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Maith: Heh, thanks!

CleverPhoenix: Yeah, I know. In other fics, Naruto starts out with a Vulpix, which does make sense though. I love Vulpix too! ^_^

jay rosario (): Well, for now, the character tabs are just saying that Naruto is the main boy character and Sakura's the main girl character. I'm not sure if I'm gonna make it a NaruSaku or no pairings… I'm still deciding…

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pleaz READ (): Thanks! I'm still thinking on the romance part though. I'm gonna ask the reviewers to vote on whether I should put in pairings or not.

A New Comarade and New Enemies

"Alright Mudkip, Starly use Water Gun and Wing Attack!" commanded Naruto. Mudkip unleashed a stream of water while Starly flew into the sky, and started to perform a Wing Attack.

"Torchic, dodge the water gun! Skitty, use tackle when Starly's near enough!" shouted Sakura. Torchic jumped in the air to avoid the water gun while Skitty waited for the perfect chance to tackle Starly.

Without needing any more commands from Sakura, Torchic dove down towards Mudkip using a peck attack, hitting it right on the back. Torchic then made two somersaults in the air before landing. Skitty on the other hand had tackled Starly, making it go off balance. Then, she ran towards it and used double slap.

Mudkip and Starly were getting blows from Torchic and Skitty, and Naruto was freaking out.

"Sakura-chan's really tough…She doesn't seem to give an opening," thought the blond. Mudkip and Starly were trying to dodge Torchic and Skitty's attacks, but they just keep on coming.

"Mudkip, use water gun again, and Starly, use gust!" Mudkip and Starly used the combination that they used to beat Kiba against Torchic and Skitty. Sakura wasn't surprised though.

"Skitty, use copycat on Starly, Torchic, fire a strong ember attack and work with Skitty!" Torchic used the most powerful ember attack he could, and Skitty copied Starly's gust attack.

Now, Torchic and Skitty had created a combination of their ember and gust attacks. The fire was powered up by the wind, and the two combined attacks collided. Steam was rising from the place where the attacks crashed.

Later, the four Pokemon flew back from the impact and the combined attacks cancelled each other out. All four of them rebounded in the air.

"Skitty, use Attract!" Skitty sent yellow hearts towards Mudkip and Starly and hit them both. Mudkip and Starly immediately fell in love with Skitty, making them unable to continue battling.

"That's a nice trick, Sakura-chan!" praised Naruto. Sakura smiled and returned Skitty to her Pokeball, canceling the attract attack.

"Thanks Naruto. Well, I also gotta work on my appeals though. You can tell me if I need any more work," said Sakura. Naruto nodded, sat down and watched from the sidelines as Sakura threw Skitty's Pokeball to call her out again.

"Alright Skitty, take the stage!" Skitty came out of her Pokeball while hearts from her attract attack surrounded her. She gracefully did a somersault in the air while holding her large tail, and landed lightly on her feet/paws.

"Nice entrance for Skitty, Sakura-chan," commented Naruto. Sakura continued to give Skitty commands for the appeals.

"Alright Skitty, use sing!" Skitty released a melodious song, enchanting the "audience". Naruto was clapping like an excited kid while watching Sakura perform.

"Now Skitty go and…" Sakura was interrupted in mid-sentence by a string shot attack thrown at her Skitty, then she was pulled to the direction of the attacker.

"Can't I practice my appeals without anything interrupting me?!" Sakura shouted in her head.

Naruto jumped up and demanded, "Who the heck are you?!" Two or should I say three figures stood hidden in the shadows of Petalburg Forest's exit.

A second later, another string shot attack was aimed at Starly, and he was also pulled towards the attackers.

"Hey! What the… my Starly! Give him back!" shouted Naruto. Sakura was also pissed since her Skitty was kidnapped.

"Show yourselves you cowards!" shouted Sakura. Torchic then released an enormous ember attack at them. The three of them disappeared, then reappeared right in front of Sakura and Naruto, on a Doduo.

"Heh, you think Lord Orochimaru would like these two? That Torchic and Mudkip seems powerful to me too," commented one of them who was really creepy since he had four arms.

"No way in hell are you getting my Torchic or Naruto's Mudkip!" yelled Sakura. Naruto backed her up.

"Come on and fight us, if you're not scared that is!" Naruto taunted. The three villains twitched and got off Doduo. Naruto and Sakura saw that an Ariados had Skitty and Starly wrapped up in a cocoon.

"You kids are asking for it. You'll soon know the power of Kidomaru, Sakon, and Ukon!" said the four armed man as he started to give his Pokemon commands.

"Ariados, use poison sting!" The giant spider aimed the attack towards Mudkip, but the Mud Fish Pokemon dodged it.

Naruto took out his Pokedex to get some data on Ariados.

Ariados, the Long Leg Pokemon. Ariados's feet are tipped with tiny hooked claws that enable it to scuttle on ceilings and vertical walls. This Pokémon constricts the foe with thin and strong silk webbing.

"We've gotta get Starly and Skitty outta the webbing. I wonder if Sakura's Torchic can burn the webbing away," thought Naruto as he also dodged Araidos's webbing. The spider was throwing its silk webbing to trap the two of them and their Pokemon.

Sakura on the other hand was battling Sakon and Ukon's Doduo. She also took out her pink Pokedex to examine Doduo.

Doduo, the Twin Bird Pokemon. Doduo's two heads never sleep at the same time. Its two heads take turns sleeping, so one head can always keep watch for enemies while the other one sleeps.

"Very interesting," thought Sakura as she and Torchic were dodging Doduo's pecking attacks.

Naruto and Sakura decided to attack them. "Mudkip use Water Gun!" shouted Naruto, and Mudkip fired a strong Water Gun at Ariados.

"Torchic, us Ember!" commanded Sakura, and Torchic unleashed a very powerful Ember attack at Doduo.

"Ariados, use Scary Face attack!" commanded Kidomaru. Ariados used Scary Face attack, and Mudkip backed down, stopping the Water Gun attack.

"Doduo, Fury Attack!" shouted the twins. Doduo quickly dodged the Ember attack, and hit Torchic with lots of pecks.

Torchic flew back from the impact while Mudkip was cowering.

"Damn, Mudkip's really affected by the Scary Face," thought Naruto. He was now telling Mudkip to snap out of it and attack Ariados.

"Torchic! You alright?" a concerned Sakura asked her Torchic. The Chick Pokemon was now covered with bruises from the Fury Attack.

"Damn, that Doduo's fast. We need to counter-attack, and fast," thought a slightly panicking Sakura and she crouched down next to her Torchic.

"Ariados, now attack with Night Shade!" Ariados shot Mudkip with black beams, and sent it flying.

"Mudkip!" Naruto shouted, concerned. Kidomaru, Sakon and Ukon laughed like maniacs. While they were laughing, Sakura and Naruto took that chance to switch opponents and attack.

"Torchic, Tor-chic!" "I'll take on the spider. I have the type advantage over him, anyway."

"Kip, Kip, Mudkip!" "Sure, I'll take care of the bird brain."

Torchic sent a strong Ember attack at Ariados while it was distracted and Mudkip fired a Water Gun attack at Doduo. This time they both hit, and sent the two Pokemon flying into two trees.

Before they had time to recover, Naruto and Sakura were already giving out their next commands.

"Torchic, use peck attack on Ariados!" Torchic jumped into the air, and dove down, aiming for the huge spider.

Doduo was already on its feet though, and was preparing to attack Mudkip.

Naruto shouted, "Mudkip, use bide!" Mudkip's body glowed white, and endured Doduo's pecking attacks. A moment later, it released a beam of light from its body, knocking Doduo off its feet.

Things were looking up for Naruto and Sakura, but a while later, the three villains got the upper hand.

Torchic was now poisoned by Ariados's Poison Sting, and Doduo's pecking attacks were too fast for Mudkip.

"You lose. Now you know the power of Team Sound." said Kidomaru. Ariados and Doduo were about to give them the final blows when two other Pokemon interrupted.

"Treecko, Quick Attack! Sneasel, Fury Swipes!" A streak of white light attacked Doduo while another Pokemon scratched Ariados many times.

"Huh, who's that?" Sakura asked herself. She could see another person standing in the sun, but doesn't really know who.

Ariados and Doduo paced back to their trainers, hurt from the attacks. The stranger kept giving commands.

"Treecko, use Absorb. Sneasel, use Icy Wind." Treecko and Sneasel attacked Ariados and Doduo again, damaging them more. Kidomaru, Sakon, and Ukon finally grew tired of the new trainer's attacks, and returned their Pokemon to their Pokeballs.

"We'll be back, and next time, we'll get your Pokemon," Sakon and Ukon said simultaneously. Then, the three criminals jumped out of sight into the forest.

The stranger returned his Treecko and Sneasel back to their Pokeballs, and was about to walk away when Naruto stopped him. Sakura, Torchic and Mudkip were trying to get the webbing off Skitty and Starly.

"Wait, who are you, and why did you help us?" asked the blond boy. The stranger turned around to face Naruto and Sakura, uttered a "hn" and walked away. (AN: Sound familiar?)

This time, Naruto ran up to him and grabbed the back of his collar. "I asked you your name and why you helped us! You could at least answer my questions!"

The boy turned around and just muttered, "Dobe."

A vein popped in Naruto's head and he yelled, "What was that Teme?! You still have to answer my question!"

Now the boy was twitching with annoyance. "Fine. The name's Sasuke Uchiha, and I just saw people in need of help so I helped. There, happy?" (AN: Wow, he actually spoke!)

"Wow, he's cute," thought Sakura. Her Inner said, "Cute? More like hot!"

"Oh shut up," Sakura said to her Inner.

Without thinking, Sakura asked Sasuke, "Sasuke-kun, would you like to travel with us?" Naruto turned around and stared at Sakura like she was crazy. Sasuke just gave her an emotionless stare.

"Sakura-chan, are you crazy? No way am I traveling with a guy like…" Naruto was interrupted by Sasuke.

"I have no intention to travel with you weaklings anyway. You'll just drag me down." Now Naruto was twitching like crazy.

"Weak? WEAK?! Did he just call us weak?!" Sakura yelled inside her head. She immediately stomped over to Sasuke, grabbed his collar, and hoisted him up. (AN: Wow, scary much?)

"You have the guts to call us weak?! You emotionless bastard!" Sakura started shaking him by the collar, but Sasuke still didn't show any signs of emotion.

"Damn, he's completely void of emotion!" Sakura thought. Her Inner nodded, agreeing with her.

After a while, Sakura stopped shaking Sasuke and put him down. She then said, "You are completely void of emotion, you know that?!"

Sasuke just muttered his trademark "hn" to answer Sakura. She was getting pissed off by the second.

"Hey, what's with your attitude?!" Naruto shouted at Sasuke. Then he continued, "You know what, it'll be better if you didn't join us. Go away!"

"Naruto, don't waste your energy on this guy. He says we'll just drag him down. Hm, I wonder what he'll do when he finds out in the future that you might defeat your father, Minato Namikaze." At the mention of Minato's name, Sasuke turned around shocked.

"You-You are Minato Namikaze's son?" Sasuke was clearly in a state of shock. Naruto grinned, seeing as that had an impact on Sasuke.

"Yep! You know, you're gonna have some competition if you…" Sasuke interrupted Naruto again.

"If your father's the champion, then do you someone by the name of Itachi Uchiha?" Naruto pondered the name for a moment, but then Sakura spoke up.

"Oh, I know him. He's the strongest person in the Elite Four. Hold on, is he related to you in some way?" Sasuke's face became harder, more serious when he heard Sakura's question.

"He's my older brother. I aim to defeat him in battle. That is all I care about," said Sasuke in a very serious voice.

"So why won't you come with us?" said Sakura, going through a very fast mood change.

Naruto gave her a look which was translated as, "Are you crazy, Sakura-chan?! This guy's just gonna pick fights with us!"

"I think it's ok, Naruto. Who knows? Maybe we'll even cure him of that emotionless attitude." After saying that, Sakura winked at the young blond boy. Naruto grinned at the emotionless attitude joke.

"Fine. If Sakura-chan's ok with it, then so am I," said Naruto, admitting defeat.

Sasuke still doesn't look very sure about traveling with Naruto and Sakura though. But finally, he said, "Fine. I'll come with you two, but only so that I'll get to Itachi, no more." Sakura smiled and Naruto grinned. Then they both gave each other high fives.

"Great! We're heading to Rustboro City now. I'm gonna enter a contest there, and Naruto's, I think, gonna challenge the gym leader there. What're you gonna do, Sasuke-kun?" asked Sakura. (AN: Serious mood swing. First, she's insulting Sasuke, and now she's calling him Sasuke-kun… But I just think her calling Sasuke-kun is more normal.)

"If I'm going to get to the Elite Four, I might as well be challenging the gym leaders," replied Sasuke.

"Hey, did you guys hear that?" asked Naruto. Sakura and Sasuke just gave him confused stares.

"Hear what?" asked Sakura. When she listened more, she could hear something beeping. She said, "Do you mean the beeping sound?"

Naruto nodded and said, "Yeah. Where's it coming from?"

Sasuke took out his Pokedex, which was beeping. "Maybe it's this." Sakura and Naruto then took out their Pokedexes, and sure enough, their Pokedexes were also beeping.

"So you're a Pokedex trainer too, Teme?" asked Naruto. At the mention of "Teme", Sasuke twitched.

"Don't call me a Teme, Dobe. And yes, I have a Pokedex." This time Naruto had a vein popping out of his head.

"Who're you calling a Dobe, Te…" Naruto was interrupted by Sakura.

"Will you two cut it out?!" she exploded.

Naruto cowered and uttered a, "Yes Ma'am."

"Good, now how do you stop this beeping?" Sakura asked herself as she messed around with some buttons on the Pokedex. She eventually got her Pokedex to stop beeping, and showed Naruto and Sasuke how to stop the beeping.

"Thanks Sakura-chan," said Naruto, putting his Pokedex back into his bag. Sakura returned Torchic and Skitty to their Pokeballs, and put them in her bag. Naruto did the same to his Mudkip and Starly.

"Come on, let's go. To Rustboro City! Dattebayo!" Naruto shouted. A ringing sound ruined his moment.

"Argh, it's my Pokegear." Naruto frantically searched in his bag for his Pokegear. When he got it out, he checked the Caller's ID, and smiled.

"Hey, mom's calling already?" Naruto pushed a button and a voice started to talk.

"Naruto honey. How are you? Where are you right now? Have you made any friends?" Kushina started bombarding Naruto with questions.

"Mom, mom, wait, stop! First, yeah, I'm fine. Second, I'm heading towards Rustboro City, and third, yeah, I've made some friends," answered Naruto. Sakura spoke into the Pokegear next.

"Nice to meet you, Kushina-san. I'm Sakura Haruno," said Sakura. (AN: Minato's famous, so his family is too. Naruto's not that famous though, but reporters have interviewed his mother lots of times. That's how Sakura knew Kushina's name.)

"Sasuke-kun, greet Kushina-san," whispered Sakura. Sasuke uttered his trademark "hn", but said a light hello to Kushina anyway.

"Nice to meet you Sakura-san, Sasuke-san. Naruto's not being a drawback is he?" Sakura then giggled a bit along with Kushina. Naruto, the person holding the Pokegear, was turning red.

"M-Mom. I'm not a drawback!" Naruto told his mother.

Kushina laughed some more and just said, "Ok, Naruto, I know. By the way, your father's right beside me." Naruto's eyes widened and Sasuke's ears perked up.

"What? But isn't Dad at Ever Grande…" Kushina then interrupted Naruto.

"Well, he got someone else to cover for him, one of the Elite Four." Naruto mouthed an "oh", and asked for his dad.

"Naruto, how're you doing?" asked Minato.

Naruto answered, "Fine Dad. Well, more than fine. I've already gotten through Petalburg Forest." Minato then laughed in the background.

"Good for you. Did you catch any new Pokemon? Anything got in your way?" Naruto remembered him capturing Starly, meeting Sakura, and battling the three villains.

"Yeah Dad. I caught a Starly and met Sakura-chan in the Petalburg Forest. Not only that, but me and Sakura-chan had to battle three villains. They called themselves Team Sound or something like that." Minata went silent on the other side. Naruto became confused, and kept calling his dad.

"Naruto, did you say, Team Sound?" Minato finally spoke.

"Yeah, yeah. Then Sasuke-teme helped us out," Naruto continued. Minato seemed to be thinking on the other line.

Finally, the champion said, "Alright. Naruto, I advise you to avoid members from Team Sound as much as possible. If they come to you, then fight until you win or get away. Their leader, Orochimaru, is out to get Pokemon that he thinks are worthy of serving him. They must have targeted your team."

Naruto looked surprised, as did Sakura and Sasuke. Sakura spoke to Minato, "So, if they get a hold of our Pokemon, then our Pokemon might not come back to us?"

Minato uttered a "yes" to Sakura's question. At this, Sakura gulped.

Minato continued to speak, "Naruto, I've caught two new Pokemon, and I'm going send them over to Rustboro City's Pokemon Center. When you get there, just tell Nurse Shizune that you're Naruto Uzumaki and she'll give the Pokemon to you. I caught a Vulpix for you, but then I also found a Houndour. You can keep the Houndour, or give him to one of your friends."

Naruto grinned and said, "Ok, thanks Dad! Do you want to warn me about anything else? What about Mom?" Minato and Kushina laughed lightly on the other side.

"That's all I wanted to say, Naruto," replied Minato.

Kushina added, "Take care of yourself! Sakura-san, Sasuke-san. Can you two look after Naruto? He can do some dumb things sometimes." Naruto blushed at that comment again, and Sakura was laughing. Sasuke just muttered a "hn".

"Of course, Kushina-san!" Sakura answered.

"Bye Naruto, Sakura-san, Sasuke-san," said Kushina, then hung up.

"Man, Mom's too overprotective," muttered Naruto as he put his Pokegear back into his bag.

"Well, I think she's nice. You should be glad she's overprotective," said Sakura.

"Hn, can we go now?" asked an impatient Sasuke. Naruto glared at him.

"Have some patience, Sasuke-teme. We're just leaving." Sasuke twitched with annoyance at Naruto's comment and was about to come up with a counter-argument, but Naruto was already running.

"Ah, not again. Naruto, do you even know where you're going?!" Sakura then raced towards Naruto.

Sasuke just walked, following Naruto and Sakura's path, thinking, "I wonder if they'll just drag me down, or help me. I think I should've just kept my decision on no."

Even as he thought that, Sasuke still followed the pinkette and the blond.

So, how's this chapter? A lot of my reviewers are asking me if I'm going to have it a NaruSaku or not. So, I'm going to let you guys vote, only I'm gonna add one more pairing. So, you guys can tell me in your reviews if you want a:

NaruSaku

SasuSaku

No Pairings

I'll need at least 5 reviews, or no new chappie! Vote in your reviews too!