Hello Readers! I should stop saying things about the future, so I will. On a separate note, what did you think of the first-person POV of the last chapter? Was it good, or bad? I don't think I'll do it again in a bit, but writing it was fun!
If you find Professor Sycamore's character to be a bit OOC, that is because it is. He's meant to be OOC of how he is in the X and Y Anime.
Speaking of the Pokèmon X and Y Anime, I will be aging up the characters for it, e.g. Naruto will be 14 years old, Serena will be 14 years old, and Professor Oak will be 55 years old.
Within the story right now, Naruto only has Kurama the Fennekin at the moment, and if you read before the chapter purge, we might not see Jolyne this chapter, but the next few are up in the air.
Thank you for reading my blabbering, and please enjoy, Whirlpool Trainer - Pinball Wizard!
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It had only been 2 hours since that bastard of an old man had dropped Naruto off. Only two hours, and yet…
"Naruto, could you please just eat?" Professor Sycamore mumbled into the table, a bowl of ramen, just as Naruto had described it. Yet, much to said Professor's indignation, the boy only turned his nose to it, making Sycamore sigh.
"That isn't ramen," Naruto pouted, crossing his arms and frowning dramatically.
"I don't even know what ramen is," Professor Sycamore grumbled.
"Figure it out," Naruto said flippantly. "You're the Professor."
"Naruto, we've been over this," Professor Sycamore answered, the bags under his eyes deepening more, "I am a Pokèmon Professor, plus, seeing that you don't know what the internet was, and that there was little information on ramen, I can't go off of your flavorful, yet mediocre description."
"My description is not Mediocre!"
"Naruto, could you focus on me talking about Pokèmon evolution and convergence for 2 hours?"
"No, why would I want to focus on something so boring!"
"I know, and I think that-"
"Blah, blah, blah, could you just prepare some ramen already!"
Professor Sycamore had never more wanted to strangle a child. No other child had ever been this bratty or uncouth in his life. Maybe it was the fact that he was the Professor, but-
"If you aren't gonna make me ramen, I'll go do something else," Naruto muttered angrily, trying to walk out of the room.
"Oh no, young man, you are NOT going anywhere UNTIL you EAT!" The Professor yelled, scrambling to grab Naruto, but the professor missed spectacularly landing on his face.
"You'll never take me alive!" Naruto yelled, blowing a raspberry at the Professor before running away.
"I swear to Arceus itself, this boy will be the death of me," the professor muttered, pushing himself back up before running in Naruto's direction.
"Naruto Uzumaki, get your ass back here!" the Professor yelled to Naruto, feeling the years of his inactivity catching up to him.
"I never give up, you who don't believe in the food of the gods!"
"There is only one god, and for the record, it's whom, not who!"
"Yeah right, nerd! Ha ha ha, Nerd!"
As mentally degrading, and stupid, as this high-speed argument was, the Professor needed to keep Naruto's focus so that he would-
*Bonk!*
'Or,' The Professor thought candidly as Naruto hit a wall, 'That works too.'
Looking at the knocked-out boy, the Professor could only groan, putting his hand on his face in frustration. "Why must you be so childish? Maybe just a little bit of understanding of-"
The Professor sighed, a thought occurred to him. "Why did that stupid old man have to abandon him with me without any explanation?" Sycamore asked quietly. "I mean, he did give me that-"
The Professor's gray eye lit up with an idea. "Maybe I should call it!" He muttered quickly.
With great speed, the Professor quickly placed Naruto into a guest room close to his room before practically jumping down the stairs to the call room. He rapidly entered the number into the machine, waiting with great vigor as it wrung, before he finally saw the old man on the other side.
"What the hell, man?!" The Professor yelled in disbelief. "Did you have to leave me with this problem child so quickly? He's been screaming at me to bring Jiji back! What in Great Arceus' name is ramen?!"
"I must say," the old man said happily, "It took you a lot longer than I thought for you to call the number. Was there any problem?"
The Professor only gave a death stare to the old man, making said old man chuckle a little more. "Yes. There were many problems."
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"So you can't come back," Sycamore muttered to himself, using his hand to comb his hair. There was a notebook beside him, listing everything the old man found relevant about the new blonde menace he had to care for. "Can I at least have you see him through these calls?"
The line remained silent for a moment, before the old man sighed, answering with a, "No."
"Any explanation as to… why?"
"Walls have ears, Professor. I… have been avoiding this topic, but the boy needs to remain hidden."
"Okay, he needs to remain hidden. What, did a family member do… something?"
"All you need to know is that, eight years ago, a giant storm hit our village the night Naruto was born."
"... If it's the storm I'm thinking of, it certainly doesn't narrow your location down…"
The old man smiled. "I see you're still thinking about that," Hiruzen muttered.
"As much as I hate to say it, you're an unknown to me, just as much as Naruto is."
"I understand. When one doesn't know, they begin to fear. And when one fears, they begin to hate."
"Yeah, not quite like that," the Professor said, "My research papers and work are practically worthless."
"I wouldn't quite say that," the old man said with a frown.
"Yeah, well, boo-hoo," The Professor said simply. "Even as the leading Professor on Mega Evolution, there is zero evidence about its origins, how they are made, hell, what effects Mega evolution has! I haven't even seen a single Mega besides recordings! I'm pretty sure any Mega wielder has far more information than me…"
"... If you say so," the old man said, not arguing the professor's point. "Though, we should probably stop here. There seems to be a visitor."
The screen shut off, and Sycamore turned to see Naruto behind him, scaring him a little.
"Great Mew above, when did you get behind me?!"
"Why did Jiji go away?" Naruto asked sadly.
"That's a good question, Naruto," the Professor said with a stupefied expression. "If I knew, I would tell you."
"No," Naruto grumbled. "Adults aren't honest in the least."
"Jiji is an Adult."
"Jiji is dishonest as well!"
The Professor sighed, grabbing Naruto by the shoulder while squatting to his level. "Naruto, look me in the eyes," the Professor murmured to the boy. "I will not be dishonest with you. I have no clue as to why Jiji refuses to see you. No idea, no inference, nothing but what he told me. He's a very secretive man, Naruto, though I did get…" Sycamore inhaled deeply, remembering what the boy was said to have gone through. "... some information."
"What information?"
"Let's go make some ramen, okay?"
~ Two weeks later ~
"Kurama 2, use Flame Charge on Machoke's flank!! Kurama 1, hit him with the Stored-Flame Combo!"
"Machoke hit the charging one with a sucker punch!" The other trainer yelped in worry.
Machoke had been able to close the distance between him and the bullet that was a small quadrupedal fox, before slamming into the ground with his sucker punch, finally dispelling it. However, the original Kurama was surrounded by a red aura, and suddenly became as fast as his dispelled clone, appearing behind Machoke in a cloak of fire.
"Finish it, Kurama!"
The cloak of fire dramatically dispelled, revealing Kurama's pale yellow fur that is longer on its haunches. His white muzzle, which had longer fur on its cheeks, was stretched into a devious smile, revealing two pointed teeth can be seen in its upper jaw. Kurama's large, dark orange eyes aflame with smugness, and a pointed, black nose upturned at the Machoke before him. Tufts of dark orange fur cover the interior of its large ears, the final part to be released from his cloak.
"Ahh! Machoke, duck!"
With blinding speed, Kurama's small paws pressed and made a small swipe, not even close to hitting the Machoke.
"Huh? What was that supposed to-?"
The poor Machoke was blasted away by the shockwave that was Stored Power. Kurama, who was thrown far as well, landed with grace and a certain smugness as the Machoke hit the ground two times before sliding to a stop.
"Great Mew above! Machoke the unbending is defeated by an unorthodox strategy I have never seen before! Have you seen anything like this?!" One of the commentators yelled with great enthusiasm, stars in his eyes.
"I haven't seen anything close to it! The only thing that came to mind was an old recording of one of the Previous Johto Champions, but they hadn't even come close to using it like this!" The second commentator added with wrapped attention.
"Is there anything you want to say, young man?" One of the commentators added, handing the mic he was using to Naruto.
"Unbending my ass! What kind of title is that!" This earned a growl from a few in the crowd.
"U-uh, interesting input you've got, Contestant 15. Congratulations on earning 1st Place! Anything else you want to- hey, hey! Where are you going?!" Naruto heard the commentators trying to get his attention, but it didn't matter too much to him.
Because he saw his Pokèmon troding over. "Kurama, we did it!" Naruto exclaimed in happiness, bringing the fox Pokèmom face to face. "We won, we won-!"
"Police! Hands in the air!"
"Uuuuhh-" Naruto hesitated.
"Naruto," Naruto heard a familiar voice yell, making him flinch. "I swear to Arceus itself, AGAIN?!"
"It wasn't on purpose!"
"Wasn't on- Naruto," the voice continued, revealing it to be Professor Sycamore. "Do you hear how ridiculous that sounds?!"
"Well, why are you here?!"
"Naruto…"
"Okay, I'll turn myself in."
"Uh, we still need to interview the tournament champion?" One of the commentators added quietly.
The Professor's gaze slowly panned to Naruto, who was trying to hide in his Jacket. "Naruto, did you-"
"Yeah, and it was amazing! I haven't seen fighting skills like his in my entire life!"
"Though, how old is the boy?"
"He's eight…"
EIGHT?! I mean, he is skilled, BUT WHO LET HIM INTO THE TOURNAMENT?!"
"You aren't going to sue us, right, Professor?"
"Why would I do that if I know you don't deserve the consequences," the Professor answered with a sigh. "Congratulations are in order, Naruto, but the minute officer Jenny walks you through that front door, you are grounded, ya hear?!"
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There we are, the ending of another chapter. Just a little bit of a battle and a bit more on how Naruto battles.
Each of Naruto's Pokèmon is supposed to represent a different technique or power, anime or otherwise. So if you have a technique you want incorporated, please comment! I may not be looking for techniques specifically for Naruto, but other people may want them!
If you're wondering about the Professor Assistances, all you really need to see is how he carries himself. As he says, he's only really a man well-studied in Mega Evolution. He hasn't seen Mega Evolution in real life yet. He's just getting started with this thing.
As for other characters and the glimpses we see in the other story, they are interesting, but they are too obvious in my humble opinion. They made it easy to know what was going to happen, and while fun to have you read from horror story style, this isn't a horror story.
Anyways, thank you for reading, and I hope to see you next time!
