There was no such thing as "weak" in the Hibari family.

The world was made up of 99% herbivores and 1% carnivores—no exceptions. His mother's word was law and his brother's skills were the bar he had to reach. Carnivores in their own right, his small family was his pride, his clan, and Hibari made sure that everyone knew it.

He did not catch his first Pokémon until he had wandered Kanto for months. Whichever Pokémon cowered from his gaze weren't looked at again after he moved on. But he never forgot scouring through the mountains and coming upon the little animal, proud, fearless, but powerful; it never looked away from him or gave into his baleful stare. It had just smiled and followed him back down the mountains with no trouble. The rest was history. (Really, Hibari had never been so close to actually going toe-to-toe with Alaude before in battle, especially against the carnivorous Tuffy. He had still lost and the gym had to take months to be repaired, but the destruction was already enough to deem the little animal worthy of being his.)

It had taken Hibari two years to assemble his team; his mother and brother had taken the same time too, making it almost a family tradition. Either way, he had his own carnivores now.

Still, that didn't mean Hibari was done with his journey. There were still more carnivores out there to be tamed, more powerful and worthy of being under his name. At 12-years-old, he prided in having the fearsome ability to intimidate and control, unlike his herbivore father who had ran away after he was conceived. Weaklings like him did not deserve to live.

Whenever Hibari returned to Viridian City to visit his brother, he expected nothing but victories and triumph in Alaude's battles. With the little animal walking beside him, he did not blink at the fearful gazes the citizens gave him. Good, he thought. They know their place.

His brow twitched. But why were there so many of them, crowding unnecessarily like mindless sheep? He took a PokéBall from his belt and tossed it in the air. A large, menacing Pidgeot appeared, chirping cheerfully as it flew around in loops and circles above the herbivores' heads. The people screamed, scrambling away like the stupid herbivores they were. Hibari crossed his arms over his chest and waited for Hibird to finally settle down from scaring the herbivores off. The Pidgeot was too happy for him but it sang well and fought savagely when necessary. Hibari could let his herbivorous tendencies slide.

"Come back," he said, returning Hibird into his PokéBall.

After surveying the empty streets with sharp eyes, Hibari nodded to himself and carried on. The little animal tittered, hopping and twirling around in a happy dance. Hibari's lips slightly twitched despite himself. When his brother's gym came into view, he quickly schooled his features and didn't waste any time entering through the doors.

He didn't blink when he heard some screaming from the battlefield. Another herbivore that would be bitten to death by Alaude. Hibari pursed his lips when the little animal suddenly ran ahead of him. Before he could ponder on its actions, he stopped short when he saw Tuffy. For Alaude to even use Tuffy meant that the herbivore might not be a normal herbivore. No one but the Kanto champion, who was sometimes an herbivore and sometimes a carnivore, ever got Alaude to send out Tuffy.

"Dante, your Ember won't work on her!" the herbivore said, tugging his hair. "Just stop it! I said I didn't want to battle!"

The Charmander spat a small ball of fire to the side, baring its teeth. Tuffy swatted the Pidgey away without batting an eye and side-stepped the Bulbasaur's vines with a small hop. She smirked at them, her laughing blue eyes glinting under the light, before deflecting the Squirtle's water gun with its white belly. Hibari watched quietly from the shadows as the little animal bounded towards the herbivore trainer and glomped him.

"Cleffa! Cleffa!"

And just like that, all the Pokémon stopped what they were doing, even Tuffy. Hibari blinked as the little animal snuggled against the herbivore's chest. The herbivore just flailed his arms pathetically in the air. "Wait, no!" he said. "I'm not—Don't call me that! Where did you even come from?"

"Squirtle, Squirt!" The turtle Pokémon blasted a strong blast of water gun at the little animal only for a light green barrier to form and block the incoming attack. The herbivore screamed, which had his Pokémon back off a bit—for now.

Giggling, the little animal continued hugging the herbivore, chattering happily. Hibari wasn't sure what to think of this strange predicament. For one thing, the little animal had approached an herbivore with no means of hurting it. Its appearance was only a guise for the real carnivore underneath. Second, Tuffy, the infamous carnivore around—yes, even more so than his brother and mother—had somehow skipped over and hugged the herbivore's legs, looking more pleasant than usual.

"W—Wait!" the herbivore said, trying to push Tuffy away. "I just said I didn't want to battle! They can't fight you! And Alaude is the last gym leader!"

"Cleffa! Cleff!"

"Oh, please no."

"Wigglytuff!"

"Um, I think you're cute…"

Hibari stared when Tuffy just smiled happily at the compliment. No one ever called Tuffy cute unless they wanted to be bitten (or slapped, in this case) to death. His lips curled into a smirk. Interesting. The herbivore's Pokémon all jumped on Tuffy to pull her away, but ended up tumbling and causing a pathetic pile. The herbivore groaned while Tuffy just slapped his Pokémon away.

Finally, Hibari made himself known, stepping out of the shadows. "Little animal."

The said Pokémon just smiled brightly at him, nuzzling the herbivore's face. "Cleffa!"

The herbivore struggled to get Tuffy and Fairy off of him but to no avail. He was weak despite subduing the carnivores with…whatever he did. Alaude watched from across the battlefield, his face blank, before noticing his brother. They shared some silent words through eye-contact until the elder nodded.

Hibari smirked. He headed towards the herbivore, ignoring the other Pokémons threatening growls and hisses. Fairy hopped towards him and tugged the end of his black pants. "Cleffa, Cleffa!"

The herbivore stared at Hibari with wide eyes. "Who are you?" He looked back and forth between him and Alaude.

Hibari crossed his arms over his chest. "We leave tomorrow morning, omnivore."

A bout of silence passed.

"Who are you?"

A/N Alas, the prefect appears with his (not-so) sweet Fairy. :^)

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Little Miss Bunny