Mankind=Humans and Faunus
Such a story idea has been on my mind for a very long time. This is a world that combines Pokemon and RWBY together. I had originally gotten this idea from a fanfic I read a while back. I can't seem to recall the name, but I do believe it has been abandoned.
Overall I plan to incorporate Aura and Pokemon. A Trainer/Hunter will share an Aura connection with the pokemon that they have fighting alongside them. Of course this connection is only limited to one at a time.
Prologue: Dark and Light
The light was barely present in this refuge of dark almond trees. Under the canopy, shadows were cast and dark patches blended in with the small holes of light. A blue eye glimmered moving in all directions searching for escape.
The creature had a black shadowy figure that was easily hidden under the darkness of the canopy. Its small head was adorned with a fog-like ghostly plume billowing from its head covering the scanning blue eyes. A red spiky mane adorned its neck with skinny black arms covered by black tethers hanging from its shoulders.
Multiple wounds could be seen as the creature known as Darkrai breathed heavily. It had been on the run, normally nothing would threaten it. It feared nothing man, pokemon or grimm. However it knew the dangers of man and other pokemon.
He peered out of a large tree, letting and the light dance briefly across its exposed face. Inhaling the clean forest air allowed for some time of silence. But he knew this peace was a brief one, for his pursuers were on their way.
Darkrai, knew of the intentions of mankind and always held disdain for them. They coveted his power, and they would go to great lengths to seize it as their own. That is why he was currently on the run.
The noises of motorcycles and pokemon were heard as he slinked quietly back into the darkness. Two figures, arrived followed by a group of thugs all covered in white clothing sporting grimm masks. Alongside them, packs of Houndoom for the grunts and in the front the two leaders had a pair of Arcanine sniffing about.
(White Fang)
"Damn it where did it go." One of the leaders cursed as his companion glanced over the forest. They were under orders by one of the leaders in the White Fang to capture Darkrai. Apparently, their benefactor wanted it.
The White Fang captain shivered when he recalled meeting that creature that could not be a human being. He black and red eyes still in his memory, they had to capture Darkrai or face the consequences.
"Arcanine, use Flamethrower on the forest!" The captain yelled as his pokemon jumped forward releasing a torrent of hot flames and spraying the forest. As this happened they watched as a black shadow slinked out underneath from the light of the flames.
As it rose from the ground, the flames that had engulfed the forest became quelled as the skies turned dark and rain fell. The figure known as the legendary Darkrai had called the rain, for he hated the desecration of this world and its beauty.
"Shit, it knew Rain Dance change your pokemon!" The captain yelled as the group recalled their pokemon.
The other captain pulled out his scroll and spoke into it. "Squads 2, 3, and 4 converge on our location we have found the target."
"Go Sawk!" The grunts yelled.
"Golduck!" The captains yelled, the moment the duck billed pokemon entered the battlefield and canceled out the effects of the weather. "Use Signal beam!"
In unison the two Golducks released brightly colored beams from the jewels on their heads. Darkrai sidestepped the first beam, and then ducked under the second. The air was lifted as the ground behind him exploded causing him to stumble briefly.
It was in this moment that he was hit with a glowing forearm, from one of the Sawk. The move while effective did less damage than the Sawk had expected. Darkrai, glared into the eyes of the Sawk crushing its mind with a Psychic attack and sent it flying. He already expected this, these people had gathered pokemon to play to his weaknesses. But against a powerful being like him such a thing will not always work.
The sounds of gunfire came next as Darkrai twisted its body and used its odd body shape to dodge the barrage of gunfire that rained down upon it.
The other five Sawks jumped into the fray. "Close Combat!" The White Fang grunts yelled and as the pokemon closed in Darkrai shivered uncontrollably with dark energy releasing a wave of powerful dark matter. The Dark Pulse which was used as an area of attack by Darkrai(Something that only powerful dark types could do) sent the Sawk flying backwards.
Darkrai, widened its eyes in surprise as the Sawk got up. Although he had noticed that they were heavily injured. Normally he would've taken them down with that attack, such was the exhaustion of being chased down for four days wearing on the legendary.
The sounds of gunfire were heard once again as Darkrai barely moved out of the way in time. Small explosions of flames went off in Darkrai's shoulder as a handful of fire dust bullets hit their mark. This only served to anger Darkrai whose eyes flashed with dark energy.
"CHUA!" The darkness pokemon roared in anger as it used Dark Void, an attack that it only used as a last resort due to the current exhausted state of Darkrai. The Sawk immediately crumpled to the ground as the Psyducks and White Fang moved back. The range of the attack however could not reach them.
"Tch! This fucker won't go down!" One of the captains yelled out in anger as his co-captain nodded.
"Indeed, but it looks like its on its last legs. That last attack nearly drained it of all its energy. There's no way it can use that combo that it had attacked us with three days ago. It's mostly likely out of aura." He said calmly, no aura means that Darkrai had no means of protecting itself other than relying on its body.
Darkrai, on the other hand contemplated its next move. It could try to flee, but considering that was what he had done in the past three days it would be difficult. He could use Haze and flee, but those Golducks that negated weather effects stopped him from doing it.
"Golduck! Use Aqua Jet!" They yelled in Unison as the two water pokemon blasted towards Darkrai.
The Darkness pokemon slinked into the ground as the first Golduck flew overhead. He then quickly ejected from the ground as the second laned right under him destroying the grassy floor. It was now or never, this attack would only leave him enough for Haze.
"CHUA!" He yelled out in fury as a column of lightning fell from the sky nearly killing the Golducks as they were immediately recalled by the safety function of the pokeball.
"Chase after it!" The captain yelled as the grunts quickly began their motorcycles. Darkrai, glancing back waved his arms in a circular motion as the area become covered in a thick fog. Under the cover of the dark fog, Darkrai quickly slinked back into the shadows and moved towards an estate.
"Damn it! We have t-" The Captain was about to call for pursuit, that was until he heard the sounds of sirens. Clicking his tongue in anger he and his comrades quickly drove off.
(Arc Home)
"Mom, me and Aron are gonna go out and play!" An eleven year old boy yelled as he was followed by a small pokemon. It was a quadruped pokemon with four stubby legs and a large round head. The body was black with steel plates of gray covering its head, back and legs. Around its body were six holes, the two largest being eyes on the head. On its back was a single spike.
"Okay Jaune, don't stay out too late though. Aron make sure Jaune doesn't get into any trouble now." Joanne was a middle aged woman with long blonde hair and brown eyes. She currently wore an apron and a simple blue dress. As of this moment she had been washing the dishes when her son had announced that he was going out.
Jaune, on the other hand had blonde hair as well. But his eyes were a deep cerulean color. He currently wore a brown sweater, that had the face of an Ursaring on the front. Followed by blue jeans and a pair of Metagross sneakers.
"Mommmm, I'll be fine besides Aron is the one that gets into trouble." Jaune said sheepishly as his steel pokemon glared at him.
"Ar, Ar!" It chirped in protest.
"Now Jaune, don't blame Aron for your mistakes." Joanna replied as she knelt down and rubbed Arons head. The steel type happily chirped as she did.
"Mom, I'm about to be twelve! And I have aura, I'll be fine." (Note in this world of Remnant to have pokemon one must have Aura, I'll probably explain the intricacies of the aura connection later)
"I know Jaune, but just don't venture too far into the forest. There haven't been any Grimm in a while but you never know alright. Also, make sure you keep your scroll on you." She warned softly.(Note: Scrolls are basically pokedexes)
"Yep!" Jaune said as he took his dads hunting knife with him for safe measure. He passed by his mother's Blissey who was cleaning the steps with Aron following in pursuit.
"Alright Aron, let's go see the forest today." Jaune said excitedly as Aron chirped along.
(Darkrai)
Darkrai, groggily flew through the forest. He had finally lost his pursuers, but he was terribly injured. He would need to rest and allow his aura to restore itself.
As he traveled he could feel the wind breezing pass the tree trunks carrying the smell of wood. Moving faster his visage made contact with the ground, the sound of his body sliding through the leaves as he no longer had enough energy to slink into the shadows.
Slowly he came to a stop leaving a small trail separating the leaves behind him. Landing underneath a tree his breaths became heavier. The danger now gone, and the adrenaline now fading he could finally feel the pain in his body.
His Aura was depleted, and he had a couple of bullet holes in his shoulder along with burns and other wounds. Blue eyes opened slowly staring into the blue sky, too bad there were no berries here it was hungry as well.
That would have to wait, now that it was safe it would only need to rest and gain back its power. Resting its back on the wooden trunk Darkrai slowly closed its eyes allowing the peaceful silence to takeover.
That was until it heard a growl. Blue eyes snapped open as Darkrai came face to face with a pack of Beowolves. There were five in total from what he could see. The cursed abomination snarled as it took notice of Darkrai in its weakened state.
Usually such a thing would have been a fly to be squashed underneath his foot. But not right now, especially when he had no aura, and was already severely wounded.
(Jaune and Aron)
"Aron use headbutt!" Jaune ordered as the steel pokemon charged towards a tree and rocked its foundation. Multiple blueberries fell from above as Jaune began to pick them up, these were Oran berries and they were good for ones health.
Picking one up he threw it over to Aron who jumped up and snatched it out of the air happily. "Ar!" The small pokemon chirped as it devoured the blue berry.
Jaune, sat down and began to rummage through the backpack of berries that he had gathered so far. A couple of Pecha, and Oran berries nothing too special. He had forgotten where his father had planted the Sitrus berry tree. He could ask him when he came back from his mission.
Looking over at Aron, Jaune couldn't help but feel determined. His father and mother were both huntsmen and his older sisters were all huntresses. He would soon follow their path, although he has stumbled quite a bit. Glancing back down at his belt there were two pokeballs, one for Aron and the other for the Magikarp that his father had caught for him.
He sweatdropped thinking about the day that his father came back with a Magikarp.
(Flashback)
"Hey son! I brought you a new pokemon!" A large man with a similar look to Jaune said with his giant Aggron behind him. They were currently outside in the front yard near their homemade pond.
"Oh! Oh! What is it! Is it a dragon type? Or maybe a mysterious dark type?" Jaune jumped up and down excitedly with Aron.
Garret Arc, rubbed the back of his head as he exchanged awkward looks with his Aggron. Aggron upon seeing this rolled its eyes knowing what was to come.
After a flash of light, Jaune and Arons enthusiasm quickly plummeted. Before them was a red fish that had golden spikes adorning its back. Over its mouth were two long whiskers.
"Karp, karp!" The golden Magikarp splashed in the pond as Jaune and Aron sweatdropped."
(Flashback end)
Although it wasn't too bad he guessed. His father did tell him that Magikarps evolve into something extremely powerful. He could easily have found the information online, but he'd rather wait and see for himself.
He fully believed in his fathers words that Magikarp had insane potential and that he would one day see it. Besides! It was a golden Magikarp and according to his father that meant that it would bring him good luck.
Jaune, suddenly broke out of his thoughts when he heard Aron begin to chirp. It wasn't the normal chirp, when Aron became agitated it would grind its teeth together making a metallic sound.(Imagine the cry in the game)
"Aron, what's wrong?" Jaune asked as he noticed multiple birds and Pidgeys fly off in the distance.
He stood up quickly knocking over the backpack of berries as Aron suddenly ran off. "Hey Aron! Wait for me!" Jaune yelled as he quickly gathered the berries and followed his buddy.
He weaved through the trees alongside Aron following the speedy legs of the little pokemon. They had both roamed these woodlands together for about four years and knew them like the back of their hands.
He began wondering what Aron was running towards. Fuddling with the hunting knife his father gave him he removed it from its sheath. He remembered the words that his father had told him some time ago.
"Now Jaune, remember that our Pokemon are really in tuned with nature. The grimm are enemies of nature, and so they can sense them."
Perhaps that was it? But a grimm hasn't appeared in this area for a long time. This place was far too crowded with other people and pokemon. Perhaps something had happened, but right now he was only speculating. Removing the thought he glanced down at his partner who was still running.
As they sprinted through the forest, twigs and branches could be heard being crumpled under his feet and Arons. Aron suddenly came to a stop as Jaune saw a pack of Beowolves slowly stalking towards another figure that seemed to have been injured.
"No ****ing way is that a Darkrai? Wait, no time for that!" Jaune thought to himself, he had indeed heard the stories by his parents. It was a tale that mothers often told their children to keep them obedient. "Aron use Iron Head!"
"Ar!" He watched as Aron ran forward covered in a metallic light and slammed right into the largest one punching a hole right through where its head was. The impact was powerful, after all 132 pounds of metallic force just slammed into it.
The pack took a step back upon realization of their leader being taken down. Jaune quickly jumped in front of the legendary pokemon that glanced up at him in surprise. The young trainer/hunter in training quickly took notice of the wounds all over Darkrai.
This pack was extremely small, compared to what Jaune had imagined. They were probably a very young pack that had lost their way and ended up here. Regardless they were dangerous either way.
It was a good thing that Aron was here. Jaune himself was still inexperienced and honestly speaking a total scrub when it came to fighting currently. All he could do was rely on Arons power, which considering all of the things it inherited from his father and mothers Aggrons would be more than enough.
"Aron, use Rock Slide!" Jaune commanded as the steel pokemon emitted a bluish aura as rocks appeared out of the air and crushed the group of young grimm.
The young man immediately turned towards the wounded legendary pokemon and began rummaging through his bag. He pulled out a simple healing potion that he kept on hand for his pokemon, but the one before him needed it more.
Darkrai, upon seeing this tried to move. "Stay away from me." Its voice was deep and ghostly, the thoughts projected into Jaunes mind causing him to stop in his tracks. Aron on the other hand stepped forward chirping at the legendary.
"You can talk?" Jaune asked.
"What is that?" It asked with a hostile tone causing the boy to stare down at the purple spray bottle.
"It's a potion, we use it to heal our pokemon." Jaune replied with an innocent tone. He watched as the legendary pokemon eyed him and his partner Aron suspiciously.
"And what would you have me give you in return? Would you bend me to your will as you have done this one here?" Darkrai spoke in a venomous tone confusing the young boy.
"Is it wrong to help someone in need?" Jaune asked innocently causing the Darkrai to flinch at the answer. "Besides Aron is my friend, and I can be your friend too."
The once wary and hostile eyes of Darkrai softened at the words of the child before him. Its white wispy mane calmed and the tethers on its shoulders relaxed. He knew; this boy meant no harm to him.
"I see…..very well then." Darkrai spoke, as Jaune began to spray the potion on the bullet holes in Darkrai's shoulder.
(Sometime later)
The day was still young, the sun at its peak. Its light being blocked by the tree above the group. As Jaune tended to Darkrai, the wounds began to close and it was at this moment that Jaune handed Darkrai an Oran Berry.
"Here, you must be hungry." The boy said as he sat down next to Darkrai, along with Aron and began to layout an assortment of berries.
Darkrai, stared at the small blue berry in its hand and back at the Jaune. "By the way my name is Jaune and this is Aron."
"You may call me Darkrai…" He had yet to eat the berry in his hand keeping his eyes intently on Jaune.
"Something wrong?"
"You do not fear me?"
"No, I think you look pretty cool." Jaune replied. "Why do you think I would be scared of you?"
"I remind your kind of the grimm, they believe I bring bad fortune and nightmares." Darkrai replied, unconsciously trying to tell the boy that he should stay away from him.
"Eh, Mom used to tell me those stories but I never fell for them. Besides, you seem pretty cool to me." Jaune replied as the Darkrai blinked.
"I see." It replied slowly eating the Oran Berry. It could feel the effects immediately coursing through its body.
"Ar!" Darkrai turned its head as Aron used its head to move over a couple more berries towards it. The two pokemon made eye contact as Aron chirped happily.
"Aron wants to be your friend too." Jaune said happily.
"...Who is this human to you." Darkrai asked Aron telepathically.
"He is my friend and I would give my life for him, and I know for a fact that he'd give his for me." Aron replied.
"Was someone chasing you?" Jaune suddenly asked as the Darkrai and Aron broke out of their conversation. The darkness pokemon slowly nodded its head, "Don't worry I'll keep this as my secret."
That was when Jaunes scroll rang startling him and Aron. He quickly pulled it out and stared at the screen seeing the message from his mother.
"Gah! Aron, Mom's gonna kill us!" Jaune quickly set aside some berries for Darkrai and gathered the rest. "Have a safe journey Darkrai."
The young man gave a bow of respect and turned around with his Aron in pursuit. However Aron stopped and turned around.
"I hope you find a true friend one day too." Aron said before turning around and chasing after its partner.
"..." Darkrai sat there under the shadow casted by the tree watching the two run off. It opened its mouth widely and consumed all the berries in one quick bite. Swallowing it glanced in the direction that the two had ran.
"..." It slinked into the shadows and quickly made its way in the direction of the two.
I already have plans for Jaunes team already done. For Ren I know for sure that I will have him have Grovyle. Ruby without a doubt will have Zorua considering that they share the same color pattern and everything. I'll probably have to do some brainstorming.
Reviews would be great, reviews that suggest pokemon for certain character would be welcome as well. Anyways see you next time.