GKC: What's up, everyone! This is GKC here bringing you another chapter of Remnant's Climax Heroes!
SR: I hope you all are doing okay in these trying times. We bring you this tale to take your mind off the pandemic!
*BONK!*
SR: Ow!
GKC: *Holds a giant mallet* Stop interrupting me and don't bring up that incident. People are panicking enough as it is.
KRD: Don't you touch my precious Weiiiiiiiiiss! *tackles GKC to the ground*
SR: Huh?!
GKC: *Kicks KRD off* Get off me, you idiot! Besides, it isn't Weiss's turn yet anyway.
KRD: You're still gonna do it to her anyway! And it's gonna ruin my plans for Kuro to lose his V-
GKC: *whacks KRD with a mallet* You will not mention that! This story is still T-rated, dammit!
*BONK!*
KRD: ITE!
The two then get into a cartoon fight cloud with actual sound effects.
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Chapter 20: Curiosity and a Cat! Part 1
[Beacon Academy]
In the secret Rider Base, Aaron was at his workshop with his Aura Driver, his Aura Sphere, and a new item on the table. He grabbed a welding torch and used it to make a few adjustments to the item he was creating. Ever since gaining that upgraded form in his battle with Genm, he realized that the power it was emitting was too much and needed to be siphoned at a controlled level.
Aaron stopped welding and turned off the torch, lifting up the safety mask to look at his work. It was finished but he had to fine-tune it before he could safely test the device… and come up with a name for it as well as the transformation.
"What are you up to?" A familiar voice said as Aaron felt a pair of arms wrapping around his shoulders, their head resting on his shoulder.
"Trying to come up with a name for this… and when would be an appropriate time to test it." Aaron answered while glancing at his uninvited guest to reveal Blake, who had her bow off, revealing her kitty ears. "You don't have your bow on."
"You're my brother. I trust you more than anyone in the world." Blake said with a grin.
"And you like it when I pet your ears," The crimson-eyed young man pointed out with a smirk. Blake looked away blushing when Koa kicked the door open, holding a drawing book and some pencils.
"Am I interrupting anything?" Koa asked as she walked over to a desk.
"Not really," Aaron answered as he took a magnifying glass to examine the new device. "What are you doing here, Koa? I thought you were bugging Orpheus or something?"
"He and Kuro went to train." Koa explained as she began drawing some doodles, "I wanted to draw some doodles, so here I am. Whatcha working on, bud?"
"A device to upgrade my Aura Driver. It should allow me to access that other form if I just get- ACK!" Aaron cried out as the device short-circuited, to which Koa giggled at. "Great… back to the drawing board."
"No, you need to take a break." Blake said as she pulled him out of the chair as she took Aaron's hand.
"Blake, come on-" Aaron tried to explain to his sister.
"I don't wanna hear it," Blake said, using a posture that their mother would assume whenever they got in trouble. "You and I are going out on a date, no ifs, ands, or buts about it."
"A date?!" Aaron blushed.
"Ooh~, Aaron and Blakey sitting in a tree~," Koa sang, "K-I-S-S-I-N-"
"You finish that sentence and I will burn every toy you own!" Aaron comically yelled.
Koa hugged her toys with a whimper.
Aaron gave the Greeed a small warning glare and looked at his sister in morbid acceptance, "Alright… where do you want to go…"
Blake suddenly had that glint in her eyes, the kind that was mischievous. "We're going to a seafood restaurant and you're paying for lunch."
"I'm gonna regret this whole day, aren't I?" Aaron deadpanned. He could already hear the screams and sobs of his poor wallet.
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"Yep, I regret it all…" Aaron groaned in despair.
He and Blake arrived in Vale as the cat Faunus dragged her brother through the town until they came upon a seafood restaurant that Aaron had no knowledge about. When Blake informed him about the name of the restaurant, Aaron's posture immediately slouched. Needless to say, it was a very expensive restaurant. Now he's gonna be broke for the rest of the week.
"…Why did you have to do this to me, Blake?" Aaron whined.
"Because you love me." Blake said, happily eating a lobster dish.
"Really starting to rethink that…" Aaron mumbled with a pout.
"I heard that." Blake deadpanned.
"Did you have to order everything off the menu though!?" Aaron exclaimed in comical anger.
"Yes."
Aaron anime face-faults off his chair. "Why…"
"Because I want to."
"That's it?"
"And… you've been shutting yourself away from the others for a while. Even me." Blake answered as her cat ears suddenly drooped.
"I don't mean to, Blake…" Aaron admitted with a look of guilt on his face. "I guess I was just so busy working on a device for the Rider form that I ignored everything else."
"Just… don't forget we're here for you." Blake said, looking at him.
"I know. I'm sorry, Blake…" Aaron said with a smile before it morphed into a comical scowl as he held up the bill. "BUT YOU OWE SO MUCH MONEY!"
"Don't worry, I… asked Mom and Dad to have the money wired." Blake answered somewhat hesitantly, "Well, moreso on Mom. You know how Dad can be…"
Aaron's earlier anger vanished. Now replaced with surprise, "You actually spoke with them?"
"Just Mom…"
"How did it go?"
"It was… okay, for the most part. She was wondering how we were doing. She's happy we're doing okay. And… I kinda told her about your little secret about the rest of your team. You know… the whole reincarnated thing…?"
"How did she take it?"
"She was surprised at first… but she was still willing to accept you as her son. Though she is wondering if you're older than her or not." Blake admitted.
"Well, chronologically, I would be." Aaron answered. "Why…?"
"Because she told me if she and dad had to plan for more birthdays… she wanted to know how much." Blake replied.
"Let's not tell her… ever," Aaron deadpanned. "She can be embarrassing enough when we had birthdays as kids. Remember when Mom accidentally gave you catnip on your thirteenth?"
"Oh yeah…" Blake blushed crimson in embarrassment.
"The worst part is… Mom had most of it and dad had to lock the door to their room to keep her from being all… cuddle-happy." Aaron said as he shook his head from the imagination of his adoptive parents- 'NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!' he wailed in his thoughts.
"Hey, what're you eating?" A familiar voice said, pulling him out of his thoughts. It was Koa as she was looking at the two's food with interest.
"Huh!? Koa?! Did you follow us!?" Aaron exclaimed.
"That's crazy. I got bored, then decided to follow Blake's desire." Koa said nonchalantly.
"You still followed us…" Aaron deadpanned. He pulled out his Scroll, "I'm calling Yang."
"No! I didn't follow, I was lonely!" Koa panicked, unaware that she was strangling Aaron comically.
"Can't… breath… dying… Blurgh…" Aaron fell down unconscious with a comically small version of his soul leaving his mouth.
"Huh? Aaron? Did I break you?" Koa said innocently as a few question marks floated over her head.
"Yes, you did…" Blake sighed. So much for a nice date with her brother.
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Meanwhile…
Azrael planned his next move, whilst looking through his book for a more worthy henchman to replace his failed creation. "Honestly, good help is so hard to find these days…" The hooded man remarked as he spotted a few monsters he wrote off for another day. "It's different from the other monsters, especially when my Alters were the only ones that could contend with…" He paused when he realized his blunder. "Of course! I just need to create another Alter."
He then paused, "But that won't easily replace my failed creation."
Suddenly, a flash of inspiration formed in his head, "But maybe I don't need to… Maybe I can use their battles with the Riders to create a new beast."
He chuckled darkly.
"Now all I need is a new Alter test subject…" Azrael looked at the pictures of Beacon Academy's best students. He spotted one of a certain ninja Faunus. "And she'll be the perfect one."
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The next day at Beacon Academy, Team JOKR and RWBY along with the rest of the class were taking a field trip in the Emerald Forest led by Professor Oob- (I ALREADY TOLD YOU, IT'S DOCTOR!) Shut up, we're telling the story! Er-hem, anyways, where were we? Ah yes, led by DOCTOR Oobleck, the class was taking the field trip in Emerald Forest as they were tasked with collecting samples of any debris that were destroyed by recent Grimm activity.
"Alright, students! I hope all of you have managed to collect some good samples. You'll be needing them for your upcoming lab reports." Oobleck informed the teens.
"Uwhoaaa… uwhoooooa~" Ruby was trying to balance a bunch of jars that had a lot of samples.
"Ruby, you didn't need to collect that many." Kurogasa sweatdropped, as he held his own jar before going over to help her balance herself. "Here. Let me take some of these off your hands before you break all of them."
"I've got it! Just let me- WHOOOOAAAAA!" Ruby screamed as she tripped, sending the jars into the air. Before Ruby fell to the ground, Orion caught her with one arm then outstretched his unattended hand, catching one jar then another… and another… and another… and the cycle went on before all of the jars were stacked neatly in his hand.
"Did he just recreate that Spider-Man scene with Peter catching MJ and then catching her lunch?" Kurogasa said wide-eyed.
"Eh-yup," Orpheus answered.
Orion lowered the jars onto the ground while still holding Ruby with his other arm, "And that's why you don't handle so many jars, Ruby. You're lucky I managed to catch them in time."
"Ehehe…" Ruby chuckled nervously.
"Miss Rose, while I appreciate you trying to collect as many samples to boost your overall grade in my class, you only need one jar," Oobleck said. Ruby droops in embarrassment.
"Yes, sir," The young reaper replied in mild shame.
"Think of it this way, you can share those jars with all of us." Yang grinned.
"Those extra jars will not count!" Oobleck said.
"What!?" The other students exclaimed.
"One jar per student! Nothing more! And besides, it would be considered a form of cheating if one student does it for everyone."
"Ah, man…" Yang groaned while Ruby stuck her tongue out at her older sister.
Koa hummed as she held up a jar. She looked around for some good samples and spotted a Nevermore feather. She goes to grab it when Cardin grabs it.
"Hey!" Koa exclaimed.
"Snooze ya lose, kid," Cardin smirked down at the girl. The girl spots a stick and smirks.
"Look out! A Grimm!" Koa shouts pointing behind Cardin. When he looked behind him with his mace, Koa smirked and held up the stick.
Back with everyone else, they were doing their work when they heard Cardin give a loud scream of pain.
"What was that?" Orion looked around confused. Koa was then seen walking towards the group humming happily as she held a jar with the Nevermore Feather.
"Koa? What did you do?" Weiss asked.
"Oh, nothing. I was just getting this." Koa answered while bringing up the jar with the feather in it. "Cardin fell on a stick though."
"And where exactly did this stick land on him?" Orpheus asked with a hint of dread. Koa said nothing as she walked over to Oobleck with her jar.
"Oh geez, you don't think…" Blake said nervously.
The group turned to see Cardin, with a broken stick and a large bump on his head as he struggled to walk.
"Not… a word…" Cardin grumbled.
"Oh, man… I thought for sure Cardin had that stick up his-" Orion was about to say, but Aaron stopped him.
"Don't… finish that sentence…" He told the tank.
Yang snickered at the thought. "It'd be funny though."
"Please stop…" Kurogasa facepalmed.
"Seriously, please…" Weiss deadpanned.
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Blake was by herself lost in thought. Lately, she had been feeling strange around her brother, especially when he hung out with Yang more than her. She felt… jealous, for some reason. "No, that's impossible… he's my brother but… he is from another world." The cat Faunus mumbled. I mean after all if Kurogasa and Weiss could get together, then what was the problem? "Maybe I should ask them." She said to herself. "No… that would just make me sound weird."
She began to pace nervously, trying to think about what the problem was. However, the kunoichi was unaware that she herself was being watched. "There you are…" A familiar hooded man muttered with a devious snicker. "Oh, I'm going to make your brother's life a living hell… and you're going to help me with that…"
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"Orphee where are you?" Koa asked around, "Aaron said I was annoying him and told me to look for you."
"Over here, Koa," The musician answered. The Greeed could see the young man flag her down by waving over to a tree. He held his weapon in its lyre form and seemed to be playing it. "What did you need?"
"I'm bored…" She pouted. "Entertain me…"
"All I can do is play a little song. You want entertainment, go ask Yang." Orpheus told the girl.
"Can you play the song?"
"Alright, alright, take a seat…"
Koa sits happily, waiting to hear his song.
Orpheus sat at the base of the tree and ran his fingers along the strings of his lyre. A soothing song was played. It sounded sad, yet beautiful… like a serenade for water. Koa's eyes watered, as Blake seemed to be the same as she somehow appeared next to Koa.
"That's beautiful…" Blake said, wiping her eyes to remove the tears.
Orpheus paused in his tune and noticed the cat Faunus, "Oh, Blake. What's up?"
"Sorry, I just wanted to ask…" Blake fumbled with her ribbon. "Um, what do you do when you… like someone but you… don't know what to say to them?"
"You just tell them how you feel." Koa said nonchalantly. "It worked for me."
"This is different…" The ninja girl stated. "The person I like is… Well, it's a bit confusing."
"Is it Aaron?" Orpheus asked bluntly.
"Eek! How did you-"
"C'mon it's completely obvious you fell for him." Orpheus sighed. "I mean, what's the problem? If Kuro and Weiss got together, then this shouldn't be a hassle for you. Why didn't you ask them for advice?"
"I, uh…" Blake blushed. "I was nervous."
"And you thought coming to me would help?"
"Or me?"
"Sorry but you know very little about romance."
"Oh…" Koa slumped her head.
"So… any advice?" Blake asked.
Orpheus sighed, "Blake, at this point… I think the only thing that matters is honesty. Just tell Aaron how you feel."
Blake looked down in thought before an evil laugh caused the trio to get up and draw their weapons.
"I know that annoying laugh…" Orpheus snarled. "Where are you!?"
"Show yourself!" Koa shouted, turning into her Greeed form.
"I thought Aaron kicking your ass was enough for you!" Blake said as she readied her Gambol Shroud.
Azrael cackled, "Foolish girl. You could never fully stop me. Besides, I'm not here to play games… I'm just here for my next experiment."
"Next experiment?" Orpheus got out, before realizing what he meant. He wasn't going for him or Koa but rather… "Blake! Get out of here!" He shouted.
"Too late!" Azrael laughed as a cloud of shadow surrounded the trio, who tried to put up a fight but all they hit was nothing but air. When the cloud disappeared, Orpheus and Koa found not a trace of the hooded villain… but found only Gambol Shroud lying on the ground without its mistress.
"Oh no…" Koa said with dread as she picked up the weapon.
"BLAKE!" Orpheus cried out. But no response. With no choice, Orpheus speed-dialed Aaron on his Scroll. "Aaron! It's Azrael! He kidnapped Blake!"
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Moments earlier…
"Stupid lab report…" Ruby pouted as she kept writing on her paper.
"Now, now, Ruby, no need to get all pouty," Kurogasa said, before presenting a plate of chocolate chip cookies and a glass of milk. "Here."
The girl looked at the offered treat… and quickly ate it like a ravenous animal.
"Hey, save some for us!" Orion said as he too was stuck on lab reports.
"Too late, she left only crumbs…" Aaron deadpanned. Orion banged his head against the table in defeat.
"Here," Kurogasa said, suddenly offering pizza to the boys. "Picked this up with the cookies."
"All right!" Orion said as he took a piece for himself.
"Nice," Aaron took a slice and was about to munch it down before he got a call on his Scroll. He sighed as he put down his slice and accepted the call on his device, "Hello?"
The slice fell towards the ground as Aaron's face paled in horror.
"WHAAAAAT!" Aaron yelled. The others fell out of their seats in shock.
"What!? What!?" Kurogasa panicked.
"Blake's been taken! By Azrael!" Aaron said in a similar panic.
"EEEEEEEEEEEHHHH?!"
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Koa was running, following the faint traces of Blake's desire. "She's this way!" She said as she tried to follow the trail. "Hurry! I'm losing the scent!"
"Right!" Orpheus said as he ran beside her. "Wait why are we running? Shouldn't we have used the bike?"
That caused Koa to pause before facepalming. "You forgot didn't you?" She nodded.
"The others will be able to search for her as well. I'm sure Blake will be found soon." Pyrrha assured her cousin.
"Trust me, when it comes to Azrael." Koa said seriously, "He always gets what he wants."
"It's frightening that she's right." Pyrrha shuddered.
"We'll stop him. We have to." Orpheus swore.
"I'm afraid of what kind of torturous things Blake must be experiencing." Koa said as she kept looking around.
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"No! No! I will never give in!" Blake said as she tried to look away.
"You can't escape, so surrender…"
"No…!"
Blake was trying to resist… Azrael giving her sushi?
"This is not gonna work." Roman deadpanned.
"Do you have any better ideas?" Azrael deadpanned back.
"Do what you will, I won't let you turn me into an Alter!" Blake shouts at them.
"Unfortunately, my dear, you don't have a choice in the matter." Azrael said, "You will become an Alter. Turning one of his friends into a Kajin they know all too well was a mistake. And I intend to rectify that."
"And yet you failed with Ruby and Pyrrha! What makes you think this will be any different?!" Blake asked.
"Because you, my dear, are different from them."
"Huh?"
"You don't fully trust anyone do you?"
"W-what do you-!"
"Face it, you still hide your Faunus side and flee like a coward."
"That's not true." Blake tries to deny.
"Am I?" Azrael retorted. "That little bow of yours won't save you. I believe your friend Kurai has already exposed you at the time?"
Blake gasped, "How do you know that?!"
"I have my ways. But to make a complicated answer short, I'm always watching."
"You're a sick monster, Azrael. You corrupted my friends and tried to kill Kurai."
"In case you've forgotten, we're all monsters here."
"Uh, hello~? We're humans." Roman raised his hand as did Neo.
"Technically you two are criminals who befriended my failed experiment." Azrael deadpanned. Neo walked towards him but was stopped by Roman, knowing it was futile. "But I digress." He said, before pulling out a dark blank Aura Sphere. "Now then… let's begin, shall we?"
Blake was sweating bullets, praying that the Riders would save her.
'Yang… Aaron…' She thought as the sphere entered her chest.
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"!" Koa suddenly gasped in horror, prompting them to stop running.
"What's wrong?" Orpheus asked.
"No… he did it…" Koa gasped in horror. "We're too late."
"No…" Pyrrha gasped.
"I can sense the darkness corrupting her desire." Koa said as she looked away.
"Dammit, we gotta hurry!" Orpheus said. "C'mon Koa, you gotta lead us!"
"R-right." Koa said as she dashed onto the walls up towards the rooftops, "That's weird, the desire is getting stronger…" Suddenly something sent Koa flying into the market cart with a loud crash, with Cell Medals flying out. "Ow…"
"Koa! Everything okay up there!?" Pyrrha called out.
"I can't see anything!" Koa said, covering her eyes, with Cell Medals bleeding out, "Something scratched my eyes out!"
"Hang on!" Orpheus said as he produced his Aura Driver from his Aura and inserted his Aura Sphere in.
AURA SPHERE CONNECTED! FALCON!
"Henshin!"
The shriek of a falcon echoed in the air as his Aura spiked out and shaped itself into that said animal before it flew around in the air then came down, enshrouding its wings around Orpheus's body.
SHINOBI ONGAKU! SHADOW FALCON!
Nero leaped upwards and saw Kurai, with multiple scratches across her body as she swung her arms. "Where are you?!" Kurai screams as more scratches appear on her. Kurai fell to the ground in pain, as Nero ran up towards her.
"Koa!" Nero exclaimed. "You okay!?"
"What does it look like!? My eyes are bleeding Cell Medals!" Kurai snapped. "I can't see them! And the desire is dashing everywhere!"
"Then I'll have to smoke them out." Nero said as he jumped up in the air. And performed a few hand signs. "Enmaku no Jutsu (Smokescreen Jutsu)!" He said before breathing out of his helmet a smokescreen. He looked around, hoping to find something.
…
…
...There!
Nero threw out a Feather Kunai at a passing shadow he noticed moving in the smoke. The kunai struck against something as evident by the sparks that flew but there wasn't a noise that signaled his target was in pain. 'I must've missed. Damn, this one is fast.' The bird-themed Rider cursed. "I gotta warn the others."
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"I swear, when I find Azrael, I'm gonna-" Aaron threatened.
"Calm down, man. We'll find Blake." Kurogasa said as they, Orion, and the rest of Team RWBY were together, trying to find where Azrael would've taken her.
"Not soon enough, man! My sister is out there in the hands of that madman and I'm going crazy because of it!" Aaron shouted. Not long after he said that, his Scroll began to ring and saw that it was from Orpheus. He wasted no time, answering it. "Tell me you found her!"
["Sort of- GAH!"] Orpheus's voice cried out as there were sounds of fighting on the other end. ["We can use a bit of backup! Sending coordinates!"] He said, before the line cut off and Aaron's scroll immediately showed a GPS mark with Orpehus's location.
"Let's go, guys!" Aaron told his friends.
"You want speed? I got ya!" He said, before his Aura glowed and it materialized around his waist, producing a belt. This belt was similar to that of motorcycle handles, having two bars with a clutch and a sort of speedometer, but what made it a driver was the fact that it could hold a GaiaMemory. And it just so happened that the GaiaMemory was a red one with a stylistic 'A' that looked like an accelerometer.
ACCEL!
"Hen… SHIN!" He shouted, before inserting into the AccelDriver.
ACCEL!
He twisted one of the handlebars and the Driver vroomed. He did that a couple more times until energy-like tick marks for a speedometer appeared around him and was sucked into him a moment later to cover himself in armor once it solidified. His armor was primarily red and much bulkier with silver paneling on his legs. The front of his torso armor seemed like the grill of a car with black gears around his ankles. On his back, he had what appeared to be a backpack made of folded up motorcycle parts. The black of his visor had a glowing blue circular set of lights in it with a silver letter 'A' design in the middle with another metal 'A' acting as a horn for his helmet. He then took out a massive red, silver, and black sword that appeared to be made of motorcycle parts.
Kurogasa became Kamen Rider Accel!
"Saa… furikiru ze!" He said, before turning himself into Bike Mode, surprising the rest of Team RWBY. "Get on you guys! And don't worry, it is my back!"
"And it got weird again…" Aaron sighed as he got on, along with Orion. "Alright double-time it!"
Accel revved up and sped off towards the dangers that await them.
"HEY! WAIT FOR US!" Ruby shouted, as she grabbed both Weiss and Yang and used her Semblance to try to catch up with them.
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Nero, Kurai, and Pyrrha were sent rolling across the ground as their phantom enemy continued to elude them and strike them countless times.
"Ow geez, my everything!" Kurai groaned in pain, "It's hitting between my armor!"
"She's too fast even for me!" Pyrrha said as she gripped her arm in pain.
"Dammit…" Nero gritted. How could they fight what they can't see? Of course, this is Blake they were talking about.
Kurai then got an idea as she held out her hands, which caused countless snakes to slither out. This dumbfounded the two, as the snakes slithered in the shadows.
"Since when can you do that?!" Nero shouts comically.
"Just now…" Kurai mumbled cutely.
"God, why are you so adorable?" Nero mumbles with a facepalm.
"K-Kurai, while I appreciate the help, please don't let them into our dorms." Pyrrha said with a shudder.
"Why? Are you afraid of snakes or something?" Kurai said with a head tilt.
"N-No…" Pyrrha lied.
"She totally is." Nero sighed. Kurai giggled to herself which made Pyrrha nervous. The snakes suddenly latched onto a figure, to which the Greeed fist-pumped in joy.
"Got her!" Kurai said as the snakes acted as binds.
"Hiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiissssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss!"
The sound hurt the trio's ears as they held their ears in pain.
"Is that the monster or the snakes?!" Pyrrha asked.
"Both?!" Kurai said.
"Hiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiisssssssssssssssssss! Rawwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwr!"
"Did that sound like a big cat to anyone?" Nero pondered.
"What, like a puma?" Kurai and Pyrrha said at the same time.
"No, it's more like a… Black… Panther…" Nero said, as the shadow snakes suddenly pulled the figure out of the shadows and true to his word, the Alter looked like a corrupted version of the Marvel hero, Black Panther. In its claws were the remaining snakes that Kurai summoned as it was crushed into Cell Medals.
"I think we're in trouble…" Kurai said with a gulp. The Alter walked towards them but stopped as it's ears flicked.
"Guys!" Accel said as he brakes in front of the group. And soon the rest of the group caught up.
"What in-" Aaron said, horrified at the sight of this new Alter.
"Wakanda shit is this?!" Orion exclaimed.
"Dude, not the time for Black Panther puns!" Accel snapped.
"I think it's Blake…" Kurai said somberly.
"No…" Aaron said in disbelief.
The Panther Alter growled menacingly at the gathered party, bearing her claws and fangs in a form of intimidation.
"Aaron, let me handle this." Accel said, stepping forward.
"But-"
"I get it. She's your sister. But if I'm being honest now you won't be able to fight her like this." Accel pointed out.
Aaron gritted his teeth but realized that his teammate had a point, "Alright…" He reluctantly agreed. Accel pulled out his blade and got ready to fight.
"Saa… furikiru ze!" He shouted, before charging in at the Panther Alter. As he did, he took out a gray GaiaMemory and inserted it in the Engine Blade.
ENGINE!
"Let's see how you like this!" Accel said, as he pulled the trigger.
ELECTRIC!
"Kurae!" He shouted, swinging the sword and electricity crackled out to the Panther Alter. The transformed Faunus growled then suddenly… vanished!? "Kieta?!*1"
Suddenly, sparks flew off his back, causing him to stumble. "Gah! Okay, let's try this!"
STEAM!
His Engine Blade released a vast amount of steam, which allowed him to barely see where the Panther Alter was. He rushed in and swung down. "I got you!" He said, but the Panther Alter disappeared again! "No way!" He was then met with another scratch to his armor, sending sparks flying off. "Alright, kitty! No more Mr. Nice Guy!" He said, before taking out the Bat Shot and took out the Luna Memory before inserting it on the side.
LUNA! MAXIMUM DRIVE!
"Go!" He shouted, letting the Bat Shot fly.
The Panther Alter was about to go for another strike on the Rider before the Bat Shot suddenly released a blinding flash that not only temporarily blinded the monster but also revealed her location.
"Gotcha!" He said, before pressing the clutch on the Accel Driver.
ACCEL! MAXIMUM DRIVE!
Accel ran towards the Alter with a yell as he then leaps up towards her and performed a roundhouse kick. His kicking leg was covered in energy as his kick resembles a red tire track. But the surprising thing was, the Panther Altera caught his kicking foot in midair! Before he knew what happened, he was spun around and thrown to a building, crashing into it!
"Kuro!" Weiss called out in horror.
"Alright, that's it! Blake, sorry about this but you're going down!" Yang declared as she activated Ember Celica and charged at her monstrous partner with a war cry. When the Alter turned, an image of Blake made the Blonde flinch in hesitation. Taking this moment, The Panther Alter grabbed her by the head and threw her aside.
"Yang!" Ruby cried out.
"Raaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaawr!"
"Hahahahahahahaha! Goo~d! Goo~d! Most excellent, my lovely specimen." A familiar voice laughed as Azrael appeared before them.
"Damn you, Azrael! You don't know when to quit do you!" Aaron snarled. "Let my sister go!"
"Sorry, Rider," Azrael said with a vile smirk. "But she's my Alter now."
"Bastard!"
"You… just what is wrong with you!?" Ruby shrieked. "Just what did Aaron and Team JOKR do so wrong against you, other than the obvious of beating you and your evil plans!? You started all of this in the first place! So why are you doing this!?"
Azrael said nothing as he stared at Ruby in surprise. "Why you ask, child?" The man said in a dark tone, "Because their existence upon this world threatens it. And they're too stupid to even realize it."
"Oh don't give us that Decade cop out of a reason!" Orpheus snapped. "And for the record, he turned out just fine after what he went through!"
"Fools, in your vain attempts to stop what's to come, you will only doom what you hope to save."
"Doesn't mean… we can't try…" Accel grunted as he managed to push himself out of the rubble that he crashed into. "This is… our story! And you're not part of it!"
"And that's where you are wrong, Rider. I will continue to exist, and I won't stop until you are all erased from existence! Then, and only then, will I stop harassing this world! And the four of you will be sent to the depths of the Abyss where you all belong!"
"Not a chance, Azrael!" Kurai said getting up, "I refuse to die! Not now not ever!"
"And who said you have a choice in the matter?" Azrael sneered. "You will die! It's not a matter of where or when! Only that it is certain! You're just too naive to realize that!"
Kurai screams as she charges at Azrael. "Kurai no!" Aaron tried to stop her, but was blocked by the Alter. The Greeed swung at Azrael who kept dodging.
"I won't die, I will not die, and I'll never let anyone beat me!" Kurai said as she kept trying to hit Azrael.
"And here I believed you wouldn't be a weak disappointment." Azrael said as he slammed a fist into Kurai's body. She screamed in pain as the man pulled out many Core Medals, including Wani and Kame. Kurai fell to the ground as Azrael stomped upon her chest.
"KOA!" Orpheus shouted.
"Get the picture now, you piece of trash?" Azrael mocked the Greeed beneath his boot. "Whether you fight me or not, your deaths have already been assured."
ACCEL! MAXIMUM DRIVE!
"ORYAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" Kurogasa shouted as he flew forwards towards Azrael with his Rider Kick, but the Panther Alter caught him again and threw him to another building. "Gahhhhhhh!" He groaned in pain before returning to civilian form and his Aura shattered.
"Kuro!" Weiss shouted.
"Thank you, my dear. I believe we've caused enough damage for one day." Azrael said as he turned around to leave. The Panther Alter hissed at the group once more before turning around to follow.
"Azrael! Blake! Get back here!" Aaron shouted as he tried to run after him, but the two enemies entered a portal and went through before it closed, not giving Aaron the chance to follow. "RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGH!" He shouted to the heavens.
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"Itetetete…" Kurogasa winced in pain as he was being bandaged up in the infirmary.
"Hold still! This would go a lot faster if you weren't flinching every five seconds," Weiss chastised the boy.
"It's not like Blake threw me into two buildings-"
*SMACK!*
"ITE!" He cried out when Weiss slapped on another bandage on his arm.
Koa was watching everyone whilst leaning against a wall. This was an injustice. Not only was she made a fool of by her former master, but her best friend Blake was turned into an Alter and couldn't do anything to save her! It was infuriating. And if that wasn't enough, Aaron was taking it the worse. It was like Ruby being turned, only ten times worse than her.
"How's Aaron doing?" Jaune asked.
"Other than throwing stuff around the Rider Base, he has it bad." Koa sighed. "Not since Ruby was turned."
"I know how he feels…" Yang said in agreement. "Blake's my partner… that shouldn't happen to anyone. I swore not to let another one of my teammates become an Alter. Fat load that promise did me…"
"It's not going to do us any wallow in our loss." Pyrrha said. "All we can do now is recover and figure out our next move."
"She's right. It's annoying that Azrael would do this now, but we have to do what we can at the moment." Orion said.
"So what do we do?" Ruby asked.
"We find Blake and turn her back to normal." Orpheus stated.
GKC: And that will be the cliffhanger for the chapter.
KRD: Yep! Stay tuned for the next chapter! By the way, you're still not touching Weiss!
GKC: Shut up. It's going to happen.
KRD: NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! *Tackles GKC to the ground*
SR: *sigh* Roll the Preview Clip...
Announcer: Jikai! Remnant's Climax Heroes!
Aaron: I'm gonna kill that bastard!
Azrael: Face it, you stood no chance against me.
?: Help me… brother…
Aaron: I have someone worth protecting! And you won't stop me!
Next Time: Curiosity and a Cat! Part 2
Blake: Aaron, I…
GKC: That's it, everyone! Peace out for now!
KRD: NO TOUCHING WEIIIIIIIIIIIIIIISS!
GKC: Gah dammit! *runs away from KRD*
