DIN-03 Ruby's Story

A strange, metallic skinned boy turned his red, noticeably glowing eyes up at the sky. Above his head was a flaming ruby halo seemingly suspended by magic. He was sitting with a notepad and a pencil in his hands, a picture of several pokemon fighting drawn on it.

"Hmm..?" he mused quietly to himself from his position far from any other 'human'.

Who's that pokemon?

The android stared intently, watching. He was in his element.

Richie stares around, then looks at the old man, "Realy.. I'm new here, to everything, the elective, the academy, I just kinda wanna get a feel for the place, learn what I can." Frosslass floats around

Heywood had a bad feeling about this, but continued with the lesson as he grabbed an elaborately carved wooden cane with images of stampeding Bouffalant and limped over to the shore. "All right, girls. First thing, you must learn how to fish. I figured it was better to have one good rod than a bunch of old rods...you, Richie, you can use mine." He gestured to the blonde with the Froslass, asking her to take a turn. "First, bait the hook. I've got some blobs of meat you can use. Make sure you don't cut yourself on the hook."

While the students busied themselves with that, the elderly man bent over and put in a call to the principal's office. There was no doubt that they were seeing the same thing he was, but seeing as his class was outdoors he needed some strong battlers to cover for him should he need to relocate himself and his students. "Oh, and there's a strange boy here content to watch. See what he wants," he added before hanging up and turning back to the girls.

The dragon watched as the pink and yellow fleshy things scurried around with their magical animals. Spyro silently wondered if any of them could take him in combat. He gave a doubtful smirk, releasing a puff of smoke, before banking downwards. His massive yellow wings spread over the academy as he swooped to a halt. Dagger-like claws raked the roof of the building.

Spyro lowered to his belly and rested his chin on his foreleg. Two glowing red eyes continued to watch the trainers with amused curiosity.

The Mamoswine just sort of looked up at the last moment with an oblivious expression on it's face, apparently not having been paying attention to what was going on even slightly. A snort left it's snout as it was smacked. The large and now bewildered pokemon began to turn upon Liepard only to be bitten. Mamoswine tensed and a violent shudder seemed to run through his body.

The mammoth pokemon then proceeded to collapse where he stood. It seemed Emiko's liepard had managed to pierce something vital. Mamoswine went down before he even got a chance to defend himself. DIN-04 gazed upon the scene for a moment before disregarding it entirely. "...Wow, you know that wasn't even mine right? You just ruined that wild pokemon's day." she mocked with a smug grin upon her face. The nearby mamoswine emitted a groan.

"Did you see that, Three? We've got a bully over here~" she remarked, plucking a pokeball in preparation for battle. If one followed her glowing gaze they might notice a boy not far off.

DIN-03 looked up from what appeared to be either a sketchbook or a notebook. When exactly he had shown up was up for debate, but he appeared to be keeping his distance. "...I don't know what you're involving me in this for, Princess." he replied dismissively before turning back to whatever he was working on. "Master Zero will be disappointed if he finds out about this. The creator may even scrap you if you can't even beat Five's ghost." he remarked casually, seemingly entirely disinterested in the fight.

DIN-04 appeared irritated by the remark, glancing at DIN-03 for a moment. The two shared a look and nothing audible was communicated. She then turned back upon Emiko. "That's why I put the swain in her place!" DIN-04 cried out angrily, tossing a primed ball through the air. It emitted an explosive ray of light and from it burst forth a lucario! The aura pokemon seemed to stretch, pounding his feet against the ground and striking a pose as his body surged with an invisible power. The more astute battler might recognize it as swords dance.

"Oh, that's bullshit. No way is a Mamoswine from around here. You're just mad that you can't keep up with the real thing," Touko shot back. "Kit-Kit! Use Assist!"

The Liepard let out a cute little meow and stretched its limbs, calling on the assistance of one of Touko's other party members. Suddenly, a powerful wind whipped up, blowing the buffed-up Lucario right back into his Poké Ball. Yup. That was a Whirlwind, all right. "Hold on to your hats!" the brunette cried, leading by example as her other hand grabbed onto a nearby tree trunk until the ordeal was over.

"Oh, my. I didn't know you had a boyfriend. What's the matter, did I intrude on the two of you trying to enjoy some time alone together?" Oh, the fangs were out indeed, as Touko continued throwing verbal jabs right back at the robot girl. Master Zero, huh...so the two of them were in on some sort of conspiracy. "Hannibal, go talk to the kid with the sketchbook. Make sure he doesn't interfere!"

Hannibal held his ground as the whirlwind whipped around him and then looked towards the boy as his teacher ordered him. He thought about it for a moment before deciding the easiest way to make sure the boy didn't interfere was to give him something more pressing to focus on. Quickly walking over to the boy he shouted out "I challenge you to a double-battle!" and picked two pokeballs, letting them sail through the air. "Cheshire, Cesar, time to fight!"

Bursting fourth, a fiery fist rocketed through the air at speeds that created a small sonic boom. An infernape had emerged to try punching that liepard in the face with an aptly named Mach Punch! "Whatever you say. Nice shorts!" DIN-04 remarked condescendingly.

DIN-03 just sort of stopped drawing or writing, whatever he was doing, and gave Hannibal an unamused look. Piercing red eyes seemed to judge him for a moment before the android spoke. "Fine." he relented. "I accept your challenge. Why don't you take a seat?" he asked casually, making no move to reach for his own pokemon. His gaze abruptly tore away to glance at Emiko as she implied he was dating Four..

"Please don't." he remarked in an exasperated tone.

Four was quick to interject. "Gazing up at the top class speculatively again?~" she mocked sweetly. "That one isn't fit to kiss my boots; I don't think anyone on this island even knows how to treat a lady."

Three seemed to deflate slightly, a look of disappointment on his face. "Why did you have to get her going..?" he asked no one in particular in a quiet tone.

As soon as Infernape hit the field, Touko's next move was as clear as the sky above. It was going to get revenge. As it ran towards Kit-Kit with fire in its eyes (no, really) and a fist charged with qi ready to strike, Touko made her move.

"Kit-Kit, return! You're in charge, Drifter!"

Touko threw the Poke Ball hard. Real hard. Into the ocean hard. Out of the way of the Mach Punch, and Kit-Kit's form faded into a red glow just as the monkey was about to make contact.

Out popped a blue jellyfish with an impressive-looking mustache. Due to the distance between Infernape and Jellicent, the former had a lot of ground to cover before it could engage in its preferred mode of physical combat, giving the water/ghost type plenty of time to prepare for the reaction of the stuck-up robot bitch.

"Your move," Touko grinned wickedly.

DIN-04 just sort of raised her arms in a shrug at the gesture. "Really..?" she asked rhetorically in disbelief, mocking the other. She began picking out two pokeballs of her own, one of them Infernape's. "You're wasting my time. Infernape, Mach Punch!" the mechanical trainer remarked, a sickly psychotic grin appearing on her face. A silvery halo manifested atop her head, seemingly made of platinum fire, as her finger picked naught Jellicent but Touko herself.

Infernape pulled back, leaving Touko a mere second to realize what was going on before the punch hit her. At such high speeds it was as if Infernape had teleported. A fist would dig into Touko's shoulder, violently ripping her off balance and shattering her shoulder blade. No human could've hoped for any better without a pokemon to protect them. Before Touko could potentially, and likely, hit the ground Infernape grabbed her arm. It was likely very painful, being held by the arm with that shattered shoulder blade.

"Give her here!" Platina demanded, and Infernape would reluctantly pull back and just sort of bodily toss Touko at Platina, completely disregarding the Jellicent. Touko would find herself sliding against the ground for a moment before her head would bump into Platina's boots. The pseudoroid bent over and smirked down at the injured girl. "And here I thought you looked like the type who could -take- a hit~" she mocked in a sweet tone. Noteworthily a garchomp, a lucario, an empoleon and a torterra had joined Platina in surrounding her. All the gloves had come off, league rules need not apply.

A sickening crunch accompanied the sonic boom as Infernape took the coward's way out and punched Touko right in the shoulder, causing several major injuries and throwing her to the Houndoom, as it were. The whole team seemed to sneer down on the prone brunette, like something out of a nightmare. Or worse, some Rule 34 site.

Tears streaming from her eyes as she fought to hold back the pain long enough to act, Touko knew she wouldn't last long. With her good hand she reached for a special Poke Ball marked with black streaks and tossed it straight up with what little strength she could muster, screaming in pain at the violent motion as she shouted to the heavens.

"Zekrom, I need you! Help me to rid this world of cruelty!"

She couldn't even last long enough to command Jellicent to shoot an ice beam at Torterra from the shore before passing out from the pain. But a huge, deep black dragon would be all too glad to help her build this ideal world by smiting those that stood against it. Cloaking itself in an incredible amount of electricity, it soared high into the air before crashing down onto the armored penguin in a spectacular Fusion Bolt. As for the Jellicent, it just wanted to hide in its Poke Ball. Why? Because shit just got REAL.

What almost happened to that kid from Aspertia...what did happen to Titania...at Touko's request, Zekrom would not allow it to happen again. Platina would be made to answer for her crime, here and now.

"welp, clawitzer, get the hell out, brah." said Johnny as he threw a light-blue pokeball infront of him, bringing one of his trusty companions "Clawitzer" or "krieg" as he calls him some times.
"shoot at the infernape, a very accurate, and focused blast of aura sphere, i want you to absolutely destroy it if possible."
Clawitzer aligns his massive claw towards the infernape and takes aim, less than a second after, a massive ball of energy is shot off his pincer, traveling at break-neck speed, it easily catches Infernape and his buddies (unknown to both clawitzer and Johnny, as they didn't saw them there) off-guard and takes them off the girl, the aura sphere explodes shortly after dragging them away, hoping to knock him out for good, or at least heavily damaging them, while this happens, Johnny runs towards the girl, ignoring the rest around him.
"HEY! YOU STILL AWAKE? DON'T DIE ON ME BRAH" said Johnny as he ran towards her, ignoring the still-standing torterra and Zekrom until he reached the girl.
"Hey hey, come on, keep it together brah, don't die on me, Clawitzer, we appreciate your help, but we're going to need a less "explodey" approach." Johnny dismisses clawitzer and brings forth Mienshao, who instantly takes up his fighting stance and glances at torterra and the odd-looking girl.
"Mienshao, wide guard, focus on protecting the girl, if you need to break everything, do so."
Mienshao just looks back at johnny and gives off a smirk before leaping towards torterra and executing a brick-break.

A massive lightning ball crashes down upon Empoleon! The giant penguin pokemon just sort of let out a shriek, looking particularly toasty for a moment before it fell with a large thud. Something much more interesting happened however. A certain dragon pokemon shifted directly over Touko, protecting her from the blast! The pokemon were in such a tight little area that it would likely hit all of them, and for some reason DIN-04's garchomp had decided it wasn't going to let a single jolt of electricity reach Touko. It's body, naturally wired in such a way to distribute electricity harmlessly into the ground, was unfazed.

DIN-04's other pokemon however struggle to lift themselves after the blast, and an errant aura sphere removes her Infernape from the battlefield. One could likely assume that she would not be returning, judging by her inability to resist. DIN-04's lucario however proved to be just a little too tuned in to be taken by surprise by an aura sphere, distancing herself from Infernape before the attack hit. Torterra, Lucario and Garchomp remained standing.

The pseudroid turned her gaze upon the newcomer as he ran right up to Emiko, perhaps without regard for his safety. "...How rude." she remarked, already beginning to gesture. "Garchomp? Take care of that shrimp, would you?" she instructed, entirely disregarding Zekrom for one reason or another. The gargoyle drake launched itself rapidly, a generating a literal sonic boom as it's body shattered the sound barrier within seconds. Lunging through the air, Garchomp lifted both it's arms, aiming the deadly finlike blades down at John's Clawitzer. So much for good guy Garchomp--It was going to attempt to skewer the other pokemon against the ground with it's outrage!

Meanwhile the false girl's torterra attempted to heal itself with Synthesis, and her lucario oddly enough fled the battle! What a shameful display.

Johnny saw Garchomp launching towards his clawitzer seconds before being sent off, however, it seems the garchomp is hell-bent on damaging something.
Johnny throws two pokeballs inmediately infront of him, even before the pokemons themselves come out, he issues his orders.
"Iron defense, Dragon pulse."

Out of the beam, come out Metagross and Clawitzer, who seems rather happy to be able to fight once more.
Metagross places himself beetwen the garchomp and clawitzer, and hardens his body, in the meantime, Clawitzer is loading up a particularly explosive dragon pulse.
"Let's get ya outta here brah." Johnny takes up the girl and runs away trying his best to keep metagross between him and garchomp.
"YOU KNOW WHAT TO DO BRO"

Touko stirred as the hue and cry of battle was renewed. A new, unknown force had joined the battle! "Drifter...get me out of here...please..." she whispered. Whoever this new guy was, he did not know how the hell to battle. Not only that, but the rough handling by her would-be hero was risking further injury to her shoulder.

"What..." she mumbled before a surge of pain caused her to wince. "What the FUCK do you think you're doing? I'm hurt, dammit! Put me down!"

“Sooo... Let me get this straight. You've got me all to yourself with no Serena around to protect me. ...And all you want to do is draw me??” DIN-05.2 asked in an incredulous tone. The gynoid was standing on the beach in a swimsuit that frankly didn't help her maintain a low profile, given that it showed off more of her metallic skin and segmented joints. “...You are not capable of swimming. So why is it you chose to wear a swimsuit?” DIN-03 replied in a rather flat tone. “O-kay... Fair point. But doesn't this violate your programming?” DIN-05.2 asked. “...I'm just trying to make the best of our time together. You wore that because you wanted people to appreciate your beauty, right? Well I appreciate you. That's why I want to immortalize you in art instead of bickering and fighting. Can't our mission wait just a day for me to appreciate you before we must inevitably duel to the death?” DIN-03 asked. DIN-05.2 considered this for a moment. “--You mean you want me to model for you?? Oh, Ruby that's so sweet! I've got other outfits too! We could do a whole photoshoot together! Can my pokemon be in your drawings too??” DIN-05.2 blurted out, suddenly eager. ...Serena would probably be back in that time right? She'd never leave her alone for that long knowing how dangerous it was. Yeah! This just might avoid a near-death battle! “Here. Hold this and smile. Please be 'cute'.” Ruby replied, offering White an Applin. She took the pokemon, eyeing it for a moment before striking a nice pose with it.

...Many long hours of modeling and drawing later.

“...C-Can we take a break? I need to sleep.” White whined. “...Robots don't need to sleep.” Ruby flatly replied. “But it hurts! It hurts to stay awake all night! You know that!” White pleaded in a rather whiny tone. This caused Ruby to hesitate a moment, staring at her rather coldly. “...Being alive is suffering. We feel only an imitation of the pain our organic predecessors do, and yet you sound like you are about to cry. Doesn't that strike you as weird?” DIN-03 asked. Huffing a bit and thrusting her arms downward in frustration, White snapped back with a very sore “It feels real to me!”

A moment of silence passed. “...What happened to you? You used to be warm. It's like you're not even trying to be human anymore.” White softly remarked. At this, DIN-03's eyes narrowed with a certain disgust. “Human?? Human?! ...Humans are monsters.” Ruby snapped back. “--How can you say that?? Like six of them have come to admire our work today! They seemed pretty nice...” White replied. “...I've traveled the world to see what it has to offer and found it ... lacking. Everything hurts, 'dear sister'. Even things that are supposed to bring humans joy hurts me now. And I don't even have the worst of it! Frankly, this is the least pain I've been in for months, and I have you to thank for that.” Ruby lectured in frustration, beginning a new sketch. “ . . . I-I'm sorry. I--” White stammered out, deeply unsettled by Ruby's words. “It's fine. Soon enough it won't matter anyway. We'll have served our purposes, and the pain will be over.” Ruby interrupted in a distant tone.

White furrowed her brows, considering Ruby's choice of words there for a moment. What did he mean by that? Did he--? It suddenly hit her. “--Ruby! Please tell me you didn't.” White blurted out. Ruby gave her no response, continuing to sketch. White lifted her eyes to the darkening sky. Sure enough, she spotted something large approaching in the distance. Without hesitating, White turned and began to attempt to flee. However, upon seeing this, Ruby promptly rose and tossed a pokeball out, a milotic emerging to intercept the android. Without warning, it promptly curled its body around her and began to constrict her with crushing force. She emitted a soft groan of pain, trying in vain to free her arms. Due to the way they were pinched against her sides, not even their piston power could hope to free her. “...How could you do this?! He's going to kill us both!” a very distressed White blurted out. Yet, she only received silence in response. Ruby looked away from her to regard the approaching trainer and his pokemon.

From the skies, DIN-00 dropped down riding atop a rather impressive android recreation of Reshiram. He promptly hopped off and produced a second pokeball, tossing it to release a similar robotic zekrom on the other side of the two androids, surrounding them. “...Three. Five-Two. What a pleasure to see you both again.” DIN-00 greeted. At this, DIN-03 approached him and dropped to his knee in the sand, bowing his head. “For the creator.” he bitterly remarked. DIN-00 seemed to hesitate for a moment. He then pulled out a third pokeball and dropped it to reveal a garchomp. DIN-05.2 immediately recognized this garchomp as having previously belonged to DIN-04. The garchomp turned and raised one of its claws to the sky as high as it could, before sharply bringing it down upon DIN-03's neck, decpitating the android.

White screamed at the top of her lungs in a panic, a feat only possible because she technically had no lungs and thus could not technically be suffocated by Milotic's grasp. At her trainer's sudden execution, however, milotic released her and turned upon DIN-00. White fell onto her behind, scrambling back to her feet as quickly as she could. “Serena?? Serena!!” White shouted, hoping and praying that her sister droid would show herself at last. It was the only way she could imagine herself even surviving this encounter, nevermind winning it. DIN-00 bent down and retrieved DIN-03's pokeballs, returning a very reluctant milotic after a moment. He then began approaching DIN-05.2

“...Well, now that that's out of the way. What do you say we have a little chat about your retirement?” DIN-00 asked. “O-Oh no. That's okay. I'm much too young to retire.” White nervously replied, sorta glancing back at Zekrom behind her, who was eyeing her carefully. “Hah! You're funny. Is this the same wit that inspired you to commit treason against our creator and drag me into a public space where innocent pokemon might get hurt?” DIN-00 asked in a light-hearted yet accusing tone. “...N-No... this was more... his idea.” White mousily replied, unable to even look at Ruby's remains. DIN-00 glanced at the fallen android's body and frowned. “...It's a shame that you both malfunctioned so gravely. Perhaps if everything had gone to plan, you would be standing at my side as Queen.” DIN-00 remarked. “...That was supposed to be Five.” White harshly replied, glaring slightly from the corner of her eyes. “Hahaha... And who do you think you were supposed to replace?” DIN-00 replied, returning the glare. “...Honestly, you should be grateful I'm here to stop you. Who knows what sort of unstable thought processes are going through your head. What sort of precious information you may have already leaked... I'm surprised your own manufacturing didn't get you first.” DIN-00 began to casually muse aloud. “I'm not insane! I function fine!” DIN-05.2 protested, becoming quite upset. DIN-00 considered this for a moment and shrugged. “...So said the madwoman to her caretaker. Know only that I do what I'm doing out of love.” DIN-00 distantly replied, gesturing silently for Garchomp to attack. The dragon pokemon shifted into an attack position and roared in a challenge, before lunging out with its arms raised to try and cut DIN-05.2 down before she could get any ideas about trying to prolong this by fighting back!