Welcome back folks. Now, we enter into the forest, so prepare for a battle! Hopefully I managed to make this exciting enough; I really wanted to show off just the extent of the powers Umber has available to him as Decade in this chapter. Considering you can choose any kamen rider to work with in a battle, it offers a lot of variety in choreography. Anyway, let's go!

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Umber: Cooking? Never really got interested in the act myself.

Harry: Deep within the forest, an evil dwells... I don't lie dark forests very much.

Umber: Don't worry, the place ain't dark! Just the right thing for letting loose if you ask me!

Harry: I think I'll stick with the cooking thanks...

U + H: Here we go! With a magic touch!

"For years, you have all trained to your best in order to become official huntsmen. Today, that effort will be put to the test within the Emerald forest." Ozpin stated to the gathered students. Each one of them were positioned upon a silver square set into the Cliffside, Umber already brimming with excitement the moment he stepped on. This was what he preferred – letting loose, making friends and culling a few Grimm while he was at it.

"Now, I'm sure many of you have heard rumours about the assignment of teams. Well, allow us to put an end to your confusion: each of you will be given your teammates… today." Glynda followed up. When Umber had first attempted the test, there had been all sorts of stories and wild tales, ranging from all out brawls to the teachers deciding who would work best to simply throwing darts at pictures and hiding the truth; the way that was actually utilised was perhaps just as stupid, but simple. "The teammates you receive this day shall remain by your side for the entirety of your time at Beacon. It is in your best interest to ensure that you are placed with someone whom you may cooperate well with and support."

"Of course, with that all being said, the one who you first make eye contact with after you have landed will be your partner for the next four years." Ozpin's statement clearly wasn't taken as well by some people; Umber didn't even need to strain his ears to hear Ruby practically shattering at the inability to personally select your partner. It was basically a huge risk that chanced the potential of people completely incompatible being paired up, but it seemed to have functioned perfectly fine up to this point. "After you've found your partner, your next objective will be to make your way up towards the northern end of the Emerald forest. There will no doubt be opposition and if you ever hesitate to destroy whatever comes across your path, your journey will end there. Naturally, we'll be keeping a constant monitor on you and grades will be awarded accordingly – no instructors will intervene at all. An ancient relic will be found in a temple towards the north; as soon as a pair has chosen one, return to the cliff immediately. If there are no questions, we may begin."

Umber tuned out the talk beside him, already placing the Decadriver at his waist and feeling the belt form around him. This would be easy, especially considering he had already done it before. If he really wanted to, the Kamen rider could just fly all the way to the abandoned temple right from the start and be back before Ozpin finished his cup.

KAMEN RIDE!

"Well, here we go! Henshin!"

DECADE!

And then Umber was flying through the air, silhouettes following his every move until they converged upon his body and the Decade armour was formed. Still, that didn't mean he had any sort of landing strategy he could use in that form; well, he could if Umber really wanted to get desperate, but what was the point of being graded on an entrance exam if you didn't show off a little bit? That was why another card slipped its way into the green haired boy's hands, quickly flipped and taking its place within the Decadriver.

KAMEN RIDE: SKYRIDER!

And then suddenly it wasn't Decade in the air, for a largely green insect like suit formed with a red chest and arms, the gloves and boots being black while green compound eyes suddenly became wine coloured. Thrusting his arms forth, the new locust-like Kamen rider easily glided through the air with the skills of a bird, easily surpassing those who were merely using the propulsion of their own weapons to advance forward or indeed, simply falling helplessly through the air like that Jaune fellow was doing. His pathway quickly had to be altered however, for the sound of a spear shooting in his direction was all the warning he was allowed before the crimson weapon flew mere inches away from him, helping the poor blond properly land… somewhat. If you counted being pinned to a tree relatively close to the ground as 'landing'.

Almost as soon as Umber decided to land, he was met by a bestial growling, turning around to be met with a series of gorilla like creatures, towering over the boy at almost twice his height, red eyes all glaring down upon his form.

"Beringels huh? Don't remember seeing them here, they always appear at the edge of Vale rather than in these sorts of places." The moment Umber finished his remark, an arm was raised to defend himself from the rapid punch that came from one of the beasts, its war cry more than enough to spark the attention of the others. With the power of flight, raising him onto one of the nearby tree branches, Umber kicked downward, the Beringel trying to climb up suddenly receiving a foot to its face and falling back down to the ground. It didn't do much for long however, a tut escaping the Kamen rider. "Of course, super strong and super dextrous… Skyrider doesn't actually have a weapon I could use either."

With another dive having Umber tackling one of the beasts head on, the armoured boy let out a cry as he repeatedly smashed his fists against the Grimm's face, both moving backwards along the forest floor until the monstrous gorilla slammed against one of the trees. With a backflip into the air, it was followed up by a dramatic kick that ended up shoving the monster right through the wood. Unfortunately, though it may have taken a second, the Beringel looked completely unfazed by the attack and the others were still just as feisty as ever.

KAMEN RIDE: KIVA!

FORM RIDE: KIVA!

GARURU!

And then suddenly, skyrider turned silver before reforming into a completely different type of armour, blue batwing shaped eyes replacing the previous pair as the wolfen empowered rider charged forth once more. With one arm, shoulder and the chest being the same deep blue as the eyes and wolf-based sword in his hand, Umber let out a howl into the air, his fighting style becoming far more primal and unhinged as he slashed at one of the gorilla Grimm, one Beringal receiving a ferocious cut to the neck. A completely different kind og agility was available to the boy and it clearly showed as he leapt forward, attaching to the head of one of the Grimm and repeatedly slashing the back of the head.

For all the intelligence the Beringals might have had, they were still relatively too young in order to have the massive intellects gifted to the ancient Grimm and thus were completely unsure of how to deal with Umber attached to them and relentlessly carving away at them. The first response was to repeatedly try to slam their backs against the surrounding trees, but Kiva's jumping ability meant it was easy for Umber to leap to another Beringal before the attack even landed, causing more damage to themselves than anything else. Holding the Garulu sabre forth; an ear piercing shriek filled the air, only serving to further confuse and disorient the monsters before Umber's master plan was put into action. One of them, foolish enough as they were in their messed up mind state, decided it would just be easier to attack the rider while he was hanging onto to another Beringal.

That would be their worst decision.

Umber jumped off at the last second, leaving the first Beringal perfectly susceptible to the other's attack, the gorilla hitting his friend at full power. Of course, that naturally earned the ire of the first and they were soon getting into a full on fight, whatever stray attacks managing to clip the other Beringals surrounding until it was essentially a free for all with Umber safely at the side lines.

"Well, might as well end it here and now." The boy mused, flipping the card freely in his hand before opening up the driver, letting the Garuru card disappear into particles of light before sliding in the golden replacement, picking up the Garuru sabre and throwing it into his helmet's waiting open mouth as soon as the handles came together.

FINAL ATTACK RIDE: K-K-K-KIVA!

The sky suddenly darkened, a perfect full moon revealing itself in the sky despite the fact that Remnant's moon was normally shattered, Umber preparing his attack. The Grimm continued to fight one another regardless of their surroundings changing, only pausing slightly when they heard Umber approaching them with a wild roar. By then however, it was too late, blue energy already coating the sword in the rider's mouth as it slashed forth in a wide arc, cutting all of them down with their armour broken and dented by each other's attacks. Carefully pulling the blade out of his mouth, Umber gave a small tut at the sight of the dissolving Grimm.

"If you want something done, let them do it themselves." The boy declared, already replacing the card in his driver. "Might as well head over to the temple, there's bound to be a couple of people there."

KAMEN RIDE: GHOST!

LET'S GO! KAKUGO! G-G-G-GHOST!

The vampiric armour quickly became shrouded in dark shadow, orange outlines appearing all over Umber's form until they were replaced by a pure black suit of armour, the orange lines highlighting various areas of the suit as an orange lined black hoody settled upon Umber's body. With that in place, the helmet suddenly gained a face of orange blank eyes looking to the sky as a silver horn appeared. In a second, the ghost had disappeared, leaving only a rapidly clearing sky and a shattered moon.

"I can't take it anymore! Can't everyone just chill out for two seconds before something crazy happens again!?" Yang roared with blazing hair and red eyes, deep breaths as she looked to the gathered ensemble around her. that was when a black mist began to form on the ground around them, the examinees immediately preparing to draw their weapons as a figure suddenly phased through the floor, pulling down the hood covering his helmet with a small wave. "W-what the hell!?"

"Sorry about that, got a little caught up in a fight."

"Umber, is that you?" Ruby was the first to call out, only for the sound of yelling from above to draw their attention over to the falling Weiss, her body plummeting towards the ground until Jaune suddenly appeared beneath her with the most heroic line on his lips… before he promptly realised they were both still suspended in the air and they promptly dropped down to the ground, Weiss' fall cushioned by Jaune's back. Then another redheaded girl just so happened to be thrown in their direction and quite a few of the examinees had been gathered, complete with a Deathstalker on their tail. Ah, maybe that last part wasn't so good. And there was also a Nevermore in the air right above them. Perfect. "Oh, of course it is! Now let's go!"

But Ruby seemed to have forgotten just how strong the armour Grimm wore could be, bouncing off the Deathstalker like nothing more than a fly no matter how fast she shot towards it. Before anyone could move to save her however, a caw from above signalled a barrage of black feathers shooting into the ground, a veritable wall forming that just so happened to pierce Ruby's cape and prevent her from moving out of the range of the scorpion Grimm's stinger range. As it reared back, Ruby closed her eyes; there was no way to escape her fate.

"You are so incredibly childish. And dim-witted. And hyperactive, to name just a few things." The sound of cracking ice caused the girl to open her eyes and come face to face with the stinger that just so tried to eliminate her moments before, Weiss stood protectively over her with her rapier planted firmly into the ground. "And I suppose I too can be a bit… overbearing. However, we no longer have any choice but to work together, so if you quit trying to show off in front of everyone, I'll be… nicer."

"I'm not trying to show off. I just want you to know I can do this."

FINAL ATTACK RIDE: G-G-G-GHOST!

"It's good to see you getting along and all, but we still have a little Grimm problem here!" Umber pointed out as an ethereal symbol formed behind him, the rider rising into the air as orange energy gathered at his foot. "You guys, whoever doesn't have a relic, grab one and run in the opposite direction, now!"

"But what about you?!"

"I'll be fine Ruby! After all… I'm a passing through kamen rider. Remember that." and then Umber shot forward in a kick, leaving a bright orange trail behind him. The Deathstalker managed to successfully pull out its stinger from the ice cage that had been holding it back, only to receive the attack directly to its face, pushing the Grimm back. It gave Umber a few more seconds to fly towards the others in the group, the Never more still right behind them while the Deathstalker would only remain dazed for so long.

Their escape eventually wed them onto a stone bridge, something that the Nevermore was more than happy to take advantage of. While Umber pulled out both the ridebooker and the gan-gun sabre in order to shoot at the Deathstalker alongside Pyrrha, Blake's rapid slashes and Ren's dual SMGs, the others were trying to make sure they weren't getting carved as the giant bird rammed directly into the stone, the bridge shattering beneath its talons like nothing.

Umber looked behind him just as the sound of the bridge shattering more was heard, his floating form moving to the side in order to avoid a grenade propelled Nora and Jaune launching themselves towards the Deathstalker. That small amount of amazement soon turned to concern as soon as he saw the true casualty of such an attack; Blake had been knocked off and if he didn't act soon, Nora would be responsible for a death she wasn't ready to pay for.

The girl's first response was to throw Gambol shroud into the stone; with its razor edge and attached rope, it would be easy to swing back around again. That was what she planned to do until a pair of hands suddenly wrapped around her, the armoured form of Umber giving a small greeting as he flew them around, throwing her directly towards the beak of the Nevermore. Well, she wasn't going to be reduced to mere food, so the sheathe of Gambol Shroud was immediately in her other hand, both blades slashing as she ran across its back to her partner.

"Guys… work on a plan. I'll distract it." Umber declared, receiving nods in the distance as the rider floated down limply into the foggy area below. At first, it seemed like nothing could possibly happen, the girls forced to fire all they had at the Nevermore and still doing nothing. But then a shrill buzzing filled the air as the Nevermore shattered the structure they were standing on, everyone taking a break on their new ground to gaze upon the magnificent sight before them.

KAMEN RIDE: J!

And then it broke through the fog; a dark green kamen rider rose from the ground deep below, towering over even the mountains that surrounded the area. The Nevermore, no bigger than his palm, soon found its tail feathers within the rider's grasp, a firm swing sending it flying into the side of one of said mountains before another swing chucked the Grimm into another one, a toss into the air allowing the bird to fall and be squashed when Umber clapped his hands around it.

"Weiss, Umber, over here!" Ruby called out, Umber turning from where he was holding the bird still for Blake and Yang to shoot at to see the spot that Ruby was running towards. Almost immediately, the two girls began to move into action, changing from firing to throwing Blake's weapon around a pair of pillars to form the perfect sling, Ruby jumping onto it with Weiss aiming the whole thing with one of her glyphs.

FINAL ATTACK RIDE: J-J-J-J!

"Rider punch!" and with a mighty yell that shook the earth, Umber tossed up the nevermore and punched it as hard as he could, directly towards where Ruby had been aimed at the base of the mountain. As soon as the sling was released, the red scythe wielder was a blur, the curve of Crescent Rose catching the Nevermore mid-flight until they collided with the mountain, more glyphs appearing to allow Ruby to ascend the side.

With each consecutive shot from the sniper aspect of Crescent Rose, the girl's speed increased more and more before she was running at full pelt towards the top. It meant she missed when Umber leapt up from his position within the canyon, shrinking slightly in order to fit on the top of the mountain. Reaching a hand out just as Ruby reached the top, the Nevermore was clutched within an iron grip, unable to move at all. Of course, that was a problem when you had a girl who was lifting you by the neck using a bullet propelled scythe and so, with one final pull of the trigger and with Umber pushing down with all his might, the Nevermore lost its head, the body becoming mush beneath Umber's fingers.

"…We did it! We beat them both!" Yang cheered, holding her hand out for Blake to high-five with small smirk on her face. "Woo, go Ruby! You go sis!"

"So are we not going to comment on how Umber's just casually able to do the things he's shown?" Weiss tried to point out, but it was no use. As Umber rose to his feet and full size in the J armour, his words boomed through the air, even managing to make it all the way to the other end of the forest.

"Even if there is no God, or Buddha, there will always be the power of Kamen riders!"

And that's it for now. Like I said hopefully that did well to show off just how much power that Umber holds in his hands. That kind of power comes with a lot of responsibility, doesn't it? Please, review and tell me what you think!

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