Chapter 14

Team RWBY arrived at the Cambrian Dome with Ruby and Yang signed up at registration. Blake and Weiss took their seats and wait for the Double Tryout to begin. After sitting down, they noticed all the obstacles across the dome. They see rolling logs, foam boulders on a ramp, and a rock climbing walls with a curtain at the top. "Everyone must be very fit in order to go through this." Blake says as she looks at the field. "For Ruby and Yang, it's a cakewalk with Ruby's speed and Yang's juggernaut strength." "I'm more afraid of the trainers and their pokemon when they have to face them." Blake says jokingly. "Oh, you." Weiss chuckles.

Then the lights turn off as spotlights shine on the arena with the announcer speaking, "Ladies and Gentlemen! Welcome to the 3rd Annual Double Tryouts!" "Is that the same announcer from the Central Park tournament?" Weiss asks Blake. "Today, trainers will test their strength, endurance, speed, and courage against this year's daring obstacles chosen by the two twin gym leaders of this wonderful city." The lights pointed at the curtain on top the rock climbing wall, "Give it up for Terry & Barry!" The crowd cheers as the curtain lifts up to reveal the two gym leaders. They both have dark complexion with one having black hair in a curved cone pointed in the left while the other has one pointed to the right. They both have blue eyes and charismatic facial features. Terry is dressed as a miner without the helmet in a brown shirt and dark brown vest and baggy brown pants with black boots. Barry is dressed as a scientist with a button lab coat, tan slacks, and white sneakers with yellow thunder bolts on the outer sides. Terry twirls a microphone in his hand.

Terry: "Thank you! Thank you! It is great to be here!"

Barry: "Indeed brother! We have quite the crowd!"

Terry: "As you know, our tournament is based on the Pokeathlon and Pokemon Hustle."

Barry: "Which we are great fans of. So, we created this event for all you athletes out there."

Terry: "Plus, we were BOOOOOORRRRRREEEED with our daily routine."

The audience laughed.

Terry & Barry: "With that said...Let the Tryout begin!"

The crowd cheered as trainers and one of their pokemon enter the arena. Yang is with Chimmy and Ruby is with Chika. Tyrian is there too with a male Jellicent as his partner. Theo is there too with his trusty Electruxo at his side and has a megastone around its neck. "First," Terry began to speak, "the three legged race!" Ruby and Yang managed to run as fast as they can, but Ruby ended up dragging Yang after accidentally using her semblance. Chimmy and Chika try to keep up. "Next," Barry announces the next round, "the Hustle course!" Ruby and Yang along with their pokemon managed to get through with flying colors even through they are tied together. "Up next, the dodgeball course!"

Ruby and Yang try their best to make it through with cannons shooting balls at them while handcuffed. They managed, but Tyrian along with a female trainer got first place and they came in second. "Our next course, the boulder moving contest." With Yang's strength, it was way too easy. However, Theo had is Electruxo use hydro pump and it is a tie between Ruby, Yang, Theo, and a male trainer.

Terry: "And now."

Barry: "For our final course."

Both: "The wall climbing contest."

The crowd cheer as the remaining eight contestants get tied around the waists and about ready to climb. "Didn't you learn how to wall climb from Grant in the Kalos Region, brother?" Barry asks Terry. "Why yes brother." Terry answers, "I learned enlightenment by rock climbing from him. If you keep your mind clear as a crystal without thinking of anything while climbing, you can reach the goal. And that is a pro-tip to our remaining competitors." Everyone stands close to the rock climbing wall, two for each side, as they get ready to climb. "On your mark. Get set...GO!" Everyone ran up to the wall and started climbing. During half-way through, Ruby slip and Yang immediately grabbed her. "Hold on!" Yang shouted while holding on to Ruby's hand. "I'm hanging in there!" Ruby says. Yang was about ready to laugh until she shakes it off. "Now is not the time for puns!" "You're one to talk! You say them all the time!" Chimmy & Chika try to grab Ruby and swung her back onto the wall.

Theo and his partner are so close to the end. But unfortunately, he slipped along with his partner and fell to the bottom onto the safety mats. Then another pair of trainers fell down. Ruby & Yang along with Tyrian and his partner keep climbing higher and higher to reach towards the top. Neck and neck. Climb per climb as they make their way. As Tyrian is close to the top, his partner slipped and almost took Tyrian with him. Tyrian is starting to get angry and just continues to climb. As for Ruby and Yang, they made it to the top. "Congratulations!" both twins say in unison, "You guys are the winners of the Double Tryout! For your reward, a pokemon battle! ...After a short break."

During the break, Tyrian got angry and left without saying a word. Blake and Weiss congratulated Yang and Ruby as they drank plenty of water and let their pokemon rest for a bit before the match starts.

Now (after an hour), time for the match. The arena changes into a pokemon ring with one half being flat while the other has jagged rocks. Then the twins and the sisters stand on each side of the ring as they prepare for a pokemon battle. The announcer appears on the stage and rips his fancy suit for a referee outfit he had hidden underneath. "Alright everyone! This is it! We have the twin gym leaders, Barry and Terry, against the challengers, Ruby and Yang. This will be a tag battle for the challenger and gym leaders to use two pokemon each. There is no time limit. Only the challengers are allowed to switch pokemon during battle." There was a loud drum roll before the referee raises the flags and drops, "BEGIN!"

Yang: "Go, Xiao!"

Ruby: "Let's go, Stringer!"

Terry: "Go, Geodude!"

Barry: "You too, Geodude!"

Xiao and Stringer took the field as two completely different Geodudes appeared on the field. All the members of Team RWBY pulled out their megadexes to see what they are. "Geodude. The rock pokemon. The longer a Geodude lives, the more its edges are chipped and worn away, making it more rounded in appearance. However, this Pokémon's heart will remain hard, craggy, and rough always. When Geodude sleeps deeply, it buries itself halfway into the ground. It will not awaken even if hikers step on it unwittingly. In the morning, this Pokémon rolls downhill in search of food." "Geodude. The rock pokemon. Alolan variant. Its body is a magnetic stone. Iron sand attaches firmly to the portions of its body that are particularly magnetic. If you accidentally step on a Geodude sleeping on the ground, you'll hear a crunching sound and feel a shock ripple through your entire body." "Another Alolan variant pokemon!" Ruby says in excitement. "Pay attention, little sis." Yang says as she puts her megadex away.

Terry: "Geodude, use magnitude!"

Yang: "Get up in the air, Xiao!"

Ruby: "Use string shot on Xiao, Stringer!"

Terry's Geodude unleashes an earthquake as Xiao and Stringer take into the air.

Barry: "Perfect. Geodude, use thunderbolt!"

Barry's Geodude charges up electricity and shoots at the string made by Stringer. Stringer falls down but not before Ruby shouted, "Use razor leaf!" Stringer unleashes a barrage of spinning sharp leaves and hits Terry's Geodude. Terry's counterattacks, "Use flamethrower!" and shoots flames right at the little bug pokemon. Xiao flies in and saves Stringer from the flames. "Whew!" Ruby went, "That was close. I didn't know a rock and ground-type can use fire-type moves." Terry laughs, "Well, gym leaders have to stay one step ahead of everyone else." "Indeed brother," Barry says to his twin, "no one gets to be gym leader for nothing. Now use rollout!" Barry's Geodude curls up into a ball and ricochets from boulder to boulder and hits Xiao as he drops Stringer onto the ground. "Gotcha'!" "Uh?!" "Now use arm thrust!"

Xiao smacks Barry's Geodude with all his might right into Terry's Geodude. "Stringer, use razor leaf!" Stringer then unleashes a barrage of razor leaf and took out both Geodudes. Both Geodudes have fainted. "Both Geodudes are unable to battle. The winners are Stringer and Xiao!" The crowd cheered for Ruby and Yang's victory. But in truth, what they faced was an easy challenge. "That was a pretty fast round. Faster than the last few trainers. Don't you agree brother?" Barry says to Terry. "Indeed, brother. But now for the big guns. Don't you agree?" The twins started to smirk as they drew out their pokeballs.

Terry: "Go, Baltoy!"

Barry: "Go, Tyrunt!"

Two new pokemon appeared on the field and Team RWBY pulled out their megadexes. "Tyrunt. The royal heir pokemon. This Pokémon was restored from a fossil. If something happens that it doesn't like, it throws a tantrum and runs wild. Its immense jaws have enough destructive force that it can chew up an automobile. It lived 100 million years ago." "Baltoy. The clay doll pokemon. Baltoy moves while spinning around on its one foot. Primitive wall paintings depicting this Pokémon living among people were discovered in some ancient ruins. As soon as it spots others of its kind, Baltoy congregates with them and then begins crying noisily in unison. This Pokémon sleeps while cleverly balancing itself on its one foot." "Interesting pokemon." Ruby says as she looks them up. Ruby and Yang put their megadexes away, but Blake looks at one specific detail. "Uh-oh." she says after reading Tyrunt's moves. "What is it, Blake?" "They need to recall their pokemon, before-" "BEGIN!"

Barry: "Tyrunt, use ice fang!"

Tyrunt charges at Stringer at blazing speeds and Stringer ends up frozen. "No! Stringer!" "Baltoy, use confusion!" Baltoy's eyes glow blue and lifted Xiao up into the air, and smack him down. Both Stringer and Xiao have fainted. "Stringer and Xiao are unable to battle. The winners are, Baltoy and Tyrunt!" Both Ruby and Yang were shocked on how easily that their pokemon were shot down in seconds. As the crowd cheers, Weiss and Blake were also shocked to see what happened. Will Ruby and Yang be able to defeat this new challenge? Stay tune.

AN: Hey Pokemon & RWBY fans! Hope you like this series so far. Leave a review and follow/favorite this story. Although I'm feeling a bit under the weather lately so the next chapter may take a while. Gotta Catcha' Later!