"Professor Oak?" the good Pokemon Researcher winced at his emotionless reply. Good god, barely a child, and it feels like I talking to a hardened man who has faced death. He shook his head to clear his thoughts. It won't be good for him to think like that. He flashed him a smile, gently picking him up, and carrying him of to his research lab.

Feeling uncomfortable, Naruto tried to shift himself, but he found the old mans grip surprisingly strong. He gave him a blank look before looking down at the grassy plain.

"So..." the professor began. "...name?" he continued to walk up the grassy hill, and till the lab was in sight.

"Name..." Naruto thought for a second, determining if he should, or should not give out his name. "...operative 231.' his eyes flickered a little as he said it. He caught the disbelieving stare the old man gave away, but the old man voiced his question.

"A number? You gave me a number?" the old man looked a little pale, but his color returned as he walked up the step to his house. "Well 213. Don't you have a name that friends have called you?" he asked concerned.

"No." replied Naruto emotionless.

The old man looked little a cat got his tongue, and ate it. To simply put, he looked speechless. No friends! How absurd! The professor looked to be in turmoil with himself. "W-what about family?" he asked a little to quickly.

"What family?" the monotone in his voice further made the professor worry. "I've been alone my entire life."

The professor, who was visibly shaken, opened the door, and gently placed the boy down onto the bed. He calmly walked out as if nothing happened, and looked over his shoulder. "Get some sleep..." he flashed him a pained smile. "...you're going to need it too, if you intend to get back to health.

Naruto merely nodded like a robot, and placed his head onto the pillow and turned his back on him. The professor closed the door quietly, and walked down the hall deep in thought.

What's wrong with me?

What's wrong with him?

Why I'm I thinking?

Poor kid, such a tough life. No wonder he's like this. Professor Oak looked back at the door, that occupied the emotionless child, with a frown. He grimaced before walking down his steps to his lab. Gary won't mind if he used his room. He smiled at the thought of his grandchild. He's of doing his own adventure, after all.

I can't sleep. Naruto kept tossing, and turning in the bed. He never slept in a bed before. It's softer than what he slept on. Like a steel futon counts as a bed. He thought with a blank expression. He sighed to himself as he looked up at the ceiling. As far as he can tell the world so far seems peaceful. He closed his eyes a bit and the last thing he saw before he went to sleep were the shining 'stars' in the ceiling.

'Look at me!' Naruto snapped his attention down below, as he watched the two figures argue among each other, even in the darkness.

'Do you know what this is, 'boy'?' he heard one say. Due to the darkness Naruto couldn't understand what the other person response was.

'This Naruto. Is the tree that we call Konoha.' Naruto's eyes widened, if only slightly. He recalled this dream. It's one of his memories in root.

'Do you know why we are called root, 'boy'?"

'No.' was his reply.

'Because, we are the very foundation that protects, and serve Konoha.'

Naruto remembered that day. The day that his master became from emotionless bastard to an emotion filled speech giving bastard of a master.

When he actually respected him.

'We, are the very element that holds the force that is Konoha. We, are the roots used to grow Konoha! We are the soldiers of Konoha.'

"Hey! Uh, 231 how are you?' Naruto opened his eyes to see Professor Oak standing there with a sandwich with orange juice in his hands. Naruto gave him a blank stare as a response. "Well then I thought you were hungry so I brought you some of these." Professor Oak placed the food, and juice on the counter next to the bed, and walked out.

Naruto continued to look at Professor Oak with a blank stare even while he went out the room. So he gave the door a blank stare. Weird, huh? He moved his head to the food on the counter, and gave that a blank stare. He blinked, and grabbed his covers. He threw them away from him, and hopped to his feet. He jumped out the window without opening it, breaking it in the process.

He landed on the grassy field below, and dodged an attack that came from behind. He looked back to see some type of rhino made of rock charging at him with an angry expression. He titled his head like an animal, and continued to look at the creature with confusion.

"What the fuck are you?" Normally he'll remain quiet , but certain situations calls for his voice to be heard. The rock rhino merely huffed, and charged at the blonde once more. Naruto made a shadow clone with out seals, but he found extremely difficult. What's wrong with me. He felt weak all of a sudden. His vision blurred a bit, but he dodged the attacking form of the rock rhino. I can't feel my chakra! I feel something weaker than chakra in my body though. Now that got Naruto worried. His main source of strength. The one thing that made him a monster in combat, his chakra was gone. Replaced by something unknown. Something similar to chakra, but way weaker. All his techniques, the powerful ones, gone. He can't possibly do them now. I should of mastered the techniques like Danzo-sama suggested, but I simply ignored him. I thought that just having it at my disposal was enough, but...what a mistake on my part. Foolish.

Naruto tried to pull out a kunai, but when he reached into his bag. It was empty. No weapons, no chakra, unknown energy, no idea on where he is. It's official. I. Am. Fucked. He deadpanned to himself.

When the rock rhino charged at him again; Naruto jumped onto the air, and grabbed the beast by it's horn. He pulled forward, but found it impossible. He reached into some unknown energy, that he found deep within, and pulled some into his muscles. He pulled again, and lifted the beast up, and tossed him to the other side where he was at. He wiped the sweat from his forehead, and sat down. Completely exhausted. What happened to me? My energy!

The rock rhino landed in the grassy plain with a loud thud. Grass flew up to the sky, followed by a bit of dust. The rock rhino appeared to be knocked out, judging from the swirls in it's eyes. Naruto slowly got up, and walked up to the down rhino. He looked at it for a moment, choosing whether to kill it, or spare. But how can I kill this...thing?

Naruto suddenly snapped his head behind him, and saw Professor Oak standing there, by the door, looking at him with wide eyes, and a gaping mouth. He just gave the professor a blank stare before turning back away. He was prepared to jump until he heard the Professor's voice.

"Wait!" he cried out. He appeared to be desperate, and a little excited, Naruto realized.

Naruto just turned around to look at him with an expressionless face.

"H-How did y-you do that?" the professor topped right in front of the blonde, and grabbed him by hand. He looked at his hand with keen eyes, before Naruto snatched his hand back.

"What are you doing? Naruto's emotionless response sent a shiver through the Professor's spine. No matter how many times I hear him talk...i never get used to it.

The Professor looked at him, before responding. "I mean! You threw that Rhyhorn away! Like...like it was nothing! Do you know how heavy they are?"

"Your point..."

"It weigh's 115kg.!" the professor was slightly shocked at his response. Like it was an every day thing.

"I care...because?"

the Professor just looked at him like he was a prize, a golden opportunity, a ticket to something.

And Naruto doesn't like that look.

The professor smiled at him, and said. "How would you like to be a trainer?"

"Trainer? Sounds stupid." Naruto replied.

"No! You don't understand! You see this Rhyhorn here..." he pointed at the unconscious Rhyhorn. "That is a rock, and ground type Pokemon! A Pokemon that you, Trainers', catch!"

Naruto looked back at the Rhino, and back at the professor with no response.

"You can catch these Pokemon! Train them! Live with them! Hug them! Anything you want! As long as it's nothing nasty(shiver). Don't you see! You can become a Pokemon champion! Even a master!"

Naruto just gave the Professor a blank stare before responding. "And how exactly can I do all of these things just by throwing them." he deadpanned. The Professor was about to respond back when Naruto cut him off. "No. You listed all these things, just by watching me throw a Pokemon? Where is the logic in that." it sounded stupid now that the Professor thought about it.

"Now, listen here. I see great potential in you, and I won't rest until I see it through." Naruto sighed. He realized that the old man won't budge. So he did the next best thing, he disappeared in a burst of speed.

The professor looked at the empty spot with wide eyes, and looked around the grassy plain. "Hey! Where-!" The professor heard a cry for help in his lab, and cursed to himself. He looked around for any signs of the blonde, then back at the lab. Curse my good nature. He thought as he rushed into his lab, not knowing he just lost a legend.

Naruto ran through the trees, until he eventually got tired. He panted and cursed his weak body. I have to train, again! For the fist time in a while Naruto had shown emotions. An angry emotion. He calmed himself remembering the lessons that Danzo-sama had installed into him.

Naruto arrived in a place called Vermillion city. Naruto clutched his stomach a bit, as his stamina reached it's peak. The familiar burn, the burn in his abdomen, hurts. He walked through the city, occasionally glancing at the huge buildings, with no emotions what so ever on his face. He still had his clothes on, and his clothes still had some blood stains. So when he waked around town people turned to look at his limping for, then at his blood stains. Something clicked in their minds. He's injured, or I don't give a fuck.

Something roared through the streets that caught his attention. A technology something, that had one wheel in front and one in the back, made loud notices as it rolled up and stopped in front of him. But what caught his attention was the person in the thing. Judging from his experience. The person is a girl, or woman to be precise, had a blue uniform on, with blue hair as well. She gave him a serious glare before speaking.

"Stop! What are you doing with blood in your clothes? And why are you limping?" Naruto realized she was trying to act tough and professional. But sadly, to him, she failed. Naruto just gave her an expressionless face, and walked right past her. Not bothered at all.

"H-Hey! Where you going? Get back here!" Naruto just kept walking through the busy streets, even if the people stopped to look at the scene the blue person and himself made, without blinking.

"I'm talking to you!" Naruto for some reason got agitated, and turned around to face the blue person. She gave him a stern glare, before huffing. "Finally, do you even know who I am?" Naruto's eyebrow twitched at her loudness, before responding.

"No," he deadpanned, "And I don't care." The blue person shivered at his emotionless response, but sucked it back up. She reinforced her glare, and said, "My name is officer Jenny! And I'll appericiate it, if you'll come back with me to the station."

"For what," came his response, a simply one at that.

"It doesn't matter," she grabbed him by his arm, "now come along now."

Naruto winced a bit at her touch, and pulled back his arm. But as he did, he did a back kick, that connected to her face, that sent her flying down the streets. Crashing into the building across. The people who witnessed the scene panicked and ran. Screaming 'attack! Attack! Murder!'

Naruto just walked calmly through the streets, but when five more of those 'things' came rolling in front of him. With the same person he just kicked, he subconsciously took a step back.

"You are under arrest for assault!" the five Jenny's pulled out a tiny red and white ball that transformed into a bigger version, and they threw it into the air. A red beam of light erupted through the balls, and out came out five red creatures of some sort.

"Growlithe I choose you!" all five Jennys' exclaimed.

Damn annoying bitches. Naruto took a stance, and waved at them, a 'come and get it' one. The Jenny's were so angered at the fact that he kicked one of there sisters that they didn't even realize he wasn't using any Pokemon. I'm going to finish this fast with a technique I just re-learned how to use. Naruto waited until all five Pokemon came rushing at him when he suddenly flew through hand seals. He reached into the unknown energy within, and exclaimed. Wind Style: Great Breakthrough!

A huge gust of wind surrounded the blonde, and slammed each of the Growlithe. They all went flying fast through the place, and slammed into the buildings. Each of them making their own mark. The Jenny's as well as the people who witnessed the exchange stared at the beaten Pokemon with wide eyes than at the person who made it all possible.

Naruto smirked, and disappeared the next moment, leaving the crowd stunned. The Jenny's rushed to their respected Pokemon, and comforted them. They each ran to their downed sister, and looked back at the spot where the blonde was last scene. I have to report this.

A few days later

There's been reports, of a lone man who defeated three pokemon and evaded capture. But get this; he used no pokemon whatsoever! Yeah folks! I know what you mean! How can a guy defeat three pokemon and evade capture without any pokemon, right? Well that's something we all want to know! So if you ever meet this man, or well kid here then ask him yourself! Just don't piss him off. He might beat you like he did to those Growlithe.

Ash blinked. What man beat a pokemon? They must be mistaken. Would they? But that would be awesome if someone could beat a pokemon, then he'll ask that person to train so he could beat a pokemon with his bear – hands!

"Uh, Ash? You're doing that again." Misty said to the ten – year old. Ash snaped out of his thoughts and looked at Misty. He laughed sleepishly, "well, that report about that guy who beat the pokemon without any pokemon made me fantasize."

Brock raised an eyebrow, "I didn't know you went that way Ash?"

Misty and Ash grew confused, "What da' ya' mean?"

Brock laughed to himself. Despite being with Ash for a long time; he forgot that he's still a child so knowing these grown – up things is obvious.

"It's... nothing. Just forget what I said Ash."

Ash's eyes squinted, but decied not to press any further, "O... K... then." He looked at Misty and shrugged. She shrugged as well.

The little – yellow mouse below titled his head to side showing his confusion in the discussion, "Pika?"

That was kind of close. Naruto thought to himself as he eyed one of the pedestrians on the road. I still have little to no information on this strange world. So, first I need some supplies, but, no currency. I may need to steal, or worse, kill for the money.

With an objective in mind, Naruto ran till he stopped in front of the pedestrian. With an icy stare, Naruto demanded, "Give me everything you currently have in your possession and I promise, to let you live."

The pedestrian cocked his head to the side, "You must be a very arrogant little kid to be demanding things from people you hardly know." By now, the Pedestrian barely noticed Naruto's eyes. Filled with such coldness for a ten – year – old that it made him almost cry.

Naruto; however, was no amused in the slightest. Even if his expression didn't change, his aura did.

"I suggest that you give me your possessions, now." Naruto said, almost with no room to argue back.

The pedestrian sighed, "Kid. Listen, I'm in a hurry, OK? So, here," he handed him 10 dollars. "Now, move along." The pedestrian walked past Naruto, while Naruto eyed the money in hand.

Naruto pocketed the money in his pouch and walked right back in front of the pedestrian.

"You gave me no choice, remember that," Naruto said emotionless.

With that said, Naruto rushed a the pedestrian with his right fist forward. Caught of guard, the pedestrian was hit in the face, sending him flying 20 meters back.

The pedestrian, barely conscious, stood up with a shake of his legs and looked at Naruto groggily. He winced, and continued to look as Naruto disappeared.

One, two, three, four, and five hits were made on the pedestrian's body. All the while, the pedestrian thought, how... how is this possible? A ten – year – old? Anger boiled up deep inside the pedestrian, but not at Naruto, no. But more at the way he looked, or more specifically; his eyes. His eyes are that of a war veteran, but for such a child to have that? And for that reason, his anger boiled deep inside. Who the fuck? Made him this way? Uh... fuck. These punches though... arh. I have to help this kid, seriously. Arh – shit! Despite getting beaten like a ragdoll, the pedestrian locked eyes with Naruto and continued to do so, not even once falling unconscious from Naruto's brute strength.

Can't all, unconscious, can't fall unconscious. Shit! Arh! Naruto kicked the guy's face which made him hit a bark in a tree. The body slumped down as Naruto walked upto him. I have to beat this kid to help first though. Then – arh – I'll get medical treatment for my wounds. Shit – I think he broke my rips. Then after that, I'll work on him to find the motherfucker who made him this way. Arh!

The guy, with a bruised eye, looked at Naruto as he pulled his fist back, ready to deliver the finishing blow. However, the guy grabbed a pokeball from his belt and threw it at Naruto. Though, Naruto dodged, a beam appeared right between the guy and Naruto.

Naruto cursed to himself. Damn, he thought. I tried to avoid this, but now, I have to kill him.

The beam disappeared, and it replaced itself with a big dragon looking animal. It had two antennas in it's head with the color yellow – gray around it's body, and gray in the center.

"Get him(cough) Dragonnite – arh." The pokemon dragonnite looked at his trainer and immediately rushed to his side, well, more like stomped. The pokemon nudged at it's trainer and the trainer reassured his pokemon, "It's alright. Just, please, knock this kid out and get us both to the Indigo Plateau. It nodded and looked at Naruto angrily.

It huffed, "RRRRDSGGGG!" Dragonnite unleashed some thunder on Naruto's position but he dodged, just barely.

Naruto though looked at the pokemon emotionless. Even if he won't admit it, he's a little shocked. He thought that all pokemon where weak creatures that were made just to imitate a ninja, but now...

Naruto didn't have much to think about as the Dragonnite unleashed a firebreath on him. He dodged but when he did, thunder followed. The thunder struck him in his leg, and coursed through his body.

Shit, "AAAARRRRHHH!" Naruto screamed as the thunder continued to burn through his flesh. The thunder stopped; allowing him to fall to the ground, gasping for breath. Fuck! This was just to get – arh, I forgot how pain feels. Naruto looked up with dead eyes as Dragonnite's big foot came down. The light in his eyes rolled to the back of his head: rendering him unconscious.

The Dragonnite, now with both it's trainer and Naruto, fly up high and towards the Indigo Plateau.

"Hey Ash!" The short – ill – tempered little kid looked back to see his rival.

"Gary?" Almost in disbelief, Ash rubbed his eyes to see if it was true. "What are you doing here?"

Gary looked at Ash as if he was the most idiotic person in the world, "I have all eight badges you know."

"Oh... right... hehe." Ash scratched the back of his neck, embarrassed at the fact that he forgot about that. He looked at Misty and Brock, who looked at him with a shake of the head.

"Ash, you really need to remember these things," Brock said. He was going to say more until a woman walked past him. "Ohhhh!" he squealed. He lunged at the female and grabbed her by her hand, only for Misty to smack him in the head.

"Come on lover boy."

Ash laughed as Misty carried Brock of, while Gary really thought that Ash is the stupidest kid in the world for hanging out with such idiots.

When Gary was about to brag to Ash, he caught a silhouette hovering above him. He looked up, and to his surprise, "A Dragonnite!"

The caught the attention of Ash, Misty, and Brock, "Where?" Ash demanded. Gary rolled his eyes and pointed up, in the direction where the Dragonnite's at.

"It looks like it looking for a suitable place to land." Brock commented as he observed the dragon pokemon.

"Yeah, now that you mention it, it does." Misty said as she, too, observed Dragonnite.

Ash squinted his eyes, "Well to me, it seems as though it's searching for someone."

Gary looked at Ash from the corner of his eyes, and said, "Fr the first time in my life... I agree with Ash. The only question now is... who."

All four where rewarded an answer when the Dragonnite landed right in front of the pokemon center and stomped inside as fast as possible.

They followed, but they where not the only ones. About everybody there rushed inside only to see two people being handed to Nurse Joy.

Meanwhile, Nurse Joy gasped at seeing the conditions of the trainer and Naruto. She was going to ask what happened but realized that it'll be pointless to try and figure out what the Pokemon is, was going to say.

Ash turned to Gary, who had a look of disbelief.

"Who're they?" he asked Gary since he knows a lot about things.

"It cant be," Ash heard Gary mutter.

"What?" He turned to see Brock staring seriously at the trainer. He turned to see Misty, only to see her confused as he is.

"Who are they?" Ash practically wined.

"Gary turned around with a serious look, and walked out of the Pokemon center.

He turned to Brock, "Do you know who he is?"

"I think so. I've seen him somewhere before but, I'm not sure."

Ash was close to pulling his hair out until a random trainer walked up to them, "You seriously don't know who they are?"

"No," Ash deadpanned.

"That guy, the blond with scorches in his clothes is the infamous "Vermillion Pokemon Beater.""

"Oh, you mean the guy who beat three pokemon, escaped from Vvermillion City?" Brock asked.

The trainer nodded, "Now the other guy with the bruises and the half – dead appearance is the leader of the Elite Four. One of the best trainers in the world. The Dragon Tamer, Lance."

"Lance?" Ash asked, while Brock and Misty's eyes bulged.

"Yeah, but for him and the infamous guy to be, something must of happen. Maybe a battle. But I don't care." The trainer said as he lightly patted Ash in the back.

Unaware of what the trainer did, all three continued to look at the two who where being carried away to the back.