Chapter 1: A New Home, a New Life
The car bounced along the dirt road nearing its destination, the small village up ahead with only four houses and the laboratory of the famous Professor Birch. For the two girls sitting in the back of the moving van with all their belongings and their best friends. This was their new home.
"Relax, Ruby, I'm sure that Littleroot will be awesome." Seventeen year old Yang Xiao Long tells her younger sister, while the crimson caped girl practically vibrates her excitement throughout the car, but somehow managing to stay seated and snuggled up to her Crescent Rose. The rare red Absol laying down with its front paws outstretched.
Ruby looked up at her sister, her crimson tipped black hair falling into her face just barely. "I know, I just want to get there already and see dad." Her bubbly energy evident even in her voice. Right on cue the car comes to an abrupt halt nearly flinging Ruby across the room. If Crescent Rose didn't grab the girl's red hooded cloak between her teeth, she would've hit the wall. "Thanks Cress." Ruby gives her companion a great hug around the stomach - wrapping completely around Absol's slim white form. The back doors fling open to a sound of content rumbling from the Absol.
"And here we are our new home." Yang energetically says her blond hair flopping down to her waist as she jumps out, Ember Celica - her riolu - on her shoulder. Ruby quickly following behind in excitement.
"Woah… It's so much warmer than Johto was, but at the same time just as natural." Ruby is briefly left speechless as she runs around town in the blink of an eye. Causing Yang to chuckle and crack a grin.
"Well let's check in with Professor Birch, dad said we should say hi and let the movers do their job." Yang gives one of the guys working alongside a Machoke a wink before the girls head off to the lab next door.
"Helloooooo anybody hoooooooome." Yang yells as she opens the door to see a shy girl about age twelve walking around. The girl is wearing a plain red shirt with a pokeball design in the bottom left side of it in white, and black athletic shorts. The most noticeable thing however is her green pokeball bandana on her head.
"You must be the Xiao Longs, dad said you would be coming… Um he just left for the field however, so you can either go search for him or wait here, although with him he might be away until nightfall." The girl shyly says looking at Yang a little startled by her outrageously long hair and the riolu seated on her shoulder. "Oh, yeah, my names Sapphire, it's nice to meet you."
Ruby steps forward grasping the outstretched hand, her black combat skirt hemmed in red swishing a little from her contained energy. "Ruby Rose, trainer to be and contest lover. It's nice to meet you too Sapphire, and this is my big sister Yang Xiao Long."
Sapphire looks confused by the girls having different last names but quickly gets distracted by a bag by the front door. "Oh no… Ummm…. On second thought please go find my dad I don't really own any pokemon and he left his behind it looks like. Ruby and Yang exchange a brief look before nodding in agreement.
"Sure" they say in unison as they grab the bag Sapphire was looking at and head out the door.
"I'll go look for the professor while you go check on the house real quick." Ruby says running up to Cress and returning her to her pokeball before disappearing in a flash of rose petals. Yang unable to get a word in edgewise just walks over to the house, and takes a look around.
Ruby ran. Her semblance being extreme speed, nothing was faster than her when she tried. She was crashing through trees and jumping rocks, while she was really fast she still had full control.
As she crashed through the trees she came to a clearing. The pines in the area cleared out leading to a meadow that appeared heavily travelled by the pokemon of the area, especially the pack of zigzagoons that had chased a rather large man up a tree. If it weren't for how fast Ruby was running, she may have noticed him yelling for help before she accidentally punts a zigzagoon in between two trees that look like football goal posts.
"Ziggy NO!"
The zigzagoon hit the ground, creating a small dusty mushroom cloud. Only then did she notice the lab coat and cargo pants along with the curly brown hair of Professor Birch in the tree.
"Whoever you are, please help chase these pokemon away, I may have stumbled upon their nest while studying their traveling patterns." Professor Birch asked the panic barely suppressed in his voice.
"I take it you are the Professor then. Sure, I'll handle them then let's get back to the lab. Your daughter is waiting." Ruby calmly says taking charge of the situation and preparing for a battle. "Go Crescent Rose, swords dance."
The pokeball barely escaped her hand before Absol leaps forth and begins a maneuver, weaving in and out of the zigzagoons, disorienting them. Each step appears to strengthen Absol from within. Each zigzagoon that remained aware after the dance attempted to charge Absol, who expertly leapt over them gracefully using its hind legs to end up behind them. "Now quick attack." At blurring speeds, Absol charges the others, breaking their ranks effortlessly and without breaking pace at all.
Each and every zigzagoon was hit in the charge knocking them all unconscious. Ruby then gives the Professor a thumbs up before he somehow effortlessly leaps out of the tree, landing smoothly on his feet. "Thank you for the help. I am no pokemon trainer, merely a Professor as you pointed out, and my battling skills are lacking." The professor snorts, "even if I remember to bring some friends with me that is."
"Yeah... well, Your daughter sent me…" Ruby reaches over her shoulder, "whoops I left your bag back in the lab guess we should head back." They both chuckle a little and then Professor Birch leads Ruby back the way she came, Crescent Rose trotting along merrily beside them.
When the group returns to the lab both are shocked to see Yang and Sapphire starting a battle out front of it. "Hey just in time sis. I was planning on teaching Sapphire here some basic battle pointers so she can become a trainer some day. All that's left is to see my lessons in action."
Immediately as Yang says that she throws a pokeball, "go Ember Celica." She merrily says as Riolu springs forth and - mimicking Yang - takes up a boxer's stance and starts bouncing on the balls of its feet.
Sapphire returns Yang's energetic grin with her own as she throws her own pokeball, "go Etro." A mareep leaps from the ball eager to battle so she takes the lead. "Etro use Thunder wave!"
Mareep quickly charges in as she charges up her attack, launching a thin stream of electricity from the two black and yellow horns on its blue head. The stream darts straight at Riolu who adeptly leaps out of the way.
"Ember use bullet punch!" Yang shouts just as Riolu hits the ground regaining his stance. His hand quickly glows a metallic white as he soars through the air at mareep, landing a solid blow into the wool covered body of the pokemon.
Upon impact Riolu tenses up and appears unable to move. "Etro thundershock!" Sapphire shouts seeing an opening. The attack lands this time and Riolu tenses even more clearly paralyzed, as static starts floating over his body.
Yang seeing her defeat and wanting to help her friend decides to end the battle. "That was pretty good Sapph, maybe next time I won't be the cause of Ember Celica being paralyzed," as this is said Yang goes over and cuddles Riolu close to her chest. "Well let's stop here I don't want my baby getting too badly hurt."
Sapphire nods then diverts her attention to her dad. "So how was field work? I imagine you got chased up a tree… Again." The last word is said with a sigh of disappointment, almost as if Sapphire were the parent. "Well at least this time you didn't have to wait for the pokemon to get bored before you could get home."
With that a light appears in Professor Birch's eyes, even though he is hanging his head in shame. "Yes dear, it did happen again. Although I will say seeing all these battles today has me wondering something… None of you are officially certified trainers are you?" All three girls shake their heads in an affirmative to the Professor's statement. "Well then let's go fix that follow me and I'll give each of you your trainer cards, and as a gift of thanks a pokedex as well. Maybe with skills like what I'm seeing here you can fill it out helping me with my work." Then the professor starts laughing. "I doubt that though. Although the Elite Four on the other hand. I can see you getting to them no sweat."
As Professor Birch rambles, on he leads everybody into the back room of his lab, where his personal computer is located. "Well then, let's get these filled out and you can get on your journey across this marvelous region."
As the computer boots up Ruby jumps with joy alongside Sapphire, in their eagerness to officially be allowed to travel the lands and experience new things. Once Professor Birch signs into the system he immediately starts inputting data. "I assume you are miss Ruby Rose and Yang Xiao Long? Your father was an old friend of mine so I know the details, this will be very quick." He starts typing faster than any of the girls can see, quickly filling out the documentation needed and sending it to the main printer. "Now with that done let's head out front and grab your cards."
"Yang it's finally happening! We finally are trainers, oh I can't wait to tell dad!" Ruby squeals with excitement as they enter the soon to be abandoned home. "Oh, I can't wait! I can't wait! I can't wait!" Ruby's squeals just get louder and louder as Yang loads up their überpacks for the long journey ahead.
"Easy Rubes. I'm excited too, but don't go tearing down the house with joy. We need a home still." Yang sighs at her little sister's endless stores of energy, but smiles all the same, just as eager to be on the road. She quickly finishes packing, taking one last look at what all they have, and after being satisfied with it closes each bag. "Well, all packed and ready to go. Come on pup, it's time we go say hi to dad."
Hey guys, this is the first story I have ever posted on my account but I would like to point out that it is not mine. A friend of mine asked me if I would like to continue his story for him and I really liked the concept of it so I accepted. The first few chapters of this will be his work but after chapter 4, it will be all me. The friends name is Archer1eye. He is a great guy and writes fantastic stories so go check out his work if you liked this.
On another note I would like to point out that this was the first story i've posted on MY profile. I am actually part of a collab with 8 other people who call themselves Divison 502. We have a story that is still in it's first few chapters called Cell 502. I made the first chapter so if you want to see how I write, go and check that out. There are many things I need to improve on and I hope that by writing on here I can improve.
Anyways, thanks for reading and I hope you all stick around for the next chapter.
-snot