I'm trying to work mainly on this fic right now, since I have a lot of ideas in my head on this. So… here's the next chappie!

"speaking"

"thoughts"

"Inner Self"

Pokedex Speaking (Without quotes)

"Pokemon Speaking" (Underlined with quotes)

The Adventures Start

With Naruto

"Argh, where am I anyway?!" shouted a very frustrated Naruto, with a hyper Mudkip trailing behind him. Naruto has just gotten his first Pokemon, Mudkip, and was now stuck in a forest. (AN: It's Petalburg Forest, by the way.)

Naruto looked like he'll never find a way out, now. To add to that depression, a wild Pokemon attacked him and Mudkip. The flying type Pokemon swooped down and attacked, then went back up in the air again. Then, it swooped down and attacked again!

"Come on, Mudkip, use Water Gun!" Mudkip used Water Gun, but missed, and Naruto got pecked again.

"Argh, that's it. What Pokemon is this anyway?" Saying so, Naruto pulled out his orange and black Pokedex, and switched it on. He directed it at the attacking Pokemon, and the mechanical voice immediately spoke.

Starly, the Starling Pokemon. They flock in great numbers. Though small, they flap their wings with great power.

"A Starly, huh? Ha, then I'll catch it! Mudkip, when it swoops down again, use Tackle to knock it off balance!" Mudkip for once, got serious, and obeyed Naruto. Mudkip squatted down low, then when Starly attacked again, Mudkip tackled it, right on time.

"Hey, Mudkip's listening to me! He's listening to me!" Naruto did a little chant inside his head, but still concentrated on the battle he's having.

When Mudkip tackled Starly, it definitely got off balance, and was thrown onto the ground. Now, it's vulnerable to attacks.

"Mudkip, now hit it with Water Gun!" Mudkip let out a cry, "Mudkip!" then sprayed Starly with Water Gun. Fortunately for Starly, it still got enough strength to fly off into the sky again before Mudkip's Water Gun hit it.

"NO! Mudkip, don't let it get away! Try to hit it with Water Gun again!" Naruto's determination also fueled Mudkip's own determination.

"Mudkip, Mudkip!" "Alright! I won't miss this time!" Mudkip then reared up for a really powerful Water Gun attack.

Fortunately for Naruto, the Water Gun hit Starly's tail, and it fell. While it fell, Naruto took out an empty Pokeball, and aimed it at Starly.

"Alright, Pokeball, GO!" Then, the blond threw the Pokeball. When the Pokeball hit Starly, it was sucked in immediately. When the Pokeball landed smack on the ground, it still rolled around a bit more.

Naruto looked at the Pokeball, thinking, "Come on, don't break out, don't break out." After a while, the Pokeball stopped shaking, and settled down.

Naruto could barely hold in his excitement. He picked up the Pokeball and hugged Mudkip.

"Alright, alright, alright! I caught my first Pokemon! Dattebayo!" He then realized that he was choking Mudkip. So, he released the poor Pokemon, and congratulated him.

"Thanks a million, Mudkip. If it wasn't for you, I would never have gotten Starly! Thanks for listening to me!" Naruto hugged Mudkip tight again.

"Mudkip, Mud… kip! Mudkip! Mudkip! Mudkip!" "Argh, you're choking me again, Naruto- baka! Yeah, I helped, but you don't have to choke me!"

Naruto finally released Mudkip again, and apologized, "I'm sorry, Mudkip. Guess I got a little too carried away." The blond boy then set Mudkip down on the ground.

"Mudkip!" "Thanks for releasing me."

Naruto grinned at Mudkip. "Heh, come on Mudkip, we're going to find our way outta this mess, dattebayo!" Then, he sprinted towards a random direction.

"Mudkip, Mudkip, Kip! Mudkip…." "No, wait! Stop! Don't go somewhere recklessly! *sigh* Guess I'll just have to follow…" So he did, follow Naruto, I mean. (AN: Remember, Mudkip's radar is really handy in situations like this.)

After about 30 minutes of walking…

"*Pant, pant* Ahh!! I'll never find a way out!" cried a very, very frustrated Naruto.

"Mudkip, kip!" "Listen to me!" It was no use, though. Naruto has already gone off to another direction. Mudkip didn't have a choice, but to trail after him.

A while later, Naruto heard a trainer battling. He heard faint commands of ember and scratch. "Mudkip, can you hear that?" Naruto asked Mudkip.

"Mudkip, kip!" "Of course I can!"

"Hey, so can you lead me to that trainer?" Mudkip just nodded his head, and ran in front of Naruto.

With Mudkip's guidance, Naruto got to the trainer in just a short moment. He hid behind a couple of bushes, and watched the battle going on. He could see a girl, just about his age with pink hair battling a Skitty with her Torchic.

With Sakura before Naruto got to her

"Petalburg Forest. This place should be good enough to try out some appeals and work on my battling skills. I'd better practice with Torchic now ," thought a pinkette, by the name of Sakura Haruno. She pulled out a Pokeball from her bag, and threw it into the air.

"Alright, Torchic, take the stage!" announced Sakura. Torchic came out of his Pokeball beautifully, with fire balls surrounding him, and the fireballs then disappeared. (AN: I liked what May says when she takes out her Pokemon, so I used her line for Sakura too.)

Torchic then landed gracefully on the ground. After landing, it turned to Sakura with a joyful face, asking her if his entrance was good enough. Sakura's face showed satisfaction, and she nodded her head.

"Alright Torchic, now let's—"Sakura was interrupted by a wild Pokemon suddenly attacking from above. She immediately pulled out her Pokedex, and analyzed the Pokemon.

Seedot, the Acorn Pokemon. When it dangles from a tree branch, it looks just like an acorn. It enjoys scaring other Pokemon.

"Torchic, go! Use Ember!" Torchic jumped up in the air, and blast Seedot with an Ember attack. It seems as if Seedot got hit, but the Ember attack didn't hit the Seedot right on mark. The Seedot then jumped up to tackle Torchic. Torchic, unfortunately, got hit.

"Torchic! Are you okay?" Sakura rushed to her Torchic's side to examine him. Torchic let out a small whimper, and stood back up. Torchic immediately charged at the Seedot. He scratched Seedot first, then tackled it. Seedot was blown back by the impact, but got back up on its feet. Before it could attack, Torchic had thrown another Ember attack at it, and this time, it was a bull's-eye.

Sakura cheered and praised Torchic, but before she could do anything else, more wild Pokemon came and attacked. Sakura wanted to learn more about the wild Pokemon, so she switched on her Pokedex, and gave commands to Torchic to fend them off as well. This time, Torchic was fighting a group of wild Pokemon consisting of Wurmples, Zizagoons, and Shroomishes. The Pokedex went to work immediately analyzing the wild Pokemon.

Wurmple, the Worm Pokemon. If it is attacked by a Starly, it will defend itself with its spiked rear.

Zigzagoon, the Tiny Racoon Pokemon. It walks in a zigzag fashion. It is good at finding items in the grass and even in the ground.

Shroomish, the Pokemon. It sprouts poison spores from the top of its head. These spores cause pain all over if inhaled.

"Crap! How's Torchic going to fend off this group?! He's only a Torchic for God's sake! Ugh, I'll just have to try," thought Sakura, trying to stay calm. After all, Torchic is the only Pokemon she has on hand right now.

"Ok, Torchic. Use Ember attack on the group!" Torchic collected a ball of fire in his beak, and shot it at the wild Pokemon.

Sakura was thinking while Torchic was fighting. "Torchic certainly has the advantage over the Shroomish and Wurmples. Zigzagoons are normal types, but I think fire attacks can hurt them as well."

"Torchic, see if you can make a circle of fire around them!" Sakura then thought, "I know Torchic's not a fighting type yet, but he could still try."

Torchic was indeed trying to run as fast as he can to complete the circle of fire. The Pokemon were panicking when the wall of fire appeared around them, so they were all petrified. Torchic, when he completed the circle, jumped in the air, and unleashed a fiery Ember attack at the group of Pokemon. The circle of fire kept the Pokemon from escaping, so all of them were caught dead in the center.

"Torchic, you did it!" Sakura hugged Torchic and was jumping up and down. Sakura couldn't let go of Torchic, since he's very warm to hug. After a while, Sakura released Torchic and set him down.

"Come on Torchic, let's go. I'm gonna keep you out like this. I don't think being cooped up in a Pokeball is very comfortable, is it?" Sakura crouched down, and Torchic responded by hopping onto her head. Sakura then got back up, and ran to a random direction.

After about 20 minutes of walking around

"Hahhhh… we're getting nowhere like this, Torchic. I should've brought a map with me." Sakura, like Naruto, was lost, very lost. Sakura was doing the walking while Torchic kept an eye out for any wild Pokemon attacking them. Only a couple of Pokemon attacks had been launched by wild Pokemon, though.

"Man, and I was expecting to get a new Pokemon," whined Sakura. All of a sudden, the bushed near Sakura rustled. Torchic crouched down, and jumped off Sakura's head to defend his trainer. The rustling continued, and out came a pink Pokemon. Sakura immediately had the urge to catch it.

"Ohh… It's soooo cute!! This is a Skitty if I'm not mistaken. Let's see what the Pokedex says about it," thought Sakura, as she took out her Pokedex.

Skitty, the Kitten Pokemon. It can't stop itself from chasing moving things, and it runs in a circle, chasing its own tail.

"Torchic, I want to capture this Skitty, so help me out on this, ok?" whispered Sakura to Torchic. The chick Pokemon nodded his head a little in agreement.

"Torchic, use Focus Energy!" Torchic really focused, to increase his critical-hit ratio. It then let out a cry, and charged toward the Skitty.

"Now, scratch it!" Torchic used its claws to scratch the Skitty, but it dodged. Then, Torchic, without Sakura's instructions, threw an Ember attack at Skitty. Skitty barely got out of the way, but the ember still hit its part of its body.

Skitty fought back now. It tackled Torchic, making him fly back. Sakura, however, kept cheering him on. Torchic jumped back up, but before he could attack, Skitty used Doubleslap. Torchic was again, thrown back.

"Torchic! You can do it, come on! I have faith in you!" screamed Sakura, as Torchic struggled to get up. Skitty was running towards Torchic again, but the chick Pokemon jumped in the air just in time. He was getting ready to unleash another Ember attack at the Skitty.

Skitty on the other hand, wasn't expecting Torchic to jump in the air, so couldn't dodge the upcoming Ember attack, and was now badly burned. Sakura seized that opportunity to take out an empty Pokeball and capture Skitty.

The pinkette did so. She pulled back, and threw the Pokeball at Skitty, and watched as it got sucked in. The Pokeball moved rapidly for a while, then slowed down a bit. Sakura watched the movement with anticipation, and finally, the Pokeball stopped moving.

"Yes! I caught a Skitty! I caught a Skitty! Thank you so much Torchic for fighting for me!" Sakura picked up the Pokeball with Skitty inside, and put it in her bag. Torchic perked up, and let out a small cry. Sakura turned around and saw a young blond boy watching her from the sidelines.

"What the… I never knew I was being watched. Who is he, anyway?" Then, her Inner interrupted, "Hopefully he's not going to cause any trouble."

"Yes, hopefully not." Sakura walked over to the boy, and asked him his name. Torchic didn't really trust the blond, and now he was crouching as if he was getting ready to attack.

"I'm Naruto. Naruto Uzumaki," said the overexcited boy. "Sorry for watching you, but I got lost. But still, you match was amazing! Your Torchic must be really well trained! Dattebayo!" Sakura smiled when Naruto praised her Torchic.

"That's Torchic all right. I don't usually have to give him commands. He has the brains to fight himself, but I still cheer him on. By the way, I'm Sakura. Sakura Haruno." Sakura looked at Naruto's Mudkip, which was also overexcited, just like its trainer.

Naruto watched as Sakura crouched down to pet his Mudkip. "Sakura-chan looks so kawaii. I've never seen anyone with pink hair before," thought Naruto, staring at Sakura.

"Hey, did you get this Mudkip from Professor Iruka?" Naruto shook his head to interrupt his thoughts.

"Yeah. So wait. Sakura-chan, you got your Torchic from Professor Iruka too?" Sakura stood back up and answered, "Yep. I woke up extra early to get a cute starter Pokemon."

Naruto grinned his childish grin. Then he suggested, "Sakura-chan. Why don't we travel together? We can help each other out." Sakura's face showed surprise at first, but then she lightly smiled.

"Sure Naruto. I'm ok with that. By the way, are you interested in contests or battles?" Naruto's grin became wider when Sakura asked.

"I'm gonna be the champion someday, so you know now what I like. Dattebayo!" Sakura then looked closely at Naruto, examining him.

"Hm, you look a lot like the champion himself. Can you be his son?" Naruto's smile faltered when he heard that.

"It's always like that, wherever I go. Always 'Are you related to the champion?' or 'You look a lot like the champion.' I want to be known as Naruto Uzumaki. Not 'The Champion's son'." Sakura was taken aback. She started to apologize.

"Oh, I'm sorry Naruto. I didn't know," Naruto smiled again.

"It's ok, Sakura-chan. I know you didn't really mean to. Now do you mind if we get out of this forest?" asked Naruto.

"I'm dying to get out of here right now," answered Sakura. She turned to Mudkip and asked if he could lead them out of the forest. Naruto had a confused look on his face. Sakura saw the confusion, so she had to shed some light on this situation.

"Naruto, don't you know your Mudkip's fin is like a radar? Plus, I'm pretty sure that his Pokemon instincts will help him get us out of here." Sakura then turned to Torchic and said, "Torchic, you can go up front with Mudkip. I wasn't really sure you knew the navigations, but now that Mudkip's here, maybe he can help you out."

"Torchic! Tor!" "Ok Sakura! Though you're slightly right about my sense of direction."

"Alright Mudkip, Torchic! Lead the way!" hollered Naruto while running behind the two Pokemon, along with Sakura.

After getting out of the forest

"Yes! Freedom!" announced Naruto, running out of the forest with Sakura close behind. Naruto was kissing the ground when they got out.

Torchic whispered to Mudkip, "Tor, Torchic." "He's being way melodramatic."

"Mudkip, kip." "Ya think? I have to listen to him all the time too."

"So, if we just got out of Petalburg Forest, then we're going to enter Rustboro City," said Sakura hauling Naruto up from the ground.

"Hey, where're Torchic and Mudkip?" Sakura searched for the two Pokemon, only to find them picking some berries for their trainers. After a while, they both came back to show off the berries.

"Pecha berries and Cheri berries. Thanks Torchic. Naruto, accept the berries from Mudkip, would you?" Naruto crouched down to take the berries Mudkip had picked.

The blond boy got back up on his feet and prepared to run to Rustboro City. He hadn't gotten very far, when he crashed into someone.

"Ow… hey, who the heck are you?" Naruto looked up at a young boy, about his age, with messy brown hair.

"First, watch where you're going, runt. Second, you don't make a really good first impression. And third, my name's Kiba Inuzuka." However, the brunette helped Naruto up. Sakura was running up to Naruto with Torchic and Mudkip trailing behind her.

"Oh, hi. Sorry about Naruto. He's sometimes clumsy," apologized Sakura, for Naruto. Kiba grinned and then looked at Naruto.

"Hey kid, what do you say to a Pokemon battle, right now?" asked Kiba. Naruto immediately perked up when he heard the word 'battle'. He grinned his foxy grin and accepted the challenge.

"Hey, what's your name?" Kiba asked Sakura.

"Sakura. Sakura Haruno. And this is Naruto Uzumaki," answered Sakura.

"Nice name, it suits your hair. By the way, Sakura, you can be our referee. How many Pokemon do you have, kid?" Kiba asked Naruto. The blond boy's face showed a small bit of anger.

"I have two right now, and stop calling me kid!" yelled Naruto. Kiba put up his hands, palms facing out, in a defensive position.

"Alright, Naruto. Take it easy," soothed Kiba.

Before anything more could happen, Sakura shouted, "Are you two gonna battle or not?!" The two boys jumped, and paced back.

"S-Sure Sakura-chan. Alright, Kiba, two Pokemon each then," suggested Naruto.

Kiba grinned again, but then he said, "What do you say we make this a double battle? Two of our Pokemon battling at the same time."

"Heh heh, sure! Prepare for a heated battle, Kiba, dattebayo!" Naruto called Mudkip over, and called out his newly captured Starly. Kiba took out two Pokeballs, and out came a Growlithe and Poochyena.

"Wow, you have two cool Pokemon!" complimented Sakura, taking out her Pokedex to examine them. Naruto did the same.

Growlithe, the Puppy Pokemon. It is a Pokemon with a loyal nature. It will remain motionless until it is given an order by its Trainer.

Poochyena, the Bite Pokemon. A Pokemon with a persistent nature, it will chase its chosen prey until the prey becomes exhausted.

"Nice dogs, but I won't lose! Mudkip, Starly, attack!" commanded Naruto.

"Mudkip!"

"Starly!"

Then, at the same time, they both attacked once. Mudkip fired a Water Gun at Growlithe, and Starly flew high into the sky to use a peck attack against Poochyena.

"Growlithe, dodge the Water Gun and use Take Down! Poochyena, jump and use Tackle before Starly can hit you!" shouted Kiba. His Pokemon obeyed him, and both of them hit Starly and Mudkip , causing the Starling Pokemon to fall to the ground, and the Mud Fish Pokemon to roll backwards.

"Alright Growlithe, Poochyena, switch opponents! Growlithe, use Ember, Poochyena, use Bite!" The two Pokemon criss-crossed each other's path, and hit both of Naruto's Pokemon, sending them flying backwards again.

"Argh! Mudkip, Starly, get back up quickly! Mudkip, use Mud Slap against Growlithe! Starly go and use Wing Attack! Make sure you hit them, both of you!" urged Naruto.

Mudkip and Starly obeyed Naruto's commands, making sure that this time, they hit the two dogs, and they did.

"Alright you two! Mudkip, Starly, attack with Water Gun and Gust at the same time!"

Mudkip and Starly attacked together, their attacks getting mixed up. So, it looked like a combination of wind and water.

The tornado of attacks hit both Growlithe and Poochyena, causing them to fly back, and pass out.

"Since Growlithe and Poochyena are unable to battle, Naruto wins," announced Sakura.

"Alright! Nice job you two!" Naruto hugged Mudkip and swung him around, with Starly flying in circles above him. Kiba returned Growlithe and Poochyena to their Pokeballs, admitting defeat.

"I gotta admit you got some talent, kid." Naruto grinned at Kiba.

"Kiba, do you wanna travel with us?" asked Naruto, still hugging Mudkip.

Kiba shook his head and said, "Nah, I'd rather go alone. I wouldn't want us to get into a fight every time, y'know. Speaking of which, I'd better go now. Bye guys!" The brunette then waved to Naruto and Sakura, and ran off.

"Bye Kiba, nice meeting you!" Naruto shouted after him. Sakura gasped slightly, turning Naruto's attention towards her.

"I just remembered that there's contest hall on Rustboro! I need to train with Skitty and Torchic for that!" Sakura complained a bit, making Naruto sweatdrop a bit.

"Sakura-chan, you can train with me if you want. A two vs. two battle," Naruto suggested. Sakura turned to him, and smiled slightly.

"Thanks Naruto. That would help me in the battle section, but I also need to work on my appeals. Your Pokemon must be worn out by Kiba's Pokemon. I'll heal them as much as I can for now," offered Sakura, as she took out some medical equipment from her bag. Mudkip jumped out of Naruto's arms and went running towards her, and Starly flew towards Sakura.

When Sakura had helped the two Pokemon as much as she could, she jumped up, took out Skitty, and called Torchic.

"All right Naruto, should we do a double battle, like we did with Kiba?" questioned the pinkette. The blond boy just grinned at her and nodded his head.

"Alright then, let's start!" Sakura and Naruto started to give commands to their Pokemon almost at the same time.

I'll describe the Naruto vs. Sakura fight in the next chappie! Please review! If I don't get at least 5 reviews, then no new chapter! So, review after reading!