June 6th, 10:07 A.M., 300AS

An Angel. The Pokegirl that tried to devote her services to Bri was an Angel. An Elysian variety, whatever that meant, killed five Tamer hopefuls, injured ten humans, and left one unharmed. That one being Bri, his sister. The squad of Officer Jennies spent an hour interrogating him about his role in saving the humans and how he stalled the Angel long enough for Bri to capture her. Only when Bri gave her side of the story did the Officer Jennies let the two out of their custody with a small compensation for the incident within the Pokecenter. Ten Pokeballs, 10,000 SLC, a few basic Potions, and, in Bri's case, an exclusive Pokegirl only the top percentile of testers were allowed to select.

"Can you believe that I was going to originally pick out this adorable Pyrothon that I saw no one show interest in? I mean, I could'a probably still gotten her if I pressed for her, but there wasn't no way I was letting a Dracass pass up!"

"Plus you can probably pick one up through a request thread or through other online means." Naruto's reply made her sister nod as she flipped through her Pokedex. The brother & sister duo were making their way towards the Hidden Bra Village, the very first stop in Naruto's journey. It was here that he met Casey and salvaged Navy and Kristy from Jacob Smith in his first battle as a Tamer. Within that city did Naruto realize that he enjoyed the thrill of catching Ferals, seeing the SLC add up before his eyes before selling them to whatever Pokecenter he could. Of course certain Pokegirls went back home so his parents could sell them; however, somewhere along his journey Naruto realized that he enjoyed the idea of selling Pokegirls he fought hard to catch. Perhaps he wanted to open a ranch like his parents? The idea wasn't unusual considering the life he grew up with.

"Did ye know that Dracass have a human AND a Dragonoid form they can switch through for a short time?" Bri pointed at something at the screen of her Pokedex. "And here it says that she has attacks only her Dragon form can use until she is trained to access her inner Dragon. Its why scientists and researchers alike consider her a Fighting/Dragon type!"

"But isn't the human form the Fighting type while the Dragon is, well, a Dragon?" Opening up his Pokedex, Naruto entered the Dracass name and did a quick study of Bri's newest addition.

DRACASS, the Dragon Guardian Pokegirl

Type: Very Near Human Metamorph

Element:

Human Form: Fighting

Dragon Form: Dragon

Frequency: Rare

Diet: human food with a preference for meat

Role: heavy artillery

Libido: Low

Strong Vs:
Human Form: Bug, Dark, Ice, Normal, Rock, Steel

Dragon Form: Dragon, Electric, Fire, Plant, Water

Weak Vs:
Human Form: Flying, Psychic

Dragon Form: Ice

Attacks:
Human Form: Aura of Cute, Punch, Kick, Quick Attack

Dragon Form: Slash, Roar, Tail Slap, Dragon Rage, Hyper Beam

Enhancements:
Human Form: Youthful, Enhanced Strength (x2), Enhanced Agility (x2)
Dragon Form: Youthful, Enhanced Strength (x10), Armored, Enhanced Senses (x8), Flight

"Hopefully you are prepared to deal with a slacker on your team. Apparently she will be lazy until you prove yourself as a worthy Tamer."

"I wouldn't have it any other way my brother! I only need the best of the best in my harem!"

A feeling that Naruto hadn't felt made itself apparent. The feeling of a vulpine Pokegirl watching them from a distance. The Pokegirl kept up with their pace at a distance of ten meters, never going too far ahead of them nor lagging behind. Though he tried to extend his senses to see if she was working with another feral (like the Kitten who worked with the feral Kitsune from his journey) or a solo act.

"A bag!" Naruto saw his sister run diagonally to the right, excitement displayed across her face. Naruto found himself running towards a Pokegirl he just caught. A Puppy on the outskirts of a city he could not recall. Not caring for the world around him, he bent down to pick up the sealed Pokeball. Though Naruto saw a shadow quickly form over his back, it wasn't until he stood up into something that SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN THERE that made him realize that, with no Pokegirl out to keep watch over him, that Naruto was in serious trouble.

"Hold on Bri!" The blur of a memory tried to glaze over his eyes again. Naruto shook his head in hopes of ridding himself of whatever memory wanted to make itself known. The sense from earlier practically screamed for his attention as he heard her snarl from a distance. The rough scratch of dirt and gravel as she ran towards him only served as an indicator of her attacking from behind. Crouching down at the last minute, Naruto spun around and kicked at the red furred Pokegirl at her abdomen, knocking her to the ground and giving him time to grab a kunai. On all fours, the Kitsune launched herself with her lips glowing red. A common sign of the Ember attack, Naruto threw his kunai at her collarbone to hopefully get her to cancel the attack.

The Kitsune launched the Ember at the metal weapon, melting it within seconds as the area around her became distorted as if the area became so hot the air became visible to him. Psychic Illusion, a Kitsune's bread and butter, was a technique Naruto was used to seeing through his life due to the sheer amount of Kitsune breeds that would challenge his family in order to claim him as theirs. Unfortunately for the Kitsune before him, he was not a simple, standard Tamer. His chakra pulsed out of him, a hidden echo across the battle that pinpointed the Kitsune's position for him.

'Behind the tree.' Glancing around the area, Naruto saw a broken twig caught between two branches. Focused on the broken twig, Naruto used the Kawarimi no Jutsu to switch places with the twig. Rather than sticking to the branches, Naruto allowed himself to fall on top of the surprised Pokegirl with a kunai to her chest and Pokeball at the ready. If the Feral's screaming was loud, then him twisting the kunai inside her chest made her howl in agony. He placed his left knee on her navel, pressing down on it hard to weaken her enough to use the Pokeball on her. "Submit or you die." His snarl of a command made something within the Kitsune growl and tried to use her tail on him. Her tail quickly found a kunai, freshly removed from the Kitsune's chest, slicing through its tip. The multiple, painful sensations were too much for the Feral to handle and quickly blacked out. Catching the Pokegirl took no time, allowing Naruto to leave the bush and find his sister.

Small craters littered the road as Mary, Bri's Lambchop, kept a dark red Kitsune pinned to the ground. Her ass in the air, the Kitsune tried to use her tail to grab at the Lambchop's throat while attempting to wiggle free. A glance to the surrounding area showed a different set of tracks leading into the forest past Mary. Did Bri go into the forest for something? An insect Pokegirl capping at 5 feet tall with white armor around her skull. Her yellow skin with black stripes across her forearms, all four of her arms, caught his attention. In two of her four arms was Bri, unconscious, and the bag Bri ran towards in another. Something inside Naruto snapped at the sight of his sister being lugged around into the wild.

"Banika!" Immediately upon release the armored anarchid Pokegirl launched her claws at the insect Pokegirl, catching her swiftly. Rather than pulling her down to the ground, Banika ran with the fleeing Pokegirl until she reached a trio of Magnolia Trees and retracted her claws.

"Get ready to catch her!" Naruto, who ran alongside Banika when she caught hold of the Feral, nodded and waited along the base of the Magnolias Trees as the Feral was forced towards the treeline. The Feral, in an attempt to save itself, released Bri and the bag to try and use its now free arms to remove the claws from her. However, letting Bri go removed the only reason Banika had to hold back against the feral and used the two scythes at her hips to split her clean across her waist.

"I got you!" Upon catching his sister Naruto ducked under one of the nearby trees to avoid the upper torso of the killed Feral. Recognizing it as a Feralborn Ladyba, such a common Pokegirl could be found with ease in the wild if Bri really wanted to try another shot at getting one for whatever reason. Banika, who jumped down from the trees, grabbed the bag and started rummaging through it. "Anything worth the hassle?"

"Some Great Balls and a Fruit Lure. Want me to go Feral hunting? That encounter hardly served as a worth while battle for me." Naruto, while nodding at her, pulled out his original Pokedex and pressed the Great Balls from the bag to it. The balls became registered to that device, rather than 'his' black Pokedex, and gave everything to Banika.

"Don't get spotted by the locals. Catch anything you find to be worthwhile. I want to get my SLC up to at least 100,000 before leaving the Hidden Bra Village." With a nod the Battle Widow jumped into the trees, disappearing via Invis. He knew that Banika would get the job done as fast as she could. Wanting to stretch her legs and get back into battle status as soon as possible was something she did multiple times during their original journey together.

'I need to get Bri back to Mary.' The walk back to Mary was thankfully uneventful outside of taking in the sheer amount of damage Mary's attacks must have done to create the craters he walked past. Mary and the Kitsune were still fighting, both on their last legs from the way both swayed and panted across from one another. The Feral noticed him entering the area, snarling with her mouth agape and glowing orange for an Ember. Not letting an opportunity pass, Mary dashed under the Kitsune and delivered an uppercut to the Kitsune's jaw, making the Feral howl in pain while black smoke escaped her teeth. A quick inspection of Bri's bag quickly got him a Pokeball and tossed it at Mary, who caught it without fail. "Catch her so we can start resting up. I'm going to put Bri against a tree so she can rest."

"Whatever." Walking up to one of the Magnolia Trees, Naruto sighed as he sat down with Bri to his left. He noticed that the Dracass was still on her belt. So why did she run after the Ladyba?

'Oh well,' Naruto began as he whipped out his Pokedex to check out his SLC. He couldn't predict everything that happened. His SLC currently was a measly 20,000, which would not last him long, let alone having to split costs with his sister. He wanted to at least have 100,000 put to the side in the event his sister needed SLC in a pinch. He remembered how rough his journey could have gotten had he not had an exceptional Harem at his command. Bri snuggled up to him. Her smaller frame making him chuckle as he pulled her towards him so she wouldn't fall the other way. The rustle of leaves told him that Mary walked back. Her face exhausted but still wore a glare directed his way. "Yes?" Tossing the Pokeball at him, Naruto caught it and immediately placed it on her Pokebelt.

"I'm going to secure the perimeter."

"Thank you." What was her problem?

June 6th, 2:18 P.M., 300AS

It took Bri two hours to wake up from the ambush. Another hour was spent of Mary making sure that Bri was fine. This, in turn, led to Bri making sure that Mary was healed as best as she could with the limited medical knowledge Bri knew. All the while Naruto had cooked a basic meal consisting of Chickenlittle stew, bread from a can, and collard greens for the three of them to eat. Though cooking wasn't the only thing Naruto did while his sister took care of Bri. He spent time getting to know his Magicunt, who was a Threshold girl who got sold after she lost her humanity in exchange for her Pokegirl status. Her original name was Meenakshi, came from Edo and had heavy Water and Magic Pokegirl ancestry in her lineage. So her becoming a Magicunt, while unexpected, was something her family did not want to be known. Apparently becoming such a 'useless' Pokegirl with limited potential made her family sell her instead of groom her into a Pokegirl worthy of owning.

So he decided to look up whatever Water and Magic T2s he could buy when they reached the Hidden Bra Village. By talking to Meenakshi, he learned that she learned how to Heal, Lightningproof, Energy Blade, and Aura Barrier. Thankfully that meant she was not entirely useless to his official Harem like Serenity or Judith. Yet this also meant that she would be doing most of the heavy lifting of the Harem until Banika or Rushina could get Serenity to comply with him.

'Aren't you forgetting something?' Yin Kyuubi sang from within his soul. Technically speaking, he wasn't sure whether to register the G-Splice under his Pokedex or the official one he claimed when he took over the role of the Naruto Uzumaki Kujaku of this world. He wanted to find a 'reasonable' way to introduce her into the world without scientists and Officer Jennies alike trying to keep her detained and, therefore, inspecting him to the point where they realize that he isn't exactly the Naruto they already had records of. He knew that he needed to release the G-Splice in order to see how far along the Yin Kyuubi within had integrated both her and the second (original for this world) Naruto's soul. The Blightened Berserker Amalgam was already powerful itself on his world with the snippet of Kyuubi's chakra within it. But with an actual Kyuubi behind the wheel?

Thankfully for him and Bri the two were close to Hidden Bra Village where no other Ferals came to surprise them with an ambush. Part of him believed this was due to Banika hunting around them to keep Ferals away either through catching the worthwhile ones or killing the common fodder. Mary decided to stay out of her Pokeball to keep watch while they traveled. If the Dracass was tamed, he would have suggested for Bri to let her enter Dragon mode and scout ahead. Even ten minutes worth of recon was valuable in comparison to walking in blind into unknown territory. Naruto hoped that he could teach her these lessons early in their journey before she would have to learn them the hard way, such as being separated from each other in an All Call.

The all too familiar sight of a small village made of perhaps three cul-de-sacs surrounding a plaza with the typical PokeCenter, PokeMart, and a few strip malls for the few businesses that managed to make profit in such a new location in the Ruby League. Though the tall, beige brick wall that surrounded the village was new, the village was a sight of wonder for Naruto. Due to the hill the trio walked on, it allowed for Naruto to see a small crowd of people at the gate they needed to enter through. A line of makeshift graves were being prepared outside the village walls. What happened to the villagers?

"So why did you want to come here bro?" Bri asked. It was easy to spot the worry in her voice. They had just escaped an ambush after all.

"Such a new village is in need of Tamers to make land safe for construction workers and farmers alike to prepare new foundations for more companies and families to move. The more population the village has, the better support they will obtain from the League. Who knows if the village even has an Officer Jenny on sight?"

"So does that mean we will become heroes!" The sheer shift from worry to excitement made him chuckle at Bri's antics. She certainly was easy to amuse!

"On top of being heroes to the people, any Ferals we catch but don't want we can sell to the Nurse Joy on sight. We can sell them for a certain SLC rate similar to what our folks do at the ranch, which will be great for our accounts."

"Doing nothing but catching Commons and selling them for pennies isn't exactly rocket science for a Rocket." Though Naruto pretended not to hear her, Mary's words did two things for him. Though they annoyed him to no end, mostly due to her talking about their Naruto, it was the way she used the word 'Rocket' that gave him a clue he didn't realize sooner. He had a black Pokedex. One that he kept on him even after no longer being a Tamer with a Pokegirl that was high security. Was it possible that his other self was with Team Rocket? But why would he go with such a group that was hated across the globe?

"Shut up Mary." Bri's quiet voice made him smile despite his thoughts being clouded. Perhaps tonight he would try to visit the Yin Kyuubi and see if she could add insight to his thoughts.

"The fewer Ferals the locals have to deal with, the safer the locals can be. You need to remember Mary that toe original purpose of a Tamer is to subdue the Feral population so humanity can fight back and, eventually, claim most of the world back from Sukebe's creations. So, please, if you want to only find worthy opponents to fight then be my guest. Be my guest and stay out of my way while I help out people who don't deserve to be swarmed by Ferals!" By the time that Naruto had stopped talking he realized that what began as a normal sentence quickly went downhill to straight yelling. What the hell was that about? Quickly muttering a 'Sorry' to the Lambchop, more for his comfort than hers, allowed him to focus on the village they were close to. The villagers at the gates definently noticed them at this point. Most of which were tired with bags of exhaustion apparent and dirty clothes that needed multiple washes. Their leader, a tall, bald man with a scar in the shape of four talons scratched across his scalp wearing a buttoned black leather jacket with three Pokeballs over each shoulder. The only thing that was dirty on the leader were brown patches of dirt around the knees of his brown jeans. His brown boots, oddly enough, were clean of any dirt.

"Hello visitors!" The leader spoke to them. The surrounding villagers, mostly men with a few women scattered, tried to look as welcoming as their leader did. "What brings you to the Hidden Bra Village? We haven't had visitors in quite some time due to the local Ferals driving people away."

"Actually the Feral population is the reason we are here. For such a new community in the Ruby League, unanswered Feral attacks are more drastic to the human population in comparison to a Feral attack in a well established city. So we came to help cut down on the Feral population around and sell some back to the Hidden Bra Village so you guys can start establishing your own Tamers." The man looked at him with respect before glancing at his sister and Mary. The smile he wore did not reach his eyes when he saw them. Did that man see how new they were to the Taming profession in comparison to him?

"Now here is a REAL Tamer!" Curling around him to pat his back, Naruto had to stop himself from outright grabbing a kunai and pressing it against the man's throat from getting so close without warning. Was this a local habit of his? "Open the gate Scully and Hitchcock on the double! Evan I need you to grab a patrol and man the walls. I need everyone else to heal up their Pokegirls and prepare for another attack."

Walking through the village made Naruto take in how serious and strained the villagers were in comparison to what he remembered from his time journeying. They looked terrified of their surroundings. There were no young men any where among the people either fortifying their houses or patching holes in the roads. The Pokemart looked full of products to buy; however, the strip malls barely had anything on their shelves from what Naruto could see. Were the residents that poor? Walking into the Pokecenter was no better for both humans and a pair of Nurse Joys were tending to injured humans and Pokegirls alike. He released Meeneakshi, who looked at the injured populace around them and turned to him.

"Would you like me to heal them?" A nod was all she got for a response, but the sense of responsibility was all she needed to know before she did her best to slither across the dry floor and talked to one of the Nurse Joys.

"You wouldn't be interested in trading her would you?" A raised brow was all Naruto gave the leader before the man chuckled and shook his head. "Guess that was too much to ask. Anyway, its not too far ahead now." The 'it' in question being a private office with scattered papers across the desk and walls. Some of the papers were hung on a KIA wall with lines of different names, human and Pokegirl alike, being reduced to lines of ink and numbers on a page. The leader sat down at his chair, running a hand across his scalp before taking a breath. "Let me officially introduce myself. My name is Sinclair Seoul, one of the few competent Tamers to reach Hidden Bra Village and, as of this moment, its sole Guardian."

"I'm Bri Kujaku and this is my brother Naruto. What can we do to help?" Sinclair moved a few papers across his desk. Pens and papers alike fell to the floor in the process as he searched for something. The man eventually cleared the whole desk save for three files. Unlike the paperwork with nothing but lines and numbers, these files were thick with information. Pictures of their focus and listed timelines for them. What made these three so special?

"About a week ago the local Elf Coven reported to the patrol here that there were a pack of Ferals they never saw before. Swift, vicious, and kept on trying to steal the crops from the Coven. When those attempts failed the Ferals decided to start killing the Coven instead. Due to our lack of success with finding these Ferals the Coven has decided to both attack the Guardians I had stationed here on top of refusing to trade us. Their crops are vital for the Hidden Bra Village until our own farming efforts can stabilize."

'Feral packs? Vicious Covens? Something doesn't seem right here.' Looking down at the files, Naruto saw that one file focused on the Elfqueen and the breeds she had within her Coven. Mostly Plant and Water Pokegirls made their home within her domain, but this made it hard to use Electric or Fire types against them if they had enough Water Pokegirls to negate any Fire types the patrols had.

Next were the files that were listed for sightings of the Ferals that were attacking the Coven. Big and muscular? Thin and petite with wings? There were at least two reports describing the same Feral as a Naga-type but one report had her with two arms with another only having one! What kind of Pokegirls were they dealing with?

The final stack of files were related to stolen Pokegirls that were missing from the corpses of patrols and local Tamers alike. If it were the Coven stealing (or would it be liberating from the Coven's perspective Naruto pondered) Pokegirls, wouldn't they be trying to steal as many as they could? Of course you would have a few Pokegirls that would be fanatically loyal to their Tamer to where death is the only option. But Elves never killed Pokegirls unless absolutely nothing else could be done. So what was he missing?

"I think, if you two are going to be helping out, we will need some Plant Pokegirls that can help stimulate growth within the few enclosed farms we have within the walls of the village." Standing up for a moment, Sinclair extended a map and laid it across his desk. He placed his finger on the village, dragging it southeast towards a small lake. Around it were a few small buildings in one cluster. "The lake is about an hour from here by foot, but Ferals have been making it difficult to get to our fish farms out here. While I would like to hope that the Tamers stationed there are fine, it has been two days since we heard from them. If we had a Psychic or a Magic Pokegirl with Teleport then we could have them take care of transportation and reporting the situation."

"Oh, I have a Dracass!" Sinclair's eyes widened and immediately focused on Bri. It was the way that the man sent his focus to his sister that made Naruto's sense of uncertainty grow bigger. "She hasn't been tamed yet, but give us some time and I'm sure that she can be a scout in the air."

"Wonderful! Please, as a token of my generosity take these ten Great Balls and five Fruit Lures. While I can't officially grant you two credit to buy items from the Pokemart, I do suggest stopping over to pick up more supplies before you two head over to the fish farm." Both thanked the man before leaving the room to find a Nurse Joy to ask for a room. The Nurse Joy they spoke to told them that they had no free rooms due to the sheer amount of injured within the building. She told them about the local Inn they could check out for any available rooms, highlighting the building on Naruto's Pokedex via GPS before walking away. Checking in with Meeneakshi to make sure she was going strong, the duo found the Inn with no hassle; only to come across a problem.

Only one room was available.

"If you plan on taming the Dracass then you should get the room first. The sooner you get her tamed, the sooner we can use her like you suggested to Sinclair." Mary didn't need more convincing to enter the room straight away. Bri hesitated at the door to their room, looking at him before nodding to him. She needed a bit of reassurance that he would be fine, but she eventually went into the room and locked it. With only one card key, they decided that he would keep hold of it until he came back. A decision he hoped would not come back to bite them later.

Taking a step out of the Inn, Naruto walked along the outer walls of the village to get a feel of the hasty repairs that were done to them. The damage to the walls were nonexistent from the inside. As he walked further down the wall he realized that certain patches of dirt were loose in comparison to the firm land around it. Had some Ground Ferals entered the village and raided the townsfolk? He paused as a familiar hum entered his ears. Spotting a nearby bench, Naruto walked towards it with his right index finger pointing towards it. When he sat on the bench looking forward he felt a hand brush against his right shoulder as a 'thump' to his left made him look down.

An all too familiar bag found itself to his side. Filled to the brim with sealed Great Balls and Pokeballs alike with his original Pokedex poking at the top of the opening. Naruto pulled his black Pokedex to scan the Ferals in the bag when, upon opening the bag completely showed a small white tag where one would write their name on it. Sure enough, upon that tag was a name. Reaching for the bag he was given by Sinclair, he opened it and found not an empty tag like he hoped. He found a claimed tag.

'This bag belonged to Alicia Humstring of Stalixes City. The bag Bri found earlier belonged to Jerald Avian of Penza. If these bags were claimed from corpses, then why are they in such good condition?' Pieces of a terrifying puzzle began to form for him. A puzzle that he found himself in a position to solve it so no one else had to suffer. "Status report." Though he could not see her, he felt her gaze upon him from the front as if she was kneeling in front of him.

"Team Rocket has an operation running through this village."

"Are you sure?"

"I came across four squads of three Grunts, each with moderately leveled Pokegirls that, to any new Tamer, would be unable to handle on their own. They were collecting a few Fruit Lures and new Balls from bags that looked exactly like the ones we have. Sealed Balls were placed in some while a set of five Fruit Lures and ten Great Balls were placed together by one Grunt."

"Any corpses?"

"I left only the Tamers that were already slain. The Grunts are atoms to the wind. I found their base of operation though. Its-"

"Southeast from the village correct?"

"Yes. What have you found out?" Sighing to himself, Naruto put the black Pokedex in his pocket and opened his real Pokedex from the bag. Looking over his Harem listing, he stood and sealed both bags into a storage scroll before standing up.

"We have an operation to ruin."

-Pokedex Status-

Name: Naruto Uzumaki Kujaku

Age: 17

Residence: Polass Town

Status: Active

Security Clearance: E

License: Breeder/Tamer

SLC: 20,000

-Harem-

Serenity: Hyperdoll, level 10

Meenakshi: Magicunt, level 5

Non-Combantant: Judith: Sanctuary Goth, level 50

-Original Harem-

Banika: Battle Widow, level 90

Rushina: Anima, level 90

Unnamed: Blightened Berserker, level 50