hello to all you online readers! well to put it simple i'm gonna try at writitng my own pokemon journey :D hope all you guys enjoy it and that i actually do a good enough job so without further a-du i present my story

i don't own anything naruto or pokemon related

Beginning Of A Journey: Didn't go as planned

The sun had long risen into its rightful place in the sky. A handful of clouds floated above peacefully, Pidegy and Spearow alike flying high enjoying the fresh air. It was another beautiful day in the small town of Redcrest. Its inhabitants were all out, not wanting to waste such a beautiful day. Kids were running around playing tag and some pretending to be pokemon trainers like they dreamed to become one day. Some adults and their pokemon were hard at work, tending to the gardens and fields or the nearby construction site of a newly being built home for a family who would be moving in soon.

Everything seemed to be just so peaceful. If you didn't count the chaos going on in one of the homes of the small town. "Ahhhh! How could I have overslept! I was supposed to of left for Summerton hours ago!" a pink haired 10 year old groaned as she was rushing around her home. She dashed into the bathroom across the hall, not even 2 minutes later coming out hurriedly brushing her teeth as she ran to her dresser, rummaging around inside. After nearly dropping her toothbrush 4 times, she pulled out a pair of loose fitting faded blue jeans. Quickly stepping out of her sleep shorts, she hurried tried to pull on the jeans, toothbrush nearly falling again. Dashing back to the bathroom, she hurried back into her room, this time going straight for the decent sized walk in closet.

"Pika, pika." The girl stuck her head out of the closet, glaring a little at the Pikachu wearing a solid black bandana around his neck that had just been sitting down on her messed up bed the entire time. "Don't you even dare start." Pikachu just crossed his paws, looking quite smug "Pikachu." The girl just laughed disappearing back into the closet "Ok, ok. Fine you were right. Maybe staying out until like 4 in the morning wasn't the best idea in the world." About 5 minutes passed before she stepped back out, in place of her sleep shirt, she now wore a bright red short sleeve button up shirt with a solid black sleeveless jacket with a white circle on the back which matched the same circle on Pikachu's bandana.

"Chuuuuuu." the little pokemon whined to the girl as she dashed by, reaching the dresser "What are you whining about? If you had woke me up earlier then we wouldn't be running late." She had grabbed a pair of dark blue fingerless gloves, slipping them on quickly before making her way to the bed. Dropping onto the bed, she leaned down to grab the pair of matching red and black sneakers from under her bed. Pikachu jumped on the girl's shoulder, nuzzling her cheek as she tried to tie her shoes as fast as she could without somehow getting her fingers tangled in the laces. Be surprised that it's actually possible.

Jumping to her feet, she walked over to her bedroom door, grabbing the brown and blue back pack that had been already packed the day before and a simple black cap with the three famous starter pokemon across the front. Glancing at Pikachu, who was standing on her shoulder "Do you think we forgot anything?" Pikachu just shook his head in conformation that they got everything. She smiled, closing her door behind her, then walking down the hall and down the stairs. "Sakura! I was wondering when you were going to get up." the girl walked into the kitchen "You could of woke me up Chiyo-baa-chan." Sakura grumbled.

"I was planning on it. But I thought little Cherry-chan needed the sleep since you never seem to take a break from training." Sakura couldn't help but blush "I already told you to stop calling me that. I'm not 6 anymore." Chiyo just chuckled as she continued to make lunch "You still call me baa-chan so that gives the right. Besides no matter how old you get you'll always be little Cherry-chan." Sakura couldn't help but smile "Fine. Anyway I'm gonna head off since I'm already running late." She tried to walk out of the kitchen to the front door, but before she even took 2 steps, the back of her jacket was pulled "Where do you think you're going. I'm not letting you walk out of this house until you have eaten." Sakura groaned as she was pulled over to the kitchen table, Pikachu had jumped off her shoulder just before Chiyo grabbed her jacket and went to go sit on top the table "Come on baa-chan! I'm already running late! I was supposed to already be in Summerton! At this rate I'll never be able to get my starter pokemon!"

Chiyo had pushed her into one of the chairs, walking back over to the counter where she was before "Then I don't see why being another hour or so late will make any difference. Besides Tsunade would of nagged me for a month straight if she knew I let you run off without even having breakfast." At that Sakura's eyes took on a darker emerald color as some memories resurfaced. When Chiyo turned back with tray holding two plates of sandwiches and two glasses of juice in hand she noticed Sakura's change in mood. Sakura was sitting just staring at a place on the table, Pikachu was standing in front of her trying a find a way to snap her out of it. "Pi-ka-chuuuuu!" Sakura was nearly completely knocked back out of her chair as she was hit by Pikachu's thundershock, though it wasn't that powerful.

The pink haired teen was quickly snapped back to reality as she glared at Pikachu, who was sitting down in front of her acting like he didn't just shock her "You're starting to push your luck." "Pika." Chiyo couldn't help but laugh at the two 'They really are a perfect match.' walking over to the table and placing the food down. She placed the plate that held a couple more sandwiches by where Pikachu was sitting as the two still continued to argue with each other, the glass a little farther, learning from past times. "It was as must as my idea as yours you know." "Pikachu." "Don't try to act innocent. You wanted to train as much as I did." "Pika, pika. Pikachu." "Haha guess that's why we're the perfect team."

Chiyo sat across from the duo, smiling as she watched them. She started to remember when she had first met the duo. They were such a bunch of little trouble makers, still actually. Always getting themselves into some kind of trouble, sometimes Chiyo had to wonder how Tsunade was able to deal with the two. Glancing back at the two who were already digging into the sandwiches hungrily, it amazed her at how well they went together, that trying to imagine Sakura without Pikachu or vise versa just seemed to be impossible. Suddenly a random thought just hit her "Sakura can you actually understand what Pikachu says all the time?" though she had known the pinked haired girl since she was 6, Chiyo had never really questioned how it seemed that Sakura seemed to be able to understand Pikachu as if she was talking to another person.

After seeing them argue with each other, Chiyo saw this as best time as any since she didn't know when she would be seeing the girl again. Sakura finished another of the sandwiches before she looked over a Chiyo who was eating one of her own but a lot slower than her and Pikachu. "Huh?" Sakura put a finger at her chin as she thought about Chiyo's question, not really understanding what she meant. Chiyo took a quick drink of her juice "What I mean is….the way that you and Pikachu interact. No matter whether ya'll are arguing, training, or anything it just seems like if you actually understand what he's saying."

"Chaaaaa." Pikachu had finished his 5th sandwich, smiling as he rubbed his tummy, a clear sign that he had enjoyed the much needed food. Sakura laughed at her best friend, giving him the look saying he was a fat ass before looking back at Chiyo "I'm not really sure how to explain that. I don't get it either. Me and Pikachu just seem to understand each other I guess." giving Chiyo a goofy smile before reaching for the last sandwich left on the plate. Chiyo could only nod in understanding as she finished up her 2nd sandwich. 'Guess I shouldn't be surprised. Sakura has always seemed to have a much closer connection to pokemon then anyone else that I've met. But it's understandable with her past.' Chiyo couldn't help the sad smile that came to her face as she thought about everything the pink haired girl had been through.

Even after all this time, Chiyo found it hard to believe someone who was so energetic and happy all the time had been through so many hardships in her life. She had to wonder how the girl was able to get herself to smile each time, especially with what had occurred a year ago. "Burp. Aaaah! Thanks for the great food baa-chan that's going to be one thing that I'm going to miss, but we should really get going. At this rate we won't get to Summerton until around 10." Chiyo quickly looked up as Sakura stood from her seat, grabbing her untouched glass of juice and chugging it in one go. Sakura quickly grabbed her bag that was sitting against one of the legs of the table, placing it back onto her shoulders.

Chiyo couldn't help the heaviness that she felt as she realized that it was finally time for Sakura to leave. Chiyo didn't want to admit it but she had grown quite attached to the duo ever since the incident with the Tauros. Since then she had thought of the girl as a granddaughter, even more so when she had taken up caring for her a year ago. Without even realizing it or finishing her own food, Chiyo had followed Sakura out the front door. Pikachu had decided to jump back on Sakura's shoulder as he was too full from the food. Chiyo stood a couple steps from the left open front door, watching for a second as Sakura was walking away "Hey! Aren't you forgetting something?"

Sakura turned around confused at Chiyo's yell until she saw her holding her arms out wide as a sign of what she meant. Sakura laughed, running back up to Chiyo and giving the much shorter women a huge bear hug. The two held onto each other in silence, treasuring this as they didn't know when they would be seeing each other again. Pikachu had jumped onto Chiyo's shoulder, nuzzling her cheek as he would miss her as well. "I'm going to miss you Cherry-chan." Chiyo's voice broke the silence as she hugged Sakura tighter. Sakura could only laugh as tightened her grip "I'll miss you two baa-chan. Not sure how we're gonna get along without your great cooking though."

Chiyo didn't realize that she had started crying, a soft sob/chuckle coming out "You were always pretty bad at that. Even Tsunade was better at it then you and that women was horrible." Sakura laughed as she pulled away from the crying women, giving her a goofy smile "Yeah, and that's just an understatement…I wish she was here to see me off like she promised." Sakura couldn't help the sad smile as she thought of her adoptive mother that had passed away a year ago, it was still hard to believe that she was gone. "Chuuuuu." Pikachu jumped back to Sakura's shoulder, trying to cheer her up. Chiyo smiled "She loved you very much. And she would of given anything to see you off on your adventure. I'm sure that no matter what you're going to make the both of us very proud." Sakura smiled "Thanks Chiyo. I really am going to miss you." "Pikachu." Pikachu added in.

Chiyo laughed as she reached up to scratch Pikachu behind his ear "I'm going to miss the both of you. It's going to be way to quiet around here without ya'll reeking havoc every 5 minutes." Sakura could only laugh as she hugged Chiyo one last time "Don't worry I'll make sure to cause you extra trouble when I visit." "Pika." Pikachu agreeing with his best friend. Chiyo could only roll her eyes "Looking forward to it. Now hurry up and go already before I change my mind of letting you go." waving her hand in an I could care less way. Sakura and Pikachu both gave Chiyo huge smiles before Sakura turned around and started to walk away. Chiyo could only watch with a heavy heart as she watched the girl until she disappeared from her site. Sakura followed the road that lead out of her home town Redcrest, waving to any that wished her luck on her adventure.

After they had finally entered the dense woods that surrounded the small town, Sakura turned to look at Pikachu "Can you believe that we're finally leaving? It seems like it took forever." "Pikachu." "What do you think the places we're going to see? People we'll meet? Man! I can't wait to have our first gym battle!" Sakura practically started jumping with her excitement as Pikachu was just as excited as her. The two walked in silence for about a minute and a half before Sakura stopped suddenly "Ugh I way to excited! What do you say to a race?" turning to Pikachu who had an equally as huge smirk on his face. That's all Sakura needed for an answer.

Pikachu jumped down from her shoulder, landing with a nearly soundless thud next to her. Sakura made sure that her pack was secure and that she wouldn't drop anything from her pants and jacket pockets. Both stood right next to each other in the middle of the road, no sounds except for the natural noises of the wild pokemon that inhabited the forest. Pikachu lowered himself into a relaxed crouch on his four paws, while Sakura bent her legs slightly as she readied herself. Watching Pikachu from the corner of her eye

"Ok on 3…1…." both tensed slightly "…2…" they nearly looked like they were going to burst with the anticipation "….3!" As soon as the word left Sakura's mouth, both her and Pikachu took off into a fast dash down the road. Pikachu had taken a slight lead as Sakura was right behind him. If anyone was traveling down the road, all they would see would be a flash of yellow and pink, not even knowing what hit them. What many people didn't realize was that yes it was common for many to become pokemon trainers. But when most thought when a trainer would talk of training, they would right away think of the pokemon being the only one actually being trained. It was very uncommon for the trainer to be doing their own training along with their pokemon.

When Sakura had decided that she wanted to become a trainer, Tsunade had been the one that had begun her training. Little did Sakura know that Tsunade would have her training herself just as much as Pikachu. The way that Tsunade saw a great trainer was not only were their pokemon in best shape but the trainer as well. And thanks to that belief, which Sakura has taken as her own, Sakura was nearly as fast and strong as a pokemon. Though the chance was that she would probably still be beaten if she ever picked a fight with a pokemon, Sakura would be able to hold her own against them. Tsunade had even taken to teaching Sakura a couple martial arts techniques as well. It had been about 15 minutes since the beginning of the race and Sakura was able to gain enough ground so that she was neck-n-neck with Pikachu.

They really hadn't decided on where the finish line was supposed to be but with their mad dash they were cutting the trip to the next town Summerton by an hour and a half. It wasn't until another 10 minutes had passed that the two both stopped together perfectly. Both were breathing hard from their run as they looked at each other "So you heard it too huh?" Sakura really didn't need to ask, as they both turned in the direction of where they heard what sounded like a cry of pain. Sakura and Pikachu glanced at each other for a second before they both took off into the trees towards where they heard the cry coming from. As they got closer, the cry became more prominent, confirming what both were fearing. It didn't take long before they found themselves in one of the deeper parts of the forest. And only a couple seconds before they saw what was making the noise.

Sakura and Pikachu came to a sudden stop as they both gazed at the horrifying scene before them. What had been the source of the painful cries was a small brown pokemon, that neither was able to recognize from where they were standing, that was laying on the floor in a bloody mess as it seemed like it wasn't able to even move let alone be able to make another sound. Standing a couple feet between Sakura and Pikachu and the beaten pokemon were a Vinonat and Growlithe. "Hey! Leave that pokemon alone!" without thinking, Sakura had stepped out into the small clearing, easily causing both the pokemon to turn their attention to the new arrivals. As soon as Sakura saw their eyes, she knew something was wrong. Both the Vinonat's and Growlithe's eyes were a dark blood red color and neither pokemon seemed to be showing kind of emotion what so ever as they stared at them.

Without so much as a warning, Venonat launched a psybeam straight for the duo. Sakura and Pikachu narrowly dodged the attack, both rolling to opposite sizes, causing the attack to hit a tree which in seconds fell over. Sakura frowned as both the pokemon continued to stare, neither seeming to hold any emotion. Sakura looked over at Pikachu, both understanding as Pikachu ran so he was slightly in of Sakura. "Use quick attack!" Pikachu suddenly started to dash with amazing speed towards the two other pokemon. Venonat and Growlithe easily dodged as Pikachu came to a stop right where they were standing.

Growlithe ran at Pikachu ready to land a powerful take down. Pikachu jumped at the last minute, landing on Growlithe's back, using the force to ram him into the ground face first. Suddenly Venonat came out of nowhere hitting Pikachu with a tackle. Pikachu went flying, skidding to a stop. "You ok?!" Sakura called to Pikachu, who quickly got back to his feet "Pika." By now Growlithe had shaken off the fall, both pokemon turning back to face the duo. This time it was Growlithe that made the first move. Jumping high into the air, he unleashed a flamethrower. "Agility!" Pikachu had easily dodged the attack, as Growlithe landed to the ground not letting up as he unleashed attack after attack. With his superior speed, Pikachu was easily able to dodge the attacks but he was quickly running out of room and weirdly enough Venonat had disappeared. Sakura looked around trying to spot it anywhere but having no luck "Chaa!" her attention quickly returning to what was happening.

One of Growlithe's flamethrowers had just barley grazed Pikachu's side, though it didn't do as much damage as it could of, it still caused a problem as Sakura was able to easily spot the burn on his side. 'Dammit! This isn't good!' Sakura tightened her fist as she tried to think of something, suddenly she had an idea. "Pikachu jump through the flames!" Pikachu looked at Sakura as if she was crazy "Just do it!" He didn't have time to argue as Growlithe launched yet another flamethrower, this one much fast then the others. The powerful flames seemed to engulf Pikachu entirely. But just when it seemed that everything was over, Pikachu suddenly emerged from the center of the ragging flames practically unarmed and right in front of Growlithe. "Thunderbolt!"

Growlithe didn't have any time to do anything as the attack hit with full force, sending the fire type flying. Growlithe landed hard on the ground on his side, his fur slightly smoking from being burnt by the electricity. Pikachu was huffing as he stared at the unmoving opponent. But before he was able to do anything Venonat appeared right above Pikachu. Venonat's small body shock slightly as a purple powder was released and began to fall all over Pikachu. Pikachu wasn't able to do anything as the poison powder started to take affect quickly, making him feel weak and his vision being to blur.

Venonat landed right in front of the now majorly weakened Pikachu hitting him hard with a supersonic that sent him flying into the surrounding trees "Pikachu!" Sakura gritted her teeth as she watched her best friend go flying, landing somewhere in the bushes. Sakura turned back to see Venonat heading back towards where the injured little pokemon he and Growlithe had been attacking earlier. Venonat came to a stop when he saw Sakura was now standing in front of his target. Sakura couldn't get over how a pokemon could seem so emotionless as Venonat stared at her. Suddenly the Venonat dash at the pinkette, ready to land a tackle. Sakura knew there was no way that she could dodge the attack and save the injured pokemon.

She stood her ground as she was waiting for the attack. But she was surprised when she saw Pikachu came out of nowhere landing a powerful quick attack. Venonat took a direct hit, skidding to a stop on the floor, not moving at all. Pikachu was barely able to stand on his feet, there was no way that he would be able to fight any more. Turning his head slightly, Pikachu's eyes widened as he saw that Growlithe was standing "Pikaaaaa!" Sakura turned to where Pikachu was yelling seeing that Growlithe was using ember and it was heading straight for her and the injured pokemon. Without thinking, Sakura turned around quickly, using her body to completely cover the small pokemon just as the small balls of fire hit her back. She gritted her teeth as she was able to feel the fire burning through her clothes and hitting her skin with so much pain.

Looking at Sakura's back, it was easy to see where both her jacket and shirt were burned straight through and the raw skin was visible. "Pika!" tried to get his legs to move, but all it did was make him fall to the floor flat on his stomach. Sakura turned her head so that she looked over at her best friend that was trying so hard to get back to his feet. Just then Venonat stood back on its feet, walking over so that he was standing next to Growlithe, both still holding no emotion in their faces even though it was obvious they were in pain from their injuries. Growlithe yet another flamethrower, even though his body was shacking and looked like his legs would give out, Venonat readying a psybeam, being in pretty much the same state as Growlithe. Sakura looked at the two pokemon, knowing that there was no way that she could dodge both those attacks especially with the burns on her back that was making it nearly impossible to move at all. Both Growlithe and Venonat unleashed their attacks at the same time, both seeming to mix as they speed towards the pinkette.

Sakura closed her eyes tightly as she readied to feel the pain but the sudden sound of crackling caught her attention. She opened her eyes quickly to only see Pikachu was running at an amazing speed, his entire body seeming to be surrounded with pure electricity as he ran straight for the oncoming combined attack. Pikachu easily ran through the attack as if it was nothing more than water, the electricity surrounding him canceling the flames and beam out as he continued on his path. Using all of the momentum that he had built from the run, Pikachu hit both Growlithe and Venonat head on. Both went flying, each suffering from being not only hit with so much momentum but also being electrocuted. Growlithe and Venonat hit the ground right at the edge of the clearing, electricity still coming off of them as they laid on the floor.

There was no way that either of them were going to get back up from that. Sakura watched as Pikachu shock all over as he stood there. Suddenly all the electricity faded quickly and Pikachu fainted from all his injuries and from the poison. Sakura ran as quickly as she could over to Pikachu, the injured pokemon still held in her arms, ignoring the pain that shot through her back and arms. Kneeling down right beside her fallen best friend, Sakura laid the unconscious pokemon in her arms right beside him. She looked around quickly, spotting her pack that she had thrown off when she ran to protect the injured pokemon. Retrieving the pack, Sakura rummaged through its contents "Come on! I know I brought some-yes!" quickly pulling out what she had been looking for.

Sakura had pulled out another smaller bag that was a bright red color, quickly pulling open the bag and grabbing two potions, a burn heal, and pulling out her small container of berries. Quickly getting to work, Sakura first used the burn heal, spraying all of Pikachu's burns and watching as they started fade within seconds. Next came using the potion as she sprayed any other injures on Pikachu before grabbing the other potion for the pokemon they had saved. This was the first time that Sakura had actually gotten a good look at what pokemon it was. Turns out that the Growlithe and Venonat had been attacking a small little Eevee.

Sakura quickly used the last of the burn heal on any burns that Eevee had, using up the rest of the potion she used on Pikachu and the new one as it turns out Eevee had obtained some very serious injuries. When she had emptied all three bottles, Sakura was happy to see that the serious looking injuries didn't look as bad and the smaller ones had completely faded by now. Sighing for a second in relief, Sakura quickly started to rummage through her berry case, finally finding what she was looking for.

Sakura quickly pulled out the pecha berry, easily tearing it so there were two halves and feeding one half to each of the unconscious pokemon. It only took seconds as the unhealthy greenish color of both pokemon started to fade. Sakura smiled when she noticed that Pikachu's and Eevee's faces relaxed as they now slept more comfortably. She dropped down on her ass, flinching as suddenly all the pain that she had been ignoring had hit her all at once, nearly causing her to collapse. Looking in the direction where Growlithe and Venonat laid, Sakura was shocked to find that both pokemon were gone. The only thing that gave any hint that they were even there was all the damage from the battle. Sakura glanced over to the two still unconscious "I need to get them to a pokemon center. Their injuries aren't as serious anymore but not for long. They need treatment before they become infected."

Sakura looked to the sky, noticing that the sun was nearly gone as night started to take over. "Shit! The closest town is Summerton but it's more than an hour away! These two won't be able to make it that long with those injuries!" Sakura looked over to the two, pulling herself towards them. Quickly packing away everything and placing her pack on her back, which caused her to flinch as the bag scraped against the horrible burns. Taking a deep breath, Sakura stood both Pikachu and Eevee held tightly in her arms, her legs shacking horribly, barely even able to hold her own weight let alone having to carry both pokemon. Sakura tried to take a step, nearly falling over. "I'm not going to let them die."

Taking in as much of breath she could, Sakura broke out into a mad dash. Sakura nearly fell countless times as she made her way back to the main road and heading towards Summerton as fast as she could. Her body ached and fought as it was telling her to stop, her vision was even starting to blur as everything seemed to mush together in green and blueish shades. Though all she wanted so badly was just drop, though her back felt like it was on fire, and her she couldn't even tell if her feet were hitting the ground anymore, Sakura kept up her fast run.

Just when she was hitting the 35 minute mark since her run started Sakura's legs finally just gave out, causing her to fall forward. Sakura made sure that she took most of the impact, both Pikachu and Eevee falling out of her grasp right when she hit the floor. Both unconscious pokemon laid on their sides facing Sakura as she tried to muster any strength at all to pull herself back up. Sakura couldn't even find the strength to get her arms to move anymore. The feeling of something wet and warm became more obvious on her back as she laid their on her stomach, staring at the two pokemon she was trying to save. "Pi….ka…chu…" was all she was able to get out before she finally just blacked out.

so there's the first chapter sorry if it's a little short and sorry for the the crappy story title i'm planning on changing it but trying to think of one if you guys have any ideas then PM me and i'll make sure if i use yours that everyone knows it's yours until next time R&R J-Dog out