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Chapter 35: Runaway Train


[Mt. Glenn]


It was nightfall upon the mountain remains of the old city, as Ruby was on lookout for any Grimm, White Fang, or Alter/Hybrids. She gave a tired yawn, as she felt someone place a blanket over her shoulders. She turned and smiled, seeing Orion had placed the blanket on her.

"You doing alright, Ruby?" Orion asked his girlfriend as he took a seat right next to her.

"Yeah, just a little tired." Ruby says, rubbing her eyes. She then looked up at the sky in thought. "Looking back on the adventures we had, we've been through a lot, haven't we?"

Moments of Team RWBY and the Riders filled her imagination as she snuggled closer to Orion.

"Yeah," Orion wrapped an arm around the girl, holding her close. "It's been a pretty hectic school year."

"Something tells me that there's worse to come, though…"

"Eh, that's just our lives." Orion shrugged. Ruby nods and leans against the Arc, the latter tightening his grip around her as the night continues to shine with stars. Their moment was cut off, however, when they heard a whine coming from Zwei.

"Looks like someone needs to go." Ruby sighs.

"He can literally just pee anywhere. Not like anybody is going to care if a dog uses a building as a bathroom right now." Orion pointed out.

"When it comes to Zwei, he's picky when it comes to where to go." Ruby says as a counterpoint.

"Seriously?"

Ruby nods her head, to which the Arc sighed. "Alright. Let's go find him somewhere to pee."


Elsewhere, General Ironwood was gazing up into the night sky as he watched the shattered moon. So much has happened here in Vale, which caused him to be rather concerned. Not only were there monsters more dangerous than the Grimm, but the only thing that was able to stop them was four huntsmen with technology beyond Atlas.

"Trouble sleeping?"

Ironwood looked back, gripping his shoulder with the other hand as he saw Glynda approaching. "Arm was acting up."

"Of course, so logically, you got out of bed, dressed yourself completely and decided to gaze menacingly out into the distance." Glynda rolled her eyes in amusement as she approached all the way to his side, then looked at him concerned. "What's wrong?"

"I've trusted him for years. We both have. I just… I can't help but feel like he's keeping us in the dark." Ironwood said.

"Don't be ridiculous! You know very well that we are not the ones in the dark."

Ironwood laughs humorously. "That makes it worse! I refuse to believe that a man that I've trusted for so long would act so… passively."

Glynda puts a reassuring hand on her friend's shoulder. "You're a good person, James. You've always done what you think is best for the people, even against strong protest. It's admirable. But it's high time you stopped talking about trust and started showing it." She drops her hand as they stare into the distance together. "Ozpin has experience that the rest of us lack. And I think that's something worth remembering."

"And what of JOKR?"

"What about them?"

"From what I've been hearing, they apparently have a Semblance that gives them great power. Not only that, but they've even acquired a form that uses their own Aura and the souls of others as their own form of armor."

"What are you suggesting?" Glynda asked, slightly wary.

"I'm not going to dissect them for their powers, if that's what you're worried about." Ironwood chuckled. "It's more of a… precaution, just in case things go south."

"James, how could you possibly incorporate their powers to your mechanical soldiers? It's impossible." Glynda frowned.

"I never said it was going to the androids." Ironwood stated. "Imagine it. If Atlas could somehow harness that power for its soldiers, the threat of the Grimm would be moot at this point. We could even utterly destroy them and her as well."

"James, their Semblances are unique to themselves. It's impossible to replicate artificially."

"Their Semblance, maybe. But video footage shows that they have an actual transformation belt, constructed from their own Aura. If I could have a word with them, then maybe…" James rubbed his chin. "Atlas could make an artificial means of creating a… what was it they called themselves? Kamen Rider?"

"Yes, they called it as much." Glynda said. "Still… I think this is a bit reckless on your part."

"Reckless or not, it's better to take action rather than wait for our enemies to destroy us."

"That's just like you, James." Glynda sighed, seeing that he was stubborn once again. "Very well, you can speak with them after their assignment, but Ozpin and I have to be there."

"Of course, by all means." The Atlas General nodded in agreement.


The full moon is shining over the ruined buildings of Mountain Glenn, and a lone Beowolf is searching through the rubble. It looks up briefly at the young girl who has it in her red crosshair scope, but Ruby Rose just lowers Crescent Rose and sighs in tiredness as she keeps lookout over the destruction. The rest of the teams and Koa are lying down on their sleeping mats around the fire with weapons nearby, and Doctor Bartholomew Oobleck is higher up, slumped down against the wall next to the hole in the ceiling/floor. The three members of RWBY have their eyes closed, but Yang Xiao Long is the first to stop pretending.

"Blake, Aaron, are you awake?"

"Yeah." Blake said.

"Yang, go to sleep already…" Aaron sighed.

"Can't. Wide awake now." The fiery blonde whispered.

"Figures."

"So… why do you think he asked us about being a Huntress? Like, what was he trying to say?"

"Maybe he was just curious." Blake guessed.

"Highly doubt that." Aaron said.

"Weiss, are you awake?" Yang asked.

"Of course I'm awake! You two are talking." Weiss hissed as she turned over and opened her eyes with a sigh. "And I think he… When I said I wanted to honor my family's name, I meant it. But, it's not what you think. I'm not stupid. I'm fully aware of what my father has done with the Schnee Dust Company. Since he took control, our business has operated in a… moral gray area."

"That's putting it lightly." Blake muttered.

"Which is why I feel the need to make things right. If I had taken a job in Atlas, it wouldn't have changed anything. My father was not the start of our name, and I refuse to let him be the end of it."

"Weiss, much as I appreciate your conviction, it's going to take a lot more than a few good deeds as a Huntress. Your dad is the reason Faunus hates not only your company but also your family along with humans in general." Aaron pointed out.

"If we're being honest, I want the bastard to rot in jail…" Kurogasa muttered, as he was waking up too. "Not to mention that he's a disgrace for wearing a clip-on tie. He can be rich and run a multi-millionaire company, yet he's defeated by knots. Really sad."

"I am ashamed to call him a man then."

"You know… all my life, I fought for what I thought was right. But Adam… well, you all know he doesn't think that way." Blake said sadly. "I joined the Academy because I knew that Huntsmen and Huntresses were regarded as the most noble warriors in the world. Always fighting for good. But I never really thought past that. When I leave the Academy, what will I - how can I undo so many years of hate?"

"I'm sure you'd figure it out. You're not one to back down from a challenge, Blake." Yang said.

"But I am! I do it all the time! When you learned I was a Faunus, I didn't know what to do, so I ran! When I realized my oldest partner had become a monster, I ran! Even my Semblance! I was born with the ability to leave behind a shadow of myself; an empty copy that takes the hit while I run away!"

"At least you, your brother, and Weiss have something that drives you." Yang said. "I've just kind of always, gone with the flow, y'know? And that's fine, I mean, that's who I am. But how long can I really do that for? I wanna be a Huntress, not really because I want to be a hero, but because I want the adventure. I want a life where I won't know what tomorrow will bring. And that'll be a good thing. Being a Huntress just happens to line up with that. I'm not like Ruby, she's always wanted to be a Huntress. It's like she said, ever since she was a kid, she'd dreamt about being the heroes in the books. Helping people and saving the day, and never asking for anything else in return. Even when she couldn't fight, she knew that's what she wanted to do. That's why she trained so hard to get where she is today."

"Well, she's still just a kid." Weiss said.

"She's only two years younger. We're all kids." Aaron pointed out.

"Well, not anymore. I mean, look where we are! In the middle of a warzone and armed to the teeth!"

"It's the life we chose."

"It's a job. We all had this romanticized vision of being a Huntress or Huntsman in our heads! But at the end of the day…"

"It's a job to protect the people." Kurogasa said as he stood up. "And whatever we want, will have to come second."

The apparently-sleeping Oobleck has a small smile when he finishes.

"Go on, Ruby. Get some sleep. I'll take over." Kurogasa said.

"No, I'll take over." Aaron said, standing up from his sleeping mat.

"Come on, Aaron. You need to relax." Yang said, dragging her boyfriend down next to her as his face landed on her buxom chest.

"Mmmmmmmmmph…" Aaron muffled out as Yang wrapped her arms around him.

"How's it feel?" Yang grinned.

"I'm going to melt…" Aaron muffled out again.

"Mmmmmmmm…" Blake huffed before hugging Aaron from behind. "Mine…" She hissed cutely.

Now sandwiched between two sets of impressive cleavage, the leader of Team JOKR was completely out of it. As evident by the steam erupting from his ears and his cherry red face.

Weiss looked over at Kurogasa, "Guess watch duty is yours."

"Yeah." Kurogasa said, before gesturing at Ruby to go over to the campsite, to which the little reaper did. As he sat at the edge, he looked up at the broken moon. "Hope you're okay, Yukina."


Meanwhile…

"Yuki, c'mon, get some sleep…" Melody yawned. "You've been on guard duty for a while now."

"But I can't sleep." Yukina said with a grimace.

"You're still thinking about your old man?" Yin sighed. "Yuki, he's gonna be fine. You don't need to worry about him so much."

"It's not this version of my father I'm worried about…"

"It's the dark one isn't it…" Rei frowned, as Yukina nodded, holding her arm.

"He's near… I can feel it."

"We'll face him together, right?"

"That's why we came back in time." Yin stated. "Our parents are heroes, so it's only right that we correct that timeline."

"Yeah, and we can do it, because we have each other." Melody added.

"Yeah, I guess you're right." Yukina smiled sadly.

"Good, now no more worrying and get to bed."


Koa snorts awake and observes her surroundings. The rest of team RWBY and JOKR were asleep, Yang took up watch, allowing for Ruby and Zwei to sleep on the sleeping bag Yang had been lying on. Koa sighed, falling back asleep as Zwei suddenly woke and stood up, causing Ruby to wake up.

"Huh? Zwei, it's late. Go back to bed." Ruby groaned, but the corgi didn't listen as Zwei ran off. "Zwei! Zwei! Ugh!" Ruby wanders out of the building, looking for Zwei.

"Huh?" Kurogasa groaned as he woke up and noticed Ruby gone. "Ruby?" He got out, before slowly getting up and grabbing his weapon, sneaking out.

"Zwei! Zwei, where are you? Zwei!" Ruby whispered as she peeked her head out of the corner.

"Ruby?"

"Eek!" The little reaper squeaked but then felt her mouth being covered. She struggled for a bit, before realizing it was Kurogasa who covered her mouth. When she relaxed, the samurai let go of her.

"What are you doing out here?" Kurogasa asked.

"I was looking for Zwei…" The young reaper gestured over to said corgi who had just finished pottying and released a small bark. "Found him."

"What was that?"

Surprising the two, Ruby quickly grabbed Zwei. They and Kurogasa hid behind the rubble, and peeking out from the corner, they saw two familiar grunts of a certain organization.

"White Fang…" Kurogasa muttered.

"What was what?" The second White Fang grunt asked.

"I thought I heard a Beowolf or something." The first guard answered.

"Hmph. Let's just finish our patrol and get back to base. This place gives me the creeps."

As the White Fang guards walked away, Ruby looked to Kurogasa, who nodded. With that, the two of them and Zwei sneak around in the background, following them. They eventually reach a ruined building with a pair of metal doors, and they hide behind a corner, Ruby holding Zwei out to watch them.

"Did they go in yet? One bark means yes."

The sound of the door closing echoes out.

"Bark!"

"Oh! This is it! This is it!" Ruby squealed.

"Easy Ruby." Kurogasa said, before holding out his Scroll to show there was a low signal.

"Aw man! Come on, we gotta get the others!" Ruby complained.

"Don't worry, we'll-"

*ZING!*

"Erghhh!" Kurogasa suddenly grunted, holding his head tight, feeling a jolt of pain hitting his cranium.

"What's wrong?!" Ruby asks, in shock at Kurogasa's pain.

"My head…!" Kurogasa said, before gasping in realization, "He's here…"

"Who?"

"My dark future self… he's here… I sense him… somewhere…" Kurogasa grunted.

"If that's true, we need the others!" Ruby said. "Can you walk?"

"Yeah…" He said, getting up. He, Ruby and Zwei hurry off down the street. However, the asphalt beneath them suddenly sinks before caving in. Ruby grabbed onto a ledge and caught Zwei while Kurogasa managed to catch Ruby at the last second. He then tosses them up out of the hole and begins to attempt to pull himself up. However, the ledge he is holding onto breaks off, but Ruby managed to catch him.

"Ruby… you have to let go…" Kurogasa grunted.

"No! I can… urf pull you up…" Ruby grunts as she tries to pull him back up.

"Ruby, I'll be fine! there's an underground city beneath! I'll be fine if I land on one of their roofs! Get the others!"

"But Kuro!"

"There's no time…! You have to trust me!"

Ruby hesitated for a moment, before letting go as he plummets into the huge cave filled with ruined buildings, far below the surface. Helands on a building up against a cavern wall.

"Good girl…" Kurogasa said as he got up and as soon as he got up, a nearby door burst open to reveal two other White Fang guards.

"Freeze!"

"Where did he come from?"

"Looks like I won't be able to show off this to the others anytime soon." He said, before his Aura glowed and a belt materialized around him. But it was one never seen before. It looked to be a sheathed sword, with a blue handle that has a watery design to it.

SEIKEN SWORDRIVER!

"What the?!" One of the grunts gasped in shock.

"Is he a huntsman?!" The other adds.

Kurogasa didn't say anything as he pulled out a small item which looked like a book. It was blue and it depicted a blue lion. He opened up the book revealing the story page.

"The history of the noble king's battle was recently recorded by this blue mane."

He then closed the book and inserted it in the middle slot. The standby noise played as a holographic book came out and flipped rapidly as if transporting him somewhere. Kurogasa appears in a library surrounded by water as a large version of the Lion Senki book suddenly dropped down behind him with a loud thud sending ripples of water out. Then gripping the handle, he pulled the sword that was sheathed inside, which enlarged before the book opened up to the Transformation Page, the large book behind him opening as well.

NAGARE! BATTO!

"Henshin!" He called out before he made a horizontal line slash of water, before a mechanical blue lionlion within raced out and swirled around him as if surrounded by a water torrent.

LION SENKI!

In Kurogasa's place was a new figure. Black and blue armor adorned his body, with a lion adorning his chest. The horizontal slash from before flew onto a helm with a sword like horn sticking out of the top, becoming the Rider's visor. This was Kamen Rider Blades.

NAGARE! ISSATSU!

WHEN THE KING OF BEASTS AND SUISEIKEN NAGARE MEET, THE AZURE SWORD PEELS ITS FANGS!

SUISEIKEN NAGARE!

"In the name of the sword of currents, I will defeat you!" The newly formed Kamen Rider Blades declared.

"It's one of those Riders from before! Get him!"

With his sword in hand, Kurogasa charged in towards the two White Fang grunts.


Yang stretched her arms out as she was done with her shift and now was time to switch guards. "Hey Weiss, it's your… Ruby?" She said, before looking around, seeing she was nowhere in sight. And there was also someone else who was gone. "Hey, where's Ruby? And where's Kuro?"

This caused the others to wake up.

"What?" Aaron pondered in surprise.

Zwei then comes running into the room, barking.

Yang knelt down, wondering what her dog was looking excited. "Zwei?"

"What's going on?" Blake asked.

"Guys!" Ruby called out as she frantically came running towards them. "It's Kuro! He's- he's-!"

"Ruby!" Orion suddenly interjected. "Deep. Calm. Breaths."

Ruby took a moment to take deep breaths, before calming down. "Kurogasa fell down a hole!"

"A hole?!" Weiss gawked.

"Yeah, down a hole. He said, something about an underground city or something?"

This made Oobleck pale. "Oh my. Of course! Of course, OF COURSE, OF COURSE!" Oobleck shouted as he paced around like a tiger in its cage, feeling agitated.

"What is it?" Blake asked.

"How could I be so stupid?!" Oobleck scolded himself.

"Dr. Oobleck, what's wrong?" Yang asked him.

"Mountain Glenn!" Oobleck said. "An expansion of Vale that was inevitably destroyed by creatures of Grimm! Previously home to thousands of people! Working people commuting to the city, the main city! Developed a subway system to the inner city! Grimm attacks increased! Population in danger, now desperately searching for shelter! City evacuates into the metro tunnels and what do they find? The southeast quadrant of Vale, is known for wild forests and deep caves!"

"Doc, what are you saying?" Koa asked, before Oobleck suddenly held her shoulder.

"My dear, we're not just looking for an underground crime network, we're looking for an UNDERGROUND crime network!"

"You… said that twice." Koa said in confusion.

"Just roll with it, Koa." Orpheus told the Greeed girl.

"They've been working in caves?" Blake asked.

"No, no, Mountain Glenn was Vale's first serious attempt at expansion. It worked for a short period of time, thanks to an aggressive perimeter defense, and unique transportation; the city developed an elaborate subway system to carry citizens safely from the new territory into the main Kingdom! Sadly, without the many natural barriers Vale had to protect its borders, Mountain Glenn was doomed from the start!" Oobleck said as his expression turned grim. "As the end drew near, the citizens of the territory made one last attempt at survival: They took up shelter beneath the city! In massive caves that they had cleared out for the subway. And they had cut themselves off from the surface!"

Yang looked surprised. "An underground village?"

"In a manner of speaking, yes. A safe haven. Until…" Oobleck trailed off. "An explosion opened the mouth of another cavern, filled with subterranean Grimm… after that… the Kingdom officially sealed off the tunnels, creating the world's largest tomb…"

"So you're saying that… oh gods." Koa muttered in disbelief.

"If Kurogasa is down there," Oobleck muttered as he deploys Antiquity's Roast. "We must find him…"

Aaron grinned as his own weapon, Blood Moon, activated. The gauntlets and boots covering his hands and feet. "Great! Let's head on in before he takes all the fun."

The others nod and draw forth their weapons.


"Hyah! hah! Oryah!" Kurogasa shouted as he slashed a few more White Fang grunts that dared challenge him.

"Call the boss! We've been discovered!" One of the grunts said to the others.

"I'm on it!" One of them pulled out a Scroll and tried to make a call before pausing, "Uh… what's his contact number again?"

"I think it was 543218…"

"No, that's Perry's number." Another grunt corrected him. "It's 404912."

"No, that's my wife's num- Wait, how do you know my wife's number!?"

"Uuuuuuhhhhhhh…"

HISSATSU DOKUHA!

"Huh?!" The grunts cried out in dismay as Blades shot out a water stream and encased them in a bubble of water. Blades then leapt into the air, ready to Rider Kick.

LION! ISSATSU GEKI! WATER!

"Leo Cascade!" He shouted, before kicking the water bubble trapped grunts and sent them flying as the bubble exploded and landed safely.

"That takes care of them." He said breathing a sigh of relief.

"You forgot about us, Kuro." Said an all too familiar voice. Blades turned around, seeing Gou and Team ROGE walking onto the scene.

"Gou…" Kurogasa growled, tightening his grip on his Suiseiken Nagare.

Rachel stepped forward as flames gathered at her hands. "ROGE… kill the Rider." She ordered before unleashing a blast of fire at Kurogasa. The latter countered by sending a blast of water, creating steam, but Ogre came out of the steam ready to launch a haymaker, but the Rider dodged at the last second. He suddenly had to block from Gou's newly forged katana by placing the sword behind him. He then turned around and pushed forward, their two swords clashing back and forth before they were in a deadlock.

"You must be a glutton for punishment, seeing that you wish to die that badly."

"Shut up!" Kurogasa snapped as they broke the deadlock briefly before clashing again, "This time for sure… I'll win!"

"Not a chance." Gou smirked. "By the end of today, my new blade will taste your blood."

The two began to exchange slashed from their blades as they moved around. Blades was about to go in, when Rachel and Ogre came at him from behind. Blades quickly jumped over Gou to avoid their hits only to be ensnared by a whip-sword wielded by Emily due to her Semblance then was slammed into the ground by Ogre after he leapt after him and used his bulky weight to punch the Rider in the face. As Blades got up, Gou slashed at him from behind causing sparks upon his new armor.

"Hmph, you made him out to be tougher, Gou-Gou." Emily scoffed in disappointment as her current weapon vanished only to be replaced by the Blades of Chaos.

"Granted, he was fighting all of us by himself like the fool he is." Gou said before leveling an annoyed glare at the purple-haired girl. "And stop calling me that."

"Enough bickering," Rachel ordered her team. "We have a job to do. Let's kill this one then finish off his friends."

"Gh…" Kurogasa gritted as he struggled to his feet. "Not… yet. I still have some fight in me." He said, before pulling out another Wonder Ride Book and opening it.

PETER FANTASISTA!

He then closed the book, inserted the sword back in and placed it in the appropriate slot before pulling out the sword again.

NAGARE! BATTO!

Blue glitter suddenly flew out of the second book as it surrounded his left arm before being encased, showing that the left arm armor is now glittering light blue and has a hook, taking the theme of Peter Pan and his nemesis Captain Hook.

KAGAYAKU LION FANTASISTA~!

NAGARE! NISATSU!

ROAR! GLITTER! THE CLAWS OF FANTASY NOW DWELL IN THE BLUE SWORDSMAN!

Blades got up, filled with renewed vigor as he swung his sword whilst using his hook to parry blows. The group was pushed back, as he took his hook, now on a blue chain. He wrapped it around Emily, pulling her into Ogre.

"Gah!" They cried out in pain.

"GET OVER HERE!" Kurogasa quoted as he swung the hook and wrapped it around Rachel before pulling her towards him. Once she was close enough, he cut with his sword, sending her flying.

"I've had enough of this!" Gou says angrily. "Time for me to transform and finish it."

"No you won't!" Kurogasa said as he swung the hook and chain, wrapping the chain around Gou before pulling him in and punching him in the face, sending him flying, then pulled him in again, and punched once more, repeating the process over and over again.

Suddenly, Gou dug his feet and sword into the ground as his Dark Aura Sphere flew out of his pocket and into his chest. He roared as he turned into his Alter form, grabbing the chain and pulling Blades towards him and punching his gut.

"Gahhhhhhhh!"

"Now die!" The Altered Gou roared as he pulled off his rifle and fired several rounds into his chest. Blades rolled on the ground, his armor smoking from the blast. The rest of Team ROGE slowly got up, smirking as they approached the wounded Kurogasa.

"Not so smug now, are you?" Rachel said with a smirk, kicking Kurogasa in the gut.

"Gh…!"

"You're weak just like that Orion!" Ogre said as he kicked him too.

"Argh!"

"And just like Orpheus, you and your friends are going to die!" Emily adds, kicking as well.

"Ugh!"

Gou smirked, or as much as he was capable of in his Alter Form, putting his foot on the Rider's head. "And when we're done, I'm gonna take my sweet time with that little whore you have for a daughter."

BITE! CRIMSON FANG/URSINE CLAW/SHADOW TALON!

"HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!" The three Riders and Kurai shout, flying towards their rivals.

"What?!" Team ROGE exclaimed in shock, as they were knocked back.

"Heh… what took you so long?" Kurogasa chuckled in pain as he got back up on his feet.

"Sorry, Kuro," Kurai apologizes, "We were planning something special for these chumps… Also, that's a new one."

"Yeah, Kamen Rider Blades, a secondary Reiwa Era Rider…" Kurogasa said.

"KUROOO!"

*POW!*

Kurogasa was suddenly hugged tightly by Ruby.

"Ow, ow, ow, Ruby, easy…" Kurogasa cringed.

"I almost thought you… you…" Ruby got out before burying her head in a hug.

"Um guys?" Kurai says, getting everyone's attention. "Not to bring the mood down, but the big guy is lifting a piece of a ruined building."

"I'm going to make waffles out of you Heroes!" Ogre roars, in his Alter form. He was holding up a large piece of a building as he tossed it towards the group. Everyone managed to move out of the way as the building crumbled to pieces, sending debris everywhere. The group then charged at Team ROGE and chaos ensued. Kurai and Nero were duking it out with Emily whilst Kurogasa with Weiss clashed against Alter Gou.

"Come on, Emmie! Me and Orphee can take you on any day!" Kurai taunts, causing the two to face fall anime style.

"Who are you calling Emmie?!" Emily exclaims angrily.

"Koa, no! Just… no!" Nero cried out in dismay.

"What? What'd I say?" Kurai whined.

"She hates being called Emmie!"

"Why does she hate being called Emmie?" Kurai asked Nero before shouting over to Emily. "Hey Emmie! Why do you hate being called Emmie?"

This made Emily's face turn red as steam blew out her ears and nostrils. She began to roll up her sleeves as Nero was facepalming.

"Dammit, Koa…"

Meanwhile, Blake, Yang, and Aaron were taking on Rachel as they surrounded the latter. "So this is how it's going to be, huh?"

"Rachel, you and I both know how this is going to end." Aaron said. "Don't do this."

"Unfortunately, Aaron," Rachel said as her eyes glowed, drawing her weapon, "You and I have different views on how it's going to end." Yang wasted no time as she shot herself towards Rachel with her gauntlets and threw a punch, but Rachel blocked it with her weapon on the flat side of the blade, not even flinching. "So the blonde bitch wants to die first. Fine by me."

Rachel charged at Yang with no hesitation, ducking under her punch and delivered blows to her back. "Every fighter's major weakness is their backside."

Yang tried to hit her again, but got another strike to her back. Blake and Kurenai rush in to take her on as well as help Yang. Rachel and Kurenai became blurs that clashed into one another, as Blake helped Yang back onto her feet as she rubbed her back.

"You ok, Yang?" Blake asks the Blonde Brawler.

"Yeah, just gonna be sore tomorrow." Yang joked, wincing from the small bruising on her back. With Kurenai and Rachel, the two were caught in an intense deadlock that neither side wanted to lose.

"You can't beat me, Rachel! I've gotten stronger since our last battle!" Kurenai growled as he used his FangHowler to stop his ex-girlfriend's whip sword in its whip form.

"You're not the only one that's been busy!" Rachel snapped.

"And how's that?"

"My powers have doubled since our last fight!"

"That doesn't mean anything if it's gonna end up the same way!" Aaron said, before breaking the deadlock and slashing Rachel with the FangHowler relentlessly. "You haven't changed at all! And you'll never move forward! Because all you do is live in the past!"

"And you think you're any different?! You're a hypocrite!" The blonde spat out before stomping her foot as a pillar of earth erupted beneath Kurenai, pushing him back.

"I already owned up to my mistakes!"

"Lying again? How pathetic!" Rachel thrust out her arms, unleashing a blast of wind that blew not only Kurenai but Yang and Blake into the air as well.

Blake quickly changed her weapon to kusarigama mode and shot towards an empty window of an abandoned building, gripping the edge before using the wind current to swing them around. Yang threw punches at Rachel hitting their mark, followed by Aaron who swung with his FangHowler, and finally Blake went next, swinging her Gambol Shroud in katana mode, but Rachel blocked it.

"My brother is stronger than you will ever know!" Blake said.

"Ever the optimist, aren't you, kitty cat?" Rachel snarled as she lashed out with her weapon, which was coated in ultrathin water. "Let's see if you'll still think that when you're nothing but ribbons of flesh and blood!"

Blake leaned back to avoid a slash, but blood was drawn from a cut on her cheek. She backflipped as Rachel's watery blade turned into steam before being engulfed in flames.

"Face it, you're just as hypocritical as he is!"

"You don't know me!"

"Did you forget? I come from the same world as he does!" Rachel reminded, as she closed the gap between them. "Meaning I know everything about you. You think justifying yourself by hiding behind a ribbon will make everything you've done vanish so that you can be a hero when you're doing nothing but hiding from Adam!"

"?!" Blake gasped.

"Face it, Blake! You're just a spineless coward! A scaredy-cat!" Rachel spat as she cut Blake again. "And I can't wait to see the look on your face when he stabs you-"

"RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGH!" Aaron roared as he pushed Rachel away from Blake. "Don't you ever talk to my sister that way!"

"Like you have anything to say, hypocrite!"

*POW!*

Rachel was blindsided when Yang came from out of nowhere and punched her square in the face, sending Aaron's ex, tumbling to the ground.

"Get your hands off of my man!" Yang snapped.

"Ooh what anger, such rage. No wonder dear old mommy ran out on a monster like you." The blue-garbed blonde said with a wicked grin. "Left when you were just born, right? Probably because she didn't love you."

"Grrrrrr…"

"Yang, don't. She's getting into your head." Aaron placed a hand on her shoulder.

"Cut away the tough exterior, and all that remains are cowards and traitors. But what does that make you? A scared little girl looking for mom's approval when she was never around? Or a flirtatious daredevil with a disregard for human life?" Rachel taunted her, which made Yang's semblance activate.

"I'm gonna kill her now…" Yang growled as her eyes glowed red.

"Touched a nerve, did I?" Rachel smirked. "Because we all know it's true."

"So what if it was?" Aaron spoke up. "I don't care who Yang is. All that matters to me is that I- No, we all love her for what's in her heart. She's strong, caring, loud, overbearing, and even a little crazy. But that's what makes Yang… well, Yang. It's the same for Blake. The same for my friends and teammates. It doesn't matter what you think of us as long as we can look past the differences between each other and come together hand-in-hand. That's why you won't beat me, Rachel. Because I believe in my friends… Their power is our bond. Just like my power is my bond with all of them! And that is-"

"BULLSHIT!" Rachel screamed, surprising the three. "BULLSHIT! BULLSHIT! BULLSHIIIIIIT! ALL OF THAT CRAP ABOUT THE POWER OF FRIENDSHIP IS ALL BULLSHIT AND YOU KNOW IT!"

As she shouted, her Aura began to glow and blacken. Dark blue markings drew themselves along her skin as her eyes took on a bluish-green shine. Her Blank Sphere absorbed the energy and became a Dark Aura Sphere. The Aura Sphere itself was dark blue in color with a greenish hue and inside the center was what looked to be a spider.

"Shit…" Aaron cursed.

"If you three won't be afraid, then I'll show you all what true fear is!" Rachel said as she held up the sphere, letting it be absorbed into her hand. She began to laugh maniacally as her body began to change. Spider legs began to emerge from the blonde's back, dark blue-green armor materialized onto her body that resembled the exoskeleton of an arachnid, a spider's thorax suddenly sprouted from her lower backside, and a spider's fangs covered her face in a monstrous helm complete with eight green eyes.

"That's… disgusting…" Yang blanched.

"I will drown you in fear, then drain you of your lifeforce." The newly formed Arachne Alter hissed, with clicks coming from said mandibles.

"Bring it on, you Airachnid reject!" Aaron challenged. The Alter leaned forward before dashing towards her foes with fury.


"Whoa! Wahhhhh! Wowie!" Ruby cried out as she and Orion were dodging the charging Bull Alter.

"Run, little Red, run! I wanna make sure I have some fun before I impale you with my horns!"The Bull Alter laughed as he charged through walls after the two.

"Uh, Orion, a plan would be good right about now!" Ruby panicked.

"I'm thinking, I'm thinking!" Azure thought, before a lightbulb went off in his head, "Wait I got it!"

He stopped a ways ahead, holding out his hand. The earth beside him rumbled, and out came a large buster sword of grey and orange. This was the great Dogouken Gekido, as he held up a grey book depicting a grey rock turtle with a snake for a tail. He then opens the book, letting it narrate.

"There was once a God Beast possessing a strong armor that acted as one of the four holy beasts."

He smirked as he closed the book and placed it within the hilt of Gekido. Much like Blades, a grey holographic book flips open and finds himself in a library filled with rocks and stones. A larger version of Genbu Shinwa appears behind him, as he pulls the trigger on Gekido, causing both books to open.

GENBU SHINWA!

He lifted the giant sword, as hexagonal rocks floated up in front of him.

"Henshin!" He declares as he brings the sword down on the rocks, with a powerful energy slash.

FRACTURE THE ENEMY!

The rocks formed new grey armor upon Orion's body, some of it taking the theme of a turtle. The slash appears upon Orion's new bladed helm, becoming his visor. This is Kamen Rider Buster, the swordsman of earth.

SMASHING SLASH! DOGO! DOGO! DOGOUKEN GEKIDO!

GEKIDO: REMASTERED! ABSOLUTELY ARMORED LARGE SWORD DELIVERS A LARGER BLOW THAN THE NORTH!

He smirked as Ruby's silver eyes brightened in awe. She smirked as she held up her cape much like a matador, as the Bull Alter froze in his tracks.

"Toro, Toro, ugly!" Ruby taunted the monster.

"Really Ruby?" Buster deadpanned.

"I don't know why, but that red cape is pissing me off!" The bull Alter roared as he dragged his foot a few times, ready to charge.

"Hehe, get ready Orion!" Ruby said with a smile. Buster shook his head as he readied his buster sword.

"Geez, you're crazy. But I guess I love ya either way!"

The Bull Alter charged forth, as Ruby smiled and waved her cape. "Toro! Toro!"

With a burst of speed, Ruby pulled her cape out of the way, revealing Buster who swung his sword into the Bull Alter and forced him into the ground with a shockwave. The strength of the blow actually left such an imprint into the ground, that the Bull Alter's face was permanently pressed against the earth.

"Olé!" Ruby happily cheered.

"Dammit, I'm… stuck…!" the Bull Alter growled, trying to push himself up. "Let me out!"

"If you insist!" Buster said as he swung his sword down once more, causing the ground beneath the Bull Alter to rumble. Then, he was sent flying into the air by a rising pillar of earth and stone. "Wow, look at him flying."

The Bull Alter then suddenly slammed into the roof of the cavern, causing it to slowly crack.

"Uh oh…" Buster and Ruby both paled.


Kurai and Emily were in a cartoon fight cloud, rolling around as Nero merely watched.

"Is this really happening?" Nero sweatdropped.

"Call me Emmie will you?! Well, take this!" Emily yelled, punching Kurai.

"Oh yeah?!" Kurai retorted by kicking her. The two kept rolling around, as Nero face palmed.

"This is my life now…" Nero said to himself, before hearing the rumble of the cavern.

LINE BREAK

"Haa… haa… haa… haa…" Blades panted heavily.

"What's the matter, Kuro? Feeling tired?" The Demon Alter sarcastically asked with mock concern.

"I'm just… getting started!" Blades retorted, lifting up his sword.

"Face it, Kuro, I am your superior!" The Demon Alter declares, pointing his katana at him. "Just learn your place and die like the lowliest worm!"

"You need to learn manners!" Weiss said as multiple surrounded him. She then used Lightning Dust to activate her time dilation and used it to speed towards and bounce off the glyphs striking Gou from different positions where she could.

"Perhaps I should deal with you first, bitch." The Demon Alter growled, before sending energy slashes at Weiss. The heiress however switched Dust on her revolver and summoned glyphs which turned black. The energy slashes bounced off the glyphs and were sent back. The Alter smirked, ducking and letting the reflected slashes go towards Blades as he slashed through Weiss's glyphs with his demonic power.

Blades however dodged the reflected slashes and rushed at Weiss dodge rolling with her in his arms when the glyphs broke. "Weiss, give me a boost!" He said, after putting her down. He quickly sheathed Nagare and pulled the trigger on his sword.

HISSATSU DOKUHA!

Weiss nods and summons a glyph underneath Blades. It turned dark as she angled it and once he was ready, she bounced him off it as Blades unsheathed the blade.

NAGARE! BATTO!

LION! PETER PAN! NISATSU GIRI! W-W-WATER!

"Hydro Stream!"

"As if I'd let you!" The Demon Alter roared as he sheathed his blade and got into a stance. "Devils Reaping Stance." As the two got closer, Demon Alter unsheathes his blade which was covered in demonic energy as the two blades clashed in a shockwave of energy. The two of them struggled to push each other for supremacy.

"I'll show you the strength of my friends! The strength that you threw away!"

"Hah! Who needs friends?! All they do is slow you down and hold you back from your true potential!"

"So you're saying that I was holding you back?"

"What would you know?!"

"Because if I was holding you back, you would have killed me already! But here I am still standing!" Blades said as he started pushing Gou back slowly but surely. "Somewhere deep down… you still consider me your equal and your friend… you just don't want to admit to it!"

"SHUT UP, you don't know anything about me!" The Demon Alter roared, trying to push Blades back. But he was still losing ground as Blades kept pushing.

"Don't I?" Blades retorted. "Deep down… you're just all alone… something I know all too well… being the last of your family line? Not knowing what to do with your life? So much so that you're settling with a life of mediocrity and the things you know that give you temporary happiness? Sound familiar?"

"Shut up, shut up, SHUT UP!" The Demon Alter roared as his aura spiked.

The two were about to continue when the rumbling stopped them, followed by the sound of a train. This caused Team ROGE to stop fighting and chuckle as they fled the area.

"Looks like it has begun. It looks like we'll have to continue this another day."

"We won't let you escape!"

"Don't you have a train to catch?"

"!" Blades gasped as he looked to see a train slowly moving out. One of the doors of the cars opened up revealing… Dr. Oobleck and Zwei?! They were there the whole time. "COME ON! GET ON!"

"GUYS! WE HAVE TO CATCH THE TRAIN!" He shouted, before going back to civilian form and running.

"H-Hey, wait up!" Weiss called out, running after him. The others began running after the train.

"Wait for me! Wait for me!" Koa exclaims, running as fast as she could, but then she noticed Weiss falling behind. "Weiss, grab my hand and hold on!"

"Hold on?" Weiss asks, grabbing Koa's hand, "Hold on to wha-?!"

"This!" Koa says as she spun Weiss around and tossed her right into the open train car.

"AAAAAAYYYYIIEEEEEEEEEEE!" Weiss shrieked as she crashed into Ruby, who was the first one to hop onto the train.

"Well, that's one way to catch a train." Aaron jested before leaping onto the caboose, grabbing a hold of the ladder.

"Oh she's gonna get me for that one." Koa adds as she uses her Greeed abilities to hop onto the caboose easily. The rest of the group hops aboard the train, as parts of the cavern collapses from the conflict.

"That's bad right?" Ruby groans, noticing the collapsing cavern.

"Yep." Aaron says with a sigh.

The group turns to see a group of Grimm had fallen through and began chasing the train.

"And it got worse." Orion points out.

"Oh please, how much worse can it get?" Koa jokingly asks.

"Hey, guys?" Orpheus calls out, directing the group's attention to the musical archer, who was gesturing to a device that was hidden by a compartment covering. "There's a bomb in this train car."

"A what?!" Koa gawked, before looking up. "Oh Gods, I was just joking!"

"Right. I almost forgot about this scene." Aaron frowned.

"You mean it's one of those things you know before coming here?" Yang asked.

"Yeah." Aaron said. "There's bombs in all the cars and they're gonna release them one by one, caving the tunnel, while destroying Vale from the surface and bringing in more Grimm."

"That's utter madness!" Weiss exclaimed in shock, her friends sharing said shock.

"Meaning we have to disable all the bombs before that happens." Orion said.

"You do know how to disable bombs during your time in the White Fang right?" Kurogasa asked.

Aaron looked at his team with a big grin, "I…" They looked at him expectantly. "…do not."

They all fell to the ground anime style.

"WHAT THE HELL MAN?!" OKR shouted in dismay.

"Sorry, sorry, but I was more of an infiltrator… and on occasion, a living wrecking ball. We just have to get to the front of the car and stop the train. Simple as that." Aaron said with an easy-going grin.

"You're way too calm about this." Yang said with a slight incline of her brow.

"That's because you didn't have four badass huntsmen-in-training like us." The JOKR Team leader pointed out. "Plus, you guys fight too flashy and don't just end it."

"Why did it sound like I was left out?" Koa mutters with a pout.

"In any case!" Oobleck said. "We have to stop them nonetheless. Miss Schnee, can your Ice Dust freeze the bombs?"

"If I still have some left, yes," Weiss replied.

"That's gonna be a bit of a problem." Orion said, gesturing ahead.

Emerging from out of the train cars ahead were multiple WF grunts and even a few Hybrid kaijin. One White Fang grunt gestured at the group with a hidden glare, "Get the humans!"

"Bad guys need better material." Aaron deadpanned. He looked around the tunnel and a flash of inspiration hit him. "You know what, I'm feeling nostalgic today." He activated his Semblance as his Aura focused around his waist and materializing from it is the Den-O Belt with the Rider Pass in his hand. He pressed the red button on the belt. "Henshin." He said before swiping the Pass over the buckle just as a red phantom overpassed his body and aura shards began to clamber on his form.

SWORD FORM

In a matter of seconds, the Aura Armor formed then the red peach-shaped DenKamen Mask grinded down the silver rails on Plat Form's face before splitting apart to resemble the eyes of a grasshopper. Kamen Rider Den-O Sword Form stood proudly before performing his signature pose.

"Ore… sanjou!" Den-O Sword Form said in the voice of the Oni Imagin, Momotaros.

"Feelings of frustration are back." Yang said with a grumble.

"Oh hey, peach guy is back!" Koa says with a chuckle.

"Who're you calling Peach guy?!" Den-O exclaims.

"Momotaros, we got a train full of bombs and those bastards in front of us won't let us disable them. Can you break them?" Aaron asked.

"Heh, it'll be a piece of cake!" Den-O said with a thumbs up, drawing the Dengasher. "From start to finish, it's always a Climax! Ikuze, ikuze, ikuze!" The train-themed Rider charged at the approaching villains.

"Come on guys, let's back everyone up!" Koa says with a smile as she changes into Kurai and head-butts one of the grunts.

"Ruby, Dr. Oobleck, Zwei, help Aaron and Koa. Orion, you're gonna have to go use Leangle to use Blizzard Gale, and Orpheus will have to go using Rey so you two and Weiss can freeze the bombs. Yang, Blake, and I will go ahead to take care of any guards inside." Kurogasa said.

"Ok, but be careful. They may be White Fang, but they're still people." Blake added, knowing that some of these members had families.

"Tell them that." Orion pointed out.


As Ruby, Kurai, Den-O, Dr. Oobleck, and Zwei were taking on the Hybrids and WF Members, Orion, Weiss, and Orpheus were doing their best to freeze the bombs. Suddenly, the group heard a noise, and saw the caboose had detached.

"The caboose just detached!" Ruby called out to the others. The caboose then detonated, taking out a few pursuing Grimm but caused more Grimm to fall in. They gave out angry roars and hisses as they chased the train.

"Dammit!" Aaron cursed. "Momotaros, we gotta move it!"

"Right!"


As Yang, Blake, and Kurogasa ran into another car, they were stopped by a familiar ice cream girl.

"Neo…" Kurogasa muttered. "Girls, go. I got her…"

"You sure?" Yang asked him. "I got a bone to pick with her myself."

"Don't worry. I can handle her. Go. Torchwick should be up ahead."

"Got it. Be careful." Blake said as she and Yang ran past Neo, who smiled as they went by.

Neo then twirled her umbrella around, before giving Kurogasa a wink and a gesture to come at her.

"C'mon Neo, all that ice cream I gave you wasn't enough?"

Neo pulled out a scroll and typed on it, before showing it to him.

"Sorry, luv, but I got my orders and I'd rather not disobey Fire Lady or Azzy." It read.

"Of course…" Kurogasa sighed in defeat. "Alright, fine, I'd rather not, but I got no other choice, now do I?" He said, before his Aura materialized a belt, which was the Sengoku Driver, but the plate was different as he then pulled out a Lockseed which had the cover of a banana with the code L.S. - 08. "Henshin."

BANANA!

A zipper portal opened up from above and descending down was a metallic yellow banana. He twirled the Lockseed once before locking it into the Driver.

LOCK ON!

A trumpet fanfare blared out, and it was one of those fan fare heard in old European times. After a moment, Kurogasa cut open the Lockseed, revealing the inside of a sliced banana while the bottom revealed his weapon, the Banaspear.

COME ON! BANANA ARMS! KNIGHT OF SPEAR~!

The metallic banana dropped on Kurogasa's head and a ripple of energy overtook his body and he was now in a suit of red and white bodysuit, the white part being quilted.

The banana then let out a splash of pale yellow power before it unfolded. Either side of the banana folded down to attach to his shoulders while the sides folded into his chest and back, the chest pieces appearing like gold sections of pectorals and abs, lined with black. His helmet was red, the face covered by strips of white metal. He had banana-like horns attached to a smooth silver helmet, turning the eyepieces bright yellow.

Kurogasa transformed into Kamen Rider Baron!

"I'm just trying to help me and my dum-dum survive." Neo adds on her scroll before putting it away. Both her and Baron began circling around each other, as if preparing a dance of death.

"Then… I have no choice but to make you into a banana split." Kurogasa said, before making the first move of thrusting his Banaspear at her. She dodged elegantly, delivering an umbrella to the back of his armored head. Baron recovered and the two began clashing and fighting each other.


Yang punches a door open, allowing her and Blake to enter the car that leads to the front of the train.

"The next door should take us to the train's main controls." Blake says, drawing Gambol Shroud. "Best be ready for anything."

"Oh, please. We can take care of anything behind the door. Besides, what's the worst that can happen?" Yang says, slamming her fists together.

The door opened to reveal the White Fang lieutenant as he brought up a chainsaw sword that was already revved up.

"Oh… right," The blonde bombshell said with a sheepish chuckle.


"Alright, let's do this." Orion said, as a belt materialized and he produced the Leangle Buckle. He inserted the Change Spider card into the Buckle and attached it to his waist, purple cards wrapped around until it became a belt and there was a pulsing noise. "Henshin!" He said, before opening the buckle revealing a clover.

OPEN UP

A purple portal with the Change Spider emblem came out of the buckle and was pulled towards him, going through it before he was donned in his armor. He had on a green bodysuit, with gold chest armor with circles on it that somewhat depicted the Club suit symbol and gloves with green linings. Gold knee pads and golden foot pads covered his legs. On his helmet, he had a cylinder helmet with a golden spider motif on it with purple eyes. For his weapon was the Leangle Rouzer.

Orpheus also produced a belt as well, but it was empty.

"Rey-Kivat!"

And from out of nowhere, Rey-Kivat appears and flies towards Orpheus.

"It will once again be graceful yet violent." Rey-Kivat said as he let out the same hypnotic sonar noise Kivat makes.

"Henshin!" Orpheus said. Rey-Kivat then flew towards the perch, attached to the perch with his feet, and hung upside down.

"Henshin!" Rey-Kivat declares, as a giant snowflake appeared in front of Orpheus and shattered before the fragments enveloped him forming a suit of armor. The helmet was framed by golden claws that also framed the eyes while the claws were at the sides of the black mouth plate. The eyes were icy blue. He also had a furry chest with golden talons attached to his shoulders. The bodysuit was all black and his boots were white with armor plating on the thighs. He also had chains wrapped tightly around his forearms. His torso armor also sported a high collar like Kiva with a similarly designed back.

"Just how many Rider forms do you all have?" Weiss wondered.

"A lot." Leangle answered. "There's a lot of Riders out there."

"Three generations worth, actually." Rey pointed out.

"Well enough of that. We got work to do." Leangle said, before taking out two Rouze cards and scanning them at the end of his staff.

SCREW

BLIZZARD

The holographic pictures of Screw Mole and Polar Blizzard entered his armor.

BLIZZARD GALE

"Time for this." Orpheus said, taking out the Fuestle and inserting it in Rey-Kivat's mouth.

WAKE UP!

He whistled an eerie wheezing tune as the chains around his wrists shattered and golden claws flipped outward. Both Leangle and Rey pushed their hands out and snow began coating the bomb, freezing it. "Alright Weiss, you're up. Let's add another layer of ice."

The heiress nodded as she pulled the trigger on her rapier then stabbed it down to the surface of the train car just as an ice blue Glyph slammed into the bomb, freezing it in another layer of ice. They even saw the clock suddenly shutting down through the ice as it was too cold to trigger the explosion. "That should do it."

"Alright, onto the next one. Go! Before the train car detaches!"


The two continued to clash despite the chaos happening upon the train. Baron would deliver swipes and jabs that Neo would block or dodge with her semblance. "Man, now I know why you're so hard to take down." Baron groaned, before slicing the banana once.

COME ON! BANANA SQUASH!

Baron then drove his spear into the ground, causing bananas to erupt from the ground. Neo tried her best to dodge with her semblance, but even she was having difficulty. "Come on Neo, you know you can't dance around this forever."

The ice cream-themed girl pouted at the banana knight then pulled down her left eyelid before sticking out her tongue, mocking him.

"Why you little-!"

Neo simply used her Semblance to vanish from Baron's sight, confusing the Rider before she appeared behind him with a silent giggle then reared her leg back and…

*BAM!*

"OHHHHHHHHHHH!" Baron suddenly knelt on his knees while holding his crotch. "Not my banana!"

Neo sauntered around the kneeling Rider, giving him an amused yet wicked grin as she stuck out her tongue at him.

"Ooooooooooh, I'm gonna make you regret that…" Baron cringed as he held up another Lockseed which depicted a mango while having the code, L.S. - 11.

MANGO!

A crack opened above Baron and the Mango Armor Parts descended. The Armor Parts didn't look metallic at first glance and only looked like a giant, red mango. Baron then removed the Banana Lockseed with the Mango Lockseed and locked it in place.

LOCK ON!

He then immediately sliced it open, revealing the Lockseed core, depicting the image of diced mango while the back lid image showed a war hammer that's based from diced mango cubes.

COME ON! MANGO ARMS! FIGHT OF HA~MMER~!

The sides and lower parts of Mango Arms split in half as the Banana Arms disappeared in motes of light and the Mango Armor Part lowered, landing on Baron's shoulder. The split sides and lower parts moved to his back, revealing his silver-trimmed red shoulder armor with diced mango cubes decorations. The front part flipped down to become a silver-trimmed red chest piece which resembled a man's pectoral and abdominal muscles with diced mango cubes on the abdomen area while the top and back parts moved to his back. His helmet attachment resembled diced mango cubes with downward curving horns and a slight Mohawk on top. His armor produced yellow juice as the parts on his back became a pair of capes and a war hammer with diced mango head appeared on his hand, the Mango Punisher, completing his transformation.

Struggling to his feet, using the Mango Punisher to support him, he readied himself. "C'mon, ice cream girl!" He said, before swinging his mace of a mango. Neo swiftly cartwheeled back before landing and sitting rather teasingly on a crate with her umbrella opened, giving the Rider a smirk. "Grrrrrr…" He growled before he sliced the Mango Lockseed once with the Cutting Knife switch.

COME ON! MANGO SQUASH!

The Mango Punisher glowed with yellow energy before Baron swung it at them, launching an energy projectile in the shape of Mango Punisher's head. The energy projectile then went towards Neo but the girl quickly avoided the glowing projectile, allowing it to slam quite roughly against the steel wall of the train. But the surprising part was, it continued, crashing through that wall, moving to the next car, smashing through that and eventually hitting the White Fang Lieutenant, knocking him out. Neo and Baron looked out the hole in confusion. Blake and Yang didn't know what just happened as they were just as shocked.

"Uhhhhh…" Baron got out. Neo looked at him and shook her head almost in disappointment.

"Hey! I was just about to fight this guy!" Yang shouted in annoyance.

"Uh… sorry." Baron apologized. He then looked towards Neo… who disappeared. "Great…"

"Well, there's no one else so we can move on. Hope the others are okay." Blake said.


Kurai was pounding Hybrids like there was no tomorrow, laughing as she punched and kicked them off the train while saving and knocking out the White Fang members.

"Uhhh… is it just me or is she going a bit koo-koo?" Ruby asked.

"I'm not sure…" Den-O sweatdropped.

"Come on guys! I'm saving some for you!"

"Batter up!" Oobleck shouted as Zwei jumped up high, curled into a ball and the professor swung Antiquity's Roast at Zwei, sending the Corgi flying while enveloped in fire towards the White Fang grunts.

"How the hell did he do that?!" Den-O gawked.

"To this day, no one still knows…" Aaron said to Momotaros.

"Home run!" Kurai cheered. "Ok who's next?! Because I am pumped!"

"Ok easy, Koa." Aaron said with a sigh, patting her head before letting Momotaros take over again. "We should keep moving, helping the people and destroying the Kaijin."

"Right!" The others agree and follow behind Den-O, as he slashes multiple Kaijin.

"Momotaros, time to go for a full climax." Aaron told the Imagin.

"Yosha!" Momotaros cheered before pulling out a red phone, the K-Taros cell. Opening it up, he pressed the '3', '6', '9', and '*' keys.

MOMO

URA

KIN

RYUU

Den-O then pressed the enter key on the phone.

CLIMAX FORM!

The masks of Urataros, Kintaros, Ryuutaros, and Sieg came flying out of thin air. The torso armor on Den-O's armor changed too as Den-O attached the phone to the belt. Urataros's mask attached to his right shoulder, Kintaros's mask on his left, Ryuutaros's mask on his chest, and Sieg's mask was on his back. The 'peach' lens then split open to reveal a brighter orange lens as the red lens was moved to the side.

This was Den-O in Cho Climax Form.

"Ooooooooooooooooooh!" Ruby squealed in delight.

"Eh?" Momotaros blinked as he felt that something was on his back. "Nani? What's this fluttery thing?" He asked, before he realized in horror. "Tebayaro, omae ka?!"

"It's beautiful, is it not? Be grateful."

"Bakayaro! This is still awkward! Get out!"

"Wai, Tori-san's stuck on!" Ryuutaros cheered.

"Chotto, Kin-chan, don't push." Urataros complained.

"It's cramped, I don't have a choice!" Kintaros said.

"Retainers, do not distress."

"We are distressed!" Momotaros shouted angrily.

"Hey, all of you shut up! Bad guys incoming!" Aaron quickly reminded the Imagin.

"Fine, just remember, I'm the star around here! Ikuze, ikuze, ikuze!" He shouted before running towards the grunts and Kaijin. The grunts fired their guns but some either ricocheted off Den-O's armor or Den-O deflected them with his DenGasher. "Jamma da!" He shouted, slashing some of the Grimm Hybrids to dust.

"He's super duper amazing!" Kurai said with a smile. She smirked as she picked up the unconscious White Fang grunts and carried them as the others fought.

Ruby was blowing through the Hybrids with her skill with a Scythe. "You know I think we're actually going to win this!" The red reaper said excitedly.

"Don't jinx it!?/Don't jinx it!?" Den-O/Aaron shouted in unison.

"Huh?!"

"Do not invoke Murphy's Law! I absolutely forbid it!" Oobleck said.

"I'm surprised you even know what that is." Aaron deadpanned at the doctor after momentarily taking over his body.

"I read it up on your computer."

"Why does everyone keep touching my super computer!?"

"Cause it's fun!" Kurai said.

And just before Den-O could protest, the ceiling behind him breaks open, revealing Kurogasa's dark self from the future.

"I think we jinxed it…" Kurai and Ruby said, physically deflated.

"You freaking think?!" Den-O shouted in Momotaros's voice. The powered-up Rider looked up at the darkened Rider with his Dengasher ready for a fight. "And why are you here, you black-winged bastard!"

"I sensed my past self trying to fix the timeline. I figured I would deal with him personally." Dark Kuro said, summoning his Driver.

"Oh, like hell that's happening you cheap knockoff!"

"I beg to differ." Dark Kurogasa said before inserting his Aura Sphere into the Driver.

AURA SPHERE CONNECTED! DRAGON!

"Henshin…" Dark Kurogasa muttered, and he was engulfed in black lighting that caused more of the Grimm to pour into the cavern. Moments later, he turned into Kamen Rider Schwartz.

JIGOKU EMPEROR! BLACK DRAGON!

"Oh dear…" Oobleck muttered.


"The game's up, Torchwick!" Baron shouted as he, Blake, and Yang, arrived at the actual train itself, with Torchwick at the controls as they brandished their weapons, followed by Leangle, Rey, and Weiss who had finished freezing the bombs. "Your bombs are frozen! Meaning you can't have Grimm running all over Vale City!"

"I'm not sure you've noticed, but the train is still on a collision course with Vale." Roman says as he turns around, holding what used to be the brake lever. "With no brakes to boot."

"Well shoot." Weiss paled.

"So, think my game is still up, banana boy?" Torchwick taunted.

"Baron da!"

Baron gripped his spear tightly and was about to walk towards him, before suddenly Kurai fell through the roof. "Oooh~ my aching everything." Kurai groaned. "Oh hey guys, Dark Kuro is kicking our butts into next Tuesday."

"Dark who?" Torchwick said, confused.

"Huh? Oh hey Torchy!" Kurai waved.

"…aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" Den-O, Ruby, and Oobleck all fell through as well, landing on Kurai with Zwei landing safely on top of them.

"Owie~!"

"Okay, he might've gotten stronger." Aaron groaned. "Even Climax Form doesn't do anything…"

"Bark! Bark!" Zwei barked as Kamen Rider Schwartz came crashing down in front of them.

"You!" Yang said pointedly at Schwartz.

"My… future self…" Baron muttered, clenching his Banaspear tightly.

"So… we meet at last, my past self. Are you ready to finally accept your fate and become what you are meant to be?" Schwartz asked, holding out his clawed hand.

"Gh…" Baron gritted his teeth, before Weiss suddenly got in front of him, pointing Myrtenaster at Schwartz.

"He's not going anywhere."

"Weiss…"

"You're not alone on that, Weiss," Aaron groaned after taking over his body as Den-O stood up, despite the damage he had taken. "If Climax Form wasn't enough… let's try the other one." He outstretched his right hand then out of thin air came the DenKamen Sword. He took out the Rider Pass and placed it in the slot located in the back of the blade.

LINER FORM!

The Climax Form armor shatters, revealing Den-O in his Plat-Form once again until a sound similar to the Sword Form's transformation theme then from out of nowhere came the DenLiner as it drove beside the train.

"That train looks so cool!" Ruby gushed excitedly.

"That brat likes anything awesome." Momotaros deadpanned.

"Good thing she doesn't know about the weapons on it." Urataros said in Aaron's mind. "Otherwise, the young rose would have a stroke."

The DenLiner suddenly turned towards the train and looked like it was about to hit it… before it turned transparent and shot past Den-O. His black bodysuit began changing to red, white, and black with new armor covering his body that was themed after the DenLiner cars. Topping it off was a visor that resembled the DenLiner with fins matching the other colors of the Imagin.

"He looks so cool!" Kurai exclaimed.

Den-O Liner Form wielded the DenKamen Sword with both hands, wielding it without looking clumsy or struggling from the weight. "Alright, tall, dark, and gloomy. Let's dance!" The Rider charged at Schwartz.

"Hmph, pathetic." Schwartz said as he blocked each swing of the sword with his. He seemed to do this with little effort as he moved around the train cars. "You are a fool for challenging me."

The two flew out of the train and began clashing in the air.

"And with that, I'm outta here." Torchwick said.

"Oh no you don't." Leangle said, using his Blizzard Gale to freeze his legs.

"Oh c'mon!"

"Aaron!" Kurogasa called out.

"He'll be fine." Blake assured. "Right now, we have to figure out how to stop this train!"

"But there's no brakes!" Weiss pointed out.

"Come on, use your heads!" Orion yells.

Kurai thought for a moment, then a light bulb turned on above her head.

"I got it!" She exclaims, before suddenly running out of the train and began dashing past it.

"What's she doing?!" Weiss shouts in shock as she and the others watch the Greeed stopped a ways away on the tracks.

Kurai then turned around and faced the oncoming train. She then cracked her neck before using all her power to dash towards the train.

"Is she-?!" Yang got out.

"No way!" Ruby adds

"She's crazy!"

"I'M GONNA USE MY HEAD!" Kurai shouts, before screaming as she charges forward.

"BAKAYAROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" Kurogasa, Orion, and Orpheus shouted at the same time. She slams into the train, causing it to shake as the Greeed was grinding against the rails as she tried her best to slow down the train.

Orion looked at the approaching wall, "We're not slowing down fast enough! We're about to hit the wall!"

"Aura is not gonna cut it and there's not enough time to slow this train down." Orpheus deducted. "We need a barrier around us."

"That's something I can do." Weiss said as she gave a twirl then stabbed her weapon down to the floor, encasing herself and her friends in a giant block of ice. Layer upon layer they protected themselves and Torchwick in multiple cubes of ice so they didn't turn into pancakes upon impact.


The runaway train, despite its living makeshift brake, plowed right through the stone and concrete of the wall. The layered block of ice that Weiss set up eventually shattered, sending them to the ground and feeling dizzy afterward. Everything was spinning and the noises around were muffled as they tried to get their bearings.

"Ugh, anybody get the number of that wall we hit?" Yang groaned.

"Let me get back to you on that…" Orion said, rubbing his aching head.

"Okay, so let me get this straight… despite freezing the bombs, we can't prevent this from happening." Kurogasa said, gesturing haphazardly at the numerous amounts of Grimm now surrounding them.

"Seems like it. Seems like we made it a little less and a little more worse." Orion adds, pointing to Aaron and Dark Kuro's fight and the fact that there's noticeably less Grimm from the original attack.

"Oooh…" Kurai said, before sniffing the air, "Hey, anyone smell barbecued reptile?"

"Uh… you're on fire." Orpheus said, pointing to her tail and feet. They were both a bright red and smoking, slightly catching fire.

"GYAGH!" Kurai jumps around, trying to put out the flames. "Hot, hot, hot, hot, hot, HOT!"

Meanwhile Den-O and Schwartz were still fighting and the latter was gaining the upper hand.

"Alright guys, we need to hurt him really bad!" Aaron said as he pulled the lever on the DenKamen Sword four times. "And don't worry, I got a cooler finishing name than Densha Giri."

URA ROD

KIN AX

RYUU GUN

MOMO SWORD

DenLiner's tune began to ring once more as the transparent Train of Time appeared once more followed by phantasmal train tracks that Den-O immediately jumped on, riding them on his feet like an actual train. Schwartz prepared himself, opening his buckle and closing it three times as Grimm energy covered his sword.

As Den-O rode the train lines, he reared the DenKamen Sword back, "O-re no hissatsu waza! Liner Crash!"

"Man that sounds way better than Densha Giri!" The Taros Brothers exclaim with a smile.

The Train-based Rider swung the heavy sword at Schwartz with a roar.

ULTRA BITE! BLACK DRAGON DEVASTATION!

Schwartz swung his darkened sword at Den-O, clashing against his finishing move as both attacks sent out a powerful shockwave that ripped the very wind itself. The force from both Riders seemed to be evenly matched… until Den-O was knocked back by the Dark Rider's sheer power.

As the shockwave shook the city, countless Huntsmen and their students had been called in from their missions to help deal with the Grimm in Vale.

"Tch…" Kurogasa gritted before he stood up and donned his Aura Driver.

"Kuro, what are you-" Weiss got out, but he ignored her as he inserted his Aura Sphere into the Driver.

AURA SPHERE CONNECTED! DRAGON!

"Henshin!"

TENGOKU EMPEROR! WHITE DRAGON!

As soon as he donned his armor, he unsheathed his RyuuKoutei and pressed a symbol on his armor.

FU!

A green wind enveloped Kurogasa, allowing him to fly up as Den-O fell from the sky. Yang and Blake were quick to get under him and catch him. The strain from the wounds he sustained proved too much, destroying Den-O's form as Aaron returned to normal but scuffed up and bloodied.

"ORYAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" Kurogasa shouted as he swung his RyuuKoutei and his Kage Ryuujin before they clashed with Dark Kurogasa's blade.

"You believe you can best me?" Schwartz taunted.

"Damn right I can!" Kurogasa snapped as they broke off the deadlock to gain distance while in the air. "There's only one person that can surpass me! And that's me!"

"Hmph, say that again… after I destroy you and watch this city burn." the Dark Rider spat.

"That's the thing… you can't destroy me." Kurogasa said. "You're me in the future. Without me, there won't be no you. Your whole existence counts on me to live! But me destroying you… that's a whole different story."

"You misunderstand what I mean by destroying you." Schwartz snarked. "Physically destroying a person isn't the only way to win. But enough of that, we have a fight to finish."

The two dragon Riders swung their swords at each other, clashing in a fit of sparks… while Vale was under siege by Grimm that had breached the kingdom.


GKC: And that's the end of the chapter.

KRD: Yeah, it was starting to get long. But hey we're here at the end! Too bad Team ROGE won't be finished off this volume…

GKC: Nope, those guys are gonna be around for a long while. But, right now, we're at the finale of RWBY Volume 2. So, how shall this fight go I wonder?

SR: I'm guessing something epic! Like swords slashing, dragons clashing! It's light and dark Dragons fighting for supremacy!

KRD: This is gonna be a long battle. We're not gonna end it with just one chapter. Oh~ nonononono~, a battle of epic proportions like this requires two or three!

GKC: And after the preview is over, I have an announcement to make.

SR: Well what are we waiting for, Christmas? Let's roll that clip then!


PREVIEW:

Announcer: Jikai! Remnant's Climax Heroes!

Coco: You destroyed my favorite clothes store. Prepare to die.

Schwartz: It is useless to resist, boy.

Kurogasa: I will never give in to the darkness!

Yang/Blake: AAROOOOOOOOOOOOOON!

Next Time: The Breach! Part 1: Sacrifice

Aaron: You're team leader now… Kuro…


GKC: And that's the end of the preview.

SR: And now our friend will present his announcement.

GKC: Yes, thank you. I'm announcing a new Kamen Rider story crossover. One based on the Battride War games and even elements of Bandai Namco's Warrior series. It shall feature ten OC Kamen Riders along with the Kamen Riders of the Showa, Heisei, and Reiwa eras. Those ten OC Riders will be those created by fanfiction writers on this site. Such OCs being Kamen Riders Kurenai, Koryu, Showa, Duelist, and many more. This is a project that only those interested in it can attend and are willing to work with others to complete it. Later on, a trailer will be released so look forward to that.

SR: Now that's gonna be something exciting!

GKC: Yep, I've always wanted to try it. So, if you're interested, PM me a message and if you use Discord, we can all chat over that.

KRD: Until next time everyone! Peace out!

GKC: Hey, that's my line!