It's How You Play the Game
Chapter 5
Ok, two things first of all: while I enjoy people supporting me and telling me how I can improve my fanfics, I don't like it when people degrade me due to my choices in plot directions. I put my OC on Team RWBY for several good reasons including the fact that it is important for the future of the plot and the fact that I don't like managing an entire team of OCs with different personalities.
Anyways, I enjoy when people try to help with suggestions and advice, but if you're just going to complain, don't.
Now, on with the show.
Disclaimer: I own nothing. Special thanks to merendinoemiliano for his suggestion in a review.
Note 09.15.2021: This chapter has been edited by RSBCS
Weiss Schnee was enjoying a peaceful slumber immersed in a dream where she was a world renowned Huntress with a name for herself that held more prestige than just being the CEO of the Schnee Dust Company. She was just getting to the best part, when a loud whistle jolted her from sleep.
"Good morning, team RWKBY!" said Ruby happily as Weiss picked herself up off the floor.
"What in the world is wrong with you?" demanded Weiss angrily as she looked over the rest of the team as they stood there in the academy uniforms.
"Now that the team is awake, we can begin our first order of business," said Ruby, cheerily choosing to ignore her partner's ire.
"Decorating!" finished Yang energetically as she appeared at Ruby's side with Blake and Kazi next to her, the three of them holding various objects in their arms.
"We still need to unpack," said Blake calmly with a small smile.
"And I'd like to set up a workspace for my Gashat creation," said Kazi.
"So let's do this!" said Ruby, "Team RWKBY Banzai!"
"BANZAI!" cheered Yang and Kazi happily, while Blake cheered in a more sedate tone.
Once Weiss had changed and washed up, the group set to work decorating their new dorm room. Weiss carefully hung up a painting of Forever Fall on one wall, while Yang haphazardly put up a poster of the band The Achieve Men. On the side, Blake was placing her collection of books on a bookshelf by the window, taking great care to inconspicuously hide a book titled Ninjas of Love on the shelf next to Howling at the Moon and her other favorites.
It wasn't all smooth sailing though, as Ruby accidentally sliced their curtains in half when she turned around without remembering to sheathe Crescent Rose, and when they were done setting up their things, there was a slight problem with their space planning.
"This could be a problem," said Kazi as he looked over the organized room with their beds piled in a corner.
"Maybe we could get rid of some things?" suggested Yang.
"Or," said Ruby as an idea came to her, "we could get rid of the beds…and replace them with bunk beds!"
"That doesn't sound very safe," said Weiss, but the others quickly overruled her and began to work, setting up one bed to hang from the ceiling via ropes and another to be stood upon some stacks of books on the posts of the one beneath it.
"Well," said Ruby, as they looked over the room, "mission complete."
The room looked quite nice, with the girls having added their own touch to make the room a little nicer, and, though the bunk beds were a bit rickety, things looked good to go. Kazi had even taken the bed that had been provided for him and used some spare sheets to curtain off a small section of the room to give the girls a bit of privacy and to designate a workspace for him to work on his Gashat creation and development projects.
"Well," said Kazi, "what should we do now?"
"The next order of business is to conquer our first day of classes," said Ruby with confidence.
"Wait," said Weiss as she scrambled for her watch, "CLASS BEGINS IN THREE MINUTES!"
This caused the entire team to jump and scramble to grab their supplies before rushing out to class, nearly running over Team JNPR as they exited their room as well.
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The next few days passed without too much incidents. There was an argument between Ruby and Weiss, but they seemed to make amends that night and acted more friendly to each other because of it. Eventually, the Team decided to learn more about each other's combat styles so that they could plan and organize better coordinated combat techniques. That being said, they booked a time to use the training arena after class and eagerly met up.
"So," said Yang as the group assembled at the arena, "how are we gonna do this?"
"Well," said Blake, "a good way to know about our fighting styles is to fight against each other, so how about we take turns sparring?"
"Works for me," said Kazi as he placed his Driver on his waist.
"I've been wondering," said Weiss, "since you use that thing in combat so much, can you even fight without it?"
"I can," said Kazi, "but I tend to choose not to. My weapons come from my Driver, so I'd rather stick to using it."
"Well," said Ruby, "let's draw straws then to see who's going first."
The results ended up pairing Weiss and Blake to go against each other first, and the others were treated to an impressive display of Weiss taking full advantage of her Glyphs to launch a variety of attacks at the bookworm, with Blake using her Semblance and her athletic ability to dodge each attack while attacking from a distance with her weapon's gun mode. The fight ended when Blake managed to catch Weiss off guard by tying her legs up with the ribbon part of Gambol Shroud.
"That was good," said Kazi as Weiss walked off stage, "I didn't know your Semblance was so versatile."
"The Schnee family has had the Glyph Semblance passed down for generations," said Weiss proudly, "we've had years to find out what can be done and refine that even further."
"It was a good match," said Blake with a small smile as the group drew lots again to see who would fight next.
"Well," said Yang, as she held up her marked lot, "I'm definitely gonna like this fight."
"I'd have to say the same from what I saw during the initiation," said Kazi as he held up his.
The two teens walked onto the stage and faced off, with Yang deploying her Ember Celica and Kazi holding out his Gashat, before pressing the button.
[Mighty Action X!]
"Henshin, Second Shift," said Kazi as he flipped the Gashat for a better grip.
"I've been meaning to ask," said Yang, "why do you always say that when you transform?"
"Force of habit," said Kazi, "it sounds cool though."
Kazi quickly inserted the Gashat into his Driver and pulled the lever across the device, activating it.
[Gachan! Level Up! Mighty Jump! Mighty Kick! Mighty Mighty Action X!]
A holographic screen appeared in front of the teen before sliding over him, materializing his Level 2 Action Gamer armor on his body.
"Let's do this," said Ex-Aid as he readied his fists.
"It's on!" said Yang before she rushed at the Kamen Rider, aiming a powerful punch at him.
Ex-Aid nimbly dodged the blond's attack and aimed a sweeping kick at her legs that knocked the blond brawler to the ground.
"First fall," said Ex-Aid cheekily as Yang got up.
"Like that's enough to keep me down," said Yang as she cocked her weapons and fired several rounds at Ex-Aid, forcing him to dodge.
"Good," said Ex-Aid as he summoned his weapon, "that means it'll be more fun."
[Gashacon Breaker!]
"Interesting weapon," said Yang, "looks rather weird, but I saw how strong it was against that Beringel."
"Thanks," said Ex-Aid, "designed it myself."
Yang launched herself at the Kamen Rider and fired off several shotgun blast powered punches that Ex-Aid was unable to dodge and was knocked back, lowering the life gauge on his armor. Ex-Aid repaid this action by knocking Yang back with his hammer.
"Shall we continue?" asked Ex-Aid.
Yang smirked as the Kamen Rider readied his hammer and charged at him, cocking her fist back for a punch before swinging her fist forward, using the blast from her gauntlet to add power to the attack, just as Ex-Aid swung his hammer forward to intercept.
The resulting explosion from the collision of the two attacks sent the two fighters flying off the stage in opposite directions, dispelling Kazi's transformation and sending him skidding across the ground.
"Well," said Blake, "that was some fight."
"That. Was. AWESOME!" said Ruby.
"Can we cheer later?" asked Kazi, "I think I dislocated something."
"Oh! I'll get you to the infirmary," said Ruby as she helped her friend up, "why didn't you use your Aura?"
"Well," said Kazi before saying something softly.
The rest of the school was suddenly treated to the female members of team RWKBY shouting out in alarm in reaction to what Kazi had just informed them about his strange armor and powers.
"WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU CAN'T USE AURA WHEN YOU'RE TRANSFORMED!?"
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"Man, these last few raids haven't been easy," sighed Roman Torchwick as he looked over the results of his last string of Dust Store robberies, "but I have to say, the haul was worth the trouble."
"Now, where to hit next, hmm?" he mused as he looked over a map of Beacon.
"You really seem to be enjoying yourself," said a voice and Roman turned to see a young man standing behind him wearing black jeans, black shoes, fingerless gloves, and a black hoodie with fake cat ears on the hood and colored pixel designs.
"Who are you and how did you get in?" asked Roman cautiously as he pointed his cane-gun at the newcomer.
The teen simply smirked and pulled out a purple and black device that resembled a game-pad with a sword end on one side and two red points on the other, and attached it to a grip he held in his hand.
[Chu Dōn!]
Before Roman could react, the teen nimbly flipped over the criminal, firing two laser bolts from the red points, knocking roman's weapon out of his hands, before landing on his feet and pointing feline claws that extended from his fingertips, at the crook's throat.
"Game Over," said the teen with a smirk.
"Ok," said Roman, "very smooth, but can you let me go?"
"I see you've met my new associate Roman," said a smooth voice as a woman in a red dress with gold flame designs walked up.
"Cinder," said Roman casually, as if he didn't have five sharp claws at his jugular, "mind telling me who this kid is?"
"As I said," said Cinder, "he's an associate that has offered us an edge to further our progression towards our final goal. You can let him go now."
The teen smiled and retracted his claws before moving to stand at Cinder's side, leaving Roman rubbing his neck where the claws had left red marks.
"Do I really have to work with a kid like him?" asked Roman, "I mean sure he can fight, but I'm not a babysitter."
"He is here to work with me," said Cinder, "he will be helping make sure you keep to the timetable of our grand scheme, by helping keep local Huntsmen and law enforcement off your back."
"So how exactly can a kid like him help?" asked Roman, "I mean that was a neat trick, but we're dealing with Huntsmen and soldiers, not to mention that Kamen Rider jerk."
"I'm glad you asked," said Cinder before prompting the teen to pull out a white Gashat and press the button on it.
[Dangerous Zombie!]
And CUT! I hope you liked this chapter, as it was kind of just a bunch of info you'll need for later and a lead up to the next real plot point. I'm going to explain a bit more about Kazi and his powers next chapter, and the reason why I chose to not have him use Aura in Rider Form, is because the armor already protects him like Aura does, so having both would be OP.
Let me know what you think.
