A/N: Now before anybody says anything, Agurra of the Darkness put this message out on the first chapter:

"Yo everyone, say hello to one of my first….Honestly I don't know whether to call this a challenge or something else. Regardless this is an idea I had recently for a Naruto Pokemon Crossover, but I'm not good at this type of crossover but think this idea has serious potential. If anyone is interested in taking this story up let me know."

Well, I was interested.

So without further delay now that's bee addressed, let's get this going!

The sounds of the mildly rough waves were rhythmic to those that heard them crash against the sands where the Tower of Mastery lay. A beautiful and ancient landmark of Shalour City, and the Kalos region on a whole, the Tower of Mastery was a representation of strength, power, and growth to the many that safeguarded it and gazed upon it.

With thick stone, the massive architectural marvel was made. It's entrance was made up on a relatively small stairway that led to an arched entryway, which had been melded into the construction of the tower's outer wall. The outer wall was composed of thick, red brick that continued to remain immune to the ravages of time and the weather. The walls were topped with ramparts and had small window-like holes for tourists to gaze through when they went to visit the structure. From the entryway, people were led to the actual complex where there were numerous buildings that were composed of marble, brick and hard stone and topped with either red or blue roof tiles. Then came possibly one of the most discouraging stairways ever built as the stairs that led to the actual entrance of the Tower of Mastery numbered close to, possibly exceeding, one hundred. The main tower however, was worth seeing once you arrived to it. Made up of white marble supports and red brick and stone as its exterior, the main tower rose high up into air as if trying to scrape the heavens where Arceus's domain lay. Numerous rooms lined the four circular floors since the groundskeepers, watchers and owners of the Tower of Mastery had to have some place to sleep after all. Each floor was accessible by the massive spiral staircase within.

Now within one of these rooms on the second floor, the soft snores of the successor of the Tower of Mastery echoed outwards from the small crack in her doorway. From the window, the bright rays of the sun shone through and decided in all its infinite glory...to shine itself directly on her face, proceeding to wake her up should she wish to be cooked alive.

"Uuuuuuugh." The young girl groaned as she twisted away from the sun, but it was all in vain. Curse the creators of the tower for making the windows so bloody huge. Sitting up in her bed, the light skinned girl stretched out her stiff muscles, yawned loudly and then proceeded to release a small sigh of relief when her joints popped ever so nicely. Long lemon yellow hair that stretched all the way to the girl's mid-back was wild and unkept due to the obvious reason of its owner having now been roused from her slumber. She wiped the remnants of sleepiness out of her eyes before blinking away the spots, revealing her light gray eyes to the world.

She walked over to the smaller bed which lay next to her own and proceeded to kick it, waking its occupant with a start.

Said occupant leaped into the air with a cry of surprise before landing in a fighting position. It was a small, blue, canine pokémon. It had black legs and torso, a blue tail, and a yellow collar. It had rounded bumps on the backs of its forepaws. It had a black "mask" and red eyes. It stood on its toes instead of its entire foot as it looked around for its attacker only to frown when the attacker was revealed to be its trainer.

"Ru Ru!" Riolu then proceeded to glare at its trainer when it saw said trainer giggling at its reaction. "Riiiiii." The pre-evolution of Lucario growled before huffing.

"Good morning to you too, Rilou."

A knock then came at the door before it was pushed open.

"Korrina, are you awake?" An elderly man asked, poking his head into the room. The young girl, now identified as Korrina, turned away from her pokémon to smile at the man.

Gurkinn, Korrina's grandfather, was a relatively elderly man with the same light skin tone as his granddaughter and, since he was in his late sixties and Korrina was ten, he towered over her form. His clothing consisted of a gray sweater worn over a dark red t-shirt, a pair of matching gray pants and a pair of black sandals. On his wrist was a dark gray wristband, which held a shining multicolored gem bearing an odd black symbol in its centre. Gurkinn's hair, or rather what remained of it since all that was left on his head was a single streak that ran from the top of his head to the base of his skull, was a paler lemon yellow color with a few strands of gray due to his advanced age. His eyebrows, those were eye catching as they stretched all the way off of his face and arched down to his cheeks like some sort of odd handlebar mustache, except in eyebrow form. His light gray eyes met his granddaughter's own with as much love and caring an old man could hold for his granddaughter.

Following after its trainer, the head of a Lucario poked its head into the room as well. The Aura Pokémon growled out a greeting to both the young girl and her partner pokémon.

"Morning grandpa!"

"Ru Ru Riolu!" Riolu waved to Gurkinn.

"Good, hurry up and get ready. You have your lessons to learn, as well as the grocery shopping to do later." The Mega Evolution Guru received a nod from Korrina before he exited the premises with Lucario. The Aura Pokémon offered a quick goodbye growl to the young girl before following after its trainer.

When the door had shut, Korrina did as she was told. She went into the bathroom and performed her daily routine of bathing, brushing her teeth, and changing into her clothes which consisted of a pair of white and blue running shoes, light gray pants and a blue t-shirt. Her hair was tied up in a high ponytail with a black hairtie and after nodding in satisfaction, her second opinion of acceptance coming from Riolu, she ran downstairs for breakfast which ate with much vigor.

Then began the learning. Being the successor to her grandfather to become the next Mega Evolution Guru and owner of the Tower of Mastery, something her family had been in charge of for numerous generations, Korrina was required to go through much more than what the usual ten year old was required to go through. While she did learn the basic skills of writing, language arts, mathematics and reading, she was also required to study extensively when it came to the subject of history.

"Remember Korrina..." Her grandfather always lectured to her about this. "...as my successor, while you are to learn basic knowledge in other subjects, the history of what our family does is what is most important. The secret skills which we currently safeguard are unknown to you, but you will know them in time. The secrets of Mega Evolution, the various rituals and processes that are handed down from generation to generation by our family, these things and many more are what you are required to learn."

And learn she did. Everything from the Great Kalos War from three thousand years ago, to the founding of the first Mega Evolution in the form of a Mega Lucario, the mascot and symbol of her family. She would have to learn it all, but in her eyes, it would all be worth it.

She looked to the giant statue of the Mega Lucario which rested before her, and then turned to her Riolu. "Some day, we're gonna be strong and then we'll do the trials, get the Lucarionite and then you'll be able to Mega Evolve, just like grandpa's Lucario." She stated like it was already a fact.

"Ru." Riolu nodded stiffly.

The hours went by and Korrina, being a ten year old being forced to learn at the hands of her boring grandfather despite his attempts to try and make her intellectual learning more fun, was bored out of her Arceus damned mind. She looked up at the clock of her grandfather's study before her eyes brightened when she heard the old chronometer chime.

"FOOD!" She exclaimed with joy. It was twelve o' clock. It was noon. It was time to feast like a king. It was time...

"Korrina, remember we're running a bit low on food so you have to go buy the groceries."

It was time for child labor to be enacted.

"What?! Why do I have to do it?!" Korrina pouted at being forced to go out to actually get the food.

"Because you were the one who struck the deal with me when a certain someone asked if they could have a slumber party last weekend. If it weren't for your little rabid friends, you wouldn't have had to do this. If you want to blame someone either blame yourself, or blame your friends."

There was a moment of silence as the two family members stared at each other. Riolu and Lucario looked at each other before glancing at their respective trainers. The silence created a tension so great it could have been palpable.

"I blame my friends."

The two pokémon sweatdropped while Gurkinn merely chuckled in amusement at his granddaughter.

"I thought you would." Food was the higher priority. Screw friends, they sucked when they depleted your sources of sustenance. "Now go." She was handed the list of things to buy for lunch and dinner for the day, as well as 3000 Poke. The golden coins jingled in the small wallet as she pushed it down into her pockets.

"See you in a bit, grandpa."

"Be careful."

"I have Riolu with me. Don't worry." Korrina said before running out of the Tower of Mastery.

"Riolu!" The young Pokemon sped after its trainer, giving a quick salute to Gurkinn and his Lucario. Lucario offered a salute back merely to humor the younger Pokemon.

As the duo had completed their trek across the lengthy sands to reach the main area of Shalour City, they quickly paused, observing their surroundings with childish glee. Due to being regularly cooped up in the Tower, Korrina and Riolu always found themselves a bit taken aback when they stepped into the city of the mainland. Cobblestone pathways that were outlined by the various pieces of architecture, vegetation in the form of bushes and small trees, and the numerous amounts of people and Pokemon that roamed the streets along side them.

Korrina and Riolu then began their trek to head for the Poke Mart. Though the blue roofed building mainly dealt with Pokemon trainers, selling various potions, elixirs, Poke Balls and whatnot, they also doubled as a grocery mart for the non-trainer demographic of their customer populace.

She and Riolu looked around marveling at the activity going on around them. They paused here and there to look at certain things that caught their eyes such as the bakery which sold both poffles and macaron, their brightly colored forms making it seem like there was rainbow being shown through the glass windows. They also stopped at the area of street which overlooked the beachfront, the Tower of Mastery in her view once more, where a Pokemon battle was currently going on. A Nidorino and a Gengar were fighting. Korrina was rooting for the Gengar to win, punching the air vibrantly and cheering whenever the Shadow Pokemon managed to land a hit.

"Alright, that's enough dawdling." Korrina said as she patted her face. "Time to buy lunch and dinner for me and grandpa."

"Riiiiii." The blue furred Pokemon growled.

"And for you too, Riolu. As if I'd ever forget you...or Lucario. You guys eat everything."

"Ru." Riolu pouted making Korrina giggle as she patted its head.

"OI! GIVE THAT BACK YOU MISERABLE BRAT!" The duo then turned when they heard the quick tapping sounds that came with the action of someone running through the streets. Running shoes clapped against the cobblestone pathway and the young girl and her Pokemon watched with wide eyes when they saw a young boy with a Pancham on his head, raced towards them. A middle-aged shopkeeper, the baker who sold the macarons she and Riolu had seen earlier Korrina recognized, chased after the boy.

With his head ducked down low, Korrina wasn't able to make out his face, but the spiky locks that appeared as if they were kissed by the sun were not hard for one to be drawn to. His tanned complexion was also something uncommon since not a lot of people, despite living in a seaside city, ever managed to get the kind of tan this boy possessed. His clothes consisted of a orange and blue hooded sweatshirt with a pair of dark blue shorts and black running shoes. Judging from his height, Korrina would guess to say that the boy was no older than she was.

The Pancham on the boy's head turned around and blew a raspberry at the baker, but quickly had to grasp onto the spiky locks as the boy knocked his shoulder against Korrina's. Korrina was about to cry out, but her light gray eyes widened when she felt the loss of weight in her pocket. She patted her pants and realized the wallet that her grandfather had given her was no longer there, and her ears picked up on the jingle of the golden coins.

She and Riolu looked on to see the boy pocketing the wallet for his own.

"OI GIVE THAT BACK!"

"RIO RU RU!"

Both trainer and Pokemon sped off after the young boy. Years of physical training from her grandfather since from the time she could walk had given the young blonde a great deal of physical prowess and so she was easily gaining on the boy.

"Pancha!" The small Fighting-type exclaimed. The boy glanced back and Korrina unconsciously took note of how beautifully blue his eyes were, like sapphires had been jammed into his sclera. The boy suddenly swerved to the side and ducked into the alleyways, but Korrina and Riolu were still able to keep pace. The smaller pathways inhibited them somewhat, but not greatly.

"When I get my hands on you, I'll kick you so hard that you'll need the Pokémon Center to fix you!"

The blonde boy turned back and grinned toothily as he turned into a conjoining alleyway. Korrina and Riolu grinned when they looked ahead of the boy and saw the large, to them, metal wire fence that was placed halfway within the alley.

"Gotcha now."

"Ru."

However, the two came to a halt and watched in amazement when the boy, without even missing a beat, hopped atop some nearby trashcans, knocking them over in the process and then gripped onto the wire, climbing it like a Mankey would a tree. He hopped over the fence, but Korrina and Riolu were in shock when they saw the young Pancham fall from its perch and onto the ground in front of them. The boy sped off, leaving the Pokemon behind as he rounded the corner, vanishing into the crowd with his stolen money.

The Pancham stared with wide eyes. It seemed as if the Panda pokémon wasn't expecting to be left behind either. Tears pooled, it sniffed heavily and then broke down. Crying and alone, the little Pancham was now left to fend for itself. Korrina and Riolu frowned in disgust at the thought of the boy leaving his Pokemon behind with no sort of remorse or regret, but then became sympathetic as they knelt down to the Pancham's height.

"Now, now...there there, it's alright." Korrina patted the Pancham on its head.

"Cham?" Korrina resisted the urge to release a girlish squeal at how cute Pancham looked as it wiped away its tears, its huge eyes gazing up at her in awe, as if her words were Gospel.

"I'm sure everything will be fine." She then punched her fist into the air. "And then we'll find that idiot guy and kick his teeth in for stealing my money and leaving you all alone, but mostly that first part." She patted her flexed bicep. "My grandpa's been teaching me to fight so I'll be sure to add in a Mega Korrina Kick just for you. Ain't that right, Riolu?"

"Ri Ru!" The aura using pokémon nodded cheerfully.

"Panchaaaaa!" Stars appeared in the Dark-type Pokemon's eyes before it leaped up and hugged Korrina. The young girl grinned widely as she hugged the little Fighting-type back. Riolu smirked at the scene, only for its red eyes to widen when Pancham's head rose up and a mischievous glint appeared in its eyes. Pancham suddenly leaped back and reared its arms back.

"PAN! CHAM!" The Playful pokémon was not so playful when it performed two Arm Thrust attacks in quick succession. Korrina's eyes widened when the wind was driven from her lungs and Riolu had only managed to cross its arms in front of its chest to block the attack. Riolu quickly recovered and went to attack with a Force Palm only for the Pancham to use Arm Thrust against and knock the trashcans at them. Garbage fell atop the two victims before their previous containment units clattered loudly on the ground when the young Dark-type climbed the wire fencing and pushed off, using the midair garbage cans as steps and landed on the rooftops.

Looking up, the garbage covered duo glared at the visage of the laughing blonde as he returned to the scene. The Pancham laughed as well before high fiveing the boy.

"You dirty...you tricked us!"

"Ru Ru!"

"Chaaaaaam!" The Playful Pokemon pulled at the skin beneath its eyes and stuck out its tongue. The boy then bent his head as the Pancham leaped back on top of it, and he bowed dramatically.

"Thanks for the money, girlie." The ten year old boy jangled the wallet from his perch. "And thanks for letting me know that little girls like you are still suckers for cute and helpless. Stupid and gullible, aren't they Pancham?"

"Pan." The Playful Pokemon nodded in agreement.

"I'll get you for this!"

"That's what they all say, girlie, but they all fail in the end."

"My name is Korrina, not girlie! And I WILL get you, Riolu and I will not let you get away with this!"

"I'm getting with it right now and just so you'll remember, let this be known as the day that you almost caught Naruto Uzumaki..." Pancham tapped him on the head. "...and Pancham."

"Cham." The Dark-type nodded in satisfaction.

And with that, the duo dropped down from the rooftops and vanished into the crowd just as they had done before. Korrina growled as she climbed back to her feet and shook what garbage she could off of her dirtied form.

"Riolu, we're catching that Naruto guy today! No one steals from us and gets away with it, no one!" She shook her fist at the streets. She and Riolu prepared to head back for the Tower of Mastery, when Korrina suddenly felt her food make contact with something. Her eyes darted down and an ill feeling rose in her stomach when she saw a small trip wire. She and Riolu quickly looked up at the sound of something moving and were greeting with a large face full of multiple paints, courtesy of two precariously placed buckets. The pair now looked like a modern art piece, reds, blues, greens and all manor of colors adorning their bodies, which along with the garbage they were already covered in made them look as weirdly as they smelled. Both trainer and pokemon began to shake with anger as each rubbed the paint away from their eyes, with both now reassembling small flames.

"OH THAT'S, IT SOON AS I GET CLEANED UP WE'RE HUNTING THAT GUY DOWN. YOU HEAR ME UZUMAKI, I'LL GET YOU!"

The pair however, found their growing anger spiking further when not a second later there was a faint "No, you won't!" being yelled back at her after she made her proclamation.

Korrina and Riolu had sped through the city and headed back to the Tower of Mastery. Gurkinn and his Lucario could only gaze in shock at the filthy, oddly colorful forms of his granddaughter and her Pokemon, but before he could ask what happened, the young girl had already sped up to her room and hopped into the bath, and when he decided to ask what happened AFTER she had cleaned herself and Riolu up, there was no time for that either apparently.

Her light gray eyes burned with the fires of vengeance as the girl put on a pair of tight black shorts and another light blue t-shirt, only this time she put a helmet on her head and switched her running shoes out for her roller-blade equipped ones.

"I'll catch that stupid Uzumaki boy, I swear it!"

"Korrina, what's going on?" Gurkinn asked. His granddaughter didn't appear to hear him as she was already heading for the door, but his firm grip latched onto her shoulder and spun her around to face him. "Korrina." His tone was dangerously low, but Korrina had inherited her backbone from him, not her parents, so she was able to meet his fierce gaze with her own when she answered him.

"That stupid Uzumaki and his Pancham that's what! He stole the wallet with the money and then we chased him! Riolu and I thought we had 'im, but then he pulled some sort of ninja moves and jumped over the fence and climbed the roof and ran away, but then his Pancham tricked us when we were planning to kick his teeth in for stealing and then Pancham hit us and then they got away and the garbage and the paint, and the running and I needed to shower and AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!" The high-pitched, rage-induced shriek of the ten year old girl made Gurkinn, Lucario and Riolu cover their ears so that they wouldn't be deafened.

The little girl then grabbed her Pokemon by the arm and sped down the stairs, her room door slamming behind her when she did. Gurkinn and Lucario were left sitting there in Korrina's room with very confused looks on their faces.

"Lucario...did you understand anything that girl said?"

"Lu." The Aura Pokemon shook its head.

"Good...neither did I." Gurkinn sighed as he pinched the bridge of his nose.

Naruto and Pancham sat in an old apartment building away from most of the hustle and bustle of the main area of the city. It wasn't completely run down as it had working water, plumbing and electricity. The old woman who had once owned the complex had died of old age, and until the city decided to place the building under the tag for demolition, it would act as the home for Naruto and Pancham.

The two partners in crime grinned widely at one another before high five-ing for the second time that day.

"We got a good haul today, buddy."

"Cham Cham Pancham!"

"A few dozen macarons and poffles to keep us both full for at least a week, and then we got that 3000 Poke from girlie and her Riolu." The ten-year-old blonde smirked. "Look like we can add this to the bank." The 'bank' was literally a big glass jar that, with the newly added 3000, was a little over half-full. Being what people called a 'Street Rattata', Naruto was forced to steal to survive. He had nothing, and when he was able to get his hands on something, he knew to make it last as long as possible.

"And that puts our funds at a little over 5000." Naruto patted his partner on the head. "Who knows, maybe we'll be able to get those red goggles for Pokemon that you spotted a while back."

"Pancha Pancha Cham." The Playful Pokemon smiled brightly, its trainer returning the smile. However, all went quiet when their ears perked up at the sound of their door literally being kicked in. The wood splintered everywhere and Naruto and Pancham looked up to see Korrina standing with Riolu, its glowing palm signifying that it had just used Force Palm to break down the door.

"Girlie?! How did you..."

"It's Korrina, you stupid head!" Korrina snapped. "As for how we found you two, well...Riolu managed to remember your auras pretty well. It was pretty easy to follow your aura trails. Now come on, hand over my money and then I won't beat you up as much."

"Pancham and I will fight you just as well, girlie." His smile broadened at the satisfying expression of rage that appeared on the light gray-eyed girl's face. He picked up a small backpack that was resting against the wall. He placed his 'bank' and the food he had stolen within it. "But I am also a thief, so since you found this place, that means I'll have to move out since you obviously won't leave me alone at this point..." Korrina's and Riolu's eyes widened when they saw Naruto and Pancham hop up to the sill of the open window that lay behind them.

"Hey, what do you think you're doing?!"

"Au revoir, mon cheri." Naruto bowed his head and Pancham hopped on top of it. With a mock salute, he then proceeded to step back and fall from the two-story height. Korrina and Riolu rushed to the window and looked down, only for their surprise and fear to quickly become anger and annoyance when they saw the blonde boy and his panda-like Pokemon leaping off a feather mattress that was obviously planted there. She hated him, but the girl had to admit that Naruto was very prepared for his quick escape.

Naruto turned back and offered her another mocking bow before laughing. "Those two will never catch us. Aura tracker or not." Pancham giggled cutely atop its partner's head as the blonde turned into an alleyway, only to suddenly stop when Korrina skidded to a halt, her rollerblades kicking up the small amount of loose pebbles on the road as she did so.

"Damn it, she's got wheels." He gritted his teeth before running out of the alley and switched to a new pathway, only for Riolu to drop down with a Force Palm at the ready. Naruto backpedaled in alarm and was sent rolling when a small shockwave was released from the impact, cracking the stone. "Are you trying to kill me?!" He shouted as he turned tail once more.

He continued to run through the alleys, which he knew like the back of his hand. However, it seemed that Riolu's aura tracking and Korrina's roller blades were proving to be quite the adversaries as everywhere he turned, he was forced to spin around and find a new path. He even tried to fleeing to the rooftops, but Riolu was quick to make him go back to ground zero. He tried to escape within the crowds in the main area of Shalour City, but this just made it easier for Korrina to chase after him as people were quick to part ways for roller bladers.

He quickly ducked between an alley, hopped a fence, stole someone's bike for a little more than ten seconds, stole some more food and drinks from a shack to recuperate, literally jumped through hoops when a street performer was having her Hondour jump through a a series of hoops, and then climbed to the rooftops before climbing back down when he reached the edge of the city which led to the beach.

"Damn it." He hissed as he leaped down the steps, rolling on the sands when he landed on the beachfront. He then smirked when he saw Korrina and Riolu were no longer behind him, or anywhere else in fact. He looked up at Pancham and grinned. "Lost 'em."

"Pancham." The Fighting-type sighed in relief as well. Naruto then ran across the sands and made a quick hiding spot out of one of the small cliffs that outlined the city.

"So buddy, where will we make our new hideout?" The blue-eyed boy asked. The small Pokemon glanced around with wide black eyes before they brightened in realization.

"Cham Cham Pancham Cham!" Crying out excitedly, Pancham pointed across the sand pathway that led to the Tower of Mastery.

"The Tower? Pancham, I don't know. It's kind of out in the open and not to mention it's pretty far from the city. We'll be making runs back and forth to get out supplies."

"RIO!" The bark of the miniature Aura Pokemon echoed across the air. Naruto and Pancham turned, their blue and black eyes, respectively, widening upon meeting the crimson and gray ones of their 'foes'.

"THERE HE IS!"

"Ugh, girlie just doesn't give up." Naruto huffed. "Fine, we'll hide out in the Tower of Mastery." Hopping to his feet, Naruto quickly sped off across the sands and climbed the stairs. He huffed, puffed and wheezed when he slammed his back against the heavy wooden doors. His rolled his eyes when Korrina and Riolu were quick to meet them.

"Damn you're fast." Naruto huffed.

"Not too bad yourse-" Korrina shook her head before pointing accusingly at her fellow blonde. "Stop trying to distract me. Look, you're cornered and I didn't want anything else from you other than my money! Just gimme it back so I can buy my food for me and my grandpa, Lucario and Riolu and then you can go!"

"No!" Naruto hugged his backpack to his chest as he slung it off his back. "I need that money to survive!"

"So do I!"

"Coming from the girl who can afford to have roller blades?! Yeah, sure." Naruto rolled his eyes. "Unlike you, I actually NEED money because I literally have nothing! Pancham and I need to live, and I live on the streets with 'im, so I need this money! I need to steal! What don't you understand?!"

Korrina was about to reply when the massive wooden doors opened. Naruto fell backwards and groaned when he fell onto his back, but just as he was about to complain and curse at whoever it was that caused his pain, he was silenced as he and Pancham were slowly picked up off the ground by Gurkinn's Lucario. Naruto and Pancham gulped in fear as the gleaming red eyes of the Aura Pokemon stared into their own eyes, the power rolling off the Pokemon in waves.

"What's going on here?" Gurkinn spoke roughly as he looked between Korrina, Riolu, Naruto and Pancham. "Who are you?"

"That's the guy grandpa! Remember, I told you, he was the stupid head who stole my money."

Gurkinn bit back to the urge to tell his granddaughter that he hadn't understood a word from the ten year old's rant, but he chose to just nod. A smart choice. "I see...so you're the ruffian whose stealing from the shopkeepers in town, along with my granddaughter."

"Granddaughter? But you're Gurkinn, the old guy who knows a lot of stuff 'bout important stuff and lives in the Tower and is rich and..." Naruto paused when he looked back and forth between Korrina and Gurkinn, realization dawning upon him. He gulped audibly. "I messed up, didn't I?"

"Oh, you have no idea, young man." Gurkinn's eyes burned fiercely as he glared at the boy who dared to bother his pride and joy. "And that gulp was nowhere near audible enough to represent the amount of fear that I will instill within your very soul." Gurkinn then walked inside, Lucario still holding its new captives as it followed the large eyebrowed trainer. Korrina and Riolu smirked in satisfaction as they followed after the Mega Evolution Guru and his partner Pokemon.

Lucario dropped the duo roughly down on the ground in front of the statue of the Mega Lucario. Naruto and Pancham stared in awe at the inside of the architectural marvel that was the Tower of Mastery, but they were quickly knocked out of their stupor when Gurkinn and Lucario stood before them, glaring down at them.

"So, what is your name, boy?" Gurkinn asked.

"N-Naruto. Naruto Uzumaki."

"Pancham." The Playful Pokemon fearfully raised a paw as it identified itself.

"Well then, Naruto Uzumaki and Pancham...why did you take the money that I gave my granddaughter? She needed it to buy groceries and I highly doubt a ten year old such as yourself, stealing from another ten year old, would require the need to take that money."

"Actually old man..." He gulped at the glare. "...I mean ummm sir, mister Gurkinn of amazing-ness sir...I'm an orphan. I don't have anyone to turn to except Pancham and I literally have nothing except for a bit over 2000 Poke in my bank."

"Your bank."

"Uh huh." Naruto zipped open the orange backpack and showed the elderly man his jar of coins. "With the money I...stole...from girlie..."

"Korrina!" Naruto ignored the girl's correction.

"...I now have a bit over 5000. I need the money to keep living."

There was a period of silence as Gurkinn looked over the dirty form of Naruto Uzumaki and his Pancham. Naruto and Pancham fidgeted as they were being judged by the elderly guru, trying in vain to meld with the stone of the Mega Lucario statue when Gurkinn and Lucario stepped towards them. Naruto hugged Pancham to his chest and flinched when Gurkinn's iron grip held him, only for his eyes to widen as he was pulled to his feet.

"Huh?"

"Pancham?"

"You say you need the money to keep living. However, you have both been a bit of a menace to society and I care very, very deeply for my granddaughter. You have stolen from the people of this City and thus have indirectly harmed my family..."

"His Pancham hit me with an Arm Thrust attack, grandpa!" Gurkinn's fury spiked and Naruto and Pancham comically ducked behind their feeble defense of a backpack. Gurkinn breathed to calm himself, but the rage remained in his eyes. "Alright then...you did directly harm her when your Pancham used Arm Thrust on her. So, rather than just letting you go without consequence, I will instead make you repent for your actions, starting with your acts of thievery. Each day, every day, you will be required to stay here in the Tower of Mastery, in which you will clean and wash the Tower, as well as apologizing to all the people you stole from."

Gurkinn's face then shifted slightly, adopting a less frightening but still authoritative visage, "As for the matter of your actions towards my granddaughter, it's clear that you are in need of disciple and structure, thus you will also take education and battle training with Korrina."

"GRANDPA!"

"I HAVE TO GO TO SCHOOL?!"

"SILENCE!"

The two children flinched at Gurkinn's words, wisely remaining silent once more.

"Yes, you will be required to go to school, young Naruto. These lessons are carried out by me personally, so you cannot get out of them. Of course If you wish to go back out into the streets and live a life of a thief once more, I will not stop you from leaving...but I will contact children's services who will then proceed to take you in and strip you of your freedom seeing as you are quite free-spirited person who does not like to be chained down."

"That...That's true, I guess." Naruto agreed, though he was a bit shocked from how quickly the old man had profiled him.

"So I suggest you take my offer. Understood?"

Naruto looked to Pancham and Pancham looked back to Naruto. Blue and black eyes stared at each other as if having a silent conversation before they nodded.

"Fine."

"Cham."