(A/N- In this story, I'll just go straight to the translations of what the pokemon is saying because I refuse to put "Pika pi chu ka!!" in my story just to have it translated. Naruto doesn't have the Kyuubi so nobody hates him. So...yeah. Also, only owners and other pokemon can understand a pokemon. )
Chapter 2- Graduation Tests
"Alright, alright, settle down everyone. Get in a line," ordered Iruka, the teacher. "Oh no, where's Naruto?"
The kids pointed outside where they could see a blond haired boy with his Eevee, paint brushes in their hands. Iruka groaned and ran outside, trying to stop the boy from doing what he thought he was going to do. It was too late, he discovered because the fence already had paint all over it.
"You will stay after school to clean this fence Naruto!" Iruka said. Naruto rolled his eyes. "Now get in line!"
Everyone had gotten in line except one kid who was still at his desk, sleeping peacefully next to his Meowth.
"Oi! Shika! Get your lazy butt down here!" Naruto yelled. He immediatly woke up, picking up his Meowth rather than waking him up. Sometimes the pokemon would be irritable and Shikamaru had a scar on his arm to prove it.
"Okay, now that you're all here, it's time for the graduation test!" Iruka said happily.
"Ne, Iruka-sensei. What do we have to do? Huh, huh!! Whatever it is, we'll be ready!" Naruto started jumping up and down.
"Yeah, what Naruto said!" Kiba said excitingly.
"Troublesome," Shikamaru muttered.
"Alright, what you'll do is...a pokemon battle," Iruka said.
He took the kids out to a mini forest behind the school.
"Alright, first up is Aburame Shino," the teacher said.
A boy with sunglasses and a long trench coat stepped up with a Nincada. They stepped into the long grass and almost immediatly a wild pokemon jumped out, about to attack.
"Nincada, dodge and use cut," Shino said in a cool voice. Nincada complied. "Now use tackle and poison sting and end this."
The pokemon fainted and Shino stepped back into line.
"Next, Akimichi Chouji."
Chouji and his Makuhita took longer in their battle against a Kakuna, having been poisoned. After a few random people, Haruno Sakura and an Eevee with a pink scarf around it's neck stepped forward. They quickly ended their battle. After her was Hyuuga Hinata and her Marill. They were both rather shy and Hinata blushed when Naruto congratulated her. Next was Inuzuka Kiba and his Poochyena, nicknamed Akamaru. His poochyena was odd, however because he was white with slightly pointy ears that were half-down. (A/N- It looks like a slightly bigger Akamaru with a different tail and different ears.) They quickly ended their battle but Akamaru took a little damage. More random students.
After that was Nara Shikamaru and Meowth, using their speed and smarts against the opponent. More random people. Uchiha Sasuke and his Houndour, used Ember to burn the foe to a crisp. After him was Uzumaki Naruto and his Eevee, both jumping with excitement. They had the hardest opponent so far. The others were all common but this one was an Aipom. His definitely lasted the longest due to the fact that the Aipom was quicker and smarter. And while Eevee was probably more powerful, none of his attacks hit. Finally, he hit the Aipom with a tackle and then quickly hit him with Tail whip which is as of now an attack in my story. The Aipom fainted.
"Good job, Naruto-kun," Hinata said quietly.
"Thanks, Hinata-chan!" Naruto said. She blushed.
"Lastly, Yamanaka Ino," Iruka sighed in relief. He had better things to do than sit around and watch everyone in his class battle regular pokemon.
Ino and her Kirlia gracefully stepped up. Suddenly, a Tailow swooped down and pecked at Kirlia. Kirlia jumped out from under it and then quickly used confusion. While the Tailow was momentarily distracted by...everything, Kirlia used tackle a number of times and the bird fainted.
"Excellent, all of you. You all pass!" Iruka announced.
Various shouts of 'yay' 'whoo hoo' and other exclamatrions were heard.
"So where are our headbands, Sensei?" Ino asked.
"Oh yeah, they're on the table in the classroom. Don't forget you get assigned to teams tomorrow."
The kids ran inside and grabbed their headbands. They all put them on, admiring how they looked in a mirror.
"Alright, settle down people," Iruka said loudly. "School will soon be over."
They sat down, impatiently tapping pencils, fingers, feet and doing other things.
"I can't wait to show Kaa-san and Otou-san!" some kid said.
"I know!" said another.
Naruto looked sadly at the floor, hating when conversations like that came up.
"It's okay," Eevee said, trying to cheer him up.
"Yeah...I know," Naruto plastered a smile on his face.
"Alright, you guys can go now," Iruka said. "Except you, Naruto."
"Hmpf."
"Let's go!"
After a while...
"Keep scrubbing because you're not going home until the whole fence is clean."
"So! It's not like anyone's waiting for me," Naruto added sadly. Iruka looked sorry.
"Well...how about after yiou finish, I'll treat you to ramen and pokefood?"
"Alright. Now that's motivation, sensei!" Naruto and Eevee quickly got finished. Iruka took them to the Ichiraku shack.
"What would you like, Naruto?"
"Miso ramen," Naruto exclaimed.
"Naruto, why do you always paint on everything?" Iruka said after some time.
"Well, I want the villagers (SLURP) to notice me," Naruto said.
"Why do you do it destructively? You just put graffiti all over the Hokage monument last week."
"Because...I'm going to be a Hokage one day. The best! Nobody thinks that I'll become one just because I can't do Bunshin no Jutsu. But I'll show them," Naruto explained. "Another please."
"Here, just take mine."
"Gee, thanks!" Naruto started slurping Iruka's bowl too.
"Hm...well, you shouldn't try so hard. Just be yourself. Not everyone is going to like you, Naruto."
"I know, sensei," Naruto said, still slurping. "Hey, I got to go now. Eevee is getting tired. Thanks for the ramen!"
"Alright Naruto. Make sure not to be late for your sensei!" Iruka called back.
(A/N- this chapter isn't that good...but it will get better.)
