Chapter 7 : What Is a Kamen Rider?
Disclaimer : I do not own both Kamen Rider and RWBY as they both belong to their respective owners, except for my OC(s).
It had been a day since the Tiger Kaijin attack that there hadn't been any reports on Kaijin sightings. Ozpin was sitting in his office as usual, enjoying his coffee and the view of the Beacon Academy. The academy was such an achievement for him, which could never be brought to fruition if it wasn't for his companions' supports. This way, he could teach the young generation to fight against the Grimms and protect humanity. Everytime he thought about it, his ideals reminded him of the ones who shared the same ideals with him and his fellow Huntsmen and Huntresses. He was glad that he could fight side-by-side with those people.
As he enjoyed his time of peace, Glynda entered his office and presented her tablet to Ozpin, showing a particular person who was about to visit someone in Beacon.
"Ozpin? We have a visitor." Glynda said.
Ozpin looked at the contents before he smiled, "Very well, let him in."
"What business does he have here after not showing up for years? Sometimes I thought that they were away for good, far from the world council's grasp." Glynda wondered until, "Wait, could it be..."
"Isn't it obvious? His protégé is attending here, now. Moreover, the recent sightings of those Kaijins must've piqued their attentions. It seems what Kyle said was true about the Dai-Shocker being involved in this matter." Ozpin explained.
"I see... It seems that our 'old acquintances' started to show themselves up again after these years." Glynda said as she adjusted her glasses.
"I know, and as a said before, this will be an interesting year." He smiled, acknowledging his own thoughts.
Time went by as our heroes were studying in their class, paying attention to their lecturer's teachings. Port's class might always be the boring one for some of the students, except for Weiss who paid attention to it well and Kyle who wrote on his notes. The others have their own methods of killing time, like Ruby's constant goofs to her classmates.
Kyle also tended to space out at some point, thinking on answering his friends' biggest question. He also knew from Yang that team JNPR were also etching for the answer, so whether he liked it or not, both teams RWBY and JNPR must know about this. However, Kyle took the request as he considered that he knew both teams best than the others, so explaining it to them wouldn't do much harm to his identity. After the class session was over, the heroes went to Kyle to get their promised answer.
Inside Kyle's room were Kyle Morgan himself and both teams that were his acquintances, team RWBY and JNPR. He had owed them explanations regarding on his origins. It seems that even Remnant denizens didn't see his armor and weapons as their normal Huntsman gear standard, especially if he could access different weaponries at once, in regards to his rider armor. There was no use in staying shut and low profile anymore. He needed to be honest with his friends at the time.
"Ahem." He cleared his throat.
"So, regarding on your requests on yesterday, I'm gonna answer each of your questions regarding about my Kamen Rider tech and the Kaijins. But, I ask you all to believe in each of my words and I'm not gonna tell you any lies. Now, who wants to start first?"
"Who are you actually, Kyle?" Weiss started.
"Okay, first of all, my name is Kyle Morgan, and I'm not from this world."
"Huh? What do you mean?" she wondered.
"I am literally not from the World of Remnant."
Silence came among the room, followed by cricket sounds despite the daytime. It was sure that his friends found it hard to believe.
"O... kay?" Ruby said, puzzled by his explanation.
"What? You still don't believe me after what I told you, now?"
"But you said that you came from an isolated place in Remnant." Ruby objected.
"Well, my deepest apologies if I had to lie about it, Ruby. As I said, I don't wanna draw any unwanted attentions from here and there. I intend to keep it secret until you guys barged in kindly, so I'm happy to share anything about it as long as it's the ones that I put my trust in keeping this from the others, which I believe are you guys here."
The others nodded as they agree on Kyle's terms. He was absolutely dead serious, this time. They knew that this sort of revelations could lead him to unwanted predicaments. Most people don't believe in alternate realities and such as it was not a common knowledge among Remnant denizens, but if they want to befriend and protect Kyle, they must believe in each of his words.
"Well, if you're not from this world, then where did you come from?" Ren asked.
"I came from the place that you may call Earth. It's where things like Kaijins, Dusts and Grimms... never exist, at all."
"What?! Your world doesn't have any Grimms?!" Ruby shocked, seeing that she had nothing to hunt in there.
"No, Ruby."
"Then... what could kill anyone if we're about to survive there?" She partially pouted, still disappointed.
"Let's see... natural disasters, psychopaths, robbery, world war, wild animals... yup, that's it. Oh, and no weapons allowed in public or you'll be questioned by the police." He answered while he counted them with his fingers.
"Huh? Why?" Ruby pouted.
"Shortly speaking, no monsters, no weapons in public." Kyle stated as the girl continued her pout.
"If there's actually no Dust, then how does your world live?" Jaune wondered.
"Well, we have technologies that sustain our lives. Petrols, sunlight, coals and such. The people there attempted to create various alternate energies as the primary supplies could start to be scarce, while people's demand for their life supplies grow from time to time." He explained.
"Isn't that the core issue of world economy?" Weiss guessed.
"Kudos, Weiss. Four golden stars and an applause for our honorary Snow White." He applauded.
"What does Kudos even mean, anyway?"
"It means good."
"Oh."
"So, does that mean you're some kind of an alien here?" Yang asked.
"Yeah, if you put it that way. Though, I prefer to be a human from a parallel world."
"No wonder why your name doesn't sound like you're from Vale." Ren said.
"And why is that?"
"Well, your name doesn't follow the color naming rule to begin with." Nora continued.
"And what's this... color naming rule, if you don't mind answering it?"
"It means that your name must be, sounded like or associated with a color. That's why every people could guess our colors based on our Auras, though not all of Remnant residents used that naming rule." Pyrrha explained.
"Now that you said it, his color is... inconsistent." Blake said.
"You mean that light show we had earlier?" Kyle recalled.
"Like Pyrrha said, everyone in Remnant is related to different colors from one another. Each of us have one that is based on our Aura. But when I activated your Aura, your color just shifted from pink to red, blue, green, and many others. That includes the dark and golden Aura in the end."
"Meaning?" Kyle wondered.
"This occurrence has no record in Remnant history. Either it's really rare, or that means you're unique." Blake explained.
"Music to my ears, Blake." He nodded.
"Wow, that's a lot of party you two got there. Huh? Huh?"
Blake stared at Yang in exasperation towards her pun, and of course, she wasn't the only one there, except Kyle who reacted flatly.
"Eh... I'll pass. Oh, and what happened, back there? You were kinda spaced out." He asked Blake.
"It's hard to believe, but I remember having a vision of seeing myself surrounded by a group of armored men in an arena. Then I saw you in your armor, offering me to join you and the rest of them." She explained.
"Wait, I did that?" He wondered.
"Really? Blake, I had that kinda thing, too. Even Ruby and Weiss told me the same." Yang said.
"You guys did?" Blake wondered.
"We thought that it was nothing at first, but now I think that it has something to do with Kyle, this time." Weiss
"Could they be Kamen Riders, too? I think it's cool to know that there are others like Kyle! I mean imagine it, an army of Kamen Riders in our stead! Don't you think it's like a dream come true?" Ruby said.
"That's… outstanding." Kyle chuckled.
However, Kyle and team JNPR were left clueless on what team RWBY told. It seems that the latter were the only ones who had the vision. However, Kyle was the one who was more curious about the vision that the four girls had. Could it be that it tried to tell them something? It was a question for another time, for sure.
"Okay, what about those Kaijins? They also keep saying the same thing about working for Dai-Shocker." Jaune asked.
"If I assume it, then yes. Those Kaijins are even able to cooperate themselves with the Grimms. So, that means Dai-Shocker is a potential threat to Remnant, hellbent on ruling it. They'll do everything to fulfill their duty." Kyle explained.
"So, that means from what we do back there, we have become superheroes, already?" Nora asked.
"Umm... maybe? But don't we have super powers, already?" he wondered.
"Well, we do have comic book superheroes, here." Ruby said.
"Wow, turns out I'm a comic book geek too, here."
"Yaaaay!" She giggled along with Yang and Nora.
"And finally, Kyle Morgan. What is a Kamen Rider? What does that name stand for?" Weiss asked.
"Allow me to do the pleasure."
The group turned to the door to see the world traveler and the leader of the league, Tsukasa, standing at the doorway. The only reaction they had is only a surprise.
"Whoa! How... did you...?" Kyle shocked, barely had his words out.
"Kyle... Who's this?" Blake asked Kyle.
"My name is Tsukasa Kadoya. Kyle's mentor and a fellow senior Kamen Rider." He introduced.
"Ooh! Another Kamen Rider!" Ruby cooed.
"Excuse me, sir. Not to be rude, but how come you're allowed to enter this dorm? We're never noticed about this." Pyrrha wondered.
"Well, Pyrrha's right. I mean, Tsukasa... dude, how did you even get here?" Kyle asked.
"Well, first of all, your headmaster invited me here and he had given me a privilege for it. And second, things have turned out complicated ever since the first Kaijin attack. So, I'm here to explain you all about the Kamen Riders in general, especially to you, team RWBY and JNPR."
"How did you know about us?" Ren wondered.
"Ozpin is a very generous man in giving me my clients' names. So, how about we take a stroll to my place? It's not too far from here. I believe I can provide more explanations there." He invited.
"Okay." Kyle complied, much to the others' surprise.
"Kyle, are you sure about this?" Yang asked.
"Look, if this is the chance to strengthen ourselves to defeat, and maybe putting an end to Dai-Shocker and the Grimms once and for all, then this is our chance. Plus, we have a senior Rider, here. Maybe we can also learn how the Kamen Riders do their things." Kyle explained.
"I'm in!" Ruby said.
"Then, I'll consider that you've paid your biggest debt to us." Weiss accepted.
Everyone nodded in agreement, with Tsukasa and Kyle smiling in delight.
The group soon took a walk to Tsukasa's said place. It turned out that Tsukasa was right about the accommodation to his place being a nice stroll around the town. His house was a simple brown-colored flat, located not too far from the busy streets of Vale. As soon as they had arrived, they were greeted by both Natsumi and Yusuke. Heck, they offered them some tea and cookies, much to Ruby's delight.
"Hey, Tsukasa. Where did you get these cookies from?" She asked with her full mouth.
"Ruby, please." Yang warned about her manners, causing the reaper to blush in shame.
Tsukasa chuckled, "It's fine. Just come by here and we'll offer you more."
"Umm... pardon me, guys. But, it seems that we're already out of stock for that 'Whoopie Cookie' right now." Yusuke informed.
"Really? How long will the next shipment make?" Tsukasa wondered.
"Six to nine months."
"Sixty-nine months!?" Ruby wailed.
"No, Ruby. It's six to nine months." Yusuke corrected.
"Aww..." She pouted.
"Ruby, don't worry. We'll get more cookies for you by the time you come here again. Anyway, it's not like that 'Whoopie Cookie' is the only cookie brand, right?" Natsumi assured.
"But that cookie is out of this world, and I like it!" She wailed.
"Now-now. I promise that once it has arrived, I'll send it right to your dorm, okay?" She offered.
"Pinky promise?" Ruby asked, replied by an "Okay" as they made the pinky promise causing both Yang and Kyle to chuckle at them.
"So, what do you have in mind, Tsukasa?" Kyle asked.
"Before I move on to the subject, what do you all think about Kyle as a Kamen Rider?" Tsukasa asked.
"He's awesome!" Ruby responded happily as her eyes become starry.
"As expected." Yusuke said, with Natsumi nodding happily at his answer.
"Actually, we're kinda wondering about it, too." Jaune said.
"We want to know what does the Kamen Rider name mean to you guys. To be honest, it's completely out of this world. We've never encountered this kind of thing, before. Let alone searching it in Remnant history archives." Weiss said.
"Especially the Kaijins that we've been facing lately. One thing for sure, they keep saying things about Dai-Shocker and their grand plans. Maybe this could give us some answers on how to beat those guys." Blake said.
"Well, I guess that being said, our questions are all about the same thing." Pyrrha said.
"Oh, can you show me how the other Kamen Riders looked like? Thinking about what Ruby said, Kyle's got one hell of an armor too!" Nora said.
"Calm down, Nora. Our top question is more than just that." Ren reminded her, causing her to giggle in response.
"And one more thing, Tsukasa. I want to learn everything about the Kamen Riders and how you guys fight. I want to be stronger so that I can protect my friends. If I want that, then I should learn from the best too. I need you guys to teach me how to cope up with this harsh reality, and that goes to my pals here, as well." Kyle said. His eyes didn't show any sign of him joking or goofing around, showing to the others that he had taken this matter seriously. More so, it was about mankind's survival.
"Kyle..." Yang muttered in bewilderment on Kyle's behavior, which also felt by the others. It wasn't everyday that she saw many boys who had the same traits as the Rider she befriended with. He had committed himself to this cause and to protect the others, much to her and the others' amazement and respect.
Even Tsukasa, Yusuke, and Natsumi smiled upon hearing Kyle's words, knowing that they made the right decision in believing in Kyle as the belt's chosen one. This also went for the others' enthusiasm in their kin's origin. They nodded at each other before Tsukasa said, "Interesting. Well, allow me."
Tsukasa snapped his finger, causing the room to distort into a space surrounded by numerous planets. The others except the three were surprised as they saw it happened. Space surely is a new view to the Remnant residents, as they had never reached it before. Even Kyle was mesmerized for experiencing himself in the distorted room firsthand.
"Wha-? How did...?"
"Relax. This is a holographic projection emitted from this room. There are hundreds of those projectors installed in this building, each has a wide display radius. High-tech stuffs are sure appealing, don't you think?" Tsukasa mused.
"Wow. Wish I could have it in my room." Kyle told Tsukasa.
"I'll charge you with millions of Liens if you want it." Tsukasa playfully joked.
"Very funny." Kyle snickered.
Tsukasa then turned his attention to the others, "This is the universe, where various planets, worlds and realities exist. As you might suspected before, Kyle was never from Remnant. He came from planet Earth, a world unlike here where Grimms and Dusts don't ever exist."
"Yeah, he already told us that." Yang said, pointing at Kyle.
"However, as the world peace was achieved after a prolonged war, there will always be someone who wanted to interrupt it. They want total control over the whole world and manipulate it to their own liking. These people are what we call the Dai-Shocker organization, remnants of the old war who are dissatisfied with world peace." He continued.
"Is that why they want to mess with the Earth so bad? Ruling over it?" Blake wondered.
"That, Blake, is what we call typical bad guys. I know it's comic book-esque, but sadly it's true. These people are fixated in their own way. Once they did, it'll be a long way for us to talk some senses to them. They even conducted some inhumane experiments which were beyond common senses, turning humans or anything they could find into their instruments of total anihilation." Yusuke explained.
"You know, I still can't comprehend on what those guys did. You know, disrupting the peace and all are just... wrong." Jaune contemplated.
"It always is. Back then, they were simply known as Shocker. Their first modus operandi was to kidnap humans and turn them into their cyborg puppets. Just as their reign was about to surface, one of their creations rebelled against them and fought in humanity's stead. This cyborg declared himself as the Kamen Rider, the first one to step up against Dai-Shocker's reign. His crusade against the Dai-Shocker was soon followed by the others as new threats rose. So whenever there's a threat, that's when we step in." Tsukasa explained.
The traveler then spread his hand, changing the room again into a spinning armory of various Kamen Rider armors, each with varying designs and weapons from one another. The group was mesmerized upon seeing the displayed armors, especially Ruby, who began fantasizing them as the ultimate weapon for her conquest against the Grimms, which was partly true in some ways if she remembered how Kyle was as Kamen Rider Decade.
"Kamen Riders are warriors whose powers came from various origin, be it mutation, ancient origins, magic or technologies. That name was also bestowed upon those who fought for the world peace and humanity's freedom, which we consider as the true justice. There had been numerous Kamen Riders who came before us and fought in the past. Some hone their skills and created various techniques to defeat their enemy, while some others are bestowed with the ability to change into various forms to face different kinds of obstacles."
"Wow…" Ruby mused.
"Awesome…!" Nora squealed.
"We also go by various code names. Kuuga, Kiva-la, V3, Stronger, Drive, Kabuto, and we currently have two Decades, here. Even though we had managed to gain beyond human-like powers, we never consider ourselves as gods or anything like that, but as people who are entrusted in harnessing those powers for the sake of peace. In other words, protecting people is our job." Yusuke said.
"However as the time progressed, there are some Riders who used their powers for their own gain. Though some of them tend to fight alongside us if they see it fit, there are also Riders who abused their powers for evil purposes, leading to themselves being labeled as Dark Riders. You must be careful if you ever encounter these Dark Riders as they are considered unpredictable."
Natsumi explained as various new suits displayed in front of them. True to what she said, the suits looked rather ominous compared to the earlier ones that they saw. The group nodded at her explanation, though they couldn't help but to find some of them cool, however.
"As new threats rise and grow bigger, we decide to form the All Kamen Rider League, where we can trade information regarding our adversaries across the universe. It consists almost every known Kamen Riders who accepted our co-operation and assistance. We also train some new recruits as our existence became well-known to the residents of our world." Tsukasa explained, much to the others' amazement.
"So, if this Dai-Shocker is considered a major threat, does that mean they're on Remnant, then?" Ren asked.
"True, our intels have detected their latest activity in Remnant. Their actions are always deemed as a threat. Unless we uncover their plans, they would do things god-knows-what. We also sent some of our men to investigate their HQs across Remnant." Tsukasa said.
"Any ideas how we could get in touch to them? Maybe they could teach us a thing or two about being the 'defenders of Remnant'." Kyle asked.
"Well about that, you will all know soon enough."
In another part of Vale, two men were seen walking along a park. One had a short blonde hair with fair skin complexion. He was wearing a navy hoodie jacket with Sakura petals motif. He had a white shirt underneath, adorned with a medium-sized horned orange eye symbol. On his bottom were black Jeans pants and a pair of black sneakers.
The other man had a short brown hair and the same skin complexion as the former. He was wearing a blue long-sleeved shirt and a navy tie. He was also wearing black pants and a pair of black Pump shoes. On his shirt's pocket was a pin of a blue knight helmet symbol from side view. It had a ponytail and yellow eye
Takeru Tenkuuji and Hiiro Kagami were among the ones who were assigned to gain intels on Remnant's Dai-Shocker. Hiiro also worked as a surgeon in Vale's hospital at the same time so that he could still prioritize civillian's safety, while Takeru took the duty as a freelance agent.
"Are there any updates on Dai-Shocker?" Hiiro asked the blonde.
"There was an operation that they held not too far from here, yesterday. They seem to be transporting some varieties of Dusts. I took care of them and returned the stolen Dusts, but the head honcho got away. He could be anywhere, by now." Takeru reported.
"Stealing Dusts? What for?" Hiiro widened his eyes in wonder.
"I'm not quite sure, but if I'm the one to theorize it, they could be gathering supplies to build something or plan an assault. I mean, Dusts are known to function both as energy supplies and weaponries. But knowing Dai-Shocker, there's no telling in what they could do when they get their hands on them."
"I see. It seems that Dai-Shocker's movements started to be more frequent than what it used to be. We must stay vigilant should they ever reveal themselves again." Hiiro stated.
The two stopped to take a seat in a nearby bench. Even if they had knew the truth about the Dai-Shocker, they must keep it from the denizens of Remnant if they don't want to cause meaningless panic. The view from the park may be the most relaxing view for recreations, and that was the Kamen Riders' duty to preserve the peace.
"So, what do you think about the new Decade Tsukasa told us about?" Takeru asked.
"Kyle Morgan, isn't it? I think I'll keep my judgement until I see the truth myself. Tsukasa didn't even give us the details about him as the new guy was recruited not too long ago. So, I assume he's still observing Kyle himself." Hiiro responded.
"I just hope he's right about believing in Kyle. Judging from this footage, he has the mental and skills for surviving a harsh adversary like the Grimms." Takeru said as he presented Kyle's footage during his first encounter against the Grimms.
"But one thing that we might need to look up into is his tactics that are rather... brutal. He seemed like he doesn't hesitate a bit to tear his enemies apart, especially since those are Grimms."
"Then... isn't it a good thing that he knew what to do at the time?"
"Sometimes, one's fighting style is often related to their psychology and past. It could be that he hid some kind of hatred or grudge towards something and he let them all out if we judged him from this footage. To be frank, there's no telling in what he could do once he gets 'triggered' in regards to it." Hiiro stated as his expression remained stoic.
"I see..." Takeru muttered. However he understood his companion's concern over the new Rider as the latter still had much to learn like what he used to be before.
Putting those thoughts aside, Takeru said, "Now that we said it, I can't wait to meet him in person. He seemed like a nice guy, though. What about you, Hiiro?"
"I'll be busy handling my patients at the moment." He declined.
"Even though they have sweets for you?" Takeru teased.
"Oh, don't mention it." Hiiro sighed in exasperation as Takeru snickered at his reaction.
Hiiro was sure to have affinity for sweets, especially cakes. It reminded him of what his lover, Saki, always treat him back in his younger days. He was also known to be able to cut the cakes in a clean-cut kind of perfection. All in all, he always claimed that there was nothing that he couldn't cut as a surgeon.
Suddenly, a loud boom was heard from afar. The two responded by nodding at each other as they got their Drivers on. Takeru's Ghost Driver had a mechanical one-eyed face with a gritty grin expression, covered in a clear casing. It also had a black lever with an orange grip on its right and an orange belt strap.
Hiiro's Gamer Driver was colored mostly in lime with a pink lever on its right, covering the Driver's mid section. It also had two slots on its left and a black strap. On his left waist was another slot with a silver button beside it, along with two cartridge holders that held a yellow cartridge.
The citizens were seen running from a rampaging Kaijin. It had a form of a semi-humanoid Cobra. His menacing white cobra mask and three pairs of red eyes were accompanied by his white skeletal body armor, which adorned a red jewel on his chest. He also had a long snake tail that were covered by hardened scales. He was holding a pair of golden sickles.
The two had finally arrived at the scene. Takeru seemed to recognize the Cobra Kaijin.
"You're the Kaijin who escaped before! Too bad that you'll have to take those Dusts yourself." Takeru shouted.
"Then we won't let you escape again." Hiiro warned.
"You may had took down my transport, Ghost. But it will take you hundreds of years to defeat me!" The Kaijin gloated.
"We'll see about that." Hiiro threatened.
The two then took out some kind of trinkets. Takeru had a black eyeball-like trinket with a black mechanical pupil and a white iris, covered by a transparent circular glass cover. On top of it was a sticker of an orange ghastly mask, written with a 'Ghost' word on the bottom of it. He pressed the button and the Ghost Eyecon trinket displayed a 'G' hologram.
Takeru opened his Driver by pressing the button on it and inserted the Eyecon to it.
EYE! BATCHIRIMINA! BATCHIRIMINA!
As he closed his Driver, a black hooded parka flew out from it. The parka had a ghastly pair of orange eyes and a classic ghost tail on its chin. Its body had orange lines with some silver straps. It's sleeves also had a pair of cloth that acted as its arms. It also had the same ghost tail on its bottom.
The Parka Ghost then continously bashed the Kaijin, seemingly catching him off balance. But he could still hold himself against the attacking parka, although it was futile as the parka kept attacking.
Hiiro had a light blue cartridge which had some kind of a game artwork on it. The artwork depicted a knight holding a sword of both fire and ice, titled with 'Taddle Quest' on the top. The cartridge also had a clear glass which lit up in blue when he pressed the button near it.
TADDLE QUEST!
An orchestra sound was heard, followed by a game screen of the Taddle Quest game that appeared behind the surgeon, letting out some pixel waves that spread throughout the area the three were in. the environment turned into pixels momentarily as it let out some coin-like items that were placed on and off the ground.
The Rider Gashat technically changed the area into a game field, which were beneficial for the Riders to battle their enemies. The field consisted with energy items as coins, each had pictures to depict the power-up type. After several extensive research and development, the power ups could not only benefitted the Gamer Driver wearing Riders, but also the other Riders as well.
Takeru pulled the driver's lever, then he did a Ninja-like seal and raised his right hand up before he aligned it to his head.
"Henshin!" he chanted as he pushed the lever.
KAIGAN : ORE!
LET'S GO! KAKUGO! GO-GO-GO-GHOST!
GO! GO! GO! GO!
His body was soon engulfed in a black mist, making his body unseen to the others. After that, several orange lights were lit from the mist, forming some kind of a body. The mist then materialized itself into a black armor, emblazoning the orange lights as its motif and having silver shackles, elbow pads and knee pads. His helmet had a visible silver skull that was covered by a transparent face casing.
The Ore Parka Ghost then flew to the Rider and descended upon him to become the armor's parka with the hood on, then an orange ghastly mask covered the helmet and its tail became the Rider's horn. The orange lines and motifs lit up brightly as the armor activated, completing his transformation as the Rider who wielded the power of legendary souls, Kamen Rider Ghost.
"Henshin."
Hiiro twirled his Gashat before he inserted it to the Gamer Driver's right slot.
GASHATTO!
LET'S GAME! METCHA GAME! MUTCHA GAME! WHAT'S YOUR NAME!?
Several game character thumbnails spun around him. Each had different Chibi helmet designs with some unique hairdos adorning it. Hiiro then retracted his left hand to the left, selecting his designated thumbnail as it aligned in front of him. The picture in the thumbnail was an armored Chibi knight with two yellow eyes, white pupils and a light blue ponytail on the head's top.
I'M A KAMEN RIDER!
He was engulfed in white pixel bits as they formed a bulky white armor. The armor did mostly looked like a Chibi game mascot with a yellowish chest plate which had an empty health bar and weapons indicator on its left, displaying fire and ice elements. His helmet also looked like the chosen thumbnail, but his visors were still pitch black.
As the armor activated, the armor's 'eyes' opened similar to human's manner. His cartoonish eye visors were emotive, so that it displayed according to the user's emotion. The empty 'health bar' also filled itself up with the armor's machinery roaring upon activation, thus completing his transformation as the blue knight who hailed from the game world kingdom and wielded the unique contradicting elements of fire and ice, Kamen Rider Brave.
"My life is burning bright!" Ghost declared as he took off his hood.
"Commencing Kaijin removal operation." Brave declared as he lifted his hand in a surgeon manner.
The two Riders charged towards the Cobra Kaijin, with Ghost who swung a punch to his face. This was deflected by the Kaijin's fist, throwing the Rider away. Brave was the next one to strike a punch on him, but he quickly dodged it with ease. Brave turned to him again and traded attacks with each other, his fists against the Kaijin's sickles. His weapon was proven to be more damaging, which prompted Brave to use his blue shield to bash the Kaijin away. The shield also had a metallic silver piece on its top left.
Because of the Game Field's influence from Brave, a 'HIT!' icon was displayed when he hit the Kaijin, indicating that his attack was a success. However, this would only occur if the attacker was a Rider with a similar Rider system to Brave who wore the Gamer Driver.
Still not wanting to give in, the Kaijin charged at the Rider. Brave managed to stroke an attack by using his shield's bottom tip at the enemy's chest, causing Cobra Kaijin to stumble back before being stroke again by Ghost's Gan Gun Saber sword mode. The sword was mostly black with silver metal pieces, along with an orange grip and his Rider symbol on the weapon's circular joint.
The Kaijin went back to his composure again and traded more attacks with the two Riders. This time, the Kaijin managed to hold his ground against them. The two then stumbled back as they regrouped.
"Brave, on my mark." Ghost ordered.
"Understood." Brave acknowledged, seemingly knew what Ghost had in mind.
Ghost scanned his weapon's symbol to his Driver.
DAI KAIGAN!
GAN GAN MINA! GAN GAN MINA!
As the standby announcement played, Ghost pressed the button on the grip.
OMEGA BREAK!
Ghost's weapon was engulfed in a bright orange spectral energy, empowering the Gan Gun Saber. He then charged towards the Kaijin and clashed his weapon against the Kaijin's sickles, with Ghost managed to gain the upper hand as he slashed the monster, weakening him in the process.
Brave bashed an energy item in red with a picture depicting a Rider flexing a muscular arm. The item then fused with the Rider.
MUSCULAR!
He charged the monster with his shield and hit him into a wall, then he threw away his shield as it dematerialized and send consecutive punches to the Kaijin. His Muscular power-up enforced each of his punches, resulting the wall behind the monster to gradually crack. He then sent one final powerful punch to him, causing the wall to finally break and the Kaijin fell to the ground.
"Had enough?" Brave gloated.
"Urk... the transport that you foiled wasn't the only one that I conduct. There are still more, and good luck finding it yourselves." Cobra Kaijin then spat a green liquid from his mouth. The Riders managed to dodge it, only for them to realize that the liquid was corrosive as they turned behind to see it.
"Acid?" Ghost shocked.
"Grunts! Keep them busy!" the Kaijin summoned the Combatants as he fled from the field. The Riders were only left with a choice to stand their ground against them, or the Combatants would threaten more citizens and steal more Dusts.
"He got away!"
"Contact Tsukasa and the others. I'll hold them off." Brave ordered.
"On it!" He acknowledged, stepping aside from the battlefield so that he could communicate with them safely.
Brave then turned his attention to the Combatants, "Skill level 2."
He opened the pink lever to reveal a screen box displaying a hologram of Rider armor inside a screen.
GACCHAN! LEVEL UP!
TADORU MEGURU! TADORU MEGURU! TADDLE QUEST!
His armor was engulfed in light blue pixel bits before casting off from the Rider one by one, starting from his feet to above. His Chibi helmet turned to his back and descended a bit. His torso armor was the last one to cast itself off, dematerializing with the other parts, as well. It was revealed that he had another set of much human-like armor inside his earlier bulky one, covered in said pixel bits.
The bits then dissipated themselves to reveal Brave's new armor, which resembled a Europian knight. His helmet and chestplate were identical to his previous armor, but they were skinnier. His armor set consisted of a black armored jumpsuit with shining light blue accents that resembled a sword tip, mostly on his abdomen and hip armors. His shield was attached to his left arm in its compact mode. He also had white and silver armor pieces on his arms and legs. His gloves were blue, followed with lime sleeve and short collars. His white shoe armors had reverse triangle motifs on its front ankles and some blue lines over the shoes' black parts.
The level up system of Gamer Driver was like any other systems. It enabled the user to adapt in almost every situation and combat various threats. His armor might not be as strong as his Level 1 form, but he gained more speed and mobility than the said form. That was what the Level 2 form stood for.
GASHACON SWORD!
A thumbnail of his weapon appeared and spun around him before it materialized to Brave's right hand. The sword had a grey grip with grey and blue hilt, which had two buttons that were an orange 'A' button on the left and a blue 'B' button on the right. It also had a grey sword edge, which then emitted flames as he retracted his holding hand.
"There's nothing I can't cut." He declared as he prepared his fight stance.
After he went far enough from the field, a mechanical condor flew to Ghost and changed itself into a classic rotary dial phone. He then dialed the designated numbers and attached the handle to his helmet.
"Alright." He said.
Brave slashed the Combatants with ease. His flaming sword burnt the Combatants down. One of the Combatants tried to attack him, but he blocked it with his expanded shield and thrust his sword to its chest, impaling it before turning into black dusts. The senior Rider even managed to behead some of them. He then pressed the 'A' button three times which made the flames became hotter and bigger, enabling him to successfully slash the horde at once.
Meanwhile, Kyle and his companions were still in Tsukasa's house. All of them were surely amazed by his explanation. The Kamen Riders might also be the heroes Ruby always dreamt of as a kid, and it's not unlike the Huntsmen and Huntresses. They fought for the righteousness of humankind against any kinds of injustice. The others also felt such similarity themselves. Perhaps it was time for them to join forces against their common threats.
However, there was one thing that was still bugging both team RWBY and JNPR's minds.
"Say, uhh… Tsukasa?" Pyrrha was the first one to express her doubt.
"Yeah?"
"I still don't get it. Why are you doing this to us? You know that there are a lot of teams you can recruit for this job."She wondered.
"Okay, Pyrrha. First of all, I knew Ozpin longer before you guys did." He explained.
"Whoa, for real?" Kyle wondered.
"Ever since Dai-Shocker was first sighted on Remnant, We Kamen Riders have been keeping them on bay from showing up themselves to the civilians, for a long time, that is."
"Wait, you guys have been here before?" Kyle wondered.
"True. We had been working together with the known Huntsmen and Huntresses throughout Remnant. That was when we started to know each other and acknowledged each other's capabilities and weaknesses. It was a glorious time to remember." He reminisced.
"Wow… So that means the Kamen Riders are also legends, here?" Ruby asked with her starry eyes.
"Well, I think legend is a strong word for this. You see, we're simply providing some assistance to them. They might be able to kill Grimms, but Dai-Shocker is on a whole new level. So, we decided to share our intels regarding on both the Dai-Shocker and Grimms in hopes of defending humanity and ending their threats once and for all, simple and just. Take it as we were establishing ourselves a forum or guild using trust and brotherhood as our foundation." Yusuke explained.
"So that means… could it be that our parents knew about this before?" Yang wondered.
"Maybe? There were a lot of people back then to remember." Tsukasa answered.
"However, ever since we ended the first wave of Dai-Shocker attacks, our existence became at risk. The world council had took notice to us, so we decided to conceal ourselves from them and the world of Remnant." Yusuke explained.
"Huh? Why? I mean, with your Rider tech, maybe we can end the Grimm threat once and for all." Weiss wondered.
"That, Weiss, was what the council said to our allies, here. We can't risk our technology to people like them. Even though they have noble reasons, but the weapons they create could fall into the wrong hands, and that's our biggest concern. The Rider tech could also be used either for good or bad, and we've seen what it could do if it's not handled properly. It was the last thing that we expected to happen." Tsukasa answered.
"That's why we entrust our secrets to some Huntsmen and Huntresses you all might know. Once the council's demand was enforced to us, we went into the shadows, disappearing from the public eye without any notice. I think that might be the reason why our history with the Huntsmen and Huntresses are probably gone unrecorded from the history archives, let alone being told by your parents. That's until a new type of Grimm showed up, here." Natsumi said.
"The Kaijins…" Kyle muttered.
"Ozpin gave me the reports of your progress during the initiation. I saw you all working together on a head-to-head battle with an empowered Kaijin. Despite your inexperiences in encountering such adversary, you all managed to take him down side by side."
"Which is why, I admire your teamwork skills, as well as your determination in fulfilling your duties and to protect each other. In short, we need your assistance in winning this secret war." Tsukasa asked.
The others were silent as they heard it. This 'secret war' thing was such an astonishment for the group. Even Kyle could already tell how serious this matter was. As for teams RWBY and JNPR, maybe they could handle the fact of becoming Huntsmen and Huntresses to fight the Grimms and ensure humanity's safety, but to fight against a global-scale threat like the Dai-Shocker? This was a completely new thing than what they used to think these days.
But before the two teams were able to express their doubts, a call ring was heard in their room, projected in a holographic screen. Tsukasa picked the call by saying,
"Come in."
The screen then projected a Rider who made the call, which was Kamen Rider Ghost.
"Tsukasa, a Kaijin is on the loose and he's heading to the city!" the Rider said.
"Ooh! Who are you?" Ruby amazed.
"Oh! Uh… hi, there! You can call me Ghost. But please, save your amazement after we deal with the Kaijin, ma'am." Ghost pardoned.
"Alright, send us the coordinates. We'll arrive there ASAP." Tsukasa firmed.
"Right away. I have a feeling that the Kaijin still had more things than just a Dust shipment." Ghost said.
"Then we'll be ready in no time." Yusuke said.
"Roger that." Ghost ended the call.
"Dust shipment? I though it's only Schnee Dust company who has the authority for that." Weiss wondered.
"Then it's an illegal one. Get ready to move out." Tsukasa said as the others nodded in agreement.
Xiphon was standing on top of a roof, observing the city of Vale from above. He was seen without his mask on, revealing a face of a man who was at his 28's. He had a brown hair and black eyes, accompanied by his casual attire. He was wearing a brown collared shirt with long sleeves underneath a gray vest. He also had blue jeans and a pair of white and black sneakers.
His affiliation with Dai-Shocer was evidenced by his scroll that displayed the Cobra Kaijin after he picked up his ringing Scroll.
"How was it?" Xiphon asked.
"As you ordered commander, I have managed to escape the mock shipment. The Riders and their companions are on their way. I can feel that they are getting closer. I'm at the city center, now. You may do as you wish." The Kaijin informed.
"Very well, I shall be going as well." He said as he was engulfed in a dark mist.
The Cobra Kaijin wreaked havoc in the city, threatening the citizens nearby along with his Combatants. Such tendency of his was almost irresistible. He even strangled a police officer who was trying to pry him off from a citizen, threatening him to spill out the location of a Dust shop.
"Where is the Dust shop?"
"I don't know... what you're talking about." He spat.
"Where is it!?"
"In your face!"
Suddenly, the Kaijin was shot from the back, in courtesy of Kyle who already had his Driver on. The group, along with Tsukasa, Yusuke and Natsumi had arrived on the scene, preparing themselves for the next ensuing fight.
"Go get the citizens safe." Blake ordered as the police officer complied.
"Finally. Something to kill some time with."
"What do you want with the Dust Shipments?" Tsukasa demanded.
"Do you even bother, Rider?"
"To be frank, you're the one who's bothering people here." Kyle said as he aimed his weapon and shot the Kaijin, only for him to dodge it swiftly.
The Kaijin engaged Tsukasa and Kyle while the others were dealing with the Combatants. Yusuke and Ren were holding on themselves by defeating the Combatants with their martial arts skills as the two were the proficient ones. As Yusuke punched and kicked the Kaijins away, Ren shot them with his Stormflower, ending the Combatants right away. Nora, Jaune and Pyrrha were fending them off from the citizens who were still nearby. Nora also managed to electrocute the Combatants with her Semblance before she shot them with her Magnhild's grenade launcher.
"Come on, this way!" Pyrrha guided the citizens away from the battlefield, along with the help from the police.
Natsumi readied her sword and fought side-by-side with Weiss. The two fought with grace while showing no mercy to the raging Combatants at the same time, especially when they both stabbed every single Combatants on their sights. Yang and Blake were firing their weapons to the Grimms. They even devised some tactics by Yang flailing Blake into the horde. First, Blake tied her weapon's ribbon to Yang's right arm, then she flailed her while the latter kicked the Combatants away, turning them to black dusts.
"Buzz-buzz, suckers." Yang taunted, causing Blake to sigh and deadpan over her pun.
Meanwhile, Kyle and Tsukasa were still combating the Cobra Kaijin. Even if they managed to trade some hits and slashes with the Kaijin, they had to avoid the monster's acid sprayat the same time, which handicapped them both in fighting up close. This prompted Tsukasa to strap his own Decadriver on and use his weapon from it.
"So that's the original Decadriver." Kyle muttered as he switched his weapon to gun mode.
"Yup. I'd be a fool if I take the Dai-Shocker lightly."Tsukasa responded as he readied his own Ride Booker gun.
The three fought again, but the Riders managed to fight the Kaijin in a safe distance. They shot the Kaijin countless times that it almost disoriented him. Kyle and Tsukasa then noticed Ruby who gave them a sign, standing by behind them and waiting for their next attack. The two nodded and charged towards the Kaijin again as the latter regained his composure. They managed to overpower the Kaijin once again as they pushed the monster towards Ruby who readied her Scythe.
"Ruby, now!" Kyle shouted as he inserted a card to his Driver.
ATTACK RIDE : CROSSATTACK!
"He's all yours!" Tsukasa shouted.
Ruby's scythe edge glowed in a bright red energy. She used her speed Semblance and slashed the Kaijin countless times in her hit-and-run tactic. She delivered some consecutive slashes before she used her fire Dust rounds at the Kaijin. Each of her shot grew more powerful and bigger before she took a final shot, firing a large flaming sphere which shattered itself and became a barrage of meteor-like small spheres towards the monster. The attack weakened the Kaijin further.
"Now tell us. What do you want with the Dust shipments?" Tsukasa demanded.
"Threaten innocents again and I dare you." Kyle said as he readied his gun.
"Heh, fine. I'll give you a hint. We have a plan to execute, a grand one. Which, will be spoken by our guest of honor… here."
Suddenly, a mysterious figure turned up out of nowhere. The figure kicked Ruby away from Tsukasa and Kyle before turning to the Riders, easily stroke some attacks which brought them down to their knees.
"Ruby-urgh…! Tsukasa!" Kyle cringed.
"Who… are you…?" Tsukasa wondered.
The figure turned out to be an armored black cyborg. His body emanated yellow circuitry lines as his black faceplate glowed a pair of blue sinister eyes. His torso had six bolts and he looked like a living prototype military battle suit.
"My name is Xiphon. The emissary of Dai-Shocker, and the one who will bring the world down to its knees. That includes you, Kamen Riders." He introduced.
"You know Dai-Shocker doesn't belong here, don't you?" Tsukasa threatened.
"And neither you, Riders, do. The world's balance has been disrupted by your undesired presence. We are here to correct it." Xiphon said.
"By governing people in fear? I say that's a total 'no thank you'." Kyle replied.
Xiphon turned to him, "Ah yes, I almost forgot about our new sheriff in town here. You know, your skills and abilities are worth my research. Your power is so vast, yet so finite. Such a waste of potential."
"You don't speak on our behalf, Dai-Shocker! We won't let you get away with what you want!" Ruby threatened.
"Now that she said it, I'm not siding myself with you bullies here." Kyle said.
"Is that what you always view us? Well, then. Prepare for an assault!" Xiphon ordered as the Cobra Kaijin summoned several Beowolves and Ursas.
However, a bigger presence had appeared on the scene. It was surprisingly a double-headed snake in black and white color, each had a pair of menacing red eyes and some kind of a pattern in each of its head.
"Hmph, so you brought it in, too." Xiphon scoffed.
"Three heads are better than one, commander." The Kaijin mused.
As the enemy forces have gathered, the group regrouped themselves and had their arms ready. However, Jaune was shocked when he saw the double-headed snake.
"A King Taijitu? Here?" he gawked.
"Oh man, they're gonna tear this town apart! Unless we draw them somewhere out of any civilization." Yang said.
"Yeah, but how are we gonna do that if there's something this big?" Kyle wondered.
"King Taijitu, dispose of them." Cobra Kaijin ordered.
The Grimm abode his orders as the black head stroke the group, only to be countered by an energy beam shot that stumbled it back. The shot was in courtesy of Ghost's Gan Gun Saber gun mode, followed by Brave who was pressing the 'A' button of his Gashacon Sword.
KO-CHIIN!
The sword's flames died down as its edge turned itself. The sword let out an icy steam which soon encased the edge's sides in solid ice. Brave could felt the sword a bit heavier due to the ice, but he already got used to it thanks to his constant usage. He sent an energy ice slash to the monsters, subduing them as he slashed them again for the second time. Some of the Beowolves and Ursas were destroyed, while the others were still intact thanks to Xiphon's energy pulse that broke them free.
"Did we miss something?" Ghost wondered.
"No, not at all." Natsumi said.
"Leave the relocation to me." Brave said as he pressed the Kimewaza slot's button.
STAGE SELECT!
Several screens appeared spinning around the Rider, each displayed a picture of a place like a construction site, city streets, dessert, forest, and such.
"Well, looks like we got ourselves more pros here." Kyle mused.
"Ah, Kyle Morgan isn't it? I've been looking forward to our meeting." Ghost shook his hand with Kyle.
"Likewise, it's always nice to see a senior here." Kyle agreed.
"So, you're Ghost, right? And the other one?" he pointed at the other blue Rider.
"Whoa! A knight Kamen Rider and… a gamer?" Ruby gawked.
"The name's Brave." He introduced.
"Nice to meet you." Kyle waved.
"Save your greetings for later, newbie. Now focus on the task at hand." Brave replied.
"Yeah, can't argue that, sir." He complied.
"Ooh… no wonder why you looked so brave." Yang teased.
"Please, don't." Brave deadpanned
"Can I touch your sword? Can I?" Ruby excited.
"No." Brave simply denied, much to Ruby's disappointment as he pressed the slot's button again.
The roulette stopped as the forest screen was selected, transitioning their current location into the said forest. They were placed in the forest's open ground. There were also plenty of energy items spread around the area.
"Wha-? The field changed." Nora gawked.
"That's one of Brave's abilities. His Driver belt can generate a game stage so that we can engage them without worrying about the citizens." Ghost explained.
"Any ideas of what those coins are for?" Blake wondered at the items.
"Those are energy items produced in the Game field. You can say that they're power-ups for us to use." Yusuke explained.
"Cool! It's just like in a game!" Ruby cheered.
"Oh, I'm so gonna play videogames after this. Hence the name, I see." Kyle mused.
"Why do you even have to…" Jaune deadpanned.
"Talk about some high-line equipment." Yang mused.
"Good! Then we can go all-out, right now!" Nora grinned.
"Shall we turn up the notch, then?" Tsukasa asked Kyle as he prepared his Kamen Ride card.
"With pleasure." Kyle answered as he also prepared his card.
The two were followed by Yusuke, who put his hand in front of his waist, making a Driver belt appeared on it. His belt was mostly silver with a single red arc on its middle. The Arcle was bestowed to him from an ancient civilization on Earth, created by borrowing a sample of an evil being of the same civilization.
"Kivat-la!" Natsumi called out.
A small, white mechanical bat appeared right beside her, answering her call. The bat was a petite-looking female bat with a pair of big red eyes.
"Hello there~! You're calling, my lady?" she responded.
"It's time we show our juniors how we deal with monsters." She smiled.
"Alright!" Kivat-la cheered.
"Whoa! Is that a bat?" Weiss wondered.
"I'm also Natsumi's transformation device! Pleasured to meet you…?"
"Weiss. Weiss Schnee." She introduced as they both smiled to each other, much to Natsumi's amusement.
The four Riders soon went into their stances. Kyle and Tsukasa inserted both of their Kamen Ride cards into their Driver belts. Yusuke stretched his right arm to the left while his other hand was on the arcle. He slowly sled his left arm to the belt's left waist, which had a button on it and his right arm to its respective direction.
"Let's do this." Natsumi said as Kivat-la flew to her right hand.
"GABU!" the bat bit her left arm, causing her arm to reveal several odd-looking veins which also went into her neck and cheeks.
"HENSHIN!"
KAMEN RIDE : DECADE!
CHU!
Yusuke was soon wrapped in his Rider armor. His black helmet resembled a stag beetle with gold horns, along with a pair of big, round red visors and a silver mouthpiece that resembled a bug teeth. It also had gold accents. His body armor consisted of red torso armor, gauntlets, golden shackles and knee pad while the rest of his armor was mostly in black. His visors glowed as the armor was activated, completing his transformation as the first Heisei era Rider with the power of the ancient civilization, Kamen Rider Kuuga.
Natsumi was encased in a silver goo before it formed an armor and dissipated, revealing a white bat/vampire-themed armor. Her white helmet resembled a mixture between Jack O' Lantern and a bat with blue wings. She had a pair of red, sharp-looking visors and a silver mouthpiece. Some of her armor parts were also blue on her torso and gloves. She also had a silver shoulder guard, torso armor, shackles and rear-skirt armor. On her waist was a red belt with the Kivat-la on the middle. Unlike the other Riders, she was wearing high-heel combat boots.
Tsukasa was the first Kamen Rider Decade to exist. Even though his armor was similar to Kyle's, his armor was rather bulkier and grittier compared to his protégé's sleek and slim one. His helmet's visor was round unlike Kyle's trapezium-shaped one. It appears that Tsukasa's armor was modded with various upgrades so that he could still combat future enemies, which resulted in its appearance at the time.
"Is it just me who never gets bored just by seeing them like that?" Ruby wondered as her eyes became starry.
"No you're not, Ruby." Yang replied as she giggled.
"I understand that this is the most entertaining thing that you get to see, these days." Pyrrha smiled.
"Why, I'm not surprised." Ren chuckled.
"The name's Kuuga." He introduced.
"I'm Kiva-la." She followed.
"And I am gorgeus." Decade I grinned as he dusted his hands.
"Excuse me?" Weiss snorted.
"Wow, someone's got cocky." Decade II mused.
"What? Is it wrong for me to express my own self confidence?" Decade I retorted.
"You-! You know what? I'm not even gonna ask anymore." Weiss said.
"I honestly think the same of you, Weiss." Decade II responded.
"Thanks for being a good girl then, Ice Queen." Decade I teased.
"Hey!"
"What an eyesore. Attack!" Xiphon ordered as his troops and Grimms complied, with the heroes prepped too, as well.
A large-scale brawl ensued on the forest game field. Each of them were not willing to pull back, at all. Blake, Pyrrha and Nora were dealing with a bunch of Ursas, while Jaune on the other hand, still had some difficulties in keeping his composure when fighting a group of Beowolves despite him holding on his own against them. Just as he finally finished a Beowolf in front of him, another Beowolf lunged him from behind, only to be sliced by Brave's burning sword. He also managed to clean off the remaining Grimms in ease without even breaking a sweat.
Brave inserted his Taddle Quest Gashat into a slot in his sword.
GASHATTO! KIMEWAZA!
As the standby sound played, he pressed the sword's 'B' button.
TADDLE CRITICAL FINISH!
The Gashacon sword's flames began to burn wildly, as if it could erupt anytime soon. He swiped his sword once and suddenly, the ground beneath the Grimms became a sea of flames, burning them down in agony as some of the trees burnt down too. Some of the burning trees hit a couple of unlucky Grimms. Jaune was agape at the view of immense power, came from a senior Kamen Rider.
The Rider then looked at Jaune and talked sternly, "I heard that Beacon Academy consisted of skillful Huntsmen and Huntresses. Judging from how you fight, you're still a novice, then."
"I, uhh…"
"Novice or experienced, you're the only one who can prove your own worth in the battlefield. All I know is that Ozpin never chose his warriors recklessly. Mark my words, Huntsman." He said before he went back to the fray.
Jaune was left bewildered by the senior Rider's words and swordsmanship skills. He started to question his worth as a Huntsman. All he could do back then was just giving orders and he even had a hard time holding on his own. Was he really that inexperienced? Was he just a burden, at all? What good was he just by dreaming of becoming a hero he always wanted?
By remembering Yusuke's explanation on the energy items, some of our heroes tried to made use of it. For example, Yang went to a red energy item similar to what Brave used earlier.
"Wonder what this one does." She said as she bashed the said item.
MUSCULAR!
The brawler felt a surge of red energy being channeled to her Ember Celica, glowing the red Dust cartridges that were attached to them. Without a second thought, she threw a Dust imbued punch to a pack of Ursas, which surprisingly was more powerful than she thought. The punch caved an unlucky Ursa in front of her, along with sending a powerful gush of wind that blew the pack away. Some of them hit the trees too hard that they broke into dusts easily and knocked some trees down.
"Whoaaaa... Awesome!" She awed. Who would've thought that a bombshell like her could drop a massive bomb to a bunch of Grimms?
"As expected from the fiery brawler." Ghost mused as he joined Yang. Several Beowolves and Ursas surrounded them.
"You still got some tricks on your sleeves?" Yang asked.
"Believe me Yang, I don't even need to scratch on my armpits to do that." Ghost mused as Yang giggled in response to it. He then took out another light blue Eyecon. It had a sticker consisted of a '05' number and a picture of an arrow heading towards an apple, depicting a falling apple. On its bottom was a name 'Newton'.
He pressed the Eyecon's button, causing its pupil to display '05'. He opened his Driver and inserted the Eyecon.
EYE! BATCHIRIMINA! BATCHIRIMINA!
As his own parka disappeared into dusts, a new Parka Ghost emerged from the Driver. It was a light blue winter hooded parka with orb-like hands connected by blue wires to its sleeves. Its eyes were blue and it also had silver shoulder plates. Like his previous parka, it also had a classic ghost tail on its chin and its back. As the parka stroke numerous surrounding Grimms, he pulled the lever and pushed it back.
KAIGAN! NEWTON!
RINGO GA RAKKA! HIKIYOSE MAKKA!
Following the command, the parka flew over the Rider and gave him a new appearance. The Parka Ghost's hands became a pair of makeshift boxing gloves. His skeletal mask was encased in a new faceplate as depicted in his Eyecon's sticker, with the apple became his mouthpiece and the tail became his horn.
Ghost imbued himself with the power of Isaac Newton's soul, the founder of the world's gravity. It was said that he discovered it when he witnessed a fallen apple from a tree, stating that every object from a higher place always fell to the ground. His discovery became well-known on Earth to the point where the Rider also harnessed gravity-manipulating abilities.
"Ooh! I've been waiting for that!" Yang grinned at Ghost's new form. She was amazed especially at his orb-like boxing gloves. That type of weapon was surely an apetite to her eyes, in complementary of her own Ember Celica.
Ghost Newton Damashii displayed his skills by punching every Grimms nearby. He punched an Ursa rapidly until he sent a powerful punch from his right glove, sending it meters away. He also used his left glove to attract the other Ursa to him and punched it far with his said other glove. At some point, he punched his right repulsion glove to the ground after jumping in enough height. This caused the Grimms around him to be propelled mid-air due to the gravity ground pound. He also pulled an unlucky Beowolf with his left attraction glove before he let it go, sending it crashing to the ground behind him and dissolved, ending its threat.
"Yang, get ready! We're gonna give them some hot peppers." Ghost said as he took off his right glove as it idly stood due to the sentient parka. He pulled the lever and pushed it back to activate his finisher.
DAI KAIGAN!
NEWTON OMEGA DRIVE!
"That's what I'm talkin' about!" she replied as she used her Semblance to envelop herself in yellow flames with her eyes being red.
A blue eye symbol appeared behind Ghost as he prepared his energized right glove, while Yang also prepared her own stance. The two rushed to each other and punched their hands to each other. As they did it, a large flaming eruption occurred, burning any nearby Grimms in the area and dissolved them into a black smoke.
The two panted and congratulated their success.
"That. Was. Awesome! How did you do that?" Yang awed.
"Well, Yang Xiao Long, right? Your Semblance enabled you to produce some flames, and I used my right glove to create a flaming areal pulse. That's how we did the trick." Ghost explained as his helmet identified her name.
"Whoa… maybe we should come up with a tag-team attack name for that. How about Wildfire?" she offered.
"I think I prefer Solar Storm." He answered.
"Deal, that works well!" Yang cheered.
"FYI, it's also a rare natural occurrence in my world, said to be able to disrupt almost worldwide electricity or worse, completely shutting them down."
"For real!? You mean… right from the sun…?"
"At least that's what the scientists told in the textbook." He said.
"Well, that's some knowledge you got there." She mused.
"Always broaden your horizons, Yang. That kind of knowledge might be useful in the future, especially at creating some cool tag-team attacks like this one." Ghost explained, causing the brawler to giggle in amusement.
"So, your power with this form is gravity, right? I saw you pulling some of those Grimms back there."
"This form is a manifestation of Isaac Newton's soul, the founder of the world's gravity."
"I see. Well, to be honest Ghost, it kinda hurts when I punched your glove." She cringed as she tried to wave her hand.
"Yeah, sorry 'bout that." He apologized, causing her to giggle.
"Oh, I think I haven't got your real name, by the way." She wondered.
"My name's Takeru Tenkuji. Nice to meet you." He introduced.
"Likewise." She replied.
Meanwhile, Ruby and Kiva-la were struggling with the Ursas while she managed to thwart some Beowolves away. An Ursa was clawing at the reaper, pushing her away even when she blocked it. Ruby suddenly hit a yellow energy item, which had an image of a Rider running on it.
SPEEDING-UP!
"Huh? That's…" Kiva-la wondered.
A yellow energy surged into Ruby's body as she regained her composure. She used her speed Semblance to reinforce her attacks, but she was surprised when her speed became faster than usual. She bounced from one Grimm to another, slaying them as she sped up almost uncontrollably. When she attempted to stop using her feet, she didn't hit the ground and did a double-feet flying kick instead to several Grimms nearby until she hit a Beowolf's head and broke it apart when she landed onto a tree trunk.
"That… was fast… ugh…" she panted from the adrenaline.
As a Beowolf clawed at her, Kiva-la managed to slash it on time. The female Rider continued her flurry of attacks by free-flowing from one Grimm to another, be it Beowolves or Ursas. Her movements were swift and unpredictable. Her sword danced wildly as not even any Grimms could predict her movements. Finally, she beheaded an Ursa with her sword, energized with a blood red energy. This left Ruby awe-struck in amazement.
"So… beautiful…" She muttered.
"Why thank you, Ruby." She thanked as she bowed to her.
Decade I went toe-to-toe against Xiphon who proved to be the senior Rider's match. After they traded some punches and Kicks, they prepped their swords, with Tsukasa ran his hand through his own sword, and clashed their swords in a tie.
"Why showing up now? We defeated you evildoers before." He asked as the two broke the tie.
"A defeat in necessary in order for one to obtain a greater power. In other words, our previous defeat is necessary for my research that I conduct myself, all for the sake of Dai-Shocker's glory." Xiphon explained.
"Just what do you freaks after, this time?" Decade I growled.
"Freaks? Were you not one, then?" Xiphon replied.
"Maybe. But at least it's better than being a madman that I used to lead before." Decade I answered as they clashed again.
Decade I threw his fist at Xiphon, but the latter blocked it with his bare hands. He retaliated by shooting an energy beam from his hand right to the Rider's gut, causing him to be thrown into a tree trunk. In response, he took out a new Kamen Ride card.
The card had an image of another Kamen Rider helmet. The helmet had a pair of red visors that resembled a sliced peach. It had a golden circuit plate between the visors and it had a train track-like silver mouthpiece. On its bottom was the name 'Den-O' written on it.
"Henshin!"
KAMEN RIDE : DEN-O!
Several armor pieces were circling around the Rider as his torso armor dematerialized, while his remaining armor became mostly black and partially white. His helmet also changed into a white helmet with a black circular visor divided by a silver train track that was connected into his mouthpiece. The armor parts assembled themselves into the Rider's torso. The armor was red with silver platings and it had pointy shoulder pieces. In the armor's mid-section was another silver train track plate which made it resembled a zipper. The armor's back was sturdier and grittier than the front. It was colored in black and yellow. There was also four propulsion-like valves if being looked closely.
On the helmet's back, a train-like headpiece was formed. It slid all the way to his visor as flares came out from the train track mid-section, taking a form of a red peach fruit. The headpiece unfolded itself and adjusted into a new visor. It lit up brightly upon activation.
Decade I had harnessed the power of the warrior of time who travelled throughout timelines, Kamen Rider Den-O.
"Now, let's begin with this." He declared as he took out an Attack Ride card. It depicted the Den-O Rider donning a pose. He then inserted it to his card.
ATTACK RIDE : ORE SANJOU!
"Ore, sanjou." Decade I repeated the words as he don the pose gallantly.
"Oh?"
Suddenly, a massive red energy surged out from his armor. The Attack Ride card was a unique one compared to his other possessions. It increased his attack power in a similar manner of morale boost. It was one of his newly-installed upgrade mod to rectify the card's flaw, remembering that its first usage ended up abruptly. In addition, it pulled three muscular energy items to him.
MUSCULAR!
MUSCULAR!
MUSCULAR!
"Heh, Momotaros' gonna love this." He smirked as he took out a new sword.
"Now that's more like it!" Xiphon roared in amusement as he prepared his stance.
The sword was Den-O's default weapon, the Den-Gasher. It was said that the weapon consisted of four separated parts which can be configured into four different weapons. One of them being a red-edged sword as its configuration at the time. The sword was also energized by the red energy, further empowering it.
He then charged towards Xiphon and swung his weapon right to the Kaijin.
"Acchooo!"
A certain red devilish figure was seen sneezing inside a luxurious train car. He was about to enjoy his newly-brewed coffee and he almost spilled it. Luckily, he managed to look away from his coffee just as he sneezed.
"Is something wrong, Momo?" a little girl beside him asked.
"Not quite sure. Just thought that I just missed some kind of fun." He answered as he cleaned up his nose.
"Maybe that's because you rejected Ryuta's offer to play that new arcade card game." The girl guessed.
"Bah! I'd rather stay here than to hear his constant brags! It drilled deep right from my ears to my brain!" he complained.
"Oh, so you don't mind if he gets an LR card?" the girl teased.
"Aaargh! Fine, I'm going!" he conceded, heading to the next train car.
"But seriously, though. What did I just miss?" he muttered in wonder.
Decade II and Kuuga went against the Cobra Kaijin, trading hits with one another. Kuuga landed some punches on his torso and kicked him towards Decade II for the latter to strike a hit, only to be dodged easily by the Kaijin. He slashed the Rider's back and he dodged his Ride Booker counterblast. Decade II used his gun to reinforce his attacks while also blocking Cobra Kaijin's sickles. The Rider was forced to back away due to the monster's acid spray. However, it was all a ploy for Kuuga, who attacked the Kaijin with his flaming fist.
"Any tips for beating this guy? His acid's sure problematic." Decade II asked.
"I found some energy items that might be useful. Let's try them out."
"Right."
The two drew the Kaijin to another field which had the mentioned energy items. They traded some hits with the Cobra Kaijin for a while until Kuuga grabbed a purple energy item depicting a Rider whose hand became elongated when stretching a hand.
STRETCH!
With the energy item, Kuuga can engage the Kaijin within a safe range. He threw punches and kicks with his elongated hands successfully as the Kaijin wasn't expecting it. Decade II, who engaged the monster in close range, noticed an energy item that he could try on the Kaijin.
"Here's acid in your eyes!" the Kaijin sprayed his acid.
Just as the Kaijin spat an acid blast, he quickly grabbed a pink energy item depicting a Rider that reflected an oncoming attack with his armor.
REFLECT!
The acid blast was blocked by the Rider, before it was reflected to the monster right to his face. This caused his acid sprayer to corrode and coughing in pain, thus distracting him from Kuuga's flaming Rider kick.
"No! How could you-!" he yelled.
"Acid this!" Kuuga shouted.
"Oh no, you don't!"
The Cobra Kaijin quickly blocked the attack with his sickles. However, those sickles broke due to Kuuga's immense power, enabling him to land the kick right to his chest. The Kaijin started to crumble as Decade II prepared his finisher.
"Time to end this."
FINAL ATTACK RIDE : DE-DE-DE-DECADE!
The kick successfully damaged the Kaijin further as sparks came out from his body.
"I won't… fail my kin!" the Kaijin growled as he took out a dark Dust crystal.
"Wait, isn't that… the one from before?" Decade II shocked.
Cobra Kaijin injected the crystal to his body, making him glow in violent purple before he became a dark mist and went away from the Riders.
"I know about that crystal, too. It's an experimental Dust crystal, imbued with Dai-Shocker's immense dark energy. They said that the energy came from the deceased monsters' hatred of us Kamen Riders. Those things could empower the Kaijins with various powers, making our fight against them harder than ever." Kuuga explained.
"I saw the previous Bat Kaijin that we fought used it, too. And yeah, he became tougher like you said."
"Now that you said it, I've been wondering on why did he brought a King Taijitu in the first place. It's kinda overpowering even for a police force, don't you think? I can't help but to think about it."Kuuga wondered.
"Bringing a two-headed snake does relate him as a Cobra. Unless… oh no." Decade II came to a realization with Kuuga who noticed it, too. Something was definitely wrong, there.
"We have to warn the others, now!" Decade II ordered as the two nodded to each other, rushing themselves to the oncoming danger.
(A/N)
Finally! After a couple of busy weeks of University entrance exams, I present you : Chapter 7 (With cliffhangers)! Not only that, but it seems my imagination ran wildly like an Amazon Rider these past days while writing this chapter, added with more craziness of that Kuroto "Meme Master" Dank. Seriously, his face is all over the internet KR memes, nowadays (LOL :P).
That being said, the Kamen Riders are the lost history of Remnant, and that's for a good reason as stated above. Also, there are Riders Ghost and Brave who made their debut, along with some twists on their Rider forms. Believe me, whenever I see Ex-Aid riders' cartoonish eyes, I can't help but to think that they're emotive, following the users' expressions like the new Spider-Man suit did. I think it makes more sense. There's also Ghost's metallic skull faceplate, in complementary to his 'ghostly' theme. I also saw some of the artists depicted the same, too. All in all, I think those are suitable twists, to begin with.
About the two Decades, Tsukasa and Kyle, I decided to label them as "I" and "II" respectively whenever the two appeared in one chapter. As for Tsukasa's armor, I made it bulkier and grittier as told above due to him being an elder Rider to Kyle and his companions, using the same concept like Ichigou's power-up form. Take a look at Decade's SIC for the reference. I also decided to use English names for the energy items, as well.
There was also this 'Ore Sanjou' Attack Ride card's new effect. While it might be comedic on its first usage, I think that every equipments that the Riders' have should have at least some functionalities which benefitted them in the battlefield, like a temporal ability boost, added with pulling some energy items in Decade I's case as an ace Kamen Rider.
Lastly, I'd like to thank you all for your supports to this fic, especially to magna ryunoid who donated some of his ideas for the Kaijins, with this Cobra Kaijin being one of them, added with some alterations to his design.
Our heroes have finally had their answers on the Kamen Riders' origin, as well as their encounter with Xiphon, the Kaijin commander. How will our heroes cope up against him? What is the threat that Decade II and Kuuga thought about? How will our heroes answer Tsukasa's request to join this secret war?
Please leave your comments below and remember, BE CONSTRUCTIVE.
Until next time.