Not sure how often I have to put this but here it is. I DO NOT own RWBY or Kamen Rider.

"I keep telling you to keep your guard up!"

With a clash of metal and a thunk my new 'teacher' for the umpteenth time that day hit me so hard I recoiled into a tree. Always into a tree. I think he's still butt hurt about the ass kicking I handed a few weeks ago. Since then, I have not been let out of his sight except for bathroom breaks. And even those barely, so no chances to sneak away and get a message out to Blake.

She seemed like the type who wouldn't want me to get ahold of one of her 'friends' with some random drunk trailing me but at this point I might have to bite the bullet and do it anyways

*You're distracted, on your left*

What?

Those seconds of distraction led to me taking a right cross to the face. Thanks for the warning Dragon

*I warned you with enough time to react, stay focused on the drunkard*

So good news, I unlocked my semblance! A semblance is usually a physical expression of our soul and can sometimes be defined by who we are as a person. So ME who shares his soul with a giant magical lizard, the personification of that soul would be having said lizard be able to talk to you. All the time.

*DRAGON. Not lizard. I do not do that ridiculous tongue thing.*

So to be fair its more of Dragon's senses merging with mine, if I focus I can see and sense the flow of Aura in the air and see through other people's semblance's, which is how I can avoid the drunk's cheat semblance now. Turns out he doesn't really need it.

"Gods kid what goes on in that head of yours that makes you space out so easy?" With that the torture continues as crow now begins to open fire on me. While not transformed, I can't exactly match up to what I'm told is a 'Licensed Huntsman' and since the drunkard teaching me believes in trial by fire he's been letting me figure things out through beating my ass just enough so I can still make it to my remedial lessons. Yup, I have those too. Grimm Biology by a blowhard name Peter Port, Remnant History with Dr. Oobleck, Aura control with Goodwitch and Dust Alchemy also with Goodwitch.

My spell rings except for connect had been temporarily confiscated by Ozpin. He said he was researching their properties to 'further unlock my potential' but I think that's just an excuse to have me train without them as a crutch. I could get them back at any time with connect. Anyways, back to training.

I blocked an overhead incoming strike from the drunk with the middle of my sword, then ducked under it as he tried to overpower me, at the same time I quickly swapped my weapon into gun form and opened fire at point blank range. Another fun fact, magic bullets aren't affected by bad luck. Due to their magical properties they home in on their target, so said target only has two options. Block the bullets or take the hit. At point blank range one of those options goes away.

"Fu..." was all he had time to say as I opened fire on him. I scored a few solid hits before he was able to recover enough to jump away. Once he was a good enough distance away he pulled out his scroll to look at something. Either to check his messages or check our Aura levels, who knows.

"Ok leprechaun, I just got word from Ozpin. I'm going out of town for a few days to check on something, try not to miss me too much.

Gods I hated that nickname.

"In the meantime since you've been a good boy, Ozpin has decided to let you go into Vale unsupervised as long as you're back in time for your class with Goodwitch. Trust me when I say don't be late. You do NOT want that lady hunting you down. He want's you to go to his office first beforehand. "
"Why?"

"Dunno, Don't care. Now move it." He said the last bit then took out his flask to lake a long swing before turning into a bird and flying off. Still not sure how that works. One second he's a drunk asshole, I blink, and then drunk asshole bird. I bet he targets cars for fun in that form.

*One day I hope I get to eat that bird*

"You and me both, now lets go see what dear old uncle wants." We hurriedly rushed to meet Ozpin in his tower office. This whole uncle thing was starting to get old real quick but I was stuck with it. Once we were in the elevator I pressed the button for his office. It was thankfully another short ride to the top and Uncle Ozpin greeted us once the doors opened.

"Magus, nice of you to get here so soon. I'll keep this brief. I'll be returning your rings back to you for the day. I have examined them to the best of my abilities." He then placed my rings on their holders on his desk. "I also have something I'll need you to test for me." Next to the rings he placed a small red box.

I walked up to the desk and grabbed the ring holders and attached them to my belt. With the familiar weight on my sides I then reached out for the box. As soon as I touched it Dragon and I both felt the magical energy contained within, familiar but still alien. Cautiously I opened the box.

*Is that...?*

"How did you get this?" Sitting in the box in was a familiar red stoned ring. Much like the one already in the holder but with a more stylized metal face covering with more gold mixed in around a second smaller red gem. I held in my hands my Flame Dragon ring. Ozpin just chuckled at my reaction.

"You forget I was a powerful mage as well once upon a time? Magic stone crafting was an art I once excelled in. Alas true magic stones are all but impossible to find. What you hold before you is a pseudo copy of one of your advanced rings, as you described it to me. The stone is actually a higher purity red fire dust crystal. We'll have to test it out to see if it will suffice as a substitute for your magic stones. Also from now on I will allow you to come and go from Beacon to Vale without supervision. I don't think you have any reason to run now that you've been given more reason to stay."

*Bastard. He has us by the tail.*

Dragon was right. Now he was not the easiest mean for us to have access to shelter, food, money and training. He was also the only one so far who MIGHT be able to recreate our missing magic rings. I wasn't power hungry by far but I would feel far more comfortable in this world once I returned back to full power.

"Now if you'll excuse me I believe you have a trip to Vale already planned? I have another joyous meeting with the council to attend. Oh and by the way, starting in the next few weeks I may have you patrolling Vale with Mrs. Goodwitch depending on how your training is coming along. You may not be able to defeat Qrow in your normal state but you are making great improvements when compared to the base level of Hunters and Huntresses in training we teach here."

How does he even know that? I've never seen or sensed him at those 'training sessions'.

*He has eyes everywhere, I trust this man less and less as he tightens the noose on our necks.*

"Now, off with you. Shoo." With that we were dismissed and we re-boarded the elevator. On the short ride down I placed my Driver On Ring on my right hand and my regular Flame Style ring on my left hand and then stared at the Flame Dragon Ring.

"What do you think? Is it safe?"

*It seems...stable, to say the least. We won't know if it would be a viable replacement till we use it*

"That's what I was afraid you would say. For now we should just forget about it and hopefully we won't encounter someone we won't need to use it on."

*Agreed. Caution would be the best course of action in this case.*

With that the doors of the elevator dinged open and we headed off to catch a bullhead to Vale. With still another hour to go before classes let out for normal students there wasn't a lot off foot traffic and we were off to Vale. As we started to land in Vale I pulled out my scroll.

"Tukson's Book Trade...only one match here in Vale. Looks like its still a bit far off. We could walk it but we might be late to Goodwitch's lesson. We should probably play it safe." With we touched down to Vale and ducked into a clear alley.

*Connect...Please!* Using the handy connect ring I summoned my trusty bike and strapped on the helmet resting on it. Then made a beeline for the bookstore.

-Short Ride Later after weaving through traffic and avoiding a few accidents-

We pulled up and parked outside the bookstore. The place wasn't much to look at. It was a medium sized building with two large store front windows with 'TBT' Initialed in gold lettering. On the roof was a large green sign with 'Tukson's Book Trade' also in gold. In one of the windows was a small sign almost easily missed that read 'Faunus Friendly'.

We opened the door to a small bell chime. There were comic books and magazines along the front of the building. Going inward there were bookshelves neatly organized with books with enough room for people to pass through. Towards the back was a single large man. Tukson maybe? "Welcome to Tukson's Book Trade, home to every book under the sun. How can I help you lad?"

Ok play it cool. Like a spy movie. "Yes, a friend of mine recommended this place to me. Goes by the name of Blake? Black hair, Amber Eyes, has a kind of catty attitude?" Yup, real smooth. I could mentally feel Dragon trying to slap himself in the face.

"Hmm, Blake you say? One moment." He then stepped away from the counter and went to a back room. For what I don't know. In the meantime I browsed through some of the books that were sold there.

"Hmmm, The Thief and the Butcher? Violet's Garden? The Third..."

"Lad, you still here?" He cut me off from my wandering as he stepped out of the back room. "There you are, I have your special order right here. Personal recommendation from your friend Blake. That'll be fifty lien for special order fee and customization."

Customization? What the heck Blake? All that sneaky talk just to get me to buy a book? It better be worth it. At least its not my money. I paid the man and he slipped the book into a bag for me. "We appreciate your business and hope to see you again!" He said with a bow as I left the store.

"Customization huh?" I took the book out of the bag and the first thing that hit me was the title.

"Goddammit Blake." In my hands I held a hardcover copy of a book titled 'The Man with Two Souls'. Upon opening the book there was a short message ending in a scroll number.

"To my travel companion, I hope this book finds you in good health and is a magical start to your book collection.-BB. I wonder what the other B stands for."

I took out my scroll and sent a message to the number

"Mage to Stray. Arrived in Vale safe. Staying at Beacon. Will see you at Initiation?"

I waited for a few minutes and got a reply

"You're a dork. Good to hear and same. I'll be at Initiation. I look forward to hearing how you're already at Beacon."

With that I put the scroll away and headed back to the Bullhead docks. Only to stop to pull over to get another message.

"All remedial classes cancelled till further notice due to emergency meetings with Headmaster. Normal classes resume tomorrow. Well that's convenient. Guess I'll explore Vale some more. We can always stay past the last bullhead and ride back to the academy."

With that I resumed wandering the city.

Good news I survived to the weekend! Bad news is no chapter till Monday night/Tuesday morning. Time zones can be a confusing thing my friends. But a new chapter will be added soon. In the meantime as I previously said I'll be adding a list off current rings to every chapter.

Poll is still up. RWBY in first place, Lone wolf in second and JNPR is third/last. Follow/Favorite/Review is always appreciated.

Dragon will be more of a regular occurring character. I mean I did tag him in the story so I might as well show him some love. I'm calling the semblance 'Dragon's Sense'. I don't think it's too broken, but it does let him sense Mana and Aura. So for example if Goodwitch has to direct her Aura towards an object/objects to be able to throw it around or solidify it in front of her to create a barrier, Magus/Dragon will be able to see the flow of Aura to the object or the Aura condensing into a barrier or can tell him were people are coming from if he was otherwise blinded or occupied, downside he now has Dragon backseat driving everything he does. Let me know what you think in the reviews

On the new Flame Dragon ring. Yes it does seem a bit early and yes I haven't even written about him transforming into his other 3 styles but their IS a method to my madness, wait and see. Also I figure Dust Crystals are the closest things I could get to a Magic Stone in this universe so they were the go to for material.

Spell Rings:

Driver On
Kick Strike
Dragorize
Connect
Defend
Big
Liquid
Bind
Copy
Drill

Form Rings:

Flame
Hurricane
Land
Water
Flame Dragon(?)