Naruto: Johto Journeys
Chapter 18: Top Floor Please
"Pokemon" Normal speech
'Pokemon' Normal thoughts
"Pokemon" Pokemon that can talk
"Pokemon" Flashbacks
"Pokemon" Pokedex speech
Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto and I don't own Pokemon. I do however, own this laptop and this story and NONE OF YOU CAN HAVE IT! :)
A/N:Before I begin, a little error on my part. Apparently, Porygon/Porygon2 has no gender, so Sakura's Porygon is genderless. My bad. Time for the battle of Goldenrod City, just like in the games, but with my own little twists here and there. However, I am having trouble deciding for something in the later chapters. The people will meet Ho-oh and Lugia, but who should catch Lugia? Sasuke or Hinata? Because I already have it planned that Naruto should be the one to catch Ho-oh. Hope you guys like it. NOW ON WITH THE CHAPTER!
Izuna and Charizard watched from atop a nearby building. Numerous ROOT grunts and their Pokemon, all fully evolved and ranging from Arbok to Weezing, from Raticate to Crobat. They all patrolled the streets of the city. The entirety of Goldenrod City had been taken over by the evil organization. ROOT had made their move. They struck fast and they did so without warning, taking down the police force with little to no effort before easily taking down the Goldenrod City Radio Tower.
The city was theirs within a matter of hours.
"This does not look good." The raven haired man commented. The fire lizard beside him snorted and growled.
"No, you cannot go storm the building. They might have hostages in there." Izuna told the fire/flying type. Izuna placed his hand in his pocket and pulled out a black Pokegear with the image of the Pokemon League's official seal on the back. He pressed the call button.
"Hello?"
"Naruto, Sasuke? Are you in position?"
"Yeah, but we're waiting on Sakura and Hina-chan to give us the signal. Akatsuchi and Haku are waiting for the signal as well." Naruto replied. Izuna nodded on his end of the conversation.
"Alright, wait for the signal...we'll gather in front of the Radio Tower like we planned to see if everyone is all right. Then you and Hinata will head for the Underground and rescue any hostages. Akatsuchi, Sasuke, Sakura and Haku will deal with the grunts...I will head for the Leader."
"Are you sure you don't want back-up, Izuna?" Sasuke asked.
"Don't worry little cousin. I will be fine." Sasuke nodded at Izuna's words before Naruto hung up his Pokegear. Izuna continued to wait and watch. A few minutes later, a melodious sound filled the air.
"That's the signal." Izuna said as he took out a pair of earplugs. Charizard pushed its claws deep within its ears (or whatever hearing organ it has) to mute the sound. Below, Izuna and Charizard spied numerous amounts of ROOT grunts dropping to the ground like flies before being raised up into the air, an aura of blue surrounding their bodies and piling them up. Espeon's use of its telekinetic abilities making it so.
Izuna then jumped on top of his Pokemon's back as he saw the entire group begin to gather outside the entrance of the Radio Tower.
"Well done, Sakura. Jigglypuff's Sing attack worked like a charm." Akatsuchi complimented. Typhlosion, Feraligatr, Espeon, Delibird and Meganium commented on Jigglypuff's excellent singing as well.
"Thanks, but if it weren't for Izuna-san rigging the Radio Tower's frequency for a few moments, Jigglypuff wouldn't have been able to reach through to so many people and get them to fall asleep."
"Hey where is Jigglypuff?" Hinata asked. Everyone looked around before spotting the pink sphere of a Pokemon holding its microphone/marker, using the marker part to doodle on the nearby ROOT grunts' faces. Everyone sweatdropped as they watched Jigglypuff draw a moustache and a monocle on the face of one grunt while drawing a turtle on the face of another. Jigglypuff also scribbled swirls and stars on the faces of the Pokemon that accompanied the ROOT grunts.
(A/N: Thought I'd give you guys a little nostalgia)
"Wow...Jigglypuff really doesn't like it when people fall asleep when it sings." Haku marvelled as she could only stare in shock at how rapidly the Balloon Pokemon was drawing, already having on drawn on twenty of the unconscious grunts' faces.
"Ever thought of having Jigglypuff become an artist rather than a singer?" Naruto wondered as he looked at Sakura. The pinkette sweatdropped at Naruto's question before turning to her pink Pokemon.
"Jigglypuff, now's not the time to be drawing on people." Sakura said with a monotone.
"Puff Puff Jigglypuff!" Jigglypuff huffed in anger before drawing some whiskers on one last ROOT grunt before running towards its trainer.
"Alright, you guys know the plan...let's move!" Izuna ordered before everyone took out their earplugs and threw them on the ground.
Naruto and Hinata quickly headed away from the Radio Tower. Naruto took out his blue Pokegear and opened the Map Card. He then activated the digital blueprints that Izuna has installed into the Pokegears and followed the streets with Hinata, Typhlosion and Espeon. He followed the blueprints towards the area of Goldenrod City known as the Underground. The Underground was an area of the city where people would go to evacuate should a crisis arise, however, the current muster point became an area of danger as Izuna had discovered that the Underground was being used by ROOT to store supplies as well as hostages. In order to reach the Underground, one had to first find the building that had the secret staircase that led below the city before passing through the Goldenrod Tunnel.
"Alright, make a left here...move forward...then turn right...another right..." Naruto called out the directions as his travel companions followed behind him. After a few minutes of running, Naruto, Hinata and their Pokemon partners came to a halt in front of a small building.
"Is this it, Naruto-kun?" Hinata asked as she looked at the rather bland building. Naruto looked at his Pokegear and nodded.
"Yeah. Izuna-san's blueprints show that this is where the Goldenrod Tunnel should be once we go through here." Naruto explained. Naruto then looked at Espeon.
"Espeon, would you mind checking to see if anyone is on the other side of the door?" The Psychic type nodded before pressing its ears up against the door. The hearing organs twitched a few times as they worked on picking up any sounds on the other side of the door. Espeon moved back and looked at Naruto.
"Espe Espeon Eon." Naruto and Hinata nodded.
"That's good. No one's there." Hinata grinned before looking at Typhlosion.
"Typhlosion, break it down!" The Volcano Pokemon nodded at the pale eyed girl with a wicked grin on its face before charging, performing Flame Wheel, and crashed through the door and turning it to burning splinters. Typhlosion looked around and just as Espeon said, there was no one in the room.
"Alright, there should be a staircase somewhere near here." Naruto said as he looked at the blueprints once again. The group looked around the room and Hinata spotted a door on the far right of the room. She walked towards the door and pulled on it, only for it to not budge. The blue-black haired girl pursed her lips as she looked at the locked the door before spying the small electronic lock right next to the door handle.
"Naruto-kun!" The blonde and the two Pokemon jogged over to the girl.
"What's up, Hina-chan?"
"There's an electronic lock like the one found on our cell when we were in ROOT HQ. Do you still have the Card Key?" She asked. Naruto stared at the lock before reaching into his pocket. He felt around for a while before going into his backpack. He rummaged through it, moving aside various items before grinning as he pulled out the metallic silver object. He zipped up his backpack and Hinata took the card and swiped the card through the lock. The small red light turned green and a small 'click' was heard.
"We're in." Hinata informed her fellow rescuers. She opened the door and the door swung open to reveal the staircase that descended beneath the streets.
"Let's go."
"Typhlo."
"Espeon."
The four ran down the stairs, leaping over the last three and finally found themselves in the Goldenrod Tunnel.
"Alright, the Underground should be at the end of this tunnel." Naruto said before the group ran down the tunnel's length. The numerous lights that granted them their visibility began straight lines at the speed they were moving at, the world seeming to blur around them. However, as they continued to run, Espeon's ears twitched. The Psychic type jumped in front of the others and its tails quickly became a shining silver colour and slammed down on the area in front of them.
"Espeon, what was that for?" Hinata asked. Espeon didn't respond as it charged a sphere of black energy in its jaws and fired at seemingly nothing. However as the others watched where Espeon had fired the Shadow Ball, they saw what looked like a crimson streak leap out of the smoke cloud made from Espeon's Iron Tail. The crimson streak landed on the ground and revealed itself to be a Scizor, the evolved form of Scyther.
"Scizor." The Steel/Bug type snapped its pincer menacingly at the Sun Pokemon. Espeon merely hissed. Scizor then stood up straight as footsteps were heard from the darkness beyond Scizor. From out of the darkness emerged the blue haired son of the ROOT leader.
"Wallace?" The two trainers exclaimed. Wallace smiled sadly at the two.
"I'm sorry it has to come to this...fighting you again." Wallace spoke. He then pointed at the group in front of him. "However, if it means to achieve my Tou-san's goal...then I will do what is necessary."
"YOU'RE ACTUALLY GOING THROUGH WITH GETTING BACK DANZO!" Hinata exclaimed. Wallace chuckled at that accusation.
"Please, Hinata-chan. As if my Tou-san would care about some old man. He is just using it as a ruse to go through with his original plan...however, if you wish to know what it is, then you will have to defeat me in battle to learn of it."
"We'll take you..."
"Naruto-kun." Naruto turned to see Hinata take a few steps so that she was now in front of him. "Let me and Espeon handle this. You've always been the one to battle and protect me and Espeon. You and Typhlosion shouldn't always be fighting...we have hostages at the other end. Naruto-kun, you and Typhlosion go and save them...I will deal with Wallace."
"Hina-chan." Naruto whispered as he saw the determination burning in her pale eyes. Naruto smirked and nodded. "Alright, but you better win." Hinata nodded, her own smirk present. Naruto and Typhlosion raced past Hinata and Espeon.
"Scizor, stop them!"
"SCIZOR!" However, before the crimson Pokemon could reach them, a CLANG was heard as Hinata sent out Togetic and had it use Metrenome. The Happiness Pokemon had used Iron Defense to take the blow from Scizor's Metal Claw.
"HINA-CHAN!"
"TYPHLOSION!"
"I said leave this to me, Naruto-kun! Now go!" The blonde gritted his teeth, but nodded before continuing to traverse the Goldenrod Tunnel.
"Does this plan of your Tou-san's have anything to do with Project Time Travel?" Wallace's eyes widened.
"How do you...?"
"We got a hold of your files before you all blew up the HQ in Mahogany Town." Wallace gritted his teeth.
"Then you should understand why we need to obtain the Legendary Pokemon." Wallace said. Hinata frowned.
"Yes...but that doesn't mean you should be hurting innocent people for that goal. I...no...WE will stop you and ROOT from doing this." Wallace sighed as he stared at Hinata.
"I really like you, Hinata-chan, but...if this is how you feel...then I'm sorry, but I will have to stop you from stopping me." Hinata nodded.
"You're a nice guy, Wallace-san. Too bad we couldn't have been friends."
Scizor and Togetic remained in a deadlock. The two dual type Pokemon stared at one another before leaping back.
"Togetic use Yawn!" Togetic released a small cloud of smoke from its mouth as it yawned, but Scizor quickly flapped its wings and dispersed the cloud.
"Use Metal Claw, Scizor!" Wallace ordered. The Pincer Pokemon rushed forth, claws shining a metallic silver.
"Togetic, Ancientpower!" Wallace's eyes widened as Hinata's Pokemon suddenly dropped down and punched the ground with its stubby arms. The earth within the tunnel suddenly rose up around it before condensing into a large sphere of rock. The rock was then sent flying forth and crashed into Scizor. Scizor gasped as the wind was knocked out of its body, the Rock-type move having slammed into its chest.
"Alright, now use Sweet Kiss to confuse it!" Togetic blew a kiss at Scizor and a flurry of pink hearts popped in Scizor's face. The Pincer Pokemon's eyes suddenly became swirls.
"Kuso...Scizor use Slash!" Scizor flew towards Togetic, but suddenly flew upwards and slammed its head against the ceiling repeatedly.
"Alright, use Metrenome!" Togetic waved its arms back and forth before its eyes shone a deep blue. Three orbs suddenly surrounded its body. One was red with similarly coloured flames dancing atop of it. The second orb was a golden yellow with electricity surrounding it. The third one was a deep blue, but had what looked like frost coating it.
"TOGEEEETIC!" Togetic launched the Tri-Attack at Scizor.
"Scizor, use Agility to dodge it and then use X-Scissor!" Scizor wandered lazily through the corridor of the Goldenrod Tunnel and the Tri-Attack struck it as a result of it not obeying its trainer. Crimson flames erupted around its body, followed by what seemed to be over 1000 volts of pure electrical charge coursing through it. Finally, a block of ice encased the Pincer Pokemon and left it as nothing more than an ice sculpture.
Wallace cursed as he returned Scizor to its ball. "You've gotten stronger, Hinata-chan." Hinata didn't reply as she still glared at the blue haired boy. The son of the Leader took out another Pokeball and threw it. In a flash of white light, the Pokeball opened and revealed the Pokemon that lay within it.
A large glob of purple sludge lay at the feet of Wallace before it suddenly took shape.
"MUUUUK!" The Sludge Pokemon released a cry similar to that of bubbling mud.
"Muk, use Sludge Bomb!"
"Togetic, return. Espeon use Psybeam!" Togetic avoided the Sludge Bomb upon its return to the capturing system before Espeon sent a rainbow coloured beam at it. The super effective move struck it hard and Muk released a painful cry.
"Use Sludge!"
"Espeon, dodge and use Swift!" Espeon used its great reflexes to avoid the poison type move and sent a barrage of golden stars at Muk.
"Muk use Acid Armour!" Muk's form suddenly began to hiss as its body became akin to that of acid. The golden stars seemed to disintegrate as Muk's Acid Armour remained active.
"Now burn that Espeon." Muk leaped at Espeon, Acid Armour coating still active.
"Use Shadow Ball!" Wallace's eyes widened as the Ghost type move flew towards Muk.
"Muk, concentrate your armour to your front." Muk followed its trainer's command and the Acid Armour became concentrated in the front an a small explosion formed as Shadow Ball collided with Muk. Muk dropped down, completely unharmed before launching a Mud Bomb at Espeon. The Psychic type Pokemon was sent flying back from the blow before countering with a Confusion attack. Muk's form was suddenly outlined with a deep blue colour before it was sent flying through the air by the telekinetic force. A Psybeam followed after, but Muk managed to send out a Sludge attack before being struck.
Both Pokemon landed on the ground and Muk was panting extremely hard from the super effective attacks hitting it while Espeon looked only barely winded.
"Espeon, use Swift and Confusion!" Espeon's eyes glowed blue as it used Swift and sent the golden stars at Muk. The stars were manipulated by Confusion allowing for Hinata's strongest Pokemon to strike at Muk so many times it was very difficult to count them all. All the stars then flew towards Muk and struck it in the skull and the Sludge Pokemon was taken down.
Wallace gritted his teeth before taking out his third Pokeball.
"Blastoise, finish this!" The Shellfish Pokemon came out and Hinata called back Espeon. Hinata looked at the powerful water type Pokemon before taking out another one of her Pokeballs.
"Togetic, let's go!" Togetic came out, ready for battle. "Use, Fly!" Togetic flapped its wings rapidly and flew up into the air before vanishing in a blur of speed. Blastoise and Wallace looked around for the Pokemon only for a streak of white to appear within the Shellfish Pokemon's vision, striking it in the stomach. Blastoise gritted its teeth in pain as the sharp points on Togetic's head pierced its skin.
"Blastoise, Ice Punch!" Blastoise's fist suddenly glowed with a blue light.
"Togetic, fly out of the way!" Blastoise's attack missed, however, Blastoise had two arms so as Togetic avoided the initial strike, it didn't see the uppercut Ice Punch that followed after. The attack was super effective and Togetic took some serious damage.
"Now use Rapid Spin and Water Gun!" Blastoise tucked itself within its shell and spun at high speeds, slamming into Togetic. The Happiness Pokemon didn't sound so happy as it was sent through the air by the following Water Gun attack. Togetic slammed into the ground, forming a small crater upon impact. Hinata returned Togetic and send out Nidoqueen.
"Nidoqueen, Thunderpunch!" Nidoqueen emerged from the Pokeball, fist already coated in electricity and descended towards Blastoise.
"Block it with Ice Punch!" Both Pokemon's fists crashed against each other and caused a small explosion from the clashing energies.
"Use Water Gun!"
"Use your tail to leap over it." Nidoqueen raised its thick, heavy tail and used it as a spring in addition to its powerful leg muscles in order to leap over the attack. Nidoqueen then flipped in midair to build up momentum before falling down towards Blastoise.
"Nidoqueen, use Double Kick!" Nidoqueen lashed out with its feet, aiming for Blastoise's face.
"Blastoise, Blizzard!" The ice type move struck Nidoqueen hard and fast, freezing it in midair. Hinata returned Nidoqueen to its ball before summoning forth her Jumpluff.
"Jumpluff use Mega Drain!" A green tornado of energy came from Jumpluff's body and struck Blastoise. The powerful Grass-type move sapped at Blastoise's health and reduced it while giving that same amount to Jumpluff.
"Blastoise, use Rapid Spin!" Blastoise tucked itself within its shell and sped towards Jumpluff and struck it hard in the face. Jumpluff bounced along the ground before it was hit by a powerful Water Gun attack. The poor grass/flying type never even stood a chance. Hinata took out her first caught Pokemon and Furret leaped in the air.
"Thunder!" She commanded the Normal type. Furret clenched its paws tightly before building up a great amount of electrical energy. The powerful bolt of lightning flew towards Blastoise and struck straight and true. The Shellfish Pokemon released a cry of pain, falling to one knee.
"Now finish it with Hyper Beam!"
"Blastoise, Protect!" Blastoise summoned forth a green barrier that deflected the most powerful Normal type move causing a large explosion to form. The Protect shield died down and from within the smoke cloud, Wallace had Blastoise launch a sneak attack. Powerful icy winds struck at Furret and sent it flying, but Furret remained strong and stood back up.
"Furret, use Thunder again!" The lightning bolt moved towards Blastoise, but the Shellfish Pokemon summoned forth its Protect barrier and blocked the strike only for Furret to appear in its face as it used Quick Attack.
'What the...?' Wallace thought.
"BLASTOISE!" The water type exclaimed in shock.
"HYPER BEAM, CLOSE RANGE!" Furret unleashed the orange-yellow beam at point blank. Blastoise was sent flying backwards before aiming it cannons and managed to fire off a powerful Water Gun. The attack sent Furret flying as well before both Pokemon impacted with the ground.
Wallace quickly returned his still, though barely, conscious Blastoise before sending out a Nidoking.
"Nidoking, Earthquake!" The attack caused the entire Goldenrod Tunnel to shake from the attack and the barely conscious Furret along with Espeon and Hinata were hurt by the seismic shockwave as the attack coursed through their bodies. Hinata fell to the ground along with Espeon. Hinata raised a shaky arm and returned Furret before sending out Butterfree.
"Butterfree, use Sleep Powder!" The Bug/Flying type sent out a haze of green powder and Nidoking inhaled the dust and it became drowsy.
"Kuso. Nidoking, quick...try to get in another Earthquake attack." Nidoking lazily raised its leg, but was sent flying as Butterfree used Psybeam and the super effective move knocked out Nidoking. Wallace growled as he sent out his fifth Pokemon. A large brown bear with a golden circle on its stomach.
"Ursaring, Focus Blast!" Wallace commanded.
"Butterfree, use Confusion to send it right back!" Butterfree's eyes glowed a startling blue and the fighting type move was caught in midair and crashed back against Ursaring's stomach. The super effective move sent Ursaring to one knee, but it got back up. It sped forth and raised its arms.
"Slash!" Urasring brought down its arms and slashed at Butterfree causing it to go flying through the air.
"Butterfree, stand strong. Use Bug Buzz!" Butterfree flapped its wings and an irritating buzzing sound met Urasring's ears, disorienting it as well as damaging it as its ear drums felt as if they were going to burst as the sound became close to unbearable for the Hibernator Pokemon.
"NOW SILVER WIND!" Butterfree launched a blast of shining wind at the bear-like Pokemon. Ursaring growled as it took the attack head on. It was sent skidding backwards, but it remained standing as a red aura surrounded its body.
"Kuso. It activated its Guts ability." Hinata realized. She then watched as Butterfree was flying all over the place to avoid being struck by Ursaring's Focus Blast and Slash attacks while mixing in Psybeam and Silver Wind as counter attacks.
"Sleep Powder!"
"Oh no, not again...Ursaring use Faint Attack!" Butterfree and Hinata watched in shock as Ursaring suddenly vanished from view. Ursaring then appeared behind Butterfree.
"Butterfree, behind you!" But Ursaring's attack came too quickly and the bear-like Pokemon slammed against Butterfree.
"Now Slash it!" The Slash attack hit home, the attack tore through Butterfree's left wing membrane as well as leaving a nasty gash on its back, and the bug type spiralled to the ground. Hinata quickly returned it to its ball and Hinata turned to Espeon.
"Espeon, Iron Tail!" She commanded. Espeon shot forth quickly and struck with the steel type move. Ursaring raised its arms to block it, but Espeon used the block to go into a forward roll and went towards the wall. Pushing off of the surface, Espeon sent forth another Iron Tail and struck Ursaring in the ribs. The Hibernator Pokemon winced as it felt its ribs crack before it was hit by a Shadow Ball in the face. Smoke appeared as the Pokemon's face was burnt by the shadow energy before falling to the ground.
Wallace gritted his teeth before returning Ursaring and sent out Blastoise once again.
The two tired Pokemon faced each other.
"Blastoise use Blizzard!"
"Espeon, Psybeam!"
Both attacks struck and an explosion racked the entire Goldenrod Tunnel.
"Typhlosion, use Flame Wheel! Pidegot use Aerial Ace and let Amphoros and use an aerial Thunderbolt attack! Heracross use Brick Break! Umbreon, Dark Pulse and Quagsire use Blizzard!"
All the Pokemon followed their trainer's orders and they lashed out at the Pokemon of ROOT as well as the trainer's themselves. Typhlosion's body became wrapped in flames before it rolled along the ground and slammed into a numerous amount of Arbok and Raticate and burned them into unconsciousness. Pidgeot flew into the air and performed a loop-de-loop and struck at the Weezing before performing Wing Attack to take down a number of Persian.
As Pidgeot did that, the Bird Pokemon flew low and Amphoros jumped atop its back. Pidgeot flew up towards the ceiling and the Light Pokemon launched numerous Thunderbolt attacks from above to take down the ROOT grunts as well as a number of their Crobat and Weezing. Heracross's arms glowed white before punching a ROOT grunt in the stomach and sent him flying before twisting to avoid the Poison Fang from an Arbok before striking it in the skull. Heracross picked up the Arbok and threw it at the nearby Weezing and then leaped to perform a crushing hammer strike to the skull of a Raticate.
Heracross was sent to the ground as a Thunderbolt from two Raticate hit it only for Umbreon's Dark Pulse to hit them. Umbreon nodded to Heracross as it gave it a thumbs up. Umbreon's eyes shone crimson before it vanished in a blur of speed. A streak of silver and black raced through the area. Soon, a number of ROOT grunts, a number of Gengar and Crobat fell to the ground as Umbreon lashed out with Faint Attack and Iron Tail in rapid succession.
Suddenly a chill swept through the area as Quagsire froze an entire battalion of Pokemon in place with a Blizzard. The Mud Fish Pokemon let out a blank, "Quaaag" of approval as it looked at its handiwork. Suudenly, an Arbok came down from above and bit Quagsire's head. However, with Quagsire's skull being as hard as steel, Arbok only ended up breaking it fangs. Quagsire looked up and gave a blank look at the Arbok as it touched its broken fangs with the tip of its tail.
The Arbok blinked as it saw Quagsire staring at it and gulped audibly.
"Chaaarbok?" Arbok was suddenly sent flying by a powerful Water Pulse and slammed into the wall of the Underground. It wasn't long before Naruto's entire team took down the entirety of the ROOT grunts. However, by the end of it, they were extremely tired and covered in bruises. Well, except for Quagsire since its slimy skin and rock hard skull acted as an excellent protective unit.
A combination of Lava Plume from Typhlosion along with a widespread Blizzard and Thunder from Quagsire and Amphoros respectively, had made quick work of the remaining ROOT members.
"Well done guys." Naruto took out a few Full Restores from his bag and handed them to his Pokemon, healing them back to full health. The Pokemon thanked their trainer before moving out. Pidgeot led the way through the maze that was the Underground, having found the hostages prior to the large battle that had occurred.
Once they found the hostages, Naruto had Heracross quickly cut them out with Night Slash.
"Is everyone alright?" Naruto asked. The hostages all got up and began to cry with happiness and immediately began to hug Naruto. A few of the female members, young and old, expressed their gratitude with kisses on the boy's cheeks. A few bolder girls around Naruto's age had pecked him on the lips before leaving his with a blank look on his face as they giggled while blushing as they walked away. Naruto shook his head to get his brain back on track before turning to the hostages.
"Alright, seeing as you all seem fine...I need the adults to lead the children to safety. Keep track of the elderly as well." Naruto turned to the Bird Pokemon and nodded. The Flying/Normal type took off, the former hostages following it like a soldier would their commanding officer. Naruto sighed before taking out the Pokegear. Naruto noted their current location and looked at the blueprints to see if there was any sign of a back exit.
"Okay. Is there anyone here who knows if there is a back exit or something?" Naruto asked. The people looked amongst one another and muttered to themselves and each other before shaking their heads 'no'. Naruto sighed. He was afraid of this. Hinata was currently battling that Wallace guy so there was bound to be danger should they go back through that way.
"Well...there is one other way." A man walked up. Naruto stared at the man before his eyes widened.
"Hey, I remember you! You're that Quiz Guy from the Radio Tower's front desk!" The man blinked before chuckling.
"Ah, yes...the young blonde who won my Map Card on the first try. Yes, I remember you, but now is not the time for catching up. There is another way out, but it requires going through the Radio Tower itself. There's an elevator on the far end of the Underground that leads to the third floor of the Radio Tower, however with those ROOT goons having taken it over there's no telling what kind of danger we could be in if we follow through." Naruto looked at the man with a frown, but sighed.
"There's no other choice. I'll make sure you guys get through safely. My Pokemon were thoroughly trained by Mahogany Town's own gym leader, Haku, personally. So, don't worry. We'll get you out." The ex-hostages nodded before following the blonde and his team of six towards the elevator.
However, after a few minutes of walking...Naruto paused as he saw Umbreon begin to look around.
"Umbreon, what's wrong?" The Moonlight Pokemon looked around a few more times before running off to the right. Naruto looked at the black and yellow Pokemon before turning to the rest of his team.
"Typhlosion, Pidgeot and Amphoros, you guys are with me. Heracross and Quagsire, stay with the people and make sure they stay here." The Pokemon split up at that point and Naruto followed the path his Umbreon had taken through the maze of the Underground. He then saw Umbreon standing in front of a dead end passageway. However, it wasn't the fact that it was a dead end that intrigued Naruto and his Pokemon...it was the fact that there was someone already there.
The man had long, spiky white hair and wore a pair of dark green cargo pants and brown wooden sandals like what a kabuki dancer would wear. There was a long sleeved, red shirt wore beneath a dark green vest which had the kanji for 'Oil' tattooed on the back of said best in black.
"UMBREON!" The Moonlight Pokemon's outburst caused the man to turn around sharply revealing his facial features which consisted of a rather angular face. The man had black eyes and a rather larger than average nose which had a single wart or mole, whatever it was, on the side of it. The man had red lines of ink stretching down from beneath his eyes making him look like he was crying blood.
"Huh?" The man said intelligently. He had a Pokegear in his hand and a Poliwag lay within his white locks, looking rather happy as it bounced within the man's hair.
"Who are you?" The man asked. Naruto and his Pokemon blinked at that.
Radio Tower-Inside
The Goldenrod City Radio Tower was very spacious, a given characteristic given its gargantuan size. There was an extremely high ceiling, high enough to allow a Gyarados to completely stretch itself out. There were many pieces of furniture ranging from single rocking chairs to five seater couches. The front desk was extremely large and had many pieces of electronic equipment lining it. However, the only thing that ruined the entire atmosphere of the room was the fact that the room had now become a battleground.
"STEELIX IRON TAIL!" Akatsuchi commanded.
"STEEEEL!" The Iron Snake Pokemon roared as its tail shone with silver light before striking down many ROOT agents and their Crobat and Raticate. However, another Steelix, this one belonging to a ROOT grunt, rushed towards Akatsuchi's only to be struck by a barrage of razor sharp leaves courtesy of Meganium.
"Alright, now use Magical Leaf!" Multicoloured leaves flew from Meganium's flora covered neck and struck the dual type Pokemon in the face and across its body. The super effective move sent it tumbling to the ground before a powerful Hyper Beam from Izuna's Charizard completely took down the tower of steel. A large explosion rocked the building as the Hyper Beam sent other members of ROOT and their Pokemon lackeys soaring through the air and knocking them out upon meeting the ground.
A horde of Houndoom appeared and glared at Feraligatr and Delibird before launching powerful Flamethrower attacks at the two.
Sasuke's Feraligatr launched a powerful Blizzard attack alongside Haku's Delibird. The blast of frozen wind completely froze the fire attacks as the subzero temperatures completely overwhelmed the blazing heat. The Houndoom and their trainer's could only stare in shock as to how a fire type move was completely defeated by an ice type move.
"Feraligatr, use Surf!" Feraligatr roared before its body suddenly became coated with water as if it were using Aqua Jet, however the waters began to grow and expand before forming into a large wave. The powerful water type move crashed down upon the Houndoom before Feraligatr went with the momentum and performed a Water Gun in rapid succession to shoot down a number of Crobat.
"Delibird, use Present!" Haku commanded.
"DELIII DELI DELI!" The Pokemon cried out in joy as it pulled out random packages and threw them all over the battlefield. Some presents opened up to reveal flowers, some were chew toys that the Houndoom and Persian present immediately took a liking too...only for said toys to comically explode and coating the Pokemon with soot as they fell unconscious. The following Presents were all explosives ranging from bombs to grenades.
The ROOT agents and their Pokemon scrambled as they tried to avoid the attacks. In the background, Izuna, Charizard, Sakura, Meganium, Sasuke and Feraligatr all had comically blank looks on their faces as they watched Haku command Delibird to launch the explosives at every single ROOT agent in sight.
"Was Haku-chan always this scary?" Sakura asked. Izuna and Charizard looked at each other with a sweatdrop.
"No...she's much worse when she's angry, but I guess that's what you get for being Zabuza's daughter."
"SHE'S THE CERULEAN CITY GYM LEADER'S DAUGHTER?" Sakura exclaimed. Sasuke's eyes widened as well as he watched the devilish grin form on her face.
'Oh...she's definitely Zabuza's kid.' Izuna and Sasuke thought at the same time. However, a multitude of ROOT grunts continued to file into the room.
"STEELIX, USE EARTHQUAKE!" The attack moved through the grounds, attacking all enemies in sight before Delibird's Present attacks knocked them into blissful unconsciousness. Akatsuchi then turned to Sasuke, Sakura and Izuna.
"Alright, you guys go on ahead. Haku and I will handle things down here." Akatsuchi yelled as he took out his other three Pokeballs and sent out his Sudowoodo, Golem and Golbat. Haku took out her other Pokemon as well, Dewgong, Piloswine and Lapras.
"He's right...there's too many coming in here. You'll never be able to reach the Leader in time if you stay here. GO!" Haku yelled as she commanded her Lapras use Sheer Cold and thus froze every single Pokemon within ten feet of the Water/Ice type.
"She's right. Let's go!" Izuna agreed before climbing atop Charizard. "I'm going to the top to fight the Leader...you two, take the stairs and meet up with me as quickly as you can." Sasuke and Sakura ran towards the stairs with Feraligatr and Meganium trailing behind them. Charizard roared as it blew a hole in the ceiling with a Flamethrower attack, burning whatever Pokemon or ROOT grunt lay above the fiery attack's path. Charizard and Izuna then flew through the hole as Sasuke and Sakura took the stairs.
When the two reached the third floor, the second having been made completely empty due to the grunts moving downstairs to the first floor to assist with stopping Akatsuchi and Haku, the grunts and their Pokemon immediately charged forth.
"Feraligatr, SURF!" The Big Jaw Pokemon released a growl before taking a deep breath and exhaling a large volume of water from its mouth. The water that was expelled then began to move along the ground, rising at it did so before taking on the image of a tidal wave. The wave crashed down on the ROOT grunts and their Pokemon before Sakura summoned forth her Pikachu.
"Pika, USE THUNDERBOLT!"
"PIIIIIKAAAAACHUUUUUUUUU!" The Thunder Mouse released a large amount of electrical energy from the sacs within its cheeks and sent a shock through every single water soaked ROOT member and their Pokemon. However, the fun didn't stop there as there was a sudden quaking of the floor and if Pikachu hadn't been airborne during the Thunderbolt attack, it surely would have been knocked out by the Earthquake that hit the third floor. Meganium and Feraligatr, along with every single other Pokemon on the floor were hit by the powerful ground type move.
"Sapphire-sama!" A grunt exclaimed. The blue haired daughter of the Leader nodded to the grunt before her Venusaur appeared from behind her.
"Vine Whip!" She commanded it. The attack shot out from beneath the tree on its back and shot towards Feraligatr, but Meganium stood in front of the water type.
"Vine Whip as well!" Sakura said.
"Meg!" The two grass types clashed with one another before launching a simultaneous Magical Leaf. However, the grunts suddenly had their Crobat use Air Slash, but Feraligatr countered with Blizzard and froze the air. The attack continued forth and knocked out the Crobat before a powerful series of Water Gun attacks took down the numerous Golem on their side.
"Sasuke-kun, go on to the fourth floor. I'll deal with Sapphire." Sasuke narrowed his eyes at that. Pikachu's sacs sparked with charge as it stared at the ROOT grunts before launching forth a powerful Thunder Wave, paralysing all foes that were struck. However, a Jolteon came through only to be struck down by a swift Iron Tail from the Pikachu.
"I'm fine, Sasuke-kun. Go help your cousin...I'm not the same weak fangirl from before. Haku-chan made sure of that." Sakura shuddered lightly as she remembered how Haku had tortured her with exploding Present attacks every time she even looked at Sasuke funny while he was training his Pokemon.
Sasuke nodded before looking at Feraligatr.
"Surf!" Sasuke jumped atop Feraligatr as the Big Jaw Pokemon called upon the powerful wave of water and tore through the enemy lines towards the staircase that led towards the fourth floor.
"You really think you can handle all of us?" Sapphire asked with a confident smirk. "I bet I won't even need Venusaur for this." Sapphire returned Venusaur to its Pokeball before taking out an Ultra Ball.
"Go Arcanine!" The evolved form of Growlithe appeared in a burst of light, smoke filtering from its jaws as it readied itself for battle. Sakura smirked.
"Yes actually." The pinkette glanced at the numerous amounts of people and Pokemon surrounding her. She quickly took out a pair of earplugs from her pocket and returned Meganium and Pikachu to their Pokeballs before sending out Jigglypuff.
"You think you can beat us with that?" A grunt laughed. A chain reaction occurred as the entirety of ROOT grunts and Sapphire laughed at the Balloon Pokemon.
"Jigglypuff...Sing." Jigglypuff pulled out its marker-phone and began to release a soft, calming melody. Sakura smirked as she tapped the earplugs in her ears as she watched Sapphire dig her fingers deep within her ear canal to block out the sleeping melody. However, the grunts and their Pokemon weren't so lucky as they immediately crumpled to the ground, sleeping soundly and were most likely not going to be waking up for a good few hours.
Sapphire unplugged her ears, and her gloved hands clenched in anger as she spotted her Legendary Pokemon unconscious on the ground, snoozing. A small bubble inflating and deflating at regular intervals in conjunction with its breathing.
"Arcanine! You bitch!" Sapphire glared at the younger trainer before her. Sakura stuck her tongue out at Sapphire before having Jigglypuff attack.
"USE ROLLOUT!" Jigglypluff's rotund body allowed it to move quickly and strike with impressive force as a result. The Rollout attacks were building up in strength with each strike before a final strike sent Arcanine's body skyward only for Jigglypuff to meet it halfway, and by bouncing along the floor, using its light and rubbery body to reach towards the ceiling, crashed down on Arcanine's spinal column and sent the paralysed Pokemon to the floor. Arcanine moaned in pain before falling into actual unconsciousness.
Sapphire returned the Pokemon before sending out her next Pokemon.
"HITMONLEE!" The Kicking Pokemon exclaimed as it appeared in a flash of white from the Great Ball.
"Rolling Kick!" Hitmonlee moved towards Jigglypuff with amazing speed and performed a powerful spin kick to the face before leaping into the air and performing a Jump Kick attack.
"Roll out of the way and then use Sing!" Sakura ordered. Jigglypuff rolled backwards, a small crater forming from Hitmonlee's impact with the ground before Jigglypuff raised its microphone-marker. However, before it could sing, Hitmonlee had used the XSpeed Hold Item that Sapphire had the Pokemon hold, to reach in front of the Balloon Pokemon.
"BLAZE KICK!" Hitmonlee's feet burst into flame before two powerful rising kicks struck Jigglypuff in quick succession.
"Now finish it with Hi-Jump Kick!" Hitmonlee leaped into the air and fell towards Jigglypuff's airborne form. Sakura's eyes darted as she quickly tried to think of an idea. Something unexpected even...something Naruto would be able to pull off. Then her eyes brightened.
"Inhale air and float out of the way!" Sakura yelled. Sapphire's eyes widened in shock as Jigglypuff's body expanded upon its inhalation and it floated like an actual balloon, out of the way of the attack and Hitmonlee fell to earth, landing on its leg and twisting its ankle upon falling.
"Now drop down and use Mega Punch!" Jigglypuff fell towards the injured fighting type, momentum building up from the fall.
"Block it with your other leg using Blaze Kick!" Hitmonlee's other leg suddenly uncoiled, using the spring-like extensions in its legs to meet Jigglypuff in midair and the Mega Punch met Blaze Kick with enough power to cause a small explosion of fire. Jigglypuff soared through the air as Hitmonlee's leg snapped back into place. Hitmonlee rose up slowly before limping over to Jigglypuff's downed form. After assuring it was unconscious, Hitmonlee went back over to Sapphire.
However, Sakura decided to play a dirty move. All was fair in love and war after all. She had returned Jigglypuff to its ball and then called forth her Vulpix.
"VULPIX, FLAMETHROWER ATTACK! FULL FORCE!" Vulpix appeared in a flash of white light. Sapphire and Hitmonlee were caught off guard by the sneak attack and was instantly overwhelmed by the powerful fire type attack. Hitmonlee stumbled forwards before falling to the ground.
"Dirty bitch!"
"No pain no gain!" Sakura said with a devilish smirk. Sapphire then sent out her third Pokemon.
"WOOOOOOBBUFET!" The Psychic type said as it gave a salute. Sakura frowned as she stared at the Psychic type, Vulpix by her side.
'This...might take longer than I thought.'
Meanwhile on the Fourth Floor
"RHYDON, HORN DRILL!" Sasuke ordered the Drill Pokemon. The Rock/Ground type charged forth, horn rotating wildly before crashing straight into the center eye of Ruby's Magneton. The Steel/Electric type spiralled through the air and landed at the feet of its trainer, unconscious from the One-Hit K.O blow.
The battle had been going on for as long as Sakura's was going on. The two trainers had fought each other, already taking down two of each other's Pokemon. Sasuke had lost his Sneasel and Gengar. He had sent out Feraligatr, but a Thunder Wave had managed to hit its mark and Sasuke had to have the Big Jaw Pokemon retreat into its Pokeball for the meantime. On the other hand, Ruby had currently lost her Skarmory after Sneasel defeated it, but with Magneton's powerful steel and electric type moves, it easily put down both Sneasel and Gengar.
"Grrr, you idiotic boy...Tou-san is busy and you and your stupid Pokemon Champion had to go and ruin EVERYTHING!" Ruby exclaimed with obvious rage.
"Yeah well, I can't let you bring back Danzo." Sasuke retorted. Ruby smirked as she took out her third Pokeball.
"BAKA! We don't want to bring back Danzo. Though we are actually carrying it out, it's all a ploy for the actual plan."
"Project Time Travel?" Sasuke asked. Ruby's eyes narrowed.
"What do you know of that? That's Top Secret information."
"It helps to have an ally with a Porygon." Ruby cursed in her mind before sending out her third.
"GOLEM TAKE HIM DOWN!" The Megaton Pokemon appeared, forming cracks in the floor as it landed.
"Rhydon, finish this weakling off. Earthquake!"
"Golem, use Hyper Beam!" Sasuke's and Rhydon's eyes widened in shock as the orange-yellow beam of destruction shot forth from Golen's jaws and hit Rhydon in the stomach with terrific force. Rhydon skidded backward, clutching its paining stomach before coughing slightly. A small drip of blood leaked from the tip of its lip from the internal damage.
"RHYDON!" Sasuke yelled in shock. He looked to see Golem frozen due to having to recharge its energy from using Hyper Beam. "Okay take it down...use Earthquake!" Rhydon raised its foot and slammed it down on the ground. Seismic shockwaves rushed forth and slammed into Golem, making it feel as if its entire body was being torn apart from the repeatedly powerful shockwaves. Golem fell to the ground and both Rock/Ground types glared at one another before Golem stood back up, albeit slowly.
"Rhydon, use Take Down!"
"Golem, Rollout attack!" The two Pokemon crashed into one another and Rhydon grabbed the rotating sphere of stone.
"Come on Rhydon, Rock Blast!" The Drill Pokemon opened its jaws and slammed a rock against Golem's body. The Megaton Pokemon was sent skidding backwards only to be knocked down by the second rock. Golem clutched its skull in pain before it was sent tumbling by the third. The fourth and fifth stones knocked it out cold.
"That's it...I've been holding back, but it's time to finish this. CHARIZARD USE FIRE BLAST!" The Flame Pokemon emerged from its ball as it was hurled into the air. Charizard fried off a blast of flame in the shape of a five point star. The attack sped towards Rhydon who had raised its arms in a feeble form of defense. The attack sent Rhydon skidding backwards, however Charizard zoomed forward and its arms wrapped themselves around Rhydon's waist before both Pokemon went skyward.
"SEISMIC TOSS!" Charizard began to move around in a circle, building up momentum before diving down towards the floor. Rhydon met the floor with devastating force, enough to form a spider web of cracks on the ground. Rhydon groaned as it lay unconscious on the ground, clutching its damaged shoulder after having used it to ironically, shoulder the impact from the Seismic Toss.
Sasuke cursed as he returned Rhydon to its ball. He replayed his remaining Pokemon. Feraligatr was paralysed and Rapidash, although fast, was no match for a powerful fire type like Charizard and with its flying type abilities, Charizard completely outclassed it. Sasuke sighed before looking up at Ruby.
"You know...I didn't want to do this, but you've force my hand." Sasuke removed the Great Ball from his belt and pressed the center button. Ruby grinned widely.
"As if you could defeat Charizard. Charizard is the best Pokemon there is. Nothing can defeat it, after all with your Feraligatr out of the battle...you have no chance." Sasuke nodded at that.
"That is true...however...you haven't met THIS Pokemon." Sasuke threw the Great Ball high into the air. A flash of blue light formed before taking the form of the crimson serpent that was once a golden Magikarp. A brief shower of shining dust flew from the Red Gyarados's form before it released a monstrous roar.
Charizard and Ruby looked at each other before turning back to the towering behemoth.
"Red Gyarados...show them what you can do." The Atrocious Pokemon growled, its beady black eyes staring menacingly at the Flame Pokemon. The red reptile began roaring and charged forth to take on its newest foe.
Goldenrod City Radio Tower-Top/Fifth Floor
The Leader sat in the cushy leather chair of the top floor of the Radio Tower. He was currently within the office of the former Radio Tower Chairman and was looking out over the city. The sun was about to set. The sky looked like it had been currently set afire as it was a mixture of reds, oranges, yellows with a dash of purple and pink.
"Ah...such a beautiful sunset wouldn't you say, Izuna-san?" The Leader asked, his purple eyes seemed to reflect the image of the sunset making them seem as if they themselves were on fire. Izuna and Charizard suddenly appeared out of the newly formed hole in the door that the Flame Pokemon had just made.
"So you say...Nagato." Izuna snarled as he glared at the red haired man. The man, now identified as Nagato, the leader of ROOT, chuckled as he turned around.
"So you knew who I was the entire time."
"Of course I do. Also, you do know that your younger cousin as well as Kushina are going to find out about your existence and your relation to them soon enough?"
"They will find out when the time comes, but until then...I remain an enigma to only a select few. Besides, it's not like you don't have secrets. After all, you are actually supposed to be..."
"CHARIZARD FLAMETHROWER!"
"Ditto, turn into Blastoise and use Water Gun." Nagato said. The gelatinous mass suddenly appeared out of the chair that it had transformed into. The purple Pokemon transformed into a Blastoise before firing twin streams of water and causing steam to form from the clash. However, Charizard suddenly rushed through the steam cloud and had its claws coated in red fire. The flaming claws suddenly took on the image of a dragon's head.
"DRAGON CLAW!" The attack slammed into Ditto, sending it to the ground. "Now use Hyper Beam!" The powerful attack caused a large explosion that shattered the glass windows and allowed a column of smoke to seep out of the building. Ditto moaned as it reverted back into its original form. Nagato chuckled as he floated in the air, however the smoke cleared to reveal he was standing atop a disc of psychic energy generated by his Alakazam.
"An excellent blow, Izuna-san?" Izuna growled as he returned Charizard into its Pokeball.
"You really don't want to mess with me now, Nagato Uzumaki." Izuna took out another Pokeball and threw it up.
"Oh...and why is that?" Nagato chuckled. In a flash of white light, a Pokemon that bore a strong resemblance to an actual dragon appeared. Its skin was a dark orange-yellow with two antennae sticking out its forehead. Its underbelly was a pale cream colour and the membrane on its wings was an aqua green colour. Its dark coloured eyes shone with power and its thick heavy tail formed a small crack on the ground with a mere tap.
Izuna jumped atop his Dragonite and glared at the red haired leader of ROOT.
"Because I don't plan on being merciful today."
(A/N: Well that's it for this chapter. I know I left of unfinished cliffhangers throughout this entire chapter, but in the end it will excite you readers for the next chapter.
Now then in the next chapter, the battle continues. Sakura and Sapphire fight in a long harsh battle, Hinata has Wallace explain in detail as to what the purpose of Project Time Travel is and Sasuke and Ruby are really in a deadlock as their Charizard and Red Gyarados duke it out. However, though all of this is occurring...Izuna and Nagato are undergoing a harsh, destructive battle as Izuna sends out his strongest Pokemon, Dragonite, to do battle with Nagato. However, the leader of ROOT is not to be taken lightly for even with such powerful Pokemon...the leader has a few aces up his sleeves. Also Naruto has just met this strange man in the Underground.
Who is this man? Also, just what will be the outcome of Izuna and Nagato's battle? What are Nagato's aces?
Find out in the next chapter of Naruto: Johto Journeys, Chapter 19: Dance with the Devil.
However, I must inform you all that from Monday, I will not be able to update until later this month or early August because I am going away to Washington to take part in this program known as the Global Young Leaders Conference (GYLC) in which I will be able to converse with people from around the world, a few of my friends will be accompanying me on this trip so I'm not alone, and it will sort be like a miniature version of the U.N meetings. The trip is 13 days. So again, starting Monday 9th of July...I will NOT be updating. However, I will try to update Dragonslayer within the three days I have left before leaving.
See you guys in later July/Early August.)
Pokedex: Seen-123
Caught-84
Character Bio: Tsunade Senju
Eye Colour: Brown
Hair Colour: Light Blonde
About: Tsunade Senju is a rather old trainer, beginning her journey when Izuna was still a reigning Pokemon Champion who remained undefeatable. She travelled the Kanto region where she took a liking to learning about the healing capabilities of Grass type Pokemon and how to create antidotes to various different poisons from the Poison type Pokemon she caught. As a result, she became known as a very capable Pokemon Healer and aided in the development of many drugs used for Pokemon healing throughout the Kanto Region. Tsunade, after many years of training and battling, was chosen by the Pokemon League to become the new gym leader of the Celadon City Gym. She accepted, but she expanded her horizons and became a Pokemon Grand Festival Champion as well. However, years later, she lost that title to Deidara with his explosive battling style, but she accepted her loss. She is now a Pokemon Contest Judge while still holding her place as the Celadon City gym leader.
Naruto's Team:
Typhlosion(Male)
Pidgeot(Male)
Heracross(Male)
Quagsire(Female)
Amphoros(Female)
Umbreon(Male)
Hinata's Team:
Espeon (Female)
Butterfree(Female)
Nidoqueen(Female)
Jumpluff(Female)
Furret(Male)
Togetic(Male)
Sasuke's Team:
Feraligatr(Male)
Sneasel(Male)
Gengar(Male)
Rapidash(Female)
Red Gyarados(Male)
Rhydon(Male)
Sakura's Team:
Meganium(Female)
Azumarill(Female)
Porygon2(No Gender)
Jigglypuff(Male)
Vulpix(Female)
Pikachu(Male)
Akatsuchi's Team:
Golem(Male)
Steelix(Male)
Sudowoodo(Male)
Golbat(Female)