Chapter 4
Where we last left off, Team RWBY approach the spiraling city of Compass City via a water taxi driven by Shelly. A great artistic and technological wonder of the world with eco-arcology structures located close to the edges of the city. Yet they also see large farms that is enough to fill the bellies of the entire populace of both human and Pokemon.
Blake then sees some glowing orbs when they approach the farm areas. "What are those?" she points out.
"Those are Solar Orbs." Shelly explains, "They are like little sun lights that generate light for the plants for the farms 24/7."
Then they go into one of the tunnels where Team RWBY disembark and head up through an elevator. Once there, they are in for a real treat. There are a few smaller buildings among some of the tall, bizarre buildings with the same Solar Orbs to illuminate the areas where their shadows are to provide light. The smaller buildings are only a few stories high with some neon lights. Overhead is a large monorail system and there are also subways that are connected that transport people and goods from one section of the city to another. There are even holographic traffic lights similar to ones from Vale back on Remnant along with holographic screens floating in the air that is mostly news. There are even a few highly advance robots that act as mobile food vendors similarly from the ones from the Pokemon movie, Destiny Deoxys, but have a more advance and slicker look to them that can materialize food like the replicators from Star Trek...and they can also float. There are some vendor machines that travel through alleyways that feed the wild Pokemon that live there along with shelters made of some untouched wooden crates or unused dumpsters.
There are also some mobile garbage collectors that are made of hard-light holograms that can absorb any waste on the ground that can convert trash into energy that are similarly based on the Mirage System from Mastermind of Mirage Pokemon, except with machines, that keep the place nice and tidy throughout the city as well as being able to transport recyclables such as soda cans and plastic bottles to a nearby recycling plant similarly to 'turning items into data' concept. Even the alley ways are glistening clean with no graffiti or trash of any kind. So...this city is like LaRousse City and Atlas but waaaayyy more advance with some other sorts of stuff added to it. Especially the automobiles that are sorta like hovercrafts that feeds off of the electricity from the street via some sort of radio wave like the Mega Man Star Force series (although I never watch or play that series but you get the idea). There are even full body holograms of people and their Pokemon doing some sort of dance near a water fountain.
"Wow." Yang says with widen eyes while taking in the view. "This place is unlike anything I've ever seen."
"I have to agree." Weiss says as she stands next to Yang. "This is almost like Atlas except on a while new level."
Blake on the other hand, is completely speechless and is a bit overwhelmed by the sights.
Yang snaps out of it as she address her team, "Okay, we need to head to the bank and... Where's Ruby?"
They look around at notice that their young team leader is missing.
Weiss pinches the bridge of her nose, "Please tell me she didn't run off to explore on her own?"
Yang sighs and pulls out her Megadex, "I'll call her." She opens it up and tries to call her. But... "Does anyone know how to contact her? As a matter of fact, we forgot to add ourselves to our friend's list to make it easier to contact each other."
"I think you can look her up by her trainer ID number." Blake says.
"Does anyone know what it is?" Weiss asks.
Yang looks down while saying, "Crap. Guess we have to go look for her."
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!
The three walk off and try to find Ruby somewhere in this giant city.
"Dang it!" Yang says angrily. "We're in a gigantic, supersize city and she just had to run off!"
"She is such a child." Weiss says with her arms cross.
"Maybe we can find her on the way to the bank." Blake suggest.
Yang then looks a little worried, "Just hope she doesn't get into trouble."
Somewhere close, Ruby is staring at a window all doey-eye at some of the plushies of cosplay Pikachus on display at the window of a shop called, The Pika-Shoppe.
"They're so cute!" Ruby squeals out. Admiring the cute little cosplaying Pikachu plushies. She looked to her left, "Don't you agree...Weiss...?" She just realized that she left her teammates behind. "Oh. Crude."
Ruby then uses her Megadex to take a picture of the shop to show to everyone, but she realizes that she forgot to put in everyone's numbers on her friends list.
"Oh yeah. Crude again." She then uses the map function of her Megadex, "Now where is the nearest bank." Ruby fiddles with the search option to get her position until she found one of the nearest banks. "Found it! Just need to take the alleyways and I should be able to get there."
Ruby waits for traffic before crossing over to get towards the alleyway. It may appear clean, but there is some trash in them. Not the kind you throw out. When halfway through the large alleyway, she stumbles upon a strange group of people wearing black and white punk attire yet a little less for wear while also wearing hats and bandanas with a skull motif along with some strange medallions that look like stylized skulls forming an S. There are three males with blue, black, and red hair colorings and four girls with pink, orange, brown, and blonde hair coloring. To Ruby, they look like trouble, so she tries to sneak past them in order to exit the alleyway. However, she is stopped by two more punks that blocked her way.
"Well, well, well." says one of the punks that spotted her. "Looks like we got ourselves a live one here."
Ruby is surrounded by all nine of these strange punkish people. She puts on a smile and clears her throat, "Excuse me, I just need to pass. I don't mean to intrude."
The leader punk with dark purple hair does an evil chuckle. "Well too late for that. You have to pay a toll if you want to pass Team Skull's turf."
One of the male punks goes, "Yo yo! Pay up with your Pokemon and your wallet or things will get ugly."
"But I just got my Pokemon today!"
The punk leader goes, "Wait, what?" He looks a little confuse at Ruby. "How old are you?"
"I'm fifteen." Ruby answers.
"Wow... And you're a noob? How pathetic is that?"
"Hey!"
But he pulls his Pokeball out, "Guess this will be easy."
Then all the other Team Skull Grunts pull out their Pokeballs and look like they are ready to fight. From those Pokeballs they reveal to have an Alolan Rattata, three Formantis, two Salandits, two Alolan Grimers, and a Spinarak.
Ruby quickly pulls out her Pokeball, "Go Chika!" and Chikorita comes out.
"A Chikorita eh?" the leader grunt says. "Starter Pokemon like that are worth a lot of money."
But a male voice from behind says, "Hold it!"
Everyone looked at the direction where the voice comes from as they hear footsteps coming at them. A mysterious figure comes out to reveal a teenage boy dressed like some sort of cowboy or an outlaw. The boy is wearing a brown cowboy hat, a strange leather poncho of some kind with zippers on the side, brown colored jeans with strange metal knee pads that look a little rusty on the screws that are oval shape with some lotus symbols on them, and brown cowboy boots with spurs on them. He is also wearing some sort of fingerless white glove with a bizarre looking stone on it along with some strange thing on his wrist with different colored, diamond-shaped jewels on it attached to the glove on his left hand that looks like it can spin. His right hand appear to have some sort of metal gauntlet that goes all the way up to his elbow while also having a metal glove. The boy has short brown hair, white skin, and yet has one silver left eye and one golden right eye. He appears to be medium build yet has some muscles in his arms.
The boy says, "Nine against one? That is uncalled for! Especially against a new trainer." He may dress like a cowboy yet doesn't sound like one.
"What's it to you, huh?!" The leader of the gang seems to be getting angry. "This is our business, you back off and head back to the plains or the mountains or where ever you Cowpokes do!"
The guy pulls out a Pokeball from his belt, "But I can't let this unjustice go unanswer. So how about eight of you challenge me instead and the missy faces off against the girl with the Alolan Rattata. Unless you guys are complete and total cowards."
"Oh!" one of the male grunts say. "You did not just say that!"
"You guys must be truly afraid of having your butt beaten by some dude with a lot more moxie than the rest of you idiots with poor fashion sense. Those close are so last gen."
"WHAT DID YOU SAY!?" the grunt leader yells with his ears all red. "OH IT'S ON NOW!" He looks at the grunt with the brown hair, "Suzy, give little red hood a swift kicking!"
"Got it, boss!"
The other eight surround the mysterious boy as he says, "Go Arcanine!" and an Arcanine came out.
But it isn't your typical Arcanine. This Arcanine has a different coloration that has black and some sort of dark watermelon color and its fur isn't as wild as a regular Arcanine because it looks like it gotten wet. Not to mention that it is shiny and slick.
"Whose that?" Ruby says as she pulls out her Megadex.
Arcanine. The Legendary Pokemon. Altaran form. Fire and Water-type. Altaran Arcanine's fur constantly secretes a slippery black oil. Angering this Pokémon can be dangerous, as it can go from drenched to aflame in an instant.
Trivia: The Altaran Arcanine is from Pokemon Sardonyx.
"Wow that's cool."
"Hey!" says the upset grunt. "Pay attention you dolt!"
Ruby's attention turns back to her match. "Right! Chika, use tackle!"
Chika charges at the enemy Alolan Rattata.
"Dodge it and use tackle!"
The Alolan Rattata dodges by jumping up in the air but Ruby shouts, "Look up and use growl!"
Chika looks up at the attacking Rattata and opens her mouth to let loose a loud, high pitch ground that distorts the air which forces the Alolan Rattata to cover its ears.
"Now use tackle!"
Chikorita attacks the mid-aired Alolan Rattata by jumping and tackling it. Which cause the little black rat to hit against a brick wall.
"Get up and use tackle!" the grunt ordered.
The Alolan Rattata got back up and tries to use tackle.
"Use growl then tackle!"
Chika uses growl again that deafens the Alolan Rattata and tackles it. It gets whacked back at its trainer that causes them to fall onto the ground and the Alolan Rattata gets returned to its Pokeball. Which means Ruby won and Chika even learned vine whip which is discovered when Chika tries to use it to toss a cardboard box on the trainer's head.
"Hey a new move!" Ruby cheers. "Awesome!"
"Grrr!" the female grunt went after furiously removing the box from her head. She got up and stomps her way towards Ruby. But takes a deep breath and goes, "Here." She handed Ruby some money, "Here's your prize money."
Ruby gained 121 Pokedollars...or is it Pokeyen? Either way, Ruby got money.
"Wait, what?" Ruby says when she was given some money.
"You don't know about that? Man, you're a dummy. Whenever you defeat or have been defeated, the victor gets money. Look, I know that I'm a bad guy but even bad guys have some honor. Plus, you can use the money to get Pokeballs, healing items, and other stuff."
"Oooohhhh... So that's how it works."
While Ruby gets an explanation, a huge column of fire erupted behind them.
"Holy-!" Ruby blares. "What is that?!"
"A Z-move?!" the female grunt says in surprise. "That guy can use a Z-move!?"
When the fire dies down, they can see the mysterious boy and his Arcanine standing just fine while the other Pokemon fainted right before returning back to their Pokeballs. Even the grunts look like they got burned as they moan and groan on the ground after what looks like they were tossed to the ground by an incredible force.
Not too far, the rest of Team RWBY are still looking for Ruby down a street until they noticed a huge column of fire coming from between the buildings.
"What is that?!" Yang says in surprise.
"That must've been some fire-type attack." Blake states.
But Weiss looks at the others, "You don't think Ruby has anything to do with that, don't you?"
"I sure hope not." Yang says as the fire column went down.
Then they hear the police sirens and see police cars heading towards the direction of where the column of fire was.
"Let's go check it out." Blake says.
"Yeah." Yang agrees.
And the three ran off after the police cars.
"And that's that." the boy says as he returns his Arcanine to its ball. "But...you guys keep the prize money."
"Well..." the leader raise his head from the concrete ground, "You did beat us...and we have to...pay you..."
"That is true. But there is a bounty on you guys for turning you in. And that inferno overdrive I used is actually a signal."
"A what?"
Police sirens are heard from all around with flashing red and blue lights from one of the alleyways where Ruby try to exit.
Before the gang leader passes out, he says, "Ah mulch."
The female grunt goes, "Uh-oh!" And tries to run away, but the boy manage to sneak behind her.
"Nap time!" and chops her neck that causes her to be knocked out. Then the boy proceeds to knock out any of the grunts that try to get up and run away with blinding speed that even Ruby is impressed.
Then the cops finally show up and arrested the unconscious grunts. However, Ruby is too busy looking at the mysterious figure that save her.
"Whew." the boy says as he removes his hat and wipes his forehead. "All in a hard days work." Then proceeds to put his hat on and walks towards Ruby. "Sorry about that. I was chasing after these guys for a while." He gives her his left hand, "My name is Franklin. What's your name?"
Ruby takes a big gulp and touches Franklin's hand. "R-Ruby Rose." she says while being nervous. Her face is a little red while holding Franklin's hand.
"Say," Franklin begins to talk, "aren't you a little old to be a beginner."
Then Ruby's face turns sour, "Yeah, I got that."
Franklin chuckles a little, "Hehehehehe, sorry about that. I'm sixteen and I've been a Pokemon trainer for six years now. Although it is nice to see a new trainer on their first steps on their journey."
Ruby smiles, "Why thank you."
"Sooooo... Are you gonna let go of my hand?"
Ruby realizes and is embarrass right before letting go. "S-s-s-sorry!"
Franklin gives a friendly laugh, "It's alright. Now come on. I'm pretty sure that the police would like a statement."
Ruby nods, "Right!"
And they both got out of the alleyway to meet, wait for it, ...Officer Jenny! No surprise. Both of them give a statement to Officer Jenny to let them know what happened.
"Thank you for your help." Officer Jenny thanks Franklin. "And now," she hands him a bag, "here's the reward money. 18,000 bucks."
Franklin takes the bag, "Thanks. But I think this little missy deserves this will all that she went through." He then gives the bag to Ruby.
Ruby is a little confuse, "Um...thanks?"
"Well, I need to process these guys back at the station." Officer Jenny says. "Take care." Then proceeds to get in her car.
"Found you!" says a familiar voice.
Ruby turned around and sees her older sister. "Oh my gosh Yang!? Where have you been!?"
Yang stands in front of her little sister all upset, "That's supposed to be my line! You just ran off on your own and left us behind! Honestly little sis, your not supposed to leave your teammates behind like that!"
Franklin steps in, "Wait, you two are siblings? Then in that case, you shouldn't just-"
Yang looks at Franklin, "Who's this brunette handsome dead man?!"
Ruby introduces, "Um, Yang, this is Franklin. My first friend that I made and help me out of a jam when I was by myself. (and crush)"
"What was that?" Franklin addresses to Ruby after barely hearing that last part.
"Nothing!" Ruby became super stiff and embarrass.
Yang takes a good look at Franklin. "Franklin, huh?" Then calms down and smiles at the boy. "Well it is nice to meet you. Say, the horrible parts of puberty seem to be very kind to you."
"Huh...thanks?"
Ruby gets angry and yells, "HEY! I SEE WHAT YOU'RE DOING YANG!"
Close by, Weiss and Blake watch Ruby and Yang fighting over a boy while just standing there.
"Did we miss something?" Weiss asks Blake.
"I think they've fallen in love with that guy Ruby found." Blake says. Blake turns her head to the left to face Weiss, "Should we stop them?"
"Nah." Weiss starts smiling, "I think I'm enjoying this."
Both of them look at Ruby and Yang doing a tug-a-war with Franklin's arms.
"Seems out of character for you, Weiss." Blake says.
"Well... Seeing them fight like this is the best form of entertainment for me."
"If you say so."
Ruby yells, "Back off! He's my man!"
Yang yells back, "The proper term is husbando, and never! Dibs!"
"NO FAIR! I met him first! Dibs times me!"
"He's too good for you sis and we cool kids have to stick together!"
Inside Franklin's mind, 'Honestly, this is the first time I'm put on a spotlight like this. And I feel a little confuse. What am I supposed to do?'
Then out of nowhere, one of Franklin's Pokeballs open up and a Pokemon with ribbons and looks like a cute dog comes out and seems to be very angry.
Both Ruby and Yang went, "What the-?"
Then the creature kicks both of them and hugs Franklin with its ribbon-like feelers while telling them to back off.
Trivia: This scene was inspired by a RWBY DeviantArt comic called Sibling Rivalry by CyberSamurai270.
"Hey, Sylveon." Franklin says to his Pokemon.
"AWWWWW!" Weiss went while admiring Franklin's Sylveon. She runs up to it and squeals, "SOOOOOO CUUUUUTTTEEE!"
Sylveon gives Weiss a mean look in order to keep Weiss away along with a growl but seems to have no effect.
"Who's a cutie wootie little Pokemon?" She then touches Sylveon's nose and goes, "Boop." Then gives Sylveon a tight hug, "You're super adorable!"
The poor Sylveon tries to break free while letting go of Franklin as Weiss snuggles her. That's right, Franklin's Sylveon is a female. Then Franklin puts Sylveon back in her ball.
"Sorry about that. Sylveon is the jealous type when there are human girls getting too close to me."
Ruby chuckles, "Really? Well, its super cute!"
"I have to agree." Yang agrees. "So that was a Sylveon." Yang pulls up her Megadex to learn what Sylveon is. "So it is an evolve form of Eevee."
"Yep!" Franklin smiles with pride. "She's been my first Pokemon when she was a little Eevee."
"My first Pokemon is an Eevee!" Weiss says. "I got it today!"
"Oh cool." Franklin says. Until he realizes what she just said. "Wait. You guys are beginners too?"
"Afraid so." Blake says as she joins the others. "Today is our first day."
"But... aren't you girls a little old to be beginners? Or you have over protective parents?"
All members of Team RWBY fake a smile and lie.
Ruby starts, "We sure do."
Weiss says, "Yeah, my dad is very overprotective."
Blake says with a straight face, "So is my father."
Yang says, "Let's just say that our parents like to use protect on us while also using safeguard as well. Because they are like Shieldons."
Franklin looks at Yang oddly. "Were those supposed to be puns? Because they're not very funny."
"Oh come on!"
The other three laugh at Yang being upset.
"Well any case," Franklin says as he walks away, "I have to get going. Hope to see you at the Pokemon Center!"
"Bye!" Ruby says while waving.
"Catch ya' later, handsome!" Yang says while smiling.
Ruby got upset and wrestles her sister in a cartoony dust cloud with their arms and feet poking out while making fighting noises.
Weiss says, "Tell Sylveon I hope to see her again!"
Blake just give a silent wave goodbye. Then she looks at her teammates, with Yang and Ruby stop fighting, "So about that bank?"
Team RWBY headed to the bank to switch out the artifacts they had for cash and Ruby splits the bounty money that she got from Franklin, they have a ground total of 4,353,000 Pokedollars...or Pokeyen...or just ₽. I'll just put ₽ from this point on since I have no idea what they're officially call. I mean I know that they are called Pokemon Dollars but Japan call them something else. Back on track, they split the money for their new bank accounts so each of them now have ₽1,088,250. With the exception of Ruby having an extra ₽121 so she has ₽1,088,371.
Yang comes out going, "Woo-hoo! Man, I never seen that much money in my life!"
Weiss follows behind Yang, "Just how much do you think they cost in lien?"
Blake comes out next with a widen-eyed blank stare while holding a fork in their left hand and a knife in her right. "Now I want to eat all the fish in this world."
Ruby is the last to come out, "But I think we should get some supplies. You know? Food for us and our Pokemon, some healing items for our Pokemon, camping equipment,-"
Weiss looks at Ruby and goes, "Woah, wait! Camping equipment?" Weiss is a bit unsure about the camping idea. "You can't be serious."
"Well back on Remnant, Huntsmen used to camp out a lot."
"I know that, but still..."
Blake then says, "Perhaps we can try finding Pokemon Centers. Franklin say something about them."
Yang checks her Megadex, "Not let's see... Here it is! It says: 'Pokemon Centers are government run facilities that provides regular services to Pokemon trainers. They are facilities that heal Pokemon while also providing free food and lodgings along with having a battle ground for trainers to train their Pokemon.' So there are places that you can stay for free."
"So there are facilities that can heal Pokemon and allow you to train." Weiss says. "Like that machine Prof. Acacia has? Because that thing can heal Pokemon very quickly."
Ruby then says, "Although, I do like the idea of sleeping on a bed so yay for free lodging!"
"And free fish!" Blake says all excited, "I mean, free food!"
But Ruby then says, "But I think we should get some camping equipment just in case."
"I think we should go to the Pokemon Center first before shopping." Weiss suggests.
"Why?"
"Because I think it is better to know more about the area from some of the locals and travelers. Since Pokemon Centers are a central hub for traveling trainers and a few locals, we can get some information about the city and areas outside of it. Like a few shops, some places we could go, and..." Weiss face turns red, "Possibly learn where we can catch super cute Pokemon."
Ruby laughs, "You do have a point. A bit too much on that last one, but a point nonetheless."
"So let's head there." Yang says as she starts walking towards the direction to the Pokemon Center. Everyone else follow her.
Team RWBY almost made their way to the Pokemon Center close to some sort of park with a gigantic tree in the center of that park that looks like it can almost touch the clouds. However, someone was waiting for them as that person pops up from an alleyway. It looks like a member of Team Skull but a little bit on the chubby side along with a black mullet as he blocks Team RWBY's path.
"Hold it, 'yall!"
"Who are you?" Weiss asks in disgust.
"That guy's a member of Team Skull!" Ruby pointed out.
"Who?" Yang asks.
"They're a bunch of bad guys that try to steal my stuff and my Chika!"
Yang then gives the grunt an angry glare and cracks her knuckles. "Oh really." She looks like she is about ready to beat the guy.
"Yo dawwwgg! You dis my bros! Time to pay for sending them to the big house!" He pulls out four Pokeballs from his belt and looks like he's about ready to rumble with his Pokemon.
Team RWBY call out their Pokemon and ready to fight. However, when the grunt reveals his Pokemon, he has four Garbodors. And a few levels higher.
"What the-?" the four went.
The grunt does an evil laugh, "Hahahahaha! Consider this revenge for my homies!"
Ruby pulls out her Megadex to learn what they are.
After knowing, Weiss goes, "Seriously?! A trash heap Pokemon!"
"They must have a Pokemon for everything." Blake says as Ruby puts away her Megadex.
Weiss uses her Tetra Elemental and have Eevee evolve into a Flareon.
"Oh-ho!" says the impressed grunt. "So you got yourself a Super Eevee! That is worth a lot of money! Use poison gas you guys!"
All four of his Garbodors spew out thick, dark green poison gases from their gun fingers that effected the area and poison the four Pokemon. Blazerina, Chika, Nicholas, and Froakie's faces are a bit purple and have purple bubbles coming from their heads.
"Oh no!" Ruby shouts.
"They got poisoned!" Weiss shouts.
"Then we need to end this now!" Blake says. "Use bubble!"
Despite being poisoned, Froakie shoots out some bubbles from his mouth and only did a small amount of damage. Very little. More like a tickle.
Yang and Weiss order, "Use ember!"
Both Blazerina and Nicholas open their mouths and shoot bolts of fire at one of the Garbodors. But not that effective.
"Use vine whip!" Ruby says.
Chika uses her vine whip to whack the same Garbodor, but it seems more annoyed than hurt.
"This is bad." Blake states. "We need to get our Pokemon and run."
"I have to agree." Weiss agrees with Blake. "This guy's Pokemon are too strong."
"I think not yo!" says the grunt with his arms crossed. "You can't run away from a Pokemon battle! But how about this: Give me all your money and Pokemon and I'll let you guys leave."
But out of nowhere, a girl shouts, "Blaziken, use blaze kick!"
From the other side of the street, something comes right at the Garbodors in a form of someone that is doing a jump kick yet that humanoid's leg is on fire. Which only got two of the Garbodors.
Then someone else shouts, "Togekiss, use air slash!"
A ball of blue light then started come right at the other two Garbodors and hit the other two Garbodors.
"YO!" the grunt sounds angry as he turns to where the attacks came from. "WHO'S BREAKING DOWN ON MY VICTORY PARADE!?"
Everyone look at the other end of the street and see two- It's Dawn and May along with Max. Sorry but I'm wrapping things up here. Until next time!
AN: Sup! It's spring time everybody! Hope you guys are enjoying the story so far and will bring more chapters. If you guys have any questions, leave a review and I'll see if I can answer them as long as they don't include spoiling the story. But the down side is that uploading a new chapter will share the same time slot as my other project, Survival on a Strange World so it means now I have two stories to do. The bright side on the other hand, that story is almost done and may do a sequel to that in the future depending on how long this series will take...and my complicated work schedule but hey, we all have problems. Until the next chapter! See ya' soon!