A Houndoom's Heart [Xavier & Angel]

[Xavier]

The houndoom growled as he paroled his area of woods, making sure no pokemon were even close to him and his sister. The fact that his sister was just getting worse with each passing day made him grow weary. He didn't know how to help her get better. At one point he thought she may just eventually get better. When that was proven false, he started growling stronger to protect her, stealing berries as he could as well as potions from humans who happened to be passing by. It worked for a short while, but it was still not enough.

He snorted as he turned to head back to the small houndour, and skidded to a stop as a light flashed before his eyes, stunning him for a few moments. He shook his head and growled, wondering what pokemon would be stupid enough to attack him right now. When his vison returned, his fur stood on end. It was the God of all pokemon, Arceus.

The pokemon did not talk as most did. It spoke through Houndoom's mind, making him shake his head again. The conversation went fast with the God asking him about his sister. 'Why would he care about her anyway?' He thought. The God replied quickly, making the Houndoom step back, startled that the God could keep up with his thoughts. The God pokemon looked over him, and nodded after flipping through his thoughts as if he was an open book for him to read.

"You wish to save your sister?" He asked. Houndoom snorted but nodded. At that moment, he howled in pain and dropped to the floor, panting as his heart like it was being crushed.

"What did you do to me?" He growled, still panting on the ground. Arceus glanced over to the general area of his sister.

"I gave her life."

"But what about mine? How can I protect her if I am almost dead?" he growled, a bark sounding through the trees. As Arceus thought, he gave one more nod.

"You are right. Take the form of another with life to protect the home you hold dear." with that, there was one last flash, and he howled again, a feeling of warmth filling his veins. The warmth turned into burning as he could feel his body changing. The pain grew to be too much, and as the flash dissolved, a newly formed human boy collapsed on the ground.

[Argent/Angel]

Angel had been walking through the woods, searching for wild poke’mon, when a flash of light to her left had stopped her dead in her tracks. She’d crouched down and peered from behind a tree, amazed at the scene unfolding in front of her: one of the pokemon before her was none other than the legendary god poke’mon: Arceus. Angel felt a trill of elation; she’d been searching for Arceus for years now, hoping to capture it. She wanted to move her hand to her belt and remove a pokeball, but she found she was paralyzed. She could do nothing but watch as the houndoom fell to the ground and howled in pain.

Suddenly a bright light encased the houndoom’s body. When the light faded Arceus was gone, and where the houndoom had once stood a naked man now lay. Angel blinked several times, trying to process all that she had just seen. A pokemon had become a human. She had never heard of that happening. That meant that this man was most likely one of a kind. If that was the case, she wanted him. Stepping out from behind the tree she pulled an ultra ball from her bag and threw it at the man. It bounced off his head, but remained closed.

Angel tilted her head to the side, puzzled. “Huh” she mused aloud “I really thought that would work…”

[Xavier]

He grumbled as his eyes fluttered open. Just as he began to come to, he felt an object hit and bounce off of his head. He blinked and jumped right up from where he lay, turning about to see a human female and a pokebal at his side. He growled, but realized it didnt sound quite right. He shook his head and tried to walk twords her as he was still on all fours and found that his body did not move as he was used to. Blinking once more, he looked down at him self and let out a cry of surprise.

His black fur had gathered to his head in long strands and left his skin smooth and tan. He grabbed the pokeball with his long tail and threw it back at the female with a low growl. "What did you do to me?" He asked, the words falling from his mouth so easily though he had never spoken a word of human in his life. He figured it must have just been habit from his thinking all his life in their language.

[Argent/Angel]

Angel stood very still as the man-poke'mon attempted to crawl towards her. Clearly he wasn't used to his new body yet, a fact that worked in her favor. She didn't fail to notice the twin horns sprouting from his head, or his devil's tail. She was also very aware of his nudity. Frankly she just didn't care. She caught the poke'ball with one hand and held it at her side.
"I didn't do anything to you" she stated calmly "You know who that was, don't you? That was Arceus, a freaking GOD poke'mon. If anyone has anything to do with your new predicament it's him, not me." She tossed her head and smiled slightly. If she could get past his initial aggression, this...poke'mAn may yet prove useful to her.
She took a few hesitant steps towards him, where he kneeled on the ground. Holding her hand out to him, as if she was expecting a handshake, she stated "My name is Angel. Future ruler and possibly destroyer of the world. What's your name?"

[Xavier]

At the woman's words, everything that had just happened flashed through his mind. Arceus, the pain he felt, what the pain ment - his sister getting her health and life back. He stepped back slightly as she moved close to him. All he wanted to do was run back to his sister, but he didnt want to lead this human to her.

He looked at her hand then back up at her. "I do not have a name. Names are for owned pokemon. I am not that pathetic enough to ever have a name," he huffed and turned to move away from the female, still trying to walk with this new body. He stayed on all fours as he started to crawl away, his tail in the air.

[Argent/Angel]

Angel frowned. This wasn't going to be easy, but then again things in her life never usually were. She wasn't used to people disobeying her, but if she had her way in a few minutes Mr. No-Name wouldn't be disobeying her either.
She took three steps forward, grabbed the man's shoulder, and jerked hard, flipping him onto his back. In the same instant she dropped the entirety of her weight onto him, sitting so she was perched on his torso, his arms against his sides. She leaned down and stared into his eyes, which were open with surprise. He was probably startled that someone so small had been able to move him at all. Her blood-red eyes were like two pools of crimson, if someone stared too long they would drown in them. Her eyes were also how she hypnotized most the people she encountered.
"I like you" she stated, "And I don't want to hurt you. So I'm only going to say this once: you will come with me."
She waited for the man to comply, to acknowledge her order like all the others before him had done. Instead he just stared up at her, raising an eyebrow.
"That....that usually works.." Angel stated, a little flustered "I'm just really having an off day...but I'm guessing you can understand that, because it would seem yours is a little bit more frustrating than mine."

[Xavier]

As he started off towards his sister, he narrowed his eyes. He hoped this female didn't follow him. As soon as he began to head off, he suddenly found himself being turned over onto his back, the female pinning him to his back. He blinked in surprise and he squirmed slightly under her. He paused, blinking as she spoke to him as if she had expected him to follow any order she gave him. He cocked his head to the side and growled.

"Get off of me, human," he struggled under her, knowing his sister would start to worry about him if he didn't come back soon.

[Argent/Angel]

Angel shook her head. "Nope. I'm going to stay right here until you agree to come with me." She grinned down at him, she knew he was probably five seconds away from lunging at her throat, but this poke'man was proving an interesting challenge.
"You don't seem to realize, I'm not really a bad person...I just have big plans. And I want you to help me achieve them, Xavier." The man looked startled when she said the name to him. She shrugged "It means 'bright one'; seems fitting after the way you shone a few minutes ago."

[Xavier]

He shook his head, a growl sounding from his throat. "I will not be named by some human," he flicked his tail into her face to slip out from under her. Clumsily, he hurried off to his sister, leaving the girl behind. He hoped she hadn't seen which direction he went. He winced each time a branch stuck into his now sensitive skin or when a rock dug into his step.

Finally he reached the den he had made so many years before for him and his sister. She must have caught his scent because she ran out of the den, tongue hanging happily from the side of her mouth. She paused for a moment, unsure about his new look, then bounded over to him as happy as could be. He smiled at her as she licked his new flesh. It tickled slightly, but he could grow used to it after seeing her so happy and healthy. It was definitely worth it.

[Argent/Angel]

Angel had let out a startled yelp when the man had thrown her off. She wasn't going to be put out that easily though. She wanted him, and she would get him. She'd learned how to track from a trainer she'd met in the Unova region. She'd never thought the skills would come in handy; today she was being proven quite wrong. She trekked after him, making sure to hang back far enough that he wouldn't hear or see her, she certainly hoped he wouldn't be able to smell her.

She slowed as she heard the barking, hiding behind a tree she watched the houndour run up to the man and lick him. It only took her a few seconds to realize that whoever the poke'mon was, she was important to the man. She was the the first thing he had gone to check on. It only took her an instant to realize what she had to do. Admittedly she did feel a little guilty about it, but she was aiming for world domination. She didn't have time for sentimentality.

She still had the ultra ball in her hand that the man had thrown back at her. Gritting her teeth she threw it at the houndour, praying this idea would work. The ball struck the houndour and she disappeared in a flash of red light. Angel dashed forward, grabbed the poke'ball, then sprinted past the man and back into the forest. She knew he could track her, he was a houndoom for heaven's sake. She didn't stop until she reached the clearing where they had first met. Turning back she waited for the man to catch up.

[Xavier]

As the small pup jumped around him, his tail fell from side to side, a smile pulling at his newly formed lips. He loved seeing her so happy and energetic. The last he saw her, she was alseep, coughing every few seconds and shivering. Her color was dull when he left her and now it was bright and shiny. He bent down to put his nose to hers with she suddenly disappeared in a flash of red.

Surprised, he saw the same pokeball the human had thrown at him earlier. Before he could even register what had happened, the human ran past him and grabbed the pokeball containing his sister. That was the last straw with this human that he could handle. He dashed after her as fast as his new legs could take him, his crimson eyes blazing to get his sister back from her.

He broke through the trees to find her waiting for him, pokeball in hand. His bright eyes didn't leave the ball as he called out to her. "Give her back!" He stood in a crouched position, ready to bound after her and attack if he had to.

[Argent/Angel]

Angel attached the pokeball to her belt. Plucking two more from it she threw them into the air. In a bright flash of light a Mismagius and a Dusclops appeared, both poke'mon faced the man, ready to attack him the moment Angel gave an order.
"That's not gonna happen, Xavier." she stated. "I don't think you get how this works. You are going to come with me, and you are going to stay with me, for as long as I decide I want you around." She frowned at him. "I don't want to hurt you, but if it comes to it I will have my poke'mon beat you into submission and I will drag your unconscious body out of this forest!" She detached the poke'ball containing his sister from her belt and held it up next to her face. "I want you, Xavier, and you want your sister. If you come with me I promise you I will return her to you. It might not be anytime soon, but I will give her back to you."
She attached the poke'ball to her belt and looked him in the eyes. Her poke'mon were growing restless. They only knew that the man before them was an enemy, one that they would be more than willing to attack.
Angel shrugged "The choice is yours, Xavier. If you want her, you're going to have to come with me."

[Xavier]

He narrowed his crimson eyes at her, then to the pokeball in her hand. He contemplated the pros and cons of coming with this human. Pros: he would get his sister back and he wouldn't have to fight in this form that he knew nothing about. Cons: he would have to follow her around like an owned pokemon and even have a name. He shook his head as he looked down at the ground, his eyes closing as he fought every instinct had to tell her to screw off and find some way to get his sister back.

Eventually, he sighed with defeat and growled as he said "Fine. I will come with you as long as I get my sister back like you promised." He looked up from the ground and into the human's eyes. "I promise to come with you as yours, as long as you stick to your promise and give her back to me. Soon." He watched her with unblinking eyes. He knew that when he made a promise, he stuck with it ever since his mother made him promise to take care of her. And that was exactly what he was going to do.

[Argent/Angel]

Angel smiled. She didn't like playing dirty, but in this case it was necessary to achieve her goals. She called her Mismagius and Dusclops back into their poke'balls, and attached them to her belt. "You have my word, she will be returned to you."
She stood for a moment, staring at the man, who was still quite naked. After thinking for a moment she pulled her black sweater off and walked up to Xavier. "Turn around" she instructed. He hesitated then did so, and she tied the sweater around his waist, so his front was covered. "I can't have you walking around naked" she commented, "You're likely to give old ladies heart attacks, looking the way you do."
She turned him back around, and smiled up at him. Reaching up on tiptoe she pet his head gently before turning around and starting to walk back towards the road and town. "C'mon" she called back to him "We've gotta get you some food and some clothes"

[Xavier]

The sweater felt hot and itchy. He had never worn clothes, and had never seen the need for them. He frowned as he pulled at the sweater then let out a soft growl as she patted his head. This was humiliating to be put through this. Clothes, a name, and even a pat on the head like an owned pokemon. Though technically, he was owned now. As long as she had his sister, he would have to deal with it.

As soon as she turned away and started walking, he pulled the sweater off of himself and threw it over his shoulder, holding onto the sleeves of the sweater. It was too hot for the thing anyway. His tail flicked around behind him as he started to walk and soon grew used to his new two legs.