Chapter 7
After registration, Team RWBY settle down in the lobby and taking a deep breath. Everyone is doing Pokemon Contests but Yang and Ruby are going to challenge gyms while Weiss and Blake are gonna be pokemon performers. The four wait patiently as their pokemon are getting healed. "Any idea how long it will take?" Weiss says as she then started pacing. "Calm down, Weiss." Ruby says, "Oswald is in capable hands. You'll see him when he's all patched up." Weiss just went, "Uuugghhh!" "Easy there ice queen." Yang says after drinking her juice, "The boredom is killing us all." Then May showed up out of nowhere. "Hi new friends!" she shouted with a hyper cheery tone which surprised them. Then she noticed the tension in the air, "Is something wrong?" "What's wrong?" Weiss says in anger, "You scared us out of nowhere!"
"We're just waiting for our pokemon. And we're completely bored to death" Yang stated. "How about a tour? I know a few things you can do in a pokemon center." Then everyone followed May to learn more about the pokemon center. First a hallway with a lot of doors. May open one up, "This room is where the trainers sleep." "This is nice." Blake stated. "Not to mention, all the nice bunk beds!" Ruby says as she noticed the bunk beds. "There's even a desk we can work on." Weiss pointed out. Then she takes them back to the lobby, "And this is the lobby. This is where you get to share information and relax." "Hey, have you guys heard?" one of the trainers started talking. "The Makoto Gym is closed again." "Again? Seriously?" another trainer says with a bit of agitation. "Yeah, the gym leader is up on Rumble Mountains again. She has a lot of anger issues because she got dumped again." "Wow, dude. That's harsh." Yang then ran up to the two trainers, "What type of gym is it?" "Oh. It is a fighting-type gym." "Yeah, you need some ghost-types, psychic-types, flying-types, or fairy-types to beat her. I would recommend you avoid using steel-types, rock-types, ice-types, and dark-types."
Then May dragged Yang. "Wait till after the tour!" May scolded her. Then they head towards the cafeteria, where they start to eat lunch. "This place is awesome!" Ruby says with amazement. "Yeah, but they are for trainers doing heavy training. There's a courtyard with a battle arena in the back so trainers can practice. Anyway, where are you guys from?" The four stop and try to find a believable answer. Then May asks, "Which region are you girls from? Kanto? Sinnoh? I'm from the Hoenn Region." Ruby then replied, "We're from...some where far away." "Really, like where?" The four try to find an answer until Weiss change the subject. "So, May...Can you tell us more about the pokemon centers? Is there a fee for some of the stuff we do like getting pokemon healed up, board, and meals?" "Oh no, everything is free! That's what makes pokemon centers cool!" Blake then starts to wander, "Really? Then how do pokemon centers get paid? I mean they have to stay afloat somehow." May then starts to think about it, "Actually, I never thought about that until now. Being paid by the government maybe?"
Before they continue their conversation, the PA went off. "Ruby, Weiss, Blake, and Yang. You're pokemon are healed and waiting for you." Weiss immediately ran off to see her Oswald with the rest of Team RWBY following after her. They arrive at the counter where the cart with their pokemon are. Their pokemon jumped from the cart and right into their arms. Nurse Joy then said, "Your pokemon are now in perfect health. Please come again." Weiss snuggles Oswald as tears drip down on her cheeks. "Oh Oswald," she went, "I'm sorry! I didn't know about that pokemon's corrosion ability. Will you forgive me?" "Wow," Ruby went, "what a drama queen." Chika nod in agreement. "Hey!" Froakie perched himself on Blake's shoulder and pound his chest to tell her he is okay. "I'm glad to hear it." she said to her new friend. "How are you feeling Chimmy?" Chimmy jumped down and did some punches and kicks. Then he pounds his chest like the little monkey he is. Yang gave him the thumbs up and a wink, "Glad to hear it!"
Then Nurse Joy pulled out a tray with a pokeball, "May, I'm happy to report your Blaziken is at perfect health." May took her pokeball, "That's great! Thanks Nurse Joy!" May threw her pokeball and her Blaziken came out. May cheerfully jumped and is carried by Blaziken's arms. "Wow!" Ruby went after seeing a new pokemon, "What type of pokemon is that?!" "Use your megadex, Ruby." Yang pointed out and laughed. "Oh, right!" Ruby then pulled out her megadex from her pocket. "Blaziken. The blaze pokemon and the evolve form of Combusken. In battle, Blaziken blows out intense flames from its wrists and attacks foes courageously. The stronger the foe, the more intensely this Pokémon's wrists burn. Blaziken has incredibly strong legs—it can easily clear a 30-story building in one leap. This Pokémon's blazing punches leave its foes scorched and blackened." "Is it one of the Hoenn Region pokemon?" "Of course," says the cheery trainer, "I had him since he was a Torchic. One of the three starter pokemon of Hoenn."
The five left the pokemon center and went towards a cafe with an outdoor deck. Most of the girls are drinking coffee, but Blake and May are drinking tea. "So May," Weiss starts off the conversation, "when did you start your journey?" May took a sip before speaking, "It started after me and my mom moved from Petalburg City to Littleroot Town when my parents were getting a divorce." Everyone stopped what they were doing because of the awkwardness they just created. 'This got dark real fast.' the four thought. Then Yang tries to break the uncomfortable awkwardness by saying, "Do you have any sibling? Ruby and I are sisters." "I do actually! I have a younger brother name Max. He's learning how to be a gym leader and he is very good at taking care of dad's pokemon. Although he can get annoying. Like the time we video tape me singing in the bathroom and posted on some site he made called YouTube."
Ruby laughed at that, "That's what happened when I taped Yang!" and continues laughing. Yang smacked her on the back of the head. "OW!" "So you four are gonna enter the competition that is happening tomorrow?" "Of course we are!" Ruby says with excitement. "That's good. Although you may want to raise your pokemon up a little. When you do that, your pokemon can use new moves that will give them an advantage in battle." "Thanks for the advice." Weiss says before finishing her drink.
Some time later, the team went around the city to challenge a few trainers. During these battles, Ruby's pokemon, Chika, learned razor leaf and poison powder. Oswald learned bubble and withdraw. Froakie learned bubble, quick attack, and lick but forgotten growl. Chimmy learned ember and taunt. They accumulated enough prize money to get a few things for the journey. Weiss and Blake went to a clothing store to get something for pokemon showcases. Weiss is looking at a white dress that fits her style. "It is good, but could use some work on the neck area." The dress is white with a frilly neck area, a long skirt with snowflake patterns and frilly blue laces. Blake was looking at a bunch of kimonos and trying to design which pattern to go with. "What do you think, Blake?" Weiss asked. "What? Sorry, I was busy trying to decide a kimono." "I think a yukata would be better. Because we have to do some dancing, acrobatics, and moving around during the performance rounds." "Really? Then how about this black one with the grayish shadows on the edges." Weiss takes a good look at it, "It surprisingly suites you. As for me," turns back to look at the dress, "I think I need to find one with a shorter skirt. Excuse me. Miss?"
Yang and Ruby heard about wild pokemon skulking in the alleyways of the city. But unfortunately, they can't seem to find any. So they went to the store to get some supplies. "Let's see here." Yang starts to take inventory, "We got some extra pokeballs, some potions, some pokemon food, and some color coordinated matching pajamas..." As they check their supplies, they see Rusty running down the street and bumped into them. Some of their stuff went flying around as they crash land on the ground. "What's the big rush!" Yang angrily yells at Rusty. "Sorry about that I- Oh wait, I know you two. From Professor Acacia's Lab."
They start picking up all the items that were scattered about. "What is your hurry?" Ruby asked as she picks up some of the pokeballs. "I'm sorry. I was exploring the city for a bit. Waiting for the day of the contest tomorrow. I'm gonna get an evolution stone as a prize." "A what now?" Yang asked. "An evolution stone. It's a type of stone that helps evolve your pokemon. Like a water stone helps Poliwhirl evolve into Poliwrath and a fire stone helps Vulpix evolve into Ninetails." "Can evolution stones help evolve my Chimmy?" "Your Chimchar? Nope. Well anyway, I have some city pokemon to find. Later!" and he runs off. "Wait, how did he know I have a Chimchar?"
Afterwords, everyone went back to the pokemon center to rest and prepare for tomorrow. Blake showed off her new fishing rod and plans to fish...for dinner. Weiss showed off the new dresses that she got for everyone for pokemon contests. Ruby doesn't know what to think of it, but takes it anyway. Everyone has their contest passes, badge cases, and ribbon cases so they are all set. They later bond with their pokemon to better understand them. Now they sleep. For tomorrow is a big day and test to see how can they capture pokemon.