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Last time on The Rise of Chaos: After his arrival in Pewter City, Naruto took his pokemon to the resident Pokemon Center to rest. Once his pokemon were healed Naruto headed towards the town square, in search of his first pokemon battle. After being approached by a trainer named Samurai, him and Naruto found a clear spot in the town square to start their battle. The first battle was between Naruto's Scyther and Samurai's Pinsir. Scyther was able to defeat Pinsir with a devastating Razor Wind, to Pinsir's unguarded front. The next battle was between Naruto's Pidgey and Samurai's Paras. Even after a surprise paralysis from Paras, Pidgey was still able to knock it unconscious with two well placed Wing Attacks. In the final battle Naruto's Pikachu was pitted against Samurai's, most treasured, Butterfree. After Butterfree covered the battlefield in a deadly poison mist, Naruto tried to end the battle quickly with a Iron Tail, but that just lead to Pikachu getting captured in Butterfree's Confusion. Just as Pikachu was being dragged into Butterfree's newly made Stun Spore, Pikachu was able to release a pulse of Aura that caused Butterfree's attack to backfire and send it crashing into its own Poison Powder.
We now find Naruto preparing to take on the Pewter City Gym, in the Pokemon Center.
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Golden rays of light flooded into Naruto's room from the open window above his bed. His eyes fluttered open, causing his pupils to shrink as they got used to the sudden increase in light.
Slowly sliding off his bed, Naruto walked into the small bathroom that was only a few feet away. After taking a quick shower and brushing his teeth, Naruto exited the bathroom and walked over to two sliding doors that were just to the right of the only window in the room.
Naruto opened the doors to reveal both a washing and a drying machine, that every one bedroom suite had in the Pokemon Center.
'This room was quite costly for a one night stay, but at least they don't charge you extra for using any of the appliances.' Naruto thought as he removed his three pairs of his normal outfit from the drying machine. 'I had to put in three loads last night before I went to bed.'
'The fact that breakfast also comes free with the purchase also makes it worth the extra money.' Naruto mused as he looked at the steaming plate next to his bedside, while he was putting on his clothes.
After eating breakfast, Naruto slipped on his mask and left the room.
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Once he arrived at the front desk of the Pokemon Center, Naruto returned his room key to Nurse Joy and waited for her while she went to go get his pokemon.
"Did you hear about the in guy the town square yesterday?"
Naruto leaned on the counter as he watched the conversation take place through a round mirror on the left corner of the wall behind the counter.
A boy with squinted, almost closed, eyes seemed to be talking his two friends at a booth by the front window of the Pokemon Center. Aside from the one who spoke there was a girl with red hair tied in a particular way so that the left half of her hair jutted out from her head, while the right side laid relatively flat. The girl also wore a yellow shirt that cut short a small bit above her waist and red suspenders that didn't seem to be needed to hold up her blue shorts.
The last person of the group seemed to be familiar to Naruto, but he was having a hard time figuring out where he saw him. The boy wore a blue jacket with white sleeves that was unzipped, revealing the black shirt he had beneath it. The boy also wore blue jeans and a half red, half white hat with a green symbol on the front. Along with his fingerless green gloves, the last most distinguishing feature on the boy was he had a strange mark on each of his cheeks, much like Naruto's own whisker like marks.
"Hear about it?" The other boy said as he slammed his hands on the table. "I saw it!"
"Whatever Ash, you were too busy trying to beat Brock to have seen it." The only female of the group said. "The most you probably saw was the carnage left behind."
"No, I assure you I saw it." The boy, now identified as Ash, insisted as he crossed his arms.
"Come on Ash, you know Misty is right." The boy named Brock said. "I wasn't even able to see any of the battle and I was only a few minutes behind you. The most I saw was a few people lingering around the battlefield, talking about it."
"Well its not my fault you missed the battle because you had to go home to pack." Ash retorted. "If you had come just a few minutes earlier you would have seen what I saw."
"Which was..." Brock inquired, leaving the rest of his sentence for Ash to finish.
"Nothing." Misty finished instead, causing Brock to let out a few chuckles.
"Your wrong!" Ash roared in protest. "While I was on my way to the Pokemon Center I heard the sounds of battle and went to investigate. I got there just in time to see Samurai pull off that combo with Poison Powder and Gust."
"So then you know how his opponent countered right." Misty inquired.
"Samurai sure has gotten better since our last battle." Ash said, completely changing the subject. "He put up a great fight against that guy."
"Like you would know." Misty countered. "You don't even know that his opponent was a girl."
"What? I did too! You just didn't understand me right when I said "that girl." Ash said as he pointed an accusing finger at Misty.
"Ash, the person Samurai was fighting was actually a guy." Brock said looking at the unbelieving face of Ash. "If I remember correct the phrase is, "You've been had."
"How would you know?" Ash said huffing indignantly, while he glared at the chuckling Misty. "You said yourself that you were only able to see the crowd leaving and from what I've heard, Samurai's opponent just seemed to disappear."
"Misty told me." Brock said simply.
"What?" Ash yelled in surprise.
"Yeah, she was the only one of us that was able to actually see some of the battle." Brock said.
"Why didn't you tell me?" Ash asked weakly.
"Because I enjoy listening to you make a fool of yourself." Misty stated.
"Wait, you were with me the whole day yesterday. How were you able to see the battle?" Ash asked while looking at Misty through narrowed eyes.
"Actually I wasn't with you all day yesterday." Misty corrected. "After you lost against Brock on you first attempt I went to the Pokemon Center to get something to eat. On my way there, I passed through the town square and a few loud crashes caught my attention. As I went to investigate I saw a crowd of people near the spot I heard the sounds from. I soon joined the crowd and that's when I saw Samurai recalling his unconscious Pinsir and Naruto doing the same to his Scyther."
"What? Wait." Ash interrupted as he crossed his hands in a time out motion. "Who is this Naruto you speak of?"
"You've got to be kidding me." Misty said while giving him a blank stare.
"What?" Ash asked innocently.
"His name has spread throughout the Pewter City like a wildfire and you haven't heard of him." Brock said with a similar stare. "That must count as some kind of skill."
"What would count as a skill?" Ash asked. "I mean don't get me wrong I know I have lots of skills its just hard to pinpoint..."
"I believe he is talking about your obliviousness." Misty cut in, solving Ash's mystery.
"I'm hurt." Ash said as he turned away from them.
"Anyway after they both recalled their pokemon Samurai sent out a Paras. Then Naruto, the guy that Samurai was battling against," Misty made sure to say that part extra slow, just to make sure Ash understood. "Sent out a Pidgey to fight. For almost the whole battle Pidgey had the upper hand. That is until Paras was able to paralyze Pidgey with Stun Spore. But once it did Paras was only able to get a few scratches in, before Pidgey got up and knocked it out with its wings."
"What's so impressive about that?" Ash said smugly. "I could have easily beat Samurai's Paras in one move with my Pidgey."
"After that I went to find Ash to see if he needed help." Misty continued, completely ignoring Ash and pretending Brock was her only audience. "After he said that he didn't need help, I went to the Pokemon Center to grab a hot dog and then I went back to the town square to see if they were still battling. When I got there I saw Samurai's Butterfree throwing Naruto's Pikachu with Confusion. Pikachu was some how able to make its tail take nearly all of the impact and get up relatively unharmed. After that Butterfree did the Poison Powder and Gust combo on Pikachu and covered the battlefield in a poison mist. Soon after that Butterfree caught Pikachu in its confusion and tried to drag it into its Stun Spore."
"What happened after that?" Ash asked clinging on to every word.
"Well, to tell you the truth, I really don't know." Misty said getting a groan from Ash. "Since I was in the back of the crowd I never really heard what Naruto said, but before I knew what was going on a bright blue flash blinded me and caused me to almost fall backwards. When I was finally able to see again, Butterfree with squirming on the ground."
"Then what?" Brock asked.
"Naruto disappeared and most of the crowd left." Misty informed.
"That guy sounds awesome." Ash exclaimed. "How was he able to teach his Pikachu that attack?"
"I don't know, but I'm sure if you find him and ask him nicely he'll tell you." Misty said mockingly.
"You really think so?" Ash asked with excitement.
Naruto tuned out the rest of the conversation, when he saw Nurse Joy and Chansey approach the counter with their own trays, each carrying a Pikachu and two pokeballs.
"Here you go Naruto, your pokemon are in tip top shape." Nurse Joy said kindly as she set the tray on the counter in front of Naruto.
"Thank you Nurse Joy." Naruto said. "I appreciate it."
Naruto was suddenly aware of the presence beside him when he heard Ash say. "Sweet, my pokemon are ready. Thanks Nurse Joy. You too Chansey."
As Ash looked over at Nurse Joy, his gaze passed by Naruto and came straight back.
"Wait a second, I feel like I should know you." Ash said as he scratched his chin.
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Meanwhile on the counter Pikachu and Denkou, Ash's Pikachu, were becoming fast friends.
First, giving each other the Traditional Pikachu Greeting. (TPG for short) They both raised up their right paw and said hello. After that they connected their tails and sent a small electric current through them, producing small sparks.
Once that was done they both shook paws and gave each other a high five... while doing a back flip.
The TPG got increasingly more complicated and soon enough they were break dancing while they reenacted a battle scene in kimonos.
After they both landed their triple front flip axe kicks in a kneeling position sparks flew out from behind them and two white fans fell into their hands allowing them to move on with the next portion of the greeting.
When the TPG finally ended Pikachu and Denkou ran over to a nearby booth to share their first bottle of ketchup as friends.
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Naruto was really starting to get irritated now. He had been here for nearly five minutes with Ash still thinking. Every time he tried to leave Ash would say, "Wait I'm sure I know you from somewhere." and then just go back to scratching his chin.
Come to think of it, Naruto didn't know why he didn't tell Ash who he was. Or, better yet, he could just leave despite Ash telling him to wait.
Naruto was just about to do that when Ash's friends finally came over wandering what was wrong.
Still in his thinking pose, totally oblivious to the world, Ash was only alerted to his friend's presence when he heard Misty gasp.
"What happened?" Ash asked as he finally got out of his thinking pose.
"Its him." Misty said with light red tint covering her cheeks.
"Who?" Ash asked still clueless.
"Naruto." Brock informed.
"Oooohhh." Ash said in sudden realization. "I knew I remembered you from somewhere."
"That's what you've been doing all this time." Misty asked, with a wave of anger replacing her previous daze. "I even told you what he looked like a few minutes ago."
"Well you description was kind of vague." Ash said in his defense.
"Vague!" Misty asked, enraged. "I told you he had a mask and a cloak. What more of a description do you need?"
"There are plenty of cloaked, masked people in Pewter City." Ash said.
"Oh really, like who?" Misty questioned.
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As Misty and Ash had their argument, Naruto and Brock had a conversation of their own..
"Well it was nice meeting you Naruto." Brock said as their conversation came to a close.
"It was nice meeting you as well Brock, but I better get going." Naruto said as he eyed a group of people that ran down the hall to get their friends.
"Pikachu, we need to go." Naruto informed Pikachu, who reluctantly left the half finished bottle of ketchup.
"Bye." Naruto said as the doors of the Pokemon Center closed behind Naruto was gone Brock turned towards Ash and Misty who had finally finished there augment with Misty being the victor.
"Hay. Where did Naruto go?" Ash asked as he looked up from his slouched position. "I need to ask him about teaching me that move."
"He left a few minutes ago." Brock informed, causing Ash to return to his slouched position.
"See, because of you we missed our chance to talk to Naruto." Misty said to Ash with anger clearly present in her voice.
"Wait. So your saying this is my fault?" Ash asked with his own dose of anger.
"Yes." Misty answered.
And the argument ensues.
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"This is the place." Naruto said to Pikachu as he came to a stop in front of the Pewter City Gym.
Pikachu responded with a simple nod of its head and right after that they both entered the giant bolder-looking building.
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Once inside, Naruto and Pikachu were greeted with the sight of a large dark blue stadium with a tan battlefield in the center of the room and a two platforms that ran along the top of the side walls.
The battlefield had rocks of every different size, shape, and kind scattered around it. It also had a large white circle in the very center of it with a equally white line that stretched, not only through the middle of the circle, but also to the very edge of the battlefield. This symbol represented a pokeball, as required of any official pokemon battlefield.
Another feature that Naruto noticed about the stadium was that it was dimly lit.
"Welcome." A voice echoed through the relatively empty stadium, bringing Naruto out of his thoughts.
Naruto watched wordlessly as a man, that looked very similar to Brock, emerged from the shadows on the far end of the stadium and made his way toward the other side of the stadium.
"Well since you have pokemon, I suppose you came here for a gym battle. Did you not?" The man inquired.
"Yes, I did." Naruto answered.
"Well then, you should consider yourself lucky, you are my first challenger since my return to the gym." The man proclaimed. "All of my years off have dulled my skills, but even so don't expect a easy win."
Naruto said nothing, for there was nothing that needed to be said.
After Naruto and the man got into their positions on the field, the man spoke once again.
"What is your name?" Was the man's simple question.
"Naruto." Was Naruto's equally simple answer."Well Naruto, I am Flint, and as tradition demands I will state the rules that you must follow in this gym." Flint said as he began to recite the old time mantra, that came with years of being a gym leader. "This will be a three on three pokemon battle with only the challenger being able to swap pokemon. Pokemon can only be swapped once one pokemon is defeated in battle."
Naruto nodded his head in understanding and Flint continued.
"Well then, with that said, good luck and may the best trainer win." Flint said as he withdrew a pokeball from his belt. "Geodude, I choose you!"
"Scyther, your assistance is required." Naruto said as he threw his pokeball onto the battlefield.
As the red energy retracted back into the pokeball the two pokemon appeared on the battlefield, both ready for a fight.
"I'll give you the first move." Flint said as he studied Naruto and Scyther.
'I'm at a major disadvantage, all of my pokemon are weak against his rock type pokemon in someway. And most of their regular attacks will be ineffective.' Naruto thought as he eyed Flint's Geodude. 'I have to find a way to get inside Geodude's guard so when Scyther attacks, it will be able to take Geodude out of the match on the first hit. Because once Flint sees Scyther's attack we will lose our element of surprise.'
With his plan fresh in his mind Naruto called the first attack of the battle.
"Scyther, use Rapid Impact." Naruto ordered.
Wasting no time in channeling its Aura, it wasn't long before a light blue glow enveloped Scyther's feet.
"In all my years as a pokemon trainer, I can honestly say I never heard of that attack before." Flint said with mild interest. " But, I am not keen on the idea of finding out if its dangerous. Geodude, use Rock Throw."
Following Flint's order, Geodude was quick to grab a nearby rock in each hand. Geodude then proceeded to hurl the rocks at Scyther, who still hadn't moved since the beginning of the battle.
The rocks closed in on Scyther, without prompting any reaction. Once the rocks were only ten feet away from Scyther, Scyther suddenly vanished.
Armed with two more rocks that it had picked up, Geodude searched for any sign of Scyther. Suddenly, a small chip of rock dislodged itself from Geodude's side. Then another and another.
The process seemed to go on forever as small slash marks began to take shape on Geodude's body. Geodude was attempting to throw rocks at Scyther in retaliation, but since it couldn't actually see Scyther the rocks never connected.
"Geodude, use Magnitude then follow up with Rock Throw.." Flint ordered after he got a general idea of how Naruto's attack worked.
Geodude immediately slammed its fists into the ground, causing the entire stadium to shake violently. The sudden shift in the ground caused Scyther to loose its footing, right before it was able to strike Geodude from the side.
Capitalizing on Scyther's stumble, Geodude quickly pulled a rather large rock from its place on the battlefield and flung it at Scyther.
Scyther had just enough time to look up, before the rock crashed into its body, sending it flying into a nearby boulder.
Scyther got up from its slouched position on the boulder, just in time to roll out of the way of another rock from Geodude. When Scyther was up right once more, it looked up to see Geodude's fist mere inches away from its face.
Scyther moved its head to the side and only received a glancing blow from Geodude, but it was forced to duck under another strike from Geodude's left hand. Scyther rolled away from Geodude's right fist, but when the fist connected with the ground it shattered the rocks nearby and created a small crater. Getting out of its roll a bit dazed from the shockwave, Scyther was barley able to sidestep a jab at its stomach.
Scyther then spun out of the way of Geodude's right fist and straight into the left fist. Using its blades to parry the fist, Scyther ducked under the other fist, bringing itself almost directly under Geodude.
'Now.' Naruto thought as he called out his order.
"Scyther, use Acuminate." Naruto ordered.
A sky blue glow quickly covered the edge of Scyther's blades and radiated outwards, lengthening Scyther's blades as an affect.
Scyther slashed its right blade deep into the front, bottom portion of Geodude's body. The attack left a three inch gash in Geodude's body, and it also caused Geodude to give a cry of agony.
Following up, with a slash to Geodude's face with its left blade. Pushing the pain into the back of its mind, Geodude was able to raise its left arm to block Scyther's blade.
While it blocked the blade, Geodude tried to punch Scyther in the stomach with its right hand. Scyther brought the flat end of its right blade, to intercept Geodude's punch.
The two pokemon stayed like this for a long while, in an intense power struggle.
Gradually, Scyther shifted its right blade so that the part of edge began to slice into Geodude's fist. Realizing its disadvantage, Geodude mustered all the strength it could to push its arms against Scyther's blades. This action caused Scyther's blades to dig even deeper into Geodude's hands for a few seconds, before Scyther was driven back by the force.
Scyther came to a stop fifteen feet away from Scyther, after plowing through multiple rocks, damaging the back of its legs. As for Geodude, it got away from the conflict with a relatively shallow cut on right hand, a deep gash on its left forearm, and another deep gash on the lower part of its body.
The two pokemon studied each other, with the only sound of their ragged breathing preventing silence from consuming the stadium.
It wasn't long before Naruto's voice became another sound radiating through the stadium.
"Scyther, use Acuminous Assault." Naruto ordered.
The light blue extensions to Scyther's blades began to shorten a little, due to Scyther's inexperience with the attack, but soon a familiar glow began to envelope Scyther's feet.
"Geodude, use Rollout." Flint ordered.
Geodude was quick to tuck its arms close to its chest and roll its body into rough sphere. Geodude rolled towards Scyther as fast as it could, trying to prevent it from starting its attack.
But, like last time, right before Geodude was able to connect with Scyther, Scyther disappeared.
Slash marks quickly began to appear along Geodude's body, soon after Scyther's disappearance.
Straining his eyes to spot the cuts on Geodude's body, Flint noticed that the few cuts he could see were shallow. Running a few scenarios through his head, Flint realized that the spinning motion of Geodude's body, was making it hard for Scyther to actually hit Geodude without sliding off.
This made Flint realize that the center of Geodude's sides were the only truly vulnerable points on Geodude's body. Flint also realized that Scyther figured this out as well, seeing as the cuts were getting dangerously close to Geodude's weak spot.
Only the random bumps caused by Geodude's rough exterior and the rocks on the battlefield, kept Scyther from getting a solid hit. But at this rate it was only a matter of time.
"Geodude, you need to turn constantly to cover for your weak points." Flint ordered.
With its new instructions, Geodude continued to only receive shallow cuts from Scyther. But even these cuts were slowly taking their toll. Despite this fact, Geodude continued to roll, for fear that if it stopped much deeper cuts would be soon to follow.
The constant turns made by Geodude and the high speed movement, also seemed to be taking their toll on Scyther. Occasionally, Scyther's concentration would slip and it would appear in a flash of green, just to realize its mistake and quickly pick up its speed.
As time went on, it was apparent that the first one to slip out would be the loser.
Suddenly, Scyther's ankles produced a wave of pain, causing Scyther to stumble straight into a painfully slide was upon Scyther in seconds, slamming its body into Scyther's unprotected stomach and pushing Scyther into the rock. This produced a major dent in the rock, that gradually grew as Geodude continued to push.
When Scyther's body was about halfway through the boulder, it managed to slide its left blade in front of its body and Geodude.
A high pitched sound was soon resonating throughout the stadium, as sparks flew from Scyther's blade as Geodude's body continued to grind against it. Using all its remaining strength, Scyther pushed Geodude away from its body with its left blade.
Once Geodude was half an arms length away, Scyther slashed at it with its right blade. When the blade connected Geodude's body began to force it down, but Scyther held firm.
Sparks shot from the edge of Scyther's blade as Geodude continued to spin, until...
Clink.
Scyther's blade got caught in a deep gash on Geodude's body, completely halting Geodude's movement. Scyther cried as Geodude's body pushed against its blade trying to drag it down.
"Scyther, release level one of the suppression seal." Naruto ordered.
Not needing to be told twice, Scyther focused its Aura into is chest causing a intricate seal to appear. The seal glowed a bight blue as power began to flood through Scyther's body, giving life to its weakened muscles.
Realizing the danger, Flint quickly abandoned his offensive tactic in favor of defense."Geodude, cancel your attack and fall back!" Flint ordered, with urgency clear in his voice.
Geodude tried to unroll itself to escape Scyther's grip, but Scyther's left blade quickly inserted itself into the gash on Geodude's forearm. This served to pin Geodude's hands firmly against its chest, preventing any further movement.
"Scyther, channel all your Aura into your right blade and use Acuminate." Naruto ordered.
A dense blue glow covered Scyther's entire blade as it drew every last drop of Aura it had into its blade.
All in one blinding flash, the Scyther's Aura stretched out from its blade and spread out.
The flash immediately disappeared and when it did, it revealed an unconscious Geodude with the whole bottom portion of its body sliced clean off. Scyther gently set Geodude on the ground as it removed its blade from the gash in Geodude's arm.
Once it was separated from Geodude, Scyther promptly collapsed onto one knee breathing heavily.()
After recalling both their pokemon, Flint gave a light chuckle that echoed through the stadium.
"Well that was certainly impressive." Flint commented as he looked up at Naruto. "In my whole career as a pokemon trainer I have never seen any attacks like the ones you just showed."
"You shouldn't have." Naruto informed as he drew a pokeball from his person. "After all I was the one who created them."
"Well it is impressive for one as young as yourself to create such moves, but to be able to also teach your pokemon those moves is truly a feat." Flint said as he too grabbed his pokeball from his belt. "Well the time for talk has passed. Let the battle continue, Zubat, I chose you!."
"Pikachu, your assistance is required." Naruto said.
The two new pokemon took the field and Flint was quick to make the first move.
"Zubat, use Supersonic." Flint ordered.
After the order was given, waves of sound made their way out of Zubat's mouth and straight towards Pikachu. The sound was totally mute outside of the waves, but Naruto knew that wasn't true for the inside.
"Pikachu, dodge and counter with Thunderbolt." Naruto ordered.
In a quick burst of speed, Pikachu soon became nothing more than a blur as it avoided the Supersonic and came to a sudden stop behind Zubat. Electricity jumped across its cheeks as a trail of electricity, was sent from its body, flying towards Zubat's back.
"Zubat, dodge it and use Wing Attack." Flint ordered.
Zubat was able to fly just high enough, so that Pikachu's Thunderbolt was only able to skim the bottom of its legs. Ignoring the jolt of electricity that shot through its body, Zubat's wings began to glow it was ready, Zubat dove towards Pikachu, hoping to score a hit. Pikachu responded to the attack by rolling out of the way of Zubat's wing, but it only had a few second to get up before it had to sidestep Zubat's next attack.
"Pikachu use Rapid Impact to counter Zubat's strike." Naruto ordered.
As Pikachu continued to dodge Zubat's wings, it started to focus its Aura into its feet. After jumping over Zubat's wing, Pikachu finally released the Aura in its feet. Once it did, it promptly disappeared.
"Zubat cancel your attack." Flint ordered.
When Zubat came close to the ground again for its next strike, it heard Flint's order and was about to pull up, but before it could something slammed into its wing. The sudden force caused Zubat to lose its flight and crash into a rock.
The momentary lapse of movement was all Pikachu needed to score a solid hit on Zubat's chest, causing Zubat to fly through the rock it was previously leaning against and bounce across the stadium.
After three bounces Zubat was able to use its wings to gain control of its body and get airborne.
With Zubat no longer within its reach, Pikachu came to a stop a few feet in front of Zubat.
"Zubat, use Confuse Ray." Flint ordered.
A rainbow colored ball appeared in front of Zubat's mouth and flew towards Pikachu. Pikachu used minimal effort in rolling out of the way of the attack, but when it got up it came face to face with Zubat.
"Now. Zubat, use Bite." Flint ordered.
In no time Zubat sunk its teeth into Pikachu's right arm, causing Pikachu to cry out in pain.
"Pikachu, cover your body in electricity." Naruto ordered.
It wasn't long before sparks began to cover Pikachu's fur. With Zubat actually connected to Pikachu the electricity started to run through its body as well.
"Zubat, use Supersonic." Flint ordered.
As the volts running through Zubat's body rapidly increased, Zubat was hard pressed to make any sounds, seeing as all its muscles began to become unresponsive. Forcing its body to work, Zubat released the attack right before it finally unlatched itself from Pikachu's arm.
The electricity that was once covering Pikachu, quickly dissipated as the sound worked its way towards Pikachu's brain. In no time, a high pitched ringing reverberated throughout Pikachu's entire being as it fell to the ground with a throbbing migraine.
Meanwhile, Zubat's body twitched as it gradually regained its basic motor controls. After about another minute of uncontrolled twitching, Zubat was once again in control of its body.
"Zubat, attack Pikachu with continuous Wing Attacks." Flint ordered.
Taking to the sky's once more Zubat's wings glowed white, as it dove towards Pikachu. The attack was met with no sort of resistance as Zubat's wing collided with Pikachu's side. The hit propelled Pikachu across the ground of the stadium, causing it to plow through any rocks in its way.
Once Pikachu finally came to a stop, it was quickly struck again by Zubat. This process continued for a long time until, after taking a rather gruesome hit, Pikachu came to a sudden stop when it hit a boulder.
"Zubat, finish this off with Bite." Flint ordered, as he watched Pikachu's body slouch against the rock.
Naruto watched as Zubat changed attacks and dove at Pikachu once more, fully prepared to end the battle. When Naruto took his eyes away from Zubat, his gaze fell on Pikachu who's migraine was finally beginning to subside.
Before the Pikachu's body could registered the pain, that it just experienced from Zubat, Naruto gave Pikachu his order.
"Pikachu, release level one of your suppression seal." Naruto ordered.
Still disoriented from its migraine and with a wave of pain starting to flood its senses. Pikachu had to use every bit of concentration in its being, to channel the small amount of Aura necessary for its seal to release. But, as soon as it did, a wave of power dulled the pain overtaking its body, to a certain extent, and the remnants of its migraine almost completely disappeared.
Not detoured by Pikachu's sudden increase in power, Zubat continued its attack and bit down on Pikachu's left arm as hard as it could.
Clearing out the rest of its blurry vision, Pikachu looked for the source of the new pain that served to accentuate the wounds that had previously been nearly forgotten. When Pikachu looked down and saw Zubat latched to its arm, it immediately remembered the pain that had come from that position.
"Zubat use Supersonic." Flint ordered.
Not wanting to relive the pain that it had just experienced, Pikachu spun around and rammed the left side of its body into the boulder that it was leaning against. This action served to silence any attempts Zubat had at using Supersonic and the electricity that Pikachu was once again covering itself in, also served to stop Zubat from making any noise.
"Zubat, cancel your attack and gain some altitude." Flint ordered, realizing that Zubat's chances of pulling off the attack were close to none.
After Pikachu pulled back from slamming Zubat into the boulder, Zubat removed its teeth from Pikachu's arm and tried to fly out of Pikachu's reach.
"Pikachu, use Iron Tail." Naruto ordered.
Pikachu's tail quickly took on a white glow as Pikachu jumped up after Zubat and preformed a front flip, slamming its tail into Zubat's stomach. The attack threw Zubat even higher into the air, causing it to hit the ceiling of the stadium.
After Zubat fell down from the ceiling and was halfway towards the ground, it was able to gain control of its body once more.
"Zubat, use Supersonic." Flint ordered.
Just like last time, waves of sound came from Zubat's mouth and flew towards Pikachu. Pikachu was able to dodge the Supersonic relatively easy, but Zubat didn't let up, and Pikachu soon had to dodge a barrage of the sound waves.
"Pikachu, use Agility, then follow up with Thunderbolt." Naruto ordered.
After rolling out of the way of another sound wave, Pikachu got up and disappeared. Pikachu came back into existence only a couple feet under Zubat, with electricity already leaving its body.
The Thunder bolt hit Zubat, full force, and Zubat quickly lost the ability to fly. As Zubat was plummeting towards the ground, Pikachu slammed its tail into Zubat's side. The attack succeeded in propelling Zubat towards the ground at a faster, diagonal angle.
When Zubat hit the ground, it plowed through a rock and bounced two times before it finally skidded to a stop on the ground.
"Pikachu, use Iron Tail." Naruto ordered.
Eager to finish the battle Pikachu bounded toward Zubat's downed form, at amazing speeds, as its tail was enveloped by a familiar white glow. When Pikachu was twenty feet away from Zubat, Flint made his move.
"Zubat use Confuse Ray." Flint ordered.
The rainbow colored ball formed only a few seconds after the order was given, but by that time Pikachu was already mid swing. Pikachu's tail connected with the top of Zubat's head, right when Zubat released the Confuse Ray.
A crater with a ten foot radius formed under Zubat's body. Immediately after that Pikachu's vision exploded into a kaleidoscope and all of its senses started going haywire. With worry overtaking its features Pikachu began wandering in circles, not sure which way was forward.
"Pikachu, stay still and focus." Naruto ordered.
Falling on all fours, Pikachu closed its eyes and began to concentrate on regaining control of its senses.
Meanwhile, Zubat's broken form twitched in the crater it made, but eventually Zubat started to slowly fly out of the crater.
"Zubat, attack Pikachu with Wing Attack while its distracted." Flint ordered.
Zubat's wings started to glow white again and Zubat dove towards Pikachu, at a much slower pace than before. Never the less the wing connected and Pikachu was only sent skidding four feet away.
As Zubat came in for another pass its heart dropped when it realized Pikachu was staring straight at it. Both Flint and Naruto noticed this as well.
"Pikachu latch onto Zubat's back." Naruto ordered.
"Zubat pull up now!" Flint ordered.
Zubat immediately canceled its attack and began to franticly beat its wings in an attempt to get out of Pikachu's reach. Pikachu pumped Aura into its legs as it sprinted towards Zubat, and when Pikachu was right under Zubat it released all the Aura in one tremendous jump.
Zubat tried to dodge to the left so Pikachu couldn't latch on, but as it rolled in the air, Pikachu was able to grab onto one of Zubat's legs. Still holding onto Zubat's leg Pikachu hoisted itself up onto Zubat's back.
"Pikachu use Thunderbolt." Naruto ordered.
"Zubat get Pikachu off you!" Flint ordered.
Zubat did barrel rolls, circles, zigzags, and anything else it could think of. But despite its greatest efforts Pikachu, stayed on. Thousands of volts of electricity flowed through Zubat's body all at one time, when Pikachu finally released its attack, and once that happened all Zubat's muscles seized up.
A brilliant lightning bolt shot from Zubat to the ground as the electricity discharged from its body. Once the lightning disappeared Zubat began to plummet towards the ground.
"Pikachu, use Thunder Tail." Naruto ordered.
Pikachu's tail became enveloped in electricity as it finally unlatched itself from Zubat's back and started to do a series of front flips as it followed behind Zubat's body.
When Zubat hit the ground, it was immediately hit in the back by Pikachu's tail and a crater with a fifteen foot radius was formed.
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Flint sighed as he recalled his unconscious Zubat, back to its pokeball.
"Well I'm down to my last pokemon, your Scyther is incapacitated, your Pikachu is obviously tired, and you have one more pokemon left." Flint stated as he watched Naruto make no move to recall Pikachu.
"Are you sure you don't want to switch Pikachu for your last pokemon, I guarantee you're going to want to." Flint suggested.
"I think we'll take our chances." Naruto replied.
"Okay then." Flint said as he threw his last pokeball. "Onix I choose you!"
The red energy from the pokemon reseeded and Onix was left towering over Pikachu.
"Well, lets get this started." Flint said initiating the match. "Onix, use Iron Tail."
Onix's tail glowed white as it flung it straight towards Pikachu, crushing any rocks in its way.
"Pikachu, use Agility to get onto Onix's head." Naruto ordered.
Pikachu flickered from existence right when the Iron Tail finished its decent. The dust kicked up from the Iron Tail was enough cover for Pikachu to get on top of Onix's tail and begin its ascent to Onix's head, by running along Onix's back.
"Onix, use Dig." Flint ordered when he spotted a flicker of yellow on Onix's back.
With an impressive leap, for something of that size, Onix dove head first towards the ground. When it hit the ground, it opened its mouth and allowed the dirt to enter its mouth. This opened a hole in the ground and the process continued as Onix continued to dig the hole.
In only a matter of seconds Onix's whole body was completely underground and Pikachu was standing on the edge of the hole Onix had made.
"Pikachu, try and feel Onix's presence." Naruto ordered. "When you do, attack with Iron Tail."
Following Naruto's order, Pikachu dropped on all fours and began to focus on finding Onix's Aura signature. Pikachu's tail glowed white as it jumped high into the air and sliced its tail into air.
A second later, Onix emerged from the ground right beside Pikachu and the left side of its head ran straight into Pikachu's tail. Not being able to stop itself, now that its whole body was in the air, the entire left side of Onix's body was sliced by Pikachu's tail.
After Pikachu's tail exited the bottom of Onix's tail, Pikachu immediately leapt away as Onix's body fell back to the ground.
Once Onix landed, everyone was able to see the full extent of the injury that Onix had received. It was a huge gash in Onix's left side, that went about a fifth of the way through Onix's body.
"Onix, use Rock Throw." Flint ordered.
Onix gave Pikachu a dirty look as it grabbed all the rocks its tail could carry and flung them all towards Pikachu, with all the force it could muster. Pikachu nimbly dodged each rock as they slammed into the ground, each creating a crater of their own.
Meanwhile, while Pikachu was dodging the rocks, Onix took the liberty of closing the distance between them.
"Onix, use Bind." Flint ordered.
"Pikachu, jump over Onix and use Iron Tail." Naruto ordered.
After Pikachu dodged the last rock it channeled as much Aura as it could into its feet, and, right before Onix could grab it, Pikachu jumped released all the Aura it had gathered.
The jump carried Pikachu just high enough for it to latch onto the front of Onix's snout. Before Pikachu could get the proper footing, Onix through its head back, throwing Pikachu straight into the outcropping on its head.
"Pikachu, hold on and use Iron Tail." Naruto ordered.
Right after Pikachu slammed into the outcropping it used Aura to stick to the side of it. Once Pikachu got all its feet onto the side of Onix's outcropping it sprinted down, to the top of Onix's head.
Onix shook its head violently, but Pikachu held firm. When Pikachu was on the top of Onix's head, right beside the outcropping, its tail glowed white. Once it's attack was charged Pikachu slammed its tail into the front of Onix's outcropping, slicing a fourth of the way through it.
Onix cried out in agony, and before Pikachu could attack again it brought its tail up to its head and swatted Pikachu off.
"Onix, use Iron Tail." Flint ordered.
"Pikachu, protect yourself with your own Iron Tail." Naruto ordered.
As Pikachu flew through the air, Onix brought its tail straight above Pikachu as it charged its attack. Before Onix's tail collided with Pikachu, Pikachu brought its tail up in front of it's body to lessen the impact.
Onix's tail fell downward and plowed into Pikachu, slamming it into the ground in a matter of seconds.
When Onix lifted its tail from its position on top of Pikachu, it revealed Pikachu laying inside a crater with a twenty foot radius. Pikachu twitched and began to struggle onto its feet despite the protests from its own body.
"Onix, use Bind." Flint ordered.
Before Pikachu could get onto its feet, Onix grabbed it with its tail and brought it up to its face as it began to squeeze. Causing Pikachu's tail to twitch as it dangled near Pikachu's feet, under Onix's grip. Pikachu cried in pain as it tried to struggle out of Onix's grip, but it was to no avail.
"Pikachu, use Iron Tail to attack Onix's tail." Naruto ordered.
Pikachu concentrated as it tried to block out the pain and channel Aura into its tail. Pikachu's tail glowed a dim white, but that was good enough as Pikachu began to slam it into the bottom of Onix's tail.
Onix continued to squeeze, while Pikachu continued to pound away at the exact same spot on Onix's tail. Eventually the strikes took their toll on Onix and its grip loosened on Pikachu, just the slightest bit. But that was all Pikachu needed, to wiggle out.
Once Pikachu was out of Onix's grip, it jumped from Onix's tail onto its head.
"Pikachu, use Iron Tail." Naruto ordered.
The glow surrounding Pikachu's tail increased as it bounded toward the outcropping on Onix's head.
"Onix, use Slam." Flint ordered.
Onix threw its body head first towards a boulder, hoping to dislodge Pikachu from its head. Right before Onix's head collided with the boulder Pikachu slammed its tail into the outcropping. The Iron Tail reduced the rock left holding the outcropping onto Onix's head, to only half of what it once was.
Right after that Onix's head slammed into the boulder, crushing Pikachu's back, and causing Pikachu to lose its grip on Onix's head. The boulder shattered and Pikachu fell onto the ground once more, struggling to stand up.
"Onix, finish this with Iron Tail." Flint ordered.
Before Pikachu could get to its feet, Onix's tail slammed into Pikachu's side. Pikachu flew through the air at a frightening pace, slamming into the right wall of the stadium. Pikachu's body formed a crater with a five foot radius in the wall and slowly Pikachu fell from the crater and onto the ground, unconscious.
()After Naruto placed Pikachu beside his feet on the floor, he returned his attention to Flint and his Onix.
"This battle decides it all." Flint said as he stared at Naruto. "If I win it will be child's play for Onix to defeat your Scyther in the condition it is in now. You better hope that your last pokemon is something that can stand up to my Onix."
Naruto threw his last pokeball, and Flint watched in anticipation as red energy exited the open pokeball and began to take shape. Flint's eyes dulled a bit when he saw the red energy recede to reveal a Pidgey.
"If you were any other person, I would have dropped my guard." Flint commented. "But I know that if I do then you would probably beat me with minimal effort, so I simply won't."
"Pidgey, release level one of your suppression seal." Naruto ordered.
Just like Naruto's other two pokemon, a seal appeared on Pidgey's chest and it began to glow blue. Then right after that power exploded off of Pidgey's body as the seal disappeared once more.
"So early." Flint noted in surprise. "That can't be good. Onix, use Slam."
Listening to Flint's order, Onix threw its whole body at Pidgey.
Onix was only ten feet away from Pidgey, when Naruto finally gave his order.
"Pidgey, use Aero Blade." Naruto ordered.
Aura immediately stretched out of the edge of Pidgey's wings adding a whole extra foot to Pidgey's wings. Pidgey barrel rolled to the left of Onix's head and then stuck its left wing into the right side of Onix's body. Just like with Pikachu, Onix was unable to get out of the way of Pidgey's wing and was forced to endure the pain until Pidgey's wing finally left its body.
When that happened a long gash, almost exactly identical to the gash on the left side of Onix's body, was left in Onix's right side. Onix snorted in rage, but that was soon forgotten when Pidgey appeared in front of its face and finished the job Pikachu started, by slashing its wing through the rest of the outcropping on Onix's head.
The large chunk of rock slid off of Onix's head and fell to the ground bellow. The impact created a crater that held the jagged rock straight up.
"Onix, use Iron Tail." Flint ordered.
Ignoring the pain flooding its being, Onix swung its tail at Pidgey, but that turned out to be a mistake. Pidgey not only dodged the attack, but it also slashed Onix's tail rapidity with its wings.
"Onix, use Bind." Flint ordered.
When Pidgey came in for another attack, Onix tried to catch Pidgey in its tail, but Pidgey slipped through the middle of Onix's tail and sliced Onix's tail.
"Onix, use Rock Throw." Flint ordered.
Gathering all the rocks it could in its tail Onix threw them at Pidgey with all its strength. Pidgey did a barrel roll to avoid the first rock, flew under the second one, sliced the third one in half, and barrel rolled out of the way of the fourth one. But after that Onix had thrown an extra boulder at Pidgey and before Pidgey could exit its barrel roll, the boulder slammed into Pidgey.
Not being able to get out from under the boulder, the boulder smashed into the ground with Pidgey still under it.
"Onix, use Iron Tail." Flint ordered.
Putting all its remaining strength into its tail, Onix slammed its tail into the boulder that Pidgey was under. The boulder shattered from the pressure of Onix's tail and its tail continued to fall until it collided with Pidgey's body.
The whole stadium shook as the ground under Pidgey gave way. Onix lifted its tail up to reveal Pidgey laying in a crater that equaled the one made by Pikachu.
Silence overtook the stadium as Pidgey struggled onto its feet. Finally climbing onto its feet, Pidgey slowly and painfully began to take air once more.
"Your Pidgey's almost spent." Flint commented, getting no response from Naruto. "One more hit will probably be all it takes to decide this battle, so you better be able to counter this. Onix, use Slam!"
Using every bit of its remaining energy, Onix flung itself at Pidgey.
"Pidgey, use Wind Lance." Naruto ordered.
The wind in the stadium picked up rapidly as it swirled around Pidgey's form. The winds around Pidgey intensified as it began to take shape. The winds went faster and faster until they encased Pidgey in a lance of pure wind.
Pidgey charged head on at Onix, when the lance was fully formed.
When the two met the winds that were once surrounding Pidgey exploded outward, displacing all the dirt in the stadium, most of the smaller rock, and a few medium sized ones.
When everything finally settled, Flint and Naruto were given an clear view of the battlefield, and more importantly, their pokemon.
Pidgey was laying in the crater that Pikachu, had made when it got hit with Onix's Iron Tail. Pidgey wasn't moving at all and its breathing was even. So to put it simply, Pidgey was unconscious.
As for Onix, it was leaning its head against the outcropping in the ground that was once connected to its head. And aside from the damage that was already on its body before Pidgey's final attack, a spiral shaped dent was present on the top of its head.
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"Well that was one of the greatest matches I've had in years." Flint said happily as he walked towards Naruto, after he recalled Onix back into its pokeball. "No matter what I threw at you and your pokemon you always, bounced back. You have the makings of a great trainer Naruto.""Thank you Flint." Naruto said as he too called Pidgey back into its pokeball. "The battle was enjoyable for me too, and I'm certain my pokemon enjoyed it as well, despite their injuries."
Naruto met Flint in the middle of the stadium, with a woozy Pikachu on his shoulder.
"Well since the last battle was a draw and your Scyther was the only pokemon that wasn't defeated, I hereby present you with the Pewter City Gym Badge." Flint said as he handed the grey gem to Naruto.
"Thank you, I really appreciate it." Naruto with those final words, Naruto turned around and left the Pewter City Gym, with his first badge in his hands.
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Scyther
Rapid Impact: A combination of Quick Attack and Agility. The speed of Quick Attack is combined with the dexterity of Agility. This move is primarily used to close in on opponents and get multiple hits.
Acuminate: A manipulation of wind. The user channels a thin, sharp layer of Aura over an appendage, increasing its ability to pierce through objects.
Acuminous Assault: A combination of Rapid Impact and Acuminate. The speed and agility provided by Rapid Impact, coupled with the cleaving power of Acuminate; give birth to a one fast, devastating attack.
Pikachu
Rapid Impact: A combination of Quick Attack and Agility. The speed of Quick Attack is combined with the dexterity of Agility. This move is primarily used to close in on opponents and get multiple hits.
Thunder Tail: A combination of Iron Tail and electricity manipulation. The electricity flowing thought the pokemon is channeled into the Iron Tail adding power and a shocking effect.
Pidgey
Aero Blade: The manipulation of wind. The pokemon channels their Wind Aura to the front and back portions of their wings. This creates a thin, sharp layer of Aura along the edges of the pokemon's wings.
Wind Lance: The manipulation of wind. The user spins to form a protective yet deadly barrier of wind around itself, that takes the shape of a lance.
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AN: Well there's Chapter 7, that didn't take nearly as long as Chapter 6. I guess things do go faster when I set my mind to it.
Also before anyone complains about the fact that Ash and the gang was still in Pewter City after he beat Brock, I am quite aware that they left as soon as Ash beat Brock in the anime. Furthermore you were the ones telling me that Ash should make another appearance before Naruto meets up with them in Cerulean City, so I decided to change what happened to fit my needs. After all it is my story.
And I know that Misty watched Ash's second attempt at the Pewter Gym in the anime, but she didn't in my story.
Another thing sorry if Ash is a little 'loud' in this story, but he will calm down as the story progresses. After all Ash defiantly was more expressive of his emotions in Kanto than he has been in Sinnoh. Also he is only ten years old.
As always, thanks to those of you who reviewed I appreciate it and if you have any original attacks you think could contribute to the story feel free to tell me.
Until next time...