THE POKENINJA, ADVENTURES OF THE MAELSTROM POKEMON

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[Pokedex Entry]

Chapter 6: Uzumaki Training and Cleanup

It is a peaceful walk along the road to Nacrene city for the gang as for the past few day they had gotten new Pokémon to join on their journey, Cilan caught a Dwebble after they helped it recover its rocky shell that is its home from a group of other Dwebble and after helping Pansage recover from a fever that it felt responsible for. Ash received a Pokémon egg as a reward for resolving an issue between the kindergartens and their caretaker over a Pokémon by the name Trubbish as they wanted it to stay with them in their school despite the smell, however during the argument Pokémon by the name Sandile appeared out of nowhere and began to attack although its particular target was Pikachu much to his confusion but was sent flying by a combined attack from Naruto and Trubbish. Upon witnessing Trubbish's willingness to protect the children, the caretaker allowed the pokemon to stay and her grandmother gave Ash a pokemon egg to keep.

Upon setting up camp and have a hearty lunch with Naruto having enjoyed his daily ramen, he called out to Ash.

"Yo Ash! I need to talk to you along with the other pokemon because this is very important" said Naruto, Ash have a look of curiosity but nodded before walking off to call Pikachu and the other pokemon. Soon they all gathered at clearing where Naruto was sitting on a tree stump meditating, upon sensing their presence he opened his eyes and smiled at them.

"I'm glad that you're all here, I gathered all of us here to talk about the matter of our training" said Naruto much to the confusion of Ash and the other pokemon.

"What do you mean Naruto? We've been training every time we make camp throughout our journey" said Ash with the pokemon nodding, Naruto smiled sadly.

"That's true however it's not enough as the battle with Trip is the evidence that we didn't put everything out there, true his strategy and attacks gave us trouble but we didn't exactly have a good foothold on the pokemon due to our lack of knowledge and proper planning" said Naruto, Ash remembered his battle with Trip and realized that he would have lost the battle if Naruto hadn't stepped in to help out giving him the win.

"So what kind of training should we do if we need to get stronger so that we would get an edge on the pokemon trainers as well as the pokemon league?" asked Ash with the pokemon nodding in agreement

"I've planned out the training program for the pokemon as well as you Ash, remember that we are a team so we all need to get stronger together, so I'll create a few clones who will train with the pokemon and I'll train with you, so with that Shadow clones!" a group of clones poofed into existence in front of them " You guys will follow the clones while I go with Ash and we'll meet up by the end of the day so good luck" Ash and Naruto went in one direction while the clones and the pokemon went in another.

"I wonder what kind of training Naruto has in mind for us" they all thought.

With Naruto and Ash

After reaching another clearing, Ash and Naruto sat down on the grass where Naruto began to talk.

"Before we start, I need to ask about how you battled back in the past as it could give me ideas about your battle style and strategy" said Naruto.

"Indeed as far I can tell, he wasn't battling the way he was supposed to" said Kurama.

"Okay I'll start from when I first began my pokemon journey back at Kanto" said Ash, he began to tell Naruto of the battles he had back then and the strategies he executed back at the regions he went through, Naruto and Kurama were surprised as well as annoyed with how he battled sometimes.

"I'm surprised that he was able to progress through the gym and league battles with the way he battled, his strategies are quite similar to what you would have come up with but the lack of knowledge are what is holding him back" said Kurama.

"Indeed he should have been more observant like what the member of the elite four from Sinnoh told him plus his tendency told attack head on is self-destructive for both him and the pokemon" thought Naruto. "Ash, according to what you said, you can make up unique strategies on the go in battle, you're able to adapt to situations but sometimes you tend to fall into traps which could lead to your loss and your lack of knowledge is holding you back big time as far as I can tell, the techniques like the counter shield, spin and the combination of the attacks are very useful which is why I wonder that you don't utilize them as they would have given you an edge in battles"

"So you mean by gaining knowledge and planning, I would have stood a better chance in the battle Trip as well as the previous battles" said Ash feeling downcast at how he had needlessly put his pokemon in danger.

"Don't be so down Ash, since you now know your weakness you can fix it and get stronger for you and your pokemon so cheer up and let's get started" said Naruto, Ash perked up with confidence "First we need to train you physically" Naruto got up and grabbed a stick with his tail.

"Why is that important?" asked Ash following Naruto close behind.

"Cause in battle, you will be watching out for the attacks of your opponents and that of your pokemon so you need to have fast reflexes and quick reactions to be able us commands in time as well as come up with strategies because a slight delay could cost you the battle" said Naruto, Ash nodded in understanding. "Now what we are going to do now is that you will chase after me and grab the stick from my tail while running through the forest, this will sharpen your reflexes and reactions as you will have to weave through the trees as well as try to avoid any sort of obstacles. So are you ready?"

"Yeah I'm ready" Ash getting ready to train, with that the duo began to run through the forest.

"This is almost like a game of cat and mouse but I'd rather keep this to myself and enjoy the show"thought Kurama.

With the clones and the pokemon

When the group arrived at another clearing, Snivy spoke up for the pokemon.

"So what kind of training do you have in mind for us?" asked Snivy.

"Well I want you guys to work on your speed cause it will give you a better chance of launching your attacks more quickly as well as evading the attacks of your opponent and the commands Ash would give us in the middle of battle. Once we increased our speed, we also need to work on your accuracy as in the previous battle, Oshawott wasn't able to strike the Tranquill with his Water gun and Tepig did a much better even if it was a graze, then we will focus on our attacks for the last. Now let's start off with 20 laps around the clearing then you can rest after that we'll train you individually"

After receiving a nod of confirmation from the pokemon, they began to run laps around the clearing several times which helped increase their speed like 'Naruto' said. Then 'Naruto' made them launch their attacks at the sticks which he throws into the air, although it was a rough start at the beginning, they were able to land their attacks with pinpoint accuracy and then 'Naruto' made clone which served as a moving target since he is the fastest amongst them so as to further sharpen their skills. Afterwards the clones took each of the pokemon to different places to train separately.

With Oshawott, 'Naruto' had a few ideas for the sea otter pokemon, I recall some time ago that you could throw your scalchop and it would return to you right?" asked 'Naruto'.

"Yeah it was to pop team rocket's balloon before they could get away with Pikachu and Axew, why do you ask about that?" said Oshawott with a look of curiosity.

"Well I have the idea that you could infuse you energy into your scalchop and throw it to damage as well as surprise your opponent as they won't expect it, I call it the Aqua shell boomerang" said 'Naruto'.

"Wow that sounds so cool, pleeeeeease teach me!" said Oshawott with sparkles in his eyes, 'Naruto' chuckled softly.

"Of course I'll teach you but first we need teach you how to throw your scalchop so that it can return to you" said 'Naruto' "Thanks to my ninja training back home, it should help him learn more quickly" then they began with creating the new move.

With Snivy, 'Naruto' told her his ideas about how she could create different variations with her attacks, "If you use your vines to attack in an omnidirectional pattern, it will make it difficult for opponents who would try to attack from close range, it's perfect against moves like double team, aerial ace and others, it's called *Vine whiplash" said 'Naruto', Snivy had a look of interest.

"Even if he is not a grass type, he knows how to utilize the attacks to his own advantage, he really knows how to bring out one's potential" thought Snivy with a smile at the fox pokemon.

"I've also thought of how you can use your leaf blade but you could spin with it like a buzzsaw to strike your opponents as well as deflect their attacks which I'd like to call it the *leaf buzzsaw" said 'Naruto'

"I'd like to try out these moves you made for me Naruto" said Snivy with a bit of excitement which 'Naruto' caught on and smiled, then they began their practice.

With the rest of the pokemon, Naruto taught them different variations of their attacks as well, he had Pikachu practice on new moves which are *Lightning steel tail and *Elecshield which he was able to master in couple of hours. For Pidove, he created moves which is *Gale talons and *Wing blade but she can't use them as her current body can't handle the strain unless she evolves much to her disappointment but he made it up for it by teaching her aerial maneuvers. For Tepig, he had the fire pokemon train on his speed which led to him learning flame charge much to his joy. Soon the group returned to the first clearing and met up with the original Naruto and Ash who was covered in dirt and leaves, the clones dispelled giving him the memories of their training.

"Well Ash, Snivy, Pikachu, Oshawott and Tepig learnt new techniques but Pidove will have to evolve to use her own so all you have to do is to teach them the spin, counter shield and create new combinations of attacks. So your reflexes and reactions have improved, all we need to do is to get some books at the next town so as to get some ideas and information so as to ready for anything" said Naruto.

"Sure thing, congrats on learning new moves everybody, let's keeping training to get stronger so that we can prove to everyone that we can win the Unova league" said Ash to which the pokemon cheered. Afterwards the group returned to the camp to rest.

"Well kit, these pokemon show promise, I'm sure with the moves that you taught them, other trainers will have to be careful not to underestimate Ash and the others" said Kurama.

"Not only that, but to also be ready for the battles ahead especially when it involves the legendary pokemon" thought Naruto before going to sleep.

The next morning, Ash and the gang were strolling along the road which is next to a river when they heard someone calling out to them.

"Waaait, please wait a moment pleeease!" a girl called out as she ran to catch up with them when she tripped on a rock and stumbled towards them.

"Whoa incoming!" Naruto called out as he jumped out of the way with Iris doing the same but Ash and Cilan were too slow to react and ended up getting pushed into the river to which Naruto and Kurama sweatdropped.

"Wow I've never seen anyone being able to stumble that long a distance before" said Kurama to which Naruto nodded. Later a fire was lit with Ash and Cilan in their underwear trying to warm up and the girl continuously muttering apologies which was slowly beginning to irritate Naruto.

"It's okay now could you tell us why you are here?" said Iris.

"Actually I'm here to speak to Ash" said the girl to which everyone had a look curiosity "Here take a look" she held her xtranceiver to Ash and pressed a button and the screen lit to show a woman.

"Hello prof. Juniper it's good to see you again" said Ash.

"Hello Ash, how are the gym battles going for you?" said prof. Juniper.

"I was able to win a badge from Straiton city" said Ash.

"Well about the badge, I want to apologize as I had forgotten to give you a badge case so I gave it to Bianca to hand it to you, I hope to see you again soon" said Prof. Juniper before the screen went off.

"That's right, my name is Bianca and it's nice to meet you" said the newly named Bianca "Anyway let me give you the badge case" she began to search through her bag which began to take a long to the point that Ash and Cilan had their clothes dried and were still waiting.

"What kind of stuff does she have in that bag of hers that she is taking so long to search for the badge case!?" thought Naruto with Kurama nodding in agreement.

"AHA! I found it!" said Bianca.

"Finally/Finally" everyone thought, she brought out a case that covered in dirt to which everyone sweatdropped.

"Well thanks for bringing my badge case" said Ash as he took the badge case and placed the trio badge in it "Now I have to get the rest of the badges from the other gyms!"

"When you get all of the badges, then you're all set for the Unova league" said Iris.

"Hey can I take a look at your badge please?" said Bianca to which Ash nodded and passed the case to Bianca but no sooner had he handed it to her when a gray blur snatched the case from her hand. Everyone turned to see a furry gray pokemon run off with the badge case in its mouth.

"Hey let's go after it!" said Naruto as he was about to pursue it when he was grabbed by Bianca in a bear hug.

"I've never seen a pokemon that can talk before!" said Bianca excitedly as she hugged Naruto tightly making him turn blue, Cilan and Iris had to pry him off her while Ash chased after the pokemon "We don't have time for this! Let's go get the badge case back!" then Naruto ran after Ash with the others close and they found him hiding in the bush watching the pokemon who was using its tail to clean the badge case, Bianca held out her Pokedex to scan the pokemon.

[Minccino, the Chinchilla pokemon, Minccino loves shiny things and will use its tail as a brush to clean any objects that are dirty]

"Heheh hey kit, if this pokemon was in our dimension I'm sure it could clean up the disaster area which you call your room" said Kurama with a smirk.

"Get off my case Kurama, it's not like I mess up the room on purpose" thought Naruto. "Anyway let's get th-"

"Hold on! I'll get the badge case for as I want to catch that Minccino for myself" said Bianca as she runs into the clearing with a Pokeball in hand. "Now Pignite! Come on out for battle!" she throws it to reveal a pokemon that looks similar to Tepig but bigger and stands on two feet. Minccino grabbed the badge case its mouth before facing the new pokemon.

"I guess that's Tepig's evolved form" said Ash as he brings out his Pokedex to scan the pokemon.

[Pignite, the Fire Pig Pokemon and the evolved form of Tepig. Pignite's food converts into fuel for the flame that burns in its stomach, and when the fuel burns in its stomach, its speed increases]

"Now Pignite use Tackle!" said Bianca.

Pignite immediately charged in to slam into Minccino who quickly leapt out of the way.

"That Minccino is quite fast" said Cilan who was impressed with Naruto agreeing.

"Now use flame charge!"

Pignite charged at Minccino once again this time while releasing flames from its body.

"Whoa that's some serious fire power!" said Naruto who was surprised at seeing the move.

Minccino dodged the move as well by jumping up to a tree branch much to Bianca annoyance with Pignite mirroring the same.

"Kit, I have reasons to believe that this girl is an airhead" said Kurama with Naruto agreeing.

Minccino dropped the badge case and tucked in its large ears and took in a deep breath before letting out a scream which slammed into Pignite who was about to perform another flame charge, stopping it in its tracks.

"That's hyper voice and a very strong one!" said Iris.

Minccino then jumped onto Pignite and began using its tail to tickle Pignite, causing to laugh and unable listen to Bianca forcing her to call it back to its Pokeball. Then Ash stepped up to battle.

"Alright then, I guess I have to get the badge case myself, now Pikachu I cho-"said Ash but he was interrupted when Oshawott popped out of his Pokeball.

"Let me handle this guy, I can take him" said Oshawott, Naruto relayed the message to Ash who nodded in consent.

"Alright the Oshawott use Tackle!"

Oshawott dashed in at high speed and grazed Minccino who could barely dodge the attack and began to run with Oshawott close behind.

"Amazing Oshawott's speed has improved since the battle with Trip" said Cilan

"Okay now use raz-"

"Oshawott use Hydro pump!" shouted Bianca interrupting Ash and confusing Oshawott.

"What's with this girl!?" said Naruto with gritted teeth.

"Oshawott can't use that move, now use Razor shell" said Ash.

Oshawott took out his scalchop and channeled energy into it and turned to attack Minccino only to find it gone and was attacked from behind by Minccino who used Tickle and then slammed him twice with a glowing tail forcing Ash to call it back.

"That was Tail slap a signature move for Minccino" said Iris. The Minccino grabbed the badge case and ran off.

"Now what do we do Ash?" asked Naruto, Ash was about to reply when Bianca spoke up.

"I have an idea and it's perfect!" said Bianca, she took a serving dome and a spoon (which she dirtied much to Cilan's distress) and set up a trap in the clearing and hid in the bushes. "With this, we can lure Minccino and then catch it" Then Minccino appeared, approaching the spoon and proceeded to clean it when Bianca pulled on the rope, causing the serving dome to fall on the unsuspecting pokemon. Bianca was about to cheer at her plan having worked when Minccino got up and walked off with the spoon and the serving dome making everyone to sweatdrop.

"That was the dumbest idea I've even seen" said Kurama.

"Please tell me you have a plan this time Ash" asked Naruto who was at his wits end.

"Yeah and the best way is to battle, I've come up with a plan for that pokemon" said Ash.

"Alright then, everybody follow me, I can sense Minccino close by!" said Naruto as he ran off with the others close behind and led them to a stream where they saw Minccino sitting on the branch of a tree. "Alright Ash, it's all you!"

"Right Snivy I choose you!" said Ash throwing out a Pokéball to summon Snivy, Minccino jumped to the ground to face them.

"Snivy use Attract!"

"That's a good plan since it will distract Minccino" said Cilan.

Snivy launched heart shaped projectiles at Minccino who took cover behind the tree and then launched heart shaped projectiles of its own at her.

"What!? Minccino knows Attract as well!?" said Iris who along with the others was shocked as well.

When the attack hit Snivy, she began to ogle at Minccino and a large tick mark appeared on Naruto's head.

"Kurama why do I feel like performing the Uzumaki 2k barrage on that Minccino" thought Naruto with anger. Kurama didn't answer as he was too busy trying to contain his laughter.

"Snivy return" said Ash as he called the grass snake pokemon back to her Pokeball. "Okay Pikachu I'm counting on you"

"You got it Ash" said Pikachu running forward to face Minccino.

"Since Pikachu and Minccino are both male, Attract has no effect which makes this an even battle" said Naruto standing next to Cilan, Iris and Bianca.

"Wow I can't wait to see what other pokemon Ash has" said Bianca excitedly.

"I'm curious to ask, what other pokemon do you have?" asked Naruto.

"Just Pignite and I've already won two badges plus I trained at home and began my journey just two weeks ago" said Bianca as if it's trivial while the others looked shocked "You see my dad wouldn't let me leave because he was worried about me" she continued shyly.

"That describes an overprotective parent" everyone shared the same thought.

"Alright Pikachu use Iron tail!" said Ash.

Pikachu's tail took on a metal sheen and swung it at Minccino who leapt away and began to run.

"Pikachu use Quick attack to keep up!"

Pikachu dashed very quickly easily keeping up with Minccino much to its surprise.

"It seems all of Ash's pokemon have undergone some serious training" said Cilan with Naruto smiling proudly inwardly.

"Now use Iron tail again!"

Pikachu attacked with his tail again but Minccino fought back with Tail slap ending in stalemate.

"Whoa that Minccino is good to be able to draw with Pikachu as his Iron tail is stronger than before" said Naruto catching Bianca's attention.

Minccino tucked in its ears and took in a deep breath and released a Hyper voice at Pikachu.

"Time to use your new move Elec shield then strike back with Thunderbolt!" said Ash.

Pikachu released electricity from his body and used it to form a dome around him which protected him from the attack and then launched a blast of lightning which struck Minccino, causing it to be stunned.

"Amazing! That is quite an exquisite recipe! I've never seen a move like that!" said Cilan excitedly with Iris agreeing while Bianca ran out to Ash.

"Ash please wait, I'd like to capture it!" said Bianca as she began to look through her bag to find a Pokeball.

"Not again, at this rate Minccino will recover and we'll have to start all over again" thought Naruto, then Minccino recovered from the attack and began to run off when Bianca finally brought out a Pokeball which was dirty.

"I wonder why I'm not surprised that she has a dirty Pokeball?" said Kurama.

"Probably because everything in her bag could be dirty?" thought Naruto.

"That could be it" said Kurama.

Immediately Minccino dashed to Bianca, leaping to her shoulder and began to clean the Pokeball with its tail, causing the Pokeball to open and capture it. There was a moment of silence until Naruto broke it by saying

"That has to be the weirdest capture I've ever witnessed" with everyone agreeing. Later they went to a nearby pokemon center to heal their pokemon when Bianca spoke up.

"Hey Ash I wish to challenge you to a pokemon battle and I want to face your Pikachu" said Bianca.

"Okay you're on!" said Ash. The group went to the battleground at the back of the pokemon center. "Okay Pikachu I choose you!" Pikachu ran out into the field.

"Alright Pignite, it's time for battle!" said Bianca bringing out her pokemon.

"I don't know if Ash can beat Bianca since she has two badges" said Iris.

"I wouldn't be so sure, as we have noticed that Ash's pokemon have gotten a lot stronger so this will be an interesting battle" said Cilan looking attentively at the battle about to commence.

"Pignite use Takedown!" said Bianca

Pignite charged at Pikachu who leapt high into the air to avoid the attack.

"Now use Heat crash!"

Pignite jumped higher than Pikachu and descended quickly towards him while radiating fire.

"Time for another new move, use Lightning steel tail!" said Ash much to the surprise of everyone except Naruto who smirked at what is about to happen.

Pikachu's tail took on a metal sheen but this time has electricity coursing through his tail and swung at Pignite which broke through the Heat crash and inflicted heavy damage onto the fire pig pokemon. The two landed on the ground with Pignite panting heavily.

"Pignite turn this around with Flame charge!" said Bianca

"Pikachu, use a Quick attack + Volt tackle + Iron tail combo!"

Both pokemon clashed with their attacks, it was stalemate until Pikachu broke through and sent Pignite bouncing along the ground until skidding to a stop knocked out.

"Amazing, I never thought that would have happened if you combine attacks, which makes a splendid recipe" said Cilan while Naruto smiled at how Ash is getting better at battling.

"That was a great battle but the next time we meet, my pokemon will be a whole looooooooooooot stronger so I'll see you later!" said Bianca before taking off after recalling Pignite.

"Wow that girl is almost like Gai and Lee, I hope that she doesn't start muttering youth or I'll go nuts" thought Naruto with a bit of fear.

"You and me both kit" said Kurama feeling the same.

"Alright guys, let's get going, once we are over the mountain we'll be at Nacrene city" said Ash, as the gang prepped up and set off once more.

New Moves

Aqua shell shuriken = the user throws a water infused shell which returns after being thrown.

Vine whiplash = the user manipulates its vines to attack in a 360 radius.

Leaf buzzsaw = the user performs leaf blade but spins with the attack similar to that of a buzzsaw hence the name.

Elec shield = the user performs thunderbolt and manipulates it to form a barrier which inflicts damage and might cause paralysis

Lightning steel tail = the user performs iron tail and then channels any kind of electric type attack to it before attacking..

Gale talons = the user coats its talons with the wind and strikes at its opponent.

Wing blade = the user channels energy to its wings and strikes at his wings.

This is Hussbek online, here is the latest chapter for the fiction, I am following the canon story a bit but I'm having Ash use his past strategies like he supposed to and I'm having him become smarter as well, the pokemon will learn more moves so stay tuned to see more of what will happen.

This is Hussbek from Ghana

Signing out