(A/N:) Hey everyone! Welcome to the first chapter of Kamen Rider Den-O: Remnants of Time. Feel free to comment on what I did wrong so I can get better. Anyways, hope you guys like the first chapter and enjoy!
I do not I own the rights to the series RWBY or Kamen Rider. RWBY is owned by Rooster Teeth Productions and The Kamen Rider Series is owned by Toei Company
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'Thoughts/Inner communication between OC and imagin'
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Edited: 7/28/2017
It all starts with the beautiful sky, colored like the rainbow. And the vast desert landscape, stretching out for miles and miles. On the ground reveals to be a set of tracks running in a certain direction. Then a loud noise cries out as a mysterious portal opens to reveal what seems to be a bullet train. This bullet train has a white, black, and red color scheme while the window are colored blue. The front of the train has a red tinted glass while the top of the train is black, this train is the Den-Liner.
The Den-Liner traverses through the desert, pursuing what seems to be a group of yellow orbs fleeing from them. The yellow orbs are flying as fast as they could from the train as it came closer and closer to them. As the the yellow orbs and the Den-Liner was about to reach the canyon, they both headed straight down in the ravine. As they descend downwards, a portal opens letting the orbs escape and closes just as the Den-Liner were about to enter.
The Den-Liner immediately stops abruptly as they have escaped within their grasp. The inside of the dining car has sets of yellow colored benches with red tables, the interior is mostly white with some gray paint to break up the color. At one end of the dining car has a counter where all the food and drinks are made while the other side has a single table and bench near the dining cart exit door. Inside this dining car reveals to only occupy three people.
A woman behind the counter in a white latex waitress top, black leggings with arrows pointing downwards on the side of her legs, red gloves and boots, and wearing several watches around her wrists. She looks like she is in her mid twenties with a pale complexion, short light brown hair with a several long strands of pink hair on the right side of her face, dark brown eyes, and has slender physique.
Another woman is sitting on a bench. She is wearing a white hood with a black tank top, across her chest is black quiver decorated with a white symbol of a clock, white cargo pants, and combat boots with the laces colored white. She looks seventeen year old with a slight tanned complexion, long light brown hair, dark brown eyes, and a skinny physique as well.
And lastly was a man sitting in a seat near the diner door. He is wearing a full dark brown suit with a maroon vest covering his white dress shirt and light brown dress shoes. He looks like he is in his early sixties and has a tanned complexion, dark brown eyes, and black hair combed back. After the train backs up and continues their course to find the group of yellow orbs, the woman in the white hood stood up and shouted in frustration, "Damn it! We were so close to stopping them from interfering with the past and now they have escaped into god knows when and messing with time and…!"
"Patience Mai, we will find them soon but please sit down." The man in the brown suit interrupted. The woman in the white hood, now dubbed as Mai, reluctantly sat down as she was getting more anxious. The waitress is quietly making coffee as she is listening in to the situation.
The tense atmosphere is broken when Mai asked calmly, "So what year did they travel back to?"
The man stood up and picked up his cane and said without making eye contact with Mai, "They mostly likely have traveled back to 2017. I could consult with Mr. Ozpin of our situation, maybe he could lend some huntsmen and huntresses to help aid us for the time being until we could find a singular point in that era." Mai looked distressed given with the situation they are in. The man spoke once again, "Mai, I would like you to go speak with Mr. Ozpin of our negotiation. He should be at Beacon Academy at the moment, tell him the 'owner' sent you." She nods in understanding as the Den-Liner stops for Mai waiting for her to leave. As she leaves she picks up her white combat bow and what seems to be a black case with a strange symbol on the back.
Kamen Rider Den-O: Remnants of Time
Chapter 1: Ore Sanjou!
March 3, 2017
"The total will be 40 liens please." The shopkeeper said. I paid him the liens and walked out the store with the groceries for my sister, to reveal the streets of Vale, busy as always. The wind blew through my black shaggy hair and red muffler around my neck. My eyes gaze at the sun before looking back at my scroll to check the time. It is currently 10:56 in the morning, so I gotta hurry back to the cafe with the groceries. I turn off my scroll which reveals my face and part of my torso. I have a slight tanned complexion and dark brown eyes, while part of my torso shows my white jacket, black shirt, and my red muffler. I put my scroll back in my pants and continue my way back to the cafe.
The walk from the store to the cafe wasn't far, just had to go through the Vale Park to get there quicker. It is quite a peaceful time in Vale, no constant danger that keeps us on edge all time since we have huntsmen and huntresses protecting us all. As I made my way to the entrance of the park, I noticed a group of faunus' rights activists protesting at one of the Schnee Dust Company branches. Faunus never really had an easy life. But now with the White Fang attacking and looting stores, it just gives more reason for people to hate them. I never understood myself why humans can be so cruel to faunus. Is it because they fear things that are different? Is it because humans want to feel like they are above faunus? I guess I'll never understand fully.
I enter the Vale Park and it was quite deserted at the moment. But the trees in the park flourish quite beautifully after the winter season we had a while back, feels calm and soothing being here. I kept walking until I stopped at the playground. At the playgrounds, there were three guys were waiting out at the swingset and they all turn to look at me with a mischievous grin on their faces. Something tells me this is not gonna end well. The three guys approach menacingly towards me and I was able to get a good look at each of them.
One guy wore a red tracksuit with a brown beanie. He has a pale complexion, blue eyes, and dark brown hair. Another guy was wearing a green letterman jacket with a white shirt, blue jeans with a chain coming out of his pocket, and black shoes. He has a pale complexion as well with light brown spiked up hair and green eyes. But the guy, he was huge! He wore a red flannel rolled up to his sleeves, khakis, and black hiking boots. He has a tanned complexion, short dark brown hair, dark brown eyes, and a scar running on the right side of his face. The three guys are all armed with a weapon, two of them armed with a club and the big guy with butterfly knife. The big guy twirls his butterfly knife open to reveal a sharp black blade. He points it at me and says, "Hey there buddy! What do we have here? Groceries? Perhaps you could spare me and my guys, a few liens?"
He twirls the knife once more, making me feel more nervous. I calmed my nervous and said, "Sorry man, I used all my liens for the groceries." The two other guys were playing with the clubs in their hands as they were snickering at what I was saying.
The big guy said, "Come on man, I know you got a few liens left in your wallet. Just give us some and we won't have a problem."
"For the last time, I don't have any liens left. I used all for the groceries." The big guy's face turns from mischievous to dissatisfaction. He looks at his friends as he signals them to my direction. The two guys slowly approach towards me with their weapons ready. I slowly try to back away, but the guy in the red tracksuit sprinted towards me and swung the club right in my stomach. I staggered forward from the initial pain as the other guys join in. They eventually stop for a brief moment as they dig through my pockets for my wallet. They ravaged through my wallet until the big guy stole it out of their hands as he looks inside for himself.
"Wow, guess you were right. It's my bad, all well and good right?" He exclaimed. He kept searching until he found my ID and said, "Kurokuu Akarui? Interesting name. You from Vacuo or something? Oh well I gotta go, nighty nighty!" He grabbed my shirt as he was ready to knock me out cold until an arrow flew between us.
We both turn to the source of the arrow to reveal a woman in a white hood with a bow pointing at us. She pulls another arrow out of her quiver as she readies her bow. She shouts, "You guys better drop your weapons and run the other direction! And I don't thinking I'm joking! This time I won't miss!" The three guys were instantly frightened at what was about to happen next. The big guy threw me back onto the ground and ran away with the others. I stood back up and dust myself off.
As I picked up the groceries, the woman in white walked up to me and asked, "Are you okay? I'm sorry if I hadn't got here sooner."
I looked back at her and said," Oh no, it's fine. Just a little bruise is all. Thank you for saving me."
"You're welcome." She stares at her scroll. "Oh crap gotta go somewhere! Bye!" She said before running off to wherever she's going. As she was running a small black case fell out of pocket. I picked it up and tried to give it back but she was long gone. I analyze the small black case closer, on the back it had a strange symbol. Maybe it's some kind of logo? I open the small back case to reveal a slot to put something in and the symbol shown once again, but traced in white with a techy looking background. 'What is this thing?' I thought to myself. I look at my scroll and to check the time once more. 'Oh crap, I'm late! Sis is gonna kill me!' I thought to myself before grabbing the groceries and running to the cafe as fast as I can.
I dash through the park and the streets of Vale. I turn to the next corner and stop as I arrived at my location. The sign outside the door says "The Milk Dipper." I regain my composure before approaching the door. As I open the door, the cafe was busy as usual. The interior has a tan wallpaper with some wooden wallpaper to break up the color. There were many bookshelves placed around the cafe. Tables and chairs are set around the cafe with people occupy the table. There was round table with seats that has a small display podium containing books and showing off a telescope pointing up in the painted night sky.
A group of people clamoured around the counter as my sister, Kasumi, is, making coffee. She is wearing a blue spring dress and brown slippers. Kasumi has a slight tan complexion, light brown long hair tied up in a ponytail, and dark brown eyes. She looks up to me and said, "Welcome back Kurokuu. Did you get the groceries?"
"Yep, I got them right here!"
She grabs the groceries off my hands until she saw the condition I was in. "Oh my oum, what happened to you!?" Kasumi asked worryingly.
I tried to cover it up and told her, "It's nothing to worry about, Kasumi. It's just a little incident I had earlier."
She looks at me with concern as she said, "Come with me, I'll patch you up quick." Kasumi led me behind a counter and opens the shelf to grab the first aid kit. She grabs some bruise patches and places it around my torso where the clubs struck me. The she grabs the bandage and places it over the blood spot on my right eyebrow. As Kasumi finishes patching me up, I look up to her face to see her calm and peaceful face. "Are you hungry? I made breakfast for you, it's in the fridge waiting." Kasumi asks softly. I nodded yes as I went to the refrigerator and opened it to reveal some pancakes with whip cream with a strawberry on top. Man, that is a good looking pancake right there. I sat at the counter eating my pancakes while my sister is making coffee. The men around me stare at her as if they are looking at a beautiful angel. I finished my meal and brought it back to the sink.
As I was about to head into my room, I felt something in my pocket. It was the black case from the woman in white earlier. Knowing that she could be searching for it at this moment, I grab my jacket and made my way towards the door. I shouted to my sister, "Kasumi, I forgot to do something! I'll be right back!"
She waves to me and said, "Don't stay for too long. Stay safe Kurokuu!" I left the cafe and ran towards the nearby Vale Police Department so she could find it there. I checked for the time and it was currently 12:06 in the afternoon. I ran as fast as I could to the station while accidently bumping into a few people along the way. I stop to take a breath as I have finally arrived at the station. I regain my composure as I slowly approach the door with the black case in my hands.
12:12:09
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I open the door and entered but instead of the station, I was met with a desert land with a rainbow colored sky. 'Okay, what the hell just happened?!' I thought to myself. Am I just dreaming right now? I pinched myself to make sure, and yep I was wide awake. 'How did I get here? Is it this black case?' My thoughts were interrupted when I heard an electronic type music playing before a mysterious portal open up in the sky. Inside the portal, tracks came out of it along with a bullet train...? Well, that's something you don't see every day. The train gradually slows down to a halt. The door opens to reveal a woman in a weird latex waitress outfit with a tray in her hands. On said tray was a cup and a pot of coffee.
While she was pouring the coffee in the cup, she asks me, "Would you like a cup of coffee?" I silently nodded yes and accepted the cup of coffee. She walks back inside the train as the door closes. I see the train slowly taking off before going full speed ahead. I look towards the door before like back at the scenery one last time and closing it. After I closed it I look back and open the door again to show the police department again. That was really, really trippy.
In the sky, a portal opens releasing all of the yellow orbs into the sky. No one in Vale seem to notice them floating around. Then one of yellow orb descends towards abandoned warehouse with group of men in black suits and red ties inside. However, one stood out as he was wearing a black bowler hat, silver trench coat, gray scarf, and black glove and pants. He has a pale complexion and has orange hair and green eyes. The men in black look up to see the man in silver waiting for him to say something. He removes the cigar from his mouth and crushed it with his cane and said sarcastically, "Well great job boys, we only got four crates worth dust. Congratulation for being the most useless henchmen ever! Geez, I wish should've hired better men than you schmucks. Now onto tonight's plans."
He starts to explain and plan for the next robbery coming up. They all agreed with the plan and left the warehouse, leaving only the man in silver. But while he was distracted, a yellow orb comes down and jumps inside the man. The man felt a jolt of pain in his body as he notices sand coming out of his clothes. The sand formed to reveal a bat looking creature with his torso on the ground and his legs floating above it. The creature then said, "Tell me your wish. I will grant any wish. But you must pay me one thing." The man in silver looks surprised at the creature that spawn before him. But he took notice on what he said, anything he wants. He grins at the opportunity given to him.
I stood there in silence for a bit, still trying to comprehend if what I saw was real. I sighed stressfully before deciding to just go home. I think I had enough of this for one day. I pulled out the scroll and checked the time. But as I do so, I felt this jolt of pain in my body. Suddenly, sand start to pour out of my clothes as it formed into some kind of demon with its torso on the ground and its leg floating above it. 'What in Oum is that?!' I thought to myself as I slowly backed away from it.
The demon crossed his arms and said, "Tell me your wish. And I will grant that wish, but you'll need to repay me back with one thing."It's confirmed, the devil is real and he's trying to make a deal with me! Fearing what he might do, I kicked it in the face before running away from it as fast as I could. As I kept on running, I looked back and heard him say, "Oi! Don't interrupt me when I'm-GAH!" He couldn't finish his sentence as he was runned over by a car.
I kept on running until I decided to run and hide in the Vale Park. As I kept running, I thought to myself, ''What the hell was that! First I go into a desert and now a monster is trying to get me?! Can things get any worse!?' Sadly, my questions was answered when the three thugs from earlier came back.
They look in my direction with anger in their eyes as they slowly surround me. The two guys are armed with the same club while the big guy switches out his old weapon and replaces it with brass knuckles instead. The big guy said as he readies his weapon, "Well, well, well, look who's back. I think we have some unfinished business now that the stupid girl is gone."
My situation just got ten times worse. I tried to flee from them, but I was met with a club striking me in the back. I face planted on the floor before being picked up by the big guy. He secures his brass knuckles before punching me in the stomach repeatedly. Then his friends joins in and starts beating me with their clubs. As the torment went on, I thought to myself, ''Man, am I really gonna die like this?'
'Sorry, buddy. But not on my watch.' A random voice in my head said. Wait, what? A voice? I felt a menacing presence enter my body as I blacked out from the shock.
In the park, Mai was looking around for her missing pass to get on the Den-Liner. "Damn it, how the hell could I lose the pass!" She exclaimed loudly. She realized she lost her pass after her meeting with Mr. Ozpin about the new threat arising. Mai has been getting more and more anxious as she searches for the pass. As Mai continued looking around, she heard a cry of pain coming from somewhere in the park. She investigates the source of the cries as she finds Kurokuu, being attacked relentlessly by the the three guys again. She was going to intervene until she sees some sand coming out of his clothes. 'No, no way he's one of them.' She thought to herself as she witness what comes next.
A red aura surrounds Kurokuu as he pushes the three guys off of him. He stands back up but his appearance changed. His hair spikes up instantaneously with a streak of red hair visible. His eyes changed from dark brown to bright red. He looks towards them with evil intent as he shouts, "Ore Sanjou!" The big guy was surprised as his sudden change in appearance, but quickly shrugged it off as he quickly went in for the punch. But, the possessed Kurokuu caught the punch with one hand. Then, he slowly crushes his wrist as the big guy slowly reels from the pain. The two other guys quickly snapped out of it as they charge at the possessed Kurokuu. The possessed Kurokuu lets go of the big guy's hand as he back kicks the guy in the red tracksuit before punching the guy in the green letterman jacket in the stomach.
The three guys huddled back together, waiting for the possessed Kurokuu to attack again. The big guy goes in for a straight punch, but the red muffler guy redirects his attack and punches him out cold. The two other guys fell to the ground in fear as they saw the strength of the possessed Kurokuu. Then, the possessed Kurokuu walked over towards the swingset and rips off a metal pole from it.
The two guys shivered in fear as the possessed Kurokuu walked towards them and said in a different voice, "Man, I've been itching for a fight lately. I thought up of a cool hissatsu attack I could show to you guys." His aura flares uncontrollably as he raises his weapon in the sky. But instead of hitting them, his weapons stops mid-air. His hand shook uncontrollably as he exclaims, "What the..how are you stopping me!?" Then the red aura quickly disappears as Kurokuu's hair and eyes return back to normal. He looks at the two guys, as they are still shivering in fear. Kurokuu fell onto the ground in shock after seeing the damage he has caused. As he looks around, he sees Mai looking at him. Kurokuu stares at her in fear before taking off in a random direction.
"Hey, you! Wait!" Mai shouted before running after him. As she kept on running, she asked herself, "Is he...the one?"
I ran towards the docks of Vale as I attempt to flee from the woman in white. I can't let her catch me, not after all the damage I caused. I sat against the wall of the warehouse as I reminisce about everything that happened today. 'What happened to me? What was that thing that controlled me? Why is all of this happening to me?'
I breathed heavily as I look at my surroundings. There were some shipping warehouses outside the where the docks were and there was a SDC ship containing some dust crystals if I had to guess. But then out of the blue, an Atlas guard flew out of the ship and onto the ground as a bat looking creature jumped off the ship with two crates of dust in its hands. I froze in fear as the bat creature dropped the crates down and made his way towards the injured Atlas guard. I closed my eyes as I knew what was gonna happen next, but then, I heard an explosion.
I open my eyes to see the woman in white firing arrows at the monster. She made her way towards me as she said, "Hurry this way!" She led me inside one of the abandoned shipping warehouse. As I look around for that bat monster, she grabs my shoulder and made me face her. She stares intensely as she said, "You. You're the one. The singular point. The one that can stop the imagins from destroying the flow of time! The Den-O!" Imagins? Den-O? Singular point? What nonsense is she saying?
Then sand came out of my body as the sand formed the demonic creature from before. The creature looked at me and the woman in white and said, "Oi, oi, oi! He's a singular point?! Ahhhh, why out of all people am I stuck with this guy?!" I fell back when I saw the demonic monster appearing out of nowhere. Then, I heard a window shattered as the bat monster from earlier found us.
The monster looked us and said, "You wish to get in my way of my contract? Guess again!"
She looks panicked as she said, "Damn, I wish I had my pass on me right now." Wait her pass? Does she mean the black case she lost? I pulled the black case out of my pocket and show it to her. Her eyes widen as she said, "You have pass the entire time? It doesn't matter know you need to fight it quick!"
I widen my eyes at what she said. I replied in pure fear, "Wait, what! Fight it? But, I don't know how to fight! How am I supposed to take that down?!"
She sighs stressfully as she picked me up off the ground. "You have the pass, don't you? Use it to henshin!" I look at the pass in my hands as I thought of what she said. Henshin? She pushes me forward and said, "Hurry and do it! I'll help you fight! Now HENSHIN!"
I closed my eyes as I shouted, "HENSHIN!" Then a belt appeared in front of me. The belt is colored silver and black. In the front of the belt, it has the same symbol like the one on the pass. On the left side, it has four colored buttons red, blue, yellow, and purple. I wrap the belt around me and used the clip to connect it together. Wondering at what I'm supposed to do, I look to the woman in white as she then points to the pass I have in my hands and gestures to the belt.
I did what she gestured and move the pass over the symbol as it made a weird sound. Then something came out of the belt and materializes into an armor that covered me head to toes. The helmet has a black visor with a single, silver train track running down towards the silver mouth piece. The bodysuit consist of the color black and silver as the armor casing is black with some silver to break up the color. The silver track design from the helmet continues down to my torso. My thighs, knees, and shins are plated with a silver armor guard while my forearms are plated with a white and silver armor guard. And lastly, the side of my belt have so parts for some type of weapon.
I was in shock at what just happened as I stare at my hands. I look back at her as she just shouts at me, "What are you waiting for? Go!"
I gulped at what she said, but my thoughts were quickly interrupted by the bat monster as he said, "You..You're Den-O? I won't let you stop me!" He then charged at me as he slashed at my armor. Sparks flew out as I felt pain from the attack he did. I stood back up as he charged again. I quickly retaliated and tackled him to the ground, but he had more strength than I did and overpowered me by lifting me in the air and pummeling me to the ground. I picked myself back up and saw a lead pipe on the ground. I pick the pipe up, raised to the top of my head, and struck downwards. The bat creature caught with ease and disarmed me before slashing me over and over again before kicking me to the ground.
I tried to stand up but I couldn't, the pain felt unbearable. He slowly walked up to me and said, "How disappointing. And here I thought I overestimated you. I have a contract to finish, so if you could just lay down and die already, it would be greatly appreciated.
I scoot back as he readies his claws. The demonic monster from earlier ran in front of me and said, "Hey you are not hurting my contract holder! He may be weak, but I gotta keep his ass alive if I want to live." The bat creature quickly disregarded him as he simply walked over him.
Then sparks came off of the bat creature's body as the woman in white shot a few fire dust arrows at it. She then shouts out, "Hurry! Hit the red button!" I looked around for the red button on the belt. I clicked on the red button and it played some type electronic music, the same music that the train from earlier made. The symbol was blinking red, waiting for me to swipe across it. Then I swiped the pass across the symbol as it called out.
SWORD FORM
The demonic monster became translucent red and jumped inside me. Then, a few red pieces of armor flew around me as it combine together and covering my body. Then a red faceplate appeared, which is shaped like a peach, and connects with the helmet. The faceplate split apart, creating the eyes, as the points of the faceplate extends, creating the antennas. I felt the same presence from earlier inside me again. I watched as the demonic monster took over my body and said, "Ore..futatabi sanjou!"
The bat monster stares at the demonic monster and shouts, "Are you a fool?! Have you forgotten about our mission!?"
Then the demonic monster takes the pieces off the side of the belt and begins assembling it. As he does so, he said, "You know, I never really listened to the job that we were supposed to do. But I can tell you this, from start to finish, it's always at the climax!" He finished assembling the weapon which appeared to be a sword. The demonic monster shouted, "Alright. IKUZE! IKUZE! IKUZE!" I watched as the monster possessing my body rushed towards the bat creature and slashed it relentlessly. The bat creature reeled back from the pain before he was kicked in the face by the demonic monster. The demonic monster picked up the bat creature and threw him to the docks. As he picked himself off the ground, the demonic monster once again charged at the bat creature, swinging his sword wildly. The bat creature tried to take off but he grabbed him by his legs and pulled him down to the ground. The demonic creature in my body pulled out the pass and said, "And now for the climax!" He places the pass over the belt as it called out.
FULL CHARGE
He throws away the pass as lasers came out of the belt and into the bottom of the sword. The demonic monster readies his sword as he said, "Ore no hissatsu waza, part one!" The blade glowed bright red before it flew off of the hilt. He swung the hilt diagonally and the blade followed his action and slashed the bat creature. The he swings again and again until he raises the hilt up and strike downwards. The blade cut through him like butter and the bat creature reeled in pain before he exploded. I processed what just happened in front of me. I destroyed the monster, technically the demonic monster did it, but I survived! "Oi, kid you better thank me for saving your ass." The demonic monster said.
'Thanks for saving me I guess. But now can you please get out of my body?' I asked him internally. He scoffed at what I said before disconnecting the belt. The armor dematerialized, leaving me holding the belt. I felt a sudden fatigue coming in and I fell onto my knees. The woman in white ran towards me and caught me before I face planted. I saw her lips moving but no words came out. I noticed that I'm starting to get tunnel vision and I slowly fell into deep darkness.
I slowly woke up from my slumber as I look around to see where I was. I was sitting in what looks to be a dining car of a train. I looked outside to see the desert landscape and rainbow colored sky again. In the dining car, there were four people and I recognize three of the four people. The woman in the white, who was sitting on a bench on my left, and the waitress from before, who was behind the counter. A person I didn't recognize is a man in a brown suit holding a cane, who was sitting at an isolated chair and table.
The last person however, is someone that everyone knows. He has light complexion with tousled silver hair and light brown eyes. He wears shaded glass spectacles and a small, purple, cross-shaped pin on the cowl around his neck. His outfit mainly consists of an unzipped black suit over a buttoned vest and green shirt. This is the Professor Ozpin of Beacon Academy, standing right in front of me.
Professor Ozpin walks towards my diection and sits down in front of me. "Excuse me Naomi, could I have some coffee please?" Professor Ozpin asks. The waitress, now named Naomi, nods in confirmation as she begins making the coffee. The Professor then looks at me and said, "Kurokuu Akarui, the singular point of this era." That word again what does it mean? And how does he know my name? "I understand if you had some questions about what is going on right now?"
I looked up at him and asked, "Well first, can you tell me where am I?"
"Kurokuu, you are riding on the Den-Liner. A train that travels to the stations of the past, present, and future."
"Stations of the past, present, and future? What do you mean?" I asked, confused by what he meant.
"It's exactly what he means. The Den-Liner is essentially a time traveling train." The man in the brown suit said. I sat in silence as I processed the information. What?! How is that even possible?! He saw the shocked expression on my face as he continued, "I understand this is a lot to take in, but this is very real. The Den-Liner is used as a means to take down the imagins that fled to the past." Imagins? Does he mean that bat monster from before?
I then ask the man in brown, "Excuse me, but what are Imagins?" Immediately after I asked my question, sand came out of my close and the sand reformed itself back into the demonic monster from before only this time he had a full body. I could see the details more clearly, his armor pieces were bright red with black fiery looking designs on it and his under armor is a maroon color. His waist had a bright red belt with a silver peach emblem on the front. He had a pure black eyes and has two horns sticking out of his head, giving him the demon motif. He sat at one of the benches with his feet kicked up on the table, ignoring the conversation.
Naomi places a cup of coffee for Professor Ozpin and a plate of fried rice with a flag on top to the man in brown. As the man in brown was eating, the woman in white join in on the conversation and said, "Imagins are monsters from the distant future where the all lost their physical bodies due to a change in the past. To gain their physical body they all fled back here to 2017 to make contracts with people. If said contract was ever completed, they could go back to the past through the contract holder's memory and cause chaos which would affect the future." Wait, that would happen if the bat creature completed the task with the dust? He could destroy everything! They're far more worse than the Grimms.
"Correct Mai." The man in brown suit said while eating his rice. "We have been trying to dispatch the Imagins for quite some time now, having Mai being in the frontline. But, with the numbers increasing we been having a problem. And that's where you come in."
"Me? Why me? Why can't it be someone else? What makes me so different from others?" I asked to the man in brown and Professor Ozpin.
The man in brown slowly eats his rice before the flag fell over. He gasped loudly before raising his hands to his face. His surprised expression changes back to his neutral expression as he stood up with his cane and walked to my direction. He stared at me intensely and said, "Kurokuu, you are what we call a singular point. You have the ability to resists an imagin's possession. Since you are a singular point, it also gives you the ability to wield the power of Den-O. Stopping the imagins from changing the flow of time."
I let the information sink in. I have the ability to stop these "Imagins" from changing the past to protect the flow of time. This is crazy. THIS IS CRAZY, EVEN FOR ME! Just what did I get myself into. But it's my new responsibility. I could always run away, but it's gonna catch up to me anyway. Guess there is no point in running, time to face it. The woman in white, now dubbed as Mai, said, "Kurokuu, I know this is a lot to take in, but the future is in jeopardy with these imagins and..."
"No, I understand. If these imagins are here to destroy the future, then I will do what I can to stop it." I interrupted Mai. She looks at me in shock at what I said, then she smiled. I smiled at her before looking back at the red monster.
The red monster looked at me before standing up and grabbing my shirt. He looked at me and said, "Right, I almost forgot, tell me your wish! And I'll grant your wish."
I was about to say something until Professor Ozpin intervened and said, "It's best if you don't tell him your wish. You don't wanna risk him trying to change the past."
The red imagin looks at him and shouts, "Oi, shut up old man! It's strict business between me and him over here." Professor Ozpin then glares at the red imagin, which made him uneasy. He slowly back down and said, "Well, as long I get to fight something I will be fine."
I suddenly noticed something then asked Professor Ozpin, "Wait, how do you know about the imagins? And why are you here right now?"
He took a sip of coffee before setting it down. He looks at me and said, "To answer your first question, I've known about the existence of imagins for quite some time now. And for why I am here, I have a proposition for you." Proposition for me? I wonder what it is. "Tell me, have you heard of Beacon Academy?" Wait, is he asking me..No, no way! I nodded yes as Professor Ozpin continued talking, "I would like to ask if you would like to join Beacon Academy. We can help you train to fight the Grimms and Imagins. I'm not forcing you to join, but it could give you an opportunity to help make you stronger."
A chance to be in Beacon Academy is something I thought it never thought would happen. But now that it's happening, should I go for it? I already accept my responsibility as Den-O, but I need to start somewhere. Might as well start with learning how to actually fight. I looked and Professor Ozpin before I told my answer, "Professor Ozpin, I accept your proposition to go to Beacon Academy and train."
He looks at me and smiles. "I see you made your choice. The next semester starts three weeks from now. I prefer you would take this time to train yourself." Professor Ozpin notified. The Den-Liner cries out loudly as the train slows down at its next stop. Professor Ozpin stands up and said, "Looks like this is my stop. I will see you soon, Mr. Akarui." He walks slowly to the dining car exit. I realized how much my life has changed at this very moment, the responsibility of Den-O now weighs heavily on me. But, all I need to do is keep moving forward and I intend to do so from this day forward. Once Professor Ozpin left, the Den-Liner started moving again.
I look at the remaining four people on the train, all sitting in silence. The man in the brown suit stands up and looks at me. "Since you are the new Den-O, you are allowed to use the Den-Liner as much as you want. But, only if you have the pass with you. Now I must get going and check on the other passengers." The man in brown suit said as he walks towards the exit. But just as he leaves, he turns to the red imagin. "And as for you, red imagin. You will stay here unless if Kurokuu calls you in for a battle. But as The Owner of the Den-Liner, if you cause any trouble on here, you will be denied access to the Den-Liner and get kicked out. You will wander for eternities in the Sands of Time. Understand?" The red imagin shook his head yes before looking away from the man in the brown suit, now dubbed as "The Owner." He looks back at me and said, "I'll see you soon Kurokuu." He exits the dining car leaving me with Naomi, Mai, and the red imagin left in the dining car.
I look at the red imagin and asked, "I never really asked but what is your name anyway?"
"I never had a name. Oh and by the way, couldn't have thought of a better look than this! I look like a peach!" The red imagin said in irritation.
I look at him and thought of what he said. I chuckled at the thought of the name I would give him, "How about Momotaros? Momotarou was my favorite Vacuan legend. And you do kind of remind me of him with the whole 'demonic peach' theme you got there."
He look at me angrily before he said, "MOMOTAROS?! REALLY?! IS THAT THE BEST NAME YOU COULD COME UP WITH! COME ON THINK OF A BETTER NAME THAN THAT!
Mai stands up and sits across from me and said, "I don't know but that name does fits you very well, Mo-mo-ta-ros." The red imagin, now named Momotaros, stood up and yelled in frustration before sitting far away from us. We both laughed at what happened before we settled down. Then train slows down before it came to a complete stop. Mai looks at me and said, "Well, this is your stop. We'll call if there is an imagin in the area. Take care!" I nodded at her before exiting the Den-Liner. I walked out to the desert to see a familiar door.
I opened the door which reveals to be the inside of the Milk Dipper Cafe. I closed the door before seeing Kasumi looking at the telescope, looking mesmerized by it. She turns and looks at me with her natural calm and serene face. "Oh Kurokuu, you are finally home! What took you so long?" Kasumi asked.
I look at her before I replied with, "Let's just say it's gonna be a long story."
Back at the abandoned warehouse, the entire warehouse is filled with crate of stolen dust. Out from the shadows reveals the same bat imagin from earlier, still alive. As he places the crates down, the man in silver walks up to him and said, "My, my, my, you have done quite a lot for me. You are far more useful than those stupid henchmen Junior gave me. But it's still not quite enough yet, we need to take all of the dust in Vale."
"I will do what you wish for, contract holder." The bat imagin said.
The man in silver then said, "For the last time idiot, the name is Roman Torchwick. It's not that hard to say. Never mind that, we got a job to do."
