Hidan lived on the streets at sixteen, scrounging for food wherever and whenever he could find it. His search, one day, led him to an alleyway. However he was not the only creature sniffing around. As he lifted the lid of a trash can, he heard a low growl. A houndour was glaring at him, fangs bared. Hidan scowled, flipping the dark Pokemon.
It was a low-level Pokemon but that did not mean it did not have fangs. Hidan yelped in pain as he felt those fangs sink into his leg and he snarled, punching the houndour in the head. The pokemon just bit harder, drawing blood. Hidan cursed repetitively, trying to shake the hound off. He chanced across a bone in the bin he had been digging through and chucked it further down the alleyway after taunting the houndour with it. His plan worked and the houndour bolted, snatched up the slightly meaty bone, and then leaped over Hidan.
"Damn demon mutt." Hidan grumbled, looking back to the trash bin.
Unfortunately the fight for food had drawn attention. He hated how the stingy rich people were always hogging their garbage, getting mad when he would go in their bins for anything unwanted that he could use. A door slammed open and he bolted as his hand closed around something. Once he was safely in the nearby forest, he pulled out the item he had snatched and frowned.
"What the fuck is this?" Hidan scowled, looking at a potion that was still about halfway full.
Hidan sighed, adding the potion to his ragged black messenger bag. There was not much in the bag save a few interesting, discarded items he had come across and some money he had received from pick-pocketing. Hidan sighed, counting the change. He probably had enough for a small treat or two. He only used money or resorted to stealing in desperate times. Luckily the officer Jenny of Saffron City practically viewed him as a little brother and grew tired of tossing him in her jail. Sometimes, when times were really hard, he would try to get caught so he could eat whatever scraps she would give him.
He got up and brushed dirt off himself then strode into town. He heard a howl from nearby and stopped, looking around. It sounded like his rival, that houndour from earlier. He started for the closest alley and saw him limping. A houndoom was guarding the alley trash which was usually quite good, being next to a restaurant.
"Houndour, you gotta get out of this alley." The wounded pokemon merely growled, limping closer to the houndoom. "Fine." Hidan sighed, digging through his bag. "At least let me help..." He grumbled, pulling out the potion.
The houndour growled when Hidan approached but the teen ignored him, spraying the potion on the bite marks. Houndour winced but then blinked as the pain disappeared. He stretched for a bit then howled, this time not in pain but in victory. He tackled the houndoom shortly after and dodged its snaps. Houndour growled, biting the houndoom but it left him open for a flame attack.
"Houndour, let go, it's going to use ember!"
Hidan himself had felt an ember up close. Though he had gotten used to the attack, he wasn't sure such a weak houndour would be able to handle evolved, more experienced, pokemon's attack. Surprisingly the houndour listened to Hidan, jumping back as a firey burst came from the enemy's mouth. Houndour glanced back at Hidan and gave him a subtle nod, showing his surrender and acceptance to the human. Hidan grinned then barked out a command. He could see the houndoom weakening and ordered the street pokemon to bite around the neck. Houndoom whimpered then collapsed.
"Houndour, keep him down while I get some food." Hidan shouted, digging through the trash.
Houndour obeyed, snarling at the houndoom until Hidan had found some food, stashing it in his bag. He whistled and darted out of the alley with the wild pokemon at his heels. Once they reached the woods, Hidan tossed a bone to the houndour, pulling out his own portion. He jumped slightly when houndour plopped down on his lap. Hidan blinked, staring at the pokemon, which had bitten him almost everyday, now laying in his lap. Hidan smiled and pet the pokemon a few times before continuing his feast.
"I think we could make a good team, Bones."
A tan man of forty years was walking steadily through the woods with his loyal eevee at his side. The eevee was on alert for any wild pokemon while its trainer listened and looked for trainers. Then, a houndour's howl echoed through the trees, making the man and eevee stand at alert. The trainer had never heard of any canine pokemon living on Route 5. He guessed it was a trainer and called his eevee closer. Then it happened, a houndour leaped out at them, fangs bared.
"Jack, shadow ball!" The man shouted.
The eevee did not hesitate, opening its mouth to form a shadow ball. The houndour was blasted back as the purple and black ball slammed into him. The man waited for the pokemon's trainer to show up but the houndour was already up, charging for his eevee.
"Jack, use quick attack!" The man shouted.
"Bones!" Hidan jumped out of the trees as the eevee rammed into his companion, knocking him off his paws. "You okay, bud?"
"You might want to train your houndour better, kid." The man scoffed, glaring at the ragged teen with his green eyes. "Do you even have any money?"
"Uh... Why would you care?" Hidan glared back with his dull violet eyes.
"You're supposed to give the winner of a battle some money." The man explained as though it were obvious. "Don't you know anything about pokemon?"
"Not really." Hidan snapped. "I'm too busy trying to find food to worry about you stuck up assholes."
"So you don't have any money?" The man sighed in disappointment.
"Well... I guess I have some change... You're saying that if I win battles I can get money?" Hidan inquired, digging through his bag.
"Yes. That's one of three reasons to battle." The man huffed.
"What are the other two?" Hidan asked, pulling out a few coins.
"Training your pokemon and, for some saps, meeting new friends." The man held out his hand.
"Hm. Thanks for that information." Hidan grinned then handed the man some pocket change.
As he did this, Bones got up, ramming into the man's back and grabbing his wallet in his teeth as he ran off. Hidan laughed, running after him. The man cursed and then got back on his feet. Jack chased after its master's robbers, following its nose. Up ahead, Hidan was digging some bills out of the wallet while Bones growled and jumped at a nesting hoothoot.
"Shit, Bones, this guy is loaded. No wonder that little puff ball kicked your ass." Hidan cackled, pocketing half of what was in the wallet.
Bones growled at the insult, snapping at him. Hidan whined in complaint, pouting as he nursed his hand. Then, Bones went on alert, growling at some bushes. Jack leaped out, fur bristling in anger. Bones charged the eevee, snapping at it. Hidan got to his feet as the eevee easily dodged the houndour's teeth.
"Bones, howl." Hidan might not have trained houndour but he knew that howling made his houndour feel stronger, more confident.
Jack was hesitant with its attacks, too used to having his owner give commands. It gave the other two an advantage, which they quickly took. Bones lunged at Jack, sinking his fangs into the eevee's tail and tossing it like a toy. Then he rammed into Jack, smirking at it as it shakily got back on its feet. Jack was panting now, wanting to be back at his master's side but also wanting to get his master's wallet back. He opened his mouth, charging up a large shadow ball.
Hidan cursed and ordered Bones to dodge as the ball was released and shot at them. The shadow ball grazed the houndour's side then collided with a tree. Hidan cursed dropping the wallet and running away from the tree. He whistled for Bones and the houndour moved away from the creaky tree. However Jack took no nitice of the danger, snatching the wallet and acting proud of himself. Bones leaped into action, sinking his teeth into Jack's scruff and pulling him away just as the tree toppled.
"Bones! Are you okay!" Hidan shouted from the opposite side of the felled tree.
Bones gave a muffled howl in response. Hidan sighed in relief then told the houndour to return Jack to his owner. The poor eevee had bumped his head and fainted, wallet still clenched tightly in his tiny jaws. Bones did as his partner asked and took off out of the dense trees to the forest path where the man was battling a wild meowth with an ivysaur. After the wild wild meowth was disoriented, he threw a friend ball and returned his ivysaur. He then turned to the houndour with a glare. When he saw his pokemon in its jaws, the man's expression changed.
"What the hell did you do to Jack!" He shouted.
Bones flinched back at the angered shout, setting the eevee down. It was times like this where he wished he could speak with humans in their language. As the man picked up his companion, Bones left, sniffing for his fellow thief. Hidan smiled at Bones, offering him some fresh water and food he had just bought. Once they finished eating and drinking, Hidan stood back up.
"Bones... I think we should do what that man is doing." He said, looking down at his companion. "With the money we earn, we'll be able to buy at least one meal a day." He patted Bones' head. "Let's go train."
GAH! I really shouldn't have started this nor uploaded it. I have far too much to do but when I need to write, I write what I need.
Anyways, I hope you all like this... there will be yaoi later. And more Naruto characters...