AN: Hi! So, I've been reading some fanfiction, and I've decided, I'm gonna do something I don't usually do! TADA! Also. This is not an SI. Not fully anyway. I'm much less fit and healthy in real life. This is like, a much more idealised version of myself. ALSO! The name is not my name! It's a combo of a few different names. Also! I've watched up to a few episodes of Volume 4 in real life. This version of me however, has only watched the first few episodes, and RWBY Chibi. Mostly Chibi. If you have any questions or ideas for where to go with this, then leave a review! Please make sure to be constructive if you can. If not, it's fine. But I would much prefer constructive reviews that are helpful!
"You think he'll be okay…?"
"Trust me. It'll all work out… They'll be safe thanks to him…"
"I just hope you're right…"
"Now then, let's go, we can't let him know just yet…"
I opened my eyes groggily, sitting up slowly and resting my hand on the cold dirt below… Wait. Dirt?! Taking another look, I stood up, finding myself in a forest… Snow was all around me. I stood up quickly, trying to figure out just where I was… "Okay… This doesn't look like anywhere I'm familiar with…" I muttered, searching through my pockets for my phone… Aaaaaand it wasn't there… Great… Frowning, I rummaged more, feeling something brushing against my fingers… Getting a better grip and pulling it out, I examined it… It looked like some sort of bulky belt buckle, a clear screen on the front, with a small latch on one side of it and two buttons on the top, one black and the other white, directly above the screen… No. No way… "Is this…?" I muttered to myself in excitement, before I gave a grin. "This is a driver isn't it!" I exclaimed, before I pressed it against my waist. Just as I has expected, the Driver, for that's what it was, attached to my waist with a belt strap appearing to hold it on.
"Aura Driver!" The Driver announced. Okay. This was officially awesome. Sure, I was lost in a snowy forest with no way to find my way home, but I had a driver! Always gotta look at the positive side of things!
"Alright… Got a driver… Now back to finding a way home…" I decided, looking up at the sky to see if I could find any landmarks… "Wait. WAITWAITWAIT!" I shouted, seeing the Shattered moon in the sky! "The moon… Then that means…" I spun around, noticing a small red box in the snow… It didn't have any markings on it at all… I picked it up, and examined it… "This is still warm… Then… This is Ruby's ammo box from the trailer… Red must have just happened… I'm in RWBY…" I realised, glancing around in worry…
I heard a growl from behind me, and spun around, finding a large pack of large black bears and wolves, both with bone like armouring over their bodies along with red markings… "Grimm… Damnit. Must have sensed my panicking… Or heard the yelling…" I muttered to myself. "Ruby won't be anywhere nearby at this point… Let's hope I can transform with this thing… Don't have any trinkets…" I whispered, pressing the white button on the top, causing music to play, the Grimm looking at me in slight confusion. "HENSHIN!" I shouted, pressing the black button.
"Soul form!" The Driver announced, sounding sorta like the Den-O driver now that I think about it… "Tamashī no chikara! Ōra no pawā!" The Driver called out, as I transformed…
My comparison to the Den-O driver was actually more accurate then I'd expected! I was wearing a grey suit that looked a lot more defensive than Den-O's Plat form. Somehow, I knew exactly what I looked like all over… It's hard to describe, but it's like how in TV shows, they'll show dynamic angles of the Rider's suit from all sides, and I can see them in my head… My body was covered in armoured plates, which I'm guessing are because my suits pretty plain… The Driver now has a box attached to it, which I can tell is empty at the moment. The Ammo Box I had picked up earlier was gone, and on my left arm one of the shoulders armour plates was a soft whitish colour, so I guess the box is in there? Oh well! My helmet was a simple grey disk. Sorta like if the Faiz Visor was a full disk in a way, but also like a compact astronaut helmet with a tinted visor if that makes any sense. The best way I can describe it is, it's like an astronaut helmet, but small and the visor is black. And oddly enough… I don't have anything to show where my mouth was like lots of modern riders do. Interesting… I mean really, most at least have something to show where the chin ends, but mine doesn't…
"This is where I'd put a witty catchphrase." I snarked to myself, before I adopted a fighting position. I'm not a professional fighter by any means. I don't even take boxing or martial arts lessons. I'm just bulky, and good at punching hard.
The Grimm began to recover from the light that had appeared when I transformed, and a Beowulf, sorta like a werewolf, ran at me, intent on killing me.
I punched as hard as I could, and my eyes widened under my helmet as the Grimm was sent flying into chunks, hitting other Grimm and knocking them back a bit. "Whoa… Wasn't expecting that…" I muttered to myself, noting that the other Grimm seemed surprised as well, before they all charged me, intent on avenging their fallen comrade! Well, I assume that's what they planned. It's not like Grimm can talk or anything. "Welp, you asked for it!" I told them, before I ran at them, punching and kicking them as much as I could, my eyes wide with excitement as I defeated all of them… Finally, I had defeated them all, and was trying to figure out how to change back… "Let's see… I pressed white then black… So maybe…" I pressed the black button, causing the music from before to play in reverse. I then pushed the white button, and found my rider form vanish, the Ammo box appearing in my hand again. "Okay. White and Black to transform. Black and white to change back." I muttered to myself, putting the Ammo Box into a pocket and walking off to find somewhere warmer… I was only wearing a t-shirt and joggers after all, with the clothes you'd obviously wear as well, like underwear and socks and shoes and stuff…. And by Joggers, I think Americans call them… Sweatpants or something? Whatever. I'm gonna get cold if I don't find somewhere warm! Brits can get cold as well you know! We don't just drink tea all day!
Elsewhere…
A figure, probably male, observed the young man, watching him wander off into the cold forest… "Soon… Soon, they will all be safe…" The figure told another figure, who seemed female…
"I hope you're right… If he fails… We'll have ruined a family for nothing…" The woman whispered to herself, hoping dearly that their plan would succeed.
Back with our rider!
I kept walking, leaving behind the snow and reaching trees with leaves! "Finally, maybe I can find people!" I said to myself with a grin. "Now let's see… Soul form… If I'm in RWBY… Then Victory is in a simple Soul… Kamen Rider Soul? Yeah, that works!" I grinned to myself, before realising I hadn't used a finisher. Rambling to myself about things was just my way of keeping my mind focused on something. "Oh no… There's only two buttons… Maybe I have to press one of them multiple times? I can test it later… Catchphrases! Let's see… Hmm… Before or after…? Before could be… Uh… I'll show you the power of a simple soul! After transforming… Hmm… Victory is in my soul? Nah… I'll work on an after Henshin catchphrase I guess." I decided, continuing to walk… And walk… Aaaaaand walk… "I wonder why I don't have any weapons… If my Driver is like Den-O, then that means I'll get possessed… Hope not… This is my body… Nobody else is allowed to touch it!" I said out loud. "Huh. I've been talking to myself a lot lately… Well, I am a Rider, and that means I talk a lot! Must just be a rider thing!" I decided.
"I can't believe you just left it out in the snow like that! Now we've got to go all the way back just to get it!" A voice said from nearby, it was a girl… And it sounded familiar to me…
"I know! Look, I was fighting Grimm and I needed to use Gravity dust so I ejected the box and swapped it out and then I kinda just forgot about it okay?!" A younger voice explained, speaking quickly… It was another girl, also familiar…
"Yeah well we still have to fetch it." The first voice told the younger one…
"I know Yang… I just forgot okay?" The young voice tried to explain.
"I know Ruby, I know…" The first girl, Yang, told the other girl, Ruby. I knew it…
Before I could do anything, the two girls emerged from between some heavy trees, noticing me instantly. I guess I was sort of suspicious looking, wearing the Aura Driver, with the Ammo Box in my pocket… Probably should find a way to return that actually…
"Who are you?" Ruby asked me confused, looking at me, probably trying to find a weapon. Looking at her, she looked practically identical to the show, with the only changes being obviously, her being real and not having the glitches that came from being made in what I can only assume was MMD…
"I'm lost. Nice to meet you." I sassed, stupid stupid! Why did I do that?!
Yang snorted, giving me a grin and sticking her hand out. "Hi Lost! Names Yang!" She introduced herself. She was pretty much identical as well, obvious differences aside.
I grinned at her and shook her hand. "In all Seriousness, my names Alfie, Alfie… One second. I seem to have forgotten my last name." I realised, trying desperately to remember it... I could remember it, but at the same time I couldn't… It was like I knew it subconsciously, but my conscious mind had forgotten… "I… I don't remember my last name…" I muttered to myself in horror, putting my hands against my head.
"Huh… Weird. Why not give yourself a temporary one? Or, Y'know, just not use one until you remember?" Yang suggested.
I nodded. "Right… Thanks… So, who's little red riding hood over there?" I asked, pointing my head towards Ruby. I had to make it seem like I didn't know who they all were… It would just be creepy otherwise.
"I-I'm Ruby! Ruby Rose! This is my sister Yang but obviously you already know that haha sorry I like your belt what's it do why don't you have a weapon?" Ruby said quickly, obviously nervous.
I took a moment to figure out what she'd said before responding. "Nice to meet you Ruby. I'm going to assume you and Yang are… Half-siblings?" I said in a semi-questioning way. Wow, I'm good at pretending! I got a nod from Yang. "You look a little similar but not enough to be sisters, so I figured half-sisters. My belt is something I haven't figured out yet but I think I'll learn in time, and I don't have a weapon." I told her, rubbing the back of my head nervously…
"What?! How can you not have a weapon?!" Ruby exclaimed in shock, making me rub my ears with a wince… Needed to buy headphones at some point, once I find a way to get some money…
"I don't even know where I am… It's like I'm in another world or something…" This is what I get when I only watch a few episodes… I don't know enough about the show… But then again, I never expected to end up in the world of a show!
"Really? Weird! What are you doing in the forest anyway?" Yang asked curiously.
"I woke up in the snowy bit and got attacked by Grimm." I said bluntly, before remembering the Ammo Box belonged to Ruby! "Oh! I also found this!" I exclaimed, grabbing the Ammo Box from my pocket, holding it up like it was a glorious Trophy!
"Hey! That's the Ammo box you dropped Rubes!" Yang noted, with Ruby nodding to herself.
"Let me see it?" Ruby asked me, prompting me to Drop it into her hands. "Okay… It's empty… The shells are probably already gone by now… They degrade pretty fast after being fired. You want to keep this?" She asked me.
"Well… Yeah…" I admitted with a sheepish grin.
"Here you go!" Ruby said with a grin, giving it back.
"Heh… Thanks." I thanked her, putting it back in my pocket. "So… Do you know where the closest town is?" I asked hopefully.
"That's a long way away. Closest city is on Vale… We're on Patch at the moment. Different islands… Sorry." Yang told me.
I sighed. "Great… Welp. Better go find a cave or something to sleep in for an undetermined amount of time…" I muttered to myself.
"You could stay with us!" Ruby suggested out of nowhere.
"Uh… You sure? Won't your parents be worried about letting a stranger stay with you?" I asked in genuine confusion.
"Ruby's moms… Dead…"
"You mean our mom." Ruby corrected Yang.
"Right… Our mom… We live with our dad. He should be fine with it, as long as you don't do anything dumb or attack us." Yang explained.
"Oh! I uh… Sorry… I didn't realise…" I apologised, sheepish and ashamed of myself for bringing up what I was fairly sure was a sensitive topic.
"It's fine! Come on! The house is this way." Yang told me, as she turned around and started walking off. I followed her, with Ruby next to me asking questions about the Driver, giving vague answers in return while I tried to figure out what it could do.
Ten minutes later
Finally, we arrived at a house, which seemed to be a two floor log cabin. Just from the outside alone, it looked pretty homely. Yang headed inside, Ruby and I following her in. I closed the door behind me of course, like a helpful person should.
"Ruby? Yang? Shouldn't you be fetching that Ammo Box?" A voice asked, as a man came in from the kitchen. He was definitely Yang's dad, especially with his blond hair and bluish lilac looking eyes. "And who's this?" He added, noticing me. His voice had turned a little bit colder, more protective… Which made sense! He didn't know who I was, and Ruby and Yang hadn't told him!
"I'm Alfie, sir. I don't remember my last name at the moment so I'm sorry for not saying it. I… I don't know where I am or how I got here, and Ruby and Yang offered to let me stay here for a little while, if that's okay with you. Of course, if you are okay with it, then I'll make sure to help out wherever I can." I said, talking quickly as I do when I'm nervous.
The man nodded to himself. "I'm Taiyang. Call me Tai if you like. You can stay in the guest room until Yang goes to beacon, but after that, you'll have to try and find your own place to stay. You got that?" Taiyang told me.
I nodded, knowing that that would be the best I could get. "Thank you sir." I thanked him.
Taiyang sighed. "Call me Tai, please. Sir makes me feel old." He requested.
"But you are old." I said without thinking, and then promptly covered my mouth, eyes widening in panic.
Taiyang stared at me for a moment, and then snorted, grinning at me. "That's true. Alright. I can tell you're a good kid, come on, I'll see if I can find any spare clothes for you." He told me, heading upstairs. I followed him up to his bedroom, where he started going through some boxes looking for clothes. "How old are you exactly?" He asked me, looking at me. "Sixteen?" He guessed.
"Actually, I'm fifteen." I corrected sheepishly. I wasn't sure how tall I was, but last I'd checked I was 5 foot nine, and people usually mistook me as older than I was.
"Huh. Really? Could have fooled me, especially with the beard." Taiyang muttered to himself.
"Yeah… I've always been tall for my age, and the beard just adds to it…" I explained with a sheepish shrug.
Taiyang nodded to himself, pulling out some clothes that I wouldn't want to be caught dead in. "Will these do?" He asked me.
"Well… Most of it will… Just not the T-shirt…" I told him nervously. He looked at it and nodded, pulling out a different one. "That one's fine." I decided.
"Alright. Let me go put those in the guest bedroom. You know how to cook?" He asked me as he carried them to a plain looking bedroom.
"A little, but I'm better at baking. Y'know, cookies… Cupcakes… Muffins… Muffins are my favourite thing to bake." I told him.
"Mind lending me a hand with making dinner then?" He asked, getting a nod from me in agreement. "Thanks." He thanked ahead of time, giving a smile…
Few days later
I looked at Taiyang as we stood in the back garden. Taiyang had noticed me transforming while Ruby and Yang were at school, and had decided to help me train a little bit. After that, we'd work on making a weapon for me to use outside of transforming, since I wasn't too strong on my own.
"Alright. Just hit me as hard as you can." Taiyang told me. I was untransformed at the moment, since we wanted to improve my skills on my own. I nodded, and swung my left fist at him as hard as I could. I hit him in the gut, and caused him to stumble back a single step. "Alright. Good hit… You're mostly close ranged, so your weapon would have to be capable of all ranges I'd say. That way you can use your fists, but also be able to fight from a distance in cause you can't get in close." He decided, getting to work on planning my weapon. I think he just didn't want me to hit him again…
I nodded anyway, letting him plan. In the meantime, I was gonna make some more muffins!
Guest room…
Unnoticed by anyone… The Ammo Box, which sat on the bedside desk, start to glow a faint red… With red and white petals floating out of it…