Kamen Rider Forge Remnant

Craft 9: Into the Forest

Author Note: Hey everyone I'm back! And My God! What have I come back to? Just kidding of course it's good to be back. Japan is peaceful and all, but there are things that I love America for!(not including Politics) But hey, congrats to Biden! Now putting the politics aside, on the suggestion of a friend I put more descriptions in this chapter, I am probably going to keep doing this in the future but tell me what you think! Lastly, I am working on new chapters of Infinite Build and Zi-O Grand Order! Thank you for understanding and enjoy!

We are Forge… Emerald Forest...

Arthur: I AM NOT A GORILLA~!

Forge:(looks up) Wha- huh?... Who isn't a gorilla?

Looking around, I look at Arthur and Leonidas looking at me. Arthur is looking at me like she wants to kill me… Oh. I see what this is. Pushing myself off the ground, I stand up and turn to the two Riders before me.

"Ah, I see the Gorilla now." I said pointing at Arthur.

Knuckles are cracked as I see Arthur stomp over to me. She reaches out and grabs me and lifts me up into the air. In a panic I begin to flail around trying to break free. Only to feel Arthur's grip on my armor tighten, the sound of metal twisting enters my ears. Eep!

"I AM NOT A GORILLA~!" Arthur said, tossing me into a tree. With great force, my body is flung immediately smashing into a tree breaking through it with sheer force before crashing through another and spintering a third tree upon impact. Falling to the ground my body thumps upon hitting the ground, followed by the sound of trees falling. Ow… As I'm about to get back up on my feet, a spear is pointed at my head.

Leo:(pointing spear) Putting aside… Things. Who are you? Why do you wear a Rider Belt, Faker?

Forge:(puts up hand) Whoa, Whoa, now let's not get hasty- Ugh…(lies down) Ugh… My back...

Leo:(grabs Forge and lifts up) Forget you're back! Where did you get that Belt? What kind of Pawn Shop did you buy that relic from?

Forge: Ow hey! I didn't get it from a Pawn Shop! It was given to me!(raises hands) And I'm not your enemy.(turning to Arthur) Right Arthur?

Leonidas looks over to Arthur, she's clearly still angry. Huffing could be heard from behind her helmet as she stares at me still with lots of intent to punch me in the gut. I gulp in the face of such danger.

"R-Right?" I ask again, Arthur simply stands straight and dusts herself off. Then she takes in a long and deep breath before exhaling for a few seconds. Arthur then walks over to Leonidas.

"I don't know how you two know each other. But Arthur, if you wouldn't mind-" Leonidas said pushes me against a tree. I slid down the tree onto my butt as I looked up at Leonidas' spear that switches modes from lance to a rifle. Leonidas then points it at my face. "I would test this Rider's me-" Leo begins, Arthur raises her arm in the path of Leonidas's rifle. Confused, Leonidas lowers his rifle and looks at Arthur. Seeing as Leo is no longer a threat, Arthur turns to me and walks up to me.

"We can do that later." Arthur said, kneeling down and putting out her hand to me. "But first, you're here for a reason right? What is it?" Arthur asks, I take Arthur's hand. She pulls me up to my feet, as I get to my feet, bending back I could hear my spine crack. Taking the moment to check that anything isn't broken, after seeing that nothing is broken I turn back to the two.

Forge:(nods) Yup. I got-(sigh) I tracked the Cast Grimm from last night back here. I came here to investigate it all.

Arthur:(looks at Forge) Do you believe there will be more? Of them, I mean.

Forge:(Looks above treeline) More than likely. Still, I have no idea where the Cast Grimm's hideout is.(shrugs) If they even have one.

Leonidas:(walks over to Forge) So… Do you have any kind of plan?

"No." I said, with Arthur and Leonidas looking at me in disbelief. "What?" I ask, shrugging my shoulders, Leonidas and Arthur look at each other before looking back at me."What?!" I ask again, Arthur continues to stare at me, with Leonidas face palming.

"Are you seriously Winging this?" Arthur asks me, I nod. Arthur turns her head to Leonidas who looks up from his hands to look at her. They exchange a face of mutual confusion and disappointment before they back over to me. An audible sigh escapes my lips. Lowering my shoulders and tilting my head to a bit to the right.

"Look, I've only been at this for a few months now." I said shrugging at the two. The two Riders stand at attention at the last comment. Arthur collects her thoughts, as Leonidas crosses his arms in seeming amusement.

Arthur:(thinking) A few months? You haven't been training all your life?

Forge:(looks at Arthur) What?(shakes head) No, again. I've been at this for almost a year now. At first it was just regular Grimm. But then these Cast Grimm started to show up.

Leonidas:(looks at Forge) Pardon me, but this "Cast Grimm"(looks at Arthur and Forge) That you two are talking about, what are they?

Forge:(crosses arms) Think of it like a Mutated Grimm.(takes out mold) Using these molds as a base, they are inserted into the Grimm.(demonstrating with gestures) From the few times I've seen parts of the transformation and some general theorising, my best guess is that when these molds are inserted into a Grimm, they are transformed into the Cast Grimm.(looks at everyone)

Arthur:(walks over) Then where do the Molds come from?(examines mold) How are they made?

Forge:(shrugs) No idea.(looking around) Though…(combat stance) I think we need to put this conversation on hold.

Pointing my forge gauntlet at Leonidas, he braces with his shield as the palm of my hand heats up. Firing off a dagger which completely misses Leonidas. He steps back before he begins stomping towards me.

"Hey! What's the big-" Leonidas is cut off when the Dagger hits something, he turns around to see a Beowolf collapse onto the ground, a dagger sticking though it's head. The Spartan glances back up at me, lowering my hand I clench my fingers as the forge quickly produces a blade. Leo looks at my blade then back up to my face. "The natives are getting restless." I said turning around, as Grimm Beowolfs begin to pace around us.

Leo:(readies weapons) Well then. Show me you're steel Forge. Let's see if you're worthy of that belt.

Forge:(sweatdrop) Um… I'm in no real rush to prove you guys wrong.

Arthur:(brings up blades) Cut the chatter! We take on these guys then get out of here!

We are observers…

Throught the forest the sounds of gunfire, explosions, and more ring out of the forest. Trees falling, while others are caught on fire. High above the treeline, a pair of flapping wings echo in the distance as the Cast Grimm flies through the air it's head shooting around the area looking at the different battlefields happening across the forest. The Grimm slows it's flight before reaching out with its legs to grab hold of a tree's tip, darting it's head around the ground below him, the Grimm lays on a distinctive belt. "Kamen Rider..." The Grimm mutters as it floats up and flies down, with the belt in it's sights.

We are Shizuka

Glancing down at my watch I check the time. If I am correct, and I always am. My partner should reach this destination soon. Right on que, I hear the rustling of leaves behind me. With a confident smile and huf I turn around "Alborz. Good of you to come." I said as Shahryar steps though the leaves and into view.

"... Well this is interesting." Shahryar said as he stared at me. He crosses arms and gestures to me. "Never thought you would be my partner." Shahryar said lowering his arms, turning my head to the sigh I let out a sigh, then turning back to Shahryar.

Yagyu:(crosses arms) I'm not thrilled either, but know I plan to meet up with the other two Riders.

Shahryar:(tilts head up) Is that right? How many generations has it been since all 4 riders were in the same team together?

Yagyu:(taps finger against head and looks down) At least…(looks at Shahryar) 10 Generations if memory serves.

Shahryar:(looks at Yagyu) Ah yes, you and you're Mystral Pride.

Yagyu:(sighs) What my predecessors did in the past has no hold on me.(shrugs) The belt is passed down to those who earn it. My predecessor's pride got the better of them, I am simply looking at the bigger picture.

Shahryar:(tilts head forwards) That bigger picture being?

Opening my mouth to answer, I hear something rustle from among the bushes. "Sh~!" I said instinctively reaching for my blade. Shahryar takes out his blades too with the both of us on guard now, the forest goes silent as we listen in on the trees around us. Something with wings flies between the trees, only visible as a shadow as it darts between trees. I take hold of my blade as I attempt to feel a presence… Behind me! Grabbing my blade I pull my katana out as I swing in a wide horizontal swing. As my blade crosses my view line, I see a thin creature fly up out of the way of my blade. Looking up I see a Grimm drop down pulling in by the whips, I jump back to dodge the Grimm land on the ground.

Shahryar:(looks at creature) What the hell?!

Yagyu:(sheathes blade) This creature has a whip-like arm!(steps back) Keep your distance!

Shahryar:(glances between Grimm and Yagyu) Hey, Yagyu. This… Grimm, is it just me or is it more… Humanoid?

Yagyu:(tightens grip on blade) ...Yeah. It is… Some kind of new Grimm… But what is it doing here?

Anisoptera Swinger has a dragonfly head, with a human body, but with six legs protruding out of the chest. On the back of the body are 4 large see through wings that flap incredibly fast to keep the Destron floating, at the waist is a singular long straight tail. The eyes are colored red, with the body being covered with scales. The scales themselves are blades, while underneath is the white body, the arms are covered in scales with white between the scales.

Grimm:(head darting around) Earmor… Karmora… Kamen Riders…

Shahryar:(taken aback)... Did… It just?

Yagyu:(disbelief) It… Just spoke? … Shahryar!(jumps back) Keep your distance!

Both Shahryar and I sheath our blades and take our weapons off our belts as we back up. Changing our weapons into gun mode we take aim. From my sheath, a scope pops up. The scope visior moves into place, taking aim at the Grimm I start shooting at the Grimm, it quickly flies up to dodge my rounds. The Grimm then flies straight at us "Get back here!" Shahryar shouts, shooting his shotguns at the Grimm. The Grimm folds away it's wings as the pellets bounce off the scales. Falling to the ground, the Grimm breaks it's fall with it's 6 legs and proceeds to walk towards us. Lifting itself up into a standing position using its wings. The Grimm swings it's arms at me, they extend out to stretch further. Raising my gun into the blocking path, the tips of the feet bounce off my rifle.

Shahryar:(running in) Okay, Try this!

Shahryar holsters his shotguns and unsheathes his blades and charges in. He jumps and swings at the Grimm, but it flies up to dodge his blade. Shahryar turns his head towards the Grimm, only to see it's tail being launched at him, bending back the tail hits the ground with Shahryar falling over. The tip of the whip just grazed in between Shahryar's feet. "There's too much space here! We need to get into a smaller area!" I shout as I turn and run, with Shahryar getting to his feet and begins to chase after me.

Shahryar:(catching up to Yagyu) Solid plan!(looks at Yagyu) But how do we take this thing down?! You saw it's scales can take our guns!

Yagyu:(running) Simple! We need to aim for the gaps!(points back) You saw it yourself, when it extends itself out it leaves its insides vulnerable, in a tighter space it's sure to slip up. Grimm that size aren't known for their intelligence!

Shahryar:(looks ahead) I can't imagine this is part of your plan!

Yagyu:(Anime anger mark) Well I'm sorry!(angrily waving arms) I can't exactly prepare for the sudden appearance of an unknown Grimm!

Shahryar:(sweatmark) Hey, that was sarcasm calm down. Sheesh. I wonder how the other Riders are doing?

We are Observers

Leonidas raises his shield as a Beowolfs claw swings down, the claws scrape at the shield barely cutting the paint. Leo pushes the claw to the side, aiming his rifle barrel at the Beowolf's head. Pulling the trigger back, the round flies out and into the Beowolfs head. Leo using the knockback switches his rifle to blade mode, the blade swings over his head and down though a Grimm's head, raising his other arm Leo swinging around slamming the edge of his shield against a Beowolfs jaw, following it with a swing of his blade straight down the center, splitting it in two.

"Hmf!" Arthur grunts using her shield she pushes down the claw of a Beowolf then swinging her blade at its neck. The sword's edge slices through the dark black fur and out of the other side, cleaving the Beowolf head clean off. Raising her shield again, Arthur blocks another Beowolfs claw then pushing it away, Arthur swung horizontally cutting through the body of another Grimm. Arthur then rolls forward to dodge another claw that swings overhead, standing back up she stabs the tip of her blade into a Beowolfs head in front of her before kicking it back. Putting away her blade Arthur, switches into rifle mode and shoots down several Grimm. Another Beowolfs swings it's claw at her from behind. Arthur ducks under the claw before kicking the Beowolf back, then gunning it down. Looking back ahead, Arthur turns her aim towards more Grimm coming out of the woods. As she is shooting the oncoming Grimm, Arthur stands up and backs towards Leonidas.

Leo:(blocking attacks) They just keep coming!

Arthur:(backing up) This Beowolf pack might be drawing in more of its kind! A pack calling in other packs here!

Leo:(slices Beowolf) Then we'll just cut them down! We are Riders! We do not fall to simple Beowolfs! Speaking of, how's Forge?

Arthur:(looks over) I haven't checked-... Um... Well…

Forge charges towards a Beowolf. "Haaa~!" Forge shouts, throwing his blade into a Beowolf's head. With a flick of the wrist, Forge produces three small handles, then thin and long blades grow out from the handle. Forge throws the three blades, each hitting a Beowolf's head, he then charges another Beowolf producing a simple one handed sword. While running he passes the first blade he threw, picking it up while running up to another Beowolf. Forge jumps up, raising the blades above his head, before swinging it down slicing the right arm off a Beowolf, but the blade that hits the left arm only gets part way through before shattering. "Tch!" Forge said as he bent down dodging two Beowolfs swinging at him, bring the intact blade in his left hand up to the broken blade in the right hand. A flash of electricity courses through the blades, turning them into daggers. Standing back up, Forge thrusts the edges into the Beowolfs head and slamming them to the ground. Pulling the blades out and jumping back.

Arthur:(looks at Leo) He's doing well.

Leo:(stabs Beowolf) Well, good to know he can pull his own weight. But Beowolfs are one thing, how he deals with more powerful Grimm is another story.

Arthur:(sweatdrop) Y-You do realise he's probably not been through many of the trials we have gone though… Right? He said so himself!

Leo:(scoffs) A Rider's ability to rise to the challenge is important.

Just then, a tree is tipped over and falls towards the ground. Forge jumps out of the path of the falling tree, as it crashes down next to him. We all turn our attention to see a large Gorilla Grimm step into view. It towers over the other Beowolfs, the Gorilla stands up and raises it's arms, letting out a massive roar. The Beowolfs scatter as the Gorilla beats its chest howling into the sky. "Hmm, at least we have to deal with less." Leo said, as he and Arthur ready for the fight. "Forge how about-" Leo said, a figure flies past the two of us in the opposite direction of the Grimm.

Leo and Arthur:(turns around) Eh?

Forge:(runs away) Secret art! RUN AWAY~!

Leo and Arthur:(sweatdrop) EEEEH!?~

Craft 9 Complete…