A/N well, guys, here is chapter 6; I'm sorry for the wait; I hope you all like it as much as you did the others. As always, I don't own Pokémon or Naruto wish I sometimes did, but I don't, sadly. Okay, so here we are the first Gym battles.
Legend "Talking"
"Thinking"
"Pokédex"
"Inner Sakura and Kyuubi"
Chapter 6 Showdown in Pewter city
After a long hard trip from the Viridian forest and dealing with an angry Spearow and injured Pidgey, both of whom had become a part of Naruto's and Sakura's Team. Ash and co were walking right now towards Pewter City, not knowing that Team Rocket was ahead of them and setting a trap for our heroes.
Soon the three began their motto. "To protect the world from devastation," Jessie said with a smile as she flicked her hair backward.
"To unite all people within our nation," James said as he held his red rose and smiled.
"You denounce the evils of Truth and Love to extend our reach to the stars above!" the two said at the same time as they were no back to back with their eyes closed.
"Jessie!" She said as she opened her eyes and looked forward with an evil smile on her face.
"James!" He said with a smile as he smelled his red rose before opening his eyes.
But before the two could go on, Meowth interrupted them both. "Meowth, I don't get why you two are always talking while I'm doing all the work!" He yelled at them both as he hit the shovel he was using into the ground but looked left and right at the two Team Rocket members.
"Well, Meowth, one of us has to keep an eye out, and you know what they say two pairs of eyes are better than one," Jessie said, smiling. "After all, if they are heading to Pewter City, it means they have to come this way," Jessie told Meowth.
"But what are we going to do about those two kids with the headbands?" Meowth asked, not liking this idea at all. "I mean, we've seen the kid make clones himself who knows what else he can do, and the same goes for that girl with pink hair."
Jessie and James were now smiling at each other. "Well, not if we dig so deep, he can't get out without crushing his friends," James said with a grin on his face.
All three members started to dig the hole with that now set in their minds, making it even deeper than it already was. Once they were, finished, all three got out of the pitfall trap both had made and started to cover it up with bamboo that the three tied together, which they had put over the hole.
"We'll cover it up so well they'll never know it's here," Meowth said as he got some leaves and covered the bamboo with them before they covered it up with some leafs then dirt. "There we go, perfect," Meowth said with a smile.
The three just looked at their work with a smile as they looked down; they saw that the ground was perfect. It was as if the three had never even dug the hole in the first place, yet James soon let out a yell as he looked down and couldn't find it.
"I can't remember where the trap is!" He yelled, looking down at the ground.
It was then that all three members started running all over the place, trying as best as they could do right now to find their trap. And as they looked around from one place to the other, it didn't take the three long before they went into the middle of the road, right onto the top of the trap they had set up.
But while looking around, they heard a noise and looked down to where they heard it. All too late did Jessie James and Meowth realize that they were standing on the trap.
All three fell into the pit trap and landed right on their faces while the dirt covered the hole, burying them. However, at this time, Naruto and Ash came onto the spot. The two males were standing on top of the trap, yet all four heard moans coming from somewhere close.
"Hey, did you hear that?" Ash asked, looking around for the noise.
All four just nodded at this and moved on from where Team Rocket was; the two Ninja were excited about seeing a new city; it was not something they saw back home all that much.
After a while of walking, all four had reached Pewter City, and the four just looked in wonder at the sight they were seeing. "Well, this is it, you three Pewter City," Misty said with a smile.
The two ninjas just smiled, still looking at the City. "Wow, just look at this place, Sakura, and this is only the second city we've seen," Naruto said with a smile; back home, the places he saw were always small and never this big.
Meanwhile, Ash just looked over the City with a smile as he stood on a large rock. "Well, that's good, then. I thought we would never get here."
Pikachu, on the other hand, also sat on the rock. "Cha," Was all the little mouse said, tired from all the walking he had done?
However, once, both he and Pikachu soon heard a man's voice from below them. "Pewter City is gray, and it's the color-of-stone. Oh yes. This town has always been famous for its stone," the man said; as they looked down, they saw he had a red hat that covered his eyes and a brown beard; he was wearing a yellow shirt and green trousers and white gloves on his hands.
"Hey, who is this old man, anyway?" Naruto asked as he jumped down from where he was.
"I've never met him before," Misty said as she too looked down.
"The names Flint and you're seating on some of my merchandise, young-man," He said to Ash, and once he heard this, Ash got up from the rock.
"Oh, I'm very sorry, sir," Ash said as he and his friends made their way down the steps and joined Naruto.
As they looked over at the rocks, some were on the shelves, and they were large and small; each one had a different sales price on it. So while the three of them just looked at Flint, Sakura just walked over to some of the rocks and wondered who would want to buy them.
She then turned her head at Flint to make sure this was not a joke. "Are you saying that you sell rocks?" She asked with a "Are you crazy" look on her face.
Flint, on the other hand, just looked up at her. "There Pewter City souvenirs want to buy some?" He asked while everyone shook their head.
"No, thanks," Ash said to him with a smile. "I'm on my way to be a Pokémon master," he told Flint smiling at the man.
On the other hand, Flint looked at the young man and noticed how tired Pikachu was as the little mouse gave a breath. "Well, your Pokémon seems worn out. Why don't I show you to a Pokémon Center? Just follow me," Flint told the two as he stood up.
It was then that Ash looked up at Misty and smiled. "See, I told you, Misty, appearances can be deceiving; he's a nice guy." He said.
Both Sakura and Misty weren't very convinced by this. "Are you sure about this, Ash?" Misty asked with a worried look on her face.
Sakura nodded her head. "Yeah, I mean, we don't know anything about this guy," Sakura said with a frown.
But Naruto just gave a big grin at the two girls. "Don't worry, girls. Naruto Uzumaki will keep you safe after all; it's my ninja way?" He told the two with an even bigger grin.
All the two girls did was just sighed as they looked at him. "Is he always like this?" Misty asked Sakura, to which she just nodded.
As the four were about to follow Flint, he came back lightly and looked at Ash. "Oh, and by the way. That will be a two-dollar charge for resting on my rocks," he said to them; the four, at hearing this, fell to the ground in shock and embarrassed at what he said to them.
"I knew we couldn't trust him," Sakura thought, that they needed to pay for resting on some rocks. "I mean, come on, paying for resting on the rocks that sounds so stupid."
With that, all four trainers headed over towards the Pokémon Center; once they arrived at the front door, both Naruto and Sakura just looked at the size of the building. They already knew that it was much bigger than the one they saw in Viridian City with eight windows above the doors, while just below the steps, they saw trees that went all around the Pokémon Center.
They also saw that on the side, it had two massive pillars with Poké Balls on the top, yet in the middle of the building, they saw a large P right on top of the building was a circular revolving platform that operates as a giant turntable. The building remains stationary, and the diners are, carried on the revolving floor.
Once inside, Ash went over to the front desk to get his Pokémon healed, while Naruto and Sakura looked at a billboard. As the two looked at it, read 'Pokémon League regional championships, Enter the competition!' The poster saw a hand holding a Poké Ball with yellow beams coming out around the trainer's hand. While symbols were all over the advertisement, such as Grass, fire, lighting, and many others, and at the bottom, it read, 'Today's Pokémon trainers are tomorrows Pokémon masters.'
Once the two had done reading what the advertisement said, Naruto just smiled. "Wow, this sounds so cool!" Naruto yelled with a smiled as he looked at the poster.
While Ash just looked at the poster and smiled, knowing he wanted to enter it. "Alright, I'm so going to enter the Pokémon League." He said as he clenched both of his fists.
Misty just looked at Ash with a smile and laughed lightly; however, her three friends just looked up at her. "What's the matter, Misty?" Sakura asked as Naruto was still looking at the poster in awe.
Misty just smiled at Sakura as she got along with her very well. "Well, you see Sakura compete in the Pokémon League regional championships; you need to go to each town a beat the gym leader of that town to earn their badge." She said with a smile.
She then looked over at Ash with a grin as she crossed her arms. "Can you do that?" She asked with a smile.
Ash just looked at Misty and smiled. "Of course, I can." He told her.
The four then heard laughing from behind them before looking to see who it was, and all three were surprised to see Flint. "Don't tell me you plan on challenging Brock, the Pewter City gym leader?" He asked with a low chuckle.
Ash just tightened his fists and looked at Flint. "Of course I do. As soon as Pikachu and my other Pokémon are better, I'll beat him no problem. Take me to this Brock's Gym, and I'll show you."
Flint merely chuckled at what Ash said. "You'll beat him, huh," He said as he just turned around and walked on but kept laughing.
A while later, the four friends were eating in a restaurant above the Pokémon Center; Naruto just smiled as he was in a nice restaurant. "You know this is just like a double date Sakura-chan," Naruto said with a grin while the other three choked on their food, more so with the two girls.
"What, this is not a date, Naruto!" Sakura yelled but not too loud to make others look at them; even Sakura went red a little at what he said to her as she just mumbled baka Naruto.
While Misty just gave a huff at what Naruto said. "Yeah, right as if I would ever go out with someone like him," She said, pointing over to Ash, which he agreed on with Misty, as both young trainers looked away from the other.
On the other hand, Naruto looked at Ash and Misty, seeing the two looking away from the other and at him.
A few moments of silence thought it was best to change the topic. "Oh, that Flint, thinking I can't beat this Brock," Ash said, taking a bite of his food.
Misty, on the other hand, just looked up at him. "Do you think that you can win? Gym Leaders aren't like other trainers you meet Ash; they're much tougher."
Sakura, on the other hand, just looked at the two. "Well, that does not sound easy. Since I only have two Pokémon, at least Naruto has three that he can use." She said, thinking it over.
Naruto just looked at her and smiled. "Does that mean you want to compete as well, Sakura-chan?" Sakura just nodded at Naruto and smiled at him.
"Sure, why not? I mean, I think it would be good, Naruto. I mean, we get to learn more about this world," Sakura told them but frowned. "But what if my Pokémon aren't good enough? I mean, I'm not that good a Kunoichi."
Naruto, on the other hand, shook his head and smiled at her. "Sakura-chan, don't say that you're an amazing Kunoichi Sakura. I mean, you beat Ino's Jutsu that took over your mind." He said with his fox grin.
Sakura just smiled at Naruto, knowing that he somehow always made her feel better about herself. "Thanks, Naruto."
Misty, after taking a bite of her food, just looked at Ash. "You know, Ash, if you ask nicely, I may just let you borrow some of my Pokémon." She said, looking at Ash.
Ash only gave a quick look at her before he continued eating. "I don't need any help." Once Ash said this, the two Ninjas knew that the two were going to fight again.
Misty just looked over at Ash with a twitch in her eyes. "Well, fine! Good luck at beating Brock at the Gym then!" Misty yelled and, with a huff, left.
Naruto and Sakura just looked at the two as they saw Misty leave; the two ninjas just looked at each other and sighed. "Hey, you can leave us with the bill; get back here!" Ash yelled.
Ash went to get his Pokémon from Nurse Joy a little later while Naruto and Sakura were outside, getting some air. The two were thinking over what their battle plan would be to beat this Brock, both were looking through a book on the skills, and attacks Pokémon had; the two had just got it from Professor Oak, who had sent it to Pewter City.
Naruto looked over at her as he saw Sakura turn the page, her eyes looking and the information. "Well, Sakura, what have you found out?" Naruto asked as he saw a page that had information on Eevee.
Sakura just smiled at Naruto and showed him. "Well, Naruto, I've been looking up the Pokémon we have." She said as she showed him all the Pokémon they have.
"Well, Naruto, I found some of Eevee's attacks. Maybe you can use them when fighting Brock." She said to him with a smile. "See, from the look of it, Eevee has several good attacks they can use," Sakura told him as she pointed to a few of Eevee's attacks they could learn.
Naruto just went over every attack he saw and knew he had to find out what attacks his Eevee knew. So he took out Eevee's Poké Ball and just smiled as he throws the poke ball in the air, which Sakura just gave a light smile as she looked up her Pokémon that she could use.
With a bright flash of white light, the little Eevee was free and looked at Naruto with a smile. "Vee Eevee Ee." She said as she ran up to her friend and trainer.
Naruto, on the other hand, just smiled at her. "So Eevee, what do you say we do some training? That way, I get to know what attacks, so we're ready to face a gym leader," Naruto told Eevee as the little fox just smiled at him and nodded.
Naruto then turned his head to look at Sakura. "So have you picked the Pokémon that you're going to use, Sakura-Chan?" He asked with a big grin as he saw she closed the book.
Sakura just nodded at Naruto and smiled at him. "Sure, I do, Naruto, but you're going to have to wait and see."
Just as the two got to their feet, smiling. Ash soon came out of the Pokémon Center with a smile on his face and could see he was eager. The two Ninja knew that he was also ready to face this Brock, and all three made their way the Gym Sakura saw that the two boys were ecstatic over their first Gym match, the three just talked about what they were going to do and what Pokémon they would use mainly Naruto and Ash.
Soon all three arrived at the Pewter City Gym and saw that the building was made entirely out of stones with iron bars on top of the rocks. Slowly, the three just looked at each other and smiled as they each before closing their eyes and took a deep breath, ready to do this and win; each had a look of determination on their face, which made them more confident.
With one last look, the three opened up the door and noticed that it was dark inside. "Maybe nobody is here yet," Sakura said, looking around the pitch-black Gym.
Ash just shrugged his shoulders, also looking around. "Hello, is anyone here?" he asked as he didn't see someone was sitting down, not too far in front of him.
However, Naruto and Sakura picked him lightly, and this was thanks to their training. "Hey, Naruto, we're not alone," Sakura said, looking to where Ash was standing.
"Who goes there?" A voice asked; just then, the light came on over a man just a little older than Naruto and Sakura. He was sitting down on a flat rock next to two larger rocks, while in front of him were some stairs.
The three saw that he had dark spiky hair, and from what they could tell, his eyes looked like they were, closed.
He was wearing a green vest, which had four large pockets on the front, which he wore over an orange short-sleeved shirt, along with brown pants and blue and white sneakers. In addition, he had brown belt pockets on either side of his belt, which they could see is black with a gold rectangular buckle.
"Well, this must be Brock then," Sakura said, looking at him.
Just then, Brock looked down and saw the pink-haired girl and got hearts in his eyes. "Whoa, what a vision of beauty. My name is Brock; what's yours?" He asked with a smile and a twinkle in his eyes. He rushed down right past Naruto and Ash and held Sakura, and as he got down on one keen while the two boys just watched at what was going on.
At hearing this, Sakura just blushed a little that someone called her beautiful. "Um, thanks and my name is Sakura Haruno."
On the other hand, Naruto just growled a little, hearing this as this guy was hitting on the girl he was in love with, and Naruto didn't like it. "Hey, stop that we came here for a battle, not so you can flirt with Sakura-Chan!" Naruto yelled, a little annoyed at this, while he tightened his fists.
Ash just nodded his head at Naruto. "Yeah, we want a battle Brock all three of us!" Ash yelled while Pikachu just nodded.
Brock looked over at the two boys and sighed in disappointment that he couldn't talk to the beautiful girl in front of him. "Alright then, but is this your first gym battle?" Brock asked the three sound cold to the two boys, to which all three nodded. "You must understand a Gym match is different from any other battle you would normally have; this battle is for Pokémon League authorization. There are special rules that we Gym give to newbies such as yourself's."
Ash was a little confused at this as he and the two ninjas looked at Brock. "What do you mean by special rules?"
Brock just made his way back to his side, where the stairs were. "Giving that there are three of you, I may be only able to battle two of you today. Also, spectators will have to go to the upper level to watch," He said, pointing at some stairs in the far corner of the room.
"How long have you been with that, Pikachu?" Brock asked as he looked down at Pikachu, who just smiled.
"Um, about a week, I think," Ash said as stated, a little annoyed.
"Yes, your Pikachu is in its cutest stage," He said, causing Pikachu to smile and rub the back of his head happily. "It can't win," He said with a laugh, causing Pikachu to fall over.
"Hey, I'll worry about my Pokémon, and you worry about yours, alright!" Ash yelled, a little angry at what he had just said about Pikachu.
"Fine, suit yourself. As a Gym leader, I have to accept all challenges, so let's get this over with, shall we," Brock said while snapping his fingers and causing the lights to turn on, lighting up the room.
The three trainers and Pikachu just looked at the room; they were shocked when they saw that the room was empty, but it didn't stay that way for that long. Finally, the three humans and Pikachu had to run out of the way as large doors on both sides of the Gym opened up for them. As two massive terrain slabs were, pushed into position, the new area was, covered in sand, dirt, and massive boulders that looked bigger than a human.
"Whoa, this is amazing," Sakura whispered, looking at the arena in amazement. "It's like a massive desert with sand and rocks," She stated this confirmed her suspicions that Brock used rock Pokémon. The terrain was perfect for them; there were rocks and sand everywhere so that the rock Pokémon would have a field advantage.
Naruto was also looking at the arena and wondered who should go first out of the three. "Alright then, so who's going to go first, then?" Naruto asked, looking at Ash and Sakura.
The three just looked at each other before Ash looked at Naruto. "Hey, why don't you go first. Naruto, I know that you want to?" Ash said while Sakura nodded her head as the two walked up to the stairs and into the rafters.
Brock suddenly jumped down onto the field from the stage he had been sitting on, holding out a Pokéball in his right hand. "Let the match begin!" He said, indicating that Naruto should go first.
Naruto just gave a smile as he got a Poké Ball. "Alright, then Eevee, come on out!" Naruto yelled as Eevee popped out.
"Geodude, Go!" He called, sending out his first Pokémon. When his Poké Ball hit the ground, a large rock with eyes, a mouth, and arms appeared, causing Sakura to reach her Pokédex immediately.
"What the heck is that thing?" She asked, flipping open the Pokédex and scanning Geodude.
"Geodude, the Rock Pokémon. A Geodude's body is made almost completely out from living rock. It can harden its body, making it impervious to most attacks. Most people may not notice, but there are always many Geodude's around, though they may be hard to find because they usually remain half-buried in the ground while keeping an eye on travelers."
As her Pokédex clicked closed, Sakura turned her attention back to the battle, wondering how she would beat a rock Pokémon. But she just smiled to herself, happy that she had her Butterfree to help her when Sakura went next, but she just looked at Ash, who watched the battle that would soon start.
"Alright, then let the match begin!" Brock yelled, which Naruto knew the battle was ready to start.
Naruto just gave a smile as he looked over at Brock. "Alright, you ready, Eevee!" Naruto yelled with a smile on his face, while Naruto's Eevee gave a happy cry, ready to do the best it could do.
Naruto just gave a smile at this and looked over at Brock. "Alright, Eevee, go and use Sand Attack on Geodude!" Naruto yelled as his Eevee just turned around, kicking her legs backward; this caused the sand on the battle floor to end up in Geodude's eyes, slightly blinding it.
"Geodude, listen to where Eevee is, and then quickly use Rock Throw!" Brock yelled as his Pokémon, Geodude, on the other hand, did as ordered as he could hear where the little Pokémon was, and once he found her, Geodude picked up the rocks around him the rock-type started to throw one after the other at Eevee.
Unfortunately, one of the rocks managed to hit the Normal-Type. "Eevee!" yelled Naruto, praying that his Pokémon was alright. "Can you still battle?" he asked it, with a shaking of its head and then a nod to confirm that it can still fight. "Alright, let's try something else... try a Bite attack!"
With a quick nod after hearing this from Naruto, Eevee jumped at the Rock/Ground-Type and managed to sink his teeth into the opponent and caused the Gym Leader's Pokémon to scream at this. "Very well, Geodude, shake it off and use Tackle!" ordered Brock, with his Pokémon managing to get the Normal-Type off of him, then hit it before it can get too far. "Now, use Rock Throw again!"
"Quick, use Double Team!" commanded Naruto; the Eevee split into multiple clones of itself to protect itself from the Rock-Type attacking her. "How do you like that?"
Ash and Sakura were quite impressed by how Naruto is holding his own against the Pewter City Gym Leader even with a Normal-Type Pokémon against him, which they wonder how the battle will end, of course.
On the other hand, Naruto looked at the battle; he was already trying to think of a way to beat Brock's Geodude. Naruto then saw all the rocks around him and soon got an idea that he could use to his advantage, yet as he smiled, Sakura knew that he had something planned while both Brock and Ash just looked on at Naruto.
"Alright, Eevee, jump onto the rocks," commanded Naruto smiling as Eevee nodded, jumping onto the rocks just next to her.
On the other hand, Brock just looked at what was happening and knew that this kid had a few tricks up selves. "I see, so that's what the kid is planning. I will say that it's a good idea," Brock thought to himself as he looked on at Eevee and Naruto. "Don't think that doing this is going to help, but it's a good idea. I'll give you that much."
All Naruto did was smile at Brock. "Don't underestimate me," He said with a grin on his face, showing that there was no way that he was planning to lose.
At hearing this, Brock just smiled at Naruto. "Thanks for the information. I'll be sure to keep that in mind, now Geodude, hurry and use Tackle on it," Brock told his Pokémon, who just nodded and jumped at Eevee.
Naruto saw what was going to happen and knew he had to act fast. "Oh no, Eevee, quick doge it and use Take Down!" Naruto yelled with a grin as Eevee jumped down from the rocks went charging right at Geodude with full speed.
Both Ash and Sakura just looked on as Eevee smashed right into Geodude, who, in turn, crashed into some rocks that were right behind the Rock Pokémon. As everyone watched, they all knew that they would have to wait for the dust to settle down to see what was going on with Geodude.
On the other hand, Naruto had Eevee ready in the high case Geodude was still standing from the Take Down that Eevee used. "Get ready, Eevee. I'm sure that we are going in for another round, and it's best if we keep ready," Naruto said while Eevee just nodded her head.
As the dust started to settle, everyone looked on as they saw that Geodude is now no longer continues the battle, while Naruto just smiled at this. "Alright, you did it, Eevee!" Naruto yelled with a broad grin on his face as he ran over to Eevee while the little fox Pokémon jumped into Naruto's arms.
On the other hand, Brock moved over to Naruto as he looked at the whisker boy with a smile. "Well done as proof of your win, here's the Boulder Badge," Brock said as he handed Naruto a simple gray octagon badge, Naruto looked at it with a smile on his face that he got the first badge with only seven left to get.
"Now, who's next?" Brock asked as he looked up at Sakura and Ash. "What about you, gorgeous?"
"I'm next," answered Ash.
Brock gave a slight nod and then waited for Ash to go over to the challenger's ring. "This will be a one-on-one battle, agreed?" Brock asked Ash.
"Yes," Ash answered with enthusiasm, "and I choose to use Pikachu." Pikachu went to the battlefield awaiting his opponent.
"And I'll use my..." began Brock as he pulled out his second Poké Ball and threw it up in the air, and released it to reveal a giant rock snake Pokémon that terrified Pikachu. Pikachu ran away and tried to hide, pressing the button for Pidgeotto's Poké Ball.
"Pikachu, this is your battle, not Pidgeotto's," Ash said to Pikachu as he shoved Pikachu back onto the battlefield. "Use your Thundershock on Onix." Pikachu complied, but all the Thundershock did was only annoying Onix.
"Onix, use your Wrap attack," ordered Brock.
Onix then surrounded Pikachu and began to squeeze on Pikachu as Pikachu was powerless to fight Onix head-on and knew this was a losing battle. After a few minutes of thinking and a failed attempt to recall him, Ash gave up and left the Gym defeated and down.
All Ash could do was hang his head while both Naruto and Sakura looked down at Ash. They wished they knew what they could do. But, sadly, they needed to leave him for now as Sakura moved down, getting ready for her battle since Brock's Onix was not even hurt. The pink-haired Kunoichi knew Ash must be hurting right now over what had happened; even Naruto could tell.
Once Sakura was to where Ash was, she put a hand on his shoulder, "Hey, Ash, it's alright you'll get him next time," Sakura said, doing her best to smile at her friend.
Ash, on the other, just looked up at Sakura with a smile. "It's alright, Sakura. It just means that I have to train even harder to beat him," Ash said as he went up to the stand to watch Sakura battle Brock.
Brock, on the other hand, just looked over at Sakura and smiled. "Oh, I'm so likely I get to battle a beauty such as you," Brock said with a smile on his face.
Sakura looked over at Brock with a smile on her face as she looked down at her Pokémon before looking back up at Brock. "Well, let's just say I'm going to show you what my Pokémon can do." She said as she tossed her Poké Ball into the air.
With a flash of white light, it set her Pokémon free and ready to battle Brock. "Butterfree, I choose you!" Sakura yelled as Butterfree was out.
Sakura just gave a slight smirk as she looked over at Brock, who just smiled at her. "Well, then let's see how well you do?" Brock asked with a smile on his face.
All the young Kunoichi did was gave a node. "Alright, Butterfree, use Confusion on Onix!" Sakura yelled as Butterfree just nodded at her and used its Confusion attack on the rock Pokémon.
All Onix could do right now was cry in pain as Sakura knew that she would have to act fast before the rock Pokémon could attack Butterfree. "No, Onix!" Brock yelled as Sakura smiled as she remembered what Ash's Butterfree did.
Brock just looked over at his giant Rock Pokémon, knowing that he had to act fast. "Hurry Onix and use Screech!" Brock called out to his Pokémon, who used the attack, making an almost deafening sound to Butterfree.
Brock just smiled at this as he saw Butterfree close her eyes, while Sakura just cried out in fear for her Butterfree. "NO, Butterfree!" She yelled as she saw Brock ready to give another order to his Pokémon.
"Now, Onix, time to use Tackle on Butterfree," Brock said.
Just as Onix is about to give Butterfree another taste of tackle, Sakura was not about to allow the Pewter City Gym Leader the satisfaction. "Hurry and dodge it!" she ordered, her Bug/Flying-type barely managing the get out of the way on time. "Now, it's time for Supersonic!"
The Butterfly let out a Supersonic wave at the Rock/Ground-Type and caused it to become confused, which Naruto smirked as he had a feeling that Sakura had something in mind to win this battle, and she wasn't close to finished yet. "Now, let's see how you like Poison Powder!"
"Onix, concentrate and try to get out of the way!" commanded Brock, though his Pokémon ended up hurting itself in its confusion and wound up being poisoned by the purple powder that Butterfree produced from her wings. "Wow, a Poison and Confusion combination, not bad," said Misty, quite impressed with how Sakura handled the battle, and Ash nodded, remaining silent.
"Okay, let's add things up with another Confusion attack!" commanded Sakura, her Pokémon preparing to use its Psychic-Type attack once more. However, Brock figured that she would try something like this before countering it as Brock with his move.
"Concentrate and use your Rock Throw attack!" the Onix glared at its opponent and began throwing rocks to catch Butterfree and Sakura off-guard, watching as the Butterfly managed to dodge several of the rocks before one managed to score a direct hit. "Good, now it's time we use Bind!"
Onix focused hard and wrapped itself around Butterfree before it began to squeeze, as this was how Pikachu also got beaten, and Ash and Naruto knew that if Sakura doesn't think of something fast, she'll lose the match. "Oh man…" muttered Ash in disbelief at what he was seeing.
Even Sakura knew that she had to think of something fast as she looked at her Pokémon. "Come on, Sakura, you need to think Butterfree is getting hurt," Sakura thought as she looked up as she thought of an idea that could work, but she would need to do it at the right time.
"Alright, Butterfree, now use Sleep powder on Onix!"
Butterfree realized what her trainer had in mind and quickly began producing a cloud of light blue dust that surrounded Onix's body and started putting the Rock Snake to sleep, but that wasn't all Sakura had in store for her opponent. "Now, use your Confusion once more!" The Bug/Flying-type complied as she let out a powerful Confusion attack that managed to do critical damage to Onix, more than enough to take him down once and for all.
"Way to go, Sakura!" cheered Naruto was glad that the pink-haired girl was able to pull off a win; ultimately, Ash was relieved to see it as well.
After the win, both Sakura and Naruto went over to Brock as he smiled at the two as; he slowly handed out his hand towards the two and opened his hand to show a badge. "Well, done the both of you, as proof of your win, it gives me the honor to give you both the Boulder Badge," Brock said with a smile on his face, as the two Ninja just took the Boulder badge as the two just looked at each other with a grin on their faces.
"Alright, we did it; we did it!" Naruto yelled, jumping up and down as he looked at his badge and then looked over to Sakura and smiled at her.
Soon the three left the Gym with Ash Carrying Pikachu in his arms, but after some time, the two noticed that Ash was missing, and they were worried about what happened to him. "Oh no, where's Ash gone!" Sakura said as she tried to look around for Ash but was having no luck in finding him. "Dame it if only Ash had Chakra, then we could find him."
As they continued to look for Ash, Naruto was begging to feel a little dizzy. "Sakura, I feel kind of strange," Naruto said as Sakura just nodded, also feeling that something was wrong as the two just held the head in pain.
The two just went over to a bench to rest, unsure what was wrong with them, but it made Sakura very worried. "Naruto, why do our heads hurt so much?" She said before passing out along with Naruto.
It was then that the two could hear a voice within the depths of their mind, but they noticed that it's was not as evil as the Kyuubi. It was more of a kind voice. Slowly the two opened their eyes and looked at what was in front of them, and all they could do was back away from it. "Do not be frightened, young ones. I mean you no harm. I am Arceus."
"Are you a Pokémon?" Sakura asked, looking at Arceus in shock as she and Naruto knew that it must have been Arceus to give them the pain they had in their heads.
Arceus just nodded at her while the two ninjas just looked at this Pokémon. "But I have called you here in your minds to talk to you and to ask for your help." The god-like Pokémon said as he looked down at them both.
Naruto and Sakura just looked at each other when Arceus said this and then looked back at him, wondering what it was he needed help in the first place. "As you might be thinking even now, you two are wondering why I need your help." He said to the two Leaf Ninja as they both nodded, wanting to know what it was.
All Arceus did was give a light chuckle at them. "As you have seen, there are many Pokémon in this world, and sadly, some humans like to use as tools to try and take over this Planet. But there are ones that don't even care about this world and would want to make there are or even destroy this world, and I think that you can help in many ways."
Both Naruto and Sakura were shocked to hear this, but seeing Team Rocket didn't surprise them, but it did worry them that more criminal gangs were out there from what Arceus was telling them. "But why us, what makes us so special?" Sakura asked.
"I know how you feel that you can never help young Sakura, but you're wrong there you will help Ash save the Planet so many times and even help save the chosen one's life," The god Pokémon said as the two Ninja looked at each other, wondering who this chosen one was.
Arceus just told them what they would need to watch out for, mainly some signs. "So, will you help? I know this is a lot to ask?" He said as Naruto and Sakura just looked at each other before they looked back at Arceus.
"We'll help no matter what comes, our way, or the danger we will face," Naruto said with a big grin on his face while even giving Arceus a thumb up. "After all, I'm going to be Hokage."
"If Naruto's going to help, then so am I. We made friends here, and this is their home, but can you tell our family and friends," Sakura said as she looked over at Arceus.
Arceus just nodded at her as Naruto just smiled at the god Pokémon. "Here I have a message I want you to give someone," Naruto said with a grin as all Arceus did was listening to what it was.
Once Arceus has left, both Naruto and Sakura woke and only looked at each other, nodding their heads at each other. "Alright, let's help save the world, dattebayo!"
"Well, you're an odd one," A voice calls out as both Naruto and Sakura look over to see who it was, the person who was around their age and maybe a little older with light brown hair and blue eyes. He was wearing a light blue shirt with green jeans and some white trainers to match. "Hi, my name is Hanson," He said as he looked over at Sakura and smiled. "Well, aren't you a beauty? Would you like to go out sometime? I know this nice place." He said as he kissed her hand, making Sakura blush at this. "May I know the name of this angel before my eyes?"
"What?" That was all Sakura could ask as she looked at the trainer in front of her. "Umm, it's Sakura."
On the other hand, Naruto was again not happy that someone was flirting with Sakura since they came to this town; two people wanted to go out with her. "Oh man, this is getting old fast, dattebayo!"
Hanson just smiled at Sakura some more. "Oh, I wish I could talk some more, but I do have to be in a rush," He said with a grin as he left just before Naruto could say anything while all Sakura could do was blush, even more, one thing was for sure they would be seeing him again.
After their talk with Arceus and meeting Hanson, both Sakura and Naruto found Ash, but they knew what they heard from Arceus after all, but as they were about to ask why Ash ran off. They both saw Flint standing in front of them, and the group just stared at each other for a few moments as Flint slowly realized that they were the same group from before. "Follow me," He said, turning around and walking away.
They were all shocked at what they saw when they looked over the fence. The house on the other side was small but full of children. To be exact, ten children were also a young man in an apron cutting some vegetables at a counter. Suddenly, one of the little children ran up to him, a little girl crying about her skirt. And apparently, she had ripped it somehow. So when they saw the man in an apron turn around to show up the girl's dress, they were shocked to recognize that it was Brock.
They watched him for a few more minutes before jumping down from the trashcans, thinking over what they had just seen. "Wow, I never thought of Brock like that," Ash said, feeling kind of bad for the guy.
Sakura herself was upset at what she had just seen and was even shocked since Brock flirted with her when she first met him, but now he was so different. "So, Brock takes care of all those kids all by himself?" Sakura asked, looking at Flint.
"Brock has ten little brothers and sisters to take care of, so he could never leave town for regional championships," Flint said, leading them away from the house and back toward the Pokémon center.
"What about his parents?" Naruto asked, causing Sakura to hit the top of his head with her fist.
"Well, obviously, they aren't around," She said, embarrassed that her friend had asked such a stupid question.
"Yeah, he's good for nothing father left to become a Pokémon trainer, and he heard from him again. Brock's heartbroken mother is still doing all that she can but has to work two jobs at once and is never able to see her children," Flint said sadly.
"I better not listen to anymore, or next, I might not have the heart to beat him," Ash said, looking off into the distance as he continued walking. It was a heartbreaking story, and he didn't want to hear any more.
Flint just looked over at Ash in shock at what he had just said. "But you said you could never win a match with Brock."
All Ash did when he heard Flint was quickly turn around and faced him while clenching his fist in the air. "Well, I changed my mind about that is I can power up Pikachu I can beat him," Ash said to Flint with a smile while Sakura and Naruto just nodded.
"Hm... I might know a way that you can beat Brock," He said, walking off in a new direction, one that led away. "Follow me."
Pikachu and the three humans followed Flint as he led them to another part of the City. When they finally reached where he was leading them, they were shocked to find that he had led them to a dried-up river with a strange watermill at the edge of the river.
"What is this place?" Naruto and Sakura asked in unison, looking around at the strange watermill while Pikachu peaked over the riverbank's edge.
"It's a hydroelectric plant. The river turns the-" Flint started, only to be cut off by Misty, who followed them.
"The rivers dried up," Misty said, looking over the edge of the riverbank while Pikachu just jumped into her arms, happy to see her again, and Misty couldn't help but giggle at this. "Good to see you to Pikachu."
Flint just coughed a little getting the young group's attention. "As I was saying, if you hook Pikachu up, you may be able to give it a power boost, but as your friend said, it's all dried up, so you will have to do it by hand."
Naruto and Sakura looked over at Flint and then each other, and both wondered how he knew so much about Pokémon. Naruto just smirked as he got an idea in his head just looked back at Flint. "Wow, you sure know a lot about Pokémon, don't you, Flint," Naruto said with a grin as he looked over at the homeless man.
Flint was a little shocked by this and tried to think what he should say to the four. "Well, you see, I err, well I just got lucky is all," Flint said as he started to run the back of his head while laughing as well, while the four kids just watched him. "Anyway, as I said, I have another idea on how to help your Pikachu."
Once inside, Flint was already busy hooking Pikachu up to the machine by having two taps on Pikachu's red cheeks. Sakura watched over to make sure that Pikachu would be alright while Naruto and Ash were both on a waterwheel while Misty watched over them from outside, so they didn't fall and possibly get hurt. "Thanks for helping me, Naruto," Ash said with a smile on his face as Ash looked down at Misty and saw that she was worried for the two.
"You better be careful up there, Ash!" Misty yelled from the ground with a little worry in her voice, but Ash merely smiled at her.
"Pikachu is all hooked up," Flint said as both Ash and Naruto nodded and began to get the waterwheel moving, this, in turn, was starting to boost Pikachu's power. But the little mouse Pokémon soon felt the new power his body was getting and was not used to it as he began to cry at the pain his body was in at this moment. "I know that it's hard, Pikachu, but soon, your body will get used to this new power," Flint said as Sakura watched, wishing that there was something that she could do.
"Please, Pikachu, just hang on," Sakura said as she saw more sparks coming out of Pikachu's cheeks. Sakura looked over to the machine and saw that it was even having a hard time with the amount of power that Pikachu was getting, and knew that Meowth was right Pikachu was more powerful than any other Pikachu.
Before long, the whole building of the hydroelectric plant exploded in a deep, bright white and yellow light as everyone had to cover their eyes not to be blinded by it.
The next morning Ash and Pikachu were once again outside Brocks Gym with Naruto; Sakura and even Misty were ready to cheer him on no matter what without saying another word; Ash pushed to two doors open and just yelled, letting Brock knew he was back. "I'm back!" Ash yelled, ready to win this time.
Brock looked over at Ash and was about to say something when he saw Sakura and just ran over to her. "Oh, my darling cherry blossom has returned once more," Broke said, who now had hearts in his eyes at seeing Sakura once more.
Naruto, on the other hand, did not like that Brock was flirting with Sakura. "That's it. I've had it; try this on for size Sexy no Jutsu!" Naruto yelled as with a poof of smoke, Naruto was changed into a sexy blonde girl but was very naked, something that the two girls didn't like very much
Misty was annoyed and blushing at what she saw in front of her eyes, with her face growing red. "Does he always do that!?" Misty asked as she looked over to Sakura.
Sakura was blushing and as she face-palmed in embarrassment at what Naruto was doing. "Unfortunately, yes..."
"What the matter, I don't see what the big deal is, girls," That was Ash said as everyone, even Pikachu, looked over at him, though now wasn't a good time for something like this. "Okay, never mind… let's get this over with as I do have this battle to win right now!" While Naruto just shook his head at what Ash said and changed back.
"Very well then, as you know the rules will be the same as before, but we'll each use two Pokémon in this battle instead of just one," explained Brock, with Ash nodding his head to confirm that he understood what the Gym Leader was talking about ready for the battle. "Very well, Geodude, let's begin!"
With that said, Brock released his Geodude from its Poké Ball, and Ash knew this would be tough as he didn't have a single Pokémon that had the advantage over the Rock-Type. However, he had a secret weapon to use when the time comes. "Alright, then, Pidgeotto, I choose you!" He said, sending out his Normal/Flying-Type Pokémon out first, much to the others' dismay.
"What, no, why is he using a Flying-type Pokémon against someone like Brock?" Naruto wondered, having no idea what Ash was thinking by choosing Pidgeotto to begin the match even though the raven-haired male didn't have any Pokémon with a type advantage during this time. "Still, I hope he knows what he is doing."
"I'm sure he'll be fine, after all, I used Butterfree against Brock, and I managed to win my match without too much trouble," explained Sakura, having a feeling that Ash had a plan in mind for this as he had that look on his face to prove that he came here to win his rematch. "Besides, it's not like he is going to make the same mistake twice."
"I sure hope you're right…" he said, turning his attention back towards the battlefield as the announcer raised the flags for the match to begin, even if it appears that it will be one-sided. On the other hand, Misty remained silent as he was waiting to see what would happen now and hopes Ash can pull through in the end.
"Pidgeotto, use Gust on Geodude!" Ash called as Pidgeotto used Gust, creating a twisting dust cloud around the two Pokémon. All anyone could do was wait and watch as the dust slowly cleared and saw that Pidgeotto was having a hard time with Geodude, who was trying to punch the flying Pokémon.
Ash was shocked and confused at what was going on until he heard Brock speak to Ash. "Bad mistake don't you know that Flying-types are weak against Rock types," Brock said as he looked over at Ash, who just mumbled a little.
However, up in the stands, Misty, Naruto, and Sakura looked down at Ash, worried about what he would do next. "Come on, Ash, you need to start using your head," Misty said as Naruto and Sakura nodded at what she was saying, but they would have to wait and see.
Sakura just looked over at Misty and smiled. "Don't worry, Misty, we just have to believe that Ash can do it," Sakura said and was about to say something else when all three noticed that Brocks Brothers and sisters and all joined watching the battle as well.
"Hey, it's Brock's brothers and sisters," Naruto said, looking at them all as they too looked at the battle between Ash and Brock.
Down below, however, Pidgeotto had been knocked unconscious. "Oh, no, Pidgeotto return," Ash called as he got out his Poké Ball as Ash returned Pidgeotto inside his Poké Ball.
"So, are you giving up again, Ash?" Brock asked as he looked over at Ash, who just looked over at the Gym Leader.
Ash then looked down at Pikachu as the little mouse Pokémon just nodded, ready for the rematch and showing Brock he was wrong. "No way, Pikachu, it's your turn!" Ash yelled as Pikachu just nodded as he walked right in front of Geodude.
"The Pikachu again, you know I feel sorry for it having such a weak trainer." That was all Brock said, looking over at both Ash and Pikachu, smiling at both, wanting to see what they could do?
Up in the stand, however, Ash's three friends just looked down. "Brock is starting to underestimate Ash, and that is a mistake," Sakura said as she just continued to watch.
"Pikachu let's just show how weak we are," Ash said as Pikachu just smiled at Geodude as the little mouse unleashed a powerful Thundershock at Geodude, who just looked on in shock until he was, hit by the attack which left Geodude burnt as a crisp.
Even Brock was shocked by this as he looked over at his Pokémon, who had lost. At the same time, above, Naruto cheered on Ash and his win. "Alright, you did it, Ash dattebayo!" Naruto yelled with a grin on his face.
On the other hand, Brock just shook it off as he returned Geodude to its Poké Ball. "You may have trained your Pikachu, but it's still no match for Onix!" He yelled as he throws his Poké Ball into the air freeing the large rock Pokémon.
When Onix was free, Pikachu just looked up in fear at the giant rock Pokémon and began to let out Thunderbolts all over the room, a few of which hit Onix, and one had hit Naruto, who just puffed out some smoke from his mouth. "That hurt…" That was all he said, still in a little pain but shook it off.
On the other hand, Pikachu just kept this up, and the Thunderbolts that did hit Onix made the rock Pokémon cry out in pain while a few of Pikachu's attacks hit the rocks and one had even almost hit Ash. But he could dodge it; what nobody noticed was that Pikachu's attack had also hit the light, setting them on fire.
"Hey, Pikachu; watch where you're aiming!" Ash yelled, which made Pikachu stop and looked at what was going on as Pikachu started running up the side of the long snake-like rock
Pokémon, heading for its face Onix, not one to let someone attack him, quickly shifted his body a little, causing Pikachu to fall off him. Onix immediately caught the electric mouse in mid-air and started to squeeze, using its bind on him.
However, Pikachu was in no way going to be taken out like this as the mouse used a powerful Thunderbolt on Onix, making it cry out in even more pain. "Onix, hurry up, and Bind it!" On the other hand, Brock yelled to his Pokémon; Onix continued to cry out in pain but managed to Bind Pikachu, who was the one crying out in pain.
Ash just looked on at this and didn't know what he should do; all the training with Pikachu and Flint's help didn't work. All Ash could do was close his eyes until he heard Brock tell Onix to stop, while all Ash did was look up at Brock. "No, not this time, Brock. I want to play this right till the end."
"There's no point in going on, as I don't want to hurt your Pokémon," Brock said as Ash just looked down at the floor, defeated.
However, it was then that the sprinklers went off thanks to the fire that Pikachu had started as water started to go all over Onix as all it could do now was cry out in pain. "Ash, Rock Pokémon are weak when it comes to water!" Misty yelled at him.
"Pikachu, use Thundershock!" Ash yelled as Pikachu nodded as it unleashed its attack onto the rock Pokémon, and all Onix could do was cry in pain at what was going on before it fell to the ground, unable to get up. "Pikachu, Finish it off!"
Before Ash could do this, he was then quickly stopped by Brock's brothers and sisters, all of whom were holding on to him, making sure he could tell Pikachu to hurt Onix anymore. "You leave Onix alone! My brother worked hard to raise him, you big bully!" One of the kids said, trying to keep her from hurting Brock's Pokémon.
"Believe me, kid, I'm no bully!" Ash said, trying to pry the kids off of him but failing miserably.
"Stop it! All of you, this is an official match, and we are going to finish it no matter what." Brock said, causing his siblings to give him their best puppy dog eyes they could muster.
"But Brock, we know that you love your Pokémon so much!" A little girl shouted, holding on to Ash's left arm.
"That's why we can't watch Onix suffer from another attack!" A boy shouted this one, Ash's right arm.
While Brock was used to the puppy dog eyes and could handle them, Ash, on the other hand, wasn't and decided to forfeit the match and get his first badge somewhere else.
"Alright, Pikachu, return!" He said, causing Pikachu to look at Ash oddly for a minute before running over to him.
"What do you think you're doing? This match isn't over yet." Brock said and was shocked a little at what Ash was doing, knowing that he could win right now if he wanted to.
"Yes, it is," Ash said, lowering the kids to the ground and getting them off of him. "I don't want to win because of some sprinklers, next to we fight, and I'll win on my own, fair and square." He said, turning around and walking out of the Gym.
Misty sighed as she ran down the stairs and followed her friend out the door. "Great, he nearly wins, and he decides to play Mr. Nice Guy." she thought, hanging her head as she caught up with Ash.
With Sakura, Misty, and Naruto were outside, Ash decided that it was time for them to leave the town and head on to the next one, not wanting to stay around too long. If Ash did that, he would start to regret not finishing the battle with Brock, and he didn't want that to happen.
Taking a deep breath, Ash just looked at his friends and smiled. "Come on; let's go." He said, heading out of the town and down the road through the forest.
"What? We're leaving?" Misty asked, shocked that her friend had given up the battle that quickly.
Ash just nodded at Misty without even looking back at her. "Yeah, we have everything with us, don't we? So let's go." Ash said, not stopping as he answered.
"Well... I guess so." Misty said she was kind of sad that Ash hadn't been able to get a badge, but Misty knew Ash was right. It was time to leave.
"Hey! Hey! Wait up!" Brock shouted from behind them, running toward them as fast as he could.
"Huh?" Ash asked, looking at the man as he tried to catch his breath.
"Brock, what are you doing?" Sakura asked, wondering why he was here as well.
"Ash, you forgot this," Brock said, holding out a Boulder badge and handing it to him.
"What? I can't accept this, and I didn't beat you. I forfeited the match to you, remember?" He said, trying to hand the badge back to him, which he refused to take.
"Nah, I lost to you. You beat me in battle and in being kind to all Pokémon." He told her. To tell you the truth, I get more pleasure from raising Pokémon than making them battle; I don't care about becoming a great Pokémon trainer. I want to become the world's best breeder, but I can't leave here because I have to look after my brothers and sisters, Ash. I want you to go and fulfill your dream; it's something I will never get the chance to do. With you do that for me?" He asked, finishing his long speech.
"I will, and I'll do my best to deserve this badge, too," Ash said as Flint suddenly appeared out of nowhere, coming up to them before he began speaking.
"Brock, you go follow your dreams," Flint said, giving Brock a stern but also concerned look to his son.
"Flint!" Ash said, wondering why he was there.
"What are you doing here?" Naruto asked, practically reading Ash's mind, but the blonde was scratching his head.
It was at this point that Flint took off the fake beard and the red snow cap. "It's my father," Brock stated, causing Ash, Misty, and Pikachu to look back and forth between Brock and Flint, astonished at the family resemblance.
"Huh? You mean you're the good-for-nothing father that left and never came back?" Naruto asked, using the same words Flint had the night before.
"I knew there was something off about you. How would you know so much about Pokémon if you're not a trainer, plus what you told us about Brock as well?" Sakura yelled at Flint, not happy for what he did to Brock's family.
"That's right; it was me. I couldn't become the great Pokémon trainer I wanted to, and because I was such a failure, I was too embarrassed and ashamed to go back to my family." He said, looking at them with a sad look on his face. "It's time I started taking care of our family. You go and fulfill your dreams and mine." He told Brock, handing him a backpack full of random stuff.
"First, there are some things I need to tell you," Brock said, giving Flint a stern look.
"After all these years, I understand how you must feel about me," Flint started while Brock started digging something out of his pockets. "So, I understand how you must feel about this, so I want you to get everything off your chest." He said.
"Here," Brock said, surprising Flint as he handed him a needle and thread. "Suzy always rips her dresses, so you better learn how to sow, and Timmy only eats cold spaghetti for breakfast, Tommy Likes corn flakes for dinner, and-" Brock said in one breath while Flint started writing as fast as he could.
"Slow down! Slow down! I can't write that fast!" Flint said, trying to keep up with his son.
All Naruto and Sakura could do, was laugh at what they were seeing and the panicked looked that Flint had on his face.
"Cindy sleepwalks, so you have to tie a bell on her wrists, and the twins never want to take a bath, so you have-"
Brock continued n like this until the sun started to set, trying to tell his father everything he could before leaving. After ultimately finishing telling his father all he could, Brock said his goodbyes to his brothers and sisters before leaving.
Brock, Sakura, Ash, Naruto, Misty, and Pikachu walked toward the City's edge, talking to one another. "Man, this was a good day," Naruto said with a grin looking at the badge he got.
Brock just looked over at the two Ninja and was still shocked at what they had told him. "So, you two are really from another world?" Brock asked as both just nodded.
"So guys, are you sure it's alright for me to join you on your Pokémon journey?" He asked the four.
"Sure, we're sure," Naruto said, smiling at him but whispered in his ear. "Just stop flirting with Sakura-chan or else." He said with a creepy grin on his face, and all Brock could do was nod his head in fear a little.
"The more, the merrier I say," Ash said as Pikachu jumped up happily, displaying how happy he was.
"Thanks." He said as they reached the edge of the City but looked back at Misty. "What about that girl who is following you?" Brock said, looking back at Misty
"Don't forget you still owe me a bike, Ash," Misty said with a grin on her face while Naruto and Sakura just laughed at this.
"I know..." He said before looking down at Pikachu. "Pikachu, let's true, and lose her." He said, running as fast as he could away from Misty.
"Hey, Ash, stop and wait for us!" Naruto and all the others yelled while Brock turned around and looked at the City he had called home all his life, wondering how much would change while he was gone. After a few moments, he took one last look before turning around and taking his first steps on his Pokémon journey.
However, it was at this point that Team Rocket came up from the ground, smiling that they were free at last. "See, I told you I'd get us out," James said with a smile on his face as he looked over at Jessie.
"Well, James, this is all..." Jessie began only for Ash to step on her head while Pikachu was just on top of Meowth's head, who looked over at the mouse with Brock standing right on James's face. "...Your fault!" Jessie finished as Misty Naruto and Sakura also stepped on their heads.
Naruto, at that moment, felt what happened but kept running. "Sakura, did you feel that it felt like we stepped on someone?" Naruto asked, looking at the ground.
Sakura just gave a deep sigh and nodded her head. "Yes."
"Think it might've been Team Rocket?" Naruto asked, looking around for the three members.
"If it is, then I say, good it serves them right for not only try to steal what isn't theirs but also coming at the wrong place and the wrong time." She said as Naruto laughed a little.
"What do you think they could be doing?" Naruto asked, looking over at Sakura.
"Who knows, maybe messing around like the circus clowns they are." She said with a smile on her face.
"Buried alive then trampled on," Jessie said as all three were left alone as the wind blow over the three. "We've hit rock bottom!" Jessie and James cried out as they both soon hugged each other until the three members fell back into the pit they made.
A/N well, that is the end of another chapter, and sorry that it took so long, busy with so much lately, and I will try to update as fast as I can, but it takes time and making sure that I'm happy with it as well. Also, I just had to edit this chapter a while ago. Sorry about that, you guys; I'm not sure what went wrong there. I look at it, and it was fine again, sorry.
Now Hanson will be Naruto's rival in the Pokémon world, and as you can already tell, he is a flirt; this is all Gyarados rage OC and will be the only OC that I will use, as I wanted someone other than Ash to battle with later in the story.
And I have changed what was said in the episode as well all know that Brock's mother is alive not I would like to thank Batthan for the idea on Team Rocket, anyway please Review guys, as it helps to know you like this story and ideas are just as welcome too.
The last thing is something I hope that most of you can answer, and this is about Minato and Kushina since a lot of the Pokémon are known as creators of life should one of them bring the two back to life?
I fully fixed this chapter on 24/07/21