Like always I don't own Gaim or RWBY. The following series belong to Toei AND Rooster Teeth. Drive out fellas! I think we in for hell of a RIDE! Ain't we toku fans? First thought and impressions? Do you folks think there potenial for this Kamen rider Drive to DRIVE out of the large shadow Gaim cast as a awesome rider series? As always JUST LIVE MORE people.

Symbolic Joker: At the moment? Yes Drive has potential. Already in the first episode someone important to the main character has died. Just like Gaim (only in Gaim we didn't find out until much later).

Sixth Lock: The Great Gathering

*Lock Open!*

Weiss Schnee was not amused.

She was scorned.

But luckily for males everywhere, she was nowhere near their vicinity so their family jewels were in no danger of being castrated.

As she stomped in the forest, she ignored the fact that her new partner Ruby Rose was following her with just an equally unhappy look on her face. When Weiss signed up for Beacon, she was thinking about working with someone like Pyrrha Nikos, the champion of the Mistral Regional Tournament four years in a row. In Weiss's eyes, the two would've been wonderful partners. Brains and brawn, as it were.

Instead she was stuck with a 15 year old that clearly had an ADHD problem since she kept moving around the place like a small pup that was happy to see it's owner.

Still, it was either Ruby or the Arc boy who was incompetent enough that he had gotten his head stuck in a tree while showing his bottom for the whole world to see. Seriously? What kind of Hunter-in-Training was he that he couldn't even come up with a landing strategy? That kind of stuff was beyond elementary. She did stuff way harden than that in her last combat academy.

In heels no less.

As she continued to walk deeper and deeper into the forest, she thought of Kumon Kaito and that disrespectful look he had given her. How dare he call her as nothing more than a little rich brat when she was here trying to do her best to learn to be a Huntress and protect those who can't help demselves from the monsters that plague them. Who was he, someone who was nothing than an armored bully, to judge her!?

She swore in the name of the founding fathers of Vale that she was going to teach Kumon Kaito a lesson in manners the next time she saw him. He may have the skills of a veteran Hunter, Weiss will admit that. But that alone won't stop her. His attitude was much worse than the second rate thugs she saw in TV. Dust, even Ruby (that dunce) had more manners than him! Unlike Kaito who simply beat people up on a whim.

Weiss was taught from a young age that she had an important duty to fulfill. Something a ruffian like him will never understand.

What does her father call it again? That one notion that he taught her when he actually had the time to spend with her? When he was not mad about the random attacks on her life or the fact that someone they knew had just died for being connected to them in someway by the hands of those dirty and bloodthirsty Faunus from the White Fang?

Oh, that's right.

Noblesse Oblige.

A duty of those who have power to help those who don't.

Since Weiss had the prodigal potential, she couldn't stand doing nothing as the people she love dies or became a target of the White Fang. And so, she had a fight with her father to allow her to become a Huntress. Unfortunately, the results had caused the two to be on non-speaking terms for some time now. Her father had been worried that going to Beacon will only get her killed while Weiss on the other hand wanted to prove that she was a capable person and a fitting heiress to rule her father's company once he stepped down.

It was a Schnee's job to be the very best she or he can be, after all.

Don't get her wrong, she still loved her family but a small part of her just wanted to be herself and since none of the other Schnees had attempted to become a Huntsman before; it was golden opportunity for Weiss. She can both do her duty as someone with power and prove to the people around she was not just another simple heiress of the Schnee Dust Company. She can be a Huntress and a proud protector of Humanity.

But yesterday had been nothing but pure frustration for she had to spent a lot of her time and effort and Lien in trying to find out just what kind of technology that the bumbling fool Jaune Arc and that vagabond Kumon Kaito had been using. With no success, at all.

As someone who one day will manage an industry that supplied almost everything from mundane weapons to a bottle of coke and toothpaste; she couldn't stand not knowing just who exactly were those two and why she felt like Kaito was getting special treatment from the teachers. He brutally beaten Jaune into a bloody pulp for God sake! Not even a suspension!? Only a talk in the office and he went out like nothing happened!

Seeing that made Weiss tasked herself to do some digging. After all, being the heiress of the Schnee Dust Company meant getting some information wouldn't be too challenging, correct?

Apparently, she was wrong.

She had checked the newest line of weapons being developed by the company.

Nothing.

She had checked the newest products of known weapon stores online.

Nothing.

She had searched the social media for info.

Nothing.

Hell, she even had asked the teachers!

Nothing!

It was almost like the technology for the belts had came from another world or something! She had reread every single book in technology and myth yet none of them described of a strange device that can open up a portal to God knows where and summon a giant fruit that changed into armor! The more she thought about it, the madder she got!

It was bad enough her dream team was crushed, but she couldn't even figure out where the two idiots go technology that has never been seen before nor did Weiss think was capable of being recreated by the Schnee Dust Company!

Why!? Why them!?

One was an idiot and the other was a bloodthirsty ruffian who wore a very unfashionable outfit!

And in her adding frustration, she had snapped at her new partner when the complete dolt had almost got herself killed with that fighting style of hers! She had to spend the next four years with her!? With a child (that she would admit had some skills of a Huntress)!? Just having the skills of a Huntsman wasn't enough! One also needed to have the right mindset if they wish to become a great Huntsman!

"You don't even know me… ." Ruby muttered out to herself as Weiss stormed away, unaware that Weiss had heard what she said. Her tone of voice had made Weiss feel a little bit guilty about what she had said to Ruby, but if they were to work together for the next four years than Ruby had to stop being so childish and such a showoff. If she can do that, then maybe Wiess can try to be a bit nicer.

She'll make no promises though. One did not have to be kind to be a protector.

"Um… Weiss?" Ruby tried gaining the attention of the snow white girl, and successfully managed to do so. "Is that a giant Nevermore? And is it heading towards us!?" Confused, Weiss was about to retort as she turned around. However, she lost her voice when she saw a giant pair of black claws heading right towards her.

How did she not see that coming!?

"OH DU-!"

"Are you okay Jaune?" Pyrrha took a look at her partner for the ninetieth time he had tripped and landed face first into the ground. Her partner was quite the mystery, she had to admit. He had this strange looking belt and proven he could fight during their encounter with the Grimm in the Emerald Forest. Yet not once had he healed from the injuries he had gotten from the Grimm or the little injuries like a small cut in his face he had gotten from a sharp branch smacking him right into the ground.

"I'm fine Pyrrha. Really, I am… ." Jaune's words did not match the condition of his body. He was a bit drained and he was still trying to get use to his armor. He still held the Pine Lockseed Kaito had given him but he chose not to use it due to wanting to master the Orange Arms first.

The armor helped protect him from any heavy injuries from any Grimm they fought but getting hit still hurt despite that protection. Due to old combat habits of charging at his opponents head on, Jaune learned that he had to fight smarter and leave himself with less openings if he still wished to fight like that. Plus, without Pyrrha helping him, Jaune was sure he would be in a much worse condition. They had encountered a pack of Beowolves that seemed to be running away from a forest fire and Jaune had managed to slay a good number of them by himself.

He wondered if Kaito would've been proud if he knew that fact. Teachers always seemed proud when they learned that their students could stand on their own two feet.

"Why don't you activate your Aura then? It can heal your injuries faster." Pyrrha suggested, unaware that her suggestion had caused Jaune enter 'Panic Mode' as he had completely no idea what she was talking about. His gut was telling him that it was a Huntsman thing, probably something they learned in combat school before that he never went to. Would she suspect him if he didn't give her an answer?

Yes, of course she would!? Anybody would be suspicious of him if he didn't answer!

"Uh… , sorry… ." Jaune lamely said. "The weather is frying my brain a bit… . " He sheepishly lied. "Can you remind me what it is again, Pyrrha?" Pyrrha herself raised an eyebrow at the question, but nonetheless decided to amuse him by giving him a lecture about Aura.

Aura is the manifestation of one's soul. Pyrrha described it as something that 'bears their burdens and shields their hearts'. She also mentioned if one practiced long enough, one's Aura can become something akin to a shield. She also explained to Jaune that every living being known in Remnant has an Aura. The Grimm are an exception to this because they lacked a soul.

Only by understanding both the dark and light parts of a soul can one understand Aura.

Something Jaune can't wrap his brain around so he tried to simplified it the best way he can.

"It's like a force field!" Just like something he and his old friends in the neighborhood used to watch when they were kids!

Pyrrha was amused by the notion, evident by the small smile she gave him at the comparison. She seemed to figure something out, and walked up to Jaune before putting her hands on his cheeks (something that made the blonde boy flush out of contact) before she began to recite something while closing her eyes.

"For it is in passing that we achieve immortality, through this we become a paragon of virtue and glory to rise above all. Infinite in distance and unbound by death, I release your soul, and by my shoulder, protect thee." She chanted as Jaune a feeling of power running through him, unaware that Pyrrha was glowing in a red aura while he himself was covered in a white one.

Pyrrha stumbled as Jaune helped her regain her footing, concern evident in his eyes and voice. "It's alright, I'm fine. I just unlock your Aura with my own. It just… took a toll a bit, because you have a lot of it." Pyrrha explained, though there was a small admiration in her eyes. Aura was the manifestation of the soul. The more the soul grew, the more Aura you have. With the kind personality he had shown, for Jaune to have such a big amount of Aura compared to others his age… .

Jaune was unaware for the growing respect Pyrrha had for him, as he was far too happy at his realization that he had become just a bit stronger and a bit closer to becoming a proper hero. Hell, maybe he even had took a step in becoming stronger than Kaito!

"We're almost there… ." The two continue on, unaware that something was stalking them from the shadows. Something that didn't have enough to eat yet.

"And the last of the pairs are formed. On the other hand, Kaito is still not sighted. Do you think he used Helheim Forest as a means of escape from being paired up with a teammate? Glynda Goodwitch frowned as she kept cycling through live video feeds on her Scroll so she can catch where Kaito was. It wasn't against the rules for the students to use everything they had in their arsenal to survive the Initiation… .

But of course, those rules weren't made in mind that some students had the ability to jump between worlds on a whim.

Professor Ozpin however, was apathetic as ever despite the fact the most crucial piece of Remnant's survival had went missing right under his nose. His apathy broke when he suddenly smirked, much to Glynda's surprise.

"Worry not Glynda. I have something special for him."

"Are we there yet?

"No."

"Are we there yet?"

"No."

"Are we… ."

Lie Ren pulled up his hands in defeat, shutting Nora up in the process. It was times like these where his job as the straight man of their duo came into play, where he had to try and talk sense and logic into Nora's head. Of course, Nora being Nora meant it almost never worked but the few times it does give Ren the strength to keep trying, hoping that he would be rewarded for those rare moments.

God bless his patience and sanity for having managed to stay strong all these years.

Especially when Nora kept bugging him to show more fancy tricks with his Sengoku Driver ever since she was witness to him blowing the brains out of a King Taijitu with a pointblank energy shot from his grape gun a few minutes ago.

"Nora?"

"Yes, Ren?"

"Do you see any signs of anything else other than trees, trees, and maybe that squirrel hiding a nut over there?" Ren sighed as he pointed in the general direction where he saw that squirrel. Said squirrel quickly hid itself when Nora's eyes laid themselves upon it. Before she could run off and chase the squirrel, Ren grabbed her by her collar and dragged her back to the original direction they were walking in. Luckily for Ren, Nora didn't try resisting so she could chase the squirrel.

"But we've been walking for hours!" Nora whined.

"It's only been 30 minutes Nora." Ren sighed, again. "I'll tell you when we get there. Have I ever lied to you before?" That argument was enough to shut Nora up, as she knew not once had Ren tried to led her astray before. He knew that one of the main purpose of the Initiation was actually to test the survival skills of the students. Honestly, if he did this by himself he could've aced it no problem.

But when one travelled with Nora, they will get lost, no matter how much one can hope.

Thus, Ren really wished that Ozpin had given more than just telling the students the general direction they needed to go since he was the poor sap that had to deal with a ginger who had the tendency to get distracted by every single little thing in front of her.

"Rennnnn!" Nora whined. "I wanna do something fun!" She complained. "I wanna-Oh~!" Nora suddenly stopped her whining and stopped following Ren, gaining his full attention. "Look Ren! Tasty looking fruit!" Nora pointed the object that held her interest like a child before quickly running over to it. It was a perfectly round white fruit covered in odd purple leaves.

Something in Ren's guts told him that something about that fruit was not natural. Plus, many children have been taught at a young age not to eat unknown items especially when it's from an unknown area. Even Nora knew that lesson, which was one of the reasons why he was bugged at the fruit. It was almost like… Nora was being hypnotized by it!

"Nora, stop!" Ren cried out, unfortunately she didn't hear him. Luckily however, Ren managed to stop her in time by shaking her shoulder. "Nora, stop! We have no idea what this fruit is and for all we know it might be poisonous." Ren lectured Nora in the sternest voice he could muster, which was enough for Nora to give in.

"But Rennn… ." Not completely, but she gave in nonetheless. However, Ren didn't like the pouting look on her face. With a sigh, the magenta eyed boy decided to entertain her a bit and do a bit of testing. He was going to feed some local fauna a bit of the fruit to see it's effects on it before allowing Nora to eat it.

"Fine." Ren sighed in defeat. "Just let me feed some of it to some wild… ." The moment Ren touched the fruit, it had converted itself into a Lockseeds. However, it was not like the ones he, Jaune and Kaito use. No, instead of three nuts Kaito uses to summon their training dummies or the Orange, Banana and Grape Lockseeds used for their transformations, this specific Lockseed was themed after a Mango, having the code 'L.S. - 11'.

"… ." Ren was completely silent as he inspected the new Lockseed. It didn't took a genius to figure out that anything reacting with his Sengoku Driver can only mean that it's otherworldly. Turning to Nora to see what she thought of this revelation, he was surprised to see she was gone. "Nora… !?" And then the next thing Ren heard was a loud ungodly roar of pain which was then revealed to belong to an Ursa Minor that was trying to buck off a grinning Nora.

Nora. Was. Rodeoing. Another. Ursa.

Goddammit.

"NORA!" Ren cried out as he, once again, started chasing after Nora who was riding on an Ursa.

"Whee! Come on Ren! Let's-a-go!" Nora cheered, leading the Ursa to God knows where with her trusty Magnhild in hand (to keep the Ursa obedient). Ren however, let out a loud facepalm at his friends eccentricities.

Who knew that one's childhood friend could be so much trouble in the future?

"Well… ?"

The Bumblebee Duo consisting of Blake and Yang looked upon the sky, only to see Ruby and Weiss clinging for dear life onto a Nevermore. How in Remnant the White Rose Duo had gotten themselves into that situation was something the Bumblebee Duo did not know but it sure as hell didn't stop them from taking advantage of the situation.

Evident by the fact Yang had took a bit of her Lien out.

Yes, the two were currently betting on how long it took for Weiss to let go off the damn bird-type Grimm. Blake had, much to Yang's dismay, saved herself from taking up on a sucker's bet from coming to the conclusion that Ruby was the type of person who barely acknowledged fear even if it smacked her right up at her hoodie. As such, the two decided to bet on how much time was left until Weiss would jump off the Nevermore.

It was not like they could do anything else. They already reached the temple and grabbed a 'relic' (which was really just a chess piece). They couldn't really leave in good conscious knowing that fellow students were in trouble (especially when one of them was Yang's little sister). They couldn't even help try to take down the Nevermore since it was way too high up in the sky.

"3 minutes till Weiss comes down." Yang placed her bet

"4 minutes. I don't think she's much of the risk taking type." And Blake placed hers.

And then Ruby started falling from the sky like a bullet…

… and then ramming her head into poor Jaune who was sent flying out of the forest from out of nowhere.

Pyrrha was on his trail, in case you're wondering.

"Sup Ruby… ." Jaune groaned as the two tried to regain their bearings on the tree they crashed in. As this happened, another crazy duo arrived. This one consisting of a ginger girl wearing white along with a pink skirt and black haired magenta streaked boy who wore a green shirt with white pants. Their arrival was much more grand compared to the rest however.

Mostly because the ginger girl was rodeoing an Ursa Minor while the boy chased her on foot, unsurprisingly becoming dead tired in the process.

"Aw… . It's broken… ." Nora Valkyrie was very disappointed when the Ursa Minor she rode on finally died from her roughhousing. The shenanigans of Ren and Nora continued from there once Ren finally caught up. He took a breather, a mistake as Nora took the time to zip all the way to the altars of the chess pieces once Ren regained his breath.

"I'm Queen of the Castle~, I'm Queen of the Castle~!" Nora sang after grabbing a rook chess piece.

"NORA!" Ren shouted quite loudly.

Nora merely giggled at his exasperation. "Coming Ren!"

"Did… that girl ride on an Ursa?" Blake asked in disbelief, with Yang nodding dumbly in response. After all, who was crazy enough to hitch a ride on a Grimm?

Quite a few people actually, none who shall be named.

"Um… , I hate to interrupt, but should we not do something about that?" Pyrrha regrouped with the others, pointing up to the sky where Weiss had finally jumped from the Nevermore.

Blake lost her bet with Yang because of that, evident from her giving the smug blonde the betting money.

Luckily for Weiss, Jaune had snapped out of his daze and jumped off the tree was on and had managed to catch her mid-jump.

Too bad he didn't thought up how he was going to land with her in his arms.

"My hero… ." Weiss sarcastically noted, having landed while sitting on Jaune's back. The poor boy made note of that, but was promptly ignored.

"Great, looks like the whole gang is here. So are we all going to die together or are we going to get the Dust out of here before that Nevermore circles back and invite it's friends?" Yang sarcastically noted as everyone regrouped with one another, while Blake just sighed at her partner's bluntness. Seeing as half of them still hadn't grabbed their relics yet, the group quickly ran back to the altar to grab two relics for the others when a giant zipper that appeared out nowhere, hanging from the fabric of reality, opened up!

Jumping out of the zipper and somersaulting over the group was someone that had made himself infamous from spending only a day at Beacon Academy. Someone a majority of the group had the pleasure of meeting (only one person in the group actually had a decent meeting with this person, and that was only because she saved him).

That person was Kumon Kaito, in all of his tall, dark, jerkass glory.

Only the ginger of the group did not immediately question how he had gotten into the other side of the zipper. And unlucky for them, Kaito was no mood to answer that question. Instead, he quickly walk up to the alters and snatched a Black Knight chess piece. He turned, though his eyes was still on the chess piece as he started walking. Somehow, he was still fully unaware of his audience as he inspected the chess piece.

"Hn. Now let's… ." When he finally pocketed the chess piece, Kumon Kaito eyes somehow met with Ruby Rose's and Jaune Arc's, all three having a different reaction. However, both shared similarities: It was a mixture of shock and WTH.

'DUST DAMN ITTTTT!' Jaune cursed his bad luck.

'I don't wanna work with the big scary banana knight… .' Ruby on the other hand was tearing up a bit on the inside.

Kaito's thoughts? 'Oh great… ! Baby sitting the new Gaim and the Rose girl for the next four years… !? At least one of them don't need to be look after a lot… .'

Before anything could be said, Kaito's Overlord senses shouted at him that two threats were coming. "You two, pay attention! The enemy is coming!" Kaito said as he turned around to confront his new opponents. The Nevermore landed right in front of the group of students and extended it's wings to full length as a display of strength.

Another roar from a different beast came from the forest, jumping out of it was the Strengthened Form of the Shika Inves. However, much to Kaito's surprise; it wasn't actually a Shika Inves! All the blue spots were replaced with the darkest shade of black with white armor on it's back, with it's hands being mutated pincers while also having a nasty looking scorpion-like tail extending from it's rear end. On it's face was the familiar white bone-like visor one would associate the Grimm with.

Kaito noticed that there were some fresh blood at the corners of it's mouth. It would seem the abomination had claimed some victims already. Yet Kaito did not care about that fact in the least, at the moment. He can mourn the loss of innocent life later. For now, he was taking this abomination down.

He knew exactly what this creature was. A Grimm/Inves hybrid. He had encountered some of these Hybrids that had managed to wander into Helheim, but they were in their Elementary stages. He didn't think that there was already one in the Strengthened stage! But considering the size of his other opponent, it wasn't too much of a stretch to say the size and strength of a Grimm determines which Inves stage it'll evolve into.

And like the previous Grimm/Inves hybrid he encountered, the creature's lack of soul caused his Overlord ability to command lower class Inves to have no effect on it. Meaning this was yet another fight he could not avoid. No matter. This creature was a lot stronger than the previous Grimm/Inves he had faced, that much was obvious. Fighting strong enemies had always been his preferred method of comparing his strength against others.

"WHAT THE DUST IS THAT!?" Jaune screamed, voicing out the thoughts of everyone else there at seeing the Grimm/Inves hybrid. Kaito did not blame them for being in the clutches of fear. They were staring down two Suika Arms-sized enemies after all. On their right was the giant Grimm/Inves hybrid. On their left was giant ass bird called a Nevermore. It didn't really looked like good odds for the rookies.

Luckily for them, Kaito was not a rookie.

"Don't ask questions no one will answer Arc! Oi, Lie! Take your belt out! We're transforming!" Kaito barked out his orders, causing Jaune and Ren quickly stumbling to take out their belts. They quickly walked up to line up with Kaito, their Sengoku Drivers having been strapped on. Yang had noticed however, that their belts looked almost exactly like the device she had found in the forest with Blake.

"Henshin!"

ORANGE!/BANANA!/BUDOU!

Kaito was surprised to hear both Jaune and Ren say the signature word almost every single Armored Rider say almost every single time before they transformed, but managed to hid it well. Unknown to him, Jaune and Ren decided to say that word because they found it catchy from Kaito's constant use of it.

LOCK ON!

SOIYA!/COME ON!/HAI~!

ORANGE ARMS! HANAMICHI, ON STAGE!

BANANA ARMS! KNIGHT OF SPEAR!

BUDOU ARMS! RYU, HOU! HA-HA-HA!

The three's respective mechanical fruits had descended from three Cracks to Helheim, floating above their users' heads before dropping down onto their shoulders once the Cutting Blade had cut opened their Lockseeds. Their suits materialized, before the fruits disassembled themselves to form the armor with their weapons materializing from thin air once the transformation was complete.

Many jaws were dropped from seeing three Armored Riders.

None of said jaws belonged to the beasts that had the intent of crushing the lousy Humans in front of them.

"Let's go!" Baron led the charge against the Grimm, with his fellow Armored Riders roaring as they all charged at the Grimm.

And just like that chapter six is finish with a boss fight for chapter seven! What's your impression of this chapter?

Grimmves/ Grimm Inves: Since the two world elements merged, stuff are going to get complicated sooner or later.

Helheim forest has the power to overwrite any DNA and wipe the mind of most creature that's not Helheim. There are exceptions like Kaito whose immune system had developed a slight resistance to it or Kouta who was already non-human when he consume his first fruit.

Symbolic Joker: Or like the Femushinmu Overlords who retained their minds despite becoming Inves.

Of course compared to the unknown energy that make up the Grimm, the world eating forest Helheim can only rewrite it's body. Remnant ain't the first world it encountered and it sure as hell will turn EVERY other creatures and Humans (minus Earth) in the Universe into Inves. Hell, Helheim can produce a fruit that can turn a man into near-God status! I don't think there's any Grimm-related source that can do that can it?

But here a catch, Grimm have no soul and not much of a body to began with. Even if you rewrite it's body into something like an Inves there's still some leftovers from the Grimm. You only rewrite the DNA of a being whose body disappears after death, not make the unknown energy that composes a Grimm completely disappear. So yeah, even if their body were rewritten into an Inves it's not a complete Inves. You can make something close to a hybrid.

Teams: Since Kaito made eye contact with Ruby and Jaune at the same time whose teammates were pre-destined to assigned to certain teammates means he's going to be put in a special condition. A special reserve course student if you will. What is this special reserve course student? Explain after they slay the two monsters.

4 Riders are confirmed with only one having the belt but no Lockseed yet. Guess the RIDERS!

Symbolic Joker: Why do I have the feeling people can instantly guess which Rider Yang is going to be?

Like always thanks for the Beta and the editing Joker. Without you some of these people be reading a VERY lousy fic.

Symbolic Joker: No problem man. Besides, if they can get pass the spelling errors and jumbled up story telling of your non-Beta'd Chapters; it's a decent story Riku.