Chapter 4
It is around 9-o'clock at the Professor's Lab and Team RWBY is ready to set-off on a brand new adventure. But first, they have to get their very first pokemon. "Are you four ready?" the Professor asks as he takes them to the shelf of pokeballs. Ruby just nods her head in excitement as Weiss says in a polite manner, "Indeed we are, sir." Blake only gives one nod with a blank expression as Yang says, "Ready, willing, and go for awesome!" "Okay then." As he turns around to face the shelf, Weiss stop him. "Wait." she says, "What kind of pokemon are there?" Professor Acacia turns around, "Glad you ask." He pointed at the different colors of the shelf, "The blue you see here are water-type pokemon. The green is for grass-type. And the red is for fire-type. Fire beats grass, water beats fire, and grass beats water. The different types are sort of like rock, paper, scissors. Now, what type would you be interested in?"
He pulled out a remote from his pocket and press the button for a holographic screen to appear with the three types symbols rotating. As Weiss, Blake, and Ruby think about what to get, Yang jumped and raised her hand, "I want a fire-type!" "Excellent choice." Acacia pressed the remote as the rotation stops at the fire-type symbol. Then the screen changes to show the shadows fire-type starters. "First we have Charmander, the lizard pokemon. Which later, it evolves into a Charmeleon, the flame pokemon." "Ooo." Yang went as she is impressed by Charmeleons fierce looks and looks a little like a dragon. "Then it will evolve into its final form, Charizard! This pokemon is both a fire-type and flying-type" Yang whistles as she is super impressed by Charizard's form. Then Acacia shows Cyndaquil all the way up to Chimchar. "Wait, wait, wait!" Yang stops the Professor, "What about that one?" "This one?" he says as he looks at the screen. "Oh, that is a Chimchar, the chimp pokemon. Which it evolves into Monferno, a fire-type AND fighting-type." "I WANT THAT ONE!"
The Professor became startled by Yang's yelling as he hands the Chimchar ball over to Yang. Then Acacia turned to Ruby, "Now then Weiss, what type would you like?" "Hmm... I'll go with a water-type." "Very well then. How about something that is a balance between offensive and defensive when it evolves." "Oh really?" Weiss has started to take an interest, "What pokemon is that?" Acacia pressed the button on the water symbol to reveal the pokemon. "Squirtle!" Weiss starts squealing while saying, "Iwantititssocute!" Everyone looked at Weiss with surprised faces till Yang says, "I thought Nora was a handful when it comes to cute stuff." So Acacia hands her Squirtle's pokeball and she starts to rub her face on it like a mother caring for her child. "Alright, Ruby, your turn."
"Welllllllll..." Ruby is a little hesitated, "I could go with a grass-type. But as long as it is cute as it evolves." Acacia pressed the button on the remote when it rotated to the grass-type symbol and showed Chikarita. "Awwwwwwww!" Ruby went as she finds the pokemon adorable, "I'll take it!" Acacia hands the Chikarita pokeball to Ruby and Ruby starts to do the same thing Weiss is doing. "Okay, Blake. What would you choose?" Blake is starting to get nervous, "Do you have any...pokemon that are...ninjas?" Yang does her best to hold in her laughter. "Actually, I do have a pokemon that does involve into something like that. As a matter of fact, it has 'ninja' in the name." Yang stopped, "Wait, what?" Acacia showed the pokemon, Froakie. Then he showed Froakie's evolve forms which impress Blake. "I'll take it."
Once everyone got their pokeballs, they threw them up in the air and their pokemon pops out and catch them into their arms. The four started snuggling their new friends and introduce themselves. "By the way, you can also give your pokemon a nickname. What type of nicknames will you give them?" Ruby keeps snuggling her Chikarita who enjoys the attention. "I'll name mine, Chika!" Weiss looks at her Squirtle, "I'm naming mine, Reginald." Yang looked at Chimchar's eyes, "I'm gonna call you, Chimmy!" Blake doesn't want to give her Froakie a nickname. Acacia noticed something around Weiss' left wrist and wanted a closer look. "What is it?" she asked as the professor looks at it. "Isn't that a Shiny Charm?" Weiss looked at her bracelet, "Yeah, I found it at the temple we mention earlier. What about it?" The professor smile, "That is a very special charm as a matter of fact. That charm increases your chances of finding a shiny pokemon." "Shiny pokemon?" Ruby asks. "Yes, it is a pokemon of a completely different color. For example, you that Charmanders are reddish orange correct?" The four nodded. "Well there are Charmanders that are yellowish gold, but are highly rare. However, when they evolve into Charizards, the Charizards will be black."
When Weiss realized what type of valuable treasure she found, she keeps it close to her. Ruby and the others show their treasures to Acacia that they found at the temple. He takes a close look at them and says, "Well, there is a store in the southeast section of Central City where you can sell them to get some money. These are quite valuable."
After Acacia gave them their bags, pokeballs, Megadexes, and some supplies, the team went off on their own journey. They made their way towards the edge of the island to see a bridge with a monorail underneath it. Once they got on-board the tram, they start to see the city. "Woooooooowww." Ruby and Yang went as they see how impressive the city is with its skyscrapers being super large. Larger than the skyscrapers they ever seen, and these ones stand over 2,000 feet. There are also large tunnels underneath where cargo freighters are seen going in and out. Weiss is also impressed by the scale of the city. Blake is looking at her Megadex to see the map of the city. "Oh wow." she went. "The whole place is gigantic! Not only that, its in the shape of an eight pointed star!" Everyone looks at Blake's Megadex as it shows the map of the region and the size of the city. "Holy-" Weiss went, "That is huge! Bigger than Atlas, Mistral, and Vale combined!" "Not only that, it is smacked down at the center of the region!" Yang says.
The tram stopped at the other-side of the bridge, they get to see how big the city really is with its building having curved facade and spiraling forms. Some of the buildings look like jagged block puzzles, some having slanted tops, and many other shapes and types they never seen before. "Shall we get going?" Ruby asks her team. "We should go to the shop first to get some money." Weiss suggested but is still awestruck by the architecture of the city.