.Naruto: Johto Journeys
Chapter 19: Dance with the Devil
"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: Well sorry for taking so long on this update guys, I had an extreme case of writer's block for this chapter, but it's up now and here it is. The fall of ROOT as per the storyline of the game, the manga (Pokemon Adventures is what it's called, I recommend you guys read it for those of you who haven't) and this story itself. You may want to re-read chapter 18 so you guys don't seem lost due to the amount of time I have taken between these chapters. Please review at the end of the chapter and please keep all eyes on the computer screen at all times until the end of the chapter. Thank you and enjoy the show.
Sakura vs. Sapphire
"WOOOOBBUFFET!" The psychic type gave its compulsory salute as it stared down Sakura's Pokemon. Sapphire smirked as she watched her pink haired opponent appear to study the Pokemon and try to come up with a plan.
'Hehe, there's no way she can defeat Wobbufett. With Mirror Coat, Destiny Bond and Counter, there's no way she can stop me and I'll finally have the pleasure of having Venusaur wipe the floor with her stupid Meganium.' The blue haired daughter of the Leader thought with a wide grin. The pinkette looked at her Fox Pokemon. Vulpix's leg muscles tensed, ready to take off at a moment's notice.
"Vulpix use Quick Attack!" Sakura told the Fox Pokemon. The red furred fox took off at a fast pace and crashed into Wobbuffet with terrific force and the Psychic type skidded back only for a blast of fire sent it careening through the air.
"Alright, nice shot Vulpix!" Sakura complimented her Pokemon's use of Flamethrower.
"VUL!" It yipped. The two then turned to their blue haired opponent as she began to laugh.
"You think that will take down my Pokemon. Wobbuffet, show them a Mirror Coat attack!" Wobbuffet removed itself from the hole in the wall it had made before its body glowed with a purple-pink aura. The Psychic type remained perfectly motionless for a while and Sakura and Vulpix looked around, waiting for something to happen.
'Alright well, Mirror Coat only reflects special attacks so I guess I can't use Flamethrower or Shadow Ball...so Quick Attack and Iron Tail are my next attacks I could use.' Sakura thought. She nodded as she had her battle plan prepared.
"Vulpix, Iron Tail!" The six tails shone with a silver light before the Fox Pokemon dashed towards Wobbufett and slammed the tails down on Wobbuffet, the Mirror Coat having failed due to Vulpix's use of a physical move. The rubbery body of Wynaut's evolved form absorbed some of the shock, but the attack still did damage and Wobbuffet grunted in pain before a red aura formed around it.
"NOW COUNTER!" Wobbuffet released a cry at its trainer's command to use the attack and the power of Iron Tail was sent back at Vulpix, only this time it was doubled in strength and the Fox Pokemon was sent soaring and slammed into the ceiling before dropping to the ground.
"Damn, I forgot Wobbuffet could also level up to learn Counter." Sakura gritted her teeth. Her moves were now practically unusable as if she managed a strike, the attack's power would just be reflected back at twice the force.' The pinkette thought. "Guess, I'll just have to pull a trick out of my hat...Vulpix use Quick Attack!"
Vulpix sped forth and made contact only for Wobbuffet to use Counter and strike back at its attacker. Both Pokemon panted from the lack of energy in their bodies. Wobbuffet's defense stats may be high, but not even it could take so many attacks and not take some damage. The same could also be said for Vulpix.
"Alright, time to finish it. Time for a super effective move...SHADOW BALL!" Sakura exclaimed.
The blob of purple-black shot forth from Vulpix's mouth and Wobbuffet was rather tired from the near endless barrage of attacks it had suffered so Sapphire knew it wouldn't be able to dodge. Mirror Coat wouldn't work either because Wobbuffet would most likely faint from the attack due to it being super effective.
"Destiny Bond!" Sapphire told her Pokemon.
"WOBB!" The Pokemon saluted before its shadow seemed to extend from its body. Sakura looked at the floor and noticed the shadow speeding towards her Pokemon and cursed.
"Kuso...Vulpix, dodge that shadow!"
"Vul?" The Fox Pokemon looked down and its eyes widened upon seeing the black thread near its shadow, but in Sakura's desperate attempt to save her Pokemon, she forgot one little detail. With the light shining in from the broken windows and Vulpix having leaped in the direction of the light, the fact was that Vulpix's shadow had gotten larger so the Destiny Bond had an even higher chance of making contact. And make contact it did.
"WOBBUFFET!" The Psychic type saluted as it was hit by the Ghost type move and Vulpix was suddenly filled with pain. The Fox Pokemon fell to the ground and Wobbuffet was enveloped in an explosion of shadow energy and smoke. The effect of Destiny Bond then came into play and Vulpix had fainted alongside its opponent.
"VULPIX!" The green eyed coordinator exclaimed as she ran up to her Pokemon. She took out Vulpix's Pokeball and returned it before looking to see Wobbuffet had fallen like her own Pokemon. Sapphire returned it and smirked.
"Using Destiny Bond was a coward's move." She spat. Sapphire narrowed her eyes at her opponent.
"I do what I can to achieve my Tou-san's goal. I WILL NOT LET YOU PASS!" The blue haired teenager took out her fourth Pokemon, Sakura doing the same. In a flash of white, Sakura's Pikachu came to the field, however due to having done a bit of work to take out the ROOT grunts and their Pokemon earlier, the Mouse Pokemon had a slight amount of sweat present, but nothing too serious.
Sapphire's Pokemon then appeared from the Heal Ball that was thrown. In a flash of white and pink, a Pokemon which looked like a monstrous version of kangaroo, pouch and all, covered in brown armour and a black helmet like coating covering its skull appeared. Its eyes were red. Its sharp claws twitched, ready to strike.
"KANGASKHAAAAN!" The gargantuan marsupial Pokemon roared.
"Alright, Pika use Thunderbolt!"
"PIIIKAAAACHUUUU!" The electric mouse let loose volts upon volts of electricity at Kangaskhan.
"Kangaskhan, use Strength!" Sapphire commanded. Kangaskhan dug its claws into the floor and wrenched out a large piece of the tiled floor and used it to shield itself from the lightning bolt. The piece of earth shattered from the force and Kangaskhan leaped.
"Now use Mega Punch!" Pikachu's eyes widened as the larger Pokemon smashed its powerful makeshift fist against its face and the yellow mouse was sent to the ground, cracking the floor with its impact.
"Pika, use Quick Attack to dodge!" Pikachu moved with a streak of yellow marking its movement as the Parent Pokemon smashed down on Pika's previous location. "Now leap off the walls to gain momentum, then use Iron Tail!" Pikachu suddenly began to literally bounce off the walls. Kangaskhan and Sapphire could barely keep up with the Mouse Pokemon's increase in speed before the black eyed Pokemon saw its chance.
Pikachu sped forth and slammed the glowing tail against Kangaskhan's face and knocked out one of its sharp teeth. The Normal type went stumbling backwards as another Iron Tail slammed against its muzzle, a few drips of blood flying due the Parent Pokemon's fangs piercing its upper lip.
"Now use Thunderbolt!" The yellow electric attack struck the Normal type and elicited a cry of pain. Sparks of electricity coursed throughout Kangaskhan's body even when the attack was complete. The Pokemon fell to its knees and panted.
"What? How is it still standing?!" Sakura exclaimed. Sapphire chuckled as she gestured to Kangaskhan who was now panting hard.
"Endure." The blue haired trainer stated. Sakura's eyes narrowed. Of course, Endure just HAD to be used. She then looked to see Kangaskhan rise to its feet as it ingested its hold item...a Sitrus Berry.
"Oh how I hate those things." The pinkette snarled as Kangaskhan regained a bit of health.
"Alright, Kangaskhan, use Mega Punch!"
"Pika, dodge it!" The Mouse Pokemon avoided the attack, but was taken off guard when Kangaskhan went into a handstand as the attack missed before lashing out with a devastating tail strike. Pikachu flew through the air before Kangaskhan took a deep breath.
"Use Flamethrower!" The blast orange-yellow flame crashed against the electric type's body causing it to yelp in pain.
"PIKAAAAA!" The Electric type cried out as the flames caused it to gain a Burn status. The Pokemon panted as it fell to the ground, a small patch of fur was burning and giving off a rather horrid smell.
"Kangaskhan, use Outrage to finish off her precious Pika!" Sakura's eyes widened as she watched Kangaskhan suddenly turn red, and reddish violet flames pooled around the Pokemon's feet.
"Pika, go for it! Iron Tail!" Pikachu stood to its feet and took off with Quick Attack, ignoring the searing pain from its burning flesh. The rear appendage shone like silver and the steel type move hit home and the Normal type was sent skidding back, but that only fueled the rage of the marsupial.
"OUTRAGE!"
"Kuso...PIKA USE THUNDER!"
"KANGASKHAAAN!" The flames shot forth from the Normal type's body while Pikachu unleashed a powerful bolt of electricity from its body, made even more powerful by the Magnet hold item it had. The two attack collided in an epic explosion, blowing out almost the entirety of floor's walls. Concrete and tile were strewn all about the place. When the smoke died down it revealed Sakura and Sapphire, both littered with a few cuts and bruises along with being coated with dust as a result of the clashing powers. Another result was that their Pokemon had fallen.
"Return!" Was the simultaneous command as the two trainer's held up their Pokeballs. Reverting into red energy, the Pokemon were recalled.
"Alright, guess we're down to our last two, pinky."
"I'll finish you quickly to spare you the humilitation, SHANNARO!" Sakura yelled as she pelted the Pokeball containing Porygon2. Sapphire sent out a small, brown Pokemon which had two long claws on either forepaw. Its sharp quills seemed to move as if they were alive.
"SANDSLASH, LET'S DO THIS QUICKLY! ROLLOUT ATTACK!" The Ground/Rock type curled into a ball, appearing as a spiky bowling ball as it barreled towards the Normal type.
"Porygon2, use Signal Beam!" A flash of red and blue flew from the Virtual Pokemon's eyes and sent Sandslash flying back only for it to curl into a ball once more and fire off numerous quills from its back.
"PIN MISSILE!" The bug type move resulted in a storm of sharp quills stabbing and scratching at Porygon2, Sakura received a bit of the same treatment as a few stray quills nicked her arms and legs.
One storm of quills struck the evolved form of Porygon. A second round sent it skidding through the air it hovered in. A third round caused the Normal type to be jammed against the part of the wall that wasn't blown apart by Pika and Kangaskhan's battle.
"Porygon, use Agility to avoid the Pin Missile and then use Recover!" Sakura commanded. In a flash of speed, the Normal type avoided the dual type Pokemon's fourth storm of Pin Missile attacks and thus ended the barrage. It then began to multitask and glowed with a golden colour, regaining much of its health that was lost from the Pin Missile strikes while also using the speed to appear behind Sandslash.
"Use Signal Beam!" The Bug type move struck home and Sandslash fell to the ground. A rapid fire round of Signal Beam strikes ended the battle for the downed Mouse Pokemon. Sapphire gritted her teeth as she returned the Pokemon.
"Alright, you've done it this time pinky! VENUSAUR, USE RAZOR LEAF!" The large saurian Pokemon released a loud cry as it launched a barrage of sharp leaves at its opponent.
"Use Agility to dodge it and then use Signal Beam!" The Virtual Pokemon avoided the fully evolved form of Bulbasaur's attacks before launching the Bug type move. The super effective move would have struck home had Venusaur not used a Vine Whip to pick up a few pieces of rubble and use them as a shield.
The rubble caused a smoke cloud and Sapphire took advantage of it.
"Use Vine Whip to ground that pesky Porygon2!" The grass type move slammed down on the Pokemon sending it to the ground.
"Now bind it!" The Normal type was then bound with more vines. "You know what to do now" Sapphire grinned. Venusaur nodded before slamming the Virtual Pokemon into the ground repeatedly. Porygon2 was slammed into the walls afterwards until the wall itself came crashing down. The Virtual Pokemon was then hit with a strong Razor Leaf and fell at the pinkette's feet.
Sakura put Porygon2 back in its ball before pulling out her final Pokemon.
"MEGANIUM, USE PETAL DANCE!"
"YOU USE PETAL DANCE TOO, VENUSAUR!"
The storm of petals flew from both Grass types and collided in a beautiful, yet deadly, display of colour.
"Meganium, use Body Slam!" The flowery Pokemon leaped into the air and slammed down on Venusaur's body, but the heavy weight Pokemon managed to take the attack head on, cracks forming on the ground from the force of the Body Slam.
"Venusaur, use Vine Whip and then Earthquake!"
"VENUSAAAAUR!" The Seed Pokemon wrapped its vines around the saurian Pokemon's limbs and neck before slamming it down on the ground.
"MEGA!" It cried out with pain before it was filled with pain as Venusaur stomped the ground. The force of the earth racked Meganium's body.
"Use Vine Whip to steady yourself and then push yourself forth and go into a Body Slam!" Vines stretched itself from Meganium's flower and helped steady the Leaf Pokemon. The vines then bent before pushing Meganium forth.
"SAUR!" The Seed Pokemon howled in pain as the Body Slam impacted with its body.
"Now use Magical Leaf!"
"MEEEEGANIUM!" Colourful leaves, blue, red and purple, flew through the air as the flower petals on Meganium's neck flew forth, regrowing at a rapid rate to continue the attack.
"Venusaur use Razor Leaf to hold it off." Sapphire commanded, but was shocked as Venusaur suddenly froze.
"Huh?" She looked to see her Pokemon was suddenly sent tumbling as the attack struck with terrific force.
"You forgot, Sapphire, Body Slam has the ability to cause paralysis." Sakura said as she had Meganium use Magical Leaf again. Venusaur gritted its teeth as it took the pain, small slash marks forming on its body as the leaves continued to cut through. A bit of blood lined the Pokemon's body before Venusaur's eyes snapped open, a green aura surrounding it.
"Overgrow!" Sakura and Sapphire exclaimed, but for different reasons. Sapphire grinned before having her Venusaur use Petal Dance to fight off the Magical Leaf. Once the leaves and petals fell to the ground, Venusaur lashed out with Vine Whip and repeatedly slammed Meganium into the ground and the ceiling.
"MEG..." It hit the ceiling, "AN..." An impact with the floor formed cracks, "IUM!" The Leaf Pokemon was flung into the back wall behind Sakura before it was dragged back to Venusaur and the process was repeated.
"STOP! STOP IT, YOU'LL HURT MEGANIUM TOO MUCH IF YOU DON'T STOP!"
Sapphire looked at Venusaur who held the damaged Pokemon in its grip and a scowl formed on the blue haired girl's face. Her hands tightened into fists.
"Stop...you want me to stop?! YOU THINK TELLING ME THAT WILL MAKE ME STOP! DID TELLING PEOPLE STOP MAKE THE PREVIOUS ROOT STOP?! DID TELLING PEOPLE STOP SAVE PEOPLE WHO YOU CARED ABOUT FROM BEING KILLED BEFORE YOUR VERY EYES?!"
Sakura stared as she saw tears line Sapphire's eyes.
"DID TELLING PEOPLE STOP SAVE MY MOTHER?!"
Sakura paused as she watched before Venusaur then turned to position its body in the path of direct sunlight that entered through the large space in the walls. The sunlight entered through the pistil of Venusaur's tree-like growth on its back. The energy then built up in Venusaur's body before the tree was positioned to face Meganium using the muscles that were attached to the tree on the Seed Pokemon's back.
"YOU TRAINED IT THAT MUCH?!" Sapphire laughed at Sakura's reaction.
"Yup. I wasn't going to let you and your little boyfriends get away with defeating me, Ruby and Wallace so I trained...and now that Venusaur has learnt it, I'm taking your Pokemon down. VENUSAUR...SOLARBEAM!"
"VEN...U...SAUR!" The Seed Pokemon unleashed the sunlight energy from the plant on its back, tearing apart the ground with the speed and force it moved at. Meganium could only stare in fear along with Sakura as the Leaf Pokemon was struck by the second most powerful grass type attack. The beam of energy extended out of the building and the light died down.
Sakura uncovered her eyes and gasped when she saw her Pokemon, burned and smoking from the intensity of the attack.
"Meg...anium." The Pokemon was dropped to the ground and Sakura stared at the Pokemon.
"No...NO NO NO!' Sakura screamed as she held her Pokemon. Meganium remained still for a while before it yellow eyes slowly opened.
"Meg." The Leaf Pokemon coughed only for Sakura to rest her hand on its head.
"No, Meganium. Shhh, it's alright...you don't have to fight. We lost." Meganium shook its head and pushed Sakura away. The pinkette looked in shock as she saw her Pokemon struggle, using every ounce of will power to force itself onto its legs. Its legs wobbled tremendously, but Meganium refused to fall.
"Venusaur...take it down. Use Petal Dance!" Sakura watched as Meganium was surrounded by an emerald green aura. Meganium's Overgrow had come into play and with it having less Hp than Venusaur after taking that Solarbeam attack, it was obvious Meganium's power would increase by leaps and bounds.
"Hehe, you really have a Stubborn nature don't you?" Meganium remained silent as it watched the Petal Dance attack and released a storm of Magical Leaf attacks, knocking them down.
"Alright, use Vine Whip to leap into the air and use Magical Leaf!"
"MEGA!" The Leaf Pokemon soared into the air and rained down leaves like there was no tomorrow. Venusaur was sent skidding backwards, multiple scratches adorning its body.
"NOW FINISH IT WITH BODY SLAM!" Venusaur looked up and its eyes widened as Meganium made contact with it. A large BOOM echoed throughout the floor and the smoke and dust cleared to reveal a downed Venusaur with Meganium rolling off of it, panting heavily.
Sapphire looked at Sakura with amazement before falling to her knees.
"I...lost?"
"Yup, though in actuality it's a draw since both of our Pokemon are down...and I'm sure Sasuke. Hinata and Naruto will take down whoever it is they have to fight." She grinned before falling on her ass, the lack of adrenalin in her body making her legs wobbly.
"Impossible...Ruby and Wallace...Tou-san...they wouldn't...they can't lose!" Sapphire exclaimed.
"We'll see about that. With this...ROOT will finally be brought down, once and for all." Sakura said with a smirk.
Sasuke vs. Ruby
"FLAMETHROWER!"
"HYDRO PUMP!"
The water and fire attacks clashed causing a cloud of steam to form as Charizard and Red Gyarados clashed.
"How did you get that Pokemon?" Ruby asked.
"I caught it at the Lake of Rage obviously...USE HYDRO PUMP AGAIN!" The blast of pressurized water flew from the crimson Gyarados's jaws, but Charizard flew up into the air.
"Use Fly!"
"What? But Naruto has HM02, how does it know Fly?"
"My Tou-san was a trainer before your friend and a genius at that. He was able to use the data from the HM and create a copy for me and my siblings to use. Besides, there are more than one of each Hidden Move. There is said to be one hidden in each region." Ruby explained as Charizard crashed into Gyarados's side. The Atrocious Pokemon roared in pain before lashing out with its tail. The Flame Pokemon slammed into the wall before Gyarados charged a sphere of orange-yellow energy in its jaws.
"HYPER BEAM!" Sasuke commanded. The attack flew forth, but Ruby quickly told her Charizard to counter it.
"USE FLAMETHROWER!" The Flame Pokemon clashed with the most powerful Normal type move, but with Gyarados having a high attack stat and with Flamethrower being a weaker move, it was only a matter of time before Hyper Beam overpowered it.
Charizard was blasted through the wall of the floor, but spread its wings as it hovered in the air.
"Charizard use Fire Spin!" A twister of fire flew from Charizard's mouth and struck Red Gyarados before a Flamethrower attack followed after. Gyarados looked around as it was trapped in a vortex of fire due to Fire Spin.
"GYARADOS!" Sasuke watched as his Pokemon was trapped in the flaming twister, the Atrocious Pokemon roaring in pain as burn marks covered its underbelly. Sasuke looked to see Charizard flying through the air towards the fourth floor room of the Goldenrod Radio Tower, the clouds drifting past behind it.
The coal colour eyed trainer's eyes widened as he watched the clouds and then at his pain ridden Gyarados. That's when an idea struck him.
'Clouds...steam...hot air rises...hot air condenses and makes clouds...use Thunder...' Sasuke grinned widely. Oh he had a plan and he was going to make it work.
"Use Hydro Pump to get out of there!" The fiery vortex was blasted with a blast of pressurized water, the Hydro Pump managed to free Gyarados from the vortex, but it also managed to form a large amount of steam in the room. Sasuke watched as the steam rose into the air.
"Charizard, use Fire Blast!" The powerful fire type move crashed into Gyarados and the Atrocious Pokemon causing a high amount of damage.
"Alright, this our last one...gotta make a large enough blast." Sasuke muttered to himself as he watched his panting Gyarados. The Red Gyarados roared as it avoided a Wing Attack from Charizard. The Flame Pokemon flew into the air and dove down, claws alight with red fire.
"DRAGON CLAW!" Ruby told her Pokemon.
"Use Fire Blast and then Hydro Pump!" Sasuke commanded. The blast of fire meshed with Charizard's Dragon Claw causing a small explosion, but the Hydro Pump broke through and struck Charizard in the stomach. The super effective move sent Charizard into the ceiling and Sasuke saw his chance.
"NOW GYARADOS...USE THUNDER INTO THE STEAM!" The Red Gyarados roared before releasing a high level of electricity from its body and into the ceiling where the steam clouds were located. Ruby and Charizard blinked at that as they watched the attack miss.
"You missed, looks like your trump card isn't that good of a trump. Alright Charizard, now that your weakened, you have your Blaze ability in action." A red aura surrounding Charizard, along with the fact that its tail flame was extremely large, showed that that statement was indeed true.
"SO FINISH IT WITH FIRE BLAST!" Charizard roared and Sasuke and Gyarados stared at the Flame Pokemon. The Uchiha smirked as he watched the steam suddenly become dark, changing from white to black. Sparks of yellow electricity arced through the clouds before Gyarados lashed out with its tail.
Charizard's body was sent into the clouds and the electricity lashed out at the object with a positive charge. Ruby watched in shock as the negatively charged electrons of a high power thunderbolt struck her part Flying type Pokemon. Charizard roared in pain before falling to the ground, smoking and burnt in various places. The Flame Pokemon's body twitched at random intervals, eyes shut tightly with pain.
"You're probably wondering what happened." Ruby nodded at Sasuke's statement and the Uchiha, with his genetic arrogance, did what he did best. He bragged.
"You see, the flames from your Charizard's attacks, when colliding with my Gyarados's Hydro Pump attack generated a high level of steam, which are also clouds in a sense. Good thing I managed to used my last Hydro Pump to get in a hit due to Hydro Pump having a limited usage of about five bursts. Anyway, the hot air would rise and condense to form actual clouds on the ceiling. Now if I were to electrically charge those clouds with a Thunder attack, I realized that I could in fact, make my own thunderstorm. The thunderstorm would release a lightning bolt, powered by Gyarados's Thunder at the tallest or highest object, which was your airborne Charizard at that point in time. The attack struck and you lost." Sasuke explained.
"Kusooooooo!" Ruby slammed her fist on the ground before looking at Sasuke with an icy glare that could freeze lava if it was possible.
"You lost, ROOT...and your leader will fall at the might of the Uchiha. Izuna will defeat you all and ROOT will be no more."
With Naruto and his Pokemon
The blonde Pokemon trainer, his Umbreon, Typhlosion, Amphoros and Pidgeot all watched with curiosity as the white haired man before them stared at them. The Poliwag atop his head blinked in synchronization with the man.
"Who are you?" Naruto asked.
"Ty Typhlosion Phlo." Typhlosion said.
"Umbron." The Moonlight Pokemon agreed.
"He could be a member ROOT, true..." Naruto nodded alongside his Pokemon, "But he doesn't wear the uniform and he doesn't seem to be a part of them."
The man blinked again before snickering. "You think I am a member of ROOT? That's hilarious!" The man began to laugh and roll on the ground, the Poliwag on his miraculously remaining atop his head.
"See, I told you." Naruto said.
"Amphoros, Amph?" The Light Pokemon tilted its head in confusion.
"I'll ask him now. Oi, Jiji?!" Naruto called out. The man stopped laughing immediately before glaring at the boy.
"What'd you call me, gaki?"
"I called you Jiji." Naruto stated bluntly causing the man to sweatdrop. "Anyway, who are you?" The man blinked before gaining a rather mischievous grin on his face, one that Naruto knew he had worn on his OWN face whenever he pulled a prank with Kushina on Professor Iruka for the fun of it.
Naruto and his Pokemon suddenly watched with large sweatdrops appearing on the back of their heads as the long haired individual began to do a weird hopping dance of some sort like a kabuki dancer.
'Maybe that's why he wears the face paint?' Naruto thought. Naruto turned to Pidgeot and the Bird Pokemon could only tilt a head in confusion as it also watched the man.
"I am feared in Kanto, Johto, Hoenn and Sinnoh...and in a bit of Unova. Children gaze in awe at my magnificence, women swoon when they hear my name. I am the amazing...the epic...the one and only...JIRAYA!" The man said as he gave a wide grin to the young blonde.
Naruto, Tyhplosion, Umbreon, Amphoros and Pidgeot watched, their eyes twitching in synch before Naruto's eyes narrowed.
"Never heard of you." The amazing Jiraya face faulted at that and glared at the boy.
"HOW COULD NOT HAVE HEARD OF ME?!"
"I just haven't." The blonde shrugged. Jiraya got up and took out a small orange book and shoved it into Naruto's face.
"Maybe you know of my literature works. Everyone knows of the Icha Icha Paradise series." Jiraya said with a proud smile. Naruto opened the book and he and his Pokemon, who were watching over their trainer's shoulders, read one of the pages Naruto had flipped to.
Quick as an Aerial Ace, Naruto's and his Pokemon's faces turned completely red as blood leaked from their noses, threatening to erupt before he threw the book away.
"WHAT THE HELL, THAT IS SOME PERVERTED SHIT YOU GOT IN THAT BOOK!" Naruto roared.
"It's that good, huh? As a Super Pervert, I pride myself on my work" Naruto took a tissue box out of his backpack and began to wipe his and his Pokemon's noses before glaring at the man.
"Wait a minute...that small orange book...Jiraya...Super pervert. Hold on...Ero Sennin? Is that you?" Naruto asked with a tilt of his head. Jiraya blinked at that before looking Naruto up and down.
"Only one person, well three people, have called me Ero Sennin...Minato? No, you're too young...so that means...NARUTO?!" The blonde and the white haired males grinned widely at each other.
"The one and only, Ero Sennin." Naruto grinned like a fox.
"Naruto, my little godson. You really grew up didn't you and you became a trainer just like your parents, huh?" Jiraya said as he looked at the blonde's four Pokemon. The blue eyed Uzumaki nodded.
"Uh huh. Just got my seventh badge too." Naruto opened up his badge case and showed his godfather the badges, Zephyr through Glacier. Jiraya chuckled as he watched the shining badges.
"Good job, Naruto. I'm proud of you and you seem to be a rather great trainer. Your Pokemon look rather strong." Naruto grinned as his godfather ruffled his hair and the Poliwag atop Jiraya's head jumped atop Naruto's.
"I got two more watching the hostages." Jiraya stopped as Naruto said that and both looked at each other before gaining serious looks.
"Hostages? ROOT had hostages?" Jiraya asked. Naruto nodded and motioned for the elder to follow him. The five Pokemon, Jiraya and Naruto then headed back to the hostages to see them all just sitting on the ground talking to each other, Heracross and Quagsire watching over them like bodyguards.
"There is certainly a lot of them..." Jiraya spied a couple women with curvaceous features and gained a lecherous grin before shaking his head as Naruto bopped him on the head.
"WHAT WAS THAT FOR, GAKI?!"
"You had that look on your face again, Ero Sennin. The one you get when you think of something perverted and when you tried to spy on Okaa-chan in the shower when I was seven." Naruto muttered. Jiraya rubbed the sore spot on his cranium and shuddered as he remember the night of one thousand punches.
"Yeah, that was a painful night. Anyway, so there appears to be approximately forty people here and since we're in the Goldenrod Radio Tower then that means one of the hostages has to be..."
"JIRAYA?!" Naruto, his team and Jiraya turned in the direction of the elderly voice.
"Sarutobi-sensei, what's up?" Jiraya gave a small wave to the creator of the Pokedex. Hiruzen Sarutobi chuckled as he took out his trademark pipe and put it in his mouth.
"Well other than being kept hostage by ROOT, I've been fine. Though, it appears ROOT is trying to get back my old friend, Danzo." Jiraya nodded.
"Ero Sennin, why did you call Professor Sarutobi, sensei?" Sarutobi chuckled and looked at Naruto.
"Ah yes, I remember you...you're Naruto Uzumaki right? You and that lovely Hyuga girl came to visit Mr. Pokemon's house to collect the egg correct?" Naruto nodded with a raised eyebrow.
"You remember that?"
"It may have been two months ago and I may be old, but like they say, 'A Donphan never forgets.'" Sarutobi tapped the side of his head.
"Well then sensei, if you're done catching up with the gaki...I need you to tell me what's happened so far?" Jiraya said. Sarutobi puffed his pipe before turning to Naruto.
"I believe that Kushina's son here will have a better job of explaining than me."
"You know Kaa-chan?" Naruto asked as he looked as the elderly man.
"Know her? My boy, your mother was one of the best students I had back in my younger days and besides...they say the professors of a region hand out starter Pokemon to young trainers...who you think gave her that Vulpix?" Sarutobi winked.
"Stop talking to the boy sensei, now then, Naruto...what is it that's happened with ROOT so far? Tell me everything." Naruto nodded and gave the entire talk about ROOT. What happened when he first met the guys in Slowpoke Well, when he saw Wallace in Goldenrod City, the fight with the Red Gyarados and what happened in Mahogany Town, an event which resulted in the Leader having to blow up the entire base and finally, he relayed the plans regarding Project Danzo and Project Time Travel.
"Well...that Leader guy certainly has been busy and with Izuna here, the entire Radio Tower might come down." The hostages all stared at the white haired man with wide eyes. "I probably shouldn't have said that out loud, huh?"
"Nope." Naruto and his Pokemon shook their heads. Jiraya sighed.
"Alright, sensei...you go with Naruto and his Pokemon since they are here to evacuate the hostages. Naruto, I'm going to provide the fire power that will help get you and the others out of there since the only other way out of here is up the elevator and through the first floor. Also, I have to go and get your friends who are still in there because once the Dragon Champion starts a battle..."
"What happens?" Naruto asked.
"Well, let's just say that his Charizard's Hyper Beam will be the least of your problems." Naruto gulped before following his godfather's directions and headed to the elevator with the others. He placed the Card Key in the elevator and the doors opened to reveal the large space within.
"Alright, let's go." Naruto said as he returned his other Pokemon except for Typhlosion. The two climbed into the elevator with the other people, however Naruto paused.
"Naruto what's wrong?" The elder man said. Naruto turned around.
"My friend, Hina-chan, she's fighting some other guy down here. I can't just leave her here...Ero Sennin, you're going to have to go on without me." Jiraya blinked at that before looking into the boy's eyes.
'Determined as ever for people he cares about. Just like you, Minato. Your boy really turned out to be just as you and Kushina imagined.' Jiraya thought. He nodded to the blonde.
"Alright, but I want to meet this Hina-chan after we save the day. Okay?" Jiraya winked. Naruto blushed lightly and stuttered before managing a nod.
"Just shut up and go Ero Sennin."
"HAHAHAHA, you still got a lot of growing up to do my boy. Good luck." Naruto grinned like a fox before the elevator doors closed. Naruto looked at his fire type and smirked.
"Come on, we have go and get Hina-chan."
"Typhlosion."
"Yes, Espeon too." The blue eyed trainer rolled his eyes at the Volcano Pokemon.
Hinata vs. Wallace
"BLASTOISE USE RAPID SPIN!" The Shellfish Pokemon tucked into its shell and spun at high speeds.
"Espeon, dodge and use Shadow Ball!" The Sun Pokemon nodded before leaping and avoided the rotating water type, a small crater forming from the Shellfish Pokemon's collision. Espeon leaped off of the wall and launched the blob of shadow at Blastoise. Blastoise skidded backwards from the blow before coming out of its shell.
"Use Water Gun!" The cannons on Blastoise's shell moved and launched pressurized blasts of water.
"Espeon, Psybeam!" The rainbow coloured blast collided with the water attack and caused a small explosion of water. "Now run through and use Iron Tail!"
"Blastoise, counter with Blizzard!" Wallace told his Pokemon, however, Espeon's speed proved to be much greater than it let on as it crashed the shining twin tails upon Blastoise's hard skull and managed to inflict pain upon the Pokemon.
"Power through it, continue with that Blizzard!" Wallace said. The evolved form of Wartortle nodded and grabbed Espeon's tails and slammed it into the ground. A cry of pain erupted from the feline Pokemon's throat before it was thrown away, a blast of freezing wind following after it.
"Espeon, use Swift!" The golden stars flew from Espeon's mouth, but the Blizzard attack proved too powerful and Espeon had its entire lower half coated in ice. Espeon struggled to move, but to no avail.
"NOW FINISH IT WITH EARTHQUAKE!" Blastoise raised its leg, however Hinata saw her chance as that happened.
"Use Shadow Ball underneath Blastoise's feet!" She exclaimed. Wallace's eyes widened and he watched as Blastoise was struck on its foot, causing it to tilt backwards and collapse onto its back and, like an actual turtle, the Pokemon was helpless.
"That should buy us enough time, Espeon. Now try and get out of that ice!" The Psychic type nodded and launched stars for a Swift and manipulated them using its psychic powers. The stars chipped away at the ice.
"Grrr...Blastoise, hurry and stand up." Wallace said, gritting his teeth. 'Damn it, I used up my last Blizzard attack and so all I have left are Earthquake, Water Gun and Rapid Spin.' He thought as he watched his struggling Pokemon.
"ESPEON!" The Sun Pokemon released a cry as it launched a multitude of stars, the golden projectiles slicing through the ice before a large crack formed and Espeon used its muscles to shatter it and break free.
"NOW USE PSYBEAM!"
"DAMN IT...BLASTOISE USE RAPID SPIN AND SHIFT YOUR WEIGHT TO SHOOT WATER AT THE GROUND!" Blastoise moved at high speeds, rotating on its back before tilting. Blastoise then ejected water from its cannons, the force allowing Blastoise to push itself out of the way.
"Espeon, it's in the air...USE PSYBEAM!" Wallace stared in shock as he saw his Pokemon was struck by the fast moving, Psychic type move.
"BLAAAASSSST!" The Pokemon cried out in pain as it was struck before falling to the ground.
"NOW FINISH IT WITH IRON TAIL AND SHADOW BALL!" Espeon leaped and fired off the Ghost type move, embedding Blastoise in the ground before twisting in the air, tails shining with silver light.
"Essspeon!" The Sun Pokemon crashed its twin tails down on Blastoise's stomach with enough force to knock the air out of its lungs. Blastoise coughed violently for a while before falling into unconsciousness. Espeon panted and Hinata gained a small smile on her face.
"Good job Espeon!" She told her starter Pokemon. Espeon collapsed as its legs could no longer support its body weight, but released a purr of satisfaction upon defeating its opponent. Hinata then looked up at Wallace as he ran over to his downed Blastoise.
"You lost...now you hold up your end of the deal. We know about Project Time Travel and what it is, but we still don't know why you want to do this. What do you have to gain by using Celebi to open a gate through time?" Hinata asked.
Wallace raised Blastoise's Pokeball and looked into Hinata's pale lavender irises, his blue eyes gaining a hazy look as he began to remember why he started down this path.
"The reason why my Tou-san wanted to use Celebi...to use ROOT as a means to achieve Project Time Travel and make it a reality...is because of my Kaa-chan." Hinata's eyes widened at that.
"Your...Kaa-chan?" Wallace nodded in confirmation.
"She passed away when I was five...that was seven years ago. Her name...was Konan." Wallace said with a smile as he remembered his mother.
Izuna vs. Nagato
The Dragon type Pokemon snorted with rage as it stared at the hovering Alakazam and its trainer via psychic energy disc.
"Dragonite, let's do this quickly. Use Fire Blast!" Izuna commanded. Dragonite took a deep breath and breathed out a powerful blast of flame. The Fire Blast rocketed through the air, burning much of the large office.
"Alakazam, use Protect." Alakazam crossed the spoons in its hands and a green glow surrounded them before a powerful barrier erected itself in front of the Psychic type. The fully evolved form of Abra held off the attack with minimal effort and the barrier went down as soon as the attack ended.
However, proving that it was indeed a Pokemon of the Johto Champion, Dragonite had already appeared in front of the disc riding Pokemon and slammed its tail down on it. The disc vanished and both Nagato and Alakazam fell. Nagato landed on his feet before rolling out of the way as Dragonite used a Blizzard and aimed it at Alakazam.
"Use Psychic to blast away the Blizzard, then use Thunderpunch." Nagato commanded. The Psychic Pokemon launched a powerful blast of psychic energy, directing the energy with its spoons before diverting the Blizzard, causing it to freeze either side of the floor surrounding it. The force continued through and hit Dragonite before Alakazam leaped and slammed the electrically charged fist against Dragonite's stomach.
Dragonite roared and slapped Alakazam away with its tail, sending it to the ground.
"Grab its tail and use Ice Punch!" The psychic type blocked the tail strike with one arm before twisting and aimed the icy blow to Dragonite's face.
"Fly out of the way!" Using the speed of a jet that it was known to have, Dragonite avoided the strike before punching Alakazam in the face before spinning and slamming its tail against its face.
"Now use Blizzard!" The ice type move scored a hit and Alakazam's eyes widened as the Pokemon was made into a living ice sculpture.
"Return." The frozen Pokemon vanished in a flash of red before another Pokemon was sent out.
"Jynx, use Ice Punch!" Izuna cursed as he saw the Psychic/Ice type appear in a flash of white and punch his Pokemon in the jaw. Dragonite gritted its teeth in pain as it held the frozen part of its mouth.
"Use Fire Blast!" The intense heat melted the ice as well as heading for Jynx.
"Use Psychic to bend the flames in the room and protect yourself." Nagato commanded as his violet eyes stared down Izuna's own coal black ones. The flames from the previous Fire Blast were suddenly moving as if they had a life of their own and formed a large wall of flame, being absorbed into the wall.
"Now compress it and fire." Nagato said. The large flames shrunk down into a spheroid of red and yellow before being fired at high speeds towards Dragonite, taking the power of a Fire Blast to the stomach. Dragonite was sent flying through the air and a large hole formed in the wall that it crashed into.
Dragonite roared as it burst out of the smoke cloud only for Jynx to appear in its face.
"Ice Punch." Jynx's fists glowed with a pale blue light before an uppercut was perfectly planted against Dragonite's chin.
"Use your tail to hit it away and then use Thunder!" The heavy tail slapped Jynx across the face before a powerful electrical attack struck it. Jynx released a cry of pain as it took the attack. Izuna nodded before looking at his Dragonite.
"Use Hyper Beam!" The yellow-orange beam fired off, however, a large hole formed in the floor as Nagato had switched out Jynx.
"Switching out already, Nagato?"
"You proved to be more troublesome than you actually are, Izuna." Nagato said with a snarl. Izuna smirked before returning Dragonite to its ball.
"Well if you're going to switch out, I may as well too." Izuna said as he took out another Pokeball, this one being a white and dark blue colour. A Dive Ball.
"Well then...I will show you the power of the leader of ROOT...MY power." Nagato said as he hurled the Pokeball into the air, Izuna doing the same.
Izuna's Gyarados released a roar in retaliation to the 'HYA' that was heard from Nagato's Starmie.
"A Starmie? You expect to defeat my mighty Gyarados...with a Starmie?" Nagato grinned at the little regard Izuna gave his Pokemon.
'All the more satisfaction I will gain when I take down his 'mighty' Gyarados.' The red haired man thought. "Yes, a Starmie...now use Rapid Spin!" The purple star of a Pokemon spun and slammed into Gyarados's body, but the strength of the Champion's Pokemon proved to be greater as it took the attack head on and merely pushed Starmie away and slammed down on it using its tail.
"Use Dragon Dance and then Hydro Pump!" Gyarados performed a series of intricate movements, the move raising Gyarados's attack and speed stats. The Hydro Pump followed after and the attack hit home. Starmie was washed away by the wave of water.
"Use Hyper Beam!" The powerful Normal type attack sped towards Starmie.
"Make a wall with Ice Beam!" In a matter of seconds, a large and thick wall of ice formed from the ice type move. The Hyper Beam crashed into the ice wall and shattered it, though it did its job of protecting Starmie. Izuna cursed as he saw Starmie burst out of the cloud of smoke and ice that resulted from his Pokemon's attack.
"Use Ice Beam!" The attack hit Gyarados hard, sending it skidding backwards. "Now Psychic!" The gem in the middle of Starmie's 'face' glowed with a deep blue colour before a powerful telekinetic force struck the Atrocious Pokemon. Izuna's eyes widened as he saw sparks form around Starmie's body.
"Kuso." He cursed.
"NOW USE THUNDERBOLT!" The evolved form of Staryu shot the powerful electric type attack forward and electrocuted the Atrocious Pokemon. Once the damage was done, Gyarados fell to the ground, completely unconscious and bearing a few nasty electrical burns on its body.
"So it seems that the mighty Gyarados has fallen." Nagato gave a bow as Starmie came back to his side. Izuna nodded.
"We're one down each...let's make this a bit more interesting." Izuna said as he drew another Pokeball. "Dragonair, use Thunderbolt!"
"Counter with your Thunderbolt, Starmie!"
Both electric attack collided, causing a powerful explosion of electrical charge that tore up the floors and shattered the windows.
"Starmie, use Ice Beam!"
"Use Flamethrower!"
Fire and Ice collided, but the stronger element pushed through and Starmie was struck full force by the fire type move.
"Now use Thunderbolt!" The attack raced through the air, but a blast of telekinetic force from a Psychic attack hit Dragonair, throwing the attack off course and blowing a decent sized hole in the side of the top floor office.
"Use Rapid Spin!" The Pokemon spun and slammed into Dragonair, but the Dragon type countered by wrapping its tail around the Psychic/Water type and slammed it into the ground. However, before Dragonair could let go, Starmie used Thunderbolt and shocked the Pokemon.
"Dragonair, fly to gain some distance." Izuna said, but the Pokemon paused in its upward movement, spark coating its body. The Thunderbolt had paralyzed it.
"Excellent. Paralyzed and easy to take down. Starmie, use Ice Beam!" The ice attack struck once and the mighty dragon fell to the super effective move.
'That Starmie of his is tougher than I thought.' Izuna thought as he withdrew another Pokeball upon returning his Dragonair.
"Dragonair, use Outrage!"
"Another one?!" Nagato gaped only to watch as reddish-violet flames burned away at his Starmie as well as taking out a great portion of the glass windows that lined the room. The star Pokemon was hit by the powerful Dragon type move and instantly taken down.
"Well done, Izuna...but can you take down your old friend." Jynx appeared once more. "Use Blizzard." A powerful Ice move froze many an air particle, making it look like snow was falling.
"Use Outrage again!" The attack collided with the ice type move.
"Blizzard again!"
"OUTRAGE!" The attack collided twice more after the initial strike, however as Dragonair was about to launch another Outrage, it began to look a bit weary and confused.
"Looks like your Dragonair has finally succumbed to the effects of Outrage." Nagato smirked.
"Just because it's confused due to the fatigue, does not mean it still can't attack. DRAGONAIR, OUTRAGE!" Dragonair roared, a dazed look in its eyes, before it launched the attack. A blast of frost countered the attack before Jynx raised its hand.
"Use Psychic and force it to the ground." The attack sent Dragonair to earth, forming an imprint. "Psychic again!" The Dragon type was blown back from the telekinetic attack, but remained strong.
"Use Flamethrower!" The Dragon type panted, the hazy look still present in its eyes. Dragonair then began to spasm, slamming its head into the floor and walls, hurting itself due to the confusion.
"NO!" Izuna shouted to his Pokemon.
"Jynx, Ice Punch!" Nagato said with a wicked smirk. The attack crashed into Dragonair's muzzle, but the impact resulted in the confusion wearing off.
"BEFORE YOU LOSE CONSCIOUSNESS...FLAMETHROWER! COME ON DRAGONAIR!" The Dragon type fought off the urge to faint and let loose a blast of orange-yellow fire. The stream of flame slammed into Jynx and the dual type was knocked unconscious from the blow. Dragonair panted a few times before finally succumbing to the lack of health and fell.
"Well done, my friend. You really pulled through with that Flamethrower." Izuna said as he put away the second Dragonair's Pokemon.
"Grrrr...Jynx, you have failed." Nagato snarled as he returned the Pokemon before taking out another ball. "You are trying my patience Izuna. Get out now before I reach my sixth Pokemon and I will spare you the act of losing your life to me." Izuna chuckled.
"As if, Nagato. You are too dangerous to be left alone. The Pokemon League Association has deemed you a criminal and a threat to the continents of Kanto and Johto. If you surrender now, I can reduce your sentence to less than that of life, though not by much. Also, your children will be spared the act of being ridiculed by many." Nagato's eyes widened before pelting the Pokeball.
"DON'T BRING MY CHILDREN INTO THIS...I AM DOING THIS FOR THEM!" Nagato roared as the Pokeball opened. In a flash of white, the fifth Pokemon appeared. The Mr. Mime made a few hand motions as it appeared out of its ball before making a 'Come' motion at Izuna.
"AEROOOOODACTYL!" The fossilized Pokemon, once stored in ancient amber, released its cry upon being released by its trainer.
"Aerodactyl, use Rock Slide!" The room rumbled as Aerodactyle flew to the ceiling and scraped the ceiling with its powerful claws, slicing cleanly through the rock and concrete in the ceiling. A rock slide was generated as result as the ceiling began to collapse down upon Mr. Mime.
"Use Reflect and Barrier!" Mr. Mime nodded and formed a wall in front of it, increasing its defensive power, but still taking a bit of damage from the move.
"Now use Iron Head!" Aerodactyl flew towards the Psychic type Pokemon, head bent low to hit with full force, however...Aerodactyl impacted harshly with a wall of solidified air molecules, the ability that grants Mr. Mime the ability to be a great mime.
"Now use Psychic!" A blast of telekinetic force met Aerodactyl and sent it backwards before a Psybeam followed. The rainbow coloured attack damaged Aerodactyl, but the Rock/Flying type stood strong.
"Alright Aerodactyl, use Fly!" The Pokemon flew up high into the air, breaking through the ceiling.
"You made a mistake having your Pokemon leave you...Mr. Mime, use Psybeam on Izuna!" Izuna's eyes widened and rolled out of the way of the psychic type move.
"You really are a teme." Izuna said before picking up a small rock as he jumped out of the way of another Psybeam.
"Use Psychic to hold him still." Nagato commanded. The Pokemon did as it was told and Izuna was frozen stiff. "Now you are under my mercy..." The screech of Aerodactyl stopped Nagato from speaking any further as it crashed through the wall on Mr. Mime's left, slamming into it.
Izuna fell and chucked the rock at Nagato, hitting him in the forehead before rushing forward and kicking Nagato in the stomach. The red haired man coughed as the wind was driven from his lungs. Izune planted a neat uppercut to the chin before grabbing the leader of ROOT around the throat and choke slamming him.
"Surrender." Izuna growled out. Nagato chuckled in response before his eyes widened, an eerie glow held within them.
"NEVER! MR. MIME, NOW!" A powerful Psychic attack sent Aerodactyl backwards and skidding along the large room's floor before it crashed into the wall, rocks from the ceiling fell and put the Fossil Pokemon in a daze. Suddenly, an invisible object was hurled through the air and hit Izuna in the head. The Dragon Champion reeled back, clutching his cranium before a Psybeam struck him in the stomach and made him cough up a bit of blood.
"You dirty...using Mr. Mime's ability to generate invisible objects and hit me." Izuna coughed out, more crimson liquid spilling from between his lips.
"Me, dirty? No, I prefer to call myself quick minded. After all, Psychic type Pokemon can read people's minds." Nagato said tapping the side of his skull before grinning as Aerodactyle rose back to its feet.
"USE HYPER BEAM ON THEM!" Aerodactyl screeched before firing the powerful attack. Orange-yellow destruction tore a perfect trench in the floor, but Mr. Mime formed a solid wall of air molecules causing an explosion.
"Now, while it has to charge from Hyper Beam...use Psybeam!" The rainbow coloured beam struck Aerodactyl in the wing, tearing through its purple membrane. Aerodactyl screeched in pain as the other wing was impaled by the psychic energy.
"It doesn't matter if Aerodactyl can't fly. He can still kick your ass." Izuna growled out. "USE IRON HEAD!" The Fossil Pokemon ran towards Mr. Mime, but due to it being grounded, Aerodactyl was much...MUCH slower.
"Psychic." The telekinetic force slammed into Aerodactyl and it flew out of the destroyed room. Izuna's eyes widened as he watched his Pokemon fall from the height of over thirty stories. Leaping from his perch, Izuna fell towards his Pokemon and returned it to its ball.
"You did well, Aerodactyl, but don't worry...I will avenge you. Dragonite...let's go." Izuna said as he tapped the Ultra Ball that he kept the Pokemon in. The Dragon type popped out with a growl, catching its trainer.
"Did that Jynx slow you down in any way?" Izuna asked his strongest Pokemon. Dragonite shook its head before flying even faster back towards the top floor, only to see Izuna and Mr. Mime standing atop an invisible platform, in midair, waiting for him and Dragonite.
"Use Psychic!" Nagato ordered. The attack sped towards Dragonite, but the dragon type was faster as it turned at a ninety degree angle and avoided the strike. With a movement that broke the sound barrier, Dragonite disappeared in a blur of motion.
Nagato and Mr. Mime looked around before Mr. Mime's eyes widened. It grabbed Nagato and threw him aside before it followed after, only it was due to it being struck by Dragonite's hard skull. Mr. Mime fell atop its trainer and Nagato pushed the Pokemon off of him.
Both he and Izuna were now down to their last Pokemon. Nagato took out his final Pokemon to face against Dragonite.
"GO...SLOWKING!" The evolved form of Slowpoke stood tall and proud before switching into a battle stance.
"DRAGONITE, USE THUNDER!" The electric type move shot towards Slowking, but Slowking's eyes widened, glowing with psychic energy. Telekinetic energy coated the thunderbolt and turned it around, turning it on its user.
"Dragonite, dodge it and use Fire Blast!" Slowking watched the fire type move and did the same to it as well with its Psychic attack. The Fire Blast was redirected, but Dragonite vanished in a sonic boom before appearing to Slowking's right.
"Now...HYPER BEAM!" Slowking was caught completely off guard by the attack and was sent careening through the air.
"Slowking, use Psychic to push yourself back here and then use Ice Beam!" Slowking did as Nagato instructed and the ice type move froze the floor where Dragonite had been standing. Izuna and Dragonite appeared high above their opponents.
"Use Ice Beam!" The attack broke a hole through the ceiling of the Radio Tower as Izuna and Dragonite avoided the attack. Making a tower of ice, Nagato had Slowking stand atop the Radio Tower to face off against their foes.
"Dragonite, Thunder!" The large thunderbolt fell from the sky, but Slowking hadn't even needed to make a move as Nagato and his Pokemon saw the bolt curve and become absorbed by the lightning rod placed atop the tower.
"HA, YOUR THUNDER ATTACK IS USELESS UP HERE IZUNA!"
"WELL THEN...IF I CAN'T USE ELECTRICITY...THEN ICE WILL DO IT! USE BLIZZARD!"
"ICE BEAM, SLOWKING!" The two ice type moves clashed and froze the air causing a bit of snow to form as well as freezing a bit of the roof of the Goldenrod Radio Tower.
"FIRE BLAST!"
"WATER PULSE!"
The two attack collided and formed a cloud of steam that Dragonite used as a cover to tackle Slowking. Nagato jumped back as Izuna aimed to kick Nagato when Dragonite tackled his Slowking. Izuna clutched his stomach where Mr. Mime had struck him and grunted in pain. Nagato smirked before skating over the frozen area of roof to go back to his Pokemon.
"USE ICE BEAM!"
"DRAGONITE, FIRE BLAST!" The fires easily overcame the Ice Beam and Slowking managed to use a quick Water Pulse and cancel out the attack.
"Water Pulse!" The attack struck Dragonite in the stomach, but the powerful dragon type powered through and fired back with Blizzard.
"Counter with Ice Beam!" The attacks collided.
"HYPER BEAM!" The Normal type move stabbed straight through the building as Slowking and Nagato skated along the ice to avoid it. Izuna leaped back atop Dragonite's back as he had Dragonite retreat to recharge.
'Kuso...I'm down to my last Hyper Beam, Fire Blast and Blizzard. Thunder is out of the question because of that lightning rod.' Izuna sighed as he and Dragonite looked each other in the eye.
"It's time old friend. We have to use that move." Dragonite's eyes became serious and it nodded before flying high into the air. "NAGATO, THIS IS A MOVE I LEARNED FROM MY TIMES IN THE SINNOH REGION! AN OLD LADY ON ROUTE 210 TAUGHT IT TO ME!"
Nagato's eyes widened as he saw the clouds in the darkened skies begin to swirl into a circular formation. Dragonite's eyes shone with a golden colour, a light of the same colour was peeking through the clouds.
"Time to finish you off, Nagato..."
"YOU'LL NEVER STOP ME!" Nagato yelled back. "SLOWKING, USE PSYCHIC, WATER PULSE, BLIZZARD AND ICE BEAM! ALL OUT ATTACK!" Slowking fired off Water Pulse, then the Ice Beam, a Blizzard followed after before all the attacks swirled into one by the Psychic attack.
Izuna watched the powerful mix of attack near him and Dragonite, but merely smiled.
"Dragonite...use Draco Meteor!" Dragonite's eyes shone brighter than ever and the clouds suddenly released a brighter glow. Meteors rained down from the heavens, the silhouette of a dragon forming just before the meteors exited the clouds.
Nagato watched in amazement as the attack easily took down his own before meteors pelted the tower as well as taking out his Slowking. Nagato quickly returned Slowking as he began to avoid the storm of falling stone. The red haired man then looked as the golden light of Draco Meteor filled the skies before he came to the edge of the building.
Nagato looked up at Izuna and Dragonite before grinning. Izuna's eyes widened before Nagato jumped off the edge of the building. Only for his eyes to narrow as he saw a flash of white light. Nagato had been hiding a seventh Pokemon up his sleeve, a Xatu. In a flash of blue, a mixture of Psychic and selective Teleport, the violet eyed man's children appeared, floating beside their father. Ruby and Sapphire were in shock at suddenly hovering over a thousand feet in the air while Wallace was silent, keeping to his thoughts.
"ROOT MAY HAVE FALLEN TODAY, IZUNA...BUT THE REAL BATTLE HAS YET TO BEGIN! MY CHILDREN AND I WILL RETURN, BUT WITH SOMETHING THAT YOU WILL NOT EVEN DREAM OF SEEING! TILL THEN...AND YOU BETTER PREPARE YOURSELF!" In a flash of blue, Xatu used Teleport and the family escaped into the distance.
With the damage done to the Radio Tower from all the fighting, it was obvious it was not going to be used and it would need to be reconstructed. Naruto, Sasuke, Hinata, Sakura, Akatsuchi, Haku, Jiraya and the hostages managed to get out of the Radio Tower and the Underground safely courtesy of Jiraya's Politoed, Gamabunta.
Politoed the Frog Pokemon. A Water type Pokemon and the evolved form of Poliwhirl when given a King's Rock and traded. Whenever three or more of these get together, they sing in a loud voice that sounds like bellowing.
"So what now?" Naruto asked. Izuna and Jiraya, who were busy talking to each other, turned to the blonde and his friends and their Pokemon.
"Well..." Izuna started off, "With the damage done to the Radio Tower it will need construction which the Pokemon League Association is going to do by providing the construction crew and the other resources to fix it. Also, with Nagato and his children having given us the slip yet again, I will have to track them down."
"Already on it, Izuna." Jiraya smirked. "Remember, I got a spy network. I have eyes and ears everywhere."
"The help is appreciated Jiraya-san." Izuna bowed. Jiraya nodded, his head sitting Poliwag copying the motion.
"No problem." Jiraya said. Izuna quickly took out his only usable Pokemon, Charizard. The Flame Pokemon roared as it looked at the trainer before it.
"What?" Izuna deadpanned as it saw the pissed off look on its face. Charizard growled before releasing a tongue of flame from its mouth.
"You didn't get to fight because I couldn't afford to hold back anymore. Besides, even if you are my oldest Pokemon, Dragonite holds more attack power and Draco Meteor seemed to be the best way to end it." Charizard snorted at Izuna's explanation before snarling and growling again. Izuna rolled his eyes.
"Alright, you can get the chance for first match when we find them again." Charizard smirked in satisfaction before bending down for Izuna to climb on top.
"Sasuke, Naruto...you have earned your seventh badges from Haku so I suggest you head to Mahogany Town and take the path through the Icefall Cave. Through the cave, you will come to Route 44 and then to Blackthorn City, the location of the last gym badge and the last step you will need to go through to the Pokemon League." Izuna explained.
"Thanks for the tip, Izuna-san." Sasuke and Naruto said. The black haired champion smirked at the two young boys.
'I swear...these two boys are going to become great people.'
"You two lovely ladies..." Izuna called to Sakura and Hinata who nodded in response to the Johto Champion, "Make sure those two don't get too full of themselves, same goes for you too."
"Hai, Izuna-san." Hinata and Sakura replied before the group went off to talk amongst each other. Izuna chuckled.
"Kids these days, eh Jiraya?" The perverted hermit nodded.
"You wouldn't believe just how these gakis are, Izuna."
Charizard roared and with a few final goodbyes, the Champion took off into the skies, vanishing into the clouds. Jiraya watched as the hostages celebrated their freedom and his godson and his friends celebrated their victory and the downfall of ROOT. However, with Nagato still at large things still weren't safe, but...
'A battle was won...and though the war is not over, these gakis still have the right to celebrate nonetheless. Celebrate while you can, Naruto because from it only gets harder from here on out.' Jiraya thought.
Pokedex: Seen-132
Caught-85
(A/N: Alright the chapter is done. I hope you guys like it and that you would forgive me for my late posting of this chapter. I bow to you all in hopes of forgiveness. Now then, for those of you who may be confused about Dragonite knowing a fifth move, here's my thing, an idea I came up a while ago. I decided that when a Pokemon is fully evolved and beyond level fifty, it will have the ability to learn a fifth move. Six in the case of the fire-water-grass starter trio. Hope you guys like this idea of mine, but it's too late if you guys don't like it because it's already done. Also, note that though Nagato's Pokemon didn't have moves that were learned from level 50 and beyond, know that they were at least around 68-75. 68 being the weakest and 75 being the highest. Naruto and the others, along with Wallace, Ruby and Sapphire, their Pokemon were ranging from 48 to 53. The fire-water-grass trios, Espeon(Hinata), Delibird(Haku) and Golem(Akatsuchi) being the ones at level 53.
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Character Bio: Nagato Uzumaki
Eye Colour: Dark Purple
Hair Colour: Red
About: Nagato Uzumaki is Naruto's and Kushina's cousin, though this is a fact hidden from both of them as neither Naruto and Kushina know of Nagato's true identity as the Leader of ROOT. Nagato is an orphan who lost his parents at a young age. He wandered throughout the Kanto region since he had no inheritance and took to living in the slums. There he met his two friends, Yahiko and Konan. The three became very close and began to take to raising the stray Pokemon as a past time. Nagato was then taken under the tutelage of the legendary Pokemon trainer, Jiraya, along with Yahiko and Konan. After their training was complete, Jiraya left and the three began to travel the world. The three became admins of ROOT when Danzo found them and it was a result of joining the organization that Yahiko and Konan perished. Nagato was alone once more and now he wishes to right the wrongs he did by using the power of Celebi.
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)