Hello all Storm here with a new chapter! Here we'll be covering three episodes "A Tail with a Twist", "Taming of the Shroomish", and "You Said a Mouthful", given without Team Rocket the chapters would shorter than the episodes, along with getting Naruto to Rustboro City as soon as possible. So, without further ado.
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A week has passed since Naruto had caught Treecko, putting his Pokémon team up to four. Since then, he, May and Max have been making their way to Rustboro City, while also taking breaks to relax, and for Naruto to train his Pokémon. Wanting to make them as strong as he can, before they arrive at Rustboro City, having no doubt that the Gym Leader there will be strong.
Currently though, the trio were sitting in a clearing in the forest to rest from their trip. Naruto had also created a few Shadow Clones to help with some tasks, with one of his Clones working on making lunch, and another watching his Pokémon train. The real Naruto was looking through the Forbidden Scroll, wishing to see if it could tell him what he did to make that tree grow as fast as it did.
"Wow, Naruto's Pokémon have gotten really strong." Max stated, amazed at how quickly Naruto's managed to increase Treecko and Zigzagoon's strength, despite having only just recently captured them.
"Yeah. And Ralts has really gotten the hang of using Psybeam." Added May, having seen the Emotion Pokémon practicing using Psybeam several times, wanting to master its new attack.
Hearing this, Naruto glanced at his Pokémon and nodded in agreement, with his friends' words.
'I wonder if Ralts is close to evolving.' Naruto thought, having looked at his Pokédex and knew Ralts will eventually evolve into a Kirlia, and with how much stronger Ralts has gotten since he first captured it, that time might be soon.
Naruto's attention then went back to the scroll, which May and Max have been curious about, ever since he pulled it out.
"Hey Naruto, what exactly are you looking at?" May asked, as she and Max walked over to get a better look at what was inside the scroll.
"It's my old village's Forbidden Scroll of Seals, I was hoping that it'd be able to give me some answers as to how I made that tree grow so quickly." Naruto replied, with the siblings nodding in understanding, both of them also being curious as to how that happened.
Looking over his shoulder, the siblings saw some of the Jutsu listed in the scroll and were amazed at some of them. Though they were also freaked out and disturbed when they saw the sections listing the Dead Demon Consuming Seal and Summoning: Impure World Resurrection. Two Kinjutsu, with one being able to summon the literal God of Death, while the other can create an immortal army of undead fighters, both at the cost of human sacrifices.
"What kind of people would create disturbing Jutsu like that? Why would they even write them down for others to use?!" May asked, understandably freaked out, knowing that Jutsu like those exist.
"Well, it's called "Forbidden Scroll of Seals" for a reason May. I doubt just anyone can look at it." Said Max, though no less disturbed, while Naruto nodded at his words.
"Yeah. And it's not just those two either, the scroll contains every single Jutsu that Konoha has ever created, stolen, and been given. Even Jutsu from the Ninja Clans, which usually keep their techniques to themselves." Naruto explained, before grinning as he finally reached the section that he was looking for.
'Wood Style Jutsu, that sounds like what I did with the tree. The last known user was, the Shodaime Hokage!' Naruto thought, shocked that he could possibly have the same Kekkei Genkai as Hashirama Senju.
Could that mean he was somehow related to the Shodaime, or was it something else that allowed them to have the same Kekkei Genkai?
Pushing those thoughts aside for now, Naruto read over the details of what the Wood Style allowed the user to do, with May and Max reading along, amazed at what Naruto would be capable of doing, if he really did have the Wood Style. Their amazement only increased when they read about the different feats Hashirama was capable of, creating an entire forest, summoning a giant wooden statue with a thousand hands, even being able to subdue something called the Kyūbi.
It was completely unreal for the two, to hear that one human possessed such power. If it wasn't for the fact that Hashirama was already dead, they'd think he was a God.
A God of Nature.
When they voiced this to Naruto, the blonde nodded in agreement when he saw just how powerful Hashirama was. Given back in the Academy, during the times he actually paid attention, they never really went into description of the past Hokages' power, just how great they were.
Though he frowned, when he reached one section.
"Huh, it says Hashirama died from a disease." Naruto stated.
"What's weird about that?" Asked May, not seeing how that got Naruto's attention.
"Because, from the few times I paid attention in the Academy, everything I read and heard said that he died during the First Shinobi War, fighting the other villages." Naruto answered, confused as to why they'd lie about how the Shodaime died.
"Maybe it was propaganda. You know, making it so he went out in a blaze of glory, or something." Max suggested, with May nodding in agreement with her brother, as it did make sense.
Given the feats Hashirama did in his life, it would be more epic if he died fighting off numerous enemy battalions, instead of from some disease.
'That would make more sense.' Naruto thought, before unsealing some Chakra Paper, wanting to just be sure he actually had the Wood Style Kekkei Genkai.
Channeling Chakra into the paper, Naruto saw it split, showing his Wind Affinity, which he already knew about. But he was surprised when one of the halves suddenly turned soaking wet, while the other crumbled into dirt.
"That's new." Naruto said, having only seen he had a Wind Affinity last time he checked, but now it seemed he had a Water and Earth Affinity as well.
That also added more credit that he had the Wood Style, given it was made from combining Water and Earth.
"Well, maybe they didn't show up, because you needed to awaken the Wood Style first." May suggested, with Naruto nodding slowly at her words, since that was a likely explanation.
Creating forty more Shadow Clones, Naruto sent them off to work on mastering his Water and Earth Affinities. He wanted to get those mastered, before he even tried learning Wood Style.
He didn't want to accidently turn himself into a tree, or something.
"Hey boss! Lunch is ready!" Said his Clone, before it dispelled.
Seeing that the Clone had already set out the food, along with some Pokémon Food and berries for their Pokémon. Naruto sealed away the scroll, as they got up and went over to eat, while also seeing that the Pokémon were already digging into their meals.
"Mmm, this is amazing, Naruto!" May said, while scarfing down the stew Naruto's Clone had made, with Max nodding in agreement.
Naruto simply smiled at his friend's words. He had learned how to cook while in Littleroot Town, something made easier, thanks to his clones, since he wouldn't be staying in towns or cities that often. And figured that it'd be better to learn how to cook, rather than eating Instant Ramen all the time.
'Thank Kami for storage scrolls keeping food fresh.' Naruto thought, having stocked up on different foods beforehand.
"Yeah, this is great. And it looks like Torchic is much of a glutton as you, May!" Max said, snickering slightly, when he saw Torchic eating faster than the other Pokémon.
Growling at her brothers comment, May immediately snatched Max's bowl and poured it into her own.
"Hey, that's mine!" Max protested, as May smirked at him.
"Sorry Max, but if I'm such a 'glutton', then you won't mind sharing." May said, making Max grumble, before refilling his bowl.
This made Naruto pause momentarily, as he realized that Max was right, May did eat a lot of food. Of course, he wouldn't say this out loud, knowing how May might take it.
'But where does it all go?' Wondered Naruto, while looking at May.
Naruto knew he ate a lot as well, but that was understandable. Given how much Chakra he had, and how much energy he burned through during his training. But how did May eat so much and still look the way she is?
Immediately after having that thought, Naruto felt his gaze drift down to May's breasts. Only for his eyes to widen at what he was doing, and quickly looked away with his face turning red.
'She's definitely an early-bloomer.' Naruto couldn't help but think, which made him blush more intensely.
"Hey Naruto, are you alright?" May asked, after seeing that his face was turning red.
"Perfectly fine, why wouldn't I be!" Naruto said quickly, with a sheepishly smile, while avoiding making eye contact with May.
Max couldn't help but smirk at seeing this. He didn't forget how Naruto saw through his prank back in the Petalburg Gym, so it was nice see Naruto squirming, because of his comment to May. Even if it wasn't intentional, Max couldn't argue with the results. Though he would have preferred it, if May didn't swipe his food, but he will take what he can get.
Meanwhile, a short distance away, Treecko was leaning back in a tree with a twig in its mouth. After it finished eating, it had gone off to relax from it trainers intense training, and let its food settle. Plus, Treecko still wasn't used to being around so many other Pokémon, and still needed time to adjust.
"Torchic! Chic, Chic, Chic!"
"Treecko?" Treecko looked down and saw Torchic running around with some berries in its mouth, and an apple on its head.
"Sev…"
Hearing the sound, Treecko looked towards the source of it, before narrowing its eyes, when it saw something moving in the bushes.
"Tree." Treecko crouched down, ready to attack if the Pokémon proved to be a threat.
Torchic, meanwhile, was excited with the berries and apple it managed to find. Though as the Chick Pokémon ran, it didn't notice a serpentine tail coming out of the bush, tripping Torchic and making it lose its fruit.
"Torchic!" Torchic ran after its apple, only to stop when a large fanged mouth suddenly bit down on the fruit.
"Tor? Torchic!" Torchic looked up, and glared at the one who had eaten its apple.
It was a serpentine Pokémon. It is mostly black, but has several markings on its body. It has yellow hexagon markings that ran from its head to its tail, small yellow bumps where it touches the ground, and various purple scar-like marks. It has elongated red fangs, that protrude from its upper jaw and fierce red eyes. Its tail is partially red, and has a blade-like shape.
"Seviper!" The Seviper hissed at Torchic, who gulped at realizing it was now alone against the large snake Pokémon.
Seviper opened its mouth wide open and prepared to devour Torchic next, only for a twig to be launched at it, halting its strike. Treecko jumped down from its perch, landing between Torchic and the Seviper.
"Treecko, Treecko, Treecko." Treecko waved its finger at Seviper, while smirking, ready to teach it a lesson.
"Seviper." Seviper curled up and lunged at Treecko, with the Wood Gecko Pokémon flipping over the attack.
"Tree…cko!" Treecko used Pound, and slammed its tail down on Seviper, getting a cry of pain from the serpentine Pokémon.
Treecko landed on the ground, before using Quick Attack to rush Seviper, only for Seviper to twist its body and dodge the attack.
"Viper!" Seviper opened its mouth and unleashed a Haze attack, covering the area in black smoke.
"Treecko?" Treecko looked around warily, unable to see where Seviper was, not noticing as Seviper slithered up behind it, with the snake's stinger glowing purple, showing it was about to use Poison Tail.
"Seviper!" Seviper swung its tail at Treecko, smacking it away into a tree, with Treecko crying out in pain, both at the Poison-type Attack being super effective against it, a Grass-type, and the impact against a tree.
"Seviper." Seviper smiled wickedly as the smoke cleared, showing Treecko struggling to stand up, before turning its attention back to Torchic.
"Tor, Torchic!" Torchic cried out loudly, hoping to get the attention of its trainer and friends.
Hissing, Seviper immediately gave another lunge at Torchic. However, Seviper was once again stopped when Naruto jumped between it and Torchic. But, Seviper didn't stop its attack and merely bit down on Naruto's arm, with its large fangs piercing straight through his arm.
"Naruto!" May cried out in horror, when she saw the Seviper bite Naruto's arm and saw the blood.
"Treecko!" Treecko's eyes widened in fear, when it saw its trainer be attacked.
"Sev…" Seviper grunted as it tried removing its fangs from Naruto's arm, and continue its attack.
Though it froze, when it heard a low menacing growl. Looking up, Seviper shivered in fear as it saw Naruto's crimson eyes glaring at it.
"I never liked snakes." Naruto said, given how he was once eaten by one, before bringing his fist down straight on Seviper's head.
"Se-Seviper…" Seviper was knocked out, with swirls in its eyes, from the hard punch.
Grabbing Seviper's head, Naruto grunted as he removed the fangs from his arm, and dropped the serpentine Pokémon.
Looking at his wound and the amount of blood coming from it, Naruto quickly removed his upper clothing, before it was ruined from the blood staining it. While pulling out some bandages and an Antidote, since Naruto figured it was a Poison-type Pokémon, which are known to be extremely venomous.
Wincing slightly as he sprayed the Antidote on his wound, being sure he got all around it, Naruto began cleaning it, before wrapping his arm in bandages. While sure, the Kyūbi will have it healed soon, Naruto would rather not risk it getting infected in that time.
Once the bandages were fastened on his arm, everyone snapped out of their shock, with a teary-eyed May immediately running over and hugging Naruto.
"Th-thank you, Naruto, thank you for saving Torchic." May said, knowing that if Naruto hadn't jumped in when he did, she would have lost Torchic.
"Torchic." Torchic jumped up by Naruto, showing its own thanks for saving it.
"Hey, it's alright May, I wasn't going to let that snake hurt Torchic or Treecko." Said Naruto, patting May on the back, while the girl sniffled and nodded at his words.
Though a moment later, May realized Naruto was still shirtless and quickly pulled back, while blushing brightly. Naruto also realized this and blushed lightly at May hugging him, while he wasn't wearing a shirt.
Quickly unsealing a spare shirt, having sealed away several copies of his outfit, just in case they were damaged, Naruto pulled it on and went over to Treecko.
"Hey Treecko, you alright?" Naruto asked, worried, having seen the hit Treecko took.
"Treecko." Treecko looked down, feeling a good amount of self-loathing, since because of its own weakness, its trainer was hurt.
Looking Treecko over, Naruto saw it wasn't too injured, and thankfully wasn't poisoned. But it'd still be best to have Treecko taken to a Pokémon Center.
"Hey uh, Naruto, what should we do with the Seviper? Are you gonna catch it?" Max asked, while looking at the unconscious Seviper warily.
Looking at the snake Pokémon, Naruto frowned and pulled out his Pokédex, before scanning it.
"Seviper, the Fang Snake Pokémon. Seviper is known for its angry disposition, immobilizing its opponents by wrapping its body around them."
"I don't think so, Max. I'm not sure I'm ready to try and train a Pokémon that ferocious and aggressive." Naruto said, knowing that if he captured Seviper as he is now, the Fang Snake Pokémon wouldn't listen to him, unless he forced it into submission.
And as angry as he was at Seviper for injuring Treecko and trying to eat Torchic, Naruto didn't want to force any of his Pokémon to obey him.
May didn't even think of capturing Seviper, herself. In fact, she didn't even want to look at it, after it tried eating Torchic.
Seeing May didn't want Seviper either, Naruto knew they couldn't just leave it here alone, where other Rookie Trainers and their Pokémon could run into it. Naruto's just lucky he's more durable than most people, since if he wasn't, he'd likely be missing an arm right now.
Returning his Pokémon to their Pokéballs, Naruto pulled out a spare one and threw it at Seviper, before picking it up, once it was successfully captured. Not feeling his usual excitement, when catching a new Pokémon.
"We'll send Seviper to Professor Birch, and see if he can send it somewhere, where it can't hurt anyone." Naruto said, after seeing May and Max's confused looks.
Hearing this, the siblings nodded, while also being relieved. Since they knew that Professor Birch will send Seviper somewhere, where other Rookie Trainers won't run the risk of encountering it.
*Later – Pokémon Center*
After arriving at the nearby Pokémon Center, Naruto handed Treecko's Pokéball to Nurse Joy, while also getting a checked up as well. Since Nurse Joy had all but dragged him to be looked at, after hearing how he was injured.
Once Nurse Joy had made sure he was healthy, and there weren't any traces of Seviper's venom in his body, Naruto had called up Professor Birch.
"Hey Naruto, I'm surprised to hear from you so early again. Did something happen?" Birch asked.
"Nothing much, but on our way Rustboro City, we encountered a rather vicious Seviper. It tried eating Torchic and injured my Treecko, but I was able to knock it out after it bit me. Don't worry, I'm alright, and Nurse Joy had just given me a check-up, to see if any of its venom was still in me. But we didn't want to leave it in the forest, where other Rookie Trainers might be attacked by it. So I caught it, and was hoping that you'd be able to have it sent somewhere, where it can't hurt anyone." Naruto explained, with Birch nodding in understanding at hearing what happened.
"Yes, that's not a problem. Just send Seviper over, and I'll have it sent to a proper environment." Said Professor Birch, since this wasn't the first time he's helped relocate Pokémon, that were too dangerous to be left alone.
Nodding, Naruto placed Seviper's Pokéball in the machine, and watched as it was teleported away, with Professor Birch grabbing it, showing that the transfer was successful.
"Got it. I'll go get Seviper taken care of. See ya soon, Naruto." Birch said as the call ended.
'Glad that's taken care of.' Naruto thought, while hanging up the phone.
With that taken care of, the trio decided to spend the night at the Pokémon Center. However, it wasn't long until they were woken up by a knocking on the door.
Getting up, Naruto rubbed his eyes and opened the door, to see Nurse Joy standing there.
"Huh, Nurse Joy? What is it?" Naruto asked, any remnants of sleep vanishing when he saw the expression on her face.
"It's your Treecko, it's gone!" Nurse Joy said frantically, while Naruto's eyes widened at hearing this.
"What?! Where did it go?!" Naruto asked, worried for his Pokémon, with May and Max also fully waking up, when they heard this.
"I-I don't know, I was going to change its bandages, only to find it was missing!" Said Nurse Joy.
Worried of where Treecko might have gone, the three quickly got dressed and left to go looking for Treecko.
*Later*
Running through the forest, Naruto, May and Max followed a trail of discarded bandages, soon arriving at a waterfall.
"Treecko!" They saw Treecko jumping from the top of a waterfall and slamming its tail down on a rock.
They watched as Treecko climbed back up the waterfall, and repeated what it was doing.
"What? Is Treecko training?" Max asked, surprised that this is what Treecko was doing.
"It looks like it." Naruto answered, while having an idea why Treecko was training, it was probably disappointed with how it was taken out by Seviper, and wanted to train even harder, so something like that won't happen again.
Deciding to not interrupt Treecko's training, unless it either finished or passed out from exhaustion, the three simply watched as Treecko continued using Pound on the rock.
Finally, they watched as Treecko jumped down again, only this time, spinning as it fell, before slamming its tail into the rock, shattering it.
"Wow, that was awesome Treecko!" Max said, amazed at the power behind the attack, while Treecko looked to them, surprised they were here.
"Yeah that was incredible!" Said May.
"Treecko." Treecko looked at three, before Naruto grinned at his Pokémon.
"You really are something Treecko. You mastered Pound and even improved it. I'm sure now we can even start learning some new moves, along with mastering Leer and Quick Attack as well." Said Naruto.
"Tree, Treecko!" Treecko nodded and held up its fist, determined to grow stronger and protect its friends.
Seeing Treecko's determination to get stronger, along with remembering how Naruto got hurt in the first place, May looked at her blonde friend.
"Hey, Naruto. Do you think you'd be able to help me train Torchic, too?" May asked, wanting to make sure Torchic will be able to defend itself, if something like what happened with Seviper ever happens again.
"Yeah, that's fine May. Just know that I'll always be there to help you, Torchic and any Pokémon you catch, if you ever need it." Said Naruto, while smiling at May, knowing why she was suddenly asking him to help train Torchic, and wanted her to know he'd still help, no matter what.
Hearing this and seeing his smile, May blushed and looked away, while having a realization.
'This definitely isn't just a crush.' May thought seeing that despite having only known Naruto for a short amount of time, she has really fallen for him.
He just had this warm presence about him that made her feel safe, along with knowing he wouldn't hesitate to jump in to help her and her Pokémon. It also helped that he was very handsome.
But despite this, May didn't say anything, not wanting to risk the chance of ruining their friendship, as it might be a bit too soon for them to take that step. Plus, she didn't know if Naruto felt the same about her, either.
'Hehehehe, I can't wait to tell mom and dad!' Max thought, seeing his sisters face and planned to tell their parents the first chance he got.
But not before teasing May relentlessly!
With that, the three headed back to the Pokémon Center to get some rest, before heading out in the morning.
*Timeskip – Ten Days*
Nearly two weeks have passed since Naruto, May and Max encountered Seviper, and sent it to Professor Birch.
Since then, Naruto kept good on his word and helped May train Torchic, alongside his Pokémon. During the training, Treecko had been able to master both Leer and Quick Attack, with its determination making it train faster and harder than usual. Which in turn pushed Zorua, Ralts and Zigzagoon to train harder, in order to not be left behind by Treecko.
Treecko had also managed to learn Bullet Seed and Absorb, giving it a wider variety of attacks.
Torchic's training had also come along pretty well, being able to master its current move set and learn Peck. Along with working on learning Attract and Will-O-Wisp, granting it some status effect moves.
The trio had also soon arrived in Rinshin Town on their way to Rustboro City. Once they got there they had split up, with Max going off to search for city dwelling Pokémon with a Shadow Clone of Naruto, while May had dragged the real Naruto off to go shopping, something that Naruto had vehemently protested against.
Unfortunately, Naruto's protests went ignored, as May dragged him through several different shops, buying shirts, shorts, shoes, bandannas, and other pieces of clothing that she liked, leaving Naruto mentally and physically drained.
The only relief Naruto had, was that he could seal away all the clothes May purchased into storage scrolls, and not have to carry them all around.
Thankfully, they were at the final shop, at least Naruto hoped it was the final shop. Unfortunately, he had grown tired of the seemingly endless shopping, so Naruto didn't notice just what shop May dragged him into.
Currently, Naruto was sitting outside the changing room, waiting for May to come out, as the girl asked for his opinion on the clothes she tried on. Finally, Naruto heard the door open and looked at May, only for his eyes to snap open in shock, and his face to burn bright red.
"Well Naruto? What do you think?" May asked, as she stepped out of the changing room.
The reason for Naruto's shock, was the fact that May was wearing nothing more than a bikini.
The bottom part was completely red, with knots on the side. While top part was strapless, with one half of it being white, while the other half red, with both halves being connected by a metal ring, nestled right between her breasts.
"Well, how do I look?" May asked, striking several poses, while mentally smirking, pleased at Naruto's expression, when he saw her.
While May did enjoy shopping, she also saw it as a chance to get some private time with Naruto, and get to know him better. Along with subtly trying to seduce him, by modeling different clothes for him. Now she was going straight for it, by trying on several bikini's, knowing if he didn't feel anything for her before, he will definitely feel something, after seeing what she picked out.
"Well, do I look good Naruto?" May asked, while smiling sweetly.
"I-I-I-I…" Naruto stuttered as he felt his mind short circuit.
Giggling at his dumbfounded expression, May turned around to go back in the changing room.
"I'll take that as a yes, now I just have about five more to try on." Said May, while closing the door.
'Five…more…to…try…on…' Naruto thought, still frozen in shock with blood leaking from his nose, as he imagined what other swimsuits May picked out.
*With Max*
Meanwhile, Max and Naruto's Clone walked through the city, with the boy mentally smirking. He knew exactly why May had dragged Naruto off to go shopping, and while Max did want to search for city dwelling Pokémon, he also decided to give them some time alone.
Besides, it'll just mean more ammo that he can use against May, when they get back from their date. Though it was more of an unofficial date, if anything.
Suddenly, Max and the Clone stopped, when they saw some movement from a nearby alleyway. Going to the entrance, the two were surprised, when they saw a Pokémon.
It was a small Pokémon similar to a mushroom. It has beady black eyes and a half-triangle-shaped mouth. Its upper body is beige, with frilled segments along the bottom, and a small opening at the top. There are green spots on its upper body, while its lower body is completely green. It also has small, round feet, and no visible arms or hands
"Hey, it's a Shroomish!" Max said in excitement, before crouching down to get a better look, while the Clone pulled out its Pokédex and scanned the Pokémon.
"Shroomish, the Mushroom Pokémon. Shroomish is mild tempered and inhabits piles of rotting leaves inside of forests."
"Hey there, little guy, what're you doing out here in the city, and not the forest?" Max asked, while pulling out some Pokémon food and held it out for Shroomish.
"Shroomish." Shroomish glared at them, and unleashed a blast of Stun Spore, making Max and the Clone back off.
"Max, try setting it here." The Clone said, while pulling out a piece of paper.
Nodding, Max set the Pokémon food down, and backed away. Shroomish eyed them suspiciously, before looking at the food. Sniffing it cautiously, Shroomish took a bite and smiled.
"Shroo!" Shroomish eagerly ate the rest of the food, making Max smile and kneel down again.
"It's good, isn't it." Max said, while petting Shroomish, thankful that it didn't try attacking again.
"Oh! Here you go, Shroomish." Max said, pulling out a handkerchief and tying it around Shroomish's head.
"Shroomish!" Shroomish jumped up and down at the gift.
"It's still weird, finding a Shroomish out in the city, rather than in the forest." The Clone stated, with Max nodding in agreement.
"Yeah. Why don't we take it to the Pokémon Center, see if it got separated from its trainer, or something." Suggested Max.
The Clone nodded at this, with Max then picking up Shroomish and they headed off.
*With Naruto and May*
"Oooh, look at it, Naruto! A haunted mansion!" May said excitedly, as she and Naruto stood outside an abandoned manor, the Green Lodge, as they learned it was called.
After they had finished shopping, along with Naruto snapping out of his shock of seeing May in various bikini's, they had planned to go searching for Max. Though they stopped, when they heard someone talking about a "curse", with May being interested in learning what it was. Her interest and excitement only grew, when she learned about the Green Lodge, a supposedly haunted mansion and wanted to check it out.
Looking at her friend/crush, May saw Naruto shiver as he looked at the manor.
"If you're still scared of Ghost-type Pokémon, we can leave if you want." May said, not wanting to make him uncomfortable.
"No, I'm getting better with handling Ghost-type Pokémon. But actual ghosts, no thanks." Said Naruto, having gotten somewhat used to Ghost Pokémon, after their encounter with Phoebe, though it was still a work in progress.
"Hey! Naruto, May!" Max said, running up to them, while Naruto's Clone dispelled itself upon seeing them.
"Huh, Max? Are you here to check out the haunted mansion, too?" May asked, figuring he heard about it as well.
"What? No, I came here after a Shroomish I found ran in here." Said Max.
"Excuse me, you three can't be here." Someone said, getting the trio's attention.
Looking, they saw a young man with blue hair, walking up to them.
"What why?" May asked, having wanted to check out the manor.
"Because, this is currently a demolition zone." Answered the man, surprising the three.
"We're sorry, sir. But I was trying to find a Shroomish that ran in here, once we find it, we'll leave." Max said, with the man looking at him surprised.
"A Shroomish? That's impossible, there are no Shroomish here." The man said, skeptical of their claim of seeing a Shroomish.
"And what makes you say that?" Asked Naruto, having seen his Clone's memories, and saw that the Shroomish did in fact run in the manor.
"My name is Alex, and this is my grandfather's manor. I used to come here as a boy, and play with the Shroomish, but they've all since left, with how Rinshin Town continued expanding, and destroy the forest. Now I'm tearing it down." Alex said, surprising the three.
"But you can't! Shroomish is in there!" Said Max, not wanting Shroomish to get hurt.
"Okay, look, we'll go inside and see if a Shroomish is inside. After that, can you three please leave so we can continue working." Alex said, with the trio nodding.
With that, the four headed inside the manor and once inside, Alex was surprised that Shroomish was indeed inside, shivering by the empty fireplace.
"Shroomish!" Max said relieved and picked Shroomish up, only for them to be surprised when several Shroomish suddenly came out of hiding.
"They're, they're all still here." Alex said, surprised and happy to see all the Shroomish were still here after all.
"They must have stayed here, waiting for you to come back and play with them again." Said Max, with Alex looking at the Shroomish and saw them looking at him hopefully.
"I…I'm sorry Shroomish, I'm sorry that I left. But now I'm here to stay. Though the manor is still going to be torn down." Alex stated, much to their shock that he'd still tear down the manor.
"But what about-" Max started.
"No, you misunderstand. I'm tearing down the manor so I can replant the forest on the land. This way, the Shroomish can live in their natural habitat, rather than being stuck in an empty building." Alex said, clarifying his intentions, making three relax, while the Shroomish were happy at his words.
*Later*
"Well, I guess this is goodbye Shroomish." Max said, while feeling sad that he won't get to see Shroomish again.
"Shroo! Shroo, Shroo, Shroomish!" Shroomish shook its head and walked up to Max, confusing the boy.
"I think Shroomish wants to go with you, Max." Alex said, while smiling, surprising Max.
"But, I'm not a Pokémon Trainer." Max said, only to be surprised, when Naruto handed him a Pokéball.
"You don't need to be a Pokémon Trainer to catch a Pokémon, Max. Besides, it seems Shroomish isn't going to let up." Said Naruto.
"Shroomish." Shroomish shook its head in agreement.
"Do you really want to come with me, Shroomish?" Max asked, looking at the Mushroom Pokémon.
In response, Shroomish jumped up and tapped the Pokéball, before it was sucked in, surprising Max, before he smiled widely.
"Alright! I got my first Pokémon!" Max said, excited that he got his first Pokémon.
Sure, he'll still have to wait until he's older, before he can become an official trainer. But now with Shroomish, he can get actual experience on to raise, train and care for his Pokémon, while being even more prepared for when he can become an official trainer.
With that, the trio set out from Rinshin Town, waving at Alex and the other Shroomish.
*Timeskip-Five Days*
"Zorua use Scratch!" Naruto said.
"Zorua!" Zorua jumped up as its claws glowed, and went to attack Pelipper.
"Pelipper, dodge and use Smokescreen!" Said Anthony.
"Pel!" Pelipper flew to the side, before opening its mouth, and unleashing Smokescreen, an attack it normally couldn't use, but Naruto saw that this Pelipper wasn't exactly ordinary.
Naruto, May and Max had recently heard about an unofficial Gym Leader nearby, claiming that he possessed the strongest Pokémon in the world. Naruto had decided to check it out, both to see if this claim was true, while also using this as a way to test himself, and see how much stronger his Pokémon have become.
When they arrived at the Gym, the trio were surprised the leader, Anthony only had a simple Pelipper. The match started with Naruto sending out Zorua and quickly learning the Pelipper wasn't simple or normal, using moves like Vine Whip, Thunder, Flamethrower, all them being moves that should be impossible for it to learn.
Thankfully, Naruto was able to adapt to the strange move set, but he still felt something was off about the whole thing.
"Zorua, charge into the smoke and hide!" Said Naruto, with Zorua understanding its trainer's plan, before running into the smoke.
"Hn, that won't save you! Pelipper, use Thunderbolt!" Anthony commanded.
"Pelipper!" Pelipper opened its mouth, and shot out a Thunderbolt into the smoke.
Anthony smirked as the smoke cleared, expecting to see Zorua unconscious. Only to be surprised, when he didn't see Zorua anywhere.
"What the?! Where'd it go?!" Anthony questioned, searching for the fox Pokémon.
"Zorua use Pursuit on Pelipper's mouth now!" Said Naruto, with Anthony paling, as an attack like that would reveal his ploy.
"Pelipper quick fly u-"
"Zorua!" Zorua suddenly reappeared, and charged straight at Pelipper, smacking straight into its large mouth.
"P-Pelipper." Pelipper fell down and fainted from the powerful Pursuit, while several Pokéballs rolled out of his mouth, and opened up, showing several Pokémon; including a Magnemite, Bellsprout and Magby.
"He was cheating!" Max exclaimed, while scowling, having figured something was up when Pelipper started using moves that should be impossible for it to learn, now having proof that Anthony had been cheating, and was just a fraud.
Frowning Naruto returned Zorua, and saw Anthony rushing over to Pelipper, worried for his Pokémon. Despite knowing he was just a fraud; Naruto could see that Anthony wasn't a bad person, and was simply misguided in wanting to be a strong trainer.
"Anthony." Naruto said, getting the fake Gym Leader's attention.
"Ye-yeah?" Anthony asked nervously, worried that they were going to do something, now that his hoax was up.
"You shouldn't have to cheat to become a strong trainer, you should train all of your Pokémon to become stronger. Besides, just look at the Pokémon you have, with the right training, you will get stronger, and so will they." Said Naruto, surprising Anthony as he looked at his Pokémon, and saw them looking at him with determined eyes.
Seeing this, Anthony nodded at Naruto, seeing that he was right. Besides, he had managed to defeat him, with just one Pokémon, and without using any tricks. If Naruto was able to train one of his Pokémon to be that strong, then Anthony can do the same with all of his Pokémon.
Seeing Anthony's expression, Naruto nodded, pleased that he'll start training his Pokémon for real.
"Let's go." Naruto said to May and Max, as they left the fake Gym to continue onto Rustboro City.
He was close to having a real Gym Battle.
So, what did you think, good. Yep Naruto has taken care of Seviper and had it sent somewhere it can't hurt anyone else, we also see Treecko and the rest of Naruto's Pokémon become determined to grow much strong, along with May asking Naruto to help train Torchic and realizing she has more than a simple crush on the Ninja-turned-Trainer. Then we move onto Rinshin City, with May taking the opportunity to get closer to Naruto, while Max met Shroomish and befriended it, with it ending much differently with Max catching Shroomish. Finally we see Naruto battling Anthony and beating his tricks before getting him to become a stronger trainer without tricks. Now then we'll be going on to the Omake!
Omake: A Flute, a Crystal, and a Bone
'Fucking finally!' Thought Tayuya as she, Guren, Kimimaro and Yukimaru got off the ship that had taken them to the Hoenn Region, all the way from Unova, which had taken way too long in the redhead's opinion.
It didn't help that she had to listen to Guren and Kimimaro constantly bicker over deciding how they'll go about finding the blonde Shithead, that Orochimaru sent them to watch.
The four had also changed into more casual clothing to better blend in.
Tayuya now wore black, yellow, and red boots, black knee pads, a black leather skirt, a red tank top, and a black leather vest.
Kimimaro was now wearing black and purple sneakers, black tracksuit pants, and matching black jacket with white and purple, along with a music note on the left side. He also wasn't wearing a shirt underneath the jacket, allowing him to more easily use his Dead Bone Pulse, if it came to that.
Guren was wearing brown shoes, light blue pants, a black shirt, and a light blue vest, along with carrying a brown satchel bag.
Finally, Yukimaru was wearing black shoes, light purple shorts, and a black shirt with a Pokéball on the front.
"Okay, we're here, now let us begin searching for Naruto Uzumaki." Kimimaro said, believing it'd be best to immediately begin searching for Naruto, given they didn't know exactly where Naruto was, and should begin searching as soon as they arrived.
"No, we should focus on getting familiar with the Region, locating where the cities and towns are, then start our search." Stated Guren, with Kimimaro glaring at her.
"That would waste of time, and lessen our chances of finding him. We can just get a map of the Region." Kimimaro retorted.
"A map wouldn't show all the details, or give us an accurate distance between locations. We should scout the Region and then search." Guren said, as she glared back at the Kaguya.
"Searching." Said Kimimaro
"Scouting." Retorted Guren
"Searching!"
"Scouting!"
"I swear, they should just get a fucking room already." Tayuya muttered with a facepalm, as she saw that Guren and Kimimaro were once again arguing on how they should go about finding the Shithead.
Knowing this is going to take a while, Tayuya grabbed Yukimaru and walked away from the arguing pair.
"Come on kid, let's give the Tsunderes some space." Said Tayuya, figuring they could take the time to look around Slateport.
Walking through the city, Yukimaru looked on in amazement at everything around him, Tayuya was also amazed, given it was unlike anything she's seen in the Elemental Nations.
"This is so fun, Tayuya-Oneechan, being able to travel and see so much of the world." Yukimaru commented, since he had always been stuck in an Oto Base with Guren, but now he was seeing more of the world than he ever has before.
Tayuya had to agree with the kid, this was definitely not something she'd expect to see in her life.
'It also helps that Orochimaru's mellowed out, since we arrived in the Server Regions.' Thought Tayuya, having noted that when Orochimaru sent them on this mission, he didn't make his usual death threats, or warnings of what would happen should they fail.
While Tayuya was loyal to the Sannin, she didn't like the fact, that if she ever failed, she'd be lucky if Orochimaru just killed her, hung over her head.
"Come on, let's head to the Pokémon Center." Tayuya said, wanting to get registered as an official trainer, and sign up for the Pokémon League.
Given if she's going to be walking all around the Hoenn Region, looking for the Shithead, she might as well have something to do, while they search. And the Pokémon League had caught her attention, after hearing about it on the ship. Plus, from what Orochimaru told them of Naruto, before he left Konoha, it sounds like the blonde would also register for Pokémon League, as well.
'Ironic, how I remember this, while the Tsunderes are busy building up sexual tension.' Tayuya deadpanned, mentally.
And now it looks like Tayuya, Kimimaro, Guren, and Yukimaru have arrived in the Hoenn Region looking for Naruto. With Kimimaro and Guren arguing over how they should go about their search, Tayuya and Yukimaru have gone off to explore the city, with Tayuya deciding to register for the Pokémon League, meaning Naruto will soon have a new rival on his journey. So, review if you liked go away if you didn't.
Storm out