Invitation (3)

"What do I have to do to let these two inside the Pokemon Duplicator?" Okami sought help from the Pokemon App.

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Some pokemon could not be brought inside the Pokemon Duplicator due to the following reasons: immense sizes like Wailord, types of habitat like sea pokemon (e.g. Tentacool) and those that live underground (e.g. Diglett).

You can automatically duplicate them using the Pokemon App.

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Okami gave a relieved sigh when he saw the prompt. There were many pokemon that were gigantic and bringing them inside the Pokemon Duplicator would be next to impossible. He wasted no time and started the duplication process, choosing Tentacool as the first one. After a few seconds, two Tentacool appeared beside the original one and they were playing in the water.

He then proceeded with Diglett and two visible heads appeared from the ground, instructing them to play underground and till the soil without creating fissures that could cause accidents.

Okami went inside the house and took the rest of the pokemon inside the Pokemon Duplicator one at a time. Soon, there were 28 new duplicated pokemon that were beside the original ones. The shop was very crowded so he instructed them to go outside. They complied and soon the front yard was filled with pokemon playing.

Okami knew that he had to release many duplicated pokemon this time because his money could not support them all. After all, releasing pokemon would not benefit just him but would also be beneficial towards the released pokemon to survive naturally. He decided to do this once he used up all his slots for creating Pokemon Trainers this week. Since he could turn his two workers - Baki and Tomiro - into Pokemon Trainers without wasting slots, he decided that the other two would be Choza Akimichi and the last one would be determined via raffle.

Okami scanned the shop and he knew that the place did not need any additional decoration. He then prepared lists of names to invite for his banquet tomorrow. As soon as he was done, he teleported to the location of the first person on his list.

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"Hey, be careful with that. You may hit Inochi with it!" Inoichi reprimanded the workers who were carrying a statue inside his office.

Zubat flew around Inoichi's head as he created squeaking noises.

"You're hungry again?" Inoichi looked at his pokemon while he picked up the insect jar and slowly opened the lid. A dragonfly escaped and flew right towards the window when Zubat dived and swallowed the poor insect.

Inoichi chuckled when he saw how happy his Zubat was after eating his snacks. He was about to let another insect escape when he heard several knocking sounds.

There was a loud creaking sound and Neko entered the office. "A certain Okami wants to see you, Leader."

Inoichi was excited when he heard that the kid was looking for him. There were many things that he wanted to tell the boy yesterday but due to his busy schedule, he was not able to take some time. Considering the benefits that Okami had given him by turning him into a Pokemon trainer, he could have opted to give him more benefits.

"Let him in."

Neko turned around and gestured Okami to come inside. Okami complied and entered the office.

Inoichi grinned when their eyes met. He invited the kid to sit down and prepared some juice for his guest.

"What brings you here, Okami-kun?"

Okami took a sip and tasted the sweet taste of orange juice. "I want to invite you to attend the grand opening ceremony of Ketchum clan's Pokemon Center tomorrow."

"Don't worry, Okami-kun. Actually, the Hokage invited us to be at the celebration." Inoichi received the card Okami gave him and read it carefully. "Can I bring my daughter with me?"

Okami nodded. "Please do, Inoichi-san. And can you give these invitation cards to Choza-san and Shikaku-san? Please tell them to bring their sons as well. And don't forget to tell Choza-san that I'll turn him into a Pokemon Trainer tomorrow as well. Please remind him to bring the Pokeball containing Mr. Mime."

"No problem."

Okami finished drinking the juice. "There's another thing, Inoichi-san. Can you do some demonstration with how you and Zubat fight together? I want to let them see the true strength of a Pokemon Trainer from the perspective of someone not having the Ketchum blood."

"No worries. Might as well include Shikaku on your lists of demonstrators."

"Thank you so much, Inoichi-san." Okami stood up and gave his sincere bow to him. "I am in a hurry for I still have to invite many people."

"You may go, Okami-kun. See you tomorrow."

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"Here it is, Iruka-san."

Iruka looked at the card. "Tomorrow? I can make time for that, Okami-kun."

"Please bring your wife, as well," Okami added before teleporting to avoid Iruka's scoldings.

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Kakashi took the card. "Well, it's your important day tomorrow. Of course, we will make time just for you, Okami-kun."

"Thank you, Kakashi-sensei. I want Team 7 to be present tomorrow, particularly Naruto. I would be disappointed when you will be absent,"

"Rest assured, we'll be on time. I'll just have to double their training today and the day after to compensate for tomorrow's plan."

Being on time was not in Kakashi's vocabulary and Okami knew the reason why he was acting that way - to honor his friend, Obito. "I can already imagine their complaints, especially Naruto."

"Tell me about it." Kakashi rolled his eyes as he continued reading his perverted Icha Icha book.

Okami was about to inform him about what happened to him yesterday when he heard Naruto's loud voice reverberating inside the room. He turned around and waved his right hand. "Long time, no see, Naruto."

"OKAMI!" Naruto bellowed as he rushed towards Okami and gave him a high-five. "It's been ages since I've seen you! Don't you know that Kakashi-sensei tortured us with different missions unfitting for a genius shinobi like me? Ever since we've passed the test, all we did was clean the room and retrieval of some idiot pet from an idiotic owner! I want some missions where I have to protect someone from the enemy so I can show them how great I am! "

"How many times did Sensei tell you that we need to do these missions so that we can familiarize ourselves with how the missions are taken and reported?!" Sakura snarled at Naruto as she lifted her clench fists but put it down when he noticed that Okami was present. "Hello, Okami-kun. Good day to you."

Sasuke snorted. "Stop with your daydreaming, dead last!"

"Shut it, duck-head! Don't forget who's the reason behind us passing the test! It's me, the future Hokage." Naruto bragged as he puffed his chest. "Hah! You're too weak compared to my friend."

"Hmph!" Sasuke stood before Okami and said, "I challenge you to a spar, Okami-kun."

"Hah! Don't dream about fighting him, even I can easily defeat you." Naruto turned around and faced Okami and whispered, "Don't mind him. Anyway, I never had the chance to thank you for your help. Thank you so much!"

Kakashi took out a piece of paper from his pocket. "Is this the help that you are referring to, Naruto?"

Naruto's expression changed once he saw the paper Okami had given him as his guide for the Bell test. "Uh...eh...where did you get that, Kakashi-sensei?"

"I happen to get it from your bag once you are busy jumping around because of your victory." Kakashi raised the note for all to see and started reading out loud. "Eat your breakfast. Arrive one hour after the specified meeting time. Emphasize teamwork with Sasuke and Sakura. Instruct Kyuubi to wake you up once you are acting strange due to illusions. These are just several of the things written on the paper."

Naruto scratched his head as he laughed nervously. "Oops. Sorry, Okami-kun."

Kakashi shifted his attention to Okami. "Care to explain how you found out about the Bell test? After all, you ruined my plan and I deserved some explanation."

Okami chuckled. "Prophetic Jutsu, Kakashi-sensei."

Kakashi nodded. "I suspected that it was you behind Naruto's actions."

"Hah! I should have known, dead last!" Sasuke smirked.

Sakura looked at Okami with an impressed look. "I guess it was just impossible for Naruto to form such an intricate plan by himself."

Naruto pouted. "So what?! What matters is we passed the test. Besides, Okami told me that even if I follow his notes or not, I will still pass the test, so what's the difference?"

Kakashi facepalmed when he saw that his team started arguing again. "Now, now. Okami wants to invite us to attend a banquet tomorrow. His shop's opening and he wants us to be with him on this special day."

Naruto and Sakura clapped their hands while Sasuke grumbled but said nothing.

"Well, Kakashi-sensei, can I borrow Naruto from you? I just want to talk with him back to my shop."

Kakashi nodded. "It's break time anyway. Just return him here after an hour."

Naruto was about to ask Okami what it was all about when he noticed Okami grabbing his arms in haste. "Nope! Okami, let me prepare. Wait!"

"Teleport."

They teleported just outside of the Pokemon Center.

"Ugh! Please inform me if you are about to bring me with you through teleportation. My body can't take it..." Naruto complained as he massaged his head.

"Hah! At least you're not vomiting anymore. Looks like your body is getting used to teleportation."

Naruto guffawed as he stood up. His expression changed when he saw more than thirty pokemon running around the front yard. What surprised him the most was the three Kanghaskans with their babies inside their pouches. "All of them are pokemon?!"

Okami nodded. "They're cool, right? But they're not the reason why I called you here. It's time to fulfill our deal."

"Ah, I remembered. You teach me Pokemon Jutsu and I teach you Kage Bunshin no Jutsu!" Naruto exclaimed as he summoned his Vulpix.

Okami wanted to talk with Kurama again but he knew that it was not needed for now. Besides, Kurama might do something funny again and his Dream Points were not enough to use Palkia's barrier skill.

"Well, show me how it's done. We'll take turns."

Naruto gave a thumbs-up. "Then better watch me properly as I execute the Jutsu." He did a hand seal and said, "Kage Bunshin no Jutsu."

Five copies of Naruto surrounded them as they all did their own thing.

"The scroll says that this is a Jutsu that copies the exact body of the user. When I've asked Kakashi-sensei about it, he told me that the user's chakra is evenly divided between themselves and their clones: creating one clone will give it half the user's chakra, creating two clones will give each a third of the user's chakra, and so on. Depending on how much chakra the user has and how many clones they make, this rapid depletion of their reserves can be dangerous. Because of this, usually, only those of at least jōnin-level can safely use the standard Shadow Clone Technique. But since I am very talented, there's no danger when I create even hundreds of clones."

"If what you are saying is true, then I'd definitely agree that it's dangerous for someone with meager chakra reserves to do many copies," Okami agreed as he attempted the hand seal and molded his chakra inside his body. The feeling was similar when executing the Bunshin no Jutsu but the result was more amazing and stronger.

When he felt that the necessary chakra was molded, he then shouted, "Kage Bunshin no Jutsu!"