AN: Writing on the buss and train to and from School and Job is surprisingly easy with this story. Next week will be EXTREMELY busy for me, so most likely no new chapter next week.

You guys wanna know the most addicting part about Pokemon X and Y? The clothes shopping. Then again, might just be me obsessing over it, so meh. I NEED THOSE PANTS! They'll fit purrfectly with my stylish jacket~ *PS: I'm NEVER going to give out my Friend Code to random people over the interwebs. Reviews and PM's about Friend Codes will be ignored.*

NOW! I have already created a Kanto Team for Naruto, though not for the other regions. I'm open for suggestion, though don't spam me if your suggestion does not make the cut. I have chosen two permanent Pokemon for Naruto's team though. Draco's the first one obviously, the other one is... Secret. Not the one in this chapter. HINT: Route 7.

APPLES! APPLES EVERYWHERE!

LET'S START!

~Pokeaman~

'Reminds me of Konoha.' Our blonde protagonist thought to himself as he stared at the vast forest before him. Viridian Forest, the main hurdle between Viridian and his first Gym destination, Pewter city.

The teen and Draco had, after careful thought, finally decided to take the Pokemon League challenge. After all, in both of their words, nothing would be lost, and the trip would probably be enjoyable enough.

Three days had passed since they beat Team rocket and left Viridian, and nothing much had happened during the trip. The boy and Draco had trained, somewhat talked, and in general had a great time together, though the blonde noticed that his Pokemon seemed a bit more energetic than usual.

Talking about the orange lizard Pokemon, he was currently sniffing the air, trying to smell if there was anything unusual nearby. For some strange reason, trainers rarely, if ever trained their Charmander to utilize their noses both in and out of combat, which is a shame since they can actually smell somewhat remarkably well, better than most Pokemon in fact.

"You smell anything?" The human between them asked, rubbing the lizard's head as he did so. Resisting the urge to fall asleep as he had a tendency to do due to his trainer's touch, he shook his head in a negative manner before staring at the forest before them in a bit of discomfort.

"Don't worry." The boy removed his hand, making the Pokemon look at him, calming down at his blonde partners smile. "I know you won't set anything on fire, you have impeccable aim with your ember, and your other moves can't start fires."

The shorter creature still looked a bit afraid, so Naruto went to his knees and slung an arm around the orange Pokemon, a grin on his face.

"You'll do great, okay? You won't set anything on fire, I just know it! You want to know how? Because I believe in you, and trust you. So please, relax."

The Pokemon smiled at that before nodding, the two of them finally moving inside the vast expanse of nature before them.

Nothing much happened the next hour. A lot of the time were used for walking and the occacional dive in the bushes to hide for the Beedrill that flew by now and then. All in all, Naruto was having a blast, enjoying the scenery immensely.

"Isn't this place just great?" The blonde asked his lovable fire Pokemon, his arms stretched wide as he took a deep breath. The aforementioned fire Pokemon though was busy not trying to make a bush catch fire due to his tail-flame.

"Char..." For obvious reasons, Draco was still not the greatest fan of forests. Having enough, he grabbed his tail and held it against his own body, lessening the chance of creating the greatest forest fire in who knew how many years.

They had found a nice little clearing to make camp in. If they continued on at the same pace, they would probably have reached the end of the forest by five hours max, though the two of them had decided to camp out in the forest for a few days and probably get a new Pokemon or two.

The boy sat down and leaned against a large boulder, Draco sitting besides him, his tail still in his clawed grasp. Naruto shook his head at that and grabbed the Pokemon's hands.

"Relax, everything will be okay." Draco still seemed pensive, so Naruto began petting him a bit. "Trust me, this forest won't be burned down on my watch, so please let go of your tail. It can't be comfortable clutching it like that."

Closing his eyes he let go of his appendage, internally sighing since it did hurt a bit. Feeling a pressure on his lap, he opened his eyes and stared at a large, green apple and a grapefruit. He grabbed the green fruit and took a bite out of it, a happy smile on his face as he chewed.

Both of them had tried to eat some Pokemon food, and they found it bland and nigh tasteless. Probably nutritous and healthy, but none of them could say that they liked it at all, so they kept to normal food.

Half an hour later, the two sat in a comfortable silence, the Pokemon snuggling up to his trainer as the blonde rubbed the lizard's head. The boy chuckled, and the fire-type looked up at him, the boy smiling down at the Pokemon.

"Heh, before I came to Kanto, I would never had imagined myself just sitting somewhere and relax like this with a friend. I don't really have any close friends back where I come from..." Here he tapered off, glancing awkwardly to the side.

A moment later he felt Draco snuggle closer to him, and he pulled the Pokemon closer, relishing Draco's warm aura. Again he chuckled, a bit more rueful this time.

"I should really stop bringing up these depressing topics. I have no reason to feel like that with you around after all." Sitting for just a minutes longer, he pushed Draco gently away before standing up, the lizard dutifully copying the action. Stretching his back until he heard a satisfying crack, he looked around for a bit before smirking towards the Pokemon.

"What do you say about finding one of those Beedrill and taking it on? Heck, if we're lucky, we can find two of them and I can get some training in." The impish grin on the orange Pokemon's face was all he needed for an answer, and the two set off into the forest once more, Naruto memorizing the path back to their small camping spot just in case.

An hour later, the orange duo found themselves wandering around, still searching for the flying wasps of despair, though to no avail. The most they had found was the occacional Weedle that decided to try and ambush them, only to be blasted away by an Ember, which Naruto noted had become stronger.

Both of them sighed in dismay as the Pikachu they had fought ran away, both equally as bored as their counterpart.

"Seriously, we we're lucky to not be ambushed by them when we entered the forest, where are they?" The blonde trainer mumbled to himself, his Pokemon looking just as annoyed as they walked besides each other.

Not a moment later a Beedrill flew past them, crashing into a tree before slumping down, unconcious. Blinking in apparent confusion, the two glanced at each other before running towards the destination the flying bug came from, the sound of battle becoming louder the closer they got.

The sight that greeted them left them somewhat speechless though.

In the middle of a clearing, surrounded by both downed and still fighting Beedrill was a single Bellsprout, the small stick-like Pokemon wheezing in apparent effort as it sent out a few vines to grab onto a Beedrill, only to slam it into another Beedrill. As it turned around, it flinched, which gave the remaining Beedrill the chance they needed to attack.

Of course, the resident duo had no plans to NOT interfere.

With a flourish, a barrage of fireballs flew rapidly towards the mutated bees, hitting several of them while another one was crashing into the ground after getting axe-kicked by Naruto. Still in the air, Naruto grabbed onto the stinger of an attacking Beedrill for then to spin around, smacking it into several other approaching Beedrill. A Beedrill that tried to attack from behind was punched away due to Draco's Metal Claw.

The two of them quickly approached the wounded Bellsprout, the duo facing different directions, only a few Beedrill still sticking around to fight, most of them having left. A second passed, then another one, then, by some unseen signal, they charged.

Jumping up in the air, Naruto grabbed two of the stingers while kicking away another one, and with all his might he smashed the two grabbed Beedrill together. Spinning around, he used one of them to defend himself while using the other one as a club of sorts, smacking another Beedrill away.

Kicking a fifth beedrill gave him the force he needed to spin around, throwing the two still-held Beedrill into a sixth one, the three of them crashing into the ground. As he himself landed on the ground, he heard buzzing close to him.

A bit too close.

On the other side, Draco had done what he didn't want to do, and that was setting the forest ablaze, or at least the ground in front of him, halting the group of Bug Pokemon. Jumping through the flames he smashed a Metal Claw at a Beedrill, the bug smashing into another Beedrill, and then the two of them crashed into a tree.

Firing of an Ember as he landed, hitting another Beedrill, he began spinning around while making his tail-flame blaze as hard as he could manage, the flames spiralling around him, hitting the flying hornets that remained, sending them scurrying away with several scorching wounds. When the last few ones fled and didn't come back, he relaxed slightly.

With a sigh he turned towards Naruto only for his eyes to widen at the last attacking Beedrill, one who had managed to sneak up on the boy. Before he managed to call out though, several green-glowing, crescent-shaped leaves struck it, hitting it hard enough to make it faint.

Both the nearly-hit trainer and the Pokemon spun around and looked at the Bellsprout, the stick Pokemon's leaves glowing slightly before dimming, only for the fly-catcher Pokemon to faint, the rest of its energy spent by using that attack.

Less than a second later Naruto had picked it up, cradling it in his arms as he looked at it worryingly.

"Char Char?" Draco asked, staring at the grass Pokemon with the same amount of distress as his friend after quickly jumping on the small fire he had created, stopping a potential forest fire.

"I don't know, I hope he'll be okay. He might just have saved my life after all..." Biting his lip in thought, he looked around a bit before deciding on an action.

"Let's go back to that small clearing we found before and rest up there. If he's badly hurt when he wakes up, then we'll have to go back to Viridian to get him checked." Nodding in agreement, the two of them began their trek back to their camp.

~Pokeaman~

"Draco, Ember/Lilly, Magical Leaf!" The voices of two identical blondes resounded in the forest, repeated thuds being heard as the grass and fire attacks apparently missed their targets.

"Lilly, Vine Whip!" One of the apparent twins ordered, the small stick-like Pokemon sending out two long, sturdy vines to attack the Charmander.

"Draco, grab the vines and pull her in!" The other twin commanded, the fire-type dodging the first attack only to grab the second one, pulling the grass-type in.

"Now, use Scratch!" He said as the small Pokemon approached.

"Quick, use Magical Leaf!" The first one said, the Bellsprout managing to shoot out a few glowing leaves, forcing Charmander to let go of her and dodge unless he wanted to get hurt.

"Draco, use Smokescreen!" The lizard quickly followed his order, spewing forth a thick, pitch-black smoke that encompassed the entire clearing.

"Use the ground to your advantage, Lilly." The blonde muttered to his newest Pokemon and friend, the grass-type incredibly thankful for their help against the mass-amount of Beedrill. So thankful in fact, that SHE, not a he as Naruto initially believed, didn't let go of the blonde for several hours after she woke up.

The blonde and his clone both had their hands to the ground, keeping a feel for their Pokemon. He was incredibly impressed by both of them. While Draco had more experience fighting blind, Lilly had quickly adapted by using her root-like feet to feel for the tiniest of vibrations.

Draco on the other hand was using his nose to the best of his capabilities. While he had far from mastered his sense of smell like the dog-Pokemon Growlithe instinctively had, he had become good enough to smell the general area where something or someone resided, giving him a small edge that most other Pokemon never gained.

"Do you have him/her located?" The two blondes asked at the same time, the two Pokemon barely making an affirmative sound.

"Okay, wait for her to come to you Draco and use Metal Claw when she's within range, but beware her Vine Whip. She'll probably use that to lure you in." The original adviced, staring into the pitch-black smoke before him.

"Okay Lilly, start up with Magical Leaf rapidly followed with Vine Whip. Beware his Metal Claw though, Draco's very strong in close combat." The clone said at the same time, the sound of rustling leaves filling the air.

"Get ready Draco!" A second after the warning, loud thuds and the occacional metallic clash echoing around the clearing, the grass attack either missing or being deflected. A growl from Charmander was quickly followed by a yelp of pain from the much smaller Bellsprout, and the dual-type Pokemon flew out from the smoke, an ugly bruise on her face.

A moment later, the lizard Pokemon jumped out of the mist, his glowing claws stopping less than an inch from the fly-catcher's head. A few seconds passed, then the smoke lightened up as Draco helped Lilly up form the ground. Clapping was heard soon after as the original walked towards them, a proud smile on his face as the clone dissipated into smoke.

"Great job, both of you. Draco, you have become a lot faster since we first met, though your Ember still needs a bit of job. Lilly, your Vine Whip is great, fast and strong, but like with your Magical Leafs, you seem to be somewhat inaccurate with your attacks. Of course, nothing we can't improve, so no problem there." He ended with a grin, rubbing both of the Pokemons' head.

Swinging his backpack around, he took out the plastic bag he kept with him, though re-filled with new food every day or two. Reaching inside it, he took out a few apples and a lot of berries, giving the apples to Draco and himself while giving Lilly the berries. Due to her fly-catching nature, she had a much easier time digesting small objects like berries or cut-up fruit.

"A good battle deserves a good meal, don't you think?" He grinned impishly as he took a bite out of a nice, green apple, the other two nodding before digging into their own meals, closing their eyes in satisfaction.

A sigh of contentment left Draco as he ate, taking a glance at his trainer and undeniably best friend. He was truly one of a kind. Always having an optimistic outlook on life, always being friendly, and always ensuring that himself and Lilly was happy, almost fanatically so.

It was somewhat understandable though. From what little Draco knew from the boy's past, it seemed like a bleak one.

Didn't mean he wasn't amazingly cool though. The boy was incredibly powerful, could defy gravity and the laws of physics, and today the boy had created a physical clone of himself, just to have a mock-battle! What else could he do?

In a way, Draco didn't want to know, as it would probably only blow his mind even more.

"Say, what do you two want to do now?" His trainer mumbled around his own meal, breaking Draco away from his inner ramblings. Cocking his head to the side, he looked at Lilly, the smaller Pokemon looking back at him.

"What do you think, wanna train or something?" The fire-spewing reptile asked, letting the newer member of the team take the shot. The yellow and brown Pokemon thought about the idea for a second before shaking her head.

"I want to leave really, see new places instead of the same, old forest." (1) The larger Pokemon could only nod his head in understanding, despite not knowing how it is to stay in one place for a long time.

"Char Charman Char." The boy looked at them in mild surprise, his eyes flitting over to the grass/poison Pokemon with just the smallest amount of worry evident in the blue orbs.

"You sure you want to leave already? This is your home after all." He asked, watching the Pokemon look around for a moment before sighing slightly as it nodded. Well, if that is what she wanted, then he wouldn't deny her the opportunity.

"Okay, we'll leave for Pewter city immediately then. No reason to waste good sunlight after all." All of them stood up, and after the boy got himself re-aquainted with the cardinal directions, began their march north.

It was peaceful, though occacionally they could hear the buzzing of a Beedrill. The flying bugs seemed to veer out of their way though, which meant that their exploit probably had been told throughout all of the nests owned by the hornet Pokemon.

"You feel him, right?" Naruto mumbled to the grass Pokemon that truddled along, gaining an affirmative nod.

"Whatever happens, do not react you two, is that clear?" Both of them nodded now, though they got ready for a fight just to be sure.

As they walked, the creature that followed them russled the bushes occacionally, seeming to flit between being besides them and behind them. Suddenly, the figure leapt up in the air, revealing it to be a boy wearing a Samurai-like outfit, a bit younger than Naruto descending into them with a sword.

The blonde reacted quickly, a kunai shooting out from his sleeves into his hands, knocking away the sword with his right handed knife before putting the other knife to the boy's throat, making the wannabe Samurai freeze in fear. A heartbeat later, two pair of eyes widened in surprise before Naruto removed the knife, a sheepish grin on his face.

"Eheh, sorry about that. Long time no see though." Standing there with his eyes wide open for a moment, he quickly came over his shock before shooting the blonde a grin, pointing excitedly at him.

"Hey, you're the one I helped before!" He yelled entusiastically, soon noticing the two Pokemon standing beside the older boy, his eyes widening again.

"And you have Pokemon now! Hey, wanna battle?" Naruto blinked for a second, a bit confused before looking at his two partners, a questioning look in his eyes. They only shrugged before nodding, making the whiskered boy shrug too.

"Sure, why not." Stepping a decent distance away from each other, Naruto motioned towards Lilly, making the plant-like Pokemon step forward.

"This'll be easy! Go Pinsir!" He shouted in an overdramatic fashion, a large, brown, bipedal creature with two horns appearing from the ball.

'A Pinsir?' Naruto thought, racking his brain. 'I don't think I have read up on this one yet. From his color, I will guess he's either rock, ground, bug or grass. From his strange mouth and horns though, I will go with bug... And why hasn't he attacked me yet?' He couldn't help but stare at the samurai in a deadpan fashion, the boy spouting gibberish about his 'awesome bug Pokemon.'

'Did he just reveal the type? Oh dear, this is going to be easy.'

"Lilly, let him attack first, then use wrap on him." He mumbled, the plant nodding.

"Pinsir, show him your greatness! Use Tackle!" The large Pokemon trundled forward, surprisingly slow for his apparently strong exterior.

"Just use Vine Whip on him." Naruto groused, smacking himself in the face. He smacked himself again when the Pinsir fainted after what the three non-samurais believed was nothing more than a love-tap.

'Seriously, Gary was better than this kid.'

"I'll show you, go Metapod!" With a third stinging smack to his face, he watched a green, pod-like Pokemon appear from the alluring glow, the deadpan glare in its eyes matching the blonde's own eyes.

"Umm... Lilly, wanna switch with Draco?" He asked, earning a nod as the two Pokemon switched places.

"Hah, the type advantage won't help you! Metapod, Harden!" The shiny skin the Pokemon now got looked pretty nice, though Naruto, along with his two friends only sighed in dismay.

"Ember." A single fireball later, and the poor bug-Pokemon was lying unconcious on the ground, the boy stomping his foot in agression while he shouted gibberish towards the ninja-trained boy. Scratching his head, he simply looked at his partners, the two of them looking just as dumbfounded.

'He seemed a lot more stable when I meet him the first time.'

That was when Naruto did the logical thing to do when facing crazy people.

Walk up to the aforementioned crazy person and punch him or her in the face.

"Stop acting like an idiot and suck it up. You can't expect to win every damn battle, I for sure do not expect to always win. Now, take your Pinsir and Metapod to a Pokemon Center before I kick your ass." With that he cracked his knuckles and grinned in a highly wicked way, sending the now terrified wannabe Samurai running with his proverbial tail between his legs.

Sighing, he dragged a hand through his hair before spinning around, the two Pokemon following his steps.

"Let's just get out of this forest. I have a feeling this place is filled newbies worse than me." Making an agreeing sound, the three disappeared from the battle area, basically untouched from the non-intense battle.

Far up in a tree though, a figure draped in black with a 'red' R emblem on his shirt watched the trio leave, pulling his collar closer to his mouth.

"Sir, the target is setting course towards Pewter, what is my point of action?" He whispered, awaiting further orders.

"Your action, dear Rocket spy, is to get your ass kicked." Flinching, he looked around wildly, trying to find the source of the extremely familiar voice. A few seconds later, he was axe-kicked from above, smashing his head into the branch which he stood on which sent him on a one-way trip to dream-land.

Picking up the mic that flew out of the man's collar after the kick, he put it close to his mouth.

"I do not know who you are or if you are listening, but whatever. As you already know, I'm Naruto Uzumaki, and I have this to say. I seem to be a priority target to you which means I either am, or will be a threat later, so I will give you one warning. If you hurt anyone, no matter if they are human or Pokemon, I will hunt down everyone in your organization, and I will beat your ass up so much that you won't be able to shit for months to come afterwards. You hear that? Hurt anyone, and I will destroy you and your group. Now, piss off, you are annoying!" With that the clone threw the mic down before stamping on it, destroying the sound-transmitting device before dispersing himself.

The poor rocket man didn't wake up before several hours had passed, wrapped up in Caterpie strings.

~Pokeaman~

"So, this is Diglett's Cave... Seems like fun!"

Two days after defeating the wannabe Samurai, we find the trio looking into the surprisingly well-lit cave at the break of dawn. The teen and his companions had decided to take a short detour before entering Pewter City, and the cave that was supposedly carved out single-handedly by hordes upon hordes of Diglett and Dugtrio was something they just had to see.

None of the three had really been in an underground tunnel before, so they were certainly interested in visiting this strange, but awesome phenomena.

Without further preamble, the three began their trek through the tunnel which was often used as a shortcut to and from Vermillion. None of them had any plans of staying in the city, since that would mean that they would skip both Pewter and Cerulean city, and that was something they had no plans about doing.

"Huh, they've dug small holes all they way through to filter light into the cave. That's nice of them." The boy mumbled to himself, having wondered if he needed Draco to light the way.

After walking for over an hour, occacionally looking at or petting a random Diglett, he began to hear mumbling, a male talking to himself. Turning a corner, he found the source of the mumbling.

It was a relatively tall guy with black, curtain like hair, narrow face, glasses and a white lab-coat. The man was currently staring intently at a small piece of rock, totally ignoring everything around himself.

"Umm... Excuse me." Naruto tried, elitting no visible reaction from the man.

"Hello." The boy said with a bit more force behind his voice, yet nothing.

"HEY!" The boy finally bellowed, a startled scream leaving the man as he threw the rock towards the boy, who of course caught the rock without even trying. Looking at the rock, he found himself staring at fist-sized, dark-purple rock who almost seemed to emit a dull purple glow, which was ironic since it became darker the closer to the middle one looked.

"Hey, give that back!" The man screamed before tripping over his own feet, though Naruto was ignoring it in favor of trying to find out what was up with the stone.

'Strange, I feel something from it when I hold it... it's almost like Chakra, but... I don't know, purer.'

"Excuse me, Professor." He started, deciding to be civil towards the man who probably knew more about the rock than he did. "Can you tell me what kind of stone this is? I've never seen anything like it before."

The man stopped wrestling with his, which Naruto first now noticed, too-big coat to redirect his attention back on the golden-blonde teen... While still lying on the ground of course.

"Ahh, it's what is called an evolutionary stone. Don't you know about those?" A light of excitement grew in his eyes when the boy shook his head in the negative. "You haven't? Well then my boy, let me educate you." With that, he finally managed to stand up again, though he almost tripped again if not for Naruto catching him.

"Ahh, thank you." Here he straightened up and took a deep breath. "Evolutionary stones are, in layman terms, basically rocks filled with a mystical power that somehow corresponds with certain Pokemon, making previously un-evolvable Pokemon reach their final stage. There are many Pokemon that evolves through stones like the Dusk Stone you are holding in your hand and, as you might have guessed already, there are several different types of evolutionary stones in the world." Another deep breath.

"The Dusk stone in your hand for example," Here he pointed at the purple rock. "Corresponds usually to Pokemon of the Dark-type or the Ghost type since, as you can see, it is a quite eerie little piece of minerals. Sadly though, here in the Kanto region we do not really have any Pokemon that can evolve using it, so unless trainers plan to travel across other regions, then collecting Dusk Stones is a fairly useless thing to do unless one plans to sell them, research them, or collect them for some reason or another."

Taking another breath, he let out an awkward cough, getting a hold of himself.

"Yes, err... I'm a researcher, trying to find out exactly WHAT about the stones create the evolutionary reaction. I won't deny that I have several other Dusk Stones back in my small lab, but having some laying around in reserve doesn't hurt now does it?"

"I guess it doesn't." Naruto said, reaching out his hand towards the researcher. "At the moment, you'll probably need this more than me since I won't travel to any other region for a while yet."

The man let out a smile as he put his hand on the stone before freezing for a moment. A thoughtful look entered his face before a small smile showed.

"You know what?" He said, retracting his arm without taking back the stone. "If you'll help me not only look for more stones here, but also escort me back to Vermillion, I will let you keep that Dusk Stone there, deal?" The happy smile on the teen's face told him everything.

"Sure, me and my friends here were planning on taking a small trip through here anyway. Oh yeah, this is Draco," Charmander waved entusiastically. "And Lilly." Repeated action from the Bellsprout. "I'm Naruto Uzumaki." He ended, once again throwing out a hand which was grabbed by the older man.

"Names Chris, and I must say, your Pokemon look pretty strong. I'm actually surprised your Charmander hasn't evolved yet, since his flame is very strong." The blonde shrugged, throwing a proud smile over his shoulder.

"I don't care. If he wants to evolve, then that is something he has to decide on, and no matter what I will support his decision. I'm not going to force any Pokemon I have now, nor any Pokemon I will catch in the future to do something they do not wanna do."

"Good. Continue thinking like that, and you'll never encounter any unsolvable problems. Now," Here he clapped his hands, striding deeper into the tunnel. "Let us continue my search for evolutionary stones." The trio dutifully walked after the man, glancing around at the samy, yet strangely interesting cave system.

'So, even the people here, who seem unable to use and sense chakra has noticed that there are something up with these rocks.' He mused to himself, his hand touching the oddly relaxing stone in his pocket.

'I guess it's because I haven't felt any other chakra sources for over a month... Nor have I had any ramen.' His mood took a depressing turn.

'I miss you, food of the gods!' He quickly shook his head to get rid of that horrible, horrible premonition of extreme loss.

'Anyway, going away from ramen... I can't believe I just thought that. As Chris said, I do have to wonder just why Pokemon evolve due to these stones. Do these stones actually emit Chakra? If yes, does both humans and Pokemon in this world actually produce their own chakra, but is unable to access it like the civilians back home?' He glanced at his two scurrying Pokemon in deep thought.

'Then again, Pokemon do have strange powers. Can they possibly use chakra? Is that why they can use attacks akin to Ninjutsu?'

Another few hours had gone by, and their luck had been better than terrible. They only found a few rocks, but the Digletts scurrying around was nice enough to find a few extra for them.

Naruto though, without the man knowing, had pocketed two extra stones which he had found. Draco seemed to have noticed though, if the glances the Pokemon sent him was of any indication.

'He's probably thinking terribly about me right now.' He mused with a small sigh, earning another glance from the fire Pokemon.

'He seems less tense after taking those stones. I wonder why... Maybe it has to do with those powers of his.' He really didn't care if Naruto took a few extra rocks. This was probably a rare opportunity for the trio to pick up rare stones like these, so he felt no sympathy for the Professor that lived in Vermillion, which was pretty close to the tunnel.

"I must say, this haul has been absolutely exemplary so far. Oh yes, all the different types of stones I have collected. Ohh, I can't wait to go back to my lab and continue my research." The man rambled on, a bag filled with stones slung over his shoulder, though the three of them had started to tune him out after a while. None of them, not even Naruto were as interested in the mystical minerals as that man was.

'I wonder how far we are.' And with that thought, the whiskered teen pulled out his Pokedex, clicking the map button, then the localization button. Apparently, they were about half-way through the tunnel, which Naruto couldn't really tell if it was accurate or not.

'A great shortcut though. Taking the main road would have taken several days, maybe even weeks if we stopped by to train.' He quickly shut it and put it in his pocket before the man saw it. Who knew, maybe the man would start rambling about the device, and Naruto had no plans of setting the man off any more than needed.

Another few hours passed by, and Naruto had nicked two more rocks. He had to say, he was pretty happy with the small collection, as the five different stones had quite a relaxing effect on the boy.

'I never noticed before now, but I really missed the feel of chakra that my world had.'

"Ahh, are we here already?" The man suddenly piped up, and the trio was suddenly snapped out of their random day-dreams. Off in the distance, Naruto could see an opening, the Vermillion side of the tunnel.

"I must thank you three." He said, spinning around, the heavy bag making him trip, though Naruto once again caught him.

"Thank you again. Now, I know I promised that Dusk Stone as a thank you for helping me, and I will keep that promise. I just feel like I should reward you some more though..." He stroked his chin in thought before snapping his fingers. Dropping the bag on the floor, he began rooting through it.

"Where is it... Aha!" With that exclamation, he pulled out a small, white, egg-shaped stone.

"This here is called an Oval Stone. It isn't technically an evolutionary stone, though it does have some strange effects when given to someone from the Chansey family. I want you to have it since I don't really need it due to me researching the more direct evolutionary stones." He gave the stone to the teen who graciously accepted it.

"Umm, thank you." He said, honestly surprised.

"Think nothing about it." Here he hoisted the bag over his shoulder in an overly dramatic fashion, only saved form falling due to Naruto once again helping him.

"Once again, thank you for your help, and I truly hope to meet you in the future. Tata." And with that, the man sashayed towards the exit, leaving two weirded out creatures, and a mystified human. Once the man was out of sight, Naruto emptied his pockets for the collected stones.

"I guess you two are wondering why I took these stones." He said to his friends, Lilly nodding while Draco shrugged, having a small idea why. "I can't really explain it. These stones, I'm drawn to them, I can feel a strange energy run through them. It reminds me of the energy I use to do those weird things... It's calming. I can't really explain why, but it is." He once again looked at the stones.

"Let me see, he called this one a Sun Stone," Here he held up an orange, sun-shaped stone. "This one a Dawn Stone," A small, blue stone with a star pattern inside it. "This one an Everstone," A stone resembling the Oval Stone, only more flat and grey. "And this one a Shiny Stone." A diamond-shaped, light yellow stone with a dark-yellow circle inside of it.

Quickly putting all the stones, including the previously gotten Dusk Stone and Oval stone inside his backpack, he was happy to still feel the energy from them.

"Well then, there are still some hours left. Wanna take a quick food-break before we run back to the Pewter side?"

The grumbling of hungry stomachs' was all the answer he needed.

~Pokeaman~

(1) As said last time, Naruto can't understand them, but he has learned to understand several nyances in Draco's speech, so he understand the general implication most of the time.

Naruto's Current Team

Charmander/Draco: Game stats: Level 19. Moves: Scratch, Leer, Tail Whip, Smokescreen, Ember, Metal Claw, Improvised Fire Spin.

Naruto's notes: Still haven't found any possible parent Pokemon. On the other hand, the improvised Fire Spin was cool, though lacking in strength and maneuverability. Maybe that's the next thing we shall try and learn after his new move is mastered?

Bellsprout/Lilly: Game stats: Level 17. Moves: Vine Whip, Wrap, Magical Leaf, Unused Stun Spore, Unused Poison Powder, Unused Sleep Powder.

Naruto's notes: Magical Leaf is an unusual move for a Bellsprout to have, doing the same research as with Draco. Currently working on a Poison attack. Slow going, but it will get mastered probably within a week.