Hi everyone! Took me a little while to clean up this chapter. Anyways this chapter focuses more on the little details of the past of the Namikaze-Uzumaki family, along with some of their allies.
DISCLAIMER: I do not own Naruto or Pokemon Adventures Manga, they are owned by their respective authors/creators.
CHAPTER 4: AN INCIDENT TO REMEMBER
VIRIDIAN CITY
After quelling the outraged Pokemons of the Viridian Forest, the trio returned to Viridian City. It was revealed by Naruto, that the reason he was there, was to check the forest about those outraged and out of place Pokemon because of a request from the mayor of Viridian City. As they were walking, Naruto explained to Red how those out of place Pokemons became a trouble for the livelihood of Viridian City's tourism. "I was supposed to come alone and just check the forest really quick. But someone wanted to come along." Naruto emphasized the someone and looked at his sister, who laughed sheepishly while poking her index fingers together.
"Well at least it got you to battle with Kurama again, nii-san." Yellow said sheepishly.
Red nodded. "Yeah! You and your Ninetales are awesome together." The trainer commented.
Naruto chuckled at Red's words. "Yeah…. It's been a while I've felt that." The older blonde said, smiling at the ends of his words, remembering that feeling. The rush of battle. The adrenaline rushing through the veins as each command you shout will result in a great loss or a victory.
"Yeah, nothing beats that feeling when you're battling!" Red said. As they got closer to Viridian City, two figures were waiting up ahead. "Hey, there's people up ahead."
The siblings looked and saw those familiar figures. The black formal suit and the long coat. It was them. The two figures noticed them and the other began to run towards them. "Yellow-chan! Naruto-kun!" The voice of the woman called out their names as her white coat was waving in the wind.
It was the Viridian City's head nurse: Rin Nohara. "Rin-san?!" The two siblings were surprised.
The adult woman quickly hugged Yellow when she was close to them. "Thank goodness you're alright! Any bruises? Scars?" Rin said, she was examining Yellow's body, checking if any injuries were suffered.
"D-don't worry Rin-san, I'm okay. Though, I was almost hit by a large blue Pokemon." Muttering the last part, it made Rin surprised.
"What?!" Rin exclaimed.
"B-but, Red-san saved me." Yellow, with a reassuring smile, said pointing out the trainer.
"Red?" Rin looked behind the two siblings and saw the young trainer, who sheepishly greeted her with a smile. The brown-haired trainer stood up and walked towards the trainer. "Thank you for saving Yellow-chan, Red-kun. My name is Rin Nohara, the head nurse of Viridian City." The head nurse said with a smile of gratitude.
"Nice to meet ya Rin-san, I'm Red Satoshi. And it was nothing, she needed help so I saved her." Red said to the nurse while scratching the back of his head, while remembering that moment he did.
Rin nodded and then turned her attention at the older blonde, who was averting his gaze from hers. The brown-haired woman smiled. "We saw that Fire Spin." Still saying nothing, the older Uzumaki frowned.
"You did?" Naruto asked, still averting gaze.
"Yeah, it was just like Kushina-san, when she uses Kurama." Naruto was surprised, as he was unexpectedly hugged as well. "Your parents would be so proud of you, Naruto-kun." Rin said, while hugging the young boy.
Taken back by her words, he almost burst into tears bit managed to stop it. "Thanks, Rin-san..." Naruto muttered, fighting back the tears while smiling. Red and Yellow smiled at this, and soon they noticed the other figure.
After hugging, the other figure was close to them after walking slowly, because of his inability to run and using a cane to support him. "And that large explosion a few moments after." The two siblings realized who this was, with his wrinkled left face.
"Obito-san!" Yellow said with a smile.
The man, Obito, smiled at the young Uzumaki, while the older one gulped. "So you did saw that, huh?"
Obito nodded with a stern face. "So what did you do to the forest?"
Wanted to think of something else, yet Naruto sighed and told the truth. "A crack in the center of Viridian Forest…" There was no point telling lies, the man could see right through the boy.
Obito's eyes widened and felt a nerve snap, but quickly sighed to ease his thoughts. "We'll talk about that later. For now,…" The man looked at Red, who was surprised. Red was looking at the man with scars. His head was filled with questions towards the man. Obito's stern face then turned soft and held out a hand. "…Thank you for saving Yellow, Red Satoshi-san. My name is Obito Uchiha, mayor of Viridian City."
Red, a little surprise from the change of attitude, gladly shook the man's hand. "No problem, Uchiha-san or Obito-san?" Red asked, trying to be somewhat polite and respectful.
Obito chuckled at the boy's attitude, making him remember his child self. "Obito-san will do." Red nodded and took note of that. Obito looked at Rin. "Rin, why don't you take Yellow to the Pokemon Center. I'm sure she'll be stoked to see the visiting trainer's Pokemon there." The mayor of Viridian suggested to Rin, making Yellow excited.
"Really?!" Yellow asked excitedly. She always has been like this. Not owning Pokemon before, atleast seeing different kinds of Pokemon by trainers can do.
Seeing what he was doing, Rin nodded. "Red-san why don't you come along too? I'm sure your Pokemons needs to be checked too." Asking the trainer.
Red thought with his hand on his chin. 'I was going to go to the gym but…' His head then turned to Yellow, who was smiling at him. As if something made himself say it. "Okay, Snor and Saur do have a little problem I've been wanted to be checked on."
The three soon began to walk away towards the Pokemon Center, leaving the two behind. When they were far away, Obito spoke. "Follow me." With a stern voice, commanded the young blonde.
After walking around the city, the god parent-child sat at a bench near the Viridian City Park. The people passing by waved a hand or bowed to pave respect to their mayor, who responded with a nod and a smile.
As silence reigned upon them, Naruto decided to speak. "You know, using your fiancé as a way to get Yellow off us, and not hear you scold me, is a cruel move." In a split second, he then felt a sharp pain in his head making cry in pain. A punch in the head from the mayor. "OW! Hey what was that for?!" Naruto said as he touched the bump in head, while gritting his teeth.
"For one: endangering Yellow. Two, making a crack at the city's tourist attraction, our forest. And three, for saying that I use my fiancé, even though you're my god child!" Obito with a different attitude scolded his god child.
This was Obito Uchiha's true nature, a childish yet responsible figure. He only acts this way when he is in front of his male god child. "Hey, you were the one who was asking me a few days later to man up and come up with a solution!" The older Uzumaki argued against his god father, well one of his god parents.
"That was few days ago. Your uncle already decided to come back all the way from Johto and come up with a solution!" Obito spat back pointing his fingers towards the boy.
"Well, you and Rin-san could've done it in the first place if it was so important, that you needed to help from that pervy fisherman of an uncle!"
"You know very well that my battling days are behind me because of what happened." Noting the staff and the scar on his left face. "Besides, I had much more important matters to discuss for the affairs of the city. Do you know how important yet how boring that is, you laid back brat?!"
"Wrinkled old man!"
"Whiskered knucklehead!"
"Douchechiha!"
The god parent and child insulted each other, while their faces were close to each other. The two then looked away from each with a "Hmph!" and stern faces. After a few seconds, their eyes met and a laugh soon followed from the two. The two laughed and calmed down after. "Haha….Though seriously, you really called that pervert?" Naruto asked, with a little laugh from him.
"Yeah, but I doubt that he'll come." Obito said.
"Yeah, he'll probably forget the call because of a woman and say: 'A great danger is calling him from the deep'" Naruto agreed and mimicking the deep voice of his uncle.
The two enjoyed the moment with laughs. They got along well because of their matching attitudes, though the mayor was a little more mature. After laughing, Obito looked at Naruto. "So, what did it felt like?"
"Huh?" Catching Naruto off guard.
"I mean, what did you feel when you released your Okaa-san's Pokemon and gave him a command to fight?" Obito elaborated his question more clearly.
Naruto looked down at the ground and looked at his hands. "At first, my fear kept me from letting out Kurama in front of a Pokemon….." Describing his feeling earlier, Naruto sighed. "And because of that I almost got my imouto hurt, if it wasn't for Red rescuing her from that Dratini."
Obito put a hand on his god child's shoulder, comforting him. He knows what that feels. The feeling of failing to protect the ones you love. "Then what happened?" 'A Dratini huh?' Taking note of what Naruto said.
"The Pokemons you mentioned were there. They appeared and surrounded us. I hesitated at first and my body was trembling. I wanted to leave it to Red and just get away from there along with my imouto."
Obito continued to listen while rubbing Naruto's back, as a form to comfort him. 'Just like me before..'
"Then when I saw Yellow. She was scared. I couldn't take it." Naruto clenched his fist, describing his experience. "Then out of a sudden, I remembered that time. The time Okaa-san gave me Kurama, and the first time I released him." The memories made Naruto smile as he spoke, his fists began to uncurl.
Obito chuckled. "I remember Kushina-san telling me that before, saying that you were so happy."
Naruto nodded, with his smile on his face. "Because of that, I remembered why I wanted to become a trainer. Why I wanted to be just like Okaa-san and Otou-san." As the boy continued to speak, his smile began to widen. "So I decided. Obito-san, I want you to train me! To become Pokemon trainer again, to protect the ones I love." The voice of Red rang inside his head.
I want to become the very best
'And to become stronger to someday fight, Red!' Naruto looked at his godfather with a wide grin, surprising him.
Obito looked at his god son's face. He clearly saw the change of expression. It wasn't filled with doubts or fears. It was filled with determination. 'Just like before. The Naruto we once knew.' The black haired man smiled as well, he saw the god child he once knew. The one who resembled his teacher's wife. The No. 1 Knucklehead was back. Also, asking him to train his teacher's son. 'Me becoming a teacher, huh? Not bad, but I gotta act like I don't want it, to be given more respect!' Obito then coughed, putting his hand is his mouth and looking away from his god child, with his arms crossed. "Train you? I barely have the time, you idiot."
Disappointing, Naruto a little. "What? Come on Obito-san!" The boy pleaded with his eyebrow raised.
Trying to fake his desire to train his teacher's son: Obito made 'hmmm' sound. "Maybe. I might consider…"
Naruto's face then lightened up. "Really?" But the boy then realized something. A feeling like this was some sort of act. Realizing this, Naruto thought of a way to trick his god father. "Okay then Obito-san. If you can't, then I'll just ask Rin-san to teach me."
Obito's eyes then widened and looked at his grandson. "What?!"
"Yeah, I mean you aren't the only one who is Otou-san's students, after all." Naruto hid a sly smile at the end of his words.
As his act was falling apart, Obito tried to think of something fast. "He-hey! I think I realize I have more free time than I thought!"
Naruto's smile widened. "Ehhh? I thought you weren't free?"
"I was! A minute ago!"
Naruto smirked victoriously. "Okay then Obito-san! Starting today you'll be my sensei!"
Realizing he was tricked, Obito's mouth fell to the floor. "H-Hey! You knew all along that it was an act!"
"I might've…" His devious smirk still in his face.
"You better call me Obito-sensei from now on, you knucklehead!" Obito said, pointing at Naruto.
"Ehh? I'm not gonna call a mayor, my sensei-ttebayo!"
It broke a nerve in Obito's thoughts. "Why you little!"
The two then began to argue once more. Though even this was happening, Obito was glad. Inside his thoughts, he felt happy for Naruto and for his parents. 'Minato-sensei, Kushina-san…. Watch over us!'
VIRIDIAN CITY, POKEMON CENTER
A little far away from Viridian Park, The Pokemon Center was there. Inside the Pokemon Center, were several trainers waiting for their Pokemons to get healed up. There were two types of checkup: the mechanical way, where the typical use of the Pokemon Healing machine is done, while the manual way is about the nurse checking a Pokemon's body for any injuries. Mostly the mechanical way is done by Nurse Joy, but the manual way is done by the head of the Pokemon Center: Rin Nohara, one of the Uzumaki siblings' god parents, herself. This is what differentiates Viridian City's Pokemon Center from other Pokemonn Centers in the whole Kanto Region.
Inside a giant room at the back of the Pokemon Center, was Rin checking up on a bear-like huge, bipedal, dark blue-green Pokémon with a cream-colored face, belly, and feet. Where it's body is mostly composed of its belly and its eyes are shut. It was Red's Sleeping Pokemon, a Snorlax named Snor, who was in lying on the floor, sleeping as its names is implied. The brown-haired nurse checked on its belly with her stethoscopes. "Well, there really isn't any digestion difference in your Snorlax's stomach. You sure he's been eating too much?"
Red nodded. "Yeah. One time, he came out of his Pokeball to eat the sandwich I bought." Remembering that time, and let me tell you, his money was wasted.
While Rin was trying to figure out the problem. Yellow on the other hand was looking at the large Pokemon's face and giggled. "It's kinda cute, don't you think Ratty?" Looking down beside her, was the Rattata she caught earlier, which she named Ratty. It looked much better compared to earlier. The Rat Pokemon smiled and nodded, agreeing with its trainer.
Continuing to use her stethoscopes on Snor's stomach, Rin asked. "I haven't examined a Snorlax for such a long time now though. Well, have you been training you Snorlax lately?"
Red nodded swiftly. "Yeah, I always train my Pokemon especially when I'm about to enter the Indigo Plateau, after all." The trainer said with a confident grin and his hands on his hips.
"I see." Figuring out the problem, Rin removed her stethoscopes from her ears. "A Snorlax's digestion gets quite faster as it grows stronger. So, meaning the stronger it is, the hungrier it gets." Rin explained to the young trainer, whose eyes widened at what he heard.
"So you mean, every time Snor gets stronger he needs more food to eat?" Rsd asked with his mouth twitching.
"Well unless you want your Snorlax to go on a fit, yes it does. It's price to pay for making a Pokemon of this caliber to get even stronger." Rin explained with a smile, while Red was quietly regretting why he picked his Snorlax to be in his team. They then heard the Snorlax yawn, as it woke uo from its slumber. "Looks like its awake. It must be hungry." At that statement, Red's eyes widened and was nervous of his remaining money. Noticing the trainer's expression Rin giggled. "Don't worry Red-san. Yellow-chan…" Rin then turned her attention to her god child.
"What is it, Rin-san?" Yellow asked.
"Could you get the berries inside the café area. Ask Nurse Joy to find where it is, will you?" The brown-haired nurse asked nicely. Yellow has always been her assistant. Whenever she was bored or not around her brother, she would come at the Pokemon Center to help her god parent.
Yellow nodded firmly with a 'mmhmph!' sound. "I will Rin-san! Come on Ratty!" Yellow notioned to her new Pokemon, who gladly ran alongside its new master. In a short amount of time, they already had a bond.
As the young blonde and her Pokemon was gone from the room, Rin giggled at the sight she saw. "The berries are ours Red-san. Consider it as thanks for rescuing Yellow-chan." Rin said to Red, making him sigh in relief, while she rubbed the Snorlax's belly. "It's okay we'll get you some food big guy." Snor, still lying on the ground happily smiled at the thought of free food.
Red smiled to see the head nurse all kind to his Pokemon. 'She's really nice. Beyond nice even. No wonder she's a head nurse.' It was another sight where people and Pokemon were bonding and nice to each other. "Thank you, Rin-san."
Rin, still with her warm smile on her face. "Actually, we should be the one thanking you, Red-san."
Red, a little taken back, wondered. "Huh? Why?"
"Well, not just saving Yellow-chan. You taught her how to catch a Pokemon, which me and my fiancé could never convince Naruto-kun on. As their god parents, it really took me on surprise to see Yellow with a Rattata." The head nurse said.
After hearing that, Red's thoughts began to come back. Even though it was private and the siblings' past, the trainer decided to ask. "Rin-san….Why does Naruto want Yellow to not get a Pokemon? And what happened to their parents?" Having so many questions to ask, Red calmed himself to not intrude much on other's past. But being the caring and thoughtful person he is, he couldn't help it.
Rin, a little surprised, then smiled, after seeing Red's face as not just because of curiousity, it was also about care and compassion to others. It was nice to see someone cares for her god children. "Well, to answer your first question, Naruto-kun doesn't want Yellow-chan to have a Pokemon because he doesn't want her to become a trainer, to follow on his footsteps. Even after, Yellow-chan has been convincing him to get a Pokemon." Rin said, remembering the day Naruto told them that Yellow should never get a Pokemon. He shouted at them, with tears in his eyes and it broke the god parent's heart.
"So I was right, Naruto was a trainer before. Explaining how good he was in battle." Red said, with his hand in his chin.
"Not to offend you Red-san, if Naruto-kun had gotten over his fears before then, he could've become the Indigo Plateau's Champion by now. As it was his dream before." Rin said, not trying to offend Red.
The trainer nodded, accepting that fact. 'Even after years of not being a trainer, he was still good. Heck, he could've become stronger than me actually.'
"And here we are now….After several years, he finally battled alongside Kurama, his Okaa-san's Pokemon. Thanks to you, Red-san." Rin, with a wider smile on her face, said as she was glad to see that flaming vortex that only Kurama can release.
Surprised, Red asked. "Why me? I didn't do anything at all."
Rin merely giggled and while continuing to rub the Snorlax's belly. "You might not think that you did, but for someone to convince my stubborn god child, and out of a sudden made him battle alongside you, you just might be the reason."
Red surprised at what he did, made him question himself if he really did it. A smile then crept up his face out of a sudden, to make him know that he helped someone, unknowingly. 'Did I?'
"Now about your second question…." The voice of the head nurse made Red look back again. "….Have you ever heard of the Viridian Incident?" Rin asked, with her smile now gone.
"Viridian Incident? I think I've heard of it, but I don't know where." Red responded with his hand on his chin.
"I can't blame you. It happened 7 years ago. Their parents: Kushina Uzumaki, was the Viridian City Gym Leader before, she was proclaimed the Red Hot Habanero." Rin resumed he story while a smile crept on her face at the thought of remembering her teacher's kind yet hot blooded wife.
Red's eyes widened. "You mean, the Red Hot Habanero! The one who uses both Fire and Ground Types to sweep out her opponents?!" Being a young man, Red researched many people back then and that woman was one of the few he noted.
Rin nodded, being happy someone remembers her. "Glad you know her, Red-san. Anyways, their father was Minato Namikaze, who was working for the Pokemon Association, as were me, Obito and a friend of ours. He was our teacher. Along with Kushina-san, we were tasked to uncover the secrets within Viridian Forest, about a man stirring trouble there. When we investigated there, we were lead back to the Viridian City's gym. Under it, there was a lab being built, without Kushina-san knowing. There we encountered four masked people who battled us inside the Viridian City Gym." Rin told Red, who was listening closely. "Having the advantage, we won. Though…" Her eyes looked down on the ground. She lamenting the thought of the horrid incident, making her bite her lip. "…..It was all a trap. More people came inside and ambushed us. That resulted in Obito and our friend, suffering injuries, mostly Obito."
Red nodded, knowing now where the scars of the mayor's left face came from. "Then what happened?" A little nervous in his voice.
"When Obito and our friend protected me while I was out cold. When I woke up, the underground lab was destroyed from the battle, and when I came back up…" Not even able to comprehend what she saw that night. That night of the incident. "…..I saw a boulder crushed Obito's left body, while our other friend was lying on the floor, his eye has been slashed up." Trying describe the feeling while remembering that moment, tears began to flow down her eyes. Her voice began to tremble.
Red, who in disbelief on the accident, wanted to stop the crying woman, but he didn't know how. He doesn't know if it is the right thing to do or not. She was in pain, because he asked her this. "Rin-san…"
"Worst of all…I saw Naruto. He was crying in front of his parent's bodies, hanging on death's door…." Rin hugged herself as she remembered seeing her gold child crying beside the bodies of his own parents.
Teen Rin rushed up to the bodies of the two and comforted the young Naruto. The bodies were lying on the ground together. They both were stabbed in the stomach area and has already lost too much blood. "Minato-sensei! Kushina-san! Hang on! I'll use Chansey to…"
"No need Rin…" The voice of her teacher reached to her.
"What?!" Surprising the young brown haired woman.
"Rin-chan…. It's okay…." Kushina said, with a smile to show to her son.
"No, it is not okay! Naruto-kun needs you two! He needs both of his parents!" Rin yelled at the red-haired woman.
"Okaa-san! Please, you're gonna make it, right?!" The young Naruto, trying to escape the inevitable.
"Jiraiya-san already called for help. But I know, we're not gonna make it." Minato said.
Rin shocked at this. "No! I won't give up! I'll…." Minato's hand then grabbed her wrist, surprising her.
Minato then shook his head slowly, with a smile on his bloodied mouth. "Please, Rin…Take care of Naruto and Yellow for us."
"We're counting on ya, Rin-chan-ttebane." Their voices were becoming weaker, as the pulses of their hearts began to stop beating. Rin's eyes began to tear up. She couldn't do anything.
"Alongside with Obito, Kakashi and…J-Jiraiya-sensei…." Minato muttered with voice getting weaker and weaker. The crying brown girl heard the very same noise she hears when a person's heart pulse drops. The screeching noise made her body tremble. They were gone. Smiles still intact on their faces.
"Okaa-san! Otou-san please wake up! Please! You promised we'll be together! You promised! OKAA-SAN! OTOU-SAN!"
Those were the last words she heard from her god children's parents. While the wailing of her god child was echoing in her mind. "…I couldn't do anything to save them. Some doctor….am I." Rin began to sob while tears continued to fall.
Red, in disbelief, felt pity towards the head nurse. The pain of never even knowing what happened to her friends. 'Rin-san, all you could've done for them….' What made him more pitiful for someone, were the siblings. He remembered what Naruto's expression looked like. He was afraid, because of him seeing that in front of him. 'Naruto…..I didn't know.'
Snor, who sensed the nurse's sadness patted the human in the back trying comfort her. The nurse noticed this and smiled faintly. "Th-thank you, Snor." Rin thanked the Pokemom with a faint smile. The Pokemon yawned, as a 'you're welcome'.
Red walked up closer to Rin. "I'm sorry for asking that question. I see that it was too personal. I'm sorry." The black-haired trainer felt guilty about it, yet Rin smiled.
She laid a hand on the boy's cap, surprising him. "It's not your fault Red-san. It's okay." The warm smile was back on her face, yet tears were still falling. She wiped the tears and sobbed once more. "Besides, I was the one who told it."
"Yeah, but still sorry for bringing that up." Red said scratching the back of his head, and Rin nodded. A thought then passed unto his mind. "So after that, what happened? Good stuff happened, right?" Hoping that things gone better from that tragic moment.
"Well. After that incident, Naruto-kun decided to quit in becoming a trainer and stop her sister in becoming one as well. From that day, he never wanted Yellow to have a Pokemon. To Obito, he barely managed to survive, but was deemed to almost unable to walk properly. Because of that, it made him retire from becoming a trainer of the Pokemon Association. As for me, I was given a job as the head nurse of all the Pokemon Centers in the Kanto Region…But I declined the position."
"It was because of protecting them, right?" Red guessed, and guess correctly it was.
"Yes. I also felt at home here in Viridian City, so I can watch over my loved ones while enjoying my profession." Rin looked around his room, with that warm smile.
"What about the others? And did you find out who your target was?" Red, still curious even though he already invaded enough, asked. He was telling himself to stop, yet he continued.
"Well. Kakashi, continued to serve the association, while Obito became mayor of Viridian by working hard. And our target...Was never known. Obito couldn't remember a thing, as well as Kakashi." A little saddened, Red nodded thinking that their efforts were led to nothing. "After that, a man named Giovanni, our current Gym Leader took up the position. But seemingly disappeared after 2 years of being a Gym Leader." Rin said, with a serious tone.
Red nodded, recalling the man in a book about Gym Leaders. 'Giovanni of the Land, the mysterious Gym leader that disappeared years ago.' Red then noticed the door opened, snapping him out of his thoughts. The two looked and saw Yellow, carrying a basket of berries, alongside Nurse Joy and a Chansey, also holding baskets of berries. "We're here Rin-san!"
"Sorry for the long wait, the line was long so I had to finish that up before helping Yellow-chan pick berries." Nurse Joy said, holding the basket full of colorful berries.
The young Uzumaki then noticed something. "Is something wrong, Rin-san?" Yellow asked with a worried expression.
Rin smiled and walked closer to Yellow. "I'm fine, Yellow-chan." She took the basket off her god child's hands, then quickly hugged her.
The young blonde was surprised at this. "Ri-Rin-san? What's wrong?" Yellow being taken back by surprise, was a little embarrassed as it was happening in front of Red. 'Rin-san, please not in front of Red-san!'
For Red though, he smiled. After seeing the brown-haired nurse cry from her story, she really needed it. Some comfort that he knows he couldn't bring, but from someone she loves.
After a few quick seconds, Rin let go of her god child from her embrace. "I'm sorry Yellow-chan, it's just that….A thought about you being gone from us, just made me miss you."
Yellow, a little taken back, shook her head lightly. "Rin-san, that will never happen. Because I have you, nii-san, Obito-san, Kakashi-san and uncle to protect me!" Yellow cheered her god parent, with a wide smile.
Rin was surprised at this, and quickly made her emotional again. Tears began to form once again. "Yellow-chaaaaan!" Rin squealed as she hugged her god child, that comforted her, while her anime tears burst out like waterfalls.
Yellow was surprised again, yet decided to hug her god parent back. Her eyes then looked at the trainer, who was a little surprised when their eyes met. 'I know, you'll protect me too, right Red-san?' A blush formed from her cheeks.
Red then noticed this, and quickly looked away, a tint of red formed in his cheeks. 'Sure, Yellow.' Their two hearts were somewhat connected by this. Red knew what pain they have gone through, and he somewhat felt closer to them because of that.
After an hour of feeding Red's Snor and helping Rin check on the Pokemons on the Pokemon Center, the two went out of the building from the automatic glass door. "Thank you Rin-san!" The two thanked the head nurse.
"Be careful you two!" Rin yelled to reach their ears.
Red enjoyed checking on the Pokemons, some of which that can help him in battle against those opponents. "That was fun! I never knew a Fearow can't see the space between its eyes." The trainer said, having gathered data for battle that are yet to come in his way.
Yellow giggled, holding Ratty in her arms. "Red-san, I never thought that you would've enjoyed stuff like that."
Red chuckled. "Anything to know about Pokemon, especially if it can help me in battling!" The trainer stated to the young Uzumaki.
Yellow then frowned, hearing this. Even though she understands about Pokemon battling, she couldn't handle the thought of the Pokemons getting hurt. "Red-san…"
Red, who was in his thoughts about making new strategies, was snapped from his battling reality. He looked at Yellow. "Yeah Yellow?"
"Why do you like Pokemon battles so much?" Yellow asked with a frown.
Red wondered a little why Yellow would ask that. "Well, because it gives that feeling of excitement! And a chance to prove myself to others!" The red eyed trainer stated.
"But, doesn't it hurt your Pokemon?" Yellow asked, making Red surprise. The young blonde realized what her words meant to the the trainer. "I-I m-mean, not that you're a bad trainer, Red-san!" Yellow stammered at her words, feeling like she offended her 'hero'.
Red merely chuckled. "Nah. It's alright. I can see why people would think of battling as a bad thing." The red themed trainer said, remembering some men wearing black uniforms with a big red 'R' logo. The organizations, he and his friends managed to stop at Saffron City. "Instead of us getting hurt, the Pokemons are getting hurt for us."
"Exactly, doesn't that make you guilty somehow?" Yellow said with a frown, remembering how she caught Ratty. The Rat Pokemon, knowing what its trainer was talking about, had a worried look for its trainer.
Red then recalled the face Yellow made earlier. 'She was afraid earlier, because she cared for the Rattata's feelings as well.' It made him a smile, to see a person have so much compassion over a Pokemon. "Not unless you hurt them and gain their trust. Just like what you did to befriend Ratty, remember?" With the usual smile on his face, Red said looking at the Rat Pokemon.
Yellow then smiled, somewhat feeling a little relief from her curiousity. "Yeah, but…"
"Besides, there are even people that would use their Pokemon for bad things."
In disbelief, Yellow exclaimed. "Really?!" Being the innocent child she is, she was shocked at this news.
Red nodded. "But, there are still some people out there that cares for their Pokemons, and treats them like friends, not tools for battling." As more memories began to flood in Red's mind in his journey around Kanto. His rival, the Professor, the Gym Leaders and many more were just one of the figures he encountered to prove his point. He learned from them.
Yellow listened to the experienced trainer. "Just like, nii-san, right?"
Red nodded. "Yeah. Just like Naruto with Kurama." Remembering what Rin said earlier, he looked at the young blonde and the Pokemon she was holding.
Ever since that day, Naruto never wanted to let Yellow have her own Pokemon.
Red then kneeled to match the height of the young blonde. "Yellow listen, even though that we hurt Pokemon. There's still a reason why we do it. If the reason is bad, then the Pokemon will be too. But…" Red then laid a hand on Yellow's head, surprising her. "…When your reason is good, then the Pokemon will be good to. It's all up to the trainer on how they will take care of the Pokemon. Just like how you managed to bond with Ratty from the start, just by meeting him."
The "cool" yet warm smile Red has, made Yellow's heart to beat fast again. It didn't just inspire her, but it made her realize what she was thinking wrong. 'Just like how I met Ratty huh?' Her eyes looked down at Ratty. It was smiling at her, and rubbing its face on her shoulder.
"Besides Yellow…" Making the long-haired blonde move her head back up to look at the trainer's face. "…. You're a kind, compassionate and cute person."
The last word made Yellow's eyes widen in shock. 'C-c-cute?!' Her heart began to beat faster and louder with a 'badump' sound. Those words rang in her head again and again, while replaying how Red's mouth said that word. Her whole face began to heat up and turn into crimson red.
"Yellow?" Red noticed the blonde's face, wanting to check her up. But he then realized what his mouth slipped out. Unlike before, the blush was more obvious. 'Why the heck did I say that?!' The oblivious boy quickly removed his hand from the still shocked blonde's head. "I-I-I m-m-mean th-that, how you talk with a Pokemon is cute! Not that you're cute, but….."
"Thank you…."
Red's eyes widened at what he heard and shifted his head towards the young girl. "Wha?"
Yellow breathed in a large supply of air, then released it to calm her heart and thoughts. "Th-thank you, about what you said, Red-san." Yellow's face was still blushing in the mix of red and pink, slightly able to control her shock much easier. Ratty snickered at its trainer's embarassment.
A little shocked at her response, Red was dumbfounded for a few moments. "N-n-no problem, Yellow!" He made a nervous smile, still not sure about what he said earlier, nor about what he did earlier. In other words, he was having a weird day.
The two smiled and looked at each other, still embarrassed and flustered because of what happened a seconds ago. Awkwardness reigned in the atmosphere. Red was about to speak, until a loud voice was heard from the distance.
"Yellow! Red! I've been looking for you guys!" The two looked towards the direction of the voice, and expected who they thought it would be. It was Naruto Uzumaki, running towards them while waving his hand in the air. When the older blonde got closer, he had wide smile on his face. "I forgot that Obito-san said that you two in the Pokemon center. It took me a while to remember that." He then saw the two were yet again blushing and were a distance from each other. "Did I…. Miss something?"
The two reacted rather quick. "No! Nothing happened!" The two simultaneously exclaimed, making the blue eyed Uzumaki more suspicious.
"Okay…." 'I'll know about this soon. For now,…' Naruto looked at Red. "Red, you said that you wanted to see if the Gym Leader's here right?" Snapoing him from his blushing form, the trainer nodded. "Well…" The older Uzumaki then looked towards the lake in front of the Pokemon center. "….the Gym's just across this river."
Red then came back to his usual determined face. "Just across huh?" He picked a Pokeball from his belt. 'Got the right one.'
"Red, good luck. If you ever find him there." Naruto said to the trainer.
"Good luck Red-san, please be careful." Yellow cautioned the boy who rescued her.
Red nodded. "I will, thanks!" Reassuring the two, he smiled. Red then walked closer to the lake, with the Pokeball in his hand. "Well, see ya later! Gyara!" He then jumped towards the lake, and released the Pokemon in his hands. In a flash of light, it revealed a long dragon-like Pokemon it was mostly blue, with a yellow underbelly and yellow spots along its body. It has a three-pointed, dark blue crest on its head and four white, dorsal fins. Its mouth is very large and gaping, bearing four canine teeth. It has one barbel on each side of its face. It was the Atrocious Pokemon: Gyarados. It landed on water with a giant splash. Red landed on top of its body.
The siblings were at awe to see another unusual Pokemon, which is also huge and powerful. 'Gyarados huh?' Recalling thr Pokemom from one of the books he read about Water Types.
After crossing the river, Red hopped on the land and returned Gyara to its Pokeball in a flash of red light. Looking back at the two siblings. "See ya guys!" He shouted while waving his hands in the air for the siblings to see.
"Good luck!" The two siblings shouted back to the trainer, as he disappeared from sight.
Red ran towards the Gym, hoping to not just see if the Gym leader is there, but to also see the Gym which the incident happened. The incident that caused his new friends tremendous amounts of pain. 'I have to see it!'
Back at the two siblings, they looked on the sight across the lake. For Yellow, she was worried about Red, while Naruto looked at that sight. It was where it happened. The death of his dear parents. He saw his many people at the edge of the lake, including his younger self, shouting for his parents.
Okaa-san! Otou-san!
Naruto then shook off that memory. He has conquered his fear. Yes. But not his past. It still haunts him, yet he wants to get over it. 'Clinging to the past, isn't gonna change a thing!' He looked at his hand and clenched it. 'I'll become strong to protect the ones I love.' Looking back at Yellow, he smiled. 'Yeah, just like what I promised Otou-san and Okaa-san.' "Soooo….About what happened earlier."
His voice made his younger sister flinch. Her face was all flustered up again, remembering the 'cute' compliment from her 'hero'. "I-I-It wasn't anything, n-n-nii-san!" Holding her Ratty to tight, making struggle in pain.
"Oh?" With a devilish smirk, he looked at her imouto. "Then you wouldn't mind if I ask you a certain question, right?"
Yellow then noticed her embrace on the Rat Pokemon, and quickly said sorry to it. "Wh-what is it?" Knowing her brother with a smirk like that, she was nervous.
"Do you perhaps, have feelings for Red?" Naruto with a devilish smirk, asked the flustered long haired blonde.
"F-f-feelings?!" Yellow panicked as her began to beat fast. She doesn't exactly know what she was feeling at all. 'For Red-san?' She never had feelings for someone, until now. 'Wait! Do I really have feelings for Red-san. I mean his smile is so warm and comforting, and he's just handsome and cool and…..Wait what am I saying?!' Going back to her brother. "Wh-wh-what is feelings? After all, it might be something else nii-san. Just like how you feel towards Ayame-san." Trying to change the subject, hoping to get away with sweat beads on her head.
Naruto's eyebrow raised. "What?! I only had a crush on Ayame-san for like two months! And why did it come to Ayame-san, I'm asking about you, Yellow!" Naruto, a little infuriated, said to her sister, putting the subject back on.
"We-well…." Trying to think of a way to get out once more, made her look at everywhere. "Uhmmmm….I think I hear Rin-san calling me! Better go nii-san!" Yellow, with a nervous smile, said and began to walk. It was all she has left for an excuse, but her forearm was grabbed by her brother.
Not looking at his sister, Naruto spoke with a slightly much serious tone. "Yellow, do you like Red?"
Yellow looked at the ground, while Ratty looked at its trainer. "I don't know nii-san. But I think I do." Saying this, she was embarrassed to say this to her brother. The man that chases boy away, who tried to give her any gifts. Not minding those things, but he was concerned for Red's safety when admitting it to her own brother.
Naruto let go of Yellow's arm, all silent. "You think you do huh?" Naruto repeated the words of her sister, who nodded. "Well then, I'll just have to take care of things, after he gets back then!" A sly smile, with a dark aura was surroudning the older Uzumaki, plotting to take care of things. "Maybe, a bbq stake Red, perhaps?" His evil voice said, with shark like teeth for a smile, while holding Kurama's Pokeball.
"Nii-san, you better not!" Yellow said, with all concerns for her hero.
Naruto merely chuckled, back to his usual self. "So you do like him! You never showed this kind of concern to the boys I've chased in the past. Especially that Joey kid."
Remembering all the boy her brother has chased away, or nearly burned them, Joey was the worse. Shaking off her thoughts, Yellow's eyes were still downcast. "I like Red, nii-san. And I don't know why. Just please don't do anything to him. Please?" The flustered blonde said, with concern for Red, to plead to her brother.
Seeing this, it confirmed his thoughts. Yellow likes Red, and something was telling him, the trainer did too. "Okay. Though I can't promise that I'm gonna burn him alive though." Naruto chuckled evilly, teasing his imouto more, while walking away.
"Nii-san!" Yellow followed her brother with puffed cheeks. Ratty snickered at this sibling moment. "Not you too Ratty." Feeling a little betrayed, Yellow frowned as she followed her brother.
As the siblings walked away, they acted like normal siblings, the little siblings being teased by the older one.
In the Viridian City Gym, the walls were full of moss. The tiles interior of the gym were all cracked up from the ceiling to the floor, after not being used for years. Yet inside the gym, Red stood in a battle stance. He was facing someone. A man with his face shadowed by the darkness. He wore a grey turtle neck underneath his dark formal suit and with a 'R' logo in the shirt pocket. The most noticing this on the ground, were several Pokeballs with Pokemons inside. Red, all readied up, focused on the situation in front of him. The man smirked, looking at the trainer. "Well? Shall we begin Red Satoshi?"
"I will stop you, Giovanni of the Land!"
In that final declaration, the battle commenced.
A/N: Done. As you noticed, I finally dropped some names here, yet Kakashi's appearance is still ain't planned. Jiraiya though is planned to appear either in this arc or Johto arc.
And yes, the Pokemon Association will play a more active role in the series. Rather than, leaving it all to the Gym Leaders and trainer, yet they only act when the world is in crisis, rather than acting to prevent it. Though some agents of the Pokemon Association will be joining to prevent it as well.
Next chapter will feature a battle between Red and Giovanni, yet the starting scene of the battle will be cut. Which is why you will be needing to read the manga to see the starting battle only up to Aero's appearance. I'll be doing a much more logical ending of the battle, where peieces will be connected in the story.
Anyways, school is about to start in my country, expect a weekly publish after Chapter 5.
Ja Ne!