A/N: At the time this chapter is posted, my spring semester is already underway so chapters will be a little slower to be put up. The same can be said for my other stories.

Disclaimer: I do not own RWBY and/or Pokémon. They belong to their original creators

The Blazing Sun & The Serene Moon

Route Three: The First Member

It was certainly a very eventful first day in Alola for Yang. She was almost attacked by wild Yungoose, was saved by the three starters, chose her starter, met her supposed rival, met Lillie, battled a Spearow, almost died falling into a ravine, being saved Tapu Koko, meeting the Kahuna, and now finding out that her supposed rival was the Kahuna's daughter. Overall, it was certainly interesting. "You're a daughter of a Kahuna?"

Blake expected this kind of reaction coming from the other girl since she wasn't originally from Alola. In fact, she's gotten used it by now. "I am."

Kali clapped her hands together and smiled pleasantly at the two girls. "Oh, you two have already met. How wonderful."

Kukui nodded in agreement and gestured toward Yang. "Yeah, they sure did. As a matter of fact, Yang is also the daughter of a famous Pokémon trainer back at Kanto. I even battled against her once a few years ago. Woo, that was a battle I won't ever forgot."

Ghira was quite surprised to hear that about their newest arrival to Alola. "Is that so? Well then, Yang, are you planning to follow your mother's footsteps then?"

The young blonde turned to him and smiled as she nodded. "Yeah, she was my inspiration and I'd like to follow in her footsteps."

Blake disapprovingly narrowed her eyes at Yang "So, you're like that, huh?" She turned around and was already making her leave.

Yang noticed and wondered why she was leaving all of a sudden. "H-Hey! Where are you going?!"

Blake didn't even answer back and headed back to the house. Kali's smile was replaced with a worried expression as she's seen this kind of behavior before and so did Ghira. "There's that attitude again."

Yang still didn't know why Blake left and it concerned her a little. "What did I say to make her leave?"

"It's not your fault." The young blonde turned to Ghira again. "This isn't the first time Blake has displayed behavior like this. You are not to blame." Hearing that made the young blonde feel a little better but she was still wondering what was it that made Blake act the way she did. While she was pondering the question, a slight gleam shined through her bag and Ghira noticed it. "Hm? Yang, what is it that you have in your bag?"

It took the young blonde a few seconds to figure out what the Kahuna was talking about until she realized he was talking about the stone she received from Tapu Koko. "Oh, this thing?" She reached for her bag and opened it to pull out the stone.

She presented it to the Kahuna and he was immediately intrigued by it. "Would you be so kind as to give me that Sparkling Stone you have there?" Yang had no qualms about the request and handed him the stone. Upon a closer inspection, Ghira's eyes with surprise to what it actually was. "Could it be?"

Kali seemed to know what it was as well. "Is that what I think it is, dear?"

Ghira had to know in order to confirm his thoughts. "You were rescued by Tapu Koko at the bridge, is that correct Yang?"

Yang nodded again at the Kahuna's question. "Yeah, that stone appeared right after it rescued me and that's when I got it."

Ghira's thoughts were confirmed true as he couldn't believe such a thing has happened to someone as new as Yang. "So, it even deigned you a stone. Maybe because you're here in Alola, this is where you are meant to be. Let me borrow this stone for now. I will return it to you tomorrow evening." He smiled proudly at the young blonde. "I can see a brilliant light coming from you. The makings of a brilliant trainer. Perhaps you are closer to your goal than you realize." Hearing that brought a lot of joy to Yang. This'll be just the first step in a long journey to catch up to where her mother once was. "I hope you do us the honor in participating in our festival tomorrow."

Yang nodded once again at the Kahuna's request. "I really can't turn something down that the Kahuna himself would ask. Sure, I will." Ghira was glad to hear that as he nodded.

Kukui walked up to Yang and stopped in front of her. "I'll make sure you get back home safe today, though Yang. Lillie, you two should come with us, too, yeah. Wouldn't want to go losing you twice in one day." He turned to his assistant. "You or that precious Pokémon of yours."

Lillie was intent on not letting that happen. "Yes. I will keep an eye on-"

"Pew!"

Lillie immediately turned around to see Nebby out of the bag again. Obviously, she was mad at it. "Oh, you! Would you not try to escape the very moment that you were told not to wander off!"

"I already know how to catch a Pokémon. You send out your Pokémon, attack the wild Pokémon until it's weak enough to capture, throw your Pokéball and if it shakes three times, the wild Pokémon is caught and is now a member of your time." Everyone just laughed at the scene, including Yang.

Meanwhile, a curtain was slightly pushed away at the Kahuna's house as Blake saw all of them laughing. Her attention was primarily focused on Yang. She still kept that same disapproving look in her eyes at the other girl. "How can anyone be content in staying in their parent's shadow?" Blake briefly looked at her father before letting the curtain go.

B

"I'm home!"

Taiyang looked from the counter in the kitchen to see his daughter walk through the door and taking off her shoes. He was happy to see her again and smiled. "Hey, welcome back Yang. How did things go for you?"

Yang thought not to tell him she almost fell into a ravine as she knew that would send him over the edge with worry. "It went fine. I got to meet the Kahuna, met my what I believe is to be my rival, and I got to meet the guardian Pokémon."

Her father nodded at everything she said. "I see. Well, that's good." He then realized what she said about that last part. "Wait, guardian Pokémon!?"

Yang laughed awkwardly at his reaction. "Yeah, I got somehow lucky enough to meet it and it gave me some important stone. I don't know what it means but the Kahuna says it's important. Also, we have a festival to attend to. He says it's tomorrow at dusk." One more thought crossed her mind and she knew her father would love it. "Oh, yeah. I have something awesome to show you." She pulled out her Pokéball and made it bigger. It opened from her palm and Popplio came out with its usual entrance flair. "I actually got a starter from the Kahuna himself. Say hello to Popplio." Popplio gave a bark at Taiyang in an almost greeting way. Meowth ran up to it and it seemed they hit it off very well.

Taiyang was very impressed to see that his daughter had a starter Pokémon now. "That's wonderful! I can tell you two are going to make a good team. Though, I'm surprised you haven't given it a nickname yet."

Again, Yang laughed at that. "Haven't been able to come up with one but I'll figure something out. In any case…" She looked around and saw that something was very different in the room. "Seems like you took care of the boxes which is surprising."

Her father pretended to be hurt by her comment. "Why would you say such a thing? Did you honestly think it would take me forever to unload them?"

"Something like that." Yang joked.

Jokes aside, he figured his daughter would be hungry right about now. "Do you want something to eat? From what you told me, it seems you had a pretty eventful day."

"You have no idea." Yang just closed her eyes and shook her head. She stopped and opened her eyes again. "Not right now. I think I'll take a nap first. I can already hear my bed calling for me." The young blonde was already headed to her room with Popplio following her.

Taiyang could understand his daughter's decision. "Okay, but when you wake up, let me know what you want to eat!"

Yang raised her hand at him "Okay!" She opened her door and entered her room while closing the door behind her. The young blonde gave out a rather large sigh of relief as she dropped her bag and walked up to her bed. Yang jumped at it the moment she was close enough and was squealing delightfully as she rolled around a little. "I never thought I would miss my bed so much!" She settled down and laid on her back while staring at the ceiling. The Popplio jumped on her stomach happily which made her grunt in surprise. She smiled at her starter and petted its head. "Hey, there." Yang stroke Popplio's head a few more times until she had a passing thought. "Now that I think about, I actually don't know if you're a boy or a girl. Hold on, let me get my Pokédex." She took out her Pokédex from her pocket and activated it. With any Pokémon she's captured, it'll register it as her current team member and show all the data. She looked up her Popplio's profile and saw everything about it. The young blonde was quite surprised with what she found. "Oh, you're actually a girl. That's pretty cool and kinda rare since you don't often get female starters." Popplio barked happily at her trainer. Yang giggled at her starter as she shut her Pokédex off and put it away. She sighed contently and started to close her eyes. Popplio did the same and the two soon quickly fell asleep together.

B

The next day arrived in Alola and more importantly, it was almost time for the festival to begin as it was almost dusk. Yang was currently eating her father's macaroni and cheese dish to fill up so she could have all the energy she needed for the festival. Taiyang laughed at the speed his daughter was eating at. "Hey, slow down. I think you'll pop before you can even go to the festival."

Yang finished her third bowl and drank some Pecha berry juice from her glass. She set the glass down and gave a refreshing gasp. "I can't help it, okay. I need to fill up for the festival and it's not my fault your food always tastes awesome." Before Taiyang could reply, they heard the doorbell ring. They both turned to the door and saw it open to reveal Kukui. Something about it made Yang puzzled. "Why didn't we lock the front door?"

Taiyang didn't seem to mind as he walked up to the Professor. "Ah, Professor Kukui, welcome! My wife mentioned you to me before. She told me a lot about you. Most of it of how you're a great trainer." He stopped in front of him and offered a handshake.

Kukui gladly accepted and shook Taiyang's hand strongly and firmly. "You must be Yang's father, Taiyang. Now that I can see it, Yang does, in fact, have a bit of both of you and her mother. Oh, and my condolences. You don't get to battle someone like Raven every day, yeah!"

Taiyang accepted what the Professor said and nodded at him. "Thank you. If wasn't for you battling my late wife, we probably never would've heard of Alola and moved here. From what she told me from hearing from you, it certainly sounded beautiful and she was right." And hearing that answered Yang's question of why they moved here in the first place.

Kukui retracted his hand from Taiyang as he turned to the young blonde and waved at her. "Hey there, Yang! It's about time we set out for the festival, yeah! But first…I've got something to teach you, yeah, now that you're a real Pokémon trainer. It's the most basic of all the basics. Come on to Route One!" With that said, Kukui already left the house.

Yang pushed the chair away from the table with her legs and stood up. "Okay then." She looked over at her father. "Think you can go ahead without me, dad?"

Her father smiled at his daughter and nodded. "Sure thing. Just don't take too long with whatever Kukui has planned for her. In the meantime, have fun with your new Pokémon." Yang didn't need to be told twice and ran out the door.

Once Yang was outside the door, she heard Kukui calling out to her. "Yang!" The young blonde looked over at his direction and wasn't that far actually. "Hurry it up, cousin! Pretend you're a Pokémon and use your Agility!" The Professor then walked away to the other side of the route.

Now that Yang thought about it, she never did take the other way so it'll be another new experience for her. Following his advice, Yang ran in the same direction as Kukui. After a quick turn, she already saw the Professor standing in the grass waiting for her. The young blonde was already running up to him. "Okay, I'm here now." She stopped in front of him. "So, what is it you wanted to show me."

Kukui was already on to explain what he wanted to teach the young blonde. "So, you know that wild Pokémon will sometimes jump out at you in the tall grass, yeah? Now that you've got Popplio there, you can not only fight wild Pokémon, yeah, you can also try to catch 'em. Woo! I'm going to show you how to catch a wild Pokémon, alright. Keep your eyes on the pri-"

"I already know how." Before Kukui could even take one step in the grass, he certainly didn't know Yang would say that to him. "You sent out your Pokémon to battle against the wild Pokémon, attack the wild Pokémon a few times until it's weak enough for capture. Sometimes statues conditions such as sleep, poison, paralysis, and burn can make it easier for capture. You take out your Pokéball, throw it at the weakened Pokémon, and once it's caught, if the Pokéball shakes three times, the wild Pokémon is now added to the party. If you have more than six party members, you have the option of sending the captured Pokémon to a PC box or add it to your team replacing one of your party members. Did I miss something?"

Kukui couldn't help but smile as he never expected Yang to know this much as she was just starting out as a trainer. "Your explanation was one hundred percent A plus perfect. I didn't think you'd know right off the bat. Woo!"

Yang kinda saw that coming and wasn't surprised. "Well, my mom was a famous trainer. She taught me a thing or two to prepare me for my own journey." There was also one more reason as to why Raven taught her daughter at a young age. "She also mentioned something about skipping boring tutorials but I didn't know what she meant by that."

Since Yang was already proficient in knowing how to capture Pokémon, he saw no reason to teach her anymore. "Alright then. Here're some Pokéballs and Potions to get you started out." Kukui handed Yang ten Pokéballs and five potions and she put them in her bag in their respective pockets. "Why don't you have a little adventure of your own on the way to Iki Town, yeah? Take good care of Yang, Popplio!" The Professor left and went on his way toward Iki Town.

Since Yang had a little time to kill, she decided to walk around in the grass to see what Pokémon she can catch and see what she can add to her team. She walked around in the tall grass for a bit and indeed encountered quite a lot of Pokémon. The Pokémon the young blonde encountered were the Yungoos from before, new Alolan Pokémon called Pikipek and Grubbin, some older known Pokémon such as Ledyba and Caterpie, and even a Pichu which was a very surprising find but had to send it to the PC via teleportation since she already has a full team.. It seemed she found most of the Pokémon that could found on the route and was about to head to the town when she encountered one more Pokémon she hadn't seen before on the route. "Buneary!"

Yang giggled happily at her newest encounter. "A Buneary? That's so cool!" She was definitely going to add this Pokémon to her team. She pulled out Popplio's Pokéball and tossed it into the air. "Let's go, Siren!" The Pokéball opened and Popplio appeared out of a flash of light. As Yang called out, she finally decided to give her Popplio the nickname Siren. It was just a name that came off from the top of her head but she thought it'd fit her starter well. Yang also decided to give nicknames on the Pokémon she'd use in her party. So far, none of the Pokémon she caught have one. "Siren, use Water Gun!" Popplio barked before spitting out its attack at Buneary. The wild Pokémon saw the attack coming and actually ducked under it to avoid being hit. It then used this chance to launch itself right at Popplio and once it was near enough, Buneary rolled up its left ear to use Pound. Popplio was sent into the air and landed back on the ground. "Are you okay, Siren?"

Her Popplio managed to get back up and bark in confirmation. Yang nodded back and knew it would take more than a Pound attack to bring her starter down. It did gain a lot of experience from battling the other Pokémon from the route. "Get up close and use Pound!" This time, Popplio headed toward Buneary with its right flipper raised. Before the attack could hit, the wild Pokémon curled up into a ball before Popplio's attack hit it. The attack sent Buneary away and it uncurled as it landed. Yang figured it used Defense Curl and that's why it didn't take as much damage. Buneary jumped over to Popplio again readying another Pound attack. Yang smiled as she knew what to do next. "Head toward it and catch its ear!" Popplio followed the command and moved forward to the wild Pokémon. Buneary let out a surprised noise as Popplio grabbed its uncurled ear with both of its flippers. "Toss it into the air!"

Before Buneary could uncurl its other ear for a counterattack, Popplio spun it around once before throwing the wild Pokémon in the air. "Buneary!"

Yang knew Buneary couldn't do anything being in the air. "Use Water Gun again!" Popplio pulled her head back and looked straight at Buneary above before spitting out her attack again. This time, Buneary couldn't dodge and Defense Curl only works best against physical moves. The attack struck the wild Pokémon and sent it higher in the air. Popplio stopped using her attack and Buneary started to fall. The wild Pokémon crashed into the ground and let out a weak cry. Yang brought out an empty Pokéball and enlarged it. She took careful at Buneary. "Pokéball, go!" Yang threw the Pokéball at Buneary and it hit the weakened Pokémon. It opened and Buneary became a flash of light that went into the Pokéball. It dropped to the ground and started to shake. The young blonde wasn't worried it'll break out since it was always the same result with her previous captures. After the third shake, the Pokéball stopped moving and there was a soft click sound. Yang smiled as she ran up to the Pokéball and picked it up. "And just like that, I caught Buneary!" She brought out her Pokédex to check on Buneary's data. "Buneary, the Rabbit Pokémon. It's arms and legs are weak, but when it rolls its ear up tightly and then unleashes them with its full force, it can smash boulders to dust. Well, that's kinda cool. Let's see your other data." She switched to her captured Buneary's summary data. "So, you're a girl as well and you have the Run Away ability. That's not too useful if you ask me but whatever." She put her Pokédex away and now had the choice of keeping Buneary or sending it to the PC. Obviously, she was going to keep it and send Yungoos to the PC instead. After Yungoos' Pokéball teleported, Yang decided to use Buneary in her team and therefore, she thought of a good nickname for it. "Come on out, Mimi!"

She tossed the ball in the air and it opened. Out of the flash was her new member, Mimi the Buneary. Mimi let out a cry before stumbling a little as it was still a little wounded from the previous battle. Yang smiled sweetly at her new Pokémon and walked up to her. "Here." She kneeled before Buneary and took out one of the Potions from her bag. She pointed it at her Pokémon and sprayed it a few times. Buneary made a small fuss as the Potion was being sprayed all over it. "I know it stings a little but you'll be feeling better in no time." And she was right. Buneary did feel a lot better and looked at her new trainer curiously. "You're part of the team now, Mimi. Here, I'd like you to meet Siren, my Popplio." Popplio approached Buneary and barked at it happily. All Buneary did was leer at it (not the attack) and point one of its paws at it. "Bun, Bun, Buneary!"

Yang could only laugh at what she saw. "You're a feisty one, aren't ya?" She stood up and pointed their respective Pokéballs at them. "Okay, time to go back in your Pokéballs, you two." Yang brought out their Pokéballs and returned her two Pokémon in them. The young blonde put them away and looked ahead at the route before her. "Alright then, time to head to Iki Town. I don't want to miss this festival of theirs." Yang started her brief journey toward Iki Town. Along the way, she was challenged by a couple of trainers and used Mimi because she needed the experience and catch up to Siren. During one of those battles, Yang saw a very different looking Rattata which did surprise her. The young blonde thought it must've been a regional variant of some kind. Yang also learned that during her battles, her new Buneary was very fierce when it came to battling.

After fighting the last trainer on the route, the path became familiar as Yang started to hear festival music as she approached the town. She could see the entrance to the town already but there were two people standing in front. The young blonde stopped just behind them and seemed a little confused. Just by their outfits alone, everything about them was defined as unusual. One of them was obviously taller while the other seemed to be around her age but really couldn't tell. It also appeared to overhear what they were talking about. "So, this…is what they call a festival. It does look like the people are having fun. Not that they should. As though this was any time to celebrate." It seemed to Yang the taller one was a man.

"You don't have to try so hard to act like you're not interested, you know? Maybe a festival isn't so bad sometimes. The aura measurements are pretty high, too!" Yang could now tell the shorter of the two was actually a young girl so that further proved her theory that she may be around her age.

"Are they? Its only thanks to the Blinding One that Alola is overflowing with such brilliance." The taller of the duo turned to the other. "Though the Blinding One is left in such a state now, so dark and enfeebled…"

"We've just gotta make sure the Blinding One can shine like it used to again, right! So, let's get started by having a look around!"

Both of them turned around and caught Yang staring at them. The young blonde was more bewildered by their appearance. It was certainly something she'd seen before and could definitely tell they weren't from around here. She meekly raised her hand to them and waved. "Uh…hi there?"

The taller of the two just nodded quietly at her. "You…are likewise new the shores of Alola. A fellow traveler from a distant land." He didn't say anymore and the duo made their leave away from the town.

A slew of questions arose inside of Yang's mind but one stuck out the most to her. "Who were those people? They certainly were weird and weird looking." She decided not to ponder the question too much and focus on what was more important which was the festival. The young blonde walked up the steps and as she reached the top, she was astounded by the first thing she saw. "Whoa! Is that an Exeggutor!? Yang saw a very, very tall Exeggutor walking alongside one of the villagers and it had a tail with another head at the end to boot. She'd never seen an Exeggutor like this one before. It must've been another regional variant and wondered how much more were there in Alola. Her attention turned to the rest of the town and saw there were lit torch stands scattered all over the area. All of the people enjoying the festival and having fun with their Pokémon. It was certainly another new experience for her. "Ah, this is so cool!"

"I'm glad you think so." The young blonde looked ahead to see Ghira approaching her.

Yang immediately straightened up at the Kahuna's appearance. "Oh, Mr. Kahuna, sir…"

Ghira stopped in front of her and laughed heartily at the honorific Yang used. "There's no need to be so formal with me. Just call me Ghira. Or Kahuna Ghira if that'll make you feel better."

Yang nodded as she could roll with that. "Okay, Kahuna Ghira. This festival of yours really is something."

The Kahuna was glad to hear that from the young trainer. "Yes, well, our festival today is held to express our thanks to the Pokémon guardian deities for always being by our sides. Even if we call this a festival, it's a just small thing we do. There may be not a lot of us but we do give it our all when it comes to festivities." Yang could appreciate the work they put into making the festival as fun as it can be for them and for their guardian Pokémon. "I look forward to your battle against my daughter."

Hearing that part confused Yang a little. "Wait, what do you mean by battle?"

"Oh yeah, right on time!"

Yang turned around to see Kukui walking up to her and the Kahuna with Lillie right beside him. "Wait, wasn't he ahead of me? How did I get here before him?"

Lillie turned to the Professor while appearing to be equally as confused as the other blonde. "But to what exactly?" Nebby made its usual cry while moving around in the bag.

Kukui smiled at his assistant as he put his hands on his hips. "A full-powered festival for Pokémon battling! We battle in the name of Tapu Koko, pitting our best moves against one another in a friendly competition to please our guardian. Woo!"

Lillie fully understood now and turned to Yang. "Oh, so you and Blake will be taking part in the battle? I don't like seeing Pokémon fight one another since they so often end up getting hurt but…I'll be sure to watch you both."

Yang didn't blame Lillie for thinking that way. There were some people out there that have the similar thoughts as her. So as her mother told her one time before. On another note, Yang's first battle with Blake really will be an important one since it plays a large part of the festival. "Yang…" The young blonde turned to Ghira once again. "Your Pokémon have fought for you, so show them the same care in return. Are your Pokémon ready?"

Yang smiled as she nodded at the Kahuna. "They're ready to do this."

Ghira understood and led Yang to the large wooden platform with Kukui and Lillie following. There was a large crowd around the platform and Yang could even see her father among them. However, most of her focus was on Blake who was standing on the right side of the platform with her eyes closed for some reason. Both Ghira and Yang stepped onto the other side of the platform with Ghira standing in-between them. "Before we begin, I must ask how many Pokémon each of you have. The one with the lowest amount will be the limit."

Blake opened her eyes and stared coldly at Yang which made the other girl feel a little uncomfortable. "I have two."

Now Yang wondered what new Pokémon Blake caught since their meeting yesterday. "I have a full party but I'm fine with two. I already know who I'm going to use."

Ghira understood and decided to begin. "Very well. Now…for all life on our islands and for those who undertake the Island Challenge with joy in their hearts, we pray for your protection. For them and all on Melemele. May this Pokémon battle be an offering to our island's guardian deity, Tapu Koko!" He turned to Blake. "Before you stands Blake, the daughter of the Kahuna." There was applause for Blake but she didn't seem too interested in them. Ghira then turned to Yang. "Before her stands yang, one who has met with Tapu Koko."

Yang also received applause but also some scattered conversations. "What a curious little thing Tapu Koko is!"

"Hah, that's just typical of it!"

Taiyang waved at his daughter from the crowd. "Yang! Do your best out there!"

Kali did the same for her daughter. "Give it your all, Blake!"

Ghira extended his right arm forward between the two girls. "This'll be a two-on-two Pokémon battle. Yang! Blake! Bring forth the power of your Pokémon! Ready…" Both girls brought out their Pokéballs they'll first use. Ghira raised his arm. "And begin!"