The Pocket Monster Summoner
By: Sheltie
I don't own Naruto or Pokémon at all
A/N: okay this isn't a true crossover really. I'll be using a lot of things from the Pokémon games. Mainly all the Pokémon there from the first generation to the fifth. I won't be doing any of the new Pokémon from the Kalos Region since they are new and I don't have too much info on them. I may add them in later though if I feel like it. I'll be making references to the other media Pokémon has invaded also. I'll be trying to add in more humor than I usually do in my stories. Hope you like it. Oh, this takes place all in Naruto's world.
Chapter 1
A five-year-old Naruto groaned as he slowly got up. He blinked and found himself in a sewer, which was strange since the last thing he remembered was running from an angry mob. How in the world did he get into a sewer? Maybe they threw him down one. He wasn't sure. He sighed and began to make his way hoping to find an exit. He didn't know how long he had been wandering he could've been five minutes or five hours. Time didn't seem to have any affect here. Soon he made it to a big room where he was staring at what appeared to be a cage.
Curiosity got the better of him and he squeezed through the bars, which was easily done due do him not eat properly. He was smaller and skinner than most kids his age. After slipping through the bars he went deeper til he walked into a large room. It was huge, all in red with green fire shooting out of the top of two pillars.
The little blond crept closer and jumped and two jets of green fire came shooting up with a great roar. An image of a huge menacing fox head appeared in the middle of the fire pillars.
"Who dares enter my lair?" the fox asked in a menacing tone that rumbled and echoed throughout the huge cell.
"Hey, who are you?" Naruto asked.
"I AM THE KYUUBI, THE GREAT AND POWERFUL! WHO ARE YOU?" the fox boasted.
"I-I-I am Naruto Uzumaki, the scared shitless" Naruto said freaked out.
"I see, so you're my jailor?" the kyuubi said staring down at Naruto with an imperious stare.
"Jailor? Wait you can't be the kyuubi. The Fourth killed you" Naruto said.
"He did no such thing. I am too powerful to be vanquished by a mere mortal. He sealed me inside you to protect his precious village" the kyuubi said.
Naruto was about to say something when he saw something swaying. He turned his attention to it and could've sworn he saw a red curtain with tails swinging back and forth from beneath it. He made his way over.
"Hey, what are you doing? Stay away from there" the kyuubi ordered.
Naruto ignored the fox and pulled the curtain away to find a small red fox working a control panel.
"Uh, pay no attention to the fox behind the curtain" the kyuubi and the small fox said.
"You, you're the kyuubi?" Naruto asked staring at the small fox.
"Yeah, it's me" the small fox sighed.
"But, why, why the whole thing?" Naruto asked confused.
"Heh, I thought it would be fun. Saw it in a movie once" the fox said as he used a paw to rub the back of his head.
Naruto sweatdropped. The great beast kyuubi did this whole show because he saw it in a movie and thought it would be fun?
"So Naruto, since you're here I think it's time for us to get started" the fox said.
"Okay, um first do you have a name? I mean it can't be kyuubi can it?" Naruto asked.
"Yeah, you can call me Vulpix" the fox said.
"Vulpix?" Naruto said.
"Yep, now I was planning on doing this way later when I contact you, but I guess things got sped up" Vulpix said.
"What?" Naruto asked.
Vulpix said nothing and then raised his tails focusing his energy. Soon a huge scroll appeared in front of Naruto.
"Whoa, what is that?" Naruto asked jumping back in surprise.
"This called a summoning scroll. Sign your name in blood here" Vulpix said after he unfurled the huge scroll and using a paw to show where to sign and how to.
Naruto bite his thumb and wrote his name. He then looked back at Vulpix for further instructions. But then suddenly he got a massive headache. He held his head as he plopped on to his butt. He kept one arm extended to keep himself from falling on his back, but the headache wouldn't go away. He closed his eyes for a spell and soon the headache passed.
"What was that?" Naruto asked.
"Oh yeah, sorry about that. I forgot to warn you about the massive info load you'd get after signing, but that was a minor detail" Vulpix said casually.
"Yeah, minor" Naruto grumbled still feeling the phantom pain of his headache from the info download he had gotten.
"Congrats, you are now the summoner of Pocket Monsters" Vulpix said.
"Pocket Monsters?" Naruto asked now with his head not hurting anymore.
"Yeah, they are creatures like me, but they come in all shapes, sizes, creatures and kinds. In fact there are too many for me to name since new ones seem to keep appearing every year or so" Vulpix said.
"Okay, so how do I-"
Naruto paused for a second as he seemed to know the answer to his own question. This perplexed him and his eyes went crossed eyed.
"Ah, I see you've figured it out. The info load you got told you all you need to know. You know how to summon and with a bit of practice you can figure out and choose what Pocket Monster you want, but you'll need practice since there are so many" Vulpix said.
Naruto nodded.
"Good, now get going" Vulpix said.
"Wait, how I am supposed to do that?" Naruto asked.
Before Vulpix could answer the fox faded away and everything went black. When Naruto opened his eyes he was in a hospital bed with a familiar figure sitting beside him.
"Hey old man" the blond croaked.
"Naruto, you're awake. I am very glad" the old man said with a smile.
The old man sitting beside Naruto was the Third Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi. He ruled Konoha after the Fourth died after sealing the kyuubi. He was forced out of retirement due to popular demand since they needed a stable figure to take a hold of the village after the kyuubi attack.
"Yeah, what happened?" Naruto asked sitting up.
Hiruzen sighed. He had done his best to protect Naruto, but even so it didn't seem like enough. He made a law that forbid anyone talking about the kyuubi, but it seemed the village got around this by telling their children to stay away from Naruto and like good kids they listened to their parents. This left Naruto a very lonely child. It got so bad that Naruto was kicked out of the orphanage and Hiruzen found him rummaging through the trash several months later. He gave the young boy an apartment and money to pay for it as well as food too. The only problem was no store sold Naruto anything.
It made his blood boil to see the village he cherished so much treat a child so harshly. The village ignored the Fourth's last wish of treating Naruto like a hero. He knew the Fourth would be extremely pissed at what has been happening to Naruto. He knew his mother would be beyond pissed if she knew. He shivered at just the thought.
"The Anbu watching over you found you unconscious on the ground. Can you tell me what happened before that?" Hiruzen asked.
Naruto explained how he was running from another mob, which made the Hokage very angry. Naruto decided not to tell the old man about meeting Vulpix til later.
"So when can I get out of here?" Naruto asked.
"In a day or so Naruto. The doctors just want to make sure you're alright" Hiruzen said.
Hiruzen personally selected the doctors and nurses that looked after Naruto. He chose doctors and nurses that would see Naruto as a boy, not the demon that he held inside. It was a very tough process, but in the end he found a staff that wouldn't harm Naruto while in their care.
/Scene Break/
Two days later Naruto was out of the hospital and he raced to an abandoned training ground that wasn't in use any more due to newer ones that have been made.
"Okay, now what should I do first?" Naruto asked out loud.
"Send out the smartest Pocket Monster you have and have him go to the library" Vulpix said.
"Vulpix, is that you?" Naruto asked as he looked around trying to find Vulpix.
"Yeah, but talk in your mind like you're thinking." Vulpix said.
"Like this?" Naruto asked.
"Yeah, we can now communicate like this all the time. No need to speak out loud" Vulpix said.
"Cool" Naruto said.
"Yeah now get to summoning" Vulpix said.
Naruto nodded and racked his brain through the info he had to find the right Pocket Monster. It took some time since his mind wasn't used to it all. He finally found the one and did the required hand signs.
"Summoning Jutsu, Alakazam I choose you!" Naruto called.
A plume of smoke appeared and soon an human looking kind of creature appeared. His limbs looked thin and frail. In his grasp was two spoons.
"Who has summoned me?" it asked.
"That would be me, I am Naruto Uzumaki, the new summoner of Pocket Monsters" Naruto said with a wave.
"I see, hmm" the humanoid figure said.
Naruto felt something push in and rummage around in his head. He grimaced.
"Hey kit, summon me so I can talk to Alakazam" Vulpix said.
"I can't you're sealed within me. You can't escape" Naruto said.
"I can come out, but I won't have any powers really" Vulpix said.
"Okay" Naruto said.
He then did some more hand signs.
"Summoning Jutsu, Vulpix I choose you!"
Vulpix appeared and raised a paw in greeting Alakazam.
"Yo Ala, how are you doing?" the fox asked holding his paw in greeting.
"Pix, it's been a long time," Alakazam said nodding his head.
The two monsters chatted a bit catching up with one another.
"I see, so that's what's going on. You were sealed within Naruto after your rampage. And now he's the pariah of the village and you've chosen him to be the Pocket Monster Master" Alakazam said.
"Yep, that's about it. You in?" Vulpix asked with a nod of his head.
"I am, but I think you should talk to the boss to get final approval" Alakazam said.
"Right, Naruto here's what you need to do" Vulpix said.
Naruto had sat back and let the two monster talk. When he was called over he went over and bent down and Vulpix whispered into his ear. Naruto then straighten up and nodded. He did some more hand signs.
"Summoning Jutsu, Mew I choose you!"
Another plume of smoke and a small pink colored creature with a long thin tail appeared. He was curled in a ball snoozing it seemed.
"::Yawn:: Oh man, who has woken me up? I was having such a great dream of sunshine and daisies" the pink creature said rubbing his crystal blue eyes.
Alakazam and Vulpix just blinked, unsure what to even say to that. Naruto was totally confused and his face showed it. He was a bit tired since the Pocket Monster he summoned took a lot out of him.
"Um, Mew, hey. It's me Vulpix. I have someone I want you to meet" Vulpix said waving his paw around.
"Oh Pixie, it's great to see you. Done any fun pranks lately?" Mew asked happily without a trace of sleep.
"No, here's what has happened" Vulpix said seriously.
The red kitsune explained the whole thing and Mew looked angry upon hearing it all. Then his expression changed and his eyes shifted to Naruto.
"You think he's worthy enough for this honor?" Mew asked seriously.
"I do, after all the abuse he's suffered he's still the same kind person" Vulpix said with a nod.
"I'll be the judge of that" Mew said then stared Naruto in the eyes.
Naruto saw his whole life flash before his eyes it even went through his infancy where he saw what his mom looked like and her name as well who his dad was too. Then saw the sealing of Vulpix into him. He saw all the abuse and hatred he had endured. Mew was looking through all of Naruto's life to see if Naruto was worthy. Naruto gasped and fell to his knees panting for breath. Though they were just memories he could feel the phantom pain of all those attacks from his past.
"Wh-wh-what was that?" the blond asked breathing hard.
"I apologize for that Naruto, but I needed to looking into your mind to see your life" Mew said.
"So… does he pass?" Vulpix asked anxiously.
"He does. I name Naruto Uzumaki Namikaze the summoner and Master of Pocket Monsters. I give you permission to summon me and all of our kind" Mew said.
"Thanks" Naruto said slowly getting up.
"No problem, I'll be going. I'll let everyone know what's going on and about our new master" Mew said then disappeared.
"Well now that's over lets get to work" Vulpix said clapping his paws together.
/Scene Break/
Naruto trained hard. He used several fighting type Pocket Monsters to help him out. They were Lucario, Machamp, Hariyama, Hitmonlee, Hitmonchan and Hitmontop. These Pocket Monsters helped Naruto on the physical side of his training.
Alakazam provided much information and improved Naruto's reading and writing skills. Alakazam read the entire Konoha library storing all the knowledge and taught it to Naruto bit by bit as the young one needed it. During this time Naruto trained not only his body, but mind. Alakazam kept telling Naruto that a shinobi not only trains his body, but mind also. With his mind he got faster in selecting the right monster he needed til it was almost coming to him as a second nature.
But Alakazam made sure Naruto worked on his ninja skills too since Naruto needed to be able to use those skills than just rely on his summons. Alakazam drilled in to be good in many areas and not to focus on one thing. It would make him more dangerous.
"Ah, how come. Ninjutsu is awesome. So why do I have to learn all this other stuff?" Naruto whined.
"Because young one a true shinobi is knowledgeable in all things. So he can enter any situation and be in control of it rather than flounder and die due to lack of knowing" Alakazam said wisely.
Naruto pouted, but accepted it. He trained with the other forms a shinobi uses, but found he couldn't use genjutsu due to not having the precise chakra control needed for it along with having too much chakra too. But that meant Naruto had to train in recognizing it and dispelling it.
It was decided that Alakazam would remain out to help Naruto. The psychic type would gather info for Naruto whenever he asked or provide much needed guidance to the young blond when needed.
With Naruto knowing his true heritage he learned from Alakazam about how many enemies his father had and reasoned why he wasn't told before. Naruto was upset at not knowing, but Alakazam talked him into understanding why. So he let it be. He'd have something over the old man in the future he could use.
Hiruzen decided to enroll Naruto in the ninja academy and Naruto was happy since he wanted to become a shinobi. But when he entered he got bored listening to all the lectures there were. Not to mention many of the teachers were bias to him and wouldn't teach him at all. So he had to have Alakazam teach him what the teachers wouldn't.
In his four years at the academy he stayed just at average not showing anything fancy at all. He learned early that a true ninja's greatest skill is deception and he was going to make the most of it. The shinobi world will be very surprised when he became a leaf shinobi.
During these four years Naruto trained more with the Pocket Monsters. In his second year He had to tell the old man about it since he caught him. So Naruto introduced Hiruzen to Vulpix. That was quite the meeting.
"Naruto, what in the world is going on here?" Hiruzen asked.
Before the Hokage was a destroyed training field. Naruto was there panting hard.
"Hey old man, just doing some training" Naruto said with a grin.
"I see, but how did all of this happen?" Hiruzen asked.
"Kit, you better tell him. he's not going to let this lie. Besides I think you can trust him" Vulpix said.
"Okay Vulpix" Naruto said.
"Naruto, are you alright?" Hiruzen asked.
"Huh, oh yeah. I am fine. Um, anyway can we talk?" Naruto asked.
So the two went to Hiruzen's office and he placed a seal to keep it private after Naruto's urging.
"Now what it you want to talk about Naruto?" Hiruzen asked.
"I am in contact with the fox" Naruto said.
The pipe in Hiruzen's mouth fell out of his mouth as he stared wide-eyed at Naruto. He was shocked that Naruto who that he held the kyuubi. His eyes roamed all over the boy's body seeing nothing that looked like Naruto had been taken over by the demonic fox. But he was still tense not wanting to take any chances at all.
"Before you go all nuts the fox is alright" Naruto said.
"Naruto, how can you be sure?" Hiruzen asked with uncertainty.
Naruto the did some hand signs that the old Hokage recognized as summoning jutsu. He had no idea how Naruto knew this and how he could do it so fast and efficiently.
"Summoning Jutsu, Vulpix I choose you!"
A plume of smoke arose and a small red fox appeared.
"Yo, name's Vulpix or as you people call me kyuubi" the red fox said raising his paw in greeting.
Hiruzen was tense as he saw the fox that almost wiped the village off the map. But he could tell there was no foreboding aura around the creature. Especially how small the red fox was. Was this the same beast that caused all that havoc and destruction all those years ago?
"Are you really the kyuubi?" he asked in a dubious tone.
"Yeah, but call me Vulpix, that's my name. Anyway, sorry about attacking your village it was a total mistake" Vulpix said.
"Why did you attack our village in the first place?" Hiruzen asked.
"Yeah, I've been wondering that too" Naruto said.
"Um, well, to tell you the truth, um, I kind of got really excited after my favorite team won and I kind of got drunk and celebrated in my own way" Vulpix said with total embarrassment.
Naruto and Hiruzen sweatdropped. The entire village was destroyed just because Vulpix was drunk celebrating after his team won.
After getting over that shock Hiruzen had a meaningful conversation with Vulpix and Naruto and Vulpix told him how Naruto was now the summoner of Pocket Monsters. The fox told Hiruzen that Naruto was the only one and he could let more join in, but they'd have to ones that Naruto absolutely trusted. Hiruzen understood and agreed with Vulpix about keeping this all secret. He even gave the two a training ground where they could practice.
In Naruto's third year there was a great discovery. It seemed Naruto could do certain moves that the Pocket Monsters could do. They found that he was tapping into Vulpix's powers enabling him to use Pocket Monster attacks.
"Whoa, what was that?" Naruto asked.
He had shot out a strange blue ball of whirling energy from his palm.
"That Naruto is called Aura Sphere. Interesting, I didn't think you could perform our kinds of attacks," Lucario said in complete shock at what he had seen.
"Yes, that is interesting I wonder what else he can do?" Machamp said as he used one of his hands to rub his chin in thought.
"We should experiment with this and see what his limits are" Vulpix said.
Naruto nodded and Vulpix had him summon a few more Pocket Monsters. They were Ampharos, Sceptile, Infernape, Blastoise, Excadrill, Garchomp, and Bisharp. Together they all helped Naruto find out what of their attacks he could actually do.
They found Naruto couldn't do any psychic attacks since it took much mental focus and Naruto just didn't have the strength for that at all. But Naruto could do several fighting type moves as well as water, rock, ground and other types as well. His strongest though was fire moves, which Vulpix surmise that was because he was a fire type too so it would make fire type moves easier for Naruto to use. Another of his favorites was Teleport since it was like shushining, but without the leaves or anything. Naruto used it to travel around since it beat walking everywhere.
It was decided that though these moves didn't need any hand signs that Naruto would act like they do. It would throw off everyone and Vulpix thought it would be a great joke to play on the Uchihas, who like to copy jutsus. They couldn't copy these since they didn't use chakra and they didn't need hand signs.
It was also found that Naruto couldn't do a regular bushin due to having so much chakra and he wasn't able to produce a stable clone no matter what. So Naruto went to Hiruzen to explain his problem and Hiruzen taught him the shadow clone jutsu and Naruto picked it up fast.
/Scene Break/
Naruto sighed as he finished the written portion of the test. He didn't know why there was a written portion since when does that come in handy when you're a shinobi.
"Alright class, let go outside for the next part of the genin exams" the teacher said.
Naruto followed along with the rest of his class. Even after four years now Naruto hadn't made any real friends. This was due to several factors. One parents had warned their children not to hang around Naruto plus the fact Naruto himself tend to be by himself most of the time. He'd mentally talk to Alakazam or Vulpix if he got bored.
"Right, now the first part of the physical test is kunai and shuriken throwing. Lets start" the teacher said.
Naruto watched all of his fellow classmates did their turn. When he was called he got 7/10 in kunai and 7/10 in shuriken.
After that it was sparring. Naruto and his whole class would fight against the second chunin instructor who was there and the first chunin instructor would watch and take down the scores of the class.
Naruto's turn came up and he fought, but could tell the chunin hated him like most of the village and did everything he could to hurt Naruto. Naruto countered each attempt made and made it through with very few scratches.
Once back in class it was time to be tested for the three jutsus that every genin should know. Bushin, Henge, and kawarimi.
Naruto waited patiently for his turn and when it was time he preformed them all. Though he gave them a note the Hokage gave to him so the teachers knew to expect his kage bushin instead of the regular bushin. Naruto was tempted to just use Teleport instead of kawarimi since it was basically the same minus the log with kawarimi, but Vulpix talked him out of it.
In the end Naruto came out of class wearing his new hitai-ate ready to start his career as shinobi of Konoha. He was told to report back to class in a week to get assigned teams. So Naruto spent that time to work more on his skills along with his trainers i.e. his Pocket Monsters summons.
/Scene Break/
Naruto was back in class with a new outfit. Alakazam and Vulpix decided that now Naruto was a shinobi he needed an outfit befitting his new status. So they made him ditch the orange jumpsuit and he now was wearing a mesh undershirt with a black shirt with a blue swirl on front of it. He then had a jacket over that. The jacket was long sleeved and was in a dark grey color with a big circle on the back with a red top and white bottom and there was a white button in the middle of the ball. The jacket also had plenty of pockets. He wore black cargo style pants with several pockets for items as well as he had two weapons pouches on each thigh. One his feet looked like sneakers, but they were more durable than a normal sneakers and were a heck of a lot more comfortable than shinobi sandals. On his hands was fingerless gloves in the color of black with red flames on them.
Naruto sighed as he stared at the teams leaving with their new instructors. He grumbled a bit at whom he was teamed up with. First was a pink haired girl named Sakura. Naruto at first liked her, but after having a heart-to-heart talk with a couple of his Pocket Monsters they made him see the light. Sakura was just another fan girl. She wasn't a kunoichi and would probably die on the first mission out of the village. She was intelligent, but she was weak physically and didn't even train at all. The only thing that mattered was to look pretty for Sasuke Uchiha.
And that brought Naruto's thoughts to his final teammate. Sasuke Uchiha. The last Uchiha after his brother killed the entire Uchiha clan. Naruto learned all of this from Alakazam, who read the file after the Uchiha massacre. Now Sasuke was good, he was the top of the class, but boy did he have some mental issues. The boy was a total emo and Naruto could swear he sees a dark emo brooding cloud whenever he sees Sasuke around.
Two hours pass and they are the last team in the room. Sasuke was brooding like usual with his emo cloud hovering above his head. Sakura was trying to ask Sasuke out for the umpteenth time while Naruto was in a lotus position meditating.
"Boy, this guy sure likes to be late" Vulpix said.
"Yeah, hey Alakazam. Can you get me any info on Kakashi?" Naruto asked.
"Of course, I'll get on it" Alakazam said.
The sound of the door opening made Naruto open an eye.
"Hmm, from first look at you three I can tell this is going to be boring" the man with white hair standing right up and his headband covering one eye. He also had a facemask on covering the bottom half of his face and a very lazy laid-back look.
"Meet me on the roof" he said.
He left and Sasuke and Sakura got up and headed out. Sakura turned around to tell Naruto to hurry only to find the room empty with no Naruto in sight.
/Scene Break/
Kakashi Hatake, the jounin instructor of team 7 was sitting on the roof. He was reading his favorite book giggling away at certain parts. He sensed something and turned to find Naruto sitting there.
How did he get here so fast? Kakashi thought.
"You know that's highly inappropriate material to read in public" Naruto said eyeing Kakashi's book.
"Hmm, you say something?" Kakashi asked casually.
Naruto ignored Kakashi and went back to meditating.
"HEY! How'd you get here so fast?" Sakura shouted.
"A shinobi never reveals their skills" Naruto said as he heard the ringing in his ears due to how loud the banshee was.
Sakura huffed, but sat down making sure she sat as close as she could to Sasuke.
Sasuke just looked at Naruto trying to analyze him. Maybe the blond loser could be a challenge for him after all.
"Okay, since we're all here lets get to know one another" Kakashi said closing his book.
"What do you mean sensei?" Sakura asked.
"You tell each other your likes, dislikes that kind of stuff" Kakashi said in a bored tone.
"Why don't you start sensei" Sakura offered.
"Okay, name is Kakashi Hatake. I have some likes, some dislikes. My dreams are personal" Kakashi said finishing with an eye smile.
Sasuke and Sakura just stared at their sensei.
All we got was his name they thought.
Naruto however was getting all the info he needed of Kakashi via Alakazam.
Hmm, interesting he was an Anbu and he even watched over me when I was little. He was a student of my father's as well. Hey, looks like he has the Sharingan as well. This is going to be interesting Naruto thought.
Yeah, but look. He hasn't ever passed a team yet. That means he very strict Vulpix said.
I guess or that he's very lazy Naruto countered.
Hmm, good point Vulpix said.
During this time Sasuke went all emo with the dark cloud getting even bigger as he introduced himself. It looked like there was going to be some emo rain in the forecast. Sakura also went and her was mainly made of giggling, blushing and squealing.
"Okay, blondie you're last" Kakashi said.
Naruto blinked then nodded.
"Name's Naruto Uzumaki, likes are my summons and the few people who are precious to me. Dislikes are arrogant people, those who can't tell a weapon and the scroll that it's sealed within, emos with huge sticks up their butts and fan girls. Dreams, well don't know about that yet" he said.
Kakashi nodded since he knew the burden Naruto carried and had no ill feeling towards Naruto at all. Though he was curious to what Naruto meant by summons since he was pretty sure a genin never had a summoning contract ever.
Okay, it looks like I got an avenging emo, a pathetic fan girl and what appears to be a capable shinobi. Sounds like fun he thought.
"Okay, now that we're done with that it's time for the test to become genin" Kakashi said.
"Test, but we already did that Kakashi sensei" Sakura said dumbly.
"No, that was just the first part. This test will see if you're truly ready to be shinobi" Kakashi said.
Sakura looked shocked at hearing this and Sasuke looked pissed as he tried to glare with 'great' intimidation at Kakashi. Naruto looked bored.
"Right. Meet at training ground 13 at seven in the morning. Oh, and I suggest no eating breakfast you'll just throw it up" Kakashi said.
/Scene Break/
The next morning both Sasuke and Sakura waiting for their sensei and their third teammate. Both were extremely hungry since they were told not to eat. They were also very tired since they got up early. Both were on the cusps of sleep.
Naruto was nowhere to be seen since he knew that Kakashi would be late and the 'don't eat breakfast' was a suggestion, not an order. So Naruto got a good night's sleep as well as ate a good healthy breakfast. He appeared just walking leisurely into the training ground.
"WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN?" Sakura screeched.
Naruto ignored her.
"LOSER YOU'RE LATE!" Sakura screamed.
"Nope, I am not late. Kakashi isn't here so technically I am here early" Naruto said.
Sakura was about to screech again when Kakashi appeared.
"Yo" he greeted with an eye-smile.
"YOU'RE LATE!" Sakura screamed.
"Yeah, about that. I was on the way here and then a little girl's balloon got stuck so I helped get it down, but there was a hive of bees and I had to run away from them because I agitated their nest when getting the balloon down" Kakashi said.
"LIAR!" Sakura shouted.
"So I guess you're ready for the test?" Kakashi asked ignoring Sakura, "good well here it is."
He then held up two bells.
"Bells?" Sakura questioned.
"Yup, you are to take them from me" Kakashi said with an eye smile.
"But there are only two of them" Sakura said.
"Right, that means only two of you can pass. The third goes back to the academy" Kakashi said.
Sasuke narrowed his eyes. He had to get the bells. He had to so he could one step closer in killing him. He wasn't going to fail. He was going to get those bells.
Sakura looked shocked upon learning this.
Naruto frowned.
Something doesn't feel right about this Vulpix he thought.
"You're right kit, there has to be something else, something more going on" Vulpix said.
"You're both correct, but what it is you must figure out. It is a test after all" Alakazam said.
Naruto frowned mentally at this, but knew Alakazam would want him and not just provide all the answers. Because how'd you learn anything if everything is handed to you. As for Vulpix, he had figured it out after thinking about for a bit. But the kitsune decided to keep it to himself and let Naruto figure it out for himself.
"Okay, you got til noon to get the bells. The loser doesn't get to eat. Come at me with all you got. No holding back. You've got til the timer runs out" Kakashi said as he pulled out an egg timer from his pouch as well as opening a scroll and producing three meals.
Sasuke and Sakura's stomachs growled.
"Alright, any questions?" Kakashi asked.
There was none.
"Good. BEGIN!" Kakashi said.
There were three blurs and they all hid. Kakashi pulled out his little orange book and began reading as he spread out his senses to locate the genin.
Hmm, it appears that the Uchiha has good hiding skills, pinky not so much. I mean I can still see her hair. Now where is the blond one? Kakashi thought.
Naruto was up on a tree with a great view of where Kakashi was. He already knew where his two teammates were. Sasuke was hiding in the bushes closest to him and Sakura, well, she was easy due to her pink hair. He watched on waiting for some movement then he saw Sasuke come blazing out. He shook his head.
Kakashi is a jounin and ex Anbu captain. There's no way King Emo can win Naruto thought.
"True, but methinks Kakashi won't be going out. This is a part of the test to see where your skills are at" Vulpix said.
"Huh, so does that mean I should show off my summoning?" Naruto said.
"Nah, keep that in your bag of tricks. But show him some other stuff though. Just don't go overboard. You want to have some things up your sleeves" Vulpix said.
Naruto nodded as he watched Sasuke get owned by Kakashi. No matter what Sasuke did Kakashi could always counter it. The jounin then disappeared after Sasuke shot out a fire jutsu. Then he saw Sasuke get buried til only his head was showing.
It wasn't moments later when Naruto heard a piercing scream meaning Sakura was taken out as well.
"That leaves just me" Naruto said to himself.
"Yup, so what are you going to do?" Kakashi asked.
Naruto looked around and found Kakashi on a branch next to him reading still.
"Well first I think I figured out the test" Naruto said.
"Oh, you have?" Kakashi asked curiously.
"Yeah, it's teamwork" Naruto said.
Kakashi was surprised, but eye smiled at Naruto. He was liking this kid more and more.
"You're correct, but why didn't you help your teammates?" he asked.
"Why would I? The banshee would tell me I am a loser and would try and go help Lord Emo. As for the Lord Emo, he's got this holier than thou complex and won't accept help of any kind since it would be below him. How am I supposed to work with that?" Naruto asked.
Kakashi had to agree with Naruto on that.
Soon the buzzer went off.
End of Chapter
A/N: that's the end of the first chap of this new story. I hoped you all like it and want to see more of it. I named Mew as the boss summons since it was the first rare legendary Pokémon. There will be other legendaries in this too, but they'll come in later or when I feel like it. I don't want Naruto to be overly powerful, but I somehow feel like I'll be making him that way in this. I'll try not to do that. Thanks for reading and please review.