THE POKENINJA, ADVENTURES OF THE MAELSTROM POKEMON
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Chapter 8: The Wild child and Getting Bugged
It has been a couple of days since Ash's victory at the Nacrene gym and the gang are on their way to his third gym battle which is at Castelia city. Ash was quite proud of himself for his win against Lenora thanks to Naruto's training and promised not to make the same mistakes that he made in his previous journeys at the other regions. Naruto hadn't forgotten to lecture Oshawott for not having taken his battle seriously at first as it would have resulted in his loss to which the sea otter Pokémon looked embarrassed to the amusement of the other Pokemon.
Along the way, the gang decided to take a break and rest before continuing along the road. Iris had gone to enjoy the view from the top of a cliff, Cilan was looking through his backpack and making sure that all of his belongings were well organized, Ash and Pikachu were looking at the badge case which currently contains the trio badge and the basic badge.
"Only two down and six more to go, so let's make it happen Pikachu" said Ash looking at his longtime partner.
"Yeah, let's go all the way!" said Pikachu happily, Meanwhile Naruto was sitting at the top of a hill meditating while talking to Kurama.
"Have you found anything about my elemental forms as well as my chakra system Kurama?" asked Naruto to the Nine tailed fox within the mindscape.
"What I have gathered so far is that the process at which your new body is adapting to our bonded chakra is very slow and would have taken a couple of months before it's complete" said Kurama, Naruto frowned slightly as he could understand that it would take some time before his new body could use their chakra "However I've noticed that when you first accessed the combo mode, it somehow made our chakra flow through your body a bit more easily" Naruto raised an eyebrow at what his tenant said before realizing what he meant.
"So you mean that if I accessed my other forms then it would reduce the time needed for my body to adapt to our chakra, am I right so far?" asked Naruto while looking at the orbs hovering above them, two of which are glowing and the rest are still colorless.
"That's correct and you should also know that your other forms will only get the chakra cloak which is a minor enhancement, but only in your polymorph form can you truly use our chakra to its full potential as it's your true form" said Kurama to which Naruto nodded in understanding.
"Thanks for the info Kurama, I have to get back to the others so I'll see you later" said Naruto before fading away from the mindscape while Kurama laid down to take a nap. Naruto opened his eyes and then walked back to the group and noticed the Axew was crawling around the bags "Axew what are you doing?"
"I was just looking through to see if there is anything fun for me to play with" said Axew while still crawling around the bags.
"Okay then just be careful not to break anything as it would upset Ash and the others" said Naruto to which Axew nodded in affirmation, he turned to approach the others but heard Axew calling out to him.
"Big bro! Ash's egg is glowing! It's glowing!" shouted Axew excitedly, Naruto quickly ran to the others to alert them.
"Yo Ash! There's something going on with your egg as it's glowing!" said Naruto, Ash quickly got up and ran to the egg which was kept in an incubator and saw that it was glowing just as Naruto said.
"Do you know what this means?" said Iris excitedly as Ash removed the egg from the incubator and placed it on the ground.
"It means that the egg is about to hatch soon" said Cilan,
"I can't wait to see what kind of Pokémon will hatch, right Pikachu?" said Ash to which Pikachu nodded excitedly.
Axew drew close to the egg and looked at it curiously.
"Oh yeah, you have never seen a Pokémon egg hatch before" said Iris.
"The same could be said for me too" said Naruto paying close attention to the egg.
"I too am curious to see this as well" said Kurama looking through Naruto's senses.
"Well Pikachu and I have taken care of Pokémon eggs before" said Ash remembering his time with Phanpy and Larvitar.
"I hope to hear more about it later on" said Naruto.
"You should be excited Axew, you're about to become a big brother!" said Iris happily.
"Really!? Yay I'm going to be a brother!" said Axew dancing around happily.
"Axew be careful as you're too close to the egg" said Naruto, but he said the warning too late as Axew's tail accidentally pushed the egg, causing it to roll down a nearby hill much to everyone's shock. "Catch that egg!" the gang quickly pursued the runaway egg which was slowly picking up speed due to the slope, then the egg went into a bush and was flung into the air after landing on a large leaf. "Pikachu, jump onto my tails!" the lightning mouse quickly complied and jumped onto Naruto's tails who proceeded to fling him into the air, Pikachu was able to catch the egg then Naruto quickly dashed to where Pikachu would land and used his tails to serve as a landing cushion "Pikachu, is the egg okay?"
"The egg is totally fine" said Pikachu after closely examining the egg, then the gang arrived with Ash looking grateful, Cilan looking relieved and Iris with Axew looking apologetic.
"Great job you two!" said Ash happily.
"I'm really sorry about that" said Iris.
"Yeah me too" said Axew, but Ash waved it off.
"It's not a problem as there was no harm done and the egg is totally fine" said Ash. After Pikachu placed the egg on the ground, it began to again even more brightly as everyone knelt closer.
"It's about to hatch!" said Cilan. There was a bright flash of light and then it faded to reveal a Pokémon standing before them, a lizard like Pokémon with a yellow skin around its legs resembling trousers.
"Yo Ash, scan with your Pokédex to see what kind of Pokémon this is?" said Naruto, Ash brought out his Pokédex and pointed it at the newly born Pokémon
[Scraggy, the Shedding Pokemon. The lower half of Scraggy's body is covered by a rubbery skin and when someone makes eye it responds with Headbutt]
"Hello there, my name is Ash and this is my buddy Pikachu" said Ash kneeling before the newborn Pokémon with Pikachu standing beside him waving in greeting, but when Scraggy set his eyes upon Pikachu he began to glare at him much to the surprise of everyone.
"He's using Leer" said Cilan, then Scraggy reared his head back and tried to slam it into Pikachu who quickly dodged it and sent him tumbling to the ground "And that was Headbutt!"
"But why is he doing that?" said Ash who was confused.
"I believe that everybody is wondering the same thing" said Naruto with everybody nodding in agreement except Kurama who decided to take a nap within the mindscape.
"Why did you use Headbutt? Does it mean that you want to battle?" asked Ash, Scraggy looked surprised for a minute before taking a sidelong glance at Pikachu which made the said Pokémon feel uncomfortable "If so, then Pikachu how about you battle Scraggy as a welcome gift" Pikachu stared at Ash with a look that said 'Are you serious!?". Later the two Pokémon faced off at a clearing for their battle "Let's what kind of moves Scraggy has" Ash scanned Scraggy with his Pokédex.
[Scraggy's moves are Leer and Headbutt]
"Only two moves?!" said Iris who was surprised.
"Why should this surprise you? As I recall, Axew only knows Scratch and Dragon Rage" said Naruto looking at the duo who blushed in embarrassment.
"Don't forget that Scraggy had just hatched" said Cilan.
"Okay then, Scraggy use Leer!" said Ash, Scraggy run up to Pikachu and glared at him, although it had no effect "It didn't seem to do a thing, alright then use Headbutt!" Scraggy reared his head back and slammed into Pikachu which did not even cause him to budge. "Nothing at all, Okay Pikachu use Thunderbolt but at a low setting" Pikachu gathered a SMALL amount of electricity and flicked it at Scraggy who was sent tumbling back much to the surprise of everyone.
"I can understand that Scraggy had just hatched but that amount of electricity could barely light up a light-bulb" said Naruto looking on in disbelief with Kurama still asleep.
"Scraggy are you okay?" asked Ash worriedly, Scraggy got up and started stomping the ground as if having a tantrum.
"Even after all that, Scraggy still looks rearing to go" said Cilan.
"That's my kind of Pokémon, the kind that never gives in until he finally wins" said Ash excitedly.
"Or more like too stubborn to quit, but I have no right to say that since I used to be like that when I was younger" said Naruto.
"I don't know Axew but I think that your brother is becoming a pain" said Iris with Axew agreeing. Ash took out his Pokéballs and threw them into to summon the other team members.
"Hey everyone, I would like you to meet our new friend Scraggy so say hello" said Ash presenting Scraggy before them, Pidove approached Scraggy to greet him only to receive a Headbutt causing her to freak out and run off.
"I don't think Pidove was expecting that" said Cilan who sweadropped. Oshawott was the next to approach Scraggy.
"Hey it's nice to meet you" said Oshawott, but he got glared at and also received a Headbutt which angered him "Hey I'm trying to be friendly with and this is the response I get!?" Pikachu and Tepig tried to separate them but he shook them off and ran back, but Scraggy knocked off Oshawott's scalchop and stepped on it "Hey! Get your foot off my scalchop!" the sea otter wrenched his scalchop and smacked Scraggy on the head with it sending him tumbling back to Ash.
"Scraggy are you okay?" asked Ash, but Scraggy stubbornly got up and charged at Oshawott and hit him with a Headbutt which was ineffective. Oshawott launched a Water gun at Scraggy but he quickly raised his 'pants' to block the attack but was sent skidding back due to the force and ended up being close to Tepig.
"That's an interesting way to defend against an attack" said Naruto with Cilan nodding in agreement. Scraggy turned to see Tepig and proceeded to Headbutt him as well.
"Oh man, Scraggy is attacking everything in sight" said Ash who was at the end of his rope.
"One can admire his spirit but I don't think that would matter right, as we can see that Scraggy is getting dizzy from all those Headbutts" said Cilan with Iris giggling as they watched Scraggy stumble around until he saw Snivy sitting on a rock, he tried to hit her but ended up colliding with the rock as she had gracefully jumped out of the way, he tried again but Snivy used her vines to hold him at bay.
"What a child" said Snivy looking at the futile attempts of the newborn Pokémon before pushing him away from her. Scraggy got up looked at Axew who quickly hid in Iris' hair and was about to walk off to challenge Snivy again but found himself held in the air while wrapped in tails and turned to see the white fox with black archaic markings on his body.
"Haven't you had enough kid? You're going to get yourself hurt at this rate" said Naruto, Scraggy merely scoffed.
"I don't care, as long as I show you how strong I am by beating all of you" said Scraggy, Naruto shook his head at the naivety of the Pokémon.
"I'm telling you this because you might get yourself into serious trouble with that attitude and I don't want to see you get hurt" said Naruto before setting Scraggy down and walking off leaving Scraggy to his thoughts. Later in the day as the sun was setting, the gang were eating with the exception of Scraggy who was sitting on a rock away from the others which made a concerned Ash to approach him.
"Scraggy why don't you come and eat with the others?" asked Ash, but Scraggy turned his back to him.
"I just have no idea about what Scraggy is thinking" said Iris.
"Scraggy must be frustrated at him for having lost to the rest of Ash's Pokémon" said Cilan.
"Is that true Scraggy?" asked Ash, but Scraggy continued to ignore him.
"The kid should understand that right now he's too weak to fight against anyone as he had just recently hatched" said Kurama.
"True, and I just hope that he is considering what I had told him earlier before" thought Naruto. Later in the evening, everyone were getting their sleeping bags out to sleep for the night, Ash turned to see Scraggy eating the Pokémon food which they had left for him to eat in case he was hungry.
"Look Scraggy is finally eating Pokémon food" said Ash.
"Not if only he would eat with the others" said Iris with Axew agreeing as he wanted to get to know Scraggy better.
"Anyway Ash get Scraggy into his Pokéball so that he can rest" said Naruto, Ash nodded in agreement and brought the Pokéball and turned to see the said Pokémon hiding clearly refusing to enter his Pokéball.
"Maybe Scraggy wants to remain outside a bit longer since he had hatched" said Cilan.
"Why do I have the feeling that something bad is going to happen?" thought Naruto.
"Whenever you have that feeling, it's usually on the mark" said Kurama before going to sleep. Later that night when everyone was sleeping, Naruto was woken up by Axew who was looking worried.
"Axew what's the matter?" asked Naruto rubbing his eyes to become more awake.
"I woke up to check on Scraggy and I found that he's gone" said Axew, Naruto quickly got up and woke the others, then they started their search for the baby Pokémon.
"Have you located him yet Naruto?" asked Ash.
"I hadn't the time to recognize Scraggy's chakra signature, so we have to look for him the old fashioned way" said Naruto.
"Hey guys look" said Iris pointing at a trail on the ground "It must be Scraggy's tracks, quick let's follow it!" the gang quickly traced the trail until they found Scraggy standing in front of a large tree and was headbutting it.
"Hey Scraggy what are you doing over there!?" said Ash, Scraggy turned to look at the others but was surprised when a Pokémon closely resembling a tarantula appeared from behind the tree.
"Oh no, it's Galvantula!" said Iris, Axew hid in her hair in fright upon seeing the Bug/Electric type Pokémon. Ash brought out his Pokédex to scan the new Pokémon.
[Galvantula, the Elespider Pokémon. Galvantula attacks its prey by shooting electrically-charged threads and its front mandibles can hold down opponents]
"This is bad" said Cilan.
"If Scraggy get bitten by Galvantula" said Iris, Ash, Pikachu and Naruto quickly ran towards Scraggy to get him away from the bug Pokémon. Scraggy was frightened as Galvantula approached him, then he glared and reared his head back as he prepared to Headbutt the Pokémon "This is my chance to prove to everyone how strong I am" he thought.
"Scraggy don't provoke it!" yelled Naruto but it was too late as Galvantula immediately launched an Electro ball which sent him flying back and then launched an Electro web, Scraggy closed his eyes ready for the impact which didn't come. He open his eyes to see that he was standing next to Ash and Naruto was hit with the attack which paralyzed him, then he was hit with Poison sting which poisoned him as well causing Naruto to collapse to the ground. Galvantula was about to fire off another Electro ball when Ash quickly called out.
"Pikachu use Thunderbolt to scare off Galvantula!" said Ash, Pikachu immediately shot an arc of electricity which hit the bug Pokémon, scaring it off. They ran to Naruto who was on the ground with his body convulsing from the poison and paralysis. "Is there any Pokémon center close to us Cilan?" Cilan shook his head in negative then Iris spoke up.
"Don't worry, Axew and I can find some herbs that can cure him so just wait for a little bit" said Iris before she took off to the woods, meanwhile Scraggy was looking at Naruto while feeling guilty at having ignored the warning that he was given. Meanwhile Iris and Axew had found the herbs needed to cure Naruto of the poison and paralysis and ran back to mix them, after preparing the medicine, they made Naruto consume the mixture which he found bitter to taste, after a while he stopped convulsing and was able to sleep peacefully. "I'm sure he will be back to normal in the morning" The others nodded before going to their sleeping bags, meanwhile Scraggy was lost in thought about what had happened.
Meanwhile in the mindscape, Kurama was berating Naruto for the reckless action he took to save the newborn Pokémon. "Dammit Naruto, did you really have to take the hit? You could have used Extremespeed to get him out of there"
"I'm sorry about that Kurama, my body just moved on its own to help as I didn't want Scraggy to get hurt although I was surprised that I could perform the Substitution technique again" said Naruto looking apologetic, Kurama signed before looking at Naruto with a smile.
"But then again you wouldn't be you if you hadn't done that, which is one of the reasons why we are partners" said Kurama to which Naruto gave him a foxy grin before the both of them went to sleep with Naruto on top of his head. The next morning, Naruto woke up feeling completely fine and the others were waiting for him to wake up.
"Naruto, are you okay now?" asked Ash.
"Yeah, I'm totally fine now, what happened after I lost consciousness?" asked Naruto.
"When you were out, Iris and Axew picked up herbs and mixed them for you to take in to cure you of the poison and paralysis" said Cilan. Naruto turned to them and smiled.
"Thanks for the help guys, I'm grateful for it" said Naruto.
"Don't mention it, I wanted to ask about that move that you used to switch places with Scraggy before he almost got hit" said Iris with the rest wondering the same thing.
"The move that I used yesterday is called Substitute which enables me to switch places with an object or if I try hard enough, a Pokémon as well" said Naruto.
"That's different from the Substitute that we know as the Pokémon uses half their energy to create a dummy to serve as a substitute" said Cilan.
"Speaking of which, where is Scraggy?" asked Naruto looking around, everybody looked around as well and were unable to find him.
"Could he have gone back to where Galvantula are? But why?" said Iris.
"He must have been feeling guilty for Naruto getting hurt and wants to get back at them" said Cilan.
Ash quickly called on his Pokémon from their Pokéballs, "Hey guys I need you help out Scraggy!" They nodded in affirmation and took off with Naruto in the lead when they reached the tree, they saw Scraggy surrounded by several Galvantula.
"Okay everyone, let's get in there and help out the kid!" said Naruto, they all dashed in, Pikachu quickly shot out a Thunderbolt to strike down a Galvantula that was about to jump at Scraggy from behind which drew the attention of the rest. One Galvantula shot out an Electro ball but Tepig released an Ember attack to cancel it out. Another launched an Electro web at Oshawott who took out his scalchop to form a Razor shell then he took an Iai stance and sped forward leaving the web and Galvantula all cut up, a Galvantula tried to sneak up on the sea otter Pokémon but Snivy used her vines to pull him out of danger, then she launched a Leaf storm at it and was successful at knocking it back. "It's payback time! And I'm gonna do it with a new combo, Shadow clones + Extremespeed + Crush claw equals Frenzy of the Fox pack!" Naruto summoned his clones and their claws began to glow, then they all dashed towards the bug Pokémon at high speed landing many strikes which forced the Galvantula to flee.
"I have to admit that it's almost similar to your Uzumaki barrage but it's fox style which makes a fox like me feel proud" said Kurama whose chest was puffed out in pride.
"Hey kid, are you okay?" asked Naruto.
"Yeah I'm fine but why did you guys come after me especially after I got you hurt" asked Scraggy.
"That's because we were worried that you would get hurt and that you aren't strong enough to win against that many" said Naruto.
"But-" Scraggy started to talk but was interrupted.
"No buts, if you want to get stronger then Naruto and Ash can train you to be the best if that is what you want" said Snivy with her arms crossed.
"Thank you and I'm sorry for the trouble I've caused" said Scraggy bowing to the gang, Naruto relayed the message to Ash and the others to which they smiled and nodded in affirmation, Axew jumped from Iris' hair and approached Scraggy.
"I hope that we can get along" said Axew holding out his paw, Scraggy looked at the held out paw and then shook it with his.
"Me too" said Scraggy looking happy.
"You know they could be perfect sparring partners for each other" said Cilan looking at them.
"You are right about that but let's get moving" said Naruto, soon the gang packed and set off for Castelia city.
Later that day, the gang were walking along the road until they came to the edge of a large forest before them. "So once we pass through here, we'll reach Castelia city right?" said Ash.
"That's right, this is the Pinwheel forest" said Cilan.
"Why do they call it that?" asked Naruto.
"It's because as long as we walk along the road, we'll reach the other side with no problem but if we stray off the path, we could get ourselves lost" said Cilan.
"Reminds me of the Forest of Bewilderness back at my dimension" said Naruto (Season 5 Episode 210)
"There is no need to be worried about getting lost, as I'm a forest expert" said Iris with her chest puffed out in pride.
"I know that she has knowledge of the forest but I'm not so sure of her navigation skills" thought Naruto with Kurama agreeing with him "Let's get going and see what this forest has in store for us" with that the gang ventured into the forest. While walking through the forest Naruto was feeling at home with his surroundings which comes to no surprise since where he used to live was within a forest. I sense that this place is rich in natural energy, don't you think so Kurama?"
"Indeed which goes to show that this forest has been untouched by humans, I'm sure that there are a lot of these Pokémon living here. Aside from that, can you sense it too?" said Kurama to which Naruto nodded.
"Yeah there is a Pokémon nearby and it's aiming at us but I sense no ill intent so I'll just observe in the meantime" thought Naruto. Sure enough a Pokémon came swinging from a web in its mouth and its target was Pikachu, however thanks to Naruto's training, Pikachu was able to sense the incoming attack and jumped off Ash's shoulder which caused the Pokémon to miss and crash to the ground. It quickly got up and launched a barrage of Razor leaf at Pikachu who began to flip backwards to avoid the attack but that was a distraction as the bug Pokémon jumped into the air and out a String shot at Pikachu then drew itself close and latched onto him, then it proceeded to use Bug bite. "That's quite an impressive strategy with those moves of his" said Naruto with Cilan and Iris agreeing.
"Come on Pikachu, shake it off!" said Ash, Pikachu was successful in throwing the attacking Pokémon off him and leapt back to create some distance between them, Ash brought out his Pokédex to scan the new Pokémon.
[Sewaddle, the Sewing Pokemon, Sewaddle hides itself from its enemies by covering its head with a hood made from a leaf, and is known to eat its leafy clothing when food is scarce]
"Sewaddle are quite popular among clothing designers as they are known to design and makes their own clothes out of leaves" said Cilan.
"Whoa, that's very interesting to hear" said Naruto.
"Indeed, I'm sure they would have fit in with people at Konoha" said Kurama.
"Well I like a Pokémon that's strong in battle so I'm gonna catch it!" said Ash bringing out a Pokéball and preparing to throw it when Sewaddle turned around and shot a String shot at Ash, wrapping him up into a cocoon much to the amusement of Naruto and Kurama.
"But why would it attack us like that?" asked Iris curiously.
"I'm not sure, maybe because it likes to battle" said Cilan, Naruto quickly cut Ash free from the strings with a crush claw.
"Thanks for helping me out Naruto, now Pikachu use Thunderbolt!" said Ash, Pikachu launched an arc of electricity at the bug Pokémon, sending it flying into a tree, but Sewaddle quickly got up and started to use String shot to swung away from them "Hey wait, come back here!" Ash chased after Sewaddle with Pikachu close behind.
"Ash wait, you straying off the path!" said Iris.
"We don't have a choice but to go after him, otherwise we'll get separated" said Naruto before running after Ash with the others following behind, when they reached him, they noticed that Ash had lost sight of the bug Pokémon "I guess you lost it huh"
"Yeah, I wanna keep looking for Sewaddle but I don't want us to get anymore lost" said Ash.
"Indeed, this forest is natural maze so this risks are just too high" said Cilan, with that being said, the gang tried to retrace their steps back to the path but they had already gotten themselves lost.
"I believe the exit to the forest must be this way" said Iris who had taken the lead although Naruto was still skeptical about it.
"Are you sure Iris?" asked Ash.
"Of course, its my sixth sense, I just know it" said Iris proudly.
"More unscientific explanations" said Cilan with a shrug of his shoulders.
"SHHH, I just the forest speak, and it's saying that we should go that way" said Iris pointing to the left and moving on, the others just signed and followed after her but in the end, they were at the edge of a cliff "Oops"
"Voice of the forest huh?" said Ash.
"Uh the voice must have led us to marvel at this magnificent scenery" said Iris.
"So the voice of the forest decided to lead to a detour before telling us the way to exit" said Naruto sarcastically. "I think it's best that we get to higher ground so as to get a layout of the forest and we can do that by climbing that tree" he pointed to a large tree to the left.
"That's a good idea, so let's go" said Ash, then the gang headed towards the tree and when they reached there, it was bigger that they thought.
"Well then let's check it out" said Naruto who began to climb the tree with Iris and Ash climbing after him. As they kept on climbing, they came upon a strange looking green cocoon hanging above them. "Have you guys seen anything like this before?" when they shook their heads in negative, the cocoon burst open to reveal a man who landed beside them.
"Shhhh, you don't want disturb the forest Pokémon" said the man much to their confusion then they descended from the tree to meet up with Cilan who was waiting at the bottom.
"What were you doing up there?" asked Ash.
"I surround myself with nature by living like a forest Pokémon" said the man.
"But what you do that for?" asked Iris
"Well if I told you would you understand? It's my pure heart" said the man.
"What do you mean by that?" asked Naruto.
"I draw and design pictures, clothes, to be honest I'm a super talented artist but an artist who is stuck in a slump" said the man.
"So even geniuses get into slumps" asked Iris.
"Of course, which is why I decided to live out here among the forest Pokémon" said the man.
"Which is why you have a pure heart?" asked Ash.
"That's right for a pure heart makes true art!" said the man dramatically which caused everyone including Kurama to sweatdrop. "I've talked enough about myself so what brings you here?"
"Well we strayed off the path and got ourselves lost" said Cilan.
"Then have no fair for I can guide you out of here but since you're here, why do you enjoy living in the forest for a while?" said the man.
"But the thing is, I want to go to Castelia city and challenge the gym" said Ash.
"Well there's no point going there now for you see, the Castelia gym leader Burgh just happens to be me" said the newly named Burgh much to the surprise of the group.
"So you're saying that you are Burgh, the world famous bug type Pokémon trainer!?" said Cilan.
"I'm not just a bug type Pokémon trainer, I'm an artistic trainer" said Burgh.
"This guy is quite full of himself, do you think Kurama?" thought Naruto.
"I would agree but I wouldn't underestimate him, I'm sure he didn't become a gym leader by acting like that" said Kurama. Afterwards, the gang introduced themselves to the bug type gym leader.
"I've been meaning to ask about how you get this artistic inspiration by living like a forest Pokémon" said Iris.
"Well it all depends on the person, you see when you live in the in its most primitive form, your dulled and long forgotten senses come back to you and realize how beautiful nature is" said Burgh.
"That's almost similar to the sage training I had back at mount Myoboku with the toads" said Naruto with a look of understanding along with the others, then a familiar bug Pokémon came swinging in and smacked Ash right in the face.
"Isn't that the same Sewaddle from before?" asked Iris.
"You know it?" asked Burgh.
"Yeah we got lost because Ash was trying to catch it" said Naruto. Sewaddle then jumped and bounced off Ash's head and landing on Burgh's shoulders where it began to eat the leaves close to it.
"Sewaddle are very stubborn but are actually sweet Pokémon" said Burgh.
"So is Sewaddle one of your Pokémon?" asked Ash.
"No it's a wild Pokémon which tends to keep me company whenever I live out here in the forest, it's also important that you get to know the Pokémon before you attempt to catch it, so would you like to join me?" said Burgh.
"I believe I speak for everyone when I say that we're in, right guys?" said Naruto turning to the others who nodded in affirmation. With that the group set up camp at the base of the tree and Cilan began cook lunch for them.
"Before you capture a Pokémon, you must first introduce yourselves. Sewaddle use their sensitive knobs on their heads to distinguish between friends and foes, it's also a way of saying hi" said Burgh then he knelt before Sewaddle and placed his forehead on Sewaddle who responded in kind.
"I would like to try it too!" said Pikachu who leapt off Ash's shoulder and did the same and received the same response. Everyone tried it too until it came to Ash's turn. However he rather received a Tackle to the head which sent him to the ground.
""I guess that's what you get for trying to catch right off the bat" said Iris laughing at Ash.
"Don't worry about it, a Tackle to head is also a form of saying hello" said Burgh which cheered up Ash a bit. Sewaddle then turned and walked off with Burgh, Ash, Iris and Naruto following it. When they reached a bush, Sewaddle just stopped and stared at the leaves.
"Sewaddle may look like it's just standing but I'm sure it's doing something" said Burgh.
"Maybe it's listening to the forest" said Iris.
"Perhaps you're right" said Burgh making her puff her chest out in pride.
"Or it was just deciding which leaf it wanted to eat" said Naruto, everyone turned to see that Sewaddle was indeed eating to which Iris face faulted at. Then Sewaddle then started walking off again until they reached a hill where it yawned and then curled up to sleep.
"Nothing like a nice nap after a big meal" said Burgh.
"So that means" said Ash
"We should also take a nap too?" asked Iris to which Burgh nodded in affirmation, everyone laid down to rest and look up at the sky.
"You know, I had a friend who always like lay down like this and just stare up at the clouds without a worry in world, although he may seem lazy he is actually one of the smartest guys around" said Naruto remembering his old friend Shikamaru.
"Your friend is right, looking up at the sky as beyond it is space which is infinitely huge" said Burgh.
"That sounds awesome" said Ash with Iris agreeing, soon Sewaddle woke up and was on the move again, the group followed it to where ripe fruits grow and began to eat again.
"So it ate and then slept and now it's eating again so will it go back to sleep?" said Iris.
"Well that's the way it goes which is the same with baby people right?" said Burgh, suddenly a Woobat burst out from the bush which Sewaddle was eating from screeching at them.
"It must have been eating as well and must want Sewaddle to stay away but that will only lead to a fight" said Naruto, Woobat used Double team to confused them but Sewaddle used String shot to dispel them but another Woobat burst from a bush behind Sewaddle and both of them launched Air cutter at the bug Pokémon.
"Sewaddle look out!" shouted Ash before jumping in between the attacks and Sewaddle to take the hit, seeing what happened angered Pikachu and Sewaddle who proceeded to fire Thunderbolt and Razor leaf respectively at the Woobat, scaring them away.
"Ash are you okay?" asked Iris who was concerned.
"Yeah, I'm totally fine" said Ash assuring them that he's alright, Sewaddle appeared carrying an apple and placing it next to Ash. "Is that fruit for me?" Sewaddle turned away from him but Naruto knew its intentions. "Well thanks a lot" later on as the sun sets, the gang were back at the tree and were helping themselves to the food which Cilan cooked. In the night they took their sleeping bags to sleep on the wide branches of the tree while gazing at stars. "I've never slept at a treetop before"
"Sleeping under the stars with the forest Pokémon is one of the greatest experience for a Pokémon trainer" said Burgh, Naruto agreed as he used to gazed at the stars from the Hokage monument at night.
"Sewaddle why don't you hang out with us?" said Ash, Sewaddle who was hanging above them with a thread turned away from them "It's okay, good night" Later Ash felt something enter his sleeping bag and woke to see that it was Sewaddle curling up next to him.
"That's quite an unusual thing for Sewaddle to do" said Burgh with a smile.
"That Sewaddle just can't be honest with himself" said Naruto smiling at them before going to sleep like everyone else. Early in the morning, they were woken up by Pikachu who seemed worried.
"Pikachu what's up" asked ash.
"Sewaddle has just been carried off by a Patrat!" said Pikachu pointing below, Ash and Naruto looked down a Patrat running off with Sewaddle on its head.
"Let's go after it!" said Ash putting on his clothes and going after it with the others close behind, they followed all the way into a cave where they saw the Patrat standing in front of the protectively while another Patrat laid behind, looking ill.
"I recall that the leaves the Sewaddle wear have medicinal effects which must be why the Patrat made off with Sewaddle in the first place, but I have the medicine just for that" said Burgh , he took out a bottle of pills and gave one to the sick Patrat which instantly cured it of its illness, both Patrat thanked Burgh for his help before they left.
"But if Sewaddle is not here, then where could he be?" asked Naruto. No sooner he said that, Deerling appeared before them and they saw Sewaddle attached to it while its leaf hold was all torn up, Deerling then took off with the others chasing after it and began to panic when they saw it heading towards a valley with the intention of jumping over it.
"Sewaddle use String shot and aim at my arm and then pull yourself over to me!" said Ash, just as Deerling jumped over the valley, Sewaddle shot a string at Ash's arm and proceeded to pull itself over but a sudden gust of wind tore the rope causing it to fall to the river below "Oh no Sewaddle!" Ash immediately jumped in after the bug Pokémon in order to save it. Ash saw Sewaddle floating towards a waterfall and quickly swam to grab it before falling over but he was quickly grabbed by a thread of silk and pulled back to edge of the cliff.
"Ash are you okay?" asked Naruto.
"Yeah, I'm fine what about you Sewaddle?" said Ash looking at the bug Pokémon who smiled happily at him "But what about your clothes?"
"You don't have to worry about that, my Leavanny can solve that" said Burgh. Ash took out his Pokédex to scan the new Pokémon.
[Leavanny, the Nurturing Pokémon and Sewaddle's final evolutionary form. Using sticky threads that come from its mouth, it makes clothes for Sewaddle by sewing leaves together]
Soon they were led to where large leaves grow and Leavanny picked up a green leaf and proceeded to sew a new 'shirt' for Sewaddle which it happily wore.
"Looking good Sewaddle" said Ash.
"I have to say that I'm impressed with how you how rescued in a totally unselfish way and a pure heart" said Burgh.
"I have to agree with Burgh, in a way, you remind of myself" said Naruto smiling at Ash.
"I would even go as far as to say that he could be your counterpart in this dimension" said Kurama.
"You two aren't the only ones as Sewaddle feels the same way" said Cilan as everyone looked down to see Sewaddle rubbing against Ash's leg. Ash knelt before the bug Pokémon.
"So would you like to come with me Sewaddle?" asked Ash which Sewaddle nodded in affirmation "Okay then go Pokéball!" he threw a Pokéball at Sewaddle who got sucked in and the capsule rocked several times before making a sound to signify the capture but it shrunk down and refused to open.
"I believe that's your eighth Pokémon, normally when a trainer has more than six Pokémon excluding you who has seven the extra Pokéball will remain locked until you switch with the Pokémon you currently have which can be done at the Pokémon center" said Cilan.
"And there so happens to be a Pokémon center right at the edge of the forest, I can take you there" said Burgh. Later they arrived at the Pokémon center and Ash transferred Pidove to Prof. Juniper to keep. Then he came back and called out Sewaddle from his Pokéball.
"I hope that we can get along" said Ash before placing upon Sewaddle's causing everyone to smile.
"Ahh Ash, thanks for the inspiration for my next work, I hope to see you again at the Castelia gym as I am looking for to our Pokémon battle" said Burgh before running off while the gang waved goodbye to him and continued on their way.
This is Hussbek online with the next chapter, sorry for the delay but I had writer's block for a bit but was able to recover so I'll be able to update the other fictions sooner so look forward to it, hope you enjoy this chapter, still making plans for making another fiction but it will definitely come on soon so look forward to it. Read and review as always
This is Hussbek from Ghana
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