Alright, getting back to this fanfic. Haven't updated in who knows how long and boy let me tell you, when distractions come, they have a tendency to stay for a while. It's like I say I'm gonna get started on something then I straight up get caught up in a lot of other crap. Like 'I'm gonna get this done todaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa-tomorrow' is what I am basically. (Shoutout to anyone who can guess what reference that was)
But I'm gonna try and at least get back on track.
(Pokémon world: A week before Pikachu's disappearance)
In the Hoenn Region, we see what appeared to be a young boy that was presumably ten years old walking through a grassy terrain. He had green hair, glasses that he adjusted, was wearing black fingerless gloves, had a yellow backpack and a few Pokéballs strapped to his belt with a Pokegear and Pokedex.
'This has to be the place, right?' He thinks to himself as he's looking around more and more. "Hey, Ralts! Are you there?!" He then called out and waited. No response. "Ralts, are you there?" He called out once more still getting no response. "Ralts, it's me! Max! I kept my promise!" He called out once again yet still got no response. "Ralts?" He called out again.
But still, everything remained silent and it was as if he was alone. Max then thought that maybe Ralts wasn't around right now and was off somewhere, so he decided to wait for it to come to him. He sat down and waited… and waited… and waited… but after an hour, there was still no sign of his friend. Max then sighed before getting back up.
"Come on, Ralts! If you're out there, please, at least give me a sign!" He called out once more as he stepped back a bit before huffing. "Dang it, maybe this isn't the right place." He says as he was about to leave before he heard a rustle from a nearby bush.
When he heard it, he turned to the noise and saw said bush twitching a bit. "Ralts?" He heard which made him gasp before he saw a green head peak out of the bush. "Ralts." The little Pokémon says seeing the boy as he turned towards him.
"I-is that you Ralts?" Max asks as the little Pokémon's head rose a bit before smiling.
"You came back!" Ralts then says through its mind as it begins to run toward him.
Max watched him try running before smiling. "Yeah… I promised… and I'm here!" He then started towards the Pokémon as well before it leaped and landed right into his arms as he hugged it. "And I would never break a promise." He then says as he swirled around with Ralts before he lost balance and fell into the grass while they laughed.
"Thank you, Max! Thank you!" Ralts says through its mind as it snuggles into the boy's chest.
"You're welcome… I'm here." Max says with glee as they remained on the ground for a while with each other.
Meanwhile, in the distance another two Pokémon by the names of Gardevoir and Kirlia were watching with warm hearts seeing their little friend reunited with their future Pokémon trainer. They smiled before they then began to take their leave and head off. Max remembered his promise and he kept it. He came back for Ralts like he promised and the two could not be anymore happy to be reunited and begin traveling together.
'If only you were still here Ash… maybe, I could have impressed you with how far I've come.' Max thinks to himself as a tear rolled down his face. 'I wish you didn't have go…'
(Remnant: Beacon)
After the current events that had gone down, a lot was going through some of our heroes' heads. Blake wasn't handling the Roman working with the White Fang well, and while she did have her friends, she still had a lot of questions on her mind. Teams RWBY, JNPR and SHAD now knew about Blake and what she really was and while Weiss was upset at first, once she understood, she was fine and didn't care as long as she wasn't a member of the White Fang anymore.
As for a certain cap wearer, he was now starting to regret making up the kind of lie he had just made as it was now gonna be even more of a hassle when he tells the others. Well, 'if' he were to tell anyone else anyway. Weiss was the only one who really knew about his story and does believe him, but if the others were to find out who knows how they would react.
Right now, he was currently getting dressed in his uniform checking his teammates to make sure they weren't awake. Shard seemed pretty comfortable as the sheets were thrown off the bed and he was spread out with his left arm and leg hanging off his bed, and Derek seemed to be in a good sleep as drool left his mouth.
He then looked over at Heather, who seemed to be in just as heavy sleep as the others, and that reassured him that he was in the clear then he grabbed Greninja's Pokeball then began to leave as he slowly and lightly shut the door. Then he sighed before he was about to begin walking.
"You can't keep this up forever you." He then jumped and almost screamed but managed to keep it a gasp as he saw Heather suddenly appear in front of him dressed in her uniform and everything.
"W-wha… how did you-?" He looked back to the dorm then back at her.
"Do you really think some story you made up is gonna fool anyone with a small group of braincells? Maybe it fooled those two, but I'm not falling for what pathetic excuse of a story." She started telling him while looking annoyed.
"I uh… uh…" He tried to think of something. "I-I don't know what you're talking about." He tells her as attempts to go around her but she stops him.
"And seriously? From the country? That's the best you could come up with? You're not even that good at lying. The pauses you made before telling us about you, the "Uh, uh" people for some reason do when they're lying that you've done, I know there's something you're not telling us." She told him.
'Ccccccrap, I figured she'd be the one who didn't believe me. Damnit why does she have to get suspicious now?' Ash thinks to himself. "I-I really don't know what you're talking about." He tried to tell Heather, but then she noticed the Pokeball in his hand. "I'm just gonna be on my-" He was saying before she grabbed his arm.
"What is this?" She then asked him.
"N-nothing!" He tells her. "J-just a souvenir I picked up on my way here to Beacon." He tried to tell her.
"And there you go stuttering at your words. Even more of a give away." She continues to tell him.
"I-I-Uh… gotta go!" He says before dashing off as Heather watches him leave.
'Tch, I know you're hiding something, Ketchum. I don't like people who think they can get away with lying.' She thinks with disgust. 'Maybe you have their trusts, but I am going to get to the bottom of this.' She continues to think to herself.
(Cafeteria)
After the whole ordeal with Heather, Ash was now worried because Heather was now getting suspicious of him and no doubt is her trust in him beginning to fall. 'Just perfect. This is definitely gonna destroy our team now that one of our members doesn't even fully trust me anymore. Why did I have to make up some dumb story about being from the country? I should've just said something to when Derek first mentions the Huntsman and I could've avoided this!' He thinks to himself now stressed out as he leaves the cafe with food.
He then runs behind a bush and sits down before looking to make sure he was alone before sighing. 'I got no choice. I had to tell someone else eventually and looks like Heather is gonna have be the next one I tell. It's probably the only way I'm gonna be able to regain her trust.' He thinks before pulling out Greninja's Pokeball. "Come out, Greninja." He says releasing said Pokémon.
"Ninja!" Said Pokémon made its cry.
"Alright, eat up buddy. Don't choke yourself, but we should finish eating this quick. Cause right now, Heather is probably on her way and I can't risk her seeing you." He tells him as the Pokémon nodded and started eating. 'Problem is that she also can stop time, so I need to be careful of that as well.' He then thinks to himself.
He starts to eat as well but also is looking around to make sure he was still alone. Now that Heather was suspicious, he had to be even more careful especially because she is most likely gonna be keeping an eye on him for who knows how long. After they quickly finished up eating, Ash looked around before bringing returning Greninja and then leaving the bush.
Once he did though, he bumped into someone and fell to the ground. When he did, he sat up while groaning. "Oh, sorry about that Ash. I didn't see you there." He heard before looking up to see Team RWBY… well, three members of the team anyway.
"O-oh, hey…" He says while waving before Weiss offered him a hand.
"On another note, you should really watch where you're going." She then tells him.
"I should be saying that you guys as well. Where's Ruby?" He asks while noticing their leader is nowhere to be found.
"She's busy getting something prepared. Don't know what, but you know here. Still new to the whole, 'leader' thing." Yang tells him.
"She does seem to be improving as a leader though. I'll admit that." Blake then explains.
"Don't exactly agree, but she is getting better." Weiss then states.
"Uh, yeah, that's exactly what I said." The Faunus then tells her.
"So, whatcha doing here, Ashy-boy." Yang asks as the boy paused when he first heard the nickname.
"Uh, I uh, just finished eating actually." Ash lies to them.
"Again? What is with you getting up so early and eating?" Yang asks him with a bit of a laugh.
"It's just my thing. I did it a lot when I was younger, and it just sorta became a habbit." He tells them again.
"I should know, I've spent the most time with him." Weiss then states. "So, I guess you're not gonna come sit with us?" She then asked him.
"Well, I wasn't thinking about doing so, but I can still come and hang with you guys for the morning." He tells them with a smile.
"Alright, come on then." Weiss then says as her and the team walk by him. He sighs in relief before following them.
Meanwhile, Team JNPR were talking and Ash along with the three members of RWBY were walking over to join them. "Hey, guys. Uh, where's the rest of your teams?" Jaune asks them confused.
"Well, uh… I kinda came here early to eat, so I'm already fed. I'm just here to hang out." Ash tells them with a pat on his stomach as he sat down.
"Ruby's busy with something that she wants to show us." Yang tells them as well.
"Oh, so it's just you guys." Ren asks them.
"For now, anyway." Weiss tells them as she takes her fork and begins eating.
"Well, it's our second semester at Beacon. I must say that last semester went well." Pyrrha states.
"Yeah, uh… well in a, way that describes something like… uh…" Jaune then says as he tries to find the right words.
"Blake disappearing for a day, then us searching for her?" Ash then came in and finished for him.
"Y-yeah, I guess." The blonde says before scratching the back of his head.
Then Blake glared at the black-haired boy annoyed. "O-oh, sorry. I didn't mean for it to… you know." He then says before she says and starts looking through her book.
Ash looked at the entrance and saw Ruby making her way through the cafeteria carrying a large binder which made his eyebrow rise in confusion. She made her way over to the group while grunting a bit. She attempted waving at the boy watching her, but almost dropped the binder then stumbled over to the group past her sister catching a grape in her mouth sent by Nora before dropping the binder at the end of the table catching it to shake and catch everyone's attention.
She grunted before breathing heavily with her hands on her knees as she tried to catch her breath. "O-kay…" She grunted once more before looking around. "W-where is the rest of SHAD?" She asked Ash as he just shrugged. "Oh well, I can work with this." She then says as she stands up.
"So, what is this about?" Ren asked confused.
Then Ruby cleared her throat and began to speak. "Sisters! Friends!… Friend… Weiss." She then says referring to Ash and Weiss last.
"HEY!" Weiss says feeling offended.
"Four score and seven minutes ago, I had a dream." Ruby then goes on to explain.
"Well, this oughta be good." Yang says before catching a another grape.
"A dream that one day, the four of us would come together, as a team, and have the most fun and have the most fun anyone has ever had, EVER!" The red hooded girl says with glee.
"Did you steal my binder?" Weiss asked looking annoyed.
"I am not a crook." The girl says holding up peace signs.
"What are you talking about?" Blake then asked.
"I'm talking about kicking this semester off with a bang!"
"I always kick my semesters off with a 'Yang'!" Yang then made a bad joke as she got groans and annoyed sighs as a response. "Ehh!? Guys? Am I right?" Then an apple got thrown at her face.
"Boooooooo!" Nora says from across them.
"Look guys, it's been a good two weeks, and between more exchange students arriving and the tournament at the end of the year, our second semester is going to be great. But classes start back up tomorrow." Ruby tells them. "Which is why I've taken the time schedule a series of wonderful events for us today." She continues.
"Heh, sounds pretty nice." Ash comments.
"I don't know whether to be proud or scared of what you have in store." Weiss then says as Yang chucks an apple back at Nora which caused the boy to back up a bit.
"I don't know, I think I might sit this one out." Blake tells them.
"Sit out or not, I think however we spend this last day we should at least do it as a team." Weiss tells her.
"I GOT IT!" Nora shouts.
"I for one think that-" Weiss was saying before she got some pie in her face. The pie fell down and as her team and Ash looked shocked and she glared at the Nora who pointed at Ren as the rest of Team JNPR looked shocked as well.
(A few minutes later)
Everyone was screaming and running out of the cafeteria as food was flying everywhere. Ash was under a table as he looked around for a way out, and got out from under it before bolting towards the doors. But then he bumped into someone which caused him to stumble.
"Oh, hey, you're Ash, right?" He heard as he looked to see Sun with a blued haired goggle wearer.
"Sun? What are you doing here?" Ash asked confused.
"Right, I guess you haven't heard. You see-" The monkey boy was about explain before they heard a laughter and saw Team JNPR in some kind of fort made of tables.
"I'M QUEEN OF THE CASTLE! ~" Nora sang out.
"Justice will be swift! Justice will be painful! It will be… DELICIOUS!" Ruby screamed out while crushing a carton of milk as the rest of her team did their battle cry.
"Aaaand that's my cue to leave." Ash says before running past the two and out the doors. He kept ran until he was out from under the ceiling and looked back at the cafe as he heard sounds of food flying everywhere and yelling about before sighing. "Man, wonder if this was in Ruby's schedule of, 'Wonderful Events'." He then says to himself as he turns around.
"What schedule of 'Wonderful Events'?" Shard asked as the rest of his team was now in front of him.
"Woah! Geez!" The boy says jumping back a bit. "Where were you guys?" He asked.
"Eh, I had something to work on back at the room. And you should have heard Shard snoring in there, heh." Derek says while pointing at his leading with a smirk.
"Yeah, funny. I'm actually more of a heavy sleeper than you guys think." Shard explains a little annoyed.
"And I woke him up with a cookie." The grey-haired boy tells his teammate as his leader's fox ears perked up.
"Don't tell him!" He says elbowing him.
"Come on, it's funny. He was snoring like, *Snorting* And threw a cookie at him hoping he'd stop…" Derek was telling Ash as the fox boy was trying to tell him to stop. "And the moment it landed on his pillow, he sniffed it and then BOOM! Awake and chomping down on the cookie." He tells him as his leader looked annoyed.
"… Yeah, thanks a lot, Derek." He says annoyed as his ears and tail dropped while Ash chuckled a bit.
"Guess that's one weakness you have." The cap-wearer joked.
"It's not a weakness. It has nothing to do with being one. I just like cookies… and pudding. Cookies and pudding, those are my favorite snacks." Shard tells them while rubbing his arm embarrassed.
"Right, got it. Anyway, what were you working in the room." Ash asked his teammate.
"Hang on, give me a moment." Derek takes out his scroll. "Check it out." He then shows him a picture of him holding his thumbs up with a stack of cards behind him. "It took me forever to get that done. Well, not exactly forever, but Shard was asleep through the entire process." He then tells him as he laughed, and Ash did a little chuckle.
"Right, got it." The boy says with a smile.
"Anyway…" Shard says with his ears still down before they go back up. "What was with the crowd coming out of the building?" The grey-haired boy had to ask.
"Uh… well uh… you're free to find out, but trust me… it's messy in there." Ash tells them while giving a concerned smile as the others seemed confused.
"What is going on?!" Glynda Goodwitch walked up behind them as they turned to her in shock.
"Oh, Professor Goodwitch. W-what are you doing here?" Shard asked her confused.
"I've have been told that there are students causing a ruckus in the dining hall. What is this all about?" She demanded an answer as the team looked nervous.
"… Well…" Ash says while rubbing the back of his head before looking back to the dining hall.
To Glynda, there was no need to talk as the boy looking toward the building says plenty enough for her as she marched to the doors looking annoyed and growling. The team followed her as she slammed the doors open coming into a destroyed dining hall and stopped a wave of food coming at her before fixing up the room and repairing all the damages while cleaning up the food.
"Children, please do not play with your food." She then says while adjusting her glasses as Team SHAD took a look at their friends.
The teams RWBY and JNPR were covered head-to-toe in food as Nora burped. And the second she did, Yang came crashing through the ceiling as everyone started laughing. Seeing something like that happen made Derek burst out with laughter along with Shard and Ash trying to hold in theirs while Ozpin went to Glynda to calm her down.
"Looks like we missed out on the fun, guys." Derek says still laughing a bit.
"Yeah. But, let's get some food while there's still some left." Shard then states before turning towards Ash. "Ya gonna join us, Ash?" He asks him.
"I-I mean, yes I will. But, since I already ate, I'm not-" The boy was explaining.
"Got it, gonna go get what food is still left here." Derek then says as he makes his way pass them.
"Welp, anything is better than nothing, I guess." Shard then follows behind.
Heather walked by as well but not before giving Ash a sort of glare as she walked by. To this, the boy just sighed. "Right, she's gotta know." He says as he goes to join them. 'I can't keep this secret from them for too much longer, and Heather unfortunately is gonna have to be the first one I tell.'
Ash knew he only had so much more time before he had to tell more people about him existing and coming from the Pokémon world. Now he was to think as to how he would tell them, but then he was still worried. Whether they believed him or not, he was worried about how each of their reactions would be like. But until then, he still had to keep his secret to himself. At least until he knew it was the right time to tell them.
(Elsewhere)
In a distant forest in remnant, the sun shined brightly as the birds were chirping. The light shining through the trees onto bright and green grass… before a Beowulf's head landed on it, jaw open wide as the life left its eyes. Growling was filling the area as Beowulfs around were running in the same direction presumably after the same target.
After they found their target standing in the middle of their deceased kin, they crouched down while growling. Some then started circling their prey surrounding it from all corners, leaving it no room to escape. After securing their next meal they then started rushing and attempted to jump it and outnumber it… as for the target… all it did was open its yellow eyes as its leafy tail glowed.
"SCEPTILE!"
To be continued…
Welp, finally done with this chapter. As for that part with you-know-who, that was put in as a last-minute edit. I originally was planning on doing something like this at the end of Volume 2's part of the fanfic, however I thought it would be a nice addition to this chap.
As for which chapter I do next, I'll let you guys think it over. However, I'm sure some of you already have an idea on what chapter I might do next. I know that the whole explanation thing might turn out awkward to explain to the rest of his team, and I can't promise it will be that bad, but even still he'll need to tell them sooner or later.
And a good thanks to PurpleOlaf96 for the title of the chapter. Good friend and very helpful. Thank you for helping me with this.
Also, I wanna say one last thing. Happy Birthday DragonForceAsh, as a great friend I have to say Happy Birthday to ya. Keep up the good work, your stories are great and are going well.
Anywho, thank you all for reading and stay tuned.