-Midday, Beacon Academy-
Kai was standing outside his room. Just less than five maybe ten minutes in his head Kai experienced probably the most shocking event he had, had in Remnant so far, which was really saying something. He sighed through his nose as he was impatiently waiting for some sign to let him know if it was safe to return to his own room.
"How long does it take for girls to change anyway?" Kai talked to himself. "She's bound to be done by now right?" Kai went to unlock the door, but hesitated not wanting to go through the awkwardness of seeing her not fully clothed… again. "Maybe another two minutes." Kai moved his scroll away from the door.
"WHO ARE YOU SUPPOSED TO BE?!" A loud angry voice called from inside the room.
It was quickly followed by the sound of something falling over, and a female voice saying something inaudible through the door.
"I forgot about his flight!" Kai quickly exclaimed unlocking the door and letting himself in.
He stepped in to the sight of Talonflame angrily flying in the middle of the room, along with Robin pressured against the wall with a worried and surprised look.
"I asked you a question! What are you doing in our room?!" Talonflame shouted. "AND THIS TIME YOU BETTER GIVE ME AN ANSWER!"
"You're… actually…" Robin struggled to say.
Kai quickly got in-between the two of them. "It's alright Talonflame! She's a trainer! Just like me!"
Talonflame eyed Robin in the corner, then looked at Kai who raised his arm to the side letting him land on it.
"Great. Another nuisance we have to put up with around here, this is starting to get ridiculous." Talonflame groaned in a much calmer tone.
"It's talking. You're Pokémon is…" Robin had her hands on the side of her head as she appeared visibly flustered.
Kai turned to her, and for the first time managed to get a good look at her. Robin's attire was similar to her regular outfit only without her red tie or the blue minidress, exposing her white sleeveless shirt and revealing that she also wears black shorts.
"Look Robin." Kai began to say. "This is going to sound crazy, so I'll just be honest. Right before I came to Remnant, I managed to teach my Pokémon how to speak our language. Now you probably have questions, and right now I can't answer them so let's make this simple and just say I did it with: a Pokémon with heightened mental capabilities, a lot of time, and a large number of reading material."
Robin managed to calm down clearing her throat. "I… What?!"
Kai sighed and Talonflame scoffed. "Don't bother wasting your breath." Talonflame stated. "Look lady, I don't care that you're a trainer, and I don't care that you're trying to piece together how I can talk, all I want to know is- WHY ARE YOU IN HERE?!"
Kai turned his head to Talonflame. "Ozpin said that she has to live in our dorm with us since we're both not from this world, for convenience."
"Finally, an answer." Talonflame looked at Kai. "Don't you have somewhere to be?"
Kai suddenly flinched checking his scroll. "Professor Port! I spent so long waiting to come in I lost track of time, I've only got three minutes to get to the other side of the school!" Kai grabbed Talonflame's Pokéball from his belt and returned him. Before looking for his bag by his desk. "Huh?"
On his desk, by the window, and spilled on the floor were green plant pots with clear plastic tops containing a variety of different berries.
"Berry pots?" Kai murmured, looking at Robin. "Are they yours?"
"Of course they're mine, how else do you think they got here?" Robin picked one of the fallen pots off the floor putting it by the window. "Didn't you say you were late for something?"
"Right!" Kai looked around noticing several items such as a: Town Map, Good Rod, Lucky Egg, empty Repels, empty honey pots, empty moomoo milk bottles, half eaten berry cores, Pokéballs and more littered all over the place. "Is all this junk also-?"
Before Kai could finish Robin shoved his yellow backpack in his arms. "This is your bag. And don't worry I put your trainer card inside it. Now go! Leave me in peace!"
"I- um- okay!" Kai walked outside the door into the hall. "Wait I have to tell you! Our battle is at 5:30 on the Main Aven-"
Robin slammed the door shut in Kai's face, before groaning and lying back on the bed.
"And now this world has talking Pokémon… This place just doesn't stop!" Robin angrily punched the wall.
Kai was running down the hallways the school stopping in front of the lecture theatre, looking at his scroll.
"All right *huff* only late by *puff* three minutes." Kai put his scroll away and pressed his hand against the door. "If I'm really subtle maybe nobody will notice."
Kai pushed the door open and walked in to see everyone with their eyes solely on him.
"What time do you call this then Mr Emblem?" Port asked.
'Of course…' Kai thought.
"I suppose you have a good reason for your lack of punctuality." Port stated putting Kai on the spot.
'Okay Kai, relax, relax. You've gotten the hang of improvising what you say, just say something based off the truth and make it believable.'
"I… Couldn't get into my room to get my bag."
Port looked down at Kai with his closed eyes fixed on him. "Just don't let it happen again. Now hurry up and take your seat."
Kai exhaled in relief as she quickly took his seat next to Team's RWBY and JNPR, while Port began lecturing in the background.
"It's not like you to be late Kai." Ren pointed out.
"Is everything alright, you look a little red." Pyrrha asked.
"It's fine guys. I just got a little delayed and lost track of time." Kai explained. Kai pulled his notebook out his bag to take notes before awkwardly looking back and forth between the female Huntresses in training close to him. "How long does it take for you to get changed into a different set of clothes?"
The eight students looked at Kai with odd looks.
"Um… Why do you want to know?" Yang asked cautiously.
"It's… no it's nothing. It just might have been useful for future reference, I'll figure it out." The group just looked at Kai awkwardly. "I swear I don't want to know for a weird reason!"
"Suuu~ure you don't." Nora teased making Kai slam his face onto his open book.
"Oh Arceus, what am I going to do?" Kai muffled.
The others just turned to themselves in slight confusion and morbid curiosity.
Ironwood was inside the brig on one of his many airships flying over Vale's airspace. He stood with his arms behind his back, walking along the room.
"She was able to hold her own against her?!" Ironwood cried in shock.
He along with Ozpin and Goodwitch were standing in Ozpin's office, minutes after she sent her message.
"That is what Qrow told me. He witnessed it himself." Goodwitch calmly confirmed.
Ironwood rubbed his forehead. "If it was one of the other two then maybe I could believe it, but against the one that stole some of her power…"
Ozpin calmly sat in his chair. "Was there anything else Qrow told you about their encounter?"
Glynda shook her head. "Not much. Only that if she had suitable training, or was out of harm's way then her Pokémon might have been able to defeat her."
Ironwood calmly put his hands to his side. "If I'm being honest, I'm not entirely sure if I should be relieved or not."
"That would depend on whether Team Flare has anyone with a similar level of skill and power." Ozpin stated. "So far, Kai and Robin appear to be much stronger than any of their forces, even their higher up scientists. We also have to take into account that this assailant is still unknown to us, and we have no idea how much fighting experience they have, and how much control they have over the power they took."
"Don't kid yourself Oz. She was able to take down Fall, even with her inexperience that is no small feat. And now someone else was almost able to take down her." Ironwood sighed. "These trainers possess too much power."
"As if you're one to talk General, or would you prefer headmaster." Goodwitch pointed out.
"I earned my titles through hard work and loyalty to the kingdom."
"Are you saying their strength isn't deserved?" Ozpin asked.
"I'm saying we don't know where their loyalties lie."
"James, while I can't say much for Miss Navy, as far as Kai's concerned, I can assure you that he appreciates my efforts to find a way home for him, he trusts me. He's on our side."
"But what if she offers him the same opportunity?" Ironwood interrupted making the three go dead silent. "Right now, you have been the only one with the resources to help him. But if someone working for her convinces him they can do the same… what if he decides that's where his loyalties lie?"
Ozpin looked at Ironwood seriously. "If somewhere working for her were to contact the trainers, then we would hope for them to stay with us. As difficult as that might seem with some of us, already doubting their loyalties." Ozpin sighed. "James. These trainers might solve our recent problems. They may turn the tide in our favour and cripple their forces, then we can send them home before anymore harm can come to or from them."
"So that's your plan. You want them to take down who? Team Flare, the assailants, the entire Grimm population, the Queen herself?" Ironwood began walking away. "I may have faith in you Ozpin, but until I know for certain that they side with us, I can't afford to put my faith in them."
"They're just children." Goodwitch interrupted.
Ironwood glared back. "They're children in control of monsters."
Ironwood stopped and stared in front of heavily guarded cell.
"Leave us." Ironwood ordered, making the guards walk off. "I've been informed that so far you've refused to co-operate with the authorities." Ironwood stated staring at the criminal in front of him.
From behind the bars Roman Torchwick stared back. "I know this might be hard to believe, General, but uh... I'm not the biggest fan of local law enforcement."
"How about the world's strongest military power?"
"Hmm... first impressions... not great. "
"I'm going to give you one chance. Who's really behind all this?"
"Isn't it obvious?" Ironwood leans his ear toward him to hear his answer. "You're looking at him."
Ironwood leaned back. "Is that so? Because from what I've heard someone else has taken command. A man named Xerosic."
Torchwick shrugged his shoulders. "Doesn't ring a bell."
"Funny you say that, because we have witnesses who saw the two of you during one of your Dust robberies."
"You're going to have to be a lot more specific. This might surprise you, but I have stolen a LOT of Dust."
Ironwood looked seriously at Torchwick. "Yes, you have. Along with a majority of other crimes, including stealing and abusing Atlas technology. When you put all those charges together, you'll be lucky if you even live to see a prison cell."
Torchwick remained quiet, before smirking. "I'm sensing a but here."
Ironwood groaned, backing off. "But. You have vital information about Team Flare, and who you both work for. If you share that information with me, I may be able to afford you some luxuries you otherwise wouldn't have."
"Oh, I get it now. You're scared of all those little monsters the boy scout owns, the one's that hide in your closet and go bump in the night." Torchwick chuckled. "And I bet it's killing you inside that you can't just lock them in a cage, or order them around like your other tin cans. Too chaotic to control, but too orderly to take action, don't you just hate that?"
"Tell me what I want to know, or deal with the consequences of fighting the Atlas military." Ironwood threatened.
Torchwick casually leaned back in his cell. "I'll take my chances."
Ironwood started walking away. "Hm… Very well then."
"What's the matter General? I thought you wanted to talk." Torchwick joked.
"The council's given me custody over you for as long as I see fit. So you can make yourself comfortable. I can be sure that you'll have plenty of time to talk."
"Oh, wonderful. Hehehe..." Torchwick laughed to himself as the holding cell door closed, locking him in dark isolation.
Kai walked to his room now dressed in his trainer attire, he cleared his throat and knocked on the door.
After a few seconds Robin opened it, revealing that she was now wearing her complete trainer attire. "Why did you knock?"
"I didn't want to interrupt you, in case you were… you know…" Kai struggled, making Robin narrow her eyes. "Don't make me say it."
Robin sighed through her nose letting Kai in. "Are you always this hopelessly pathetic?"
"Would you believe me if I said, I'm actually slowly getting better." Kai stepped in to his or rather their room with a very confused look on his face.
Parallel to his bed, was an identical bed. One of his two closets was now filled with Robin's clothes. And the same items were littered on the floor along with newer ones making Kai sweat drop.
"You've really settled in, haven't you?" Kai remarked.
"What was that?" Robin interrogated.
"Um! Nothing! I was just saying… I'm glad you've settled in."
Robin looked unimpressed, turning her back on Kai, walking into the hallway.
"I'm heading out, might as well explore this place for a bit." Robin explained.
"But what about our battle it's-"
"In two hours, on the Main Avenue, which I already know how to get to. You better not be late."
"Don't you want to, I don't know… get to know each other a little first?" Kai suggested.
Robin looked over her shoulder at Kai. "Not particularly. And based on your reactions to seeing me, I doubt you want to either."
Robin closed the door behind her, leaving Kai to leave think for a moment before hunching over. "Yeah. You're probably right." He looked around noticing all of Robin's stuff littering the place. "This is gonna take a while to organise."
Outside the door in the hall five sets of eyes were fixated on Robin. Four from a crack in a door, and one sneakily getting away. When Robin was gone, the cracked door opened revealing Team RWBY with gaping mouths.
"Was that… a girl?" Ruby asked.
"Obviously. The bigger question is what was she doing in Kai's room?" Weiss added.
"I don't remember seeing her before. Maybe she's a transfer student from one of the other academies?" Blake guessed.
"You don't think that she's Kai's…" Yang trailed off looking at her teammates. "Nah! Not with his awkwardness."
"Then why was she in Kai's room. It took him weeks before he was comfortably enough to invite me, Ren and Nora over." Blake explained.
"He knocked before entering…" Weiss thought out loud. "Kai did say he was late because he couldn't get into his room. Was it because she wouldn't let him in?"
"Yeah, and when we asked him if there was anything wrong, he seemed kinda squirrely about it." Yang remembered. "And then he asked that weird question about how long it took for us to get dressed."
The pieces suddenly began to come together in Team RWBY's collective mind, completing itself with a ding.
"Did that girl change her clothes in Kai's room?" Ruby suggested awkwardly.
"That sounds completely ridiculous." Weiss judged.
"And you weren't thinking it?" Blake asked.
"Of course I was thinking it, it just doesn't seem plausible enough to be true. Why would Kai even allow someone to do that in the first place, we all know how he is." Weiss pointed out making Team RWBY collectively think of times where Kai was overly awkward with them for one reason or another.
Ruby suddenly got in between them with her hand raised. "I know! We should follow her!"
"You want to stalk her?"
"No! I mean kind of." Ruby looked to her team determined. "Look we all overheard what happened, for some reason the two are going to be having some kind of fight. Maybe this girl is bullying him."
"Well it's not like he can't handle himself." Blake reminded, thinking about his fight with Cardin.
"But this is different! Look, if Kai's in trouble then we should help him, and we can't do that without figuring out what's going on. So come on, who's with me?"
Yang smirked. "You can count me in."
"After everything Kai's done for me, it feels selfish of me to not try and help him." Blake confessed.
"I suppose I should come too, to make sure things don't get too out of hand." Weiss explained.
"Great!" Ruby cheered charging into the hall. "What are we standing around then for, we need to catch up to her before we lose her!"
"Ruby wait up!" Blake cried out, following her.
"I just realised. We could probably just ask Kai." Weiss realised.
Yang shrugged her shoulders. "He denied he was in trouble before besides, where's the fun in doing that?"
Yang hurried out of the room, Weiss wanted to rebuttal but just shook her head catching up to the others.
In a different hallway on the Eastern wing, Emerald was walking quickly but calmly to her room.
"Wait 'til Merc hears about this." She said to herself when she let herself into her dorm. "Cinder!"
Sitting on the bed was Cinder in Haven's school uniform, with Mercury sitting at the side. "Look who finally showed up." Mercury commented.
"I- I thought you were going to be gone for a few days." Emerald said in surprise.
"I was, but as I was just telling Mercury here, I ran into… an inconvenience." Cinder grimaced.
"Turns out that Huntsman who stopped us before was nearby so Team Flare captured him." Mercury explained.
"Isn't that good though. If he's captured-"
"Was captured." Mercury interrupted. "Turns out he was saved by, and get this… another Pokémon trainer." Mercury dramatically shook his hands. "Now can you see why you know who's in a bad mood?"
"Are you alright?" Emerald asked Cinder in concern.
"It was nothing I couldn't handle, if those Team Flare goons did their jobs then the trainer would be dead." Cinder stated. "But unfortunately, that's when he showed up and saved her, forcing me to retreat."
"So, what do we do now?"
"We stick to the plan. Team Flare is Xerosic's problem, we have our own. Most notably the fact that Ozpin will probably recruit this trainer too."
"This trainer… They wouldn't happen to have raven coloured hair and have bandaged arms, would she?"
Cinder glared at Emerald. "You've seen her."
"Y-Yeah. She was talking with the other trainer, apparently they're meeting up at five to have a battle or something."
"Interesting." Cinder got up. "Did you happen to hear where this battle is meant to take place?"
Mercury slyly smiled, and Emerald smirked.
Two hours came and went, and it was almost time for the battle. Ozpin was standing by the Huntsman statue with Kai, who was awkwardly tapping his foot.
"It's certainly… nice." Kai commented.
"I should hope so, given how it's to commemorate our academies history and status, and to celebrate all the Huntsman who have fought to protect the peace." Ozpin lectured.
"Right…" Kai sighed. "Look I've been trying not to ask but… Why didn't you tell me about another trainer being here?"
Ozpin looked down at Kai. "What would you have done?"
"Excuse me?"
"What would you have done if I told you? Would you have abandoned the academy as soon as you could to find them and a way home? Would you have sat around patiently until I could confidently say that it could get you home? Some combination perhaps?"
Kai put his head on his chin. "I… I'm not sure. But I was just searching for a lead days ago and found nothing, now I found out you've been hiding one from me and I have to think… have there been more of these?"
Ozpin hummed to himself. "A few. But those were all false alarms."
"And you don't want to tell me this?! I-?!"
"Do you remember the clothes I gave you?" Ozpin interrupted.
Kai blinked awkwardly. "Yeah I do. But how does that link to-?"
"And do you remember the note I attached with them?" Kai went silent thinking about it. "I believe that keeping you here: safe, calm and protected is the best course of action for your safety. We wouldn't want you eaten by a Grimm or stirring up trouble in the city, now would we?"
"I guess…" Kai sighed. "It's still disheartening though."
"So, there you are."
Robin walked up to Kai and Ozpin. "And part of me thought you weren't going to show up."
Kai smirked. "Like I have a choice. You and I both know it's an unspoken rule that when our eyes meet, we have to battle."
"That would mean you were looking at my eyes and not at the nearest wall."
"You make it sound like you wanted me to stare at you!"
Robin groaned. "Can we just get this started, I've had the strangest feeling like someone's been watching me."
Unbeknownst to Robin, Team RWBY were watching her from a reasonably discreet distance.
"Looks like Professor Ozpin's here as well." Ruby pointed out.
"Why would he be here? I doubt our headmaster would just allow two students to fight in front of him." Weiss questioned.
"Maybe he's here to make sure things don't go too far." Yang suggested.
"I don't know, something about this doesn't feel like it's going to be a regular sparring match." Blake confessed.
On a different side of the avenue: Emerald, Mercury and Cinder were waiting in anticipation.
"So, who do you bet's gonna win?" Mercury asked.
"Do you have to be so immature?" Emerald judged.
"What? Too chicken to make a bet."
"Settle down Mercury, this isn't a sport it's research." Cinder explained. "One day we WILL take them out once Ozpin's eye is off them, but until then we should figure out their weaknesses. That way when the time comes… We can destroy them."
A set of footsteps walked towards Ozpin, Kai and Robin. They turned to see Ironwood walking towards them.
"Apologies for being late, I had something that I needed to attend to." Ironwood looked at Kai and Robin. "So, how do you initiate a… Pokémon battle?"
"Well, you just bring your Pokémon out and get them to fight. It's not too difficult." Kai explained.
"The rules for this battle are that it will be a 3vs3 single battle with substitutions allowed at any time. This is typically the standard for single battles." Robin added.
"I see." Ironwood commented in understanding.
"Well then, the two of you can begin when ready." Ozpin consented.
Kai and Robin looked at each other walking forward slowly. The two walked a large distance, with Robin standing in place close to the third-quarter of the avenue. Kai continued walking even further, standing just on the edge of the first-quarter.
"This is probably big enough." Kai said to himself standing in place.
"Then let's get this started." Robin declared.
The three groups of spectators made their way closer to the action while still keeping their distance.
Kai hovered his hand over his belt finally selecting one of his Pokéballs. "This one." He stared at the ball in his hand. "Let's show this girl what we're made of!"
Robin more calmly rummaged her hand in her belt pouch grabbing one of her Pokéballs, examining it and enlarging it. "Don't disappoint me."
The two trainers locked eyes over the distance pulling their arms back, ready to throw.
"Talonflame! Let's do this!"
"Beartic! Prepare for battle!"
The two trainers threw their Pokéballs in the middle, sending out their Pokémon in a white flash.
"I've been itching for a decent fight! Don't wimp out on me!" Talonflame threatened.
"Beartic Bear. (Same here.)" Beartic growled.
In the back Team RWBY were in awe.
"She's a trainer too!" Blake cried out.
"Suddenly everything makes more sense… except for the part with the clothes." Yang admitted.
"So cool!" Ruby cheered. "Kick her butt Kai!"
"Shh. We're not supposed to even be here!" Weiss chided.
"Kick her butt Kai…" Ruby whispered, making Weiss shake her head in annoyance.
Kai thrust his arm outwards. "The first move is mine! Talonflame use Flame Charge!"
Talonflame flapped his wings flying straight at Beartic in surge of fire. Beartic stood calmly staring Talonflame down.
"Use Aqua Jet! Hit it from the side!" Robin ordered.
Beartic growled, pushing himself off his feet as he blitzed off to Talonflame's side. Before Talonflame could turn, Beartic came back round slamming Talonflame's side extinguishing his flames. He was sent tumbling through the air, forcing himself to adjust his position so his talons scraped across the ground creating sparks.
Talonflame flapped open his wings making embers and steam come off him, as his body came to a complete holt. "This guy hits hard. I'll give him that."
"Woah, he just out sped Talonflame." Ruby pointed out.
"With his size and Talonflame in the air, I didn't think that was possible." Yang commented.
"Maybe it was something to do with that move, like with Aegislash's Shadow Sneak." Blake realised.
Kai concentrated on the battle focusing on Beartic. "If fire won't work let's try steel. Talonflame use Steel Wing!"
Talonflame grunted making his wings metallic. He used his legs to push himself into the air, gliding at Beartic.
Robin pointed forward. "Icicle Crash!"
Beartic unleashed a stream of frigid air over Talonflame forming a thick cloud over his flight path.
"It wasn't even aiming in the right direction." Ironwood commented.
"Perhaps, or perhaps that was never his target." Ozpin assumed, making Ironwood look on in curiosity.
Icicles suddenly rained over Talonflame's head smashing around him.
"Talonflame evasive manoeuvres!" Kai warned.
Talonflame flew upwards, straightening his body while flying around continuously, weaving in and out of the icicles, smashing some that got too close with his Steel Wing.
Robin observed from afar with a neutral look on her face. "Predictable. Beartic use Aqua Jet!"
Beartic lunged upwards into the air surrounded by pressurised water.
"Talonflame watch out! Block it with Steel Wing!"
Talonflame looked ahead seeing Beartic coming just in time. He spread his wings apart making Beartic slightly widen his eyes.
"Not again!" Talonflame swiped his wings together right as Beartic made contact, obscuring them in an explosion of vapour.
The two Pokémon quickly fell out of the explosion. Talonflame quickly flapping his wings to steady himself in mid-air and Beartic flipped out of a free fall, cracking the ground with his weight as he landed on all fours.
"Beartic. (Impressive.)" Beartic complemented.
"You thought that was impressive! I haven't even been trying yet!" Talonflame looked at his trainer. "Kai!"
Kai nodded. "Go right ahead Talonflame! Use Acrobatics!"
Talonflame flapped his wings becoming a blur. He rammed into Beartic's face before he could react knocking him upwards. Before he could respond Talonflame slammed into Beartic's side knocking him off balance. Then the other side, then the back, the front, and everywhere else over and over again, as an orange blur made of after images.
"He's been holding back his speed!" Robin cried out gritting her teeth.
Talonflame finished Beartic off by ramming upwards into his chest and chin, launching him upwards into the air.
"Use Flame Charge while he's vulnerable!" Kai shouted.
Talonflame cried out as he lit himself in flames, shooting himself at Beartic. He rammed into his gut making him gag before scraping over his front sending him spiralling to the ground. Talonflame flew back around to Kai with an orange aura, signifying his speed increasing.
In the distance Cinder gave a subtle smirk.
"Are you smiling?" Mercury noticed. "That is so creepy."
"Don't get the wrong idea, it's just satisfying seeing that beast getting beaten, even if it's not by my own hand." Cinder justified.
"Well you better stop, and not because it's creepy. Look." Mercury pointed at Beartic slowly getting up with singed fur and scratches.
Robin clenched her fists. "I let my guard down because of how he acted. I couldn't believe that he was one of the few trainers who defeated the champion. Well that ends now."
Kai on the other hand was smiling proudly. "Good job Talonflame. Now let's wrap this up! Use Flame Charge!"
Talonflame lit himself in flames, flying at Beartic at high speeds.
"Intercept with Superpower!"
Beartic's body flared up in orange fighting spirit highlighting his muscles, standing firm with his front legs out straight.
"Push right through!" Kai ordered.
"I PLAN TO!" Talonflame cried out.
With one final push Talonflame accelerated colliding with Beartic's paws. Beartic moaned as the force made him lean back before regaining his footing, keeping Talonflame in a stalemate as the two growled at each other.
"I'm not backing down!" Talonflame yelled, his flames burning Beartic's paws.
"Beartic… Bear… BEAR! (Neither… will… I!)"
Beartic tightly grabbed Talonflame's wings lifting him above his head, extinguishing his fire type attack.
"What?!" Kai shouted in shock.
"Now Beartic! Pin him!" Robin snapped her fingers.
Beartic roared slamming him down into the ground, making dust, debris and hot winds fly. When they disappeared Beartic was seen over Talonflame as a blue aura fell over him. Talonflame groaned, his body partially embedded in the ground and his wings trapped under the weight of Beartic's paws.
"Talonflame get up!"
Talonflame struggled in place, Beartic's weight and physical strength making him unable to move.
"I've had enough of this. Beartic use Sheer Cold!" Robin ordered.
"Sheer Cold?!" Kai cried out.
Beartic craned his head, opening his snout taking a deep breath. His body gave off an icy aura causing the air to go ice cold and frost to form around him, even on some of Talonflame's feathers.
"Wait! Her Pokémon has access to one of those moves!" Ironwood realised.
"Care to explain?" Ozpin asked his fellow headmaster.
"While scanning Kai's Pokédex I found a section on moves, one particular group that caught my eye was One-Hit KO moves. As the name implies as long as the Pokémon isn't immune to the type, it can knock out a Pokémon in a single hit. If that were used on anything other than a Pokémon…"
"And there are no other drawbacks?" Ozpin interrupted.
"There is one thing. Its accuracy varies on the level or strength of its opponent, making it hard to land on stronger opponents."
"Then that would explain why Miss Navy has only chosen to use it after she's pinned Kai's Talonflame. She clearly knows how to use her power carefully, some of my students could learn that restraint."
Kai meanwhile was starting to feel a chill go up his spine. "Don't give up Talonflame! You can break free!"
"Don't waste your time." Robin interrupted. "If you don't have a strategy and you're just randomly yelling at your Pokémon, then you might as well do nothing."
Beartic looked down at Talonflame. "Beartic Beartic. Beartic Beartic Bear Beartic Beartic. (She speaks the truth. You have been a strong opponent, but this is where I finish you.
Talonflame just grunted, suffering from the pressure and the cold. Beartic just looked away until he felt a peculiar sensation on his paws… warmth.
"That's… what… you think…" Talonflame said weakly, his body beginning to glow. "But… ME AND KAI ARE STRONGER THAN YOU REALISE!"
Talonflame's body glowed intensely, the heat on Beartic's paws increasing.
"Beartic-?! (What's this-?!)" Suddenly Beartic's body erupted into flames causing him to cry out in pain. "BEEAAARRR!"
"Where did that burst in strength come from?!" Robin shouted in surprise.
Ruby's eye's lit up. "That's Talonflame's ability!"
"Flame Body I remember." Blake realised. "He used that in his fight with Jaune and against the Paladin to weaken them."
Kai just smirked proudly from a distance. "If I was able to pry myself away from an Ursa Major, then there was no chance your Beartic could keep my Talonflame down. Now hurry Talonflame! Escape before he uses that move!"
"Now Beartic! Unleash the Sheer Cold!" Robin shouted in a panic.
Talonflame used his wings to push Beartic off him and stood on his talons. He quickly began to run across the ground, using his legs to pick up speed like a Fletchling skipping on the pavement. Beartic's cold aura expelled the flames as he swiped his arms forward making a cold wave of ice pulse out of him, freezing over the Main Avenue. Talonflame flapped his wings managing to hover over the ground, seeing the wave come towards him, as it glimmered in his eyes. Everyone else was forced to cover up as the ice brightly reflected the light and unleashed freezing winds, until they eventually subsided.
Kai was the first to uncover as he stared at the terraformed battlefield. "Woah…"
The others soon recovered and looked on in varying levels of shock. The Main Avenue was covered in a thick layer of ice along with several jagged ice spikes between the two trainers.
Robin breathed out, her breath misting up in front of her face. "Did it hit?"
Beartic looked out at the frozen battlefield before combusting into flames, taking burn damage. It quickly disappeared, though his body showed small flames over him. "Bear…?"
"Do you see him?" Yang asked Ruby.
"Let's see. Ice, ice, more ice…" Ruby listed.
"I don't think he's there." Blake suggested.
"Then where could he have gone?" Weiss asked.
Kai more than the others was looking around for Talonflame, when it finally hit him. He looked up to the sky, seeing a faint orange light flickering in the clouds, making him smile.
"All right Talonflame finish Beartic off!" Kai ordered raising his index finger skyward.
Robin looked at Kai seriously. "Where is he?!"
The faint sound of wind in the distance distracted Robin as she looked up, seeing an orange light getting brighter, and coming down fast.
"That move! Beartic watch out that's-!"
Before she could finish Talonflame gave his cry, making Beartic look up at the sky seeing Talonflame rushing down out of the sky, his Flame Body keeping him hot in the cold environment.
"FLY!" Talonflame and Kai screamed, Kai dramatically swiping his arm down as he did.
Talonflame crashed on top of Beartic creating an explosion of dust and mist. The sudden change in temperature made the air expand rapidly, forcing Robin to brace herself as the warm air passed her bandage covered arms.
When it cleared Robin stood in shock and awe. "Impossible… He didn't even command him and yet-" Beartic was lying down on the broken ice, knocked out with swirled eyes. "They still managed to win…"
"TALONFLAAAAAAAME!" Talonflame cheered as he rose into the sky, his body a beacon of heat and light.
"That was so awesome!" Ruby cheered. "Way to go Kai! Way to go Talonflame!"
"Ruby be quiet!" Weiss said in a hushed tone.
"Come on Weiss, even if they did find us, it's not like we're meant to be somewhere else." Yang pointed out.
"And considering that was only the first round. There's no way anyone is going to make me miss the rest of this." Blake added.
Ozpin looked at Ironwood smiling. "You must admit, this is rather thrilling isn't it. Not to mention the use of strategy from both sides is rather impressive."
"It's rather sloppy if you ask me… but it's not bad." Ironwood admitted.
"Woah. That was intense." Emerald commented.
"Meh. I could have taken him." Mercury said nonchalantly.
"Perhaps this reconnaissance will be more interesting than I gave it credit for." Cinder said, intrigued.
Kai adjusted his hat, as Talonflame flew by his side. "I told you that I've been waiting for this! And I'm just warming up!"
And right as the battle heat's up I decide to end the chapter, apologies but I this is what happens when I try to keep my word counts somewhat consistent. Regardless the next chapter will be the last in the Arrival arc, so I hope you all look forward to it's conclusion.
I should probably also mention that we now get to see Beartic's speech translated. As a general rule of thumb Pokémon translations will be done in two instances:
1. The Pokémon is on their own, or speaking to relatively unimportant characters E.g. Team Flare Grunts
2. The Pokémon is talking to another Pokémon who will naturally react to what they are saying.
Either way until next time this is Kallerston signing out!