(A/N): Wus boppin' bois? Yakom here, sorry about never updating, I've just been caught up in a few things. One of which being Wave TV, which is a broadcasting show my school does, so I guess look it up on YouTube? Bragging rights to whomever figures out which one is me. I digress, I just got back into Pokemon what with the announcement of Pokemon Sword and Shield, so I decided to do something on that, 'cause if I'm being real, I haven't watched RWBY since season four. I thought to do this instead. So yeah, let's do this.

Leonardo Diaz was a bit overdue for his Pokemon adventure. He turned ten-years-old and he said: "Nah, Professor Eucalyptus is too far. I'll go tomorrow". Then, again he said the same thing the next day, and they day after that. Soon a week turned into a month, then two, six, nine. Suddenly Leo realized his eighteenth birthday was next week and he had yet to receive a Pokemon, but it was only because he was comfortable where he was. Though, admittedly he should probably go now. His days in this house were numbered. Unfortunately there were Pokemon swarming route 901 on the way to the professor's lab. So he enlisted some help.

"Alright Leo, let's go! Amber is waiting!" His mom called up into his room.

"I got it, I got it!" Leo called back, readying up just this last bit.

He had a bag ready to go, a few potions and pokeballs inside for the start of his journey. He next to leaped down the stairs taking the case four stairs at a time. He jumped to his mother with a kiss on the cheek before hopping out the door with a rushed goodbye. He'd be back soon anyways. When he stepped outside he said hello to his escort to the lab.

"Hey Amber! Thanks for bringing me out to the lab with you."

"Of course," She smiled wide. "Think of it as a present to remember me by. I won't be back for a long time."

"I know, but I have to ask. You could've been champion of the Valour Region; why'd you turn it down?"

"That's easy. Why be the champion of one region when you can rule them all? Once you have your pokemon, I'm takin' the next ferry to Canalave City in the Sinnoh Region. I'll start there," She paused and looked to him. "By the by, you're lookin' pretty fresh, like the outfit."

"Thanks, I try." Leo replied quickly.

He had looked through his entire wardrobe, but he settled on something simple. Some black skinny jeans and a black button up shirt with small burgundy triangles patterned on it. He didn't put on a hat, he saw new trainers with 'em all the time and he just couldn't get behind it.

"You ready?" She asked, just a bit ahead of him.

He took notice of the rest of her, a bright white sundress with sitrus berries on it and a white sun hat. What was it with pokemon trainers and hats?

"Yeah, let's go."

Leo took his place beside her and they marched onto route 901. For the most part it was an uneventful trip, a Rattata here, Kakuna there. All swiftly dealt with by Amber's Electivire. They took care to use non-lethal moves, wrap being used most often. People seemed to misunderstand that even if the pokemon only 'fainted', there are still possibilities of more serious and permanent damage to the pokemon people seemed to be overlooking. That's why the Elite Four and their champion had come together to pass legislation to help avoid the unnecessary death of wild pokemon. Considering her standing, even Amber was involved; acting as an ambassador for Professor Eucalyptus and a standing Pokemon Champion. They created 'faint-boxes', a machine issued to all pokemon trainers. Under law, a trainer is required to capture fainted pokemon in the box and present it to the charge nurse at the pokemon center so they may aid the pokemon inside; where the trainer is then required to release them back into the wild. The law was held to critical acclaim as both man and pokemon alike rejoiced under a safer region. Amber is no doubt traveling to spread the word on the faint-box as well. She was a pioneer for human-pokemon relations. An impressive feat for an age where the relationship between the two groups couldn't be better, and at only seventeen. Leo only sighed to himself, he could've been great too. If only he had taken his chance when he did. Though, he wasn't out of the game, no, he only just joined. This was his chance to be just as great as Amber, if not better. He told himself he'd find her after he beat the Elite Four. Then they'll travel through the rest of the regions together. Not that she knew he wanted to come with. He hadn't let himself voice it.

Suddenly rain fell upon them. But it was only just a sunny day a second ago. They thought nothing of it and started sprinting down through the next town over and onto route 902, but they were stopped swiftly in their tracks by a screeching sound that tore through the air. Leo covered his ears and squinted his eyes shut, waiting for the noise to subside. Instead someone called out to him.

"Leo! Look out!" Amber shouted.

When Leo looked up, he was met with a horror he never thought he'd see so early. He saw blood, a lot of it. Though it wasn't just the blood he was scared of, but what it was clinging to. He met the eyes of a Steelix, and behind it was a path of death and destruction. The bloody, mutilated corpses of people and pokemon alike. The Steelix rushed past him to attack Amber's Electivire, but he was gashed deep in the chest by the Steelix's protruding iron blades coming off its body. He fell to the ground, bleeding on the soil beneath him. He managed to stand despite the pain and turn to face Amber, who wore a face of utmost confidence.

"Are you okay? Quick, run to the city and get help for the other people, I'll take the Steelix."

Without the courage to speak, Leo only ran in the direction of the city. He rushed as fast as his legs would allow, but he knew he wouldn't make it. Amber hadn't seen his wound, and he was glad she didn't. He would surely bleed to death. Though, just before his legs gave out he heard a peculiar sound to his left, like a large motor revving up. He turned just in time to see a bright flash of light that crashed into him, and he was sent flying into the thick of the forest on his right and collided with a tree before hitting the ground with a heavy thud. With what little strength he had left, he found it in him to run away from the threat. He stumbled over roots, Oddishes, Hoppips, and Bounsweets trying to escape. Over time it got darker, and it was getting harder and harder to continue, but Leo found respite in a large house in a state of severe disrepair.

Stepping into the foyer without a word, Leo collapsed onto the ground. Turning to his back and tossing his bag to his side, he lay still. He was getting light headed, and his vision was darkening at the edges. Yeah, this is it for me isn't it? He thought to himself. What a damn shame, and I thought that maybe I could go with her one day? What a joke. His breathing became shallow, and it was near impossible to keep his eyes open any longer.

"I'm sorry Amber. I love you though."

He submitted to his death and went on to sleep peacefully. Death seemed warmer than he once thought, as slowly his body was engulfed in a sweltering heat, and he thought he saw-through his blurring vision-bright round yellow eyes. He ignored it and accepted the heat. It felt nice.

Leonardo woke with a start, but quickly regretted it. He cringed as pain tore through his chest. He was burned. No, that was too crude an observation. Rather, it was as if someone had cauterized his wound. He wasn't bleeding any more. But it hurts like a bitch! He managed to sit up; as long as he kept his movement minimal, it wouldn't hurt. He moved his leg to stand but his leg bumped into something. He looked down to see what he least expected. A pokemon egg. Like something had just left it there for him. He picked it up, it seemed hardly bigger than a foot tall and could put it in his bag. So that's what he did. Why not take it with him? It only made sense for him to, if it was left on top of him he could only assume it was for him in some way, right? He couldn't wait to tell Amber. Amber!

He shot to his feet and sprinted through the forest, back the direction he came. When he stepped onto route 902 he couldn't believe the destruction and devastation left behind by the Steelix. He took notice that it was night now, and that the rain strangely carried on. He took to looking for Amber in fear of his surroundings, but he wasn't prepared for what he saw. At his feet he came face to face with the lifeless eyes of Amber's Electivire. Bile rose in his throat when he couldn't find the lower half of its body, as it had been torn off. Around him, were more mounds of flesh and blood; each loosely resembling another member of Amber's team. Their respective pokeballs were crushed and in pieces around the ground. At the centre of it all, among torn up ground, ice shards, and steel pikes, was Amber. Leo fell to the ground and crawled to her so he could hold her in his arms, but her eyes were devoid of life. He pulled a strange luminescent crystal out of her, as it had been plunged into her body.

"Come on Amber, wake up," He whispered. "You got this champ, right? You're the champion, you can't lose," He shook her lightly, but her head only limply bobbed in response. "If you don't wake up, you'll miss your ferry. You'll be stuck here with me," Tears welled up in Leo's eyes and he knew he was lying to himself, but he preferred it to the alternative. "You don't want to be stuck with me right?"

He heard a guttural scream of pain and agony rip through the air, and it was only when his throat burned that he realized it was him. He was screaming alone for the one he loved. He missed her already.

Leo couldn't remember what day it was, or how long it had been. A few days most likely. He was too preoccupied to care, because he had been looking through something important. Amber had the foresight to make a will an a world filled to the brim with dangerous monsters and evil organizations out to steal all they held dear, and she had left him her Pokedex. For the past week he had been sifting through the entries on pokemon, her observations of their behaviors and composition. She also had a diary written on it, a lexicon of her travels across the region and the people she's met. Most importantly, how much she missed him while she was gone. How much she wanted to see him. The last entry was dated the day before her death.

I've done all I can here in Valour, so I'm off to Sinnoh to continue the pursuit of being the very best. Not until I see Leo off. He's getting his own pokemon and I want to see him battle at least once. To know that maybe one day I'll see him again. To see him chase after me is all I want. Honestly I can't wait to see what he does, because I don't doubt he'll do just that. I love him, I've come to realize. I just hope he'll come to see me again.

He read through more, whenever he could. Stopping only to sleep, as he held close the pokemon egg from that night. In fact, it never left his sight. When he sat to eat in his dining room, it sat in his lap. When he laid on the couch, he held it to his chest as he read the pokedex. It was so warm, and it helped against the dull ache of the scar on his chest. He had been treated for heavy blood loss and he was lucky that there were no adverse effects on his body. Though he never did figure out what had cauterized his wound, or what had left the egg behind. He'd figure it out when it hatched.

On the morning of his birthday, something shook him gently, seemingly to wake him. However, when he opened his eyes, no one was there. Instead he felt the egg in his arms shake again, but harder this time. Startled, Leo jumped out of bed and tossed a pillow to the floor before gently placing the egg on it. As it shook, cracks slowly formed. Leo smiled for what felt like the first time in his life as the egg hatched. Finally a small chunk of the egg fell to the floor, and what happened next caught Leo off guard. A white ooze spilled out of the small opening, leaving the rest of the egg untouched. The ooze slowly climbed over itself, forming into a vaguely cylindrical shape. At the top appeared what seemed to be a small black thread that came alight with a cyan flame, and out from the body formed one piercing green eye. Stunned, Leo just pointed the pokedex at it.

Number 151: Litwick - Candle Pokemon

Ghost / Fire

The flame that appears on this pokemon's head grows larger as it absorbs the life of others.

Leo could only chuckle nervously as he stared at the seemingly confused Litwick. He noticed that the pokedex determined that it was a girl, and that she was very different from others. That her eye and flame held a different colour to a normal Litwick.

"You won't steal my soul, right?"

The Litwick only danced in place before rolling on her melted wax bottom towards him. Leo froze in place, fearing the worst, but he was only met with a hug. Well, the best hug the Litwick could manage being only a foot tall. Astonished by this, Leo picked up the Litwick under her arms and held her above his face, her wax slightly overflowing past Leo's thumbs. She waved her arms up and down, like she was cheering. This was it, this was Leonardo's first pokemon, and he loved her with all his soul already. He hugged her close and she slightly smushed outwards against his chest. This was the warmth he felt. Tears streamed down his face. He knew now what he'd do next. He would train this Litwick, and be a pokemon trainer. He would go out into the world and get all the gym badges, and be the Elite Four. He would become the champion. Then, he would go to the Sinnoh region and start again. He would become the very best, and he would do it for Amber.

"Hey, your name is Ember now, got it?" He only received a small light show in response. "Of course, happy birthday."

(A/N): I came up with this idea surprisingly fast. I just thought to myself, hey, pokemon are actually really fuckin' dangerous. How the fuck are people not dying left and right? So I decided to go the big sad on this. I feel like it could've been fleshed out better though. I think I have a good idea of what to do next, so expect more in the future!