I'm still doing this series, I just started I'm not stopping anytime soon. Let's see on the reviews…
From JAF on CH7: Really good read. I like the comedy that appears every now and then as well as the social interactions between characters. I gotta admit. I'm not into reading OCs in fanfiction as they make the story even more complicated, but I like how you added your OCs with the great potential of character development; like Heather with her personality and Dark woth his problems with his father and the distinct lack of a mother. Great potential and I hope to read again from you soon.
Okay, I'm definitely continuing this series because if someone like this likes this series this much, I'm not stopping.
(Pokémon World)
It has been over a year since Ash Ketch'em passed away, everyone seemed better. They didn't simply forget him, but they thought that he wouldn't want them to just keep moaning about loosing him. If anything, he'd want them to always remember him and never forget about him in their hearts. Unfortunately, Pikachu was never the same after that day.
He wished that that day had never happened and that they had never went to Kalos to begin with, if anything, he at least hope that when Ash left… he would go with him. He was his best friend from the very beginning, and now, he felt like he had nothing left to live for. All he wanted to see him, one last time.
He was out in the field right next to the stream. He was staring down with a sad face, he was in the final stage of grief. And that was acceptance. He needed to move on and get himself back together, he needed to accept the fact that Ash is dead now and finally be rid of all this depression. He was still having trouble though, accepting you best friend's death was not an easy one and would take some time.
He was about to leave… then a light flashed by the stream, getting his attention. "Do you wish to meet him again?" A familiar voice spoke as he looked at it confused. "Do you wish to meet him again?" The voice then asked again.
He then wondered what it meant… then finally thought he understood what it meant. He nodded his head yes… "Very well then." The voice then said as the light then engulfed him.
(Remnant)
Initiation was done and over with and the teams were assembled, and everyone was heading to their dorms now. Team RWBY was just across from JNPR and SHAD was next-door to RWBY. In the dorm of SHAD, the team were getting ready for bed, Heather was somewhat annoyed she didn't get to be the leader but, she had to deal with it for now.
Ash and Derek had their jacket/sweat-tee off and were in bed ready to catch some Z's. "Today was awesome." Derek said in his undershirt.
"Yeah, it was pretty cool. I mean, unexpected, but cool." Ash stated.
"You know it man. And you, you deserve this man, good job." The grey-haired kid then said to his leader.
"Thanks, I should be congratulating you guys. You did make it as well." Shard then said to them.
"Dude, you threw a Goliath off a cliff, that thing had to be ten times the size and weight of a car. You my man are awesome, an't that right Heaths."
Heather just looked at her friend and said… "Yeah, I told him was impressive. You want me to give him an award or something?"
"Okay, okay." He then said.
She just sighed and began taking off her vest, making Ash and Shard freak while covering their eyes. "HEY! We have bathrooms for a reason!" Ash yelled.
"I'm not getting changed, nimrods. I'm just taking off my vest… idiots." She said annoyed.
The two took their hands away from their faces and sighed in relief. "Yeah, that was my reaction when she did that too." Derek stated.
Then Shard took off both his along with his shirt showing his muscles while stretching. "Oh, sure. You freak out when I take my vest off, but he takes his off with his shirt and you're alright with it?" She then asked annoyed.
"Well, technically it's not a big deal for us since we're guys. And you did just make a point not to judge when they're just taking off their vest." The gray-haired boy pointed out as she just groaned.
"Well, I guess as leader; first order of business is to get to some rest for tomorrow." Shard said to his group.
"That's not an order of business, that's just ordering us to go to sleep." Heather then said annoyed again.
"Ignore her, she can be like this sometimes." Derek stated as his friend just sighed, undid her ponytail and went to bed.
"I am tired though, see you tomorrow." Ash said as he laid down.
"Yeah, goodnight." Shard then said as he headed for his bed.
Just as they were about to sleep, Derek's scroll went off. He took a look at it, scowled at who it was. "Someone calling?" Ash asked.
"N-no, just a telemarketer." The gray-haired boy said as he declined the call then went to bed.
Ash decided not to question it and went to bed himself. He had a team again, a team of friends… well, two friends and one potential one. Having a team of people was different for him, but he was in a different world so he had to get used to it. Course though, Weiss wasn't with him this time. With said girl, she also seemed to feel strange since she was used to be around Ash. She remembered what happened about a month ago.
(Flashback)
"You really don't have to do this for me Weiss, I'm sure I can just find a job somewhere." Ash told his friend.
"No way, you are in another world where things might not be the same, so I'll help for the time being until you can get used to Remnant, okay?" She said to him as he just nodded and they walked into a motel. "Excuse me, can we get a room?" The girl she asked didn't respond and kept her eyes to her book. "Hello!?"
"Huh? Wha…?" The girl at the counter said as she looked over to them.
"Ugh, I asked if we could get a room." The white-haired girl then said annoyed.
"Oh, sorry." She then looked at them then put her book away embarrassed. "Would you like a single, or…?" She asked them.
"Double, double, definitely double." Weiss said with a blush as she shuffled an inch away from Ash.
"Okay, we're out of singles anyway so…" The woman then stated.
"Alright, well, thank you for…" The boy was about to say until…
"Oh, sorry again. I read it wrong, we're out of doubles. The only rooms left are singles." She stated as their mouths dropped. "Sorry…" She said with a cringed face.
They just looked at each other for a second before deciding. "Fine, we'll take a single then, I guess." Weiss stated both annoyed and uncomfortable that they weren't gonna have two beds.
(In the room)
"Sorry, Weiss." He said to his friend.
"Don't be sorry, if anything thank me. You would be a homeless if I didn't find you." She stated.
"Uh… okay, thanks." He stated with a smile. "You know, if you want I could just sleep on the floor." He offered.
"Absolutely, not. I didn't buy a room for us so that you could sleep on the ground like a hobo." She argued.
"Whoa, okay. Fine, fine." He said as he waved his hands in defense.
"Just… stay on your side of the bed." She said while trying to hide a blush.
"Alright, will do." He stated as the ice-queen went to go get change.
(Later that night)
They were in the bed trying to get some rest, but for Weiss, she was having trouble sleeping. She never did something like help a dimension hopper from another then to be in the same bed as him, it was strange and she was unable to shut her eyes. She wondered what her sister would think of this situation and also wondered: If he died in his universe and came to Remnant, were there gonna be others?
She didn't want to think about it though, instead she tried to get some sleep again. Then she could've sworn she heard heavy breathing. She turned over and saw that Ash seemed to be breathing weird, then she realized that he sounded as though he was crying. She turned him over and saw that his shut eyes were soaked with tears.
She didn't understand, was he having a bad dream? A nightmare? She couldn't control herself and had to hug him. After her arms wrapped around him, he seemed to start breathing normally. She didn't move, instead she just stayed there and comforted him.
She didn't understand but she didn't feel like she wanted to leave at all, she instead adjusted herself to a more comfortable position, and slept with her head on his shoulder. A small smile forming on her face as she let the world of sleep take her away.
(Flashback over)
Weiss remembered it all too well, luckily, she managed to wake up before he did. She felt sly since she did manage to get away with sleeping with him that night… however, it was also the first night she ever slept with a boy. It was, strange… yet felt really good. She needed to get some sleep though, then tomorrow it was time for classes.
(The next day)
Ash woke up and got out of bed, he looked around and saw that everyone else was still asleep. That was a good thing, this allowed him to figure out how he was gonna get food for his Pokémon. He did the best he could and managed to sneak out without anyone noticing, then he headed down to the cafeteria. He took notice that there were other students in the cafe while he was down this, but that didn't keep him from managing to sneak food away and outside.
"Come out, Greninja." He said quietly as he released his Pokémon while he was in the bushes. "Okay, we don't have much time. This is all I managed to sneak away from the cafeteria, have some, quickly." He said as he pulled out a bunch of food that he snagged from the cafeteria.
Greninja looked at the food then nodded before chowing down. "Alright, class should be starting soon. I don't have much time before you have to go back to your Pokeball, one day Remnant might have to know of the existence of Pokémon, but not now. Okay?" He asked as the Pokémon looked at him and nodded.
(A few minutes later back at the dorm)
Everyone was just getting up from bed, all seemed well rested. They all seemed to have good night sleep, all ready for the day. "Good morning, Team SHAD!" Shard said as he rose from his bed.
"Woohoo!" Derek said as he seemed psyched.
"Yeah, cool." Heather said groggy.
"Morning everyone." Ash then said as they all saw that he seemed to already be awake.
"Huh? Wait a minute, did you get up before us?" The fox boy asked confused.
"Well, yeah. I'm usually an early riser." The cap wearer stated.
"You get up early?... every morning?" The girl asked confused.
"Of course, is that a problem?" He asked.
"Not really, I didn't say you could get up at a certain time." The fox boy stated.
"So, it's okay for you guys?"
"Eh, the early bird gets the worm. It's okay in my book." Derek stated as well.
"As long as you don't wake me up, or watch me sleep, I'll be fine." Heather then told him.
"Okay then, if you want to get breakfast the cafeteria is still open." He then told them.
"You went to get food, no fair man." The grey-haired boy said annoyed.
"I'm sorry, but I didn't think you'd be okay with me getting you up." He explained.
"Yeah, I guess I understand. Any who, we should probably get ready. We got some classes with the other teams today and…" Shard stated as he took out a book.
"Hold the phone, we still have to unpack. I got some things to get out of my suitcase." Heather then cut him off.
"Yes, but we might not have time, so I thought we could unpack after class. I mean with the combination of having breakfast, then having a class at 9, along with the fact…" The fox boy was explaining as he got cut off again.
"Alright… I got the message." She then stopped him putting her hand in the air.
(Later at their last class)
The team's last class was about Grimm, and with a man named Peter Port, or to the students; Professor Port. They were with the other teams as well, Team RWBY sat close up front to the right, and JNPR was more further away. Ruby was sleeping, Yang seemed bored, Blake was just listening, and Weiss was writing down notes. JNPR was further away so it was hard to tell what they were doing, although one could say that Jaune seemed like one of the bored ones.
As for their team Ash listening closely, seeming interested in the lesson about some of the types of Grimm in the world. Though he was given some knowledge, he wasn't given much information and learning was just exciting… sometimes. Derek was bored and having trouble staying awake, Heather was also jotting down notes, while Shard just shared the same bored expression as Yang.
"Monsters! Demons… Prowlers of the night. Yes, the creatures of Grimm have many names. But I, merely refer to them as prey. Hu-hah! Haha." Port then finished saying as Ruby and Derek's eyes jumped open at his poor attempt of a joke, and everyone in the class was just silent.
"Uh… Ahaha, ah…" Ash faked laughed so he didn't sound rude.
"… *Sigh*, one's enough." The man muttered to himself as he was gonna continue. 'Least he has his politeness.' "And you shall too, upon graduating from this prestigious academy." He then said as he continued. "Now as I was saying, Vale, as well as the other three kingdoms, are safe havens in an otherwise treacherous world. Our planet is absolutely teeming with creatures that would love nothing more than to tear you to pieces. And that's where we come in." He said while pacing around the room.
"Huntsman! Huntresses…" He then said clicking his tough which made Yang uncomfortable. "Individuals who have sworn to protect those who cannot protect themselves. From what you ask? Why… the very world!" He then then pumping his hand in the air.
"Eyyyy-YEAH!" A random student just up and said.
"That is what you are training to become. But first, a story. A tale of a young, handsome man. Me. When I was a boy…" He said as to most students he faded into blahs in the background.
"Man, this is so boring. I can see why this one's last." Derek whispered.
"SHH!" Heather then said annoyed.
"I hear ya, Professor Goodwitch's class was way more exciting." Shard then said.
"It's not that bad, some of this is actually interesting." Ash stated as he was listening.
"You say that, but it's gonna be the one class I don't want to go…" Derek was just saying until he was interrupted.
"SHH! Some of us are trying focus here." Heather quietly yelled at them.
"Despite smelling of cabbages, my grandfather was a wise man. 'Peter', he told me…" Port was saying.
"Seriously, now he's talking about vegetables? Okay, I'm out." The grey-haired boy said as he turned invisible, but his friend grabbed his collar in time. "Oh, come on!" He quietly yelled.
"You're not skipping class, I'm not getting a bad grade because you don't find it interesting." She said to him as he turned back.
"As much as I hate to go against one of you guys, she's got a point, even if this class is a drag." Shard then said as his ears dropped in annoyance.
"Okay, maybe it's a little boring, but it's also pretty interesting." Ash then stated.
"They get it." She then said.
"Ahem!" Port then cleared his throat to regain attention. "In the end the Beowolf was no match for my sheer tenacity. And I returned to my village with the beast in captivity and my head held high. Celebrated, as a hero." He then finished as he bowed.
"How bout' we head down to Vale after school? I mean, we can do some team bonding, and get to know each other." Shard suggested.
"Sure, got to get to know my bros if I'm gonna be hang'n with'em for the next… uh?" Derek then trailed off forgetting how many years.
"Four years." Heather reminded him.
"Four years, yeah."
"…Uh…" Ash was thinking about saying something, but he didn't.
"What's up dude?" The fox boy asked.
"Nothing, it's just… I don't feel comfortable talking about my past." He then said to them.
"Hey, we don't need to talk about our past. Just about what's been happening like… a few weeks ago, or something? I don't know." Derek then stated.
"Yes, yes! After school, talk about crap that happened weeks ago, okay, can we focus now!?" Heather then quietly yelled at them annoyed.
"Team SHAD!" Port then said catching their attention. "Pay attention. You four can remain here after class." He then said as the whole class went 'Ooooooooooh', while the team just looked at him with different expressions; surprised, annoyed, shocked, and surprised.
(After class)
The team had spent over half an hour enduring addition lectures from their teacher after what they did in class, then they were finally allowed to go. "Half an hour dealing with more of that class, I can't take it anymore!" Derek said annoyed as they entered the hall.
"Well, it was because of you guys talking we had to stay after class. So help me if I get a bad grade because of you…" Heather was scolding them as she put the grey-haired boy in a choke hold.
"Hey, calm down, it's over." Shard tried to tell them.
"And you! You're supposed to be our leader, all you and he have done was encourage this idiot's behavior!" She then said pointing at Ash then Derek.
"Hey!" They then said annoyed.
"Okay, I'm not good at this leader thing. And for the record, I didn't expect to become a leader on a team." The fox boy said in protest.
"Yeah, cut him some slack." Derek then said in defense.
"Okay, I can see that we're not exactly having a good first day. You know what? Maybe Shard is right, we might need that walk downtown in Vale." Ash then suggested. "Go take a walk, get some fresh air, maybe go get something to eat, and get to know each other."
"Yeah, we've barely spent some time together despite being a team and whatnot. So, whose up for it?" The fox boy asked his teammates.
"I'm down." The grey-haired boy stated.
"Me too." The cap wearer then said.
"Hang on, it's already late and we agreed to unpack back at the room." Heather then came in.
"So? We can unpack tomorrow if we don't have time today." Derek then said as he threw his arm around her shoulders only to be shoved back. "Come on, Heaths. I know you're upset that you're not the leader, but that doesn't mean you have to a jerk to the rest of the team."
"Yeah, let's get into our usually clothes then meet at the front of the school for a night down in Vale." Shard stated.
"Ugh, wow. Boys." She then said annoyed. "Fine, I'll go with you. I have nothing better to do since they're not giving us anything to study for yet." She then said as she walked off.
"Okay. Well, I guess I'll meet you guys at the front of the school then." Shard then said again as they agreed.
(Several minutes later at area with the bullheads)
"Honestly guys, I needed this. I felt like I wanted to pass out during that class." Derek said while stretching as he was walking with the other two boys.
"Heh, we get it Derek, you don't like Port's class." Shard then stated.
"I see you guys are getting along well." Heather then surprised the three since she appeared to be there first.
Shard and Ash both looked confused at this. "Wait, how'd you get here before us? I'm pretty sure we were…" The fox boy asked.
"What? I'm a fast changer. You got a problem with it?" She then asked annoyed.
"No, it's just surprising." He then retorted.
"Come on, let's get going." Derek then said impatiently.
The four then got on the Bullhead and were ready to head off but as they sat down, Derek got a call on his scroll again, scowling after looking at it again and hanging up then putting it on silent. "Uh…?" Ash was about to ask.
"Telemarketer, that's all you need to know." He quickly answered which left the cap wearer baffled.
He just shrugged it off. It was supposed to be a night to relax so, he didn't feel like asking him about something his teammate didn't want to talk about. It was time for some team bonding… or at least, time for some relaxing. Only two members of the team seemed to be stressed, that is if you count Shard who seemed to be having a hard time being the leader.
(At a café in Vale)
It wasn't too hard to find somewhere to eat, even if the first café they found didn't allow Faunus. "Man, I don't understand why people gotta do that to us." Shard said annoyed.
"Well, you wanna blame someone? Maybe blame the White Fang, they are kind of ruining your species' reputation." Derek stated.
"Yeah, but this has been going on even before they existed. I mean, I hate the White Fang, but we weren't really treated as equals in the past." The fox boy stated.
"I get that, but there are some of us who don't mind a Faunus being around. Take us for example, you're our leader, you're a Faunus, and do we have a problem with it?" The grey-haired boy said as he held his arms out. "See? We're okay with it." He then put his arms down.
"I would've thought there would be more discrimination with the White Fang doing all this stuff." Ash then stated.
"Yeah, I really don't have a problem with someone being a Faunus, I care about how much IQ they have." Heather stated.
"Well, heh… that's still a little harsh, don't you think?" The cap wearer asked.
"She's always like this, you'll get used to it." The grey-haired boy told him as their drinks arrived.
"Well, nice to know I got some friends at least." Shard then said as he took some cream to pore into his coffee. For Derek it was cream and three sugars, Heather just had some cream in hers, and Ash just had one sugar with cream in his. "So, where do you guys wanna go after this?" The fox boy then asked.
(Later on)
The team were now just walking down the street, they were headed to the center of town while trying to find something else to talk about. "So, how did you guys get into Beacon?" Shard asked as the team gave it some thought.
"Well, I believe that I got in because of my spectacular intelligence that got me in." Heather stated with a smirk.
"Well, I don't know. But I have a feeling it was just because of me being with Weiss." Ash told his friends. "What about you, Derek?" He then asked.
"… I'm awesome!" Derek then said.
"…And?" He asked again, confused.
"That's it, I'm awesome." The grey-haired boy said again.
They just decided not to question it. "Okay, well I don't really know how I got into Beacon, but I think it has to do with my weapons." Shard then stated.
"I thought you didn't have weapons." Heather then said confused.
"These are my weapons. Right here, and here." The fox boy said as he showed his muscles then fist bumped. "You'll understand when you know what my Semblance is."
"It's strength." Ash then said.
"Oh, I get it." Derek then stated. "By the way, my Semblance is the power of camouflage. I'm basically a chameleon." He then changed into the color of the street.
"Whoa, neat." The fox Faunus stated amazed. "And what about... Huh?" He was about to ask Heather until he realized she wasn't with them, which made them stop. "What the heck?"
"I'm up, you dummies." Her voice called out as they looked up and saw her standing on top of a building.
"Wha… how did you get up there?" Shard asked confused.
"She's been up there the entire time." The grey-haired boy said as he was now the color of the brick wall.
"Yeah, you guys didn't know until now?" She asked them as if they were stupid.
"Wait, weren't you just down here?" Ash then asked confused as well.
"Now that you mention it I think that she was up there for a while now." Shard then said as he appeared next to him.
"What are you…" The fox boy then said as he turned around to see Ash and… himself? "What the… who are you?" He then asked confused.
"Isn't it obvious?" The other Shard said as he turned into Ash. "I'm him." He then pointed to the real one.
"What!?" The real one then freaked out.
"Okay, I think that's enough Derek." Heather then said as she just appeared behind the fox boy startling him.
"Hey…" The other Ash then turned into Derek. "I like to screw with people sometimes." He then said.
"Okay, whatever 'you're' doing, stop it. And can 'you' please stop doing that." The fox Faunus then said to the two as the gray-haired boy apologized.
"Sorry, but if you didn't get it already, my semblance can do more then change colors. Hey Heather, how about you tell them your Semblance?" He then asked her.
"I'm not doing that." She then stated.
"Come on, you can trust these dudes, plus you did just show it off." He said to her as she just sighed.
"Time manipulation, I can stop time around me." She told them.
The two were stunted by this, a Semblance that can stop time? That's rare. "Okay, that's pretty cool. I didn't think those kinds of Semblances existed." Shard then said.
"Yeah, that's insane." Ash then said as he was also amazed.
"You should feel lucky that I decided to show you." She then said.
"That's how you got to the bullhead before us." Shard said still amazed.
"Speaking of which, I'm getting tired. Can we just call it a night and head back to Beacon?" Derek asked while stretching.
"Yeah, it's getting late and dark. I don't want anyone to freak out at our disappearance." Heather agreed.
"They do make a point, I'm kinda pooped too." Ash then stated.
"Okay, then. I think we have enough time for today anyway, come on team." Shard then led everyone back to school.
(Beacon)
"Honestly, the beds here are so much better than the ones back at home." Derek said as they were in their beds.
"Sounds like your bed gives you backaches." Ash said.
"That's exactly what my old bed does." The grey-haired told him as he took his phone out and placed it on the desk.
"Why's that?" Heather asked confused.
"You don't wanna know." He said a little annoyed.
"Well, today was… eventful. It was kinda nice to get to know you guys." Shard stated with a smile.
"Yeah, it was pretty cool to get to know you all." Ash stated as well.
"Whatever don't wake me up when you wake up early." Heather said groggy.
"I wasn't going to." The boy the replied.
"We better get some sleep, goodnight everyone." Shard then said as they said goodnight as well and then they all went to sleep.
(Elsewhere)
A man with dark grey hair leaned against a wall on one of Vale's building, he took a drink from his flask then put it away. He then looked up at the starry night and was reminded of a certain person. He then took out a piece of picture and stared at it before sighing. The picture had him, a blond man, a black-haired woman, a red and black-haired woman, and a man with spiky hair along with Z shaped birthmarks. "Long time no see, old friend."
To be continued…
Omake: The Faunus discrimination is bull
It wasn't too hard to find somewhere to eat, even if the first café they found didn't allow Faunus. "Man, I don't understand why people gotta do that to us." Shard said annoyed.
"Well, you wanna blame someone? Maybe blame the White Fang, they are kind of ruining your species' reputation." Derek stated.
"Yeah, but this has been going on even before they existed. In other words, I kinda think the White Fang is just bullcrap, and all these protests." The fox Faunus stated.
"Tell me about it, they are full of themselves." Heather then stated.
"Well, when you think about it, there really isn't much Faunus Discrimination as people would expect." Ash then gave his thought.
"Yeah, they talk about our discrimination, but we're free to walk most of these streets with most people not caring. Not to mention there's like, only one place in this town that doesn't allow our kind, and this one is the one that makes it complete crap, they allow one of our kind to be a Headmaster." Shard explained.
"Yeah, that doesn't sound like discrimination to me." Derek pointed out.
"I would've thought there would be more discrimination with the White Fang doing all this stuff." Ash then stated.
"Sure, we hate the Faunus but please let one of them be our headmaster." Heather then said annoyed.
And that's the end of this chapter. Now I know some of you probably thought some things, I don't exactly know what you guys are thinking, but I can take a hint. I wanted some interaction between the team SHAD since they are gonna be together, and I have something planned for them. I made Shard a fox Faunus with both tail and ears because I like the idea of a Faunus with both at the same time.
Pikachu's not gonna be at Remnant just yet, but he will appear and the duo will finally be back together. Just to be clear, none of my fanfics are gonna have Pyrrha dying. She does not need to die, and I won't have her dying in any of my fanfics. As for what'll happen with her in volume 4 and 5 and others, I'll figure something out. If you want more Pokémon characters to appear, leave your suggestion as to who, however it can't Serena or Misty. Because Serena is not gonna be the pairing, and I just don't like Misty.