GKC: What's up, everyone! This is GKC here bringing you the next chapter of Remnant's Climax Heroes!

SR: And DragoKnight SR too!

KRD: And Kamen Rider Duelist!

SR: Alright, now that the main story is done it's time to fill in with Fillers!

KRD: How many fillers are we doing exactly?

GKC: I would say about four or five. Maybe a special episode chapter collaboration with Kamen Rider Chrome. And a movie special chapter.

KRD: Nice nice, well anyways, let's get on it, shall we?

GKC: Aye! Because this chapter shall act as a homage to all the Kamen Rider video games that Japan has created like Climax Heroes and Battride War!

KRD: IKUZO!


Chapter 18: Virtual Prison! Rider vs Rider!


It had been three days since the incident at the harbor and things have quieted down for the most part. Blake told Team JNPR about her Faunus heritage and, at first, they were surprised but then Nora asked if she could pet Blake's cat ears. Aaron, however, denied her as he actually tried to bite Nora's hands and acting all possessive of Blake, much to the latter's embarrassment. Ren had no problem with Blake's heritage and Pyrrha accepted the Faunus instantly. Jaune admitted that Blake being a cat ninja girl was one of the coolest things he has ever known.

The following three days were pretty quiet, especially Aaron as he worked on a new project down in the Rider Base. He was typing In new commands on the supercomputer as lines of code ran along with the screen.

"Alright… just a few more keys and…" He trailed before he pressed the 'Enter' key. "Done!"

"What's done?" Orion asked, popping his head out.

"Aahhhh!" Aaron yelped in surprise as he patted his chest to calm his heart. "Don't do that, dammit!" He yelled at his partner.

"Sorry, I can't help it." Orion chuckled. "So what's up?"

Aaron sighed then focused back on the supercomputer, "If you must know, I have been programming a new video game in my spare time. It took me a while but I managed to finish it. Take a look." He pressed a button to reveal an image of the game he had been making.

The image showcased the original twenty Heisei Riders with Team JOKR in their Rider Forms at the forefront. Printed in English and Japanese as a title were the words, 'Kamen Rider: Ultimate Climax Heroes'.

"I included every single Rider in there."

"Everyone?"

"Everyone… is here."

"Wow… you actually made Kamen Rider Smash Bros." Orion said, making Aaron fall from his seat in anime style.

"It's nothing like that!" Aaron comically yelled.

"It's still Smash Bros. either way." Orion said.

"Gotta love that Smash Bros." Kurogasa added.

Aaron sighed in defeat, knowing there was no changing their minds. "Fine, call it KR Smash Bros. It doesn't matter that my game is finally finished." He said, pushing away the keyboard before taking out a game controller, pressing the start button as a menu showed up. "Let's test out the controls." He scrolls over to the 'Versus' option and selects it, taking him to options that describe either 1P vs 2P, 1P vs COM, Tag Battle, Team Match, or Training.

"Please tell me you have a tournament bracket!" Orpheus said coming into the Rider Base.

"That's for a later update. It's still in its retail stage." Aaron stated. He selects the Training option before it showed him a large character select screen that featured every known Rider in the Heisei Era in separate brackets that detailed a series.

"Choose your fighter!" Kurogasa imitated the Super Smash Bros. announcer.

"Do that again and I'll punch you." Aaron glared at the samurai before he settled on picking Build while picking the Random option for his opponent. The next menu featured different stages, some recognizable from the Kamen Rider series while others looked like they were based on locations in Remnant. "Let's go… to Forever Falls!"

"Awesome!" Orion grinned.

*BZZZZT! BZZZZZZT!*

"Eh?" Orpheus blinked as the screen was static, distorted, and glitching.

"Dude, I think you got Bugstered," Kurogasa said as the screen continued to be static and distorted.

"Lies! All lies!" Aaron shouted, now typing furiously on the supercomputer's keyboard. No matter how fast he typed, trying to fix the problem, it only caused more problems. But he was not deterred! He was going to fix this! "WATASHI GA… WATASHI GA… KAMI DAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!"

The computer began to spark more until it began turning the four Riders into pixels. "NANI?!" They all shouted in shock. The pixels were then sucked into the computer, which shut down afterward.

Koa then came in, holding Aaron's wallet.

"Hey Aaron, can I borrow Twenty Lien to buy a toy I want? …Guys?" Koa called out, but there was no response. "Where did they go?" She wondered when she noticed they weren't inside the base. Koa then shrugged and took a bunch of Lien from the wallet before leaving, not seeing the computer turn back on.


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"Ugh… what happened…?" Kurogasa groaned as Team JOKR was starting to awaken. They looked around and saw that they were in a vast space of coding, which included zeroes and ones.

"I think… we're inside my game!" Aaron answered with equal forms of shock and amazement.

"No! Nonononono! We're not having any of that SAO BS!" Orpheus shook his head.

"Oh yeah? What do you expect us to do now? We're stuck here unless we figure out how to get out." Orion pointed out.

"We might as well play the game. But how exactly?" Kurogasa wondered. "I mean yeah, we could fight like normal like in the real world but…"

Suddenly, the four teens began to glow as they looked at their bodies in surprise when they resembled 1s and 0s before finally, the data disappeared to reveal Team JOKR in their Rider Forms.

"This is… weird," Kurenai said, patting his chest to see if it was all real.

"How come we're suddenly in our armor?" Shiro wondered. "Wait, if we're in our armor… WHO'S PLAYING THE GAME ON THE CONTROLLER!?" he panicked.

"Oooooh, a new game!"

"Oh no…" The four Riders paled. "RUBYYYYYYY!"


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"Guys, get in here! Aaron made a new video game!" Ruby called out. The rest of Team RWBY plus Team JNPR entered the secret base, crowding around Ruby to look at the new video game with surprise.

"He made a video game?" Blake wondered aloud.

"So cool!" Yang, Jaune, and Nora exclaimed in unison.

"Let's play it!" Ruby said happily.

"Yeah!" Yang, Jaune, and Nora agreed.


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"Crap, everyone's there!" Aaron panicked.

"How are we gonna tell them that we're trapped in here?" Orion questioned in fear.

"We could always wave our hands and scream if they pick us." Orpheus suggested.

"And how do you suppose that will work?!" Kurogasa exclaimed, "WE ARE IN THE GAME ITSELF!"

"Yeah, but we're also game characters. When they pick either of us, we can try and say something during our introduction scenes. Maybe that'll attract their attention." Aaron pointed out.

"Good idea!" Orion said.


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"CHOOSE YOUR RIDER!" The game announces.

Ruby and Jaune glanced at each other with a fierce gaze. It would seem this will be a truly amazing competition.

"I won't go easy on you, Jaune!" Ruby declared.

"Ha! You're looking at one of the best fighting game players around, Ruby!" Jaune retorted.

"One full year champ at Signal," Ruby snapped back, "You got no chance."

"We'll see about that, crater face!" The young Arc boy shouted. "I pick this guy!" His cursor landed on Kamen Rider Blade.

"Alright, then I pick… this one!" Ruby said, picking Kamen Rider Kabuto.

"SELECT YOUR STAGE!" The Game announced again.

The two rivals growled at each other as they picked Random. The game sorted through the categories before selecting what seemed to be a massive wall with red lights.

"PANDORA TOWER!"

"Woah…" Most of the group said in awe. They have never seen a place like that before.

"Alright, time to fight!" Ruby declared.

"Bring it on!" Jaune challenged.

The screen displays both players' chosen Riders along with the stage that had been selected. After loading for a few seconds, the scene on the screen changed to that of Pandora Tower, showcasing much of the arena before it transitioned to the first Rider entering the scene, Kabuto.

"I am the man who walks the path of heaven. Destined to rule over everything." Kabuto declared.

It then transitions over to Kamen Rider Blade, holding his sword at the ready.

"I will fight to protect everyone! That's why I'm Kamen Rider Blade!" Blade declared.

"RIDE ONE!" The game announced as both Riders faced each other in combat with health bars overhead and what looked to be special move bars. "FIGHT!"


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"Damn it, they didn't pick us!" Orion cursed.

"To be fair, I did program all of the Heisei Riders into the game…" Aaron pointed out.

"That's not the point!"

"Well, let's just see how this plays out," Kurogasa said.

Kabuto had already made the first move, striking his opponent with fast kicks and a few slashes from his KunaiAxGun. The last blow sent Blade flying before he recovered mid-air.

"Let's see you try this!" Jaune said, as he pressed a button to select one of Blade's cards and had him rouze it.

TACKLE

The hologram of Tackle Boar came out of the card and entered his armor before Blade charged towards Kabuto. He shoulder tackled Kabuto and next thing Ruby knew, Jaune pulled out a few combo moves, slashing Kabuto with the Blay Rouzer before the last slash sent the beetle-rider tumbling to the ground.

"Not bad," Ruby said with a smirk, "How about this?!" Kabuto recovered and pointed his weapon at Blade and fired. Blade blocked a few, but this was a trick for Kabuto to press his main tool on his belt.

CLOCK UP!

Suddenly, Blade's movements had slowed while Kabuto was still able to move at his normal speed.

"Oh, nuts!" Jaune cried out in a panicked manner as he put his fighter in a defensive position.

"It's no use!" Ruby said confidently as she pushed multiple buttons to dish out the most damage. "Muda, muda, muda, muda, muda, muda, muda, muda, muda, muda, muda, muda, muda, muda, muda, muda, muda!"

Just as Kabuto prepared to perform his Rider Kick, the Clock Up ended just as quick, giving Blade the chance to launch a counter-attack.

"Haha! Take this!" Jaune exclaimed, pressing a few buttons on his controller as Blade swiped his Thunder and Slash card,

SLASH

THUNDER

The holograms of Slash Lizard and Thunder Deer came out of the cards and absorbed into his Blay Rouzer.

LIGHTNING SLASH

The electricity charged his sword and swung to hit Kabuto, knocking the Rider into a wall and out of the ring, transitioning the scene to a new section of the stage, which looked like a war-torn city. Kabuto landed harshly on the ground while Blade appeared from his side of the screen, ready to brawl.

"Oh my…" Blake said a war-torn city made her think of the White Fang's crusade.

"I'm not done yet!" She said as she had her Special Bar filled at max and used it. The Hyper ZECTer then appeared in mid-air and Kabuto grabbed onto it before he attached it to his side.

"Hyper Cast Off." He said, before pushing the beetle horn down.

HYPER CAST OFF!

His armor began to change into his Hyper Form.

CHANGE: HYPER BEETLE!

"Oh, you're screwed, Vomit Boy." Yang whistled.

"Uh oh…" Jaune gulped.

The two Riders clashed against each other. Punch after punch, kick after kick, and slash after slash, they were relentless in their attacks, not giving in. But then… "TAKE THIS!" Ruby said, doing a series of combos.

"Hyper Clock Up…" Kabuto said, pressing the solver button on the Hyper ZECTer.

HYPER CLOCK UP!

Blade's movement dramatically slowed down as Kabuto's armor opened up, his arms and legs producing fins, the chest armor revealing gold bits inside, and the back of his armor, opening up like a beetle's shells producing energy wings. Ruby pressed a few buttons before the end was coming up.

MAXIMUM… RIDER… POWER…

1!

2!

3!

"Hyper… Kick…"

RIDER KICK!

Kabuto charged at Blade with a super electric kick. Blade tried to block, but the kick broke through his shield energy. Blade was sent flying high into the sky.

"Oh, man!" Jaune cried out when he noticed his health bar was down to its last ten percent before he also noticed that his own special bar was at max. "Oh, you're in trouble now!" He pressed the few buttons before Blade attached the Rouze Absorber onto his arm and took out two cards to slot in and slide.

ABSORB QUEEN

EVOLUTION KING

Kamen Rider Blade was covered in a golden aura as he summoned his cards. All of them clambered onto his armor until it reformed into a gold and navy blue set of armor with a new sword to boot. This was Blade King Form, who charged at Kabuto with a strong punch. Kabuto skidded back as the two clashed once more.

"Damn, these two are good…" Aaron comments.

"Well, they technically got lucky," Kurogasa states, "If we take into account their natural skills at least."

"I don't know. My bro's a real gaming wiz when it comes to fighting games." Orion pointed out.

"I bet Koa could beat both of them at once," Orpheus said confidently.

"Seriously?" The others deadpanned.

"Only five wins and I still keep losing," Orpheus says with a shrug.

"Huh, must be a talent…" Aaron admitted.

The two saw Kabuto dodge a last-second attack and delivered a final blow.

"KNOCKOUT!" The Game announced.


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"YES! IN YOUR FACE! IN YOUR FACE, VOMIT BOY!" Ruby shouted in celebration. Jaune groaned in disbelief and defeat.

"RIDE TWO!" Ruby paused in her celebration when she noticed that the game had reset for the next round. "FIGHT!" Jaune gave her a devious smirk as Blade immediately began to attack Kabuto, forcing Ruby to try and put up a fight but her earlier taunt had put her off her game and now she was losing the battle.

"Nonono!" Ruby said in disbelief. Jaune smirked as he continued to use new combos to back Kabuto into a corner. Jaune smirked as he sent Kabuto flying into the air.

"KNOCKOUT!"

"NOOO!" Ruby shouts in defeat as Jaune did a fist bump with Nora.

"Ok, my turn!" Yang said happily, as Ruby gave her the controller and Jaune handed Nora his. The randomizing function caused Yang to land on Azure and Nora's to land on Ex-Aid.

"Yes! I was picked!" Orion cheered before his entire body disappeared. Azure looked around, seeing he was staring down Ex-Aid in the junkyard where the Gamer Rider acquired his level 3 Gashat.

"I'll clear this with no continues!" Ex-Aid announced.

Azure turned to where he believed his friends were watching, "Guys! We're actually in the game! HEEELP!" He exclaimed, waving his arms comically in the air.

"Huh, that's a pretty funny introduction," Yang mentioned.

"Huh, maybe it's a bug?" Ruby suggests.

"Eh, I'm sure it'll work out. Alright, Nora, get ready to get pummeled!" Yang declared.

"You're on!" Nora shouts as Ex-Aid charged at Azure who was still trying to get his friends' attention. Azure turned around to see the Gamer Rider charging at him and brought up his arms to block the Gashacon Breaker. Azure noticed that his body was moving on its own as Yang pressed multiple controls. In the next few seconds, Azure released a brief aura shockwave that stunned Ex-Aid temporarily and gave the blue Aura Rider the chance to grapple his opponent by grabbing him by the throat and slamming him down to the ground. Nora pushes a few buttons which changed Ex-Aid into his level 3 form and sends Azure flying with a rocket punch.

"Well, that didn't help…" Kurogasa deadpanned.

"Hey! No fair! My guy doesn't even have another transformation!" Yang complained.

"All's fair in love and war!" Nora said with a devious smirk as she pressed a few commands to make Ex-Aid launch his Gekitotsu Robot arm at Azure like a rocket fist, forcing the Aura Rider to block.

"Huh, I actually forgot to include any form changes for us." Aaron realized.

"Now you realize that?!" Orpheus and Kurogasa shouted.

Aaron sheepishly rubbed the back of his head. "Well, to be honest, we never actually tried them and we only have two right now."

The two looked down in realization of their leaders' words, before returning to the fight at hand. Azure was trying to fight best as he could, but Ex-Aid's abilities gave him a better edge. The Gauntlet added a bit more damage, up until a gauge for alternate forms ran out, changing Ex-Aid back into his level 2 form.

"Aww… I ran out…" Nora said as Yang had a glint in her eye as she began to button mash. Azure jumped high into the air and came down creating a huge shockwave.

"Oh man, just get me out of this hell already!" Orion wailed.

"Hey, did he just talk?" Ruby wondered.

"Yes, I'm talking to you, Ruby!" Orion shouted, surprising her and the others. "This isn't a random program! I'm literally here in the game!"

"WHAT?!" Everyone shouted in shock and disbelief.

"Oh thank Oum!" Orpheus exclaimed.

"Kuro, are you in there?!" Weiss gawked.

"Who else talks causally from inside a video game?" Kurogasa retorted.

"Does that mean all the Riders are trapped in the game?!" Yang said in shock.

"I WILL SAVE YOU ALL!" Nora screamed as she held up her hammer.

"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" They all shouted, holding her back.

"Do that and we'll never get out!" Aaron cried out.

"H-How did you even get in there!?" Blake wondered.

"I have a theory and it might be the source of the problem, but maybe a virus entered my game and short-circuited to the point it dragged us inside. Our bodies are basically data at this point and I'm not really sure what happens if we lose in a fight here."

"What should we do?!"

"Stop beating me up, for one!" Orion exclaimed. Nora pauses the match, allowing them to speak.

"Thank you," Aaron said as avatar heads representing the Rider Forms of Team JOKR appeared. "Now, let's try and find out what we know. There's a virus in my game, we're stuck inside until we can find a way out, and there's a possibility that if we don't stop this virus, we could be spending the rest of our digital lives in this software."

The group pondered what to do when Koa entered the base with a ton of toys.

"Hey guys, the store gave me a discount for all these toys," Koa said happily.

"Koa! What did I say about spending my Lien without permission!?" Aaron snapped.

"Gah?! Aaron, where are you?" Koa looked around, "Did you turn invisible, shrink, or became a ghost?!"

"I'm in the video game!"

Koa turned to the screen in shock, before hugging her toys with puffed cheeks, "I'm not returning my new toys…"

"When I get out of here, I'm gonna-" Aaron was about to rant before Ren interjected.

"Guys, shouldn't we figure out how to get them out of there?" Ren suggested.

"Hmm…" Ruby pursed her lips in thought then a bolt of realization struck her. "Aaron, what would the virus try to do in this game?"

Aaron blinked then thought about it before he laid out several theories, "Well, if it were me… I would have the virus implanted as a secret bonus character to fight or as the final boss in the game… and give it overpowering abilities just to make it that much tougher to beat."

"You mean like that purple Ex-Aid character?" Koa said pointing to the roster.

"You… SON OF A-" Kurogasa looked at Aaron with rage.

"Hey, don't get mad at me! I said I put all the Riders in the game! I didn't think the one with Genm would actually or probably be the virus!"

"HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!"

"What's that annoying laugh?" Jaune asked.

"That would be one of the most egotistical and possibly insane meme Rider in existence…" Aaron answered with a dry look on his avatar face. Suddenly the Genm avatar's picture distorted and glitched as a familiar face emerged.

"YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEES! IT IS I, KAMI DAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!"

"Uh, I'm technically your god…" Aaron pointed out. "Y'know… since I made the game."

"I'm a god who will surpass all gods! And since you're my god…" Dan said with a crazed smile, "I will become stronger after erasing your data!" The screen began to glow, as the light began turning the group into data and sucking in that data.

"No, not again! This is worse than Oum doing the Thanos snaaap!" Kurogasa panicked.

"Hold it, Kuroto!" Aaron called out. "You want to surpass me, right? How about a wager?"

"God is listening…"

'Now he's talking in the third person…?' Aaron sweatdropped before he focused on his task. "You can't really surpass me if you just delete me even if you do have the power to do so. But that would be too boring. I'm sure a game master wants to at least spice up the climax of the story, right? So… why not give us a fighting chance?"

"An excellent idea… there I'll show you the full extent of my godly power!"

"We're screwed…" Orion groaned.

"However," Aaron countered. "We settle this fight through a team battle match!"

"Very well, I have selected my team for this conflict."

"Then select the stage and start."

"The Final Stage!"

The stage showing a super dark pillar was shown.

"Hey, I never put that in my game!" Aaron exclaimed.

"I created it just for this purpose!"

"Lovely…" Kurogasa deadpanned.

"Oh, I'm gonna enjoy kicking your ass, you fruitloop!" The crimson-eyed fighter spat, as they were transported to their battlefield.


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The screen came on, showing the darkest land that RWBY, JNPR, and Koa have ever seen. It looked like a place that the God of Darkness would create. Standing on one side, was Gemn who was not only in God Maximum Mighty X, but his helmet looks like his Dangerous Zombie form. Next to him was True Brave, a knightly Gamer Rider with holy looking armor and bronze coloring. Next to him was a dragon-themed Rider who had space-based armor, revealing it to be CrossZ-Evol. And finally, next to him was a fully silver armored Rider that looked like a Grasshopper, known as Zero-One in MetalCluster Hopper form.

"Oh, wonderful! Now we're really screwed!" Kurogasa groaned.

"Now then, prepare to meet your end!" Genm declared.

"We'll see about that, you crazy virus!" Aaron shot back before a bracket appeared overhead, detailing both teams as a randomizer began to spin.

After waiting for a few seconds, the randomizer stopped on the first two combatants: Shiro vs CrossZ-Evol.

"Let the first match begin!" Genm declared as parts of the arena took the two teams away to give the two combatants room to fight. Shiro drew his blade as CrossZ-Evol drew his Beat Crosser and Steam Blade as the two circled each other.

"3, 2, 1… FIGHT!" The game announced, and the two charged at each other. The blades clashed and the two began fighting vigorously. The two were moving across the battlefield, trying to gauge each other's strength and abilities. The two dragons were caught in a powerful deadlock trying to overpower each other with their strength.

"Damn, I forgot this is CrossZ's ultimate form!" Shiro cursed, as they were evenly matched. Nearby, the others watched concerned for their friend.

"Kuro…" Weiss said as she held her hands close to her chest in concern.

Shiro dodges CrossZ-Evol's attacks as best as he could. "Tch…" He clicked his tongue before touching a symbol on his Elemental Glove.

RAI!

"Take this!" He shouted as he charged forward with his repaired Ryuu Koutei and Kage Ryuujin in tow, coating the blades with electricity. CrossZ-Evol turned the dial on his Steam Blade, which unleashed steam that crackled with electricity.

ELEC STEAM!

The two clashed, causing bolts of lightning to shoot out and around them in a continuous deadlock. "C'mon Banjou, I thought you were better than this!"

"I am not Banjou…" CrossZ-Evol said in a distorted tone, "I am a servant of the God Genm."

"Nani?!" Shiro said in shock, as CrossZ-Evol slammed his fist into the Dragon Rider's gut. This left him open to the Space-Dragon Rider's strongest moves as he cranked the lever on his belt.

CROSSZ SIDE!

READY!? GO!

CrossZ-Evol held out his arms as a Chinese dragon made of energy flew in and swirled around his right fist. He then charged directly at Shiro and delivered a punch, the energy dragon pulling Shiro into the air.

MUSCLE FINISH!

Once Shiro was high enough, CrossZ-Evol cranked his lever again.

CROSSZ SIDE!

EVOL SIDE!

READY!? GO!

CrossZ-Evol, warped into the air with a black hole, which sucked Shiro towards a double kick that sent him to the ground. Shiro groaned as he tried to get up, the Space-Dragon Rider cranking his lever one last time.

CROSSZ, EVOL, DOUBLE SIDE!

READY!? GO!

CrossZ-Evol was covered in energy as he flew straight towards Shiro in a kicking motion. Behind him was both Kamen Riders Cross-Z and Evol, all aimed at Shiro.

"KURO!" His Rider friends shouted.

"KUROOOOOOOO!" Weiss shouted as well. Shiro got up and readied a powerful move.

"See how you like this!" He shouted, pressing all five elements.

HII! SUI! FU! DO! RAI!

He then made the dragon head bite on his Aura Sphere thrice.

ULTRA BITE! ULTRA DRACONIC FANG!

Shiro roared as all five orbs of energy merged into a white Japanese dragon of energy. It moved towards his blade and opened its mouth, summoning a lot of flames, water, wind, dirt, and electricity. Shiro performed a large slash that clashed against CrossZ-Evol's kick. Both energies created a humongous shockwave that rocked the pillars as the two were caught in a powerful deadlock. The armor around CrossZ-Evol's leg and Shiro's blade began to slowly crack from the pressure.

"Rrrrrrrrrgh! RRRRRRRRRRGH! RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGH!" Shiro shouted as he pushed with all his might before finally, CrossZ-Evol's leg armor shattered. The blade slashed through the Space-Dragon Rider, cutting him in two.

"YEAH!" RWBY, JNPR, and Koa cheered.

"I did it…" Shiro panted as he managed to stand up and went back to civilian form. The moment he did, his body began to glow. "What the- what's happening?" He got out. Next thing he knew, his body disappeared, turning into data and was ejected out of the game. "Gahhh!" Kurogasa cried out as he flew out of the TV, causing the others to freak out and move out of the way while he fell to the floor of the Rider Base. "Ow… that hurts…" He groaned.

"Kuro!" Weiss gasped, running over to and holding him, "Are you okay!?"

"Yeah, now that you're here." Kurogasa smiled at her.

"That's it!" Ruby said in joy, "That's how you guys can get out of the game!"

"You heard the lady!" Orion exclaimed, "Beating the baddies is how we get home!"

The roulette appears once again with a spin, before landing on the next two contestants: Azure vs True Brave.

"Alright! Let's party!" Orion declared as he slammed his fists together. True Brave raised his arms much like how a surgeon would before his operation. The two got ready for the battle to begin.

"3… 2… 1… GO!"

The two charged at each other, True Brave drawing out his Gashacon Sword and swung it at Azure. Azure did his best to dodge the swings but True Brave's attacks were precise, hitting areas where the armor is weaker. "Dang, just like Hiiro… he's precise with his cuts…" Azure growled.

Azure sent out multiple punches to counter, but it wasn't enough. True Brave dodged each one and smacked his fists with his sword, causing them to freeze over. Azure jumped back as the second swing sent a stream of flames towards him.

"Woah that's hot!" Azure yelped as he held his arms up. The flames melted the ice, allowing him to flex his numb fingers. "Ok, now I'm mad."

The two warriors clashed, each one determined to win against their opponent. They both prepared their strongest finishers. Azure made the mouth on his belt bite down three times whilst True Brave inserted his Gashat into his Kimewaza slot pointing his sword at Azure.

ULTRA BITE!/GASHATTO! KIMEWAZA!

Azure's boot and Brave's sword were both covered in energy as they got ready to attack. Azure jumped high into the sky as Brave readied his sword. Azure came down in a Rider Kick as True Brave sent out a humongous wave of golden energy that creates another shockwave.

TADDLE! CRITICAL FINISH!/ULTRA URSINE FANG!

The two roar as they push out all the energy they can muster. The ground began to crack as True Brave's sword also began to crack. Azure gave one last push, breaking through the sword and delivered a kick to True Brave that created a huge explosion.

True Brave was sent flying before tumbling the ground laying motionless before dissolving into pixels.

"Alright! I won!" Azure cheered before he stared down at himself seeing he was turning into digital ether. "I'm freeeeeeee!" He cheered before his data was sent towards outside the screen. "Uwhoooooa!" He cried out as he flew out of it and tumbled to the floor. "Ouch…" He groaned.

"Looks like we're the last ones in here," Nero comments.

"Right, let's beat these jokers and head on home." Kurenai adds, cracking his neck. Nero nods to Kurenai as he stared down Metalcluster Hopper.

"Let's make this interesting, shall we?" Gemn said. "This battle will now be a tag-battle!"

"Getting serious now are we?" Nero said with a glare under his helm.

"Let's do this," Kurenai said, punching his fist. "I've always wanted to punch a meme god."

The four charged at each other, initiating the battle. Gemn delivers a punch to Kurenai that sends him to a floating boulder. Gemn jumped after him, as Nero was running away from Zero-One, who was sending metal spikes at the falcon-shinobi Rider. Nero used his superior agility to leap and dodge each of the projectiles while performing a few hand signs as well. One of the music notes on his scarf glowed a pale blue.

"Ice-style! Freezing Coffin!" Nero declared as he clapped his hands together then a giant iceberg emerged beneath Zero-One. Zero-One drew what looked to be a sword that resembled his Rising Hopper Progrise key, known as the Progrise Hopper Blade, and pulled the trigger on it five times.

FINISH RISE!

Metal gathered around the blade as he cut the iceberg to pieces. He pulled the trigger once again and sent the metal towards Nero.

PROGRISING STRASH!

Nero gasped as his Mask reflected the Metal wave flying at him. There was a big explosion as a dummy wearing Nero's armor flew out. The real Nero appears from Zero-One's shadow, kunai in hands.

"Too slow," Nero said with a smirk. He pulls up the falcon's head on his Driver and presses down on it two times.

SUPER BITE!

The kunai in Nero's hands glowed a soft purple before they began to grow in size and shape, mimicking the appearance of a Japanese wakizashi. The blades formed into the wings of a bird that Nero used to slash at Zero-One.

SUPER SHADOW WING!

Zero-One tried to block with a big shield made of metal clusters. Nero slashed his super-charged attack in a scissor motion, cutting directly through the Hiden Metal and striking the Reiwa Rider in the chest. Zero-One roared in pain as he exploded, small metal grasshoppers flying out.

"And that's the end of that!" Nero said before he was turned into digital ether as well then sent out of the game and back into the real world, where he unexpectedly crashed into Koa. Both of them were buried underneath her toys.

"Hey, Orphee…"

"Orphee janai!"

"Looks like it's just you and me, Genm!" Kurenai declares.

"Fine by me," Genm declares, "I will end you first, then they will be next!"

"The only thing ending here is this little game!" The crimson Aura Rider declared as he entered his fighting stance. "Now come on! Let's see who has the deadliest fangs!"

"I shall clear this even with Continues!" Genm declares as he charged at Kurenai. The crimson Rider jumped away from the dark Rider's fist.

Kurenai dodged blow after blow as Genm's arms extended towards him. When one arm got stuck in the rubble, Genm laughed maniacally as he jumped out of his mech armor and ran on the extended limb to kick an unsuspecting Kurenai in the gut.

"Urgh!" Kurenai gagged from the hit and was sent flying into a wall, sending dust and rubble everywhere. Genm laughed maniacally as he held up a Gashacon Breaker in sword mode.

GASHACON BREAKER!

"You can't win against the powers of God!" Genm mocked as he charged at Kurenai and sent multiple slashes into his body. He then kicked Kurenai, allowing the mech to appear behind the crimson wolf Rider and slam both of his fists into his back.

"Aaron!" His friends cried out as they saw him land on the ground, creating a crater. Genm laughed as he jumped back into his mech.

"It's time to end this," The Dark Rider said, closing his buckle.

GASHOMO! KAMI-WAZA!

Dark energy flowed into Genm as he floated into the sky. Kurenai struggles to get up, seeing that this attack means game over for him. Genm laughed as he opened the buckle once more, drawing all the darkness into a single leg.

GOD MAXIMUM CRITICAL~ BLESSING!

"WATASHI GA… KAMI DAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!" Genm yelled as he dove down towards Kurenai for his Rider Kick.

"Aaron!" All of the Rider's friends called out.

Kurenai managed to stand up and looked up at the descending Dark Rider just before Genm struck his target dead-on. Kurenai's screams echoed the area as a large explosion followed. Time seemed to slow down for Kurenai, as he saw the flames and Genm's kick.

"Huh, what do you know. I managed to put in the cheat code at the right moment." Kurenai said. He casually stepped aside just as Genm struck the spot he was originally standing on.

"Now…" Kurenai pondered as he looked at his options. Most, if not all of them did not have pleasant outcomes. "Damn… there has to be something! Think, Aaron, think!"

The crimson Aura Rider shuffled around the battlefield, trying to find a solution that would give him the means to defeat Genm and his most powerful form.

"The others managed to win because they weren't the true versions. Just mind-controlled slaves that could do nothing but attack. But how can I take down Kuroto…?" He said to himself as he paced around, the slow-motion cheat he placed on the game still doing its job. He scratched his head, still trying to figure it out. Then he snapped his fingers, "I've got it!" Kurenai marched over to the form of Genm and simply yanked out his God Maximum Gashat then snapped his fingers again, "Normal speed."

Suddenly the Gashat glitches and somehow appears back in Gemn's belt. "I knew that you would do something like this, so I had a trump card."

"Hm, right, you're the asshole that refuses to die." Kurenai said dryly. "Well, in that case…" The wolf-themed Rider reared his fist back… and punched Genm right in his scrotum.

"OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" The others from the other side of the screen cringed.

"Dude, not cool!" Orion shouted.

"Are you seriously criticizing me again for punching someone's nuts!?" Aaron cried out.

"He's still a man! Even if he's a crazy meme god of a man, he still has pride!" Orpheus said.

"He's a f***ing program!" He shot back while his strong cursing was censored due to the game's programming.

"Good thing you censored that…" Yang deadpanned.

"I don't get it." Ruby said, confused.

"You're still too young to understand." The others said bluntly.

Genm held his crotch in absolute pain, the massive hands of his mech form reaching down to his lower body were almost humorous. "You'll pay for that!" The Dark Rider yelled in a high-pitched voice. He then grabs Kurenai in a tightening grip, so tight that everything was cracking.

"Sorry, but it's game over for you." Kurenai said as he had the wolf head bite thrice.

ULTRA BITE!

A crimson aura surrounded Kurenai as he struggled in Genm's grip then with an exclamation of air, he broke out of the Dark Rider's grip. As Kurenai jumped high into the air, golden energy flowed around him and straight down to his kicking foot. In an instant, his armor looked somewhat different. Parts of his crimson armor had golden edges or spikes, almost detailing or sharpening his appearance. The helmet itself had a notable change such as the wolf 'mask' having golden yellow outlines or extra spikes, the mouthpiece was gold, and the eyes seemed to be covered by a V-shaped golden mask that shaded the eyes from orange to red.

"The heck is that?" Yang looked into the screen.

"Kurenai got shinier!" Koa stated.

"Hold on. This might be an upgraded form." Kurogasa realized.

"Riders have those?" Koa asked Orpheus.

"They do. Normally they get it whenever something dire or critical happens and they obtain it when they meet certain conditions that vary between Riders. Whether making an upgrade or it comes in the form of a miracle, though the latter rarely happens."

"Impossible! There's no way you should have access to another form!?" Genm panicked, looking at the Aura Rider in surprise and horror.

"Yeah? Well, take your impossibility and shove it!" Kurenai roared as he descended towards the Dark Rider. The golden energy surrounding him, forming into the projection of a golden wolf with red eyes. The wolf released a snarling howl as Kurenai outstretched his right foot with a battle cry, "HYAAAAAAAA!"

ULTRA CRIMSON FANG!

The kick connected with Genm as the latter tried to block it. "It can't be…! I'm perfect! I'm a GOD!" Genm shouted in defiance.

"A god ain't nothing if they don't have the fangs to back up their bite!" Kurenai shot back.

"DAMN YOU KURENAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAIIIIIII!" Genm shouted as he then exploded into pixels from the Crimson Wolf's kick.

GAME CLEAR!

"YOSHA!" Aaron cheered as he now turned into data and flew out of the screen and into the real world.


LINE BREAK


"Whooooa! Ow…" He grunted.

"Aaron!" Blake exclaimed, before rushing in to hug him.

"Owowowow, easy." Aaron winced.

"Sorry…"

"Welp, we all know we're not playing this game." Kurogasa said as they all stared at him. "Yet."

"Now then…" Aaron said as he eyed a certain Greeed girl who walked out of the room with her toys. "GIVE ME THOSE TOYS BACK!"

"NEVERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!" Koa shouted and the chase began as Aaron ran after the disguised Greeed.

"He's still mad about the toys?" Ruby asked.

"Koa did use his money." Blake pointed out.

"Well, whatever. I'm gonna go to sleep." Kurogasa sighed as he walked out of the Rider Base. "I am not dealing with that meme god ever again."

"Amen to that," Orion agreed with a yawn.

"I never want to see another video game for a good long while," Orpheus said as he stretched his body.


GKC: And that is the end of the chapter, folks. I hope you all enjoyed this one because another one is up after this.

SR: And don't forget to wash your hands regularly. That cursed coronavirus has been spreading around.

KRD: Yeah, speaking of, the next preview involves food anyway!

GKC: So any of you with a craving for Japanese food, look forward to the next one. In the meantime, ROLL THE CLIP!


Announcer: Jikai! Remnant's Climax Heroes!

Kurogasa: Ugh, I'm tired of the same food! Where is the sushi? The donburis? And the udon noodles!?

Pyrrha: What's udon?

Aaron: Oh no, here we go…

Koa: I'm starving here!

Next Time: Culinary Catastrophe!

Kurogasa: One way or another, I'm getting my Japanese food!


GKC: Oh, and don't worry about what happened to Kurenai... that will come along in a feature movie special chapter. Until then... Peace out, everybody!