Naruto: Johto Journeys
Chapter 5: You're Bugging Me
"Pokemon" Normal speech
'Pokemon' Normal thoughts
"Pokemon" Pokemon that can talk
"Pokemon" Flashbacks
"Pokemon" Pokedex speech
Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto and I don't own Pokemon. I do however, own this laptop and this story and NONE OF YOU CAN HAVE IT! :)
Alright guys here's the deal. Some readers have expressed their...annoyances...with the fact that I have linked this story so closely to the game, so I will be using this A/N to explain to you about certain elements that I have now changed so that the story does not sound like an exact copy of the game other than in battles.
1.)Exp bar and levels will not revealed, though when a battle is completed and I think a Pokemon has reached far enough in terms of experience it would have gained from those battles I will give it the moves corresponding to that level.
2.)The use of HMs do not apply to fully evolved or large Pokemon in certain aspects such as large Pokemon like Nidoking and Onix do not need Strength in the use of moving large boulders, Lapras and Gyarados do not need surf to cross water but these moves can still be used as battle moves. However only smaller Pokemon sch as Pidgeotto and Bellsprout will need the HM to perform moves like Cut and Fly, for example, when they are outside of battle due to their small sizes.
3.)One reader expressed his complete and utter disagreement with my realism when I had Growlith bite Quilava in the previous chapter and Quilava bled. I will no longer make Pokemon bleed, but they will still take regular amounts of damage and I will also apply real life animal defenses to certain Pokemon such as Arbok and Ekans will be able to detach their tails to escape predators/opponents if caught by their tails in order to escape much like lizards and re-grow them in a matter of seconds due to accelerated mitosis.
4.) I will be keeping the four move limit as I find that keeps the Pokemon from going into an overpowered zone. I mean say you have Gyarados who can learn a varitety of moves outside of its type such as Fire Blast and Thunderbolt, that's kind of super powered when you add in Hyper Beam, Hydro Pump, the anime version of Dragon Rage, etc. and I will allow the use of TMs which can be placed in a disk drive located in the Pokedex and performs the same move deleting sequence as shown in the previous chapter.
5.) Prof. Iruka, through my magical abilities as the author, will now have a large backyard like Prof. Oak's in the anime where the Pokemon Naruto, Hinata and the other's have caught where the Pokemon can roam freely, but their Pokemon will be differentiated by Iruka's (my idea) placing of a specific type of pin on their Pokemon (much like Ritchie from the Anime does when he sticks stars on his Pokeballs), but the P.C box will still be active and the P.C will now only show the Pokemon the trainer has by Professor Iruka in the same manner as the P.C boxes where it shows all your Pokemon where each box reveals thirty Pokemon. The trainer will then place their Pokemon they want to deposit into the transporter sending it to the professor's house and the professor will then send the Pokemon the trainer wishes to withdraw.
6.) Pokemon will now be referred to as 'it' as I found it much easier to refer them as such rather than their genders, but at the end of each chapter I will give you all the team that Naruto and Hinata currently has as well as their genders, but I will still be referring to them as its.
Also, I mixed up Kurotsuchi with Akatsuchi, the two guards of the Tsuchikage from the Naruto manga. Their names sounded similar and I mixed them up, my bad. Now then...If anyone has any trouble understanding this changes, please PM me and I will do my best to explain them in a much better way. Now on with the Chapter.
Note: Poll on what Hinata's Eevee should evolve into is now up, so vote.
Naruto's Quilava charged as it performed a Tackle attack against its reptilian opponent. The Ekans hissed as it coiled its away around Quilava's body when it dodged and began to squeeze as it employed the Wrap attack.
"Quilava, quick use Ember!" Naruto commanded. Quilava's flames on its head began to spout multiple fireballs that landed on the serpent, but Ekans refused to let go as it took damage.
"Ember one more time!" and the fire type managed to send Ekans flying with a final blast o fire from the flames on its head. Ekans hissed as it rose up, its toungue flicking in and out of its mouth.
"Ekans, use Poison Sting!"
"Quilava dodge with Quick Attack and slam into Ekans!" Naruto ordered. Quilava took off at a fast pace leaving behind a trail of blue and pale yellow (the colours of Quilava's fur) as it avoided the flurry of poisonous projectiles and when it reached close enough, Quilava slammed into Ekans' body sending the Poison type flying. Ekans hissed as it fell to the ground unconscious.
"Oh you think you're so tough, well let's see how you handle my Zubat!" the ROOT grunt exclaimed as he recalled his fainted Pokemon and replaced it with a blue bat like Pokemon that had purple wing membrane, a gaping mouth which showed its only two teeth, which were very sharp. It also had no eyes as it used sonic waves to pin point its opponent's location.
Naruto called back Quilava as the Volcano Pokemon ran back to its trainer's side.
"Mareep, Go!" Naruto called out. The electric type released a cry as its wool expanded, full of electrical charge.
"Zubat Leech Life!" the grunt commanded. The small bat flew through the air, fangs bared as it used its hearing to lock onto Mareep when it had released its cry.
"Mareep, quick use Tackle and knock it down!" Naruto commanded. The blue and yellow sheep leaped into the air and smacked into Zubat, but the bat Pokemon flapped its wings quickly and then turned around as Mareep skidded to a halt as it landed. Zubat quickly flew down and bared its fangs and sunk its teeth through the wool of Mareep as it hope to pierce its flesh through the thick yellow hide...however, both the grunt and Zubat forgot to take into account the fact that Mareep's wool was still full of eletricity and when the Zubat bit down...
BZZZAAPPPPP!
Zubat's skeleton flashed between being visible and invisible as the electricity coursed through its body making it look like a living X-Ray. Zubat was smoking by the time the electricity was finished and it fell to the ground, unconscious and covered with spark of blue electricity.
"Ha, in your face teme!" Naruto grinned. The ROOT grunt gritted his teeth before returning Zubat to its Pokeball.
"You got lucky you punk, but we'll be back!" the ROOT member threw a smoke bomb down and when the smoke cleared the grunt was gone.
"So Akatsuchi how far do you think the Furret hole goes?" Naruto asked remembering the old saying his mother used to tell him. (A/N: Furret is the closest Pokemon I could think of to a rabbit in this region)
"We'll see when we go down it" the large Hiker said with a grin. Naruto climbed down the ladder, Quilava having temporarily returned to its Pokeball in order for the blonde trainer to do so. Hinata returned Eevee and she and Akatsuchi followed after. Once the two reached the bottom of the ladder, Eevee and Quilava immediately released themselves from their Pokeballs.
"Quil, Quilava Quil!" Quilava pointed ahead of them and the four of them followed its gaze and their eyes widened at what they saw. There was old man lying down on the ground a few feet away from them. The three trainers and two Pokemon ran up to the downed elderly man and Akatsuchi helped him up.
"Yo, Jiji you okay?" Naruto asked. The old groaned gripping his back.
"I'm not old you whipper-snapper" the old man yelled at Naruto.
'Anyone who still says "whipper-snapper" is considered old in my book' the blonde trainer thought as the old man glared at him. The old gripped his back in pain once more when he tried to move.
"Now now old timer, take it easy. You're gonna hurt yourself if you keep moving like that" Akatsuchi told the elder man.
"Shut up, now just rest me down and don't call me old man, my name s Kurt. Okay?" Kurt asked. The three younger humans nodded before they ran off down the pathway into the depth of Slowpoke Well. The trio looked around, Quilava's flames lighting the way as they saw many Slowpoke. Their tails were cut off revealing the muscle and tail bone from where the segment of bone was cut from. The slowpoke were all unconscious...at least they hoped the Slowpoke were unconscious. The group continued to walk through the caverns until they heard some noise coming up ahead.
Quilava quickly outed its flames and Eevee and Quilava hid behind a nearby rock with Akatsuchi and their trainers.
"Akatsuchi?" Naruto whispered gaining the older man's attention.
"Hai?"
"You seemed to know a lot about this ROOT organization. Mind tellin' us about it" Naruto said.
"P-Please" Hinata added. Akatsuchi thought for a while before nodding.
"Okay, thirty years ago there was an organization known as ROOT. These guys were criminals, and their boss was even more vile than the grunts and admins. He had a goal to completely take over the entire Kanto region through the use of Pokemon. In fact they say that back in the day, the grunts had killed a Marowak just to set an example for the people of Lavender Town" Akatsuchi said. Hinata gasped while Naruto growled in anger at hearing this.
"However, all their nefarious deeds were halted when a lone trainer with a Pikachu as his main Pokemon had gone through the entire organization and defeated them all. Even when they had taken over Saffron City, the trainer was said to be a great one and his Pikachu was so powerful that it was able to utilize two moves simultaneously, the main one being a combination of Thunderbolt and Quick Attack. A combination that became known throughout the Kanto Region as the legendary Hiraishin." Akatsuchi paused as the information sunk into his listeners' brains.
'Flying Thunder God?' Naruto and Hinata thought. An odd name despite it sounding so incredibly badass.
"The trainer had defeated the ROOT leader in the end and ROOT was declared disbanded and their activity ceased for the past thirty years...but apparently they decided to come back"
"Woah...those guys are evil"
"W-We have t-to stop them" Hinata added. Quilava and Eevee were narrowing their eyes at the far off grunts who were laughing as they chopped yet another 'unconscious' Slowpoke's tail.
"Okay, so let's go and take them down" Naruto said as he got ready to charge, but Akatsuchi grabbed the blonde pre-teen's arm.
"Hold it...now listen we can't just go barging in. We'll need to catch them by surprise...they have Zubat and Rattata as scouts so that means we'll be easily detected if we get to close. Now the remaining Slowpoke, judging from where that other ROOT member is getting the tails, are on the left side of their location. SO...here's what we're gonna do..." Akatsuchi whispered the plan to the two trainers and their starters. Naruto and Hinata's eyes widened at the pure genius of the plan.
"L-Let's do it" Hinata nodded.
The ROOT grunts were laughing as they counted the Slowpoke tails in their arms and threw them into a nearby box.
"Man, killing off these Slowpoke were easy, they're so stupid they forget everything that happened to them three seconds ago" a grunt chuckled.
"Yeah" a female grunt spoke this time, "I mean come on. But hey, easier job for us"
The third grunt was busy getting another Slowpoke, an entire group were huddled against the wall trying to back as far away as they could from the people who killed their brethren. However, the grunt paused when he and his companions heard the sound of footsteps. The grunt walked away from the Slowpoke and looked as a larger grunt walked up to them, his head bent low and his hat shielded his eyes from view.
"Yo, what the hell are you doing? You're supposed to be watching out for any people that might be trying to sneak in here" the female grunt yelled. The fat ROOT member then tugged a rope, pulling out a Quilava and an Eevee from behind him. The ropes wrapped around their necks.
"These two Pokemon had stumbled into the well. These are pretty rare Pokemon so I thought it would be a nice present for the boss after we sell the Slowpoke tails" the grunt told his three cohorts. The three grunts smiled.
"And then that means we might get a promotion" one of the male grunts smiled.
"Great job, man" the other male grunt clapped the large member on his shoulder. However, while those three were busy talking to their new friend, Naruto and Hinata had sneaked around the multitude of rocks that were out of range of the Rattata's and Zubat's senses and neared the Slowpoke group. Once they reached close enough, Naruto threw a small pebble at them. The Slowpoke group turned and were frightened at the sight of the humans, but when they saw how they knelt down, hands behind their backs as sign that they weren't going to hurt them, they let their guard down slightly.
"Psst, come on. We're gonna get you guys out of here" Naruto whispered.
"Hurry" Hinata whispered as she kept watch for the Zubat and Rattata that were observing the scene. The Slowpoke quickly, and carefully, walked over to Naruto and hid with him behind the large boulders. However, one of the Slowpoke, a young one by the looks of it due to its smaller size compared to the others, tripped and let out a "Poke" in pain as it fell and bit its tongue. The Rattata and Zubat all turned and saw the lack of Slowpoke.
"RATTATA RATTATA RATTATA!"
"ZUBAT!"
The two species released their cries, gaining their trainer's attentions. The three grunts turned around to see their Pokemon looking at the area where the Slowpoke were previously located. The Zubat suddenly released their sonic screeches to search for the missing Pokemon before pinpointing them behind the boulders.
"HEY, WHAT DO YOU KIDS THINK YOU'RE DOING HERE?" they cried as they saw the Slowpoke, Naruto and Hinata run out from behind the boulders.
"Kuso" the blonde pre-teen cursed before throwing out a Pokeball.
"MAREEP THUNDERWAVE!" he comannded. The Wool Pokemon flew out of its Pokeball and released a wave of blue electricity, paralyzing both Pokemon and human. The ROOT members fell to the ground spasming as their nervous systems became 'out-of-whack'.
"Now use Thundershock to take out the Zubat!" the bolts of blue lightning rocketed from Mareep's hide and striking down all the paralyzed bat Pokemon.
"Akatsuchi, h-h-hurry, we have to go" the blue-black haired girl called out as she ran after the Slowpoke herd. Akatsuchi nodded before releasing Quilava and Eevee and taking off his disguise, a suit which he had stolen from a fourth ROOT member who was currently taking a long nap behind a rock in nothing but his boxers.
"H-Hey y-y-you're not a m-m-member!" the female ROOT member stammered as electricity still coursed through her body.
"No duh, NOW QUILAVA!" Akatsuchi told the Volcano Pokemon. The fire type nodded before taking a deep breath and released a column of smoke in the form of a Smokescreen attack to cover their track. Naruto returned Mareep to its Pokeball and ran after Akatsuchi.
"Wait, Akatsuchi...there's only one way in and out of the well...why'd we have to use Smokescreen?" Naruto asked.
"Because...it makes our exit look cool" the large Hiker panted before spotting the still downed Kurt. Akatsuchi quickly grabbed Kurt and held him bridal style as they reached the ladder. Naruto and Hinata began to panick.
"Th-There's no way to carry all of them out of the Well away from them!" Hinata cried out. Naruto ran in place as he looked around the narrow vertical tunnel for anyway that would help them get the Slowpoke and themselves out of the Slowpoke Well.
"Don't worry guys, I got it covered" Akatsuchi quickly took out a Pokeball and threw it in the air. A large flash of light took physical form as an Onix appeared. The Onix was rather large though, so the Slowpoke, Naruto and Hinata had to lay themselves against the wall of the vertical tunnel so that they weren't crushed by the Rock Snake Pokemon.
"You know...you could have thought this through!" Naruto called out.
"Quilava Lava!" the Volcano Pokemon added its two cents.
"Onix, I need you to carry all these guys out of this tunnel, oh and by the way, how's about a Rock Throw for those guys over there" Akatsuchi said pointing at the ROOT grunts and their Rattata, their Zubat having all fainted by Naruto's Mareep. Onix turned and quickly raced towards its trainer's opponents causing the rodents and the Rattata to freeze, turn tail and run. Onix released a roar as it reached the area of the Well where there was enough room for it to rear up to its full height. It quickly slapped a few boulders as it performed Rock Throw and the boulders crashed down around the screaming Pokemon and ROOT members.
"Now Onix, use Dig and get us out of here!" Akatsuchi ordered. The gargantuan dual type Pokemon nodded before it reared up and slammed into the ground, eating its way through the rock in the same manner Naruto eats ramen...quickly, of course that's an understatement. Once the tunnel was dug, the group dropped down the shallow drop before following the length of the tunnel, but Naruto stopped for a while as he looked at Quilava.
"Use Ember on all those Rattata and knock them out so that we don't have anyone tailing us!" Naruto said. Quilava nodded and using pin point accuracy, it fired small fireballs that crashed into the small rat Pokemon knocking them out. Quilava nodded before it and Naruto dropped down into the Onix tunnel.
Outside Slowpoke Well
Hinata was using her Bellsprout's Vine Whip to allow it to bring up the Slowpoke while some used Onix as a ladder to climb out. Once all the Slowpoke got out, Hinata looked down into the darkness of the tunnel for her blonde travel companion.
"NARUTO-KUUN!" she called out, her voice echoing throughout the tunnel. After a few seconds, a reply followed.
"YEAH, I HEAR YA HINATA-CHAN!" Naruto yelled.
"QUILAVA!" the Volcano Pokemon said to it was present as well. The two climbed up Akatsuchi's Onix before exiting the new, second entrance/exit to Slowpoke Well. Naruto then, by the request of the Slowpoke herd, was able to catch one of them for Professor Iruka and for the need to complete the Pokedex. The Pokedex beeped as it registered the data of the newly caught Pokemon.
Slowpoke the Dopey Pokemon. A Water/Psychic type Pokemon. It lazes vacantly near water. If something bites its tail, it won't even notice for a whole day.
"Hey, Kurt...you okay?" Akatsuchi asked. Kurt nodded before rising to his feet, but he still felt his back paining him.
"Agh, I really hurt my back when I fell from that ladder. Kuso, hey I don't suppose of youHOOHOHOHOOOO!" Kurt cried out in surprise and slight pain and Hinata slammed her palm into the lower area of his back where he had been holding it. A loud 'SNAP' and 'CRACK' followed after as she followed up with two more palm strikes to his wounded back area.
"AGH YOU PALE EYED GAKI, THAT REALLY HURT AND YOU PROBABALY...fixed...my back" Kurt sighed in relief as he left his spine muscles relax.
"M-My Okaa-chan w-was a doctor back in the day. I-I-I picked up a few things from her" Hinata muttered as she began to twiddle her fingers as she saw all the surprised looks on everyone's faces.
"Eevee Eevee!" Eevee nuzzled its partner's leg and Hinata stroked the head of the small Evolution Pokemon as Kurt stretched his back to loosen whatever remainin stiffness was in it. Naruto and Quilava then ran over to Hinata and Eevee.
"Hey, Hinata-chan?" Naruto asked.
"H-Hai, Naruto-kun?"
"Ummm...if it isn't too much trouble..." Naruto turned around and hunched over a bit, "Do you think you could me a back massage?"
Hinata giggled at the blonde's antics and nodded, "Hai" and she then began to rub her hands over the boy's muscles.
"Oooooo Hinata-chan that feels soooo good. Your hands are like magic" he sighed, melting into the raven haired girl's massage. Hinata blushed at the compliments from the blonde.
"N-No problem, Naruto-kun" Hinata was suddenly flanked on her left and right by Kurt and Akatsuchi.
"Hey, think you can give me one too?" Kurt asked.
"One for me too please?"
"Quilava Quilava"
"Eevee Vee Vee Eevee"
Hinata sweat dropped while continuously massaging her crush's back.
'Oh boy...what have I done?' she thought.
About an hour later and four massages later, the group of four humans and two Pokemon all waved bye to the grateful Slowpoke group before they headed into Azalea Town. Once they reached there, Naruto and Akatsuchi had their Pokemon take a quick healing break before taking them back.
"Here you go boys" Nurse Shizune said as she handed them their Pokeballs. Quilava was sitting on the table as he never went back in his Pokeball.
"Arigato, Shizune-san" the two males bowed to the raven haired nurse.
"Say there, Shizune...want to come back to my place for a drink of Miltank milk. It's imported from the Sinnoh Region" Kurt flirted with the nurse. Shizune rolled her eyes.
"Kurt, how many times have I told you...I'm twenty eight and you're sixty seven, you're too old for me. Now go back home and make some Pokeballs or something" Shizune said before turning away from the older man causing him to sulk. Akatsuchi and Hinata's eyes widened as they heard that.
"Ummm excuse, but did she say you make Pokeballs?" Akatsuchi asked.
"She implied it...why?" Kurt asked. Hinata looked over the man before pulling out her guide book on the Johto region and went to the section on 'Important People of Johto'.
"Of c-course. No wonder y-your name sounded familiar. Y-You're K-Kurt, the famous P-Pokeball maker!" Hinata said. Kurt sweat dropped as he saw the three trainers gape at him.
"Kurt-Jiji is the guy who makes Pokeballs?" Naruto asked.
"I'M NOT OLD YOU BLONDE HAIRED BUFFOON!" Kurt slapped Naruto on the head causing the boy to meet the harsh tile floor.
"Quilava...it hurts so bad" Naruto whimpered as he nursed the large bump on his face, crying anime tears. The Volcano Pokemon shook its head at its trainer.
"Eevee!" the Evolution Pokemon gained the three people's attentions and the three people who were currently standing, watched as Eevee opened the fallen Naruto's bag causing his map, a few of his unused Pokeballs and his Yellow, Pink and Black Apricots to roll along the floor. Naruto quickly gathered up his things as he saw them rolling away and packed them away, but Kurt had grabbed the three apricots and stared at them.
"Hmmm, it's a been a while since I've MADE a Pokeball. You know what, screw it. You youngsters want a Pokeball?" Kurt asked. Naruto, Hinata and Akatsuchi nodded causing the old man to smile.
"Great...CAUSE YOU'RE NOT GETTING ANY!" he roared in their faces as he head grew to unimaginable sizes. It reminded Naruto and Hinata of when Professor Iruka's head grew huge when he was angry at his students...usually Naruto though.
'Scary' the three trainers and two Pokemon thought.
"Until tomorrow that is, it takes at least a whole day for me to complete Pokeballs" Kurt said before fishing out a green Pokegear from his shirt pocket. Naruto and Hinata knew the process and quickly added Kurt to their contacts.
"Hey, I want a Pokeball too" Akatsuchi complained.
"Well there are three Apricots here, Naruto do you mind if you give one to rock head over here?" Kurt asked pointing at the hiker causing the man to frown at his appointed nickname.
"Yeah sure, I don't mind. Do you, Hinata-chan?" the blonde asked his travel companion. Hinata shook her.
"I don't mind" Kurt nodded before walking through the sliding doors to go towards his house and get started on the Pokeballs. After the man left, another figure enetered the Pokemon Center, a large bug net hanging over his shoulders. Naruto and Hinata were about to leave when they nearly bumped into said man.
"Gomen nasai" the two pre-teens apologize before looking up at the bug net carrying man. The man was slightly pale and wore a large grey overcoat beneath a black t-shirt and black pants. On the back of his overcoat was the symbol for the Pokemon League. A golden Pokeball with the words 'Pokemon League' in black written along the half-way mark between the two halves of the Pokeball and atop it sat a light orange (shiny) Pikachu which looked like it was waving as it raised a single paw. To complete the outfit, the man wore a pair of brown boots.
"Hmmm, blonde hair, blue eyes, whisker marks on cheeks. You must be Naruto Uzumaki. And judging from your look..." the man adjusted his dark sunglasses that covered his eyes, "You must be a Hyuga, though given your age you must be Hizashi's niece, Hinata right?"
Naruto and Hinata took a few steps away from the strange man as Eevee and Quilava took steps forward, growling at the man. Akatsuchi came back from buying a candy bar from the vending machine and was confused at was going on.
"Now, now I'm not here to fight. My son has told me a lot about you two after all I did send him to New Bark town to learn about Pokemon before coming back home" the man said. Naruto and Hinata looked over the man. Naruto's blue eyes widened.
"No way...you're..." the man nodded.
"Yes I am" he stated.
"YOU'RE SHINO'S CRAZY UNCLE KIDOMARO WHO'S OBSESSED WITH SPIDERS!" Naruto yelled causing Akatsuchi, Hinata and the man to face fault. The man quickly regained his composure.
"Ummm no, that would be my step-brother...I am Shino's Tou-san. Shibi Aburame and the leader of the Azalea Town gym. Naruto and Hinata were in shock.
"Shino's Otou-san is a gym leader?" Naruto whispered. Hinata looked over the man.
"H-He doesn't look like much"
"I know" Akatsuchi muttered as he leaned in to join in on the conversation.
The three were whispering quite loudly and Shibi could hear every word causing him to have a dark cloud hovering over him. This caused the two pre-teens and one adult to stop talking and wave away the emotional thundercloud hanging over Shibi's head. The elder Aburame nodded to the blonde.
"My son tells me of you wanting to challenge the Pokemon League, correct?"
"Hell yeah and I'm gonna get all eight badges and beat the Johto Silver Conference and then once I do that I'm going to beat the Elite Four and the Champion and become the new champion of the Johto region!" Naruto yelled. The occupants of the Pokemon center looked and smiled at the blonde boy. He was certainly a determine young lad.
"I see, well then I trust you have defeated Shinno-san from Violet City?" Naruto nodded and showed the Azalea gym leader the Zephyr Badge.
"Excellent, now do you wish to challenge my gym?" Naruto nodded. Shibi then looked at Akatsuchi and walked over to the Rock type user. Shibi observed the man, he was dressed in a regular outfit that Hiker's usually wore, but in a different colour scheme. The pants and shirt were all red and he wore a grey-blue neckerchief around his neck. He wore a pair of black hiking boots and had the large backpack and sleeping bag that Hikers usually had when they traveled.
Hinata, Quilava and Eevee all followed the leader and his soon-to-be challenger. Once the group reached the large dome shaped gym they gaped in awe at how much larger it was than Shinno's gym. It was composed of a great deal of foliage that covered the outerlining of the gym and had a large bridge over a deep cavern that led to the other side of the gym. A variety of bug Pokemon flew/hung in or near the trees. The bug user then turned to the blonde and told him to wait with Quilava.
"Hinata, you and Eevee can cross the bridge with me. Akatsuchi you come too" Hinata and Akatsuchi complied with her friend's father's wishes and crossed the iron bridge. Shibi, Akatsuchi, Hinata and Eevee then stood atop a platform and rose to a larger, higher platform above. Once the three of them reached there, Shibi pressed a big red button and suddenly the gym itself began to rumble. Naruto and Quilava braced themselves as the forest suddenly began to shift around and Hinata and Eevee gasped as she saw the maze that Naruto was currently trapped in with Quilava.
Shibi flipped his net so that the bottom of the handle faced his mouth. He removed a piece of it to reveal the small microphone in it.
"Naruto, can you hear me?" Shibi asked into the mic. Naruto gave a thumbs up, but he and his starter were looking around as they tried to understand what just happened.
"Good, now then I, like some of the other gym leaders, like to test out challengers before they come to face me. You are currently trapped in a forest maze of my own design that is filled with bug type Pokemon. These Pokemon will often come out and challenge you if you step into their territory. Your challenge into to reach the end of my maze and also to defeat the Heracross that lives here, which is one of the leaders of the forested area. The Pokemon here are wild so if you wish to, you may capture some of them" Shibi said.
"Shibi-san, what about Quilava's Ember attack? Wouldn't it burn down the trees here if I use it?" Naruto yelled out his question.
"It's no problem, I have installed many a sprinkler in the forest to automatically activate once a fire has started" Shibi replied through his net-microphone.
"Now then a few rules before we begin. One; you cannot leave the gym to go and heal your Pokemon before you have defeated my maze. Two; you can use whatever items you have on your person to aid you. Three; you cannot run through trees as a shortcut, if you do you automatically fail the test and you cannot come back to challenge me until tomorrow" Shibi said. Naruto nodded before going through his bag and pulled out his Pokeballs. He quickly held up his hand for Shibi to wait a minute as the blonde ran outside to restock on his Pokeballs. After a minute or two, the blonde returned.
"Okay, I got my Pokeballs and a few Great balls, let's do this!"
"QUILAVA!" the fire type cried out with its partner. Naruto and Quilava waited for the signal to start.
"YOU MAY BEGIN!" Shibi announced and a loud horn sounded throughout the gym as Naruto and Quilava took off. They swerved left and right, before coming to a dead end.
"What, already?" Naruto exclaimed as he and Quilava turned around, however there were a swarm of Beedrill facing him. Naruto quickly took out a Pokeball.
"Pidgey, use Gust!" Naruto commanded. The Tiny Bird Pokemon appeared in a flash of light and began to flap its wings. A small tornado formed as the wind swirled and sucked up all the bee Pokemon. Since it was a flying type move, the move was super effective and they were all weakened. Quilava ended the small battle with the swarm using an Ember attack, knocking them out with the miniature balls of flame. The two Pokemon and their trainer continued to traverse the maze and began to beat back any Pokemon that came their way due to Naruto's use of type advantage and he even faced a few Butterfree and Beedrill so he let Mareep take a turn so that the Wool Pokemon could gain some experience. However, his two initial Pokemon were beginning to get a bit tired and he healed them with the Potions he had come with. He even managed to catch a Pineco, which were said to be very rare, by having Quilava headbutt the tree it was on and the data was registered in the orange Pokedex.
Pineco the Bagworm Pokemon. A Bug type Pokemon. It likes to make its shell thicker by adding layers of tree bark. The additional weight doesn't bother it.
After a few more minutes of running blindly through the forest maze, Naruto finally made the right turn and saw the exit to the maze leading to the bridge a few feet away.
"Yatta, we did it!" Naruto cried out in joy, however, his and his Pokemon's joyous occasion came to an end as a large blue horned beetle that looked like a mixture between a pill bug and a stag beetle, jumped out of the trees. It had a tough shell, Naruto could tell, due to the way to shone showing that it took good care of itself. The horn was rather large and fancy thus indicating it was a male Heracross. Its black, golden rimmed eyes stared at Naruto.
"Hera HeraCROSS!" the bug/fighting type made a come motion with its claws. Naruto looked at Pidgey and looked down at Quilava as he tried to decide which Pokemon to send in.
'Hmmm, he's an interesting boy. Shino was right...Naruto sure is smart when it comes to practical usage of Pokemon as he finally is able to apply theoretical knowledge into the mix' Shibi thought. Naruto looked at Quilava and sent it out. The fire type gave a cry as Pidgey rested on Naruto's shoulder.
"Alright, Quilava start off with Quick Attack!" Naruto commanded. Quilava took off like a shot surprising the observing gym leader.
"Hes trained it well" Shibi commended as he saw Quilava smash into Heracross' chest sending the bug type skidding backwards. Heracross looked up and scratched its chest where Quilava struck and then smirked.
"HERACROOOOSS!" the bug Pokemon charged forth aiming to slam its horn against its opponent.
"Quilava, dodge it and use Ember!" Naruto commanded. Quilava nodded and jumped to the side, but was caught off guard, both it and trainer as Heracross turned on the dime and suddenly its claws were surrounded by a dark aura. The claws smashed against Quilava's face sending the Volcano Pokemon back.
"What attack was that?" Naruto asked as he took out his Pokedex. The Pokedex scanned the shadow covered claws and came up with the appropriate data.
Night Slash. A Dark type move. The user coats claws or talons in a dark aura of energy and slashes the opponent. This move, like most physical moves, tend to have a very high accuracy.
Naruto put away the orange Pokedex and watched as Quilava jumped around to avoid the attacks.
"Quilava, quickly roll on the ground" Naruto commanded. The evolved form of Cydaquil complied and dropped down low to avoid a swipe from Hercross' Night Slash and tucked itself into a ball, rolling underneath Heracross.
"NOW EMBER!" Naruto commanded. Quilava popped up as it untucked itself from a ball and opened its jaws. Heracross turned and was suddenly met with a barrage of small fireballs to the face and chest. The fire type attack sent Heracross flying through the air as it skidded to a stop.
"Now use Quick Attack!" the Volcano Pokemon rushed towards its opponent, but the weakened Bug/Fighting type wasn't about to give up just yet. Heracross quickly twisted its body to avoid the attack. Its left arm glowed and slammed the arm down on Quilava's back before twisting and crashing another glowing arm against the fire type's face and then performed a powerful chop to the head. Quilava released a cry as Heracross grabbed it before throwing the fire type away.
"Th-That was Brick Break" Hinata hissed as she saw Quilava get hit hard by that move. Brick Break was a Fighting type move that was strong enough to break even steel if the Pokemon was strong enough.
"Hmmm...that Heracross is rather strong. Are you sure it wasn't trained?" Akatsuchi asked. Shibi spun his bug net around before tapping the Rock type user on his head.
"You wouldn't believe what wild Pokemon could do if a challenge presented itself" Shibi answered.
Quilava rose up as Heracross has thrown it into a tree. Quilava was suddenly tackled from the side by the Tackle attack from its opponent.
"Quilava Ember!" Naruto cried. The fireballs flew through the air towards the powerful bug type, but Hercross quickly raised its arms as its body glowed red. The fireballs crashed into its body and resulted in a large explosion. Naruto smirked as he took a Pokeball.
"So it had to use Endure...perfect" Naruto clicked the center button on the Pokeball causing it to expand. Heracross panted as it was very tired, probably having about enough health to keep standing. However just as Naruto was about to throw his capturing device and catch the nasty little bugger, the Heracross pulled out an Oran Berry and immediately at it down in a few bites causing it to regain its strength.
"QUILAVA! the fire typed exclaimed in surprise as Heracross spread its wings.
"Hehe, that Heracross is really having fun" Shibi chuckled.
"F-Fun?" Hinata asked.
"Vee?" Eevee tilted its head to the side in confusion as Hinata held it in her arms.
"Heracross is a very strong Pokemon for beginner trainers who just earned their first badge and although many people have overcome its strength none have been able to capture it which is why...I think Naruto will"
Naruto gritted his teeth when he saw Heracross fly into the air. Heracross suddenly performed a loop-de-loop and vanished from his and everyone else's view.
"Wha-What happened?" Naruto, Pidgey and Quilava looked around for their opponent when suddenly, a blue flash slammed into Quilava sending the fire type soaring as it was struck by Aerial Ace. Quilava flipped in the air and landed on its feet. Naruto quickly called Quilava over and smirked as he saw the determine look in its crimson eyes.
"You're not gonna give up are you?" the blonde asked his first Pokemon. The fire type shook its head.
"Quil"
Naruto nodded before standing up, "And neither will I, Heracross...I WILL CATCH YOU!"
"Quilava...Quick Attack!" and in a flash of fire, the fire type vanished from Heracross' sight and Heracross' eyes widened as Quilava's speed and power suddenly increased. The fires on its head and rear suddenly took on a slightly fiercer look as the fires rose in size. Quilava's eyes burned like crimson fire before it opened it opened mouth.
"Now Quilava, Swift!" A multitude of stars flew from Quilava's mouth and slammed into Heracross' body sending it skidding back. "Now finish it off with an Ember!"
Quilava's fire suddenly increased in size before sending out a barrage of small fireballs and the Blaze empowered attack crashed into Heracross sending it flying into a nearby tree. Naruto then took out a Pokeball and tossed it, the sphere hitting the Bug/Fighting type before it even hit the ground. The red and white orb rolled along the tree bark before rolling on the grass of the forest maze. The Pokeball tilted once, then twice and finally a third time before an audible click was heard.
"YATTA, WE GOT HERACROSSS!" Naruto yelled as he hugged his starter and Pidgey cooed in happiness for its trainer's and fellow team member's victory. Naruto's Pokedex beeped as it received the new information.
Heracross the Single Horn Pokemon. A Bug/Fighting type Pokemon. It is usually docile, but if it is disturbed while sipping honey, it chases off the intruder with its horn.
Naruto patted the Pokeball before he scanned it with his Pokedex.
"Level 19. Attacks are Night Slash, Endure, Brick Break and Aerial Ace" Naruto read before the Pokeball vanished in a white light as it was sent to his P.C. Naruto then gave some Potions to Quilava so that it would heal. Suddenly his Pokegear began to ring and Naruto pulled out the device and answered it.
"Hello?"
"Naruto!" Naruto grinned as he recognized the voice of his old teacher.
"Professor Iruka, good to hear you. Hey, I just caught a Heracross and it's awesome" Naruto said as he read over the data from his Pokedex once more.
"Hai, I know" Naruto looked confused.
"Huh...how would you know? I thought all my Pokemon go to my Inbox in my P.C?"
"They do Naruto, but I kind of realized that the Pokemon are needed to be able to roam free and so I used some of my research funds to expand my backyard like Professor Sarutobi's and now it has a large enough space for a large number of Pokemon. And in order to differentiate your Pokemon from that of the other students' I attached specific pins to them so that I'd know whose Pokemon is whose" Iruka said. Naruto smiled.
"That's great professor. Anyways I gotta go now, I'm gonna battle the Azalea gym leader now, see ya" Naruto said as he hung up and put away the handheld multi-purpose device. Naruto walked up to the small platform with Pidgey and Quilava before pulling the small lever. The platform rose into the air as the pistons applied the force to push the platform up towards the larger platform. Once Naruto reached the top, Hinata and Akatsuchi congratulated the boy.
"Good job, N-Naruto-kun" she said.
"Yeah man, great job. Love that Blaze ability Quilava used" Quilava stuck its chest out in pride at the compliment.
"Well done, Naruto-san...but now you must face me. Come at me with all you have!" Shibi said as he took his place on one side of the battle platform. Naruto took his side and nodded to the gym leader.
"Who's the ref?" Akatsuchi asked. A loud whirring was heard below as another platform rose up. Shino and Kiba were suddenly atop that platform, their partners, Spinarak and Growlithe were with them.
"Oi, dobe. See you finally made it to Shino's Otou-san's spot" Kiba grinned. Shino elbowed the canine trainer in his stomach.
"Do not talk about my Tou-san in such a manner Kiba-san" Shino said as he took his spot on the mid-way line between the challenger's side and the gym leader's side. Shino then reached into his long overcoat as pulled out two flags. Kiba was a bit puzzled.
"Do you always have those with you?" Kiba asked. Shino nodded.
"In case I am called by Tou-san to be a referee I always carry my flags with me" Shino explained waving the red and blue flags. Shino raised the flags in the air as he explained the rules.
"Alright, this is a three on three Pokemon battle between Shibi Aburame, Gym leader of Azalea Town and my Tou-san, versus the challenger from New Bark Town, Naruto Uzumaki. Only the challenger is able to switch out Pokemon during the battle and the challenger may use as many healing items as he/she deems necessary while the gym leader is only issued one healing item" Shino explained.
"I think this is the loudest, I've ever heard Shino talk" Kiba whispered as he had walked over to Hinata.
"I-I-I think so too" Hinata agreed.
"Alright, GO METAPOD!" Shibi yelled.
"Pidgey, you're up!" Naruto said. The Tiny Bird Pokemon faced off against the Cocoon Pokemon, flapping its wings.
"Pidgey, use Quick Attack!" Naruto commanded. Pidgey raced towards Metapod causing Kiba and Akamaru to marvel at its speed.
"Woah that thing is fast" Kiba said.
"Grrrowlithe"
"W-Well Naruto-kun hasn't b-been doing nothing, Kiba-kun" Hinata said.
Pidgey then tucked in its wings as it descended causing its speed to build up.
'You're going to need more than brute force if you wish to beat me, Naruto' Shibi thought, "Metapod, Harden!"
Metapod's sheel suddenly gained a toughened look causing it to increase its defense stat. The flying type crashed into Metapod, but its defensive maneuver allowed it to not take much damage.
"Now String Shot!" Shibi said.
"Fly up and avoid it then use Quick Attack, but with the corkscrew" Naruto commanded. Shibi was taken aback as he saw Pidgey perform a barrel roll to avoid the attack before diving down and began to rotate while doing so making it look like a brown and white drill.
"Metapod Harden!" Shibi commanded. The rotational force allowed for Pidgey's beak to exact more force onto Metapod's shell when the two collided, and the bug type was sent flying.
"Now use Gust!" Naruto commanded. Pidgey flapped its wings as the wind swirled in one direction causing a powerful wind circulation system. The miniature tornado swept up the Cocoon Pokemon sending it sky high before Metapod fell to the ground unconscious.
"You did well" Shibi complimented his Pokemon as he recalled it. He then pulled out a second Pokeball.
"Kakuna, front and center" Shibi said. The yellow Cocoon Pokemon stared at its opponent.
"Pidgey, Gust Attack!" Naruto commanded.
"Use String Shot to latch onto Pidgey's feet!" Shibi commanded. The tornado formed as began to swirl up Kakuna, but the strong string of silk attached to Pidgey caused it to be enveloped in its own attack. Pidgey released a shrill cry of pain as it was tossed out of the twister with Kakuna. Both bug type and flying type were damaged, but Kakuna, being a bug type was knocked very weak.
"Pidgey quick, use your beak to snap off the string and then use Tackle!" Naruto commanded. Pidgey stood up and began to peck at the piece of silk connecting it to Kakuna and since Kakuna couldn't move...well things got bad for it. Pidgey had freed itself before climbing high into the air and then dove down, slamming a full body tackle to Kakuna's golden shell. The Pokemon quickly returned to its Pokeball as Shibi knew it was unconscious from the power of that Tackle. Shibi nodded to Naruto.
"Your use of type advantage is great, Naruto-san...but can you defeat my strongest Pokemon?" Shibi threw the Net Ball high into the air as the ball opened and revealed a green mantis like Pokemon. It was as tall as Shibi and was covered in a green exoskeleton. It had three claws on each foot and its forearms would have been, were two long scythe like appendages. Beady black eyes shone as it gained a calculating look.
"It's already using its Technician ability" Akatsuchi said as he observed the Scyther. Kiba looked confused.
"What does that ability do?" Kiba asked.
"Technician is an ability that allows the Pokemon to observe the opponent's movements and also powers up the user's weaker moves" Akatsuchi explaind as he crossed his arms.
"Shibi-san is r-right. T-Type advantage w-w-won't help against Scyther, especially since S-Scyther has such a high speed" Hinata added. Kiba turned to watch his rival battle and saw Pidgey go in for a Quick Attack, but everyone's eyes widened when they Pidgey suddenly freeze up.
"So it's finally taken effect" Shibi said. Naruto looked confused.
"Nani?"
"Naruto-san" Shino started, "Just before you attack Kakuna, Kakuna had used a single Poison Sting as a last ditch effort to weakening your flying type. It was successful as you can now see. Poison Sting has a higher probability of poisoning the opponent the less amount of poison darts fired due to its poison sac spreading the poison evenly throughout each stinger, however if only one stinger was fired..."
"Then that means the poison was very potent" Naruto said as he put two and two together. Naruto gritted his teeth and recalled Pidgey as Scyther had moved with a Quick Attack of its own. The Mantis Pokemon stared at the enemy trainer.
"Mareep, GO!" Naruto yelled, sending out the electric type Pokemon.
"Interesting" Akatsuchi said.
"Woah, when did Naruto get such cool Pokemon" Kiba said before seeing the little grin Naruto sported when he heard that, "Not...not that I'm saying they are"
Naruto shook his head at his second rival before pointing at Scyther, "Mareep use Thunder Wave!"
"MAREEEEEEP!" and a blast of blue electricity pulsed out of Mareep's body towards Scyther.
"Scyther, use Quick Attack to gain altitude and avoid the electricity. Scyther suddenly vanished from view before appearing above the electrical wave causing it to avoid the attack.
"Thunder Wave again!" Naruto said. Mareep fired a single bolt of paralyzing electricity from its body once more, but Scyther avoided.
"AGAIN!" Naruto yelled. Kiba looked confused as his rival kept using, what he saw as, a useless move.
"Why does the dobe keep using Thunder Wave?" the dog trainer asked.
"Because, Thunder Wave's ability is to paralyze its opponents and if it hits, Scyther's speed will have no use and Shibi loses his advantage and also due to the fact that Scyther is part flying type, it could give Naruto an opening to use Thundershock with Mareep" Akatsuchi said. After a dozen more Thunder Wave's Mareep became too tired to muster up another Thunder Wave.
"Alright, Scyther, Quick Attack!" the green mantis sped through the air and clashed with Mareep sending the Pokemon flying through the air. Shibi then had Scyther use Leer to lower his opponent's defense stat.
"Quick Attack again!" Scyther complied and shot forth at a fast pace, crashing into Mareep's body once more. "Now use Focus Energy"
Scyther crossed its scythes it front of its body as a white aura surrounded it and its muscles tensed beneath its exoskeletion.
"Mareep, now while we have the chance. THUNDERSHOCK!"
"MAAAAAREEEEEEEEEEP!" the Wool Pokemon mustered up a powerful thundershock attack that arced through the air. Scyther was still charging up for Focus Energy and its eyes shot open but it was too late. The electric attack hit home causing the super effective attack to take down a large bit of health from the Mantis Pokemon. However, although Scyther was tired, it pulled out a Sitrus Berry that was around it. It ate the hold item causing its health to go back to a suitable level.
"Hold Items are known to be a good way of staying in the fight" Shibi advised, "Also, Scyther's Focus Energy is at its maximum, NOW SCYTHER U-TURN!"
The Scyther was suddenly surrounded by a blue sphere of energy. The bug/flying type crashed into Mareep's body sending the Wool Pokemon skidding along the floor of the platform, swirls in its eyes. Scyther released a cry of victory as Naruto returned the Pokemon to its ball. Naruto looked at Quilava and saw it staring at the Mantis Pokemon.
'No, you've done enough' Naruto thought before taking out Pidgey's Pokeball. "PIDGEY I CHOOSE YOU!"
The Tiny Bird Pokemon appeared out of a flash of light and let out a small coo. It flinched as the poison from the Poison Sting continued to affect it. Naruto quickly clled it down and gave it an Antidote he had bought a while back in Violet City. With the poison healed, Pidgey was now ready for battle.
"PIDGEEEEY!" the Tiny Bird Pokemon cried as it flapped its wings heavily. Naruto smirked, "GUST ATTACK!" The large tornado materialized and struck Scyther sending the dual type Pokemon spiraling upwards. Scyther quickly moved it swings and floated in the air.
"Quick Attack!" Shibi yelled.
"You use Quick Attack too, Pidgey!" Naruto exclaimed. The two dual types clashed with each other before separating and clashing once more. Pidgey sped towards Scyther, but the Mantis Pokemon twisted to the side before slashing down with its left scythe. Pidgey quickly dodged using its aerial maneuverability in combination with its small size to avoid the attack before twisting and crashing into Scyther's face.
"Yatta, now use the Corkscrew Tackle!" Naruto commanded it. Pidgey sped upwards before diving down like an eagle aiming for its prey. Pidgey let out a screech before spinning like a drill, performing a high speed corkscrew, but Scyther quickly raised its scythes. Pidgey clashed with the exoskeleton covered membrane and then uncrossed the scythes from their X-formation, slashing outwards and deflecting the attack.
"Now Scyther, U-TURN!" Shibi commanded. Scyther was surrounded by a blue sphere of energy and crashed into Pidgey with terrifying force sending the smaller Pokemon back.
"Now follow up with Quick Attack!" and the Mantis Pokemon's wings fluttered rapidly before it vanished from view. Pidgey's eyes darted left and right looking for any sign of its opponent, but it was suddenly struck from its left. Pidgey remained hovering as Scyther vanished once more. Pidgey's eyes continued to scan the area before it was hit from above and then from the right. The Tiny Bird Pokemon flapped its wings to stay above ground and its eyes remained ever vigilant.
"Naruto-kun, call back Pidgey!" Hinata exclaimed. Kiba was in shock. This was the timid girl would couldn't speak loud enough for the teacher to hear her name? Just what had these two been doing that Hinata was able to change her vocal patterns within a matter of days what others couldn't do in twelve years?
Naruto shook his head, "No...I know what I'm doing Hinata-chan!"
Pidgey continued to get throttled by Scyther's disappear-o trick as it always disappeared using its speed and then reappeared for a split second to land a blow or two before vanishing once more.
"Dobe, listen to her. Switch out for Quilava, it has more health and the fire type move could help!" Kiba said. Naruto frowned at that.
"I've been using Quilava for too much lately...I need to rely on more than just my strongest Pokemon!" Naruto said as he looked at Pidgey. The Tiny Bird Pokemon looked back at its trainer and smirked before looking back front and then its eyes widened as it honed in on a movement. Pidgey quickly performed Quick Attack to avoid the scythe that swiped from its left. Scyther and Shibi were the most surprised out of everyone as Pidgey suddenly appeared out of nowhere after its dodge and crashed full force into Scyther's side.
"I told you, Hinata-chan..." Hinata looked at Naruto and everyone followed his gaze as he watched Pidgey's form suddenly freeze..."I know what I'm doing" Naruto said before Pidgey released a bright, blinding light. Its form began to change, becoming noticeably larger than its previous form. Its feathers extended to be able to produce stronger winds and a colourful set of plumage grew from its head. Its eyes became sharper along with its beak and talons. The light died down and revealed the evolved Pidgeotto.
"PIDGEOTTO!" the newly evolved Pokemon screeched.
"Y-You forsaw it evolveing?" Shibi asked. Naruto smirked.
"My Pokemon and I are friends, I know what they want and Pidgey wanted to fight so it could evolve. NOW PIDGEOTTO WHIRLWIND!" Pidgeotto nodded before flapping its wings. Winds rivaling the strength of a level 3 hurricane swept up the Mantis Pokemon sending it flying away before it was stopped by an unknown force.
'Fast' everyone thought as they saw Pidgeotto appear behind Scyther.
"NOW PIDGEOTTO, GUST ATTACK AND GIVE IT ALL YA GOT!" Pidgeotto flapped its wings and a giant tornado that took up the entire battle area of the platform formed nearly sucking in everyone else before it nearly died. The winds died down and Pidgeotto cooed as it watched Scyther plummet to the ground. Scyther crashed to the floor, swirls in its eyes. Pidgeotto flew down and landed on Naruto's shoulder.
Shibi chuckled as he returned Scyther to its Net Ball. Shino stepped down from the referees box and walked next to his father.
"Naruto...that was by far one of the greatest battles I have ever had with someone your age" Shibi said before reaching into his cloak pockets and pulled out a small circular badge. It was two thirds red and one third black on top. There were three circles of black that made a triangle formation that took up a majority of the red area of the badge.
"As proof of your victory over me, Shibi Aburame, Gym leader of Azalea Town, I present you...Naruto Uzumaki with the Hive Badge!" Shibi said as he placed the badge in Naruto's hand. Naruto jumped and hugged his new Pidgeotto, but paused when Shibi also held out a disc case. On the disc was an engraving, TM:89.
"This is TM:89, U-Turn. It is a bug-type move that allows one to hit an opponent before allowing the user to switch out with any Pokemon the trainer wishes" Shibi said. Naruto bowed to the gym leader.
"Argiato, Shibi-san" Naruto said.
"Just you wait, Shino's otou-san, I'm gonna beat you in a way better than Naruto!" Kiba exclaimed. Shibi chuckled as he watched Naruto walked off, getting noogied by Kiba. Shino shook his head as Naruto was raised on Akatsuchi's shoulder and Hinata was smiling at her crush.
"You've got a good group of friends there Shino" Shibi said.
"Argiato Tou-san"
"Just make sure that you get there too, I want to see you in the Pokemon League as well" Shibi told his son. Shino then walked off towards the descending platform where the others and their starters were waiting form him. Spinarak scuttled slightly across Shino's head before snapping its pincers.
"Don't worry, you'll get your chance Spinarak" he told the arachnid like Pokemon. The group then descended down to the ground floor as Shibi rearrange the gym back into its original shape. Shibi then walked over to the edge of his battle platform and smirked beneath the collar of his cloak, tapping the edge of his bug catching net on the wooden surface.
'He's got determination and heart just like his mother and the practical tactician's brain like you...he may not be a genius like you were, but I'm sure you would be proud of him, wherever you are...Minato'
(A/N: Well that's chapter 5, hope you guys liked it. I'm finding this Pokemon story easier to write though that's probably from years of watching it and playing the games. Anyways review and now starting from this chapter I will be giving one character's bio as well as the current progress of Naruto's Pokedex and Naruto and Hinata's current teams. Note, I'm wondering if you guys would think Heracross would make a good addition to Naruto's final team. What do you think?
Pokedex: Seen-35
Caught-25
Character Bio-Naruto Uzumaki
Hair Colour: Blonde
Eye Colour: Blue
Notable physical traits: Has three whisker like scars on each cheek that appeared for unknown reasons. Possibly a harmless skin condition where the skin never developed properly doctors had said.
About: A bit of a dunce, but he has a hidden intelligence that only reveals itself during his Pokemon battles. He is very knowledgeable on various topics, but there are still things he has much to learn. He is rather thick headed, often choosing not to listen to people at times, out of stubbornness and sometimes as part of his strategy when he battles. He is very loud and obnoxious at times, a trait he gained from his mother, Kushina Uzumaki. He has lived with his mother and her Pokemon, Kyuubi the Ninetails since he was born and his mother raised him for the past twelve years. He does not know who is father is and whether he is alive or not.
Naruto's Team:
Quilava(Male)
Pidgeotto(Male)
Metapod(Male)
Rattata(Male)
Kakuna(Female)
Mareep(Female)
Hinata's Team:
Eevee (Female)
Butterfree(Female)
Bellsprout(Male)
Hoppip(Female)
Sentret(Male)
Rattata(Male)