Author's Note: Hey guys, sorry about the late update. It's just that I reread my story and when I got up to working on this chapter, I had a lot of trouble at what to do so it's pretty short, which I apologize for. If you think this chapter is bad, I'm realy sorry, I tried my best. I don't really have the same energy as I did when writing this the first time, but I'm trying to get back that same passion I had. So with that,
Enjoy!
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Chapter 14: First Gym Battle, Part 2!
Naruto stood with his arms crossed, a serious expression on his face, with a slightly wounded and out of breath but determined Ippo in front of him, staring at Brock, wondering what pokemon is next.
Brock, who was barely reaching his left hand into his pocket to get his last pokemon, felt someone staring at him.
Looking up, he saw Naruto's serious expression and the determined fire within the recently evolved Primeape.
He smirked to himself in amusement.
"Even after getting a win, he never let's his guard down for a second and is prepared for any situation. I knew Naruto was an interesting person and not just because of who his parents are. Well, I better not keep him waiting."
Brock looked away from Naruto for a second and reached his left hand fully into his pocket, grabbing the desired object.
Pulling his hand out with a pokeball in his grip, Brock held it up close to his face while smirking right at Naruto.
"Like I said before, Naruto. You are going to face my strongest pokemon. You should be careful about the moves you make from now on as one mistake can lead to your loss."
Naruto just stared into his eyes and smirked back, as if saying 'I accept your challenge."
"That sounds great to me, Brock. Also, thanks for the advice, but I won't be needing it."
Brock's eyebrows rose in curiosity and amusement, staring at Naruto with his smirk changing into a equally amused smile.
"Why is that, Naruto?"
Naruto's smirk just got bigger.
"I always take anything related to pokemon seriously and this is my first gym battle so I won't be making any type of mistake from here on out."
Meanwhile by the stands, Cynthia watched the interactions between the two with a small smile on her face, as most of her attention was on Naruto.
"He just keeps getting more and more interesting. I guess my grandma's words of Naruto being something great doesn't seem as farfetched now that I witnessed what he can do first hand."
Brock smiled at Naruto's reply.
"Those are very bold words. If I hadn't seen what you could do, I would think you were very arrogant and cocky."
Naruto chuckled at those words, thinking about a certain duck-assed haired boy.
Brock's face grew stern and he brought back his arm.
"I think it's finally time to reveal to you my strongest pokemon in my whole team."
He threw his arm forward, causing the pokeball within his hand to fly out and land on the ground, opening as a white light covered the area.
"Go Rhydon!"
When the light cleared, a large, gray, bipedal Pokémon with features of both dinosaurs and rhinoceroses was shown. It has a cream-colored, drill-like horn on its snout, a spike curving forward from the middle of its head, two triangular points resembling ears to the sides of the spike, a wide, wavy crest under the ears, and spiky ridges on its cheeks. It has red eyes and two fangs protruding from its upper jaw. It has a cream-colored stomach and a row of spikes down its back and has a long tail with skinny black stripes.
Rhydon gave out a roar and stared down at Ippo, who only stared calmly back into it's eyes, but if one looked closely they would see some sweat start to form at his forehead.
Naruto's and Cynthia's eyes widened at the sight, not expecting a large pokemon like Rhydon to appear on the field, before Naruto's pokedex made some noises.
Taking it out of his right pocket, Naruto aimed it at Rhydon and read it's stats.
*BEEP*
Rhydon, the Drill Pokemon. It begins walking on it's hind legs after evolution. It can punch holes through boulders with its horn. This Rhydon is Male and Level 47. Rhydon knows the moves Stomp, Horn Attack, Fury Attack, Horn Drill, Tail Whip, Megahorn, Scary Face, Rock Blast, Bulldoze, Chip Away, Take Down, Hammer Arm, and Drill Run.
Naruto was slightly fearful for Ippo when he heard at the stats of Rhydon from his pokedex, but was eased of his worries by said monkey pokemon, who turned to him and gave him an encouraging smile and a message through their link.
"(It's okay if I lose Naruto. You still have the others to rely on as well. Let's at least damage him a couple notches and let one of the others finish this so we can win our first badge.)"
Naruto stared at Ippo and, seeing no hesitation and only determination to at least deal some damage to the Drill pokemon, returned his smile.
"Okay. Let's do this, Ippo! I know you won't let me down!"
The others also gave their own words of encouragement to Ippo.
"(I know you won't let Master and us down, Ippo, so do some real damage to that Rhydon so I can quickly finish it up with my flames.)"
"(Naruto's totally right! You would never let any of us down so I know you'll be able to kick some major ass and, unlike what Madara says, I'll be the one who swoops in and finish things off!)"
"(What Daddy said! You can do it! Even if you can't beat him, you don't have to worry because I, the great and powerful, not to mention beautiful, Kushina, shall be the one to finish things off!)"
"(Despite not knowing you as long as the others, I believe you are able to accomplish this goal set for you by Naruto.)"
After they encouraged Ippo through their link, Madara, Reto, and Kushina started to argue about who was going to finish Rhydon off while Suzumebachi sighed in annoyance.
Naruto and Ippo sweat dropped internally at their antics, but nonetheless, Ippo was thankful or their words and replied with a smirk and bumping his fists together, nodding to his trainer before turning back around.
Cynthia looked confused at Naruto's facial expressions as they changed along with his Primeape's expression, wondering what was going on until she felt something really familiar to her.
"Is that aura? Is he communicating through aura?!"
Despite not being an Aura Guardian, Cynthia had some knowledge on Aura, knowing that every living thing in the world has it, and was also someone born with the ability to sense aura. Although, her sensing abilities are very low considering she didn't really try to train in this ability, but nonetheless, was impressive for someone who wasn't an Aura Guardian.
She decided to ponder about it later, but she was determined to ask Naruto about it when he was done with his gym battle.
Brock, seeing that the silent conversation between Naruto was done, gave the referee the signal to start.
The referee raised both flags in the air.
"Let the second battle between Primeape and Rhydon…"
He dropped the flags down.
"BEGIN!"
Ippo VS Rhydon
Both trainer and gym leader were quick to give orders.
"Ippo, use Dig!"
"Rhydon, use Drill Run!"
Ippo's hands gained a whitish brown color before he started to ferociously dig the ground under him as he disappeared under the floor just as Rhydon's rotating body flew over the hole Ippo just created.
Naruto grinned, seeing that his plan worked perfectly and relayed another order to Ippo through their link.
"Ippo, great job! Now, I want you to use Focus Energy and when I give you the signal, I want you to come back up out of the ground near Rhydon and grab him as you burst out of the ground, where you will then use Seismic Toss to hopefully deal some damage."
"(Alright!)"
Brock frowned slightly at not hitting Ippo, but that didn't deter him that much.
"Rhydon, use your Bulldoze attack to damage Primeape whose under ground!"
Naruto grin grew bigger at hearing Brock's command and yelled out,
"NOW!"
Just as Rhydon lifted it's foot off the ground, it was taken by surprise, causing it to lose it's balance, when Ippo bursted right in front of it and grabbed it by it's left arm as Ippo and Rhydon flew up into the air.
While in the air, Ippo's arms bulged as they turned slightly red and using as much strength as he could, threw the Rhydon back towards the floor at surprising speeds.
Rhydon slammed into the floor with a roar of pain while Ippo landed on the floor perfectly, but due to his body not being at full strength, fell to one knee.
As this took place, the referee, Brock, and Cynthia watched in shock at how fast and powerful Ippo was in his current state as he launched Rhydon to the floor.
"Incredible. So this is the power of a champion and top coordinator's son."
"How could his Primeape be that fast and strong in his current state?! That chances of that happening should be close to impossible!"
"What kind of training does he do with his pokemon to get them as strong as this? I don't even think my pokemon can be this strong in Primeape's state."
Naruto felt amused and satisfied with their reactions before he complimented his pokemon.
"That was perfect, Ippo! I knew you could do it!"
Ippo turned his head to his trainer, giving him a thumbs up, before turning his head back.
Naruto's shout brought all of them out of their shocked state and Brock, seeing the Rhydon was getting up, gave another command.
"Rhydon use Scary Face and follow up with Rock Blast!"
Before Naruto or Ippo could even react, Rhydon's face gained a black aura and it's red eyes glowed brighter as it stared into Ippo's eyes.
Due to it's injury from the fall, Rhydon's face was bruised and cut with some blood falling from it's head, enhancing the already terrifying look.
Ippo flinched and took a step back, but due to his injuries and fear, his legs were shaking so he tripped a little in taking that step.
Rhydon brought it's arms up and his hands closed together before a brown aura formed within them.
Naruto grew fearful for Ippo and quickly shouted out,
"Ippo, get out of there, quick!"
Ippo tried to follow his trainer's command, but due to the Scary Face from before and his injuries, his legs wouldn't listen to him.
The brown aura within Rhydon's hands seemed to darken and a rock bursted from the aura before another came out then another and another.
This happened for a total of 5 times, causing 5 medium sized rocks to slam into Ippo, who recoiled back for every hit he took.
After the 5th rock slammed into him, Ippo was down on his knees.
"Ippo!"
Cynthia stared sympathetically at Ippo as she thought,
"I can't imagine what it's like being struck by those rocks after already being injured from a previous battle."
Brock looked sadly at causing pokemon so much pain before his face grew stern and advised Naruto,
"Your pokemon is severely injured. Return it to it's pokeball so it can rest."
Naruto looked up at Brock and agreed with his words, so he grabbed Ippo's pokeball from his belt to return him until he saw something that shocked him as well as everyone else.
Ippo was seen standing with his head and arms down, but his whole body was surrounded by a red aura with steam coming off of him.
A couple seconds later, Ippo brought his head back up, showing his eyes were narrowed and let out a deep shriek.
That's when Naruto remembered Ippo's abilities.
"How could I forget? Ippo has the abilities Anger-Point and Defiant! When Brock had his Rhydon use Scary Face, Ippo's Defiant ability must have activated and then his Anger-Point must've activated at being hit by that last Rock Blast attack."
Everyone must've reached the same conclusion as him because their eyes widened.
Despite the sudden advantage he gained, Naruto was still worried that Ippo was too damaged to continue.
"Ippo, are you alright? Do you want to take a rest? I know you went through a lot and-"
Before he could even finish, Ippo shook his head no, vehemently.
"(I am not ready to rest just yet, Naruto. I can feel how close we are at beating this Rhydon so please allow me to finish this.)"
Naruto felt conflicted at what to do until his other pokemon spoke up as well.
"(Master, if Ippo wants to continue, you should let him. This is probably the first time Ippo's really asked for something.)"
"(Naruto, as much as I hate to say this, I agree with the wanna be dragon. You should let Ippo do what he wants.)"
"(Daddy, I know you're worried about Ippo, but don't be. You already know that Ippo is capable of holding his own.)"
"(I agree with the others, Naruto. I have interacted and talked with Ippo and can say without a doubt that he knows what he can and cannot do.)"
Their words made him come to a decision.
Naruto sighed before he smirked.
"Let's finish this, Ippo."
Brock heard his words and quickly told Rhydon.
"Rhydon, before he has time to react, use Hammer Arm!"
Brock would later regret his decision as Ippo gained a smirk similar to his trainer.
"Ippo, jump over Rhydon's Hammer Arm and while your in mid-air, use Screech. After that, use Karate Chop on Rhydon's legs and end it with Assurance!"
Ippo, with his strength from his abilities, easily front flipped over the arm surrounded by a reddish-brown aura and let out a big high pitched shriek that made everyone, besides Naruto who was using his aura to block out the sound, to cover their ears in pain.
None had it worse than Rhydon who was the closest to Ippo as it thrashed around in pain, covering it's ears with it's hands.
Ippo's hands glowed a similar reddish-brown aura of Rhydon's Hammer Arm attack and struck Rhydon's legs, causing it to fall to it's knees.
Ippo's right hand was then surrounded by familiar black aura that had a slight red tint to it, due to his abilities enhancing his strength, and punched Rhydon in the middle of it's stomach.
Rhydon coughed and Ippo stepped to the side, letting Rhydon fall to the ground face first.
Ippo brought his arms up and Naruto grinned.
"We did it!"
Cynthia smiled as she watched Naruto rush over to Ippo to give him a hug.
"He really is an amazing trainer. His pokemon must be really happy to be with him."
Despite his loss, Brock smiled at the scene of Naruto hugging his pokemon.
"I knew that he was going to win when he first stepped inside so I'm not really surprised about that, but I am really surprised at how incredibly strong he already is. If this is only the beginning for him, then what will he be like in the future?"
Brock shivered and felt sorry for Naruto's future opponents.
Brock shook his head and looked towards the referee, who noticed him.
The referee brought up his green flag and said,
"Rhydon is unable to battle. The winner is-"
He never got to finish as Rhydon suddenly stood up.
No one was expecting this and wondered how that was even possible.
Worried for his pokemon's health, Brock approached Rhydon.
When he was near him, Brock slowly reached out to touch him while saying,
"Hey Rhydon, are you okay, buddy? I don't think you should continue. You're still-"
Just as Brock's hand came in contact with Rhydon, Rhydon lashed out with his left arm, punching Brock right in the stomach and causing him to be sent a few feet away, where he landed on the ground holding his stomach in pain.
"BROCK!"
Naruto quickly returned Ippo, not want him to be injured anymore, and rushed over to Brock. He placed his left hand on Brock's stomach and his hand glowed blue as he charged his Aura, relieving some of Brock's pain.
Naruto knew that it would only relieve Brock's pain for a while so he looked up at the terrified referee and yelled,
"Contact Officer Jenny and Nurse Joy! Hurry!"
The referee broke out of his stupor and quickly rushed to do as he was asked.
Naruto cursed at not being able to prevent Brock from being hurt, but was soon stopped by Brock who grabbed his left hand with his right hand.
Naruto looked down at Brock and Brock said,
"Please, Naruto. Help Rhydon. I don't know why he's like this, but please help him."
Naruto looked straight into Brock's eyes and saw nothing but worry for his pokemon so Naruto nodded.
"Or course. Don't worry, Brock. You're pokemon will be safe and sound after this. Just rest until Nurse Joy gets here."
Brock nodded to his words slowly and close his eyes to rest like Naruto said.
Naruto placed Brock gently on the floor and stood back up. He then turned around to look at Rhydon, who was surrounded by a black, purple, and red aura that screamed dangerous.
He narrowed his eyes in concentration and was deep in thought.
"How could this have happened? Why is Rhydon standing even though he should be down after receiving so much damage from Ippo? Does it have to do with that weird aura around him?"
As he stared at the aura surrounding Rhydon, Naruto's eyes widened as he remembered the words from his dreams.
Flashback
"…an evil presence, whether we like it or not, will befall the world in the near future…"
Flashback end
"This must be the evil that the voice from my dream was talking about, but wasn't that supposed to be later on in the future? Looks like I'm going to have to do some serious training starting now."
As this was going on, Cynthia in the sidelines couldn't comprehend the scene in front of her and was left at a loss at what to do until she was broken out of it by Naruto yelling at the referee.
Her eyes grew determined to help and looked towards the Rhydon, that was surrounded by a black, purple, and red aura.
She got to the field as fast as she could and stood next to Naruto, who was surprised that she was still here.
"What are you still doing here? Shouldn't you be outside, waiting for Officer Jenny?"
Cynthia glanced at Naruto for a second before she concentrated back at Rhydon, who was now glaring at them.
"I could say the same to you."
Naruto never took his eyes off Rhydon, but still replied.
"Well, I'm still in here because I promised Brock to help his Rhydon and I never go back on my word."
Cynthia, despite the situation, smiled at Naruto's willingness to help someone he barely even knew.
"Well, if you promised Brock that you were going to help his pokemon, then so am I, so count me in and if you try to stop me, then you're out of luck because there's now way you'll be able to stop me."
Naruto chuckled at the stubbornness of the blond haired beauty.
"Actually, I wasn't going to stop you. I think it's a good idea to have another person help me because, after all, two is better than one."
Cynthia smirked.
"You got that right."
Rhydon seemed tired of waiting for them to do something so he roared and charged at them.
Naruto and Cynthia looked at one another before nodding and grabbing a pokeball from their belts.
Naruto Uzumaki Namikaze considered level:85
Strength: Base-Can carry a Large Boulder Aura Enhanced-Can carry 2 Snorlaxes
Speed: Base-Speed of Sound(Around 340 M/S) Aura Enhanced-1/10000 Speed of Light (around 30,000M/S)
Abilities: All Pokemon Type Attacks can be used, Aura Manipulation, and Pyschic Manipulation
Madara(Charizard) Level 67
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, Swords Dance, Cut, Roar
Reto (Pidgeotto) Level 43
Abilities:Keen-Eye, Tangled-Feet, Big-Pecks
Attacks: Gust, Sand Attack, Quick Attack, Whirlwind, Twister, Feather Dance, Agility, Wing Attack, Roost
Kushina (Mew) Level 42
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, Barrier
Ippo (Primeape) Level 35
Abilities:Vital Spirit, Anger-Point, Defiant
Attacks:Scratch, Leer, Low Kick, Focus Energy, Covet, Fury Swipes, Karate Chop, Seismic Toss, Screech, Assurance, Dig, Double Team, Rage
Suzumebachi (Weedle) Level 6
Abilities:Shield Dust, Run-Away
Attacks: Poison Sting, String Shot
Brock
Geodude Level 11
Abilities: Rock-head, Sturdy
Attacks: Tackle, Defense Curl, Mud Sport, Rock Polish, Rollout
Rhyhorn Level 24
Abilities: Lighting Rod
Attacks: Horn Attack, Tail Whip, Stomp, Fury Attack, Scary Face, Rock Blast
Onix Level 31
Abilities: Sturdy, Weak Armor
Attacks: Bind, Tackle, Harden, Mud Sport, Curse, Rock Throw, Rock Tomb, Rage, Stealth Rock, Rock Polish, Gyro Ball, Smack Down, Dragon Breath, Slam, Screech
Rhydon Level 47
Abilities: Lightning Rod, Rock-Head
Attack: Stomp, Horn Attack, Fury Attack, Horn Drill, Tail Whip, Megahorn, Scary Face, Rock Blast, Bulldoze, Chip Away, Take Down, Hammer Arm, Drill Run