"I'll leave you to decide which one we take. I don't know what's in each area but I can tell you what they're named after. Rattatas are similar to a rat that you could use as a summon except these ones can do some interesting tricks and attacks. It can evolve once but it does have an alternate form. Hoppip is one of the most useless ones. It can be useful when it evolves which it can do twice but it is very weak on its own. Spinarak is a weird spider and considering what our occupation is they could be very useful."

"Let's take the one with the rat, it was called rattata I believe. They are one of the most common summons for our village so let's see how they compare." Tsunade and I walked towards the route leading to the middle entrance. The caldera itself was large and the routes to each entrance were clearly marked. The paths were paved with stones and when necessary there were stone steps making it easier to move around. The entrance to the cave had a few people trying to get others attention. It looked like people trying to find others to go with that'd you'd see in a fantasy story. I got a sense of deja vu from looking at these people and decided I didn't need to think about it. I didn't want to encounter anymore unexpected headaches.

The inside of the entrance betrayed our expectations. We were expecting a weird cave like system but that wasn't the case at all. Tsunade looked at me hoping to find an answer but I didn't have one. In front of us was a massive valley filled with a large field closest to us. Behind the field was a lake and on the other side was a forest. On each side were some small hills and behind those were the mountains that caused us to lose your sanity. "We didn't go through another rift without you telling me?"

"No, I'm also confused how we didn't see those mountains on the way in. It sure is beautiful though. Let's go have some fun" I said already running down the stone path in front of us.

"Don't get too far ahead. It's dangerous out there" After scolding me Tsunade had a slight smile form on her lips as she too descended the path ahead. There were plenty of tracks leading away in different directions once we got down the stone paths. The most common were dirt trails that were beaten into the ground. We decided to follow one of those for a bit and we soon encountered our first wild pokemon. In front of us was a pinkish cat that was sunning itself on the path. I could recognize it as a skitty. The cat didn't have its eyes open as it looked to be taking a nap but I know that it never had its eyes opened much in the first place.

"That cat doesn't look very powerful to me." Tsunade said teasing me a bit.

"Its not. I know that we were probably going to find some small fries here but I was hoping there would be one I want." We both agreed to skip this one and continued on our journey. The path split off into a couple of different directions but we went with the one that would head towards the forest behind the lake. Pokemon who were compatible with wood would be the most ideal for me. Knowing how strong most of the ones I wanted were I probably wouldn't be able to find them on this trip. If anything I wanted to get Tsunade a pokemon as a gift for believing me. The only things we found in the tall grass in this meadow area were a bunch of pokemon that neither of us were interested in. We saw Rattata, Bidoof, Lillipup, Buneary, Yungoos, Patrat and Sentret. Some piqued the interest of Tsunade so she'd ask for a description. Often times once I told her more about their abilities she wouldn't be interested.

It took us three hours for us to find the first pokemon that either of us were interested in. In a clearing about a half mile off the trail we were using we found an Eevee who was sleeping on a stump. I looked at Tsunade and handed her a pokeball. She looked confused at me "I want you to catch the first one. Its an Eevee and I think you'd like it. It has the most evolutions out of any pokemon." Tsunade took the ball from my hand turning it over a few times.

"How am I supposed to use this? Do I need to do anything special?"

"I think you're supposed to throw it at them and they get sucked into it. It will roll side to side then you'll hear a click sound which confirms it works." Tsunade left the grass we were hiding in and threw the ball at the Eevee in front of her. The ball was thrown faster than I thought possible. The Eevee got startled when Tsunade was moving in the grass so it was standing on the stump at this point. The ball was too quick and hit the Eevee right on its head. It wobbled a bit as the ball rebounded off of it and was sucked into the pokeball. I forgot to tell Tsunade she doesn't need to throw it too hard. The ball landed on the ground in front of us. It rocked back and forth a few times before a red glow appeared and a click was heard. I think that poor Eevee might have a concussion when Tsunade lets it out of the ball. Poor thing probably has no idea where it is right now.

"Tobi does this mean it was tamed?" Tsunade asked as she turned around to me wondering what to do next.

"Yeah it does. I think if you pick it up and hit the button it will let Eevee back out." Tsunade did as I instructed and let out the dazed Eevee in front of us. Once the white light letting it out receded we saw the Eevee still trying to stand on its own. I think I was right so I took out a potion I had gotten as a reward from a quest earlier. The potion worked and the Eevee was now a lot more energetic. I was roughly six years old at this point so I didn't need to bend down to pet the foot tall pokemon. "What are you going to name it? Also I don't know if its a boy or girl. Maybe the pokemon center could tell us when we go back there?"

"If you don't know then I don't mind waiting it'll give me more time to decide. Can you tell me more about what it will be able to turn into?"

"Sure. From what I know there is 8 possible variations to it. In terms of element or types here there is fire, grass, water, ice, electric, psychic, dark and fairy. Each form has their own strengths and weaknesses. Some of them can learn similar moves but it will learn different things depending on its type. Most of the forms need a stone to evolve but some also use friendship or happiness as part of the factor. Two of them depend on whether its night or day to evolve. I wonder if there is any guidebook we could find in town. It would probably have better information than I do." Tsunade decided to leave the Eevee outside of its pokeball. Now that we had an addition to our team we walked back to the trail we had strayed from. It didn't take us that long since I was chasing the Eevee around having fun. I never knew how soft the fur on these things were. I wonder if other pokemon that had fur were that soft.

It took us twenty minutes to reach the lake once we got back to the path. It was more beautiful up close than it was from the entrance. It was a scene that you would see painted and the bridge that we couldn't see from the entrance looked like it belong in such a painting.

"Tobi this is a beautiful place. I hope you can understand that I don't want you to tell anyone outside of our clan about this place." She asked thinking about the potential this could have for us.

"I won't. I promise since I just wanted to tell you so you know I wasn't lying." I once again told the truth but this time I wasn't hiding anything from her.

"You don't have to worry about that anymore. I believe you" She placed a hand on my head and ruffled my hair. The lake was mostly filled with psyducks so we left the place to enter the forest behind it. I'm sure if we had a fishing rod or dove down we could find some different water pokemon. The forest had towering trees and very little underbrush so it was easy to walk through. We encountered four different monkey type pokemon with three of them looking almost the same. The fourth was a crazy looking red one so we moved on as neither of us wanted to have that as a pokemon. It was really creepy I wonder what type of person would think that it looked cute.

Eevee was running around still going from place to place. It would occasionally look back at Tsunade and whenever we had a break it would spend the time on her lap. I think this Eevee has stockholm syndrome. It wouldn't even look at me anymore which I didn't know how to take. I hope my first pokemon will end up putting it to shame.

"Tobi I want to apologize to you. I'm sorry if I didn't show you the care you wanted. I was so caught up in the fact that you were awake now that I neglected to look at you properly. I was so worried about how healthy you were that I didn't realize how scared you still were. For that I am sorry and I plan to make it up to you. The village and our clan has changed a lot while you were asleep and I'll fill you in later about those changes. In the future I'd like you to be the head of this family. I know you're a lot more mature than your age but I will not ask you to take on the clan duties before you are ready. I want you to have time to enjoy being a child you don't need to grow up quick anymore." Tsunade told me her honest feelings. Maybe us taking a break gave her time to think about what she wanted to tell me or she came to terms with what I've told her today.

I didn't know what to say but I knew what I wanted to do. I ran over and jumped on Tsunade to hug her. She didn't have to do any of this but I think this was the moment where I truly felt she was my parent in this life. She was no longer the same person I knew in that story to me she was something that couldn't be replaced anymore. I tighten my hug on her and enjoyed the moment we had. Speaking of which why has she never asked me about herself before.

"Auntie Tsu.." I stopped as Tsunade was caught up in something.

"Aunt, huh? I was wondering if you would ever stop calling me by my name. Thanks Tobi." She had a wonderful smile on her face. I don't know what she was thinking but I'm glad she looks happy.

"Auntie, why haven't you asked me about what you were like?"

"you already know about my past from that story." I nodded letting her know that she could continue with what she wanted to. "I wasn't in a good place when I found out about you. You and Tsuna have changed my life for the better and I'm grateful for that. I don't know what life would be like without you two in it. I wasn't sure I want to know what life would be like without you two. I know you aren't telling me everything that you know but you're probably doing that on purpose." I once again nodded to her statement.

"Would you tell me about it if I asked?" She asked still unsure of if she wanted to hear it.

"I could tell you some of it but I don't think you're going to like what I would tell you."

"That's what I was afraid of." She said as she took a deep sigh letting me out of our embrace. Her Eevee read the mood and started to nap off to the side. I sat back on the seat I was originally on. Her expression changed subtly as she came to her decision. Instead of hearing her voice I heard a rattle shaking behind me. I got off the rock I was on and turned to see an ekans only a few feet away from me. My body froze, my mind was blank as what I saw wasn't really an Ekans but it was one of the snakes from the research lab. The snake in front of me grew larger and larger. It was soon towering over me with an ear shattering hiss. The only response to the hiss I had was an uncontrollable shaking happening throughout my body. My surroundings disappeared and the snake's body rose higher and higher. It was at this point the world around me grew black and I fell to the ground.

While I was frozen the Eevee had gotten up and jumped in between the Ekans and I. Tsunade took her time to get up thinking that it was just a pokemon that had stumbled into our break area. She walked over to me but she realized that I was scared stiff now. The next second I had fainted so she looked at where I was staring. What confused here was that it was a pokemon she hadn't encountered yet. It was a purple snake with a rattler at the end making a hissing noise at the two. Rage filled her eyes as her fists clenched and at that moment she leapt at the snake. It took only a second for her to change the landscape. The ground below where Tsunade landed had cracked in all directions. It then turned into a crater as she punched down again and again. Her rage hadn't dissipated with only a single punch on this pokemon. She only stopped when there was a strange shape left of what was once there. She got herself back under control and walked to where Tobi fainted.

She had decided to call it a day and they returned to the village. The Eevee she had caught earlier tried to protect the boy for her. She gently pat its head and reinforced its belief that it did the right thing. The trip back was uneventful as the paths were safe. Pokemon would scurry across but they were too weak to do any real damage to her. She smiled when she saw the lazy cat pokemon that they encountered earlier in the day. Eevee looked ready for battle but was told to ignore it. A few people asked if they were alright as they returned to the entrance and once she told them he was just sleeping they would all return to what they were doing. The people here lived so carefree. It really was a peaceful village. Looking around she couldn't see any signs of war, poverty or anything horrible. Maybe one day Konoha could be as peaceful as this. She knew however that her home could never be this peaceful.

Tsunade stopped at the pokemon center on the way back. She went in and got Eevee a check up and found out it was a girl. She had decided on a few names back when they were resting in the forest but she wasn't sure of the gender. If it was a guy she was going to name him Kira and if it was a girl she would name it Yoko. Yoko liked her new name and jumped up onto her shoulder when she was released from the nurse's care. There was sometime before she though Tobi would wake up so she tried gathering some information on what kind of creatures were here. The nurse, whose name was Joy, told her that there are some brochures about the dungeon. She told her where she could buy more in depth information as the library might have an encyclopedia if she tried there. If she wanted more about the dungeon she could check out the adventurer's club that has maps and other useful items.

Tsunade spent her time gathering everything she needed to take home. She gathered some maps for the dungeon and common pokemon in each explored area. She heard some rumors which caused her to be shocked. Once the paths started to converge was a trial that you would have to pass before being allowed to lower floors. So far no one has passed this trial and the information on it was rather slim. In the library Tsunade found an encyclopedia that had over 800 pokemon. Some were listed twice in different forms and the more she looked through the more interested she was. Not wanting to do anything that would ruin their time here she decided against stealing the book. Unfortunately she didn't have what she needed to copy it down right now. If only Tobi wasn't so scared of Konan she could copy this whole library in a day.

She took Yoko with her and left the library. From there they walked back to where they had first come. She needed Tobi to be awake so they could leave and since he was still out cold she sat down against the cliff. Yoko crawled up onto her lap while she pulled out the guides she collected. The two spent some time getting to know each other as Tobi was still snoring loudly to their side.

When I woke up I looked around trying to find where that snake went. All I saw was Tsunade leaning up against the cliff petting eevee on her lap. Eevee was enjoying itself as it rolled all over Tsunade's lap to get into just the right spot. It must have received some brain damage from that throw. "Tobi you better not be thinking anything weird before we go home."

"Of course not auntie."

"Good. Just to let you know it's been about 12 hours since we've come here."
"Okay. Are you bringing Eevee out like that?" I pointed to the fact that there was a displeased Eevee on her lap. She had stopped petting her when I woke up.

"I guess I should put her back in to her ball before we go home." She grabbed the ball from her bag. A white light was released from it and soon Yoko was back inside.

"I have to say you were right about this place. While you were sleeping I went to the library and that adventurer's club to get some more information. If this information is right about these creatures than they really are useful. Some are unbelievably powerful too. What I'm unsure about are these legendary ones they keep referring to. Why is the information on them so scarce compared to the other ones."

"Its because some of them are thought of as gods to those people. I don't know if that's true or not but its said they have control over certain aspects. Like how our village believes in the will of fire they believe in them as protectors and sometimes much more."

"Do you think we'll be able to find those here?"

"If I had to guess then I'd say yes. I wouldn't be able to come here for no reason after all. Why ruin the surprise though we can have plenty of fun here. I'm happy that my first adventure was with you" Being happy made me smile. I knew I wore my heart on my sleeve but for now it was fine with me. I knew that I'd need to be able to control myself better if I want to be a proper shinobi.

Tsunade put the things she had out away and walked over to me. I held her hand as we took the rift home. I still couldn't get used to the feeling of getting sucked into something. When the feeling was gone we were standing in our yard near the frog pond. It was still night when we returned and in a moment Koko appeared kneeling before us. "We're back Koko. How long were we gone?"

"You were gone for an hour Lady Tsunade."

"You were right Tobi there is a time difference." Tsunade said looking at me. "I wonder if we can acquire a place to stay in there permanently preferably away from the other people of that village."

"We have time to look" I responded from the side seeing how interested Tsunade was in the rift. "I'll let you two talk. I'm going to go back to my room." I wasn't really tired but I'm sure Tsunade wanted to have some time to settle her own thoughts. I checked on Tsuna who was sleeping with a toy in her embrace. Seeing her sleeping soundly I closed her door before settling back into my room.

At another place a skitty on the side of the road open its eyes. Rolling over onto its legs it stretched out after lazing about in the sun all day. It looked around saw that no one was there. It began to move into the tall grass behind it heading towards the lake in the middle of the valley at a leisurely place. A few trees started to cross its path here and there. It slipped in between a few trees before it changed. It was no longer the cat looking pokemon it had been it now looked more like a dog. The dog had more of a brown fur color than the traditional and the hair in between its ears had a blue highlight instead of the normal red color.