Chapter 4: Old places and new experiences
A day after Naruto received his Pokedex from Rowan
Naruto, , and the other scientists were standing at the front of the lab to see the blond off and wish him a good journey, a sentiment that said young man greatly appreciated.
"Thank you all so much for everything!" he said bowing to show his appreciation, small tears threatening to escape his eye "you all took me in after I got here not knowing what or who I am, and have helped me so much ever since I've met all of you!" he then stopped bowing to look at all of the adults in the eyes "I guess, what I'm trying to say is, you won't regret giving me this opportunity dattebayo!" the small blond teen finished whit a large smile.
"I'm sure that we won't Naruto," Rowan said before taking a sip of his coffee "now then. Are you all packed?" he questioned the blond while looking towards the triangular crossbody rucksack that Ben had gifted to the young man, it was black whit a small net to store a water bottle, various pockets to keep items organized, and perhaps most impressive of all, the strap could contain pokeballs on it for quick and easy access to pokemon in case of an unexpected attack.
"Yeah dattebayo! I packed an extra set of clothes and everything" he said grabbing the bag and slinging it over his shoulder via its singular strap, a slightly sad look on his face "its a shame Ben couldn't wake up in time for me to thank him for this"
"Who didn't wake up in time, again?" said the man currently coming out of the lab, a green v-neck shirt underneath his pristine lab coat, beige cargo pants a pair of loafers, and a bag almost identical to Narutos were covering the frame of the black-haired man that had been watching over Naruto.
"Ben, I see you are all packed as well," Rowan said to his black-eyed assistant, restraining the urge to grin at Naruto's shocked expression "make sure to learn a lot on your expedition, got it?"
Ben simply nodded "of course professor, just you wait, I'll have a ton of things to write about the various Wormadam forms soon enough"
"W-wait, does this mean you're coming whit me?" Naruto asked hopeful to have a traveling companion given the fact that he didn't know much about the world after being placed in a completely different time than before.
Ben merely grinned "you betcha, I'm going all the way to Orenburg city to do some training at their caves, and if you want to meet back up whit the girl to thank her for finding you then there's a good chance she might be there," the man said before walking forwards to stand next to the teen, showing that he was ready to embark on a journey whit the young man "besides, traveling by yourself isn't nearly as fun" the man finished whit a wave at his boss, and co-workers, walking away towards Jubilife city "now come on, we don't have all day"
"Right!" the teen said whit a smile, waving goodbye at the rest of the scientists before jogging to catch up to Ben.
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Lake Verity, at the same time, that Naruto began his journey whit Ben
A tall and slightly lanky-looking man whit spiky blue hair, sunken eyes, and sharp boney features wearing long black pants, white shoes a black turtleneck sweater, and a platinum-colored vest whit a pair of black lines, and a golden G-like symbol on it was staring out at the lake from the same spot that Naruto had appeared in.
"...The flowing time… …The expanding space… I will make it all mine one day…Cyrus is my name. Rember it… Until then, sleep while you can, legendary pokemon of emotions" the man said out towards the calm and serene lake bed, he then turned around and started walking away before stopping near the trees that marked the start of the forest "whatever it is that you are planning won't stop me, flare up your power as much as you'd like, this imperfect world will be destroyed" he said before leaving the premises of the lake.
Many hours later, a small translucent figure could be glimpsed worriedly levitating over the lake before disappearing in a pink flash.
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Route 202: Nighttime, 2 days after the start of Naruto Journey
"Alright Naruto, once we get to Jubilife city there are a couple of errands that I need to run on my own" Ben said while tending to the small campfire that they had made for the night "no, you cant' come whit me so we'll just meet up at the pokemon center at the end of the day, got it?" the scientist finished, shooting down the first question Naruto was going to have before the blond could even ay it.
"What's a pokemon center 'ttebayo?" the time-traveling trainer questioned almost immediately, causing the scientist to sigh as he had to explain yet another commonplace thing.
"Do you remember that large building whit a red roof back in Sangem Town?" the man asked, then after seeing the blond nod in confirmation, he continued "that's a pokemon center, it's a place where trainers and other people can heal their pokemon if they get injured, it's also one of the only places where you'll find a Pokemon storage system terminal so that you can swap out your pokemon, not to mention the trading machines, battlefields, and rooms for trainers to rest in so they don't need to camp all the time" the man finished saying while skewering some vegetables, and meat on some shaved wooden sticks before passing them to Naruto so the kid could watch over them, Kami knows the blond was a better cook than him any day of the week.
Naruto meanwhile accepted the food and started cooking it whit a dumbfound expression on his face "that sounds, um how did you repeat it," he struggled to find the right word for a second before "awsome 'ttebayo?" the blond said unsure on if he was using the right word or not, causing Ben to snort a little bit at the younger trainers expression.
"Yeah, pokemon centers are awesome," the man said whit a dumb-faced grin making itself onto his face ", especially the nurses who run it," he said whit a small perverted giggle that Naruto promptly ignored in favor of tending to their dinner.
Speaking of dinner, Naruto looked over at the few bowls of empty pokemon food as well as the only one that was full, the lingering aura of malice emanating from it causing him to shiver and stroke his scarred cheek to suppress the memory that had just flooded back into his mind.
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Flashback: 3 years before Naruto's disappearance
A young Naruto about 10 years old given his height, and attitude could be seen excitedly following his father and mother to a more secluded part of the lake away from his home, how couldn't he be excited afterall today was the day that his parents were going to teach him all about battling, an idea that the Gardevoir amongst them seemingly wasn't very fond off given by the expression on her face.
"Relax honey, he's going to need to learn this stuff eventually, might as well do it now so that it won't cause him trouble when he's older," Minato told his wife to try and ease her fears.
"Yeah!," naruto quickly continued where his father had left off "besides, you promised that you and dad would teach me to battle once I finally had a pokemon 'ttebayo!" the little kid said excitedly while proudly presenting the ultra ball he had received from Akari a week ago.
"Gardevoir" the blonds mother said while narrowing her eyes at the ball, it reeked of malice, spite, and sorrow afterall "voir, vor"
"I know mom," the red-eyed youth said "b-but maybe they just need a friend?" he said hopefully "maybe once there outside of the ball, we can all be friends and, and he'll stop being so angry dattebayo!" Naruto finished whit a bit of conviction, he could feel the emotions coming out of the Pokeball as well afterall, just to a lesser degree than his mother could, a difference made clear by their responses to those feelings.
"Alright gang, were here," Minato said as they had all finally arrived at a part of the Sangem Flats that was usually uninhabited by pokemon "take out your pokemon Naruto, you've got to introduce yourself first, afterall, if they don't like you then there's no reason as to why they would ever try to protect you," the blue-eyed blond said before leaning a bit closer to his wives er to whisper something to her "Midori, please prepare a psychic in case anything happens" the man whispered, earning a nod from his wife.
Meanwhile, Naruto was preparing to throw his Pokeball forwards and realized that he still didn't know what species it was, and just yelled out the first name that came to his mind "let's go, Kurama!" the following moments were a blur of screaming, howling, and attacks being thrown around, in fact, Naruto had passed out from the pain almost instantly after the first attack, nevermind the second one, the only proof that it wasn't a bad dream being the 3 scars on each cheek that rested on his face.
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Entrance to Jubilife city: 3 days after the start of Naruto's journey
"Alright Naruto, feel free to do whatever you want, just make sure to meet back up at the pokemon canter before 10," Ben said while waving at the blond kid as he walked away and into the city "see you later"
Naruto however was too stunned by the massive buildings to even listen to what the man had to say "wha-, how, dattebayo?" he merely said aloud to himself as he continued walking around, mouth wide open, not even trying to hide the fact that he was gaping at the enormous towers all around him, something that made him bump into someone, making the 2 of them stumble backward "oh, I'm sorry 'ttebayo, I didn't se-"
"WHAAAAAAT?!" the tall man wearing a white t-shirt, black pants, vest, shoes, a brown tie, and an equally brown trench coat shouted to the high heavens "...How did you know? How did you unmask me as a member of the International Police?!"
"International Police?" the confused blond parroted the man "what's that dattebayo?"
"...Heh. You claim that you don't know about the secret police, do you? But I know better than to believe that. No no no, you recgnized rgth away that I was someone extraordinary." the man said whit a self-fulfilled grin "that is why you bumped into me, is it not? Your power of observation is fearsome! Quite admirable indeed!" the man said, making Naruto pause what he was about to say from the sheer schock of being complemented all of a sudden "Now that my cover has been blown, let me introduce myself. I am a globe trotting elite of the international police. My name… Ah, no, I shall inform you only of my codename for the time being." he said after biting his tongue in order to not reveal his personal identity, because while he was almost certain that this boy was aalso a fellow meber of the international police, the fact that he wasnt sure prevented him from revealing such information "My code name is Looker. It is what they all call me." he said before deeming it an appropriate time to question the young blond in order to see if he really was a member of the international police or not "inncidentally, is the saying "dont be a thief!" familiar to you?" Looker finished, waiting in anticipation at what Naruto's response would be.
"Huh?!" Naruto said "no, I guess not," the poor confused teenager said"
'He's given me the correct answer, this must be the backup I requested then' Looker mistakenly thought "I see, well in that case please allow me to inform you of something, there is a criminal organization here in Sinnoh, so please let me know if there are any suspicious characters out and about" the man said handing Naruto a flat blue and green device known as a versus recorder "now then, until the next time we meet!" Looker said before promptly turning around and dashing away, leaving an even more confused Naruto behind.
"What does almighty Sinnoh have to do whit any of this?" he mumbled to himself while walking away from his current location without any particular destination in mind.
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Narutos current pokemon team: Kurama(?)lvl20,?lvl18, ?lvlv12, ?lvl12, ?lvl12
AN: Hello, hello everybody, I hope you are all doing well, next chapter will be a screw being Hokage chapter, so ill hopefully see you guys there as the journey continues.
