A small mouse scurried along some building rooftops quietly in the night in the city of Vale. But this little one was very... different.
It is a short, chubby rodent-like creature. It is covered in yellow fur with two horizontal brown stripes on its back. It has a small mouth, long, pointed ears with black tips, brown eyes, and two red circles on its cheeks. It has short forearms with five fingers on each paw, and its feet each have three toes. At the base of its lightning bolt-shaped tail is patch of brown fur at the base.
The yellow rodent stopped in its running when its sharp ears sensed movement down on the streets. To anyone who did watch it in action, they would've seen two black tipped yellow ears peek out from ontop of a dust shop, studying a group of men.
An orange-haired man with green eyes and a bowler hat and seven of his henchmen head down an alley from the shadows. They stop behind the bowler man, who reignites his cigar without touching it and grins before walking down the road, frightening nearby citizens as they make their way towards the shop.
The leader and his henchmen enter the shop. When the rodent saw that the coast was clear, he jumped off the building on its four feet and quickly snuck inside when the door almost closed on it. The small creature spotted a young person wearing a hooded red cloak in the corner of the shop, reading a weapon magazine. It smiled and walked to him/her very happily. It got closer and tugged on the cloak.
"Pika!"
The person lowered her hood at the feeling of being tapped on the leg. Their headphones were off as they turned around, revealing them to be a young girl with red tipped black hair and silver eyes. She couldn't find anyone until another tap on her leg got her to look down and see something so bizarre. Her silver eyes widened in surprise and wonder at this weird but adorable creature in front of her. She practically squealed when it waved at her with the cutest smile on its face. She was quick to swipe it up and carry it like previous cargo.
"Oooh~! Aren't you the just the cutest thing ever! What are you, some kind of mouse?"
The yellow rodent nodded in confirmation, "Chu~!"
"Aaah~! You can talk! Not really, but you know what I mean!" The girl showered it with all her love, her cheeks pressed up against its chubby red ones, "You can call me Ruby Rose!"
The henchmen look around and at the Dust crystals in the display when the head, Roman Torchwick, approaches the elderly shopkeeper.
Roman flicks his cigar, "Do you have any idea how hard it is to find a Dust shop open this late?"
One of the henchman points his gun at the shopkeeper.
The shopkeeper raises his hands, "P-please! Just take my Lien and leave!"
"Shhh, shhh, shhh, shhh, calm down, we're not here for your money." He nods to the henchmen, "Grab the dust."
A henchman opens a case and removes one of several cylinders, which the group uses to take Dust from the tube containers on the walls.
One places another open case on the display to the shopkeeper, "Crystals. Burn. Uncut."
One baddie heard music playing to his side and saw a girl holding a some weird animal against her face. He unsheathed a red sword at them both, "Alright kid, put your hands where I can see 'em." He got no response since she was so engrossed in her cuddling session with the rodent, "Hey, I said hands in the air! You got a death wish or something!?"
He goes over to her and taps her shoulder, the girl stops and pulls the creature away for the moment as she looked at the man behind her.
"Yes?" The creature scaled her arm and rested on her shoulder while looking at the man curiously.
'*squeals*' The girl's cheeks reddened at how cute her yellow accomplice is being.
"I said, put your hands in the air, now!"
"Are you... robbing me?"
"Yes!"
"Ooohhh…"
Roman is waiting for his men to finish the heist when shouts are heard, and the threatening henchman flies past him. Roman caught a glimpse of yellow as well as he calmly motions for the rest to handle it.
They target Ruby, raising his gun at her in some kind of warning, "Freeze!"
They see the henchman, Ruby, and her friend where they ended up after crashing through the window. The other men look outside as Ruby gets up and unfolds a red box from her back into a very impressive scythe form. Roman scowls, but Ruby smiles back at them before twirling the weapon around, striking it into the ground and turning off her headphones. Her yellow friend perked up as its ears wiggled at this, still smiling.
Roman leans his head to the side, "Okayyy…" He turns to his remaining henchmen, "Get her and that little... whatever it is…"
The henchmen head out of the shop and run at Ruby, who spins around her scythe and kicks the first approaching criminal in the face. She gets her scythe out of the ground and fires it off to hit another one with the butt of her weapon, sending him flying. She fires again and brings the side down on one attacker and dodges the next's gunfire with her rifle's speed, getting close enough to knock him into the air and follow him upwards so she can beat him away to Roman's feet.
A few broke off from their group to snatch the yellow mouse with their swords at the ready. The little monster looked confused at their actions until one came in and slashed at it with a three-way combo. It ducked under the first one, rolled to the side on the second one, and backflipped away from the last one. Others came in to strike at it, but it jumped in the air with yellow electricity protruding from its red cheeks, full of extra untapped power.
"PI-KA-CHU!!!"
It unleashed a small but brilliant yellow streak of lightning at the group of henchman as it electrocuted every one of their bodies, the power so great that it showed an x-ray of each of their skeletons. They collapsed on the ground and twitched every so often with sparks flying off of their bodies.
Roman and Ruby were slack-jawed at the feat and couldn't utter a single word. Ruby held in a scream at her little friend's ability and how cool it looked when it fought. Roman ran a hand through his hair angrily as the monster ran to Ruby and jumped on her shoulder, causing the young girl to squeal in happiness.
Roman cleared his throat but kept his distance, "You were worth every cent. Truly, you were." He said to Ruby, dropping his cigar and crushing it with his cane as approaching police sirens are heard, "Well, Red and Yellow, I think we can all say it's been an eventful evening, and as much as I'd love to stick around…" He raises his cane and opens the bottom to reveal a rifle with a cross grid, "...I'm afraid this is where we part ways."
Roman unleashes a red blast at Ruby, who fires at the ground and leaps over it. When she lands and looks up, Roman isn't there, and is climbing up a ladder on a nearby building. The creature landed on the ground and inspected the orange man in his escape.
Ruby looked to the onlooking shopkeeper, "You okay if I go after him?"
The shopkeeper gives a short "Uh huh", and Ruby sets off with her friend in tow.
Roman makes it to the roof, with Ruby high-flying again and landing right behind him.
"Hey/Pika-pi!"
Roman stopped at the edge, "Persistent…very persistent. That rat will keep causing trouble if I don't do something, the yellow pest too."
Ruby readies to fight him as the monster summoned more electric power, but a getaway Bullhead rises up and opens the hatch to allow Roman inside.
Roman turns around and holding up a red Dust crystal, "End of the line, Red!"
He throws it out at Ruby's feet and fires at her, resulting in a large explosion.
"Whoa-ho-ho-ho!" He stops laughing when he sees something on the roof, "Huh?"
A woman in a purple cape with blonde hair in a bun and green eyes is now in front of Ruby, casting a circle of protection over them with her wand. As Ruby looks on, she waves her weapon and summons several streaks of purple at the craft. Roman is thrown around in the back until he goes to the cockpit, where a woman in red, her face unseen, is struggling with the controls.
"We got a Huntress!"
The woman gets up and heads toward the back as Roman takes the controls.
The blonde glows purple for a moment and aims another blast above the craft, resulting in a dark storm-cloud right over the jet.
"Ka-chu~!" The yellow monster looked on and cheered at the storm cloud. Ruby got her scythe in front of her, ready if she's needed.
With a flick of her wand, large jagged hail starts falling that pummels the jet and even breaks through the window, narrowly missing Roman's head.
The woman reaches the back and her arms and chest light up like fire, aiming a burst of energy at the blonde woman. The Huntress blocks it, but the flame splatters behind her and glows hot with the enemy's raised hand. The caped woman backflips out of the explosion, which destroys part of the roof, and magically gathers the shards to create a large arrow, which she throws at the craft. The fiery woman shatters the arrow with several blasts, but it reforms just in time to hit the side of the jet due to Roman's quick aerial lean. The wreckage separates and reshapes into more arrows that encircle the jet, but the woman summons several glowing rings around herself that expand and destroy the shards.
Ruby, finally acting, reverts her scythe into its rifle form to fire at the woman, who blocks each shot and creates several blazing circles around her two opponents. The blonde professor woman telekinetically pushes Ruby and rolls herself out of the explosion's radius; looking up to see the hatch close and the craft fly away. The yellow mouse took a chance and fired a more powerful bolt of lightning as it struck the airship clean, the ship spazzed out for a second until it flew off. Roman's hair puffed out from underneath his hat and the woman's perfect hair came it fuzzy as her eyes went white and wide as a plate. Roman seethed in rage, "That damn RAT!"
Ruby screeched in victory and picked up her yellow friend and hugged the life out of it, "You're so... AMAZING! We rock!"
The yellow mouse made a peace sign, "Pikachu!"
"Pika...chu? What does that mean?" Ruby asked it as it put out its hands and pointed them at itself, "Pi-ka-chuuu~!"
Ruby hummed and snapped her fingers, "Is that your name!?" It nodded. "That's so cute! You're awesome, Pikachu!"
Ruby shot her arm out for Pikachu to scale, which it did as it stood on her shoulder. She turned and looked at the blonde woman who was watching the yellow monster with wide eyes, "You're a Huntress!" She then put on a pleading, awe-stricken face, "Can I have your autograph?!"
"Pika!?"
Later that night...
"I hope that you realize that your actions tonight will not be taken lightly, young lady. You put yourself and others in great danger."Glynda Goodwitch, the blonde from earlier, scolded the young girl.
Ruby, in contrast to her amazed face during the fight, had a sad and ashamed expression. Pikachu had a frown on its face and nudged her arm with its nose. Ruby looked to her side and smiled a little at the sight of her friend and hugged it. She looked at the woman, "They started it."
The blonde stared at the rodent with awe, seemingly knowing what it is, "If it were up to me, you'd be sent home... With a pat on the back…" She notices Ruby's smile, as well as Pikachu's, "...And a slap on the wrist." She demonstrates with her wand, which Ruby barely avoids as she gives out an "Eeek!", "But... there is someone here who would like to meet you.
She moves out of the way so a surprised Ruby and a curious Pikachu can see a man in green come through the doorway, holding a mug and a plate of cookies.
"Ruby Rose…" He leans in to look at her face, "You... have silver eyes.
Ruby squinted her eyes and looked a bit uncomfortable, "Uh, um…"
He scooted back and stood straight, "So! Where did you learn to do this?" He gestures with his head at the tablet showing Ruby's fighting.
"S-Signal Academy."
The man tilts his head, "They taught you to use one of the most dangerous weapons ever designed?"
"Well, one teacher in particular." Ruby hugged Pikachu closer to herself.
"I see…"
He puts the cookies on the table in front of Ruby. She tentatively picks one up, eats it in a single bite, and then, not seeing any rebuttal, shovels the rest into her mouth. She grabbed one and fed it to Pikachu, who nibbled on it, "Cha~!"
The green man sips at his mug while watching the yellow mouse in fascination, having a glint in his eye studying it.
Ruby looked nervous and concerned for him as Pikachu walked to the edge of the table and sniffed at the man. When it found nothing wrong with him, it stood on its hind legs and waved, "Pika!"
'This is not...real, is it? That's a…'
"Umm, sir...are you okay?" Ruby stood up with her hands on the table.
He waved her off, "I'm fine. It's just that I've only seen one other scythe-wielder of that skill before. A dusty, old crow...
Ruby beamed, "That's my Uncle Qrow! He's a teacher at Signal. I was complete garbage before he took me under his wing. And now, I'm all like— Hooowaaah! Witchaaaa!" She proceeds to make some karate-style poses and noises, Pikachu looking at her in a studying manner, no doubt wanting to try those cool moves later.
The man smiled at them both, "So I've noticed. He placed his cup on the table as he leans in, then sits down opposite Ruby, "And what is an adorable girl such as yourself doing at a school designed to train warriors?"
Ruby paused and thought for a moment before speaking, "Well...I want to be a Huntress."
He looked inquisitive, "You want to slay monsters?" Pikachu tilted its head at the word "Huntress".
"Yeah! I only have two more years of training left at Signal! And then I'm going to apply to Beacon!" She began talking faster and faster with her enthusiasm growing, "You see, my sister's starting there this year, and she's trying to become a Huntress, and I'm trying to become a Huntress 'cause I wanna help people. My parents always taught us to help others, so I thought, Hey, I might as well make a career out of it! *giggles* I mean the police are alright, but Huntsmen and Huntresses are just so much more romantic and exciting and cool and really, gosh, you know!" She flips out at the end, staring at the two with a wide, crazy smile.
Glynda and Ozpin study her for a second. Pikachu kept smiling at her and blinking, unmoving.
"Do you know who I am?"
Ruby quieted down, "You're Professor Ozpin. You're the headmaster at Beacon."
Ozpin then was smiling, "Hello."
"Nice to meet you."
Ozpin put a hand on the table, "You want to come to my school?"
Ruby swayed her head, in a daze, "More than anything."
Ozpin exchanges a glance at Glynda, who shows her disapproval with a "Hmmph" before he turns back to Ruby, "Well, okay."
"There's just something else that we haven't touched yet professionally speaking, and that would be this little one right here." Ozpin directs all attention to the mouse who tilted its head, "Pika?"
Ruby quickly hugged it to her chest and squealed, "This little guy is Pikachu! He helped me out with the whole robbery scene. He's so cool! He shoots lightning from his face like a boss!"
Ozpin glances at Glynda again and they both nodded, "Miss Rose, do you have any idea what this "Pikachu" is?"
Ruby paused and hummed, looking at her buddy for a short while until she shrugged, "A mouse?"
Glynda facepalmed and Ozpin chuckled, "Well, you're right. But I'm looking for something more in detail." She shook her head no, sad that she didn't know more about her friend.
Ozpin took care of that, "Your little friend here is what ancient script referred to as a "Pokémon". Accent "e"."
Ruby looked very lost at the word and tried to pronounce it, "Pok-é-mon...is that what you are Peeks?"
"Pikachu!" The rodent cheered.
"Pokémon, believe it or not, thrived on this very land, far and wide, against the Grimm. They were locked in war for many millennia in the past, eons even. Despite reigning in numbers, they were eventually killed off, never to be seen again. But this one is a prime example that there may be still some out there." Ozpin explained. Ruby frowned and almost teared up at the mention of little Pikachu's friends and family dying at the hands of the Grimm. She clenched her arms together while Pikachu looked up at her in contemplation. She narrowed her eyes. Now there's one more reason for her to fight. She gently grabbed Pikachu by the waist and pecked its cheek in sorrow for its species. Pikachu tilted its head in confusion before Ozpin spoke again.
"You seem to care a great deal for Pikachu." She nodded vigorously and held the aforementioned Pokémon tightly. Glynda sighed, knowing where this was going. Ozpin smiled. Maybe this species of Pokémon, if kept at Beacon, will create a more amazing and better future for Remnant. Besides, he just has the heart to not throw him out on the dangerous streets now infested with those treacherous White Fang and Her in action. It needs to be kept alive, especially if it could be the last of its species. And if the legends are true, then maybe they can train it to unlock its massive potential and master its powers to help them fight the Grimm.
"Ruby Rose, you and Pikachu will be attending Beacon for the next four years. Period."
Ruby smiles, wide-eyed and mouth agaped.
Pikachu formed his signature peace sign, "Pi-ka-chu!"
The next day...
Ruby and Pikachu now stood in a wide room as Yang Xiao Long tackles her sister in a hug aboard the large airship to Beacon, crushing the air out of her.
"Oh, I can't believe my baby sister is going to Beacon with me! This is the best day ever!" Said Yang Xiao Long, tackling her sister in a hug aboard a large airship to Beacon, crushing the air out of her.
Yang was a young and buxom young girl with luscious golden blonde hair and violet eyes. She wore a series of orange and yellow clothing with a tan jacket opened to show the world her mature side.
Ruby looked very uncomfortable, gasping, "Please...stop."
Yang let go of her sister and plucked Pikachu off her sister's shoulder who reached immediately for the yellow monster, "And you, Pikachu! You too!? This will be so much fun!"
The blonde buried the small mouse in her huge cleavage, hugging it like there's no tomorrow. Ruby arrived home after her talk with Ozpin and told everyone that she'll be heading to Beacon as well along with her new friend Pikachu. Yang was infatuated with the mouse the moment she laid eyes on it and spoiled it with food and toys. She even tried to steal it from Ruby to sleep with it, but Ruby fought back and was the one to sleep with it, along with their dog. Let me say that Ruby was in furry heaven.
Ruby pried it off of her sister before he suffocated in her pillows, "Yang, quit it! You'll kill him!"
"I would never kill this adorable fluff ball of cuteness! And how do you know it's a "he"?" Yang inquired.
Ruby blinked, "I don't know. Maybe it's because of his tail. It's a lightning bolt. It just gives it a more masculine look to him, don't you think?"
Yang hummed in agreement, thinking that is why, "And that's another thing, he can use lightning!? How dope is that!?"
It turned out that Yang hugged it so tightly, that Pikachu unleashed a small jolt of lightning out of reflex and shocked everyone and fired their clothing and hair. Yang seethed at her hair being messed up, but quickly cooled herself. It was her fault for hugging it too tight.
Ruby nodded and added, "But really Sis, me getting into Beacon like I did was nothing.
"What do you mean? It was incredible! Everyone at Beacon is going to think you're the bee's knees."
Ruby stomped her foot, "I don't want to be the "bee's knees", okay? I don't want to be any kind of knees! I just want to be a normal girl with normal knees."
Yang frowned and gave her sister a weird look, "What's with you? Aren't you excited?"
Ruby dropped her shoulder and hugged Pikachu like a pillow, "Of course I'm excited... I just... *Sigh*...I got moved ahead two years. I don't want people to think I'm special or anything."
Yang went over and giving her sister a one-armed hug, "But you are special."
The girls' and Pikachu's attention is drawn to the newscast on the Vale News Network playing nearby, talking about the robbery and showing Roman's mugshot.
"The robbery was led by nefarious criminal Roman Torchwick, who continues to evade authorities. If you have any information on his whereabouts, please contact the Vale Police Department. Back to you, Lisa."
The mugshot changes to a purple-haired female news anchor, with a photo of animal-eared demonstrators holding signs saying "WE ARE NOT ANIMALS!" followed by an image of the logo of a growling red wolf's head with three scratch marks. Pikachu frowned at the animal people getting mistreated and such.
Lisa began reporting, "Thank you, Cyril. In other news, this Saturday's Faunus Civil Rights protest turned dark when members of the White Fang disrupted the ceremony. The once peaceful organization has now disrupted…"
The news feed is cut off as a hologram of Glynda replaces it.
"Hello, and welcome to Beacon!"
Yang asked her sister, "Who's that?"
"My name is Glynda Goodwitch."
"Oh."
"Pika!" Pikachu smiled at the professor's face on the holographic screen.
"You are among a privileged few who have received the honor of being selected to attend this prestigious academy! Our world is experiencing an incredible time of peace, and as future Huntsmen and Huntresses, it is your duty to uphold it. You have demonstrated the courage needed for such a task, and now it is our turn to provide you with the knowledge and the training to protect our world." Glynda flickers off and disappears.
Ruby, among several other cries of surprise, rushes to the glass windows, "Oh, wow! Look, you can see Signal from up here!" Ruby and other students look through the glass walls at the town below, "I guess home isn't too far after all!" She nuzzles Pikachu absentmindedly.
Yang came up behind and put a hand on her shoulder, "Beacon's our home, now."
The three hear a passenger groaning and hunched over nearby, running to the back of the ship.
Yang looked at him for a second, "Well... I guess the view isn't for everyone." She rolls her eyes.
Ruby nodded along with Pikachu, "It was a nice moment while it lasted."
The ship is seen approaching Beacon across a large body of water.
Ruby piped up in thought, "I wonder who we're gonna meet! I just hope they're better than Vomit Boy. Oh, Yang, gross! You have puke on your shoe!"
Yang looked to find green throw up on her feet, "Gross, gross, gross, gross, gross, gross, gross!"
Ruby ran around in circles getting away from Yang, "Get-Get away! Get away from me! Get away from me! Get away from me! Get away from me!"
Pikachu watched all of this with the utmost confusion, looking back and forth at the chase between sisters. He looked behind him and saw the one who was responsible. He had short and messy blonde hair and deep blue eyes with armor over casual clothing and a sword and sheath on his waist.
"Please...kill me now…" The boy hunched over and held his mouth, holding back another session of regurgitation.
The mouse turned around and shrugged, "Pika…"