A/N well, yet another chapter for you all, and Naruto gets a Pokémon at last now, and you must already know what it is. If not well, then just read and find out anyway I don't own Naruto or Pokémon. Sorry that this took so long. I lost my laptop and could not update anything, but I'm back now.

Legend "Talking"

"Thinking"

Pokédex

"Inner Sakura and Kyuubi"

Chapter 4 Challenge of the Samurai

It was another day inside the Viridian Forest, with Naruto and Sakura were both in front of Ash and Misty. The two ninjas talked about what they should do since Naruto showed Team Rocket what he could do.

"Naruto, I wish you didn't use your Shadow Clones in front of Team Rocket!" Sakura said, worried at what the three villains would do to him since they found out about his skills.

All Naruto did was smile at showing no worry on his face at all. "Hey, don't worry, Sakura-chan, they can't do anything to you or me. We are Ninjas, after all," He told her with a smile.

Sakura just looked at him with a smile. "I just hope that you're right, Naruto," Sakura said, but she paused as she looked back at Ash and Misty. "I just don't want them to get hurt because of us!" It was true Sakura didn't want to see the two of them hurt.

"Hey, don't worry, Sakura. I'm sure that we can handle these Team Rocket people if they show up again," Naruto said, smiling at her at his crush.

Sakura merely laughed at this looking at Naruto. "It's not those three idiots I'm worried about Naruto. It's what we felt back in Viridian City."

Naruto nodded his head when she told him this, and Naruto looked back at Ash and Misty before talking to Sakura again. "I asked the Kyuubi what it was that we felt Sakura," Naruto told her, making sure that Ash and Misty didn't hear him.

Sakura just looked at Naruto. "Well, what did that stupid fox have to say then?" She asked with hate in her voice at the Kyuubi.

Naruto could tell that she hated the Kyuubi because of what it had done to his life, that and knowing the Kyuubi wanted her dead. They were about to go on when the two soon heard Misty screaming at something, and both ninjas thought that maybe they were getting attacked by something, so they got ready to fight it.

With that, both Naruto and Sakura looked at Misty, who was holding onto a tree. "What's wrong now, Misty?" Ash asked her.

"I think I see another bug!" Misty yelled, pointing to where she saw the bug.

Ash just sighed at this. "Maybe, it's a Cowterpie," Ash told her with a smile as everyone saw Ash in a cow costume.

Everyone who heard Ash just crashing to the ground while Misty fell out of the tree, even the branch she was on broke off. "And I thought Naruto was bad at jokes," Sakura thought to herself.

Misty then got up from the ground. "That's not funny, Ash, you know I hate bugs, and I just saw one right there!" Misty yelled as she pointed to where she the bug.

Just then, Ash, Naruto, and Sakura looked over to the Pokémon that Misty saw was a little Weedle.

Both Ash and Naruto were excited about this, Naruto, because this could be his first Pokémon, and to him, it looked cool. As for Ash, well, Ash liked any Pokémon that he saw a new Pokémon ready to catch and to beat Gary with it, but Ash looked over at Naruto, who had already got out his Pokédex.

"Weedle, the stinger on this Pokémon's head grantee, that an attacker will get the point right where it hurts," Dexter said while Naruto only smiled at the thought at this.

"Wow, this is such a cool Pokémon. I'm so going to get it!" Naruto yelled in a playful tone.

Sakura couldn't help but laugh at this while Misty held onto Ash, which Sakura noticed and smiled at the sight. "Well, I guess this will be your first Pokémon then, so I'll let you have it," Ash said with a smile.

"Yeah, go ahead, Naruto. I know that Shino would be shocked by the bugs he would see and would try to get them all," She then told them who Shino was and how he had bugs inside his body, seeing this was something Misty didn't like at all bugs that lived inside the body, knowing this just wanted to make her throw up.

Misty then went pale at the thought of a third bug Pokémon with her, but the young girl looked down as she felt something on her leg. Looking down, Misty saw it's a Weedle that was rubbing on her leg. Misty just down at Weedle before making a run for it.

"What are you waiting for anyway? Just catch that Pokémon already!" She yelled, running away from everyone.

"Don't worry, guys; I'll go make sure she stays out of trouble," Sakura said as she went after Misty.

Naruto just smiled as he got out his pokéball, knowing that, like with Sakura's Caterpie, it will be easy for him to get. "Alright, little Weedle, it's time that you join my team!" Naruto yelled as he throws a pokéball at the Pokémon.

Naruto then watched as the ball hit the Weedle, and soon Naruto watched as Weedle went into the Poké Ball. Naruto could only wait now as Weedle tried to fight and get freedom from the Poké Ball, but soon Weedle was captured by Naruto.

Meanwhile, Sakura had caught up to Misty, who was talking to her to herself. "This whole forest is just full of bugs; I just wish they would all bug off," Misty said until she looked behind her and saw Sakura.

"You know Misty, it's not safe to be out here alone," Sakura said as she stood next to Misty.

"I know Sakura, I hate them so much, and lately, they all seem to be coming at me," Misty said.

"I know it's just that-" Sakura was quickly cut off from talking as both she and Misty heard something from behind them.

Sakura slowly got out one of her Kunai, ready for whoever was watching them, then without any warning, a young boy who was, dressed as a samurai went right for the two girls with his sword. On the other hand, Sakura just used her Kunai to block the boy's sword from hitting her and Misty, who was now even more scared than before.

Sakura only growled at the boy as she looked at him. "Alright, who are you, and what do you want?" She asked, still holding her Kunai on the boy's sword.

"Are any of you two from a town called Pallet?" The boy asked while impressed with what the pink hair girl did with his sword.

"No, that's not us!" Misty said, shaking her head.

"Yeah, so leave now!" Sakura yelled at the boy.

With that said, the young boy then put away his sword. "Alas, my search continues," He said and beach to walk away until he stopped and looked back. "I'd advise you not to scream anymore unless you want to attract Beedrill," He said before leaving them.

Once he left Misty jest, fell to the ground. "Hey, Misty, are you alright?" Sakura asked as she put away her Kunai.

Misty just nodded at her friend. "Yeah, I'm fine, but I wonder why he would be looking for a Pokémon trainer from Pallet, huh oh no, that's Ash!" Misty yelled as she got up as fast as she could and started to run back to him.

"What do you think he wants with Ash?" Sakura asked, frowning with fear on her face.

Misty shook her head as she looked at Sakura. "I don't know, Sakura, but we need to get to him."

Meanwhile, Ash and Naruto were now talking after having a battle with Ash's Pidgeotto and Naruto's Weedle. It was a hard battle, but in the end, Ash ended up winning the match, but Naruto just smiled.

Ash even smiled at seeing that Naruto was getting a lot better at this. "Wow, Naruto, you did well for your first battle!" Ash said to him.

"I know. I'm just happy that I got a Pokémon and a cool one at that too!" He yelled with a big grin on his face.

"Excuses me, but which one of you is from a town called Pallet?" The same boy who had just attacked both Misty and Sakura asked Ash and Naruto.

"Oh, I'm from Pallet Town," Ash said as he was about to turn around to meet the boy.

Just then, Ash and Naruto heard both Sakura and Misty calling to them, but Misty was calling more than Sakura was. "ASH, WATCH OUT!" Misty yelled at the top of her voice and lungs.

With that, the boy in the samurai costume then attacked Ash with his sword until he stopped right at Ash's nose. By this time, both Misty and Sakura were up to Ash as both Naruto and Sakura were ready to fight this kid if he decided to hurt Ash.

"I'm not scared of you; you're not getting my Pokémon!" Ash said, doing the best he could at being brave right now.

The Samurai then put his sword away. "I am no Pokémon thief," He said to him.

At this point, both Ninjas are very angry at the kid. "Alright, then who are you and stop attack people like!" Sakura yelled.

Naruto had to agree with her on this. "Yeah, what are you crazy or something attacking people like that?" Naruto yelled, not happy at all with this kid.

"I am Samurai; I am bold, fearless, and unbeatable in combat," He said.

"I've been searching the forest for you," He finished looking at Ash.

"What do you want from me?" Ash asked Samurai.

With that, Samurai got out a Poké Ball. "A Pokémon match, let us see who will triumph over this match."

Ash could only smile at this as he got out one of his Pokémon. "Alright, then Pidgeotto comes on out," Ash called.

But once Pidgeotto came out, Ash noticed the bird was too tired to fight anymore, and all thanks to the battle with Naruto Weedle. "Oh, no!" That was all Ash could say right now as he looked down at Pidgeotto.

"Ash, don't you know you need to let your Pokémon rest now and then," Misty told him.

"Well, Misty, you see, I kind of forgot about that," Ash said.

"Only a foolish incompetent trainer sends out a tired Pokémon that mistake will cost you dearly!" He yelled as he throws out his Poké Ball.

Then as the white light faded out came a tall brown Pokémon with pincers on the top of its head and a funny mouth. Ash was shocked when he saw the Pokémon that Samurai decided to use first. "Wow, he's got a Pinsir," Ash said while Naruto got out his Pokédex.

"Pinsir, this fearsome Pokémon has its powerful claws to put the squeeze on its opponents," Dexter said as it showed Naruto a Pinsir.

Ash had overheard what Dexter said. "That Pinsir looks tough, but I know you can handle it, Pidgeotto," Ash said with confidence.

"Alright, Pidgeotto, use Sand Attack on Pinsir!" With that, Pidgeotto began using the sand attack on Pinsir with its wings.

But this didn't do much to Pinsir as the sand around Pinsir, Samurai, on the other hand, just laughed. "Ha, that is child's play, Pinsir Tackle it!" Samurai ordered.

Then out of Pidgeotto's Sand Attack, Pinsir came out and Tackled Pidgeotto with the pincers on the top of his head. Sadly this was too much for Pidgeotto to take since he had fought Naruto's Weedle not too long ago.

With the first match over, Pidgeotto had lost, while Samurai just laughed that he had lost. "Your Pokémon is beaten!" With his left fist clenched tight.

"Oh, no, Pidgeotto return!" Ash yelled as he called his Pidgeotto back into the Poké Ball. With that, a red light his Pidgeotto before the bird disappeared back into the Poké Ball.

"Well, novas, are you ready to surrender?" Samurai asked him with a smile.

Ash only growled at this. "I'm just getting warmed up, Samurai, so you better be ready for round two," He said, not wanting to give up this battle. "Metapod, I chose you now!" Ash yelled, and with a flash of white light, Metapod came out of his Poké Ball, blinking his eyes.

"Watch and weep as my Pinsir crushes you Metapod in half!" Samurai said with a smile on his face.

Ash got the mental image of his Metapod being crushed in half by Pinsir's claws. "Oh no, those claws!" Ash said in fear.

Sakura and Naruto were afraid of what could happen to Ash's Metapod. Even Misty didn't like the idea of Metapod getting crushed in half. "Ash, you need to call Metapod back. Not even a bug deserves this," Misty told him.

Ash didn't know what he should do now, and he didn't want to lose his Metapod; it was then that Sakura remembered something she looked upon her Pokédex. "Ash, tell Metapod to use Harden fast!" She yelled.

Naruto just looked at her, shocked that she knew that already. "Hey, Sakura-chan, how did you know that?"

Sakura couldn't help but laugh at this. "Oh, Naruto, I looked it up on Dexter after Caterpie evolved later that day. I thought that I better know what she can do after all," She said with a smile on her face.

Sakura then looked back at the battlefield to see that Pinsir had lost and returned to its Poké Ball. Sakura then looked back at Naruto, who was confused over what she had just told him.

"You're wondering how I know that Metapod is a girl, right?" She asked, looking at him.

Naruto only nodded, confused at her, and Sakura knew this. "Well, Naruto, you see, I asked her, and a girl can always tell these things," Sakura said with another smile. With that, Sakura and Naruto looked back at the battle that was going on.

The two saw that Samurai had called out his own Metapod and had just used Harden like Ash's did while fighting Pinsir. However, every time one of them used Harden Ash or Samurai, they would ask their Metapod to use it again, which went on for some time.

As time went on, it soon went from morning to afternoon, and Misty Sakura and even Naruto and Pikachu were sunbathing. Misty had a red bikini on her with black sunglasses over her eyes, while Sakura wore a light pink bikini. As for Naruto, he only had orange boxers on him, and he had black sunglasses on him. All of them, including Pikachu, had drinks with them as they just enjoyed the sun while a few times; Naruto had to try and not look at Sakura a few times since she was right now in a bikini.

Meanwhile, Team Rocket was currently up to no good; both Jessie and James were in a cardboard tank while Meowth was on top. After what the three had seen last time, they didn't know what they were going to do.

"Jessie, I'm tired," James cried out, looking at Jessie. "Why are we carrying this stupid tank around everywhere for anyway?" He asked and moaned at the same time.

"To protect us from Beedrill, ever been stung by one, it hurts!" Jessie told him while trying her best not to lose her temper with James.

Hearing the fighting, Meowth looked down on the two frowning at them. "Hey, will you two stop talking already! We need to be keeping an eye out for Pikachu and that kid with the orange jumpsuit," Meowth told the two humans.

"Hey, what are you doing up there?" Jessie asked the cat Pokémon, not happy that he was not helping them."Get down and help up us," James told him."Love to, but I'm on lookout duty," Meowth said to them as he and went back to rest as he had done before.

"Oh yeah! Well, look out for this furball!" Jessie yelled.

With that, both Jessie and James then throw Meowth off the tank that he was on. After that, he got back up and started to run after them. "Hey, just wait for a second, come back!" He yelled.

Meanwhile, back where our heroes are, that battle was still going on; and right now, Naruto was getting tired of waiting to see who would win. He then looked over to Sakura, standing right next to him, smiling at him.

"I know that you were looking at me, Naruto," Sakura said while Naruto flinched at this.

"Oh well, you see Sakura-chan about that-" But Naruto cut himself off, not knowing what he should even say.

Sakura just slowly looked at him and smiled. "Don't worry, Naruto. I'm not mad as long as you weren't thinking of doing anything to me?" She asked with a smile on her face while Naruto just blushed.

With that, Sakura giggled as she saw Naruto's blush. "I can't believe Naruto blushed like that. Sasuke never even looked at me like Naruto does," Sakura thought to herself.

Just then, the two ninjas heard Misty let out a deep sigh. "I think we're going to be stuck in this forest for the rest of our lives at this rate; boys can be so stubborn!" Misty said, irritated at how long this was taking.

Sakura just nodded her head at this. "I can agree with you on that, Misty," Sakura said with a sigh.

However, both Ash and Samurai were still telling their Metapod to use Harden, but Ash and Samurai were now both presently stuck from all the orders they gave their Metapod, and it didn't take long before they both fell to the ground.

"You two are more hard-headed than your Metapod's!" Misty yelled.

Naruto had to agree with Misty there. "I hate to say this, but Misty-chan is right," Naruto said.

Everyone heard a buzzing noise coming towards them; they all looked to see what it was. "Hey, what's that noise?" Naruto asked as he tried looking around for where the noise came from and saw what it was.

Samurai then got up as fast as he could to answer him. "A Beedrill swarm approaches our match must end, good day," Samurai said as he recalled his Metapod to it Poké Ball.

With that, everyone looked behind Ash to see hundreds of Beedrill coming right for them. Sakura had to get her Pokédex out to found info on them. "Beedrill this Pokémon is the evolved form of Weedle it following its Kakuna stage; its sting is highly poisonous."

Naruto was shocked at why they were attacking them until Samurai told them what he thought it was. "That Weedle that you captured earlier," He said, pointing to Naruto. "Must have belonged to that hive, and now they have come looking for the Weedle," Samurai said and then ran off.

Before the others could do anything else, a Beedrill had picked up Ash's Metapod and started to fly away from the trainers. Ash did try to recall his Metapod, but Beedrill kept dodging the red light from the Poké Ball until the Beedrill disappeared over the forest. "Oh, no, Metapod!" Ash yelled.

It was only then that another Beedrill came up from behind, ready to attack Ash. However, Pikachu used a Thunderbolt on the Beedrill. It's unfortunate for Ash, though, as Ash was right next to Beedrill, so he was shocked along with the Beedrill.

While Ash was left smoking from the attack, Beedrill left the four humans alone, but Misty, Sakura, and even Naruto knew that even more were coming to get them. So with that, they all left running as fast as they could go; Misty had to drag Ash as he wanted to help his Metapod. "Come on, Ash; we need to move!" Misty yelled at him.

As they were running for the lives behind them, the Beedrill swarm was getting closer to them. Ash, on the other hand, just looked back. "But what about Metapod?" He asked.

"Don't worry, Ash. We'll save him," Sakura said as she looked at him with a smile.

Ash knew that she was right; all any of them could do right now was to run for it. Samurai was having a harder time running, thanks to what he had on right now. As for the others, it was easy for them since both Naruto and Sakura are ninjas. As for Ash and Misty, the two also found it easy to run away since they didn't have armor.

Just then, the four saw Samurai make a left turn into the bushes trying to catch the breath from all the running. Sakura and Naruto slowly looked forward only to see a horde of Kakuna hanging from a large tree in front of them.

"What are they?" Sakura whispered.

Samurai just whispered back to her. "They are Kakuna, my dear."

With Sakura got her Pokédex out. "Kakuna, this Pokémon is in the middle stage of Weedle and Beedrill. Kakuna stays motionless until they evolve into deadly Beedrill and hatch."

Everyone slowly looked at the Kakuna on the tree in front of them, but right at the bottom was Metapod. "Hey, over there, guys, it's Metapod!" Ash yelled.

But Misty had to put her hand over his mouth. "Keep your voice down, Ash!" Misty yelled at him, but it was more of a whisper. But it was far too late as the Kakuna was now looking right at them, but it was only about to get a lot worse for them as the Kakuna started to evolve.

Metapod was not the only Pokémon, and there was also an injured Eevee lying on the ground breathing deeply. Naruto saw this and knew that he couldn't just leave the poor thing here, so he took a look at the Kakuna and made a run for Eevee.

"Naruto, what are you doing!" Ash and the other yelled, knowing that it was a dangerous thing to do.

On the other hand, Naruto just kept running, and the little Eevee saw this and looked up at Naruto as the blonde-haired Ninja picked her up. Naruto was about to go and get Metapod when slowly the new Beedrill hatched out of the Kakuna, with that the new Beedrill went after the humans. So everyone had to start running once again, and they didn't care where they were going right now. It was then that the four saw a cabin in the woods that they were coming up to, knowing that it could be a safe place to hide until the Beedrill left them alone.

Samurai told the others about the cabin being their only hope they had to escape. "I think that we can make it!" He yelled.

With that, Samurai opened the door to the cabin, watching everyone running inside for safety, and closed the door behind them. Still, a Beedrill used its stinger to hit the door at the last second and slowly took its stinger out of the door while many other Beedrill outside the cabin are now waiting for them to come out.

While Samurai was taking off his armor, Naruto ensured that Sakura was alright and Ash and Misty. Since he didn't want any of them hurt, even thinking about it worried him. Naruto then looked at the Eevee he had in his arms and was shocked that she was asleep but was still hurt, which Sakura and the others saw.

"Here, Naruto Nurse Joy gave it to me before we left," Sakura said as she got out some Super Potion.

Naruto moved Eevee to the bed and placed her down, while Sakura moved closer to the small Pokémon and smiled. "I'm sorry, but this might hurt a little." She said with a smile.

The little Eevee didn't like this and moved slightly away. "From the looks of it, the poor thing must have gotten attacked by those Beedrill," Sakura said while Misty nodded her head and looked over at Ash and was worried about him.

Both Ninjas just looked out the windows of the cabin, keeping an eye for the Beedrill; while they were doing this, Samurai was once again calling Ash a fool for leaving his Metapod behind like he did. Naruto then heard Ash call out someone named Gary; he didn't know who he was, but from the way, Ash sounded when he said his name.

On the other hand, Samurai said how the other three trainers were such fine battlers and had to make him think about how he could defeat the next trainer he saw from Pallet. Samurai then said to them that compared to them, Ash was just a joke; Ash just growled at this.

Later that night, everyone was already asleep, well, everyone but Ash, who was still awake on what he should do. That's all Ash could do throughout the night, thinking about how to save Metapod from the Beedrill that had taken him.

The next morning Ash had left the cabin early, hoping that no one would know that he had disappeared. But this plane failed as he forgot that Naruto and Sakura were Ninjas, and they both felt him leaving.

"Do you think we should go after him, Sakura-chan?" Naruto asked her.

Sakura nodded her head. "We better Naruto don't know how much danger he'll get into." She said.

With that, the two left to go after Ash, hoping that he would not get killed. The two were lucky that it didn't take them any time before that had finally reached Ash.

When they did reach him, Sakura was not at all happy with the young trainer. "Ash, what were you thinking!" Sakura yelled at him.

Ash just gave a sigh hoping that he could leave without them knowing. "Sorry, guys, I just needed to get Metapod," Ash said.

However, both Naruto and Sakura decided to help Ash out in getting Metapod back from the Beedrill. It didn't take long before Ash, Naruto, or Sakura reached the Beedrill nest; they all had a look for Metapod.

That was until someone jumped on Ash's head; it was Meowth. "Do you know what Meowth's favorite game is?"

"Get off, me!" Ash yelled as he throws Meowth off his head, only for the cat to scratch his face.

"Scratch and sniffle." Meowth just started to laugh at the pain Ash was in and made him laugh. "So what about you two? Do you want to play Meowth's little game?" Meowth asked the two ninjas. The two, however, only growled at the cat Pokémon.

"Guess who?" A pair of voices asked. The three humans looked up to where they heard the familiar voices coming from behind and saw Jessie and James.

On top of a rock, the three trainers saw Team Rocket. "Prepare for trouble."

"And make it double."

"To protect the world from devastation."

"To unite all peoples within our nation."

Naruto knew this would be bad news as he looked back at the tree with the Beedrill still. "Not now, you three losers, you'll wake the Beedrill up," Naruto said to the three.

However, Jessie was not at all happy that Naruto interrupted them. "Never interrupt the Team Rocket motto!" Jessie yelled.

"To denounce the evils of Truth and Love!"

"To extend our reach to the stars above!"

"Jessie!"

"James!"

"Team, Rocket! Blasting off at the speed of light!"

"Surrender now or prepare to fight!"

"Meowth! That's right!"

With that, a loud explosion went off behind them, unknowingly waking up the Beedrill too. "Little boy, why don't you just give us your Pikachu," Jessie said with a smile.

James then laughed too. "Yes, and while you're at it, how about that blonde and pink brats come with us too," James said. "After all, I'm sure our boss wants to know what the two of you can do."

"There's no way that I'm giving Pikachu to you or Naruto or Sakura there, all my friends!" Ash yelled before running away from the three.

Even Naruto and Sakura followed him too, but Team Rocket did the same thing as well. "Hey, you three, come back here!" The three Team Rocket members yelled as they jumped down from the rock they were on.

As the three heroes were running, they came up with a plan to get past the Beedrill. "Hey, you two, if we can make it past the Beedrill, then maybe they'll go after Team Rocket," Ash said to his two friends, to which they both nodded.

They had to admit he was smart to come up with something like that; if he were a ninja back him, he would help them on missions. So, without another thought, the three friends dodged past the Beedrill and safely, while the Beedrill, on the other hand, went after Team Rocket.

Team Rocket saw that the Beedrill were coming right at them. "It's time to use our tank!" Jessie yelled.

"It was worth the trouble of carrying it around," James said, but as they picked up the tank, they saw that some of the Weedle are presently eating the tank. "Oh no, they're eating the tank!" Meowth yelled.

"Well, we made it out of paper to reduce to weight; who knew they would eat?" James asked himself.

"You numskulls, what did you think would happen?" Meowth said to the three before they had to run away from the Beedrill.

Meanwhile, Ash, Naruto, and Sakura had reached the tree where Metapod was; Naruto had already called his Weedle out just in case. Sakura also had her own Metapod out even if she knew that her little Metapod couldn't do anything.

The two knew that they had to protect Ash while he was getting Metapod. "I'm so happy that you're alright, Metapod! Quickly get inside the Poké Ball?" Ash asked.

Despite this, Metapod was saying no to Ash, not wanting to go inside. "Ash, you need to hurry there already coming back!" Sakura yelled. "So get Metapod and run for it while Naruto and I deal with the Beedrill."

Ash only looked behind, over to where she and Naruto were and saw that three Beedrill were now coming after him. Ash quickly picked up his Metapod before running away as fast as he could go, just as Sakura told him to do.

With Ash safely away from here, Naruto and Sakura quickly got ready to battle to three Beedrill that are now coming right for them. However, this didn't work the way they wanted it to as one of the Beedrill went right past them right to Ash.

The two ninjas knew that, sadly, there was nothing they could do as they had to fight off the two remaining Beedrill.

Naruto was the first one to attack with his Weedle. "Alright, Weedle, use Poison Sting on Beedrill!" Naruto ordered. With that, the Weedle did as he said to do anything to protect his friend from his former family. However, Weedle only smiled, or eye smiled at its trainer as the little bug Pokémon attack hit dead on its chest. Before Naruto told Weedle to use String Shot on Beedrill too, and before long, the Beedrill fell to the ground, all tied up and trying to get free. "Alright, we won Weedle; good job!" Naruto yelled with a big smile on his face.

Meanwhile, Sakura used her Metapod and used Tackle on the other Beedrill; she was so happy that her Metapod knew that. Sakura had looked behind her to see how Ash was doing, only to see him trip over and then started to cry, saying that he will never leave his friends behind again.

At that time, Naruto and Sakura saw Misty, Samurai even Eevee and Pikachu, who had a net protecting them from the Beedrill.

"Ash, no!" Misty yelled.

"Watch out for the Twin Needle Attack!" Samurai yelled.

"Pi-ka-chu!" Pikachu yelled, most likely say 'No, Ash!'

At the last second, Metapod jumped in the way of the Beedrill's attack. However, even though the Beedrill needle on its arm was now, broken who had now flown away. Metapod was a lot worse as Ash saw the nasty cash on Metapod ash was asking if Metapod was alright, but he said nothing.

It was only then that something started to happen to Metapod inside a white light from inside Metapod. Slowly something was coming out of Metapod shell, and out came a Butterfree flying around with all its glory. Everyone was shocked at the sight of the new Butterfree that had only just evolved, and everyone just loved the sight of Butterfree; even Misty thought that he was beautiful.

Even Naruto and Sakura were amazed by what they could see more, so Sakura, as her Metapod, will be that soon or one day. "Butterfree, one week after Caterpie evolves into Metapod, it then again evolves into Butterfree," Ash's Pokédex said.

Ash, the others, only watched as Butterfree was flying around Ash, while Ash just smiled at his newly evolved Metapod. However, this was sadly quickly cut short as the rest of the Beedrill returned; however, Butterfree was ready for them as he went right next to Ash.

Ash then looked at his Butterfree while he did the same to his trainer; both knew what needed doing. "Alright, Butterfree, knock them all out with your sleep, powder!" Ash ordered.

With that, Butterfree went to work on using it Sleep Powder on all of the Beedrill left and right while the Beedrill just fell to the ground; even though all the Weedle and Team Rocket were then also sent to sleep, Ash was dancing with joy that he had won.

Later that day, Ash and co were at long last out of the Viridian Forest. "This road will take you to Pewter City," Samurai told the four.

Naruto just smiled. "Cool, thanks, Samurai!" Naruto yelled with a big grin on his face.

Sakura only laughed. "Yeah, I thought that we would never find our way out of there," Sakura said with relief.

"Yes, thank you, but before we can Samurai, we need to finish our battle," Ash said.

"There is no need, my friend, compared to you. I am the novas." Samurai said to Ash.

Ash could only smile at this. "Thanks, Samurai. I hope we battle again someday."

"Yeah, just, please make sure that you don't have Metapod vs. Metapod again!" Misty told the two while Pikachu just agreed with her, while Naruto and Sakura just laughed.

With that said, the four left Samurai still waving goodbye to each other, all five hoping that they would meet again someday.

Naruto just smiled as he looked down at the little Eevee, who he decided should be left with Samurai. "Well, I guess this is goodbye," Samurai said, yet the little Eevee had other ideas in mind and wanted to go with Naruto as he did save her life.

So slowly, she moved closer to Naruto and licked his face. "Eevee Vee, Vee Ee." The little Pokémon said with a happy tone.

On the other hand, Naruto looked at the little Eevee as she continued to talk to him. "So, are you saying that you want to come with me?" He asked with a grin, to which Eevee just nodded her head.

With an even bigger grin, Naruto just took out his Poké Ball and threw it at Eevee. "Alright, then Eevee, come on and join the gang!" Naruto yelled with a smile on his face while Eevee just smiled and letting his Poké Ball catch her. And with a white flash of light, Eevee was now inside the Poké Ball while the Poké Ball moved for only a few moments before the red light showed that Eevee was now his Pokémon. "Alright, I did. I got an Eevee!" Naruto yelled with a smiled on his face.

However, three people were all still trapped within Viridian Forest, Team Rocket, the three are stuck in the tree, where the Kakuna and even the Beedrill were asleep. All three Team Rocket members were dressed up or trying to dress up as Kakuna so that Beedrill didn't attack them.

"Do you have any more bright ideas, Jessie?" James asked.

"Well, unlike at least, I have ideas." She whispered.

"Yeah, and they all bad ideas, Jessie. I mean, what made you think this will even work?" Meowth asked her.

"Who asked you?" Jessie yelled to Meowth. And this was a bad thing for the three as the Kakuna knew something was off with the three fakes. So the Beedrill started to attack them and stinger them all over, and Team Rocket couldn't do too much but cry in pain.

A/N Well, this is the end of yet another chapter done for you; the next chapter will be a filler before they get to Pewter City. Also, both Naruto and Sakura will get another Pokémon too, which are both flying. So, until next time, please leave me a review and give me any ideas you would like to see in this story.

Oh, and as for the Eevee, just let's say you see later why it was in Viridian Forest in a later chapter much later.

Update note: I fully fixed this chapter on 16/04/21