Naruto: Johto Journeys

Chapter 16: Pandemonium

"Pokemon" Normal speech

'Pokemon' Normal thoughts

"Pokemon" Pokemon that can talk

"Pokemon" Flashbacks

"Pokemon" Pokedex speech

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A/N:You can guess what this chapter's about from the title. Hope you guys like it. NOW ON WITH THE CHAPTER!

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Also, thanks to those of you who helped me decide which Pokemon Hinata should deposit for Lapras. It will be her Furret, but for now Furret will remain.

The explosions rocked the entire floor that the six trainers were on. Blow upon blow was exchanged between the three Johto and Kanto starters. Water, leaves, flame...all three elements flew through the air and caused many a seismic quake to occur.

"BLASTOISE, WATER GUN!" Blastoise aimed its cannons at the Johto trio and fired twin streams of pressurized water.

"FERALIGATR, ICE FANG!" The Big Jaw Pokemon leaped in front of the attack, teeth glowing an ice blue colour before biting down on the attack. Ice traversed up the attack, heading for Blastoise's cannons. Wallace had Blastoise stop the attack so his Pokemon's weapons wouldn't be frozen. As Blastoise moved out of the way, Sakura saw her opening.

"MEGANIUM, QUICK, USE RAZOR LEAF!" The pinkette commanded. The Grass type complied before the flower petals around its neck flew off, instantly regenerating on it neck, and flew towards the Shellfish Pokemon. Blastoise quickly took a deep breath.

"BLIZZARD!" Wallace told the large turtle. A blast of freezing wind was exhaled from Blastoise's lungs and froze the super effective attack and continued towards Meganium. However, the ice type move was halted as it came into contact with a blast of roaring flames as Typhlosion countered with Flamethrower. The attack continued forth and nailed Blastoise in the kisser.

"BLAAAAAST!" The giant blue turtle cried out in pain as it felt the burning sensation.

"Thanks, Naruto." Sakura thanked the blonde. Naruto gave a thumbs up to the green eyed girl.

"Typhlosion, use Swift and then Flamethrower!" Typhlosion sent out a storm of golden stars from its jaws, attacking all three members of the Kanto starter trio, but Ruby's Charizard quickly sent its own stream of fire to counter the one made by the Volcano Pokemon. As both fire types remained at a stalemate, the entire area suddenly heating up as a result, Naruto got an idea.

"Typhlosion, run into the flames!" Typhlosion looked back with a surprised look, but nodded when it saw the look in its trainer's eyes. Ruby was shocked when she saw the Volcano Pokemon stop its attack and suddenly dive into the Flame Pokemon's Flamethrower attack.

"You idiot, you just got your own Pokemon hurt." Ruby laughed, but then she stopped when she saw the foxy grin on Naruto's face.

"Did I? TYPHLOSION TACKLE IT!" Ruby and Charizard were both surprised when they saw Typhlosion dive out of the stream of fire and crash head first into the orange dragon's stomach. Charizard released a gasp as the wind was knocked out of its lungs and was sent flying through the air, only for Sapphire to have her Venusaur use Vine Whip and save her sister's Pokemon.

"Now throw it at Meganium!"

"SAUR!" Venusaur complied and threw the Flying/Fire type at Sakura's Pokemon.

"FIRE FANG!" Charizard opened its mouth and bit down as it slammed into Meganium, sending it into a wall and away from Blastoise. Meganium released a cry as the super effective move dug into its flesh and cauterized the wound.

"MEGANIUM, USE VINE WHIP TO THROW IT OFF!" However, Meganium didn't respond to its trainer's commands as Charizard followed up with another Fire Fang.

"FERALIGATR, WATER GUN ON CHARIZARD!" The blast of water crashed into the Kanto starter Pokemon and was sent into a wall. Meganium sighed in relief as it was freed.

"Use Synthesis to recover." Sakura told it. Meganium then used the stored sunlight it kept within its body from when it was a Bayleef. You see, all grass types perform photosynthesis in order to make food when they lack it and as such they have specially designed storage organs within their cells to store the sunlight and use it to create Synthesis when not in sunlight.

Meganium nodded and released the sun energy stored in its body and the body of the Grass type healed itself, the burn marks going away, but it was still damaged as Synthesis has a limit as to how much health is regained. Meganium quickly ducked as Venusaur sent a Vine Whip at it before Typhlosion grabbed it in its jaws.

"FLAME WHEEL!" Typhlosion answered Naruto's command and began to rotate at high speeds, encasing its body in fire. Venusaur and Sapphire stared as the entire vine caught afire and the fires travelled up to the Grass/Poison type, Typhlosion trailing after it as it rolled towards it.

"VENUSAUR, LET GO OF IT!" Venusaur tried to do so, but with the vine being in Typhlosion's jaws, it was practically impossible to do so and thus the super effective attack slammed into Venusaur. Venusaur let out a cry as it was sent flying back and Typhlosion let go and took a deep breath and sent a powerful Flamethrower after Venusaur and the attack caused Venusaur to erupt into flames.

"NOW FINISH IT WITH LAVA PLUME!" Typhlosion nodded and the flames on its lower neck blazed to life, larger than before and began to spread out like lava like a volcano. The wave of fire spread over the entire battlefield and Blastoise and Feraligatr quickly used Water Gun to prevent the attack from hitting them. However, Charizard and Meganium were hit by the powerful move and Sakura gaped as she saw her Pokemon get hit.

"NARUTO, YOU HURT MEGANIUM!" Naruto gasped as he saw the Grass type was suffering from serious burns and took out a Hyper Potion from his backpack.

"Here...sorry, Sakura." Naruto said. Sakura still looked pissed, but she knew Naruto didn't mean to hurt her Pokemon.

"It's okay, but remember that Lava Plume affects the entire battlefield next time." Naruto nodded.

"Sakura, take Meganium and get out of here. Meganium's down from that attack...now go!" Sakura bit her lip as she looked at Sasuke when he told her that. Sakura nodded and returned the Grass type to its ball and Naruto tossed her a Pokeball. Sakura looked confused and opened the ball to reveal Naruto's Pidgeot.

"Pidgeot, get Sakura out of here!" The Flying/Normal type needed no further instructions to understand the situation and it quickly took to the air and grabbed the pinkette in its talons. Pidgeot quickly performed a Quick Attack with a corkscrew twist and plowed through the ceiling. With that Sakura left the area.

"VENUSAUR GET UP!" Sapphire commanded, but the Grass type was down and Sapphire quickly returned it to its Pokeball.

The raven haired Uchiha quickly commanded Feraligatr to use Water Gun on Charizard, but the Flying/Fire type took to the air and avoided the attack and slammed a Wing Attack against the Big Jaw Pokemon.

"Grab it and slam it into the ground, then Water Gun!" Feraliagtr grabbed Charizard when its wings struck it in the chest. Though the attack hurt, Feraligatr's grip remained strong and then with a forceful twist, the heavy orange lizard met with the harsh ground. Charizard released a roar of pain as it was hit by the pressurized water blast. The attack sent it skidding across the floor and into the wall.

"SAPPHIRE, GO TO FATHER! TELL HIM IT'S TIME TO GO!" The blue haired girl nodded to Ruby and then turned to Wallace.

"Hold them off." The blue haired boy nodded to his older sister and had Blastoise use Blizzard to form an ice wall to provide cover for his sister. Sapphire quickly took off as Typhlosion sent a Flamethrower her way, ducking behind the ice wall.

"Looks like it's just us, huh teme?"

"So it seems, dobe." Sasuke smirked.

"Alright, let's get this over with." Naruto told his rival. The raven haired Uchiha nodded to the blonde before they turned back to the battle.

"Typhlosion, Flame Wheel on Blastoise!" Wallace looked confused as the fire type struck the Shellfish Pokemon. Blastoise skidded backwards, not taking a lot of damage due to it being not very effective.

"Blastoise, Water Gun!" The pressurized water blast struck Typhlosion in the stomach. As the Volcano Pokemon was sent back, Sasuke looked up.

"FERALIGATR, NOW!" Blastoise looked up in time to see Feraligatr suddenly drop down from the ceiling, having hooked onto the surface with its claws and slammed its tail down on the turtle-like Pokemon's head. Blastoise cried out in pain.

"CHARIZARD, WING ATTACK!" Charizard's wings took on a white glow as Ruby commanded the use of the flying type move. Feraligatr grunted as it was hit, flying through the air. Typhlosion then rose up and its neck flames blazed to life once more. Its red eyes were burning and the flames on its neck suddenly changed from red and yellow to blue and white. Naruto smirked.

"So that's why you let Typhlosion get hit?" Sasuke asked as he noticed the use of the Blaze ability. Naruto nodded.

"FLAMETHROWER!" A powerful stream of fire rocketed from the Volcano Pokemon's jaws.

"CHARIZARD COUNTER WITH YOUR OWN!" The dragon-like Pokemon let loose its own tongue of flame, but Typhlosion's easily overpowered it and the attack slammed into Charizard. Feraligatr then sent a Water Gun its way and Charizard panted as it removed itself from the wall it slammed into before its blue eyes shone and its tail flame grew it size.

"Shit, I forgot Charizard knows Blaze too!" Naruto cursed. Feraligatr and Blastoise then charged each other, crashing their limbs against each other.

"BLIZZARD!" Blastoise obeyed Wallace's order and sent a blast of freezing wind at Feraligatr, the Pokemon's torso was entirely frozen, but with a bit of heat from Typhlosion's passing Flamethrower, the attack was easily shattered and Feraligatr leaped and bit down using Ice Fang on Blastoise's arm. The Shellfish Pokemon raised its arm and slammed the Big Jaw Pokemon into the ground causing a small crater to form. Feraligatr let go as it yelped in pain before Blastoise retracted into into its shell and spun, using Rapid Spin to send Feraligatr flying back. Feraligatr flipped in the air and was caught by Typhlosion. Typhlosion spun with the momentum and threw the Big Jaw Pokemon at the Flame Pokemon.

Charizard quickly avoided the flying Water type by twisting its body and then wrapped its tail around its ankle. Feraligatr was sent to the floor, but the water type turned and fired a Water Gun at Charizard. The dragon-like Pokemon ducked beneath it before Sasuke saw his chance.

"AIM FOR THE TAIL!" Feraligatr opened its jaws and sent a blast of water, hitting Charizard's tail. The Flame Pokemon let loose a roar of pure agony as its tail flame was reduced to regular size, the increased volume caused by its Blaze ability, gone. Charizard let go and fell to the ground only for Blastoise to use Rapid Spin over the fallen fire type and crash into Feraligatr's body. However, the thing was that Blastoise was now glowing blue.

"Wallace...Charizard's down." Ruby said as she quickly checked her Pokemon's status. "It's up to you now." The younger boy stared at his older sister as she returned the Flame Pokemon to its ball.

"I'm going with Sapphire to go and get father. Do your best." Ruby ran over to Wallace and gave him a light kiss on the forehead. "You escape when you know you can't handle anymore...alright." Wallace nodded before he got a serious look on his face.

"Yes, Nee-chan." He replied.

"TYPHLOSION QUICK, USE FLAME WHEEL TO STOP THAT GIRL!"

"LIKE HELL YOU WILL!" Wallace roared, "BLASTOISE, RAPID SPIN!" A blazing wheel of white and blue clashed with Blastoise's Rapid Spin, but then Feraligatr rose up, a blue aura similar to Blastoise's surrounding its body.

"Torrent." Sasuke and Wallace stared at their Water types. Blastoise and Typhlosion remained in a stalemate before Wallace told Blastoise to use its cannons. Water flew from the cannons and Typhlosion was sent back. Naruto's eyes widened as Typhlosion slammed into his own body and the trainer and Pokemon were both sent to the ground. Typhlosion had swirls in its eyes as it lay unconscious, having finally fainted after the long battle. Naruto cursed as he tried to stay awake and also try to awaken his downed Pokemon, but to no avail. Naruto panted as he was exhausted as well from having to continuously avoid being hit during the battle, just like Sasuke and Wallace.

"Sasuke, Typhlosion's down and Blastoise is obviously stronger than my other four Pokemon!" Naruto cried out, his eyes fluttering as he tried to prevent the darkness in his vision from seeping any further. The raven haired Uchiha leaped aside as he avoided a Blizzard along with Feraligatr.

"Get out of here then, I'll deal with this boy!" Naruto stared at his rival.

"Like hell I'm going to leave you alone here!"

"YOU'RE OF NO USE HERE ANYMORE WITH TYPHLOSION BEING KNOCKED OUT! GET OUT WHILE YOU STILL CAN, NARUTO!" Naruto gritted his teeth as he looked at Sasuke and Feraligatr fight off Wallace and Blastoise before nodding.

"Fine, but you better come out of here otherwise it doesn't matter where you are...I will find you and kick your ass! Crap, I can't move." Naruto said as he tried to get up after rolling Typhlosion off of him. He looked down and saw his leg was bent at an angle it shouldn't be bent at.

'Kuso.' Naruto thought before falling into unconsciousness.

"BLASTOISE EARTHQUAKE!" Blastoise raised its foot and smashed it on the ground and the ground cracked and broke apart as the seismic shock forced itself through Feraligatr's body sending it skyward. Blastoise then used Rapid Spin to send Feraligatr back, but the Big Jaw Pokemon flipped in the air and skidded along the ground before running on all fours and slammed its hard skull against Blastoise's soft belly. The Shellfish Pokemon was sent skidding backwards before Feraligatr leaped and bit down on the crook of Blastoise's neck and froze the previously bleeding area with an Ice Fang. Feraligatr then kicked off and fired a Water Gun only for Blastoise to counter it. The two Water types battled hard and long.

"BLIZZARD!"

"DODGE AND USE ICE FANG!"

"COUNTER WITH RAPID SPIN!"

"LEAP OFF THE WALL AND USE YOUR TAIL TO HIT IT!"

"BLASTOISE, WITHDRAW INTO YOUR SHELL!"

The attack and defensive commands flew forth and the titanic clash continued for what seemed to be hours in what only occurred in barely more than two minutes. Feraligatr and Blastoise stood facing one another, panting to catch their breaths. The blue aura representing their Torrent ability was shining like never before.

"WATER GUN!" The two blasts of water collided and caused a shockwave of water to erupt from the point of collision. Blastoise rushed through with a Rapid Spin, but Feraligatr grabbed the giant bipedal tortoise and slammed it into the ground. However, Blastoise aimed its cannons and fired the pressurized water from the nozzles. Feraligatr used Ice Fang and froze the attack before Blastoise knocked it back with a kick. Blastoise used Rapid Spin to levitate slightly and get back on its feet before Wallace yelled for the finishing blow.

"FINISH IT WITH EARTHQUAKE!" Wallace commanded.

"NO YOU IDIOT, YOU'RE GOING TO COLLAPSE THE ENTIRE BUILDING ON US IF YOU USE EARTHQUAKE AGAIN!" Blastoise paused when Sasuke said that and turned to its trainer. Wallace bit his lip as he considered the possibility of being buried beneath tons of concrete and stone. He then remembered Ruby's words.

"We're done." Wallace returned Blastoise to its ball before he took out another Pokeball. Sasuke cursed when he saw the Sandslash before him. Even with a type advantage, Feraligatr was worn out.

"Use Dig to get us out of here." Wallace looked back and saw Feraligatr and Sasuke had both fainted as exhaustion caught up to them. Wallace frowned before leaving to tunnel, but then a beep met his ears.

"Ruby? Sapphire?" Wallace asked into the wireless communication system implanted in his ear.

'Wallace, get out now. Self-Destruct of the base has been initiated." Ruby spoke.

"Understood." Sandslash then began to dig at a much faster rate, tunnelling under and through the base.

Leader's Office(During the Johto vs. Kanto trio battle)

The Leader sat in his office observing his children fight before he heard a roar outside his door. The door was blown apart as a powerful blast of purple-yellow fire, a Dragon Rage attack, tore it apart. The cloaked figure and his Charizard walked through the large hole and the figure's black eyes narrowed as he stared into the purple eyes of his opponent.

"Your time is up, Leader." The figure spoke with a growl from Charizard accompanying his statement. Charizard then opened its jaws and released a powerful Flamethrower attack. The attack enveloped the ROOT leader and caused a violent explosion upon its contact with the ground. As the smoke cleared from the explosion, the cloaked figure and Charizard narrowed their eyes when they saw a Pokemon standing in front of the destroyed area. The ROOT leader smirked as he walked out from behind his Ditto, which had transformed into his likeliness.

"Now now is that anyway to greet someone." The figure ignored the title before having Charizard open its mouth and a yellow-orange orb of energy condensed within its jaws.

"Hyper Beam!"

"Ditto, Transform and use Hyper Beam as well." The Leader ordered. Ditto quickly transformed into the figure's Charizard, an exact copy, and fired off a Hyper Beam. The two powerful Normal type attacks clashed and caused another explosion. The Ditto and Charizard then fired blasts of fire at one another before the Leader and the figure stared at one another.

"Still strong...as expected from one such as yourself."

"You know who I am?"

"I know everyone...especially you...Pokemon Champion." The Leader grinned when he saw the cloaked figure twitch slightly at the mention of his title.

"CHARIZARD...HEAT WAVE!" The figure cried out.

"Ditto, HEAT WAVE!"

Charizard and Ditto roared as their bodies became surrounded by fire. The two Pokemon roared as the fires around their bodies began to rotate, forming a dome around each of them. The flames began to change colour as well as the heat levels in the Leader's former room began to increase. Red to yellow to orange to blue and then finally settling on a shining white. When the fire pillars touched Charizard and Ditto, twin waves of white flame flew forth from their bodies and the attacks caused a massive amount of destruction. The Champion and his Charizard flew out of the smoke cloud and the Champion gritted his teeth.

"He's gone." The cloaked figure cursed from atop the dragon-like Pokemon. Charizard growled out a few curses in its language before a pair of girls appeared with the Leader.

"Father, it's time to go." Ruby said.

"Where's your brother?" The Leader asked.

"Otouto is holding off the last of the trainers, but he's going to leave now." Sapphire said as she tapped the communication device in her inner ear. After telling Wallace it was time to go, the Leader quickly turned to Ditto.

"Change into an Alakazam and get us out of here, Ditto." The purple gelatinous blob of a Pokemon quickly changed into the Flying/Normal type and bent down as it channelled the power of its new psychic abilities. The Leader then turned to the Champion and pressed a small object in his hand. It was a small red button and it looked to be blinking.

'Red blinking lights...that's never a good thing.' The Champion thought before he turned to Charizard who looked back at its trainer. The Leader then commanded Ditto use Teleport and teleport it did as Ruby, Sapphire and the Leader left. A moment of silence was heard before the Leader's voice was heard again.

"You are as strong as the people have said, especially to have had your Charizard learn such powerful moves...but although our battle was fun, all good things must come to an end. The Electrode in this building that are used to power the generator have just been told to use Self-Destruct. The entire complex...along with the Electrode will all die in the wreckage as the building is about to collapse atop of you." The Leader's voice echoed from the small button.

"BASTARD, HOW DARE YOU KILL INNOCENT POKEMON TO SAVE YOUR OWN HIDE!"

"You have two minutes if you want to live." Was all the Leader said before his voice left the button on the ground.

"Use Fly and get us out of here!" Charizard quickly flapped its wings in swift, yet powerful strokes. Charizard ploughed through the floors of the ROOT HQ with ease, but the Champion caught sight of an unconscious Naruto, Typhlosion, Sasuke and Feraligatr. The Champion had Charizard grab the two Johto Pokemon in its claws while the Champion took Naruto and Sasuke and rested them on Charizard's back. Charizard released a loud roar before taking off with amazing speed and then bursting through the floor of the small shop that was their cover and then the roof of it. Charizard roared as the explosion finally caught up with it and the blast wave sent it tumbling through the air, the Champion keeping a tight grip on the Pokemon's horns so that he wouldn't fall off. The cloak he had caught on fire and he then threw it off before Charizard landed in front of the giant pillar of flame and smoke.

Hinata, Espeon Sakura, Pidgeot, Golem and Akatsuchi

"NARUTO, SASUKE!" The trainers cried out. They then saw the Champion land on the ground and rest the two trainers and their Pokemon on the ground. The others quickly ran, or in Pidgeot's case, flew, towards the downed trainers and their Pokemon. The Champion turned around and saw the shocked face of Hinata Hyuga, having already revealed his identity to the other two.

"Are they okay?" Hinata asked, refraining from asking the question as to what a person like THE Pokemon Champion was doing in a place like this as she saw their unconscious forms.

"They're fine...just knocked out. Where is Haku-san?" The Champion asked.

"Right here, Champion-sama." Haku said as she appeared out of nowhere. "I came as soon as I heard the explosion...what are you doing here though?"

"How do you two know each other?" Sakura asked as the Champion's Charizard took Typhlosion, Feraligatr and their trainers to the Pokemon Center.

"What do you me-?" The Champion turned to Haku with a sweatdrop. "You didn't tell them again, didn't you? How many times have I told you that it's not supposed to be a secret."

"Tell us what?" The group asked. Haku giggled slightly as she saw the Champion stare at her with a serious expression.

"Oh...I'm the Mahogany Town Gym Leader." There was silence for a few moments and then...

"WHAAAAAAAAAAT?"

One Day Later- Mahogany Town Pokemon Center

Sakura, Hinata, Espeon, Akatsuchi and Meganium were sitting with Haku at a table in the Pokemon Center.

"Don't be so glum guys. Nurse Shizune said that the four of them are just fine, just exhausted." Haku said.

"Yeah, but it's just that...yesterday had been so hectic. I mean with the Champion coming to town, finding out you're a gym leader, ROOT having been found out to be hiding just beneath the ground of your town...it's a lot to take in." Akatsuchi sighed. Hinata was fidgeting as she watched the table.

She then felt a hand rest on her shoulder. Looking up, she saw Sakura smile at her.

"Hinata, they're going to be alright. Sasuke-kun and Naruto are much too stubborn to go down like that." Hinata nodded before Espeon leaped up onto the table and nuzzled its trainer before curling up on the surface.

"Where'd he go?" Sakura stated out of the blue.

"If you mean Champion-sama, he went to go and see if there were any remains of ROOT's base and see if there was anything he could to bring to the League Association." Haku replied. A moment of silence filled the air as the group watched the table. Then Nurse Shizune walked out from the door leading to the healing wards.

"Are they okay?" Sakura and Hinata chorused. The black haired woman nodded with a kind smile.

"Actually..." The woman stepped aside to reveal the blonde and black haired boys, Typhlosion and Feraligatr standing behind them. The four of them had a few bandages on their bodies to cover up the cuts and Naruto's leg was in a cast, having to use crutches to stand.

"Yo." The two stated casually causing everyone to sweatdrop. Sakura walked up to Naruto and handed him Pidgeot's Pokeball.

"Here and thanks."

"Anytime, Sakura-chan." Naruto grinned before he was suddenly met with Hinata. "Hina-chan!" Naruto grinned widely. Hinata looked down at the ground, blushing lightly causing Naruto to raise an eyebrow in confusion before he was suddenly hugged by the pale eyed girl.

"You're okay." She lightly sobbed as she held the boy. Naruto's gaze softened as he smiled at her.

"Of course. I'm the future Johto Champion...ain't nothin' gonna keep me down until I hold that title." Naruto laughed lightly. Hinata let loose a small giggle as she let him go, wiping her tears and sniffling slightly. "I'm alive Hina-chan, no more tears." She nodded at that statement before the doors to the Pokemon Center opened.

The group turned to look at the figure that entered.

"Ah so you're awake." Naruto and Sasuke's jaws nearly hit the ground in shock as they watched the person standing before them.

Feraligatr and Typhlosion watched their trainers in confusion before looking at each other.

"Ty?"

"Gatr" The Big Jaw Pokemon shrugged.

"Y-Y-Y-You're..." Naruto couldn't finish the sentence at all due to the amount of shock running through him.

"It can't be?" Sasuke exclaimed. The two twelve year old boys watched as their friends and the Pokemon before them were trying to contain their laughter due to the humourous expressions on their faces. The two turned to each other and punched each other in the face.

"AGH WHAT'D YOU DO THAT FOR?" They cried out in pain simultaneously causing everyone to sweatdrop at them.

"TO SEE IF I WAS DREAMING YOU DUMBASS!" The two blinked at each other before turning to the figure before them.

"Yes I am who you think I am." The figure spoke with a small grin.

The person before them was a fair-skinned man who looked to be a bit over forty years old, with long, black hair that had a blue tint to it and was tied in a ponytail. His bangs parted down the centre of his face to frame both sides of it. He wore a long sleeves, dark blue t-shirt with a high collar that covered his neck. A pair of long black pants and black boots were also a worn. A cape was wrapped around his neck, with the outside being a dark blue, almost black, and the inner part being a deep crimson. The kanji for 'Champion' was shown on the cape. The man's black eyes were similar to Sasuke's and the mighty Charizard stood behind the Champion.

"I am Izuna Uchiha, Johto League Champion."

The two trainers continued to stare in shock before fainting. Izuna sweatdropped at the two unconscious boys once more only to see them spring back up, causing his sweatdrop to grow bigger.

"I'm too excited to have fainted again." Naruto said only to yelp when he moved as he realized he fell on his still broken leg.

"Why are you here?" Sasuke asked.

"Well my young cousin..." The man stared at his fellow Uchiha with a serious look, "I came here on a mission from the League. They said ROOT had set up their base here in Mahogany Town and their research was proven correct. I came here with Charizard to investigate, but you kids came along and I just went with the flow because I knew none of you would have really gone along with me and I didn't want to reveal my identity to a lot of people until we got rid of ROOT."

"I see." Sasuke paused before Naruto immediately jumped up with glee.

"IZUNA-SAMA I BOW TO YOUR GREATNESS! YOUR CHARIZARD IS SUPER STRONG, CAN YOU TEACH TYPHLOSION A FEW STRONGER MOVES SO WE CAN BEAT UP MORE TRAINERS?" Naruto practically bounced up and down. Typhlosion's ears twitched at the mention of stronger techniques to use and began to bounce alongside its trainer.

Izuna chuckled at that before answering, "Sorry, Naruto, but I can't. It's unfair towards your competition if you learn from the Champion himself."

"But teme and I got to learn from Kakashi-sensei?" Naruto said with a curious tone. Izuna's eyes narrowed at that before sighing.

'I guess I can't get out what Minato taught him...teach those with a promising future is what Minato told that brat, Kakashi.' Izuna sighed. 'Ever since Minato left the position of Champion to me when A left to take care of the Viridian gym, things have been getting out of hand. Damn you Minato!'

The elder Uchiha then looked to see Sakura and Meganium were poking him.

"What?" He asked.

"Well, Izuna-sama..." The older man grinned and waved his hand.

"Please, I don't really like honorifics that much so Izuna or maybe Izuna-san is fine." Sakura nodded before continuing.

"Izuna-san...when Akatsuchi and I went into the ROOT base after we split up, I had managed to get out with a bit of information that I'm sure you'll find useful in your mission." Sakura said as she took out Porygon's Pokeball. In a flash of white, the man-made Pokemon formed from the Pokeball.

"Pory...Porygon." The Pokemon droned out in a monotone. Izuna then nodded before going over to the small wi-fi area in the Pokemon center and removed a laptop from his bag. Izuna opened the laptop and allowed Porygon access to it.

"Alright, Porygon. Open files, Project Time Travel and Project Danzo." Sakura commanded. The blue and pink Pokemon nodded before two separate windows popped up.

"Your Porygon is obviously well trained to be able to perform this well in cyberspace." Izuna complimented.

"Thank you, Izuna-san." The pinkette bowed. Sasuke and Naruto's eyes twitched a bit when they realized they hadn't been complimented by their biggest obstacle to achieve their similar dreams.

"Project Danzo..let's see. ROOT will send agents to Goldenrod City and take over the Radio Tower and jam all signals leading to and from the Johto/Kanto continent. They will then cause all the radio stations to start broadcasting ROOT friendly messages while also encoding secret messages for their former leader, Danzo in a way that only he could figure out. The messages are to be broadcast and they hope Danzo will hear them and return to help in restoring ROOT to the glory it had thirty years ago."

"That's terrible!" Hinata exclaimed.

"Don't worry the boradcasts haven't been going out all that long. If we use Naruto's Pidgeot and my Charizard, we can make it to Goldenrod City in record time." The group nodded before Izuna turned back to his laptop and opened the file. Everyone stared in shock at what they were reading.

"Project Time Travel. Using the DNA from the Shiny Pokemon, Vulpix that we have captured..." Izuna glanced at the younger trainers who all looked to the emergency room. The Shiny Pokemon had been put under much physical and mental stress in order for it to gain the power they needed to find the Sky and Sea Pokemon. Izuna paused before continuing.

"Apparently, the Shiny Pokemon contain a special gene in their DNA that is given to them by the Pokemon gods of the Johto region and thus contain the energy signature of the Sky and Sea Legendary Pokemon. They will find the two ancient Pokemon and then use their energies to create something called the GS Ball, a Pokeball imbued with the properties from the feathers of the two Pokemon. The GS Ball will be made by taking both feathers and combining them with the ball where it will be made by Kurt, the amazing Pokeball creator." The Champion of the Johto Region cursed at what ROOT was planning.

"They will then use the GS Ball's properties to bring back Danzo, should he actually be dead...using the Legendary Time Travel Pokmon."

"Celebi?" Naruto questioned. Everyone looked at the blonde with a surprised look.

"What do you know of the Time Traveler." Haku and Izuna asked simultaneously.

"Umm nothing much, just that it happens to be a Pokemon able to travel through time." Naruto replied. Haku and Izuna looked at each other and nodded.

"The League will want to hear this...Haku, I'm going to Goldenrod City." Izuna said.

"Wait, Izuna-san!" Naruto hobbled over to the Champion. "You can't leave, not without us. We have some major kicking butting to do."

"I'm actually going to agree with the dobe." Sasuke said. Izuna frowned and ruffled Sasuke's hair.

"Oh don't worry little cousin. You will get your chance when you see it...until then, Haku will train you all. You have about five days before they will begin to broadcast the complete message to Danzo as Sakura's Porygon gained the information revealing when ROOT would carry out their plan." Haku walked up, a small white bird with a red body, yellow eyes and a large red sack that would allegedly be filled with basically anything, from whoopie cushions to grenade launchers.

"Deli!" The Delibird waved with a happy cry.

"It would be an honour to aid in training the trainers who helped remove ROOT from my town." Haku bowed.

"You...you're that girl from earlier!" Naruto exclaimed.

"How are you gonna train us? You don't look that strong." Sasuke snorted.

"She's the gym leader of Mahogany Town." Izuna informed them causing the two trainers and their starters to gape in shock.

"You can't be serious? HER?" Sasuke exclaimed. Haku smiled at the younger Uchiha.

"I am serious, my little cousin." Izuna spoke before putting away his laptop back in his bag, Porygon having left the cyberspace and returning to reality. Sakura took back her Pokemon and the Champion left the Pokemon Center.

"Where are you going?"

"To the League Association...I must tell them of these results. We will meet again, Naruto...Sasuke. If you keep up the attitude to never give up like you two displayed earlier, then I am sure that you will make it to the Pokemon League. I look forward to the day I will meet either one of you." Izuna spoke before climbing atop Charizard.

"Fly." He told his Flame Pokemon. Charizard released a roar before flapping its wings and took off in a burst of speed, speeding off into the distance and out of sight in mere seconds. After Izuna left, the group looked over each other before Naruto limped over to Hinata.

"Hina-chan...mind if we talk for a moment?" Naruto asked. Hinata looked confused for a moment, but nodded. Naruto looked at the others and gave them a soft smile.

"Guys, do you mind going outside for a bit." Sasuke raised an eyebrow.

"Why would we do..."

"Sure thing, Naruto." Sakura said as she covered Sasuke's mouth with her hand and unceremoniously dragged the Uchiha out of the Pokemon Center. Feraligatr and Meganium sweatdropped at their trainers before following alongside the rest of the trainers.

"Delibird?" Haku's Pokemon looked confused at the humans. Humans will never cease to confuse the little bird Pokemon.

"Typhlosion, mind taking Espeon out for a while." The Volcano Pokemon followed its trainer's request and took the Sun Pokemon outside with the others.

"Espeon?"

"Ty Typhlosion." The fire type shook its head, refusing to answer the question as to why they had to leave?" Hinata looked at the blonde and noticed the small wince of pain he made when he tried to put a little bit on pressure on his leg.

"Naruto-kun, I don't think you should be trying to walk." Hinata said with a worried look. Naruto smirked.

"Nah, I'm good. I just need to get this out."

"Okay...what is it you wanted to talk about?" The blue-black haired girl asked. Naruto sighed before touching his cheek. The exact spot where Hinata had kissed him before leaving him to fight off the Leader's children with Sasuke and Sakura.

"Why?" He asked. Hinata's eyebrow raised at the question.

"What do you mean? 'Why' what, Naruto-kun?"

"Before you left me to fight with Sasuke and Sakura...you kissed me. I want to know...did it mean something or was it just a spur of the moment?" Naruto asked. Hinata gulped as a blush erupted, coating her face with red. "Don't faint on me now, Hina-chan. I'm being serious here."

Hinata swallowed a bit before answering, "Honestly...a bit of both." Naruto blinked.

"Huh?" He replied intelligently. Hinata giggled at his humourous expression.

"Ever since I met you, I...always had a bit of a...well I guess I always admired how that no matter what people did to you, insulted you, tried to break you down...you never did. You told them you would become Pokemon League Champion and you're already close to achieving that dream. I've always admired you for that, Naruto-kun. As a result...I guess I...I..."

"You what?" Hinata blushed a bit before answering.

"I g-g-gained f-f-f-feelings for you as a result of that a-a-admiration. I-I-I really like you, N-N-Naruto-kun." Hinata said as she looked down at the ground.

"You...like me?" Naruto muttered in complete surprise.

"I mean, I'm only twelve so I can't really go so far as to say I l-l-love you, but...you inspired me to become a better trainer, coordinator and lose my shyness. I truly and honestly like you Naruto-kun and I know you like Sakura-san, but that is why...I did what I did back then in ROOT headquarters. The spur of the moment caused me to act irrationally and the thought of losing you...I guess I just wanted to do one last thing should things not have gone the way you planned." Hinata whispered, though the volume was loud enough for Naruto's ears to pick up on her words.

"You...like me." He said as more of a statement that a question. Hinata nodded.

"Hina-chan...I...I...wow." Naruto ran his fingers through his hair as he tried to calm the storm that were his thoughts. Hinata fidgeted as she continued to stare at the ground as the awkward silence formed between them.

"I-I understand if you d-d-don't feel the s-same s-since you like S-Sakura." Hinata felt tears line her eyes. However, she felt a hand raise her head and she saw Naruto's crystal blue eyes stare at her.

"Hina-chan...I told you...no more tears. Besides, I don't like Sakura-chan anymore." Hinata's eyes widened and she felt Naruto wipe her tears away.

"Y-Y-You don't?" Naruto shook his head.

"No. It was just crush and Sakura told me that she would never become more than friends with me...I accepted that and then I moved on. However, she told me I could find something in someone else...something that I couldn't get from her. She looked at you when she told me that." Hinata blushed once more. God she was blushing so much that she could set a world record.

"Sh-She did?" Naruto nodded.

"At first, I was a bit confused at what she meant, but...I began to understand and once I began to notice what kind of a person you were...kind, strong, smart, a great Pokemon trainer...basically everything I could wish for in a girl." Naruto grinned as he noticed Hinata struggle to keep from fainting. "However, though I notice these things, the thing is that...I'm not exactly sure if what I'm feeling is me trying to find a substitute for what I felt for Sakura-chan or if I actually do have feelings for you."

Hinata nodded and placed a hand on Naruto's cheek and gave him a small smile.

"I understand...you just need some time to understand if what you feel is real or not." Naruto nodded.

"I don't want to hurt you, Hina-chan and you deserve a lot better than just being my substitute for Sakura-chan...so I just need time. Okay?"

"I'll wait." Naruto's eyes widened.

"Y-You will?" Hinata tilted her head and a smile etched its way onto her face, a thing Naruto loved to see in his friend's face.

"I will, but Naruto-kun...they say time waits for no one. I can't wait forever and you might lose me in the process, but I won't rush you. Take your time, but just know I can't wait forever." Hinata said before leaning up to the slightly taller boy and planting a kiss on his cheek.

"Now then...you have a seventh gym badge to get." Naruto shook his head as he watched the person he had come to see as a best friend, and possibly something more, walk away from him. Naruto frowned a bit as his brain suddenly began to think at a rapid pace and then through it all...a memory of what his mother had told him came to him.

Flashback

Ten year old Naruto was home playing with Kyuubi, Kushina's Ninetails as the red haired woman made dinner.

"Kyuubi, you're gonna have to be faster than that if you want to catch me." The young blonde stuck his tongue out at the Fox Pokemon. The red eyed Pokemon rolled its eyes.

"Ninetails Nine Nine."

"Holding back? Why?" Naruto questioned the Pokemon.

"Tails Ninetails Tail."

"I guess that makes sense. You are Kaa-chan's Pokemon so you're obviously faster and stronger than others." Kyuubi puffed its chest out in pride at being praised by the young boy. Kushina then poked her head into the living room where the two were currently playing.

"Kyuubi-kun, Naru-chan, dinner!" She called out. The two males ran into the kitchen and Kushin laid out their food. Kyuubi had a large bowl of Pidgey flavoured Pokemon Food, while Naruto had some miso ramen. Kushina watched as Naruto ate with gusto and laughed when he nearly choked on his food.

"Take your time, Naru-chan. The food's not running off anywhere." Naruto scratched the back of his head in embarrassment, a trait that Kushina knew all too well.

'He's just like you...Minato-kun.' Kushina thought before looking at a picture on the wall. It was a picture of her and her husband, Minato Namikaze. Minato was like the exact replica of Naruto or vice versa. If it weren't for the fact that Minato had longer hair and didn't have any birthmarks on his face, Naruto would look EXACTLY like the man.

'Your last letter said you were heading for Mt. Silver...I hope you're okay.'

"Kaa-chan, you look sad. Are you okay?" Naruto asked, concerned for his mother. Kushina smiled at her son, hiding the sadness she felt, but Naruto knew his mother far too well to know when she was happy or was faking it. However, he also knew when to not pry into things and so he kept silent and let his mother keep smiling.

"Kaa-chan?"

"Yes, Naru-chan?"

"Kaa-chan...who is that man in the photo there? Whenever I ask, you always tell me he was a friend of yours from long ago."

"He is." Kushina stated.

"Did you...like him?" Kushina blinked.

"What do you mean?" Naruto tilted his head at his mother's question.

"Well you see there's this girl I...kind of...like in class." Naruto blushed lightly at his confession causing Kushina to giggle at her son. "And she says how I have a look that she described to be like the one you're giving when you look at that picture."

"Well then...yes, I did like that man." Kushina smiled, "But enough about me...what's this about you liking a girl?" Naruto sputtered unintelligible gibberish as he inwardly cursed his mother for changing the topic, but then began to blush as he poked his index fingers together.

"Well, I kind of have a crush on her I guess." Kushina then got a serious look on her face as she took Naruto's hands in her own.

"Naruto, there's a little thing you should know about people when you begin to like someone more than a friend."

"What's that, Kaa-chan?" He asked, tilting his head.

"Naruto...when you like someone, you must be sure that person is the one you want to spend the rest of your life with. Your happiness is important and if that person doesn't make you happy, then you must look for someone that makes you happy. Love is a complex emotion, Naruto."

"How will I know if that person is the one I want to spend my life with though, Kaa-chan? Why am I even discussing this, I'm only ten?" Naruto said clutching his head in a comical manner, however Kushina patted Naruto on his head. Naruto's blue eyes looked into his mother's own grey ones and she smiled.

"Naruto-kun, I'm just telling you...when you find that person...when you find her..."

"Hold her tight...and never let her go." Naruto quoted his mother's words and he looked at the ground. He clutched his crutches tightly, his knuckles going white from the force at which he held his crutches. The blue eyed blonde sighed.

"Kuso, why do emotions always have to be so complicated."

(A/N: Well that's chapter 16. I hope it was a good chapter and you guys approved of my use of Izuna Uchiha as the Champion. I found it useful because an Uchiha actually fits Clair's description in which Clair is said to be Lance's cousin and the Champion and Clair are related. Also an Uchiha is very prideful, like Clair and wouldn't be so ready to hand over a badge to a 'lower class' person. So I hope you guys approve of this, if not..then suck it up and get over it.

Now then in the next chapter, it's time for the training to begin. Haku's training with Sasuke and Naruto is actually much harder than it appears to be. However, as their training comes to a close as the week is almost up, the final test Haku has for them is in the form of her taking them on in a double battle for them to earn Glacier Badge. Will our heroes be successful or will they fall at the might of the Ice-type Gym Leader? Also in this battle...Sasuke says he has a secret weapon up his sleeve. What is this secret weapon?

Find out the answers to these questions and others in Naruto:Johto Journeys, Chapter 17: Glacier Badge. See you guys next chapter-K.D)

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Character Bio: Kushina Uzumaki

Eye Colour: Grey

Hair Colour: Red

About: Kushina Uzumaki is Naruto's biological mother and she was once a great Pokemon trainer during her younger years. Her first Pokemon was a Vulpix, now a Ninetails, whom she nicknamed Kyuubi. Kushina travelled the Kanto region and unlike most female trainer, she decided to go into battling gyms rather than participating in contests. After failing to achieve the rank of Pokemon Champion after coming an impressive third place in the Indigo League Tournament out of the 170 contestants, she continued to travel the world before settling down with her husband who is currently travelling the Johto Region where they had settled. She allowed her husband to go knowing full well that she would have to raise Naruto herself, but she was still paid for child support and everything for her despite his being away and thus she as able to send Naruto to the New Bark Academy and learn to be a Pokemon trainer. Kushina is said to have taught Naruto everything he knows about Pokemon battles as well as his strategies and even though she is retired, she is still a powerful trainer. The other five members of her team, along with the many other Pokemon she caught, are at Professor Sarutobi's lab in Kanto while Kyuubi stayed with her and Naruto.

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)