RabidOrochimaruOtaku still doesn't own Naruto or Pokemon, so please do not accredit either of them to her. Thank you. The Vote never came in, so I thought I'd pick a starter for him based on a Gijinka I found on Google. It seems to work nicely for Orochimaru's purpose, I felt. Also, they're both going to be sadists, but Orochimaru is back in his childhood, so he will be polite to those who will be able to further him in his quest.
Thanks to Amaterasuice for reviewing! I will do my best to keep Orochimaru, and as many of his pokemon as I can, sadistic! Also, I thank my anonymous reviewer for giving me the ideas for Orochimaru's starter Pokemon!
Without further ado, the story.
"So, this is Orochimaru?" Professor Birch asked Brandon, who nodded. "This is the one you were telling me about?"
Brandon nodded a second time as Orochimaru looked at the four Professors who had gathered around in Pallet Town, since all of them had gotten readings of a dimension or portal opening up. it didn't take long for them to put two and two together, but they ignored the warning signs of Orochimaru showing any danger to them since he was a calm and quiet child of ten.
Orochimaru sized up all the professors as they conversed with each other. Oak was the one with silver hair that reminded him of Sarutobi-Sensei. Elm was the one who was tall, had brown balding hair, and glasses to rival that of Kabuto's. Birch was Brandon's father and had a build similar to that of Jiraiya, also having brown hair, and he was the only one wearing shorts. Juniper was the only female of the group, and she wore her long brown hair up in a ponytail that reminded him of Tsunade's from when they were Genin.
"Well, welcome to the Kanto Region, Orochimaru," Professor Oak greeted warmly as he turned to the ex-ninja. "Would you like a Pokémon?"
He nodded silently and walked calmly to the Professor's side, but the four professors weren't able to see the greed or power-hunger in his eyes, only the excitement. The elderly professor walked calmly into a room that held a large amount of Pokémon waiting to go out to trainers, most of them conversing happily among each other about Orochimaru. As soon as they saw him, they quieted, knowing that if they wanted to join him they'd have to prove themselves to him. It was one reason they stopped, but the other was that he scared them out of their wits. All were afraid to approach him but one.
To the Pokémon and humans' astonishment, a male green plant-like dinosaur walked up to Orochimaru and looked him straight in the eyes, almost at a glare to challenge his power-hunger, to see which of them wanted the strength more that the other could provide. They stared calmly, half-staring at each other and half-glaring before the small creature padded forwards to Oak and barked at him in its own way.
"What in the world…?" he asked confused at the Pokémon's behavior.
"What are they saying?" Orochimaru demanded, but had to force his way to remain calm. After all, he'd never get a starter Pokémon from each of the professors if he proved to show his true colors in front of them.
"I'm not sure, but he's never approached a trainer before, let alone me," Oak replied appalled, "I'm not sure what to do right now. He is by far the most anti-social Pokémon I have in the lab."
The dinosaur glared at him before using one of its whips to smack him across the arm, bringing out a Pokéball from his sleeve, and then picked it up with its mouth. To all of the humans' shock, it carried it to Orochimaru and set it at his feet, glaring upwards at him and wrapping its vine around his hand and wrist.
"I think it wants to come with me," Orochimaru mused. The dinosaur smiled and nodded, moving the vine up and down now to shake Orochimaru's hand as though in greeting. "Well, then welcome onto the squad."
"I don't think I've ever seen a Pokémon choose a human before, let alone one as hateful as that Bulbasaur," Oak frowned. "But if he's the one you want, and since it appears that the two of you already get along, you can keep him. But please, don't blame me if he gets rebellious and refuses to follow through with your commands. Most trainers want to nickname their Pokémon as they begin – do you?"
"Hm… I do, but I want him to agree on the name," Orochimaru said thoughtfully. "Perhaps… well, the first name I can think of to do with plants is after the first leader of my home. Does Hashirama sound good to you?"
"Bulba!" it yelled, using its vine and tapping him once on the wrist.
"Then Hashirama you'll be," Orochimaru decided with finality. He inwardly promised himself and the tiny Pokémon that he'd put him on a par with the first Hokage's skills.
"Weird name for a Bulbasaur," Brandon contemplated. "You said it had to do with the leader of your home?"
"He was really good with plants," Orochimaru said vaguely, not daring to mention that the first Hokage could literally create plants out of nothing.
"Well, Orochimaru, I wish you and Hashirama the best of luck," Professor Oak smiled.
"And the rest of us look forward to seeing you pick up your starters for our regions in our labs!" Birch added, "Don't forget, Kanto's not the only region."
"Kanto, Johto, Hoenn, Sinnoh, and Unova," Orochimaru confirmed, and the Professors all smiled and nodded.
"Very good," Professor Juniper praised. "For someone from another world, you sure learn fast. What caused you to come here?"
"Not saying, I don't want it getting repeated," Orochimaru smirked. "Come, Hashirama. I want to see just how good these gym leaders are. We'll train on the way."
He was extremely happy to hear this, and was soon on his way. Hashirama was extremely distrusting of the other Pokémon, and by the time they reached Viridian City, he was at level ten for defeating so many Pokémon from the route they'd traveled.
"Hey, kid!" a teen yelled, and Orochimaru looked up at a weird guy in purple clothes. "Where you heading? You're not going to get very far with only one Pokémon."
Orochimaru and Hashirama grew angry at this and used a vine on the man's ankle, and another vine on his backside, causing Orochimaru to smirk in amusement. After about twenty lashes to the backside, the young Pokémon set the pained and stunned human down. He blinked at Orochimaru, and the girls that had been in the car that he had gotten out of were screaming in astonishment.
"Hashirama, don't," Orochimaru smirked before lowering his voice to a whisper. "At least, not until we get our first gym badge. Then you can attack him all you want, my little friend. You're a sadist, just like me, I can tell. Yes, you and I are going to be good friends before our journey is over."
"Who the hell are you?! What the hell do you think you're doing letting your Pokémon go wild like that?!" the brown-haired teen yelled.
"Who I am is no concern of yours," Orochimaru said coolly. "Hashirama was only defending me. Besides, I don't have a badge, so there's no guarantee he'll obey me now that he's strong enough. Oh, and get control of your mouth before I cut your tongue out."
"Watch your back, brat!" the purple clad trainer yelled as he got into his car and was rubbing his now-red backside. "The Champion's going to kick your butt!"
"I'd like to see you try," Orochimaru sneered, "Meet me at Indigo Plateau, and we'll see which of us is stronger. I look forward to literally wiping the floors with you and making you so miserable that you will wish that you'd have never been born."
"You're going down, brat!" he yelled, "You're going down or my name isn't Gary Oak!"
"Oak's grandson, huh?" Orochimaru smirked, "Hashirama, we've got a long set of battles ahead of us to win. You'd best be ready, because I won't be tolerating failure."
Bulbasaur did nothing but stare coolly before turning his attention to the gym and sending out a whip in its direction. But to both of their dismays, the gym was closed, and so the young Pokémon charged off into the Viridian Forest in a fury to whip the crap (literally) out of any and every Pokémon that came into his sights.
Like I said, perfect for each other. Gary steps into the plotline every once in a while, you'll find that he's more trouble than he's worth in Orochimaru's eyes. He'll just keep coming back, like a few other villians.
Again, I do take requests, so please don't hesitate to request a pokemon! I will give you credit, but I will do my best to keep things in order according to the regions, so a Unova region pokemon will probably not show up until that arc.
Please review! It warmed my heart to read the two reviews I have!
