Naruto: Johto Journeys
Chapter 15: The Belly of the Beast
"Pokemon" Normal speech
'Pokemon' Normal thoughts
"Pokemon" Pokemon that can talk
"Pokemon" Flashbacks
"Pokemon" Pokedex speech
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Naruto quickly turned to Amphoros.
"AMPHOROS, USE THUNDERPUNCH!" The Light Pokemon nodded before its fist became encased in a powerful storm of charged electrons. The Red Gyarados roared as it avoided the attack.
"FERALIGATR USE SURF!"
"ESPEON, PSYBEAM!"
Feraligatr conjured up a tidal wave that slammed into the water/flying type and was struck in the stomach by the Psychic type move. However, the Gyarados didn't flinch in pain before it began to use Thrash. The three trainers and their Pokemon went flying from the onslaught of physical attacks before the Gyarados hovered over them, jaws filled with purple flame.
The crimson Atrocious Pokemon roared before releasing the Dragon Rage, aiming to end their lives. They screamed.
"AHHHHHHHHHHHH!" Naruto sat up, clutching his chest as he gasped for breath. He looked around, his blue eyes darting every which way. He patted himself down to make sure that he was still alive. He sighed in relief and allowed his heart rate to slow down when he realized where he was. He began looking around. He noted that Hinata and Sasuke were still unconscious and he saw that he was within a cell of some kind. It was obvious they were trapped. Naruto felt his waist and frowned.
Whoever it was that captured them, they took their backpacks, their Pokedexes and their Pokemon as well. They had also taken away Amphoros, Espeon and Feraligatr and somehow their capturers managed to sneak off with the gargantuan Pokemon that was the Red Gyarados.
'Now how did they sneak off with that?' Naruto thought. He put that thought aside before turning to his unconscious friend and rival.
"Hina-chan, Sasuke...wake up!" He said as he shook them. Sasuke's shaking being more forceful. The two trainers groaned as they clutched their heads.
"Ugh, dobe? What happened?" Sasuke asked as he shook the cobwebs out of his head.
"Naruto-kun, where are we?" Hinata asked as she blinked, her eyes adjusting to the light. Naruto shrugged.
"I honestly have no idea. Last thing I remember is that we were fighting the Red Gyarados. I had Amphoros use the super charged Thunderpunch and then...there was a whirlpool or something and...that was it." Naruto explained.
"Well they managed to take everything, whoever our capturers are." Hinata stated as she realized Espeon, her other Pokemon and her backpack were all gone.
"We need to get out of here." Sasuke mused as he looked around the cell. "But how?" The cell was rather spacious. Big enough to fit the three of them, however they were locked in. A gate which could only be opened by a Card key, prevented them from escaping. The three trainers' heads shot up in alarm as they heard the sound of the door leading to their cell, open.
'ROOT?' The three trainers were confused as the grunt entered with a plate of food. A few sandwiches as well as a few packs of juice. A pair of Houndour accompanied the grunt.
"Oh, you're awake!" The grunt spoke with a monotone. He quickly placed a hand on the Pokegear attached to his waist.
"Hey, inform the boss that the prisoners are up." He released the button on his Pokegear. The sound of static was heard in response.
"Alright, I'll inform the boss." The grunt on the other end of the frequency spoke. "Here you go, brats. Supper time." The grunt opened the gate with his Card Key and left the tray of food on the ground for them, treating them as if they were dogs or something. The grunt and the twin canine Pokemon left the cage afterwards before heading back to wherever they were to go. Naruto, Hinata and Sasuke raised an eyebrow at each other.
"Card Key. We have to find a way to get that from the guy." Naruto said as he got up, stretching to regain feeling in his legs. The others copied the action as Naruto brought over the tray of food and drink. As they ate, Hinata spoke.
"But, Naruto-kun. There's no way for us to get it from him. We're trapped." Hinata quickly finished her first sandwich went in for seconds. She didn't care about her manners anymore. She was starving just like her male companions and she required sustenance. The trio ate in silence as they tried to think up a way to escape. Just as they finished drinking out every single packet of fruit juice that was given to them, the door opened.
Hinata and Naruto's eyes narrowed as they saw who entered.
"Hinata-chan." Wallace greeted the pale eyed girl.
"What do you want...Wallace?" Hinata snarled. Wallace's expression remained void of any emotion. Sasuke blinked.
"Do you know this guy, dobe?"
"Not really, but he was one of the competitors in the Goldenrod City Contest. He lost to Hina-chan, but then he started acting weird and we realized he was a part of ROOT. Tell me...where's the Vulpix?" Naruto exclaimed. Wallace didn't answer before turning to the door.
"You know, you don't have to wait outside, nee-chan!" Wallace called out. The three prisoners tilted their heads in confusion before they saw the two older sisters of Wallace enter along with a man dressed in a white business suit. He wore a ring of his right hand with the red 'R' for ROOT emblazoned as a crest on the white gold piece of jewellery. The man had extremely long red hair. His suit had the 'R' for ROOT, stitched onto the left breast of his jacket. A few Pokeballs, in their shrunken forms, were attached to the man's waist. His skin was rather pale looking, however the thing that were most prominent in the man's physical attributes...were the fact that his eyes were deep violet.
"Hello, my little intruders."
Naruto, Hinata and Sasuke looked at each other, then back at the man and then back at each other.
Flashback
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.
"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.
'Could it be...?' All three trainers stared in shock as they thought the same thing.
'Same voice, same look...it has to be him. The colour of the suit is different though. The one from the vision was black.' Naruto thought.
"Who are you?" Naruto asked as the man stared at them. The man chuckled as he unconsciously rubbed the crest on his ring.
"I think it's obvious who I am...the question is who are you?" The man asked.
"You're...You're the leader aren't you?" Hinata gasped. The two boys turned to Hinata.
"Hyuga, what do you mean by that?"
"That man before us...he's the head of it all. He's...the leader of ROOT." Naruto and Sasuke gasped, eyes widened and jaws slackened.
"LET US OUT SO I CAN KICK YOUR ASS FOR WHAT YOUR ORGANIZATION HAS DONE!" Naruto said as he gripped the bars separating him from his captor.
"Now, now my boy...no need to get violent. Your Pokemon are fine as well...we are just...holding onto them for safekeeping." The man smirked.
"I swear to Ho-oh and Lugia, if you ANYTHING to my Feraligatr..." Sasuke left the threat hanging in the air. The red haired man chuckled.
"Or what, little Uchiha?" Sasuke's eyes widened.
"How do you...?"
"I know everything about every single one of you little troublemakers. Wallace, Ruby and Sapphire just helped in along the way, is all. Sasuke Uchiha, Hinata Hyuga and Naruto Uzumaki. Two trainers aiming for the League and one for the Grand Festival. Starters are Totodile, Eevee and Cyndaquil, respectively. Teams are all fairly balanced...though you lack the experience I have if you wish to someday face me in combat." The leader of ROOT said with a confident tone. He then walked up to the bars, where Naruto was still standing.
"You remind me so much of the man that ended Danzo-sama's dream of one day ruling over the Kanto region thirty years ago. As one of his admins, I will help to try and return Danzo-sama to his roots, no pun intended, and also to one day bring about the dream he had for this organization...as well as to satisfy my own...personal agenda." The leader spoke. Naruto gritted his teeth in anger.
"You bastard...I'll kick your ass when I get back my Pokemon and I'm gonna..."
"You POKEMON...are all the way in the laboratory within a safe that cannot be opened without the use of a Card Key which I am sure none of you have." The leader grinned when he saw the three look down at the floor dejectedly.
"See...you've lost. Now I'm going to keep you three here. Try not to do anything rash, like escape. You'll find that there is no way out for you three. Goodbye. Ruby, Sapphire, keep watch. Wallace, come with me." The leader walked out of the room.
"Yes...Tou-san." The three prisoners' eyes widened in shock at what the blue haired boy said.
"T-T-T-Tou-san?" Hinata stuttered. Wallace remained silent, but nodded in confirmation to the pale eyed girl.
"Now you know why I am here." Wallace spoke in a monotone before leaving with his father. Ruby and Sapphire sat at the desk in far corner of the room, taking out a deck of cards and began to play a game of Blackjack. As the twins were doing that, Naruto, Sasuke and Hinata were still in shock.
"He's...his father." Naruto whispered. Sasuke remained silent, while Hinata had tears lining her eyes as she began to pity the boy.
"I feel so bad for him and those two. To have been forced into this life by that evil man." She whispered with a slight edge to her tone. She sat against the wall, leaning a bit to the side as her head rested on Naruto's shoulder as he leaned up against the wall of their cell as well. Naruto frowned at his friend's sadness before wrapping an arm around her, pulling her close.
"Don't worry, Hina-chan. Sasuke and I will try to find a way out. Right, teme?" Naruto grinned widely. Sasuke smirked in amusement at the fact that Naruto was trying to console a girl, something neither male had experience in, but Sasuke played along.
"Hn."
"I'll take that as a yes." Naruto chuckled. Hinata sniffled slightly as she huddled next to her blonde crush. Her sudden depression keeping her from fainting from the close contact with him. Seconds became minutes as they continued to lay within their cell and try to figure a way out. Naruto took out his blue Pokegear and checked the time. It was almost night time, 5:00 pm.
"N-N-Naruto-kun?"
"Yeah?"
"D-D-Do you think we'll get out of here?" Hinata asked. Naruto's eyes blazed with determination as he looked down at his friend.
"Hinata, look at me." Hinata remained still, "LOOK AT ME!" The pale eyed girl looked up in shock as Naruto had never used such a tone of voice with her. "Listen to me Hinata, we WILL get out here. No matter what, I promise you that. Nothing will happen to us, we will get out, we will stop ROOT and we will see our Pokemon again. Alright?"
Hinata swallowed before nodding.
"Good, now then...Sasuke what are you doing?" Sasuke was looking down at his black Pokegear and he looked to be fiddling with it.
"I'm trying to use the Radio Card I have in my Pokegear to tap into the frequency the ROOT members are using." Sasuke said as he began to focus on his Pokegear. Naruto and Hinata looked at each other in shock.
"Do you even know HOW to hack a Pokegear?" Hinata asked as she wiped away the stains from her tears. Sasuke smirked.
"Unlike the dobe, I'm not an idiot." Was Sasuke's only reply before he finally heard a click from his Pokegear. The Pokegear released the sound similar to static before he heard the sound of a conversation through the speaker. Ignoring the conversation, Sasuke raised his Pokegear to his mouth and cleared his throat. He looked out of the bars and saw Sapphire and Ruby were still playing a game of Blackjack.
Even with Naruto's yelling from earlier in his successful effort to calm Hinata, they were still asleep. Sasuke nodded to himself before returning to his Pokegear.
"Teme what are you...?"
"Shhhh!" Sasuke told his blonde rival. The blue eyed blonde nodded as he noted the serious look in his rival's eyes. Sasuke cleared his throat once more before facing away from the bars and spoke.
"We have three intruders, I repeat, we have three intruders, all grunts and admins these trainers have powerful Pokemon. Please respond! AHHHHH!" Sasuke released his best girly scream before shutting off the Pokegear. Ruby and Sapphire, who were rather oblivious to everything until they heard the scream, looked down at their Pokegears and turned to each other before nodding and stood to their feet.
"Ruby you go, I'll stay here and watch the prisoners." Sapphire told her crimson haired sister. Ruby nodded to the blue haired girl.
"Alright."
"Be careful out there." Sasuke, Naruto and Hinata smirked.
'Idiots.' They thought. As Ruby rushed out the door, Sapphire stood in front of the bars to their cell. However, as Sapphire was about to return to her table to play a one-player card game, Naruto looked at Sasuke.
"Go with the flow of the plan." Naruto whispered to him. Sasuke looked confused as Naruto suddenly pushed Hinata down and growled at her.
"WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH YOU?" Hinata and Sasuke were in shock at Naruto as he glared at Hinata. "THIS IS ALL YOUR FAULT! IF YOU WEREN'T SO WEAK, WE WOULDN'T BE IN THIS MESS! EVEN SASUKE AGREES WITH ME! RIGHT, TEME?" Sasuke blinked before his eyes widened in realization.
"YEAH HYUGA, WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH YOU! WITHOUT YOU AND THAT STUPID PIECE OF SHIT YOU CALL A POKEMON, THAT ESPEON OF YOURS, WE WOULD HAVE BEATEN THE GYARADOS EARLIER AND THEN ESCAPED!" Hinata remained silent, tears flowing from her eyes and huddled into the corner of the cell as Naruto and Sasuke stood in front of her, angry expressions on their faces.
"I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU'RE EVEN A TRAINER!" Naruto roared as he kicked the girl. Hinata rose a few inches off the ground from the kick as Sasuke followed up with his own.
"HEY, WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING?" Sapphire yelled as she saw the two boys kicking the girl. Naruto and Sasuke turned away from the crying Hinata before turning to Sapphire.
"What do you mean, what we're doing? We're taking out our anger on the cause of this thing. SHE is the reason we were caught in the first place!" Sasuke said as he slammed another kick to Hinata's ribs. Sapphire groaned before taking out her Card Key and slashed it through the lock and a door-shaped area of the gate opened up. She then pushed away Naruto and Sasuke from Hinata, standing in front of the pale eyed girl.
"THAT'S ENOUGH YOU TWO! SIT DOWN OR NO DINNER!" Sapphire roared. The cell was silent, Naruto and Sasuke looked down at the floor, their bangs covering their eyes. Then the two boys chuckled. Sapphire raised her eyebrows in confusion.
"What's so funny?" She asked. Naruto raised his head and a look of mischief appeared in his cerulean irises.
"You just got played, HINA-CHAN NOW!" Sapphire was caught off guard as Hinata suddenly got up and poked Sapphire forcefully in numerous pressure points. Sapphire fell to the ground, suddenly immobile.
"What...What the fuck did you brats do to me?" Hinata smirked as she got up and tapped a pressure point in Sapphire's neck, rendering her unable to move her head.
"It pays off to have a mother who's a doctor. I hit numerous pressure points on your body, you can't move for the next hour. Oh...and thanks for the Card Key." Hinata winked as she drew the Card Key from Sapphire's pocket. The three trainers walked out of the cell and then closed the gate behind them before blowing raspberries at Sapphire, while Sasuke just smirked in amusement. However, he and Naruto were suddenly hit over the head by the female member of their trio.
"Ouch, Hyuga what the hell was that for?"
"Your kicks, though soft, actually hurt when you hit me in the ribs!" Hinata scolded them as she rubbed her slightly paining side.
"Oh, sorry Hina-chan." Naruto said with a sheepish grin.
"Hn." Sasuke grumbled. Hinata smirked.
"You're both forgiven...now come on, we have to find the lab where they're keeping our Pokemon." The three burst out of the door and thus began to traverse the inside of ROOT HQ.
Mahogany Town-Twenty minutes ago
Sakura, Bayleef and Akatsuchi were all beginning to grow a bit worried.
"It's been nearly a half hour, what are those three doing?" Sakura asked.
"Bay Bayleef Leef." The saurian Pokemon spoke, but Sakura sighed when she realized she couldn't understand her own Pokemon.
"Still can't understand you, Bayleef." Sakura sighed. The Grass type sweatdropped at that before Akatsuchi took out his red Pokegear and dialled for Naruto.
"No answer, let me try Hinata." Akatsuchi dialled the number for Hinata as well, but again, no dice. "Kuso, what are those two doing up there? The Lake of Rage isn't that far...what's going on?" However, as the two trainers and Bayleef were wondering what was happening to their friends, a cloaked figure walked up to them from the path that led to the Lake of Rage. The cloaked figure stopped in front of the Hiker and young coordinator.
"You two...are you aware of ROOT's presence here in this town? Do you know what ROOT is?" Akatsuchi and Sakura looked at each other with confused looks as they turned back to the cloaked figure.
"Who...Who are you?" Sakura stuttered as Bayleef stood in front of its trainer protectively. The cloaked figure reached out to Bayleef, but the grass type tried to bite the man. The figure retracted his arm and nodded.
"Such a fire in those eyes. A fire that I haven't seen in a Pokemon since my older brother's." The figure chuckled before turning to the small shop.
"Answer the question, who are you?" Akatsuchi asked. The figure shook his head.
"I cannot answer that." The cloaked figure replied simply before turning to the small shack that was Mahogany Town's version of a PokeMart. He took out a small device and flipped a small switch. A high pitched beeping sound originated from the device before the figure switched the device off.
"It seems the radio disturbance in this town is coming from that shack. I could require assistance" The cloaked figure said. Sakura and Akatsuchi eyed the figure warily.
"Why should we trust you?" Akatsuchi asked.
"Because I know that the Headquarters of ROOT lie directly beneath us. Your friends have been taken captive by the organization and I am going in to save them. Is that enough for you to believe me?" Sakura, Akatsuchi and Bayleef stared in shock.
"It is enough to believe you...but can we trust you. Who's to say you're not a member of ROOT!" Sakura argued. The man sighed before placing his hands against his hood and pulled it back. Sakura and Akatsuchi stared in shock as they gazed at the fact of the man before he put the hood back on.
"You're...You're..." Sakura couldn't speak. The figure nodded before taking out a Pokeball and opened it. A large orange skinned lizard Pokemon appeared. Its stomach and the underneath of its feet were a pale yellow colour. Its body was draconian. Its arms were thin, but lean muscle lay beneath its skin. Its hands each had three sharp claws and three talons were on its feet. A pair of horns protruded from the back of its skull and deep blue eyes shone in its sockets. A pair of orange wings, with blue membrane stretched out from its back. A long orange tail extended behind it, tipped with a red and yellow flame.
"Charizard, let's go." The figure spoke. The Fire/Flying type roared, a burst of searing flames erupting from its throat and burning the antennae hidden within the tree next to the shop.
"Well, Akatsuchi...let's go!" Sakura said as she and Bayleef followed the trainer and his Charizard. Akatsuchi was still in shock before nodding dumbly and followed behind. The figure raised his foot and kicked down the door. Suddenly, the three figures within, the owner of the shop and two ROOT members were staring in shock as the cloaked figure entered with his fire lizard.
"Now, I'm going to ask this once and ONLY once. Tell me where the entrance to ROOT is or Charizard burns you all to a crisp." Charizard backed up its trainer's statement by opened its jaws and the red glow of its flames filled its mouth and throat. The ROOT members gulped before backing away in fear from the orange dragon, which for some reason was NOT a dragon type. The shop keeper reached beneath his counter and pulled out a small handgun. However, the cloaked figure grabbed the man's arm at the wrist and twisted sharply causing the man's wrist to snap and the gun to fall to the ground. Charizard slammed its tail down on the weapon and it was crushed. The winged fire type then released a powerful blast of fire from its mouth and sent the ROOT member to the ground, rolling around in pain as he was being burned.
The man's screams then went silent as he was burnt alive. The figure quickly covered the sight from his companions as he had Charizard spread its wings to mask the sight. The two ROOT members were scared shitless, cowering in the corner of the shop. The figure had the ROOT members press the button that caused a cabinet at the far end of the room to shift to the side, revealing a small staircase to the ROOT HQ.
"Smart move, otherwise you would have ended up like your friend back there." The figure spoke before he ushered the children and Bayleef downstairs. As the children went downstairs to the first floor of the ROOT HQ he called out to them.
"I'll be down in a minute, I just need to to talk to these guys." The figure said. The pink haired girl nodded as she went down the stairs and relayed the message to Akatsuchi and her partner Pokemon.
The cloaked figure then turned and faced the two scared grunts.
"Now listen here, what is ROOT planning? Tell me everything or else Charizard here will fry you like a Magikarp." The ROOT grunts sweated and began to cry tears out of fear.
"We don't know anything, we swear. We're just simple grunts, please don't kill us." The grunt pleaded. The cloaked figure nodded and stood to the side as Charizard was busy making a meal out of the burnt ROOT member that was the cashier. A Pokemon's gotta eat something.
"Fine, you can go. Charizard, let them pass." The fire type nodded, but gave a heated glare at the two ROOT members as they zoomed out of the small shack. Charizard and the figure then turned to the staircase as Chairzard was busy cleaning its teeth. The two descended and quickly realized that there were two ways to go.
"Already there's a fork in the road." The figure sighed. He then turned to the two younger trainers. "We'll split up and look for your friends, also I have something to do in here." The cloaked figure and Charizard when left while Sakura, Bayleef and Akatsuchi went right.
The cloaked figure reached into a pocket hidden within his cloak and pulled out a long piece of rolled up paper. He unrolled in and revealed the entire schematics of the ROOT headquarters. There was a specific area circled in red marker. The cloaked man looked over the map of ROOT HQ before putting it away.
"Let's go Charizard." Charizard growled in agreement before following it trainer.
Akatsuchi and Sakura quickly ducked into a small cubicle as a trio of ROOT grunts were about to head their way. They peered out of the side of the cubicle as they watched the grunts walk past.
"Hey did you hear about those three prisoners we got?"
"Yeah, they said they're just little kids."
"I wonder why the leader kept them here, inside HQ?"
"I heard they were trying to catch the Red Gyarados we tried to control earlier before."
"Pfft, please there's no way someone can tame that beast. That thing's unstoppable!"
The grunts continued to discuss the situation among one another and Sakura and Akatsuchi looked at each other.
"They must be talking about Sasuke-kun and the others." Sakura guessed.
"Yeah, but we don't where they are. This complex could go on for who knows how many floors." The Hiker replied. Sakura looked around the cubicle they were in and spotted a small laptop. She opened it up and saw the user was logged out so she had to try and guess the password. Sakura frowned as she took out a Pokeball.
"Bayleef, you and Akatsuchi keep watch I'm going to try and hack this thing."
"You can hack." Sakura giggled.
"Well no, but that doesn't mean this little guy can't." Sakura opened the Pokeball and in a flash of light there was a rather block-like Pokemon. Its large white eyes had beady black irises within them. It looked like a bird or a lizard that was pink and blue and made entirely of blocks. It had no arms or legs as it hovered over the floor.
"I won this in Goldenrod City." Sakura explained to Akatsuchi as she turned to the Pokemon. "Porygon, I need you to hack into this computer for me."
"Pory-gon." The Pokemon replied in a robotic voice before it suddenly degenerated into pixels and entered the computer through the USB port. A large red box came up on the screen saying, 'VIRUS DETECTED!'. Many pop-up windows followed after. Suddenly the computer had many more, 'VIRUS DETECTED!' windows before all of them suddenly turned green saying, 'ACCESS GRANTED!' before the computer gave off a beep and the screen changed to the home page of the device.
"Alright, Porygon try to find a file showing the map of this place." Sakura whispered the computer. Porygon suddenly appeared on the screen in front of Sakura and nodded before the screen suddenly flashed red and then blue before a file showing a map of the complex appeared.
"Akatsuchi, come look at this." Sakura said, "Bayleef, stay!" The grass type nodded and continued to keep watch. Akatsuchi jogged over to Sakura and looked over her shoulder at the computer screen.
"Hmm, seems this place has about four floors. The fourth is a detention level along with the 'Leader's Office'." Sakura read as she squinted to read the fine print.
"Porygon, blow up the image and enhance the resolution." Porygon nodded before the image of the complex was widened and lengthened to fit the entire screen and the pixels cleared up allowing for a better picture to form.
"Much better." Porygon's eyes became upside-down Us as it was praised for its work. "The other three floors are working areas, and one of them seems to be a laboratory on floor, BF3, the one two floors beneath us. There's also an elevator here, but the description says that only a Card Key can allow access to the elevators."
"Then we'll have to be careful and try to find the stairs." Akatsuchi said. Suddenly Sakura clicked on a file she found interesting.
'Hmmm...Project Danzo and Project Time Travel.' Sakura thought as she clicked on Project Danzo first. Sakura's eyes widened.
"They plan to find a way to bring him back. That's why they're taking over the radio tower in Goldenrod!" Sakura gasped.
"What?" Akatsuchi asked.
"They plan to bring Danzo back. Thirty years ago, Danzo was stopped by a trainer in Kanto and so ROOT was disbanded as a result, but now these guys want to bring him back. They're using the Radio Towers in Goldenrod City to try and broadcast a message across the unified continent of Kanto and Johto in order to message him and tell him that ROOT is back." Sakura explained. Akatsuchi nodded, but then saw the window with the files and saw Project Time Travel.
"What's that one?" The rock type trainer asked. Sakura quickly looked to Porygon and told it to upload the information into its memory about the complex layout as well as Project Danzo. The filed suddenly degenerated into pixels before they were copied and inserted into Porgyon's memory cells. Sakura then clicked on the file.
The file opened and up and Sakura and Akatsuchi began to read it through. Their eyes widened ever so slightly with every sentence they read about the plan.
"No way...they can do that?"
"So that's why they took the Shiny Vulpix." Akatsuchi gaped.
"And what's this...ability inhibitor virus formula?" Sakura clicked on it and suddenly a diagram of a molecular structure along with the information on it appeared. Sakura's eyes widened as she read the details on the virus.
"Porygon, upload this file about the virus and Project Time Travel, quickly!" Porygon did it in less than five seconds before it exited the computer and reappeared outside in the real world as it left cyberspace. Sakura thanked the normal type before returning it to its Pokeball.
"Come on, we have to find Naruto, Hinata and Sasuke-kun." The pink haired girl said. She then turned to Bayleef who was still keeping watch.
"Bayleef, anyone out there?" The Grass type turned around and shook its head.
"Bay."
"Alright then, we'll sneak around and try to make it to BF3 where the laboratory is. We'll see if we can make any sense of this Project Time Travel and if we're not too late, we can save Sasuke-kun and the others." Akatsuchi nodded before the three peeked out of the cubicle.
"Wow, this first floor has almost no one around here." Sakura mused. She, Bayleef and Akatsuchi then took off down the halls. They veered around every corner, stopping only to avoid the few grunts and scientists that were patrolling the area. They then made it to a dead-end.
"Kuso, where do we go?" Akatsuchi spotted a Persian statue and watched it. He noticed its eyes were glowing and the charm in the center of its head was of a similar colour. As Sakura was ranting to herself, Akatsuchi poked the charm and suddenly the charm had revealed itself to be a button. Suddenly, the dead-end wall moved inwards before shifting to the left, revealing the the staircase.
"Sakura, look, these Persian statues have hidden buttons that open a secret passageway to the next floor." Akatsuchi pointed at the large red arrow that pointed downwards next to the staircase saying, 'BF2'.
"How convenient." Sakura mused.
"Leef Bayleef." The grass type agreed. The three checked to see if there were any grunts or scientists behind them. Seeing there weren't any, they went down to the second floor, BF2.
As they did that, they quickly realized that this room was probably the main room as there were grunts and scientists all over the place. Backing into the shadows of the staircase, Sakura, Akatsuchi and Bayleef remained hidden.
"So how do you suggest we get past them?" Sakura asked. Akatsuchi looked around and then spotted a small cubicle off the left.
"There's a cubicle over there, we can hideout in there." The pink haired girl and the saurian Pokemon nodded and then, when a pair of scientists walked past them, they followed silently behind them and then ducked into the cubicle. Sakura and Akatsuchi sighed in relief, but then froze when they saw there were two grunts already inside the cubicle.
"Hey, what are...?" The grunt was quickly silenced as Bayllef used Vine Whip to tie their mouths shut. Akatsuchi quickly walked up to the two silenced grunts and glared at them.
"Now listen here, ROOT. We need to know where to get to BF3 and the Detention level. Our friends are being held captive, so tell me...or I'll have my Steelix eat you for lunch." Akatsuchi threatened as he took out Steelix's Pokeball. The truth was that the rock type trainer couldn't even use the large Iron Snake because the damage it would cause could result in the entire base collapsing and they didn't want that...yet.
The grunts remained silent before one managed to raise his bound hand and raise his middle finger. Akatsuchi's eyes narrowed before he turned to Sakura and shook his head. Sakura frowned before she began to think.
'If ROOT is run by a leader, there has to be people who know how to get to him or her. Some chiefs or executives...admins, maybe. If we can get to them, they're just as helpful as the leader.' Sakura theorized.
"Tell me where the leader is, or admins or any executives." Sakura demanded, "Or Bayleef will cut off the blood circulating to your brain and you'll fall into a sleep that you will never wake up from." The grunts' eyes widened before shaking their heads to say they would talk. She then nodded to Bayleef and the grass type smartly allowed its vines to only leave their bound mouths and necks while keeping the rest of their bodies tied up.
"Alright, alright. The admins are held in offices that can only be accessed by a password. Two passwords are required to get into their offices."
"What are they?"
"What as if I'd..." Bayleef began to squeeze and the grunt gasped, "I only know one, I only know one. It's Raticate Tail. That's all I know, I swear." The grunt admitted. The other grunt remained silent.
"And what about you, what do you know?"
"I don't know nothin'. I swear, I don't even know these passwords, why do you never tell me these things?" The female grunt asked her partner. The man shrugged.
"I don't know." Suddenly, the two were knocked unconscious by a quick smack to the cranium by Bayleef's legs.
"Alright, so we need to get that other password."
"Well we can't get to the admins anyway and we can't go around asking every other grunt and scientist. It'll take too long." Akatsuchi said.
"Actually, we can." Sakura said as she and Bayleef charged out of the cubicle. "Akatsuchi, come on, we're going to fight. Ready, Bayleef?"
"Bay!" The Leaf Pokemon nodded. Akatsuchi gaped in shock before taking out Golem's Pokeball and released the Megaton Pokemon.
"Oh well, come on Golem!" The rock-like Pokemon rolled after its trainer. Sakura was already facing a horde of grunts who had out hordes of Zubat, Grimer, Magnemite, Voltorb ad Houndour.
"Alright, Bayleef. Poisonpowder and then use Razor Leaf!" Sakura commanded. The purple powder wafted through the air, knocking the grunts themselves into a stupor as they began to fall to the ground, but managed to call out commands to their Pokemon to attack. However, the Razor Leaf attack managed to knock out quite a bit of the Pokemon.
"NOW USE MAGICAL LEAF!" Multicoloured leaves flew through the air as Bayleef launched forth its scythe-like head leaf. The leaves spun through the air, but some of them were burnt to ashes as the Houndour countered with Ember. The Houndour, Grimer, Magenmite and a few of the Koffing were still standing as Bayleef fought them off, however Akatsuchi and Golem managed to arrive in time.
"Rollout!" The Hiker commanded. The Megaton Pokemon nodded.
"GOLEM!" The Pokemon cried out before retracting its arms, legs and head and barrelled into the Houndour and Grimer sending them flying.
"Now use Rock throw on the Koffing!" Golem immediately dug its claws into the concrete floor and chucked the pieces of floor at the Koffing. The Pokemon were knocked into the walls before Bayleef took them out with Magical Leaf. However, even though they were defeated, more grunts and scientists began to swarm in.
"Golem, Earthquake!" Akatsuchi commanded. Golem stamped its feet onto the floor and the seismic waves traversed the earth and sent the scientists and grunts flying through the air as the force reached them. Some of the Pokemon that managed to survive the powerful ground type move, attacked, but Bayleef fought the off by using Poison Powder, Razor Leaf and Magical Leaf.
The two trainers fought off the grunts and scientists with their Pokemon, interrogating each and every one they defeated to know the second password before on finally gave them a clue.
"I don't know, maybe one of the lab techs would know. They're on BF3, just please leave me alone!" The man sobbed causing Sakura to sweatdrop before she punched him into unconsciousness.
"Big crybaby." She muttered as she dropped his body on the ground. She and Akatsuchi continued to fight off grunts and scientists, switching out their Pokemon in and out. A tactic that allowed Sakura's Marril to become an Azumarill. However, as they were running through the maze-like floor that was BF2, a voice sounded throughout every single Pokegear on the floor.
"We have three intruders, I repeat, we have three intruders, all grunts and admins these trainers have powerful Pokemon. Please respond! AHHHHH!" Sakura blinked and turned to Akatsuchi.
"That sounded like Sasuke-kun."
"But why did he scream like a little girl?" However, the sound of trampling footsteps reached their ears and the two trainers and their Pokemon turned to see a crowd of grunts rushing towards them with their Pokemon. Mostly Rattata and Grimer though.
"LOOK THERE THEY ARE!" A grunt shouted.
"GET THEM!"
"Azumarill use Blizzard on the ground and then use Water Gun!" A blast of chilled air escaped Azumarill's mouth that froze the entire floor on the opponent's side of the field and anchoring the Grimer and Rattata to the ground as well as completely freezing over a majority of them. The blasts of highly pressurized water followed after and sent them flying.
"Now Bayleef, use Razor Leaf and Magical Leaf!" The Grass type swung its head leaf in an arc and multiple leaves, both green and multicoloured, flew forth, the leaf regenerating at a fast pace as the onslaught of foliage knocked out the Pokemon. The grunts gulped and turned to run, only for Akatsuchi's Sudowoodo to appear behind them. The rock type slammed its foot on the ground and the earth rumbled beneath the horde of grunts before giant rock pillars shot out of the ground and then trapped them in a prison of stone as it used Rock Tomb.
"Sudowoodo." The rock/ground type grinned giving its trainer a thumbs up. Akatsuchi grinned to his Pokemon before they continued to wander through the ROOT headquarters. Their Pokemon were rather tired from the near constant fighting. They quickly came to a dead-end and saw the Persian statue and pressed the red charm on its forehead revealing the staircase to BF3.
"Alright, we found it!" Sakura cheered, She then returned Azumarill to its ball, Akatsuchi doing the same with Sudowoodo. Then the two trainers, Bayleef and Golem descended down the staircase and were at BF3. However, after entering the floor, they noticed many unconscious grunts and Pokemon around the area. Some sporting bad burns.
The cloaked figure and his surprisingly unharmed Charizard stood in the center of the unconscious horde.
"Good, you made it. I thought they would have captured you when they said they found out about our infiltration." The figure spoke. He then looked at their Pokemon.
"Your Pokemon look tired, come...I will heal them." The figure spoke. Sakura and Akatsuchi handed the man their Pokeballs and Bayleef and Golem. The cloaked figure then walked off and saw a portable healing machine within the corner of the room, as expected in the floor where a laboratory was located. The Pokemon were healed and then returned to their original trainers.
"There."
"Thank you." The two younger trainers bowed. The figure nodded before he and Charizard looked at each other and nodded.
"We figured out how to get to the leader, but they said how that the door is locked by a pair of passwords. We have only been able to obtain one, Ekans Fang." The figure informed his fellow infiltrators. Sakura and Akatsuchi looked at each other.
"That's great, we also have a password. We learned it from a grunt, said it was Ratticate Tail." The cloaked figure chuckled at that.
"Excellent, now hurry off. You must find your friends, the Detention level is that way." He pointed a, now visible, hand towards the hallway that also led to the laboratory. The cloaked then walked off with Charizard.
"Where are you going?"
"I have to deal with the leader." Was all the cloaked figure replied before rounding the corner and disappeared with the draconian Pokemon. Sakura and Akatsuchi turned to Bayleef and Golem.
"Alright, let's go!"
"Bay!"
"Golem!"
The two Pokemon followed their trainers and headed towards the laboratory. Sakura peered through the glass and saw the unconscious scientists before nodding to Akatsuchi. The four entered the lab before viewing the turned tables, the liquids that were evaporating as they made contact with the air. Then, on a far off table on the other end of the room, they spotted a set of Pokeballs along with a golden Vulpix. It was covered with a few lacerations that were quickly healing before their eyes and there a number of burns on its back from the chemical testing.
"The Vulpix!" The two trainers gasped. As they looked it over, they sighed in relief to find it was still alive. Injured, but alive. Sakura then glanced at the Pokeballs next to the shiny Pokemon and looked at the Pokeballs. She picked up one and pressed the button in the center to enlarge it before opening it.
In a flash of white light, Heracross appeared.
"Hera?" The dual type looked around before spying Sakura and Akatsuchi and their Pokemon. "Heracross, Hera Heracross?"
"Golem Goool."
"Bayleef Leef Bay Bayleef." The three Pokemon then looked at Sakura and Akatsuchi.
"Golem Golem Golem Lem Gol." The Megaton Pokemon spoke.
"Golem says these Pokeballs belong to Naruto, Hinata and Sasuke. Their Pokemon were probably taken from them when they were captured." Akatsuchi deduced. Sakura nodded before piling all the Pokeballs into her red backpack while also returning Heracross to its ball. Sakura then noticed that their Pokedexes and their backpacks were present as well and grabbed those as well, handing Naruto's to Akatsuchi so that he could rest the Vulpix on it as a makeshift pillow.
Akatsuchi picked up the Vulpix before he and Sakura left the laboratory, Golem and Bayleef trailing behind him. However, as they were running down the hallway to the Detention Level, loud footsteps echoed along with their own. With a curious eyebrow, Sakura and Akatsuchi, still running, watched the darkness of the hallways upahead before they were knocked to the ground by a sudden force.
"Ouch."
"Dobe, you should watch where you're going."
"Where I'M going! I didn't even run into you, teme."
"Huh? Sasuke-kun, Naruto?"
"Sakura-san?" Hinata voiced. The group got up and looked over one another to make sure they weren't seeing things. They then smirked at one another.
"Great, now that we've found each other we need to get out of here. Sakura-chan, we're in ROOT HQ and..."
"I know, Naruto." The pink haired girl said.
"Naruto, Hinata! Look, I found the Shiny Vulpix they stole earlier." Akatsuchi said as he revealed the unconscious Fox Pokemon. Naruto and Hinata sighed in relief.
"Good, at least I was able to keep my promise." Naruto grinned. "Hey, do you guys know where the lab is. Our Pokemon got taken and..." Sakura silenced him as she swung her backpack from her back and into her arms before opening them.
"I don't know which ones are whose so I guess you'll have to check." Sasuke took the Pokeballs which had the Uchiha crest inscribed into them.
"I take precautions in case this happens." Sasuke explained when he noticed the stares he was getting as he attached the Pokeballs to his belt. Naruto and Hinata opened the Pokeballs and were instantly glomped by their Pokemon.
"We're happy to see you guys too!" Naruto laughed. The Pokemon got off their trainers and returned to their Pokeballs. Except for Typhlosion and Espeon. Sasuke released Feraligatr and the group nodded to one another as the previously captured trio of Naruto, Sasuke and Hinata took back their things and took off to escape the place. However, as they were running back to the staircase to escape, Sakura and Akatsuchi paused.
"WAIT!"
"What's wrong, Sakura-san?" Hinata asked.
"Sakura, come on." Sasuke said. Sakura shook her head.
"Someone here allowed us to get in. We can't just leave him behind." The group looked at one another before sighing.
"Fine, we'll help you get this guy out since he allowed you all to come and save us. So he's obviously a good guy." Naruto said. The group took off in the direction of where the cloaked figure had went. As they rounded the corners of the maze-like complex, they paused when they suddenly heard a loud noise.
"Guys, hold up." Naruto said as his ears twitched.
"What's up, dobe?" Naruto remained silent as he began to hear a buzzing sound.
"Do you guys hear that? It's like a buzzing sound." The group silenced themselves before the same buzzing sound met their ears.
"Yeah, what is that?" Akatsuchi asked. The group had Espeon, since it had the best hearing, follow the sound and they eventually came to a large room. In it was a humongous generator. Giant, transparent, yellow tubes were connected to the generator at one end, while the other end was hooked up to an Electrode. There were three tubes on either side of the generator.
"This must be what's powering the entire complex." Hinata deduced.
"It's huge!" Naruto gaped.
"Those Electrode must be the power source for this thing. We should take them out." Sasuke said as he and Feraligatr got ready to attack.
"Wait, Sasuke-kun. Electrode are prone to use Self-Destruct when attacked. If we attack them, all six will go off. A Self-Destruct attack is said to be the Pokemon equivalent of fifty sticks of dynamite. Now imagine six of those going off." The group went silent at that.
"So how do we stop this generator then?" Naruto asked. "If we can't fight them and catch them, then what do we do?" The group remained silent before Hinata got an idea.
"I got it." She took out a Pokeball and threw it up. In a flash of white, Jumpluff, the evolved form of Skiploom appeared. The Skiploom had evolved on the way to Mahogany Town as they were fighting the trainers and wild Pokemon.
Jumpluff the Cottonweed Pokemon. A Grass/Flying type Pokemon and the evolved form of Skiploom. Once it catches the wind, it deftly controls its cotton-puff spores to float, even around the world.
"Jumpluff, use Sleep Powder of those Electrode."
"Jump!" The Pokemon nodded before it jumped over to the Electrode. Green mist began to float from the cotton-puff atop its head and it began to waft over the Electrode. The electric type Pokemon suddenly began to feel drowsy and fell asleep. However, the tubes continued to take out their electricity from their bodies.
"Alright, now that they're out...Naruto-kun, Sasuke." Hinata stepped back with Jumpluff before taking out another Pokeball. Out of the ball came a light blue Pokemon with a white stomach. It had red eyes and sharp teeth in its mouth. Its ears has three spikes protruding from them. Four sharp, poison tipped spikes were on its back. It stood on four legs, but was able to become bipedal.
"NIDORIIIIINA!" The Poison Pin Pokemon cried out.
Nidorina the Poison Pin Pokemon. A Poison type Pokemon and the evolved form of a female Nidoran. When feeding its young, it first chews and tenderizes the food, then spits it out for the offspring.
The female version of Nidorino charged towards the Electrode as the boys had Feraligatr and Typhlosion attack with Flame Wheel and Water Gun. They both then managed to catch two of the sleeping Pokemon.
Electrode the Ball Pokemon. An Electric type Pokemon and the evolved form of Voltorb. It stores an overflowing amount of electric energy inside its body. Even a small shock makes it explode.
After reading the information on their Pokedex-es, the group watched as the lights began to flicker before a number of them died down as the four remaining Electrode continued to remain active.
"Why did you leave those four behind?" Hinata asked.
"There's an elevator in this place." Naruto said.
"If we beat all six of the Electrode, the elevator wouldn't work and we couldn't escape. Plus we'd be wandering around in complete darkness." Sasuke added. Their explanation did make sense and so after that, they continued to move away from the generator with Jumpluff scattering its Sleep Powder one more time just in case.
Finally, they came to a door where they heard the sounds of fighting. The trainers paused as they listened, only for the wall next to them, to suddenly explode and sent plaster and wood flying through the air. They watched as Ruby and a surprisingly recovered, Sapphire walked through the wall with a pair of Pokemon. Wallace and his Squirtle followed after.
With Ruby, there was a small orange lizard with blue eyes. It had three claws on each hand and three claws on its feet as well. Its tail was tipped with a red and yellow flame.
"Charmander Char!" The fire type cried.
Next to Sapphire was a small dinosaur-like Pokemon with a small green bulb atop its back. Its red eyes glared at its opponents. A numerous amount of dark aqua coloured spots adorned its body. Three claws were on each of its four feet.
"Bulbasaaaaur!" The Seed Pokemon growled.
"Those tiny things, you expect to fight us with those?" Naruto laughed.
"I'd have to agree with the dobe on this one. Our Pokemon our fully evolved, there's no way you could beat us." Sasuke smirked arrogantly. Ruby and Sapphire remained silent as they looked at their Pokemon before turning to Wallace.
"Wallace, the formula if you please." Wallace nodded as his gaze was suddenly fixated on Hinata.
"I'm sorry for what I will have to do to you, my dear Hinata-chan." Wallace said with a frown. Hinata scowled at him.
"Shut up. I feel nothing, but pity towards you. Pity that you actually approve of what your father is doing."
"MY FATHER IS A BRILLIANT MAN! HE'S NOT DOING THIS TO BRING BACK DANZO-SAMA AT ALL...HE'S DOING IT TO BRING BACK..."
"WALLACE QUIET!" Sapphire snapped. Wallace took a few deep breaths to calm his rage before taking out three small vials from his pocket.
"You're right though..."Ruby spoke as she popped the cork from the top of the vial, a deep blue wisp of smoke coming out of the vial. "We can't beat you like this...but we can with this." She had Charmander down the fluid. Sapphire and Wallace doing the same with Bulbasaur and Squirtle.
"Now we remove the Everstones." Everyone gaped in shock as wrapped around each of their Pokemon was a small white stone. They took off the stones and suddenly the vial's effects activated. Charmander, Squirtle and Bulbasaur released their respective cries before they began to glow with white light.
The light remained active though as they became Charmeleon, Wartortle and Ivysaur.
"No way...they're bypassing their second evolutionary forms!" Sakura exclaimed. The three siblings nodded in confirmation at Sakura's statement as the lights died down and revealed the fully evolved Kanto trio.
Charizard released a roar as its wings spread, Blastoise readied its cannons and Venusaur stomped the ground, causing it to crack slightly as it prepared to strike.
"Hina-chan, you and Akatsuchi get out of here."
"Naruto-kun..." The pale eyed Hyuga stared at the blonde before seeing him turn back and give her a thumbs up.
"Take the Vulpix and get out. I promise...I'll come back to you, okay?" Naruto smirked. Hinata bit her lip as she turned to leave, but then ran towards Naruto and pecked him on the cheek before running off.
"I'LL HOLD YOU TO THAT PROMISE!" She yelled back before running off with Akatsuchi, Golem, Espeon and the unconscious Shiny Vulpix.
"Sakura, why are you still here?" Sasuke asked. Sakura smirked at her crush.
"Sasuke-kun, you should know that I'm not the same weak trainer I was back in the past. You may have been busy with your gym battles, but I've been training too. Bayleef, let's do this!" The Leaf Pokemon nodded to its trainer as it took its place among Typhlosion and Feraligatr.
"Alright, three on three...what are the odd of us winning?" Naruto asked Sakura. Sakura shrugged.
"About 33.33333333333333333 percent." Sakura calculated. "Though I can make it an even 34% if I can manage to time this thing just right." She whispered to herself.
"BAYLEEF, RAZOR LEAF!" The storm of leaves flew towards the three Pokemon, but the enemy Charizard burnt it down with a quick Flamethrower attack. The flame continued forwards, but Feraligatr cancelled it out with a Water Gun. Steam rose from the attack and Sapphire turned to her fully evolved Grass type.
"Venusaur, use Magical Leaf!" A flurry of multicoloured leaves shone through the steam cloud towards the Johto trio, but then Typhlosion used Lava Plume and a wave of fire flew towards the Kanto Trio. The fires burnt the leaves to ash and continued forth. However, Blastoise took the front,
"Blastoise, use Water Pulse!" Wallace commanded. Blastoise aimed its cannons and two concentrated spheres of water formed at their tips. The water then flew out as a crushing pulse that slammed into the Lava Plume forming more steam.
The steam then cleared and the Kanto trio looked around to find that the Johto triohad somehow disappeared.
"Where did they go?" Sapphire yelled out. Sakura, Sasuke and Naruto smirked, but didn't answer.
"Charizard, sniff them out!" Ruby ordered the fire type. The fire/flying type nodded as it began to sniff the air. However, it caught the scent before it's eyes widened.
"FERALIGATR, NOW!" Charizard roared and pushed Ruby down before unleashing a stream of fire.
Feraligatr rushed out of the hole Ruby and Sapphire had originally made behind them and unleashed a powerful stream of water from its jaws. Both attacks collided, but Feraligatr managed to overpower the attack and struck Charizard sending it skidding back, but Feraligatr was knocked to the ground by Venusaur's Vine Whip.
"Now use Razor Leaf!" Venusaur obeyed Sapphire's command.
"SAUR! SAUR!" Two razor sharp leaves flew from beneath the large flower on the dinosaur-like Pokemon. Typhlosion jumped in front of his downed rival, now battle partner and released a Flame Wheel, charging through the leaves and was slammed into Venusaur's head, but then embedded into the wall as Blastoise's powerful Water Gun hit it. Typhlosion cried out in pain from the super effective strike only for the Shell Pokemon to be slammed into the wall as multiple vines wrapped around its body and threw it away.
However, Charizard managed a counterstrike on Bayleef and the Grass type cried out in pain as the Flamethrower managed to hit its leg when it tried to dodge. All six starter Pokemon groaned as they climbed to their feet. Circling one another, Sakura took her chance to raise their chances to 34%.
"Alright, guys...do it!" Sakura said. The two male trainers nodded.
"Typhlosion use Swift as cover!" Typhlosion released a flurry of golden stars as Bayleef took off towards Blastoise to gain another hit. The Swift attack struck the multiple enemies as Bayleef charged. Charizard used its wings to generate a powerful gust of wind and scattered the stars and then flew towards Bayleef.
"WING ATTACK!" Ruby commanded. Charizard roared and was about to strike, but Feraligatr dove down from above and slammed its tail down on Charizard's back causing a small crater to form from the impact the Flame Pokemon made with the ground. Venusaur then reared up, completely, on its hind legs making it look like it became bipedal.
"EARTHQUAKE!" Sapphire commanded.
"Shit, Naruto stop Venusaur!" Naruto nodded as Venusaur allowed gravity to take a hole of its body as it began to drop down its forelimbs.
"FLAME WHEEL!" The Charcoal item allowed the fires to rotate faster around Typhlosion's body allowing it to move forth faster, but it was too late as the Grass/Poison type made contact with the ground. The force of an earthquake resonated through the earth, but Naruto smirked as Typhlosion had stopped spinning and leaped into the air.
"Leech Seed!" Naruto gaped as the energy sapping seed released vines as the seed split open and trapped Typhlosion in its coils, but Typhlosion managed to burn through it with its neck flames before it roared in triumph and unleashed a burst of flame, having learned Flamethrower. The fire attack was countered when Blastoise sent a Water Pulse attack to save its battle partner, however because of that Bayleef had managed to appear in its face and jumped. Blastoise and Wallace watched in shock as the Leaf Pokemon descended.
"BAYLEEEEEEEEEF!" The Leaf Pokemon then caught a small blue piece of candy, a Rare Candy, courtesy of its trainer, in its mouth before a white light encompassed it. Its body grew larger and the seeds around its neck burst open and underwent accelerated photosynthetic growth and then a flower surrounded the now green, Pokemon's neck. The flower was pink with a yellow central pattern and was tipped with white. The leaf on its forehead disappeared and a pair of antennae, similar to an anther, appeared from its forehead. Its irises became yellow instead of being red and its four limbs now had three claws rather than one like its previous evolution. Its short tail was a bit longer.
"MEGAAAANIUM!" The Herb Pokemon crashed down on Blastoise with ferocious force as it performed Body Slam. A smoke cloud formed as Ruby, Sapphire and Wallace were watching as their Pokemon were all on the ground. However, they smirked as their Pokemon lashed out with a simultaneous Earthquake attack. The three Johto starters flew through the air from the seismic shock causing the entirety of ROOT HQ to shudder from it.
Typhlosion, Feraligatr and Meganium returned to their trainers. Charizard, Blastoise and Venusaur did the same. Naruto and Sasuke walked up to Meganium and stared in awe as they stroked it, the Herb Pokemon allowing itself to be petted. Naruto's Pokedex then picked up the DNA signature of the grass type and recorded its data. The two heard their Pokedex-es beep and withdrew them from their pockets.
Meganium the Herb Pokemon. A Grass type Pokemon. Meganium's breath has the power to revive dead grass and plants. It can make them healthy again.
"Cool, Sakura-chan!"
"Looks you were right. You're not as weak as you once were." Sasuke nodded to the pink haired girl. The three Johto trainers then turned to their opponents.
"Please don't continue to fight. The Kanto Fire-Grass-Water trio are the most powerful of any of these trios. They cannot be beaten." Ruby said with a monotone.
"You think we're just going to let you guys try and take over the region and revive Danzo and do whatever it is your leader...your father is doing!"
"Father?" Sakura gaped. "Their father is the..." Sasuke and Naruto nodded and Sakura gasped.
"SHUT UP!" Wallace roared as he and Blastoise took a step forward. The Johto trio tensed. "If you will not surrender...then we will MAKE YOU...surrender." Wallace glared at the three trainers that were his age. He turned to Ruby and Sapphire. The three siblings nodded.
Charizard, Blastoise and Venusaur growled as they prepared to strike.
"Well guys...let's show these guys not to mess with the Johto Region!"
"I'm going to take down my guy first, teme!" Naruto challenged his rival.
"We'll see about that, dobe!"
The six trainers stared at one another before commanding their Pokemon to attack.
"VENUSAUR/MEGANIUM...USE MAGICAL LEAF!"
"BLASTOISE/FERALIGATR...USE WATER GUN!"
"CHARIZARD/TYPHLOSION...USE FLAMETHROWER!"
And the attacks collided in a titanic clash as the battle continued.
(A/N: Well that's it for Chapter 15. I hope you guys enjoyed it and the unexpected elements of my story that cause it to deviate a bit from the game were to your liking.
Now in the next chapter, the battle continues as the Kanto trio and the Johto trio fight through the ROOT base. However, the Leader and the cloaked figure have finally met face-to-face. However, the Leader has a different plan for the ROOT base. With that small peck on the cheek, Naruto begins to think about Hinata on a more...intimate level. Also, it's time to gain the seventh gym badge. Naruto and Sasuke prepare for the battle in the ice type gym of Mahogany Town only to suddenly meet a familiar face.
What is the Leader's plan for the ROOT HQ now that it has been compromised? Who is this cloaked figure? Will Naruto come to terms with his feelings for Hinata? And who is the seventh gym leader?
Find out all this and more in the next chapter of Naruto: Johto Journeys, Chapter 16: Pandemonium.
Also, I plan on giving Hinata the Lapras from Union Cave, but I don't know which Pokemon to switch out for it. Any suggestions?)
Pokedex: Seen-99
Caught-74
Character Bio: Kakashi Hatake
Eye Colour: Black
Hair Colour: Silver
About: Kakashi was originally born in Vermilion City in the Kanto Region. His mother died during child birth and so he was raised by his father, Sakumo Hatake, who was, and still is,the gym leader of the Vermilion City gym at the time. Kakashi was taught by his father how to raise Pokemon and how to cherish them as friends and not just as creatures to be used in battles. His first Pokemon was a Houndour, now a Houndoom, that he kept for the entire time during his Pokemon journey. During an unknown incident, Kakashi had lost his right eye and now wears an eye patch to cover it. He and his friends, Rin and Obito, travelled together and were taught by an unknown trainer in the art of Pokemon battles. The results of his training was shown to be fruitful, as Kakashi grew up to become the fourth and thus, the strongest, member of the Elite Four and also takes the time to travel around the Johto region and give a bit of help to promising Pokemon trainers. He, along with a few other trainers, also seem to know the identity of Naruto's father.
Naruto's Team:
Typhlosion(Male)
Pidgeot(Male)
Heracross(Male)
Quagsire(Female)
Amphoros(Female)
Eevee(Male)
Hinata's Team:
Espeon (Female)
Butterfree(Female)
Nidorina(Female)
Jumpluff(Female)
Furret(Male)
Togepi(Male)