It's been quite a while since I've written anything and this is a bit shorter than I've grown accustomed to but hey, you got to start somewhere right?

For those of you new to my content the name's Marshalanime, I write Naruto crossover stories, and I've had a bit of writers block for the past few months. Hopefully this story will help me get back into the grove of things because I really want to keep writing for all of you.

I do hope you all enjoy the story, so with that, read to your hearts content!

(Marshalanime does not own Naruto or Pokemon)

"Waaaaahh!" a young blond haired boy cried out as he tumbled down a small cliff after stumbling through the bushes. With a thump he landed at the bottom flat on his back, his white shirt and black shorts a complete mess after the last hour of trudging through this unknown forest. Laying there with an annoyed and yet tired expression the boy began to recall how he ended up here, his sight set on the clouds that past by the opening in the trees as he did so.

Earlier that day

Over the long history of Konoha there had always been young and aspiring shinobi seeking to leave their mark on the world. It was shinobi like this who pioneered the creation of new justsu, fighting styles, and abilities. It was also shinobi like them that would undoubtedly fail many times over while chasing after their dreams. That's just to be expected and who says that future generations can not learn from their mistakes? That was the purpose for the room that Naruto currently found himself in. Among all of the many dust covered shelves and tables that this library had, countless scrolls and writings of failed jutsu lay, waiting for the next aspiring mind to pick up and study.

The reason for such a young child as Naruto to find himself alone among all of this knowledge was due entirely to one Hiruzen Sarutobi, the village leader and one of the few in history to gain the title of Hokage. Naruto was nearing the age when many children entered the academy for one reason or another and the old man believed it would be a wonderful idea to get the boy interested in the shinobi arts by showing him around this portion of the library.

Sure enough the young boy was ecstatic when he made the suggestion and practically bounced with joy the whole way there. Naruto's enthusiasm died down slightly once Hiruzen pulled out a few scrolls and said they'd be reading but he was still far from unhappy at the idea. The pair had been enjoying their time there for nearly an hour when someone came rushing in insisting that there was a matter that Hiruzen needed to tent to immediately, something about a message they'd just revived. Hiruzen did try to argue lightly that it could wait but the man wouldn't be swayed.

Taking a deep inhale of his tabaco pipe and letting out a small sigh the old man gave in. Telling Naruto that he should be back shortly the old Hokage left to see what this was all about. None of the scrolls here contained anything dangerous and regardless of the fact the those who hadn't at least attained the rank of gennin were barred entrance to this section Hiruzen saw nothing wrong with leaving Naruto there by himself for a little while. Sure he couldn't get into any serious trouble.

As for Naruto himself, without Hiruzen there with him reading had quickly become boring. He'd tried to keep himself entertained through small random things but that didn't last very long and he had promised the old man that he wouldn't go running off so what was he suppose to do? On the verge of falling asleep and idea suddenly hit him and he practically jumped out of his chair and bolted over to the stack of scrolls the old man had helped him get through. All of these were suppose to be failed justu, so imagine how proud the old man would be if he got one of them to work!

So getting right into it Naruto grabbed the largest scroll out of the pile and, struggling a bit once it side off the table, carried it over to an empty table. Unraveling it with a huge grin the young boy skipped over the boring bit at the front that explained what it was originally meant to do and went straight to the bunch of squiggly lines that the old man had described as funjutsu. Grabbing a brush and ink pot that was left on the table by who knows who he got to work adding to the design. A line here, a curve there, a good amount of ink ending up on himself later and Naruto felt a sense of pride in the random assortments of shapes he'd put together.

At this point he could sit back and wait for the old man to come back, but what if it still didn't work? He'd have to test it out before he embarrassed himself. Now, what was it the Hokage told him? Something about chakra being needed. Ah! That's right, it's some sort of power that's inside everyone, he just has to draw it out... how does he do that?

After finding more information in a book he'd skimmed through earlier Naruto spent the better part of half an hour sitting on the floor trying to find his chakra and once again he was growing bored. He was contemplating just giving up and marking this as just another failure among a room of failure when he felt something deep within himself, it wasn't much but it was definitely there. He couldn't quite describe the feeling but he was curtain that this was that chakra he'd heard about. Jumping up a giddy Naruto ran over to the scroll before he lost his chakra again. Slamming his hands onto the markings the boy focused harder than he'd ever focused before on transferring that small spark of energy in the pit of his stomach all the way up to his shoulders, down his arms, and finally into the paper. The exercise left him feeling drained and a bit out of breath but filled with a sense of accomplishment. That sense of accomplishment only skyrocketed when the black ink began to glow faintly.

He'd done it, he'd actually done it! The old man was going to be so happy when he showed him this! Naruto had never been so happy and excited in his live, he felt like he could take on the world! And then, with a wide smile on his face, Naruto was consumed by the seal and vanished from the world.

Staring up at the sky, his arms stretched out on either side of him, Naruto couldn't help but sigh at the whole thing. On the bright side, at least the stupid seal worked. Now he was lost in this stupid forest that could be on the other side of the world for all he knew.

Glancing back up the cliff he'd fallen down brought his attention to something interesting. Staring down at him was a small black and red... fox? Well it looked kind of like a fox. It's body was mostly a light shade of black with a tuft of darker black fur around it's neck. It had two red dots above it's blue eyes that matched the color of it's eyelids, paws, and the top of the tuft of fur on it's head. Out of all of that however, what stood out the most was the look it was giving him. From up on the cliff's edge the little creature stared down at him and he new instantly, without any need for words or gestures, that this 'fox' thought he was an idiot.

"Hey!" Naruto blurted out in irritation and he pushed himself into an upright position and then processed to turn back towards the cliff. "Who do you think you're staring at ya furball!?" Naruto questioned as he shot is hand up, pointing at the small black animal.

As for the 'fox' itself, eh, it had been fun at first watching this kid wander aimlessly through the forest but now it was just becoming a sad display. Turning without a second thought it started to walk off. Maybe it could find something else to entertain itself with.

Naruto for his part was stunned that this thing would just ignore him like that. Quickly getting over his initial shock the blond boy began to scramble back up the cliff. "Why you little!" Naruto got out through gritted teeth as he pulled himself up to the top. "Don't just run off!" he cried out as he got back to his feet and ran after the 'fox'.