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

SR: Last time, the gang was unable to fully prevent the Breach, but they were able to do what they could to stop it and Dark Rider Schwartz.

KRD: But things took a tragic turn, as Aaron gives his life to save his friends.

GKC: And strangely enough, someone else has arrived in the past? Who is this mysterious individual?

SR: Find out now in the second part of this volume's conclusion. Disclaimer sign, go!

Disclaimer: Same thing.


Chapter 37: The Breach Part 2: Resolve


Lightning flashes across the sky, as Yang and Blake's mournful cries echoed into the heavens. They could only weep, cradling the lifeless body of Aaron Jaeger. His friends couldn't move, for they could not believe what had transpired.

"Aaron…" Ruby whispered in disbelief.

"No way…" Nora whimpered. "He's gone… he's really gone…"

"I can't… I can't believe it." Jaune said with shock and horror written on his face.

"No…" Weiss said, covering her mouth in horror.

"Come on Aaron, quit joking around!" Koa calls out to him, voice continuing to crack up. "You've always gotten back up when you get knocked down, so get back up!"

"Koa-"

"NO! I won't believe he's dead, I just won't!" Koa tried to deny it. "Come on Aaron, you need to wake up! Wake up already!"

"He's never waking up, Koa." The group turned to Schwartz, who stood above them. "He's dead, and so will the rest of you…" He said, as he stretched out his hand and was about to release a wave of dark energy once more. The teams all braced themselves for what could be their end.

FINAL ATTACK RIDE: D-D-D-DECADE!

"HUH?!"

"HAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!" Came a voice as a familiar line of holographic cards appeared in front of Schwartz and out came Decade, who delivered a kick that sent the Dark Rider flying. The magenta Rider landed on the ground, turning towards the others.

"Tsukasa…" Kurogasa muttered.

"C'mon, we need to move." Decade said. With a wave of his hand, a silvery veil appeared and moved around, teleporting everyone to safety. Schwartz slowly arose from the ground looking at the veil before it disappeared.

"Hmph, you may run, but you can never hide again." Schwartz said, before taking flight.

Azrael looked at the aftermath of the battle, before walking away. His team of generals were speechless, but Rachel was gripping her arm and biting her lip.

"Damn… I never expected Jaeger to go down like that." Gou remarked, finally breaking the silence.

"Heh, one less meddlesome Rider to deal with." Ogre said with a chuckle.

"Enough." Rachel merely says, walking past them to follow Azrael. "Let's just go back."

The three stare at each other before looking at her.

"What's eating her?" Ogre asked, scratching his head.

"That dark version of Kurogasa stole her kill." Emily said. As the three were conversing, deep in the woods, Rachel punched a tree leaving a crack in it.

"Aaron… You were mine to kill." Rachel grimaced, placing her forehead on the tree. "Why… why did you have to be a damn hero…" She then roared in frustration, punching the tree so hard, it broke and toppled over. She breathed heavily, before falling to her knees and looked at her reflection in a puddle.


Back at Beacon Academy, many people were taking Aaron's death in their own way. The ones closest to him said nothing, for there were no words that could be said, no joy to be had. Even Nora was silent in her grief, as only tears fell from her eyes whilst Ren comforted her.

After what seemed like forever, Orpheus broke the silence. "What are you doing here, Tsukasa?" He asked the dimension traveling Rider who was out of his armor, and leaning against the wall of the JOKR dorm. "Better yet, how did you know what was going on?"

"Honestly? Because I was watching you guys." The Destroyer of Worlds answered in a nonchalant manner.

"How?!" Koa exclaims in shock before Tsukasa looked at her with a raised eyebrow. "Oh. Right. It's your thing…"

"What can we do? We're just not strong enough…" Ruby muttered.

"We can't give up! We have to win! For Aaron!"Yang said.

Just then, the doors to the dorm swung open with a frantic Melody panicking, "Guys, it's Yin! Something's wrong!"

"Melody, deep breaths. Then tell us what's wrong with Yin." Ruby says, soothing the Faunus girl.

Melody took a few breaths to calm her nerves then when she was finally ready, she answered, "Yin's body is starting to vanish!"

"What?!" Yang gasped.

"Not surprising." Tsukasa said, standing up straight. "With Aaron gone, the generations after will never be born. It will be as if he never existed in the first place."

The group gasped in shock, but none of them took it harder than Yang.

"No… no no no NO!" Yang screamed. "First Aaron, now Yin… I'M GONNA KILL THAT BASTARD!"

"Not in your condition." Orion said. "In case you've forgotten, Schwartz shattered all of our Auras."

"That doesn't mean I still won't try!"

"You're walking into a suicide." Yatsuhashi said. "Without our Auras, we won't stand a chance."

"He's right. You all have to think smarter with this." Fox added, using his telepathy.

"But-"

"Yang, please." Velvet said. "It's already hard enough as it is… for all of us."

Yang looked at Velvet before falling to her knees, her eyes filled with tears.

"I don't want to lose them…" Yang choked out.

"I know you don't…" Ruby said as she went over to her sister and hugged her. "I don't wanna lose anyone else either, but…"

"Melody… how long until Yin…" Weiss began.

"Judging on the time frame… ten hours." Tsukasa deduced. "By then, he'll disappear."

"Damn…" Coco muttered. Yang didn't say anything else as she stood up from her place and started leaving.

"Where are you-" Jaune began.

"I'm seeing my kid." Yang said abruptly before leaving completely.


Meanwhile inside the Rider Base, Blake was sitting at a table looking down at Aaron's body that was covered by a white sheet. For a good while, she had been non-stop crying and sobbing her eyes out. And now, she almost had no more tears to shed.

"Blake…" Kurogasa muttered as he walked up to her from behind, with her not turning to face him. "I'm so sorry… I…"

"Don't. Just… don't." The cat Faunus said in between her choked breaths. "I'm… not up for apologies."

"Blake…" Kurogasa muttered, as he slowly reached his hand out, wanting to hold her shoulder for support, but pulled back, as he felt it wouldn't be right.

"Why… why did he have to die?"

"He did what he had to do…" Kurogasa answered. "He did what any other Rider would do, and that's protecting others. He protected me from my future dark self."

"Then why didn't you save him? Couldn't you have saved him as a Rider?!" She asked, now standing up and turning around to face him.

"Schwartz shattered all of our Auras. Our Rider powers relied on our Auras. I couldn't save him, even if I wanted to!" Kurogasa said, as he turned around. "Don't you get it, Blake? Schwartz had us cornered! We lost!"

"I KNOW WE LOST, I LOST MY BROTHER!" Blake yelled at him.

"He was my family too, dammit!" Kurogasa shouted and turned back to her, tears streaming down his eyes. "I lost someone whom I considered a brother! Even though he was a pain in the ass at times, he was still my friend and family! That includes you too!"

"W-what?" Blake gasped in surprise.

"You're family too, Blake! So are Yang, Ruby, Weiss! All of them! Even JNPR, and by extension, CFVY! You're not the only one that's affected! Because of me… my future self… if anything, I should be the one responsible to fix all of this!"

"Why would you-"

"IT'S BECAUSE OF MIKO, DAMMIT!" Kurogasa finally shouted, causing Blake to stay silent, before he fell to his knees, his tears now flowing endlessly. "All of this started because my future self killed your daughter… that hurts me more than anything…"

"Kuro…" Blake whispered.

"I caused all of your suffering… and Yukina's… because somewhere in the future, I lost my resolve and faith in others… and now with Aaron entrusting me as leader, I… I don't know if I can… I just don't know…"

Suddenly, Blake hugged him much to his surprise. "B-Blake?"

"Don't ever forget that we've got your back, Kuro."

"Wha-"

"You shouldn't feel responsible for what happened to Miko…"

"B-But I…"

"Enough… Just stop feeling sorry for yourself and get a grip already." She said, before breaking the hug to look at him. "I get it. You already have a lot on your shoulders, especially now, but that doesn't mean you have to shoulder it all alone. We're here for you. You just need to let us help you…"

Kurogasa stared at her for what seemed like forever, before looking down with a smile. "Alright… you win… just… promise me that you'll let me do the same…"

"Huh?" Blake said confused, as he looked back at him.

"You'll let me and the others help you too. Especially when it comes to Adam and the White Fang… I know that's a history you want to forget and one day it will come back to haunt you… but when the time comes… please… let us help you… okay?"

"…Okay." Blake said, after a brief moment of hesitation.

*DING, DING, DING!*

Blake and Kurogasa blinked when they heard something dinging and a microwave door compartment opened up from one side of the wall.

"What the-" Kurogasa blinked.

The two head over to the door compartment and look at each other, before seeing what's inside. Their eyes widened in surprise, for they were three Exceed Masks; two were silver and one was golden.

"Exceed Masks?"

"Aaron must've finished them… and had them stored in here for you and the others." Blake theorized.

"But why open now?"

"Maybe there's a reason, or-"

"Hello? Is this thing on?" A familiar voice haunted their ears.

"A-Aaron?" Kurogasa gawked, looking around wildly before looking at the supercomputer that suddenly turned on with white noise and snow at first, before the screen eventually showed a video feed of Aaron.

["Aha. Got it. Hey, if you're watching this video, that means… something happened… most likely that I'm dead for whatever reason."] Aaron began. ["And if I am dead… Well, that sucks. Anyway, you're probably wondering why there are three Exceed Masks. Guys, if it's you then I will say this straight up. They're for you."]

"For us?" Kurogasa got out.

["Yep, so go hammy with it. And, uh, don't overuse it or you'll go blind… and lose function in all of your limbs."]

"Dammit Aaron, this isn't Iron-Blooded Orphans with the Gundams, bakayaro!" Kurogasa shouted, balling up his fist at the screen.

["And if Kurogasa is being a smart-aleck, please slap him upside the head."]

"Na-"

*WAPISH!*

"Ite, Blake!"

"He said to do it." Blake defended herself.

["Anyways, as I was saying."] Aaron cleared his throat. ["Don't overuse those. Because I haven't exactly finished the companion device needed to siphon that power just yet."] And with that, the message ended.

"Aaron… arigato." Kurogasa said, with a sad smile.

"His last gift…" Blake said sadly. Kurogasa wiped his eyes, before looking up with renewed determination and resolve. "We won't let it go to waste."

"Yeah, I won't let his sacrifice be in vain…" Kurogasa said, before taking his Exceed Mask.


Meanwhile, Schwartz was preparing a Grimm force to invade Vale to create pure chaos. The Grimm under his command were mutating, tainted by his Dark Aura and its mysterious properties.

Primarily to draw out his prey but mostly just to pass the time.

"Come to me, my past self. I will be waiting for you…"


"Alright, everyone. We're on the clock." Kurogasa said, getting the attention of his friends.

"What do you mean?" Ren inquired.

"Unless we stop Schwartz in under ten hours, we are going to lose Yin." Kurogasa explains. "Aaron sacrificed himself so that we could continue the fight. I won't let his death be in vain."

"And neither will I." Blake adds.

"In case you've forgotten, we were defeated by Schwartz. We attacked him with everything that we had and we still lost." Orpheus stated. "What chance do we have?"

Kurogasa remained silent before holding up the two Silver Exceed Masks and the Gold one.

Everyone, sans Blake, gawked in shock, "Those are…" Orion trailed on.

"Exceed Masks… for all of us…" Kurogasa said as he tossed each one to Orion and Orpheus. "I said it once and I'll say it again, I won't let his death be in vain."

"I'm in." Koa says with determination.

"Count us in as well." Jaune added, to which his team nodded. One by one, the others joined in determined to take on the Dark Rider.

"We'll need a plan, though." Ruby said, after much thought.

"Agreed, Schwartz is stronger than us all. We need a way to weaken him." Pyrrha nodded in reply.

"That's where we come in." Kurogasa says, gesturing to his teammates. "We will whittle down his Aura, but it will be you guys who'll focus on his Driver."

"Why his Driver?" Nora asks.

"The Driver is what keeps him in his Rider form. No Driver, no Rider." Orion explains.

"So that means he'll be vulnerable." Jaune realized.

"Correct. Judging by the time frame, this may be our one and only shot at beating him." Orpheus says with his arms crossed. "Let's make it count."

Kurogasa nodded and placed his fist out in front of the others. "For Aaron."

"For Aaron." Yang and Blake said, placing their hands on top of his.

"For Aaron." Came the voices of the others as they placed their own hands on top of Kurogasa's hand. They nodded at each other.


Schwartz was leading his army of mutated Grimm towards the city of Vale, as Atlas airships and forces set up a blockade.

"All hands, prepare for combat." Ironwood orders his crew. "We need to drive the Grimm away from our city."

"Hmph, useless. Ironwood is even more foolish in the past than he is in the future." Schwartz coldly remarked, as he raised a hand. "Tear this tin-man's metal toys asunder!"

The Grimm unleash powerful roars and charge towards the army that awaited them. The armies clashed, and the battle raged out of control as both sides refused to relent. The airships provided aerial support, as flying Grimm would dogfight the Bullheads. Paladins would clash with the larger and more robust of the dark creatures.

"Sir, the Grimm are still advancing!" One of the pilots exclaimed.

"Impossible!" Ironwood exclaims in shock.

"Hmph, the arrogance of Atlas at its finest. Believing themselves powerful when they're nothing before true power." Schwartz coldly remarked as he snapped his fingers and several Griffins began to divebomb the Atlas ships, hitting several fighters and dropships. They began crashing into the ground as the Grimm began pushing back the forces of Atlas.

Ironwood was speechless as the Grimm were easily demolishing his forces. Just when he was going to begrudgingly order a retreat, explosions in the Grimm forces caught everyone's attention.

"Tch. They arrived just before the fun began." Schwartz muttered, as the smoke and flames parted to reveal Kurogasa and his friends standing epically. "I must commend you all for your bravery. Especially after the death of your leader!"

"We're here to put an end to the bloodshed." Kurogasa said with determination. "You can't be allowed to continue this madness, for everyone who's gone."

"Hah! You really think you can defeat me now? In case you've forgotten, I've shattered all of your Auras!"

"Oh, don't worry. We still have plenty left in the tank!" Kurogasa said as he held up his golden Exceed Mask.

"?! How- those masks shouldn't exist!" Schwartz shouted in fury. "How did you acquire those masks?!"

"It's thanks to Aaron that they were made complete! We won't let you tarnish his legacy! And we certainly won't let his death be in vain!"

"Yeah!" Cried Orion, alongside Orpheus, Rei, Melody, and Yukina. As well as RWB, JNPR, and CFVY.

"All you're doing is walking to your own deaths!"

"So-re wa doukana." Tsukasa said as he walked towards the front.

"Omae wa…!" Schwartz said in disbelief when he saw Tsukasa. "So you've also returned to this timeline as well. Come to destroy this flawed and poor excuse of a world, or will you too stand in my way?"

"I'm here to stop you from making a grave mistake, Kuro."

"Don't you dare call me that! I am Kamen Rider Schwartz now, and I will not let you nor anyone else stand against me!" Schwartz roared. "Do you even know who the hell you are?!"

"Isn't it obvious?"

Tsukasa then equipped his Neo DecaDriver on his waist, then opened it up before taking out his card from his RideBooker. "Tori sugari no Kamen Raida da… oboeteoke. Henshin."

KAMEN RIDE!

DECADE!

The symbols of the Heisei Riders appeared around him before forming into silhouettes that converged onto his body, forming into his suit.

It was then Kurogasa's turn as he pressed the button on the mask.

EXCEED THE LIMIT!

The young man summoned his Aura Driver and placed it around his waist then slotted the mask over the eyes of the dragon He opened the mouth of the dragon as a new tune began to play. "Henshin!" He declared as he placed his Aura Sphere into the dragon's mouth, closing it as the hollowed eyes flashed a deeper blue instead of the regular shade.

AURA SPHERE CONNECTED! DRAGON! EXCEED CHARGED!

His Aura dragon now shining a bright silver, flew out of his belt and gave a powerful roar as deep blue energized markings formed along its body before spinning around Kurogasa. It enveloped him as the energy spun around, causing those in the area to step back from the sheer amount of power it was emitting before it dispersed, destroying any Grimm that came into contact with it in the immediate vicinity and the light died to reveal Kurogasa in his new armor. For one, the white armor now had silver accents and spikes that jutted from the elbows, forearms, shoulders, and even the helmet. A dark blue waistguard covered his… well, waist. Silver claws covered his fingers and appeared on his boots. Silver-white wings were jutting from his back and seemed like they were able to actually fly. The helmet had a silver mask that covered the blue eyes with the eyeholes making it seem like Shiro was 'glaring' at everyone while the golden head crest now had an additional 'horn' that was silver in color. As for his weapon the RyuuKoutei, it was now double-bladed, with deep blue accenting the inner part of the sword.

TENGOKU NO EMPEROR! OVER SOUL! EXCEE~D DRAGON!

"Kamen Rider Shiro! Exceed Dragon! Kenzan!"

"EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!" Ruby happily squealed as she bolted around Shiro. "IT'S SO COOL! IT'S JUST LIKE AARON'S EXCEPT WITH A DRAGON AND IT'S JUST SO AMAZING!"

"Ruby!" Blake shouted at Ruby. "Time and place."

"Sorry." Ruby said as she moved back towards her group.

"Alrighty, let's show him what we got!" Decade said, brushing his hands together.

"YEAH!" The others cheered, as the Riders inserted their own Aura Spheres into their belts and got into their pre-Henshin poses.

AURA SPHERE CONNECTED! BEAR/FALCON/WYVERN/OOKAMI/HYDRA!

"HENSHIN!" The Riders shouted out, as their Aura animals flew out and attacked the nearby Grimm that thought they could strike them whilst they changed. They then merged with their respective heroes and changed them into their Rider forms.

"KILL THEM!" Schwartz shouted as the remaining Grimm charged at them.


Back with Yin, he was staring at his increasingly transparent body in sadness. It was then that the sounds of someone approaching him, making him raise his head in surprise.

"Mom, you-"

"I'm staying with you, son." Yang said as she sat next to him.

"But-"

"I'm. Staying." She said with more force as she then hugged her son close. "At least while I still have you right now… just let Mama Bear be with her cub…"

Yin felt his heart clench at hearing the hidden sorrow within his mother's tone and allowed her to hold him. Mother and son remained in this position for a solid minute before Yin spoke, "Mom, let me go." He told her.

"What? Why?" Yang asked, looking at him. "Don't you want-"

"I'm not gonna spend whatever time I have left just sitting back like a coward." Yin interjected. "I wanna go out swinging and taking a chunk out of Schwartz's hide while I still can. It's what dad would've done in my position."

"Yin, you…"

"Please Mom. Let me do this. While I still have time." Yin said.

Yang stared at him for what seemed like forever before smiling a bit. "I swear, you're just like your grandma… so stubborn."

"Hey, I get it from you, Mom." Yin pointed out. "You are the one with anger issues."

"Heh, fair enough." Yang said as she stood up and held out her hand. "Then let's do it together. For your old man."

Yin accepted the gesture by taking his birth mother's hand, "Yeah! For dad!"


White.

It was all Aaron could see. There was nothing in sight, but a white void. The last thing he remembered was taking a hit from Schwartz for Kuro, giving him leadership of Team JOKR and dying right after. When he opened his eyes, he found himself in the white void.

"Oh great… tell me the God of Light isn't gonna lecture me…" Aaron groaned. "I get enough of that from my friends."

"Otou-san…" A soft feminine voice echoed in the void.

"Huh?"

"Otou-san…"

"Who's there?" Aaron asked, looking around.

"Over here…"

"Where?"

"Here…"

"I don't understand. Where-"

"I'm here."

The moment Aaron turned again, there was someone up close and near his face. "Gahhh!" He cried out before falling on his butt which was surprising since there was nothing to essentially fall on. "Geez, Blake, don't scare me like- wait, Blake?! You're dead too?!" He panicked, as he looked up, but upon seeing that person. "Wait, you're…"

The person in front of Aaron was a teenage girl, one who looked exactly like Blake, except the girl's eyes were a mixture of crimson and amber, her figure seemed more… filled out in a sense, and she even had a cat tail as well besides just the cat ears. She wore what looked like a purple, black, and pale grey kunoichi outfit that hugged her curves generously. If Aaron wasn't surprised and a little confused right now, he'd swear that the girl was Blake's long-lost sister.

"Hello, Otou-san."

"O… tou-san?" Aaron got out before his eyes widened in realization. "Oh my god… you're…"

The mysterious Faunus girl beamed happily then suddenly hugged the young man, nuzzling her cheek against his face, "Otou-san! I finally get to see you again!" She cried out with joy even as tears began to wet her cheeks.

"Miko…" Aaron said before slowly wrapping his arms around her. "You're… here… you're really here."

"I missed you so much, Otou-san. I've wanted to be with you ever since I came back." Miko said as she released a few choked sobs.

"But I thought you died. How can you… be alive?" The crimson-eyed youth pondered.

Miko broke the hug, looking down from her father's gaze, "It's my Semblance. I call it 'Nine Lives'. And as you can guess…" She hesitated to continue but Aaron managed to pick up what she meant.

"I see. If you were to perish, you resurrect but you can only do it nine times. Do… I even want to know how many lives you have left?" He pondered with a grimace.

"Still have eight if that's what you're concerned about. I've kept myself mostly to the shadows." The cat Faunus girl answered.

"But then… why didn't you show up with the others if you knew you were gonna come back to life?"

"I… I was afraid. I saw how my first death affected my friends when I was killed by Schwartz. It nearly destroyed them. I couldn't put them through that kind of pain again."

Aaron looked down in understanding. This was probably the first time that she used her semblance, and her death alone must've frightened her. She reminded him so much of Blake in a sense.

"Miko, running away from your friends will hurt them more than anything."

"But… I was scared. I couldn't…" Miko wrapped her arms around herself, shivering in cold terror.

"I don't blame you for being scared, Miko. I don't. Believe me, I can understand how terrifying it is when you experience death for the first time… and live with it." Aaron soothed his daughter's fears. "But…"

"But?" Miko prompted.

"But now that you experienced it, you won't have to do it again, because you're going to make sure you stay alive." Aaron said. "You still have a chance to make things right. Me? Well, I can't go anywhere."

"Not unless I bring you back."

Aaron looked confused. "I'm sorry?"

"My semblance also has the power to transfer a life to another."

"Well, that's pretty useful." Aaron remarked. "Still, how are you talking to me? Is this a crossroad between life and death?"

"I'm in the process of bringing you back to life as we speak."

"Oh…"

"Still, this way, I'll have seven lives and seven is a lucky number, right?"

"True on that."

"So… wanna surprise everyone?" Miko asked with a shy smile.

"Heh, you got it, kitten."

"Wait, Aaron." The voice surprised the two as out of Aaron's aura, the Crimson Wolf leapt out and landed beside the two, "There's something here for us."

"Huh? What do you mean?" The young man questioned.

Suddenly, a bright light shines like the morning dawn causing the two to cover their eyes.

"I have been waiting for you, Aaron Jaeger." A voice echoes. The light fades and a figure approaches them. "Though I had wished it was under better circumstances."

"No way… Monty?"

Approaching the duo and the astral wolf was the creator of RWBY himself, Monty Oum, "Yo," He greeted with a wave of his hand.

"W-What are you doing here? I haven't seen you since-"

"Yeah, I know. But I'm not here to talk about that." Monty said. "I'll be straight to the point. You're going back and kicking that guy's ass. But not without your upgrade."

"My upgrade… what do you-"

"Here." He said, throwing a device over to him to which Aaron caught. It was the companion device with the Exceed Mask. And it was complete!

"How did you-"

"I'm the creator here. Meaning I can cheat."

"Damn, that's useful."

"Yeah, now get out," He said, before turning Aaron around and literally kicking his ass and away into the world of the living.


"Yahhhhhhhhhhh!" Ruby shouted as she spun around like a top and slashed any Grimm that got in her way.

"Nice one!" Koa said with a thumbs up, whilst Coco was mowing Grimm down with her minigun. Koa quickly got behind Coco and punched an Ursa in the face, surprising the girl who didn't realize the Ursa that was behind her. "Uh… we even?"

*WHACK!*

"OW!" Koa shouted in pain when Coco's minigun went back into handbag mode, and whacked her over the back of the Greeed's head.

"Now we are."

"Look out!" Jaune shouted as he ran for his life away from a pack of Beowolves that were chasing him. Pyrrha came out the other side, she and Coco opening fire upon the Grimm as Koa punched the ones that remained. Jaune put his hands on his knees, out of breath.

Suddenly, he saw one Beowolf lunge at Pyrrha, forcing him to instinctively tackle her out of the way whilst shouting, "Look out!"

Ren came in, slashing with Stormflower's blades to cut down the Beowolf. "Enemy down." The ninja of JNPR stated.

"Velvet, you need to save up on your weapon." Yatsuhashi said, as he swung his Fulcrum, sending a wave of Grimm flying.

"But-"

"Trust me. You don't want Kurogasa to worry about you, do you?"

"I, well…" Velvet trailed off as her rabbit ear drooped down a bit. "I just…"

"Thought there was something?" He inquired.

"Yes…"

Yatsuhashi closed his eyes with a sigh and patted Velvet on the shoulder. "It's alright. You'll find someone."

"Thanks, Yatsu." Velvet nodded at her friend gratefully.

"Hey Orion, aren't you gonna use your upgrade too?!" Nora asked.

"Huh?" Azure looked at her as he did a backhand punch at a Beowolf without even looking. "Oh yeah! I gotta do it!" He said, before taking out his Aura Sphere and took out his silver Exceed Mask.

EXCEED THE LIMIT!

Putting the mask over the bear's face, He then declared "Soul Charge!" as he placed his Aura Sphere into the bear's mouth, closing it as the hollowed eyes flashed into a deep emerald green.

AURA SPHERE CONNECTED! URSINE! EXCEED CHARGED!

His Bear Aura flew off him, taking down multiple Ursa in the process. The animal gave a powerful roar as golden markings formed along its body. It then leapt into the air before spiraling around and into Azure, covering his body with golden light. Once it dimmed, Azure's armor underwent an upgrade. For instance, the blue-white armor now had golden extensions that curved like hair or fur that was affected by electricity. The white markings on his armor suddenly grew until it formed a second layer of armor with golden details overlapping them. The helmet also underwent a change as the grill-like mouth guard suddenly 'opened' to reveal a silver mouthpiece resembling the 'teeth' of a beast while golden spikes appeared on the black helmet and a golden mask covered the visor to reveal glowing emerald eyes.

TOMERARENAI WARRIOR! OVER SOUL! EXCEE~D URSINE!

"Kamen Rider Azure! Exceed Ursine!" Azure declares, taking a pose.

Ruby was blushing heavily in awe as a little blood trickled from her nose.

"Hey! Focus!" Weiss snapped, smacking her leader upside the head.

"Ow, sorry!"

"Wow, I'm overcharged!" Azure said, as he looked over himself.

"Guess I better do mine too!" Nero said, doing the same thing.

EXCEED THE LIMIT!

"Soul Charge!" Nero shouted after he put the mask over the falcon's face, then placed his Aura Sphere into the falcon's beak, closing it as the hollowed eyes flashed yellow.

AURA SPHERE CONNECTED! FALCON! EXCEED CHARGED!

The sound of a screeching falcon echoed as a neon purple falcon made out of Aura came out of the Driver and screeched again, causing the Grimm to stop in their tracks. The falcon soared in the air for a few seconds before it came down and overlapped Nero's form, shrouding him in a bright light. Once the glow receded, Nero's armor had been drastically altered. For one, the yellow accents of his armor were changed to light grey, the purple material had silver feathers growing out of them, purple-silver wings sprouted from beneath his arms, and the talons on his boots also turned silver as well. A silver mask covered the falcon-shaped face of his helmet with his orange eyes being turned into yellow. The helmet itself now had silver 'wings' protruding from the sides like 'ears'. His yellow scarf had now become a twin-tailed light grey scarf with feathers and musical notes that ran along the surface.

SHINOBI ONGAKU! OVER SOUL! EXCEE~D FALCON!

"Kamen Rider Nero! Exceed Falcon! Maiiru!"

"Mama likes a lot~!" Koa purred with a smile.

"I should hope this isn't gonna become a regular thing." Ren said with a sweatdrop.

"Probably not." Fox said.

"I think we'll be seeing upgrades like this in the near future." Blake said.

"Great. Just great." Jaune grumbled.


BITE! LIGHT END WYVERN!

"HYAAAAAAAAAH!" Cried Hikari as Aura covered her legs, allowing her to kick multiple Grimm and cause them to explode.

"Geez, there's just so damn many of them." Luna remarked as she used her arm blades to cut down an Ursa.

Orochi used their flexible body to constrict and squeeze the life out of a Boarbatusk until a faint snap could be heard. "Well, it is a Grimm horde."

"So we just have to fight twice as hard!" Luna adds as she cuts down another. However the trio were unaware of a King Taijitsu making its way towards Luna, poised to devour her whole.

"MELODY!" Hikari cried out.

BITE! FLAMING TIGER!

"Get away from my cousin!" A familiar voice called out as a flaming tiger came down and smashed into the Taijitsu's head, incinerating the Grimm until it was nothing but ash.

"Yin?!" Luna gasped.

"YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!" Yang suddenly flew by thanks to her Ember Celica, punching a Beowolf and Creeper to dust.

"Aunt Yang!" Hikari gasped, before looking at her still disappearing boyfriend. "Yin, what are you doing here?!"

"What's it look like!" Tora exclaimed. "I came to help!"

"But what about-"

"If I'm going down, at least let me go down swinging with my family!"

"But Yin, if you keep fighting, you'll-" Luna tried to coerce her cousin but the tiger-themed Rider would not have it.

"It doesn't matter if I disappear. As long as the future is safe then that's all that matters."

"But… I'll lose you." Hikari murmured sadly.

"Yuki… listen to me." Tora told his girlfriend. "With my father gone, I'm already doomed to vanish from history. But if we can win this, you'll get your father back. And to me… seeing you smile again will always make it worth the pain I endure."

"Yin…"

"You can't decide that for yourself, Yin!" Luna interjected. "I won't allow my cousin to do something so darn stupid!"

"Nah, what was stupid was letting you guys fight without having me around. You three can't handle everything on your own." Tora pointed out.

"Mmmmmm…" Luna's voice was one of pouting.

"Even now, you're a pain in the ass." Orochi said, punching Tora in the shoulder. "But you're our pain in the ass. Let's do this."

"Right as it should be! Together as a team!" Tora exclaimed in gusto, putting his fist forward. Orochi smirked as they placed their hand on his, before looking to the others. Luna and Hikari looked at each other, before putting in their hands as well.

"Alright then Team MYYR, let's do this!"


FINAL ATTACK RIDE! D-D-D-DECADE!

The holographic cards lined up towards Schwartz as he used his RideBooker in gun mode to aim and shoot at them and the blast got larger through each card before finally hitting Schwartz.

"Hmph, is this the best that the so-called Destroyer of Worlds has? I'm almost disappointed." Schwartz remarked as he casually brushed off imaginary dust from his armor.

"HYAAAAAAAH!"

"!" Schwartz looked up now realizing that Shiro was coming down with his double-bladed RyuuKoutei.

"KURAE!"

*SLAAAAASH!*

"Gahhhhhhhhhh!" Schwartz roared as a shower of sparks flew off his armor. Shiro continued with the attack as he kept swinging and slashing his double-bladed weapon at his dark counterpart.

"You're going to pay for everything you've done!" Shiro said as he kept attacking Schwartz, not letting up.

"Gah! Argh! Graagh!"

"For ruining my daughter's life!"

*SLASH!*

"For killing Miko!"

*SLASH!*

"And especially for killing Aaron!"

*SLASH!* *SLASH!* *SLASH!*

"Is that really all you have to say?" Schwartz remarked. "What famous last words."

"They won't be my last!" Shiro said as he slashed and kicked him several more times, making him stagger backwards more to gain distance between them. Shiro then had his Aura Driver bite on the Aura Sphere.

EXCEED BITE! WHITE DRAGON!

Shiro twirled his double-bladed sword around, as a deep blue energy permeated from the blades. The energy took the form of a Japanese dragon that roared at Schwartz, who merely scoffed. He opened his Driver and closed it twice, causing his dark energy to burst.

SUPER BITE!

"Then let's finish this." Schwartz says as he readied his own blade, dark energy flowing from his own sword. The two roared as they charged towards each other, their Aura dragons roaring as well. The moment the two opposite forces collided, a powerful explosion ripped through the air, sending any Grimm that were in the area flying. The two powers that surged against each other, were trying to dominate each other, but so far it was a standoff. "Give up, my past self! You can't win against me!"

"Never! I'll stay true to myself! I'll keep having faith and resolve! No matter what it takes!"

"Then I'll just have to beat that despair into your skull!"

"You won't! Because I have so much hope!" Shiro growled as slowly but surely, Schwartz was being pushed back. "And all of my friends' hopes are entrusted to me as well!" He said, as he had a flashback of the events that happened with his team, one by one he remembered them. "They know I have what it takes! And I'm not going to let their faith in me be punished!"

FINAL ATTACK RIDE: D-D-D-DECADE!

"Well said!" Decade as the holographic cards lined up at Schwartz's back and his RideBooker in sword mode. He dashed towards Schwartz and struck from behind, causing the dark Rider to roar in pain, thus, lowering his attack.

"KO-RE DE OWARI DAAAAA!"

EXCEED DRACONIC FANG!

Both Decade and Shiro managed to cut Schwartz as they passed each other. The dark Rider stood there as electricity crackled all over his body and sparks flew off his armor. "Gahhh… Graghhhhh…! GRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGH!"

*BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!*

After what seemed like forever, Decade and Shiro turned around to see the destruction before them seeing the flames burn. "Did we… do it?" Shiro thought to himself, but then electricity crackled all over his body, causing him to stagger and spasm in pain before his transformation cancelled and fell to the ground. "Gahhhh…!"

"You alright, gaki?" Decade asked.

"Y-Yeah, I'll be fine…" Kurogasa said, as he staggered to his feet. But then a moment later, something rushed at him and grabbed him by the throat, slamming him against one of the buildings, forming a crater. The now exhausted samurai choked out as he tried to release whoever was holding him, but upon looking at the perpetrator, his eyes widened and saw that it was Schwartz. The visor glowed menacingly and he could tell that his dark future self was absolutely pissed.

"There are few times in which I get angry… not even when my own daughter stood against me was I angry. But you… Oh, you've made the biggest mistake in your extremely, short, insignificant life." Schwartz snarled. "Now, you're going to experience pain beyond your wildest nightmares."

"GAKI!" Decade shouted as he rushed towards Schwartz. But he was backhanded away by Schwartz without even looking. He even sent a dark wave energy at Decade, cancelling his transformation while injuring the veteran Rider.

"Tsukasa…! Gahhh!" Kurogasa choked out as Schwartz's grip around his neck got tighter.

"Have you ever experienced a broken bone before?" Schwartz asked calmly before his free hand grasped the boy's left pinky finger. "Let me show you what happens when each individual bone is broken." And with that, the Dark Rider used his fingers to apply pressure and in the next second…

*SNAP*

...the three joints that held the pinky together were snapped in three different ways.

"AAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGH!"

"And that's only the first finger. Let's move on to the second."

"OTOU-SAMA!"

ULTRA BITE! ULTRA LIGHT END!

"Hyaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!" Hikari suddenly came flying down, diving down for a powerful Rider Kick, but Schwartz easily swatted her away with dark energy, cancelling out her transformation.

"YUKINA!" Kurogasa shouted.

"Now then… where were we?"

"KURO!" Weiss shouted, as all of the teams managed to arrive, including the still disappearing Yin. Schwartz then held Kurogasa in front of them by the neck.

"Make one more move and I'll rip out his spine along with his head." Schwartz threatened, causing them to stop moving. "All of you… maggots and pests. Every single last one of you has been a constant annoyance to me since I arrived in their timeline. I thought that by eliminating Aaron Jaeger, your spirits would be broken. I should've been more thorough and broken your bodies as well."

"Bastard, you let him go!" Nero shouted.

"Or what?" Schwartz sneered. "You can't do shit anymore!"

"We can still fight you!" Ruby said with a glare.

"Cute. I'm shaking in my boots from the threat of a little girl with mommy issues." The Dark Rider sarcastically sneered.

"YOU TAKE THAT BACK!" Ruby shrieked as she suddenly Petal Burst towards Schwartz.

"RUBY NO!" Azure shouted, but to no avail. When Ruby was out of her Semblance and was about to slash Schwartz, the Dark Rider merely used Kurogasa as a shield as she was forced to petal burst back to the group.

"Hmph, it's a wonder you ever made it as a Huntress during my time. Poor decisions are what you live for, little rose." Schwartz coldly remarked. "It's no surprise you're considered a disappointment."

"Grrrrrr…!"

"Now then, sit back and watch as your precious friend dies in front of you."

"You idiot! If he kicks the bucket, then you will too!" Koa pointed out.

"Oh Koa, Koa, Koa, ye of little mind." Schwartz shook his head in amusement. "The timeline can exist as long as there's one Kurogasa. After all, I rather like living in the past. Gives me so many opportunities to spread a little destruction."

"What?" Koa gasped.

"Besides, there isn't enough room for two Kurogasas, so one has to go." Schwartz said, as he tightened his grip on Kurogasa's neck.

"Guys…" Kurogasa said as he looked at him with a sad weak smile, tears rolling down his eyes. "I'm… sorry…"

"Otou-sama!" Yukina cried out as she struggled to reach out.

"Yukina… I wish… we could spend more time together… but know… I'll always love you baby girl…" Kurogasa said, before he looked at the rabbit Faunus. "I'm sorry, Velvet. I didn't mean to ignore your feelings for me… I thought we had something too, but… I still cared for you."

"Kuro…" Velvet got out, before Kurogasa finally looked to Weiss.

"And Weiss… no matter what happens, you'll always be my everything."

Weiss couldn't say a thing, only watch as the man she loved dearly was about to be snuffed from existence forever.

"Oh, spare me the fucking pity party." Schwartz spat. "All your so-called righteousness is making my stomach turn. So I'll end your life once and for all."

HOWLING CRIMSON SHOOTING!

Before anyone knew it, a barrage of energy bullets shaped like red wolves collided against Schwartz's back, forcing him to drop Kurogasa and send him flying into a car.

"Geez, I'm gone only a few hours and you guys are getting your collective asses kicked. I'm almost disappointed."

"HUH!?" The entire was absolutely floored when they heard someone's voice, moreso with Blake, Yang, and Yin when they saw who they knew was dead and yet… here he stood. In the flesh.

"AARON!" Blake and Yang said, suddenly crying tears of joy.

"DAD!" Yin shouted, and the next thing he knew, his body suddenly became solid. "Hey, I'm back!"

"NOOOO! HOW!? YOU WERE DEAD!" Schwartz shouted in disbelief. "I KILLED YOU WITH MY OWN HANDS!"

"And you did. Woke up beneath a white sheet. But I had help. Someone who'd like to say hello." Aaron looked to his left with a grin. Appearing beside the crimson-eyed young man was a face that made Schwartz's own pale suddenly in shock.

"No… No, No, NO, NO, NOOOOOOOOOOOO!"

In front of him was a teenage girl, one who looked exactly like Blake, except the girl's eyes were a mixture of crimson and amber, her figure seemed more… filled out in a sense, and she even had a cat tail as well besides the cat ears. She wore what looked like a purple, black, and pale grey kunoichi outfit that hugged her curves generously.

"MIKO!?" Team MYYR shouted in surprise.

"W-What?" Blake gasped, her voice stuttering as she looked at the look-alike. "M-Miko?"

Miko blushed shyly and waved at Blake. "Hi, mama."

"She's pre~tty." Ruby said in awe with a slight blush.

"I know, right?" Aaron suddenly gushed, hugging Miko. "Me and Blake made such a beautiful little girl in the future! I'm so proud to be her papa!" Comical tears of joy began to run down his cheeks.

"Otou-san~!" Miko whined.

"But… how?" Rei got out.

"Um… My Semblance kicked in… Nine Lives." Miko admitted.

"Nine Lives?"

"Like a cat?" Koa says scratching her head.

"Of course, Nine Lives." Azure facepalmed. "There's a proverb about cats having nine lives when a cat is able to endure, continue, or survive despite a near encounter with death. And in Miko's case, since… well, died, she came back to life and now she has eight lives."

"Seven." Miko corrected. "I gave one up to Tou-san." Miko corrected.

"Yep, and I feel better than ever! In fact, I'm practically bursting with energy!" Aaron exclaimed.

"Aaron… you…" Kurogasa muttered as he slowly got up to his feet.

Aaron looked at the injured samurai, "Man, Kurogasa. You look like crap."

"S-Shut up! I was just- I was- I-" Kurogasa choked up, as tears began to fall.

"I know, I know. You did good." Aaron said, before looking to Schwartz. "All of you sit back and relax. Miko and I will handle the rest from here."

"Huh? All by yourself?!"

"Don't worry. I got this." He said, before holding up his Exceed Mask, along with the companion device.

"A… bracelet?" Everyone pondered in confusion.

"Bracer, actually. I call it the Burst Bracer." Aaron explained as he put on his Aura Driver.

"IMPOSSIBLE!" Schwartz shouted. "That device was never finished!"

"You're right. It wasn't. At least, not until I got some divine intervention."

"Divine?" Nero asked, before realizing. "No way… Monty?"

"Bingo! The actual True God of Remnant helped me and now…" He brought up both the Exceed Mask and the Burst Bracer. "I've got the power to kick your sorry ass from here to next Tuesday." Then he pressed the buttons on both devices.

EXCEED THE LIMIT! BRACE YOURSELF!

First, he placed the Mask over the 'face' of his Driver then after slotting his Aura Sphere into the gullet of the wolf, he placed the Burst Bracer in afterward with the ring of the bracelet covering the lower jaw, almost like a frisbee.

PREPARE FOR POWER! PREPARE FOR POWER!

A new electronic tune with a synthetic voice began to play as Aaron got into his stance then leveled a determined glare at Schwartz before crying out, "Henshin!" Then slammed down on the wolf's head as it 'bites' down on the Bracer, which suddenly clicked open and flipped up a black pair of 'sunglasses' that locked over the Exceed Mask and covered the eyes until they shined a brilliant yellow.

EXCEE~D BURST!

Emerging from the Aura Driver were two wolves. The first being the golden red-eyed wolf and the other looked to be a mechanical black wolf with glowing yellow eyes. Both canines howled before they clambered onto the young man. The Golden Wolf formed Kurenai's Exceed Form armor while the Black Wolf started to break down into bulky, durable armor pieces that immediately slammed and locked onto his body. Steam and golden light emerged from the completed form as the Kamen Rider stood in his newest appearance. A new black mechanical aerodynamic chestplate with the head of the wolf covered his red and gold under armor, black arm guards shaped like the heads of wolves, a black waist guard with protrusions that look almost like thrusters, black shin and knee guards with aerodynamic protrusions that seemed meant for gliding, and even the helmet had a new look such as a black transparent v-shaped visor that overlapped the golden mask which resembled the 'sunglasses' of Gurren Lagann and had two black protrusions sticking out vertically from the head like a pair of antenna with the eyes glowing a brilliant yellow.

THE CRIMSON HUNTER EVOLVES UNDER THE FULL MOON!

"Kamen Rider Kurenai! Exceed Burst! Sanjou!"

Everyone could only look on in shock seeing this new form in front of them. It was something completely new to them. Especially for Ruby, as she was definitely hyperventilating and her nose was bleeding profusely!

"OH MY GOD, RUBY! CALM DOWN!" Azure panicked.

"I can't! Just look at him! He's amazing!" Ruby exclaimed.

"Now it's my turn." Miko said, as she also summoned her Aura Driver, which had the head of a jaguar. She then took out her own Aura Sphere which was violet with a picture of her symbol before inserting into the mouth.

AURA SPHERE CONNECTED! JAGUAR!

Schwartz was about to lunge at them, when Miko's Aura took the form of a jaguar that roared as it clawed Schwartz, creating sparks and sending him flying. The jaguar backflips behind Miko as she takes a ninja styled pose.

"Henshin!" Miko declares as she closes the mouth of her Driver.

LIGHT WITHIN SHADOWS! VIOLET JAGUAR!

The Jaguar ran around Miko, engulfing her within shadows before a bright light within caused it to fade away to reveal a new figure. A violet bodysuit clung to the figure's curves, with a black breastplate that resembles a cat's paw. Black shoulder pads covered fishnet themed arms ending with violet bands around the wrists and black gloves that are akin to Black Panther. Black shin guards covered shinobi styled legs with the toes of her greaves resembling paws. Topping off her transformation was a violet, jaguar themed helm with white spots, large amber compound eyes, and a black neck and mouth guard like the ones used by ninjas.

"Kamen Rider Shadow! Kenzan!" The now named Shadow declares, prepared to fight. Ruby couldn't take any more excitement and passed out instantly.

"RUBY!" Azure and Yang panicked as they rushed over to her.

"Say something! Anything!" Yang exclaimed.

"S-so… cool~…" Ruby muttered out.

"Welp, she's out for a few." Kurenai sweat dropped before looking at Schwartz.

"It doesn't matter!" Schwartz snarled. "Don't think that one miracle will save you! I'll just kill you again and when I do, I'll plunge this world into darkness!"

"That's where you're wrong!" Kurenai said, pointing to him. "As long as we all stand united, the darkness will always give way to the light!"

Ruby quickly recovered as she and the other Riders stood beside him. Schwartz growled as darkness summoned more of his mutated Grimm into existence.

"That's what it means to be a Kamen Rider!" The Crimson Rider adds, as the two forces stared each other down. The final battle of the Breach was about to begin.

TO BE CONCLUDED


SR: Wow that was a lot, and that's not even the final part, right guys?

GKC: Nope! Not by a long shot!

KRD: Exactly! This is just the beginning of something epic! And they always say that, third time's the charm.

SR: For now, let's give our readers a look-see into what awaits them at this volume's conclusion!


PREVIEW:

Announcer: Jikai! Remnant's Climax Heroes!

Schwartz: I'll destroy you, this kingdom, and then the rest of the world!

Kurenai: My new form does more than boost my stats!

Ruby: This is the happiest day of my life~!

Decade: You are officially the weirdest bunch of kids I've ever met in my life.

Next Time: The Breach Part 3: Climax

?: I'm sorry… for everything…


SR: And with that we say…

KRD: Later folks!

GKC: And peace out, everybody!