GKC: What's up, everyone! This is GKC here bringing you another chapter of Remnant's Climax Heroes!

SR: And let's not forget his awesome crew! DragoKnightSR!

KRD: And Kamen Rider Duelist! And today, we're starting Volume 3 proper!

GKC: With our own twists and turns!

SR: Yup! And not to mention we got a red haired damsel to save from her dark fate!

KRD: Plus we're gonna be debuting more Heisei Riders. We haven't been doing that lately, so we have to give the other armors a chance to shine.

GKC: Indeed. And if you have been keeping up with the story, you know who we mean.

SR: So let's get into the actual action!

All: HENSHIN!

Disclaimer: Same thing as usual.


Chapter 41: The Vytal Festival Begins!


The sounds of cheers and applause echoed within the large complex that was Amity Colosseum. Visitors from all over Remnant came to the Vytal Festival for this moment and the next few days to come. After all, the Vytal Festival was created to serve as a celebration of peace between the four Kingdoms. Every two years, a Kingdom would be chosen to open its doors to the world, allowing citizens from every corner of Remnant to meet and indulge in one another's cultures. The various cultures of the world are celebrated with dances, parades and of course a combat tournament to determine who is the best of the best.

Team JOKR stood in the dark hallway near the entrance that led into the Colosseum itself. They are representing Vale as do Teams RWBY, JNPR, CFVY, and MYYR. To lose in the first round of the tournament would be an insult to their credibility as future Huntsmen and as Kamen Riders.

"Boys, I got a feeling this tournament is gonna be a breeze for us." Aaron told his teammates.

"It may be the first round, but we can't let our guards down." Kurogasa reminded them. "After all, Cinder and her team are gonna be watching us."

"Ah, let them. At this point, we have nothing to worry about." Orion remarked with his hands behind his head.

"We did manage to stop the virus from spreading into the Atlas mechs." Orpheus pointed out.

"And you can't tell me, you ain't eager to punch Mercury's face in." Aaron teased the samurai.

"That's not the point…" Kurogasa sighed irritably. "Though speaking of, you do have a plan to make sure Yang doesn't get disqualified, right?" He asked his team leader.

"Yep, knocking out Emerald before she can get the chance to use her Semblance." Aaron stated.

"And what about Penny and Pyrrha?" Orpheus added.

"…Probably might have to put her in a coma."

"Aaron, you can't possibly-" Orpheus got out, getting in front of Aaron, grabbing his collar.

"Whoa, Orpheus, easy." Orion said, trying to get in between the two.

"This is my cousin we're talking about, dammit…!" Orpheus gritted his teeth with understandable anger that the leader noticed.

"Maybe I should've clarified. I meant, put Emerald in a coma." Aaron said, nonchalantly. "Why would you think I would have any harmful feelings for Pyrrha?"

Orpheus stared at him for a moment longer before letting him go.

"Look, we can all agree on one thing and I will make it perfectly clear: We are not going to let Pyrrha die." Aaron said matter-of-factly. "If need be, I will forgo the Rider Code… and kill Cinder and her goons myself."

"That's a tall order, man. Think you'll be able to do it though?" Orion asked.

"Like I said, if need be." Aaron said. "But until then, I will stick to the code."

["And now ladies and gentlemen! The first round of the Vytal Festival Tournament is about to begin!"] Professor Port's voice echoed through the PA.

"Showtime." Kurogasa said, placing a hand on the hilt of his katana.

"Alrighty, let's get this party started!" Orion cracked his knuckles.

"Hold up, where's Koa?" Orpheus asked, looking around.

"Knowing her, she's probably at the concessions gorging herself on snacks." Aaron deadpanned.

"Yeah, I'd believe it." Orion replied with a nod.

"Hey~~~~, wait for me!" Cried a muffled voice. The group turned to see Koa running towards them with a muffin in her mouth.

"Why am I not surprised…" Aaron shook his head. Koa scarfed down her muffin quickly before looking at everyone.

"I'm not too late, am I?" Koa asked sheepishly.

"We're just about to head out." Kurogasa said.

"What're you even doing here?" Orpheus asked his girlfriend.

"What? Can't a girl wish her big strong hunk good luck?" Koa said with a smile.

Orpheus stared at the girl, "Please don't embarrass me before I go out in public."

"Fine, fine, but here's a smooch for luck." Koa said, before smooching Orpheus on the lips. "Go kick their asses guys!"

The auburn-haired teen blushed while his teammates stared at him. "Great, now I'm going out with a blush. I knew she would embarrass me."

"But you didn't deny you liked it." Aaron teased.

"Oh shut up!"


Azrael was pacing back and forth around the room in his own thoughts. With his previous plan foiled by Kurai becoming a Rider of all things, he must now finish his goal by reclaiming the powers he lost to become a Rider himself.

"The question is… how do I get it back?" He pondered, rubbing his chin. His attention turned to the Aura Sphere in the dark glyph, knowing that it was merely a fraction of the key needed to do so. "What else do I need… What am I missing?!"

In frustration, Azrael took a chair and began smashing the table with it. Two White Fang members heard the noise, looking at each other.

"How many tables do you think he's smashed now?"

"Including this one? Five."

"Damn. You know how much those tables cost? They're made from actual oak."

"Really? That's fancy."

"I know! They even had a perfect place in the recreation room."

"Oh, I love that room. Especially those lemon squares."

"Oh, man. Don't even get me started. I can't get enough of those."

*SMASH!*

Suddenly, a broken chair gets sent flying out of the room. The two grunts looked at each other, before looking into the new hole.

"Wait…" Azrael said, pondering what he might be missing. "Perhaps another Alter will provide some insight…"

The two grunts nervously looked at each other.


"And I was all like 'Omae wa… mou shindeiru…'! And they were all like 'Nani'?! And then I did a rapid kick that beat the monster!" Koa happily explained her experience transforming into a rider to her friends, who were having difficulty keeping up.

"Wow… really uh, interesting story, Koa." Yukina said, trying to force a smile.

"Yeah, uh…" Melody stuttered, trying to think of something nice to say. "Ooh! Look, they're walking out to the arena!"

They looked at the screens, and walking onto the set was indeed Team JOKR. This prompted their friends and family to cheer loudly for them.

"Man, we've drawn quite a crowd. Definitely feeling the nerves." Orion mused, shaking his hands before stretching.

"Hmph, just another fight we can win." Orpheus had his arms crossed, his blush luckily faded.

"Just be ready for anything." Kurogasa said. "We don't know what the other team is like."

"Say what are our odds that it's that team RWBY fought?" Orion asked.

"It doesn't matter who we face." Aaron said with a confident smirk, "Let's show them how Team JOKR gets things done!"

"YEAH!"

["Welcome everyone to our first match of the first round! I'm your commentator Professor Port along with Doctor Oobleck, and boy do we have an exciting match for you folks, today!"]

["That's right, Port. Today we start off our tournament with a team that has made excellent strides at Beacon. Please give a round of applause to our very own Team JOKR!"]

The crowd cheered as our heroes smiled and waved at their massive audience.

"GO AARON! YOU CAN WIN THIS!" Ruby cheered.

"Yeesh, mom, easy on the yelling." Melody winced, covering her wolf ears.

"Why Aaron? I thought you'd cheer for your boyfriend?" Blake inquired.

"Leaders stick together! Plus, he represents all red and black Huntsmen! That's why I'm cheering for him!" Ruby explained.

"That makes no sense." Yin said dryly.

"Hey, I think I can see their opponents!" Koa said, pointing at the arena.

["And coming in the opposite corner, we have a team all the way from the deserts of Vacuo. Representing Shade Academy, give it up for Team SSOL!"]

Team JOKR turned to see their opponents walk into the arena.

The first was a young man who is dark skinned, with short silver hair and really pale silver-blue eyes. He wears light gray combat jeans and dark gray combat boots with a light gray vest top and a dark gray lightly armored jacket. He had holsters on both sides of his hips where his weapons were, which were a pair of shotguns with bayonet-like swords that could fold out.

The second was also male and has blonde hair that stops just at the top of his neck, and has bright gold wolf like eyes. He wears white joggers that are lightly armored and white boots with a white short sleeve top and a white jacket. He wears a red gem pendant round his neck and black sunglasses. He also has holders on the back of his belt for his weapons which were a pair of short white and gold sword/handguns.

The third was male as he is lightly tanned and has pure black short hair and a dark blue right eye and a crimson red left eye. He wears black jeans and black trainers, and also wears a long sleeve black top under a black zip up hoodie with gray trim as well as a black leather jacket, and has a small obsidian tablet round his neck. His weapon is a spear/sniper rifle hybrid that is black.

The last member was female with long purple hair that stops half way down her back and has a side braid on the right side. Her eyes are a deep orange, and has a scar from her right eye down to her left eye. She wears a long sleeve purple top with komodo dragon scales on her lower arms, purple and light blue monk pants, and black combat boots. Her weapon of choice is a Khakkhara with a dust chamber.

These were Silver Arashi, Shiro Kishi, Onyx Hoshi, and Lila Kaminomegumi.

"So you're our first opponents, huh?" Silver remarks with a smile. He and his team walk over to JOKR, where he extends a hand to Aaron. "The name is Silver Arashi, nice to meet you."

"Aaron Jaeger, same to you." The leader of Team JOKR shook the teen's hand.

"I'm Shiro Kishi, I hope we have a great fight." Shiro greets himself with Orion.

"Same here, I'm Orion Arc." Orion smirked as he gave Shiro a fist bump that made him wave his hand in pain afterwards. Kurogasa then turned to the third fellow in the group.

"Name's Kurogasa Kururugi. Just call me Kuro for short." He said, extending out his hand., to which the man happily shook.

"Onyx Hoshi! And is it true you guys have a special semblance shared among all four of you?" The now named Onyx said jovially. "And you four helped save Vale many times over?"

"Something like that, yeah," Kurogasa replied with a sheepish grin.

"We should thank you. Me and Onyx are actually from Vale." The final member said, holding out her hand to Orpheus. "Lila Kaminomegumi."

"Is that so? Well we're just glad to protect everyone's smiles." Orpheus calmly responds, shaking her hand. "As per courtesy, may we have an honorable match."

"Of course, we expect nothing less!" Silver remarked with a confident smile.

["It looks like the teams are greeting each other respectively."] Doctor Oobleck remarked.

["Oh ho, indeed, the true essence of warriors giving their respects before a heated conflict!"] Port boomed boisterously. The crowd cheered once again as the two teams walked towards their respective corners.

"Just so you know, we don't plan on losing." Aaron told his opponents as Blood Moon covered his arms and feet as he did a small gesture as if affixing his left gauntlet on tight.

"We'll just have to see, now won't we?!" Silver remarks, drawing his shotgun bayonets.

["The combatants are ready! Let's see which two biomes they will be fighting in!"] Port declared as the biome roulette appeared on the large holographic screens and began spinning rapidly. After several seconds, the reels stopped at the two biomes they will be using. ["There you have it! The Urban and Savannah biomes will be their battlefield!"]

The arena began to open, revealing two new areas, a dystopian city and a plain of dry but tall grass with African-like trees and a small oasis of a lake.

"Nice, the Urban Biome's got home advantage written all over it." Kurogasa grinned to himself.

"But so does the Savannah Biome for the other team." Orpheus pointed out.

"So what's the plan, O great leader?" Orion asked his partner.

"Ascertain each opponent's fighting style and look for a weakness. We don't know what Semblance they could each possess, so don't use your own until you're certain." Aaron told his teammates.

"Right." OKR nodded.

["Alright contestants! Ready your weapons!"] Oobleck commanded as they got in a stances. ["May the best team win! Battle will begin in 3! 2! 1!"]

*HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONK!*

"Let's go!" Aaron shouted.

"Ikuze, ikuze, ikuze!" Kurogasa yelled, charging towards a member of Team SSOL.

"Scatter!" The leader of Team SSOL shouted, causing the four to split and meet members of Team JOKR head on.

"WHOO! BREAK THEIR LEGS YOU GUYS!" Koa and Nora cheered, waving banners with Team JOKR's colors and logos on them.

"Where did they get those banners?" Jaune wondered.

"Same way where Ruby, Blake, and I got those small flags for Kuro. Nowhere." Koa grinned.

"That… makes no sense." The blonde knight sweat dropped.

"It's Koa. Nothing ever does." Yang pointed out.

Meanwhile back at the arena, Silver and Aaron were in the Urban biome facing each other. The former used his shotgun to fire several rounds of Fire and Wind Dust, but Aaron swiped those away with his own weapon, knocking them into different directions, which were currently in Blade Mode as he deflected bullet after bullet with practiced ease.

"That's not gonna work on me, pal." Aaron said with a smirk.

"Then how about this?" Silver said as his legs were covered in Aura. A tailwind began drafting behind his legs before he suddenly sped towards Aaron as if levitating off the ground.

"What the-"

["Oh? It seems Silver Arashi is using his Semblance and it has caught Aaron Jaeger completely off guard!"] Port announced. With faster speed, Silver was practically surfing around him, firing shot after shot. Aaron did his best to deflect them, but some escaped and managed to graze him even though his Aura is protecting him.

"Okay, this is starting to get annoying." Aaron grunted. Shifting his gauntlets and boots into their Gun Mode, the leader of Team JOKR threw a kick that fired a Dust round. The propulsion sent his body spinning before he used what control he had to reorient his body until he was upside down yet his gauntlets were aimed at the ground. "Time to make the Devil cry." He smirked before performing a spinning barrage of bullets like a certain red-garbed devil hunter with white hair.

*BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG!*

The ground was ricocheted with bullets as they flew off while he was spinning towards Silver to give a few roundhouse kicks while also firing off rounds, to which Silver blocked. Although, some bullets went astray from the ricochet.

"Ite/Ow/Gah!" OKR shouted in pain. "Hey! Watch where you shoot that thing!" They shouted.

"Whoops! Sorry!"

"Pay attention!" Silver called out as he responded with several kicks of his own.

Aaron blocked them with his own kicks and retaliated with a right hook. Silver tried to parry but the force of the punch made him lose balance, before recorrecting himself to shoot at Aaron.

"You can try buddy!" Aaron said as he began deflecting the bullets with his claws. "But I'm just warming up!"

On the ground with Kurogasa, he found himself in the savannah biome. He was looking around for his opponent, who vanished when he got hit by Aaron's stray bullets. He had a hilt on his katana, keeping his eyes peeled as the only sound that seemed to come from everywhere was the ringing chimes of the Khakkhara.

"Come out, come out, wherever you are…" Kurogasa said, paying attention to the sounds. "Just so you know, I'm really good at playing hide and seek."

He sensed something and drew his sword, only to be met by the Khakkhara as Lila vaulted over him to deliver a kick in the back. "Fancy that, I happen to like that game myself!" She says, aiming her weapon at Kurogasa, sending a fireball towards her.

"I don't think so! Hyah!" Kurogasa swung his sword to cut the fireball in two, sending both halves in different directions.

"Not bad, but how bout this?" Lila smirked, twirling her weapon before charging towards Kurogasa. She sent a few more Dust powered shots towards him. He deflects the shots before blocking the staff of her weapon with his sheath. "Dang, not only are you skilled, you look cuter up close."

"Hah?!"

"Ano… Okaa-sama?" Yukina turned to Weiss, who was gripping the edges of her seat. Her face contorted into one of jealousy.

"YOU BETTER PUT THAT GIRL IN HER PLACE, KURO!" Weiss shouted, surprising the others.

"Hot damn, Weiss." Yang whistled in shock.

"Hmph, as if I'd let someone take my man."

"Sorry, Lila. But I already have someone." Kurogasa said as he swung both his sword and sheath in a series of slashes, but Lila kept dodging them maneuvering her body in a way so fluid, it looked like she was dancing.

"Fair enough, I understand. But don't think it'll save you!" Lila said as she then twirled her staff once more, delivering a flurry of jabs towards Kurogasa with different Dust elements.

"Gh…" Kurogasa gritted his teeth as he parried or blocked the jabs, but some were able to pass through, depleting his Aura gradually, before jumping back to gain distance. "Dammit… Do I have to use it now?" He wondered. But he shook his head. 'No… I can't. Not yet. Gotta gauge the enemy first before we use that trump card.'

Regaining his stance, he switched his weapon to rifle mode and began shooting at Lila. She tried to deflect them, only to yelp when a shot sent her weapon flying, making her backflip away. She snagged her weapon and flipped back into the tall grass.

"Hm, not bad. You might actually give me a challenge." He heard Lila speak from within the tall grass.

"I'm just getting warmed up." Kurogasa smirked.

"ORYAAAAH!" Orion roared as he was trying to hit Onyx with his broadsword, only to miss due to his agility. "Man, you're almost as fast as my girlfriend."

"Oh, is that a compliment or an insult?" Onyx taunted.

"Depends on how you take it." Orion said, as he swung again, only to miss once more. "Dammit, hold still!"

"Hmm, I'm going to say nope." Onyx said, easily dodging another swing of Orion's blade. "Yawn… come on I thought you're supposed to be the strong one!"

"I am the strong one!"

"Meaning you're the slowest of the bunch. Yikes. I feel bad for you already."

"Hey, just because I'm slow doesn't mean I'm not capable!"

"Well I'm not seeing it!" He taunted, annoying Orion.

"Don't make me angry. You wouldn't like me when I'm angry." Orion growled.

"Or what, you gonna cry to your girlfriend?"

"No…" Orion said as he stabbed his Lunar Divide into the ground with enough force to literally shake the stadium. "…I'm gonna break your face and probably your bones with my bare hands."

"Uh-oh… you know I was joking right?"

"I'm not."

"Crap…"

Orpheus was standing next to a ruined building, looking around for his opponent. He scanned the area, keeping his bow at the ready when Shiro stood on a building behind him and jumped down. Orpheus sensed a presence and rolled forward to dodge two blades from stabbing him.

The musician Huntsman in training plucked two strings, sending a wave of fire and lightning towards Shiro. The man slashed through the waves, before firing a few shotgun rounds at him. Orpheus plucked two more strings sending waves of water and dirt to block the bullets.

"Phew… that was too close." Orpheus sighed in relief.

"Never take your eyes off a foe!" Shiro said, jumping over him and swung his blades at Orpheus. The blades were quickly blocked by his bow.

"COME ON ORPHEUS! SHOW HIM WHY YOU'RE A CHAMP!" Koa shouted and whistled for Orpheus excitedly.

"Geez Ma, scream louder why don'tcha…" Rei winced, covering their ears with a pinky.

Orpheus was quick to deliver a roundhouse kick that sent Shiro skidding back.

"Man, never in a million years did I expect the honor to fight someone who goes toe to toe with Pyrrha, the invincible champ!" Shiro complimented, firing off a few rounds.

"Well, that'll make things easier when you lose to us." Orpheus said as he drew two strings to fire another round of water and earth shots before slinging an electric shot that hit Shiro in the shoulder.

"Urk! Nice shot." Shiro said as he charged forward to continue clashing his blades against the bow.

["Incredible! Both biomes are heating up in this competition! Both sides are really taking a beating but neither of them seem ready to back down!"] Oobleck narrated to the audience, cheering ever so loudly for their respective teams.

["Couldn't have said it better, Doctor! Both teams are truly giving their best! This is what the Vytal Festival is all about!"] Port added.

Aaron lands on the ground before dashing away to avoid Silver's bayonets.

"This is getting tough…" Aaron said as he was running before noticing Orion ahead of him. "Orion, Partner attack: Wolf Twister!"

"On it!" Orion nodded, taking out some Wind and Gravity dust rounds and loading them into his weapon. With a mighty roar, he swung his Lunar Divide with enough force to create a tornado. Chunks of debris got caught up in it, as Onyx got swept up into it. Silver was quick to go in after his friend, as Orion nodded to Aaron. The leader charged at him, his weapons at the ready as he jumped into his hands. He then sent Aaron flying into the tornado and jumped in after him.

["What is this?! A combo we haven't seen before?!"] Port exclaimed.

"What are they doing?" Pyrrha asked in bewilderment.

"He's nuts!" Nora cried out.

"No, they have a plan! I know it!" Ruby said, realizing their intentions.

"Oh yeah!" Jaune snapped his fingers, "My bro was telling me about this move he and Aaron were working on. It looks like we're going to see it in action!"

Inside the tornado, Silver and Onyx were scrambling to reposition themselves midair. Meanwhile, Orion and Aaron were jumping from the floating debris to get closer to them.

"Those dudes are insane!" Onyx exclaimed in fright, mainly for having to run from an angry Orion.

"We just have to hold out, until the tornado stops then we'll get them good." Silver said with a thumbs up.

"Unlikely." Aaron countered.

"Huh?!" Silver and Onyx were caught off guard, seeing that Aaron and Orion were already close to them, their weapons ready to wail at them.

"Alright, let's let 'em have it!" Orion declared as Aaron jumped on his buster sword, sending Aaron soaring towards them like a baseball. "Batter up!"

"OH CRAP!" Silver and Onyx panicked.

"Take this! Iron Wolf Twister!" Aaron shouted as Blood Moon went into blade mode and spun rapidly towards Silver and Onyx. The two tried to block with their blades, getting pushed backwards by the force.

"Ha! That attack won't work!" The two said in relief as they saw Aaron slowing down.

"The attack's not done yet!" Orion said as he jumped high into the air with his Buster sword. "DORYAAAAAAAAAAH!" He roared as he started coming down like a buzz saw.

Both boys screamed in sheer terror before the blade struck them both, sending Silver and Onyx flying until they crashed into a ruined wall.

["Oooooooh, they're gonna feel that one in the morning!"] Oobleck winced from the impact of the crash.

["You can say that again. That's gotta hurt."] Port said, as the tornado dispersed. Orion slammed into a building whilst Aaron used his Blood Moon to skid down.

"You think those two are out of commission?" Orion asked, brushing his hands.

"Doubt it, I didn't hear the announcements declare them out." Aaron said with a frown. He then looked towards one of the Titantron screens and it showed that Silver and Onyx's Auras were below the halfway mark. "At least we got a good chunk of their Aura." He noted.

Meanwhile, Kurogasa and Lila were still fighting and were evenly matched for the most part, but even then he was starting to show some signs of fatigue. "Dammit… if this keeps up…" He gritted his teeth, before looking at Orpheus who was still at odds with Shiro. "Shikatta nai… Oi, aibou! Time to play the Dragonsong!"

"You just read my mind." Orpheus said with a smile, readying his lyre. Kurogasa sheathed his blade and got into a deep stance, taking a deep breath and closing his eyes. Orpheus began strumming his lyre, playing a unique tune.

"What're they doing?!" Koa exclaimed in shock. "They're gonna get hit!"

"Daijobu, Otou-sama knows what he's doing." Yukina nodded in assurance.

Suddenly, Kurogasa's Aura spiked as it took shape and molded into that of the White Dragon that rose up behind him and roared with authority. This took their opponents by surprise as Orpheus strummed again, this time finding the two and freezing their legs.

This gave Kurogasa the chance, opening his eyes as the aura went into his blade as he drew it from the sheath, moving fast across the ice. He soon passed Lila and Shiro, with his blade out, thinking that he missed.

"Ack! He missed them! He missed them!" Koa and Nora exclaimed.

"No he didn't." Weiss said with a smile as Kurogasa slowly sheathed his blade.

"Hissatsu… Bakuryu no Uta…"

*CLICK!*

At that point, ice encased both Shiro and Lila, taking the shape of two crystal serpentine dragons that rose into the air. Moments later, Orpheus struck his lyre and waves of fire shot towards the crystal dragon constructs, shattering them, the shards of falling ice damaging Shiro and Lila in the process.

"WHOO HOO! That's my man and Weiss's man too!" Koa cheered excitedly.

["Incredible! Team JOKR is just full of surprises! And this is only the first match!"] Oobleck said.

Silver groaned as he staggered up, before taking his two fingers and whistling. This caused his teammates to jump away and regroup with him. "We're getting creamed out there!"

"Yeah, and our usual tactics aren't going to work." Lila added.

"Not to mention I pissed one of them off too…" Onyx groaned.

"Maybe it's time we start getting serious." Shiro said with a smirk.

"Oh, you mean our trump card?" Onyx said, excitedly.

"Yes, it's time we break out the you know what!" Silver declared.

"Yeah!"

Meanwhile, Team JOKR was also regrouping, figuring out their next plan.

"Alright guys, what do we got?" Aaron asked.

"Lila's the range user much like Orpheus. She's a pain in the ass, but she can hold her own." Kurogasa said.

"Onyx was the agile one, using some taunts to try and goad me into making a mistake." Orion grumbled.

"Shiro had a pretty decent defense with his shotgun swords." Orpheus added.

"And that leaves Silver…" Aaron said. "He's got a mind that's able to adapt to any situation."

"Think we should show our trump card now?" Kurogasa asked.

"No. Not yet. If we do, then we can't do a redo. And I'm pretty sure the other team's thinking about revealing their ace in the hole."

"So we gotta make them reveal theirs first." Orion deduced.

"And then show them ours in return." Orpheus said with a smirk.

"Right. So until then, hold off- SHIT! MOVE!" Aaron shouted, when they noticed that Team SSOL had begun their assault as they were literally right on top of them midair and JOKR managed to dodge in the nick of time when they came down, their weapons slamming to the ground.

"Damn, that was a close one!" Orion remarked.

"Alrighty, let's do it, you ready?!" Silver asked his teammates.

"YEAH!" The group cheered.

"Dammit, what now?!" Kurogasa demanded.

"We work together." Aaron says, readying his blades.

"We're right behind you, Aaron!"

"Then let's freaking gooo~~~~!"

"Are you sure this fallback plan is going to work, Cinder?" Mercury whispered to his boss as he, alongside Emerald, walked behind Cinder. "Not to question your motives, but the last plan involving the CCT didn't work."

"This plan will work, Mercury." Cinder said, completely absolute. "That Rider Aaron may have thwarted our initial attempts, and blocked our path, but we will find the chinks in their armor."

"Cinder, why do you talk so highly about Aaron?" Emerald asked, almost out of jealousy rather than curiosity. "He's still our enemy, right?"

"For now… but I know that he can also become a possible ally that would tip the scales." Cinder says, looking up at the sky. "He must join our side."

The crowd cheered with excitement at the conflict. Bullets were flying, blades were clashing, the battlefield was alight with all kinds of conflict. Teams RWBY, JNPR, MYYR, and Koa were shouting with all their might. But as they were cheering, Melody's ears perked, causing her to look behind her. She could only see people cheering, but she felt in her gut that something was wrong…

"Mel? What's wrong?" Miko asked.

"There's something going on… not sure what but…"

"I feel it too…" Koa said as she sat up. "You kids can come with me."

"Where are you going?" Ruby asked them.

"Oh just going to get something…" Koa said with a smile as she, Miko, and MYYR walked out of their seats.

"Lila! Time to use your semblance!" Silver said, to which Lila nodded.

"I wanted to save this till further in the tournament but… it can't be helped." Lila said as her aura began to flare in energy. "It's time I showed them how tough we are."

"What's happening over there?" Orion pondered.

"Whatever it is, I doubt it's going to be good for us." Orpheus remarked.

Lila skidded her leg back, getting into a runner's position as energy engulfed her body. Then, with a smirk, she launched herself forward at extreme speeds.

"What the-!" Kurogasa managed to bring his sword up, but Lila was fast to strike him down, "Gah!"

"What the-" Before Orpheus knew it, he was suddenly kicked with enough force into a broken down wall.

"Oh shi-" Orion couldn't finish his sentence as he too was struck and sent crashing against the ground, tumbling for a few moments before stopping.

"Motherfu- argh!" Aaron met the same fate as he was sent flying back from the sudden speed Lila was producing.

"No way! Her semblance is like mine!" Ruby cried out.

"Damn, she hits like a freight train." Aaron winced as he pushed himself back to his feet.

"The hell is that girl on? It's like Ruby with her semblance while eating a bunch of cookies!" Orion gritted as he staggered to his feet.

"Incoming!" Kurogasa shouted.

Before anyone else knew, Lila was suddenly streamlining across the field, leaving a trail of Aura and light in her wake as she sped around them, constantly hitting their weak spot, while gradually depleting their Aura.

["Oh my! Look at this! Ms. Lila is completely outpacing them!"] Oobleck commented.

"Urk! If this keeps up…" Orion grimaced.

"…we'll lose." Orpheus finished.

"We'll have to take her down first. That Semblance of hers has to have a limit or a weakness." Aaron told his teammates.

"Can we finally do our thing now?" Kurogasa asked.

"Not yet. Using that is a double-edged sword for us in this tournament. We need to be smart about this." Aaron replied.

"Well we better think of something quick." Orpheus said. "Otherwise, we're out."


Meanwhile with Koa, Miko, and Team MYYR…

"Are you sure this is the right way, Melody?" Yukina asked.

"Positive." The auburn-haired girl replied.

"My cousin's never steered us wrong yet, Yuki." Yin reminded his girlfriend.

"Besides, I've been around Azrael for so long, I know when I sense something wrong." Koa said. "So all of you be ready for whatever comes at us."

"Yes, Auntie Koa." They all replied.

"Aight, keep yer eyes open for anything that would stick out as a baddy."

"Like them?" Rei pointed as they saw Cinder, Emerald, and Mercury up ahead.

"Hide!" Koa exclaimed as they all dove for cover in a random tent, watching them walk by.

"Mom and dad (from the future) told me about them…" Melody said with her ears flat. "They're bad guys who tried to bring down Beacon from within."

"Then why are they here in the open, rather than in the shadows?" Yin ponders.

"The last thing you would ever expect is for your enemies to know who you are in public." Miko told her half-brother.

"Aaron said he thwarted their initial attempts at hacking the CCT… we better follow them." Koa said to the others. "If bad guys taught me anything, it is that they always have a backup plan."


Back with Team JOKR, Lila had sent all four of them rolling to the ground. Orion got back up to try and deliver a few punches, but Lila easily ducked and dodged them before delivering a good kick to his gut.

"Ok now she's just playing with us like that one scene from Red vs Blue!" Orion managed to get out.

"Well at least none of us are getting hit in the crotch right?" Kuro joked. But a few seconds after saying that, Lila ran up to him and delivered a swift kick.

*DING!*

"Ahhhh…" Kurogasa wheezed.

"Ooh!" Orion cringed, covering his own crotch.

["Oh dear, I actually felt that from all the way here…"] Oobleck muttered, subconsciously caving in.

Within the crowd, the Heiress has a dark aura forming around her and her eyes become flames of rage. "That's it! I'm gonna kill that hussy!" She screeched as she flailed about, while being held back by Yang.

"Down, Weiss Cream! Down, girl!" Yang grunted.

"Let me go, Yang, I wanna skin that harlot!"

"Chill! Calm down! Put the sword down!" Ruby exclaimed, helping Yang pin Weiss down. "Blake! A little help?"

Blake gave a small sigh, before pinching Weiss's shoulder, causing her to fall back into her seat, soundly asleep.

"Woah, how did-"

"An old White Fang trick to knock someone out."

"How many times have you-"

"A lot."

"Do… Do I even wanna know?"

"No… no you don't…"

"Grrrrrr… Aaron? Can we… do it now?!" Kurogasa wheezed in pain, as he struggled to stand, his murderous glare screaming for and demanding blood.

"How are your Aura levels?" Aaron asked after pushing himself back to his feet.

"I got more than enough." Kurogasa growled. "That bitch is mine…!"

"Calm down, Kurogasa. Getting angry will only hasten our defeat." Orpheus chastised his partner.

"But she kicked me in the balls…" Kurogasa complained. "She almost made sure I'd never have Yukina…!"

"If Yukina is still here, that means you're good." Orion stated. "But I think Kuro's right. I think it's about time we stopped pussyfooting around."

"Alright, we've played around enough. Time to get serious." Aaron remarked, adjusting his gauntlets. "Gentlemen, time to execute: Operation Royal Flush!"

"ON IT!" the others respond in kind, the team letting their Auras flare.

["Oho? What's this?! Is it finally time?!"] Professor Port noticed.

Hearing this, Lila looked at the billboard in confusion, "Time for what?" She pondered aloud.

JOKR's Aura eventually died down, revealing that they had belt buckles in their hands. Two of them were rectangular in shape, one of them was already attached and was shaped like a heart, and the last was an oval shaped buckle. JOKR each took out a card, all of them being Ace cards with a Beetle, Stag Beetle, Mantis, and a Spider for the Spade, Diamond, Heart, and Clover suits respectively. Aaron, Kurogasa, and Orpheus placed the cards into the card slots of the buckle and placed said buckles on their waists and cards shot out of it to wrap around them and form a belt while Orion merely held his.

There were pulsating noises that echoed as JOKR got into their poses.

"HENSHIN!" They shouted before Aaron and Kurogasa pulled the levers to flip the cards over revealing a red square with a gold spade and green square with a gold diamond respectively. Orion merely slid the card in the middle of his buckle while Orpheus opened the buckle, revealing the clover sign in it.

TURN UP

CHANGE

OPEN UP

Two blue and one purple rectangle of energy with the symbols of a rhinoceros beetle, stag beetle, and spider shot out of the buckles before pulling back towards them emerging from the other side as their armors while Orion simply morphed into his armor after the fabric of space distorted his being.

Aaron had a pure blue bodysuit with a rectangular silver box that had a red rectangle with a gold chromed suit of Spade at his waist. The torso armor was silver with a spade in the center and the shoulder pads were flat with gold decorations on the arms and spades on the top. It had a gold band around the wrists and crisscrossed strips of metal on the boots. The helmet was blue with a silver face and a single horn rising up, emulating a European Rhinoceros beetle and the large round eye holes were tinted red. At his side was a uniquely shaped sword, the Blay Rouzer.

Kurogasa's form was a red bodysuit, covered with silver armor with the diamond shape at the middle of the chest armor, greaves, and elbow pads. shoulder pads, she dons his insignia in gold color. On the helmet, there were green eyes and the shape of the mask resembled a stag beetle. His weapon of choice was the Garren Rouzer.

Orion had a black bodysuit, wearing a gold chest plate on his armor that also has a suit of heart motif with red linings at the edge, black shoulder pads with gold linings, long silver gloves that covered his entire arms, and silver knee pads and boots with gold linings on his thighs. He held his Chalice Arrow while slotting his Chalice Rouzer onto his weapon.

And finally Orpheus had a green bodysuit, with gold chest armor with circles on it that somewhat depicted the Club suit symbol and gloves with green linings. Gold knee pads and golden foot pads covered his legs. On his helmet, he had a cylinder helmet with a golden spider motif on it with purple eyes. For his weapon was the Leangle Rouzer.

JOKR transformed into Kamen Rider Blade, Garren, Chalice, and Leangle. No doubt this shocked Team SSOL.

["There it is! Team JOKR has transformed into the Kamen Riders!"] Oobleck announced.

"The what Riders?" Silver pondered in confusion.

"Kamen Riders." Aaron answered, stepping forward. "Whether through magic, technology, or a mixture of the two, thanks to the belts around our waists, we can transform into various armors. The Kamen Riders are symbols of justice, defending the common man, and fighting evil wherever they may be. You have the honor of fighting us as Kamen Riders Blade, Garren, Chalice, and Leangle."

"Well, either way, it won't mean much once we beat ya." Lila pointed out.

"Don't be so sure about that." Aaron said, as he flipped the Blay Rouzer over and fanned out the cards before pulling one out and scanning it across the blade.

MACH

The hologram of Mach Jaguar came out of the card and was absorbed into his body, before all of a sudden, Aaron became a blur.

"What the-'' Before Lila knew it, she was suddenly punched in the gut by a silver-navy blur. "Gah!"

"This one's for my buddy since ya kicked him where the sun doesn't shine." Aaron said, as he swung his Blay Rouzer and slashed Lila a few times with whirring sounds echoing signaling each hit.

"Don't forget me!" Kurogasa said, fanning out his cards from his Rouzer and pulled out three of them, before scanning them at the top of the barrel.

BULLET

RAPID

FIRE

The holograms of Bullet Armadillo, Rapid Pecker, and Fire Fly came out of the cards and were absorbed into his body.

BURNING SHOT

"Eat fireballs!" Kurogasa shouted, aiming his gun and firing several fireballs at bullet speeds at the rest of SSOL.

"HOLY CRAP!" Team SSOL exclaimed comically as they all were ducking and dodging the flaming bullets. Lila was quick to recover and charge towards the Riders. But what she and her team failed to realize was that the fireballs Kurogasa shot, set the dry grass in the Savannah biome on fire, causing a huge blaze and leaving them with very little room to move.

"Hahahahahahahahahahahahaha! AHHHHHHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!" Kurogasa laughed maniacally. "Dou da?! Dou da?! Haaaaaah?!"

"He's nuts!" Nora gawked in disbelief.

"I mean…he got kicked in the nuts. So…" Jaune trailed on, understanding the pain his fellow man experienced.

"Okay, Kurogasa has lost his mind." Orion said stoically.

"You would too if you got kicked down there." Orpheus pointed out.

"Though we probably should stop him before he burns down the entire arena and us with him."

"I can fix him." Aaron said, walking over to Kurogasa and smacking him upside the head. "Oi! Snap out of it, dummy!"

"Ite! Nandayo?!" Kurogasa groaned.

"You're going crazy."

Kurogasa pouted behind his mask before he stopped shooting. By now almost all of the Savannah biome was on fire.

"And you burned down a biome…" Orion added.

"That woman kicked me in the family jewels!" Kurogasa defended. "Besides, the rest of them got nowhere to go now!" He pointed out seeing that the rest of SSOL were trapped in the blazes. Even though their lives weren't in danger, it was still difficult to maneuver through the now burning biome.

"True, just… lighten up on the pyromania." Aaron told him.

"Well, if you guys are done," Orpheus said as he fanned out his cards. "Let's get this over with."

BITE

BLIZZARD

The holograms of Bite Cobra and Blizzard Polar shot out of the cards and entered his body.

BLIZZARD CRUSH

Orpheus jumped up and as he dived down he did a scissor kicking motion as a blizzard ice and snow emitted, diving towards Onyx. "Hyaaaaaaah!"

"Oh this is gonna suuuck!" Onyx moaned as he tried to fire a few shots. But the bullets bounce off the armor, forcing him to raise his arms up protectively. But that did little as the scissor kicks hit their mark. Onyx was sent flying before landing outside of the Savannah biome and his Aura shattered.

["That's it folks! Onyx is out!"] Port announced.

"In one hit!?" Silver exclaimed in shock after seeing his teammate get sent flying from a single kick.

"Don't think you're off the hook!" Orion said, as he took the Chalice Rouzer off his belt and inserted it into the Chalice Arrow. He then took out three cards and scanned them.

FLOAT

DRILL

TORNADO

The holograms of Float Dragonfly, Drill Shell, and Tornado Hawk came out of the cards and were absorbed into his body.

SPINNING DANCE

A tornado suddenly surrounded him, as he crouched down and spun around with the tornado as he rose up in the air. After a few moments, he dived down towards Silver going for a wind-based corkscrew kick.

"Watch out!" Shiro shouted, as he pushed Silver out of the way. However, in doing so, he took the hit instead. He too was sent flying out of the biome and his Aura shattered as well.

["It looks like Shiro is out of the count as well!"] Oobleck said.

"Time to upgrade!" Kurogasa said, as he pulled out a card gauntlet device called the Rouze Absorber. He attached it to the top of his left arm, and fanned out the cards before taking out two of them. One was a card that had a snake and the other was a peacock. He first placed the snake card into the device.

ABSORB QUEEN

Then he scanned the other by sliding it across the scanning device on the side.

FUSION JACK

The hologram of Fusion Peacock came out and fanned its golden feathers, before passing through Kurogasa. Moments later, his armor shined brightly, before revealing his Jack Form. His armor now had golden accents, and there was a symbol of the peacock on the diamond that was on his chest armor in gold. He also grew three pairs of 'wings' and the Garren Rouzer now had a bayonet tip. Not only that, his AP has been reset. "Yosh! Let's take this to the sky!" He shouted, before his wings spread out and rushed towards Lila whom he sucker punched in the abdomen, before flying high into the air with her.

["Oh dear, I don't want to know what he has in mind!"]

"Are you out of your mind!?" Lila screamed, terrified from how high they were going.

"No…maybe…probably…I have strange friends, don't judge me." Kurogasa remarked as he flew higher. After a moment he threw Lila up in the air, going even higher as Kurogasa flew after her. He fanned out his cards and drew three before scanning them.

DROP

FIRE

GEMINI

The holograms of Drop Whale, Fire Fly, and Gemini Zebra came out and entered his armor.

BURNING DIVIDE

At that moment, to Remnant's residents surprise, Kurogasa split into two clones before the two of them flipped forward as fire were burning their feet before slamming them onto Lila's back, causing her to plummet straight down to the Urban Biome like a bullet, crashing straight down into and destroying the building in the process while producing a huge crater from said impact and sending debris everywhere. Dust and smoke emitted from the rubble and when it cleared Lila's Aura shattered.

["It seems Lila's Aura has reached empty, which means she is now eliminated from the match. Silver will have to be careful here, he's the only member of his team left standing."]

"He won't be after this one!" Aaron said, as he charged towards Silver, Blay Rouzer in hand as he swung it at Silver who blocked the series of attacks with his own weapon.

"I'm not going down like this!" Silver shouted.

"Good! I like a guy who fights to the bitter end!" Aaron smirked behind his helmet.

Silver swung, but Aaron quickly scanned a card.

METAL

The hologram of Metal Trilobite entered his armor and was encased in pure silver.

*BONG!*

"Yayayayayayayayaayayayayayayayaayayayayayayayaayayayayayayayaayayayayayayaya!" Silver stuttered involuntarily as his whole body jackhammered up and down.

"Sorry, was that too hard for you?" Aaron teased.

"Sh-Sh-Sh-Sh-Shut u-p-p-p-p-p!" Silver stuttered, again involuntarily.

"Welp, it's been fun, but this ends now." Aaron shrugged, before drawing three more cards and scanned them.

KICK

THUNDER

MACH

The holograms of Kick Locust, Thunder Deer, and Mach Jaguar came out of the cards and entered his body.

LIGHTNING SONIC

Aaron drove the Blay Rouzer to the ground then leapt on the weapon and kicked off it, taking off into the air before coming down towards Silver in a flying kick that was charged by electricity. "HYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!"

The kick connected and electricity coursed through Silver's body before his Aura finally shattered then sent him flying before landing and tumbling roughly on the ground.

["That's it everyone! Silver is out!"] Port announced. ["And by a landslide, the winner of this match: Team JOKR!"]

"YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!" Ruby cheered as the rest of the crowd roared with approval. "I knew you could do it Aaron!"

"I thought you'd cheer for your boyfriend." Yang pointed out.

"Red Buddies for life, sis! You'd never understand!" Ruby stated.

"That still doesn't make any sense." Jaune deadpanned.

"Ughhhhh…what happened?" Weiss groaned, as she finally woke up.

"Look who's finally awake." Blake rolled her eyes.

"What is-" Weiss looked at the jumbotron and noticed the faces of Team JOKR with the word 'Winner' on them. "They won?"

"Yep, and it seems they scored themselves some fans." Ren gestured to the hundreds of screaming girls who held up signs displaying the faces of different members of JOKR along with hearts and phone numbers.

"Hmph, as much as I'm glad they did win, Kuro's already taken." Weiss huffed.

"Still jealous, Weiss Cream?" Yang teased.

"And you aren't?" Weiss gestured to a student with neon pink hair throwing what looked to be a bra at Aaron, who caught it and promptly blushed.

"Okay, I see your point…" Yang frowned, cracking her knuckles.

"Yang, let's not be hasty." Pyrrha tried to placate.

"Yeah, save the anger for your opponent. Break their legs!" Nora told her fellow lady in strength.

Meanwhile JOKR regrouped and their Auras died down, returning them to civilian form.

"Ahhhhhhhhhh…" Kurogasa groaned, falling to his knees. "I'm gonna need an ice pack…"

"Maybe a transplant." Orion said.

"No man, please don't." The samurai sighed heavily. "I wanna keep the family jewels where it is, and not have somebody else's…" He shuddered.

"Yeah, worry about your busted balls later. I'm freaking hungry. Let's get some food, boys." Aaron said, rubbing his growling stomach.

"What about them?" Orpheus asked, pointing to Team SSOL who were waking up from the attacks they suffered, as staff members rushed in to help them out while another team put out the fires on the Savannah Biome.

"Let's…leave them be, for now. I doubt we're gonna be their most popular people at this point. We'll check on them later." Aaron suggested.

"Sure…" Kurogasa groaned, as he slowly stood up. "At least we'll be watching the rest of the competition."

"Indeed." Orpheus remarked.


Meanwhile…

Six heads popped out from the corner, revealing the five future children and Koa, who were still tailing Cinder and her lackies. "Man, why can't we just take them on?" Yin whispered.

"Not yet. We need to know what we're up against." Koa hissed.

"Plus, we don't really know how strong these guys are." Rei pointed out. "So save the hot-headed games to the pup here." They patted Melody's shoulder.

"Oh fine…" Melody muttered before they saw the trio walk into an alley. "Hey, there they go!"

"Alright, stay close behind me…" Koa whispered to the others, sneaking slowly.

"You know, it's weird." Miko commented.

"How so?" Yukina pondered.

"If these three are the cause for Beacon's fall in the future, why didn't our parents get rid of them?"

"It's probably a heroic Kamen Rider code sort of thing." Rei said with a shrug.

"Oh, you mean the no killing policy?" Melody remarked.

"Yeah that one."

"It still feels very sus to me…"

"I still can't believe you are the one that beats us in Among Us."

"Well Melody isn't the best when it comes to being imposter."

"I can't help it! They're too cute to kill!" Melody said as they peered over a corner at a dead end. Cinder nodded to Emerald, and the trio disappeared as if they were never there.

"They've vanished!" Melody exclaimed as the kids ran out to look around in disbelief.

"No they didn't…" Koa said as she looked around, weapon drawn. "They used an illusion semblance, and baited us into the open…"

Above the buildings, the villainous trio watched them from the rooftops.

"So they were tailing us." Mercury clicked his tongue in annoyance.

"What should we do, Cinder?" Emerald asked her leader.

The amber-eyed girl narrowed her eyes at the five children from the future and the Greeed girl. "We send a message."

"What do you mean?" The green-haired girl pondered.

"If it means getting rid of them…" Mercury grinned dangerously, cracking his knuckles. "Then say no more."

"No." Cinder said, "This message we will send will be…personal."

"Personal? How so?"

A wicked grin formed on the half-Maiden's face, "You'll see."


GKC: And scene!

SR: Finally! Whew!

KRD: Oh boy, Cinder's got a nasty plot cooking up in her mind already? What is she gonna do?

GKC: Stay tuned for that piece of knowledge.

KRD: And I was looking forward to Team MYYR fighting too… at least briefly. Now they're gonna get their ass kicked by Cinder and her team…

GKC: I don't even wanna know what goes through your head about the future kids.

KRD: It's nothing scandalous if that's what you're worried about…

SR: Bruh.

GKC: Dude, I've known ya for years…

KRD: Well it's not okay? Anyways, roll the preview clip!


PREVIEW:

Announcer: Jikai! Remnant's Climax Heroes!

Yang: It's our turn now! Yes!

Weiss: Victory will be ours for sure.

Ruby: Yay! My bestie helped me!

Arslan: Hey, I actually get to speak this time.

Next Time: The Tournament Continues: RWBY vs ABRN!

Port: Let the battle begin!


GKC: And that's the preview. Review and comment on this chapter. Seriously, comment, give me your concerns and whatnot. Love it, hate it, but just know that you've read it.

Peace out, everyone!