AN: Okay, I get it that most of you guys don't like Franklin. But not to worry. The next chapter or two will be on his character development which I was planning. Furthermore, I am gonna upload chapters randomly rather than two weeks because of my work schedule. Now let's focus on Ruby's gym battle!

Chapter 27

Song: Butter-Fly (English Fan Dub Ver.)

Artist: LeeandLie (Original Japanese Artist: Koji Wada)

My broken wings dream of the sky,
And they'll never be able to fly.

Only if we never try,
On my loo-o-o-ove!

If I could become just one thing,
I'd be a butterfly-free soaring.

I really miss you...
So finally I'm on my way.

Let's focus on the people we trust
And leave out all the doubt behind us.

So if you're ready...
Can we go? 'Cause there's no time to wa-aste.

I wanna kno-o-ow oh...
If the sky above is only for show.

I wanna kno-o-ow oh...
What tomorrow will bring so let's spread our wi-i-ings!

Maybe this world's an infinite dream,
And there is only hope living in me!

May it not fail me now!
We'll turn this thing around and bring back the lovin' somehow!

My broken wings dream of the sky,
and they'll never be able to fly!

Only if we never try,
On my lo-o-ove!

On my lo-o-o-ove!

Team RWBY are standing at the front of the school/gym where Ruby will try to earn the Palm Badge. Weiss has already earned hers so she can assist with the growing problem that is occurring in Brazil City. Now it is Ruby's turn to win a badge in order to stop crime.

"Right." Ruby nods with a determine look on her face. "Time to get to work."

Everyone enters in the gym and the students see them entering. They all step out of the way as Ruby march forth until she sees Ayana at the doors where the arena is.

"Now then." Ayana says with a smile yet a serious tone, "Ready for our battle?"

Ruby nods.

"Then let's get started."

Ruby and Ayana headed over to the arena as the principal is the referee again. Many of the students are watching with the rest of Team RWBY.

"This should be good." one of the male students say while looking out the window.

"Hope we get to see something interesting." one of the female students say with excitement, "Last battle was amazing!"

The principal clears his throat as he says the rules, "The challenger is allow to use as many Pokemon as she has and allowed to substitute during battle. Gym leader Ayana is allow to use three Pokemon and not allowed to substitute during battle. No time limit. Let the battle begin!"

Ruby throws her Pokeball, "Go, Florence!"

Florence, Ruby's Swadloon, pops out and is ready to battle.

Ayana throws her green Pokeball, "Go, Gossifleur!"

Ayana's Gossifleur pops out and ready to battle.

On the sidelines, Weiss is a little surprise, "Looks like she is getting the big guns early."

"Indeed." Blake nods.

Yang makes an observation, "Since Ruby saw Weiss' match, guess Ayana wanted to change things up."

The principal raise his hands and shouts, "Begin!"

Ayana orders, "Gossifleur, use sing!"

Gossifleur sings and a bunch of colorful music notes that is scattered across the field.

Ruby orders, "Use string shot on those notes!"

Florence uses string shot on some of the musical notes and rounds them up.

"That's different!" Ayana says in surprise when the notes are rounded up.

Florence swings the notes around and flings it at Gossifleur.

"Use rapid spin to escape!"

Gossifleur rapid spins and dodges all the notes before charging right at Florence.

"Gotcha'." Ruby says out loud. She has a plan to take down Gossifleur and Ayana fell for Ruby's trap. "Now use string shot!"

Florence shoots string shot out from his mouth to wrap up Gossifleur. However...

"Use razor leaf with rapid spin!"

Razor sharp leaves are shot out from the rapidly spinning Gossifleur and destroys the string shot.

Ruby initiates Plan B, "Use protect!"

Florence's body is then covered by a light green barrier, blocking Gossefleur's attack. Gossifleur backs off and stops using rapid spin as it jumped away while spreading cotton all over the field.

"Hang on." Weiss is a little confuse as she watches. "I thought cotton down only activates when Gossifleur is attacked."

"True." one of the male students says to Weiss, "But teach's Gossifleur has developed a rather unique mindset. You see, Gossifleur thinks that Ruby's Swadloon is attacking with a defensive move rather than an offensive one. So teach trained some of her Pokemon to activate some of their abilities through a special mental training she has developed."

"Really?" Yang says in astonishment. "Man, I gotta take notes."

Blake is way ahead on that department as she has a notepad and pen.

Before the cotton touches the ground and activate its effect, Ruby orders, "Use razor leaf!"

Florence uses razor leaf and chops away the cotton down. Reducing them to nothing.

"Jump up and use string shot!"

Florence jumps up and uses strong shot on the ground. Covering the field in a sticky web.

"What is she doing?" one of the male students asked.

"Don't know." Yang shrugs, "But I bet she's trying to stop Gossifleur's rapid spin."

"Use razor leaf!" Ayana orders.

Ruby then orders, "Counter with bug bite and charge straight forward with it!"

"Say what-!?"

Gossifleur launches razor leaf at Florence but Florence's fangs got bigger as they glow white as Florence proceed to gobble-up the razor leaves. Florence keep on charging and lands a hit on Gossifleur. Gossifleur fell backwards and gets caught on the string shot.

"Use rapid spin to escape!"

Gossifleur tries but is stuck.

"Oh no!"

Ruby smiles as she says, "Perfect! Now use bug bite until Gossifleur's health bar reaches zero!"

Florence charges with bug bite and looks like Gossifleur is being tortured. Gossifleur screams out as Florence continues to use bug bite all over Gossifleur's body and cotton being released out everywhere. Now one can see what is going on but Gossifleur's health meter is rapidly declining until it reaches zero. Then Gossifleur is returned to its ball.

The principal announces, "Gossifleur is unable to battle! The winner is...Ruby's Swadloon, Florence!"

"Holy Miltank!" one of the female students says in shock.

Another male student says, "Man! That Ruby girl is almost as ruthless as Weiss!" He looks at Team RWBY, "Are all of you that ruthless in battle?!"

Yang looks away as she goes, "Weeeeellll..."

Weiss says, "I wouldn't go that far."

Blake just keep on watching and take notes.

One of the female students notice how attentive Blake is, "Guess she's a model student."

Blake stops and goes, "Uh? Sorry, did you say something?" Some of the students giggle at Blake.

Weiss looks away and smiles as she rolls her eyes, 'Wish they were this enthusiastic back at Beacon.'

Afterward, the string shot got swept away by the coastal wind that clears the field away of all the webs. Ruby starts to get nervous as her plan to get all of Ayana's Pokemon sticky, but she made a plan C for this situation.

Ruby calls back Florence and throws her next Pokeball before Ayana, "Go, Miss Gobblers!"

Miss Gobblers, Ruby's Trubbish, pops out and is ready to battle. Miss Gobblers does a few quick jabs and shows of her muscles because she is eager to fight.

Ayana throws her Pokeball, "Go, Lavenseed!"

Lavenseed pops up and is ready for battle.

"Begin!" the principal raises his right arm to signal the fight to begin.

Ruby makes the first move, "Use poison spikes!"

Miss Gobblers opens her mouth as a dark purple orb is form before being fired into the air. The orb then explodes as dark purple caltrops fall from the sky as they hit the ground. Next, they turn invisible once they hit the ground.

Ayana smirks, "Looks like someone's prepared when I bring out the big guns."

"You bet." Ruby gives a serious smile, "Because I got a few goals to reach and nothing's gonna stop me."

"Glad to hear. But just so you know, teachers will always present obstacles that make sure you go beyond your limits in order to reach those goals. So, Lavenseed! Use magical leaf!"

Lavenseed's two purple leaves glow green before turning that energy into a bright green ball over Lavenseed that it flings which turns into multiple light green glowing leaves from the orb right at Miss Gobblers.

"Use acid spray!" Ruby quickly orders.

Miss Gobblers raise her hands and fires small globs of purple acid at the magical leaves, reducing them to ashes.

"Now use sludge!"

Miss Gobblers' cheeks swell up before shooting a vomiting projectile made of brown liquid and hits Lavenseed. After Lavenseed got hit, it's face is more purple than before and purple bubbles start to form. In other words, Lavenseed is poisoned.

"Use aromatherapy!" Ayana orders.

Lavenseed's two purple leaves glow blue and a sparkly blue mist surrounds Lavenseed and removes the poison status.

"Now use absorb!"

Lavenseed's orange bead glows green as Miss Gobblers' body started to emit a green aura. That aura is then later turned into a ball and gets absorbed by Lavenseed. On the monitor, Lavenseed's health went up a little.

"Use acid spray on the ground!" Ruby orders.

Miss Gobblers use acid spray under her feet and gets propelled like a rocket at Lavenseed.

"Dodge it, quick!" Ayana panics.

But Lavenseed is unable to move as Miss Gobblers is too close.

"Now use pound!"

Miss Gobblers pounds Lavenseed right in the face.

"Use pound again!"

Miss Gobblers pounds Lavenseed with all her might that cause Lavenseed to be sent flying out of the ring but returns to its Pokeball.

The principal raises his arm, "Lavenseed is defeated! The winner is...Trubbish!"

Ruby returns Miss Gobblers to her Pokeball, "Good job, Miss Gobblers. Take a good rest."

"This is it." Yang says with her arms crossed and very proud of her younger sister.

"This is the final match!" one of the male students jump up and down in excitement.

A female student is giddy with excitement, "OMG, I can't wait."

A nerdy male students states, "That last match was awesome! Now I would like to see what is next!"

Ayana pulls out her last Pokeball. "Ready for the final match?" she asks Ruby.

Ruby has a Sports Ball out, "You bet! But don't forget my little trap."

"I'm fine with that. Now it is time!" Ayana throws her Pokeball, "Go, Snover!"

Snover pops out and is ready for battle. However, thanks to Miss Gobblers' toxic spikes, Snover's body started to emit a purple aura with many purple waves around it. Next, Snover's cheeks turn purple and purple bubbles start to form above its head.

Ruby throws her Sports Ball, "Go, Aurum!"

Aurum pops out and is ready for battle as he soars above the battlefield. However, Snover's snow warning activated that cause snow to appear on the ground and did some damage to Aurum. As for Snover, it pulls a pecha berry out from its head and eats it. Curing itself of the poison.

"That's not fair!" Ruby points at Snover. "Your Pokemon can't just cure itself!"

Ayana laughs, "But they can, actually. A Pokemon is allow to hold one item at a time. I knew that someone would use a poison-type move like your poison spikes."

"I didn't know that." Ruby learns something new.

"I am both a gym leader and a teacher, Ruby Rose. I have to prepare for any posibilities."

'Crude.' Ruby thinks to herself as her strategy just went out the window. 'But she's not the only one that came prepared. Time for plan G.'

The principal signals the start of the battle, "Begin!"

Ayana orders, "Use ice shard!"

Snover forms an ice shard and is thrown at Aurum.

"Dodge and use hypnosis!"

Aurum dodges the incoming ice shard and Aurum uses hypnosis.

"Use mist!"

Snover spins around and releases a thick white cloud that sparkles all around the battlefield. Canceling out hypnosis.

"Darn it!" Ruby says. "Use sky attack!"

Aurum charges in as his body is surrounded by a clear aura with white energy.

"Dodge and use ice shard!"

Snover dodges out of the way and flings an ice shard.

"Dodge and use peck!"

Aurum dodges right before pecking at Snover with the blizzard still happening.

"Now use hypnosis!"

"Use mist!"

Aurum tries to use hypnosis again but Snover's mist protected it from all status effects.

"Use peck again!"

Aurum pecks Snover again.

"Use powder snow!"

Snover tries to use powder snow on Aurum but Aurum manages to dodge.

"Use sky attack!"

Aurum takes to the skies before using sky attack and charges right at Snover. This time, Aurum lands a critical hit as Snover's health bar is now in the red. Snover tries to recover but Aurum is close to its face.

"Now use hypnosis!"

Aurum uses hypnosis which finally cause Snover to sleep.

"Oh no!" Ayana panics that Snover is about to lose.

"Now use dream eater!"

Aurum's eyes flash red and it creates a shadow-like version of itself. The shadow then goes through Snover, sucking the last bit of HP. Snover's HP reaches zero and Snover returns to its Pokeball!

The principal raises his hand, "This battle is over! The winner is...Ruby, the challenger!"

The students and members of Team RWBY cheer and applause for the match.

"That. Was. AWESOME!" one of the male student says in excitement.

Yet one of the female students say, "A bit anti-climatic at the end, but that was intense!"

Yang smiles, "That was awesome! Things got grassy but Ruby made it!"

Weiss angrily glares at Yang, "Would you please stop with the bad puns!?"

Blake looks over at her notes, "At least I got some ideas on what to do with the Pokemon Contest coming soon."

Yang looks at Blake, "Speaking of doing something soon, we should find Detective Looker and assist with the investigation."

Blake and Weiss look serious as they nod, "Right!"

Back onto the field; Weiss, Blake and Yang stand behind Ruby as Ruby is about to be rewarded with her badge.

Ayana approaches while holding the badge. "Ruby, for your cleverness and able to overcome any obstacle, you have earned, the Palm Badge."

Ruby has received the Palm Badge.

"Woo-hoo!" Ruby cheers as she shows off her badge, "My first badge!"

Weiss, Blake and Yang clap for Ruby's victory as she puts it in her badge case.

Then Blake walks up to Ayana, "By the way, you mentioned that Franklin writes books. Can you tell me what books he wrote?" Blake is interested in more reading material and to learn more about the cultures of the new world they are in.

"Of course." Ayana adjust her glasses, "Not everyone knows about it and only a few have managed to learn of his pen name."

"So he uses a pen name." Ruby states what Ayana said.

"What is it?" Yang is curious to know.

Ayana is about to tell but, "I will. But it has to be a secret. It's Jade Amethyst."

A few moments of silence was followed after the answer.

Ruby goes, "Wait, Jade Amethyst?"

Weiss look at the others, "Where have I heard that name before?"

Blake remembers the name and pulls the book, 'Howling at the Moon' out of her bag device. "Here!" she shows the book.

Everyone looks at the book with Ayana being a total fan girl.

Ayana squeals, "That's the new book, Howling at the Moon! It's a story about a boy and his Lycanroc trying to obtain the object of their affection!"

Team RWBY goes, "EEEEEEEEHHHHH!?"

"ACHOO!" At a local cafe, Franklin sneezes before enjoying a nice cup of Snoverberry hot cocoa. He looks out the window as he cleans his nose with a napkin, "Somebody's talking about me."

"Allergies?" says Detective Looker standing at his table.

"No allergies here." Franklin says to Looker. "How goes the investigation?"

Looker takes a seat across from Franklin. "Slow. We found one of the warehouses where the Nuzlocke matches were at, but the place has been empty for some time."

"I see." Franklin's hand shakes a little with anger as he holds his cup. "Any other leads?"

"From the intel we managed to gather, there should be one arena located somewhere in the commercial district. We have a few teams surveillancing the district and keeping an eye out for anything out of the ordinary. We're also keeping an eye out for any trainers that has gone missing to track down the kidnappers."

"Just hope we can find them." Franklin's cup starts to crack, "Because I want to get my hands on those cretins and beat them to a pulp."

"Easy there, cowboy." Looker tries to calm Franklin down. "I know that your upset, but you cannot just break every single bad guy that comes across your path. You have a tendency to get carried away when dealing with them."

Franklin calms down, "You're right. You know me too well."

Looker laughs a little, "Yeah. We've been through a lot. Dealing with Team Galactic in the Sinnoh Region. Stopping Team Plasma in the Unova Region while you started your film career. Arresting members of a rogue Team Imperium cell at Tuxon and arresting the don of the Golden Team Rocket at Antoria. We've been stopping large scales criminal organizations where ever we meet."

AN: Okay, I found out that Mr. Buddy has a wiki site and the regions have names. Such as the Italian region that I called Romul (or Italia depending on what I wrote) is actually called the Antoria Region. The Scandinavian region is called the Hedne Region and the British Region is called the Tuxon Region. Tuxon was a theory about the next Pokemon region by Mr. Buddy which later turns out to be the Galar Region. And now he's making a new video about an Egypt-based Region called the Merahlan Region. Can't wait for that! I recently found out about it. Wish I could redo some parts but I'm too far in to make changes. Anyway, let's continue.

Franklin giggles a little, "Yeah, always delivering justice wherever we go." He looks down at his slightly cracked cup and becomes deep in thought. "Did you manage to find out about that other thing?" he asks.

Looker gives a depressive sigh, "Like I said for years now. We were unable to find your biological parents or where you come from. We checked every region and leave no stone unturn to look for where you came from."

"I see." Franklin looks a little sad. "Looks like I've been doing everything for nothing. But I'm still gonna-"

Yet Looker's phone rings and he answers it. "Yes...I see...Alright, tell them to be at the station close to the commercial district." Looker hangs up the phone. "Good news, two of the four now have gym badges and are joining our investigation."

Franklin smiles, "That's good to hear. The more the better." He finishes his cup and put it down. "Now then, let's discuss a new plan of attack."