Title:
Let's Go: Shinobi
Inspired by:
• Geniuses of Hard Work by froznfox72
• Shifting Foxes by sakurademonalchemist
• Mr. Chaos' Pokemon / Harry Potter series (multiple fics starting with "Harry Potter and the Master's Ball")
Summary:
After the Hoehn region, Ash & Gary come to the Elemental Region to investigate the unique "Demon" Type Pokemon. This region is full of Shinobi, warriors who can mimic their Pokemon's attacks. The Shinobi learn Ash is a 1st generation Shinobi, due to all his blessings from legendaries. They insist on teaching him while he goes on his Journey. Fakemon; Demons & Eeveelutions
● Chapter 1:
"Hey! Gym Leader Lady!"
Tsunade looked up as a child stormed into her office. The boy appeared to be about 10, wearing a red and white hat and blue backpack. A Pikachu was riding on his shoulder. Both appeared far too eager, which could only mean a headache for the old leader of the Village.
"That's Hokage," Tsunade glared at the child.
"I challenge you to a Pokemon battle!" Yep, definitely a headache.
"No," The Kage shooed him away.
The boy faltered, clearly not expecting that answer. "What you mean 'no'? Come on! I came all this way from the Hoehn region! Please battle me!" The boy whined.
"I only battle would-be trainers on the weekends," and the only reason she did that was to help with tourism.
By Arceus, the only reason she or any other Kage did that was to appease tourist from other regions. They would prefer it if they didn't even have a tournament. It just distracted from the real work.
"HEY, I'm not some would-be trainer!" The boy insisted. "You're looking at the future Pokemon Master of the world."
Tsunade tightened her grip around a pencil. She was getting tired of that declaration. These brats knew nothing of what it took to be a real Pokemon Master. They couldn't even fight by their Pokemon's side as equals.
"Very well, since I am in the presence of a future master." Tsunade glared as she stood up. She always did have a temper and maybe if she roughed up one of the brats with a real battle it would make the others leave her alone. She was buried under paper work and this brat was distracting her from it. A sea of brats had been pestering her all day because of that stupid airship arriving a day early from the Hoehn region. Oh Tsunade was going to have words with that led footed pilot, but first she had to deal with this.
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Ash grinned like a loon that he was able to convince the gym leader to battle him. He got Gym Leaders did more then battle trainers. They were lords of their territory... Ash just didn't know what that part entailed. He didn't realize he was keeping the woman from her work.
The boy followed the lady out to the training grounds, unaware of the pain that awaited him.
Standing at opposite ends of a tournament style field. The seemingly young woman glared, "You ready?"
Ash blinked, usually gym leaders send out their Pokemon first. A moment later he was grinning. It didn't matter. As per tradition he left all his Pokemon with Professor Oak when he left for a new region, all but one, "Pikachu, I choose you!" The electric mouse jumped off Ash's head and eagerly posed, ready for a fight. Ash gave an eager bounce of his own, "Ready!"
The Gym leader didn't send out a Pokemon. Instead she leapt herself forward. Jumping from one side of the field to the other. She landed brutishly in front of Ash before slamming her fist into the boy's stomach. Ash was taken off his feet from the force. As he jerked forward, She quickly grabbed him by the back of his shirt, throwing him into the center of the field.
Ash hit the ground hard and it took him a moment to realize the woman was talking as the boy clutched his belly in pain, unable to do more then curle into a ball.
"What kind of trainer doesn't stand by his Pokemon's side in a fight? If you expect your Pokemon to take a punch, why not you?" The gym leader was walking over to him, as the boy coughed on the ground.
"CHU!" Pikachu suddenly charged at the woman in full electric force. Tackling her well adding a well timed thunderbolt.
The gym leader howled, not expecting the Pokemon to be so loyal it would come to his owner's aid without being ordered. She stumbled back then smiled, readying herself for another attack as Pikachu stood between her and the boy.
"You might be a worthy opponent," She told the Pokemon.
"Pika-" Pikachu's red cheeks sparked as he pulled his paws too his chest "CHUUUUUUUUU!" Electricity shot from his body into the sky, then back down to strike the gym leader.
She easily side stepped the attack. Putting her hands together she sprayed mud from her mouth at the Pikachu! Ash gaped as the human used a Pokemon attack. Pikachu, being equally surprised, got hit with the stream at full force.
The old woman with the young face dove in, her hands turning to steel, ready to Strike the Pokemon... when Ash dove in front of her... then, an inch from the boy's face, the hand stopped.
Ash glared the woman down who glared back with equal force. Then, she smirked.
"So the piss ant has balls after all," she grinned, withdrawing her hand and Ash watched as it turned back into flesh.
Ash blinked, all kinds of confused, as she pulled something out of her pocket and flicked it at him. Ash caught it with both his hands and looked down to see a badge in the shape of the Village's leaf symbol. He looked up at the woman.
"Not many of you would be trainers are willing to die for their Pokemon," she smiled at him. "You've impressed me, Piss Ant. Have fun in our tournament." She waved off as she started to walk away.
"Wait!" Ash called and she did. "How did you manage to use Pokemon attacks!"
The Gym Leader smiled, "That is the gift of real trainers. You'll probably run into a few more in our region. They are called Shinobi. Feel free to stop by the Hokage Tower again and hire a Shinobi escort for your journey. Our region is more dangerous then most so you'll need someone who can properly defend you by your side. See you around Piss Ant."
She tried to turn again but Ash yelled, "Teach me how to do it!"
She frowned at him, "It can't be taught. Be content with your place. You are already a credit to your trade." Then she disappeared in a cloud of smoke.
Naruto jumped around with Eevee, trying desperately to punch it but the little guy was too fast.
The fox was silver with fluff on the tips of his ears. He looked like a Shiney Eevee... but there was something... odd about him. He was pretty big for an Eevee, but it wasn't unusual to have Pokemon of different sizes... however this one attacked with a ferocity uncommon in such a Pokemon. He was near unrecognizable with his glaring red eyes and large enough stature for the boy to ride.
The Eevee easily dodged the boy's every attempt. He seemed purely on the defense before he leapt forward and slammed the boy with a headbutt. Then the large fox did a flip and double kicked the boy with both his back legs.
Fishstick, the Magikarp, was cheering them on off to the side. Since he was not able to pick who he wanted to win, he just cheered for both.
Naruto jumped back as he took a deep breath. Then shot thousands of bubbles from his mouth. All of which exploded around the Eevee, stunning him. Naruto leaped forward, determined to get the victory.
"Excuse me."
Naruto turned his head, taking his eyes off Eevee... which resulted in him face down in the dirt with Eevee bending his leg the wrong way.
"WAIT WAIT!" Naruto begged, "I was distracted! Do over!"
"VEE!" The little Eevee scuffed, before bending the leg further back.
"OKAY! OKAY! You win!"
"Eee-vee!" The Pokemon cheered, as if proclaiming his awesomeness.
"COME ON! Let go, Fluff Butt!" Naruto demanded.
The little Eevee grinned but did as he was told. Running over to the kid that caused the distraction.
Naruto groaned as he sat up, rubbing his now sore leg. Then Naruto looked at the boy that caused his defeat. The boy had a Pikachu on his shoulder.
"What do you want?" Naruto glared.
"Can you show me how to do that bubble thing you did!" The little boy begged.
Naruto blinked, then looked at the Pikachu and back at the boy. By his age and lack of headband, Naruto assumed the kid was from the Academy. Why else would the kid be here at the Shinobi training grounds.
Naruto crossed his arms, "Why should I?"
The boy blinked back, clearly not having thought that far. The boy remained silent for a moment, then spoke with clear determination, "I want to learn how to fight beside my Pokemon's side, so I can better protect him."
Naruto blinked, the boy sure looked serious. Then again he was probably learning the basics at the Academy and just wanted a cool Jutsu on top of it to show off to his friends... it wasn't like Naruto never showed any of the other Academy students a technique or two.
Naruto sighed as he stood up and dusted himself off. "It probably wouldn't be all that smart to use water type moves around a Pikachu. When you are using an attack you temporarily open yourself up to those Weaknesses. You would become a burden your Pokemon has to look out for or his attacks might hurt you."
The boy deflated.
"I could show you an electric type move, though. That way you could work with your Pokemon better."
"Vee!" Fluff Butt quickly agreed.
Naruto stuck out his hand, "Naruto Uzumaki."
The boy quickly grasped it, "Ash Ketchum."
"Let's start with something easy, Like Spark."
They trained for hours... and nothing. The kid had no talent. It was like he never even tried to draw on his Chakra before. Still the boy didn't give up. Naruto actually had to force him to take a break. When NARUTO thinks your pushing yourself too hard, you might have serious issues.
"Why do you want to learn this Jutsus so bad?" Naruto asked as he handed the kid a water bottle.
The boy sighed, taking a drink before answering. He looked at his Pikachu, "People keep trying to steal my best friend... we normally get out of those situations purely through luck... I want to actually be able to help him."
Naruto looked back at the little Pikachu, "Why would anyone want to steal a Chu that badly?"
"Pikachu is a very special Chu." Ash smiled.
"Was he one of Orochimaru's experiments to?" Naruto awed but didn't wait for the boy to answer, "My Eevee is special like that. I mean ALL Eevees are special. So long as you don't Evolve them, Eevees can learn every move in any Shinobi Scroll. But Fluff Butt here is a whole other level of awesome!
The Magikarp started flopping around jealously. Naruto just smiled at it.
"Don't worry Fishstick," Naruto assured the little water type, "There is always something special about your first Pokemon."
Ash looked down at his Pikachu. There was definitely something true about that.
"Can Magikarp do anything cool?" Ash asked.
"SURE CAN." Naruto grinned, "After you graduate the Academy they let you learn all kinds of Secret techniques to training Pokemon. I was able to teach Fishstick Bouncy Bubble, Hydro Pump, Dragon Breath, Payday, and Roar of Time."
Ash blinked, "How can he know so many attacks."
Naruto grinned, "Shinobi Pokemon are trained to remember all their Move set and any taught to them. You should start working on that soon." Still thinking the kid was an Academy student. "It's how Fluff Butt knows so many attacks." he slapped the kid's back and got the seemingly younger boy to return to training.
Pikachu cheered Ash on, even demonstrated how to channel the electricity as a Pikachu does. They appeared to have a strong bond for Academy students, so maybe the kid wasn't a complete failure.
The kid even wanted to continue training after the sun went down. So Naruto felt obligated to keep training him. The little guy reminded Naruto of his own determination at the Academy... and honestly Naruto wouldn't blink if he was told this kid was the bottom of the class like him.
Then, it happened, visible static started dancing around the boy's body. He tried launching it but ended up zapping himself. The boy screamed as he fell down, his hair even more of a mess. Still it was a good first step, but before Naruto could give the kid that little taste of encouragement Fluff Butt screamed.
Suddenly the boys and their Pokemon were surrounded by ANBU agents.
Gary looked back and forth from his PokeDex and the street, scanning every Pokemon he never saw before. He hoped to collect as much Data as possible for his Grandfather. Of course Ash had run off to challenge the Gym Leader. Gary had to roll his eyes at that. Even back when Gary was a trainer he was never as enthusiastic as Ash about Gym Badges. They were always easy to get for him and the only joy he found in it was rubbing the badges in Ash's face. Gary even challenged unofficial gyms and got their honorary badges, but he never felt challenged by any of them.
They were 14 now, although you wouldn't know it looking at Ash. It was time to stop thinking like his dad. His father had pushed him into becoming a Pokemon trainer... even pushed the rivalry between Ash and Gary. Ash was the bastard child of the world champion Red... and Gary was the son of his rival Blue... Red seemed to have forgotten Blue even existed but Blue was still trying to prove he was better...
Blue wasn't such an ass that he manipulated his son to continue the rivalry to the next generation... at least... not intentionally. Gary just wanted his dad to be proud of him but he was 14 now and it was time to stop having such childish motivations.
Gary had always found much more enjoyment in catching Pokemon and observing them. He decided to stop chasing after his father's dream and do his own thing. Gary wanted to be a Pokemon researcher. So he started recording his own PokeDex entries and publishing papers on the different types and individual species.
Coming out here had been Gary's idea. He wanted to do research on the Unique Pokemon in this region. There was very little information available on this "Demon" Type and Gary wanted to be the first to catch and record information on all of them. He wanted to do this all on his own, without his Grandfather's help. But at the same time he wanted to make up to Ash for... well for being such an ass all those years.
Still this region was dangerous, all sorts of criminal organizations like the Akatsuki and the so called "Sound Village" made travel extremely dangerous. Not to mention all the rogue bandit groups and highway men. He even heard rumor that Team Rocket was trying to muscle in it's own Territory in the region.
Gary sighed, maybe he shouldn't have brought Ash. This region was infamous for being one of the most savage... bit late to change his mind now.
Gary sighed again as he walked into the hotel room he got for himself and Ash. He jumped as he saw it filled with dark robed figures, wearing mask.
"Gary Oak?" One wearing an owl mask stepped up.
"Yes?" Gary eyed.
"If you'll come with us,"
"Why?" Gary didn't budge.
"The Hokage has Questions for you."
"The kid has to be from a rival village!" Insisted Shizune, the Hokage's assistant. "Perhaps even from the Sound Village itself. He's come to steal our Jutsus!"
The Hokage looked at her predecessors Crystal ball. It was better then a Camera. It was an artifact infused by Chakra to show her what any individual in her village was doing at any time, no matter where they were. The ultimate security system...
Truthfully... she saw no hint of anything other then the truest sincerity in that little boy's face. He wanted to learn to be a Shinobi. He needed to learn so desperately... and it had broken the old woman's heart that the child was working so hard, with her own godson of all people, to achieve that dream...
She knew she should stop it... Naruto could get in a lot of trouble for teaching one of their Jutsus to a noncitizen. However, Naruto was just teaching the kid a normal Pokemon attack and not one of the villages secrets. Of course the Hokage still planned to skin the boy's hide for not checking to make sure the kid was actually a part of their village... but she couldn't actually stop them.
It was just so tragic. Only Shinobi can channel Pokemon attacks through their bodies, and then only attacks their Pokemon can learn... it was not possible for just anyone to become a Shinobi... was it something else? There were other bloodline abilities that could allow humans to channel great power. The hex maniacs and psychics for example. Could this be something similar? Just a bloodline trait they hadn't encountered before? Or was the boy a descendant of some long dead Shinobi that fled the Elemental Region? Could there be more of them? More Shinobi outside their region who didn't even know it?
The Elemental Region was isolated, with Shinobi clans heavily monitored by all villages. The very idea that one of these individuals could have a bastard child outside the region was thought impossible. The idea that they could full out escape the region and have a proper family with multiple descendants... was terrifying.
Shinobi were dangerous, living weapons, but that was not why they took such extremes with the clans... Shinobi were blessed by the Legendaries themselves. They were descended from chosen champions of the world. They were supposed to protect the subtle balance between Pokemon and humans... they were sacred warriors. It was the purpose of every child born of these bloodlines to dedicate themselves to the protection of Pokemon... the very idea that there could be Shinobi out their that knew nothing of their heritage... the very idea offended everything they stood for.
There was a knock at the door, "Lady Hokage?"
"Come in."
The Owl stepped in, his hoothoot on his shoulder, "The Hyuga clan has finished their examination of Ketchum..."
"Well?"
"The boy does appear to have a Chakra network running through him. However... they were unable to track the child's lineage through his DNA. Also it would appear... appear..." whatever this guy learned from the Hyuga was truly disturbing him. A trained Black Ops specialist and he found himself tongue tied during a briefing. "His chakra pathways... they don't appear to be apart of his natural anatomy."
The Hokage jumped out of her chair, "WHAT!?"
"He... he appears to be a first Generation Shinobi."
"That hasn't happened in thousands of years!" She screamed.
"I am aware." The Owl said, more as a reflex, much like the Hokage's own outburst.
There was only one way this could happen. The child must have been directly blessed by the freely shed tears of a legendary.
"I can't think of anything I did that was all that special." Ash pondering as the Doctors hovered over him.
The boy looked to his Pikachu for help. The little electric mouse shrugged.
"You can't recall any incidences where you may have come in contact with a legendary." The Doctor pressed.
"Well," the boy scratched his head, "Yeah, but is that really all that uncommon. I seem to run into them a couple times a year."
The Doctor gulped, but tried to remain calm, "Can you describe the first time you saw one?"
"Weeeeeeelll, Pikachu and I saw HO-OH flying in the sky our first day out on our journey... she just sorta... flied by though."
"How long ago was that?"
"About... 4 years?"
"And how old were you?"
"You know, normal age when you start your adventure."
"So... 10?"
"Yeah."
"And how old are you now?"
"10?"
"But you said that was 4 years ago."
"Errr, yeah?"
"And your still 10?"
"Yeeeeeeah?" The boy seemed truly exacerbated by the line of questioning, not understanding the connection.
"Has your parents gotten any older? Your friends?"
"YEEEEEEEEAAAAAAH, So?"
"But you haven't."
"What's so hard to understand about that!?"
"Did you make a wish?"
"Eh?"
"When HO-OH passed you by. It is said she grants wishes to those who see her, if their wishes are pure enough."
"..." Ash looked contemplative, "I... I guess... When we saw HO-OH I said to Pikachu that I wanted to go on adventures with him forever."
DEAR ARCEUS! HO-OH effectively gave the child eternal youth and the kid wasn't even aware of it! The child proved this by asking.
"But what's that got to do with anything?"
He was incapable of making the connection! Perhaps as a way of preserving his child like mind so that he could still experience everything as a child would... forever... he could recognize the passage of time without being affected by it... remarkable...
"And the next time you ran into a legendary?" The Doctor moved on.
"Oh... well I kinda had my mind wiped of the events but Mewtwo gave them back eventually," the boy blushed, as if embarrassed.
"Can you tell me what happened?"
"Mew and Mewtwo were fighting and making all their Pokemon allies fight to the death. Not get knocked out or anything. Actual DEATH! I tried to stop them but they sorta... accidentally killed me in the crossfire. I got better though."
The Doctor gulped again, "How did you 'get better'?"
"Not really sure. Okay this is going to sound really cheesy but... all the Pokemon stopped fighting and kinda... cried me to life. All their tears kinda floated into me and I just sorta... stopped being dead. Been feeling a bit weird ever since to be honest. But weird in a good way, you know. Anyway then Mew and Mewtwo stopped fighting and took all their Pokemon to a safe place. I bumped back into them a few months later. When Team Rocket was going after Mewtwo again."
"Then I ran into those legendary bird guys and there was this bizarre prophecy about the world 'turning to Ash'. Turns out it meant I was suppose to stop it and and not the world would be destroyed. There probably wouldn't have been so much confusion if I was named 'Tim' or something." The boy actually laughed. "Then the most recent legendary I've seen was just before leaving the Hoehn region. I ran into Rayquaza and Deoxys as they were beating each other up something fierce. Oh! But before that I can into some other legendaries of that region." as if he actually forgotten!
This kid... was the child of prophecy. The champion of the world that would bring balance to all the legendaries. Even the ones who had grown cruel and mistrustful of humans... he was the bridge of their world... the legitimate Rainbow Hero... and he didn't have the slightest clue... perhaps HO-OH had sent him here to do something about their own legendaries. The 9 tailed beast couldn't very well be locked up forever.