THE POKENINJA, ADVENTURES OF THE MAELSTROM POKEMON
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[Pokedex Entry]
Chapter 4: The Clock tower and Axew in training
Ever since Snivy joined the group, she got along with Ash and the other pokemon. But it's rather Naruto who got her interested in the most. He always looks out for the other pokemon regardless of them belonging to Ash or the others. Snivy tends to stay around or near. Like whenever Naruto sleeps, Snivy is often found curled up in his tails or when they are eating, she prefers to eat next to him.
Naruto, being the dense guy that he is always wonders why Snivy tends to blush when close to him. When he asks Kurama about it, he always gets the same reply "Figure It out yourself, i don't want to get myself involved with this one".
On their way to Nacrene city for Ash's next gym battle, the gang reach a town where they decided to stop for a break for lunch next to river.
"Hey Cilan, what do we have on the menu today?" asked Naruto with anticipation for the next delicious meal to be cooked by his friend with Ash nodding just as eagerly.
"You boys are such kids just for an everyday lunch?" said Iris only for her stomach to rumble in protest. Everybody including Kurama sweat dropped at the embarrassing scene while Iris looked like she wanted a dragon pokemon to just swoop in and carry her out of their sight.
"Well the foods is almost ready, while Naruto, Axew and Pikachu I got pokemon food and berries as the appetizer" said Cilan with pride on culinary skills. Naruto and the others were happy to hear that. When suddenly, a pokemon appeared from the nearby bushes. It has a round body with an orange face and yellow curly eyebrows. It has three yellow ovals on its abdomen and a curvy yellow line on its back. Its paws are orange and have three digits each.
"Whoa, what kind of pokemon is that?" Ash wondered out before taking out his pokedex to scan this new pokemon.
[Darumakka, the Zen charm pokemon. When it sleeps, it pulls its limbs into its body and cannot be knocked over whether pushed or pulled and its internal fire goes down to 1,100 degrees Fahrenheit]
"Wow that also sounds like the Sage training I had with the toads back at Mt Myoubouku" said Naruto in amazement. The pokemon waved its hand it greeting, Naruto was about to approach it to engage in a conversation when he heard Pikachu and Axew arguing.
"Hey guys, what's going on here?" asked Naruto.
"My bowl of pokemon food is gone and I am sure that Axew ate it" said Pikachu while pointing at Axew.
"I didn't eat anything, I didn't even notice that it was gone!" Said Axew.
"Maybe Pikachu ate it all and forgot?" said Iris.
"I don't think so, want do you think darumakka?" Ash said turning to darumakka, only to find it had fallen asleep.
"Hey kit, try tipping it and let's see if it really can't be knocked over" said Kurama, "What a coincidence, I was thinking the same thing" thought Naruto as he used one of his tails to push against the sleeping darumakka who rocked back and forth but didn't fall over, he was mesmerized until he heard Pikachu and Axew fighting again, this time Axew's food is gone.
"This is getting suspicious" said Naruto before closing his eyes to use his sensor ability. "Over there!" exclaimed Naruto, everyone turning their heads to where Naruto pointed to see another darumakka with the missing pokemon food.
"Hey give them back!" said Ash approaching the second darumakka but had to dodge due to the first waking up attacking from behind with a Flamethrower.
"Oshawott, use Water gun on the both of them!" Ash shouted throwing the pokeball to call on him.
Oshawott came and launched a stream of water at the two darumakka, but they easily dodged the attack and responded with a double Flamethrower which instantly knocked out Oshawott in one hit.
"Oh no, Ash! We need to get Oshawott to the pokemon center fast!" Said Naruto worried for the water pokemon as he watched the duo escape with the food. The gang quickly rushed to the pokemon center for healing.
At the pokemon center, Naruto and the others were talking about what occurred earlier with the fire duo.
"Those pokemon may have caused us trouble, but they certainly executed good teamwork unlike most of the wild pokemon" said Naruto.
"Indeed, their combination certainly produces a hot flavor" Cilan said while agreeing with Naruto.
"Oh, you must be talking about the darumakka aren't you?" asked Nurse Joy who was bringing Oshawott from the recovery room. The gang nodded in affirmation and she began to tell them about the darumakka who accompanied a darmanitan that always helped the townspeople until recently, the darumakka have been stealing food and it has been noticed that the darmanitan is nowhere to be seen.
Naruto began to suspect that something is going on that involves the thievery and the absence of the darmanitan, but decided to think about it later.
Later that, Ash and the others were having dinner when Nurse Joy announced that will be serving moon cakes. Ash and the others got up to help Nurse Joy to distribute the snacks, on their way to the kitchen, they heard a clatter of pans falling to the floor and they reached there, they saw the darumakka making off with moon cakes. Ash was about to pursue when Naruto stopped him.
"Ash wait! I have an idea for those two pokemon. Shadow clone!" said Naruto. Immediately ten copies appeared in a puff of smoke. "Go after them and let me know when you find them" "Yes Boss!" when the clones left to go after the duo, Iris asked him.
"Why did you sent the clones after them instead of us following them"
"Because whatever my clones learn or experience before dispelling, it is sent back to the original" Naruto replied.
"Wow that's a pretty amazing technique" said Pikachu in wonder. After a while, Naruto received the memories of one of the clones and led to a clock tower in the middle of town.
"Hold on, didn't Nurse Joy say that the clock tower would soon be torn down? I wonder why the darumakka would come?" said Cilan.
"I'm sure we will get our answers when we go in there" said Ash.
As they went in, Naruto and others saw the duo who upon seeing them ran up the stairs with the group giving chase. When they reached the next floor, the darumakka were nowhere to be seen, Naruto used his senses and detected that they were behind them at the corner of the ceiling.
"Guys watch out! They are behind us!" Naruto shouted out as the duo launched a double Flamethrower which the group dodged but set a wooden staircase ablaze.
"Oshawott come out and use water gun on the fire!" said Ash calling on Oshawott once again. Oshawott quickly launched a stream of water at the fire, successfully putting it out but the wooden structure crumbled to pieces.
The darumakka released another Flamethrower at the group again to which Ash commanded Pikachu use Thunderbolt to cancel out the attack.
"Oshawott, use water gun again!"
Another stream of water was launched this time making contact with the duo and knocking them back. The darumakka was about to attack when Naruto called out to them.
"Wait! We didn't come here to fight, we just want to know why you have been stealing the food, I can tell that you both have good reasons for doing that". Said Naruto with the others agreeing with him.
The two darumakka looked at each other before pointing at the next floor as if gesturing that they want to go up there.
"It seems that there is something important up and that they need to go up there" said Ash.
"But how do we get up there? As the stairs is destroyed and it's too high for us to reach" said Iris.
"I have an idea, Ash bring out Snivy, I will need her help for this" said Naruto. Ash complied and sent out Snivy.
"Okay Snivy, I need you to climb on my back and hold on tight" said Naruto. "Okay Naruto" said Snivy who quickly got on his back. Naruto channeled chakra to his feet and began to walk up the wall (surprising the others) to the opening in the ceiling.
"Okay Snivy, now use your Vine whip to help the others up here" said Naruto.
After bringing the others up, the group continued upwards until they reached the top of the tower where they came across a pokemon.
"Hey, isn't that the darmanitan that was often seen with the darumakka? What is it doing here?" said Iris. Ash took out his pokedex and the scanned the pokemon.
[Darmanitan, the Blazing Pokémon, and the evolved form of Darumaka. Darmanitan switches from Standard Mode to Zen Mode when it has little energy left.]
"Something is weird kit, I sense its energy is in full strength, but I also sense it using its power for something" said Kurama. "You are right but for what?" said Naruto. When he looked around, he saw a large bell above the darmanitan. "Hey guys, isn't there something strange about the bell?" he said bring the other's attention to it.
"You're right, it's floating in midair by darmanitan using Psychic, but why" said Cilan. The darumakka brought out a large piece of metal which the group identified as the bell hook which was bent out of shape.
"I get it now! When the bell was about to fall the darmanitan caught it from falling, but when it grew tired, it switched to Zen mode to use its psychic abilities to hold it up and the darumakka had been stealing food to keep up its energy" said Naruto.
"Then we need to fix the bell hook, Cilan bring out Pansage and darumakka, we need you to use your Flamethrower to heat up the metal for pansage to shape it up" said Naruto.
They quickly carried out the plan and Oshawott used Water gun to cool it down.
"Darmanitan, use Psychic help Ash set the bell hook in place and then exit from your Zen mode, we need your strength to lift bell to the hook" said Naruto.
After letting Ash set the bell hook, it exited from Zen mode and tossed the bell into the air before quickly climbing to the top and grabbing it and setting it onto the hook.
Next morning before the group set out, Nurse Joy gave them the news that the clock tower won't be torn down to the joy of the darumakka and the darmanitan who bade them farewell on their journey.
While on the road to Nacrene city, Iris and Cilan were having training battle Axew and Pansage much to the chagrin of Ash.
"Come on Iris, why won't you let me battle you?" asked Ash.
"Well that's because you don't know how to hold back and attack head on like a kid" said Iris while Naruto looked on in amusement.
"Ash, Iris has a point as Axew is young and inexperienced unlike you and Pikachu so he needs to gain experience" said Cilan.
The battle went on well until when Axew tried to use Dragon rage with the end result of an explosion knocking everyone off their feet.
"Hey kit, it seems to face the similar to when you were trying to master Rasengan" said Kurama. "You're right about that Kurama" Thought Naruto as he got up and approached Axew.
"Hey Iris, it seems that Axew has difficulty releasing the attack after channeling its energy, right?"
"Yeah, whenever Axew tries to use the attack, it always ends up exploding in our faces" said Iris.
"I was wondering where you got Axew, Iris?" asked Ash.
While Naruto, Iris and the others were talking, she told them that she got Axew from the village elder from the village of dragons where she lived. Meanwhile, Axew and Pikachu went to collect apples for lunch. When Axew was reaching for an apple, he fell off the branch and got stuck in the horns of a Scoilepede, Pikachu tried to help with an Iron tail attack which infuriated it and began to chase him.
Naruto quickly sensed that they were in trouble and ran towards them with Iris and the others in pursuit. When they came into view, they saw Pikachu avoiding attacks from scoilepede and axew stuck in its horns.
"Iris, don't you have another pokemon to battle?" asked Ash. "Yes, but it doesn't listen to me" said Iris trying not to panic.
"If that's the case I'll hold it down while you grab Axew, then we can defeat it!" said naruto. He quickly summoned four clones who quickly used their tails to wrap around the scoilepede's legs while applying chakra to their anchor it down. Iris grabbed a vine and swung down, snatching Axew out of its horns.
"Naruto can you throw your Rasengan?" asked Ash "Yeah, I can why?" asked Naruto with curiosity.
"Because I need you to do just that" said Ash. Naruto quickly charged up a Rasengan and threw it. "Pikachu, use Iron tail on the Rasengan!" Ash called out. Pikachu slammed its tail on the Rasengan increasing its speed towards the scoilepede, sending it into the air with great force into the distance.
"Hey Axew are you alright?" asked Iris with Naruto looking on in concern. "Yeah I am fine" replied Axew.
Afterwards, the gang packed continued on their journey to Nacrene city for the gym with Naruto looking forward to a great battle.
Hey everybody, this is Hussbek, sorry about the delay, my bro had me off the system for a while but now i am back, i decided not to bring up Excadrill until when iris faces off against Georgia. I am considering whether i should have Naruto give a on sided beatdown on Trip's remaining pokemon during the pokemon battle at the battle club. All in all please read and review, i am open for ideas.
This is Hussbek from Ghana
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