Hey, guys, GaeaChronos here with the latest chapter of Kamen Rider Garnet!
So, some things happened. Mainly, had to quit my job because of health reasons, and that I twisted my ankle on the way to our local laundromat. So, other than the fact that my leg hurts like hell, I'm stuck indoors while it recovers :P.
So, I've been entertaining myself with NDS games, particularly the Endless Frontier series, and let me just say, I think I found my favorite SRW game. Wish I could find an english patch though. I'm in the middle of Endless Frontier Exceed right now, and I just got the Nacht, which I set to Axel. Because of that, I don't know where to set the Abend as an assist. I thought KOS-MOS, but M.O.M.O. works so well as an assist for her (and that she's just too precious), so I ended up setting it to Xiaomu, and boy was I caught off guard by what she says when she calls it ("Parmesan Launcher!!!" for context, the Abend's gun is called the Partisan Launcher, based off of the Weissritter's Oxtongue Rifle).
Also, finally got a system in how I release chapters. If I get this right, Kamen Rider Garnet goes first, then SRW: Remnant, then Digimon Helix. I'll also occasionally upload some RWBY Randomness.
And with that said, on with the chapter!
Chapter 5
The three members of RWBY were on their way to Ozpin's office in a hurry. Well, as much of a hurry as they can go, given their leader's current state.
They were almost there when Ruben tripped and nearly fell to the ground. Luckily, he was able to catch himself on time.
Looking back, the black and white duo walked up to check on him. It was clear that he was exhausted.
They both offered him a hand, but he declined. But they both insisted.
When it was clear they weren't gonna budge, Ruben relented, albeit reluctantly.
They assisted him on the rest of the way to Ozpin's office, earning a few concerned stares.
"Guys, you really don't have to." he reassured. "I can walk. It's not that far, you know."
"Ruben, this is just to be safe." Blake said. "Your body is hurt all over. I don't know how, but I'll wait for you to explain when we get there."
"Weiss, talk some sense into her." he turned to his partner. "I just tripped on a rock earlier, I swear. That happens a lot!"
"Ruben, we were walking down a corridor when you tripped." Weiss deadpanned. "You're exhausted. It's clear with your arms."
"But just because I can't raise my arms doesn't mean I can't walk!" he whined.
"And we want to make sure you can still walk when we get there."
"Ruben? Is that you? What happened?" a voice asked down the hall.
The three turned to find JNPR approaching them with concerned looks on their faces.
"Just my luck." the young leader muttered.
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CRDL was terrified.
They were on their way to the gym for some sparring when they were attacked by a furious Yang Xiao Long. They barely had time to react before the blonde beat the living daylights out of them. Cardin swore he was on the verge of passing out when Glynda separated them. Never before has Cardin been thankful that a teacher broke up a fight involving him.
Right now, they were currently in Ozpins office, sitting quietly. The four were afraid to make a peep, as that might set Yang off. The angry blonde's eyes were still a deep, bloody red, her arms crossed as she glared at them.
Behind them was Glynda Goodwitch, her arms also crossed similarly, but her expression stone cold as she watched the students. Her riding crop in hand as she tapped her foot, waiting.
After she had broken the fight, she had asked for statements from both sides, and then lifted them all to Ozpin's office, where she demanded them to take a seat away from each other when she asked Blake to go get her teammates.
As for the headmaster, he was calmly sitting at his desk, reading a newspaper and taking the occasional sip from his seemingly ever present mug.
"It sure is taking Ms. Belladonna quite a while to fetch her leader." Ozpin wondered out loud.
"That's because he can barely dress himself due to his arms!" Yang cried out furiously, intensifying her glare at the team.
"L-Look, we really don't know what you're talking about! Honest!" Cardin stuttered out, fearing for his life.
"Don't lie!! You beat his arms so bad he can't even raise them!"
"Miss Xiao Long, calm yourself." Ozpin said. His tone was calm, but it carried a weight that was enough to not only silence the furious blonde, but also to get her eyes to change back to their usual lilac color.
"Good. Now, let us just wait for your teammates to arrive. Coffee?" he offered to his students, his demeanor completely different from when he silenced her.
"Um, I don't drink coffee. No thanks." Yang awkwardly declined.
"Hmm. Don't know what you're missing." he muttered as he offered CRDL, who accepted the beverage.
Cardin was just about to take a sip when the elevator door opened, revealing a haphazardly dressed Ruben Rose being helped by his teammates out of the elevator.
"Whoa. Rubes, what happened?! Did they get your legs too?!" Yang angrily exclaimed, standing up.
"Yang, calm down. He just tripped on the way here." Weiss assured. The fiery blonde turned to her partner, who nodded.
"Dude, what happened to you?!" Cardin exclaimed upon seeing the state the young leader's arms were in.
Before Yang could get something out, Ruben spoke up.
"Yang, before you say anything, I wanna take a seat. My legs are killing me."
With that, the blonde's attention was shifted to her brother, who she helped sit down.
"Now that Mr. Rose is here," Ozpin started, clapping once to get everyone's attention. "Could you please shed some light on our little situation here?"
"Yes, Professor." he nodded. "First of all, I can assure you all that these guys are innocent. In fact, they haven't bothered me for the last couple days. I haven't even run into them once today."
"Wait. So they didn't do it?" Yang asked nervously. H'ooooh, boy, she's in trouble.
"No, we didn't!" Cardin said.
"We're bullies, not monsters!" Russell added.
"Besides, we already got our quota of bullying from him!" Dove also added.
"Quota?" Ozpin asked, curious.
"We have, like, a system when it comes to bullying." the leader answered. "There are schedules in which we know who we can bully, and when we can bully them, and we only do, like, fifteen minutes every person for an hour a week. We already spent our one hour teasing him the other day."
"That's... surprisingly organized." Ruben commented.
"And also, we make sure to never go too far, just teasing here, a bit of a nudge there, you know, light bullying. We never do anything too extreme."
"Why do you do it?" Glynda asked, baffled about the absurdity of the whole situation.
Cardin looked away, embarassed.
"Professor Peach caught us messing with an upperclassman, and decided that this is our punishment. She watches our every movement, and keeps decreasing our minutes. If we go beyond the time limit, we'll get suspended."
The stern blonde nodded.
"Peach does have... unusual ways of dealing with students. Very well, we'll just let Professor Peach take care of you four. You may go."
And with that, CRDL left, but not without receiving an apology from Ruben for his sister. They just nodded as they left.
"And, as for Miss Xiao Long..." Glynda trailed off, making Yang wince.
"I'll take responsibility for it." The young leader cut in.
"Rubes...?!" The older sibling said, caught off guard.
"Mr. Rose, I understand that you want to protect your sister from being reprimanded, but this-"
"With all due respect, Miss Goodwitch, I don't plan to let Yang get off scot free. I'll just explain what had happened to clear up the misunderstanding, since it's kinda my fault."
"Your fault?" Yang asked.
"You see, I was attacked the other day by a strange Grimm. I actually managed to get away, but it turned its attention on a civilian, most likely a child that got separated from her parents..."
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Neo suddenly felt a chill down her spine. She doesn't know why, but she feels like she wants to give that strange armored hero an even harder kick in the groin whe they meet again...
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"... so I jumped in the way of the lamppost it turned into a makeshift club, blocking it with my arms, which of course put strain on them, and my legs.
I didn't even notice them starting to bruise until I got back here."
"Why didn't you tell me? I beat up a bunch of guys because of that."
"I could've, but I realized that you'll go looking for the Grimm if I told you what did this to me. Besides, there's no use looking for it if it's already dead."
"You killed the Grimm?" Ozpin asked, an eyebrow raised.
"Well, no. I was saved."
"By the 'Red Warrior'?" Weiss cut in, making Ruben's eye twitch in annoyance.
"Y-Yeah, by him. Apparently, he doesn't like being called that name. He prefers to be called 'Kamen Rider Garnet'."
Suddenly, they all turned to a strange noise. It was coming from Weiss Schnee as she kept her head down, covering her mouth with one hand, the other on her stomach, and she was shaking and twitching uncontrollably.
She kept her head down to hide her poorly-restrained laughter from everyone else in the room. Her face was twisted in a wide grin as she clasped a hand over her mouth.
"Miss Schnee? Is something wrong?" the concerned headmaster asked.
"Yeah. You having a stroke or something?" her partner added, irritation slightly lacing his tone, which made it harder to hold it in.
"I-I'm fi-fine! I-I just *cough* my th-throat ju-just *cough* felt a bi-it scratchy!" she said, trying to hide her laughter behind fake coughing.
"I see. would you like some water, then?" Glynda asked, offering her a glass.
"Th-Thank you." she accepted the glass and drank.
"You were saying, Mr. Rose?" Ozpin asked, signalling Ruben to continue.
"Oh, um, right. Basically, Garnet saved us from a pretty bad hit, and he killed the Grimm that attacked me. The guy was a lifesaver, since I didn't have my weapon with me at the time."
"I see. And this 'Garnet' is the same character that's all over the internet, is that correct?"
"Yes, Professor. From what I can tell."
"Hmm... Very well. This clears up the misunderstanding. Now, Team RWBY, I would like a moment with your leader. Would you kindly wait for him downstairs? I promise we will not take long."
The three members looked at each other, before reluctantly leaving.
Once the other members of RWBY had left, Ozpin spoke up.
"You overdid it, Mr. Rose."
Ruben sighed.
"I know."
"You know that, in your current state, we cannot allow you to go on patrol for the rest of the week as you recover, right?"
"... I know."
"Now, we have already contacted your uncle, so he will be the one to go in your place, alright?"
"... Sure."
"Now, unless there is an emergency, you are not to wear the Aura Driver, but you must always have it with you, understand."
"Don't worry, Professor. I never forget to bring it with me."
"Good. Now, I hope this served as a lesson for you as to why your safety is also priority."
He sighed again.
"Yes, professor. I learned my lesson." Why was he sure he'd get the same lecture from Weiss?
"Alright. Now that that's out of the way, have you thought of a way to punish your sister for attacking a fellow student?"
Ruben smiled.
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The rest of RWBY were currently waiting by the elevator for their leader when Yang received a notification on her scroll. Upon opening it, she saw it was an update on her schedule. Once she saw the update, her eyes widened.
Her skin paled.
Her lip began to shiver.
And she fell to her knees.
She looked up to the ceiling, cursing every deity in existence for having forsaken her.
Yang Xiao Long is to have an extra two hours a day of detention.
With Professor Port.
Alone in a classroom.
For a month.
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"I see." a woman with blazing, golden eyes and long, black hair said as she ended her call with her companion on her scroll.
"Well, it looks like our little mute has obtained some valuable information." she said to no one in particular, pulling a small object from her pocket.
"We may have to use this sooner than expected, even if incomplete." she held the object out in front of her. It resembled a large plant seed, but it was a deep red and almost translucent in color. She smiled as the light almost went through the seed, almost making it look like it's lit.
"Oh, this will be fun."
And that's about it! I honestly don't know what came over me when I wrote the CRDL bit, but I thought "Screw it, they needed a reason to not do it, no matter how BS" and that's how that came to be. It was supposed to be a chapter for RWBY Randomness, but I decided otherwise. Well, I guess I'll see you guys in the next chapter of SRW: Remnant, whenever that comes out!
Also, Rider Time Shinobi should've been longer. It was way too enjoyable to only be 3 episodes. I wanted at least 12.
GaeaChronos is out. Peace!