The next Pokémon picture I made, about 5 days ago by now. This time, I decided on a Johto Pokémon taking center stage, being the ferocious Fire type, Houndoom!

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''After having a relaxing day in North Kanto, roaming about in the grassy fields, Houndoom decided to travel to the adjacent region of Johto. Departing from the Northern path and conquering the dark cave maze of Mount Moon, he made his way down Pewter, Viridian and Route 26. Finally, he decided to take a short dip into the small body of water that connected the two regions, to end up in New Bark Town. That's when Houndoom saw dark smoke clouds rising from far away. ''N-No...'', he said to himself, ''...it can't be. ...My home town! It... it's burning?'' He dashed forth and crossed the Slowpoke Well and Violet City, and eventually reached Ecruteak. What he saw was heart-wrenching. People were running around chasing small Pokémon while holding all sorts of weapons that were totally unknown to Houndoom. He watched the onslaught, then shouted: ''NO! STOP IT, YOU VANDALS! STOP PESTERING MY FRIENDS! LEAVE 'EM ALONE!'' Houndoom ran forward and tried to separate a helpless Marill from an angry man holding a large pitchfork, continuously stabbing the poor creature with it. ''I said, STOP IT!'', Houndoom shouted before breathing fire at the man. The reaction was a brutal stab from the pitchfork. Houndoom looked back at Marill: ''Urgg! G-Go! I'll handle this!'' Marill fled from the two dueling entities, disappearing into the forest next to the town. Houndoom swept the man away, then headed for the Burned Tower, but not without being chased himself by another mob of angry armed men. ''XATU!!!'', Houndoom shouted while running into the wooden halls of the Burned Tower. Through the smoke and the flames, he could easily smell the scent of his bird friend, which he believed was trapped on one of the remaining floors of the Tower. Houndoom climbed one of the narrow stairs, then got obstructed by a piece of burning wood that fell down in his direction, hitting him right in the face. Him being a Fire type, Houndoom wasn't harmed by it, but he did recieve some scratches near his neck. Houndoom didn't bother, and continued his search for his friend. He avoided another falling piece of wood and managed to get to the other side of the room by running around the next five-or-so boulders that blocked off parts of the area. ''Xatu!'', Houndoom shouted once again, and this time, his call was answered. ''H-Houndour? ...is ...t-that you...?'' A green bird lay wounded on its stomach in a corner of the room. ''Xatu!'', Houndoom said, ''don't worry, friend. I got ya!'' Xatu looked Houndoom in the eyes: ''...and... *COUGH!* ...you've evolved. Houndoom... *COUGH!* You're so strong... I knew you'd made it, and I knew... you'd come help me...'' Houndoom coughed a couple times, then took Xatu on his back and navigated back down, all the while jumping over small boulders and more blackened pieces of wood. Finally, the two reached the exit of the Tower. But to their surprise, they were stopped by the mob, the group of men blocking their way outside! ''Go out of my WAY, you filthy SCUM!'', Houndoom shouted. Seeing that the angry people wouldn't move aside, he spit fire in their faces, causing everyone to tumble backwards, screaming in pain! The next, Houndoom dashed south, spewing his fire at yet another handful of people that came charging his way. He carefully put Xatu on the ground, then was forced to protect his friend yet again. A third group of humans closed in on them, ensuring there was nowhere left for the two Pokémon to run. ''WANNA PLAY ROUGH, DO YOU?!'', Houndoom shouted. The people started screaming, attacking Houndoom and Xatu with their forks. A few of them had torches in their hands, some of them even wielded fire weapons! Among the burning ruins of the city, Houndoom spewed fire at his enemies, while Xatu desperately tried to stop them with his self-exercised psychic powers. While the flames kept rising and the clouds of smoke were building, Houndoom managed to escape via an opening somewhere in the human circle to the east of Ecruteak, with Xatu following not far behind. Houndoom waited for Xatu to reach him, then said: ''Now GO! Save yourself, Xatu! Don't you worry 'bout me, I'll take care of myself! Go!'' They could both hear the people yelling at them, chasing them with their guns, pitchforks and torches. Houndoom wasn't sure Xatu would manage to flee to a safer place, but if he didn't, at least Houndoom was sure that he had been able to help Xatu, and that Xatu was grateful for that.''

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