Hey, guys, GaeaChronos here. So, remember that idea I had a while back? I decided to turn it into a whole fic, but this time, I'll remove any of the KR Build elements, and just turn it into a straight-up Kamen Rider AU with a male Ruby as a protagonist.

And so, I present to you: 'Kamen Rider Garnet' aka: 'The WhiteRose Kamen Rider AU that literally no one asked for'!!!

Chapter 1

It was around 8PM in the city of Vale, and Weiss Schnee was enjoying a latte from the local cafe. She was currently deep in thought about a certain thing. A person. Her newly-assigned team leader, Ruben Rose, to be exact.

Admittedly, she was still upset that she wasn't chosen to be the team leader, but after a talk with Professor Port, she was a little less upset. Right now, she was just stalling for time, though she knew that she would have to go back and talk with Ruben sooner or later.

"Well, I better get this over with." she sighed, and stood up to leave.

As she made her way to the docks, she received a message from her team leader:

"Hey Weiss. Where are you? It's getting pretty late. You could get in trouble with Goodwitch."

"That dolt..." she muttered. Somehow, she didn't see it past him to still worry about someone despite that certain someone practically hurting his pride.

Once again, she was reminded that she would have to apologize for her words earlier. Quickly, she sent a reply:

"I'm on my way back. Don't worry."

As she sent her message, she bumped into something, knocking her to the ground.

As she looked up, her eyes widened in shock.

Whatever she bumped into, it clearly wasn't human.

It looked like a Beowolf, if it were compressed to fit a human-sized skeleton.

It growled at her as she stood up. Looking around, she saw that everyone had evacuated the area, except for a few who had decided that taking out their scrolls and take photos or videos would be a brilliant idea.

I must have been distracted by Ruben's messages, she thought. But that still doesn't explain how it got here. Judging by how people are reacting here, it must not have been here long.

The Grimm-like creature lunged at her while she was thinking. Luckily, Weiss was able to raise a glyph in time to protect herself from the creature. It crashed into the glyph at full force, disorienting it, but not enough to do any major damage.

Whatever this is, it's tough, the heiress thought. It will probably take a few hits to actually hurt this thing...

She leapt a good distance away from the creature as she took out her scroll, and tapped a few icons.

"Alright. That should take a couple minutes..." she muttered while taking a defensive stance. All she has to do is hold out until her locker gets here. If she's lucky, her teammates might go look for her if she's gone too long.

Then, without warning, the creature lunged at her, claws out. As quick as she could, she set a glyph at her feet, launching her to the side just as it was getting too close. The creature, unable to react in time, ran straight into a nearby lamp post, sending it crashing down. This time it took less time to recover from the blow and lunged again at Weiss.

This time, Weiss was prepared. A glyph was already set as it lunged towards her. This time, it sent the creature bouncing back. As it did, she set another glyph behind it, causing it to ricochet off of it. She repeated this until the creature was trapped in a set of glyphs bouncing it back and forth in a circle.

As Weiss kept her glyphs up, she saw her locker land a few feet ahead. Making sure to keep her glyphs up, she made her way to the locker, and took out Myrtenaster from it.

"Alright, better finish this." she declared as she took on her stance.

She prepared a set of glyphs going straight for the creature.

The moment I take the glyphs out, that's the time I attack! she thought. I'll have to end this as quickly as possible.

Heating her rapier with fire Dust, she narrowed her eyes, waiting for the right time to strike.

And...

Now!!!

She lunged, aiming for where the heart would be.

Myrtenaster, thanks to the additional speed granted by the glyphs, went through its body like butter. With the intense heat of fire Dust, it should be enough to-

Then, Weiss was sent flying with a punch from the creature.

Groaning, she slowly rose to her feet, trying to regain her bearings.

What happened? she thought. My attack should've hit it! It should be dead by now. Myrtenaster-

She looked around for her weapon, her eyes widening upon finding it still lodged in the creature's chest, the blade still carrying a faint glow from the fire Dust, but it wasn't doing any harm to it. It was still glowing with intense heat, but it wasn't doing anything to the creature, or if it was, it's not reacting to it.

"Dust... doesn't work on it...?"

That was impossible! There have been no records of any type of Grimm showing any sort of immunity from Dust, so how?!

Calmly, the creature began to make its slow walk towards her.

Is this for real?!

She brought Myrtenaster back with a glyph, and sent out a wave of ice, freezing it in place.

Weiss used the moment to try and calm herself, but held her stance.

As she expected, it pulled its leg free of the ice and once again lunged towards the heiress.

Weiss raised another glyph, but to her surprise, the creature jumped up, past the glyph and continuing towards her. She raised another one, but this time it skidded around the glyph and used the momentum to tackle Weiss, hitting her square in her left side, knocking Myrtenaster from her hands.

The impact sent her rolling across the ground. Shaking her head, Weiss saw the creature once again slowly walking towards her.

It was getting closer. Weiss backed off a few feet, bumping into a nearby bench. She closed her eyes, waiting for the finishing strike.

Not like this...!

As it reached towards her, a hand grabbed it and pulled the creature away from her.

"Oh-kaaaay, that's close enough." a new voice entered.

Weiss opened her eyes to find her team leader handing Myrtenaster back to her.

"Hey, you okay, Weiss?" he asked, concern evident on his face.

"Ruben...?"

Slowly, she took her weapon and stood back up, Ruben supporting her when she stumbled.

"H... How did you get here...?" she asked. Whatever that creature did to her, it hurt.

"I came to pick you up, just in case you'd miss the last Bullhead back to Beacon." he answered, studying his surroundings, and then focusing on the creature, who was currently dizzy. "And judging from your situation, I got here just in the nick of time." he finished, pulling out a small device from his pocket.

The device was rectangular, red with silver accents, and looked like it would open up from the middle.

"Wait. What are you gonna do...?" she asked. If that creature winded her this badly with a single blow, then what can he do against it?

"I'll be fine. Everyone already ran away." he assured placing the strange device on his waist, surprising the heiress when a strap came out of nowhere securing the device to his waist, turning it into a sort of buckle.

'Aura Driver...' the device chimed.

The creature watched Ruben warily once it regained its bearings, keeping a low stance, ready to strike.

He flicked a small switch on the buckle, opening it, revealing a small round green crystal blinking with energy.

'Aura Charge...!' the device announced.

The creature then lunged at Ruben, claws out.

As for him, he struck a pose the moment he hit the switch, keeping his eyes on the creature as it charged.

"Henshin!" he exclaimed the moment the claws were supposed to make contact with him. Then he was enveloped in a burst of silver light, sending the creature flying back.

The energy pulsed as it solidified around him, taking the shape of a suit.

As the light dissipated, it revealed a black undersuit with white and silver accents, crimson red armor adorning his body, and a pair of bright green compound eyes.

'Mighty Burst!!!' the device announced.

Weiss could only stare in shock at her partner's apparent transformation.

Since when was he able to do this?!

"Alright. Bring it!" the transformed Ruben declared, taunting the creature.

It charged towards him again, much angrier than earlier. It raised its right claw to swipe at him, only to be caught by his hand. Then, Ruben used his free hand to land a punch into the creature's gut, sending it flying with a burst of red energy.

"Whoa..." Weiss breathed out. The creature was basically at her partner's mercy.

As the creature attempted to regain its bearings, Ruben ran towards it and gave a kick to its side, sending it rolling off.

As it attempted to regain its balance a second time, Crescent Rose was deployed in its rifle mode. Ruben then proceeded to remove his buckle, and replaced the magazine with it.

'Target : Lock!', it announced.

Then, Crescent Rose began to charge with red energy. He took aim, and fired towards the creature.

The round fired, when it hit, scattered, and turned into Ruben's emblem, a burning rose, and immobilized the creature.

Ruben replaced the buckle back into his waist, and hit the switch once more.

'Finishing Strike!', the buckle chimed.

"Let's end this here!" he declared before jumping into the air, and getting into a kicking position, his right foot charging with red energy as he descended towards the creature.

'Aura Burst!', it announced as Ruben's foot made contact with the creature, the energy proving too much as it exploded with a dying scream.

As he landed, he looked around the area.

"Hmm... Looks like the only one today, huh..."

He was caught off guard by his partner grabbing him by the collar and glaring at him.

"Explain." was the only word she said.

"Umm... That may... take a while...?"

Weiss then looked at her scroll to check the time, seeing it was 8:26.

"There's a while before the next bullhead arrives."

Ruben could only laugh nervously.

How do I explain this...?

And that's about it! It's not much, but I just needed to get some stuff out of my head to work on other stories. Not sure if I might continue this, but who knows.

GaeaChronos is out. Peace!