AN: Hi! So… None of you even tried to guess why the form was different, or why the announcement was in English… Why? I thought it was pretty obvious… Oh well! I'm disappointed but I won't keep the chapter from you. I'm not mean! Also! How would you guys feel about bonus chapters, sorta just intermissions so I can write stuff when I have writers block. It'll let me give you guys more info as well! Let me know what you think in the reviews!
I ran after the group, catching up with them quickly, Alfie was still in my arms…
Alfie
I groaned, looking around trying to get an idea of where I was… It was weird… A white void… "I guess I'm… Dead?" I questioned, standing up as I spoke to myself. "I guess I'm not the main character after all… I wonder who gets my Driver… Ruby? Jaune? Hopefully not Jaune… He's nice and all, but…" I said, not wanting to be dead but accepting it was something I couldn't change…
"What are you doing… In a place like this?" A woman's voice asked, as bits and pieces of a woman's figure appeared from the void… She was wearing a white cloak, which covered most of her body.
"Who are you?" I asked curiously, not at all threatened. I mean, I was dead! What could I do?
"You already know that, deep in that simple soul you cherish so much." She said with a smile, taking her hood off… Her appearance was similar to Ruby's… Very similar…
"You're…" I started, wracking my brain for a name… "Summer Rose…" I realised, remembering how Ruby and Yang had told me stories about her.
"That's right… And by the way, you're not dead. This is actually something else, something nobody expected." She told me.
"I'm not? Then where are we?" I asked, now more confused than before.
Summer laughed, a sound that was loud, but didn't hurt my ears… "Think about it. Your comparisons for forms are actually quite accurate." She said, giving me a hint.
"Comparisons…? Wait so… This is my Driver?" I realised, somehow reaching that conclusion.
"That's correct." She confirmed with a smile.
"Then… Why are you here?" I questioned, not understanding it.
"Why do you think you woke up near my grave with a Driver?" She teased, giving a grin.
"Wait so… The Aura Driver… Was yours?" I questioned.
"Close. I used it a few times before I died, but it never fully worked. You however, have full compatibility… And, there's still more forms for you to unlock. An infinite number actually." She told me.
"Huh? How?" I asked confused.
"Okay, let me explain." She said, taking a breath to prepare herself… "The Aura Driver mimic's sources of semblances." She began, before I cut her off.
"Wait but my Semblance was unlocked after I unlocked Yuki form." I pointed out in confusion.
"Exactly. That's because it's been using other semblances. Think of Soul form as… What did you call it?" Summer asked, trying to remember a name.
"Plat-form?" I suggested.
"Yeah, that. Soul form is plat form, a form anyone can access. Your other forms, not counting Crescent, are based on data of other people's semblances." She explained to me.
"Why isn't Crescent counted then?" I asked her. "It's just my Ruby form, right?" I pointed out.
"Okay. The names and announcements are in another language for a reason. It's a limiter. Imagine this, you go into your Yang based form, and access all of her power, including her semblance. Your soul has to handle the strain of another Semblance being used instead of your own semblance, while your body has to handle the strain of Yang's semblance and her effects on the body. Kaen form, as well as the Kage and Yuki forms, remove that problem by adding a limiter. It's why you mainly just change colours and get abilities BASED on the semblances." Summer explained to me, making me nod as I thought it through…
"So… By calling it Crescent, I confused the driver into removing the limiter?" I asked in confusion.
"No. Crescent form's data existed at the same time as the Limiter form. Kaen, Kage and Yuki all have forms without Limiters. Ember, Shade and Frost. Crescent form is the full power of Hana form." She corrected.
"Huh… So… I passed out because my body couldn't handle the strain? But I didn't use any of Ruby's powers." I questioned.
"You did though. Before you transformed. The Driver glitched, and let you access Ruby's semblance as you selected it. The strain was there even before the suit had a chance to relieve it in any way." She explained to me.
"So… I have another question… Why couldn't I transform when I was falling?" I asked her.
"Your semblance. The Aura Driver was taking the Data for your first super form." She said calmly, a smile on her face…
"Wait my what?!" I exclaimed in excitement.
"Your first super form."
"First?" My grin was threatening to explode off of my face.
"As you get stronger, the Driver will adapt, allowing you even more forms and abilities. The bonds you form and the situations you're in will allow the Driver instant data for new forms."
"So… Like Decade?" I questioned, remembering that he couldn't use his other forms until he helped with a problem in each AR world.
Summer smiled. "Exactly like Decade. In more ways than one." She said cryptically.
"What do you mean…?" I was confused. So very confused…
"We have a lot of time here… So let's make the most of it. Time to learn what power your simple soul really holds inside." Summer said cryptically…
Saniya
I groaned as Kioku appeared on the ground in front of us. We were trapped, the others fighting the Grimm around us…
"Well, we might as well join the fun." John said, looking for somewhere safe to put Alfie. I snapped my fingers, summoning the two little minions that were my semblance.
"Find somewhere safe nearby for Alfie and take him there." I ordered, as the minions carried him off to safety.
"Okay, that's sorted I guess." John said to himself, as he removed the Nemore coin from his Driver, and replaced it with his regular one…
"BEO!"
"Henshin." He announced calmly, letting the mouth shut…
"Tabete, shōhi shi, sorera o subete hakai shite kudasai! Ōkami!" The Driver announced as he transformed.
"Ending you… That is my goal." He announced, rushing off and joining Jaune and his group in fighting the deathstalker.
"Looks like it's time for me to achieve my newest form." Kioku said, summoning their Driver and putting a medal of some kind into it. Then, they pressed the top button, and pushed in the slider… "Henshin."
"Error!" …
"… Oh. Looks like it's not time yet." Kioku said quietly. As they switched medals, and tried again.
"Core form." Their Driver announced, as the small being seemed to come apart in fragments, reforming into a more adult sized rider body.
"Let me just say, I'm fairly strong." Kioku said, teleporting up into the air and landing on a pillar. "I'll help whoever needs it. Saniya, you help with the Nevermore." They commanded, as I nodded.
"DUST DRIVER! ICE!" The Driver announced as I picked my form, already knowing I wanted Ice.
"Hen… Shin." I said with a sigh, transforming.
"Ice… Freeze…"
I headed over to Weiss, ready to assist… And then…
"HENSHIN!"
"AURA FORM! UNLEASH THE SOUL! AURA!"
Everything, and I do mean everything, including the Grimm, stopped, and turned, to see Alfie hovering in the air, with a brand new form... It was… Incredibly… Dumb looking to be honest…
"Hey! It's not dumb!" Alfie snapped at me, somehow reading my thought…?
