Shinobi Pokemon Master
Chapter 3
By
Phoenix Firestorm
Author's note: I apologize for being so slow in updating this story, things just piled up on me since Christmas and I kept hitting roadblocks whenever I tried to work on my stories. Not to mention that I have recently been dealing with a family crisis back home so that took most if not all of my focus and attention. Hopefully things will get better now that I am pretty much if not completely caught up in everything else that required my attention, giving me much needed breathing room.
Itachi sighed softly as he completed the last question on the pop quiz given to his class by their instructor, quietly turning the paper over and setting his pencil down beside it.
After that, the 8 year old genius focused his thoughts on the meeting with the Hokage and other clan heads that he was a part of last night. Thankfully, the actual meeting didn't take long once it got going or he would have been in trouble with Kaa-san for being out late.
Normally his mother would have attended instead of him, but she was needed to care for Sasuke. The 3 year old hadn't been feeling very good the past couple days, so had become very cranky and fussy as a result. Both Kaa-san and himself hoped that whatever it was, wasn't very serious and would soon go away.
After everything had been discussed and decided upon at the meeting, they left and headed to their individual homes to discuss things more with their spouses and siblings (if there were any). Itachi himself told most of what had been discussed to his mother, except for Aure's real identity which he kept to himself.
As predicted, Kaa-san loved the idea and insisted her boys at least participate in a few letters, she wouldn't force them to continue if things didn't work out between the 3 children. Although chances are that Itachi himself would get along better with Aure than Sasuke will, Kaa-san just said it was a feeling she had whenever asked.
It was also decided to include 3-4 civilian kids on top of the clan kids, giving Aure a variety of friends to make and adjust too. At least that is the idea behind the concept, Hokage-sama said he would look after picking the civilian children who would join the list.
Of the entire clan, Itachi trusted his mother the most. He always went to her when he had a problem he just couldn't solve on his own or he needed advice about something, even if it gave him the label as 'Mama's Boy' by all the others.
Itachi just shrugged it off and went about his business, which would either be schoolwork or chores or training or even spending time with his little brother. He knew that Mikoto Uchiha wasn't your ordinary Shinobi, even if everyone else either forgot or didn't know period. His Kaa-san fought her way up through the ranks to ANBU Commander before her eventual retirement afterward to raise himself and Sasuke, he also knew that she continued to train and keep her skills razor sharp. Refusing to let them become dull and weak, something he admired in her a lot.
"Serves the rest of the clan and village right for not looking 'Underneath the Underneath' of things." Itachi thought privately to himself.
He loved, admired, trusted and looked up to his mother more than his father. Inheriting her work ethics, beliefs and views of Shinobi life as a whole.
He looked forward to the lessons hidden as common ordinary tasks, paying strict attention to whatever Kaa-san had to teach him. Sasuke also learned some things as well, mostly dexterity games though because of his young age and body size. Things like Cat's Cradle and other string games, plus learning how to form all the individual seals needed for jutsus. Just their names for now, Sasuke would have trouble remembering anything else they tried to teach him about seals.
Kaa-san also came up with a way to hide his bloodline once it activated, since both knew everyone would create an unwanted stir should they find out about it. Mainly because Kaa-san wanted her boys to have a proper childhood and be eased into Shinobi training gradually, not thrown in head first and expected to know how to survive without any help or assistance.
Itachi felt pretty much the same way, sure the Academy could be pretty boring and monotonous if you already know the stuff being taught or get it first time around. He would still rather be here than graduated and dealing with Shinobi-life early, one Kakashi in the village is enough thank-you very much. Besides, staying in the Academy and graduating with the rest of his class allows him to also spend more time with Sasuke just being kids.
Kaa-san gave him 2 pairs of special contact lens designed for those with Doujutsus to wear, the lens care meant to hide those bloodlines from others and not impair their vision any. They also don't need to be taken out every night, only once a week at least. This is because of any long-missions that Shinobi's may be on, time doesn't always allow for such things like changing your contacts.
Shinobi contacts also came in a variety of different colors and purposes, they are also made to withstand the chaos that is Shinobi-life. Meaning they are water-proof, fire-proof, dirt-proof and numerous other things that can exist in the Shinobi-life. Kaa-san has a vast collection of the lens that she often showed him, explaining what each pair is for and some of the stories behind them from when she was still active. Heck, she still uses them in her daily life as mother and housewife. They are also designed for the person they are meant for and that person only, no one else could use or wear them without repercussions to their own eyes.
Kaa-san even said that he would be able to start his own collection once he became gennin, right now he just had the everyday lens since it really is all he needed. Thankfully, they are the same color as his eyes so no one would know if he activated his bloodline or not.
Itachi couldn't help but be amused with the Hyuuga's, who couldn't hide their Doujutsu like the Uchiha's could. Everyone would know that they had their eyes activated because of the bulging veins on the sides of their eyes, contacts won't hid those unfortunately. The only thing that would is probably the glasses worn by the Abrume Clan, but he really couldn't picture a Hyuuga wearing dark glasses without snickering.
Itachi glanced about the classroom, making note of who had finished the quiz and who hadn't. Kaa-san told him repeatedly not to show everything he could do, that surprise and deception are a Shinobi's best assets. She also said that pride and showing off are the easiest, not to mention quickest ways to get a one-way trip to meet the Shinigami. So he tried his best to keep under the radar, it wasn't easy since he often fought with his Uchiha pride but he managed to stay roughly at the top of the class rankings.
Itachi didn't stay at the top all the time, dropping down several points (no more than 5 -10 at a time) every so often to get everyone's attention off of him and on to something else. Although he did allow himself to sow off a bit on the important days, like Parent Day and various testing days but that is it. Everything okayed by Kaa-san of course since she knew what would be good to show improvement in, even if he could really blow all the competition right out of the water.
The 8 year old smirked faintly as he watched the children in his class from various clans, no clan heir(ess) other than Hana who he often hung out with during class time. Being the only non-fan girl in his entire class, (a shudder went through his body at the thought of his fan club, Kaa-san warned him about the creatures and showed him how to deal with them appropriately) he honestly didn't know which was worse 'fan girls or fan boys'?
Kaa-san loved it when he made suited friends in the Academy, whether they were his own age or not. Of course, suitable in Kaa-san's eyes didn't necessary mean suitable in his father's eyes. Kaa-san cared about clan honor and all that stuff, but not at the expense of her children's health and happiness. Although both parents teamed up when it came to fan girls/boys, both agreeing 'Heck no, no fan-whatever's are getting their mitts on our children!' 'When pigs fly and Kami makes perving legal!'
Itachi snickered mentally as he remembered Kaa-san putting her foot down about her children graduating early at the cost of their childhood, no matter how gifted or talented. When father tried to argue with her, she simply brought up the 3 chances contract he signed at their wedding and asked which would he rather loose first….his balls….his eyes (she wouldn't blind him of course) or his wife and kids as she would leave him, taking the children with her. By leaving, she meant the clan itself!
Itachi paused in his thoughts when Sensei asked him to collect up the quiz papers and place them on the teacher's desk, something that Kaa-san arranged for him to do when done his own work. Assisting the teacher in various things gave him a head start in what the higher ranks would be doing, like helping out in the demonstrations and other things. Sensei appreciated it since this allowed him more time to focus on the students who needed an extra bit of help, Itachi rather liked the various tasks asked of him to do too.
Once done, Itachi returned to the safety of his desk between the wall and Idate's desk. He liked Ibiki's little brother as a friend simply because he didn't fool around, was serious about becoming a Shinobi and didn't take any sass from anyone. Idate didn't care who Itachi was and so on, to him…he was just Itachi, his classmate and fellow Shinobi-in-training. It also helped that they got along great as friends and partners for class work, both during school hours and after it. Itachi helped Idate with anything that he had trouble understanding and Idate kept Itachi from being too anti-social which he had a tendency to do at times.
Slipping back into his thoughts again, except this time his focus became Sasuke and what was discussed in the Hokage-sama's office with the other clan heads. He didn't want to admit it, but he was a little nervous and uneasy about being included on the list of possible pen pals for Aurelius to communicate with.
He never had a pen pal before and wasn't really sure what it actually involved, but was at least willing to give it a shot since Sasuke is also included as well. It being something else that they could do together, even though Sasuke is only able to scribble and rough attempts at his own name. Itachi had to admit that he is rather curious about the child and the country Aure lived in, it sounds very interesting what little the Hokage said about it.
Thankfully, Kaa-san planned to help as well and also write her own letter but to Aure's father instead of the child. Wanting to introduce herself, her family and explain a bit about life in a Shinobi village. It also helped that the other clan heads and their spouses planned to do sort of the same thing themselves, giving Aure's family different perspectives and views of the Shinobi lifestyle. Kaa-san told him not to worry about his father, that she would take care of him which eased Itachi a bit since he was concerned about what to d when it came to Fugaku Uchiha?
Mikoto Uchiha hummed softly as she went about her housework, using her Shinobi skills whenever necessary. Tree/Wallwalking is so very useful when it comes to cleaning those pesky hard-to-reach areas, jutsu's also came in pretty useful when it came to cleaning as well.
A few water jutsus here and a few there with careful use of Katon to dry everything off, whoever said that cleaning was dull and boring had never been a Shinobi. Plus it is a very good way to keep her skills sharp as a chakra blade, despite what others in the clan may think of it.
As she worked, Mikoto thought about what she learned from Itachi concerning the Hokage's request. She meant what she said to her eldest child, encouraging him to at least attempt being a pen pal to Aurelius. Although just to be sure, Mikoto went to the Hokage and asked some questions about the project. Wanting to be sure she understood everything clearly, the Hokage understood and answered her questions with no trouble.
Once her curiosity had been satisfied, Mikoto turned her attention to what she wanted to include in her own letter….much less even say in it. She has a rough idea though but that is all, she planned to also include the most recent photo of her family and maybe a few individual ones of each member. Focusing mainly on her boys though, maybe even sneaking in a few embarrassing ones of her family as well.
Hiashi Hyuuga sat in his study, a thoughtful expression on his face as he considered the task before him. Writing a letter to Mr. Ketchum wouldn't be all that hard to do, he has done similar things many times before in the past. His biggest problem is actually thinking of what to say in the letter, this is something totally different from the normal letters he writes to deal with clan business.
Thankfully, his wife and love of his heart knew what to do and could guide him. They both discussed the pen pal request together once he got back from the Hokages office, deciding how they should go about it. He knew his wife planned to include some photos of their family (with his twin in them as well since he is family too), although he wasn't sure what he would include on his part. Hopefully he could think of something soon, not really wanting to leave it for his wife to do.
Hizashi sighed softly as he pondered what his brother told him about this whole pen pal project from the Hokage, although it would mainly be the kids who are mostly involved since they are the ones who will be Aurelius's pen pals…not the parents. They will mostly be writing to his father, discussing parent/adult things.
His twin is correct in saying that he wouldn't have any problem with Neji being involved in this, his son hadn't been quite the same since Hiashi activated the Cage Bird Seal branded on him while Neji was present. Maybe this pen pal project will help Neji make friends and open up again, he would do almost anything for his only child.
Ino-Shika-Cho Seniors all sat together at one of their favorite bars, unwilling to admit that they were hiding from their wives. Who, once everything had been explained about the Hokages pen pal request for his friends son. Immediately latched onto the idea and were all for it, so much so that they took full control of the letter-writing. Causing their husbands to wisely back away and disappear out of sight, which is always the best thing to do when their wives got together.
"So what do you both think of this whole pen pal request that Hokage-sama asked?" Shikaku asked lazily.
"Same as before," Inoichi replied calmly, "it sounds pretty interesting and has possibilities of being good for our kids. Heck, I will just be glad that my little princess has a trust-worthy friend outside the Elemental Countries!"
Chouza chuckled deeply between mouthfuls of food "True, if this goes well then a lot of positive things will happen. I don't know about you two but I am looking forward to this whole pen pal thing, not to mention very curious about what it is like where Aure and his family lives?
His friends agreed with him on that, thinking about the Ketchum family and how this whole thing will affect everyone involved….especially their children.
Tsume relaxed into her chair on the front deck of her home, one hand slowly scratching her canine partners head as they both watched Hana and Kiba play with the other kids of their clan. Their thoughts occupied with what they learned from the Hokage, neither too concerned about how the children will respond to Aure.
"Do you think the pup would like a nin-dog? He is a ninja-in-training, even though the type of Shinobi are different where he lives." Her partner asked thoughtfully.
"Hard to say," Tsume replied, "best to wait and see to be sure. We can bring the idea up with his father and see what he says, he may or may not want Aure to have a pet dog."
"True." Kuromaru growled softly.
Shibi Aburame slowly stretched as he completed his daily morning meditations, using the time to think more on what Hokage-sama asked of him and his family. He couldn't help but be curious about the child and the part of the world his family lived in, this being a very rare opportunity to learn more about places and people that very few would get to learn about or even see in their lifetime.
Even the queens of his hives also agreed, looking forward to learning more about the child. Now all he needed to do is discuss it with his wife and get her opinion, then bring it before his clan elders and see what they have to say on the Hokage's request. Shouldn't be too hard of a task to accomplish, yeah…right and the Sandaime loves paperwork!
Sarutobi frowned thoughtfully as he studied the files of the 3 families who had children he thought would be suitable as pen pal's for Aure, the 4rth child being an orphan that caught his attention. Those 3 civilian families he knew quite well and got along with them too.
The Haruno's have a little girl named Sakura, her father being a member of the civilian counsel and someone he got along with…unlike some in that group of harpies.
The Ichiraku's have a little girl as well whose name is Ayame, the child is a bit older than Aure but he didn't think it would matter much in the end. Hana, Ayame, Itachi and Neji will be the oldest children in the group so will be assisting the younger ones with their letters, among other things.
The 3rd family is the Huojin's (meaning fire god, fire metal….which suited the family perfectly in his opinion) who took in their niece after the death of the childs father and hospitalization of her mother, named Tenten. Her relatives being blacksmiths and owners of a very popular weapon shop that his ANBU love to resupply at, some of the other Shinobi also shop there but it is mostly ANBU.
The orphan he choose is a little boy named Rock Lee, the child got his attention during one of his semi-regular visits to the orphanage. The main reason being that an anomaly had shown up in a chakra scan of the childs body, the scan being one he insisted all children get once a month at the very least. Both civilian and Shinobi children, its purpose is to monitor and keep track of their developing chakra coils to make sure no problems show up that would endanger their health.
Besides the children, Sarutobi had also been thinking of including a few young adults to give Aurelius a more in-depth view of the Shinobi - life as a whole. Kakashi and Tsunade may try to sugar-coat things a bit too much, but Sarutobi wanted his honary grandson to know exactly what he was getting into should he become a Shinobi.
The ones he had in mind right now were young Umino Iruka, a very talented and gifted man who cares greatly for his fellow Shinobi and even more for the children who will become Shinobi should nothing go wrong. Last he heard, Iruka had plans to become an instructor at the Academy if everything went well. Sarutobi knew he would be a very good instructor simply because he cared and displayed everything the will of fire stood for, something that made the old man proud.
Mitarashi Anko, another very talented Shinobi who never seem to get a break or have something go right for her. It is his hope that having someone to talk too who isn't a part of the village would do her a lot of good, at least he knew it will give her a chance at a somewhat of a normal life through this pen pal project he is putting together for Aurelius.
Gekkou Hayate, Konoha's Sword Master. Another young man that he added to the slowly growing list, mainly because it takes a lot of determination and skill to add Kenjutsu (swordsmanship) to normal Shinobi skills. Again, he has high hopes for this young man. Sarutobi also wanted to see if something could be done for Hayate's health, hoping that a cure for that lingering cough may be possible there.
The elderly man never thought this anywhere near the surface of his mind, but he didn't want to loose the only sword master Konoha has. If they could find others talented in the sword, then it is possible to have Hayate instruct them. The end goal being to break the monopoly Mist and Cloud have on sword skills, proving to the rest of the Elemental world that others can be just as good….if not better than those who claim to be at the top in certain skills!
The last one he is currently considering is Morino Ibiki but that may be a bit of an overkill for the child, he should probably go with Ibiki's younger brother Idate…but he will discuss that with both boys to see what they think of the request to become Aure's pen pals.
Before anything is really done, he has to compile the list and all the facts then send it via summons to Kakashi so it can be given to Satoshi. After that, the family will probably sit down and go over everything before making any final decisions. Kakashi, Tsunade and Shizune will explain anything that Satoshi doesn't understand since they know most of or are familiar with most of the people on the list.
Masaru Kincaid Lachlan Ketchum, formerly Kimimaru Kaguya, had been here for almost a week and still had a little trouble believing all this is real…not a dream. He had always wondered what it would be like to have a family that truly care about him, loved him and everything else. While he didn't mind living underground, having been told of the benefits of such a home. He certainly didn't miss his dark dank cage, preferring his new room with its comfortable furnishings and windows showing the forests outside the house.
Masaru would listen to Yoru talk about his homeland and all the different things there, it helped to take his mind off of his current situation. Now that he is actually here, the child couldn't wait to explore. First though, his health had to be fully restored which is why he spent most of the week in bed…sleeping. He did get up and move about his new room occasionally, mostly to go to the attached bathroom or just to get a bit of exercise under the watchful eyes of his new family.
This is another thing that he had a bit of trouble with, having parents that actually cared about him is one thing but to also get younger siblings is something he never thought would happen. He now had a little brother, a new father, a grandmother who is already spoiling him, a grandfather who is currently traveling or at least that is how he understood it. There may be more family elsewhere, but that is all he was told the brief times he was awake.
Also judging from how the rest of the residents of the house interacted with each other, he would have ventured a guess that Hatake-san is an uncle-figure to Aure while Senju-san is an Aunt-figure and Shizune-san is a mother-figure which may become actual fact from how Satoshi and her respond to each other. Masaru knew he could be wrong, but he didn't think he was. Even so, the child had nothing against it as long as they are both happy.
Masaru glanced over at where Yoru and Cami were, not too surprised to find them still asleep. Both of his friends worked hard to keep him safe and somewhat healthy, now that they are away from Mist and in safe surroundings…the two Pokemon began relaxing their guard somewhat.
Just then the sound of the door opening got his attention and Masaru turned his head to see who was visiting him, not surprised to see it is his new little brother with a tray of food in his hands. The child slowly and carefully walked over to the bed, followed by his own Pokemon friends who closed the door behind them then branched off to go visit Yoru and Cami….who had woken up at the sound of the door opening.
Masaru carefully pushed himself up so he was sitting up, resting against his thick pillows. Not bothering to say anything until Aurelius put the breakfast tray on the adjustable table that is attached to an arm on the side of the bed and would swing the table over to wherever he is on the bed, Aure then moved the table over to him before he climbed onto the bed to keep his brother company.
"Good morning Aure, did you sleep well?" Masaru asked calmly as he checked to see what was on the tray, wrinkling his nose some at the sight of the little cup of pills he had to take every morning. Masaru knew better than to complain or fake taking them because Tsunade-san would know when she checked later and Yoru would catch him, scold him then make him take them anyway.
Aure snickered faintly at his new brothers reaction to the daily pills, having had to go through the same thing as well whenever he got sick (which wasn't very often thankfully) or hurt (which is more often than anyone liked). The child knew why he healed very fast whenever hurt or seldom got sick, his Uncle Kakashi told him about the fox and that his birth parents died fighting the creature.
While it did make him sad that he would never get to know his birth parents, he also couldn't help but be furious at the fox for escaping its prison and attacking…although he is even more pissed off at the man responsible for the fox's escape in the first place. Aure loved his new adopted family very much, but he often longed to know his birth family beyond their deaths. Which is why he loved the stories Uncle Kakashi, Aunt Tsunade and Aunt Shizune would tell him before bed or other times.
His family didn't know this but the biggest reason he threw so much into training is to bring that man to justice, to prevent him from taking parents away from their children. There are other reasons why he trained so hard which his family knew of, but the biggest one he carefully kept to himself. Aure may or may not tell his new brother, he hasn't made up his mind yet.
"Good morning Masaru-ni," Aurelius replied once he got settled on the bed, "I slept well. How about you, did you sleep alright…are you feeling better? Dad and Aunt Tsunade said that if you are feeling better and your check-up turns out okay, then we can begin our trip today."
"Grandma and Prof. Oak agreed to look after the refugees from your former clan while we are gone, help them return to full health and get settled here in Pallet Town. Some of them are even working part-time at Prof. Oak's place to earn some money as well as learn more about Pokemon, the others offered to look after this place while we are gone as thanks for taking them in. Dad doesn't mind accepting the help, it will help them become more comfortable here and may even encourage them to settle down in Pallet Town for awhile. The town is small enough and quiet enough to allow everyone the time to become use to everything, at least that is what I heard at breakfast."
Masaru nodded in agreement, giving little comments between bites of food…after he washed down the pills with some juice. He is glad that his former clan is getting the chance to start over anew and hopes that nothing happens to screw this up for them. Just because he wasn't able to interact with his clan members much, doesn't mean he wants bad things to happen to those who truly want to start over elsewhere. They deserve happiness just as much as anyone else does, including himself.
Celebi slowly flew through the country known as Water, this land out of all those in the Elemental Nation interested and concerned them the most. Eventually coming to the agreement that Mew and he would do what they could to help those suffering, giving Pokemon partners to those who are truly worthy and won't abuse the privilege.
So far the lucky ones were only that family with the Ice Bloodline and Aure's new older brother, the 2 Pokemon have their eyes on others and checked on them frequently but that is all. Right now Celebi is on his way to check on the controlled leader of this country's Shinobi village, a person that both agreed definitely needed their help.
They couldn't break Yagura free immediately as that would alert the person controlling him to something wrong and only cause more trouble before they are ready, so they focused their attention on Yagura becoming strong enough to break free on his own and assisting Mei with the plans to free Mist.
One of the first things they did was create separate areas or barriers within Yagura's mind and taught the young man how to maintain them, as well as strengthen the barriers. The part of Yagura's mind being controlled was contained in the outermost barrier, allowing those who bother to look to see nothing was changing. Each barrier after that is focused on defense and attack, the closer to the heart/core of Yagura's mind…the stronger and more dangerous everything got for those not suppose to be there.
The core is also where the Sanbi is contained within a highly re-enforced cage, Yagura's control room is also here so he can observe everything going on within his mind and outside it thus allowing him to act accordingly to whichever situation that arose. This type of mental skill had many different names in each dimension he visited, with various styles of instruction and construction.
So he took what he liked out of each style and meshed them together to create one style that is sure to drive anyone who tried to get into a mind protected by that style, absolutely bonkers which is saying it nicely.
Yagura took to this style like a natural, which amused Celebi and Mew. The 2 Pokemon didn't have to do much once Yagura got the hang of what he is suppose to be doing, they did continue to hang around and give advice whenever needed which Yagura appreciated greatly.
Celebi looked sadly at the people of Water Country, especially the children. Although he could see signs where things had begun to get better, little things that you really had to look in order to notice and know what you were exactly looking for.
This made Celebi happy to see Yagura secretly taking a stand and doing what his people needed their Kage to do, but this also concern Celebi as his young friend and student is treading into dangerous ground. He just prayed that Yagura would be alright, if only he could bring Yagura a suitable Pokemon partner to help protect him but so far the only Pokemon he could think of is Squirtle which would suit Yagura's personality perfectly….or other water-type Pokemon but Squirtle seem to be the best choice.
Mew had been giving Yagura some water-Pokemon that no one would bat an eye at, except to think that the creatures were very strange and unusual. Yagura would just say that they were a gift from a former client who traveled a lot, mainly in the far Western parts of the world.
So far Yagura has 4 Carvanha and 4 Tent cool (in their own separate tanks of course), 1 shellder, 1 Corsola, 2 Feebas, 2 Finneon, 2 Goldeen, 4 Magikarp, 2 Luvidisc, 2 Remoraid and 2 Qwilfish in a huge tank together. Nor would Yagura allow anyone else to care for them but himself, setting aside 4 hours each day to focus on the strange fish as people saw it. Even the person controlling Yagura didn't pay any attention to the Pokemon, dismissing them as unimportant.
Mew and Celebi made sure that Yagura knew how to properly care for each Pokemon, how to make their food, what medical treatment they should have whenever sick or hurt and most of all, how to train them so they can reach their next stage of development properly.
This is very important for Pokemon like Goldeen who eventually become Seaking, Feebas who become Milotic, Finneon who become Lumineon, Magikarp who become Gyarados, Shellder who become Cloyster, Carvanha who become Sharpedo, Remoraid who become Octillery and Tentacool who become Tentacruel eventually.
The other Pokemon who didn't have a next stage of development were fine but still needed the proper care like the others, none of them got special treatment unless it was training to help them become stronger naturally. Yagura did need to be careful though because some of his Pokemon had huge second stages, this is especially true for Magikarp and Tentacool.
It didn't take long for Celebi to arrive at Yagura's office, his friend busy behind his desk finishing the last few items of business for the day. Yagura had been gradually replacing the Shinobi guarding him with those who are loyal only to him and knew he was under the control of someone hidden in the shadows. The young man has also slowly been strengthening security in certain key areas, like the Kage Tower and his quarters. It might not be much, but hopefully it will give Yagura enough time to escape. Celebi knew that his friend has plans to step down eventually once time allowed and then disappear into hiding, having already chosen his successor. When that happens, Celebi or Mew will bring Yagura and those with him home to their world. Leaving him in the care of Father Acreus to break free of his controller and finish healing.
The green fairy-like Pokemon hovered in a dark corner of Yagura's office, taking care to make sure he is well-hidden. Yagura knew that he is here but had to wait until it is safe to acknowledge him, so Celebi too the time to thoroughly check things out and see if his friend is really safe. The Pokemon in the 3 tanks of water also filled him in on what has happened since his last visit, mainly because no one really paid much attention to them.
Once Celebi heard their reports, he carefully thought everything over to decide on his next step. One thing he did have to check out are these Seven Swordsmen he heard so much about and see just how loyal they are to Yagura and Mist, if they are against controlled Yagura and loyal to free Yagura then he may be able to do something about them.
So far he only knew about Kisame and Zabuza, not the others. Something Celebi hoped to change before he left for home again, the Carvanha seem to especially like Kisame which isn't surprising since both are very shark-like in appearance and personality. The tall blueish man always went over to their tank whenever in the office, either on business or other reasons, and hung out there until dismissed.
Alright, Aurelius/Naruto is going to be getting some pen pals from Konoha so he will have some friends waiting for him when he finally does return. Although those kids won't know it as Aure is going to surprise them, I haven't decided if Aure's new big brother Kimimaru will be joining him or will decide to stay back in the pokemon world. Aurelius will also be giving them a pokemon as a gift once a year, whether he catches that pokemon himself or does it with help depends on how his training goes.
Pen pals so far:
Killer Bee
Iruka
Yugito
Anko
Hayate
Yamato
Ayame
Itachi and Sasuke
Idate
Utakata
Deidara
Temari and Kankurou and Gaara
Haku and Kohaku
Hana and
Kiba
Neji and Hinata and Hanaba
Lee
Tenten
Shino
Shikamaru
Choji
Ino
Sakura
Pokemon that Aurelius catches and trains for his new friends back in Konoha, he is also going by League since he will be doing this while traveling with Kakashi and Tsunade and Shizune on their own journey. The pen pals that Aurelius has outside of Konoha won't be many as he will be meeting more people once he returns to the Shinobi lands, but the ones he will make before that will get a pokemon as well. I tried to stay within Aure's age bracket but included some who are older so he will have a 'big person's' opinion, this also includes the other demon containers as well:
Killer Bee - Elekid
Iruka - Charmander
Yugito - Meowth
Anko - Ekans
Hayate - Scyther
Yamato - Bulbasaur
Ayame - Igglybuff
Itachi - Eevee (future Flareon)
Sasuke - Magby
Idate - Growlithe
Utakata - Squirtle
Deidara - Onix
Temari - Aerodactyl
Kankurou - Mime Jr.
Gaara - Cubone
Haku - Lapras
Kohaku - Cleffa
Hana - Kangaskhan
Kiba - Growlithe
Neji - Dratini
Hinata - Ditto and Igglybuff (I choose this one because it will help with the Cloud incident later on)
Lee - Machop
Tenten - Scyther
Shino - Caterpie
Shikamaru - Slowpoke and Shellder
Choji - Munchlax
Ino - Smoochum
Sakura - Happiny
Next Character on the list; Pokemon Kakashi currently has:
1) Totodile (future Croconaw - Feraligator), nicknamed Obito (Offspring of Ash's Totodile.)
2) Pichu (future Pikachu - Raichu), nicknamed Raijin (brother to Barak)
3) Eevee (future Jolteon), nicknamed Akshaj
4) 4 Goldeen (future Seaking, raised from eggs), one nicknamed Rin
5) 4 Magikarp (future Gyarados, raised from eggs), not nicknamed yet.
Alright, I'm going to mention Naruto/Aurelius's Genin team now as I want your input on the members. He will be heading back home to his birth universe when he reaches 12 years old in the pokemon universe, unfortunately…because of the difference in the flow of time. Naruto will only be 6 years old in his native universe which means that he will be attending the academy until he graduates, when exactly he graduates…I haven't decided yet.
I could have him graduate early and be on a different team than team 7 or have him follow the timeline as in the anime, what do you think.
If he graduates early then he will eventually be partner Sensei of Team 7 along with Kakashi. To help make the decision easier, I am creating a poll. Your options are:
Naruto graduates early
Naruto graduates with Team Gai
Naruto graduates with rest of Rookie Teams
Team_:
Sensei _:
Aurelius Ketchum
Teammates are also not set in stone yet as I am still searching for appropriate members, any ideas are welcomed from the readers. I am thinking of going ahead and creating my own characters for his teammates, again…undecided.
Aurelius/Naruto & ?
Poll time again…..question of which girl should get our favorite blond..
Hinata (I really don't think I can do a good job with this pairing but am willing to give it a try to do it justice) or Haku's little sister?
Which one should our blond choose?
Okay, here are the votes so far.
Haku's little sister - 4
Hinata - 4
Other - 0 (yet)