Kakashi was invited into Brock's group of friends, which was Dawn and Ash, who was firing questions at Kakashi about Latios.
"How did you catch him?" Ash asked eagerly.
"I didn't quite capture Ace, I found him injured in the forest, so I took care of it, then he challenged me to a battle, which I won, then decided to come with me by himself." Kakashi shrugged.
"Where are you heading next Kakashi?" Brock asked.
"I noticed that the Gym leader Fantina was not available, so I decided to go to veilstone city next.
"Cool, you have to travel with us!" Ash grinned.
"Yeah, we're heading the same way." Brock smiled.
"Sure, I don't see why not." Kakashi replied.
"What Pokémon do you have Kakashi?" Dawn asked.
"Well…I have a Bayleef, Charmeleon, Luxio, Absol, Gyarados, Scyther, Espeon, and Latios." Kakashi said.
"But…that's 8, I thought you could only carry 6…" Ash trailed off.
"Didn't you hear of the new rule?" Kakashi blinked.
"New rule?" Brock asked.
"Yes, the one that says trainers are allowed to carry up to 10 Pokémon as long as their supervising professors give permission." Kakashi explained. "So Professor Rowan gave me permission for it."
"What! Professor Oak didn't tell me anything about that!" Ash whined.
"Same with Professor Rowan." Dawn sighed.
"Maybe they thought that you guys couldn't handle it, Ash, you have some trouble just training 6 right now, and Professor Oak probably knows it. And Dawn, you just became a coordinator, I doubt that you are ready to handle 4 more." Brock explained to Ash and Dawn.
"Yeah, I guess your right…" Ash sheepishly grinned.
"Yeah, that's true." Dawn sighed.
A light shot out of Kakashi's pokeball belt and Naruto came out on the table.
"Kakashi-sensei! I'm bored! You can't keep me cooped up in there forever! It's so BORING in there!" Naruto whined.
"Meet Naruto, my Luxio, as you can see, he doesn't like staying in his pokeball much." Kakashi sighed.
"You can understand him?" Brock asked.
For some reason, I guess only I can talk to Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura normally. Kakashi noticed.
"Well he broke out of his pokeball, and earlier, he didn't even want to go back in." Kakashi said.
"Hi! My name's Naruto! It's nice to meet you! (Luxi, luxio. Lux lux.)" Naruto greeted Pikachu and Piplup.
"Pika! Pikachu! (It's nice to meet you too Naruto)" Pikachu said.
"Piplup! Pip! Lup lup! (Same here Naruto, nice to meet you!)" Piplup waved.
Timeskip to Veilstone city.
Maylene had beaten Dawn in a confidence boosting match and agreed to battle Kakashi and Ash.
Ash had tied with Maylene and now it was Kakashi's turn.
"Go Meditite!" Maylene shouted.
"Naruto, it's your turn!" Kakashi said and released the energetic Luxio and lifted the gravity seals.
"Yeah! Battle time! Woohoo!" Naruto cheered and grinned when his gravity seals were lifted.
"Naruto! Spark now!" Kakashi ordered and Naruto charged Meditite with spark.
"Dodge it and use hi jump kick!" Maylene shouted.
"Medi!" Meditite aimed a high power kick at Naruto.
"Jump and use Iron Tail!" Kakashi countered. Naruto swiftly dodged by leaping into the air right before the kick hit him and brought down a powerful iron tail right on the head, knocking Meditite into the ground. "Spark again!" and Naruto slammed into Meditite with spark.
"Meditite is unable to battle, Luxio wins!" The ref called.
"Meditite return! Go Machoke!" Maylene shouted. "Use cross chop now!"
"Iron tail Naruto!" Kakashi ordered.
"Grab it and use karate chop!" Maylene said. Machoke grabbed the iron tail of a surprised Naruto and slammed karate chop right on the head, sending Naruto to the ground.
"Ow ow ow!" Naruto grumbled as he shook off the attack, but had a massive pain where the karate chop hit.
"Naruto, thunderbolt!" Kakashi commanded and Naruto charged up and unleashed thunderbolt, hitting Machoke directly.
"Dynamic punch!" Maylene grinned.
"Dig then spark!" Kakashi said and Naruto burrowed into the earth to dodge the incoming punch, then burst from the ground and hit the head with a powerful spark, sending Machoke Flying.
"Machoke! Use revenge!" Maylene shouted.
Machoke went red-eyed and attacked Naruto viciously before Kakashi could command him to dodge or counter.
"Luxio is unable to battle, Machoke wins." The ref called.
"Naruto…Return, you did well." Kakashi smiled and returned Naruto. "Go Sakura!" and Bayleef came out onto the field.
"I'm ready Kakashi-sensei!" Sakura said with determination.
"Razor leaf then vine whip!" Kakashi said and Sakura unleashed a torrent of razor sharp leaves, and when the attack connected, Sakura viciously lashed Machoke.
Machoke, who was already tired, was down and out after the vine whip.
"Machoke is unable to battle, Bayleef wins!" The ref called.
"yes yes yes! I did it Kaka-sensei!" Sakura cheered.
"Fantastic Sakura, keep it up." Kakashi praised.
"Go Lucario!" Maylene shouted and then appeared Lucario.
"Impressive, I can't wait to get one of those…" Kakashi muttered.
"Force palm!" Maylene said as she punched the air.
"Grab and toss it and slam it down vine whip!" Kakashi shouted and Sakura wrapped her vines around Lucario before he could hit her and tossed Lucario into the air, letting go her vines before using them to slam Lucario back into the ground.
"Get up and use Aura sphere!" Maylene yelled.
Lucario launched Aura sphere, which Kakashi noted looked like Rasengan, but it could be launched. "Use wine whip to jump!"
Sakura slammed her vines down on the ground to launch herself into the air.
"Leaf storm now!" Kakashi commanded and Sakura unleashed a powerful leafstorm upon Lucario, who took all of the damage and was knocked away.
"Lu..ca…rio…" Lucario growled as he struggled to stand.
"Use close combat Lucario!" Maylene said.
"Luca!" Lucario then charged a winded Sakura.
"Razor leaf!" Kakashi countered and Lucario was hit with an onslaught of razor leaves.
"Lucario is unable to battle! The Challenger wins!" The ref called.
Both trainers returned their Pokémon.
"Wow, you're really strong." Maylene said. "You've definitely earned the cobble badge!" and handed him the badge.
"Thank you, you're Lucario was raised very well, if that close combat hit, I'm sure Sakura would have been down and out." Kakashi commented after he accepted the badge and shook her hand.
Maylene laughed and blushed a bit "Thanks Kakashi."
Brock, Dawn, and Ash came down to congratulate Kakashi.
"Wow! Sakura and Naruto are strong!" Ash gushed.
"Well done Kakashi." Brock smiled.
"Great job!" Dawn cheered.
"Haha, thank you." Kakashi sheepishly replied. They walked out of the gym and went for the Pokémon center so Naruto and Sakura could get healed.
There was a poster on the wall that was just being put it; it was for a 1 week Pokémon academy course for Pokémon trainers.
"We should sign up, we could learn a lot." Brock stated as he read the course details.
"I'm up for it." Kakashi said, interested in learning more about this world.
"Yeah!" Dawn and Ash agreed and they got sign up forms from Nurse joy.
Summer Academy
"We're going to be late! Run!" Ash shouted as they all ran.
"It's your fault for sleeping in late!" Dawn accused.
"Well it's your fault for taking so long to fix your bed head!" Ash countered.
"Let's just hurry!" Brock said.
Kakashi just smiled and jogged along with them, not actually going his full speed.
They managed to get in the yard before the bell rang.
"Over here everyone!" a professor said.
"Hey, it's professor Rowan." Dawn smiled as they went to the podium.
Rowan made his beginning speech and announced the teams, Kakashi, Dawn, Brock, and Ash in Red team, Jessalinda (Jessie) in the green team, and Conway in the Blue team. He then explained the first activity.
Kakashi sweatdropped when his travelling companions didn't notice that Jessalinda was Jessie from Team rocket and the janitors were meowth and James, but he shrugged and ignored them since they weren't causing any trouble right now. These guys have to work on their observation skills…honestly… He remembered meeting them after they left veilstone city. Team rocket was sent blasting off, and he had no idea how they got back here so quickly or how they managed to survive the fall.
"Okay, each one of you will pick a pokeball from this box, 1 per person. Inside is a random Pokémon, you will bond and train with that Pokémon today and we will have Pokémon battles tomorrow, winners will get points added to their team." Rowan explained. "So line up and pick a pokeball."
They all grabbed a pokeball, but Ash and a girl named Angie fought over the one they got at the same time.
Brock got a magnemite.
Angie got a monferno.
Dawn got a grimer.
Ash obtained a raichu.
Kakashi picked a houndour.
The raichu Ash picked suddenly dug a hole and hid inside.
"C'mon Raichu, I'm not going to hurt you, so please don't be afraid." Ash comforted the timid raichu. Angie laughed but stopped laughing when her monferno picked a fight with another trainer's croconaw.
"Oh boy…" Kakashi sighed. "So, you're going to be working with me, I can't wait to see how you do houndour." He smiled as he petted the dog Pokémon.
"Houn!" Houndour barked. Then they both turned around to see Ash and Angie… fighting again until professor rowan scolded and separated them. Rowan approached Kakashi and asked if he could borrow Ace to research, Kakashi agreed and handed over the pokeball containing his Latios. They were then escorted to the Red team classroom.
Kakashi sat down on the chair at his desk and Houndour sat beside him. He pet the Pokémon and scratched behind the ears, relaxing houndour immediately. Animal or Pokémon, all dogs seem to be the same when it came to such things.
The teacher then came in.
"Alright settle down, it's time for our lesson." He said and then started a history lesson on the evolution of Pokémon. Kakashi listened intently, but couldn't say the same for Ash and Angie and sweatdropped when he noticed them sleeping in class. They were woken up and sent to do laps around the school as punishment.
After the lesson, they were allowed to go off and train their Pokémon for tomorrow's battles, though they had to stay in the surrounding area.
Right now Kakashi was in a rocky area near the lake and he checked all the moves houndour could do, which were ember, double team, bite, fire fang, and flame thrower.
"Now Houndour, I want to see the strongest flamethrower you can muster and keep it up for as long as you can." Kakashi ordered.
"Houndour!" Houndour barked and over the water, released a large flamethrower and tried to keep it going for as long as he could. He kept it up for a whole 2 minutes before running out of energy.
"Good, okay, you are going to spar with me, and trust me, I may be human Houndour, but I am perfectly capable of using techniques like flamethrower and hydro pump. I spar with my Pokémon all the time and they haven't beaten me yet, so don't hold back, give it everything you got." Kakashi said and got into a battle stance. "Use your brain to think, you don't always need a trainer to tell you how to fight! Use everything to your advantage!"
Houndour looked confused on how a human could use those techniques, but did as it was told and used fire fang and charged at Kakashi, who easily sidestepped and smacked Houndour down.
"Frontal assault is the easiest to dodge unless you have the speed to back it up!" Kakashi said and Houndour got up and used ember. "Not good enough, disperse that ember in a wider range to make it harder to dodge!" Kakashi exclaimed and easily moved out of the way and used phoenix fire flower technique.
Houndour dodged by zig zagging across the field.
"Good! When you dodge, change directions so your enemy can't predict your next movement, keep using different directions instead of the same 2 over and over, be unpredictable!" Kakashi instructed.
Houndour used double team and got behind Kakashi and used flamethrower, but he already expected that and leapt into the air and twisted, he launched water bullets and it hit Houndour.
"When using double team, don't go behind your opponent! That's what they always expect! Try the side, but slightly behind so you are still out of sight!" Kakashi continued as Houndour got up and growled with determination.
Suddenly houndour glowed a bright light and started to change in shape.
Kakashi smirked. "Good, are you ready for round two Houndoom?" and got into his battle stance as Houndoom dashed forwards.
The evening
After dinner, they went to their rooms. Kakashi was bunking with Brock, Dawn, and Ash.
"So, how did you guys do?" Brock asked.
"Raichu just really needed a confidence boost!" Ash grinned.
"Grimer loves performing and is really enthusiastic, I can see Grimer doing well in a contest." Dawn smiled.
"Let just say that when you see houndour, you'll see how much he's changed." Kakashi smiled.
"I bet you used one of those ninja training sessions where you spar with the Pokémon yourself." Brock chuckled.
Yes, they know that Kakashi is a ninja from a different dimension, Kakashi told them because he didn't want to lie to his new companions. They accepted the truth rather easily, especially when Kakashi performed Pokémon techniques for them. Considering how many times Ash and Brock encountered legendary Pokémon, it was kind of hard not to believe him especially since they did crazy things like time travel before.
"Maybe." Kakashi eye-smiled.
"Okay lights out everyone!" A professor shouted in the hallway.
Kakashi stripped his vest and long sleeved shirt, leaving his black sleeveless muscle shirt with his mask attached on. He took one the top bunks and lay down on the mattress.
He then noticed a lamp was on and looked down to see them playing cards. "Guys, you need rest, sleep." Then Kakashi dozed off.
The next day
"Okay, next up is Kakashi vs. Eli" Rowan said.
"Go ivysaur!" and Ivysaur was released.
"Go Houndoom!" Kakashi said and Houndoom was released.
"Whoa, Houndour evolved!" Ash smiled.
"With Kakashi's strict training, I'm hardly surprised." Brock said.
With this matchup, Houndoom won. Then they all gathered at the podium to see who bonded the most with their Pokémon.
"And the winner is…Dawn from Red Team!" Rowan announced.
"yay!" Dawn cheered.
"Now our next activity will be revealed tomorrow, so get back to class.
The next day again
They were all brought to the lake which was teaming with water Pokémon.
"You are too observe the Pokémon in the lake and make a presentation. Each presentation must have a drawing of the Pokémon you've picked to observe. You may work alone or in groups." Rowan explained and allowed them to go after they each got a sketch book.
Kakashi sat on the dock where the pedal boats were. Ash, Angie, Conway, and Dawn took the pedal boats. Kakashi looked around for any Pokémon that caught his eye. He then noticed a magikarp that tried to get the attention of a couple of trainers, but was ignored and swam away sadly.
"Hey Magikarp, can you come over here?" Kakashi called out to the sulking Pokémon. Magikarp perked up and swam over to Kakashi, who released Sakura.
"What is it Kakashi-sensei? A battle?" Sakura asked.
"Nope, I was assigned to make a presentation on one of the water Pokémon here, I've chosen Magikarp, and I was hoping you could help me." Kakashi eye-smiled.
"Of course Kakashi-sensei!" Sakura smiled at the fact that her book smarts were finally being put to use.
Kakashi began sketching Magikarp as Sakura fired questions for Magikarp to answer.
By the time Sakura was done questioning Magikarp, Kakashi finished his beautifully drawn and coloured Magikarp.
"Okay Kakashi-sensei, so here's what I've learned…" Sakura started then explained all of the information about Magikarp, which Kakashi memorized. He noted that Magikarp was immensely happy he was chosen.
Late Afternoon
"Well done, Ash, Brock, Dawn, Angie, and Conway. That was a marvellous presentation on Lumineon, you each get a perfect score of 10 points." Rowan smiled.
"Alright!" Ash and Angie cheered.
"Except, that you went off school grounds, and as such, 4 points will be taken off…each." Rowan sighed.
"Well… I guess that's fair…" Ash sheepishly grinned.
"And for our last Presentation, Kakashi." Rowan smiled and Kakashi stepped on stage.
"I wonder what he did." Brock murmured.
"Yeah, me too." Ash replied.
"I'm doing my presentation on Magikarp." Kakashi smiled at their dumbfounded faces as he lifted his picture of Magikarp.
"This is interesting…" Rowan chuckled along with the other professors as the other students sweatdropped.
"Magikarp is a reddish-orange, medium-sized fish. Its notable characteristics include large, heavy scales. Its fins are primarily white, but it has two stiff, three-peaked fins on its back and stomach which are both yellow. It also has long barbels." Kakashi said as he pointed out the features on his picture.
"Huh, why did he pick Magikarp? I mean pretty much everyone knows about that Pokémon." Dawn said.
"Maybe it's because he has a gyarados." Conway replied.
"A female has white barbels and a male has tan ones. The male also has a slightly bigger light band on its forehead compared to the female." Kakashi said. "As for special abilities, Long-lived Magikarp are able to utilize their immense splashing power to leap high enough to jump mountains. Magikarp also have a strong enough immune system to survive in the most polluted of waters."
"Wow… I didn't know that…" Angie muttered.
"For behaviour, although this Pokémon is capable of surviving in even the most polluted ponds, it is usually overlooked by trainers because it is pathetically weak: even in the heat of battle it will do nothing but flop around. It is not a strong swimmer, and currents in the water will sweep it downstream. They are normally seen using splash, which is unusual, as it makes them easy targets to predators. Before the species multiplied, it is believed that the ancestors of Magikarp were actually much stronger than the Magikarp seen today, and this belief has led scientists to research this species." Kakashi continued to explain.
"Very true Kakashi, but I wonder how he knew that…" One of the professors chuckled.
"As for their habitat, Magikarp is found in many bodies of water, such as lakes, rivers, and ponds. However, due to its weak swimming ability it usually lives downstream of the water's flow. Magikarp are extremely plentiful, living in almost any region. No one really knows how this Pokémon survived; however, Magikarp is rare in the Unova region, unlike the other regions." Kakashi said. "And finally, if a Magikarp are trained well enough or if other certain conditions are met, they are able to evolve into Gyarados, like mine."
Kakashi then released his enormous Gyarados, who roared and startled his audience.
"And that is the end of my presentation." Kakashi smiled.
They burst into applause at his finish.
"Well done Kakashi, that was excellent! You will receive a perfect score for such a marvellous presentation, especially when you presented a live specimen of the evolved form of Magikarp." Rowan clapped.
Kakashi nodded and smiled as he returned Saikuron to his pokeball.
"Wow, that was great!" Ash laughed.
"Pika!" Pikachu agreed.
"Okay okay, settle down everyone, now it's time to reveal the scores for each team." Rowan said.
"First place is still blue team." A professor said. "2nd place is Red team and last place is green team."
"Alright! We got bumped up to second place!" Angie cheered.
"Get ready for tomorrow! Our event will take place at night." Rowan said and dismissed everyone for dinner.
In the dorms
"Wow Kakashi, I can't believe you got all that information on Magikarp. I never knew about a lot of the things you said." Dawn said.
"Well, I studied a bit before going on my journey." Kakashi eye-smiled. "Your presentation of Lumineon was fantastic, too bad you lost points for breaking the rules though."
"Yeah, but it was totally worth it! Right Pikachu?" Ash asked.
"Pika! Pikachu!" Pikachu agreed.
"Yeah, Lumineon is beautiful, it almost makes me want to go catch one myself." Dawn sighed happily.
"Yeah, you hardly get the chance to see such a rare Pokémon." Brock nodded.
"Lights out everyone! Time for bed!" A patrolling professor announced and they turned off their lights so they could sleep.