The Legend of A Master
DISCLAIMER – I DO NOT OWN POKEMON OR NARUTO, THEY BELONG TO THEIR RESPECTIVE OWNERS.
Chapter 7 - The Viridian Samurai
DREAMSCAPE
"Go fulfil the purpose you strive for"
"You are destined for great things"
"You can do anything you set your mind to"
"I believe in you my son"
"You can do it, Arion"
"No Matter What Other People say always remember..."
"We love you son"
DREAM ENDS
His eyes open and he is calm for a change, but it was still pretty early in the morning. The wind from the open window slowly caresses his bangs with almost tender touches. He could almost feel the ghost-like non-existent touches of his mother's gentle hand on his hair and the father's stronghold on his shoulder. He went down slinging his gym bag onto his shoulder.
Ever since his combining, he had rested easier. He got more sleep and was more comfortable with his peace. He was not irritated at odd times by that voice anymore and that in itself was a relief to him. He was in complete control of his own being. That didn't mean he could slack off he trained hard in hopes of staying sharp and strong. It was a rest day for his Pokemon friends but he was still training.
The sandbag in the Pokemon Center could attest to that fact. It was taking quite a beating on regular punches. At the same time, he was focusing chakra into a single point on his forehead an inch from which a single leaf spun.
"Wow you're really pounding away and working that punching bag, that's some good technique." rang out in a slightly foreign accent.
He stopped his pummeling to see a blonde 16-year-old girl taking a drink out of her water bottle. She had long hair and black hair accessories. It was obvious that she had been working out as well, from the glistening sweat on her skin to the soaked gym clothes, you could tell that this girl kept in shape. She had a Gabite at her side who was obviously very protective of his trainer, being a Dragon-type it was in his nature. She looked a little confused over the long collared gym shirt hiding the bottom of my face from view but shook it off easily.
He moved his longish hair out of his face reminding himself he was due for a hair cut.
"Thank you, but you're not from this region are you?" He asked politely enough.
"Um no, I am from this region" the blonde girl seemed surprised.
"Um I'm not judging you, but it is obvious that you are not from the Kanto region." The blonde girl raised an eyebrow at that as the boy casually towelled off the sweat from his face and forearms.
"And how did you arrive at that conclusion?" The boy stared blankly at her.
"You appear to be an experienced enough trainer to know it is important to keep in peak physical form along with your Pokemon. It helps you bond and understand the exertion they go through, that implies that if you went with regular standards you have toured you're home region before. The Pokemon by your side is a Gabite, evolution of Gible native to the mountainous regions of Sinnoh, primarily Mount Coronet. Your facial structure is not common in this region as well as you're eye colour. You speak in a slightly accented voice, judging from thickness and modulation I would guess Sinnoh but not in an urban area rather a town of sorts. That narrows down my options to mostly three and I go with Celestic town, due to the traditional ruin style hair accessories you choose."
Her mouth hung open in an expression that amused him greatly. It was quite comical, to say the least when she regained her faculties she says...
"How did you know that?" He shrugged nonchalantly unwinding his wraps he would need new ones soon...
"Simple observation is all." She whistled impressed.
"You would make a hell of a detective and a really good boyfriend" He raised an eyebrow at that.
"A good boyfriend?"
"Yeah, girls like it when a man is attentive to their wants and needs," she said matter-of-factly. He chuckled humorlessly at that...
"If I ever met a girl who knew everything about me and still liked me, I would be surprised," he said as he hefted his Gym bag up as her eye crinkled in question. Eon having just woken up bounded into the room and onto my shoulder. His unique silver glinted giving him an ethereal appearance. Her single exposed eye widened at the Shiny Eevee...
"He's your's?" she asked gently reaching out to stroke his fur. Eon was cautious but allowed the stranger to pet him.
"Yeah. He's my starter, got him yesterday..."
"He's remarkable," she said as Eon started purring under her ministrations. Arion was surprised Eon was usually hostile towards strangers.
He was alerted immediately to the sound of crashing glass. Raising an eyebrow he grabbed his Dark blue hoodie and clipped on his belt to his waist.
"You can't take these pokemon" a very familiar boy with a pokemon league expo hat and a recently restored Pikachu on his shoulder said standing in front of Nurse Joy who had fallen down.
"They belong to someone else," He said stomping his foot.
Ash Ketchum.
So he was the fourth trainer. It was not all that surprising, but still. He turned his attention to the more serious problem at hand. Those familiar R's were disturbing his eyes narrowed at the two grunts. He stepped forward once they started to move.
"Ekans use bite"
"Koffing... Sludge attack"
In a flash, Variearies was released stretching his majestic wings out as if showing off his power. The fire lizard easily deflected it with his wing. He raised his hand giving a simple command...
"Variearies, Flame thrower"
"GAh"
It was a white-hot flame that burned both Ekans and Arbok to a crisp. But because they were pokemon they survived but not without grievous injuries. The Team Rocket members, Jessie and James, he believed their names were, stood frozen in fear along with their talking Meowth.
"What is that kid?" Jessie asking trembling.
"I don't know Jessie," James said in fear.
"He's a monster for sure" The talking Meowth chipped in his own two cents.
He raised his hand once more funnelling just a little aura in his voice to make it resound...
"Variearies, Flame burst" and that was all it took to send them flying into the air in fear.
Ash was staring in awe at the hot flames that scorched the tiles clearly looking at his hooded figure in some sort of admiration.
"How did you do that, Adrian?" He screamed. He calmly replied, shrugging...
"Well I really didn't do anything, Variearies here is the one who did all the work".
"Thank you for helping us, Tokugawa-san" Nurse Joy smiled and bowed. He nodded and returned Variearies as his eyes caught sight of a hawk circling the Pokemon Centre from the glass roof. Not a pokemon but a messenger Hawk. A mission from Konohagakure No Sato, which implied...
He raised an eyebrow. Why now? He had already been discharged from the squad after serving as captain for 6 months. But he decided to go, he was one of the best in the squad and if something happened that the Hokage believed that Sasuke had to be called back then it should be pretty serious. He had to get his gear, after all, he had an ANBU mission again.
As his thoughts followed this train, he forgot to notice the impressed look the Blonde woman from the Gym was shooting him. Catching his name from Ash, her single eye widened in recognition.
"So we finally meet, Adrian Tokugawa. Just how interesting can you get?"
2 HOURS LATER
IN THE HOKAGE'S OFFICE
"Ah Ryu, It seems you did see the messenger hawk after all" Sarutobi said breezily.
In front of him, a single ANBU stood. He was in standard ANBU gear complete with the insignia of the association and was wearing a dragon mask. His raven hair framed his masked face and a single Chokuto was strapped to his back. Though he was shorter than most ANBU, he was still not to be underestimated or you would pay for it with your life. He had gained quite a reputation for himself in Konoha.
The Silent demon, The Night Fury, The Last Phantom are several nicknames he earned for his missions mostly in assassination and reconnaissance. But the most prominent of all those being.
The Red Eyed Dragon.
He was called so because the red slits on his mask for eye holes would be the last thing you saw before you were cut down by him.
"Hai, Hokage-sama. Demo I'm curious, I was let go from the squad on special permission to travel, why did you call me in once more after said permission was granted?"
The ANBU bowed respectfully in question. Sarutobi took another long drag from his pipe producing a stack of papers, the thing that stood out the most about it was the SS ranked written on the top in bold letters.
"Assassination again?" Hiruzen shook his head. Ryuu raised an eyebrow though nobody could see it through his mask.
"Then what is it?"
"A retrieval mission"
"Of whom?"
"Hanabi Hyuuga"
If Ryu's head whipped out any faster he would have suffered massive whiplash. This was rare since Ryu never lost his composure. The Fire shadow briefly wondered if he was okay.
"So do you accept..., huh" he was greeted by a gust of blowing wind and the stack of papers signed with hastily scribbled initials. A dry chuckle escaped the old leader's mouth.
"I'll take that as a Yes" Stamping the paper with the approved seal.
Of course, he had sent other teams sent out but the sheer number of cloud shinobi was large. He would need an ace to get the job done.
And with Ryu, he had an ace in the hole.
WITH RYU -
40 MINUTES INTO THE CHASE
"If it happened just now I should be catching up to her about now" and indeed a few meters ahead saw a large number of cloud shinobi, one of them had Hanabi slung over his shoulder. Hinata was with them her Byakugan blazing.
"Oh boys, it seems this one has a more developed one to top that off she's unsealed, well two is always better than one I say," the obvious leader of the group said as he motioned some of his men to move forward.
"You shouldn't have come alone girl, we'll make you regret it and maybe we'll even have a little fun with you befor..." The words died in his mouth as he suddenly fell victim to a direct Jyuuken strike to the heart. Hinata looked impassive...
"Give me back my imouto and I may just leave you all alive"
The Kumo shinobi didn't flinch and decided to overwhelm her with numbers, They charged, all 7 of them together, with their weapons drawn.
Sasuke narrowed his eyes behind his mask, these were all Jounin shinobi, at her current level Hinata could only handle 2 or 3 at most, and he knew she knew this. On top of that, she was suffering from chakra exhaustion. He would guess she put in a lot of effort to keep up with them.
As Hinata readied herself for another technique, he decided to intervene.
"Hakkeshou Kaiten [Eight Divination Palms of the Hand, Heavenly Spin]"
"Katon: Hōsenka no Jutsu [Fire Release: Phoenix Sage Fire Technique]"
The first 3 shinobi bounced off the chakra wall while the other 4 hastily jumped back to avoid the incoming fireballs. The leaf shunshin made his appearance in front of them.
"Make some space between us Hinata..." He leapt forward revealing his presence and protecting the younger girl.
"S-ANBU-san..."
"Please peacefully surrender the girl and we can all be on our own way," he said pleasantly.
The Kumo shinobi tensed looking at the insignia on his arm confirming he was an ANBU and this was not a ruse.
"Che… I thought we stalled the teams they sent after us already, how did this guy, get past all the teams"
Ryu didn't wait to see what the nin would do next, he took the opportunity to show off a little. With a burst of speed, almost like he had teleported he was behind one of them he knocked her out with the handle of a kunai he had drawn.
The leader was instantly alerted and pressed a kunai to the captive's neck drawing blood, Hinata's eyes narrowed as the veins on her face were even more prominent. It was obvious she was struggling to suppress her rage.
"If you want her alive, drop the weapons and let us pass!" He said quietly his presence was enormous. Ryu narrowed his eyes...
This Jounin was far too calm and collected not to be threatened by just his mask. The cloud Jounin pressed the blade deeper drawing a steady stream of blood.
"I know for a fact that you are not going to kill the girl just for a transplant. That a huge waste of energy, time and resources judging from the number of troops you brought here. However, your blade is far too close to the jugular vein for that to be advisable if you are going to cover the distance back to Kumo. Does the Raikage know you're threatening the survival of a potential bloodline to his Village"
In a moment that was too short to be hesitation but just long enough to be rehearsed the leader quietly smirked and said in a steady voice...
"I really don't care about what the Raikage can do, I am a strong shinobi, I can take care of myself."
Too bad Ryu was an expert at body language and muscle movement, he pressed his advantage.
"Oh, my friend you may have to stop lying. I can see right through you" And there it was the three tomoe Sharingan spinning not visible through his ANBU mask. The enemy shinobi took a slight step back in fear feeling heavier somehow. Ryu rushed forward to engage him in Taijutsu. The leader Jounin seemed to be an all-rounder not a specialist in anything if he was right his current physical and psychological conditioning could be the turning point that he needed to complete the mission without any hitches and unnecessary deaths.
To be honest it was impressive that he held onto his captive for as long as he did. Tossing the bundle on his shoulder to a nearby subordinate who Hinata immediately engaged, He finally drew a weapon and started to fight with more potential. The elite ANBU member dodged and bent under his strikes gracefully almost as if it were a beautifully choreographed dance. Finally, when he thought that he was open, the Kumo shinobi brought the blade down in a downwards slice that was met swiftly by a pitch black blade that appeared in sparks of blue. The Chokuto was Pitch black with an azure line running down the middle of the blade the pommel having the crest of the Aura Guardians etched into it in the same vibrant blue.
The spar forced the leader to take Ryu seriously and he started to perspire under the pressure of fighting such a powerful opponent. Hinata finally landed a strike that forced the subordinate to drop his captive to the forest floor below us, Ryu immediately shunshined a shadow clone in time to catch her.
Picking up Hanabi to check her pulse. He smiled, she was still under a genjutsu but she was fine. His objective achieved, he teleported back to Hinata who had just dispatched one of the ninjas and placed the sleeping girl in her hands. Seeing this Hinata deactivated her Byakugan all together in favour of releasing Hanabi from the genjutsu, but one should know that the cloud shinobi wouldn't exactly allow that to happen peacefully. They panicked and forgot to keep formation recklessly charging forward in order to retain the captive. Ryu swiped his right hand down giving out a burst of Wind chakra as he did forcing them back and ripping their armour off.
"Keep a little distance Hinata"
Hinata was confused at the voice in her head but nonetheless obeyed. He ran through hand seals...
"Genjutsu - Yakan kyōfu no iryūjon [Art of Genjutsu - Illusion of Nightly horrors]" the hypnotic prowess of the Sharingan made its presence felt...
"This is…"
"Sharingan?!"
"It was him they sent?!"
"The new legend in their ranks they call him…"
"They sent The Last Phantom behind us"
It was all over in an instant. The screams of the ninja pierced the silence of the early morning easily enough. They were tied and sealed in a status scroll soon enough. He turned to see Hinata with a newly conscious Hanabi who groggily rubbed her eyes. The four-year-old was mostly unaware but still considerably shaken. She cuddled closer to the warmth that was her older sister feeling far safer than before. Kneeling in front of the young child he cast a quick medical analysis jutsu and deemed her okay. Motioning to the older sibling, Hinata nodded and carefully got on the older boy's back. Carrying both of them with little difficulty he Lightning shunshined back closer to the village before breaking out into a sprint.
75 MINUTES LATER
"Mission complete, Hokage-sama" The status scroll in front of him was proof enough to the aged shinobi.
"Excellent work Ryu," Hiruzen said taking a drag from his pipe.
"Any problems on the mission?" Hiruzen enquired.
"No, I had plenty of help," Ryu said shaking his head. The Hokage was confused at this statement, Help?
"What do you mean? I didn't send any help and according to the reports, the teams were all stalled" He was honestly puzzled.
"Oh I found plenty of help on the way" the former ANBU captain chuckled.
"So that is another successful SS ranked mission in your name, congratulations. That makes your total 12 SS-ranked missions, 78 S-ranked missions, 121 A-ranked missions, 156 B-ranked missions, 345 C-ranked missions and 436 D-ranked missions" The Hokage said.
"It is just another mission Hokage-sama," He said solemnly, jumping on the window sill. The Hokage raised an eyebrow.
"So then why..." he asked putting his hands underneath his chin.
"Why were you so determined to save her?" He asked curiously. The Dragon masked shinobi chuckled humorlessly,
"I know the heiress of the Hyuuga clan and she told me something once"
"And what was that?"
"Family always comes first". He said as he swirled away.
Hiruzen looked at the space where the boy once stood and swivelled his chair taking in the beautiful first rays of the sun.
"This generation will be strong, the will of fire runs deep in their veins…"
The dragon masked shinobi had similar thoughts as he slung his bag on his shoulder preparing to head back.
"Everything will be alright, now that this is dealt with." He remembered Hinata's profuse thanks.
"Definitely it will be alright now"
9.00 AM, THE NEXT MORNING
He was back in civilian clothes, just a plain light blue casual collared shirt with darker blue jeans with a silver chain running from the pocket with an additional silver chain like bracelet on his right wrist. His travel pack had to and was going to be restocked today so he had it slung on his shoulder. He was also due for a hair cut.
Having now gotten his hair cut to a more manageable length he was wandering through the market district when he saw something that caught his interest. It was a Pokeball shop, not that these were uncommon, but they were rumoured to sell many unique types of Pokeballs that each had a unique function. He went in with Eon at his heels…
It was styled in the old fashion, but all their merchandise was arranged neatly on the shelves. He browsed through and saw a few Heavy balls, quick balls and many more. The fox Pokemon was more than happy to wag his tail and run around by himself.
"Excuse me" a voice called out, He turned to its source.
"Can I help you with something?" the shop's only attender and probably owner asked me with a smile. She had uniquely crystal blue eyes and a slightly lighter shade of blue hair than Hinata. He nodded
"Do you have any Dive balls and Lure balls here?" He asked.
"Indeed we do. Please follow me" she motioned me with her hand. Taking a case of Five heavy balls, Five luxury balls, Five quick balls and Five Dusk balls, he followed said assistant and sure enough, there were Dive balls in the other side of the store. Taking a set of the Dive balls and Lure balls he turned to the assistant and thanked her.
"Arigato Gozaimasu," he said with a bow.
"It was a pleasure" She smiled.
"I would like to buy all this," he told her.
"Sure this way..." they had his purchases billed.
"11,500 Ryo" she called out. She was very unsure whether he would have that much money. He placed said amount of money on the counter promptly and could tell that she was slightly surprised.
"Thank you for shopping with us" He nodded and got ready to go as he whistled out and Eon darted on to climb onto his shoulder.
"Thank you, Ma'am," He told her.
"Don't call me Ma'am?" she replied kindly.
"Then what is your good name miss?" he inquired. She smiled...
"Crystal Kotone".
He exited the store with new information and a small smile. Life was getting interesting. He had just met the second dexholder of the Johto trio.
"I think it's time I went and met Naruto and Hinata for a bit," he thought looking up to the sky. It was almost their lunch break.
TIME SKIP
LUNCH BREAK AT THE ACADEMY
12.30 PM
Class had just let out and as per usual Naruto and Hinata came out together. People were surprised when they saw the outcast and the heiress to the biggest clan in the village be friends.
Apart from this what was usual was Mitsuki Tomoiichi being smothered in affection from his fangirls and he was loving every second of it. Today they had just gotten their report cards, Naruto and Hinata were brilliant with perfect scores yet the Chunin instructor of the hour [Iruka didn't take this class] declared Mitsuki and Hinata the top scoring students. Hinata and Naruto just didn't care. They just went with the flow. Hinata knew her father would be satisfied as long as she was at the top and Naruto just liked spending his school time with Hinata.
Naruto and Hinata pulled out their bentos. Hinata had soba, a vegetable salad, onigiri, some stir-fried beef and cinnamon buns. Naruto had Tofu, fried chicken, rice and a Dango stick. They were eating peacefully when a leaf shunshin above them alerted them. They looked up to see the third member of their trio though he was henged to look like an adult. He raised his hand in casual greeting...
"Yo"
"Sasuke!" Both of them exclaimed. Looked at each other blushed and looked away. He chuckled and sat down to join them.
"Do you have food or do you want some too?" Naruto asked me.
"I have my own" motioning to the lunch sandwich he had in his hand. When we were done eating we were mindlessly chatting. Hinata was leaning on his shoulder and Sasuke was stroking her hair. She was really tired from this move she was perfecting at night. It was a surprise apparently.
"Neh, Hinata-chan don't work yourself too hard Okay?" Naruto said concerned, gently rubbing his knuckles across her cheek as she blushed at his concern, he smiled. They were slowly but surely falling in love with each other and inheriting the 'Will Of Fire' along the way.
"Naruto is right Hinata, Be careful while training Okay?" Sasuke told her. Hinata just nodded.
"Well guys, your break is almost over and I need to go, finish the scrolls I gave you," he told them.
Both nodded patting the scroll in their supply pouch. It was at this time that Iruka came out to call all of them back in. He was surprised to see me talking to them like it was a regular thing.
"Uchiha-san" He called out.
"Hn?" he questioned grunted.
"What are you doing here?" He asked me.
"Oh just came to see some friends," he told him eye smiling.
"Would you mind doing me a favour?" Iruka asked hesitantly.
"Hn? What is it?"
"Would you mind giving the kids a spar?" Sasuke cracked his neck with an apologetic look in his eye,
"I'm sorry Iruka-san, but I can't, I have a mission soon" and then leaf shunshined away.
"Geez, kid's skill these days" He shook his head before going back inside.
IN THE VIRIDIAN FOREST
5 AM, 2 days later.
He had left a few hours ago and ever since he couldn't sleep. His attire was a white collared t-shirt with red sleeves, a pair of black jeans and red and black sneakers and a white cap with a small Pokeball in the centre. He had a sword slung on his back. He had caught and started training his newest addition.
"We don't have any time to lose," He told them sternly adjusting his cap.
His starter looked on in agreement, but his newest addition looked at him like he was crazy and squawked in protest. His Pidgeotto named Storm was breathing hard against the training weights. He had increased Eon's weight by a level 3 days ago, but Eon was a bit of a masochist and liked the pain that accompanied getting stronger.
"You'll see the difference soon enough Storm, but since you insist we'll take a break," He said taking off the weights so their muscles could recuperate.
He himself took a meditative pose and started deep breathing to circulate and control his chakra better. He was expanding it steadily, Varieries who was along with Raijin, [He had decided to only have 2 of his starters at a time otherwise it would attract too much attention]ears perked up as well as his eyes snapped open. His hand instinctively rose up, his eyes taking a purplish aura at the usage of his psychic powers. He closed his eyes in concentration once more and smiled...
"So we're not alone anymore are we?" An imperceptible nod from everyone including Storm acknowledged his statement.
"Come out now..." He closed his eyes and unsheathed his katana...
"Scyther".
As if cued the telltale green blur sprung out of the foliage, his scythes bared, a frighteningly calculative look in his eye almost like he knew that what if felt like to be commanded by someone experienced. A previously trained Scyther...
Though Arion could tell the mantis was baffled that its opponent was a human rather than a member of its own fellow brethren he was still interested. As the boy took on his kenjutsu stance, signalling him to start the fight, he dashed forward rubbing his scythes together in anticipation.
What really surprised the shinobi was the speed he was coming at, It was easily almost the speed of sound, with a little refinement it could be deadly. His eyes read the movement as he ducked and took a sweep that was immediately avoided by mild usage of his wings. They both disengaged one another and eyed each other as if judging or gauging the strength of the other. As the ninja took on his second form he tensed slightly before dashing forward with lightning chakra pouring into his blade. The Scyther noticed this too and used an attack to defend this time. The prodigy narrowed his eyes at the attack...
"Metal Claw? At the Scyther stage?" he smirked. This just kept on getting better. We engaged in a flurry of strikes, jabs and slashes. As the human landed a good 32 hits from his 35 hit combo, Scyther had been able to land a few slashes here and there. The ravenette pointed his sword to the ground to ask him to surrender. Scyther knew he was beaten and he knew who he wanted to train him. This trainer was strong, kind and a good fighter himself. Scyther had always respected people like him.
"Scy..." he called out.
"So you do want to come with me after all?"
"Scyther," he told me nodding his head. I stretched out my hand and a blue orb of Aura appeared in it.
"Step forward if you want this," the boy told as she did so immediately. She accepted the bond and tapped the Pokeball he had in his other hand with her scythe. She was captured. Arion closed his eyes and concentrated on his Aura signature...
"Do you have a name of your own?" Once again he said yes.
"Senshi," he said.
"Senshi huh? You personify the name warrior itself"
"Thank you Senshi for your trust, I will not betray you"
"I know you won't Master" was all he heard in return before her voice faded away. He brought the ball close to his forehead...
"You bet I won't"
3 HOURS LATER
"19,997...19,998...19,999...20,000! and I'm done" he sprawled out on the grass for a break after his push-ups. They were close to Pewter and had to get ready for the Gym battle that awaited them. Raijin and Senshi were sparring while Variearies was giving Storm some tips on how to fly more efficiently. He just stared up at the sky. It was a Saturday...
"I wonder what Naruto and Hinata are doing right about now..."
BACK IN KONOHAGAKURE NO SATO
"Uh, what am I doing wrong?!" Naruto screamed out, frustrated as the Rasengan refused to stay intact. It had busted open yet again. Even with trying his level best to keep the chakra flow steady it was difficult to focus on the sight and perfect control at the same time. He heard something splash near me as Hinata nearly glided on the water her eyes closed, the water was starting to accumulate around her. The water practically shimmered around her highlighting her beautiful features, the blonde Jinchuuriki was mesmerized...
"Wait a minute... Beautiful?" He thought to himself.
"When did I start calling Hinata-chan beautiful?"
"Naruto-kun?" her soft voice brought him out of his musings.
"Uh huh Hinata-chan, What is it?"
"Do you want me to help you Naruto-kun?"
"Huh?" he goggled dumbly.
"You won't be able to finish the scroll Sasuke gave you if you don't get the Rasengan down pat," she said tilting her head cutely. He blushed at the adorableness of the action.
"Ye-Yeah Hinata-chan I would love that a lot." He said scratching his head. She frowned... Raising her hand and touching his cheek tracing the birthmarks permanently etched in there.
"What's wrong Naruto-kun? Why are you stuttering ?" she said getting close to his face. His breathing was becoming harsh at the close proximity of their faces.
"It's nothing Hinata-chan. I promise" he said out harshly breathing out. She frowned at the secrecy but didn't push it.
"Come on Naruto-kun, I'll help you," she said as she walked away. He got his breathing under control.
"Why am I feeling this way?" He thought to himself, before going after her.
BACK WITH ARION
"I think we're here," He said out loud as he took in the stone like surroundings around with the familiar Pokemon Center in sight.
"Pewter city..."
"My first gym badge is finally in sight"
Signing Off,
The Aura Phoenix.
