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.

12. Chapter 12:Fighting Spirit, Iron Will

Naruto: Johto Journeys

Chapter 12: Fighting Spirit, Iron Will

"Pokemon" Normal speech

'Pokemon' Normal thoughts

"Pokemon" Pokemon that can talk

"Pokemon" Flashbacks

"Pokemon" Pokedex speech

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto and I don't own Pokemon. I do however, own this laptop and this story and NONE OF YOU CAN HAVE IT! :)

About half an hour into the water crossing journey, Quagsire, Naruto and Lee were nearly upon the stretch of land where Cianwood City resided.

"Ugh, this is taking forever. Quagsire, can you go any faster?" the blonde asked his surfing Pokemon. Quagsire was slightly exhausted, but due to the large amounts of stamina the Pokemon possessed it powered through and suddenly the wave Naruto was riding on, put on a burst of speed. Lee suddenly began to do his strokes much faster, the 'flames of youth' burning in his eyes.

"YOSH, TO CIANWOOD!" The green leotard wearing boy yelled passionately. Naruto and Quagsire sweatdropped as the boy was keeping pace with them.

"Quag Quagsire Quag?"

"He was born that way I guess" Naruto shrugged.

"GAI-SENSEI I AM RIDING THE WAVE OF YOUUUTH!"

"Though...I could be wrong"

"Quag" The two humans and one Pokemon continued to ride the wave only for the wind to suddenly pick. Naruto looked around and gasped when he saw a flash of blue, white and purple.

"Nani?" he rubbed his eyes to see if what he saw wasn't just his imagination. He blinked and gasped at what he saw. The legendary beast of the North Wind was running ahead of their wave at a god damn fast pace. The red eyed Pokemon glanced back at Naruto before taking on a burst of speed causing water to splash up.

"Suicune" Naruto whispered. Lee was in an utter state of shock.

"Such speed" he commented. The green clad boy was about to ask Naruto what that was, however, the three surfers' eyes widened when they saw a speed boat pulling up alongside them. The boat was a pure white, but in the boat were three men dressed in black suits with white gloves and boots. Black berets topped their heads. Their chests had a large red 'R' emblazoned on their chests.

"ROOT!" Naruto gasped. Lee saw the boat and looked confused.

"Naruto-kun, who are those people?" The large eyebrowed boy asked. Naruto gritted his teeth.

"That's ROOT. They're an evil, criminal organization that aim to take over the world by capturing Pokemon for their dirty deeds, which reminds me...I need save that girl's Vulpix" Naruto mumbled the last part to himself. Lee's eyes widened before he saw the ROOT members turn to face them. Three Houndour suddenly came out of the Pokeballs on their belts.

"HOUNDOUR, EMBER!" The demonic looking hounds opened their jaws and unleashed a flurry of fireballs at the two boys and Quagsire.

"Quagsire, quick...WATER GUN!" Quagsire let loose a powerful jet of water from its mouth, dousing the flames, but the boat veered away from the attack thus saving the Houndour from the super effective move. The Houndour attacked with a barrage of flame once more, but Lee took out a Pokeball and opened it. In a flash of white, a large muscular Pokemon appeared. The Pokemon was blue and sported white gloves. Its feet were white along with its stomach. Its stomach was marked with a large swirl. Beady black eyes stared at the Houndour.

"YOSH, GO MY YOUTHFUL POLIWRATH! USE WATER GUN...OF YOUTH!" Lee added with vigour as he climbed atop his water/fighting Pokemon's back. The Poliwrath nodded before a blast of water ejected itself from the center of the swirl of its stomach. The attack flew towards a Houndour and struck it hard in the chest sending it to the floor of the boat and unconscious.

"Woah" Naruto gaped, "That was a strong Water Gun" The ROOT grunts gritted their teeth.

"Hey man, we don't have time to deal with those kids...go after the legendary Pokemon" The driver of the boat nodded before moving the lever on the boat forward to up the speed of the boat. The boat rocketed forwards, but Naruto and Lee would have none of that.

"QUAGSIRE, MUD BOMB!"

"POLIWRATH, STOP THEM WITH WATER GUN...OF YOUTH!" The Mud Fish Pokemon opened its mouth to eject a large spheroid of liquified earth, while Poliwrath sent forth a powerful stream of water. The attacks landed just behind the boat causing it to rear up on its bow. The ROOT members turned and one of them took out another Pokeball and sent it out. Out came a Weepinbell, the evolved form of Bellsprout.

"WEEPINBELL, RAZOR LEAF!" The ROOT member commanded. The grass/poison type nodded before sending forth two of its leaves that were attached to its sides. The leaves re-grew as quickly as they were launched and thus a barrage of razor sharp leaves flew through the air towards the two water types.

"Quagsire, Mud Shot!"

"Poliwrath, punch them down!" Naruto's eyes widened when he saw Poliwrath's arms suddenly increase in speed as it was swimming. The arms became a blur as the leaves that were aimed for it were reduced to shreds at the speed with which they were stopped. However, Quagsire was hit in the head with one of the leaves. The super effective attack caused the Surf to decrease in size and the two began to slow down. In the end, the wave became one with the ocean and the two trainers were literally floating in the water. The boat suddenly veered to the right as it turned around, aiming to run them both over.

"This is the end for you kiddies!" The driver yelled. Naruto and Lee quickly told their Pokemon to swim to the side to avoid the strikes, but with their added weight and the speed the boat was moving it, they had nearly been run over. However, as they passed, Weepinbell had chosen then to shoot forth a Razor Leaf. Both Water types released simltaneous cries of pain.

"POLI!"

"QUAG!" Both Pokemon were hit with the powerful move, Quagsire taking more damage due to its ground type nature.

"Are you okay?" Naruto asked his Pokemon as he latched onto it, his legs pumping furiously to help keep the water type afloat. However, he turned to see the roaring motorboat speeding back towards him and Lee.

"Kuso, Bushy Brows, try and stop the boat!" he exclaimed.

"Poliwrath, use Water Gun!" The wounded dual type released a jet of water, but the boat avoided the attack and the others that followed. The ROOT member then veered towards Lee as the first one to go. Lee and Naruto braced themselves for the inevitable impact...when a peculiar sound reached their ears. It sounded like...singing of some sort. Like the cry of a whale. The three looked around.

"Bushy Brows...what was that?"

"I don't know, Naruto-kun. I've never heard that sound before in my life" Lee responded. They looked to see that the ROOT members and their Pokemon associated were also wondering about that ominous song.

"It sounded like it came from below the water" Naruto said. Suddenly the sound of bubbling water reached his and Lee's ears. They looked to see the water in front of the speeding boat began to bubble before it started to rise and swirl. Just as the boat was about to crash into them, a pillar of raging water erupted out of the ocean, taking the boat and its passengers into the sky. The song of the sea echoed loudly throughout the air before the water pillar seemed to bend of its own accord before throwing the boat away as if it were a tennis ball. The passengers of the boat soared through the air. The boat's engine became clogged with water causing its mechanics to go haywire and explode while the members of ROOT and their Pokemon were sent flying farther from the shockwave of the explosion. The water funnel released a gurgle before it expanded and exploded into water particles. Water droplets fell from the sky and Naruto and Lee were staring in shock. Their eyes were completely white and their mouths were hanging agape.

"Holy shit" they spoke simultaneously. However, Naruto spotted something shiny next to him as watched the water twister had caused it to suddenly flutter in the wind. Naruto picked up the shining object and looked at it. It was a white feather, but when he tilted it he realized it was actually a silver feather of some sort.

"Woah" Naruto quickly stuck the feather in his pocket after he climbed back on top of Quagsire. Naruto turned to Lee as he saw the green clad boy rest atop Poliwrath's shoulders.

"Alright, Naruto-kun, we must hurry. Amphy needs that medicine" Naruto nodded, determination burning in his eyes.

"IKUZO!" Naruto commanded Quagsire. Quagsire quickly began to paddle, its thick tail propelling it swiftly through the waters. Poliwrath's strong arms performed the freestyle stroke, easily keeping pace with the Mud Fish Pokemon. Naruto felt the silver feather in his pocket and frowned as he wondered just what the hell caused that water twister...and what did this silver feather have to do with it.

---

Cianwood City

The two boys and their water Pokemon immediately washed up on shore. The boys jumped off their Pokemon and immediately ran for the Pokemon Center..only there was no Pokemon Center. Naruto paused.

"Oi, Bushy Brows!" Lee looked back with a confused look.

"You called, Naruto-kun?"

"Yeah, I was wondering where's the Pokemon Center, I don't see one" Naruto said as surveyed the small city of Cianwood. There were couple houses, the Cianwood City gym and the PokeMart. But other than that, there was nothing.

"Oh, Naruto-kun that's because Cianwood doesn't have a Pokemon Center" Lee informed his orange wearing friend. Naruto's eyes widened.

"NANI? Then why did we come here? Where are we gonna get the medicine that Hina-chan needs to heal Amphy" Naruto exclaimed. Lee raised his hand.

"Naruto-kun, Cianwood City may not have a Center, but it does have a drug store. The drug store here sells all natural medicines that are healthy for Pokemon and humans alike" Lee explained as he pointed to a small house with a red roof. Naruto then followed Lee and the two entered the drug store. A fat man with brown hair appeared out from behind the counter. He wore a purple sweater vest and moss green pants. A pair of dark glasses covered his eyes.

"Hello, welcome to Cianwood Drug Store, how I may I help you?" The man leaped back in fright as Naruto quickly grabbed a napkin from behind the counter and began to dry off his PokeGear.

"Come on, please work, please work, please work" he prayed to whatever divine being, Ho-oh, Lugia, Suicune, Raikou, Entei, to just let the machine in his hands become active. Naruto wiped the blue Pokegear as best as he could before blowing on it. He pressed the button and sighed in relief when he saw the screen flash with white light.

"Oh thank Ho-oh" he raised his hands to the sky. "Listen Ji-chan, I need these supplies asap. The Amphoros in Olivine City's Lighthouse contracted a disease and it needs help" The man behind the counter narrowed his eyes.

"How rude of you, gaki" the man said, "I'm not old, so don't call me Ji-chan and besides I only serve people here who are nice to me"

"Ryo" The cashier and owner of the drug store turned and gulped as he came face to face with a passionate Lee, eyes burning as he suddenly grew larger in size. His head was huge.

"RYO, GIVE NARUTO-KUN THE SUPPLIES OR TASTE MY FURY!" Lee bellowed. Ryo shrunk down and nodded, sweating bullets out of fear towards the green clad trainer.

"Umm right away, Lee-sama" The man bowed and then read the list on Naruto's Pokegear before quickly gathering the things and putting them in a waterproof bag. 'H-H-Here you are" he stuttered. Naruto snatched the bag from the man before sticking his tongue out at him. Lee nodded in thanks before he and Naruto left the store. Naruto was about to run to Quagsire and Poliwrath, in his haste he had forgotten where the Pokemon were. He ran up the sandy shoreline of Cianwood City, but then paused when he came face-to-face with Raikou and Suicune. The Pokemon of thunder and the north wind looked at Naruto and it seemed as if time itself stopped. Suicune nodded to Raikou before taking off across the waters towards Olivine City, while Raikou walked up to Naruto.

The saber-tooth cat stood a good few inches taller than Naruto. Its red eyes staring into Naruto's blue ones. The Pokemon then raised a paw and Naruto dare not move should he provoke the Pokemon into attacking him. Provoking a legendary Pokemon would not be a smart move at all. Raikou placed its paw on Naruto's head. The blonde's pupils suddenly dilated as an influx of images greeted his brain.

---

Naruto looked around the area he was in. It appeared to be a large stadium of some sort. The green grass underneath his shoes, filled the majority of the stadium's area. A large battlefield stretched across the stadium. Naruto observed the area was in black and white, with shades of grey. He then looked at himself and saw that he was the only thing inc colour. This was really starting to creep him out as he was looking over the area wondering why it was void of colour. Suddenly, Naruto's ears were assaulted by a loud noise.

"Hello ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the thirty first annual Johto League Silver Conference Victory Tournament" the announcer yelled into his microphone. Naruto gaped when he heard this.

"I'm in the Johto League Stadium?" Naruto asked himself. He then heard the padding of paws against the grass. The blonde trainer's head turned to see the reincarnation of Lightning and Thunder standing beside him, also in colour. He and Raikou, should they have been noticed, would have stuck out like a Pidgey in a flock of Spearow. Raikou then nudged Naruto with it's head. The boy turned and looked at the tiger-like Pokemon. It was looking to its left and Naruto followed its gaze and his eyes widened when he came upon the sight of Hinata and Suicune, both in colour.

"Hina-chan?"

"Naruto-kun, what's going on? I was helping Amphy with it's fever when this mist appeared in the lighthouse. Suddenly Suicune was in front of me and placed its tail on my forehead and I wound up here" Hinata explained. Naruto shrugged before turning to see both legendary beasts facing another direction. Naruto then realized something, and it was with this realization that he face palmed.

"Oh no"

"What's wrong, Naruto-kun?"

"I noticed that if Raikou appeared to me and Suicune appeared to you then that means that they are appearing in front of the people they saw in the Burned Tower and if me and Raikou are here, you're here with Suicune then that means..."

"Dobe...Hyuga?" a third voice was heard. Hinata and Naruto turned to see Sasuke and Entei, in colour as well, walking up to them.

"Hey teme"

"Where the hell are we? I had just beat Kurenai and was heading for Olivine when Entei pounced me"

"We...don't know to tell you the truth" Hinata replied. Their conversation was then put on hold as the announcer for

"We have many incredible trainers here today so let's meet them" The announcer continued. Suddenly images of trainers appeared on a large screen. Many images of trainers flashed across the screen, Naruto saw that Shino's and Kiba's images were shown, as well as that of Suzuki Reishi, Naruto's new rival whom he had met back in Goldenrod City. The very same person who had lost her Shiny Vulpix to ROOT. But then the screen suddenly became black. The crowd stared in shock, mumbles echoed throughout the large stadium as they wondered what was happening before the screen turned back on.

The three trainers and the legendary beasts watched as the screen portrayed the image of a pale skinned man wearing a black suit. His face was hidden by the shadows of whatever area he was in, hints of long red hair were shown to peek through the darkness. But his violet eyes were what stood out the most. A ring was worn on the man's finger, the red 'R' of ROOT emblazoned as a crest on the ring's surface.

"ROOT" Naruto and Hinata spat out. The word left a bad taste in their mouths and Sasuke looked confused.

"Who are they?" he asked.

"ROOT was an organization said to have been disbanded thirty years ago, but they suddenly chose now to come back and try and regain their former glory. They steal and hurt Pokemon...all for the sake of their goal to take over the Johto/Kanto continent" Naruto growled. The legendary beasts joined in Naruto's growling before releasing their cries when the man began to speak.

"Welcome to the Pokemon League you utterly useless people. Many years ago, we were thought to be disbanded, but now we have come back...after thirty years of long hard work we have finally been able to regain our glory. ROOT SHALL LIVE!" The adults in the crowd gasped at the mention of the familiar name. Memories of what the organization had done to try and achieve its goals thirty years ago filled their minds and the stadium began to go into a panic.

Suddenly the man started to laugh loudly before saying one phrase, "Behold. Feel the wrath of a god...Feel My True Pain!" The man chuckled before laughing loudly. Raikou then released a tiger-like roar as it looked skyward. Naruto followed its gaze and gasped at what he saw. Two large shadows covered the stadium. Both shadows were in the shape of flying creatures. The shadows prevented their images from being completely visible.

"BURN!" the man on the screen yelled. Two sounds were heard. One sounded like the screech of an eagle and the second sounded like the same song Naruto had heard before that water twister appeared.

"No way" the blonde gasped, "That song..." And then...the world around him became engulfed in blasts of wind and fire.

---

Naruto gasped when Raikou removed his paw. He clutched his chest, his heart was racing. He patted himself down to make sure he was still alive and sighed in relief when he realized he was.

"What was that?" Naruto asked the Thunder Pokemon. The red eyed tiger didn't give an answer and Naruto was sure it wouldn't have given him one even if it could speak the human language. Raikou then roared and vanished in a bolt of lightning. Suddenly, time began to move again and Naruto heard Lee calling out to him. Naruto turned to see the green clad boy pointing at their Pokemon and telling him to hurry up. Naruto shook his head to clear it.

'I'll think about that later...I'll tell Hina-chan when we help Amphy' Naruto thought, "I'm comin' Bushy Brows!" Naruto ran to Quagsire and jumped atop the Mud Fish Pokemon's back. Lee climbed atop Poliwrath's and the two took off for Olivine once more.

"SURF!" Naruto commanded. Quagsire nodded before a large wave rose up and the currents sped up, pushing them at even faster rate towards Olivine City.

'Please let us make it in time'

---

Olivine City

Hinata rubbed her aching skull. Time appeared as if it were frozen because she noticed Tenten had been staring at her without blinking for a few seconds and it was starting to creep her out. She looked and noticed Espeon and Quilava were running towards her, fangs bared...but it was like someone hit the pause button on their remote control and they were frozen mid-run. Hinata looked and saw Suicune standing before her still. The mist surrounding its body as if it were some sort of phantom.

"What...What was that? Is something going to happen at the Silver Conference...is Naruto-kun going to be in danger?" Hinata asked the incarnation of Water and the North Wind. The legendary beast didn't answer and Hinata was sure it wouldn't have even given her one in the end. Suicune then turned and glanced back at Hinata. A strong wind suddenly blew in even though the windows were all closed. Hinata covered her face to protect her eyes from the wind, but when she looked back up...Suicune was gone. Suddenly time began to flow back into motion. Hinata turned and saw Quilava and Espeon running towards her before pausing they looked around as if they had just forgotten the reason why they were running in the first place.

"Quil Quil?"

"Espeon?"

Both Pokemon looked around the room before looking at each other and shrugging before walking back to the saddened Tenten. Tenten released an audible sigh as she stroked Amphy's brow. The electric type was breathing rather heavily and it was breaking out into a cold sweat. The electricity that Flaffy was pumping into its system seemed to be losing its effect as well as it seemed like Amphoros was starting to lose the battle against the disease as it immune system was beginning to fail due to the lack of electricity to keep the white blood cells active was dropping.

"Where are those two? They should have been back by now" Tenten grumbled. Hinata turned to her, walking up to Amphy. The blue-black haired girl wiped the electric type's brow with the moist towels that Nurse Shizune had supplied for them.

"Don't worry, Tenten. Lee-san and Naruto-kun aren't the kind of people to let a Pokemon down, especially one as sick as Amphy. They WILL come back in time" Tenten looked at the smiling Hyuga and she glared.

"How can you smile at a time like this? How can be so certain that they'll make it in time...what if they don't? Huh? What if Amphy d-" Hinata placed a finger on Tenten's lips causing her to become silent.

"Tenten, have faith. That's all. Have faith in them, have faith that they will return with the medicine. Just do that and you will be rewarded for your endeavors" The pale eyed girl said. Tenten nodded, but a frown was still present on her face. Hinata then sat down and began to stroke Espeon's fur when the purple feline jumped into her lap.

About ten minutes passed and Tenten was beginning to pace. Things tended to get worse when you began to pace.

"Where are they...it's been like forever since we were waiting. WHERE THE HELL ARE THEY?" Tenten yelled. Hinata remained silent, but she also was wondering where her blonde crush and the hyperactive extremist were.

(A/N:what else are you gonna call a guy who runs around with two Miltank on his back as a form of training)

Suddenly there was a loud staccato as the sound of feet against stairs was heard. The two girls and three Pokemon watched as a panting Lee and Naruto were shown to be climbing the stairs. Naruto held the bag in one hand containing the medicine and gave a thumbs up with a foxy grin.

"See I told you" Hinata grinned at Tenten. Hinata then took the bag from Naruto and the two boys sat down to catch their breaths. Quilava then walked up to its trainer and sat next to him.

"Quil Quil Quilava Lav"

"Flaaaaffy Flaffy" Naruto smiled as Flaffy jumped into his arms and began to nuzzle him. Naruto chuckled and rubbed the fire type's head as Quilava rested it against his leg.

"Thanks for the kind words, but it was a hard journey...especially with what happened on the way there" Quilava tilted its head.

"Quil Lava?"

"I'll tell you later" Naruto said as he returned Flaffy to its ball in order for it to rest. After all it did spend a long time sending electricity to Amphy. Quilava then jumped atop the bench that the two trainers were sitting on.

"Quiiil Quilava Lava Quilava Lava Quil Quil?" Naruto was about to answer his Pokemon when no words exited his mouth. Naruto then began to scratch his head in confusion. The blonde sweatdropped before turning to Lee.

"Oi Bushy Brows?" Lee turned with a raised a eyebrow.

"Hmm?"

"Why DIDN'T we use the elevator instead of climbing six flights of stairs?" Lee raised his hand and his mouth opened to answer, but no words came out as Lee suddenly began to contemplate the reason himself.

"I...I don't know. Why DIDN'T we use the elevator?" Naruto and Lee adopted similar thinking poses. They then scratched their heads and patted their knees as they tried to of a way. Quilava and Espeon were laughing to themselves as they watched the two copy each other's movements without even realizing it.

"Oi, Hina-chan, how's the medicine making going?" Naruto asked as he got up from the bench. Hinata looked over the ingredients in front of her and began to work on the cure.

"It's going fine" she replied without looking up from the task at hand. She pounded the Oran and Pecha berries Naruto had gotten her while also mixing in a combined compound made with an Antidote, Paralyze Heal and a Burn Heal. She mixed the solution formed into a bowl provided by Shizune during her routine check ups on the sick electric type. After that Hinata turned to Naruto and pointed at her backpack.

"Naruto-kun, go into my backpack and retrieve the bottle of Moomoo Milk we had gotten from Asaji-san" Naruto complied and turned to Lee and told him to pass the milk. The green clad boy went into the bag and took out the plastic bottle and threw it to Naruto. The blonde caught it before handing the bottle to Hinata.

"Here ya go" he grinned. Hinata smiled back at her crush, a slight blush on her face when he began to decrease the proximity between then in his venture to see what she was doing more closely.

"Ummm, Naruto-kun, not to be rude...but you're kind of preventing me from making the cure with how close you are" she said a bit timidly. Naruto backed off.

"Gomen nasai" he said scratching the back of his head in embarrassment.

"No trouble" she replied before taking the bottle of milk and mixed in with the mixture she just made. She then called over Quilava. "Heat please" she said. Quilava nodded and erected a small pillar of flame from its head. The mixture in the bowl began to heat and bubble. Vapours wafted in the air before Hinata took a small packet of anti-toxin which was in the form of a yellow powder, and as well as a few pills. She handed these to Lee to hold.

She then asked for the pills which Lee handed over. She placed the pills in Amphy's mouth before allowing the electric type to swallow them by using the liquid in the bowl to aid her. The Light Pokemon gulped down each pill, one at a time, before it was given the anti-toxin powder in small concentrations along with the liquid. After it was given the suitable amount of anti-toxin, Hinata had Amphy drink the rest of the liquid in the bowl. Amphy released a burp before lying back down on the bed that it was given.

A few minutes later, Hinata grabbed the thermometer and checked Amphy's temperature. Hinata checked the reading on the mercury filled apparatus.

"How is she?" Tenten asked. Hinata's serious look left her face and was replaced with a small smile.

"Amphy's better. Her temperature's dropped so the fever has broken. Give her a few day's rest and she'll be good as new" Hinata said. Tenten shivered a bit before releasing a squeal of excitement and hugged the younger girl.

"Domo arigato, Hinata-chan!" Tenten said as he squeezed the life out of the Hyuga.

"Glad...I could...help" the girl gasped out as she felt her lungs about to pop. Tenten let her go before running to Amphy and sitting down beside the electric type.

"You hear that Amphy? You're going to be better, all thanks to Hinata-chan" Tenten smiled. The electric type slowly opened its eyes before turning to Hinata.

"Ampharos" Hinata smiled.

"She says thanks" Naruto relayed the message for her.

"No problem, Amphy" the pale eyed girl replied. After that the group went downstairs, Amphy was resting alone in the bed. They were going to go and get Nurse Shizune to watch after her while they left.

---

Outside the Lighthouse, the crowd that had gathered looked to see the children coming down the elevator. They filed out. Hinata walked up to them and gave them a small grin.

"Amphy's fever has gone down. She'll be all better in a few days" she told the crowd. A loud cheer echoed throughout the crowd before they began to praise Hinata for her medical prowess and praised Naruto and Lee for their selfless act of going out to Cianwood City to get the medicine. Nurse Shizune walked up to Hinata and bowed to her.

"Argiato, for saving Amphy. May I ask though, how did you know the cure?" the black haired woman asked. Hinata frowned.

"I saw the same case, but on a much lesser level at the Miltank Ranch on Route 39. Amphy's case was much worse, I have the list of supplies for the antidote upstairs on Amphy's floor. So you can go and stay there with her while also reading them through" Hinata explained. Shizune nodded.

"If you don't make it into contests, maybe you'd consider joining the medical corp. We could use young blood like you" Shizune said before running into the elevator. After that, Tenten was still cartwheel-ing with joy.

"Amphy's better! Amphy's better!" she cried out in a sing-song voice.

"YOSH, AMPHY'S SPARKS OF YOUTH HAVE BEEN RECHARGED YOSH! IN CELEBRATION OF THIS JOYOUS DAY I WILL RUN FIVE HUNDRED LAPS AROUND THE OLIVINE GYM WITH MY HANDS AND FEET TIED TO TOGETHER, YOSH!" Lee then sped off to do...that. The others paused and watched him. Akatsuchi then walked up, Onix still outside its ball.

"Why does he do that?" the Hiker asked. Onix roared a suggestion, but Akatsuchi shook his head.

"Nah, he's gotta be more than just plain crazy, Onix. Anyways, back in the ball" Onix roared.

"Don't back-sass me, you got to fight all those guys that tried to break in!" Akatsuchi retorted as Onix vanished into the sphere as red energy.

"So can all of you...understand your Pokemon?" Tenten asked.

"Only certain ones. Like I can understand my Onix and Golem, but I still have to learn to understand my Sudowoodo and Zubat" Akatsuchi explained, "Hinata here can understand Espeon as well as her Furret and Togepi while Naruto somehow is able to understand ever single Pokemon he meets"

"Not all of them...I couldn't understand those three" he said. Those three being the legendary beasts.

"Really, you couldn't?" Akatsuchi asked. Naruto shook his head.

"They all just sound like roars, maybe they weren't even trying to talk" Naruto shrugged.

"Umm pardon my asking, but what are those three?" Tenten asked. Naruto, Hinata and Akatsuchi looked at each other. They couldn't just tell, "Yeah, it was just the legendary Pokemon. No big deal. By the way they're scary as fuck." After a small, silent conversation, Naruto answered.

"A trio of Nidoking I saw in the Dark Cave a few days ago" Naruto lied. Akatsuchi and Hinata nodded.

"Hai, they nearly killed us when they used Earthquake" Hinata said.

"Managed to get out though when I had Onix use Dig to have us tunnel out of the cave" Akatsuchi added. Dear Arceus, if lying were a sport they'd be gold medalists. Tenten bit the inside of her cheek as she felt like they were hiding something from her, but didn't press on the matter. After all, how do you say you're lying when you have a near death experience with a trio of Nidoking. After a while, the group turned to see Lee still running around the gym.

"OI LEE WHAT NUMBER DID YOU REACH?" Akatsuchi called out.

"497!" the green clad boy called out. Everyone's eyes, except for Tenten's, bugged out of their heads.

"NANI?" they exclaimed. Tenten sighed before taking out a Pokeball. In a flash of white light, a large bird that looked like it was made entirely of steel appeared before them. The bird had yellow eyes and the feathers that were connected to the metallic membrane that held the feathers to its body were a deep crimson.

"SKAAAR!"

"Skarmory, just go and get Lee-baka over here" Skarmory released a series of cries, tilting its head. She turned to Naruto.

"Translation please?" she asked him. The blonde shrugged.

"It asked if he was at it again"

Tenten nodded to her steel/flying type, "Yeah...the baka. Stop him before he hits 500 and does something even more insane" Skarmory nodded before flying towards Lee. As the steel type did that, the padding of footsteps on the sands of Olivine's beach was heard near them. The group looked to see Sasuke, Sakura, Croconaw and Sakura's new Bayleef with her.

"Dobe"

"Teme"

The two greeted each other with glares.

"Hey, Sakura-san" Hinata waved to her pink haired companion.

"Hey, Hinata. What's up?"

"Oh not much. Saving a dying Pokemon, watching Naruto-kun to make sure he doesn't hurt himself when he trains, the usual" she spoke. Sakura nodded before her eyes widened.

"Wait what was that first part about a dying Pokemon?" Hinata looked at her innocently.

"What dying Pokemon...Oh look your Chikorita evolved" Hinata immediately changed the subject. The pinkette grinned at the praise as she saw Hinata stroke the dinosaur-looking Pokemon.

"Yeah it evolved about a few hours ago" Sakura said.

"It's like Neji and Lee all over again" Tenten muttered as she saw the anime lightning begin to build up between Naruto and Sasuke. Suddenly, one Rock Lee plopped down next to her. Taking note of her annoyed expression, Lee got curious.

"Is something wrong Ten-cha-" The Bushy eye browed boy paused mid question as he saw the pink haired, hreen eyed beauty that was Sakura Haruno. An anime bubble background surrounded her face as she laughed, which to Lee, was like heaven in vocal form. Tenten then gasped when Lee stood up, his hands free.

"When did you untie yourself?" she asked. Lee didn't answer as he walked up to Sakura. Sakura turned from Hinata, noting that Sasuke and Naruto are still glaring at each other while Croconaw and Quilava were doing the same. Sakura sighed before turning to see Lee in front of her.

"AGH WHO THE HELL ARE YOU?" Sakura gasped as she held onto Bayleef's neck. The grass type seemed to make its equivalent of a laugh as it watched Sakura's frightened expression.

"Hello, I am Rock Lee, the Blue Beast of Johto"

"But you wear green"

"It's a memento to teacher" he explained.

"It still makes no sense why you say you're a blue beast when you obviously wear green" Lee chuckled nervously, blush adorning his cheeks. Hinata caught wind of the blood rush, being an expert in the field of blushing herself, she saw that Sakura hadn't noticed it yet as she was too busy trying to understand the difference between Green and Blue.

"Anyways, Sakura-chan...I was wondering if you would like to go on a date with me. You beauty knows no bounds, your eyes are like the emeralds, your hair is such a delightful, yet unnatural, shade of pink. Please be my girlfriend" Sakura's eyes widened and Sasuke and Naruto turned their attention from their glaring contest to the scenario before them.

"Quil?"

"Croco?"

"Say what?" the two rivals chorused. Sakura blinked before she looked the boy over and her eyes became EXTREMELY wide, turning pure white in shock, her mouth an equilateral triangle, as she focused on his eyebrows.

"What the...NO WAY YOUR EYEBROWS CREEP ME OUT!"

"SEE LEE I TOLD YOU, THEY CREEP PEOPLE OUT!" Tenten yelled at the boy as she slapped him upside the head. The Blue beast of Johot slumped his shoulders before getting back up.

"Besides, I only have eyes for Sasuke-kun" Sasuke groaned.

"Why can't you find someone else?" the raven haired boy grumbled.

"Because you're Sasuke-kun. No can replace you, Sasuke-kun" she chided. Sasuke face palmed before seeing a fire burning in Lee's eyes.

"Nani?"

"YOSH, IN ORDER TO WIN SAKURA-CHAN'S HEART I SHALL FIGHT YOU, SASUKE-KUN, IN A POKEMON BATTLE! AS THE GYM LEADER OF CIANWOOD CITY I SHALL NOT BE DEFEATED, YOSH!" The world suddenly felt like it stopped spinning for those few moments. The water stopped crashing against the rocks, bird Pokemon stopped cooing, everything was silent until...

"NANI?" The exclamation was enough to comically send Lee flying through the air from the wind generated from the group's combined roar of disbelief. Sasuke's merely quirked an eyebrow.

"YOU'RE A GYM LEADER, BUSHY BROWS?" Naruto exclaimed. Lee got up and dusted the sand off himself before nodding.

"Yeah, why? It is not that big of a deal, is it?" Sakura was the one to answer that question.

"Not big of a...Not big of a deal my ass, you're about one year our senior. That's pretty young to be a gym leader!" Sakura yelled. Lee shrugged.

"What do you mean? Tenten's a gym leader too, Olivine City's leader to be specific, and I don't see YOU guys yelling at HER!" Lee informed them. The group's eyes widened even further as they saw the bun haired girl as she was stroking Skarmory. The brown haired girl chuckled nervously before giving a small wave.

"Hehe ummm...it's true. I took over a few months ago since my older cousin, Mikan, took a trip to the Sinnoh Region. My parents own a Steel Mill up in Kanto Region near Vermilion City so they are up there right now. I'm here alone taking care of the gym and the thing is that I'm the only trainer in my family so I was the obvious choice to take over with Jasmine gone"

Understandable. With Tenten being the only trainer in her family it was obvious that she would be the next one to take over the gym. Sakura turned to Lee.

"So what's your story?" Lee's eyes suddenly brightened as he jumped atop a nearby rock.

"It was a dark and stormy night, I was alone training in the wilderness and..."

"Lee stop with the theatrics and get down from there. You're gonna hurt yourself" Lee frowned and cried anime tears.

"Why must you ruin the moment, Ten-chan!"

"Because you're being stupid. Now hurry and tell them how you became a gym leader" Lee nodded as he instantly stopped crying causing people and Pokemon alike to sweatdrop.

'This idiot's a gym leader' Sasuke thought.

"Alright, well it all started back when Tenten, Hinata's cousin, Neji, and I...we had joined after meeting each other on the road one day. It was pure coincidence that we met each other, but in the end we became relatively inseparable" Lee began, "After a while of traveling, we met...him"

"Who's him?" Hinata asked. Lee's eyes began to sparkle and Tenten sighed.

"It was the day that I met the greatest teacher in my entire life...Maito Gai-sensei" Lee said with pride, "He trained Tenten, Neji and I until we would be able to handle ourselves well, but in the end he stayed with us for much longer than he intended to. We then began to split apart however, Neji going to train with his father, while Tenten had been called to the gym that day since that was when Jasmine had decided to go to the Sinnoh Region. I remained with Gai-sensei and became his official apprentice. Unknown to us, Gai-sensei was actually the gym leader of the Cianwood City gym. After Gai-sensei and I reached back, he began training me rather harshly one day, his routines become much more...dangerous, I believe the right word would be. Then one day in the middle of my training where he had me and my Pokemon fight off his Machamp..."

"Hold it!" Naruto yelled.

"Huh?"

"You're telling me, you actually fought with your Pokemon?" the blonde asked. Lee nodded.

"Yeah, Gai-sensei said that the Pokemon is only as strong as its trainer and in order to strengthen the Pokemon, the trainer must grow as well. Such wise words" Lee nodded his head.

"That...is so cooool" Naruto said with stars in his eyes. Lee grinned widely as he gave the nice guy pose.

"It is isn't it?"

"Yeah, so back to the story..." Akatsuchi said. Lee cleared his throat before continuing.

"Very well. As I was saying, in the middle of my training, a man had come with a message for Gai-sensei. It was from the Pokemon League telling him that their Elite Four member, Siba, had retired at the age of 74 to finally settle down from his life of battling. Gai-sensei was chosen to be his replacement in the Elite Four. Of course, Gai-sensei accepted since it's not everyday you become a member of the Elite Four" Lee said.

"Then what happened?"

"I thought he was going to come back later to take his place as the gym leader, maybe close it down for a while, but I was very wrong. Before Gai-sensei left me he handed me the keys to gym. I had asked why and he answered me with this..."

"Lee, the fate of a nation is said to lie in the hands of its children. The fate of Johto lies in the youthful youths of this region and Lee it is time you reach the springtime of your youth...Lee, after I walk out that door...starting today...you are Cianwood City's Gym Leader. YOSH!"

"And that was that" Lee finished.

"Woah, that's an epic way to become a gym leader" Naruto and Akatsuchi chorused. Naruto then took a step forward and grinned his infamous foxy grin.

"Lee, take me on. I want to battle you. I'll kick your ass and then when I'm done with you, I'll come for you Tenten" Naruto said with utter confidence in himself. Quilava's fire ignited, eyes burning with the lust for battle. Lee grinned.

"Naruto, your youthfulness is making me envious, but I am sorry to say I must decline for I wish to battle Sasuke Uchiha for the right to claim Sakura-chan's heart" Lee said. Naruto blinked and Quilava's fires disappeared.

"Huh? Why would you want to battle the teme, I'm a much better trainer than him. I'll be a much better fight" Sasuke scoffed.

"Please as if you could be a match for me. You and your little fire rodent wouldn't last long against me and Croconaw" The raven haired boy said. Quilava's eyes narrowed as its flames ignited.

"QUILAVAAAA!"

"Oh yeah, like you and your overgrown gecko of a Pokemon could do anything. You probably just stand outside watering plants all day" Sasuke and Croconaw gritted their teeth.

"CROCONAAAW!" Both Pokemon and their trainers glared at one another, anime lightning sparking between their eyes.

"Does this usually occur?" Lee and Tenten asked pointing at the two rivals. Sakura and Hinata shrugged, sweatdrops on the backs of their heads.

"You get used to it" Sakura said. Tenten sighed before placing two fingers in her mouth. Skarmory's eyes widened before it acted like an Ostrich and ducked its head beneath the sands.

"Huh?" the other trainers blinked at Skarmory before they Tenten take a deep breath. A sharp whistle shot through the air causing all fighting and talking to cease. Naruto and Sasuke and their partners blinked before turning to Tenten.

"What?"

"Oi bakas, use your heads for once and think. If you guys want the badges so badly then how's about this. Instead of going all the way to Cianwood City to have an official battle with Lee and then have to come back here to fight me, why don't you guys just fight us together. Me and Lee against Naruto and Sasuke. A Double Battle"

"That...is actually a pretty good idea, Ten-chan" Lee agreed. "What do you two think?" Sasuke and Naruto blinked before looking at each other then back at Tenten, then back to each other, then to Tenten and then each other...then Tenten again...then back at each other. They gaped and stepped away from each other.

"ARE YOU INSANE?" They yelled at the same time. "YOU WANT ME TO FIGHT WITH THIS GUY? I WOULDN'T BATTLE WITH HIM IF HE WERE THE LAST TRAINER ON EARTH!"

The two glared at each other and continued the simultaneous yelling. "OI STOP SAYING WHAT I'M SAYING!"

"NO YOU STOP IT!"

"NO YOU!"

"I SAID TO STOP IT FIRST, SO YOU STOP!"

"STOP SAYING WHAT I'M SAYING YOU BAKA!"

"I'LL KICK YOU ASS!"

"OH YEAH, NOT IF I KICK YOURS FIRST!"

"TEME/DOBE!" The two growled at one another as they returned to literally, butting their heads together. The two glared at each other before separating their foreheads and turning away from each other. They glanced at one another out of the corners of their eyes.

'As if I'd battle with the teme. He would barely be able to keep up with my awesome skills...but then again, Tenten does have a point about the double battle. It'll be killing two birds with one stone, and I guess Sasuke is kinda strong...meh maybe it won't be so bad'

'Pfft, stupid dobe, as if I'd let him battle with me. I am an Uchiha elite, I don't need some dobe dragging down my skills. However, bun-bun does have a point with that double battle thing. Guess I'll have to put aside my pride...but only this once, and Naruto is actually a decent trainer. After this, it's goodbye Naruto'

The two rivals sighed at the same time before turning and clasping their hands in a handshake.

"Truce"

"WHAAAAT?" The group was shocked at the sudden change of heart, "But you guys were just at each other's throats"

"Well we came to a compromise" Naruto said.

"Yeah and besides, I'm only doing this thing once. It's a one time thing, and it's only for me to get those badges. After that, Sakura, we're gone"

"But my contest" Sakura said.

"There are other towns with smaller contests there, you can take those" The trainer of Croconaw argued.

"But this one is much better than the others. It's actually going to a take place out doors" Sakura whined. Sasuke turned, but he suddenly backed up when he saw Sakura using the Puppy Dog Eyes on him.

'Crap, not again' he thought. This was she got him to stay for the one in Violet City. His Uchiha will cracked, but he remained strong before the might that is the wobbly eyes and pout of the Puppy Dog Eyes. 'Curse that thing'

"No" he sighed in relief when she stopped. Sakura then backed off, frowning at the 'meanness' of the Uchiha. before turning to Hinata and the two girls began to talk about the contest.

"Alright, you two...My gym is bigger than Lee's anyway so it would be easier for us to fight here"

"Why? Are your Pokemon that big?" Akatsuchi joked, however he paled when he saw the wide grin on Tenten's face.

"Oh yeah, he's a big guy. Besides, Skarmory here needs room to fly when I use him. Isn't that right?" Skarmory released a cry before flying over to the gym.

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Olivine City- Olivine City Gym

Tenten and Lee took their places on one side of the gym, while Naruto and Sasuke took the opposite end. Hinata, Sakura, Akatsuchi, Bayleef and Espeon were sitting on the sidelines. Tenten clapped her hands and the lights turned on. The large battlefield was then revealed.

"Wow...that's a big battlefield" Naruto commented. Sasuke remained silent, but the slight movement of his eyebrow showed what little surprise he felt.

"Alright, are you boys ready?" Tenten asked. Naruto and Sasuke looked at one another, glaring once more, but nodded. "Moegi-san!" Tenten yelled out. Suddenly, the side door to the gym opened revealing a young ten year old girl. She had brown hair tied up into two large...things (A/N: What are those things on Moegi's head honestly?). She wore a pink shirt underneath a black vest and had on a dark green skirt. She wore a pair of white socks and black sneakers to complete her outfit.

"Yah, Tenten?" The young girl called out.

"Oi, what's that little girl doing here?"

"Hey, I'm not little, I'm ten years old" Moegi huffed. Tenten sweatdropped at that before walking over and dragging the smaller girl to the referee's stand.

"She's my ref, Naruto" Tenten informed the blonde, "Besides, this way I get to have a ref without paying. I get it for free" she added cheekily.

"You cousins or something?" Akatsuchi asked. Tenten shrugged.

"Second cousin on my dad's side" She answered, "Alright, Moegi-san, no distracting the challengers ok? I know you want me to win, but it'll be unfair if I win under those conditions"

"M'kay, Tenten" Moegi grinned before pulling out a red and green flag out of nowhere. Tenten then told Moegi about the match and what the rules were before leaving the girl to her devices.

"Ok, THIS IS A DOUBLE BATTLE! THE GYM LEADER OF CIANWOOD CITY, ROCK LEE, AND OLIVINE CITY, TENTEN AGAINST THE CHALLENGERS, NARUTO UZUMAKI AND SASUKE UCHIHA FROM NEW BARK TOWN! EACH TRAINER IS ALLOWED THE USE OF TWO POKEMON! WHEN ALL FOUR POKEMON ON EITHER SIDE OF THE BATTLEFIELD HAS BEEN DEFEATED, THE MATCH IS OVER! CHALLENGERS ARE PERMITTED THE USE OF FOUR ITEMS EACH, WHILE THE GYM LEADERS ARE PERMITTED TO ONE ITEM EACH!" Moegi announced before raising her flags.

"She's rather loud" Sakura commented.

"You're one to talk" Akatsuchi mumbled.

"What was that?" The pinkette glared. Akatsuchi whistled innocently.

"Nothing"

"I thought so"

"LET THE BATTLE BEGIN!" Moegi swiped her flags in a downward arc.

"Alright, Lee how do you wanna do this?"

"You high, I go low" Lee answered. Tenten nodded before turning to Skarmory.

"SKAR!" The silver bird took flight above the battlefield while Lee took out a Pokeball.

"Hitmonlee, IKUZO!" Lee hurled the ball and out of the Pokeball came a brown coloured Pokemon. It had beady black eyes with its arms and legs being made of what looked like coiled springs. Its hand each had three fingers and its feet were large, each one sporting three claw-like toes.

"Hitmonlee!" The Pokemon cried out as it kicked out its legs in a flurry of movement before spinning and letting loose a powerful upward kick that caused a gust of wind to fly at the boys on the opposite end.

"Damn...that thing seems strong" Naruto commented.

"Nothing we can't handle" Sasuke said. Naruto raised his eyebrow.

"We? Since when did it become we?" Sasuke growled.

"Only temporary!" He answered. Naruto shrugged.

"Alright teme, what should we do? Send out our aces..." he gestured to their starters, "or go for type advantage?" Sasuke nodded.

"Type advantage, save Croconaw and Quilava for their final Pokemon"

"So which one do you wanna take?"

"I'll take the bird, you take Lee" Naruto nodded as the two took out their Pokeballs.

"ALRIGHT PIDGEOTTO, I CHOOSE YOU!" The evolved form of Pidgey let loose an eagle-like screech as it appeared in the air. Sasuke threw his Pokeball in the air and a flash of white light exited the spheroid. The Pokemon that came out was a small black Pokemon. Its hands were actually two ice blue covered claws that were stiffly joined together making them look like it was a single claw. Its feet were covered in white fur. Its head had a large pink feather protruding out of it. Its small ears twitched and its mischievous yellow eyes seemed to shine.

"Sneasel!" The Ice type cried out.

"When did you get that?" Naruto asked.

"I wasn't lazing around the entire time dobe" Sasuke answered. Naruto smirked.

"Well, let's get this over with teme" Naruto said.

"PIDGEOTTO GUST!"

"SNEASEL ICE SHARD!" Pidegotto flapped its wings and a large tornado sped towards Hitmonlee while Sneasel released a barrage of icy projectiles at Skarmory.

"Tsk tsk, type advantage won't work against me and Ten-chan" Lee said. Tenten grinned.

"Let's show these rookies what it means to be a gym leader" Tenten said.

"HITMONLEE, ROLLING KICK!"

"SKARMORY, STEEL WING!"

Hitmonlee vanished out of sight as soon as it took one step forward, surprising both Naruto and Pidgeotto.

"Fast" he muttered. Suddenly, the Kicking Pokemon appeared in Pidgeotto's face. Hitmonlee spun in the air and crashed a powerful kick to the side of Pidgeotto's face sending it flying through the air. Skarmory was barrel rolling through the Ice Shard before its wings suddenly shone brighter than before. Sneasel quickly backflipped and avoided the attack from Skarmory, but Sneasel was sent skidding back by the wind produced when Skarmory missed as it showed off just how fast Skarmory was moving.

"Seems they're tougher than we thought" Naruto said.

"For you maybe, I've been looking for decent challenge since that Fuka girl in Goldenrod" Sasuke said with smirk.

"SNEASEL USE ICY WIND!" Sasuke commanded. Sneasel released a blast of freezing wind from its maw at the steel/flying type only for Hitmonlee to appear in front of the Pokemon, taking the hit.

"Go into a Rolling Kick!" Lee commanded. Hitmonlee landed on the ground and rolled on the ground causing the frost that formed on its body to crack off before going onto its hand and spun. The kick crashed into the side of Sneasel's face.

"Pidgeotto, Quick Attack!" Pidgeotto dove down, but Hitmonlee got back on its feet and jumped, flipping over the bird Pokemon and at the apex of the jump Hitmonlee suddenly succumbed to gravity and slammed a brutal downward kick to Pidgeotto's back. The Fighting type Pokemon then jumped off of the downed Pokemon's back and landed in front of Lee. Skarmory suddenly came out from above and began to peck at Sneasel with a Fury Attack.

"Dodge and counter with Slash!" Sasuke commanded. Sneasel dodged the a peck from Skarmory and lashed out with a slash, the claws scraping against Skarmory's steel like exterior. This caused Sneasel to suddenly get hit in the stomach with Skarmory's sharp beak as the bird did not lose its momentum from the attack. Skarmory then followed up with quick jabs to the stomach again before slamming its beak into Sneasel's stomach. Sneasel was sent skidding backwards, clutching its paining stomach. Pidgeotto got back up after that brutal kick to the spine had nearly crippled it. The bird released a cry before flapping its wings furiously. A powerful Twister attack sped towards Hitmonlee, but the Kicking Pokemon vanished to appear in Pidgeotto's face. Pidgeotto's eyes widened before it dodged the kick that followed after and then got into Hitmonlee's guard.

"ALRIGHT QUICK ATTACK!" Naruto said. Pidgeotto suddenly sped forth and even though the distance would cause the attack to be weak, it was enough to send Hitmonlee back and give Naruto the opening he required.

"GUST!" Pidgeotto flapped its wings and a grey twister shot towards Hitmonlee sending it flying back from the super effective move. However, Skarmory attack from above and crashed a powerful Steel Wing to it fellow flying type's side. However, before it get past Pidgeotto after the strike, Sneasel appeared in its face and took a deep breath. A powerful gust of wind mixed with ice particles flew forth and struck the flying type and sent the Pokemon back. However, Skarmory performed a loop-de-loop so it would right itself in midair before flapping its wings.

"AIR CUTTER!" Skarmory let out a cry and complied with it's trainer's command. Multiple arcs of compressed air flew through the air before crashing into both Pokemon sending flying back.

"Sneasel, use Ice Shard to fight them off!" Sneasel flipped in the air before leaping off the wall and atop Pidgeotto's back and let loose a barrage of ice shards. The arcs of air continued to come at them as Pidgeotto flew around them, but Sneasel's ice shards were being cut into two as they met the Air Cutter attacks.

"Pidgeotto, Twister and Gust!"

Sneasel, Icy Wind!"

A gigantic tornado of wind and ice formed as the attacks raced towards Skarmory.

"Skarmory, Metal Sound!" Skarmory took a deep breath before releasing a large pulse of sound waves. The sound waves met the gusts of wind and ice in a seemingly titanic clash. A large explosion of wind and ice erupted, but the result of the Metal Sound caused Pidgeotto and Sneasel to be slightly disoriented. Suddenly Hitmonlee appeared behind them, foot raised high over its head.

"HI-JUMP KICK!" Lee yelled. Hitmonlee released a powerful axe that crashed down on both Pokemon sending them to the ground.

"Sneasel, Icy Wind to soften the fall!" Sneasel quickly took in air and released a blast of cold air that froze the floor while also slowing their descent by 75%.

"Nice save" Naruto commented. Sasuke nodded.

"They're fast" Sasuke said.

"Too fast...not even Pidgeotto's eyes were able to keep up with the speed Hitmonlee moved at and it was only because it was a repeat tactic that we were able to dodge the kick" Naruto said.

"Shit they're coming, SNEASEL USE AGILITY THEN USE SLASH!" Sneasel suddenly began to move in a blur of movement towards Skarmory, but Hitmonlee descended from above with a Jump Kick.

"PIDGEOTTO, QUICK ATTACK!" Pidgeotto's beak met Hitmonlee's foot in midair saving the Ice/Dark type from what could have been a fatal blow. Sneasel continued to run before jumping into the air. It spun and slashed at Hitmonlee sending the fighting type Pokemon through the air before Pidgeotto flew up and sent a gust of wind Sneasel's way allowing it to speed through the air.

"Skarmory, dodge it!" Tenten yelled. Skarmory barrel rolled, but as Sneasel landed on the wall in shot back and flipped before slamming a brutal downward Slash attack to Skarmory's back. The attack hit with enough force to have Skarmory loose balance in the air.

"Alright, Pidgeotto, Use Agility and then Quick Attack!" Pidgeotto nodded before vanishing in a blur of movement. It suddenly appeared in front Hitmonlee. The Kicking Pokemon raised its arms and blocked the attack, but the Pokemon was still sent skidding backwards, but when Pidgeotto had flown up due to its momentum, it went into a loop-de-loop and came back for another strike.

"Hitmonlee, Jump Kick! INTERCEPT!" Lee yelled. Hitmonlee jumped and fired a kick at Pidgeotto, but the flying Pokemon barrel rolled to avoid it causing both Lee's eyes to widen as Pidgeotto suddenly turned in midair after the barrel roll and struck forth, burying its beak deep into Hitmonlee's back. Hitmonlee flew through the air just as Sneasel had sent an Icy Wind its way. The Fighting type was sent to the ground from the double team, but Skarmory appeared and struck both Pokemon with a Steel Wing. Sneasel flew straight into Pidgeotto and then Skarmory dove down and had Hitmonlee land on its back before resting it down gently.

"Hitmonlee, Rolling Kick!" Pidgeotto tensed, expecting it to come for it, but instead both trainers and Pokemon were caught off guard when Hitmonlee appeared in Sneasel's face and crashed its foot against Sneasel's smaller body. The black furred Pokemon cried out in pain as it slammed into the wall, a spiderweb of cracks forming from the impact.

"Sneasel, get up!" Sasuke ordered. Sneasel nodded, its golden eyes burning with righteous fury. Suddenly Pidgeotto dove down to strike at Hitmonlee, but quickly had to go into a vertical drop as Skarmory nearly took it down with a Fury Attack.

"DON'T LET IT ESCAPE, AIR CUTTER!" Skarmory flapped its wings and suddenly arcs of compressed air sliced through the air, slamming into Pidgeotto. Pidgeotto was sent to the ground from the force. Hitmonlee quickly rolled to the side to avoid an Icy Wind and followed up with Rolling Kick to send Sneasel to the side. It then saw the downed Pidgeotto and looked at its trainer.

"USE HI-JUMP KICK ON PIDGEOTTO, FINISH IT!" Hitmonlee nodded before leaping in the air. The Pokemon flipped to build momentum before descending to the ground.

"HITMOOOOON!" The Pokemon was about to slam its foot down on the the Flying type when Pidgeotto's eyes suddenly glanced up and formed its equivalent of a smirk. Hitmonlee's eyes widened as it suddenly felt a force crash into into its stomach.

"Faint Attack!" Sasuke muttered. Naruto smirked and looked at Sasuke.

"Not bad, teme. Didn't you know you could move that fast, even with Agility"

"Dobe, just shut up and let's finish this" Naruto nodded.

"No problem there, teme. We've doing things a little bit on the solo side. Teamwork now?"

"Let's get this over with" Sasuke said. Both boys suddenly gained a confident look in their eyes.

"PIDGEOTTO AGILITY THEN TWISTER!" "SNEASEL, ICY WIND!"

Pidgeotto suddenly blurred out of Hitmonlee's vision as it landed on the ground due to Skarmory catching it. Both Pokemon's eyes widened when they saw Pidgeotto flap its wings and Sneasel inhale deeply.

"TOTOTOTOTOTO!" Pidgeotto cried out in effort as the dragon type move swirled into existence. Ice and wind mixed into it as well as Sneasel expelled it from its maw. A blue twister swirled to life before crashing into the two Pokemon. Pidgeotto then vanished in a blur of as in fused Quick Attack and Agility.

"Sneasel Faint Attack and Ice Shard!" Sneasel jumped off of Pidgeotto's back before vanishing in a flash of black. Skarmory was suddenly shoulder tackled as Sneasel slammed into it. The dark/ice type then planted its feet against Skarmory's back and backflipped off of the Pokemon and landed atop Pidgeotto's own once more before releasing Ice Shard. Hitmonlee quickly jumped off and pulled Skarmory to the side as the Ice Shard attack flew by. However, a large tornado sprung up beneath them and caused both Pokemon to let out cries of pain as they were struck by the Gust attack.

"Naruto, give Sneasel a speed boost!" Sasuke said.

"You got it, Pidgeotto GUST!" Pidgeotto flapped its wings and Sneasel descended. Sneasel then spun with then twister and released an Icy Wind attack.

"ICE STORM!" Sasuke and Naruto yelled. The attack crashed down on Skarmory and Hitmonlee and a large explosion of ice formed as the result. Lee and Tenten gaped in amazement.

"Such...Such power" Tenten commented.

"THEY'RE FLAMES OF YOUTH ARE SO INSPIRING!" Lee wept causing Tenten to sweatdrop. The smoke cloud cleared as Pidgeotto landed on the ground revealing Sneasel standing victoriously atop Hitmonlee and Skarmory. They had swirls in their eyes to show that they had fainted. Moegi gaped in shock at how the Pokemon were knocked out.

"H-H-Hitmonlee and Sk-Sk-Skarmory are unable t-t-to b-battle" she stuttered, her state of disbelief still present. "WINNERS ARE PIDGEOTTO AND SNEASEL!"

"TENTEN, YOU SUCK!" The ten year old yelled at Tenten. The steel-type user's vein in her forehead bulged in anger.

"SHUT UP, MOEGI-SAN!" Tenten roared. Moegi stuck her tongue out and blew a raspberry as the brown haired girl.

"They're actually really strong when they work together" Akatsuchi commented.

"It's actually kind of hard to see those two actually doing anything other than arguing when with each other" Hinata added.

"Sasuke-kun is the best!" Sakura cooed. Bayleef looked at its trainer and smiled.

"Bay Bayleef"

"WHAT THE...?" Everyone stopped talking when they saw Pidgeotto suddenly glow with white light. The flying/normal type grew much, much larger. It was now as tall as Akatsuchi if not a bit taller. The Pokemon spread its wings as the glow died down revealing the final form of the evolutionary chain of Pidgey. The Pokemon was noticeably larger than its pre-evolution. Its plumage was shown to be larger and glossier than that of Pidgeotto's. The feathers on its head-crest are nearly as long as its body, and are yellow and red. Its tail feathers are red colored. Like its previous evolutions, its underbelly is a tan color, and it has black markings around its eyes.

"PIDGEOOOOOOOT!" The large flying type screeched.

"Well will you look at that. The dobe can actually make his Pokemon evolve" Sasuke smirked. Naruto ignored his rival's jab as he took out his Pokedex when it had beeped.

Pidgeot the Bird Pokemon. A Normal/Flying type Pokemon. Its well-developed chest muscles make it strong enough to whip up a gusty windstorm with just a few flaps.

Naruto grinned, "Pidgetto, I mean Pidgeot...you evolved!" Naruto wrapped his arms around the larger Pokemon's neck. The Bird Pokemon smiled, but winced slightly as the damage it had taken in its previous form had been transferred to it. However, it didn't show it. Naruto then let go before pointing at Lee and Tenten.

"YOSH! With Pidgeot here, me and the teme are gonna win those badges" Tenten and Lee grinned at the younger trainer's enthusiasm.

"Your youthfulness is indeed admirable, Naruto-kun..."

"But just because your Pokemon evolved...it does not mean you've beaten us yet" Tenten suddenly took out a large black Pokemon which had blue studs on it, a Heavy Ball. Lee took a regular Pokeball.

"These are our strongest Pokemon" The two gym leaders said before throwing them.

"IKUZO!"

Both Pokemon appeared in flashes of white light.

"STEEEEEELIX!" Tenten's Pokemon was a large Pokemon that resembled a giant iron snake. It was a reflective, silvery gray, which reflected the sunlight making it seem to shine body was made up of rock-like sections, some of which had massive rock spikes coming out of them. It had a massive head mainly made up of their jaw. The jaw was large and wide with sets of large square teeth inside. Along their bottom jaw were a pair of ridges indicating that the Steelix was male. Underneath the bottom jaw and chin, on the underside of the jaw, were small square domes. The head had two long ridges going from the eyes up to the top of their heads. Its jaws also had massive ridges where it meet its skull. Its tail ended with a sharp point.

"POLIWRATH!" Naruto pointed at it.

"OI, That's the same Poliwrath you used to swim to Cianwood. That's your strongest Pokemon?" Lee nodded.

"With Poliwrath's water type section, even if I am up against flying types...I can take them down!" Lee said with flames burning in his eyes, "BECAUSE OF THE YOUTHFUL ICE MOVE...ICE BEAM!" Naruto and Sasuke's eyes widened. If Poliwrath knew Ice Beam then that meant Pidgeot was screwed and with Steelix's large size it would easily overpower them. The two young trainers gritted their teeth.

"Try to do as much damage as possible" Sasuke said.

"What happened to know your limits?" the blonde asked. Sasuke smirked.

"What happened to take advantage of every opportunity to beat the opponent?" Naruto blinked.

"Kakashi-sensei, told you?"

"Kakashi told me, yeah. It actually helped too. I usually act on strategy, so I never took chances that would result in loss...but then I started seeing things I never saw before. I started using instinct along with strategy...something that you tend to do, Naruto" Sasuke said.

"If Pidgeot can get a hit on Poliwrath, we'll be able to take it down when Sneasel and Pidgeot go down. Take advantage of Pidgeot's strength and speed and we might be able to take them down" Sasuke said. Naruto nodded before turning back to the battle field.

"PIDGEOT GUST ON POLIWRATH!" Pidgeot nodded before taking to the skies, Sneasel atop its back. The large Bird Pokemon gave a single flap of its wings and suddenly high speed winds erupted out of the air, spiraling into a tornado. The tornado sped towards Poliwrath, but Steelix got in the way and took the attack.

"With Steelix's steel hard body, your flying type moves will do little to no damage, Naruto" Tenten said.

"Well Steelix is part ground type!" Naruto said, "SASUKE!"

"SNEASEL ICY WIND!" Sneasel leaped into the air and inhaled deeply before releasing its ice cold breath. However, Poliwrath had unknowingly climbed atop Steelix.

"Poliwrath, Ice Beam!" The more powerful Ice type move overpowered the Icy Wind and crashed into Sneasel. Sneasel was then sent flying into Pidgeot. The super effective move caused Pidgeot to cry out in pain, along with Sneasel.

"Tenten!"

"Right, STEELIX, IRON TAIL!" Steelix's tail glowed brightly, before changing into a steel silver colour. Steelix gave a roar before slamming it down on the injured Pokemon. Pidgeot and Sneasel gritted their teeth as they groaned in pain, too damaged to even raise their heads. Poliwrath then jumped off of Steelix's head and descended towards the two downed Pokemon. Poliwrath's hands clenched into fists, muscles tensed.

"Now finish it, DYNAMIC PUNCH!"

"POLIIIIIWRATH!" Dynamic Punch slammed down onto the two downed Pokemon causing them to gasp as the wind was sent out of their lungs from the strike. The two Pokemon groaned before their eyes closed and Sneasel and Pidgeot were shown to be knocked out.

"PIDGEOT AND SNEASEL ARE UNABLE TO BATTLE, THE WINNERS ARE STEELIX AND POLIWRATH!" Moegi announced.

"Amazing" Hinata gasped.

"So that's her giant Pokemon...Steelix" Akatsuchi said before smirking, 'I wonder if she has some extra Metal Coat' he added as an afterthought.

"Wow...that Steelix and Poliwrath took them both out in just a few hits" Sakura gaped. Bayleef nodded in agreement with its trainer.

"So, teme...with Poliwrath's Water Absorb ability, Croconaw's gonna be at a disadvantage. Quilava's a fire type so that way we can take down Steelix" Naruto said. "You got any electric or grass types, what about that Zubat of yours, it's a flying type"

"It's a Golbat now, but Poliwrath knows Ice Beam so it would easily take down Golbat. The electric type I have is still not highly trained to take on something as strong as Poliwrath and I have no grass types"

"Why not borrow Bayleef?" Naruto asked.

"NO!" Sasuke turnd, eyes blazing with rage at the suggestion, "I WIN THIS WITH MY POKEMON, NO ONE ELSES! UCHIHAS DO NOT HAVE OTHERS WIN THEIR BATTLES!" Naruto backed off from the wrath of his temporary battle partner. Naruto nodded as he understood that the Uchiha's arguing was a result of his pride kicking in.

"Alright then...Croconaw it is?" Sasuke gritted his teeth as he looked at the water type before nodding.

"Croconaw...let's go" Sasuke said. The Big Jaw Pokemon snapped its jaws menacingly before taking to the battle field.

"Quilava, you're up!" Naruto said. The Volcano Pokemom's flames ignited as it stepped up to the plate.

"Fire and Water, huh?" Tenten asked.

"Kinda cliche, don't you think?" Lee said. Naruto and Sasuke ignored the comments.

"Quilava FLAME WHEEL!"

"Croconaw WATER GUN!"

Quilava jumped and began to roll, flames engulfing its form as it headed for Steelix, Croconaw's Water Gun heading for the Steelix as well in hopes to take out the larger Pokemon first.

"Steelix, Sandstorm!" Tenten commanded. Steelix's body began to twist as the sand on the gym's floor began to pick up and a sandstorm was generated around it.

"Shit" Sasuke cursed as the winds and sand blocked the attacks. Quilava flipped through the air, however as it was it midair, Poliwrath appeared through the sands, fist thrust back.

"DYNAMIC PUNCH!" Lee yelled. Poliwrath thrust its fist downward, only for Quilava to use Quick Attack to avoid it.

"SWIFT!" Stars shot from Quilava's mouth as it appeared behind Poliwrath. The attack struck it and Poliwrath stumbled forward and Croconaw's waiting jaws clamped down on Poliwrath's arm in a Crunch attack.

"Poliwrath, punch it off!" Lee yelled. Poliwrath nodded before striking the Big Jaw Pokemon's lower jaw multiple times causing its grip to loosen before another punch sent it flying. Teeth flew through the air as Croconaw's teeth were released by the impact of the punches. However, Croconaw's teeth were quickly replaced by the ones waiting beneath it.

"Quilava, Quick Attack!" Naruto commanded. The Volcano Pokemon raced towards Poliwrath and struck it in the back. Poliwrath turned to strike it with a Water Gun only for Quilava to move out of the way and strike it in the side.

"Ember!" The fire attack sent Poliwrath skidding backwards before Croconaw appeared behind it.

"USE ICE FANG!" The jaws of Croconaw glowed an ice blue colour before clamping down on Poliwrath's leg. Ice crept up the limb as Croconaw let go. All the while, the three Pokemon that were not of the steel type nature were being buffeted by the sandstorm's effect.

"Steelix, DIG!" Tenten commanded. Steelix's sandstorm ended before the steel type dug deep into the gym's floor. The floor rumbled as the tremors made by Steelix's digging threw the Pokemon off-balance.

"LEE!" The green clad trainer nodded. Years of training with Tenten had his Poliwrath able to remain stable under the tremors of Steelix's movements.

"WATER GUN ON QUILAVA!" Quilava tried to move out of the way, but Steelix's movements were restricting it from doing so and Poliwrath let loose a blast of water from the center of its spiral.

"Croconaw, intercept!" Sasuke yelled. Croconaw sent forth a Water Gun of its own and the two attacks clashed resulting in a makeshift sea spray.

"Poliwrath, use Focus Punch on the ground!" Poliwrath focused its energy into its right fist. The fist glowed blue before it slammed the fist down on the ground. A trail of focused energy flew forth and sent Croconaw flying.

"Steelix, NOW!" Tenten cried. The Iron Snake Pokemon burst out of the floor and smashed its against the smaller, airborne Pokemon. Croconaw flew upwards, but Naruto and Sasuke smirked when they noticed the tremors stopped now that Steelix was out of the underground.

"Right, Croconaw's positioned perfectly" Sasuke smirked. "WATER GUN!" Croconaw released a jet of water that impacted with the part ground type's face. Steelix roared in pain from the attack as the water gun hit it with enough force for it to loose it balance.

"FLAME WHEEL!" Quilava ran towards the Steel type and rolled along the ground. Poliwrath quickly appeared in front of Quilava to knock it away with a Water Gun, but Croconaw intervened once more. Quilava then jumped, still in Flame Wheel form. The attack crashed into Steelix and the Iron Snake Pokemon roared as the fire attack burned its steel-like body.

"Poliwrath, Water Gun!" Poliwrath released a quick jet of water as Quilava was in the air and the attack finally made a hit. Quilava released a cry of pain as the attack sent it careening into the gym's wall.

"Croconaw, stop the water with Ice Fang!" Croconaw leaped into the air, fangs shining a vivid blue colour. Croconaw bit down on the stream of water and ice suddenly began to travel along the water stream. Poliwrath stopped the attack and the pillar of ice that formed fell to the ground and shattered.

"Quilava, you all right?" Naruto called out to his Pokemon. Quilava grunted as it got back onto its feet and gave a nod.

"Quilava!" The Volcano Pokemon released an Ember attack at the downed Steelix, but Poliwrath launched an Ice Beam attack thus erecting an ice wall to take the hit. The wall melted from the heat and Steelix was shown to have recovered.

"Iron Tail!" Tenten commanded. Steelix's tail became a shining silver before it swung the tail and it connected with both opponents' Pokemon. Naruto and Sasuke gaped as they saw their Pokemon go airborne only for Poliwrath to send them to the ground with a double Focus Punch.

"Now Ice Beam!"

"Quilava, spin on the ground and use Flame Wheel!" Naruto yelled. Quilava began to do a sort of break dance while expelling fire from its head and rear. The Charcoal item increased the power of its flames as it always did and as such a fiery tornado sprung up and clashed with the ice beam, easily overpowered it and slammed into Poliwrath's body. Lee's Pokemon flipped in midair and landed on its feet. Steelix then appeared out of the ground as it had used Dig and slammed into both Croconaw and Quilava. Croconaw was then given a shot downwards as Quilava pushed it down as they came into contact with the ceilig of the gym.

"EMBER!"

"WATER GUN!"

Fire and water clashed against Steelix's body causing the Pokemon to roar in pain. Poliwrath jumped up and slammed a swift Dynamic Punch to Croconaw's jaw sending it soaring through the air along with its teeth, though those quickly regrew, and spun and kicked Quilava in the face before hitting it with Focus Punch and followed up with Water Gun.

"Quilava, use Quick Attack when you hit the wall" Quilava backflipped in the air and used Quick Attack as it landed against the gym's wall. The Volcano Pokemon slammed into Poliwrath's stomach causing the Tadpole Pokemon to cough as the wind was knocked out of its lungs.

"Now slam it down with your tail!" Lee and Tenten watched as Poliwrath soared through the air before being slammed down by Croconaw's tail as the Pokemon had done the same move as Quilava, except using Water Gun to propel itself. Tenten gritted her teeth.

"Steelix, Iron Tail!" The Iron Snake Pokemon roared as it slowly got back up, tail glowing silver. It lashed out with its tail, but in its weakened state, it didn't have the strength to move it at the speed it previously used to, so Quilava and Croconaw managed to land atop the appendage before smirking at the Iron Snake. Croconaw let loose a Water Gun, but the Tadpole Pokemon suddenly appeared in its way and took the blow. Water Abosorb kicked in and Poliwrath was rejuvenated slightly from the attack.

"Quilava, Quick Attack!" Naruto commanded. The Volcano Pokemon took off like a shot as they fought on Steelix's body.

"Lee, tell Poliwrath to get off!" Tenten told her partner. Lee nodded and did so. Poliwrath jumped off as Steelix rose up, red eyes holding an evil glint in them.

"SANDSTORM!" Tenten commanded. Steelix released a roar as it body rotated, kicking up sand and trapped the two Pokemon within it. The tornado of sand caused Croconaw to fly out, but Quilava had taken a hold of one of the protrusion's coming out of Quilava's body. Naruto gritted his teeth.

"I didn't want to use...but I guess I have no choice" he muttered. Sasuke looked at his rival in confusion.

"What do you mean by that?"

"Quilava and I had been training before we reached Olivine City. It was a early in the morning after a session of training and we hadn't left the Miltank Ranch yet...Quilava learned a move that was extremely powerful, but the thing was that the attack, even a smidge of its power had caused a large explosion the size of Steelix" Sasuke's eyes widened.

"What attack is that?"

"You'll see now" Naruto answered, "Take care of Poliwrath first though...QUILAVA FLAME WHEEL!" Quilava began to rotate within the Sandstorm and Steelix gritted its teeth in pain, but the tornado of sand spun faster as it hoped to knock out Quilava with the continuous buffeting of sand particles.

"Poliwrath, take down Croconaw with Ice Beam!" Lee said. Poliwrath launched an Ice Beam, but Croconaw leaped over it.

"Ice Fang on its legs!" Sasuke ordered. Croconaw moved forth in a burst of speed and bit down on Poliwrath's legs. Ice spread over its limbs and the Pokemon froze in place.

"What the...?"

"Alright, finish it with Crunch!" Sasuke said. Croconaw's jaws opened wide and it bit down on Poliwrath's body. The fangs dug into the Tadpole Pokemon's body drawing a slight amount of blood as the teeth broke through the slippery skin on Poliwrath. Poliwrath cried out as the blinding pain flooded its body. Croconaw then squeezed down tighter before letting go. Poliwrath feel limp as Croconaw spun and crashed its tail into its body. Poliwrath spun in the air before slamming into the wall, a small hole forming.

"Alright, Poliwrath's down!" Sasuke said. Naruto nodded as he saw the red glow in the Sandstorm that was Quilava's Flame Wheel.

"ALRIGHT QUILAVA, IT'S TIME!"

"QUIIIIIILLLLLL!" The Volcano Pokemon's fires suddenly increased in strength. The two gym leaders, Sasuke and the small audience watched in shock as the Volcano Pokemon caused the Sandstorm attack to suddenly become glass from the extreme amounts of heat.

"Charcoal and Blaze ability" Naruto explained to his rival. Sasuke's eyes widened as he saw the fire pillar shatter the glass tornado. Steelix wobbled a bit as Quilava landed on the ground.

"Steelix, pull through! USE IRON TAIL!" Steelix swung its tail, but Quilava avoided the attack and then its flames increased in size before changing from red and yellow to blue and white.

"What the...BLUE FLAMES!" Everyone gasped. Hinata and Akatsuchi had never thought they would have seen it again since the time at Goldenrod City gym when the blonde had taken down Fuka's Miltank.

"ALRIGHT, QUILAVA DO IT!" Quilava's eyes widened as they seemed to glow an evil crimson. The ground around Quilava suddenly began to glow red as the heat generated by Quilava seemed to stretch out around it. Quilava's flames then englufed its body before it rose up and exploded over the battlefield.

"LAVA PLUME!" Naruto yelled. The attack took the form of a large wave of fire, similar to the shape of lava after it has been ejected from a volcano. The attack engulfed Steelix causing the Steel type to roar as its body was burnt like never before. Then with a final cry from the Volcano Pokemon caused the flames to intensify and a large explosion occurred. The smoke cloud filled the entire gym before dying down.

"W-W-W-W-W-Wow" Everyone stuttered. Croconaw and Sasuke gaped at their rivals as they saw Naruto smirking and Quilava was panting in exhaustion.

'Since when did the dobe get so...powerful' Sasuke wondered. Steelix lay on the ground covered in numerous burns and was unconscious. Tenten and Lee were in shock as they saw the outcome of their battle.

"They won" the two gym leaders muttered.

"They won" the audience muttered. Moegi stared in silence, eyes wide and mouth agape.

"THEY WON!" she exclaimed. Cheers suddenly filled the gym as the unconscious gym leaders' Pokemon lay defeated. Poliwrath was in a whole in the wall while Steelix was as still as a rock. However just as Quilava and Croconaw walked back up to their trainers the Pokemon looked at each other as they suddenly felt a tingling sensation around their bodies.

"Quilava Quil"

"Croconaw"

"What do you mean you feel weird?" Naruto's question was answered for him as Quilava and Croconaw glowed with white light. The light surrounded both Pokemon as they underwent evolution.

"Hmmm seems they both evolved with this battle" Sasuke said.

"Hey we're awesome trainer what do you expect" Naruto grinned as he frocefull put his arm over his battle partner's shoulder.

"Get off of me"

"Shut up, you're ruining the moment" Sakura said as she bopped them both on the head. The light of evolution died down and Naruto and Sasuke looked up at the much taller Pokemon.

Naruto's partner had grown to have a somewhat bearlike physique, with bulky thighs and a collar of fire around its neck. Its ears were thinner compared to Quilava's, and lack ear insides. Its face, underside, arms, and legs were a shade of cream, and its back was dark blue. On the fully evolved Pokemon's rear was a spiky, coarse fringe of its back fur. When its mouth opened, it was revealed to have a thick tongue. Its red eyes shone with power as the fur on its neck suddenly burst into flames.

Sasuke's partner was now a big, bulky, bipedal crocodilian Pokémon. It was primarily blue with accentuations of red and yellow. Its jaws had increased in size and revealed three teeth as its mouth was closed. Two from the lower jaw and one from the upper. It had three sets of spikes on its body, all of which possessed three prongs. The one on its back appeared to be larger than the others. There was also a bisected, V-shaped yellow pattern similar to the one it had as Totodile, but on the lower portion of its body and between its thighs instead of its arms. Its irises changed from the ruby red it has in its previous evolutions and they were now a golden yellow.

"TYPHLOSION!"

"FERALIGATR!"

(A/N: Well this has to be the longest chapter of the story, so I hoped you guys liked it. I cut it off at that part because I thought it would be a nice kind of cliff hanger effect to have on this story. I hope you guys enjoyed the battle and I hope you guys liked the chapter.

Now then on the next chapter, with the Pokemon being heavily injured despite their evolutions, Sasuke and Naruto are forced to stay in Olivine City for the time being. Not that Naruto minds due to Hinata having the Olivine Contest to take part in. But it turns out that the Olivine City Seaside Festival is about to occur. People from all over come to see the festival and it seems as if a bit of love is in the air as Hinata's Espeon and Naruto's Eevee are hanging out during the festival. With Typhlosion out of the picture, let's see if Eevee has what it takes to get the girl in chapter 13: Through the eyes of a Pokemon.

This next chapter will be from the Pokemon's point of view so it will focusing solely on the Pokemon and not their trainers. I will therefore be having the Pokemon speak english instead of their usual language in order for you guys to understand. This is more of a filler episode kind of thing because I notice I am moving a bit fast through the journey, but just to clarify for you guys even though it hasn't seemed like it, the time in this journey has actually been a lot longer than what it seems to be. A few weeks have passed since the beginning rather than the single week it appears to be, but I didn't want to bore you guys with fillers so that's why I left them out. But now to lengthen the story a bit, I will be adding a few fillers such as a few unseen towns not found in the game so that Hinata can find some more contests to take part in and also for the journey to seem like it has taken longer.

Well hope you guys liked the chapter. REVIEW REVIEW REVIEW!-K.D)

Pokedex: Seen-86

Caught-62

Character Bio: Chouji Akimichi

Eye Colour: Black

Hair Colour: Brown

About: Chouji is a rotund boy who dislikes being called fat. When he was younger, he used to play with the other kids in mock Pokemon battles. But because of his kind hearted nature, the others never use to treat him well calling him a fat wuss, chubby, lousy trainer, etc. Chouji then found a friend in Shikamaru who didn't give a damn about Chouji's physical body or his nature. In fact, he welcomed it and this made Chouji very protective of Shikamaru should somebody talk badly about him. His father, Chouza, was a member of the lone three man training team, Ino-Shika-Cho, and is the part-time owner with Chouji's uncle of a BBQ joint in Goldenrod City. He travels with Ino, who constantly belittles him for his unhealthy eating habits, and travels mainly to see his blonde friend try her best to make it to the top of the Coordinator food chain. His dream to either take over his uncle's food joint or to make a Pokemon petting zoo so people can interact with Pokemon...or maybe a bit of both.

Naruto's Team:

TYphlosion(Male)

Pidgeot(Male)

Heracross(Male)

Quagsire(Female)

Flaffy(Female)

Eevee(Male)

Hinata's Team:

Espeon (Female)

Butterfree(Female)

Nidoran(Female)

Skiploom(Female)

Furret(Male)

Togepi(Male)