Kamen Rider Ex-Aid: Grimm Eclipse! Chapter 2: The Badge and The Burden of a Sniper, a Kamen Rider + RWBY Crossover fanfic

Z0: Alright time for the next chapter. I'm just to hyped to not begin working on the next one.

SZ: Same here man.

Z0: Ex-Aid might be over but the hype for this series shall not end. Cause now we wait for Spring where the V-Cinema's come out.

SZ: Eeyup. So...uh...where's GT?

GT: *behind SZ* Right here.

SZ: OH GEEZ!

Z0: He's sneaky like that. So let's get on with our fic here. Starting here we'll add in more original scenes. Also more shenanigans and headaches for Weiss.

SZ: Eeyup...but nothing too over the top like in RWBY Chibi.

Lazer Lvl1: Aw….

Z0: Aw…

SZ: Do you WANT to be treated by a Nurse Chibi Nora? Trust me….it ain't pretty...just asked Chibi Ren.

Lazer lvl1: Oh it can't be…*turns to see Ren shaking in the corner* Okay yeah it's that bad.

Z0: Wait a minute… how did you get in here?

Lazer Lvl1: Meep-meep! *steals SZ's and GT's stuff before running*

SZ: Ahh! Oh you mother…!...know what? I got the perfect trap for him!

Lazer Lv1:*offscreen* Hmm? Who left this giant banana in h-OH GOD! GIANT GORILLA/RABBIT THING!

GT: Joke's on him. I switched my stuff with glue bombs in the shape of my stuff. *hears Lazer LV1 scream after multiple popping noises went off* And there they go.

Z0: Well let's just put him back in the story his job is annoy Weiss not us.

SZ:...fair enough. *pulls up a switch* which is why I had this installed!*presses a button on it*

Lazer Lv 1:*offscreen* Ahh! Who set up a catapult in here?!

SZ: Heh heh...ahh...best purchase I bought for this place.

Z0: Let's begin the story folks, remember we own nothing and this is for fun.

Game Start!

(Cue Opening: Excite by Daichi Miura; TV size version)

(I gotta believe...)

I don't wanna know if the truth is disappointing.

I don't wanna know ignorance is bliss.

Why? Why? Why? Why? Before I knew it, I came too far

I can't stop this premonition of

The new beginning

I will now open up this new unknown frontier

I gotta believe!

(Turn it on!) Extreme!

EXCITE! EXCITE! Raise the beat!

EXCITE! EXCITE! My heart

is being guided to that place

I'm just going to dash through!

(Hey!) I'm on a mission right now!

EXCITE! EXCITE! The answer is…

EXCITE! EXCITE! The answer is...

(One!) In my hands...

(Two!) ...is a life that should continue...

(Three!) ...just got to live!

Mornings, that bright crisp time of the day where everyone and anyone wishes they had more time to just sleep. Some people are Morning people, they are up bright and early at the strangest of time for others and they get more things done then most do in a regular day, all before Lunch. Then you have people who love to sleep in and not worry about the world until their eyes are opened naturally. Weiss…was one of the latter.

Weiss slowly opened her eyes after waking up finally. She and the rest of team RWBY found their dorm room and quickly plopped down for bed after their long day. Of course not before getting Emu to promise to explain things to them later. But that was the past this is now. Weiss awoke to a calm relaxing morning, her mind still in a half asleep daze as she let her brain start up. She blinked seeing the beds on the other side of the room empty, she slowly turned her head to the side to be greeted by a smiling Ruby holding a whistle up to her lips. ...What was that last thing?

*FWEEEEEEEEEEET!*

Weiss cried in shock at the sudden blaring noise to her ears so early in the day. On the bright side, it jolted her brain into full working order...along with raising her pulse and heart rate a bit from shock.

"Goooood morning, Team RWBY!" Ruby shouted happily as Weiss was left to fall unceremoniously to the floor, nobody really caring about that as evident from the lack of concern on any of the other three girls faces.

"What in the world is wrong with you?!" Weiss demanded as she looked up at her partner.

Ruby, Yang, and Blake already dressed for class in their uniforms which consisted of red plaid skirt, a white blouse shirt with a ribbon tied around their collars, a tan vest over their shirts, and a brown jacket with gold trim over that. Of course each of them added a little small difference, such as Ruby having her hood/cape over her shoulders, and full length black stockings. Yang's only discernible difference where thigh high black stockings, while Blake had knee high stockings.

"Now that you're awake, we can officially begin our first order of business." Ruby explained happily.

"Excuse me?" Weiss asked, totally confused as she stood up dusting her shoulder as she looked at her teammates.

"Decorating!" Yang shouted, her arms filled with all sorts of random niceties and knicknacks that clearly belonged to not just her but everyone as evident from some of Weiss' papers, Ruby's corgi pillow, and some of Blake's books along with her candelabra.

"We still have to unpack." Blake added, holding up her suitcase...before the latch snapped from the stress of over packing and all of her belongings fell down to the carpet in a giant messy pile. "And… clean."

"..." Weiss blinked as she realized the reason she was spooked so early in the morning was something so trivial. She really wanted to complain, but she never got the chance to open her mouth as Ruby jumped over next to her and blew the whistle in her ear again making, her fall over from the shock and ringing in her ear.

"Alright! Weiss, Blake, Yang, and their fearless leader Ruby have begun their first mission." Ruby said excitedly before she held her arm up, "Banzai!"

Yang and Blake appeared next to her and mimicked her pose, "Banzai!" they chanted before they all leaned to the side slightly.

Weiss simply facepalmed. This was not how she was expecting her first day of classes to go. But might as well get this done, so she can get on with her day. So after getting dressed, Weiss helped her team with fixing up their room. The first to begin decorating the room was Yang, who began putting up her posters, all of them of singers and bands she liked, mainly a large one with a singer named Daichi Miura. Weiss, meanwhile, decorated her side of the room by hanging a large painting of a forest with red grass and red trees. She took a few moments to make sure its gold frame was perfectly balanced. Blake began stacking her many...many books into shelves, arranging them by series until one row was filled. She reached into her case and pulled out a light novel titled 'Ninjas of Love', causing her eyes to shrink before she slowly hid it back in her case while looking around to ensure nobody saw the book. Ruby used the sharp spear end of her Crescent Rose to help fix a pair of red curtains on the window. After finally getting it into place she turned around while swinging the scythe...unintentionally cutting one of the curtains diagonally in two.

The girls took a moment to take in the amount of character each of them put into the room they would call home for the next couple of years. Yang's music posters, Weiss art, Blake's miniature library of books, Ruby's curtains, and the bundled heap that was once their beds. Wait...what?

"This isn't going to work." Weiss spoke up as the four of them stared at their beds which had been pushed into the center of the room, their once perfect spacing ruined by the new layout created by their belongings.

"It is a bit cramped." Blake agreed, realizing how much space their personal belongings took up, primarily those of her own and Weiss.

"Maybe we should ditch some of our stuff?" Yang offered, it would make sense to sacrifice some personal belongings for the sake of comfort.

"Or we could ditch the beds," Ruby suggested before gasping, "And replace them with bunk beds!" then there was Ruby's idea.

"Um, that sounds incredibly dangerous." Weiss spoke in worry and as the voice of reason.

"And Super Awesome!" Yang cheered, sadly for Yang mentioning danger acts as a positive factor in decision making.

"Why didn't I think of that?!" Kiriya's voice shouted, "...Hey E-"

"No."

"It...does seem efficient." Blake said as they ignored their neighbors to the left. "That and possibly investing in soundproofing the walls."

"Oh no! I can't hear anything at all!" Kiriya spoke up before they heard the sound Emu's hammer makes when hitting things, "Ah! The back of my head!"

"I'm sorry!"

"...Well...we should put it to a vote," Weiss suggested.

"I think we just did," Ruby pointed out. Blake raised her hand in a thumbs up as Yang smiled and raised rouble rock-on signs. Weiss in anger stuck her tongue out.

The girls blurred off as loud construction noises where heard. Where the tools came from were anybody's guess.

"Where did they get the Jackhammer!?" Kiriya shouted.

"Kiriya, seriously! Your whole ear to the wall bit is getting creepy." Emu spoke up with a sigh.

After a while, the girls were finished. The first set of bunkbeds to the left of the room was made up of one bed on the ground with the second held in the air by ropes to the ceiling even having a makeshift curtain of sorts made of a large sheet also dangling by ropes, leaving the large furniture piece of wood and mattress to hang above the regular bed. The second set of 'Bunk beds' was just one bed stacked right on top of the other with books acting as bricks to keep the two separated enough for one to get in the bottom bed.

"Objective complete!" Ruby beamed, "Okay, our second order of business is…" she began as she sat down on her bed, a book falling onto her lap, "Classes." she sighed as she looked over the schedule she had written down, "Now, we have a few classes together today. At 9:00, we got…"

"What?! Did you say '9:00'?!" Weiss exclaimed

"Um…"

"It's 8:55, you dunce!"

"It's what?!" Emu shouted from the next room.

"Surprise!" Kiriya spoke before they heard a loud crashing noise. "Ah! The top of my head!"

Weiss ignored that as she quickly sprinted out the door leaving her team behind. Team JNPR peeked out as well in confusion from all the noise going on. Emu and Kiriya fumbled out of their room, dressed in the men's uniform consisting a black suit lined with gold, white shirts, with blue vests over that and red ties. Or, if you're Kiriya, you forgoed the vest and shirt instead for his colorful floral print one, with his black blazer hung over his shoulder, and a yellow tie with a black tire skidmark across it.

"...Uh...t-to class!" Ruby declared as she, Blake, and Yang ran out of their room.

"Class?" Jaune repeated, before the stress of holding his team up above him caused them all to fall over, "Wh-whaa! Uullgh.." he groaned as they all began picking themselves up. Jaune then shot up along with the rest of his team, "We're gonna be late!"

"Hya! Meijin!" Kiriya cheered as he jumped on Emu's back as they ran along with the rest.

"Heavy…" Emu groaned.

"Hya, Meijin! Hya hya!"

"I'm not a horse, Kiriya!"

"Hey that's not fair!" Yang spoke as Emu kept up with them, "Kiriya share!"

"No way!"

"Share!"

"No!"

"Too late! Getting on!"

"Dogpile!" Nora beamed.

"Nononononononon-!"

*CRASH*

"Aauugh…" Emu groaned from beneath the mini-dogpile.

"Guys!" Ruby complained.

"Go...on...without me…" Emu groaned, "Aaauuuh…" he groaned, his soul escaping from his mouth.

"...Oh no you don't," Nora frowned, snatching Emu's soul and shoved it back into his mouth.

"Nora...we've talked about this." Ren sighed, seeing her do that.

"Oh right...no fourth wall breaks," Nora chuckled sheepishly.

"Emu?" Jaune asked in worry.

"Hi Mighty. What are you doing in the real world?" Emu groaned out in a dizzy manner.

"He's out cold." Kiriya replied, "Yang this is all your fault, so by the laws of logic, you carry him."

"Hey. Kiriya's the one who started it, but fine by me," Yang shrugged as she stood up, lifting Emu over her shoulders.

"Great he's safe, let's go!" Weiss snapped as they all began running.

The group of late teenagers ran across the courtyard as fast as they could. Ozpin and Glynda watched them as they rushed off to make it to class in time. The calm aloof Headmaster watched them with amused eyes as he sipped his coffee. Glynda checked her watch seeing them barely make it under the wire, but this wasn't awfully new for first year students to run late on the first day.

"What's the first class?!" Kiriya shouted as they ran through the halls.

"Um…" Ruby muttered, "Let me see…" she flipped through the pages of her book as she kept running, jumping over one student who was bending down to tie his shoe, "Oh! Here it is. Mr. Hanaya's class is the second door to the right near the stairs!"

"Oh thank god." Jaune sighed as they all walked in.

"You're all late." a voice spoke up, making them all jump, Taiga was leaning against the door with a stopwatch in hand. "First new years to make it to class late. Congrats, you're the screw ups."

"What?!" Weiss shouted in shock at hearing that.

"If you don't like it, then get to class on time next time, Princess." Taiga spoke harshly, "Now take your seats, no no." he stopped them, noticing most all of them tried to go towards the back, "Right here in front, where I can keep an eye on you ten. For being the first late students of the years, you're now my little Teacher's pets."

"Oh come on!" Jaune protested.

"Why?!" Kiriya shouted in outrage.

"Oh…" Nora complained.

"Great." Yang finished.

"Well this should be fun…" Ren muttered.

"It's our own fault for being late…" Blake sighed a bit.

"Auugh…." Emu groaned still out cold before a chunk of chalk hit his forehead, "Ah! I'm up!" he panicked.

"Everyone seated?" Taiga asked of them as he turned away and began writing on the chalkboard, "Alright! Everyone knows this is Health class, right? Now listen! I get you're all stupid teenagers, but one sex joke or snicker at the subject and I'll make it that your whole team fails the class."

"I'm sorry did you just say...the whole team?" Jaune asked.

"By the way, a whole team failing a class is grounds for them to be held back." Taiga added, not even really acknowledging Jaune's question, "So…" he paused as he finished writing up the lesson, "Who knows about the birds and the bees?" he asked with the most emotionless and calm face ever, as if just begging the students to laugh.

"Uhm…" Ruby raised her hand.

"Yes, miss Rose?" Taiga pointed to her.

"What do birds and bees have to do with Health class?" Ruby asked, making everyone struggle not to laugh.

"..." Taiga took in a deep breath through his nose at that, "Miss Rose...did your father sign the waiver you were given before coming here?"

"Uhm…." Ruby paused, "No...no, he did not."

"Yeah, that sounds like dad." Yang spoke up.

"Ugh…" Taiga groaned.

"How has she not been given 'The Talk' yet?!" Weiss hissed.

"Our dad is super protective!" Yang hissed back.

"Alright then...clearly I can't teach any of you brats a thing because of Miss Rose here. So thank her for the fact we're going to have to skip a few chapters." Taiga spoke up as some students groaned.

"Sorry….?" Ruby spoke up, unsure how to react to that.

"Next chapter then. Semblance and how to address their potential." Taiga sighed, wiping the board, "As all of you know, with mastering your aura, you unlock your Semblance; a special power for just you. However, in some rare cases, a Semblance can be passed down." Taiga began as he wrote down quickly, "For some, the power ranges from simple things such as physical augmentation, super speed and strength for example. For others, it can be far more unique, such as telekinesis, pyrokinesis, cryokinesis, and so forth." he listed as many students began taking notes, "So, who can tell me when they first discovered their Semblance?" he asked turning to his students, "...You, Mister Arc." he chose randomly as he pointed his chalk stick at Jaune, making him gulp.

"M….me?"

"No. Your father who's sitting behind you." Taiga replied.

"Uh...well…" Jaune muttered, scratching the back of his head.

"You have unlocked your Semblance, right?" Taiga asked as Jaune looked around at his teammates and friends. "...tsk...Don't tell me you're one of those blockheads who didn't even focus on training to unlock theirs… Your kind always rank low here." Taiga shook his head.

"Uh...hehe...yeah. I'm sorry." Jaune said, taking this blessing in disguise.

"Alright then. Anybody else then…" Taiga muttered, looking at his students, "Miss Schnee, can you tell us of how you first unlocked your Semblance?" he pointed at Weiss, "You seem, competent."

"Thank you," Weiss smiled a bit, "Now as for how I unlocked my Semblance...well, let's just say I had help from my sister."

"Oh? None from your father or mother?" Taiga asked in a sort of honest interest as her teacher.

"..." Weiss said nothing, just developing a conflicting look of sadness and...anger?

"Well I suppose with your families business, it's too much to ask… Be glad you had your sister to help, at the very least. It's better to have a family member help in controlling Semblance powers since more often than not the power is somehow related to those of the parent. It's more shocking if the child develops a power totally different from the parents." Taiga explained, mixing his words of comfort in with the lesson, "That's why family is always best. Someone you know can help you master your powers. To those who don't bother unlocking them, you've missed out on a chance to bond." he spoke, looking at Jaune who sheepishly tried to hide from the man's glaring eyes, "But Miss Schnee, it seems you had a great teacher. Your scores are high for a reason after all." he replied, looking down at Weiss with a calmer almost reassuring look to his eyes.

"Th...thank you." Weiss nodded taking in Taiga's words. She was surprised he was able to pick up on what she was thinking, but his words were kind and true at the same time, something she appreciated at the least.

"Aw, I think he likes you." Ruby smiled before a chunk of chalk hit her forehead. "Gah!" she panicked.

"No interrupting." Taiga spoke, "Honestly...team leader types…" he grumbled while flipping a page in his book. "Alright, begin reading the following 10 pages to yourselves while I write." he said as he began writing down entire diagrams and paragraphs for a lesson, all perfectly too, everything was drawn just like it was in the book to the point it was amazing.

"Ugh...reading." Ruby groaned as they opened their books.

"Quiet you dolt, it's your fault we have to skip lessons in the first place!" Weiss hissed.

"Bummer...I was looking forward to this guy giving the sex ed class." Kiriya chuckled, sitting in the second row with team JNPR. He quickly grew bored so he was currently balancing a pencil between his upper lip and nose.

"The what class?" Ruby blinked.

"Nothing that can be taught with you around…" Weiss pointed out.

"Hey, it's my dad's fault." Ruby countered.

"Besides if anyone here needs that class, it's Jauney boy." Kiriya spoke up.

"Hey!" Jaune snapped only to get a chalk stick to the head again.

"Arc, that's detention this Saturday!" Taiga shouted.

"Yes Professor Hanaya…" he groaned as Pyrrha patted his shoulder.

"Guys, you should focus on the reading." Emu spoke up, sitting in the first row with Team RWBY.

"Emu's right, we don't want to get on the teacher's bad side on the first day." Blake agreed.

"Also this might be useful to you, Jaune. You might be able to unlock your Semblance." Pyrrha added.

"Oh...uh right." Jaune nodded as he read.

"Alright, who can tell me the importance of mastering one's Semblance?" Taiga asked after he finished writing down the important notes on the board, "Come on. There are no stupid answers."

"Oh I beg to differ on that, sir." Kiriya spoke up.

"Just for that, two weeks detention."

"What?!"

"Want me to add another week and your roommate?" Taiga threatened.

"No…" Kiriya groaned. "Damn…" he grumbled under his breath.

"Alright...anyone have an answer?" Taiga asked, "Literally, at this point I'll even take a bad joke answer. This is getting awkward even for me."

"Ohh! I think I have one!" Nora frantically waved her hand, "The importance of mastering your Semblance is not only to help you get super strong, but also help against the threat of the Grimm!"

"You're half right, but right nonetheless." Taiga replied.

"Uhm Professor? Then what is the other half?" Ren asked.

"Some people have Semblances that can be incredibly powerful, however their use is limited by a deciding factor. This factor could be something such as the person needs to be in this type of mindset to activate their power, they need to be low on energy, and so forth. So mastering your Semblance also means you are aware of your potential and can protect yourself should it not be useful in a given situation." Taiga explained, "Many a Huntsmen and Huntresses have made the mistake of overestimating their power and underestimating Grimm. This has lead to tragedy, so knowing your potential is the step to being ready for anything in battle."

"Huh...that's a good point." Yang muttered.

"Alright, your homework for the week will be to read pages 55-79, and right an essay describing history of attempt at Semblance control." Taiga explained, "Also…" he took out a box before passing out small glass tubes with a swab inside, "Take this and rub it around inside your mouths."

"Uhm...what?" Jaune and Kiriya asked.

"I'm also the school doctor. This is required for me to test all of you for anything abnormal." Taiga explained while passing them out, "Failure to comply means you need to come in for a full physical. Make this easier for all of us."

"How does our spit tell you if something's up?" Yang asked.

"That's a good question, I'll explain it." Taiga said as he took a spare one and swapped his own mouth, "To keep it as...not disturbing, your mouth doesn't just have spit, it hosts samples of natural bacteria in your body, as well as skin cells and etc. With the amount of tech we have in this day and age, with just that I can determine all sort of things, from genetic factors, any diseases currently in your body, and a few other nifty things. I'd get a ten times better reading with blood...but well I'm not allowed to ask for that."

"Ooh! What if we get you some?" Nora asked.

"Then you'll have to explain where it came from to Ms. Goodwitch." Taiga explained, making some of the student's tense at the mention of her name "I'm not even brave enough to try that, so I'd love to see you do it."

"Nora...whatever you're thinking. Stop, now please." Ren spoke quickly in worry.

"Aw…" Nora pouted.

'What was she thinking?' the majority of the students pondered, some near her team scooting away discreetly.

"Any other questions?" Taiga asked as he finished passing out the containers.

"Yes, if we choose the physical option, can I get a lady nurse?" Kiriya asked.

"No, it's just me. I'm the only doctor in this place. So keep that in mind next time any of you get hurt." Taiga explained as some students were already returning the containers. "Thanks." he smirked while collecting them.

"Something tells me his bedside manner might have room for improvement." Emu muttered, earning a snicker from Ruby and Yang.

'I've had worse,' Blake thought.

"Miss Belladonna?" Taiga spoke up, appearing in front of her, "Yours please." he held his hand.

"Oh right." she said, handing him over the container.

"Are you alright? You seem distracted." Taiga noted.

"It's nothing. Nothing at all." she replied, looking at Taiga.

"Alright…" he replied in confusion as he turned away, 'Why does she look familiar? ...Nah, couldn't be.'

"Monsters, demons, prowlers of the night. Yes the creatures of Grimm have many names," a portly man noted as he paced before the seats of the students, his eyes seemingly closed shut while he wore a double breasted burgundy blazer, with gold piping and buttons, an ascott tied around the collar of his dress shirt, and matching burgundy pants tucked into olive cavalry boots finished off his attire. "But I merely refer to them as 'prey.' Hu-hah!" he cheered, his mustache jumping about with his laugh.

'I wonder if this is actually secret training on how to stay awake during periods of extreme boredom on missions…' Kiriya thought with an eye twitch. He then looked down to see Ruby already sound asleep, 'Or maybe this is the class for napping? How's Meijin holding? AH! He's playing a videogame?!' he mentally shouted as Emu had his feet kicked up on the desk while he played a portable console with headphones over his ears.

"Hehe…" Emu smirked under his breath as he kept playing before he got a high score. "Alright, broke my own record again." he softly laughed before Nora tapped his shoulder, "Huh...oh right. Your turn." he smirked, handing it over.

"Now as I was saying. Vale, as well as the other three Kingdoms, are safe heavens in an otherwise treacherous world." The teacher resumed his lesson after a moment of awkward silence in regard to his opening joke, "Our planet is absolutely teeming with creatures that would love nothing more than to tear to pieces." he went on as he paced around the front of the room, "And that's where we come in. Huntsmen, Huntresses…" he said, turning to Yang and clicking his tongue.

'Is he flirting with a student?!' Kiriya mentally shouted, '...Blackmail~' he mentally sang as Yang chuckled awkwardly and in a bit of disturbed discomfort.

'Is he trying to flirt with me? Ew,' Yang mentally shuddered in disgust, 'He's the same age as my dad.'

"Individuals who have sworn to protect those who cannot protect themselves." he went on, "From what you ask? Why… The very world!"

'The very world? Doesn't he just mean from the Grimm and that monster guy?' Yang pondered.

'Something tells me this guy use to be Super cocky when he was our age those couple generations ago…' Kiriya muttered.

"That is what you're training to become." he explained after one student in the background gave the teacher a bone and cheered along with him that time. "But first a story. A tale of a young handsome man."

'Don't say it...don't you say it.' Almost everyone thought at the same time.

"Me!"

'God damn… he actually said it!'

"When I was a boy, blah blah blah…" No, really, by this point that is all anyone could actually hear.

It was as if their brains were shutting down to protect them from having to listen to this story. They swore this class was somehow going on longer then all the rest of the day. Weiss closed her eyes. This 'lesson' was more effective in instilling sleep in her then anything else she ever tried before. It was getting really hard to keep her eyes open. Her eyes snapped open as she heard frivolous scribbling on paper making her turn to see Ruby putting pencil to paper. Weiss didn't want to know what she was doing, so she tried her hardest to tune back into what the professor was saying.

"Despite smelling of cabbage, my grandfather was a wise man." He went on, as Weiss started thinking maybe putting her focus into understanding his story was a bad idea after that sentence. "

"'Peter,' he told me, blah blah blah." And so, Weiss lost the focus to understand him once more.

Weiss blinked as she heard Ruby giggling uncontrollably. She dreaded what might be the cause, but honestly it can't be worse than the 'Lecture'. Weiss turned to her partner, who quickly took notice of the attention and held up a page from her notes. It started out normally. name, Ruby Rose, class Grimm Studies Day 1, Teacher Professor Port. But...what was written...or rather drawn was a crude childish caricature of Professor Port. It was essentially a circle with stick limbs and a crude recreation of his head and mustache, and...stink lines floating above him. Ruby stuck her tongue and blew a raspberry. Yang and Kiriya looked over and began laughing at the drawing under their breaths while Weiss just looked at Ruby with a look of… disappointment.

"Ehem!" Professor Port cleared his throat making everyone jump awake and tune back to what he was saying, "In the end, the Beowolf was no match for my sheer tenacity. And I returned to my village with the beast in captivity and my head held high. Celebrated as a Hero." he said excitedly as he bowed.

'A Beowolf… That's the big bad monster of the story?!' Kiriya questioned in his mind.

"The Moral of the story?" he asked as he looked around, "A true huntsmen must be honorable." he began as Weiss looked at Ruby at hearing that, who was balancing her pencil on her finger and a stack of papers on the tip of the pencil, "A true Huntsmen must be dependable." Weiss' anger grew as Ruby somehow fell asleep a second later, "A true huntsmen must be strategic…" Weiss glare became even more angry as Ruby woke up and was now scratching her nose, "Well Educated and Wise!" he listed as Weiss was now visibly shaking in rage at her partner. "So who among you believes themselves to be the embodiment of these traits?"

Weiss hand shot up so fast is spooked Emu who was sitting in the row behind her, "I do sir!"

"Whoa!" Emu cried, falling out of his seat, "I'm okay!"

"Yeesh Snow Queen, excited much?" Kiriya asked, only to get glared at, "Nevermind…" he squeaked, holding his hands up in submission.

"Ahh...well then, let's find out," Professor Port said before looking over at a caged box, a pair of red eyes glaring out of it, "Step forward, and face your opponent."

"Professor Port is still doing that same thing to the first years, isn't he?" Taiga asked in the Teachers Lounge as he pulled out a bottle before he swallowed a pill that was inside, "That was such a scare my first day."

"I still don't understand if he tells those stories for a training purpose or for trying to keep his ego up," Glynda shook her head.

"I didn't mind it really, I found it endearing of the old guy." Taiga chuckled, "That and I always got a good nap in. Maki used to love actually taking notes too..." he spoke, his tone becoming sad at the mention of someone's name.

"Taiga, if you ever want to talk, you know we are willing to listen." Ozpin spoke, noticing the change in his voice.

"There's not much to talk about." Taiga responded quickly, changing to a more serious tone, "Past is the past…" he explained, turning his back to them as he walked away.

"One step closer each day." Ozpin sighed.

Weiss stood ready as she stood in front of the caged box, dressed in her normal attire as she gripped her rapier.

"Go Weiss!" Yang cheered on.

"Fight well," Blake added, waving a small red flag with their teams initials on it.

"Yeah, represent Team RWBY!" Ruby cheered happily.

"Ruby, I'm trying to focus!" Weiss snapped.

"Ohh. Sorry…" Ruby apologized as she calmed down.

"Where did you get the flag?" Kiriya asked.

"Alright let the match begin!" Professor Port spoke as he held a golden barreled blunderbus with twin axe blades extending from its stalk.

He then used it to slash off the lock on the cage, letting the front fall off to reveal a Grimm themed after a boar. Like all Grimm, its body was pure black darkness with bone plates all along its back to form organic armor. Its head was covered in a mask and strangely had four eyes. It had two curved tusks extending from the back of its jaw, two fangs from the front of its jaw, and a pair of tusks which jutted up and through the top of the snout. The Grimm roared and charged at Weiss, who quickly stepped to the side while slashing at its side to no effect. Weiss rolled across the ground as the Grimm skid to a halt and turned to face the human who attacked it, focusing the rage on Weiss.

"A Boarbatusk?" Emu blinked, "Those are rare Grimm. They have some of the strongest armor as well. Direct attacks from the front and sides are bad ideas." he gave a quick informative bit.

"Haha! Wasn't expecting that, were you?" Professor Port laughed as Weiss glared down the Grimm.

"Hang in there, Weiss!" Ruby cheered on.

Weiss charged forward, gliding across the ground as the Boarbatusk did the same. Weiss lunged her sword forward, intent on striking at an opening in its armor, but the Grimm swung its head around and snagged its tusk on the blade of her sword. Weiss had to flip into the air to ride out the momentum from her charge. The moment her feet touched the ground, she began trying to wrestle her sword free.

"Bold new approach. I like it!" Professor Port spoke as he watched on.

"Well...it's something." Kiriya added.

"Yeah. Something," Yang agreed, a drop of sweat on the back of her head.

"Break its legs!" Nora cheered.

"Come on, Weiss! Show it who's boss!" Ruby cheered her partner on, Weiss looking up at her for a moment.

This moment of distraction caused her to lose her grip on her sword. The Boarbatusk swung its head around, tossing it far to the other side of the classroom. It then swung its head back and smacked Weiss with its tusks, sending her stumbling back.

"Oho, now what will you do without your weapon?" Professor Port asked.

"Yeesh. That's some tough armor on its body," Jaune noted, "Kinda reminds me of those Armored Boars from Taddle Quest."

"Eh? You play Taddle Quest?" Emu asked.

"Of course. It's one of the best RPG games out there. I love that retro design they use."

"I feel the same way!" Emu spoke happily, "It's such a refreshing type of game."

"Not to sound weird, but why does a Boarbatusk remind you of that game?" Blake asked.

"Oh. That's because to beat them, you have to have a wind spell to flip them over, exposing their weak point," Jaune replied.

"Just like the Boarbatusk. They are armored all over, except for their soft pig bellies." Emu added with a chuckle.

"Soft pig bellies...ah!" Ruby gasped, "Weiss! Go for it's belly!" she shouted as Weiss ducked around the Grimm and made it back to her sword, "There's no armor underneat-"

"Stop telling me what to do!" Weiss snapped, making Ruby shrink back from the sudden bit of rage from her partner.

"Oof. Guess she went from Ice Queen to Fire Queen," Kiriya noted.

The Boarbatusk growled out as it jumped into the air, curling into a ball as it began to spin in place along the ground, going extremely fast until it charged towards Weiss. But the girl quickly spun her sword as she formed a Glyph, colored in blue that stopped the Boarbatusk's charge cold and sent it flying backwards and landing on its back. A second glyph formed behind her, which she jumped up and kicked at with her leg, sending her forward. She stabbed her sword into the soft underbelly of the Grimm, making it squeal in pain until it stopped kicking its legs.

"Bravo, Braa-vo!" Professor Port cheered, seeing Weiss finish the monster.

'Did he not notice the other stuff she did aside from fighting the big pig?' Kiriya pondered, a bead of sweat going down the back of his head.

"Well class, it appears we are indeed in the presence of a true Huntress-in-training," Professor Port noted, "However, I'm afraid that's all the time we have for today," he stated as Weiss shot a small glare at Ruby, "Be sure to cover the assigned readings, and...stay vigilant. Class dismissed."

"Well...she did listen to your advice," Yang noted as Weiss went off, "That's something, right?"

"..."

"I think she's still down from Snow Queen's harsh glares at her," Kiriya noted, noticing Ruby was looking off at the direction Weiss left in.

"Weiss!" Ruby called out as she caught up to her teammate.

"What?" Weiss asked in a harsh tone as she turned around, a frown on her face.

"What is wrong with you? Why are you being…?"

"What's wrong with me? What's wrong with you?!" Weiss frowned further, "you're supposed to be a leader, and all you've been so far is a nuisance!"

"What?! Why?! What did I do?!" Ruby asked.

"That's exactly the point! You've done nothing to earn your position!" Weiss snapped, "Back in the forest, you acted like a child, and you've only continue to do so!"

"Weiss...where is this coming from?" Ruby asked in both hurt and concern, "What happened to all the talk about working together? I thought you believed in acting as a team?"

"Not a team led by you," Weiss scowled, "I studied and trained, and quite frankly I deserve better," she huffed as she turned around, "Ozpin made a mistake." she stated before marching away.

Ruby looked down in sadness as she turned around only to blink as she looked up to see none other than their Headmaster standing there with his cane and faithful mug of warm beverage.

"Hmm...now that didn't seem to go very well," Ozpin noted.

"...Is she right?" Ruby asked as she looked down, "Did you make a mistake?"

"That remains to be seen." he replied calmly with a bit of a smile. Ruby looked at him in confusion at that.

Weiss walked down the hall on her own, still angry from her outburst at Ruby a few moments ago. She still couldn't believe Ozpin picked that….that...child as the leader of the team she wants no part of. She would've preferred if she was on the same team as Phyrra or Emu, but nope. She had to be paired with a child with no tact or abilities as a leader, her slacker sister, and someone who had insulted her family's company the first day of school!

Weiss stopped as she saw Professor Port and Hanaya standing on the balcony staring out at the school. Her thoughts were stopped as she caught the two looking at the setting sun.

"Ah...the view here is always the best, huh?" Peter asked Taiga, who took a sip of a drink.

"Hasn't changed once since I first saw it here all those years ago." Taiga smiled, "This is the best place to view the sunset."

"Hahaha! Six years since then and you still talk like one of our students." he laughed.

"Professor Port? Hanaya?"

"Hmm?" Port raised a slight brow as he and Taiga turned, "Ahh, Miss Schnee! As for what do we owe this fine pleasure?"

"I...I enjoyed your lecture, Professor Port," Weiss answered.

"Of course you did, child. You have the mark of a true huntress in you."

"You really think that?" Taiga asked, "Wow...there really is one each year, isn't there?"

"Told ya." Professor Port laughed at that line, "The ones with the best potential listen! Haha!" he laughed, making his belly jiggle.

"..."

"...Is something bothering you, child?" Port asked, noticing the look on Weiss' face.

"...Yes, sir…" Weiss nodded a bit.

"Dear girl, confess to us your strife!" Port offered, "Professor Hanaya and I will do our best to assist what ails you."

"...Well…I think I should've been the leader of Team RWBY," Weiss stated.

"Hah?" Taiga blinked in confusion.

"That's preposterous." Peter spoke bluntly.

-line break-

"What do you mean?" Ruby asked Ozpin.

"I mean it's only been one day," Ozpin answered, "Ruby...I've made more mistakes than any man, woman and child on this planet. But at this moment, I would not consider your appointment to leader to be one of them," he explained as he leaned in a bit, "Do you?"

"Excuse me?!" Weiss asked in disbelief.

"My dear, I've believed in Professor Ozpin in many years, and the man's never once led me nor Taiga here astray," Peter stated.

"I've been through a lot. But I could always count on him." Taiga added.

"So you're both just blindly accepting his decision, even after seeing how exceptional I am?" Weiss asked.

"With all due respect, Miss Schnee, your exceptional skill on the battlefield is matched only by your poor attitude," Peter admitted in a slight stern manner.

"What?! How dare you!" Weiss snapped.

"And you just proved the point he was making," Taiga spoke up, "A team leader has to worry about the team and everything that can go wrong. When you're a team leader, the last person you can think about is yourself."

"And right now, we do not see someone worthy of being called a leader," Peter continued, "We, especially I, see a girl who has spent her entire life getting exactly what she wanted."

"That's not even remotely true," Weiss huffed.

"..."

"...Well...not entirely true…" Weiss admitted.

"..."

"...Well...somewhat true…"

"We could literally go all day with this…" Taiga whispered to Peter.

"Indeed."

"Being a team leader isn't just a title you carry into battle, but a badge you wear constantly," Ozpin informed to Ruby, "If you are not always performing at your absolute best, then what reason do you give others to follow you?"

"So the outcome did not fall into your favor," Peter stated, "Do you really believe that acting in such a manner would cause those in power to reconsider their decision?"

"..."

"Instead of fretting about what you don't have like a spoiled brat, savor what you do have," Taiga added, "Take a look at what you have now. Enjoy it as long as you have it. It might be taken away from you before you get the chance."

"And hone your skills and perfect every technique so you may protect all you hold dear," Peter continued, "And be not the best leader...but the best person you can be."

"You've been burdened with a daunting responsibility, Ruby," Ozpin stated as he turned around, "I advise you take some time to think about how you will uphold it."

Ruby nodded to herself as Ozpin left. She quickly turned around before gasping in surprise, seeing Kiriya leaning against a wall behind her.

"WAH! Kiriya!" Ruby yelped.

"Yo, Little Red." Kiriya replied sipping a juice packet down, "You looked all out of whack. What's wrong?"

"...Well…"

"...It involves the Ice Queen, doesn't it?"

"..."

"Ah...I got it right in one." he sighed, "You sure got a hell of a partner, you know that."

"Seems everyone knows more about her then I do." Ruby sighed.

"Yeah...well, that's not a good thing you know." Kiriya replied, getting her attention, "You know everyone sees her last name and thinks of her family business, which is often questioned for some of their choices in business." he spoke up, "You told me and Emu about when you first met her. Dark girl talked smack to her and she shut up, right?" he reminded.

"Uh yeah, but…"

"Shh." he spoke up, holding a finger up, "You know the things she said that make her so mad? That's all anyone sees when they look at her, the things her old man has done. So...maybe we can guess why she's always such a hair trigger away from...you know, murdering us all out of blind white furry." he chuckled.

"Hey...She wouldn't do that," Ruby pouted.

"..."

"...Okay...maybe a little."

"Listen up, Red. I can't say I like Ice Queen, not my type honestly. But I can get what it's like when people look at you and see just one thing." Kiriya explained, "You know that feeling too, don'tcha? Everyone sees you and they see.." he trailed off for Ruby to finish the sentence.

"They see the kid who sneaked into Beacon…" she grumbled.

"You know when I say it like that, maybe you two are good for each other. You both got something to prove to others." Kiriya said, "But eh what do I know? I'm just a bike man."

"...Yang's been trying to get you to race her on Bumblebee in your other form, hasn't she?"

"...No…"

"Kiriya, where are ya?!"

"You never saw me," Kiriya hissed to Ruby before running off. He then stopped before he jumped into a random locker someone left open. "The perfect hiding spot~" he whispered, his eyes peering through the vents.

"Hey, Kiri…"

"Eh? Jaune?" Kiriya blinked, his eyes peering over to the locker next to him, "What're you...it was Cardin, wasn't it?"

"What? No….maybe…"

"When someone 'maybe' when they're shoved in a locker, it's always 'yes.'"

"I will shout you're in here."

"...You win this round, Arc."

Night had befallen Beacon, the students all fast asleep in their beds so they could be ready for the next day. The teachers all began to scan the halls for any students who were out past curfew or returned to their offices to work. Among the teachers who was busy was Professor Hanaya. Taiga sat at a desk typing on a computer, two actually. One was doing a scan of the samples from class that day while the other was giving vital readings.

"Ah…" he groaned as he looked at four beds laid out each one having a student...or rather people who would have become students. "Four infected...that's not good." he groaned as the readings kept steady, "Graphite worked too fast…"

"Clearly." Ozpin's voice spoke as he walked in, "Taiga, any chance to remove the Bugsters cultivating inside of them?"

"...No...They are inactive." Taiga shook his head, "I am giving them weak relaxants to keep their stress levels low and help fight off the infection rate. It also makes them sleepy so they will be safe in bed." he explained.

"And how would we get them out?" Ozpin asked.

"We would need to risk letting them stress out enough for a Gamer Driver to pull the Bugster out." Taiga explained as he looked at a Gamer Driver on his desk. "But even I can't take on four of them at once."

"Well you don't have to do it alone. There are currently tw-"

"Don't even finish that sentence, Professor." Taiga spoke quickly, gripping his fist, "This is my burden alone."

"It doesn't have to be." Ozpin countered, "Taiga, it's been five years."

"But nothing has changed." Taiga responded, "In the end, I'm the only one who should be a Kamen Rider." he explained looking at his Driver, "They don't have what it takes to use the name."

"...Then teach them." Ozpin offered.

"What?" Taiga asked looking at his superior.

"You're a teacher of Beacon now, you are our Kamen Rider. Now we have two new ones as students. So why not teach them to keep them from making the same mistake?" Ozpin offered.

"...I'm sorry, but that's something I can't risk," Taiga sighed, shaking his head, "I can't afford the risk of those rookies."

"Well...you're still their teacher, Taiga." Ozpin said with a sad smile, "If not for yourself...for them." he motioned to a frame picture of Taiga with a team of four men counting him.

All of them wore black military style clothing, with Taiga holding a sniper rifle over his shoulder and a black cloak around his shoulders, the clear difference was in the picture Taiga's hair was perfectly black, right next to Taiga was a man who was a little bit on the heavy side, but still looked strong and dependable, he was pushing his glasses up with one hand while he slung his other on Taiga's shoulder for the picture. The other two a man with dark skin with a buzzcut hairstyle and a green tattoo under his eye and the other a young man with spiky blue hair a bushy dog like tail laughing at them. The group of four teenagers all seemed so...happy.

"..." Taiga said nothing as he turned away and focused back on his work, "Good night, Professor."

"Good night Taiga…" Ozpin nodded with a sigh as he walked out.

Taiga looked at the door before he pulled out the same game cartridge device as Emu and Kiriya.

"I can at least see if any of you 4 have the Bugster for my Gashat." he muttered, naming the game device as a Gashat.

It was a dark navy blue with a poorly rendered virtual figure dressed as a soldier with a cloak and a long tuft of hair over his right eye and holding a gun. Taiga pressed the button, making the card light up dark blue.

=BANG BANG Shooting!=

Taiga plugged the Gashat into his Gamer Driver which he then connected a cable into which fed into the computer, reading the data of the four before one of them lit up blue.

"Found you...Captain Revol." he smirked before he heard a different kind of beeping noise, "Huh...someone with compatibility? Who could that…? Oh no...no no no no no...No. Anyone but him."

"Achoo! Wo-woah!" Jaune yelped as he fell out of bed, "Ah...man that was a bad one," he sniffled.

"Jaune, are you going to come with us?" Ren asked as Nora held a bowl of popcorn.

"Come on! Emu's got a 70 inch plasma screen in his room! He is freakin' loaded from tournament money!" Nora beamed.

"...Thanks, but I think…"

"He's got Taddle Quest~"

"I'm in," Jaune instantly shot up at that.

"Jaune, shouldn't you finish your studies?" Pyrrha asked.

"Oh come on Pyrrha…" Jaune complained, "It's not like Emu…"

"Oh he finished his work in Port's class." Nora responded. "We all did!"

"What?!"

"Yes, what did you think we were doing when not playing with his game console?" Ren asked.

"..." Jaune just stared at his team with his mouth agape in surprise.

"You finish up." Pyrrha said handing him a text book. "We'll be back in a bit." she smiled.

"Wait. You're going too?"

"Are you kidding me? Kiriya has a hot chocolate machine." Pyrrha laughed happily, "Finish up and come join us, okay?"

"...Okay," Jaune sighed as he sat down.

"Party in the cool guys dorm!" Kiriya shouted as he walked past their door with a bag of chips, "Come on. We're gonna watch the cheesy movie based off Taddle Quest and see how many jokes we can make about it's bad depiction!"

"Oh, come on!" Jaune exclaimed.

Weiss sighed as she finally made it back to her room after a long walk around the campus to think things out. The teachers' words hit hard...but they did their task and made her think hard. With how she had been acting, she had to admit that she was acting like a spoiled brat who did not get what they wanted. As she turned the corner hallway towards her room, she began remembering the words from Professor Hanaya. Look at what she has, and enjoy it while she can. Those words got her attention so much. What did he mean…? Was he referring to the objects she's gained with her money? Or could it be he meant something different, something that he had felt? She would have thought of it more if she hadn't heard the sounds of her team and friends laughing from the room shared by Kiriya and Emu.

Weiss walked up to the door which was left open, she peeked inside to see Emu, Kiriya, Yang, Blake, Pyrrha, Ren and Nora all in the room watching a movie and laughing at the screen in spite of it seeming to be some poorly acted serious scene.

"Emu, how many cliches was that line?" Kiriya asked.

"I count...9." Emu checked his hands.

"I got 10." Ren replied with a chuckle.

"I counted way more than that," Blake smirked, "This movie is so bad, why are we watching it?"

"To point and laugh at it's stupidity!" Nora cheered.

"Hey, at least the effects aren't terrible." Yang added.

"Sadly, that seems to be where their budget went rather then paying for good actors and writers." Emu chuckled. "Movies based on games rarely ever turn out to be good."

"He's not wrong." Nora nodded.

"But it is fun to make fun of the really bad ones." Yang added.

"Hey, at least it's giving us some form of enjoyment." Kiriya added with a grunt as he jumped and landed on a pair of beds that had been pushed together to act like one big bed, "No teachers, no work, no...WEISS!" he panicked, seeing her at the door, "I knew it...you're here to kill me, ain'tcha?" he said as he grabbed Emu as a human shield, "Well you have to get through him first!"

"Kiriya...you're being a little too…" Emu began before blinking as he vanished.

"He's already jumped out the window." Pyrrha explained.

"Hey Weiss, want to join us?" Yang asked happily, "We all decided to have a movie night in honor of our first day at Beacon being over!"

"No. I…" Weiss paused as she sighed a bit, "Where's Ruby?"

"She's in our room. She says she wanted to double check her notes or something." Blake replied, "She said she'd come over if she finished."

"Notes?" Weiss blinked as she walked out of the doorway.

"So...back to the movie?" Nora asked.

"Oh what do you thi-hoo~! Jalapena! This is some spicy popcorn!" Kiriya shouted while climbing back in through the window, his reaction causing him to let go again.

"He'll be fine. He's been through much worse." Yang said as they all peeked out the window.

"Yeah...BY YOU!" Kiriya shouted.

"Name one time."

"Oh gee. How about that fight you started at that one club?!"

"We always get into club brawls."

"You freakin' slugged me!"

"I thought you were one of those guys that were trying to cop a feel!"

"I was the only one without a freakin' sword! ...Wait. Or where they bats?...nevermind! Point is, y-"

"Ignoring…"

"Don't you shut that wi-" Kiriya began before Yang closed the window, "...you edgy bitch."

Weiss opened the door to Team RWBY's room. Walking inside, she looked around before spotting Ruby on her bed, asleep with multiple books on her pillow, most open with the lamp nearby turned on. The ravenette with red highlights was even holding a pencil in her sleep. Weiss, looking amazed at Ruby's determination, cleared her throat and gently shook the other girl awake, who had to take a second to regain consciousness and started flailing in surprise.

"Weiss! I-I was studying, and then I fell asleep! I'm sorry…" Ruby began before Weiss put her hand over Ruby's mouth and a finger to her own lips.

Weiss looked at the pillow covered in open books to see an empty mug with a wolf-motif to it lying on the pillow and picked it up, lowering her hand from Ruby's mouth in the process, "How do you take your coffee?"

"I... I don't..." Ruby began to try to answer.

"Answer the question." Weiss insisted, getting irritated.

"Uhh, cream and five sugars!" Ruby replied.

Weiss sighed before she climbed down, confusing Ruby, "Don't move." Weiss ordered as Ruby quickly moved back into place. Ruby blinked as Weiss suddenly returned holding a mug filled with coffee just the way Ruby explained she liked it. "Here."

"Um, thanks Weiss." Ruby smiled, taking the warm mug.

Weiss smiled a little at that before her look turned apologetic, "Ruby, I think you have what it takes to be a good leader." Ruby smiled at her at those words, "Just know that I am going to be the best teammate you'll ever have!" the two shared a smile, "Good luck studying!" she began to go down before going back up and point at a paper on one of the books, "That's wrong, by the way." she smirked, climbing down finally.

Ruby blinked looking at her notes real quick. Weiss was right...she did get that part wrong. Nonetheless Ruby smiled, it was a step closer to best friends in her mind.

"Hey, Ruby." Weiss called out from the door.

"Uh-huh?" Ruby asked, looking at her teammate.

"I always wanted bunk beds as a kid." Weiss admitted with a slight smile as she closed the door.

Ruby smiled at that as she turned back to her work and happily returned to it. Ruby then blinked as she heard cheering from next door.

"Weiss is here!" Nora laughed, making Ruby smile even more.

Taiga pressed a button on his computer as the lights all turned on in the doctor's office. A machine descended from the roof as it began scanning one of the students. Taiga took his Gashat before clicking it.

=BANG BANG Shooting!=

At that, a blue wave of digital energy swept over the room before stopping on the one student the machine was scanning. Suddenly, his vitals began to rise in a dangerous level. The machine turned around before an arm lowered and began projecting a second light that scanned the student's body until stopping at a spot in his chest. Taiga smirked as he snapped his fingers, causing the machine to lower two arms that projected lights that touched the spot before they somehow pulled a mass of orange the size of a basketball out.

"Begin the hunt." Taiga said as the machine absorbed the mass before the student's vitals all began to lower to normal. "I knew it would work." he smirked, patting the machine.

The tower above the school lit up before a mass of...something was launched into the forest.

*BEEP-BEEP!*

"Ah! I'm up!" Emu shouted, falling out of his bed as he grabbed his scroll. "A bugster?" he blinked, seeing the warning signal.

"Aguh...no...no more… candy… for…" Kiriya groaned on the floor before he shot up, hearing the same beeping, "AH! No more sugar for Nora!" he shouted before grabbing his scroll, "Huh? That's not my parents...but that should be their ring tone."

"Kiriya...are you okay to fight?" Emu asked.

"I'm sorry...I have...headaches...ugh." he groaned, falling over.

"We should have stopped Yang and Nora from tossing you out the window all those times." Emu muttered.

"Well you should've stopped Miss Hyperactive from eating all that candy!" Kiriya argued before wincing, "Ahh...ahh...bad idea. Bad idea…"

"Yeah...I should've realized something bad would've happened from how pale Ren got," Emu admitted, "Alright, I got this one. You just...rest."

"Way ahead of you, buddy," was all Kiriya said before he fell back asleep, "Zzz…"

"Still, I need help finding the Bugster." he muttered as he changed into his clothes while making his way out the door.

"Morning, Emu." Jaune waved, "Why aren't you in your uniform?"

"Oh...well…" Emu began before he had a lightbulb, "Jaune… we're going Bugster hunting."

"..." Jaune turned and began to run only for Emu to grab him by his collar. "No! I don't want to hunt video game characters!"

"I need help!" Emu complained, pulling on his legs now as Jaune grabbed onto the doorknob to Team RWBY's room.

"I don't wanna!" Jaune cried.

"What's all that racket?!" Weiss asked, opening the door causing them both to fall over. "What are you two doing so early in the morning?" Weiss was dressed in her regular attire rather than her uniform.

"He won't help me hunt Bugsters!"

"He's trying to use me as monster bait!"

"That is so not...100 percent true…" Emu trailed off.

"See!" Jaune shouted.

"I'll help you." Weiss replied simply.

"Really?" Emu blinked.

"Of course, better someone close to your skill level right?" Weiss argued.

"I'll provide back up!" Jaune instantly offered.

'So obvious…' Both Emu and Weiss mentally muttered.

"So...Bugster?" Weiss spoke.

"Let's go." Emu nodded as they ran off.

Taiga walked across the courtyard, holding his scroll up as it lead him in the direction of the forest. He looked at the device as it let out a radar-like signal and caught a blip a while away and getting closer. He smirked as he realized how close the target was getting to him.

"Stupid Bugster." he chuckled.

"Professor Hanaya?" Ruby asked, appearing behind him and making Taiga fumble his scroll in his hands, "Oh it is you! I knew it! You're the only teacher here with white and black hair." she smiled.

"Ruby Rose?" Taiga blinked, "What are you doing out here so early?"

"It most certainly is not to find my text book which I tossed out my window in a bit of rage over a paragraph that made no sense." Ruby explained quickly.

"..." 'There's always one that does it on the first week…'

"What are you doing out here so early?"

"You're still in trouble for the book if you lost it." Taiga spoke bluntly, making her fall over.

"Oh...you just had to be the super smart teacher." Ruby cried.

"If I was Professor Port, that would have worked, kid." Taiga shook his head before the beeping became louder. "Crap."

"What's tha- AH!" she panicked, tackling her teacher out of the way of a rocket that almost hit him. "Who's shooting rockets?!" Ruby shouted as she shot up.

"Forward march!" a gruff voice spoke before a figure fully covered in metal armor walked out.

It looked like a man garbed in a full metal armor with grey legs and white waist armor. His chest plate had...grenades seemingly merged into the metal. His right shoulder was thicker and padded in kevlar while the matching arm was a giant artillery weapon consisting of three machine gun barrels and a grenade launcher. His left shoulder only had an armor plate while his upper arm had armor with three sheathed knives within. His gauntlet was white on the bottom with a grey plate on the top with a pistol barrel extending over his normal left hand. It had what looked to be a rocket launcher attached to its back, but much more literal looking like a pipe extending from his body. His head/helmet resembled a rugged military man's face with two glowing eyes, and a 'mouth' in a permanent scowl. He also seemed to have a night vision set lifted up and acting like a visor above his head.

"Revol…" Taiga growled, seeing the monster.

"Men Halt! Aten hut!" he chanted, stomping his feet.

"Uhm...dude...you got no men." Ruby pointed out.

"...I KNOW!" he shouted after an awkward moment of silence, "I was forced to deploy before I could amass my full power! Now I have no platoon...no team...I don't even have a lacky Private! It's a disgrace, I might as well be court marshaled right now!"

"What?" Ruby blinked.

"He's not at full power otherwise he'd be able to spawn an army of grunts on the spot." Taiga explained.

"Oh!" Ruby nodded.

"You! It's you again, Taiga Hanaya!"

"Uhm...Professor...you're friends with a monster?" Ruby asked.

"No… last time he appeared, I got him with a clean headshot." Taiga explained, "He's a Bugster from the virtual world."

"Whoa...I have no idea what those are." Ruby quickly lied.

"You lie about as good as any kid." Taiga shook his head.

"Found it!" Emu shouted as he and Weiss skidded to a halt in front of Revol. "AH! It's Captain Revol!"

"Who?" Weiss asked.

"He's the main enemy from the First Person Shooter game Bang Bang Shooting. He's a gun loving maniac who is obsessed with military operations and strategy. But his character is kind of stupid." he whispered the last part.

"Oh...I s-" Weiss began before she noticed Ruby, "What the?! Ruby?!"

"Weiss!" Ruby cheered, moving to hug her only to miss and fall over. "Ow…"

"More maggots!" Revol shouted before they all paused and turned to Jaune who panted as he finally caught up, his sword and shield in hand.

"Ah….ooh….oof...okay I'm here...let's...fall over." he groaned doing so. "Hi Ruby."

"Hi Jaune." Ruby smiled.

"Do all of you First years do this much randomness?" Taiga asked.

"D'oh...gah! Raggle-fraggin'...!" Revol twitched, "WILL YOU PAY ATTENTION, MAGGOTS?!"

"I got this!" Emu said pulling out his Gashat before Taiga lifted him by the hood of his jacket...and tossed him into the bushes, "Ah!"

"Emu?!" everyone panicked. "Professor Hanaya?!"

"Your enemy is me, Revol." Taiga replied, "Let's hope that after five years, you haven't lost your edge." he smirked as the wind blew his lab coat up, revealing the Gamer Driver in his hand as he put it on.

"Wait...isn't that…?" Jaune trailed off.

"..." Taiga pulled out his gashat twirling it around on his right hand's index finger before he stopped it and clicked the button.

=BANG BANG Shooting!=

"Henshin." Taiga smiled, slotting it into the Gamer Driver.

=Gashatto! Let's Game! Metcha Game! Mutcha Game! What's your name?! I'm a Kamen Rider!=

The character select screen formed as Taiga lifted his left hand with his index and middle finger pointed like a gun and his thumb the hammer. "Bang…" he whispered, 'shooting' at a character who had red eyes, or rather eye as he had long bangs of hair covering his right eye.

The white bulky armor formed around Taiga as his helmet finished the chibi form which, true to when Emu and Kiriya used it, caused him to become about as short as Ruby and Weiss whom he used to tower over. His helmet was a dark navy blue tactical helmet with two targeting devices over each ear ending with green pointer screens. A red scope device formed on the brow over the left eye while neon green letters printed on the right side of his helmet read 'STG' with green hair forming under the helmet and over his right eye. His mouthplate resembled a paintball mask and was silver with two black air mesh breathing ports near the side and nose holes. The rider's red eyes lit up along with the screen on his chest with two options. One was a large bullet resembling a rifle round while the other was three regular bullets.

"Eh?!" Emu shouted, sitting up at seeing the new Kamen Rider.

"My name is Kamen Rider...Snipe." Snipe introduced himself his eyes shone vibrant red.

"Snipe?" Weiss and Jaune repeated.

"Oh my god! He makes the cute form look cool!" Ruby shouted.

"Take a good look, Rookies." Snipe spoke to the students, "You're about to see how a real Huntsman...and a Real Kamen Rider handles things." he said as he pushed a button on his hip.

=STAGE SELECT!=

At that, a stage select screen formed around him as he scrolled through all the options before he stopped on one. The image was an abandoned warzone battle field with cars and obstacles to hide behind for a gunfight. The screen then grew big and swallowed everyone present, dropping them off in a deserted rocket wasteland with wrecked cars and obstacles all around them.

"You guys can teleport?!" Ruby shouted.

"Yeah, but I didn't see a need to use it back in the forest. It was already out of the way." Emu explained as he and Jaune ended up locked inside of a wrecked car.

"Do you think he put us in here on purpose?" Jaune asked as he noticed the locks on the door had been shot so they couldn't just pull them up to unlock..

"You're out of the way that way, Arc." Snipe responded, "Believe it or not, I need you in one piece for later." he explained as a ring formed around him and an 'App' with a handgun swung around the ring and into Snipe's hand.

The gun had a white handle, with a large blue colored body, a yellow 'STG' along the back, and two barrels on the left. The right had green energy explosions pointing out and the front was actually flat and round, connecting to a point on the front for hammering enemies. A pair of buttons, a green A and orange B, were stationed a few inches in front of where the trigger was and implied that it was a right handed pistol. It also had the Gashat slot in the back of the pistol acting as the hammer location.

=GASHACON MAGNUM!=

"Oh wow~!" Ruby awed, stars appearing in her eyes.

"Mission Start!" Snipe said as he aimed and unleashed green energy bullets at Revol who rolled away while shooting from right arm.

Both Gunfighters hid behind cover before running out and shooting at one another while running across the new battlefield. Snipe flipped over a car before he aimed as a green and blue barrel making it explode and leave behind a light-blue medal depicting a Rider-like figure resembling Ex-Aid Level Two becoming half transparent, "Item captured." he spoke as he rolled forward and into it.

=Tomei-ka!=

Snipe then vanished from sight just as Revol fired a rocket from his shoulder launcher. Revol blinked and looked around, shooting randomly before he felt bullets hit his shoulder from behind. Revol roared before he was punched across the face, making him back away. The Bugster then 'Oofed' when he was kicked in the abdomen. Revol groaned before he felt what he knew was the bottom of Snipe's Magnum hitting his face. Revol was hit several more times by an invisible enemy before he was shot in the face, making him fall into a crate made of wood.

Snipe became visible again as he pressed the B button, creating a charging noise. He then aimed and began unleashing a barrage of orange energy bullets that rained on Revol and the explosive container behind him. Revol cried as he was launched into the air, screaming like a goof.

"Amazing…" Weiss muttered, "He's using such a cumbersome form and fighting so well."

"Of course. This form has a purpose." Snipe spoke up sitting on a car as if taking a break. "Level 1 is meant to weaken a Bugster so you can separate them from their host. Once that's done, you can end the mission with taking them out." he spoke, "If you can't learn to fight well in this state, you shouldn't even waste time leveling up."

"Ouch," Jaune cringed before looking over at Emu, "You think Kiriya would make some sort of crack about the bravado being overcompensating for his small height if he were here?"

"Oh big time…" Emu groaned. "Still, we should get out of here." he muttered as he began kicking the windshield.

"What are you doing?" Jaune asked in confusion as the glass began cracking.

"This car is old. The windshield is, of course, of a weaker glass, so it's easy to dislodge after damaging it enough." Emu explained as he knocked the whole thing off with one last kick before he crawled out.

"Where did you learn that?" Jaune shouted, following him out.

"Video games!"

"Ah...ugh...not...funny…" Revol groaned, getting back on his feet. "You maggots are gonna fall...all...10 of you?"

"Back for more already?" Snipe asked as he tossed his gun up into the air, making everyone blink.

"What is he doing?" Weiss gasped.

"What are you doing?! That poor gun!" Ruby panicked.

"Dai Ni...senjutsu." Snipe spoke out as he threw a two finger salute before he grabbed the lever and flicked it open.

=Gachan! LEVEL UP!=

Snipe took one step back as a blue screen formed in front of him before he combat rolled forward and then through it. He then leapt up into the air, catching his magnum before he shot around at targets all around him.

=BABANGBANG! BANGBABANG! YOW! BANG BANG SHOOTING! (GO!)=

With that, Snipe's armor burst off, leaving a tall level 2 form as he fired a beam of energy into the sky. The figure landed on the ground as everyone looked at his form. Like Ex-Aid, he had a solid colored suit. His was a dark navy blue with neon green markings along his sides in a flaming tribal marking pattern. His arms and legs had the black sleeves, but with neon green ends, even neon green sneakers/boots as well. His shoulder armor was navy blue and hexagonal while molding to his shoulders. Each one had a large stud extending from it and neon green piping around the edge. Finally, a neon green cloak/cape formed around Snipe's neck/collar before it hung off his right side. Snipe tossed his cloak back as he twirled his Magnum around in his right hand before he crouched down in a pose while holding his magnum in a revolver quickdraw stance.

"Kamen Rider Snipe, Level 2!" Snipe stated.

"...Is it just me, or is the Level Up sequence you guys do the best thing I've ever seen?" Jaune asked.

"Agreed," Ruby nodded enthusiastically, stars once more in her eyes, "Especially that one just now. Oh~The shooting. Not a single miss and no need for a reload!"

"Ruby, focus," Weiss facepalmed.

"Okay Revol, ready to end our little duel?" Snipe asked with a chuckle.

"Must...get...men…" Revol groaned as he fell into one of the Green/Blue barrels. A Magenta medal with a Rider multiplying himself then rose up and into Revol.

=Bushin!=

"Ah...Reinforcements!" he shouted glowing as the multiplication item caused the virus that made up his body to begin multiplying. After a few moments of glowing an orange burst came from him and reformed into these strange little orange heads that...kinda...sorta looked like roasted chickens only orange and like some kind of creepy bug.

"...A...Are their heads...cooked chicken?" Ruby tilted her head.

"They look like the food enemies from Mighty Action X!" Emu shouted.

"Those...are the deadly Bugster virus…? Those...really?! REALLY!?" Weiss snapped.

"Suit up!" Revol ordered as the grunts saluted and suddenly were garbed in black tactical gear. "Lock and load your weapons, privates!" at that, all the grunts formed machine guns and shotguns in their arms.

"...You were saying?" Emu deadpanned at Weiss.

"Okay...that...that's bad," Weiss muttered.

"That is so awesome!" Ruby squealed, "They look like Benelli Super Black Eagle II shotguns! Oh~! Are those M249 SAWs? Oh, I think I…"

"Rookies!" Snipe shouted at them, making them all jump, "Listen up! I'm new to the teacher game, but… as your teacher, you're my back up now." he spoke, making them all blink, "So… load up." he spoke with a sigh, "Schnee, you and Ex-Aid will begin frontal assault; Arc, you will defend Rose, who will provide long range support. Revol is mine, understood?"

"Yes, Professor Hanaya!" they all spoke in unison.

"That's Snipe!" he corrected.

"Unfair! You can't recruit underaged soldiers!" Revol argued shaking his normal hand at Snipe.

"Coming from the guy who can't fight without an army?" Snipe replied bluntly.

"Are...did we just get drafted?" Jaune asked.

"Well...let's hope it means we won't be in trouble in class anymore." Emu said putting his belt on and pulling out his Gashat. "Dai-Henshin!"

=LEVEL UP! MIGHTY JUMP! MIGHTY KICK! MIGHTY-MIGHTY ACTION X!=

Ex-Aid landed with a flip as he stood next to snipe. "Let's clear this with no continues, Professor Snipe!" Ex-Aid chuckled, grabbing his Breaker.

"Heh...hehehe!" Snipe laughed, "Alright then!" he replied as Weiss stood between them, "If you guys can beat my high score of 200 grunts...I'll give you a pass for the next month." he offered to Ex-Aid and Weiss.

"A pass?" Weiss blinked.

"A month of meaning we don't have to come in. Our A's are guaranteed!" Ex-Aid explained with a chuckle.

"You can do that?" Weiss blinked looking at Snipe.

"Only if you're willing to try." Snipe replied twirling his Magnum. "Let the mission begin! Our objective: eliminate Captain Revol."

"Alright!" Ex-Aid excitedly cheered, "We'll clear this with no continues!"

"YEAH!" Ruby shouted as she pulled our Crescent Rose and aimed it while sitting atop a car.

"I have several complaints!" Jaune complained.

"Hmph, try and keep up." Weiss smirked pulling out her sword.

"Oh trust me, I intend to do more then keep up." Ex-Aid chuckled.

"Attack!/CHARGE!" Snipe and Revol ordered at the same time as they all rushed the other side.

(Cue Insert song: Kamen Rider Girls: Stormy Story)

Snipe began shooting at the grunts making them stumble back as they returned fire. Ex-Aid jumped before he swung his Breaker down and smashed the ground, causing a shockwave that knocked most of them up into the air and the rest to fall over. Weiss jumped over Ex-Aid's shoulder before she began stabbing her sword forward rapidly and hit multiple grunts, sending them all flying away. As Weiss landed, Ex-Aid flipped into the air over her before he slammed his hammer onto the head of a grunt and buried it into the ground till only his head was above ground. Ex-Aid cried as Snipe jumped off his head.

"Why is everyone jumping off me?!" Ex-Aid asked as Snipe aimed and unleashed a barrage of green energy bullets on the grunts.

Snipe landed with a roll as he ran through the army of grunts, pistol whipping anyone who got in his way. He swung his leg, hooking one of them and sending them both to the ground as he grabbed the grunt in a leg lock. Snipe quickly grabbed its shotgun as he fired at a grunt's head, making it explode. Snipe rolled to the left before he stopped on his back and shot at three grunts who tried to attack him. Snipe then scoffed as he shot the head of the grunt he leg locked. Snipe then rolled back before landing on his feet and shooting. He tapped the B Button a total of three times as the 'Hair' covering his right eye lit up revealing a HUD system displaying an overhead map with all the bugsters colored in orange, meanwhile everyone else in white. Snipe aimed before pulling the trigger and unleashing an endless barrage of shots that hit all the grunts making many of them all explode. Snipe held his Magnum up to his face before he blew the smoke coming from it away.

Ex-Aid shouted as he ran through the grunt horde, swinging his hammer around and sending them flying out of his path with each one he smacked. He ran up to one grunt who was polishing a helmet. The grunt blinked and put the helmet on only for Ex-Aid to smash its head, denting the helmet and its own orange skull in the process. Ex-Aid chuckled as he spun around swinging his Gashacon Breaker sending a large grouping of them flying away. Ex-Aid tapped the B Button 5 times before he jumped and flipped forward into the air. He then swung down with his roll and smashed his hammer into the ground while pressing the trigger. A 5 wave shockwave spread across the ground causing all the barrels to explode along with some cars sending grunts flying into the air. Ex-Aid slowly stood up as dust and embers fell around him.

Weiss blocked a swing from a grunt who used its emptied shotgun as a club. She smirked as she ducked around it before swinging her sword three times. The grunt blinked before falling apart as glowing bits of data...seemingly more confused than hurt. Weiss then leaned back as she pierced the head of a grunt. She then pulled her sword free before swinging down then up in a graceful manner cutting the arms off a grunt. She then spun around on the heels of her boots slashing three grunts before she formed a Back Glyph blocking bullets all aimed at her. She smirked as she flicked it changing it's color to white sending them all flying back at the grunts peppering them with their own bullets. Weiss jumped into the air before she formed another glyph to jump off and send her over a whole hoard of the grunts. Upon landing the girl in white stabbed the ground with her sword sending a wave of ice, trapping the grunts in place and taking them by surprise. She pulled the trigger on her weapon as the chamber spun and it began glowing red with fire. She shouted, swinging her sword and sending a wave of fire that incinerated a large number of the grunts. All that was left where their combat boots which where steaming from the flash melted ice.

Weiss blinked as she heard a shot as a grunt that was trying to sneak up on her was taken down. Ruby smiled and waved to her partner, she then began shooting more as she took down a grunt with a headshot each time. She then jumped over a shot that went under her before she aimed down and fired a round that tore through two grunts. Ruby landed back on the car before unfolding her weapon to scythe mode and swinging it around, taking the head off one of the grunts as some began to focus on her and Jaune. Ruby then quickly aimed her Crescent Rose and fired a round as it hit a grenade in the hand of one of the grunts, causing an explosion that send several of them flying.

"AH!" Jaune shouted as he slashed a grunt, making it stumble back; he then held his shield up as he was pelted by gunfire which began pushing him away, "Why do they like me?!" he shouted as he ducked around an obstacle. He then swung wildly, cutting a grunt before one tackled him. "Oh god, it's got me!" he panicked as he began bashing it's face with his shield. "Get...Off! Of! ME!" he shouted as one last bash left the grunt with a paper flat face as it gurgled and fell off of him. "Oh thank god...it's dead…" he sighed before the body's arm shot up and began trying to choke him, "It's not dead! It's not dead!"

"Hah…" Snipe shook his head, seeing that, as he pushed the A button, his gun then unfolded open, the part that folded open extending greatly...forming a Rifle, it's orange barrel showing a frozen image of an energy bullet flying out. A yellow scope folded out from the side as well. He quickly aimed and unleashed a large yellow blast of energy that took down five of the grunts who had surrounded Jaune. "Arc! What's the matter with you!?" he shouted.

"Ha!" Ex-Aid shouted as he swung his Gashacon Breaker in its sword mode at a grunt before striking another with the pommel of it before switching to its hammer mode to bash its head in.

"Hmph." Weiss smirked, slashing apart several grunts along with their firearms.

"Jaune, you okay?" Ruby asked as she sliced a grunt in half.

"Yeah...just...I feel a little out of sorts…" Jaune grunted, pausing for a moment "What with enemies who shoot back." he quickly finished.

"Oh...that makes sense. I mean, you only have a shield and sword after all." Ruby chuckled, "Don't worry! We just have to leave this to Professor Hanaya, Emu, and Weiss!" she smiled, "They are really good at this whole fighting other humanoid enemy thing."

"Y-Yeah. Right," Jaune nodded.

"What are you knuckleheads doing?! I should have you all court marshaled!" Revol shouted slapping the back of a grunt's head, "Wait...where is the pink one?"

"Yoohoo~" Ex-Aid said, laying down on a car behind him, "Looking for me?" he taunted before jumping over Revol with a spinning flip; as he spun around in the air, he swung his hammer and hit Revol's giant chin, sending him flying into the car.

"Schnee, now!" Snipe ordered as he fired a rifle shot at the car while Weiss formed a Glyph before she fired five bolts of blue energy which coiled around Snipe's rifle shot. The combined blast hit the car, exploding brightly as Revol was launched into the sky again.

"CURSE YOU, SNIPE~!"

"Oh...he is so bad at this Captain job." Ex-Aid laughed as he landed next to Snipe and Weiss.

"I think his old design where he was a Sergeant was better." Snipe spoke up.

"Eh? That was a thing?" Ex-Aid asked.

"He was suppose to be a shotgun obsessed idiot...but for some reason, they had to pull that." Snipe went on before coughing into his hand. "He's still kind of an idiot."

"Agreed." Weiss sighed.

"Oh big time." Ex-Aid laughed.

"Ah….augh...help me up, Private!" Revol ordered as grunts helped him stand up.

"Now it's time for the-AH!" Ex-Aid cried as Snipe pushed him away by shoving his face sending him falling into a barrel. "Weiss...please...help me...oh no I'm rolling."

"Revol is my target. Don't step in on my mission, Rookie." Snipe said seriously.

"Hai~..." Ex-Aid groaned as he got free.

"Schnee, give me a hand." Snipe ordered as he charged at Revol.

"Right!" Weiss agreed as she glided across the ground next to Snipe.

Snipe reverted his Magnum to handgun mode as he aimed and fired while rapidly pressing the B button keeping up an endless barrage of gunfire on Revol and his men. Revol roared as he aimed and fired with everything he had along with his grunts. Snipe grunted, avoiding gunfire as best he could with Weiss doing the same. Both blinked as Revol fired a mortar round from his back. Ex-Aid shouted as he jumped onto a platform before he smashed a block and grabbed a medal colored in grey with a Rider standing his ground as a sword broke upon hitting him. Ex-Aid swung his hammer and smacked the mortar round back at Revol and his men distracting him as he fell.

=Kotetsu-Ka!=

Ex-Aid landed on the ground, making it shake as his entire body turned into metal. Ex-Aid laughed as he began marching forward, each step shaking the ground as bullets and explosives hit him with no effect. Weiss got behind Ex-Aid as he tanked each and every shot aimed at them. Revol roared before his men were all taken out by sniper shots from Ruby. Reval roared and aimed at her only to get shot at by Snipe, who blured from cover to cover and raining fire on them.

Reval growled before he turned to see Ex-Aid in front of him still made from metal. Ex-Aid smashed his head into Revol's making him back away. Revol was then shot by Ruby several times making him back away. Ex-Aid returned to normal as he transformed his Breaker into sword form.

"Eat this, Ex-Aid!" he roared, shooting a grenade at the pink Rider.

Ex-Aid slashed his sword down, slicing the explosive in two as it exploded to his sides. Ex-Aid then charged as he slashed Revol across the chest, making him back away with sparks racing off from the hit. The Kamen Rider swung again landing Revol's shoulder. Revol swung his right to unleash bullets, but Ex-Aid grabbed the arm to keep him from aiming.

"Unhand me, you barbarian!" Revol roared, shooting his left hand machine gun into Ex-Aid's side, making him grunt in pain.

"Now Weiss!" Ex-Aid shouted.

"Wha?!" Revol blinked before he was slashed by Weiss, Revil grunted and aimed his remaining left arm gun only for the sword to pierce into the barrel. After a few seconds, the back of it exploded, making Revol cry in pain. "Why you little…!"

"Who are you calling little?!" Weiss snapped, taking her sword back before slashing the Bugster multiple times across the chest. She then stabbed it into his chest plate and formed a glyph over it.

"Let's nail this lesson home!" Ex-Aid said as he tapped the B button on his Gashacon Breaker hammer mode 5 times with his head, he then swung it and struck the glyph. For a moment, nothing happened before one shockwave came from Revol, and then a second, a third began sending him sliding across the ground before a fourth lifted him up into the air, and the final one sent him flying into the hood of a car, "Hmm...I dub that combo, 5 Glyph Crusher!"

"No." Weiss said simply.

"Come on."

"..."

"Come on~"

"How are you giving me puppy dog eyes?!" Weiss demanded, seeing Ex-Aid's eyes become dilated and sparkly.

"You razza-frazzin', no good…" Revol growled as he began to get up, albeit very slowly.

"Emu, finish it!" Ruby cheered.

"Alright it's time-Gah!" he cried as Snipe pushed him away again.

"The finishing strike belongs to me remember." Snipe explained simply as Ex-Aid fell into a ditch.

"I'm okay!"

Snipe pulled out his Gashat and plugged it into his Gashacon Magnum. Revol blinked as Snipe walked up to him...before he broke into a full sprint. Revol panicked and aimed his right arm to shoot, only to be distracted as Snipe tossed his rifle into the air. The Bugster then grunted as he felt a kick to his chest. Snipe continued on as he punched with his right before using the momentum to swing his left leg for a reverse roundhouse to Revol's face, breaking his visor. Snipe then jumped as he swung his right leg, landing a flying roundhouse that knocked Revol back. Snipe landed on the ground with his back to Revol before he grabbed his rifle and pointed it backwards over his shoulder. Revol blinked, seeing the glowing blue mass of energy at the end of the rifle.

=KIMIWAZA!=

"Bang…" Snipe whispered, pulling the trigger.

=BANG BANG CRITICAL FINISH!=

At that, a blue beam shot from the gun and through Revol's body, the force pushing Snipe forward as it were before he dug his feet in. The beam went on for a few more feet before hitting something, causing a large explosion in the background behind the gunmen Rider. Revol cried in pain before he too exploded as large words formed in the air the smoke, acting like a sort of background word bubble.

=PERFECT! GAME CLEAR!=

Snipe closed his driver, making his armor vanish in blue light as suddenly everything returned to normal, leaving them all back on the school's courtyard. Taiga held up his Gashat and blew on it like his gun before he slipped it into a pocket in his lab coat. He turned to walk away...only to stop when Ruby was mere inches away from him, puppy dog eyes mixed with stars in her eyes.

"Your gun is so awesome~!" Ruby said, her voice cracking from how high it was due to excitement.

"Ah...Miss Rose." Taiga blinked in surprise.

"It's like a switch got flipped," Jaune whispered as Emu nodded.

"Ruby!" Weiss shouted, making Ruby whine and back away from Taiga. "Good Ruby…" she then pointed at a bench, "Sit!"

"Oh come on, Weiss…" Jaune began before Emu put his hands on his head and made him turn to see Ruby follow the command with a happy smile. "Ne...nevermind."

"You know...you kids aren't half bad at this." Taiga spoke up rubbing the back of his neck. 'Good god, what in the world do I say…? Why…? I'm an adult, I'm not suppose to worry about socializing!'

'He's so intimidating…' Both boys thought as they all stared at the rather imposing teacher, he was taller then them by a few inches, and his face always being in some kind of scowl didn't help. But right now, his face was really frustrated...and it scared the two boys.

"Thank you." Weiss bowed to Taiga.

"Ah…" Taiga muttered, before he sighed, "Alright… so what do you want to know?"

"Excuse me?" Jaune asked.

"Miss Schnee is a smart girl. She clearly is the type who puts knowledge up there. I assume you will want to ask me questions." Taiga explained, "That's the type of girl you are, aren't you?"

"Yep." Ruby spoke up from her seat.

"Well, I do have quite a few really. In fact, Emu still owes me some."

"Emu's not here right now." his voice came from behind Jaune, "He most certainly did not forget and is now dreading being hunted down to forcibly be asked stuff he was sworn never to tell others."

'Why is he hiding behind me?' Jaune thought, starting to feel like he was an obstacle that was going to be taken down immediately.

"This is the new Kamen Rider?" Taiga spoke up getting everyone's attention, "You might as well just give me your Gashat." he shook his head as he began walking, "Tell you what, you want me to tell your secrets...I'll do it if any of you can do one of two things: Ace my class or beat me as Snipe." he listed holding up two fingers, "Also word for the wise...stop fighting the Bugsters. Sooner or later, one of you is gonna fail and mess up bad."

"Hey!" Weiss shouted at Taiga "Who are you to say that?"

"I'm the first." Taiga spoke, "And I'm the only Kamen Rider."

"Only…?"

"Ex-Aid, sooner or later, I'm gonna take your Gashats. So enjoy them while you can." Taiga spoke up as he began to walk away, "I look forward to seeing you rookies in class. Don't be late."

"Hey...what about those Free Passes?!" Ruby shouted.

"I lied!"

"That's not very nice!" Ruby shouted.

"Ruby, he's gone." Emu sighed.

"...It's still not very nice," Ruby pouted.

"Guess he's that type of man then." Weiss responded in annoyed tone, "Speaking of which." she remembered as she stabbed her sword down and nailed Emu's pants leg to the ground, "You owe us answers, Mister."

"Meep."

"I'll go get the others!" Ruby exclaimed, vanishing in a blur of red and rose petals.

"I, uh, I better go get Pyrrha and the…" Jaune began before Emu grabbed his arms.

"Please don't leave me!" Emu begged, trying to hide behind Jaune once more.

"Ah! Let go!" Jaune panicked as they both fell over, knocking Weiss's sword into the air, only for her to grab it easily.

"Boys…" she shook her head at the two who were groaning in pain on the ground.

"Why do we always end up in these situations?" Emu groaned.

"I've asked myself that...a lot." Jaune groaned as he saw Emu take out his scroll, "What are you doing?"

"Calling in a favor. Someone...better at this backstory thing then me." he explained, pulling up a contact named: Mr. Dan. "Yes...it's me...no...yes I haven't broken it yet." he spoke into the line, "Yes...I got busted...wait, you had an office pool for how long I'd go...you lost to your secretary? ...You bet how much?!"

A man in a finely made black suit chuckled, instead of a dress shirt in tie he wore a purple V neck under his blazer. His neatly combed black hair shone in the sunlight peering through the windows of his office easily the size of Team RWBY's and Emu's room...combined, if not more. He laughed at the window, which projected the call from Emu.

"Emu...I'm rich. Trust me, that wasn't even making a dent in my net worth." the man smiled, "But I am sad to say I hoped you'd last long enough for me to win. I was betting on you blowing the secret on Prom night."

=Why do I feel so...uninspired by that?= Emu complained.

"Alright, I'll go with the Plan B."

=We had a plan B?=

"Kiriya so eloquently called it the: Things have hit the fan plan...I'm paraphrasing of course. His wording was far more crude." he smiled, "Don't worry Emu, I'll be there by the end of your classes and I shall explain everything to your friends, and the teachers...those who don't know that is."

=Who does know?=

"Well obviously Professor Ozpin and Glynda." the man replied, "But as I said Emu, after school, I have many, many business meetings this morning and a few after lunch. You would not believe the hassle setting up this office here in Vale has proven to be. Tell you what, you have your friends gathered and I'll bring the answers, and the donuts."

=There are gonna be donuts!?= Jaune asked.

=Jaune, I'm having a call here!=

=Oh come on, dude, it's not exactly private= Jaune replied =Wait a minute. Mr. Dan? As in Kuroto Dan? The CEO of the Genm Corporation!?=

"I'm also a fan of popular culture and all things hipster." Kuroto replied.

=Emu...how many amazing people do you know?=

=...That's a trap question, isn't it?=

"..." Kuroto shook his head as he checked his watch, "Later boys. I'll meet you in the lounge of your dorm building." he said before hanging up.

Taiga walked down the hall as he slowed down for a moment before he stopped to see Ozpin standing behind him. The Kamen Rider sighed, lowering his aura at seeing his mentor.

"You surprised me."

"So… you've transformed again." Ozpin spoke, noticing the Gamer Driver still around his waist, "First time since...the incident. How do you feel?"

"..." Taiga grabbed the belt before taking it off, he stored it in his coat before he pulled out a bottle of medicine. "Empty." he explained, pouring out some pills before swallowing them. "Exhausting...I forgot how much Aura it takes to power the suit...especially level 2." he explained as he put the medicine away again. "Could do without the flashbacks it inspired though." he sighed turning around again.

"Taiga...you can't run from the past forever."

"It's not running…if you're letting it remind you to keep living." Taiga replied, "I said it before...and even now, I mean it." he said as Ozpin stared at him, for a moment, a younger image of Taiga with pure black hair formed over him, "I'm the only one who's allowed to be called a Kamen Rider."

"Even Superheroes need a team." Ozpin replied calmly, "I don't want to reprimand you, Taiga. You haven't been a child in years. You are a man...and I respect your beliefs. But you're also a teacher of my Academy."

"And as a teacher, I'll make sure these rookies get the chance to go out into that world. I'll protect them, even from themselves." Taiga finished as he turned away again.

"Well...one step forward… Each and every day. One day, you'll get far enough to move on." Ozpin sighed sadly, looking at the man's back.

"Okay...so it's after school. Where is your big answer to everything?" Weiss asked as they all gathered in the dorm's lounge.

"He'll be here." Emu assured.

"Who could it be that's so vital to this story that we needed to wait another day?" Blake asked.

"Um...guys?" Ren spoke up from the doorway. "A Mr. Dan is here to see us." he spoke as Kuroto walked in from behind him.

"Greetings. I am Kuro-URK!" he shouted suddenly tackled by Ruby.

"Ruby!?" Weiss and Jaune shouted at seeing that.

"Ah! Oh my gosh!" Ruby shouted excitedly.

"Oh Ruby… Why am I not surprised you're involved?" Kuroto sighed, standing up.

"Ruby...you know Mr Dan?" Emu blinked.

"He's friends with my Dad! We call him Uncle Dan!" Ruby explained.

"Not really her uncle." Kuroto corrected.

"What are the chances?!" Kiriya shouted, "No, really. How and why is this possible!? Spill the history, Little Red!" he shook Ruby, "I didn't know this! Yang! Did you know this!?"

"Where do you think I get my fighting games from? Speaking of..." Yang paused as she slung her arm around Dan, "Got a new one for me, Uncle D?"

Kuroto chuckled, "Not this time. We're actually developing a new one that will debut early next year." he smiled, "I'm sure you'll all love it. It's my passion project." he smiled, "But...we do have a new Zombie horror survival game." he offered.

"I'll take it!" Yang smiled excitedly.

"Oh wha...Yang...you know I hate horror games," Ruby complained with a small shiver.

"Hey!" Weiss spoke up.

"She's right, while it's interesting to learn this is a family friend of yours...we have a lot of things to talk about." Blake added.

"Oh right...the Plan for our boys' secret is exposed by fault of his own or Kiriya." Kuroto spoke up.

"That's a long name for a plan." Nora pointed out.

"And why am I part of it!?" Kiriya asked as everyone snapped their heads to his direction, "Okay yeah...that's fair."

"Shall we get started?" Kuroto smirked, lifting up a briefcase.

"Okay...how did this all begin?" Blake asked.

"That is a story that can only be summed up to...something that went wrong. Six years ago, our computers were infected by a new unknown virus. We tried to contain it to limit harm...but something happened. They grew...evolved," he explained, clicking the case open, "Sad to say it… I was desperate. I created a system that can harm the bugsters by using the data they corrupted."

"How do computer viruses become...real viruses?" Ren asked.

"I can't tell you...I'm a video game maker, not a doctor." Kuroto sighed sadly, "But...I'm one with some pretty handy tech departments and, being a bit modest, a big brain." he smiled, tapping his head, "So...I created the Gamer Driver." he explained, pulling a new one out of the case, "I learned that some people have a unique genetic code that makes them less susceptible to the virus and, using an inoculation program called the Compatibility Surgery, we can make that person able to use these belts."

"And you two have had that?" Pyrrha asked, looking at Emu and Kiriya.

"Bingo!" Kiriya clicked his tongue.

"I don't remember much of how it works other than a painful injection." Emu explained.

"Tell me about it." Kiriya grumbled.

"Then...why is it called Surgery?" Yang asked.

"Because it rewrote their DNA." Kuroto explained as they all blinked in surprise.

"It…rewrote their DNA?" Jaune repeated.

"Yes. It made their DNA able to be able to survive the virus in close proximity." Kuroto explained, "In short, not only are they the chosen heroes...They are also walking vaccines in the making." he started as he took out a smaller briefcase before he clicked that open and pulled out a light blue Gashat, "So as long as they fight more and more Bugsters and expose themselves to their strands, they will become immune to them...sadly, it might take a long time. But it is a useful little learned benefit."

"Is...Is that Taddle Quest?" Jaune asked in surprise, seeing the sticker on the side of it depicting a knight in blue and grey before a blue and red background.

"Indeed it is." Kuroto smiled, "This is the final of the Gashats we have made." he smiled, "I dare say it's the powerhouse of the Kamen Riders."

"The power house?" Nora blinked.

"Ex-Aid is the speedy one, Snipe is the gunmen, and Lazer is the support fighter. This Gashat goes to the last to be assigned Riders...Kamen Rider Brave." he explained, holding the Gashat up. "It is a tricky one indeed. RPG's have many elements to incorporate." he chuckled, "But finding a new compatible person has been hard...till now that is. I just received the tests on all the students of Beacon."

"Tests?" Ruby blinked.

"Professor Hanaya's DNA Samples." Blake realized.

"Bingo," Kuroto smirked a bit, "The tests would have been done so much sooner if more people had thought to donate blood like a Ms. Valkyrie did."

"When did you…?" Pyrrha began to ask.

"I gave myself a paper-cut to fill my vial!" Nora beamed holding up a bandaged finger.

"...Nora…you scare me." Jaune spoke.

"I've been afraid of her since day one." Kiriya argued, "But the only one who understood was Ren."

"Oh, you two are silly," Nora giggled.

"So who is the compatible person?" Weiss asked.

"I'm glad you asked Miss Schnee." Kuroto smiled before he pointed the Gashat at Jaune, "Mister Arc… your tests have proven positive, you have the potential to be our Brave." he spoke as everyone slowly turned to look at Jaune, "Will you help us save the world?"

"...what?" Jaune blinked in surprise.

"Jaune...you're gonna be a hero!" Emu smiled.

"You get to have superpowers, boy!" Kiriya shouted in his face, "You'll be our Brave Boy!"

"...What?"

"...Jaune?" Pyrrha blinked, waving her hand in front of Jaune's face, "Are...you alright?"

"...What?"

"...I think he's broken from the shock," Nora noted.

"Jaune?" they tried again.

"...what?"

"I'll take that as a yes." Kuroto smiled as he pulled out a large syringe and really sharp looking needle that looked more like some kind of small dagger. "He's gonna need to take a series of injections."

"I'll roll up his sleeves," Nora spoke.

"...Not all of them...go there," Kuroto chuckled.

"I'll take his pants off, too!" Nora beamed.

"Nora!"

"AH!" Jaune screamed, realizing what Kuroto meant by all that. He then tried to run, only to get tripped by Kiriya.

"Oh no, you don't. If I had to deal with the pain and humiliation of having needles shoved down there, so do you, Brave Boy." He said, grabbing his legs and began dragging him, "President! I shall see you in the Infirmary for surgery!" he shouted, dragging Jaune away.

"Help...me…" Jaune begged his teammates with a whimper as he was dragged off.

"Is it...optional?" Pyrrha asked Kuroto.

"I would say yes...But sadly, as it stands, we are in a big hurry to fill all four Kamen Rider slots. We haven't the time to look for another possible match. As much as I hate to make him do this...I need Mister Arc's power."

"AH!" Jaune shouted, hanging onto the door frame, "No! You can't make me, Kiriya!" he cried before he yanked a chunk off the wall, "Damn it! Why are you so strong?!"

"I am filled with determination! Now to the hospital bed!" Kiriya declared as he tied Jaune's legs with a rope he found and dragged him down the hall.

"HELP!" Jaune pleaded.

Z0: So...that happened.

GT: I do not feel sorry for Jaune. Not one bit.

Z0: Yeah neither is Kiriya...did we pay him to do that?

SZ: I don't think so...though we are missing some money from the account.

GT: ...You think ON paid Kiriya and never told us?

Z0: Maybe.

SZ: *shrugs* But yeah. This chapter is done w-*sees the faves* over 50 faves already?!

Z0: Whoo~ Do the wave! Man this is nice, it's nice seeing so many faves, follows and reviews.

GT: Awesome! Guess people love the original Riders instead of OCs replacing them. Though, we did have to replace Brave's original self in the series with Jaune for a few reasons.

Z0: I'll list a few now before anyone begins freaking out and complaining...let it be said this in no way means we do not like Brave/Hiiro. Infact I liked his character development...towards the end of the show. I would like to stress Hiiro's early moments were few and did not often carry over in an arc. Like his level 3...it was really good for him, but by the next chapter...he kind of...closed up again, and not till the *is blured out for spoilers* did he begin to really grow as a person and character. So his character development is a lot like...Jaune's. They get early episodes all about them, then for a long time they are just along for the ride. But why Jaune as the Brave of this story...well, that is also kind of spoilery, but they share a very similar...loss.

GT: Very true. Oh, so very true.

Z0: Yeah, so we all agreed, it would be interesting. Also, we've had to fudge the timeline a bit here, so we can't fully explore the Brave plotline with the same effect. And that plotline is good. So rather than fudge with it...let's just not ruin it. Taiga's is easier to make kind of...better or darker if you want to be specific, in this set up actually, believe it or not. So he stayed.

GT: *nods* That is very true.

Z0: That...and Taiga is kind of...more popular, both to me and a ton of other fans. Kay that's like really off point but, I'm a human...and this is clearly not rehearsed. The bulk of the reasoning is that we think Jaune as Brave is something more interesting, both to make this story it's own entity, and add a very personal flare of our own.

SZ: Oh so very true.

GT: Anyways, we hope you all enjoyed the chapter. But for now...Shall we set up a preview?

SZ: I'm up for it. Z0?

Z0: Sure, next time on Kamen Rider Ex-Aid: Grimm Eclipse…

Emu: Jaune, if you need any help I'm here buddy.

Pyrrha: That's right we're here to help you with anything.

Jaune: I'm picked to be a Kamen Rider...but everyone thinks I still need so much help. Some hero…

?: You're gonna help me and my team with a little 'project', Arc.

Kiriya: My 'blackmailing asshole' senses are tingling!

Taiga: If you can't handle the job, then leave the Gashat and let me handle it. People like you could never be Kamen Riders.

Jaune: I don't care what you do to me...but you are not messing with my team!

=GACHAN! LEVEL UP! TADORU MEGURU! TADORU MEGURU! TADDLE QUEST!=

Game 3: Jaunedice. The Knight of Taddle Quest

GammaTron: Oof. That is going to be an interesting next chapter.

KamenRiderZER0: oh massively, but it will be fun to write...and add in some divine extra karma...to...someone.

Seanzilla115: ...*begins to laugh deviously*oh we's gonna be evil to a certain 'jock' asshole next chapter.

GT: Four of them to be precise. Damn bullies that hurt the cute bunny waifu.

Z0: It's a little selfish, but don't deny most of you must have felt the same way so, I'm Kamen Rider ZER0 and that's the end to this chapter we'll see you readers soon for chapter 3!

GT: And I am GammaTron and I can't wait for your reviews! We love them! ...Unless you're St. Elmo's Fire. You suck, you PETA fuck.

SZ: I'm Seanzilla115, and we hope you have a good evening.