7Hello there and welcome to RWBY in Sinnoh an AU of Coral the Leviathan's Huntsmen in Kalos and before you bring out pitchforks and torches and go after me, let me explain. I asked Coral if I could do this and she said yes as well as letting me use the first chapter, so thankyou Coral for letting me do this.
With that being said, I would like to point out a few things. First off, in this story, after Lumiose City, RWBY and JNPR split up to cover more ground in their search for Vanessa, with RWBY going to Sinnoh, while JNPR stays in Kalos. Second, the Pokémon that they get may be different than the ones they get in Coral's version. And finally I am mostly going to focus on Team RWBY once they split up but will do a chapter for Team JNPR every now and then, mostly so I don't mess up on who is where, who has what and so on.
Now with that out of the way, ONWARDS TO THE STORY!
Disclaimer: I don't own Pokémon or RWBY. I do not own Vanessa or the assailant; they belong to Insane Dominator. I also do not own Zetta; she belongs to PokeguardianZ. I also don't own this chapter either; it belongs to Coral the Leviathan, but she did give me permission to use this chapter. I do not own any songs, but I do own the images that goes with opening.
*OPENING*
Are you Ready?
(Opening starts with Ruby's red cloak riding in the wind as morning approaches)
READY STEADY CAN'T HOLD ME BACK!
(Ruby catches her cloak and puts it on just as Crescythe caught up with her)
READY STEADY GIVE ME GOOD LUCK!
(Weiss is seen putting her hair into a side ponytail while Blake puts on her bow and Yang wraps her scarf around her neck)
READY STEADY NEVER LOOK BACK
(Team JNPR is walking along a road as Lloyd, Seth and Jackson run past them)
LET'S GET STARTED READY STEADY GO
(The eleven heroes look onward as the camera rises upward and the title appears)
Sceneries being blown away seem to whirl in front of me
(the group is walking along a road as wild Pokémon watch them go by)
Even if I get desperate, I won't overlook my target anymore
(Team CRDL try to stop them only to be sent flying by Crescythe)
An unreliable map should be burnt
(Ruby and Weiss threw their Pokeballs, releasing a Cosmog, a Zigzagoon, a Scatterbug and Aqua with Crescythe appearing with them. Blake and Yang threw their Pokeballs, revealing a Weedle, Screecher, a Fletchling and Leona. JNPR threw their balls and revealed Excalibur, a Dunsparce, Pitfall, an Azumarill Eve, a Caterpie, Sirius and a Combee. Lloyd, Seth and Jackson were surrounded by their Pokemon as they looked to the camera)
I'll grasp onto the buried truth with my hands
(The group is training in a field, doing Pokémon Battles, while Lloyd and Seth performed a Mega Evolution with Metagross and Gardevoir as their forms change.)
I came running frantically -hastily-
(Weiss is doing a performance with Aqua and her Scatterbug as the rest of the group cheers her on.)
The throb of my heartbeats feels deafening enough to burst
(Ruby and Crescythe are fighting against a rampaging Shiny Mega Evolved Tyranitar right in front of Prism Tower in Luminous City)
Your voice is echoing -shouting-
(The group stands at the edge of a cliff watching in amazement as they watch Dialga, Palkia and Nic Pularis fight the Assailant while Primal Groudon, Primal Kyogre and Mega Rayquaza battle Acnologia before they vanish without a trace.)
There's no time to be like standing still here
(The group runs along a road, while a White Cloaked Figure with a Shiny Absol at their side watches them before disappearing)
READY STEADY GO
(Vanessa is in a room chained to the wall as she looks to the sky with hope)
PLEASE. TRUST ME
(Ruby and the White Figure face off against each other as Crescythe and the Absol fight each other)
It had been days since the Breach happened. Everyone continued on with their normal lives. Well, as normal as can be. For the Hunters and Huntresses-in-training, they were busy training for the Vytal Festival Tournament with their Pokémon. Since practically everyone has a Pokémon partner now, there was a huge possibility of the tournament allowing the creatures to fight alongside their partners.
Two certain teams were with two certain people. Each team were fighting each person and their Pokémon. It was tough, but the members of both teams were able to cooperate extremely well with each other. However...
"Razor Leaf!"
"Aura Sphere!"
BOOM!
It just wasn't enough to beat these two people and their Pokémon. Especially since they had done the one thing many in Remnant cannot achieve for one certain reason.
"Ow... That Mega Evolution is tough..." a banged-up Ruby said.
"Tell me again... Why we have to face your Pokémon in their Mega forms," Jaune requested.
"You tell us. You guys were the ones who requested it," Zetta said.
Teams RWBY and JNPR were in Emerald Forest with Vanessa and Zetta, along with their Pokémon of course. A little earlier, they requested the two to train them, with their Mega Evolved Pokémon. As crazy as it sounded, the two agreed to help them train with Venusaur and Aura. Despite knowing how much more powerful a Pokémon can get once they Mega Evolved, the two teams didn't expect the two Pokémon to be strong enough to either easily cut boulders like butter or easily create craters. Surprisingly enough, they lasted five minutes against them.
"I would say this is good training, but I would be lying to myself..." Weiss said.
"You should've seen this coming," Vanessa said pitily.
Everyone's scroll went off. They answered it and saw they received a message from Professor Ozpin.
'Come to my office, immediately,' it said.
Usually when you're called to the Headmaster's office, it was never a good sign. But since both Vanessa and Zetta, both who happened to be teachers, were also called up, this only confused them as well.
The big group of Huntsmen-in-training and Pokémon Trainers arrived at his office. There, not only were they met with Ozpin, Poniard, Glynda, Kadabra, James and Aggron, they also saw Team CRDL and their Pokemon, which consisted of a Dedenne, a Cottonee, a Swirlix, and a Floette, with them. Being the troublemakers they knew of half of them, this worried less than half the group.
"I see you've finally arrived," Ozpin said.
"Um... Professor Ozpin. If you don't mind me asking, why are we here?" Ruby dared to ask. "We're not in trouble, are we?"
Cardin looked at the team with a look that said, 'Oh, you guys are finally in trouble. This is the best day of my life.' Those less confident at the moment saw the look and tried to ignore it.
"Far from it, actually," Ozpin answered. They mentally sighed in relief. "If anything, you are all here to be given a mission."
They all looked at each other.
"What's the mission?" Jaune asked.
"We've heard rumors about there being some suspicious activities going on west of Vale. We'd like you to investigate," James explained.
"But, why us?" Weiss asked.
"Because out of all teams, Ms. Schnee, you all have developed deep bonds with your Pokemon. And if I recall from Vanessa and Zetta's lesson, the deeper the bond, the stronger both the trainer and Pokemon," Glynda answered.
"Wait, you're letting us go on a possibly dangerous mission?" Yang asked.
"That would be dumbing it down, but yes," Pawniard said.
"I would understand us, but why is Team CRDL here?" Nora asked.
"The same reason you lot are here," Aggron replied.
They were all shocked to hear that they had to team up with the school's team of bullies.
"This is because of their combatant skills, abilities and Pokemon moves that they will be assisting you on this mission," Kadabra explained.
"We will be honored to assist you," the Floette said, politely bowing to them.
"Those guys won't know what's coming!" the Dedenne boasted.
The two teams and trainers looked at each other and found that there won't be any use arguing anyway, or they would get a one-way ticket out of Beacon, even though it wouldn't bother Vanessa and Zetta so much.
"This mission, we are putting both Vanessa and Zetta in charge. You will do as they say and when they said it. Is that understood?" They all nodded at Ironwood's words.
"There's an airship waiting for you guys. Good luck," Ozpin said.
They all nodded at his words and left to prepare themselves for the mission.
They all met up at the airship and were on their way to their destination.
"What do you think it is?" Ruby asked her team.
"Maybe the White Fang?" Screecher asked.
"It's possible," Crescythe agreed.
"But what could they be doing?" Yang wondered. "The west of Vale is clean of Grimm."
"And the amount of Dust there is quite low," Weiss added. "Unless if my father expanded his company there or something."
"But wouldn't you hear about that?" Aqua asked.
"What do you think, Vanessa?" Blake asked. The girl was not far from them and they saw she had a serious look on her face.
'It couldn't be, could it?' she wondered. 'Then again, I haven't seen him since then. I'm worried. Just what could he be possibly be doing over there?' She let out a small gasp as her eyes widened slightly in realization. 'Maybe Nic is there! That has to be it! But then again... Professor Ozpin and the others wouldn't have known about it.'
"Hello~! Remnant to Van!" Yang called, waving a hand in front of the girl's face. That brought her out of her thoughts. "Are you okay?"
"Huh? Uh, yeah. I'm fine," she lied.
"Vanessa, do you have an idea as to who or what is over there?" Weiss asked.
Vanessa stayed silent, unsure of what she had to tell them.
"Vanessa, you promised to tell us something when something big comes up. We may not be your teammates any more, but we are your friends."
She took Weiss's words to the heart and explained to them of the events that transpired during their first mission.
"That guy who wants to kill your brother is here?!" Leona gasped. Vanessa once told Team RWBY, whom later told their Pokemon, of the assailant.
"Yeah. Don't you see? He must be planning on something over there! I don't know what, but it must be something big," she told them.
"Well, from what you once told us, there's no way we can do anything about him," Crescythe said.
"I know. And I don't expect you guys to be willing to help out in stopping him from whatever he's doing-"
"Are you telling us to back out?" Nora appeared out of nowhere.
"Whoa! Where did you come from?!"
"From the part where you were telling them your thoughts about the mission," Ren answered. They turned and saw him and the rest of Team JNPR and Zetta near them, Jaune emptying his stomach in a barf bag.
"Vanessa, no matter how strong the opponent, we won't leave one of or own behind,' Sirius said.
"He's right. We're your friends. And friends always stick together," Eve agreed.
"Even Jaune would be willing to help out. Right Jaune?" Pyrrha nominated. The motion-sickness Hunter-to-be just gave a thumbs-up.
"We'll all stand by you, Lady Vanessa," Excalibur told her.
The girl smiled and looked at all her friends, not believing how lucky she was to have people like them in her life. "Thanks guys."
"We're here!" the pilot announced. "I can't make a proper landing, so you guys have to jump!"
"Well, you heard the man. It's show time," Zetta said.
The hatch was opening up and they all jumped off the vehicle. They, with the help of their Pokemon for some, managed to land safely on the ground. The pilot took his leave. The mission was said to take a few days at most.
"All right guys, according to sources, whatever the activity is going on is happening right inside of that building over there. Gather up some sticks for torches," Vanessa ordered. She then released Braixen from her Pokeball. "Mind using your fire power for torches?"
"Sure thing," she nodded.
The group walked in the warehouse with caution, the torches lighting their way and Braixen back in her Pokeball. So far, there were no signs of any suspicious activities. Eventually, they reached a dead end.
"Really? We wasted our time for this?" Cardin questioned.
"Look around the area. There has to be some kind of hidden switch somewhere," Vanessa ordered, ignoring the bully's words. Just as Vanessa took another step closer, lights went on.
"Who found the switch?" Zetta asked. No one answered the question.
"That would be me," came a voice. Most of them don't know who the voice was, but Vanessa does. They all faced the source of the voice. "Hello, children."
"Oh great, a Faunus Freak. Just what we need," Cardin insulted.
"I'd show respect if I were you boy," the assailant warned. "You don't want to make me angry."
"Or wha-?"
"Cardin, shut up if you value your life!" Vanessa shouted. All her friends looked at her in shock. Who could blame them? They had never seen her this frightened before. "I know what you want."
"Do you now?" the assailant asked.
"Yeah. And I know... Because I found these back when you almost killed my friend back in Emerald Forest." She took out a pair of photos. "The moment I saw these, I didn't want to believe it. I kept telling myself that there has to be someone else who despises my brother just as much as him yet cares about me. I don't know anyone else like that, of all the people I met. I assumed maybe my brother does, but he never said anything about me to his friends. And for that reason, I believe I have more than enough proof and right to ask you this..." No words were needed to be said for Teams RWBY and JNPR to know what she meant by what she said. "Are you-?"
DING! DING! DING!
Her question was interrupted by the sound of something ringing.
From under his hood, one can see the assailant smirking. "It is time."
"Time? For what?" Ruby asked.
"Gah!" Everyone looked at Vanessa and saw some kind of tattoo appearing on her body. "Wh-... What is this...?" She fell to the floor. "I can't... Move...!"
"Vanessa!"
"Time for us to leave, don't you think?" the assailant said. He blocked the only exit out of the area and opened up a portal, jumping in it. The moment he did, a vortex came, attempting to suck everyone inside it.
Weiss used her glyph to keep everyone on the ground. "What does he mean 'we'?!" Her question was answered as Zetta used her clawed gauntlets to tie the already restrained Vanessa and leapt into the portal.
"Van! Zetta!" Yang called.
Ruby and Crescythe instantly took action and managed to get Vanessa back on the ground. Same can't be said for Zetta, who got through the portal. Ruby pinned the blade of her scythe on the ground to prevent getting sucked in.
"We got you!" she told her friend. "Crescythe! Try and cut the ribbons!"
"You can't! Zetta told me once that these ribbons can't be cut!" the tied-up trainer said.
"What?! Then what do we do?!" Just then, the vortex got stronger by the second. Soon enough, the Huntsmen-in-training used their weapons to try and prevent themselves from being sucked in while the Pokemon held on to them or were being held by them. It proved useless, as parts of the room itself was being dragged into it. Soon enough, Vanessa was slipped out of Ruby's grip.
"Ah! Ruby!" she screamed.
"Vanessa!" Ruby screamed back. She then lost her grip on her weapon and was being sucked in.
"Ruby!" Crescythe grabbed on to her cloak in an attempt to keep her away from the portal, only to lost her footing and was also dragged to it. Soon enough, everyone lost their grip on their weapons and was sucked in.
It was bright out and quite peaceful. The wind was gently blowing, the fruits were waiting to be picked from the trees or bushes, the birds were chriping. Absolutely peaceful.
Ruby was lying on the grass. She opened her eyes and had them adjusted to the sudden brightness. She slowly got up and found herself in an unfamiliar area.
"How did I end up in a forest?" she wondered. She heard a groan and looked behind her to see her team, Jaune's and their partners lying down. "Guys!" She went to shake them awake, starting with her sister. "Yang! Yang get up! Come on, Yang! Open your eyes!"
Yang slowly opened her eyes. "Ugh... Ruby? Keep it down." She then noticed something odd about her surroundings and was completely awake. "Okay... Where is this?"
"I don't know. Help me wake everyone." The two siblings went around and brought everyone back into conscious.
"Where are we?" Jaune asked.
"It doesn't look like Emerald Forest," Weiss noted.
"I don't think this is even Vale," Ren said.
"Are those Pokemon over there?" Nora asked, pointing at a couple of bushes. They followed her finer and, to their surprise, they saw plenty of Bug-Type Pokemon eating the leaves or the fruits.
"Wouldn't this mean there are people nearby then?" Blake asked.
"Excuse me. Can you help us?" Ruby asked. She was ignored by the Pokemon. "Um, hello?" One of the Bug-type took notice of her and crawled over to her. "Hi, my name's Ruby. My friends and I are looking for a way out of this forest. Can you help us?"
After a moment of silence, rather than getting a proper reply, the Bug-type tilted its head. "Cater?"
It was their turn to tilt their heads, in confusion.
"No, not 'cater'. My name is Ruby." She tried to approach it, when the Bug Pokemon et out what seemed to be a scream and used String Shot to cover her face, much to everyone's shock. Before anything else was said or done, it crawled away.
"... What just happened?" Jaune asked.
"I donno! Ged dis obba me! (I don't know! Get this off of me!)" the fifteen-year-old muffled, struggling to get the web off.
Crescythe approached Ruby and used her horn to cut the webs off, much to her partner's pleasure.
"Oh fresh air. Thanks Crescythe."
"Sol," was the reply she got.
"Um... What?"
"Sol," the Disaster Pokemon said once more.
"Eve, what's wrong?" everyone heard Pyrrha ask. "Why can't you speak?"
"Vee... Vee," the Eevee simply said with a worried look on her face.
"What's going on? Why can't they talk? Why can't the Pokemon talk?!" Jaune asked, freaking out.
"Didn't we hear something about this from Vanessa?" Blake asked.
Everyone looked back at the times where Vanessa talked about her home. As Blake said, she did say that back in her world, no Pokemon can speak human.
"So wait... That means..." Yang spoke, putting two and two together.
"We're... In Vanessa's world..." Ruby finished