Pokemon Master, Sasuke

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Chris: Dear God… Could it be? An update in less than a month! Wow, is that a flying pig? Yes, it is. XD

Huge thanks to Wowie for beta reading. :glomps: You're the best! And I'm still sorry for scarring you with that other fic. I'm still thinking up a plot for that fic for you. :huggles:

Note: This is AU, everything after chapter… um 245 (I think?) does not exist to me for this story. I don't wanna hear any bitching, moaning and complaining saying this and that didn't happen in the manga/anime or never would. You're in my fic now and I am the all mighty and powerful fic authoress! Bow before my evil, sick, perverted and raunchy idea of humor.

Pairings: SasuNaru, KakaIru (but a LONG way till we get there) and whatever other pairing suddenly strikes the fancy of my sick mind. Like ItaNaru, NejiNaru and GaarNaru. Be afraid. Be very afraid.

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto although I wish I did. I sure as hell don't own Pokemon and quite frankly I don't want to. When you think of it, Pokemon is nothing but kiddie cock fighting. God that sounded SO wrong. Suing me would be a pointless waste of time. I don't even have the means to pay my creditors, you won't be getting one single, red cent out of me. If I owned Naruto… it'd be a lot more vulgar, raunchy and perverted… and Naru-chan would be a very busy little boy who really gets around with the male population. But alas, I don't so it'll never be... unless of course Kishimoto-sama becomes a rabid yaoi fanboy… think he'd rent Naruto out?

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Warning!

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This fic has:

Hmm… actually, this chapter really doesn't have anything bad. It's really PG stuff. I'm so disappointed with myself. I think I should go cry in a corner now…

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God, how can he do this now! I'm so tempted to let Sasuke kick him again, but opt instead to leave the room. Sasuke is waiting in the hall when I finally escaped.

"Did he give you any trouble?"

"Yeah, even in his condition his perverted tendencies still sneak through."

"What did he say to you? He didn't touch you did he?" Sasuke asks angrily.

"No. Don't worry about it. Besides, it's better that you don't know."

"But…" he begins when I cut him off.

"No buts, he didn't touch me so don't worry."

"Fine."

He frowns at the ground, pouting. God, he's so cute. Okay, Naruto. Fight the urge. Don't throw your arm around him and kiss him. I doubt it'll make him feel better. If anything, it'll probably freak him out. As we walk out of the inn, I idly wonder how I'm going to survive sharing a room with him again tonight. Guess it'll be another early night for me… at least I'll get to watch him change again. Yay! I get to make myself miserable, lusting after what I can't have… again. God I'm such a masochist.

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Chapter 10: Remorse

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xoxo - Sakura POV – xoxo

Is Kakashi right? Does Sasuke really feel that way? Should I just let go? His words to me keep playing in my head. They are harsh and cold. But I deserve it. I didn't want to believe it but now… I just don't know anymore.

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"Then why don't you leave? We don't need you. It's your fault Sasuke is like this! A demon like you only knows how to cause pain!" I spat out venomously.

"Sakura-san!"

"That's enough, Sakura! Sasuke wants him to stay, regardless of how you feel. It's not your place or decision to make. And even if he didn't, Naruto belongs with us! He's part of our team, no matter where he goes. He's still one of us."

"Forgive her, Naruto-san. She doesn't mean it. She's just upset. Sasuke's behavior has been hard on all of us. We know you aren't Kyuubi."

"Yeah… they're always upset… they never mean it…" Naruto mumbles almost inaudibly.

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"Sakura, you need to accept what's happening."

"There's nothing happening. It's just your perverted mind run amok again!"

"Look Sakura, you're a very bright girl who's normally fairly kind. But right now you're being a fucking bitch!"

Did that pervert just call me a bitch!

"I don't enjoy talking to you like this. I don't enjoy calling you that. But I don't know any other way to get through to you! If you don't learn to deal with this, it will destroy you. And in the end only you will lose.

"Sasuke and Naruto will move on without you. I will move on without you. We are supposed to be a team. We will always be a team no matter where we are. Naruto cares about you a great deal. You're one of his important people. He'd give his life to protect you and all you do is treat him with resentment and hostility because he has what you want."

"That's not true."

"Sigh. Sakura pull your head out of your ass already! If you truly love Sasuke as much as you claim you do, you'll let him go. You'll put your happiness aside for his. Sasuke actually cares about Naruto. Do you have any idea how hard that is for him?

"He's closed himself off from any kind of public emotion. He has worn an uncaring and indifferent mask ever since his family was massacred. He's refused to let anyone to get close to him. He hid behind the avenger excuse but the truth was he didn't want to get hurt again. He didn't want to deal with the pain of loss."

"You're wrong. It can't be true."

"Fine. You keep telling yourself that all the way back to Konoha. Think long and hard about it. Let it destroy you. Become a bad person, because that's where the road you're on leads to. I hope you realize that before it's too late. You're a bright and talented girl. I expect a lot from you because I know you can do it. Don't disappoint me. Accept it."

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"What the hell are you talking about! Sasuke-kun isn't mad at me! Why should he?"

"Sakura-san, how can you…"

"Are you blind! Did you not see the, 'I'm going to rip you in half and dance on your grave' glare he gave you last night! You've been treating Naruto like crap and it's pissing Sasuke off! Sigh… I know how you feel about him, but right now you aren't helping matters."

"Sakura-chan… I'm sorry I messed everything up for you… I never wanted to hurt anybody. I just wanted to leave and make everyone happy. I know I was never wanted… hated and despised. I thought my leaving would make everything better…"

"Naruto-san, not everyone hated you… It's true a lot of people feared and hated you because of Kyuubi. Fear makes people do evil, hateful things. People fear what they do not understand. It's only human nature, as ugly as that is.

"But those of us who have come to know you as Naruto-san and not the Kyuubi, we don't fear you; we don't hate you. I know I don't hate you. And I know deep down, Sakura-san doesn't hate you either. She's just really mad at the whole situation. Not everyone hates you, Naruto-san."

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I've said such horrible things to Naruto. I can hardly believe it myself. Kakashi is right. Sasuke does care for Naruto. Naruto has what I've always dreamed for without even trying. Is it too late? Am I already a bad person? God, I'm so sorry…

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xoxo – Lee's POV – xoxo

After 3 days of painfully silent traveling, we've come to a town.

"Sakura-san, there's a town up ahead. Why don't we stop for the night? It would be nice to sleep in a real bed and have a hot bath."

"Okay." Sakura-san answers in the same monotone voice she's used since we parted with Kakashi-san, Sasuke-kun and Naruto-kun.

In the past 3 days, the only words that have come out of her mouth is 'yes', 'no', 'okay' and 'alright'. The only time she speaks is to answer a question and each time the answer is short. Sigh. I don't know what to do for her and the silence is starting to drive me slightly insane. I don't think I can survive the week it'll take us to get to Konoha. I wish I knew what she's thinking.

"Lee-kun… am I a bad person?" Sakura-san asks so softly I barely hear her.

"I don't think so. What would make you think you are?"

"… The things I said to Naruto were horrible."

"Ah. Well, yeah what you said was horrible. But that doesn't make you a bad person."

"How can you be so sure?"

"Well for starters, you feel remorse for what you did. If you didn't, then yeah you would be a bad person. But I know you aren't like that. You're only human, Sakura-san. Nobody's perfect; not even Sasuke-san. We all do stupid things at one time or another; it's human nature.

"You did it out of anger, frustration and jealously. I know how you feel about Sasuke-san and seeing him like that has been painful for you. He's been just going through the motions of living these past 6 months. His soul was unhappy and lost… and when Naruto-san appeared, so did his happiness. It was as if we didn't matter at all. Ultimately, we were unable to do anything for him but keep him company.

"Naruto-san has done in a matter of moments, what we've tried to do for the past 6 months. He's made him happy and possibly given him a purpose. And when Naruto-san tried to leave… Sasuke-san opened up and made himself vulnerable and human. He put aside pride and ego to try and keep Naruto-san from leaving. He cast away the façade he exists behind. He cares a great deal for Naruto-san, something you've been unwilling to accept since Naruto-san left."

"He's been my dream for such a long time…"

"It's hard to let go of our dreams. They give us a goal; a purpose to carry on and keep trying. But that doesn't mean you can't have a new dream. Work hard to be the best person you can be and you'll never be disappointed!"

"Lee-kun… thanks."

"No problem!" I shoot her my best nice guy pose and smile, "Anything for the woman I love!"

"… um, yeah…"

Sigh. Things are practically back to normal, she's looking at me in that, 'What is going on in that freaks head!' look again.

"Sakura-san… what are you going to do when Sasuke and Naruto come back…possibly together?"

"I don't know. I guess I should apologize first to Naruto."

"I'm sure he'd appreciate it… hey, let's have ramen in honor of Naruto-san!"

"Let's not… how about onigiri, in honor of Sasuke-kun?" Sakura-san smiles sadly.

"Sigh. Okay." I smile as we come closer to the town.

You'll be fine Sakura-san, I'm sure of it. You'll find someone or something else that'll make you happy. And with any luck, you'll be able to smile when you see Naruto-san.

I wonder what will happen when they finally return to Konoha? Better yet, I wonder what we'll say to our friends when we come back without Kakashi-san and Sasuke-san? Do we tell them everything? We'll have to tell them about Naruto-san; they'll want to know. Especially Hinata-san… she didn't react as badly as Sasuke-san did, but the sadness and disappointment were still there. Even Neji-san felt a little bad for her. He hadn't been nearly as mean to her as usual when we left.

If Sasuke-san's feelings are what I suspect them to be, then Naruto-san is a dead man when he comes home. Those fangirls are scary! If Sakura-san's reaction is any indication to what the others are going to feel, I doubt even Godaime-sama can protect him from their wrath. Yes, Naruto-san is one dead man when he gets home. Maybe if we spread the news, it won't be such a shock when they get back. But then, they might all leave the village too on a search and destroy mission. I suppose Godaime will know what to do.

After 30 minutes of walking, we finally reached the village. We quickly find an inn and put our stuff away before going to look for someplace to eat. We find only one onigiri stand but since it looks quite disgusting and unsanitary, so we opt for ramen instead. Strangely the onigiri stand reminds me of Sasuke-san when he finally came out of his house.

"Ya know, the onigiri stand reminds me of when Sasuke-san came out."

"That's funny. I was thinking the same exact thing." We laugh together.

Finally we find the ramen stand and stop dead in our tracks. I can't help but laugh, the place is called Kitsune Ramen. On the sign is picture of a happy, chibi fox-girl (or is it a boy?) slurping up ramen.

"Dear god… it's like a sign from the gods."

"Naruto-san would enjoy this." I laugh, "We should bring him next time we see him just to see the look on his face."

We sit down at the counter and after we place our orders, we start to chat. It seems Sakura-san is already in better spirits.

"So what should we tell the others?"

"What do you mean?" I ask.

"What do we tell Hinata, Neji, Ino, Shikamaru… well, you know; everyone?"

"I've been pondering that myself. I guess we at least tell them the basics. Naruto-san's fine, Sasuke-san's still delusional, Kakashi-san's having way too much fun and we were sent back to update Godaime-sama. As for Naruto-san's and Sasuke-san's possible relationship…"

A hurt look crosses Sakura's face. The pain and guilt is going to be there for a while, it seems.

"We'll just see what Godaime-sama says. If we can use you as a gauge for how those fangirls of his are going to react, Naruto-san's a dead man."

Sakura looks away in shame and whispers, "I'm sorry…"

"There's no need to apologize, I know you're only human. And when Naruto-san comes back, you can apologize to him and then we'll all be happy again!"

"Assuming he forgives me…"

"Sigh. Sakura-san, I think you're underestimating Naruto-san. He doesn't have it in him to hold a grudge over that. You're important to him, regardless of what you say or do. I think that goes for all of us. Even now, he doesn't hate the village. The adults have verbally and emotionally abused him and looked down on him for years; and instead of taking revenge, he left so they could be happy."

"I wish I could be just as sure as you…"

"Just wait, you'll see. Everything will work out fine. I'm just worried about all those fangirls. Honestly, I don't think Godaime-sama can protect him from them."

"Well, maybe we can leak out word slowly."

"I was thinking about that, but then what's to stop them from leaving the village as well and going on a 'search and destroy' mission?"

"Well, there are only a few who could do that. There's quite a few kunoichi that adore Sasuke-kun but not all of them really have the skill or nerve necessary to pull something like that. Ino's just one of them, but Shikamaru, Chouji and Asuma-sensei should be able to keep her restrained… at least for a while."

"She's also the most volatile. I can only imagine what she could do with that astral projection thing she does." I shudder slightly, "She wouldn't hurt Naruto-san, would she?"

"Probably not… well, I doubt she'd kill him at least."

"That's… comforting."

Geez, girls are nuts. No wonder Sasuke-san's gay. At least I think he is. He has to be; he has all those girls throwing themselves at him and he doesn't look twice at them! So, he's either gay or asexual.

"I guess there wouldn't be anything too wrong with telling the guys what's going on, but the girls…"

"We should definitely wait for Godaime-sama to decide."

"I'm going to feel kinda bad hiding the whole truth from Ino."

"It'll be only temporary, I'm sure. One way or another, she'll find out eventually. They all will."

Our orders finally came and we ate in a comfortable silence. I think everyone is going to be just fine. Hopefully Iruka-sensei will find them, and protect them from Kakashi-san. I'm sure by now he's driven him to the point of murder several times. Sigh, Poor Sasuke-san and Naruto-san. Maybe death at the hands of fangirls will be preferable than having to deal with that dirty old man. Just what the hell ever possessed Gai-sensei to see Kakashi-san as his rival! Sigh.

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Well, there it is. Chapter 10 gone and soon to be ignored and forgotten. I know, ya'll are probably going to hate it. I'm sorry it sucks so bad but there is a method to my madness… i think. And this will not be the last time we see these two either. Yes, they will be back and I plan on it to be funny. But that's a long way away, probably chapter 20… definitely not before then except for a flashback in the next chapter. So…

Naruto: Um isn't this where you give thanks and junk?

Chris: Yes. Yes it is. Okay, this chapters' plushie is…

Gaara: Malibu Gaara… the Nude Beach edition. :starts to pull the plushie out:

Sasuke: Oh, HELL NO! Katon! Goukakyu no jutsu! :burns plushie to ash before it can flash anyone:

Itachi: If anyone is going to inadvertently flash Naruto it will be me. Naru-chan, would you like to see what's under my cloak?

Neji: :stands between Naruto and Itachi: No, he doesn't!

Chris: Children, PLEASE!

Itachi: I am not a child. :Uchiha Death Glare™:

Chris: I'm older than you and you are behaving like one. To me, you are a child… a very perverted child. Now go stand in the corner and think about what you've done until I call you back, young man!

Itachi: The hell I will!

Chris: Silly Itachi. Of course you will… oh, what's this? Ah, your birthday ficcie where I let you play. Hmm… I wonder what would happen if I hit the delete button?

Itachi: Crap. Fine… evil bitch. :goes and stands in the corner:

Naruto, Sasuke and Neji: The hell? O.o

Chris: Okay this months real plushie is…

Naruto: Malibu Kakashi! :genki grin:

Sasuke and Neji: :melt into a puddle of mush:

Chris: Malibu Kakashi sports an adjustable hitae ate, however his mask is unremovable. His swim shorts feature little chibi Iruka's on one side and chibi Kakashi's riding a dolphin on the other side…

Kakashi: Really? :happy grin:

Chris: Not like that you pervert! It's a subliminal, symbolic thing…

Naruto: :tugs on Chris's shirt: Um… can we start passing these out? I need some… um…can we just get it over with already?

Chris: Yeah, yeah…

Love, adoration and gratefulness to: Little Kit Fox, Kirikouchan, BeryliaCrystalia, Generally Maz, tracy-kins, Nissie, Seiya, Ulitheal, Aimi-chan, Tales of Pwnage, aNiMePeRfEcT, Polka dot, RandomOo, Nanashi Ouka, zan0130, Puchu-chan, magical-flyingdragon, Binnybobarino, Ruby Love, Ginka, K-chan xoxo, Yit-ha, Sailor Epyon, Tsugath, naruto-fanfic and amekan.

Little Kit Fox: Oh yeah, I had to write in the middle of the night to suppress my happy little hentai grin for chapter 16. XD And the path starts in chapter 11 and then just continues to… escalate. XD Oh, and sorry for the heart attack.

Kirikouchan: I don't mind if you bother me. :hugs: Sorry I shocked you with the email, but being evil is in my nature. :nervous smile:

BeryliaCrystalia: Yay! Glad I could do that for you. I don't know if I can turn the other characters into pokemon though. The pokemon thing isn't going to be running as deep but we may revisit them…

Generally Maz: O.o :rearranges dolls so Itachi, Sasuke and Neji are off to the side, arguing who gets to have Naru-chan:

tracy-kins:I love fanart. XD:does a little happy dance: Anyway, Sasuke ain't admitting anything anytime soon. And as for the smex, I'm with you all the way! It is my goal, however… before I get there, I'm gonna be jerking a lot of chains around. XD

Nissie: Oh my gawd, you are my 200th reviewer! :cries for joy as she takes flowers and candy: I never had anyone give me flowers before. :genki smile: So you're stalking me, huh? Wow, never had one of those either! Thanks for trusting me, I hope this chapter lived up to it. And my health is fine. No more chest pains, although there were a few dizzy spells. But I'm medicated now so everything should be fine. Also, I haven't updated Xanga in ages. I've been doing that on livejournal so you may want to go there to keep up with what's going on. Thanks again! :silly happy grin:

Seiya: Geez, I don't wanna even THINK about that!

Ulitheal: Yeah, I like that part too. Yet another thing added that wasn't in my original draft. I wish I knew WHY I do that.

Aimi-chan: Heehee, again I am sorry about that. But I made it up to you, didn't I?

Tales of Pwnage: Yay, a new reviewer! Ano sa… you hate yaoi? So what possessed you to read this? You might not like it for much longer… not that I don't want you to read and review. I just hope you continue to enjoy it.

aNiMePeRfEcT: Ack! Wait till I start using the other ones. XD You're going to die!

Polka dot: Aww, but Naruto is a sweetie! And I doubt he wants to smell Kakashi when his clothes start to get a little rank. ALSO, he did feel sorry for the little pervert when Sasuke nailed him in the cajones. So because he is a sweetie, he would take Kakashi's clothes since they're going to the laundry anyway… besides, I needed to get Naru-chan in there. XD

Random Oo: How many times do I have to say it? :pouts: I am not on crack nor have I ever been. I just do a marvelous impersonation of one. If anyone's on crack, it's my computer.

Puchu-chan: Yeah! Pyro! Burn Baby BURN! Ahem… sorry. I adore Lily. The idea of a 12 year old pyro just tickled me and I want to write more about her… Naruto's past has been soooo interesting, look for it to come back and haunt him. XD And there will be smut, I promise.

magical-flyingdragon: So are you okay with how I write Sakura now?

Ruby Love: You're already that far? Are you in tears yet? I was pretty upset at the end of the fight but it was all so cool too. Stupid Avenger Boy. :smacks Sasuke in the head:

Sasuke: Ow! Quit it!

Chris: No.

Ginka: Heehee, thanks again for the fanart.

K-chan xoxo: Yeah, but I still had fun. :hands over pixy stix and cherry coke: Here's something for while you wait. I don't want you to starve to death.

Yit-ha: Well, I don't want to say how long it's going to be because I really don't know. I am however still working on chapter 17 and I can tell you it's no where near finished if I do all that I want to do. So, at least 20 chapters… possibly 30 if my mind keeps wandering.

Sailor Epyon: Thank you! :does the, I got a new reviewer dance: Ahem. Anyway, glad I could give you a good laugh.

Tsugath: Hmm… I don't know if I should give you one. Just kidding, you can have one!

naruto-fanfic: O.o Um okay. No I will not be pairing up Kiba and Hinata. They're just cannon fodder and might only have few minutes here and there with some others. And sorry, no yuri. It's not that I have a problem with it, I'd just suck bad at writing it. Just don't feel comfortable enough to pull it off successfully, so sorry.

amekan:Don't worry, you'll find out all in good time. I wonder if Sasuke would react like this if Naruto left town like that? I was just aiming to humiliate him andit's just spiraled out of control. How far have you read into the manga? I hope you continue to enjoy it though.

Well that's it! Ya know, I'm surprised no one said anything about Naruto pounding his head on the table or Sasuke grabbing his hair like a girl. Oh! And Naru-chan telling him he was pretty and they needed to get him a dress with matching shoes and purse. Those made me laugh hysterically. Ah well.

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Chapter 11 Excerpt:

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It's been two days since the bathhouse incident. Two days since I got to sing with Naruto. Two days since I surrendered to lust and sinned in a bathroom stall. Two days since we fought. Two days since we apologized. Two days since he said I was pretty. Two days… and Kakashi was still walking funny. Heh.

He whines incessantly, but because of his… condition, he hasn't really been able to do anything to really torment us. Sure he taunts and teases, but he hasn't been able to pull any of the pranks he did to Lee and Sakura. To be honest, I'm not sure if I should be relieved or disappointed.

I mean, sure Lee was embarrassed and Sakura was mortified; but Lee got some really great opportunities considering he likes her so much. I mean, he got to see her naked (there's just no accounting for taste) and he's gotten to grope her on several different occasions when he was pushed or tripped by Kakashi.

I remember when we went to the beach. Kakashi claimed we might find some strong water pokemon since the ocean was such a hard place to survive. Truth was, he just wanted to go to the beach. He's like that. He tells you what you want to hear, or rationalizes something to get what he wants. It's scary how he can rationalize anything he wants. Lee and Sakura happily agreed without hesitation with going to the beach. Sakura, because she had what she called a 'cute little bathing suit' and Lee because he wanted to see her in her 'cute little bathing suit'.