Naruto stood in the clearing, a small breeze doing little to calm his nerves as he stared down the Pokégirl in front of him. From what he recalled, she had called herself a Torch Chick and while the name didn't really matter much to him he knew that he had to be careful. Unfortunately, having failed the genin exam, he wasn't permitted to carry any throwing weapons which left him with only the basic Taijutsu that the academy had taught him, the Kawarimi, the Henge and the Shadow Clone technique he had learnt the other night. If he was facing another ninja, he would have at least some idea of what was coming at him, the only thing he knew about his opponent however was that she projected fire, the burnt ashes of the forbidden scroll proof of that.
Inhaling deeply, the Torch Chick leant back slightly before exhaling several small balls of fire at Naruto. Having not been expecting this, Naruto did his best to dodge but small embers from the fire caught across his jacket, scorching the material but thankfully it remained not on fire. Naruto rushed towards the Torch Chick, weaving in and out of small fire blasts as the Torch Chick continued to move backwards as if desperately avoiding a close combat battle. This frustrated Naruto as he leapt behind a nearby tree, taking a minute to work out a plan. Leaping high into the branches, he watched from his position as the Torch Chick took a moment to focus, as if in a deep meditation. Placing his fingers in a cross position, a shadow clone appeared next to him before dropping to the ground loud enough for the Torch Chick to hear. Opening her eyes, her body became surrounded by an orange aura before she inhaled a great amount of air. The clone could do nothing as a jet of flames rocketed forward, the heat so intense that the original Naruto up in the canopy could feel it.
"While hot, you should have been able to survive that, I didn't have enough time to focus more energy into it," she said as she sauntered forward, looking for the body as the orange glow around her began to fade. Yet, despite the trail of blackened wildlife, was linear, there was no body at the end of it which caused her great confusion. Having taken the attack head on, the boy shouldn't have been in any state to move, let alone get away fast enough that she hadn't seen it. A rustling from above caught her attention and she quickly turned around to find Naruto descending towards her with his fist pulled back. She was only able to put up a measly defense as Naruto's fist connected with the side of her jaw, sending her spiraling across the ground as the blonde boy flipped in midair allowing him to land on his feet.
The Torch Chick could only look in shock as she rubbed her face in pain. She had thought that since the boy was young that he would be a suitable target to crave her slowly growing needs. Her attacks so far had only meant to injure, mild burns making a man's body sensitive to the touch. Yet she had sent one of her strongest attacks at him only for him to take it head on and appear on the other side of it unharmed as if he had never taken it in the first place. "It seems I underestimated you," she said trying to make it sound like she still had control of the fight, despite the fact by now she would have torn his clothes off and be having sex in the open air.
"That's because I'm going to be the Hokage!" exclaimed Naruto as he rushed forward, his fingers in the identical symbol he had used before. "Kage Bunshin no Jutsu!" he called as four copies of him appeared, two on each side.
"Clones," she said in disbelief before scrambling to her feet, inhaling before sending a small stream of fire forwards, arching her body so that the flames covered all of the clones and the original. A series of small explosions were heard as the clones popped out of existence. As she stopped her attack she was happy to see that the original was still in existence before he too was covered in a cloud of smoke and a log replaced where he was standing, falling to the floor in a burnt pile. Before she could comprehend what had happened she felt a knee drive itself into her stomach before she felt hands grab her wrists and throw her over Naruto's shoulder and into the ground.
The Torch Chick breathed heavily as it winced in pain, the impact with the ground a lot more painful than she could have imagined. Before she managed to get her breath back she felt an elbow drop into her stomach, dealing a finishing blow which left her beyond injury. Opening her eyes, she found Naruto looking down at her, his clothes burnt and small scorch marks across his face that he didn't even seem to notice. "Do with me as you will," she said in a soft voice, unable to project any louder. "Just please, be gentle."
"What the hell!" exclaimed Naruto taking several steps back.
"Aren't you going to tame me?" she asked turning her head to face him. "You're not going to kill me otherwise you would have already done it."
"I don't know what I'm going to do with you," said Naruto looking at the red skinned Pokégirl who looked at him with confusion.
"I don't understand, do you find me unattractive?" she asked as she struggled to push herself into a sitting position, her arms shaking as she did so.
"No, no, not at all," said Naruto shaking his hands in front of him before realizing what he was agreeing to and looked away as a blush crept across his face, causing a weak giggle to come from the Torch Chick's mouth.
"You know at first I was just looking for somebody to have sex with but now that we're talking like this you're actually really cute," she said covering her smile.
"Thanks," said Naruto nervously, never having been on the receiving end of a compliment. "Well Aikido told me to go tell everybody in the village that Pokégirls like you have been released and it's kinda my fault. If you came with me then at least I can have some proof rather than just them going off my word, especially when nobody really listens to what I say anyway."
"If I would be by your side then that would be fine with me," she said sincerely.
"But, I've got this really bad feeling that if you come with me then something bad might happen to you," said Naruto cautiously, knowing that walking around with a Pokégirl of whom only he had any knowledge wouldn't exactly go down well with the townspeople. Also if the Hokage wanted to get more information then she would likely be sent to the interrogation department which wasn't particularly helpful. With an aggravated groan he grabbed the side of his head. "This is all so confusing," he shouted rubbing his head.
"Are you alright?" asked the Pokégirl tilting her head.
"Yea, yea I'm fine," said Naruto sighing at the ground before an idea sprung into mind. "I've got it," he shouted slamming his fist into an open palm.
"What are you going to do?" she asked.
"I'm going to cast a Henge over you to make you look like a normal human," he proclaimed boldly.
"You can do that?" the Torch Chick asked.
"Easily," said Naruto despite not ever having done something like this in the past. "All I have to do is change the shape of your hands and feet and it'll be fine."
"If you're sure," said the Torch Chick getting to her feet, shaking slightly as her talons dug into the ground for support. Seeing her struggling to stand up, Naruto rushed to her side and placed her arm around his shoulder for support. "Thank you."
"No problem," he said with a smile.
"You know, I think I would like having you as a master," she said planting a soft kiss on his cheek only for him to burn up intensely, the Torch Chick giggling at the blush. "Might I know your name master?"
"I'm Uzumaki Naruto," said the blonde haired boy boldly. "Even if I do become your...tamer," he said swallowing the word, "I don't want you to call me master, it just sounds weird."
"Then what shall I call you?" she asked.
"Let's start with 'friend,'" said Naruto turning to her and smiling, getting one in return. With that they began to walk towards the path, knowing it would be safer then travelling through the forest to reach the gate. "Do you have a name?" he asked.
"I was called Yuuna," she said with a smile. "It's nice to know the person I'm going to be living with is such an affectionate person."
"You're going to be living with me!" exclaimed Naruto only for Yuuna to clap her hand over his mouth as the stopped moving momentarily. There was silence through the forest before the sound of rustling leaves above drew their attention to the canopy of the trees to find three Pokégirls looking down at them. The central difference which separated them from humans was the fact that under their armpits extended another set of arms and once again another pair was lodged beneath those. T go with the four extra arms, another four breasts were located underneath the normal two covering the majority of their chests.
"Spinnertits," explained Yuuna looking at them warily in a hushed voice. "They are spider type Pokégirls who catch their prey in the webs they spin from the silk they produce in their breasts."
"I don't think I needed to know that," said Naruto trying to keep his eyes away from the number of breasts presented to him.
"No, it just means we have to be careful not to get caught in any of the webs they might have already set up," explained the Torch Chick. "They won't try to openly attack us though because their threads aren't designed to withstand the fire I can produce but they would still be problematic if they charged at once. If we get stuck in one of their webs however we might be in a lot of trouble."
"How many different types of Pokégirls are there?" asked Naruto as he and Yuuna began to move again, looking over their shoulders every now and again to see the Spinnertits moving through the canopy behind them.
"Six hundred maybe, give or take fifty," she answered to which Naruto coughed in disbelief, having never thought there would be that many type of Pokégirls now inhabiting their world. "Wherever they landed they will make a temporary home and expand their territory from there. Some Pokégirls like Spinnertits will hunt in groups and share their prey while others will remain alone."
"And they all have different abilities?"
"Not necessarily, a lot of Pokégirls go through different levels of evolution to become stronger and learn both new techniques and skills. With each step of evolution our appearance changes and while our looks may be different we're still the same Pokégirl deep down, just in a new body."
"I think I understand," said Naruto as they finally reached the road, having avoided any of the Spinnertits' webs. "So what level are you at, you've got to be pretty strong to stand toe to toe with someone like me."
"Actually I'm at the weakest stage of my evolution and I've got a long way to go before I evolve," she admitted to which Naruto face-vaulted, his attempt at boasting having been shot down in an instance. "Sorry if that hurts your feelings."
"Not at all," lied Naruto as they began to approach the gate. Out of sight of the gatekeepers, they hid in the shadows of the forest as Naruto prepared to activate his basic jutsu. After using the necessary hand signs, there were several small puffs of smoke before Yuuna's talons were replaced with hands and feet that appeared normal, much to her disbelief. "I can't believe that worked."
"You mean you've never tried it before?" she asked tilting an eyebrow as Naruto took off his Orange jacket and offered it to her, Yuuna putting it on in such a way that the fabric covered her but didn't touch her sensitive nipples.
"Not like that, I mean I can change myself into another person but I've never tried to change somebody else with it, although I don't think many people would have wanted me to try it on them anyway."
Yuuna frowned slightly at this comment, having heard him say things which made it sound like he had very few companions. Every time he made a mention about friends or lack of, his voice became disheartened and in a way it made her sad. Cupping his cheeks in her hands, a feeling which was new to her, she kissed him softly on the lips, much to the boy's surprise. "Thank you for the gift," she said smiling as Naruto failed at concealing the blush. "Now what's say we go tell your village what's happening around here?"
"Alright," said Naruto enthusiastically as he and Yuuna made their way towards the gate.
xXx
"Would you be as so kind as to remove the Henge on Yuuna, I wish to see this for myself," said Sarutobi in the middle of a discussion with Naruto and the Torch Chick by his side. They had been in deep talks for well over two hours and only now was the story coming to a conclusion. Deactivating the jutsu, Yuuna's hands returned to their talon like form and were quickly under the investigation of the Sandaime who was both fascinated and intrigued by the development.
"So what are we going to do gramps?" asked Naruto from his seated position.
"Well the fact that we are trapped within our own walls with a relatively unknown enemy is our number one priority, as such all missions outside the village have been cancelled for a couple of weeks," said Sarutobi as he pulled out his pipe before looking for a match.
"If I may," said Yuuna taking the pipe before exhaling a tiny ball of fire onto the tobacco, the heat just enough to set it alight.
"Thank you," said Sarutobi impressed with the Torch Chick's abilities despite her admitting that she was not as strong as she appeared. "From what you've told me, it seems that humans and Pokégirls are able to form a bond through 'taming' and through that will fight alongside one another. As such, once everybody is aware of what we Pokégirls are, every ninja is going to be required to have at least one Pokégirl accompany them on every mission. Not only will this help strengthen the bond between Pokégirl and tamer, but it will help increase our military numbers by at least double. I will have to call a meeting with all active shinobi and explain to them the situation and how we can address these issues, for that I will need Yuuna's assistance in backing my claim."
"Is that okay?" asked Yuuna looking to Naruto for confirmation.
"Yea, that's fine," said Naruto happily.
"I believe that we will tell all of the fresh genin the news the day before they are assigned teams," said Sarutobi. "This information needs to be as confidential as possible for the time being, the civilians do not need to know about it until missions outside the city once again become active. By any chance Naruto, with your talk with Aizako, did you find out who wrote the seal that was on the scroll."
"She said that it was somebody named Minato Namikaze and that he was sealed in the scroll with them, apparently when all the Pokégirls came out he would have popped out with them. Why does that matter?" asked Naruto.
A firm look suddenly flashed over Sarutobi's features as he stared down the young boy. "Under no circumstances are you allowed to mention this to anybody Naruto," he said sternly, forcing the boy to nod rapidly. "If word spread that that person is alive and in this world the elemental nations would begin to shift."
"But who was he?" asked Yuuna, curious to who this person was.
"He was the fourth Hokage, my successor," said Sarutobi indicating the head on the monument. "According to records he died while fighting the Kyuubi, but something must have happened which caused him to get transported back in time."
"You mean the Yondaime's back!" exclaimed Naruto happily.
"Now can you understand why this must remain a secret," said Sarutobi firmly. "Minato had a lot of enemies, some even within the walls of Konoha. If word were to spread that he had returned then not only would he be in great danger, but we too would be in danger here in the village. I'm sure he'll return when he believes it is time," he said, his voice becoming softer. "Now if you don't mind Naruto, I'll take Yuuna from you momentarily to talk to the rest of the shinobi," he said before casting the same henge over the Torch Chick that Naruto had done earlier.
"Alright, hey gramps, will you be able to bring her back to my place later, I haven't shown her where I live yet," said Naruto to which the third nodded in agreement. "Alright then, I'll see you later Yuuna-chan."
"Before you go Naruto, I have something for you," said Sarutobi opening the drawer in front of him before revealing a Konoha ninja headband. "I believe this belongs to you now that you can perform the Kage Bunshin, also without you we wouldn't have been able to catch a traitor of the village."
"You mean I'm a genin!" exclaimed Naruto as his eyes lit up as if it were Christmas.
"Congratulations Naruto," said Yuuna, enveloping the blonde boy in a hug.
"Go celebrate by having some ramen, give them this note so that they'll put it on my tab," he said handing Naruto a piece of paper.
"I've made a friend, I've become a ninja and I get free ramen, this day couldn't get any better!" he practically shouted as he got to his feet. "I'll see you at home Yuuna-chan," he said before he ran out the door, the temptation of Ramen almost too much for him to handle. It was only when his feet touched the path outside the tower that something clicked in his mind.
"I helped catch a traitor, who was it?" he asked before brushing the question off, dying to tell Teuchi and Ayame that he had become a ninja.
xXx
TORCH CHICK, the Blazing Pokégirl
Type: Very Near Human (bird)
Element: Fire
Frequency: Uncommon
Diet: human food, generally with hot sauce
Role: pets, blacksmiths
Libido: High
Strong Vs: Bug, Fire, Ice, Plant, Steel
Weak Vs: Ground, Rock, Water
Attacks: Ember, Flamethrower, Warm Embrace, Burning Hands, Evade, Focus Energy
Enhancements: Heat Aura
Evolves: Combusticunt (normal)
Evolves From: None
SIDEVIPER, the Aggressive Snake Pokégirl
Type: Animorph Metamorph (Snake)
Element: Fighting/Poison
Frequency: Rare (most Leagues)
Diet: Berries, fruit
Role: Hit-And-Run Tactics
Libido: Average
Strong Vs: Grass, Dark, Normal, Rock, Steel
Weak Vs: Psychic, Flying, Ice (double damage)
Attacks: Agility, Silver Fist, Thunder Tail, Wrap, Probing Tongue (*)
Enhancements: Enhanced Stamina (x2), Enhanced Speed (x2), Enhanced Strength (x3), retains most of their intelligence even when feral
Disadvantages: Low HP, very weak to psychic attacks, weak against ice attacks, can't shapeshift if they're feral
Evolves: None
Evolves From: Naga (Battle stress + Feral state)
SPINNERTIT, the Spider Pokégirl
Type: Animorph (insect: spider)
Element: Bug/Poison
Frequency: Common (Edo, Silver Islands), Uncommon elsewhere.
Diet: human style foods, bugs, plants
Role: their ability to cling to sheer surfaces makes them ideal for window washers and similar tasks, while many police agencies in Johto have Spinnertit on their SWAT teams. Spinnertits are also used in Johto and Edo to manufacture silk.
Libido: Average
Strong Vs: Bug, Dark, Fighting, Plant, Poison
Weak Vs: Fire, Flying, Rock
Special Weaknesses: Similar low pleasure threshold to Titmice. Inability to lactate.
Attacks: Tackle, Web, Poison Sting, Wrestle, Bind
Enhancements: Eight limbed human spider animorph, poison injectors are a hollow cartilage tube under the fingernails, webbing spinnerets in breasts.
Disadvantages: Spinnertits all suffer from a problem with their lung capacity, resulting in tiring quickly from sustained exertion and vulnerability to certain attacks.
Evolves: Arachnae (Venom Stone), Spidergirl (battle stress), Scorpiagirl (Round Stone)
Evolves From: None