Chapter 5 : This is Our Stage!
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"By Oum..." Ozpin muttered, witnessing a new threat emerged on Remnant. The monster was a collective of negativity, not unlike those that came from human beings. Added with the fact that it could even control Grimms, this might be the deadliest adversary to exist in the world.
What made the matter even worse was that the creature encountered a group of students, particularly Kyle's group on the ruins. Glynda felt that this needed an immediate action, concerning one of them might be fatally wounded.
"Ozpin, we must cease the initiation, quickly. This situation is getting out of hand." Glynda said.
"I'm afraid I couldn't." Ozpin answered.
"But we never know what danger that creature could bring to the others! We never planned anything for this sort of emergency! I say, we should leave this matter to the authorities." Glynda objected.
"Glynda, this is the initiation test for future Huntsmen and Huntresses. If we call the authorities, we couldn't guarantee their success, let alone coming back in one piece. Right now, we need to put our faith in them. We had also seen how young Ruby and Kyle defeated the monster. If they want to surpass this test as Huntsmen and Huntresses, then preparing for the unexpected is what it takes." He justified.
"W-well then…" Glynda complied as she and Ozpin kept his eyes on the tablet, hoping that the group could end the terror.
Despite his calm outlook, Ozpin knew that he couldn't deny his worries on the group. All he could do was hoping for them to prove his words true, and believe in their strength and capabilities just like what a headmaster must do. As Kyle had said before, greater strength comes from greater adversaries.
"Get ready, guys. This might get hairy." Kyle instructed the others, readying his weapon and his stance along with the others.
"I drink milk, too!" Ruby shouted.
"That's dairy." Blake corrected, replied by Ruby's sheepish giggle.
Decade and the Bat Kaijin clashed each other as the others charged at the Grimms. Everyone seemed to have many difficulties at facing their enemies. Decade clashed his sword against the Kaijin's razor-sharp wings without any sign of them giving in on each other. The Rider tried to punch the Kaijin's abdomen, only to be greeted by the monster's kick to his head. He charged at him again and traded more punches, locked themselves in combat.
Meanwhile, Ruby was struggling with the Death Stalker, trying to pierce the Grimm's body in vain due to its hard shell. Her Crescent Rose clashed with the creature's pincer, but she failed to notice the stinger above her head. As it was about to fall on her, the stinger was suddenly encased in ice, came from a particular person.
"You are so childish!" Weiss yelled at the red reaper.
"Weiss…?"
" And dim-witted, and hyperactive, and don't even get me started on your fighting style." She berated the reaper until, "And I suppose I can be a bit... difficult... but if we're going to do this, we're going to have to do this together. So if you quit trying to show off, I'll be... nicer."
Ruby's eyes were softened as she heard it. She then tried to correct her actions, "I'm not trying to show off. I want you to know I can do this."
"You're fine." Weiss assured as she walked away.
"Normal knees…"
Blake, Yang, Nora and Ren fired their weapons at the Nevermore that barely hit the creature due to its swift maneuvers while it shot its razor feathers, making the fight more difficult. Jaune decided to take on the Kaijin as Kyle was being swept away easily by the monster's attack. His sloppy attacks were proven futile as the monster simply blocked Jaune's sword attacks and kicked him away.
"Jaune!" Decade called out.
Decade changed the Ride Booker to gun mode and shot some rounds at the monster, only to miss several times as the Kaijin dodged it easily. The more Decade shot, the easier for the Kaijin to read its shoot pattern. Even the Kaijin managed to draw Decade to almost shot at the lying Jaune, which he managed to refrain from. However, the monster appeared again from behind and fired a powerful sonic wave at Decade and June, causing them to stumble back to the regrouped friends, who were backing each other as the three monsters rounding them up.
"How pitiful." Bat Kaijin mocked.
"Uhh… Guys? They surrounded us! What are we gonna do?" Jaune asked.
"Look, there's no sense in dilly-dallying. Our objective is right in front of us." Weiss ordered, pointing at the relics in the temple ruins.
"She's right. Our mission is to grab an artifact and make it back to the Cliffs. There's no point in fighting these things." Ruby agreed, nodding at Weiss.
"Run and live - that's an idea I can get behind!" Jaune exclaimed.
The others complied and grabbed one for each of them. However, Ruby noticed that Kyle didn't go to the temple ruins and wondered why he didn't pick any artifacts.
"Kyle? Have you picked one?" Ruby wondered.
"I did." He presented his diamond king chess piece, replied by Ruby's "Great".
The frozen Death Stalker was trying to break his ice bonds, cracking them a little in process while the Bat Kaijin lunged at the group,only to be blocked by Decade with his sword.
"Guys, I'll take it from here! Go!" Decade ordered.
"Right. Let's go!" Ruby complied as she and the others headed to the hill, leaving the smiling Yang and Blake.
"What?" Blake wondered, replied by, "Nothing" from Yang as they followed suit.
Yang could feel nothing but proud of her younger sister, who had grown up into a full-fledged Huntress, obligating herself to her duty and purpose. This was what she had been expecting from Ruby, knowing that she could finally reached her childhood dream.
Decade continued his brawl with Bat Kaijin, clashing their respective weapons and trading blows at what seemed to be a stalemate. The monster either blocked or dodged Decade's attacks and managed to counter it with a harder hit, causing the magenta Rider to stumble upon a tree. Decade was no match for the Kaijin's swiftness as he was boasted by the latter.
"You lab freaks are all alike." he panted.
"Freak is a strong word to describe us, and an insult." The Kaijin growled as he stomped Decade hard, causing the latter to scream in pain.
"We are evolved beyond the Grimms and humanity. We are the proof of a supreme being as a symbol of total control over every sentient being. Those who are against us must cease to exist." Bat Kaijin stated.
"Yet you cowered under Dai-Shocker's shadow."
"Silence! How many times do I have to prove you that you are way weaker than me?"
"Trust me, it'll only take none for me to beat you." Decade gloated.
"Well, then let's see if airsick counts!" Bat Kaijin growled as he retracted his enlarged feet to grab Decade's body and retracted his wings, taking both him and the Rider to a flight.
"Oh, poop." Decade cursed.
Meanwhile, the group managed to reach the cliffs while being chased by the two Grimms. They had a hard time warding them off until they decided to split up in order to take on the Death Stalker and the Nevermore. Jaune, Nora, Pyrrha and Ren took on the Death Stalker on a bridge, while Ruby, Weiss, Blake and Yang took on the Nevermore on a ruined platform.
"It's tougher than it looks!" Blake said.
"Then let's hit it with everything we got!" Yang ordered as she readied her Ember Celica.
The others complied, firing their weapons on the airborne Grimm. The blast barrage seemed powerful enough to pierce a building, but the Nevermore either dodged them or took the damage harmlessly and crashed through the columns and platform. The girls jumped from one section of falling stone rubble to another as the platform collapsed from the impact. They finally reached the higher bridge on the top, right below the cliffs. The Grimm seemed undefeatable, but the four girls must figure out a way fast or they would be its appetizer.
"None of this is working!" Weiss complained.
Suddenly, an idea popped up from Ruby's mind. She decided to execute it as she ordered, "I have a plan! Cover me!"
Jaune's group was still battling the Death Stalker on the broken lower bridge. The four had their arms ready against the vile creature.
"We gotta move!"Jaune shouted as they rushed to the Grimm.
The Death stalker attacked Pyrrha with its claw, but she blocked it with her shield and slashed it with her Milo blade. The monster recoiled and stroke at her again with its other claw. This time, Jaune blocked it with his shield, allowing the Amazon to attack its face. Ren shot at the monster's stinger when it tried to hit him and hung onto it, shooting the base between the stinger and the tail while Nora fired a barrage of grenades at it. Pyrrha hurled her javelin to the monster's face, causing it to toss Ren to the side of the bridge.
Nora called out to Ren as he hit a side of a stone block hard and fell to the ground, while Jaune who was still on his feet noticed the stinger hanging limply due to the attacks. The blonde knight finally came to a conclusion to defeat the giant scorpion.
"Pyrrha!"
"On it!" Pyrrha complied, knowing what Jaune had in mind. She threw her shield, cutting the stinger off its tail and landed right into its head as she retrieved her returning shield.
"Nora! Nail it!"
"Heads up!" Nora with his Magnhild jumped at Pyrrha's shield as the latter jumped while the former aimed her blast down to give herself a maximum lift. She smiled the entire way up as she twirled down and gave the Death Stalker a hard blow to the sinking stinger on its head, killing it and crushing the bridge beneath it.
Jaune and Pyrrha bounded over the monster to the land behind it as the Death Stalker fell to its doom, with Ren and Nora followed suit. Jaune landed on his back, Nora on her bottom, Pyrrha successfully landed with a crouching pose and Ren simply walked over them and collapsed due to exhaustion. The four had emerged victoriously from the battle.
"Alright, let's see how the others doing." Pyrrha said, watching Ruby's group battling the Nevermore.
The Bat Grimm took Decade sky high, knocking him to a stack of trees and broke them in the process before firing a sonic wave to the Rider, suffocating him. Decade tried to bear the pain as it grew heavier, striking a punch to the Kaijin, only to be blocked by him.
"DIE!" the Kaijin roared, throwing Decade far away to the cliff with his immense strength and took a flight after him.
"Guys, look!" Nora shouted, pointing at the flying figure from the forest, who turned out to be Decade himself.
Decade screamed all the way in the air with absolutely no option for safety, let alone summoning his bike from such height. He rather not had experienced the rough landing for the second time, but of course it would be far rougher and more painful with his current state. The only possible results he could think about after the fall were traumas and broken bones, despite his armor's protection.
"This is gonna huuurt…!" suddenly, he felt his hands holding something, which turned out to be the Orange Lockseed on his right hand. Kyle pressed the button on the Lockseed, causing it to announce the Lockseed's name.
ORANGE!
The item glowed brightly as it suddenly fused into the Decadriver, illuminating the belt's orb in the process. A zipper-like portal opened up behind him to reveal a flying vehicle, saving the Rider from his fall as he got onto it.
His HUD displayed the vehicle's picture and its name, the Dandeliner, a Lockvehicle in a form of a hover bike. He had finally got himself a new vehicle, especially for aerial combat, and an advantage against the wretched villain.
"Cool…I'm coming for you, now." he muttered, waiting for his enemy to show up.
"He can summon a flying bike!?" Jaune exclaimed.
"Ooh, I wanna ride one!" Nora exclaimed as she shook Jaune's body, much to his displeasure.
The Bat Kaijin arrived in a high-speed flight. He flew closer only to find Decade riding the Dandeliner, aiming its laser cannons at the monster.
"How did you…?"
"Now, we're even." Decade grinned under his helmet, firing a blast at the Bat Kaijin that he barely dodged. The kaijin frantically flew away, which made his flight pattern predictable. Decade saw this opportunity as he shot at him, causing Bat Kaijin to fall to the ground in front of Jaune's group. Decade took out his Final Attack Ride card and inserted it to the Driver.
FINAL ATTACK RIDE : DE-DE-DE-DECADE!
Decade rode his vehicle down before he got off from it. His right hand was engulfed in pink flames as he aimed his punch at the monster, delivering a mid-air ground pound, damaging the monster further and cracked his white body shell. A loud crack was heard from the impact.
The Rider panted, regaining his composure slowly as the Dandeliner deformed and folded itself into its lock mode. The impact cratered the ground beneath them as the dusts dissipated. His flames on his hand vanished, leaving Jaune and his team gawking at the scene.
"Had enough?" Decade taunted.
"Urgh… you think that's going to stop me? Think again!" The Kaijin roared as he presented a black Dust crystal. He let out a roar, emanating a dark aura as he gripped the crystal tightly as the aura engulfed the monster in dark clouds.
"Holy…" Decade muttered, shivering from it.
The dark clouds soon dissipated to reveal the Bat Kaijin in a much different form than before. He became a giant hunchback humanoid bat with his wounds healed, his wings and his feet claws enlarged with a much primal look on his face. His red eyes also glowed ominously.
"Dai-Shocker must reign supreme!" the monster growled, "Arise, my minions! Show them what despair is like!"
The dark clouds appeared again and formed numerous Shocker Combatants to the fray, all readied their stances and glared towards the Rider. Decade gripped his hands, mustering his strength to face the newly empowered threat. He was soon joined by Jaune's team with their weapons aimed at the horde.
"Guys… I'll take care of them."
"No, we are going to take care of them." Ren said.
"You're all exhausted." Decade stated.
"Well, I could say the same to you." Jaune objected.
"Does that even matter now? You said it yourself, we are going with you. We're in this together." Pyrrha said.
"We'll knock the minions out from you. You want that freak, right?" Nora grinned, pointing at the empowered Kaijin.
They were right. He could even feel his burden lessened just by hearing those words. He truly needed companions for his quest. He had been through a fierce life before, and he was alone. This time, he would face it along with his friends. No matter how dreamy it sounded, it was always true.
"You're right. I really needed that." Decade complied, looking at the group. They shared a smile in agreement to stick together.
"You think all of you can stop me from my goal?" the monster gloated.
"This is the difference between you and us, Dai-Shocker. I have my friends with me and we backed each other up. This is what being a Kamen Rider is all about, to believe in your comrades and cherish them. That's why you lost from day one, because this is our stage, the Kamen Riders' stage!"
"Kamen… Rider…" Jaune muttered the name, a slight grin was formed on his face, amused that his friend could pull off something cool like that.
Decade's Ride Booker suddenly opened by itself, sending three cards flying out of it. He caught the cards to see the blank columns on the cards revealed themselves into a new set of cards, consisted of a picture of another Kamen Rider with a motif of a Samurai helmet, with a golden Katana-like horn embedded with a red gem and a pair of golden horns on the helmet's sides.
The helmet was navy blue with an orange visor and a metallic grey mouthpiece. The second card had a picture of the said Rider with a Naginata-like weapon beneath the Rider. The third one was a picture of the Rider's symbol, a gold-colored Katana, resembling the helmet's horn with a circle and two cloud-like motifs.
"So this is what Kouta gave to me…" Decade muttered, looking back the meeting he had with the fellow Rider before. He put the other two cards back to his pocket album, preparing to use the new Kamen Ride card while he opened his Driver.
"It can't be… that power…!"
Decade twisted his body to the right and raised his card-holding hand high before inserting the card to the Driver.
KAMEN RIDE :
"Henshin!"
GAIM!
A DJ-styled Sengoku horn sound was heard as a zipper-like portal appeared above the Rider, opening itself to reveal a body-sized mechanical orange fruit. It descended to Decade's head while his own torso armor dematerialized, revealing a thinner under-armor. As the armor part docked itself, it let out some gas steams while Decade's own armor changed its colors to navy blue and its trimmings from black to gold.
The armor part opened itself to cover his torso while a Samurai skirt armor was formed, covering his waist and thighs. The Orange armor part soon finished covering Decade's body, revealing itself to be a Japanese Samurai orange torso and shoulder armor.
Decade's current armor was literally a mixture between high-tech and old-fashioned earlier Japanese feodal Samurai armor, resembling the titular Kamen Rider. The HUD displayed,
NEW COMBAT DATA UPDATE COMPLETE
WEAPON SYSTEMS UPDATE COMPLETE
KAMEN RIDER DECADE : GAIM ARMOR
ONLINE
D-Gaim's orange visor glowed upon the activation. He then pulled something out from his belt's waists, revealing the items to be two different Katanas to equip. his right hand held a navy blue Katana with a silver edge and its hilt was also a mixture of a gun, while his left hand held a simpler thin orange-motif Katana.
"Cool! Another armor!" Nora exclaimed in glee.
"Wow! Did you guys see that?" Jaune exclaimed.
The other two was speechless towards the newly-changed D-Gaim, unsure about what else to say. Not even their known technology could do it, let alone the Dusts. His powers and abilities that they witnessed are completely alien, built in parts unknown out of Remnant. Its even more outlandish appearance only left more questions to the group behind him.
"I hereby declare…" he declared as he pointed his Musou Saber at the monster, "That this is our stage now!"
"Keh! The power of Helheim you possess won't make any difference!" Taunt the monster angrily.
"We'll see about that. I think I can feel my swords etching for your flesh." D-Gaim threatened while deep down, he was wondering if he pulled out the good line for his situation…
Until he sensed a presence of a weapons freak beside him.
"Whoa…"
"Eh!? Ruby!?"
D-Gaim was shocked to see the red reaper suddenly appeared beside him. She was also followed by her teammates who were present. Her mouth was open agape and her eyes became starry as she witnessed the Rider's new armor and equipments, especially the Musou Saber.
"Now that's a Katana! Oh, there's also a gun on the hilt!" Ruby exclaimed.
"Oh, right, weapons appetite. I got another one here in case you're wondering." He said as he waved the Daidaimaru.
"Oh! An orange Katana! Wait… orange? So that thing above you before is a giant orange, too!?"
"Okay-okay, yes, it is. It becomes my armor, too. Hope you enjoy it."
"Cool!" Ruby exclaimed, giving him two thumbs up.
"What took you guys long, anyway?" D-Gaim wondered.
"As usual, traffic." Yang answered.
A few minutes ago...
"I! Hope! You're! Hung-! Ry!"
Yang was peppering the Nevermore's mouth with her Ember Celica's gauntlet blasts until the monster crashed into the cliffs. However, the creature recovered quickly as Yang noticed Weiss rushing to the battlefield with Ruby and Blake on the column. She passed her turn to the heiress, allowing Weiss to freeze the Nevermore's tail, causing it unable to fly away. She then summoned her glyph as her jumping platform and ran to the group.
Meanwhile, Blake fired her Gambol Shroud pistol over to Yang and the two tightened it between the columns, forming a makeshift catapult for Ruby to jump to the stuck Grimm with Weiss' black snowflake glyph to bend the red reaper back.
"Of course You would come up with this idea." Weiss said.
"Think you can make the shot?" Ruby asked as she readied her stance.
"Hmph! Can I?" Weiss pridefully retorted. A second passed with Ruby trying to confirm her words.
"Can't?"
"Of course I can!"
Ruby pumped her Crescent Rose as Weiss changed her black glyph to red, launching Ruby at a tremendous velocity to the Nevermore. The ground behind the launch cracked, followed by rose petals from her ascent. She got closer by each her weapon's shot until her scythe blade caught the giant bird's neck. Weiss raised her Myrtenaster and casted a series of white glyphs up the wall, which were used by Ruby as her running platform .
The red reaper dashed her way up using her weapon's blasts while Yang, Blake and an exhausted Weiss were watching below. Both the Huntress and the monster cried out until they reached the top of the cliff. Ruby then fired one last shot, beheading the monster in a shower of petals. She landed beside the severed head as the dead body fell to the ruins below.
"Well... that was a thing!" Yang remarked at her sister's success, returning her wave at the younger Huntress.
"Is that... what I think it is?"
Blake was the first to witness the evolution of the Bat Kaijin into a much primal version of himself, towering Decade and Jaune's team as they regrouped. Weiss and Yang saw the scene too, with Ruby descending towards them using her weapon's blasts to glide.
"What's going on?" Ruby wondered.
"I fought that thing before with Kyle last night. Some sort of a Grimm, but it's much different... much intelligent." Blake answered.
"And it can do that too?" Yang asked.
"No... I've never seen it like this."
"Then that explains the whole noise we heard last night. Even I thought it was just my feelings too." Weiss said.
"Then what are we-wait, what's he doing?" Ruby pointed at Decade's unusual gesture. The command sound was heard from afar.
KAMEN RIDE : GAIM!
"Gaim?" Weiss wondered.
They could hear a sound of a DJ-styled Sengoku horn as a giant mechanical orange fruit appeared above the Rider, changing some of his torso armor while the other parts just simply changed their colors into blue and gold. The four girls witnessed the transformation in various reaction.
"That. Was. AWESOME!" Ruby exclaimed in glee. Her eyes were gleaming, followed by her drooling all over the ground beneath her.
"Eww... Ruby! Get over yourself!" Weiss shouted at Ruby, disturbed by the reaper's drool.
"You knew about that one, too?" Yang wondered.
"No. I guess I owe him some explanation for it." Blake answered.
"My words exactly." Weiss said to Blake before turning to Ruby, "Ruby! Knock it off!" She shook Ruby's body until she came back to her senses.
"Huh? Oh, right! Let's help them out!" Ruby ordered as her team complied, rushing to the upcoming fray.
"Enough! Destroy them!" Bat Kaijin ordered his troops to attack the group as they complied, chanting "EEEE!" as they charged towards them.
"It's on now, guys." D-Gaim said as they readied their weapons towards them before he roared, "Charge!"
The Rider was the first to strike a blow on the Combatants. He swung several slashes that turned them to black dusts. He stabbed both of his swords to an upcoming Combatant on its shoulders, throwing it to the horde on his right. He also managed to slash another Combatant, causing it to fall into the ground, meeting its doom by D-Gaim's foot stomp, piercing its torso before turning to dusts.
The others were keeping up as well, except for Jaune who was overwhelmed by the horde's sheer number, as he was never used in fighting several enemies. He was almost got hit by a Combatant, only to be saved by Ruby and Pyrrha's gunshots from their long-ranged mode weapons. Jaune returned their help with a smile as he got up to his feet and continuing his assault by slashing his sword to a Combatant in front of him, accompanied by the two girls tearing the horde apart.
Meanwhile, Yang, with her Ember Celica and Ren, with his Stormflower were firing their weapons towards the horde, sending sparks flying from their bodies. As the two got closer, they unleash a barrage of punches and slashes respectively, until they moved away for Nora to unleash a shockwave with her Magnhild, sending the horde flying away as the unlucky ones got pounded by the hammer's sheer force.
D-Gaim and Blake were backing on each other as they were being surrounded by the horde. The Rider combined his swords, forming a Naginata while taking out his Crossattack card, waving it to Blake with her Gambol Shroud ready in its big sword mode .
"Blake, get your arms ready."
Blake nodded in agreement as D-Gaim inserted the card.
ATTACK RIDE : CROSSATTACK!
D-Gaim and Blake's weapons were energized by an orange energy wave. The two then send some powerful slashes, tearing a large group of Combatants in each of their swings. After the attack was done, the Rider went ahead to the Bat Kaijin. He was greeted with the evolved Kaijin's wing flap, causing a huge wind that blew him away, preventing his advance.
The Kunoichi used this opportunity to attack the monster in the Rider's stead. She tried to graze the monster with her Gambol Shroud, but the monster's thick skin prevented her from doing so. She managed to avoid some of the monster's wing attacks as the situation demanded her to find another way to defeat the creature quickly.
The monster managed to trip Blake using his wings. She was about to be finished by his sonic scream, only for D-Gaim to step in and took the hit instead. He felt a painful vibration on his body, kneeling to the ground as he cringed over his pain.
"Kyle!" Blake cried out.
"Argh… cheap shot." He cursed the Kaijin.
"And I thought you could be any more fragile than this."
"What are you doing!? I could've dodged it!" Blake yelled at D-Gaim.
"Then, what? I'm not letting anyone else becoming a Kaijin supper. Not on my watch." The Rider said.
"I'd rather not see you hurt like this!" she objected.
"I can handle it!" He objected back with a heavier tone.
Their argument was interrupted by the monster's another sonic blast, with Blake managed to drag D-Gaim away with her form the blast. Blake switched her weapon to pistol mode, firing Dust rounds to the creature, before noticing a faint aura light emitted from his body due to the blast. Blake soon came up with an idea, regrouping with the others.
"Guys, I have an idea."
"Good, I'm all ears." D-Gaim said, regaining his composure.
"The monster has an aura protecting its body from any kinds of attacks, but it could still be attacked by Dust rounds."
"What? I thought you said it deflects any attacks." Yang wondered.
"But not if we blast him at once. It'll bring down its aura to bits." Blake explained.
"That thing could fly any time. We need to keep it at bay." Jaune instructed.
"Say no more." Weiss volunteered, summoning her ice glyph to bind the monster's legs.
"You think this will stop me?" mocked the monster.
"Ruby! Kyle! Take care of the wings!" Jaune ordered.
"You heard the man!" Ruby said to D-Gaim, readying her Crescent Rose.
"Right back at ya!" he replied, readying his Naginata as he inserted another card.
FINAL ATTACK RIDE : GA-GA-GA-GAIM!
As both of his Naginata blade tips were energized D-Gaim used the Daidaimaru portion to encase the Bat Kaijin's torso and head inside an orange energy sphere so he couldn't use his sonic screech, followed by Weiss casting a pair of black glyphs that forced the monster's wings to stretch out, enabling the two to cut off the wings and caused the monster to roar in pain.
"Now! Fire everything!" Jaune roared.
The others complied as they used their long-ranged mode weapons to fire at the monster's encased body with Ruby and D-Gaim, with his Musou Saber's gun portion, firing him from behind. The barrage of blasts did affect the Kaijin's aura, depleting it slowly until the sphere exploded, adding the damage further.
The dusts dissipated to reveal the immobilized Bat Kaijin. Enraged, he used the last portion of his dark energy to create a pair of purple muscular phantom arms. He roared loudly in a deafening pitch, causing the heroes to cover their ears.
"And I thought it could get any better for us." Weiss retorted.
"Oh no. It's still not giving in." Jaune panicked that his tactics didn't bring it down for good.
"You did well, Jaune. I'll handle the rest." He assured as he presented another one of his newly-acquired card.
"Wait, how are you gonna-" Jaune was halted by the belt's command activation as the Rider inserted his card.
FINAL FORM RIDE : GA-GA-GA-GAIM!
D-Gaim's body glowed, separating his own armor from the add-on. The Rider's armor reverted to its original form, while the add-on changed itself to a phantom projection of another Kamen Rider armor, identical to the one that Decade used. It was the original Kamen Rider Gaim armor, having a different arm and leg armor pieces akin to that of a Samurai.
The phantom projection unexpectedly dislocated its body, folding and flipping some of its body to form what literally is a giant Naginata, with Musou Saber on the top and Daidaimaru on the bottom. Its back revealed the weapon's handle as the Orange torso armor became the handle's guard.
Decade gripped the handle tightly, spun it for a few times until he aimed his giant weapon at the enemy, feeling a little weight thanks to the armor's built-in hydraulic muscles.
"A 10-ton-weight weapon in my hands, and yet, I didn't feel any heavier from this."
Everyone at the scene gawked, again. An unexpected turn of events, unfamiliar to those from Remnant. Odd things that the group had kept coming for a few times in a day, leaving them unsure of what to say, except for Ruby, who was drooling again at the giant Naginata.
"Ruby!" Weiss shouted at her drooling teammate.
Ignoring the gawks, Decade charged towards the enraged Kaijin, clashing with the monster's clawed hands. It took little effort for Decade to break the tie and sent some slashes to the monster. His attacks were much heavier than before due to the weapon's size and the sheer power it had, causing the monster's phantom arms to crack before they clashed again in a tie. The Rider's attack finally broke the phantom arms with the Bat Kaijin roaring in pain.
"Now, let's get juicy."
FINAL ATTACK RIDE : GA-GA-GA-GAIM!
Decade casted a huge orange sphere by slashing the kaijin from afar. Then, he summoned his Dandeliner and rode up to the air. The FFR Gaim that he carried was reinforced by the vehicle's magnetic lock, so it won't fall due to its weight. As he reached enough height, he jumped down and threw his weapon to the monster, forming a large orange-slice shaped rune circle on the Bat Kaijin's top.
Finally, he executed a flying-side kick with his feet being engulfed in an orange liquid energy, letting out a roar as he landed on the rune circle and pierced through the sphere into the Bat Kaijin's head.
"Hail… Dai-Shocker!"
It was the only words that came out from the villain's mouth as he exploded and screamed in agony, leaving nothing but flames and black dust into the sky. The Rider landed in front of his teammates, looking back to the explosion remains before he turned to them, walking gallantly in his victory. His armor also reverted back to his Gaim armor.
He could feel his panting and exhaustion lessened a bit just by knowing the fact that the monster was gone for good. Moreover, he also saved the lives of many, including his teammates and the other students who never encountered such threat before. Who knows what sort of chaos the Kaijins could bring to the other residents of Remnant if they were left running amok?
"And that, ladies and gentlemen, is how you make an Orange Parfait." He concluded.
The others still gawked without a single word, except for Yang, who smirked on the Rider's pun reference while her little sister was fainting from an overjoy of witnessing her friend's sensational weapons and skills. This made Weiss groaned, but she also felt relieved that all of them were close to the acceptance in Beacon Academy. The Rider opened his helmet to reveal his joyful grin.
"Russel Thrush. Cardin Winchester. Dove Bronzewing. Sky Lark. The four of you retrieved the black bishop pieces. From this day forward, you will work together as Team CRDL, led by... Cardin Winchester!"
The audience clapped as Ozpin announced the team who passed the initiation test, forming a four-people team as the headmaster announced before. The four Huntsmen walked up to the stage in pride as the screen behind them displayed their profiles with each of their initial alphabet aligned to form a word, with CRDL stands for "Cardinal". The next group took the stage after them.
" Jaune Arc. Lie Ren. Pyrrha Nikos. Nora Valkyrie. The four of you retrieved the white rook pieces. From this day forward, you will work together as Team JNPR. Led by... Jaune Arc!"
And thus, team "Juniper" was formed. Nora laughed and hugged Ren in joy that they were in one team while Jaune was gawking over his appointment as the team's leader.
"Huh? L-led by...?"
"Congratulations, young man."
Pyrrha shoulder-bumped her leader, but the knight was knocked over due to her sheer force, causing him to fall to his butt and laughed by the audience, including the chuckling Kyle Morgan amidst the crowd.
"Blake Belladonna. Ruby Rose. Weiss Schnee. Yang Xiao Long. The four of you retrieved the white knight pieces. From this day forward, you will work together as Team RWBY. Led by... Ruby Rose!"
Weiss looked surprised that the "dork" was appointed as the team's leader. Ruby was also surprised as well and Yang hugged her sister.
"I'm so proud of you!" Yang exclaimed.
"And finally, would Kyle Morgan please to take the stage?" Ozpin announced.
"My greatest pleasure." The Rider muttered as he stood before the headmaster.
"You retrieved the diamond king piece, a special relic that we never announced before. Anyone who picked it will earn a special priviledge and assignment at Beacon. And so, after various suggestions from the board, you will be assigned to work with team RWBY and JNPR for the time being, as you displayed your capabilites in working with both teams, until further notice."
The clappings from the audience were mixed by some murmurs among them, wondering why someone could achieve such thing, which also puzzled Kyle's mind. Ozpin was sure to be the one with many surprises to the others, especially to the attendants there. Maybe, the headmaster himself was more than meets the eyes.
"Excuse me sir, but… what do you mean 'for the time being'?"
"It means that when the time comes, you must choose between teaming up with RWBY or JNPR, provided that we have the right person to be your partner. But unfortunately, we have yet to find someone to be your… equivalent." Ozpin explained.
"So, that means …?" He asked.
"Indeed it is, Mr. Morgan. Indeed." He stated.
Regardless how irregular it was, Kyle could only rejoice in his accomplishment, getting himself to be in two groups at once, with them being his closest acquaintances. They were the ones that he could easily get close with and they gave him the power and capability to trust oneself and each other in the middle of the fray. It was his one first step and soon to be his own giant leap towards his fate.
"Thank you, sir. I promise I won't let you down." Kyle assured, replied by Ozpin's smile.
"Yaaayy! Kyle!" Ruby went over to hug the rider tightly as he grasped for air.
"Welcome to the club! Looks like it's gonna be rowdier than I tought." Yang congratulated as she hugged him, along with her sister. Blake could only smile by witnessing it, which was returned by Kyle's grin.
"Wow, congrats!" Jaune applauded.
"Whoa...Yay!" Nora cheered as Ren could only watch with smile.
"I believe I haven't introduced myself properly to you. My name is Pyrrha Nikos." She introduced to the Rider.
"Kyle Morgan. Pleasured to meet you." He replied as he shook his hand with Pyrrha, replied by, "The honor is mine."
Kyle was also happy that he had gained some new friends, too. Just like moving to another school, new experience, new friends, and even a new life to begin. He returned their gratitude with a soft chuckle and a smile. It seems living in another world might not be such a bad idea either.
"It looks like things are shaping up to be an... interesting year. Isn't it, Tsukasa?" Ozpin muttered among the dark skies and the shattered moon of Remnant.
On the rooftops of Beacon, Tsukasa was seen standing above it, looking at the crowded main hall. He had been watching the whole celebration with a tablet on his hand.
"I can hear you, Oz, loud and clear." He muttered.
Suddenly, a zipper portal appeared beside him, revealing Kouta, as the Man of the Beginning walking out of it. The portal closed as he stood beside him.
"So, it seems our protégé made it this time." Kouta said.
"Yep, two days gone and he managed to keep himself sharp. Impressive." Tsukasa then wondered, "Do you think that guy would approve him? Especially since Kyle got your Rider powers, too."
"Oh, you know who he is." He chuckled, mentioning to a person in particular, "Only a strong-will and chivalry that could gain his approval, should they ever meet."
"Then, I believe we should move to the next part." Tsukasa stated.
"Right." Kouta complied, "I'm also wondering what our seniors might say about him."
"Only one way to find out." Tsukasa said as he summoned a portal veil, sending them to parts unknown.
In an unknown part of Vale, inside a warehouse, Roman Torchwick was conversing with someone in his scroll. He slammed the phone angrily as the muffled conversation ended. Beside him was a cloaked figure with a faceless-plain black helmet.
"Is the boss unsatisfied again?" The figure wondered.
"Shut it." Roman growled, "That red girl and pinky knight foiled my plans again. Two of our Kaijins were already killed in their advance."
"True, but their defeats provide us the datas we need. Their fights were also recorded in our archives, as well as for samples for my research."
"Weren't you even bored in not being put in the field, yet? You looked like you lacked some thrills to begin with." Roman wondered.
"Patience is luck, my partner in-crime. We must remain vigilant. Otherwise, everything would end up like how you did last time." The figure remarked.
"Hey, I got myself some Liens and Dusts too, in case you're wondering. Plus I've never seen you fight before." Roman replied, waving his handful of Liens and pointing at the opened Dust case.
"Believe me, you wouldn't want to be anywhere near me once I fight."
"Fine," Roman said, "But the most important thing of all, we're gonna need more men."
In front of them was a large map of Vale, displaying several districts above a desk. The districts were being crossed out and led to a specially-circled place, the Beacon Academy.
"And we will forever seize Remnant. For I, Xiphon, will bring the Kamen Riders down to their knees." Xiphon chuckled darkly, raising his flaming hand.
(A/N)
Finally! After some things to do here and there, I present you… Chapter 5!
D-Gaim has finally made his debut, and yes, there are some twists that I made, here. First of all, I made Kyle's Legend Rider form looked a bit original by leaving some of its original armor parts intact rather than making him literally changing into the Legend Rider, due to the nature of its new system. It worked with the same principle as Gaim's Ride Wear and Ghost's Transient. Then, I also twisted FFR's activation sequence as mentioned in the story, so that he won't need the Legend Rider to be nearby. The Dandeliner was called from the Orange Lockseed's activation, making him able to use some of the Legend Riders' other equipments or in this case, vehicles.
And so, this marked the end of the initiation arc. From this point, Kyle and his friends will face many challenges ahead as they must deal with daily studies. It seems that Tsukasa had already knew about Ozpin. What sort of relationship does he have with Ozpin? Who exactly is Xiphon here? What does he had to do with Roman's plans?
As always, please leave your comments and BE CONSTRUCTIVE.
Until next time.