A/N: Hey all! This chapter's a little shorter than my usual ones, but hopefully it'll be just as good. Thanks for all the reviews and follows, they're all greatly appreciated. Now on with the chapter! Enjoy!

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto or Pokémon, except for Ayumi.

Chapter 3

"Hey Naruto, what Pokemon do you have?" Ayumi asked randomly after the two had completed their battles from challengers on their way to Mt. Moon.

"Right now, I have Rhapsody; a Meloetta, Falco; a Spearow, Taiyou; a Charmander, Haru; an Eevee, his twin Aki that recently evolved into a Leafeon, Umi; a Magikarp, and you already know Teru." The blonde answered; remembering to check on Umi through his Poke-dex since he couldn't let her out to see she was Lv. 13 now thanks to the Exp. Share, and that Taiyou was close to evolving, before asking as well, "What about you?"

Ayumi shifted through her pocket to show five Poke-balls, "I actually have these guys on me, a very protective Nidorino I raised on my own since he was egg, a Prinplup that's always up for a fight, a male Burmy I caught over back home before coming here, a really stubborn little Oddish, and a weirdly energetic Abra. Every single Pokemon I catch seems to have interesting personalities, but I say that's what makes them stand out." She grinned.

Naruto nodded in understanding before freezing, "Wait, Abra and Oddish are found Cerulean City, have you been there already?"

"Well, yeah. I had to walk all the way to Pewter City after all. Not to mention I was dropped off at the port in Vermillion City."

"Then why didn't you say that we could've just teleported?!" Naruto gaped as well as Rhapsody. This girl was just strange.

Ayumi just shrugged, "Where's the fun in that? Besides I don't like shortcuts, unless I'm bored, and this way, we can train and catch new Pokemon. I think that's better!"

The blond really couldn't argue with that, "Fine." He grumbled and went off with Rhapsody to see if there was a new Pokemon he wanted to catch with the grinning silverette behind not too far away.

"Alright, let's take a break." The whiskered trainer said as they made camp near the cave entrance. The two had actually made good progress with Ayumi catching a Machop and Naruto catching a female Nidoran, with the blond making a note to himself to rotate his Pokemon to give Teru and the Poison Pin Pokemon a good amount of training as well when he gets to the Cerulean Pokemon Center. "Why don't we let everyone out so dinner?"

"Sure. Wait, I think I have something…" Ayumi said as she set her bag on the nearest boulder and rummaged through it. The Devon pulled out what she wanted, with looked like a small black cube and two large bottles of water, she put the cube down and pressed a button on top of it before stepping back as it expanded and took form into a…

"What is that?" Naruto asked, completely confused while Rhapsody was curious.

"It's a portable tank. Isn't it obvious?" The silverette stated as she squatted down and filled the tank with the water she had on hand. "It's perfect for water Pokemon that can't stay on land without an immediate water source; you'd have to supply your own water for it though."

The blond would've asked how it was possible for her to have such a thing before remember that Ayumi was a Devon; they were the Hoenn branch of a company that invented things from Poke-balls to gears like the Poke-gear, Poketch, and Xtransceiver. The companies were spread with the known ones being Silph Company and Devon Corp.; from what he learned, the Devon Corp. were actually devising a method to restore fossilized Pokemon. "I forgot that you were a Devon, but you said you were from the Sinnoh region?"

"My family was born from Hoenn, my uncle is the president of the company there, and I was born there too. We actually moved to Sinnoh when I was around three years old or something, and my dad runs the branch there since then."

"Why are you training here and not in Sinnoh or Hoenn?"

"Kind of the same reason as you, I guess. I'm a real big daddy's little girl for him, he made sure I had whatever I needed when I started out; you wouldn't believe that he was actually prepared for me to have a full set of Pokemon to start off along with supplies that I might need two bags for." Ayumi replied with a slight giggle.

Naruto had no problem whatsoever with his own parents doing the same thing before he left, a sweat drop form as well as an awkward grin, "I can imagine what you mean, so that means you started off with Nidorino and Prinplup?"

"Yup! Well Prinplup evolved a little while ago, anyway. There! The tank's full!" Ayumi stated as she stood up with a satisfied grin.

"That's great, but why'd you bring it out, Ayumi?" The whiskered trainer asked.

The silver haired breeder just answered, "For your Magikarp, of course! I'm sure it wouldn't want to be left out. Now come on Naruto, let's let everyone out and eat!" She quickly went and got food for her Pokemon and herself, neither wasting any time to get their meal.

Naruto did the same and took the chance to look at Ayumi's Pokemon while everyone was eating. How the breeder described her Pokemon aside from her just caught Machop matched very well, although he didn't expect to see her Pokemon to be slightly larger than the normal ones. She wasn't kidding when she said her Abra was active; it was eating as though it were on a completion, but her Nidorino looked like he was obviously the largest and strongest; it made the blond wonder how she raised her Pokemon so well.

"Cleff Cleff Cleffa." A soft voice spoke from near the cave entrance, getting the Pokemon's attention while they were helping their trainers clean up with Naruto and Ayumi looking up as well.

"Buff Buff Iggly!" Another voice seemed to reply to the voice happily, with the two trainers waiting to see what were going to come out.

It was two small pink Pokemon; one looking similar to a little star with a curl on its head and tail, the other a small balloon with big red eyes and a curl on its head.

"How cute, a Cleffa and Igglybuff. They must be friends." Ayumi whispered to Naruto so she wouldn't frighten the two Pokemon.

The blond nodded and noticed Igglybuff turn in their direction before grinning and tugging Cleffa forward as well. When they stood in front of the blond and albino, the Star Shape Pokemon hid behind its companion shyly. Naruto scratched the back of his head, unsurprised at the timidity seeing as Cleffa and their evolved forms are rarely seen by people.

Rhapsody didn't waste any time going down to the two normal types and started talking; the moment Rhapsody levitated again Cleffa and Igglybuff ran over to Naruto and Ayumi and tugged at their pant legs. Facing Rhapsody, her whiskered trainer asked, "Is there something they want, Rhapsody?"

"Igglybuff says that someone is putting up in the cave, and all the other Pokemon don't like it. Other Pokemon say there's people trying to steal Cleffa and her family's Moonstone. They came out here to try to find some help." The Meloetta informed before smiling, "And I said that we'd help."

Ayumi was shocked and intrigued in how Rhapsody could talk, "Amazing! A talking Pokemon! I knew interesting things would happen if I stayed with Naruto." She thought before joining Rhapsody, "You bet we'll help. Right Naruto?"

The blond knew he was double-teamed and nodded, "Sure, lead the way." With that, Cleffa was carried by Naruto while Igglybuff by Ayumi.

It didn't take much time until the five were in front of the giant Moonstone, and it wasn't dark yet, so Naruto and Ayumi took down the lights with the silverette's Oddish using Flash to light the way. The sight was unbelievable as they easily got along with the Clefairy, watching them hop around and play with Rhapsody. Naruto turned when he heard someone yell to see a scientist was awestruck as well a few familiar faces.

"Hey, Naruto!" Ash called out, Misty and Brock smiling as they walked towards the blond, but was stopped when there was an explosion near the large stone, bringing up dust with someone yelling for their Pokemon to use Smokescreen to further block everyone's sight until it was revealed that there was a hole where the large stone once was.

"Naruto, come on! I'll take us to where the stone was stolen!" Ayumi yelled seriously as she let out Abra while Ash and his friends went into the hole.

The blond nodded as he turned to the Clefairy as both he and the red-eyed breeder exclaimed, "We'll get your Moonstone back. You can count on it!" Rhapsody went quickly to their side.

"Abra, Teleport us to where the Moonstone is!" The albino said to her Pokemon that immediately did as told as the three glowed blue before warping away, but the trainers didn't notice that Igglybuff and Cleffa latched on in the last minute.

"Thanks, Abra. Return." The Devon praised, before she pointed Naruto out to the thieves that were all too familiar; Team Rocket, from back in Viridian City.

Naruto let out Taiyou as Ayumi let out her Nidorino as they watched the trio seemingly celebrating on top of the stone. "Taiyou, use Ember."

"Nidorino, get them with Ice Beam."

The two attacks instantly hit with Jessie, James and Meowth exclaiming, "Hot, cold, hot, cold hot! Enough with the freezer burn!"

"We won't let you get away with stealing the Moonstone. Return it this instant!" Ayumi warned as her Poison Pin Pokemon growled in intimidation beside her.

Naruto joined as well, not noticing Igglybuff and Cleffa were onto the back of his jacket, "Give up, and it won't hurt too badly." Taiyou agreed as he growled and readied for battle against whatever Pokemon he would face.

Jessie and James stayed confident in spite of the intimidation, "Oh really, what makes you think that you two will win that easily, twerps?" The two said as they recovered and let out their Ekans and Koffing.

"Yeah, ya don't stand a chance!" Meowth exclaimed.

"Hm…" The silverette uttered as she stared at the three, her red eyes not letting them leave her sight. She quickly smiled, "Hey Naruto, I'll handle the lady with the Ekans, alright?"

"Sure, Ayumi. Taiyou, let's start off Metal Claw!" The Charmander instantly dashed forward slashing at the poison type with sharp claws.

"Okay, Ms. Jessie! Let's see what you can do! Nidorino, Shadow Claw followed by Horn Attack!" Ayumi ordered with Nidorino following the command with ease and landing both hits.

Jessie growled, "You'll pay for that! Ekans, use your Poison Sting attack!"

"Block with Ice beam!" The poisoned needles were frozen and shattered; although the maroon haired woman wanted to deny, it was a pretty display in battle that she'd never seen before. Ayumi took advantage of her pause, "Now Nidorino, Thunderbolt!"

The fuchsia colored Pokemon did as told, but both he and his trainer were surprised when a strong Thundershock struck Jessie, James, Meowth, and their Pokemon. Naruto and Ayumi turned to see Ash, Brock and Misty along with the scientist and large group of Clefairy that the two trainers had promised to retrieve the Moonstone for.

"Naruto, we're here to help!" Ash yelled as he ran along with Pikachu.

Ayumi was interested in how much strength Pikachu had, but merely turned her head away and grumbled under her breath, "We didn't need any help. And why am I getting forgotten?"

"Grr…" Nidorino growled at the intervention and what he thought was making his precious trainer upset. Ayumi just petted the Poison Pin Pokemon without worry of being poisoned.

Naruto sweat dropped at his friend before turning to Ash, "Thanks Ash, I appreciated the help."

"No problem. Who's she, by the way?"

The silverette walked up to them, still very much aware of the situation, "I'm right here, you know. The name's Ayumi Devon, and this here is Nidorino. He's a really big guy compared to the normal ones, and I'm really proud of my tough, prickly, poisonous bodyguard." She said teasingly as she easily gave a small hug, ignoring how said Pokemon was giving obvious evil eyes towards the group that was now slowly backing away.

"Hey, don't ignore us!"

"Yeah, we're the bad guys here!"

Everyone turned to see the angry Team Rocket members that apparently had had enough of having no attention; the Sinnoh native only had to glance to her behind her to see that the Clefairy were plenty prepared to get the Moonstone back on their own as they stood in position and began wagging their fingers. "Metronome, huh? Great! I love that attack!"

Naruto noticed this as well as finally getting Igglybuff and Cleffa in his arms after Taiyou pointed out the two normal types clinging on his back the entire time. "What are the Clefairy doing?" Ash asked.

"The Clefairy are using the Metronome. No one knows what attack it will be." The scientist said as he followed the rhythm of the Clefairy.

The blond sensed the silver haired breeder's anticipation, and couldn't help but feel a shred of worry; especially with Rhapsody just as excited even though she was invisible. "Something tells me the outcome won't be pretty."

When the Fairy Pokemon were all done, they all started glowing before launching a large scale beam at Team Rocket, effectively sending them flying and accidentally shattering the large Moonstone to pieces. "That can't be good." Ayumi and Naruto muttered at the same time as the shards that were sent flying into the air came back.

Everyone turned to see some of the Clefairy evolve from even the small contact with the stone. Ash quickly checked his Poke-dex to see their evolved form was Clefable. The silverette was in between worry for her Nidorino and joy if he were touched by the Moonstone fragments. On one side, Ayumi knew that the poison type wanted to evolve, but only stayed as he was because he wanted to be stronger first, that she didn't want him to change yet; the other was that Nidorino had been by her side since she was three as a birthday present from her parents, raising him from an egg, with help of course, and Nidorino had always been there with her since.

Ayumi rapidly took out Nidorino's Poke-ball to return the Poison Pin Pokemon, but froze when said Pokemon was touched by a fragment. She and everyone else watched as Nidorino glowed and changed forms before the light died down to reveal a very large Nidoking as he gave a terrifying roar.

"Whoa, what's that Pokemon?!" Ash exclaimed in mild fright as he looked at his Poke-dex that answered.

"Nidoking; the Drill Pokemon, and the evolved form of Nidorino. Nidoking's thick tail packs enormously destructive power. With one swing, it can topple a metal transmission tower. Once this Pokemon goes on a rampage, there is no stopping it."

"It looks really mad." Misty trembled.

"And scary." Ash added with Pikachu agreeing and hiding.

"Ayumi, I think you should put him back in his Poke-ball." Brock advised to the fellow as he backed away.

The Sinnoh native growled; yes, most Nidoking were known to get upset for no reason, but hers was different. "Nidoking isn't mad or scary! He's the best Pokemon anyone could ever hope for." Ayumi looked over to her Pokemon that was obviously larger than normal Nidoking; he had to be at least two feet taller than a normal one.

She walked over calmly to make sure she was right next to Nidoking that looked back down at his trainer. Ayumi patted the Drill Pokemon on his stomach before hugging him as best as she could, "See? Nidoking may have evolved, but he's still the same tough prickly bodyguard he's always been that I'll always be proud of."

The large purple Pokemon looked down at Ayumi with something that couldn't be detected by Ash, Misty, and Brock screamed her name as Nidoking moved his arms toward her while Naruto watched, knowing that if anyone knew Nidoking, it was Ayumi.

The three didn't expect for the Drill Pokemon to actually carry the Devon princess style and nuzzle her as he growled softly. Ayumi only giggled as she pet Nidoking, "Congratulations on evolving; you look so much stronger." She then checked her Poke-dex, which spoke loudly.

"This Nidoking is Lv. 31, it knows the moves: Ice Beam, Thunderbolt, Shadow Claw, and Iron Tail."

Naruto's eyes widened at the strength of the Drill Pokemon, but wasn't too surprised since those two have been together probably longer than he and Rhapsody. The blond only smiled at the caring display.

"Nidoking, we'll make sure our journey's unforgettable, right?" The silver haired breeder grinned.

Nidoking gave a large fanged smile as he nodded. The three could only watch in awe as the Clefairy and Clefable cheered for both themselves and those two.

Naruto and Ayumi watched as the Clefairy and Clefable danced under the moonlight, they glanced over the group who were conversing with the scientist. Naruto did have to admit, the red eyed girl made a good call by choosing to go through the cave, because afterwards the Cleffa and Igglybuff decided to tag along with Naruto. Ayumi was a little upset that the blond got the two, but was satisfied when she caught a male Clefairy and with Nidoking evolving.

The two plus Rhapsody left Ash and the others pretty quickly with them being noticed and were out of the cave easily, although they did pass by a strange scientist that was mulling over his Dome Fossil and Helix Fossil for some reason. "So bright. I guess we really adjusted to the darkness of the cave, right Rhapsody, Ayumi?"

When the whiskered trainer turned around, he sweat dropped when he saw the two squatting down and yelling in synch as they covered their eyes with their hands, "My eyes! It's too bright! My eyes! It burns!"

"Are you two vampires or something? The sunlight isn't that bad." Naruto commented as he scratched the back of his head.

"Speak for yourself, Naruto/Daddy!" The breeder and Meloetta yelled without opening their eyes.

The sweat drop grew larger and he tried to change the subject, "Ayumi, if you two don't want to stay in the sun, you could always have your Abra tel-"

"Abra!"

Naruto didn't even get to finish his sentence as Ayumi seemed to have already had the idea and had her Abra send Rhapsody and herself to what he could guess would be the Cerulean City Pokemon Center. The blond couldn't help but gain a tick mark from being left behind. "Come on, Ayumi! You could've taken me with you!" He yelled before trudging on his way to Cerulean City, grumbling the whole way.

A/N: Well that's chapter 3! Naruto caught a female Nidoran, Igglybuff, and Cleffa, and Ayumi caught a Machop, Clefairy, and evolved her Nidorino. We also learned a little bit about Ayumi Devon; and that she doesn't like it when light hits her eyes after she's been in a dark place, and has a now very large Nidoking that's overprotective. The next chapter will be a gym battle for the Cascade Badge, and for those that asked, yes, since I'm going through the chapters by episodes, I will add the movies as chapters, but they will be separated into parts.

Now onto Naruto and Ayumi's Pokémon:

Naruto:

Meloetta;female (Rhapsody)-currently with Ayumi in Cerulean City

Spearow;male (Falco)

Leafeon;male (Aki)

Eevee[heart mark];male (haru)

Charmander;male (Taiyou)

Magikarp[Shiny];female (Umi)

Pichu;male (Teru)-currently at Uzu-Nami Ranch

Nidoran;female (Aoi)-currently at Uzu-Nami Ranch

Igglybuff;female (Mao)-currently at Uzu-Nami Ranch

Cleffa;female (Hoshi)-currently at Uzu-Nami Ranch

Ayumi:

Nidoking;male

Prinplup;male

Oddish;female

Burmy;male

Abra;male

Machop;male

Clefairy;male-currently at Devon Family Ranch

That's all for now! Till next time! Please review and follow!