AN: Hi! I'm gonna see how many chapters of this I can do before I burn up all of my creative juice!
It had been a few days since Taiyang decided he didn't want to get punched by me, and we had been working on a weapon that I could use… Unfortunately, it seemed like everything I tried would just fail… We even tried Crescent Rose, just to see if I needed something complex! It felt close, but then I sent myself flying out of the window when my fingers brushed against the trigger… So yeah, weapons were getting put on hold for a while! From what I could guess, we still had a few more weeks until Beacon would start, meaning Ruby would get invited to beacon in a few weeks… And then I'd be forced to find a new place to stay… I guess I could try and get into beacon with Ruby? But then I wouldn't have any teammates… I'm sure I'll come up with something!
"Hey Dad, I'm gonna go get some new parts for my bike, alright?" Yang called out as she went into the garage for her motorbike, Bumblebee…
"Alright, be back before it gets Dark!" Taiyang told her, getting a nod in return.
Having an idea, I walked over to Yang. "Hey, Yang? Mind if I tag along for a bit? I wanna go take a look around the forest, see if I left anything in the snow." I requested, hoping she'd be alright with it.
"Sure! You alright with motorbikes?" Yang accepted with a grin.
"Eh… Not too great but I'll be fine. Just start slow if you can. You can go as fast as you like, just start slow." I requested, knowing that if we started slow, I wouldn't freak out…
"Alright! Let's go then!" Yang told me, as we got onto Bumblebee.
Few minutes later
I got off of the bike, since we had reached the forest area. "Thanks. I should be back here soon. Come back here in say… An Hour? If I'm not back before then, look for me, and if you can't find me, panic." I told her, before she rode off… "I should have a bike…" I muttered to myself as I walked into the forest, heading for the snowy area…
Few more minutes later
"Wait. Did I take a wrong turn somewhere?" I wondered, noticing the red leaves… Aaaaand then the train… With Robots laying in pieces… "Black… Blake!" I realised, running towards the train tracks… Oddly, the train wasn't moving… The front… Was gone…
Half an hour ago…
We approached the cliff, watching for the train…
"You ready?" He asked, eyes hidden behind his mask.
"Ready Adam." I responded with a nod. "How about you Blake?" I asked, turning to my other partner, who stood on my other side, giving a nod of agreement.
"Alright then, let's do this." He told us, as the train approached…
We all ran, jumping into the air… Adam and Blake pulled out their blades, using them to support themselves as they hit the roof of the train… We quickly moved ahead a car, finding a hatch that Adam opened, letting us inside…
"Looks like we're gonna be doing this the hard way." Adam noted, as red lasers flickered into being, robots activating with red lights covering them…
"Don't be so dramatic." Blake told him, getting ready to fight…
I reached into my coat, pulling out a small belt buckle… It was shaped like a small wolf skull, with red Grimm markings all over it… I slapped it against my waist, letting the blood red belt strap wrap around me…
"GRIMM DRIVER!" It announced, as Adam smirked, knowing my plans…
"I mean, he's right." I told Blake, who gave a sigh.
"INTRUDERS. IDENTIY YOURSELF." One of the robots announced, preparing to attack us.
I pulled a coin out of my pocket, and flipped it into the air, at the same time opening the mouth of the Driver… Catching the coin out of the air, I slipped it into the mouth, the coin ending up in the eye slot…
"BEO!" The driver announced…
"Henshin." I said, letting the mouth close, a biting sound coming from the driver…
"Tabete, shōhi shi, sorera o subete hakai shite kudasai! Ōkami!" The driver announced, my suit forming around me…
It was mainly black, with the helmet resembling a Beowulf skull, there was a red scarf around my neck, with the bone like armouring that was on Grimm. My arms had gauntlets, which had claws that would spring out on a hinge… My shoes were clawed, each point ending with a grey metal edge…
"Ending you… That is my goal." I announced, before Adam launched his sword at one of the robots, rushing around, catching the sword, and attacking from behind before the robots could react.
The robots all released blades from their arms, and charged at us. Blake dodged an attack, and started to fight, moving in a blur… I did the same, releasing my claws from the storage position and into combat mode.
Adam and Blake fought together as a perfect team, while I stuck around the edges, picking off strays robots, before joining them on the next car…
"Let's do this!" Adam told us, as we nodded, moving fast and taking out every robot we could reach. We then changed cars again, Adam opening a briefcase… "Perfect… Move up to the next car… I'll set the charges…" He told Blake and I… I nodded, getting ready to move, but Blake hesitated…
"What about the crew members?" She asked, making me pause…
"What about them?" Adam repeated, not caring… Until a giant spider robot crawled out of somewhere, ready to attack.
"Adam!" Blake groaned as Adam charged at it without a thought, running after him…
Not looking back, I turned, checking for any crew members in the cars we had already gone through… None.
"We need to get out of here!" Blake shouted, before the two of them were blasted to the next car.
"Idiots…" I ran after them, joining them quickly.
"Buy me some time!" Adam shouted to Blake.
"Are you sure?" Blake asked, worried.
"Do it!"
Blake nodded and rushed the robot, while Adam prepared…
I stayed out of the way, as a large blast shot at Adam, who absorbed it into his sword, sending it back in one swing, destroying the robot… The two of us turned around to see Blake on the next car, standing there…
"Goodbye…" She said, before she cut the connection on the car, causing our side to slow to a halt…
"Blake…" Adam whispered, as I prepared to go after her. "No. She's made her choice… We'll go after her another day. Let's get what we came for, and go." He told me.
"Are you sure? I could catch up to her…" I pointed out.
"I'm sure. We can find her another time." Adam said, confident in his words.
I nodded, removing the coin from the Driver, and closing the mouth, deactivating the transformation… My Panther tail, flicked around in the wind, disheartened by the loss of a comrade…
Back with Alfie
"No… Damnit… I'm too late…" I growled to myself, heading towards a hole, which must have been the one Adam and Blake where blasted through…
"Who are you!" A voice demanded angrily, a red blade held against my throat from behind… Adam…
"W-Whoa! Can we please not draw weapons?! You have a sheath? Could you hold that against my throat just to be safe?" I said quickly. Oddly enough, the next thing I knew, the sheath was on the blade! "Much better… What was it you asked again? I kinda forgot…" I mumbled embarrassed.
"Who are you. Cooperate, and maybe you'll live another day…" Adam growled in my ear.
"My name's Alfie. I can't remember my last name so please don't ask what it is." I said quickly.
"And the belt?" He demanded, as I'd put the driver on while I had been running to the train.
"Oh, uh, that? Nothing much… Here, I'll show you the power of a simple soul!" I said quickly, pressing the white button, causing music to play, and then the black button. "HENSHIN!"
"Soul Form!" The Driver announced as I transformed, Adam's blade dislodged enough for me to escape his hold. "Tamashī no chikara! Ōra no pawā!" It finished, as I spun around, to see Adam standing with someone… I… Who is that? He's not from RWBY… I don't remember it anyway!
"Hmph. One of those… John. Deal with him." Adam ordered, as the person, he looked around my age, maybe a bit younger, with a panther tail, walked forwards.
He flipped a coin into the air, and pushed open the mouth on… I guess a driver… Catching the medal, he slid it into the mouth, and then up into the eye slot… "BEO!" It called out…
"Henshin." He said coolly, letting the mouth close.
"Tabete, shōhi shi, sorera o subete hakai shite kudasai! Ōkami!" The Driver announced as he transformed… Jeez that's scary… Wait.
"Dude! You get a scarf?!" I exclaimed, cutting off whatever he'd been about to say.
"I… Uh… Yeah. It's cool right?" He confirmed, a little startled by my sudden outburst.
"Oh uh… Sorry. Continue with the catchphrase." I told him, realising I'd cut him off.
"Thank you…" He nodded, taking a breath, and taking a fighting pose… "Ending you… That is my goal." He announced, sounding like A TOTAL BADASS!"
"Whoa… Cool." I muttered, completely in awe… Not noticing my driver's screen flash a dark purple for a second… Shaking off my excitement, I took a fighting pose of my own, noticing the claws that… Wait. "Those are just the Tora arms remoulded…" I grumbled, but apparently he heard me, and growled in annoyance.
"They are not! Who are you anyway?!" He demanded, slashing at me with his claws.
"Soul! Kamen Rider Soul!" I announced, doing a backflip. Somehow. "Whoa! How did I do that?!" I exclaimed in shock, my suit flickering a deep purple every few seconds… "Heh…" My mind was flooded with understanding, and my right hand went to the white button. "KAGE HENSHIN!" I called out, pressing the White button Four times, and then slammed down the Black button.
"Shadow Form!" The Driver announced, as my suit started to transform… "Kage kara medatsu! SHADOW FORM!"
My suit started to transform, the armoured parts turning a deep purple, the non-armoured parts turning black… The visor turned violet, and from one of the panels a katana attached to a pistol with a ribbon on it emerged, along with a sheath… "GAMBOL SHROUD" The armour seemed to announce, as I took it in my hands…
"Blake…" Adam muttered in confusion.
John, at least, I think that was his name, cocked his head in confusion. "Fang. Kamen Rider Fang." He introduced himself, before we began to fight each other, exchanging blows between each other, constantly attacking dodging blocking and repeating that pattern, never in the same place for more than a second…
After a while, I accidentally hit the black button, causing the weapon to glow, and for copies of myself to appear around me.
"RIDER SLASH" The Driver announced, as I put the blade to my side…
Fang took the mouth of his Driver, and opened it, then closed it quickly.
"RIDER SLASH" It announced, as his claws began to glow red…
And then... We both slashed each other, blades slicing at our sides… The two of us falling to our knees, transformations failing…
"That… Was a good fight…" John admitted, getting up on shaky knees.
"Yeah…" I agreed, having trouble standing up, being helped up by John. "You got what you needed while I was distracted didn't you?" I asked, realising what had happened, but not too mad about it.
"Yep. Hey, we both know how riders work. Probably won't happen until at least volume three." John said, shocking me.
"Wait. You're?!"
"Yep. You too?"
"You're from the real world like me?!"
"Yep." John confirmed, before Adam passed him, running out the hole with a briefcase. "Well, gotta go now. See you another time!" He told me, before running after Adam.
"See ya!" I called back, waving at his fleeing form. "Now then, better get outta here before I'm arrested." I realised, running out of the hole and heading off my own way. "Really could use a bike right about now…" I grumbled to myself, climbing up the steep cliff the best I could… Hopefully I'd be back soon…
Somewhere…
"Well, two of them have met… Once they all meet… Will they be able to save them?" The woman asked worried."
"Don't worry. They will." The man promised…
Back with Alfie!
I panted as I made it back to the spot I'd promised to meet Yang at… There she was now!
"Hey! You okay? You look tired…" Yang noted.
"Yeah… Didn't… Get to the snow… Got in a fight with someone… Gonna need to think for a while…" I explained to her, getting on the back of her bike as we rode back to the house…
Somewhere else…
I looked at the recording…
"HENSHIN!"
"Henshin."
"They're like me…" I muttered, glancing at the belt around my waist… It was different to theirs… A revolver barrel was attached to one side, with a pipe leading to a screen on one end, and the other end of the pipe directly below one of the revolver slots… Each hole was filled with a different coloured powder… Dust, actually…
"Are you ready?" A man's voice asked me from the observation room.
"Ready General Ironwood." I confirmed, watching as a large being was released into the room… It was an Arma Gigas… A type of Grimm… Specifically a Geist possessing a suit of armour… I spun the barrel, letting it land on red, and pulled a lever on the other side of the belt… "Hen… Shin." I called out, as my body was engulfed in flames… "FLAME! BURN!" The belt called out… And I smiled…