Naruto: Johto Journeys

by KitsuneDragon

Naruto is a young trainer who wishes to become a Pokemon Master. With his trusty Cyndaquil by his side can he overcome the challenges he will face and make his dream a reality? Pairing: NarutoxHinata and SasukexSakura.

8. Chapter 8:I Rise with the Sun

Naruto: Johto Journeys

Chapter 8: I Rise with the Sun

"Pokemon" Normal speech

'Pokemon' Normal thoughts

"Pokemon" Pokemon that can talk

"Pokemon" Flashbacks

"Pokemon" Pokedex speech

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Now on with the chapter.

BEEP! BEEP! BEEP! BEEEP!

Naruto turned in the bed in order to turn off the alarm clock, but suddenly found himself held down by a sudden weight. He looked to see Hinata next to him, her leg was intertwined with his and she was hugging him like a teddiursa plushy. Naruto blinked as he wondered just what happened.

'Oh right me and Hinata had to share the bed and now...' Naruto's eyes widened and then realized the situation. He suddenly heard a small 'click'. Naruto's head turned slowly as he saw Akatsuchi looking at the camera with a smug look on his face. Akatsuchi then turned around and giggled like a little girl.

"Oh boy, so much blackmail material" the Rock type trainer laughed. Naruto narrowed his eyes at the trainer before nudging Quilava who was on the ground with his free arm as the other was current underneath Hinata's body.

"Quilava" Naruto whispered as he poked the fire type. Quilava stirred, but then turned away. Naruto poked it a few more times. Quilava responded and yawned.

"Quil?" the Volcano Pokemon looked up at its trainer as Naruto was on the bed and it was on the floor.

"Quilava, I have something important for you to do" Naruto said with utter seriousness. Quilava nodded sleepily. "Akatsuchi has some blackmail material on me and it's on his camera, go destroy it" Quilava nodded before turning. Naruto grinned as he saw the still turned, and still laughing, Akatsuchi. Quilava walked up to Akatsuchi and then tapped the red wearing Hiker on his back.

"Huh? Oh hey Quilava, wanna see Naruto and Hinata in a funny picture" Quilava nodded, still sleepy. Akatsuchi showed the Volcano Pokemon the picture and the crimson eyes of Quilava suddenly shot open.

"QUILAVA!" Naruto cursed as he saw his Pokemon suddenly rolling on the bed laughing with Akatsuchi. The loud ruckus caused Hinata to stir and Naruto cursed again as he saw the girl begin to wake up. He quickly tried to find a way out of the situation. He managed to get his body out of the way and untangle his leg from Hinata's, but froze when he realized his arm was stuck.

"Kuso" Naruto cursed for the third time that morning. He tried to pull it out, but Hinata was surprisingly heavy for such a light appearance. Hinata yawned as she woke up. She raised her body up and Naruto had chosen that time to do a hard pull and suddenly rolled off the bed. Hinata blinked and looked at Naruto when he had fallen off the bed.

"Naruto-kun...why are you on the floor?" she asked. Naruto twitched in pain, his senses now aware and were currently sending impulses that registered for pain to his brain to his pained body parts.

"Nothing, Hinata-chan, just...admiring the view from the floor" he grunted in pain as he rose up before turning and glaring at Akatsuchi. "Now as for YOU, YOU'RE DEAD, QUILAVA GET THAT CAMERA!"

Quilava chuckled some more before pointing at the camera in Akatsuchi's hand. Naruto nodded, but sweatdropped when Quilava smiled widely with an evil glint in its eyes.

"Quil Quil!" Eevee yawned and woke up.

"Vee Eevee" it said woozily. Eevee walked over to Quilava and was pulled onto the bed by Akatsuchi and showed the picture. There was a period of stony silence before Eevee burst out laughing.

"VEE VEE VEEE EEVEEEEEEE!" the brown and white Pokemon rolled on the bed with a chibified Akatsuchi and Quilava. Hinata turned to Naruto and gained a puzzled look on her face.

"Naruto-kun, what's on the camera?" she asked. Naruto blushed at that and coughed.

"Ummm uh" he struggled to find the words, but it was all told with that one picture as Akatsuchi showed the blue-black haired girl the picture. The young Hyuga gasped and her face turned as red as a tomato berry.

"AKATSUCHI!" the girl screamed before grabbing a pillow and slapped it against the Hiker causing him to fall to the ground. Out of sheer embarrassment, Hinata suddenly broke out into a frenzy and began to mercilessly beat Akatsuchi with the dreaded feather pillow causing feathers, screams and laughs to fill the air. The door opened and all activity froze for that moment. Nurse Shizune looked inside and saw Hinata straddling Akatsuchi, a pillow above her head. Feathers fluttered through the air and Quilava, Eevee and Naruto were all hiding their laughter throw large grins.

"Ummm I heard a lot of commotion so I thought I'd check in and it seems...nothing's wrong, bye" Shizune smiled and closed the door. The three trainers and two Pokemon looked at each other before shrugging and the activity resumed. Naruto paused however and glanced at the clock. It was 7:55 a.m.

"Hmmm I think I had something to do" Naruto thought before looking at a little piece of paper on the nearby sidetable by the bed. He walked over to it and looked at it. Naruto's eyes widened and he looked at Quilava.

"KUSO, QUILAVA WE HAVE TO GO TO ROUTE 34, WE HAVE TRAINING WITH KAKASHI!" Quilava's eyes widened and let out a cry of surprise. Naruto quickly grabbed his backpack containing his washed clothes, thanks to the Pokemon Center's built in laundry room in the basement, and jumped into the shower. In a surprising three minutes, Naruto had already showered and was currently in the middle of brushing his teeth. Once that was done, he shook whatever remaining water from his hair before turning to the confused Hinata, Akatsuchi and Eevee.

"Gotta go, Hinata-chan. Akatsuchi watch after her and Eevee for me" Naruto said before dashing out the door with Quilava. A small trail of dust followed the pair's path. Hinata got up and dropped the pillow on Akatsuchi's face causing him to utter a now muffled, groan. Hinata took the camera and deleted every single picture...well all but one, one she had really liked. Naruto was hugging her back in this picture and he looked so cute sleeping.

She giggled with fangirl glee as she left the picture and returned to the camera's home screen.

"Awww Hinata, you're no fun" Akatsuchi groaned as he had seen Hinata delete 'all' the pictures.

"Th-That w-wasn't nice" she stuttered from embarrassment before going in the shower so that she would get ready to train for contest the next day.

---

Route 34

Naruto and Quilava panted in exertion as they stopped in front of the sign that labelled Route 34. Naruto glanced at his Pokegear.

'8:05 kuso, I hope Kakashi won't get mad' the blonde thought. However, as Naruto and Quilava sat down against a rock they realized something was missing from this picture.

"Quilava Quil?"

"I don't know, maybe he's hiding somewhere waiting to come out and scare us" Naruto replied to his Pokemon's question.

"Quil" Quilava lay down and closed its eyes for a bit of rest. Naruto sighed and then waited for his new teacher to arrive.

Half an Hour later

"AAAGH WHERE IS THAT SILVER HAIRED TEME!" Naruto roared. Quilava blinked as it was now awake from its trainer's outburst.

"Quil?"

"Yo" Naruto and Quilava turned around and saw the silver haired Elite Four member.

"Kakashi...you're late" Naruto growled. Kakashi waved his hand.

"Gomen nasai, I was helping this old lady cross the street after a pair of wild Spearow were attacking her for her bread" Naruto and Quilava stared at the man.

"Really...that's the best you can come up with?" he asked. Kakashi chuckled nervously.

'Kuso, Obito your lies suck' Kakashi thought before becoming serious. "Alright, enough joking. Show me your entire team" Naruto nodded and pulled out five Pokeballs and tossed them into the air. In a bright flash of white, Heracross, Pidgeotto, Mareep, Dratini and Wooper all appeared. Kakashi nodded in approval.

"I see, very balanced team" Kakashi commented earning a grin from the blonde trainer, "But you might want to not put Dratini in a battle this soon, it's still a baby after all"

"Well it handled Clefairy just fine yesterday, it's stamina is just a bit low is all" Naruto huffed. Kakashi sighed.

"True, Dragon type are strong...but your Dratini is much too weak. I would suggest giving it to the Daycare Center for a while before withdrawing it. Until then, I'd suggest getting another Pokemon for the team" Naruto looked at the young dragon as it watched him. He really couldn't admit it, but Kakashi was right.

'Guess that's why he's an Elite Four member'

"However, your Pokemon and you as well...you will all perform some basic warm-up exercises"

"Why do I have to train?" Naruto asked.

"A trainer must be willing to work alongside their Pokemon in order to build up team building skills. Also...your Pokemon will like you better if you run alongside them" he pointed to the team of six and Naruto sweatdropped as he saw their grins at having to not be the only ones to train.

"Now then...this path is about five kilometres from here to the edge of Goldenrod. You and your team are to go from here and back...30 times. As fast as you can. After that they will train with my Pokemon and you will be doing your own physical training as well as some reading" Kakashi reached into a sack he pulled out of nowhere and dumped it on the ground revealing some textbooks.

"Pokemon- The Legends of the Past? Johto Region History?" Naruto looked at two of the books. "Why are giving me these to read?"

"Something tells me that you will be granted the right to see something that mortal eyes barely gaze upon in a their lifetimes" Kakashi said, "I want you to prepare for that" Naruto shrugged and complied with Kakashi's wishes and the group of 7 raced off while Kakashi pulled a little orange book out of his pocket while releasing a perverted giggle.

"Jiraya-sama, you genius you"

---

With Hinata

Hinata had gone to Route 35 to train her Pokemon for the upcoming contest. Her team was doing pretty well and she had just finished a few routines with Eevee, Butterfree and Bellsprout and was about to go on to Hoppip. However, before she could continue, Hinata heard a rustling in the grass and out popped a little blue rodent looking Pokemon. A female Nidoran. Hinata studied the Pokemon and she deduced it was wild due to the fact that it was avoiding all the trainer's along the trail like the plague.

'I'm gonna catch it' the girl thought confidently. Hinata overlooked her team and looked and Sentret.

"Sentret, up for a little battle with a new potential team member" the Normal grinned.

"Sentret!" it bounced on its tail up to its trainer's side. The rest of the pale eyed girl's team observed as the two ran towards the Nidoran. The poison type turned and bared its teeth in, what it thought was, a scary manner. However, Sentret was not afraid and jumped into the air and descended with a prepared Scratch attack. Nidoran jumped out of the way and puffed out its body. The points suddenly shifted in Sentret's direction and a storm of purple needles flew from the points on Nidoran's body.

"Sentret, block the Poison Sting with Fury Swipes" Sentret's claws extended and the Sentry Pokemon slashed at all the needles with a flurry of motion that sent them all clattering to the ground. However, a few poison needles broke through and impaled the brown coloured Pokemon in the chest causing it grit its teeth in pain.

"Use Defense Curl and roll towards it to build up momentum. Then jump and slam down with your tail" Sentret complied and rolled into a ball and rolled towards the Nidoran. The rodent hissed as it dodged, only for Sentret to suddenly turn and perform a flip, crashing its tail down on Nidoran's head.

"Now use Cut!" Sentret slashed with its claws across Nidoran's face leaving a trio of red scars on its cheek as the cut bled slightly. Nidoran turned and then performed a Tackle attack sending Sentret backwards before turning and lashing out with its two back feet. The Double Kick slammed into Sentret's face causing the Normal type to stumble backwards.

"Come on Sentret, power through!" Hinata encouraged. Sentret rubbed its face only for a barrage of Poison Sting needles to impale its body and cause it to stiffen in pain as the poison seeped into its body. Sentret felt woozy and struggled to stay upright.

"Come on Sentret!"

"VEE" "FREE" "SPROUT SPROUT!" "HOPPIP HOP!" "TOGI TOGIPRRII!" the other Pokemon cried in support of their team member. Sentret shook its head and glared at the blue rodent as it rushed towards it. Sentret spun and lashed out with its tail, slapping it across Nidoran's face before performing a Cut attack in the form of a brutal right hook. A gaping slash formed on Nidoran's side before Sentret opened its mouth.

"Alright, Sentret. Let's try out that TM move I gave you!" Sentret nodded and a golden-orange sphere formed in Sentret's mouth.

"HYPER BEAM!" the beam rushed forth from Sentret's mouth. Though due to Sentret's weakened state and the fact that it was at a low level, the attack was not as powerful as an original Hyper Beam would be...but it did the job. Nidoran was sent flying through the air and landed at the foot of a tree. Hinata pelted a Pokeball and smirked as the Pokeball shook one...two...three times. An audible click was heard and Eevee ran up and slapped the ball back to its trainer using its tail.

"Vee Vee!" Eevee commented. Hinata caught the ball and smirked as her Pokedex released a beep as it recorded the information of the newly caught Pokemon.

Nidoran the Poison Pin Pokemon. A Poison type Pokemon. Although not very combative, it will torment its foes with poison spikes if it is threatened in any way.

"And true to its word" Hinata said as she raised her Pokeball to return her now poisoned Pokemon, a result of the Poison Sting. Also there was a small gash made by the horn on Nidoran's head and it is said that even a tiny scratch from the horn could cause a poison status. Sentret fell to the ground causing Hinata and her team to gasp in shock as it suddenly became enveloped in white light. The light died down to reveal Sentret's new form.

The body was much longer and thinner than it was previously. Its brown eyes were very large, along with its now pointed ears and a busy tail. The top half of its body from the head to the waist was a chocolate brown colour, the underside being a cream colour. From the waist to the tail were alternating bands of cream and white fur. Two stripes of brown gave the appearance of whiskers, it reminded Hinata of Naruto upon seeing those markings. It had two longer, but still short limbs.

"Fuuuurrret!" the Pokemon purred. Hinata's Pokedex beeped.

Furret the Long Body Pokemon. A Normal type Pokemon. It makes a nest to suit its long and skinny body. The nest is impossible for other Pokémon to enter.

"Y-You evolved?" Hinata gaped as Furret overlooked its new body and then ran swiftly to Hinata and the others. Hinata bent down and grinned widely.

"YOU EVOLVED!" she hugged the living day lights out of her new Pokemon and Furret licked Hinata's cheek.

"Furr Furret" Furret smiled.

"Good job on the Hyper Beam" Furret puffed its chest out proudly and then she felt a weight vanish from her hand. The Pokeball containing Nidoran had vanished to go to Professor Iruka's lab.

'Maybe I should make it a team member' Hinata thought. However, her thoughts were ruined when she heard a pair of familiar voices calling out to her.

"HINATAAAA!" Hinata turned to see who had called her. Her pale eyed widened and she grinned at seeing the two.

"Ino-san, Sakura-san!" Hinata waved them over. The two rivals stopped in front of Hinata, Chikorita and Sunkern were resting atop their partner's head and shoulder, respectively and smiled at her.

"Hey, Hinata. We had just come to get some training in for the contest" Sakura said. Hinata nodded.

"I had just started my training. I caught a Nidoran too" Hinata raised her Pokedex displaying the information on it.

"Sugoi" Ino and Sakura looked at the little poison type, but then they took note of Hinata's Pokemon before them.

"Awww, what a cute little Togepi. I've read about these" Sakura bent down to the little Pokemon's height. Hinata raised the little baby Pokemon as it cuddled against its "parent".

"Yeah, he hatched from the Pokemon Egg Professor Iruka had given me" Hinata said. Ino and Sakura's eyes widened.

"Nani?"

"Hai, he gave me and Naruto-kun an egg. He hypothesized how eggs would hatch if taken around instead of being cooped up in the lab so he gave them to Naruto-kun and I" Hinata explained.

"So...Naruto got an egg too?" Ino asked. Hinata nodded.

"Hai, a Dratini is what it hatched into" Ino and Sakura gaped at the prospect of Naruto having a rare dragon type Pokemon on his team.

"That's not fair. Why does the blonde baka get an egg and I don't?" the blonde huffed.

"Ino...you do realize you're a blonde too right?" Sakura deadpanned causing Ino to go into 'Rage Mode' and noogie her pink haired friend.

"Urasai!" Ino roared causing all the Pokemon and Hinata to sweatdrop at the scene.

"Furret?"

"I really don't know why" Hinata replied. Togepi whimpered a bit before delving deep into Hinata's bosom to hide from the angry females. Once the little brawl was over, Sakura noticed the Furret.

"Sugoi, Hinata you got a Furret?" Ino asked, noticing the Long Body Pokemon. Hinata nodded.

"It just evolved after I caught the Nidoran" she informed them. Ino and Sakura nodded.

"So where are Chouji-san, Shikamaru-san and Sasuke-san?" Hinata asked.

"Those two slackers are off somewhere trying to find a good place to eat" Ino sighed. Sakura giggled at her best friend.

"Sasuke-kun went to go and do some training before he wanted to challenge the gym leader" Hinata nodded.

"And?"

"And what?"

"Did he win?" she asked. Sakura shrugged.

"I actually don't know, he just went" she explained. "By the way, is Naruto doing okay?"

"Yeah, the dobe seemed to be doing well for himself last time we saw him in Violet. He's not bothering you much is he?" Hinata giggled.

"No, not at all. Though he did go to do some training with Kakashi Hatake this morning, he had lost his gym battle yesterday against Fuka-san" Sakura and Ino frowned at that.

"Woah...knowing him, he must have taken that loss pretty hard" Ino said. Hinata nodded, but then they were surprised by Sakura's sudden outburst.

"WAIT...DID YOU JUST SAY KAKASHI HATAKE!" the pink haired girl yelled. Hinata nodded and she tilted her head to the side in confusion.

"Hai...why, is something wrong with Kakashi?" Hinata asked. Sakura gaped and looked at Ino, who also sported a clueless look.

"You two are kidding right? You've never heard of Kakashi Hatake?" Ino and Hinata shook their heads.

"He's a strong trainer, that much we were able to tell from how he beat Naruto-kun and I so easily" Sakura gaped.

"Well no wonder...Kakashi Hatake is a member of the Elite Four of Johto" Hinata looked down at her team of Pokemon and a stony silence filled the air before their eyes bugged out of their heads as they looked at Sakura.

"REALLY?" Ino yelled. Hinata reached into her bag and pulled out her guide book. She flipped through it before reaching a page.

"I wondered why that name was so familiar" Hinata muttered.

"Kakashi Hatake, son of Sakumo Hatake, the gym leader of Vermilion City and the White Fang of Kanto. He is from Vermilion City and is said to be the most powerful of the Elite Four, being its fourth member. His team consists of Dark types, but he is also said to have some other types in his party at times so that his team isn't consistent. Though his partner Pokemon is known to be a Houndoom. People have asked why he has his left eye covered, but he never replied to that question. He stated how it was something too complicated to explain, but one interviewer had noticed a piece of what appeared to be a scar from beneath the eye patch" Hinata read.

There was another period of silence before the pale eyed girl put away the book and the rest of her Pokemon, except Eevee, in their Pokeballs and Hinata's stomach suddenly released a growl. Sakura, Ino, Chikorita, Sunkern and Eevee all laughed.

"Come on, we'll treat you to lunch and take you shopping" Ino said. Hinata shook her head.

"No, please I couldn't"

"Don't be so modest, Hinata. Besides think of it as a little present from us as congratulations for getting over your stuttering...finally" Sakura grinned. Hinata sighed in defeat.

"I yield" the Hyuga bent her head low. Ino and Sakura squealed before dragging Hinata off. The lunch was nice in which they had found this place run by Chouji's uncle, a BBQ place. The three girls had met Shikamaru and Chouji there. Stantler was lazing with its partner and Chouji's Caterpie, which had evolved into a strong looking Butterfree, was chowing down on some Pokemon Food. After a bit of talking, the blonde and pinkette dragged Hinata off to do a bit of shopping, which wasn't really done much by the pale eyed girl as she just watched Sakura and Ino pull out different kinds of clothes. Hinata's Pokegear began to ring. Hinata put away the book she had bought, titled Legend of the Silver Wing, before pulling out the purple coloured device.

"Hello" she answered.

"Hinata-chan!" Hinata recognized that voice immediately.

"Hai, Naruto-kun?"

"I just finished my training with Kakashi-sensei a few hours ago, and I already called Akatsuchi. I'm going to challenge Fuka to another battle, think you can come?" Naruto asked. Hinata looked up and suddenly backed up when she saw Ino and Sakura leaning near her in an effort to listen to the conversation.

"Sounds like Naruto really wants you there" Ino wiggled her eyebrows causing Hinata to blush at what Ino was getting at.

"Hmph, I'm kind of insulted that he got over me so quickly though. I mean how can you not like this" Sakura gestured to her body. Ino and Hinata blinked...she was almost as flat as a board, if it weren't for her A-cups and that slight curvature at the hips and her rear, people could mistake her for driftwood.

"Hai, I can come Naruto-kun. Just finishing up some shopping with Ino-san and Sakura-san" she explained.

"Oh, Sakura-chan's there. Umm tell her I'm considering what she told me back in Violet City, she'll know what it means. And tell Ino I said hi. See ya at the gym" Naruto hung up, Hinata did the same. Eevee jumped off of her lap and Hinata stood up.

"Soooo, what'd he say?" Ino grinned.

"He said to tell you hi and Sakura-san...he said something about he's 'considering what you told him in Violet City'?" Hinata said with a quizzical look on her face. Sakura's eyes widened at that.

"He is?" she gaped and then pulled Ino aside. "Well Hinata, you should go to the gym. Shoo Shoo" she made the motion with her hands. Hinata, still puzzled, walked off and headed for the Goldenrod Gym.

'What Naruto-kun saw in her, I will never know' she thought. Sakura then looked at Ino.

"I can't believe it!" she exclaimed. Ino tilted her head.

"Believe what?"

"Well back in Violet, during the contest I had told Naruto how that I would NEVER be his girlfriend, and how we cold settle for just being friends" Ino nodded, "Well after that I had said how that he could find someone else and I motioned to Hinata"

Sakura made the motions as she explained what happened and Ino gaped at what Naruto's message had meant.

"No way...Naruto...he" Sakura nodded. Ino grinned evilly.

"Oh I am SO going to tease that boy for this"

---

Goldenrod City Gym

Naruto and Quilava waited in front of the gym with Akatsuchi and Kakashi, pacing back and forth in front of the gym doors.

"Where is she?" Naruto wondered.

"Calm down, Naruto. I'm sure your little girlfriend will show up" Kakashi said in a bored tone. Naruto glared daggers at the one eyed man.

"She's not my girlfriend, Kakashi-sensei" Naruto yelled. Kakashi waved the blonde off before the gym doors opened. The three people and one Pokemon turned and Naruto and Quilava glared as Sasuke and a tired looking Croconaw walked out of the gym.

"Teme"

"Dobe"

Kakashi sighed as he looked up from his book and noticed the looks the two were giving each other, the anime lightning sparking between them.

"So did you beat her?" Naruto asked. Sasuke looked down at Croconaw.

"No" Naruto nodded, causing Sasuke to raise his eyebrow in confusion.

"What? No laugh, no insult?" Sasuke asked, not expecting the calm response.

"I lost to her too, teme. That Miltank of hers is like a Gyarados using Rage"

"So you lost too then, huh dobe?" Sasuke said, Naruto gritted his teeth and nodded.

"I pushed my Pokemon too hard and I lost" Sasuke nodded before walking off.

"No your limits, dobe" Sasuke advised before walking off. Naruto watched as Sasuke and Croconaw walked off causing the blonde to chuckle lightly.

"You have a stupid way of giving advice, teme" Kakashi smirked beneath his mask at the exchange of words. Biter rivals, yet...there was a friendship somewhere in there. A few seconds later, Hinata and Eevee came running up.

"Naruto-kun, were you...waiting long?" she asked, panting to catch her breath. Naruto shook his head.

"Nah, come on. I'm gonna kick Fuka-chan's ass now" Naruto said. Akatsuchi and Kakashi entered the gym and saw Fuka by the healing device in the corner of the room, Hinata, Naruto and their partners entering after. Kakashi and Akatsuci tilted their heads for a better view.

'I'd like to do something else to THAT ass' the two grown men thought with perverted giggles causing Quilava to release twin balls of flame at them. Kakashi and Akatsuchi yelped before glaring at the Volcano Pokemon, which grinned in return. Fuka turned and smiled as she saw Naruto.

"Ah, Naruto-kun. You're back" Fuka smiled. Naruto nodded.

"Hell yeah, and I'm gonna win this time" Fuka looked up from Naruto and spied Kakashi.

"Kakashi-san, an honour to have you here" Kakashi grinned beneath his face mask.

"No problem, Fuka-chan" the silver haired man said. The group took their places on the stands while Naruto and Quilava stood at the challenger's side.

"Same rules as yesterday, okay?" Naruto grinned. Fuka grinned back as they both drew their Pokeballs.

"CLEFAIRY!"

"GO FLAFFY!" Hinata and Akatsuchi gaped as they saw the bipedal sheep. It was pink, with white wool atop its head and around its neck. Its feet were a white colour and there were two black stripes along its tail. the tail was tipped with a blue sphere, much like the yellow one it had when it was a Mareep, only bigger. Its blue eyes glared at the Normal type.

"Flaffy, then..."

"His Mareep evolved?" Akatsuchi finished Hinata's statement. Kakashi nodded.

"Not much training took to evolve it since it was already close to doing so"

Flashback

The Great Ball clicked as the male Nidoran was caught.

"Alright, that's another one for the Pokedex" Naruto smirked as he watched the sphere vanish in a flash of white light. His orange Pokedex beeped.

Nidoran the Poison Pin Pokemon. A Poison type Pokemon. It raises its big ears to check its surroundings. It will strike first if it senses any danger.

"Alright, Naruto. Break's over back to training" Kakashi said as his Murkrow landed on his shoulder. Naruto nodded and he got ready to fight.

"Mareep, Ikuzo!" Naruto told his electric type. The Pokemon charged for a Tackle attack, but Murkrow flew out of the way and countered with a Wing Attack sending Mareep to the ground. Mareep rolled with the attack and got back on its feet.

"Come on Mareep, Thundershock!" the Wool Pokemon released a bolt of blue lightning from its body. Kakashi's Murkrow avoided the attack before diving down and vanished from Mareep's sight before crashing into the side of its body sending it rolling along the ground.

"Still too slow, you'll never keep up against Murkrow's Faint Attack like that" Kakashi said as he turned another page in his book. Mareep jumped and performed a Tackle attack, but Murkrow barrel rolled to avoid it, but was caught off guard by the sudden twist and was slapped by its tail against its beak. Mareep then crashed down on Murkrow's body before releasing a powerful Thundershock. Murkrow sparked with blue electricity and smirked before as it used Wing Attack to push the Wool Pokemon off of its body.

"Well done...Flaffy" Naruto smirked. Kakashi's single eye observed the change as Mareep became enveloped in white light. Once the change was complete, the newly formed Flaffy released a powerful Thundershock that was now much faster than before. Murkrow was barely able to avoid it.

"He foresaw its evolution a few second before it even happened" Kakashi murmured. Naruto opened his Pokedex to view Flaffy's data.

Flaffy the Wool Pokemon. An Electric type Pokemon and the evolved form of Mareep. Its fluffy fleece easily stores electricity. Its rubbery hide keeps it from being electrocuted.

Naruto hugged his new Pokemon.

"We're going to win against Fuka for sure" Kakashi chuckled at the blonde's words.

'So much like his parents'

End Flashback

(play Fairy Tail Main Theme)

"THUNDERSHOCK!" Flaffy released a bolt of blue electricity from its body towards Clefairy, but the smaller Pokemo avoided the attack before it rushed forth.

"Doubleslap!" Fuka commanded. Flaffy's face turned red from the pain as it was slapped one...two...three...four times across the face.

"Now Pound!" Clefairy raised its fist and punched Flaffy against the left cheek sending it skidding backwards.

"Tackle!" Naruto ordered. The pink coloured sheep crashed into Clefairy's body and was sent reeling back from the blow.

"Now wrap your tail around its ankle and trip it!" Flaffy did so and Clefairy fell on the ground, but as it fell, it went into a Defense Curl and rolled back before popping back up and shook its hands side to side. A blue outline surrounded them.

"METRENOME!" Naruto cursed.

"Flaffy, quick Thundershock!" Flaffy released the blue bolt of lightning. Clefairy released a cry of pain as the attack struck causing it to fall to one knee. The pink coloured Pokemon gritted its teeth before standing back up and then held out its hands. A swirling mass of darkness and shadow fused into a single sphere. The Shadow Ball was released and struck Flaffy in the stomach sending it flying back. Flaffy flipped and landed on its feet before rolling out of the way as Clefairy descended, forming a small dust cloud where its fist hit.

"Tackle!" Flaffy crashed into Clefairy's body before twisting and slamming its tail against its body. Clefairy skidded backwards.

"THUNDERSHOCK!" Flaffy released a cry before it released the electrical discharge from its body. The lightning bolt crashed down on Clefairy. Clefairy panted.

"METRENOME!" Clefairy wiggled its fingers and then released a stream of fire.

"Flamethrower?" Naruto gaped as he watched the powerful fire move. Flaffy quickly jumped to avoid it before Clefairy met it in midair.

"Keep up hose Metrenomes" Fuka told her Pokemon. Clefairy's fingers gained the pale blue glow before it suddenly released a blast of pressurized water.

"That was Hydro Pump!" Hinata gasped. The second most powerful water type move known to the Pokemon world, second only to the legendary move, Hydro Cannon. Flaffy crashed down on the ground before Clefairy performed Mega Punch and slammed the fist down on the Wool Pokemon's stomach. The wind was knocked out of the electric type's lungs before it was sent flying by a powerful Dark Pulse attack. Naruto gritted his teeth.

"Flaffy..." Naruto paused.

Flashback

"Know your limits dobe" Sasuke advised before walking off.

End Flashback

Naruto took out Flaffy's Pokeball and recalled it before pulling out another Pokeball.

"Heracross!" Naruto threw the Pokeball into the air, releasing the dual type Pokemon. Fuka gritted her teeth at that.

"Kuso...Clefairy, use Metrenome!" Fuka commanded. Clefairy nodded and then it glowed white as it used Recover. Clefairy clenched its tiny hands into what seemed to be a fist.

"FAAAIRY!" the Pokemon cried out before rushing towards Heracross with a Quick Attack it performed using Metrenome. Naruto and Heracross looked at each other, both with confident smirks. Naruto nodded. Heracross' smile grew larger before it raised its arm, now glowing white, and punched the earth. A large shockwave raced out from the punch and slammed into Clefairy's body sending it flying.

"Now Aerial Ace!" Heracross went into a loop-de-loop and crashed into Clefairy's body ending it to the ground.

"Now finish it with Brick Break!"

"Clefairy, quick Metrenome!" Fuka commanded. The fighting type move crashed down, but not on Clefairy.

"Oooo so close, Naruto-kun" Fuka mocked the blonde. The blonde glared at the red head as Heracross' fist was held back by a green dome of energy. Clefairy had used Protect.

"You got lucky" Naruto delcared, "HERACROSS, BRICK BREAK!"

"HERA..." Heracross raised its arms, "CROSS!" both glowing arms slammed down on the still active shield and Clefairy began to sweat slightly as Heracross kept up the barrage of attacks.

"NIGHT SLASH!" Heracross' left arm became shrouded in darkness before smashing straight through the energy shield. Fuka gasped while the other cheered for the blonde trainer and his Pokemon.

"YEAH NARUTO!" Akatsuchi yelled.

"NOW FINISH IT!" Hinata told her crush. Naruto nodded.

"BRICK BREAK!" Heracross landed on the ground and unleashed a combo of moves on Clefairy. A right hook landed against the Normal type's jaw before the dual type twisted and slammed a powerful elbow to the stomach. Heracross then went onto its claws and spun, lashing out with a devastating spin kick before bending its elbows and pushing up. Heracross flipped in midair and pulled both arms back.

"HERACROSS!" the Horn Pokemon slammed both arms down on Clefairy's body causing a large shockwave to result along with a smoke cloud. The dust cleared to reveal the knocked out Clefairy and a smirking Heracross.

"It's to be expected" Fuka shrugged, but she still felt sorry for her Pokemon, "You did well Clefairy...MILTANK LET'S GO!"

Naruto and Heracross glared at the powerful bovine Pokemon. Miltank smirked at the dual type and made a come motion with its hoof.

"Naruto don't fall for the..."

"HERACROSS BRICK BREAK!"

"Taunt" Kakashi sweatdropped as Heracross rushed the Milk Cow Pokemon.

"Miltank, Stomp!" Fuka commanded. Heracross pulled back a glowing arm and let it fly, but gaped when Miltank used its surprising speed to avoid the blow using a mere twist to the left. Miltank then spun and crashed its left hoof against the bug/fighting type's back sending it to the ground.

"STOMP AGAIN!" Fuka ordered.

"MILTANK!" the cow cried out before planting its foot down on Heracross' back again. Heracross quickly rolled out of the way of the third stomp and then performed a cat spring.

"NIGHT SLASH!" as Heracross landed on its feet, the dark type move slammed against Miltank's cheek, sending the bovine skidding backwards. Miltank then rolled with the momentum and went into a Rollout.

"Stop it with Brick Break!" Naruto commanded. Heracross crashed the fighting type move against the rotating Normal type, but the move had little effect as it hit the wheel of pink terror and sent Heracross flying. Miltank then jumped after it and hugged the Horn Pokemon.

"Execution by Kiss" Fuka winked. Miltank grinned and kissed Heracross causing its eyes to become hearts.

"KUSO!" the blonde trainer cried out as Heracross was thrown down. Once it impacted with the floor of the gym, Miltank landed, simultaneously performing a Rollout so that Miltank began to grind into Heracross' exoskeleton covered stomach. Heracross coughed and released a cry of pain from the attack. Miltank then rolled off before crashing another Rollout against Heracross' body sending the dual type soaring and landing at Naruto's feet. Heracross gritted its teeth as it aimed to stand before falling to the ground.

"Croooss" the Pokemon moaned as swirls appeared in its eyes.

"You did good, buddy" Naruto smirked at his Pokemon. He glared at the Miltank and watched as it turned its back on him. However, his sapphire orbs spied something on Miltank's back. On the middle of its back, near the largest spot...there was a purple spot.

"Is that a...bruise?" Naruto mumbled to himself. He smirked. Take advantage of your opponent's weaknesses, never let an opportunity slip away. That is what his mother would tell him sometimes. Naruto withdrew Flaffy's Pokeball.

"GO FLAFFY!" Naruto sent out the Wool Pokemon.

"Let's this thing rolling, ROLLOUT MILTANK!" Fuka said, pun intended. Miltank curled into a ball and rolled towards Flaffy.

"Flaffy, jump out of the way!" Naruto commanded. Flaffy jumped into the air and Miltank skidded to a halt, "Now use Thunder Wave!"

Fuka's eyes widened at what her opponent was trying to do.

'No' she thought, "Miltank, use Defense Curl to help you roll away!" Miltank complied and avoided the wave of lightning. Naruto gritted his teeth.

"TACKLE!" the attack struck Miltank's udders causing the Pokemon to moo in pain. Fuka smirked.

"Execution by Kiss!" Fuka commanded. Miltank grabbed Flaffy and kissed the opposing Pokemon on the cheek before performing a suplex and slammed Flaffy on the ground. The Milk Cow Pokemon stomped a hoof down on Flaffy's downed body before throwing it high into the air.

"Rollout!" Fuka commanded. Naruto watched as Flaffy fell towards the rotating wheel of pink terror and then smirked.

"What's so funny?" the red head growled. Naruto chuckled at the older woman's reaction.

"Just that, you're about to meet Execution by Thunder" Naruto grinned widely. Fuka looked confused before seeing Flaffy's form. The Pokemon was smirking as it fell.

"Oh crap" Flaffy then flipped and charged an insane amount of electricity into the orb on its tail and crashed it down on Miltank's form.

"NOW THUNDERSHOCK!"

"FLAAAFFYYYYYYYYY!" Flaffy released a flash of blue lightning that seemed to blind everyone present before dying down. Miltank gritted its teeth as Flaffy jumped off, Miltank's body was surrounded by electrical charge.

"Flaffy, Thundershock again!" Naruto commanded.

"Miltank, dodge and use Milk Drink!" Miltank avoided the bolt of lightning before excreting the milk.

"NARUTO STOP HER BEFORE SHE DRINKS THE MILK!" Kakashi ordered. Naruto quickly told Flaffy to perform another electric attack, but it was too late. Miltank swallowed the milk and with its rejuvenation, came its enhanced abilities. Naruto and Flaffy gritted heir teeth as Miltank jumped out of the way.

"NOW ROLLOUT!" Fuka commanded. Miltank rolled forth and crashed against Flaffy's form sending it flying. Miltank quickly recovered and turned around and slammed into Flaffy again, but this time with more force due to the momentum building up with Rollout's consistent use. Naruto cursed as he saw Flaffy descend, a look of pain on its face as it was struck by a third Rollout.

"FLAFFY THUNDERSHOCK!" however, before the attack could commence, the Wool Pokemon was struck a fourth time and flew through the air. Naruto quickly ran and caught Flaffy in his arms.

"Flaaaffy" the electric type bleated. Naruto smirked and stroked his Pokemon's wool.

"It's okay, girl. You did a good job, Quilava and I will finish her off" Naruto took out Flaffy's Pokeball. "Take a nice rest"

"Flaaaa" the pink sheep bleated before vanishing into the Pokeball as red energy.

"Poor Flaffy" Hinata said.

"Yeah, I could have sworn they had 'em with that powerful Thundershock" Akatsuchi said. Kakashi chuckled at the two.

"It's ok you two. That wasn't really the plan anyway" the silver haired man explained.

"Nani?" "Eevee?" the two trainers and one Pokemon exclaimed as they watched Miltank.

'So Naruto...how will you finish this?' Kakashi wondered. Naruto turned to his crimson eyed partner. Quilava ran out onto the field and ignited its flames.

"ALRIGHT, EMBER!" Quilava released a barrage of fireballs from its mouth, but Miltank quickly avoided the attacks before raising its hoof for a Stomp attack.

"Quick Attack!" Naruto commanded. Quilava vanished as a stream of blue, red and yellow as it used the speed to avoid the attack and then turned on the dime and crashed against Miltank's back sending the bovine stumbling forward.

"EMBER, AIM FOR THE MIDDLE BACK!" Naruto yelled. Quilava fired the small fireballs from its jaws and the small explosion from the attack sent Miltank soaring. Miltank fell to the ground and clutched the area that was hit.

"Millltank" the pink cow groaned. Fuka glared at Naruto before telling her Pokemon to use Rollout.

"Use Quick Attack and then go into Flame Wheel!" Naruto commanded.

Flashback

"Alright, Kakashi-sensei I need to know how to build up power for Flame Wheel" Naruto said. Kakashi looked confused.

"Huh? Why Flame Wheel?"

"Because, Rollout is sometimes a bit too fast to dodge, also it's a matter of pride. Quilava wants to overpower Miltank and it did when Flame Wheel and Rollout clashed"

"Ah"

"Yeah so...how?" the blonde asked. The single eyed man thought for a while before looking at Houndoom.

"Okay, Naruto...watch carefully" Kakashi instructed as he called over the black hell hound. "Houndoom Flamethrower!" Naruto and Quilava observed the powerful fire blast as it it a boulder and scorched the stone.

"What is that supposed to do?" Naruto asked. Kakashi raised a hand to tell Naruto to wait. "Flame thrower again"

Another blast of fire was released from Houndoom, but this time it collided with the rock with much more force causing it to shatter and melt in some areas.

"So tell me, Naruto...what was different between the first flamethrower and the second?" Naruto shrugged.

"One was weaker than the other?" he guessed. Kakashi nodded.

"Well yes, that is true...but don't look at it in terms of power" Naruto thought for a while as he played over the scenes in his head. Then something clicked and his eyes widened.

"The second one was faster!" he exclaimed. Kakashi nodded.

"The first Flamethrower was released at a slower pace in comparison to the second. When dealing with fire, one must always remember, Velocity equals Intensity. In other words, the faster you go the hotter the flame and the hotter the flame can turn the tide in a power struggle".

End Flashback

Kakashi smirked when the two Pokemon clashed.

"Hmmm he remembered...smart boy" Kakashi grinned beneath his mask, his eye turning into an upside down U. Flame Wheel and Rollout collided. The two Pokemon separated and clashed once more. The action was repeated before they reached a stalemate area.

"COME ON QUILAVA!" Naruto encouraged his Pokemon. Quilava's Flame Wheel suddenly became faster and Miltank was knocked back, engulfed in a storm of fire. Miltank flew through the air and landed at Fuka's feet. Once the Milk Cow Pokemon recovered it snorted in anger, like an angry Tauros.

"How dare you...Miltank, Execution by Kiss!"

"Use Quick Attack!" Naruto said. Quilava quickly avoided Miltank and then crashed against Miltank's midback, hitting the bruise there. Miltank cried out in pain before turning and swiping Quilava with a hoof sending the Volcano Pokemon the ground.

"Stomp!" Miltank raised its hoof and slammed it down on Quilava's form. The action was repeated a couple of times before Miltank engulfed Quilava in a hug.

"Give Miltank some sugar" Fuka smirked. Miltank' lips neared Quilava's face and Naruto's mind raced as he searched for an idea.

"Uh ummm EMBER!" Quilava's mouth opened and a barrage of fireballs burned Miltank's face.

"MIIILLLLL!" Miltank cried out in pain before spinning and crashing its hoof against Quilava as it landed on the ground. Quilava flipped in the air and landed before Miltank shook out the soot from her face and its eyes twitched.

"Quick, Miltank use Milk Drink!" Fuka commanded. Miltank nodded and drank its milk and ingested the substance and wiped the excess from its lips.

"MIL!" the Pokemon flexed its arms to show it was better.

"Alright, Miltank, Execution by Kiss...IKUZO!" Fuka yelled. Miltank nodded and performed a Rollout.

"Dodge it with Quick Attack!" Naruto said. Quilava performed the move and avoided the attack, but was suddenly struck in the back as Miltank had turned and crashed into the Volcano Pokemon. The fire type flipped through the air and landed on its feet before it was struck by a second Rollout. A third attack came, but Miltank had stopped rolling and performed the kiss as its variation of Attract. Quilava's eyes became hearts before it was slammed on the ground by Miltank's suplex. Miltank then stomped down on Quilava's body and threw the Volcano Pokemon skyward.

"No No NO NO NO NOOO NOT AGAIN!" Naruto yelled as he gripped his hair. Quilava fell to earth and was suddenly hit by the Rollout that followed after, sending it back up.

"Alright, Miltank, finish it!" the red head ordered. However, as the pained Volcano Pokemon was about to be dealt the finishing blow...Miltank froze.

"FINALLY!" Naruto yelled to the heavens. Kakashi nodded in approval while Hinata, Akatsuchi and Eevee were confused.

"Huh?"

"Flaffy" was all Kakashi told them. The three gaped at each other.

"So that was his plan?" Hinata asked.

"Static does come in handy sometimes" Kakashi said as he watched Fuka panicked face.

"AHHH MILTANK!" Fuka cried out as she saw sparks of blue electricity surround her Pokemon.

"NOW'S YOUR CHANCE NARUTO!" Akatsuchi yelled.

"TAKE HER DOWN NARUTO-KUN!" Hinata exclaimed.

"QUILAVA, QUICK ATTACK!" Quilava's snapped open and left a streak of colour as it slammed into Miltank's head. Miltank clutched its throbbing skull before it was hit in the udders and then took off once more and hit the bruise on Miltank's back. Quilava backflipped off of Miltank's back and unleashed a storm of fire in the form of an Ember attack. Miltank fell forward, but caught itself on its front hooves to it was on its knees.

Quilava then began to run around in a circle. A streak of dust followed the speeding fire type.

"NOW QUILAVA FINISH IT! FLAME WHEEL!"

"QUILAVAAAAAA!" Quilava rolled and became a rotating wheel of fire. The attack was enhanced by the power of the Charcoal Quilava held, but suddenly the flame changed from orange-yellow to a mixture of blue and white as Quilava's Blaze ability kicked it.

"Huh...wh-what the?" Naruto's eyes widened as he stared at the blue and white flames. Quilava then stopped circling the Milk Cow Pokemon and then rolled forth and crashed straight into Miltank's body. Miltank released a cry of pain as it flew through the air. Miltank tumbled before creating a hole in the wall as it flew straight through it. Fuka gaped and Quilava stopped spinning. Its flames reduced to normal size and became their original orange-yellow colour.

(End music)

Quilava turned to its trainer and grinned.

"Quil" Naruto and the others stared with silence before Naruto decided to break it.

"I DID IT YATTA!" Naruto ran forth and skidded as he reached his partner and hugged the fire type.

"QUILAVA!" the Volcano Pokemon cried out. Kakashi clapped lightly while Eevee, Akatsuchi and Hinata cheered for the blonde.

"WAY TO GO NARUTO!" Akatsuchi yelled as he ran up and enveloped the boy in a hug. Hinata followed after, though a blush made its way to her face as she did so. Naruto grinned his foxy grin before he was released. He then walked up to the red haired nineteen year old.

"Oi...Fuka-chan" Naruto smirked at the suffix the girl had asked him to call her before. The red head looked up and chuckled at the boy as she returned Miltank to its Pokeball. She slid the Pokeball back into her sleeves and then bent down to the shorter boy. Naruto's eyes widened, along with everyone elses when he received a kiss on the cheek from the older girl.

"Wh-What was that f-f-for?" Naruto asked.

"Remember our little wager yesterday. You win, you get a kiss" Naruto blushed nervously while Hinata was inwardly fuming. Akatsuchi and Kakashi, along with Hinata's and Naruto's partners, were still gaping at him.

"Can I get a battle too?" Kakashi asked. Fuka gave Kakashi the finger before turning back to Naruto and reached into her dress and pulled out a shining diamond shaped badge. There was nothing special about it, no pattern, no particular shape...just a plain looking badge. It was cream coloured and outlined in a dark-ish silver, just like his two previous badges.

"Here you are, Naruto-kun. The Plain Badge as proof of your victory over me and here is a little something else" Fuka handed Naruto a CD case holding a greyish-white disc.

"TM45 Attract" Naruto read the inscription on the disc.

"Hai, Attract is a move that causes a Pokemon of the opposite gender to become infatuated with your Pokemon. However, the move cannot work on Pokemon of the same gender, as shown by your Flaffy earlier, and some Pokemon can still attack even when they are infatuated and some Pokemon are even able to break through the infatuation entirely" Fuka explained the strengths and weaknesses of the move.

"Arigato, Fuka-chan" Naruto grinned. Fuka smirked and ruffled the boy's hair.

"Do you have a Pokegear?" the girl asked. Naruto nodded and pulled out the blue coloured device. Fuka swiped it from him and then typed a few buttons before handing him it back.

"There now you have my number. So when you're ready for a rematch...just call" she said with a wink. Naruto nodded, "Though if you're calling for a date...wait until you're older"

Naruto turned bright red at that causing everyone around him to laugh.

"URASAI!"

---

"Do you really have to leave?" Naruto asked.

"Yeah man, the more the merrier" Akatsuchi said. Kakashi nodded as he stroked Houndoom's fur.

"Yeah, gomen nasai. Though I'm sure I'll see you guys soon...besides, Naruto I don't think it'll be fair to your rival, the 'teme' I think you called him...if you were the ONLY one who received training from an Elite Four" the silver haired man said. Naruto nodded.

"Can't have a weak person for a rival. Oh, Kakashi-sensei" the Elite Four member nodded to the blonde, "Tell Sasuke this...Take advantage of every opportunity to beat the opponent...and tell him thanks, that piece of advice he gave me really helped"

The cyclops of a trainer nodded before waving to the others as he walked through the crowds of people. Naruto took out his badge case and smirked as he watched his badges.

'Three...Five more to go' he thought as he looked down at Quilava and smiled at the Volcano Pokemon.

"Come on, we gotta rest for tomorrow. Hinata-chan's contest is tomorrow" Naruto said as he draped his arm around the girl in a friendly manner. Hinata blushed at the close contact, sure she had hugged him a few moments ago, but...

"Oh come on, not again, HINATA-CHAN!" Naruto shook the fainted girl. Akatsuchi shook his head.

'A genius at battle, a baka with respect to girls...and HE was the one who got a kiss from Fuka' he added as an after thought.

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The Next Day

"GOOOOOD MORNING GOLDENROD CITAAAY!" Anko yelled out to the crowd. The crowd cheered at the purple haired woman, some men having hearts in their eyes at seeing the incredibly sexy woman.

"ALRIGHT FOLKS, WELCOME TO TODAY'S GOLDENROD CITY CONTEST! TODAY WE HAVE MANY COORDINATORS TODAY, SOME YOU HAVE SEEN BEFORE, SOME YOU HAVE NOT, BUT NO ONE GIVES A SHIT SO LET'S GET THIS CONTEST STARTED!" Anko then stepped aside to reveal the Judges Table.

"OUR JUDGES ARE MR. DEIDARA, THE CURRENT GRAND FESTIVAL CHAMPION!" the golden haired man waved to the stands.

"THIS CONTEST WILL HOPEFULLY TURN OUT TO BE A BANG!" many of the female populace gained hearts in their eyes at his variations of his catch phrase.

"DEIDARA-SAMA!"

"WE LOVE YOU!"

"AND GOLDENROD CITY'S NURSE SHIZUNE!" the black haired nurse bowed to the audience.

"I hope to see the skills today's trainers have brought for us to see" Shizune smiled.

"SADLY, TSUNADE-SAMA COULDN'T BE HERE TODAY DUE TO HER HAVING TO GO BACK TO CELADON TO LOOK AFTER THE GYM FOR A WHILE AS HER CARETAKER WAS SICK TODAY!" Anko said with a shrug. A majority of the male contest fans frowned at that.

'I wanted to see Tsunade's boobs' they sulked, causing some to get hit on the head by their wives/girlfriends/female friends. Anko chuckled at the audience before going to the far end of the stage.

"NOW LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT TODAY'S CONTESTANTS!" the contestants came out one by one. A Jolteon had done a combination of Pin Missile and Thunder Wave to release lightning infused projectiles. Another contender had a Pikachu use Thunderbolt with Iron Tail to create rings of electrical energy. Another had a Venemoth show its skill with Confusion and Psychic by having it levitate a multitude of objects and juggle them in the air.

"ALRIGHT, OUR NEXT CONTESTANT...INO YAMANAKA FROM NEW BARK TOWN AND THE WINNER OF VIOLET CITY'S CONTEST!" Anko announced. The crowd cheered loudly for the winner of the Violet City contest as she ran up on stage. Ino had dressed herself in a pale purple coloured blouse and a matching skirt and a pair of black flats. Her hair was made into a high ponytail with a long section of some of her hair covering her left eye.

(Her Shippuden hairstyle)

"Go, Oddish!" Ino yelled as she threw the Pokeball. The sphere spun before popping open, releasing a number of pink petals as Oddish leaped onto the stage.

"Alright Oddish, Sleep Powder!" a greenish powder floated up from Oddish's leaf before being swept into a miniature whirlwind the small grass type made by whipping around its leaf.

"Now mix in some Stun Spore" a golden mist, mixed in with the green and the audience "ooo-ed" as they saw the mixture of colour. Ino then took out a number of Frisbee discs.

"Use Razor Leaf to knock them down!" Ino yelled as she threw a disc into the air. Oddish released a leaf and sliced the disc in half, a trail of the powder mixture behind it. Ino threw two discs after, both sliced in half. Ino then held five discs in her hand and threw them. Oddish released a wave of leafy projectiles and sliced down the discs...all but one. Apparently one of them had veered to the right and avoided the leaf. The object sailed through the air and went into the crowd. Ino nervously smiled at the crowd at her little fumble before she and Oddish bowed and left the stage.

"Amazing accuracy with that Razor Leaf, it was a BANG...though if it weren't for that little mishap with that last disc..." Deidara sighed. Shizune nodded.

"I agree, for such a young Pokemon and a novice trainer, Ino showed great talent as a coordinator, but in this competition you have to be able to carry out your appeals with perfection" Shizune said.

"ALRIGHT, NOW OUR NEXT CONTESTANT...SAKURA HARUNO ALSO FROM NEW BARK!" the pink haired girl had her hair flowing over her shoulders as it always had been. She wore a crimson dress with a white ring on the back and a pair of ruby red heels. She waved to the crowd before taking out her Pokeball, but seemed to stumble and rolled forward with her fall and kicked her Pokeball into the sky. The pokeball opened and in flash of white light accompanied by a multitude of multicoloured bubbles, a small blue mouse looking Pokemon with a white stomach and pitch black eyes appeared.

"MARILL MAR!" the Marill squeaked before Sakura rolled back and went into a handstand before backflipping and landing at the same time as Marill.

"Alright, Marill, Bubble attack!" Sakura said. Marill released the bubbles as they mixed in with the ones from the Bubble Seal.

"Now use Blizzard!" Marill released a blast of freezing cold air from its mouth and froze every single bubble. The bubbles then began to fall to earth, but were kept afloat as Marill used Water Gun to keep them up and the crowd cheered and clapped at the show of skill.

"Alright, now use Water Gun and spin!" a twister of water erupted from Marill's mouth and popped all of the ice bubbles due to the force they struck with and droplets of water mixed in with the ice crystals gave a look of sparkles floating in the air.

"AN AMAZING ENTRANCE BY SAKURA HARUNO!" Anko.

"I AM IMPRESSED SAKURA, YOU CERTAINLY WENT OUT WITH A BANG TODAY! THOUGH I AM CURIOUS...DID YOU FALL DOWN ON PURPOSE OR NOT?" Sakura giggled at the question.

"I did it on purpose, Deidara-san"

"Amazing job, Sakura" Shizune said, "A beautiful combination of water and ice, and that expert use of Blizzard was dazzling"

"Arigato" Sakur and Marill bowed to the audience and left the applause as they went backstage.

"AND NOW OUR FINAL CONTESTANT FOR THE APPEALS, HINATA HYUGA!" the purple haired woman announced. A loud cheer echoed from the audience as Hinata ran onto the stage. A few wolf whistles were heard as Hinata stepped out. She was wearing a form fitting outfit which was a short dress-like outfit that extended to just below her knees. She wore a pair of amethyst earrings and a pair of black heels.

She blushed lightly when she heard the wolf whistles, but waved back earning a loud cheer from the teenage males. Hinata spied Naruto who was with Quilava and Eevee and was cheering her on. He noticed her looking at him and winked. Hinata nodded before taking out a ball.

"IKUZO BUTTERFREE!" she threw the Pokeball high into the air. A sea of shining dust exploded out from the ball as the bug/flying type appeared in a flash of white.

"Alright, Butterfree use Poisonpowder with one wing and Sleep Powder with the other" Butterfree did as it was told and its left wing released a sea of purple mist, while the right wing released green.

"Now use Confusion!" Everyone gaped as they saw Butterfree's body suddenly become encased by the sea of different coloured mists and then Butterfree's glowing blue eyes shone through the mist before the butterfly Pokemon made a swirl with the Poisonpowder and a star-like shape around it. The mist then exploded before being suctioned into the air filters by the staff of the contest dome.

Hinata and Butterfree bowed before turning to the two judges.

"BANG! BOOM! KABLAMO!" Deidara laughed as he looked at the pair, "YOU LITTLE MISS HYUGA, YOU ARE GONNA GO FAR IN THIS COMPETITION!" Hinata smiled and nodded to the blonde man.

"Arigato"

"Hinata, from what I've heard from my cousin in Violet City...you were a Dark Horse and I can see that now. Your timid nature shows, but when you start to put on a show, you completely change everyone's opinion of you. I hope to see more if you are chosen for the battle round"

"Hai, Arigato" Hinata bowed before heading backstage with Butterfree.

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Contest Hall-Backstage

Hinata drank some water as she petted Butterfree.

"You did a good job, Butterfree. I'm proud of you" she smiled at her Pokemon. The Butterfly Pokemon cried out in happiness before nuzzling the girl.

"Hey, Hinata" the blue-black haired girl looked up to see Sakura and Ino walking up to her, "Nice moves out there"

"N-Not as good a-as you were Sakura-san" the pink haired girl scoffed.

"Please, if it weren't for that I'm sure the judges would have barely noticed me"

"Now that move with Butterfree, amazing work. Though I don't think I'll make it past this appeal round because of my slip up" Ino said.

"Don't worry, Ino-san...I'm sure you'll do fine" Hinata smiled.

"HINATA-CHAN!" Sakura and Ino winked at the girl. Hinata blushed heavily at their action before Ino walked up to Naruto.

"Narutooooo" the girl walked up to her fellow blonde. Naruto paused as he saw Ino.

"Oh hey Ino, nice job out there. Too bad you missed that last frisbee" he said. Ino shrugged.

"What can you do? I missed, unless I can bend the wind I don't think that'd be fixable" Ino said before her eyes widened in realization. The platinum blonde girl smirked at Naruto.

"So, Naruto...Sakura tells me you're...'considering' something" Ino said. Naruto's eyes narrowed at that before turning to the pink haired girl.

"Yeah...and I expected her to keep it a SECRET!" he yelled for the pinkette to hear it. The green eyed contender smiled nervously and mouthed an 'oops'.

"Oh" Ino said, taken aback by Naruto's tone of voice.

"Sakura...don't tell people my secrets. You wouldn't like it if I told people yours" Naruto said. Sakura's eyes widened when she saw the cold look in his eyes. Sakura gulped and nodded.

"Hai, gomen Naruto. I gotta go there, Ja ne" she left the two and their Pokemon with Ino.

"Eeveeee!" the Evolution Pokemon jumped into its trainer's lap and cuddled the girl.

"You did a great job out there, Hinata-chan" Naruto grinned. Hinata blushed lightly.

"Arigato, Naruto-kun"

"So, are you going to use Eevee in your contest battles?" Naruto asked. Hinata nodded.

"Hai, I think Eevee would be able to handle fighting her opponents much better with all the practice we've had on the way here and I used Kakashi-san's advice. It really helped" Hinata smiled. Naruto nodded, but then his Pokegear began to ring.

"Hello?" Naruto smirked, "Oh hey Okaa-chan! I'm fine, just won my third badge yesterday" Naruto grinned as he bragged to his mother. "Yeah, yeah I won't let it get to my head. I'm at the contest hall with Hinata-chan, she just finished her appeal round...oh you saw" Naruto smirked, "Yeah, she's gonna be a great coordinator" Hinata smiled slightly at the compliments that Naruto and his mother gave her.

"Okaa-chaaan, we're not like that. Pfft yeah yeah, love you too" he mumbled the last part, "What...no I will not buy you a dress...No, not shoes either...No...No Okaa-chan!" Naruto sweatdropped along with Hinata and the Pokemon, "No...Ja ne, Kaa-chan" Naruto hung up and sighed.

"Crazy Kaa-chan" Naruto mumbled causing Hinata to giggle at that.

"So, Naruto-kun...where is Akatsuchi-san?" the pale eyed girl asked. Naruto shrugged.

"He said something about how he was called in by a Bike Shop and was told to advertise the bike by riding around the city and being the kind-hearted man he is, Akatsuchi accepted" Naruto explained. Hinata laughed a bit.

"Maybe he'll lose some weight too" Naruto added causing Hinata to laugh a bit louder before calming down.

"You should laugh more often Hinata-chan" the blue-black haired girl looked puzzled, "I like to see those I care about happy and besides I've rarely hear you laugh. You have a nice laugh Hinata-chan" The girl blushed as Naruto sported his foxy grin. Eevee and Quilava looked at each other and rolled their eyes.

"Quil Quilava Quil"

"Vee"

"Oi, I am not a baka...though it would help as to know why you're insulting me" Naruto added. There was a bit of silence after that before the speakers in the room came to life.

"ATTENTION ALL COORDINATORS, THE CHOSEN MEMBERS FOR THE BATTLE ROUNDS HAVE BEEN DECIDED, PLEASE LOOK AT THE SCREEN!" Anko's voice resounded through the room as a flat screen appeared from the ceiling. The screen flashed and eight blank areas were shown on the screen. Sakura's had appeared, along with Hinata's and surprisingly...Ino was not there, just like she said she wasn't.

"Hmmm Ino-san didn't make it" Hinata felt sad for her blonde friend.

"Meh, Ino will get over it. She's tough. Well look at the bright side, you made it, Hinata-chan" Naruto congratulated the girl.

"Quil Quilava" the Volcano Pokemon smiled before patting both Hinata and Eevee on the head. Eevee nodded.

"Vee Eevee" the Evolution Pokemon replied to her fellow Pokemon.

"Well good luck you two, we'll be in the stands" Naruto and Quilava ran back to the stands before Hinata looked at her screen. She was facing off against an older woman by the name of Hikari. She looked to see her opponent was about twenty years old with blue hair. She was wearing a pink frilly dress with dark blue heels. Her brown eyes were looking at Hinata's pale ones as she smirked, full of confidence. Hinata gulped, but did her best to harden her gaze.

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"ALRIGHT FOLKS AND THE WINNER IS SAKURA HARUNO!" Anko announced as she gestured to the pinkette and Chikorita as they bowed to the audience and walked off.

"NOW OUR NEXT BATTLERS, HINATA HYUGA VS. HIKARI NONAKA!" Anko yelled into her microphone. Hinata sent out Eevee while Hikari sent out a Flareon. Flareon was an orange coloured Pokemon and the resemblance to Eevee was clearly shown in its body structure. Around the majority of its body, its tail and atop its head, was pale yellow fur.

"ALRIGHT IT'S EEVEE VS. FLAREON, WE HAVE FIVE MINUTES ON THE CLOCK...AND BEGIN!" Anko jumped off the stage.

"Flareon, Ember!" Hikari commanded. The fire type leaped at its pre-evolution and unleashed a barrage of miniature fireballs.

"Eevee use Sand Attack to stop those flames" Hinata ordered. Eevee kicked up a large dust cloud that engulfed the fireballs causing them to reduce to nothing causing Hikari's points to diminish.

"Now Tackle!" Eevee rushed through the cloud, surprising the Flareon and knocking the larger Pokemon backwards. Flareon shook its head before charging forth.

"Tackle attack!" Hikari ordered.

"Eevee, you use Tackle too!" Both Pokemon crashed into each other multiple times and Hinata suddenly got an idea.

"Slide beneath it!" she ordered. Hikari and Flareon were caught off guard as Eevee slid on the ground and got beneath Flareon's body. "NOW KICK!" Eevee kicked up and slammed all four paws into the Flame Pokemon's stomach sending it skyward. Hikari's points went down even further.

"Now slam it down with your tail and follow up with Focus Blast!" Hinata commanded. Good thing she bought the TM52 back in the Department Store otherwise she never would have been able to pull this combo off. Eevee complied and jumped before flipping and crashing its tail down on Flareon's body. Eevee then opened its jaws and energy swirled into a ball of sapphire coloured energy.

"EEVEEE!" the Evolution Pokemon cried out as it released the attack. Flareon got up and its eyes suddenly took on a reddish hue as the flames in its body built up to unbelievable temperatures.

"FIRE BLAST!" Flareon opened its mouth and unleashed the large fiery attack. The powerful fire type move crashed into Focus Blast causing a large explosion. With Eevee's attack cancelled out, Hinata's points went down, but Flareon didn't finish there as it followed up with Ember and the flames and continued towards Eevee. The attack flew towards Eevee, who let gravity take hold of it to avoid the attack.

"QUICK ATTACK!" Hinata gritted her teeth as the Flareon crashed its body into Eevee's as soon as it landed. Flareon spun and crashed its tail against Eevee's face before lashing out with a brutal double kick to the face.

"ALRIGHT FIRE BLAST!" Hikari yelled. Flareon released the powerful attack and Eevee stood its ground, awaiting the command to dodge. However, both Eevee and Hinata were caught off guard as Flareon ran through the flames and encased itself in fire. Eevee skidded back from the flaming charge and gritted its teeth as it received a nasty looking burn on its chest. Hinata watched as her points went down by a noticeable amount. Hikari had a noticeable advantage over her, point wise.

Eevee growled before rushing forth.

"QUICK ATTACK!" Eevee complied and slammed into Flareon's body before using the force to perform a backflip.

"NOW FOCUS BLAST!" Eevee opened its mouth and released a powerful blue sphere of energy. The attack struck forth and sent Flareon flying back. Flareon rolled with the attack and got back up before unleashing an Ember attack as Hikari ordered. Hikari smirked as the attack made contact and Eevee landed on the ground, but managed to flip and twist so that it landed on its feet.

The two contestants glared at each other.

"Not bad, Hyuga" Hikari commented.

"Same to you, Hikari-san" Hinata stated, "EEVEE FOCUS BLAST!"

"FIRE BLAST, FLAREON!"

"VEE!"

"FLARE!"

Both attacks crashed into each other and caused a large explosion.

"QUICK ATTACK!" both trainers commanded their Pokemon. The Evolution and Flame Pokemon slammed into each other before Eevee spun and lashed out with its tail, slapping Flareon across the face before using Tackle and sent Flareon rolling on the ground. Flareon raised its head only to gape as Eevee stood above it, a fully charged Focus Blast ready to launch.

HOOOOOOOONK!

Hinata and Hikari paused as they heard the timer go off. The stadium was silent as they were all too wrapped up in the battle to have been cheering.

"Wow...I don't believe it" Hikari said.

"AND AFTER A STUNNING BATTLE, HINATA HYUGA HAS PULLED OFF A SPECTACULAR WIN FOLKS!" the crowd went into an uproar as Hinata and Eevee's picture appeared on the screen with a large WINNER displayed above them. Hinata smiled as she hugged Eevee.

"Well done, Eevee"

"Vee Vee!" Eevee grinned widely.

"Good job, Hyuga" Hikari said as she walked up to Hinata with her tired Flareon. "You got spunk, I like that. Hopefully, I'll be able to see you in the Grand Festival"

"Only if you do the same" Hinata replied. Hikari extended her hand.

"Deal" Hinata grasped the older woman's hand and smirked. She finally made a true rival.

"YEAH HINATA-CHAN!"

"WAY TO GO HINATA!"

Ino and Naruto cheered for the pale eyed girl from within the stands as Quilava waved to Eevee who waved back.

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Semifinals

With the preliminary rounds complete, the final rounds were underway with Sakura and Hinata having defeated their Quarterfinal round opponents with relative ease. Right now, Sakura was fighting an opponent with a burnt umber furred fox that had chocolate brown eyes and six curly, orange tails behind it. Atop the fox's head were four curls of hair that were attached to a set of hair that looked like bangs of somesort. Its lower body was a tan colour and its paws were a dark brown.

"ALRIGHT CHIKORITA USE RAZOR LEAF!" Sakura commanded her Pokemon. The grass type unleashed a barrage of leaves at its opponent.

Her opponent was a boy with spiky brown hair and deep ocean blue eyes. He had a grin that looked much like Naruto's, on his face. He wore a white t-shirt beneath a large black and red jacket and a pair of matching shorts with gold coloured pockets. He wore a pair of black and gold shoes. Around his neck was a necklace with a skeleton key charm on it.

The boy's name was Sora and he had a Vulpix out to fight. The six tailed Fox Pokemon dodged the barrage of leaves before released a barrage of small fireballs as it performed Ember. Chikorita quickly rolled aside to avoid the attack before waving its leaf around to send out a haze of purple powder.

The Poisonpowder drifted over to Vulpix.

"Vulpix spin and use Ember" Sora said to his Pokemon. Vulpix nodded and began to rotate on its back and unleashed a barrage of fireballs throughout the contest hall, some nearly impacting with the audience. The fireballs dispersed the Poisonpowder and then Vulpix stopped spinning as the sound of Sakura's points decreasing was heard.

"NOW USE QUICK ATTACK!" Vulpix rushed forwards and slammed into Chikorita.

"Use Vine Whip and take it with you!" Sakura ordered. The grass type wrapped the vine whip around Vulpix's body sending it flying with it. Chikorita then twisted in the air to land on its feet while also slamming Vulpix down on the ground. Vulpix released a cry of pain from the sudden impact.

"NOW TACKLE ATTACK!" Chikorita slammed its body against Vulpix multiple times as it performed Tackle.

"Now Razor Leaf!" the grass type move impacted with Vulpix, sending the fox sliding back before it was ensnared by Chikorita's Vine Whip.

"SLAM IT DOWN!" Sakura ordered. Vulpix was raised high into the air before being thrown down on the ground with bone breaking force.

"SLAM IT DOWN AGAIN!" Sakura yelled. Sora quickly looked at the vine and smirked.

"WILL-O-WISP!" Vulpix released a barrage of small blue fireballs that traveled along the length of the vine just as it was hurled into the air. Chikorita suddenly became encased in a shroud of fire as it was affected by the burn status.

"NOW FINISH THIS WITH FLAMETHROWER!" Sora commanded. Vulpix unleashed the blast of fire from its jaws with as much power as it could muster. The flames danced like a cobra as it descended before impacting with Chikorita and caused a small explosion that sent Chikorita flying. The grass type rolled along the ground before revealing itself to be unconscious.

"Kuso" Sakura cursed as she picked up Chikorita. Sora cheered as he gave a high paw to his fire type.

"Way to go, Vulpix" Sora said before looking to see Sakura giving him a nod of acknowledgement before leaving.

"ALRIGHT FOLKS AND THE WINNER OF THIS MATCH IS SORA YASUHARU AND HIS VULPIX. SORA WILL PROCEED TO THE FINALS!" the crowd cheered for the young boy as he walked off. Sora walked backstage and saw Sakura being approached by Hinata, Ino and Naruto.

"It's alright, Sakura-chan. You win some, you lose some" Naruto consoled his friend. The pinkette nodded with a sad smile.

"You did a good job out there" the group turned to see Sora walking up to them.

"Hey Sora" Sakura waved to the brown haired boy, "Nice job on that win"

"Arigato" Sora smirked, "That Chikorita of yours is pretty strong to have handled a fire type like Vulpix"

"And your Vulpix must be pretty tough too if it took that hit from when Chikorita slammed it into the floor" Sakura complimented the Fox Pokemon. The six tailed fox smirked and its chest swelled with pride.

"Well, see ya oh and good luck, Hinata" Sora said as he pointed to the screen that showed the matches. Sakura's image vanished and Sora's was placed in the finals area. Then there was Hinata's picture along with a picture of a blue haired boy wearing a blue and white striped shirt with a pair of dark blue jeans and white sneakers. Next to him was a picture of a small turtle like Pokemon. It was a light blue colour that had a reddish orange shell and a yellow belly. Its eyes were a red colour.

"ALRIGHT AND NOW FOR THE FINAL SEMI-FINAL ROUND. HINATA AND EEVEE VS. WALLACE AND SQUIRTLE!" Anko yelled into her mircrophone.

"Win this one, Hinata" Sakura said as she placed her hand on Hinata's shoulder, "Win this match and win the contest" Hinata nodded before running out to the stage with Eevee. As Sakura and Chikorita joined Ino, Sunkern, Quilava and Naruto in the stands they saw Hinata and Eevee getting ready to fight with Wallace and the Tiny Turtle Pokemon.

"ALRIGHT WE GOT FIVE MINUTES ON THE CLOCK, AND LET THE BATTLE BEGIN!" Anko yelled as she leaped off the stage.

"ALRIGHT SQUIRTLE WATER GUN!' Wallace ordered his Pokemon. The water type released the high pressure water attack, but Eevee leaped and flipped over the attack causing Wallace's points to go down a bit as Eevee landed. The Evolution Pokemon then went into a Quick Attack and crashed into Squirtle's stomach. Squirtle skidded backwards before sending forth a swarm of bubbles from its mouth.

"Eevee use Focus Blast!" Eevee released the energy sphere. It burst through the bubbles and went towards Squirtle.

"Send it back with Rapid Spin!" Squirtle retracted into its shell and began to spin at high speeds. The rotating shell slammed against the condensed ball of energy and sent it flying back towards Eevee. Hinata and Eevee gasped at the feat.

"SLAP IT BACK WITH YOUR TAIL!" Hinata yelled. Eevee spun and performed a powerful blow with its tail sending the attack soaring back towards Squirtle.

"Send it back!" Wallace told his turtle Pokemon.

"Don't let it get away, hit it back!" Eevee complied with its trainer's orders.

"WOW! I CAN'T BELIEVE MY EYES, IT SEEMS WE HAVE A BIT OF A TENNIS MATCH GOING ON HERE. SQUIRTLE AND EEVEE ARE KNOCKING BACK THAT FOCUS BLAST LIKE NO ONE'S BUSINESS!" Anko stared in shock.

"Such power to be able to deflect a fighting type move of that magnitude" Shizune spoke into her mic.

"NOW THIS IS WHAT A CONTEST IS ABOUT! GETTING YOUR POKEMON TO SHOW OFF THEIR STRENGTH IN SUCH A MANNER, IT'S A BANG!" Deidara cheered.

"THAT'S IT, SQUIRTLE USE BLIZZARD!" Wallace said as he lost his patience. The blue turtle stopped spinning and released a gust of ice cold wind that froze the Focus Blast in midair. Hinata's points went down as her attack was reduced to a mere ice ball.

"Now use Water Gun!" The blast of pressurized water sent the frozen spheroid flying back at Eevee. The attack collided with the Evolution Pokemon. Eevee yelped in pain as ice shards embedded themselves into its flesh. Eevee yanked out a shard and winced as it spat out the blood tipped shard.

"Nice shot, EEVEE QUICK ATTACK!" Eevee launched forward with amazing speed and with such force that Squirtle was sent up.

"FOLLOW AFTER IT!" Hinata commanded. Eevee jumped and continued with a barrage of midair attacks before flipping and slamming Squirtle down with its tail.

"Use Blizzard and create a slide!" Wallace commanded.

"USE FOCUS BLAST AND SHATTER IT!" Hinata said. Squirtle formed a little slide with the ice type move and was sliding down it before it was destroyed in a flash of blue light as Eevee used Focus Blast to destroy it.

"NOW BITE ATTACK!" Eevee opened its jaws and bit down on Squirtle's arm. "Throw it away and then finish it with Focus Blast!" Eevee complied, but as the Focus Blast was about to meet Squirtle, a green shield of energy surrounded it. Hinata's points went down as the Protect attack stopped her attack.

"AMAZING, JUST AS HINATA WAS ABOUT TO PULL OFF A WIN SQUIRTLE COMES BACK WITH A QUICK PROTECT ATTACK AND SAVING ITSELF!" Anko gaped.

"BLIZZARD!" the ice type move froze Eevee's limbs in place, "Now follow up with Rapid Spin!"

"Eevee, quick, break through with Focus Blast and then use Quick Attack!"

"Twenty seconds on the clock people!" Anko announced as she watched the timer. Eevee broke through and used the force of the explosion from Focus Blast to go upwards while also sending Squirtle flying back causing Wallace's points to decrease dramatically as it was met with a Quick Attack.

"Ten seconds!"

"NO SQUIRTLE!" Wallace cried out in shock as he saw Squirtle being knocked back by the full body tackles of Eevee's rapid use of Quick Attack.

"FINISH IT WITH BITE!" Eevee opened its jaws and clamped them down on Squirtle's neck. Squirtle froze as the fangs injected themselves into its flesh. Eevee pulled back as Squirtle fell to the ground. Eevee licked the little bit of blood from its teeth and then yipped.

"WINNER BY KNOCKOUT AND WITH ONLY TWO SECONDS LEFT...THE DARK HORSE, HINATA HYUGA!"

"A great battle, I look forward to her match in the finals"

"ALRIGHT FOLKS AFTER THIS COMMERCIAL BREAK, WE'LL BE BACK FOR THE FINAL MATCH BETWEEN HINATA AND SORA. WHO WILL COME OUT ON TOP, FIND OUT SOON SO THOSE WHO ARE WATCHING THIS AT HOME... DON'T MOVE FROM THAT COUCH!"

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Backstage

Hinata sighed in relief as she rested against the wall.

"Well, Eevee...we made it to the finals"

"Vee VEE!" Eevee cried out in happiness as it was given a few Super Potions and Ethers to regain its energy. Wallace then walked up to Hinata and nodded.

"Hinata-san" Hinata looked up and stood up to talk to the blue haired boy.

"Hai?" Hinata asked. Wallace fidgeted as he looked at Hinata who was very confused at his behaviour. He suddenly began to twiddle his thumbs.

"Vee Vee?" Eevee asked. Wallace froze at the sudden voice of the Evolution Pokemon and then looked up into Hinata's pale eyes. He dropped down on knee and grabbed Hinata's hand.

"Hinata-san, your ability to fight is inspiring. Not only that, you are also a beautiful specimen of feminine grace" Hinata blushed deeply at the compliments, but was completely caught off guard by his next statement.

"I've decided that you should be my girlfriend" Hinata and Eevee gaped at the boy, "I know we've just met, but you and I were destined to be together" Hinata backed away from the boy.

"Ummm gomen nasai, Wallace-san, but..."

"There is no but, our love cannot be caged. Be with me, Hinata-chan" Wallace said as he neared Hinata's face. Hinata's figure could only remain still as her brain went into overdrive trying to understand just what the in the fucking name of hell was happening. Wallace drew nearer only to be pulled back. Hinata and Eevee's eyes widened as they both looked to see Wallace was pulled back by the blue eyed blonde. Sakura and Ino were off to the side, slack jawed at the scene they had just witnessed.

"Hinata-chan...what is he doing?" Naruto asked as he bared his teeth at Wallace. The blue haired boy narrowed his eyes at Naruto.

"Ah, I see...there is another. Well I will prove to you that my love for you is greater, Hinata-chan. I SHALL RETURN!" Wallace removed Naruto's grip on his shirt before running out of the contest hall. Naruto and Quilava looked at the retreating boy's back.

"Hinata-chan?" Naruto asked with a confused expression. Hinata turned and coughed slightly.

"H-H-Hai, N-Naruto-kun?"

"Ummm if you wouldn't mind my asking...WHAT THE FUCK JUST HAPPENED?" he bellowed. Hinata turned red and poked her index fingers together.

"Ummm w-w-well umm...Wallace-san said h-how"

"Wallace likes you!" Ino's voice reached their ears. Naruto's eyes narrowed at that and he clenched his hands into fists.

"Something's not right about him"

"Quilava Quil" the Volcano Pokemon agreed. However, a panting sound was heard and everyone turned to see the red clothed hiker.

"AKATSUCHI!" Hinata and Naruto smiled at the presence of their friend.

"Hey, guys...gomen for not coming earlier, but hey...I got a free bike!" Akatsuchi panted as he pointed to the fold-able bicycle in his backpack.

"Well Hinata-chan just made it to the finals, so you came at the perfect time!" Naruto said. Akatsuchi nodded and went to he backstage bathroom to clean himself before smirking.

"Alright, guys...let's get this show on the road!" Akatsuchi grabbed Naruto and Quilava and walked off to the stands. Sakura and Ino looked confused.

"You know him?" they asked the pale eyed girl causing her to giggle.

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Battle Segement-Goldenrod City Contest

Finals

"ALRIGHT NOW THAT WE'RE BACK IT'S TIME TO GET THIS SHOW BACK ON THE ROAD!" Anko yelled as she oved out of the camera's lens and showed Sora and his Vulpix on one end of the battlefield along with Hinata and Eevee on the other.

"NOW LET'S GET THIS BATTLE OVER WITH!" Anko yelled. Hinata and Sora nodded to each other.

"QUICK ATTACK!" both Pokemon performed the move simultaneously and crashed into each other. They backflipped in midair as they parted.

"Flamethrower, Vulpix" Sora commanded. The six tailed Pokemon released the stream of orange flame from its maw.

"Dodge and then use Bite!" Eevee quickly rolled out of the way before leaping at Vulpix and opened its jaws.

"Slap it away with Tail Whip!" Vulpix spun and slammed its tails against Eevee's snout sending it to the side. "Now Ember!" the fire attack crashed into Eevee sending the Normal type back.

"Quick Attack!" Eevee rushed towards Vulpix, "Jump and spin" Eevee jumped in the middle of the Quick Attack and spun, making it look like a brown and white drill. Sora and Vulpix were in shock at seeing the twist put on the attack and Vulpix was sent flying back from the blow.

"Now Focus Blast!" Eevee charged the blue sphere of energy and fired. The attack crashed into Vulpix and the six tailed fox flew through the. Vulpix flipped and landed against the wall before pushing off and performing Quick Attack. Vulpix spun in midair and crashed into Eevee's body.

"Hey, you copied me!" Hinata yelled.

"Interesting development. Using the opponent's own move against them" Shizune said.

"This battle is going really well" Deidara smirked as he fingered the Pokeball in his pocket, "Makes me want to go out there and fight in a battle myself"

"Flamethrower!" Sora ordered. Vulpix unleashed the powerful stream of flame and the attack hit home, but Eevee quickly recuperated.

"Don't give in, strike back with Focus Blast!" the blue sphere contacted with Vulpix and both Pokemon panted.

"Wow, only three minutes and already these two Pokemon are looking exhausted!" Anko said. Sora gritted his teeth.

"Alright, Vulpix time for that combo move!" Vulpix nodded before unleashing a barrage of fireballs. Eevee used Quick Attack to avoid the fireballs only for Vulpix itself, to use Quick Attack and slam into its side. Vulpix then vanished from Eevee's vision and struck the other side. Vulpix then appeared beneath Eevee's chin and crashed a powerful headbutt to it. A 'clack' was heard as the lower jaw met the upper jaw and Eevee flipped in midair as it was sent skyward.

"Now kick up and slam it back down with your tail!" Vulpix did as it was instructed and followed after Eevee as it was kicked up. The fox flipped and slammed its tails down on Eevee.

"NOW USE QUICK ATTACK COUPLED WITH FLAMETHROWER!" Vulpix dove down and began to rotate at high speeds before releasing a powerful blast of fire.

"VULLLLLL!" The attack hit home and Vulpix dove into its own flames and with the use of Flash Fire, its speed and power increased. A resounding BOOM was heard as the fiery Pokemon released a shockwave of orange yellow fire. Vulpix panted as it stood above a pained Eevee.

"ONE MINUTE LEFT! EEVEE HAS BEEN KNOCKED DOWN BY THAT FIERY COMBO FROM VULPIX AND SORA, BUT CAN IT GET BACK UP?" Anko asked more to herself than to the audience.

"COME ON EEVEE GET UP!" Naruto yelled.

"EEVEE, YOU CAN DO IT!" Sakura encouraged.

"EEVEE!" Ino said.

"QUILAVAAA" the Volcano Pokemon called out to its friend. Eevee's eyes opened and it looked up. Vulpix stood near to it and readied itself in case it got back up. Eevee looked to see Hinata calling out to get back on its feet. Eevee closed its eyes before snapping them open. A ray of sunlight from the windows shone down on it like a spotlight and Eevee was enveloped in a white light.

"VEEEEEEEE!"

"NO WAY!" Sora gasped.

"VULPIX!" the Fox Pokemon jumped away from the evolving Pokemon before the light died down. The crowd cheered loudly for the evolved form of Eevee as the light died down. The Evolution Pokemon grew larger and its fur had become a violet colour. Its tail became thinner, but branched out near the tip into two tails. Its ears were more pointed and had a blue membrane within them. Fur branched out of its cheeks to form large violet whiskers of some sort. In the center of the Pokemon's forehead was a single red ruby. Magenta coloured eyes stared at Vulpix's and the Pokemon bared its fangs and crouched down like the feline it was.

Hinata's Pokedex beeped and the girl took it out of her dress pocket.

Espeon the Sun Pokemon. A Psychic type Pokemon and one of the evolved forms of Eevee. It uses the fine hair that covers its body to sense air currents and predict its enemy's actions.

"HOLY SHIT FOLKS!" Anko couldn't hold back her swearing, "HINATA'S EEVEE JUST FUCKING EVOLVED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE BATTLE! UN-FUCKING-BELIEVABLE! THIS SHIT HAS NEVER HAPPENED BEFORE, JUDGES IS THIS ILLEGAL OR SOMETHING?"

"I...I-I-I-I...I don't...think so?" Shizune and Deidara stuttered. Never had it been that a Pokemon evolved in the middle of a contest since the Pokemon were either fully evolved, couldn't evolve or they were still in need of training TO evolve.

"WOOOHOOOO GO HINATA-CHAN!" Naruto whooped.

"No matter, VULPIX FLAMETHROWER FULL POWER!" Vulpix opened its mouth and released the blast of fire, but Espeon's eyes glowed a startling, electric blue. The fire dispersed in midair from the powerful Confusion attack. Espeon's orb began to glow in its forehead before multiple golden stars appeared out of nowhere.

"ALRIGHT YOU LEARNED CONFUSION AND SWIFT!" Espeon smirked before releasing the multiple star shaped attacks. Vulpix yelped in pain as the stars lashed out at its body, a final star sent its head reeling back from the force of the blow.

"NOW USE CONFUSION AND FOCUS BLAST!" Vulpix was suddenly struck by the telekinetic force and sent upward from it. Espeon opened its mouth and the attack swirled to life.

"ESSSSSPEON!" Espeon released the attack and the Fox Pokemon was caught in an explosion of blue.

"VULPIX!" Sora gaped as he saw his Pokemon fall to earth. The Vulpix had swirled in its eyes as it fainted and Sora fell to his knees at his sudden defeat.

"AND THE WINNER BY KNOCKOUT IS HINATA HYUGA AND HER NEWLY EVOLVED ESPEON! HINATA WINS THE CONTEST AND HER FIRST RIBBON!" Anko announced. The crowed cheered loudly, so loud that everyone thought they would eventually lose their voices.

Deidara smirked as he handed the pale eyed girl the ribbon. It was a pale goldenrod and white coloured ribbon, held in a bow shape by the golden badge on it, the badge was in the shape of a crown.

"I hope to see you win another contest soon. Your battles always make an explosive ending, and congratulations on your Eevee evolving!" Hinata bowed as she took the ribbon.

"Arigato, Deidara-san"

"Espe!" the Sun Pokemon bowed as well. Deidara nodded before walking off and went to flirt with some of his fan girls.

"ALRIGHT GUYS, THE NEXT CONTEST WILL BE HELD IN OLIVINE CITY! THE TIME FOR THIS CONTEST WILL BE MADE KNOWN UPON FURTHER NOTICE!" Anko yelled as she watched the audience leave before shutting off her microphone.

"I need some sake" she mumbled.

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"THAT WAS AWESOME HINATA!" Akatsuchi exclaimed.

"YEAH AND WHEN EEVEE EVOLVED, DAMN THAT WAS AWESOME!" Naruto commented. Hinata, who had changed into her regular clothes, blushed at that.

"A-Arigato, Naruto-kun, Akatsuchi-san" Hinata smiled warmly at them.

"Espeon Espe"

"Quil Quilava Lava Quil!" Quilava patted Espeon on the head. The Psychic type then picked up Quilava with Confusion and dropped it down on the ground. The group paused in front of a nearby building near the Radio Tower and sweatdropped at Espeon's actions.

"Quil Quilavaaa?" the Volcano Pokemon whined.

"Espe Espeon Peon!" the Sun Pokemon laughed at the pained fire type.

"Your Espeon is having way too much fun with its telekinesis" Naruto deadpanned. Hinata sweatdropped.

"Gomen nasai"

"Alright, what's the next place?" Naruto asked. Hinata whipped out her Pokegear and went to the Map card.

"Hmmm, well it shows the nearest place is Ecruteak City, but it'll take a while since Route 35 passes through the National Park and then you have to go through Route 36" Hinata explained.

"So is there a gym in Ecruteak City?" Naruto asked. Akatsuchi nodded.

"Hai, the Ecruteak City gym leader is said to be very good with Ghost types" Akatsuchi told his blonde friend. Naruto nodded.

"Alright, oh and maybe we'd be able to see Hinata-chan's family. Her uncle...Hizashi, I think his name was?" Hinata nodded in confirmation.

"And my cousin, Neji" Hinata said. The blonde grinned.

"THEN WE LEAVE TOMO..." Hinata and Akatsuchi and the Pokemon looked confused at Naruto's sudden pause.

"Naruto-kun/Naruto?" Naruto raised his hand and quickly pulled the two aside and hid behind a building. Espeon and Quilava followed.

"What's wrong?" Akatsuchi asked. Naruto gritted his teeth as he stared at the entrance to the Radio The other followed his gaze and glared at the scene. Before them was the blue haired boy from the contest.

"It's W-W-Wallace-san!" Hinata said with shock, but it wasn't that alone that caught their attention. It was the fact that Wallace was wearing a pure black set of clothes. White boots and gloves and a black beret. And emblazoned on his chest was a crimson R.

"And...he's with ROOT" Naruto growled.

(A/N: Well that's Chapter 8, hope you guys liked it. Anyways that's it for this chapter. This next chapter will be a slight filler episode before the group heads out for Ecruteak City. Also thanks for voting on the poll. The winning result is that Naruto will receive both wings. Also for those with a certain question, NO NARUTO WILL NOT CATCH HO-OH AND LUGIA! UNDERSTOOD, NO MORE ASKING IF HE'LL CATCH THEM! See you guys next chapter, Naruto:Johto Journeys, Chapter 9: I Look good in Black. See you guys soon, also I might not be able to update as fast as I usually could because of my exam as stated in the previous A/N)

Pokedex: Seen-55

Caught-44

Character Bio: Sasuke Uchiha

Eye Colour: Black

Hair Colour: Black

About: Sasuke was born in Kanto, but moved to New Bark Town, Johto with his brother, Itachi Uchiha and mother, Mikoto Uchiha after their father, Fugaku Uchiha, succeeded their grandfather, also called Fugaku, as the gym leader of Cinnabar Island. This was due to their father no longer spending as much time home as he would at the gym as he was always sitting there waiting for challengers. As a young boy, Sasuke was taught to battle from Itachi, but one day Itachi went out on his Pokemon journey. Years had passed and contact with Itachi had been lost, his last letter to them being he said he would not be coming home. Sasuke and Mikoto became depressed, but Sasuke suddenly became angry at how his brother had seemingly abandoned them and also developed a hatred for his father and not being a good parent. Sasuke vowed to find Itachi and find out as to why he had never come back home and become a strong trainer so that he would get his answers if force was required.

Naruto's Team:

Quilava(Male)

Pidgeotto(Male)

Dratini(Male)

Heracross(Male)

Wooper(Female)

Mareep(Female)

Hinata's Team:

Espeon (Female)

Butterfree(Female)

Nidoran(Female)

Hoppip(Female)

Sentret(Male)

Togepi(Male)