I said it once before and I'll say it again, I have gotten very attached to this story. I am very happy that people have been giving me some good ideas for future chapters. But for now, here is the next chapter.
Ash opened his eyes as he looked outside. The sun was beginning to rise from a far distance. He got up and made his way to the bathroom to get prepared for the initiation later that morning. Along the way, he felt a slight cold feeling on his cheek, but decided that it was nothing. He was informed that his initiation is at 9 sharp. He looked over a clock at it was 6:30.
After about 15 minutes of cleaning up, he got into his coat and he and Pikachu quietly made their way out. Before he reached the door, he sensed someone was waking up. He turned around and he saw Weiss slowly sitting up from her bed.
"You're up already?" She asked.
"Yeah. I've gotten used to it after a few years of sleeping up on Mt. Silver. It's gotten a thing since then." Ash whispered to Weiss, who began to lean back down onto her bed to catch a few more Z's.
"See you hopefully before the initiation." He said to her again as he walked out from the room towards the courtyard.
As he made it outside, he took a deep breath and eyed the sunrise.
"This has been one of the craziest 24 hours I've been here. I wonder what all Beacon has in store for me for this initiation." Ash said to himself.
"You're up early." Someone spoke from behind him.
"I thought I sensed your aura nearby Professor Ozpin. I usually get up for a bit of a morning exercise anyway." Ash said with a smile as he turned toward the Professor with a coffee mug in his hand.
"Well you'll definitely need it because this initiation in a couple of hours will test your skills in the Emerald Forest." Ozpin spoke before taking a sip from his mug.
"Is there anything that I will need to know for such?" Ash wondered.
"All will be made clear to you in due time. But for now, you can do your morning exercise if you need. And afterwards, why don't you join the others for breakfast?" Ozpin suggested.
"Sure thing Professor. I'll see you at the designated spot on top of the cliff soon." Ash said as he turned around and he sent out his team and they made their way towards a spot where he can train with his combat skills for a while and his Pokemon to spar for a while.
Ozpin just watched as he began his exercise with his Keyblade for a moment or two. "I hope you are the guardian that we are hoping that you will be son." Ozpin said to himself before turning around and walked towards Beacon.
After about an hour of training, Ash returned his team decided to head inside for some breakfast with his friends. As he entered the mess hall, people looked over at his direction. Now feeling slightly uncomfortable of these surroundings, he decided to take his leave and go elsewhere. But before he could take a step away from the mess hall, he felt a powerful WHOOSH beside him and saw that Ruby was right in front of him with her eyes looking up at his with a big smile on her face.
"Where did you come from?" Ash wondered with his eyes wide from shock.
"The mess hall and I just used my speed semblance to get to you in a blink of an eye. Now come on, come join us. You have got to try the pancakes." Ruby insisted as she grabbed his arm and tugged him inside.
"Okay, okay I'm coming Ruby." Ash almost yelled out as they made their way back into the mess hall. Ash looked around and saw many people looking at his general direction, and constantly felt chills running up his spine from such.
'Why are they staring at me?' He thought to himself as he sat down with Team RWBY and JNPR. As he began to eat some pancakes, which were delicious by the by, he sensed two people coming his way. He looked up and saw two girls in front of him. One of them had long brown hair and had long bunny ears. The other had a military like fashion that included long legged heel boots and she had aviator sunglasses on her head.
"Hey Velvet, hey Coco." Ruby said to the two girls, who took a seat right across from Ash.
"Hey guys, we came over here to see if the rumors about him are true." Velvet said.
"What rumors are those?" Ash wondered.
"That you're still alive, and how everybody in not one but six regions all around the world is still out looking for your ass. The word will get out, and everyone will be begging you to return to Kanto." Cooc stated.
Ash looked up with a state of shock as he eyed to two girls. He used his aura vision to see whether if they were friendly or enemies. Velvet was almost pure blue with a hint of green. Coco was mostly blue with slight yellow and green.
"I see, but I can't go back. I would be putting more people in danger if 'they' return." Ash stated as he got out of his aura vision.
"They?" Velvet asked as one of her ears twitched.
"The ones that betrayed him. They were the ones that nearly killed him." Blake spoke out from behind a book that she was reading.
"Oh." Velvet spoke with sadness.
"Attention students, would Ash Ketchum please report to the designated spot for the initiation at this time. All other students please report to the amphitheater at this time as well." Glynda's voice was heard from loud speaker.
Ash was the first to get up from the others, who looked over at him. "Well, here goes. The test of my life." Ash said to the others as he summoned his Keyblade.
As he began to walk away, Team RWBY caught up with him.
"Good luck Ash." Ruby said as he gave him a quick hug, to wish Ash returned.
"Don't be a complete embarrassment." Weiss said as he let go of Ruby.
I promise nothing Weiss." Ash said as he placed a hand on her shoulder. Weiss then felt a warm sensation flowing from the touch, but shrugged it off almost immediately.
"Go kick some ass Ash." Yang said she gave him a slight friendly punch on the shoulder.
"With pleasure." Ash said with a wide grin.
Blake then walked up and hugged him. "Be careful out there Ash." She spoke softly.
"Don't worry Blake. I will be." Ash said as he returned the hug. After they let go, Ash turned around and walked outside. Along the way, Ash couldn't shake off the feeling that Blake felt protective in his arms.
"Could she be…no it couldn't be, could it?" Ash said softly to him as he walked across the courtyard.
After about a few more minutes of walking, Ash had finally arrived to the spot where Ozpin and Glynda waited for him at the initiation.
"Welcome Ash and right on time too. Now, for many years Beacon usually holds these initiations for pairing of teams. This will not be the case for you. After you complete this test, you will be one your own." Ozpin explained.
"I understand, I'm used to it anyway." Ash said with Pikachu on his usual spot.
"Very well, Glynda if you would." Ozpin said as Glynda stepped forward.
"For this initiation, like with everyone else, you will be launched into the Emerald Forest and you and your Pokemon will fight your way towards an abandoned temple on the far side of the forest. You will collect a special relic at the end and you will guard that item as you make your way up the mountain not far past the temple. There are a few restrictions. There will be no use of flying to your destination, no teleporting, and no outside help. Break any of these rules, and you will be penalized, to the point where you will be expelled from the initiation. Do I make myself clear?" Glynda asked with slight venom in her voice that caused even Ash to sweat.
"Crystal." Ash stated.
"Pikachu." Pikachu spoke with agreement.
"Good, now take your position." Ozpin said as he showed him to a launcher next to him. Ash looked at it and stood on it.
"You might want to get inside for this buddy." Ash spoke to Pikachu, who nodded as he went inside his bag.
Ash summoned his Keyblade and had taken a stance on it, ready to be launched into the forest. After Ozpin pressed a button, a clicking sound heard and Ash growled with a smile as he was fired into the sky. While still airborne, Ash pulled out his Poke Balls and sent out his team, with Pikachu jumping out from his bag joining the others. He looked around and saw a tree to which can help with his descend. He used his Keyblade as a hook and he swung on the branch and landed on his feet flat on the ground with his team following behind. Avalugg landed with a powerful thud that caused an earthquake to happen that even ones at Beacon felt inside.
"Let's go." Ash ordered his team as they made their way towards the temple.
Meanwhile back at Beacon, Team RWBY, JNPR, Coco and Velvet were sitting together as they watched Ash and his team begin the initiation on the big screen in the amphitheater.
"Let's see what Ketchum has in store for us." Coco said as she leaned back.
"I haven't seen him in action since we met him. I bet it's gonna be good." Ruby said as she watched with a smile.
Back in the forest, Ash and his team were fighting off multiple Grimms along the way, to the point where he saw new ones. One that caught his eye was a gigantic flying Grimm that was using its feathers as long range attacks.
"REFLEGA!" Ash shouted as he created a barrier around him. After the impact, the barrier shot off light attacks that came into contact with other Grimm around him. He looked over his team and he smiled as he saw them showing no mercy to the other Grimm around him.
The people at Beacon were amazed at his performance.
"Dips on not fighting that guy." Someone from another team spoke.
"Oh come on Dove, I can take him, he's just an amateur." His leader spoke.
After finally reaching a clearing with his team, he saw the temple.
"Finally, now let's see what we got." Ash said as they made their way down the cliff and into the temple. He looked at the relic on a pedestal. Ash raised an eyebrow at what was there.
"A chess piece? Really?" Ash wondered. He just shrugged it off and he continued on. But before he can continue, he heard loud screeching and growling from behind. He couldn't sense them due to them not having auras.
"I got this one guys, be meaning to show this off for a while." Ash said with a sinister grin on his face.
"ASH WHAT ARE YOU DOING!?" Blake screamed out as others were yelling at him to stop as well.
"He's gonna kill himself." Yang yelled with worry as she grabbed her head with fright.
"Oh I can't bear to watch." Ruby said as she covered her eyes and look away.
"WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU THINKING KETCHUM!?" Weiss shouted as she held her heart as it was beating fast.
Ash stopped in front of the slowly moving Grimm with the same grin. "Oh, what's that? You want your treat?" Ash asked as a targeting technique appeared in his mind that was targeting the incoming Grimm. (You'll want to play Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep if you want to know what I'm talking about. Shotlock Commands.) He threw his Keyblade into the air and it began to morph into a gigantic Keyblade Cannon that landed on his shoulder, causing his viewers to have their jaws open wide from the sight, Coco's especially, who usually never freaks out.
"Didn't say 'please.'" Ash spoke as he fired a giant ball of energy from the cannon. Upon impact, a gigantic explosion occurred and most of the Grimm disintegrated from it. Ash fired another round at the other Grimm's heading his way. They, too, disintegrated from the explosion. As the smoke settled around him and in the sky, the Keyblade Cannon morphed back into its previous state and Ash threw it behind his shoulder.
"Piece of cake bitches." Ash said with a grin as his team followed.
Upon reaching the finish line, Ash met up with Ozpin and Glynda. Ash showed them the chess piece to Ozpin.
"Congratulations Ash. Come join us at the amphitheater for your recognition." Ozpin said as they led him onto a waiting paladin to take him back to Beacon.
Upon arrival, there was an explosion of cheers as Ash entered with Ozpin and Glynda in front of him. They made their way to the stage, and Ozpin turned to him.
"Ashton Ketchum, you have successfully collected the White King piece. From this day forward, you and your Pokemon shall be recognized as our Keyblade Guardian. You will be put into selected classes here to better prepare you for future missions and other Grimm invasions" Ozpin said to Ash as everyone applauded for an outstanding performance.
Ash was about to walk outside before he was stopped by Team RWBY.
"THAT WAS AWESOME ASH!" Yang yelled as she threw her arms around his neck.
"Don't ever do that scary ending again, please?" Ruby asked him as she hugged his arm.
"I have to admit, that was amazing." Weiss said with a smile.
Blake waited for Yang to let go of him so she could hug him again. When she finally had her chance, she flung her arms around him.
"It definitely looks like this is gonna be an...interesting stay here." Ash said as he returned the hug to Blake.
"Pika Pikachu." Pikachu said in agreement.
Meanwhile on the southwest part of Vale, a man in a white suite with feathered hat and holding a cane was staring at a map. One of his goons approached him with a case.
"Open it." He ordered him. The goon opened the case with a crowbar and it showed freshly mined dust crystals from within.
"Report on the movement from the Emerald Forest." He said once again as he looked at the dust.
"All the creatures of Grimm were completely destroyed sir. We have never seen this man before, but by the look of his weapon of choice, the rumors of the Keyblades existence were true." The goon spoke.
The man turned around with horror. "WHAT! DID! YOU! JUST! SAY!?" The man spoke.
"The creatures of Grimm in the forest were destroyed by what appears to be…a Keyblade." The goon answered as he slowly backed away.
The man growled as he looked towards the map with so much anger.
"We're gonna need more men." He growled as he clutched his cane hard.
AND WRAP THAT UP AND GIVE IT TO A GREAT STORY BECAUSE IT'S DONE! Okay so let me take a look at some of the reviews...HOLY SHIT YOU GUYS ARE THINKING OF SOME GOOD PEOPLE TO ADD TO THE HAREM, with the inclusion of one questionable person! I decided to include 6-8 people into the harem. I did get some good ideas that I will take into consideration. But for now, I decided to let it be a surprise for you guys. I hope you like the initiation. My next chapter will hopefully be up before or during Thanksgiving break. I am working on my other story Amour Vs. Shinra as well, which is very difficult by the by, but then again you can't rush art. See you guys at around Thanksgiving. TheDrock900 is signing out.