Chapter two
Last time:
"Bushy brows! You better be ready coz I'm gonna kick your butt!" he shouted. "So full of youth the orange one is, what is your name?" "I'm Naruto, future pokemon master! Believe it!" Lee grinned toothily, his teeth shone. "Our battle will be best out of three! Now go, my youthful Machop!" Lee called.
Now:
A Machop now stood in front of Lee. "Machop!" /bring it on!/ it cried. Naruto bit his lip. "Sakura - chan! What pokemon do I use?" he called. Said girl's eye twitched. "Naruto you idiot! Didn't you even think about what pokemon types and strategies you were going to use in battle?" she yelled back. "Erm…was I meant to?" Sakura face palmed herself at Naruto's stupidity. "Hn. Dobe. Use your Starly" Sasuke told him. Naruto grinned, "oh yeah! Thanks teme! Alright Starly, go get em'." He thre the ball up in the air and Starly shot out. "Starly!" "What a youthful Starly you have there! But not as youthful as my Machop. Go, use your youthful dynamic punch!" Lee commanded. Machop drew back his arm and launched itself at Starly. "Starly move out of the way!" As Machop closed in, Starly did a terrific dodge. "Awesome Starly now use wing attack before it lands!" Naruto told it. "STAR!" it cried. It did a loop before gaining speed in Machop's direction, wings glowing with power. Wham! "Direct hit, not bad," Sakura smiled, "seems Naruto can think on his feet." Sasuke glanced at her and smirked. She really was different from all those other girls he had met. He wondered what pokemon she had. He was brought back from his musings when another 'wham' sound was heard. This time it wasn't Machop on the floor though, it was Starly. "What happened?" Sasuke asked. Sakura looked at him. "Naruto tried to go in for another wing attack but Machop stopped it by delivering a seismis toss when Starly was close enough" she replied. He raised an eyebrow. Such a close hit would have done pretty harsh damage on Starly, type advantage or not. "Starly! Are you ok?" Naruto panicked. "Star…starly" Starly pulled itself of the ground and took of again. "Your Starly truly is youthful in spirit orange one!" Lee praised. Naruto twitched. "My names NARUTO not organge one" he glared. Sakura giggled. 'Shit what do I do. Starly's pretty roughed up. I can't try and get him too close, that'll be suicidal…' Naruto bared his teeth in frustration. "Machop! Finish this with your youthful crosschop!" Lee called. Again, Machop launched itself at Starly. "Starly!" Naruto yelled. "Naruto! You can't use offensive moves all the time, go to defence!" Sakura called to him. Naruto turned slightly then his eyes widened. "Starly, use whirlwind!" "Star!" Starly's wings began to flap furiously, pushing Machop back in midair. "Now tackle!" Starly charged, knocking Lee's Machop out. "Yes! Alright Starly!" Naruto jumped up and down happily. He turned to Sakura. "Thanks Sakura-cahn I owe you one!" she smiled in response. Sasuke wouldn't admit it, but he was impressed by Sakura's thinking and Naruto's ability to ctually comprehend what she was trying to tell him. "Return my Machop, you did so well" Lee grinned. "Hope you're ready for this. GO, my youthful Hitmontop!"
A brown pokemon with a point at the top of its head and a blue training suit jumped out of its poke'ball. " 'Montop!" it cried. "Starly return! Go, Pikachu!" Naruto yelled. "My youthful Hitmontop, use your youthful rapied spin!" Lee ordered. Hitmontop began to spin at a dizzying rate and started towards Pikachu. "PIKACHU! Jump over it when it gets close!" "Pika!" Pikachu nodded and followed Naruto's commands exactly. "Good job now use agility to get close, followed by thundershock!" Pikachu charged at an incredibly fast pace, sparks flying from its cheeks. "He's doing well on his own this time" Sakura whispered to Sasuke. "Pika-chuuuuuu!" a large cry came from Pikachu as it launched its electric attack. "My youthful Hitmontop, use protect!" Lee called out to his pokemon. As the electric attack neared, a greenish coloured screen appeared around Hitmontop, protecting it from any damage. "That could be a problem though, unless Naruto managed to teach Pikachu feint already, which I doubt" Sasuke said. Sakura nodded. "Damn!" said Naruto. Pikachu frowned as well. "Hitmontop, triple kick!" "Pika!" Pikachu cried as it was hit by the continuous kicks. "Finish my youthful one with one more rapid spin!" "Top!!!" again Hitmontop began to spin at a dizzying rate, but this time it met its mark. Pikachu was out cold. "Pikachu! Are you alright? You did awesome, have a rest" Naruto smiled. "Chu…pika pikachu" /I'm sorry I didn't win/ Naruto blinked. "It's alright really. You did your best, now rest." Pikachu went back into its pokeball.
"Alright, Piplup! Go!" Naruto yelled as he tossed the ball up. "That Piplup looks incredibly youthful! Go Medicham!" "…what the HELL is that thing?" Naruto yelled pointing. Sakura rolled her eyes and Sasuke swore he felt a small sweatdrop form. "Naruto! That's Medicham, fighting and psychic type! Be careful, one of its basic moves is thunder punch!" Sakura informed him. "Ha! Don't worry Sakura-chan, me n Piplup can take this guy, right Piplup?" "Piplup!" /That's right, no worries!/ Sakura sighed. Naruto really should learn to pay attention sometimes. "Alright Piplup, this time we attack first! Use peck!" Piplup charged at Medicham. It was Sasuke's turn to face palm himself. "Dobe…" he muttered. "Medicham! Ice punch!" Piplup was sent flying back from the force of the hit. A move like peck was no match for the ice punch. 'Crap, I can't get too close again..unles…' "Piplup! Tackle!" Naruto ordered. "Pip!" It charged again. Sakura's eyes widened. "Naruto what are you doing?!" Sakura freaked. "Medicham, firepunch!" "Water sport!" Piplup doused itself in water, reducing the damage taken from the fire attack. "Now use Bubblebeam!" "Pip Pip Piplup!" Bubbles came out of Piplups beak quickly, causing Medicham to gain damage and loose speed. "Now, use peck one more time!" Piplup's beak glowed as it leapt into the air and spiraled downwards for extra force. "Cham!" Direct hit and Medicham was out. Naruto grinned. "We did it Piplup!! Yes, yes, yes!" Naruto jumped around happily and picked up Piplup, dancing around with it in his arms. Lee approached Naruto, a toothy smile on his face. "Congratulations Naruto, you are indeed full of youth to be able to defeat me! As punishment for my loss I will do 500 laps around the city, if I cannot do that then it shall be 500 high kicks, if I cannot do that then it shall be.." he was cut of. "Umm, you don't have to punish yourself, that was the toughest battle I've ever had!" Naruto tried to calm Lee. "As proof of my defeat, here is the Meditate badge" Lee presented Naruto with a badge in the shape of a figure sitting down, as though it were meditating. 'Hence the name I suppose' he thought.
In the shadows outside, two figures watched the whole battle take place. "Kid wasn't too bad yeah. We going to try recruit him or steal his pokemon yeah?" asked the blonde figure. His companion gave him a side glance. "No." Deidara frowned. "Why not yeah? Like I said he wasn't too bad. A bit reckless but quick thinker" (AN: *Coughing fit*) he argued. "The girl would be of more use to us. It was her who got the boy to use defensive moves as well." Deidara looked at the girl Itachi was talking about. "She's actually pretty cute…wouldn't mind her in Akatsuki yeah" Deidara grinned. Itachi's eyes narrowed. "We're leaving" Itachi said, getting up.
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At the Pokemon Centre
"Here you go Naruto, your pokemon are as good as new!" "Thanks Nurse Shizune! I owe you one" Naruto grinned happily. "Hn. Dobe. Sakura made our Pokemon some food." Naruto's pokemon all beamed at the word 'food' and rushed to Sakura who giggled as they jumped around her feet. "Alright, here we go, no need to push" she said, setting down individual bowls for the pokemon. They ate happily alongside Sasuke's and her pokemon. "So Sasuke, are you planning to battle Lee in the morning?" Sakura asked. He nodded. "What will you be doing Sakura-chan?" Naruto asked. "I'll be training with my pokemon for the upcoming contest in Palkia City" (AN: I'm making up all the towns and routes they take for contests. The places for gym battles remain the same but not the leaders or pokemon types used) she told them. "Eh? You're a co-ordinator? I thought you were a trainer. You gave me good advice during my battle…" he trailed of. "Hn. Dobe, everyone has to know when to use defences to their advantage. Not just trainers." Naruto turned red. "Shut up teme!" Sakura sighed and walked away. 'Boys…' she muttered to her pokemon.
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Next day…
"Dobe! Wake up!" Sasuke snapped. "Mmmm…five more minutes mum….zzzzzz." Sasuke twitched. "Grotle, use razor leaf." "AAH! Teme!" Naruto whined. "What the hellwas that for?" "Hn. You wouldn't get up. It's 2:40 in the afternoon. We have to leave." "But teme, don't you need to get your badge?" asked Naruto. "Dobe. I already got it. You were sleeping and apparently Sakura is leaving soon. So hurry up so we can say bye." Sasuke walked out of the room. "….SAKURA - CHAN IS LEAVING??? TEME!!!" Naruto raced after Sasuke.
Sakura was talking to Sasuke, waiting for Naruto so that she could say goodbye to him before she left. " –VING??? TEME!!!" interruped a voice. They looked up from their booth to see Naruto still in his frog pyjamas, panting. "Sakura – chan…are you (pant) really (pant) leaving by (pany) yourself?" Naruto choked out. Sakura blinked then smiled softly. "Yes Naruto I am. I have to make my way as soom as possible otherwise I'll miss my contest." "Can't you come with us though? We can pass through all the towns. All of us can see more than what we originally would" Naruto pleaded. "The dobe is making sense for once" Sasuke said. Sakura turned to Sasuke and smiled. "Yes he is, but my contest is in the opposite direction of your next gym battle." Naruto pulled the puppy eyes out. Sakura sighed and pulled out a map. "Tell you what, why don't I meet you along this road? Its like a giant round about. Our paths split to make a circle of sorts I suppose, but then join back at the end of the two routes. A pokemon centre is near there. That's where I can meet you. Deal?" she asked. Naruto grinned and Sasuke smirked. "Hn." "Hell yeah!!! I can't wait Saku-chan!"
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Sakura made her way down the path by herself. She sighed. "Its kinda lonely now…no somewhat emo male who wears leather vests and no hyper blonde in bright orange…." She sighed again. "Well, I guess I'll be seeing them at the end of the week." She continues down the dirt path, taking in the scenery and listening to nature. She smiled when she saw an Azumaril carrying its baby Azuril back to the safety of its den. 'So cute…' she thought. She stopped at a nearby lake and decided to let her pokemon out. Her Gyarados swam in the lake, Houndour, Absol and Umbreon played tag while Eevee sat in her lap enjoying a good groom. "So Eevee, I'm going to be using you for the appeal round of my first contest in a few days, what do you think? You up for it?" she asked her pokemon. "Eev! Eevee eev!" Yep! Just watch, I'll show you how I can blow the audience away!/ Sakura let out a giggle and hugged her pokemon. "I can't wait."
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"Teme, I miss Sakura-Chan already" Naruto complained. Sasuke hit him on the head. "Hn. Quiet dobe. We'll be seeing her by the end of the week." Naruto opened his mouth to say more but a rustle from the bushes stopped him. He turned around and watched as a Vulpix stepped out. "A Vulpix! I'm going to catch it Teme! Believe it!" Naruto announced. "Hn. Hurry up and attack or it'll get away" Sasuke warned. Naruto's eyes widened. "Shit…Go Piplup!" he called. "Pip pip piplup!" the little penguin pokemon turned to the fire fox. "Use bubblebeam!" A steady stream of bubbles hit Vulpix, causing damage. "Vul…VULPIX!" Vulpix let out a powerful flamethrower, causing steam to erupt. "No, Vulpix can't get away! Piplup, tackle quick!" Piplup tackled in the direction where it thought Vulpix may be, luckily it guessed right and Vulpix was sent tumbling. "Finish with peck!" Piplup's beak glowed as it bombarded Vulpix with its attack. "Poke'ball!" Naruto yelled. Vulpix disappeared into the ball. Naruto held his breath as the ball moved. Finally the light went of, signalling a capture and Vulpix was his. "Yes! I caught Vulpix! I told you I would teme!" Naruto gloated. "Dobe. I never said you couldn't or wouldn't." Naruto's grin faultered. "….stupid teme…" he mummbled.
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AN: So that's chapter two I guess…I hope its getting better. Thanks to the reviewers and story alert/favouriters. Next chapter I'll be focusing more on Sakura's contest rather than Sasuke and Naruto's gym battle. Don't worry, Deidara and Itachi will have more of a role in chapter 3 or 4. I have exams starting Monday and haven't studied one tiny bit so basically this weekend is dedicated to it. I'll try and update soon, most likely near the end of next week. Thanks for reading!
Wolfie