AN: Hey guys its PokeMasterShaun here with the next instalment of Naruto: Burning Ice. The reason behind the late update was school work, other stories and most importantly,Pokémon Y and Batman: Arkham Origins. Over the past few weeks, I left a poll on my profile concerning whether or not Kalos Pokémon should be involved. The results were 48% for No and 52% for Yes. Which means that Kalos Pokémon will be making an appearance in the story, maybe even join Naruto and Hannah's team. Anyway, on with the show!

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"Hey!" - Human Speak/Jutsu Names

"Hey!" - Human Thought/Poké Speech

"Hey!" - Demon Speak/Pokédex entry

"Hey!" - Demon Thought

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Chapter 4: Aspertia Gym! A Friend Reborn!

"You're not still mad at me are you?"

"..."

"Come on, where's that smile?"

"..."

"I said I'm sorry like a billion times!"

"..."

"I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. Are you happy now?"

"You do realise I was just screwing with you right?"

A delicate brow was raised at this, a teasing smile played across the owner's mouth.

"Figuratively, or would you literally like to screw with me?"

A teenage boy was seen hurtling back via a nosebleed.

"Damn girl is as perverted as the crazy snake lady." He muttered as he walked back to her side, a crimson blush decorating his face. Any thought in his head was ripped away as a vine smacked him in the head. He glared at the small green snake Pokémon, who returned the glare with one of its own. Shaking his head, he turned to face his companion.

His companion was a teenage girl who was currently busting a gut with laughter. As he caught up with her he noticed the slight sway of her hips and couldn't decide on whether this was intentional or was just how she naturally walked, not that he had been staring. I mean why would Naruto Uzumaki, who was well known for his sheer denseness when it came to the fairer sex, be staring a hot girl?

"So, how long till we get there?"

The girl turned to him, laughter still evident on her face as her lips were quirked into a smile. As she opened her mouth to reply, she let out a scream as Naruto grasped his head and passed out, a red aura surrounding his fallen form.

"NARUTO!"

"SNIV!"

*Mindscape*

The familiar sight of the gloomy, dank sewer filled Naruto with dread. Not him, he couldn't be here. Not now. Not in a world where he could be normal.

He walked through the twisting pathways; it didn't take long for his fears to be confirmed. A door lay at the end of the corridor, which Naruto knew form experience would lead to his...tenant.

Taking a deep breath and steeling his nerves, the young jinchuriki pushed open the door and entered the vast chamber inside. The room was empty bar a large cage at the end of the room. As he approached it, he noticed that his tenant seemed quieter than usual.

"Yo Kyuubi, are you there?"

Silence met these words until:

"Na...ru...to?"

Naruto's mouth dropped in shock as he finally got a look at the once mighty demon.

It's once powerful body was reduced to skin and bone while its luxurious fur was lank and patched.

"What the hell happened to you?" He asked, a small amount of worry filling his system. The demon may have been responsible for his poor upbringing but it did heal the injuries he received from the villager's 'fox hunts'.

"When you...entered...this world...it drained...me of my chakra...to make sure...that you...weren't...torn...apart."

"What does that mean? Surely you can just allow your chakra reserves to replenish themselves?"

The fox let out a weak chuckle which immediately sent it a fit of coughs.

"Foolish...human...I am...a living...mass...of chakra...I can't...refill...my reserves...without...chakra...I'll die."

"There has to be something I can do to help!" Tears filled the boy's eyes as realisation dawned upon him, that the greatest of the tailed beasts had not long to live "Please tell me that there's something I can do!"

"I'm sorry...kit...there's...nothing that...you...can do for...me."

Shaking his head, Naruto cried out.

"No! I've lost too much; I'm not losing you too!"

And to the great demon's shock, the young teen ripped off the seal holding him at bay and leapt into the cage. He made his way over to the once majestic kitsune and placed his hands on its body.

"What are you-?" The demon began to say only for it then to feel the effects of the seal's disruption, as well as Naruto's attempt at transferring his chakra to the dying demon.

"I won't let you die! I lost my parents, my family and my friends. You're all I have left of my previous life and I won't lose you too dammit." The former-ninja cried as he pushed every ounce of chakra he had into the demon's failing body.

"Naruto." The demon thought as he stared at his jailer, a smile across the soon-to-be-dead kitsune's face.

To Naruto's shock, the gigantic kitsune began to glow and fade.

"No! Kyuubi, come back!"

Tears streamed down his face as he watched what he could only describe as his oldest friend vanished from his life, only for a familiar voice to fill his mind.

"Do not worry young Naruto, Kurama has not left you. He is only being changed to suit this world.When you awaken you will find his new form well suited for your plans in this world."

The last thought that filled Naruto's mind before passing out was:

"Kyuubi's name is Kumara?"

*Exit Mindscape*

The first thing Naruto heard as he awoke was a familiar voice screeching near his ear.

"My beautiful tails are gone!Now I'm stuck with the same number of tails as that psycho Shukaku!Oh how can that damned Arceus take away my beautiful tails?"

"Kurama?" Muttered Naruto as he turned his head in the direction of the voice only to be knocked down by a very, VERY, small body.

"Kit! Have you seen this travesty that has fallen upon me? I have lost my beautiful tails."

Naruto had no idea what to say as he stared at what had only seconds ago been the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox. The creature was a small, golden kitsune with a bushy tail that was tipped red. Its muzzle and lower jaw were a white colour while a tuft of red fur stuck out of its ears. The only thing that remained of the once Titanic sized demon was its blood-red eyes.

"..."

"Kit?"

"HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!"

"YOU THINK THIS IS FUNNY? Take THIS!"

The now tiny kitsune fired burning embers for its mouth at the laughing teen's face, which quickly put a stop to his laughter.

Any response the ex-ninja would have made was cut off as a pair of slender arms wrapped themselves around his neck and his vision was obscured by a mane of brown hair.

"Hannah?" Naruto asked as he held the girls, only to understand that the girl was crying. Well, the fact that the shoulder of his hoodie was soon drenched in tears.

"Y-you s-scared m-m-me Naru-to!"

Smiling slightly as he now understood what was wrong; Naruto pulled her away slightly so as to look her in the eyes.

"Hey, it's not that easy to get rid of me. Believe me people have tried."

She gave him a watery smile before turning to face Kurama.

"So who's that? He just randomly appeared and started screaming about losing his tails?"

Naruto's response was to take out his Pokédex and pointed it at Kurama's new form. It took a few seconds before it finally responded.

"Fennekin. The Fox Pokémon. As it walks, it munches on a twig in place of a snack. It intimidates opponents by puffing hot air out of its ears."

Pressing a few other buttons, Naruto pulled up Kurama's stats.

"LEVEL: 11. GENDER: MALE. MOVES: TACKLE, LEER, EMBER, HOWL."

"WHAT! HOW DARE THAT WRETCHED DEVICE SAY THAT I AM SO WEAK? What are you smirking at?"

Naruto grinned at the now tiny kitsune, as it glared up at him.

"Nothing" he said, his grin widening as he innocently added "just wondering if this is what you felt when looking down at me."

"Just put me in one of those stupid balls so no one else takes me." Kurama snarled as he padded over to Naruto who rummaged in his bag only to pull out, instead of the red and white Pokéball, a ball that was completely white except from a single band of red which replaced the usual black band around the diameter of the ball

"What's this?" He asked, spotting a piece of paper sticking out of the centre of the ball. Tugging it free he read:

Dear Naruto

The ball you are holding is what we call a Premier Ball. It has the same catch rate as a regular Pokéball but is mostly used in special competitions to hold prizePokémon. I hope you put it to good use.

From Bianca, assistant of Professor Juniper

"Well, best do as she said." Said Naruto as he turned to fox the fox Pokémon. He held the ball out in his hand and gestured to the button on the centre. "Just tap here."

Kurama walked towards Naruto and when he reached the teen, raised one of his, now, tiny paws. Just before he touched the button, he looked up at Naruto.

"How do you know my true name?"

"I'll explain later, friend." Naruto smiled down at the former Nine-Tailed fox, who smiled back and then tapped the button.

As soon as he made contact, he was sucked in via a red beam of energy and the ball glowed once, signalling that he didn't even struggle.

"Well, that was kinda anti-climactic; I thought he would wanna battle to be captured." Shrugging, Naruto place Kurama's Pokéball on his belt before turning to Hannah. With a grin on his face he held out his arm.

"Shall we?"

Smiling, she took his arm and together they continued down the path with Snivy napping in Naruto's hood.

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"The Gym is a school! Seriously!"

"Well, my brother is a bit of a geek so it's not THAT surprising."

Hannah pushed open the door and led the two inside.

The school had three rooms, as far as Naruto could tell, a reception, the nurse's office and the classroom. The reception was a small room with two desks, one for the receptionist and one for the visitor's book. The classroom was easily the biggest room with a large black board and about twenty desks.

Hannah led the blonde to the back of the room where there was a door with a plastic sign next to it. As they drew closer, Naruto was able to make out the words printed in bold text. It read:

Aspertia City Gym

Type: Normal

Leader: Cheren Rider

Prize: Basic Badge

Levels: 11-13

"Sounds fun." Smirked Naruto as he pushed open the door and walked outside, with Hannah close behind him.

The door led them outside to a dirt field where a battleground was marked into the ground with white chalk. At the back of the field, under a tree, stood a blue-haired teen who was reading a book. He was a couple of years older than the two teens and wore a white shirt with a red tie, blue slacks and brown shoes.

"Excuse me? I'm here for a Gym battle."

The teen turned to face the ex-ninja and smiled, shutting his book.

"Welcome, I'm Cheren. Gym Leader of Aspertia City; and you are?"

"Naruto Uzumaki; and I'm here to take your badge!"

It was at this point that Cheren noticed Hannah standing behind the blonde teen, and grinned at her.

"Hannah! I thought you weren't into Gym battles? Who did you pick as you're beginning Pokémon?"

"I not, I'm here with Naruto. And this is my starter." She unleashed her Meinfoo from its Pokéball.

"A shiny, that's amazing. You'll become strong in no time with that Pokémon." Cheren then turned his attention back to Naruto and gave him a curious look. "If you'll just move over to the challenger's side we'll begin."

Nodding, Naruto made to turn only to then notice a strange man with sunglasses right behind him.

"Listen champ-to-be, if you wanna win this battle you should listen to me. Normal types are weak to fighting moves but resist ghost moves entirely. Here take this Fresh Water."

"Ok...thanks I guess." Cheren sighed as he turned to face the bearded man.

"Lloyd, what have I told you about bothering the challengers? Just...go to the referee's podium." Lloyd sweat dropped as he scurried over to the podium in question.

"Sorry Mr Rider, ahem. This is a battle between Naruto Uzumaki of...where are you from kid?" Naruto smiled nervously as he rubbed the back of his head.

"Not important. Just go on with your speech."

"Ok, between Naruto Uzumaki of Unknown and Cheren Rider of Aspertia Gym. The Leader may use only two Pokémon and one Potion. The challenger may use as many Pokémon as he has and may only use one Potion. The match is over when one side has run out of Pokémon. Only the challenger may switch."

Naruto stared across the field as Cheren snapped a Pokéball off his hip and tossed it into the air.

"Patrat, let's do this!"

The Pokémon in question was a small rat-like Pokémon with a brown body and a cream underbelly and a white tuff on the end of its tail. The thing that most disturbed Naruto was its GLOWING red eyes. He pulled out his Pokédex and aimed it at the odd rat Pokémon.

"Patrat. The Scout Pokémon. Extremely cautious, one of them will always be on the lookout, but it won't notice a foe coming from behind."

Naruto grinned as he tossed out his own Pokéball.

"Riolu, come on out."

The blue aura user appeared in the usual flash of white light. When it took notice of its opponent, it eagerly took a fighting stance.

"The battle between Patrat and Riolu is ready to begin, start when ready." Called Lloyd from the side as he brought down a green flag.

Not wasting time, Naruto started off the fight with a command of: "Force Palm on its stomach now!"

The canine-like Pokémon dashed forward with its hand alight with a pale purple glow, and as it approached the Patrat it was then that Cheren gave his own command.

"Dodge it and use Bite!"

Patrat leapt over the outstretched paw of the aura user and then latched it's suddenly razor sharp teeth into its tail, causing the small canine to let out a bark of pain.

"Riolu, use Force Palm again to dislodge him!"

"What?!"

Patrat let out a shriek of pain as Riolu slammed its once again glowing palm into its exposed underbelly, sending the Normal-type skidding across the dirt field.

"Patrat are you ok?" cried Cheren as he stared at his downed Pokémon. The brown creature tried to stand only for jolts of electricity to suddenly dance across its body and force it to its knees.

"Wow, Riolu managed to paralyse Patrat! Go for it Naruto!" Yelled Hannah from the sidelines. For some reason this caused a warm feeling to rise in his stomach, but he simply pushed it off for the fact he didn't have people cheer him on growing up.

"Patrat use Bite attack again!"

Pushing itself to its feet, Patrat managed to dart across the field towards the Emanation Pokémon only for Naruto to call out his own attack.

"Use counter!"

"No Patrat!"

The Scout Pokémon didn't have time to stop and while its attack landed, Riolu landed a solid strike on its already injured stomach. This launched the rat back a few feet and when it settled, it was shown that its eyes were swirls indicating its unconsciousness.

"Patrat is unable to battle. The winner is Riolu!" Called Lloyd as he lifted a red flag towards Naruto, signalling his win. Cheren recalled his fainted Pokémon and smiled faintly at the celebrating teen.

"Nicely done Naruto. But can you beat this one."

He hurled the red and white orb into the air and it unleashed the tell-tale white energy of a Pokémon being released. When the light vanished, it revealed a peach coloured dog-like Pokémon with a stubby tail and navy blue fur on its back. Its face was covered with a cream fur and it glared at the Emanation Pokémon with dull blue eyes.

Once again Naruto aimed his Pokédex at the new Pokémon and listened as the Pokédex read:

"Lillipup. The Puppy Pokémon. Though it is a very brave Pokémon, it's also smart enough to check its foe's strength and avoid battle."

"The Gym Leader has called out his final Pokémon. Will the challenger switch his Pokémon for this battle?"

Naruto stared down at Riolu as it gazed across the field to his fellow canine Pokémon.

"What do you think buddy, you up for another fight?" Riolu stared at Lillipup for a few seconds before shaking his head. Patrat's last Bite attack had been a Critical Hit, along with the fact it was a dark type move which had caused his ability Justified to kick in, which was the only reason why Counter did more damage than usual even with STAB. Nodding, Naruto returned him to his Pokéball in a flash of red light. He returned Riolus's ball to his belt and went to grab Snivy's but stopped as a foxy grin spread across his face. His hand moved over the second red and white orb and instead grabbed the pure white ball.

"Time for your debut my friend." He whispered as he pulled it off his belt. He held the ball in front of him and pressed the release button, unleashing the Pokémon in the familiar surge of white energy.

"I choose you, Kurama!"

AN: And...scene. Well that wasn't expected was it? Kurama has returned and in the form of Fennekin? Not Vulpix? I'm gonna get SO much hate for that. Anyway, what do you think? Did you like how I laid out the battle, or the start? That bothered me; as I couldn't get that part right. So, here are the current team rosters:

Naruto's Team

Snivy. Level 15. Gender: Female

Moves: Tackle, Leer, Vine Whip, Growth

Riolu. Level 14. Gender: Male

Moves: Quick Attack, Force Palm, Endure, Counter

Fennekin/Kurama. Level 11. Gender: Male

Moves: Tackle, Leer, Ember, Howl

Hannah's Team

Meinfoo. Level 17. Gender: Female.

Moves: Pound, Detect, Fake Out, Doubleslap

Next time on Naruto: Burning Ice – Naruto and Kurama face off in the conclusion of his first Gym battle as the fight Cheren's strongest Pokémon. Will they win or will they lose? Plus Hannah makes her attempt against her brother's Gym but something goes wrong. Will they solve the issue or will the Pokémon be taken? This is PokeMasterShaun, signing off.