You know the drill.
"Talking"
'Thinking'
"Pokedex"
Pokemon Moves
'Telepathy'
Flashback
"Singing"
Disclaimer: I don't own Pokemon or RWBY since they are owned by their respective creators.
Chapter:17 To Menagerie
In a ship in the middle of the ocean, there stood Blake in her new outfit.
She is now wearing a long white tailcoat with dark violet inner lining and a sleeveless black crop top, as well as a belt attached from behind. The crop top has rectangular and diamond-shaped cutouts around the neckline, which have purple outlines. Additionally, she wears a white belt over black fitted pants.
Across her torso is a diagonal strap that has a smaller magnetic clip on the back, which is used to sheathe Gambol Shroud. She wears thigh-high black heeled boots with gold-colored edging around the top. The left boot has a belt wrapped twice around the thigh. Each boot bears her Belladonna emblem in white on the outer side of the thigh, and a white pouch is attached to the back of her belt.
She is currently resting her hands on the rail and stares out at the ocean. She blinks and looks over her right shoulder, somewhat startled. Two kids laugh over a joke. Blake almost smiles and turns to look back at the ocean.
"Traveling alone?" Blake jump in fright as she went for the hilt of her weapon, but calmed down when she saw that it was the Captain.
"Now, now, no threat here. Just here to chat," The Captain said as he raises his arms in a reassuring manner.
Blake hesitated but quickly relaxes her posture and rolled her eyes, "And why is that?"
The Captain lowers his arms and then twists to lean idly onto the rail. "Well, not many people travel by boat on their own. It can be quite a lonely voyage. But I found those that do tend to have the more... interesting stories."
Blake turned away from the captain and said, "Maybe it's just... better for some people to be alone."
The two kids run behind Blake laughing and she gasps again, not expecting the noise behind her. She turns and blinks at them trying to reset her calm.
The Captain laugh and said, "Maybe, but with your paranoia, I think a few friendly faces wouldn't hurt."
"Who says I'm paranoid?!" Blake denied it as the captain laughed again.
"No one, dear, no one. I'll leave you be," He was about to leave but stops. "But uh, fair warning: these trips can be awfully boring."
The Captain continues on his way and Blake stares after him. Once he's gone, she turns and looks at the ground for a few seconds before reaching up and undoing her bow.
"Mmm," Blake mused as she looked at her ribbin on her hand. "Won't be needing this."
She then let the ribbon go as it was carried to the air, and landed on the waters below. As she went inside, she didn't notice a hooded figure watching her nor a pair of eyes watching from above.
In the small village of Patch, home of Ruby Rose and Yang Xiao Long, said blonde is sitting on a green couch. She looks at the stack of three books on her right and instead picks up the remote control to her left. With a click, the projected scene comes on, revealing a news segment from the VBC channel.
Glynda Goodwitch is shown unsuccessfully piecing together a building, and Shori having Teresa the Rapidash carry a cart of building supplies. Across the bottom of the screen, it reads: BEACON INACCESSIBLE.
"...with no end in sight. Try as they might, the local Huntsmen and Huntresses can't seem to get a hold of the situation at Beacon Academy." A reporter said as Yang clicks the remote. As the next reporter speaks, the large lettering across the screen are slowly revealed backward, from the perspective of someone facing Yang. It reads: CCT Repairs "Underway". The subheading reads: Atlas officials working on solution, but not optimistic.
"...though the fail-safes have supported wireless communication within the kingdom, the loss of the CCT Tower continues to prevent contact with the outside world. Talks with Atlas officials regarding repairs have so far—" Yang clicks again, cutting off the reporter and bringing up yet another news segment. A horned anchorman speaks above the caption: Sending Citizens Home. The corner caption has the logo for VOX News.
"...Vale council voted this week to continue to ban any air traffic that does not have a direct correlation with evacuation. The council has made it clear that they feel—" Yang clicks again. Her eyes widen and she sits up.
""Multiple rumors continue to circulate as to who was behind the attacks at the Vytal Festival Tournament." The screen shows a female anchor and the VNN logo. The caption below her reads: WHITE FANG MEMBER, ADAM TAURUS, PRESENT DURING BEACON GRIMM ATTACK.
""While no one knows for sure, officials have confirmed that high-ranking White Fang member, Adam Taurus..." It then showed the image of Blake and Yang's attacker appears on the screen at his name being spoken. ""...was present for the attack. Any and all attempts to bring him into custody have been met with brutal force—"
Yang turns the news off. She sits there holding the remote, and a door clicks open.
"I'm home!" She heard Tai's voice calling out to her as she sets the remote down and leans her head backward on the couch, looking up at the newcomer that way.
"Hey, Dad," Yang said as she saw Tai have three boxes and two bags with him.
"Guess what came in today!" Tai said as he closed the door behind him and went to the living room.
"What?" Yang asked.
"I can't wait for you to try this," Taiyang said as he walks into another room to unload, while on the couch Yang looks somewhat interested. Taiyang returns, carrying one long white box and a single letter. He sets it on the coffee table in front of Yang, revealing the Kingdom of Atlas symbol on the box and a familiar name on the letter. She looks at the two and doesn't move.
She looked at the letter and saw Shori's name on it, but she was curious on the box.
"Well?" Tai look at her with anticipation.
"It's... for me?" Yang questioned.
Yang lifts the lid off the box to reveal a robotic right arm. Yang looks it over, somewhat wide-eyed while her father gushes. She blinks and her eyes droop a bit, revealing she's more distressed than pleased.
"Brand new, state of the art Atlas tech. You know, I thought I was gonna have to pull some strings, call in a few favors, but you earned this one all on your own, kiddo," Tai said as Yang look up confused.
"Huh?"
"Before I could even talk to him, General Ironwood already had one of his top scientists working on this, for you. He wanted me to tell you that you fought admirably. You should be proud of yourself," Tai said with utmost pride for his daughter but Yang didn't say anything. "Well? You going to try it on?"
"I uh... I'm not feeling too great right now. Maybe later?" Yang said as Tai deflates a bit and puts his hand to the back of his neck as he sighs and considers how best to respond.
"Well, alright," Tai said as Yang gets up and walks up the stairs, Tai giving her an encouraging smile as she passes in front of him. She pauses partway up the steps, turning in his direction.
"Thanks, Dad," Yang said as she continues upstairs as a visibly disheartened Taiyang bows his head.
Later, Yang sweeps the porch, adept at it with one arm. She pauses to wipe her brow and sigh. The next scene shows her getting mail out of the mailbox at the end of their driveway. Lastly, she's in the kitchen, rinsing a glass. As she lifts it out of the sink, it slips out of her fingers and she gasps.
When it hits the floor and breaks, it triggers a flashback. Against the blackness there's a gray slash moving from upper left to bottom right and the red markings from Adam's mask glow while the sound of a sword loudly resonates. In the kitchen, Yang rears back with a cry.
She clings to the countertop and pants, out of breath due to fright.
Her fist comes down against the countertop, and Yang gets herself under control.
From the doorway, Taiyang watches with concern before turning away without saying a word.
Unbeknownst to the two blondes, a pair of eyes watch then from outside along with another pair. The first noticed this and went somewhere further away.
Back with Blake, it is dusk, and the boat continues its journey on the smooth water. There is still peaceful bird cry, and Blake is once again on the middle deck looking out at the ocean. A Faunus couple walk behind her and she watches them, slightly less twitchy than before.
It's when she's about to leave that she senses she is being watched by someone on the upper deck. It's the hooded figure, and she immediately takes out Gambol Shroud.
"Who's there?!" Blake called out to the hooded figure but didn't get an answer.
The hooded figure turns and runs for it, blonde hair somewhat visible beneath the hood. Blake stares up at the deck, no longer watching the ocean. She does not notice the dorsal fins of a giant sea creature momentarily surface. However, she feels the boat rocking on the wake it created and lets out a grunt as she tries to keep her balance.
The creature's long-necked shadow looms over Blake as she turns around to face the water. Its shadow also falls on a member of the crew on duty in the crow's nest, who is looking up at it in horror.
"RED ALERT!!" The crewmember shouted as the alert immediately sounds. Two red lights next to a speaker pulse with the sound. The Captain and his First Mate come running out and look at the water from the upper deck, just above Blake. The Captain murmurs as the shadow falls over him.
"By the gods..."
The long-necked creature is revealed to be a large Sea Feilong. It has a pattern of glowing red lines along the scales of its neck, and its eyes glow yellow. The Grimm swings its head back and forth, roaring and spreading its short forearms outward.
The captain turns around and called out, "All hands to battle stations!"
"Sir, we've never fought a Grimm this big!" the First Mate said in fear.
"We've never seen something this big! But we'll give 'er a fight nonetheless!" The Captain shouted with determination.
Blake springs into action, running off the boat and into the air. She creates one of her clones to give her added upward momentum, flinging Gambol Shroud forward in its kusarigama form. Attached to the ribbon on her wrist, it embeds itself into the Grimm's neck.
Blake swings above the Grimm and shoots it in the back of its neck. It roars. Blake lands on the crow's nest while the Captain steers from the bridge.
He keeps the ship stabilized in the Grimm's wake and steps outside to get another look at it. Blake still shoots it while it arcs back into the water. The side of the ship opens up and the cannons come out.
Blake continues her assault on the sea creature, once again swinging and shooting. The ship's cannons fire but are mostly ineffective. Blake falls back onto the ship's deck, lands on her back, bounces, and quickly gets herself back onto her feet. She discovers that her left shoulder is hurt when she moves to stand.
"Hold steady men, it's not done with us yet! GET THE HEAVY CANNON LOADED!!" The Captain ordered as he steered the ship. The First Mate now felt determined and battle-ready when he heard his Captain's orders.
The largest cannon on the ship rises up through a trapdoor on the deck, extends itself, and aims at the Grimm. The Grimm's dorsal fin splits apart and extra bone unfolds, revealing two wings. The Sea Feilong lets out a roar as it flies, its beating wings sending a gush of air at the ship. Blake cries out as she hangs on with her hurt left arm.
"Heavy cannon, OPEN FIRE!" Upon the Captain's orders, the heavy cannon shoots, but the Grimm easily evades it. It opens its mouth and an electric ball forms.
Blake readies to launch herself at it, but the hooded figure lands on her head and uses her as a launch pad.
"Hey!" Blake yelled at the figure in anger.
The figure grunts and the cloak falls back, revealing Sun Wukong. Midair, he activates his energy clones.
"Sun?!" Blake shouted in shock when she saw the Monkey Faunus.
Sun and his clones land on the Grimm's head. The two clones pull on the topmost tendrils of the head while Sun grabs its upper lip.
"Not today, pal!" Sun said as the Sea Feilong releases its electric blast, it goes harmlessly into the air, rather than at the ship.
"What are you doing?!" Blake yelled at him.
"Oh, uh, you know, just...hanging out!" Sun said from atop the enraged Grimm's snout while holding onto the two tendrils his now-disappeared clones had grabbed.
The Grimm manages to get a small electrical charge around Sun and he lets go.
"Whoa-oa!" Sun shouted with fright as he flail in the air.
Blake gasps and immediately springs into action again. She jumps onto and off the railing, using Gambol Shroud's kusarigama form on the crow's nest to swing herself around and catch Sun midair. They land on nearby rocks, with her holding him bridal style.
"My hero!" Sun said while putting his hands on his heart.
"You're not supposed to be here!" Blake yelled at the Monkey Faunus angrily.
"Yeah!? Well, it looks like you can use all the help you can get!" Sun rebutted.
Blake glares at him and then rolls her eyes.
"Ugh," She then drops him and said. "Just shut up and fight!"
She runs toward the ship in the water, where the Grimm is firing electric blasts at it. Sun is on the ground, striking a pose on his side with his hand propping up his head.
"Yes, ma'am!" Sun shouted to her.
On the ship, the Captain is steering while two of his crew are looking at displays.
"Starboard defenses are down, sir!" The First Mate said.
"We still got the heavy cannon?" The Captain asked.
"Aye, but it's moving too fast! We can't land a hit!" The crewmember said.
"Argh. How about the engines?"
"Fully functional, Captain!" The First Mate said.
"Well alright, then!"
On the deck, Blake is preparing to counter a hit from the Grimm's electric blast, but Sun jumps in between with a laugh of triumph. He uses Ruyi Bang and Jingu Bang to deflect it and lands on the heavy cannon, resting his staff on his shoulder with a crooked grin.
"Huntsmen!"
Sun and Blake turn to the man who has come out onto the upper deck calling them, and saw that it was the Captain.
"If you can clip its wings and draw it out towards the bow, we could take it!" The Captain said.
Blake turns away from the Captain to look up at Sun.
"I mean, you're the one with the swords," Sun said as Blake groan.
But they suddenly hear a familiar cry and saw a brown blur impact the Sea Feilong's head and stuns it. Blake got a clearer look and saw that it was Fox the Staraptor.
"Hey! It's Professor Stjerne's giant bird," Sun said as the crew look at the Predator Pokemon in wonder and hope.
"Well lets go then," Blake said as she looked to Fox and saw him nod to her.
Sun spins his weapon back into a holstered position and runs toward the Grimm.
"Now or never," Sun said as he activates three clones and jumps into the air. The first clone springs Blake upward to the second clone, which does the same. The third clone swings her up. Sun waits, laughing and opening up his arms, but then loses his smile in confusion.
"Huh?"
Blake, instead going towards him, got grabbed by Fox by her shoulders amd the two went higher to the air. High above the Sea Feilong, she begins her descent, avoiding the electric blasts it shoots at her. She runs down its right wing, slicing through the thin membrane, and is followed by a Brave Bird to its head by Fox.
Sun smirks as he waits for her on the rock she's readying to land on and catches her. The impact causes the rock surface to crack around them while he's left holding her bridal style. Blake smiles at him until he speaks.
"This is the part where you say it," Blake could only turn away and groan.
The Grimm moves around them, causing the precarious rocky area to collapse. Blake is on the move again, leaving Sun behind.
"Okay, maybe later!" Sun said as he jumps off the collapsing rock unto Fox's back. The Sea Feilong flies after them, knocking rocks down as he goes. The Captain watches from the bridge through a spyglass before throwing a handle and increasing the boat's speed. It sails beside the destructive Grimm, keeping apace.
Fox kept up his face with Sun on his back, avoiding the Grimm's attacks until one more move puts them directly in front of its open mouth. Blake swings in on her ribbon and gets them out of reach. The Grimm prepares a blast to get them both in one shot when it is impaled by the bowsprit of the boat.
"Fire!" The Captain commanded his crew.
The heavy cannon fires and hits the Grimm dead on. Its upper half is blasted to pieces, and it dies immediately. The Captain, the First Mate and the crew member all cheer. The cheer is upheld by the passengers on the ship who also join in with applause. On their rock, Sun celebrates while Blake smiles and lowers her head in relief with Fox.
"Ha-ha!" Sun laugh in joy as he faced Blake and raised his hand for a high five. "Up top!"
Blake could glare at him while Fox shook his head in disapproval.
"Eh?" Sun wiggled his hand with a grin.
With a cry, Blake swings her arm around to slap him in the face. He rears back in slow-motion as the sound of her hand making contact with his flesh.
In the background, Fox snickered to this as it reminds him of Shori and Seier.
It is nighttime on the middle deck of the ship. Blake is at the railing again, only this time facing sideways and Fox perching beside her.
"Seriously, it was no big deal!" Sun is revealed to be talking to two of the Faunus passengers. "Just enjoy the rest of your trip and everything will be cool! We got this!"
The two Faunus, a male with horns and a female with rabbit ears who we saw earlier, wave goodbye and turn away. Sun struts over to Blake.
"You'd think they'd never seen a fight before," Sun said.
"What are you doing here, Sun?" Blake asked/demanded.
"Diggin' the new outfit, by the way!" Sun complimented as he then points to her Faunus ears, but Blake slap it away.
"Sun!"
"Geez!"
"Have you been following me?!" Sun then had the decency to look bashful in front of her.
"I saw you run off. The night Beacon Tower fell. Once we landed in Vale, you made sure everyone was okay. And then you just took off, without saying anything."
Blake frown and said, "I had to. You wouldn't understand."
Sun was about to say something, but he saw Fox looking at him that says 'Don't say something stupid', and starts thinking what to say.
"No, I get it! The moment you left, I knew exactly what you were doing!" Sun finally said as Blake smiled. "I did hear that this ship is going to a place called Menagerie right? So you must be going home then, I did hear that its an island with only Faunuses right?"
Sun glanced to Fox very quickly and felt relieved that he nods.
Fox learned so much about women since his trainer is female.
"Yeah I am, I am just sorting things out there you know, almost after everything that happened," Blake said.
"Yeah, I still can't believe that it happened, it was peace time they say, but this happens," Sun frowned when he remembered all of the destruction and casualties that happened. "So I thought I should come with you, power in numbers right?"
Blake smiled and said, "You could say that."
Fox called out his name in agreement.
Blake then faced the Predator Pokemon and asked, "What are you even doing here?"
Fox grab something underneath his wing and showed them a rolled up paper.
Blake took and reads everything, "So Miss Professor Suesei sent you to me to look out for me?"
Fox nods in acknowledgement.
"Well that makes us three. I mean wow, I already saw you guys in action but I am excited to see more," Sun commented as Fox smiled at the Monkey Faunus.
The ship then continued to their destination as they await for their arrival to come.
Far, far away, in a lone mountain with storm clouds raging on its peak and a single entrance below it. A ethereal glow is being emitted in the entrance and a mysterious figure walk out of it with a familiar blue instrument on its back.
It looks around confused till it says a single word.
"Pichu?"
And that is it for this chapter.
I am so happy for this story to continue onward, despite the low likes and follows that it is getting, but I am still determined to do this story since the very beginning that my story keeps failing.
I am still young and new to this, despite being here for 4 years, but I am getting used to making stories and the contents it has.
And for now. Another OC Profile! This time is Shori.
OC Profile:
Name: Shori Suesei
Age: 22
Height: 5'7
Weapon: Fury (Hook Blade/Flamethrower)
Semblance: Rejuvenation
Description:
Heals an ally by a mere touch.
Occupation: Unemployed
Previous Occupation: Champion of Kanto; Pokemon Study Professor.
Birthday: August 12
Relatives:
Seier Suesei (Formerly Stjerne) (Wife)
Soon-to-be child
Pokemons: (Bold means Mega)
Rash/Venusaur- Gender: Male- Nature: Sassy- Ability: Overgrow/ Thick Fat- Moves: Razor Leaf, Poison Powder, Synthesis, Frenzy Plant
Alpha/Pidgeot- Gender: Male- Nature: Rash- Ability: Keen Eye/ No Guard- Moves: Fly, Wing Attack, Aerial Ace, Quick Attack
OWO/Gyarados- Gender: Female- Nature: Timid- Ability: Intimidate/ Mold Breaker- Moves- Dragon Dance, Surf, Bite, Ice Beam
Peach/Victreebel- Gender: Female- Nature: Careful- Ability: Chlorophyll- Moves: Return, Sludge Bomb, Razor Leaf, Giga Drain
Voltus/Raichu- Gender: Male- Nature: Hasty- Ability: Static- Moves: Thunder, Thunderbolt, Double Team, Shock Wave
Teresa/Rapidash- Gender: Female- Nature: Quiet- Ability: Flash Fire- Moves: Secret Power, Flamethrower, Bounce, Stomp
That is it for now. Vic out Peace.