Chapter-8 :- A New Friend and Start of a New Adventure
It's been a week Naruto reunited with Ash in Jhoto and spending some time together Naruto separated from the group to reach New Bark Town so that he can catch a ship to Hoenn but luck wasn't on his side because he have to clean up the mess Prof. Elm made.
Now we see Naruto is relaxing on the deck of the ship that taking him to Little Root Town in Hoenn Region.
Sitting on the deck Naruto started to recall the annoying yet hellarios situation Prof. Elm put himself and dragged him in that as well.
Flash Back :-
" HOW CAN YOU BE SO CARELESS PROFESSOR WHEN YOU KNEW THAT THIS YEAR THE MORE TRAINER IS GOING TO START THEIR JOURNEY." yelled an enraged Nurse Joy to Prof. Elm who totally forgot that this year total of 12 trainer going to start their journey and didn't prepare accordingly.
" Sorry Nurse Joy I was researching on Evee and all of it's Evolution I forgot about it." Said a fearful Prof. Elm.
" So Now what are you gonna do as clearly you didn't have any starter as you already given them to other three and 12 more trainer is supposed to receive starter Pokemon ?" asked Nurse Joy.
" I don't know what I am gonna do as other professor also didn't have any spare starter as well." said a depressed Elm.
As both Nurse Joy and Prof. Elm is in deep thought Naruto come in the lab as he left some of his research material there so he come to collect those material.
Seeing both Nurse Joy and Prof. Elm in deep thought Naruto cough to aleart the occupents his presence.
" Ah Naruto my friend is there something you want to told me?" asked Prof. Elm to Naruto.
" No Prof. Elm I just come to pick up my research material that I Left here." Replied Naruto and then asked " Though I am curious what causing both you and Nurse Joy to thought that deeply that you didn't notice my presence?"
" Sorry about that Prof. Naruto it's just that this idiot didn't prepare starter Pokemon for new trainer." Said Nurse Joy with a sigh.
" Umm so did you call other professor for starter of other regions?" asked Naruto
" ' sigh' yes I called Prof. Oak, Prof. Birch, and Prof. Rowan and none of them have extra starter at current time." said Prof. Elm.
" What about Prof. Juniper and Prof. Sycamore?" asked Naruto.
" Naruto I didn't know them that well neither I have their number for me to call them." said Prof. Elm.
" ' Sigh' You are hopeless as ever Prof. Elm." said Naruto.
" At least do you have 12 pokedex ready or even you didn't prepare it as well?" asked Naruto.
" Shit I forgot and I didn't have any spare pokedex!" exclaimed Prof. Elm to which both Naruto and Nurse Joy face fulted
" WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU DIDN'T HAVE SPARE POKEDEX FOR NEW TRAINER HOW CAN YOU BE SO CARELESS?" yelled Nurse Joy to which Prof. Elm look down in shame and said sorry to Nurse Joy.
" Please Naruto help me to get out of this Problem." Pleaded Prof. Elm to Naruto.
" Yes Prof. Naruto please help us so that we can give them all a starter Pokemon." pleaded Nurse Joy to which Naruto agreed prepare to call both Prof. Juniper and Prof. Sycamore.
As 3 of them are talking about solution all of the 12 trainer come in to collect their starter Pokemon and Pokedex but confused why the occupent's in the room are panicking.
Then a girl among the trainers asked " Prof. Elm is everything all right?"
As soon as both Professor and Nurse joy hear the voice they all look to the trainers.
" 'Sigh' Hello Trainers My Name is Naruto and I am a Pokemon researcher like the dumbass here." said Naruto while pointing at Elm but before he can continued he heard a male of the group yell " Hey who the hell are you to say a renowed Professor as Dumbass and stop speaking lie about being a Pokemon professor you are not much older than us." with a sneer a male to which other agreed.
" Shut up and show some respect to Prof. Naruto." yelled Nurse Joy to which the group about to protest but shut up at the sharp glare from Nurse Joy.
" You know just because Prof. Naruto isn't much older than you isn't mean he can't be a Pokemon researcher as he is in the research since he is 7 years old and a full fledged Pokemon Professor since he is 9 years old." said Nurse Joy to which all the trainer became shocked and started to appologies to Naruto which he wave them off.
" As for yes Prof. Naruto is right about being Prof. Elm being dumbass as he didn't preparte any starter neither he prepare any pokedex for you all because he simply forgot." Said Nurse Joy to which all of the trainer became depressed at thought of not getting a Pokemon.
" If Prof. Elm didn't have any Pokemon or Pokedex then what we would do? How we will start our journey?" asked a boy of the group.
" Well I am seeing about the Pokemon but you all have to wait for Pokedex then you can start your journey." Said Naruto to which all of the trainer thanked him.
" umm Prof. Naruto how long we have to wait for our starter Pokemon and Pokedex?" asked a girl of the group.
" Well you all will get your pokemon today but for Pokedex you have to wait at least 5 days." said Naruto to which all of the trainer nodded and thanked him and as Naruto promished he arranged the pokemon that are alrady identified as starter or can be suited for starter with the help of Prof. Juniper and Prof. Sycamore.
From Prof. Juniper he get a set of starter and from Prof. Sycamore he receive the fire and grass type starter of Kalos Region and other 7 Pokemon who are suited for Starter but not really a starter he get them from his ranch as a breeder he catch all type of pokemon and raised them so he have many pokemon same type but they are like wild pokemon as he didn't train them that much just catch them for breeding purpose so that if any of the Prof. faced same problem like Prof. Elm he can supply them.
All of the 12 trainer at first confused to see the Pokemons as they can't recognise them but when Naruto explain to them that this pokemon are from Unova and Kalos they were surprised but happy none the less.
Prof. Elm also contracted Pokemon League for Pokedex as they also send them to the lab 6 day after contacting the league.
The responsibility of Uploading Database on the Pokedex is also came upon to Naruto which he complited and in the end all of the trainer tanked Naruto profusely for giving them starter Pokemon also applogies for calling him a liar and not beleveing in him which he accepted.
As the Trainers Start their Journey Naruto also left the lab so that he can catch the ship to Hoenn with a smile on his face as he is very happy that he helped 12 new trainer to begin their journey.
Present Time :-
As Naruto was recalling the events that occur a week ago he heard the announcement that the ship will dock as Little Root Town shortly so he left the dock and goes to his room and pack everything.
An hour later the ship docked on Little Root Town and Naruto left the ship to started to move forward to the direction of Professor Birches Lab.
" Ralts" as Naruto heard the voice he look down and see his Pokemon daughter is awake now.
" Hime how was your sleep?" asked Naruto.
" Yes papa it's great." replied Ralts and then asked " Papa where are we?"
" We are at the Little Root Town and before starting our journey we are going to meet one of my collegue Prof. Birch who has his lab at Little Root Town." repled Naruto to which Ralts nod her head.
After half an hour Naruto and Ralts reach Prof. Birch Lab.
As Naruto reach the lab he knock on the door and waited for sometime though he didn't have to wait long as Prof. Birch's assistant Joshua open the door.
" Hello is Prof. Birch here?" asked Naruto to which Josua replied " No Prof. Birch is on field research."
" I see. Can I come in ?" asked Naruto
" Where are my mannars ? please come in." said Joshua and then asked " By the way my name is Joshua What is your Name?"
" Well hello Joshua I am Naruto." Said Naruto and as soon as he said it Joshua froze because he recognize that name.
" You mean you are Professor Naruto a renowned researcher of Mega Evolution ?" asked Joshua to which Naruto nodded his head.
" It's an honour to meet you Prof. Naruto I read every research paper you wrote and I am a fan of you." Said Joshua.
" Is that so ?" asked Naruto with a chuckle to which Joshua nodded his head eagerly.
As Naruto speaking with Joshua the door of the lab open and Prof. Birch came in with a girl of Naruto's age who is very much soaked.
" Hello Professor Birch is everything allright ?" asked Naruto to which Prof. Birch look at Naruto surprised to see the young prodigy.
" Oh Naruto it's you and yes everything is all right it's just that on my field research I accidentaly disturbed some Poochyena and they started to chase me but thanks to May help they left me." Said Prof. Birch with a emberrased chuckle to which Naruto sweatdropped while thinking if every regional professor are air head.
He then turn to the girl name May and see that she is rather pretty with Brown hair and Blue eyes.
" Hello May my name is Naruto. Nice to meet you." said Naruto as he introduced himself.
" Helo my name is May." Said May in rude manner but she soon apologised and said " Sorry for my rude behaviour but my mood is ruined when Mudkip shoot me with water gun."
" It's ok I understand May." said Naruto and asked " Are you here to get your starter Pokemon ? " to which May nodded and Naruto smiled at that which make May blush as to May he is very handsome with his spickey blond hair and blue eyes that match her own not to mention he is lean build and he is very humble as well which is totally her type .
" May go to the wash room and changed your cloths or you will catch cold and after you changed You can choose your Starter Pokemon." Said Prof. Birch to May to which May nodded and move to washrom so she can change.
" So Naruto from what you said earlier when you contact me through Pokenav you should have come to Hoenn a week earlier so why late ? " asked Prof. Birch but before he could answer May come to room Naruto look at her and smile which she returns and sat down beside him.
" ' sigh ' You already know Prof. Birch How much of an airhead Prof. Elm can be as he contacted you earlier about starter right ? " stated Naruto to which Birch nodded
" I was busy helping him organising the starter and as well as the Pokedex." Said Naruto to which Prof. Birch nodded in understanding but May is confused about it.
Seeing May's confusion Prof. Birch said " May Naruto is a renowned Professor like me as well as a Breeder and Trainer." to which May became shocked as how some one of her age is a renowned pokemon researcher .
" That's so cool Naruto." Exclaimed May to which Naruto chuckeled and thanked her making her blushed.
" Ok May These are the Pokemon you can choose form." said Prof. Birch as he release Hoenn Starter Pokemon for May to choose.
After not liking Treko's attitude May move to Mudkip but don't choose it as it soaked her atlast she choose Torchik.
" Well May here your pokeball and pokedex and now you are good to go." said Prof. Birch then continued " May You doesn't know much about Pokemon right?" to which May turned towards him and asked " Is it that obvious?" to which Prof. Birch replied " Not really Your dad told me about it." Then continued " You can travel with Naruto and as Naruto is a Pokemon researcher as well as a trainer you can learn from him." To which Naruto nodded his head in affirmation
" That would be great I hope it's all right with you Naruto." Said May with excitement that she can travel with her crush and get to know him better to which Naruto replied that it's all right and after that the duo left the lab and started their journey towards Petelburg Town.
As They are walking in forest May asked about what Naruto research about so Naruto tell her about his research much to her awe and admirition.
Sometime later a small mouse pokemon came into view so May asked what pokemon is that to which Naruto told her to scan it with her pokedex as she did it gave her the information about Azurill.
" Azurill is a round, blue mouse Pokémon . It has circular ears with pink insides. There are two white dots on its cheeks, and it has black eyes. Its thin, black, zigzagging tail has a large blue ball at the end about the same size as its body.
The ball is bouncy and packed with the nutrients it needs to be able to grow. The ball can also be used as a flotation device. It can be seen bouncing and playing on this rubbery tail. The tail can also be spun around like a lasso. When the tail is thrown, the body can go as far as 33 feet (10 meters). Though Azurill is typically docile, it swings the big ball on its tail to smash into opponents bigger than itself when angered. It lives at the water's edge , where they gather to splash around for fun on sunny days."
" It's so cute. I want it." Said May to which Naruto replied " Well what are you waiting for catch it." To which May nodded and prepare to throw Pokeball at Azurill which Naruto noticed. " Wait May that's not how you…" before Naruto finish his speaking May already throw it to Azurill who turned into red light beam and sucked into Pokeball and the pokeball stared to move as Azurill trying to get free but May thought she already caught it and started to celebrate which come to stop as Azurill finally get itself out of the Pokeball.
" Hey how come Azurill is out of it's pokeball I caught it already." said a confused May
" 'sigh' May you can't catch Pokemon like that you have to fight it so it is weakend and then throw the pokeball to caught it." Replied Naruto to which May say " Right I know let's battle Torchic." And brought out Torchic's Pokeball. Naruto sweatdropped at her antics but didn't say anything and wait to see how May battle the Azurill.
" May called out Torchic who started to rub itself on May's leg but stopped when May told it to fight Azurill and Torchic charged at Azurill but it doged.
" May you have to give Torchic command of it's move and before you ask how you will know use your pokedex and scan Torchic and it wiil show the moves Torchic know and give her command of it." Said Naruto to which may nod her head and scan Torchic and it showed Torchis know's Amber, Peck and Tackle.
" Alright Torchic use tackle." Commanded May to Torchic who charged in for tackle but Azurill doged. May gave her second command which is Amber which didn't do any damage on Azurill which confuses May.
Seeing May's confusion Naruto inform her that fire type move will not do much damage against a water type to which May nodded and thanked her crush but before she gave her next command they see Azurill started to move away from them and Torchic is chasing it so both Naruto and May started to chasing after them but when they reach to the pokemons they saw Azurill, Marill and Azumaril use water gun against Torchic which hit her and knock her out Naruto was about to bring out his Amphoross but stopped when a Pokeball open and came out Ralts who use Psychic on the trio of water type Pokemon.
When Naruto saw what the baby pokemon did he became shocked that Ralt's can use Psychic but quickly get over it and congratulated Ralts who became happy that her father praise her after that Naruto seeing May's downcast look as well as her worry for Torchic told May not to worry that in Oldale town Pokemon center Nurse Joy can will heal Torchic which make her feel better as she also blushed as Naruto is rather close to her as he is comforting her after some time she regained her composere and they started to move towards Oldale town.
After few hours of travelling they reach Oldale Ruin.
" Why is the stracture is broken like that?" asked May to which Naruto replied her about Oldale Ruin.
As he explaining her about Oldale Ruin they saw a man with Brown hair and black eye came towards them.
" Hello my name is Prof. Alden how can I help you to?" said Prof. Alden to both Naruto and May.
" Nice to meet to you Prof. Alden. I am Prof. Naruto and this is my friend May." Naruto Introduced himself and May which shocked Alden that he get to meet the Prodigy that became a full fledged Pokemon Professor at the age of 9.
" What a pleasant surprise that I get to meet the prodigy of the Pokemon field." Said Prof. Alden to which Naruto chuckle and thanked the professor.
" Well it's nice meeting you but we have to go to Pokemon center so see you later Prof. Alden." Said Naruto as both he and May left for Pokemon center.
Reaching Pokemon center both May and Naruto give their Pokemon to Nurse Joy for checkup and they go to the lobby and started to talk with other trainer.
After some time they go to cafeteria and get their dinner and stated to converse among themselves when they hear someone calling them so they look to side to see Prof. Alden who join them and together they started to coverse about Oldale Ruin.
After having dinner they continued their conversation in Prof. Alden's room when suddenly power of Pokemon center was cut off.
When they go see what cause the power cutoff they came face to face with team Magma grunts who came for Prof. Alden.
Naruto beat them up with the help of his Salamance and Amphoros. After that they turned on the generator.
After that they started to move towards the ruin to catch other Magma grunt but when they reach the ruins they saw that other grunt already left.
They also check the ruins to their surprise they found all the four key to the ruin is already set on the door and after sometime when the sun rise the patteren on the wall started to glow and the door opened.
All of them go down and see a small lake of fresh water which shocked them but what socked them most when they saw the ancient Pokemon Relikath.
After sometime they reach the Pokemon center and call officer Jenny and hand over the captured Magma grunt after that both May and Naruto move towards Petelberg city and reach May's home Petelberg gym and knock the door open by a boy with black hair who has glass on.
" Hello May what took you so long?" asked the boy and before she can answer his question He asked again " well who is this May?"
" Hello Max he is a friend of mine his name is Naruto we meet at Prof. Birch lab." answered May.
In the mean time a man with black hair who look like older version of Max and a woman who look like older verson of May came out.
May seeing their parents Introduced them and her brother Max to Naruto who polietely greet them back.
After the introduction all of them are in the living room of the house sitting As May sit beside Naruto and blushed litely and started to she sneak glaces at him sometime which didn't go unnoticed by other in the room but they didn't say anything. As they started conversing Norman asked May about her bike to which she remember that she left it at Prof. Birch's lab and said her parents that to which they nodded and said it's alright they will get it later from the lab.
" Well May what pokemon do you choose?" asked Max to which May call out Torchic much to Max's disappointment.
" What why did you choose that if I am in place of you I would choose a Treeko." Said Max making Torchic angry who started to peck on Max's head causing the boy to cry in pain.
" Torchic is fine choice and if you get a Blazikenite you can have a Mega Blaziken when it fully evolved." Said Norman to which Carolina agreed and said " also it's very cute." Causing Naruto to chuckled at their antics.
Norman then turned to Naruto and asked him " well Naruto thank you for making sure May is safe but what's your plan now? Are you going to enter in Hoenn league."
" Yes Norman I am going to enter Hoenn League and if May wanted to come with me then I will teach her about Pokemon more as Prof. Birch requested me." Said Naruto to which Norman nodded his head and May blushed again at the thought of travelling together with her crush and exclaimed in excitement that Naruto is a Pokemon Researcher as well before anyone say anything which shocked the other occupaints of the room.
" Oh my you are a Pokemon researcher in such young age as well what a plasent surprise." Exclaimed Caroline.
" You are a Pokemon researcher so cool." Said Max to which Naruto chuckled.
" Well Naruto it's a plasent surprise indeed so you are like in some field research to gain experience right?" asked Norman to which Naruto shake his head and replied " No Norman I am a fullfledged Pokemon Researcher as well as one of the leading researcher on Mega Evolution." Which shocked Norman but he soon recalled that he heard of a young researcher who researched on Mind arts trio and dragon type and soon he realised that in front of him is the young prodigy who make many breakthrough in Pokemon research.
Max is also Recognised Naruto as he seen him compete in Indigo league as well as Jhoto league silver conference both of which he won so soon he exclaimed that in excitement also said how awesome trainer Naruto is but he said he is just an ordinary trainer and there are many trainer who are stronger than him to which both Norman and Caroline smiled that Naruto is so humble and didn't brag about his achievement. They knew that their daughter is in right hands that with Naruto's help she will become a strong trainer.
After that Caroline invite Naruto for Dinner which he happily accepted and thanked the woman.
In the meantime Norman asked Naruto about Mega evolution which he happily explained to him also Max join the conversation as well as May.
Soon the time for dinner came so all of them have their dinner. As they are eating the food Noman, Caroline and Max saw May taking a sneaking glance at Naruto and blushing. After dinner Naruto teached May about Pokemon types what types has advantage against what type and other leassion about Pokemon basics in which Max also joined them. After some time they call it a day and goes to bed as next day both Naruto and May is going to leave on their journey.
Next Day :-
Now we see Both Naruto and May are standing outside May's house ready to leave their journey but suddenly Max came out with a bag which confuses May so she asked why Max have a bag with him to which Max replied " Well May you didn't know much about Pokemon so you will need My help and also I can a lot from Naruto as well."
Norman nodded with his son reasoning and asked Naruto " I hope it will not be a big problem if Max tag along with both of you?" to which Naruto shake his head and replied " It's not a problem at all."
Norman then give Naruto and May badge case and Max a Pokenav to which all of them thanked the gym leader.
Caroline then said " Good luck all of you and Naruto please take care of my Daughter and son." To which Naruto replied that he would take care of them and the trio left for their journey.
Caroline then said to Norman " You know Norman I have a feeling that by the end of their Journey May and Naruto will be couple as I can clearly see that May already has a crush on him."
Norman nodded and said " Yeah I know that and I also know that no one other than Naruto will be better for my daughter but if he break her heart I will kill him." To which Caroline chuckle as both of them saw the trio is already out of the sight.
What they don't know is that how right they are and one day their daughter will be one of the woman that will help to brought back the Aura Guardians .
