Naruto: Johto Journeys
Chapter 4: The ROOT of all Evil
(A/N: This is my first NarutoxPokemon crossover. It has been itching at my mind to just write this story, so here it is. I hope you guys like it, also the team that Naruto will have has already been chosen so there will be no suggestions as to which pokemon Naruto will have. The towns will have the same names as they do in the games, both the Johto and Kanto because I think it will take too much time for me to remember what town I replaced for which area in the Narutoverse. Please review!-K.D)
"Pokemon" Normal speech
'Pokemon' Normal thoughts
"Pokemon" Pokemon that can talk
"Pokemon" Flashbacks
"Pokemon" Pokedex speech
Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto and I don't own Pokemon. I do however, own this laptop and this story and NONE OF YOU CAN HAVE IT! :)
Also from the votes, Naruto's egg from Prof. Iruka will be a Dratini egg. Thanks for voting my next poll will be what should Hinata's Eevee evolve into?
Naruto and Kiba stared at one another, their partners, Growlithe and Quilava, doing the same.
"So, how's the journey? Bet you haven't even beaten the Gym Leader here yet" Kiba sneered. Naruto's eyes twitched in annoyance before he reached into one of his backpack's smaller pockets and retrieved his badge case. He opened it and showed Kiba the shining silver badge.
"Does this answer your statement?" Naruto said. Kiba growled as clenched his fist.
"No way you could get a badge before me" the canine trainer growled. Growlithe barked in support of his trainer.
"Well believe it asshole" Naruto retorted and then he and Quilava began to take steps around the canine trainer. "Now if you excuse me, I have to go to Azalea Town to fight the Gym Leader there"
However, as he was about to move, Kiba stood in his way.
"Battle me" he stated. Naruto's cerulean eyes narrowed before trying to walk around, but Kiba still blocked his way.
"Kiba-san, it is better you do not confront Naruto right now. It would be most unfortunate if you were to go to the Pokemon Center after just arriving in Violet City before your gym battle"
"Nah, this will only take a second, Shino" Kiba replied to his travel partner. Naruto gritted his teeth as he took a step back and looked at Quilava.
"Fine, but don't be surprised when I wipe the floor with you and your pup" Naruto said. Kiba smirked.
"As if you could beat Akamaru" The Growlithe barked before baring its teeth. Quilava's flames ignited themselves as the Volcano Pokemon prepared for battle.
"N-Naruto-kun...maybe you shouldn't battle. I mean w-we're about to l-l-leave" Hinata said.
"Don't worry Hinata-chan. This won't take long" Naruto said with a thumbs up. The Hyuga sighed, sometimes her crush could not be deterred from things. Quilava and Growlithe tensed their limbs, preparing for when their trainers gave them the command to charge. Naruto paused as he watched over Growlithe while Kiba was beginning to get impatient as Naruto didn't even make a move.
"That's it, Akamaru attack. Use Bite" the orange dog Pokemon lunged and bared its fangs at its fellow fire type, but Quilava jumped back. Growlithe lunged again and Quilava once again dodged without need for a command. Naruto continued to study his opponent as he remembered his mother's words.
'Do not charge straight into a battle. Sometimes that can lead to your downfall...like I did when I was your age. Study the opponent and find an opening. Then you strike' the words echoed in his mind. Kushina Uzumaki was one damn good Pokemon trainer and Naruto was proud that she was his mother. He remembered what he could about Growlithe.
"Growlithe, Fire Type. Ability: Flash Fire which increases the power of Growlithe's attacks when it is hit from Fire type moves...so Ember's a no go" he mumbled to continued to study his opponent, Growlith barked as it lunged once with a Bite.
Then Naruto saw it.
"AKAMARU, BITE AGAIN!" Kiba howled. The Growlithe howled as it charged and then Naruto attacked.
"Quilava duck and then Quick Attack!" Naruto yelled. The Volcano Pokemon nodded before laying his body flat on the ground avoiding his opponent's strike causing the dog Pokemon to tumble on the ground. Quilava turned around and charged slamming full force into Growlithe's downed form.
Akamaru stood up once more, "Akamaru, Ember!"
The orange dog complied and released a barrage of small fireballs from its mouth.
"Quilava, use Ember too" the fireballs launched themselves from Quilava's jaws and clashed with his opponent's attack. The small explosion formed resulted in a smoke cloud.
"Quilava, Quick Attack!" and the Pokemon charged leaving a trail of colour behind it.
"Akamaru dodge and then use Bite!" Kiba commanded. The Growlithe leaped to the side and then jumped, stabbing his teeth into Quilava's back.
"QUIL!" the Pokemon shouted in pain before rolling on the ground to try and get the enemy Pokemon off. After a few more rolls, the Growlithe got dizzy and let go, but the puncture marks remained. Blood oozed a bit from the wound, but the Volcano Pokemon didn't pay attention to it.
"That's it!" Naruto yelled, "Quilava use Smokescreen and then charge in with a Tackle!"
A black cloud of smoke obscured Growlithe's vision before the Pokemon was struck down by a powerful full body tackle sending the Pokemon rolling to the ground. Another Tackle followed right after the first and then a final third strike had Akamaru soaring through the air before falling at Kiba's feet. Akamaru stood back on his feet, but his legs wobbled as he tried to muster the strength to remain standing.
"K-Kiba-kun...stop, Akamaru is wounded and N-Naruto-kun, y-you should heal Quilava. H-He's bleeding f-from the Bite attack" Hinata said to the boys. Naruto looked at his partner and nodded before kneeling down to Quilava.
"Gomen for pushing you while you were this wounded. You okay, buddy?" Naruto asked. Quilava nodded, but winced when the wound began to sting.
"Kiba-san, come we must heal Akamaru" Kiba nodded to Shino and picked up his partner. The two trainers headed to the Pokemon Center and their travel companions watched them as they began to make a little race as to who would reach the center first. Hinata and Shino sweat dropped.
"They sure are a hyper duo" Shino said.
"T-They sure are" Hinata sighed.
"So, Hinata-san...how are you?" the bug trainer asked as Spinarak crawled across his body.
"I-I'm f-fine. Naruto-kun h-h-has been helping me get my s-stuttering down and it's w-working. Also I caught a Sentret and a C-Caterpie" she said. Shino nodded to the Hyuga.
"I can see that, and I heard about contest. You did well to make it to the semi-finals on your first try"
"Arigato, Shino-kun" Hinata smiled. "Shino-kun?"
Shino turned to the pale shinned girl, "Hai?"
"If it i-isn't any t-trouble...would you m-mind t-telling me where one c-can find a good T.M because I n-need one for E-Eevee because she doesn't have much appeal moves" Hinata said. Shino thought for a while before snapping his fingers.
"There is a shop in Goldenrod City, a large mall complex actually. It might have just what you're looking for" Hinata nodded and the two turned as they heard Naruto and Kiba yelling at each other again. The blonde trainer and his brown haired rival had healed their Pokemon and they returned to their travel partners.
"All healed up?" Shino asked.
"Yup, Akamaru's rearing to kick some Gym Leader butt" Kiba grinned. The puppy Pokemon barked and panted in agreement.
"I-Is, Quilava alright?" she asked. Naruto gave a thumbs up to Hinata. However, just as Hinata and Naruto were about to leave for Azalea Town, Kiba called out Naruto.
"Yo...next time we meet, I'm gonna kick your ass" Kiba said. Naruto stuck his tongue out.
"Don't hold your breath dog boy" Naruto countered. Kiba fumed as Shino pushed him away towards the Violet City gym.
"Hinata-san, take good care of that Caterpie and Naruto, just a heads up...the gym leader in Azalea Town is not to be taken lightly" Shino said to them. Naruto and Hinata nodded before walking down to Route 31. Naruto then spied a little tree up ahead and picked the small yellow orb hanging from its branch.
"What is this, Hinata-chan?" Naruto asked showing her the odd fruit, if you could call it that.
"T-That's a Y-Yellow Apricot. I-It's something t-t-that some people use t-to make Pokeballs" Hinata informed her blonde companion.
"Woah" Naruto gasped as he showed the Yellow Apricot to Quilava and Eevee. Naruto threw the Apricot in one of the smaller pockets of his bag and then he and Hinata and their partners were about to continue when they were interrupted...again.
"HEY HINATA, NARUTO!" both trainers sighed to each other.
"We can never get two steps without being called out" Naruto said. The blue haired girl and the spiky haired blonde looked up to see one of the unpaid interns Professor Iruka hired to help with his lab work. The young man panted as he carried a large backpack with him. Once he caught his breath, the intern looked up and gently rested the backpack on the ground.
"Naruto, Hinata...Professor Iruka sent me. He said he wanted to give these two gifts to you all" the intern said as he opened the bag. The lab coat wearing man pulled out two glass cylinders which were quite warm to the touch, about room temperature. In each cylinder was a Pokemon egg. One being the one the two young trainers had gotten from Mr. Pokemon earlier before while the second one was a different looking egg. Hinata received the one from Mr. Pokemon, the cream coloured egg which had blue and red triangles imprinted across its shell. Naruto's egg on the other hand was a pale blue colour with a few white stripes separating the blue colour into four sections.
"These are..." Naruto gaped.
"T-These are P-P-Pokemon Eggs!" Hinata exclaimed. Suddenly Hinata's pants released a ringing sound nearly making her drop her egg. She reacted quickly and caught it before handing the cylinder to the intern and taking out her Pokegear. The phone app was being used as she saw the Caller ID.
"Professor...w-what are you calling f-for?" Hinata asked as she put the Pokegear on speaker phone.
"Ah, Hinata good to hear you. I trust you and Naruto got my 'gifts'?" the man asked.
"Hai" the two trainers replied, "Though why aren't you studying them in your lab and where did you get that second egg I thought you only had one?" Naruto asked.
"The second one was a gift from Professor Sarutobi and he said to give it to a young trainer who I saw worthy to receive it. Hopefully both eggs have rare Pokemon when they hatch. As for why they are not in the lab, I realized from my studies that the eggs wouldn't hatch if they were cooped up in my lab. It has been said that Pokemon eggs hatch when a certain mileage has been covered, some even say the number of steps the carrier of the egg takes is how long it takes for the egg to hatch" Iruka said.
Hinata and Naruto stared at the Pokegear before looking at each other and then back to the lavender coloured machine.
"Well, good luck you two. Call me or come to my lab when the eggs of hatched, I await your feedback" the professor said before hanging up. Hinata pocketed her Pokegear and then took back her egg from the intern.
"Well good luck, have fun carrying those eggs. They're slightly heavy due to the cylinders, but they'll hatch soon and then you can get rid of them...hopefully" the interns said before picking up the now empty backpack and walked away to back to the lab. Naruto and Hinata held their eggs and then smiled at each other.
"Looks like we're gonna be parents" Naruto joked. Hinata blushed as she heard what Naruto said.
"P-Parents...m-m-me and N-Naruto-kun" she willed herself not to faint and succeeded before her blush went down.
"Now come on, let's back these thing away and continue to Azalea Town" Naruto said as he put away his egg in his backpack, taking up much of the room of the large main baggage area. Hinata did the same and the two then set out. The two walked through the tall grass looking for any trainers or wild Pokemon that might appear. Suddenly a green blur crashed into Hinata causing the girl to be knocked over. Naruto quickly reacted and caught her.
"Hey, watch where you're going!" Naruto yelled. Quilava and Eevee looked at their trainers as they saw Naruto help steady the blue-black haired girl.
"Gomen" a female voice said, "I was talking to my boyfriend and I didn't see where I was going. Hey you two are cute together, are you guys a couple?"
Naruto and Hinata blushed profusely as they shook their heads 'no' before noticing the girl's get up. She looked much like a girl scout who sold cookies, but she was much too old to be a girl scout...wasn't she?
"Hey you guys, have Pokemon. Maybe in exchange for rudely interrupting my call with my boyfriend, girly here can battle me" the picnicker said. Hinata was caught off guard by the sudden challenge.
"So you wanna battle or not, Hinata-chan?" Naruto asked. Hinata was a bit dazed for a second as she comprehended what just occurred before replying.
"Umm Hai, let's battle" she said softly before taking out a Pokeball.
"Alright, name's Liz by the way" Allison said. The picnicker took out her Pokeball and threw it. The red and white sphere opened up and the white light that was released from it solidified forming a small rodent of some sort. It was pale blue in colour with purple coloured skin covering its inner ear. It had two whiskers on either side of its face and beady black eyes. Two large incisor teeth protruded from its mouth making it look similar to a Rattata and covered with small barbs or points. The Pokemon was a female Nidoran.
"Let's how your Eevee stands up to my Nidoran" Allison said with a confident smirk. Hinata looked at Eevee and shook her head when she saw her Normal type gearing up for battle. The Evolution Pokemon looked confused at her trainer before sitting obediently as her trainer threw the Pokeball.
"Metapod, GO!" she yelled. The green shell of a Pokemon appeared in a flash of white light as the Pokeball returned to Hinata's hand.
"When did you evolve your Caterpie, Hinata?" Naruto asked.
"She e-evolved y-yesterday after I-I did some last minute training f-for the contest" the pale eyed girl explained. Allison smirked at the bug of a Pokemon before smirking.
"Too easy, Nidoran use Poison Sting!" Liz commanded. The blue Nidoran nodded before releasing a storm of small purple needles from its body, all directed at Metapod.
"Metapod..." Hinata gasped as her Pokemon was hit by the attack sending it skidding backwards. The Metapod glared at her opponent before stamping its little stubby 'foot' on the grass.
"Use Tackle!" Hinata commanded. She charged and slammed into Nidoran sending the blue rodent flying through the air. Nidoran flipped in the air before landing on her feet.
"Use Double Kick!" Allison yelled to her Pokemon. The Nidoran charged and lashed out with its front legs to kick with them, but Hinata had a different idea.
"Use String Shot and wrap up Nidoran's legs" Nidoran was suddenly wrapped up in white silk from the tip of Metapod's shell, slowing her down.
"Now use Harden" Metapod was suddenly took on toughened look as her shell hardened, raising her defense stat. The Double Kick hit, but it didn't do much damage since her legs were currently wrapped up and Harden prevented much damage from being done.
"Now Metapod use Tackle" Hinata yelled. The Cocoon Pokemon charged and slammed full force into Nidoran sending her rolling along the grass before she was wrapped up by Metapod's String Shot once more.
"Your Nidoran is immobilized...I s-suggest you surrender" Hinata said. Liz frowned as she watched her struggling Pokemon.
"Fine, I yield" Allison said. Naruto gave a whoop for Hinata's win before Metapod suddenly began to glow. Hinata looked at her Pokedex and smiled when she saw Metapod had escalated in terms of level from level 8 to level 10. The blue bar that represented experience points stopped at the three quarter mark between level 10 and level 11. Metapod suddenly began to crack along the midrib of its shell and the shell split open in half. A glowing white being was inside the shell of that was the Cocoon Pokemon. When the shell completely fell apart, the light died down and a large purple butterfly floated in the air. The butterfly Pokemon was about half the size of her trainer and had large red eyes. Two long antennae grew from its head and a pair of white wings with black outlining them fluttered behind her.
Hinata whipped out her lavender Pokedex as it beeped.
Butterfree the Butterfly Pokemon. A Bug/Flying Type Pokemon and the evolved form of Metapod. Water-repellent powder on its wings enables it to collect honey, even in the heaviest of rains.
Butterfree's eyes suddenly glowed a soft blue colour before lifting up Nidoran with psychic energy and released it from its bindings.
"You evolved and l-learned C-Confusion" Hinata grinned at her Pokemon. The bug/flying type released a shrill "Freeeeeee" of glee as she flew around her trainer. Allison returned Nidoran to her Pokeball before walking up to Hinata.
"Hey, girly. Good battle" Hinata smiled as she shook hands with Allison.
"It's H-Hinata" Hinata told the picnicker her name. Liz nodded before taking out her forest green Pokegear.
"Hey, Hinata, I'd challenge you to another battle one day when my Nidoran is stronger. What do you say wanna exchange numbers?" Hinata smiled and nodded.
"I'd like that" Hinata then took out her Pokegear and the two trainers exchanged numbers and Allison left with a wave. Hinata took out her new Butterfree's Pokeball and recalled her to the sphere.
"Well Hinata-chan that was an awesome battle and you got Metapod to evolve" Naruto congratulated his friend.
"Quil Quil Quilava"
"Eeveeeee"
Hinata smiled at the two Pokemon.
"Arigato" and with that the two continued walking through Route 31. They walked through the grass for about twenty minutes and stopped for a bite to eat as they were getting a bit hungry. Once they finished eating their lunch, they packed their things and were ready to hit the road when they all heard the sound of someone screaming. The group ran towards the source of the scream and looked to see a man wearing a red and white outfit and holding a fishing rod. He was obviously a fisherman, but he was smoking and was twitching in pain as electrical charge surged throughout his being.
"Hey mister, you okay?" Naruto asked as he bent down to observe the man.
"Yeah" the man said as he still spasmed.
"What happened?" Hinata asked.
"Vee Eevee" Hinata looked at her partner and saw the brown and white dog Pokemon gesturing to their front. Hinata looked in front of them and saw a small sheep like Pokemon. It was a dark blue colour with coal black eyes. It was covered in yellow wool all over its body and atop its head. At the tip of its tail was a golden sphere that seemed to shine as blue electricity surged through it.
"That happened" the fisherman growled as he pointed at the Mareep, "Name's Roy by the way, anyways was sitting here not doing a thing when I spotted the Mareep. I waved to say hello, but then the thing used frickin' Thundershock on me!"
Naruto smirked as he stood up and took out a Pokeball knowing Quilava was a bit too strong for this battle.
"A wild Pokemon with a bit of a spark to it. Great, I'm gonna catch it" Naruto said as he increased the size of his Pokeball with a press of the center button.
"Good luck kid, you'll need it. That thing packs a punch" Roy said as he stood off to the side with Hinata. Naruto threw the Pokeball in the air.
"Go Rattata!" Naruto yelled sending out one his weaker Pokemon to fight. The purple rat Pokemon hissed as he looked at the sheep Pokemon. The electric type Pokemon's wool suddenly began to become filled with electricity.
"MAREEEP!" a bolt of blue lightning flew from its tail and towards Rattata.
"Rattata, dodge it quick!" Naruto commanded. The little Pokemon jumped to the side, "Now use Focus Energy and then Tackle!"
Rattata's eyes closed for a few seconds as his muscles suddenly tensed, focusing all its energy into his leg muscles. The male rodent Pokemon's eyes then snapped open before it raced towards Mareep and tackled it. The Mareep skidded backwards before it released a bolt of blue lightning from its tail once more and this time the attack struck home. Rattata screamed in pain before shaking its head side to side to clear his head.
"Rattata, us Quick Attack!" Naruto commanded the Pokemon. Rattata rushed towards the sheep Pokemon and crashed into it. The Mareep let out a cry of pain before it twisted and slapped its tail across Rattata's snout. Rattata flew back from the physical retaliation. The purple rat glared at his opponent, but suddenly froze as electrical charge coated his body.
"N-Naruto-kun, Rattata was p-paralyzed from the Thundershock!"
"Kuso" Naruto cursed as he saw Rattata get struck by another Thundershock. Rattata panted before fainting. Naruto returned Rattata to the Pokeball before throwing another one.
"Metapod, you're up!" Naruto said. The Cocoon Pokemon formed from out of the light of the Pokeball.
"Metapod" Metapod said in a monotone.
"Use Tackle!" he ordered. Metapod complied and raced towards the Mareep. Mareep seemed to smirk before jumping out of the way and twisted its body as electrical energy gathered in the orb at the tip of its tail. The tail slammed right into the body of Metal as Mareep let loose a strong Thundershock. Metapod cried out in shock as he was sent flying through the air.
"Metapod use String Shot to grab onto Mareep" Naruto said. Metapod shot out a thread of strong silk fibers and it attached itself to Mareep's cheek. Metapod landed on the ground before twisting and swing Mareep into a nearby tree.
"Good job, Metapod. Now use Tackle!" Naruto yelled. The Cocoon Pokemon slammed full force into the sheep Pokemon and then backed off as Naruto returned him to the Pokeball as he withdrew an empty one.
"YOU'RE MINE!" Naruto roared as he threw the red and white sphere. The Pokeball impacted with Mareep's head and then the Pokeball sucked Mareep in as its body was converted into red energy. The Pokeball shook once to the left, once to the right and then it shook a third time. The Pokeball then released a small, yet audible click.
"YATTA, I GOT MAREEP!" Naruto cheered as he hugged Quilava. The Fire type smiled at his trainer, happy that he was able to gain a new team member. The Pokeball then vanished in a white light as it was transferred to Naruto's PC since he had six Pokemon with him. Naruto then whipped out his orange Pokedex as it released a beeping sound telling him of his newest catch's information.
Mareep the Wool Pokemon. An Electric Type static electricity builds in its body, its fleece doubles in volume. Touching it will shock you. It can also store electricity within the orb on the end of its tail.
Naruto then looked at Hinata and Eevee, "You two wait here, I'm just gonna go run back to the Pokemon Center and deposit Spinarak for Mareep. Come on Quilava"
The fire type ran alongside his trainer towards the Pokemon Center. Hinata giggled at her friend's antics.
"He's a boisterous one isn't he?" Roy chuckled. Hinata nodded.
"Hai, h-he aims to beat the Pokemon League and b-become the Champion" Hinata said to Roy. The fisherman nodded.
"A lot of kids these days aim for the league...like I used to. Say gaki..." Hinata turned to Roy and he withdrew a Pokeball.
"Seeing as your friend's gonna take a while, hows about a battle? I'm feelin' a bit nostalgic seein' you gakis goin on a journey to catch Pokemon"
Hinata nodded as she looked at Eevee and the Normal type yipped as she took to the front, "Sure"
"Alright, I got only three Pokemon that I just caught" Roy said as he threw the Pokeball. "GO MAGIKARP!"
Hinata sweatdropped when the flashed of light ended and revealing the red scaled fish which had a large pair of blank looking eyes. The fish flopped around on the land before hopping into the water.
"Karp Karp Magikarp"
"BEWARE IT'S POWER!" Roy exclaimed as he pointed to one of the weakest Pokemon in the world. Hinata and Eevee looked at each other and then back at the Magikarp as it just splashed around in the water.
"Ummm o-o-okay. Eevee use Tackle!" Hinata cried. Eevee nodded and charged forth, bashing her head into the Magikarp's. The fish flew back as Eevee performed a backflip after her collision so that she wouldn't land in the water. The Magikarp seemed to fume as it leaped into the air towards Eevee.
"Dodge it and then Tackle again" Eevee did as she was told and leaped to the side as Magikarp landed on dry land and was slammed by Eevee's body sending it sprawling at Roy's feet. Hinata took out her Pokedex as she saw the little experience point bar go up and smiled and when Eevee had reached level 14. The Fisherman growled as he returned Magikarp to its ball.
"You got lucky there, but face the wrath of the fishes. GO MAGIKARP!" Roy yelled, "AVENGE THY BRETHREN WITH SPLASH!"
Magikarp hopped around and both trainer's and Eevee sweatdropped at the stupidity of it all.
"E-Eevee...use T-Tackle" Hinata commanded. Eevee nodded and charged knocking into the Magikarp multiple times before sending the red fish into the water with a final tackle.
"That's two down. Damn gaki, you're good" Roy said. Hinata chuckled nervously.
'Is he serious...he has Magikarp. Now if they were Gyarados I'd be in trouble' Hinata thought. Eevee and Hinata watched as Roy released his third and final Pokemon. The Pokeball snapped open and in a flash of white light...a Pokemon that wasn't a Magikarp appeared out of the ball. The Pokemon was a blue coloured blow fish with a yellow underbelly and had pink puffed out lips.
"Qwilfish, Poison Sting!" Roy commanded. The blowfish Pokemon nodded and then released a string of poisonous needles which were avoided by Eevee. Hinata then told Eevee to run close to the edge of the slow moving river which Qwilfish was currently occupying.
"Use Sand Attack!" Hinata yelled. Eevee nodded and swished her tail against the ground kicking a lot of dust and lowered the accuracy of Qwilfish as the dust covered its eyes.
"Qwilfish, dive down and then use water gun to get rid of the sand cloud" Roy said. The water type complied with its trainer and then dove down into the river before firing a jet of pressurized water from its mouth. The attack scattered the dust cloud before Qwilfish jumped out of the water.
"Poison Sting!" Roy ordered. The Pokemon nodded and fired multiple poisonous darts from its puffed mouth.
"Eevee d-dodge it and then use Tackle!" the blue haired girl told her Pokemon. Eevee jumped back as the poison sting hit her previous location before rushing the airborne Pokemon.
"Be sure to hit the underbelly, there are no poisonous barbs there!" Hinata informed her Pokemon. The Evolution Pokemon nodded and then leaped, crashing head first into Qwilfish's underbelly. The wind was knocked out of the Pokemon's gills and it was sent flying through the air before slamming straight a conveniently placed rock. The Qwilfish slid down the rock formation, but continued to swim albeit it was a bit tired. Eevee panted from fighting for so long and Hinata knew she should wrap this up quick.
"Qwilfish use Water Gun!" Roy told his Pokemon. Eevee was a bit tired and as such she lagged in her dodge and was hit on her hind leg sending her sprawling on the ground.
"Water Gun again!" the water Pokemon complied and fired off another water bullet. The attack struck and Eevee panted as she rose back to her feet.
"Eevee r-return!" Hinata called out to her tired Pokemon. Eevee panted and turned to her trainer to tell her she wanted to keep fighting, but when she Hinata's calculating gaze...she complied and walked back and fell to the ground, tired. Hinata's pale eyes widened as she realized something about Qwilfish and took out her Pokeball.
"Butterfree, go!" Hinata yelled as she threw the Pokeball. The Butterfly Pokemon appeared in a flash of white light.
"CONFUSION!" the psychic move caused an unknown force to suddenly strike the Qwilfish and due to it being part Poison, the attack was super effective.
"I forgot that Qwilfish are dual type Pokemon and they are part Poison...though the Poison Sting should have been a big hint" she mumbled to herself. The Balloon Pokemon released a cry of pain as the move struck it and sent it flying towards it trainer. Roy quickly raised his Pokeball and recalled the Qwilfish to its Pokeball.
Hinata watched as the experience points for both Butterfree and Eevee rose and Butterfree grew to level 11 and Eevee's bar stopped half way between level 14 and 15. Hinata pulled out a Potion and quickly healed her starter before putting away the healing item.
"Good fight gaki" Roy said.
"Nice job, Hinata-chan" Naruto said as he and Quilava appeared from the grass. The blue-black haired girl looked in surprise as she saw her crush.
"Ummm y-you s-saw that?" she asked.
"Hell yeah, that was awesome how you picked up on Qwilfish's weakness and easily defeated it with Confusion. Butterfree's gonna be a strong Pokemon, just like Eevee"
"Quilava" the Volcano Pokemon agreed with his trainer. Butterfree's eyes became upside down Us while Eevee smiled to show their happiness at being praised. Hinata thanked the blonde and returned the purple butterfly to her Pokeball.
"So N-Naruto-kun, h-how's Mareep?" Hinata asked. Naruto took out the Electric type's pokeball.
"It's at level 10, so it only knows Tackle, Growl and Thundershock so far, but I'm gonna find some trainers to battle. Hopefully there are some water type or flying type trainers around" Naruto said. Roy thought for a moment before snapping his fingers.
"Oi" he gained the two pre-teens and their Pokemon's attention, "There's actually a little bridge going from here across this river. My old fishing buddies, Henry, Justin and Ralph are along that bridge. There are also a few other trainers after the bridge. I'm sure you'll get a good chance to train your Mareep from those guys"
"Really?" Naruto asked. Roy nodded and then walked towards his bag and pulled out two extra Old Rods.
"Here you go you two. In case you want to catch a few water types, you can use these Old Rods. They're not as good as a Good Rod or a Super Rod, but you'll catch a few decent Pokemon like Magikarp and Tentacool. They also retract for easy storage" Roy explained as he pressed a little button causing the lengthy rod to shrink to the size of a 30cm ruler. Roy was suddenly enveloped in a hug from the blonde pre-teen.
"Arigato, Roy-san" Naruto yelled as he and Hinata took their rods and packed them away. The fisherman chuckled and ruffled the boy's head.
"Sure thing, gaki. Good luck in becoming the Champion" Naruto gave his new friend a thumbs up.
"You got it. Ikuzo, Hinata-chan!" Naruto yelled as he and Quilava ran up ahead and turned onto the bridge.
"Naruto-kun, M-Matteo!" she called out to the hyperactive boy as she and Eevee ran after them. Roy shook his head as he watched the two.
"Kids these days"
Naruto and Quilava ran along the bridge before spotting a fisherman sitting on the edge of the lengthy bridge.
"Oi, fisherman!" Naruto called out. The fisherman turned and spotted the young boy.
"What do you want gaki?" the man asked.
"Are you Henry?" he asked as Hinata and Eevee caught up to him and his starter. Henry narrowed his eyes.
"Yeah, what of it?"
"You're friend Roy tells me you're a good person to train Pokemon with. So I was wondering if you interested in a battle" Naruto said as he held up Mareep's Pokeball. Fisherman Henry grinned as he lay his fishing rod down.
"Sure thing, gaki. But careful, but water types are anything, but weak"
"N-Naruto-kun, don't be s-surprised when h-he pulls out a Magikarp" Hinata whispered. Naruto nodded and smirked.
'Magikarp are gonna be easy to defeat, especially with my new little electric type' Naruto thought.
"Hey, Henry what's goin' on over there?" another voice called. The two children and one adult turned to see another fisherman, wearing the same outfit as Roy and Henry.
'Why do they all have the same outfit?' Naruto thought.
"Yo, Justin this little gaki here wants to battle me" Henry told his friend, Justin.
"Oh you're Justin. Great, hey how about a double battle then?" Naruto suggested as he looked at Hinata. The now less timid Hyuga took a step forward as they looked at Justin and Henry.
"Not a bad idea, so what're your names?" the two fishermen asked.
"Naruto Uzumaki"
"H-Hinata Hyuga"
"Alright then, Naruto...Hinata. Prepare to be defeated" Justin said as both he and Henry pulled out a Pokeball.
"GO MAGIKARP!" the two older trainers cried out. The red and white orbs opened to release the two fishes. Naruto and Hinata sent out their Pokemon.
"MAREEP YOU'RE UP!" and the electric type Wool Pokemon appeared in a flash of light as Eevee took her place up on the battle field.
"Maaaareep" the yellow wool covered Pokemon cried out. Its coat expanded as electricity charged through it.
"Eevee Tackle!" Hinata told her Pokemon.
"Mareep Thundershock!" Naruto commanded. Eevee rushed one Magikarp sending it flying before two bolts of blue electricity surged through the air and struck both water types. The move was super effective and knocked them both out. The little blue bars of experience points rose on the screens of the Pokedex-es as the two trainers watched them.
"Grrr, lucky shot" Justin growled before the two fishermen recalled their Magikarp.
"Let's see how handle these Magikarp!" Henry yelled as they sent out their other two fish Pokemon.
"USE TACKLE!" they cried. The two red scaled fish flopped along the bridge and splashed into the water. Suddenly the two Pokemon began to swim at fast speeds through the river and jumped into the air.
"Mareep, use Growl!" Naruto commanded. The Wool Pokemon released a cry that caused the two pre-evolved forms of Gyarados to lose their attack and suddenly flop on the bridge as they slapped both enemy Pokemon in the face.
"Eevee, Tackle them both!" and the Normal type complied sending both fish Pokemon flying through the air and smacking into their trainer's respective faces.
"Itai" they cried out as the fish slipped slowly down their faces showing them to be red with anger and pain.
"That's it, no more fooling around!" Henry said as he and Justin recalled their Magikarp. "These Magikarp are much stronger than our other ones"
The two fishermen sent out their final Magikarps into the water.
"Use Tackle!" Henry commanded his own.
"You use Tackle too, Magikarp!" Justin cried. The two weak fish Pokemon jumped out of the water to attack their opponents only to be shot down by twin bolts of blue lightning, courtesy of Mareep's Thundershock.
"Alright, good job Mareep you're at level 11" Mareep let out a cry of happiness as it heard it had grown stronger.
"You too, Eevee" she said as her starter grew to level 15 and had learned Growl. The two fishermen then left, rather depressed, and returned to fishing for some stronger Pokemon so they could beat "the two children". Naruto and Hinata then ran along the bridge for a few metres before coming up to another fisherman.
"Yo, blondie!" the fisherman called out. Naruto looked to see the fisherman run over to him and Hinata and their starters.
"Hai?" Naruto asked.
"Name's Ralph, you look like you're bored. How's about a battle?" Fisherman Ralph asked. Naruto readily complied and brought out his Electric type. Ralph was easily defeated as his four Magikarp were all knocked out from a single Thundershock to each and Mareep grew to level 13.
"Damn kid, you're tough. Say how's about we exchange numbers. When I train some more I'll give you a call so we can battle again" Naruto thought for a while before nodding and took out his Pokegear and registered the man in his contacts. After the battle Naruto and Hinata came across my the name of Cameron who took pictures of trainers and their teams. Thinking it would be fun, the two pre-teens released their Pokemon and took a few pictures.
"Excellent, photos. Would like to have them?" Cameron asked. Hinata and Naruto took their pictures and left the photographer. After that, Hinata has taken on a Youngster trainer by the name of Gordon.
"Go Rattata!" the boy cried out.
"Butterfree, you're up!" Hinata said. Naruto noted that whenever Hinata battled, her stuttering and nervousness would go away except when she was just speaking normally.
'Interesting' the blonde thought as he saw Butterfree use Confusion on the small purple rodent. The blast of telekinetic energy sent the Rattata flying, but it backflipped in midair and kicked off of the tree it was about to slam into.
"Now use Quick Attack!" the Rattata took off at a rapid pace.
"Use String Shot to slow it down!" Hinata cried.
"Freeeeee" Butterfree released multiple strings of sticky silk from her mouth and it wrapped the Rattata and also slowed it down as the attack slammed into her. Butterfree recovered before, by her trainer's orders, countered with a Tackle attack. The full body slam sent Rattata skidding backwards before he was raised into the air by an unseen force. Butterfree's eyes glowed a startling blue.
"Confusion!" Hinata yelled and her Pokemon sent the rodent flying into its trainer's arms with a blast of telekinetic energy. The rodent fell unconscious and Butterfree's experience rose up. Hinata grinned widely as she saw Butterfree grow to level 12. Suddenly an option box came up on the Pokedex's screen.
Your Butterfree would like to learn the following moves: Stun Spore, Sleep Powder and PoisonPowder. Which moves would you like to learn?
Hinata used the directional pad on the Pokedex and chose Sleep Powder and PoisonPowder as they were the best options out of the three since Stun Spore would only paralyze and Pokemon could still strike back when paralyzed.
Your Pokemon can only know 4 moves, please select the two moves you would like to forget.
Hinata chose to forget Harden and String Shot from her Pokemon's move set and suddenly a blue beam of energy flew from the Pokedex. The energy beam phased through Butterfree's skull and into the memory area of her brain where she stored the ability to use moves. The beam quickly acted by removing the ability to use String Shot and Harden in battle and replaced them with the ability to excrete the dangerous powders from her wings.
"G-Good job, Butterfree!" the dual type insect gave a happy cry in return.
"Grrrr, you got lucky girl. No way I'm gonna lose to a girl. Go Pidgey!" and the flying type Pokemon was sent out. Hinata quickly reached to her belt where she held her Pokeballs. She recalled Butterfree knowing that the flying type moves would easily take out her Pokemon and then sent out her Sentret.
"Go and use Scratch!" she commanded. The Sentry Pokemon leapted into the air and flipped before bringing down his claws. The claws slashed against the Tiny Bird's skull sending it to the ground. A few feathers floated down as the attack plucked them from the normal/flying type's head leaving a little bald spot.
"Pidgey, use Tackle!" Gordon commanded his Pokemon. The feathered Pokemon sped through the air and slammed full force against the level 7 Normal type. Sentret rolled on the ground as it had used Defense Curl to raise his defense and survive the powerful strike.
"Quick Attack!" Hinata commanded. The Normal type let out a battle cry before crashing into the Pidgey, but Pidgey quickly countered with a Tackle.
"Now Pidgey use Sand Attack!" and a small cloud of dust blinded the Sentry Pokemon before Sentret was hit by a powerful tornado courtesy of Pidgey's Gust.
"Now Sentret, return!" Hinata recalled her Normal type before sending out her other one.
"Eevee use Tackle!" Hinata commanded and the attack crashed into Pidgey's body sending it back. "Now follow up with a tail slam!"
Eevee jumped into the air and spun, slapping his tail against Pidgey's face. Pidgey shook its head as it felt its head spin, but was suddenly knocked back into a tree by Eevee's follow up Tackle. The Tiny Bird Pokemon slid down to the ground, swirls in its eyes as it fainted. The experience points shot up for both of Hinata's Pokemon and Sentret grew to level 8 while Eevee remained at level 15.
"Kuso...can't believe I lost to a girl" Gordon grumbled as he returned his Pidgey to its Pokeball and ran down to road. As the two pre-teens headed along the path Quilava had spotted something shiny and ran towards it. Naruto, Hinata and Eevee followed the fire type up a flight of stairs that were built to climb the steep incline before they found a few items in the grass. A Great Ball, a Lure Ball, a Miracle Seed and a Repel.
"I wonder how people lose these things, I mean anyone...namely us, can just walk and pick these up" Naruto said. As they walked through the grass, they caught a few wild Pokemon. They each caught an Ekans, Bellsprout, Hoppip and Wooper while Hinata caught her own Mareep. The two then went back by the bridge to try out their 'new' Old Rods and caught Magikarp and Tentacool. The data registered itself into the Pokedex's data banks as they were registered as caught.
Bellsprout the Sprout Pokemon. A Grass/Poison type Pokemon. It plants its feet deep underground to replenish water. It can't escape its enemy while it's rooted.
Ekans the Snake Pokemon. A Poison type Pokemon. It can freely detach its jaw to swallow large prey whole. It can become too heavy to move, however.
Hoppip the Cottonweed Pokemon. A Grass/Flying type Pokemon. Its body is so light, it must grip the ground firmly with its feet to keep from being blown away.
Wooper the Waterfish Pokemon. A Water/Ground type Pokemon. This Pokémon lives in cold water. It will leave the water to search for food when it gets cold outside.
Magikarp the Fish Pokemon. A Water type Pokemon. For no reason, it jumps and splashes about, making it easy for predators like Pidgeotto to catch it mid-jump.
Tentacool the Jellyfish Pokemon. A Water/Poison type Pokemon. When the tide goes out, dehydrated Tentacool remains can be found washed up on the shore.
After that, the two trainers walked along the road and stopped at the nearby Pokemon Center to heal their Pokemon.
"I think I'll switch out for a water type. Hmmm, Hinata-chan which one do you think I should deposit and withdraw?" Naruto asked. Hinata looked through Naruto's PC account that held his Pokemon before looking at the blonde.
"I-I-I think you should d-deposit your Kakuna a-and switch out for Wooper. Its Ground type a-attribute w-would prevent it f-from being affected by electrical attacks" Hinata suggested.
"Good thinking Hinata-chan. You're so smart" Naruto said with his foxy grin causing the girl to blush lightly, well for Hinata anyways, at the compliment. Naruto then placed Kakuna's pokeball on the transporter as it was sent into his PC box and then Wooper's Pokeball arrived in its place. Wooper appeared out of the Pokemon and hopped around.
"Woopa Woopa Woopa" the Pokemon danced around before looking at Quilava.
"WOOPA!" the Waterfish Pokemon jumped atop the fire type's head and lay down like Quilava was a bed.
"Quil?" the fire type looked at Eevee who seemed to shrug as both she and Quilava were confused at Wooper's behaviour.
"N-Naruto-kun...ummm w-what do you think I sh-should put in my team?" Hinata asked poking her index fingers together. Naruto looked through her current team which consisted of Eevee, Sentret, Butterfree, Hoppip, Ekans and Bellsprout.
"I think you could wait until you find a Pokemon you would like to switch out with because your team is okay right now" Naruto advised. Hinata nodded and then the two looked outside and noticed the sun was beginning to set if the fiery colour of the sky was any indication.
"Well *yawn* let's book a room and turn in for the day. The Pokemon have been fighting all day" Naruto suggested.
"I-I think so too" Hinata agreed before the two walked up to the Nurse Shizune of the Center and requested the two bedroom room. Nurse Shizune handed the key to the room to Hinata and the two then turned in for the night.
The Next Day
After a good shower and a small breakfast of fried Pidgey eggs and toast (A/N: Oh come on, what else are they supposed to eat in the Pokemon universe it's not like common animals exist here), the two pre-teens, Eevee and Quilava returned the key to Nurse Shizune, thanking her for the Pokemon Center's hospitality before heading off.
"So Hinata-chan, how long again until we reach Azalea Town?" Naruto asked leaning to look over Hinata's shoulder as the pale eyed Hyuga took out her Map. The map was unfurled and Hinata noted the eerie Union Cave tunnels that separated Route 32 from Route 33.
"W-Well N-Naruto-kun, currently we're on Route 32, s-so all we have to do is go th-through Union Cave and then just make a r-right...or a l-left from the map's perspective and th-then we'll be in Azalea Town" Hinata said. Naruto grinned and pumped his fist into the air.
"YOSH, let's go!" Naruto exclaimed as he and Quilava rushed off, Hinata and Eevee following close behind. After a quick battle using Mareep against a BirdKeeper by the name of Peter which allowed Mareep to grow to level 15 and allow it to learn Thunder Wave, the two trainers and their starters entered the Union Cave.
Union Cave
The cave was a bit dark, but not too dark that they were completely blind. Quilava's flame provided a bit of light to see ahead of them as well. As the two walked through the cave they paused when they heard a faint cry...like something was calling out for help.
"What is that?"
"THAT...is the call of the spirit of the cave!" a voice called out to their left.
"EEEEKKK!" everyone looked to see it was Naruto and not Hinata who had screamed like a little girl.
"Hehe" he scratched the back of his head in embarrassment, "Anyways, a spirit you say...like ghost"
Naruto was deathly afraid of anything having to deal with the supernatural, especially ghosts.(A/N: Imagine what would happen if he met a Banette, creepy little puppet-doll thing XD)
"Yes, they say that the noise is only heard on Fridays like today" the Hiker said.
"Ummm okay...creepy Hiker man" Naruto said to the man as he put his hands on Hinata's back and began to push her.
"Quick, go go go" he muttered as he rushed his travel buddy away from the creepy man.
"BEWAAAARE!" he called after them, but Quilava, annoyed with the Hiker shot a small fireball at the man causing him to shriek in fear at seeing his new vest get burnt. However, Naruto made a wrong turn and immediately he and Hinata tumbled down a slope. The two pre-teens groaned in pain as their partners nudged them to see if they were okay.
"Hinata-chan, you okay?" the blonde asked as he got off of her. Hinata shook the dust out of her and nodded.
"H-Hai, Naruto-kun" she replied as she grabbed his hand, blushing at the contact, as he helped her up. The two looked around the small cavern they were in and noticed another cave entrance on the other side of a small body of water. A loud cry suddenly reached out from the cave, startling the Hyuga causing her to latch onto Naruto. Naruto froze as he felt Hinata clutch him tightly and slightly blushed when he saw her hugging him.
'Hmm...this feels nice' he thought, but quickly removed those thoughts from his head and wrapped his arm around Hinata.
"It's okay, Hinata-chan. I gotcha" he said with his foxy grin. Hinata blushed at his words.
'Naruto-kun' she stared into his eyes and the two felt as if they couldn't pull away...until Eevee nudged the blonde's foot.
"VEE EEVEE!" the female Evolution Pokemon cried out. Naruto and Hinata then looked at each other immediately pulled away looking away from each other. Naruto coughed.
"Uh, yeah, we can't cross that water. The water seems a bit too deep and we don't know if there are any Pokemon in that water" Naruto said. Hinata nodded.
"W-Well, actually...my Uncle Hizashi, who lives in Ecruteak City; h-he said how th-there was a Hidden Move that enables c-certain w-water types to cross bodies of water" Hinata said. Naruto put that fact into his MUST REMEMBER part of his brain.
"That'd be nice to have" the blonde muttered before looking back at the incline. The two used a combination of having Naruto's Pidgey carry Hinata's Bellsprout up the incline and then had the Sprout Pokemon use Vine Whip as rope to help them climb out.
"A-Alrigato, Bellsprout" Hinata thanked the Pokemon as she recalled it, Naruto doing the same with Pidgey. Naruto and Hinata continued to traverse the caves and fought a few Geodude, Sandshrew and Onix, catching one of each for their Pokedex, to train their new Pokemon.
Geodude the Rock Pokemon. A Rock type Pokemon. It uses its arms to steadily climb steep mountain paths. It swings its fists around if angered.
Onix the Rock Snake Pokemon. A Rock/Ground type Pokemon. It twists and squirms through the ground. The thunderous roar of its tunneling echoes a long way.
Sandshrew the Mouse Pokemon. A Ground type Pokemon. Disliking water, it lives in deep burrows in arid areas. It can roll itself instantly into a ball.
The also fought and defeated, a Firebreather and a Hiker and found two items, one being a Potion and the other, a Great Ball.
'Really, why do people not realize they drop these things' Naruto wondered as he took the Potion and Hinata took the Great Ball. Naruto's Wooper grew from level 7 to level 10 as it easily took out the rock/ground types and Hinata's Bellsprout and Hoppip, which she repeatedly switched out in order for the experience to be shared, increased from level 8 to 12 and level 5 to 10, respectively. After that the two trainers and their starters exited the Union Cave.
Route 33
"Ah, finally, we're out" Naruto cheered.
"QUIL QUILAVA!" the fire type jumped onto his trainer's back causing the blonde to stumble and laugh at his Pokemon's antics. Naruto then spotted two Apricorn trees and picked the two, one was black and the other was pink. He and Hinata then turned right and headed towards Azalea Town...but were stopped when a Hiker came out of nowhere.
"Hey there" the Hiker greeted, "Name's Akatsuchi any one of you kids interested in a battle. I've been bored for a while after just coming out of Union Cave for a past few minutes"
"Then why didn't you just go to Azalea Town and challenge the gym there?" Naruto asked.
"Nah, there's something weird going on in that there town. These strange people dressed in black with red 'R's emblazoned on their chests came barging through acting as if they owned the whole damn continent of Johto and Kanto. When I went into town there was a rumour saying that something was going on in the Slowpoke Well where Slowpoke were said to live"
"Well...sh-shouldn't we go help those S-Slowpoke?" Hinata asked. Akatsuchi grimaced.
"I wish I could, but those guys looked pretty mean" Akatsuchi said.
"Oh, suck it up!" Naruto yelled.
"QUILAVA QUIL-AVA!" the Volcano Pokemon's flames ignited on its head and rear.
"We're gonna help those Slowpoke then, come on Quilava" Naruto said.
"Naruto-kun, w-wait!" she called after her friend as she and Eevee followed the two. Akatsuchi thought for a while before smirking.
"That kid really knows how to get you fired up...OI GAKI WAIT FOR ME!"
Slowpoke Well
Naruto and Quilava stopped in front of the entrance of Slowpoke Well and noticed a man matching the description that Akatsuchi talked about regarding the strange people that started messing up Azalea Town.
"OI, WHAT THE HELL DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING?" Naruto called out to the man. The black clothes wearing adult turned to the blonde pre-teen and his fire type as well looking to see Akatsuchi, Hinata and Eevee appear alongside the blonde.
"Listen here blondie, we're just doing some...'work'. We're raising money for out business by cutting off Slowpoke tails and selling them, their a delicacy you know" the man informed Naruto.
"Mmmmm Slowpoke Tail" Akatsuchi licked his lips causing the two pre-teens and their Pokemon to sweatdrop at the rather big boned man. Akatsuchi noticed their stares before becoming serious and glared at the man.
"Who do you think you are that you could just barge into a town and start chopping off the tails of poor defenseless Slowpokes!" Naruto yelled.
"Ummm N-N-Naruto-kun, the plural of Slowpoke is S-Slowpoke" causing Naruto to frown at his incorrect grammar.
"Hahaha, well listen here. Obviously you've never heard of us...we're ROOT, the Pokemon Organization that's gonna finally take over the world...and finally our leader will return to us" the ROOT grunt stated. Naruto, Hinata and Akatsuchi took a step back in alarm as they heard the name of the organization.
"That's impossible, you guys disbanded thirty years ago when your leader disappeared when he was defeated" Akatsuchi said as he remembered the tales of the evil organization.
"Well we haven't and now we're gonna come back with a vengeance and soon everyone will learn to fear the name Team ROOT!" the grunt cackled. Naruto and Quilava took a step forward.
"Not if I have anything to say about it" Naruto growled, Quilava's flames increased in size as his anger increased.
"Oh, so the gaki thinks he can beat me...well bring it on!" the grunt said as he brought out an Ekans. The Snake Pokemon hissed as its yellow eyes stared into Quilava's crimson ones.
"IKUZO!"
(A/N: Well that's chapter 4. I didn't want it to be too lengthy so I stopped it here. I could have gone on to the complete battle and finished up to where Naruto meets Kurt (yes he will be himself, because I can't think of a Naruto character to replace him) and defeated the ROOT agents in Slowpoke Well. However, I know some readers sometimes complain about the chapters being a bit too long.
Also, the data on the Pokemon, I am using the info from HeartGold and SoulSilver versions and one reader asked me about 256 Pokemon as to which Pokedex I am using. I will be using the HGSS Pokedex not the original GSC Pokedex.
Anyways, next chapter, Naruto and Hinata and their new friend Akatsuchi enter the Slowpoke Well to combat the organization that threatens the entire Johto region and Kanto region by extension. Will they be able to fight off this new foe?
Will Naruto finally be able to fight his second gym battle and take home the Bug Badge?
Find out in the next chapter of Naruto: Johto Journeys, Chapter 4: You're Bugging Me.
Note: I will be making my chapters a bit shorter so that my plot fits with the name of the chapter so the next chapter will be up to where Naruto beats the second gym leader, the third chapter will be up to GoldenRod city and his fight with the thid gym leader, etcetera. Please review)
