heard her partner's last wishes and she intended to keep her promise, but for now she had to stay in the shadows until little Naruto was old enough.

Five years later

"DIE DEMON!"

"COME GET THE PUNISHMENT YOU DESERVE!"

"GO TO HELL LIKE THE YONDAIME WANTED!"

Those yells from a mob were heard as they chased a four-now-five year old boy with blond hair, cerulean blue eyes and three whiskers on each side of his cheek. The boy's name was Naruto Uzumaki, Kyuubi Jinchuriki, Konoha's ignored hero, the village's pariah, and commonly called "Demon Brat", "Kyuubi incarnate", and many other things. The boy was pronounced by Hiruzen Sarutobi, the Sandaime Hokage, but he foolishly believed that the village would acknowledge Minato's last wishes while he did not give Naruto's real name. As a result, the villagers, few ignorant ninjas, and Civilian Council called for the infant's death. Fortunately, Hiruzen was able to contain and control the group, and stop his elders from demanding such other things like using the boy as a weapon, however clans that wanted to adopt Naruto-which were most of the clan heads from the Shinobi side, even if they didn't know the truth, they knew the difference between a kunai and its seal-were not allowed to. Unfortunately, Jiraiya was saddened by his former student's death and left the village, meaning that he couldn't watch over Naruto. Kakashi even took more missions for Naruto's first two years until he could bring himself to look over the blond child but only at a distance as an ANBU bodyguard. Meaning that Naruto was put in the orphanage with nothing, but his mementos which somehow grew heavy when someone other than Naruto lifted them.

Even then, Naruto's life in the orphanage was a cruel one. The matrons hated the blond child for a reason unknown to him, they often refused to feed him, the other orphans would bully him, and the matrons allow with other civilians and a few ninjas would beat him from inches to death on multiple occasions and even more so on his birthday. Naruto even almost had his mementos taken away from him by one of the uncaring women, only to have them become extremely heavy and slightly burn and shock them, making them believe it was a demonic object to hurt a human for no reason. Naruto was then kicked out of the orphanage at age of four, and had to fend for himself for a while. The blond would always ignore what they said, to Naruto; they were his precious gifts from his Kaa-san and Otou-san. From what he was told by the Sandaime-who he came to call Jiji-that these black and white orbs came from a god and his father wanted those gifts for the whiskered boy to remember his mother and father by. Naruto loved bringing the orbs everywhere he went, but they were somewhat hard to carry around with his small hands. He was able to fix that problem.

Flashback (three days after getting kicked out of the orphanage)

Naruto was lying down on the fourth's head on the Hokage Monument, since this appeared to be the safest place and no one came up there, and had come to call his favorite spot. He was staring at his mementos that were on the grass. He had grown to call the white orb Flare since it made him feel warm and safe whenever he had nothing to sleep with on winter nights in the attic of the orphanage, and the black orb Plasma since it gave off a brave tingling feel, but never seemed frightening. With these orbs that Naruto believed were something that's just sleeping, he didn't feel as lonely when he felt like his real parents looking over him along with other things. To Naruto there had to be. Whenever he wasn't fed in the orphanage, a big shadow would always appear and give him strange round blue berries and other fruit that tasted really good and made him feel better. The shadow still did that now and made sure there was enough food, Naruto wanted to thank this shadow, but there seemed to be no way.

At this moment Naruto wanted some way to always have his precious mementos without the civilians glaring even more than they already did and actually throwing things at him; even if they did it without them in his possession, he just didn't want to risk the orbs getting damaged or stolen.

"How can I always bring you two with me, Flare? Plasma?" Naruto asked his non-responsive objects, "I want to always have you with me, but how?"

He reached and held both orbs in his hands, "Flare, Plasma? Can you two do something to solve this?"

As though the orbs were answering, they started to glow brightly making Naruto close his eyes until the light dimmed down to see the orbs weren't in his hands anymore. Before the whiskered boy could panic however, he noticed that on his arms were two bands that on his right was white with two round grooves and a black one on his left with the similar grooves. Naruto felt he'd seen them before, but was about to ignore it and try searching for his mementos until the armbands the familiar feeling he grew to love.

Looking back down at his armbands again, he pieced together his mementos and these new armbands were one in the same, smiling happily he cheered as he gave his mementos in a different form an awkward hug, "Thank you, Flare and Plasma! You two are the coolest!" With he went into the village to get some ramen.

Flashback end

When Naruto showed Hiruzen, he was surprised to say the least. But we're getting off topic, today was October 10th, Naruto's birthday and the fifth anniversary of the Yondaime's sacrifice in sealing the Kyuubi. On this day, Naruto's beatings were always worse than the normal beatings, so on his birthdays, he's been burned, slashed, stabbed, stoned, and even raped, and every time, his ANBU bodyguards waited until it became extreme. This time appeared to be all of the above, but thanks to the Kyuubi, he managed to stay alive. When the mob was done, a woman with long pink hair and appearing to be the leader shouted in a screeching voice, "Dump the demon into the Forest of Death! It's already almost dead, let him rot and get eaten!"

Cheers resonated from the mob as they grabbed the unconscious child roughly as they ran to the edge of the Forest of Death and literally threw him into the woods. They quickly dispersed as large piercing green eyes with bloodthirsty red pupils were glaring at them with intent to kill them, the mob thought that with a monster like that; the bane of their existence would die. After they were gone, moonlight shone to reveal that the owner of those eyes were none other than the Pokemon god, Arceus. Its eyes grew sad as it stared at the bloody and beaten child meant to be a hero; it had also heard what Minato had said for little Naruto to live in this Forest should he be mistreated, but that man Hiruzen Sarutobi was naïve to believe in the village. The only things that helped the boy were his gifts that seemed to want to protect him and his father's Lucario.

The Pokemon god could see the Kyuubi beginning and doing his best to heal his host, "I believe it is time for you meet the Pokemon and know of your father." Arceus spoke to the unconscious boy and went into Naruto's mind.

In Naruto's Mind

The blond child woke up to find that he was in what looked like a sewer as water or whatever liquid it was up to his knees, Naruto couldn't help but frown, "So the villagers threw me in a sewer this year. That's a new low." He started to wander around looking for an exit as he thought he reached a dead end when he saw an empty cage with a seal on it.

"So you finally showed up kit." A rough and menacing voice said from within the cage and terrifying red eyes glowed, making Naruto take a step back in both fear and surprise.

The whiskered child had a close idea to who this voice was and stuttered, "A-are you Th-the Ky-kyuubi?"

The voice stepped forward to confirm Naruto's guess. It was the Kyuubi no Kitsune, the demon fox that almost destroyed Konoha five years ago. (AN: You guys already know what the Kyuubi looks like so I'm not gonna bother describing him) The large fox chuckled, "Correct guess, you're a smart kid."

The blond child didn't understand, the Kyuubi was nice to him, if humans were mean to him, so why would a scary demon want to be kind to him? "Why are you nice? Didn't you try to destroy Konoha?"

The large red fox sighed, "Those dumbasses actually believe that? I didn't even destroy the village because I wanted to." Naruto didn't understand what the Kyuubi meant so he elaborated, "Long story short, someone took control of me and made me attack the village. More than likely, a certain Uchiha."

Kyuubi was expecting Naruto to scream "liar" or "you ruined my life!" ; not that'd he'd blame the kid for the last one, it was his fault. But instead, the blond was just silent and he seemed to be deep in thought as he stared at the ground. When Naruto looked up, he wasn't as scared, "I believe you, but where am I, and why am I here?"

"This is your mindscape, you are in here because the villagers really did a number on you this time and I'm doing my best to heal you. As for why I'm here; I was sealed into you by your old man."

That caught Naruto by surprise, "My old man?! But the one that sealed you away was the Yondaime so that means-" He couldn't continue as he felt like he was going to faint.

"That is correct; Minato Namikaze is your father." A new voice appeared out of nowhere and caught the cerulean eyed boy by surprise.

"Who's there?" Naruto asked in unconscious suspicion.

What came forward was Arceus, but to the boy it looked like beautiful and majestic horse-like creature, "I am Arceus, I am the God of Pokemon."

"What are Pokemon?" Naruto asked on cue.

"Pokemon are creatures that once lived alongside humans and aided them as well shared the lands until the humans treated Pokemon cruelly. Thus I decided that it would be best that humans and Pokemon lived in separate lives." Arceus informed the boy as he looked down guiltily.

"I'm really sorry that humans hurt you and your kind." Naruto apologized as though he were the cause of everything.

"There is no need for you to apologize." The celestial creature said to make the child look up in surprise, "You have done nothing to deserve scorn. Your father actually did the same thing you did when I first met him."

Naruto's eyes widened and sparkled as he wanted to learn more of his father, "Really, my dad was able to meet you!?"

"Yes, Minato Namikaze was a man that I thought would be able to bond with Pokemon without taking advantage of them." Arceus reminisced, "He had proven me correct, he and the Pokemon egg I'd given him hatched and grew to a marvelous companion he came to name Senka. The two were wonderful partners and family, everything it had used to be, your father advanced throughout his own adventure, meeting and befriending the other Pokemon in hiding while he took missions for this village. Not long after, he married a woman by the name of Kushina Uzumaki and was pregnant with you." Naruto took all this in as time didn't seem to move forward as he listened intently of tales of his family, as currently vague they may be. "Your mother was also the previous host of this one behind the cage, she was, too a kind person like your father. Both loved each other dearly, as well as they loved you while you weren't born. Minato would tell his students of his joy, and how he would be the best father for you, he truly deserved my respect."

Naruto was awed by what Arceus had told him, although he had the bitter feeling of not being able to meet his parents, it was still good to know that they loved him. "Thank you, Arceus-sama. I understand why you wouldn't trust humans, but I want to be able to be friends with Pokemon. I can't become friends with humans if they hate me." The last part was whispered to himself, but both the Pokemon god and demon fox heard and couldn't help but want to aid the boy.

"Child, I have decided that you can become companions with the Pokemon." Arceus said surprising everyone, "You have gone through many hardships for one your age."

Naruto couldn't believe it, first he meets the person that was the reason of his suffering and that he wasn't in control of that event, then the god of Pokemon meets him an tells him about his parents and now that he was going to be friends with Pokemon like his father did. This was his best birthday ever! "Thank you so much Arceus-sama!" The blond child beamed as he ran and hugged the horse-like creature's leg. "I always wanted a friend; I promise I will do my best to know everything I can about them!" He stopped as he thought for a moment, "But how will I be able to talk to them if they're like animals?" Naruto asked confused.

"You most likely inherited the ability to talk to Pokemon as I given them to your father as well." Arceus answered calmly as it continued to tell of Naruto's father's deeds, including his last wishes.

Naruto smiled at that, he wanted to be able to understand what his soon-to-be friends were going to say. The blue eyed boy looked down at his armlets as they shifted and returned to their orb form. Naruto wondered why they suddenly changed back. But felt that he should either ask the large fox or the sentient creature in front of him, staring at the mementos he lovingly named, "Um, can you tell me what these two are, Arceus-sama? Jii-chan said that these were mementos from a god and to remember my mom and dad by."

"Indeed I know what these two are; I was the one to give them to you." Arceus spoke as it stared at the orbs.

Naruto's eyes sparkled, "Pokemon are so amazing!" He yelled as he held onto the orbs, "I wonder what you are, Blare and Plasma, but whatever you are I'm sure you're going to be so cool!"

"It seems I'll let the child meet the true form of my children when the time is right." Arceus thought to itself as it looked over to the creature behind the cage, "What will you do now that Naruto knows the truth?" The white horse-like god asked the creature.

"I will do what I can to make up for him, I may have been the reason why he was treated the way he had been, but he was the only host willing to talk to me. Other than heal his wounds I'll take care of Naruto like family." Kyuubi said as he had forgotten that said boy was still there and heard every single word.

What surprised the large fox even more was than the small boy ran right through the bars and hugged his paw as tight as the boy could, "Thank you so much, you and Arceus-sama are the best. This is the best birthday I ever had." Naruto had completely ignored how he was beaten and raped by the villagers, and held a budding hatred towards them. As Kyuubi looked down at the child, he couldn't help but admit Naruto was adorable as he tilted his head and his bright cerulean eyes glistened, "Um, what's your name though? It can't be Kyuubi since that's I title; I think..."

His eyes softened at Naruto, "Kurama, the name's Kurama." The large fox now named Kurama said in the kindest voice he could muster.

Arceus was happy for the progress his new chosen child was making, and had decided with the Pokemon that would be his best companion. "Naruto, when you awaken, you will have a Pokemon egg by your side, when it hatches, your father's companion that has taken care of you will guide you to your new home." It said to the boy as Naruto noticed that his mindscape was becoming distorted.

Real world

Naruto opened his eyes to see familiar white ceilings, and knew that he was in nowhere else but the hospital after his birthday beating. Naruto sighed sadly, he met the kyuu-no his name was Kurama and met the most unique creature, the god of Pokemon Arceus, and how his parents were Minato Namikaze and Kushina Uzumaki, two of the strongest people in Konoha, and Yondaime Hokage, his idol. That he would be able to have friends with Pokemon, and that he'd get a Pokemon egg; if they hatched from eggs anyway. He looked down at the sheets covering him from the waist down and stared at his mementos in their bracelet form. "I guess it was nothing but a dream..." He whispered until he noticed something round and green out the corner of his eye somewhat under the sheets with him.

"What the?" The small blond asked as he lifted the sheets to see what this green object was. An egg. But not just any egg. This egg was fairly large and green with a black band wrapping around it with two music notes on the sides. Naruto wrapped the egg in his arms to find that it was warm. That told him that it wasn't a dream, everything he saw was real.

Naruto smiled as he hugged the egg of what was going to be his friend, "Hey there, little guy... or girl, I wonder what you are going to be like?"

"You really are on your way kit." A familiar voice from within Naruto's mind spoke.

"Kurama! Look, this is going to be my friend!" The blond cheered as his eyes sparkled.

Kurama chuckled, "That Arceus really is something, but don't you want to know what that egg is going to be?"

"Sure I am, but whatever it's going to be I'll be happy." The blond said with gratitude embedded in his words.

"Now what are you talking about Naruto?" An elderly rogue voice asked as the person entered to show the Sandaime.

"Jii-chan!" Naruto yelled in surprise as he tried to hide his egg; he didn't want taken away or something. "When did you get here?"

"Not too long ago." Hiruzen answered as he looked at the very noticeable bulge in the bed, "Mind showing me what you just hid in the sheets?"

Naruto stayed silent before doing what he was told and showing the green egg, "It's a Pokemon egg I got from Arceus-sama." He explained as he held the egg securely in his arms, "Arceus-sama said that I was old enough and earned a friend just like my dad did."

Right when Hiruzen heard this, his eyes widened, "You know who your parents are?" He had thought he could keep the boy's parentage a secret; although he had a feeling Minato was happy with this turn of events.

The small boy nodded before he gave a cold glare at his surrogate grandfather, "That's right; Arceus-sama and Kurama told me everything. That Minato Namikaze and Kushina Uzumaki were my parents, and that my dad wanted you to tell the village the truth, and for me to live in the Forest of Death for safety, so why didn't you trust him? Why didn't you say anything?"

Those words that felt should have belonged to an adult that came from the boy shook the old man to the core. Naruto was right, Minato was a smart man, so why did he doubt the boy's father and allow things to go this far? "Naruto, I'm sorry for letting things go to this degree. I thought I was doing the right thing, and if you hate the villagers, I understand."

Naruto stayed silent as he stared at his grandfather figure before smiling, "You're right, I do hate the villagers." That part made Hiruzen wince before the blond child continue as he felt the egg shift, "But like the Pokemon, I'll still protect the good people here. I'd be no different than those heartless villagers if I didn't give others a chance. Right, little guy?" He asked his egg as he gently rubbed it with a genuine smile.

That made Hiruzen and Kakashi, who was secretly watching, smile. At least Naruto was still kind even after everything, "Maybe these Pokemon, whatever they are, will be good companions for Naruto. Perhaps I'll have the pleasure of meeting them one day." The elderly Hokage thought as he watched the child stroke his mysterious egg. "I see Naruto, well please inform when you egg hatches alright? I would like to see what it will be." He told the child that glowed upon learning that he could keep his friend.

"Thank you, thank you, thank you!" Naruto cheered as he hugged Hiruzen's legs as he somehow balanced the egg on his head.

The old man couldn't help but laugh at the boy's bright personality and called on Kakashi to escort Naruto home. The silver haired man appeared in Anbu uniform wearing a dog mask over his face, "Inu, make sure Naruto gets home safely since he has been released."

"Yes, Hokage-sama." Kakashi said as he bowed and carried Naruto and his egg bridal style and left through the window.

Hiruzen shook his head, "Why can't they use the door?" He muttered to himself, as he looked towards the Hokage Monument and stared at his late successor's fate carved in stone, "Minato, I made many mistakes, like not listening on what you wanted for your son, but I promise that if this is what you truly wanted, then I will do whatever I can to help Naruto. Be it for his goals or to help the Pokemon, I will right my wrongs. And I will start with the council." He stated in his mind with new determination in his eyes, things were going to change.

With Naruto and Kakashi

"You really like that egg, don't you?" Kakashi asked nonchalantly, but was indeed curious.

Naruto nodded, "Yeah Inu-nii, my father had one too, and they became best friends. I want to make my tou-san and kaa-san proud."

"Really? That's quite the noble goal." Kakashi was happy that his sensei's son would want to do well; he really was a smart boy. Though he did wonder if he ever saw his sensei carrying around an egg?

"Right! And I'm sure if I do my best, I will know almost everything about Pokemon! Then I will have friends!" Naruto giggled as he hugged his egg that shifted slightly again.

Not long after that, the two reached the boy's shabby apartment that had words like "Demon child" or "go back to Hell" were written on the walls. Kakashi unlocked the door and entered to see that Naruto's infamous plants had grown since the last he came there. Naruto had a love of plants, so from the seeds of the mysterious fruit he ate, would plant and grow them on his own. Kakashi and the Hokage never tried the fruit for themselves, but didn't push it since it didn't cause any harm. "Looks like your plants had another growth spurt. Are those a few new ones?" The silver haired Anbu asked as he put the child down.

Naruto immediately bounded off as he started to water his plants with a blue turtle watering can after he made a makeshift basket to carry his egg, "Yeah, the fruit is yummy so I can eat them if the stores kick me out like always."

"Is that so?" Kakashi said as he held a frown from behind his mask. The villagers actually had the nerve to treat a hero like this; it wasn't surprising why so many left. "But how did you get those berries?"

"A Ms. Shadow always gives them to me." Naruto answered, confusing the older man, "She's really nice, she would give them to me ever since the orphanage since no one fed me, and if they did, the matrons made the food nasty. The berries are like magic too!" He exclaimed as he pointed at a few of the plants that had a couple blue round fruit, "These always made me feel better after the bullies in the orphanage beat me up!" And then pointed towards the plants that held fruits that looked like peaches, "And these helped when someone put poison in my food or if the nurses did something!"

The information Kakashi got from Naruto was amazing, if these fruit could heal everything as the blue eyed boy described, think of how advanced the medicine could be with Naruto in charge. But the masked Anbu was curious, "Ms. Shadow?"

"It felt like a girl, not the mean ladies I always see, but the really nice kind."

"I see." Kakashi said, accepting the child's answer, and got ready to leave, "Try not to cause trouble now, okay, Naruto?"

"I won't, bye Inu-nii!" Naruto waved as he continued to tend to his egg and plants.

Kakashi headed off to the Hokage tower to tell of what he learned from Naruto to the Sandaime, of both the treatment of the orphanage and the mysterious berries in his possession. "Come in." The Sandaime's elderly voice said, allowing the Anbu to enter. Upon seeing Kakashi enter and close the doors behind him, Hiruzen looked up from his paperwork, "So Naruto is safely home, correct?"

"Yes, but I also found out a lot of interesting details." Kakashi said as he relayed what Naruto said moments before.

Hiruzen's eyes widened as he was thinking of firing those in the hospital, but moved onto how the boy was able to have things with amazing powers, "Naruto knows more about those berries, and considering they are edible, we may be able to produce effective medicine." The Sandaime thought out loud, "Nevertheless, I will ask Naruto about this tomorrow, and see how things will go from there." Kakashi nodded in agreement and left when he was dismissed.

Next Day

The next day, the Sandaime and Kakashi knocked on the door of Naruto's apartment so they could discuss over the strange berries, "Coming!" The blonde's muffled voice replied as the door opened to show Naruto eating a blue berry in one hand and carrying his green egg in the other.

The older men stayed quiet until the blond was sitting down next to one the plants pots and finished eating his breakfast, "So Naruto, would you like to tell me the special qualities of these plants behind you?" Hiruzen asked.

"Not that much," The blond said calmly, "They taste good, and they're able to heal people if you eat them, I think they used to grow everywhere in the past."

Kakashi was impressed with the five year old's statement, "Really, and do you have any idea where they might be growing?"

"The Forest of Death. I saw some berries just like these when I hid there." Naruto said as he felt the egg shake even more than usual and start to glow. "It's hatching!" Naruto cheered as the two watched in frozen awe as they saw bright light envelop the small boy before fading away to reveal a small girl with long green hair with large blue dots along it, round fingerless hands, a black dress with a green sash around her waist, and big green eyes with a large green gemlike oval on her forehead and a headpiece in the shape of a musical note that all in all made her look like a performer.

"Meloetta~" The girl sang in a lovely voice as she looked at Naruto before looking at Hiruzen and Kakashi.

"Wow, you're really pretty, um?" Naruto said to his new friend, not knowing her name.

"I am a Meloetta." A voice said telepathically to Naruto, "I am a Pokemon known as Meloetta, but you can name however you like." She said to the blond while the two older men had no idea what the creature in front of them was saying.

"Oh okay, well how about Rhapsody since you have a very pretty voice?" Naruto asked getting a nod of approval. "Yay! We'll be good friends, right Rhapsody?" He cheered as he hugged the small Pokemon.

When Naruto remembered that he wasn't alone, he saw that the older men were still frozen; Rhapsody flew out from his arms and floated in front of them as she waved her hands in front of their faces, "Mel mel?" She asked before getting annoyed when they didn't respond and hit them both on the head.

Naruto stopped himself from laughing as he saw his new little friend knocked down two adults flat on their faces. After a couple minutes, Kakashi and Hiruzen finally regained their composure and rubbed their semi aching heads, "So this is a Pokemon." The Sandaime said in awe as he stared at the levitating Pokemon. "Are there more kinds of you? If there are where are they, and do you know what those berries are?"

"Mel Mel letta Mel Mel." Was his response as both he and Kakashi sweat dropped.

"Rhapsody said that there are a lot of different kinds of Pokemon and that they go by types." Naruto answered, making Hiruzen and Kakashi stare at the boy shocked. Naruto just tilted his head confused, "What? Arceus-sama said I would inherit the ability to understand Pokemon from my dad."

"Mel letta mel mel letta meletta. Mel mel mel letta." Rhapsody continued.

"The types are Normal, Fighting, Fire, Water, Grass, Poison, Electric, Steel, Ghost, Dragon, Psychic, Bug, Ground, Rock, Flying, Ice, and Dark. We Pokemon can be found anywhere in the world." Naruto translated as he got excited hearing this.

Both older men were surprised by this, "So many, then how come no one has seen any Pokemon?" Kakashi asked truly curious.

"Mel letta, mel letta letta mel mel."

"She says Pokemon and humans used to be together all the time long ago, but after Arceus-sama saw how cruel most humans were to them, he and Kami separated them." Naruto said as he had already heard this.

"Mel mel mel. Letta mel mel mel."

"Over time, people began to forget about the Pokemon, but we all hid in the shadows, and the Legendaries stayed like how Ho-Oh is considered Konoha's will of fire." The blond child said as the two men's eyes widened. How could they not know that their will of fire was a Pokemon?!

Rhapsody glowed with pride as she also stated, "Mel mel letta."

Naruto sweat dropped at his companion's sudden shine, "… She also says that she's a Legendary too."

Hiruzen was confused, "What are Legendaries?"

"Mel letta mel mel letta. Letta."

"Legendaries are the stronger and rarer Pokemon that are in charge of a land or in some cases control space and time and even created us and you human." Naruto repeated with wide eyes and said what he thought, "Wow Pokemon really are the coolest!"

Kakashi was silent, but inwardly at awe of his late sensei. Minato must've been able to meet this Arceus Pokemon and become companions with many other Pokemon throughout the land. "Now it's Naruto's turn. He really is destined for greatness."

Hiruzen stared at the Pokemon in wonder, but remembered the lump on the head he received earlier. "How did you create a hard hit on both my and Kakashi's heads, considering you just hatched?" He asked as he unintentionally released the silver haired Anbu's name, making him take off his mask.

"That was only me hitting you, it's not really one of my moves though, they're like your ninjutsu in a way, but stronger." Rhapsody said as she telepathically projected her voice, shocking the older two of the three; since it didn't seem too different for Naruto.

"You can talk?! How?" Kakashi exclaimed.

"I can telepathically, since I am a Normal and Psychic type." Rhapsody smiled as she levitated one of the pink berries to her and Naruto and took a bite, "All Pokemon have special abilities like you people call Kekkei Genkai, I have one too, but I'm not strong enough to use it yet." Rhapsody paused so she could swallow before continuing as she took a seat in the blond child's lap, "Anyway my moves are , Round, Sing, Confusion, and Protect."

"Rhapsody how come you only know four moves?" Naruto asked his friend in his arms while the older men thought the same.

"That's because Pokemon can only learn four moves at a time and we have to forget a move if we already know four." A female voice that didn't belong to the Meloetta spoke, surprising everyone as they turned to the source to see a blue and black bipedal jackal that had spikes on the back of its hands and on its chest.

"Who are you?!" Kakashi yelled as he instinctively went on the defensive.

"I am Senka, the Lucario that stayed alongside Minato Namikaze and was the one who fed Naruto berries whenever I could." The two legged canine named Senka informed as she earned a hug from the small blond.

"So you're Auntie Senka, tou-san's partner! You must be really strong!" Naruto beamed as the Lucario smiled and petted his head with her paw.

"Miss Senka, can you tell me why you are here?" Hiruzen asked, he could not comprehend how these Pokemon were able to hide for so long, even Minato knew while he didn't.

"I am here to bring Naruto and Rhapsody to his new home, there he can learn about Pokemon just like Minato wanted." Senka said as she carried Naruto in her arms with the young Meloetta by her side.

Kakashi was shocked, he just started looking out for the boy like he should've, Naruto couldn't be taken out his care yet! But thinking it through, this was what Minato wanted in his dying wish, "Will Naruto be far from the village?" The one eyed Anbu asked dejectedly, hoping the little ball of sunshine wouldn't be taken away.

Senka smiled at her partner's old student's feelings on Naruto potentially leaving, "Don't worry Kakashi, Naruto will only be a little ways away from the village. His new home is the one Minato secretly made himself in the Forest of Death."

Hiruzen burst out, "He can't live there! The wild life might attack and eat him!"

"The wild life are Pokemon that live in the forest, it seems more of the safest place than here with all the danger. The Pokemon always protect each other."

"What about food then?"

"There are plenty of berries like the ones Naruto is growing there; he will not have to worry about hunger." Senka spoke telepathically as Naruto looked between the Lucario and the Sandaime. He really did want to go with Auntie Senka, but he didn't want to make others upset over it.

Naruto then thought of something, "Jii-chan!" The blonde's voice brought everyone's attention, "How about if I give reports about the berries and herbs that might be there in the forest and what it does, and their properties for medicinal use and make the medicine every month, and Kashi-nii or you can come get it, or I'll go to you."

Naruto's idea has no flaws as Rhapsody agreed as well as she clapped. Hiruzen thought for a moment while Kakashi felt a bit better that he could still visit the blond from time to time. Hiruzen sighed, "Fine Naruto, I'll trust you on this, but I hope you'll be careful alright?"

Naruto nodded as he grinned, "I promise, I'll be stronger and be the best ninja ever!"

Time Skip-3 years

"I SAID NO!" An angry child's voice scream resonated from the Hokage Tower as the villagers stopped for a moment before continuing what they were previously doing. The source of the scream was from none other than an irate 8 year old Naruto that had just turned in turned in his monthly report with his friend, Rhapsody, by his side only to hear news from the Sandaime that he didn't want to. Enrollment to the Ninja Academy.

One would wonder why Naruto wouldn't want to be a ninja, the answer was simple; over the years of living in the forest, the blond grew to hate humans thanks to the treatment both he and Rhapsody received, had lost interest in being a ninja and took upon being more involved with the Pokemon. Thanks to his father's documents he left behind, he was able to learn what many of the Pokemon were called, all of the Pokemon moves, and what each berry was called and the properties, like the blue round berry was an Oran berry and heal minor wounds, and the pink peach shaped ones were Pecha berries and healed poisoning, etc. He had even rediscovered plants called Revival Herbs that could actually bring a person who died within a day back to life, or Sacred Ashes could revive groups of people that died within 4 days. Naruto gave the reports of what he found -save for the detail about the Pokemon that he kept to himself- to the Hokage and gave actually made medicine that healed even patients with paralyzed limbs, severe burns, and even diseases, Naruto was unofficially the most intelligent in the medical field; even more so than Tsunade, but that was only known to a select few such as the Sandaime and Kakashi; much to the Civilian Council and Elders chagrin and Clan Heads understanding yet curiosity.

Now even though Naruto had no interest in being a ninja, he still trained in learning all the Pokemon moves he could from his father's notes and the forest Pokemon, while the only ninjutsu he learned was Kage Bushin no jutsu. Naruto had also changed a lot in the three years; he grew a few feet that still made him small compared to the other boys, but his outfits were mostly kimonos or simple tee-shirts and jeans while wearing a white lab coat. The blond also grew feminine, showing he had the curves of his mother while his hair grew long enough to reach the middle of his back since he never felt like cutting his hair, that and he said that long hair was going to be useful someday. All in all, even though Naruto never took extensive care of his appearance, he retained natural beauty and could be mistaken for a girl.

Naruto had enough with humans when they had the nerve to attack Rhapsody, and since then felt no need to be a ninja, that didn't stop Hiruzen and Kakashi from trying though. "Come now Naruto, the Academy isn't that bad, you might make friends with one of the kids." The Sandaime tried to convince the young genius.

"I told you I'm not going to the Academy, I already know more than the Academy and I know almost as many moves as Kakashi knows jutsus, not to mention the kid's parents would never allow me to make friends. It's all a waste of time, right Rhapsody? Kuroi?" The blond asked the black fox on his shoulder and his friend that was invisible at the moment.

"Mel mel." Rhapsody said she reappeared and Kuroi, a Zorua, snickered in agreement with Naruto. Kuroi was one of the Pokemon to follow Naruto around and like to ride on his shoulder or help play pranks on the villagers.

Hiruzen sighed as Kakashi gave it a try, "True, but we don't know how strong you are with your moves. The only ones we've seen were Sing and Round." That was true; Naruto has developed a lovely singing voice and enjoyed playing the violin, even performing for the Pokemon with Rhapsody in a clearing in the forest. The only reason the older men knew of this was because they happened to catch the feminine blond play and sing. Although every time Kakashi tried to get Naruto to spar, he'd be knocked out by Sing and find the younger gone when he awoke.

"And those will be the only two moves until I change my mind." The blue eyed blond said as he crossed his arms. The moves he knew were going to be secret until Naruto thought otherwise.

"Won't you reconsider?" The Sandaime asked, hoping to find a way to convince Naruto.

"No, and expect payback for trying to hide my violin and using it as a bargaining chip." Naruto said as he and his companions teleported away. Had the three stayed longer, they would have seen the color drain from the Sandaime and Kakashi's face as they scrambled, trying to get shelter from the indoor hailstorm. The outside wasn't any better as the villagers suddenly had a change in hairstyle and the kids were hyper from sugar.

"NARUTO!" Hiruzen screamed as said boy along with a Meloetta and Zorua reappeared in the middle of the village and decided on walking back home.

"Hihihi, that was fun! Did you see their faces?!" Kuroi snickered on Naruto's shoulder as Rhapsody and Naruto chuckled as well and began walking, ignoring a boy that was following them not to far away.

This boy was none other than Sasuke Uchiha. He happened to be walking home from the Academy to train with his brother, but stopped when a blond girl about his age with a black fox with red markings on her shoulder and a floating green haired girl appeared out of nowhere and started walking to somewhere. Being curious, he followed. "Who is she? I never seen a girl as pretty as her in the Academy." The young Uchiha thought as he continued watching and was somewhat surprised when he heard the fox laugh.

"Yes, Kuroi. I can't wait to tell the others. I'm sure they'll get a laugh with how I use Hail and Teleport." The blond said with a smile as wind blew through his hair.

"And Thief!" Kuroi said as he held a wallet in between in his teeth.

Rhapsody sighed, "You really like that move don't you?"

"As much as you like using Sing!"

In response the Meloetta pouted as she floated closer and asked the blond boy, "Ne, ne Naruto, can we perform for everyone again? You deserve a break after all the training you did!"

Naruto thought for a moment as a familiar voice rang in his head, "Take a break, you trained and worked yourself to the bone. A little vacation never hurt."

Naruto smiled at hearing Kurama's voice; he'd kept his word and helped Naruto in every way he could, and another goal was to give the large fox a physical body. "Sure Kura-nii, if you say so."

Sasuke was watching the girl talk to the strange creatures and continue heading off wherever her destination was. The black haired boy contemplated on leaving, but he felt that meeting this girl would be once in a lifetime and kept following her. He followed her all the way to the entrance of a forest and saw strange creatures coming out; a large brown bear with a white ring on its stomach, multiple unique looking dears and others seemed to greet her. Sasuke wasn't terrified of the somewhat fierce looking creatures, he was in awe of how this girl knew them and wanted to get to know her.

Naruto smiled at all his Pokemon friends as they welcomed him, and brought out his trusty violin that he always carried around, "Hey everyone! Since I gave Jii-chan my report and worked hard, I'll give everyone performance with Rhapsody." The forest Pokemon cheered before they started to listen to Naruto's relaxing song and Rhapsody's beautiful voice.

Once the song was finished, the raven haired boy was amazed as he couldn't contain himself and yelled, "Wow! You're so cool!" And revealed his location.

Naruto just turned around to take a look at the noise to see a boy with black hair in a duck butt style and black eyes that was around his age. Naruto and the boy just stared and thought he was no harm since he had no ill intent with his friends. The blond smiled, "Thanks, I like to perform sometimes. What's your name?"

The boy grinned, "My name's Sasuke Uchiha, what about you?"

"Naruto Uzumaki."

"Nice to meet you Naruto! Can I ask what those creatures are? And how come I've never seen you in the Academy?" Sasuke asked.

Naruto just blinked as he felt his companions watch warily behind him, before Rhapsody floated over and stared at the black haired boy, "These creatures are Pokemon, they are like animals, but they have special powers and are amazing, they can do almost anything like travel through time, levitate, and whatever else." The blond said as he complimented his friends, "As for the Academy, I have other jobs to do than be in school."

"Like what?" Sasuke asked as a little brown bear with a crescent moon on its forehead walked up to him, and lifted it in his arms as the raven haired boy gently pet it.

Naruto saw this action and mentally smiled, maybe the kid wouldn't be so bad, "Well, I discover medicine with these guys as well as berries with special properties. Not to mention, train here with the Pokemon here in the forest." He laughed when he saw Sasuke's eyes sparkle. "By the way, the Pokemon you have in your hands is called a Teddiursa."

The onyx eyed boy put the small bear Pokemon down, making it tilt its head in confusion before Sasuke held its hand out, "Nice to meet you Teddiursa!"

In response, Teddiursa gave a smile and shook his hand, "Ur!"

Sasuke giggled and looked at the blond, "You're so lucky that you're friends with the Pokemon, Naruto!"

Naruto smiled happily with the wind blowing at his hair, "Yeah, I love it! But you know there's Pokemon everywhere in the world; the ocean, the sky, on land, even in space, or in another dimension, so I want to meet and hopefully be friends with them too!"

Sasuke was in awe, "Wow Naruto! You're the coolest girl I ever met!"

That made Naruto freeze and Kuroi, that was still on his shoulder to snicker at his friend's shock. Before the blond could respond, a voice called out, "Sasuke, what are you doing out here?"

The source belonged to a boy that looked similar to Sasuke, only older and his hair was in a ponytail. Sasuke ran to the boy with a smile, "Itachi-nii!"

The boy now named Itachi asked, "Why are you here? You were supposed to be home for some time." He looked over at the other person in the area to see the blond with multiple creatures behind her (?), to know that this was The Naruto, Kyuubi Jinchuriki and the best medicinal specialist in Konoha. The only reason he knew of this small tidbit was because he viewed the child give reports and the unique medicine to the Sandaime while he stood guard in the office. "I apologize if my brother interrupted you in any way, Naruto-san."

The blond just smiled as the Pokemon relaxed seeing that their friend trusted the two boys, "It was nothing, Itachi. Some welcomed company near my home is quite refreshing."

Sasuke was confused but stayed quiet while Itachi nodded, "That is good to know, we will be on our way." Before the two siblings left, Naruto called out.

"Here!" He yelled as he threw two berries at them, with them easily catching it. In Sasuke's hand was a yellow and pink banana shaped berry while a pink and green round miniature watermelon was in Itachi's. "Those are Mago and Watmel berries, feel free to have them. And don't worry you can eat the skin too. Oh and by the way, I'm a boy." Naruto said before he and the Pokemon walked into the depths of the forest and couldn't be seen by the Uchiha boys anymore.

The two were frozen before shakily turning around and walking in a statue like manner, "That was a boy…?" They asked in unison.

Moments later

After calming down and heading back to the Uchiha Compound, Sasuke decided to ask his brother on how he knew Naruto, "Nii-san, how come you know Naruto? Is he famous or something?"

The older male didn't know how to answer; most everything about Naruto was an S-Class secret, so not much could be said, "Naruto Uzumaki is a very special boy that is shrouded with mystery. Not many talk about him since he lives in the Forest of Death."

"But why isn't Naruto in the Academy trying to be a ninja?"

"Apparently he didn't want to anymore, I'm not sure why; could be that with Naruto being smart or perhaps he had different interests, he just didn't want to go. Hokage-sama has been trying to get him to change his mind though."

Sasuke stared at the berry the blond had given him and thought about the talk with Pokemon they had; Naruto was so excited when he talked about them. Maybe that was why? Taking a bite from the berry, his eyes widened as it tasted sweet but not too much and a tiny bit tangy. Not holding back, he munched enthusiastically at the berry with Itachi watching with a raised eyebrow and skeptically looking at his own peculiar fruit and taking a bite as well. It was sweet as the watermelon that it looked like, yet was more satisfying; Itachi held back a blush from enjoying the taste and eating it quickly as his younger brother-but not as fast so he could savor the flavor- it wasn't known but the two Uchiha's had a sweet tooth that they gained from their mother, Mikoto Uchiha, and enjoyed sweets as much as they could, but Sasuke didn't like sweets to the degree of his brother and mother, and was somewhat between her and their father and clan head, Fugaku Uchiha.

As soon as Sasuke and Itachi finished, Sasuke held a grin in his delight and cheered, "That was delicious!" Itachi nodded while he mentally sighed with the delectable taste.

The younger boy seemed to come up with a decision as he stated with determination, "Okay! I'm gonna meet Naruto again next time, and maybe he'll show me his moves and tell me about those cool Pokemon! Maybe we can be friends!"

Itachi looked at his younger brother that was eager to meet the mysterious genius that lived among the creatures in the forest that Sasuke said were "Pokemon". They gave him a calming feeling that meant no harm, even though they knew they could've harmed the two Uchiha's easily, if they desired. He just chuckled as he poked Sasuke in the forehead, "I'm sure you will, but I'll go with you next time okay?"

The younger pouted in response as he rubbed his forehead before grinning again, "Okay, and if you're really nice, the Pokemon let you carry them; like that Teddiursa!"

"You mean that little bear cub you were holding?"

"Yeah!" Sasuke beamed as they entered the compound. "Teddiursa was so soft, and I don't know what those Pokemon behind Naruto was, but they were so cool! And Naruto even told me a bit before you came."

Itachi was surprised by that. From watching the boy in the shadows, he seemed anti-social with any human he didn't like and preferred to stay in his forest home doing who-knows-what, yet his little brother was able to make conversation. That was no small feat. Itachi gave a small smile, he was among those that held no ill will towards the blond, and tried to protect him as best as he could, "Perhaps, Otouto will be a good friend for Naru-kun. Though I wonder if Father will allow this." He thought before telling Sasuke it was time to train with the younger happily obliging. Later on, they both wondered if they would meet Naruto again soon.

With Kakashi and Hiruzen

Hiruzen couldn't help but smile as he watched what transpired at the edge of Naruto's home between the two Uchiha boys and the young blond; who would've thought that little Sasuke would meet Naruto and the Pokemon, with the feminine blond actually talking to him. Even if Naruto didn't want to join the Academy or have anything to do with being a ninja, it was good that he spoke to someone around his age. "Naruto seems to have made a new friend, don't you think Hokage-sama?" The silver haired man asked with a bit of joy in his voice for his sensei's son.

"Yes, it would seem so." Hiruzen agreed before frowning, "Although Naruto might've made some friends in the Academy if it were not for my mistakes and the villagers' stupidity. To think I let so much pain happen to an innocent child. If the Great Ho-Oh were watching, he'd be disappointed in us humans." He mentioned as he knew of what the legendary Pokemon looked like thanks to Naruto showing the picture before in his documents.

Kakashi tilted his head down, thinking over the things he that he didn't do for Naruto in the past, things he should've done. "Shinx." A small blue and black dog with big round ears and a tail with an end that looked like a spark said as it got the attention of his friend.

Kakashi looked down at the Pokemon known as Shinx as he bent down to pick him up and carry him, "Didn't mean to worry you, Shinx." He told his companion as a lick on covered face was the response.

The little Shinx in the silver haired man's arms was a Pokemon that decided to go along with him after he'd hatched when he was visiting Naruto a few months back. Kakashi didn't want to take the little one with him at first considering he wouldn't know how to raise him, but accepted when the blond gave him instructions and materials on how to care for the Pokemon. He'd learned why both Minato and Naruto cared for Pokemon, that Shinx was an electric type that over time and effort could become strong. With Naruto giving Kakashi's little partner weekly check-ups, Naruto declared that Shinx was able to start training.

While Kakashi thought that the little one couldn't do much yet and could get hurt, he got quite the surprise when he was almost electrocuted by his angry friend that happened to be in his arms. When he recovered, the blond laughed at him before telling him that even a young Pokemon can be strong, and that the move Shinx used was Spark; it was rather strong from what Naruto said. From then on, Kakashi trained along with Shinx under Naruto's guidance. He even called the younger sensei from time to time, much to Naruto's annoyance.

Hiruzen silently watched the silver haired man interact with the dog-like Pokemon, even though it didn't have a nickname like Kuroi or Rhapsody who were usually with Naruto, Kakashi still loved Shinx. "Maybe you gave Shinx to Kakashi as a way to move on from the past, Naruto. You may hate most in the village, but your kindness always shows."

"You may leave now Kakashi, I'm sure you and Shinx would enjoy training some more." The Sandaime said as he gave a smile from his desk that was barren of the mostly useless paperwork.

"Hai Hokage-sama." Kakashi bowed before leaving by Shunshin.

Hiruzen sighed the moment he was alone, so much has happened the worst was Naruto rightfully despising those in the village, and the best being that he kicked the Civilian Council and Elders to the curb. Although he couldn't get rid of them yet, he did cut them off and not let them have any say in Shinobi matters; heartless yes, but they were too comfortable sitting in their chairs and whining for everything, not to mention the fact they had nothing to do with the shinobi affairs to begin with. And anytime the subject of the medicine Naruto makes or the blond himself came up, there would be uproar from one side of the room and silent groaning and small desire to hack the former on the other side. He still remembered one time when both topics came about in one of the meetings. This had been two years after Naruto started living in the forest.

Flashback

"What do you want to know?" The Sandaime asked as the Civilians seemed to be in a ruckus while the Clan Heads stayed silent.

One of the more snobbish members of the Civilian Council, a short round man replied rudely, "Where did those rare medicine that recently came to the hospitals come from!?"

"And which one would that be? You are not aware of the medical field, medicine is always constantly advancing."

"That troublesome guy means the medicine that was recently brought to the hospitals from an anonymous source." Shikaku Nara, one of the Clan Heads muttered loudly with annoyance in his tone.

"The stuff even helped out the dogs that were poisoned and paralyzed." Tsume Inuzuka said.

"There was medicine in the form of candy that cured a child that had burns, but couldn't stand medicine; kid ate the whole thing." Inoichi Yamanaka mentioned as well.

"Don't forget the ones that healed injuries as soon as you drank it; worked wonders on broken bones too, not to mentioned it tasted decent." Chouza Akamichi stated as he munched on chips.

"It would be logical to know how Konoha obtained such effective medicine and who it was that made it." Shiba Aburame commented while the Uchiha and Hyuuga Clan Heads merely nodded in agreement.

The Sandaime nodded towards the shinobi council, completely ignoring the civilians, "That is correct, I'm sure that you heard of them from those in your clans." The Clan Heads nodded. "The medicine was actually made here in Konoha, however I will not disclose the maker for their privacy."

The Elders and Civilians didn't like the sound of that, "WE DEMAND TO KNOW WHO THAT PERSON IS!" A pink haired woman screeched as she slammed her fists on the table like a five year old.

Nothing happened except for the Sandaime's cold stare at the whole Civilian side, "You have no right to demand anything, civilian. The new medicine had only been used for the ninja, this is shinobi matters not civilian matters, make an outburst again and I will force you to leave."

The harsh tone made the civilian and elders go silent while the clan heads were smirking. Finally, the pink haired woman and others were sitting back down, but not without trying and failing to hide their anger and clenched fists. Paying no mind, Hiruzen continued, "As I was saying, the maker didn't want to disclose their identity, but they will send the medicine if ever needed along new medicine. The only thing in return is not to demand for the recipe or ingredients, you can say it's a pseudo-clan secret of sorts."

The moment the Elders heard "clan" they asked, "Clan? Is this medicine maker a part of a clan?"

"No, you dumb bag of bones. Hokage-sama said pseudo-clan; that means it's probably a small family or just a single person that worked hard to know everything he/she does about the medicine, and merely doesn't want anyone to know about it. I don't blame 'em, I wouldn't want people stealing my clan secrets either." Tsume said with the other clan heads agreeing with her.

But that didn't seem to deter them though, one of the elders, Koharu stated, "It is only correct that the village and the council knows who is making those incredible medicine and how it is made. The fact that this person can't show respect is intolerable!"

Hiruzen frowned in disapproval while the clan heads weren't any less happy, "The maker has not shown disrespect to me whatsoever, and I am correct that as the Hokage, they are to show respect to the leader of the village. I allowed them to keep their identity hidden, I agreed to the condition of not harassing them for ingredients, and should they refuse to make the medicine and leave; I won't stop them, the reason would be because of your sniveling and greedy attitude on demanding respect while you've done nothing to earn it. It's surprising how most of you are acting like children."

Gritting her teeth, Koharu said nothing while another one of Elders, Homura responded calmly, "We merely believe that we should know who the maker of the medicine is, and to perhaps warn him of a certain potential threat to the village." At this, the civilians agreed eagerly while some even smirked, thinking they've won.

This made Hiruzen, the Clan Heads and even the Anbu who were in the shadows upset. Before the Sandaime said anything, Tsume roared, "Quit blaming that pup and using him as an excuse!"

"I agree, you are so shallow that you would persecute a child for your mistakes and gain." Inoichi added.

"That demon isn't a child!" One of the civilians retorted.

"He should've died! That's what the Fourth wanted!" The pink haired woman screeched believing that would definitely win the argument.

She was dead wrong.

That sentence made Hiruzen and Kakashi, who was in the room, release so much killing intent that it made the shinobi have mild difficulty breathing and sweat but otherwise were fine, while the civilians defecated on themselves and trembling from fear, and the elders were gripping their chests. Hiruzen kept a cold gaze as he spoke, "You members of the civilian council will be banned from any rights of being a council member until I decide for you to return or not, and the elders are no longer allowed within the Hokage Tower, unless I summon you. Now Anbu, show them out."

The civilians and elders were gaping in shock at the Sandaime for actually doing such a thing and were escorted out while one of the elders, Danzo, was gritting his teeth in anger at both the civilians and the Hokage. Once they were gone, the Clan Heads that stayed were in apprehensive silence, until Hiashi Hyuuga asked, "Hokage-sama? Speaking of the boy, where is Naruto Uzumaki?"

"That's right! He hardly appears in the village, except for a prank or two." Tsume agreed wondering where the child was.

"It makes me wonder if that orphanage is really taking good care of the kid." Shikaku wondered suspiciously as he and the other clan heads received close to no information on the blond from the Hokage.

The Sandaime sighed, the Clan Head's had good intentions for being concerned for Naruto's health, after all they each tried to adopt the blue-eyed boy at one point or another, but Naruto didn't want anyone to know about him being the medicine maker or living in the Forest of Death. For him, that won't be told until he chooses to, but maybe telling them his treatment would be okay, "Naruto is doing well, he'll pop up from time to time. But he hasn't been in the orphanage since he was four…"

He told the Clan Heads Naruto's life of torture and abuse, even while in the orphanage then living on the streets before he found the boy himself. He even gave them brief summaries of the ten most extensive injuries Naruto received; burned alived, skinning his arms and legs to the bones, drowning, rape, rape with disembowelment, drenched in acidic chemicals, and many more that were painful mentally as well as physically. And finally he spoke of how two years ago Naruto grew to hate humans, but would still do everything he could to help those he considered precious. After that, there was a thick silence in the air.

While listening to the whole thing, the Heads were saddened for the boy who suffered at the hands of a place that was supposed to be home, and angered at the civilians and small amount of ninja for doing something so cruel to a child that must have been younger than four. If such a thing happened to their own children they would've died, Naruto was lucky to have the fox, as awful as it is to receive this type of life in exchange, or he would have died million times over. And the fact that Naruto started to hate people couldn't be blamed, but it was surprising that Naruto would still be so bright and cheerful after his abusive and surely lonely life.

"Hey Hokage-sama." Tsume asked bringing the silence to end, and getting everyone's attention.

"Yes, Inuzuka-san?" Hiruzen asked.

"When the pup goes to the Academy, I'll make sure my kid makes friends with him. Kiba and Naruto are alike after all."

"Same here, I'm sure Shikamaru, Chouji, and Ino would enjoy friends." Inoichi said with his companions nodding in agreement.

"Shino may be a good companion, as long as Naruto has no qualms with insects."

"Naruto may be a good role model for Hinata, and perhaps help Neji."

"Hn, if Sasuke ever meets him, I'll give my permission."

The Hokage smiled at the Clan Heads' way of helping Naruto, even if this was the most they could do.

Flashback End

Of course the attempt was very difficult since Naruto didn't want to go to the Academy, even with the promise of getting real friends his age. He wanted to bang his head for both the villagers shattering Naruto's trust and said boy inheriting his mother's stubborn streak.

With Naruto

Naruto smiled as he worked on something on his desk in his room of his forest home and thought, "Hmm, it was nice to meet someone as nice as that Sasuke guy. Maybe there are others?"

"Join the Academy, huh? Well Jiji, we'll have to see about that."

A/N: Whew! That took a while! Naruto will be smart and strong in this fic, but he lacks experience and only knows the moves he learned in the book that Minato left behind and from the Pokemon he's met in the forest, that's still a lot, but he's gonna keep learning along the way.

And Kakashi getting a Shinx is basically an idea of the characters that are close to Naruto earning a Pokemon, and Arceus allows this since there's nothing wrong with the idea. Anyway, Here's the info on Kakashi's Shinx, Kuroi, and Rhapsody.

Rhapsody-Lv 18 Female

Pokemon-Meloetta

Ability- Serene Grace

Moves-Round, Quick Attack, Confusion, Sing

Kuroi-Lv 13 Male

Pokemon-Zorua

Ability-Illusion

Moves- Pursuit, Fake Tears, Fury Swipes, Thief

Shinx-Lv 6 Male

Pokemon-Shinx

Ability-Rivalry

Moves-Scratch, Shockwave, Thunderbolt, Leer

That's all for now! Please review!