Before starting this chapter, I actually want to respond to a review I received on the previous chapter.
The reviewer is "God of Wind 200"
First off, it's nice to see a fellow God here, enjoying the simple things in life, but while I do see your point about Naruto and Ashley traveling together and only one can win the Pokemon League, but your suggested salutation, of Naruto traveling on his own for the first three Regions, before returning to Kanto to start traveling with Ashley, actually doesn't make any sense to me.
Reasons:
1. Other than Kanto, going through Johto and Hoenn twice seems pointless to me. Kanto gets a pass, simply because of the Battle Frontier. But then Ashley would be trying to take on the Indigo League and Battle Frontier at the same time and, even with Naruto coaching and helping her train, she wouldn't be close to ever defeating the Battle Frontier in the beginning. She's stubborn, so she wouldn't take no for an answer on waiting until later to try.
Even if I had her be rational and wait till she had far more experience as a Pokemon Trainer, that would mean Naruto would be making three trips through the Kanto Region.
2. If I used your suggestion and Naruto repeats the first three Regions, now with Ashley ,why wouldn't Naruto not just take part in those Pokemon Leagues again? I mean he's a Pokemon Breeder in training and aiming to be a Multi Regional Pokemon Champion, so for this his Pokemon would need to grow and gain as much experience as possible, Naruto wouldn't just sit back and watch.
3. And once Ashley conquers the Battle Frontier, both her and Naruto would be heading to the Sinnoh Region together and the same scenario would be happening, as the beginning of the story entails. So why prolong something that's still going to happen?
Those are my reasons as, to why your suggestion doesn't make sense to me, however if I'm missing something, let me know and I'll take it under consideration. Otherwise I hope you'll continue enjoying my story.
Another review I've received was asking why I chose the Chicken. Reason? Simple, I like chicken.
Now on with the story!
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3 Years Later
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The three years Naruto spent waiting for Ashley's tenth birthday, were hectic, busy and actually rather pleasant as well. Between studying and working Naruto had been experimenting with his Poke'Food recipe, as well as training both his Scyther and Torchic.
While studying different ways of caring for Pokemon, he discovered Pokemon Contests and Coordinators. While he wasn't the least bit interested in competing in one, their use of Poke'Block and Poffins and the effects they had for the health and looks of Pokemon was quite interesting to say the least. So with that new information, he started working on combining his current recipe and adding the two new ingredients.
The end result, after a month of failures, was better than he was expecting. Thankfully this new recipe kept the same effects, but adding in the new ingredients caused Scyther's exoskeleton to be twice as shiny and smooth and for Torchic, his plumage was as smooth and shiny as Scyther's exoskeleton, as well as his colors being more distinguished.
Speaking of his two Pokemon, their training, along with the effects of their diets, the results of the cumulative of all three years was to all their satisfaction.
For Scyther's results, he now stood at an impressive 6'3' and weighed 145.3 pounds of pure muscle. He was currently at level 45 and had a list of impressive attacks he's learned thanks to Naruto and a few Pokemon residing at Oak's Ranch.
Torchic's results were astounding as well, given that at the sixth month mark he evolved into Combusken. Speaking of, a normal Combusken usually stood at 2'11" and weighed around 43.0 pounds, Naruto's Combusken stood at 5'2" and weighed 125.4 pounds. His list of attacks was as good as Scyther's, but his training was toned down as Naruto didn't want him to evolve just yet, with his level coming to 33.
Naruto himself, went through an impressive growth spurt as well, thanks to his own training and his healthy diet his mom forced on him, meaning she wouldn't let him eat any ramen, but once a month. It wasn't his fault she got the flu and he had to cook for everyone for a week and ramen was the best choice to help her get healthy sooner, at least to him anyway. But to get back to the point, he now stands at 5'5" and weighs 135.0 pounds.
Currently though, we find Naruto sitting in his living room, dressed in a simple black tank top and black shorts and of course lacking his hat and sunglasses showing his scarlet colored and slitted eyes and his hair style that's slicked back and spikey, looking at his sister, who sat across from him, with a raised eyebrow. Scyther and Combusken on either side of him, both looking at her in confusion.
Ashley had grown as well standing at 4'7" and weighing 90 pounds, wearing a blue T-shirt and gray sweatpants. She even grew her hair out more, now reaching her hips and being done up in a spikey ponytail. Currently she was giving her brother a narrowed look, with determination burning in her eyes. Their mother, who was sited next to her daughter, was also looking at her, shocked by what she just said.
Leaning forward, "So let me get this straight. You, who pretty much begged me, into staying until you tuned 10, for us to travel together on our Pokemon journeys, are wanting me to head off first and wait for you to arrive in Viridian City. Did I get that correct?" Naruto asked, seeing his sister give a fierce nod, he sighed and lent back, "Okay, now I must ask, why? Up until this morning, you've been planning on all the stuff we'd be doing once you got your starter Pokemon next week."
With a fire in her eyes, Ashley shot up, "It's all because of Gary! Ow!" she shouted and immediately got slapped on the back of her head, by her mother for shouting indoors, "Sorry mom." she apologized while rubbing her head. She sat back down and looked at her brother, "I was talking to Daisy, telling her how much I was looking forward to next week, when we'd set off, unfortunately Gary was home and heard what I said. He said the only reason I'd make it to Viridian City at all, was because you'd be there with me." she confessed while looking down.
Pinching the bridge of his nose, "Sis, you really need to stop letting Gary push your buttons. He only does it because of you reacting volatility towards his taunts." seeing her nod he continued, "Well regardless, what did you say in return? Knowing you, you said something to make matters worse." seeing her flinch he knew he was right.
Scratching the back of her head, "Well, not only did I say I could make it on my own, but I'd make it there before sun down on the first day and, um, kinda bet my official Pokemon League hat, the one you helped me win." seeing her brother's eye start twitching, made her glad he didn't have his cane near by, as he usually smacked her on the head with it, when she does something stupid.
Rubbing his temples to strive off the oncoming migraine, "Well it is doable, as it usually takes around 19 hours to get there, unless you end up like dad and take four days to get there, it should be a relatively easy bet to win. However you'll need to get an early start as it usually takes a better part of the day to get there. By the way, what do you get in return for winning?"
Smiling, "He bet 5,000 Poke'Dollars should I win." she said.
Snorting, "Topical Gray, flaunting his Grandfather's wealth like it was his." closing his eyes he started to ponder his choices now, on what he should do. "Well if that's the case, I guess I'll head off in the morning, that way I'll have, about, a week to train a few new Pokemon I want, that'll be on the way to Viridian City then." Looking over at his mom, he saw a sad smile on her face. "Will you be okay with that mom?"
Looking at her son, "Not really. I really wanted the two of you to start off together next week. But if it's only to Viridian City, then it should be fine for you two, to just meet up there." standing up, Delia started towards the kitchen, "Since this is going to be your last dinner at home for a while, I think you deserve to have a fair well Ramen dinner tonight." She finished and laughed softly as her son gave a joyful cheer.
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The next day
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Standing at the border connecting Pallet Town to Route 1, we find Naruto, whose style of dress is the same as it was three years ago, however he exchanged his leather jacket for, a gothic style sleeveless waist coat, its coattails falling to his ankles, with a gold woven jacquard victorian damask tapestry pattern. A new addition was a black and orange single strap backpack. Delia and Ashley are there as well, to see off their son/brother as he leaves for Viridian City.
"Well this is it. Mom I'll be back after I win my eighth gym badge, until then I'll try and call anytime I arrive in a new city." Naruto said to his mother while giving her a hug.
"Oh, my little Naruto, I knew this day was coming, and was happy when it was postponed, but it still happened too fast." Leaning back to look at her son, "It feels like it was just yesterday, when I was blessed with you coming into my life. Know I'll always be proud of you and will always love you." she finished while placing a kiss on his forehead.
Breaking the hug and turning his attention towards his sister bringing her into a hug as well, "Ashley, I'll be waiting for ya in the Viridian City Poke'Center when you get there. If I'm not there when you arrive, I'll most likely be somewhere on route 22 doing some training."
Returning the hug, "No worries big bro, I'll see you next week and then we can get back on track with our adventure." she said before they broke their hug.
Giving the two one last smile Naruto turned and began his trip to Viridian City. However his mother had one last thing to say, "And be sure to change your underwear every single day!"
Stumbling a bit at that, Naruto gave a backwards wave, "No worries mom, 'Especially since I'm going commando' I'll call you guys when I make it to the Poke'Center!" and with that he was on his way.
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15 Minutes Later
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Making good distance in the quarter hour he walked, Naruto was now standing on a tree branch looking through a pair of binoculars for a certain Pokemon he's wanting to add to his team/family. He spied a few but none really stuck out much, to him until he saw a figure in the distance.
Zooming in on it he saw it was the species he was looking for. It was an avian Pokémon that was very small. It has rough, brown plumage on its head and three brown tail feathers. It has narrow, dark brown eyes with white pupils and a short, hooked beak that is light pink. The feathers covering its wings are pinkish-red with lighter tips, and it has a beige underside with two thin, horizontal stripes. Its light pink feet have two toes in front and one in the back. Black feathers cover its back.
This was a Spearow, while not as fast as its counterpart, Pidgey, it packed more of a punch in terms of power. Having a closer look, this one definitely had more battle experience than the ones he found earlier, if the scar over its left eye and the cross shaped one on its chest was any indication. The possibility of this one being the flock leader was high.
Hopping off the branch Naruto put his binoculars back in his pack, then grabbed one of the Luxury Balls on his belt, releasing his Combusken.
Combusken, known as the Young Fowl Pokemon, is a bipedal, chicken-like Pokémon. Most of Combusken's upper body is yellow, while most of the lower body is orange. An orange, pointed design adorns the center of its waist at the dividing line of the two colors. It has orange eyes and a short, wide beak. Its tail is short and pointed. It has three, sharp claws at the ends of its long arms, and scaly, gray legs with well-developed thighs covered in shaggy feathers.
Once released, Combusken looked towards his trainer to see he held his finger on his lips, indicating to remain quiet. Together they stealthily approached their target, once in range, 'Get in close with Quick Attack and land a combined Thunder Punch.' were the words echoing in Combusken's mind.
Nodding Combusken followed the orders given. Nearly vanishing in a burst of speed, he was upon his target within seconds. Hearing movement and a strange crackling sound, Spearow turned towards the source and its eyes widened, as it saw some unknown Pokemon and its clawed fist covered in electricity, before said fist was shoved into its face.
Seeing the attack land and sent the Spearow flying back a few feet, Naruto smirked, but lost it when, to his and Combusken's surprise, the Spearow rose up, shakily, to continue fighting. Weakly taking to the air a strange glow formed around its body, before charging towards Combusken.
"Oh? Now this is interesting, that's a Sky Attack, impressive. No matter, Combusken dodge with Double Team and hit it with a Thundering Brick Break!" Naruto said, before ordering, verbally this time. Thanks to studying Pokemon Contests, Naruto learned of combination attacks and he and his Pokemon have been practicing them, along with Double Battles that are quite popular around the Hoenn and Sinnoh Regions.
Drawing closer to its opponent, Spearow was surprised when it found itself, suddenly, surrounded and came to a halt as it wasn't sure who to attack. Taking advantage of its confusion, Combusken appeared behind Spearow delivering an electrified karate chop to its head, sending it crashing down.
Taking the chance, Naruto reached into a hip pouch, that was hidden by his coat, and pulled out a Luxury Ball and threw it, at the downed Spearow. Once it made contact it sucked the Pokemon in and dinged immediately, showing the Spearow no longer had the energy to fight.
Smiling Naruto rushed over and grabbed the ball containing his first ever captured Pokemon. He counted Scyther as a starter, along with Combusken, seeing as he agreed to join Naruto. Thrusting the ball into the air, "We did it! We captured Spearow!" Naruto cheered with Combusken joining in the celebration, with a cry of his name. Taking out his Poke'Dex, Naruto scanned his new Pokemon.
"Spearow: the Tiny Bird Pokemon.
It flaps its small wings busily to fly. Using its beak, it searches in grass for prey.
This Spearow is Male and is level 8.
Its abilities are, Keen Eye and Sniper.
Moves: Growl, Peck, Leer and Pursuit.
Egg Moves: Sky Attack and Steel Wing."
Smiling wider than before, Naruto turned towards Combusken, "Not a bad addition to our family, is he?" he asked.
'Yeah, can't wait to see how far he'll go, once he starts your hellish training regimen.' Combusken replied mentally, thankful that Naruto's training in Telepathy was perfected, to where he could instantly connect his mind to his Pokemon's.
Rolling his eyes, "Hellish or not, I don't hear you complaining about the end results." the response he got was a shrug. " Regardless, you did a fantastic job. Your speed, power and precision are superb." he praised his partner, earning a coo from his feathered friend. Taking his backpack off, he crouched down and pulled out some Potions and a few berries. Taking Spearow's ball out, he was soon released in front of the red head.
As soon as he was freed, he weakly looked up at his new trainer. "Sorry for the sneak attack, but I figured with your scars you'd be a troubling opponent." Naruto apologized, as he started treating Spearow injuries and depleted energy. Once done, Spearow stood and kept staring at the boy as he continued speaking, "Now, how would you like to join me, in my quest to become a Multi Regional Pokemon Champion and world renown Pokemon Breeders?" he finished.
Spearow blinked at this, confused as he's never seen any of the other humans do this with any of his flock. However, glancing at the unknown Pokemon that had defeated him, with the speed and power it wields, perhaps going with them would be more beneficial than staying here. Looking at the boy again, he gave a cry of his name, before flying up and perching himself on the boy's shoulder. Laughing softly, Naruto stood up, "Welcome to the family Spearow. Now shall we get going?" seeing both give affirmative nods, he returned the two to their respective balls and continued on his way.
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A Few Hours Later
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Deciding to take a small break at a lake, from the few hours of walking, and decided to do a little bit of fishing while he was at it. Breaking out a foldable Super Rod, that he purchased last summer, Naruto cast out his line and could only wait.
Near the 15 minute mark, Naruto was getting ready to call it quits, when finally he got a bite. Reeling it in to find it to be a piscine Pokémon with large, heavy golden scales. It has large, vacant eyes and golden lips. Its pectoral and tail fins are white. On its back is a stiff, three-peaked yellow fin, resembling a crown; there is an identical fin on its underside. It also has long white barbels.
While Naruto wasn't surprised that he pulled in a Magikarp, as that's what mostly resides here, he was surprised that it was a Shiny and based on the coloring of its barbels, it was a female Magikarp. Acting quickly, Naruto pulled out a Net Ball and tossed it at the fish, with it dinging after a few shakes. Pulling out his Poke'Dex he, once more, scanned it.
"Magikarp: the Fish Pokemon.
An underpowered, pathetic Pokemon. It may jump high on rare occasions but never more than seven feet.
This Magikarp is Female and is level 4.
Its abilities are Swift Swim and Rattled.
It's known Moves are: Slash."
Scowling at its Poke'Dex description of Magikarp, Naruto tossed her out and she stuck her head out of the water to stare at him, "If we get the opportunity, before you evolve into a fierce Gyarados, we're going to show people why they shouldn't write off Magikarp." he said to the little fish, while she splashed and smiled. Thankfully Prof. Oak gifted him an Exp.Share for his birthday last year, and now he put it to good use, before recalling Magikarp and headed off.
Without anymore distractions, it only took another couple of hours to finally reach Viridian City and just an hour before sunset too, good to know. With a twirl of his cane, Naruto made a beeline to the Poke'Center.
Ten minutes later he made it to the air conditioned building and the site that greeted him was one of the world famous pink hair nurses that ran the center, Nurse Joy. Walking up to the counter Naruto greeted her, "Good evening Nurse Joy. How are you doing this evening?" adding a polite bow at the end.
Smiling at the polite boy, she bowed in return, "Good evening to you as well and I'm doing lovely, thank you for asking. Now is there anything I can do for you?" she greeted and asked with the kind smile all Nurse Joy's were known for.
"Yes if you wouldn't mind, I'd like you to give my Pokemon a check up, especially my Spearow. The little guy was rather stubborn to take down. I've already treated him to the best of my abilities, but you're more qualified than I am in the healing department. Also I'd like to rent a room for, about, a week, if possible and if you can register me for the Indigo League it would be wonderful as well, please." he listed off while handing his Pokemon to the nurse.
Smiling and accepting his Pokemon, before handing them off to her assistant, a pink egg shaped Pokemon known as Chansey, "Of course, none of that will be a problem. Now I just need you Poke'Dex and I'll get signed up. Though if you don't mind me asking, why are you wanting to stay a week? Usually any new trainers that stop by, only stay a day or two at most."
Handing over his Dex he answered, "Well, originally, it was supposed to be my sister and I starting out on our journeys together, but a, uh, friend of ours, that happens to be her rival, taunted her by saying she couldn't make it here by herself. She, being her hot-headed self, made a bet that she could and before sunset her first day." with a shake of his head at the stupidity of it all.
Frowning her self, "That's not a very nice friend to have. I take it you've tried stopping this and it hasn't worked?"
A sigh escaped his lips, "Yeah I've tried and I got it to stop for nearly a year, thanks to a, uh, little incident a few years ago. But he just started again, when his fear of me faded enough."
"Well things like this, tend to work themselves out eventually, hopefully it'll be sooner rather than later. Anyway, here is your Poke'Dex back and a Badge case, now you're all signed up and I wish you the best of luck. He is your key to your room. Remember curfew is at eleven pm and the cafeteria starts severing dinner at six in the evening and breakfast at seven in the morning. I'll call you when we're through treating your Pokemon." she said handing over said items and bowed one final time, "Please enjoy your stay and come to me, should you need anything."
Bowing once more, "Thank you Nurse Joy." and with that, Naruto headed for the video phones to call home and Prof. Oak. Once placing the call home, it barely rang for a fraction of a second before, "BIG BROTHER!?" was shouted through the other end.
Shocked by this, Naruto fell backwards hitting the back of his head on the floor. His only saving grace was that, no one was in the lobby to witness this. Groaning Naruto climbed back into his seat and saw the video feed was on, on his family's side and saw his sister nursing a lump on her own head, most likely gotten from his mother, as she was right next to Ashley, for yelling indoors.
Once the ringing in his ears stopped, "Hey mom, hey sis. How are you doing this evening?"
Smiling at her son, Delia lent down closer to the screen, "We've been doing good, other than Ashley mopping around all day, after you left this morning."
Shrugging, "Well she has no one, but herself, to blame, for falling for Gray's taunts." Naruto said giving his sister a deadpan look.
Slumping down, "Yeah, yeah, I know." Ashley mumbled, before perking up, "But forget about that, Have you caught any new Pokemon yet?" She asked with a starry eyed look.
Laughing softly, "Yes actually. I caught a, surprisingly resilient Spearow a little ways outside of Pallet Town. The little guy actually withstood a Thunder Punch from Combusken." he told them and saw they were surprised as well, as they knew how strong Combusken had gotten in the last three years. "I also caught a shiny Magikarp at the lake, when I took a small break." Once more surprising them.
"That's really great Naruto." His mother said with a beaming smile.
"That's so cool! I can't wait to meet them next week!" Was the, barley suppressed, response from Ashley.
Nodding in agreement, "I bet, however." Naruto started with a serious look aimed at his sister, causing her to sit up straight and their mother to gain a worried look. "Ashley, when you set off next week, you need to be wary of those Spearow near town. The one I caught, I believe, was the Leader of that flock. So the new leader will likely be more aggressive, with having to deal with constant challengers for the role. So try and steer clear of any Spearow's. Understand?"
Understanding the seriousness of the situation, she nodded "Don't worry big brother, I'll be sure to be extra careful when I start heading towards Viridian City."
Giving her smile, "You better. Also the last bit of advice. Leave around the same time as I did this morning, that way you have around an hour to spare in case you end up finding a Pokemon or two along the way." Seeing her start pouting, most likely at having to get up that early, "Think of it this way sis, the sooner you leave means the sooner you get here and we can set off together."
That did the trick, "You're right! Alright I'll go to bed early and set all those alarm clocks you bought me!" She said with fire in her eyes.
Smirking, "Just make sure they're out of arms reach. Remember, you have this strange habit of throwing things in your sleep."
Not catching his teasing she just responded with a determined shout of, "Right!" and got hit on the back of the head again.
Laughing a little, "Alright, I haven't eaten anything, other than a few berries, since leaving this morning, so I'ma go check out what they got here at the center and call it a night. Goodnight and love you mom, Ashley."
"Goodnight bro and love you too." Ashley said smiling.
"Goodnight sweetie and I love you too." Was his mother's response. Thinking everything was over, Naruto was about to hang up the phone. However, "Oh and sweetie." Looking back at the screen, Naruto paled and started to sweat, as his mother had her eyes closed and a sickly sweet smile on her face, "If I find out you've been eating nothing but ramen, I will personally go to each and every Pokemon Center known to human and Pokemon kind and force them to ban all forms of ramen, okay?" scared he could only nod, "Goodnight son." That last bit was in a sing song voice, before the screen went black.
Naruto sat there for ten minutes, before his shanking and sweating finally stopped, as well as the coloring returning back to his face. Once calm he input Prof. Oaks number. Within a few rings the line was connected,"Hello? This is Prof. Oak speaking." once the video feed was on Oak's eyes widened, "Ah, Young Naruto good to hear from you. I take it you've made it to Viridian City already?"
"Yeah I got here about thirty minutes ago. I also managed to catch a Spearow and a Shiny Magikarp on my way here." Naruto clarified and informed the old professor.
Giving a 'hmm' of approval, "That's very good, especially finding a shiny, with just starting out. That's a very good omen I'd say."
"Hopefully. But another thing I need you to know. That Spearow I captured was, most likely, the leader of the flock, that roosts just outside of town, so you may keep an eye out just in case. You know how Spearow's act with an abrupt change of leadership." he warned.
Eyes widening again, "Ah I see, thanks for the warning. I'll be sure to have some of my assistants patrol the area throughout the week, as well as informing the new trainers to be cautious."
"Good idea. Well other than that, how is Ashley's surprise doing?" was asked out of curiosity.
Smiling now, "Oh he's doing great and is eagerly a waiting for her to get him next week." as he said that a short, chubby rodent Pokémon climbed up onto his shoulder. It's covered in yellow fur with two horizontal brown stripes on its back. It has a small mouth, long, pointed ears with black tips, and brown eyes. Each cheek is a red circle that contains a pouch for electricity storage. It has short forearms with five fingers on each paw, and its feet each have three toes. At the base of its lightning bolt-shaped tail is a patch of brown fur. Laughing a bit, "Well I guess he heard your voice and wanted to say hi."
"Hey Pikachu, good to see you again." Naruto said smiling, while getting a "Pika!" in return.
The small story behind this, is rather simple really. It was early last year, at the start of summer, when Ashley went to spend the summer with their grandmother, he couldn't go unfortunately. But it was for the better, as he was able to care for a Pokemon Egg, that eventually hatched into a Pichu. He raised and gave him a small amount of training, not wanting to over train him. Pichu soon evolved into the Pikachu currently on scene. After that, he continued caring for the little one and decided that he'll give his sister the Pikachu, as it was her favorite Pokemon, as her first Pokemon.
Giving Pikachu a head rub, Oak returned his gaze back to Naruto, "He's been getting more excited about this as each day passes. He still trains every day, wanting to stay loose so he can impress your sister."
"That's good to hear, I know he'll impress her. I'm also pretty sure she'll run straight here and forget about trying to catch any new Pokemon." he laughed as he imagined his sister, bolting out of the lab, as soon as she, receives her gift. "Now I need you to listen, Pikachu, I need you to stay inside your Poke'Ball until she gets you and then you can stay out of it. Hopefully Prof. Oak is able to tell her that you dislike being inside a Poke'Ball, before she leaves."
Frowning at the thought of being confined, but understanding this is going to be a surprise for his future trainer, he'll deal with it for her and his father figure. "Pika pi!"
"Thank you Pikachu, I'll be sure to have some treats ready for you, as my thanks and as an apology for having you being stuck inside your Poke'Ball." he said and promised. He laughed as he saw Pikachu's eyes begin to sparkle and start to drool at the mention of Naruto's homemade Poke'Treats.
Before more could be said, Naruto heard Nurse Joy calling for him from the counter. "Well it sounds like my Pokemon are done with their treatment. Well goodnight Prof. Oak, Pikachu. I'll see you in a week my little chu."
"Goodnight young man, call if you need anything." Oak said with Pikachu waving and calling out his name, before the video cuts off.
With that, Naruto collected his Pokemon, before getting dinner. Fortunately they had ramen, unfortunately he remembered his mother's threat and only got a small bowl of it and some other stuff from the buffet. After that he called it a night, ready to start his new Pokemon's training in the morning.
The next morning, Naruto released his Pokemon in his room, sans Magikarp, allowing them to have their breakfast as he showered and went to get his own food. Once that was finished, he collected his team and proceeded towards Route 22. Once there he headed over to the, surprisingly, spacious pond and sent out his Magikarp and gave her, her breakfast.
As she was eating, he called out the rest of his Pokemon, "Alright everyone this is how our training is going to be. I have specially designed weights, made for Pokemon. You all will be wearing them every time we train. Once on I'll allow those wearing them for the first time, to have a little bit of time to get used to them." stopping to make sure everyone was paying attention, he continued once he saw they were. "After that, all of us will be running/flying/swimming around the pond. Scyther, Combusken and I will be running around it a total of 50 times." After he said that, Spearow and Magikarp's eyes widened in shock.
Ignoring that he continued on, "Spearow and Magikarp, both of you will be doing 15 laps around the pond." he saw their jaws drop at that, "Spearow you've witnessed the end result of this kind of training has, thanks to your battle with Combusken yesterday, so you know I'm not fooling you or Magikarp about this."
Spearow closed his mouth at that, definitely remembering that one-sided battle. Looking at the golden Magikarp, he saw the doubts in her eyes, so wanting to be a team player, he told her about his loss yesterday. Thankfully he was able to expel her doubts with his testimony, before both turned back to their trainer, to see him smiling at Spearow.
"Thank you for that Spearow. Now after that we'll have a five minute cool down and then we'll start working on your reflexes, followed by some sparring. Once that's concluded will start working on the current Attacks you know, yes that includes your Splash Attack Magikarp. Despite what everyone thinks, it can be slightly useful. If you're able to splash enough water up, it can, potentially, block moves like Swift and Poison Sting." he stated and reassured when he saw the karp starting to look depressed.
Once he was able to see her perking up, he finished, "And finally, after that, we'll start working on new Attacks before calling it a day." with that said he saw his new Pokemon looking determined to make the trainer proud and to get stronger. Looking at his Combusken, "Combusken, half of your laps will be in the water as usual and the rest on land. Your decision on which to do first." seeing Combusken nod, he turned back and saw the shocked looks from the new members, "Don't worry too much, Combusken's been doing this for three years now, so water doesn't have much effect anymore."
Sadly this type of training was really only for Fire, Rock and Ground Types as you can start with small amounts of water, for them to start getting used to. The same couldn't be said for other type disadvantages as it is too cruel to subject a Grass Type to a fire or a Water Type to electrical shocks.
Seeing them nod, he was about to start getting their weights on, when the sound of grass rustling and the faint cry of "Nido, Nidoran." Was heard. Everyone turned to the sound to see, what they all thought was, a Female Nidoran. However the ears and horn seemed too large for a female. Observing a little longer, Naruto's eyes widened at the sight of a Shiny Male Nidoran. Acting as quickly as he did with Magikarp, he pulled out a Quick Ball and threw it at the Poison Pin Pokemon. Once connecting, he was sucked in and the ball dinged after it shook for a few seconds.
Not believing his luck, Naruto rushed over and grabbed the ball, before scanning his newly caught Pokemon with his Poke'Dex.
"Nidoran Male: the Poison Pin Pokemon.
Its large ears are flapped like wings when it is listening to distant sounds. It extends toxic barbs when Angered.
This Nidoran is at Level 4.
Its abilities are, Poison Point and Hustle.
Moves: Leer and Peck.
Egg Moves: Iron Tail and Sucker Punch."
'This is great! Only my second, official, day as a Trainer and I've found two Shiny Pokemon! Not sure if this is beginner's luck or something, but I hope this keeps up, cause this is awesome!' he thought with glee.
Finally calming down he tossed the ball, to release his Nidoran. Once out he looked around confused by what just happened, but soon figured it out by the human in front of him. He looked at the boy for a few seconds, before, surprising everyone, by tackling Naruto to the ground. Scyther, Combusken and Spearow all got ready to help defend him, only to hear him start laughing.
Naruto was surprised by the sudden attack, but was more surprised when he was being scratched or bitten, but being licked in the face by the Pokemon. Once he figured out he was being attacked, he started laughing and grabbed the Pokemon and stood back up holding him, "Well aren't you just the affectionate little guy."
Nidoran couldn't believe what was happening. Ever since his parents abandoned him, he's always been on his own as, no other Nidoran wanted anything to do with him and the local Spearow always attacks him. All for the fact he was differently colored compared to others of his species. But now he found someone who actually wants him and it was a trainer too. Now maybe he can get stronger and show everyone he can be worth something and not a freak.
Petting the Nidoran, Naruto made his way back towards his Pokemon, before setting him down once there. "Well given your reaction, I guess I don't need to ask if you want to come along with me, now do I." Nidoran just shook his head, still smiling brightly as ever, "Well have you eaten anything yet?" getting a negative head shake, Naruto went into his bag and brought out more food for him.
Once the food was set in front of him, he gave it a few curious sniffs before devouring it with a gusto. As he was eating, Naruto caught him up to speed about the training regimen and, surprisingly, the response was eager hops. After that, they spent all day, until sunset, training.
His new Pokemon were shocked when they witnessed Naruto, Scyther and Combusken sparring one another, even more so, when Scyther and Combusken tag teamed Naruto and their trainer still was on an even playing field against them, after taking off all his weights. Witnessing this Spearow, Magikarp and Nidoran knew for sure, this hellish training was going to pay off.
By the end of training Spearow's level was now 10, while Magikarp and Nidoran both were at level 8. With that, Naruto had taken them to Nurse Joy and asked her to work her magic on them, while he had dinner. After collecting them he fed them in his room, Magikarp ate in the bathtub, before they all called it a night.
This continued for the rest of the week and on the final day, the day Ashley was going to arrive after getting her Pikachu, not that she knew that. With his sister due to arrive, Naruto only did light training for the day with the end result being Spearow nearing his evolution, along with Magikarp, both being at level 17. Nidoran was at the same level, but had just evolved into Nidorino earlier that morning.
Another thing was his three new Pokemon being on their new diet, had already started increasing in size, almost double to be precise, something Spearow was thankful for, as now he didn't need to flap his wings as much to stay airborne. Also an amusing site was his, now, Nidorino gloating at all the other resident Nidoran about his increase in power.
Currently it was close to one in the afternoon and he, and his Pokemon, were just resting after their morning workout, when they heard footsteps coming towards them. "I figured I'd find you out here, how's it going Fishcake?" turning his head, he was , slightly, surprised to see a brunette haired boy.
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I'm not going to describe any known characters, as they're all dressed the same as in the show.
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Easily able to recognize the boy, "Hey Gary. I'm surprised you came looking for me. Any reason why?"
"No reason really, just killing time waiting for sunset to pass and me winning my bet with your sister." Gary said with a smirk.
Smirking back, "I wouldn't be too cocky if I was you, Gary." seeing the raised eyebrow, "I gave my sister quite the incentive to get here faster." he clarified.
"Oh, and what would that be?" he questioned.
"Remember that Pichu I raised into a Pikachu last summer?" seeing him nod he finished, "Well I asked you Grandpa to give it to her, as her starter and you know how much she likes Pikachu's so you can imagine how fast she'll want to get here, once she knows I'm the one who gave it to her." Naruto, Sycther and Combusken all had mischievous smiles on their faces as Gary's eyes widened with a bit of panic in them. All his other Pokemon were confused about this, but he'd explain it later.
"Oh shit." was all he could say.
"Oh shit is right. Anyway, unless you want a battle, I say let's head on over to the Poke'Center and wait there for her." he suggested, slightly hoping the younger boy would battle him.
Looking at Naruto's Pokemon and being surprised at him having two shinies, he saw their sizes and knew they, minus Scyther and Combusken, had at least a weeks worth of training compared to him just getting his Pokemon earlier this morning, "Yeah, I'll pass on the battle for now, but once I train up my Squirtle and any other Pokemon I'll be catching, I'll battle you and show I'm the better trainer." he promised.
"If that's what you want." he said with a shrug. Looking at the sky, he saw the clouds starting to darken quite a bit. Recalling his Pokemon, he started towards the Poke'Center, "We better hurry, it's about to storm. Damn weather man, lying about it being sunny all this week and no chances of rain." he said, while muttering the last bit. Gary just nodded and both took off back into town.
Unfortunately they didn't make it back, before it started raining, but as they made it to the door a bright flash of light caught their attention. Looking back towards the direction of Pallet Town they both saw a large bolt of lightning in the distance and soon after the storm cleared. But to their surprise they saw the Legendary Ho-Oh flying over a rainbow. They both made sure to record the proof of such an event.
As soon as the shock of seeing a Legendary Pokemon wore off, something clicked in Naruto's mind, "Oh shit, that came from the direction of Pallet Town. ASHLEY!" Naruto shouted before taking off at full speed towards where the bolt of lightning came from, with Gary following, but unable to keep up with Naruto's unnatural speed.
As Naruto was closing in on the border of Viridian, he saw his sister and some red headed girl, strangely carrying a burnt to a crisp bicycle, talking to Officer Jenny who, like the Nurse Joy family, is a family of look a likes that are all members of the police force.
As Ashley was showing the officer her Poke'Dex, to prove who she was and that her Pikachu, that was on her shoulder, was in fact her's and not stolen, a blur slammed into her and she was being squeezed by something.
Tackling his sister into a hug, before looking for any injuries and talking a mile a minute, "Ashley are you alright, what happened to you, who did this, was it Gary, damn Gary I'm going to beat the shit out of him!" He just continued on.
Hearing someone panting behind him he turned and saw Gary out of breath, "Don't blame me for this, I was with you, stupid Fishcake."
Blinking a bit, "Oh right." before turning back to his sister and saw she and Pikachu were just dirty and didn't seem injured. "Alright sis, what happened?"
Laughing nervously, "Well as I was running here, to thank you for giving me Pikachu, I ran into Misty here and saw she was being attacked by some Mankey's, so I tried assisting her and had Pikachu use Thunderbolt and kinda forgot using an attack like that during a Thunder Storm isn't such a good idea." she said while looking away from her brother and scratching the back of her head, "But on the bright side I got rid of the Mankey and saved Misty."
"Saved me!? You electrocuted me and destroyed my bike! And you're going to be buying me a new one right now!" The red head demanded.
Before things could escalate, Officer Jenny made herself known again, "Alright that's enough! The important thing is you're all safe, so go get checked out and get some rest and try to work something out later. Also here's your Poke'Dex back Ashley and my apologies for accusing you of stealing Pikachu." She said, while handing the device back to its owner.
"No worries Officer Jenny, I'm sure you have your reasons for being on edge." Ashley soon turned her attention towards her rival and strutted over to him and crossed her, while smirking at him, "Well Gary. I made it here, on my own and before sunset like I said I would. No cough up my money!"
Scowling Gary wordlessly pulled out his Poke'Dex, before pressing a few buttons then put it back into his pocket, "There I transferred it into your account. Now I'm heading out, smell ya later." and with that he got into a red convertible that had just pulled up and was filled with cheerleaders and before driving off.
Shrugging at the very Gray way of leaving, Naruto turned his attention to the two girls, "Well let's head for the center and get Pikachu checked out." With that, the three said goodbye to Jenny and headed towards the Poke'Center, with Naruto taking the burnt bike to carry it for his fellow red head, who smiled and thanked him with a slight blush on her face.
Once they made it to the center Naruto and Ashley handed their Pokemon over to Joy and Naruto reminding his sister to register for the Indigo League and both her and Misty getting a room for the night, as his room was a single bed. Soon the three were eating dinner and the three getting to know each other, with Misty declaring she was going to follow Ashley to the ends of the earth until she got her a new bike.
Wanting to call it a night, Ashley and Naruto were retrieving their Pokemon, when two Poke'Balls came crashing through the skylight releasing a purple snake and a floating purple ball like Pokemon. Soon the purple ball Pokemon, known as a Koffing, used Smoke Screen blinding everyone there.
Soon three figures appeared in the smoke and went through some weird motto, before the smoke cleared to show a violet haired feminine looking man who introduced himself as James, a red head woman named Jessie and a talking Meowth. All of whom worked for a criminal organization known as Team Rocket.
At the moment Naruto wasn't sure on what to be more curious about. Either it was an actual talking Pokemon or how much hairspray Jessie had to use to keep her hair that way. Soon enough the three Rockets declared they were there to steal the Pokemon from the center.
Naruto looked towards Ashley, who looked back at him. Both smirked before Naruto tossed out his oversized Scyther and Combusken and Ashley called for Pikachu. Naruto decided to start off, "Combusken, use Fire Blast! Scyther, give it a boost with Razor Wind!"
"Pikachu, help out with a Thunderbolt!" Ashley ordered.
Combusken unleashed a blast of flames that took the form of a Kanji with Scyther sending razor sharp blades of wind out that combined with the flames creating an inferno and Pikachu added his electricity in the form of a large bolt, all heading towards the three screaming crooks. Once connecting to the three Rockets and their Pokemon, an explosion happened sending all of them blasting off into the sky, hopefully never to be seen again.
Once the smoke cleared, the three trainers and nurse saw the front of the building now had a larger entrance, but other than that, not much was damaged surprisingly.
Turning towards Nurse Joy, Naruto gave a bow, "Sorry about the damage Nurse Joy." he apologized and Ashley did the same.
Nurse Joy just smiled and waved off their apology, "Oh don't worry about that, I'd prefer a little structure damage than any of the sick and injured Pokemon being stolen."
Soon enough Officer Jenny showed up and everyone gave their testimony, before being allowed to head to their rooms for the night. The next morning they all got up early and had breakfast, before the three headed towards the Viridian Forest and to Pewter City soon after.
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Well that's it. Just a few quick things. The next Pokemon Naruto catches will be the last time, unless otherwise, will be scanned as he'll have a full team of six.
As for Team Rocket not really being shown, I didn't think it would really be necessary for the end of the chapter, but there will be plenty of time in the future for them to show off.
And if anyone says anything about the bet and the realistic time it would take to Viridian City from Pallet Town. Someone based it off the two areas that, seem like they were modeled after and guessed it would take 19 hours to get from one to the other.
Hope you all enjoyed the chapter and I'll see you next time!
