Title: Naruto's Pokèmon Adventure
Rating: T
Pairing: None
Summery: Tsunade sends Naruto and the rookies (including Gai's team) to the Pokè-islands. Contests and Tournaments a wait, as new rivalries and friends spring up in the Kanto, Johto, Hoenn, and Sinnoh regions. Naruto/Pokèmon Crossover!
Disclaimer: Every aspect of Pokèmon belongs to Nintendo and Satoshi Tajiri. Naruto and all its characters belong to Masashi Kishimoto. I am not writing this to make a profit, just for my own amusement.
Author's Note: This is the Naruto and Shikamaru chapter... It sucks cause it's been rushed... I'm sorry for that!
Chapter Eight: The Sixth Team – Naruto and Shikamaru
Naruto and Shikamaru were enjoying the bright sunny day. It was the perfect day to be outside and active, but neither boy really felt all that active. In fact, even their Pokèmon were sleeping soundly in their Pokèballs. Jiraiya had gone off to flirt with the near by Nurse Joy or Officer Jenny, and the two boys took the chance to catch up on their rest.
Jiraiya had both of the boys training very hard for the past few days. Naruto's Chimchar had worked so very hard and Naruto had taught it some great moves. Even Shikamaru had been working hard. His Cyndaquil was becoming stronger and stronger every day. But so were the boys themselves. Naruto had learned two new fire jutsus, and Shikamaru had been given a special summoning scroll, the scroll of the Deer. Naruto had laughed at that until Jiraiya told him that the king deer was a close friend to Gamabunta.
The two boy's had decided to forgo the Pewter City Gym battle for the time being and had focused on Naruto's entry into the Pewter City Contest. They had stayed out in the wild around the city just to see if they could spot any new Pokèmon. So far Naruto had been the only one to catch another Pokèmon, a simple Eevee. The small fox like Pokèmon had come up to the blonde while he slept. It was rather rare to see one, but Shikamaru had left it alone. He didn't need it the thing was too energetic anyways.
Naruto however was thrilled to see it curled up on his stomach when he awoke. Chimchar seemed happy about it to and had proceeded to show how happy it was by knocking the poor Eevee out with a Flame Wheel. Naruto was confused for a moment but had figured out that he could capture the poor Eevee. When that had been done, they had rushed the poor burnt thing to a Pokè-Center. Naruto had been freaking out so badly; Jiraiya had placed him under a sleep Jutsu to clam him down.
Naruto had trained hard with both Eevee and Chimchar to get them ready for the contest. Shikamaru left them to it, choosing instead to wonder around the near by areas. He wasn't necessarily looking for a new Pokèmon, but he seemed to have luck on his side.
The Pokèmon had been sleeping soundly on a tree branch high up in a tree that Shikamaru had chosen to be his resting place. But the branch didn't seem to want to hold the small Pokèmon. It snapped completely in half and without waking up, the sleeping Pokèmon dropped right into Shikamaru's lap. The brown haired Nin took no time at all in catching the creature in one of his Pokèballs, but had released him right away to use his Pokèdex. It was a Slakoth. Shikamaru shrugged at the yawning Pokèmon and had proceeded to fall asleep with his new Pokèmon.
"Do you think everyone will be there Shikamaru?" Naruto asked as the two neared the hotel they would stay at during the weekend. Jiraiya was grumbling about being torn away from his precious research once more as he followed the two boys. Shikamaru shrugged his shoulders and looked up to the sky. It was nearly noon, and they had to make sure that Naruto was registered for the contest by two.
"They could be Naruto. What will you do if they are?" Shikamaru knew from spending this long with the blonde, that he truly did care about what the other thought of him. Even if he showed to everyone that he didn't care.
"I guess I'll just do what I always do." Jiraiya took that opportunity to stop the two boys. Naruto looked up at the white haired older man with shinning blue eyes. The older man knew that Naruto was near tears at just the thought of his so-called "friends" being at the contest.
"That means you are going to pretend to not be phased by the horrible things those brats will say. If that is the case, then I can't let you go any further." Naruto blinked as Jiraiya crossed his arms over his chest and didn't move from in front of the blonde. Naruto looked over to Shikamaru for help, but the other boy just shrugged his shoulders and shoved his hands into his pockets.
"If you want my opinion Naruto, it really isn't fair to your Pokèmon for you to act like this. If you start acting all upset and depressed, it will reflex on your Pokèmon and their performance. And they have worked just as hard as you to win." Naruto hung his head and sniffled softly. He knew the other two were right. But what could he do?
"I say, you forget what your friends say and just go with your heart. But then again, I can't really talk." A light breezy voice sounded from over Jiraiya's shoulder and all three men looked over to see May standing next to Max. Naruto smiled brightly and watched as Jiraiya bounced over to the young woman and started to flirt.
"What are you two doing here?" Naruto asked as Max came over to greet them. Shikamaru went over to drag Jiraiya away from May.
"Well May wanted to watch the contest, and well, I knew you were going to enter and I wanted to show my support." Naruto smiled brightly and together the group headed for the contest hall. Naruto was in a happier place when he arrived, even ignoring the glares that were sent his way courteous of Sasuke and Neji.