Naruto X Pokémon Cross-over

Disclaimer: I Do Not Own Naruto or Pokemon

Summary: Death and Rebirth... Naruto Uzumaki, age thirteen, died by the hands of the one he once called 'Brother', Sasuke Uchiha. Upon his death however, two gods - Kami and Arceus - had other plans for the Child of Prophecy. Now reborn in the World of Pokemon, how will his new chance at life change with the Vulpix, Kurama, by his side? Read and Find out!

Pairings: NarutoXUndecided (?)


Naruto: "The Aura Shinobi"

Chapter 5

"Pokémon Emergency!"

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Last Time on Naruto: "The Aura Shinobi"

Turning around to see over the balloon's basket the three were in, Meowth looked over the city with a fanged grin. "An' just remember, I'm the top cat!" The trio of thieves shared a laugh together, their balloon floating silently high above the city as it made its way towards the Viridian City Pokémon Centre.

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Location – Viridian City, Pokémon Centre

As the night rolled in over the quiet city of Viridian, a trio of teens were currently seated within the lobby of the local Pokémon Centre. Two of whom, were discussing about the third. The topic of their discussion, one Ash Ketchum of Pallet Town…

"Wait, wait, wait…" Misty held up her hands, face in clear disbelief as she stared at Naruto.

Having taken his brother, with Naruto's help, to sit at the Centre's Lobby to 'talk', she had listened to the blonde's own tales of misfortune under Ash's plan when escaping the Spearow Flock. To put it bluntly, it was incredibly stupid, yet shockingly effective.

"You're saying that he," Misty pointed at the sitting, nervously-shifting Ash, "Pushed you off a cliff, down a waterfall, and into a raging river where you were nearly eaten by a Gyarados? A large, blue-scaled, serpent-like, fang-filled, angry-eye-glaring Gyarados, am I hearing this right?"

Naruto and Kurama nodded their heads together, while Eevee, who was content with her spot on Naruto's lap, merely tilted her head as she merely listened.

Misty stared; she looked towards Ash, stared a little at him, and then slapped him across the back of his head. Ignoring the "Yelp" that escaped from the black-haired brother's mouth, Misty raised an accusing finger at him, "What were you thinking when you did that!"

'When does he ever think to begin with?' Kurama's commentary unheard, yet bringing a little joy and humour to the otherwise sadistic Vulpix Pokémon. Watching with glee as his trainer's brother was getting scolded by the orange-haired tomboy. 'Well, this looks familiar…' He thought with a hint of nostalgias. An old memory surfacing to his thoughts, one that involved a red-headed tomboy, and a blonde-haired dunce, in a very similar situation as Misty and Ash were currently in.

Naruto merely rolled his eyes, a smirk on his face, as he leaned back on the cushioned couch he sat on, fully enjoying watching his little brother getting scolded by Misty. It wasn't everyday he gets to enjoy a free show like this. Not to say he enjoys watching his little brother getting scolded all the time, but he finds it humorous how Ash kept trying to argue his case against the female-gender.

First rule Naruto learned years ago, one of many of life's little lessons… "Never argue with a woman, they are always right. Just accept it, and it'll be less painful"… His mother had never been so happy in her life when she heard Naruto say those words.

[Ding-Dong]

The bell-like tone interrupted the teen's moment. Looking towards the sound, Ash was the only one to react instantly as he jumped off the sofa they were sitting on. It only took Naruto and Misty a few seconds before realising what it was, and was soon joining Ash in his race towards the Emergency Room. Kurama chose to walk instead, while Eevee was carried in Naruto's arms.

A gurney was the first thing to exit the Emergency Room, on it was Ash's Pikachu sleeping peacefully, though bandaged quite heavily. Pushing the gurney were the two responsible for the Pikachu's now stable condition; the lovely Nurse Joy of Viridian City, and her assistant, who also happened to be a Pokémon, Chansey, the Egg Pokémon.

Nurse Joy, as she is commonly called, was a modest looking woman, wearing a white and pink nurse outfit. She had fare skin, shining blue eyes, and dark-pink styled curly hair with a good portion of it being done up in twin-loops behind her head.

Rushing up to the gurney, Ash was the first to arrive, "Pikachu!" Holding onto the railings; the black-haired trainer was relieved to see his only partner resting well.

Coughing lightly, getting the three teen's attentions onto her, Nurse Joy flicked through some papers on a clipboard she had in her hands, "Your Pikachu suffered extensive damage, both externally and internally. Externally being the physical damage he had endured, while internally apparently came from an outside source of electricity. Normally, such a thing shouldn't have been a problem for an electric Pokémon, but due to your Pikachu's external injuries, it was quite a risky move." Here she gave Ash a stern look, "I should report you directly to Officer Jenny, and have your licence revoked for such mistreatment of a Pokémon."

Ash winced, but it was his brother that came to his rescue, "We were being chased by an angry flock of Spearows, between here and Pallet Town. Before that though, Pikachu showed no interest when it came to listening to Ash, so if Pikachu did use any electrical attacks, it was done by his own choice and action. Though after what happened…" Naruto looked at the sleeping Pikachu, "I think he'll start listening now, especially since he did save my brother."

Nurse Joy hummed thoughtfully. "It seems I misjudged you. For a Pokémon to go to such lengths to defend you, and against an angry flock of Spearows from all things, shows a strong bond between a trainer and their Pokémon. I apologise." She gave a short bow to Ash, as the boy scratched his head nervously at the gesture.

Wanting to get back to the main topic at hand, Misty chose to voice out next, "Excuse me, is Pikachu going to be okay?"

Standing straight from her short bow, Nurse Joy gave a reassuring smile, "After a good night's rest, he should be A-okay. We treated all the more serious of injuries, and as for the internal, Pikachu's own systems are fixing them up." The three teens sighed in relief.

Ash looked over his partner once more, his face one of relief but with guilt, "That's good to hear, for a moment, I was almost afraid that…" He couldn't finish what he was about to say, the mere thought alone left him tongue-tied.

Holding his Eevee with one hand, Naruto placed his other on Ash's shoulder, "Live and learn little bro, especially at times like this. Whenever I messed up badly before, even at Old Man Oak's ranch, he'd always say to me – "Take your mistakes and learn from them. Learn so that you can better not only yourself, but others affected by you"."

Ash looked at his brother confused, "What does that mean?"

"It means…" Everyone's attention went to Misty, "… that whatever mistakes you make in life, if you learn from them, they will not only improve you as a person, but also those affected by your choices and actions."

"And if you learned from this mistake…" It was Nurse Joy's turn to speak out, "… It will not only make you a better trainer, but a better partner for your Pikachu to depend on" She explained further. For her, it was quite a surprise to hear a child, just starting out his teen-years to, speak such words.

Ash had listened to what the others had said, and took a long good look at his sleeping Pikachu. A hint of a smile broke through his guilt-ridden face. "Guess I learned not to throw anything at those Spearows, even when your partner wants to be disobedient." He joked, as Naruto sighed while Misty face-palmed. Nurse Joy though giggled at the lesson-learned.

Looking at a nearby clock on the wall, Nurse Joy gave a small gasp as she noticed that it was close to midnight, "Oh my! It's late, and you kids need a room for the night." Turning to the Pokémon by her side, "Chansey, I want you to take Pikachu to the Recovery Wing for the night."

The large egg-shaped Pokémon gave a salute to her superior, "Yes ma'am!"

Facing the trio of teens again, "If you three will follow me, we'll find you some rooms for the night and…" The sound of glass breaking interrupted Nurse Joy, and the group of four humans and three Pokémon looked up to see the ceiling sky-light having been smashed open by two falling Poké Balls.

As the two Poke Balls touched the ground, they opened to release the Pokémon within. The lights that escaped quickly condensed, taking shape. One was revealed to be the Poison Gas Pokémon, known as Koffing; while the other was the Snake Pokémon, known as Ekans.

Before anyone could say or do anything, the Koffing used Smokescreen, expelling a putrid foul-smelling, green-ish fog from within its body. Everyone had to cover their noses and mouths at the smell. Naruto however, kept one hand wrapped around Kurama's mouth, while Eevee buried her muzzle into Naruto's jacket. He knew of the Koffing species, and especially their gases. Besides their putrid stench, they were also highly flammable and explosive. One spark from Kurama's fire would set the whole thing off.

Coughing heavily, Ash tried peering through the fog around them, "W-What's going on!?"

"Don't be frightened little boy…" A female's voice spoke out from within the fog. The voice sounded taunting, yet held a tone of self-superiority. It was almost as if whoever this person was, believed to be above others.

"Allow us to introduce ourselves…" A male voice spoke next. This one sounded calmer, yet held a tone of amusement that made the group of four believe he saw this entire thing as entertaining.

As the fog thinned, they were greeted to the sight of a long-haired magenta woman, glad in a white uniform with a black undershirt, a pair of black gloves that stopped on her upper arms, and a large red [R] stitched in the centre of her uniform, "To protect the world from devastation…"

"To unite all people within our nation…" The woman's partner was an equally tall man with short lavender hair. He was dressed similarly to the woman – though obviously for a male – with his gloves reaching just below his elbow. He was also carrying with him a single red rose.

"To denounce the evils of truth and love…"

"… To extend our reach to the stars above"

Raising her hand on level with her head, almost as if presenting her-self to lower people, the woman continued their introduction routine, "Jessie!"

Smirking, the man gave a quick small sniff of his rose, and then a – at least to him – dashing smile towards their spectators, "James!"

"Team Rocket, blast off at the speed of light…!" Jessie gave a pose, her Ekans coming up behind her to join in. Coiling itself near the woman's legs, it gave a glare towards the group.

James gave his own pose as well, his Koffing moving in from behind, yet the Pokémon's face remained the same, "Surrender now or prepare to fight!"

From the broken sky-light, a Meowth; known as the Cat Scratch Pokémon, dropped down as it made its entrance. Flipping from the impressive height; while also showcasing its natural acrobatic skills, it landed feet-first without even a grunt between the two humans and their Pokémon.

"Meowth, that's right!" The now identified male Pokémon finished, in a somewhat squeaky voice

Nobody moved, and merely stared in disbelief at what they had just witnessed.

'Did that Meowth just speak…?' Kurama looked at the Meowth for a moment, slightly surprised, and a little jealous at seeing an actual speaking Pokémon. He knew of Psychic Types being able to speak and communicate telepathically, but had never heard nor seen an actual talking Pokémon.

Naruto slowly looked at Misty, who like him, wore a stunned and stupefied expression. "Please tell me they didn't just sing to us…" He wasn't begging or anything, but after seeing something like that, he didn't quite know how to respond.

Nurse Joy took a step forward, putting her-self between the teens and the intruders. "You are not welcomed here; leave now before I call the Police." She warned them, knowing full well these were the criminals that Officer Jenny had been hunting down for days-on-end. But despite her threat, she also knew very well these thieves were not going to take her words seriously.

And unfortunately, Nurse Joy was right in her assumptions, as Jessie gave a cocky-smirk towards the pink-haired nurse. "Well, well..." The magenta-haired woman gave Nurse Joy a look over, "Seems we have a brave one here James." She looked to her companion.

Smirking, James gave a small laugh. "Indeed it does Jessie, such a shame wouldn't you agree?" The man replied to his partner, neither one having lost the tone of amusement in their voices.

Seeing no progress happening, Meowth frowned and turned to his two human partners. "Hey! Remember why we're here for…" Jumping around to face the front once more, he gave a clawed-point towards the group of teens and Nurse, "We wan' all of your rare Pokémon, so han' 'em over!"

Kurama took up an offensive stance, giving the Meowth a fierce growl as his pupil slitted. Naruto had narrowed his eyes at the pair of thieves and their Pokémon – along with Misty and Nurse Joy – while he held onto Eevee tighter. Ash however, moved to stand between them and Pikachu, obscuring the thieves' view of his injured Pokémon, "You're not getting Pikachu!"

"Pikachu…?" Jessie lost her amusement, replacing it with actual confusion. It only lasted a second though as she gave a taunting scoff, "We're not interested in your precious electric rat."

"We seek only rare and valuable Pokémon." James commented with a dismissive wave.

Seeing an opportunity, Nurse Joy interjected, "You're wasting your time then. This is a Centre for weak and injured Pokémon. You won't find any such Pokémon here!" She was grasping straws up to this point, but she had to find a way to either stall for time before Officer Jenny arrived – thanks to the window's silent alarm system – or get the teens away from before anything happened to them.

Jessie had a small frown, "Well, that may be so." She admitted, before she smirked, "But I wouldn't be all that surprised if we found a few little Pokémon gems among the junk."

It was at this point that Meowth finally took notice of the growling Pokémon. Having sensitive ears, he had picked up the low menacing growl before, but had put it aside for the time being. It was only now that he decided to see where it was coming from, and was surprised to see it coming from a golden-furred Vulpix.

"Jessie, James…" Getting the human pair's attention, Meowth pointed towards Kurama, "Check out tha' Pokémon!"

The two Pokémon thieves looked, and were surprised as well at seeing Kurama. Jessie was positively giddy when her eyes settled upon the golden-furred Vulpix, "Oh my, how wonderful! Look at that precious looking Vulpix, and such a fine coloured fur too!"

James hummed, scratching his chin in thought. "I remember seeing something like this before." He admitted, gaining the attention of everybody in the room. Removing his hand from his chin, he lifted a finger as if to give a lecture, "Pokémon Fans call this unique colouration of Pokémon species as 'Shiny' Pokémon. From what I heard, they are extremely rare and hard to find." A smile blossomed upon his face, one that was mimicked by Jessie and Meowth.

Clapping her hands together, "Extremely rare you say?" Jessie cooed in delight, her eyes zeroing-in on Kurama, "How positively wonderful!"

Seeing how the long-haired woman was looking at him, made even a sadist like Kurama shiver.

"An' look!" Meowth's voice shouted out. When everyone looked at the cat Pokémon again, they saw him pointing towards the trembling Eevee in Naruto's arms, "Da' twerp's got an Eevee as well. We hit the jackpot!" The small Pokémon celebrated.

Naruto surprised a few people, and Pokémon, when he him-self gave a growl towards the talking Pokémon, "No way are you getting either of my Pokémon. You three are starting to bug me!"

Jessie smirked as she gave a taunting laugh, "Isn't that cute…?" She looked at James.

"The boy's bugged." James looked back at Jessie, just as amused as she was.

Giving a fanged grin, Meowth extended his claws, "Den' let's squash him!"

James extended his arm, "Koffing, attack!" Without hesitation, the poisonous Pokémon launched itself towards the group, releasing its toxic gas as it did so. It left a trail behind it that soon began expanding around the Pokémon Centre's Lobby.

Not one to be left behind, Jessie copied James, and extended her arm out as she commanded her own Pokémon, "Ekans, go!" Like a snake would pounce on its prey, Ekans launched itself from its coiled position, flying through the air with its fanged-mouth open, ready to bite onto anything it could set its teeth into.

"Move…!" Misty shouted, making the group dodge as Ekans flew passed them and crashed into the computer that was on the reception desk.

The Pokémon was unharmed, its jaws clamping and smashing its way through the machine with little effort, and completely unaffected by the electrical power sparking from the cables. Without further encouragement, Naruto, Ash, Misty, Nurse Joy and their Pokémon, all ran from the lobby, making their way further into the Pokémon Centre to escape. Chansey and Nurse Joy were the ones pushing the gurney that still held Ash's Pikachu, while Ash and Misty took the front and Naruto the back.

Grabbing his partner with his free hand, Naruto faced the small Pokémon towards the poisonous fog that had shrouded the lobby. Now that they were out of the danger zone, he was going to take full advantage of that, "Kurama, light that fog with Ember now!"

Opening his jaw, Kurama launched a volley of fireballs towards the highly combustible gas. Rounding a corner, the group was lucky to avoid the resulting explosion that came from the flammable gas as it was ignited.

Rushing up to the others, Naruto glanced behind him, 'Hope that bought us some time. No way a trainer with a Koffing, would fall for an attack like that…' He would soon learn not to give such high expectations for this particular trio from Team Rocket.

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Back with our team of thieves and their Pokémon partners, we find them all sprawled out on the ground, covered in burns with trails of smoke coming off their bodies. Koffing being the more severe one injured, since the gas had originated from his body, so he took the brunt of the explosion first.

Jessie was the first to push her-self up, her hair frizzed up and smoking, and an angry scowl marrying her face, "That little brat! How dare he do that to us!" Freezing for a moment, her hands shot up to her hair. She let out a shriek of horror upon finding how her hair turned out in that explosion. "My hair! My precious hair! That's it, that twerp is dead!" She shouted in feminine fury.

Let it be known, never mess with a woman's hairdo. It'll be less painful in the long-run.

James took his time to sit up straight, his head pounded and ears ringing still. "That blonde kid got us good. Using my Koffing's own gas against us, brilliant really." He praised. A criminal thief he may be, but even he had to acknowledge a well thought-out strategy and surprise attack like that.

Meowth jumped onto his feet, fangs showing as he growled at James, "Don' be praising da' twerp, ya knuckle-head! We nee'da fin' where dey went and soon…!" Meowth might not have known about the silent alarm, but even he knew an explosion like that must have alerted someone in the nearby houses and buildings. Sooner or later, the Police were going to arrive, and they had to move quickly.

Ekans and Koffing had taken their time to recover, but now waited besides their respective trainers, as both trainers' expressions turned serious, "Right!" Standing up, Team Rocket took off into the blackened and mildly destroyed hallways, following the trail of their prizes and prey.

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Naruto was the last to enter the darkened room they had entered to hide, locking the sliding doors behind him. He turned to see how the others were doing. Besides the obvious rush they had running away from those thieves, he noticed that no-one was seriously harmed in the attack and explosion.

Letting Kurama down on the floor, he held the shaking Eevee with both arms securely, trying to quell the scared infant Pokémon. This was why he wasn't so enthusiastic about taking the young Eevee in.

Naruto took the time to inspect the room. It was very clean, and filled with machines he wasn't quite sure of their purpose. But considering they were in a Pokémon Centre, he had to guess the machines were specifically built for some medical purpose. Along the walls, shelves were lined up, all filled to the brim with Poké Balls.

"Where are we exactly?" Naruto directed the question to Nurse Joy.

Taking a quick look around to see if anything was damaged, she answered Naruto, "We're currently in the Pokémon Storage and Transport Wing." She gave Naruto a relieved smile, "We should be safe for the time being." As if the universe was against them, the lights flickered out.

Now in the dark, Misty gave a startled gasp, "Hey, the lights!" She had jumped in surprise, accidently stepping on Ash's foot, and causing the boy to yelp in pain, "Ah! Sorry!"

"They must have cut the power." Nurse Joy muttered, but if anyone could see, they'd see the smile she had on her face, "But we have our own Pika-Power!"

Naruto raised a brow, though it was unseen to others, "Pika-what-now?"

The sound of electricity started to hum in the air. The lights flickered on before they became steady, and remained on. The constant chanting of "Pika-Pika, Chu-Chu!" drew their attention towards the literal Pikachu-Generator that served as the Viridian City's back-up power source.

It was basically a group of Pikachu's running on a rotating treadmill, letting their gathered electricity to build-up and release into the electrical-conductors above them, thus collecting and distributing the electrical power they released throughout the Pokémon Centre.

Naruto and Kurama sweat-dropped upon seeing the back-up generator, "You have got to be kidding me." The blonde teen muttered in disbelief, something that was shared with his partner.

Nurse Joy gave a sly smile towards the blonde, "They may be small, but these little guys pack quite the power." She reassured. It was a little unorthodox, but it did the job, plus it was cost efficient.

Ash looked both shocked and a little worried at seeing so many of the Pikachu species together in one group. Despite accepting his Pikachu due to being saved by the little electric mouse, he was still a bit jumpy. Misty however had a similar reaction to when Jessie saw Kurama, and immediately went over to look at the hard-working Pika-group, "Wow, look at all the Pikachus!"

[A Crisis Situation has arising. Initiation Emergency Poké Ball Transport Sequence…!]

Hearing the computerised voice, Nurse Joy moved towards a nearby computer that was next to a large machine. This machine happened to be the Pokémon Centre's Poké Ball Transport Unit, and as Nurse Joy began operating the systems, the machine hummed to life. A large mechanized arm began gathering and depositing the shelved Poké Balls into the machine for transport. Nurse Joy's Chansey was also helping, gathering whatever Poké Balls happened to be missed by the mechanical arm.

"This is the Viridian City Pokémon Centre. We have an Emergency Situation, transporting Poké Balls immediately." Nurse Joy spoke, clearly speaking towards the computer.

[This is the Pewter City Pokémon Centre. Transport Active, ready to receive Poké Balls]

A voice similar to Nurse Joy's, but computerized, responded back. As each of the Poké Balls went in the Transport Unit, it was converted into energy, and then transported to safety to the next city.

"Uh, guys…?" Naruto and Ash looked towards Misty. She was pointing towards the entrance to the room they were in. Looking at the locked door, the two brothers swore as a familiar toxic gas was seeping in through the small spaces the door had.

Passing Eevee to Misty to hold onto, Naruto took a step forward with Kurama at the ready, "You two stay back; Kurama and I will handle things. Keep Eevee safe for me, okay? Don't let them get her, no matter what." The girl nodded, carefully holding on to the shivering Eevee in her arms.

Eevee was still just an infant Pokémon, and had no real experience in these kinds of situations yet.

"Koffing!" the Poison Gas Pokémon had busted its way into the room, completely destroying the door. It smashed along the walls and sent the still stored Poké Balls to the floor.

"Kurama, Quick Attack, let's go!"

Kurama launched him-self with a run, leaving behind him a trail of white light. Koffing didn't even have time to blink before it was struck dead-on. It was sent back out the door. Moving back, Kurama narrowly avoided the Ekans that had made its next appearance into the room. It had used Bite to try and bring the golden-furred Vulpix down, only to crash headfirst to the floor.

"No where to run…" The voice of Jessie filtered in, as the Team Rocket member stepped into the room with a smirk, her Ekans slithering back in-front of the magenta-haired woman, ready and waiting for its next command.

"And no where to hide…" James spoke next, stepping in-line with his criminal partner. Beside the man hovered his Koffing, who had a small mark where it struck by the golden-furred Kurama.

Naruto gritted his teeth, 'What will it take to get rid of these guys? '

Feeling his frustrations getting the better of him, he took a deep breath, held it in, and then exhaled slowly. As Kurama got ready for another fight, Naruto looked behind him, "Guys, when I say 'Go', I want you to get out of this room as fast as you can, and out of the Centre, understand?"

Ash blinked, surprised by his brother's words, "Wha…? What are you planning Naruto?"

Naruto smirked, "Remember those lessons mum took me to for years?"A look of comprehension came upon Ash's face, "Just do as I say, and get everyone out of here when I say the word."

Jessie and James had clearly heard the blonde-haired trainer's words, their smirks leaving their faces and replaced by contemplation. It was Meowth though that broke their train-of-thought, "Enough talkin'! Surrender your Pokémon now, les' things ge' ugly!" To emphasise on his words, he extended his claws out of his paws and poised ready to pounce.

"Ugly, eh…? Alright then, Kurama Quick Attack, double-time!" Naruto shouted.

Not needing to be told twice, Kurama launched him-self once more towards Team Rocket, his target this time being Meowth.

What surprised everyone though, except for Ash, was when Naruto joined the run, as the teen went straight towards James and Jessie, "Guys, go now!"

Stunned at the actions of the blonde-haired human, Meowth had lowered his guard for just a moment, which Kurama took full advantage. Striking the cat Pokémon, he sent the feline right out the door. Without being told, Kurama changed course towards Ekans, resulting in the same thing happening to the Snake Pokémon. This only left Koffing to the mercy of Kurama once again.

Naruto ran up towards Jessie, who was caught off-guard, as he performed a low sweep kick, making the female Rocket member drop to the floor. Without missing a beat, Naruto moved passed James' feeble attempts of a defence, grabbed the male Rocket member by the arm, tossing the man over his shoulder, and off to the side of the room.

Ash moved to take Pikachu's gurney, while Nurse Joy – having recovered from her stunned stupor – grabbed onto Misty's arm, guiding the orange-haired girl out the room as they followed Ash.

Jessie, having recovered from the unexpected assault, stood to follow, "Hey, get back here!" She was only able to take one step forward before she froze when Naruto stood at the doorway.

"You want to follow them…?" Shifting his weight, Naruto lowered his knees a bit more, his arms spreading apart as he held his left by his side, while his right stayed in-front. He had shifted into a fighting stance, "You'll have to get through me, first."

Kurama had joined in the picture as well; his front crouched to the floor, teeth and fangs bared as he growled at the Rocket Duo, the flames in his throat just itching to be released at the thieves.

Jessie and James shared an uneasy look. This was a first time for them that anyone actually stood to fight, instead of running. Nobody noticed that three specific Pokémon were missing in the picture.

O-O-O -Break- O-O-O

Having escaped Team Rocket by the actions of Naruto, Ash was currently leading Misty and Nurse Joy towards the lobby, where the Pokémon Centre Entrance was at.

Naruto had given them all a chance to escape, and he wasn't about to let that go. He wasn't worried for his brother though. For years, Naruto showed a surprising skill in Martial Arts, something their mother took notice almost immediately, and had Naruto take a Self-Defence class to nurture it. She tried having Ash take the same course, but he wasn't as skilled as his brother was.

Misty, who had yet to release her grip around the now calmed Eevee in her arms, was now running up besides Ash, her face in worry, "Hey Ash, are you sure we should have left Naruto back there?"

"Naruto can handle him-self." Ash reassured her, "Our mum took him to a Self-Defence class some years back. By the time he finished the course last year, he was in the top-five students. He's not an expert or master though, but his teacher said that Naruto was a born naturalist in Martial Arts."

"I hope he'll be okay though." Nurse Joy said. In her arms she carried numerous shrunken Poké Balls, all of which she had gathered when Koffing had destroyed the shelves. "Those two were from an evil organisation called Team Rocket, and they're quite notorious throughout the Kanto Region. I'm just worried he might get hurt because of us." She explained.

"You should be more worried 'bout yourselves, den da' twerp right now!"

Ash had to swerve the gurney to the side, as Meowth, Ekans and Koffing made an appearance just between them and the Centre's Entrance, and effectively blocking them from their escape.

Rising up a clawed paw, Meowth took a step towards the startled group of humans, "Now, han' over your Pokémon; an' nobody gets hurt!"

Misty and Nurse Joy had stopped as soon as the trio of Pokémon appeared, while Ash lost control of the gurney slightly, given that he was running he swerved to the side to avoid the trio of Pokémon, he crashed it against the burnt bicycle of Misty's that had been left there at the Lobby.

As the gurney crashed against the bicycle, the slumbering Pikachu twitched at the sudden noise and shake. A bleary brown eye fluttered open, as Pikachu awoke from his rest, "Pika…?"


The infamous Team Rocket has made an appearance! How will Naruto and the rest handle the situation they now find themselves in? Naruto, having taken matters into his own hands, has stopped Jessie and James from following his little brother and friends. But they are now cornered by the talking Meowth, along with Jessie's Ekans and James' Koffing. How will they get out of this? And what will happen now that Pikachu's finally awakened?

Find out Next Time in Naruto: 'The Aura Shinobi' – "New Starts and Farewells!"


Chapter 5 End


Pokemon Information (Chapter)

Pokemon Name: Chansey

Pokemon Species: Egg Pokemon

Type: Normal

Abilities: Natural Cure and Serene Grace

Hidden Abilities: Healer

Dex Info: A rare and elusive Pokemon that is said to bring happiness to those who manage to get it. They are gentle and kind-hearthed, that shares its nutritious eggs if it sees an injured Pokemon. It walks carefully to prevent its egg from breaking. However, it is extremely fast at running away.

Biography: Despite being rare and elusive, these Pokemon have found a home in the Pokemon Centre's business as the assistant Pokemon partner for Nurse Joy's in multiple Regions/Locations.

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Pokemon Name: Koffing

Pokemon Species: Poison Gas

Type: Poison

Abilities: Levitate

Hidden Abilities:

Dex Info: A Pokemon that is like a thin-skinned balloon filled with highly toxic gas. The poisonous gases they contain are a little bit lighter than air, keeping them slightly airborne. The gases not only smell, but they are also explosive, making this Pokemon prone to exploding without warning.

Biography:

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Pokemon Name: Ekans

Pokemon Species: Snake Pokemon

Type: Poison

Abilities: Intimidate and Shed Skin

Hidden Abilities: Unnerve

Dex Info: A very common sight in grasslands, they slither silently through the grass in search for their favourite food, the eggs of Pidgeys and Spearows. They can freely detach their jaws to swallow large prey whole. An Ekans curls themselves up in a spiral while they rests. This position allows them to quickly respond to an enemy from any direction with a threat from its upraised head.

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