The Great War left many scars behind, and from its ashes a new world was born. At first, peace was predominant, and people's lives returned to normal. But then, they came, creatures of darkness that prey on humans, who didn't fear or where killed by the weapons humanity had at that moment. The creatures were winning, and the futures was bleak for a moment.
They called them creatures of Grimm.
But then, two discoveries change the destiny of humanity. First came Dust, a high-powered type of crystal that could be used in weapons effective against Grimm. After came Aura, that gave humans powers never imagined, and allowed them to fight back against the menace of the Grimm. The four Kingdoms established schools to train such individuals, and equipped with Dust powered weapons and Aura, they fought back the monsters that lurched in the darkness.
They called those people Hunters.
Time passed, and the always present menace of Grimm reduced to the point life was mostly normal, with the assurance that any Grimm case would be handled by the Hunters, and that life could go as usual.
But time changes everything…
How long have it been since Grimm attacked here? And why now we have so many?
Sarah Arc questioned herself as she ripped the Beowulf-type Grimm head off with her clawed gauntlets. It didn't matter if she retired from being a Huntress after her first child, or that she had eight right now. Her skills were still top notch, and she had a big reason to fight the monsters, as she opened her way towards the local school. Her children were there, and no Grimm, no anything, would get between them and her.
With another defeated, she rushed down the street when she finally saw the brick wall of the school her children attended, and saw the main gate was torn and broken off the walls, making her gulp and run faster. As she entered, she was glad there was no one on the front gardens of the school, nor any blood marks. She saw though that the front glass door was shattered, and she entered the halls, trying to figure where the creature of Grimm was.
A series of screams could be heard, and a howl from upstairs.
Sarah gulped and jumped forward, climbing the stairs as fast as she could. Soon she found what was the large auditorium, where the students had hidden. The doors were broken, a make-shift barricade destroyed. One of the teachers was already dead, probably tried to protect the kids and paid a hefty price for his courage. But what made Sarah's blood ran cold was the scene in front of her.
An Alpha Beowulf was in front of the children, but one blonde boy with a broken pipe was trying to keep it away from everyone one. The monster charged, but the boy was able to dodge and pierced the Beowulf's eye with the pipe, making it howl in pain, yet the creature attacked with its claws, cutting the boy's torso and sending him flying towards a wall, blood dripping heavily from its body.
"JAUNE!"
The Beowulf turned to the woman and sensing she was the bigger threat, he tried to attack her, but suddenly he couldn't move. She was glowing a soft white light, that made a circle on the ground. The monster was completely paralyzed as the woman walked towards him, and then grabbed its head and twisted it, breaking its neck and tearing the muscles, decapitating it.
"Jaune!"
Her attention turned to the voices, where several blonde girls rushed to help the boy. Sarah left the corpse to turn into ashes as all Grimm did, and rushed to her son. She gasped as she saw the damage, but the boy was still breathing, but her experience told her that he wouldn't make it and she wouldn't allow a twelve-year-old boy, her only son, die and leave her and his seven sisters behind.
She had a decision to make.
He will die….
Jennifer, please!
Voices in the dark…
So much like you two. But you know after this, you won't be able to stop him of following your footsteps.
I don't care! I want my son alive!
Mom… Dad… That third voice was…
I always regretted my research was never used for good, but now… I'm just sorry it's him… Poor child.
Were they talking about him?
Jaune, I wish I could say everything will be fine, but it's risky. I'll do my best, child, and you will be the second one. Hopefully, life will be kinder to you than it was with the first. Do you want to be a hero?
His eyes opened just slightly. A surgery room? Several people in blue and white, bright lights, kind blue eyes upon him. Machines he couldn't tell what they were. A belt with a golden orb in the middle.
Then darkness.
Ruby hit the back of the head of one of the thieves with her Crescent Rose, dropping him unconscious. She had gone to the small store to pass time as Yang ditched her to go somewhere with her bike. The small girl was happy when their father agreed to allow her come with Yang for Beacon's try-outs so she could buy things usually she couldn't in Patch, but she was a little mad her big sister abandoned her way too fast. Poor thieves turned to be a great way to release stress.
"What is wrong with kids nowadays?" The thief leader, an effeminate man with eye mascara and a bowler hat questioned as he ran away with four of his thugs, entering in an alley.
"Hey! Come back here!" Ruby shout as she gave chase.
Her dream was to be a Huntress, like her mother were, so she has been training in combat, and while the job description mostly involved Grimm, she knew sometimes they'd have to deal with people too. So, she didn't hesitate in following them in the alley, hearing the footsteps the running thieves made. She carefully followed them, until she heard weird sounds and then screams of pain, forcing her to use her Semblance to cross the alley and into a secondary, one way street.
She stopped and stared in surprise as she saw four pulsing black globs of some thick ooze pulsing and growing, taking form. Soon she saw white and red masks forming, and the ooze turning into Beowulves. She gasped and readied Crescent Rose, her scythe-sniper rifle and prepared to fight.
"Hey Red!" She turned to the voice of the thief leader on top of a building, as a bullhead came to take him in. "You should've gone to your grandma's house instead of playing cop!"
She didn't had time to say anything back as the Grimm howled and one jumped against her, forcing her to use her Semblance to dodge. She fired a Dust round against it, and the shot made the creature howl and bleed. Her second attack was with her blade, and she hit its side, making the long and sharp site bury deep on the Grimm's chest. With a shot, she was thrown backwards and the blade ripped the creature, killing it.
A second Beowulf jumped on her and tried to use its claws on the small girl, but she was able to block it with her scythe. She noticed the other two surrounding her and cursed under her breath, as she noticed she wouldn't be able to escape that situation. She felt like the unluckiest girl in the world as it was very rare to heard of multiple Grimm working together, but here she was fighting three of them.
"I don't think I could ask you all to come one at a time, can I?" She said more to herself than to the creatures.
That was when she saw a bright light seeping from the back of the Grimm she was locked with and the sound of an engine. Her first thought was about Yang and her bike, that her sister nicknamed Bumblebee, then she saw a heavy sports bike running over one of the Beowulves, giving her a chance to disengage of her opponent and fire a few shots against it, killing the monsters. She used her Semblance to get distance between her and the Grimm, and stopped to see the biker that saved her.
"Who… are you?" She asked as she saw the rider dismounting his ride.
The bike was of a similar model to Yang's, but had two round lights in front, almost like insect eyes. The rider though, it was the strangest thing she saw in a long time. He was wearing some type of armor, made of a white metal with golden details, with some black garment underneath, and he had a big belt buckle with a golden gem in the middle, and it was glowing, with many lights flickering on it. The weird part was his helmet, for it looked like a grasshopper head, with big golden eyes, antennae and the mouth piece like an insect's mouth. He walked to her side, scarf flowing with the wind.
"Are you alright?" He asked her, surprising the small girl.
"I… I'm fine… Who are you? And why you look like a giant bug?" She asked, making him chuckle nervously and scratch the back of his helmet.
"I don't think I have time to tell you. So, you want the Grimm on the right or left?" He asked as he got in an attacking posture. Ruby was reminded of them as they howled at her.
"Right!" She shouted as she attacked the Grimm with her scythe, but couldn't help but keep an eye for the stranger.
She saw as the stranger got in unarmed combat with the Beowulf, and how he didn't flinch as he blocked a claw and punched the creature's ribs, making a sickening sound of cracking bones, before he kicked the creature back. Ruby used her Semblance and scythe to strike her opponent several times, and soon it died of the multiple cuts, allowing her to pay full attention to the newcomer.
He was punching the Beowulf, the creature failing to land his attacks as the mysterious rider seemingly toyed with the monster. He pushed it back once more and then pressed a button on his belt buckle, causing the orb on its middle to shine brighter.
"Command" a female voice sounded from the belt, soft but robotic.
"Rider Punch!" The guy shouted, and Ruby saw light coming from the belt to his right fist, making the golden patterns of the armor to shine.
"Rider Punch Ready!"
The Beowulf jumped against the rider, and he calmly punched it on the face, energy flowing from the fist and into the creature, making it roll on the streets for several meters before stopping. The Beowulf still tried to get up, but suddenly it burst in golden flames and turned into dust. Ruby stood there agape for a moment, as the rider stopped shining in the night.
"That was… AWESOME!" She shouted as she suddenly appeared in front of him, making him take a step back in surprise. "How you did that? Who are you? Are you a new kind of Huntsman? Can I ride your bike?"
"W-what?" He stammered, and soon they heard sirens approaching, and the rider groaned. "Sorry, small one, but I have to go now. I'm really not in the mood to deal with the police." He ruffled her hair and walked to his bike, jumping in, but Ruby followed him.
"Wait! At least tell me your name! I'm Ruby, Ruby Rose!" She asked, making puppy eyes, making the rider chuckle a little.
"I'm simple a Kamen Rider." He answered, turning the bike one and giving the girl a small wave and leaving.
"Kamen Rider…"
"Kamen Rider?"
"That's what he said. He was so cool! One single punch and he made the Beowulf catch fire!" Ruby said excitedly to the blonde woman in front of her, Glynda Goodwitch, a famous Huntress and member of Beacon, Vale's local Hunter's academy and guild. "Then he left with his bike, but he is not easy to miss, with the grasshopper helmet and everything."
"Ms. Rose, are you sure of what you saw? It was night and you had your adrenaline rushing." The woman asked a little skeptical.
"I'm pretty sure! Besides, you might have saw him in the security cameras!" Ruby defended.
"Unfortunately, that street didn't had any camera close to where your battle occurred. Anyway, what you did is commendable as you tried to stop a robbery, yet you engaged with a dangerous criminal and the Grimm. Beacon strongly advise civilians like you to avoid engagement and call us to deal with such situation, or at least the police." She chastised the young girl.
"B-but I want to be a Huntress too! I'm training at Signal for the try-outs! I even got two Beowulves tonight!" Ruby defended herself. Glynda sighed at that affirmation.
"You got lucky. If it was up to me I'd send you back home with a pat on the back… and a slap on the wrist." She said as she slapped the table with her rider crop, making Ruby flinch. "But there's someone else who want to have a word with you."
With that, a grey-haired man entered the room, carrying a plate of cookies.
"Here it is. It's a little blurry, but indeed he's real." The cop said as he showed Glynda and Ozpin some images from the traffic cameras. They could see the white and gold bike, but couldn't make much of the Rider's helmet, yet it fit Ruby's description. "All this city need, a superhero, or as we call it, illegal vigilantes."
"Should we start a search for him? He didn't do anything illegal." The police captain asked.
"That won't be necessary. I think I know who this might be, and he won't be doing any illegal activities." Ozpin said as he sipped from his coffee. Glynda and the cops gave him questioning stares, but he made no motion that he would explain himself.
"Care sharing then? We are at the same side, last I checked." The police captain questioned, a little tired of dealing with Ozpin.
"All in due time. I'll have to make a few calls first, but I believe we'll have more help soon."
"I hope so. We are dealing with this Dust thieves, the White Fang and the Grimm. Four in one night, all in the same place. I'll tell you Ozpin, this is not normal." The captain questioned and the man gave an agreement nod back. He hoped this Rider could be their trump card if his fears proved truthful.
"Alright, I might not allow you out in the night again, Rubes. I'm fine with you kicking bad guy butts, but wanting to ride stranger's bikes?" Yang told her sister as they flew the bullhead towards Beacon.
"I wouldn't ask if you let me ride yours! And he helped me! Besides, what about you fighting in nightclubs?" Ruby shouted back, and Yang rolled her eyes and fixed her blonde locks.
"That wasn't my fault! I was just trying to get a strawberry sunrise!" Yang defended herself, but before being able to continue they heard a weird sound and saw a young man sat on one of the benches on the airship, a little green on the face. He was wearing old jeans, converses and a black and orange hood. Ruby walked close to him.
"Are you alright?" She asked and he waved but didn't look up.
"Motion sickness… urgh… I'll be mostly fine, especially when we land." He answered as he kept looking at his feet.
"Come on Rubes, don't get too close, he might vomit on your shoes!" Yang warned her sister.
"But Yang, he's not well!" The petite girl answered back.
"I… hng… would listen to your friend." He said and Ruby did take a few steps back. "Are we going to land yet?"
"In a few minutes, vomit boy." Yang said and he groaned, so she took his features in. Blonde hair, messy, but it was nice to look at, tall, probably, a little on the thin side instead of muscular.
Attention, we'll be landing at Beacon Academy soon. Please have your documents, ID and passes ready.
"Thank heavens." The boy said as the airship made the last maneuver and docked, and his face soon returned to normal and he got up. Both girls were surprised on how tall he was in fact, and how deep his blue eyes were. Then they started snickering as they noticed his chest. "What?"
"What is that?!" Both girls said as they pointed to the bunny on his hood.
"What, it's Pumpkin's Pete, the cereal mascot!" He defended.
"Did you sent a cereal box top to get it?" Ruby asked as she kept laughing.
"Fifty, actually." He answered and both girls couldn't help but laugh aloud.
"Alright, alright, sorry, but it's a cute little bunny!" Yang defended as they walked towards the main building. Ruby was still giggling by their side.
"It feels nice, alright? Besides, it's not like Beacon's try-outs take our fashion sense in consideration." The boy defended himself.
"Ah, you're here for it too! I'm so excited! I can't believe I got a chance to try for Beacon two years beforehand!" Ruby stated, and the boy stared at her in surprise.
"Uh. You might have impressed them."
"She fought some bandits and Grimm the other night. She's actually quite skilled, despite being so small."
"I won't be small forever, Yang! I drink milk!" She cutely retorted, making the boy chuckle. Ruby give a curious look at the boy, tilting her head to the side. "Say... have we met before?"
"Maybe we stumbled at each other before. I'm Jaune Arc, nice to meet you." He answered and offered a hand, that Ruby shook back.
"Ruby Rose. This is my sister Yang Xiao Long." The small girl said and pointed to the gorgeous blonde girl, that simply winked at Jaune. "I can't wait to do the try-outs and be a Huntress. I bet we'll see all kinds of cool weapons here!"
"She is a bit of a geek when it comes to weapons. So, Jauney, are you here for the try-outs too?"
"Yeah. Though I have no idea how they do it. I mean, we are going to be Hunters, right? To fight Grimm. How do you test if you're good enough for this job?" Jaune wondered as they entered the building, where a Faunus girl with bunny ears took their IDs.
"Probably we'll do several tests. I'm just glad there's no written test to do." The blonde girl stated as they were pointed to an assembly hall. Several young men and women were already there, so they moved to some chairs in the middle and sit down. It didn't take long for Glynda Goodwitch to take the stage and the microphone.
"Welcome to Beacon Academy, Vale's Hunter's school and office. As you all know, we're responsible to deal with any Grimm sighting, and therefore to protect people against such creatures. I'm Glynda Goodwitch, vice-commander of Beacon. Now, Commander Ozpin wants to have some words with you." She said and left the stage, and the grey-haired man took it, walking with a cane on hand.
"Good morning. I know many of you believe this job is heroic, but let me tell you it's dangerous and most of the times unrewarding. But if you came here for personal glory, I lament to tell you this is the wrong job for that. But the Huntsmen and Huntresses of Beacon protect Vale and beyond against the biggest threat humanity had to deal with. The Grimm don't care who you are, where you come from. They will kill anything in their sights. It's our job to make sure they don't, even if we put our lives in the line to protect the lives of others. So, ask yourselves first if you're ready to make such sacrifice." He stated and left, leaving an astonished and silent room behind him. Glynda returned to take the mic.
"Now, you first will have a medical examination, then a series of physical tests. The last test will involve fighting drones in the afternoon, so be ready. Dismissed." She finished and the room burst into talk.
"Oh, I wonder what kind of drones we will be fighting!" Ruby said with excitement.
"I hope they don't mind we break them." Yang added as she cracked her fists. Jaune just put some thought on Ozpin's words.
"And stay broken." Yang stated happily as she finished her try-out fight. The drone was broken on the ground after being unable to take her powerful punches, while some students clapped over her victory, making her bow to them and wave.
"A powerful demonstration, though I worry about her personality." Glynda commented as she took some notes on her scroll.
"Well, as long as she gets the job done and don't hurt anyone, being boastful is not a fault of character." Peter Port said as he took notes too. "This year is doing quite well, very feel failures."
"Those unable to perform this job were mostly stopped right at the medical examination and physical tests. This is just a skill test, after all. They all must take a one year training before being official Huntsmen and Huntresses." Dr. Oobleck said in his fast-paced tone. "I'm mostly curious about Ozpin two choices for this year."
"Ah, yes, Ms. Rose and Mr. Arc. Both from Hunter's families. I hope they can live up to the task." Glynda said as she watched the girl with a black ribbon on her head take the arena.
"Breath in, breath out." Jaune said to himself as he sat in the room, waiting for his turn. He saw as everyone checked their weapons and wore their battle attire, while he was just in his casual clothes, one hand in the hoodie's pocket fiddling with something. It was nerve wracking after all.
"Breath slowly, it'll help you relax." A caring voice came in front of him, and he opened his eyes and saw a breathtaking beautiful redhead, hair tied in a ponytail, circlet on the top of her head, shield, spear, armor that showed her shoulders and made him blush, deep emerald eyes.
"Hmph, if you're nervous to fight a drone, you're unfit to do this job." He saw a white-haired girl with a small scar on her right eye checking a long rapier. She was wearing a white dress that he felt unfit for fighting, but then, no one was using tactical gear there.
"Weiss, he does have the right to be nervous." The redhead said, then she bent towards him and gently touched his hand, making him stare at her eyes. "I get nervous sometimes too."
"T-thanks. I'm Jaune, by the way. You are…?" He asked, causing both girls to look at him in shocked surprise.
"Pyrrha Nikos! You can't tell me you never heard of her!" Weiss shout with indignation. He stared at the redhead, trying to figure if he ever saw her before. "She won the Mistral Tournament four times in a row!"
"Oh, sorry, I'm not into sports. More of a comic book guy." He said and Pyrrha gave him a sweet smile. Weiss scoffed and rolled her eyes.
"Pyrrha Nikos, you're next!" A man came and called her. "Jaune Arc, Weiss Schnee and Russell Thrush, please come and wait by the arena."
The four teenagers followed and sat in a bench by the arena's side. Pyrrha made one last stretch and entered the arena, and a humanoid drone came from a trapdoor in the ground. The drone readied a blade in his right arm and a gun in the left. Three lights blinked with a beep following, and when the last beep ended, the drone engaged in combat. The battle was incredible quick as Pyrrha blocked the gunfire with her shield and pressed forward, dodging the incoming blade than pierced the drone with her spear, ending the battle.
"W-wow… she's incredible!" Jaune murmured from the bench.
"Indeed, she is. This is the level one need to have to be a Hunter." Weiss smirked as she informed Jaune of that, and he gulped. Suddenly he didn't felt ready anymore.
"Bah, those drones are easy to deal with, that's what. That girl is not all that." Russell answered, but Now Jaune was trying his breathing exercise once more. At least he knew the test would stop if he couldn't deal with it.
"Damn it. She destroyed it so easily. And Atlas told us those are the best drones ever made by the SDC. Those aren't challenges to the newbies…" A man said as he tossed the destroyed remains of the drone Pyrrha defeated in a pile and started reading another one, when someone grabbed him from the dark.
"Then how about we fix this?" A female voice came from behind as it used some type of auto-syringe to inject something into the technician, and his veins started popping, blacked. "Let's see how Ozpin will deal with you?"
The technician felt on the ground and shouted in pain, as his skin turned black.
Jaune entered the arena, still nervous and fiddling with something on his hoodie's pocket as he waited for his turn. He saw Pyrrha walking by the arena's side and she smiled and gave him a wave, so he waved back. He took a deep breath and got in an unarmed position, which surprised the Beacon's staff.
"Unarmed? That's is rare. Even Xiao Long used shotgun-gauntlets." Port commented, his curiosity piqued. "It reminds me of one time…"
"Not now, Peter. But he did perform surprisingly well in his physical tests. But why he was excused of medical examination?" Oobleck wondered, but didn't got his answer as the trapdoor that allowed the drones in opened. A long silence came but the drone didn't. "Where's it? Call the…"
His sentence was cut short as they heard a growl and suddenly a large Ursa-type Grimm jumped through the trapdoor, surprising everyone, and then it tossed Jaune to the side with one of his paws, causing panic to spread over the place. Glynda jumped on her feet and readied to interfere, when the Ursa let out a growl of pain. Surprising everyone, Jaune was up on his feet and just punched the Ursa in the place the kidneys should've be.
"Damn it… How you got here?" He wondered more to himself when the Ursa turned and tried to hit him with the claws again, forcing him to dodge and kick the beast in the arm. The Ursa got in its hind legs and tossed Jaune to the side once more. "All right… I was hoping to not have to do this…"
Jaune stood up and removed something from his pocket, and put it on top of his belt buckle, the device wrapping itself around his waist, making a series of sounds. The Ursa made no notice of this and started moving on his direction, ready to attack. Jaune pressed a button on the device and it opened, revealing a golden orb in the middle.
"Command"
"Henshin!" Jaune shouted.
"Arc Ride Activated!"
The device gave a flash of golden light, making the Ursa stop on its tracks, and opened, from within several plates appeared and started covering the boy's body, until a helmet covered his head and a scarf flew in the air. The Ursa stared at the figure, not daring to move forward, while the audience gasped at the sight.
"Let's start this!" Jaune shouted and rushed against the creature, kicking it in the face.
The Ursa howled as the kick connected, and countered with its claws, but Jaune easily blocked it with his arm before punching it in the face, cracking its armor plate, following with a series of kicks and punches, giving no quarter to the Grimm, pushing him back. The Ursa got up in his grind legs and gave a bear hug to the boy, who struggled under the great pressure.
"Jaune!" A familiar voice shouted, then the Grimm howled and dropped the boy, and he saw a spear stuck on the creature's back. He saw Pyrrha on the sideways, readying herself to come to his help, while the Ursa turned to attack the girl.
"Oh no you won't!" Jaune stated as he pressed a button on his belt. "This ends now!"
"Command"
"Rider KICK!" He shouted as he jumped high in the air, a series of hidden thrusters in his armor getting him in position. His armor golden part glowed, and then his right foot as he was thrusted against the Grimm's back, hitting its spine and making it tumble forward, Pyrrha's spear falling from it. The creature fell on the ground and golden flame engulfed it and turned it into ash.
"What happened?" Port asked in disbelief, staring at the weird armor Jaune had. The boy walked to Pyrrha's spear and took it, giving it back to the surprised girl.
"Ozpin will explain this to us. I'm sure." Glynda said as she stared at the boy.
"That was unexpected." A mint-haired girl talked as she stared at her scroll. "Who and what is this guy?"
"I don't know, and I don't like not knowing. While a death during the try-outs would be the best outcome for us, just the fact a Grimm 'infiltrated' the academy will suffice. Now, my dear Emerald, your mission will be discovering what you can about this masked warrior. Our plans won't be delayed." The brunette girl said as her eyes shone eerily.
"When you were going to tell me all of this?" Glynda asked as she reviewed Jaune's medical file with great attention. "Poor child…"
"His family asked me to keep it a secret for as long as possible, to allow him to better make friends. So, I expect the details will be kept between us." Ozpin said as he sipped from his mug, looking at security footage. "Someone hacked in our system… no images of the perpetrator."
"I'm personally investigating and already have a suspect. But this security breach…"
"Won't be passed over by the Vale's Council. I'm well aware of it, but I also trust your capacity in discovering how this happened. Mostly important is avoiding panic and not let they know the truth." Ozpin stated as he pressed a few buttons. "I'll let Qrow know of this."
"I'll check on the cadets then. I'm sure they are shocked with what happened. And Mr. Arc might be in need of a friendly presence." Glynda stated and left the room.
"You are the Kamen Rider! And you didn't tell me!" Ruby pouted while the boy chuckled and petted her.
"Sorry, sorry… I just promised to not tell anyone if I haven't to." He justified and she hardened her pout for a second before crossing her arms.
"Let me take a look on what you used to transform and I might forgive you!" She said, and he winced at that. He felt it was not a good idea to let people fiddle with his Rider Belt.
"How about I give you some cookies?" He suggested using the same tactic he used with his sisters.
"All is forgiven." She said without missing a beat. Yang laughed at that and put an arm around his shoulder.
"That was cool, vomit boy. Kamen Rider. It even sounds cool. So… when we'll have a race, since Rubes here told me you had a bike, and she dared to imply it's cooler than mine." The blonde tightened her grip, and Jaune struggled a little. Pyrrha gave a small giggle.
"But are you sure you're fine? An Ursa that size is usually not engaged alone, not saying we aren't full-fledged Hunters yet." She spoke, worry obvious on her voice.
"I'm fine, the medics already cleared me. And you helped me, after all. Thank you." Jaune said with a smile, making the girl smile shyly back at him. Then Yang tightened her grip and put him in a headlock. "GAAAAH!"
"No flirting, more racing!" She demanded, and Jaune wondered what kind of friends he got.
A.N.: Alright, this is an alternate universe, mixing with a very subtle reference to a completely unknown Japanese tokusatsu series. Not decided on pairings this time, hope you enjoy. No certain schedule of publishing, but I'll try to publish it every three or four days since I'm finally feeling like writing again.