Hey everyone, here comes the first battle scene in this fanfic. Hoping that it makes little sense as it can, though I kept the "Burning Hammer" from the story Naruto: Johto Journeys. I asked the author, KitsuneDragon if I can borrow it before and he accepted, yet with having credits.
So, if you are into the normal Pokemon journey with the whole Johto and Kanto storyline is replaced with Naruto characters, I suggest you to read it. It was basically my motivation to write this story and even came up with the story line. It's an amazing story, like his other works.
Anyways, the battle is much different than my previous story, with Naruto taking the lead. But let's not forget the other protagonist and the face of Pokemon Adventures Manga.
DISCLAIMER: I do not own Naruto or Pokemon Adventures Manga, they are owned by their respective authors.
CHAPTER 3: THE ORANGE FLAMES
VIRIDIAN FOREST, VIRIDIAN CITY
Hearing Naruto's declaration, Red was surprised at his words. He didn't want to judge, but in this situation, he had all the right to doubt. "What do you mean you're gonna fight?" Red questioned the older blonde.
Naruto sighed, even his own thoughts are doubting himself but after seeing his own sister almost getting hurt and cowering in fear, he couldn't take it. He almost lost her because of his fears of the past. The fear of seeing that tragic moment. And if it wasn't for Red, it could have had happened again. He gritted his teeth as he remembered the memories. "I've been taking care of Yellow my whole life. And she almost got hurt because of my own doubts."
As the two were listening, Yellow frowned. "Nii-san…" Yellow muttered, worrying for her brother. For the rest of her life, she has wanted to ask about the past. About what happened to their parents, but her brother will always try to avoid it. Even their uncle always shuts his mouth because of reasons. She wanted to snap at her brother for keeping it a secret…But she couldn't.
Naruto...Protect Yellow, okay?
That dying voice, rang inside Naruto's head. He looked at his trembling hand, which was close to his Pokeball. The older blonde clenched his fist tight and soon another voice in his head rang.
You sure about this?
The voice questioned him. 'Yeah…. I'm sure.'
Heh. Bet your parents will be laughing at what you became.
The voice mocked Naruto. 'I know, you dumb fox!'
Hmph! Then remember what you wanted to do before! Why you wanted to fight, dumbass!
The voice got louder in his head, making him twitch a little. Naruto remembering his child self and the time he talked to his mother.
"Naruto, what would you want to become in the future?"
The voice of his mother resounded in his memories. Her long crimson red hair and green apron. His child self-looking at her mother with a smile to answer the question.
"I want to become a Pokemon Trainer, just like Okaa-san and Otou-san!" His younger voice answered.
His mother giggled and kneeled to match her child's height. "Really? Not a Pokemon researcher just like what your father wanted you to be?"
Naruto shook his head. "Nope! I want to become strong just like you guys-ttebayo!" Young Naruto saying his inherited sound in the end, with raised hands in the air.
His mother then picked out something from her pocket and showed it in front of her son. "Then if you want to become trainer, you need a partner, right?" It was a Pokeball, but not just any ball. It had the orange swirl crest at the front. It was her partner's Pokeball.
The young Naruto raised his eyebrow. "Isn't he YOUR partner, Okaa-san?"
His mother giggled. "He's very special to me and has been my partner for as long as I can remember but…...Ever since I had you in my life, he hasn't been in action for a long time now-ttebane." His mother saying her own line. The young Naruto took the ball in his hands and looked at it awe. "Now promise me, that with him, you'll become strong, not just for yourself…." Her head then turned to the left. Following his mother's sight, he saw his father holding a baby Yellow. "…But to also, protect the one you love. Just like your little sister, okay?" She then looked at her son, eye to eye once again.
Naruto nodded with firm confidence. "I will Okaa-san! And I will never let anything bad happen to Yellow! I'll protect her no matter what!" Naruto spoke in a loud voice, with a determined face while grasping his now owned Pokeball.
His mother giggled and the two hugged. After releasing her son, she spoke. "Say, why don't you let him out? You wanna try?"
Young Naruto excitedly nodded and looked at the Pokeball once more.
Naruto looked at his mother's Pokeball, the same with the orange swirl and all. The older blonde then felt something touch his arm and made him look. He saw her sister, with worried eyes. Seeing those eyes, he felt it. His reason. To fight. To protect. To battle. Naruto then showed his toothily grin and his body began to gain confidence. "Don't worry Yellow, it's my time to protect you this time!" His voice was brimming with confidence, surprising Yellow.
Yellow saw her brother's smile, but it was different. As if he was different, he was no longer trembling. That made her assured somehow, but that made her believe at him. "Nii-san, be careful!" She said.
Red listened and grinned. "Okay Naruto, you go support and…"
"No Red. There's no leading or backing up. We'll do this together, with one Pokemon to use. We'll protect Yellow!"
This took Red by surprise, but seeing Naruto's different personality, it made him smirked. "Alright, I trust you Naruto!" Red readied his Pokeball in his hand and looked at Pika. "Pika you stay close to Yellow, alright buddy?" the Electric Mouse Pokemon strongly nodded, moving close to the smaller blonde.
The Pokemons, sensing their targets getting ready, began to close up on the trio. Naruto then reared his arm back, with the Pokeball in his hand. The feeling of his blooding rushing up. The feeling of adrenaline running towards his veins. It was the feeling of a battle! The Pokemons then roared and began to charge at them from all sides.
'Here we go, partner!' "Stand back!" A loud warning to the two, surprising them.
Right!
The young Naruto then threw the Pokeball in the air and it opened in a flash of light.
With a loud cry, he called out his partner. "LET'S GO KURAMA!" The Pokeball was thrown up in the air just like in the past. In a flash of light, it opened and a loud howl then followed.
FWOOOOOOOOOOM
A large burning vortex of flames then erupted from nowhere. It spiraled up into the air and reached a great height, matching the Silph Co. Building. The large graceful yet powerful vortex of pure orange flames spun, with the sound of searing flames. The Pokemons were then repelled. They cried out in pain from the searing flames that hit them. The large vortex was so large, the nearby city of Viridian looked in awe at the beautiful yet destructive flames.
IN VIRIDIAN CITY
The people in Viridian City were looking the spiral of flames, with awe. The children all looked at it, being amazed by the beautiful orange flames. They haven't seen anything like this before except for some people for a long time. A man in about his thirties, he has black spiky hair, black eyes and the left side of his face was heavily scarred resulting wrinkles. He wore a formal suit and a cane supporting him to stand. Alongside him, was a woman in her thirties. She has straight short brown hair in a chin length bob cut that framed her face and brown eyes. On her cheeks were rectangular purple markings. She wore a long white coat, underneathe was a purple shirt and black pants.
The looked at the pillar of flames with shocked faces. "I-It can't be….Naruto…" The woman said with disbelief as tears began to fall from her eyes.
The man's mouth then smiled and a tear droppes from his cheek. "After all these years…. He finally did it!"
The two remembered a figure in their minds. 'Kushina-san….'
Continuing to look at the flames as a form of reminiscence. The man's smile widened and held his tears from falling. 'Minato-sensei! Kushina-san…. The legacy of the No. 1 Knuckleheaded Trainer of Viridian City, has returned!'
BACK AT VIRIDIAN FOREST
Inside the flaming vortex, Yellow, Red and Pika were in shock as they looked at tall wall of flames spin up into their air in a great height. 'So this is what Kurama can do. Okaa-san was amazing!' Yellow was mesmerized at the great mass of flames.
Red had the same expression in his face. 'Th-this is what Naruto's Pokemon can do?' His head turned towards Naruto and saw the Pokemon infront of him. His partner. Red grinned and a thought passed at his head: wondering if he how powerful the whiskered blonde's Pokemon is.
As the flames died out as embers, it revealed Naruto, grinning with confidence, and his Pokemon, a fox with thick, luxurious golden-white fur. It has nine, long tails, each tipped with pale orange. There is a fluffy crest atop its head, and a small mane around its neck. It's eyes shone with red and made a grin, hungry for battle. It was the Fox Pokemon: Ninetales. The flames died down revealing a scorched circle around them, and the Pokemons that charged at the trio were now burned and has the status effect Burn. Red looked at the massacre, he saw that the Arboks, Exeggutors, Muks and the other Pokemon that weren't Ground or Rock Type, were having the problem of getting up. While the Rock and Ground Types managed to resist it, though it showed that they took damage from it. It shocked the trainer, to see a Fire Type was so strong that it managed to damage Rock and Ground Types and almost knock out the other types. "Wow…" he muttered, along with Pika and Yellow.
Naruto rubbed his nose and grinned. "It's been a long time since you've used Fire Spin, right Kurama? It was kinda weak compared to it was before though." Naruto commented on his partner's attack, making it bark at him. "Hey it ain't my fault-ttebayo!" The trainer and Pokemon then began to argue, making the ones around them sweat drop.
Although was chuckling, Red has a withered face. Inside though, he was surprised. 'Y-You mean….The Ninetales wasn't really going all out on that Fire Spin?' What furthered his shock, was that it was just a Fire Spin. A little smile then crept up his face, seeing a strong trainer in front of him. "Damn..."
Yellow let out a light laugh, as he saw his brother and Kurama still acting like how they act at their home. "Just as always…"
The two then stopped arguing as their opponents began to recover and the Rock and Ground types began to roar. They had their straight faces back on. Naruto looked at Red, who nodded at his notion. The red colored trainer threw his Pokeball up high and released a reptilian, bipedal Pokémon with large, membranous wings. It has sharply pointed ears and a fierce expression with intense eyes. Its snout is ridged, with a gaping mouth and strong lower jaw full of serrated fangs. Its body is covered in light violet-gray skin with violet wings, consisting of a membrane running from the side of the body to the tip of an elongated finger. It also has clawed wings and a hump-like ridge grows from its back and it has a strong, arrow-tipped tail. It roared and revealed it was the Fossil Pokemon, Aerodactyl. He was about to use this Pokémon to make their escape, but after seeing Naruto's resolve, he couldn't deny the guy's will to fight. Besides, it was to stop these dangerous and out of place Pokemons.
The siblings awed at the Fossil Pokemon from their first time seeing one. Naruto shook off his "awe" and readied himself. Watching the two trainers, Yellow smiled. "Goodluck, nii-san, Red-san!" She muttered and the two trainers then let out a command.
"Kurama, Inferno!"
"Aero, Stone Edge!"
The two Pokemons howled/roared and released their moves. Kurama let out a loud howl and the ground around them began to heat up. The ground suddenly released bursts of flames, searing the Pokemons on the left side. Aero extendes its limbs on its wings and the rocks on the ground began to glow in white and levitate from the ground. The glowing rocks then spun around its body and was shot towards its opponents, with the command of the reptilian like Pokemon, like glowing hail on the right side. When two attacks ended, half of the opponents were knocked out, especially the Grass and Poison types. The Golems, Gravellers and Rhyhorn began to counterattack with Rock Throw.
Acting fast Naruto commanded its Pokemon. "Kurama, use Psychic to create a barrier around us!"
Kurama's eyes then began to change in color. Its eyes began to glow in luminescent purple. With a howl, a circle with mixed colors of violet and blue, formed in the air in front of it and began to expand sideways and formed a cylindrical wall around them. The Rock Throw of the opposing Pokemons were destroyed as it hit the barrier.
Yellow watched as the battle unfold in front of her eyes. She had no idea that her own brother was this good at Pokemon battling. "Amazing…." Even though doesn't know they're talking about and what moves they were commanding, but one things for sure. It was all to protect her.
From the outside of the barrier, the Rhydon, Nidokings and Nidoqueen then raised their foots readying for an attack. Seeing this, Red guessed it was either Earthquake or a Fissure. Letting no opportunity for their opponent, the black-haired trainer pointed its finger towards the skies. "Aero, fly up then spin towards the ground and slam your Earthquake to counter theirs!" The Fossil Pokemon, with one flap of its wings, it flew to the sky and reached a great height with such speed creating a gust from its ascent.
The opposite gender of the Drill Pokemons and the Horn Pokemons then slammed their feet on the ground with a resounding boom. The ground below began to vibrate, creating different cracks on the ground. Being it from two Nidokings and two Nidoqueens, it was stronger and created a much stronger quake. Seeing this, Aero then descended with great speeds and spun to create momentum. Being the stronger Pokemon and with the momentum of the spin, it slammed its tail on the ground, creating an equal amount of power on its Earthquake. The two wavelength moves, created a large crack on the ground in the middle point of the two sides. The attacks then cancelled each other out, stopping the movement of the ground.
"Creating momentum to create a stronger attack. Nice Red!" Naruto commented with grin towards his ally.
"Thanks Naruto, not bad with your Psychic either!"
"Ohhh…You haven't seen anything yet!" The two trainers chuckled enjoying their battle against the wild Pokemons.
"What do you say, we end this?" Red asked.
"Of course, and I have the perfect attack to end it-ttebayo!" Naruto ending his words with his signature phrase. "Give Kurama a lift Red!"
Focusing on the battle, Red nodded. "Alright! But first…Aero, use Aerial Ace to charge forward!"
"Kurama go offensive with Psychic! Use it as an armor for Aero!"
The two Pokemon complied to its trainer. Kurama's Psychic barrier began to deform, and the psychic powers then all went towards Aero. The Fossil Pokemon's body then began to glow in violet and blue aura, and then charged towards its opponents leaving white, violet and blue trails. With incredible speeds, it hit all the opposing Pokemons especially the Drill Pokemons, because of the Psychic powered Aerial Ace. Psychic Type counters Poison Type. The Drill Pokemon were all knocked out and the remaining Pokemons were the Rhydons, Rhyhorns and Golems.
"Now Kurama run towards Aero!"
"Aero, let Kurama ride unto you!" With the Psychic armor disappearing from its body, Aero made a hard turn and flew towards Kurama. Seeing this, the remaining Pokemons used Rock Throw and Earthquake to hit their opponents. The rocks besides the Spike and Drill Pokemons began to glow and levitate from the ground and was then shot towards their opponents, while the Golems created Earthquakes.
Being the much faster Pokemon, Aero reached Kurama, who jumped and landed on its back. The ground shook with waves, but it didn't reach the Fox Pokemon in time. The Fossil Pokemon took to the skies, while the Fox Pokemon tried to hold on.
The Rock Throw, from the opposing Pokemons, was making its way towards the trio. The two trainers were busy from the battle, yet Yellow decided to act. Remembering what Red told about Pika's movesets. She decided to commanded the yellow mouse. "Pika, use Thunderbolt on the incoming rocks!" The Electric Mouse Pokemon, who was a little take back, nodded and with a smile, it released a giant surge of yellow electricity destroying the opposing move in a cloud of dust.
The two trainers noticed what happened, and looked at Yellow with surprised faces. The younger blonde though, responded with a nervous chuckle. In a sense of pride, Naruto made a thumbs up towards Yellow. "Nice work, Yellow!"
A little surprised at her brother, the one who kept her away from having a Pokemon, which was happy to see her even command a Pokemon to use a move. It made her happy. "Thanks, nii-san!"
Focusing back on the battle, Naruto commanded. "Now Kurama, jump then use Fire Spin on yourself!" Kurama, knowing what its trainer is making him do, then jumped off its ally and spun while forming flames around its body. The flames brushed on the fur of the Fox Pokemon gracefully. Descending to the ground the nine tailed Pokemon's form was like an orange comet falling from the sky.
While Naruto was commanding, Red was wondering what his fellow trainer had in his mind. He then remembered that a friend of his, has a Ninetales and has a certain useful ability. The cap wearing trainer smirked. "Flash Fire huh? I see…" He then noticed the remaining Pokemons were using Rock Throw once more. Knowing what Naruto is planning, he acted. "Aero, use Dragon Claw to protect Kurama!" Red commanded with claw formed hand in front, mimicking the claws of a dragon.
Aero's feet were then covered in a green aura and formed into giant three fingered claws. Using this, it flew in the way of the Rock Throw's path and destroyed them, creating dust clouds. "A little dangerous to use a move like this in front of your opponent."
While Yellow was watching the Kurama's orange comet form, she had a feeling like she has heard about this before. 'Isn't this, what uncle told me in a story once?'
"A double edge sword. That's why you're here." Naruto gave Red a smile of gratitude, which he made a notion with a 'you're welcome' with his cap. "Alright! Now, use Iron Tail and spin to create a momentum while also making your fire stronger!" Utilizing both momentum and velocity, it boosted both the force and flames to create a stronger impact. A destructive combo created by his mother, which he learned from his uncle's stories.
"Slam it down Kurama! BURNING COMET!" Naruto motioned his fist to be brought down to his palm, mimicking an asteroid hitting the ground.
Kurama's tail then begun shine in silver, mixing with the orange flames. It then spun its body forward, until it got faster and faster. The flames begun to grow stronger, and the silvery orange light made Kurama resemble a falling comet in the sky, as the name of the attack is implied. The Pokemons were too heavy for their own weight and were exhausted and in pain. As the growing comet got nearer the Pokemons were met with a large explosion direct at them.
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!
The explosion created a large dust cloud and a strong force of winds, making the trio of teens shield their faces and trying to stand their ground. Naruto then came close to his sister, who wasn't strong enough to handle the winds, and held her down. Pika, who was blown away from the strong winds, was caught by its trainer, holding it in his arms. 'So strong!' Red though, as he held Pika in his hands. Even Aero was blown away, as the force of the wind made him fall of balance. When the wind was weakening, and the smoke cloud was dissipating, the trio looked at the result. The smoke was cleared and in the middle, was Kurama standing defiantly in the middle of the cracked and scorched earth. The Pokemons, even though were Rock and Ground types, had cracks on their rock like exteriors and burn marks on their bodies. Red couldn't help but be in awe and shock from the sight he was seeing.
Naruro chuckled and scratched the back of his head. "Looks like we got a little overboard there Kurama." The Fox Pokemon responded with a bark. "I know you haven't been in a battle for a long time, but could've you at least toned down your power?" The two then began to argue once more.
Red and Yellow sweat dropped with this this moment once again. "Uhmmm….Nii-san, you do know that the Mayor will get angry right?" Catching her older brother's attention, he gulped as he realized what would transpire after they get back home. 'Ah shit, Obito-san's gonna get angry at me!'
As Red chuckled sheepishly, he looked at his fellow trainer. He couldn't help but smile, as he got to know a skilled trainer with a strong Pokemon as well. The only one who has ever matched him were the Gym Leaders and his rival. Now, in front of him was someone he can look at as his rival. 'Now I really want to battle you, Naruto Uzumaki!'
With a new-found rival and friend, Red has met the two people who will be essential to his future.
Chapter 3 is done. Anyways, I felt that Red should've fought with Naruto, not just being the one watching. Cause as a trainer, their personalities are more similar than anything, and a battle is one answer to raise their bonds as friends a little closer.
Also if you might've noticed the chapters are getting longer and longer by word. Trust me, the next chapter is going to be longer than the previous chapters combined. I already have Chapter 4 ready, it just needs a little polishing and checking, cause I'm trying to speed up the chapters and pick off where I left off, which is the clash on Cerise Island.
Also, I dropped two new characters from the Narutoverse there and trust me the next one is going to introduce some of them.
Anyways, hope you enjoyed the chapter or the story so far, leave a review if you see anything wrong and I'll gladly correct it.
Ja Ne!