THIS IS NOT MY FIC.
SoulReaperCrewe is the original author, but he deleted the fic quite some time ago. I had this saved, so I'm posting it here. Hopefully those who were fans of this fic will appreciate the nostalgia.
**Chapter One**
The world of planet Earth a world inhabited by humans and the mysterious creatures known as Pokemon. Creatures that live far and wide on land, sea and air on all four corners of the globe. Some known as masters of creations, rulers of areas, guardians of peace and simple residents of the wild.
Our story takes place on the continent of Unova. A continent isolated from other regions and the Pokemon that inhabit those regions. It was said that it was founded by a legendary dragon of unparallel power but then it split itself into 3 separate dragons one of yin, one of yang and one of wugi. The dragons of yin and yang joined the heroic brothers of truth and ideal but the dragon of wugi left and never returned. Centuries passed and Unova became a beautiful and peaceful land like many others in the world.
Naruto Namikaze ran through the fields with a happy smile plastered on his face as his hands traced along the top of the flowers and the tall grass, feeling them tickle his hands as they stroked his palm. His golden blonde hair that he inherited from his father shined as the sun hit it and his violet eyes that he inherited from his mother were flickering all around wildly as he looked at the different sites around him.
The six year old wore a blue shirt with the picture of a Charizard on the front with its wings stretched out with white shorts and sneakers. On his back was a backpack with various necessities.
"Come on Accelgor catch me if you can," he said in a sing along voice as an Accelgor Pokemon chased after him from behind. The Accelgor had a large pink head reminiscent of a helmet, adorned with green stripes, a black star-like marking or hole on the front, and a swirled shape in the back, with its eyes in a shadowed crevice giving the appearance of an annoyed pout. The rest of its body consisted of blue, segmented cloth-like tufts, with ribbon-like extensions at the top of its back.
The Pokemon eagerly chased after him making the young boys laughter be heard all throughout the field.
"Calm down you two and stay where I can see you," Professor Juniper said to them as she tried not to laugh while trying to keep up with the two rascals. Aurea Juniper was a pretty looking woman in her late twenties with light brown hair and green eyes, wearing a white top and green skirt along with a white lab coat.
Professor Juniper was the local Pokemon professor that was stationed in Nuvema Town, a small village in the Unova region and was the resident neighbor of the Namikaze family as well as little Naruto's godmother.
Naruto's father was Minato Namikaze, who said boy physically resembled and was the current Champion of the Unova region who specialized in electric and flying type Pokemon. There were very few in the world that could go toe to toe against the man people dubbed the Yellow Flash.
The Namikaze family was one of the greatest pokemon trainer dynasties in the world that everyone from all regions had heard off. Naruto' grandfather Jiraiya Namikaze was one of the worlds greatest pokemon masters having been nicknamed the White Sage. His Grandmother Tsunade Namikaze was one of the world's best pokemon healers.
Aside from his grandparents and father, he also had an Aunt and Uncle. Cynthia Namikaze was the middle child and only daughter of Jiraiya and Tsunade as well Minato's younger sister. She like all the Namikaze before her became a trainer and was currently the Pokemon Champion of the Sinnoh Region, brining even more glory to the Namikaze family.
Finally there was Volkner Namikaze, the youngest child who looked near identical to his older brother. Like Minato he too specialized in electric type pokemon and was currently one of the top Gym Leaders of the Sinnoh region.
Naruto's mother was Kushina Uzumaki and was one of the world top coordinators who specialized in water and fire type Pokemon. She was known throughout the world as one of the few people to have ever won the Kanto, Johto, Hoenn, Sinnoh and Unova Grand Festivals as well as being one of the world's most desirable women.
When Minato and Kushina got together the whole world saw what could only be seen as the greatest power couple in Pokemon history and together they had five children with Naruto being child number four and the only son.
After a quick jog she found Naruto and her Accelgor looking up a tree and saw Naruto with a big smile on his face as he pointed towards a small moving figure in the tree.
Blocking out the sun with her hand to get a better look, Professor Juniper grinned when she saw a small Snivy resting in one of the tree's branches.
The Snivy was a bipedal, reptilian Pokemon with a slender build. Most of its body is green with a cream underside. A yellow stripe runs down the length of its back and tail, yellow markings around its large eyes and finally on the tip of its tail was what looked like a three point leaf.
"Good find Naruto, this is the last one we need," she said patting his head getting a smile from the small blonde haired boy before she looked towards her Pokemon and gave him a nod.
"Accelgor knock it out the tree with **acid spray** and then get it while it's falling with a **quick attack**."
Accelgor nodded and shout out a green spray like substance towards the small Snivy, quickly engulfing it.
They watched the Snivy wake up and writhe around a little before it lost its balance and fell out of the tree.
Before it could hit the ground though, Accelgor appeared in front of it and slammed into it and pushed it to the ground.
When the Snivy landed on the ground its eyes were swirls and had a confused look on its face, looking very out of it from the sudden quick attack. Professor Juniper took that moment to reach into her bag and pull out a red and white ball.
Throwing the poke ball it landed on top of the Snivy's head and engulfed it in a red light before the red light shot into the poke ball.
The trio stood and watched as the poke ball shook on the ground for a couple of seconds before a small bleep could be heard, indicating that the catch was successful.
"Yay," Naruto said putting his hands in the air as Juniper high fived him before he turned around and high fived Accelgor.
Walking forward Professor Juniper picked up the newly caught Pokemon and placed him in her bag where eight other poke balls and lay each with a fire, grass or water symbol on the front. She placed a small grass symbol on the Snivy's poke ball before placing it with the rest.
"Is that all of them Aunty?" Naruto asked as Juniper nodded and patted his head.
"Yes that's all of them. Nine starter Pokemon for nine future trainers. Since it's almost time for new trainers to begin their journey I thought it was time to catch them."
"Can I have one for my birthday?" He asked with a puppy dog look on his face, hoping to persuade his godmother. Though all he got was a grin and a little flick on the nose.
"Nice try," she making Naruto pout. Naruto's birthday was the next day and was when his parents and sisters were scheduled to come back home. He was very excited.
His older sisters Mito, Elesa and Skyla were triplets and had begun their Pokemon journey little over a year ago together. The three nearly thirteen year old girls were in every sense the apple of their parent's eyes and recently Minato and Kushina had gone to visit them after the girls recently participated in some exhibition matches in the Battle Frontier. His Uncle Volkner had apparently joined to watch and give his support.
During the summer of their first year they had managed to get into the Sinnoh Pokemon league after collecting the eight necessary badges.
For three newbie's they had done very well with Skyla and Elesa making it to the quarter finals while Mito made it to the Semi finals before being defeated. Their first time performances as well as being the daughters of a current champion and top coordinator had gained them a lot of fame and notoriety.
Mito who looked a lot like their mother was the oldest of the triplets and was a carbon copy of their mother with the fiery personality to match. She specialized in fire Pokemon which she also took after their mother and dreamed to be the best fire Pokemon trainer in the world.
Elesa the middle triplet took more after their father with blonde hair that she always kept short enough to touch her chin and was the most girly of the group, being very in to fashion and the latest trends. Her Pokemon type also took after her father and dreamed of being one of the top electric type Pokemon trainers in the world just like him.
Then there was Skyla the youngest of the trio who looked like Kushina as well but had tanned skin like Mito and her father and her red hair was darker then her mother and sisters. Like her sisters she also had a passion except hers lies with Flying type Pokemon and to one day become the top trainer of flying type Pokemon which made her different since she didn't take after her parents favorite type but never the less she was loved by them just as much as her sisters.
The three girls were going to grow up to be incredibly beautiful; she knew that the moment their bodies began to mature and the boys began to take notice. All three would be as stunning as their mother one day.
And when it came to Naruto the three girls adored their little brother and had been that way ever since he was born. They were very protective over him and would find any reason to cuddle him whenever they could. Not that he minded most of time since he loved his sisters with all his heart.
Though with the girls being who they were, Minato and Kushina's attention was normally planted in their direction and it caused them to be in the spotlight almost all the time while Naruto sort of got pushed into the shadows.
Juniper loved her two friends very dearly but she knew that the girls were always the main priority while Naruto tended to come second, especially with Minato since the three girls were big time daddy's little girls. Although she knew that it wasn't because they didn't love Naruto he didn't receive as much attention as his sisters. She knew that it was because since the girls had become old enough to become trainers they got to travel which made it easier for them to meet up with their parents while Naruto couldn't leave the town until they took him with them or became old enough to start his journey. It was reasons like these that made her wish he was old enough to travel already.
Then a year ago Riya Namikaze, the youngest daughter arrived and Naruto had begun spending a lot more time with her at the lab with his parents having little time for him anymore due to the new baby who required a lot of attention that left them feeling tired in the morning. The three girls on their Pokemon journey, Minato's champion duties and Kushina guiding the next generation of coordinators, it all left them very busy.
It was probably why Naruto was always her favorite. He was the one she had spent the most time with and when it came to Pokemon there was nothing he did not want to learn. So she had taken to teaching him everything he needed to know, hence why he was with her today catching the starter Pokemon.
"When we get back how about we have some ice cream and then we can go over the Eevee evolution cycle again," she said to Naruto whose face lit up with excitement. The Eevees had always been a favorite of his, probably because of them having the largest list of possible evolutions than any other Pokemon which Naruto said was the coolest thing cause it was like having the power of most types into one.
Naruto just nodded his head before he began running, wanting Accelgor to chase him again.
Professor Juniper just laughed as she walked at a regular pace, keeping an eye on her godson and Pokemon and they played chase again.
When they arrived back at her lap she guided Naruto in her living quarters as she headed towards the kitchen to get the tubs of ice cream that she promised.
From the side though she saw her computer was on and the message board was bleeping, signalling someone was calling her.
Taking a seat in her chair she tapped the accept button and watched as a video call from Minato and Kushina appeared.
They both were in their middle thirties and looked good for their age with Minato wearing his trademark white jacket that Kushina had bought him on their first anniversary and Kushina wore a pleasant looking purple kimono.
"Ahh Minato, Kushina I was just thinking off the two of you. Everything going well in Sinnoh?" she asked her two friends as she leaned back on her chair and smiled at them both.
"It went fantastic. The girls are buzzed at how well everyone has taken to them and have had interview after interview by various newspapers and new crews all day. Oh you should see them they have been delighted all day. I can't remember the last time they have looked so happy," Minato said as Kushina brought little Riya up and waved at Juniper.
The little girl had taking after her father with little blonde tuffs of hair on her head. "Everyone has been wanting to know about this little one as well," Kushina spoke as Juniper waved back at the girl.
"Were not calling at a bad time are we?"
"No not at all. Naruto and I just got back from catching the starter Pokemon. He was a big help in spotting them. He has good senses for a six year old."
"He always was very observative," Kushina praised as Riya sat playing with her mother's hair.
"What time is your flight back tomorrow? His little birthday party is at two down here at the lab. My father can't wait to see him, apparently he has something cool to give him. He can't wait to see you all," she said chuckling but stopped when she saw them both chuckle nervously with Minato scratching the back of his head.
Oh no. She had seen these looks before.
"There has been a little change of plans," Minato said slowly as Kushina swept a bit of hair out of her face. "Our flight has been cancelled due to a huge blizzard that's been confirmed to heading our way. They estimate it to last for at least 2 days, which sadly means that we won't be able to make it."
Now Juniper was looking distraught. "Isn't their anything you can do to get here, can't you ride your Pokemon?" she asked a little desperately since she didn't want Naruto to be saddened by his parents tardiness for his birthday.
Minato sighed with as he shook his head. "We already considered that option but after verifying the level of this blizzard and the direction it's coming from we see that it's too dangerous for our Pokemon to take us through it. Even if we tried to leave now we would simply get caught in it because we would need to go through it to make it back home and it's just too dangerous for us to put little Riya at risk."
Juniper looked down as her hair now overshadowed her eyes. "So what will you do then?" she asked.
"There is a big ball being hosted for the up and coming trainers in the next town which happens to be Hearthome city and the girls have been invited. It's a big time thing that could really get the girls name out there and further there fame in the Pokemon world." Minato said as Riya pulled on his jacket.
"Minato and I have also been asked by the Sinnoh Pokemon league to give special demonstrations with our Pokemon. We originally declined but with this blizzard heading for us we've decided to take them on their offer.
"Unfortunately it means staying in Sinnoh at least another week…..we….we won't be there for Naruto's birthday."
The two parents gulped and look at the screen after having diverted their eyes. They were not surprised when they saw the glaring facing of Aurea Juniper looking back at them.
"Don't do this. Not again. Don't to this to that little boy again."
"Aurea….you have to understand…."
"Understand what? That again you are putting the girls before Naruto. How many times have you two gone on trips and left Naruto behind because you want to see the triplets. You're forgetting you have a son here who needs you just as much as they need you," she whispered harshly at them.
They both gulped but Minato was the first that regained himself.
"Either way I am sorry Aurea but there's nothing we can do. We're already stuck over here so we decided to make the best of it. This chance for the girls is a big deal and it needs to come first. Naruto won't mind if we miss his birthday just for this year. We will be back next weekend and we can celebrate it then. Naruto will understand."
"IT'S HIS BIRTHDAY!" she shouted at them, fuming that they would so easily decide on the matter. "He is going to be crushed."
Both Minato and Kushina looked away from the screen, neither really knowing what to say. They knew their son would be a little heartbroken but they would be back in a week and then they could celebrate as a family.
Irritated by their silence Aurea took a deep breath and calmed herself down. "One day…one day if you keep doing this to him, it's going to come back and bite you both in the ass." She then leaned forward and turned the screen off, not being able to look at her two friends any more right now.
She leaned back in her chair and sighed as she could hear Naruto giggling from the living room as he played with Accelgor.
She was not looking forward to this.
**That night**
'_Why won't they come?'_ Naruto thought as his head lay softly on his pillow as his eyes just stared at the desk beside the bed.
He had taken it just like Professor Juniper thought he would. He was heartbroken that they were not going to be there for his birthday and he had been very downcast for the rest of the day. Accelgor tried to get him to laugh again but he really wasn't in the mood any more.
'_Did I do something wrong? Was I bad? I don't think I did anything.'_
He wondered that thought but knew deep down it was because of his sisters again. He might only be six years old but even he could see that when it came to his three older sisters nothing else really mattered. Not even him.
Not being able to fall to sleep he sat up from his bed and looked out the window.
He peered up at the moon in the sky which was full and just placed his head in his hands.
He loved his family but he felt very let down by them today, especially with his parents. He had wanted to go with them to see his big sisters but instead told him he would be staying with his aunty while they were gone which he didn't mind since he loved his Aunty.
But at least he got to see his friend Bianca and funny grandpa Cedric as he called him would also be visiting which he was happy about. He always liked his aunt's father, he was very odd but very funny.
His eyes drooped down as sleep was about to take him again but before his eyes could completely shut he saw a small shadowed figured appear under the gaze of the moon before he watched it fall to the ground and into the small forest on the labs estate.
His curiosity getting the better of him he jumped away from the window put his slipper and little robe on and left his room.
He crept past his aunt's room, tip toed down the stairs and opened up the back door and headed towards the spot where the figure landed.
Quickly making his way through the forest he could hear the night time Pokemon making themselves known with their calls and could hear them scurrying across the tops of the tree's. Naruto paid them no mind though since his focus was on something completely different.
Stepping out into a small clearing he finally saw what had fallen from the sky and he could say he had never seen such a beautiful Pokemon in all his nearly seven years of life.
The Pokemon was about medium sized had the lower half of its body in red with jet-plane like wings and fin-like feet. It has a blue triangular marking on its red chest. It had white and red arms that can be tucked into its body and the upper-half of its body is white. It has triangular ears and a red face with a white pentagon in the middle and a noticeably long neck over 2 feet in length.
She was not very big either, only just a little bit bigger then Naruto was in terms of height while being larger from head to tail.
The beautiful Pokemon let out a low cry of pain and Naruto could see that on one of its wings had a large gash that looked quite deep. He took a few steps closer but when he did the Pokemon looked in his direction and had a look of fright on its face.
"It's okay," he said putting his hands up. "I'm not going to hurt you. I promise."
The Pokemon did not look very assured but it could not move much thanks to its wound. However it could still launch attacks which is exactly what it did as its eyes started to glow startling Naruto.
"Uh oh" Naruto said to himself knowing what glowing eyes usually meant after all his lessons with Aunty Juniper. One it meant it was most likely a psychic and two that it was about to launch an attack.
His guess was proven true as sonic looking rings of psychic energy were launched from the beautiful Pokemons head.
"Ahhh" Naruto screamed as he crossed his arms to brave himself only to feel the attack pass next to him and he opened his eyes to see that it collided with one of the trees causing it to fall over.
"Huh?" Naruto said a bit dumbly as he thought the attack was meant for him. He looked back to the mystery Pokemon to see that it's eyes were squinted as it looked at him as if it had trouble seeing him.
"Is she unable to see me?" He wondered as he took a step forward only for another ring of energy to get fired at him. This one missing him by an inch as it hit another tree and toppled it over. Despite this he wasn't deterred from his objective to help the injured Pokemon.
Naruto walked slowly towards it making sure to not step on any twigs or leaves until he was finally in front of her and gently patted her face with gentle touches as he said soothing words to the hurt Pokemon that surprised the creature.
The Pokemon observed the human slowly caressing her. It flexed its hands and wings, ready in case the boy did anything. But looking into his eyes saw nothing but concern for her.
After a few seconds, it felt that he could somehow trust this young human and finally unclenched its hands and wings.
"Laaaaa," the pokemon said weakly as Naruto took a quick look at the wound and saw it was quite deep and trickles of blood were sliding down its body but the most surprising sight was the traces of a glowing purple that seemed to be covering part of her wings which indicated possible poisoning. It was no wonder she went down and he could see that it was hurting her a lot.
Knowing he could not do anything he took off his robe and placed it on top of the hurt Pokemon so it could keep her warm.
"I'm going to go get my aunty. She will know what to do," he said and to the Pokemons surprise Naruto kissed the top of her head and ran back towards the house.
Not needing to be quiet his footsteps echoed through the lab and ran up the stairs to his aunt's bedroom.
When he got up the stairs he already saw her light on as the door to her room creaked open. Professor Juniper yawned and looked in Naruto's direction as she rubbed sleepers out of her eyes.
"Naruto what are you doing up this late?" she said, yawning in the middle of the sentence but was quickly fully awake when Naruto grabbed her hands and began pulling her down the stairs.
"You have to come help," he said as they walked down the steps.
"Why Naruto? What's wrong?" She said with confusion but some concern.
"Outside, a hurt Pokemon landed in the little forest away from the lab. She has a big cut in her wing and she is in a lot of pain. We need to help her," Naruto said to her, making himself a little upset as he spoke.
Normally she would have thought it was just a child imagination but when it came to Pokemon Naruto was always very serious. Plus his watery eyes were proof that he was telling the truth.
"Okay let me just get my robe and some equipment and we can go," she said as Naruto nodded and went down to the back door. He only had to wait a minute before Professor Juniper appeared with a bag in her hand.
He took her other hand and led her back to the site.
After a few minutes of trekking through the forest and some silent curses from Professor Juniper they were back in the clearing where Naruto sat beside the hurt Pokemon again and gently stroked the top of her head.
"Don't worry my aunty is amazing. She can help you get better," he said as the Pokemons big yellow eyes looked at him and very gently leaned into him, knowing he would not hurt her since he came back.
Professor Juniper meanwhile had an awestruck look on her face as she stared at the hurt Pokemon in front of her. She was so glad that Naruto had spotted this when he did.
"A Latias," she whispered though Naruto heard her as she approached the hurt Pokemon.
"A Latias? What's that?" he asked since he had not heard of a Latias before.
"She is a legendary Pokemon Naruto," she told him making him look like a gaping fish. "She is part of the Eon duo Latias and Latios and is rarely seen in the world. The fact that we are seeing one now despite the circumstances is such a privilege since they normally stay in groups."
"What is she doing out here in the Unova region? She belongs in the Hoenn region."
"I don't know," he said giving such a child like answer. "But she got her wing hurt."
Naruto and Professor Juniper both felt the Latias tremble a little as the professor got close but Naruto tried to reassure her and calm her.
"She is very young. She can't be any older than a 2 year old. Poor baby," she said before taking a look at the gash on her wing and winced when she saw it.
It was a bad wound, one that she knew she would not be able to heal on her own. While she knew Pokemon healing during her few years at the Pokemon centre, she was not confident enough in being able to heal the poor Pokemon on her own. Especially after seeing that there was also poison on its wing most likely inflicted by some kind of poison type Pokemon.
Plus with such a legendary and rare Pokemon she did not want to take any chances.
"We need to move her," she said looking at Naruto. "We need to get her to the lab where we can fix her up. I will need to call Nurse Joy to help me. Can you help me pick her up Naruto?" she asked with Naruto quickly nodding.
He wanted to help his new friend.
They both got on the opposite sides and gently picked the hurt Latias up. They struggled a bit at first since Latias trembled in pain but they managed to get her in a comfy and safe position on Professor Junipers back while Naruto gently held her head and patted it as he guided them back out the forest.
**Next morning**
Naruto rubbed his eyes, ridding the sleepers from them as he recalled the events of last night.
After getting the Latias into his aunt's lab, Professor Juniper quickly called the local nurse Joy who arrived in a record five minutes. When it came to Pokemon there was nothing more important when it came to a member of the Joy family.
The two women quickly got to work on the Latias and spent about two hours healing the poor Pokemon in one of the sterilized labs and made sure the poor Pokemon was in a gentle sleep as they fixed her up.
Naruto had wanted to help them but after seeing his eyes droop, Professor Juniper quickly put him to bed where he was out like a light before she even got to his room.
Getting out of bed he ran down the stairs and made his way to the room where the Latias was being kept. As he got close he saw his aunt coming out of the room as she rubbed sleepers out of her eyes again.
"You're up. Good morning birthday boy," she said getting down to his level and giving him a hug and kiss on the cheek.
"Oh yeah it's my birthday," he said with a happy grin making her laugh and she patted his head. She figured he forgot after the incident during the night.
"You're here to visit your new friend huh?" She said as Naruto quickly nodded making her smile even more.
"Is she okay? I'm sorry I couldn't help more. I got really tired."
"You did more than enough. You probably saved a Pokemon's life last night. I know Nurse Joy was very thankful you found her when you did and wanted me to tell you that you did a good job in helping Latias."
Professor Juniper smiled and stood up, guiding Naruto through the door. "Come and see for yourself."
Walking into the lab Naruto quickly spotted the Latias sleeping peacefully on a large circular bed based on the edge of the room. She had a few wires hooked up to her to monitor her heart rate while bandages were wrapped around her wing. Her head was resting on a pillow and Naruto could hear soft snores coming from the young Pokemon.
Rushing over he leaned against the bed as best he could as gently stroked the top of the Pokemon head, a small smile on his face since he was happy that his new friend seemed to be on the mend.
"She will need to take it easy for the next two weeks but with some hyper potions, berries and lots of rest she should be back to normal."
"Okay Aunty," he replied before crawling onto the bed and continued to stroke her head while giggling at the funny soft snores that was coming from the minor legendary Pokemon.
From the door Professor Juniper leaned against the door and smiled as she watched as her godson stayed beside the injured Latias before she went to go make his birthday breakfast.
**Later on that day**
Naruto grabbed some wrapping paper that laid on the ground and threw it into a black bag. He was helping Professor Juniper pack away and clean up the small mess that was made from Naruto's little birthday get together.
It had only been a small affair with Cedric Juniper visiting along with Naruto's friend Bianca. Bianca was a girl his age that he had known for as long as he could remember and lived just up the street from them. Her father was an old friend of his moms who could be a little over protective when it came to his daughter.
The two children had spent the day playing with the Pokemon that resided at the lab or resided outside. Since there were no harmful Pokemon in the area the two were happily playing with the little delightful Pokemon that enjoyed their presence.
After a trek through the forest for a few hours with Cedric, Aurea and Bianca they managed to see a large Scolipede that Cedric had noticed on the way there and knew the two children would have loved to see it. Then afterwards they had cake and party food before they moved onto his presents.
From Bianca he got a book on the various types of berries that could be found throughout Unova along with a few of said berries that she had collected with her father.
From Cedric he got a top of the line pair of binoculars and camera that he could use to spot Pokemon and take pictures of said Pokemon. Since according to Cedric Naruto had the mind of a future Pokemon professor he wanted to help guide the young boy to a great and noble profession.
His Grandparents who were away on a Cruise around the Orange Islands had sent him an old fossil they found during an excavation they witnessed on the beach of Mikan Island. They apologised for not being there but wished him a happy birthday and that they would see him soon.
His Aunt Cynthia sent him a tiny figurine of a Glaceon made completely out of glass. She had gotten it form a small town from Sunburst town which had a legend about an Onix made of Crystal. She wrote her search came up empty but hoped he liked the gift.
From his Uncle Volkner he received a pokemon flute. He wasn't sure why he was given a flute until Proffesor Juniper explained that it helped in waking up pokemon. It was a handy gift for the future.
His favorite present though was from his aunt which included a book on the various legendary Pokemon throughout the world with what detailed descriptions they had on said Pokemon. They even included a drawn up picture and some real time photo's since some legendary Pokemon were harder to find then others.
The other present he was a little confused about at first and only Professor Juniper really knew why she gave him an empty Luxury poke ball to him for his present.
"Here is the bag of rubbish," he said to his aunt as he handed the black bag over to Professor Juniper before scooped up his presents and headed back to the lab where the Latias was still resting. The cake and sugar he had today had made him more energetic then he normally was.
"That boy," she whispered with a smile on her face as she tip toed over to see the interaction between said boy and Pokemon.
Running in he saw that the Latias was awake and had its head lifted slightly in the air. From the look on her face she must have only just woken up and was getting use to her surroundings.
"You're awake," he said happily as he hopped onto the bed and gently hugged the Latias around the neck, making sure to be careful of her wound and not to scare her too much.
The Latias was confused but accepted the hug since she had never met a nice human before until last night, unlike the last one she met that gave her the injuries. The one in front of her seemed to appeal to her since he had been very kind to her and helped her in her time of need.
"My names Naruto, Naruto Namikaze. Your Latias right?" he asked as the Latias nodded her head in confirmation. "I hope you are feeling better. That was a nasty cut you had on your wing. When I get hurt my Mama or Aunty Juniper usually kisses it better and it doesn't hurt as much. Does it hurt?"
Latias again nodded a little and again to her surprise Naruto leaned over and gently kissed her injured wing. "How's that? Any better?"
Latias did nothing at first since it pretty much felt the same but she did feel something soothe the pain for a moment so she just nodded and rubbed her face against Naruto's cheek, getting laughs from the young boy as Professor Juniper laughed into her hand at the display.
"You're really friendly Latias. Do you want to be my friend? I really want to be yours."
"Laaaaaa," was the response he got back as she continued to nuzzle into him making him laugh again.
"I take that as a yes," he giggled before he rummaged around in his pocket and pulled out two little berries that were colored red and yellow. Latias leaned down and sniffed the berries with her nose.
"The book says these are Leppa berries and that they help restore health. I got some from my friend Bianca since it's my birthday today. If you want you can have them since they could help with your wound. I don't mind."
Latias sniffed the berries for a few more seconds before she took one in her mouth, chewed it and swallowed. From the happy look on her face he guessed she liked it so he offered her the second one which she happily took.
"Laaaaaa," she called out again as she nuzzled into Naruto who happily accepted and hugged back.
Smiling and happy that his new friend seemed to like him so much he got out his book on Legendary Pokemon and place it in front of them. "You want to read my new book with me?" he asked and saw Latias nod her head.
Lying on his front and beside Latias and he sprawled the book out and the two new friends leaned down to look at the contents while Professor Juniper watched in awe at how quickly the Latias accepted Naruto, not that she should really be surprised. Gently closing the door she left the two new friends to it while she went to make a call.
**One Week later**
Professor Juniper stood at the front of the lab with her hands in her pockets as she watched as a fancy car pulled into her drive and its passengers stepped out of the car.
From the front Minato Namikaze and Kushina Namikaze stepped out of it whilst from the back Mito, Elesa and Skyla all stepped out as their mother took Riya out of her seat. The three girls looked a little older then they normally did and had an air of confidence around them. All three were wearing matching jeans whilst Mito wore a red top, Elesa a yellow top and Skyla a blue top.
The family of six walked forward and Minato and Kushina nervously said their hello's to their long time friend which was understandable given their last conversation.
"He's at the back of the lab. Know that he was very broken up about none of you being there for this birthday," she said with the parents wincing and the girls all looking apologetic. "Just be glad he has a big heart."
"Come on lets go see our little brother," Skyla said joyfully as the three girls ran inside to see their beloved little brother whilst the adults and Riya walked at a gentle pace behind them.
Since it had been well over a year since they had seen him they were all anxious to see their baby brother. The trio had missed him very much and were a little ashamed that they could not have been there for his birthday despite how much they wanted to. But they were intent on making it up to him with the gifts they got him from their travels.
Reaching the back door the trio quickly heard their brother's laughter coming from the back and became curious over what he was laughing at. Walking outside they all stopped in their tracks and let their jaws hit the ground when they saw Naruto playing with a young Latias who was tickling his stomach with her nose.
"Girls what's with the looks?" Minato asked before he and Kushina noticed it as well and had similar looks on their face while Riya happily clapped her hands.
"A Latias?" the family members all said allowed not believing that their son was playing with one of the Legendary Eon duo of the Hoenn region.
From the side Professor Juniper had a big grin on her face. She had been waiting to see this moment for the entire week and quickly slipped out a camera from her pocket and took a picture of the gobsmacked looks on their faces.
As they stood still with their looks of disbelief Naruto noticed his family all appear and quickly let a big grin cover his face.
He ran up to them and stopped a few meters in front of them with Latias hovering behind him, now with fresh bandages on her wing.
"Momma, Dad, Big Sisters and little Riya, I want you to meet Latias, my new friend and my first Pokemon," he said as he held up a Luxury poke ball in front of them as a big cheesy smile stretched across his face.
"Laaaaaaa."
After a few moments of silence, all over Nuvema town a loud shout could be heard and Naruto was bombarded with question while he just laughed as his new friend happily nuzzled into his side.
**Chapter 1**
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