AN: Message for Mara the Wolf: Before you read, someone left a message for you in the reviews


Chapter 7

Last time... We go down memory lane where Blue tells the story about what happened to Red and Franklin a long time ago. Both Red and Franklin are outside with Prof. Oak and Blue watching the battle that is about to happen.

Franklin holds up his Pokeball, "Ready when you are!" He seems eager to get started.

Red holds up an ultra ball, "Let's get started!"

"So gramps." Blue looks at his grandfather, "Just who is this guy? You must've met him."

"His name is Franklin." Prof. Oak answers. "From what my cousin told me, he is quite the remarkable Pokemon trainer. Plus..." he pulls out the Megadex Franklin has given him, "He has given me this very special Pokedex so you can understand more about Pokemon from the Alola Region and possibly other regions."

"You told me about your cousin and the Alola Region. But what do you mean by other regions?"


Song: Pokemon Theme (Version XY)

Artists: Ben Dixon and the Sad Truth, John Siegler, and John Loeffler

I wanna be the very best
Like no one ever was
To catch them is my real test
To train them is my cause

(Pokémon!)
(Gotta catch 'em all), it's you and me
(Pokémon!)
I know it's my destiny
(Pokémon!)
Yeah, you're my best friend
In a world we must defend
(Pokémon!)
(Gotta catch 'em all)
Gotta catch 'em all
Gotta catch 'em all!
Pokémon!


Red tosses his ultra ball and says, "Go, Mewtwo!"

Mewtwo comes out and is ready for battle.

"Bringing the big guns early I see." Franklin says. "Then how about something special?" He tosses his Pokeball, "Go, Raticate!"

Franklin calls out his Raticate, but it is an Alolan Raticate. A Raticate that Red has never seen before.

"What the-?!" Red is caught off guard. "What kind of Raticate is that?!"

"This is a regional variant of the Raticate that they have at the Alolan Region."

Blue looks at the Megadex and learns about the Raticate and its pre-evolved Alolan variant form of Rattata. "Oh, I see. But what's a dark-type?"

"You'll see." Oak says as he watches the battle.

"Mewtwo, use confusion!" Red ordered.

Mewtwo thrusts its hand forward, firing a purple blast of energy from it at the Alolan Raticate. But it doesn't appeared to be effective as no damage is done.

"What the-?!" Red is surprised again. "But that was a direct hit! Why didn't it work?!"

Blue is also surprised with Prof. Oak explaining, "You see, dark-types are immune to psychic-type moves and dark-type moves are also super effective against psychic and ghost-types."

"Use bite!" Franklin ordered.

Alolan Raticate charges with bite.

But Red says, "Use barrier!"

Mewtwo forms a light green energy barrier around its body, protecting it from Alolan Raticate's attack. But it proves to be useless as Alolan Raticate bites through barrier and lands a hit.

"Quick, use recover!"

"Sucker punch, let's go!"

Right before Mewtwo can recover, Alolan Raticate punches Mewtwo right in the face and it is super effective. Then Mewtwo uses recover.

"Now use swift!"

"Use sucker punch again!"

Before Mewtwo can use swift, Alolan Raticate uses sucker punch again and in the gut this time.

"Now use hyper fang!"

Mewtwo manage to use swift but Alolan Raticate moves super fast with its front teeth glowing white and manage to strike at Mewtwo. Mewtwo's HP has dropped at zero and is immediately returned to its ball.

"I can't believe it!" Blue says stunned. "The most powerful Pokemon has been defeated by a big, hairy, fat potato with teeth that looks like its fur is burnt!"

Franklin recalls his Alolan Raticate and prepares for his next Pokemon. Red also prepares as he turn his cap on backwards and starts to get serious.

Red then tosses an ultra ball, "Go, Articuno!"

Franklin tosses his Pokeball, "Go, Raichu!"

Both Pokemon come out and are ready for battle. However, Red is taken by surprise again when he sees the Alolan Raichu. Same that goes with Blue.

"What the-?!" Blue says in surprise. "Is that a Raichu? Using its own tail...as a hover board?" Then he looks at his grandfather, "Is that another Alolan variant?"

Prof. Oak gives Blue the Megadex.

"Oh...right."

'Aw, man.' Red realizes that he had made a mistake. 'Raichu is an electric-type and Articuno is an ice and flying-type. And I can't make any substitutions due to me being the champion and this Franklin guy is the challenger. Maybe I can use an ice-type move to overwhelm that new Raichu.' Red then orders, "Articuno, use ice beam!"

A light blue ball forms in front of Articuno's beak. Light blue beams are then released from the ball that are heading right towards the Alolan Raichu. However...

"Use psychic on that ice beam!" Franklin ordered.

Alolan Raichu uses psychic on the beams coming right at it yet causes them to hit the ground, a tree, and almost hit Blue.

After Blue recovers from almost being turned to ice, he then yells, "HEY! WATCH IT! THAT ALMOST HIT ME!"

"Sorry!" both of them said.

Red looks at Franklin, "I gotta admit, regional variants are pretty cool."

"Why thank you." Franklin says. "But let's continue our battle! Use thunder shock!"

"Use blizzard!"

Alolan Raichu fires its thunder shock at Articuno yet Articuno flaps its wings and a strong blizzard comes out of them at Alolan Raichu with the thunder bolt which cause a bit of an explosion.

"Now use electric terrain!"

Alolan Raichu creates a dome of yellow energy that surrounds it and Articuno.

"What in the world?!" Once again, Red is shocked as he experiences something different. "What is going on?!"

"That is electric terrain!" Franklin answers.

"What does it do?!" Red looks a little nervous.

"You'll see."

"Articuno, use aerial ace!"

Articuno flies towards Alolan Raichu at a great speed, with white streaks surrounding its body.

"Dodge it then use thunder shock!"

Alolan Raichu dodges with such speeds that it looked like it blurred out of existence which caught Red and Articuno off guard. Then Alolan Raichu suddenly appeared behind Articuno and does its thunder shock. Articuno has fainted.

"What just happened?" Blue is just as shocked as Red on what just happened.

Prof. Oak explains, "Electric terrain is a special terrain move that boosts an electric-type's moves but with Alolan Raichu's ability, surge surfer, it's speed has increased."

"That's two for me!" Franklin sounds happy. But then he looks disappointed, "But to be honest, I was expecting more though. I just defeated two of your most powerful Pokemon no sweat." Then he returns his Alolan Raichu, "Yet you were acting like a beginner when you saw my other Pokemon. Surprised and a little hesitant. I thought that the Pokemon Champion is supposed to be, I don't know, wise or something despite their age. 'Cause I thought the Pokemon Champion knows every Pokemon in existence despite being the champion of a single region."

Blue then thinks, 'He does have a point. This guy is using Pokemon that are not native to this region and is kicking Red's butt like Red is a novice. Yet this Franklin acts all high and mighty because he probably has more Pokemon than Red and I do.'

'Let's see here.' Red tries to think of a plan. 'This electric terrain is still in effect yet his Raichu is not on the field. If this field boosts electric-type moves, then I should use my favorite Pokemon.' Red then throws a Pokeball, "Go, Pikachu!"

Pikachu comes out and is ready for battle.

Franklin then throws an ultra ball, "Go, Mew!"

Mew pops out and is ready for battle.

"HE HAS A MEW!?" Blue says in an outburst. "WHERE DID HE CAUGHT THAT?!"

"I'm just as shocked as well." Prof. Oak said with a stunned face.

"He has one?!" Red says. "But how?!"

"Oh, my Mew? I caught it when I was at the Orange Islands."

"Pikachu, use thunder bolt!"

"Use dig!"

Pikachu fires its thunder bolt at Mew but Mew manage to dig underground.

"It can use ground-type moves?!" Red is taken by surprise once again along with his Pikachu.

Mew pops out of the ground and strikes Pikachu.

"Use dig again!"

Mew digs back into the ground and attacks Pikachu from behind. Then digs again and strikes Pikachu's left flank which ultimately cause Pikachu to faint. Then Franklin returns his Mew while electric terrain is still in effect.

'This is getting out of hand!' Red starts to panic. Then gets an idea, 'I know!' Then tosses his great ball, "Go, Persian!"

Red's Persian comes out and looks vicious.

Franklin tosses his great ball, "Go, Crabominable!"

"That's new!"

"Okay." Blue says while trying to stay calm. "We got something different."

Red then ordered, "Use hypnosis!"

Persian's red jewel glows red as releases multiple transparent red rings of energy from it. It hits Crabominable but nothing happens.

"Nice try, Red. Electric terrain prevents any sleep status moves from working. Including hypnosis! Now use dynamic punch!"

Crabominable's right...'fist' begins to glow red and red-orange energy pulses off it like an explosion as it charges right at Persian. Then sends Persian out of the electric terrain dome as it started to dissipates. Persian got pwn'd by one hit as it returns back to its Pokeball. Then Franklin recalls his Crabominable.

Then red throws his next Pokemon, "Go, Dragonite!"

Red's Dragonite is ready for combat as it does a posse.

Franklin throws his, "Go, Sylveon!"

Franklin calls out his Sylveon and...she turns around and tackle hugs him and gives him some snuggling.

"Sylveon, come on!" Franklin tries to get Sylveon to stop. "We're in a middle of the battle! Can it wait!?"

"That's...also a new Pokemon on me." Red says to himself. "But why is his Sylveon doing that?"

"Hey gramps, is that an evolve form of Eevee?"

"Indeed." Prof. Oak nodded. "And it is a fairy-type, a good match-up against dragon-types."

"Wait, why?"

"You'll see."

Sylveon stops snuggling and starts taking the fight serious as she growls at Dragonite.

Red then orders, "Dragonite, use dragon rage!"

Dragonite unleashes a powerful dragon rage right at Sylveon but Sylveon isn't doing anything as she just stands there. The attack hits which causes some dust to come up. However, when the dust clears, Sylveon is completely unharmed as she just yawns while covering her mouth with her left paw.

"That didn't work!?" Red says as he is taken by surprise again.

"But why?!" Blue questions.

"That is because fairy-types are immune to dragon-type moves just like ground-types are immune to electric-type moves." Prof. Oak explains. "And just like ground-types, fairy-type moves are super-effective against dragon-types."

Blue's eyes widen as he realizes that Red is in serious trouble.

"Sylveon, use attract!"

Sylveon does a cute little twirl and winks at Dragonite and releases several pink hearts that surround Dragonite. The hearts then circle around and shrink into Dragonite's body. However, it doesn't seem to work.

"Oh." Franklin realizes, "You're Dragonite's a female. Good to know. Use fairy wind!"

"Dragonite, use fire punch!"

Dragonite makes a fist and it is set on fire yet Sylveon uses fairy wind on Dragonite which extinguishes her fire punch and does a great deal of damage.

"What just happened?!" Red says.

"My Sylveon just used fairy wind. A fairy-type move that is super-effective against dragon-types."

Then Red yells out, "Use slam!"

Dragonite charges at Syvleon with her body ready to do a body slam.

"Use moonblast!"

Sylveon uses her moonblast on Dragonite before Dragonite made contact with her slam. Dragonite did hit the ground but missed Sylveon by a few inches. Sylveon coughed a little as the dust settles.

"Now use draining kiss!"

Sylveon kisses Dragonite on the head which causes Dragonite to glow red, and a light yellow orb of energy flies off from the Dragonite and into Sylveon, draining the last of Dragonite's HP which causes Dragonite to faint and returned to her ball. Then Sylveon started jumping around all happily to celebrate her victory.

"Okay, Sylveon." Franklin says as he pulls out Sylveon's Pokeball, "That's enough now." And Sylveon returns to her ball.

'Alright!' Red thinks to himself, 'This is my last Pokemon. Gotta make it count.' Then he throws his Pokeball with all his might, "Go, Charizard!"

Franklin then throws his, "Go, Salamence!"

Both trainers' Pokemon are out and are ready for battle. Yet both of them notice something around their Pokemon.

"Oh hey!" Franklin says as he notices Charizard's mega stone. "You got a mega stone too! Guess it is a mega evolution battle then!"

"A what?" Red asks. "What's a mega stone?"

Franklin winced at what Red just said. "You don't know what a mega- I mean you have- HOW COULD YOU NOT KNOW WHAT MEGA EVOLUTION IS!?"

Red blinked twice, "What?"

"Mega what now?" Blue is a little confuse.

"I heard about them." Prof. Oak says. "But I thought it is just a legend from the Kalos Region."

Franklin face palms and groans before speaking, "Uuuuuggghhh. Let me explain." Franklin took the time to explain what mega evolution is along with some of the details on how mega evolution works and tells them that it requires a mega stone for a certain Pokemon, a key stone, and a strong bond between the trainer and their Pokemon while they all sat together in a circle with Franklin holding a clipboard and pen with drawings.

"So that's how it works." Prof. Oak got it.

Red holds up his key stone, "So the key stone is this thing?"

"Yes." Franklin answered Red's question.

"Oh, so now I get it."

Blue looks at Red, "Did you use it on Mewtwo?"

Red looks at Blue, "Yeah. It was a tough battle that Mewtwo almost drowned us. But Charizard and I never gave up which caused these stones to react."

Then they hear a yawning sound from the field. Charizard is lounging on the ground and is bored. Salamence, on the other hand, is all curled up and sleeping.

"Guess we should get back to battling." Franklin says.

"I think we should." Red agrees.

Everyone gets back to where they were as Salamence and Charizard finally ready for battle.

"Let's mega evolve our Pokemon!" Franklin says as he is about ready to use his key stone.

"Yeah!" Red sounds excited as he prepares his.

Both of them mega evolve their Pokemon with their appearance changed. Blue is completely speechless as he witness mega evolution for the first time. He is awe struck by the sight of two mega evolve Pokemon. Prof. Oak is speechless as well.

"Use slash!" Red ordered.

Mega Charizard X claws glow white and got bigger as it flies up to Mega Salamence.

"Use aerial ace!"

Mega Salamence uses aerial ace on Mega Charizard X as he uses slash on Mega Salamence which is a result of an explosion.

"Use fire blast!"

Mega Charizard X takes in a deep breath and releases a ball of light blue fire from its mouth. The ball of fire then turns into the kanji word of fire at Mega Salamence, yet the mega form of Salamence is far too fast for Mega Charizard X's fire blast.

"Use fire spin!"

Mega Charizard X releases a spiraling blue fire from its mouth at Mega Salamence but it flies around.

"Use dragon tail!" Franklin ordered.

Mega Salamence's tail becomes covered in a green, scale-patterned aura. Yet Mega Salamence is using it to gather the flames and has caused the tail to become on fire with blue-green flames.

"Now use it!"

Mega Salamence flies up towards Mega Charizard X right before hitting him with its tail.

"Now use dragon breath!"

Mega Salamence shoots a stream of pale purple fire from its mouth at Mega Charizard X and does a critical hit. Then Mega Charizard X is surrounded by smoke before falling down and transform back to regular old Charizard. Luckily, Charizard is returned to his Pokeball before hitting the ground. Red is in shock after loosing as he falls to his hand and knees.

"But how?" he asks himself out loud, "How did I loose?"

Franklin walks up to Red to explain, "Well, one of the factors is because you didn't know about Mega Charizard X's type change such as being part dragon-type rather than flying-type. Although I'm not sure about you, but the fact that you didn't know about dark-types and fairy-types is something of a surprise to me. Even though fairy-types exist in the Kanto Region. Like I said, I thought the Pokemon Champion is supposed to be knowledgeable about almost every Pokemon that there is despite their age. Plus the Megadex I'm using is a more completed version of the Pokedex you use since it has almost every Pokemon that there is while you're Pokedex is a bit of an incomplete mess. To be honest, I'm very disappointed in you."

That struck Red like a spear through his gut as if his whole life meant nothing.

"You still have a long way to go." Franklin says. "It is a huge world out there with many different kinds of Pokemon, gym leaders with their own skills, and some evil teams that need to be taken down a notch. As for me, I also have a long way to go. But hey, if you are comfortable about being in one region, fine by me." He turns around and face the sky, "As for me, I want to see the world and see all sorts of wonders there is." Franklin raises his right hand, "Life is short. But I want to see it all and experience it all in this lifetime. And I will enjoy every moment of it. The good...and the bad." Franklin lowers his hand and walks up to Blue and Prof. Oak, "I would like to have my Megadex back, please?"

"Of course." Prof. Oak hands back Franklin's Megadex.

"Thank you."

Blue just stands there with his fist swelling up and hates the fact that Red lost his title to some guy from out of nowhere.

Franklin then walks west to parts unknown while he says to himself, "Let's see if Johto can offer more of a challenge. Plus I would like to see these apricorns that are all the rage over there. And probably this Pokemon Contest thing as well."

Red gets back up with his head lowered and his cap covering his eyes. "If you'll excuse me, I'm heading home."

Red ran off back towards his house with Prof. Oak reaching to him, "Red, wait!" But was unable to get his attention.

The next day, Blue received a letter from the Pokemon League that he has been chosen to run the Viridian Gym. After receiving such news Blue runs up to Red's house to tell Red the news. Blue knocks on the door while saying, "Hey Red! I got some news! Open up!"

While waiting, the door opens with the sound of a woman weeping. When it opens up, it is Red's mother who is crying.

"What happened?" Blue asks.

Red's mother hands Blue a letter that Red left behind and reads it. It said that Red has gone off on another journey to find the mythical Pokemon, Mew, and it said not to find him.

"Darn it, Red." Blue clenches the letter, "You are always so stubborn."


Present Day

The six are at a table where Blue and Franklin wait for their Pokemon to finish healed up with Blue telling the story at the cafe.

"And that's how it happened." Blue finishes his story.

"Now I get it." Yang understands. "You wanted revenge on what happened to your rival, right?"

"Yeah." Blue nodded.

Ruby looks at Franklin, "Is that all true?"

"Most of it." Franklin shrugs. "Some of the story is a little off." He then places his right hand on the back of his head, "Although, it was a long time ago and I can barely remember much."

Then they hear the PA system that tells them that Blue and Franklin's Pokemon are all healed up. Both of them go up to Nurse Joy with Team RWBY following them.

Nurse Joy hands them back their Pokemon, "Here you are. Your Pokemon are all healed up."

Blue takes his and says, "Thanks, Nurse Joy." and walks away.

"Where you headin'?" Franklin asks.

"Heading out to get stronger." Blue then does two-fingers, "Smell ya later." Then he walks out the door.

The five then headed towards the cafeteria as Franklin feeds his Pokemon dinner. Team RWBY get their meals and sit alongside Franklin. Although, there are a lot of eyes on them as they see the four girls just casually having dinner with someone who is consider a walking legend.

Yet Ruby looks at her plate, "Umm...exactly where did the meat come from?"

Yang and Weiss look at their plates and see the meat on them. Blake on the other hand is enjoying her meal while the other three start to look a little pale.

"It's virto meat." Franklin says.

The three look at him.

"Virto meat is artificial meat made in some sort of 3D printer that involve vegetable proteins that mimic the texture of certain meats yet there is also cultivated cells from certain Pokemon to make it a bit more authentic. So what you're eating is a hybrid of plant and Pokemon cells use to create the meat in your dishes."

Weiss then says, "So, what we're eating is basically a mix of cells and proteins?"

"Correct. Thanks to technology like that, no harm will come to a Pokemon. Plus you won't have to eat a dead Pokemon. Not only that, there are more nutrients in them than what you get from regular meat."

"Oh, that sounds good." the three say in unison right before eating. Blake just got up and get seconds.

However, Franklin notices that his Alolan Raichu is down in the dumps and hasn't eaten its food. He got up from his seat to cheer his Raichu up. "Hey man, cheer up! It was a surprise to me as well." He pats Alolan Raichu on the head, "There is always a next time so cheer up. You did well tonight."

Alolan Raichu looks up at Franklin after hearing that. Alolan Raichu nods with a serious look on his face then starts eating. While doing so, there is a stack of eight plates where Blake is sitting as she eats her ninth plate.

Weiss then asks Franklin, "There is something that I have been wondering since May, Dawn, and Max told us. Why do you do all those things? You know, being a trainer, a coordinator, a move star, and...a rock star?"

Yang and Ruby are also paying attention to Franklin's answer as Blake finishes her tenth plate.

Franklin chuckles a little before answering, "That is because I want to enjoy life."

"I think Blue mention something like that in his story." Yang states.

"That is true. I mean, the world is pretty big in comparison to a single region which Red has to learn along with many others. As for being a trainer and coordinator, why not be both? Like what you saw with Sylveon and Lurantis, I combine the experiences I learned from the grace and beauty of Pokemon Contest with the strength and tact of Pokemon Gym battles. But wish I could join in on all the fun of the Pokemon Showcases, but I'm a dude so I can't. So I watch them and get a few ideas. I do have a more personal reason why, but I'll spare you girls those details. But I have a question for all four of you."

Blake stops eating her eighteenth plate and joins in on the conversation while the other three are listening.

"What are you all going to do? Are you gonna do the Pokemon League? Compete in Pokemon Contests?"

"Well." Ruby is the first to answer, "I'm thinking about doing the gyms and the contests."

"Same with me." Yang says. "I like things that involve fighting."

Blake then answers, "I think I'll try gyms and showcases. If you can pull it off by using contests and gym battles, how about trying it with showcases instead."

Weiss then responds, "Well, I think I'll try all three."

"Huh?" Blake, Ruby, and Yang went. They are surprise to hear that.

"Well, like you said Franklin, life is short. Why not experience everything that there is and what the world has to offer?" She looks at her teammates as she winks, "Right?"

The three of them smile as Ruby nods, "Yeah."

"However." Weiss looks at Sylveon. Sylveon looks at Weiss right before Weiss grabs her and snuggle her tight, "I also want to meet as many adorable Pokemon that there is!" Sylveon struggles to break free.

But Ruby joins in on the hugs, "Not to mention capturing them too!"

Sylveon looks at Franklin and needs help getting out.

Franklin does a sigh, "Just put up with them for now."

Sylveon's ears drop and starts to have tears.

"Oh and by the way." Franklin says to the four.

Weiss and Ruby let go of Sylveon as she slips out between the two with Yang and Blake listening.

"There is a special competition that starts at 1-o'clock tomorrow at the park to 3-o'clock. This competition involves catching Pokemon in the park and you get very special balls call, Sports Balls. They are exclusive to certain competitions such as these and are very handy when catching bug-types. However, they have been modified to catch any sort of Pokemon that inhabits Central Nature Park at the center of the city."

Yang then asks, "You mean the park where there is that gigantic tree?"

"The Yggdrasil Tree. Yes."

"Then this sounds like a real tree-t."

Everyone just ignores Yang's attempt at puns.

"Oh come on!"

"Almost forgot." Franklin realizes something and asks someone close to them. "Did anyone catch the finale of Champion of Champions?"

"Yeah!" Max runs up to Franklin. "Between Cynthia's Mega Garchomp and Diantha's Mega Gardevoir, it was a draw!"

Franklin whistles, "I knew those ladies are strong, but who knew." Then he recognizes Max, "Wait a minute. Hey. Are you Norman's kid? From the Petalburg City gym."

"You remember me?!" Max sounds excited as his eyes widen.

"Yeah. Even though it has been years, but I remember a little guy like you."

Then May comes up and shoves Max aside, "Remember me as well!? I'm also Norman's daughter!"

"Of course I remember you, May." Franklin says. "You also became champion at the Hoenn Region and caught that Deoxys in space."

May is completely star-struck and pulls out some CD's, "Can I have your autograph?!"

Then a bunch of people start to surround Franklin with Sylveon trying to protect him from all the girls. Team RWBY left to do their own business...after putting away Blake's twenty-nine plates. For the record, she was eating mock Goldeen fillets served gourmet-style.


Some time after, Team RWBY signed up for the Pokemon League. As for Pokemon Contests, they have to register at Contest Halls. As for Pokemon Showcases, they can register at designated locations where the Showcase is being held. Afterwards, they went to their room and hit the hay early because they got a big day tomorrow. They have to get some gear, camping equipment, food supplies, and a few other things needed for their travels. Not to mention the contest tomorrow where they get some new Pokemon. But they must not forget that they should also find a way back home.