And I'm back with a new chapter for SP! But enough chit-chat.

I know it's been ages and I apologise but better late than never eh? Anyway, I'd like to say that this chapter will be highly amusing for you dear readers. And the chapter is rather short for what I'm normally used too but that's only because of a few reasons I'd rather not name.

Either way, I can safely say that I'm branching out from what Authors normally write and I intend to keep it that way. I wonder what you all think of how I portrait my Characters. (hint-hint)

Nevertheless, I'll leave it up to you to guess what I'm doing with this story. to tell the truth, I haven't planned it out yet and am currently writing about what currently comes to mind. There's still a style of writing that I haven't tried out in any of my stories and I plan to do so now.

But as this author notes come to an end... I'll gladly send you of to a world of new perspectives and fun! Cya at the end of this chap m8's!

Two years later

It has been two years since Naruto started his adventure around the globe. Safe to say that the experience was great with a great deal of trouble that seems to follow a certain rule book. Naruto was rather neutral to this as it tended to give his pokemon a lot of practice. It was a necessary evil so to speak. And speaking of pokemon. Naruto now has two full teams and an additional three. And both of them were strong enough to fight pokemon just under elite level.

Naruto attended both of the league tournaments even though he shouldn't have. Certain... inconveniences almost forced him not to join one. In hindsight, almost all of the trainers were pathetically weak. That doesn't mean his pokemon never got the chance to gain experience from battling strong trainers and their pokemon, oh on the contrary! There were enough skilled poachers around to hunt unfortunately... or fortunately... it depends on the point of view. Naruto even watched some recordings of the league matches he missed and even he had to sweat-drop at the battles. They were really lackluster and was pretty boring to say the least.

He caught a lot of pokemon in Hoenn and that led to a lot of problems. He made it so that when he caught more than he could carry, that Pokeball would be sent over to the nurse Joy in Sinnoh. And that gave both of them another set of problems they had to solve. He didn't want them to miss out on his journey and he also didn't want to burden nurse Joy anymore than he had too.

All of those problems vanished when he proved himself capable of carrying more pokeballs. That allowed him to take his starter anywhere he goes and and also allow him to catch a new batch of 7 to train.

Speaking of Gardevoir, she turned out to be a brilliant pokemon and that was a given. His starter was anything but mediocre. Her psychic Prowess were top notch and may even surpass those of the Alakazam family line. That was something which surprised Naruto. He knew the Gardevoir family were renowned for their psychic prowess and versatility. Seriously, Gardevoir was one hax pokemon. Add all the moves this shiny has learned over two years of constant fighting and training plus teleport and you get a nearly untouchable fairy.

Fairies... now that was a day Naruto will never forget. The day he found out that Fairies can't be touched or hurt by dragon type moves, only physical ones would hurt as if it was just a normal scratch from a Charmander but then again... Gardevoir was trained to at least be able to block something like that. It turned out to be useful against moves like Dragon Claw or god forbid, Draco Meteor.

Of course, his dumb decision to join both of the leagues, made a few of his more... battle happy members content. But he knew the drawbacks of that would cause him more trouble in the long run. Even Gardevoir adopted some kind of motherly character right after evolving, probably to help with his workload. He didn't even know where or from whom she got that from!

She spoke in that condescending tone of hers to those that would make trouble for her trainer and that basically made her the mother hen of the family even though she was the youngest. His team members loved his starter pokemon as if she was their little sister they need to protect... and that lead to a few troublesome situations.

A story for another time. Because as of right now, Naruto decided to finally return back to Hoenn and see what Brenden and May are up too. He was currently in the living room of his house in Sinnoh. Naruto let the place be renovated after he saw how much money he actually had. The day he found out was also quite funny. It was right after he won the Grand festival in Hoenn.

What? you thought Naruto would just go out there and catch pokemon? Hell nah!

For one, he wouldn't have survived the first month if it hadn't been for Ralts and her spectacular battles in gyms and performances in contests. One does receive prize money after all. The many tournaments he joined around the Hoenn region were also quite fun and the prizes even more so. And it worked as a good exercise for his pokemon. He just didn't realize the amount of money he won and so, like any kid, he spent nearly all of it on a renovation for his house that would take a year to complete.

Yeah.

Safe to say the following weeks weren't really comfortable. Luckily he caught a plane that was leaving for another region. Naruto wasn't picky at that time so he just decided to board the plane and see where it would take him. And as it turned out, he actually arrived at the region he wanted to visit, namely Johto. The same place where he first found a fairy as well as the region where his dear Kirlia decided to finally evolve into the Gardevoir she wanted to become.

There were a lot of pokemon he wanted to have but ultimately decided not to catch too many. There was one bug type pokemon whose region he really wanted to visit, especially with how cool he actually is. Yeah, that tarantula is one awesome bugger. But we're getting off track. After finishing his Year in Johto, Naruto returned back home to relax.

And so we find ourselves in Naruto's less than humble abode. Seriously, The things he found in his new home was nothing to scoff at. Originally, his house was located near the pokemon center but after a few calls, it was decided to just rebuild the house completely because of the lack of space.

Now, his villa can be found a few ways above the village and an inbuilt Dome inside the mountain itself. There it had different man made habitats like a big lake and some ponds here and there, a swamp land, a tropical forest, a grass field and some rocky terrains here and there. Sure it made him broke but it was worth it in the end. There's also a very big living room with a TV, couches, controlled waterfalls and even a stylish Hearth.

Naruto was sitting on the couch whilst all of his pokemon were sitting around him in their one little group of friends. It was fairly quiet since Naruto went on and called it a day so the pokemon decided to talk a bit before joining their trainer in his sleep.

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Pokemon speech on

"So... how was Johto newbies?" Said a Draconian figure with a hint of arrogance and tilt of mischievousness in his voice. The Pokemon from Johto bristled at the Jab and wanted to retort but before any of them could do anything, a calm but piercing voice reprimanded the Earth-Dragon. "Lay off on them you overgrown mole. They can't take your jokes just yet" He snorted. "Then it's good to start early right?"

A melodic laugh echoed from a beige serpentine Pokemon. "I agree with the little one here. I suppose he was the last of us that Naruto captured of the originals. That's why he feels for them" She didn't know it but that comment angered the Johto Pokemon a bit.

"Gihihi.." A creepy laugh rung around the living room. "If you can scare them then they're nothing but kids to me" Said a pokemon that was floating through the Johto teams bodies. They cringed at the creepy little thing. He may have been small but they knew he was powerful.

"We aren't scared! We're just... creeped out" Said a squeaky dark colored feline. "Cute. But you can forget that tough girl act little girl" Stated a humanoid being with distinct features of a bird rather proudly. The fact that she had a distinctive type advantage over the weasel like cat was also a big intimidation factor. The feline flinched at being caught.

"Hey! Would you quit it with the intimidating spiel! She's still young!" said a big weasel in justified anger. She just scoffed at the fellow fire type starter. He bristled. But before he could do anything, a stern but somewhat loving voice spoke up. The Johto pokemon sighed in relief when they realized who that voice belonged to.

"Alright that's enough my friends. We don't need any animosity between us."

The Johto Pokemon comically cried tears of joy at their trainers starter. "Wahhhh! Gardevoir is the best sister ever! They cried. The Hoenn team just sweat-dropped at their 'little sister'. Who would of thought that that timid Ralts they met back in Hoenn would become such a mother hen. It wasn't much longer after she evolved that she took up the mantle of being this caring mother they see in front of them.

"There there. Momma's here." Gardevoir said to the little Sneasel in her arms. The group sweat-dropped again. A blue crocodile like pokemon suddenly spoke up. "So, I guess its time for us to introduce ourselves right?" Gardevoir nodded at him and gave the original team a slight condescending glare to keep them from their less than stellar tendencies. "I guess, we should start first as it's our responsibility as the older 'mons' to take care of you munchkins". The fully evolved pokemon in the Johto group just gaped at Shizuka.

"I'm Gardevoir or you could even call me Shizuka. Whatever you prefer"

The Pseudo-Legendary grunted "Garchomp. Naruto's Ace. And don't you forget that!"

"I'm Milotic. If you find anyone more beautiful than I, then I believe you're blindness shall cost you the wrath of Gardevoir here. Because no one is more beautiful than her!" Her fanaticism to Gardevoir aside, she's quite an elegant pokemon.

"As you see, I'm the resident Ghost in this little house. My name is Banette, a pleasure~ gihihi"

A green reptile like pokemon opened his closed eye "Sceptile"

"Umm.. that's it?"

"Don't mind him, It's just the way he is. I'm Blaziken by the way. And who are you cutie?"

He blushed. "Umm... I.. Uhh... I'm Ty.. Typhlosion umm.. miss" his nervousness causing his back to stand ram rod straight and stiff.

Blaziken giggled... she loved messing with pokemon. A whipping sound caused the others to laugh at Typhlosions expense. He just glared at his friends. The older pokemon just smirked and looked at the green reptile to see his reaction. He twitched causing them to grin. Everyone knew about his crush on his fellow Hoenn starter but she seems to be oblivious to it. Her flirting with other males certainly put a damper on him but he didn't say anything, not even now.

A green sauropod like pokemon looked at Sceptile with a little blush though. This didn't go unnoticed by a certain fire starter.

Blaziken narrowed her eyes at the grass type.

"And who are you girly?" She asked a bit dangerously at the grass type starter. The others gave her knowing grins which she ignored.

The feelings were mutual.

She jumped at being forced into a conversation. That didn't stop her from introducing herself in her usual bubbly self. "Umm I'm Meganium! Nice to meet you all" Blaziken just scowled at her. Garchomp grinned and whispered something to a very big bird. Said bird grinned at him before introducing himself to stop an incoming 'cat fight'.

"I'm Pidgeot and as you can see, The only flying type here... until now." He said while looking at a bat with four wings and some white bird that looks like a jet. Said Jet looking pokemon looked up at the 8 ft tall bird in awe and admiration. The bat looked at him in awe as well.

It took them a few seconds to realize the unspoken question.

"I'm Crobat. A dual Flying and Poison type if you don't know."

"Togekiss! I'm a Flying Fairy type. Pleasure to meet you!"

"And who are you?" Asked a feminine feline to the last pokemon of the original group. She was looking up at him as he was perched on the top part of the sofa. He was resting and calmly opened his eyes to look at the one who asked him.

"Isn't it common courtesy to introduce oneself first before asking another?" The light violet female pokemon blushed in embarrassment. His friends looked at him with a knowing grin which kinda pissed him off. I mean, what's their problem.

"Umm.. I'm Espeon.. from the Eevee line. You too right? I've never seen an Eeveelution with your typing before... what are you?" She asked in wonder. The midnight colored feline gracefully stood up and slowly descended and landed in front of her with such grace, it'd make a model green in envy. The Blue circles and lines in his body giving him an additional ethereal feel under the moon seen behind a big opening covered by glass. The slow snowfall giving him an additional grace to the fluidity in his movements. All Espeon could do in this moment was to blush and stay quiet, lest she makes a fool out of herself.

"The names Umbreon. It feels good to meet another of my race"

'Feels good... couples touching... another of my race... family... marriage' And with that final thought, Espeon fainted.

The group of pokemon were quiet, not expecting such a reaction.

"umm.. Umbreon bro... I think you overdid it a bit with the Grace and beauty factor."

"...That was... surprising indeed."

"Now I believe that it's your turn to introduce yourselves" Everyone except Sceptile, Garchomp and Umbreon jumped when they heard Gardevoirs cheery voice. A pokemon of the Johto group coughed awkwardly.

"I guess it's our turn then. "I'm Feraligatr. You already know her but I suppose it's ok to introduce her again. She's Meganium. The horn-weasel beside her is Typhlosion as you already know..."

Blaziken smiled at him demure, causing him to blush and look the other way. His desire to lash out at being called a horn-dog or in this case horn-weasel momentary forgotten.

"We're the Johto starters!" They said while giving some weird pose meant for trios.

"You've been waiting to do that right?" Garchomp sweat-dropped. The sheepish grins were all the confirmation he needed. He chuckled in good fun at them though. Knowing that they were still quite young even when they reached the final stages of their respective evolution's.

The others nodded at the introduction and looked expectantly at the dark ball curled up on Gardevoir lap. She shied away from the looks and buried her face into Gardevoirs stomach. The Shiny empathizing pokemon smiled calmly at her and pushed her towards her group.

"C'mon little one. They won't bite" Her mother-like smile gave the little pokemon the needed confidence to introduce herself.

"My.. my name...!... My...name is.. Sne...S... SNEASEL! AND I'LL BECOME THE STRONGEST ICE TYPE IN THE WORLD!"

The others looked at her impressed. A good goal indeed. One where she really has her work cut out for herself. Garchomp smirked at her.

"Well then... I guess that's a good dream..."

Sneasel smiled.

"But totally impossible for a wimp like you"

She face faulted.

"I'm no wimp! I'll show you... I'll show you that even I can beat someone like you!"

"Then show me! The day you beat me will be the day I'll declare you the strongest Ice type on this planet."

Sneasel looked shocked at the challenged but smiled eventually.

"DEAL!"

Both of them were all smiles now but were interrupted in their bonding time by Gardevoir.

"D'awww... aren't you two precious? I knew you had it in you Garchomp"

And the dam broke. Gardevoirs comment let loose condescending smirks and snorts towards the pride full dragon.

"O-oh... Did I just see Garchomp being nice?"

"It's the end of the world isn't it?"

"Everyone take cover! Apocalypse is upon us!"

"I thought this day would never come"

"Garchomp and Sneasel sitting on a tree K.i.s.s.i.n..."

"Finish that word and I swear you can K.i.s.s. your beak goodbye!"

"Dude the hell!? She's a kid for heavens sake!"

"She's barely younger than Garchomp and you know it!"

"I concede your point"

"Pedo..."

The room was quiet at this comment. Garchomp blushed in embarrassment at what his rival said. And before anyone knew what was going on, they were all laughing as loud as they could. They knew that Gardevoir would use her psychic prowess to make sure Naruto wasn't disturbed in his sleep as well as make sure no sound left the room. For a psychic like her... that was no problem.

The rest of the night was spent joking and laughing at anything and everything. And nobody payed the passed out but moaning Espeon any attention.

XXX

"Good morning Naruto. Had a good nights sleep?" A young boy at the ripe age of 12 just groaned a bit. He was busy chewing on his breakfast made by his ever faithful Gardevoir. "Slept like a babe nurse Joy" He said after gulping down his food. Nurse Joy was also a needed addition in the house. In exchange for living in his new villa, Joy had made it her mission to care for the pokemon he would eventually leave behind because of the 6 pokemon rule. It won't be unnatural to see a Chansey now and again.

Naruto realized that this little pink ball had quite an endurance when he battled against it. Naruto swore to catch himself something similar when he gets the chance.

"Are you going to stay here for a bit or have you already decided where your next destination will be." Asked nurse Joy with a patented smile. Naruto smiled at the woman. "I'll be staying a bit so that my two teams can get to know each other. Other than that... mhm, I suppose I can go on a little walk around here. Helps them resist the cold just like I have"

"You never did tell me how you manage to go out in that weather, wearing only a simple Tee and shorts." She asked in resigned disbelief. Naruto is a special case. He may have grown up in this... winter-wonder-land but that doesn't necessarily explain his weird ability to somehow ignore the biting winds that would send a normal person into frostbite frenzy.

"I didn't? I never knew" He answered, amusement clear for all to see. Joy sighed at the kid. 'Always trying to act so mysterious' She looked at him intently without him being any wiser. 'You sit there, eating breakfast with this nonchalant air around you... but'

She shook her head clear from her recurring thoughts so that she could hopefully continue on with the conversation. "Oh and by the way! You do know that Lesley misses you dearly right? She's coming back from school later this afternoon. I'd be grateful if you spend some time with her. After all, it's been a year"

Naruto perked up at the mention of a girl, barely 3 years his junior. "Yeah I'd love too. Come to think of it, how is the little minx by the way? Still that hyperactive brat with an attitude?" He chuckled. Lesley Joy may have been nurse Joy's little devil spawn, but to him she was more of a cute little sister he would spoil every now and then.

The pink haired nurse snorted. "When it comes to her beloved older brother, nothing, and I mean nothing, in the known world would stop her from watching one of your league matches. Other than missing you like Steven to a lost Metagross, she's still fangirling over every single time you send out your pokemon." Naruto smirked.

What? It feels really good to be deemed as someone worthy enough to be looked up on. Of course he gets those looks from... a great deal of people now, but nothing truly beats the innocence of a child and he or she thinking you were the greatest thing since Cynthia Shirona. 'Ah Cynthia... weird girl' Yes he did meet The, capital T, Cynthia Shirona. He didn't really know who she was back then, but that's a story for another time.

Right now he was wondering about the next region he would visit. He's been to Hoenn and Johto, not bad for two years considering the places he managed to see and the rankings he achieved in both of those leagues. Until now, no one was strong enough to defeat him.

Impossible? Not really. At least not for one Naruto Namikaze.

He started learning when he was four. Watched battles soon after. Snuck in his mother's room to see if there's something of interest for him to 'borrow'

The sheer amount of knowledge in his library enabled him to be better prepared on his first run in a region than any other. Of course, there's a fine line between Perfection and Knowledge.

And that's experience.

To find out that there's someone out there that's better than you, other than the elite four and the champion...

That's something he never experienced and he had to admit. His mysterious persona can unnerve a person enough to be wary of him. Add a bit of luck and a fast working mind of a strategist that borderlines on genius or even photogenic... and what you get is this unbeatable trainer who has yet to find a worthy opponent outside of the obvious.

That's also why he decided to leave his team in the dome to catch himself new teams in various regions. He'd go to a new region and train a batch of new Pokemon while he expected the others to train themselves throughout their 'visit' at the dome.

He also had his 6 Pokemon carry limit raised to eight for better mobility and diversity in his teams. Though usually he'd only capture those who want to join him. Only in special cases will he catch them when he has no other choice. And the Luck! Can't forget about luck.

But we're getting off track. Kanto seems like a challenging league. But that was a no go. He knew when he was outclassed. Oh he could beat the gyms alright, the league as well but, the elite four is a different matter all together. The first three he had a good chance of beating but the last... he wasn't suicidal enough to think he'd be able to win a against such a fearsome opponent.

There's a reason Lance went undefeated for over 10 years after all. Naruto can assure you that the newly crowned champion of Kalos can, with a bit of difficulty, defeat him in a one on one between starters. But it'd be a different story if it were a full 6 on 6. Diantha would surely lose. But the true reason why Lance was undefeated, was because of the amount of challengers who even made it to Lance.

Which were none ever since his reign.

You have to beat the elite four to reach the champion. And the Kanto elite four were the best that existed. All that because of one person.

Agatha Ainsworth.

The one and only known ghost type master in the world. Forget Phoebe! Agatha's the real thing! Otherwise known as the Otherworldly Witch.

It was because of her that no trainer ever managed to meet or even challenge Lance. Everyone knows she could beat Lance with her tricky Ghost types but that's not the point.

Beat her, consider yourself the champion of Kanto and Johto.

So no, he'd visit Kanto later. After all, he has all the time in the world. And he'd sooner let Gardevoir Moonblast some tyke in the ass than let said tyke ruin his travels.

His first journey around Hoenn was enough to last most trainers a lifetime. One doesn't meet Kyogre and Groudon face to face in the middle of 'diving for fun'

That's just not possible. Or at least it shouldn't be.

It was one of the most amazing moments for him and Shizuka, who was a little Kirlia back then.

But enough of that. The next region he wanted to see was Unova. It was more technically advanced than any other. Johto might be catching up and Kalos might be close but none have cities as large in their region as Unova.

Plus he wanted to catch one of these Zorua's he once heard about. Their ability, Illusion, if fully mastered would give any opponent a hard time.

He decided to leave Unova be for the moment. As much as their technology may help him create an ideal Snowpoint City, he had... other matters to deal with, as well as a few... loose ends to tie.

'Maybe I should finally journey around Sinnoh?' Naruto asked himself. That'd probably be his best bet right now. He could easily raise his carry limit to 15 if need be. If only just to let his pokemon get a taste of his home region. Naruto grinned under his mask. 'Garchomp would feel right at home'

Sinnoh also has a great deal of spots he would like to visit. He lives on mount coronet, and perhaps the only person to do so. He also knew about the Snowpoint temple, but it was located a bit further up. The very top of his massive dome wouldn't even reach it. Besides... he owns this mountain so he practically owns that temple as well.

He also wanted to visit the three lakes. Lake Valor, Acuity and Verity. Of course you can't forget about Eterna forest or even Alamos town. He really wanted to see the twin towers. He wondered if the town might even top his visit to Alto Mare.

'Nah~'

Yes. Sinnoh sounds good. With his next journey already decided, Naruto continued to eat... with his mask still on...

XXX

When they were younger, almost everything was simple. If they wanted something, they'd get it. Of course, only if they behaved like good little kids. Friends, Pokemon, food, heck even fighting over the last poke-food to feed was simple.

But then school started and they quickly found out that even sleeping wasn't simple anymore. Yes, they suffered in school to learn more about pokemon in general. To be more prepared. And damn it they learned! After that close call almost two years ago, they decided to learn. So that they wouldn't feel something even remotely close to that in the future.

Of course it helped that they more or less 'pre-ordered' their starters. Brenden would get his trusty Treecko and may her overly cute munchkin of a Torchic.

But know... they had to fight over who got Mudkip. At first they played a simple game of Rock-Paper-Scissors. Where they tied everytime. They decided to battle instead, using their starter before going on their journey. I mean, you'd also get bored after tying again and again and again and again and you get the point.

Either way, now we see a match between siblings refereed by their father.

"Torchic, use ember!" With clear orders in her head. Torchic blew spitballs of fire at the wood gecko

"Treecko! Jump up and use bullet seed!" At this May grinned. She's seen this move used by a lot of trainers who think it looked cool.

"Wrong move brother! Get under it and blow out your strongest ember!" Torchic did as told and dodged the bullet seeds coming her way by going under it. She then fired a strong ember at the still airborne Treecko.

All the while Brenden had his eyes wide in shock. 'Damn! How could I forget!'

"Treecko get out of there!" But all was naught as Torchic's aim proved true and hit the grass type with an effective fire type move. Smoke appeared as the attack connected. Said smoke followed grass starter as he fell. All waited in anticipated at the results.

When the smoke cleared, they saw a fainted Treecko, unable to battle.

"Treecko is unable to battle! Torchic wins the match!"

And with that declaration, May rushed over to her second pokemon that's going to join her and enveloped him in a bone crushing hug that Mudkip happily returned. Uncaring of the sulking duo behind of them

"Yay! Mudkip did you see that? We won! And you're going to join us! Isn't that great?!" Her excitable persona instantly lightening up the mood of both the professor and her brother. Mudkip just yipped happily at his long time friend and trainer as of now.

"Aww man. Now you have two starters! Isn't that unfair!? Right dad?" Brenden asked. "Well you wouldn't be saying that if you won right" Brenden jerked. Having been caught red handed by his own father. May didn't care. She was still hugging Mudkip and Torchic against her.

"Gosh their's two of them"

At the sound of an unfamiliar voice, the birch family instantly got wary since they didn't see a hint of the person who said it.

"Who's there!" Asked the father of two. "That hurts... you can't even remember me? The guy who would of gotten one of those three had I been any other trainer?" The Birch family gasped and as one, questioned or guessed who it could be.

"Naruto?"

At the mention of his name, Naruto vanished from his current spot and appeared before them. Mask and all, still covering his face. There's just one tiny little difference about his choice of clothing from now and back then. The birch family saw that the 12-13 year old had Black pants and shoes, the former having neon blue lines going through the sides. The next was a fishnet shirt. That was new. They could see his well built body, at least well built for a 12-13 year old. His black jacket with blue accents here and there, tied skillfully around his hips. Just like 2 years ago. You also can't forget about the mask! Of course the mask. But now they could see that it was attached to a sleeveless muscle shirt underneath his sleeveless form fitting fishnet. But the real kicker was his red scarf.

It was a long~ red scarf. It was tied around his neck and both sides ended at his lower back. They admitted it looked really cool. Brenden had stars in his eyes, considering he had a thing for dramatics and flashy things. May couldn't decide whether to blush or to roll her eyes at the very Brenden-like entrance. 'At least it works' she corrected. It was after all, waving in the wind alongside his spiky sun-kissed blonde hair that was covering his left eye.

Professor Birch narrowed his eyes at him. He started off at his coral or ranch, or whatever you may call it. Without a starter he mentally added. Looking back, he wondered why he even let him go.

'Right I forgot... Sycamore' he thought with a deadpan. But here he is. Alive and accomplished. Yes, his feats weren't secret. They were known worldwide! He also was the current talk ever since a year ago in the Ever Grande Conference here in Hoenn.

This was a boy that was compared to Cynthia Shirona back when she first started out. The Girl that became the youngest champion at the ripe age of 16. 'And this boy is being spoken in the same sentence as her' He thought shocked. That is no small feet. Cynthia is being referred to as the most looked down upon champion because of her age, but she's also referred to as Sinnoh's goddess. She was a woman of beauty after all. Add in her vicious Garchomp and her calm strategic mind not seen since... well, ever! And you get a woman that people think is able to take the Dragon Tamer Lance on a full blown battle and win.

And now people think This kid is close to her level? Impossible! Sacrilege! Heretic even! (At least for hardcore Cynthia fans)

But the kid is talking right about now. Better listen to what he has to say. He wanted to know what a champion level trainer wanted with his oh so unknowing kids.

XXX

Naruto quickly realized that Birch was very wary of him. He wouldn't fault him. He basically threw him to the wolves. Well, he did had Ralts with him back then, but she wasn't registered as his pokemon so there's that. But he didn't need to know that. Either way, he wanted to talk with his... friends a bit. So with a good natured "sup", the music began.

XXX

At the same time, in another enclosed area, a man on a throne was looking heavily on the files of a certain blonde. Though this man looked rather confused. he wasn't quite sure why he was looking at it at all.

"So tell me, Sage... what exactly am I looking at?" His voice deep and baritone, sending shivers down the spine of a cloaked Man in front of him. It didn't intimidate him enough to lose his cool though. Points for him.

"That's the trainer page of one Naruto Namikaze. He's a budding trainer who hails from the far off Sinnoh region." He explained. He watched as the other cloaked man on the throne sigh to himself before irritation influenced his mind.

"Like I said. What exactly am I looking at? Why would you give me the trainer page... of a single boy?" He said in a calm but dangerous tone. The sage gulped.

"We received an encrypted flash drive earlier this morning..."

"A flash drive?" The man on the throne interrupted him.

"Yes, a flash drive." Sage acknowledged. "It came with a distorted voice message and in that file we managed to pillage..."

"Who's voice?" At this, Sage sighed. "Unknown"

"How?" The apparent boss asked in a low and dangerous tone that said that if he didn't liked the answer... you can consider yourself Salamence meat.

Sage shivered but answered regardless. "The contents of the flash drive... it self destructed." Seeing as his boss was about to try and tear his head off, sage decided to continue talking. "That's not all. Like I said. We managed to pillage that file, along with the warning we heard." Sage took a deep breath and steeled his mind. "It said...

Flashback start

Sage was walking through the various terminals and offices around the lab. Slowly skimming through the grunts and observing them work. A large screen portraying the Pokemon World as a whole in front of them. He wanted to start the day of smoothly and with no setbacks to the plan. But what he didn't expect, was for a grunt to hand him over a flash drive. "Sir, I believe this is for you" He said.

Sage took it and examined it. Suspiciously so if one might add. He ultimately decided to check it out. Going over to the Ordinal Port, he opened the flash drive and the weirdest of things happened.

The light flickered on and off, leading him to believe that their department was compromised. He quickly entered in a few codes into Ordinal but found that he couldn't even do a single damn thing to stop... whatever this was. Slowly going into mild panic, Sage shouted out orders that a few terrified grunts followed. "Move in to Omega! Stop whatever this thing is. Cover our tracks! Don't let them in on our archives!" The grunts quickly stumbled to their positions. The main screen at the front flickering on and off. Loud shouts heard in every corner.

Simply put... it was Pandemonium.

All was chaotic and all was confused... until finally, something...Happened

The screen at the front quickly blacked out, as did the lights, scaring most of the grunts. Leaving the room in pitch darkness. But eternal darkness was not to be as the screen quickly lit up in a single blood red line.

"Hello fellow criminals in arms..." And with every word this distorted voice spoke, The line moved in accordance to his voice.

"you must be wondering what and who this is. Do not worry, This... is no attack nor are you compromised. This is just me lending you all... a hand." The voice paused and changed his neutral tone to that of a dangerous opponent.

"But... don't think this little chat is a form of generosity, a sign of submission or even an intent to form a... partnership. No... this is a mere warning of one brilliant mind to another. Run, hide, Fight. Whatever you do, beware of this young man. For if you don't, your downfall is all but assured. Take this warning to heart. And remember who it was that warned you. Now go. Go and try your luck at the hands of Prophecy. For it sure. Will. Be... Amusing

And the screen reverted to its original state.

flashback end

"Interesting. And you said this is what was left of that file?" Sage nodded. "Yes, that's the only thing that survived complete demolition of the flash drives contents. Anything else was destroyed."

"Send me someone who'll bring me the hardware. But that's for later. Something seems... how should I word it? Ah.. amiss in your story." Sage nodded, already expected that he'd realize the only problem left.

"The Grunt" Sage said. His Boss nodded. The underling sighed at this. "This is where things got weird." The boss looked interested. "Go on" A simple nod was his answer.

"I realized this mere seconds after the message was convened and quickly ordered a few grunts to search the compound for this mysterious Third wheel so to speak. After a few minutes, we managed to locate the grunt. He was already running away so he must have had some kind of connection to the 'Warning'. And so, we followed him. But once we managed to intercept his escape routes, He should've been cornered." Sage exhaled at this point.

The Boss motioned for him to continue. Giving the man a nod of compliance, Sage continued. "Once we cornered him to a single room, everything should've gone smoothly from there, But as we were about to capture him, He simply disappeared. I myself was right behind him, but once he entered a room... he was gone."

"Teleport?"

"None. No readings of resent use of teleport by any kind of Pokemon who can use teleport was found" The boss sighed. "Back to the file. So what you mean to say is that this boy could ultimately lead to our downfall?" Sage merely nodded uncertainly.

"No ways around it. Observe the boy from afar. I want to know everything there is to know about him in the span of 6 months."

"As you decreed sir. by your leave?" The man nodded at him. "Dismissed"

The man was then left in deep thought. What could a kid possibly do to his empire. Nothing! But if he managed to scare someone that could sneak in to their ranks and cause such havoc, then that could warrant as a threat he must accept.

"Naruto Namikaze huh... " The man looked at the masked boys features and scoffed.

"Interesting.."

XXX

While that was going on, Brenden and May have their own demons to encounter. Namely a certain Namikaze

'It was him!' They thought. How could they forget about him! If it wasn't for him, then they'd surely see a Sceptile, Blaziken or Swampert on his side by now. And it would've been one of their starters. By all intents and purposes, he could've taken their friends and they wouldn't ever hear of them ever again. So when they heard him greet them with a simple "sup"

All hell broke loose

"Naruto!" They both shouted. The siblings quickly ran up to the slightly taller boy. Naruto chuckled mysteriously at the Birch siblings. "It's good to know you remember me. I promised your dad I'd visit you when you'd start your journey. So here I am" safe to say, both were shocked at his statement. They both fully believed that they won't see him again. Thinking that he'd wait a bit longer to get a starter somewhere else. Like his home region their dad told them about.

But alas, thinks didn't exactly go as planned for the blonde mask loving ninja wannabe.

"It's really nice to see you again Naruto! But why exactly did you decide to come back here and see us start our journey around Hoenn?" Asked May. Naruto contemplated her question. Why did he do that exactly? Honestly, it's been so long he forgot. Naruto realized with a sweat-drop. He decided to bullshit his way out of the question.

"I wanted to see with which Pokemon you would start out with. After all, had things been different, one of them would have been travelling with me" Both Brenden and May frowned at that but quickly changed expressions because that didn't happen, to their not so hidden relief.

"I've seen your battle. It looks like you chose Treecko as your starter. Heh I would've done the same. Honestly I can't really choose between the three of them. All I can say is that Sceptile is a speed demon. Trust me on that" He explained with an eye smile. Brenden agreed with him with a grin. "Yeah and one day, my Sceptile is gonna be the strongest out there." He stated with passion.

"Good luck with that" Naruto grinned. He then turned his attention to the female sibling. "If the battle is anything to go by, then you chose Torchic and won over Mudkip. I don't know about Mudkip's final evolution to be honest but I can tell you now that Blaziken is one strong fighter alright. You should see to it that your future Blaziken learns the move Thunder Punch."

May bobbed her head at the more experienced trainer. Normally, other trainers don't give out any tips to newbies. Preferring to keep them from knowing various techniques to reduce the competition.

"Thanks for the tip. I really appreciate it" She said with a smile. Naruto simply eye smiled at her. "That's all fine and dandy yeah. But would it be ok if you could tell us why you know so much about Sceptile and Blaziken? Do you have both?" Naruto smirked at Brenden. 'Sharp'

"Why yes I do. And if you really want your Sceptile to be the fastest there is, then let me tell you... Mine has practically achieved Godspeed. My Blaziken however, has the ability Speed Boost. So if anything, she'll be a physical sweeper with slim to no weaknesses if she manages to reach her top speed."

May had stars in her eyes at the prospect of Torchic maybe getting her own Hidden Ability. Speed Boost. 'I'll definitely check that out the moment Torchic turns to Blaziken. "How about Swampert? Do you have one of those?" Naruto shook his head no. "Nah, I didn't encounter one when I was travelling around Hoenn." That made them realize. What was his starter?

"Hey Naruto. You're our age right?" Naruto gave a slow nod, knowing exactly where he was going with that question. "Then when did you start your journey? You didn't get a starter right?" Naruto hummed in thought. He didn't need too but he thought he should build up some suspense. He quickly realized that they didn't watch any of his battles. Weird. He gave himself a mental shrug. They were kids who only thought about playing after all. "I started 2 years ago Brenden. I mean, where else should I go?" Brenden frowned.

May took the initiative and asked the million dollar question. "If you truly did start out two years ago... then who was your starter Pokemon?" They both frowned when Naruto simply gave them an eye-smile. "That's for me to know and for you to find out."

Both of them looked at him with an unreadable expression.

Professor Birch decided to intervene at this moment. "Well, I believe that it'd be a good idea to at least show them one of your more... developed Pokemon just so they could see where they measure up to a... veteran trainer" It was quite obvious what he really wanted. Naruto simply smirked and nodded at him. Birch was wary of him, that's true, but with good reason.

"You're lucky I brought my...Ace... with me." With that said, Naruto threw a Pokeball upwards and said a catchy phrase trainers tend to use when releasing a Pokemon. For some it was the classic 'I choose you', there's also a very popular one for coordinators where they say 'Spotlight!'. He himself came up with something more... interesting.

"Garchomp... presence"

He said in a relaxed voice and true to his word. A gigantic Draconian figure appeared out of its confinements. And just as Naruto said, Garchomp exuded his presence. Every Pokemon in at least a 100 yard wide radius could feel it...

The very Presence of an Apex Predator.

The Birch family recoiled in shock. This thing looked like it could swallow them in a single bite. Even the Hoenn starters beside them started to shake in understandable fear. What's even worse was that he looked bored out of his mind!

"Naruto... we may haven't seen each other for 2 years... but isn't that your starter? I recall the day when your Pokedex sent me your first capture. Isn't this impressive Garchomp the one and the same?" Asked Birch whilst his children looked at Naruto in awe. It appears that Garchomp decided to lessen the pressure of his presence. So the fear factor left and now, that same terrifying Garchomp appeared like another over sized pokemon of his species. Brendan and May looked at the Garchomp and Naruto. Back and forth for what seemed like hours. I mean, who wouldn't!

Naruto is, but a child! They learned in school that taming a Dragon was rather difficult... scratch that, even beyond just difficult! A trainer with a Pseudo-Legendary isn't unheard of, but a Garchomp at thirteen? Let me rephrase that... Thirteen... with a capital T. Most people normally manage to train one when they have the necessary experience to handle draconian-like pokemon and that usually tends to be trainers on their 20's. If you're lucky, 18.

Only few can state that they trained a Dragon-type at that age. And almost all of them have a spot in either the elite four or are the champion themselves. So it was no surprise that Brenden and May would look up at him in awe. It was practically drilled into their cute little heads that Dragon-type trainers are usually the strongest out there.

Naruto just smirked at the man though. "Oh him? I must say, he was a handful at first but a few things lead to another and you get an over-sized plushy." Naruto smiled. Not that they could see. The only inclination that he did was the downward U's that were his eyes. It was really weird. But alas, such was Naruto. Brenden just thought it looked cool and May was a bit weirded out but eh... who keeps track of such things.

The professor looked at him thoughtfully. Oh he knew Naruto didn't answer his question and he definitely knew he was hiding something, but he would give the boy the benefit of the doubt and let him be. He heard from professor Roman that he has his own... ranch of sorts back in Sinnoh. If Rowan allowed it then who was he to question him? He gave the mysterious boy a slight nod that gave Naruto much of what Birch thought of him, which was nothing bad or any of the sort. Having seen the nod directed his way, gave Naruto a slight sense of relief. He didn't need any of the professors questioning him.

It'd look bad on his records.

With that final show of reluctant trust, Naruto decided to get to the chase and really talk about what he was planning to do here in Hoenn.

XXX

"Brenden, May... as much as would love to talk to you about my Garchomp..." Naruto paused and looked at his Pokemon who allowed the starters to climb on him and just play around. He could see Treecko using his body as some kind of tree he could maneuver around, Mudkip trying as well but ultimately failing, not that it deterred him from trying again. Last but not least was May's Torchic... the little thing was running and hopping around his behemoth of a Garchomp that if lightly put, annoyed the hell out of the dual Dragon-Ground type. He was practically getting swirls for eyes just by watching the little chicken.

"...But I'll be taking my leave soon enough" Naruto said as both looked at him as if he had just grown a second head. "What? But I thought you were going to join us in our Journey?" May asked with Brendan nodding along. Both hoping that he could quite possibly teach them a bit before going away. Naruto sighed and tried to think of away to gently tell them what was necessary.

Them telling him that they were travelling together already gave off some warning signs inside his head. Naruto sighed and turned his body away from them so that they could only see his back. "A Journey isn't about Just about fun and games May, nor is it about battles and competition Brendan. You two are my age, yet you don't seem to have what I was searching for."

Naruto sighed and recalled Garchomp. The two siblings looked at him in confusion. What exactly was he searching for? Why them!? That's also a big question left unanswered. They stood in an awkward silence once they realized Naruto was finished talking. It was broken by a rather confused May who voiced her thoughts.

"What did you mean with 'not having what i was searching for'?! You're not making any sense!" His sisters sudden bout of confidence allowed him to speak his mind to the person standing before him. "Yeah! A pokemon Journey is all about having fun, making friends and friendly competition! Why would you.. or.. or anyone else say otherwise?!" May bobbed her head in agreement

Naruto made a face at the Birch siblings. 'Are they retarded' were some of the lesser insulting thoughts he had when they explained their views on a pokemon journey.

Maybe it was him... maybe he was the one who was pushing things to far and to wide. Was it because he just experienced more than what some kids his age were supposed to even begin to understand? Naruto shook his head. 'I have no time for self doubt. It'll only get in the way'.

XXX

The Twins were confused. What in the name of Cofagrigus did the blonde mean? For the life of them, they just couldn't understand what was going on in that weird head of his. They quieted down after telling the blonde of what they think and quite frankly, that was all they could do.

After a minute of not saying anything, The blonde turned around and walked away. The Birch siblings looked confused and voiced it as well. "Where do you think you're going?" May shouted. "What she said" Brendan agreed.

Naruto didn't even bother to turn around to answer. "To my next destination. I'll be waiting for you at the top. I expect you to at least win this years champions league..." He continued in a slow pace towards the shadows of the forest, which seemed darker than they normally should be. Neither Brenden nor May attempted to follow. Having a gut feeling that they shouldn't.

"Until then..." His voice soft spoken but clear on their eardrums. By then, he already was covered by the forest shadows like a blanket. He turned around and stared at them. Brenden and May couldn't make out any piece of clothing he wore anymore... the only thing they saw was glowing Blue eyes and to their surprise, was joined by a bigger orange pair.

"Try not to lose" And with those parting words, Naruto vanished. And with his disappearance, so did the unnatural shadows that once filled the woods.

"Damn... now that was the most mysterious exit I have ever seen" Professor Birch joked. The Kids? They just screamed to the high heavens at being scared by Their Dad.

"You're still here?!" Both of them said.

Their father pouted

And finito burito.

How was that for a chap? Feel the goosebumps? Well I hope it did. But that's maybe just wishful thinking. Hope you enjoyed and if you have questions. feel free to comment!

Arrexu out.