**Again small changed for this chapter. Naruto is 12 when he starts out. **
**Chapter 2**
Five years had passed since the day that they had met. Naruto and Latias had become closer and closer to the point where Naruto called her his best friend and spent most of every waking moment together.
The day his parents returned with his sisters a week after his birthday they had bombarded him with questions about how he managed to catch one of the Eon duo along with what she was even doing in Unova.
After explaining to his family and his sister seemed happy for him that he had his first Pokemon. Though he could tell they were a little jealous that their little brother had a legendary Pokemon under his belt, especially Mito. Even Kushina had to admit she were a little jealous since it was rare for anyone to have a legendary Pokemon on their team.
Only Minato and Jiraiya were lucky enough to have a legendary pokemon on their side. The male Namikaze's must have incredible luck.
Since then he played, ate with, slept and trained with Latias who was always by his side no matter what. The two were practically inseparable and when you saw one the other would not be far behind.
Though one thing he made sure of was that very few people knew about her. Other than his family and Professor Juniper only a handful of people knew about her which included Bianca who would often play with them and who Latias had taken a liking too.
He knew that there were people out there that would try to take her from him and until he was strong enough to prevent that from happening he knew hiding her existence from the world was the best option.
Sitting up from his bed he noticed it was morning and groggily turned his alarm off. Sitting up and looking up at the calendar on his wall he saw the words he had long been waiting to read.
_Beginning of Pokemon Journey_
Letting a big grin come to his face he turned to his side and gently shook Latias awake who was still sleeping and lying on the side of the bed with her head resting on one of his pillows.
"Latias its time to wake up," he said trying to get her to wake up. If there was anything he had learnt from his best friend it was that she was a very deep sleeper. Probably because she used to live in the wild and therefore didn't exactly need to get up early for the day's events like he had to today.
Pouting he picked up his pillow and gave her a light whap on the head with it. The result was instantaneous as her eyes shot open and began looking around her surroundings to see what just hit her.
When she turned to the side and saw Naruto grinning at her cheeks puffed out in annoyance and began poking him in the chest with her nose.
"Hey you're the one who didn't wake up," he said laughing before hugging Latias, making the annoyed look on her face disappear and letting the happy smile he was use to take over.
"Guess what day it is Latias? It's the day we finally start our Pokemon journey. Are you ready to go down this road with me?" he asked.
"Laaaaaaaaaaa," she responded back happily a she nodded her head rapidly giving him his answer.
Grinning he pulled out a bowl from under his bed and took out some dragon Pokemon food that he kept in his draw since they were Latias's favorite.
After acquiring Latias as his first Pokemon and leaning she was a Dragon type Pokemon, he had taken to learning everything there was to know about Dragon Pokemon along with all the legends and information there was about the Eon duo.
So during one of the many times where he stayed with Professor Juniper when his parents were out of town, she took him to the Johto region where he met with the leading Dragon Expert in that region, old friend of Professor Junipers and his mothers cousin, Claire Uzumaki.
The gym leader of Blackthorn Gym had been more than happy to teach her cousins son about Dragon type Pokemon and was always happy to see someone from the next generation of Pokemon trainers was taking an interest in the Dragon type.
Thanks to Claire and her teaching he learned the best way to care for Latias, the right kind of food for her, her favorite kind of habitats etc. Plus if he ever had any more Dragon type Pokemon which he hoped he would then her teachings would be invaluable.
"Enjoy breakfast Latias, I need to go shower," he told her as she dug into her breakfast. Getting out of bed he hustled over to his bathroom
Thirty minutes later Naruto stood outside his family home with his equipment tucked away in his bag that was slung over his shoulder. He locked the front door since he was the only one currently home.
He wore a white shirt with orange on the side while wearing black bottoms and sneakers. Around his neck on a silver chain was Latias's poke ball that he always kept on him at all times.
"I won't be back here in a while. Get a good look Latias."
Latias floated beside him as she watched him lock up before Naruto turned around began jogging towards Professor Juniper's estate with Latias happily flying beside him. Since there were very few houses in the part of Nuvema town that they lived in, he saw no reason to put Latias in her poke ball.
A minute later he turned up at the lab and casually walked in like he had done on multiple occasions.
"Aunty I'm here," he called out just as a blonde blur barreled into him making him roll his eyes but smile none the less. He then picked the blonde blur up and swung her around getting laughs in response.
"Hey Bianca," he said as his childhood friend Bianca stood in front of him fixing her green hat and giving him a warm smile. She wore her usual white top with an orange blouse over it with white bottoms and sneakers.
"Hi Naru. Hi Latias," she said as the Latias nuzzled into Bianca, happy to see her female friend.
She had been his friend for as long as he could remember and depended a lot on her friendship. Though she was awfully clumsy and hasty, she was genuinely goodhearted and cares deeply for Pokemon, something that put a gold star by her name as far as he was concerned.
Bianca had the dream of becoming great Pokemon researcher just like Professor Juniper though while Naruto had his goal of becoming a Pokemon Master. Bianca decided to become Professor Juniper's assistant which his aunt was happy to accept and would travel with Professor Juniper when she traveled around Unova on field research.
Her father was happy that she became the assistant to Professor Juniper since he was originally against her becoming a trainer. But since she would have Professor Juniper with her and would be under her guidance he relented.
He was just a father who was worried over his only child.
"Professor, Naruto's here," she called as Naruto noticed a Tepig appear from between her legs.
"Well hey their little guy. Are you Bianca's first Pokemon?" he asked and got an oink in response from the tiny Pokemon.
It was primarily orange with black and yellow markings. It has ovular eyes, a ruddy pink nose, and a thick stripe of yellow over its snout. The upper portion of its head is black, and its long, pointed ears were positioned closely together on the top of its head. It had short legs with black front feet and a black band covers its lower back and rear. Its curly tail is tipped with a ruddy pink sphere.
"He is," Bianca said picking up the little Pokemon in her arms as it settled comfortably. "Professor Juniper said since you were not taking a starter Pokemon from Unova that I could have this little guy instead. I couldn't say no."
"Teeeeeeepig," the little Pokemon said in delight as Bianca rubbed her cheek against his making them both laugh.
They both then heard footsteps from behind them and both saw Professor Juniper walking towards them with a few objects in her hands.
"Are you all set Naruto? This is it. The big day," she said as Naruto nodded his head rapidly.
"As ready as I'll ever be."
"Oh goodness it does not feel so long ago that you were still holding onto my hand pointing towards the little snivy's in the tree's and playing in the mud with the Tepigs. What happened to that little cutie?" she asked pouting.
"He got bigger and became ready to take on the Pokemon world."
"Good answer," she said as she motioned for Naruto and Bianca to follow while Bianca put Tepig down who followed behind them with Latias.
They walked over to one of the many desks where Professor pulled one of the draw out and picked up three small boxes and laid them out on the table.
"Okay first this is your Xtransceiver. This is what you will use to keep in contact when you're not near a Pokemon Center. You can store over a thousand contacts in here and have a camera up the top where you can visual chat with a single person. It also has a radio link that can link to up to three other people."
"Bianca and I have already put our numbers in it so you can call us whenever you want whether it's of importance, guidance or just a general chat. You just need to input your name."
Naruto nodded and took the orange colored communication device and tapped in his name. When Professor Juniper saw the name he typed in she gave him a warm look and kissed her godsons cheek since it made her feel very warm inside and happy that he would honor her in such a way.
_Naruto J Namikaze_
He smiled at his godmother and aunt before he strapped it around his left arm. He then watched as she pulled out a blue case about the size of her hand with the poke ball symbol etched onto the front.
"This next object is your badge case for to keep the gym badges you win. This will keep up to eight badges since that is the required amount for the Kanto league. Remember don't lose it otherwise you will have a serious problem when you turn up at the Indigo Plateau with your badges missing."
Nodding again he took the badge case and put it in one of the side pockets of his bag. Finally she took out a large case and opened it up too show a few rows of poke balls.
"These six are your standard poke balls which you already know about while the rest of different variations. These are two dusk balls," she said referring to the dark green poke balls, "while the other two blue and red ones are Great balls."
"The dusk balls are specifically designed to be best used to capturing Pokemon while inside a cave or at night, so don't use them when the sun is up otherwise it loses its effectiveness. The great ball as you know is an upgraded version of the poke ball which gives it a better chance at capturing." Juniper said scientifically as Naruto nodded in understanding.
"Normally I would just give you your first six poke balls but since you're my godson I think I can make an exception and throw in a few extra," She said giving her godson a warm smile that was equally returned.
"Now put these away and let me make sure you have everything you need," she said as Naruto packed them away into his bag before settling his bag on top of the desk as Professor Juniper and Bianca began checking it over.
Thanks to sealing capsules that stored big items inside thumb sized capsules it allowed a trainer to carry a lot more equipment with them along with items from home like bicycles, big camping gear, fishing rods etc.
He only had four capsules that he really needed. One was the camping capsule that contained his camping gear like a tent, pillow, sleeping bag etc. Another had a shirt symbol which contained his clothes which were about seven shirts, shorts, pants, underwear, a water proof jacket and a second set of shoes.
"So far so good," Professor Juniper said nodding her head thankful he had been sensible in the amount he was taking and that he was using sealing capsules.
The third was food which was mostly tinned food since any other type of food would go off along with bottles of water that he could easily stock up on with each town or city he visited. Along with the human food was Latias's Dragon food along with regular Pokemon food bags.
The final capsule had a red cross on it indicating it was his healing supplies for his Pokemon. Checking inside Naruto had five potions, three super potions and one hyper potion neatly stacked together along with a few roles of bandages, various berries and a small tub of healing antiseptic cream. Then on the side were a few human medicines just in case for him.
Since Professor Juniper had some healing knowledge she made sure to pass it to Naruto and Bianca. Plus having a grandmother who was literally the best poke medic in the world also game in handy.
Nodding in satisfaction she sealed them back up and placed them back in the bags. She gave him a smile in satisfaction.
"Very good, you have all you need from this end. All you need now is once you get to Kanto to head to Pallet town to see Professor Oak."
"Right remind me again what I am picking up," he asked giving her a nervous smile as he scratched the back of his head.
Professor Juniper gave him a look that made Bianca laugh before sighing and answering his question.
"You just need to get the pokedex for that region and Kanto map from him. Even though your Xtransceiver has a map in it, it's best to have a spare just in case. The other will be your starter Pokemon since we agreed its best to keep Latias hidden."
"I know. I plan on using her in some gym battles but other than that her debut to the world won't be until the Indigo Plateau as long as I manage to get in," he said as he patted her head whilst the young Latias nuzzled his shoulder.
"I'm sure you will be fine," she told him with Bianca nodding, already planning on going to watch him when he made it into the Kanto league.
"Now are you sure you do not want a Unova starter Pokemon? I still have one of each still in their poke balls and are ready to be claimed," she said pointing over to the far side of the lab where three poke balls lay comfortably on a pillowed stand.
"I'm sure," he said shaking his head. "Since I'm going to start my journey in Kanto its only right that I get a Kanto starter to match."
"Do you know which you're going to get?" Bianca asked as both Naruto and Professor Juniper nodded.
"I already told Professor Oak which starter Naruto would like. Though I should tell you he may want to see Latias since he has never seen a Latias before. He won't cause any harm to her he will just want his curiosity about her to be sated."
"That's cool. He sounds like an alright guy so neither us mind if he wants to take a quick look at her," he said with Latias nodding her head.
"My plane out leaves in about an hour so we should get going," he said with both nodding since Bianca and Professor Juniper were going to see him off from the Nuvema Town air field where he would be getting a plane from Unova to Kanto.
It was only a small airfield but with his sister Skyla's popularity the pilots were happy to take Naruto over to Kanto since it would probably put in a good word with his big sister.
"Okay Latias it's time to go into the ball. I'll let you out to stretch your wings once we arrive in Kanto," he said as Latias nodded happily before returning to her luxury ball around his neck.
Picking up his bag the group left and began piling into Professor Juniper's jeep and quickly took off.
"Naru are your parents or sisters coming to see you off?" Bianca asked as she and Professor Juniper frowned when he shook his head.
"No they have...more important things to do," he said bitterly that was not lost on both girls.
"What's the excuse this time?" Professor Juniper sighed as they drove down the road with the top of the jeep current down.
"Apparently Elesa has a big cat walk show today and mom and dad wanted to go support her. I guess watching girls parade up and down a small walk way was more important than seeing me off on my Pokemon journey."
Now Bianca frowned a little. "What about Mito or Skyla?" she asked but Naruto barked out a small laugh.
"Your kidding? Mito has been on her high horse ever since she became a member of Unova's elite four. I left her a message but I guess seeing me off was not important enough for her."
"And Skyla?"
"I don't know about her. I tried to calling her but it kept going to voice mail. I guess she was in the air whenever I called."
"Huh those dummies," Professor Juniper whispered as her hands clutched the steering wheel tightly while Bianca looked at her friend with a sad glance. Her hand gripped behind the seat and took one of his hands into hers.
Naruto just smiled at her and kissed her hand in thanks. She really was a good friend. "Don't worry about it though. "I'm sure I'll see them again as some point. I imagine Mom wanted to be here but Dad probably dragged her their."
"Yeah next time." Bianca replied as the car went silent as they continued to drive.
Arriving into the airport they saw the plane Naruto would be taking off in. Since their family was well known and liked in the area, the pilot agreed to take Naruto to Kanto as a favor to Professor Juniper.
Near the plane however Naruto noticed another jeep standing nearby to the plane with a woman standing in front of it. When they got closer Naruto's eyes lit up when he saw who it was. As soon as they stopped Naruto quickly jumped out the jeep and darted towards her.
"Grandma!" Naruto called out as he quickly wrapped his arms around the woman who started chuckling. Tsunade Senju was a woman in her late fifties with blonde hair that streak of grey running through it. She had hazel eyes that popped with her hair and looked to be in great shape for her age. Though the most notable feature was her very large chest that was easily bigger than most other women out there. "What are you doing here?"
Tsunade looked down at her grandson and ruffled his hair. "And miss my only grandsons beginning his pokemon journey. I think not. Hello Aurea, Bianca." she greeted.
"Hello Tsunade."
"Hello Mrs Namikaze."
"Grandpa out on one of his adventures again?" Naruto asked as his grandmother sighed and nodded her head.
"You know what he is like. The moment he hears anything about a legendary sighting he is gone. This time I got a note left on the fridge"
"What one did he hear about this time?" Naruto asked since Jiraiya's adventures were the thing of much fun and laughter.
"Well he supposedly heard there was a Rayquaza sighting down in Ever Grande City. Why he thinks it will appear there of all places in beyond me but that's your grandfather for you." Tsunade looked around the landing strip with a frown on her face. "Where's everyone else?"
"Busy. Elesa has a Catwalk this weekend so Mom and Dad are there with Riya. Skyla and Mito is your guess."
Tsunade didn't look overly impressed but she would let it go for the time being. "Well I'm sure they would have loved to off been here to see you off. Your Mother gave me their numbers to give to you so you could contact them."
"I know. I just wished they were here." Naruto added trying to shrug it off and smiled as his grandmother kissed his forehead.
"Well I'll make sure to tell them all about this. They will want to know you got off okay." Tsunade told him before she went to the jeep and pulled out a gift for Naruto who was staring at it with glee. Tsunade grinned and handed it to him. "It's from both your grandfather and I. I know he sends his love."
Naruto grinned as he opened the gift and removed the lid from the box. Inside he was surprised to find a pokeball sitting there in the middle of the box on top of some new clothes. The pokeball was purple with a golden M on the front of it.
Naruto, Bianca and Professor Juniper all gasped when they saw the pokeball. "No way. Is that…"
"A Master Ball? Yes it is."
"How did you get one? Those are mega money and our so difficult to get a hold off." Bianca asked. It was the pokeball that could catch any pokeball. Only the Pokemon Masters had a Master Ball.
"I have some shares in Siliph co. Let's just say thanks to my work with the pokemon health care system if I want something like a Master Ball then Silph Co. will give me one."
"Bad ass Grandma." Naruto said with Professor Juniper and Bianca nodding in agreement. Naruto went to grab it but Tsunade grabbed it first. She held it out in front of him and looked at him sternly.
"Before I give you this there are some rules you need to follow." She told him and Naruto quickly paid attention. You show no one you have this. There are a lot of people who would love to get their hands on one of these."
Naruto quickly nodded his head. He was eager to hold the Master ball.
"Second you don't use this on just any pokemon. If you see a pokemon you really feel would be a great asset to your team and is special and unique, then you can use it. Another legendary would be rather impressive since your father and grandfather only have one."
"And third you keep this on your person at all times. You don't leave it anywhere unattended and you don't let anyone other than yourself hold it. Are we clear?"
"Crystal Grandma." Naruto responded as Tsunade waved the Master ball in front of him teasingly before giving it to him. His face lit up like a kid on Christmas morning.
"Don't forget the clothes in their too. Those are from your grandfather. He says a Namikaze man need to look cool and stylish." Tsunade told him as they looked into the box to see a pile of white and black shirts and shorts with red on some and orange going across them in a diagonal line on another.
Naruto let a big grin appear on his face before Tsunade asked the pilot to take a picture of this moment. As the picture was taken she got out her own Xtransceiver and added the numbers to his own as well as take his number.
Once finished Naruto said his goodbyes and prepared to leave.
**In the Air**
Naruto sat on the opposite side of the pilot as he looked down at the ocean as they crossed over towards the Kanto region.
He had said his goodbyes and got a little tearful once Bianca and Professor Juniper started bawling their eyes out.
After a good five minute hugging both of them and after they wished him well and made one last check to make sure he had everything, he was escorted to the plane he would be travelling in by the pilot and took off into the air shortly afterwards.
As they soared across the sky his thoughts turned to his family.
This was another moment in his life that his family had missed simply because the girls came first and Naruto had argued with them a few times over it. Though the main one was when they wanted Naruto to show off his Latias to the world since it was quite an achievement for one so young to catch a rare Pokemon like Latias.
But Naruto refused since he agreed with Professor Juniper that she should lay low. Sometimes he thought their fame to the Pokemon world was just too much to deal with.
His parents were either away on business trips or with the girls while Naruto would be left with Professor Juniper. Latias also was a little skittish around his parents, she didn't like them all that much nor did she like Mito a great deal. The only three she liked was Elesa, Skyla and Riya since Elesa seemed to call beautiful and even said she may be better looking than a Milotic, Skyla loved Latias the moment she saw her floating and Riya would play with her.
He loved his parents and they did try to make time for him but their duties as well as the girls always seemed to get into the way of any private time with his parents. It wasn't easy being the only son. The fact that they tried to make time for him stopped him from having any anger over them.
Maybe in the future and with his older sister now with their own lives and careers, Kushina and Minato would be able to make more time for him.
In the last few years his older sisters had elevated themselves to stardom like he knew they would and all three became well respected trainers.
Skyla and Elesa became gym leaders, focusing on their respective Pokemon types while Mito became a member of the Elite four after defeating and replacing a trainer called Grimsley. Since then his sister's attention was solely on their work as well as their other passions.
Skyla became a pilot, Elesa became a famous model and Mito became a dancer. All three became stars in their respective professions as well.
His Uncle Volkner and Aunt Cynthia were able to stop by from time to time as well though it was not often. They too had their own lives and duties but he was thankful for the time he had with them. He was very close to Cynthia who had given him a few trainer tips for when he build his own team of pokemon.
To put it simply he had a Pokemon Champion for a father, a top coordinator for a mother, two gym leaders and an elite four member for sisters, Pokemon Champion for an Aunt, Gym leader for an Uncle, a former champion from his grandfather and the top Pokemon Medic in the world for a Grandmother.
The bar had been raised high and the shadow was enormous but Naruto would somehow surpass it.
As he looked down at the ocean he felt the pilot nudge his arm and saw he was pointing out the window from Naruto's side.
With a confused look he looked over through his window and couldn't help but let a smile appear on his face when he saw his sister Skyla flying beside the plane on with her own smaller plane and flying next to her was her large Braviary.
He saw her look over and motioned for him to look down at his Xtransceiver. Nodding he looked down and saw a message suddenly bleep on the screen. Tapping the button, a message came up from Skyla.
'_Good luck on your Pokemon journey and I hope you catch lots of flying type Pokemon. I know you will do great. I will be waiting for your challenge in Unova and I look forward to the day you can battle me evenly.'_
_Love you always, your big sister Skyla xx_
_p.s Add my contact number so I can call you whenever I want._
Naruto let a big smile appear on his face as he clicked the accept button and accepted Skyla as a contact. He turned back to look at his big sister and mouthed 'thank you' to her.
Seemingly knowing what he said she gave him a warm smile and then she blew him a large kiss and gave him a salute before she took out a bag and gave it to Braviary who flew ahead of the plane Naruto was on before Skylas plane did a 180 turn and went back to Unova.
He waved at her as she left before he turned back to the front, his mood now a bit brighter than before with his big sister wishing him luck.
"How long until we get to Kanto?" he asked the pilot.
"About 3 hours so you better get comfy," the pilot said as Naruto simply nodded and pulled out the book on legendary Pokemon that he got for his seventh birthday to pass the time.
**Three Hours Later at the Landing Spot.**
After the three hours in the air the plane eventually landed on a small air strip a little outside Pallet town, a small town in the southern part of Kanto.
"Hmmm," Naruto hummed as he stretched his arms after finally getting out of the plane. He felt like he was getting a cramp from being forced to sit and hardly ever get up. Gladly for him the ordeal was over.
"Now that I'm here I can finally go find Professor Oaks and get my starter Pokemon," Naruto said eagerly.
"Raaaaav"
Naruto jumped in surprise at the startling noise and turned to see Skylas Braviary on the roof of a shed looking at him.
"Braviary? You're my sister Skylas Braviary right?" He questioned to the large bird who nodded before he opened his wings and then flew down in front of Naruto. Naruto wondered what his sisters Pokemon wanted until he looked down and saw a gift bag attached to one of it's talons.
"Is that for me?" Naruto asked and received a nod before he knelt down to untie it and open it to see that their was a Xtransceiver number on it and a little present with a card attached. He took the card and opened it to see a message that said "call number before opening present".
"That's strange," Naruto said to himself before deciding to comply with the request. So he dialed the mystery number on his Xtransceiver and then waited for a moment before the screen lit up with the person he called.
"Hi little brother!" A cheerful voice cried out.
"Sister Elesa?!" Naruto said in surprise at seeing his blond older sister.
"Yeah it's me and I hope you followed my cards request by calling me before opening that little present?" She asked with a teasing smile as she spoke.
Naruto nodded a little sheepishly. "Um yeah I did see," he said while showing the still unopened package that was now revealed to be from her.
Seeing this she jumped up and clapped her hands cheerfully look a cheerleader. "Oh great, I was worried you'd ignore what it said for a moment but I'm glad to see your still polite."
"Thanks I guess, so why did you have me call you?" he asked wondering if she wanted something.
Hearing his question Elesa raised an eyebrow before she giggled at her little brothers cluelessness. It was always something that made him look cute.
"Hee hee hee I'm calling to congratulate you silly. You didn't think I'd miss saying congrats to little brother for finally becoming a trainer do you?" She asked a bit sarcastically.
Naruto now had a surprised expression before he got a small smile on his face. "Thanks sis but if you really wanted to congratulate me then why didn't you come to see me go off on the plane," he asked with a small amount of hidden hurtfulness at remembering she didn't come.
To his surprise he heard Elesa groan.
"Oh believe me I wanted to see you but my damn manager kept throwing a fit over how I couldn't skip out on my first big fashion magazine appearance and how this would ruin him. The guy also wouldn't shut up so I decided to stay here just so he'd finally stop yelling at me. But that doesn't mean I can't improvise on my little brothers big day so I sent your gift to Skyla and she was more than happy to get it to you while also giving you a farewell." She said with her eyes showing signs of sadness in missing Naruto's departure.
However instead of being disappointed Naruto now had a full happy smile on his face. "Thanks you, I really appreciate it," he said to his beloved sister.
Elesa waved it off. "It was no problem Naruto, I was more than happy to do that and more for you".
"So what about sister Mito?" he asked wanting to know if his oldest sister also sent him something to congratulate him.
Elesa gained a small frown. "Well I haven't heard anything from her, I've tried calling her but she doesn't pick up. It seems she's become pretty busy as an Elite Four member and doesn't have much time for her sisters either,"
Naruto's smile lessened but he still held it. "That's okay I'm just happy you and Skyla got to see me off."
Elesa smiled back. "No problem little Naru, well I gotta go now since I have a photo shoot to take so goodbye and good luck to you and your journey. Also be sure to catch some electric types while you're their and don't forget to register my number so we can talk another time," she said and finished by blowing him a big kiss and wink through the video.
"Hey I'm not little anymore!" Naruto said a little annoyed which grew a bit when Elesa just giggled some more.
"Love you," She said happily before hanging up and disappearing from the screen.
"_Love you too,"_ Naruto thought to himself before he turned to see that Braviary had left while he was talking with Elesa obviously heading back to Skyla.
Seeing this he decided to finally open the present Elesa sent him. When he did he smiled at what he saw inside. In the small box was a silver chain necklace with a miniature silver replica of Latias with perfectly carved amber crystals for eyes that shined and seemed to glow in the light.
Wasting no time he put on the necklace and saw that it was at a perfect length that placed it above his luxury ball necklace without bumping into each other at all.
"Thanks you," He said before registering her number and heading back out to find the professors lab.
**Pallet Town**
The little town was very pretty and the people there were shown to be very friendly. It was about mid afternoon and the weather had heated up a little. He let Latias stretch her wings for a good half an hour before he returned her to her poke ball and he made his way through the nice looking town. He walked for a few minutes before he was someone out front and decided ask for some assistance.
"Excuse me miss," he said as he passed a woman in her mid thirties who was watering her plants outside her house. She turned around and smiled at Naruto. "I wondering if you could tell me where Professor Oak lives," he asked as the woman nodded.
"Sure it's just up the street about five minutes walk from here. You just follow the path straight ahead and you can't miss it. Are you a Pokemon trainer?"
"Yes it's my first journey and my professor from Unova told me to see him before I start through Kanto."
"Unova? My you're a long way from home. You didn't want to start in your home region?"
He shook his head. "No Kanto was where I wanted to start since my Aunt recommended it to be the best region for those that start out on their first journey."
"Well it seems you have planned ahead. My names Delia Ketchum, my son Ash began his journey just two days ago and already made it to Viridian City. If you two meet I hope you can be friends."
"I would like that Mrs. Ketchum. Have a good day and thank you for the directions," he said waving goodbye to her which he returned.
"What a nice young man though he looks awfully familiar," she said before dismissing the thoughts and turning back to her garden.
Five minutes was really all it took before he found himself standing outside the laboratory of Professor Oak. It looked a lot like Professor Junipers lab but was stationed on top of a hill with a windmill built behind it.
Walking inside he called out and found himself inside a pleasant looking lobby where he found an older man sitting on one of the couches reading the latest Sinnoh magazine which happened to have his father on the front of it.
He was an older man who looked to be in his late fifties with graying hair and black eyes with a tanned complexion with wrinkles on a few spots on his face. He wore a red dress shirt with tanned pants and brown shoes with a white lab coat over the top.
He noticed Naruto walk in and quickly compared him with the picture of Minato on the front of the magazine. "Yep, without a doubt you are Minato Namikaze's son. You two are the spitting image on one another."
He got up and shook Naruto' hand. "I'm Samuel Oak, Pokemon Professor here in Pallet town. It's an honor to meet you Naruto."
"It's an honor to meet you too sir. My Aunt Aurea Juniper told me a lot about you."
"All good I hope," he said as he scratched the side of his face. "Come, come let go to the lab to give you what you came for."
As they walked Professor Oak started light conversation with him. "You know I met your parents on quite a few occasions though I can't say I know them personally. With you father coming from Sinnoh and your mother from Johto they don't come to Kanto all that much. Never met your sisters either but they seem nice enough. Are you following in their footsteps?" He asked wanting to get to know the only son of the Pokemon power couple.
"Sort of. While I want to be a great Pokemon trainer I also want to be a Pokemon Professor like my Aunt. Time in the lab grew on me but I wanted to see the Pokemon world for myself first and take part in the league tournaments."
"Wonderful it's good to see a young mind interesting in the world of Pokemon. Are their topics you have in mind as a Pokemon professor?"
Naruto grinned. "Oh yeah while I love Pokemon in general, I have a love for Legendary Pokemon. I want to learn as much about them as I can. I guess you could say after meeting my best friend she sparked something inside of me," he said tapping on his luxury ball around his neck.
"Astounding, your godmother told me all about your Latias and I hope you don't mind if you sate this old professor's curiosity. A chance to see such a rare and legendary Pokemon is not something that happens often," he said with Naruto shaking his head.
"Its fine, I don't mind though I will ask if you could keep it to yourself since I'm not ready for the whole world to know of her just yet," he said with Professor Oak nodding in understanding.
A moment later they entered Professor Oaks lab and went over the middle of room were a single poke ball lay. Leaning forward and picking it up, he gently placed it in Naruto's hands who eagerly accepted it.
"This is the starter you asked for. A good choice since personally I think this Pokemon is a great Pokemon to start off with. It really tests whether a trainer has what it takes."
Naruto nodded before he threw the poke ball. "Come on out my new friend," he said as the poke ball opened up and a light shot out from it and hit the ground as a small Pokemon appeared in front of him.
The Pokemon was a small, quadruped Pokemon with green or bluish green skin and dark patches. Its thick legs each end with three small sharp claws. Its eyes have red irises; while the sclera and pupils are white while on its back was a green bulb like a flower bug.
"Bulbasaur," Naruto said grinning as the little Pokemon looked up at him in curiosity. Naruto got down to the Pokemon's level and let the Bulbasaur come to him.
"Hi Bulbasaur my names Naruto and this…"he said as he released Latias who appeared beside him, "this is my friend Latias." The little Bulbasaur looked a little intimidated by the sudden appearance of the powerful Pokemon who simple sniffed Bulbasaur and made a happy sound.
"We are starting our Pokemon journey today and I was hoping you would join us. I know we could use a great Pokemon like yourself in our group. Plus I know Latias would love to have some new Pokemon friends."
"Bulba…..saur," the little Pokemon said as it look up at Naruto. It was trying to see if he was lying to him or if he was in any way being deceitful and untrustworthy but the little Bulbasaur could see he was being truthful about it. Plus he did feel like wanting to explore since the Professor didn't allow him to go outside since he was still very young and considered to be only just starting to mature out of his infancy stage.
After a few second the Bulbasaur nodded his head and Naruto happily started to pet the grass types head.
"That's great. Welcome to the group Bulbasaur," he said while Latias nuzzled the little Bulbasaur getting happy laughs from the seed Pokemon.
"Well it seems Bulbasaur has taken to you pretty quickly. That's a good sign as a Pokemon trainer," Professor Oak said as he began to examine Latias and began taking notes. Latias was too happy with her new friend to really notice or care.
"Simply amazing. She is incredibly beautiful. Young man let me just say you are a very lucky man to have such a awe inspiring Pokemon to call your own," he said as he gently patted Latias who didn't mind since he was being gentle.
"I know. She is my best friend and I will never be more thankful that she is with me."
After a few more minutes Professor Oak handed Naruto the rest of what he came for. A Pokemon map of the Kanto region and a pokedex that had all the information he needed on the Kanto region Pokemon.
Pointing it to Bulbasaur he heard a robotic voice speak.
_Bulbasaur, the seed Pokemon_
_Level- 6_
_Sex- Male_
_Type: Grass/Poison_
_Skill set- Tackle, Growl, Razor Leaf_
_Information- It bears the seed of a plant on its back from birth. The seed slowly develops. Researchers are unsure whether to classify Bulbasaur as a plant or animal. Bulbasaur are extremely calm and very difficult to capture in the wild._
"Cool, this I can definitely work with," he said before he placed it in his pocket and folded the map up and put it in his backpack.
He let Professor Oak take about ten more minutes worth of notes before he recalled Latias into her poke ball while letting his new Bulbasaur stretch its legs and walk with him.
After giving Professor Oak his Xtransceiver contact number he left the lab and made his way out of the gates of Pallet town.
"You ready Bulbasaur? You ready Latias? Here begins our journey around the Pokemon world. I know we are going to make lots of new friends, both human and Pokemon and were going to face a lot of challenges. But together I know we can go far."
Bulbasaur beside him nodded happily and had a smile on its little blue face while he felt Latias's poke ball shake a little, getting his answer from his long time friend.
As he walked out of the town Professor Oak watched him go. He had a good feeling about the young Namikaze boy and would be watching his progress closely.
**Chapter 2 Completed**
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