Still as 'Kamen Rider' Phantasm, I ran into the clearing.

What I saw that moment shocked me to the core.

It was Summer Rose... badly injured and fighting off Grimm. I took a few steps back before muttering in a panicked tone as I quickly ran over, "No. Nononono-!" As I ran, I remembered the 'Ghost' version of the Rider Kick.

Pull lever again and jumped...

"DAI KAIGAN! PHANTASM! OMEGA DRIVE!"

I was enveloped in dull purple aura as I kicked-through a Grimm that was about to finish off Summer in her blind spot. This made all of their focus be directed at me. Summer asked, "Who, are you?" I answered cryptically, "Just a normal person making the best with the hand he's dealt." She seemed shock at my voice, but I pushed her aside as I began destroying the other Grimm. She slowly stood up and readied her weapon, however, and informed, "This is a Grimm hotspot. A bullhead will arrive in a hour, and I don't think you can fight for that long. I'm going to fight here, whether you like it or not."

I gritted before taking out the Phantasm eyecon out, the suit faded away and my belt letting out a "GOOD NIGHT~!"

She looked at me with wide eyes and I argued, "You have a family to be with! If you don't go, then one of your kids will do something stupid! Yang will try to find Raven, only to put Ruby and her in danger! Qrow's Semblance or not, you need to live for them! For Ruby!" I shielded my eyes as she brightly glowed silver, the sounds of Grimm popping being heard.

When the light died down, I was instantly tackled against the wall and held by my neck. I weakly opened my eyes to see a furious Summer holding me with her hands, both of us in a cave with the opening nearby. She growled out, "How do you know about them? And what else do you know?" I strained as I flailed a bit, "I know enough about what'll happen when Ruby turns 14 to a few months past the Vytal Festival...!"

And that part was true. I wasn't that much of a fan of RWBY, and only recently gotten into it after volume 4.

Suddenly, I was released and took deep breaths, rubbing my neck as I stared up at Summer. She instantly crouched down and fussed, "I'm, so, sorry about that! I didn't hurt you too badly, did I?" I chuckled and waved off, "Not really. And it's my fault for not thinking things through..."

Drip.

We both looked and noticed that Summer was bleeding... badly. I scrambled to get up and sat her down as I noticed that her aura was barely healing her. She giggled, "I guess I pushed myself too far..." I stared at her and questioned as I took off my jacket and folded it up so she can rest her legs, "You're going to bleed out, yet not using your scroll?" She shrugged helplessly, "No signal. So, you didn't answer my question: How did you know about them?" I sighed and gathered some nearby dry wood, making a pile as I answered, "It's a long story... You might want to get comfortable for it... but I prefer to have you alive when this is all over." Summer smiled, "Hey, a sixteen year old is helping me, despite using his semblance and me nearly killing him."

I lit the wood and sat down next to her, "Actually... I don't have my aura unlocked... and that wasn't my Semblance..." She looked at me in shock, noticing that the bruise she gave me wasn't fading away. Just as she opened her mouth, I interjected, "Don't you dare use up your aura to unlock mine. You need it more than I do."

She looked at me before speaking, "In passing, we achieve enlightenment. For when we discover who we truly are, Oum shall bless us by giving his presence for all to feel. May your wings manifest and help you soar freely. Amen." A glow of silver flew into me, before my entire body was enveloped in a dull purple aura. I asked, "... Why did you do that?" Summer simply smiled and adjusted herself, "Because you looked like you needed a good card, regardless of my teammate's semblance. So, it's night and we're both still awake. Care to tell me how a stranger like you came here?"

I stared at her before smiling sadly, "Summer Rose... You are truly a kind soul. Be wary, this story may seem unbelievable..." She laughed, "Kid? I have all the time in the world." I turned to face her, all traces of sadness gone as I began, "Well, as long as you're here... So before I actually get into how I arrived here, let's talk a bit about theories. Specifically, the multiverse theory. It states that, through reasonable and realistic situations, there are a near infinite amount of universe existing at the same time and same place. Think of it like a deck of cards, only for there to be a near infinite amount of cards and each card being different than the others. Each card represents a different universe. To put it simply, there's many alternate realities... And I came from one that's different from this one."

She asked, "How so?" I admitted, "Well, for starters... There were no Grimm or Faunus. Not even Dust. Instead, there was oil and innovations. Racism and social injustice still exists, but only by skin color and attraction. But us humans, well, we were dangerous. We created weapons of mass destruction, capable of destroying civilizations the size of Vale with a single explosion. For some of us to escape that harsh reality, we had technology. With it, came a certain group of people called Rooster Teeth, and an internet sensation that left fans in its wake: RWBY. Spelled R, W, B, Y, just to clarify." Summer looked interested, "Go on..."

I sighed and listed, "This show surrounds four girls living in a harsh world. Their names are Weiss Schnee, Blake Belladona... Yang Xiao Long..." Summer's eyes widened as I finished, "And their leader: Ruby Rose." Summer asked, warily, "Who created this show?" I smiled at her and answered gently, "A man you considered god. Monty Oum." Summer's eyes softened, "What happened to him?" I sighed, "Regardless of technological advances, we are but mortal. Monty Oum, the Monty of my reality... He died." Summer placed a hand on my shoulder and asked, "Did you feel sad?" I admitted, "At first, no. But after looking into him and learning that he died... Looking at what he left behind... You can't help but just be amazed at it. You can't help but be amazed at how things happened, like how I arrived here."

Summer raised an eyebrow, "So, how did you get here?" I simply spoke, "Well... I died." She was taken aback as I continued, "It was a normal day and I was finishing up on a harmless dare. Just watch this show where the hero has numerous different forms to use to aid in their battle. The reward I would've gotten out of it was fifty American dollars, or 50 Lien, to put it into perspective. After finishing, I decided to head to the library... but a drunk driver crashed into me, snapping my spine. It was all sudden, too. Next think I know, I find myself in the woods with that belt on me and... here we are."

Summer asked, "So, what do you recall my girls doing in this show?" I chuckled, "Look at us. A young person is telling their elder about a story that hasn't been completed, yet..." Summer giggled, "Hey, I need to know what happens and make sure they were okay."

I blinked hard before shielding my eyes. The sun was rising over the horizon. I looked over to Summer and smiled sadly, along with her. Even though the wound closed up, there could still be infections. Not only that, but she lost too much blood. Just then, a thought entered my head.

I cautiously asked, "If you could fight beyond the grave, would you?" Summer nodded, "Only for a while. Why?" I sighed and carefully explained, "Well, after you... die... I can summon your ghost to fight alongside with me. However, I won't force you to cooperate with me or even fight." "You may call me a kind soul, but you are a truly kind one. I'll fight with you." I smiled before frowning, "When I summon you, I need some help getting to Kuroyuri. In my reality, people guessed than your semblance was teleportation. Is it?" Summer nodded before sighing, "Well, my time is almost up... Do me a favor, will you? Look after Ruby for me during the start of Beacon and onwards, okay?" I nodded, "I promise I will."

She smiled and closed her eyes as her scroll showed that she flat-lined.

I sighed sadly and smiled before holding my middle and index finger out and together. "Shift up, then circle around radius..." I traced the pattern and out flew Summer's ghost. It had silver eyes and a white hoodie with red lining. She briefly posed and I saw an outline of her holding out her weapon, before the ghost flew into my ghost driver, turning it into an eyecon.

I took a deep breath, asking outloud, "Ready, Summer?" The eyecon giggled and shouted, "Yep! Time to see how you transformed!" I grinned and activated her eyecon, which showed "SR" on it. I then opened my driver and placed her inside, noting that the pattern that would don my face will be a white rose.

As I closed it, her ghost flew out of the driver.

"AYE~!"

"BACCHIRI MINAA! BAT-CHIRI MIRO...! BACCHIRI MINAA! BAT-CHIRI MIRO...!"

Summer flew about before I declared and pulled the lever, "Henshin!"

"KAIGAN: SUMMER ROSE! WHITE LIKE SNOW, FIERCE LIKE ROSE!"

The hood slid onto me after my suit formed. In my head, Summer asked, "So, where's your next stop?" I grinned and thought to her, "Kuroyuri." I disappeared in a flash of white petals...

Only to reappear in a bandit camp... that belongs to Raven...

While they were in the middle of their training session.

...

I thought to Summer, 'Summer? You done goofed...' 'Sorry!'

I felt a blade against my neck and asked Summer, 'Summer? How does your Semblance work?' 'Well, what happens is that I go back to that place that I have been, if teleporting over long distances. This was the nearest location to Kuroyuri. However, I can teleport over short distances by looking and focusing at a spot before teleporting to that place.'

I glanced at the blade and who held it.

Raven Brawen.

I mused out loud, my voice having a slight overlap with Summer's voice, "Not even the second day in this world, and I, Kamen Rider Phantasm, encounter you of all people..." Taken advantage of her split-second surprise, I used Summer's Semblance to teleport behind Raven before doing a series of chained teleports that allowed me to flee into the woods. Quickly, I took out her eyecon and turned back to normal, breathing heavily.

"GOOD NIGHT~!"

After catching my breath, I took out the eyecon and started walking, the driver fading away.

I mused out loud as I walked down the dirt path, "If a Kamen Rider is used to describe heroes, antiheroes, and villains, then what does it actually mean? I'm pretty sure I don't count as a Kamen Rider... So why did I call myself one?"

What does it mean to be a Kamen Rider?

So, yeah. That happened.

Any ideas as to what the future eyecons will be?

Warning: They aren't Rider eyecons or any of the eyecons from canon. This is pure pseudo-OC eyecons