Weiss Reacts to Kamen Rider Gaim, Part 1!

A/N: Welcome, one and all, to Weiss Reacts! Now, we're back, hopefully, for the foreseeable future. I've just been piled on with everything, from sickness to college to an exploded router (not literally) that meant I had to spend the better part of a day troubleshooting to get my Internet back, but I did take the time to go watch Gaim for this chapter. So, I'll try to keep to the schedule that I'd intended to bring in ages ago, god willing, now that the insanity of the first days is wearing off. Anyway, let's get this three (or possibly four)-parter started! Also, stay tuned for a little PSA that I'll be needing to talk about later.

DISCLAIMER: RWBY belongs to Rooster Teeth, otherwise we would have an utterly massive battle scene between the surviving armies of the Four Kingdoms and the Grimm.

Kamen Rider Gaim belongs to Toei Company.

All mentioned franchises and characters belong to their respective owners.

"Rider…..HENSHIN!" Ruby uttered as she posed in front of a mirror, sweeping her hand across her body and slowly moving it across, before pulling it back and pushing her other arm forward. The reaper seemed unsatisfied with her pose, lowering her arms by her side once more. She pouted, rubbing her chin carefully.

"That's not how they did that…." Ruby muttered disappointedly, trying again. "Rider…..HENSH-"
"Ruby, what are you doing?"

The reaper squeaked in surprise, turning around to see Weiss, whose hands were perched on her hips, as she watched her girlfriend make a fool of herself.

"…..Ruby…..what are you doing?" The heiress inquired exasperatedly, looking irritably at Ruby. "What kind of insanity is this?"

"Uh…." Ruby rubbed the back of her head. "It's, uh…."
"Is this like that time you tried to eat a cookie through your nose?" Weiss grumbled, shaking her head. Ruby frowned.

"H-hey! That's not a fair comparison!" The reaper protested. "That was only once! And it's not like I actually managed to shove a cookie up my nose and eat it!"

Weiss sighed. "Fair enough. So, what are you doing? Why are you posing in front of a mirror like a madman?"
"I…..uh, wanted to try out transformation poses!" Ruby explained cheerfully. Weiss blinked, staring at her blankly.

"…..transformation poses? You're not a magical girl."
"No, no, like in….this thing Yang showed me!" The reaper cheerily remarked, showing her a poster of a person in blue and orange armor, with a blade resembling a slice of orange and a helmet resembling that of old Valean knights. The language, however, was something she only knew from the many shows that Ruby and the others had made her watch.

"…who's this supposed to be?" The heiress inquired, scratching her head. "Is this some sort of weird reenaction festival ad?"

"It's a….thing Yang picked up."
"Of course it is. WHAT thing is it?"

"It's a show. You know, like those ones on TV?" Ruby started explaining. "It's, uh, called….Kamen Rider Gaim."

Weiss blinked. "…..what's that about? Why does his sword look like an orange?"

"Um….it's better if I get Yang to explain," Ruby thought carefully, tapping her chin as she looked around.

"…..a series….about people who use the power of fruit to kill monsters and compete on dance teams," Weiss repeated, an eyelid twitching as Yang grinned at her, her arms folded.

"Yep! That's precisely it!" The brawler declared cheerfully. Ruby tapped her on the arm.

"…..uh….I'm not sure Weiss is convinced," the reaper pointed out nervously. "That wasn't the best explanation for what Gaim is-"
"That is the stupidest sounding show ever! Why would you…..what the…..WHO WOULD COME UP WITH SOMETHING THAT DUMB?!" The heiress shrieked irritably. "What, is that some sort of stupid kids' show?!"

"Yeah, but….." Yang raised her hands to placate her. "It's good! Trust me. Just watch it with us. Maybe you'll like it."
"No, it'll be stupid and kidlike," Weiss haughtily declared. "Hardly worth my time."
"How much are you willing to think that?" The brawler retorted.

"I'd say, twenty Lien."

"Twenty Lien you think differently when we're done with the show."

"Fine!" Weiss shoved her hand towards Yang. "Twenty Lien it is."

Yang rolled her eyes, shaking her head and taking Weiss' hand. "Fine. I'll win. Rubes, set up the TV! Gaim marathon today! And a free twenty Lien!"
"You know, I wonder how we have this much free time if we're watching so many shows," Ruby mused to herself, already making a mental note to grab some cookies. "And I wonder how we're getting any homework done at all, too…"

Episode 1

"….a flying watermelon robot," Weiss grumbled. "I'm….I'm done. I'm just done."

Yang snorted. "Oh come on, don't tell me you don't think that's cool."

"It isn't cool! How is that even remotely practical?!" The heiress huffed, before sighing. "….oh, of course. Rival dance team is full of jerks who cheat. And dress in tacky clothes."
"Hey!" Ruby protested, pouting. "Red and black is a good palette!"
"And what kind of an idiot uses literal monsters to fight people?!" Weiss cried exasperatedly. "That's like using betting on Grimm in cage matches! And you're supposed to be dance teams!"

Yang shrugged. "It's as good a way as any. Though I do question why they waste their time screwing around with evil monsters of killing you when they can just out-dance you. Good on Kouta for having the balls to deal with that Lockseed, too."

"Oh, real clever," Weiss sighed. "Let's just walk into a giant unzipped hole in reality leading into a forest in the middle of nowhere. That can't possibly go wrong! What, has this Kouta idiot never watched TV in his life before?!"

Ruby tilted her head. "Well, we throw ourselves at shadowy monsters of killing you every day. Isn't that, you know, kind of our job?"
"Yes, but we're also armed with Dust-filled weapons and guns! Those two are literally just walking in there like a bunch of dunces!" The heiress pointed out, before rubbing her temples. "Well, their friend's probably dead now, but at least he's got that weird belt thing."

Ruby started squeeing. "Ooooh, we're getting to the good part of the episode!"

"…I still don't understand how an orange slice is a good weapon to fight with. How does that even work?!" Weiss cried. "That's utterly impractical. And that's Mai's voice, isn't it? How couldn't you recognise one of your best friends?!"

"And using a rapier against shadow monsters with bone armor isn't?" Yang raised an eyebrow quizzically.
"T-that's different! Completely different!" Weiss protested vehemently. "For one, I don't look like a buffoon throwing oranges around at people! I am an elegant lady of war!"

"A lady of war wouldn't be snapping at fruit ninjas like that~"

"S-shut up! You know nothing about ladies of war!"

Episode 2

Weiss shook her head, sighing. "Well, at least he tried to use it for something, which is better than nothing."

"Well, at least they answered the question of why superheroes never use their stuff to get a job," Yang remarked. "Gotta give Kouta that, right?"

"Does he have to smile like a dunce every time he transforms?" Weiss snapped. "Honestly- KOUTA YOU DON'T NEED YOUR POWERS TO CLIMB A TREE! And I think Kaito may just start irritating me with that talk of power."

Ruby tilted her head, looking at the fourth empty seat on their sofa. "Uh, you know, I've noticed Blake hasn't been around lately. Yang, do you know what's up?"
The brawler casually shrugged. "Iunno. What she does in her free time is her business."

Weiss lifted an eyebrow at Yang's flippant tone. "What's up with you? You're normally the first point of call when anyone wants to know what Blake's up to with her giant robots and her technology."
"Yeah, well, I kinda just, err, don't know," the brawler repeated. "Anyway, let's get on with watching this, okay?"

The heiress filed that away for future investigation, before sighing. "And this Sid…..why does he look perfectly punchable? He looks perfectly punchable."
Yang whistled, forgetting the earlier subject. "Yeah, he is, isn't he?"
"OH OF COURSE KNOCK THE LOCKSEED OUT OF HIS HAND AND UNLEASH AN EVIL FRUIT MONSTER!" Weiss snapped angrily. "What are you, insane?! Who in their right mind would give teenagers stuff like this anyway!? WHY WOULD YOU LET THAT THING GET STRONGER BY EATING THEM?!"

Ruby nodded in agreement. "But hey, it's pretty cool, rig-"
"No."

"Okay."

Yang whistled. "You know, if there's one weapon I'd actually totally take from Gaim, I'd take the Pine flail thing. It looks amazing!"
"It looks like someone froze a pineapple and attached an oversized pocket chain to it," Weiss remarked. "Hardly an elegant weapon of war."
"It's called the Pine Iron," Yang explained, almost gushing. "How could I not like a weapon called the Pine Iron?"

Episode 3

"I can't believe this buffoonery of screwing around with eldritch fruit monsters is encouraged," Weiss muttered. "This is like using Grimm to settle cooking competitions!"

Yang sighed. "Dammit, Kouta, don't quit your job! Don't you know how hard it is to get a job?!"

"I'm still in disbelief you have a job. And have held it down for almost a year now," the heiress remarked. "Where do you even work? Do you work for some criminal or something?"

"Hey!" Yang protested, frowning "I actually have a legitimate job!"
"Then why won't you tell us where you work?!"
"Why do you care so much? Are you going to stalk me~?" The brawler teased her, causing Weiss to cringe.

"Ugh, no! I just…..whatever, fine, don't tell us," the heiress sighed. "Okay. Also….oh, great. Now Kaito has one of those belts. Give the guy who tells kids that power is everything power over fruit monsters from the Zipper Forest! That's going to end well!"

Ruby stared at the screen, blinking. "Benefitting others? What, really? Well, I guess making money off the Inves fights isn't benefitting anyone….."
"It's not like he got it from killing someone!" Weiss pointed out with a quivering finger. "Guy worked hard for that money and she won't even take it. I can see her logic, but it's still pretty stupid-oh, what, now he's a banana knight! A banana knight! How much more ridiculous can this get?!"
Yang whistled. "I dunno, Baron's design is pretty cool-"

"You liked a weapon because it was a pun on golf clubs!"

"Now, an actual Rider-on-Rider fight!" Ruby cheered. "Maybe we'll actually see…..wait, wait, what?! They get bikes instead?!"

"So they have fruit swords and flower bikes," Weiss stated, closing her eyes and rubbing her temples. "Great. That's….that's just great. What next, giant fruit robots?!"

Episode 4

"Yes, give a bunch of teenagers the power to go into the literal forest from hell!" Weiss remarked. "If this backfires on them, I won't be surprised-oh, look, it already is! Well, guess we know where Sid's getting those Driver things from. Big surprise, Kouta, this is what happens to people who screw around with stupid things!"

Yang raised a finger. "Isn't the white Rider also screwing around with stupid things, though?"
"Yes, but he looks competent!" the heiress retorted. "At least he might know how to do it instead of using it for some dance team buffoonery!"

Ruby nodded slowly. "I already don't like Invitto's leader. He looks….shifty."

"It's always the good-looking guys with glasses," Yang pointed out. "You watch. I've seen enough anime to know."
"This isn't even an anime!" Weiss commented. "This is a live-action show! How could you possibly call that from that logic?!"

"It's not like anime's that different from a TV show anyway!"

The heiress shrugged at that, conceding the argument. "Fair enough. Oh…..and now he's given up because one guy handed him his backside. Get over it! What did you expect when you were screwing around with stuff like this?!"

"I mean, it's not like he expected some guy to come in and hand him his ass," Yang reminded her. "Iunno, I'd be pretty spooked if that kinda thing happened to me."
"Oh, so Micchy's a manipulative one, is he?" Weiss continued, raising her eyebrow. "….I don't like him. He seems like he'll do something stupid. Or worse!"

"Ooh, look at you, getting all genre-savvy," Yang teased, grinning.
"Maybe it's because you two dunces keep grabbing me and forcing me to watch these things!"

"Well, you never stop us~ Maybe you like it after all."

"Yeah, yeah," the heiress waved her off. "Oh, that's new. A dragon-themed grape person. Well, at least it looks-wait, no, I'd be too nice. It still looks garish."

Ruby seemed exasperated. "And here I was, thinking you'd actually like it."

Episode 5

"Oh? Now you think it's dangerous, Kouta, to use those Sengoku Driver things?!" Weiss snapped. "NOW you think it's dangerous, after that white Rider beats you down?! Might as well let him keep the Driver, at least he seems smart enough to deal with it!"

"He's even younger than Kouta is, you know," Yang reminded her. "And you just said you didn't like him."

"I said he was smart, not that I liked the idea of him having the thing," Weiss corrected her. "I just think Micchy or whatever is a better chance than the dunce who tried to use his powers to get someone off a tree instead of just catching them."

Ruby pouted. "Oh, that's not fair! What, you can use Inves AND Rider powers?!"

"For a man who talks about power a lot, Kaito's rather keen on using his minions," the heiress remarked. "Tch. Oh, NOW that your friend's having his backside handed to him, only NOW do you fight! Finally, Kouta. Keep it up and I might actually respect you."

"Yeah! Get 'im!" Ruby cheered.

"Why is Ruby so into Kamen Rider now, anyway?" Weiss inquired, to which Yang replied with another shrug.

"I think it's all the cool weapons and armor they use. I don't think she much cares for the plot."
Weiss 'eyes narrowed. "As expected, it's the 'coolness' she's concerned with."

"Hey, weapons are a legitimate hobby!" The reaper protested. "Too little people appreciate the craftsmanship of good weapons!"

"YOU'RE FAWNING OVER AN ORANGE SLICE WITH A HANDLE AND A PINEAPPLE ON A POCKET CHAIN!" Weiss cried, causing Ruby to pout, looking away guiltily.

"It's a nice-looking orange slice with a handle…."
"Great, now even more people want to screw around with these things," Weiss sighed as Gridon and Kurokage made their first appearance. "I'm beginning to think Sid gave them the Drivers because they'd blow themselves up with them. Seems like that Takatora guy knows about it anyway."

Episode 6

"See? What'd I tell you? Glasses guys are always jerks!" Yang declared triumphantly. "I don't know where Kaito got off thinking they're trustworthy, honestly."

"KOUTA WHY ARE YOU SAVING HIM?!" Weiss shrieked. "HE'S YOUR RIVAL!"

"Can't stop a hero from being a hero," Yang wistfully mused. The heiress simply clapped her palm to her forehead, groaning.

"Dust help me with these dunces," she uttered. "At this point, there's going to be something far worse than this and they're going to be stumbling around in the dark like a pair of idiots. They're reaching Jaune levels. Jaune."

Ruby frowned. "Hey, Jaune's not that bad…..or that strong."

"It took him three years being trained by the best Huntress in two Kingdoms to get anywhere close to being good. Also took him three years to admit he liked her back, too. I'd say these jokers are barely better-" Weiss grumbled. "Of course. OF COURSE you reject him because HIS STAR SIGN IS INCOMPATIBLE WITH YOURS! Please, please tell me this dolt of a patissier doesn't get a Driver, I think I might just jump out the dorm window if he does."
"Nope, the dolts from Team Red Hot do!" Ruby said, as if this would placate her lover. The heiress groaned once more.

"Perfect. Like, someone just give Mai the belt already, she's clearly better qualified to-OH ARE YOU KIDDING ME THAT IDIOT BAKER GOT THE BELT!?" The heiress cried in surprise. "What, did he-oh, of course. He did literally beat it out of them. Why am I surprised? The man's built like a brick! And ex-military!"

"Explains a lot, he's handing those two their backsides," Yang mused. "Guess we might have a competitor for most kick-ass Armored Rider."
"I'd call you on cursing, but at this point, I think it's just a moot point," the heiress calmly remarked, shaking her head.

Episode 7

"Oh, of course, brag about beating a bunch of kids as an ex-military glorified house baker," Weiss muttered. "Art my backside, even you shouldn't screw with things like these! Especially considering you use them on kids!"

"He's got strange standards, that guy," Yang pointed out. "Seriously."

Weiss rubbed the back of her head. "Oh, so, now we get all of the goons working on this; Micchy's brother, the man who looks like a drug dealer and this weird DJ who is somehow also linked to this whole conspiracy. Well, this ought to be interesting-oh, wow. Of course. Beat up a kid and then give him back the thing so you can beat him up again! How strong of you, Mister Ex-Military Muscleman!"

Ruby frowned slightly. "Eh….I think he's a….little weird. He's not that bad, right?"

"THE IDIOT DROPPED THE LOCKSEEDS!" Weiss roared. "What are you doing?! Great, now one of those Inves things might eat the Lockseed and get stronger! Buffoon…"

Yang whistled, giggling as Suika Arms was used for the first time. "Well, I guess you did call it, huh?"
"ARE YOU KIDDING?! THEY ACTUALLY DID THAT?!" The heiress shrieked, before restoring herself to calmness by breathing in deeply, in and out. "Are you telling me….they actually. Made. A. Watermelon. Robot. Lockseed. I'm….I'm lost for words."
Weiss hung her head in defeat. "I'm lost. I'm honestly lost. This….this show has no shame. Absolutely none. Who did you say made this?"
"The same guy who made Puella Magi Madoka Magica!" Ruby cheerfully reminded her. Weiss' brow furrowed and her face seemed even more despairing.

"…..he's lost it. Completely. FRUIT! SAMURAI! WHAT IS THIS?! AND NOW THAT IDIOT BAKER IS RUNNING AWAY!"

Yang snorted, whispering over to her sister. "Worth it."

"You always like pissing off Weiss," Ruby chided her older sister, frowning. "Didn't you guys go over this ages ago?"
"Hey, I'm not the one who chose to take the bet. Weiss could've walked away, I pointed out as much," the brawler sighed, but shook her head anyway. "Yeah, you're right. Still, she's really getting into this."

"…..true," the reaper smiled. "I suppose there's that."

Episode 8

"Oh, good job, Mai!" Weiss grumbled. "Why. Why in the name of Dust would you venture into one of those entrances without Kouta?! Are you trying to get yourself killed?! Yuya's probably dead anyway! Kouta's probably wearing his belt!"

Yang cringed slightly, being reminded of her own past. "Yeah…..yeah, true, true. Hey, at least Kaito's there, right?"
"Yes, the guy who also beat the stuffing out of Kouta at least twice and is completely obsessed with power," the heiress retorted. "I feel reassured of her safety already."

Ruby's silver eyes blinked, as she looked surprised. "Awww…..poor Kaito. He's been screwed over by Yggdrasil really badly. That explains a little….."

"Yes, beating people up over a dance stage is totally explicable by a tragic backstory!" Weiss hissed. "Oh, wonderful. So both brothers are manipulative and probably evil. Great."

"Hey, I'd totally go for one of those motorcycles Kouta was using if my own one wasn't so good," Yang mused. "Maybe Micchy wants one of those."

"How do you even knock yourself out like that in armor like that?!" Weiss cried exasperatedly, gesturing at the screen. "Seriously? Well, I suppose we've been through this already. Anyway-oh, well, I should've seen this one coming too. An Inves their normal weapons couldn't dent."

"Eh…..the Mango Punisher," Yang tilted her hand. "Eh. I think it's not the best weapon they designed. That and the Kiwi Gekirin."
"How do you even know the name of these weapons?" Weiss blinked. The brawler shrugged casually.

"It's all there in the manual. Well, all there in the wiki." Yang reminded her. "Come on, Weiss. Do your homework."

"Oh boy. Portals are opening to this Helheim place all on their own," Weiss remarked. "Well, seems Kouta and Micchy have their work cut out for them, especially with that Bravo idiot going around and beating up the only people who can kill Inves!"

Episode 9

Weiss was almost impressed. "Wow. It's getting this bad this early. It looks as if I may yet be impressed. So none of the idiots want to help fight the Inves. Even though they've been using the things to kill each other!"

Yang shrugged. "Well, what can you do when you give teens that kinda power, hm?"
"We were teens when we became Huntresses and we still were more responsible than these idiots!" The white-haired girl rejected her conclusion. "They're playing around with literal forces of eldritch capability and they're treating them like toys!"

"We had better responsibility than this! Even you did! Even Jaune did!"

Ruby blinked. "Huh. That's….that's actually pretty clever, tracking the thing. Aaaand….well, I think it finally hit Micchy who his brother is."
"I'm actually surprised that Takatora hasn't figured out his brother is playing him, to be quite honest," Weiss muttered. "And….oh. Well, at least the civilians don't look like complete morons. Of course, now Yggdrasil is your typical evil company who wants to cover everything up now. Great."

"Well, I mean, if you told me that there was an evil dimension of fruit-eating abominations who want to kill us," Yang admitted, shrugging. "I'd either say you were stupid or I'd panic and send all my family out of the city. Zawame's even worse than Vale; at least we know the Grimm are around, they don't even know the Inves are appearing out of nowhere!"

Ruby nodded. "Yeah. It's….it's not an ideal situation. Especially considering the only people in the whole city who can fight the Inves are all, with one exception, trying to kill each other."

"Exactly!" Weiss snapped. "What are these idiots doing?! Can we just, you know, all work together? Dust help me. Are we watching this whole series? It's forty episodes!"
Yang nodded. "Yep. We're watching it all. And I'm not leaving until I get my twenty Lien."
Weiss rolled her eyes. "Please."
"You've been snapping at the series the whole time, which usually means you like it, hm?" The brawler teased her. The heiress huffed.

"Tch. On your life, Xiao Long. On your life I'm losing this bet."

END

EPISODE COUNT: 9/47

A/N: Yeah, there's 47 episodes. I'm skipping Episode 30 because it's only the Kikaider REBOOT Promotional Episode, and therefore irrelevant to Gaim's storyline (having already watched it). Normally, this would be where I do 10 episodes, but I feel that having 10 and 11, as they are a two-parter, at the beginning of the next chapter made more sense. However, I've tried my best to get this out, and I think I should be less troubled with work for a while, and next time, we'll be heading up to episode 21, hopefully!

Anyway, onto the PSA. I hear that there's been some concerns with people posting reviews saying that reaction stories, which have grown pretty common in the time I've been around in the RWBY archive, are against the rules. I've also had some people tell me that they're concerned that people may come to me to convince me to shut down Weiss Reacts.

Now, that is technically true; it is against site rules to use a specific kind of story, called the MST genre, to react to a story. For those of you guys unaware of the rules, MST stands for Mystery Science Theatre, which was a really popular show about criticising really bad films. In the lingo of this website, the genre indicates stories that use dialogue from the original story or show interlaced with dialogue of the reacting characters. Now, this genre was banned for several reasons, including that the people who were reacted to in this matter were both having this done to them without their permission, and people were often insulting them personally instead of providing criticism to their stories.

I am here to assuage fears that I am in violation of these rules. I'm not violating that rule for the simple reason that my content does not follow the same format as MST. The very text of the rule specifically says that "comments inserted in between the flow of a copied story" is banned; anyone who has read the Reactsverse for a decent amount of time can figure out that my stories are not like that.

If you didn't read all of that, here's a rundown; My content is not in violation of site rules, so if anyone does post a review telling people my fics are against site rules, feel free to pap them on the back of the head.

Anyway, so, I hope you enjoyed that, leave your ideas, comments, criticisms, suggestions, thoughts and reviews, and I hope you have a GREAT day! Until next time!