The Beginning~

Rusty yawned, padding slowly out of a bush. He flinched quickly as the bright sunlight hit his eyes harshly, making him let out a slow moan while trying to get used to the light. He shook his messy, dirty fur and walked up to a large tree wearily, his eyes still full of sleep.
The small Poocheyna let out a sneeze as a berry fell in front of him, gleaming in the sun. "Food!" he smiled, picking up the berry quickly, his pawsteps clumsy. He was still smiling as he set the berry down in a messy bush with leaves thrown everywhere around it, and the branches stuck up in a weird fashion- But this was because Rusty never cared about the look. Plus, he could never really quite see it in the mornings while he stumbles over it, breaking at least two branches off.
Rusty looked at the bush awkwardly, tilting his head to the side. "Hmmm... maybe I should fix it...?" he thought out loud, his big, yellow eyes gleaming with curiosity. "But, how would I do that?"
The pokemon just shrugged, jumping back into the bush to finish the berry. But, the Poochyena wasn't careless- No, he always had his ears up, alert, making him ready to run at the sound of an enemy coming near.

Zera wandered aimlessly through the forest, he was rather annoyed by it actually by the constant sweet scents filling his nose. "As great as this forest is, this sweet scent is sickening..I'd set it all on fire if there wasn't such a drawback.." Zera grumbled to himself soon his ears perked as he heard rustling in a bush up ahead. "Hmm..A target, maybe?" He sniffed at the ground to see if he could catch the scent of whoever is up ahead, but he shook his head and sneezed slightly as dirt got up in his nose, the smell of Pecha Berries flooded his nose making it difficult for him to tell by scent. So instead, Zera stalked closer to the bush, trying to be as quiet as possible.

Rusty suddenly heard a pokemon coming near. His ears pricked up, and he heard the intruder's silent pawsteps coming near. The Poochyena let out a low growl from the back of his throat and jumped out of the bush with the half-eaten Pecha berry laying in a clump of dead branches and leaves.
Rusty got into a battle-stance, pouncing down, ready to run. But he got up quickly once he saw the Houndour he once saved. Oh... just him, Rusty thought to himself, sighing, relief flooding off of him.
"Hey!" the small pokemon called half-way across the clearing.

Zera noticed it was just Rusty and calmed down a bit. "Oh, it's just you.." He sighed then approached his friend. "C'mon, we're getting out of this forest, its smell is like poison to me." The Houndour looked around, there was only the path he was following for a short time, he didn't really know if this path would take him out or just deeper into the forest. "Do you know where this path takes us?" Zera asked as he returned to following it, he spotted a few Pecha berries in front of him and crushed them under his feet with a tiny growl.

As Zera declared that they were gonna 'get out of the forest' and 'which way will the that lead?', Rusty let out a huff of annoyance. Leave? This place was awesome! it had weak pokemon that wouldn't attack them, and all the berries that they could eat.
Rusty flicked his tail, looking to the path. "I don't know. I've followed only about half before. But I headed back before it got too dark out... But some pokemon around here say it leads to a town, which also leads to a guild," the pokemon replied to his friend.
"But I don't see why you'd wanna leave this place... we're never in any danger here."

"A town is better than here, if you don't want to come then I'll just leave you here. I can't stand this smell any longer, and you're right. There are never any threats here it's boring, we need new land to stay in." Zera picked up his pace to a jog and smirked thinking to himself, 'And new targets to take from.' "Also I'm not lazy like you are, I don't just fight to protect what's mine I also fight to prove my dominance and strength and to find a worthy ally." Zera slowed to a stop and looked back to the Poochyena. "Like you, but you really make me wonder sometimes.." The Houndour shook his head then resumed down the path, "Now c'mon, we're going to this town!"

Rusty grunted, his eyes glinting with fury as he hesitantly followed the Houndour, narrowing his eyes at the pokemon. "I rather not get beaten by pokemon you think you can challenge," he mumbled to himself.
Rusty gave out a slight huff of annoyance and looked back at the broken bush, with the half-eaten, juicy pecha berry sitting in it."What exactly are we gonna do in a town?" he asked, breaking out with question. "Where are we gonna shelter?" He asked another question, trying to see if Zera had answers for them.
"Or money? We don't have any money... so what are we gonna buy?" The pokemon pranced forward a bit to keep up with the Houndour.

"You underestimate your own capabilities and I shouldn't have to fight alone, you are my ally are you not?" The Houndour now had a more focused look across his face rather than serious as he continued to run down the path, "Your questions will be answered when we get to town, so keep moving." Zera already had in mind that he wouldn't pay for anything if he were to take something from a shop, he had no worry for shelter for he grew up living outside through various terrains and temperatures. "Why do you worry so much anyway? Who says we're staying there? Why are you assuming I have no plan?" He growled slightly, then soon saw a sign that read 'Grassveil Town ahead' and his tail wagged slightly for a moment in excitement. "Good, we're getting closer.."

"It's not like I had much a choice," Rusty muttered furiously through gritted teeth. "We're still at least gonna need to find somewhere to stay... and some money."

"Fine, when we reach town you search for a place to stay since that's so important for you. I'll see if I can do anything about this money, alright?" Zera ran past the sign and saw a stone path leading to a town up ahead. "And there it is.." He could see a couple of pokemon walking about and talking to one another.


(( I'll make the new topic in town ))