Well most people seem to like this story, hope this chapter works for you. I do not own Kamen Rider or RWBY. OllyTrinity1397 owns the White Fang uniform.
Chapter 2 – A Passing Through Rider.
Jaune's POV
I hate this. Instead of hunting down everyone with a connection to Merlot I'm stuck in school. To make matters worse I can't control the Deathstalker orb, I can't even use initiate a transformation with it. There are only three good things that have come out of this. First is that I got to go into the Emerald Forest and create both a Ursa orb and a King Taijitu orb. Second is the new outfit I picked up, amazing how much the Vale Council will pay to avoid a lawsuit. A new black trench coat, black jeans, a grey button-up shirt, newer gloves of the same brand as my old ones, and black combat boots. And finally I learned that I can call out the weapons of the orbs without transforming. I just have to not press the "eye" when I put the orb in and push the "horn" down once. Currently I'm working on my accuracy in the firing range without of the Nevermore helm, can't always rely on the eyesight of a bird. A fake Beowolf pops up and I shoot it's head off.
"Nice shot." I look over my shoulder to see a purple-haired girl with a bit of a tan on her. A crossbow is resting on her shoulder.
"Thanks, sadly that's not usually what happens."
"Oh, how long you been working on that?"
"Little over a month."
"Still a good shot. Names Nebula, Nebula Violette."
"Jaune, Jaune Arc." Just got the letter yesterday, Ozpin apparently held on to it for me during my time with Merlot, as soon as I was found innocent I was brought back into the Arc family. I decided to take the name back and at least interact with my sisters and mother, dear old dad can go to Hell as far as I'm concerned. I've had a few decent conversations over the scroll with my sisters after the initial rant over them never writing or visiting, of course my father wouldn't allow it. Can't taint the Arc image by meeting with a disowned criminal. Also it turns out I'm an uncle now. Mom is so glad she's a grandmother, dropped a lot of hints about how my new niece could use some cousins.
Recognition appears in Nebula's eyes. I snort and turn back to the targets, the last few years will probably follow me for the rest of my life. The next three targets find themselves lacking chest cavities.
"So, where did you go for the last two months?" I look back at Nebula, no judgement is in her eyes, only curiosity.
"I don't talk about it." I aim at another target only for an actual arrow to bury itself between the fake Ursa's eyes. Nebula steps up next to me and smirks at me. "Nice shot."
"So up for a little challenge?"
"First one to ten headshots?"
"Sounds good." I'm only up to four when Nebula wins. She's good.
"Heh, nobody can beat me and Shooting Star." I chuckle and disperse my own crossbow.
"Yeah, don't ever say that to Ruby. She'll take it as a personal challenge. Well nice to meet you Nebula, see ya around." I make to leave only to stop when I hear her say something.
"Second weird belt I've seen today." I glance down at the Driver and then round on her.
"Where did you see the first one?" Nebula looks at me with a smirk.
"What's in it for me." I hold back a growl.
"What do you want?"
"A favor I can cash in at any time."
"Deal." We shake on it and I feel like I just made a big mistake.
"One of the staff I think, he was walking around the courtyard last time I saw him." I thank her and rush out. How did Shocker infiltrate Beacon so easily? I pass Ruby and Yang on my way to the Courtyard.
"What's got you in such a hurry?" I don't even look back at Yang when she questions me.
"Another Driver." I keep moving and reach the Courtyard in another few minutes. I look around but I can't see any belts that stick out. I'm probably just being paranoid, I blame prison and the subsequent kidnapping.
"What has you in a rush?" Weiss walks up to me with a curiosity over her face.
"A girl named Nebula mentioned seeing a weird belt, thought it might be a Driver. I think I might just be paranoid." Weiss nods and seems to curl in on herself slightly.
"I've been there, after Roman's attack it took months for me to stop checking over my shoulder every five seconds. I couldn't stand having my back to a door, every little noise I couldn't see the source of set me off. Cardin and his goons found that hilarious until Yang tore them a new one." I laugh at that image, from what I've learned Cardin and his team haven't changed a bit so they deserve everything thrown at them.
"Yeah, if I had the opportunity I made sure I could see all entrances after the first few months in prison." Weiss nods and stares off in the distance.
"Would you come to Vale with me?" I'm startled by her question and I'm sure my expression shows it because she elaborates. "I've ordered some more Dust for the tournament but I don't like having it delivered to Beacon directly after an accident while you were gone. I don't go into Vale without at least one other person now with the White Fang are more active, that just be stupid beyond belief."
"And you want me why?"
"Everyone else is busy and I know I can trust you." I'm honestly touched by that trust, I've had a lot of suspicious glances thrown my way these past few weeks.
"Sure, you have a helmet?"
"I'd prefer we didn't take your bike, Dust on one of those is never a good idea."
"Fair enough, I'll meet you at the air docks in about an hour."
"Very well." I head off to my room to grab my wallet. My new room isn't even half the size of the one I was in during my time on JNPR but it's better than a cell. I snag my wallet and head to the air docks. I meet up with Weiss and we get seats on the next ship to Vale. The ride doesn't take too long but it's a little awkward between us. Once the ship lands I follow Weiss to her destination. It's at this moment that Weiss starts up a conversation on meaningless topics. I answer back to the best of my abilities, I then notice a lot of people taking pictures. I glance at Weiss and it hits me, she's doing this to help me. This is something that may help eliminate the stigma that follows me.
Time Skip
"… and that is why you should never put those two types of dust together." I have to admit that is an interesting fact. We've already picked up Weiss's dust and stopped by a café that Weiss praised so much. The waiter was a bit odd though, that camera of his was pretty unique as well.
"By the way thanks for all this."
"The cappuccino?"
"No I'm paying for these, no I mean this whole media thing you're pulling. You've taken us through some rather populated areas we didn't have to. I'm not that much of an idiot." It means a lot because I know that Weiss isn't that fond of cameras. Weiss looks away from me and sips her drink.
"Remember the last time we spoke before my attack, I was vicious. That didn't help your case. Plus the way I treated you was rather horrible anyway."
"Weiss I was an idiot that couldn't take no for an answer. Trust me I don't hold it against you one bit. Look on the brightside, you didn't have to put up with my idiocy."
"That isn't funny you dolt." Wow, you could freeze boiling water with that tone. "You at least knew what personal space is. Believe me that was a lot more than some of the people I had to deal with in Atlas had." I decide not to touch on that last bit. I make to speak but then I stop at the sight in front of me.
"BWAHHH!" I can't stop laughing, Weiss has a foam mustache.
"Want to share what's so funny." I quickly snap a picture and then show it to her. Weiss blushes at the sight and wipes the mustache off with her napkin. "We never speak about this again."
"I don't know Wei…" I trail off when something sharp pokes me thigh. Weiss's tone then turns sickeningly sweet.
"I promise you that if you ever mention this again you will not like the consequences." I nod so fast my vision blurs. After that we finish our drinks and I pay the check, that waiter seemed to stare at my Driver with some familiarity. Now I'm kinda concerned. As we're walking back to the air docks Weiss says something that really sets off the danger sense.
"That new waiter was pretty decent, it's also rather odd. That don't normally hire people this time of year." I make to question her only for an explosion to catch our attention. People start screaming and running our way. We shove past the crowd and find some people going wild. My heart skips a beat when I see what they're wearing.
"Jaune… are you seeing this."
"Dear Oum, it's worse than I thought it would be." The five attackers are wearing what looks like a combination between my armor and the White Fang uniform. Thick boots that look like bone, armguards that cover most of the forearm, an armored hoodie, and a helm that looks like a Creeper biting onto a mask. The entire block is trashed, I can see several bodies on the ground as well. I place Weiss's dust down to the side and stick the Beowolf orb into the Driver while pressing the eye.
"Weiss, grab the people and see if they can be saved. I'll take care of the Fang. HENSHIN!"
"Beowolf Helm! Wolf Left the Pack, Claws Ready to Attack." I'm on the White Fang before they can react. The closest shouts out a warning as I drive a fist into his head. I push on the horn once. "Beowolf Biting!"
"Creeper Biting!" As my gauntlets come out so do the grunts' weapons. Each has what looks like a Creeper's head on their right fist. Three come running at me while the other two aim their gauntlets at me. Energy blasts come flying at me and I roll out of the way. I meet the three running at me head on. Deflect the first blow to the side, deliver a knee to the gut of the attacker, grab his arm and swing him into his friends. With those three on the ground I hit the horn two times.
"Beowolf Chomping!" I rush at the two that stayed at a distance with my next enhanced speed and grab them both by the head. With a heave I slam them both into the ground where a crater forms.
"ACCK!"
"Weiss!" I turn around to see some large plant-man creature wrapping Weiss in a bear hug. I rush at him only for several blasts to hit me in the side and send me crashing into a building.
"So you're the new guy made by Merlot, not that tough are you." I get back up only for some kind of vine to wrap around my throat. I try to tear it off but I'm sent into the air and smashed into another building. The vine unwraps from me and I fall two stories to the ground. I get back in my feet and jump back from the next vine attack. I make to move but have to dodge another barrage of energy blasts. Weiss is now slung over the plant creature's shoulder as it looks around, sirens fill the air.
"You have three hours, abandoned Schnee Warehouse at the docks. Come if you want the girl to live." Before I can move both the creature and the Fang grunts burrow underground.
"Hunts Over." The armor disperses and I stumble towards the bodies Weiss got out of the way to check on them, all dead. I then start walking towards the garage I parked my bike in while calling Ruby on my scroll.
"Jaune, what's up?"
"Weiss and I got in the middle of the White Fang blowing a block up. Some… thing grabbed Weiss, I think it was part of that Shocker group. I got only a few hours to get to some abandoned Schnee warehouse at the docks before they kill her."
"WHAT!"
"Get over here as quick as you can, I'll buy you time to move her out of the way. After that just run, the Fang have Drivers and the creature is tough. Get the teachers or someone else if you can manage it. I promise you Ruby, I will get Weiss out of this alive."
"And what about you?"
"I… I don't know." I hang up before she can reply. This is horrible, I thought I was getting stronger, I thought I was making progress. But that plant kicked my ass, I couldn't even get a hit in. I was so useless.
I make it to the garage and find my bike, turns out that the full body Beowolf orb is a key of sorts. I slip it into a slot in-between the handle bars and get ready to go off.
"So going off to face Shocker and their mass-produced troopers all on your own." I turn around and find the waiter from the from the café standing there.
"How do you know them?" I slide my hand to the handle of the Driver. The waiter raises his hand and reveals a belt with a circular depression on it that's surrounded by little black symbols.
"Name's Tsukasa, this here is the Decadriver." I roll of my bike and transform. When I come out of my roll I'm back in my Beowolf helm and ready to strike. I make to attack only to stop when he doesn't react. "I'm not with Shocker, well anymore but that was a lifetime ago. I'm a Kamen Rider now."
"What the hell is a Kamen Rider?" The guy finds my question amusing.
"It's what you are. A warrior with a suit of armor that fits for justice, revenge, a love of battle, greed, and the rare one that fights for evil. You're an oddity though, you have a similar origin to the Showa Riders but your suit is more like us Heisei Riders. Definitely advanced tech, probably some magic thrown in as well."
"Showa? Heisei? You know what I don't have time for this." I get back on my bike and pull out only to stop when Tsukasa steps in front of my bike.
"Sorry but I got a thing for helping out other world's Riders, I'll come help you and after that you have to listen to what I have to say." I grit my teeth, should I do this. He admitted to being involved with Shocker at one point, plus he might be crazy seeing as how he mentioned other worlds. Then again I got my ass kicked by a plant just under half an hour ago.
"Fine! How are you going to get to where we need to go." Tsukasa smirks and then the air beside him ripples, he reaches into the ripple and a motorcycle rolls out. He then slaps his Decadriver on and pulls on the sides causing the middle to shift to reveal a slot. Tsukasa pulls out a card.
"Henshin!" The card is slipped into the slot and the sides pushed back in.
"Kamen Ride. Decade!" Four figures that look like they're holograms converge on Tsukasa and black armor with white stripes covers him. Nine black cards appear and slam into his face fusing with the armor. Color bleeds into him, the arms and outsides of his legs turn pink along with the center of his helmet while the "eyes" turn green.
"Kamen Rider Decade. Hey, what is your name anyway?"
"Jaune Arc."
"No, your Rider name. You need a name to be called when you're in the suit, a tradition of sorts. Is this your regular form?"
"Yeah?" Decade gets on his bike and hits up the kickstand up.
"Then I'd recommend a name based off that, unless you just want to be Kamen Rider Grimm."
"Nope. That won't go over well in this world." I'm actually We both take off and head towards the dock. Luckily there is only one warehouse that plant-thing would be talking about. It takes us nearly the entire two hours we have left to get there. We slow to a stop in front of the warehouse.
"I was supposed to come alone, how you want to do this?"
"You go in and distract them, I'll get the girl out before they notice and then come help you."
"How?" Decade holds up a card with a beetle shaped helmet on it. He opens his Driver up and sticks it in.
"Henshin."
"Kamen Ride. Kabuto." Four new holograms slam into him and Decade's armor changes to the one on the card, his Driver stays the same though.
"Trust me, they won't see me coming." I don't bother responding, it's getting way to close to the deadline for my tastes. I walk through the warehouse door and find Weiss tied to a pillar, she's still unconscious. Only the plant guy is standing in the warehouse.
"So I came, mind telling me who you even are?"
"I am one of Shocker's greatest warriors, Sarracenian. Shocker has brought me back from the dead to insure I continue to advance our goals. I shall ensure Remnant Shocker will rule this world." From around me the Fang from before pop out of the ground and all of them point their weapons at me. The "mouths" open up ready to shoot. Before they fire however the Fang all sent flying and Weiss disappears. A weight is on my shoulder and I look to see Decade resting his arm on me.
"Told you I'd get the girl to safety. She's with the bikes." The beetle based armor disappears and he's back to his original armor.
"YOU!" Sarracenian seems upset. "TRAITOR! You were supposed to lead Neo-Shocker to glory." I turn to look at Decade who shrugs at me.
"I was a bad guy before I got amnesia, I learned better thanks to some friends." I push that to the side, clearly this guy doesn't like him so that's good enough for me.
"Guess you aren't that bad. Oh, looks like the Fang are standing back up."
"I'll take them, you handle the big guy."
"He kicked my ass last time."
"I recommend having a weapon with more reach. Besides, he won't have help this time." I pull out the King Taijitu orb and swap it out.
"I got something that will work." (I like playing Break the Shell sung by Kamen Rider Girls at this point. Rider Mask on YouTube has a subbed version. 0:00 to 1:30)
"King Taijitu Helm! Two in One, Now You're Done!" The King Taijitu armor is minimal, my chest armor only covers my biceps, the only last bit of armor minus the helm is simple arm and shin guards. I press the horn down once. "King Taijitu Biting!" A six-foot staff forms in my hands, one-half black and one-half white. Each side ends with a miniature King Taijitu head.
"Heh, let's do this. Time to pluck a weed." Really wish I felt as confident as I sound.
"Die Kamen Riders!" I rush Sarracenian and roll to the side to avoid his attack. I can hear Decade fighting the grunts. I jab my staff at Sarracenian and the staff extends towards him It catches him in the gut and sends him skidding back. Sarracenian whips his whips at me and energy slashes fly at me. I spin the staff around to build up force and bat away the energy. I send the staff forward and it extends once more. Sarracenian dodges to the side and retaliates with more attacks from his whips. Alright if I can't get it done alone let's see him face two.. Two hits to the horn.
"King Taijitu Chomping!" My legs fuse together and start to stretch out, once the tail is about nine feet long another body forms. My staff then splits in half and the black half flies into my copy's hand, both halves then grow to the original's size.. This will last about ten minutes before the strain will become too much for me to handle. I rush forward and smash my staff into Sarracenian's torso. As I move by the other me rears up and slams his staff onto the plant-man's head. I turn around and send my staff rocketing towards my foe, Sarracenian makes to dodge but he's too slow this time and it catches him in the shoulder.
"How?! I shouldn't be having this much difficulty dodging your attacks." He hasn't noticed yet? Each time the Taijitu head has hit him it bites down slightly and releases poison into his system, not enough to kill but definitely enough to debilitate. Decade was right though, knowing what his weapon is and denying him his backup has made fighting Sarracenian much easier.
It soon becomes a pattern, me and my copy keep moving around Sarracenian, whittling him down with poisoned blows. At one point we manage to knock his whips out of his hands and away from his reach. I'll admit I could have finished this earlier but he threatened Weiss, one of the people I consider a friend, for that he gets to suffer a bit longer. Eventually I can feel the strain from keeping this form become too much and I return to normal.
"I'm done with this. You'll be a message to Shocker, Remnant Shocker, or whatever the hell it is you call yourselves." Decade's words on a title flash through me and I remember one of the few lessons from Port that wasn't a biography on his life. While a Beowolf's claws are deadly it's the fangs you need to worry about, once they latch onto something they rarely let go without dying. Since my main form is the Beowolf helm I should stick with that and I remember that other word for fang from a comic I read once.
"Don't mess with Kamen Rider Kiba!" I initiate a finisher.
"King Taijitu Massacre!" I spin my staff above my head and gather energy into it. Sarracenian rushes at me with a roar. I swing my staff downward and a black spiral of energy is sent forward and wraps around Sarracenian followed by an upward swipe sending a white spiral energy that also wraps around him. The energy starts compressing in on him and I turn around and start walking away.
"You will never wi…n. All hai..l Shoc..ker." An explosion rings out behind me as I walk away (End Break the Shell). I decide not to question it as I'm already having trouble wrapping my head around this whole thing. I find Decade pointing a gun of sorts at the Fang grunts in one hand while his other holds up a card that he slips into his Driver.
"Attack Ride. Blast!" Holograms of his gun surround the actual thing and fire at the Fang. They cry out as their hit before they fall to the ground and explosions engulf them. When the explosions are done nothing is left of them.
"What the heck, did you mean to do that?" I really don't care that they died, not with the corpses they left behind already, but that was a bit overkill.
"Shocker's soldiers often are set to explode upon death, they're fake Riders would be no different. Why do you think Sarracenian went sky-high?" That makes a lot of sense actually. I try to ignore the thought I might be wired the same way, probably something to have checked in the future though. We both deactivate our transformations and head back outside to find team RWBY, Ozpin, Goodwitch, Ironwood, and what appears to be an adult Weiss all armed and ready for battle. This will be fun to explain.
Time Skip - Beacon Courtyard
You know there is something very amusing about this. Now I'm sure Ironwood has his good points but this whole time he's acted like a blowhard and a bully, trying to learn everything about Tsukasa though force. Tsukasa in turn has pretty much ignored him the whole time and finally left Ozpin's office, dragging me along with Ironwood, Ozpin, and Winter, Weiss's sister
"Are you listening to me?"
"I am but you haven't said anything worth replying to."
"I want to know about these Drivers, Ozpin refuses to let me see Mr. Arc's and you apparently destroyed the White Fangs so you are our only way make our own."
"I really don't care."
"Do you want the whole Atlas military brought down on you." The air around Tsukasa chills, I now realize why he was made a leader of Shocker.
"I've brought entire worlds to ruin, I've taken on an army of Riders and come out standing, I've been called The Destroyer of All and The Devil, you and your army do not scare me." Ironwood backs up at Tsukasa's glare. "You are one someone that should never have access to Driver technology, for once I'm glad that Shocker makes sure everything they build will blow up. Come one Jaune, we have things to discuss." I nod and follow him while Ozpin lets us walk off, stopping Ironwood and Winter from following us. Once we're a good distance away Tsukasa starts talking.
"Alright, Shocker only has small numbers in this world as far as I know. That's why they need the White Fang as troops and why they built those mass-produced Drivers, probably got the idea from Riotroopers. After what I saw you'll do fine, just be ready for anything. Sometimes our enemies get weird, sometimes they've got odd weaknesses, and sometimes they're absolutely vicious with no regard for life. Follow that and you should be fine. Also be on the lookout for other people winding up in this world, whatever Shocker did to travel to this world made the dimensional barrier weaker." Tsukasa starts walking away but I grab his arm.
"Wait, what happened to that long talk you said we would have? That barely told me anything at all."
"Your Headmaster has listening devices all over this place. Rider secrets stay with Riders."
"And how do you know I can handle it, I've only had this thing for a few months and I still can't make one of my Orbs work." Tsukasa gives me a smirk and starts walking away to a wall of shimmering air.
"You're a Kamen Rider, that's reason enough." With that Tsukasa walks through the shimmering haze and disappears. A snap of a twig makes me turn to see RWBY looking at me with concern.
"So, what was that all about." I throw my hands up in the air.
"Oh, turns out I have been inducted into an order of multi-dimensional superheroes that fight things like what kidnapped Weiss constantly. To make it worse I actually got swept up in the madness, I gave myself a code name for crying out loud." I lean my forehead against a tree and sigh. This is just too much. Other worlds, superheroes, and a terrorist organization that has made me a top priority.
"So you're a superhero now?" I look back and see Ruby looking up at me with stars in her eyes and snort at the thought.
"Yeah, first Kamen Rider of Remnant. And all it took was invasive surgeries on top of imprisonment and training on threat of starvation and dehydration." The sparkles have left Ruby's eyes, way to go Jaune. I pat Ruby on the head and laugh. "So what do you think about being my new sidekick then. I'm thinking Little Red."
"I drink milk and its worked." I can't help but laugh. While Ruby has grown up she really hasn't changed much in terms of personality that's for sure.
"Yes, yes. I'm sure you have to beat the guys off with Crescent Rose now." Ruby blushes and Yang laughs at that. I then focus on the monochrome duo of RWBY.
"So Weiss I forgot to grab your dust before I ran off. Sorry about that."
"Considering you and that other guy saved me I think I can forgive you."
"Did Weiss-cream just make a joke, everyone check for meteors, does the ground seem cold to you?"
"Hey!" I then turn to the Faunus of RWBY, she told me her life story a week ago so I have to ask this.
"You don't blame me for the deaths of the Fang, right? I don't feel bad about them but I probably would have been fine just crushing their Drivers." Blake gives a sad sigh and looks at the setting sun.
"I saw the bodies they left behind. They would have received a well-deserved death sentence for that. They went into the field wearing equipment set to explode if they lost, no they made their beds. I just hope more don't follow in their footsteps." I keep my mouth shut and don't spew out the comment about how more will definitely follow. I see NPR out of the corner of my eye and focus on them for a second before turning away, that is a can of worms for another day. For now I guess I should enjoy my victory of the day. My first real victory as Kamen Rider Kiba.
Kiba, short and sweet. I like it.
Merlot's POV – Hidden Shocker Base, Merlot's laboratory.
Oh my first Rider is doing so well. I can't wait to see how far he goes. It doesn't matter to me who wins, Shocker or Kiba. Either one will bring about an evolution of humanity, for now I'll just enjoy the toys Shocker lets me work with. This girl Adam gave to be the newest wielder of a high-grade Driver is going to be something once I'm done with her. I think I'll stick to her chameleon nature, give the armor a lizard look. I look back at the video captured of my first test subject and then down at the Driver I'm working on.
"Every creature evolves better with something hunting it down. Yes that will do."
"Kamen Rider Predator, you will be something special."
Hope you all like the second chapter. Please put up your thoughts in a review along with any ideas you have, especially if they are about the catchphrase for the Ursa orb. I'm stumped on that one.