AN: One small detail has escaped my attention. With all of the Sinnoh region commotion going on in the English dubbed anime I failed to anticipate the confusion between the two known Flints in the series. For those of you like WHAT who either cannot remember back to the original series in Kanto or have never seen it (both perfectly reasonable excuses), I shall now either refresh or expand your knowledge of pokémon in one sentence.
The name of Brock's dad is Flint.
With that out of the way, on with the story.
Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto or Pokémon.
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Last time on The Rise of Chaos: After stopping for a small break in a foggy forest, Ash wandered into a clearing where he met a young Pokémon Tech student named Joe. After taking a small tour of the school and being left utterly disappointed, the group was confronted by Giselle, one of the school's prodigies. In just a short exchange of words, Giselle managed to piss off Naruto, which resulted in a pokémon battle. Leading the group to the school's gardens, Giselle revealed an underground stadium reserved for only the best of the students. The first battle was between Naruto's Pidgey and Giselle's Poliwhirl. Pidgey took the victory after catching Poliwhirl in a tempest and hitting it pointblank with a, gravity seal charged, Wind Lance. Pidgey's victory also resulted in its much due evolution, leaving it as a proud Pidgeotto. The next battle was between Naruto's Growlithe and Giselle's Arbok. Growlithe was able to win the battle after Arbok took the brunt of both Heat Claw and Blaze Channel in rapid succession. The next battle was between Naruto's Growlithe and Giselle's Marowak. The battle came to a quick end, when Marowak caved in Growlithe's cave system with one Bone Club, trapping Growlithe underground. Marowak was next pit against Pidgeotto, who was also dispatched by a well-placed Bone Club. The final battle was between Marowak and Pikachu. After a well-fought match by both pokémon, the battle came to its climactic end when Pikachu released three gravity seals and inched out a victory due to a powerful Thunder Tail that was able to outlast Marowak's Bone Club. With the match over and a apology from Giselle the group, continues on their journey.
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Once again he found himself in the pitch-black abyss that he always came to when he slept.
"The war is drawing nearer with each passing day." The same disembodied voice stated. "It will not be long before you are forced to take action against the rising threat, and with you will come your friends."
The statement caused Naruto to twitch a bit. It's not like he never knew that going on a journey with Ash, Misty, and Brock would get them involved in the war. He thought about it many times.
Maybe it isn't fair to involve them in something that is guaranteed to change their life and the way they think forever. Maybe they are too young to be introduced to war and death. Maybe they would have been better off not knowing he even existed.
All of these thoughts crossed his mind at some point.
But, honestly, what could he do.
Even if he did decide to just leave them, he knew enough about them to know they would look for him. And this mysterious organization that is trying to take over the world will know that they were related to him in some way. Without him they would easily be able to capture them. And from there they could try and torture them for information they didn't have, kill them, or just use them against him in some way.
Yeah.
No turning back now.
"But the support of your friends won't be nearly enough." The voice continued. "To combat this incoming threat you will need an army that you do not have much time to make."
"Time is running out and soon personal training will no longer be adequate."
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"Why are we here again?"
Misty was not pleased.
Roaming around in a forest was bad enough when you actually had somewhere to go. But roaming through a forest to search for something inside that same forest was infinitely worse.
"Because Naruto said that we needed to expand on our arsenal of pokémon so we have multiple types of pokémon." Ash explained, as he searched though a bush for any signs of life.
"But why am I here?" Misty whined as she cautiously backed away from a rustling bush. "I want to specialize in water pokémon."
"Because Naruto said he wanted each of us to catch at least one pokémon of each type whether we want to specialize or not, so we at least have some defense against pokémon that have a natural advantage against the type we chose to specialize in." Ash drawled as he approached the bush that Misty was once near. "Weren't you listening at all."
"Not entirely."
Misty had tried listening to Naruto at the entrance of the forest, but she had been so distracted by the very prospect of entering the forest that her attention was severely crippled.
The fact that Naruto's body had a forest background didn't help either. Then again, neither did the sounds coming from the forest or the fact that at least five of the visible trees were shaking with activity of a sort she didn't like.
Just thinking about it gave her shivers.
'What.' Misty thought, horror overtaking her entire being as the implications of Ash's words dawned on her. 'I'm supposed to catch a bug type?'
"Finally!"
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Naruto sighed as he watched his poké ball immediately lock after swallowing his most recent addition to his team.
The sight of the red light engulfing the pokémon's still flaming tail remained fresh in his mind.
Uttering a "good job" to Pikachu and throwing a ketchup packet its way, Naruto proceeded to approach the stationary poké ball.
Ever since that morning a sense of forbidding had firmly placed itself in his gut and his 'mysterious' guide's words became even more real.
'I hate being watched.' Naruto thought offhandedly as he picked up his poké ball and watched it disappear, soon returning to his previous thoughts.
He knew he had to form an army, but he had no idea how to. Joe and Giselle could probably count as a start. And the group of boys that followed Giselle around could probably be included. But really he hadn't even told them anything about the oncoming war and he had no guarantees that they would support him if he did.
Of course he could say the same thing about Ash, Misty, and Brock, but at this point they had no choice in the matter.
Even so, if everyone agreed with him whole heartedly and did everything in their power to help him...
They were just kids.
He was a kid, sure, but he knew over twenty different ways to kill a man without allowing him to make a sound.
They knew no such thing.
Naruto held back a groan as he walked further into the forest. He had known that he was supposed to make an army to save the world for about three weeks now and so far he has only got about nine possible followers that were each under 18 years old.
At least it was some progress.
...
...
Okay so it wasn't.
Naruto performed a series of hand signs under his cloak and after a short pause made a cross shaped seal.
A clone of himself and Pikachu were immediately transported into the clearing, via a cloud of smoke, from which they darted off into the forest having already received their orders.
Hey maybe he could make a army based solely on shadow clones.
That was a thought.
A bad one. (1)
Naruto released a sigh as he motioned for Pikachu to follow him before walking further into the forest.
He may not know how to make an army, but at least he knew how to train one.
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A Bulbasaur and an Oddish.
One well-placed Thunderbolt voiced his choice.
Misty watched as Ash vanished into the bushes, determination to clearly etched in his features as he followed Denkou towards fleeing pokémon.
She looked at the paralyzed Oddish and searched the clearing for any sign of Brock.
"Well at least its not a bug." Misty mumbled to her self, while the Oddish slowly regained its basic motor functions. "And it looks kinda cute."
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"Well it seems Ash finally found something." Brock mused as he heard the district sound of electricity ring though the forest.
"And so have I." He noted, slowly reaching towards his belt as he stared at a rather large Pinsir whose lunch he just interrupted.
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"Pidgeotto use Wing Attack." Ash ordered as soon as he caught up with the Bulbasaur in a small clearing inside the forest.
The Bulbasaur looked back in shock, just in time to see Pidgeotto's wing connect with its backside. The contact propelled straight out of the clearing and into the forest, where it collided face first with a tree and fell into a bush.
'Well Naruto was certainly right when he said type advantages are vital to know.' Ash mused as he ran into the forest after hearing Bulbasaur resume its attempt at escaping at a notably slower pace.
Ash's chase came to a sudden halt, however, when he heard a loud crack sound a short distance away from his head.
He looked up just in time to see a rather thick branch fall to the ground. Followed closely by a dazed Pidgeotto.
'I guess Naruto was also right about the forest being a disadvantage for flying types.' Ash thought sheepishly as he recalled Pidgeotto back into its poke ball and resumed his chase.
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"Staryu use Rapid Spin." Misty ordered, strapping her poke ball back to her belt.
The Oddish struggled to move to evade the attack and succeeded.
Somewhat.
The Oddish was able take one small step before Staryu collided with its face, launching it straight into and through a young oak tree at the edge of the glade.
"Staryu follow up with Water Gun!" Misty ordered, retaining her momentum.
As soon as the Oddish was able to stop its flight by slamming into a thick oak tree, a surge of water courtesy of Staryu pushed its body further into the trunk of the ancient tree. The water surge also served to intensify the electricity that continued to run though the Oddish's, giving it a powerful jolt as the remaining electricity left its body in one swift moment.
With the rest of the electricity out of its system, the Oddish found itself once again in control of its bodily functions. But with the water surge providing a constant, overwhelming pressure on its entire body, the Oddish was effectively pined to the tree as the attack slowly took away its energy.
In an attempt to fight back, the Oddish shoot several leaves from the top of its head into the water surge.
The leaves were able to cut into the water quite effectively for a few seconds, but eventually the leading leaf was overpowered and flipped into a vertical position. The increased surface area allowed the water surge to push the leaf back.
The lone leaf was pushed into all of the leaves that were following it and, upon contact with each; the leaves were flipped into an identical position as the leading leaf and were collected into one thick pile.
The Oddish was alerted to its failed attack by a pile of its own leaves slapping it in the face.
"Staryu use Bubblebeam." Misty ordered.
Unable to hear Misty's voice though the raging water, the Oddish found itself quite surprised when the water that was pining it to the tree suddenly disappeared only to be replaced by exploding bubbles.
The rapid series of explosions succeeded in burying Oddish's body through the better part of the tree's trunk, causing the tree to sway dangerously.
Once the explosions finally ceased the Oddish shifted slightly in its slumped position inside the tree truck. The movement caused a few stray splinters to tumble off of its body and onto the thoroughly soaked ground at the base of the tree.
Flashing in and out of consciousness the Oddish sluggishly opened its eyes trying to see past a brown oval that took up most of its vision.
Wait.
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The forest shook in pain as a part of it collapsed to the ground, hundreds of years of life never to rise again.
The small tremor provided Ash with all of the initiative he needed to finally make his move and end his drawn out chase.
Just as the Bulbasaur broke though some short bushes leading into a small glade, Ash threw a poké ball right in front of it.
The Bulbasaur easily sidestepped the stationary orb and continued running relatively unfazed. But, before it could get more than five feet past the poké ball, the ball opened releasing a thick yellow cloud.
The cloud covered the entire clearing in a matter of moments and the Bulbasaur soon found moving a near impossible task.
"Butterfree use Gust." Ash ordered observing the situation from the edge of the clearing.
A hole began to form in the middle of the yellow cloud as a strong wind came to life. The wind carried a stream of spore particles with it as it advanced toward Bulbasaur's prone form.
With nowhere to go and no way to go there, Bulbasaur had little choice but to endure the oncoming onslaught. However, the fact that its eyelids were unable to close from their half lidded position and the fact its mouth was stuck in a slightly open position gave the Bulbasaur a strange impression that the next few second would be a very unpleasant experience.
It was correct.
Being on the receiving end of a sandblaster was the most accurate way of describing the feeling. The small particles felt like hail against Bulbasaur's skin, which lead it to wonder how they were able to float. Tiny blades of semi compacted aura that were scattered throughout the wind also added to Bulbasaur's displeasure.
The only relief that could be extracted from the situation was that about a second after the initial contact the gust overpowered the combined force of friction and weight holding to the ground. Once the force was overcome Bulbasaur's body was picked up and smashed back, and head, first against an ancient oak tree.
The action graciously spared Bulbasaur's eyes and mouth from any further torment from the paralyzing spores and it also served to knock Bulbasaur unconscious sparing it from any further pain.
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"Maybe this was a little extensive." Brock mumbled to himself as he stared at the exchange in front of him.
Onix was staring at the Pinsir in amusement as the pokémon continued its attack.
The Pinsir enclosed its pincers around a rather large boulder near the bottom of Onix's body and proceeded to squeeze with all of the might it possessed.
The attack was obviously having no effect on Onix but, if the boulder didn't shatter, Pinsir's dignity would.
Because of this Brock was faced with the rather simple task of incapacitating the stubborn Pinsir.
"Lets see." Brock mumbled to himself as he reached into his pocket, withdrawing a simple two-sided coin. "Heads or tails?"
With one gentle flick of his thumb, Brock sent the coin spinning through the air. The coin got to the bottom of the canopy before succumbing to gravity and beginning its descent.
After catching the coin on the back of his closed fist, Brock gave a satisfied smile as he stared its surface.
"Onix, use Headbutt." Brock ordered. (2)
Still unwilling to admit defeat the Pinsir was an easy target for Onix, and in a few short moments the equivalent of a half-ton boulder collided with Pinsir's back. The attack drove Pinsir's body front first into the ground, causing it to lose not only its grip but its consciousness as well.
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"Well I see you were all successful." Naruto observed, while the group waited for their food at the Pokémon Center.
"Yep." Ash confirmed proudly as he held up his newly occupied poké ball.
Following his lead Brock and Misty both held up their poké balls as well, receiving a nod of recognition from Naruto.
"Well then, since you each now have either a bug or a grass type pokémon on your team we will continue on our way to Saffron City tomorrow morning." Naruto informed as he slightly shifted his gaze in Misty's direction. "I would have liked for us to stay one day longer for each of you to catch the pokémon type you didn't catch today, but I have a feeling someone might disagree with that decision."
"I can't imagine who." Misty said faking innocence.
"I can." Ash jumped in, fearing no consequences. "I imagine they are most likely female, view bugs as icky, paint their nails every other day, eat small meals to maintain their girlish figure, like the color pink…"
Ash would have continued his rant, but a expected fist propelled his face against the window, serving to shut him up quite effectively.
However, any further punishment was graciously detoured by the arrival of the waitress and their much-anticipated meal.
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After finishing their meal, group retired to their suite, the day's events finally catching up with them.
"Whoa." Ash gasped in amazement as he proceeded to explore the large area. "This place is amazing."
The suite had three bedrooms. One bedroom was on the ground floor in a room to the left of the main room, while the other two were on the second floor separated by one of the two bathrooms in the suite. The other bathroom was a room to the right of the main room.
In the main room there was a small kitchen in the right corner of the room right when you enter the suite. A few feet to the left of the kitchen past a small hallway, there was a small closet containing a small washing machine and an equally small drying machine.
Past the kitchen and closet there were two couches, each located along the two sidewalls of the room just past the doors leading to the bedroom and bathroom respectively. In between the two couches there was a glass table with a stack of wooden coasters placed in the middle of it.
Past the table, against the back wall of the room, there was a 52-inch plasma television hanging on the wall above a pre-lit fireplace. Just to the right of the TV there was a spiral staircase leading up to the second floor.
"I could get used to this." Misty commented as she sat down on the living room couch, running her hands across the leather.
"I'm in heaven." Ash yelled from his place in the bathroom, getting ready to test out the lonely jacuzzi.
"How much did it cost to rent this place?" Brock asked.
"Less than I can afford." Naruto answered vaguely.
"You must be rich." Ash said as he entered the living room after having explored the area in its entirety.
"You could say that." Naruto said, while he made his way up the stairs to the second floor.
"I get my own bedroom." Naruto stated as he disappeared onto the second floor. "Aside from that the sleeping arrangements are up to you."
With Naruto and Pikachu gone, Ash, Misty, Brock, and Denkou were left siting in silence.
"Soooooo…" Ash began, shifting his gaze towards Misty who was on one the couch opposite to him.
"Would you mind sharing a bed downstairs? I'm pretty sure the noise would wake everyone up if we slept upstairs." Ash said, wiggling his eyebrows suggestively.
In less than in instant the relatively peaceful air of the room was shattered as the sounds of Ash screaming filled the Pokémon Center.
Brock and Denkou simply shook their heads as they stared at the door that Ash and Misty had just ran out of.
"He was totally asking for that." Brock said, just like a true hypocrite.
After a few moments of listening to the far away sounds of Ash and Misty's chase as they ran though the Pokémon Center, the door burst open as Ash ran back into the room laughing hysterically.
Just as Misty entered the room, Ash hurdled the counter separating the small kitchen from the larger portion of the main room.
Before Misty could follow him, Ash barrel rolled into the bathroom and locked himself in.
"Come out of there right now and face me like a man." Misty yelled as she banged on the door to the bathroom.
"Come on Misty." Ash pleaded trying, unsuccessfully, to hold back his laughter. "It was just a joke."
"Don't give me that." Misty yelled as she banged on the door even harder.
"Hey." Naruto called as he came down the stairs just enough to be seen. "I really don't want to have to pay for property damage so could you please tone it down a bit."
"Sorry." Misty apologized, her face taking on a shade of red.
With that Naruto returned to his room upstairs and Misty returned to getting her revenge.
"Well then." Misty said as she took a chair from the kitchen and jammed under the doorknob. "I guess since I can't bust the door down to beat you up you'll just have to stay in there until I cool off."
"Seriously." Ash yelled as he tried unsuccessfully to open the door. "Come on Misty it was a joke."
Misty didn't respond, but instead simply walked into the bedroom across the room.
"Don't let him out of that bathroom, or bad things will happen to you." Misty warned as she closed the door to the bedroom.
"Well it looks like you and me are sleeping upstairs." Brock said as he and Denkou headed to the second floor turning off all the lights as they went.
"Seriously guys! Come on! Don't just leave me like this."
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Naruto stared blankly at the ceiling of his room as he lay in bed, absentmindedly stroking his had across Pikachu's back.
'Everyone is asleep.' Naruto thought offhandedly as he shifted his gaze towards the window.
Letting out a small sigh, Naruto gently rolled out of his bed, careful to not disturb his partner's peaceful slumber.
Naruto silently made his way over to the window and gazed outside his eyes adopting a unfocused look as they observed the entire forest outside, never stopping in one place for too long.
His eyes once again coming into focus, Naruto let out another sigh as he discretely brought his hands together in a sign he had become quite familiar with over the past few weeks.
Releasing the sign, Naruto made his way to the door of his room.
'They're going to make their move soon.' Naruto thought as he placed his hand on the cold metal of the doorknob.
'I've done everything I can to prepare, but these kids I forcefully recruited have no idea what is coming or even how to prepare for it.' Naruto noted bitterly as he twisted the doorknob.
'I better get them started.'
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"The target still continues to show no progression in his aura abilities." A familiar girl with no pupils reported into her headset.
"The target still continues to neglect his training?" A male voice on the other end questioned.
"Affirmative." The female responded staring at Naruto's sleeping form though the closed blinds of his window.
"Hisashi will not be pleased." The male voice commented with a hint of sympathy.
Seeing that her target wasn't likely to move anytime soon, the girl settled down for the night, trusting her aura sensory abilities to alert her to her target's awakening.
"Continue your current duties until further orders are given." The male voice commanded, losing his sympathetic tone.
"Yes sir." The girl responded, cutting the radio link.
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"My back." Ash moaned as he followed everyone out of the Pokémon Center.
"How was the jacuzzi last night." Misty asked mockingly, gaining a scowl from Ash.
"It was better in bed than you." Ash retorted, receiving a punch in the face.
"So it's going to be one of those days." Brock sighed as he walked alongside Naruto.
"When is it ever not one of those days?" Naruto questioned.
"Never." Brock admitted. "But is always depressing whenever the chance of it not being one of those days is taken away."
"I guess." Naruto responded.
"It usually takes them until at least eight o'clock to start fighting, but today they started at seven." Brock noted. "I have a felling something bad is going to happen today."
'You might be right.' Naruto thought bitterly as he came to an abrupt halt.
"What's up?" Ash asked, coming to a stop alongside Brock after having almost ran into his back.
"There is a hole in front of us." Naruto explained.
"Really?" Misty asked incredulously, receiving stares from everyone else. "How do you know?"
"You don't believe him?" Brock questioned.
"Well I didn't exactly say that." Misty countered. "I was just wondering how he knew."
"So your just skeptical." Ash inquired slyly.
"Well… yeah I guess." Misty responded.
"Well then, let me make you a believer." Ash said as he placed a hand behind Misty's back.
Before she could protest, Ash gave her a firm push forward. The push only sent her stumbling a few feet forward, but it was enough.
As soon as Misty regained her footing and stopped, a hole opened up in the ground as the dirt path collapsed, sending Misty into a hole that was about twice as deep as she was tall.
"Have you been converted?" Ash asked as he looked over the edge of the hole, struggling to hold back any sign of mirth.
"I am going to kill you." Misty growled as she got up from an awkward position lying at the bottom of the pit.
"Whatever." Ash responded, rolling his eyes at Misty's threat. "Seeing as my Pidgeotto is going to be getting out of there I figured you would want to be on my good side."
"You pushed me in here in the first place!" Misty retorted, while she grabbed onto Pidgeotto's feet.
"And know not only am I saving you, but I also taught you to believe." Ash countered, while nodding to himself. "That means you owe me double now."
"I refuse to respond to that." Misty said as she was lowered back onto the dirt path by Pidgeotto.
"Well that's good, because I would hate to start another argument just because you refused to acknowledge your debt." Ash commented as he recalled Pidgeotto.
"Still not responding."
"You two can help us anytime now." Brock called, gesturing to four Squirtles that were being held off by Pikachu and Pinsir.
"What's their problem?" Ash asked as he reached for one of his poké balls.
"Well it seems that they're the ones that dug the hole." Brock explained.
"And."
"They were likely trying to mug us."
"Ahhh."
"I think now would be a good time for both of you to use those new pokémon you caught." Naruto suggested, entering the conversation for the first time.
"I see. Going for type advantage." Ash theorized, reaching for Bulbasaur's poké ball.
"That's the idea."
"Well that makes sense I guess." Misty said, reaching for Oddish's poké ball, albeit reluctantly.
Two flashes of red light later, the squad of Squirtles realized their element of surprise (if they ever had it) was lost and the sides were now even.
Acknowledging their loss of advantage, the four Squirtles decided to hold a quick meeting, to determine their next course of action.
After a series of strange sounds that must have been conversation, the squad broke their huddle and turned towards their opposition, apparently ready to fight.
"Lets get this started then." Ash exclaimed, excited at the prospect of a quadruple battle. "Bulbasaur use Razor Leaf!"
"Oddish, support Bulbasaur with Bullet Seed." Misty ordered.
In response to the combination of explosive seeds and abnormally sharp leaves, the group of Squirtles jumped out of the way of the attack, splitting up into two groups of two.
"Pikachu use Thunder Tail." Naruto ordered.
Focusing on the group to the right, Pikachu took off in a flurry of dirt, blurring in the two Squirles' vision much closer than it was a mere second ago.
In an attempt to stop Pikachu's advance one of the Squirtles shot a jet of water at Pikachu, while jumping to the side, distancing itself from its partner.
Acknowledging the incoming water surge, Pikachu preformed a quick sidestep to avoid the attack by only a few inches. Following up on this action, Pikachu slashed its electrically charged tail straight into the water stream, sending an unhealthy amount of volts into the highly conductive substance.
The electricity reached the Squirtles face in a matter of moments, instantly canceling its attack and sending its body in a series of convulsions as it plummeted back towards the ground.
Before it could reach the ground, however, the Squirtle found itself trapped in Pinsir's vice-like grip.
"Now Pinsir, introduce it to the ground properly." Brock ordered.
Its grip unfaltering, Pinsir bent backwards planning to slam the Squirtle head first into the ground. However, before Pinsir could complete this action, a Squirtle shell slammed into its stomach, having been propelled in that direction by one of Bulbasaur's Vine Whips.
The collision caused Pinsir to lose its grip on the Squirtle and fly backwards about three feet.
Having lost its breath from the attack Pinsir laid on its back for a few seconds before it began to rise once more.
But, a powerful surge of water quickly put a stop to this action and Pinsir was once again forced onto its back as a Squirtle focused its attack onto the downed pokémon.
Unable to overpower the force of the water surge, Pinsir was forced to remain stationary as a Bubblebeam joined the attack.
The bubbles exploded against Pinsir's body as it struggled unsuccessfully to rise to its feet.
"Pikachu, use Lightning Orb and follow it up with Thunder Tail." Naruto ordered.
The surge of water forcing Pinsir into the ground was instantly cut as one of the attacking Squirtles was engulfed by a sphere of electricity.
Realizing the new danger, the other Squirtle quickly cut off its Bubblebeam and focused its attention on the approaching Pikachu.
But, before the Squirtle could react any further, it was slammed in the back of the head by a Vine Whip. The attack sent the Squirtle flying head first towards Pikachu, who proceeded to jump into the air, do a front flip, and slam its tail into the back of the Squirtle's head.
The contact not only transfer a few thousand volts of electricity into the Squirtle's body, but it also served to propel the Squirtle face first into the dirt and provide Pikachu with the extra two inches of lift it needed to pass right above a incoming Squirtle's Headbutt.
As the Squirtle passed under it, Pikachu preformed one more backflip before slamming its hardened tail into the back of the Squritle's shell.
The hit caused the Squirtle to collide, soft-underbelly first, with the back of the previously downed Squirtle's head.
After landing on the back of the top Squirtle's shell, Pikachu immediately jumped as the two Squirtles were slapped out from under it by a well placed Vine Whip.
"Perfect, now follow up with a Razor Leaf." Ash ordered.
As soon as the two Squirtles stopped rolling from the previous attack, Bulbasaur sent a barrage of aura infused leaves in their direction.
Having been the first to get to its feet, one of the Squirtles jumped in front of the second Squirtle facing its shell towards the potentially painful attack and serving to protect both itself and its partner.
This defense didn't hold up fro long however as the Squirtle using its shell as protection was blown out of the way of the leaves by a hail of explosive seeds, courtesy of Oddish.
With nothing protecting from the leaf barrage anymore, the second Squirtle soon felt the full force of the attack.
Noticing its partner's danger one of the Squirtles quickly sidestepped a strike from Oddish, shooting it in the side with a series of explosive bubbles. The bubbles propelled Oddish straight into Pikachu who had been engaged with another Squirtle.
Unprepared for the new projectile, Pikachu caught Oddish with pure reflexes but instantly became subjected to a strong surge of water that knocked it and Oddish back several feet.
With its opponent occupied by one of its friends, the Squirtle propelled itself towards Bulbasaur, withdrawing into its shell in midair.
The Squirtle slammed into Bulbasaur's side with enough force to immediately cancel Bulbasaur's Razor Leaf and launch the plantlike organism five feet.
Continuing its attack, the Squirtle launched a Bubblebeam towards the downed Bulbasaur. The Bubblebeam was soon joined by a Water Gun as the Squirtle that was previously being decimated by Razor Leaf joined in on the assault.
"Bulbasaur, counter with Razor Leaf." Ash ordered.
"Back it up with Bullet Seed Oddish." Misty ordered.
Quickly placing itself at Bulbasaur's side, Oddish fired a barrage of aura infused seeds straight into the stream of leaves heading towards the Bubblebeam, Water Gun combo.
The initial contact between the two attacks produced a large explosion of water and leaf remains that spread across a sizable amount of the battlefield.
As the attacks continued to clash a number of smaller explosions continued to go off at the point of contact.
A stalemate began to take place as both sides refused to let up any amount of ground.
Suddenly Pikachu jumped into the fray, just to the side of the Squirtle shooting a Bubblebeam.
Not having enough time to react, the Squirtle was slammed across the face with an electrically charged tail that propelled it into its partner.
The electricity coursing though the Squirtle's system was almost instantly transferred to its partner as the two tumbled though the air.
Their movement soon became halted however when they were both ensnared inside a large set of pincers.
Before the two Squirtles were given time to react, however, they were thrown backwards, straight into their two partners that had been trying to get up off the ground.
The four Squirtles were sent tumbling across the dirt trail in a large heap, only stopping seven feet from their initial point of contact with the ground.
Slowing getting back to their feet, the four Squirtles began to have second thoughts about their choice to fight. However, there was no backing down now.
Pouring all of their energy into one last attack, all four of the Squirtles formed a semicircle facing their opponents.
Once the formation was complete each Squirtle released a large jet of water towards the top of the semicircle.
The four water surges slammed into each other, forming one massive surge of water that speed straight towards the opposing group.
"Pikachu release two gravity seals and put everything you have into one Lightning Orb." Naruto ordered.
Taking charge of the situation, Pikachu quickly fazed in front of the group as a huge wave of power surged off of its body. Sparks began flying from Pikachu's cheeks as the water surge rapidly reduced the distance separation it from the group.
With the surge just about ten feet away from the group Pikachu launched its attack, spawning a massive ball of electricity in between the water surge and the group.
The water surge plowed into the electricity sphere, completely ceasing its advance. A large dose of electricity was transferred through the water and directly into each Squirtle sustaining the attack.
But, despite the considerable amount of voltage that was being continuously supplied though their system, none of the Squirtles seemed to be letting up on the attack, and the electricity orb was slowly being overpowered.
"Bulbasaur, assist with Razor Leaf." Ash ordered.
"You use Razor Leaf as well, Oddish." Misty ordered.
A large number of aura infused leaves soon joined the attack, as the Squirtles attack continued with unwavering force.
The two attacks were matched in an intense battle of wills as the electric current continued to reek havoc on the Squirtles' strength.
"Now, Pinsir use Vital Throw." Brock ordered.
Grabbing the Squirtle on the far right of the semicircle formation, Pinsir throw the Squirtle straight into the top of the circle where all of the Water Guns were being combined.
This action instantly caused the Squirtles to cancel their attack for fear of hurting their comrade.
With nothing opposing them any longer, the electric orb and leaf barrage soon engulfed the Squirtle squad, inducing unconsciousness upon each of them.
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"Well that was fun." Ash commented as he placed his newly occupied poké ball on his belt. "And we each got a new pokémon out of it. That was a double win."
"Yeah." Misty agreed as she holstered her own poké ball. "And I got to have my first battle with Oddish. It turned out better than I expected."
"We better get moving." Brock interrupted as he opened his pokégear. "The next town is about six miles away and its almost noon. I at least want to get there before nightfall.
"I agree." Misty concurred as she began leading the group down the trail. "Sleeping outside is not something I look forward to doing anytime soon."
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Identifying another presence on her radio frequency, the girl tailing the group of travelers temporarily averted her vision from her target towards her radio control.
"Yes?" The girl spoke into the radio.
The same male voice from last night answered her.
"Hisashi says that he has 'lost interest' in your current target." The male voice responded.
"And?" The girl inquired.
"You are clear to engage."
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Pikachu
Thunder Tail: A combination of Iron Tail and electricity manipulation. The electricity flowing thought the pokémon is channeled into the Iron Tail adding power and a shocking effect.
Lightning Orb: The manipulation of electricity. The electricity given off by pokémon is condensed and molded into a perfect sphere of powerful electrical currents.
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AN: Well, there's the chapter hope you liked it.
(1) You'll find out why later.
(2) I believe I have already said this, but just incase I didn't I will say it again. I have made some moves universal in this story for obvious reasons. I.E. what pokémon is so uncoordinated it cannot tackle. (I have taken ghost types such as Ghastly into account and they will not be able to perform such a move.)
In case anyone wants to know why this chapter took so long, it is because I got a new computer for Christmas and had to transfer all of my chapters over from my old one. It turned out to be a huge pain in the ass because my new computer's Microsoft office decided not to recognize the format of my old computer's Microsoft office, so it took me a while to finally figure out how to get past that little snag by saving every single document in a different format.
So that's my excuse.
As always reviews are welcome and appreciated.
Until next time...