Hey, everyone, sorry for the long-ass update. Life is kind of getting to me and so, is my studies. Also, I'm working on different AUs using my OCs. Not to mention Kamen rider Ichigo Kai's next chapter is now being written. And, I had to decide between using a sword or a scythe for Reaper. I made a decision on that and it's about to come into the story as his primary weapon. God, I wish I have more time to do what I want. Well, I hope you review and hopefully I can get the next chapter done quickly. Enjoy.
"Come on, you flying bastards!" Reaper yelled as leaped into the air and cutting off one the Nevermore's wing and proceeding to do so with the others that are approaching him,"Try and kill me if you can!"
He was having a lot of fun doing this. Reaper was keeping track of time and had only 34 seconds left. 6 more in 34 seconds, huh? He'll kill them. 3 seconds each.
Reaper was willing to take that bet.
Deciding to take it seriously, Reaper begin counting the Nevermore he has killed.
The first one tried to eat him by dashing its mouth on him. However, Reaper suddenly disappeared without a trace. The Nevermore didn't notice that he has appeared on top of his head.
Another Nevermore saw him and flap its wings forward to fire a horde of feathers. Reaper knew that it would that and ran down the end of the Nevermore, leaving a trail of feather impaling it painfully.
"One!" Reaper grunted before leaping at the firing Nevermore with both his katana drawn. He makes it to it and place his katana on top of each other like a pair of scissors.
Then, in it one squeeze, the monster lost its head tragically.
"Two!"
Two more were approaching him from below. Reaper place both his feet on the neck and pushes off the headless creature.
Reaper sheathes both his katanas and pulls out both his combat knives. He presses the end of the hilt and the blades fire from the hilt and stuck themselves on their heads.
The blade glowed brightly before self destructing and taking both their heads off in one explosion. "Three, four...!"
"Huh? Oh, shi-" Reaper didn't pay attention and got swallowed by a Nevermore. The Nevermore thought it won, but begin feeling something was cutting through its stomach. It squawk in pain as Reaper slit open the stomach and blood spilling out
"Ugh," Reaper said grossed out,"Come on, I just washed this!"
The armored humanoid jumps out of the Nevermore's open stomach and let's it to fall to its death. The last one dive in with claws wide open to rip him into shred.
Lucky for Reaper, he steered clear from the claws and grabs the end of the Nevermore's tail feathers. The Nevermore squawks at him to let go and ascends to the sky.
Reaper's fear of height took its toll on him when he looks down to see he was going too high,"Oh, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa! Too high!"
The Nevermore was waiting for Reaper to break his grip. But, Reaper wasn't going to let go any soon with something he has. The Model's crystal on his gauntlet glowed as a blue small Runic circle appears. Coming out of the circle was a chain sickle weapon with a black hilt.
Snatching it and begin lassoing with it, he threw it and wrapped around the Nevermore's neck. Reaper pulled its head back and constantly begs,"Go back down! Go back down! Did I mention I hate heights?!"
Reaper was pulling back to hard that the cabins tighten and literally slash off the Nevermore's head.
"Eh?" Reaper had a blank expression behind his mask.
(Author's note: Reaper has completely forgot that his chains on his weapon is razor sharp and can cut through almost anything if a lot of pressure is applied.)
"Goddamn Nevermores and their weak neeeeeeecccccc...!" Reaper fell along with headless Nevermore to the earth.
'BOOM!'
Crashing on the earth, the Nevermore was on top of Reaper. The white katana emerges from the stomach and cuts it open for Reaper to climb out of it.
A bloody Reaper begin wiping the blood off his shoulder, but to no avail. He slides a hand on his blade before sheathing it.
Reaper was quiet in his thoughts before remembering something,"Uh, damn! I forgot to keep track of my time!"
It doesn't matter right now and Repaer shrugged,"Whatever, not that I cared."
"Now, for the temple!" Reaper said before running to his destination.
His answers to his power and everything is there.
(Invoke by TM Revolution plays)
(The barren wasteland was field with nothing, but weapons of fallen warriors. A certain large scythe was stabbed on the ground with a white orchid and a black orchid growing from the crack the sword made. Suddenly, Reaper's face covers the entire screen and his eyes open. He flew back and his background change to being. He cocks his shotgun and fires at an unknown enemy. However, he crossed his arms as a barrage of purple negative energy hits him like missiles and explodes on contact.)
Surechigai isogu tabi ni butsuke ai chigire au (Arising from the smokes, Reaper holds that certain scythe from before and spun it before swinging it down in battle stance as the title '仮面ライダーの死神' with the title 'Kamen rider Reaper' below the Japanese text appears)
Tagai no hane no itami kanjite iru
Sabishisa ni yogoreta ude de daita
Sore igai no nanika wo shiranai kara
Tsunagaru shunkan! Mezameru eien! Machikogareru!
Hayasugiru toki no mabataki ni sarasarete
Hitori de wa todokanai
Negai nante kiesou na kotoba ja...
Karamiau netsu no tsutaetai shinjitsu wo!
Dare kara mamoreba ii?
Kimi ga itsuka ...
hoshigatta omoi ga!
Soko ni aru nara!
Kazuki has just disengage his armor to continue on. He didn't need it after taking care of the big threat. He was just approaching near the temple to get his answers.
He sees the temple just 15 miles in front of him. All he had to do is get a Relic and get out of there. It seems too quiet when Kazuki was walking. He feels like someone was watching behind his back.
He was, in fact, being watched. By the monitor drones flying around to keep track of all the students.
Back at Beacon, Ruby was laying impatiently on the bed alone. She was thinking of how the initiation was doing for her friend, Kazuki. She wanted to see him in action and what he can do, but she's not allow to be in the initiation grounds.
Ruby groans loudly,"Ugh, I wish I could just watch the initiation in here!"
The door opens and Yang comes in to see Ruby,"Hey, sis, what's up?"
"Bored..." Ruby groaned as she puts her arm over her eyes.
Yang folds her arms as she leaned against the wall,"Then, what do you want to do?"
"I don't know," Ruby said.
"Hmm," Yang wondered before coming with something,"Hey, a new movie came out today, wanna go see it?"
Ruby sees why not,"Ok, sure. Let's get Weiss and Blake."
The temple was quiet when Kazuki made it there. He notice the Relics look an awfully like heads of Grimms. Also, he notice that some of the Relics were missing, meaning that someone was here before him.
Does it really matter which Relic that Kazuki picks? He has to pick one of them before proceeding. But, where was Dwayne and Katie. They should be here.
Kazuki decides to wait for them and grabs a Relic. He had chose a gold color Relic with the head of a Beowulf on it. He puts it in his pocket and sat down patiently on the steps.
Waiting for the two was boring and Kazuki was laying down on the steps throwing rocks hoping to land one in one of the Relic's mouth, just to pass the time.
"Huh?" Kazuki sees the Beowulf sniffing for any prey to feast upon. He sighed before grabbing a small rock and took careful at that thing's head, betting that he could get it from that far distance.
He smirks before throwing the rock at high speed. However, he did not expect for the sound of an Ursa roaring to be its death scream. That was because there an Ursa behind him and it was appear to swing its claw down on him.
The rock punctures the Beowulf's brain and killed it immediately. When that happened, Kazuki didn't get killed. In fact, someone just stopped that monster's arm.
Kazuki turns around and was met with a shock face.
There was another Rider.
This rider looks exactly the same as Reaper only that he had an orange color armor unlike Kazuki's black and white one. He had dark orange on its secondary armor areas. He has green diamond shaped eyes behind a knight theme mask. He had a round shape energy shield with some blue components on it.
The Ursa growled and tried to push its claw down, but this guy was strong as hell. The monster had enough and push a lot of strength to push him. The rider was pushed back into Kazuki and he was sent flying away and rolling down the hill in a forest.
"Arrrrggh!" Kazuki screamed as he was rolling.
He rolls off the end of cliff, but manage to grab onto to some roots growing on the walls. He appears to be in the Emerald Falls, a large waterfall with a wide creek at the bottom.
Kazuki was having a hard time holding onto the root. His hands were getting to sweaty because he his fear of height was making him sweat.
He heard a loud 'boom!' at his left and see the Rider kicking the Ursa through a boulder. Kazuki could only gasp in shock.
The Rider and the Ursa fell in the streams and the armored humanoid jumps off of it to avoid its swing.
Kazuki could no longer hang on and let's go. He screams as he fell in the stream. The current was taking him to the end of the waterfall. He was struggling to break free but it was too late.
The last thing seen was his own sword falling in front of the waterfall.
The orange rider jumps from a left swing from the Ursa and ducks under a right one. He dashed forward and rolled under it to avoid another swing. He comes up behind it and clench his fist really hard and deliver a blow into its stomach.
The Grimm suddenly threw up saliva from its stomach. The creature of Grimm was starting to get serious and slam its fist down into the stream to squash him, but he dodged. Then, the rider elbowed the monster in the face and made it lose an eyeball.
And, a roundhouse kick at the back of the head and this time blood flooded from its mouth. Now, the finishing move, he kicked it into the streams and watched it falls off and roars in complete fury.
The Ursa has plummet to its death.
At the end of the stream, Kazuki was still alive because he was holding onto rocks. The stream was too strong and he was starting to lose his breath. Wasn't long before his grip slipped.
But, his wrist just got grabbed by the rider and he was pulled out of the water with ease. The Rider carried him away from the strong current of the water. Kazuki coughs water from his mouth and looks at the rider who was carrying. Just embarrassing enough, he grunted to get away from him,"I'm not crippled! Would you put me down?!"
The Rider did so and finally spoke, in a funny manner,"What? Come on, is that a way to treat someone who just saved your life?"
"I could've handle it if you hadn't pushed me off a cliff," Kazuki said looking away.
The Rider flinched just hearing that,"Hey, that wasn't my fault! You were the one standing and letting yourself get pushed. Don't pin this on me!"
He was right. Kazuki did kind of stand, dumbstruck by a new rider. He sighed,"Sorry, thanks for the save."
The man behind the mask smiled and extends a left hand to shake,"No prob! I'm Koji, but you can call me in this form, 'Ranze'."
"Ranze?" Kazuki thought it was an odd name,"Wait a minute, you wouldn't happen to be a Rider?"
The Rider Ranze nodded and stands tall with both hands on hips,"That's right, I'm the official leader of Team...actually we haven't got name yet, so don't worry about it. And, you must be Reaper, am I right?"
Kazuki asked,"So, tell me. Where'd you hear that name from?"
"Well, you did ran into Dwayne and Katie?" Ranze said,"They also happen to part of the team."
"They are?" Kazuki said.
Ranze nodded,"Yeah, oh, I'm still wearing the armor. Would be better talking when I'm not wearing it."
A glow covered his entire body and his height begin to drop a little, but still above Kazuki's height. The glow disappeared and armor was disengaged.
The boy who was in that armor had brown spiky hair, wears an orange jacket with no sleeves and a dark orange hoodie. He wears the exact same fingerless tip gloves like Dwayne and wears blue jeans with a belt that has a hoister for his Model.
Now as Koji, he grinned happily. However, the moment was short lived by a strange girlish scream at the end of the waterfall.
"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"
Kazuki had a strange look as he look at the end of the stream,"What...the hell was that?"
"Oh, that? Pfft, that's just Sockhead," Koji chuckles,"He screams like that when he's scared or aggravated. Usually both."
Kazuki doesn't who that is,"Who?"
"Help! Someone!" the said boy screamed for someone to hear.
Kazuki asked Koji,"Um, shouldn't we help him?"
"Oh, right," Koji nearly forgot,"Yeah, you're right. We just need to jump."
Kazuki didn't understand what that meant,"Uh, excuse me?"
Koji dragged Kazuki and pulls him at the edge of the cliff. Kazuki almost gasped in fear,"Holy hell! Holy hell! What are you doing?!"
"Why are you acting like a pussy?" Koji snickered at his joke because Kazuki is a Cat Faunus,"You should perfectly know that riders like us can survive a height from 50-150 feet."
Kazuki thought he was crazy because that is impossible,"Are you insane?! I'll die!"
"Not unless I push you like this,"Koji grinned while patting Kazuki in the back and making him fall off.
"You son of a...!" Kazuki already fell off and falls straight into the bottom while screaming. Koji jumps off the cliff with no fear.
A minute has passed and his scream was heard quietly before more loudly and Kazuki got face planted into the ground. And, Koji fell right on top of his back, literally squashing him. Koji chuckles a little and vaults up while Kazuki was stuck on his back.
"Well, that was fun, wasn't it?" Koji turns his head and grins at him.
Kazuki scoffs with little cuts and bruises in his face,"Idiot."
Suddenly, a shoe from above hits him of the head hard. Stars begin circling around his head and he fell violently with a faceplant again.
Koji blinked before looking up and the voice yelling,"Get me down from here!"
In the middle of the waterfall, a boy was hanging onto a ledge that is in the middle of the long waterfall. But, the funny thing that he is being hang on by a black beanie that he is wearing. The hat was studied between a crack in the ledge.
The boy wears the same sleeveless jacket that is in red color, fingerless gloves, long purple pants with two belts on and two pistols hoisted on his hips.
Koji kept grinning while he asked,"Hey, Sockhead, have you seen Dwayne or Katie?"
...
"NOOO!" the boy yelled aggravatingly,"Now, get me down!"
Koji salutes to him,"You got it, buddy."
"Hurry, please, I don't how long I can hold on, gentlemen!" the boy swings his legs around in fear of the water.
Kazuki rubs his aching head,"Ugh, you mind telling me who that is?"
"Oh, he's Trowa," Koji said,"He's a rider like us. But, he has a fear of heights like you."
Kazuki felt embarrassed and red,"I-I'm not afraid of heights..."
"Uh-huh," Koji was not convinced and went back with Trowa's situation,"So, how do you think we can get him down?"
Kazuki folds his arms together,"I don't know, why are you asking me?"
"Well, we could wait and let his hat slip through the crack and let him fall in the water," Koji planned.
Trowa could still hear them from down there,"I can hear you, you know! Don't let me fall!"
"Dude, take the damn hat off!" Kazuki yelled.
But, Trowa yelled back,"NO! Not even a peek!"
Kazuki raise both arms in the air in confusion,"Why the hell not?"
Koji explained what's going on,"Oh, Sockhead, doesn't like anyone seeing what's under his hat. He seems really sensitive about it."
Kazuki mutters,"Riiiight."
Kazuki notice something was missing from him. He touches his back and his front and looks around for something. Koji asked what he was doing,"What's wrong? You lost something?"
"My sword," Kazuki said walking around the area and searching through the bushes and trees,"It must have slipped off of me when I was about to fall in the waterfall. Damn, it must be..."
Kazuki narrowed his eyes to the ledge where Trowa was and sees a familiar hilt hanging on the edge. He finish his sentence with a sweat drop,"...up there."
Sighing in defeat, Kazuki had to climb up there to get his weapon back. He walks back to Koji and yells up to Trowa,"Oi! I'm going to climb up to get you!"
Koji grins,"Well, about time you have the courage to fight your fears of height."
Kazuki growled furiously,"For the last time, I do not have-"
"Oh, god! I can feel myself slipping!" Trowa's voice now yelled like a girl.
Kazuki ignores Koji to get Trowa and his sword. He uses the rocks to make his way up. There he was above 50 feet in the air. Kazuki was shaking violently because his fear grew higher.
Trowa sees him and begs,"Hurry up! I'm think I'm about slip!"
Kazuki growled because he can't focus and snaps at him,"SHUT UP! I can't focus when your FUCKING yelling at me!"
He grips onto a root in the wall and stretch his hand out to get Trowa first. Trowa reaches out,"A-a little further please!"
"Will you shut your trap and grab my freaki-" Kazuki grunts from the stress of stretching his arm, but the root snaps from the wall,"Huh? Whoa?!"
He jumped just in time to grab onto Trowa's legs. Trowa squeals,"Oh, no! Now, you made things worst!"
Kazuki looks up and hissed at him,"Oh, shut the hell up, I don't see you doing anything to make the situation better!"
Kazuki can see his sword's hilt close and told Trowa,"Ok, this is gonna be crazy and a bit selfish, but I'm going to grab my sword, ok? So, I'm gonna need to use you to climb up there and get it."
"Excuse me?!" Trowa choked as Kazuki pulled on his collar and climbs up Trowa.
He steps on his shoulder and his other foot steps him on the face. Trowa muffled,"Gah! Do you have it?"
"Yeah! Just a little further..." Kazuki stretch his arm to reach for the hilt. When his finger touches the tip of the hilt, the ledge being to tilt downward. Trowa felt it moving,"Hey, did you feel that?"
"It's nothing, so don't worry!" Kazuki grunted as he pulling on the tip so he can get the entire sword off the top. But, the ledge was beginning to give away from their heavy weight.
Kazuki grabs the bar of the sword,"Almost got it..."
But, suddenly, his sword on swiped away. Kazuki's jaws dropped and he flinched,"Eh?!"
There was someone else on top of the ledge that is making tilt. It was boy who ears the same jacket as Koji and Trowa, but it was dark olive green color and he wears a blue/purple pants with large black shoes. He was tall with orange hair, a black unibrow and the turquoise eyes. What was strange about him was his odd yellow skin.
The boy spinning the sword in his hand,"Wow! Cool sword!"
He thrust in the air and acted a like heroic warrior,"I am Lothar! Slayer of the undead and the protector of Montozuma!"
Kazuki tilts his head in confusion,"What the hell is he talking about?"
Then, he heard a loud stiff noise. Wasn't long before their weights completely made the ledge pop off the water. Kazuki blinked before he screams and falls along with Trowa and that other guy.
The three splashed into the water and literally cause the entire stream to shoot upward and leaving an empty stream. Then, it came back down on top of the trio and also wet Koji.
"Holy crap! That's cold!" Koji shivered.
A hand emerges from the water and grab onto the edge. Kazuki had an upset expression because he was wet and also had to drag the two out of the water.
All of them were soaking wet, but Trowa was complaining. He got up and pulls on his shirt to show his shirt's wetness,"Look at this! I just dried it this morning."
The shivering Kazuki was holding onto his arms to get warm,"Hey, you aren't only one complaining here! I'm cold as hell and I didn't brought a spare jacket with me!"
The boy laughed a little,"Oh, you wet kitty cat, I got you a towel."
He reaches into his jacket's collar and pulls out a towel. However, it was not what Kazuki had expected. It was all stained and covered in candy and chips.
"Here ya go!" the boy smiled.
Kazuki sweatdropped,"Um, never mind, I'm good."
The boy shrugged and wipes his hair with it, much to Kazuki's disgust,"Ok!"
Koji shivered along with Kazuki as he asked the boy,"Hey, Ed, probably I need that towel, too."
"Wait, Ed? Kazuki said,"Ok, so you know Dwayne, Katie, Trowa, and now him? How many people do you know are in this damn trial?!"
Koji gave an answer to that,"Dude, you need to chill out, ok?"
Kazuki rolled his eyes,"Ugh, whatever..."
"Oh, is this Reaper?" Ed asked Koji.
Koji nodded as he pats Kazuki on the back,"Yep! Gotta say I didn't expect him to be a Faunus."
"Uh-huh," Kazuki only said.
Ed extends a dirty hand to him,"Hello, my name is Ed! Who are you?"
Kazuki blenched just looking at his hand until Trowa offered a rubber glove. "Here you might need this."
Kazuki sighed in relieve as he put it on,"Thanks."
"Kazuki," he said his name as he shook his hand,"Shinigami. Nice to meet you, Ed. So, I take it your a Rider, too?"
Ed nodded excitingly,"Yep, yep! I'm Kamen rider Phowa!"
"Phowa?" Kazuki found his name kind of funny.
"Mm-hmm!" Ed said,"Phowa is combination of 'Foul' and 'Power'! Get it?"
Kazuki thinks for moment to process the two and awes about it. Then, he laughed,"Hahahaha! Oh my god, I totally get it!"
Ed looks at Trowa with smug smile,"See I told you he would get it."
Trowa sighed,"Why did I even bother telling you..."
Kazuki notice something behind between his legs. He flinched in horror and said to Ed,"Um, hey, Ed, you might want to look at your butt."
"What? What's wrong with hissssss-WAAAAAHHHHHH!" Trowa screamed in horror when he looked at it.
"Aaaaaaaah!" Koji screamed when he saw 'it' as well.
Kazuki looks at all of them before sighing in embarrassment,"Mou, stop screaming already...Ed, can you pull my sword out of your ass. Like right now?"
(Scene transition)
Kazuki and the rest of the gang were lazing around on the temple, waiting for Katie and Dwayne to come and join together.
Kazuki had something to get off his chest to the whole group,"Oi, you do know I'm a White Fang member, right?"
Koji yawned as he laid on the steps,"Yeah, so what?"
"What do you mean 'so what'?" Kazuki wasn't expecting that response,"You do know the White Fangs are, right? Bunch of misguided, idiotic, and shunned Faunus who kills other humans for shits and giggles."
Koji yawns again,"Yeah? Well, you don't fit their description."
"Eh?" Kazuki looks at him.
The spiky hair boy sits up to look at him to say,"You may wear the insignia of a White Fang, but you never would do anything a White Fang member would do, right?"
Kazuki was quiet to hear what he said and tries to deny it. But, Koji stops him,"And, don't deny it. Be honest with yourself."
The Faunus took a moment to speak what he wants and looks at him,"I didn't have much of a choice."
"Yeah, well you could've made a better one," Koji said stretching his arms high and laying back down again,"So, what prompt you into joining the White Fang?"
Kazuki closed his eyes to think back and wish he hadn't. Koji notice he hit something in Kazuki and apologizes,"Hey, I didn't mean to bring up bad memories."
"It's ok," Kazuki said sitting up and sighing,"It's best to forget the things we've done in the past."
'Ring!' 'Ring!'
The sound of Kazuki's Scroll vibrated in his back pocket. He stands up to take it out and sees the contact to be Torchwicke. He looks at the group and Koji said,"Go right ahead, we don't mind."
Kazuki was about to pick it up until he felt Ed's presence behind him. He sees him with his hand near his ear to hear the conversation. Kazuki took the pleasure in grabbing his ear and throwing him away.
He answers the call and puts the Scroll near his ear,"What?"
"The hell is taking you so long?!" Torchwicke yelled through the speakers,"I'm got a phone call from Miss Anxious pants, telling me to speed up your process what's going on?!"
"Well, tell her to be a little more patient and obedient," Kazuki said rudely,"I'm on a little 'detour', right now."
"What?!" Torchwicke sounded pissed,"Listen here, you rodent, I'm not going to deal with your smartass remarks any longer! You better move on or I'm going to-"
Kazuki interrupted him by imitating a static noise,"Bzz! Bzz! Oh, sorry! Bzz! Signal must be-Bzz! Getting weak! Bzz! Call you later or never! Bzz!"
"I know you're faking so quit-" Torchwicke got interrupted by a lovable oaf's scream,"Oh, hello, MY NAME IS ED!"
"GAAAAAH! YOU BLEW OUT MY EARDRUMS! YOU BLEW THEM OUT, YOU SON OF A-" Torchwicke's agony was unheard when Ed ended the call.
Ed looks at Kazuki with a deep look,"Boy, this TorchTwick guy sounded he had a bad day."
Kazuki smiled that someone was able to shut that guy up,"Yeah, he did."
"Sooooo, you're working for the biggest and most baddest criminal of all time, huh?" Koji folded his arms.
"Yeah, not really the best boss, but he has his kicks," Kazuki said taking his Scroll back from Ed.
Trowa looked at him with an upset look,"How can you say that? Haven't you seen what he has done? Stealing, lying, and hurting innocent lives! How can you stand that?"
"Hey, just because he's my boss, doesn't mean I'm okay with what he does," Kazuki glared at Trowa.
"Then, why?" Koji asked.
Kazuki looks at the ground,"Because, if it wasn't for him, I wouldn't be here right now."
The group looks at him with the same look in their eyes. They looked at him until they heard a voice calling out,"Trowa, Koji, Ed! Is that you guys?!"
Kazuki looks behind Koji and sees Katie and Dwayne. He notice a young boy among them. Koji comes up to Dwayne and gave him a fist pump,"What took you so long, Dwayne?"
"Oh, you know, just strolling the woods, enjoying the view, and blowing cute little Grimm in the face," Dwayne sees Kazuki was here,"I see that he's still alive."
"Big bro!" the 13 year old boy who followed Katie and Dwayne and called Koji his 'Big Bro'. This boy almost look identical to Koji in same clothings and all body details, but he has brown hair that looks like a Mohawk and wields behind his back is normal sword and shield.
Kazuki had a confused look,"Wait, 'big bro'? What?"
Koji pats his little brother on the head and looks at Kazuki,"Oh, this is Koyo, my little brother. Say 'hi' to the new Rider, Koyo."
"You brought a kid to the initiation?" Kazuki raised an eyebrow in question,"No offense, but I think that's very irresponsible, you know?"
"He nagged at me, ok?" Koji sighed.
Koyo looks at Kazuki and noticed he had cat ears and a tail. Kazuki can tell he was looking at them and said,"Oi, my eyes are up here."
Koyo looks at him a rude look,"That guy? No way, a Faunus can't be a Rider."
Kazuki's ear twitched and he was dissed of by his tone of voice. But, he didn't the understand where a Faunus is incapable of becoming of a Rider.
Koji nodded,"Yeah, me too. This is the first time I've seen a Faunus as a Rider."
"Wait, the first?" Kazuki said,"There isn't any Riders who are like me?"
"Nope," he responded,"Come to think of it, you must be the first Faunus on Remnant to be a Rider."
Being the first Faunus rider in Remnant? Kazuki was surprise,"What? Are you serious?"
Trowa answer that question,"Yes, essentially, most Riders are humans because the Models doesn't choose those that are the lesser race, a Faunus that's you."
"Huh, now I feel a lot special," Kazuki said taking out his Model,"Hey, now since we're all here here, I want my answers."
'Roar!'
"Sorry, but I think the answers can come later," Dwayne said pointing his finger at something,"Look!"
Incoming from the forest is a horde of Beowulves and Ursas.
Katie cocks her sniper rifle and unloads an empty from the chamber and fires and took out a Beowulf in the head and another behind it.
Koji pulls out his Model and calls the others,"Oi, transform and spread out! We'll take these bastards out faster! Hurry! Henshin!"
Pulling up his sleeve, Koji slots Model Ranze in and twist to make it straight. The wings and sickles moves to their corresponding position and the transformation begun.
"Hurragh!" Koji war cried as spirals of light begin appearing around him and covers his entire body. The light disappears and Koji was now the Rider Ranze.
Grabbing his energy shield from his back and a blue baton with blue circuit ride on it, Koji thrust the baton forward and amazingly, it transforms into medieval war lance.
Koji ordered Kazuki,"Kazuki, protect Koyo! Rest of us are going to clear the path for you!"
"But-" Kazuki wanted to help, too, but Ranze objects,"Don't argue! You need to keep him safe!"
"No! I want to fight!" Koyo said pulling both his shield and sword from his back and charging recklessly into battle. Koji yells at him,"Koyo, come back!
Kazuki growled as he went after him,"Stupid kid!"
Koyo swings his sword down upon an Ursa, but it blocked with its claw and smacks him away. Kazuki jumps above the fallen Koyo and unsheathes his sword. He slides under it and climbs on top of its back and stab it in the head.
The Ursa cease all function and collapse on the ground. Kazuki shakes his sword out of its head and looks at Koyo with a glare,"Idiot! You could've been killed!"
Koyo sticks his tongue at him,"I don't need you telling me what to do! You're not the boss!"
"Well, too bad, kid!" Kazuki said as he picked Koyo right off the ground and ran away from the Beowulves that is following him.
"Hey! Let go of me! I want to fight!" Koyo complained.
"Shut it!" Kazuki was getting annoyed by his complaints.
When a Beowulf was about to strike him in the back, a yellow blur suddenly cut the creature in two. Kazuki stops and sees the blur making a stop near them.
It was a yellow Rider holding a golden axe with a small blue jewel in between the blades. On his shoulders, he has yellow blade tomahawks with black hilts.
The Rider hefts his axe on his shoulder,"Oi, don't stop now! Get a move on!"
"Dwayne?" Kazuki recognizes that voice.
The sound of flesh being smushed was heard behind him. Kazuki turns to see a Beowulf dead on the ground with a large green war hammer on its back.
The user was a dark olive green themed Rider. On his back, he carries a light green color boom stick. On his hips, he keeps the normal shells in one box while the others uses Dust.
"Get moving, kitty cat! We'll hold the minions of Hades off!" the Rider Phowa shouted before lifting his hammer and slamming it into another Beowulf.
Kazuki sighed as he ran away again,"Stop calling me 'kitty cat'!"
"Ok, so that was Koji, Dwayne, and Ed," Kazuki counted and forgot one more,"Who's the other one?"
'Bam!' 'Bam!'
He just saw two Beowulves in front of him got headshot and their bodies burned up instantly with their ashes flying in the air.
Kazuki looks on his far left to a red color rider at the temple. He was in a laid down position with a red sniper rifle with some gold parts on it and scope with a gold ring at the end of it.
The Rider had the pistols just like Trowa's, so it must be him. He also has behind his hips a clip full of normal ammo, laser ammo, and Dust ammo. On his back he seems to have a long sword with a really blade and hand guard in front and black trigger near the hilt.
Trowa looks into the scope and cocks the rifle to spit out an empty round. He fires again and took out an Ursa that was about to jump Kazuki from the side.
Ranze bashed his shield into a Beowulf's face and stab upward into its chin and kills it. However, a Beowulf slashed him across the back and made him fall forward on the ground. Koyo saw this and yells,"Big bro! Let me go!"
Koyo slips out of Kazuki's grip and ran after his fallen brother. Kazuki growled as he tried to get him back,"You idiot!"
Koyo was there by his brother's side to help him get up. But, a dark shadow of an Ursa hovers over him. Koyo saw the Ursa and watches it drop its claw down on him. Koyo covers his brother in order to protect him.
"Koyo!" Ranze yelled as he tried to protect him, but was too slow.
However, Koyo was left untouched. Kazuki had just transformed into Reaper and quickly put Koyo into a protective hug. The Ursa hits Reaper down on his left shoulder. The armor was left inscathed, but the force made him dislocate his shoulder.
Reaper redirected the direction of the claw with his right elbow and aims a shotgun into its mouth and fired, making a hole at the back of its head. The dead creature fell backward on the ground.
The rider looks at Koyo with an anger expression and grabs him by the collar and yells at him,"What the hell, kid?! Did you really want to die that easily?!"
"I don't need you telling me what to do, you dirty Fau-" but, Reaper threw Koyo back into Ranze's arm and told him,"Sit put kid if you know what's good for you! I'm clearing this field clean."
In a flash, Reaper disappeared in blurring speed.
Katie awed at Reaper's speed,"Whoa..."
One by one, Grimm were dropping like flies. Reaper was cutting them piece by piece with his katanas. It was like watching millions of dominos toppling over each other.
Reaper fired three times with his shotgun that is being used by his tail. He fires again, but that was his last shell. He comes to complete stop by leaping on top of an Ursa and putting his katana and shotgun away.
Blue runic circles appears in his hand and the circles glowed and changes shape into guns. He was now holding two black SMGs with long magazines and red 2X zoom scope attached on top of the guns.
Reaper filled the Ursa's head full of lead before jumping off of it and sprinting and firing at the incoming Beowulves. They were dropping dead as he swoops right past them.
He hits another stop and use that position to stand and fire at the Grimm that were coming from the forest. He drops the SMG on his tail, so he could catch a Beowulf claw that was swung from behind.
He uses his tail to fire in its stomach. Reaper grabs a Beowulf by the neck and snap it in one go. He drops the body and elbowed another Beowulf in the mouth and broke all of its teeth.
Trowa who was watching all of this could not believe how skilled and efficient he was in killing Grimm. Even, Phowa and Dwayne were still as a rock.
The said Rider runs and jumps upside down above an Ursa and opens fire in its head. He landed on top of Beowulf and splatter its brain when he stomp it on the grassy field.
Grabbing a stake from the dead Ursa's back, he threw it and skewered a Beowulf and another one behind it. He roundhouse kick another Ursa in the face and break its neck.
He continued firing, but the ammo had depleted. A Beowulf took its chance of attack. Unfortunately for it, Reaper drove the end of the magazine into its eye and killed it. He unclips the magazine and leaves it there.
He unseeingly threw two spinning magazine in the air. Reaper raise his hands back holding the SMGs and the clips slot themselves in the chamber. He continues a slow assault on the remaining which were quickly diminishing to his deadly aim and accuracy.
Head shots between in the eyes were enough to put these creatures down. It wasn't long before they were all annihilated by one lone Rider. Reaper saw one more Grimm which was a Beowulf.
It knows the situation has completely change and made for a quick escape. However, it lost both its legs from those flesh reading bullets that Reaper used.
The Grimm was crawling itself away to safety until Reaper appears in front of it. He stared coldly at it before leaving it there to die by itself.
Ranze, Phowa, Dwayne, Trowa, Koyo, and Katie were watching as Reaper walks through the bloody battlefield. Dwayne said to Ranze,"Boss, we gotta get this guy on our team."
As he was making his way, Reaper suddenly fell on his knee and grip his now broken shoulder. Trowa and Katie heads over to the injured Reaper.
"What's wrong with him? He wasn't touched at all," Koyo said.
Ranze puts a hand on the confused boy's shoulder,"He did. He got it while protecting you, remember?"
Koyo didn't realize that,"He...he did?"
Trowa was looking carefully at Reaper's shoulder and gave him the results,"Your shoulder is badly broken. You pushed your body too hard in battle. That's what cause your shoulder to break."
"Grr, so I can't move my shoulder?" Reaper grunted because the pain was annoying.
Trowa shook his head,"No, you can't. But, Ed can. Ed, would you be kind enough to give Reaper some assistance?"
"Yes sir!" Phowa saluted proudly before rushing to Reaper's aid. He grabs Reaper's shoulder and pushed it down and more cracking noises were made. Reaper screamed,"Damn! That hurts!"
"Hold up!" Phowa slams both hands into Reaper's shoulder and a loud crack was heard and further the pain.
Reaper slams his fist on the ground and made a small crater on it to vent his pain. Phowa has finally stopped. Reaper stands up and moves his arm freely with no pain.
"You should be able to move your arm for a while without feeling pain," Trowa explained,"But, you'll only have an hour until the pain comes back. So, we better rush back to the Headmaster."
"Oi," Reaper stops Trowa before he could move,"You haven't given me my answers. I want them now."
Trowa sighed and looks at him,"I understand if you want to know the truth of your power, but right now is not the best time. We'll explain everything once we return back to the academy."
Reaper was very impatient, but hears more Grimm roars and they sounded close. He sighs before dropping both his SMGs and they shattered into light. He takes the shotgun off below his katana and cocks it,"All right, then."
Ranze nodded and orders the group,"Ok, team! Let's move out!"
Professor Ozpin was watching a private stream through a drone to watch on the one Riders. Glynda was not aware of his activity because she was focusing on the other takers of the initiation.
What piqued Ozpin's interest was that Faunus Rider. He never seen a Rider with white and black armor before. Also, his skills were something beyond a Huntsmen or any other weapon. He was just...different.
Glynda notice his change of behavior and asked,"Is something the matter, headmaster?"
Ozpin closed his eyes and shook his head,"No, Glynda. It's nothing."
The Riders and the two humans were running for their lives as a horde of Beowulfs were chasing them. Reaper fires at a Beowulf in front of him and the group behind ran around the dead body.
The group just made it to what appears to be some old ruins in the middle of a deep abyss. The bridge to the other side was destroyed, so few options to cross were limited.
Trowa cocks his rifle and rolled on the ground before going to crouch position and fires on the incoming Grimm. The Riders stop at the edge of the bridge and Ranze looks back at Trowa who was holding off the horde.
"We have to get over there!" Dwayne said before walking back and jumping forward and grabbing onto the ledge of the other side of the bridge.
Ranze was the next to jump, but made it the farthest on the bridge and pulls Dwayne up. Phowa carries Katie on his back and ran forward and feet first on the edge. He was about to fall backward until Ranze grabbed his collar and pull him.
However, Phowa crushed Ranze under his heavy weight. Reaper was going to help Koyo get over there until he heard more roars behind him. He could see Trowa struggling with reloading and firing at Beowulves that were approaching him.
Reaper looks at the Riders on the other side of the bridge and back to Trowa. He grabs Koyo by the back of his collar and lifts him up. Koyo yelled,"Hey, what are you-"
Good thing he knew how to throw or Koyo would've plummet to the bottom. Reaper had just thrown him to Ranze. Ranze was knocked on the ground again and this time it was his brother.
Reaper orders them,"Get going! I'll catch up!"
Shifting around, he summons forth new weapons which were two long white and black swords. The swords had a metal color that goes along the edge of the blades. Reaper suddenly slams the two swords by their hilts to combine them and form a large dual-bladed ambidextrous weapon.
His eyes flashed before he raise his dual-bladed weapon in the air and spun it like a pole. He thrust downward and the edges of the blade glowed a magenta color to show the color of the heat of that the blade is giving off.
Trowa unclips an empty magazine to reload, but a Beowulf pounced on top of him. The creature was going to claw him in until a white blade stabs it in the face. He awes at the long blade and sees Reaper holding the weapon.
Reaper looks at Trowa and said,"Oi, get out of here, I'll slow them down for you!"
"But...!" Trowa wasn't the one to leave someone behind, but Reaper stops him before he could finish his sentence,"No buts! Go! Huraaaggh!"
Reaper pulls the blade out and dashed toward the horde of Beowulves and begin diminishing their numbers down the hole. He swings the sword down and cuts a Wulf head first in half.
Then, he kicks another one into the ground and proceeds to stab it repeatedly. The next one got killed when Reaper heft his blade on the shoulder and the creature ran itself face first into the end of the sharp sword.
Trowa was reluctant, but magnetize his sniper rifle on his back and turns his back on him and ran. He jumps across the destroyed bridge and his hand got caught by Dwayne, who pulls him up to safety.
A Beowulf charge with its mouth wide open. Reaper pulls the trigger on the top of the hilt and the black sword launches from the white like a missile and stabs the monster in the abdomen. It met its lost when Reaper cuts its head off.
He caught the head on his white sword and notice its tongue was sticking out. Reaper chuckles darkly before seeing another Beowulf.
"Hey, don't get aHEAD of yourself!" Reaper jokes as he threw the head into the Wulf's face and made it tumble backwards.
Pulling the sword out of the headless Beowulf's stomach, Reaper spun around and kicks a Beowulf in the stomach and shifts around to place both blade on another one's neck. He cuts its head off like a scissor.
The Beowulves were ganging up on him, but they were getting destroyed.
No matter how large their numbers are, they can not beat that killing machine. Reaper punches a Beowulf in the chest and then, headbutts it in the head. He slits its neck and leaves it to asphyxiate to death.
Most of the Beowulves were backing away from the awesome might of the bringer of death, Reaper. He was stalking toward them with blades attached together again.
The Wulves took no chances with him and scurries away back in the forest. Reaper scoffs at their cowardice and walks back to the group on the other side of the bridge.
Professor Ozpin took a sip after watching what has conspired and turns off his tablet. He waited for the Riders to come.
"Come on! We're almost there!" Ranze yelled as he stops at a wall,"We just need to climb this wall and make it up to the cliff! Hurry!"
"Got it!" Dwayne nods as he puts his axe on his back and magnetize on it and grabs on the wall to start climbing.
Katie was helped grabbing on the wall by Trowa while Reaper stood quiet, still scared of heights. Phowa puts a hand on his shoulder,"Want to get on my back?"
"Haha, very funny," Reaper rolled his eyes, but Ed suddenly grabbed his arm,"H-hey!"
Reaper was top of Phowa with his legs sitting on top of his shoulder. Phowa climbs up the wall while Reaper was sitting on top of him.
Ranze started climbing and so, so does Koyo. It seemed things were going well.
Until now.
Koyo grabs on a rock stuck in the wall, but suddenly it snaps. He screams as he lost his grip and fell to the bottom,"Waaaah!"
"Koyo!" Ranze screams.
Reaper looks down and curses,"Damn it!"
He slips off while Phowa shouted,"Hey!"
Unsheathing the black katana, Reaper drives the blade into the wall and slides down it with broken shards flying. He pulls his sword out as soon as he made it to be bottom and found Koyo under some bushes.
"AAAAAAHHH!" Koyo's voice painfully yelled through the bushes.
Reaper sprints over there and removes the bushes,"Hang on, kid!"
When he just finished taking them, he gasped in horror. Koyo's leg was badly cut and was bleeding fast. Reaper yells up,"Guys! Koyo's hurt!l
"What?!" Ranze gasped,"Hang tight! I'm coming down!"
But, roars of Grimms were heard from afar. They must have come back for more. Reaper grab some bushes and covers Koyo. He told him,"Don't move."
Coming out from the woods were a group of Boarbatusk. One of them growled at Reaper who unsheathes both katanas and got into dual blade battle stance.
"Haaaagghh!" Reaper war cried before charging into battle.
The sounds of blades clashing, grunts, death screams, and flesh cutting were heard from below as Ranze climbs down. The Rider hops off to uncover Koyo who has passed out from blood loss.
Reaper stabs the white katana on top of a Boarbatusk's head and pulls it after it died. Ranze lifts his brother up and yells at Reaper,"Oi! Come on!"
"Go on! GO!" Reaper shouted as he got tackled by a Boarbatusk. His shoulder instantly felt the pain again and he growls. Reaper pulls out the knife from his left shoulder and stabs the creature in the stomach.
Blood spilled all over his armor. Reaper pushes the dead creature off of him and got back up while gripping his shoulder. He growled before his scream cracks,"Go! Hurry!"
"Kazuki..." Ranze couldn't leave him behind.
Reaper growled before elbowing a Boarbatusk in the face and impatiently yelled,"I said FUCKING GO!"
Ranze hesitates at first, but reluctantly runs back up the wall and grab Koyo on one arm and use the second to climb up the wall.
Panting and tired from all the battles, Reaper drops both his katanas and grabs the shotgun with his left arm while his right arm hangs lifelessly. He fires at the charging Boarbatusks with excellent head shots.
But, one Boarbatusk avoids the shots and ram into direct contact his kneecap. The damage was too concentrated for the Damage Absorption suit to take. His bones shatter on contact and Reaper screams,"Aaaah!"
He fell on his bottom gripping his kneecap. The Boarbatusk scrubs the ground with its leg. Reaper growled as he raised the shotgun and killed it in one go.
His kneecap was broken so badly, he has to crawl up a rock and rest his back on the wall. Reaper bit down his lips to endure the pain in his leg. More Boarbatusks were coming in and circling around the rock where Reaper is.
He fires those who are trying to climb up the rocks. His shotgun was empty after the last three shots. Reaper quickly reloads with the summoned shotgun shells in his hand.
However, one creature hops on top of him. Reaper drops his shotgun on the ground and watched it as it got trampled by the horrifying creatures of the Dark.
The Boar on top of him was going to stab him in the face with its tusk until Reaper hit it with something hard.
The Relic.
The monster fell off the rock back in its pack.
A broken shoulder and a broken kneecap has incapacitated him in bad shape. Reaper was going to retaliate when another one begin climbing, but chose to stop. He rest his head on the wall and took a deep breath. It was useless to prevail against them. His bow or any weapon isn't going to do him any good
Reaper made a quiet chuckle,"Teh, whoever knew this would be my where my story ends. Sitting on top of a rock and let these things tear me apart."
He remembers Ruby's word and sighed. He won't be able to keep the promise he made because he will die.
The Boar was almost there to the top. Reaper takes out his last knife and looks at it gravely. He points it near his neck and put his finger on the trigger.
"If I'm gonna die, I rather go out with a bang," Reaper said before he whimpers. Despite all he has done, all the horrible things he has seen and fought, he was afraid of death. But, he wants to blow himself up than getting torn apart by these bastards.
Reaper closed his eyes and proceeded to move the blade to his neck...
Ruby has felt something horrible in her heart. Something bad has just happened to someone. Someone she knows.
She ran far from her sister, who yells out to her,"Ruby, where are you going?!"
The red hair girl ran past a lot of students to get to the testing area.
"What is this feeling? Who is this I'm feeling?" Ruby thought.
She got her answer.
Ruby stops in the lobby to see a lot of students gather for something. She pushes some of them out of the way to see what they were gasping on about.
She was the next to gasp.
Paramedics were making some students to move out of the way. They were carrying a familiar Faunus she's knows on a stretcher. Ruby pushes the crowd out of the way and yells,"K-Kazuki!"
"Get him to the infirmary quickly!" a doctor said as he signals the crowd to make a path for them.
Ruby follows to see her friend's condition, but a doctor puts a hand in front of her,"Do not follow."
Ruby moves his hand out of the way,"He's my friend! I have to see him!"
"He's in a critical condition, right now," the doctor said,"You'll have to wait outside the emergency room."
Ruby was going to protest until the doctor turns her back on her and leaves to join the other paramedics.
Yang appears next to Ruby,"Hey, Ruby, what's going on?"
"It's...it's Kazuki," Ruby said sadly,"He's hurt badly. I told him to be careful, but look at him."
"Oh, Ruby..." Yang pulls Ruby in a hug,"I'm sorry. How about we wait for him?"
Ruby nods weakly,"Ok..."
Koji was biting down his finger worryingly. Trowa, Dwayne, Ed, and Katie were quiet and anxious about Kazuki's condition. Ruby and Yang made it to where Kazuki is being operated and meets them.
"Hey, is this where Kazuki is?" Ruby asked.
Koji looks at her,"Uh, yeah. Who are you?"
"I'm Ruby, I know Kazuki," Ruby said,"Is he all right?"
Koji shook his head,"I don't know. His kneecap got broken by a Boarbatusk and doctors are doing their best to remove the fracture pieces."
Ruby grips her arms and bit down her lip,"That idiot...I told him to be careful!"
"It wasn't his fault," Trowa said as lay back on the wall,"Kazuki chose a supportive action to protect Koji's little brother. Grimm surrounded him and brought him down."
Ruby blinks surprisingly and said,"Eh, h-he did?"
Koji nodded,"Yeah, my brother fell off the wall and hurts himself. Kazuki went back down to get him, but got attacked while doing so. I gotta say, he is one suicidal, son of a bitch."
Ruby was more surprise to hear that Kazuki risked his own life to save another. She felt touched hearing his bravery.
The emergency door opens and the doctor comes out. The group quickly stands in reaction to hear for the news.
The doctor removes the mask over his mouth and revealed he had a smile,"It's a miracle. He must have a powerful Aura because his injuries are healing exponentially."
The good news lighten the mood in the group. Ed smiled widely,"Kitty cat is ok?!"
"May we see him?" Ruby wondered with hope.
Seeing why not, the doctor allows them inside.
Ruby comes in first and sees Kazuki sitting up on the bed. He was massaging his still healing shoulder. Kazuki breathes slowly to relax and notice Ruby in the room.
Kazuki was happy to see her,"Ruby, hey..."
Ruby had a pissed look at him.
He knows why she was angry. So, Kazuki removed his blanket to reveal his legs. Which of one of them was healed completely.
Kazuki put up a funny grin,"Still got my legs. Like I said..."
That only made Ruby angrier. She dashed over to his side and weakly punches him in the chest. Ruby was repeatedly yelling,"You idiot, idiot, idiot, idiot, idiot...!"
Kazuki was feeling pain in his shoulder again and ask Ruby,"Um, Ruby, my shoulder still hurts-Huh?"
Suddenly, her punches has stopped and a hug was placed on him. Kazuki blushed against her warmth and sighed,"Oi, you're hugging me awkwardly again."
"Idiot, how could you be joking when you almost got killed," Ruby let's go of him.
Kazuki chuckles silently,"Hmph, well, I love to joke when I have a near death experience."
Ruby sighs in relief and had a cold look,"I'm just glad you're fine. But, I'm kind of mad that you try to get yourself killed."
Kazuki blinks before dropping his head down sadly,"S-sorry..."
Ruby replace her cold expression with a warm smile,"But, you were brave to save someone else."
Kazuki raise his head up and a smile plaster itself in his face. Ruby and Kazuki looks at each other with smile. They stayed like that happily...
'SLAM!'
The door slams opens and cause both Ruby and Kazuk to jump.
Ed rushes in and gave Kazuki a huge bearhug and lifts him off the bed,"Kitty cat! You're alive! I thought I would never see your cute little cat ears and tail ever again!"
His horrible smell and crushing hug irritated Kazuki. He growled from the pain,"Grr! Let go of me, you big oaf!"
Ruby giggles at how Kazuki is being hugged and how irritating it was to him.
Ed did what he was told and drops him back on the bed. Koji and Dwayne comes with Dwayne saying,"Well, I see you're holding up real good."
Kazuki smirks,"Hmph, I've had a worse."
"What the hell were you thinking?" Katie threw a cold glare at him,"Were you trying to get yourself killed?"
"Well, what'd you expect me to do?" Kazuki sits up defending himself,"Leave Koyo behind for the Grimm to kill?"
Katie was going to say something back until Trowa stops her by speaking,"Katie, please. Kazuki took action in what he believed in and thought it was the right thing. Personally, what he has done was the most bravest and selfless act that a Faunus has done. I am grateful for him."
Hearing all that made Kazuki very praised, but creeped out by how he said that in a weird tone of voice. "Ok, man, you didn't really have to make it that too emotional..."
"Anyways, how's Koyo?" Kazuki asked Koji. A smile came onto Koji's face,"Doctors said he's gonna make it, thanks to you."
"I'm glad to hear that," he was glad to hear the news.
Behind Ruby, Yang comes up and waves to Kazuki,"Helloooooo! I'm Yang! Ruby's big adoptive sister!"
Kazuki gave her a smile,"I'm Kazuki. Ruby told me all about you. I'm impressed to hear you crashed into a bar and beat the owner to pieces."
"Well," Yang said rubbing the bottom of her nose,"I enjoy breaking little men's balls."
That sort of concept ended in a very awkward silent.
Yang looks around and her smiles drop,"What?"
The door was being knocked on and it opens. Professor Ozpin walks in and the collected youths stand tall in his presence.
The headmaster chuckles,"No need to be formal. I'm here to see Kazuki."
Kazuki didn't expect the headmaster of Beacon to meet him. The headmaster walks near his bed and asks,"Kazuki Shinigami, I presume?"
He nodded in response,"Yes, I am."
"All takers of the initiation usually brings back a Relic, but I have not seen your Relic," Ozpin said,"May I see it?"
Kazuki almost dropped his voice when he remembered what happened to it. Ozpin looks at him with an eyebrow,"Is something wrong?"
Kazuki reaches in his jacket to take something out. It was the Relic, but the upper jaw and head had broken off and was covered in Boarbatusk blood.
Ruby and Yang were almost surprise to see blood on it. Ozpin was not affected by the sight of it and kept on a straight face only.
"Kazuki Shinigami," Ozpin said,"You have shown great skills and combat in battle. You battle to survive and desire to put other people's lives before yours. But, I'm afraid you have failed the initiation."
The people in the room except Kazuki and Ozpin gasped in shock. They all said in unison,"WHAT?!"
Kazuki doesn't understand what the problem was,"Um, I...I don't understand. What did I..."
"You were tasked with bringing back the Relic while also protecting it," the headmaster explains,"But, you have broke it. The test is over, but you have failed to meet the goal of the initiation."
Kazuki cannot believe he has failed. Ruby wanted him to come to this school and tried to convince the headmaster,"Professor Ozpin, please reconsider! Kazuki was trying to protect someone and himself! Think about-"
"No, no, I understand," Kazuki interrupts her,"If I fail, I failed. So, that's it."
Kazuki lifts the blanket off his legs and stands on the floor. He walks past Ozpin while saying,"I guess the initiation was more important than someone else's life."
He drops the broken Relic on the floor and leaves the room. The Riders, Katie, Ruby, and Yang follows him with Ruby telling him,"Kazuki, wait!"
The headmaster kneels down and grabs the Relic off the floor and looks at it. He looks at the doorway where Kazuki has went through. He sighed sadly about what happen.
The locker door opens and Kazuki grabs his bag. Ruby tried to stop him when he walks by,"Kazuki, hold up! I know you're bum out about the initiation, but rest here until tomorrow! You just got better and-"
"Ruby..." Kazuki sighed,"I...I appreciate your concern for me, but...I failed, ok? I failed and that's final. I'm sorry."
Ruby really cares about his well being and understands he want to leave. But, she said,"In that case, tell me where you live. I can come visit you with my friends. Or, we'll become pen pals. We'll send each other messages about our lives and what we do. We'll still contact each other with phone calls. And, also..."
"I'm sorry, Ruby," Kazuki said darkly,"This is where we really say goodbye. Forever."
Ruby almost felt her heart stopped by his cold response. Kazuki turns his head to see her,"I...I was really happy...that you became my friend. At least for a day. But, now this is where it ends."
"N-no, you're lying...you're lying!" Ruby ran over and hugs him around the waist to stop him from leaving,"What about back at the Cliffside Altar? You comforted me about my mother. No one besides my friends has ever done something so kind towards me! Please..."
"You're doing the same thing that my mother did before she left."
Kazuki gasps to hear what she has said. He looks down with a saddening look before he removes her arms around his waist. He turns and walks away quietly.
Kazuki said as he left,"I'm really sorry, really I am. Goodbye...Ruby."
Ruby fell on her knees and tears fell out of her eyes,"Kazuki..."
As soon as Kazuki left the room, he was halted by Yang. She had an anger look and her eyes were red as blood,"You mind telling me why I hear my little sister crying in the door behind you."
Kazuki had only a sad look before placing a hand on her shoulder and leaves,"Take care of your sister, she needs someone right now to comfort her."
Yang's killer mode has cool down and she looks at Kazuki as he leaves. She looks back at the door to go in and comforts her little sister.
Kazuki walks down the school's step and decides to go to the subway station.
When he finish walking down the steps and heads to the airship, he feels a presence near him. Kazuki looks at his right to see who he hates the most.
Kazuki sighed and continues walking,"Where the hell were you?"
The girl, Neo, made a giggle gesture and follows him. However, a voice stops him,"Hey, stop where you are!"
Kazuki stops and turns around. He saw Koji and the others running toward him. "Koji?"
Koji stops and took a few breaths after running. He stands tall and said,"Kazuki, you don't have to go back."
"What?" Kazuki doesn't understand.
Dwayne added with Koji,"Yeah! Leave the White Fang!"
Kazuki was shock that they want him to quit the White Fang. Trowa was next to talk,"He is correct! You don't belong in the White Fang! You have the rights of a Rider! The rights to make your own decision in your life!"
Neo tilts her head in question about this 'Rider' term that Trowa speaks of.
"That's right! We promised to give you the answers you wanted!" Katie comes up from behind Dwayne,"So, don't go!"
Ed comes to the front and shouts,"Kitty cat! You're our friend!"
Kazuki almost gasped after hearing what he said. Ed called him a friend. They all really cared about him and respects him for strong caring for others. For once in his life, he was cared for. But...
The Faunus lower his head gloomily. Koji notice his behavior changed,"Kazuki?"
"Shut up...my name isn't Kazuki," Kazuki said,"It's Reaper, ok? Don't call me that anymore."
Kazuki turns his back and leaves,"Do me a favor, leave me alone...forever."
Dwayne wasn't going to stand there and goes after him,"Kazuki, hold up!"
But, Neo suddenly appears and roundhouse kicks him. Dwayne tumbles to the ground and wipes the blood from his mouth. He growls at the mute,"The hell was that for?!"
Neo pulls the hilt out to reveal a cane sword. Ed and Koji pulls out their primary weapons that was used in their Rider form and got into battle stance.
Neo grinned maniacally until Kazuki grabs her by the wrist holding the sword and pulls her away. Kazuki had on a serious expression,"Enough. We're leaving."
Neo pouts at him.
Kazuki growled with an intimidating stare. Neo made a sigh gesture and sheathes her weapon in. Kazuki turns and leave. Dwayne got up and yelled,"Wait! Come on, man, you don't have to! We're your friends. We can help you."
Kazuki stops where he was and trembles. It wasn't fear, but pure rage. He had just enough with them and it was starting to annoy him.
Kazuki turns around and let out an ear bursting scream,"I DON'T HAVE ANY FRIENDS!"
Everyone, even Neo were suddenly terrified by this darker side of Kazuki. His scream was enough to scare away a pack of Goliath. He was seen panting after putting a lot of energy into that scream.
The scene was quiet and the wind breezes through them. Kazuki turns back to the front and leaves without saying anything. Neo looks at Kazuki and at the riders. She shrugs lightly before following him.
"Kazuki..." Koji said his name solemnly.
Yang had Ruby in her arms and they were sitting on the bench. She was comforting her to make her forget about what happened. The sound of the locker doors open and Koji comes in to see how Ruby was doing.
"Hey, uh, what's up?" Koji said with his hands in his pockets.
Ruby sniffed,"I-I'm fine..."
"Well, I'm not," Yang growled angrily,"If I ever see that little shit, I'm going to rip him apart."
Koji rubs behind his head,"Well, what did he say to you?"
Ruby almost cried after remembering it, but said,"He...he told me it was goodbye forever. He did it...he did it just like with my mother. It's feels like that time has just come back to haunt me..."
Koji doesn't know how to relate to that. Ruby had only met Kazuki for a day, but they seemed to got close to each other already, relating to one's problem and likes. Koji was so close with his friends that he doesn't ever want to leave them.
"I'm sorry, that happened Ruby," Koji said kneeling down and seeing her face,"I don't know how to relate to that at all. But, what I do know, Kazuki is still your friend."
Ruby looks at him with tears dropping,"Eh?"
Koji continues on,"I seen it in his eyes before he left. Kazuki was hiding his true feelings because he was afraid he might get hurt. He must have dealt with something like that in a past and must have become really sensitive. Kazuki was afraid that since he failed the initiation he won't be friends with someone like you. So, he decided that he wanted to stop being friends with you first. I gotta say, it's plain stupid of him."
Ruby thought about it,"Kazuki...I didn't know he was..."
"Yeah, you're right," Yang said standing up,"He is stupid. Stupid enough to care about himself only."
Koji looks at her sighed while thinking,"Kazuki, you idiot. You let your own feelings hurt someone else instead of you."
With Reaper...
Alone in the room, Reaper was lying on top of his bed, thinking about what he has done. He can still remember that face Ruby made before he left. He hurt her beyond anything he has done before. Standing up, Reaper looks at a mirror. He begin to reflect back on the day he has.
"Kazuki! Kazuki!" Dwayne's voice calling his fake name out.
FLASHBACK
The knife was touching his neck now. Reaper held his breath and his eyes were closed as he was ready to blow himself up. When he was going to drive it into himself, another hand suddenly took the knife from his hand. Dwayne has came back down to give support to Reaper. He stabs a Boarbatusk in the head and it fell off the rock.
"Dwayne...why did you..." Reaper didn't understand why he would help him.
Dwayne looks at Reaper and grabs him by the collar,"You idiot! What the hell were you thinking? You really were gonna kill yourself!"
"It was my own choice to make," Reaper responded in a strained voice.
"You should start valuing your life a little more," Dwayne said as he picked up Reaper and carried him over his shoulder,"In the meantime, let's get you out of here."
FLASHBACK ENDS
Reaper never thanked Dwayne for saving his life, but he wish he didn't. It was his decision to die even though he was afraid. He just didn't want to fight any longer in this cursed world. All he ever wanted was...
The thought of that made him clenched his fist and forced him to punch the mirror and shatter it to pieces. Reaper looks down at the shattered pieces of the glass before looking forward into the nothingness.
Then, darkness with his blue eye and the red glow coming through his mask can only be seen.
(Episode 3: Goodbye)
Arifureta yasashisa wa kimi wo toozakeru dake
tsumetaku kirisuteta kokoro wa samayou bakari
sonna kakkowarusa ga ikiru to iu koto nara
samuzora no shita me wo tojite iyou
anna ni issho datta no ni yuugure wa mou chigau iro
semete kono tsukiakari no shita de shizuka na nemuri wo!
Even so the mission has failed, Phase 3 is still operational. Kazuki meets a man behind this insidious plan to secure a new world for the Faunus. Meaning the complete extermination of the Human race. With the plan going near and the pressure of taking part in this, which side will Kazuki take? Find out next time on the next chapter of Kamen rider Reaper.
FLY TO THE AZURE SKY, KAMEN RIDER!
In, MDHS of Monty Oum.