GKC: What's up, everyone! This is GKC here bringing you the next chapter of Remnant's Climax Heroes!
SR: And helping him is DragoKnightSR, still with a headache. *rubs his head*
GKC rolls his eyes.
SR: We got an interesting chapter lined up for you guys, so stay tuned to find out!
This earns SR a hammer that sent him flying. The owner was GKC with a big red tick mark on the side of his head.
GKC: I told you not to interrupt me, dammit! *Looks at the audience* Oh, uh, we don't own anything except our OCs. RWBY and Kamen Rider belong to their respective owners.
GKC: Now let's get this party started… HENSHIN!
Chapter 8: The New Greeed! Crimson Awakening!
[Beacon Academy- Cafeteria]
It was a normal day, as two individuals were getting teased for their night of romance. They were none other than Ruby and Orion of Teams RWBY and JOKR.
"C-come on guys," said a blushing Ruby as she hid in her hood, "Why~~?"
"But my little sister got a boyfriend!" Yang teased Ruby, holding the scroll that had the video.
"YOU FILMED IT!?" The young girl screeched. Yang smirked as Ruby tried to grab her scroll from the blonde's hand and failed.
Aaron and his friends laughed at Orion, who was both red and steaming from his head. "Enjoy your little night of romance, Orion?" Aaron teased the blond-haired tank of his team. He then dodged a milk carton that was thrown at his head.
"You guys suck…" Orion mumbled as he pulled his cap down.
"That's not what you should be telling us since you've been sucking face with little miss rose," Orpheus gestured to the blushing reaper, who was still futilely trying to get her older sister's scroll. "How was it?"
"I'm gonna kill you guys…"
"You say that, but you're actually a ladykiller." Kurogasa snickered.
"I don't wanna hear that from you, Mr. Senpai." Orion countered.
LINE BREAK
Roman was smoking a cigar, watching Azrael giving his orders to a figure he couldn't see in the shadows except for its green visor. He could swear he heard a snake hissing from the shadows as the hooded man spoke.
"You must be merciless, my little creation," Azrael said to the figure, "You must exploit every weakness they have and do whatever it takes to win."
"You really think that this walking lady's purse is going to cause trouble? It doesn't even look all that threatening." Roman pointed out with a snicker.
"Is that so?" Azrael inquired before snapping his fingers. The figure's visor glowed, and a scaly arm with a spiked bracelet grabbed Roman by the neck and hoisted him into the air. Roman gasped for breath as the figure's grip was close to snapping his neck. Azrael slapped the figure, causing her to let Roman drop to the floor gasping and coughing for air. The figure knelt awaiting the hooded man to berate her for this blunder. "Does that answer your question?"
"…forget what I asked." Torchwick coughed out as Neo ran to Roman's side while glaring at the figure.
"Heh, that's what I thought." Azrael chuckled.
LINE BREAK
Later on that day…
Team CFVY was out in Vale, the team leader on her usual shopping spree.
"Coco, are you sure that this isn't enough stuff?" Velvet asked her leader.
"Are you kidding?! Today's a special 30% discount!" Coco said with a smile, "There's no way I'm passing up a chance like this!"
Her teammates sweatdropped at their leader's antics as she entered another shop. She was about to ask one of the employees for the latest fashions when a noise was heard outside. The team turned to see a bunch of civilians running from something. One woman pulled her kids into the shop and breathed a sigh of relief.
"Hey, what's going on?" Velvet asked the woman who was trying to calm her children.
"M-monsters!" The woman said in a panic. "A bunch of them!"
"Where are they?" Coco questioned the woman. She pointed outside, and the team nodded to each other.
"I'll scout ahead," Fox said telepathically before taking off.
"Yatsuhashi, stay with them, just in case," Coco ordered.
The gentle giant nodded, "Understood."
"Velvet."
"Right." the bunny Faunus nodded before the two headed out to meet with Fox. The two met up with the blind huntsman in training as they saw a bunch of Hybrids causing destruction and leading them was a green visored monster. It was feminine in shape, having a serpent-like helmet. Her torso resembled a turtles shell as her shoulders had spiked shells connecting to large arms with spiked bracelets. And topping it off were a pair of thigh-high boots that resembled a Crocodile's back. This was the Burakawani Greed as she walked towards the group showing no emotion.
"The hell is that? It's like that freak that showed up before Aaron killed it." Coco remembered. Velvet's Faunus senses were going into overdrive, sensing the cobra and crocodile sides of the Greeed.
"I don't like this," Velvet said, "it's not attacking. It's like it's watching us, like some predator."
The three were tense since the Greeed made no further movements. The nearby hybrids charged at the three, causing them to leap into action. Meanwhile, Roman and Neo were watching from a nearby building.
"This is ridiculous," Roman complained, "Of all the things Azrael put us up to, babysitting his little toy is among the worst."
Neo nodded her head whilst glaring at the Greeed for choking her dum-dum.
"Why isn't that thing attacking?" Roman questioned, annoyed, "She was told to draw out those masked vigilantes and kill them."
Neo made a few sign languages.
"...You may have a point, I'm starting to think Azrael's toy isn't very bright." Roman said, returning to the chaos below.
The three tapped onto their scrolls, summoning their lockers. Coco pulled out her purse and used it to send a few flying with its wicked strength. This gave time for Velvet and Fox to grab their weapons. The Greeed followed the group, curious about their handheld devices that could summon large boxes. She tilted her head as the three had their weapons at the ready.
"Eat Dust!" Coco shouted as her handbag turned into her minigun and went trigger happy.
The Hybrids recoiled in pain as some took cover. The Greeed was confused as the bullets were bouncing off her skin and falling to the ground. The trio was dumbfounded at the Greeed's durability.
"But how?" Velvet gaped.
"This is on a whole different level," Fox said.
"Ok…" Coco said, changing her minigun back into a handbag, "We'll have to settle this the old fashioned way."
Coco charged at the Greeed and gave her handbag a humongous swing. However the bag bounced off her shoulder, and the monster's scaled fist hit her stomach with a gust of air blowing out behind her. Coco was sent flying back towards her friends as she was on her hands and knees, upchucking her lunch from the force of the punch.
"Coco!" Velvet yelled as she tried to help her friend up. "We need to retreat for now!"
Fox nods and the two helped Coco up as she groaned from the injury. Roman and Neo, watching from their viewpoint, merely clapped from the show.
"I gotta say, bravo to the toy," Roman said, "Bravo indeed."
Neo nodded in agreement.
LINE BREAK
Back at Beacon Academy, the students were having a free period to themselves. Teams JOKR, RWBY, and JNPR decided to spend it by gathering in the rec room and having a movie marathon. Unfortunately…
"I say we watch a Spruce Willis movie!" Jaune argued.
"It's always Spruce Willis! Pick another one!" Orpheus countered.
"I ain't watching a rom-com," Aaron stated. "Too mushy for me."
"What about a sci-fi movie?" Kurogasa suggested.
"It does seem more efficient." Blake agreed.
"Can we hurry this up? I've got popcorn and snacks waiting! Cold snacks are nasty snacks!" Orion intervened.
"Yeah!" Ruby agreed.
"Ruby, you're just agreeing to whatever he says," Weiss countered.
"N-no, I don't!" Ruby said blushing.
"Hey, isn't that Velvet and her team," Yang said, looking out of the rec room.
The group turned to the window, seeing Velvet alongside Fox helping Coco into the nurse's office to tend to her injuries.
Aaron narrowed his eyes then looked at his friends, "Movie time can wait. Let's go check it out." He tells them as he stood up from his seat.
"B-But… the snacks?" Orion whined.
"Leave them!"
The three teams went over to the nurse's office and they were shocked to see Coco battered. Her stomach looked bruised with the skin being purple and procrastinating several ugly dark red blotches that marred her flesh. What could have happened to her?
"Whatever hit your friend, it cracked two of her lower ribs," the Nurse
"Gh… I'm gonna kill that thing." Coco gritted, as she tried to get up.
"No, Coco stop. You need to stay still." Velvet said worriedly.
"What happened?" Ruby asked concerned.
"Just got roughed up a little," Coco replied, "Nothing too serious- Ow! Easy with the bandages, Vel!"
"It's anything but roughed up a little!" Velvet huffed.
"We were attacked," Fox answered. "Those hybrid Grimm are on the loose."
"Wait, what?" Aaron was surprised.
"How come we didn't get any notifications?" Kurogasa asked incredulously, looking at his Scroll, as did some of the others.
Suddenly, their scrolls all received equal communication from Vale. Heading the report was Lisa Lavender, who clearly had the look of a frightened woman. "Breaking news! We've just received reports that a group of Grimm has invaded Vale. Civilians in the downtown area of Vale are ordered to evacuate to the shelters immediately and all others are to stay in their homes until local huntsmen and huntresses deal with this threat! This is not a drill!"
The screens showed the Hybrids causing tons of chaos and destruction but seeing the new Greeed leading them shocked the Riders. They had never seen a Greeed like this one before.
"Is that one of those Greeeds that you guys talked about?" Asked Ruby.
"Yeah but," Orion said, "this is different from the others."
Then something clicked in Aaron, especially the moment when he was met with Raven.
"Cobra… Kame… Wani…" Aaron said in disbelief, "Oh crap…"
"What is it?" Weiss asked.
"That's… a BuraKaWani Greeed." Aaron said before snarling. "That bitch!" He snapped before running off.
"Aaron, where are you going!?" Yang called out but to no avail.
"Let's go," Ren suggested, before he the others ran after him, leaving Team CFVY behind.
LINE BREAK
The Greeed was watching the Hybrids cause a ruckus, awaiting the target of her mission. While waiting, she heard a scream and turned to see a family cornered by the hybrids.
Tilting her head, she felt confused as to why the larger humans were trying so hard to defend the little ones.
"Back away from the family, dirtbags!" A voice cried out. The Greeed turned and was met with a fist sending her back.
She turned back to see Team JOKR, JNPR, and RWBY, which made her tighten her fists.
"Unforgivable that you would try to harm a family, monster!" Weiss growled as she drew her rapier.
The Greeed said nothing as she slowly moved towards the group before gaining speed. She tried to punch them but instead got caught in one of Weiss's glyphs. With a flick of the Heiress's wrist, the Greeed was sent up into the air. Yang and Aaron leaped into the air then reared back their fists and simultaneously punched the monster in the face, sending it back down to the ground. The others dealt with the hybrids leaving the Greeed to Yang, Aaron, and Weiss.
The Greeed and the two boxers sent out multiple punches at high speed, but Aaron and Yang were wincing in pain. Kicking the monster away, they saw their knuckles were slightly bruising.
"Good Gods, those are some fists," Yang said shaking her hands in pain.
"Agh, it's like punching through boulders of steel!" Aaron said as he rubbed his own hands.
The Greeed got up and charged again, and the three got ready for the fight. The Greeed sent out a punch, which Yang slid under while Aaron hopped over it. Weiss slid around it as she twirled in fire dust that exploded against the Greeed's back causing a few cell medals to fly out.
She hissed like a snake and swung her arm around, transitioning to Ruby jumping out of the swing of the Hybrids claws. Ruby ran towards the hybrid, as Orion ran up and the two swung their weapons with enough force to send the Hybrid into the air. Blake took this chance to wrap Gambol Shroud around the hybrid and swung it into the other Hybrids. Three of them recovered and tried to slash Blake, but two of them were blocked by Jaune and Pyrrha's shields. Nora slammed her hammer into the gut of the other hybrid. Ren and Kurogasa took this chance to give all the hybrids multiple quick slashes from their blades, plus a few shots from Orpheus's weapon.
"Guys now's your chance!" Ruby said.
"Transform while they're down!" Blake added.
The three nodded and concentrated upon their Drivers, which materialized upon their waists. For Kurogasa however, he materialized a gun. The handle of the gun was black but the barrel of the gun was strange, for it was flat and rectangular. The barrel was black with silver and gold jagged accents with a few blue highlights and it had a strange emblem that almost looked like a barcode. It also looked like he would insert cards in the gun as well. At the tip were two small barrels that the bullets could come out of.
He looked to his pocket and dug into it. Then he slid the card into the gun and pulled on the bottom to extend the barrel.
KAMEN RIDE!
The gun let out a pulsing noise as he raised his gun into the air before shouting, "Henshin!" and pulled the trigger.
DIEND!
Red, blue, and green images of a suit circled around him before combining it into a new form. It was mainly gray, but the chest armor was large and styled like a barcode. Above him, the final emblem split into blue squares that fit onto his helmet, causing the sides of the suit to fill in with cyan and make the helmet look box-like.
Kurogasa became Kamen Rider Diend.
Orion smirked as his belt was a black buckle with a yellow knife on the side. On the other side is an image of a Rider with a Chinese motif. In his hand was a metallic lock with the image of a bunch of grapes. With a push of the button, the lock unlocked.
BUDOU!
A zipper opened up a fabric of space revealing metallic grapes. Orion placed his Lockseed onto his belt, locking it in.
LOCK ON!
Chinese-style Erhu music played for a moment before Orion shouted, "Henshin!" and pressed the sword handle which 'sliced' the Lockseed open, the top half being the inside of grapes and the bottom half holding the image of a handheld gun.
HAI~! BUDOU ARMS! RYU HOU, HA-HA-HA!
The metal grapes dropped, covering Orion's head, his body covered in green and black protective clothes. It was styled like Chinese cloth armor, complete with the decorative cloth at his waist. The metal grapes then unlocked and began to unfold. The top and back folded onto his back, creating a pack-like armor. The sides folded outwards before resting on his shoulders like a samurai's armor. Finally, the front folded in half with the top half-covering his chest. In his hand, the weapon depicted on his Lockseed appeared, a purple jeweled handheld Gatling gun which looked partially like a bunch of grapes, which is the Budou Ryuhou.
Orion became Kamen Rider Ryugen!
Orpheus held up his wrist revealing a silver bracelet with a port for some kind of device. A golden three horned beetle flew around him as violet petals seemingly flew in from nowhere. The Caucasus ZECTer then attached to the Rider Brace making a mechanical whirring sound before it tilted so that it was vertical. "Henshin!"
HENSHIN!
Hexagonal armor covered his body as it reveals a golden armor. The helmet resembled the beetle with cyan eyes and golden horns forming a mustache. In his hand was a violet rose that he got from nowhere. It was Dark Rider Caucasus that Orpheus transformed into!
The Hybrids struggled to stand up as the Riders got into position. Nearby, the Greeed was getting pounded by the three on one.
"Hey, have you noticed this thing seems… a bit too easy?" Yang asked Aaron and Weiss.
"Yeah, I mean it's got the simplest attack pattern and doesn't seem to know how to block or dodge," Weiss added.
Aaron narrowed his eyes, realizing that his comrades were right. 'This Greeed hasn't said a word throughout the entire fight. Is it a newborn?' He thought to himself.
Back with our other heroes, they were easily dealing with the hybrids. Diend held up a card and inserted it into his gun and extended the barrel.
ATTACK RIDE!
He then took aim at the hybrids as holograms of the gun barrel floated around his gun as he pulled the trigger.
BLAST!
Ryugen held up his gun which had a grape theme as well. He pulled back what could be considered the hammer and fired multiple grape shaped laser blasts.
"Hyper Clock Up," Caucasus said as he pushed the silver and red beetle on the side of his belt.
HYPER CLOCK UP!
In that instant, Diend and Ryugen's energy blasts alongside everything else froze. Moving faster than anything on Remnant, Caucasus speeds towards the Hybrids with multiple blows and strikes. He then sped back towards his spot, lifting the violet rose to his face.
HYPER CLOCK OVER!
Time resumed, and the Hybrids were pelted with blasts causing sparks to fly all over their bodies. The monsters took too much damage from the combined attacks and simultaneously exploded into black mist.
The Greeed turned to see the hybrids explode and froze. She began to tremble as she looked at the group, making her take a few steps back. Ruby tilted her head, confused at the Greeed's strange mannerisms.
"Is it… afraid?" Ruby said to no one in particular.
"It should be afraid," Yang said with a chuckle, "Afraid of us!"
"Hey Aaron, you wanna take this?" Diend asked him, "Or do you want us to deal with it?"
"This one is all mine. I've been looking for a reason to vent. This thing just became my new punching bag." Aaron replied while popping his knuckles. He activated his Semblance, which focused his Aura around his waist before it reforms into the Faiz Gear. The Faiz Phone materializes in his left hand, which he flips open and presses in "555" then pressed enter.
STANDING BY
Closing the phone, Aaron raised it into the air and declared, "Henshin!" He then inserted the phone into his belt and turned it down so it fit into his belt.
COMPLETE!
Photon lines began to form on his body, covered with a red light. When it dims, Aaron was wearing a black bodysuit with red lines running along the arms and legs. The torso armor was silver and rounded with more red lines running through it to connect to the belt. The hands had metal fingertips with bands on the wrists, elbows, and boots. Topping it off was a helmet that was black with large yellow eyes and a pair of antennae that split the eyes to make it look like a phi symbol on the face. This was Kamen Rider Faiz. The Greeed panicked and sent a wild haymaker, to which Faiz easily evaded with no effort whatsoever.
Faiz blocked one of her swings and then sent a punch to her face. Stumbling back, the Greeed was punched in the gut below her armor, before getting wailed upon by the red lined Rider who was letting out his frustration. Faiz didn't give the monster any time to recover as this one-sided onslaught continued.
"Geez, I've heard of overkill but this is ridiculous," Weiss said, wincing at some of the blows the monster was taking.
"I'm starting to feel bad for it," Ruby said, covering her eyes with her hand but peeking out.
Faiz gave the Greeed a punch to the face that sent it rolling to the ground, dropping a bunch of Cell Medals. He then took a cylindrical device from his belt, alongside the front piece of his phone. He then inserted the piece into the device, causing it to extend.
READY
"This is it for you, monster," Faiz said as he placed the device on his right leg, "I'm taking back my Core Medals." When he got back up, he opened the phone on his belt and pressed the enter key.
EXCEED CHARGE!
Red energy flowed from the belt down towards his leg and into the device. The Greeed slowly got up as Faiz ran towards her and jumped high into the sky. He turned around midair, pointing the device on his leg at her, which fired a red beam towards her which became a large red drill.
Faiz yelled out as he got into a kicking position and was about to enter the drill. Time seemed to slow down for the Greeed, as she trembled in fear. She could see it clearly; Faiz would enter the drill and it would dig into her, causing her to explode into many Cell Medals, and he would take her Core Medals.
'I'm… going… to die…' whispered a voice inside the Greeed's mind. The image of Azrael filled her mind, causing a burning sensation inside her body.
'I... don't want to die!' The voice said louder.
Faiz entered the drill causing it to spin and move closer.
'Live...Live…LIVE!' The voice grew louder and louder.
The Greeed then roared as she gripped the sides of the drill as she was pushed back. The group was shocked that she was able to resist Faiz's finisher.
"I WANT TO LIVE!" The Greeed shouted at the top of her lungs.
Teams RWBY and JNPR were taken aback by the monster's ability to speak. The Greeed screams as she redirects the drill right into a nearby car. The car exploded upon impact and Faiz appeared in front of the flames. He got up and turned around to expect a pile of Cell Medals, but to his horror, he saw the Greeed charging through the flames.
"What the fu-!" Was all Faiz could say before his face was met with the monster's fists. He was on the receiving end of the Greeed's counterattack, her punches being complete blurs. She then grabbed Faiz by his head and began dragging it across the ground before tossing him towards his friends.
"Aaron!" Yang yelled as his friends tried to help him up.
"Okay… ow… I was not expecting that…" Aaron said with a groan as his transformation ended due to taking too much damage. "I think I swallowed a tooth after the tenth punch."
"Master give me life," the Greeed said walking towards them, "Master gave me purpose! I will please him by killing you all!"
"Just try it, lizard lips!" Yang shouted, arming Ember Celica.
"Get her!" Ryugen declared as he and his fellow Riders moved to attack the monster. The Greeed charged and then slid upon the ground like a snake towards them. Diend and Ryugen opened fire on her, but her agility made it difficult to land even a single shot on her.
"What the hell?!" Diend said as he kept firing.
"Damn, she's fast!" Ryugen cursed.
"Not faster than me!" Caucasus declared, "Hyper Clock Up!" He pressed the button the Hyper Zecter.
HYPER CLOCK UP!
Time froze as everyone stopped moving, Caucasus smirked as he charged towards her. When he was about to hit her, her visor glowed brightly before he hit her.
He was then taken off guard as a cobra was biting into his neck and forcing him to undo the Hyper Clock Up.
HYPER CLOCK OVER!
"What?!" Ryugen said surprised as Caucasus was on his knees trying to pry the snake from his neck.
"Someone get this off!" Orpheus shouted as he tried to yank the cobra off his neck.
Ryugen turns to help him but was met with the Greeed's legs that wrapped around his neck. The monster then performed a Crocodile Death Roll to bring him down and pull one of his arms into a chokehold armbar combo.
"Oh dear gods, what is that thing doing to him?!" Weiss shouted.
Blake was watching the scene unfold with a blushed face and a bloody nose.
"Hey, Blake you uh ok?" Yang asked Blake.
"Oh uh yeah," Blake said quickly wiping her nose, "One of the Hybrids must've got me."
"We probably should be helping Ryugen," Diend said trying to aim at the Greeed but couldn't get a decent shot with Ryugen in the way. The Greeed smirked as she tossed Ryugen towards Diend, hoping to catch him. However, the Monster took this chance to slide in between them and send them both flying with powerful attacks.
The Greeed turned to Teams RWBY and JNPR and slowly approached them, when Aaron ran up to her and wrapped his arms around her abdomen, trying to push her back.
"Quick!" Aaron shouted, "You guys get my friends and retreat back to Beacon!"
The Greeed slams her fists into his back causing him to wince in pain. But he tried his best to stay conscious, as the next few hits made a cracking noise in his back.
"What?! No, we're not leaving you, Aaron." Ruby shouted.
"You can't take that thing on alone!" Blake added.
The Greeed punches Aaron in the gut making him buckle over. She tried to walk over to the group, but Aaron quickly grabbed her leg. She tried to shake and kick him off but he wouldn't let go.
"This is not up for discussion! Go now!" Aaron cried out before grunting in pain as the Greeed began stomping and kicking his body. His Aura was still recharging so he could only grit his teeth and bear the pain for now.
The group watched as he endured each blow from the Greeed.
Yang felt her anger reach its boiling point as she watched her friend get pummeled until she couldn't take it anymore and released a loud roar of anger then charged at the monster with her fist reared back to punch it. The Greeed did the same, and the two fists connected with a shockwave.
However, Yang felt her wrist and arm starting to crack under the pressure. She activated her semblance to balance out the power she was receiving. The Greeed roared as she sent her other fist directly into Yang's shoulder with a sickening crunch. She was taken off guard as the Greeed grabbed her and gave Aaron one good kick to knock him back.
The others watched in horror as the Greeed was choking the life out of the blonde boxer. Ruby pointed her gun at the Greeed and fired a few shots that bounced off her.
"Your deaths will please Master," the Greeed said, "Master will praise me!"
"Yang!" Ruby cried out as Yang was slowly losing breath and consciousness.
"Come on, guys!" Jaune told his teammates as he and the rest of JNPR charged at the monster to free their friend. The blonde knight swiped at the Greeed with his sword but was kicked directly in the chest, denting his chest armor and sending him flying into a car. The others tried to swing at the Greeed but she held Yang in front of her like a shield.
Aaron could only watch as his friends were getting pummeled. He saw Yang was close to passing out, and he tried to get up but couldn't.
'Come on, body… Stand up! If you don't then your friend will die!' He tried to push himself but his Aura was still weakened. 'Just give me… a chance to save her. GIVE ME A CHANCE TO SAVE HER!'
"Very well…" A voice spoke to him.
"Huh?" Aaron blinked in confusion before he suddenly felt as if his consciousness was leaving his body.
[?]
Aaron awoke in a void of endless white. That's all there was…
...nothing but the color white.
He looked around, still looking until he spotted something in front of him. It was a large crimson-colored wolf, with black tribal markings staring directly at him.
"Uh…" Aaron said, confused about the wolf staring at him.
"Do you desire my power, young one?" The wolf spoke, taking Aaron by surprise.
"Who…" The young man spoke, a bit apprehensive of the wolf. "What are you?"
"Is it not so obvious? I am that which dwells within the bottom of your soul. I am a manifestation of your Aura given form." The wolf explained.
Aaron stared at the wolf in surprise. He knew what Aura was, but never had he heard of it manifesting.
"I ask you once more, Aaron Jaeger, do you desire my power?" The wolf asked the crimson-eyed Rider.
Aaron narrowed his eyes as his hands tightened into fists until his knuckles turned white. He glared up at the wolf and gave his answer…
"You're damn right I do! But not just for me… No, I need the power to save the lives of my friends and to protect those who can't fight for themselves!"
The wolf smiled, "Good, you have proven yourself worthy. Accept my power, the strength to protect others!"
The wolf unleashed a mighty howl as his markings glowed brightly with a shade of white that forced Aaron to cover his eyes as the world around him became bathed in light.
[Vale]
Yang gagged and fought with all she had to try and escape the monster's grasp around her neck but the claws that tightened around her windpipe prevented her from making a sound or even the strength to move much of her body.
'N-not good,' Yang thought, 'At this rate, I'm gonna be dead!'
"Die so I may please my master!" The Greeed said.
Ruby has tears in her eyes as she saw her sister was about to die.
"YAAAAAAAANG!" Ruby screamed at the top of her lungs as she reached for her.
Suddenly a red glow came from Aaron's body, but everyone was distracted to notice. However, what they failed to notice was that the glow began to take shape… into that of a canine.
The Reptile Greeed almost had a joyous grin on its face if it had a mouth as it choked the life out of the blonde-haired female. Suddenly a fist collided with her cheek so fast she didn't even notice it approach her.
"Huh?" Was all the Greeed could say before it was sent flying, dropping Yang into the mystery person's arms. It crashed into a nearby car which shocked everyone. Ruby covered her mouth as her tears of sorrow turned to tears of joy.
Yang groaned and coughed, before turning to see Aaron with a confident smile, "A-Aaron?"
"You ok, Yang?" Aaron asked Yang as he carried her over to the others.
The buxom blonde smirked at the boy despite the blush on her cheeks, "I am now." She said in a sultry tone. Suddenly a red blur ran into Yang, revealing it to be Ruby who was sobbing into her sister.
"There there, sis" Yang comforted her sister.
A powerful roar and a flying car brought everyone's attention back to a rather enraged Reptile Greeed. Aaron looks at it with determination as he walked towards it.
"Aaron wait!" Blake shouted at him.
"You can't win on your own," Weiss added. Aaron merely smiled and gave them a thumbs up.
"Don't worry, I've got help this time." He said as his Aura flared wildly before it began to solidify to form a crimson wolf with black markings. "Sic 'em!" He ordered. The wolf lunges at the Greeed causing her to scream in pain as Cell Medals and sparks bleed out of her. The wolf then leaped back towards Aaron as the Greeed struggled to stand.
"Things won't be so easy for you a second time!" Aaron declared as he focused his Aura and Semblance into a single point. Images of the people he cares about, and the people he wants to protect filled his mind as a light began to shine around his waist. When the glow diminished, it revealed a new Driver with the buckle in the shape of a wolf's head shaded in crimson with dimmed eyes and a closed maw, the belt strap was black with silver markings that resembled claw marks, and their seemed to be a symbol on the sides that resembled Aaron's own symbol.
The crimson wolf that stood beside Aaron released a howl as it formed and reshaped itself into a small ball, no bigger than a golf ball that was crimson in color with a black wolf's head in the center.
"A new Driver?!" Orion said in shock.
Aaron opened the wolf buckle on his new Driver so that the wolf looked like it was about to howl. An electrical tune began to play while the young man held out the sphere in his right hand.
"Henshin!" He declared before slotting the sphere into the 'mouth' of his Driver and closed the head, making the wolf 'bite' down on the orb as the 'eyes' glowed yellow.
AURA SPHERE CONNECTED! WOLF!
The Driver's tune changed into that of rock-and-roll with a synthetic beat to it as red energy wolves surrounded the young man before colliding with his body.
KURENAI NO HUNTER! CRIMSON WOLF!
Once the glow diminished, it revealed a new warrior standing in Aaron's place. He was clad in a full-body black skinsuit with white lines running along his arms and legs, a crimson chest plate that resembled the muscles of a human thanks to black markings that helped detail said muscles, angular shoulder guards, crimson gauntlets that encompassed the entirety of his hands and resembled claws, crimson greaves with white claw marks, and black-red boots with indentions to resemble the claws of a beast. His helmet was black with a red 'mask' fashioned in the shape of a snarling wolf with a silver mouthpiece that resembled fangs and bug-like yellow eyes that shone after the transformation was complete.
When all was said and down, the new Kamen Rider flicked his claws along the 'fangs' of his mask while speaking in Japanese, "Sā, tatakai ni kiba o mukimashou!"*
The Greeed roared as she charged at the new Rider, swinging her arms rapidly. The Rider merely blocked her punches and gave her a single punch that drove her back. She tried a few more times, only to get the same result.
"No… NO NO NO!" The Greeed shouted, throwing what could only be called a tantrum, "I'm supposed to win, I'm supposed to kill you!"
She stomped the ground as she lifted a car and threw it at the Rider.
"Look out!" His friends cried out to him, as he merely smirked under his helmet. With a single hand, he grabbed the car and set it down.
"WHY. WON'T. YOU. DIE?!" The Greeed roared, as she tried to punch him. He grabbed her hand and pulled her to his face.
"You wanna know why?" The Rider asked before he leaned next to what he assumed was her ear, "Because I'm awesome and you're ugly." With that said, he pushes the monster back then lifts up the wolf buckle and slams it down so it can 'bite' the orb again.
BITE!
Crimson electricity flowed from the Driver and down to his right leg as the indentions on his boot formed into a clawed astral foot. With a breath, the wolf-themed Rider leaped into the air as a full moon appeared behind him as the sounds of howling wolves filled the air before he descends towards the Greeed, who quickly held up her arms in defense as the Rider comes at her in a flying kick posture.
CRIMSON FANG!
"HYAAAAA!" The Kamen Rider roared as he delivered his Rider Kick onto the Greeed. She grunts as she was getting pushed back, her feet digging into the pavement. The armor on her arms began to crack before the kick pushed passed them and delivered a powerful kick to her chest.
"GYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGHHH!" The Greeed screams in pain as Cell medals flew out of her chest. The kick sent her flying as the Rider landed, looking at a small pile of Cell Medals.
The Greeed staggered up, letting out a weak chuckle, "You lost… now I shall-!" She let out a pained gasp as she fell to her knees in pain.
"Wrong," the Rider said, lifting the pile of Cell Medals to reveal the Kame Core Medal, "I've won."
The Greeed writhed in pain as her torso glowed and sparked. Her torso exploded, revealing brown and black bandages.
"Now for the rest," The Rider declared as he marched over to the weakened Greeed with his claws flexed and ready to take her down.
"I don't want to die…" the Greeed whimpered, "I don't want to die…"
The Rider was taken by surprise as the Greeed did something no one expected: she begged for her life
"Please… don't kill me."
Ruby and Blake heard the Reptile Greeed and began to feel pity for her.
Aaron narrowed his eyes behind his helmet, "You have the nerve to beg for mercy? When you clearly weren't going to show it to innocent people! And my friends!" He yelled as he grabbed the monster by the throat. "I should reach inside and rip those Core Medals out of you!" He reared his clawed hand back as if to do the deed.
The Greeed winced, "Please forgive me…" she whispered, "Master Azrael…"
The Rider prepared to finish the monster off… before he released a breath and dropped her onto the ground, "I can't do it. Even if you are a monster… I can't kill a helpless enemy. That would go against the very nature of a Kamen Rider." He glared at the Greeed. "This is my warning to you and whoever is your master. Try something like this again… and I will take you down. Now get out of my sight."
The Greeed yelped as she scrambled to her feet, running away with a limp. Meanwhile, Roman and Neo got up and got ready to leave.
"Seems Azrael's toy has learned something from this," Roman said, "Those who fight and run away get to fight another day."
Neo nodded at him.
"Now then, let's report to the boss."
LINE BREAK
Back at Beacon, the nurse was tending to the injured. Aaron was explaining his new powers to his friends.
"So lemme get this straight," Kurogasa said, "You met a manifestation of your soul that gave you a brand new Driver."
"I swear that's a new one." Orion said crossing his arms, "You think we all have something like that?"
Aaron began to ponder it, but something that the Greeed said began to bother him.
"Master Azrael…" Aaron said, much to everyone's confusion.
"What?" Orpheus summed up everyone's thoughts.
"The name that Greeed said," Aaron explained, "I originally thought it was the bandits that made that Greeed, but I think something else is going on here."
"Like what?" Orion asked.
"I'm not sure yet but I think the answer lies in the Aura Driver…" Aaron replied.
LINE BREAK
The Greeed was sent flying by her master, who was punishing her for failure. Cell Medals bled from open wounds.
"F-forgive me, my master." The Greeed coughed out.
"Forgiveness? You would dare ask for forgiveness when you return to me in failure?" Azrael calmly inquired as he approached his creation. The Greeed trembled as he merely grabbed her.
"P-please…" The Greeed whimpered before energy coursed through her body causing her to scream in pain. Roman and Neo winced as they watched Azrael tortured his creation.
"I gave you one simple task. To kill the Riders but instead, all you've done was play around with them like toys then you fled like a coward when it became too much for you!" The hooded man exclaimed in a rare show of rage and anger. "Now you tell me that one of those brats possesses a power that even I don't know about!?"
"Please I-" The Greeed said before screaming in pain again, "I POISONED THE FOURTH ONE!"
Azrael paused mid-swing and stared at his creation, "Come again?"
She panted heavily, "The fourth one was bitten by my snake. I use special venom to affect his mind."
"Oh? Do tell." The man said, ushering the Greeed to continue.
"The venom will affect his thinking. Tap into the darkness of his semblance. Turn the enemy into a friend." The Greeed breathes heavily as she was on her hands and knees.
Azrael thought about it then broke out into a chuckle, "Well now, it seems you are useful after all. I dare say, I never would've expected to turn them against one another but you've outdone yourself. So much so that I will overlook your failure… just this once."
"I live to please you, my creator!" the Greeed said happily.
The Greeed saw his hand reach for her head and she winced, only to feel him pat her head like a parent would their child. He poured Cell Medals into her body to regain her strength.
"Now that you've regained your energy, it is time that we christen you with a name," Azrael stated. "But what to call you?"
As he pondered a name for her, he also thought of how to deal with her missing Core Medal. He then smiled as he thought of the perfect name, whilst holding up the case containing the Core Medals.
"From this day onward, you will be called Kurai," Azrael said with a smile, "Now then, let's see what we can do to replace that medal you lost."
"Thank you so much, Master!" The newly named Kurai said happily as she bowed. Azrael opened the case and began to ponder which Medal to give her.
"Decisions decisions," Azrael said, before taking all the medals and tossed them high into the air. He snatched one in front of him as the rest landed in the case. He opened his hand to see the Tora Medal resting in his palm. "This will do nicely."
He tossed it into her body, which glowed a yellow hue. Her torso changed into Cell Medals that jingled, which then revealed a tiger themed torso.
"I won't fail you again, master!" Kurai happily said.
"Oh, I should hope not. Because if you fail me again, I will make your existence… painful."
The Greeed winced and nodded rapidly, wanting to please him.
"Good, now all we need is a human disguise for you…" Azrael smirked as a plan began to form in his mind.
A/N: And that's the end of the chapter and the birth of a new Rider! In case you're wondering what his official name is, it's Kamen Rider Kurenai. I mean, the color scheme is obvious. In fact, the other members of JOKR will be original Riders as well just… not right now.
SR:*screams as he falls from the sky* I'll have you know that I've been falling for the whole chapter…
GKC: Huh, I was wondering when you'd return from orbit.
SR: Owch. Anyway, be sure to leave a review and a favorite.
GKC: And if you'd like to hear more about Kamen Rider Kurenai then I'd be happy to explain. Let's see how much love he gets in this chapter. Don't mistake this as me saying that I'm not having him use his other Rider Belts, he'll still use them. Now… ROLL THE CLIP!
Announcer: Jikai… Remnant's Climax Heroes!
Ruby: Oh my gosh, a baby!
Kurogasa: You cannot expect us to babysit, right?
Kurai: Time for a little chaos~!
Next Time: Infant Care and Chaos
Jaune: As if our lives couldn't get any weirder…
GKC: And with that, I say to you all, peace out, everybody!
SR: Oh before we go, should we give them a teaser for a future project?
GKC: Hmm… Nah, let's keep them guessing. It's more fun that way for me.
SR: Oh alright. They'll surely be surprised about it.
*Translated: "Now, bare your fangs for a fight!"
