A/N: What is up everyone! I am here with the nineteenth chapter of OOO!
I hoped you enjoyed the previous chapter and now this is the chapter where a certain Rider you all may know to be introduced. I do apologize for the long update, it wasn't easy making this a good chapter since a certain Rider will finally make his debut in this chapter. And chapter 12 of Kamen Rider Dark Drive: Hyperdimension Road (Kamen Rider Dark Drive x Hyperdimension Neptunia V) will be uploaded soon.
Remember, I will be following not only the RWBY episodes with some additions but also the OOO series (The Greeed, meeting Ankh, introducing Kougami, etc.) with some changes and/or additions to it.
Henshin!
Third Person View
'Thought'
Greeed/Yummies
Kougami was staring out the window, baking another cake. This cake however was for a special occasion; a celebration of something new.
He had heard about what Team RWBY, Enrique, and their two new friends fighting Kazari. It was wonderful to see them work together to fend off against the Feline Greeed.
As he finished mixing the batter, he heard the doors behind him open, prompting him to turn around and see Felix without his helmet once again.
Ever since he heard that Felix confronted OOO, he saw him look at the young man in a new light. The birth of trust and a possible partnership. However in Felix's hand was a silver and black case. Seeing it made Kougami smile with pride.
"Ah, Felix. You arrived just in time!" He said joyfully.
"Likewise, sir," Felix nodded before placing the case onto the table. "Your scientists have finished the Project."
Kougami's smile grew upon hearing that. "Will this help Akira? I heard about the project and it won't work like the Core Medals." Felix asked.
"Fe, it doesn't matter for me! This is the birth of a new warrior to fight alongside OOO!" Kougami said, placing the batter in the oven. "Core Medals and Cell Medals. The power of two different types of Medals to fight against the Greeed."
The cake-loving man walked to the table as Felix opened the case, revealing what was inside. Along with a certain object was three grey cans that said 'Gorilla'. Felix closed the case as the cake loving man looks out the window
"Ms. Haven, contact Akira. Let him know to come here," Kougami informed. "I am sure he will enjoy the new weapon to finally fight the Greeed."
The assistant nodded before leaving his office to contact the Huntsman. Once he left, Kougami couldn't help but cheer to the item that his scientists finally finished. It may not be like OOO and the O-Driver but this will be considered somewhat close to it, using the energy from the Cell Medals to fight against the Greeed.
"Happy Birthday, Birth!" He shouted joyfully, so loud it can be heard in the entire building of the Kougami Foundation.
Remnants of Desires
Chapter 19: Revenge, Birth, Shachi Medal
Napping, it is what I was doing as the cool breeze brush past my hair. Adding the shade from the tree leaves, it adds more relaxation to me. After dealing with Kazari and the mech that Roman was using yesterday, it is what I needed today.
It felt soothing really. A nap under a tree with the weather being slightly sunny with a nice breeze? It equals total peace and relaxation for me. I let out a relaxed sigh since I haven't felt this relaxed in a long while.
As 10 minutes passed, I felt someone nudging my arm with their foot, prompting me to open my eyes to see who was doing that. My eyes met the smoldering eyes of Cinder Fall. "Oh, hey Cinder…" I greeted as I sat up and rubbed my eyes. "What brings you here?" I asked, curious.
"I was looking for you in fact," she smiled.
I blinked upon her answer. "Why were you looking for me? I thought you would be with your teammates?" I asked, confused.
Her smile grew before sitting down next to me. "They were off with their usual doings. I thought it would be nice to talk to the person that kindly gave me a tour of the Academy. After all most of the boys here that talk to me are… not like you."
"Not like me? What do you mean?"
"Oh? Why it's your personality," she answered. "A young man like you are not often seen. I think it's rather nice to meet someone such as yourself."
I flustered from her comment, "W-Well…" I stuttered. "I don't know if I should be flattered to be honest." I then looked at her. "Tell me, why are you here? What made you want to become a Huntress?"
"I am here because I wish to change the world..." Cinder told me.
"That sounds like a big dream," I chuckled. "But I can understand in a way. For me, all I cared about was reaching out to help those in need of help. It's all I care about…. I have been doing this for a long time ever since."
"Reaching out to others? What if when you reach towards them, they just drag you down and hold you back?"
"What do you mean by that?" I blinked. "Even when that happens, there's always a way to get back up. Being dragged down only makes me think I am giving up. To me, giving up makes me think I lost. I never give up on helping others by reaching my hand out to them so I can help them. "
She looked at me for a moment before a smile adorned her lips again, "It sounds like you have read a lot about philosophy."
"Somewhat," I shrugged before placing my hands behind my neck and gaze at the sky. "I learn what I can for the past 5 years."
Just as she was gonna say something, I took notice of Blake approaching us. Wait, I thought she was with Yang?
"Blake?" I sat up to look at her. "What are you doing here? I thought you were with Yang?"
She looked at Cinder for a moment then at me, "Enrique, we need to go and get our project finished for Professor Oobleck."
I blinked before standing up. "Blake, what do you me-" Before I can finish Blake grabbed my arm and dragged me away from Cinder. Seriously, why is Blake acting like this?
As we were now in the hallway, I decided to speak up. "Um… Blake why were you acting like that?" I asked. "I was only talking to Cinder."
She released her grip on me, "I just…." she shook her head for a moment before looking at me. "I just need your help with something." she stated.
"What do you need help with?" I asked, curious.
"Just follow me okay!?" She asked, her tone growing and what sounds like a cat's growl.
"Uh… ok?" I blinked before following her.
As soon as they left Cinder had a slight disappointed frown on her face. As if her moment was just stolen by that kunoichi. But… it did not matter. She found something interesting… And she was going to take it one way or the other.
She then took out her scroll as she brought up what looked like some kind of list. She scrolled down as she found Enrique's file before placing a checkmark on it. She smile deviously as she then begins to walk away.
The young man was an interesting one to her unlike that Greeed that is allied with her. From what she heard, he used unimaginable power from the very creatures to fight that those like Kazari create. The creatures were impervious to normal attacks but Enrique was able to injure them with his armor and sword.
She knew that all those capabilities make him a person to be part of her cause. She had to get closer to him to achieve it. All she'd have to do is be in contact with him more often, talk to him, make him see her way of thinking... and he'd be all hers. If that didn't work, she'd simply seduce him.
What's more interesting was his origins. After she learned about him, she had to find info about the young Multi-King. What was strange was that he has no record of a birth certificate, no known residence, no known family members. Nothing.
More importantly, his name sounded completely foreign but at the same time, rolling off the tongue. It makes her wonder where exactly he is from. 'I wonder who you really are?'
I continued to follow Blake. "So… where are we going, Blake?" I asked, curious.
She didn't answer me as she kept pulling by my arm, as if she was trying to get me away from something? "Blake, what are you trying to do anyway…?" I asked again.
Still she didn't answer as her grip started to tighten around my wrist. I stopped as she tried to pull me away. "Blake what's with you?" I raised an eyebrow. "First you approached me and then dragged me away. You're also tightening your grip on my wrist."
Blake released her grip gently. "S-Sorry, Enrique… I.. I just don't trust that girl being around you at all…"
"Huh…?" I blinked. "I was only talking to her. That was all."
"Then what about that time where she pinned you to the ground?!"
"She challenged me to a spar remember?" I reminded with a raised eyebrow.
The Faunus kunoichi blushed in embarrassment. "O-Oh… right…" she muttered. "Sorry.. But.. she just gives me all the wrong feelings…" Blake stated.
I sighed. She has been acting like that often which confuses me but I chose to ignore it. "How about we head to town that way we can relax from whatever is bothering you?" I suggested.
Blake had a slight blush but it quickly vanished as she smiled at me gently. "Alright…"
We made our way to the courtyard until I saw Ruby who looks to be bored out of her mind. "Hey Ruby, something wrong?" I asked.
"Ugh…. Bored… Today has been boring!" She frowned. "Mr. Akira left before he could show me more about his weapon…"
"He left?"
"The Kougami Foundation called him earlier. They said they needed him for something." answered Ruby. "And here I thought I could see that Birth Buster…"
I pondered for a moment before an idea popped up. "How about you come with me and Blake? We are heading to Vale to look around." I offered.
"Really? Thanks!" She beamed brightly. Although I didn't see Blake sigh slightly from hearing that invitation for Ruby.
Ankh was travelling in the city, heading towards the usual ice cream parlor he goes to. The reason was to be away from the annoying teens of Beacon Academy. Team RWBY, Team JNPR, and his charge Enrique were an exception in a way but they were still annoying bunch of children. To think they were the ones he was relying on to get his Core Medals and regain his body.
He eventually made it to the ice cream parlor before he noticed something. He then spotted a familiar face who had stopped in front of the ice cream parlor. It was Sara and she was going inside to get herself a treat. Ankh's lips slightly quirked up as he went in after her. To him, it was both a little annoying that he will be talking but nostalgic.
"Ah, is that you Ankh?" Sara asked.
"How did you know it was me?"
"Just a guess. So, you came for ice cream as well?"
"Kinda need a treat after having to deal with a bunch of brats," he told her.
"Must be hard being a teacher."
"You have no idea. I hate kids, and it doesn't get better as they get older. But it's my job to make sure they don't get killed."
"They should be lucky that they have a teacher that cares about them so much." He mentally growled, he doesn't 'care' about the students, he's only doing what he can to make his tools in perfect condition along with his charge.
As the two of them found a table, a girl with half pink and half brown hair was leaving the ice cream parlor with a cone of neapolitan ice cream. His eyes narrowed upon seeing her but pretended to not notice her. She was the girl from the highway, the one working for Roman Torchwick.
Not his problem right now.
All he wanted to do was enjoy his usual treat.
"So Ankh, what's it like helping them?" Sara asked, trying to find the spoon until Ankh decided to push it close to her hand.
She took it as she started to eat her treat, but wanting to know more about him.
"It's annoying to me…" he muttered, eating his treat.
"I see… May I ask what are they like?"
"At Beacon, there are two Teams that… a student of mine hangs out with…" he was referring to his charge, Enrique. "Being kind and all but at the same time they are annoying when it comes to their activities…."
She giggled slightly. "You can't blame them for enjoying their times like this… After all… they can do several thing now… But someday…. Something could happen where they're not able to do what they did before…." She said softly as she fiddled with her ice cream.
He took notice of her placing her hand on the scars that run down her blind eyes. "It happened to you…?"
Sara lowered her hand and slowly nodded. "I was a 2nd year… but a mission resulted a Grimm attacking me a year ago… but my Aura couldn't heal my eyes…" she answered, looking down. "And… no medicine or surgery could fix them either…. I.. had to give up my dream to being a Huntress and… retire…"
Ankh looked at her, his hand on his spoon to eat his treat. He looked back and saw the customers eating, not looking at them before he looked at Sara. He moved his arm close to her hand and made it turn into his Greeed arm. "A dream can never die." he muttered. "I want you to tell me what you feel on the table."
She had a confused look on her face as she then reached over and touched his hand. She felt it around, making sure to get all of the details. "It's… some kind of… hand… With… feathers… a bird… rings as well.. And.. claws?"
He focused on it, causing it to shift back to normal. "Now what do you feel now?" he asked again.
She touched it a bit more. "It's… just a hand?"
"Do you know what the difference is?" he questioned.
"It feels different, right?"
"RIght however the difference is the way you described it." he explained.
"I… don't understand…"
"It's a simple thing to explain. It is the way you see the world around you." Ankh pointed out, eating his ice cream.
She had a odd expression on her face, but she then gave a light smile as she ate her treat along with him as a soft blush appears on her face. "How do you know something like that, Ankh…?"
Ankh stopped eating from hearing that. "It's… complicated…" he muttered.
"Well… do you think you could help me with that Ankh?"
"Eh?"
"Can… you teach me how to look at the world.. In this different way you speak of?" she asked as she gave him a brightful smile.
Somehow he felt memories flashing back in his mind, memories when the little girl asked him that question all those years ago. 'Damn flesh puppet…' he growled in thought. "I'll…. help you, starting tomorrow…"
She smiled at him again, eating her treat more. "It's a date…"
Ankh suddenly choked upon the word, causing him to cough when the frozen treat went down the wrong side of his throat.
Upon hearing the cough, she lets out a slight giggle as she continued to eat her treat..
'Why in the hell did I say something like that!?' Ankh shouted in thought.
Blake, Ruby, and I were walking in Vale as we were looking at the shops. Some got Ruby's attention while I smiled upon seeing Ruby happy.
Blake though only stopped at a few, either some book stores, or a few stores meant for Faunus. I swore I saw her batting a mouse toy at one of the pet shops but she denied it even happened which was a little funny.
"Say Enrique, what do you like doing when you come to the city?" Ruby asked.
"Well…" I rubbed the back of my head. "I often look around or go to a bookstore. Sometimes I go to the cafe as well."
"Bookstore? Which one, we have several.."
"Well, Tukson Booktrade is one I like to visit." I answered them.
The girls looked at each other before turning to me, each one having a sadden look. "Um… I take it you didn't hear the news?" Ruby asked.
"News about what?" They way they are didn't sound good.
"Just awhile ago.. Police found out he was… murdered… in his own store…" Blake added on. "Shot to the face… They don't have any evidence on it… It's now a cold case."
I stopped walking as the two were now in front of me. As I looked at the ground, painful memories of the car accident were brought back. My eyes somehow felt...dead again.
Blake stopped as she noticed me standing still. She then walked over as she placed her hand on my shoulder. "Enrique?"
I raised my head up to look at her, seeing her worried expression. "I-I'm okay." I assured, pushing the painful memory in the back of my mind.
"Are you sure?" Ruby asked, her eyes softened.
"I'll be okay. I-It's nothing to worry about, really." I assured.
Ruby then walked up as she had a frown on her face. She then quickly reached up and pinched my cheeks hard.
"Owowowowowow!" I cringed. She has a strong hand that's for sure. She then let go of me as she crosses her arms. "What was that for?" I asked.
"To get you to stop being such a worry wort…." she huffed. "I know it's painful.. But if you keep letting it control you like that, you'll never be able to move on."
I rubbed my cheek and looked at her. She proved a point though but I was still coping with what happened 5 years ago with Ruby and Blake being the only ones I told about my family. I let out a small smile, "You're right, Ruby. I guess I should right now focus on spending time with my friends and enjoy the day."
She beams. "Good! Now mind buying me some soda?" She asked bluntly.
"How about I buy soda for all three of us?" I suggested.
She giggled as Blake smiled at me, near by was a vendor that was selling many good things as we made our way to it. I placed in some Lein as we chose our respective canned beverages before sitting by a bench and drank them.
"That hits the spot!" Ruby cheered.
"That's because you enjoy anything that's sweet, Ruby." I pointed out. "I remember you sneaking into the dorm to steal Ankh's ice cream stash, the cookie dough flavored ice cream to be exact and he blamed me for taking it." Ruby looked away sheepishly as she drank more of her soda, avoiding my answers.
"Where is Ankh anyway?" Blake asked.
I shrugged, "He told me he was going to the ice cream parlor as usual. You know how he is with ice cream."
"It's his favorite treat," Ruby said.
"Like you with anything involving cookies?" I raised an eyebrow.
"That's not true!" She denied.
I looked at her with a blank expression before a mischievous grin appeared on my face. "Hey Ruby, look over there, a store selling nothing but cookies." I pointed.
Ruby beamed as she started to look around, looking for the store of cookies before she flinches and slowly realizes she was tricked as she turns back to me, seeing my cheeky grin on my face. She huffed as she turned away from me, "That was mean, Enrique…" she looked away. "And that doesn't mean anything!"
Blake and I looked at each other for a moment. "There's nothing to be ashamed to having a sweet tooth, Ruby." I smiled.
She slightly turned her head to look at me, an angered frown and death glare was what she sent at me, showing she does not want me to push it any further.
I raised my hands in defense, "That was a compliment, Ruby. I wasn't teasing you that time." She just huffs again, storming off from us.
"I think you took it too far…" Blake informed, making me sigh and I felt bad about it. "I should apologize to her." I got up as the both of us went to find Ruby.
After traveling around the city in search for Ruby, we found her, nibbling on a very large cookie, almost looking ashamed by eating it as her face was downward, looking at the ground and cookie. Blake gestured for me to talk to her in which I nodded and approached Ruby. "Hey Ruby?" I called out as I walk up next to her.
She continued to nibble on her cookie before I sat down next to her. "Ruby, it's nothing to be ashamed of, really." I explained, trying to cheer her up.
"It's… not that Enrique…" She muttered softly. Hearing this made me slightly confused. She wasn't mad? Then what was bothering her?
"Then what is it?" I asked.
"It's… the Greeed… The ones you face…."
"The Greeed?" I repeated in confusion before I realized to why she is mentioning the Greeed. "Is it because you don't want to go through what Weiss, Blake, Jaune, and Nora went through…?"
"It's not that…" She shakes her head as she looks at me. "I'm scared at what they can do to you…"
My eyes soften upon this. "Ruby…" I muttered. I never knew she was worried about me as I fight the Greeed.
"When you told me about your parents and little sister… it reminded me what happened to my mom…" She continued, hugging her legs close to her. "And when you fight against the Greeed, it makes me nervous knowing that you might get hurt like before... You said so yourself, the Greeed are powerful… and their powers made the Multi-King mad with power which made him seal himself..." She looked at me as I notice tears welled up in her eyes. "I'm scared that it might happen to you. We don't want you to end up like that man."
I gently wrapped my arms around the scythe wielder, comforting her. "Ruby listen, I won't die, trust me, my parents wouldn't want that to happen to me." I answered softly. "I won't end up like the Multi-King either, you know why?"
She shakes her head at me, tears flowing downward, like a stream. "It's because of my friends being there for me. Those that I want to help." I answered. "You guys help me get through the days. You were my second friend that I met when I came to Vale. Unlike the Multi-King, I rely on my friends to help me beat the Yummies and Greeed just like we did against the Mega Greeed. I assure you, I won't be like that greedy king, okay?"
Ruby smiled as she hugged me back, almost as tightly as when Yang hugs me. Seriously? Where do they get their hidden strength?!
"R-Ruby you're crushing me." I gasped out.
She seemed to didn't hear me as she squeeze on me more, I'm even starting to see spots and… chibi Blake's around me? I shook my head before looking down at Ruby as I see her smile. What felt like a moment, I suddenly saw my sister in her place once again, making me remember the times when I often talk to my little sister. I closed my eyes and shake my head, reminding myself that it is only Ruby but... she was starting to remind me of my little sister more and more. It was painful really… Ruby really reminds me of Marie in many ways.
It was like a part of my redemption was to meet Ruby who began to remind me of my little sister.
Ruby finally pulled away from the hug as she smiled, "Thanks, Enrique."
I looked at her for a moment before letting out a smile. "Anything to help my friend." I patted her head gently before getting up.
Ruby hopped out of her seat as I walked past Blake. "Enrique, are you okay?" Blake asked, noticing my expression.
"Yeah just old memories coming back is all…" I answered. "Ruby really does remind me of my little sister…"
Blake blinked, "She was everything to you, wasn't she?"
"She was the only person who cheered me up after my dad died…" I answered. "I was distant from everyone but her. To be honest, it hurts to know that she is like her in many ways…."
"Well, I'm sure now, she would be proud of what you accomplished." Blake smiled softly. Hearing this made me let out a small smile.
"Come on you two! Hurry up!" Ruby shouted. We turned our heads to see Ruby ahead of us before we grinned and followed her. As we followed her, I took notice of a familiar red Greeed who was leaving the ice cream parlor. "Hey guys, there's Ankh."
Ruby and Blake took notice before Ruby made me hide by the edge of the wall as all three of us watched. We watched Ankh leaving but we then took notice of the girl following him. "That's the blind girl he met before…" I remembered.
"Why is she following him?" Blake asked.
"Oh! Could they be on a date?" Ruby smiled.
"Knowing Ankh, I doubt it." I shook my head. "I think he is helping her… look."
The girls took notice as Ankh was gesturing the pinkette the sky, even describing it. "He's… being nice to her…." They said, totally surprised.
"Are…. you sure that's the same Ankh we know?" Ruby asked. "He could be an imposter…. He's never nice…."
We looked at Ankh again as the girl spoke to him before we heard him mention us. "That's Ankh alright." The weirdest part was that there was a slight smile on his face, shocking us more.
"He's actually smiling!?" We shouted in shock before we covered our mouths from the mistake. The Bird Greeed turned his head to our direction as an angered yet…. Embarrassed, look was shown on his face. "OI! I told you guys to leave me be!" He marched up to us as the girl he was with followed his voice.
"We were just exploring the town!" Ruby explained.
"I invited Blake and Ruby to come along!" I defended.
"Leave…. Now…." He growled at us.
"Are these your friends, Ankh?" The pinkette asked. Ruby, Blake, and I now got a good look of the girl and saw she was around our age, a year younger than me with waist-length pink hair, wearing a blue-green blouse while wearing a knee-length skirt. However, she had a cane by her side and the glasses she had as if they were meant for blind people.
Ankh flinched before he let out an irritated sigh. "More like the students that I teach at Beacon… Three of them to be exact..." he muttered.
Hearing this the girl smiled and looked at us before bowing. "It's nice to meet you three. I'm Sara Amethyst." She introduced herself as her glasses slightly lowered, revealing dull, grey eyes with scarring over them. This showed she was actually blind from whatever attacked her in the past.
"Um… I-Its nice to meet you Sara. I'm Ruby." Ruby introduced herself.
"Blake." The kunoichi was the next to introduce herself.
"The named Enrique." I introduced myself. "It's nice to meet you Sara."
Sara smiled upon our introductions before she said, "They sound like nice people, Ankh." she said to the Bird Greed who grumbled.
"So, how did you two become friends?" Ruby asked.
"I met Ankh when he helped me pick up my cane." She smiled.
Ruby looked at the two, "So… are you two like on a date or something?" Ruby asked bluntly.
Ankh's eyes twitch upon this. "We are not." He replied, oddly enough a faint blush appearing on his face without realizing it.
"Then, if you're not on a date, why you are blushing?" I asked.
He growled as he shook his head. He didn't want to say it was because of the body he was possessing since he was a Greeed and the hunger and such was from his host.
"I am not and I am telling you this, I am not dating." He said, irritated.
"Whatever you say…." Ruby giggles. None of us didn't even notice that Sara blushed lightly.
"Che…" he scoffed before Sara spoke up again.
"Well, I should go now. Thank you Ankh for helping me." She thanked before she walked away, using her cane as her guide to walk.
Ankh was a bit silent. "Do…. you need help back to your home?" He asked, not knowing why he said that.
"I'll be okay, Ankh." she smiled. "You should be with your friends."
He looked back at us then at Sara. "Just remember what I told you about how to see the world around you," he reminded. Sara nodded with a smiled before continuing her walk.
"You sure you weren't on a date?" Ruby asked again, smirking. The only answer we received was his death glare, making us flinch.
"I am saying this once, it is not from me, it is from this stupid body I am possessing." He stated. "This hunger, and what you humans feel, dream, and emotions, it is all from this host."
'Keep telling yourself that Ankh..' Ruby said in her thoughts before she giggled.
"Let's just head back to Beacon and-"
"FINALLY! I found you, you Faunus wench!" A familiar voice shouted in anger.
We quickly turned around and saw none other than the Insect Greeed, Uva who looked to be very pissed. "Uva." Ankh muttered. "Surprised to see you here after that fight."
"Shut up you traitor! I have a bone to pick with that wretched cat!" He shouted, pointing at Blake. "No Faunus should ever harm me especially to one like you!"
"If you're still angry about that, maybe I can take another one from you?" She said, grabbing her weapon, ready for a fight.
The Insect Greeed could only chuckle evilly as he made three Cell Medals appear. "Despite Kazari betraying me… I learned something from him. We do need to evolve." He snapped them in half before throwing them onto the ground, gray mist appearing over the broken pieces as what appeared were gray mummy-like creatures with empty holds on their faces, unlike the Yummies formed from desires.
"What the? More Yummies? But I thought they need humans or Faunus for that?" Ruby got out.
"They aren't like the Yummies," Ankh informed. "Those Yummies are more like trash, cannot become a mature Yummy."
"Oh! I'll call them Trash Yummies then!" Ruby beamed, drawing out her scythe.
I quickly placed the O-Driver on my waist, the belt appearing around me as I placed in the King Combo and scanned the three Medals with the O-Scanner. "Henshin!"
TAKA!
TORA!
BATTA!
TA-TO-BA TATOBA TA-TO-BA!
Now adorned in the OOO armor, Ruby, Blake, Ankh, and I got our weapons ready as Uva got his dual-claw blade which surged with static.
"Now my soldiers, take care of them while I handle the faunus." he ordered the now called Trash Yummies. They groaned before they went after us while Uva went after Blake.
We met in the middle as we attempted to strike the Yummies but their hide was more resist to our physical attacks, even the Medajalibur and Crescent Rose couldn't cut them down easily, only to make them stumble back from the hits.
Blake was backing a bit away, sending a few shots at Uva who blocked some, spite more Cell medals falling from his armor.
"You will pay for hurting me you Faunus wench!" Uva roared, lunging his claws at the Faunus kunoichi.
Blake used her Semblance to avoid an attack but Uva charged again to go after her in boiling rage. I guess Uva despised the fact that Blake actually made him lose some Cell Medals and held a grudge ever since.
I jumped in to help her out as I delivered a kick to the Insect Greeed's abdomen in which he moved back a bit from the hit he received. The Trash Yummies were knocked towards Uva as he got up.
"Those Trash Yummies won't be cut down." Ruby informed.
"Then I suggest this will work." Ankh tossed me the Kuwagata Medal, making Uva growl in utter hate. Removing the Taka Medal, I switched it with the Kuwagata Medal before I scanned the Medals once again.
KUWAGATA!
TORA!
BATTA!
With Taka Helm now changed to the Kuwagata Helm, I heard the sound of a stag beetle in which the horns charged up and I unleashed green electricity unto the Trash Yummies while Uva avoided the attack. The Trash Yummies were in a spasm before they exploded into dust, leaving behind the broken pieces of cell medals.
"Physical attacks don't work but those type of attack will." Ankh observed.
"We better retreat right now…" Ruby said to us.
We nodded but just as we're gonna retreat, Uva unleashed his electricity onto the streetlight, causing it to fall in front of us. "You will not escape from me!" He roared. He rushed towards us, making the four of us go on the defensive as the Insect Greed's blade first clashed with Ankh's twin short swords.
"Grr! Damn you Ankh! Get out of my way!" Uva shouted, glaring at Blake. He pushed Ankh back and kicked him away before the three of us decided to fight as Uva growled upon the three of us helping each other. Uva's horns sparked as his mandibles click slightly. "Wrong move."
Before we knew it, he casted his electricity to his clawed arm, the voltage traveling to our weapons in which it caused us to scream out in pain. He kicked us back as my armor was smoking from the voltage, the three of us struggling to stand up.
"Now…" He glared at Blake. "I will finish what I was suppose to do."
"I think that's far enough…. Greeed." Replied a voice.
We all heard footsteps approaching us. Wondering who it was, we all turned our heads and saw Akira with his metal milk tank over his shoulder and his Birth Buster holstered by his waist. However not only he has the two objects, he was also carrying a briefcase.
"Mr. Akira!" Ruby and I said, surprised to see him again. Ruby did mention that the Kougami Foundation contacted him in need of something. What made him come here to fight Uva?
I took notice of Akira giving a grin as he looks at the Insect Greeed, placing down the milk tank. "So, you are a Greeed, eh? Never thought you would be slightly similar to the Faunus," he noted before he opened a few grey cans that had the word Gorilla and dropped them to the ground, the cans themselves becoming Gorilla Candroids.
"What brings you here human?" Uva growled. "Making a death wish like OOO, the red hooded one, Ankh, and the wretched Faunus?"
"Death wish? Bah, I'm doing what I was hired to do." He opened the briefcase and immediately grabbed what was inside, dropping the case to the ground.
(Cue Reverse/Re:Birth by Hiroaki Iwanaga & Asaya Kimijima)
What caught all of us by surprise while I had a shocked looked under my helmet as well. In his hand was a silver belt which had an orb-like centre that looked like a gachapon ball which was white on the top and green on the bottom. The right side of the buckle had a gold knob which was able to turn like on certain kinds of vending machines. The other side was less decorative as a slab of silver and had a coin slot at one side for the person wearing it to drop coins into while the bottom had an opening to take them out.
It was the Birth Driver!
This means that he can become the secondary Rider from the show! Now this will be a sight to witness in person.
He placed the belt on his waist, the belt wrapping around him as he presented a Cell Medal. He flipped the coin and caught it with his other hand as the medal fell mid-air.
"Henshin." He dropped the Medal into the Driver. A round circle with an image of a Cell Medal on top appeared in front of the Driver as a hologram. Seeing this, he began twisting the knob.
*CRANK!*
*CRANK!*
*POP!*
The centre of the Birth Driver popped open in a flash of light, signalling the activation. An orb of green light then surrounded him as several balls flew out from the belt and positioned themselves around him at certain points of his body. His shoulders, back, chest, knees, forearms, and thighs all played host to one of those orbs. Once they were in place, the orbs began unfolding into sections of armour which attached to his body. When the armour was formed, the spaces between were filled with a black bodysuit which was designed to take high amounts of punishment. Lastly, the helmet formed around Akira's head and completed the transformation, dispelling the orb that was around him.
His torso armour was green on the right side while the left side was silver with a green and white gachapon orb over the heart and gold lining the collar. His shoulder armour was somewhat small and round with more gachapon orbs. He wore silver gauntlets decorated with the same orbs with gold bands on the wrists along with brief thigh armour adorned with the same spheres. The leg armour was almost completely silver with orbs at his knees and gold bands around the ankles with black foot protection armour. The helmet sported a silver faceplate. His visor was a thin U-shape which had the ends pointing up like horns. Completing the look was a white and green sphere that was more dominated by the white side.
He had become Kamen Rider Birth!
"That. Is. So. Awesome!" Ruby exclaimed in awe.
"What the…" Uva said, surprised to what he witnessed along with Ankh. They both witnessed someone using a Cell Medal to be donned in armor.
Birth flexed his fingers, looking at his hands before he rubbed his hands together, ready to fight. "Alright, let's start earning," he announced before he charged towards Uva.
Uva growled upon the approach before he met Birth in the middle. Birth blocked the first attack from Uva before delivering a punch to the Greeed's gut then a double punch to the chest, making Uva stumble back a bit.
When Uva tried to attack him again, Birth dodges the attack before delivering a roundhouse kick to the Insect Greeed's head. The Insect Greed shook his head to clear his senses before glaring dangerously at the newly armored Huntsman. "Why you…" Uva growled, his anger reaching its boiling point.
He charged at Birth who spun around before the latter got out another Cell Medal. "Let's see how this works," Birth insisted as he placed in a Cell Medal into his Driver and twisted the knob.
DRILL ARM!
Just then, a large drill appeared over Akira's right arm, covering it up to his elbow. It began to spin as Birth looked amused. "Now time to test this bad boy." He declared before he marched towards Uva who charged towards the newly clad Rider with his claw raised at him.
Birth struck Uva's arm to move it away as Cell Medals were attracted to the drill. He then struck Uva across the chest, gaining even more Medals. Before we knew it, Birth stabbed Uva in the chest, the drill beginning to dig through his carapace, leaving us all astonished to the power. Hell, even Ankh, Ruby, Blake, and I were shocked to seeing it. This was pretty much badass to see in person.
Even more that this world's Akira has much more experience in combat than the Akira in the show.
"Kougami made that…?" Blake gasped, "All powered from a single Cell Medal…"
"So cool…" Ruby said in awe, her eyes twinkling like stars.
As we continue to witness the spectacle, I took notice of a blue glimmer beginning to appear on Uva's chest. It's one of Mezool's Cores! "Ankh, go into your arm form."
"Why?" Ankh cocked an eyebrow.
Blake was wondering the same thing until I pointed my head to Uva's chest as Birth was drilling through it. "I see a Core…" she noticed, seeing to what I was pointing to.
Ankh quickly looked and saw that we were right. Strangely, the Core Medal couldn't magnetize to the drill itself, making us assume that it was designed to only gather Cell Medals. The Bird Greeed now had a smirk on his face upon the realization, "An opportunity. Kougami, you are a clever old bastard."
He thrusted his arm out, his Greeed arm now shooting towards the two fighters. Once he was in range, he quickly grabbed the blue Core that was visible on Uva's chest before flying back to us. "Gotta say, this was a good opportunity."Ankh mused, flipping the Core before absorbing it.
He flew back to his host and got back up as Birth kicked Uva away before throwing the cell medals he collected to the milk tank, some not landing inside, making the Gorilla Candroids place them in the milk tank. "Using the suit in battle is better than reading a manual." Birth admitted, admiring the weapon on his armor as well as the design.
"You will pay for that!" Uva roared, rushing towards Birth in rage.
Deciding to help Birth, I got back on my feet, after the shock wore off on me before I kicked Uva away from the newly armored Rider and stood by him.
"Appreciate that." Birth nodded in thanks.
"No problem," I replied as the two of us faced the Insect Greeed as his chest healed up.
Ankh looked at the angry Greeed until he brought out two blue Core Medals. "Enrique, use these!" He tossed me two Core Medals. I took notice as it was the recently obtained core medal with the image of an orca while the other had an image of an eel. Deciding to take this advice, I removed the Kuwagata and Tora and replaced it with the two Core Medals then scanned them.
SHACHI!
UNAGI!
ZOU!
The crests of the three Medals merged before changing the Taka Helm into the Shachi Helm. The Shachi Medal, representing an orca, donned me in a dark blue helmet with yellow eyes, white lightning bolts under those eyes, small fins on either side of my jaw, and a black faceplate. The top part of the helmet was pointed forwards and there was a fin on top.
Remembering how the Shachi Medal allows me to shoot highly pressurized water and Unagi allows me to use electric whips, I might as well give this Greeed a shock of a lifetime.
"Hey Uva!" I shouted, inhaling as I heard an orca's cry echo in my ears while my Shachi emblem flashed blue. The Insect Greeed turned his head to me before I unleashed my breath which was instead a highly pressurized stream of water. The water pushed Uva back by an inch as water began to drip from his skin.
"Was that suppose to stop me?" He questioned.
"No," I smirked as the sound of an eel was heard behind my helmet. The Unagi Whips extended into full length whips as they all saw electricity sparking off of it. "This will." I lunged the whip onto him, the whip wrapping around him as electricity began to deliver volts into him. He screamed out in pain before I released the whips off of him as smoke poured out of his skin, the Insect Greeed stumbling a bit, glaring at the five of us.
We were ready to go another round as I had the Unagi Whips at the ready, Birth with his Birth Buster, Ruby with her Crescent Rose, Ankh with his dual daggers, and Blake with her Gambol Shroud.
"This isn't over OOO!" He vowed. "I will get back my Core Medals sooner or later!" He then pointed at Blake. "And you… I will kill you for hurting me, that I swear. No Faunus should ever harm me."
The Insect Greeed then vanished into a cluster of Cell Medals and retreated, letting us except Birth and Ankh , let out a breath of relief.
(End Song)
"That was close…" Blake said.
"Yeah…" Ruby agreed before she looked at Birth and rushed up to him, looking at him in all directions, observing his new armor. "And Mr. Akira, your suit is so awesome!" She beamed. "I mean who knew you can be in something like this? Is this why you went to the Kougami Foundation earlier?"
"Yep," He nodded, removing the Cell Medal and reverted back to civilian form. "Looks like it works too." He then huffed with pride. "And they said I should have read the manual."
I chuckled before tilting the buckle back to its original position, dispelling the armor. Removing the three Medals out of the Buckle, I handed them back to Ankh who placed them back in the Medal book. "At least we got on of Mezool's Cores, the Shachi Medal."
"That means if you get the Tako Medal and hopefully the Sai Medal, we will get two more Full Combos at the same time!" Ruby realized, now excited.
"Let's hope so, Ruby. The Greeed are no pushovers after all, remember?"
Ruby flushed a bright pink in embarrassment before saying, "Oh yeah… Forgot about that." She twiddled with her fingers.
"Let's head back to Beacon," Akira suggested, hoisting his milk tank over his shoulder. "It's starting to get late and you three should get to the dorms before curfew."
He wasn't kidding, the sun was already beginning to set since we had to fight Uva for a while. "Guess you're right about that," I agreed, rubbing the back of my head. "Thanks for helping us, Akira. If you hadn't arrived, we would have had trouble fighting Uva."
"Don't worry about it." He waved off. "Since Kougami assigned me to help you guys out with the Greeed, we gotta help our comrades in need." He reached his hand out, making me smile in which I obliged giving him a handshake.
"Hey where did Ankh go?" Ruby noticed, looking around. Blake and I looked around as well and saw she was right, Ankh was not here. However I had a feeling to where he went to.
"He'll be fine." I replied nonchalantly. "Let's head back to Beacon, I'm sure Ankh will catch up with us knowing him." They nodded in agreement before we made our way back to Beacon by taking the bullhead to the academy.
The four of us made it back to Beacon as we got over the shock but it was painful. "Thanks for helping us, Mr. Akira." Blake thanked.
"Eh, no problem little lady. Just doing my job is all." He responded. "Guess, since I am fighting again, my vacation is officially over."
"So… does that armor have a name?" Ruby asked, wanting to know about the new weapon and belt.
"From what Kougami told me, the belt is called the Birth Driver." He answered. "And for the armor, it is named Birth. So in the armor, it's Birth."
"Awesome…" she squealed, looking at the belt around his waist. "Um… Can I take a crack at it?" She asked.
He chuckled before patting Ruby's head. "Maybe someday but for now I have to use it."
"Wait, you mean it can be used by anyone?" Blake realized.
"That's correct," He nodded. "The Birth System was a project that they asked me to test it in combat. Seeing as how it did, I'm sure Kougami might insist on creating another seeing as how this was successful."
"Another?!" Ruby squealed with happiness again. Day dreaming about her using it, along with her Crescent Rose.
"But there is a catch isn't there?" I assumed.
"This project took them a couple of years to make." Akira nodded. "The Birth Driver wasn't easy to make from what I heard and so, I have to make frequent visits to the Foundation so they can run maintenance on the Birth Driver."
Ruby flinched upon hearing that, turning to Akira with a pouted look. "So… It could take another few years before they make another?" She whimpered softly.
"Don't worry, Ruby." He chuckled. "If I am unable to fight, I can allow you guys to use it, if you don't use it like a joy ride." Ruby squealed upon hearing that, hugging Akira tightly.
"Thank you, Mr. Akira! You are the best!" She squealed.
Akira didn't even flinch or gasp for air to Blake and I's surprise. He must be used to their hugs since he knew them for a long time. "Anytime, Ruby." He smiled. "If you all excuse me, I am getting me some oden."
"Oden?" Blake asked, turning to us.
"It's his favorite meal." Ruby explained to Blake and I. "Back at Patch there was this noodle shop he goes to all the time. He used to take us there too." She then gets an idea as she turns to him. "Can we come along too?!" she shouted to him.
"I'll take you guys tomorrow." He waved before he was out of our sights. Ruby pumped her fist, happy upon hearing the answer.
"You guys will love it! There's one in Vale as well." Ruby said to us two. "I'm gonna head back to the dorm, and tell Yang." she quickly left in a flurry of petals.
I smiled before I yawned, feeling tired from the fight. "I'm gonna call it a day, that fight took a lot out of me." I looked at Blake. "Be careful okay? Seeing that Uva has a grudge he might want to go after us again."
Blake nodded and smiled softly. "Have a nice rest and I'll keep that in mind"
I nodded before heading back to my dorm to get a warm shower and get some sleep.
Blake watched the young Multi-King walking back to his dorm. He was concerned about her knowing that Uva wants revenge, wanting to kill her.
And for Blake as she was of course afraid of Uva's might…. But Enrique just somehow made all of those worries just…. Fade away. A faint blush appears on her face, as she holds her hand against her heart. She didn't know why she was feeling this, she just was…. And…. she didn't know how to explain it before she decided to head out too, hoping that she can get her answer soon.
CURRENT MEDALS:
Taka (x2)
Kujaku (x1)
Lion (x1)
Tora (x2)
Cheetah (x1)
Kuwagata (x1)
Kamakiri (x1)
Batta (x1)
Kobura (x1)
Kame (x1)
Wani (x1)
Shachi (x1)
Unagi (x1)
Gorilla (x1)
Zou (x1)
(NEXT TIME)
"I wonder how strong a Yummy born from your desire will be, Roman?" Kazari wondered with a sneer.
"A hybrid Yummy!?" Yang exclaimed in surprise upon seeing the new Yummy that emerged from its wrappings.
SHA-SHA-SHAUTA! SHA-SHA-SHAUTA
Next Time: Elimination, New Yummy, Marine Combo
A/N: Well that is it for this chapter! Kamen Rider Birth has finally made his appearance and obtaining the Shachi Medal! Look forward to the next chapter as we get to see another Full Combo soon. Also I'm allowing three people to see a sneak preview to an upcoming story I will put up soon. If you wanna see a preview of the chapter of The Wild Omega (Kamen Rider Amazons [2016] x Akame Ga Kill) PM me but it will be given to the first three who PM (not review) me.
Anyways don't to check out my other stories and look forward to more soon. I will see you all in the next chapter. Stay in the shadows everyone!