RWBY : DCD

by DCD10unite

Kyle Morgan was chosen to become the next Kamen Rider Decade, having survived his unpleasant childhood. He must prepare himself to combat the great darkness that will befall upon the World of Remnant, accompanied by his fellow Huntsmen, Huntresses and Riders. Entrusted with the power of the legends, he has to write his own and become one himself.

13. Chapter 13 : From Yellow to Gold

Chapter 13 : From Yellow to Gold

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

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It was already late and Jaune was still not present in the dorm. His teammates were restless as they waited for him to come back. As Pyrrha looked through the window in sorrow, Ren loaded his Stormflower and Nora was seen jumping on her bed.

"How come Jaune gets home so late?" Nora wondered.

"He's become rather scarce since his fight with Cardin. " Ren noted.

"That's weird... Doesn't he know we have a field trip tomorrow? We need our rest!" she exclaimed as she twirled.

"I'm sure our leader knows exactly what he's doing." Pyrrha angrily remarked.

"I do know, actually." A familiar voice called out.

"Eh?" Pyrrha wondered what it actually meant.

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The next day...

Kyle had left a note on his room that he woke up earlier than they would. He checked on Hiiro first to see how Jaune was doing. The doctor said that he already pointed out things that were necessary to be told and told the young Rider to put a faith on him. Kyle nodded in agreement as he made his way out to the meeting point; the Vale Family Park that Hiiro and Takeru once were in. There, he met his partners for this mission.

There was Taiga Hanaya. He was seen mostly in a military garb. He had a black shirt underneath his black jacket that he left open. On the said jacket's back was his Rider symbol; a soldier wearing a blue army helmet with a left red sharp eye as its right eye was covered with a yellow bang. He also had a dog tag necklace that was written with 'Hanaya, Snipe' on his bottom were green camo pants an a pair of black boots.

Beside him was Takatora Kureshima. He was wearing a dark grey suit with a green shirt underneath. On his suit was a pin of a golden crescent moon-like horn inside a melon green circle. On his bottom dark grey pants and a pair of black shoes.

"Gentlemen." Kyle greeted.

"Look who it is; the new Decade in town." Taiga remarked.

"It was a pleasure to work with you, Kyle Morgan." Takatora said.

"Likewise. May I ask for proper introductions from you two?" Kyle said as he offered them handshakes.

"Takatora Kureshima, Kamen Rider Zangetsu."

"Taiga Hanaya, Kamen Rider Snipe."

"Kyle Morgan, the second Kamen Rider Decade."

"Mind if I suggest you to look for a proper codename, later? If you're asking me, it should be simpler and catchier than just 'the second'." Taiga suggested.

"Well... I'll keep that in the QT, later." Kyle said.

"I heard that you'd met Kouta much earlier. He said that he'd almost done with his preps to come to Remnant, now. Say, how are you handling Gaim's power?" Takatora asked.

"Quite nicely. Heard that he's some kind of... planet ruler of Helheim, right? I bet that there are still many things that I should come to know of." Kyle commented.

"One thing you should know; he's been a busy man ever since he won the battle of Helheim. Truth to be told, he had been rarely visiting us on the earlier days." Takatora said.

"I get that, too." Kyle replied.

"We should find a more discreet place to discuss our plans further. I've found a place not too far from the Dai-Shocker's lookout." Taiga said.

"Alright, let's proceed." Takatora responded.

"Moving on, shall we?" Kyle complied.

The three then proceeded to the said place. Unbeknownst of them, Xiphon's recon drone was seen watching them from above. It's active camo slightly revealed itself.

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The freshmen students of Beacon had finally arrived at the Forever Fall, one of the most well-known tourist spots of Remnant. It's unique forestry was filled with red leaves and gray tusks, hence the name. It would've been the best spot to relax, if not for the Grimms still roaming free in the area.

"Yes, students, the forest of Forever Fall is indeed beautiful. But we are not here to sight-see. Professor Peach has asked all of you to collect samples from the trees deep inside this forest, and I'm here to make sure none of you die while doing so." Glynda stated.

The students stopped, and Jaune was seen carrying a large box with six empty jars. He had no intention of catching up with his friends, whatsoever. He was just focusing on carrying his box and sticking to Cardin. The bully just simply looked at him while whistling tunelessly.

"Each of you is to gather one jar's worth of red sap. However, this forest is full of the creatures of Grimm, so be sure to stay by your teammates. We will rendezvous back here by 4 o'clock. Have fun!" the Huntress instructed.

"Oh, I definitely will." Jaune muttered.

"C'mon, buddy – let's go!" Cardin commanded.

Jaune sighed as he complied, "Coming..."

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"Mission brief." Kyle said.

"We've located an illegal Dust mine in the deserted part of Vale, said to be containing lots of Dusts enough to load an entire city. Our mission is to strike them down and destroy the drilling machine at once." Taiga informed.

"Wasn't it supposed to be heavily guarded?" Kyle asked.

"It is. That's why we're going to be using the element of surprise... in here." Takatora said as he presented several yellow circular devices.

"These are detonators. Two of it should be enough to bomb most parts of the machine. Each of us will be holding five of it just in case we need more. They can be remotely triggered from our armor's neural OS."Taiga informed.

"Sweet." Kyle commented, taking his part.

"We'll also be using cloaking devices to get past the enemies through." Takatora informed while he and Taiga presented their gray device.

"Umm... what about me?" Kyle wondered, noticing that there was only two devices present.

"You already have it; check on your card's deck." The former said.

"Okay... that's neat." Kyle checked on his Ride Booker after putting his belt on. It was an Attack Ride : Invisible, indeed.

The other two also put their belts on, as well; Taiga with the Gamer Driver, and Takatora with the Sengoku Driver, both with their cloaking devices on the right strap.

"Any questions before we go?" Taiga asked. Both Takatora and Kyle found it unnecessary as they shook their heads.

"Going in stealth and bomb their machine. Got it." Kyle recounted.

"I believe we've had enough intels, already." Takatora said.

"Alright. Let's wheel up and roll out!" Taiga commanded.

The three then prepped their Drivers to tranformation settings. They also took out their trinkets. Other than Kyle's own Kamen Ride Card, Taiga had a navy Gashat that depicted a marksman, hence it's name; 'Bang Bang Shooting'. Takatora had a green Melon Lockseed that was labeled 'LS-04'.

KAMEN RIDE :

BANG BANG SHOOTING!

MELON! LOCK ON!

"Phase 2..." Taiga enchanted.

"HENSHIN!"

DECADE!

GASHATTO! GACCHAN! LEVEL UP!

BA-BA-BANG! BANG-BA-BANG! (YOW!) BANG BANG SHOOTING!

As the game screen appeared on his back, Taiga selected his Rider thumbnail using his shooting hand gesture. A navy gate projection of his Gashat appeared and closed in on him. He was engulfed with navy pixels that soon revealed his Rider armor that looked like a military exo suit. His helmet was as depicted by his symbol, with an 'STG' mark on it and a silver mouth guard. He had a navy colored armored jumpsuit with yellow tribal patterns. His chest piece had weapon indicators, depicted in a bullet and three bullets respectively. His shoulder pads were navy, his gloves were navy and his shoes were yellow. He had became an expert marksman who was the mercenary of the game world, Kamen Rider Snipe.

SOIYA! MELON ARMS!

TENKA GOMEN!

A green melon armor part descended from the crack above Takatora. Once it attached itself to his body, a green liquid energy engulfed his body as it solidified into a white japanese Samurai armor. Inside the armor part, Takatora's head was encased with a white Samurai helmet. It had a golden horn that resembled a crescent moon that divided its sharp visor and a silver mouth guard. Its green rear helmet soon attached and turning the visor green. The armor part then unfolded itself into his torso armor. It had a melon peel-like texture and pointy shoulder guards. In this armor, he was known as the first Samurai of the Helheim War, Kamen Rider Zangetsu.

BAKUSOU BIKE!

GASHATTO!

After the three transformed, they summoned their respective vehicles. Snipe had his own Bakusou Bike Gamer while Zangetsu was using his white Lockvehicle that unfolded itself into a white dirt bike, Sakura Hurricane. Finally, they revved up their machines and proceeded to the mission site.

---

Team CRDL was making themselves comfortable once they were out of the teacher's sight. They leant themselves to various places like trees, stones, and even grounds. Jaune, on the other hand, was struggling with his heavy box. He collapsed as soon as he set it down.

"Hey, great work, Jauney boy! Now that wasn't too hard, was it?" Cardin praised.

"I think I'm allergic to this stuff..." Jaune groaned, still dizzy on the ground.

"Greeeeat, great, great. So, Jaune, I bet you're asking yourself, 'Why did my buddy Cardin ask me to collect six jars of tree sap when there's only five of us?'"

"What? One of life's greatest mysteries?" Jaune guessed.

"Well, come with me, and you'll find out." Cardin ordered.

"Yeah, right." Jaune complied.

The team and Jaune then perched on the hill above the students. They were inspecting the other students who were collecting the tree saps, with Jaune being squeezed in the middle of Cardin and Russell. Meanwhile, Ren was collecting the tree saps along with Nora, who was left with Ren's full jar to her care. However, Ren heard a licking sound as he was collecting more saps. It turned out that Nora had eaten up the sap already, leaving the jar empty as she smiled in embarassment.

Jaune was left wondering what Cardin would do with all the props they had, "Uuh... Cardin? Wh-what's going on?"

"Payback." Cardin simply answered. Jaune finally understood what he meant by that.

"Pyrrha? Wh-what are you-?"

"That's the girl. Red-haired know-it-all, thinks she's so smart. Alright, boys..." he then turned to his men and pulled out a buzzing 'W' box, "Last night, old Jaune here managed to round up an entire box of Rapier Wasps, and now, we're gonna put him to work."

Russel then grabbed Jaune's shoulder and said, "Now, according to one of the essays you wrote for me last week, these nasty things loooove sweets. I'm thinking it's time we teach her a thing or two."

"Heh, sure thing! And you're gonna do it." Cardin said as Pyrrha finished collecting her sap. He then yanked Jaune with a full jar of saps.

"Do what, now?"

"Hit her with the sap! Either that, or I'll have a chat with Goodwitch, and you'll be on the first airship out of Beacon." he threatened.

This was what you'd call an initiation test of bullies. It was a do or die, except the 'die' part was replaced with 'trouble','misery', or... you name it. Jaune was silent for a moment, initially displaying doubt to everyone present. He recalled everything that transpired in the past days; his prior experiences as a Huntsman-in-training, how his friends had supported him, and his talks with both Pyrrha and Hiiro.

He then returned to his normal and flat expression, giving off no response from Cardin's orders.

"What's the matter, Jauney? Hit her!" Sky shouted.

"You know... I've been contemplating myself for a few days long, Oum-knows-how-many. I keep telling myself that I wanted to become a Hero. I don't want to rely on anyone else. And yet, I've become a fool myself just by thinking like that. Now I realized... that what I need are my determination and confidence. I guess I could never be alone, like this." Jaune lamented.

"Ugh! What the hell are you waiting for!? C'mon!" Cardin barked.

"I've been waiting... for this!"

Unexpectedly, Jaune threw the jar to Cardin. The jar broke and spilled its sap to the bully's breast plate. Cardin laughed darkly in response.

"Oh, you've done it-"

"RRRAGH!"

The blonde knight let out a roar as he kicked Cardin away. He also noticed the latter's other teammates trying to surround him. Jaune then rolled away from their reach and set his sights on them as he regained his composure. The all-bully team CRDL was finally pissed off. They gritted their teeths, knowing that their new initiate had deceived them.

"That's right, Cardin. I'm done with you." He sternly stated as he revealed his true colors.

---

Earlier...

"Jaune?" Pyrrha gasped at her leader, who nonchalantly greeted them in front of the door.

"Pyrrha, I'm sorry. A lot of things happened in my mind, and-"

The Amazon slapped him in the cheek and started to jerk out in tears. Ren and Nora simply stared at them and looked at each other in wonder. Whatever it was, this must had been a big problem between those two.

"Don't you ever... yell at me... like that. You get me?" Pyrrha sniffed sternly towards her leader's foolishness.

"Yeah, I know. I deserve that." He sighed as Pyyrha suddenly hugged him, with the former embracing her in response.

"There are still many things that I want to make up for, Pyrrha. I swear, I'm not gonna mop up in my failures, anymore. I'll be stronger for everyone, too. So... will you help me to become a hero?" Jaune said.

"Like you ever need to ask." Pyrrha acknowledged as she swept away her tears while sniffing. Seeing this view, Nora Oooh-ed softly as she covered her mouth and Ren sighed in relief.

There was a silent for moment. Until the two calmed down, Ren asked, "So, uhh... what happened to you and Cardin?"

"Eh, you know... fraternizing me and stuffs, whatsoever. And you know, what? The next time I see him, I'm gonna prove that Kyle's right about me; I'm stronger than him. Oh, and... maybe break his leg if Oum permits it." He answered by shrugging them off.

"Good call, Jaune! Now that everyone's here... let's go to sleep!" Nora ordered.

"Okay, before that, there's something I want you guys to know first." He said, taking out his Scroll and played a voice message from his tormentor.

"Hey! It's your buddy Cardin! I know you're probably busy with that Dust project I gave you, buuuut I'm gonna need you to go out and get me a bag of Rapier Wasps, and make sure they've got some really big stingers! It's important, so don't screw this up!"

"Rapier Wasps? Wonder what kind of prank they're gonna pull off. Pretty sure it's a nasty one." Nora commented.

"Yeah, it is. And I have a pretty good idea why; Cardin is a sore loser. He'd always try to find a way for revenge in every ways possible, even the dirtier ones. Heck, he could be targetting those with higher grades than him." Jaune informed.

"Now that you say it... he already lost to Kyle and I excelled him in academics. If he's going to Forever Fall too, I bet he's gonna look for me since Kyle will be absent, tomorrow." Pyrrha said.

"And guess what our assignment in there will be." Jaune asked.

"If I weren't wrong, we'll be collecting samples of Forever Fall's tree saps... I get it know; Rapier Wasps love sweets!" Ren guessed as he finally understood what it meant.

"Exactly. That's how they'll pull their act. Anyone could be in turmoil if the Rapier Wasps find out that their honey isn't in the right place, which is their nest." Jaune continued.

"Great! As expected of our genius strategist! So! How are we gonna strike them back?" Nora asked.

"About that... sorry, but I have to do this alone."

"Huh? Why?" Pyrrha wondered.

"Cardin wants me, and only me alone on his band. I have the element of surprise. He let me join his circle, and the least thing he'd expect from me is that I will retaliate. That is how I win."

"But Jaune, you already had a trouble fighting Cardin alone, and worse, he'll be with his group!" Pyrrha worried.

"Pyrrha, any mistakes could be my last. I've fought alongside you guys and the Riders for some time. I know how you guys make your moves. And I certainly couldn't have reached this place alone. But for now, please, let me atone for my sins just this time. I promise." The knight assured.

Seeing her leader was full of determination, she couldn't help but to comply, "Okay, just... call us if you need anything."

Both Nora and Ren also nodded in response from Pyrrha. Jaune put up a smile on his team, "Got it. Oh, and I'll try not to make the wasps angry, too."

---

Present...

"Just as planned..." Jaune muttered in satisfaction. A sly grin was plastered on his face; his first successful hit on the bully.

"You wanna play the hard way? fine! Boys, get him!" Cardin barked to his cronies.

Jaune took a deep breath, getting his head on the game. This was the chance for him to prove himself. It was all or nothing.

"No need for my gears to be involved, now." He muttered, looking at his still sheathed Crocea Mors.

Dove was the first one to swing his punch right to Jaune's face. The knight swiftly dodged the punch and landed his punch into Dove's head. He quickly shifted his focus to the others who tried to gang up on him. His heart beat fast than he could ever imagine due to the sudden adrenaline surge within himself. His experiences had driven him to the point where he must face more than one enemy.

"Only your self-confidence that could give out your true strength."

His first move was to send an uppercut to Russel who was on his right. He landed a few hits on him before he tripped him to the ground. Knowing that both Cardin and Sky wouldn't stand still, he quickly rolled forward, focused his Aura to both of his hands, and charged at the two bullies by punching both of their guts. It wouldn't be enough to knock them out for sure, but it eventually gave him some time to regain his stance as the all-bully team was still recovering from their pain.

"So, this is what it feels like." He muttered as he clenched his fists.

"Don't just... lie in there... fight!"

Cardin charged at the blonde knight once again, with Dove following on his left. Jaune saw a path between the two where he could roll into. He quickly initiated his move and successfully avoided their strikes, causing them to collide and fall. The Huntsman also noticed Russel trying to get up, in which he stomped his head to prevent the latter from doing so. Sky then managed to grab him from behind, strangling him in order to give Dove a chance to beat him up. As the latter was about to give him a punch, Jaune mustered his strength to flip Sky forward so that Dove would hit the former instead. He did it and got back up on his feet.

However, he didn't expect Cardin to land a hit on his head. Due to the sheer power he had, Jaune was sent rolling back a few inches behind. Strangely, Jaune didn't feel any pain as he found himself glowing with white Aura. He looked back at his bully, who experienced the pain on his fist instead. There was no doubt of it; this was Jaune's gift.

He then grinned and taunted Cardin, "Heheh, wow. You call that a punch, Cardin? It seems that Kyle was right; you're such a sissy!"

"What? You think talk like that makes you tough? You think you're a big strong man now?" Cardin growled.

"All I see in front of me was nothing but a temper tantrum who desperately wants attention. You should be grateful that I give you one, now." Jaune remarked as if he was really looking down on Cardin.

"Well, Let's see how much of a man you really are..." Cardin snapped his finger and his cronies regroupped in response. They complied to his orders despite how exhausted they were. Not only that, Cardin himself also took his mace out. He was finally serious on taking his victim down further.

"I can do this all day, you know? But, oh well. Let's just get this over with." Jaune commented as he took his scabbard/shield out, with the sword still sheathed on its top.

Team CRDL charged first. Jaune clenched his left fist thrusted his shield right to Sky's head, causing the latter's Aura to burst through his body. Russel was the next to be hit by Jaune's right uppercut and had his stomach thrusted by Jaune's shield. After his Aura was cut out, Dove managed to land a hit on Jaune's body, only to be countered by the latter's Aura and had his feet hurt instead. Using this chance, Jaune quickly punched his face three times until his Aura was out. Finally, the blonde knight got to face off against his tormentor.

Cardin wildly swung his mace at Jaune, to no avail. Jaune's experience helped him predict most of Cardin's moves. Of course, charging right at him was not the best course of action for the rookie Huntsman, let alone going toe-to-toe on him. Jaune quickly rolled back and saw an opening. Cardin's body might be well-trained enough to sustain damages directed at it. However, there was one place that left him open wide, down below;

His legs.

Jaune quickly sped up before Cardin could hit him below. He thrusted his shield to Cardin's left leg, causing him to lose his balance. The knight also kicked him from the back and pummeled his bully to the ground.

"You know what your friends said; break a leg!"

He gathered more Aura to his shield and thrusted it hard to Cardin's left leg. The brute could only writhe in pain as it stung through his leg.

"Two's better!"

He also focused his Aura on his right foot and stomped on Cardin's right leg bicept, rendering him unable to stand up anymore. Lastly, Jaune kicked Cardin's mace out of his reach.

"Damn you, Jaune-" Cardin was halted.

"Let me guess, did I plan all of this?" Jaune aksed.

"Did you plan... all of this, Jaune!?" he growled.

"Yes, Cardin. Yes, I did. I've had enough of you, and I'm through with you. Now, consider this as your reward for your... behavior in school."

Jaune slowly took out his sword and pointed it at Cardin's neck, much to the latter's horror. He was serious about this. Not even a single hesitation came neither from his voice nor his face. He glared intently at the weakened Cardin, gripping his sword tightly as he drew it closer until it touched the brute's neck.

"H-hey... y-you can't be serious about this...right? Jaune, Jauney, please. We-we can be real friends... you know? Hehehe... please?" Cardin stuttered out of his fear.

"Oh, that's really touching, Cardin. Well, here's my answer."

"Eh?"

Jaune seemingly cut Cardin's neck. A loud snikt sound was heard around his area. Even from afar, Pyrrha slightly flinched as she heard it. however, her assignment demanded her to shrug it off. However, despite the sheer power the slash had, there were no bloods spilled from Cardin. It was only his Aura that was cut out from him, a last chunk that quickly healed the said wound before it disappeared. This left the bully wondering what was truly going on.

Jaune let his grasp towards Cardin out as he checked on his Scroll that was stuck on his shield. It displayed the whole team CRDL's Auras. They were already out of them just in time.

"You still got your Aura on for long enough. Good." He smiled in satisfaction.

"You... you're not gonna kill me?" Cardin wondered.

"Kill you? Hmph, You think I'd let myself become a criminal just because I wanna get back at you? Hell, no! I don't wanna mess my own life up further!"

"W-what?"

"The more I think about killing people, the more I'm sick of it. until it all becomes so lame. I mean, killing people is lame. Yeah, that's it. I just wanna scare you off, you know? In my book; sometimes fear beats anger." Jaune pointed out as Cardin and his cronies simply panted from their exhaustion. The knight then pointed his sword in front of the bully.

"So now, let me get this clear, once again; You won't mess with my team, my friends, or anyone else... ever again. Is that clear?

"Y-yeah..."

"Louder!" he sternly shouted, gripping his sword tighter.

"Yeah! Okay-okay! I'll stop!"

"Good. That goes for the others there, too."

Jaune walked away from the team as he covered his eyes and took a deep breath. He let every embroiled emotion inside him out. He had finally achieved the thing that he always wanted; his own dominence towards those who threatened him. Jaune then looked at the bright sky ahead of him. He would've never become like this if it wasn't because of his friends. His breathe was already at ease. He then glanced at team CRDL for one last time before he decided to walk away.

Until an ominous growling sound caught his attention, that turned out to be something that he didn't quite expect.

---

ATTACK RIDE : INVISIBLE!

Meanwhile, at Dai-Shocker's Dust mining site, the three Riders already had their stealths active. There, they sneaked past the Combatant guards from one place to another. However, due to its limited active time, they had to consecutively take cover as they recharged their stealth camos.

"And to think that I'm actually suck at stealth videogames." Decade muttered.

"Here's your chance. Now, get your head on the game." Snipe replied.

"It is a game, already." He shrugged.

After a few alley-oops and guard take downs, the three Riders had finally reached their destination. The machine was a giant drill that made its way all through the underground. They saw dozens of Dust crystals in various colors. After making sure that their area was clear, the Riders deactivated their stealth camos and both Decade and Zangetsu set their bombs. The bombs were set to explode in 4 minutes. Snipe was sight-seeing the area to make sure that no one passes through the drill.

"Hey, don't you think that the explosion will break the Dusts down there?" Decade wondered.

"The Dust crystals are resilient enough to level the explosion, unlike the powdered ones. They won't break that easily." Zangetsu explained.

"Okay, that's it? anything else to do?" Decade asked again.

"Only getting out of here alive." Snipe replied.

"Figures."

"I believe it won't be necessary"

A voice was heard from their backs. It was none other than the perpetrator of Dai-Shocker himself.

"Xiphon..." Decade muttered.

"I've tuned up my armor too, in case you're wondering. This won't be like our meeting, last time." Xiphon said.

"Friend of yours?" Snipe asked.

"Nothing but a 'meh'." Decade shrugged.

"Very well. As a gift for your 'kindness', I'd like to inform you of something... so delightful."

"I bet it won't be about snacks." Decade replied.

"And what would that be, mongrel?" Zangetsu demanded.

"That this place; this whole mining site... is just a decoy."

"What!?" Snipe barked.

"Yes, a decoy! What, don't you feel like it was easy to pass through those guards? And this machine doesn't even functioning at all." Xiphon pointed out.

"Now that he says it... the protection here does seem to be weaker than the last time we saw." Zangetsu mentioned.

"And the machine itself was an old-issue mining drill. It hadn't been used in years." Snipe pointed out.

"Correct. Heck, I'll give you an 'A' for that." The enemy praised.

"Then, where's the real mining site?" Decade asked.

"It's somewhere... far from your reach. I assure you, four hours from here won't be enough for you to catch up. Plus, there's a study tour being held on there. What a luck! I doubt that they will make a stand against our sheer numbers."

"Four hours? Study tour? Computer, search for any location that takes four hours to reach." Decade commanded.

"Oh no... It can't be..."

"Decade, what is it?" Snipe asked.

"It's... the Forever Fall forest! The freshmen are having a trip to there!" Decade realized.

"And I assume that one of your friend there is already having his own fair share of trouble. He was already a failure, to begin with. That's why, I enlisted a friend in Beacon to get rid of him. Not quite sure how exactly will he do it." Xiphon gave another hint.

"Cardin... so, you ordered him to use Jaune!" Decade growled.

"Right again! Even so, There's no chance for you to catch up with them. In the meantime, I shall welcome you here... properly."

The Kaijin commander snapped his finger and summoned a horde of Combatants and Grimms to surround them. The Bomb was still counting down as the enemies seemed to not care about it. After all, this was a fake site.

"Damn you..." Decade staggered upon realizing that his friends were in trouble.

"Don't let this revelation waver your resolve, Decade. We must do our mission to clean this up. The enemy is in front of us. Remember that." Snipe reminded.

"But-!"

"Believe in your friends, Kyle Morgan. You know that they'd been fighting alongside you. I'm very sure that they can still hold on their own. They're Huntsmen, are they not?" Zangetsu assured.

Decade sighed in acknowledgement, throwing away his fears, "Okay, you're right. Let's clear this mission together."

"You hear that, Xiphon? Forever Fall won't be a problem for us. They'll handle it themselves." Zangetsu said.

"We'll crush you and the Dai-Shocker down to the Remnant's core. And thanks for bringing us lots of your army. I could us a warm up, here." Snipe pointed out.

"My friends are stronger than you could ever imagine. Your biggest mistake is to underestimate us. I'll make sure that you'll get the ending you deserve. For we... are the Kamen Riders!"

Decade silently commanded the bombs to explode, destroying the disfunctional machine. The three Riders then prepared their stances towards the looming horde. Their visors lit up brightly.

"Finally, something to be looking cool with." Decade remarked.

"Really, now?" Snipe deadpanned.

"All hands, charge at will!" Xiphon commanded.

The Riders fought their way out in the fake mining site. Decade landed a powerful kick that pushed a Combatant through the horde and took them down. He elbowed one on his right and shot the one on his left. He gun-fu'd several Beowolves that ran towards him and caved a Beowolf's head. Before it dissolved, Decade put a bomb on its corpse, activated it, and threw it to the other horde in front of him. The explosion successfully obliterated them at once.

Snipe shot the horde with his Gashacon Magnum gun. He pressed the 'B' button three times to activate its semi-auto mode. He found a Combatant lying on the ground and stomped its head hard, destroying it.

He then pressed its 'A' button and changed it into a long rifle. His shots were fully-automatic and quickly pierced the Ursas in front of him. He also threw his bomb in the air and shot it, causing the explosion to disperse a smoke that surrounded the horde. Snipe then inserted his Gashat into his rifle's slot.

GASHATTO! KIMEWAZA!

BANG BANG CRITICAL FINISH!

Snipe activated his heat vision and located the covered horde. Combatants, Beowolves, Ursas. They didn't stand a chance against Snipe's homing shots.

Zangetsu boldly faced an Ursa in front of him. He swung his Musou Saber gallantly, as what an experienced warrior would say as a perfection. He cut its legs and used his Melon Defender shield to cut off its head. He sensed a Combatant on his back and quickly shot them with his sword's gun portion. As the horde started to round him up, he took off his Lockseed.

LOCK OFF!

He then put it into the sword's slot.

LOCK ON!

ICHI! JU! HYAKU! SEN! MAN!

MELON CHARGE!

The white Rider ran through the horde while slashing them all. He targeted as much hostiles as possible. Not only that it was fast, but each of its hits were focused on them without a single miss. Once he was done, he sheathed his sword as the horde behind him exploded.

Unbeknownst to the enemies, the Riders silenced their helmet voice transmitters and made a silent call to any Riders nearby enough to the forest.

---

In Beacon's infirmary, Hiiro was still sorting his files out. He had fulfilled his job to get Jaune back to his senses. He was set to finish his temporary shift tomorrow. He still had the other doctors to help the students who were injured either from a sparring session or any other circumstances. Once he was done, he leaned on his chair to relax himself.

His peace was short lifted as his stethoscope received a call.

"Hiiro, are you there?"

"Makoto?"

"Taiga's team sent me a coordinate to Forever Fall, said that they found out about a Dust mining site nearby." Makoto informed.

"What?"

"The mining site on the mission is a decoy. Dai-Shocker had deceived us. The real site was already there since last night. I'm afraid that they already dug up lots of Dusts there. Are you free, by any chance?" Makoto invited.

"I'm fine. Alright, let's go there together." Hiiro acknowledged as he took off his white coat.

"I'll be waiting for you in Beacon's front yard. See you soon." Makoto ended his call.

---

"That's a big... Ursa?"

"Run!"

Russel was left in wonder as he saw the unusual Uber Ursa. He, Dove, and Sky ran away, leaving both Jaune and Cardin on the monster's grasp. Cardin was rooted to the spot as the enhanced Grimm swung its claw and swept the bully away. The Uber Ursa was sniffing at Cardin, who was covered by the sap. Jaune also witnessed that the Grimm was uninterested in him as the former noticed why. Cardin could only crawl away from the creature as his legs were still incapacitated. His mace was also far from his reach.

"Crap! Crap, crap!" Cardin cursed.

Those were Jaune's doings, and he was no fool for not realizing it. The knight saw the full Jars behind him and threw one of it at the Grimm. He also succeded in drawing its attention away from the brute Huntsman.

"Hey! Over here!"

The Uber Ursa was tempted on the full jars on Jaune's right side. He then threw all of it and partially covered the monster's torso. Jaune also picked the Rapier Wasp box up and threw it at the Uber Ursa. The box was broken and the wasps were free. They stung the Grimm and drew it further away from the two.

"You better run while you still can."

Jaune's words forced Cardin to get back up and run away while wincing from his pain. All that is left was to see how his trick got rid of the Grimm.

---

The Uber Ursa's roar was heard by the other students who were still collecting their saps, including team RWBY and the other members of JNPR.

"Did you guys hear that?" Ruby noticed as the remaining members of team CRDL was seen running away from the roar.

"Ursa! Ursa!" Russel screamed as he accidentally bumped to Yang.

"What!? Where?" she asked while picking him up.

"Back there! It's got Cardin!" Russel informed.

"Jaune!" Pyrrha realized what was going on and dropped her full jar.

"H-hey!" Cardin suddenly showed up while still having a trouble walking on his own.

"Cardin! You're okay!" Sky said.

"Yeah, but... Jaune's still there."

"You left him!?" Weiss barked.

"I-he told me to! I know nothing, I swear!" Cardin defended.

"Alright. Yang! You and Blake, go get Professor Goodwitch! Weiss! On me!" Ruby ordered as her teammates complied.

"You two, go with them and the other students! There could be more!" Pyrrha said to Nora and Ren as she and Ruby activated their weapons.

---

The Uber Ursa used its energy pulse to blew the wasps away. It was freed from its distraction and laughed darkly at the blonde knight.

"Okay... that's new." Jaune muttered.

Jaune lifted his shield as soon as his enemy raised its claw and swung it right to him. The enhanced Grimm's immense strength proved to be a trouble for Jaune to hold against. He then broke the tie and stabbed his sword at the Uber Ursa. However, it laughed again as it didn't feel any pain. The rookie Huntsman yelped and quickly rolled away from the Grimm.

"That logo... isn't that Dai-Shocker's?" he wondered.

"Jaune!" Ruby called out as she, Weiss and Pyrrha arrived.

"You guys!" Jaune replied as he quickly slashed the monster's stomach, causing it to lash out and attempt to crush him. He rolled out of the way and jumped over its swipe at his feet, but he was launched by the Grimm and landed far away.

"Come on! We gotta help him!" Weiss said to the others. However, the three Huntresses were halted by the Combatants that surrounded them.

"EEEE!"

"This is as far as you can go, Huntresses!" a Combatant said.

"Im afraid it'll be otherwise, Dai-Shocker." Pyrrha remarked.

"We can't help Jaune, like this." Ruby said.

"Don't worry. He knows what he's doing, there." Pyrrha assured as the three prepared their weapons.

Back to the knight, he found his Aura to be surprisingly low. Uber Ursa was far worse than Cardin's mace, "C'mon, Jaune. You got this."

He quickly regained his stand and charged at the Grimm, letting out a battle cry. He aimed his sword at its left leg and slashed it, using the same tactic like what he did to Cardin. Unfortunately, it didn't give him enough time to slash its other leg as it quickly charged its Dust crystals up and wiftly swept Jaune away. Left with no choice, Jaune decided to take the Uber Ursa head on.

As the clash was about to happen, Pyrrha noticed Jaune's stance had left him open to the Grimm's paw. She reacted quickly while in a pinch herself by gathering a dark red energy in her arm. The Amazon lifted her arm to Jaune, causing his shield to glow slightly and lift itself to block the Grimm's paw. Jaune himself also focused his Aura on his sword and swung it right through the Uber Ursa's neck. The monster was beheaded and finally defeated.

As for Pyrrha herself, she threw her shield and using the same trick, she made the Akouo spinning through the surrounding combatants in quick succession. Both Ruby and Weiss were dumbfounded by what appeared to be her Semblance.

"Uhhh... What?" Ruby wondered.

"How did you...?" Weiss also wondered in amazement.

"Well, Ruby has her speed, you have your glyphs. My Semblance is polarity." Pyrhha explained.

"Whoa, you can control poles..." Ruby squealed.

"No, you dunce! It means she has control over magnetism!" Weiss corrected.

"Magnets are cool, too..." the reaper whispered.

"Hey. Good to have you guys here." Jaune greeted after he regrouped with them.

"Good work, leader." Pyrrha praised, bumping on her leader's shoulder.

"Well, hehehe... I'm good." He blushed.

"Never thought you'd face a Uber Ursa." Weiss remarked.

"The what?"

"We fought a couple of odd-looking Ursas like that, too." Ruby explained.

"Odd-looking, eh? No wonder why I saw a Dai-Shocker logo on its body." He pointed out.

"Do you think Dai-Shocker experimented on it, too? The only thing we know so far is that they used it to create Kaijins." Pyrrha said.

"Maybe. The important thing is everyone's save. Am I right?" he replied.

Suddenly, another horde appeared from beneath the forest. They had no idea what was truly going on in the forest. Only when a Dai-Shocker executive exists should these hordes appear again. Despite their victory, the Huntsmen were all outnumbered.

Until a voice descended from the sky; the ones that they truly recognize well.

GASHATTO! KIMEWAZA! / DAI KAIGAN!

TADDLE CRITICAL STRIKE! / SPECTER! OMEGA DRIVE!

The two Riders, who came above from riding the Hoodie glider, launched energized kicks towrds the oncoming horde. Brave, however, did it in the most unique style possible; by crossing his hands in a boasting manner. The kicks they landed caused a huge explosion that came from below the grounds in front of them, ending the temporary wave. They regained their stances in the end.

"Are you guys okay?" Specter asked.

"Yeah, but how do they come back more?" Jaune asked.

"There's a Dust mining site nearby, in courtesy of Dai-Shocker." Brave explained.

"Really!? But, but about Kyle and the other Riders who're on their mission now?" Weiss wondered.

"Turns out we've been targetting a decoy, all this time. They already started mining this forest not too long ago. We were so fixated towards the fake mining site. I'm afraid they had already mined more Dusts, today." Brave explained.

"Unfortunately, Kyle and the others are already having their fair share of problems on their own. They won't be able to catch up in time. That's why they told us to go here, instead." Specter added.

"I see..." Ruby said, bowing her head.

"Anyways, where are the others?" Specter asked.

"They're getting the other students to safety." She answered.

"I think one of us should go back and tell Goodwitch about this." Weiss suggested.

"We can't." Jaune rejected.

"But, why?"

"Look, even if she knows about this, there are still other students who'll hear about it. we can't make them raise more questions about this." Jaune explained. Brave seemingly raised his eyes upon seeing his determination.

"He's right. I'll send the message to her to get the students out of here. Our teammates can back her up." Pyrrha suggested.

"Good call." Jaune replied.

"Alright, let's go find this mining site now!" Ruby raised her fist in command.

---

FORM RIDE : GHOST MUSASHI!

Decade shifted to another form of his Ghost Rider Totem. He adorned a sleeveless red parka. It had some silver armor plates that formed its shoulder guards and its silver headband was connected to the helmet's horn. On his back were the parka's arms that looked like a pair of swords. Lastly, his faceplate depicted a crossing pair of red katanas.

He was using the power of Musashi Miyamoto, a Samurai who invented the Nitoryu dual-sword technique. In a nod to this, D-Ghost was also wielding his Gan Gun Saber in its Nitoryu mode.

"Let's show them what the Nitoryu path means to these creeps, young Kyle." Musashi said.

"Terrific." The Rider complied.

He slashed through the Combatants all the way to Xiphon. The Kaijin commander also summoned two of his swords in response. His movements became more improved, composed, and faster than he was before. The two were clashing without leaving themselves open to each other's attacks. Even if Xiphon himself had improved, D-Ghost still had his trainings with his mentor.

Snipe and Zangetsu were cornered by several Beowolves and Ursa. They seemingly had nowhere to slip through. the Grimms almost completely blocked their opportunity to escape. Until, they took out another trinkets of theirs.

"Say, are you having a trouble fighting with guns?" Snipe asked.

"Not as having a bad hair day, that is." Zangetsu remarked.

"Then let us move on to the next phase."

"Agreed."

Snipe's new orange Gashat depicted an orange fighter jet with a sharp face decal set that fired its gatling guns. The Gashat was labelled as 'Jet Combat'. As for Zangetsu, he had a Lockseed that styled into a watermelon. There was also a label 'Proto-10' on its front.

"Phase 3." Snipe enchanted.

JET COMBAT! / WATERMELON!

GASHATTO! GACCHON! / LOCK OFF! LOCK ON!

An orange sentry robot emerged from the game screen behind Snipe as a new green armor part descended from the crack above Zangetsu. The Combat Gamer Sentry had the same devilish teeth as in the picture, a pair of fighter jet wings, and a pair of gatling guns as its hands. On its back was a pair of jet propulsions. It fired its weapons at the surrounding Grimms, pushing them back from the Riders. The sentry was called back to Snipe upon its next command.

GACCHAN! LEVEL UP! / SOIYA! WATERMELON ARMS!

BA-BA-BANG! BANG-BA-BANG! (YOW!) BANG BANG SHOOTING! A GACHA! JET! JET! IN THE SKY! JET! JET! JET COMBA~T!

MIDARE-DAMA, BA-BA-BA-BANG!

The Combat Gamer sentry seemingly ate Snipe's torso until it folded itself into his armor. The wings and the jets flipped themselves following its current positions and its gatlings went behind Snipe's hands as they released their grips. Snipe also swept his helmet's right bang up for the armor's orange jet pilot helmet to attach. This granted him a Level 3 upgrade called Combat Shooting gamer.

The Watermelon armor part descended into Zangetsu's torso as his Melon Arms dissolved into liquid energy. His Driver's user indicator changed slightly by turning the helmet's horn into red. Inside the armor part, his helmet also changed accordingly to the said indicator with his visor turned red. The armor part then unfolded itself into Zangetsu's new armor. It was essentially a recolored version of his own Melon Arms, with it being patterned as a watermelon and turning his armor's golden parts into red. And thus, he donned his Watermelon Arms as he gripped his hand and took out his shield/gatling gun combo weapon.

The two Riders then took out their respective gatling guns and started firing at the Grimms. Zangetsu simply marched on the ground and pushed them through, while Snipe took the air as his advantage. The Grimm pack was helplessly being fired and the shots holed their bodies through. It was at this moment that a hailfire was the best solution.

Xiphon's armor was sturdier than before. He could withstand any hits that he received from his rival. Both of his and D-Ghost's armors left scratches here and there, but their fight knows no end. They continued to trade hits against each other. Even D-Ghost had to be supported by his parka's sword hands to counter Xiphon's hits and cover his blind spots. The two warriors then powered up their weapons.

ATTACK RIDE : SLASH!

D-Ghost's Gan Gun Sabers were energized with red spectral energy as its tips generated a black ink-like substance. Xiphon's blades were energized by Dark Dust energies. They traded their blows that connected right to their bodies. It was D-Ghost this time that fell down to his knees as sparks flew from his armor. Xiphon's armor also sparked out, but it only scratched his outer platings and he was still standing.

"Looks like he's not joking... he really tuned up his armor." D-Ghost panted.

"At this rate, another hit will cancel this transformation! Can you still hold your stand, young Rider?" Musashi checked his user.

"Hopefully, that is." he replied as he regained his composure.

"You won't stand a chance against me this time, Decade. Unlike our actions in the past, we always learn from our mistakes and embrace our loss for greater victory." Xiphon stated.

"Well, I must say you did a pretty good, damn job for that." D-Ghost remarked.

"And... there's another prize that I prepared just for you, Kyle Morgan. Farewell, for now." Xiphon darkly grinned under his helmet as he disappeared into the dark portal.

"Err... okay, I'm starting to get an eerie feeling, here." He stuttered.

"Young Kyle, I have detected a movement from above! And worse... it's big." Musashi warned.

"Eh?" he gulped in panic as he zoomed in to the said location.

"Eeeeh!? That's... that's a mining drill! How the hell did that freakshow set all of this!?"

"Decade, we're done here." Zangetsu informed as he and Snipe finished the last of the horde.

"Yeah, tell it to that drill, up there!" he shouted as he pointed at the descending drill.

"You're right; it's the current standard-issue. It's functioning and rigged with rockets and explosives!" Snipe said.

"Okay, can you guys do something to at least, slow it down? I'll think of a way, down here." D-Ghost ordered.

"You don't have to ask." Snipe complied as he took a flight, along with Zangetsu onboard his own Dandeliner.

The drill was descending from above the Remnant's atmosphere, where Dusts didn't work. Its tip was heated enough to light up the bombs as soon as it hit the ground. Snipe and Zangetsu must do everything they could to prevent further damage to the fake mining site. They fired their guns towards the drill, only to find it guarded by an energy barrier. And so, they resorted to a more powerful blast.

GASHUN! GASHATTO! KIMEWAZA!

JET CRITICAL FINISH! / WATERMELON AU LAIT!

Snipe used the finisher on his Gashacon Magnum rifle. His gatling guns were aimed remotely and his rear armor readied several homing missiles. Zangetsu also aimed his Watermelon Gatling that also generated several of its phantom projections. All of them were aimed at the oncoming drill. They fired all of their shots until they penetrated the barrier and damaged the machine. However, it was still intact and descending towards D-Ghost.

"Hey, Musashi. Do you have any experiences in carrying bigger swords?" D-Ghost asked.

"Unfortunately no, but I am certain that it is necessary, for now. After all, I know you have one in your possession, too." Musashi said.

"Then let's carry it together."

FINAL FORM RIDE : GA-GA-GA-GAIM!

FINAL ATTACK RIDE : GHO-GHO-GHO-GHOST!

He admitted that it was surprising, even for D-Ghost himself, to activate a finisher other than the corresponding FFR's finisher. He focused his Aura to his legs as his weapon energized itself with red spectral energy, coming from the red eye seal behind him. He mustered his strength to jump high enough towards the drill. The Rider then swung his FFR and successfully sliced the drill in two, exploding right before it hit the ground.

The three Riders finally landed, fulfilling their mission. D-Ghost, on the other hand, was exhausted and lied on the ground from fatigue. They also opened their helmets to reveal their faces.

"Really, Xiphon? Really!?" he wailed.

"Well, we took it down, eventually." Zangetsu noted.

"Welcome to our world, kid. We were thrown by cars, trees, and fallen buildings before, so get used to it." Taiga said.

"Okay, but being pranked with a giant drill from outside the atmoshpere is not funny!" Kyle scoffed.

"At least that's your way of letting your fears away. A suitable tips for kids on your age, I must say." Musashi mused.

"Heheh, I know right?" he chuckled.

---

The heroes pushed themselves through the horde towards the mining site. The drilling machine was the same standard-issue from before, and it was still functioning. What is worse was that they were ready to ship the Dusts out from the site.

"There they are! C'mon, they're getting away!" Ruby said as they ran after them.

"Hahahaha! Too late, suckers!"

It turned out that the cargos and its Combatant escorts were teleported away using the dark portal. The Dust cargos were already out of their sights. They were failed to prevent it from being shipped out. Not only that, there were more Combatants, Beowolves, and Ursas closing in on them.

"Dammit... if only we knew about this before." Specter cursed.

"Looks like they've been using some sort of radar disruptor in this site. Not sure what or where it is exactly." Brave informed.

"Weiss, on me! we'll go look for it." Ruby commanded.

"Try using your Semblance to avoid their attacks while you're searching. I'll cover you." Weiss said as her leader nodded.

"Brave, let's show them how pissed off we are. I've had enough holding back." Specter told him as he took out his Deep Specter Eyecon.

"Yep. Can't believe I have to use this sooner than I thought." Brave replied as he took out a differently-looking Gashat.

The red Gashat was bulkier compared to his normal ones. It had two sides that depicted two different games. The first one was a dark overlord who held a fire on his hand, labelled as 'Taddle Fantasy'. The other one was an admiral in front of targetting marks, labelled as 'Bang Bang Simulations'. There was also a yellow roulette that had the same said stickers on both of its respective positions.

"Skill level 50." He then twirled the 'Taddle Fantasy' to below as Specter also pressed his Eyecon.

TADDLE FANTASY! / DIVE TOO DEEP! EYE!

LET'S GO! KING OF FANTASY! LET'S GO! KING OF FANTASY! / GIROTTOMIRO! GIROTTOMIRO!

The Gashat's game screen appeared behind Brave and a new Gamer sentry emerged from it. Both the Fantasy Gamer and the Deep Specter parka let out ominous dark clouds that surrounded the hostiles, attacking them when they expected it the least. Even Jaune and Pyrrha also experienced the goosebumps just by seeing it.

"Whoa! Wha-what power!" Jaune shocked.

"It seems that the Riders still have more than meets the eyes." Pyrrha commented.

"I'm jealous." Jaune joyfully scoffed.

"I know, Jaune. I know." Pyrrha smiled.

"You both might want to cover your eyes." Specter reminded.

GASHATTO! GACCHAN! DUAL UP! / GEN KAIGAN! DEEP SPECTER!

TADORU MEGURU RPG! TADDLE FANTASY! / GET, GO! KAKUGO! GIZA GIZA GHOST!

The Gamer and the parka descended to their respective owners. Brave's Fantasy Quest Gamer was an armor add-on like his Level 3 form. The Level 50 Gamer armor took a form of a fantasy monster itself. Its ominous blood red paint was backed up by its glowing blue lines that matched Brave's color. The Gamer's claws were bended into Brave's back and it formed a black cape out of black smokes. The armor's eyes glew as Brave's new headpiece emerged and attached itself. The red headpiece had a pair of black horns and a blue gem on the middle.

Both of the Riders were engulfed in dark auras emitted from their forms. It also let out a huge gush of wind as their transformations were complete, with Jaune and Pyrrha did what Deep Specter said. The four heroes then lined up and charged towards the horde.

Jaune focused his sights on the Beowolves in front of him. He slashed their body parts that were their blind spots. He also thrusted his shield to a Beowolf's gut, causing the monster to fall on its knees before Jaune beheaded it. A Beowolf lunged behind him, but the knight managed to shield himself in time and bashed it away. He slashed the Grimm until it turned into smokes.

What confused him was when he looked at the blue knight standing still behind him while being surrounded by the Combatants.

"Uuhh... Hiiro?"

The blue knight then lifted his hand to summon his servants; the Ride Players. Their armors were much simpler in Ex-Aidverse standards. They were mostly black in color with some silver lines and brown shoulders and helmet. They were also seen wearing googles with emotive cartoonish eyes, silver belts, and black robes. These Ride Players were carrying various Gashacon weapons; Breaker, Magnum, a sickle/arrow combo Sparrow, sword/rifle combo Keyslasher, axe/gun combo Parabragun, a black and purple Bugvisor, along with a Bugvisor Zwei

"Whoa! That's a lot of Riders, there!" Jaune commented as he regrouped with Brave.

"These are my elite guards. They should be enough for this." Brave explained before he snapped his finger, commanding his troops to attack.

The two knights then nodded to each other as they drew their swords. As the Ride Players fought the rest of the horde, Brave slashed the Combatants with the dark flames from his sword. He obliterated them without breaking a sweat. He also used his shield that retracted to a much demonic version of itself, having some red plates and a giant blue orb in the middle. The orb also fired blueish dark matter that caved through five Ursas in a single shot.

Jaune struck a Beowolf that tried to lunge behind Brave. The Rider grinned under his helmet. He had finally got his head in the game, focusing on the enemies in front of him. Jaune kicked a Combatant away from him and threw his sword at its head. The sword also went through the Ursa behind the fallen Combatant. The knight quickly took it out and beheaded the Grimm before its paw reached him.

"That, is how you're supposed to fight." Brave complimented.

"Has Ruby found anything?" Jaune asked.

"Not yet."

GACCHON! KIMEWAZA!

Brave closed his Gamer Driver as his Ride Players gather around. His Gashacon sword also charged itself up with dark energy. Jaune's Crocea Mors was also charged up with it, much to Jaune's surprise.

"Get your sword ready. Focus your Aura until you can reach its synch." Brave instructed.

"Got it."

As he did so, the dark energy on his sword was blended with his white Aura. The Ride Players also prepared their Gashacon weapons, as well. After it was enough, Brave opened his Driver to commence his finisher.

TADDLE CRITICAL SLASH!

The heroes delivered a huge wave of dark energy smoke at the horde, engulfing them and further damaging their bodies from every direction. Explosions were heard from inside the smoke as it dissolved away, revealing the horde had turned into nothingness. It also displayed 'Perfect' at the end of it.

"You did well." Brave commented.

"Thanks." Jaune said.

"Just a tip; a sword slash is stronger when gripped with both hands." Brave advised as the blonde knight nodded in response.

---

Pyrrha swung her Milo Xiphos blade to accompany Deep Specter's Deep Slasher. They went back-to-back as they dealt with the Ursas. The Amazon quickly threw her shield to behead the oncoming Grimm. She then switched to her javelin and stabbed it through a Combatant's body. She threw it away and swung her weapon towards the other Combatants.

Deep Specter ran them through and slashed three Beowolves in front of him. He also threw a flaming punch to an unsuspecting Ursa and stabbed its head, causing it to fall down into a handful of Combatants. The Rider then switched to his gun mode as soon as he noticed a Beowolf was about to claw him. He shot the others who were trying to round him up, too.

"Pyrrha, let's finish this." Deep Specter said.

"Ready whenever you are." She replied as she switched her Milo to sniper rifle mode.

"Good, now wait for my signal." the Rider then opened his Deep Slasher and inserted his Deep Specter Eyecon to it, along with Newton Eyecon that he pulled out from the air.

MEGA HAGESHI! MEGA HAGESHI!

GIGA OMEGA DAMA!

The Deep Slasher was empowered with purplish dark energy. He shot it upwards and the blast formed a black hole above the enemies, pulling them towards it. None of them could escape its gravitational pull. After it gathered enough Combatants and Grimms, Deep Specter instructed,

"Now!"

Pyrrha shot her rifle into the black hole and it exploded upon contact. The horde's numbers were starting to significantly decrease. All that is left was to find the said radar disruptor, in which both Ruby and Weiss were doing.

---

Ruby sped up from one place to another. She couldn't seem to find anything that looked fishy. Weiss swung and stabbed her Myrtenaster countless times to the remaining horde and casted various glyphs to provide her leader some cover. The red Huntress then regrouped with Weiss and reported her findings.

"Anything?" Weiss asked.

"Nothing. Other than the drill, I can't seem to find any odd machines, here." Ruby said.

"It has to be somewhere around here. They can't place a disruptor that far." The heiress noted.

"Alright, I'll go search for it again." Ruby said.

Suddenly, the ground beneath them crumbled. The two quickly rushed away from it and regroupped with the others. They turned back to see a huge mining mech that was operated by a Dai-Shocker Combatant. He cackled maniacally as he activated its weapons.

"Surprise, freaks!"

"A mining mech!?" Weiss shocked.

"Not only that, the mech has the radar disruptor. And it's built-in." Brave informed as he gained the intel from his helmet.

"So much for a mining site." Pyrrha commented.

"That's right. Why still putting up on this fight while the Dust cargos you after are gone? You already have no purpose, here!" the Combatant boasted as he lifted the mech's right drill.

The heroes quickly dodged the attack and Brave ordered his troops to provide an assitance. However, their attacks were futile as the mech easily bashed them away. The Ride Players disappeared into orange pixels one-by-one, prompting the others to fight on their own accord. Ruby dashed towards its leg and slashed it using her scythe, backed up by Pyrrha who slashed its other leg. The mech still wouldn't budge. Deep Specter went against its left claw, shooting while avoiding its strike at the same time. Weiss was struggling with its drill. She had to use her gravity glyph to damage the drill further.

Jaune and Brave were still on the sidelines. The former clenched his fist as he observed his friends battling the giant mech valiantly. He felt the adrenaline rush to quickly enter the fray. Noticing his uneasiness, Brave halted his fellow knight.

"Remember, fighting isn't always about who has the strongest power. Battle tactics are always proven to be beneficial. Use it. I'll buy you some time."

Jaune nodded to the Rider and observed the battlefield further. Brave charged at the mech's middle cockpit, using his Gashacon sword to pierce it through. However, it was shielded by an energy barrier and it fired rounds of riot suppressors. The Combatant inside it grinned evilly. The blast pushed Brave away as he quickly regained his stand as soon as he hit the ground. He then helped the others to look for its weak spot.

The blonde knight narrowed his eyes to look for any details. He saw the mech's joint that was evidently being defended without any of them realizing it. The mech's waist was its weak joint. Before he could inform them about his analysis, he saw the others being bashed out, leaving Pyrrha alone in front of the rampaging machine. She tried to battle her way out, but she had her weapon thrown away by the mech's sheer power.

"Say bye-bye, Huntress!"

Knowing what the Combatant would do, Jaune quickly rushed to her side and attempted to shove her away. Unfortunately, his time was cut short due to how close its claw to the Amazon. the knight resorted to a risky move; by covering Pyrrha with his own body.

"Jaune, no!" Pyrrha shrieked.

"Look out!" Ruby shouted.

The two closed their eyes as their fates were seemingly sealed. However, they didn't experience any pain. Both of them then opened their eyes to see another warrior shielding them from the claw. He was clad in a blue and orange Samurai armor like the one Kyle had during the initiation. The Samurai shielded them using both of his Katanas. His Driver belt was a Sengoku Driver, with his Lockseed being based on an orange fruit.

The Samurai Rider broke his tie with the claw and he kicked the mech's cockpit, causing it to be flown away into a tree due to the sheer power he had. He then turned back to check the Huntsmen he defended.

"Are you two alright?"

"Yeah. Thanks a lot." Jaune thanked.

"No pressure. Looks like I managed not to lose the fun, here." the Rider mused.

"Wonder what took you so long." Deep Specter asked.

"Well, preparing an Avatar away takes a lot of effort and consideration, you know! I'm already a busy man in Helheim, and I don't wanna risk this body to fall into the wrong hands!" he grumpily stated.

"Avatar? Helheim?" Weiss wondered.

"Who... are you?" Pyrrha asked.

"I-it can't be...! you're..."

"I assume you already know who I am, Dai-Shocker. I am the true champion of the Golden Fruit and the ruler of Helheim; Kamen Rider Gaim!" the Rider said as he stroke a pose.

"There we go. He's finally here." Brave mused.

"Another Rider! And, and he looked like Kyle in the initiation!" Ruby squealed.

"Then he must be the Rider Kyle's form is based off." Weiss noted.

"Pyrrha, go with Ruby and Weiss. I got this." Jaune ordered.

"Okay. Looks like I've been using my Semblance more than I noticed." She complied as she retreated to the sidelines. The other two were also fatigued from the Semblances they used.

"Now brace yourself Dai-Shocker, as I welcome you to my stage!"

"You... don't even think that it will scare me!"

Gaim made his first move by charging at the mech as soon as it regained its composure. The mech raised its drill and aimed it at the Rider. Despite its speed, Gaim managed to dodge it in time and slashed the spinning joint behind the drill, which was unsurprisingly weak enough. The Combatant pilot then lashed out and used everything the mech still had to assault the main Gaimverse Rider. The latter easily parred it with swords. He also shot its still-shielded cockpit.

"Hey! Its weakness is on its waist! Let's pummel it together!" Jaune informed.

"Alrighty, then!" Gaim acknowledged.

"Anyone who can still fight, follow me!" Jaune ordered as he rushed to his target, with Brave and Deep Specter nodded to each other before they followed the knight.

After Gaim damaged its left claw, he gave Jaune a chance to strike the said target. The blonde knight stabbed his sword deep into the mech's waist and damaged its inner circuits. The Combatant inside it was shocked to see the defense on his cockpit was down. Brave and Deep Specter then took turns in hitting the mech, either with slashes, punches, kicks, or energy blasts. Their sheer power broke the cockpit and further cornered the Combatant to the mining drill.

"I would never... yield to all of you!" the Combatant grunted.

"Let's end this!" Jaune commanded.

"Very. This is the last show!" Gaim complied as he twisted his Driver's knife.

"Moving on to the final sequence." Brave enchanted.

"Let's show him the path that we've chosen!" Deep Specter declared as he loaded his Specter and Deep Specter Eyecons to his Deep Slasher.

SOIYA! / GACCHON! KIMEWAZA! / MEGA HAGESHI! MEGA HAGESHI!

ORANGE AU LAIT! / TADDLE CRITICAL SLASH! / GIGA OMEGA GIRI!

The four empowered their swords with their respective boosts. The Combatant mech pilot held his stand in front of the mining drill. First, Gaim sent an upward slash, then continued by Deep Specter's left slash and Brave's right slash. Finally, Jaune sent one last powerful blow by gripping his sword with both of his hands. Their attacks shattered both the Combatant mech-pilot and the machine behind him. He could only scream his last words in agony as he exploded.

"Hail Dai-Shocker!"

The heroes had finally ruined the mining site, so that it wouldn't be used by the Dai-Shocker again. However, they had lost the Dust cargo as they had just been transported away. It was nothing to bo rejoiced whatsoever, but it was better than giving up at all. Jaune went to the other Huntresses, followed by their fellow Riders.

"That was so cool, Jaune! You're like an elite Huntsman and a Kamen Rider, already!." Ruby squealed.

"Umm... are the Kamen Riders have been considered as elite Huntsmen, already?" Jaune wondered.

"In a way, It's true. Oh, and my name's Kouta Kazuraba. Pleasured to meet you all." The Samurai Rider introduced as he and the Riders powered down.

LOCK OFF

GACCHON! GASSHUN!

OYASUMI!

"Thanks again for saving us, back there." Pyrrha thanked.

"Anytime, ma'am. Now, may I have some proper introductions from you lot?" Kouta asked.

"Jaune Arc."

"It's Ruby Rose!"

"I'm Weiss Schnee."

"And my name's Pyrrha Nikos."

"Anyways, do you also know Kyle Morgan?" Weiss asked.

"Oh, him? I paid him a visit during the initiation." He nonchalantly answered.

"What!?" the four Huntsmen screamed in unison.

---

The heroes then gathered in Kyle's room as soon as they reached Beacon. Kouta was also present, while Hiiro was having his lunch and the others went to Tsukasa for reports. After a brief greeting and a confirmation of him meeting Kouta, Kyle took his turn to tell his story first.

"Right!? And he even attempted to drop a mining drill on me!" Kyle agitated.

"Really? And how does that even possible?" Blake asked.

"He already rigged it with rockets and explosives. Heck, the drill was set outside Remnant's atmosphere." He explained, causing the Huntsmen teams to widen their eyes in disbelief.

"I, for one, find it quite bizzare, Kyle. I mean, Dusts won't work there." Weiss remarked.

"Well, they're Dai-Shocker. They don't just use Dusts for their tech. I can mention a thing or two about what method they ever used." Kouta answered.

"Like what?" Jaune asked.

"Let's see... cyborgs, ancient creatures, magic, mutation, etc..." the orange Samurai counted with his hands.

"And Grimms. Okay, that figures a lot." The blonde knight nodded.

"By the way, you're awesome too, Jaune. I mean, you just gave him a beating of the century! I bet team CRDL was scared as hell about that." Kyle praised, wrapping his arm to the blonde knight.

"Thanks, Kyle. And Nora, I did what you asked." Jaune winked to his teammate.

"You... broke his legs? Awesome! How's his face? Was it hard? That's our leader!" Nora squealed.

"That was... quite a development you have there, Jaune." Pyrrha stuttered, unsure of what she was supposed to feel.

"At least we have our leader back, that is." Ren noted.

"Oh, I heard from Hiiro that he and his team were expelled due to their unpleasant behaviors and currently being questioned by the cops." Jaune informed.

"Huh, why?" Nora wondered.

"My recon team found out that Xiphon had been co-operating with him to enact this whole plan of fake Dust mining site. It was kinda sucks, I have to admit." Kyle said.

"To think that he'd actually do that... it kinda brings me the shivers, here. If Xiphon himself could manipulate him into doing that, then he could have more men among this city!" Yang noted.

"I just hope it wouldn't be among our school." Jaune hoped.

"Then it's best for us to stay vigilant, all the time. Dai-Shocker's also infamously known for their unpredictability."Kouta stated as the others nodded.

"Anyways, how did you visit Kyle during the initiation? And how did you give him the Gaim Totem?" Pyrrha asked.

"I'll explain, but don't get yourselves hyped up." Kouta said.

"By what?" she asked again.

"This."

The senior Rider snapped his hand. His body was engulfed in a bright and blinding white light that surrounded the entire room. Everyone covered their eyes until they peeked to see Kouta already in a spectacularly different look. His hair became white and he was wearing a white robe over a silver set of armor. His royal appearance startled the Huntsmen, sans Kyle. They had their mouths open agape, finding his look rather unbelievable. He was essentially some kind of a king, a ruler of some sorts. Helheim, that is.

"Why am I not surprised? oh right, I saw this too before." Kyle sighed at his team's reactions.

"We're not worthy! We're not worthy!" Ruby, Yang, Jaune, and Nora all exclaimed upon seeing him.

"Hey, hey! Simmer down! It's not like I'm a god or something!" Kouta retorted.

"But you looked like one." Ren noted.

"I prefer myself being just a ruler of a planet, infested with creatures that once threatened my home." He stated.

"What do you mean?" Ren asked.

"You see, back in my younger days, a monster race called Inves once threatened my world. A battle royal was also being held in order to decide who will be the ruler of Helheim, an otherworldly forest they came from. I won the last battle and was given a responsibilty to handle it's trophy's power; the Golden Fruit."

"Truth is, this power is also immense that it gives you some God-like powers. That's why I want to keep it from the general public as much as possible. Also, what you're seeing here is just an Avatar, a clone that I gave a little portion of my powers as Kamen Rider Gaim. The real me is still in Helheim, but I can still know what transpired from here." He explained.

"Wow, you can really do that?" Blake wondered.

"I understand. If Remnant knows about this, I think the world council wouldn't hesitate to obtain you as soon as possible. Not to mention Dai-Shocker here." Kyle said.

"True. Oh, and I also heard a lot about you guys. I saw the video footage of your initiation, too! You guys are totally kick-ass!" Kouta praised.

"Hehe, thanks a lot! You should see our faces when we saw Kyle transformed for the first time." Yang flustered.

"To be honest, I was quite surprised myself that he has such gear that had never been used by Huntsmen standards. It was out of this world, like Kyle himself that is." Blake commented. Kyle could say nothing but to agree with that.

"He did even brought his bike, back there. I'll say it again, it was bizzare." Weiss said.

"Especially Ruby. She loves weapons." Nora said.

"He sparkled and shone from here and there! How could I not witness such unfathomable phenomenon!?" Ruby squealed.

"Hahaha, wow Ruby... Oh yeah, I remember Takeru lent me a package to you. Here you go." Kouta snapped his finger again, causing a Helheim plant to appear and brought the said package out.

Ruby dashed using her Semblance and gleeing over it. The contents that she saw were her cookies from Natsumi and a magazine called 'Detail of Heroes', presenting the visuals of the Ghostverse Riders like a fashion magazine.

"Whoaa... here it is. Here it is! Thanks a lot, Kouta!"

"Anytime, kid."

She opened the book and looked at the pages one-by-one to see how the Ghostverse system looked. Some of them are the ones that they knew, while the others were the stories for another time. The heroes then enjoyed their time as the free lesson time was still on. They also asked Kouta more about his experiences as a Kamen Rider. Soon, the orange Samurai bid his farewell to the others, going back to the Riders' homebase.

---

Later in the evening, Jaune was gazing towards Beacon's tower. He was reflecting on everything he had done until this very moment. He had proven to be stronger and capable than his bullies. The teachers also seemingly turned a blind eye over his fakings. Well, they are teachers. They should've known about this ever since they saw his performances. He was glad to have such wise people that based their judgements on his actions than a sheet of paper. Moreover, he finally stood up against him like he always wanted.

However, there was one thing that left him pondering. It was when he saw Pyrrha was about to be pummeled. He felt a sudden adrenaline rush, so much that he felt like his body moving on its own. He could shrug it off as a natural instinct to protect his teammate at any costs, but when he embraced Pyrrha... he had to admit that she was quite soft. Something that he never felt before.

"No Cardin tonight? I thought you two were best buds?" he heard Pyrrha that walked to his side.

"Nah, I'm through. I'd rather be on my own accord, for that." Jaune said.

"Your team really misses their leader, you know." She noted.

"Hehe, yeah. My bad." He softly pouted.

"It's okay. Anyways, thanks for rushing to my aid, back there. I never thought you had that kind of initiative. I take it you felt like your body was moving on it's own, back there?" She thanked.

"Well, I have to protect my team as much as possible. That's the kind of hero I wanna be." He pridefully stated, much to Pyrrha's delight.

"Anyways, you should come down! Ren made pancakes! No syrup, though - you can thank Nora for that!" she informed.

"Okay, Pyrrha. So, uhh... how are we gonna proceed with our training?"

"You won't be the only one." A voice called from behind them. It was Hiiro, who was about to depart from the academy. He paid a visit to them before doing so.

"Doctor Hiiro! Hello!" Pyrrha greeted.

"What do you mean 'not the only one'?" Jaune asked.

"Your team and team RWBY will have a special training session with us, Kamen Riders. We can help you strive towards a greater power by learning our principles and way to fight. I have already informed this to team RWBY, too. As you both may know, Kyle had begun this training earlier. I'm sure he'd be glad to have you guys on board." He explained.

"R-really!? Thanks!" Jaune gawked.

"See, Jaune? We can train together with that! Thank you so much, doctor." Pyrrha thanked.

"I could also stop by and give you some lessons. However, I still have my schedule for the hospital. I won't be there, all the time. Take it as an extracuricular lesson. Not only that, this training will be completely different than the ones you had in Beacon. so, are you still up to the task?" Hiiro asked.

"Okay then. I don't plan to back this one down, either." He said, nodding each other with Pyrrha.

"And a word from myself; you did well, Jaune. You're never alone to determine your path as a Huntsman. And Pyrrha, please take care of him for me, will you?" Hiiro pleaded.

"You can count on me doctor. He still got some kinks to work on, I say." Pyrrha said, bumping her leader's shoulder.

"Hey, I never knew about this babysitting pact!" Jaune playfully retorted.

"But will you let me?" She pleaded to her leader in her sparkly eyes.

"W-well... I don't mind."

Seeing those two got along reminded him of himself and Saki. Ridiculous, he knew, but he was glad that he could deliver a peace among his patients. Deep down, he wished that his youth with her was as colorful as theirs. A soft smile plastered on his face. Being their guardian wasn't really a bad thing, either.

"So,When will we start?"

---

Later, Kouta was in the underground room of Tsukasa's residence. They discussed everything that transpired.

"You know, the moment I met my eyes at that Jaune kid, there was something that happened, which is actually a very new one to occur." Kouta said.

"Oh? What is it?"

"The Golden Fruit resonated to him. It was like there's something more to him than we all know, and the fruit was trying to reach for it." he explained.

"That's... odd. I never heard you mentioned something like that." Tsukasa wondered.

"I know. It's just that I can really tell from deep inside my body that it happened the moment I saw him. More like, it wanted to choose him for the deeds that he had done, and Jaune was qualified enough to become the royal knight of the Golden Fruit. At least, that's how I put it."

"Wait, are you thinking of making him into a Rider?" he wondered.

"Who knows? I don't want to jump into any conclusions as foggy as this one. I hope that it'd be just a story... for another time, that is." Kouta shrugged.

"There is another one, actually." Hiiro said as soon as he joined the two.

"Oh, Hiiro!" Kouta greeted.

"For a brief moment, I felt an ominous presence when I watched Jaune's battle in the auditorium. I heard from Taiga and Takatora about what happened, and to be honest, I was shocked about it myself. If Xiphon's the one who manipulated Cardin to do his biddings, then he must've found a way to sneak past towards Beacon." he deducted.

"Now that you said it... I heard from Shinnosuke that the man Cardin mentioned to him does seem to know what happened between him and Jaune. That way, he could offer his help to Cardin by getting rid of Kyle. Never his craftiness had crossed my mind, especially since he had just shown himself not too long ago." Tsukasa mentioned.

"Xiphon, eh? Looks like Dai-Shocker's getting more thorough than before to defeat us. Knowing what they are, they could've infiltrated any military ranks like Atlas and worse, the council. I mean, think about it; why did the council become so obsessed in our tech? They could've just give us some kind of medal or something and yet, they put a bounty in our heads! Don't you guys think that there really is something going on with them?" Kouta noted.

"You're right. It seems that we have another thing to look up into." Tsukasa stated, punching his fist in determination.

Perhaps our heroes were right; there might be something more about this war they waged on.

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(A/N)

Hello, hello and hello! Chapter 13 is done!

I've finally arrived at one of the most crucial moment of my life; the college life! Yes, I'm officially a college student and the orientation went really well. On top of that, busy days will start, too. But worry not, this story will keep going on!

Anyways, a good friend of mine informed me about one of the things that happened in RWBY's fandom; shipping wars. I, for one, don't mind about what ships that people prefer. Be it Whiterose, Lancaster, Renora, Black Sun, Arkos, Bumblebee, etc, etc... people have their own preferences that mostly differ from one to another. I mean, we're not entirely the same, and it's normal, really. We're not even clones created from someone's sample.

However, one thing that bothers me the most is that the fact that there are toxic fans who harass anyone who disagreed with their opinion! I mean dude, is it that hard to just keep your own opinions for yourselves? Sure, you can talk about your favorite ships, OTPs, waifus, husbandos, and anything else. But harassing people for their different preferences is definitely not an option!

So please, try to keep that in mind, BE CIVIL, and again, DON'T BE A PRICK. We're absolutely not gonna spark another world war here!

Now for several things to point out, Xiphon's really crafty this time. Yes, he's the reason of Cardin's manipulation towards Jaune. He did even think of the possibility of Kyle stepping in since Xiphon also know him as a bully hater, and he planned to get rid of him so that he won't get in Cardin's way. Well, you can sound your opinion on this one, too.

However, Jaune thwarted his tormentor's plans all by himself! This chapter is also Jaune's moment to further develop himself into a better person. So that's why, I made Jaune to be confident enough to beat team CRDL by using his brain and wits. Maybe I should call it 'The Battle of Brains and Brawns'? nevertheless, he made himself a great strategist that his analytical ability is at its best.

Kyle could also summon an FFR other than the corresponding Rider form he was in, but it was exhausting even though it's not as using multiple finishers like before. Two Gaimverse Riders also made their entrance finally, along with Snipe. Oh, and Build's starting too! *Yeah! (Build Driver SFX)*

Also for Brave's Fantasy Quest Gamer, I decided to change his summons into Ride Players as its post-series upgrade. It seems fitting as Ride Players are essentially a mass-produced version of Ex-Aidverse Rider system, so they made good soldiers like how Riotroopers are. Brave's Ride Players are elites too, hence why they used Gashacon weapons. You can say that those are his memories of his comrades.

Jaune has proven himself as a capable Huntsman and a trustworthy friend. How will he and his comrades fare in the training of Rider's way? What is Jaune's connection with the Golden Fruit as stated by Kouta? Is there truly something behind the council's insistence towards the Kamen Riders?

Please leave your comments below and remember, BE CONSTRUCTVE.

Until next time.