AN: I would just like to bring to your attention the fact that one more change has been made to Naruto.I have gotten a review saying that making swords out of silver and gold is not only cheesy, but will also not be very effective in battle and I respond by saying "they are totally right.
So, because of that, Naruto's swords are now simply made out of a high quality steel and they are both completely identical.
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto or Pokemon.
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Last time on The Rise of Chaos: While taking a day long break in a small farming community, Misty asks Naruto if he could train her in the ways of a water pokemon trainer. Inspired Ash quickly supports the idea and asks Naruto for his own training session. Naruto agrees to their requests and immediate begins his training with Misty. After training for a number of hours, Naruto and Misty returned to the Pokemon Center to eat dinner with Ash and Brock. Once dinner was over Naruto and Ash began their training session, which lasted until early the next morning.
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We find our heroes trudging along a foggy path surrounded by a thick forest, on their way to Vermillion city for Naruto and Ash's next gym battle.
"I think we all need to take a break." Brock suggested as he came to an abrupt halt.
"I agree." Misty consented immediately after the words left Brock's mouth, promptly stopping forward advance.
"I suppose a quick break would do us some good." Ash remarked as he slowed down to a stop with apparent reluctance, remembering the lesson on patience that Naruto had given him just a day before.
Naruto stayed silent as he also came to a stop near the group, seemingly agreeing with the idea.
"Great!" Brock exclaimed as he clapped his hands together enthusiastically. "Let me just whip a little something together."
With that said Brock sat down and rubbed his hands together before he slowly unzipped the main pocket of his backpack. As soon as it was fully unzipped furniture immediately shot out of the backpack. Furniture that Brock proceeded to catch and throw behind him.
When the final chair was thrown, the group assessed the new setting they found themselves in, finding five chairs, a set of plates, a set of cups, a set of utensils and numerous other things that couldn't fit in a regular backpack.
"I would hardly call this a little." Misty commented as she stared at the fully set table.
'How was he able to keep burning candles in there?' Misty asked herself.
"Don't worry. I'll go easy on the appetizers." Brock replied receiving blank stares from everyone in the area.
"Now for starters we will have a diced oran berry salad toped with shredded pecha berry for extra flavor. The main course will be slow cooked Pewter pasta with a small side of Viridian dumplings. Drinks will included Celadon citrus, Saffron soda, and Cerulean spring water." Brock informed while reading his inventory.
"Well. I suppose it was a good idea to take a break." Ash muttered darkly, while rubbing his hands together in a ominous fashion, receiving odd looks from Misty."Don't judge me." Ash said, returning his hands to his side, after catching a glimpse Misty's facial expression.
"Too late." Misty responded, leaving to go see Brock.
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Having long left the campsite, Naruto was currently leaning on a tree with Pikachu on his shoulder, observing a group of what looked like Pokemon Tech students, if he remembered correctly.
Naruto simply watched silently as one young boy was being 'helped' by five other students that looked to be about two or three years older than the boy.
The young boy was running on a treadmill, in the middle of a open field, while one student with wild red hair held up cards of different pokemon, quizzing the young boy on their types, moves, and evolutions.
Before long, the young boy tripped over his own feet and fell off the treadmill. The older boys were just beginning to downgrade the young boy when, all of a sudden, Ash came barreling through the trees right towards the small group.
Naruto was just about to go jump into the clearing, when he heard Misty calling his name. After a split second decision, he decided to leave a clone of him and Pikachu to see Misty, while he went to go see Ash.
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"Naruto, where are you?" Misty yelled as she searched the forest looking for the incredibly elusive closet-ninja.
'Maybe I should just get the wood myself.' Misty thought.
Before Misty could follow up on that thought, however, a voice that was not her own penetrated the dead silence of the fog encased forest.
"You wanted to see me." Naruto stated, not even felling the need to voice the sentence as a question.
Misty simply stared at him as she forced herself to take overly deep breaths in an attempt to calm her frantic heart.
"Yes." Misty responded shakily when she was finally able to convince her body that she was not in any danger. "Brock says we need to find wood for the fire."
"I understand." Naruto replied as he turned and began to walk deeper into the forest.
Realizing Naruto's motives, Misty quickly fell into step with him, perfectly content with the silence that surrounded them.
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Naruto walked across the fog covered clearing at a leisurely pace, as he slowly advanced on Ash's position. Which just so happened to be right in between the older boys and their younger student.
'Wonder how he will handle this.' Naruto thought offhandedly as he continued his stroll.
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Ash had wanted to yell at the older boys, he really did.
The thought of several older boys bullying a struggling student. That is just wrong in so many ways.
But, there was a slight problem.
'One of the basic lessons Naruto taught me was to study everything about a situation before you decide how to act... Well so much for that.' Ash mused as he studied his current position, silently wandering how to get out of it and wishing he never got their in the first place.
"Excuse me." Ash began as he studied the faces of each astonished teen. "But your actions can be taken in many different ways and most of them are negative. So would you mind explaining why you seem to be bullying a younger student?"
"Well not at all." A boy with wild red hair responded in a slightly mocking manner, using the time to regain his bearings that had been scattered by Ash's sudden intrusion. "After all we wouldn't want be uncivil."
"It is in fact our duty as Tech students to set an example for others." A boy with long black hair began to explain. "As such, we felt the obligation to help our young companion Joe keep up with his studies. Upon his request of course."
"I see." Ash acknowledged in a slow, almost untrusting manner.
Although he did his best not to show it, almost a quarter of the words the boys had used were way above Ash's current vocabulary level. It was only through a combination of simplification, guess work, and luck that allowed Ash to come up with his next sentence.
"Is this true." Ash asked as he turned his head to look at Joe.
"Yes, I asked for their help." Joe responded.
"Okay then. I am happy to hear that none of my initial concerns were proven true. So I shall leave you to your work with my sincere apology." Ash remarked as he linked his hands behind his back and gave the group a small bow before he turned on his heel and walked away.
'Yeah I'm good.'
"Nice recovery."
Ash slowly turned to face the new voice, while searching his mental bank of voices, hoping to find a match.
"That was pretty nice wasn't it." Ash responded, now completely facing the dark figure, hidden by the thick fog that covered the clearing. "But I still should have been able to remember the rule before I ran into the clearing. After all, the training was just a day ago."
"Indeed." Naruto remarked as he came to a stop about a foot away from Ash. "But it is good to see that you actually took your training seriously."
"Of course I took it seriously." Ash huffed indignantly, crossing his arms across his chest. "I don't mess around with it comes to becoming a better trainer."
"That's good to hear." Naruto said in a slightly amused fashion. "But its too bad you don't have the same attitude towards being a lumberjack.
Ash's face contorted into the true definition of confusion as he took some time to repeat Naruto's words inside his head.
"Shoot! The firewood!" Ash yelled in sudden realization as he bolted towards the forest. 'Misty is going to kill me.'
Ash's advance was soon halted, however, when Naruto's voice once again penetrated the silence of the clearing.
"One of the basic principles I taught you was to be patient." Naruto noted as he continued along his path further into the clearing. "That applies to this situation."
Ash gave a slow nod of acknowledgement, not taking into account the fact that Naruto wasn't even looking at him. He was about to continue his advance into the forest at a walking pace, but was once again stopped by an echo of Naruto's voice.
"Be perceptive is also one of the basic principles I taught you."
"How is that even relevant?" Ash yelled into the endless fog, not fully expecting to receive an answer.
And, as expected, his question was met with complete silence. Until he decided to try and continue his trek towards the campsite.
"Where is Denkou right now?"
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Denkou and Pikachu were currently playing on the treadmill that Joe had been using just minutes before.
Denkou was controlling the treadmill while Pikachu ran.
The treadmill was going forty miles per hour and Pikachu wasn't having any troubles at all, so after about ten minutes Denkou gave Pikachu the signal and Pikachu jumped onto the control panel, while Denkou jumped down onto the treadmill.
Denkou landed in a full sprint to keep itself from getting flung of the treadmill. But after about five minutes Denkou was starting to fell a little bit of fatigue.
Not wanting to stop before it had matched Pikachu's time, Denkou ignored its body's need for rest and continued running.
But seven minutes into the run Denkou tripped over its own feet and hit the treadmill face first, getting dragged half way across the treadmill before Pikachu finally acted.
Pikachu, thinking fast, quickly hit the emergency stop button on the control panel. This in turn launched Denkou off the treadmill at a very high pace, causing it to fly though the clearing mere inches above the ground.
But as soon as Pikachu's body began to descend, all of its forward movement came to a sudden halt when Pikachu collided with a brick building, previously hidden behind the thick veil of fog.
The sudden collision caused a shallow crater to appear on the single brick that Denkou's head had come into contact with, and served to knock Denkou out cold.
Worried for its friend's health Pikachu ran by Denkou's side and began to fan it with a handkerchief, in hopes of waking it up.
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Misty's eyes slowly began to drupe as she watched Brock stir a big bowl of pasta, sitting over a small fire, at a perfectly even pace.
She was currently lounging on one of the chairs Brock had apparently brought in his backpack. She and Naruto had returned with the firewood long ago, and when Brock told them Ash was still missing Naruto promptly left to go search for him.
With both Naruto and Ash gone, and Brock obsessively focused on cooking, Misty had little more to do than sit back and watch Brock. Listening only to the soft crackling of the cooking fire.
So, its not that hard to understand why Misty was not only drowsy, but also the slightest bit bored.
"Hey. Brock." Misty muttered quietly, still fighting off the oncoming sleep.
"Yeah." Brock acknowledged, still almost completely engrossed in his task.
"Do you think you could teach me how to cook?" Misty inquired, shifting her position in the stiff wooden chair. "My sisters don't know how to cook themselves and with my parents out of town all the time so I was never really able to learn for myself."
"I don't see why not." Brock responded happily, taking his attention away from the pasta just long enough to smile at Misty. "If you want to learn the delicate art of making fine cuisine then I will be happy to oblige.
Grateful to finally have something to do, Misty was quick to leave her seat in the chair and find her way to Brocks side Where he began his new role as a teacher with great vigor.
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When Ash and Naruto returned to the campsite, with both their Pikachus conscious, they found Brocks table fully set with a pure white table cloth, sparkling silverware, glistening plates, thick red cloth napkins, fruit topped salad appetizers, a pasta entree, crystalline water held in a clear goblet, and finally a brass candle holder displayed, proudly in the middle of the table, serving to hold up three brightly lit candles a foot above the table's surface.
Nearby Misty was apparently passed out in a chair, having had to work more in the last thirty minutes then she ever could remember in her entire lifetime.
"Food." Ash mumbled menacingly as he stalked up to the table, becoming totally oblivious to the physical world that could not be directly connected to the food on the table.
"I have had to wait for you to get here before I was allowed to eat the food that I ended up having to prepare and all you care about is eating." Misty muttered quietly seeming to suck the heat straight out of the air.
Ash didn't even register the fact that Misty had spoke and simply continued his advance toward the table undeterred.
"I had to see, smell, touch, and even hear the food as it was being made and as it sat on the table getting cold." Misty continued in the same low, ominous tone as before, while she slowly rose from her , still oblivious to the world outside of food, so he was totally caught off guard by what happened in the next five seconds.
First, Misty sprinted towards him faster than he ever thought possible. Second, Misty placed her fist parallel to her head. Third, that same fist found its way to Ash's cheek with such overwhelming force that he was knocked unconscious for a second be for he realized that his feet were no longer connected to the ground. And fourth, all the sound that had previously left the campsite in the last four seconds came back right when Ash's body once again met the ground, back first.
"And you were the one that stopped me from tasting it!"
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Misty was soon able to regain her composure after her sudden, but not unexpected, outburst and as soon as Ash was back on his feet the group finally sat down to eat.
But, about thirty minutes in, their meal was interrupted by a unexpected guest.
"Joe?" Ash asked skeptically after catching a glimpse of the boy's face as he, noisily scurried though some nearby bushes.
"Oh hi!" Joe said quickly as he shot into a standing position, mildly surprised at being caught.."What are you doing here." Ash asked, with Misty and Brock just sitting back, waiting to ask their question's later."Well...ummm" Tripping over his tongue and completely losing his train of thought, Joe broke eye contact with Ash, while he twiddled his fingers nervously.
It was only after a few deep breaths and a inner pep talk, that Joe finally found the courage to speak again."I wanted to thank you for standing up for me." Joe mumbled timidly with his head lowered. "No one has ever done that before and it feels good to know that someone outside of my family cares about my wellbeing."
"Wait." Ash interrupted, anger beginning to present itself as he rose from his chair. "I thought you said that you agreed to be helped by those guys?"
"I did." Joe responded earnestly, defending his tutors. "They really do help me study and my school performance has shot upward in the last two months. But, its just that their training methods are a little harsh."
"I see." Ash responded slowly, as he proceeded to mentally trash his anger avatar for losing control.
"I came here to see if there was anyway to repay you. I didn't know that you were busy until you found me." Joe explained, shuffling his feet nervously. "I can leave if you want."
"No!" Ash interrupted urgently as soon as Joe began to turn around. "As a matter of fact I do have something I want you to do for me."
"What?" Joe inquired, readjusting his body to once again face Ash.
"Well," Ash began, rubbing his hands together. "I would like to see exactly what makes Pokemon Tech so special."
"So, you want a tour of the school?" Joe asked, uncertainly.
"No." Ash responded, shaking his head negatively, while crossing his arms. " I want you to show me all of the cutting edge technology that your school has, how they work, and what they do.""I guess I can do that." Joe said slowly. "I have the rest of the day off anyway."
"Well, no since wasting any time." Ash remarked as he ran towards the school, quickly followed by Joe.
"We should follow him, shouldn't we?" Misty asked as she finished up the last of her pasta."Yeah, probably." Brock responded nonchalantly as he rose from his seat, cleaning any microscopic remnants of pasta off his face with his cloth napkin.
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The simulator room appeared quite regal.
Well, for a room.
The floor of the room was covered with polished navy blue tiles that were slick to the touch, but still allowed for perfect traction. The walls were painted a glossy, blue-tinted violet that, like the floor, was slick to the touch. The was filled with sleek, metallic silver computers that each had its own personal desk and extra comfy chair. The desks were lined up in perfect rows with two feet of space in between each desk that also served as a network of walkways.
"This is promising." Ash mumbled, as he ran his fingers along a desk, marveling at the slick feel of polished mahogany.
"This is one of my favorite rooms in the school." Joe stated as he sat down at the desk that had captured Ash's attention.
"Here you are able to conduct any type of battle simulation you can think of." Joe informed the group as he proceeded to type a few things into the computer.
In a few short seconds, the plain blue background of the main screen was replaced by a white one.
Standing out against the blinding background were two small pokemon sprites that looked to be made up of a maximum of ten pixels. Along side the two indistinguishable pokemon was a long green bar with the word 'HP' at the very end of them.
Joe typed in a few more things and in a couple seconds a number of green objects shot out of the pokemon closest the screen, hitting the blue pokemon and disappearing upon contact. Once all the green objects had disappeared the green bar to the side of the blue pokemon quickly disappeared, leaving a empty grey bar in its wake.
A second after the bar became grey the blue pokemon on the far side of the screen made a strange noise jumped up and fell into a dark hole that had appeared amongst the infinite white.
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"What the hell?"
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"What are they doing in there?" Jessie asked, shifting her position on the tree branch in a futile attempt to get more comfortable.
"I'm not sure." James responded as he strained to see better though his binoculars. "It looks like they're looking at something on one of the computers, but I can't see what it is."
"Then look harder." Jessie growled as she shifted again silently cursing the tree branch.
"Wait. Do you guys hear something?" Meowth questioned as his ear twitched in warning.
Of what, he didn't know.
The tree grew silent as the three listened for the mysterious sound.
"It sounds like a train." James whispered, afraid to truly interrupt the silence.
"No it sound more like a tornado." Jessie challenged, leaning her head closer to where she heard it."
But before anymore guesses could be made, a large blue orb collided with the top of the tree. Upon contact the blue orb violently exploded, forming a massive mushroom cloud where the tree once was.
The three didn't even have time to scream before they were shot high into the air and out of sight.
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"What?" Joe asked innocently. Completely puzzled by the blank stares he was receiving from his temporary guests.
"You can't be serious." Misty said dryly.
"What you just did on that computer could be accomplished on a modern calculator." Brock remarked, picking up where Misty left off.
"Even then the graphics would probably be better." Ash continued.
"You really think so?" Joe asked in genuine curiousness, placing a hand on his chin.
"I know so."
"Huh." Joe responded nonchalantly, shrugging his shoulders as he rose from his chair. "Well that's it for this room, lets go on to the next."
"No." Ash said defiantly, refusing to follow Joe towards the door of the room.
"Come on Ash." Brock uttered in a exhausted manner as he turned around to face Ash along with everyone else. "It was you that asked for this tour in the first place. The very least you can do is actually take it."
"You're right Brock that is the least I can do." Ash admitted, not moving an inch from his spot near the desk. "But the most I can do is stop Joe from having to take us on this tour and lower my opinions of this school even further."
"Can't argue with that logic." Misty declared as she too joined Ash in his stand against continuing the tour."What's wrong with the school?" Joe asked, allowing his innocence to once again shine though.
"Well lets see." Ash began dryly, crossing his arms over his chest. "First, you showed us a swimming pool that was smaller than most open to the public. Second, what the swimming pool lacked in size it did not make up for in features, having only a diving board that looked to be stiffer than most. Third, the gym was just that, a gym, there was nothing special about it at all. And, on top of that, the students there actually had to line up and wait for their turn on the equipment because their wasn't enough. Fourth, the pokemon stadium was a flat, tan field with a white line painted down the middle of it. Fifth, the pokemon stadium didn't even have bleachers. And finally, these computer's may look flashy, but they suck even worse than a twenty five dollar black and white TV."
"Oh." Joe responded lamely, not even appearing to have been affected by Ash's speech.
Before anyone could pick up the dieing conversation, the door to the simulator room suddenly burst open revealing a girl wearing the traditional Pokemon Tech girl's uniform, consisting of a blue skirt that went down to her knees, a light blue button up over coat, a white under shirt, a red bow tie, high white socks, and shiny black high heels.
The girl was flanked by all of the boys that Ash meet in the clearing earlier when he first meet Joe.
The girl made quite a show of walking into the room, causing Brock and Ash to each dawn small incredibly creepy smirks along with painfully obvious blushes.
"There you are Joe." The girl noted almost uncaringly. "We have been looking all over for you. I didn't know you actually had other friends."
At this point Giselle totally shifted her attention from Joe to his group of guests, or more specifically, Naruto.
"Allow me to introduce myself." Giselle began. "I'm the top student in the beginning class of the most exclusive prep school in the world. Its sad that others aren't blessed with my beauty, my talent, and my humble attitude. People call me a star, but I'm just Giselle."
Completing her monologue, Giselle gave the group a small bow before turning back to face Joe, with a little more sway in her hips than necessary.
"Joe you missed our two o'clock training session." Giselle chided, causing Joe to sweat.
"I'm sorry." Joe apologized sincerely, throwing in a quick bow. "I was busy giving my friends a tour and I totally forgot about our training session."
Joe got no response for about five seconds until, Giselle began to walk towards him.
"I want to help my classmates be the best they can be. To teach each other, respect each other, and ensure the pokemon of tomorrow." Giselle stated in a caring and soft tone as she placed a hand on Joe's shoulder.
Everyone in the area seemed to be touched by Giselle's claim, but that feeling died as soon as she started talking again.
"But your just a weakling." Giselle said scornfully as she removed her had from Joe's shoulder as if she had been burned. You better get stronger fast or before you know it your fellow students will turn..."
"Shut up." Naruto said , Misty, Brock and even Pikachu and Denkou were severely taken back by his sudden interruption.
"Excuse me?" Giselle asked as she turned from Joe to face Naruto, pure rage finding its way into her words.
"I said to shut up." Naruto stated once more, his tone of voice the same calm tone as always, but a scowl could clearly be seen though his mask. "You claim you want to help all of your classmates, but in truth you just want to use them to make yourself look like the best."
"As a matter of fact I am the best." Giselle challenged as she walked closer to Naruto. "I have surpassed all the students in my grade in every single aspect of being a pokemon trainer, so I have very well earned the title of being the best."
"You have earned one title to me." Naruto stated, his voice unwavering. "Someone who can't even help a struggling friend in a subject that they claim to excel at can only be one thing. Trash."
Everyone was struck speechless. Some for different reasons than others.
Ash, Misty, and Brock had never heard Naruto speak with so much hate. As a matter of fact they had never even seen Naruto's facial expression change. To see Naruto verbally thrash someone like he was now was truly a terrifying sight.
Joe and the older boys, on the other hand, had never seen anyone speak against Giselle... ever.
"We shall settle this dispute." Giselle spoke with barely contained hate.
"How so?" Naruto inquired.
"A pokemon battle." Giselle clarified as she walked towards the door of the room, gesturing for Naruto to follow.
Naruto obliged.
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When the group followed Giselle out of the school doors they where greeted with the sight of overwhelming green.
Before them was a garden.
A good one at that.
The garden was breathtaking. The actual garden had every kind of flower you could possibly imagine alliums, sunflowers, anemones, roses, clematis, tulips, amaryllis, cosmos, etc. And where the flowers weren't lush green grass stood, swaying in the gentle breeze.
In the top right of the garden a crystalline lake shimmered brilliantly in the afternoon's light. Behind the lake was a thick forest of tall oak trees obscured by a thin mist.
Everyone couldn't help, but stare at the magnificent sight before them, until Ash finally broke the peaceful silence.
"Why didn't you show us this." He mumbled at Joe, not willing to use his full voice.
"Well you told me to show you the technology. And since no aspect of this garden is technology..." Joe left the sentence hanging allowing his listeners to filling the blank.
"But why did we come here." Misty asked anyone, not deeming Giselle worthy enough to directly ask. "A elegant garden doesn't seem like the place to have a pokemon battle."
"I usually come here to calm down after a long day at the institute, but this garden also serves another purpose." Giselle explained as she took a brick out of the side of the school to reveal a carbon steel safe.
Joe watched with great interest as Giselle dialed in the code.
"Pokemon Tech may not seem that seem that impressive at first glance, but it really does have some profound tools if you know the school's secrets." Giselle stated as she continued to unlock the safe.
"What a second. We saw some of your school's equipment and they weren't impressive at all." Ash remarked.
"What you saw were the public devices. Those are mostly flashy, expensive looking instruments just for show. They are used so the parents are sure the school is worth the extensive amount of money. They are mostly just by the commoners in the institute. What we are going to be using is reserved for the more," Giselle paused here to think. "distinguished populace."
"So are you trying to say that the 'special' equipment that the school is known for can only be used by the students that help fund the school?" Brock inquired.
"Not at all, while students with parents that give major donations to the school are granted access to the equipment they are not the only ones." Giselle explained.
"What do you mean?" Misty asked.
"The school also gives students that have a exceptionally high potential use of the equipment. They also give students with parents in high places access to the equipment." Giselle answered as she finished the last few digits of the code.
Naruto stayed silent though the entire exchange, staving off some rather unhappy memories that made repeated attempts to invade his mind.
When Giselle pressed the final number small beep sounded and the safe slowly opened to reveal a small button that Giselle promptly pressed.
A small clicking noise sounded in the distance, echoing through the serene garden. Suddenly a the ground under the group jerked and started to lower, startling Ash, Misty, Brock, and Joe.
As the patch of ground continued to decline glass started to appear all around the makeshift elevator. The group looked through to see a huge pokemon stadium complete with lights, a scoreboard to the left of the field, bleachers to the right of the field, two trainer boxes on both sides of the battlefield, and a referee box on the top left corner of the ceiling.
"This is amazing." Misty breathed, completely awestruck.
"Now I want to battle!" Ash declared as he started to shuffle his feet in anticipation.
"As you can see the garden, though still beautiful and peaceful, was originally created to disguise this underground arena." The red haired boy said.
"This battlefield has been used to train many of the talented students Pokemon Tech is known to produce." The boy with long black hair added.
"Wait. You knew about all this?" Joe asked in a surprised tone.
"Yes, we have known for about two years now." The boy with the green hair stated.
"Oh." Joe said lamely, lowering his head.
"We were going to tell you once Giselle deemed you ready, but you always held back so much in our training sessions that you never gave us a reason to tell you." The red haired boy explained putting a, hopefully, reassuring hand on Joe's shoulder.
"Naruto I believe we have a score to settle." Giselle said as she lead the group out of the elevator.
"Come on. All non-competitors must sit in the bleachers." The green haired boy said as he lead Misty, Brock, Ash, Joe, Denkou, and the other boys to the top of the bleachers.
Naruto and Pikachu got into the red trainer's box, while Giselle entered the blue one. Once the two where inside, the trainer's boxes, which had once been on the floor, started to rise. Stopping about ten feet off the ground.
"Who is going to referee this match?" Naruto asked.
"A computer runs the whole system." Giselle explained as she started to push some buttons on the side of her box. "I just have to insert the data and the computer will do the rest."
As Giselle continued to inter the information into the computer Naruto examined the interior of his box.
On the front wall of the trainer book was a miniature version of the scoreboard. On the very top of the front wall, right below the panel of glass that allows you to see the battlefield, there was a microphone that allowed Naruto's voice to travel out of the box. On the left and right walls there was a speaker system that allowed sound to enter the box. Both walls also contained a pokeball launching system that shot the pokeball out of the top of right wall and received them through the left. On the back wall there was the door into the box.()
The bleachers, if you could even call them that, consisted of numerous soft blue recliners that looked a lot like seats in a movie theater. Complete with the cup holders.
The seats were covered by a silver dome with the front half of it consisting of extremely sturdy glass. The stands where made to give the spectators complete view of the battlefield and protection from the harsh attacks.
"We should be able to see the whole battle from here." The red haired boy said as he sat down in the tenth row of the bleachers.
"Your probably right." The green haired boy agreed as he and the rest of the boys sat down.
"Though there won't be much of a battle to see." The boy with long dark hair whispered.
"What are you talking about?" Ash asked as he Misty, Brock, Denkou, and Joe sat down in the row behind the boys.
"Giselle may not look it, but she is one of the best beginners to ever enroll in this school." The green haired boy explained.
"Right, and that combined with the grade A pokemon she carries makes for a truly formidable opponent." The black haired boy added.
"Some of the intermediate students can't even last more that ten minutes against her, let alone win." The red haired boy said.
"I would actually be impressed if this guy could last more than five minutes before throwing in the towel." The green haired boy said causing the other boys to laugh.
"Well, you will be quite surprised when your precious Giselle gets beaten." Ash commented nonchalantly as he leaned back in his chair, stopping the laughter cold.
"What was that?" The red haired boy asked heatedly as he and the other boys glared at Ash.
"Naruto defiantly won't lose to this cocky girl." Misty informed supporting Ash.
"Yeah. I wouldn't be surprised if Giselle isn't able to last ten minutes against him." Brock added.
"I'll bet anything that Naruto will win this match." Ash stated as he watched Denkou put on a blue and white kimono and pull two white fans with a red dot in the center out of literally no where..
"Whatever you'll see soon enough." The red haired boy said as they faced the battlefield.
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Giselle had finally finished inserting the information into the computer and was currently waiting for something.
That something was suddenly revealed when a booming voice erupted over the loudspeaker, annihilating the silence that had overtaken the stadium.
"This battle is between the challenger Naruto, verses the top beginner at Pokemon Tech Giselle!" The voice announced. "This battle will be a three on three match. Neither combatant is allowed to substitute their pokemon until one pokemon has been defeated. The first one to defeat all of their opponent's pokemon will be victorious. Now! Without any further a due let the battle begin!"
Immediately after the scoreboard lit up, reveling close-ups of both Naruto and Giselle's faces. Underneath the video images of Giselle and Naruto three grey boxes appeared.
Giselle wasted no time in choosing her pokemon.
"Poliwhirl I choose you!" Giselle yelled.
"Pidgey your assistance is required." Naruto stated.
As soon as the two pokemon completely formed on the field, a live video of each appeared on the scoreboard under their respective trainer, both in vibrant color.
"Poliwhirl use Water Gun!" Giselle ordered, making the first move of the match.
"Counter with Hurricane Wing." Naruto ordered.
Poliwhirl fired off a jet of water towards the now airborne Pidgey. But, before the attack hit Pidgey's wings glowed a bright white as it began to flap them furiously, creating a powerful current.
The water was reflected by the wind and sent straight back a Poliwhirl at twice its original pace.
"Poliwhirl dodge then use Rain Dance!"
Poliwhirl sidestepped the incoming water and started to perform a dance.
"Pidgey use Aerial Wing to cancel Poliwhirl's move."
Pidgey quickly complied and dove straight towards the ground. And about one foot above the ground Pidgey leveled out so it was parallel to the ground.
"Poliwhirl, use Water Gun to stop Pidgey."
Poliwhirl stopped dancing a shot a stream of water straight at Pidgey. Pidgey responded by, barrel rolling over the water and continuing for Poliwhirl.
"Poliwhirl, intercept Pidgey."
Just as Pidgey came within five feet of Poliwhirl it disappeared. Poliwhirl quickly shot its hands forward and slammed them together, catching Pidgey's wing once it reappeared, but Pidgey continued the attack, pushing Poliwhirl back at a fast pace.
"Use Wind Lance."
Pidgey, understanding Naruto's plan, started to spin with Poliwhirl still on its wing. A tight layer of air formed around the two pokemon a Pidgey started to incline. While they were ascending Poliwhirl was getting battered by the wind.
It was to dangerous for Poliwhirl to let go of Pidgey, so Giselle thought of something different.
"Poliwhirl, use Bubblebeam!"
Poliwhirl did what it was told and sent a massive stream of bubbles into the surrounding air. The bubbles swirled around the two pokemon at first but, then they started to invade the wind barrier and hit the pokemon. Poliwhirl wasn't effected by the bubbles, but Pidgey was a different story.
"Pidgey, cancel the attack."
Pidgey quickly complied and completely stopped spinning. The wind instantly dissipated, sending the bubbles flying around the arena away from Pidgey. Poliwhirl was also sent soaring towards the far wall.
"Follow up with Hurricane Wing."
Pidgey started to violently flap its charged up wings, increasing Poliwirls momentum.
"Poliwhirl, use Water Gun on the wall!" Giselle hastily ordered.
Poliwhirl got control of its body and turned towards the wall. Once facing the wall Poliwhirl fired a jet of water at the wall, slowing its pace.
When Poliwhirl hit the wall the stream of water took most of the impact, but because of Pidgey's gust Poliwhirl was trapped, against the wall pinned down by the air currents.
"Use Typhoon Jet."
Pidgey instantly stopped flapping its wings and exploded straight for Poliwhirl. Ten feet from where Pidgey started a huge rush of air formed around Pidgey and propelled it forward at a very rapid pace.
"Use Water Gun on the ceiling!"
Poliwhirl was still being forced against the wall by the aftershock of Pidgey's previous attack, so it couldn't move just yet. It was a race between Pidgey and the wind.
As soon as Pidgey got within fifteen feet of Poliwhirl the air currents pressuring Poliwhirl subsided and Poliwhirl instantly started to fall.
Poliwhirl quickly shot a Water Gun at the ceiling to dodge Pidgey, but though Poliwhirl got away form Pidgey itself the air currents surrounding Pidgey slammed Poliwhirl against the wall. Upon impact Poliwhirl created a five foot deep crater in the wall that was three feet in diameter.
"Poliwhirl, use Rain Dance!"
Once it heard the order, Poliwhirl started to dance in the dent it had made in the wall.
"Pidgey, use Hurricane Wing."
Pidgey swiftly sent a burst of supercharged wind toward the dancing Poliwhirl. Poliwhirl in turn, jumped out of the wall while still dancing in mid air.
As Poliwhirl landed it completed the dance and a cold wind engulfed the arena. The stadium lights where concealed by the large dark storm clouds that appeared above the battlefield. As soon as the clouds formed it started to rain. The rain cascaded on the stadium soaking Pidgey in a matter of seconds.
Naruto knew that Pidgey wouldn't be able to keep flying if it stayed wet for long. The training they did only allowed Pidgey to have a strong resistance to being hit by water for short periods of time. He had to end this battle quick.
"Use Compressed Cyclone."
Pidgey began to flap its wings at very rapid pace, creating a violent tornado that was about twenty feet in diameter. Pidgey then started to fly as fast as it could manage around the tornado's perimeter, becoming a blurred ring around the tornado. The tornado began to shrink until it was about five feet in diameter.
"Poliwhirl, use Bubblebeam!" Giselle ordered, not wanting to see what the tornado was capable of.
Poliwhirl fired a stream of bubbles towards the ring that was now Pidgey, but the bubbles didn't go where they were supposed to. The bubbles were sucked into the raging tempest and mixed in with the water from all the rain.
Pidgey stopped flying around the tempest and positioned itself so the swirling winds were between it and Poliwhirl. Pidgey then gave one mighty flap of its supercharged wings sending the tempest in route towards Poliwhirl.
"Poliwhirl, get out of its path!" Giselle yelled with urgency present in her voice.
Poliwhirl quickly complied and made a mad dash to get out of the path of the violent storm.
"Use Hurricane Wing to force Poliwhirl into the tempest." Naruto ordered.
Pidgey looked visibly strained as it flew over to where Poliwhirl was. Pidgey started to flap its charged wings at Poliwhirl and created a mini hurricane, (As the name implies.) due to the rain in the air.
The mini hurricane made Poliwhirl slip on the slick ground and slide into the tempest.
Upon impact with the outer rim of the tempest Poliwhirl was swirled around the outer walls of the tempest, where it was pelted by water and bubbles.
After about a minute Poliwhirl was able to struggle into the eye of the storm. Poliwhirl stood up to find a way out of the swirling vortex, when Naruto made his move.
"Pidgey, release one level of the gravity seal then use Wind Lance down the middle of the tempest."
Pidgey complied started to generate aura into its chest. And, in turn, a strange design appeared and began to glow a bright blue.
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"What does he mean release one level of the seal?" The red haired boy questioned.
"He means that this fight is over for Giselle." Ash said smugly.
"What do you mean?" The green haired boy asked slightly suspicious.
"He means that Naruto is finally getting serious." Misty stated, joining in on the conversation.
"So your trying to tell me that Naruto had Pidgey hold back this whole time?" The red haired boy asked unbelievingly.
"Yes." Ash answered simply.
"I don't believe you." The boy said defiantly as he glared at Ash.
"You'll see the light soon enough." Ash said as he shrugged in a nonchalant manner.
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"Poliwhirl find a way out of there!" Giselle yelled as Pidgey started to fly towards the top opening of the tempest.
Poliwhirl did everything it could to try and get out of the tempest. It shot water at the sides, it shot bubbles, it even tried go melee on the side walls until its glove almost got sucked into the spiraling wind.
Pidgey flew right above the raging storm and started to spin wildly creating swirling air currents around itself. As the move progressed the a pocket was created separating Pidgey from the surrounding wind.
The water that was once covering Pidgey traveled into the surrounding cyclone mixing with the raindrops that were snatched out of the air.
The clouds started to part due to the force of the wind and the lights over the stadium were once again revealed. A brilliant light bathed the stadium as the lights where fully uncovered. A vibrant rainbow arched over the stadium as Pidgey began its decent into the still raging tempest.
Poliwhirl was shaking in fear as Pidgey closed in on it, so in a last-ditch effort to get away Poliwhirl threw itself into the spiraling winds of the tempest.
Poliwhirl was bombarded with wind, bubbles, and water as it was carried to the top of the Tempest where Pidgey currently was.
Just when it seemed like it was going to get thrown on the outside of the tempest away from Pidgey the air currents surrounding Pidgey pulled Poliwhirl out of the wall of the tempest and straight in front of Pidgey's path.
Upon contact with the front of the wind lace Poliwhirl got drilled right in the middle of the spiral imprint on its stomach. As Pidgey continued to descend toward the ground with Poliwhirl still connected on the tip of the wind lace Poliwhirl started to spin due to the spiraling air currents produced by the attack.
When the Poliwhirl collided with the ground, all of the wind surrounding Pidgey slammed into Poliwhirl all at once creating a crater in the ground that was four feet in circumference and eight feet deep.
Just when Poliwhirl thought the worst was over Pidgey's peak collided full force on Poliwhirl's stomach. This created a huge typhoon that swept over the battle field kicking up a massive amount of dust that effectively hid the battlefield from view.
The dust started to clear a revealing Poliwhirl unconscious in the center of a crater that was about ten feet in circumference and thirteen feet deep.
To the left of Poliwhirl a glowing white form appeared through the remaining dust. The form started to change shape, until it finally stopped glowing to reveal Naruto's new Pidgeotto!
"The winner of this battle is Naruto's Pidgeotto!" The referee announced over the intercom, as the video image of Poliwhirl dulled out and Pidgeotto's image stayed vibrant.
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The spectators were gaping at the amazing sight before them. Not only had Naruto's Pidgey (Now Pidgeotto) beat Poliwhirl, but it also beat Giselle.
"The light is coming to swallow you whole." Ash commented in an uncaring fashion.
"Wow, Naruto sure is something." Joe mumbled breaking oncoming the silence.
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Naruto and Giselle had both withdrew their pokemon and where getting ready for the next round.
"Just because you beat my Poliwhirl doesn't mean you have won." Giselle stated with a forced smile. "The rest of my pokemon are way stronger than Poliwhirl."
"We shall see." Naruto replied pulling out his next pokeball. "Growlithe your assistance is required."
"Arbok I choose you!" Giselle yelled.
"This battle between Giselle's Arbok and Naruto's Growlithe may now commence!" The referee annouced over the intercom, officially starting the second round.
"Growlithe use Underground Highway then follow up with Inferno Fang." Naruto said making the first move.
Growlithe wasted no time in burrowing deep underground away from Arbok.
"Arbok concentrate and try to sense Growlithe's movements."
Naruto wasn't going to openly say it, but inwardly he knew that Arbok would never be able to pick up on Growlithe's movements because Growlithe knows how to use aura. Naruto had taught all of his pokemon how to cover there body in aura to prevent from making any noise.
It was pretty much the equivalent to covering your body in a soundproof case and having the case be made a substance that didn't make any noise itself. The aura was only soundproof because it was pure aura that hasn't been had its physical properties tampered with, therefore making the aura have the same soundless distinction as raw aura.
Back on the battlefield Arbok was starting to fidget nervously after three minutes of not getting any signs of movement underground. Giselle was also getting impatient.
"Arbok quit goofing around and locate Growlithe!"
The second Giselle finished her sentence Growlithe leapt out of the ground right behind Arbok.
Before Arbok could finish turning around Growlithe bit into Arbok's side and stayed there as a small, unnoticeable flame began to form in its mouth.
"Arbok use Wrap!"
Arbok swiftly coiled itself around Growlithe and started to squeeze Growlithe with all the force it could muster. Growlithe struggled to loosen Arbok's grip so it could breath properly to finish its attack.
Growlithe clawed at Arbok's sides, making Arbok's grip loosen just enough for Growlithe to shot a Flamethrower out of its mouth. The flame completely engulfed the part of Arbok's body that Growlithe was currently biting.
Arbok responded violently to the sudden heat and whipped the length of its body in the air, propelling Growlithe twenty feet into the air.
Growlithe got control of its body and lined itself up to go into one of the holes it made when Chassell decided to act..
"Arbok use Poison Sting!"
Arbok lined up its attack so it would hit Growlithe just as it entered the ground. Once Growlithe was in the right spot Arbok fired hundreds of purple needles about a foot above the hole Growlithe planned on entering.
"Growlithe counter with Underground Transport then follow up with Pyro Sphere."
When Growlithe was about five feet above the tunnel it started to spin, while shooting fire out of its mouth. Two feet above the tunnel entrance Growlithe was surrounded by a ball of fire.
When the fire surrounding Growlithe and the poison needles made contact with each other the needles vaporized creating a thin purple mist over the floor of the battlefield.
Arbok franticly searched the arena for Growlithe, but Arbok was unable to hear or see Growlithe. Suddenly a ball of fire shot out of a hole to the immediate right of Arbok.
Arbok quickly turned around to see Growlithe shoot a orb of fire straight at its current position.
"Arbok dodge and use mud bomb to cover up the tunnel's entrance!"
Arbok used its body as a spring and jumped towards Growlithe getting the tip of its body scorched when the fire spread as it hit the grown. Arbok ignored the minor injury and shot a series of mud globs at the opening of the tunnel that Growlithe had came form.
The mud flowed into the tunnel and continued to sink into the ground, starting to fill Growlithe's tunnel system.
"Growlithe stop Arbok from flooding your tunnels by using Pyro Sphere then following up with Heat Claw." Naruto ordered, trying to form a plan.
Growlithe acted quickly by shooting a orb of fire straight a Arbok, who was still continuing to use mud bomb.
"Arbok dodge and counter with Wrap!"
Arbok canceled its attack and slithered away from the incoming fire ball. Growlithe watched cautiously as Arbok circled it, looking for the right time to strike. Both Growlithe and Arbok simultaneously shot forward and prepared to attack.
Arbok used its superior length to lash out at Growlithe when they got within five feet of each other. Growlithe gracefully sidestepped the attack and slashed its claws across the length of Arbok's tail.
Arbok hissed in pain as the wounds began to burn, as if fire had been inserted into its body. Arbok quickly shook it off and retaliated by biting Growlithe's side.
Growlithe struggled to get away from Arbok's grip, but Arbok wrapped its tail around Growlithe binding it further. Growlithe continued to struggle as Arbok started to squeeze, making both of their wounds hurt all the more.
"Growlithe use Pyro Sphere on the ground then dig out the flooded tunnel." Naruto said finally coming up with a plan.
Growlithe immediately stuck its head towards the ground and the ball of fire quickly spread upon impact with the ground, greatly burning Arbok in the process.
Once Arbok loosened its grip Growlithe slipped away and ran for the covered tunnel opening. Once Growlithe was where the tunnel opening used to be. It started to re-dig the tunnel, trying to connect it with the main system again.
"Arbok follow Growlithe!"
Arbok slithered into the tunnel after Growlithe, who had just finished reopening the tunnel.
"Growlithe use Underground Transport then follow up with Heat Claw and Blaze Channel."
Underground you could feel small tremors as a bright light appeared in front of one of the tunnel openings. A ball of fire that currently housed Growlithe carried Arbok out of the tunnel and high into the air.
"Arbok use bite!" Giselle ordered., as she began to panic.
Arbok tried to turn around to bite Growlithe, but before it had a chance Growlithe slashed its claws across Arbok's upper body and threw Arbok towards the tunnel opening with the same paw.
Right when Growlithe got two feet above, the now falling Arbok, Growlithe shot a powerful Flamethrower after Arbok with as much of its remaining strength as it could muster.
The fire propelled Arbok into the underground passage ways at a very high pace. All of the holes in the stadium started to glow a bright orange as the flames entered the tunnels.
Then, one by one, pillars of fire shot out of the tunnel openings and went about thirty feet into the air. Small sparks of flame spewed all over the stadium as the pillars of fire started to die down. As the pillars receded they reviled a extra crispy Arbok unconscious in the middle of the crater left by Poliwhirl in the previous battle.
"The winner of this battle is Naruto's Growlithe!" The referee announced, dulling out Arbok's video image.
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"That's two for two." Ash noted nonchalantly, causing the older boys to growl. "Its not looking good for Giselle.
"Naruto may have been able to beat Poliwhirl and Arbok, but he won't be so lucky with the next pokemon." The red haired boy said with a smug smirk.
"And why is that?" Misty asked somewhat mockingly.
"Because though Giselle does train all her pokemon, she makes sure to give this pokemon all the training that it can stand everyday of every week." The red haired boy said.
"Except on Tuesdays and Wednesdays." The green haired boy quickly added.
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"I am very impressed that you were able to get this far Naruto." Giselle said with mock applause, after she recalled her pokemon and Naruto kept Growlithe on the field.
"But I am afraid that I will no longer be able to play with you. This gets serious starting now." Giselle said as she launched her pokeball. "Marowak I choose you!"
"This battle between Giselle's Marowak and Naruto's Growlithe may now begin!" The referee said officially beginning round three.
"Growlithe use Underground Transport." Naruto ordered trying to think of a way to defeat the obviously powerful pokemon.
Growlithe quickly turned into a ball of fire and dived into the, still intact, tunnel system it had previously made.
"Marowak use Bone Club on the ground." Giselle ordered, surprisingly calm.
Marowak complied and slammed its bone against the ground creating a huge tremor that tore through the stadium. Almost instantly after the shaking stopped the tunnels began to cave in and collapse.
Naruto's friends watched in shock as the tunnel system completely caved in, with no signs of Growlithe ever coming out.
A blur jumped into the rubble and came out with Growlithe, who was currently unconscious. The figure stopped to reveal Naruto as he checked over Growlithe's wounds making sure that none were major.
"This battle is over you win." Naruto stated as he recalled Growlithe and started to walk towards his trainer's box.
The winner of this battle is Giselle's Marowak!" The referee announced, making Growlithe's video image grow dull.
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"We told you. Naruto won't have a chance now that Marowak is battling." The red haired boy, cockily stated.
"What a second, don't count Naruto out yet." Brock cut in. "Growlithe must have been tired after the battle with Arbok and probably didn't have much energy left in it."
"And Naruto also has Pidgeotto and a pokemon of his choice left." Misty supported.
"There is also the fact that Naruto will not lose this battle." Ash chipped in.
"What you didn't even provide an argument." The black haired boy noted.
"Oh, but I did." Ash replied calmly.
"How?"
"You will see."
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"You should just give up Naruto." Giselle said. "After all there is no way you can win against my Marowak."
"Thanks for your concern Giselle, but I will make my own decisions." Naruto countered, in his usual calm voice.
"Pidgeotto your services are needed." Naruto said.
"This battle between Giselle's Marowak and Naruto's Pidgeotto may now commence." The referee announced over the intercom.
"Marowak use Bonemerang." Giselle ordered, nonchalantly.
Marowak threw its bone at Pidgeotto, expecting to get a clean hit.
"Pidgeotto use Cyclone to contain the bone." Naruto ordered.
Pidgeotto swiftly whipped up a tornado around the spinning bone. The tornado was ten feet in diameter and it successfully suspended the bone in the middle of the inner heart of the tornado.
The wind currents of the tornado made the bone continue to spin and stay airborne, while not exiting the confines of the tornado's walls.
A few moments after the tornado was created rocks and debris from the previous battles started to enter the outer walls of the tornado, making a protective shield around Marowak's bone.
"Marowak get your bone back." Giselle said, only a slight bit interested in the fight.
"Pidgeotto use Aerial Wing."
Marowak started to sprint across the crater, that was now the battlefield. Pidgeotto flew behind Marowak and began to dive.
Once Marowak was thirty feet away from the tornado Pidgeotto stopped its decent and straightened out so it was parallel to the ground.
When Marowak was ten feet away from the tornado Pidgeotto was only twenty feet behind Marowak.
When Marowak was just about to throw its body into the tornado Pidgeotto's wing connected with Marowak's back. This propelled Marowak straight through the outer rim of the tornado and through the other side.
Before Marowak could get control of its body, it entered the opposite side of the tornado.
Inside the tornado's outer wall Marowak was pounded by the debris that had been sucked into the tornado.
"Marowak push off the rock to get into the center of the tornado!" Giselle ordered, fully into the battle.
Marowak quickly complied and began to regain control of its body. Once in control Marowak planted its feet on the nearest rock and pushed off of it, sending itself into the heart of the tornado.
"Pidgeotto use Wind Lance."
"Marowak get your bone then counter!"
Pidgeotto flew over the opening of the top of the tornado and began to spin. At the same time Marowak jumped up to get it still spinning bone.
Just as Marowak was five feet away form its bone Pidgeotto began to move, being only twenty feet Marowak reached its bone Pidgeotto was only three feet away. Marowak began to spin its bone even faster to help counter Pidgeotto's incoming attack.
When Pidgeotto collided with Marowak's bone a shockwave spread across the arena. Marowak was sent straight towards the ground at high speeds while Pidgeotto followed in hot pursuit.
"Marowak counter with Bone Club!"
Upon landing Marowak struck the tip of Pidgeotto's attack head on with is bone. This in turn created a even larger shockwave that traveled through the stadium.
The clash lasted for thirty seconds before something finally gave. The ground under Marowak finally shattered, sending Marowak into one of the few still standing tunnels.
"Pidgeotto cancel the attack and gain altitude."
Pidgeotto stopped spinning and the wind around it immediately dissipated. Once the attack canceled Pidgeotto flew fifty feet above the stadium floor, trying to sense Marowak's aura.
"Marowak surface and use Bone Club!" Giselle ordered just as Pidgeotto located Marowak.
"Pidgeotto release one level of the gravity seal and use Heaven's Barrage."
Pidgeotto channeled aura into its chest and a intricate design appeared, glowing brilliantly. Marowak had by now surfaced and started to run towards Pidgeotto's location.
By the time Marowak had come within ten feet of Pidgeotto's location Pidgeotto had begun its attack.
Pidgeotto disappeared from the sky just as Marowak was about to jump. Pidgeotto appeared to the immediate right of Marowak and was about to strike, when Marowak repelled Pidgeotto's wing with its bone.
Pidgeotto quickly recovered and disappeared again appearing behind Marowak. Before Pidgeotto could make contact Marowak pivoted on its heel and countered Pidgeotto again.
This process continued for one full minute until Pidgeotto finally slipped up.
Pidgeotto was about to try and strike Marowak from the behind, when Marowak spun around and deflected Pidgeotto's wing sending it straight towards the ground. Before Pidgeotto could recover Marowak slammed its bone into Pidgeotto's back, creating a crater that kicked up massive amounts of dust.
When the dust cleared Pidgeotto was laying in the middle of a crater that was ten feet in circumference and five feet deep, unconscious.
"The winner of this battle is Giselle's Marowak!" The referee announced making Pidgeotto's video image fadeout.
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"We warned you about this, but you didn't listen." The red haired boy said, shaking his head.
"I'm sure Naruto will find someway out of this." Misty said.
"Give it up already. There is no way that Naruto will be able to beat Giselle. Its just not possible." The green haired boy said.
"Hold on a second. If Pidgeotto was able to do that much to Marowak in its fatigued state then I am sure that the next pokemon Naruto chooses will be able to defeat Marowak." Brock countered.
"That means nothing Giselle and Marowak will just crush the next pokemon like they did Growlithe and Pidgeotto." The red haired boy said.
"Show's how much you know." Ash countered calmly as he looked back to the battlefield, gesturing the older boys to do the same.
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"Pikachu your services are required." Naruto said as Pikachu jumped onto the stadium floor.
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"Yeah. She's screwed."
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"A Pikachu? You might as well just forfeit." Giselle boasted.
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"She is completely screwed."
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"..." Naruto didn't respond.
"This battle between Giselle's Marowak and Naruto's Pikachu may now commence!" The referee annouced.
"Marowak use Bonemerang!" Giselle ordered, making the first move.
"Pikachu use Rapid Impact."
Marowak threw its bone at Pikachu and began to follow the bone, not wanting to loose it. Pikachu sidestepped the incoming bone and swiftly took off towards Marowak. Marowak stopped in its tracks as Pikachu blurred in and out of its vision.
Suddenly Pikachu appeared behind Marowak and slammed its tail against Marowak's back. When Marowak got up from the blow Pikachu was nowhere to be found. Pikachu appeared to Marowak's right and quickly struck Marowak, then blurred out of sight again.
This process continued for two more strikes until Marowak finally caught its bone again.
Pikachu appeared to Marowak's immediate left and went for the hit, but Marowak repelled Pikachu's tail to the side with its bone and followed up with a devastating headbutt to Pikachu's gut.
Pikachu staggered just enough for Marowak to follow up with a Bone Club to Pikachu's side. This sent Pikachu skidding across the ground for thirty feet.
"Marowak finish this with Bone Club." Giselle said waving a hand at Pikachu as if to wish it away.
Marowak complied and began to sprint towards Pikachu, who was struggling to get up.
"Pikachu counter Marowak with Lightning Tail."
Pikachu quickly regained its bearings and rushed to meet Marowak, while sparks began to jump from its tail.
Marowak and Pikachu meet in the center of the arena with both of their attacks charged and waiting. When the two attacks collided a huge shockwave rocketed through the stadium, displacing debris as massive as thirty pound rocks.
The two pokemon refused to budge as they continued to force more power into there attack. Wind started to swirl around the two as a crater, one foot deep and five feet in circumference, formed under them. They kept this up for forty seconds until Pikachu was finally overpowered and thrown twenty feet away.
Pikachu couldn't regain control before it hit the ground, so it bounced along the battlefield's rocky surface for about five more feet.
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"This battle is over." The green haired boy announced.
"Not yet." Ash stated. "Naruto still has to beat her first."
"Face it, Pikachu is wiped out and Marowak isn't even tired yet. Pikachu and Naruto have lost." The boy with long black hair declared.
"I am afraid to say, I have to agree with them this time." Joe said sadly as he hung his head. "I don't think Naruto is going to be able to pull this one off."
"I'm sure he will. I mean Naruto must have something working for him right Brock?" Misty asked hopefully.
"I'm not sure Ash." Brock said gravely. "Not only does Pikachu have a type disadvantage, but it is also wiped out from all the damage it has taken. The only thing it might be a advantage is that Marowak could be tired from all the battling its done and the damage Pidgeotto managed to get on it. But it is a very small possibility that Marowak is even tired and even if it was that wouldn't be a major advantage to Pikachu."
"Come on you two have some faith." Ash remarked in a incredibly laid back tone. "You really think that Naruto will lose this battle when he started the fight in the first place? That's just not his thing."
"I do have faith in Naruto, Ash, but there is no way anyone could pull this off. I know Naruto is good and all, but even a elite pokemon trainer would have a hard time winning a match in this position. Think about it, Naruto would have to beat a Marowak that has lots of energy and power to spare, with a fatigued Pikachu that can barely stand. There is just no way." Brock argued as he hung his head down.
"You're totally underestimating him." Ash responded not detoured at all. "Misty knows what I'm talking about because she actually took his training session.""He speaks the truth." Misty stated in an identical tone to Ash, having finally seen the light.
"How..."
"Just watch."
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Pikachu was finally able to struggle back onto its feet after getting pushed back by Marowak.
"Just give it up Naruto." Giselle taunted. "Its obvious who the victor is, so why don't you just surrender. If you do I might be able to forgive you for what you said to me earlier."
"Neither I nor Pikachu are going to forfeit this match Giselle. So I would suggest you direct your personal concern toward someone else." Naruto responded his calm voice unfazed.
"Fine if you won't listen to reason, then I guess I will have to do win with force." Giselle declared, through gritted teeth. "Marowak use Bonemerang."
"Pikachu counter with Lightning Orb."
Marowak threw its bone at Pikachu, as Pikachu struggled to collect enough energy to do the move.
When the bone was five feet away from Pikachu, Pikachu sent a sphere of electricity at the bone. Upon collision Marowak's bone was absorbed into the sphere. Inside the sphere the bone stopped spinning, causing it to fall back on the ground.
Right after the sphere of electricity dissipated Marowak appeared five feet away from Pikachu. Pikachu couldn't react fast enough, to stop Marowak's headbutt.
The attack propelled Pikachu thirty feet away. Pikachu bounced twice once it hit the ground and on the second bounce it collided with the wall of the arena. Pikachu finally landed on its side.
"This has gone on long enough." Giselle said. "Marowak finish this with Bonemerang."
Marowak complied and threw its bone at Pikachu, who had managed to roll onto its back.
Pikachu gave a determined glance at Naruto as if trying to say something.
"I was hoping to not have to do this." Naruto muttered to himself. "But I suppose there are no other options. Pikachu release three gravity seal levels then follow up with Thunder Tail."
Pikachu gladly obeyed and started to channel aura into its chest, making a design very similar to Pidgeotto's appear.
"Marowak stop Pikachu, quick!" Giselle yelled hastily, knowing that if Pidgeotto was any induction this could very well make this battle last a lot longer.
How little did she began to follow its still flying bone in hopes of being able to finish the battle with a follow up headbutt.
Just as the bone came within five feet of Pikachu a major burst of power came off of Pikachu, blowing the spinning bone straight back to Marowak. Right after this Pikachu became a nothing more than a blur to the spectators.
Pikachu jumped backwards planting its feet on the wall. Using the wall as a stepping stone Pikachu launched itself forward at the incoming Marowak, while channeling all of its energy into its next attack.
"Marowak, quick, counter with Bone Club!" Giselle franticly ordered.
Marowak quickly got to its feet and picked its bone off the ground as Pikachu continued to close in, using every second it had to prepare its attack.
Both pokemon attacked each other at the same time.
A massive shockwave rocketed through the stadium, blowing the lights as it went. Through the darkness spectators could see the electricity from Pikachu's Lightning Tail illuminating the contact point between Marowak's bone and Pikachu's tail.
Within a five seconds a major explosion clouded the area. Three seconds after the explosion spectators could see Marowak fly out of the smoke, with its body fully electrocuted.
Miniature lighting bolts jumped across Marowak's exposed skin, trying exit Marowak's body. The only place the lightning seemed to avoid was Marowak's bone covered head. As Marowak flew the tip of its feet hit what looked to be a rock outcropping, sending it into a mad spiral. Once Marowak collided with the opposite wall, all of the electricity discharged into the new surface.
When all of the electricity left Marowak the entire arena went completely dark to the spectators.
Suddenly after about a minute of holding their breath the reserve lights to flickered to life, lighting up the stadium once more.
Upon inspection of the battlefield spectators could see Marowak inside a dent in the wall ten feet deep and five feet in circumference. On the other side of the stadium where the explosion occurred they could see Pikachu panting heavily with its tail laying limp on the ground.
The two pokemon stared at each other intently, trying to outlast the other.
Then it finally happened. The surface that Marowak was standing on slid out of the dent in the wall and down to the floor below, dragging Marowak with it.
Marowak hit the ground head first. After that, all the debris from the wall landed on top of Marowak knocking it out cold.
"The winner of the final round is Naruto's Pikachu! The victor of this battle is Naruto." The referee annouced as it made Naruto and Pikachu's images take up the whole scoreboard.
Everyone watching, even the pokemon blinked in confusion at the what happened. Then finally Pikachu jumped as high as it could giving a peace sign. Giselle just continued to stare dumbfounded.
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"He did it." Ash stated calmly as Denkou began to do a victory dance.
"He actually pulled it off." Joe mumbled to himself.
"Well, Ash was right the whole time." Brock said in delight.
"How? How could he have won?" The boy with red hair asked in disbelief.
"Skill." Misty answered calmly. "Pure skill.
"But then how did Pikachu handle the explosion without being knocked out?" The green haired boy questioned.
"Its simple. Pikachu used its tail to absorb the shock of the blast when it hit the wall so it only took minimal damage." Brock answered.
"How did its tail absorb the shock, then? A regular Pikachu's tail wouldn't be able to take that much pressure." The boy with the long black hair questioned.
"It probably used Iron Tail or something to make its tail strong." Misty offered.
"So..." Ash began. "Do you all finally see the light."
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Both Naruto and Giselle had exited their trainer boxes and were now in the middle of the field.
"That was a well fought battle. I must say I was wrong about you... about everything." Giselle said humbly.
"Its never to late to change." Naruto stated simply with a slight bit of reassurance in his calm voice. "But know that if you ever need assistance I will be there to help you, as a friend." Naruto finished as he offered his hand.
"Thank you." Giselle said gratefully as she gladly accepted the handshake.
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Back at the garden, Naruto, Misty, Ash, Brock, Pikachu, Denkou, Joe, and Giselle where gazing at the setting sun it peaceful silence when Ash brought up a good question.
"So what are you guys going to do now?" Ash asked.
"Well me and Giselle are going to start our own pokemon journeys outside of this school." Joe said.
"Yah, but not before I take care of some unfinished business." Giselle added.
"What would that be?" Misty asked.
"I'm planning on persuading the school to allow all students access to the special equipment. Its the least I could do to repay the students for how I treated them." Giselle said.
Silence once again overtook the group as they began to walk to the front of the school.
"Well we'll see you at the Pokemon League I guess." Ash remarked as the group shook hands.
"Yeah, I guess so." Joe responded.
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"It was a pleasure meeting you take care!" Ash yelled as his group began to head back into the forest.
"Well, today was a very productive day." Ash said as he crossed his arms behind his head. "We saved as school, helped Joe get a friend, helped Giselle see the light, and we got to watch a awesome battle. A good day indeed."
No one could see, but Naruto smirked under his mask.
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In a tunnel three miles under ground...
"Why do we have to do this again?" James asked as he continued to shovel.
"Because since the we got caught in the trees no one would suspect us to take a underground route." Jessie explained.
"I still think this plan is a little screwy." Meowth muttered, earning a punch on the head.
"Shut up and keep digging." Jessie growled.
"Wait what is that sound?" James asked suddenly turning pale.
"I don't know. It sounds like a tornado." Meowth said nonchalantly.
The whole group turned pale at that. They slowly turned around to see blue.
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"What was that." Ash asked as a small tremor traveled past the group.
"I don't know." Misty said.
A small cry of "We're blasting off again." echoed through the forest.
"Wait, you don't think..." Brock began looking at black smoke in the distance.
"Nah." They all said at the same time, as Naruto suppressed a chuckle.
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Pidgey
Wind Lance: The manipulation of wind. The pokemon begins to spin and channel wind to form a protective yet deadly barrier of wind around itself in the shape of a lance.
Hurricane Wing: A combination of wing attack and gust. The density provided by Wing Attack is channeled through the Gust increasing its overall effectiveness.
Aerial Wing: A combination of Aerial Ace and Wing Attack. The speed and preciseness of Aerial Ace is added to the overall power of Wing Attack to create a devastating attack.
Typhoon Jet: A combination of Wind Lance, Aerial Ace, and Quick Attack. The acceleration provided by Quick Attack is combined with the speed and accuracy of Aerial Ace. That combined with the air currents provided by Wind Lance makes for a extremely fast and powerful attack.
Cyclone: A combination of Whirlwind, Twister, and Gust. The form and power provided by Twister and Whirlwind is used to create a massive tornado, which is accelerated by Gust.
Compressed Cyclone: A variation of Cyclone. The massive power of Cyclone is condensed into a supercharged tornado that is 50% more destructive than the regular Cyclone. The tornado's wind speeds are recorded at 500 mph.
Heaven's Barrage: A variation of Wing Attack. The pokemon must release a minimum of one gravity seal level to prevent from over exhaustion and muscle tears. The more seal levels released the higher the overall power of the move rises. The pokemon then must gather energy into there wings like a regular Wing Attack. After that the pokemon must strike the opponent with their wing in whatever direction they chose. Then they must intercept the opponent before they have a chance to either recover or hit a solid surface. To finish this move the pokemon must hit the opponent to the highest possible point and slam them back down with as much of remaining strength as the pokemon can muster. Then the pokemon should use gust to increase the decent of the opponent maximizing the damage caused by the attack.
Growlithe
Underground Highway: A variation of Dig. Instead of just digging one tunnel the pokemon creates a system of tunnels that connect, making it possible for the pokemon to travel underground without having to be exposed to the surface.
Inferno Fang: A combination between Flamethrower and bite. The pokemon Bites down on the opponent and then uses Flamethrower at pointblank range.
Underground Transport: A combination of Flame Wheel and Underground Highway. The pokemon uses Flame Wheel to turn into a ball of fire that is just big enough to fit inside the tunnels created by Underground Highway. In this state the pokemon can utilize all of the speed and mobility the tunnel system provides.
Pyro Sphere: The manipulation of fire. The pokemon shots of a ball of condensed fire that can spread upon impact to a solid substance and cause major damage if a pokemon is hit directly.
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.
Lightning Orb: The manipulation of electricity. The electricity given off by pokemon is condensed and molded into a perfect sphere of powerful electrical currents.
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AN: Chapter 11! It is finally done! After a ridiculous amount of revising, editing, rewriting, and repeating, it is finally complete. This chapter marks a point that some of my older readers may remember. This is the chapter that caused me to totally rewrite Naruto Shadowshock... man that brings back memories. I hope that you guys agree when I say that my writing skills have come a long way since then.
Also for those of you that were wondering if Naruto would still have some of the aspects he has in the anime, then this chapter should have answered your question quite nicely. After all it was Naruto's personality that probably made most of us like him so much.
Until next time...