What do ya know another update. I guess I should explain why since some of you are going to be like 'wtf'. This had slipped my mind earlier, but there were supposed to be two more chapters to this (which I did not do at the time).
That being said, this story is actually three-shot instead of a one-shot. I guess I really did forget about that after all.*sweat-drop*
I'm sorry! *dodges tomatoes being thrown at me*
Now I remember someone named "LashedGiant"...saying in their review "is Ash going to be in the sequel"? Since that person is Anonymous I can't repsond to them, so I'll answer their question here. Yes he will be, but not in the beginning of the story. I know he definitely appears in this chapter along with Gary and someone else who is in fact related to Sakura. :]
I do not own Pokemon or Naruto. The plot and OCs I do own. The idea of 'giving a pokemon canon character the role of playing big sibling to a naruto character' all goes to *Rinne-Kami* He gave me permission to use some of his ideas off from his story. His ideas that I credit will be applied to this three-shot and the squeal (the real story).
*3 years later*
The sounds of chatting, heart-warming laughter, and disco/techno music echoed loudly and endlessly through the walls of the pokemon center. The place was pretty packed and decorated beautifully for this special and wondrous event. Today is Sakura's ninth birthday and the party was being held in here, sponsored by Lindea with the help of Nurse Joy.
The pink haired nurse didn't mind, after all, Sakura would come by every once in a while to help out in the pokemon center whether it be taking care of the sick pokemon/people or hang out with Nurse Joy, Audino, Chansey and/or random trainers to keep them company. She felt blessed to have such a kind-hearted child drop in to assist her.
Speaking of the little pink haired one, she seemed to have run off somewhere and now her sister, Maylene, was looking around the whole room for her.
The elder pinkette gym leader spotted a familiar raven haired boy with a Pikachu on his shoulder, sitting down and talking to his old friend and rival, Gary Oak.
It has been at least two weeks after the Sinnoh League ceremonies had ended and Ash and friends gone home. Though when Ash heard about Sakura's birthday from Gary, he came right back to Sinnoh. He had met Sakura at the time when he and friends came to Veilstone City to battle Maylene for his fourth badge.
As for Gary, he met both pinkettes when he stopped by Veilstone to check out the craters of the meteorites scattered in the city for his research. He too came when he caught the wind of Sakura's birthday and her party being held today.
"Hey Ash, have you seen my little sister around?" Maylene asked.
Ash looked up with a frown, "Sorry Maylene. I haven't," He shook his head.
"Maybe she went outside…" Gary said unsurely and then suggested, "Although you could go check to see if she's out there."
"Ah thanks. I think I'll do that…" Maylene smiled and went out the door.
Sakura laughed as she ran around the streets of Veilstone City, playing tag with her Purrloin, her wild pokemon friends, and her new five human friends.
She had first met these five and their families when they had moved into town and her family wanted to welcome them. Three of them were from the Kanto region and the other two were from the Johto Region.
She was scared at first, thinking that none of them were going to like her, but it was the opposite. She was happy when they asked her if she could be their friend. They didn't care if she was not normal like them nor had the tendencies and primal instincts of a wild cat.
No, in fact they thought it was adorable that she had cute little cat ears and a long fluffy tail (which she grew over the last two years). They would always ask her if they could play with them. They would also try to tug them and pet her to which she enjoyed very much. Well it was partially her family and the pokemon's fault since they spoiled her.
This made Maylene and the others happy because their little Sakura was finally making friends; human ones to be exact. And those humans were Ino Yamanaka, Hinata Hyuga, Neji Hyuga, Tenten, and Rock Lee.
"Gotcha Sakura-san!" Lee tagged the girl.
"Aww crud…" The hybrid pinkette pouted playfully, "Alright guys. I'm going to get ya!" She then started to chase them.
"Sakura!"
The game came to a stop when Maylene stepped outside the pokemon center.
"Nee-chan?"
"It's time for you and your friends to come inside. We're about to open presents!"
At the word 'presents', the children cheered and ran inside (which the elder pinkette had to step back to avoid getting ran over).
Maylene looked at the two legendary pokemon and the cat pokemon, waving them over.
"You three can come in as well."
Latias, Victini, and Purrloin looked at each other before smiling and going inside the building with the Veilstone City's gym leader. As for the wild pokemon, they crowded around the window to watch what was going on inside.
Dark green eyes eagerly watched as people started piling gifts right in front of main counter desk. The whole pokemon center went quiet when Lindea stood up from her seat.
"Attention everyone! We are now about to begin with opening the gifts and Sakura here will have the honor of doing that!"
Everyone clapped and cheered while Sakura sat on the floor by the main counter desk with a small blush on her face, her ears and tail twitching in embarrassment/happiness.
"Now who wants to go first?" Nurse Joy asked.
Ino quickly hopped out of her seat with a grin, shouting "I will!"
The platinum blond walked over to the pinkette and handed her best friend a purple box with a white wrapper.
Sakura took it and tore the thing open with vigor. The girl gasped when she pulled out a GIANT SIZED Typhosion plushie.
"Thank you Ino-pig!" She hugged the toy with a squeal.
"No problem Forehead-Girl…" Ino smirked at her friend who was happily snuggling the stuffed toy to death.
One by one everyone handed their gifts to the nine year old girl and in the end the ones that Sakura liked the most was:
-A Dialga diamond necklace (from Hinata)
-An iPod touch screen with green earbuds (from Neji)
-Free 'all you can eat' coupons at any restaurants in the Sinnoh region (from some of the chefs/workers/managers here in Veilstone City)
-A Blackberry phone and a pair of nunchucks (from Tenten)
-A Palkia pearl bracelet and boxing gloves (from Lee)
-Black and green sunglasses, a giant Eevee plushie, and the fire type pokemon, Vulpix (from Gary)
-A black skateboard, a giant Pikachu plushie, and a pokemon official black-green and white league hat (from Ash)
-A black and pink bike (from the Hyugas)
-Sony PlayStation 3 (from Tenten's parents)
-Nintendo Wii (from Lee's parents)
-A Nursing Tool and First-Aid Kit Accessory (from Nurse Joy)
-An Art kit Accessory (from her mother)
-A couple of videogames and a green scarf (from both her father and Maylene)
-A book filled with pokemon food recipes (from Brock)
-A pink Pokétch (from Dawn)
"We also have a surprise for you Sakura," Nurse Joy said.
"Really?" The pinkette looked up from her gifts and the female Vulpix she was playing with.
A huge group of citizens stood up from their seats and brought out a trophy and a vest that had a white sash pinned on it. On the back of the vest says "Veilstone's Outstanding Citizen Hero" outlined in gold.
"This is for all the help you've done in the city as well as protecting it from that horrible Team Sound organization," An elderly woman said.
Sakura sat there speechless as two people from the group walked forward and helped the girl put it on. This snapped the young pinkette out of her stupor as she stood up and took the trophy in her arms, tears of happiness running down her rosy cheeks.
"T-Thank you s-so much everyone!" Sakura cried. She had finally won over the humans' hearts in this city.
Purrloin came over and jumped on the girl's shoulder, licking her tears away as both Latias and Victini flew over to hug her.
Everyone smiled and awed at the sight.
Meanwhile, Nurse Joy was speaking to someone standing in the shadows.
"You can come out now," She whispered.
The mysterious person nodded and walked forward, hiding behind her.
"Sakura…" Nurse Joy started.
"Hmmm?"
"You don't know if you have any blood relatives or not do you?" She saw the young pinkette slowly nod her head and continued, "Well it turns out that you do have one. I found this out when a fifteen year old boy stopped by this city last year wanting to know some information about you and he told me to keep it a secret before he left. And now he stopped by today for your birthday."
"What-really?" Sakura was once again shocked.
Nurse Joy smiled and stepped to the side to reveal a red haired boy with brown-green eyes, "His name is Sasori Akasuna Haruno."
The hybrid pinkette got up and started to walk towards the boy with a transfixed gaze on him. She stood in front of the boy to observe him only to find out he was doing same.
-Silence-
"You're…really related to…me?" Sakura stated quietly.
"Hai. I am your cousin. Your biological mother, Natsumi Haruno, and your biological father, Isamu Haruno, were my aunt and uncle," Sasori answered.
The little pinkette stared at the floor shyly, pondering over her new question before looking up.
"C-Can I…umm…call you nii-san?" She stuttered with a cute blush.
The red head chuckled at her shyness and the innocent question she asked before ruffling the girl's hair, "Sure you can. I don't mind."
"Yay!" Sakura tackled Sasori in a bear hug, getting a loud oof in return as they both fell over to the ground.
Everyone laughed at the sight.
"I also got you a present," Sasori brought out a huge blue box with a green ribbon.
Sakura gapped at the size of box and went to open it before it shook. Alarmed and excited, she carefully opened the lid and peaked inside.
Staring back at her with his red eyes was a yellow and red mustelid or weasel like pokemon with small round ears, a short tail, and had long red arms that looked similar to flared sleeves on a jacket.
Sakura cooed and picked up the pokemon out of the box and sat him on the ground.
"Happy birthday cousin…"
"Fooo…"
Whispers sounded throughout the pokemon center, wondering what it is. They figured it was a unova pokemon because they had never seen it before.
Sasori raised a hand for them to stop whispering and pulled out his pokedex, aiming it at the pokemon who was looking around the room with curious eyes.
Mienfoo, The Martial Arts Pokemon. Mienfoo have mastered elegant combos. As they concentrate, their battle moves become swifter and more precise.
Type: Fighting
Gender: Male
Ability: Regenerator
Attacks: Aura Sphere, Drain Punch, Bulk Up, Bounce, and Stone Edge
The audience was amazed with the exception of "awesome" from Ash and "cool" from both Maylene and Gary.
"What's Regenerator?" Neji asked from within the crowd.
"That ability allows the pokemon to recover some of its health when it gets switched out or withdrawn from battle," Sasori exclaimed.
"Very interesting…" Neji mumbled.
His friends, Ash, Gary, and Maylene nodded in agreement.
Sakura knelt down in front of Mienfoo and stuck out her hand.
"Hi Mienfoo! My name is Sakura Haruno, your new trainer. I hope we can become the best of friends."
"Foo-Mie…" The fighting type pokemon curiously looked at the hybrid human in front of him then at her hand. He did this a few times before smiling.
"Mienfoo..!" He took her hand and shook it.
"Purr-LoinPurr…"
"Vul-PixVul…"
Sakura's two pokemon came over to greet the newcomer and they began to talk in their poke-language.
"Hey Sakura/Cuz catch!"
She looked up and caught two pokeballs; the Great Ball one was from Gary and the Ultra Ball one was from her cousin.
"Okay. Vulpix! Mienfoo!"
Both pokemon looked up at the mention of their names.
"Return!" Sakura threw both pokeballs in the air and the two jumped up, tapping the ball before being sucked inside. The pokeballs landed on the ground, shaking and beeping for a few seconds before it stopped all together.
The birthday girl smiled and picked up the pokeballs, pocketing them afterwards.
"Now who's ready to eat?" Nurse Joy and Lindea asked.
"We are!" Sakura and the rest of the people (that includes the two pokemon, Pikachu and Purrloin) exclaimed.
Night time has fallen and so far everyone had gone home except for the few who stayed behind to clean up.
"Say Ash, when are you going back home in Kanto?" Sakura asked.
"Tomorrow morning, why?"
"Hmm, well I wanted to-ah never mind."
The raven haired trainer and Pikachu blinked in confusion.
"Anyway…big sis, mom, dad, my friends, and I want to say congratulations for finishing Top 4 in the Sinnoh League. You and your pokemon were awesome out there!" Sakura shouted.
Ash laughed and said "Thanks," He was then tackled into a hug afterwards and poor Pikachu was thrown off, but surprisingly, the electric mouse did not angry. It was as if he expected this to happen.
"And thank you for coming to my birthday party even though you didn't have to," She added.
"I wanted to because you're my friend, so it was nothing. Oh yeah, before Dawn and Brock left they told me to wish you happy birthday and hope that you like their presents."
"Tell them I did and say thanks."
"I will whenever I see them again."
The hybrid pinkette got off the boy and he stood up as Pikachu climbed back on his shoulder.
"Pikachu and I are about to turn in for the night."
"Okay."
"Good night Sakura."
"Good night Ash."
"PiiiiKA!"
Pikachu had a small frown on his face.
Both trainers looked at the electric rodent with raised brows.
"What is it Pikachu?"
"Piii Pikapi…"
"Oh yeah, I guess you want say to goodnight to Sakura too."
"Pi pi pika Pikapi…"
The electric mouse jumped down from his trainer's shoulder and ran towards the pinkette, leaping into her arms.
"Aww thank you Pikachu. You're so sweet; good night to you too," Sakura giggled and hugged him.
"Chaaa!" He hugged her back and then let go after a few seconds.
Next, Pikachu walked over to Purrloin and stuck on his tail.
"Pika…"
"Loin…"
The shook tails before Pikachu went back over to Ash side and got on his right shoulder as the two headed upstairs.
Sakura looked at her pokemon and motioned her head towards the door. Purrloin caught on to the message and got on the girl's shoulder. The girl stretched her legs (to get the blood flowing back in since she's been sitting down on and off for a long time) and walked out the pokemon center building.
Maylene, Latias, Victini, and Purrloin watched the four girls (Ino, Sakura, Hinata, and Tenten) run around the forest grounds chasing the wild pokemon.
"She's really an energetic one isn't she?"
They looked up to see Sasori taking a seat in the grass next to them.
"(Yes she is…)" Latias smiled.
"(She really wouldn't be the Sakura we all know if she wasn't…)" Victini added with a laugh.
The psychic/fire legendary pokemon's laugh was loud enough to catch the attention of the playing group. Sakura's eyes lit up when she spotted her cousin and ran over to his side.
"Ne Sasori-nii, can we have pokemon battle?" She asked with excitement.
The red haired boy shook his head which made the girl sad. When he saw this he automatically corrected himself.
"How about in the morning before I leave?" That cheered the pinkette up.
"OKay!" Sakura grinned and bounced back over to her friends.
The five continued to watch the group play for a while until Sasori started yawning and falling asleep (well almost). He rose up from his seat and dusted himself off.
"You're heading in the pokemon center for the night?" Maylene asked.
"Yeah…" He yawned again.
Sasori waved at them and turned around, walking away. When he was gone and out of sight, Maylene and Purrloin stood up too (except the cat who hopped on her shoulder instead).
"We're about to turn in for the night," She said.
Latias and Victini silently nodded.
The gym leader faced the playing group and called, "It's time to go girls!"
Sakura, Ino, Tenten, and Hinata pouted, but listened nonetheless. The four girls waved good-bye to Latias, Victini, and the wild pokemon before leaving with the elder pinkette.
"Slumber party! Slumber party! Slumber party! Slumber party!" The girls chanted as they reached the gym leader and Sakura's home.
"Alright, alright. You can also long as you four don't make too much noise."
"Yaaaaaayy!"
'It sure has been very hectic today,' Maylene sighed as she opened the door and they all went inside.
The four girls quietly ran upstairs to Sakura's room while Maylene and Purrloin headed towards her room.
"I guess you're tagging along because you want to go to sleep too?" She asked the cat.
"Purr-Loin…" Purrloin nodded.
The devious cat pokemon did not want her sleep to be disturbed because of those girls making too much ruckus doing who knows what up in that room.
AN: Now that the second chapter is out of the way, I can get to working on the final chapter which is the epilogue. It should be out soon once I'm finished writing and typing it.
In the next (final) chapter will be Sakura and Sasori's battle. Sasori's job or what/who he works for will also be revealed. I'm not sure if I want to do this, but should I have Sakura and Ash's battle added in the next chapter as well or should I wait and put it in the sequel; that way the two could have a full battle instead?
Since there was a time skip period between the last chapter and this chapter, I guess I can put up the characters' ages:
~Sakura Haruno, Ino Yamanaka, and Hinata Hyuga: 9 years old
~Tenten, Neji Hyuga, and Rock Lee: 10 years old
~Maylene, Ash Ketchum, and Gary Oak: 14 years old
~Sasori Akasuna Haruno: 15.5 (almost 16) years old
~Dawn (mentioned): 10 years old
~Brock (mentioned): 19 years old
And now I would like for you guys to,
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