Hello all Storm here with a new chapter! Here we'll be seeing Naruto catch yet another Pokémon and one that has been asked before if Naruto will capture it. But not only that, we'll also be seeing Naruto awaken a new power. So, without further ado.
I own nothing
Two days have passed, since Naruto had caught Zigzagoon and the Galarian Pokémon joined his team. After learning about Regional Variants from Professor Birch, the trio had stayed at the Pokémon Center to rest and relax, or in Naruto's case, train with his new Pokémon.
Now after two days, Naruto, May and Max, along with the former twos Pokémon, were ready to set out again to Rustboro City. It made Naruto excited that he was so close to his first official Gym Battle, but at the same time, he was keeping an eye out for anymore Pokémon that he could add to his team. Given he didn't want to arrive at a Gym, only to learn he didn't have enough Pokémon to battle the Gym Leader.
Plus, it never hurt to have a full team, and Naruto wanted to make sure he caught plenty of Pokémon on his journey. Both in the Hoenn Region, and when he eventually moves on to the other Regions, as well.
Though suddenly, Naruto was pulled from his thoughts, when he saw something jumping through the trees.
"Huh?" Naruto muttered, stopping and looking at the trees, while also getting May and Max's attention.
"What is it, Naruto?" Asked May, wondering why he stopped, all of a sudden.
"I thought I saw something jumping in trees, right there!" Naruto said, pointing to the trees, where he saw several figures jumping through the trees, and got a clear view of the Pokémon as it landed on a branch, and looked at them.
They were small, green, bipedal reptilian Pokémon. It has yellow eyes with long, narrow pupils. Their hands and feet, each, have three digits covered with tiny spikes. Its stomach and throat are red. It also has a line across on its stomach, resembling a pouch. They also had a large, dark green tail.
"Treecko!"
"Treecko!"
"Treecko."
"It's a Treecko!" Max said in excitement at seeing the Grass Starter.
"Treecko, huh? So this is where they leave!" Said Naruto, pulling out his Pokédex and scanning the Treecko.
"Treecko, the Wood Gecko Pokémon. Treecko are able to climb smooth vertical walls, and use their thick tail to attack opponents. Since Treecko build their nests in large trees, it is said that those trees will live a very long life."
"Wow, there are so many." May said, as more Treecko came out, she'll even admit that they looked rather cute, despite her first impression with the one at Professor Birch's lab.
"A Treecko, I definitely have to catch one." Said Naruto, having wanted to catch a Treecko, since he first saw the one at Professor Birch's.
But just as Naruto pulled out Ralts' Pokéball to battle one of the Treeckos, he saw them all suddenly jump away.
"Wait, where are they going?" Naruto wondered, after seeing the Treecko looking to be in a hurry.
Wanting to find out where the Treecko were going, Naruto chased after them, with May and Max following behind him, wanting to see what made them take off in such a hurry.
'Where are they going? Wait, what's that?' Thought Naruto, when he saw something through the trees.
When he was close enough, Naruto's eyes widened in amazement, when he saw one the biggest trees he's even seen in his life. It was comparable to the trees in the Forest of Death, and the ones surrounding Konoha.
"Woah." Max said, after he and May finally caught up to Naruto, as he looked up at the tree in surprise, never seeing one this big before.
"It's…so big. It seems almost magical, just from the size." Said May, equally amazed at the tree.
"Yeah, but…it looks like it's dying." Naruto stated with a frown, as he saw dead, dry leaves, floating off the tree.
This made May and Max also frown sadly, seeing that Naruto was right. While the tree was amazing at how big it was, it also seemed like it wasn't going to last much longer. However, they were suddenly pulled out of their sadness, and jumped back in surprise, when a twig suddenly stabbed into the ground in front of them.
"What the-where did that come from?!" Naruto said, looking around for where the twig could have come from, before looking up at the tree and saw a Treecko sitting on a branch, holding another twig, which it put in its mouth.
"Treecko." Treecko looked down at them, with what Naruto knew was a smirk.
"Hey, why'd you do that?! If you're looking for a fight, then come down here and we'll battle!" Naruto said as he called out Ralts, ready to battle Treecko.
Rather than jump down, Treecko stood up and began jumping across the tree branches with surprising speed.
"Woah. Ralts, quick, use Growl!" Naruto said, when he saw Treecko was close enough.
Ralts immediately let out a high-pitched growl, that made Treecko flinch, but didn't stop its momentum.
"Treecko!" Treecko jumped to another branch, before spitting its twig out towards Ralts, with the Psychic/Fairy Pokémon jumping out of the way of the projectile.
Though this proved to simply be a distraction, as Treecko landed behind Ralts and smack him away with its tail.
"Ralts!" Ralts cried out, as it slammed into the tree.
"Ralts, are you okay?!" Naruto said, worried.
"Ralts." Ralts got up and stood across from Treecko.
"Treecko, Treecko, Treecko." Treecko waved its finger at Ralts in a taunting manner, annoying it.
"Okay, Ralts use Confusion to launch Treecko back!" Said Naruto, as Ralts grabbed hold of the surprised Treecko and threw them against one of the tree's roots.
Though Treecko grunted at the impact, it quickly shook it off, and charged towards Ralts, before once again smacking the Psychic/Fairy-Type Pokemon with its tail.
"Ralts!" Ralts flew through the air, but was able to right itself and land on its feet.
Both Ralts and Treecko were prepared to continue fighting, only for them to be interrupted by the arrival of the other Treecko that Naruto and the others had seen, including an elderly looking Treecko.
"Ralts, are you alright?" Naruto said, while kneeling down beside his Pokémon.
"Ralts." Ralts nodded its head as they both looked at the Treecko.
"That Treecko really put up a fight." Stated Naruto, amazed at Treecko's strength, with Ralts nodding in agreement.
However, Naruto was confused when Treecko and the elderly Treecko began talking to each other, or arguing in the younger Treecko's case, as it pushed the elder down. This had the other Treecko looking ready to attack, only for the elder to stop them, and walk back up to Treecko.
Watching as the two Treecko communicate with each other, along with gesturing to the tree, Naruto was able to get a vague idea of what they were talking about.
'This tree was their home, but because it's dying, they have to go find a new one to live in. But this Treecko doesn't want to leave his home, and is fighting to protect it.' Naruto thought.
"Hey Naruto! What's going on, what're the Treecko doing?" May asked as she and Max climbed down, having kept their distance when Naruto and the Treecko started battling.
"I'm not sure about the specifics, but from how they're acting, it seems like this tree used to be their home. But because it's dying, they're going to find a new tree to live in, but Treecko doesn't want to leave. It wants to stay and help the tree." Naruto answered, just as all the other Treecko left, leaving only Treecko behind.
Naruto watched as Treecko looked at the tree with a soft, but determined look in its eyes, just before it suddenly ran off.
"Wait, Treecko, where are you going?!" Naruto asked, only for Treecko to ignore him.
"Ralts, Ralts." Ralts got Naruto's attention and pointed at the tree, making Naruto nod, understanding what Ralts meant.
"Yeah, if we wait here, then Treecko will eventually come back. Guys, we'll be setting up camp here, for a while." Naruto said to his friends, who nodded, knowing that Naruto still wants to catch Treecko.
And while that's true, Naruto also wanted to see what Treecko was doing.
*Later*
After waiting for the rest of the day, until sunset, Naruto's waiting finally paid off, as Treecko soon returned. But what had their attention was the large leaf it was dragging behind it, filled with water.
"What's Treecko doing?" Max wondered.
The answer soon came, when they saw Treecko pour the water onto the base of the tree, before pushing piles of leaves onto the spot.
"Treecko's trying to save the tree." Naruto said, amazed at seeing how gentle Treecko was being, compared to their battle.
"But can it even be saved?" Asked May, while looking at the tree, not sure if there was a chance it could be saved.
Watching Treecko leave with its leaf, only to soon return with more water, Naruto gained a determined look in his eyes, before he and Ralts walked over and helped Treecko push leaves onto the tree.
"Treecko? Treecko!" Treecko held up its fist, believing the human wanted to continue fighting.
Only to be surprised, when Naruto smiled at it.
"Relax Treecko, we're not here to fight. We're here to help, in fact." Naruto said, before calling out Zorua and Zigzagoon as well.
"Zorua!"
"Zigzagoon!"
"Hey guys, I need your help. Can you help Ralts, Treecko and I collect water and leaves for the tree?" Naruto asked, with Zorua and Zigzagoon tilting their heads in confusion, as they looked at the tree and Treecko, before nodding.
"Zor!"
"Zagoon!"
"Thanks, okay, let's go!" Said Naruto, as they went to collect more water, while Treecko looked at them in surprise.
"Treecko." Treecko grabbed its leaf and ran to join them in helping its home.
Seeing this, May and Max also joined in helping, with May bringing Torchic out to help as well.
With that the three humans, their Pokémon, and Treecko moved back and forth, bringing more water and leaves to the tree, determined to help it.
Unknown to them, the other Treecko were nearby and saw all this. It was surprising for the Treecko, seeing three humans and their Pokémon going to such lengths to help their friend, never having expected such behavior from humans.
The elder Treecko was amazed as it watched the humans and Pokémon helping Treecko tend to the tree, when they had no obligation to.
"Treecko, Treecko, Tree." The elder Treecko looked to the others, and they all immediately ran to collect water and leaves as well.
Treecko looked up, and was surprised to see the rest of the Treecko were now helping as well, while the elder approached it.
"Treecko?" Treecko tilted its head, confused as to why they were helping.
"Treecko, Treecko, Treecko, Tree, eecko." The elder Treecko smiled at Treecko, with Treecko's eyes tearing up a little that they would stay and help it to save the tree.
With that all the Treecko, Naruto, May, Max, their Pokémon, and Treecko worked the entire night bringing more water and leaves to the tree.
"Treecko." Treecko looked at the tree sadly, that it wasn't showing any signs of improving, even after all the effort they put into helping it.
"Treecko." The elder Treecko walked up to Treecko and patted it on the shoulder, knowing it was sad that the tree wasn't showing any signs of improving.
*CRACK*
"Treecko!" Treecko's eyes widened in shock and fear, when it saw the tree was starting to crack, before it completely split in two.
Immediately all the Treecko ran forward and tried holding up the split pieces wanting to save the tree.
"AH! Hang on, I'll help too!" Naruto said as he prepared to make Shadow Clones to help them.
Though he stopped when he saw the sun was coming up, as everyone stood looking in shocked amazement.
'What…what is this?' Naruto thought as he saw some sort of vision.
He saw a seed growing into a massive tree, just like this one, but eventually, the tree withered away and died. However, that wasn't the end as more seeds fell from the tree and into the ground, leading to the forest growing, along with Treecko's tree home.
'Wow, so even if the tree is gone, it won't disappear, it'll come back again, bigger and stronger than before.' Naruto thought, while unknown to him, his Chakra began reacting to the vision he was seeing.
"Treecko." Treecko looked down and saw a new seed that the now fallen tree had left behind.
Picking it up, Treecko dug a hole and placed the seed inside, before covering it with leaves. Treecko looked up, when Naruto put his hands over its own.
"I think… that this was the trees way of saying thank you for trying to save it, Treecko." Said Naruto, smiling at the Wood Gecko Pokémon, not noticing as his hands were surrounded with Chakra, that flowed into the seed.
Before they knew it, the ground began shaking, before Naruto and Treecko suddenly jumped back, as to everyone's shock, a new tree started growing from where the seed was planted.
"Treecko." Treecko looked on in amazement at the new tree, seeing it looked even healthier than the old one, and when Treecko placed a hand a on it, it felt the strong life-force flowing through the tree
Meaning once the tree was fully grown, it would last even longer than the old one.
Looking at the stunned Naruto, Treecko felt that he was somehow responsible for making the tree grow as fast as it did. Not only that, but Treecko hadn't forgotten that Naruto was the first one to help it try and save the old tree, and now he has helped create a new one.
"Treecko!" Treecko jumped across from Naruto, getting the blonde's attention.
"Huh, Treecko?" Naruto said, being pulled from his surprise at the trees sudden growth.
"Treecko, Treecko, Treecko!" Treecko smirked as waved its finger at Naruto, showing it wanted to resume their earlier battle.
Understanding what Treecko wanted, Naruto smirked and looked at Ralts, who quickly moved in front of its trainer, glad they could finish their battle.
"Okay, Ralts use Growl!" Naruto said, as Ralts released a high-pitched growl, lowering Treecko's attack strength.
Wincing at the Growl, Treecko quickly charged towards Ralts in a burst of speed, as it knocked Ralts away with its tail.
"Ralts! Quick, use Confusion and throw Treecko away!" Said Naruto as Ralts landed on a tree root, and grabbed hold of Treecko, before throwing it into the air.
Then to Naruto's surprise, Ralts unleashed a blast of multicolored energy from its hands at Treecko, making the Grass Pokémon cry out.
"Wow, that was Psybeam!" Naruto said, amazed at Ralts using an attack like that, though he quickly shook off the surprise, knowing they're still battling.
"Alright Ralts, use Confusion again to slam Treecko into the ground." Said Naruto.
"Ralts!" Ralts grabbed hold of Treecko with Confusion again, and slammed it hard into the ground, making Treecko grunting at the impact.
"Okay, now go Pokéball!" Naruto said, seeing his chance and threw a Pokéball at Treecko.
The ball bounced off Treecko's head and sucked it in, before landing on the ground and started shaking. Everyone watched as the Pokéball shook several times, until finally it let out a ping sound.
"Alright! I caught a Treecko!" Naruto cheered, while his Pokémon also jumped and cheered at the new addition to the team.
Naruto then let Treecko out, with it looking at its new trainer, while Naruto pulled out his Pokédex to see what information it had on Treecko.
Treecko:
Gender Male
Ability: Overgrowth
Moves: Pound, Leer, Quick Attack
Egg Moves (Locked): Leaf Storm, Dragon Breath, Magical Leaf, Giga Drain
'Wow, Treecko's got some strong moves it can unlock.' Naruto thought, pocketing his Pokédex and smiled at Treecko.
"Welcome to the team, Treecko." Said Naruto, as Treecko smirked.
"Treecko!" Treecko crossed its arms, happy that its tree home will get to live on, but now it's found a new home, and will do everything to protect its friends and fellow Pokémon.
*Later*
"Bye Treeckos! Take care of the new tree, and I promise to look after Treecko!" Naruto said as he, May and Max waved to the Treeckos, who waved goodbye to Treecko and their human friends, while knowing that Treecko would be looked after.
"So long!" Said Max, waving.
"Take care now!" May said, smiling
As the trio left the forest, Naruto couldn't help but frown, as he looked at his hands, remembering how the new tree grew so quickly.
'How did I do that?' Naruto thought, confused as to how he made the tree grow so quickly, and what it could mean.
So, what did you think, good. Yep, Naruto has finally caught Treecko, not only after proving himself by trying to help save the tree but also his strength in battling. We also see at the end Naruto somehow being able to make the new tree grow much faster than usual, which we all know the reason as to why. Now before we end the chapter, it's time for the Omake!
Omake: Class In Session
"So, how have you and your students settled into Rustboro City, Iruka?" Asked Roxanne, while looking at her new assistant at the Rustboro Pokemon School.
Roxanne had red eyes and brown hair, which she ties up into two pigtails with a red bow, with a small black U-stripe. Her attire consisted of a gray school sleeveless uniform skirt, with a rectangular print, which is white on the inside. Roxanne also wears a white undershirt, with short sleeves and a pair of black shoes.
"Pretty good, and thanks again for hiring me, Roxanne." Iruka said, smiling at the teacher/Gym Leader, who simply just waved it off.
"It's nothing, besides, things can get pretty hectic around here. So it'll be good having someone to look after the students, when I'm at the Gym." Replied Roxanne.
'Oh, it'll get even more hectic, with Konohamaru and his friends.' Iruka thought, before the door opened and all the students entered the classroom, including Konohamaru, Moegi, and Udon.
Though Iruka saw that Konohamaru was exchanging glares with another student, Tommy. It made the former Chunin smile in remembrance and sadness, while remembering Naruto doing the same with Sasuke in the Academy.
Thinking about his former student made Iruka look down sadly, having wondered where he had gone after leaving Konoha. Was he still in the Elemental Nations, hiding somewhere, or could he have gone to the Server Regions as well? Iruka hoped it was the latter, as he knew if Naruto was still in the Elemental Nations, he wouldn't last long once the war started, if it hasn't started already.
'Though something tells me that he's here, somewhere.' Iruka thought, knowing that while Naruto might not be book smart, he was smart enough to get far away from Konoha.
You couldn't get much farther, than the other side of the planet.
"Alright class, I'd like you all to welcome our new students, Konohamaru, Moegi, and Udon, along with my new assistant, Iruka." Roxanne said, once everyone was seated.
Iruka pushed those thoughts to the side right now, before smiling and greeting his new students.
And with that it seems Naruto will be getting an unexpected reunion once he, May, and Max arrive in Rustboro City. So, review if you liked go away if you didn't.
Storm out