Hello all Storm here with a new chapter! Here we'll be seeing May catch her first Pokémon along with Naruto reuniting with some old friends and finally competing in his first Gym Challenge. So, without further ado.
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"Yes! I caught a Wurmple!" May cheered, holding up the Pokéball containing her first Pokémon, while Torchic jumped around, cheering at having helped her trainer catch a new Pokémon.
Off to the side, Naruto and Max smiled at May, happy that she managed to catch the Pokémon she wanted.
It was when they had stopped before lunch, that a Wurmple had fallen out of a tree and startled May. At first, May hadn't intended to catch the Worm Pokémon, but after Max had mentioned that Wurmple would eventually evolve into a Beautifly, May had become determined to catch it. Given that after having seen Janet's performance in the Pokémon Contest a few days ago, May had wanted to have a Beautifly of her own.
Though this also lead to Naruto and Max having to chase after May, when the girl ran off, after the Wurmple. Thankfully, May managed to catch up to Wurmple, before sending Torchic out to battle it. And thanks to her training with Naruto, along with the Type Advantage, May was able to defeat Wurmple quickly, before throwing a Pokéball to capture it.
"Way to go, May, you just caught your first Pokémon." Max congratulated his sister.
"Yeah. How about letting Wurmple out and scanning it, to see what moves it has." Suggested Naruto, with May nodding at his words.
"Alright. Wurmple, come on out!" May said, throwing the Pokéball and letting Wurmple out.
Wurmple is a small, caterpillar-like Pokémon. Its body is mainly red with a cream underside and face. It has large yellow eyes with dark pupils. It has one sharp yellow stinger on its head and two of them on its rear. It has a tall, erect, red spine behind its forehead and a similar, smaller spine behind that. It has small spikes running down the top portions of its body and five pairs of stubby white limbs.
Pulling out her Pokédex, May scanned Wurmple to see its information.
"Wurmple, the Worm Pokémon. Wurmple live primarily off of sap from trees. The suction cups on its feet keep it from slipping."
Wurmple:
Gender: Female
Ability: Shield Dust
Moves: Scratch, Tackle, String Shot
Egg Moves: None
"Wur?" Wurmple tilted her head, as she looked at her new trainer, while May smiled at her Pokémon.
"Hello there, Wurmple, it's nice to meet you. I hope we'll be able to be great friends." May said, while petting Wurmple.
"Wurmple." Wurmple nuzzled into May's hand, before crawling on her lap and promptly falling asleep.
"Alright, now let's get to Rustboro City! We're almost there and I don't want to waste another second!" Naruto said, eager that he'll be able to take on his first Gym.
"Right!" May and Max replied, with the former returning her Pokémon to their Pokéballs.
With that, the trio resumed their journey towards Rustboro city.
*Later*
Thankfully, it wasn't long until Naruto, May and Max arrived in Rustboro City, with them taking in the sights of the city. Though they didn't look around the city much, instead, heading straight for where the Rustboro Gym is located.
'This is it, my first Gym Battle.' Naruto thought, as they stood outside the Rustboro Gym.
He couldn't deny that he was nervous, but also excited. Naruto wasn't sure what Pokémon the Gym Leader used, just that they used Rock-types, but he had faith that he and his Pokémon will win.
"You ready, Naruto?" May asked.
"Yeah, I'm ready." Replied Naruto, with determination in his eyes.
Nodding, the three walked up to the Gym and tried opening the door, only to frown in confusion, when the doors didn't open.
"Why are the doors locked? Is no one here?" Naruto asked, confused at the fact the Gym Leader wasn't present.
"Huh, weird." May muttered, unaware that Gym Leaders could close their Gyms.
"Hey guys, look at this." Max said, getting their attention and saw the younger boy looking at a flier beside the doors.
Looking at the paper, the three saw it was a schedule, showing the days and times when the Gym was open to Challengers. They were also surprised to see that the Gym Leader was a teacher at the Rustboro Trainers' School, as well.
"Aw man." Naruto groaned, since he couldn't challenge the Gym Leader today.
"It's alright, Naruto. Sure you can't challenge the Gym Leader today, but we can still look around Rustboro City and you could get some training in, as well." May said, putting a hand on his shoulder, with Naruto nodding at that, as he had also wanted to look around Rustboro, as well.
Plus, it never hurts to get some last-minute training in.
With that, the trio left the Gym and walked around Rustboro City, taking in the sights, even visiting a few shops to purchase souvenirs. While they were doing this, Naruto pulled out his Pokédex and scanned his Pokémon, wanting to see how much stronger they've gotten, since the last time he checked.
Though when Naruto checked Treecko's information, he was confused when he didn't find Pound in his list of moves.
"Is something wrong, Naruto?" Max asked, seeing Naruto's confused look.
"I don't know. I was just checking my Pokémon's information again, but when I looked at Treecko's, Pound was missing from his move set. See." Naruto said, showing them both what he meant, with May being confused as well, wondering if Treecko somehow forgot Pound.
"Oh, that's called Move Evolution." Max said, making Naruto and May look at him.
"Move Evolution?" May asked curiously.
"Yeah. It's what happens where certain Pokémon moves evolve into stronger variants. An example would be Ember changing into Flamethrower, or Bubbles turning into Bubble Beam. It also happens if the moves are similar enough, with one being stronger than the other. Treecko used Pound with his tail, but because he learned the stronger Iron Tail, it replaced Pound with that." Max explained.
"Huh, so if Torchic managed to learn Flamethrower, then it would forget to use Ember." Said May, with Max nodding.
'Interesting.' Naruto thought, intrigued at the idea of Move Evolution, and if any of his other Pokémon have attacks that could evolve into stronger variants.
"Poliwag."
The three suddenly perked up and looked around, when they heard a Pokémon, before spotting the Pokémon hiding under a bench.
It was a Pokémon resembling a blue, spherical tadpole. It has large eyes and pink lips. Its skin is very thin, but flexible and difficult to puncture. There is a black and white swirl on its abdomen. Newly developed legs, that are poor at walking, and no arms. While also having a long, thin tail, surrounded by a light blue, semitransparent fin.
"Hey, it's a Poliwag." Max said, while walking over to the Poliwag.
"Poliwag." Said Naruto, while pulling out his Pokédex.
"Poliwag, the Tadpole Pokémon. It has no arms, but its tail makes it a strong swimmer."
Naruto and May ran over and joined Max.
"Hey there." Max greeted the Poliwag, while kneeling down.
"Poli!" Poliwag jumped slightly at Max's appearance, before backing away fearfully.
"It's alright. If there's something wrong, we could help you." Max said, smiling, with Poliwag looking at him curiously.
"Poliwag?" Poliwag walked out from under the bench and looked at Max.
"Hi Poliwag." Naruto said.
"Hello." Said May, as Max picked up Poliwag.
"Are you lost Poliwag? Wait, what's that?" Max wondered, spotting a white band with a red Pokéball on Poliwag's tail.
"Poliwag!" Someone said, getting the trio's attention and saw Roxanne walking towards them, with a relieved smile at seeing Poliwag.
"Thank goodness, I've been looking all over for you." Roxanne said, relieved that she found Poliwag.
"Poliwag!" Poliwag smiled, before jumping into Roxanne's arms.
"I was so worried about you. Did you three find Poliwag?" Roxanne asked, while looking at Naruto, May, and Max.
Before any of them could reply, they interrupted by three shouts.
"BOSS!"
Naruto's eyes widened, when heard the familiar voices, thinking he was hearing things for a moment. Only to be shocked when he saw Konohamaru, Udon, Moegi, and Iruka walking towards them, the former three running, along with a group of children with Pokémon.
The Uzumaki couldn't believe what he was seeing, how were they here?! Why were they here?! For a moment, Naruto was internally freaking out and worried that he had been found, and will be forced back to Konoha.
"What, what're you guys doing here?" Naruto asked warily, while mentally wondering if he'd be able to grab May and Max to escape, without getting caught in the process.
"We're here on a class trip. I'm a Teaching Assistant at the Rustboro Trainers' School, while Konohamaru, Udon and Moegi are students." Iruka answered, while surprised and happy to see that Naruto was also in the Server Regions.
"Yeah, a class trip that's ruined, because of Kenny." Said one of the students, Tommy, while glaring at Kenny, who looked down.
"Hey, leave him alone! You know Kenny's scared of touching Pokémon!" Konohamaru said, defending his classmate.
"Yeah, leave him alone!" Added Moegi, as she and Udon stood beside Konohamaru.
"Alright, that's enough all of you." Roxanne said sternly, refusing to let her students fight amongst themselves.
"Hmph, fine!" Konohamaru and Tommy said, before giving each other side-glares.
"Okay. Now Iruka, you four know this boy?" Roxanne asked, looking between her assistant and Naruto.
"That's right, Naruto used to be my student back at the Academy I worked at." Iruka answered, with Roxanne humming in thought.
"Hm, well if they're interested, we're about to head back to the Trainers' School, if they want, they can join us." Roxanne offered, interested in learning about this Naruto, whom Iruka and her three new students had mentioned quite a few times.
"Excuse me, but what exactly is a Trainers' School?" May asked, unaware of what that was.
"It's an academy, where students can learn all about the world of Pokémon. These students are in my Beginners Class, and like Iruka said, we're here on a field trip. But it's time for us to be heading back now." Roxanne answered.
"Wow! That sounds awesome, I really want to go to that Pokémon Trainers' School! Can I, May?" Max asked eagerly.
"I don't know, Max; we still have Naruto's Gym Battle, and we don't want to get sidetracked." May said, along with seeing how uneasy Naruto became, when those four showed up.
"Did you say that you're here for the Gym Battle?" Roxanne asked, now more interested, after hearing that she has a challenger.
"Yeah, that's right. I'm here to challenge the Rustboro Gym." Answered Naruto, with Roxanne mentally smirking, given she was the Rustboro Gym Leader.
"Well, lucky for you, the Gym is right next door to our Training Academy. You could stop by the School and look around, before heading off to your Gym Battle." Roxanne suggested.
"Alright!" Max cheered.
"Yeah, come on Boss, we can show you all of our classes! This school is way cooler than that boring Academy!" Said Konohamaru, before yelping when Iruka hit him on the head.
"May I remind I used to teach at that "boring Academy", you brat." Iruka said.
"Well, I suppose it couldn't hurt." Replied Naruto, still wary, but also curious of how, and why, the four were here.
*Later*
After arriving at the Trainers School, the three were given a tour by the headmaster, showing them classes for those who are training to become Pokémon Doctors, those who train for Pokémon Contests, which May had been eager to sign up for, a class for Pokémon Trainers and battling, something Naruto was interested in, and finally, they were lead to the Beginners Class, taught by Roxanne and Iruka.
"Here we are, this is Ms. Roxanne's classroom, Max." Said the headmaster, opening the door, showing the class was in the middle of a lecture with someone on a videophone.
It was a middle-aged man with peach skin, gray hair, and thick, bushy eyebrows. He wears a white lab coat, a light maroon polo shirt, a brown belt and beige pants, and matching brown loafers.
"So, in conclusion, there are many different types of Pokémon in existence. Is that clear?" The man said, while Max gasped in shock and amazement, when he saw who it was.
"It's Professor Oak!" Max said in amazement at meeting his idol for the first time, while also getting everyone's attention, as the three entered the classroom, including Professor Oak's, who immediately looked at Naruto.
"Excuse me young man, your name wouldn't happen to be Naruto, would it?" Professor Oak asked, with Naruto blinking in surprise that this guy knew his name.
"Yeah, I'm Naruto Uzumaki." Naruto said, with Professor Oak smiling and nodding.
"I thought as much. I've heard about you from my colleague, Professor Birch; he's told me plenty about you, my boy. You were also mentioned by Hinata, Neji and Hanabi, when they stopped by my lab." Professor Oak replied, with Naruto once again being shocked, this time at learning that Hinata and Neji were here as well, along with Hinata's sister.
'Who else is here?! Why are they here?!' Naruto thought, while maintaining his cool.
"Well, it's nice to meet you Professor Oak." Naruto said, while smiling, with Professor Oak nodding.
"Likewise. When I heard about you from Professor Birch, his description reminded me of another young trainer I know, Ash Ketchum. In fact, I spoke to Ash just recently, after he encountered the three Legendary Beasts and Ho-Oh." Revealed Professor Oak, surprising everyone to hear that someone encountered the Legendary Pokémon, Ho-Oh.
"I have a feeling that you and Ash could become great friends and rivals, should you encounter each other on your journey's." Oak said, having felt both Naruto and Ash were very similar and could become the best of friends.
"I'll keep that in mind, if we run into each other. But if he's also a trainer, then he should know that I don't hold back in my battles." Naruto said, smirking, with Oak chuckling at this.
"Ash wouldn't have it any other way. By the way, if you don't mind my asking, who was the victor in your Gym Battle? Was it you or Roxanne?" Professor Oak asked, with Naruto being surprised by this, before he looked at Roxanne, who was smiling mischievously at him.
"Wait, Roxanne, you're the…" Naruto said, with Roxanne giggling lightly, before holding out her hand.
"I believe we weren't properly introduced. My name is Roxanne, the Rustboro City Gym Leader, and teacher of the Pokémon Trainers' School." Roxanne introduced.
"Wow, that's pretty cool, being a Gym Leader and a teacher." Naruto said, smiling at Roxanne, which she returned.
"Thank you, Naruto. But I'll be teaching this class until tomorrow night, so would you mind putting off our Gym Battle, until the day after?" Roxanne asked, with Naruto nodding.
"Yeah, that works fine." Naruto replied.
"Good luck to both of you! And you kids keep catching those Pokémon, goodbye for now!" Said Professor Oak.
"Wait Professor!" Max said, wanting to talk his idol a little longer.
"Hm?" Professor Oak said, while turning towards Max.
"I just wanted to say that I read all your books, and watch you on T.V., and listen to your radio show, and read your papers! I'm just a really, really big fan of yours!" Max said, still not believing he was meeting the Professor Oak.
"Well I'm always honored to meet a fan. Thank you, Max, bye now!" Professor Oak, before ending the call, as he still had plenty of work to do.
Max looked down at not getting to ask Professor Oak any questions.
"Hey kid." Tommy said, smirking at the chance of humiliating Max.
"Yeah?" Said Max.
"So if you're really such a big fan of Professor Oak's, why don't you try answering this one. What type of attacks are most effective against Flying Pokémon?" Tommy questioned, much to Max's surprise, before smiling.
"That's easy, Flying-types are weak to Electric, Rock, and Ice-type attacks." Max replied, with Tommy grunting in annoyance.
"Okay, what attacks would work on Pokémon that would use Dig to go underground?" Questioned Tommy, as he stood up.
"Also easy, attacks like Earthquake and Magnitude would work on Pokémon that use Dig to go underground." Max answered, with Tommy getting even more annoyed.
"So you do know some stuff about Pokémon! Big deal!" Tommy shouted, annoyed at his plan failing.
Though the other students were amused at seeing Tommy knocked down a couple pegs, with Konohamaru being the most amused.
*Later*
Naruto sat on the roof of the Academy, as he looked down, seeing all the students having lunch, with May and Max also being down there. He had gone up to the roof, mostly to sort out his own thoughts after revelation that Iruka, the Konohamaru Corps, Hinata, Neji, Hanabi, and possibly others from the Elemental Nations were here.
While Naruto would admit that it was nice seeing them again, while knowing they were alright, given the last he saw was Shukaku attacking. But part of him also couldn't deny that he had hoped to never see anyone from Konoha, again.
Hearing footsteps, Naruto looked and saw Iruka walking towards him.
"Though I might find you up here. How have you been Naruto, since coming here to the Server Regions?" Iruka asked, while sitting down beside his former student.
"I've uh…I've been good, catching Pokémon, battling, training." Naruto said, while looking down nervously.
He was worried that Iruka would be ashamed of him, given Naruto had scratched out the headband he gave him, before he left Konoha. As if reading his thoughts, Iruka put a hand on Naruto's shoulder.
"I'm not angry, about the headband, after everything that happened, I can understand why you left the way you did. Besides, we both know you always tended to be very emotional, and preferred acting before thinking." Iruka said, smirking.
This got a laugh out of Naruto, knowing it was true, with Iruka laughing as well.
Though Naruto was then shocked, when Iruka pulled something out and held it out for him to take. What shocked Naruto was tha fact that it was his old headband, with the slash he put through the plate having been buffed out.
"I also managed to get this back, before we left, just in case we ran into each other." Iruka said, handing the headband to Naruto, only for the blonde to push it back.
"I don't deserve that." Naruto said, knowing he wasn't a Ninja anymore, and didn't deserve the gift Iruka gave him, after throwing it away.
"Yes you do Naruto, more than anyone else I know. Even if we're not Konoha Ninja anymore, you still have the heart and drive of one." Iruka said, while giving Naruto the headband.
This surprised Naruto, as he looked at the headband, while feeling tears in his eyes.
"Thanks, Iruka-sensei." Naruto said, while wiping his eyes, with Iruka nodding as he smiled at his former student.
Though, unknown to the two, May looked up at them and smiled, having not seen Naruto around and tried looking for him. She was only able to see them, after glancing up and spotting the two former Ninja on the rooftop.
While she couldn't hear what they were saying, she knew whatever it was made Naruto happy, which May was thankful for.
*Timeskip – One Day*
"Hey May, I thought you were in the Coordinator Class?" Max asked, after seeing his sister walk out to the Pokémon Field, outside the Academy.
"Oh, uh, I decided to take a break, yeah, that's it." Said May quickly, hiding the fact she left the class, after learning they were taking a pop quiz.
"You sure it didn't have anything to do with the fact the class is taking a pop quiz, right now?" Asked Naruto, smirking as he walked up to them, having noticed May exiting the Coordinator Class and looked to see what they were doing.
"You ditched the class to avoid taking a quiz?!" Max said, amused to hear this, while May blushed in embarrassment.
"Sh-shut up! Both of you!" May said, while crossing her arms with a pout.
Both boys snickered as May pouted, though May and Max noticed that Naruto now had his old headband tied around his right arm. Before they could ask him about it, Max was called up by Roxanne to take part in a practice battle, much to his excitement.
Max smirked, when he saw he was going against Tommy; glad he'll get the chance to pay the other boy back for stepping on Poliwag's tail to try and soak him and Kenny. Even better was that it'll be his first time battling with Shroomish.
It also helps that he's had some practice battles against Naruto and May before, just so he'd be prepared for when he actually started battling.
"Now, let's begin our Pokémon Battle Training. You'll each choose one Pokéball. You'll continuing battling, until I judge one of your Pokémon unable to battle." Roxanne said.
Max narrowed his eyes, when Tommy smirked at him, before looking at Roxanne.
"Excuse me, Ms. Roxanne would I be able to use my own Pokémon?" Max asked, pulling out Shroomish's Pokéball, with Roxanne being surprised that Max already had his own Pokémon, before smiling.
"That'll be fine, Max." Roxanne replied, while holding out the tray for Tommy to take one, the boy doing so with a scowl at seeing Max already having a Pokémon of his own.
"Are the competitors ready to begin?" Roxanne asked, while looking between the two boys.
"Yes!" Max and Tommy answered.
"Then let the match begin!" Roxanne declared, while raising her arm.
"Here it goes!" Tommy said, throwing his Pokéball, releasing the Pokémon.
"Magby!"
Magby is a bipedal Pokémon that has a red body with a yellow, flame-shaped marking on its stomach. Its head is covered with large lumps, and it has a rounded, yellow beak. There is a single spike on its back, and it has a tapered tail. Its short arms have three clawed fingers, while its feet have only two clawed toes.
"Magby, huh." Said Naruto, pulling out his Pokédex and scanned Magby.
"Magby, the Live Coal Pokémon. Magby is the pre-evolved form of Magmar. Despite its small size, it is a tough opponent and produces an extremely hot flame."
"Let's go Shroomish!" Max said, while letting Shroomish out.
"Shroomish!" Shroomish hopped around as he faced Magby, eager to prove his strength.
"Fire vs Grass, Max will have to be careful." Naruto stated, seeing Max was already at a type disadvantage.
"Hmph, this'll be easier than I thought." Tommy said, while smirking at having type advantage.
'Man, why did he have to choose a Fire-type. I can't just attack head on as any attacks would hardly do any damage to Magby. That leaves status effect attacks, I got it!' Max thought, while creating a plan to win.
"While you're thinking, think about this! Magby use Flamethrower!" Tommy said.
"Magby!" Magby jumped up and unleashed a torrent of flames from its mouth, towards Shroomish.
"Shroomish, dodge it and then use Leech Seed!" Max said.
"Shroo!" Shroomish jumped to the side, dodging the flames, before shooting multiple seeds towards Magby, with the seed hitting the Baby Pokémon, before sprouting vines and wrapping around Magby.
"Magby!" Magby struggled against the vines, before they glowed red, weakening Magby, while Shroomish was strengthen.
"Alright, now use Absorb, Shroomish!" Said Max.
"Shroomish!" Shroomish unleashed a red beam, which hit Magby and absorbed more of its energy, while transferring it to Shroomish.
"Magby use Flamethrower, again!" Ordered Tommy, getting angry that he wasn't winning.
"Magby!" Magby unleashed, more flames burning the vines, before directing them towards Shroomish.
"Shroomish jump into the air, and use Sleep Powder!" Said Max, Shroomish nodding, before he jumped into the air.
"Shroo, Shroomish!" Shroomish released a cloud of sparkling blue dust that fell onto Magby, causing the Live Coal Pokémon to get drowsy.
"Mag-Magby…" Magby soon fell over, falling asleep.
"Now, use Leech Seed and Poison Powder, then use Absorb until it either wakes up or faints!" Max said, with Shroomish replying the Leech Seed, then released a cloud of sparkling purple dust.
After which, Shroomish unleashed another red beam, and that once again began draining Magby of its energy. Only this time, Shroomish kept the red beam on Magby. While the attack wasn't very effective on the Fire-Type, it's combination with the Leech Seed draining Magby's energy, and the damage from the poison, helped make up for it.
"That's enough, Magby is unable to continue, the winners are Max and Shroomish!" Roxanne declared, since it was obvious that Tommy and Magby were in a no-win situation.
Since Magby will either faint in its sleep, or from Max stalling until the Poison and Leech Seed drained the rest of the Fire-Type Pokémon's energy, if Magby woke up.
"Alright! We did it Shroomish!" Max cheered.
"Shroomish!" Shroomish jumped around his trainer, happy to have won a battle.
"Way to go Max!" Said May, smiling at her brother's victory.
Naruto also smiled for his friend's victory, only to frown when he saw Tommy's angry expression as he glared at the sleeping Magby.
"You stupid Pokémon! How could you lose to a lame Pokémon, like a Shroomish!" Tommy shouted, angry that he lost the match, especially since he had the advantage.
Though just as he marched up to Magby and take his anger out on it, Roxanne grabbed his shoulder, with Tommy paling at the angry expression on her face.
"That's enough, Tommy! I may have let your previous behavior go, but I will not tolerate any of my students harming their Pokémon. Return to the classroom and collect your things, then return home! And I will be sending a note home to your parents, explaining just why their son is suspended for a month!" Roxanne said, angry that Tommy would try attacking his Pokémon, just because he lost a practice battle.
"Bu-but-" Tommy tried speaking in his defense, only to be quieted be Roxanne's look.
"No buts! Now go." Roxanne said, while pointing towards the classroom.
Knowing it was hopeless, Tommy looked down as he began walking towards the classroom.
Once Tommy was out of sight, Roxanne sighed and returned Magby to its Pokéball and walked up to Naruto, May and Max.
"Sorry you three had to see that. I usually pride myself in controlling my temper. But one thing I refuse to tolerate is someone harming their Pokémon, or any Pokémon, even less so when it's my own student." Roxanne said, which the three waved off.
"It's fine, I'd react the same to anyone I see mistreating Pokémon, like that." Naruto replied, with May and Max nodding in agreement.
"That's good to know. Anyway Naruto, tomorrow I'm off from teaching, and will be at the Gym for our battle." Roxanne said, with Naruto smiling and nodding.
"I'll be there and ready with my Pokémon, Roxanne." Said Naruto.
"I'll be waiting." Roxanne replied, interested to see what Pokémon Naruto used, and how strong he was.
*Timeskip – One Day*
It was finally time for Naruto's battle against Roxanne, with the Uzumaki having already decided on the two Pokémon he'll use, having learned the Rustboro Gym was a two-on-two match.
Currently, Naruto was standing across from Roxanne on battlefield, with it having a rock terrain. Off to the side stood May, Max, the Konohamaru Corps, and Iruka, all of them eager to see Naruto's battle against Roxanne.
"The battle the Rustboro Gym Leader, Roxanne, and the challenger, Naruto Uzumaki, will now begin! The Match will be a two-on-two battle, with only the challenger being able to substitute! Please send out your Pokémon!" The referee announced, as Naruto and Roxanne reached for their Pokémon.
"Let's go, Geodude!" Roxanne said, releasing her first Pokémon.
"Come on out, Treecko!" Said Naruto, while sending out Treecko.
"Geodude!"
"Treecko!"
Geodude is a gray boulder Pokémon. It has bulging, rocky eyebrows, trapezoidal, brown eyes and a wide mouth. Its arms are muscular with five-fingered hands.
Pulling out his Pokédex, Naruto scanned Geodude.
"Geodude, the Rock Pokémon. Geodude has incredibly high defensive power, making it virtually resistant to any physical attacks."
"Let the match begin!" Said the referee.
"Geodude use Rollout!" Roxanne said.
"Geo-dude!" Geodude immediately curled into a ball, and rolled towards Treecko with surprising speed.
"Treecko dodge and use Bullet Seed!" Said Naruto, Treecko jumping into the air over Geodude.
"Tree-cko-cko-cko-cko-cko!" Treecko spat out a series of Bullet Seeds towards Geodude, only for the Rock Pokémon to dodge them, all without uncurling.
"Geodude launch yourself into the air, and use Mega Punch!" Roxanne shouted.
"Geodude!" Geodude sped towards a rock, using it as a ramp to launch itself into the air and towards Treecko at increased speed.
Treecko didn't have time to react, before Geodude uncurled with its fist glowing white, before slamming it into Treecko's head.
"Treecko!" Treecko crashed into the ground in pain from the powerful attack.
"Now use Rock Throw, Geodude!" Said Roxanne.
"Geo!" Geodude flew back to the ground and slammed its fist into the ground, sending rocks flying everywhere, including at Treecko.
"Treecko, dodge the rocks and then use Absorb!" Said Naruto quickly.
Nodding, Treecko hastily jumped around the flying rocks, before unleashing a red beam at Geodude, hitting the Rock-type and absorbing plenty of energy from it, while restoring Treecko's. With Geodude taking more damage, due to being weak to Grass-type attacks, which in turn gave Treeko more energy.
"Geodude, quick use Rollout again!" Said Roxanne, knowing that Absorb took a lot of Geodude's energy.
"Geodude!" Geodude curled up into a ball again and sped towards Treecko, once more.
"Treecko, jump high into the air, now!" Naruto said.
"Treecko!" Treecko jumped over Geodude's spinning body, before using the surrounding rocks as platforms to get into the air.
Roxanne frowned, wondering what Naruto was planning, but decided it'd be better to attack, while she could.
"Geodude, use Mega Punch!" Roxanne called out, with Geodude once again launching itself into the air after Treecko, while uncurling with its white glowing fist.
"Treecko use Iron Tail!" Said Naruto.
"Tree!" Treecko nodded, before diving down towards Geodude, while spinning in the air, with his tail glowing white.
Just before Treecko and Geodude could collide, Treecko and Geodude both launched their attacks against each other, with their tail and fist, respectively, colliding against each other. The result was an explosion going off in the air, with smoke surrounding the two Pokémon.
Everyone looked closely, waiting to see the result of the clash. It didn't take long before the two Pokémon fell out of the smoke, with everyone seeing Geodude laying on the ground with swirls in its eyes, while Treecko was on one knee, panting.
"G-Geo-dude." Geodude twitched, as Roxanne sighed at seeing her Pokémon was taken out.
"Geodude is unable to battle! The Winner is Treecko!" Declared the referee.
"Yeah, way to go, Treecko!" Naruto said.
"Tr-Treecko." Treecko managed to smile weakly, while Roxanne returned Geodude.
"You did good, Geodude." Roxanne said, while smiling, knowing her Pokémon did its best.
Naruto also returned Treecko, knowing he wouldn't be able to last much longer.
"Alright Naruto, I hope you're ready for my strongest Pokémon in this match. Let's go, Nosepass!" Roxanne said, while sending out her signature Pokémon.
"Nosepass."
Nosepass is a blue, angular, hard bipedal Pokémon. Its bright red, triangular nose is highly magnetic and slightly resembles a 3D arrow.
"Nosepass." Naruto muttered, while scanning it.
"Nosepass, the Compass Pokémon. Nosepass has a nose that functions as an electromagnet and determines location by moving its nose about."
"Okay, let's go Kirlia!" Naruto said, while releasing Kirlia.
"Let the match begin!" Said the referee.
"Nosepass use Sandstorm!" Roxanne ordered.
"Nosepass." Nosepass's nose glowed blue, before a sandstorm was whipped around the field.
"Kirlia use Growl!" Naruto said, while covering his eyes to block the sand.
"Kirlia!" Kirlia release a high-pitched screech, with Nosepass's attack strength lowering within the sandstorm.
"Nosepass use Rock Tomb and trap Kirlia!" Said Roxanne
"Nosepass!" Nosepass launched itself into the air, before immediately slamming back down into the ground.
"Kirlia!" Kirlia was alarmed as large rocks suddenly shot up around him, trapping him within.
"Kirlia!" Said Naruto worried, when he saw Kirlia was trapped, after the Sandstorm lifted
"Okay Nosepass, use Zap Cannon!" Roxanne said, as Nosepass's nose glowed yellow, before firing a massive electrical blast at the trapped Kirlia.
"Naruto, if Zap Cannon hits, it won't just do a lot of damage, but it will also paralyze Kirlia as well, if the attack doesn't knock him out!" Max exclaimed, at seeing the powerful Electric-type Attack.
"Kirlia, quick, use Confusion to deflect the Zap Cannon!" Naruto said, knowing he can't afford for Kirlia to be hit by that attack.
"Kirlia!" Kirlia's eyes glowed blue, before the same glow appeared around the Zap Cannon, hoping to divert the path of the attack.
Thankfully, the Kirlia was able to make the Zap Cannon miss him, if just barely. While also destroying part of the Rock Tomb, as well.
"Kirlia, are you good to continue?!" Naruto said, since it seems that changing the path of such a powerful and fast moving attack took a bit out of the Psychic-type Pokémon.
Kirlia panted, before nodding, letting his trainer know that he was good to continue.
"Nosepass use Sandstorm again!" Roxanne said, with Nosepass creating another sandstorm around the field, obscuring Naruto and Kirlia's vision.
"Kirlia use Confusion on yourself, to float into the air!" Naruto said.
"Kirlia!" Kirlia nodded, before he was surrounded in a blue glow and flew into the air, and out of the Sandstorm.
'Clever.' Roxanne thought, smirking at Naruto's move.
"Now Kirlia use Psybeam!" Said Naruto, Kirlia nodding as he could now see Nosepass, before firing a multicolored beam from his hands as the Compass Pokémon.
"Nosepass use Rock Tomb on yourself!" Said Roxanne, with Nosepass jumping up and slamming back onto the ground, surrounding itself with large rocks just as Kirlia's Psybeam hit.
Thanks to the rocks surrounding it, Nosepass was able to avoid taking major damage, but was still hit due the power behind the attack.
"Nosepass use Zap Cannon!" Said Roxanne.
"Nosepass!" Nosepass' nose glowed yellow, before it unleashed a large blast of electricity at Kirlia again.
"Kirlia, use Confusion and send the attack right back at it!" Said Naruto, immediately after Roxanne gave the command to use Zap Cannon, this time ready for the Electric-type Attack.
Nodding, Kirlia surrounded the Zap Canon in a blue glow, right when Nosepass launched the attack. This time having more than enough time to fully catch the attack in his Psychic hold, and launched it right back at the Rock-type Pokémon. Doing a hefty amount of damage, while also paralyzing it.
"Nosepass!" Roxanne said, worried as her Pokémon's attack was launched right back at it.
"No-Nose…" Nosepass struggled to move, but the paralysis was already in full effect.
"Now Kirlia, fly in close and hit Nosepass with Psybeam!" Naruto said, with Kirlia taking advantage of his opponents current state, as he immediately got in front of Nosepass and launched a point-blank Psybeam at the paralyzed Pokémon, knocking it out.
"Nosepass is unable to battle, the winner is Kirlia! The winner of the match is Naruto Uzumaki!" The referee declared.
"Yes! We did it, Kirlia!" Naruto said, excited at having won his first Gym Battle.
"Kirlia!" Kirlia smiled, also happy at having helped its trainer win his first Gym Battle.
"Yeah! Way to go, Boss!" Konohamaru cheered.
"I knew he could do it! Boss is the best!" Said Moegi.
"Alright Naruto!" May said, smiling at her crush winning the match.
"Well done, Naruto." Said Iruka, proud of how far his former student has come.
Roxanne returned Nosepass with smile, pleased that her Pokémon did their best, and being able to battle such an extraordinary trainer.
"Naruto, I want to thank for such a great battle. It's been a while since I've faced someone who's pushed my Pokémon and I that far." Roxanne said, smiling at Naruto, which the Uzumaki returned.
"Same to you Roxanne, you're definitely the toughest opponent I ever faced. And it was a really close match." Said Naruto, knowing Roxanne could have just as easily won with Nosepass, if Kirlia wasn't able to divert the first Zap Cannon's path in time.
Roxanne smiled at the praise, pleased to see Naruto was a good sport in his victory.
'And you know, he actually has a really nice smile.' Roxanne thought idly, with a faint blush.
*Later*
"It's with great pride that I present you, Naruto, with the Stone Badge." Roxanne said, as they all stood outside the Rustboro Gym, with Roxanne presenting Naruto with his first Gym Badge.
Naruto smiled widely as he took the Stone Badge and placed it within his Badge Case.
'One down, seven to go.' Naruto thought.
"You also get this TM, as a reward for your victory." Said Roxanne, handing Naruto a disk.
"TM?" Naruto asked, confused as to what those are.
"TMs, or Technical Machines, are items that can be used to teach a Pokémon the move that's contained within it. They used to only be able to used once, but a technological breakthrough has made it so they can be used an unlimited amount of times. That one contains the move, Rock Tomb." Roxanne explained, with Naruto nodding, while looking the TM before putting it in his bag.
May smiled at her crush winning his first Gym Battle, along with seeing this as a chance to further show him her feelings.
"Congratulations on winning, Naruto." May said, before leaning forward and kissing Naruto on the cheek, much to the blondes surprise, before blushing brightly when the others started laughing.
"Sh-shut up!" Naruto said, while looking down.
Meanwhile, Iruka and Konohamaru smirked at Naruto's embarrassment, seeing this as future ammo to use against the Uzumaki.
So, what did you think, good. Yep May has once again caught Wurmple, which will soon become her Beautifly. We also see Naruto reuniting with the Konohamaru Corps and Iruka, along with later learning Neji, Hinata, and Hanabi are also in the Server Regions. We then see Iruka returning Naruto's headband to him, before seeing Max battle Tommy, with him being able to finish the battle this time around. Finally we have Naruto battle Roxanne with Treecko and Kirlia, with Naruto managing to come out the winner and receive the Stone Badge and the TM containing Rock Tomb, we also see that Roxanne may eventually have feelings for our whiskered protagonist. Now then onto the Omake!
Omake: The Princess and the Master
Hinata sighed, as she walked along the trail.
It's been a few days since she, Hanabi and Neji arrived at Pallet Town and met Professor Oak. After explaining some things to the Pokémon Professor, along with giving him a display of Chakra, he had agreed to help them get settled into the Server Regions.
After they learned the basics of the new world, that they found themselves in, Hinata and Neji had both received their Starter Pokémon. Hanabi had wanted to choose her own, but she was still too young to receive a Pokémon.
It wasn't long after they received their Starters, that Hinata and Neji had left Pallet Town, while Hanabi was staying with Professor Oak's old student, Delia Ketchum, whom was also the mother Ash, the trainer they had met. Hinata and Neji had also decided to go off on their own, given how large they learned the Server Regions are, with both desiring to see as much of it as they could.
Though while Hinata was glad that Neji was able to go off on his own and live his life how he wanted, while Hanabi was safe, back in Pallet Town. She couldn't deny that traveling on her own was pretty lonely.
"Hey Hinata!" Someone called out, surprising the Heiress, given not many should know her name.
Looking, Hinata saw it was Ash and Pikachu running towards her, while waving.
"Oh, hello Ash. How are you?" Hinata asked, with a shy smile.
"I'm good. It's nice to see you again. But where's your cousin and sister?" Ash asked, after not seeing the other two Hyūgas.
"Neji and I decided to go our separate ways, after receiving our Starters from Professor Oak, while my sister is staying with the Professor's old student, Delia." Hinata replied, with Ash smiling at hearing this
"Hey, that's cool, she's my mom! But what about you, are you going to challenge the Gym Leaders?" Questioned Ash, with Hinata shrugging, since she didn't really know what she intended to do, since her only goal, so far, is to see as much of the Server Regions as she can.
"I'm not really sure. Right now I'm just traveling and seeing the sights." Answered Hinata, with Ash nodding, since that's part of what makes his journey so fun, seeing new places and Pokémon.
"Well, if you want, you could travel with me." Ash offered, surprising Hinata at the offer.
"Re-really? You'd want to travel with…me?" Hinata asked.
"Yeah, it'll be more fun, having a traveling companion, rather than going on our own." Said Ash, while smiling, as he recalled his recent adventure with Sorrel and Verity to see Ho-Oh.
"Pikachu!" Pikachu nodded in agreement with his trainer.
"O-Oh. Well in that case, yes, I would like to travel with you, Ash." Hinata answered, while smiling at the duo.
"Great! Then let's get going!" Said Ash, ready to continue his journey on completing the Kanto League, now that he had his battle with Ho-Oh.
In fact, that battle with the Legendary Pokémon had only gotten him even more fired up, than before!
Hinata smiled at Ash's enthusiasm, being reminded of Naruto's personality. Besides, maybe by traveling with Ash, she'll be able to become a wonderful trainer, and find her own calling.
And it looks like Hinata is going to be traveling with Ash for the foreseeable future to find her own calling. So, review if you liked go away if you didn't.
Storm out