naruto: pokemon shop

Kakashi and his teammates returned to the central Konoha area after leaving Edward's small mountain.

"Haughty Sasuke, let's battle. My Bulbasaur is definitely stronger than your Charmander."

Sasuke had a blank expression and a calm gaze: "You?"

"Ah!"

Seeing that expression, Naruto couldn't contain his anger and rushed forward to duel with Sasuke.

Kakashi's eyes twitched, and he quickly grabbed Naruto: "If you want to fight, go to the training grounds. This isn't the place for you to make a ruckus."

"Hmph—"

Naruto snorted, then glared at Sasuke again: "Let's duel!"

Sasuke nodded and turned to walk towards the training grounds.

He also wanted to understand all aspects of Charmander, and the fastest way to do that was through battle.

"Teacher Kakashi, are they really alright like this?"

Seeing the two of them leave, Sakura was slightly stunned and looked at Kakashi with confusion.

"Let them go, Sakura. Just watch them. I have other business, so I'll go first."

After saying that, Kakashi quickly left the scene.

Sakura stared at everyone in slight bewilderment, then reacted and quickly chased after Sasuke and Naruto.

Shortly after, the three of them arrived at the training grounds.

Naruto faced Sasuke: "Haughty Sasuke, today I'll show you how strong Naruto is!"

He carefully took a Poké Ball from his waist, pressed it, and the Poké Ball instantly enlarged before launching it forward: "Go! Bulbasaur!"

Sasuke, on the opposite side, looked at him coldly, without answering, then took out his Poké Ball and released Charmander. As both Pokémon were released, their eyes turned serious.

Sasuke glanced at Bulbasaur and started giving commands: "Charmander, approach Bulbasaur and use Ember."

"Aduh~"

Charmander nodded and immediately approached Bulbasaur. A transparent flame shot towards Bulbasaur.

Naruto didn't just watch: "Bulbasaur, dodge!"

"Ga Ni~"

Bulbasaur's eyes changed as it heard this, and its body moved sideways to avoid Charmander's attack.

"Tackle!" Naruto commanded.

Bulbasaur turned and charged towards Charmander.

"Charmander, jump up, use Smokescreen, then quickly use Ember." Sasuke instructed.

Charmander reacted quickly, leaping high as Bulbasaur charged. It unleashed a cloud of smoke, obscuring Bulbasaur.

"Ao~" As the smoke cleared, Charmander used Ember, hitting Bulbasaur.

"Ugh~" Bulbasaur cried out in pain. Its body tensed, ready to attack again.

"Bulbasaur, are you alright?" Before Bulbasaur could attack, Naruto's eyes showed concern; he rushed forward to check on Bulbasaur.

"I'm okay~" Bulbasaur shook its head, still glaring at Charmander.

"Foolish," Sasuke shook his head, walking to the side with Charmander. "Instead of wasting time here, you should train your Charmander."

Naruto, angered by Sasuke's words, stood up again: "Haughty Sasuke, come again, I'll definitely beat you!"

Sakura felt relieved, shaking her head: "Naruto, come on, I'll train my lucky egg too."

Meanwhile, not far from the training grounds, four figures watched, slightly overwhelmed.

"Ya, are these the unique summoning animals you mentioned?"

Kurenai Yuhi blinked and asked Kiba beside her with difficulty.

At Kiba's request, the team had run before they could train after finishing their mission today. But they hadn't expected to see this. When did ninjas become like this, not fighting but leading Pokémon battles? And how could a summoning Pokémon use Grass-type moves? She always thought Ya was joking. But was it true? Were there really such summoning Pokémon? And what about the summoning Pokémon with Naruto on the opposite side? Why couldn't it even defeat a Pokémon that could use Grass-type moves?

Kiba was also a little surprised and swallowed his saliva. Nodding, he said, "No... That's right, Naruto's summoning Pokémon is the one I mentioned, but I also don't know about Sasuke's summoning Pokémon."

After hearing this, Kurenai Yuhi didn't ask any more questions and walked towards Naruto and the others. The three people behind her hurriedly followed.

Upon reaching Naruto and the others, Kiba said, "Naruto."

"Kiba, why are you here? And Teacher Kurenai, Hinata, and Shino too." Naruto looked back curiously. Sakura and Sasuke also greeted them.

Kiba frowned at Naruto's words, saying without preamble, "Naruto, you promised me yesterday, you won't forget, right?"

Naruto was stunned for a moment, then reacted, "Oh, you mean Edward, but we just went there."

"What!" Kiba's face changed. "You just went there?" Everyone wondered if yesterday's ramen was wasted. Didn't you mention it?

Naruto nodded: "Yeah, Edward gave Kakashi, Sasuke, and Sakura Pokémon."

Hearing that, Kiba felt even more uneasy, his gaze turning hateful as he stared at Naruto. They three got Pokémon, so if he was called, could he get one too?

"Pokémon?"

Kurenai was slightly confused: "Are those the creatures beside you?"

"Yeah, Edward said they're Pokémon." Naruto nodded again.

Kurenai's gaze turned serious, and she asked again doubtfully: "Aren't those summoning animals?"

"Yeah, they're not summoning animals."

Kurenai turned and looked at Sakura: "Aren't those summoning animals?"

Naruto was slightly surprised. What was going on? Did this mean she didn't believe him?

Sakura nodded and replied, "No, they're not summoning animals."

Kurenai fell silent, looking shocked.

After that, Naruto and his friends introduced the Pokémon to Kurenai Yuhi and her teammates.