A/N: Okay, so this is a Pokemon/Naruto crossover. I really wanted to do one as a side project for A Complete Family, Incomplete, so I could vent my humorous tendencies. This is also to build my basic skills as a writer, you know, keeping the plot moving, keeping it interesting, grammar, stuff like that, the chapters won't be really long. So shall we begin.
Disclaimer: Don't own Naruto OR Pokemon.
"Show a size 5 type loop?" a boy whispered to himself. The boy, equipped with blonde hair and bright blue, his tongue protruding out his mouth, whispered to himself. He sat in a blue and orange hoodie, with blue ¾ length trousers and blue trainers. He was currently in his final exam of the academy, after this he could finally begin his journey, his story of surpassing everyone who came before him. His instructor, Iruka kept a vigilant eye on everyone participating, particularly him. 'Does he think I'm gonna cheat, this test is easy' He thought as he answered the question.
'Water is super effective against Fire, Fire is super effective against Grass, Grass is super effective against Ground, Ground is super effective against Electric and Electric is super effective against Water.'
'Easy, Okay last question.' Naruto thought. With this last question his time at the academy was over...unless he failed, but he knew he wouldn't.
"Give an example of two types, where when facing each other, Type A has no effect against Type B, and Type B only causes regular damage against Type A?'
Naruto stood puzzled, but only for a second.
'Type A could be Poison and Type B could be Steel.'
That was it. He finished. He placed his pen down and looked around a lot of people seemed to be finished as well, the people who hadn't didn't seem to be having any problems answering the questions. He waited quietly until a bell rang.
"Alright that's it, if you haven't finished I'm sorry, but I can give you no more time." Iruka spoke calmly as he began taking in the papers, no one seemed to be that bothered, they all finished the test with time to spare. Once he had collected the tests in Iruka spoke.
"And that is your final test, we shall mark these and you will receive your test results tomorrow, come prepared with your hopes up, there's no point in imagining the worst, no go on and get out." Iruka finished with a smile.
The children charged out of the room, straight out the academy, shouting how they were one step closer to become a Pokemon master. They no doubt ran straight home, to tell their parents that they had their final test.
-Break-
"Mom, I'm home!" Naruto shouted as he entered the house.
"I'm in the living room." His mom, Kushina replied.
Naruto casually walked into the living room, his mom was sat on the couch, flicking through TV channels.
"I had my final exam today, we go back tomorrow to get our results, I'm one step closer to becoming the champion of the world!" Naruto exclaimed happily.
"Champion of the world, you say." Kushina said with a chuckle. "To do that you're gonna have to beat him."
"He doesn't scare me, I'll make my Pokemon super tough and wipe the floor with him." Naruto spoke, calmly, certain of what he said.
Kushina giggled at her sons antics. She continued flicking the channels, when speaking of the devil, the topic of their conversation appeared on the TV.
"So Minato-san, another year of being the champion of the world has ended, will this year be the last one?" A reporter questioned.
"I don't know, every time my pokemon win they get stronger, so the person who beats me is gonna have to be mega strong." Minato replied.
"Anything to say to the fans and hopefuls?" The reporter asked.
"Yeah, one thing, Listen up newbies! I'm looking for a real challenge this year, so therefore I am issuing a challenge to you! Get strong and come battle me! I'll be waiting!" Minato smiled.
It was his trademark smile. A wink and a smile so wide that it showed both sets of teeth. However the gesture with his hand was the thing that caught Naruto's attention.
The only two fingers he had held up was his index and ring finger. Naruto instantly remembered the day he was first shown that.
Flashback
Minato was standing in front of his son ready to go back to the pokemon league.
"Dad, you just got back, why do you have to leave again." Naruto pleaded to his dad to stay.
"Cause being the champion's a full time responsibility, but I promise that I'll come visit more often, 'kay." Minato said with a smile.
"Okay." Naruto sniffled as his dad ruffled his hair.
"One more thing." Minato said as he lifted his had, he clenched his fist, leaving the index and ring fingers up. "See this, the next time you see this, it means I'm issuing a challenge directly to you, I want you to get a strong pokemon team and come battle me on the grandest stage of them all. We'll make it a promise."
"Promise." Naruto said as he did the same hand gesture.
Flashback end
Naruto subconsciously performed the same hand sign.
"I'm getting ready. Dad." Naruto whispered quietly, smiling slightly.
-Break-
Naruto sat in his home room at the academy, Iruka was going through the exam results.
"And so Sasuke Uchiha is named top of the class and Naruto Namikaze is named the dead last of the class." Iruka spoke calmly.
"WHAT!" Naruto shouted, that last sentence got his undivided attention. "Why am I the dead last, I passed didn't I!"
"Yes Naruto but just barely." Iruka looked at the boy. "You answered all the questions correctly, however you didn't explain your answers, therefore you lost marks."
Naruto groaned in annoyance, it could have been worse, he could have not passed at all, but to be named the dead last, especially with his father's reputation was embarrassing.
Professor Sarutobi, a head researcher of pokemon entered the room, everyone went silent, Sarutobi was respected for his vast knowledge of Pokemon and for his warm smile.
"Well done for all passing." Sarutobi spoke with a smile. "Please, if you will come back tomorrow for the final announcements and collection of your Pokedex and Pokeballs. And if you can bring your starting partner, it can be whatever you want it to be, if you can not bring one, I will supply you with a starter pokemon as well." Sarutobi finished with a smile, before leaving the room.
Everyone in the room gulped. They needed to find a starter for tomorrow. And quick.
-Break-
Naruto walked back into his house in Twinleaf Town depressed, his mom asked him if he wanted dinner, but he wasn't hungry. He went straight to his room and collapsed on his bed. The rumor was that pokemon given to you by Professor Sarutobi were weak and useless. And he had no way of getting his own starter pokemon.
'Mom released all her pokemon years ago.' Naruto thought with a sigh. 'And dad's not here to give me a starter pokemon either.'
Naruto sighed again as he rested his head on the pillow.
'I'm gonna be so far behind the others with Professor Sarutobi's super lame pokemon.' Naruto thought again. As he began ticking down the clock to the beginning of his pokemon journey. Although he wasn't looking forward to tomorrow.
-Break-
Naruto was ready to get his super lame pokemon, it was time to go to Sarutobi's laboratory. His was about the leave the house when his mom called out to him.
"Hey Naruto wait, aren't you going to say goodbye to him." Kushina spoke.
"Goodbye to who?" A puzzled Naruto replied.
"He came home last night, you went to bed so early that you missed him arrive, he says he has something for you." Kushina spoke with a smile.
As if on cue a thud was heard from upstairs, in the direction of a room that Naruto knew only one person went in. Footsteps were heard that led out the room and approached the stairs. A foot landed on the stairs. Followed by another, followed by knees and pajama shorts, hands and a white vest appeared next and finally his face, he had blonde hair and blue eyes, but had young features, around 20, which were all still filled with drowsiness. Naruto smiled and ran to the man and hugged him instantly.
"Volkner!" Naruto yelled happily.
"Yo Naruto, Mom said you passed the exam, so I came to see my little brother get's his first pokemon." Volkner replied with a smile.
"You got me a pokemon!" Naruto yelled with glee.
Volkner walked back upstairs after a few rustling sounds he came back down. He cleared his throat and began. "As is tradition of the Namikaze family, the men are to start their pokemon journeys with an electric pokemon. Dad started with a Elekid, I started with an Pikachu, so you should start with one as well." He finished, tossing Naruto the pokeball.
"OOOH! What is it is it a Zapdos, or a Electivre, or is it your Raichu!" Naruto stared in awe at the pokeball.
Volkner chuckled. "Open it and find out."
Naruto threw the ball in to the air with a flash the pokemon inside was revealed. It was a blue cat shaped pokemon with darker blue fur at the back and a yellow star at the end of its tail, it had a yellow ring going around it's two front paws. It's eyes were yellow in colour.
"Shinx!" It spoke happily as it looked at Naruto.
Naruto looked at the pokemon carefully. The larger tuft of hair on it's head and fur on its back paws indicated it was male.
"COOOOL! Thanks Volkner!" Naruto shouted as he picked up the pokemon. "With this super pokemon I'll beat everyone, I can't wait to rub it in Sasuke and Kiba's faces!" Naruto shouted as he bolted out the house running towards the laboratory in Sandgem Town.
Volkner watched his brother speed off. "He has way too much energy." He said.
"Oh, Really, I remember you acting the same way when dad gave you Pikachu." Kushina said with a giggle.
Volkner sweat dropped. "Mom. That was embarrassing. Who knows who could have heard that."
-Break-
Naruto arrived at the Laboratory to discover that he was one of the last to arrive. He saw Sakura, Hinata, Sasuke, Ino, Shikamaru, Choji, Kiba and Shino huddled together and walked up to them.
"Hey guys." Naruto called to them gaining their attention.
"Hey Naruto, That your starter pokemon?" Kiba snorted. "Looks pretty weak to me."
"Oh Yeah!" Naruto shouted in retaliation, Shinx seemed to growl at him as well. "Shinx will beat the crap outta whatever you got...What did you get by the way?"
Kiba laughed as he threw his pokeball in the air. "Go Akamaru!"
"Growlithe!" Akamaru called in response.
Naruto looked at the pokemon, not impressed. "Is that it? What did you guys get?" He asked looking at everyone else.
One by one they all released their first pokemon.
"Houndour, fight." Sasuke spoke, not really caring. A few girls squealed that Sasuke-kun's pokemon was as cool as him.
"Cherubi, dance." Sakura called.
"Azuril, dance." Ino called, not allowing Sakura to upstage her.
"Now, Combee." Shino spoke calmly and dully. The red mark on the lowest face revealed it was a female Combee.
"Slakoth." Shikamaru spoke with a yawn. The pokemon replied with a yawn.
"R-Ralts, go." Hinata spoke meekly.
"Gulpin, now." Choji said in between shoveling chips into his mouth.
The pokemon they got really seemed to match them. He was about to challenge them all to a match when Iruka appeared with Professor Sarutobi.
"If you will all please come in, we will give you your 5 pokeballs and pokedex and tell you the final announcement."
-Break-
They had received their pokeballs and their pokedex. Naruto's was orange, it seemed everyone had their own custom colour.
Sasuke had a black one.
Sakura had a pink one.
Hinata had a light blue.
Shikamaru had a gray one.
Choji had a brown-red one.
Ino had a purple one.
Kiba had a dark red one.
Shino had a moss green one.
"Now, you may not see each other for a long time, so I would like you to state your name, what types you prefer and what your aspirations are." Iruka stated. "We will go in alphabetical order. Shino Aburame."
Shino stood up. "My name is Shino Aburame." Shino spoke monotonous. "I prefer bug type, my goal is to challenge all the gyms using only bug type pokemon." Shino finished and sat down. No one really expected more than that.
"I'm Choji Akimichi. I don't have a specific type. My goal is to become top coordinator." Choji spoke while eating snacks.
"I am Sakura Haruno. I like cute pokemon and my goal is to become top coordinator, among other things." Sakura finished, glancing at Sasuke and blushing.
"M-M-My name is H-Hinata H-Hyuuga. I-I like psychic types. A-And my goal is to become a respected coordinator."
"Kiba Inuzuka. I like dog shaped pokemon. My goal is to become the champion of the world!"
"*yawn* Shikamaru Nara, no specific type. No real goals."
"Shikamaru, you're challenging the pokemon league!" Iruka interrupted.
"Hey, It's my turn! My name is Naruto Namikaze, I have no specific type. My goal is to become the champion of the world!"
"Sasuke Uchiha. I like Dark and Fire types. My goal is my ambition, to defeat my brother."
"And who is you're brother?" Shino asked.
"Itachi Uchiha." Sasuke spoke. The murmurs started. Everyone knew of Itachi, he was a member of a group called Akatsuki, an incredibly strong group of trainers above the gym leaders, even above the 5 Kage, they gave away symbols if you managed to defeat them. They were also only ten members at once.
"And I'm Ino Yamanaka, I have no specific type preference and my goal is to become top coordinator."
"Good, those are all fine dreams. And now for the final announcement." Professor Sarutobi began. "You are all rookies, beginners, therefore to keep you all safe at the beginning of your journeys, you travel in groups of three until you all have at least 3 badges or 2 ribbons. The groups are:
Sakura Haruno
Naruto Namikaze
and Sasuke Uchiha"
Ino began protesting about not being in Sasuke's team. Before Sarutobi continued
"The next team is:
Shino Aburame
Hinata Hyuuga
and Kiba Inuzuka
and so the final team is:
Choji Akimichi
Shikamaru Nara
Ino Yamanaka
You may leave at anytime. That is all. Good luck to everyone of you. I know you will make me, Iruka and yourselves proud."
-Break-
Kushina began sobbing and hugged her son when he told her he was going to leave. She knew this was coming, but she wasn't prepared for the day when he said it. Naruto could have sworn he heard Sasuke chuckling behind him.
"Where's Volkner? I wanna goodbye to him as well." Naruto said.
"He's already left." Kushina sniffled. "He said he had to go finish his own journey, but he said he's sure you'll meet him sooner or later and is expecting a good battle from you."
"Okay." Naruto spoke slightly down heartened. "Well I'm not gonna keep him waiting. I gotta get super strong!" Naruto shouted as he ran to Sakura and Sasuke.
Kushina watched her son run off to his new friends before a figure appeared in their doorway.
"Why didn't you come say goodbye to him?" Kushina asked.
"Because if he knew I was here, he would badger me for a fight, and he's not ready for that." Was the reply she got.
Kushina sighed.
"Minato."
-Break-
"So let's get this show on the round." Naruto spoke as he punched the air. "TOOO!...Where are we going again?"
"IDIOT!" Sakura shouted as she punched him in the head. "We're going to Jublife City, there are a few things we need there, then we are going to Oreburgh City for the first gym!"
"Okay." Naruto groaned as he rubbed his head.
"We also need a secondary pokemon. We won't make it far with just one." Sasuke spoke.
"Well I'm gonna be the first to catch one!" Naruto ran a head, eager to have his first pokemon battle. Sasuke grunted in annoyance but soon ran after him, Sakura ran after Sasuke.
They all began their journey on a fast pace...
A/N: So first chapter done. I'm gonna carry this on cause I quite like the idea. Oh the 5 kages are gonna be like the elite four and Akatsuki are gonna be like the Battle frontier, in case that wasn't clear. So see ya next time.
Rinne-Kami Out.