Ok...I don't know why I am doing this...but here it goes...
Summary: The world of Pokemon, not as classically portrayed as a peaceful place. Instead it is very dangerous, unforgiving and corrupt. Adventure is still there, just not a walk in the park.
Ash Ketchum, a young trainer who starts his journey at the age of 15 sets off to be the best he can be in the dangerous and unforgiving region of Kanto. Along the way he meets allies, enemies and more than he could possibly imagine, a different world. And what happens when a certain blond decides to alleviate some boredom?
Ok...this story is rated M for a few reasons. The biggest reason is the amount of blood, gore and violence that will be taking place in this story followed by cursing and some sexual reference. There will be humor in case some of you are wondering about the whole 'doom and gloom' thing. No fear, jokes will be cracked to release tension at opportune moments (some dark humor as well). Though will remain Horror/Adventure.
As for romance, well...we'll see.
Oh and...yes. This is a crossover between Naruto and Pokemon. It will take place in the Pokemon world though, mostly.
PokemonxNaruto: The Paths We Take
Chapter 1: Beginning
"This world we live in is filled with extra-ordinary creatures. We keep these creatures by our side as companions and friends. These creatures are called Pokemon, and can be very dangerous." Those words, spoken by the great Professor Oak, ran through a certain boys head as he crashed through a bush and raced across the green grass. 'I really should not have thrown that rock...' yelled the boy to himself as an angry Spearow swooped from the sky, claws open wide and beak ready to grab the closest body part to start ripping up. It cawed loudly, spurring the young boy to sprint even harder. "Someone! HELP!" he yelled. He felt a slight gust as the Spearow narrowly missed his head once again, cawing in frustration it resumed the chase. The two soon crested a small hill and a town surrounded by a moat and a wooden barricade came into view. The boy cried in relief and picked up his pace ever so slightly as his primal instincts screamed safety is right up ahead. He pressed forward, but felt a sharp pain in his right calf and he fell forward, tumbling down the hill making quite a ruckus. He cried out in pain and gripped his hurting leg only to feel a hot liquid slide down his leg and pool slightly in his hands. He knew what it was, it was blood. He stood up shakily and walked quietly, but to no avail as the Spearow noticed him and dove at him. He could not react as the ferocious little bird homed in and started pecking and slashing. The boy threw his arms and flailed them around, receiving several punctures and scratches, all oozing blood. He cried out in pain and fell down. He eventually whacked the Spearow hard enough that it spun to the ground dazed, seeing it's moment of weakness, the boy kicked out with his good leg (as it had fallen very close to him) and hit the little bird in the head with a slight crunch. Panting from exhaustion and pain, the boy slowly stood up and limped the rest of a good half mile to the small towns borders. The guards saw the boy coming and saw his condition. They sent for the towns doctor to see to the boy. As he reached 20 feet from the gates he fell to ground and the guards panicked. Two jumped from their posts to the ground 20 feet below with a solid 'thump' and ran across the bridge to the boy to check his vitals.
"Oi! Kid, wake up!" Yelled one of the guards as they reached him.
"He's alive." stated the other who had gotten there a few seconds earlier and was now taking his pulse, "Seems he was attacked by a Spearow, only other thing that would'a caused those wounds round here is a Pidgey, but they're way to docile." The first guard nodded in agreement and he looked behind him as the gates opened and a man in a white coat carrying a blue case with a red cross on it ran across the bridge to where the two men were.
"Hold on there Ash..." whispered Oak as he opened the box and took out several packs of antiseptic and a roll of gauze. Oak then proceed to the sterilize and wrap the boy's, Ash's, injuries. They weren't serious, just a few deep cut and punctures. Nothing that wouldn't heal, although it would leave a few faint scars, "Everything's gonna be alright."
"Pro...professor?" croaked Ash as he came back into conciousness.
"Yeah?" replied Oak quickly with a worried look in his eye
"I wanna learn how to be a trainer, I wanna be just like you were when you were one." said Ash. Oak smiled at this as he finished wrapping Ash's wounds. He carefully picked the boy up and carried him into the town.
(A long time ago, In another dimension/parallel world (Don't be picky here))
"Wha-!" yelled a surprised blond clad in orange as another man with spiky black hair, orange swirly mask and ANBU like armor on suddenly collapsed on himself and created a time-space vortex, trying to suck in the blond and die with him, "Damn it Madara! Fucking bastard!" yelled (the hopefully identified) Naruto
"If I am going down, you're coming with me, Namikaze!" sneered Madara as he distorted into Space-time, destroying the surrounding area. Tree's ripped apart, rocks crumbled and the landscape was mutilated.
"Damn it!" Yelled Naruto as he held onto the ground using what little chakra he had left and digging h is hands into the crevices of a rock, which as a testament to his luck, began to dissolve. Naruto desperately looked around for another way to keep himself from falling into oblivion. As he looked around he was reminded of all that had happended in the past few hours of his fight with Uchiha Madara. Bodies lay strewn across the ground beneath the cliff the two were currently on. Only a few shapes moved, most of which were the remains of Madara's army and few Ninja. Naruto looked back at Madara who was almost completely gone now, a look of hate in his eye.
"If this is how it's gonna be..." muttered Madara as he focused on Naruto, a sickening gleam in his eye, "Take it! Take it Naruto Namikaze! My gift and curse to you!" shouted Madara while Naruto looked at him in confusion and terror, "Have a taste, of immortality!" A sudden burst of power shot off from Madara towards Naruto as the Space-time vortex expanded then contracted, sealing, taking Madara with it.
The burst of power hit Naruto bodily and sent him rolling to the edge of the cliff. Naruto started to slip off the edge and he barely managed to catch himself from falling the two hundred feet or so to the base. Power coursed through his body, making Naruto scream as the energies tore through his systems. Soon the pain became to much and his fingers slipped. He fell. "Well...this is the end I guess...at least I managed to get rid of Madara..." Thought Naruto as he fell, a feeling of weightlessness overtaking him.
"Kit! We are not dying here!" yelled the Kyuubi, desperately trying to power Naruto's system with what ever chakra the great fox could muster.
"Don't bother fuzzball. We're gonna die here and there is nothing either of us can do...we're both too exhausted." replied Naruto to the Kyuubi who lowered it's head in defeat.
"At least it'll be quick..." muttered the great demon
"Yeah...at least..." chuckled Naruto, closing his eyes waiting for the inevitable. He began recalling his life, not that he wanted to, but he couldn't help it.
In Naruto's mind
"Die demon!" yelled a voice of one of the villagers
"You're the Kyuubi, you killed hundreds of ninja and almost destroyed this very village..." sneered Mizuki
"You're so annoying you blond idiot!" shouted Sakura in frustration
"Dobe..." muttered Sasuke. Naruto inwardly grinned at this "Got what you deserved, you prick."
"Please...bring him back..." cried Sakura
"You're weak. Always dead-last." sneered Sasuke
"Come with me, kid." said Jiraya. This brought a tear to Naruto's eye at the memory of his sensei.
"You insolent brat! Just who do you think you are!" roared a furious Kyuubi, bringing Naruto to grin, even if slightly.
"Naruto!" Yelled a furious Tsunade
"Naruto..." seethed a furious Sakura
"N-naruto-kun!" yelped a surprised Hinata
"Naruto..." whispered a voice, almost lovingly.
"Naruto-kun, I love you!" shouted a beat up Hinata while facing off Pain.
"Naruto..." wavered a voice as a face materialized in front of him, Sakura's face, "Don't die, don't leave me...I...I love you..."
At this last voice Naruto's eyes snapped open, tears streaming from them. He clenched his fist and gritted his teeth before whipping around to face the quickly approaching ground. He drew on every last mili-gram of chakra he had left as well as the Kyuubi's and threw together a hand sign, two clones poofed into existence and started forming a ball of chakra in the real Naruto's outstreached hand, "Fuuton! Rasenshuriken!" yelled Naruto as he launched the spiraling sphere of chakra. Something seemed off though. The jutsu was not the normal blue color, instead it was greyish. The ball slammed into the ground, creating a dome of destruction just as Naruto reached the expanding dome, he was caught in the explosion and buffeting winds and used the force to slow his descent and throw him a few ten's of feet away. He land roughly on the grassy, hilly ground and rolled to a stop. He groaned in pain, yet glad to be alive, or so he believed himself to be. He lay there, just regaining his strength. After a few minutes he shakily stood up, ignoring the astounded and raging beast inside of him. As he broke the tree line he stumbled into the battle field and picked his way towards the Shinobi alliances base camp. He ran into a few survivors here and there. He helped one badly injured Kiri nin up after bandaging her leg up so she could walk/limp. Naruto continued walking until he saw a figure he wanted to see, though not in this situation. He ran as quickly as he could manage and reached the pink haired Kunoichi. "S-Sakura-chan..." croaked Naruto after falling to the kunoichi's side. She was covered in blood and her eye's were closed. Naruto reached out and felt for a pulse and sighed a breath of relief when he felt a weak beat in her neck, "Thank kami...". He carefully picked her up bridal style and slowly walked the rest of the way to the camp.
About thirty minutes later, Naruto reached the camp and bee lined for the Konoha med tent, where he hoped Tsunade or Shizune were.
Up to present times (approx. 800 years...+9)
The sun rose on the quiet country side, illuminating the trees and hills of the land. The morning dew glimmered in the rays of the rising sun, throwing the woods into a spectacular hall of light. The inhabitants of said wood started to wake and set about their day. One particular inhabitant, or rather, a visitor, burst through a low bush and rolled on the ground as a small purple blur followed suite along with a yellow and brown blur. The yellow blur launched itself at the purple blur as it landed and tackled it to the ground. They both grappled for a second before the yellow thing jumped off, sparking with energy. "Pikachu, Thundershock it! Extra crispy!" yelled the first figure, a teen by the name of Ash. The yellow thing concentrated it's accumulated energy into it's cheeks and sent a blast of lightning at the purple rat like creature, striking it in the side, blasting a hole right through the poor creature and giving it a good searing. The smoking carcass dropped and the fur blew off in the wind as the skin flaked off revealing equally burnt out flesh. "Damn...fuckin' hate it when Rattata surprise me like that..." Ash shifted his weight to shake off any dirt and loosen his body from the run he just went through. "Let's go Pikachu." said Ash, holding out his hand. The yellow mouse nodded in acknowledgment before it ran and jumped onto Ash's arm after which it made it's way up to his shoulder. Ash hoisted his back pack further up his back and trudged off back towards his hometown of Pallet.
"Hey Ash!" yelled a guard as soon as Ash crested a hill, bringing the barriers around Pallet into view. The guard that called out waved vigorously and Ash returned the wave, though not quite as enthusiastic, "So, how'd it go?" queried the guard making Ash groan.
"Same as the last few times...got jumped by a Rattata, so Pikachu had to give it a shock." replied Ash, "Anything happen while I was gone Lee?" Lee grinned from beneath his helmet and reached to take it off, letting his medium, straight black hair loose, in the form of a bowl cut and also revealing two bushy eyebrows.
"Nothing off note. Just a Rattata or two, easily scared off. Most interesting thing was the Raticate we saw trying to sneak into town. Probably after an easy meal, well, let's just say he's the meal now." reported Lee boredly as Ash reached the barricade.
"So pretty much the normal everyday occurrences." mused Ash. He stopped and waited for the guards to raise the gate and let him in. The gate shuddered slightly and was drawn up enough for Ash to walk under, which he did. He waved at the guards and headed off for his surrogate grandpa's lab to give him the package he had been asked to collect from Viridian yesterday.
"Oh yeah, Ash!" called out Lee as Ash was walking away from the barricade. He turned and looked at Lee questioningly, "Almost forgot, a stranger came by and is staying here for a few days. He should be at the Professor's lab right now."
"Ok, thanks for for the heads up!" replied Ash who resumed walking towards Oak's lab, "A stranger, huh...never really a good thing in my experience."
Ok...so...what do y'all think? Please drop your comments in the reception box below. Like with my other stories, flaming will be burned. I appreciate your opinions and constructive criticism, it helps me construct the story to be more appealing to you guys, the readers.
Next order of business, teams. Who would you like to see on Ash's team? If I make him a trainer, Naruto's team? Leave a review or send me pm (preferably review) and keep them Kanto for now. I'll do this again if this story gets far enough to carry over to other regions. Also, I plan to have a legendary travel with one or both either for a time, or, indefinitely. All legendaries are open to this. I'll take the main team (Pick up to 5 for each) anytime between now and about the 3rd chapter. Legendaries by the 6th (subject to change).
Ash Starter: Pikachu
Naruto's Starter: Vulpix
Thank's for your input in advance.
And also, don't forget to stop by and check out my other fic's if you haven't already.
~Sepherif,
Over and Out