(Author's Note)

Hey guys! 0n3dge here, and welcome back!

I know a lot of people had questions after the events of the last chapter, so don't worry, all that gets cleared up right away.

So with that out of the way, onto reviews!

To Cross-Z Magma: You know... shit that might actually be kinda right. Well, time to figure that plot line out.

Thanks to everyone who reviewed, I'll try to put the next chapter out quicker than the last chapter was in the wings for.

ONTO THE STORY!

"This is… Bryce Bridged. Let's see… It's been… two… two weeks since Beacon has started. And a little over a week since Parado joined team… Let's see take the B from my name, the W from Woz's… and the P from Parado… Yeah, this is a hot mess waiting to happen." I let out a sigh, holding my phone in my right hand, the recording app opened up.

"Right, well, it's been a little over a week and I figured I might as well put down some of my findings, or just… the general information." I said, nodding to myself. "I figured this would be a good way to get my thoughts in order about this whole thing…"

I straightened up in my chair. "Right, well I figure I should start at our meeting… the… third one." I muttered, looking to the side. "So… Parado emerged from me… and then there was like… 5-10 seconds of silence before I blamed Woz for the whole thing. He denies he had any part but I swear he had SOMETHING to do with it. I can't tell if he's just trolling me or just trying to help right now…"

"But as for Parado… Well, aside from initial confusion, I figured out a few… things, that made things a bit easier, and a bit more complicated." I tsked, cracking open a can of 'People Like Grapes!' soda. "Well, the immediate thing to note is that his memory… is non-existent. Though specifically in relation to the past Ex-Aid timeline. No memory of Emu, as shown when Team RWBY was showing the new member of my team around the school and they ran into the doctor. Not even a look of minor recognition, from either of them."

I took a sip, before letting out a sigh. "Though I expected as much to have been the case. So in terms of memories, he doesn't remember anything related to Kamen Rider Ex-Aid, or heck, even Another Ex-Aid seems to not trigger anything in his… I wanna say brain, but I'm not actually a hundred percent sure if Bugsters have physical brains… Let's just say they do and move on from that subject…"

"But what makes this whole thing weirder is that he somehow remembers that he was a Kamen Rider, or at least is able to BECOME one. Which is a whole nother question in it of itself that I figure I'll leave to stir on its own." I leaned back in my chair, letting the exhaustion flow through me. "As for how Parado… well, how he became a part of me in the first place… well, I have two theories. Well, two or three."

"The first is that Woz did something," I said, nodding to myself. "The second, and honestly more probable… is that in taking the powers of Ex-Aid… I might have also done so… in a literal sense…"

"Kamen Rider Ex-Aid… The source of the Gamer Riders was the surgery they partook in to allow them to access their Drivers and Gashats." I said, taking another sip of my grape drink. "However, Emu, otherwise known as Ex-Aid, didn't have this compatibility surgery. He was actually the… patient zero for the virus, well, either he was or Masamune Dan was, I'm a bit foggy on who was first, but that's beside the point. The bugster that formed from Emu was known as, Parado. And because of this… TECHNICALLY, Parado is the source of Kamen Rider Ex-Aid's powers."

"So by activating the Ride Watch, the only thing I can reasonably think of is that… well, I'm now the inheritor of Ex-Aid's powers, and that presumably includes every facet of it, even the second personality obsessed with Tetris."

I paused. "Footnote: Parado is unsurprisingly hooked on the game boy version of Tetris I had on my Phone's Game Boy Emulator. So just getting my phone away from him so I could record this was issue enough…"

"As for the subsequent deletion of the other Virus wrecking my nervous system, I assume when I, for lack of a better term... assimilated Parado, I think that's how I use that in a sentence, it rewrote the virus, or at the very least the process made me immune to it. So that virus is no longer a problem, as Woz stated earlier."

"The third possibility in all of this is that Zi-O's mechanics were going down a path of being really really dumb and that's bleeding over to this world." I sighed. "Though considering they showed the skywall in the past during Build's episode, and then not showing it up for anything earlier in the timeline, even though in Build's world it was there for some odd years beforehand, I'm not too surprised by this."

"Well, as it currently stands, that's all I really have to say on the matter for the time being. So for now… Well, I should probably get moving. I have… combat training with Banjou in like, 10 minutes." I pressed the stop button, the recording saving to my phone as I placed it in my back pocket and picked up my Driver and Ride Watch.

"...I really need to get him an actual handheld so he'll stop taking my phone…" I muttered, watching as Pardo tapped on the screen of my phone. I sighed, looking back as the fight in the arena ahead of us concluded.

"A good show from the both of you. Now then, do we have any volunteers for the next fight?" Asked Glynda. There was almost a second of time before anyone raised their hand, but Weiss' had snapped up to attention in a matter of seconds. "Ms. Schnee then. Anyone else?"

"Then I suppose I'll pick someone myself…" Glynda said, her eyes scanning over the crowd of students before her eyes landed on the bugster sitting next to me. "Ah yes, Parado. We have yet to see what you have to offer. If you'll step into the ring, we can begin."

Parado stood up, quickly handing me my phone before he began walking down to the arena. To my right, Ruby and Yang scooted over to me as we watched my colorful teammate step into the ring. "So Bryce, what can we expect out of gamer over there?" Asked Yang, as I leaned forward and placed my hand to my chin.

"...Honestly? I'm not too sure myself. Since he's currently without weapons, he'll probably go for a close quarters approach…" I said. "Speaking of, I need to look into getting him something to fight with…"

"Close quarters huh? Well, he has my attention now." Said Yang, as she looked back at the fight.

"A prediction, my lord." Said Woz, standing behind us as he leaned against the wall, his book in his hands. "Your newest knight will leave the arena with a total victory."

"Hey, I'm sure Weiss has this in the bag!" Said Ruby, as she cheered on her teammate. "Kick his butt, Weiss!"

I shrugged. "Parado, Shoryuken!" I called out as Weiss pulled her rapier out. Yang gave me a dubious look, to which I rolled my eyes too. The bell rang, and the match began.

"Game start." Parado said to himself, as the cylinder on Weiss' rapier spun around as she switched her dust cartridge. He smirked and sidestepped as Weiss charged forwards, thrusting forwards with her rapier as it slipped past Parado.

Parado hopped back a few steps, a challenging smirk on his face as Weiss, lined the blade of her sword in a veil of fire dust. He snapped his fingers suddenly, as a wave of pixels flew over the room, as round medallion like objects spawned in the air around Weiss and Parado.

"Huh? Is this his semblance?" Weiss blinked in confusion before Parado smirked and waves his hands up, almost like a conductor. The energy items around them quickly raised into the air and got into a single grid. Parado waved his arms again, the items switching around before he selected three medals out of the group and pulled them towards himself.

{MUSCLE UP!}

{REFLECT UP!}

{SPEEDING UP!}

Weiss narrowed her eyes before swinging her rapier forwards, launching a wave of fire towards Parado. The bugster smirked, as the blast slammed into his chest. A moment later and a flash of silver launched the attack back at Weiss.

"What!?" The Dust Heiress' eyes widened in shock before she raised one of her hands as a glyph formed in front of her, catching the rebounded attack and negating it.

"Now you got my heart boiling." Parado remarked, charging forwards with a shake of his right arm, closing the distance between the two of them quickly. Parado leaned to the side, avoiding another swipe from Weiss as he reared his fist back. A moment later and his fist slammed into the huntress' stomach, knocking her back and discarding her weapon.

"Losers deserve an ending befitting a loser." Parado announced before he waved his hands once more, flinging an energy item towards Weiss as she struggled to a stand.

{SLEEP!}

"Huh? Wha-" Weiss didn't get a chance to finish her train of thought, before she dropped to the ground, passed out.

"The winner of this match is Parado." Said Glynda as the match ended. "In the future, please don't end training matches by forcing your opponent to pass out.

"...Didn't know he could do that." I said. "Neat."

"That was so cool!" Said Ruby.

"Weiss lot hard though." Said Yang, as she looked down at the two in the arena.

"...Gauntlets. We're getting him something like Yang's weapon," I said, nodding to myself. "Mind helping with that Ruby? You too Yang, I guess."

"Are you kidding!? Yes!" Ruby said as Parado sat down next to us.

"Good match, Parado." I said, giving the bugster a thumbs up.

"It wasn't much of a challenge. It's more fun when you're up against a tougher opponent," He responded, to which Ruby and Yang gave him dirty looks. Parado paused at the glares and spoke to clarify before he dug himself into a hole. "The match was a bad matchup is all. I have power over the energy items I spawn, so it's as simple as finding the right match to clear the whole field."

"...Yeah, your puzzle powers are actually kinda terrifying now that I stop to think on it." I said as my eyes widened.

"Now then. Since we appear to be out of volunteers, I'll set the next match up to randomization." Said Glynda, as she pressed a button on her scroll. A moment later, and the profiles of Jaune and Cardin popped onto the screen. "Jaune Arc and Cardin Winchester. If the two of you would meet in the arena, we can begin."

"You got this Jaune!" Shouted Ruby, as I leaned back.

"...Your thoughts Parado?" I asked him.

"The blonde scrawny one is going to lose this match." He responded simply.

"Yeah, I was afraid of that." I said, letting out a sigh.