A/N: As soon I heard Red's voice in Origins, I just had to do it. This one's dedicated to the first generation, back when there were only 151 Pokemon, Pikachu was chubby little puffball, and Misty was strangling Ash every other second.
A Farfetch'd Story
In western region of Kanto lies a reclusive place by the name of Pallet Town, home of many epic Pokemon trainers, the most famous being Red, youngest league champion, master of all regions, holder of the legendary birds, and controller of Mewtwo. Proven equally as successful were his peers, Green and Blue.
Oh, and there's some other kid running around with a Pikachu, who after a decade of journeys, lands, theme songs, laughter and tears, still hasn't broken double digits in his pokemon collection. For all the curious 90's kids, yes, he's still ten fucking years old.
But this story will not revolve around any of them.
Instead, this story will be about the number one hyperactive pokemon trainer hero slash ninja of all time, Uzumaki Naruto!
Who overslept his alarm on the most important day of his life.
"Shit, shit, shit!" After hopping into his second sock, Naruto grabbed his backpack and darted downstairs.
When the glass door to the research laboratory opened, he saw there were already two figures before Professor Sarutobi.
Sakura grinned, tossing a pokeball in hand. "A little late there, eh?"
On the other side, Sasuke had pocketed his own pokeball, before closing his eyes and making his exit. Naruto scowled when their shoulders bumped.
The door slid close.
"Hey, old man!" Naruto called to the professor, "I'm here, like you asked!"
Sarutobi set down his pipe. "Ah yes."
After the professor gave a lengthy monologue on gameplay specifics and quest objective, all of which Naruto slept through, he presented a table with three labels.
"It has been Kanto tradition to grant budding trainers with a starter representative of their inner nature," Sarutobi explained. "The first is fire, for those passionate in will and heart. The second is water, for those light with curiosity and fun. The final is grass, for those wise with peace and harmony."
Naruto squinted his eyes. "I see, I see," he said, nodding. He crossed his arms. "Well, obviously a hero protagonist has to have the will of FIRAH. Give me that Charmander, old man!"
"Sasuke-kun took the Charmander," Sakura said.
Naruto fell.
He bounced back, rubbing his neck. "Kidding! We're going with the Shippuuden hurricane theme. I choose Squirtle!"
"I took the Squirtle," Sakura said.
Naruto fell again.
"I meant Leaf. Shout-out to Konoha. World peace, talk-no-jutsu, here we go!"
"First off, it's grass, not leaf. Second, the Player Character took the Bulbasaur."
From the shadows, the Player Character stepped up, Nintendo in hand. The Player confronted Naruto with a multitude of A buttons and ellipses, which translated into something along the lines of "I paid for this game, bitch," then exited with a vacuumed bzzt sound.
Naruto pulled his hair. "What! Don't tell me I can't be a trainer!" he cried.
Sarutobi coughed. "It is indeed a misfortune that we cannot provide our usual selection of ridiculously rare and overpowered starters, but luckily we just came back with another extremely rare, one-of-a-kind pokemon..."
To Naruto's hopping glee, in the professor's palm was one last pokeball.
As Naruto threw the ball with all his might, Sakura's eyes widened. "No way, it couldn't possibly be a..."
Fwaaah!
Naruto blinked. Sakura fought back a snort.
Wings flapping, the pokemon waved a leek in the air. Fwaaah!
"You gave me a DUCK?!"
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[I'd totally insert a "Who's that Pokemon?!" scene break if that was, you know, possible. Guess you'll just have to settle for random trivia.]
Fun Fact: Did you know Sarutobi was canonically known as "The Professor" in the Naruto series due to his extensive knowledge of shinobi techniques?
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Route 1
A grumpy Naruto trekked through the wilderness, while Farfetch'd hopped behind, tail feathers wagging.
Pouting, he glanced over at his pokemon. He crouched down, staring intensely into the pokemon's eyes.
"Now listen here." Naruto jerked a finger to himself. "I am Uzumaki Naruto! I will be the greatest pokemon master slash ninja of all time!" He pointed at his pokemon. "And you, you will become the greatest pokemon of all time, you hear? We'll fight, we'll battle, we'll win and claim victory and reign supreme. Then everyone will acknowledge us!"
His pokemon returned his intense stare. It blinked.
Fwaaah.
Naruto hung his head. No matter how he looked, it was duck.
His moping was interrupted by a rustle in the bushes. Spinning around, he caught a flicker of shadow, followed by the contraction of a purple tail. Heart racing, Naruto readied his stance.
From his pocket, Naruto flipped out his Pokedex.
Rattata, the mouse pokemon. It comes out into open fields to steal food from stupid travelers.
"Alright, time for our first capture!" Naruto said, pumped. He extended a fist. "Let's go, Ducky!"
The wind blew across the grass.
"Ducky?" Naruto whipped his head back and forth, but Farfetch'd was gone, leaving him alone with the hissing purple rodent. Rattata pounced, teeth sharp.
"Oh shi-"
After a day of repeated attacks from swarms of Rattata, a severely traumatized Naruto crawled into a clearing. He was startled awake next morning by a noisy fwaaah?
"Gah!"
Naruto jerked back from his peering Farfetch'd. Then he remembered last night, in dismay as his hand poked out from the nibbled hole of his empty backpack. After some searching, he found his Pokedex in the grass, dented but still functional.
For the rest of the morning, he dragged his feet while cradling his growling stomach. He fidgeted with the Pokedex for anything insightful.
Farfetch'd, the wild duck pokemon. Farfetch'd makes a delicious meal, especially when cooked with leek.
Now there was an idea.
At Naruto's hungry leer, Farfetch'd flapped its wings back. Fwaaah!
However, before Naruto could turn his battle companion into his dinner, he heard a familiar voice.
Naruto pulled aside a branch just in time to see the echoing lock of a capture. Pokeball in hand, Sasuke spared a glance at his peer.
A growl snapped Naruto out of his awe. He stumbled back while Charmander leaped forward, eyes narrowed.
"He's fine."
Charmander looked up at its trainer, before calming and hopping up onto Sasuke's shoulder, flaming tail in air.
"What do you want, Naruto."
"Sasuke-!" Naruto stopped and recomposed himself, thumb at his chin. "Kukuku, I see my rival ain't doing too bad either," he said with a sparkle. "Too bad you're nothing compared to me and my super rare, one-of-a-kind pokemon."
Sasuke did not blink. "Is that it." He pointed to the duck perched on Naruto's head, chest boasted, in equal sparkles.
"You bet, dattebayo!" Fwaaah! "And you got nothing on us, you hear?" Fwaaah! "In fact, you and me, let's battle, right now!" Fwa-! Fwaaah?
Charmander reacted with a hiss, flipping back down into the grass.
"Go Ducky-! Eh?"
Naruto looked down to see a feather tail wagging behind his leg. Farfetch'd peeked back out, then retreated upon Charmander's glare. Frowning, Naruto yanked free his flailing duck and threw it forward. "Ducky, I choose you!"
In a crouch, Charmander spun, blasting fire from its tail.
Fwaaah! Farfetch'd flapped its wings, dodging the flames before skydiving towards Naruto and wrapping tightly around his face. In deadpan, Sasuke watched Naruto hopped around in muffled shouts.
"You're a waste of my time." Sasuke slung over his backpack and left. Charmander followed, its flaming tail disappearing into the depth of the woods.
Naruto pried off his quivering duck. He spat out a mouthful of feathers.
"What the hell is wrong with you!" he shouted. He was ready yell some more when he caught his pokemon's pitiful quiver. His shoulders dropped.
"Forget it," he sighed. "Why don't you just return to your pokeball, and I'll-" Naruto patted for his pokeball, only to find the loose threads of a nibbled belt clip.
"RATTATAAAAA!"
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Fun fact: Did you know before the anime adaptation, Pokemon did not cry their names? Instead, it was an electronically made noise.
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Viridian City
"You did it, Bubbles!"
Sakura jumped, hugging her pokemon. Squirtle gave a cheerful cry, tail wagging as Sakura left the gym with her newly acquired Earth badge.
They were just about to head off for a celebratory feast when she face-planted into the pavement. Groaning, she looked back to see the mass of orange she had tripped over.
Sakura pinched her nose. Of course.
At the Pokemon Center, Naruto clapped his hands in gratitude as Sakura slid him a plate of onigiri-disguised donuts. "Haha, you're the best, Sakura-chan."
Frowning, she watched as Naruto and Farfetch'd gorged themselves with food. "Naruto, get yourself together. I've already missed meeting up with Sasuke-kun for this. He's probably in Viridian Forest by now."
"Forget Sasuke, we can go together!" Naruto declared with a cheesy grin, imagining himself vine-swinging in and heroically saving Sakura from a swarm of Beedrill, from which they then ride off into the sunset on the sweeping wings of his Farfetch'd.
Sakura popped his daydream with her fist. "Hell no."
From her side of the table she got up and dropped on his lap a stack of Pokedollars, a collection of bottles, and a tray of pokeball. She then slapped a sloppily sewn backpack on his face.
"Here's some money, some antidote and potions, six unused pokeballs, and your backpack with a map and trainer's manual inside. Also, I suggest you hit the Gym to train up your laughably pathetic duck. Don't bother me again. Bye."
With that, Sakura signed her peace out.
The backpack slowly slid off Naruto's face. He gave a goofy grin. "She loves me."
Farfetch'd raised an nonexistent eyebrow. Fwaaah?
"Training time!"
Full and energized, Naruto tucked his duck under his arm and set off for the Gym. After ten wrong turns, eight detours, and a drunk old man lying on the road, he stood gasping before his destination, a large gymnasium with many trainers dueling.
Naruto caught sight of a rack of training equipment. He took a weight and handed it to his Farfetch'd. "Why don't we try this!"
FWAaah! Farfetch'd toppled, the dumbbell falling down.
Pouting, Naruto went to a punching bag instead. He dropped a roundhouse kick. Grinning, he jerked a thumb to the punching bag and asked his pokemon to repeat after him. "You can do it, it's easy!"
Determined, Farfetch'd ruffled its feathers and charged in for a kick.
Fwaa-!
One webbed feet made contact with the punching bag. Naruto winced at the painful-sounding crack, then buried into his face when his pokemon rolled back and forth on the mat in tears.
"Okay, defense first then!" Naruto said.
Half an hour later, Farfetch'd was covered head to toe in puffy pillows and guards. Naruto finished by buckling its helmet. He proudly examined his work.
"There. You won't get hurt now, so feel free to go all out!"
Farfetch'd gave an excited hop and flapped its wings, only to find itself toppling over, feet kicking the air.
Naruto grinned. "See? It works!" He helped his pokemon up. "Not a single feather dent."
Farfetch'd gave a cheerful cry and waddled after its trainer to a sparring room.
The first room they tried was occupied.
"Spearow, peck!"
"Abra, teleport."
Naruto watched in awe as Abra flickered out of range of Spearow, then again on the second spin. From one side of the battle ground, Omoi held his chin, eyes concentrated on the field in quiet contemplation. On the other side, Karui slashed her hand through the air and shouted, "Fury attack!"
Spearow sharply dove down. Omoi kept poker face until the last minute. "Teleport."
"Gah!" Naruto jumped out of the way, as Spearow flew past him and slammed into the wall.
Cursing, Karui called Spearow back. She noticed the newcomer. "What are you doing here?"
Naruto pointing to himself to confirm she was speaking to him. "Oh, we were just looking for a sparring room to train."
"We?" Only after thorough scrutiny did Karui notice the bundle of pillows and tail feathers bouncing at his feet. Her lip quivered, before she exploded in laughter. "Oh you're kidding!" She held her gut.
Naruto frowned. Meanwhile, Omoi gestured with his lollipop towards the hall. "There are more rooms down that way. Fair warning, though, they're reserved for battle."
Naruto exchanged an uneasy look with Farfetch'd. "Uh, how about a space for general practice?"
Karui snickered. "Yeah, the Day Care."
Naruto exploded. "Look, this here will be the greatest pokemon ever, so you better start talking to us with some respect!"
"Respect?"
The new voice belonged to Samui, who was leaning against the room entrance, her eyelids lowered.
"Respect," she said, "is not something you demand. It's something you earn." With a click, she expanded a pokeball in her palm. "So is the privilege of this gym."
On cue, a Staryu spun out of the pokeball like shuriken.
"Prove to me you're worth our space," she said coldly.
Naruto swallowed.
Five seconds later, Naruto finds himself water gunned out into the road, a dizzy Farfetch'd slammed against his chest.
From inside, Samui sends an unamused look, the glass doors closing shut.
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Fun Fact: Did you know that 4Kids tried to censor out onigiri, or Japanese rice balls, and replaced them with giant sandwiches to be more Westernized for the child audience? The original dub also had Brock refer to them as jelly donuts, cookies, popcorn, and onions.
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Viridian Forest
Farfetch'd sat on top of Naruto's backpack as they traversed through the dense forest of Viridian. Ever since they lost track of the road, the terrain had only gotten more difficult, with tall ferns and other suffocating wildlife.
Since they did not think of bringing a knife, Naruto slashed through most of it with his bare hands. Farfetch'd stared at the angry red scratches across Naruto's arms.
At a boulder, Naruto collapsed for a food break. He bit into a cracker, then ripped open a fresh can of fish. With a grin, he presented it to Farfetch'd, who graciously accepted.
"Huh, think ths de right direksion," Naruto mumbled into his cracker, tilting his head at the map. Farfetch'd looked at its trainer, uncertain.
Although they had made no progress in Viridian city, an unfazed Naruto had decided to march forward regardless. At nights, Farfetch'd huddled inside his armor of pillows, listening to Naruto chat over the campfire. He mostly talked about his friends and his plans to catch up to them.
Farfetch'd accepted that its trainer had guts, but if they couldn't handle several Rattata, they sure were not fit to handle the challenges of Viridian Forest. At least, not without a strong accompanying pokemon.
"AAAH!"
Fwaaah! Farfetch'd jumped behind Naruto, who scanned the periphery for the source of the scream. It sounded like a girl's.
"Sakura-chan?!" Naruto bolted in the direction of the scream.
He arrived at the scene, where a swarm of angry Weedles wiggled forth. From the center, a pokemon hopped down, shooting forth a stream of bubbles. The Weedle burst through.
Naruto charged in, using his backpack as a Weedle-whacker. He reached the girl and her pokemon. "Heh, you okay, Sa- Eh? You're not Sakura-chan."
"Na-Naruto-kun?" Hinata stared at her rescuer. Her face flushed an incriminating red, before she fainted.
Naruto shook her. "Oi, Hinata? Hinata!"
At the same time, the swarm of angry Weedle returned. Surrounded, Naruto kicked away a few assaulting Weedle.
A nest of Kakuna dropped in front of his face. Surprised, he fell down. One Weedle stung his arm, while many more charged.
Naruto braced himself, only to hear a battle cry.
Fwaaah!
With a swing of its leek, Farfetch'd batted a Kakuna out of the field, then spun its leek to send more Weedle flying. The remaining Weedle, alarmed by the sudden appearance of a flying-type, scattered and wiggled off.
Farfetch'd stood stiffly until all the Weedle were gone. Then, it collapsed in a puddle.
"You..." Naruto blinked twice. "You... DID IT! YEAH! GO DUCKY!"
Farfetch'd bounced happily, as Naruto beat his fists in the air. "Sasuke ain't nothing on us, you hear? Nothing! Yeah! Level up! WHOO-!"
Foam bubbled at the edge of Naruto's mouth. He collapsed face-first into the dirt.
When Hinata came around, she found the Weedle were gone. She breathed in relief, until she saw the corpse in orange jumpsuit.
Before she could scream, a pokemon tugged her sleeve. Farfetch'd pulled Hinata to a lopsided backpack, where a stock of antidotes could be found inside. She noticed the sting marks on Naruto's arms.
It took a lot of effort to not facepalm. Hinata had backed up in the corner not because Weedle were particularly strong. They were just poisonous, and she did not want anyone hurt, including the Weedle themselves.
By late evening, Naruto groaned, accidentally head-bumping his situational nurse on his rise up.
"Y-you're okay!" Hinata said, rubbing her forehead.
Naruto grinned, then noticed the round critter in her arms.
"Ah, this is Ro-chan." She exchanged a smile with her Poliwag. "Ro-chan is supposed to accompany me to Neji-nii-san in Saffron city, but he's not much of a fighter, and I think the f-forest became a little too much for us to handle..." She looked at Naruto expectantly.
Farfetch'd followed her gaze, awaiting a sappy declaration of "Don't worry, I'll protect you!"
Naruto scratched his head. "Oh, it's okay, we're way out of our leagues too. On top of that, we're totally lost! Ahaha!"
Before Hinata could hang her head, Naruto added, "But it's great we met! Let's go to Saffron together!"
She looked up, eyes brightening considerably.
"I'd like that, t-thank you," she said mildly.
Several kilometers north, a path of unconscious Beedrill lied in the grass.
"Nidoran, return."
Sakura lowered her eyelids, before proceeding onto the gates of Pewter city.
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Fun Fact: Did you know that a Poliwag's belly is translucent, and the swirl pattern you see is actually its internal organs?
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Pewter City
"Go Ducky!"
Hinata watched in awe as Farfetch'd slashed with its leek, clearing the path. Ever since Farfetch'd mimicked the cut technique from Naruto, their journey through the forest had progressed much smoother. Aerial views also helped them guide their way, and after two weeks, they finally made it to the gates of Pewter city.
"Great job, Ducky!" Naruto cheered. Farfetch'd gave a happy cry, helmet falling lopsided on its head.
They rested at the local Pokemon Center. It was during their exchange of onigiri-shaped donuts that Naruto heard startling news.
He slammed his hands on the table.
"Gaara is the what?"
Hinata shrunk behind the Pewter brochure. "G-gym leader? He's the gym leader of Pewter."
"No way." Naruto fell back down in his seat in disbelief. "He's a gym leader."
The news slowly sank in, before Naruto squinted his eyes. "What's a gym leader, again?"
Poliwag facepalmed with its tail.
The next day, the couple visited Gaara at the Pewter Gym.
"Naruto-kun, you've finally arrived." Gaara gave a small nod of acknowledgment, then glanced at the shrinking violet girl by his side. He returned his gaze to Naruto. "Are you here to challenge me?"
Before Hinata can interject, Naruto held out a fist. "You bet we are!"
Ten seconds later, pillow feathers exploded everywhere in the air.
Fwaaah!
Poliwag jumped in front of Farfetch'd, blowing out a defensive stream of bubbles.
Alarmed, Sandshrew rolled back. It unravelled, looking up to its master in confusion.
Meanwhile, Hinata ran into the arena and scooped both Poliwag and Farfetch'd into her arms.
"Hinata! What are you-!"
"Silence."
Naruto snapped his mouth shut. Gaara returning his Sandshrew. "This match is over. Naruto-kun, it is clear you do not know how to battle alongside your pokemon." He looked away from the trembling Farfetch'd, and crossed his arms. "The cost of your arrogance is the welfare of your allies. Leave."
Hinata was ready to follow Naruto out when Gaara spoke up again. She turned around to see a grey colored badge presented to her.
"W-what...?"
"For your judgment and priorities."
Unfortunately for Hinata, she had no desire for a gym badge. It was salt to the wound, as Naruto hugged his Farfetch'd and moped for the rest of the day. Naruto could handle being called lame, stupid, or inadequate. But being called out as a jerkass?
He looked at the beaten pokemon in his arms. His lips quivered. "Ducky, I'm so sorry!"
Hinata tried her best to help. She stuttered out words of encouragement. She sewed up and refitted Farfetch'd pillow armor. She even got two tickets to the Science Museum to get his mind off his battle loss.
Finally, she just stared helplessly and said, "Y-you know, it's not your fault, nor Ducky's. Ducky just may not be a b-battle-type pokemon, so maybe you should just capture and train another pokemon for battle specifically?"
A stone-faced Naruto looked up. "And how do you capture a battle type pokemon without a battle type pokemon, again?"
Hinata stammered, until a sketchy-looking man approached their table.
"Hey, hey, couldn't help but overhearing you're in the need of a strong pokemon for battle?"
Hinata shrunk back while Naruto leaned forward. "Yeah, what about it, old man?"
"Oh boy, do I have the deal for you!"
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Fun Fact: Did you know all the eight major cities in Kanto are all named after colors? Nibi City has been translated into silver, tin, marble, grey, or in the English version, pewter.
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Mt. Moon
Charmander sniffed the cave floor, while Sasuke eyed perimeter.
Suddenly, Charmander growled into the darkness.
"Kukuku, you never struck me as the curious type, Sasuke-kun." There was a sharp glint of glasses. "To think you would chase me all the way here... shouldn't you be having fun competing against your friends instead? I think I heard Sakura-chan pass by several days ago. If you don't hurry, she'll get ahead of you."
Sasuke narrowed his eyes. "Come out, Kabuto. I know you stole it."
From the shadows, Kabuto smirked. A pokemon slithered past his feet.
Before Charmander can react, Ekans had bit down.
"Ember!"
Ekans quickly retracted at the burn, but by the time the battle was over, Kabuto had long disappeared.
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Fun Fact: Did you know that Mt. Moon is so high that it is visible from Pallet Town, but has been getting smaller due to rock slides?
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Cerulean City
"Absorb!" Oddish opened its leaves. Spores attached to the opponent pokemon. Smirking, Sakura widened her pokeball. "Return! Come out, Nidoran!"
With a double kick, Nidoran sent the sleeping Cloyster into the opposing wall. Slowly, the shell cracked open. Yagura closed his eyes and acknowledged defeat.
Nidoran jumped into her arms, and Squirtle cartwheeled on her back in celebration.
Sakura left the gym with three badges in her case. Five more, she thought, before Indigo Plateau and Elite Four!
Just as she was wondering how far Sasuke had gotten, he appeared before her.
"Sasuke-kun!" she said, startled.
Sasuke glanced at her, hands tucked in his pocket. "Sakura. How are you?"
Squirtle watched Sakura change one-eighty in demeanor. She squirmed. "I'm great! It's such a coincidence to see you here! Say, if you're staying in Cerulean, I was wondering if you, maybe, would like to go see-"
"Are you going inside?"
Sakura paused, then glanced at the gym behind her. She furtively slipped her badge case deeper in her bag and smiled. "Yeah, do you want to go inside together, Sasuke-kun?"
"I'd rather battle you."
"Now?"
At Sasuke's cold silence, Sakura gave in.
"Nidoran!"
"Pidgeotto."
Sakura watched the magnificent bird soar into the sky.
"Gust."
Sakura gave a nod, and Nidoran dug against the ground in brace of the upcoming tornado. She observed the Pidgeotto circle above. At Sasuke's command, it dove. Sakura narrowed her eyes. "Now!"
Nidoran spun. Pidgeotto halted at the sudden spikes, only to be rammed into the ground with a horn attack. Sasuke's eyes widened when he realized his pokemon had been stung with poison. With a flick of his wrist, he returned Pidgeotto.
In its place was Ekans. When it became apparent Sasuke intended to battle poison with poison, Sakura switched strategies. "Focus Energy!"
"Bite!"
Ekans bit into Nidoran, causing both ears to twitch. However, it refused to move. Squirtle watched eagerly as the seconds ticked.
Sasuke eyed warily, and was ready to call his second attack when Sakura shouted, "Fury attack!"
Sakura's moment of triumphant was washed away by a glance over at Sasuke. Controlled anger flashed in his eyes as he returned his second pokemon.
"Um, Sasuke-kun, maybe we should-"
Before she could finish, Charmander flipped off his shoulder. Its fire burned with rage. From Sasuke's expression, playtime was over.
Sakura returned Nidoran.
Meanwhile, Squirtle wagged its tail in excitement, awaiting to be summoned. It made a loud ruckus when she summoned Oddish instead.
With a sheepish smile, Sakura pointed forward. "Absorb?"
With a whip of its tail, Charmander sent Oddish crashing into the pavement.
Sakura returned Oddish. She gave a nervous laugh. "Guess you're too strong, Sasuke-kun. Why don't we-"
"We're not done," Sasuke said lowly, staring at the Squirtle rested on her shoulder. Squirtle readied to charge in, but Sakura held her hands up in surrender.
"Bubbles isn't really for battle," she laughed nervously, much to Squirtle's outrage.
When Sasuke would not relent, Sakura bit her lips.
"Fine," she whispered.
Squirtle did not need another word. Charmander charged. Tail met tail. Squirtle grinned, then tucked in at the upcoming scratch attack. Charmander dropped down to avoid the spinning shell, and blew out a burst of flames. Squirtle was ready to counter with a blast of water when it heard a different command.
"Use Bubble!"
A shell slammed into the ground, steaming. Squirtle popped out its shell, coughing ashes.
Satisfied, Sasuke left.
Sakura rushed to attend her injured pokemon.
"Bubbles, are you-" Sakura's forehead was met by a skull-bash. Squirtle squirmed in her grip, giving indignant cries.
"If we've done that, we would've killed them," Sakura hissed. "Sasuke-kun will hate me forever."
Squirtle puffed a cheek.
"Please forgive me? I'll buy your favorite onigiri donut."
Her offer was returned with a mouthful of water gun.
Soaked, Sakura wiped her face in deadpan. But then she smiled when Squirtle wrapped around her in a hug.
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Fun Fact: Did you know that before Pikachu, Ash dreamed of having Squirtle as his starter?
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Area Unknown
"Gyaaah!"
Hinata ran, shielding from the swarm of fluttering Venomoth. She followed Naruto to behind a boulder, only for said boulder to sneer, extending out four arms.
With a soft scream, Hinata fainted onto the cave floor.
"Oi, Hinata. Hinata!"
No matter how hard Naruto shook, Hinata was unconscious. Fwaaah!
Farfetch'd grew wide eyed at the silhouette in the corner.
Tic.
"Ducky, what is it?"
Tic.
"Hey, you! Show yourself!"
Tic.
Farfetch'd stared hypnotically, as the silhouette stared back.
Tic.
Before Naruto knew it, his mind started to blur, and the pokemon in his arms was asleep.
A pair of echoing footsteps sent all the wild pokemon in retreat. A cloaked figure leaned down, and swiped his hand over Naruto's eyes.
Naruto had a name on the tip of his tongue, but his eyes had already fallen shut, his world gone black.
A/N: Part I, saved! Is this the end for Naruto? What about Hinata? What did Kabuto steal? Who are the Elite Four? Can the nicknames get any lamer? Find out next time on Pokemon, ORANGE version!