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Chapter 36: The Breach Part 1: Sacrifice


Team RWBY looked at the chaos around them, as Grimm caused damage and destruction in their wake. And above them? Two Kurogasa's, one of light and another of dark were battling for supremacy over the other. The two dragons took to the sky, clashing blades as the huntsmen and huntresses in training tried their best to mitigate the Grimm.

"Okay leader, what's the plan?" Orpheus asked Aaron.

"Ok, Orpheus and Koa will take on the heavier Grimm." Aaron orders.

"Yang, you and Blake back them up." Ruby said, going into leader mode.

"Got it." Orpheus says, as Koa nods.

"Roger, lil sis." Yang adds, as Blake drew Gambol Shroud.

"Orion, can you and Weiss try and bottleneck the breach?" Ruby asks her boyfriend.

The older Arc twin nodded, "Leave it to us." Orion answered.

"We're on it!" Weiss added.

Aaron looked over at the Grimm still running around and the civilians fleeing for their lives. "I'll lead any civilians away. Ruby, you're taking charge here while I'm away."

"Roger!" Ruby said, dashing away. Aaron turned around to face an Ursa Major that roared at him.

*WHAM!*

The Ursa Major whimpered in pain from Aaron kicking it in the nuts as it went down. "Shut up… I don't have time for this." He grumbled, before turning to slowly leave. He readied his weapons and dove into a group of Grimm.

Ruby was trying her best to fight against the odds, cutting through as many Grimm as she can. But the Grimm numbers were many, and she used much of her strength taking on the enemies on the train. As she knelt down to take a breather, her eyes widened as a Beowolf raised a claw up behind her. She turned to see it as the Grimm prepared to end her life.

"Oh crud…" Ruby paled as she closed her eyes, awaiting the claws to break through her Aura. But then, Kurai and Nero come in and both deliver a kick to send the Grimm flying. "Thanks guys."

They give a thumbs up and continue taking on the Grimm. But even they knew that they were still outnumbered against them.


The many huntsmen and huntresses, including Atlas forces began arriving on the scene to fight the monstrous Grimm.

"Nora Smash!" Nora shouted as she smacked a King Taitiju with her Magnihild.

Jaune, Pyrrha, and Ren soon follow.

"Let's move!" Pyrrha called out.

As Jaune sighs, the others charge in.

"Smack!" Norabats a Creep away while Ren strikes two more. He moves on to slash at a Beowolf.

"Okay, who's first?" Jaune asked.

He turns around to notice a giant Ursa standing behind him. Pyrrha is fighting several Grimm nearby. Impaling a Beowolf, and then a Creep before seeing the Ursa advance on Jaune. Behind him Weiss and Blake are fighting more Grimm. "Oh-oh-okay, you're first, huh? Okay, no, that's fine. Totally fine, done this before, done this before…"

With a mighty scream, Jaune slashes the Ursa several times before it falls. Pyrrha smiles, as she notices his improvement. A few feet from the fallen Ursa, Sun Wukong and Neptune Vasilias arrive, flashing their badges.

"Nobody, move! Junior detectives!" Sun declared.

"We have badges, for so you know it's official!" Neptune added.

A fleet coming from the Atlesian Military, consisting of dropships deploying Atlesian Knight-200 units and the flagship of James Ironwood. Sun and Neptune react in awe of the fleet as Sun drops his badge to the floor. As Team RWBY looks up in the sky, an Ursa takes the opportunity to attack Ruby from behind. However, it is gunned down by a dropship's machine gun. As the robotic Knights deploy, they start gunning down the Grimm. Two of the Knights are stampeded on by a Boarbatusk, but a separate group of three Knights fire on an Ursa and another Ursa has fallen from a Knight's punch. Cinder nodded her head, signaling Mercury and Emerald to attack the oncoming Grimm, as she walked off. As one Ursa received the business end of Talaria, at least half a dozen assorted Grimm stood in front of Emerald.

She merely drew Thief's Respite from their holsters, revealing them to be dual pistols. The Grimm pack learned this the hard way as she opened fire and all but a single Ursa fell to a barrage of Dust shots while charging at Emerald. Emerald quickly transforms her pistols into kopis blades, flipping and slashing at the rampaging Ursa to kill it. As more Knights subdue Grimm, out of the opening comes Zwei, followed by Dr. Bartholomew Oobleck in a damaged Atlesian Paladin-290. The dog jumping off to headbutt a Beowolf.

Among them were the arriving teams CFVY, who had arrived on a Bullhead and delivered quite the smackdown on the Grimm.

As Yatsuhashi is surrounded by a pack of Grimm, he unlimbers Fulcrum before smashing it on the ground, unleashing a shockwave that sends them flying. Velvet Scarlatina and Fox Alistair respectively kick and punch the Grimm, with Fox impaling a Creep. Nearby a large spiked Ursa roars before charging them. Fox intercepts it with a kick then unleashes a combo of slashes and punches with Sharp Retribution. Knocking the Grimm skyward with an uppercut, as it descends he delivers a blow to the head with both hands that sends it flying. After landing it swells up and explodes, impaling the nearby Grimm with its spikes. Coco walks forward swatting a few away with her weapon. Yatsuhashi shields Velvet before the two start advancing.

Coco gives Fox a light pat on the butt. "Nice hustle, Fox. Good job." Fox nodded before he jumped back as Coco approached a large Beowolf. "You just destroyed my favorite clothing store." She spat. "Prepare to die."

Coco, after swatting away its right hand, kicks the Beowolf in the crotch. She, as it falls to the ground and looks at her, leans down and slams her bag onto its head. She effortlessly swats away three more Beowolves, then leaps back to avoid a Death Stalker's tail.

Velvet steps forward, and moves a hand toward Anesidora about to open the box.

"Hey, come on, you just spent all the semester building that up. Don't waste it here."

Coco then transforms Gianduja into a giant minigun, and starts firing, slaughtering the advancing horde of Grimm, including a Death Stalker and three Nevermores. Port and Oobleck regroup at the opening, nodding their heads. They fire their weapons at the approaching Grimm, while Glynda Goodwitch mops up the remnants and immediately helps Weiss and Azure close the opening using her Semblance.

The defenders gathered at the square with the other Riders, who were all momentarily exhausted from the fight.

"Well… that was fun…" Azure said in between pants.

"Yeah… whoo, what a workout." Yang adds, as Kurenai was placing his hands on his legs tiredly.

"Everyone okay?" Ruby asks, to which others nodded tiredly.

"Tired, but okay." Nero says, giving a thumbs up.

"We're okay as well." Blake includes as she helps up an exhausted Jaune.

"Aren't we forgetting something?" Kurai said, looking up.


Two dragons clash in the sky, as Kurogasa faces his dark future self in a battle of storms. The two would slash with their swords and use the elements against each other.

"It's useless to resist, boy." Schwartz says as he deflected Shiro's blade.

"I won't give in to the darkness!" Shiro spat as the two kept clashing. "I went there once and I'm not going back again!"

"Open your eyes, boy!" The dark Rider retorts, "You couldn't prevent the Breach from happening, yet do you still believe that you could prevent things that are meant to happen?!"

"Even so! We will try to make a difference where it counts!"

"At the cost of your friends' lives?" Schwartz says with a smirk. "Everyone you've ever loved or cared about, dead in order to change the story's ending?"

This caused Shiro to hesitate for a moment, to which Schwartz took advantage of by kicking him into a nearby building. The others hear the building explode and gasp when they see Shiro stagger out of the rubble and launch himself back at Schwartz.

"We need to help him!" Ruby called out to the others.

"Oh yeah, let's just sprout wings and fly right up! That'll be nice." Yang said sarcastically.

"…I can always throw you guys." Kurai offers.

"No." Weiss deadpanned, glaring at Kurai who nervously chuckled.

"We need to bring him down to our level." Kurenai stated.

"And how do we do that?" Blake asked.

Kurenai grinned before looking at the sky, "I might have a few ideas. Ruby, hand me your scythe."

"What?"

"Hand it over."

"Not my baby!" Ruby protested, hugging it like a security blanket.

"Ruby, this is not the time for you to be stingy. Hand over the scythe." Kurenai said in a scolding manner. "I'll give it right back."

"C'mon, Ruby please?" Azure pleaded to his girlfriend. After some hesitation, Ruby relented.

"Doooooooh, fine, but don't scratch her." Ruby pouted before giving her weapon to Aaron.

"Thank you," The crimson Kamen Rider said as he shifted the weapon into its sniper rifle configuration then ejected the magazine before pulling out one with a black-red coloration and a strange symbol. "Hopefully, this new hybrid batch of Dust Rounds will be enough."

"What's that?" Weiss questioned.

"Experimental Dust Rounds that I've been creating whenever I have time. This is my own batch that uses Gravity, Impact, and Fire Dust. Mix them together and I've effectively created a new type." Aaron explained. "And this will be my first field test with it." He dropped onto a knee and took aim with Crescent Rose in the sky, locking onto the two figures that fought viciously against one another. "Locked on…" And then-

*BANG!*

From out of the barrel, a swirling black and silver projectile shot directly towards the fight. The Dust Round managed to impact against Kamen Rider Schwartz's back… and a singularity began to form, simultaneously warping yet crushing the dragon wings he was using for flight.

"What the-!" Nero got out.

"Grrrrr… what in-" Schwartz growled. "What is this?!" He demanded.

BITE! DRACONIC FANG!

"HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!" Shiro yelled as he flew towards Schwartz for his Rider Kick, hitting his target straight and true towards his chest.

"GGRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGHH!" Schwartz roared as Shiro drove him down into the ground, creating a large crater.

The heroes had gone bug eyed and slacked jawed, as Kurenai blew away some smoke from Crescent Rose's barrel and handed it back to a shocked Ruby. Shiro backflips over to the group, sharing their shock.

"What… the hell… was that…" Nero questioned in gobsmack shock.

"I'm thinking of calling it Black Hole Dust. Awesome, right?" Kurenai said with pride. "Aren't I amazing? Aren't I incredible? Aren't I a genius?!"

"And his Sento side returns…" Shiro deadpanned after getting over his initial shock.

"Um guys? Evil future Kuro, remember?" Kurai said, pointing at Schwartz who was getting back up.

"Impressive…" Schwartz mused as he brushed himself off. "You managed to catch me off guard, if only for a moment."

"Come on, we outnumber you!" Kurai boasts.

"Outnumbered? Yes." Schwartz says, before moving like a blur to send Kurai flying, "But you're all outmatched."

The others were quick to surround him, weapons at the ready. Schwartz merely scoffed as he took a hold of his blade and adopted an expert swordsman stance. Kurai tried to pry herself from rubble as everyone charged at Schwartz. Schwartz blocked Kurenai and Blake's blades before kicking them away. Shiro and Weiss launched themselves towards him, the heiress using her glyphs to freeze the dark Rider's legs.

"Childish." Schwartz says as he broke the ice and slashed Shiro and Weiss. Yang and Azure came in and began delivering multiple punches and kicks, to which Schwartz dodged and blocked before slashing them both.

"I think we need to switch tactics here." Kurai groans as she shakes the rubble off of her.

"I'm open to suggestions." Yang groans, as they watch team CFVY and JNPR come in for the assist.

"We're attacking separately. We need to keep him off balance. We do that, we win." Kurenai told his comrades.

"We should also try to find weaknesses." Ruby adds.

"That too, but that might be harder than you think, Rubes." Kurenai pointed out. "Alright people, let's wreck this guy's shit!"

"Swear!" The reaper said to the Rider. Kurenai looks at Ruby, who chuckled with a blush of embarrassment.

"As I was saying, let's take this guy down."

The group charged at Schwartz, who readied his blade. "Yes… come to me. Face your end by my hands." The Dark Rider said menacingly.

Jaune and Azure, along with Blake and Nero were the first to charge towards Schwartz. Jaune and the Dark Rider exchanged a few blows whilst avoiding Blake and Nero's agility. He pushed the blonde knight away to catch a fist from Azure and smack him with the bottom of his hilt. Dazed, Schwartz slashed Azure in a shower of sparks when he suddenly heard weapons click and glyphs forming. He turned to see Ruby, Coco, Pyrrha, and Weiss arming long range weaponry at him, whilst Blake and Nero grabbed Azure and pulled him to safety.

"Fire!" Ruby shouts and they all opened fire with everything they had.

"I think not." Schwartz says with his blade coated in darkness as he blocked and cut down every projectile that came at him, some merely bouncing off his armor.

"We're not making a dent in this guy!" Coco shouts in disbelief.

"We have to hit harder! Try explosives!" Pyrrha suggested.

"Fire in the hole!" Nora shouts, launching a volley of her grenades at the Dark Rider. Schwartz used his dragon wings to cover himself, forming a makeshift shield just as the grenades ignited against their metallic surface. When the smoke cleared, the wings were burnt but still in one piece, "Oh come on!"

Velvet couldn't keep still as she decided to suddenly rush in. "Velvet!" Yatsuhashi shouted in dismay, but to no avail.

"What the hell is she doing!?" Nero exclaimed.

Continuing to charge, her weapon Anesidora activated and produced a hologram of… Blood Moon?!

"That's-" Kurenai gawked.

The hard light projection wrapped around her arms and legs as she then went berserk on Schwartz, surprisingly pushing him back with each strike. She didn't stop there as the hologram then switched over to Kage Ryuujin as she struck Schwartz with the holographic katana with accurate precision as she swung and used her speed to outmatch his own.

"Damn, she's outpacing him!" Azure exclaimed.

"Wait, doesn't she have a drawback for her Semblance?" Nero pondered.

Back at the fight, she switched to Lunar Divide as she jumped up and swung down at Schwartz. The Dark Rider tried to defend himself coating his blade in darkness and even using his wings to protect him further. However, it wasn't enough as she was able to break through Schwartz's defenses and swung the Lunar Divide copy in three large arcs, sending a shower of sparks flying off of his armor.

"Urk! I'd forgotten how annoying you could be, rabbit girl." Schwartz growled. "But then it struck me that even though you can copy the weapons and movements of a person… you don't have everything they possess. Like Orion's endurance for one." He stabbed his sword into the earth then dragged it across, sending a wave of darkness at Velvet.

The rabbit girl gasped as she then switched to Lyrical Relevance as she strummed the string to send hardlight Dust at the wave to counter it but it wasn't enough as the dark wave broke through and sent her flying.

"SENPAI!" Shiro shouted as he dashed towards her and managed to catch her, both of them rolling on the ground before coming to a stop. "You okay?"

"I'm fine… I just… need a minute to rest." The rabbit Faunus groaned.

"That was reckless, even for you, senpai."

Velvet gave the white Rider a dry look, "This coming from the guy with a reckless streak?"

"T-That's-"

"Hey, save the arguing for later!" Kurenai shouted. Just when Velvet was about to retort, she and her teammates paled when they saw Kurai shake herself from the rubble.

"Ugh, finally out." Kurai mumbles before noticing CFVY looking at her. "Um… no hard feelings?"

"It's that monster that attacked us!" Coco shouts, aiming at Kurai.

"Not a good time, NOT A GOOD TIME!" Kurai quickly exclaimed comically.

"She's one of us now!" Nero cried out.

"No chances…" Fox said telepathically.

"It's true! I'm a good gal now!" Kurai tried to reason.

"You tried to frame Velvet! And you broke my ribs!" Coco counters. "That's reason enough to turn your scaly hide into a purse!"

"Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeek!" Kurai squealed as the four readied weapons against her.

"Guys, this is no time to fight amongst ourselves!" Kurenai shouted. "She's one of us! I can personally attest that she's changed for the better!"

The four stare at him for a moment, before looking at Kurai. Coco gives an irritated huff and turns around. "Doesn't change the fact I don't trust her, but I'll hold you to your word Aaron, for now."

"Are you all done? Because I'm going to kill you all now!" Schwartz roared as he released a dark aura that forced them to hold their ground. Kurai was the first to act, slithering around the shadows to deliver a drop kick to push the Dark Rider back before trading blows with each other.

"Seems you've grown rusty when facing a Greeed, haven't ya?!" Kurai taunted. "Don't worry, Fang-face, old Kurai is gonna refresh your memory!"

"Tch! Annoying lizard!" Schwartz growled, grabbing Kurai and was about to slash her. Suddenly, Yang came charging in with a fist to the Dark Rider's face. Kurai gives the blonde boxer a fist bump before the two charged at Schwartz.


Elsewhere, Azrael and Team ROGE observed the conflict from afar. Despite finding amusement from watching a dark version of Kurogasa taking on his enemies, his unexpected appearance alongside those new Riders troubled him. Throughout every iteration of the timelines he destroyed, not once has there been a Dark Kurogasa or Kamen Riders from the future.

"We will have to move up our plans…" Azrael says to the four. "These new variables may prove troubling for destroying this timeline."

"What's the big deal? It's just another version of that weakling." Gou spat with a scoff.

"And here I thought Ogre was the dumb one." Rachel deadpanned as Ogre glared at her.

"The hell is that supposed to mean!?" The muscle bound redhead snarled.

"Enough!" Azrael ordered, silencing the team's squabbling. "This is not the time for your petty arguments. I cannot have this fool or anyone interrupt my plans."

"So what are you proposing that we do, boss?"

Azrael pondered for a moment, continuing to observe the fight. "Let them fight each other. Regardless of who wins, either side will be too weak to fight back. We'll just sit back and observe for now."

"So we're killing them the moment that battle is over? Good. I can finally kill Aaron then." Rachel said.

"Keep that enthusiasm up. It'll still be a fierce fight."


"Over there! Take us down over there!" Yin told the pilot pointing towards the battle.

"You sure? It looks like a warzone down there!" The pilot shouted back.

"Just do it!"

"Alright, your call!" The pilot said, as the Bullhead started moving in towards the battlefield.

"Get ready to jump!" Melody called out.

"This is nerve-wracking." Yukina said to herself.

"Oh right, you inherited your dad's acrophobia, didn't you." Rei remembered.

"Rei!" Yukina whined as the Bullhead got closer.

"Hm?" Schwartz looked up as did the other combatants as the Bullhead came closing in. "Another nuisance…"

"Hang on!" Yin shouted as he suddenly wrapped an arm around Yukina's waist and jumped off.

"KYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" Yukina screamed, holding onto her boyfriend for dear life.

Melody sighed, "I can't tell who he gets it from. His mom or his dad."

"Both, apparently." Rei replied.

"Well whatever, let's get out there." Melody said, before jumping off.

"Wait for me!" Rei said, jumping off after her.

The four future children descended towards the ground and managed to land safely thanks to their Aura. "I'm never skydiving with you again…" Yukina pouted.

"I love ya too." Yin rolled his eyes.

"What are you four doing here?" Came the voice of Weiss, who had taken notice of the future children.

"Okaa-sama!" Yukina gasped.

"What does it look like? We're here to help!" Melody said. "Besides, he's our problem anyway!" She pointed at Kamen Rider Schwartz.

"FUUUUUUUU- Oof!" A loud crash drew their attention over to the battered armored figure of Kamen Rider Shiro.

"Otou-sama!" Yukina shouted, rushing over to him.

"Yukina…" Shiro groaned. "What are you-"

"We came to help you. We can stop Schwartz… together."

"No, you need to help the civilians." Shiro says, surprising them. "Their protection is your top priority."

"What?!" The four said in unison, shocked and confused.

"But we can help!" Melody argues.

"No, I'm not letting you four get into danger." Shiro said sternly.

"But-"

"Yukina, please. Do not argue with me on this." Shiro cut off. "Right now, everyone caught up in Schwartz's path is in danger. You need to get them away from here. We parents can hold them off while you do that. Once the civilians have been evacuated, then you can help us."

"Ok, but be careful. He's not someone to underestimate." Melody says after a brief moment of hesitation. The group heads out to assist the civilians, but Yukina was still hesitant to leave her father.

"Just… be careful, Otou-sama." Yukina said, quickly giving her dad a hug. "I don't want to lose you a second time."

"I will, I promise." Shiro nodded, returning her hug. The two separate and then run off towards their intended missions.


As the next generation helped evacuate people from the battle, Yang and Kurai were sent rolling across the ground in pain.

"It's one annoyance after another." Schwartz muttered, before blocking Ruby's scythe, "How many times will you all continue this useless struggling?"

"We won't ever stop!" Ruby said. "What you're doing is wrong! Why are you so bent on killing everyone?"

"Because they are nothing more than traitors. They abandoned me in the darkness. As I've said before, I will bring my past self over to the darkness. If that means having to kill everyone he's ever cared about, then so be it."

With a swift slash, Ruby was sent flying as Yang quickly caught her before she hit the ground.

"You're willing to kill everyone, just so Kuro would end up like you?!" Kurai shouts, angrily.

"Fool! He is me!"

"Is that really Kuro talking, or just a mere shadow?!" Kurai retorts, causing Schwartz to grip his sword tight.

"What are you talking about, Koa?" Ruby asks the Greeed.

"While we were fighting, I sensed something off about him." Kurai explains. "The only smart explanation would be that the Grimm side couldn't erase the real Kuro from his mind!"

"Hmph, smart girl. Always believed you were a simple-minded idiot." Schwartz growled in annoyance.

Kurai growled as she then smirked, "At least I can pay attention to my surroundings."

Schwartz raised a brow, before he felt four blasts hit him from behind. With a growl, he turned to see the Team JOKR Riders had hit him with long range shots. Another got his attention as he saw teams CFVY and JNPR on both sides of the Dark Rider, surrounding him.

"Alright, everyone! LET HIM HAVE IT!" Kurenai shouted.

BITE! CRIMSON FANG!

BITE! DRACONIC FANG!

BITE! URSINE CLAW!

BITE! SHADOW TALON!

The Riders' weapons flowed with their Aura and they charged straight towards Schwartz. This signaled the others to charge in with everything they had. Kurai and Yang delivered powerful punches to the Dark Rider's back as Jaune, Azure, and Yatsuhashi slashed his sword arm, making him drop the blade. Ruby, Coco, and Velvet were delivering a hailstorm of bullets that sparked against his armor, allowing Ren and Nero to make agile strikes. Wrapping up the strike was Weiss, Shiro, Kurenai, and Blake who made a double X slash along Schwartz's chest armor.

"GYAAAAAAAARRRRRGH!" Schwartz skids back, falling to his knees.

"We beat him! We actually beat him!" Jaune says, breathing heavily.

"Ha! How'd you like that, tough guy?!" Kurai taunted confidently.

Schwartz's growling began to sound animalistic as he struggled to stand… then came an unsuspecting noise, laughter. A dark, menacingly loud laughter that erupted from the Dark Rider's throat.

"Uhhh… why is he laughing?" Nora asked nervously.

"You fools. You all have no idea what kind of trouble you are in." Schwartz said in a dark tone that sent shivers up the heroes' spines. "You believe you have beaten me?" A dark purple aura began to emerge from the man's armor as he looked at them with his menacing red eyes. "Think again."

With a powerful roar, the huntsmen and huntresses were sent flying from a powerful shockwave of his dark armor. Kurai and the Riders tried to hold out, but even they were sent flying.

"I was holding back this entire time, and now that you've gotten me warmed up it's time to end this nonsense."

"He was… holding back this whole time?" Ren gritted.

"Now… let's make sure you don't do anything funny." Schwartz said before stretching out his arm and sent another powerful shockwave of dark energy. But this shockwave was different. Because the moment the dark energy hit the teams, while sending them flying again and hitting the ground, Team JOKR's transformation immediately cancelled out and all of the Auras of the huntsmen and huntresses were completely shattered.

"O-our Auras!" Orion groaned in shock.

"In one hit!" Ruby added in disbelief.

"Just how powerful is he…?" Pyrrha pondered with worry and dread.

"I offer this final chance, my past self." Schwartz said, walking through the destruction and grabbing his katana. "Will you join me, or must I drag you into the darkness?"

Kurogasa glared hatefully at his evil counterpart, "You can go to hell."

"Fool, I've already been in it." Schwartz said as he grabbed Kurogasa by the throat and slowly lifted him up. Kurogasa struggled to free himself from his grasp, but to no avail "And soon, so shall you…"

"Kuro! No!" Weiss cried out. "Let him go!"

"Hmm…" Schwartz turns to Weiss, the glow from his red eyes making her shudder in fear. "Perhaps we will begin with despair."

"No! You stay away from her!" Kurogasa shouts, struggling more against his grip. "Weiss, run!"

Weiss tried to back away, as Schwartz walked towards her, still holding Kurogasa. "It's useless to escape me. You could watch him die or you could willingly take his place and be my Queen. After all… you and I-"

"Only thing you'll get is this!" Aaron shouted as he came in with his fist raised and pulled back, just before he punched Schwartz to the side of the head.

"Is that it?" Schwartz asked, grabbing Aaron's wrist. Aaron winced, as the Dark Rider's grip brought him to his knees in pain.

"Aaron… no…!" Kurogasa gritted.

Schwartz then got an evil idea, smirking under his helmet with malicious intent. He tossed Kurogasa over to Weiss and threw Aaron to the side.

"Better act quickly, Aaron." Schwartz said darkly, opening and closing his Driver four times.

HELLISH BITE! DRACONIC HELLFANG!

A dark purple aura surrounded his legs as his wings began taking him high into the air. Aaron's eyes widened as he scrambled up to reach his friends.

Kurogasa instinctively went to Weiss and held her close to him to protect her. Schwartz roared as he came down with both legs surrounded by the dark aura. It took the form of a dragon, as Aaron was running towards them. It was as if time began slowing down, as Aaron was running to his friends aid. Kurogasa was making sure Weiss wouldn't be hurt by Schwartz as his finisher drew ever closer. As time resumed, the Dark Rider came down and blood flew into the air.


With the next generation Riders, they were doing their best to get the last of the civilians evacuated.

"Is that the last of them?" Rei asks.

Yin nodded with a happy smile on his face, "Yep, looks like it. Glad we managed to save them." He waved at a young Faunus girl who had gotten lost until the future son of Aaron and Yang managed to find her and bring her back to her family.

Yukina sighed, seeing the girl happy with her family. It made her happy, but it also reminded her of her father. Yin noticed her sad expression and pulled the girl into a one-armed hug.

"Hey, it's all good."

"Sorry, it's just…" She trailed off, fidgeting with her weapon.

"I know, we all want our Kuro back to his old self." Yin nodded in understanding. "Don't worry, Yuki. I'm sure my dad and the others will save him."

"Yeah, you're right." Yukina said with a giggle.

"Yeah! Let's finish up here and back them up!" Melody adds. "Nothing can possibly go wrong!"

Suddenly, a breeze of dark aura blew past them causing them to gasp. They remembered a similar attack from a long time ago.

"Schwartz's strongest attack!" Rei exclaimed.

"The same one he used on sis…" Yin grits his teeth. "But who did he use it on?"

Suddenly, Rei looked at Yin in shock, "Yin… something is wrong with your body!"

Everyone turned to Yin and gasped in horror. Yin's body was very slowly becoming transparent.

"What's happening to me?" He asked, confused and afraid. Suddenly, his eyes widened in a horrifying reality. "Oh no…"


Everyone was in shock.

Schwartz slowly landed upon the ground, his greaves covered in blood.

"No…" Yang said in horror, as Blake covered her mouth. Tears welled up in their eyes.

Aaron was struggling to stand, as blood dripped from his chest and mouth. In a split second, he coughed out a glob of the red liquid as it spilled to the ground, staining the streets crimson. He then fell to his knees before finally hitting the ground. His vision began to blur, before he fell to the ground, more of his blood flowing out from his wounds.

"A… Aaron?" Koa slowly choked out.

"AARON!" Ruby cried out.

Yang and Blake charged, rushing past Schwartz who merely stood there. They ran towards Aaron's side and began checking his pulse.

"Anything?!" Yang said as she placed her head by his chest, ignoring the blood. Blake was holding his wrist and checking for a pulse, only to go pale when the pulse weakened.

The two began to do everything they could by performing CPR. They kept taking turns giving mouth to mouth resuscitation whilst trying to stop the bleeding, but it wasn't working.

"No no no no no! Stay with us, damn it!" Yang demanded.

"You can't go out like this!" Blake shouts as well.

"Aaron… why…?" Kurogasa got out, before he ran over to Aaron's fallen side. "AARON! AARON! DAMMIT AARON, WAKE UP! KONO BAKAYARO! DON'T YOU DARE DIE ON ME!"

Aaron slowly opened his weakened eyes, looking at Kurogasa.

"Aaron!" Kurogasa gasped, catching the attention of Blake and Yang. "You idiot! Why did you do that?!"

"I did… what any Rider would do…" Aaron coughed out.

"Don't talk, save your strength."

"I'm sorry… I wasn't able to protect you guys."

"Don't say that, you did great!" Yang exclaimed, "You're gonna power through this like you've always had!"

"Not… this time…"

"No! Don't say that!" Blake sobbed as she held his face. "Please… don't go… don't leave me… I don't know what to do without you…"

"Come on… Get up, damn it! We need you!" Yang begged, holding his hand tightly.

"I'm sorry, girls, I…"

"Don't ever say you're sorry!" Kurogasa shouted. "Who's gonna lead Team JOKR if you're dead?! You're our leader, dammit!"

A weak grin appeared on his face, "It's… up to you…" Aaron said, placing a blood-covered hand on Kurogasa's shoulder. "You're the leader… now…"

"W-What?" Kurogasa gasped. "N-No, I can't-"

"You got this…" Aaron smiled. "I have… faith… in-"

*PLOP!*

His hand fell limply to the ground, his eyes slowly closing. While all this was happening, the clouds in the sky began to bring down rain.

"Aaron? Hey, wake up." Yang said nervously as he nudged him. When he didn't wake up, she began shaking him vigorously. "Hey! Aaron!"

"Please! Open your eyes!" Blake shouts, choking on sobs as she also nudged him.

"No…" Orion got out.

"This can't be real… it can't…" Orpheus got out.

"Aaron… come on, quit joking around…" Koa said, her voice cracking. "This isn't the time to be sleeping..."

Kurogasa could only stare in shock for what seemed like an eternity. His head then lowered, his body trembled and his fists shook. Then… with a loud voice, he shouted to the heavens.

"AAROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOON!"


GKC: And cliffhanger…? Holy shit… Aaron is dead!

SR: Oh dang!

KRD: Muwhahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha! Ye~s! Finally! With him out of the way, Kuro can now be the star-

*BONK!*

KRD: ITE!

GKC: Fool! A man just died! Show a little compassion for goodness sake. *holding a large mallet*

KRD: Alright, alright. I was kidding. (…mostly.)

GKC: What you say! *holds up mallet*

KRD: Nothing! Anyways, roll the preview clip!


Preview


Announcer: Jikai… Remnant's Climax Heroes…

Kurogasa: I won't let his sacrifice be in vain…

Ruby: What can we do? We're just not strong enough…

Yang: We can't give up! We have to win! For Aaron!

Yin: This is for my father!

Next Time: The Breach Part 2: Resolve

Aura Driver: Exceed Dragon! Rise Up!


SR: Be sure to stay tuned for part 2 of the thrilling season finale!

GKC: And be sure to review and comment on this chapter. We've got two more chapters until Volume 2 ends.

SR: And as always.

GKC: Peace out, everyone!

SR: Hm? Hold on, what's this?


Meanwhile, in another part of the city, a strange portal opened up and a figure walked out. "So this is the past? I wonder if the others made it back here as well." They said to themselves. They then heard the sound of battle, causing them to turn to the source. "Oh no…"

The figure ran while silently praying, 'I hope I make it in time…' They thought.