A/N: HI READER
I hope y'all are ready for this, because we are going to be seeing a lot of Best Matches this chapter. "How many is a lot?" Some of the Best Matches that didn't appear in the show, but did have toys sold. "Oh god that could be a lot." So prepare for a lot of describing.
Let's continue.
"READY GGGGGGGGGGGGGGGO!"
CHAPTER 10: BULLY TROUBLES/ SECURED FANTASY STAR
"What shall I take with me today?" It's been a week in Beacon since that strange Rider showed up, schools been going pretty good, that is if wasn't for that d**k head of a human being Cardin Winchester bullying both Jaune, because he sees him as an easy target and Naga, just because he's a faunus. He even launched Jaune in his rocket locker into the Emerald Forest, while it was filled with Grimm. It makes me sick. (Same here)
I'm in my room, staring at the shelf that's holding all my bottles. Everyone's still getting ready for the day. "I just don't know which ones to take, there's so many."
"Why not take them all?"
"I don't have enough pockets for that though."
"Put them in your Rider Space."
"Rider Space? What's that?"
"You know how the Riders just reach behind their back and pull out power ups and things like that?"
"Yeah?"
"Well you have one too, if you put all the bottles behind your back, they'll go to your very own pocket dimension." It couldn't hurt to try. I grab just a handful of bottles and put them behind my back. When I brought my hand back, all the bottles were gone.
"That's cool." I soon began to grab bottle after bottle, putting them all in my Rider Space. Soon enough, all the bottles that were on the shelf were now gone. All that was left was RabbitTank Sparkling and the Hazard Trigger.
"Aren't you going to take it?"
"There is no chance in hell that I'll every use the Hazard Trigger. It's a last resort weapon."
"You're the boss."
"Now we'd best head to class, we got combat class before lunch today, can't wait to see who I go up against today."
(Later)
Combat class has been really boring today. Not many of the fights have been that exciting. The one that just ended was Ruby against some random side character.
"Now class, we have time for one last fight today. Any volunteers?" No one raised their hands. "No? Then I guess we'll have to go back to the roulette." She presses a few buttons, and the giant screen appears above the arena. The pictures began spinning, and because this world and life hates me, it landed on me, again. "Mr Aldwin, good. Now I can try that thing Professor Ozpin asked if you were selected."
"What thing?" I asked kinda scared, since it's Ozpin we're talking about here.
"Well since you have that armour, Professor Ozpin has decided, to make the fights fair, you must fight an entire team."
F***ING SERIOUSLY?! (Uh oh, spaghettio)
"A….entire…..team?" Can my life be any worse? (Don't tempt me)
"Is that a problem?"
"No mam no, it's totally fine." I'm going to die.
"Well could you make your way to the arena while I pick your opponents?"
"Yeah ok." This is going to go so bad.
"You sure you can handle four other people?" Ruby asked me, a little bit of concern on her face.
"Oh please, if I can handle monsters made from gas and creatures of darkness, I can handle four other people." I make my way to the arena, and just as I get there, the roulette of which team I fight landed on the one most hated characters in all of RWBY
CRDL, four ass hole bullies who I'm going to have fun beating up. (Go forth my child, and bring judgment to these scoundrels) The team members grin evilly as they gather their weapons.
I just calmly reach behind my back, entering my pocket dimension, and brining out my Driver and two bottles. The first is dark blue with an image of a shark, and the other is red with the image of a bike.
Just before Cardin enters the arena, he glances at me with a hated look, and then looks to Jaune who looks away in fright.
I'm going to make this prick pay for all the pain he's caused. (Don't go too far, he is human after all, and would probably be hurt by any finisher) That's what I'm hoping for.
The team gets onto the arena, and Cardin looks at me confused. "What's that?" He points to my Driver. "Mommy got you a toy?" He laughs, and his team soon joins in.
'This B******d! How dare he?!'
'Sir please calm down.'
"This freak can't even fight properly, he has to use his superhero costume." Sky added.
My hands began to shake, tightening my grasp of my bottles, my blood boiling. "Shut up, you don't even know my mother." How dare they insult the dead like that. (You need to calm down)
That just caused the bullies to laugh back, mocking me. "Wah, you don't know my mother, wah. For all we know she's a freak like…"
He didn't finish, for Glynda whipped him in the side. "That's enough!" She yelled. "Cease your insults this instant!" She then looks to me with a look of sympathy. "You can begin when you're ready Baron."
I nodded without even looking, strapping the Driver to my waist.
SHARK!
BIKE!
BEST MATCH!
I didn't say anything, only turning the crank to make a dark blue half body in front, and red half body behind.
ARE YOU READY?!
"Henshin." The two bodies collided, my right arm and left leg are dark blue with the head of a shark on the shoulder, and a fin on the arm. The left arm and right leg are red, with bike parts on the shoulder that look like they're from my bike, and the fore arm has a wheel. The two visors are a bike handle and a shark swimming downwards.
SOLO RUNNING HUNTER! SHARKBIKE! YEAH!
"Let's rev it up."
"Hey that's cheating! You can't use vehicles." Cardin says, which his teammates agree with. (Are they idiots?)
Glynda says nothing, and moves off the arena. The timer began to count down, CRDL runs to surround me, but I just remain still.
(Insert B.A.T.T.L.E.G.A.M.E from the Dr Pacman movie)
3….2….1 "Begin." The match starts, and four bullies charge to me. Russel gets to me first and swings his to daggers, but thanks to the Shark bottle my senses become more advanced. Just as the daggers were to hit me, I raised my left arm, blocking it with the wheel. I rear back my right arm and strike him in the chest.
Dove comes in swinging with his sword, I round house kick him to the face before grabbing his shoulders and kneeing him in the stomach twice. I upper cut him, sending him away.
Sky attempts to slash at me with his staff, I duck under each swing before back flipping a few feet away from him. I take out the bottles I have and replace them with a maroon bottle with a scorpion, and a gold bottle with…..well gold on it.
SCORPION!
GOLD!
BEST MATCH!
Dove changes his sword to gun, and fires a few bullets to me. I construct the half bodies, blocking the bullets.
ARE YOU READY?!
"Build up!" My next suit has a maroon right arm and left leg, and a gold left arm and right leg. The right arm has a whip connected to it, designed like a scorpion stinger. While the left arm is heavily armoured with gold bars plastered over it.
NOBLE STINGER! GOLDSCORPION! YEAH!
I thwack the Scorpio Whip on the floor, and taunt CRDL with a 'come at me bro' hand signal. This aggravated Cardin, so much that he pushed his team mate forward. "Get him you idiots!" The other three charge to me, weapons ready.
I casually walk to them, scrapping the Scorpio Whip across the floor, sparks casting off. When Russel gets closer to me I backhand him with my Golden Gauntlet, giving him a bleeding nose. I then use my Scorpio Whip to slash him across the chest multiple times before kicking him. His body impacts with Sky, knocking them both down.
I then lunged my right arm forward, sending the Scorpio Whip forward. The whip wraps around Dove's waist. "Get over here!" (Where's Sub-Zero when you need him?) I pull the whip back towards me, pulling Dove over to me. When he gets close enough, I drop to my back and kick him with both feet, launching him out the arena.
"Dove Bronzewing has been eliminated by ring out." Glynda announced, making us stop fighting. She looks to me with respect, and then looks to CR(D)L with anger. "Due to your poor team work and coordination, you lost a team mate. Would you like me to call off the match?"
This just got the other three members pissed. "This isn't over!" Cardin declared.
"I doubt that." Glynda says walking off the arena again, while Dove limps back to his seat.
Time to switch again. I remove the Scorpion and Gold bottles, and bring out a blue bottle with the image of a N/S magnet, and a clear white bottle with a ghost picture.
GHOST!
MAGNET!
BEST MATCH!
Cardin smashes his mace to the ground, making a small quake of fire to erupt towards me. "Build up!" I jump to avoid the quake.
THE WANDERING ATTRACTION! MAGGHOST! YEAH!
The suit I now donned has a white right arm and left leg, with spectral decorations on the arm. The left arm and right leg are blue, with a giant magnet on the fore arm. The visors are a spooky ghost and a magnet.
Sky tries to stab at me with his staff, but the weapon just goes right through me. He takes the weapon out and looks at me in utter shock. "Boo." I say making him flinch before punching him in the face. I then raise my left arm, activating my magnet. All their weapons left their hands, and was dragged over to me, putting them in a pile.
"You want these back? Come get em then." Russel runs over, and attempts to kick me. I go spectral, so that his attack goes right through me. I become physical again and punch him a few time, I then used the magnet to push him back to the others "Take this you freak!" I didn't even have time to go spectral when Cardin whacked his mace across my back. "How did that feel huh?!" He snarled.
I looked up to the health bars, and see that the three members of CR(D)L are in the middle yellow. I then look to mine, wow that hit lowered me down to 40%. 'If I switch my bottles again, my aura would recharge.' Right? I take out Ghost and Magnet, and replace them with purple bottle with a bat, and a ruby red bottle with an engine.
BAT!
ENGINE!
BEST MATCH!
Cardin came charging to me, swinging his mace like a mad man. And like an absolute moron, he accidentally hit Russel. (Ha, ha)
When he finally got to me, he didn't get a chance to even land a hit on before the two halves were made, pushing him back.
ARE YOU READY?!
"Build up!" Why do I have to keep describing these? (Well these suits never appeared before, so how are the readers supposed to know what it looks like without you describing it. Think of that dummy)
That was rude. Anyway, the next suit has a purple right arm and left leg, the arm has bat like wing connected from the wrist to the waist. The left arm and right leg are ruby red, with engine and machine parts decorating them. The visors are a bat wing and engine pipes
DARK MOBILITY KING! BATENGINE! YEAH!
'Wait, why hasn't my aura recharged?'
'I think it's because of the Bat bottle.'
'Why is that?'
'Its special power is life drain.'
'Sorry I don't speak RPG, translate?'
'You take their aura and give it to yourself.'
Oh, that makes sense. Does that make me a vampire? (Kinda. Just be better than Edward Culling) Well that's not hard. (How many people do you think we made mad with that joke?) Maybe a lot of people.
Cardin tries attacking me with his mace again. Thanks to the hydraulics of the engine, I jumped back, the Batwing (Not from Batman) keeping me afloat. "I feel slightly famished." I then notice that Sky has the most aura out of the others.
I dive down to him, and grab him by his throat, taking him to the air. My bat visor glows, and Sky's aura starts to pulsate into my own body. "Oh ho, ho, that tastes….good!" I drop Sky, who looks like he's had a stroke, pale and panting uncontrollably. I throw my head back, and let out a maniacal laughter.
"Sky Lark's aura…..has been completely drained." Glynda said in shock. He soon became unconscious, and Glynda used her semblance to move him off the arena back to his seat. "Mr Winchester, I think you shouldn't be appointed to team leader if you are not going to order them, but instead force them on their behalf." After Glynda said that, Cardin got even madder and glared at me. Russel began sweating intensely, and readied his stance. The hydraulics of my engine parts release steam.
"One last change, then I'm done with you guys." I remove Bat and Engine, and replace them with a green and silver bottles. The green bottle has a turtle, and the silver bottle has a watch. "No we shall finish this experiment."
TURTLE!
WATCH!
BEST MATCH!
Cardin, now really mad, comes charging once again. I turn the crank again, while shooting him with my Drill crusher in gun mode.
ARE YOU READY?!
"Build up!" Cardin swing his mace down, but the shelled shoulder of my new armour stops his attack. The suit now has a green right arm and left leg, with a big turtle's shell on the shoulder. The left arm and right leg are silver, with multiple watches decorating over the shoulder and fore arm.
ARMOURED TIME HOPPER! TURTLEWATCH! YEAH!
I shove Cardin's mace off of my shoulder, and then shoulder charge him in the chest sending him falling. Just as he and Russel were to attack me again, I snapped my fingers of my watch arm, making time freeze while a ticking sound echoed throughout.
"TIME to seal the deal." (Now that was just bad) Could you have done better? (Your TIME is up)
I simply walk over to Russel, having my back face him, and turn the crank.
READY?! GO!
A giant holographic clock appeared underneath our feet. Russel was on the 12 and I was on the 6. Two clock hands appeared, one trailed to Russel, and the other followed my right foot.
VOLTECH FINISH!
"Clockwork Kick." I calmly say, before roundhouse kicking Russel. He moved about an inch before freezing in time again. I walked back over to the place I started, I then snapped my fingers again to resume time.
The first thing that happened was Russel being flung off the arena, leaving everyone in disbelief.
(End song)
"Russel Thrush's aura….has been shattered." Glynda said, still in disbelief. She then quickly regained her composure. "Mr Winchester I shall not allow this fight to continue, I declare this fight ov…."
"This battle isn't over!" He interrupted. "I don't care if my team mates aren't here with me. They were holding me back anyways, now I can enjoy fighting him by myself." He said with a cocky smile.
My eyes narrow under my helmet. "What the hell do you mean? These guys had your back, and they thought you had theirs! I've seen how they've counted on you for everything, and you treat them nothing more than dirt! They're supposed to be your friends!"
All Cardin does is laugh at what I said. "Friends? Who needs them, when you can be the strongest and get the most attention that I deserve!"
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"The hell did you say?" My voice becoming a hollow growl.
"Like I've I said before, who needs friends when you can have all the attention. Sides, I'm strong enough to bully the weak."
Be calm. Be calm.
"Like Jauney boy here, he isn't fit to be a hero. I proved that when I launched him in that Grimm infested fore-." He stopped when RWB(B)Y and JNNPR gasped at what he said. "Eh it doesn't matter." He shrugged.
Glynda stepped up, her eyes narrowed. "Cardin that is enough! We have talked about you recent behaviours, and now you have-!"
"Oh shut up Ms. Goodwitch, I'm only speaking the truth everyone already knows." He snarled back to her. "All I want, is to beat every one of these weaklings."
Be calm…..
Be calm….
(Baron?)
'Sir?'
RRRRRRRAAAAAAAAHHHHH!
I'M GOING TO SHRED HIM TO PIECES!
Silent ensured everyone at what Cardin said.
The gang, especially Pyrrha, looked at him in anger. Jaune looked down in sadness. "He's right, I'm no hero. I'm just a nobody." Naga put a comforting hand on his shoulder.
"That's not true Jaune!" Ruby said to him. "Anyone can be a hero if they tried." She tried to reassure him.
"Yeah of course I can. Except I can't!" He yells, running out of class.
"Jaune!" Pyrrha tries to call to him, but she got no response.
"Hey, what's wrong with Baron?" Weiss said, getting everyone's attention. When they looked at the young Rider, they saw that he was unemotionally still. Not moving a single step.
Baron's growl became louder, even snarling at some points. The two bottles in his driver began to glow, and removed themselves from the Driver, before going back to his Rider Space. It forced him back to his civilian form, however, his usual red and blue aura sparked for a moment, before it became cold, hard, pitch black. His normal blue eyes becoming dark crimson red, scaring everyone in the class. Especially Cardin.
"What happened to him? Why does he look like a Grimm?" Ruby says.
"I don't know." Blake says. "I've never seen this happen to anyone before."
Two eerie lights glow behind Baron, the two lights then showed themselves to show a gold bottle with a padlock, and a navy blue bottle with a dragon. The two bottles float for a second, before they shook themselves and twisted the caps. "I'm going to make you pay….." Baron creepily says, the red eyes flashing.
DRAGON!
LOCK!
BEST MATCH!
The tune didn't even have time to play, as the crank turned itself. Making a navy blue and gold half body.
ARE YOU READY?!
"Hen…..shin." Smoke filled the arena when the half bodies met, hiding Baron from the crowd.
THE SECURED FANTASY STAR! KEYDRAGON! YEAH!
Two visors glowed in the steam, one gold in the shape of a padlock, the other navy blue in the shape of a dragon's head.
When the smoke semi cleared, everyone saw Baron's new form. It had a navy blue right arm and left leg, the arm has white spikes going up to the shoulder. The left arm and right leg is gold, with a huge key and chain on the arm.
The smoke was now completely gone, and everyone could now see Baron's animalistic behaviour. His breathing like that of a wild animal. Blue sparks start surrounding him, making him grunt from the feeling.
It was with one last spark that he threw his head back, and left out primal roar. "RRRRRRRRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!"
Without hesitation, Baron charges to Cardin, intent to kill. Cardin tries defending himself with his mace, swinging it to head height. Baron catches the head of the mace…. and crushes it with no effort. Baron then sends chains from his Bind Master Key, which ensnares Cardin, leaving him immobilised.
Baron lifts Cardin to the air, slamming him back to the ground. He repeated this process a few more times, after the last slam he drags Cardin to the wall, making a crater. His aura now red.
"Hey Baron, buddy, all that stuff I said was a joke. This can be water under the bridge right?" Baron's only response was grabbing him by the throat, chocking him unconscious.
"Stop!" Ruby cried, and the rest of the gang ran to the arena. Baron dropped Cardin and looked to them, snarling.
He didn't listen and just stepped towards them, as if an animal to its prey. Everyone brought out their weapons. "I don't think words are getting to him." Ren said.
Everyone other than Ruby agreed, and went to stop Baron's rampage. "Don't…." Ruby whispered.
Weiss switches dust cartridges, and stabs Myrtenaster into the ground, trapping him in shards of ice. He makes few grunting sounds, before raising his right arm which covers itself with blue fire, kinda like Naga's semblance. He slams his arm down on the ice, shattering it to pieces.
The next thing he did surprised everyone, he held out his hand with a small light, and created a glyph. Not like Weiss', this one doesn't have a snowflake for the image, instead it has the Build logo. He moved the glyph under the others feet, and made it explode.
Blake moves from the area of the explosion, and went to move behind Baron. She changes Gambol Shroud to kunai form, and uses her shadow clones to move around Baron, wrapping the ribbon to capture him. "Baron you need to snap out of this!" He gave no response, no growl or snarl.
Then out of nowhere, a navy blue fist struck her in the back of the head. When she looked where the fist came, and saw it came from another Baron. "What, but, I…" She looked at the Baron she had trapped, and saw that it faded away. 'It's like one of my shadow clones.' She thought.
Baron prepared to strike with his Bind Master Key, but both his arms were held behind his head by Naga. "Baron cut this out, we're your friends!" Baron grabbed the scruff of Naga's neck, and threw him in front of him before stomping on his chest. Naga let out a groan of pain, trying to lift the leg.
"Smash!" Next thing he knew, Nora slammed Baron with her hammer, sending him into the wall. "You okay?" She offers a hand to Naga, who accepts it getting up.
"I'm fine, but it's like he's getting stronger with each time we hit him." He said rubbing his chest.
"I-It's….h-h-his….s-s-s-semblance." A robotic voice said from Baron's location.
"DARCI?" Yang recognised the voice from the night she met Baron. "What do you mean it's his semblance?"
"I can't-t-t-t tal-l-l-lk for long while B-b-b-baron is in thi-i-i-is form. His semblance i-i-i-is mimicking other-r-r-rs. Think o-o-o-of it a-a-a-as fighting your-r-r-rselves." Her voice was gone, and Baron gave off another roar.
"How are we supposed to stop him?" Pyrrha asked. "He can use any of our semblances."
"We fight until we get into his head." Everyone looked to Ruby, who just stepped on the arena, unfolding Crescent Rose.
"RAH!" Baron blocked the small bullets from Ren's Storm Flower. "Baron, listen to us, remember who you are!" It sadly didn't work, Baron ejected more chains from his Bind Master Key, smacking Ren away.
Ruby's started to get a scared look on her face. She cocked the sniper rifle function of Crescent Rose, and sped off towards Baron, becoming a red blur. Baron sees this and growls, he then becomes a gold and blue blur, chasing Ruby around the arena.
At one point Baron tripped Ruby up on one of their clashes. He wraps more chains around Ruby, lifting her up in the air. He snarls at her, his right hand twitching towards the crank.
"Baron, please don't." She says, small tears in her eyes. Baron just grabs the crank, and began to turn.
READY?! GO!
Blue fire erupted on Baron's right fist. He drew his fist back, ready to attack…but soon stopped when he and the others head a small robotic roar. Baron stopped his attack, and he and the others looked to the door just in time to see a small robotic dragon burst through. "Z?" Naga asked in surprise.
The small robo dragon flew around Baron, making him try to grab it. He dropped Ruby, and proceeded to chase after the Z all around the classroom.
"What…..is that thing?" Weiss asks.
"My little partner, Z." Naga answered. "I stole him from Faust and he helped me escape."
"Why is Baron chasing him?" Yang said, trying to hold in a laugh at the fact her friend is acting like a dog chasing its tale.
Z stopped flying, and faced Baron. He opened his mouth, and sorta sucked up a lot of energy from Baron's body. Once all the energy was drained, Baron fell to his knees grabbing his head.
"Uh what happened?"
Ow my throbbing head.
"Uh what happened?" I look around the classroom, why is the rest of my team on the arena? Why are all the other students gone?
'What have I done?'
'You….went crazy. You devastated Cardin, and when the others got involved you attacked them.'
'What? Why?'
'The bottles….it's the bottles! Get rid of them!'
Complying quickly, I rip the bottles out of the Driver, throwing them away. I then see Cardin is unconscious in the corner, and the others are bruised and breathing heavily.
"I'm…I'm so sorry." I didn't give them anytime to respond, for I just ran away.
I don't want to hurt them.
The whole combat class problem caused mass panic. All students who saw it reported it to Ozpin, who was actually quite shocked.
'How could this have been?' He thought to himself in his office, watching over the fight. 'I swore that Fusion's bottles chose him. So why did he go berserk?'
He just got to the point in the video where the dragon and lock bottle floated out. He paused, and zoomed in on the dragon bottle. His eyes widened before he fast-forwards to the time when Z enters, and sucks the energy out of Baron.
"Pendragon?" He says, remembering the past owner of that dragon.
(Did you really have to run away?)
Of course I did! I nearly killed Ruby! I went berserk!
I had to run away, I ran all the way to the cliff on the Emerald Forest. I just want some piece of mind to myself.
I was even told by DARCI what my semblance was, I can mimic others, though it's not as strong as the original. That was real creative of you. (Give me a break, its hard thinking of a semblance)
"Why did I go crazy? The only thing the dragon bottle did to Sento was make him weak for a while, not turn him into a psychopath."
"I think the cause was that the dragon bottle didn't accept you, like it didn't accept Sento. I guess we need to find our Ryuga Banjo of this universe."
I just sat there in silence, should I go back? No! I'd just hurt them again. It'd probably be best if I just left, right?
Hello?
Dammit.
Now I really am alone.
"Why hello there." That voice. I look behind me and see that green armoured ass leaning on a tree.
"What do want Kaijin? I'm not in the mood to fight right now."
"Oh I'm not here to fight." He walks over and takes a seat next to me on the grass. "I felt a disturbance in the force, and came to see what was wrong. So what's eating at you?"
"I attacked my friends, I used the wrong pair of bottles and went berserk. Now I think I should just leave…I don't even belong in this world."
"Oh my god that is the most emo thing you have ever said. Have you tried talking to them? Seeing this from their point of view? What if they're scared for you right now? Didn't think of that did ya?"
No, I didn't. Man now I feel like more of an ass than ever.
"Didn't we have a whole thing of friendship last chapter?"
"What was that?" I ask him. I didn't hear him properly.
"Nothing! Listen Baron, those kids really care for you. Don't let them slip away too easily. Like I did with my friends."
You know, maybe this guy isn't as bad as I thought he was. "Hey, can I have that Legend Rider bottle back?"
"Pfft no! Not until my plan is complete."
"What plan?"
"I don't want to spoil anything, but let me say this. It makes sense."
"Baron!" I hear a voice calling from the trees behind me.
"Whelp, seems my motivation speech is over, I'll see you around." He gets up, and walks away.
I look to the tree line, and see Yang coming through. I take a look to where Kaijin was walking, huh he just vanished. (That's odd) Yeah.
I face back to Yang. "Ooof!" And get a punch right in the stomach.
"You idiot! Do you have any idea how worried we are for you?! You can't just run from us like that!"
"Is that how you show worry?" I groaned in pain. "Punching the guy in the stomach?"
Her eyes turn back to lilac, and she helps me back. "Sorry. It's you just you scared us running away like that, and I got mad."
"Nah it's good, gotta thank aura for healing real quick."
"Why did you run?" She asked, a sad frown on her face.
"I didn't want to hurt you guys, I almost killed Ruby for crying out loud. I just did what I thought was best."
"Did you though?" She starts to walk off back to the school. I follow her soon after.
"What do you mean?"
"You don't have to keep protecting us, let us be there for you as well. *Inhale/exhale* It's just, that you had me worried."
"Me worried? Why just you and not the others?" She blushes a little and begins to walk a bit faster. "Come on, the others are waiting in the cafeteria."
'What was about?'
'I think you know. ;D.'
(I totally know ;D)
Whatever. I pick up the pace, and make my way back to Beacon
The minute I entered the cafeteria, all eyes were on me. Seems the KeyDragon incident got spread all over the school. I just ignore the stares and follow Yang to the table where the others are. (Aren't you going to ask them if they're okay, you did attack them?) I already did, you just didn't write it. (Wait what?)
"So…there we were, in the middle of the night…." Nora started to tell the story of her dream.
"It was day." Ren corrected.
"We were surrounded by Ursai." Yang was listening in awe, Blake was reading her book.
"They were Beowolves." Ren corrected again.
"DOZENS OF THEM!" Nora exclaims, waking up Naga who was sleeping next to his small dragon friend, wait isn't that the Cross-z Dragon? Weiss is filing her nails, I'm just listen to the story enjoying some nice hot pizza. (What toppings?) Pepperoni.
"Tow of 'em." Ruby and Pyrrha look to Jaune, who is just playing with his food.
"But they were no match, and in the end Ren and I took them down and made a boatload of Lien selling Ursa skin rugs." Nora finishes.
"*Sigh* She's been having this reoccurring dream for nearly a month now."
'Sir I just realised something.'
'What?'
'When you ran away, you dropped the dragon and lock bottle. They're not in you Rider Space.'
Well that's bad. (Ya think)
'Do you have a tracking device set to find them?'
'Do you think I have tracking device set in anything? No I don't! Couldn't be bothered to do it.'
"Hey Naga?" I ask him, seeing how he's petting his little dragon.
"Yeah, what's up?"
"Have you happened to see the bottles I used during combat class? I dropped them when I ran away."
"Oh, I got them." Ruby said, reaching into the pockets of her combat skirt. She takes out the two bottles, and hands them to me. For some reason the dragon bottle glowed when it was in Naga's direction.
"By the way, how'd you get that little guy?" I ask, pointing to the Cross-z Dragon.
"Z? I found him while I was imprisoned in Faust. He said he could get me out, and so he did. Been following me around ever since, calling me boss."
"I'd like to know something." Weiss spoke up, stopped filing her nails. "Why did you go berserk when using those? And how did Z, as you call him, make him sane again?"
"I detected an abnormal amount of Draconic Energy not coming from the boss for once. So when I went to find where it came from, I found it in you. And so I extracted it from him, it tastes really nice. " He motioned his tiny head towards me.
"Draconic Energy?" Ruby asked, tilting her head to the side.
"Something that runs in my family. Works really well with my semblance. But I still don't see how that bottle made you like that."
"Well according to DARCI, the bottle hasn't chosen me to be its user. So I just have to find the right person for it." Though I may have already found who it is. (It's still too soon)
"One thing's for sure." Everyone looked to Blake, who only now spoke. "It made Cardin crap himself." She smirks, with the rest of us joining in laughing, except Jaune.
Naga stopped laughing and flinched, he moved his tale to his lap and started to rub it, as a laughing CRDL walked past.
"Jaune, are you okay?" Pyrrha asked the blonde knight.
"Huh, oh yeah. Why?"
"It's just that you seem a little…not okay." Ruby said.
"Eh, guys I'm fine. Seriously look!" He gives a fake smile, and a nervous laugh. The laughter of mocking got all out attention, we turned behind us and saw CRDL harassing a brown haired girl in a Beacon's female uniform, and she also had brown bunny ears. If I'm not wrong her name is Velvet Scarlatina right? (Yep, good ole bunny girl who becomes super badass at the end of volume three)
"Jaune, Cardin's been picking on you since the first week of school."
"Who? Cardin Winchester? Nah….He just likes to mess around, you know? Practical jokes!"
"He's a bully." Ruby said stern.
"Oh please, name on time he's bullied me?"
"Well let's see here." I pull out a small written list. "1) He made you drop your books in the middle of the hallway. 2) He opened your shield whilst walking through a door, making you stuck. 3) The most recent, launched you out into the Grimm infested Emerald Forest via rocket locker. Do we need to go on?" I crumble the list, and throw it in the nearest bin. (Yeet!)
"Okay maybe you're right. At least I didn't land far from the school."
"Jaune, you know if you need help you can just ask." Pyrrha offered.
"OH! We'll break his legs!" Nora grinned.
"Guys, really it's fine. It'll most likely blow over in a couple of days." Jaune said, getting up from his seat. "Besides, it's not like he's only a jerk to me; he's a jerk to everyone."
"Ow! That hurts!" Velvet cried in pain. I glanced over to where she was, and see that Cardin was pulling at her rabbit ears. "Please stop…"
"I told you it was real." Cardin snickered, pulling harder.
"Atrocious. I can't stand people like him." Pyrrha said, narrowing her eyes.
"He's not the only one." Blake added, eyes also narrowing.
"It must be hard to be a Faunus." Yang said, leaning her head on her hand.
Naga growls angrily, clenching his fist. I put down my now cold pizza and stand up, dusting myself off. "Ladies, gentlemen. Please excuse me for a moment."
"Where are you going?" Ruby asks me.
"To help out a poor bunny rabbit." I make my way over to the table of team CRDL. Walking up to them unsuspected. "Hi there Cardin buddy." I say in a creepy voice. "Watcha up to?"
He jumps out of his seat, sweating pretty hard. So were his team mates. "H-hey Baron." He said fearfully.
I grab his wrist, forcing him to let go of Velvet's ear. "Now what's this you're doing?" My eyes becoming red, I can see it in the reflection of his armour.
"I'm just giving a friendly hello." He goes to one knee, as I squeeze his wrist tighter. "Okay, okay, I'm sorry." I look to his other team mates. "You wanna go to?" They rapidly nod no.
I look straight into Cardin's eyes, the painful look on his face telling me to stop. But I won't. "If I see you bullying anyone ever again, I won't hesitate to hurt you ever so badly." He nodded, and I let go of his wrist.
Velvet gives me a thankful nod, and leaves to cafeteria. Should I go comfort her? She looks like she could use a friend. Nope never mind, there's her team.
"Get him!" I look back to the bullies, just to see a right hook hit me in the face. I rub my jaw as my aura get to work healing, flashing to the different bottle's colours. "Now what did I say? I'm going to have to teach you a lesson now." I crack my knuckles. Just as I was to throw a punch, both me and team CRDL was covered in a light blue outline, leaving us unmovable.
"What the hell?!" Cardin growled.
'Wait, could this be?' We heard a slurping noise, and saw it was Professor Fang, he eyes glowing the same colour and slurping out of a soda can with a straw. He takes the straw out of his mouth, and just looks so disappointed. "Really kids? Fighting in the lunch hall like babies. I'm ashamed. What happened?"
"This freak attacked us!" Cardin said, trying to play victim.
"That's not true." I calmly argue. "These lot were bullying some Faunus girl, so I decided to step in and stop them."
He looks to the other members of team RWB(B)Y and JNNPR. "Is this true?" He asks before returning to his soda.
"Yes sir, it is." Weiss answers.
Fang looks back to team CRDL. "Well what do you have to say for yourselves?" They didn't say anything. His eyes became normal again. "You four, get out of my sight." CRDL gives me one more hated look, and left the cafeteria. Professor Fang looks to me for a second, and just left.
Well now that that's over, we have history with Professor…..I mean Dr Oobleck. Now according to show logic, he is very fast in movement and speech. So to comprehend such speed I must drink a lot of coffee.
How the hell is he so fast?
The minute the lesson started, Dr Oobleck began speeding around, babbling random things about history. He's a man in maybe his 30s with shaggy green hair, and classes covering his eyes. He wears a white shirt which has some of it tucked into his trousers, and a yellow tie.
"Yes, yes prior to the Faunus Rights Revolution, more popularly known as the Faunus War, humankind was quite, quite adamant about centralizing Faunus population in Menagerie." He zips around a giant map of Remnant, sipping his small coffee cup.
"Now! While this must feel like ancient history to many of you, it is imperative to remember that these are relatively recent events! Why the repercussions of the uprising can still be seen to this day."
He speeds to the front of the seats. "Have any of you been subjugated or discriminated because of your Faunus heritage?" A few students raise their hands, that including Naga and Velvet. "Dreadful, simply dreadful! Remember students, this is precisely this kind of ignorance that breeds violence! I mean I mean I mean, just look at what happened to the White Fang!" He zips back over to his map. "Now, which of you young scholars can tell me what many theorist believe to be the turning point in the third year of the war?" Weiss raised her hand. "Yes?"
"The battle at Fort Castle." She answers.
"Precisely! And who can tell me the advantage the Faunus had over General Lagune's forces?" I look up to where Cardin's seat is, and saw him flick a small piece of paper on Jaune, waking him up. "Hey!"
"Mr Arc! Finally contributing to class! This is excellent! Excellent! What is the answer?"
"Uh, the answer…..The advantage…..of the Faunus…..had over that guy's stuff….." I could see Pyrrha doing hand signals, trying to motion the answer, which is night vision. "Um, b-binoculars!" That answer caused the class to laugh. Especially Cardin, who's pounding his table.
"Very funny Mr Arc." Oobleck says, going back to his desk. "Cardin! Perhaps you would care to share your thoughts on the subject!" Cardin has his feet up on the desk, looking as smug as ever.
"Well, I know it's easier to train an animal than a soldier." Oobleck just shakes his head at Cardin's response.
"You aren't the most open minded of individuals, are you Cardin?" Pyrrha asked him, annoyed.
"What? You got a problem?" He asks, tensing up for a fight.
"No, I have the answer. It's night vision. Many Faunus are known to have nearly perfect sight in the dark."
"General Lagune was inexperienced and made the mistake of trying to ambush the Faunus in their sleep." Blake added. "His massive army was outmatched, and the General was captured."
"Maybe if he listened more in class, he'd not be so much of a failure." I say, making the class laugh, Naga laughed so hard he fell out his chair.
Cardin gets up with a very angered look on his face. "Mr Winchester, please take your seat!" Oobleck orders him. "You and Mr Arc can both join me after class for additional readings." He says, in which Jaune sighs in defeat. "Now! Moving on!"
Time passed, and soon class ended. Everyone scrambled out the door. Pyrrha seem hesitant as she stood by the door entrance. "You go on ahead. I'll wait for Jaune." The rest of us nod, and leave her to her own devices.
A couple minutes pass, and Jaune and Cardin soon leave the class, with the bully purposely pushing over the blonde knight.
"You know, I really will break his legs." Pyrrha says, helping him up. "I have an idea! Here, come with me!" She says before dragging him off somewhere.
The two make their way to the dormitory roof top. "Pyrrha I know that I'm going through a hard time right now, but I'm not THAT depressed." He says, looking over the ledge of the roof. "I can always be a farmer or something…"
Pyrrha, soon realising what he thinks is going on, pushes him away from the ledge. "That's not why I brought you here!"
"Jaune, I know you're having a difficult time in class, and that you're still not the strongest of fighters. So…..I want to help you."
"W-what?"
"We can train up here after class where no one can bother us."
"You think I need help?"
"N-no! No, that's not what I meant."
"But you just said it."
"Jaune, everyone needs a push from time to time. It doesn't make you any different the rest of us." She says with a pleasant smile. "You made it into Beacon. That speaks volumes of what you're capable of!"
"You're wrong." He turns his back to Pyrrha. "I-I don't belong here."
"That's a terrible thing to say, of course you do!"
"No I don't!" He yells, surprising her. "I wasn't really accepted into Beacon."
"Wh-what do you mean?" She asks, coming over her shock.
"I mean I didn't go to a combat school! I didn't pass any tests! I didn't earn my spot in this Academy!" He turned back to face her. "I lied. I got my hands on some fake transcripts and I lied."
"What? But why?"
"Cause this is what I've always wanted to be! My father, my grandfather, and his father before him were all warriors. They were all heroes! I wanted to be one too. I was just never good enough."
"Then let me help you." Pyrrha puts a hand on Jaune's shoulder, but he jerked it off.
"I don't want your help! I don't want to be the damsel in distress! I want to be the hero!"
"Jaune, I…"
"I am tired of being the lovable idiot, stuck in a tree while his friends fight for their lives! Don't you understand?!"
"If I can't do this on my own…Than what good am I?" She tries to reach out to him, but he moves away. "Just, leave me alone."
"If that's what you think is best." Pyrrha sighed in defeat, and made her way back to her dorm room. Jaune was about to follow, before he heard a snide laugh coming from behind him.
"Oh Jaune…." The laugh and voice came from Cardin, as he climbed up the side of the dorms.
"Cardin?!"
"I couldn't help but overhear you two from my dorm room. So, you snuck your way into Beacon huh? I've got to say Jaune, I never expected you to be such a rebel."
"Please! Cardin, please don't tell anyone!"
"Jaune, come on. I'd never rat out a friend like that."
"Uh, a friend?"
Cardin walks over, and puts Jaune in a headlock. "Of course. We're friends now Jauney boy."
"And as the way I see it, as long as you're there for me when I need you, we'll be friends for a long time." He lets go Jaune, who's gasping for air. "That being said…..I really don't have time to do those extra readings Dr Oobleck gave us today. Think you can take care of that for me buddy?" Jaune gave no response. "That's what I thought."
Cardin makes his way back to the edge of the roof. "Don't worry Jaune, your secret is safe with me." He starts to climb back down.
"You really are an idiot Jaune." A voice told him. The blonde knight looked to roof entrance to see Baron and Naga standing there.
(Some time earlier)
It's time to begin phase two of the volume 1 plan.
But the problem is, I can't find the way to the roof. (Were we not given a map of Beacon?) I lost it.
The second phase of the plan is to stop the black mailing Cardin does to Jaune, and convince him to take Pyrrha's help. On my way to the roof, I bump into Naga. "Oh, hey Naga. What ya up to?"
"Nothing, just looking for Jaune and Pyrrha. Have you seen them by any chance?"
"No, but I did hear voices on the roof of the dormitory. It's just I don't know how to get there."
"Oh I know where the door is. Follow me, I'll take you there." He started to lead me to where the roof is.
"Hey Naga can I ask you a question?"
"What is it?"
"How come you don't have a weapon to defend yourself with? I've seen you fight only with your fists."
"Well, I never had the time and resources to make one for myself. I don't come from a very wealthy family."
"So why not make one here? Beacon does have a forge, and encourages their pupils to make and upgrade their weapons."
"I guess. Can I ask you something? Why did you become a Rider? You don't get anything for it, and you get worried when you hurt people with the power you have. So why do you do it?"
I only smile to question, it's practically the same question Ryuga asked Sento when he first became Cross-Z. "Two simple words, Love and Peace. That's what makes me want to fight as Kamen Rider Build. To keep the Love and Peace of all who have nearly lost it."
"Oh okay, here's the door to the roof." He opens the door and we hear voices on the other side. When we look out, we see Jaune and Cardin, the former stuck in a headlock.
"What's he doing here?" Naga asks angrily.
I'm pretty sure I can hear them talking about Jaune doing things for Cardin .Seems I was too late for phase two. "Don't know, but it looks like he's leaving now." Cardin walks to the edge of the roof, and begins to climb down.
"What do you think happened?" Naga asked me.
"I can only guess that Cardin has something on Jaune, and is using it to his advantage. You really are an idiot Jaune." He seemed to hear my voice, and look in our direction.
"Baron? Naga? I really screwed up."
"How so?" The dragon Faunus helps his team leader up.
"I yelled at Pyrrha, and now Cardin knows that I snuck into Beacon." He answers with his shoulders slumped. "And if I don't do as he says, he'll report me and get me expelled."
"What makes you think Ozpin doesn't already know that?" Jaune looked at me confused. "If he knew why hasn't he expelled me yet?"
"Because he sees potential in you. Naga didn't apply, and Ozpin still accepted him. So you have nothing to worry about."
"But what do we do about Cardin? He thinks he still has me on a leash."
"Well….I have a plan." I smirk evilly, causing the two to look at me a bit scared. The three of us make a huddle, and I tell them the plan
A/N: We're just gonna leave it like that? "Yep, they can wait for the plan next time."
Anyways, thanks for reading this chapter, and I have to give a quick message. The next chapter on either of my stories may not be for a while because I'm going on holiday this weekend, and school starts in a week. "So we're sorry if the chapters aren't as frequent as normal."
And now another message, sadly Kamen Rider Build has had its season finally. "R.I.P" Build was a great season, with colourful characters, an interesting plot, major plot twists, and an amazing toy gimmick. We can only hope that Zi-O will a great finally to the Heisei era. "Everyone else excited for it?" Now we can look forward to the Build films.
Now for reviews.
LegionnaireBlaze: I know right? It just makes sense to call it Rider Match.
kival737101: Well not all the time, only on certain chapters, or when I feel like having Kaijin in. "Just don't have him in to many, I don't want to fight him to many times."
Ryan L. Spradling: I don't have to have three more OC, Naga's already going to be Cross-Z. Grease and Rouge will eventually show up Volume 2. "They going to be OC?" Yep.
Veto64: "Well I shall kick names, and take ass!" What?
Taiman215: Well have you Baron? "No I haven't."
King-Dorado: We thank you for the suggestion, but we already have a Best Match for Volcano. "If you could think of something else to go with Mole we'd happily accept."
Raidentensho: If you're wondering when the Hazard Trigger will be used, end of Volume 1, and it'll have a little something special. "Why does that scare me?"
Glavie165: Sure he will….when the plan is complete of course. "What is the plan?!" I can't tell you!
See you next chapter. Till then.
BYE, BYE. "Heart you."