I'm free… for the first time in my whole life I feel so free. I never knew that I could feel like this. Like my life for the first time has some kind of meaning now… though, right now I have to find my parents… I have to know where I came from, who my parents are and the town they were from… and if my ability to speak to Pokémon was something inherited or just something that was blessed or cursed upon me.
I just hope that I'll be able to handle this, and that I can also get the adventure of a life time… little did I know, that was just what I was going to get… after I met… her…
Naruto didn't know how long he had been driving for… though, what he did know was that he was starting to get hungry. Sighing softly, he tugged at the collar of his jacket to cover his mouth to prevent the sand from flying in… Looking around, the young man tried to see if there was any place that he could go to for something to eat…
"Hey Naruto, isn't that a broken down train steam engine?" said Kurama from the side car. Naruto squinted his eyes as he tried to see through the blowing sands that tried to blind him, though it would have if it wasn't for his goggles covering his eyes. Off into the distance, was what looked like a rusted train steam engine, though why would it be out here in the first place? Though, Naruto knew that maybe it would be good enough to see if they have some food that he could eat or even to go through those files that he had printed off.
Sighing softly, Naruto started to slow down his hover bike, allowing the four hovering pads to combine to create the tires for his bike. Soon, the bike started to slow down until it stopped in front of the train… Naruto wondered how long this place had been here though he didn't make a comment on it.
"Come on Kurama, maybe we can get something to eat." said Naruto to his little friend as the Eevee hopped up Naruto's lowered arm and climbed up onto his head.
Though, the young man couldn't help but notice a strange pick-up jeep… Frowning in confusion, the young man walked over to it and saw some strange sack in the back. Frowning in confusion, Naruto walked over to it wondering what it could be… when he got near it, he thought that he heard a heartbeat… and saw the bag moving up and down a bit near the lip of the bag. Was something or someone in there?
Frowning in confusion, Naruto wondered what could be in there… the thought of stealing this bag… and how much it could be worth… It made Naruto's eyes shine with the very thought of it… He could get rich off of this thing if the price was right! Smirking, Naruto reached out for the bag to steal it… until Kurama had alarmed him…"Naruto we have to get away from this thing! I hear people coming!"
Cursing under his breath, Naruto ran to the side of the train and hid within that shadows. There was no way that he was going to get caught right now; he didn't have the time to get caught by his old team.
Walking out of the train and down the ramp were two cloaked figures. Naruto didn't know who they were… he didn't recognise them, but what he could tell was that they had strong Pokémon… though there was also something else. He felt… no, he could hear something in the wind. What were those words…?
"Must attack… must kill… must destroy… do masters bidding… heheheheheheh…"
Naruto frowned a little more; it made him wonder what was… Looking up a bit and through his bangs he saw Kurama's face scrunched up as if he was preparing for a battle… did he sense something was wrong? Was there some kind of tip in balance of Pokémon nature? It made Naruto wonder… though, what he could tell from the two cloaked figures, the one had short silver hair and slightly tanned skin… not overly tanned like the other guy but enough to not make him look pale…
While the other man had dark skin and long brown hair, he could faintly make out what they were saying as they walked toward the truck…
"I think we'll be paid very well for this little treasure."
So it was treasure! Damn!
"Yes… though, I still say you should have let me finish the job… I could have done it and be done with it no problem. We don't need anyone knowing about our Pokémon."
"Now Hidan… if you did that people would come after us before we could finish out job." Said the other man as he went to the driver's seat and the other man went to the passenger's seat before they drove off.
"Did you hear that Kurama…"
"The treasure? Sure… I heard about it…"
"Not just that… but the voice… it sounded… evil. Was that a Pokémon… it felt… dark believe it." Naruto whispered, finding it hard to believe for a Pokémon to sound that dark… it was as if all emotion had left its body and that it didn't care about who it hurt. That didn't make sense, no Pokémon, good or evil, would be able to sound like that no matter how hard someone could try. It just didn't make a lick of sense…
"Naruto… you might have been hearing things due to hunger… can we please get something to eat? I'm starving…" said Kurama with a yawn, then a nuzzle in Naruto's blonde locks.
Maybe he was right… maybe it was caused by his hunger. Naruto wasn't sure though what he did know was that he was hungry, and needed something to eat and maybe while he was at it, he could read those files he had printed off as he ate his meal. "I sure hope they have Pokémon food for you guys." With that, Naruto walked out of the shadows and was heading toward the ramp that is… until he saw something shiny on the ground…
Frowning in confusion, the young man walked over to the dirt tracks and bend over, being careful not to make his Eevee buddy fall off his head. Picking it up, Naruto frowned a little more when he noticed that it was a necklace… though, the charm on it was the black half of the Yin-Yang symbol… instead of a white dot though, it had a smaller Yin-Yang symbol within it… as if it was still balancing the flow of light and darkness. Shrugging, Naruto gently set Kurama down on his shoulder so he could place the necklace over his head and tuck it into his shirt, next to his other necklace…
Maybe he could find the person of the other half? Never know… he might meet some interesting people on the road.
Yawning softly, Naruto dusted his pants off and started to walk up the ramp and into the steam engine… only to blink in surprise that the inside was a restaurant/shop. Huh… who would have thought… Shrugging, Naruto started to walk to the back… a few people had some Pokémon out with them so he assumed that also meant that they had food for Pokémon.
Taking a seat at the back, Naruto looked over the menu that they had at the table and looked it over… trying to think on what he could get for himself since it didn't seem like Pokémon food was listen on here unless you ordered a specific kind of food for the Pokémon. Frowning in confusion, Naruto listened carefully… trying to see if there were any news around him… though, all he could hear were people's Pokémon complaining… it was annoying as all hell…
Why couldn't he block it out?
When he could hear Pokémon speaking… even if it wasn't at him, his pupils would change into slits, showing that he could understand them… Narrowing his eyes, he slid his goggles over his eyes, thankful that they were tinted so no one would be able to see his eyes.
"Can I take your order?" asked a woman with an apron around her waist, wearing a simple yellow dress… Naruto guessed that it was so the desert heat didn't get to her and cause her body to overheat if she were to go outside…
"I'll have some pork ramen and some Pokémon food for an Eevee, an Espeon, and an Umbreon… please."
"You some kind of Eevee trainer?"
"I like fox-based Pokémon… and I only battle with the two. This little guy here…" He points to Kurama who had gone back to his head moments ago… "he doesn't like to battle so I keep him out of his pokéball…" The woman nodded and wrote down the order before going back to the kitchen that Naruto guessed was one of the new assets to the train-dinner since there was no way that they'd have a big enough kitchen in this place unless they added an extended room for the place.
As he waited for his food, Naruto wondered what he could do… what he should do. He knew that he would be wanted for a while cause of his past… and he would be hunted down for blowing up the base. So he would have to hide somewhere until the cops had forgotten about him so he would be safe in a city.
Though, the more he thought about it the highly unlikely he thought it would happen. He was nothing more than a thief… there was no way that anyone would want to hire him. Sighing softly, Naruto rubbed his temples, finding that it would be hopeless to get a proper job…
Maybe it was just impossible for him to get a good job…
Sighing softly, Naruto didn't know what he could do… life just seemed so annoying right now. Though he had his mission, he had to find out where he came from before anything… maybe even ask around? That would be a good start… though, after he looked over the files…
Reaching into his pocket, Naruto pulled out the folded pieces of paper based upon himself… maybe there would be some clue as to where he came from… or even something on his parents, his power… soon, Naruto started to read…
Name: Naruto Uzumaki.
Age: Two Found… Twenty currant age
Hair: Blonde
Eyes: Sky Blue
Unique Qualities: Can talk/understand Pokémon, can also feel and sense their emotions.
Pokémon Partners: Umbreon-Minato, Espeon-Kushina, Kurama-Eevee.
Rank: Snagger, thief.
Naruto just sighed, least they had that part right… though, for them to have the age he was when he was found… how did they know that he was two? Hm… it made Naruto wonder all the more. How could they have known that he was two… that didn't make any kind of sense… what next? They know when his birthday is too! Blinking, he looked down and cursed to himself… he had missed something…
Birthday: October 10th
"Oh come on!" He hissed in a whisper before sighing softly.
"Here you go sir." Said the waitress as she set a bowl of ramen down on the table for him, and three containers of Pokémon food, he thanked her, handed her the amount he owed and started to eat his own meal while opening the can of Eevee food… of course Kurama jumped from Naruto's head and started to eat the can… Naruto stopped feeding himself and reached to his belt and called out Kushina and Minato.
He smiled at them and opened the other two cans of Pokémon food and set it down for them as they jumped into the other seat across from him and to eat their own food.
He knew that this would be an amazing meal for the three of them since the only Pokémon food they were ever given were the crap of food that the boss gave him. The thought of the smell… ugh… even he hated the smell of it.
Sighing softly, Naruto looked over the papers as he ate, trying to make some sense of it. These looked like some old reports the boss wrote about him…
Naruto is a very strange yet interesting young man. He is only three years old now, and yet he already shows progress to being a very powerful trainer. We gave him two Eevee's, hoping that he could use them for our purpose. But what shocks me the most, is that he isn't just able to speak and understand Pokémon, but he can also feel and react to their emotions. Or, I should say their heart.
Naruto became puzzled… he could understand a Pokémon's heart? Is that what causes his powers. It made him wonder if there was more to this than he had thought to be possible. Was he only able to understand a Pokémon because his own heart was connecting to theirs? That would make some sense…
Sighing, he was about to read more until he heard a Pokémon cry out in pain and attack its trainer. Frowning, Naruto recalled Minato and Kushina, which had also caused Kurama to jump up and land on Naruto's head. The young man walked over to the sobbing yet angry Pokémon. It looked like a small dog-like Pokémon with orange fur with black stripes on its back, white fur atop of its head like a Mohawk, and finally there was a puff of fur on its chest and a big fluffy tail. The poor thing looked like it was about to attack the little girl… she took a step toward the growlithe as it growled and got ready to strike.
Acting quickly, Naruto charged forward and stood before the little girl as the growlithe bit Naruto's wrist. Narrowing his eyes into slits, Naruto calmly said "please tell me what is wrong?"
"It hurts… my paw… it… it hurts…"
Naruto frowned and gently took the Pokémon's left paw into his and looked at the bottom. Within his paw was a pretty big splinter. The poor thing must have stepped on it only recently for it was still bleeding a little bit. Taking a deep breath, Naruto gently took out the splinter and quickly sprayed with some a potion that he normally uses on his Pokémon after a good battle. The growlithe sniffled before limping a bit back to the little girl and licking her face.
"I'm sorry Mimi… I didn't mean to try to attack you…" said the small Pokémon with a soft whine.
"He's sorry for trying to attack you." Naruto calmly said before smiling and patting the little girl's head and walking out of the restaurant. Though, before he even had a chance to leave someone called out to him.
"You… I want to battle you." Said a male's voice as he stood behind Naruto, which had caused Naruto to turn around and look at a man a little shorter than he is… short red hair dark looking eyes. He had black lines around his eyes and a strange tattoo on his forehead that was the kanji for 'love'. His clothes were a red robe that opened around his waist as he wore black pants and he had a strange backpack on him…
"I do not want to battle. I have a mission to do right now."
"Chicken?"
Naruto froze to that… if there was one thing he hated; it was being called a chicken or a coward. That was just something he couldn't and wouldn't tolerate. Growling, he said 'fine' and started to walk out of the restaurant with the red haired man. Turning around, he stared at the red haired man as he stood a few feet away. He reached into his pocket and threw out two Pokémon. One, looked like a small man with a mask over his face and a pointed nose… atop of his head was a single leaf and around its legs was poufy looking pants.
The Pokémon after that was a small mouse looking Pokémon with yellow lines around its back giving it a brick pattern.
Smirking, Naruto pulled out his pokéballs as he called out "come on out Kushina and Minato, let's win this!"
The twin Pokémon just raised an eyebrow at the two Pokémon that the red haired man was using. Naruto just told them to calm down and relax and just listen to the commands. Sides, from the feel of it, the Pokémon weren't very powerful, so it wouldn't take so long… maybe ten minutes.
"Kushina use psybeam! Minato use hyper beam!"
Kushina gathered up energy in the jewel on her forehead. As for Minato, he smirked and opened his mouth as an orb of golden energy started to form. Naruto knew that both attacks would take some time but knowing these guys, they would be able to handle a few hits.
"Nuzleaf, razor leaf! Sandshrew use scratch!" The Nuzleaf had made the leaf atop of his head stand on end and had waved it toward Naruto's Pokémon. Causing sharp leaves to charge toward the young Pokémon, Naruto knew that they would be able to easily dodge the attack. There was no way that they would knock out Minato or Kushina. The attack had hit Kushina, causing her to hiss in pain.
Minato was able to jump over the attack without losing focus on the hyper beam. As for Sandshrew he charged to attack Minato while in midair. Minato smirked and had his front paws land on Sandshrew's head and jumped over him. Launching the hyper beam at Nuzleaf, the Pokémon screamed and went flying, skidding on the sand a foot or two away from the red haired trainer. Kushina launched the attack at Sandshrew while he had been slammed into the ground by Minato. The attack had finished off Sandshrew. The trainer just stared in shock.
"How did you?"
"Years of practice, plus… you have a long way to go if you hope to beat me, see ya later."
"My name is Gaara… I wish to battle you again…"
"My name is Naruto… we may have a battle one day Gaara…" With that, Naruto called back Minato and Kushina before walking toward his bike and started to ride off while the bike transformed into hover mode.
Yawning, Naruto thought that maybe there would be a hotel here or something… when he had arrived; he could smell the water from the fountains. The city was in the center of the desert but it was a beautiful city full of water. Pretty much everything had water, even the roads, only way across are the bridges.
Smiling, Naruto started to walk on ahead, hoping to get to a Pokémon center to heal Minato and Kushina.
Though, what he hadn't expected to see was the truck from earlier to be here. Frowning, he walked over to the entrance of the city and saw the two men from earlier trying to carry a squirming sack. The sack squirmed around trying to get away from the two men that carried them.
"Help me! Please!" shouted a woman's voice from within the sack. Naruto raised an eyebrow and walked toward the two men, it seemed like they were trying to carry someone off… and, were trying to shut up whoever was in the bag. But, what Naruto couldn't help but notice was the strange voice again…
"Kill… must… must kill! Must feel blood on my paws! Heeheeheehee!"
Naruto felt a wave of darkness flowing from the one man, not sure what he could do. Shaking his head, he tried to think on what he could do. "Hey, you two… drop the bag and I won't beat the crap out of you."
The men turned and slowly put the sack down and turned to stare at Naruto. The one stood before the blonde trainer and smirked at him. "I'll fight you… one on one." He laughed like a mad man and threw out a pokéball which brought forth a small purple Pokémon with red leaves atop of its head that had white spots and an orange cylinder in the center.
Naruto knew that this was a Vileplume… and he had its weakness."
Smirking, Naruto sent out Kushina, happy that he had a physic Pokémon with him. Or else he would have been doomed. Narrowing his eyes, the man screamed out "Vileplume, use toxic!"
"Kushina counter with dig then use physic!" Naruto shouted, which had caused Kushina to dig underground and watch as the toxic missed. Vileplume tried to find Kushina, but couldn't find a trace of the Pokémon. Naruto just smirked a little, waiting for the right moment for Kushina to surface.
"Vileplume you stupid Pokémon use sweet scent!" shouted the man as the grass/poison type Pokémon sent out a sweet smelling aroma. It was so sweet and inviting that even Naruto felt accustomed to having it.
"Don't come up yet Kushina!"
Vileplume was getting angry… Naruto knew that this thing had to have problems from having to listen to this guy. "Now!" shouted Naruto as Kushina burst from the ground and hit Vileplume before her eyes glowed blue as she used physic. The Vileplume started to float into the air before Kushina threw her head back causing the Pokémon to sail into the air.
"Finish it with shadow ball!" shouted Naruto as Kushina did just that. Launching a shadow ball into the air as it slammed into Vileplume… once the Pokémon landed, it was out cold. The man cursed and called back his Pokémon and ran off with the other man.
Meanwhile, two people ran to the sack and had tried to open it but couldn't… the teen was cursing to himself for the knot was too tight. Naruto sighed and pulled out a pocket knife and walked over to the sack and cut the rope allowing the mouth of the sack to fall open. Whoever it was stood up and moved the bag from her body and shook her head.
Naruto stood up and helped the woman stand only to stare at her with wide eyes…
The woman, had on a white and blue stripped shirt that clung to her arms, rather than her shoulders… and he could make out white straps to either a muscle shirt or sports bra under the blue and white striped shirt she wore… Her hat was pure white with a red symbol on it… it was a mixture of a pokéball with a swirl in the center instead and a line sticking out of the circle of the pokéball, the hats tip though, sorta bent backward… not sure why though.
She wore tight black pants that clung to her legs perfectly… she wore a skirt over that which was a nice shade of red that brought out some colour to her outfit… Looking down he could make out some black boots that went up to her knees and saw that they also fit her perfectly… Looking up at her face again, he saw that she had bright lavender eyes, and he could make out two locks of blue hair that hung at the sides of her face, shaping it perfectly.
What he had also noticed, were the earrings she wore… for hanging from her earrings were pure white pokéballs with a red line going along the center at the side of the ball… he knew those… they were called Premium Ball's… they were rare for sure though not as rare as a Master Ball. The last things he had noticed was the pair of sunglasses she had hanging from her blue and white striped shirt and what appeared to be the yang part of the symbol… it's white tear shape was like the yin symbol he found in the same, only difference was obviously the colour, the one he found was black and hers was white…
Shaking his head, he looked back up at her eyes not wanting to seem like he was a pervert… (Even if he was one…)
"Thank you for saving me!" said the woman with a bright smile on her face. Though, Naruto didn't know what he could say at all… he wasn't used to speaking to girls that were around his age… Gulping, he looked away… he thought that he could feel his face turning red… Taking a deep breath, he tried to make his voice sound even.
"I was just passing by. Don't get too happy…"
"Where am I?"
"You're in the City of Water right now… or as people like to say the Land of Waves." Naruto calmly said, his voice sounding even yet without a hint of emotion. Gulping, he asked "what were you doing in the first place to get captured."
"I was going home… and saw… wait! Did those men use a strange Pokémon?"
"No."
The boy stood up and stared at the lavender eyed woman as he said "talk to the mayor… I'm sure that he'll be able you." She nodded only to look up at Naruto once more. Naruto though, still couldn't bring himself to stare at her. Taking a deep breath, Naruto looked at the young woman once more before looking away, as for Kurama he snickered a bit.
"Can you come with me? I'm scared that those men will… come after me again."
Naruto sighed and ran a hand through his hair, careful of Kurama so he wouldn't knock the poor guy off of his head.
"Fine, I'll go with you… first, you tell me your name."
"Tell me yours first."
"Fine… my name is Naruto."
The woman giggled softly… Naruto couldn't help but notice that her giggle was cute… he had to shake those thoughts out of his head before he took another deep breath and looked over at her. She smiled a little more as she said "I'm Hinata…"
