This crossover work was inspired by my love of the RWBY web series and "Pokémon Reset Bloodlines" by Crossoverpairinglover, who has generously given me permission to borrow ideas for this story. Please enjoy!

UPDATE!: As of April 10th 2017 the third chapter of this story makes it so that this crossover partially answers Crossoverpairinglover's "Challenge number 56: Pokemon; Reset Bloodlines. Giovanni and Ghetsis versions" As far as the established guidelines go (which can be found on Crossoverpairinglover's Bio page), I'll be following guideline numbers; 1, part of 3, 4, 5,6 , 7 or part of it, 8, 11, 12 13, 15, 16, 17, 18, and 19.


Ash a tan skinned young man wearing a red hat, jeans and a black shirt was walking up to the front desk of the Pokémon center he was in. He and his friends had checked in their Pokémon earlier and were getting something to eat in the meantime. Ash had finished his food first. Right after he had finished scarfing down his meal the intercom had come on and asked him to report to the front desk. As he approached the front desk he saw the local Pokémon center's Nurse Joy fussing over a fidgeting yellow mouse with a lightning shaped tail. "What's got you so anxious Pikachu?"

Pikachu gave a worried "Pika Pi" as it jumped off the counter, worrying Ash as he caught Pikachu in his arms. Thankfully Nurse Joy decided to explain the situation. "A lot of the Pokémon have been getting overly anxious, like when a storm approaches. They often calm down when they're back in their pokéballs. Since your Pikachu is among the rare few who find pokéballs extremely uncomfortable, the best thing is for it to be with you."

"Pika," Pikachu whined a little. Ash looked down to his longtime friend and remembered another time when Pokémon had reacted badly to very bad weather conditions. He decided to voice his concerns to nurse joy. "I was at Shamouti Island when that crazy weather happened a while back. The Pokémon reacted pretty badly at the time."

Nurse Joy looked surprise to see he had gone through something like that. She quickly realized what he was implying. "The overall reaction is more in line when something unnatural is effecting them. Like if abnormal power fluctuations from a power plant ends up causing nearby steel and electric types to feel uneasy from how unnatural the electromagnetic waves feel. Only in this cases it seems that something unnatural or unusual is happening that's making all of them uneasy." Nurse Joy looked down in worry at the last part. "Given the situation we checked and healed up your Pikachu first and called you. We'll call your party when the rest of your Pokémon are done," Nurse Joy stated as she left the room to go back to work.

"Thanks, I see you then." Ash replied as began turning away. He walked towards the center of the currently empty lobby. From there he could see out the glass doors to the outside. It was midday and only slightly cloudy outside. "Hmm, doesn't look like a storm is rolling in." Ash noted. "Pika, Pikachu," Pikachu commented on the matter. Ash felt like rubbing the back of his head, "Yeah, knowing our luck we should expect to have to weather a storm if there's any warning. Let's hope a Tornado doesn't rip the roof off the building we're in again." "Pi," Pikachu sighed at how he and Ash had gotten way too use to dealing with certain types of dangers.

Ash turned around to start walking back to his friends, only to stop when he noticed something. "Hey is it me, or is the furniture missing?" "Pi?" Pikachu asked confused as it started to turn its head back and forth. "Pi!" Pikachu exclaimed as sunlight suddenly stopped coming in from behind them. Ash turned around to face the glass doors again. "Hey where did the Sun go!?" Ash exclaimed as he could see the night sky and the stars, until the stars started disappearing as well. "And where are the stars going!?" "Pika?!" More worryingly the ground was disappearing in the horizon, and whatever was happening it was rapidly approaching their location. Ash and Pikachu shut their eyes and screamed as they braced themselves. Only to stop when they felt more than saw a quick flash of light and the odd sensation of the teleport move.


"Good, you here." Ash opened his eyes at the sudden voice. He looked around to see he was in a very large white crystalline hall. In front of him stood a majestic creature with white skin accented with gold. A creature some believed to be responsible for the creation of the universe.

"Arceus," Ash stated in awe. He further looked around. Standing next to Arceus was a blue and steal dragon standing on its four legs, and a pearl white and purple dragon standing upright. Arceus, Dialga, and Palkia were all sending out energy into a shining pool of circular energy in front of them. Floating around ash and Pikachu were three spirit like fairy creatures that were pink, yellow, and gray-blue. It seemed that Mesprit, Uxie, and Azelf had teleported him here, where ever here was.

Suddenly there was a large boom and the entire hall shook violently, causing Ash and Pikachu to fall down. "What the heck was that?!" "Pika!"

"That," Arceus stated while looking back at Ash, "is the reason I had the lake trio retrieve you. The world you know and love is about to come to an end, and you can blame Cyrus for it."

"The leader of team Galactic?" Ash asked with disbelief. "I thought he was gone!"

"Gone from your plane of existence." Arceus clarified. "He wandered into a portal that was created from summoning these two" Arceus gestured to Palkia and Dialga, both of which grunted at the bad memory. "The portal lead to a pocket dimension. Both Palkia and Dialga destroyed the pocket dimension in order to eliminate the threat Cryus posed. Unfortunately it seemed that Cyrus had already slipped into a different plane of existence. The likes of which would drive any normal human insane, only his mind was so warped that he began to see and comprehend the natural space time forces that make up our reality. While we thought Cyrus was no longer a threat, he started making small changes. Then he made changes that where as big as anime and video games retcons. Then he made his move to shatter reality to remake the world as he sees fit."

"You're going to be able to undo all of it right?" Ash asked worried.

"Cyrus bid his time well, and found the necessary precautions to our interference." Arceus lamented. "We currently cannot stop or rewind time to prevent this from happening. Nor can we simply alter or rewrite the pages of history to prevent this. Cyrus will be able to erase us from existence before we will be able to make such attempts."

"So what can you do?" Ash questioned while desperately hoping for some good news.

"Once we noticed what was going on Dialga immediately slowed down the relative time rate of the changes Cyrus was making." Arceus explained. "That bought us time to formulate a plan. A plan we're going to need you for."

"Me?" asked a surprised Ash. "Why not ask someone like Cynthia to save the world? I've never managed to win an official Pokémon League!" Ash looked down as Pikachu put a reassuring arm on Ash as a small amount of angst Ash had buried deep down came up. "And despite all I've accomplished, I've always made stupid mistakes along the way and I've lost when I should have easily been able to win. Someone who makes as many as many stupid mistakes as I do should be the last one to help out when a single screw up means the world and everything and everyone I love in it will be gone forever.

"Cynthia and the other champions of her caliber were erased from existence before we even knew what was happening." Hearing that made Ash feel even worse. "But even if they were still around, we would still consider sending you." Ash looked up in surprise at this.

Suddenly energy pooled in front of Ash to produce an image. The image showed him standing in front of several of his Pokémon, holding a Pokémon league championship trophy. From the image came an announcer's voice. "And in an amazing turn of events, Ash Ketchum of Pallet town has defeated Tobias and his legendries to win the Pokémon League."

"What is this?" asked a confused Ash.

"I told you Cyrus started by making small changes," Arceus informed. "He started by making changes to your life. Nearly every odd loss you've had since you stopped Cyrus was because of him choosing to mess with you to gain the knowledge he needed. Not to mention the blessing Ho-oh gave you on your first day as a Pokémon trainer actually helped to hide his actions. "

"Blessed me?" Ash was understandably surprised to hear that a legendary Pokémon he had never spoken with would do such a thing. "It would help explain why I've seen so many legendary Pokémon, but how does a blessing from Ho-oh help hide Cyrus changing reality?"

"So long as you kept making it to the Pokémon League but didn't win the trophy, the prize money from participating and the winnings from the gyms would ensure you could repeatedly go on to new lands and new Pokémon Leagues. This would ensure that the adventure you set out on your tenth birthday would never truly end. We found it easy to believe that in your heart, a never ending adventure was what you really wanted and that all the changes surrounding you were the result of Ho-oh blessing ensuring it. Maybe it was Ho-Oh's blessing at some points in your life, but we know Cyrus did make most of the changes that caused your unusual loses after the events at Spear Pillar."

It was a lot to take in so Ash decided to focus on the positive. "So every fight I've lost since then was because…"

Arceus gave a short laugh and dispelled the image. "No, not every loss. There were a few every so often that you lost completely on your own accord, no one's perfect. Not to mention you can have a problem with being too overconfident." Ash had to sigh both at that remark, and when he saw Pikachu give a sagely nod in agreement at the overconfidence part.

Arceus gave another chuckle at the antics before continuing on. "Ash you've literally saved the world before and Shimanti is only one of a long list of examples, and you gone out of your way to do countless other heroic endeavors. When someone else was in trouble you would selflessly go out of your way to help them regardless of the danger to yourself. It's that very reason why Azelf appeared before you," Azelf gave a nod at this "why you made such a great chosen one, why other legendary came to favor you, why you possess great talent at leading others through danger situations, and why Ho-Oh blessed you to begin with."

Ash smirked and beamed with restored confidence. "OK what do I have to do to help you save the world?"

"We start by…"

BOOM

Arceus was cut off as once again, an explosive force rocked the great hall they were in. This time though the tremors shaking the place didn't die down, but remained. "We don't have much time" Arceus stated with urgency. He turned his head back to the pool of energy. He kept his eyes on the work before him as he continued to speak to Ash "Luckily were close to being done here. We'll be getting around the methods Cyrus blocked us with what you might call a hard reset of our reality, alongside a time distortion that will cause certain events to happen later on. If Cyrus is going to make it so we can't directly change the past to stop him, then we're going to indirectly stop him by having you stop him for us in your future."

"Just how am I going to do that?" Ash asked as the tremors shaking the great hall started to slowly increase with intensity.

This time Arceus turned to him and energy flowed around Ash and Pikachu. "The lake guardians will take you just past the event horizon of our reality. Being there for a short time will ensure you'll remember everything while our universe gets reset. What I'm doing to you now will make sure you'll come back even if you get launched into another reality. ("Wait there are other realities?" "Pika?") I'm also making sure you'll be able to restore memories so that…"

BOOM BOOM BOOM

The hall was shaking very violently now. "I don't have time to do a complete job on this," Arceus stated as he stopped pooling energy around Ash and turned back to add to the energy that Dialga and Palkia had been continuously working on. "You'll be able to restore memories of your former allies but not to the extent I had been hoping to grant you, and its effectiveness may vary. While the lake guardians transport you, the three of us here will continue on the preparing the time distortion and the three guardians will return to help us after they drop you off. We'll activate it at the last possible second we can safely pull it off. Ideally when we set it off, you'll be pulled back into our reality and experience waking up the day you became a Pokémon trainer. The only difference being that it will be a few years later than what you remember. You and some of the humans you know will be a few years older and you'll still have all your memories, and probably a few new ones. From there you should relive your adventures while making appropriate changes to ensure that you stop Cyrus from ever learning the secrets of how to manipulate reality."

BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM

Arceus grunted. "With how much we're rushing to get this done there's going to be a few distortions that will change some things. Regardless, operate under the assumption that every major event you remember related to legendries and evil team is going to happen again, until you have proof otherwise."

BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM

"You all need to leave now. Best of Luck. If you happen to wake up a girl, you have some other weird condition, or I try to kill you because I don't remember anything I apologize."

Before Ash and Pikachu could voice their shock at such possibilities, the lake guardians had transported them to a void reminiscent of what Alamos town had briefly seen. The Lake Guardians brought him and Pikachu to what looked like a black translucent barrier. The trio of guardians' eyes glowed and a section of the barrier glowed as they all began to slip through it. Just as they had gotten though it there was a bright white flash behind him, and Ash and Pikachu were pushed apart as they were hit with a tremendous amount of force that shot them off in different directions.


"Pikachu!" Ash shouted as he shot up in bed. After a few seconds he realized where he was and that he had been dreaming. "If only it was just a dream," Ash sighed as he got out of the guest bed he had been using. He looked around the guest room he had been staying in the past few months. It had a wooden cabin feel about it that seemed modern while retaining a sense of being comfortable and cozy. Ash hadn't really changed the room all that much as he was hoping he wasn't going to be staying here for a long time. The only things he had added to the room were the clothes in the closet and the crude drawings of the Pokémon and people he had befriended back in his old reality.

With nothing better to do Ash made his way to the kitchen, where he was slightly surprised to see the head of the household going over some paper work. "Good morning," the man greeted. "I'm surprised to see you up this early."

"I had a bad dream. Thought given that its morning I'd just start the day early." Ash informed the man as he started to make some toast and a protein shake. "I know you told me teachers have to start the day early, but I didn't expect to see you up yet Tai."

The blonde man, Tai Yang gave a small laugh. "Well I do have to make two different lesson plans for today." He proceeded to slide a piece of paper over to Ash as he was sitting down to eat. Ash sighed as he saw there was more recommended reading the usual today.

Tai Yang Xiao Long was an instructor at the Signal Combat School, and had been picking up some extra work in giving Ash a crash course in some of his spare time. It turned out Ash's aura wasn't only just like Sir Arron's, Ash had a large amount of aura for his age. Which turned out to ideal for fighters who heavily incorporated the martial arts directly into their fighting styles. Much like the style Tai Yang had taught his oldest daughter Yang. That had probably factored into why Qrow and Ozpin had convinced Tai to provide lodging and lessons for some time.

Tai went along with it but wasn't too happy with the idea at first. Apparently Tai had become a bit of an overprotective father after his wife died, and didn't like the idea of a boy living under the same roof as his daughters very much. A few days in though Tai had warmed up, saying he felt he had nothing to worry. It was the same day he saw Yang trying to tease Ash in a way Ash didn't really understand. Which had been the day after Ash had asked why Tai needed to scold Yang after Tai had found her hanging out near a hot springs bath with a pair of binoculars. Ash never did get an answer and was still confused when he recalled the incident.

"I'll see you when I get back," Tai said as he got up to leave. "Make sure you actually memorized the subject matter this time, and get some light practice in. If your feeling up for it we can do a few light sparring rounds some time later."

"Looking forward to it professor," Ash replied back a little cheekily. It got a chuckle out of Tai as he went out the door. Though Tai was a caring dad and a good instructor, he didn't look anything like an academic scholar. The Tattoos on one of his arms ruined any chances of that. Ash finished up his morning meal before going out for his morning jog.


Ash was finishing up the last stretch of his run. As he was returning to the house he saw someone standing outside the front door. It was a girl with lilac eyes and long golden hair that cascaded down her back. She was wearing a tan vest and black shorts.

"Hey Yang." Ash greeted "What's up?"

"I'm timing Ruby." Yang answered and rose her right hand to show off a stop watch. "She left a few minutes ago which means she should be back about…" There was a blur immediately followed by a fast whoosh of wind. "Now," Yang said as she clicked the stop watch. Yang turned her gaze to the girl with dark hair with red tips that was currently leaning against the side of the house while catching her breath. "Good job Ruby, you set a new best time."

"Yes!" Ruby shouted as she gave a fist pump. The red hood she wore over her black dress further exaggerated her excitement as it billowed behind like a cape from a comic book. "Grrrrrh," her stomach growled and Ruby's face morphed from excitement to slight embarrassment. She blushed as she put her hands on her stomach. "He he, sounds like I could use another bowl of Pumpkin Pete's Marsh Mellow Flakes."

"Make sure to have something healthier later," Yang called as her younger sister went inside.

"Her speed is certainly impressive." Ash noted. "It take me 20 to 30 minutes to make a full lap on the course she sprints."

"She's certainly fast," Yang replied. She then crossed her arms and donned a cocky smile "But I prefer being strong and durable," Yang bragged with pride.

Ash immediately thought back to the many times he had gotten electrocuted or had taken a flamethrower to the face. "Yeah, I can certainly see the appeal of being able to brush off a lot more damage like it was nothing. Especially in some of the times we spared."

Yang giggled for a bit at that. "You know those first few matches probably would have been less painful for you if you didn't insist on the matches continuing until you got at least one hit in."

Ash just scratched the back of his head. "Well I've never been a quitter. Picking myself up after I got knocked down has gotten me pretty far before. I've always been ready to give it my all and push right on through whatever obstacles come my way."

"Despite the pain apparently," Ruby said as she stepped back out of the house. "I remember dad saying how surprised he was that there was someone more stubborn and thick headed then Yang." Said older sister gave her a light shove for the last part.

"I thought you were getting Cereal?" Ash inquired. He had expected it to take longer for ruby to finish her meal.

Ruby lifted up her hand to reveal and shake cereal box Ash hadn't noticed at first. "The box is a bit low, so I'm going to just bring it with me and finish it before school."

"Speaking of school, what's your crash course like today Mr. Lucky?" Asked Yang.

"Not that Lucky, I got a lot more stuff to read than usual," Ash replied.

"Please, you get to skip school and get a crash course from my Dad." Yang blew off Ash's troubles, as far as she knew, they were nothing to someone like her who couldn't skip school. "Once you're done your free to do whatever you want while Ruby and I are probably sitting through a boring lecture."

Ash put both his hands behind his head as began to think about it. "I guess you're right. I think I'll do some drawing after I'm done with the assigned reading." He wasn't anywhere near being as good as Tracey, but it helped to bring up some good memories. Ruby tended to enjoy his amateur art work as well.

"Oh!" Speaking of which, Ruby eyes had suddenly filled up with sparkles. "Can it be a new fairy tale creature? The ones you know are all so cool and exciting!"

Ash gave a wide grin and a thumbs up. "Sure, after all there are tons of them." Ruby had apparently loved having books read to her before bed as she was growing up. Her fondness for such stories was the reason why she immensely love the stories of his adventures when he retold them to her as fairy tales. "Well I better get started on that assigned reading." Ash made his way back to the house, but paused at the door. He turned around and called out, "I see you guys later, have fun sitting through those boring lectures." Right before tuning to go back inside he saw Ruby giggling and Yang sticking her tongue out at him.


"I think I'm starting to get the accuracy up." Ash wiped his brow. Ash had finished his reading assignment some time ago. He had lunch and spent his break drawing a picture of Ruby and Yang with Scizor, Zoroark, Blaziken, and Hitmonchan standing around them. Now Ash was standing outside, some distance from an upright log that was serving as a makeshift training dummy. He was currently holding a pair of escrima sticks.

"It's a good start for a beginner branching out," noted a voice behind a surprised Ash. Ash turned around to see a silver haired man wearing a black suit and a green scarf while leaning on a cane. "Hello Ash, I hope I not interrupting you at a bad time."

"Don't sweat it. I just got done with my last set. Though I am curious as to what brings you out here Professor Ozpin?"

"I came to return these," Ozpin said as he pulled out two blue gloves that had light blue crystal circles on the back from which yellow lines extended. He walked forward to give them to Ash.

"Thanks for returning Sir Aaron's gloves Professor" thanked Ash as he accepted the gloves. He had been lucky to have them on him when he was thrown from his reality into the world of Remnant. "You didn't have to come all the way out here just to return these."

"I just wanted to make sure you have these in your future," Ozpin said with what sounded like a cryptic tone. That along with the small smile on Ozpin's face made Ash wonder if there was a hidden meaning he wasn't picking up on. Before he could think further on it Ozpin continued speaking. "Plus even headmasters need an excuse to take a break every once in a while. It helps that Mr. Long has offered me a standing invitation to come and try the premium local coffee blend he keeps." Ozpin proceeded to pull out his signature coffee mug.

Ash laughed as he had learned that Professor Ozpin's love of coffee meant the man was more often seen with a mug of coffee then without. "Tai isn't here right now, but I don't think he'd mind if you helped yourself."

The two made their way inside the house. Ash got the coffee blend out for Ozpin so that he could begin brewing while he put the escrima sticks away. When he got back the coffee maker was all set so the two of them sat down to talk.

"So Ash, have things been going well for you here?" Ozpin inquired.

"Well enough, a bit better now that I got Sir Aaron's gloves back," Ash said as he briefly pulled the gloves out before pocketing them. "So I take it you and your friends are finished studying them?"

"Thank to my old friend, James Ironwood, we've made a prototype set of gloves. We're a long way off from making them on a massive scale, or available to the average huntsman, but still a promising step into technology that will help people enhance and control there auras. Those crystals in those gloves are truly something else."

"I'll say," Ash agreed. "I haven't been able to make an Aura Sphere since I gave them to you." Recreating that attack had been a very satisfying achievement for Ash, especially when he learned it was unprecedented for anyone in Remnant to create a projectile attack out of pure aura. So far trying to recreate the attack without using Sir Aaron's gloves had only produce wisps of blue light and frustration.

"Is that what prompted you to try a different weapon?" Asked Ozpin. "Even then, you had an odd choice for a projectile weapon. Most would use either guns or the bow and arrow."

Ash gained a small frown. "I wanted to use something that could be used against someone without aura and not cause serious harm." He shifted uncomfortably at the thought of what could go wrong. "Plus I doubt I'll be able to legally get my hands on anything really dangerous in my reality. That just leaves simple blunt weapons, like a staff. I'm more proficient in hand-to-hand, but I could use a staff to help block attacks if I need to be on the defensive." Ash gained a grin. "And now that I got Sir Aaron's gloves back, I have an effective range attack. Once I get back I just need to pick up a broom or an Iron bar and I'll be set." Ash sighed and gained a far of look. "If I ever go back," He said as his previous enthusiasm deflated. "Just how long is this going to take?"

Ozpin looked on in concern for a moment before speaking. "We've spoken about that before, remember? Space-time dilations and manipulations can be fickle things," Ozpin Explained. "The process could possible take seconds in your reality, but for every second over there you could experience a month in this reality. You simply need to trust that Arceus put the correct motions in place that will ensure you will return to where, and when, you are needed to be."

"Why can't thing regarding the fabric of reality be simple," groaned Ash.

"I know the fate of your realty is concerning, but why waste time worrying about the details that may very well be beyond mankind's comprehension."

Ash met Ozpin's gaze with a determined look. "When I could be using this time to better myself. Yeah, I remember, which is why I spend most of my time training myself."

Ozpin gave a small grin. He had always like people of action who rather do something then just sit around and mope. "Arceus did tell you that you possess great talent at leading others in battle and other danger situations did he not?" Ash nodded "Then continue to learn how to better command your own body, train your mind to better assess the situation, and become stronger. So when the times comes for you to save your world, you will be all the better suited to do so."

Ash gave a confident nod. "Sure Thing professor, and thanks for the pep-talk." Ash gained a thoughtful look before continuing. "While I'm at it, let me thank you for helping me after I crashed landed here on Remnant. I was lucky that Qrow found me so quickly, and that the two of you helped me get a place to stay."

"Not entirely luck," Replied Ozpin. "As I told you, once you know what to look for it's surprising how often something crashes here from another reality."

"Does that have anything to do with why this planet is called Remnant?"

"Who knows for sure?" Replied Ozpin with a shrug of his shoulders. "But it is the reason we have a system built into CCT communication towers that helps us identify when such an event happens. In fact shortly before you showed up we had a fellow by the name of 'Leonard Church' arrive. He had a colorful manner of speaking, and last I check he's been doing wonders to help some of the best scientist in Atlas."

"Too bad I didn't get the chance to meet him."

"I'm sure your mother would be thankful that you didn't." Ozpin stated as he got up to get the coffee pot that was now full of his favorite beverage. "The man might have been willing to lay down his life to save his friends, but his usual choice of language would cause any mother to try and cover their kid's ears."


"You sure you don't want to stick around and relax more Professor?" asked Ash as he and Ozpin were walking out from the house. "You came a long way just to leave after drinking one pot of coffee."

"As much as I appreciate having a break, I'm a very busy man. I need to make my way back to Beacon Academy and my responsibilities as its headmaster." He stopped and took a swig from the last cup of coffee in his hand. He then turned back to Ash. "Before I go, there's a few things I'd like to say."

"Like what?" asked a slightly confused Ash.

"Remember to never lose faith in who you are or what you're doing." Ozpin put his free hand on Ash's Shoulder. "You made such progress in a remarkably short amount of time, and I know your drive will cause you to continue to surpass your limits. Don't let whatever hardships you discover stop you. In those trying time remember that you were chosen for a reason. You just need to believe in yourself and your friends, and preserve."

"Sure thing. When the time comes I'll make sure to make you and everyone else proud professor."

"Be well Ash." Ozpin turned to leave and started walking away.

"Thanks have a safe trip professor," Ash called out as he waved his hand.

"You too," Ozpin said just as Ash was turning back towards the house.

"Wha-AAAHHHH!" Ash yelled as he was suddenly pulled into a vortex that appeared from nowhere and just as quickly disappeared after Ash had been sucked in.

Rather than being surprised, Ozpin just took another swig of his coffee. He was entirely nonchalant as a man with red cape and black hair that was starting to fade to gray suddenly ran into the area with a huge blade.

"What happened?" The man sound like he was worried something terrible had transpired.

"You can relax Qrow," Ozpin called out. "It was merely time for Mr. Ketchum to return to his world."

"Really, well that figures." Qrow muttered as he collapsed his weapon and holstered it on his back. "I wanted to talk to him. I came across some Intel that described a scorpion like creature that didn't look like a grim. I wanted to ask him if the description sounded familiar, but I guess it's too late."

Qrow proceeded to pull out a flask and drink some of its contents. "You think we might need to worry a bit more about his world?"

"Perhaps." Noted Ozpin. "Let us hope 'she' doesn't find anything that we'll have to worry about, or end up causing even more trouble for Mr. Ketchum."

"Yeah, he's got a lot on his plate already." Qrow noted in concern. "You really think he'll be able to save his entire reality. The kid has guts, but it's a tall order."

"Do you remember what I told you about victory?"

"Sure, you told me that it doesn't lie in strength." Qrow began.

"But a smaller, more honest Soul." Ozpin finished and began smiling. "A young honest soul like Mr. Ketchum will always strive to do what he believes is right, and will never stop fighting for what he believes in. He will continue to fight, until he prevails."

Qrow gained a small smile. "I guess your right Oz. Still it's a shame we probably won't see him again."

"Oh? I wouldn't be too sure of that." Ozpin replied cryptically. "In fact I know he will be seeing me in his future."

"Really? When?" Qrow asked curiously.

"The very first time Ash and I met."

Qrow didn't even bother trying to hide his confusion. "What do you mean?"

Ozpin took another swig of coffee before replying in a more serious tone. "Like I told Ash earlier, space-time dilations can be fickle things. Especially when they end up connecting two different worlds together."


I've been a huge fan of RWBY since the day its first trailer dropped. After I read Crossoverpairinglover's re-imagining of the Pokémon anime I couldn't help but feel that it would mesh well with the lore and tone of RWBY. I even saw other reviewers compare a certain minority group in the Reset Bloodlines universe to the Faunus.

This might be ambitious for someone who is new to writing fanfiction, but I promise to read and consider the merit of every review that doesn't seem like a flame and respond to it in the author's notes. I also promise to update this story at least once a month, and try to update more frequently than that. I promise once a month because I'm fairly confident that while I'm working on this story only something extremely major would derail me from being able to update once a month. I am going to try and get the next chapter out in about a week though.

Just to give you an idea of how serious I'm committed to trying to do this story right, I went back and started re-watching the main Pokémon anime from episode 1 and started binge watching while taking notes of anything I might want to use later on. Speaking of which, I know it's popular to ship Ash's Bulbasaur with May's Venusuaur. Still I'm surprised I haven't come across any stories that ship Ash's Bulbasaur with Florinda's Gloom ("Make Room For Gloom" episode 68 in the English release) given how the only two Pokémon who had previously blushed at each other more than those two were Ash's Butterfree and Pinky, who actually flew off to have babies together.

While we're on the subject of shipping, I feel like I need to point out a few things.

1. In most of the fanfiction I've read the best shipping is done when the authors let character interactions naturally develop (even when they have ideas of who they want to ship) rather than forcing a ship from the start. I'll be doing the same though I do have a few ideas of what pairings I want to do.

2. Given that this was inspired by "Pokémon Reset Bloodlines" this will likely end up having multiple pairings. I liked Crossoverpairinglover's poetic idea of the numbers of pairings being based on a specific number. Right now I'm thinking to the main harem size be 6 based on the 6 Pokémon party limit. If anyone wants to change my mind make arguments with similar logic. Such as, "You should expand it to 8 as a trainer aims to get 8 badges."

3. No pairings between humans and Pokémon. While I honestly believe it was Latias that kissed Ash at the end of the Pokémon Heroes movie, I'm not doing such pairings because if it's possible for one species of Pokémon to be paired with a human, it becomes possible for every species of Pokémon.

4. Whatever pairings I do end up going with will be based on Ash having a real connection to the girl.

That's all for now and I hope you enjoy reading. Let me know what you liked, and what you think I might want to improve or avoid in the future.