When Naruto woke up, he saw sun streaming in through his window. He sat up and yawned while stretching. The noise from Naruto getting up had also awakened Kunai, who just sat on the bed until Naruto changed into his everyday clothes from his pajamas.

After that, Naruto slung his bag over his shoulder and started walking out the door to the room he was staying in, he wondered if the old man had food for him. He walked into the kitchen and saw a plate with a piece of toast on it. He walked over to it and examined it carefully, wanting it. He then noticed a note that said, This is for you Naruto, I figured you'd be hungry.

He smiled and took it, he was really starting to like the old man. He broke off a small piece off the side and gave it to Kunai but kept the rest for himself. He finished eating it quickly, then went to the door, put on his shoes, and walked outside. He quickly made his way down the path, and to the road, Kunai riding on his shoulder. Naruto continued down the path, and out of the town, he wanted to start his journey as quickly as possible.

The first few hours were extremely uneventful, he did pass by the spot where he'd woken up, but he didn't see anything new or different there. After about four hours of walking, Naruto finally managed to find something, it was a Pokemon trainer, they were just looking through some folliage at something. Naruto walked up behind her, making sure to make some noise as to not just suddenly appear behind her.

The girl had long dark brown hair and Naruto couldn't really see her eyes. She was also wearing a red jacket with white trim. She had jean shorts that went down to a little above her knees. She also had red and black tennis shoes with black socks. To top the outfit off, she had a mostly red baseball cap.

"Hey," he said quietly,"What are you doing?"

"I'm trying to catch a Pidgey."

"Not to be rude, but don't you have to battle it first before you can catch it?"

"Yeah, but I want to have the element of surprise on my side."

"Okay, but you might want to attack it before it leaves."

Suddenly, she threw a Pokeball up into the air,"Go, Charmander!"

The Pidgey looked startled as a red lizard came forth from the ball,"Charmander, use scratch," She commanded. The Charmander obeyed her and hit the Pidgey point blank. Quickly, she threw a Pokeball at it. She waited anxiously as it wiggled three times and then popped shut. She gave out a sigh of victory and grabbed the Pokeball.

Then, she turned to Naruto,"Hello, I'm Red, what's your name?"

"I'm Naruto Uzumaki, nice to meet you, Red!"

Naruto could now see that she had amber eyes,"So, are you just starting out on your Pokemon journey too?" Naruto asked her.

"Yep, about a week ago, I've been slowly heading toward Viridian City, trying to catch wild Pokemon, I've only caught that one Pidgey though."

"Ah," Naruto said, he hadn't even been thinking about catching wild Pokemon,"So you're going to Viridian City?"

"Yeah."

"Cool, I'm going there too, you should come with me!"

Red smiled,"All right, just a question though, who's your Pokemon?"

"Oh, this is Kunai, it doesn't like to be in its Pokeball all that much so it gets to be out all the time."

"Hmm, a Squirtle named Kunai, isn't a Kunai a ninja weapon or something?"

"Yep, it's a knife."

"Well, your Kunai is very cute, actually, if I hadn't been able to get Charmander, I'd have gotten a Squirtle as my second choice."

"Really?"

"Yep."

They continued talking much of the way to Viridian City. Naruto didn't really know what to expect from the city, he'd just seen that it was the closest city on the map Professor Oak had given him, so he decided to head there.

(About an Hour Later)

"Is that Viridian City?" Naruto asked Red.

"Yep, I'm pretty sure," she nodded.

"Okay, let's go!" Naruto yelled, grabbing her by the arm and started pulling her toward the city, she laughed at his eagerness and started running with him until they were both standing outside the Pokemon Center, laughing. They ignored the many people staring at them.

After they were done laughing, they walked inside the center. It was already about five o' clock, so it was about time to find somewhere to sleep anyways. There was a nurse inside that was wearing a pink dress with a white apron along with pink hair. She kind of reminded Naruto of Sakura seeing as she was a nurse and had pink hair.

"Hello," she said when she noticed them come in,"I'm Nurse Joy, I take it you're traveling through here."

"Yep," Red said,"Do you by chance have a room we could stay in?"

"Why, of course, follow me," Nurse Joy said.

Naruto stayed silent throughout the entire exchange, not sure what to say. Nurse Joy led them through a doorway and to a hallway with doors lining the wall. She led them to the second room in.

Before leaving, she said,"There's a bathroom at the end of the hall, and if you need me, just call."

"Okay, thank you!" Naruto exclaimed.

Naruto examined the room. There were two beds one on the left side of the room, and one on the right. Both beds had sheets that were a basic white. There was gray carpet on the floor and the walls were painted an ubiquitous white. The bed on the left was positioned under a window. Almost immediatly, Red jumped onto that one.

"I call this bed!" she said with a somewhat playful tone in her voice.

Naruto laughed then sat down on the right bed,"Then I call this one!"

Naruto was really starting to like Red, she was nice and fun to talk to, he wondered if she wanted to travel with him on his journey.

"Hey Red."

"Hmm?"

"I was just wondering if you'd like to travel with me throughout this land."

She thought for a moment,"That sounds fun, what are your goals as a trainer?"

"To become a Pokemon master!"

"Really?" Red asked,"That's what I want to do as well!"

"One more reason for us to travel together!" Naruto exclaimed,"We can help each other by always having a goal to overcome!"

"Okay," she laughed,"I guess it's decided, I'll travel with you."

Naruto glanced out the window, it was starting to get dark out,"So, are you hungry?"

"Yeah, starving."

"Do you want to ask Nurse Joy for food, or do you want to eat packed food?"

"Let's ask Nurse Joy," Red said.

"Okay," Naruto agreed.

(...)

Naruto and Red both woke up at about the same time the next day. Naruto yawned and stretched while Kunai just watched him, making sure he didn't fall back asleep. Red looked at her new friend get up, and then sat up in her bed too.

Naruto noticed the movement,"Good morning Red."

Red yawned,"Good morning."

Naruto looked over at her, she was wearing a black tank top along with long, baggy red shorts.

"So," Naruto said,"When do you want to head out?"

"Um, how about after we eat breakfast."

"Okay," Naruto agreed, realizing how hungry he was.

They both got up and pulled on their everyday clothes, both for the first time realizing how awkward it was to be changing with a member of the opposite sex in the room with you. Due to this awkwardness, they faced opposite directions.

After they were done changing, they got their stuff together, then walked out to the main Pokemon center building to ask for food. Nurse Joy gave them some when they asked for it and they thanked her profoundly. When they were ready to leave, they once again thanked Nurse Joy, this time for letting them sleep there.

Naruto and Red walked through the rest of Viridian city, it wasn't an extremely large town, and there was nothing of great importance there. Naruto really wanted to get to Pewter city where he'd learned a Pokemon gym was located. Although to reach Pewter, they had to go through the Viridian forest first.

As the duo (plus Kunai) reached the outskirts of the town, they could see a vast forest spread out infront of them.

"Wow, is that the Viridian forest?" Red asked Naruto.

"I think so, it's a lot bigger than I imagined," Naruto replied.

"That's what I was about to say," Red stated, still staring in wonder at the forest.

"Okay, well I suppose that we should start traversing it," Naruto said.

Red just nodded and they both headed into the forest.

(-)

Thanks for reading, and I said in the last chapter, I'll be giving a shout-out to all the people who've reviewed as of right now.

Okay, thank you Doritoboy, Izana Okami, Lightningblade49, blue-hart, Mojtaba13, powermachine79, nhwaun1 , Kurosaki Yukia, and Gir240.

A special thank you to Izana Okami, Litningblade49, and blue-hart for reviewing more than once, I really appreciate it.

Okay, now I guess I'll reply to the reviews that I think need to be replied to.

Izana Okami - Thank you for the idea about a female Red, I hadn't even thought about that, and as you can probably tell by this chapter, I implemented it. So thank you :).

blue-hart - Naruto is probably going to get a Vulpix soon, probably sometime in the next chapter.

Finally, to all the people that said they enjoyed the story, I would like to thank you for your kind words. :)

Well, I guess that's it for now, I'll try to type up the next chapter as soon as I can, but it might not be up for a little while due to the fact I have to go to school.