Author's Note: Hey guys, thanks for your patience and here is the next chapter. Also, I would like to say that I will take Thursdays and Saturdays off so don't expect any new chapters those days.
Enjoy!
Disclamier: I don't own Pokemon or Naruto
Chapter 3: Bets and The Calm Mankey
Naruto looked around Virdian City and saw that there weren't too many buildings, so he sighed in relief as he didn't feel like dealing with getting lost in a new city.
Looking down towards his belt, he saw his 3 pokeballs safely secured on. He decided to take them to the Pokemon Center because, even though his aura can heal them, it was better to get healed somewhere with people who are trained professionals to take care of pokemon.
With that thought in mind, Naruto proceeded to the Pokemon Center.
As he walked, Naruto could see that, even if there weren't many people, the people of the city was genuinely happy and enjoyed living here with there families and pokemon, which brought a smile to his face.
Thinking about how happy they were, Naruto thought about his own life right now.
Ever since he got Madara from Professor Sarutobi's lab, he's been slowly breaking out of his shell built over the years and was now more like his old self, cheerful and sociable. He was also more relaxed and didn't tense as much as he used to around strangers.
He smiled to himself as he thanked his pokemon for changing him back the way he used to be.
Speaking of pokemon, along with getting stronger the past 2 days with his pokemon, Naruto grew a stronger bond with each one of his pokemon.
Reto, who used to be incredibly aggressive and arrogant, after he evolved wasn't arrogant anymore when Madara beat his ass so many times, but was instead confident in his skills gained from training and was less aggressive than he used to be due to the evolution as it caused him to rationalize things more clearly now. His relationship with Naruto was like a bodyguard and his Master as he was thankful for Naruto's training that got him this strong in such little time and would be protective of him due to it.
Naruto sweat dropped as he remembered when Reto picked up a rock and launched it away from them with a medium powered Gust when he tripped over it.
Kushina made Naruto always be incredibly happy as she was always able to make him smile when he would have his moments of sadness from time to time when he thought about his parents. She would do things that ranged from flying near him and doing flips in her cute little way to using Psychic to make Reto fly over to Madara causing a fight.
He chuckled to himself as he remembered a time when Kushina accidentally disturbed a group of sleeping Weedles and was frantically running around while she was chased by them.
Though she was still playful and cheerful, Kushina was incredibly smart for a pokemon that hatched 2 days ago and would know when to get serious and not goof around, but despite all that, she still calls him daddy no matter what. Their relationship overall was a father and daughter type of relationship.
Finally, his relationship with Madara has grown even closer as they would spend the time at night just sitting by a fire while Reto and Kushina slept as they talked about random topics. Madara, due to his draconic nature, was a bit arrogant and would get a big head sometime, but to those who knew him, he was protective, kind and would do anything to protect his friends. Their relationship was like older brother and younger sibling, but on rare occasions, was like father and son.
Overall, without Reto, Kushina and Madara in his lives, Naruto wouldn't know where he would be right now.
Naruto blinked in surprised as he was already at the front of the Pokemon Center. He shook his head in disbelief at how long he was deep in thought.
He walked right to the counter as soon as he entered.
There he saw a pink haired woman with a typical poke on nursing outfit.
This was Nurse Joy.
Naruto knew that in every Pokemon Center, there was a Nurse Joy everywhere as they were all relatives in some way and looked similar, if not, all alike to one another.
Nurse Joy smiled at Naruto and said,
"Hello, Welcome to the Pokemon Center. How can I help you today?"
Naruto smiled back in response and removed his 3 pokeballs from his belt. He then held it out to Nurse Joy and said,
"I'm just here to get my pokemon healed as we spent the last 2 days training."
Nurse Joy took the pokeballs from his hands and put it in a tray where it was taken by the Pokemon Center's complementary Chansey to another area. She turned back to Naruto and said,
"It will take a couple of minutes so you can look around the lounge while you wait and pick them up when we call for you on the intercom."
Naruto thanked her and left as he looked for the lunch area.
When he found it, his eyes shined as he saw the assortments of food on display. His mouth started to water as he smelled things from french fries to hamburgers and to things like chicken.
Naruto rubbed his mouth with his left arm and immediately went to the food line.
If there was one thing he missed while training, it would be all the junk food that was served at cities and towns. Although, Naruto doesn't eat junk food occasionally as he wants to stay fit and would spend 1 day a month on a junk food eating marathon before he went back to eating healthy.
After he got his food, Naruto went to an unoccupied table and started to eat. Everyone in the whole area looked bugged eye at Naruto's table for one reason.
There, on Naruto's table, was a HUMONGOUS number of plates filled with different types of food and covered the whole entire table as well as the unoccupied chairs near him, but the thing that shocked everyone was that Naruto was already half way through the whole entire meal and looked like he wasn't going to stop.
Also, Naruto has a high metabolism that he acquired over the years of training in Aura, which caused him to be able to eat so much, but the best thing about his metabolism is that it would break down the junk food he congested to only get the good things for his body like protein and would make the other things go to waste.
The downside about this is that the breaking down of the food isn't perfect as it would 70% wouldn't do it's job of breaking down the food, which would cause a negative effect on his body.
Naruto sighed in contempt as he rubbed his slightly bloated belly with his right hand. He burped and said,
"That was some good lunch!"
This caused everyone still watching to face fault and think.
"That's what he calls a lunch?! What the hell is dinner then?!"
Everyone just shook their head in disbelief as they went on their way.
Naruto tilted his head in confusion as he saw everyone disperse with flabbergasted expressions on their face.
He scratched his head with his left hand and said,
"What's wrong with them?"
Naruto just shrugged it off and got up as he stretched.
As soon as he was done, he slammed his left fist into his right hand with a smirk on his face.
"Might as well train while I wait."
With that, Naruto left the food court and looked around the Pokemon Center until his eyes caught onto something.
Running Track.
Smirk widening, Naruto headed towards the Track.
In the Running Track (Few Minutes Ago)
Two teenagers who looked around 14 years old, one boy and one girl, were currently breathing slightly out of breath as they stood near the stands, where people could watch, with water bottles in their hands.
The boy was standing at a height of 5'5 and had black smooth hair with brown eyes. He was currently wearing blue shorts, blue sneakers, and a white T-shirt.
The girl was standing at a height of 5'3 and had long brown hair with green eyes. She was currently wearing white sneakers, blue shorts that were above the knees, and a pink tank top.
The boy took a gulp from the water bottle in his left hand and sighed as he smirked and asked,
"So, Victoria, what's the score now?"
The girl, now know as Victoria, scowled and grudgingly replied,
"5-3"
The boy's smirk grew as he puffed his chest in arrogance.
"That's right. I'm the man."
Victoria scowl deepened further and yelled,
"Shut up, Maxwell! You only one that last race because you cheated saying that my shoes were untied."
The boy, now identified as Maxwell, shrugged and said,
"Well, that's not my fault. It's your own for being so gullible."
Victoria grew redder and redder as he continued on how she was so 'gullible' and her anger got the best of her before she yelled,
"OH YEAH?! IF YOU'RE SO GREAT, THEN LET'S HAVE A BET!"
Maxwell, slightly interested, replied,
"Oh? Ok, let's say I do agree to this 'bet', what would be the prizes?"
Victoria, still angry, didn't even to think about the consequences.
"I'll do whatever you want if you win, but if I win, you have do whatever I want."
Maxwell, incredibly confident in his skills, smirked and said,
"Then its a deal."
Maxwell and Victoria shook hands and they both looked towards the door, both with confident smirks on their face.
As soon as the door opened and the person entered the track, Victoria grew pale while Maxwell's smirk grew bigger.
The one who entered was a spiky sun-kissed haired boy who was at a height of 5'1 with bright blue eyes and three whisker marks on each cheek, which reminded both of them of a fox. The boy was also wearing black sneakers, black pants, and a crimson red shirt with a black backpack that had crimson flames eating the bottom of it.
The boy looked around in curiosity before his eyes landed on them.
Maxwell, seeing that his attention was to them, immediately called him over. As he came over curiously, Victoria dropped her head in acceptance of her enviable defeat.
Or so she thought.
Once the boy was in front of them, Maxwell held out his hands as he gave a charming (Yeah Right) smile.
"Hi there. My names Maxwell Connors while this girl," he motioned towards Victoria who gave a weak smile, "is Victoria Sanchez. We were wondering if you could help us settle a dispute by having a race with me. So what do you say?"
The blonde boy quirked an eyebrow before he asked,
"Well, what do I get out of this?"
Maxwell and Victoria looked at each other and blinked owlishly as they never thought this far before Victoria remembered a rumor she heard.
"Well, if you win against Maxwell, I'll tell you a rumor that I've heard around here that I think will interest you greatly."
The boy 'hmmed' in response before he nodded.
"Ok, I accept this proposal. Just let me change into something more comfortable."
They nodded and watched as he headed towards the locker room to change before Victoria realized something.
"Wait, what's your name?"
The boy turned his head to the slightly to the right to face them before he smirked that caused her to blush slightly as his face, despite being so young, was really handsome.
"My names Naruto."
He then walked to the locker room, leaving a slightly blushing Victoria and a fuming Maxwell.
With Naruto
Naruto couldn't believe how he got involved into someone else's problem so quickly, but he did find the situation amusing as he could predict that they made a bet of some kind and it involved him in some way.
He decided to go with it as he had nothing better to do.
Once he reached a free locker, Naruto opened it up and stored his backpack inside of it after he got some training clothes.
He then took off his clothes and switched into black running shoes with a crimson red lightning bolt design on the side, black shorts, and a crimson red tank top which showed his impressive developing arms and showed an outline of a 6-pack forming.
He then placed his clothes he had on into the locker and placed his own personal lock to make sure no one can hack into it as it required his Aura and Psychic energy to unlock it along with the code.
He left the locker room as he wondered what the rumor they were talking about was.
With Maxwell and Victoria
Maxwell and Victoria were sitting on the bleachers as they waited for Naruto to finish. Maxwell, after he stopped fuming, turned to Victoria, who looked worried, with a smirk and asked,
"So are you still confident that you'll win the bet?"
Victoria, not wanting to show her nervousness, brought her head up.
"Of course I am. I'm just worried how you'll react when you lose to a kid."
Maxwell just 'hmphed' and, just as he was about to make snide remark, Naruto was seen entering from the locker room.
When they saw his attire, Maxwell fumed as he thought how a 'kid' could have a body like that while Victoria was blushing up a storm before it cooled down as she reminded herself that he was a kid.
"Although, in a few years, I doubt he'll be such a 'kid' then…No! Stop! Stop! Come on, Victoria! Keep your head in the game."
Naruto, when he was in front of them, asked,
"Well, are we going to race or what?"
This shook them out of their thoughts as Maxwell and Naruto went to the starting line.
The whole track, when running 1 whole lap, would equal to 1 mile so you can pretty much picture how big it is.
Victoria stood in front of them with a white flag in her left hand as she stood to the side. She held it up to the sky and said,
"First to complete one whole lap will win. Ready," they both raise their backs, "Get set," they step into the ground a little harder, "GO!"
She dropped her arms down along with the flag and they instantly ran off.
A quarter of the way through, they were both still even, but Maxwell was breathing slightly heavier whole Naruto was breathing perfectly fine.
Maxwell turned his head slightly to Naruto in disbelief.
"Is this kid even human? There is no way he can still be breathing perfectly."
Naruto sighed mentally in his head as he could feel the stare from Maxwell.
"Might as well get this over with so I can be done and hear about this rumor."
When they were halfway through the lap, Naruto suddenly increased his speed and was already 3/4th of the way to the finish line while Maxwell was left in the dust bugged eye.
Naruto then crossed the finish line signaling his win and waited a couple of minutes for Maxwell to catch up.
Once he caught his breath, Naruto turned to them and said,
"Looks like I win so you have to tell me the rumor."
Victoria nodded happily as she won the bet and said,
"Well, I heard from several people that around Route 22, you will find a Mankey that, unlike the rest of its species, is scary calm and can control his anger to enhance it's strength and speed."
Naruto, once he heard this, instantly grew interested.
"Well, looks like I have something to do."
"Will Naruto Uzumaki Namikaze please come to the front to pick up your pokemon."
Naruto blinked a little bit before he registered the announcement.
"Just in time. Well I guess this is goodbye."
With that, he waved bye to them and left to the locker room to pick up his stuff and change, elating behind a evil smiling Victoria towering over an incredibly terrified Maxwell.
The last thing he heard before he left was
"HAVE MERCY!"
At the front desk
Naruto smiled as he was given his pokeballs from Nurse Joy. He sent them a message through Telepathy.
"It's great to have you guys back."
They replied almost instantly.
"It's great to be back, Master/Naruto/Daddy!"
He thanked Nurse Joy and left the Pokemon Center.
Once outside, Naruto turned and headed for Route 22.
On the way, he had a Telepathic conversation with his team.
"So what's it like being healed in the Pokemon Center guys?"
They each told their own story of how each was treated. Madara said that he was given a massage on his stiff muscles in his wings and was put into a chamber where he could sleep. Reto described how they fed him different types of pokemon food and how they let him relax in the trees behind the Pokemon Center. Kushina's story was the most interesting as she described how they took her to a room full of toys and how she used Psychic to make the toys come to life and she played the evil princess that killed all the dragons as she ruled the world, which caused Naruto to give nervous chuckle.
He was glad that he explained before hand that he had a MEW, but when they looked skeptically at him, he showed them his pokedex and they were shocked, but promised to keep it a secret as it was trainer confidentiality.
He thanked whatever god was watching him for their secrecy.
Before he realized it, he reached Route 22 in record time. Naruto looked around the area, but didn't see anything special, just some trees and a few bushes. Then suddenly he heard something.
Naruto listened closely and he heard something that sounded a little bit like
growls?
He was confused until he heard how numerous growls there were and his eyes widened before they narrowed in suspicion.
"Sounds like someone or something is in trouble. Better check it out."
Naruto walked cautiously closer to the sound until he hid behind a tree as he saw the scene before him.
A bipedal Pokémon with a round body covered in whitish, shaggy fur. Its nose is similar to a pig's snout, and it has red eyes and triangular ears with brown insides. It's hands, two-toed feet, and the tip of its curved, prehensile tail is brown.
It was shown surrounded by quadruped, canine Pokémon. It has orange fur with black stripes along its back and legs. The fur on its muzzle, chest, belly, and tail is cream-colored, as well as an additional tuft of fur on top of its head. It's coat is noticeably longer on its chest and tail. It has gray eyes, a black nose, and large, round ears. Its forepaws have two visible claws, while its hind paws have three toes each. Each paw has a brown pad.
This pokemon were Mankey and Growlithe.
Currently, there were 5 Growlithe that looked very aggressive surrounding the Mankey, but Naruto noticed how calm the Mankey was and instantly knew this was the rumored Mankey people were talking about.
The Growlithe barked and jumped the Mankey at the same time.
Just as Naruto was about to jump in to help him, the Mankey showed how much it didn't need his help.
When the 5 Growlithe were all around the Mankey, the Mankey easily jumped in the air, causing the Growlithe to hit each other in the collision as they whimpered in pain, but it didn't stop there.
The Mankey, when it was above them, slammed it's feet down slamming their heads down even more. It the backflipped as it calmly watched the Growlithe slowly get up.
The Growlithe growled in anger at being damaged and fired several blasts of Embers at the Mankey.
With impressive flexibility, the Mankey easily weaved through the embers as it ran to them and struck all of the with a spiral Low Kick.
The Growlithe instantly fell to the ground and the Mankey hit each of them with a Karate Chop to the face, causing their whimpers to increase in occurrence.
When the Mankey gave a threatening Leer, the Growlithe's instantly ran away.
Naruto was highly impressed with the Mankey and knew that he had to have this Mankey as it's pokemon.
The Mankey, impressing Naruto even further, looked towards the tree he was hiding behind and said,
"(I know you are there. Come on out, if you don't want to be hurt.)"
"Looks like Mankey has some connection to Aura as he could sense me easily. Interesting."
Naruto came out of hiding with his hands up in the air and looked across the field as the Mankey merely observed him before it asked,
"(Who are you and what is your reason of coming here?)"
Naruto, sensing some hostility in it's voice, immediately answered.
"My name is Naruto Uzumaki Namikaze and I came here because of some rumors that I heard about you and I can see that they are true."
The Mankey gained interest in it's eyes.
"(What's this? A human can understand me? How interesting.)"
Naruto, seeing the curiosity in it's eyes, explained how he was able to understand it.
"The reason I can understand you is because I am an Aura Guardian."
The Mankey's eyes shined with recognition.
"(Ah, I have heard about you. Humans with the power of Aura like a Lucario who is said to be able to fight evenly with a pokemon.)"
Naruto nodded confirming his statement.
"That is correct. My parents were Aura Guardians themselves, which caused their powers to transfer to me where it is much stronger as I have more Aura than both combined."
The Mankey looked impressed with his comment before he questioned him.
"(So why would an Aura Guardian such as yourself bother to search and confirm about this rumor about me, a measly Mankey)"
Naruto chuckled at what it said.
"I doubt a measly Mankey could deal with 5 Growlithe at the same time and with such ease."
The Mankey, surprisingly, chuckled as well.
"(I suppose you are correct at that statement, but what do you hope to achieve now that you have confirmed the rumor is true?)"
Naruto seemed to think of a way to word his answer before he snapped his left fingers as an idea came to his mind.
"Well, I hoped you join my team as you are one of the most interesting Mankey I have ever encountered and to make it more interesting, how about we fight, you and me, a one vs one match and if you win, you get to get all the food in my backpack and if I win, you join my team."
The Mankey thought about it.
This was the first time it ever encountered an Aura Guardian and it's heard so many rumors how Aura Guardians were said be strong as Legendaries if they were a master.
Easily coming to a decision, the Mankey nodded in acceptance to the challenge.
Naruto grew and excited smile as he cheered.
Both stood face to face in the center of the field before Naruto grabbed a pebble.
He then threw it up in the air before he got back into a fighting stance at the same time as Mankey.
Once the pebble hit the ground, all hell was loose.
They charged at one another with incredibly fast punches at one another, but they both kept dodging each others punch.
Seeing that nothing was happening, they started to add kicks into the fight, but yet again, was ineffective as they were blocked.
Naruto, not seeing a rock nearby, tripped over it, causing him to lose his composure.
"Shit! This is going to hurt."
The Mankey, seeing him falter, smirked before it struck him in the face with a left kick and bounced on its right foot to get above Naruto with a flip. It's fist glowed white as it struck Naruto on his head again with a Brick Break slamming him to the ground with a massive explosion of dust covering the field as it landed.
Mankey looked at the field with narrow eyes as the field cleared. It's eyes widened when he saw that Naruto was gone. Looking around, it didn't see Naruto anywhere causing it to think.
"(If he's not in front of me, left of me, right of me, or above then…)"
It's eyes widened even further before it looked down, but it was too late.
Naruto broke out of the ground under Mankey with his left fist striking it under it's chin and, as it was falling, Naruto charged a blue sphere in his right hand.
"It was fun while it lasted, but its time to join the team!"
Naruto then struck Mankey with the sphere as he yelled,
"Aura Sphere!"
The attack rocketed Mankey to a tree as it formed an indention and fainted.
Naruto was slightly out of breath as he used some of his energy in that fight. Naruto then stood up straight as he walked over to his backpack, that he left on the ground during the fight, and got a pokeball.
He threw it at the Mankey and it instantly sucked it up before it shook a couple of seconds. It then dinged in succession.
He smiled widely and grabbed the pokeball as he thrusted it in the air.
"I CAUGHT A MANKEY!"
He looked at it and thought,
"Welcome to the Team…Ippo"
Naruto Uzumaki Namikaze considered level:80
Madara(Charizard) Level 65
Abilities: Blaze, Solar-Power, Sharingan (Can read and predict targets move as long as he's faster)
Attacks:Scratch, Growl, Ember, Smokescreen, Dragon Claw, Flare Blitz, Shadow Claw, Dragon Rage, Scary Face, Fire Fang, Wing Attack, Slash, Flamethrower, Fire Spin, Inferno
Reto (Pidgeotto) Level 40
Abilities:Keen-Eye, Tangled-Feet, Big-Pecks
Attacks: Gust, Sand Attack, Quick Attack, Whirlwind, Twister, Feather Dance, Agility, Wing Attack
Kushina (Mew) Level 40
Abilities:Synchronize
Attacks:Pound, Transform, Relfect Type, Mega Punch, Metronome, Pyschic, Thunderbolt, Earthquake, Toxic, Fire Blast, Shadow Ball, Hail, Hydro Pump, Aerial Ace, Dragon Claw, Dark Pulse
Ippo (Mankey) Level 25
Abilities:Vital Spirit, Anger-Point, Defiant
Attacks:Scratch, Leer, Low Kick, Focus Energy, Covet, Fury Swipes, Karate Chop, Seismic Toss, Screech, Assurance