(Author's Note)
Hey guys, 0n3dgeGaming here… And I totally forgot to do an Author's Note last chapter.
...Well shit, let's catch up on them reviews then.
Reviews to Chapter 3:
To LegionnaireBlaze: Look let's just drop this Eji catchprase thing with me being right. I'm not saying he's bad for not having a catchphrase, his saying of holding his hand out will probably be used here a lot too considering it's really inspiring, but it's not much of a catchphrase. Also, thanks. The armour design was from a video on Youtube by someone… I don't remember the user ID to…
To Xivitai: In hindsight, I'm ashamed I didn't realize the mistake. Thanks for pointing it out. I should've gotten it fixed by now, if not, shame on past me.
To Guest: Hmm… We don't NEED them… but I like the idea of… at least the Cross-Z one.
To Revamped Persona: The dead Ride Watch Idea might work… but I have other loopholes in mind, so I might not use it. Also the whole… knowing too much was explained last chapter, as you already know.
To LoamyCoffee: Don't get ahead of yourself just yet, I got a… relatively decent explanation for the name coming up this chapter.
To TheOkWriter: Thanks for your pointers. Technically ZI-O is the heir to ALL Rider's Powers, as said by our glorious prophet Woz, but I can understand the… negative feelings towards the Cross-Z Ride Watch. I liked the idea of it because it was a watch that could be used without someone's powers being taken to use it (Well… not fully being taken.) Also, if the V-cinema is to believed… at the very least Banjou could still Henshin in that new world. And when other Ride Watches pop up, Riders WILL lose their powers.
To Tony Trill: See top Review response for my response on Eji's catchphrase. It's fine, I just see it more as a motto that's really cool, yet not really a normal catchphrase.
To Hakuryukou79: That… is in the spoiler territory. Also, thanks.
To deltadragon373: I dunno…
To NewbieRead13: First: Yes, he's ZI-O, the KING OF TIME, of course he will… Not sure when though, eventually, probably. Second: Who knows? Third: I don't think I'll be doing a taisen… however I'd do that considering it's already a full on crossover between every rider.
And that's all of the ones I should've answered earlier! Onto Chapter 3-5 Reviews!
To Taiman215: Not sure yet, want to see how Woz acts once he becomes a Rider.
To TheOKWriter: Yeah… Because the OC's who hide that truth because their scared of the people rejecting them are obviously better… I don't know if Text sarcasm works as well I think it is. Point is, yeah it's anticlimactic, but I'd rather see someone explain first before I feel my trust broken.
To Tony Trill: More questions… should've been asked in hindsight, but it was a -5 chapter so I didn't want it to go on too long, already felt like an actual chapter starting there…
To Revamped Persona: I showed a tad bit of Bryce's stance on the Ride Watch stealing power during the last -5 chapter, very briefly mind you, but it'll come up more this chapter.
To Cross-Z Magma: Happy belated birthday! If this comes out on the day I planned… I should be turning 18. (If it uploads on the 19th)
To Guest (Geiz): ...It sounds like something out of a crackfic? That's... I don't know what to really think about that.
With all that out of the way… ONTO THE STORY!
DISCLAIMER: I OWN NOTHING!
Five feet above the ground, there was a single scoop of Ice Cream, falling to the ground off of a Little Girl's cone. Well, falling wouldn't be the right way to put it, seeing as it was floating in the air in some kind of stasis like state.
Much like the Ice Cream Cone, everything else surrounding this tiny incident was frozen, stuck unmoving, unaware of the events around them. Unlike Real Life, where they were… already unaware of the events around them, the people walking down this street were frozen in time.
A boy in a blue coat walked forwards, a smile on his face as stopped behind a girl in a lightish blue jacket. "So it looks like things didn't work out…" The boy said, as the girl stopped, turning around. "With that Rider of yours."
"Well, someone interfered." Said the Girl, sighing. "ZI-O."
"The Old Man actually came back?"
"Not exactly, it's his younger self. I didn't stay to chat." Said the Girl turning around. "I don't plan to leave things as they are now."
"Well I'll be watching with excitement then, Ora." Said the Boy walking away as time started to move again.
"Combat class today. You excited?" Asked Yang, walking next to me.
"Excited… wouldn't be the word I'd use here." I said, sighing. "If I'm not allowed to transform, I'll be without my armour… and considering I can't activate my aura, if any is even there, it could end up like that time we sparred with your shotgun gauntlets."
"Yeah… sorry about that." Said Yang, running her hand through the back of her head. "I'm just glad that surgeon was in to operate after I…"
"Blew a hole in my chest that had the surgeon working on me for 3 hours? I had so many drugs in my system that I couldn't even see his face." I said as we walked into the arena doors. "...I should ask Sento about my aura problem, maybe he can help me out…?"
"Yang! Bryce! We saved you seats!" Ruby shouted, waving to the two of us.
"And that's our cue to change the subject!" I said, running over to the rest of Team RWBY.
I sat down next to Ruby, as Glynda walked onstage with Banjou close behind. "The school has taken a notice that most of you are not adept in hand to hand, mostly choosing to become the best with your personal weapons. While knowing every inch of your weapon from memory and how it works is one of the most important parts of being a hunter, there will be times you are without your weapons."
"Which brings me to today. This is Professor Banjou, and he will be teaching hand to hand to those who don't know it, while helping those who already have a fair grasp improve." Said Glynda, motioning for Banjou to step forwards. "...Yang. Your skill in hand to hand is one of the strongest in your class, would you mind having a spare with Professor Banjou?"
"I'll play along." Said Yang, punching her open palm.
"The first half of the fight will be with no weapons, semblances permitted. At the halfway point, this rule lifts." Said Glynda, as Yang walked to the arena floor.
"So you're this 'Banjou' Ruby and Bryce wouldn't shut up about on initiation day… your uniform looks a bit tight by the way!" Yang shouted towards Banjou, as the Rider smirked and rolled his head.
"I could say the same to your jacket!" Banjou shouted back, as I turned to look at Ruby with a worried expression. "Zipper don't work anymore?"
Yang smirked, getting into her combat stance, while Banjou punched his open palm and got ready.
"...Begin!" Glynda announced as the two brawlers rushed each other, Banjou holding his fists close to his head to defend himself from any attacks Yang might send at his head.
Yang closed the distance, throwing a fist at Banjou's midsection, before following it up with an overhead aimed at Banjou's face. The boxer took the hit in the midsection in stride, batting away the overhead strike as he launched his fist forwards, slamming into the blonde's nose.
Yang stumbled back. "Boxing style huh? I can play your game." She said, getting into a similar stance as the two started to circle each other.
"...Any bets?" I asked, looking at my friends. "20 Lien on Banjou winning."
"20 on Yang!" Ruby said, leaning forwards.
"Is now really the time to be betting money, especially on your teammates?" Asked Weiss, as we turned to look at her.
"...Yes." We responded.
"I don't know why I bother…" Weiss muttered.
"...20 on Yang!" Nora said, as Ruby smirked.
"Looks like I'm on my own then." I said, crossing my arms with a knowing smirk.
"...20 on Professor Banjou." Said Pyrrha, as we turned to her.
"And now things are interesting." I said, smirking as I leaned forwards.
Banjou made the first move this time, quickly closing the distance between them as he threw a punch aimed at Yang's solar plexus. Yang quickly batted the fist away from her as she threw another fist at Banjou's head. The fist scraped against the side of his temple, as Banjou leaned to the left and threw a haymaker at Yang's unguarded face.
Banjou's fist slammed into Yang's cheek, his punch igniting with blue fire as Yang was knocked back by the force and strength of the attack.
"Ooh… I see Banjou's letting some of his Hazard Level loose…" I muttered, watching as Banjou shook his left hand, the Dragon Evol-Bottle clenched firmly within.
"Weapons are now permitted." Said Glynda, as Banjou grabbed his Build Driver out from his coat, placing it against his waist.
Yang smirked, pumping her fists forwards, as her gauntlets activated and loaded up. Not waisting a second, Yang fired behind her, rocketing towards her opponent, who tossed the Dragon Evol-Bottle into the air as he got back into his boxing stance.
"Why'd he do that?" Asked Weiss, as I smirked.
"Watch and learn. This might look familiar." I said, as Yang closed in.
Yang swung forwards, throwing a punch a few feet away from Banjou, a shotgun blast speeding towards the Rider who remained in his stance.
[CROSS-Z FLAME!]
A blast of blue fire collided with the shotgun blast from Yang, as the Great Cross-Z Dragon flew around Banjou's head.
"The Dragon can use the energy from the bottle and use it to attack, as seen here." I said, motioning to the arena floor.
"So cool…" Ruby muttered.
Banjou reached up, grabbing the Great Cross-Z Dragon as he folded the tail and head up, pressing the button on the front to activate it's transceiver mode.
[KAKUSEI!]
Banjou slammed the Great Cross-Z Dragon into his driver, before gripping the left side of the driver and grabbing the crank to henshin.
[GREAT CROSS-Z DRAGON!]
Banjou rotated the crank as the Snap Ride Builder formed around him, his rider armour at the ready.
[ARE YOU READY!?]
"Henshin!" Banjou exclaimed, punching his open palm before swinging his arms to his sides, the Snap Ride Builder closing around him, forming the armour around him.
[WAKE UP CROSS-Z! GET GREAT DRAGON! YEAH!]
"I get the feeling I can't lose!" Shouted Banjou, taking out the Magma Knuckle and inserting the magma fullbottle.
[BOTTLE BURN!]
"Professor Banjou's a Kamen Rider?" Asked Weiss in shock.
"Isn't he cool!?' Ruby asked, nodding in excitement.
"It feels like you're routing for him for than your sister now." I said, as Ruby stopped and looked at me. "No changing of bets."
"Oh poop." Nora pouted to the side.
"Now we're talking!" Yang said, smirking as she charged one more. She reeled back her fist, sliding up to Banjou as she threw her punch forwards, the impact coupled with the resulting shotgun blast caused sparks to fly off of Banjou's armour as Yang continued her assault, throwing her other fist forwards before repeating the steps.
Banjou stumbled back, slamming his palm onto his Magma Knuckle, a guitar riff suddenly sounding out that grew louder and louder the longer he held it down. Banjou swung forwards, the front of the knuckle glowing red from the heat it was generating, as it slammed into Yang's midsection.
[VOLCANIC KNUCKLE!]
[ACHA!]
The force behind the attack knocked the wind out of Yang, as the blonde brawler was sent flying to the other side of the arena, rolling to a stop off of the stage.
"Oh you're in for it now!" Yang shouted, standing up as she cocked her weapons.
Banjou rolled his shoulders, getting back into position, before the arena bell rang, as the two fighters looked to Glynda in confusion.
"Professor Banjou wins the match with a ring out." Said Glynda. "I hope this demonstration is enough for you, we'll continue the rest of classes with randomly selected matches."
"No…!" Nora and Ruby lamented, having lost the bet.
"Yes!" I pumped my fist forwards.
"It was pretty clear cut, Yang may be tough but I don't expect to see her beat a teacher anytime soon." Said Pyrrha.
"So… I do believe you owe us some lien." I said, crossing my arms, a triumphant smirk on my face.
"Later." Ruby muttered.
"Our first combatant will be… Bryce Bridged. Would you step up to the arena floor please."
I sighed. "This isn't over yet." I said, walking up to the arena floor. "Now then… who's my opponent for today?"
"Our second combatant will be… Cardin Winchester." Said Glynda as a tall muscular man walked onstage, wielding what looked to be a mace of some sort.
I placed the Ziku Driver against my waist, before taking out the ZI-O and Cross-Z Ride Watches, twisting the dials on each and pressing the top buttons.
{ZI-O!}
{CROSS-Z!}
I slid both watches into their respective slots, before looking at Cardin with a smirk on my face. "No hard feelings!" I said, pushing down on the top button on my driver.
Cardin laughed to himself. "I'm not the one who'll be crying on the floor." He said, to which I raised an eyebrow.
"Ever heard the phrase counting your chickens before they hatch?" I asked.
"Begin!" Shouted Glynda, as I gripped the left slot of my driver and swung my arm to the right, giving the driver a full rotation.
[RIDER TIME!]
{KAMEN RIDER! ZI-O!}
[ARMOUR TIME!]
{WAKE UP BURNING! CROSS-Z!}
I rolled my neck, the ZI-O Armour forming around me before the Cross Armour formed in front of me. I placed my hand against the Cross-Z armour as it split apart, latching onto my body as styled japanese characters for 'Cross-Z' formed on my visor.
I heard the muttered whispers from the crowd. I could only assume it was the armour and whether or not I was a Kamen Rider. It might also have something to do with the armour resembling the teacher who was just onstage, but who knows?
"Think that fancy armour will scare me?" Asked Cardin, resting his mace over his shoulder.
I lifted my left hand, blue fire engulfing it before I slammed it against my open palm, putting out the flame. "I dunno. You tell me?"
I rushed forwards, watching Cardin carefully as he responded in kind, picking up his mace as he swung it downwards at me. I sidestepped the attack, curling my fingers into a fist as I borrowed my fist into his stomach, sending him back a few steps. "That the best you got?" I asked, shaking my left hand.
"Lucky shot!" He shouted, charging once more. I raised my hand forwards, before smirking. As Cardin closed in, he swung once more for an overhead.
"Edge of time!" I shouted.
The mace swung down, as a loud 'clang' was heard as the connected with solid metal.
[ZIKAN GIRADE!]
[KEN!]
"Ooh, tough luck." I said, swinging my sword to the right, batting his mace to the side as I spun around, swinging my right foot up as I kicked him in the face.
I hit the floor, rolling into a stand as Card flipped to the right. He growled as he stood up. "That's it! You're dead!"
Cardin charged forwards, swinging his mace to the right. I brought up my sword to block as he started speeding up, almost like he was in a frenzy. I blocked an attack from the right before I felt the front of me armour get grabbed as Cardin Lifted me up and threw me to the other end of the arena.
"...Ow." I said, sitting up. I turned to Cardin. "While I do believe this has been eventful… This is about all the time I can spare." I pushed both buttons on the Ride Watches as I tossed my sword to my right.
{FINISH TIME!}
{CROSS-Z!}
"Ikuze…" I muttered, pushing down on the release button before grabbing the left slot of the driver with my right hand. I swung to the side, spinning the driver around for a full rotation.
{DRACONIC!}
{TIME BREAK!}
I crouched low, as blue flames licked the armour of my right foot. I watched Cardin's eyes widened, probably at the blue holographic dragon behind me. I smirked underneath my helmet, jumping up as I felt a blast of hot fire slam into my back, rocketing me towards Cardin.
"Seeya!" I shouted, swinging my right foot to the left as the fire that had collected on it launched off, slamming into Cardin's front, knocking him off his feet as he spun around in the air, landing on the ground with a thud.
I dropped to the ground, flicking my wrist at the job well done. "Cardin Winchester's Aura has dropped to the red. By tournament standards, Bryce Bridged wins the match."
"Good match." I said, taking both Ride Watches out of the driver as the armour dematerialized. I looked over to Banjou, as he was giving a thumbs up. I nodded to him, before walking back over to Team RWBY and JNPR. "Anyone bet on me?"
"Yang was going to, but no one else would." Said Ruby as I nodded.
Blake spoke up. "That armour of yours. It looks a lot like the Professor's."
"Well, that's because it kind of is." I answered, gaining the group's attention. "I can explain once the next match starts."
After the next two students were chosen and stepped up, I turned back to my friends. "Right, so yeah, it sort of is. The armour was actually the original form Banjou had, before it was upgraded to its new form."
"So how does that work? Power replication?" Asked Pyhrra.
I rubbed my chin. "Not exactly… How do I put this…" I looked to Ruby. "I'll take that lien now."
"Ugh, fine…" Ruby sighed, handing me 2, 10 lien cards. I picked one up and showed it to the group.
"Look at it this way. This is ZI-O's power, my power. This here, is also ZI-O's power." I said, picking up the other card. "Ride Watches work a bit differently from replication. Replication is a copy of the same power, not entirely the same." I placed the two lien cards side by side. "Ride Watches on the other hand, use the EXACT same power." I put both cards together, hiding one behind another. "However, two of the exact same power cannot exist at the same time." I placed one of the lien cards down. "So Ride Watches function by 'stealing' a Riders powers and using the power themselves."
"In simple terms, too much pink energy is dangerous, and so two of the same power cannot exist at the same time." I said, placing the lien in my pocket.
"So you steal rider powers?" Asked Blake.
"I don't plan on doing so, but that's how Ride Watches function." I said, taking out a blank one. "They mess with time, because to the world, once a Ride Watch steals a power, the kamen rider in question no longer exists. You yourself take on the mantle. In doing so, you alter time so YOU are that rider to the world."
"It's a terrifying power." I said, looking down. "Because I think that if I ever took a power from a rider… What would change? What might have been different if they weren't a rider? Would the monsters they've fought be revived to wreak havoc across Remnant? I don't know, and that scares me the most…"
"The too long didn't read version of it all, it's really confusion and convoluted." I said, looking up to see the match coming to a close. "Any other questions?"
"If that's the case, how'd you get the Cross-Z Ride Watch in the first place?" Asked Jaune.
"Sento gave it to me." I said, before noticing a few blank looks. "Oh yeah, we haven't had him for any classes yet… Yeah, he's one of the teacher's here, I think he's just finishing his planning for his course…"
"A teacher gave you that?" Asked Weiss. "Isn't that… favoritism?"
"Jealous it's not you or something?" I asked to which Weiss glared at me. "I'm joking. All it was is that we needed to utilize that kind of power to stop that monster that showed up on Beacon's grounds two days ago."
"Oh right, I heard about that." Said Yang, nodding.
"Another Rider…" I muttered, gripping my right hand.
"Oi Sento, we're in the middle of classes!" I heard Banjou to my left, as I turned to see Sento walk up to me.
"Bryce, I need you to come with me." Said Sento. I blinked, before standing up.
"Everyone, this is Sento Kiryu, Sento this is Teams RWBY and JNPR… Now what's going on?" I asked, turning to him.
"It's about the Another Rider." Said Sento as I felt a chill run down my back. "We haven't noticed any ill versed effects from the transformation, but there's another problem we have to deal with. I need you and Banjou with me."
"Professor Kiryu, we're currently busy with combat training. If you'd save this for another time…" Glynda said, crossing her arms.
"Oh right, sorry!" Sento said, placing his hands together as he bowed quickly, before he grabbed my hand. "I just need to borrow Mr. Bridged for a bit."
"Well, he had already participated for today… alright, you can go, but Professor Banjou is still busy with classes, his class in particular." Said Glynda.
"Oh, well that's fine. We'll get out of your hair now!" Said Sento, grabbing my arm and yanking me away from the arena.
"I'll see you guys later!" I shouted as I was pulled through the doors. I ripped my arm free of Sento's grasp as we started running down the hallway. "Why do you need me anyways?"
"We have no idea if the monster will emerge again, so we need to be careful." Said Sento. "Normally with things like Smash, you need to extract the essence, but I didn't see anything of the like, so I can only assume that we should be on standby."
"Fair assumption." I said, nodding as we reached the Doctor's office. I reached my hand out to open the door, gripping the handle as I pushed the door open.
"Oh, students?" Asked a man in a striking attire asked, as he looked up from the handheld he was playing. "Oh, Sento. What might you be doing here?"
"The doctor asked me to come, just in case the monster emerges again." Said Sento, motioning to me. "This is Bryce, he'll take care of things if it gets ugly."
I stared wide eyed at the man in front of me, a black coat opened all the way to the top with the exclusion of the top button, a blue shirt with pink sweater sleeves peeking out of the coat, and a pair of purple pants with a pixel design. There were strings of different colours left hanging at the front of his coat as I let my mouth drop a few inches.
"...Oh my god." I muttered.
"Oh right, where is he right now?" Asked Sento, looking at the man.
"He had to speak with Ozpin about our guest here…" Said Parado, motioning to the comatose patient, before the door opened behind us. "Speak of the devils."
"Well, this is certainly eventful." Said Ozpin, as I turned around, only for my mouth to drop more.
"...Is he okay?" Asked the doctor in front of me, looking at Ozpin.
I took a moment to compose myself, as a giant smile formed on my face. "You're Emu Hojo! CR Doctor and Pro Gamer under the title: Genius Gamer M!" I said, my smile widening.
Emu looked to Sento, who just laughed awkwardly. "He did the same to me when I first introduced myself. He's a fan."
"And that makes you Parado... or para-dx… or-Wow is your name confusing at times!" I said, turning to look at Parado.
"He certainly knows a lot." Said Emu.
"I'll explain later." Said Sento, before walking over to me. "You going to be okay?"
"Huh?" I blinked, before turning to Sento. "Oh uh… Yeah."
I rubbed the back of my neck as I moved out of the way so Ozpin and Emu could see the patient. Emu took off his stethoscope, holding it up to the patient as a holographic screen popped to life. As he scanned his patient, a strange warning popped up on the holographic screen.
"What's that?" I asked, leaning in.
"A strand of the Bugster Virus I've never seen before…" Said Emu, putting back on his stethoscope as he turned to Parado. "Let's begin."
"Got it!" Said Parado, as the two fist bumped. Parado suddenly burst into a mass of blue and red pixels as they quickly flew into Emu, his eyes lighting up as his hair suddenly flew up like a gust of wind had rolled through the room.
Emu took out his Driver, a green device with a pink lever on the front. I looked on in anticipation, watching as Emu placed the driver against his waist, the belt wrapping around him.
Emu took out a pink device, the 'Mighty Action X' Gashat, as he pressed his thumb onto the lever of the gashat, only to stop.
In fact… everyone had stopped. I felt my body suddenly grow heavy, as time itself seemed to slow to a halt around us. "Is this… Slowdown!?" I heard Sento ask in confusion.
Everything seemed to slow to a halt, as the room became quiet. "I can't move…" I muttered, barely able to move. "Hey guys…? You there?"
"It seems you're still able to move… I assumed as much." Said a feminine voice as I fought to turn my head to the left, seeing a girl in a lightish blue jacket. "Good, you'll hear my warning."
"T...Time Jacker!" I exclaimed, eyes widened as I tried to move my arm towards my ZI-O Ride Watch, to no avail.
"So you know about us. That's annoying…" Said the girl, looking back at the Patient. "I'm not done with him yet… but you already destroyed the last one, so I guess I'll have to use a new one…"
"Stop!" I shouted. "First, you have no idea how hard it is to even be able to talk, right now… Second, step away from him, now!"
"You're not my king, ZI-O, and you won't ever be." Said the girl. I grit my teeth. "We're trying to give rise to a new king, so stay out of the way, will you?"
"And if I don't?" I asked.
"Then I have good news and bad news." She said. "The good news is that you won't have to worry about your future, the bad news is you'll be destroyed where you stand."
"I'll take that bet then." I said. The time jacker rolled her eyes, as she took out a black Ride Watch.
"Oi, don't fail this time…" Said the girl, pushing down on the Ride Watch as I felt my heart drop a beat.
{BUILD!}
"NO!" I shouted, only for time to resume as the Time Jacker disappeared from sight. I dropped to my knees as I stared at the ground. "Oh god…"
"Bryce? What happened?" Asked Sento, as he helped me up. "What's going on?"
"The patient!" I said, standing up as I ran to his side. "Come on… please don't be what I think it is…"
"Ozpin, that was stopped time…" Emu said, as he turned to the teacher.
"Yes it was." Said Ozpin, as he looked back at me. "Bryce… are you alright."
"Son of a bitch!" I shouted, kicking over a nearby stool. "That goddamn Time Jacker!"
"It appears you've encountered the root of your current problem."
I snapped my head to the right, as a familiar prophet was sitting on the now upright stool. "Woz…" I said, looking at him.
"It appears they've started to make their move. It also appears you've had a run in with Ora." Said Woz, as I grit my teeth.
"So his name is Woz… I was wondering about the sudden third party in this year's initiation." Said Ozpin, walking up to me. "I see you two know each other."
"Long story." I answered.
"Hey guys, he's waking up!" Said Sento as I turned around to see the patient's eyes snap open, his left eye glowing red with his right glowing blue, as a burst of steam knocked us away as a figure hit the floor.
"No…" I muttered, watching as the patient's body rose from the ground, their body changed, monstrous in appearance. The Another Rider opened its mouth, as it let out a breath, before running out of the room at a breakneck pace.
"What was that!?" Asked Sento, as I charged after it. "Wait, Bryce!"
I ran outside of the school to the courtyard, as the Another Rider walked closer and closer to a pair of students. "Hey!" I shouted, as I took out my Cross-Z and ZI-O Ride Watches and activated them.
{CROSS-Z!}
{ZI-O!}
I slotted both of them into my driver, before slamming my fist onto the top of the Driver. I grabbed both sides of the driver with both of my hands, my right grabbing the left slot and my left hand grabbing the right slot, as I pulled my arms to the side, spinning the driver around like another time rider I knew of.
[RIDER TIME!]
{KAMEN RIDER! ZI-O!}
[ARMOUR TIME!]
{WAKE UP BURNING! CROSS-Z!}
The armour quickly latched onto me as I watched the Another Rider turn around. The body was split into two sides, almost in a zigzag pattern, one half being blue while the other red. The body looked like it was comprised of rusted metal, while also being some sort of organic tissue. The face had two transclearent eyes, one red and the other blue, with a mouth with sharp teeth.
There was a single word plastered on the upper right side of it's chest. 'BUILD'. I grit my teeth behind my helmet as the monster looked at me.
"AAAAGH!" I charged forwards, crying out as I punched the monster in the stomach, before kicking it to the side. I turned towards the students still there. "What are you waiting for!? Run!" I shouted, looking back as I ducked to the side of one of it's attacks before I threw a punch at it's stomach, sending it backwards.
I rolled my shoulders, extending my hand out. "EDGE OF TIME!" I shouted, the blade forming in my hand as I immediately charged the monster when I felt the weight of the sword land in my hand.
[ZIKAN GIRADE!]
[KEN!]
I swung horizontally, watching as the monster dodged left and right, before I was kicked back by the monster, it's left foot scraping against my chest with its tank treds.
I skidded to as stop, gritting my teeth. I pushed down on the charge button on my sword as I glared down at the Another Rider across from me.
[Time Charge! 5...4...3...2...1…ZERO TIME!]
"Shorya!" I let out a cry as I sprinted forwards, swinging my sword upwards across the Another Rider's chest.
[GIRI GIRI GIRI!]
My blade suddenly stopped, as an armoured hand gripped it's edge as the Another Rider leered at my visor, before I was punched in the gut and sent rolling back, my transformation deactivating.
I rolled over to stand up, as the clacking of something hitting the floor closed in.
"It seems you're having some trouble." Said Ozpin, walking up to me.
"Yeah… What gave it away." I said, standing up.
"I'll take it from here." Said Ozpin, stepping in front of me.
"Wait! The only way to defeat Another Riders are to use the same power as their own!" I said, as Ozpin looked to me.
"Then I'll do just that." He said, taking out the Decadriver, placing it on his waist as the Ride Booker appeared on his left hip. "Hold my cane would you?"
I was handed the cane as Ozpin opened the Booker, taking out a single card. "In situations like this, it's best to get straight to the point. Henshin!" Ozpin shouted, flipping the card over to reveal the face of Build on the card, as he inserted the card into the Driver.
[KAMEN RIDE:]
I watched in awe as Ozpin gave a friendly smile, before placing both hands against either side of his driver, and pushed it close, swiping his hands over the front of the driver as he closed it.
[BUILD!}
Two two half bodies of Rabbit and Tank flew in from either side of Ozpin, as the familiar instrumental tune of the RabbitTank Henshin filled the air.
[BEST MATCH!]
D-Build dusted his hands off, as he looked towards the Another Rider. "This shouldn't take long." He said, taking out a card before inserting it into his driver and closing it.
[ATTACK RIDE: BLAST!]
D-Build took his Ride Booker off it's holder, transforming it into its gun form as he shot the Another Rider square in it's chest, multiple blasts following the initial strike, as if multiple guns had fired at once. Another Build staggered back, before it charged its opponent.
D-Build nodded, opening his Ride Booker and taking out another card. He opened his driver, inserting the new card before quickly closing it up.
[ATTACK RIDE: SLASH!]
His gun quickly turned into its sword form, as he slashed the Another Rider with the strength of three. D-Build ran forwards, jabbing at the creature's chest, before sweeping it's legs, tripping the Another Rider as it slammed into the floor.
D-Build took a few steps back as he placed his Ride Booker back on his waist, opening it up to draw a card. "And like that, we're at the end." Said D-Build, taking out another card. He quickly inserted the card before closing the driver up.
[FINAL ATTACK RIDE: B-B-B-BUILD!]
D-Build looked at me for a moment. "I'll be just a second." He said, before spinning into the ground. A second later he sprang up, as two charts form on the left and right side of the Another Rider leading to D-Build, as they slam together, holding the monster in place.
D-Build rides the line all the way to the Another Rider, his foot slamming into the monster as an explosion goes off and the human form of the Another Rider falls to the ground. I rushed over looking around for the Another Watch.
"It's not here…" I muttered. "...I just have to hope Ozpin really destroyed it."
I turned to look as Ozpin deactivated his transformation. "You are full of surprises aren't you?" I commented, standing up as Sento and Emu ran out towards us.
"Well, that's just how things are." Said Ozpin, as I turned to face Sento and Emu. "I trust the two of you can bring him back to the infirmary?"
"We'll get right on it." Said Emu, as Ozpin put his hand on my shoulder.
"Take the rest of the day off, you look tired." Said Ozpin, as I gave a sigh of acceptance.
"Yeah… I feel tired to…" I muttered, looking back. "But part of me feels like this isn't over."
"Morning Bryce." Said Ruby, as I sat down in the cafeteria, a plate of 3 pancakes alongside me.
"You look like shit." Said Yang, as Weiss rolled her eyes.
"As tactless as usual." Said Weiss, to which Yang roller her eyes.
"Well it's accurate. I didn't get a wink of sleep last night." I said, blinking. "Just got too much on my mind I guess…"
"Doesn't that teacher you mention start classes today? The one who dragged you out of class yesterday?" Asked Ruby, as I nodded.
"Yeah, I'm just not sure what he's teaching. But he's smart. He doesn't call himself the Genius Physicist Sento Kiryu for nothing." I said. "He's the guy who developed the Rider System Banjou uses to transform into Cross-Z."
"Does that mean he could do the same for us?" Asked Yang, leaning in close.
"Yes and no. Yes, as in he could probably make another driver of some kind, but no as in there's no physical way he'd be able to do that." I said, as they all looked at me. "...Sento and Banjou were both exposed to a substance called Nebula Gas before, gaining a hazard level above three. That level allows them to transform with the build system."
"So all we'd need to do is get exposed to this Nebula Gas?" Asked Yang.
"There's a catch." Said Blake. "There's always a catch with those kinds of things."
"Anything below a Hazard Level 2.1 turns into a monster called a Smash. They can be defeated and have their essence extracted so it won't harm them… but then there's level 1." I began.
"If you have a Level one hazard level, you'll die a short while after becoming a smash." Said a voice, as I turned around to see Banjou, a look on his face I understood immediately. "Neither of us wanted to become Riders. But we fight today because that's the kind of person we'd like to be."
"Love and Peace, right?" I asked, as Banjou laughed.
"Right, well I was supposed to grab you for Sento… he wanted you help with something real quick." Said Banjou. "I'm still trying to figure out what I'm assisting him with in his class anyways…"
"If it has something to do with mixing dust he might try to rely on your 'Six Sense'." I said, air quoting 'Six Sense' as I stood up. "I'll catch up with you guys later, Nora you can-"
"Already on it!" She said, taking my plate of untouched pancakes and plopping them on her's.
"Right, well, the genius wants to see me?" I asked, walking with Banjou out of the cafeteria.
"Yeah. I wasn't told why, but he's been acting weird since yesterday." Said Banjou. "He normally does maintenance on his driver every night but he didn't last night. He's been working on my Great Cross-Z Dragon as well, not sure why though…"
"...I don't like the answer my mind is giving me why." I said, as we reached their residence. "To the fridge!"
Banjou scanned his scroll over the door lock, as we walked inside the room. I reached the hidden passageway through the refrigerated, and opened the door, crouching to pass through to the stairs.
"Wanted to see me, Sento?" I asked, walking down the stairs.
"Yes, I need your help with something real quick." Said Sento, as Banjou followed after me. Sento scribbled on the whiteboard in front of him, notes and equations surrounded by a doodle of the Great Cross-Z Dragon with a giant red circle around it with a question mark. "Why is it that only Banjou's Great Cross-Z Dragon works in this world? My hazard level hasn't changed but I can't transform. The bottles still work, as judged by the full bottle buster. It's like with Banjou, none of his normal transformation devices work. But this dragon…!"
"Uh… You alright there Sento?" I asked, as the scientist turned to face me. "What do you mean you can't transform."
"Yeah, you've transformed loads of times since we arrived here." Said Banjou.
"What are you two talking about?" Asked Sento, as I blinked. "Banjou, you've been the only one capable of transforming, but all the math points to me ALSO being able to…"
"...It happened… It actually happened… Son of a BITCH!" I shouted kicking over a nearby chair.
"Woah! Watch the furniture!" Said Sento.
"...The patient, he's still in the infirmary right?" I asked, as Sento nodded. I ran out of the room as quickly as I could, running over to the doctor's office.
"What is that thing!?" I heard Yang ask, as my course instantly changed, as I ran towards the sound of her voice.
"Yang!" I shouted, running over to her to see the rest of Team RWBY minus blake. "Guys, get back!"
"Bryce! It got Blake!" Said Ruby, as I looked up to see the Another Build from earlier, an unpurified bottle in it's hands.
"...You bastard…" I muttered, slapping the driver against my waist. "You'll pay for this!"
[ZIKU DRIVER!]
I ripped the ZI-O Ride Watch off it's holder, twisting the dial to the left, before pressing the activation button.
{ZI-O!}
I slotted the watch into the driver, before slamming my fist onto the top of my driver, unlocking it. I pushed my hands forwads, before breaking them apart and gripping each side of the driver with my hands.
"HENSHIN!" I shouted, throwing my arms to the side, as I performed Geiz's henshin pose.
[RIDER TIME!]
{KAMEN RIDER! ZI-O!}
"At this moment in time… You're dead!" I shouted, charging forwards. The Another Rider leaned to the side, as he kicked my chest pushing me to the side.
"Bryce!" Ruby shouted.
"Give her back!" Shouted Yang, cocking her guantlets as she charged forwards.
"No… Don't!" I shouted, as Sento and Banjou ran onto the scene.
"What the hell!?" Banjou exclaimed looking at Another Build.
The Another Rider held up it's hand, grabbing Yang's fist in it's, as the blonde struggled against the monster, firing shot after shot into it's stomach with no avail. Another Build raised another empty fullbottle, and in a matter of seconds, Yang was sucked inside.
"Ninja… Brawler… BEST MATCH!" The monster cheered, as I pushed myself off of the ground and ran over to Ruby and Weiss.
"Yang…" Ruby muttered.
"Ruby. Ruby listen to me. We can still save them, but you two need to get out of her, now." I said, as Ruby stood up.
"Here he comes!" Shouted Weiss as the Another Rider walked towards us.
"Oi! What do you think you're doing!?" Asked Banjou as he stood in front of us.
"Banjou!" I exclaimed. "You won't be able to harm it!"
"Yeah, but I can buy you guys some time!" He said, raising his hand up as the Great Cross-Z Dragon flew into his hand, probably having knocked over some of Sento's things on it's way here. Banjou placed the Dragon Evol-Bottle into the slot, before pressing the button on the front.
[KAKUSEI!]
Banjou slammed the Dragon into his driver, as he started to crank the lever.
[GREAT CROSS-Z DRAGON!]
[ARE YOUR READY!?]
"HENSHIN!" Shouted Banjou, as the snap rider builder formed around him and slammed together, his armour forming around him.
[WAKE UP CROSS-Z! GET GREAT DRAGON! YEAH!]
Banjou rolled his shoulders as the Another Rider in front of him stopped for a second.
"...Cross-Z… Build…. BEST MATCH!" It shouted, throwing it's arms out, as it ran at the Rider, only to be kicked out.
"What the hell!?" Banjou asked.
"I feel oddly jealous." Said Sento, running up the three of us. "We need to get you three out of here."
"Wait, you can't beat him!" I said, standing up. "Only the exact same power can truly destroy the Another Rider… Which explains why Decade couldn't, it's replication not the same…"
"Then what do we do?" Asked Ruby as I looked over to see Banjou get knocked to the side.
"...What is that thing?" Sento asked, as I looked at him. "It looks like Build, albeit… monstrous."
"That… is Another Build." I said, walking over to him.
"Another way to put it would be to say HE is Kamen Rider Build." Said a voice as we turned to see Woz, looking down at his book. "The Time Jackers have altered History… right now to this world, that is Kamen Rider Build."
"...That isn't Build. Build isn't a monster that attacks the innocents… Build is the hero… we created," I watched Sento's hand close tight as he started to shake. "He's a symbol of peace, he fights to protect not destroy!"
"...Sento." I began, placing a hand on his shoulder as he looked to me.
"Argh!" Banjou let out a cry, as he mercilessly tossed to the side. He rolled to a stop as the Another Rider walked closer to us. In a moment, he sprinted forwards, towards Ruby and Weiss.
"Ruby, get out of the way!" Weiss shouted, pushing her leader out of the line of fire as the Another Rider grabbed her instead. "Get your hands off of me…!"
Another Build pulled out another empty fullbottle, before Weiss was absorbed in a matter of seconds.
"Weiss… No…" Ruby muttered as I grit my teeth. I reach into my pocket and took out a blank Ride Watch, before I looked at Sento.
"...Sento." I began, as he looked back to me. "That thing is Build. Every moment, of every second it exists, it'll be known as Kamen Rider Build. And I hate that."
"That thing, isn't Kamen Rider Build. Kamen Rider Build was the symbol of hope for the people of Seito, Hokuto and Touto. He was the Rider created by You, Banjou, Katsumi, and Gentoku." I continued, as I clenched my fist around the Ride Watch. "...He was my hero."
"I don't know… if this'll sound selfish, but it's the only way. Please…" I began, handing Sento the blank Ride Watch. "Give me the power of Build… let me inherit, the Build you four created."
Sento took the watch out of my hands, looking down at the reflecting face of the watch. I saw his eyes, they were running wild with indescribable emotions, before he looked up at me, and nodded.
The Ride Watch suddenly lit up, as a holographic analog clock formed above the face of the watch as a second later, the Watch activated, a red and blue ridewatch sitting in place where the first one once was.
I picked up the Ride Watch, looking back at Sento as I nodded, walking over to Ruby as I took out my phone.
"Ruby, get behind me." I said, as the hooded girl nodded. I looked down at my phone, scrolling through a list before I found what I was looking for, and hit play.
(Play: Be the one - PANDORA Ft. Beverly [Full Size])
I put my phone away as the song began, attention drawn off of me as everyone looked above. I let out a sigh as I looked down at the Ride Watch in my hand. I smiled, looking back up.
"Huh… music?" Asked Ruby.
"Where is that coming from?" Asked Sento.
"Oi!" I shouted, as Another Build looked at me. "You got some nerve, going around calling yourself Build. Well guess what? I won't allow this to go on any longer. The hero known as build, will be remembered as such!"
(Kono mama aruki tsuzuketeiru)
I took out the Build Ride Watch, twisting the dial and pushing down on the activation button.
{BUILD!}
(Kon'ya mo maasugu Hitori no ashiato tadotte…)
I slotted the Ride Watch into the left slot of the driver as I walked forwards towards the Another Rider in front of me.
"You go around causing chaos, taking away our friends, our family, and for what? You probably don't even know!" I said, taking the ZI-O Ride Watch out of the Right slot and pressed down on the activation button again.
(Hateshinai, dakedo kimi dake wa)
{ZI-O!}
"Which makes you all the more dangerous." I said, taking my final step forwards. "I can't let you continue doing what you're doing, so this is how things are going end, right now."
(Dokoka de matteru Egao tayasazuni)
"This ends now." I said, slotting the ZI-O Ride Watch into the driver, before pressing down on the release button, the driver tilting to the right. The holographic clock formed behind me as I extended my left hand outwards, before bringing it back as I got into the same stance Sento would when he'd transform.
(There you will…)
"Are you ready!?" I blinked, looking to the left to see Sento with his hands on either side of his face, yelling that question out to me. I let a smirk form on my face as I looked at the Another Rider, before I answered.
(Be The One, Be The One All right! Ashita no chikyū o nagedasenai kara)
"HENSHIN!" I announced, crossing my arms over my chest in an X pattern before swinging my arms down to my sides, my right hand brushing against the right slot of the driver as I knocked it into a full rotation.
(Be The Lights, Be The Lights! All right! )
[RIDER TIME!]
{KAMEN RIDER! ZI-O!}
[ARMOUR TIME!]
(Tsuyoku nareru yo Ai wa makenai! Nanika wo tasukete sukutte dakishime)
The build armour formed in front of me, as I placed my hand against it, as the armour split apart, half going in front of me, while the other half flying behind me. I smirked, throwing my arms to the side as the armour rushed me from both sides, mimicking the Snap Ride Builder as it closed around me finishing the transformation.
(Kokoro ni fureruyo todoku yo, tsutaware, Be The One, Be The Lights)
{BEST MATCH! BUILD!}
The japanese characters for Build slammed into my Visor, as I reached out and grabbed the rider weapon with my left hand. I twirled my right hand around, sliding it across one of the antenie of the suit in a two finger salute.
(Message, Okoru yo hibiku yo!)
"I've found…" I began, closing my middle and ring finger while opening my pinkie and index. I quickly proceeded to open the whole hand in a 'pop' motion. "The winning formula!"
"REJOICE!" Woz stated, walking up next to me with his book open. "He is the heir to the power of all riders. The ruler of time, travelling beyond time and space to reign over past and future…"
"His name is Kamen Rider ZI-O: Build Armour, and in this moment he has received the power of another Rider." Woz said, motioning to me.
I grabbed the handle of the rider weapon, a drill that covered my entire hand and pointed forwards, before I sprinted towards the Another Rider, sliding down as I swung at it's left leg, the drill spinning rapidly as it scrapped against the metal leg.
The Another Rider stumbled as he turned around to face, me taking out two unpurified bottles. He stood up, before opening his freakish mouth and swallowing them, the red and blue bottles on his freakish driver changing to purple and yellow.
{NINJA!}
{BOXER!}
{BEST MATCH!}
"Yang!" Ruby shouted, as I grit my teeth. I stood up, only to have the Another Rider suddenly appear in front of me. I swung forwards with my weapon, only for it to jump back, leaving an afterimage to take the blow, before I was punched hard in the chest by the real one.
I stumbled back. "Man that's going to be annoying to deal with… I need another person to keep his attention of me so I can finish him..." I muttered, looking to my left to see Banjou stumbling up, still in his transformation.
"...Banjou!" I shouted, gaining his attention. "Edge of Time!"
[ZIKAN GIRADE!]
[KEN!]
"Take this!" I shouted, placing the Cross-Z Ride Watch into the slot on the sword, before I hurled the weapon at the other Rider.
[FINISH TIME!]
"Thank you!" Banjou shouted back, standing up as blue fire formed on the sword. "I get the feeling I can't lose!"
"Keep it's attention, unless I finish it with an attack of my own, it'll just respawn over and over." I said, as Banjou nodded. I rolled my neck, pushing down on the button on my ZI-O Ride Watch. "Good heavens, would you look at the time?"
{FINISH TIME!}
"I do believe it's time your finale experiment." I smirked, pushing down on the Build Ride Watch.
{BUILD!}
I mimicked the cranking of the Build driver with my right hand, as floating equations flew past me, although there were one or two saying something like: An equation from the show I forgot.
"I don't know whether to be flattered, or annoyed." Said Sento.
"Now Banjou!" I shouted, pushing down on the driver's release button as I gripped the right slot of my driver with my left hand and pulled back, giving the Driver a full rotation.
"Let's go!" Banjou shouted, charging forwards as he pulled the trigger on his weapon, the blue fire engulfing the edge of the sword.
{CROSS-Z}
[GIRI GIRI SLASH!]
I pushed my left foot onto the ground suddenly spinning around as I fell into the ground. I had to hope here. I jumped up, two familiar graphs forming on either side of me, as I waited for Banjou to knock the Another Rider into place.
Banjou's sword slammed into it's side, slamming it right into the middle of the two graphs. "Now!" I shouted, as the two graphs slammed together, allowing me to trap the Another Rider in place.
{VORTECH!}
{TIME BREAK!}
I slid down the slide formed by the graphs, as I swung forwards, with my rider drill, the weapon spinning round and round before my weapon slammed into the Another Rider, as time seemed to slow around us for a moment as the monster looked up at me.
"...This is for everyone." I said, breaking through as I sped past coming to a stop as the monster exploded behind me.
(Stop Music)
I stood up, turning around to see the unconscious body of the patient lying on the ground. Next to him were three unpurified bottles, and the Another Build Ride Watch. I walked over to the Watch, before it exploded in place. I sighed, taking out both of my Ride Watches as my transformation ended.
"There… still stuck as bottles…" Muttered Ruby, walking up to them.
I let out a breath, before picking up the three unpurified bottles. I snapped the cap into the open position for the one with the white inside, as white particles flew out, Weiss soon emerging passed out on the ground.
"Weiss!" Ruby shouted, running over to her teammate as I let out a sigh of relief.
"Good, so that's how it works." I muttered, taking the other two full bottles and opening them as well, as yellow and blake particles flew out and Yang and Blake emerged, also passed out.
"It appears you have emerged victorious, and have gained the support of the Knights of RWBY." Said Woz, walking up next to me.
"The… Knights of RWBY?" I asked, as Woz turned to me with a smile.
"They are your most trusted allies. Think of them as your… personal guard." Said Woz. "Aside from yourself, they have the highest standing in the future."
"...Wait, was that what that whole Lady Rose thing was about!?" I asked, as Woz just looked to the side with a smirk.
"Why yes, what else would I have been referring to?" He asked, as I felt my eye twitch.
"You cheeky dick waffle…" I said, as Woz turned around.
"I must be off. There are things I must attend to." Said Woz, as I felt something slam into my right side, pushing me off the ground, when I looked to my left, Woz was gone.
"THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!" Ruby said, hugging me for all it was worth.
"RUBY…. CAN'T… BREATH!" I gasped out as the girl let me go. "Oh thank god…"
"You alright?" Asked Sento, walking up to me with a now untransformed Banjou.
"I'll live." I said, standing up. "Shame you can't transform anymore though."
"Yeah, he was all like, WOOH ATCA! GENIUS PHYSICIST!" Ruby said, mimicking Sento's moves from the fight with Another Cross-Z.
"Wait, you remember that!?" Asked Banjou as I blinked. "I thought only me and Bryce did!"
"Bryce and I." Sento corrected the boxer, as Banjou gave him a look.
"...It could be… You remember because of the Evol DNA…" I said, pointing to Banjou. "Not exactly sure how that works… But as for Ruby…?"
"Did anyone else seem to know Sento was a Kamen Rider? Or was at least able to Transform?" I asked Banjou.
"No. No one. Well, Ozpin seemed to know, but he didn't make mention of it…" Said Banjou.
I looked back at Ruby, as only one possibility came to mind. "...She couldn't be… Could she?" I asked myself.
"Could be what?" Asked Ruby.
"...Does the term… Singularity Point mean anything to any of you?" I asked, as they looked to me. "Singularity Points are being who exist out of time, and are unaffected by any changes to time. Kamen Rider Den-O is literally the textbook definition of one."
"So does that mean you're one to?" Asked Sento, as I blinked. "It would make sense, you remember the events like Banjou and Ruby."
"I'm not fully sure. It could also because I have immunity because I'm from another world, which could also be the case for you and Banjou, but that COULD be true…"
"But if that's true for me, why wouldn't I remember being able to transform like you said." Asked Sento.
"I can only assume it had something to do with your SPECIFIC timeline." I said. "Though I'm not fully sure. Right now my best guess is we're all singularity points except for Sento."
"Well don't I feel special." Sento said, looking to the side.
"Ah, Bryce. I heard there was a commotion and came to see if there was anything I could do to help, but I see you handled things quite nicely." Said Ozpin, walking up behind me.
"And pray tell, where were you earlier today?" I asked, crossing my arms.
"I had a meeting to attend to." He said, taking a sip from his coffee as I swear he smirked behind it.
"Onore Decado…" I muttered, gripping my right hand as I glared at the man in front of me.
"With all that said, we've decided to give the students tomorrow off to get their bearings after this monster attack. We're also increasing our security, we've hired on a new guard for now so I'd like to introduce him to you all." Said Ozpin. "You can come out now."
A man in a black business suit and a red tie walked out, on his waist was what looked like a stylized car dashboard, and on his left wrist was a gear shifter, without the handle.
"My name is Shinnosuke Tomari." Said the man. "I'm being transferred from my police precinct to work security here."
"Security for a school designed to train people to beat other things up?" I raised an eyebrow. "Not that I'm complaining mind you, but still."
"He's also here to be your new instructure, seeing as for the time being, Professor Kiryu is unable to do so." Said Ozpin, another smile on his face.
"OH! I see." I said, nodding as I extended a hand to Shinnosuke. "My name is Bryce Bridged. Kamen Rider ZI-O."
"Shinnosuke Tomari. Kamen Rider Drive." Said Shinnosuke, before he motioned towards his belt. "And this is Belt-san."
"...Uh…" Banjou staired in confusion, before the front lit up to show Belt-san's face.
"It's nice to meet all of you." Said the Belt, as Banjou jumped back.
"The belt can talk!?" He exclaimed, as Sento eyes literally lit up.
"Amazing… It's like a highly intelligent AI… Who programmed him? I'd love to discuss something like that!" Sento asked, leaning towards the belt before looking back up at Shinnosuke.
"Actually… The belt made… itself?" I said in confusion as they all turned to me. "He transported his mind into the belt as a last ditch effort."
"How does he…" Belt-san asked in confusion.
"Get used to it, he seems to know a lot about us." Said Banjou.
"Anyways, Shinnosuke, it's nice to meet you again, the same to you, Krim Steinbelt." I said, looking from the officer to the belt. "But I do believe we need to get the rest of our team back to the infirmary, along with this guy."
"Our team?" Asked Ruby.
"What? I'm technically on your team for the time being. Did you forget that?" I asked, as Ruby rubbed the back of her neck. "Anyways, someone mind helping us out?"
"Got it!" Sento said, as Banjou and him started to lift up the patient.
"I'll send for the doctor to help bring them to the infirmary, for the time being, I'd recommend you two get some rest, classes are cancelled for the day after all." Said Ozpin as I nodded, as Ruby and I walked off.
"...You know… You want to take a look at my world?" I asked Ruby, as she looked to me. "I mean, it won't be the country I'm from, but it'll still be the same setting, roughly."
"I'm basically asking if you want to watch Kamen Rider Build with me." I said, as Ruby looked at me. "I said I could show you sometime, why not start now? Classes are over and we should be able to binge the whole thing this weekend."
"Can we!? Yes!" Ruby cheered, as I laughed, taking out my phone.
"Now… How the hell do I transfer MP3 files over to something that can actually play them…" I muttered as we made our way back to Ruby's Dorm.
"Thank you for agreeing to join me today." Said Ozpin, sitting in his office, a cup of coffee in his hand as he looked at a photo in his left hand. He looked up at Woz, who was sitting opposite from him with a book in his hand. "I wanted to ask you a few questions."
"It would be my pleasure. You were a great teacher for my Overlord, and if I could supply any information that'd make his learning as best it can be, I'll do as such." Said Woz.
"Then that brings me to today. In the coming semester, there will be team missions. Now, Bryce is technically apart of Team RWBY, but it's a temporary team until he can find his own teammates and start his own team." Said Ozpin, as Woz nodded.
"Yes, though the team name might have some trouble." Said Woz. "None of their would be names line up to make a colour, so you end up marking them as Team ZI-O if this book is to be believed.
Woz closed his book, looking back at Ozpin. "Which brings me to today. You've been coming and going on and off campus for the past week. Now, this is a problem for our security, we'd rather not have someone who can go wherever he wants with not idea on how he operates and what party they work with." Said Ozpin, taking a sip of his coffee. "So I'd like to ask you this. Will you join Bryce's team? I'm, sure that with your level of expertise and knowledge, he will become a great hunter."
"Would I be required to attend classes?" Asked Woz. "As you said, I'm am fairly knowledgeable already, so I don't know what you could teach me that I wouldn't know."
"Of course. If you were to join his team, we'd have you placed in a position that would not require you attend classes. Most likely along the lines of student tutoring or something. I'll work something out." Said Ozpin, nodding to himself. "Glynda won't be too pleased but she isn't normally with a lot of my decisions..."
"Then I believe we have a deal." Said Woz, standing up to shake Ozpin's hand. "I'll show myself out."
Woz walked over to the elevator, pressing the button for the ground floor as the door closed behind him. "It is a strange thing, experiencing a place that will become a graveyard eventually."