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Chapter 4

"Naruto, what took you so long?" Ayumi asked as she walked up to the very upset blond with Rhapsody beside her.

The whiskered trainer muttered, "Three days, it took me three days to get to Cerulean City. And this whole time you and Rhapsody were here. You guys left me behind."

The two sweat dropped, "Come on, at least you were able to give your Pokemon a good amount of training right? Your Charmander looked about ready to evolve, too." The silverette stated nonchalantly as she looked away.

Rhapsody patted her trainer, "Sorry Daddy, I just didn't like the sunlight from the cave."

Naruto accepted his first Pokemon's apology with a sigh before asking, "How did you know that Taiyou was ready to evolve?" He actually did a bit of training on the way to help his group before deciding to switch his Pokemon for the gym battle; Taiyou had indeed managed to evolve into Charmeleon, and the Unova native couldn't help but give the fiery lizard with a bit more training and going up to Lv. 19. Falco was doing well too, being Lv. 17 now and almost on his way to evolving, along with Umi not too far away; thanks to the Exp. Share. Aki and Haru were doing well, the Eevee of the two was doing well to make sure he was as fast as his evolved twin; the two now at Lv. 16 and being as strong of a duo as they have been.

Ayumi shrugged as she pointed at herself, "I'm a breeder remember. Figuring out if a Pokemon's ready to evolve is easy." The albino seemed to remember something, "That's right! Speaking of evolving, check this out! Come on out!" She exclaimed, happily releasing one of her Pokemon.

What came out wasn't a Pokemon that Naruto expected, it was a Mothim. The evolved form of a male Burmy, but like any of Ayumi's Pokemon, he flew in circles around the long haired girl without stopping, even though Mothim were known to be nocturnal. It was also noticeably bigger as well, and particularly well groomed, probably the breeder's specialty from how he'd seen her Pokemon so far. Ayumi grinned and stroked the Moth Pokemon's wing when he landed on her shoulder, "You weren't the only one doing some training over the three days. My training focuses on all of my Pokemon's strengths and weaknesses and making them stronger. Although I kind of wanted to just challenge the gym leader before you got here, but that would have meant you wouldn't be able to see my battling skills."

Naruto didn't know whether smirk or sweat drop, "Well, I have to switch out my Pokemon, so I can give Teru, Aoi, Hoshi, and Mao some training before I can challenge the gym leader." He said walking up to Nurse Joy and giving her his Pokemon to heal with the Devon not too far away, "So that means I'll be able to watch your match."

"Alright! After your Pokemon recover, I'll win my badge!" Ayumi cheered with her Mothim cheering as well.

Ayumi grumbled after her win as she stared at her badge, "That was the most boring battle ever. Were those girls even motivated? And those Pokemon were working so hard that it's sad." The Devon had easily won her gym challenge, but it didn't seem to satisfy her with Naruto somewhat agreeing as the gym leaders were the "Sensational Sisters" and weren't interested in battling but water ballet. Ayumi used her Oddish and won with a single Energy Ball; winning the badge since the girls wanted to just use one Pokemon to make the battle run by faster.

The blond was just as disappointed when he only needed to have his Pichu use his Thunder Punch to win his badge, and he had given Teru a small amount of training. Naruto was getting a little worried when his companion looked about ready to start a fight when Lily, Daisy, and Violet were whining, "This is like, such a waste of time!"

"Yeah, battling is so bad for my skin."

"We have, like, so much better things to do."

"How can you be gym leaders with such motivation? You make me sick." Ayumi snarled with Oddish agreeing with her trainer.

"What did you say?"

"At least we're pretty and talented."

"Yeah, being an underwater ballerina isn't easy. You shouldn't even think you're that pretty."

"That's right; I mean gray hair and red eyes? Aren't you like really old or something?"

"Your style is so ugly, no wonder you won, you're such a tomboy."

"I'll show you a tomboy!"

Naruto quickly held the very ferocious breeder back and tried to calm her down while making sure there was a good distance between the girls, "Le-let's go Ayumi. We can always go out and try to catch a few new Pokemon here before going on our way."

Ayumi struggled out of grip as he kept dragging her backwards and out of the gym, "Let go! I need to teach those annoying excuses for trainers a lesson!"

The blond tried to think of something quickly as the silverette started to gain adrenaline and managed to stagger forward, before remembering, "How about I show you my Pokemon Egg?"

"Egg?" The Sinnoh native paused before turning around so rapidly that she almost swung Naruto around, "You have an Egg?" She asked with sparkling red eyes.

Naruto was slightly scared of her enthusiasm, "Yeah, my mom and dad snuck in two eggs, one hatched into the Eevee twins, well Leafeon and Eevee now."

"That's so cool! I helped take care of a lot of Pokemon Eggs, it's great to have one and wait for it to hatch. It makes you feel almost like a parent." She grinned as she watched the whiskered trainer take out the egg to show her.

"Yeah, I know what you mean; I took care of Rhapsody since she was an egg too. I really wonder what it'll be. It has been about a few weeks."

"Then it must be a surprise! Hey let's go fishing, I hear some of the water Pokemon here are really worth catching." Ayumi said as she started dashing ahead.

Naruto sighed in relief that the albino forgot about the trio of girls and was now looking forward to catching water Pokemon. "Hey wait up!" He yelled as he ran to catch up after safely putting his egg away.

Ayumi and Naruto just sat back as they waited for their Super Rods to catch something as they waited along the Cerulean Cape. The place was almost deserted so it was a good chance to let their Pokemon out. The two trainers sighed as they watched their Prinplup and Magikarp swim by. "What's with the slow pace?" Ayumi muttered.

Naruto nodded as he looked ahead and nearly jumping out of his skin when he saw the silverette's Nidoking doing laps in the water. "Ayumi. Am I seeing things, or is your Nidoking actually swimming in the water?"

"Hm? Oh yeah, Nidoking's doing great, isn't he?" Said girl grinned when her Pokemon was mentioned, "I've taught him Surf and had him staying in the water doing some laps as his training to raise his endurance and get rid of that type disadvantage. You're doing great, Nidoking!" Ayumi cheered, her poison-ground type surprisingly swimming faster in response.

Naruto couldn't believe seeing a swimming Nidoking, even if they were rumors of a wild Nidoking being able to swim without worry of its type, it was still a shock to see one actually train their Pokemon to do it, and it was Ayumi who achieved that. She was definitely a determined breeder. "Huh? Hey, we caught something!"

"Alright! Let's reel them in!" Ayumi announced as Naruto agreed.

Both pulled at their rods to reveal a pair of Horsea. The two grinned and called the Pokemon they were going to use, "Let's go Teru/Oddish!"

The breeder and trainer's Pokemon didn't waste any time coming forward, ready for their battle. Ayumi glanced over to Naruto even with her bang covering her eye, "Why don't we see who catches their Horsea first?"

The blue eyed blond grinned, "You're on. Teru, start things off with Sweet Kiss and Thunder Wave. Like we trained." The Pichu did as told as he let out yellow sparking kiss marks that hit and shocked the Horsea at the same time. In the Dragon Pokemon's moment of paralysis, he yelled, "Now use Iron Tail!"

Horsea didn't want to go down without a fight and launched a Water Pulse, hitting Teru by surprise, "Cha!"

"Teru, hang in there and hit it with Sweet Kiss one more time!" Naruto ordered, making sure the water type was confused as it swam a little dizzily.

"Oddish, don't let that Aurora Beam hit you! Hit it Sludge Bomb and Energy Ball!" Ayumi yelled as the Weed Pokemon followed her orders, but the Horsea was stubborn and launched another rainbow colored beam.

Oddish immediately dodged and started glowing and changing forms, becoming Gloom. "Great job evolving Gloom! Now blind it with Flash and nail it with Seed Bomb!" Ayumi called out the final move.

Naruto did the same, "Now finish it with Thunder Punch!"

Both Horsea were knocked out by the shocking punch and rain of seeds. The blond and silverette didn't waste time taking out their own Poke-balls; Naruto using a Lure Ball and Ayumi using a Net Ball.

Both Horsea were caught without any problem at the exact same time. After praising their Pokemon for a job well done, the whiskered blond and albino scanned their Horsea. Naruto's Poke-dex announcing, "This Horsea is a Lv. 30 Female. It knows the moves: Water Pulse, Twister, Brine, and Agility."

While Ayumi's Poke-dex announced, "This Horsea is a Lv. 35 Male. It knows the moves, "Aurora Beam, Brine, Hydro Pump, and Twister."

"Nice, this Horsea must be trying to teach itself Dragon Pulse before evolving to a Seadra." The silverette said as her Horsea's Poke-ball vanished in her hand, showing that it was transferred to the Devon Family Ranch.

"How do you know that?" The blond asked as his Poke-ball vanished as well.

"Well most Pokemon want to know everything they possibly can before evolving, and my Horsea is apparently in that group. He won't be evolving for a while, but I won't let him down." Ayumi informed before taking a look at her Xtransceiver, "I should probably check out how things are back home. That and see if dad is trying to add another Pokemon or something." She muttered to last part under her breath as she walked off a short distance with her Pokemon following behind.

Naruto looked at his own Xtransceiver with Rhapsody earnestly waiting, looking like she wanted to talk about the journey so far. "Well I guess calling Mom, Dad, Kaka-nii, and Iruka-nii wouldn't hurt." The blond called the four, each one showing up from the corner of the screen.

When the four eagerly picked up practically spoke at once, the whiskered trainer sweat dropped, this was going to be a long talk.

Meanwhile with Ayumi

"Sweetheart, why haven't you called sooner?! Do you know how worried I was?!" The silverette's father asked as he wept anime tears-or maybe not, with how much was flowing- he was fairly good looking man with short silver hair like his daughter's and dark blue eyes with a somewhat tan complexion as he wore a black suit and tie. "You know if you needed anything, daddy would make sure you had it!"

"Dad! Please, you're coddling me." Ayumi sighed, "Sorry I haven't called sooner, I was a little busy, but guess what, Nidorino evolved into a great big Nidoking! Why don't you say hi!" She said with the large purple Pokemon lifting her up for him to be visible to the screen.

The grown Devon's eyes widened before smiling, "I must say, you've done wonderful, Ayumi. Nidoking, I'm sure you have been protecting our dear little angel for me." The Nidoking nodded as he stared at her precious trainer's father in the eye, both agreeing not to let anything upset their favorite albino.

"Now I remember who taught Nidoking to be so protective." Ayumi sighed when the two weren't paying attention, "Oh yeah, I won two badges and made a friend."

That made the silver-haired man perk up quickly, holding up a folder that had the title of "Ayu-chan's Favorite Pokemon" in bold on it, "Really? Would you like me to give you two Pokemon as a reward for winning the badges? Maybe some of your favorite Pokemon that you've wanted be to bring with you. And who's this friend of yours? Please don't tell me it's a boy!"

"Dad, please don't. I'd appreciate the gift as amazing as it would be, but please don't. As for my friend, his name is Naruto Uzumaki-Namikaze; the son of the famous Top Coordinator, Kushina Uzumaki and Jhoto region Champion, Minato Namikaze, he wants to be a Top Coordinator and Champion as well." Ayumi explained to her very protective father, hoping he'd be fine with the blond since his parents were so successful.

"So they had a son? I didn't expect that. If he's a good kid, that you'd actually don't mind befriending, I'll accept it, but if anything happens, just give Daddy the word and he'll have whatever you need." He instantly held up a thick binder with the front saying "Emergency if Ayu-chan Needs Help!" It seemed that he always kept things for his red eyed daughter around, in case she ever needed anything.

Ayumi sweat dropped, "Thanks Dad."

"Of course, anything to make you happy!"

"Well I was wondering if you remembered, that old missing rich boy paper, the one that said his name was James and that he ran away?"

"Ah yes, the boy's family and fiancé were dreadful, from what I've heard from those that have been around. They were desperate to use the child for their benefit, and tried to get whoever they could to search." The navy blue eyed man remembered before asking, "Why do you ask?"

"I found him, all grown up, in Team Rocket with a lady named Jessie; I think she was the girl that was accidentally put in the nurse Chansey school, and a talking Meowth. Although, I think they aren't really cut out for being bad guys."

The Sinnoh branch president knew where this was going and sighed, "You want to be able to give them a better life without Team Rocket, don't you?"

The young silverette nodded, "I think they have a lot more potential than being with Pokemon thieves, besides they don't even have the correct uniform, so that means they aren't considered that much as members. I can make sure they have a better life, Jessie would be able to be a great Pokemon nurse or coordinator, James could probably be a good trainer or maybe an assistant breeder, and Meowth looks like he just wants affection."

"Would they even want to accept your kind offer?" He asked, he knew that his daughter loved to help those and befriend those that were often misjudged, she had a very good and perceptive judge of character; a trait that she had gotten from her mother, and something that made it easy for Ayumi to make friends it she ever wanted to, but only having a select few. That really made him worry most of the time.

"Well, I'll negotiate and make Naruto agree, I mean I'm sure Naruto noticed when he battled that James guy, so that way he'll help. I'm sure that things will be a lot more exciting that way!"

"So long as you don't put yourself in danger, it's fine. I will allow those three to have a new start if you manage to persuade them, but in return…" Her father paused making her lean closer. "Please let Daddy give his angel presents and Pokemon after winning gym battles! And call every once in while! Daddy worries!"

If it weren't for the Ayumi's Nidoking that was still carrying her, she would have fallen over at the quick shift of tension. There wasn't any way of avoiding this trade off, whenever her father wanted to make sure she got something, he would make it happen. She sighed in defeat, "Fine dad, I promise I'll call when I can, and I promise to accept all of your gifts. I have to go, good luck back home, Dad." She said with a smile and wave.

The male Devon grinned, "Thank you, sweetheart! I'll do my best here, keep up the wonderful job!"

With that the two hung up with Ayumi sighing in relief, and turned to her Pokemon that were watching the conversation, "He's definitely going to put in Pokemon he knows are ones that I like isn't he?" She asked with a blank face.

They all nodded, the silverette took out her Poke-dex again and turned it on, "I better check which ones he gave me."

"The Pokemon you currently have are: Nidoking, Clefairy, Gloom, Abra, Machop, Horsea, Sneasel, Skarmory, Prinplup, and Mothim."

The silverette blushed in happiness at how her dad really did give her Pokemon that she's always wanted; those two were probably the exact same ones that she helped take care of with her mother and guardian, Kazuki; her dad did make sure she was able to have the Pokemon she loved in some way.

"Well, let's go back and meet up with Naruto." Ayumi said with her Pokemon agreeing as they walked toward the place where the blond was with Nidoking still carrying her and not letting his trainer down.

A week later

"Man, I hate this fog." Ayumi grumbled as she walked alongside with Naruto and Rhapsody. The three couldn't see two feet ahead of them.

"My apologies, lady Ayumi, I had forgotten that today was the fog simulation." A man with a suit and tie said as he tried to kiss up to the grumpy silverette.

"Why are we going to Pokemon Tech Academy anyway?" Naruto asked confused.

After the two had left Cerulean and were on their way to challenge the gym in Vermillion City, they'd bumped into this man that was apparently the principal of the Academy. As soon as he learned who the two were, he insisted that the blond and silverette take tour around the school while they were passing by.

"You two must see our fine institution!"

Ayumi just snorted, "No thanks, it's only a snobby school for rich kids that don't want to get their hands dirty and win badges the easy way."

Naruto hardly ever heard about the academy before until now, but with how the albino breeder described it, it wasn't so surprising. His mom hated places like these. "Neither of us attended, so I don't see the point."

"Well, the school accepts only the wealthy, but we could always use more funds-"

"So you want to see if we could do it, and have our parents be sponsors. My first and final answer is no." The Devon interrupted, definitely not happy about the whole idea and considering for her recently evolved Kadabra to use Teleport.

"You won't get anything from my family either." The Unova native added; he definitely didn't want to help someone that's probably spoiled rotten.

The man sweated as he gave a nervous smile, "You two can look around before making your leave. I'm sure you will reconsider."

"No thank you." The Sinnoh stated, not backing down from her refusal and almost showing her business roots.

"I'm sure there must be a way to change your-oh we're here."

The two trainers and Meloetta looked ahead to see the entrance of the large school as the fog cleared up. Naruto wasn't really surprised of the size since it was a school for rich kids, but he wasn't really aware of schools like these since he learned what he needed at home by Iruka and Kakashi without going into schools; that kind of lead to him not knowing many kids his age.

The principal took advantage of the distraction and pushed the two forward from behind, "Now that we're here, it couldn't hurt to take a look around. I'll even introduce you to the best student in the Academy."

"Wait, what?"

"Hey, don't push me!"

"My name is Giselle; it's nice to meet you. I'm the top student of the beginning classes. Some call me a star, but I'm just Giselle." A girl that looked about 8 with long wavy brown hair greeted rather arrogantly to Naruto and Ayumi.

The silverette just rolled her eyes and looked in a different direction while the blond blinked, "Beginning class? Like the starting bottom?"

"That's right!" Giselle responded, expecting awe, "Since I'm already the top student, then I'm already a great trainer."

Ayumi just gave her a blank face, "Being in a stuck up place like this doesn't mean anything, and I don't see why you're bragging. You remind me of a Seaking in a little pond of Goldeen."

"Just what do you mean by that?!" The student asked and Naruto could feel the start of a fight again.

"You say you will be a great trainer, but you're only in the beginner class; comparing to the intermediate and advanced classes, if you were the top student of those classes and skipped right to it due to your talent, then that's praiseworthy. Yet if you are as good as you say; why haven't you swam your way to a more spacious lake?" The albino asked without a tinge of hesitation in her voice as she said everything calmly.

Giselle got furious at what she felt was disrespect, "Then how about a battle?! I'll show you how good I really am!"

"Now ladies, please don't fight. Giselle, don't provoke our guests." The principal tried to negotiate.

"Sorry Mr. Principal, but I've never been good with kids; especially ones that I know need some discipline, but if she feels the need to battle me to prove herself, let her." Ayumi grinned as she looked like she was eyeing her prey; at least it seemed like it to the blond and Meloetta.

Naruto stepped forward, "Ayumi, why don't we just go? We've already seen enough."

"No way, Naruto. I always finish what I start; besides I want to battle this so called "star"."

The whiskered blond sighed as Rhapsody sighed as well as she accidentally revealed herself. Giselle instantly noticed the non-local Pokemon and focused on Naruto, "I change my mind! I challenge you and if I win, I get that Pokemon!"

"What?! Rhapsody isn't a thing! You can't just want someone else's Pokemon because you see them and like them!" Naruto yelled, he was actually starting to see why Ayumi instantly disliked her.

The academy student smirked, "So you're afraid that you'll lose? You must be if you aren't accepting. You probably aren't even a trainer. You two are probably from two no-name families trying to attend our prestigious school."

The silver haired breeder spoke this time, "Then you really don't know anything about us. How about you battle the two of us to see for yourself? It'll be a one-on-one each; you'll battle me first, and when you lose you will still battle Naruto, and I can assure you that we will both win."

"What makes you so sure?" Giselle questioned as she narrowed her eyes.

Ayumi tightened her ponytail as she gave a feral smile, "Both of us know our Pokemon." She looked over her silent companion, "You're in, right?"

Naruto just looked over to Rhapsody, who seemed to be fired up and looking at him like she wanted to be the one to be battle, and sighed, "Not like I have a choice."

"Great! Mr. Principal, mind leading us to a good open place to battle?"

"Ah, of course."

The three were lead to an open poolside with the two girls standing in front of each other, only Giselle glaring at the older with two of the school provided Poke-balls in her hands. Naruto and the principal stood from the side as the referee.

Ayumi took out one of her Poke-balls with a smirk, "I think I'll do you a favor and stick to this region. Get ready, Machoke!" She said as she released the Superpower Pokemon that had evolved around the same time as her Kadabra.

"Choke! Machoke!"

Giselle's eyes widened at the larger than average size of the older girl's Machoke and how its muscles were larger as well. She shook her head and concentrated, she had no idea what the Pokemon that were in the Poke-balls were, but she hoped that they would help her win, "Go!" She yelled as she threw the Poke-ball in her right hand and watched as it released a Graveler, the evolved form of a Geodude. She was disappointed with the outcome from the definite type disadvantage, but she wouldn't give up so easily. "Graveler, use Rock Blast!"

As rocks flew towards Machoke, he calmly waited for his trainer's command, "Up and from behind, Machoke." The Superpower Pokemon heard the barely audible words as he vanished from everyone's sight.

"Huh? Where'd it go?" Giselle asked the exact thing that Naruto, Rhapsody, and the principal were wondering as she and Graveler tried to find their opponent.

"Now heave it into the air with Strength." Ayumi whispered as she calmly watched the surprised reactions when her humanlike Pokemon reappeared behind the boulder-like Pokemon and hurled it into the air.

"Graveler!" The brunette didn't expect such a rapid and almost ruthless succession in moves, the girl that she believed was all talk, was practically another person when the battle began, and that Machoke of hers followed every single of her vague commands so well. Just who was she?

The silverette took a quick glance at Giselle, only to see her not calling out an attack for her Graveler, "Machoke, in the air and send Graveler back to the ground with Focus Blast."

"Choke." Machoke did as he was told as he launched himself into the air, clear above Graveler and threw the orange ball of aura at the ground-rock type, forcing it down hard.

Graveler landed with a loud crash as it created a crater and was on its back with swirling eyes. Machoke landing easily on his feet and made his way to his trainer while Giselle was completely shocked.

"You were fantastic, Machoke! Good speed and power. You've really improved a lot more after evolving." Ayumi praised as she patted her Pokemon on the stomach, glad that he had absolutely no injuries.

"Ma Machoke." The Superpower Pokemon grinned as he lifted the albino and perched her on his shoulder and made sure she stayed there; apparently carrying their trainer around had become a habit for Ayumi's Pokemon that were larger than her.

Machoke walked over to his opponent's trainer, guessing that was what she wanted. Ayumi stared down at the shocked girl before stating, "I won my battle against you, but you still have to go up against Naruto. If you're a trainer, don't be so traumatized by a loss."

Naruto was just as surprised as the young brunette was; Ayumi was one with many surprises, just like he was. Her training techniques were a secret as his were to her, except when they were teaching each other's Pokemon new moves. Her battle method fit a strategist and an experienced trainer, if she tried. She really proved to be a great breeder, and she sure did make it interesting. "Well, I'm up. Ready, Rhapsody?"

"Mel!" The Melody Pokemon cheered as she floated around her trainer/father figure and stared at her opponent, waiting to see what Pokemon she would release.

Giselle couldn't help but keep staring at Rhapsody; she was a beautiful Pokemon, the way she looked like a singer and was so graceful, but to the academy student, a Pokemon like that suited her better than the whiskered blond. She knew she had to be serious about this match; she couldn't be taken by surprise like she did with the first match. "Go!"

What came out was a Cubone, the Lonely Pokemon. The brunette didn't hesitate and quickly ordered, "Use your Bonemerang!"

As the bone flew, Rhapsody tried to avoid it as she waited for the blond to come up with a counterattack. "Rhapsody, send it back with Psybeam and launch an Energy Ball with a Shadow Claw dicer!" The Meloetta did as her father told her as she used the telekinetic beam to send the flying bone back to the ground type as she formed an over-sized Energy Ball and hurled it into the air as she rapidly flew toward it with her hands forming purple claws.

Giselle could only watch as the feminine Pokemon slashed at the green ball vertically and horizontally, making the Energy Ball fall apart and soar down. She thought it wouldn't do anything to her Cubone, but it was too late as she watched her Pokemon flinch and cry out in pain as the bits of Energy ball fell and hit randomly like rain fall. Soon enough, Cubone had fainted with swirling eyes as Rhapsody came back down and stared at her opponent with her head tilted.

The young girl collapsed on her knees, "How could I lose? Not once, but twice. Those two, merciless and fast, and elegant and powerful; I was defeated in two different ways, and I wasn't even able to fight back. How?" She uttered as she returned the Cubone back into its Poke-ball.

Ayumi clapped while her Machoke gave a smile, "Nice performance, Naruto. You shaped the Energy ball really well, Rhapsody." She signaled for her Superpower Pokemon to let her down as she walked toward the downed girl and spoke, "See kid, you really can't just assume that because you're in this place, that you could face anyone. There's always someone out there that's better."

"But it's impossible! How are your Pokemon so strong? You two aren't anything special, you don't come from a wealthy family that allowed you into this school!" Giselle yelled as she stood up and yelled at the red-eyed breeder. It seemed that she could recover well from shock when up against another girl.

The principal heard this and scolded, "Now young lady, you have you're talking about! Our two guests are none other than the son of the famous water and fire type trainer and Top Coordinator, known for a fearsome Ninetales by her side, Kushina Uzumaki, and the Jhoto Champion that excels in in speed with a powerful Pokemon from another region, Minato Namikaze; Naruto Uzumaki-Namikaze, the next that will surely be just as amazing as his parents!" He said as he pointed at the whiskered blond before bringing attention to the ponytailed silverette. "And the daughter and heiress to one of the main companies that is worldwide as well as our provider and inventor of things that trainers need to have. She is also the daughter of a very famous Top Ranger that has saved the world and done amazing feats that nearly border impossible. She is Ayumi Devon, whom I do not know what she will be, but with her upbringing and talents, she'll be spectacular!"

Ayumi just frowned as Machoke caught on and glared at the very money hungry principal, while Naruto and Rhapsody stared at their companion in shock. They were already aware of the albino's father being the president of the Sinnoh branch and how he was just as protective as his own parents; actually sending her Pokemon after her winning her gym battles if he didn't send someone to watch over her and she were sure to call whenever she needed something, at least that was what she told the blond after telling how she got a new Sneasel and Skarmory. However, her mother being a Top Ranger was definitely not something he expected, but then again, it probably explained why she wanted to be a breeder and tended to like Pokemon over people most of the time as well as her personality. "I didn't know your mom was a Pokemon Ranger, and a Top Ranger at that? That's so cool!"

The silverette looked over to Naruto, and shrugged as she responded, "Must've slipped my mind, but yeah, my mom's amazing. She always calls whenever she's free and she sends me presents and tells me about her missions. Mom's actually the one who was fine with me starting out in Kanto, said something about me probably meeting her old Pokemon friends along the way."

"Do you know what kind of Pokemon they are?" Rhapsody asked completely curious.

"Not sure, but mom gave me things that she said would come in handy and let me meet those Pokemon, hopefully they'll join me on my journey." The Sinnoh native said as she went into her bag and seemed to hold onto something before letting go.

The Unova native just grinned, "Well I'm sure whatever they'll be, they'll be really magnificent. And hey it might be a legendary, you know Rangers help them sometimes."

"That would be the best thing ever, and I'm sure that if you catch and make friends with a legendary, you'll have great performers and battlers." Ayumi grinned with Machoke agreeing as he crossed his arms.

"I'm sure you'd have them be good powerhouses that'd get really protective over you in no time." Naruto gave a similar grin as he teased the breeder.

"And I get more friends like me!" The Meloetta cheered as she waved her hands, making the group laugh.

Giselle could only watch the interaction in silence, the two were so different now than they were in the principal's office. They were more relaxed and happy, definitely not as serious as they were when they were battling. Not only that, they were from such successful families, how was it that they never enrolled sooner?

The principal grinned as he walked up to the blond and silverette, "So what do you say? Will you consider funding our school?"

Naruto and Ayumi looked at each other before answering in sync, "No."

"Wh-what? But why?"

The silverette gave a blank face with no emotion while Machoke cracked his knuckles, "I said that it wouldn't change my mind, and I stick to it. Don't try anything or I won't promise that Machoke will be very nice." With that she turned and made her leave with Naruto and Rhapsody quickly following to make sure she didn't do something and the Superpower Pokemon giving one last menacing stare before catching up to his trainer.

Giselle ran to try and catch up to the two, "Wait! I'll prove you wrong, I am the top student in the beginning class, I will get better, just you wait!"

The two trainers just kept their stride as they made a far distance from the academy, Naruto asked Ayumi, "So what did you think of that academy girl?"

The silverette shrugged, "She's okay, but I doubt she'll change her mindset even after battling us."

"You're probably right, but at least we learned something new from this."

"Yeah, I was able to see Machoke's progress after evolving in battle."

"And I learned my friend had a very unique family."

"And I might be able to have more friends that are just like me!"

A/N: And that's chapter 4! Naruto and Ayumi now have their Cascade Badge, and Naruto has a new Horsea, and evolved his Charmeleon, Ayumi with a new Horsea, Skarmory, Sneasel, evolved Gloom, Mothim, Kadabra, and Machoke.

And before anyone raises question, Ayumi is still a breeder and her dad is above and beyond protective. We also learned a bit more of Ayumi that I think was needed before moving on. And her mom being a ranger was something I came up with because I felt she needed a reason for not showing up often.

Also I know the battle was a bit anticlimactic, but I went with how those three probably ran things while Misty was away.

And that's all the time I have, so I'll skip the Pokémon listing for now. Till next time! And please review!