Chapter 9 : A Ghastly Entrance

Disclaimer : I do not own Kamen Rider and RWBY as they both belong to their respective owners, except for my OC(s).

So many things went on in these past few days. He had witnessed most of his Senpais fought valiantly. First of all, his mentor was the very first Rider to connect the Kamen Rider worlds together so they could meet up every time the situation demands it. His skills as the first Decade were a very good start for him to set as a solid example. Kuuga's vow to protect everyone's smiles resulted in his powers to gradually grow and evolve, making him the first to have such versatility on his forms. Natsumi's experience as a once ordinary woman motivated her to be on Tsukasa's side during his earlier 'Journey Through the Decade', which made her awaken her own Rider powers.

Then, two more Riders appeared to help him and his teammates. Their combat skills were exceptional and superb, too. He was shocked when he learned that Takeru had experienced death for at least three… or four times, which Kyle thought was unreal and bizarre. The older Rider also concluded that it was just how the Riders' journey was. That way he could learn to value lives more. He also learned a few things about the historical figures of his world, especially the ones that were his Eyecons. Now that he thought about it, it'd surely be the best educational method possible.

Even as the most recognized doctor in the overseas, Hiiro sure had his own quirks. Regarding his background as a surgeon, he often treated his battle as a medical operation, even treating his own Gashacon sword as his scalpel. A unique one indeed, but he could be your best teacher if you want to learn a thing or two about swordmanship. What could he say? He was a knight after all, both literally and figuratively.

He had already slept soundly in his room. His exhaustion was the only excuse he had to put himself in reservation. He had closed his eyes, waiting for what awaited him in the dream realm.

"Fear..."

Kyle heard a disembodied voice as several visions appeared. First he saw himself in the past, a meek prey and a bully target. He heard his bullies' words of humiliation to him. They said that he was just a trash that no one ever wanted. His parents couldn't even be there when he needed the most. He couldn't resent them for their jobs, but the bullies' words were very disturbing at most.

"Know your fear..."

The vision moved forward into him being constantly laughed and hit by his bullies in the toilet. They dragged him to there by force. Heck, they even threw him into a mud puddle that caused the girls around him to be disgusted of his dirty appearance before they walked away and started gossiping about him loudly. He knew those gossips were false, but people around him chose to believe it blindly. No one trusted him at the time.

"Face your fear..."

He suddenly saw the news of his best friend's death in a plane accident. He had a bright future ahead of him, yet his life was forfeit when he was about to fulfill it. This was the point he grew more violent and vicious towards bullies, street thugs and robbers whenever he found one. However, this only gave people around him more dreaded looks, heck even calling him a monster.

"Your time has almost come, Kyle Morgan..."

He then found himself in ruins, with him trampling over his bullies' limp bodies. He couldn't tell why he felt rather satisfied of it nor why he felt remorse. Suddenly he felt a presence behind him and turn around to find a flying parka-wearing skeleton.

"For you are the chosen one..."

Kyle jolted awake from his bed. He was sweating a lot like he almost drowned to it. That dream felt rather ominous somehow. He also remembered those words so well. What did it mean by facing his fear? Did those visions correlate with it?

He remembered those painful memories all too well. He knew how much change he had through the past years. Loss, anger, rage… a part of him wanted to let it all go so that he can move forward, yet the other one said otherwise. He wanted revenge, a payback towards those who wronged him. He wished that he could humiliate them for the rest of their lives or see them humiliate themselves. However, he still had his friends that he could rely on to have a happy relationship with. He thought again that it was useless to bring those memories back. He had lived a new life in Remnant.

It was still 6 o'clock morning. He could still use his time to clean himself up and eat up his own breakfast at his usual spot. Morning breezes were the best way to clear his mind from every burden he had, which was much healthier to breathe than smoke. Once he dressed himself up, he knocked the doors of his teammates' rooms. The first being the all-girl team RWBY.

"You guys awake?" he called.

"We're still putting our uniforms up! Give us a minute!" Ruby answered.

"I'll be waiting here if you want me." he said.

"Uhh… you can go first, anyway! Maybe Jaune's team had done already!" Yang said.

"Okay." With that being said, Kyle went to JNPR's room and knocked the door.

Just as he was about to knock the door, Nora suddenly jolted out from the door and shouted "MORNING!" loudly. So loud that it made Kyle jumped back and hit a wall with his head. He felt really dizzy after that.

"Oh, sorry! I… I didn't mean to…" she apologized.

"Yeah, I'm good with that, Nora. Just, uhh… kinda surprised when you do that." He replied.

"I'll give you Ren's pancake to make yourself better! This is the left over from our breakfast, anyway." She offered. Those pancakes were still fresh and good to eat. She planned to keep it for after class snacks, but it seems giving some wouldn't do much harm to her as a pancake lover, especially when it comes to an apology.

"Okay, okay… I'll take it, thanks very much." Kyle accepted the pancakes.

"You know, I didn't take you as the one who easily gets surprised like that." Pyrrha wondered.

"I guess so? How about we go to class, now? Ruby's team said that we can go first."

"Sure, why not?" Jaune said.

"It's still half past eight, though. We still have plenty of time to walk there." Ren informed.

"You know, I still wonder how you managed to wake up earlier than us." Jaune wondered.

"Huh? What do you mean?" Kyle wondered.

"We were still asleep at 6 o'clock. I was a bit awake back then and I already hear footsteps. Was that you?" Jaune asked.

"Why, yes. Is there any problem?"

"You know that's not how we usually wake up, right? It's always 7 o'clock."

"Well, I got used to wake up earlier very much. Its silence and morning breeze are refreshing, I assure you. And the most of all, it's healthy if you breathe it outside."

"Alright, we're heading out now." Pyrrha said.

After team RWBY caught up with the others, the class started with Professor... Doctor Oobleck's lecture of Remnant history. He was the reason why Kyle managed to attain some infos of the world he lived in at the time. His fast-talking and hyperactivity were his most notable traits to the students. While some others found it almost as boring as Port's class, Kyle didn't seem to have some problems with it. He was always seen listening to his lectures or spacing out for a short time, thinking back on his past experiences or what will await him in the future. This time, it was the latter.

He had been thinking about his cryptic dream. The visions, the voice, and the ghost back then were something that he couldn't fathom with his mind. He wished that he could get back at those bullies and show them how he reclaimed his dignity back.

While he dwelled deeper into his own memory lane, he recalled his earlier meeting with his seniors.

Kyle was told by Tsukasa and Yusuke to come over to their place. He was told that they were going to install an enhancement on his Driver. After he came and handed over his Driver, he spoke to his mentor regarding on their previous battle.

"Hey Tsukasa, did you feel something when we finished that battle?"

"What feeling?"

"I'm not sure, maybe like we're being followed by someone?"

"Don't know, don't care." Tsukasa flatly replied.

"Oh well… oh! Speak of the devil…"

Yusuke finally brought out the newly upgraded Decadriver and handed it back to its rightful owner.

"Here you go. With this Rider data, you can awaken the power of the previous first-gen Heisei Riders and use them once you did. Including mine, that is." Yusuke explained.

"Awesome. Looks like I'll have to go on another long road again." Kyle muttered.

Yusuke started, "You see Kyle, this data was intended to be installed earlier along with the second-gen Heisei datas. We intended it to be an initial use, but…"

"But?"

"When the Rider Totems were formed and scattered away, this data was partially broken and it took time for the R&D department to fix it. Now, all that's left is for you to awaken it." Tsukasa finished.

"I see. Anyways, I'd like to ask you one more thing." Kyle said.

"What is it?" Tsukasa wondered.

"How're my parents doing? I'm afraid if they started asking about me from there."

Of course, his mom and his dad. He hadn't seen them more often in his earlier years due to their job as diplomats. Once, he doubted their love for him whenever he was being bullied, but fortunately, it was made clear by his closest friend, Nathan that his parents always loved him, and that he made them the happiest family in the world. This was also confirmed by both of them of course, and since then, he vowed to treasure every moments with them along with their principles as much as he can.

He was okay with them not being with him more often, but he couldn't let his feelings for them away once they started asking about his current place. This was about time he asked his mentor about it.

"Don't worry, they're fine. As long as you're not in your world, they won't ask a single question about your whereabouts."

"Whoa, how are they not gonna do that?" Kyle puzzled.

"Their memories of you are erased as long as you're still in Remnant. To put it simple, you don't exist there, at least for the time being. But don't worry, we'll guarantee their safety from ever being targeted by the Dai-Shocker."

Kyle didn't exist in his world. He was a bit unsure of whether to be glad or worried about it. However, he remembered his duty as the entrusted peacekeeper of Remnant, which was something that he could never back down from. Strengthening his resolve, he straightened up his face and said,

"Alright, as long as they're not involved in this, I'll be fine. Knowing them still okay is already enough for me. I won't let any of you guys down." He stated as his seniors smiled in relief.

"Oww!"

He heard Jaune wincing from the pain he had. It came from a brunette that threw him an eraser to his head. This brunette was infamously known for his bad reputation in class, such as bullying Jaune constantly these days. Kyle deduced that this guy was the cause for Jaune's mood drop lately.

Cardin Winchester of team CRDL. He was infamously known as Beacon's bully, and his teammates were all the same. Kyle became the first one to stand up against him and his cronies. He always had an urge to punch him right to his face or his gut whenever he did his thing. That was the reason why he always butt his head against him whenever he found out. Of course, this didn't go unnoticed by his teammates and everyone else around him. However, he knew that as a student he must keep himself civilized, especially since he was in a class session and causing a commotion there would be very unbeneficial. At least that was what he learned throughout his life.

He clenched his fist for his temporal helplessness. He wanted to lash it all out at Cardin, and he would need a really, really good reason to do it. Maybe a word would do a thing, he thought.

Just as he was about to sound his mind out, Oobleck called his name, "Mr. Morgan!"

"Whoa! Oh, uh... yes sir?" his shock became a laughstock for some students around him. He had finally lost his chance to get back at Cardin.

"Can you please sum up how Remnant reached its age of peace?"

Kyle cleared his throat and spoke, "Okay, so Remnant was in a long-period conflict called 'The Great War' that raged between the four kingdoms; Vale, Vacuo, Mistral and Atlas. It also involved both races of Humans and Faunuses. It was said that the war's negative emotions attracted a large number of Grimms. The war came to an end when the king of Vale slew the Grimms and the kingdoms agreed to sign a peace treaty in an island called Vytal, and that's how the Huntsmen academy was born."

"Excellent brief explanation, Mr. Morgan! As stated before, keeping the peace that had been established by the treaty is an important task to us Huntsmen and Huntresses in order to keep the Grimms off from the innocents. Use your knowledge to help you maintain your experience as Huntsmen and Huntresses in training!"

Several murmurs were heard, either complimenting on his knowledge or anything else out of the subject. It seems like they never know that behind that clumsy behavior was a clever person who had been gathering infos all along. Ruby was the first to praise him.

"That was great! You managed to know them even when you're not really paying attention! Just how did you remember that all of the sudden?"

"Well, Blake was kind enough to let me accompany her to the library. Heck, she even helped me on some subjects too. Thanks Blake!" he said.

"Don't mention it." The Huntress chuckled.

"Speaking of which, how about we gather to your spot? You promised to us, remember?" Weiss said.

"Sure thing. Let's do it after class."

With that being said, the group gathered to the rooftop bench. It was surely the best place for him to relax or gather as there were only a few students that mostly only passed through. They ate their snacks and started to talk about their recent activities.

"Say, Jaune?" Pyrrha started.

"Yeah?"

"Had Cardin been bullying you again?"

"Bully? Pfft... no, I'm sure it was just a prank!" he answered.

"You do notice that he had been doing it for a couple of times, right? I wonder what does he want from a guy like you." Yang wondered.

"Maybe he just wanted to play along. I'm fine with it." he shrugged.

"Jaune, please. If you don't like being treated like that, just say it right away. I mean, you have a lot of chance to resist him and tell him what's really on your mind." Kyle suggested.

"Oh, how about you break his legs, Kyle?" Nora jovially suggested.

"I don't think the teachers would like that if I did it back there. Even if I wanted to." Kyle said.

"Okay, how about we eat our foods now?" he changed the subject.

"Well, we are eating right now, Jaune." Weiss said.

"Hey Kyle, what's going on with you, by the way?" Ren wondered.

"Hmm?"

"You seem to be easily surprised. First, when Nora burst out from our room, and then when Oobleck called you. I don't think a person could get surprised that easy."

"Oh, that? Umm... how do I say this? Okay. You see, I had a strange dream, last night. I saw many visions from my past, and then someone told me to face my fears. I saw a strange flying skeleton too, in the end. I couldn't remember more of it, though." He explained.

"Lovely." Blake sarcastically remarked.

"Only if I know what it means to me, Blake." He responded as he shook his head in exasperation for not knowing the truth... yet.

"By the way, we planned to hang out in a restaurant in the streets. Are you guys coming too?" Ruby asked team JNPR.

"We had some assignments from class to do. A group project, though. Too bad we can't come with you guys now." Nora said.

"Maybe next time will do, Ruby." Pyrrha said.

"Count me in, then." Kyle offered.

"Okay! It's settled then!" Ruby said.

After Kyle and team RWBY went away, team JNPR went back to their dorm. However, Jaune was still frowned upon his own words. He was troubled by Cardin's actions to him, but he denied his friends' help to retaliate against the bully. All he ever wanted was to become a hero on his own, being able to do most things without relying on the others. This was what kept him restless almost the entire day.

The Dust transport on Xiphon and Roman's hideout was still going on smoothly. With that being said, Roman could bask himself in the amount of Liens he had been stealing from the citizen's purses and his heist's loots, while Xiphon continued his extensive research on the Kaijin's defeats and the Riders' strengths. He was truly interested by how the new Decade, Kyle Morgan managed to defeat both Bat and Cobra Kaijins who powered up in the verge of their loss. He managed to get himself a handful of allies who helped him on his quest. However, little the heroes knew about Xiphon's own agenda on further gaining his own power to defeat them.

He typed many things on his self-generated computer from his armor that were too complex even for Remnant's advanced technicians to understand. Dai-Shocker's development on both science and technology had far exceeded humanity, being able to do numerous inhumane experiments ranging from brainwashing to genetic experiments. They have created abominations that could almost destroy half of a world should they ever let it loose. There was also a visible file on the lower screen named 'Project X' which contained something Oum-knows-what.

"Still busy handling those datas?" Roman asked.

"What do you think?" Xiphon said.

"I dunno. Playing that 'First Blood' online shooting game?"

"Just scored some kill streaks to fill my empty schedule."

"I see. Hey, don't you think our covert operations had been pretty fluctuative lately? I think those bummers are getting really tougher." Roman said on the transport's progress.

"Then we're still lucky that we have some that operated in either remote or untouched areas of Remnant." He assured.

"Too bad I gotta lay low for the time being. Boss' orders if I recall." Roman frowned.

"Oh, that girl? I gotta say that she's really impressive in negotiating with the White Fang. I wonder what kind of ace that she had up in her sleeves." Xiphon mused.

"Maybe you don't wanna know for the time being." Roman said as he took another cigar.

"I'm flattered." He chuckled.

Suddenly, a dark portal appeared before the two. It revealed a new Kaijin that took an appearance of a ghastly pirate. His white skull was covered by a black pirate hat with white spikes and a black right eye patch while his left eye emanated a menacing red glow. His black body was covered with white exoskeleton underneath a black tattered trench coat. On his bottom were holstered swords and flintlock guns, along with black tattered pants and black boots.

"The Dust transport in remote areas are still secure, commander. No unwanted sightings along the way." The Kaijin reported.

"See what I mean?" Xiphon said to Roman.

"Well, looks like things are going pretty smooth, here." Roman shrugged.

"As for your orders, Mr. Torchwick…" the Pirate Kaijin said as he presented the crook with a metallic case. He opened it to reveal millions of Liens, much to Roman's delight.

"Ah… that's very kind of you." Roman complimented.

"You ordered him to bring you some Liens from a bank vault?" Xiphon snickered.

"Hey, I have to make some livings too here, especially when it comes to delighting my very own 'ice cream'." Roman said.

"I never knew you're really into that kind of food."

"You know exactly what I mean, do you?"

"I know, Roman. I know." Xiphon said.

"About that too Mr. Torchwick, she says 'hello from the other side'." The Kaijin informed as Xiphon's Scroll rang. Its ringtone was the musicalized said word.

HELLO FROM THE OTHER SI~DE…

He quickly turned it off as the other two gazed at him in wonder, mostly on how both the Kaijin's report and his alert ringtone came out almost at the same time. It seemed that he should consider changing his ringtone much later. He then cleared his throat and ordered the Kaijin,

"Alright, it's time to do our job. You know what to do."

"Yes, commander."

Xiphon folded his computer and armored up as the Pirate Kaijin opened the dark portal. The two went inside and disappeared from sight. Roman could only sigh as he watched them leave.

"I guess I'll manage my own things here."

Kyle and team RWBY had arrived in the 'Oogle Noodle' Restaurant. It was one of the most popular and delicious culinaries in Remnant, despite it having a rather small compartment in Vale's building districts. Surprisingly, the restaurant's manager was the shopkeeper of the Dust shop that Kyle and Ruby helped much earlier. He expressed his gratitude by giving them food discounts, which Ruby reluctantly accepted as she initially said that it wasn't necessary.

The five had ordered their foods which were the main noodles, except for Blake who ordered a large chunk of Tunas. The Rider then talked about his earlier arrival in Remnant and what happened back then.

"So, the moment you touched your Driver, you had visions of the previous Riders as you got teleported here, right?" Yang wondered.

"Yeah. Fascinating, I know, but some of them are still blurry. That's why I'm still digging it through my Scroll." Kyle answered.

"Is there anything else of that you still remember?" Weiss asked.

"Umm, let's see… there were also earlier Kamen Riders that fought in the past. They looked more rigid than the ones that we know. Probably because they're cyborgs to begin with."

"Cyborgs? You mean like, they're robots?" Ruby beamed.

"More like enhanced humans, actually. They're from the earlier Showa period as we knew before."

"I wonder when we'll meet those veterans, someday. Looks like they're busy, too." Weiss said.

"Tsukasa also said that their power levels are even beyond them, right? That's why they don't even need many forms like the Heisei Riders do." Ruby stated.

"And they looked like insects." Blake remarked.

"Speaking of which, you still haven't figured out that dream yet? I mean about that facing your fears thing?" Yang wondered.

"You said that there was also a ghost there. Maybe you're afraid of ghosts?" Ruby gasped as she mentioned the latter.

"And you also said something about your past. Is there something else about it?" Blake asked as she finished her dip.

"I dunno, guys. It's been a long time." Kyle said.

"Kyle, it's okay if you want to talk about it now. We're not going to scold or mock you or anything." Weiss assured.

"I know, Weiss. I'm not trying to hide anything, it's just… I can't remember it clearly." He answered.

"Okay, then we're not gonna dig it further now. Weiss' right, anyway. Just tell us if you feel like it. We're your teammates, you know." Yang said.

"Aye-aye." Kyle nodded as he closed his eyes. He also sighed, yet his face plastered a tender smile.

The young Rider tried to recall some of his old memories, both of joy and pain. He tried to remember what his greatest fear was in the past. There were a lot of things that he could mention at the time.

Bullies? Yes, he used to be their victim. Beat up and made fun of almost all the time that boiled him enough hatred to stand up against them. This was the most satisfying moment of his life as this was the biggest obstacle that he managed to overcome. To be honest, he couldn't stop basking over this victory.

Ghosts? Not much, but horror movies count. He didn't mind staring at a horror movie costume prop, at all. However, once he went into watching movies, his mind was always drawn into the scene like most people were, and that was why he didn't prefer watching it. He couldn't stand the surprise element it had. Yet, he wasn't sure if it was worth mentioning at the time.

Just as he was diving deep into his memories, the team heard a loud scream in the restaurant. The citizens outside went into chaos as they witnessed another Kaijin appearance. It was the Pirate Kaijin that was newly assigned by Xiphon, who also stood beside him with his armor on. He welcomed the heroes into the fray.

"Greetings, heroes of Remnant."

"I'm sorry, who are you again?" Kyle retorted.

"Funny. I never thought you were this dull, Kyle Morgan." Xiphon replied.

"You know, I've been wondering on why wreaking havoc is the only thing you Dai-Shocker have in mind." Weiss retorted as she prepared her rapier.

"They're bad guys, Weiss, psychos who want nothing but attention. Am I right?" Ruby said as she twirled her scythe swiftly.

Yang and Blake also armed themselves up as Kyle put his Driver on. Suddenly, Xiphon dashed towards Kyle who looked at him in surprise. The Kaijin commander bashed the unlucky Rider out from the restaurant through the building's glass, shattering it apart.

"You and I are gonna talk a lot, this instant."

"Kyle!" Blake called out.

"What… the heck, man…!?" Kyle groaned from his pain.

"Get away from him!" Yang growled before she was stopped by the Pirate Kaijin's pistol blast. The blast shove the blonde brawler away as she fell to the ground.

"If you want to have a word with the commander, then it's over my dead body." The Kaijin threatened.

Yang's regained stance was the signal for team RWBY to start their assault at the Dai-Shocker executives, along with several summoned Combatants and Beowolves. Ruby swung her scythe swiftly to the Beowolves while using her Semblance to speed herself up and Yang faced the Combatants on her little sister's back. Weiss swung her rapier and casted some ice glyphs to freeze the horde as Blake tricked her enemies into attacking her shadow before she tore the horde apart.

As the others were holding themselves against the decreasing horde, Yang punched them away using her Ember Celica's recoils and dashed to the Kaijin, directly facing him. The brawler tapped into her fiery Semblance and fired her weapon when she was mid-air. Not giving in to the blasts, the Kaijin also fired his pistols that Yang must avoid. However, she somehow didn't flinch when she was being shot at while charging at the Kaijin. Her punch this time became more powerful and caused the Pirate Kaijin to stumble back.

"You got some guts... for a girl." He chuckled.

"What comes next, more so!" Yang said as she charged again.

Kyle was locked in hand-to-hand combat against Xiphon. It turned out that his adversary's combat prowess was more powerful to that of an experienced warrior. Kyle was having a hard time blocking Xiphon's flurious attacks as evidenced by some successful kicks to his waist. Whenever Kyle tried to punch Xiphon's head, he always dodged it in quick succession. Even the Rider's hits meant nothing to the Kaijin commander. He managed to punch Kyle in his gut and kicked him away when he kneeled to the ground due to the pain he received.

The Kaijin commander then grabbed Kyle's collar and glared at the Rider mischievously.

"You faced me without even putting on your armor. A bold move indeed , but it appears that we must settle this on the other side." He mused as he snapped his finger.

"Wha-!"

A dark portal enveloped the two conflicting warriors and disappeared from plain sight. The remaining heroes were shocked to see the Rider being teleported to somewhere else, unable to tell his condition. Ruby called out Kyle to no avail as their battle raged on against the Pirate Kaijin and his minions.

"What did you do to him!?" Yang growled as her punch was blocked by the Kaijin's swords.

"My commander sees no value to bring you all to him. Thus, I shall eliminate you all!" the Kaijin remarked as he broke his tie from Yang.

"So he started to play bodyguard, this time. We can't find Kyle if this keeps up." Weiss remarked as team RWBY regrouped.

"I'll go look for those two. They shouldn't be too far from here." Blake offered herself as she sheathed her Gambol Shroud.

"Be careful, Blake." Ruby agreed. Blake nodded to the others and went away from the battlefield.

"I won't let you-!" The Kaijin attempted to block the Kunoichi's escape, only to be blasted away by Ruby.

"Hey! Keep your eyes off her!" Ruby shouted.

"Alright! Now, we're even." Yang grinned as they continued their clash against the horde.

Meanwhile, Kyle and Xiphon were teleported into an empty construction site. Xiphon kicked Kyle into a pile of girders. The Rider wondered why this Xiphon guy was obsessed in facing him personally. Could he had some grudge against him? There were sure a handful of people who were jealous of his success when he regained his confidence in life back then. Even so, there was only one way to find out.

"Geez... what do you even... want from me?" he grunted.

"I am fascinated by the Kamen Riders' powers, especially yours. Even if it was your first time in doing so, you never ceased to amaze me by defeating my Kaijins." Xiphon explained.

"Huh?" Kyle was still left clueless. Even a guy whom he barely knew could tell that he had become a warrior not too long ago. Moreover, his enemys fascination sure added more puzzle pieces to his life.

"Your powers as the new Decade are worth my research. That is why I said that you have a vast potential only if you cooperate on my research, that is."

"You know that's not gonna happen, do you?" Kyle threatened as he took out his Gaim Kamen Ride card.

"It happens only if I force you, then." Xiphon sighed and readied his stance.

KAMEN RIDE :

"Henshin!"

GAIM!

The two clashed their fists against each other. The sheer force from the impact caused them to temporarily jump back before D-Gaim shielded himself from Xiphon's kick. The Rider's punch was proven futile when Xiphon caught his arm and threw him away. Just as D-Gaim hit the ground, he found a girder beside him and used it to bash Xiphon who was lunging at him. He threw the girder to Xiphon, but the latter caught it and cut it with his sword.

FORM RIDE : GAIM PINE!

Xiphon was suddenly hit by an oncoming Pine Hammer from D-Gaim. The Rider went close to Xiphon and continously flailed him until Xiphon cut the chains with his sword, causing the flail to disintegrate into yellow energy. D-Gaim then took out his sword and met their weapons to each other. Unfortunately, Xiphon broke the tie and kicked him in the gut. The Rider grunted as he regained his composure.

Yang switched her turn to Ruby as she backed away from the Pirate Kaijin. The red reaper swung her scythe to him and clashed against his swords. She managed to land a fire Dust shot, despite him not flinching from it. The Pirate Kaijin then swung his sword at her, only to be blocked by Weiss' glyph. Weiss rushed and stroke the Kaijin with her Myrtenaser, which successfully land numerous hits at him.

The heiress swung her rapier to her side, spinning its roulette of numerous, different Dust round types. She then casted some glyphs that took shape of classic clockwork. Its needles spun fast from one number to another as she prepared her stance. The moment she dashed forward, her speed increased thanks to her 'Haste' glyph to the point that she could rapidly hit the Kaijin and pushed him back. This was a sign that our heroes have the upper hand.

"How's that!?" Ruby shouted as she gasped from her fatigue.

"Urk... looks like I'll be taking off from here. Grunts! Keep them busy!" the Kaijin growled as he summoned a pair of odd-looking Ursas before leaving them to the exhausted Huntresses into a dark portal.

"Are Ursas... ever looked like that?"

Ruby could only wonder the Grimms' appearance. Each of them sported a Dai-Shocker logo on their belly. They also had some machineries embedded on their bodies. It was like that they were a mixture of ferocious creatures and malicious technologies, not to mention some red crystal spikes protruding from their backs and their arms. Even their claws were made of it. To make matters worse, their sizes were also bigger than an average Ursa could be.

"No. This has to be Dai-Shocker's doings." Weiss stated as she noticed the eagle symbol, kneeling herself to the ground.

"C'mon! We have to... stand!" Yang grunted as her legs started to tremble. She could even barely stand from the fight.

"Here they come!" Ruby said as she aimed her weapon at the Grimms, with the two did the same.

Just as one of them raised its protruded claw, an audible slashing sound was heard. The Uber Ursa's paw was cut off and dissolved into dusts before the Huntresses realized it. The unlucky enhanced Grimm roared in pain as it was being kicked away by an unknown figure, while the other one was being bashed from above by another figure and was thrown away from the Huntresses. The two armored warriors then regrouped in front of the Huntresses as the three could only look in bewilderment.

The first one sported a black full-body armor. His helmet had a light blue faceplate which had a pair of sharp-looking black visors and 'fangs' below it, along with a pair of classic ghost tail-like horns. If being inspected closely, there was a monstrous metallic inner faceplate that could be described as that of a demon's. His torso had a similar yellow eye logo like Ghost's, except for having two horns instead. It was also covered in a black parka with blue trimmings. His armor mostly had blue heartbeat line motifs, along with blue knee pads and shackles. He was also seen wearing the same Driver that Ghost had and was holding a dagger that looked like a splitted phone.

The other warrior was wearing a white helmet with a large, single-horned silver monoeye google with a green lens. The face plate's margins were black-colored. Below the google was a mechanical teeth that was covered by its black margins. His armor's colors consisted of white, black and some green. His chestplate sported a differently patterned black eye logo and his torso was covered in a black parka with green trimmings and a pair of green-fluided tubes connected with green longer tubes to the sleeves. He had silver shackles and kneepads with a green circle on each of its center. He also sported a silver buckle and on his left arm was a silver gauntlet with green and black trimmings. It had a button hanging in front of its green lens. It also appeared to have a slot filled with an Eyecon. A sticker with a similar symbol as his google and a 'Necrom' text was plastered in the trinket.

The newcomers stood firmly in front of the girls, defending them from the Uber Ursas. They also took notice of the three's exhaustions.

The blue one turned to the girls and said, "You three must be exhausted. Get some rest for a while."

The green one assured,"Leave these ones to us. We got your backs."

"You guys...?" Yang panted.

"Kamen Rider Specter." The blue one introduced.

"I'm Kamen Rider Necrom." The green one followed as the two went into their stances.

The three girls put their faith in the two Riders as the Uber Ursas rose again. The one whose paw was cut off grew it back. The Riders fought valiantly, taking on one Grimm for each of themeselves. Specter swung his dagger swiftly against the Uber Ursa's claw and drew its attention away from his below. He then tripped the enhanced Grimm to the ground. He got atop to its belly and stabbed it rapidly. He quickly dodged away from the Grimm who almost got its paw on him and finally got up.

This Grimm's sensation of harm seemed to be lessened, possibly due to the mechanical enhancements it had. Its healing factor must also not be triffled with. Specter then gripped his dagger tightly and dashed towards the Grimm, sending some powerful punches to its slowly healing belly. He managed to re-open some of its wounds before clashing against its claws again. In the middle of the ensuing fight, the Grimm's crystals suddenly lit up as Specter realized that something was going to happen there.

On the other side of the battle, Necrom chopped his assailant's claws off with his own bare hands as the Grimm desperately tried to swat the Rider away. Each of its attacks mostly went through the Rider whose body quickly liquefy in response. Necrom then sent an upward kick and swiftly went behind it, rapidly punctured its back with his energized Rider chop attack.

The Uber Ursa almost fell to it's knees as the red crysals on its body and its red eyes lit up violently. It then quckly lunged at the Rider who barely dodged it and went toe-to-toe against him. He wasn't expecting himself to be bashed away by it as he was too late to realize that his liquefication didn't work somehow. The same went to Specter, who was thrown away right into Necrom's direction. The enhanced Grimms surprisingly chuckled darkly at the Riders' failure. The heavy growl that they produced made it more menacing.

"Did they just... laughed?" Ruby wondered.

"That's it. They're pissing me off-agh!" Yang growled. She tried to stand up and fell in exhaustion. Much to her dismay.

"Yang! Keep yourself together! You're in no shape of taking up a fight now!" Weiss stopped her.

"But-!"

"Sis, please. Weiss' right. Live today, fight tomorrow. Those guys said it themselves; they backed us up already." Ruby said.

"I... okay." She sighed in defeat as she clenched her fists in her helplessness.

The sheer forces of the Uber Ursas turned out to be unpredictable. The Riders looked at each other and tried to figure out the best solution possible.

"Okay... now this is annoying." Necrom grunted from his pain.

"Come on, Necrom. We're not done with this yet." Specter urged themselves to get back up.

"Then it's time we turn up the notch." Necrom said as he took out another Eyecon.

"My thoughts, exactly." Specter replied as he took out his other Eyecon, too.

Specter's new Eyecon was bright cyan. On its top was a sticker of the Eyecon's faceplate, which was depicted with a pair of black sickles that were aligned to form a visor. On the sticker's top was a number '11' and its bottom was written 'Tutankhamen'. He pressed the Eyecon's button and the number '11' was displayed on its iris.

Necrom's Eyecon was dark green. Its sticker's picture almost similar to Necrom's Google, but its margins were square and resembled an opened book. On the sticker's top was a number '14' and on its bottom was written 'Grim'. He also pressed the button and the said number was displayed on its iris.

The two Riders set each of their Eyecon's to their devices. First, Specter opened his Ghost Driver to take out his personal Specter Eyecon and inserted the Eyecon to it.

EYE! BATCHIRIMIRO! BATCHIRIMIRO!

Then, it's Necrom's turn to do his thing. He took out his black mechanical and different-looking Necrom Eyecon and inserted the new one. He then twisted his MegaUloader to its standing position. He pressed a green button on its lower side and its standby jingle played. Their personal parkas also disappeared as well, revealing their inner Transient armor.

The two Parka Ghosts of their respective Eyecons rose from their devices. Tutankhamen's ghost was a cyan sleeveless hooded parka with some golden trimmings. Its hood had an egyptian crown that covered its two-tailed, cyan-eyed ectoplasm head gracefully. Its golden collars resembled crossed hands position as seen in an ancient egyptian corpse. On its bottom was a classic ghost tail like most Parka Ghosts were.

Grim's Parka Ghost consisted of dark green and dominant white. Below its dark green eyes was a bulky ghost tail that resembled a monoeye had a pair of white collars that resembled a written page sheet. On its shoulders were white G-pen tips stuck with black ink-like shoulder plates and dark green cables.

Finally, they proceeded to the final phase as Specter pulled the lever and pushed it back and Necrom pressed the top button, causing a green liquid to drip into the green lens above it.

KAIGAN! TUTANKHAMEN! / TENGAN! GRIM!

PYRAMI~D WA SANKAKU! OKE NO SHIKAKU~! / FIGHTING PEN!

The two Riders' respective Eyecons both attached themselves to the Riders and gave them new faceplates, granting them new strength to face the Uber Ursas. Specter possessed the power of one of the most famous ancient egyptian ruler, King Tut. He also took out another weapon which was a blue hand-like rifle/baton combo. His Cobra Phone dagger changed into its cobra sentry mode before it attached into the Gan Gun Hand's end, changing back into its dagger mode. Specter then pushed the recoiler forward and its 'hand' gripped the Cobra Phone and changed his weapon into its sickle mode.

As for Necrom, his Damashii was unique as it was based on more than one historical figure, which were the most well-known writer duo, Brothers Grim. Now that the Damashii had encountered the creatures of Grim, Necrom and his Damashii got to show their powers by using its razor-sharp G-Pens.

"I'll show you all atrocities my own chosen path!" Specter declared to the Grimms as he swing his sickles.

"Now, listen to our hearts' cries!" Necrom declared as his G-Pens floated in the air.

"I'm so digging into this!" Ruby squealed.

"Grim? Well, looks like things are gonna get really 'Grimm' here!" Yang joked.

"Yang, please." Weiss deadpanned.

The two chuckled at Yang's pun and nodded to each other as they began their assault. they then charged towards the lunging Grimms. Specter grazed the Uber Ursa's body, and its wounds were deeper. He stabbed his sickle into the Grimm's left chest and sent some consecutive energy punches to it. He then pulled the recoiler and detached the Cobra Phone as it changed into sentry mode and constricted the Grimm's neck. Specter then pulled his Driver's lever.

DAI KAIGAN!

TUTANKHAMEN! OMEGA DRIVE!

The azure Rider jumped back as he felt a slithering energy surge flowed from his arms to the Gang Gun Hand. He used his weapon's rifle mode to shoot a couple of blue energy cobras that bit some parts of the enhanced Grimm's body and exploded upon contact. The explosion also damaged the Grimm's cybernetic parts. The Cobra Phone sentry then returned to its sickle mode.

Necrom clashed his daggers against the Uber Ursa's claws. He also managed to got behind its back and stabbed it all the way down. He jumped back and ordered his G-Pens to stab the creature's shoulders and pulled himself to it. He sent a powerful kick that broke the Uber Ursa's crystal spikes as the Grimm fell down forward.

"And here I thought that you creatures are as menacing as the townsfolk here told me." Necrom taunted as his G-Pens floated near to his hands as he was about to prepare another trick.

The Rider waited for the Uber Ursa to get back on its feet. As it already had, it charged at the Rider and prepared its crystal claws. However, it was left open to Necrom's ink spray right to its eyes and all the way to its body. The ink came from his G-Pens' tips. He also sprayed some of it to the ground nearby and scratched it with his daggers, causing it to lit up in flames and burned the roaring Grimm. The ink turned out to be an oil that also burned the Grimm's Cybernetic parts.

The two Riders then decided to end the monstrosities once and for all. Specter activated his finisher by scanning the Gan Gun Hand's eye symbol to the Ghost Driver.

DAI KAIGAN!

GAN GAN MIRO! GAN GAN MIRO!

"Let's give it a proper burial ceremony." He said as his Cobra Phone hissed in agreement as the same also felt from his Damashii. He finally pressed the trigger of his weapon.

OMEGA FANG!

Specter's sickle was covered by a blazing blue energy. He sent an energy slash that took form as a giant cobra that constricted the Uber Ursa and trapped it by becoming a pyramid with Specter's symbol. The Rider then dashed towards the pyramid and sliced it heavily with his still energized sickle. The pyramid was split into two before it exploded and the Rider landed gracefully to the ground.

Meanwhile, Necrom twisted his device and pressed the lower and upper buttons respectively to activate his finisher.

DAI TENGAN!

GRIM! OMEGAULOAD!

"Let's finish this chapter, shall we?" Necrom said as he felt an agreement from his Damashii.

His G-Pens were energized by a green energy surge. He threw his right G-Pen towards the Grimm's head first.

"Now, get over here!"

Necrom shouted as he pulled the head off from its body and threw the left pen to the creature's chest. After it was stuck, the Rider swung the body to the ground behind him before he jumped and flailed the dissected and energized head into the body. It finally exploded upon contact.

The girls looked at the Riders in bewilderment again as they were unsure whether to describe it as graceful, professional or brutal. Specter and Necrom then went towards the girls as they took out their hoods, causing their helmet to partially unfold themselves and revealed their own faces. Specter had a black, tidy short hair and Necrom's black short hair had bangs on the right and was partially blonde.

"Are you three alright?" Specter asked them.

"Nothing's dangerous happened to us. Just wounds here and there." Weiss answered.

"We're more than just alright, we're amazed!" Ruby squealed.

"There's no 'we' in that. It's just you, Ruby." Weiss denied as her leader giggled in embarassment.

"You guys are awesome, anyways. Thanks for your help!" Yang thanked the Riders.

"Anytime, ma'am. It's part of our job, here." Necrom replied.

"BTW, you guys ,must be friends with Takeru from the league, right?" Yang asked.

"Yes. As you three have already seen, we shared our Rider system with him. I'm Makoto Fukami." He introduced.

"And my name is Alan. We're part of the surveillance division." The other one introduced.

"We've been tracking the Dai-Shocker's movements over these past days. However, they somehow moved fast that we almost couldn't keep on their tracks. Their trace led us to here, eventually." Alan continued.

"I suggest that all of us must gather at Tsukasa's place. I believe we should share our intels once we arrived. There are still some of you, right?" Makoto asked.

"Umm, yeah! Kyle was teleported out by that Xiphon guy and Blake went after them." Ruby answered.

"You can track them from their Scrolls. Their GPS should still be active." Weiss informed.

"Alright. One of us Riders must be nearby that location. It's best that we head there too, just in case." Makoto said as he used the Cobra Phone's phone mode to locate the said people.

The Kunoichi had finally made her way to her friend's location thanks to her Scroll. The construction site that she came into turned out to be not too far from where her teammates were. Blake decided to observe from a nearby roof. She saw D-Gaim in his Ichigo Arms went toe-to-toe against the mysterious enemy.

It was like Xiphon could predict most of D-Gaim's swift moves. He swung his Ichigo Kunai at Xiphon, but the Kaijin commander caught the Kunai without breaking a sweat and punched D-Gaim in the gut. The Rider could only groaned in pain as he was beaten up mercilessly and kicked right into his head. He was thrown several meters from Xiphon's position into the ground.

D-Gaim went heavily dizzy from the strike. He could hardly stand up the more he tried to ignore his pain. He wondered why Xiphon was that strong. As he was still wincing, Xiphon spoke.

"Kamen Riders are the habinger of chaos and destruction. You all must be taken down at once."

"Is that what you think about them? What've they ever done to you?" D-Gaim wondered.

"They have brought an eternal suffering to my kin. Therefore, I shall make them pay." He declared.

"They brought justice, freedom and prosperity for Remnant. They helped the Huntsmen and Huntresses to fight both Grimms and Dai-Shocker in the past. If that's your reason of doing this, then you totally have a very twisted mind, right now." D-Gaim countered.

"Twisted? Is that so? Let me ask you something, Kyle Morgan. Do you ever wonder why they're always rambling on and on about their principles of justice?" Xiphon asked.

"They protect innocents." The Rider answered.

"No, they hid their own atrocities from everyone."

"What...?"

"As I have told you before, the Kamen Riders possess vast potencial to grow stronger. I adore that of course, but their persistence in walking on their own path wasted such opportunity. Instead, they gloated about their way of life and forcibly indoctrinated it to the citizens of Remnant. What's more, they strike fear upon them in the form of 'security'." Xiphon explained.

"That's... not true." D-Gaim denied.

"It is." Xiphon countered, "They fought and killed countless monsters all the way, while denying the fact that they are the true monsters all along. If they keep roaming throughout Remnant, they will be the ones to bring destruction upon this world. That is why Remnant's balance is ruined because of them, and the ones who supported them are the plague that should be eradicated."

"Monsters? Plague? What the hell-?"

D-Gaim could only watch Xiphon's tenacity in astonishment. It was like that he had been telling the truth even if he knew it was the enemy's tricks. Several thoughts suddenly came to his mind as if it was induced by Xiphon's words himself. His mind flashes through several moments of his past. He constantly beat up the bullies he hate the most as he was unaware of everyone around him. They accused him as a monster for the violence he performed in a form of disembodied voices.

"Mo-monster!"

"Why? Why do you have to do this to us!?"

"It was just a prank, man! A goddamn prank!"

"Violence is not the answer!"

"You think you're a tough guy, huh!? Look what you did to them! Look at yourself!"

"I'm afraid we must part ways, Kyle. You're sick."

"Psycho!"

"Get away... get away from me!"

"This is why you're always alone, Kyle. You're a freak."

The more he tried to deny and ignore those voices, the louder they became inside D-Gaim's mind. His body trembled until he dropped to the ground and his headache grew heavier. He seemed to lost his common sense, perservance and words to counter them. He gripped his head as he winced in tremendous pain. The voices made it worse.

"Sh-shut up... stop it! I'm not a monster!" D-Gaim shouted to no one in particular.

While he was still cringing on his growing pain, he was too late to realize that Xiphon stabbed his shoulder with his sword. He could only scream in pain as Xiphon took out his sword from him forcibly and stepped on his back. His leg armor enforced the pressure he inflicted.

"Kyle, no!" Blake called him out quietly. She had attempted to prevent the stabbing, but she was late, too.

"One day, Kyle Morgan, you will see how wretched you already have." Xiphon darkly uttered as he kicked D-Gaim away from him, forcing the Rider out of his armor.

Unable to watch any longer, Blake dashed towards Xiphon. She unsheathed her Gambol Shroud and swung it at Xiphon. Blake already expected him to strike her head-on, so she used her shadow clone Semblance to trick the assailant as she jumped behind him. However, just as Blake threw her weapon's sickle mode to his back, he quickly caught it and swung it away. It brought Blake along as her arm was still tied with her weapon's ribbon. She then fell right next to the weakened Rider.

"Blake!" Kyle called out. He quickly crawled close to her.

"This is what I've been talking about. You are all pathetic." Xiphon cursed as he advanced towards the two heroes. His sword was violently energized by an ominous dark energy.

Knowing what kind of mortal danger that her friend would have, Blake retracted her hand in a gesture of shielding the Rider from Xiphon. Kyle looked at her boldness in bewilderment. He also didn't want his dear friend to take the hit instead, either.

"Get away from him!" Blake threatened the Kaijin commander.

"Oh?"

"Blake, get out of here! He's too strong!" he ordered.

"As if! I'm not leaving you here!" Blake disobeyed, as Kyle himself knew deep inside.

"How touching you two are. However, I shall be the one to eradicate you and become Dai-Shocker's messiah."

The two watched helplessly as Xiphon was about to send them to their doom. He lifted his sword up and further energized it. His swing was suddenly blocked by an unknown force in front of him, sending a massive shockwave throughout the site and to everywhere on its radius. As the dust settled, it was revealed that Xiphon's attack stopped in the middle somehow, until a figure revealed himself in front the Kaijin commander. It was Takeru who shielded the two from the attack while staying invisible. Moreover, he wasn't even using his Ghost armor.

"I don't think so."

"You!"

Takeru did a roundhouse kick at Xiphon and sent him away. He then looked back at the injured heroes. He ordered,

"Please get yourselves to safety. I'll take it from here."

"Right." Blake responded and carried Kyle away from the battlefield.

The young Rider felt his vision blackening as he was being taken away. His consciousness slowly slipped away the moment Blake rested him in a wall. After making sure that the two went off to safety, Takeru turned to the Kaijin commander who glared at the Rider contemptly.

"I heard everything from afar. You're really misguided by that view of yours." Takeru said, gesturing to the Condor Phone who landed to his right shoulder.

"This has been an unexpected, yet interesting turn of events. Very well, I shall take you on now, Ghost." Xiphon said as he readied his sword.

"I won't let you corrupt his mind and everyone else's." Takeru declared as he summoned his Driver and prepared a new Eyecon.

The Eyecon was green. It had a sticker of a green bow and arrow facing downwards to form a visor pattern. On top of it was a number '03' and on the bottom was written 'Robin'. He then pressed the button and its iris displayed the number.

Xiphon prepared his weapon as he faced the new challenger. However, he was caught off guard when Takeru suddenly threw his Eyecon at his helmet, with the Condor Phone flew a few meters away from him. His heart beated quickly as the impact bounced the Eyecon high to the air. As his attention was still drawn to the Eyecon, Takeru was already in front of him and landed a heavy slash at the Kaijin commander's torso. Xiphon quickly regained his stand and countered the older Rider's slashes. Just as he noticed his Eyecon falling to him, he opened his Driver before he knocked Xiphon's gut with his Gan Gun Saber's back grip and kicked him away. He closed his Driver after the Robin Hood Eyecon landed to it.

EYE! BATCHIRIMINA! BATCHIRIMINA!

The Parka Ghost of the Eyecon rose from his Ghost Driver. It was green like a leaf with yellow european trimmings. Like the other Parkas, its sharp eyes were a complementary to its color and had a classic ghost tail. On its hood was a yellow feather stuck on its left. A green, yellow-lined cloth covered its upper torso and shoulder, along with a pair of green belt stuck on its back while being used as the Parka's 'arms'.

The Parka seemed to tremble slightly that couldn't be notice from those afar. The Robin Hood Parka then spoke,

"Please refrain from doing that stunt again, Takeru. It was like an apocalypse was about to happen in my domain."

"Hehe... sorry. I was a bit worked up here." He apologized as he threw away his sword before it disappeared. He pulled the lever and performed his Henshin stance.

"Clumsy as always. After all, that is what made you into yourself." Robin sighed as Takeru pushed the lever back to transform.

"Henshin!"

KAIGAN! ROBIN HOOD!

HELLO! ARROW! MORI DE AOU!

The Parka Ghost flew and garbed himself to Ghost who already had his Transient armor on. His metallic skull faceplate was covered by the Damashii's outer faceplate along with the horn being attached to the helmet. He had possessed the power of Robin Hood, an archer and a thief from the world of folklores. In complementary to his background, the Condor Phone retracted its wings and twisted its head, forming a bow for the Rider to use.

He gestured his arms as he was about to pull an arrow. A green energy string and arrow appeared as he did so. He marched towards Xiphon as the latter charged at him. When the two's gap was close enough, Ghost cancelled his arrow shot and tripped Xiphon, causing him to lose his balance. He then shot his arrow at Xiphon's back and it exploded upon contact. It pushed him away ubtil he fell to his knees. Ghost then shot more arrows, only for Xiphon to block them away after he quickly regained his composure.

The two then ran through the deeper side of the construction site as they shot and blocked their attacks each other. They also clashed their weapons as sparks flew from it. Ghost's agility enabled him to avoid Xiphon's attacks and launched some successful arrow strikes even when prompted to us his weapon's grip blades, while Xiphon's armor and combat prowess were not ignorable at best, especially when he had loads of energy inside it. Ghost quickly resorted to his Gan Gun Saber after Xiphon threw his Condor Arrow away with his sword.

"I will banish you monsters from this world!" Xiphon declared.

"Yet your eyes said otherwise!" Ghost grunted as he broke his tie from him.

Decided to turn up the notch, Ghost combined his arrow with his sword's tip after he bent its grip for a bit, making it a Gan Gun Arrow combo. It enabled him to execute heavier blows from his arrow. He could shot several arrows at once, although some of it missed the hit. He also shot a single arrow to the air and it suddenly rained Xiphon with a hail of arrows, a trick that he learned from a particular Rider. Feeling that it was still not enough, Ghost gestured his hand to no one in particular, which turned out to be the arrows that missed the hit before. It appeared that the arrows had been waiting from behind the Kaijin commander. Following the command, the arrows stroke Xiphon's back as he fell from the impact.

"I'll show you what justice is like as my life burns bright!"

The Rider then activated his weapon's finisher at the Kaijin commander.

DAI KAIGAN!

GAN GAN MINA! GAN GAN MINA!

OMEGA STRIKE!

His arrow's energy stream grew bigger and wilder as it was being energized by the command. He shot the enhanced arrow to finish the weakened Xiphon. Just as the attack was about to hit him, he quickly snapped his finger to teleport himself away. The shot caused a huge explosion that could be seen or heard by anyone nearby. Ghost made sure he succeeded as the dust settled itself.

"Did we do it?" Ghost wondered.

"I'm afraid not, my fellow companion. He went away before the shot hit him." Robin diagnosed. It was possible as he was integrated with Ghost's Rider system.

"Well, shoot." He cursed.

The Condor Arrow squealled to the two to inform them about another matter at hand. The Rider and his Parka could understand its words as the former guessed it.

"Ah, right! More importantly..."

Xiphon teleported himself into an unknown part of Vale. He was inside a warehouse, different from the one that Roman had. It was his personal hideout and the best place to conduct his further agendas, especially when he had to deal with machines like Dai-Shocker's technology. He was a top notch scientist as he was being entrusted to create either Kaijins or experimental Grimms. This place always reminded him of his own past glories over Remnant.

He panted and rested himself in a stack of boxes. He took out his armor to use his civillian attire. He also witnessed the Pirate Kaijin walked towards him to check on his commander's condition, while reporting his failure to kill the girls.

"My apologies, commander. They overwhelmed me."

"No worries. I've been having my fair share of adversaries too, today." Xiphon replied.

"How was the 'talk'?" he wondered.

"I've delivered my words to him. The 'message' went through as I predicted."

"Then this means that we can proceed to the plan." The Kaijin proposed.

"Indeed. As long as it works, none of our setbacks matter." Xiphon assured as he looked at a tall machinery beside them. It seems that Xiphon had been working on it thoroughly that made it looked well-made, polished and ready to be activated at any time. Only Oum knew what it was all about.

"Don't worry, it's all safe now."

OYASUMI!

The unarmored Takeru rushed to Blake and the passed-out Kyle. He asked Blake if there was something going on the young Rider.

"How's he?"

"He's asleep. Don't worry, his Aura will heal his wounds sooner." Blake informed.

"Thank God." He relieved.

"But I've never seen him like that. He was full of dread back then." She frowned upon saying it.

"Condor told me the same. Do you know something about it?" Takeru asked.

"I heard him saying things like he was not something he's... not. I wish I know something about it." Blake said, going as far as not to say 'monster'.

"Don't worry, Blake. We'll ask him once he wakes up." Takeru assured.

Blake could only nod in agreement. The moment when she looked at him being induced by Xiphon's tenacity, she felt the same thing that used to happen to her in the past. The feelings of being accused of something she didn't like. The feelings of being alienated among her peers. She overcame it as she grew up into a fined Huntress. However, what she had been wondering was how he was filled with that much of a dread if he was able to overcome it in the past. He also seemed like he wasn't the one to be traumatized by such wrongdoings.

"If only I was here sooner..." Blake sulked.

"Hey, I could even say the same for myself. I've been a late hero too, you know."

"What do you mean?"

"All we need to know is that Xiphon's the one who did this. There's no use in blaming our incompetence. I assure you; we'll get back at them really hard next time." Takeru said.

"Okay. Thanks." She thanked.

"Heh, no biggie. Ah, speak of the devil..."

The others had finally arrived to pick them up. Whatever happened to Kyle, he needed to figure his problems quick. Who knew what the Dai-Shocker could do at anytime should he stay still.

Inside an cave in the parts unknown of Vale, black mists surround it as they curtained whatever was inside. The dark depths of the cave made it more unclear to one's eyes. However, if we inspect it deeply, there really was something inside. It was an Ore Ghost Eyecon, Takeru's very own personal Eyecon. Of course, it was a copy of the original one should we remember Tsukasa's explanation earlier. It was seated nicely on a cob of rock.

The Eyecon suddenly lit itself in a bright orange energy and powering itself up, all the while waiting for its rightful owner to pick it up.

(A/N)

Hey guys! And here we are with RWBY : DCD's 9th chapter!

Some of you might still be wondering about the whole commotion in the reviews section. Or maybe not? It looks like some of you guys know this Doom Marine guy more than I do. Yes, I'm still rather new to this Fanfiction writings and all, so I have to admit that I'm quite surprised when those colorful comments came to my review section. It's quite a 'sight' to see, if you know what I mean.

If you all worried about me, then don't be. I'm fine. I'm not gonna call quits to this fic. Like what I said to a fellow author Kidd Inertia before, I'm not the one who gets ticked off that easy. But, it doesn't mean that I'll let it slip away from my life. There are still tons of pricks out there, running amok and insulting everything they want because they got nothing to do about making up their miserable lives. I'm annoyed by it too and that's true.

However like I stated above, I'll finish this tale that I started a couple of months ago. We're all prone to have bullies like that in our lives, but it doesn't mean that we have to back down from it. As long as it's just words, it won't literally kill you. They are sharper than knives, but they don't make you bleed. I know that I'm not the only one who had that sort of thing, either.

More importantly, there are still people who supported me through thick and thin. The Almighty, my family, relatives, friends, and the most of all, you viewers. These are the reasons why I have to keep moving forward like Oum said and to sum it all up, It goes the same for all of you.

Now that aside, I'll provide you some explanations regarding this chapter. We finally got Specter and Necrom to show their guts against the Grimms! And speaking of the Grimms, the Uber Ursa was my own idea of experimental Grimms. I may have took some Grimm Eclipse game's design on their protruding crystals I admit, along with adding some cybernetics to give them Dai-Shocker vibes on their enhancements.

Also for Ghost's Robin Hood Damashii, I made the Condor Phone usable as a separate weapon. It only shoots weaker normal-type explosive energy arrows, but it can also be used as a close-range weapon in Sonic Arrow's manner. When it combined into Gan Gun Arrow, it can shoot stronger arrows with more varieties like told above.

It appears that this is the moment of Kyle's greatest challenge in courtesy of Xiphon. Moreover, he had to figure out the meaning of his dream at the same time. What was it all about? Can he overcome his own defeat? What is Xiphon's plan all about?

Please leave your comments below, and I heavily implore you all again, BE CONSTRUCTIVE.

Oh, and don't be a prick for eternity. It's for your own good too, you know. *wink*

Until next time.