Naruto: Johto Journeys
Chapter 21: Blackthorn City, The Birthplace of Uchiha
"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!
Also, a note. At the bottom of the page where I register how much Pokemon are caught and seen, I have included Sasuke's Totodile, Croconaw and Feraligatr as well as Ghastly and Haunter because I realized I had not registered them since he and Naruto joined them in the journey, but I had included the other Pokemon. So the amount of Pokemon caught and seen is increased by 5 in addition to the Pokemon that Naruto and Sasuke will see and catch in this chapter.
Route 44
Naruto, Sasuke and Feraligatr and Typhlosion were walking along the path of Route 44 in the direction of their next destination and their next gym battle which would take place in Blackthorn City, the city of dragon-type Pokemon.
Along the way, the two trainers had battled the few other trainers that came in their path, easily defeating them due their far superior battling skills.
"And yet they title themselves with Ace Trainer for some reason." Naruto deadpanned.
"Hn." Sasuke replied to the blonde.
Alongside the battling, they had ventured into various parts of the route in order to catch and see some new Pokemon in order to further fill their Pokedex-es.
In the tall grass, they managed to capture Lickitung, Tangela and, after having Sasuke's Rhydon headbutt a tree, an Aipom.
In the nearby lake they had used their new and improved Good Rods in order to fish out some Water-type Pokemon. However, the only new Pokemon that was to be added to the Pokedex's list of entries was a Remoraid. But, a catch was a catch so they didn't complain. They looked down as their Pokedex-es beeped, signifying the updating on the entries of new Pokemon.
Lickitung the Licking Pokemon. A Normal type Pokemon. Its tongue has well-developed nerves that run to the very tip, so it can be deftly manipulated.
Tangela the Vine Pokemon. A Grass type Pokemon. It tangles any moving thing with its vines. Their subtle shaking is ticklish if you get ensnared.
Aipom the Long Tail Pokemon. A Normal type Pokemon. Its tail is so powerful that it can use it to grab a tree branch and hold itself up in the air.
Remoraid the Jet Pokemon. A Water type Pokemon. Using its dorsal fin as a suction pad, it clings to a Mantine's underside to scavenge for leftovers.
After reading over the information, they put away the electronic, portable encyclopaedias for Pokemon before continuing towards Blackthorn. They walked along the route's path before coming to a stop. The two trainers and their starter Pokemon came to the entrance of a cave, its dark depths extending deep into the mountain body that lay before them.
As the two trainers stopped outside the mouth of the dark cavern that extended a good bit into the mountain body that lay before them, they- meaning Naruto, Sasuke, Feraligatr and Typhlosion- squinted in an effort to see beyond the darkness of the cave, but as they did, a furious gust of freezing wind blew out from the cave causing the Naruto and Sasuke to shiver while their Pokemon partners merely shrugged it off since Feraligatr was used to creating giant Blizzards while Typhlosion was basically an organic fireplace.
"It's kinda cold in there." Naruto commented.
"Hn, dobe. Well it is called Icefall Cave/Ice Path and if there's ice it's bound to be cold." Naruto glared at the raven haired Uchiha.
"Shut it you smartass teme." Naruto growled. Sasuke turned and growled right back, their heads butting together. Anime lightning crackled between their hard gazes before Typhlosion and Feraligatr pulled their respective trainers back.
"Feraligatr Gatr."
"I know it's not the time to fight, but I want to just punch the dobe in his stupid head."
"Oh sure, this coming from the guy who looks like he has a Murkrow's ass stuck to his head." Naruto retorted. Typhlosion and Feraligatr couldn't help but snicker at the blonde's comment, but instantly began to look away with innocent expressions as Sasuke settled the fabled 'Uchiha death glare' on their persons.
"Let's just get in there so we can go to Blackthorn City." Sasuke grumbled before shoving his hands into his pockets. Naruto and Sasuke walked towards the cave and ventured through the dark corridor.
"So teme?"
"Hn?" Sasuke replied.
"In the Icefall Cave we're in now...we're going to get a bit lost aren't we?" The blonde asked.
"Probably." Sasuke said.
"Powerful Pokemon to fight?"
"Most likely."
"We're gonna die aren't we?" Naruto spoke in a deadpanned tone, a sweatdrop forming on the back of his head. Sasuke remained silent at that and the two trainers and their Pokemon stopped as they exited the dark corridor, finding themselves inside a room at the edge of a room that entirely covered in ice. The floor, the rocks, hell even the ceiling and the stalactites that hung from it were frozen over to form icicles of doom that could fall at any second and impale your skull.
'That's probably not the best way for me to think about this room as a large death trap.' Naruto thought as he fingered the Blast Burn bracelet to try and rid himself of his nervousness.
"Alright dobe, a heads up before we start to get around this place." Naruto, Typhlosion and Feraligatr turned to the young Uchiha to listen. "The Icefall Cave, each floor is completely coated with ice to the point that Ice-type Pokemon have come to call this place their natural habitat. Now follow my lead."
Naruto then followed Sasuke's lead as he and Sasuke returned Feraligatr and Typhlosion to their respective Pokeballs for better transportation and movement throughout the cave. Naruto then watched as Sasuke took a running start and skated across the ice floor with seemingly unmatched expertise. Sasuke then stopped in front of a large ice boulder and turned to the left. Naruto his rival had skated into another boulder before skating towards the normal, yet oddly blue-coloured, ground.
"Now your turn dobe."
Naruto followed his rival's lead, only to fall on his ass numerous times in the process due to not being used to skating on ice like Sasuke apparently was. He groaned in pain as he comically swirled on the floor, arms and legs spread making him look like an orange and blue shuriken.
He managed to grab onto the outstretched arm of his rival.
"Ugh, I hate ice-skating." The blonde Uzumaki complained.
"Stop complaining dobe and let's go, there's a bit more ice we have to skate across to get the ladder that leads deeper into the place!" The Uchiha called out. The blonde Uzumaki grumbled to himself about 'stupid Pidgey-assed hairdo temes that think they own the world', or at least that's what Sasuke thought he heard due to the cave's acoustics enhancing the volume of the blonde's speech despite his attempt to keep it under his breath.
Using the same method, the two skated across the ice floor, Naruto falling on his ass in a humourous manner that it managed Sasuke to smirk in amusement. In the end they reached the ladder that dropped deeper into the Icefall Cave's depths. Without a word, the two trainers climbed down the ladder that had been placed by excavators and former explorers of the icy dungeon.
As Naruto dropped from the ladder, the two trainers found themselves in another ice covered room, but this time...there were a few wild Pokemon wandering around, though they didn't seem to notice them. Taking advantage of the fact, Sasuke-and a falling Naruto- skated across the room to catch the few Pokemon they hadn't managed to add to the Pokedex's data banks. In an effort to also train in their new moves, Naruto and Sasuke used the opportunity to train in using Blast Burn and Hydro Cannon, and with each battle they came closer and closer to mastering the Ultimate Moves.
They continued to pass through the caverns of the freezing dungeon, catching Pokemon along the way and picking up the few items that appeared in their path. The important items being a Full Heal, Max Potion, Max Revive, PP Up, Ultra Ball and an item known to increase the power of Ice-type moves, the NeverMeltIce.
The Pokemon they managed to catch were Delibird, Jynx and Swinub and their information became registered in the Pokedex data banks.
Delibird the Delivery Pokemon. An Ice/Flying type Pokemon. It carries food all day long. There are tales about lost people who were saved by the food it had.
Jynx the Human Shape Pokemon. An Ice/Psychic type Pokemon. It speaks a language similar to that of humans. However, it seems to use dancing to communicate.
Swinub the Pig Pokemon. An Ice/Ground type Pokemon. It rubs its snout on the ground to find and dig up food. It sometimes discovers hot springs.
Once they had skated on the ice floor within the Ice Path's floor, BF1 2, Sasuke had his Rhydon use Strength to push aside the boulder blocking their path before venturing up the ladder which led to their freedom. Naruto and Sasuke climbed out of the hole in the floor the ladder had been attached to before looking around.
"Oi, isn't this the first floor we were on before going down the other ladders?" Naruto asked.
"It's a bit of a roundabout way to reach the exit, but the numerous amounts of rocky inclines and ice that blocked the ways of people who mapped out the area had resulted in them having to create the underground areas of the Ice Path." Sasuke explained.
"You know an awful lot about this place." Naruto commented.
"My ancestors were the people who mapped out the place. Remember, Ice Path, or IceFall Cave as most call it, leads to Blackthorn City, the place where my ancestors were born. So it would make sense for me to know my way around here." Sasuke said. Naruto nodded in understanding before turning away from his brooding rival.
"Oi, I see the exit to the place...and there's someone on that ice floor." Naruto added as he squinted to make sure he wasn't seeing things. Sasuke raised a curious eyebrow and stared in Naruto's direction and true to his word, there was really someone there. Or rather, two someones.
"OI!" Naruto bellowed. The two frightened individuals turned in shock at the loud voice before spotting the two trainers. Naruto and Sasuke skated over to them before stopping in front of the boulder that allowed them to stop and what prevented the two, now revealed to be, women, from slipping on the ice.
"Hi, I'm Naruto Uzumaki and this is Sasuke-teme...are you two okay?" The blonde asked.
"You dobe, don't tell them our names just like that. They could be thieves or members of ROOT under Nagato's orders." The black haired boy hissed. The two women giggled lightly and it was then that Naruto and Sasuke took note of their clothing. Silken kimonos of a crimson colour that was also lined with green and gold on the hem and edge of the sleeves and like the other four duos, the recent one being one which was saved by Naruto and his posse as they were also hostages in the Goldenrod Radio Tower, one of the kimono girls bore the image of a magnificent feathered bird in gold while the other kimono girl had the vulture-dragon like creature stitched in silver on the kimonos. Their faces were painted with the ridiculous amount of makeup that was traditional to the ancient culture of Ecruteak City and the small tiaras decorated with a few jewels and flowers were worn atop their black hair. Said hair was tied back into a bun.
"We assure you, young trainers that we are not members of the organization that had kidnapped our sisters before in Goldenrod and nor are we thieves. Though, our sister did speak of the heroes who helped them along the way in their travels. A blonde and a young girl with pale eyes travelled with the blonde."
"Oh, you must mean Hina-chan. She's not here." Naruto said with a frown. The girls frowned as well before looking at Sasuke.
"Ah...an Uchiha. A rare sight outside of the Police Force and Blackthorn City." The one with the image of Ho-oh on her dress spoke.
"May we ask that you help my sister and I with getting out from this place. We were on our way out, but we..." The girl with Lugia stitched into her dress's fabric paused and the blush of her makeup covered up her actual blush as her sister completed the sentence.
"Ran into complications." Naruto and Sasuke looked at each other and then back at the kimono girls.
"Yeah sure, why not?" Naruto grinned widely.
"Hn. Fine." His bland tone earning him an elbow in the ribs from his rival.
"Domo Arigato, Naruto-san, Sasuke-san." The two girls bowed. Naruto blushed as he wasn't used to being bowed to while Sasuke merely ignored the act of politeness from the two females. Holding their hands, the boys ushered the girls along the paths of ice, using the boulder as brake likes in their previous actions to get about the Ice Path before reaching the other end of the ice floor where the exit lay before them.
"Domo Arigato, once more." The kimono girls thanked them with another low bow.
"As thanks for aiding us, here is something to help you on your journey." One kimono girl reached into her kimono and pulled out a small blue disc. Sasuke nodded in thanks as he took the disc before his eyes widened.
"Really? This is what you're giving us?" Sasuke asked. Naruto looked over as the girls nodded to Sasuke.
"HM07: Waterfall." Naruto's sapphire orbs bugged out of his skull, "A hidden move?! REALLY?!" He expressed his shock as well.
"Hai, your hearts are kind and thus we believe we can trust you with the move that allows one to scale waterfalls. Also..." The one with Ho-oh on her kimono pulled out a small feather which was coloured orange, white and green and handed it to Naruto. The one with Lugia then reached into her own kimono and pulled out two bells a little bit smaller than a basketball. One was clear and glistened in the light reflected off of the ice while the other was a shining silver coloured bell which also had a small dent in it and a small patch of rust to indicate it was old.
"Here." They spoke simultaneously.
"What...are these?" Naruto asked as he took the Rainbow Wing and Sasuke took the round bells.
"That, my dear boy, is the Rainbow Wing. A feather than glows with the colours of the rainbow when in sunlight and is the counterpart to the Silver Wing which I believe you hold in your possession as well." Naruto's eyes widened as he reached into his backpack and after a bit of rummaging around he pulled out the silver coloured feather that he found in the ocean when he and Rock Lee had went to Cianwood City to get the medicine for Amphy, the sick Amphoros.
"You're...wait...how did you I had this?" Naruto asked.
"A secret that will not be revealed to you yet, Naruto Uzumaki." The one with Ho-oh on her kimono said.
"The bells that the Uchiha holds are important artifacts as well that I strongly advise you keep with you." The one with Lugia on her kimono gestured to each bell. "The Clear Bell is the one that will ring to signal the time of the Sky when the holder of the Rainbow Wing comes forth, while the Tidal Bell will signal the time of the Sea when the holder of the Silver Wing comes forth. The wings and their corresponding bells are intertwined with one another and I strongly advise you both once again to keep each wing and its partner bell in close proximity with one another." The two kimono girls were now staring with stone-like stares that were kind of making the pre-teens nervous.
"You, Naruto Uzumaki and Sasuke Uchiha, are destined to play great parts in the saving of this world. The great Bird of the Sky and the Rainbow and the Beast of the Sea and the Whirling Tides...they will awaken once more and thus you will need these wings as ways to access their dwellings. Good luck, Naruto Uzumaki the bearer of the Heart of shining Gold and Sasuke Uchiha the one who has a Soul of brightest Silver. May Arceus watch over you."
"Arceus?" The two questioned, but the two kimono girls had already exited the cave by the time they spun around to ask more questions, especially as to what an Arceus was. Running after them, the two exited the Icefall Cave as well only to gape in shock when they found no one was present. The only thing there was the lush green grass, the bright blue sky, white clouds and the softly blowing wind that was to be found on the other side of the cave.
"Where did they go?" Naruto asked.
"I don't know, but dobe...they sounded very serious when they spoke of this 'Sky and Sea' topic. I'll take the Tidal Bell and the Silver Wing and you'll get the Rainbow Wing and the Clear Bell. I don't why...but I feel kind of drawn to those two."
"I got the same feeling with the Rainbow Wing and the Clear Bell." Naruto said as he handed the Silver Wing to Sasuke and Sasuke handed him the Clear Bell. They put the items away in their packs before walking forward and paused when the image of a village of somesort came into their field of vision.
Blackthorn City
The village had huts made of stone, mud, leaves and straw of somesort, but oddly enough a Pokemon Center and PokeMart stood out amongst the ancient looking village.
Naruto took out his Pokegear and looked at the Map Card when he clicked on it.
"We made it." He muttered before grinning widely. "WE MADE IT TO BLACKTHORN CITY!" He whooped. Sasuke nodded as he entered his original home next to New Bark Town.
"By the way, teme, seeing as you are probably familiar with the place...do you know who the gym leader here is? The only thing I remember is that they are supposed to be users of Dragon-type Pokemon." Sasuke nodded.
"Uchihas do use Dragon-types...the gym leader is labelled as a powerful Dragon Master, but only Izuna holds that title in truth." Naruto nodded as he continued to glance around the area. The village was now much smaller that it had seemed to be now that he was up close, but Naruto also noted the fact that on every door and in the case of the Pokemon Center and the PokeMart, the rim of the roofs, the red and white fan that Sasuke had on the back of his navy blue sweater, the Uchiha fan (which closely resembled a Pokeball, the blonde thought) stood out proudly.
As they entered the Pokemon Center the blonde blinked in surprise as he saw a lot of them bore the traits of his rival. Slightly pale skin, though there were some with tanned complexions, black eyes, black hair and of course the majority of the teenagers and adults had the same brooding look on their faces only for them to vanish as they saw Sasuke.
"SASUKE-CHAN!" They screamed in happiness as they saw their family member.
"How've you been? I heard you aided Izuna nii-sama in putting down ROOT. As expected from the brother of Itachi." Sasuke flinched at the mention of his brother's name before turning and glaring at the woman who had spoken. The woman gulped in fear and sweated.
"My apologizes Sasuke-chan, I forgot that he's been a taboo since he left." The woman bowed. "Please don't tell Mikoto-chan."
"Stand up, I don't care just don't EVER mention that teme's name again." He stated with a slight edge to the montone in his voice. The Uchihas backed away from their family member as he seemed to part the small crowd with his very presence. Naruto stared in awe as he ran up next to Sasuke, however a firm hand grabbed his sleeve.
"Huh?"
"Who are you?"
"I'm Naruto...Naruto Uzumaki. I'm here with Sasuke-teme to challenge the gym leader here for the Rising Badge." Naruto explained. The black haired members of Blackthorn City became silent before looking at one another. The eerie silence irked Naruto causing him to shift a bit in nervousness before the Uchihas began laughing loudly. Naruto looked in surprise by the sudden outburst before quickly growing angry.
"OI, WHAT'S SO FUNNY?!" He roared. A man wiped away the tears that formed.
"Excuse our amusement, young trainer...but Mikoto-chan hasn't been defeated in quite a while. Why just yesterday she flawlessly defeated a challenger and sent him home crying. What makes you think you could do any better."
"I've been known to defy the impossible. I've been taught how to battle by the second runner up in the previous Pokemon League Championship, Kushina Uzumaki who is in fact my Okaa-chan. So if you think I might not have a chance well guess what, even if I lose...I'm not moving from this place until I get the damn Rising Badge!" Naruto said with determination burning his blue eyes. His Pokeball popped open and Typhlosion emerged, flames ablaze.
"TYPHLOSION!" The Volcano Pokemon's crimson eyes shone with the same fire as its trainer's. The Uchihas all stared in amazement at Naruto before one rolled their eyes.
"Say what you wish, but Mikoto-sama will not be bested by a young trainer like you. Sasuke may have a chance because he is our bloodline, but you are an outsider. You cannot hope to best her even with Kushina Uzumaki supposedly being your mother. Besides everyone knows Uzumaki people tend to have red hair, not blonde."
The other Uchihas muttered in agreement before turning away to go back to their usual businesses. As he rested his Pokeballs down for Nurse Shizune to heal his and Sasuke's Pokemon, he couldn't help but glance back with a bit of doubt.
'Is this Mikoto woman really that strong?' He thought.
"Sasuke, who's Mikoto?" He asked. Sasuke remained silent before turning to Naruto.
"Just shut up and try not to embarrass me when go into the gym, you'll know why I'm being quiet about this when we go to fight the gym leader." Sasuke replied with a very venomous tone that had Naruto and Typhlosion shutting up immediately. Sasuke released Feraligatr and the two entered the Blackthorn City Gym. However, as they were making their way to the gym, Naruto paused, his ears twitching slightly as a weird sound seemed to meet his ears. Typhlosion looked at its trainer in confusion.
"Typhlo?" Naruto remained unresponsive to the Volcano Pokemon.
"Oi, dobe what are you standing around for?" Sasuke asked. Feraligatr wondered what was going on with its rival's trainer before Naruto's eyes widened and he squinted up at the sky.
"Is that...?" Naruto looked up at the blue sky where a black dot lay. The dot suddenly began to get gradually larger and larger. The other three members of the group of four stared at the sky, scanning it before focusing on the same black dot. A fast moving object was approaching them at equally fast speed. Naruto's eyes widened as he took a step back when he realized the object's trajectory was aimed at him.
"Kuso...it's heading right for us!" Naruto yelled. However, just as he was about to run, the cry of the object met his ears.
"DRAAAAAAA!" Naruto froze.
"No way." He whispered as he turned back around. The object was then revealed to be a long blue bullet of some sorts and the object then neared Naruto at surprising speeds before coming to a halt and caused a large amount of dust to kick up as the wind rushed past the object's body. Naruto, Sasuke, Typhlosion and Feraligatr coughed heavily to rid their lungs of the dust. As they did, the dust cloud subsided and the creature before them released its cry once more.
"DRAAAAAAA!" It said. The four stared up in shock as they saw the Pokemon before them. Its body was blue with a white underside. Two small spheres were attached to the end of its tail, a smaller sphere atop a large one. A similar was at an area that appeared to be at its upper neck region. The Pokemon was long and serpentine and atop its head were two small, white feathered wings and a single white horn. Its brown-red coloured eyes stared at the blonde trainer before it.
"Dra Dra Dra Dragonair!" The Pokemon, now identified as a Dragonair, spoke. Naruto and Typhlosion looked at each other and then back at the Dragonair.
Dragonair the Dragon Pokemon. A Dragon type Pokemon. They say that if it emits an aura from its whole body, the weather will begin to change instantly.
"N-N-No way...Dratini...is that you?!" The Dragonair's eyes became upside down Us as it seemed to smile.
"Dra." It nodded its head, yes. Naruto's eyes then teared up slightly before he leaped at the Pokemon.
"DRATINI...YOU'RE BACK! AND YOU EVOLVED TOO!" Naruto laughed as he clung to the Dragon-type. Dragonair wriggled its body and nuzzled its muzzle against Naruto and then at Typhlosion.
"You're a Dragonair now. That DayCare Lady sure could raise Pokemon." Dragonair then looked down at Naruto before speaking.
"Dra Dragon Dragonair Air Dragonair." Naruto sweatdropped.
"What do you mean I owe her money? Fine...how much?" Dragonair got into a thoughtful position, tapping its head with the tip of its tail. Its eyes brightened as it remembered.
"Dra Dragonair!"
"WHAT?! THAT MUCH?!" Naruto exclaimed. Naruto looked at his Trainer Card which had wireless technology built into it to allow him to show how much money he had on him. He looked and saw he had quite a lot to waste, but still...3900 Poke was a good bit of money to lose.
"Wait, Wait, Wait...dobe...how the hell did you get a DRAGONAIR?!" Sasuke exclaimed. Naruto blinked in confusion.
"What do you mean how did I...oh right, it was just me and Hina-chan when we got the eggs from Professor Iruka." Naruto said snapping his fingers. He then proceeded to tell Sasuke how he and Hinata had gotten their eggs for Dratini and Togepi and how he had Dratini stay at the DayCare Centre on Route 17 and then now that it was back, it apparently had evolved into a Dragonair in his absence.
"And that's all there is to it." Sasuke and Feraligatr looked at each other and then at the large Dragon-type.
'Lucky dobe...how dare he get such a rare Pokemon.' Sasuke gritted his teeth before turning away. "Let's just go to the gym."
Naruto, Dragonair and Typhlosion looked at each other before tilting their heads in confusion. Naruto then noticed Dragonair's Pokeball was wrapped around its neck like a necklace so he took it off and returned the serpentine Pokemon to its ball.
Upon their entry, Naruto realized it had suddenly gotten a lot hotter. He then gaped in shock as he saw the gym had a lake of lava was below them. The Gym luckily had large, stone, and obviously lava-resistant, structures atop the lava to allow any challengers to venture towards the gym leaders. However, Naruto and Sasuke came to notice that were a few free-floating platforms on the lava as well. Each of these had a glowing blue pad of some sort. Naruto then noticed that despite the boiling temperatures of the room, he had been feeling what he usually felt at room temperature. It was then that he took note of the fact that the entire gym had large cooling units positioned at strategic areas of the building so that it wouldn't get too hot despite the room being filled with lava.
Naruto and Typhlosion jumped while Sasuke and Feraligatr sharply turned their heads as the Pokemon Statue located at the entrance of every gym, suddenly began to speak.
"Greetings challengers to the Blackthorn City Gym, the gym of Dragon-types. In order to reach the revered eighth gym leader, you must jump on each platform and step on the pads on each platform. Each step will cause the pad to rotate its corresponding platform at a ninety degree angle. Continue this until you are able to reach the gym leader. Good luck. Also a hint, Ice-types and Dragon-types are the only type of Pokemon that can cause tremendous harm to a Dragon-type Pokemon like the gym leader's." The statue's eyes, which were shining a deep gold suddenly flickered back to their stone colour indicating it had said what it wanted to.
"So...what do we do?" Naruto asked.
"We cross, dobe." Sasuke said as he walked up the steps and across the small bridge. Naruto followed with Typhlosion as his rival and Feraligatr changed the first platform allowing them to cross. Naruto and Sasuke interchanged at each platform so that when one changed one platform, the other would change the following platform. After much platform rotating, Naruto and Sasuke finally made it to the gym leader's platform.
At the gym leader's platform there was a rather fancy looking throne at the end of the large platform, which was much much larger than the other platforms and a few of the structures in the gym.
Sitting atop the throne was a rather attractive woman who appeared to be around Naruto's mother's age, in her early thirties. She had long raven coloured hair that extended to just above her waist. She wore a dark blue dress that clung tightly to her voluptuous figure, ending a few inches below her upper thigh so it left much of her slender, long legs visible. Her knee high, dark blue boots had a slight heel to give it some femininity. The final touch to her outfit was a the long black cape that hung behind her.
Her dark coloured eyes stared coldly at the two.
The female gym leader stepped down from her throne and walked towards the two pre-teens, the Uchiha death glare still present on her face. However, it was then that the cold mask broke away revealing the large happy grin on her face.
"SASUKE!" The woman threw herself at the young boy, wrapping him in a hug. Naruto, Typhlosion and Feraligatr all blinked a bit in confusion before looking at the younger Uchiha.
"Sasuke, explanation pronto. I don't understand how this hot woman is hugging you?!" Naruto exclaimed. Mikoto Uchiha and Sasuke turned to the blonde and Sasuke's eye twitched.
"Dobe...I told you to shut up."
"And not embarrass you, but you're doing a fine job by yourself seeing as how you're all red in the face for some reason."
"Oh, Sasuke-chan, you never told me you would be bringing a friend."
"We're not friends, we're rivals."
"All the same in my book. Sorry about Sasuke, he inherited the Uchiha anti-socialism trait. Anyway, allow me to introduce myself. My name is Mikoto Uchiha, Gym Leader of Blackthorn City...and Sasuke's Okaa-chan. Plus it's nice to hear I still got it despite what Kushina-chan says about me." Mikoto winked at Naruto causing the blonde to blush furiously while Sasuke suddenly appeared in his rival's face.
"What did you just say about Okaa-chan?" He asked with a hint of venom. He'd been having that tone of voice a lot since they had been approaching the city of the Uchiha, the blonde had realized.
"Nothing teme...nothing." He said with a hint of fear in his voice as he took note of the fiery aura of anger that coated his rival.
"That's what I thought you said." He growled before stepping away from the blonde as mother once again took the mantle to speak.
"Gomen, Sasuke is very protective of me. Ever since..." Mikoto paused with a deep frown marring her face. Mikoto then shook her head to rid herself of the thoughts regarding her eldest son before smiling widely again, but Naruto saw through the mask of happiness having put one up himself when he was at the Trainer's Academy in order to ignore the spite and ridicule he suffered while there.
"So, you say you knew my Okaa-chan."
"Oh yes, like I said, Kushina-chan and I go way back. We're best friends after all, however I hate to admit it, but ever since she retired as a trainer it's been rather boring to battle these days." Mikoto sighed, adjusting the cape attached to her shoulders.
"Okaa-chan?" Sasuke tapped his mother's shoulder.
"Hmm? Yes, Sasuke-chan?" She smiled warmly. His eye twitched at the suffix, but he remained stoic in the end.
"The dobe and I are here to battle you for the Rising Badge." Mikoto's eyes widened as she looked back and forth between her son and her best friend's son.
"You two have seven badges already?!" She exclaimed in surprise, "But it's only been seven months since you started, just how fast do you two move?"
"We get around quite quickly." They answered simultaneously as they showed Mikoto the badge cases revealing the seven official league badges.
"Zephyr, Bug, Plain, Fog, Storm, Mineral, Glacier...yup they're all there. Looks like you boys are doing well for such young trainers." Mikoto said as she looked down at the shorter Pokemon Trainers before snapping her fingers. Her throne suddenly descended beneath the floor before the hole that had formed was sealed leaving a much larger space for the potential challengers to battle Sasuke's mother.
"So...which of you boys would like to go first?" Mikoto spoke with a serious tone as she looked between the two rivals. Naruto and Sasuke turned and glared at one another, Feraligatr and Typhlosion doing the same.
'Minato and Fugaku...you two would be proud to see your sons right now.' She smirked before sweatdropping as the two suddenly began playing a game of rock-paper-scissors.
"HA, I WIN TEME!" The blonde bragged as he snipped his fingers like a pair of scissors against Sasuke's flat palm which represented paper. The black haired pre-teen gritted his teeth before he and his Water-type partner stepped off to the side.
"Sasuke-chan, you can be referee so that I won't have to call in anyone right now." Sasuke nodded to his mother as he stood in the referee's box. He pulled out two flags, one red to represent the gym leader, and one green to represent the challenger. Mikoto and Naruto took their places before nodding in respect to one another as Sasuke raised the flags.
"THIS IS A BATTLE BETWEEN THE DOBE..." He frowned when he saw the heated glare from not only Naruto, but from his own mother. "...BETWEEN NARUTO UZUMAKI FROM NEW BARK TOWN AND THE BLACKTHORN CITY GYM LEADER, MIKOTO UCHIHA! THE BATTLE WILL BE AN ALL OUT BATTLE WITH THE GYM LEADER HAVING ONLY FOUR POKEMON AND THE CHALLENGER IS ABLE TO USE ALL SIX IF NECESSARY! THE GYM LEADER IS CAPABLE OF USING ONLY ONE HEALING ITEM WHILE THE CHALLENGER CAN ONLY USE THREE! ALSO ONLY THE CHALLENGER IS ABLE TO SWITCH OUT POKEMON IN THE MIDDLE OF THE BATTLE!"
Naruto and Mikoto nodded in understanding before Sasuke threw down his arms.
"HAIJIME!" He yelled, allowing the battle to begin. Mikoto took out one Pokeball while Naruto did the same.
"Let's go...QUAGSIRE!"
"Take them down, Gyarados!"
Naruto's Mud Fish Pokemon stared blankly at the Atrocious Pokemon of Mikoto's, however even though it seems unaffected by it, Gyarados' Intimidate ability had done it's job of lowering Quagsire's attack power.
'So the dobe thinks that Quagsire's ability to use Blizzard may help him since Okaa-chan uses Dragon-types. However...Gyarados is part Water so the Ice-type attacks don't do as much damage as one would hope. That added in the fact that her Gyarados is amazingly strong...things may get a bit rough for the dobe.' Sasuke smirked as he aimed to see what his blonde rival would pull out his sleeve.
'Gyarados is a partial Flying type so that means Earthquake and Mud Bomb are useless. The only other attacks I have at my disposal though are Surf and Blizzard...guess Blizzard's my best bet though.' Naruto thought.
"QUAGSIRE USE BLIZZARD!" He commanded. Quagsire took a deep breath.
"Quaaaag." It exhaled and a blast of freezing wind shot forth from its mouth.
"Use Dragon Rage." Mikoto stated with the hard glare that all Uchiha were capable of using. Gyarados roared and released a blast of purple-yellow flames from its jaws and the attack impacted with Blizzard causing a small explosion.
"Now go in with a Bite attack."
"Quagsire use Surf." Quagsire's body became enveloped in water as if it were about to perform an Aqua Jet, only for the water to increase in size and expand outwards to create a miniature tidal wave. The wave rose up and crashed down on Gyarados sending it reeling backwards, steam rising as some of the water dripped over the sides of the battlefield and into the lava lake below.
"Gyarados, Bite again." Gyarados clamped its jaws down on Quagsire causing the Mud Fish Pokemon a great deal of pain, but due to its hard bone structure there was no bleeding of visible physical damage. Gyarados then spat Quagsire out of its jaws.
"Use Twister!"
"Blizzard!" The Twister attack froze in place, but Gyarados plowed through it, shattering it like glass before slamming into Quagsire's body sending it soaring only for Gyarados's tail to reach out and slam the Mud Fish Pokemon into the battlefield's hard floor. Quagsire gritted its teeth as it lay on all fours, using a lot of its strength to hold off the appendage.
"Blizzard!" The third Blizzard hit its mark and Gyarados released a roar of pain. The Atrocious Pokemon was frozen around its midsection, but the heat from the lava was making it melt just as quickly as it had formed.
"Dragon Pulse!" Gyarados roared as wind and energy swirled into its jaws. A purple and grey coloured sphere formed before the pent up energy was released just as quickly as the attack had formed, which was pretty damn fast. The attack crashed into the ground near Quagsire since the Pokemon aimed to avoid the attack. The Dragon Pulse caused a large blast wave to form with the crater it created and Quagsire was sent skidding near the edge of the lava pool below. Quagsire looked back, sweat forming on its body from the intense heat.
"Use Twister!" Mikoto commanded her Atrocious Pokemon. Naruto's eyes widened as he saw his Pokemon was sent sky high from the rising wind circulation system. The Dragon-type move caused Quagsire to soar into the air before Gyarados coiled its body, tensing its muscles. Then it released and it shot up after Quagsire.
"Bite!" Gyarados obeyed its trainer's command and bit down on Quagsire before acting like a roller coaster and as it met Quagsire at the peak of its makeshift leap, it tilted and went plummeting downwards.
"QUAGSIRE!" Naruto yelled in alarm as the two Pokemon slammed into the battlefield. Naruto cursed as the small dust cloud obscured the Pokemon, however it was clear who the winner was when Gyarados reared up and released a roar of triumph. Quagsire had swirls in its eyes as it had fainted.
"Quagsire is unable to battle, Gyarados is the victor!" Sasuke said as he raised the red flag for his mother. Feraligatr was watching in mild amazement at how quickly that Quagsire was put down. The Big Jaw Pokemon gained a small smile, there might be a challenge among these gym leaders yet since the only gym leader it ever lost to was Fuka in Goldenrod City. Stupid Miltank.
"You did good buddy." Naruto muttered as he returned his Pokemon to its ball. He then took out his second Pokemon. "Amphoros, GO!" The Light Pokemon appeared in a flash of light before landing in front of the larger opponent. The Electric type glared at the Water/Flying type and Amphoros made a 'come' motion with its digit-less forelimbs. Gyarados's eyes twitched in annoyance.
"Gyarados use Dragon Pulse!"
"Amphoros, counter with Thunderbolt!"
The two powerful attacks clashed in midair, aiming to overpower one another, but the offensive moves brought about a stalemate and a large smoke cloud formed from the explosion that formed.
"Gyarados use Bite!" Gyarados used the smoke as a way to shield itself and burst through the smoke, however as it was about to clamp its jaws down on Amphoros, Mikoto's eyes widened alongside her Pokemon's. Amphoros's fist was sparking with electricity.
"THUNDERPUNCH!"
"AMPHOROS!" The Light Pokemon cried out as it slammed the super effective move against Gyarados's face. The Pokemon spasmed as the electricity coursed through its body.
"Two-hit combo, let's go!" Naruto ordered. Amphoros complied and both of its fists were soon encased in blue lightning. A right hook followed by a left jab crashed into Gyarados's body sending the gym leader's Pokemon backwards before a final Thunderbolt put it down for the count. Sasuke and Feraligatr smirked at the blonde.
Taking advantage of Gyarados itself being blind within the smoke of their attacks clashing had been a smart way to conceal the Thunderpunch the Light Pokemon had been charging up. The Paralysis had been a bonus for the challenger and his Pokemon.
"The winner is Amphoros!" Sasuke exclaimed, raising the green flag. Mikoto's face gained a slight smirk.
"Well done, Naruto-kun. Kushina-chan has taught you well, now let's see how you deal with my second Pokemon. DRAGONAIR I CHOOSE YOU!" The serpentine evolution of Dratini appeared in a flash of white light. Naruto's eyes widened.
'She has one too?!' He thought in surprise. He mentally cursed for not saving Quagsire for later, but Gyarados had been an unexpected selection in his opponent's team and he never expected Gyarados to have been so fast despite being the large and powerful Pokemon it was. The Dragon-type Pokemon levitated in the air as it stared down at the Light Pokemon.
"Alright, Dragonair use Dragon Pulse and follow up with Slam!" Mikoto ordered. A powerful twister-like beam of energy and wind shot forth from the sphere on Dragonair's neck sending it towards its opponent. Amphoros leaped out of the way and went towards it enemy.
"Use Iron Tail and then Thunderbolt since you'll be at close range!" The Iron Tail clashed with Dragonair's follow up Slam attack causing the two to push against each other for dominance, but Amphoros grinned before unleashing large amounts of electrical energy from its body. Mikoto gritted her teeth in mild rage at being played like that. Dragonair backed away from the Electric type as Amphoros landed on the ground.
"Now use Thunderpunch and slam it into the sides of its head to discombobulate it." Naruto yelled. Amphoros's fists glowed with electricity and slammed them against the sides of Dragonair's head causing it to get shocked, but also the force of the blows caused the Dragon Pokemon to be thrown into a state of confusion as its head felt as if it were spinning.
"Draaaagonair." The Dragon Pokemon groaned only for an Iron Tail to slam down on its skull. The serpetine Pokemon fell to the ground.
"Now finish it with Thunderbolt!"
"Dragonair, counter with Dragon Pulse!"
Dragonair shook its head and looked up with wide eyes as the Thunderbolt neared it and then glared at the attack. It released the Dragon Pulse from the gem on its neck and the attacks clashed once more.
"Now Slam!" Dragonair sped through the smoke cloud and slammed down on Amphoros causing the Electric type a great deal of pain from the Normal type move. Amphoros groaned as it stood back up, but Dragonair suddenly wrapped its tail around the Pokemon's body, binding its limbs.
"Thunderbolt!" Naruto ordered.
"Use Slam to stop it!" Dragonair raised its tail and slammed Amphoros down on the ground, stopping it from using Thunderbolt. A few more Slams followed after, badly bruising and fracturing bones in the Electric type. Amphoros was then let go, surprising both trainer and Pokemon as the Dragon type stared down at the shorter Pokemon.
"Dragonair, use Fire Blast!" Mikoto grinned. Naruto and Amphoros were in shock as Dragonair opened its usually closed mouth and the star shaped blast of flame took form and sped forth. Being at close range, it didn't long for the attack to make contact with the Light Pokemon.
"Amphoros Thunderbolt!" The blast of electricity was launched, enough to take a bit of the damage away, but not enough as Amphoros was sent skidding on its back towards Naruto, stopping when the blonde scooped up his Pokemon, despite its heavy mass. Burns covered the Electric type and Naruto stared in amazement as the damaged Dragon type before him seemed to be brimming with power.
'I know Electric type attack aren't very effective on Dragon types, but I was hoping Iron Tail would have done something. Are Dragon types really this strong?' Naruto thought as he returned Amphoros to the Pokeball. He furrowed his brow in extreme thought.
'Heracross...Pidegot...Typhlosion...Umbreon...maybe Dragonair, but I haven't used Dragonair in battle so I don't know what to do with it. Who to choose? Umbroen and Dragonair have the least battle experience, but Umbreon's attacks will allow for swift and deadly blows while I don't even know what Umbreon's attacks are. Pidgeot has better aerial combat skills so that's good. Heracross is out seeing as how that it knows Fire Blast and Typhlosion is my ace in the hole so I have to save him for later.' Naruto nodded as he decided on his next choice.
"PIDGEOOOOOT!" The Bird Pokemon screeched as it spread it wings. A powerful gust of wind blew against the female gym leader and her Dragonair.
"Dragonair use Fire Blast!"
"Pidgeot use Fly!" Pidgeot flapped its wings and took off high into the air, nearing the gym's ceiling. Once it reached high enough, it dove back down and struck swiftly against the Dragon Pokemon's body. Dragonair cried out in pain as Pidgeot's beak had dug deep into its flesh leaving a small bleeding wound on its person.
"Use Dragon Pulse!"
"Aerial Ace!" Pidgeot performed a loop-de-loop, avoiding the Dragon-type move and then vanished in midair, a show of mastery of the Flying-type move.
"Thunder Wave!" Mikoto yelled. Naruto and Pidgeot's eyes widened as the Flying/Normal type had reappeared in front of Dragonair for the frontal attack, but Dragonair suddenly released a wave of yellow electricity from its body. Pidgeot froze as it was paralyzed before it was hit with a Slam attack.
"Now Fire Blast and finish it with Dragon Pulse!" The powerful Fire-type move hit its mark and Pidgeot released a loud cry of pain as burnt feathers fell from its slightly singed and smoking body. The Dragon Pulse attack that followed after didn't help it regard to Pidgeot's health as the Bird Pokemon was put down in a crater in the battlefield.
Pidgeot was returned and Naruto sent out Heracross.
"Night Slash!" Heracross's claws became coated with a black shadowy aura before it sped towards the Dragonair and aimed to slash at it, but the same Thunder Wave tactic paralyzed it before a Fire Blast had effectively knocked it out. The super effective move being too much for even a tough Pokemon like Heracross.
'The dobe's getting beaten down really badly.' Sasuke thought. 'Okaa-chan's Pokemon are near unstoppable as only a truly powerful trainer can take her down.' Naruto gritted his teeth before he gulped and took out his fifth Pokemon.
"DRAGONAIR I CHOOSE YOU!" He exclaimed. Mikoto's eyes widened as she looked at the Dragon-type Pokemon her son's rival had.
"I must say I'm quite surprised. Not many trainers outside of Blackthorn other than Izuna onee-san have a Dragon-type Pokemon. However...your Pokemon is obviously inexperienced despite the large amount of power I feel from it." Naruto's Dragonair glared at Mikoto before turning to Mikoto's own. Naruto took up his Pokedex and scanned his Pokemon.
"Let's see...level 49. Attacks are Agility, Aqua Tail, Dragon Rush and Safeguard." Naruto grinned foxily. Oh, this was going to be good.
He turned to his serpentine Pokemon.
"Looks like that DayCare Lady really did a good job with you, huh?" The Dragon Pokemon's eyes filled with happiness at being complimented by its trainer before nodding and performed a set of aerial manoeuvres to show off its skill at flying.
"Alright, use Dragon Rush!"
"Dragon Pulse!" Mikoto yelled. Both Dragonair released their attacks and Mikoto was caught off guard as Naruto's Pokemon had used its flexibile body to its advantage and twisted around the Dragon Pulse. A violet aura coated Dragonair, flickering into the shape of an actual dragon before it slammed into Mikoto's Dragonair. The super effective attack took down a great deal of the opponent's health, but before Mikoto could counter Naruto had had his Pokemon use Agility to appear behind her Pokemon.
"Now use Dragon Rush one more time."
"Thunder Wave!" Naruto cursed as his Pokemon was hit by the attack causing it to become paralyzed. "Now use Dragon Pulse!"
Dragonair was sent soaring through the air by the super effective move easily bringing it down into a weakened state.
"Dragon Pulse, one more time!" Mikoto ordered. The downed Dragonair stared at the energy twister launched by its foe.
"Dragonair, Agility and then use Aqua Tail!" In a blur of speed, the serpentine Pokemon avoided the strike and lashed out with its water coated tail, slapping Mikoto's Dragonair across the face. "NOW FINISH IT...DRAGON RUSH!"
The violet aura surrounded it body once more and Naruto's Dragonair dealt the powerful finishing blow. Mikoto's Dragonair fell to the ground, unconscious while Naruto's was panting heavily. Naruto then used two of his Hyper Potions to heal his Pokemon, but he could see the fatigue was still present on his Pokemon.
'Kuso...four of my six Pokemon are down. Dragonair is healed, but it's still tired as hell and Mikoto still has one left and it's no doubt her strongest Pokemon. I just pray to Ho-oh and Lugia it isn't a Dragonite otherwise I'll be royally fucked.' He thought.
"Naruto...you're probably one of the few people who have managed to get this far in a battle with me. I hope Sasuke-chan will put up an equal or better battle when I face him. However, I bid you a sad farewell as I send out my final Pokemon." Mikoto took out a stylized Pokemon. It was a deep sea blue with a net pattern on it. A Net Ball. In the center of the Net Ball's top half was the Uchiha crest.
"GO...KINGDRA!" Sasuke's eyes widened in fear and Feraligatr gained a worried look knowing its rival, Typhlosion, might not get out of this battle conscious.
'Okaa-chan's Seadra evolved?! But when?!'
"I've been busy these past few months, Sasuke-chan." Mikoto told her surprised son. "Seadra was given the opportunity to evolve with the Dragon Scale I got in the Dragon's Den." She explained.
'Screw Dragonite...this is even worse!' Naruto thought, panic crossing his face. Kingdra was a Water/Dragon dual type, both of which had the ability to take out his two remaining Pokemon.
"KUSOOOO!" Naruto cursed loudly. Mikoto glared at him for his use of profanity, which Naruto quickly and comically apologized for, bowing low.
"Dobe." Sasuke stated causing Naruto to growl at his rival. He then focused back on the battle. "Dragonair use Agility and then Dragon Rush!" The Dragon Pokemon nodded and in a blur of motion, sped towards its opponent and slammed into Kingdra's stomach sending the Water/Dragon Pokemon backwards.
"Use Dragon Pulse!" Mikoto yelled. Unlike the other Dragon Pulses that were used prior to Kingdra, Kingdra's was more streamlined and thinner, but Naruto and Dragonair were caught off guard when they saw the small, but rather deep hole in the ground when Dragonair used Agility to dodge.
"Though Kingdra's Dragon Pulse is lesser in terms of size, the fact that it focuses more power into a smaller space makes the attack that much more devastating." Mikoto grinned widely.
"KINGDRA USE SMOKESCREEN!" Naruto and Dragonair were suddenly obscured from one another and from their opponents.
"No...DRAGONAIR!" Naruto called out Dragonair used its ability to fly to burst out of the smokescreen, but a Dragon Pulse narrowly grazed its body, but the move still caused it pain. Kingdra parted the smokescreen as it fired another Dragon Pulse which Dragonair dodged with a rapid use of Agility. However...Dragonair stopped moving any faster.
"Dragonair, those attacks are getting faster, you have to use Agility and move even quicker!" Naruto yelled. Dragonair tried to do so, but it stayed at the speed it was going at which was still very fast, fast enough to cause small sonic booms from the breaking of the sound barrier. That's when Naruto realized something.
'I forgot...Agility can only raise the Speed stat so much.' He was knocked out of his revelation when the pain filled cry of his Pokemon met his ears. Dragonair had been struck by the Dragon Pulse of Kingdra. The Dragon-type spiralled to the ground before a second Dragon Pulse struck it. The weaker Pokemon was knocked unconscious. Naruto's eyes widened in shock at how quickly his Dragonair was put down. Despite its inexperience, Dragonair was still a powerful Pokemon and Naruto was sure it would have lasted longer.
"Dragonair..." Naruto ran up to his Pokemon's side and stroked its head.
"Draaaa Draagonair." It moaned.
"No, no you're not weak. You did really well for your first time back in the field. You will get a nice long rest, m'kay?" The Dragon type let loose a cry of appreciation, nuzzling its trainer as it was converted into energy and sent back into the Pokeball. Naruto smiled at the Dragon type's Pokeball before staring coldly at Mikoto and Kingdra. Mikoto's wild, battle lust filled look met his own gaze and the blonde inwardly shuddered at how similar the woman looked to his mother whenever she was high from a battle.
"Typhlosion, you're up!" He said looking down at the quadruped. The Volcano Pokemon tilted its head in confusion.
"Ty Typhlosion Phlosion?"
"I'm very sure and yes I know your attacks aren't very effective, but you saw how powerful her Pokemon are, who knows how powerful that Kingdra is. I'm going to have to go all out to take it down." Naruto said. Typhlosion nodded to its trainer before the flames on the back of its neck flared up.
"Alright, use Flamethrower!"
"Counter with Hydro Pump!" Mikoto yelled. The water type move tore through the Fire-type move like it was tissue paper. Typhlosion quickly stopped it attack and ducked beneath the powerful Water-type move. A loud crash was heard and Naruto, Sasuke, Typhlosion and Feraligatr looked to see a large amount of rocks from the wall where the Hydro Pump had hit, were now falling into the lava.
"So strong." The two trainers commented.
"Why thank you, boys. Naruto-kun don't let your opponent sneak up on you though." Naruto's eyes widened as he looked to see Typhlosion was still in shock at the Hydro Pump's power.
"TYPHLOSION, GET OUT OF THE WAY!"
"Hydro Pump!" Mikoto commanded. Typhlosion's eyes widened as it was suddenly face to snout with Kingdra. In an effort to shield itself, Typhlosion quickly performed a half performed Flame Wheel, basically wrapping itself in fire, before it was hit with the powerful blast of water sending it over the lava lake and crashing into one of the rotated platforms that Naruto and Sasuke had leaped across before this battle even took place. Typhlosion panted in exertion as it managed to pull itself up onto the edge of the platform, having grabbed it in order to prevent itself from falling into the lava below.
"OI, WATCH IT! YOU NEARLY SENT MY POKEMON INTO THE LAVA!" Mikoto's eyes widened and she chuckled nervously.
"Whoops. I forgot this place has lava in it, I'm so used to it now I kind of forget about it."
"Teme, your Kaa-chan has a rather odd mind." Naruto deadpanned. Sasuke pinched the bridge of his nose as Feraligatr patted its trainer on the back.
"Don't remind me, dobe." The young Uchiha groaned.
"Alright, Typhlosion leap across the platforms and use the momentum and go into a Rollout!" Typhlosion leaped from one platform to the next before landing back onto the battle platform and went into a forward roll, dodging the Dragon Pulse that was aimed for it. The attack struck Kingdra in the chest sending it backwards, only for a second and third Rollout attack to strike its form.
"Kingdra, use Smokescreen to blind it." Mikoto ordered. The black smoke caused Typhlosion to miss and thus the Rollour barrage had ceased.
"Typhlosion!" Naruto called out. The Volcano Pokemon ran over to its trainer, escaping from the smoke cloud and stopped right in front of the blonde. Naruto took out the Max Potion from his bag, the one he found in the Ice Path.
"Naruto, you have one last chance to use an item now." Sasuke informed his friend and rival. Naruto nodded at the information before sending Typhlosion back into the fray.
"Kingdra, use Hydro Pump!" The powerful blast of water forced itself out of Kingdra's nozzle-like mouth.
"Dodge and use Flamethrower!" Naruto commanded. The Volcano Pokemon leaped into the air, avoiding the attack before the powerful Fire-type move struck Kingdra in the chest, giving it the Burn status. Kingdra grunted in pain.
"Use Smokescreen to blind it and then use Dragon Pulse!" The black cloud of smoke obscured the challengers' visions and then the twister of violet-grey energy struck Typhlosion sending it backwards.
"How did you get that strike to be so powerful? No Pokemon can strike that strongly without an ability that increases attack strength in battle, like Typhlosion's Blaze or an Urasring's Guts ability."
"Well you see, Naruto-kun. Kingdra's eyes are keen as well, but when we use the Smokescreen tactic, Kingdra immediately strike with Dragon Pulse. Its Sniper Ability is what makes it able to strike with such power. Remember the Sniper ability allows critical hits to strike with three times the power unlike regular critical hits which hit with only twice that. The fact that you are quick to dodge shows that you know that Kingdra can damage your partner quite badly."
Naruto gritted his teeth as Mikoto gave a sly smile at him.
"Dragon Pulse!"
"Lava Plume!"
The powerful wave of flame washed over the Dragon Pulse, causing a small explosion, but the Lava Plume continued onwards, hitting Mikoto's most powerful Pokemon and dealing a large amount of damage. Kingdra panted as it got out of the powerful move before it suddenly began to make chewing noises.
"Huh?"
"Typhlosion?"
Both trainer and Pokemon looked in shock as Kingdra seemed to be revitalized.
"My Hold Item, the Sitrus Berry, was given to Kingdra." Mikoto said with a confident smirk. Naruto growled in frustration before commanding Typhlosion to use Lava Plume again.
"Use Hydro Pump!"
The two attacks clashed, a large amount of steam rose into the air as a result. When the steam cloud vanished, Naruto and Mikoto had their Pokemon tackle one another in a physical clash. Small booms followed with the force of the attacks, but given the gift of having limbs, Typhlosion gained the upper hand by grabbing Kingdra with its arms and slamming Kingdra into the ground.
"Now use Rollout to grind it down!" Typhlosion began to rotate rapidly, grinding Kingdra into the ground. Kingdra cried out in pain before launching a Dragon Pulse to get Typhlosion off.
"Flamethrower!"
"Dragon Pulse!"
The two attacks clashed once more, but Typhlosion tore through the smoke cloud from the explosion.
"USE DOUBLE EDGE!" Naruto commanded. The powerful Normal-type move slammed into Kingdra's body sending it skidding along the ground, but Typhlosion clutched its body in pain from the recoil damage it received. The two Pokemon panted before parting. Naruto and Mikoto then used their final, and only option to heal in Mikoto's case. They both applied Hyper Potions to their Pokemon before sending them back.
"Oi, dobe why did you heal? You only used Double Edge once!" Sasuke said.
"On the contrary, Sasuke-chan." Mikoto spoke. "During that little physical scuffle, Naruto-kun had been using Double Edge to damage Kingdra since Kingdra's scales are quite dense and hard due to its Dragon-type affiliation, but as a result, he was also damaging Typhlosion. A rather smart move, Naruto-kun." Mikoto complimented her opponent.
"Not too bad yourself, Mikoto-san." Naruto said with a foxy grin. "But now it's time to end this...Typhlosion Flamethrower!"
"Dragon Pulse, Kingdra!"
The exchange of Dragon-type and Fire-type moves was issued many a time.
"Smokescreen and then Dragon Pulse!" The Volcano Pokemon was blinded by the evolved form of Seadra before it was struck by the Dragon-type move. Another Dragon Pulse followed after sending Typhlosion skidding backwards.
"Quickly, use Flamethrower!" The fiery attack struck home and Kingdra released a cry of pain, and it didn't help that its Burn status was still in effect. The Water/Dragon type glared at its opponent before sending out a Dragon Pulse. Typhlsion leaped backwards, but the attacks blast wave sent Typhlosion skidding towards the edge of the battlefield. Typhlosion quickly had to leaped backwards once more, over the edge of the battlefield to avoid the follow up Dragon Pulse. However, Typhlosion had ricocheted off of the wall of the gym and leaped back towards Kingdra, striking it with Rollout. However, the Rollout attack was put to a stop by Kingdra's Dragon Pulse again.
"Now tackle it!" Kingdra slammed its body against Typhlosion's sending the Volcano Pokemon to the ground. Typhlosion then rolled with the fall and got back up and launched another Flamethrower attack.
"Dodge it!" Kingdra got out of the way, but it and Mikoto were surprised to see Typhlosion had been quick to follow after the dual type Pokemon.
"USE LAVA PLUME!" Typhlosion's neck flames flared and the fire launched itself at Kingdra. The powerful fire-type move made its way towards Kingdra, but Mikoto merely smirked.
"Use Dragon Pulse on the ground to go airborne." She said. Kingdra aimed downwards and the vortex of energy pushed Kingdra skyward.
"What the...?!" Naruto exclaimed in shock at how his attack missed.
"Now...HYPER BEAM!" Naruto's eyes widened as he saw the powerful attack spear through the flames of Typhlosion's Lava Plume and if it weren't for Typhlosion managing a Flamethrower attack, the impact would have been devastating. Typhlosion's eyes burned brightly with power, its flames increasing in size as it shifted from yellow and red to blue and white.
"Blaze Ability." Mikoto whispered in shock as she saw the powerful blue and white flames of Typhlosion manage to hold their own against a Hyper Beam attack. A large explosion formed, but the smoke was quick to clear revealing both tired Pokemon. Kingdra was still hurt by its Burn Status and one could tell if it kept up...Kingdra would be down and out within a few moments, but Typhlosion wasn't faring any better. Tired beyond recognition, the Volcano Pokemon was panting heavily, sweat lining its brow and despite the power shown in its flames, one could see the fires were smaller than they were before.
"COME ON DOBE, KINGDRA HAS TO RECHARGE FROM HYPER BEAM! NOW IS YOUR CHANCE!" Sasuke told his rival. Naruto nodded, he took out his Pokedex and looked at his starter Pokemon's stats and attacks. His eyes widened as he saw that Typhlosion was rather weak and that some of its attacks were nearly out of PP. He couldn't risk of desperation move knowing full well that Hyper Beam would easily take out Typhlosion if he wasn't careful and if Typhlosion was unable to dodge.
"Kuso...wait a minute." Naruto's eyes widened as he realized he still had another option left. He looked at the bracelet on his arm, the kanji for 'fire' seeming to stare at him. He looked at Kingdra who now getting over it's recharging and Typhlosion looked at its trainer, giving it a nod of approval.
"Alright...Kingdra, it's time to finish this. HYPER BEAM!" The orange yellow beam of Normal-type fury burst forth from Kingdra's snout, barrelling towards Typhlosion's form.
"NARUTO!" Sasuke exclaimed as he saw the attack near his rival's Pokemon. Naruto looked towards Sasuke and grinned widely.
"Shut up and watch...teme." Naruto's eyes snapped open revealing the crimson colour of his changed irises. The kanji of his bracelet shone before Typhlosion's flames burst forth within unforeseen power. Mikoto's eyes widened as she could feel the power herself.
"What...is this? This power is unlike anything I've ever seen before." Naruto smirked before pointing at the Hyper Beam attack.
"TYPHLOSION...USE BLAST BURN!" Typhlosion's Blaze infused flames became pure white before Typhlosion punched the ground. Pillars of white flame rose up in a circle around the Volcano Pokemon before the fire-type absorbed the flames. Its jaws opened widely before sending out the white hot flames.
"TYYYYPHLOSIOOOOON!" The fire-type roared as it unleashed the blazing fury of the most powerful Fire-type move. The Hyper Beam and the Blast Burn clashed with enough force to cause the ground to crack. The two attacks struggled to overpower one another, being equal in strength, but Typhlosion's Blaze Ability and the Charcoal it held increased its powers even further and thus...Hyper Beam was overpowered and Kingdra was struck with the burning attack. Mikoto's eyes widened as a dome of flame formed around her Pokemon.
Everyone, except for Typhlosion, had to cover their eyes from the brightness of the light made by the flames before they died down. Mikoto, Sasuke and Naruto all watched in amazement as there lay a decent sized crater in the gym leader's battle platform. Kingdra lay in the centre of the crater, smoking and burned.
"Looks we were able to restrain Blast Burn's strength and not kill your Kingdra." Naruto chuckled as Typhlosion was now panting from using its last amounts of strength to use its most powerful attack. Sasuke and Feraligatr stared in awe as they saw Sasuke's mother fall to her knees in defeat, still in awe at the result of Naruto's attack. Sasuke then managed to regain his thoughts and with his arm shaking due to the shock still filling his body, he raised the green flag of the challenger.
"The battle is over...winner, Naruto Uzumaki."
With the declaration of his victory, small ringing sound was heard as metal met stone as Naruto's bracelet fell from his wrist.
Naruto was the victor and with victory came the spoils of war...he and Typhlosion had finally mastered the legendary Fire-type move, Blast Burn.
(A/N: Hope you guys liked this chapter. I was originally planning to make both Naruto and Sasuke's battles be in this one chapter, but I'm spent, my creativity right now is gone, so the next chapter will be Sasuke's battle. Hopefully I will be able to update quickly since I have Cry of the Raiju to work on as well as Dragonslayer.
Stay tuned for the next exciting chapter of Naruto: Johto Journeys, Chapter 22: The Negatives of Rivalry.
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Pokedex: Seen-147
Caught-99
Character Bio: Jiraya
Eye Colour: Black
Hair Colour: White
About: Jiraya is a member of the generation of Pokemon trainers that came after Professor Sarutobi's time as Pokemon trainers. He trained alongside his best friends Tsunade Senju, the current Gym Leader of Celadon and the former Grand Festival Champion, and Orochimaru, the former Fuschia City Gym Leader and current member of the Johto Elite Four. His first Pokemon was a Poliwag, now a Politoed, which he nicknamed Gamabunta. He became a trainer on par with that of the Elite Four in many regions and as a result, was revered as powerful by many. However, his status is sort of downplayed these days due to the writing of his adult books series, Icha Icha Paradise, which in a nutshell...is adult porn in writing. He had previously trainer Naruto father and previous Kanto Pokemon Champion from thirty years ago, Minato Namikaze, as well as training Nagato, Konan and Yahiko, three orphans from the slums during his early years as an adult trainer. He currently runs a spy network that keeps an eye throughout all regions of the world.
Naruto's Team:
Typhlosion(Male)
Pidgeot(Male)
Heracross(Male)
Quagsire(Female)
Amphoros(Female)
Umbreon(Male)
Dragonair(Female) Will become permanent when the decision on who to deposit it made
Hinata's Team:
Espeon (Female)
Butterfree(Female)
Nidoqueen(Female)
Jumpluff(Female)
Furret(Male)
Togekiss(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)
Crobat(Female)