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.

17. Chapter 17 : The Runaway Beauty

Chapter 17 : The Runaway Beauty

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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"Did Weiss mention about the citizens?"

"Umm... yeah?"

"Well... we saved all of them. All... but one."

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Ruby, along with the others at the time were astonished by Blake's revelation. The failure of saving one's life could be very overwhelming. Especially, when Kyle himself had no idea about the fact that would happen if he rescued the victim inside the Kaijin he and his tem fought. He was hit very hard, added with the fact that he had just accustomed himself as a warrior much earlier than the Riders and the Huntsmen did. He had no idea what kind of pressure their war would be like.

The said red-caped Huntress went to check on her friend after the long day ended. Heck, she even woke up earlier in the morning following Kyle's own schedule. The latter himself was a bit taken by surprise when he heard the knocks in front of his door came from his fellow rookie Huntress.

"Hey, Kyle." She greeted. Her tender smile was mixed with a frown.

"Ruby? Anything I can help you with?"

"I... just want to check up on you." She replied. She must be mentioning about what happened to him yesterday.

His friends must be worried sick about him. He had to make sure he didn't worry them much more. "I see... I'll be fine Ruby. You don't have to worry about me."

"Are you sure? I just don't want you to hide your feelings much longer. It'll hurt you." She said.

Kyle rested his hands on his friend's shoulders. He gave her a tender smile for further ease. "Look Ruby, I'm really, really grateful for your concern about me... and I know you're doing it on the others' behalf. I know it still hurts me, but... I'm not gonna let it get the best of me. it might be an error on my behalf, but Xiphon's still the most responsible for that, too. I can only assure you; I won't let it happen again. Not on my watch."

"Alright, Kyle. See you in class." She gladly responded.

With the class session drawing near, he went to clean himself and he looked at the mirror after he wept his face. He was inspecting his own reflection, reflecting - as the name suggests – on everything that happened. No matter how many trials and errors he made, he was still a Kamen Rider up to this point. He swore to himself once again that he would never quit. For his friends, his family, and for humanity. Should he fall once again, he would rise up like his companions would. Better, faster, stronger.

Now, why would he rhyme it into a music?

"Showtime." He joyfully muttered.

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With that being done, Kyle got himself in the middle of a class session. This time, Glynda took the position of the class' lecturer. The topic was about the history of Remnant's most influential figures, among them being the Huntsmen. The Huntress explained that some of Beacon's alumni stayed being professional Huntsmen, while the others settle down, or even operate independently. One of them being team STRQ (Stark), the first graduates of Beacon Academy that also caught the heroes' attention. They were the role models of what a Huntsmen team should be, mainly about their teamwork and trust within each other. The moment when Glynda mentioned the team and displayed their group photo in the class' projector, everyone was awe-struck, especially Ruby and Yang. Kyle, who noticed this, went to inspect the photo.

The team consisted of a Ruby-like young woman in white hooded cape; a blonde man who was leaning on a tree alongside the woman and mostly wore brown and tan clothes, most notably a half-sleeved shirt with a silver shoulder armor on his right shoulder; a black-haired woman whose face almost resembled Yang, albeit with red eyes, a red and black samurai-like clothes, and holding a Katana with a huge sheathe; and a black-haired man whose face almost shared a resemblance with the woman beside him, wearing a white and black shirt with a red tattered cape hanging on it and holding a giant sword.

Piecing what he had already knew so far, these people must had strongly related with the sisters. One of them must had some kind of a blood relativity with them, especially with the two women on the photo.

"Team STRQ, huh?" Kyle mused.

"The coolest team ever." Yang replied.

"Oh, there's our mom and dad! That one's Uncle Qrow and Aunt Raven! See, Kyle? I told you that my family's a lineup of great Huntsmen in the history!" Ruby chirped. Her story back then was proven right.

"You guys must be proud of yourselves." Kyle said.

"Why shouldn't we be Kyle?" Yang remarked as her little sister nodded gleefully.

"Anyways, how about that Raven woman? She looked almost just like you, Yang."

"Yeah, Uncle Qrow always told us about it. the more I see her, the more I want answers... for why she left us." Yang muttered softly, trying to maintain her emotions so that she wouldn't worry her friend.

"We'll get to her someday. Still, do you think her aswers are gonna be worth to hear?"

"One way to find out, Kyle." She smiled at him.

Team STRQ was such an intriguing story to hear. Somehow, Kyle knew that his lecturer didn't gave the students more infos other than the team's achievments and good traits. Even Kyle found himself to be more focus towards the subject and much less spacing out. Compared to to the other lecturers like Port and Oobleck, the Rider admitted that Glynda had a good average of teaching method. She might seem bland at first, but the subjects she told were much intriguing than most students would think at first glance.

Just as the class was about to be finished, Kyle received a message from the Rider League. He was being summoned for another mission. Once Glynda dismissed the students, she noticed Kyle giving a hand gesture of him going for a mission to Ruby and Yang, which they acknowledged and relayed it on their teammates.

The blonde veteran Huntress witnessed her tablet rang, which notified her about Kyle going out for a mission. Hearing from Ozpin's story about her student's last mission, he didn't seem to have taken it well. Concerned, she decided to check up on him.

"Are you sure about this, Mr. Morgan?" she asked. Kyle thought that Ozpin might had told her about it.

"Yes, Professor. I simply don't want to keep myself moping over my failure... or else, it'll get me nowhere." He replied.

"Very, well. Just try not to push yourself too hard on this." The Professor sighed.

"I won't, Ms. Goodwitch." He acknowledged, putting up a smile in assurance.

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The Rider quickly stormed out from the class, summoning his Machine Decader once he was outside. his Rider Machine brought him towards an empty alley, in which Tsukasa Kadoya and another Rider greeted him.

After the introductions, they went on with the mission briefing.

"Mission brief."

"We've located an underground Dai-Shocker laboratory inside a... drug store. Kinda obvious, if you ask me. what's more bothering is that they really serve customers. Who knows what kind of medicine they gave them." Shouichi informed.

"According to our intel inside the facility, the drug store usually closes today. Now's the right time to start a raid." Tsukasa added.

The intel part seemed surprising upon first hearing it, but it was always obvious in this kind of operation. And about that Dai-Shocker lab... Kyle suddenly remembered something from the Mirror World Fort. "I remembered the woman I tried to safe said something about an experiment. It's actually her research. We might as well find out something about it if we're going into a lab. Hopefully, they have the records of it."

"Human experiments always freaks guys like us out. Kinda like 'ye olde Shocker." Tsukasa shimmered.

"Anyways, mind if I ask you guys about where this intel of ours came from?" Kyle asked.

"It's actually a lucky find: Eric Jacobins, an unwilling scientist who had just stumbled on me yesterday. He even gave me the schematics of the facility. Glad that no one from Dai-Shocker's trying to pry on him." Shouichi answered, showing the said man's ID from his Scroll.

"Anything else I should look out for?"

"Just a Kaijin guard and whatever Dai-Shocker has in store." Tsukasa replied

"Alright. Let's get this done with, guys." Kyle said.

The Riders put on their belts. As the Decadriver users strap their Driver belts on, Shouichi put up a gesture in which he flinged his right arm to the front and pulled it back to summon his golden belt from a flash of light, dubbed as the Alter Ring. He slowly moved his right hand forward before he and the other Riders chanted their sacred mantra.

KAMEN RIDE :

"HENSHIN!"

DECADE!

Shouichi dashed his other hand to the front and crossed it with his right hand. He quickly pressed the black buttons on his sides. It caused Shouichi to be bathed in a bright golden light that soon shaped into an armor. the lights dissipated from one body part to another. It revealed every parts of armor that Shouichi was wearing.

His armor was themed after a golden dragon. His helmet had a pair of golden horns above his red bug-eyed visors. The armor was mostly colored in black, but it had some notable silver parts and a golden chestplate, bearing a black gemstone on its center. He also had pairs of golden gauntlets, anklets and kneepads. Shouichi had transformed into Kamen Rider Agito, humanity's golden saviour.

"Kamen Rider Decade-Kai, online." Kyle declared, dubbing his newly-thought name.

"Decade-Kai?" Agito still couldn't follow it.

"As in 'Decade custom'. Sort of, you know, like those presented in some robot plastic models. It's like me being my own Decade."

"Decade-Kai. Simple, but recognizable. I like it." the elder Decade complimented.

"I agree. It kinda gives you some kind of distinction, which I think it's highly-suggested to become a Kamen Rider." Agito added.

"So, shall we begin the pass-through?"

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The underground lab was filled with Combatant guards throughout the ceilings. The complex was circular, having one large room in the center. Inside the laboratory, a bizzare-looking Kaijin was overseeing the experiment commenced by the scientists. The Kaijin looked like a black evil robot with red gears protruding from its back. It was also seen carrying an arm plasma cannon. It had 2 pairs of sharp red eyes on its white mask. On its shoulders were a pair of exhaust tips.

"Keep the virus stabilized. The last thing we ever wanted is an uncontrollable outbreak. Though, I must say that it wasn't really a bad thing, either." The Cyber Kaijin ordered while musing about the condition at the same time. after all, chaos is also a Kaijin's apetite.

Suddenly, a rubble was heard from outside the lab. A Combatant stuttered his way towards the lab to report it to the Kaijin.

"What sort of treachery is this!?"

"S-sir! Intruders are inside the facility! We can even barely hold our stand!" the Combatant reported.

A temporary silence came from the Kaijin until he gave his response. "Very well. Lock the scientists inside the lab and we'll greet our guests, right away. I am no fool not to know what they're coming after."

With the order had been given, the enemies exit the lab and locked it down, along with the scientists inside. Among the said scientists, one f them looked nervous, yet he was hopeful that his contacts were the ones that made it inside the facility.

Our heroes continously pushed the Combatants through. Decade-Kai endlessly attacked whatever Combatant that came to him. He also used his Ride Booker gun to either knock or shoot them. Decade-Kai ran through a wall beside him to execute his side-kick to an unsuspecting Combatant. Another Combatant was shoot point blank right through its chest before Agito kicked an exploding Combatant to it.

Agito swiftly attacked the Combatants as he traversed from one target to another. One would call this technique as 'free-flowing'. The golden Rider, along with Decade-Kai, performed their varying attacks each other. Agito's Ground Form armor enabled him to hit harder than any normal human could, granting him bone-cracking attacks and a resilient armor. he also pinned a Combatant to the ground before he crushed its head using his right boot. He could even manage to ignore the Combatants' physical attacks.

FORM RIDE : GAIM PINE!

The magenta Rider changed into his Gaim Pine armor. he swung his Pine Iron into as many Combatants as he could find. As for his mentor, he didn't have much problems of holding on his own. His movements were gallant and precise due to his unparalelled experience and knowledge. Using his Rider Booker sword, he sliced the Combatants apart. The veteran Rider taunted them by waving his fingers. From the point when the Combatants were drawn to him, he activated one of his techniques.

ATTACK RIDE : SLASH!

Decade's sword emitted a pink energy that soon jagged itself. He spun towrds the surrounding Combatants, slashing them as the energy danced through them. He threw the Ride Booker into the last one through its chest. The Rider closed in in order to pick his sword by slashing the enemy upward.

As always, the brawl ended with spectacular explosions. All the Riders needed to do left was to locate their contact. Howeve, a new figure rose from the ashes of the Combatants' remains, followed by several heavily armed Combatants behind the figure.

The Cyber Kaijin had entered the fray.

"Kamen Riders..." he growled.

"Ah, fancy meeting you here. Too bad I didn't bring any presents for you lot." Decade greeted.

"Where are the scientists, Kaijin?" DK-Gaim asked with a small growl.

"All safe inside the lab... until now."

SELF DESTRUCT SEQUENCE INITIATED IN 15 MINUTES. ALL PERSONELS ARE ADVISED TO EVACUATE IMMEDIATELY.

As the P.A. announced, the Riders had a little time to accomplish their mission. That is, if they stood inside the complex for too long.

"You and your bombs..." Agito cursed.

"Can't have you three stand against our research. Combatants, attack!"

"EEEE!"

"You guys go get the scientists. I'll handle the Kaijin." Agito ordered.

"Copy." DK-Gaim complied.

"Good luck, man!" Decade replied, patting the golden Rider's shoulder.

Both DK-Gaim and Decade push through the armed Combatants and destroyed them one by one, leaving Agito behind to deal with the Cyber Kaijin himself. Agito prepared his stance and the Cyber Kaijin stood idle, waiting for each of them to move. Silence filled the area as the armed Kaijins were completely disintegrated. Tensions also rose as they had only minutes to finish their fight.

Agito started his move first. He pressed the left switch on his Alter Ring. It caused his torso and left arm to be engulfed by blue wind streams, which soon dissipated to reveal his new armor parts. His torso armor and left arm guards changed its color into blue and his left shoulder pad became a bulky, circular pad with a thick golden line. His Alter Ring's arc also turned blue as well.

The Storm Form granted him supernatural agility and reflexes, which enabled him to dodge the Kaijin's cannon blasts in ease. He quickly took out his bladed pole arm, the Storm Halberd from his belt once he was close enough to the Kaijin. the Rider slashed the latter's body upward that pushed him back, continued with an upward kick. The Cyber Kaijin retaliated by shooting his plasma cannon, which Agito blocked by spinning his Storm Halberd in response. The spin was fast enough to deflect the attacks thanks to its unfolded golden blades. However, time had been running too short for him to just go for defensive measures. He boldly rushed towards the Kaijin, slicing his plasma blasts with the halberd. By using his gale force at his halberd's tips, he sliced the Kaijin's plasma cannon in half. He ended the streak with a couple of halberd stabs at the enemy's chest.

Once the Cyber Kaijin fell to the ground, Agito twirled his halberd and gained his gallant straight composure. He even waved his fingers at the Kaijin to taunt him. Provoked, the latter summoned a pair of plasma blades from both of its arms.

In response to the threat, Agito also pressed the right switch of his belt. It caused his torso and right arm to be engulfed in flames that soon dissipated into new armor parts. His torso armor, right arm guards, and belt arc turned red and his right shoulder became a red shoulder pad, which had a single giant golden spike. After the Flame Form was complete, he took out his pair of red Flame Sabers from his belt.

The two warriors soon engaged in a semingly even brawl, with their swords clashing against each other. Rider against Kaijin, flame against plasma, good against evil. They had 9 minutes left to finish the fight once and for all.

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"Okay, here it is. just give me some time to open the security lock." Decade instructed. He put his hand towards the numeric keys and let his glove do the job.

"How many?" DK-Gaim asked.

"A minute less... hopefully."

"Well, ain't that assuring..."

KAMEN RIDE :

"Henshin!"

GHOST!

DK-Ghost proceeded to his guard duty, keeping his eyes for any hostiles nearby. Just in a short time, 5 Combatants raided their position. DK-Ghost decided to combat them unarmed, simply relying on his nimble, ghastly movements. He swept his right hand to break a Combatant's mask before throwing it to the other one. He stomped on the said Combatants' heads and went for the remaining 3. The Rider quickly kicked one into a wall before striking its head with his knee. The 2 Combatants tried to strike him from behind, but the latter elbowed their heads and kicked them away. DK-Ghost then decided to finish it with his Attack Ride card.

ATTACK RIDE : OOMEDAMA!

A giant orange Eyecon energy construct appeared above the Rider. He jumped towards it and bicycle-kicked the construct that impacted the Combatants. the construct encased them inside an electrocution barrier, blocking their movements. DK-Ghost then dashed towards the barrier inside and swiping his body from one Combatant to another while being intangible. If being looked closely, his intangible movements planted several orange spectral energies that reacted once DK-Ghost was outside of the barrier. it caused the Combatants to explode in defeat.

A Combatant attempted to sneak up on Decade who was still decrypting the lock, only to be shot down by the Rider's Ride Booker gun.

"You missed one." Decade said to his junior.

"Didn't see that coming." DK-Ghost replied.

"Just saying. I still have my kicks for an old guy. No need for let-downs." Decade boasted.

"So, is it done?"

"Just a few seconds aaand... there."

The lock was finally disabled and the door was opened. There were 4 scientists inside the lab. However, they only need one name for their intel while of course, they had to check on the others who were unwilling, too.

"Professor Jacobins?" DK-Ghost called out the name.

"Yes, it's me. oh, thank Oum you Riders are here. I have so much to discuss with you here, but we must hurry. I believe you've heard about the recent announcement here." The professor greeted.

"Alright, let's get outta here ASAP." DK-Ghost said.

"Wait! There are still more people held captive inside this lab. I can get the lock open before-!"

Another scientist warned the Riders about the prisoners. Just as she was about to do so, a scientist, who had been hiding inside the lab, appeared before her. The scientist was visibly unfriendly, holding his gun towards an uncertain target of the people inside.

"You... you're not getting away with this!"

"Hector, no!" the female scientist screamed.

"Hector?" Decade asked his contact.

"He's a fellow scientist. Was... until he's somewhat indoctrinated by them..." Eric explained, feeling a bit pity to the said man.

"What the hell!? Don't you see what they'd did to us!?" a male scientist furiously condemned.

"I have seen what they did! It's all for the best of us. we are achieving our lifelong ambition: evolution! Dai-Shocker is our only means to succeed, our only hope for salvation... and those damned Riders just get in the way!" Hector growled.

"News flash, Hector: Dai-Shocker is only a false messiah who wants nothing but to eradicate us all." Decade replied.

"The ones who will be eradicated were those who who refused to pledge their loyalty to Dai-Shocker, like you... and these people."

Hector opened the cell to reveal the prisoners. They were just like what DK-Ghost had seen in the Mirror World. They were weak, and his HUD detected several virus injections inside their bodies. The Rider, of course, grew furious at this. He couldn't bear the fact that the deranged man was so willing to give himself to the likes of Dai-Shocker. Whatever they had done to him... it could never be pleasant.

"They had rejected the very offer Dai-Shocker gave to them. They had been ignoring the truth of what is truly happening to this rotten world. My goal here is to make them realize their own errors, so that they won't suffer again!" Hector declared.

"You call your twisted experiment a salvation!?" DK-Ghost roared.

"Silence! You have no right to accuse us! after all, you all have been condemned by them for turning on their backs. And since that's the case... I'll make a clear example of me ridding you heretics one by one!"

The deranged scientist pointed his gun at the prisoners. He showed no hesitance in harming them. Just as he was about to pull the trigger, DK-Ghost instinctively lunged towards the said man. He had no time to sit back and watch as Hector injured or worse, killed them. The Rider pinned him to the ground and pummeled his head with his own fist. A single hit was enough to knock Hector out. However, doing much more would absolutely be lethal to any armorless or Auraless peole.

DK-Ghost knew about this, seeing that he essentially had superhuman abilities himself inside the armor. he should treat his movements differently than being an armorless human. He quickly calmed himself down and tried not to get caught up in the tensions too much. He still had people to save, and that was his number one priority.

"It's alright... he won't harm you anymore." DK-Ghost assured while panting.

"Oh, Hector... he wasn't always like this." The female scientist sobbed.

"What do you mean?" Decade asked, unsure of the words.

"Hector was... the first human subject of the new virus test. Forced, I should say. His mental condition now might be the results of it. I assure you, he's a good man that we always cherished." Eric explained.

Decade gave a deep thought of this occurence. Dai-Shocker's motive was cleraly not something that a human common sense could ever accept. Not even scientists would approve their vision and human experiments. If they had been with Dai-Shocker, they must had been threatened by them. Hence the unwilling cooperation the scientists had. But to worship them... was always much worse.

Unless...

This new virus could've caused some kind of a brainwash effect. The same method Dai-Shocker used when making cyborgs during the Showa era. Perhaps, this virus could never be overlooked for once they know what kind of threat they had been dealing with.

"We're all getting out of here. Now." Decade stated.

"All? Like all of them with this guy?" DK-Ghost asked.

"Yes, Decade-Kai. If what they're saying is true, then perhaps there might be a way to cure his infection."

"You think it might be worth it?"

"What do you mean?"

"What if it has been his true motivations? What if he had always been deranged like he is just now? You saw what happened there, he had almost shot the prisoners and he doesn't hesitate. I'm not willing to bet myself on someone who's gonna start killing once he wakes up."

"Kyle, I appreciate your thoughts, but you heard what they just said; he had been experimented on. Even if there's only a small chance that he could be cured, we're not gonna waste on it. our goal is to bring hope for the lives that can still be saved. And if what you said is true, then we'll take full responsibility of it."

DK-Ghost was hesitant upon it. he didn't want to risk anymore lives due to his own errors, even going so far by harboring a suspected psychopath. however, time was about to run short. "Alright, just... forget what I said."

SELF DESTRUCT IN T-MINUS 5 MINUTES.

"Oh, great..." Decade cursed under his breath.

"Don't worry, there's a secret passage inside this facility. We can get all of us out of here safely without worrying too much on the explosion." Eric informed.

"What do you mean 'not worrying too much about the explosion'?" DK-Ghost asked to clarify the statement.

"The passage has a blast door that should be enough to contain the explosion. Some cool physics stuff, if you ask me." A younger male scientist answered.

"Alright then, let's pack up and get the hell outta this hellhole. Oh, and Kyle, we'll find our way out of this. Trust me." DK-Ghost nodded at his mentor's words.

He was surely gonna have a long talk for this.

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A minute had passed on since Decade and DK-Ghost reached inside the lab, and Agito's battle against the Cyber Kaijin was still on. There had been a stalemate between those two. Agito was seen panting, still in his Flame form, while the Kaijin himself was also overheating. The Rider decided to check on his companions' rescue mission.

"Guys, how's it going?" Agito checked through his helmet's comms.

"The scientists are safe with us. turns out we had also brought out the prisoners, too." Decade reported.

"We're going through an emergency exit inside the lab. I'm afraid you're gonna be on your own there." DK-Ghost followed.

"Don't worry Kyle, I still have my own tricks to stay alive." Agito assured.

"Think you can figure this one out?" DK-Ghost asked.

"Well then. Tsukasa, permission to wreak havoc inside the facility."

There was a slight silence as Agito swore he had heard a clanking sound, possibly from the passage's door. Then, a satisfying answer came from the comms.

"Permission granted." In courtesy of Decade himself.

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"Wreak havoc?" DK-Ghost asked his mentor.

"Agito's powers shine as bright as the sun itself. An explosion rubble like this won't be enough to hold him back." Decade replied.

"Okay so... you're thinking what I'm thinking?"

"That's my line, and yes." The older Rider smiled.

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Agito pressed both of the Alter Ring's switches. It caused his other arm to assume Storm Form's garments and his torso into Ground Form's torso armor. once completed, the Rider was engulfed in a powerful golden, red, and blue power surge. The Rider's armor became a mix of three of his main forms. His red visors shone brightly and both of his arms emitted their respective elements, with the said power surge circling around them.

Thus, the name 'Trinity' was enough to describe it.

"Kept you waiting, huh?" the Rider smirked.

"Truth is, all I care about now is to crush you here along with the lab. I have no use of the people you rescued here, anymore." The Cyber Kaijin stated as he readied his weapons.

"That makes us even, then."

"Indeed."

Both of the warriors started their movements by charging at each other. the Kaijin attempted to stab Agito with his blade, but Agito easily rolled following its trajectory and swept the Kaijin's charging arm away, enabling him to do an energized palm strike at his chest and dent it. not willing to stand down, the Kaijin fixed his composure and started swinging his plasma blades once again. There were a couple of times that their fists made contacts. The Kaijin may be still armed, but Agito was still holding back by being weaponless. The Rider had been relying on his energized gauntlets to fight. He was toying around with the Kaijin.

The Kaijin didn't mind, however, as there were no strict rules in how to win the fight. It was a secret war, after all. Except that of course, they had a time limit.

"Not so bad now, eh? However..." the Kaijin spat.

SELF DESTRUCT IN T-MINUS 1 MINUTE.

"We have a lot less time left."

"Then let's see who finishes this first!"

Not wanting to waste more time, Agito summoned both of his weapons. His Storm Halberd on the left and his Flame Saber on his right. the two warriors continued their fight with both of them finally armed. Sparks flew as their weapons made contact. Their sheer force was enough to crumble the room they were in. Agito and the Cyber Kaijin grazed their bodies agains each other. the Rider sent a diagonal slash at the latter, which was returned by the Kaijin's thrust. It could pierce Agito's head if it weren't for his weapons block. The Cyber Kaijin used this opportunity to lunge at the Rider.

"Tornador!"

Agito called out to his Rider Machine, which appeared through a fiery portal of his Rider symbol. The body looked like a stylized red and gold race bike with blue headlights, but its wheels were inverted. the machine had the ability of flight, which had been evidenced by its rotating gyro-functioned wheels. A flame ame out of the machine's exhaust tip as it rammed the Kaijin all the way to the top.

Machine Tornador's sheer force was enough to dug a hole up to the higher ground. It also released a rope for its owner to carry along. Agito quickly climbed the rope and rode on top of the machine in a skateboarding manner. Just as he was on his way out, the timer started to run short.

SELF DESTRUCT IN T-MINUS 10...9...8...

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Decade, DK-Ghost, the scientists, and the prisoners had reached the surface. Once the last person got out, the Riders quickly closed the outer blast door they got out from. Their rescue ops was a success, but Agito had yet to resurface.

"Agito, come in. Agito!" DK-Ghost called out from his comms.

"Just wait for it, kid." Decade assured, patting his protege's shoulder.

"Eh?"

The ground in front of them started to crumble. The crack it caused revealed Agito riding on top of his Machine Tornador while ramming the Cyber Kaijin all the way to the top. Agito's vehicle then took out its flaps to brake and sent the monster higher. The Rider performed his finisher by revealing his helmet's 2 extra pair of horns and lit up his visors. He also sped up to a higher altitude, jumped off from his vehicle, threw both of his weapons down, and finally, executed his own powerful version of Rider Kick. The Machine Tornador and his weapons gathered in front of his kicking foot and spun around to further enhance the power. their tips were lit up by a gold, red, and blue energy surge that soon formed an energized nail.

The finisher connected with the Cyber Kaijin's abdomen. Its force was powerful enough to send him down at high speed, thanks to the machine's exhaust boost and the gravity. The Cyber Kaijin was soon struck down to the lab's lower grounds, as he heard the countdown was still active.

3... 2... 1.

"H-hail Dai-Shocker!"

Agito quickly sheathed his disintegrating weapons and blasted his way to the surface. Once he reached to the top first before the blast itself did, he jumped off from his vehicle and did some... extraordinary flips and skid backwards to the group. his Machine Tornador also followed his arrival.

"Phew... now that's one helluva fireworks."

" 'Cause baby you're a firework! Come on show 'em what you're worth!"

DK-Ghost heard his Scroll rang and he quickly took it out to turn off the sound. He was also wondering why the word 'firework' really concided with his ringtone. This was of course not went unheard by his fellow warriors. Agito was the first one to give him a comment once the Riders opened their helmets.

"Seriously?"

"Oh, It's, uhh... it's my lunchtime alarm." Kyle sheepishly answered as he took off his helmet.

"No! I mean, why Katy Perry?" he asked again.

"Why not? It's the song that once made the world's greatest dictator cry." Kyle nonchalantly answered.

"World's greatest... oh, you don't say!" Tsukasa joyfully spat as he curled his arm around his apperentice.

"Errr... what?"

"Well, it's a movie lingo." The world-traveller simply explained.

"Riiight... See, I'm not much of a moviegoer, here." Shouichi sheepishly answered, not having the slightest idea of what was on their minds.

"Nevermind that. So, the intel?" Kyle asked.

"We best be getting the civilians to safety first." Tsukasa ordered.

---

Inside the underground training sphere, team JNPR was busy in keeping their bodies in shape. They were faced against a holographic dummy of Spider Kaijin, whom Ruby and Kyle perviously faced. The difficulty setting was set into intermediate, in which their teamwork is required. The Kaijin dummy also summoned a handful of armed Combatants.

Of course, the Huntsmen team couldn't face the Spider Kaijin by themselves if the Combatants kept interfering. Jaune devised a plan to attack the Kaijin one hit at a time while also dealing with the minions in order to locate the Kaijin's weakpoints. Pyrrha moved first by thrusting her lance towards its face before swinging it to the body horizontally. She quickly dodged its pound attack and dealt with the Combatants. when it was about to shoot its web, Ren interrupted it by grazing the Kaijin's back to draw its attention. Tha Spider Kaijin dummy turned, only for it to be welcomed by Nora's Magnhild to its head before she swept its feet, causing the Kaijin to fall. While analyzing the situation on his head, Jaune delivered shield pounds towards its knees to prevent it from moving further.

Even though the Combatants were armed with Dust rifles, they were pretty easy to dodge and attack, giving the heroes enough time to devise a plan.

"Anything?" Nora asked.

"Guys, its back's much less protected than its front. We can strike it there." Jaune said.

"Now that you said it, we're gonna need a distraction to keep it occupied while some of us attack him from behind." Ren noted.

"I'll do it." the knight volunteered, which took the others by surprise.

"Whoa, you sure?" Pyrrha tried to reconfirm his bold plan.

"I just figured out some ways I can make for you guys to act. Wait for my signal." He grinned assuringly.

Jaune rushed towards the Kaijin dummy to gain its attention. He did so by slashing its right waist, causing it to roar in pain and set its eyes towards the Huntsman who was waving at it.

"Hey, over here!"

The monster quickly caught his taunt and attacked the knight. Jaune quickly rolled under it and slashed its leg joints. He also climbed the Kaijin's back and thrusted his shield towards its head. After rolling back, Jaune shouted,

"Now!"

Pyrrha and Ren stroke the dummy's back with their close combat weapons. As it roared in pain, the Spider Kaijin's movements became brash and unfocused towards its surroundings. This suddenly became too difficult for the Huntsmen team to attack the Kaijin in the exact place. They knew that they needed a new plan to assess the situation quickly, or they would miss the chance of delivering the final blow at the weakpoint.

That was where Jaune Arc came in.

"Nora!"

The knight gave a signal to his fellow Huntress, who had prepared her hammer and charged in. In response to the Kaijin's rampage, Jaune swiftly dodged its attacks in order to impale the monster's head. While it wasn't enough, it surely gave enough time for Nora to speed up behind it and swung her hammer. The swing was boosted with her grenade launcher and her lightning Semblance enhancement on her arms , making it hard enough to pin the Kaijin down and broke its back. This rendered it unable to move. Thus, team JNPR emerged victorious from the battle as the holographic bilboard announced,

SIMULATION ENDED

"Whew, finally..." Jaune sighed in relief.

"One mashed spider pancake, ready to serve! Whew... I'm pretty beat, now." Nora squealed before slumping to the floor.

"Can't believe it'll be this exhausting. Looks like Kyle somehow managed to make this into his routine with his Rider powers." Ren commented.

"I heard that this is the first Kaijin that Kyle and Ruby ever faced. Oh, and don't get him wrong, even Kyle himself had a bit of a trouble when facing this guy as a rookie." Pyrrha said.

"Well, an in all, the power of teamwork wins against this guy, right?" Jaune replied.

"It's always true."

Another voice called out from outside the training sphere. It came from a bown-haired man who was wearing an unbuttoned green shirt over a plain white shirt. He was also seen wearing tan cargo pants and a pair of white and black sneakers. He also had a silver bracelet embedded with a green horned logo.

This is the man that had been supervising team JNPR's training. A Rider from Agitoverse, Ryo 'Kamen Rider Gills' Ashihara.

"Ah, Ryo!" Pyrrha greeted.

"But, I must advise you guys to also hone each of your skills. While it's good that you had loads of strategies and knowing each other's skills while working as a team, you'll also need to prepare yourselves if you guys happened to be working apart from each other. not that I'm against teamworks though. But still, if each of you had your own answers on achieving your true strengths, that'll help you a lot in working together once again." The man named Ryo advised.

"You mean like embarking on each of our own journey?" Ren asked.

"Hmm... yeah, but I think it doesn't necessarily mean like that." Ryo answered.

"Aww, but I like going together! I mean, we're formed as a team now, Ryo. We can't just disband and... and go away just like that! Besides, I don't like being lonely..." Nora playfully pouted.

Ryo chuckled, "You're right, Nora. There's no denying that. there are still many ways for each of you guys to improve yourselves. What I'm trying to say here is that you need to be strong either you're apart or together as long as the situation demands it. we'll never know what'd be ahead of us."

"I kinda agree with Ryo here. Especially when it comes to Vytal Festival and maybe... growing up. Oh, speaking of which, are you gonna come, too?" Pyrrha asked the Rider.

"I just hope that Dai-Shocker won't be there to ruin it when I arrived." Ryo confirmed.

"Say Ryo, are Kamen Riders always like that? working apart and together at some point?" Jaune asked.

"Well, if you put it that way, then yes. Each of us had different paths and goals before we got to know each other. some of us worked together from the start, while some others were against each other. though finally, most of us ended up respecting each others' way of life and strengths. And so, we decided to join our hands together as the All Kamen Rider League in order to keep ourselves in touch." Ryo explained.

"Respecting each other, huh?" Ren muttered.

"I wonder if we'll have that sorts of people here in Remnant." Pyrrha lamented.

"In a world like this? Who knows?"

"So, mind if we have a spar with you sometime?" Nora asked the pro Rider while twirling her hammer.

"Whoa, really Nora?" Jaune gawked.

"Isn't it a bit too sudden?" Ren followed.

"Oh, how about now?" Ryo answered.

"Really!?" Nora squealed.

"Alright, I think it's allready set for us. give us some time to catch our breaths, please?" Pyrrha asked.

"Y-you too, Pyrrha? is it okay for this?" Jaune stuttered.

"Don't worry, we still have much spare time to go on." She answered.

"Well, I'm looking forward to it, guys." Ryo gratefully said.

And frome here on, it would be another long day for team JNPR.

---

Moments later...

After tending the injured civilians and getting them and the scientists to their houses, the three Riders gathered alongside Professor Eric in the latter's flat. They discussed the intels that the scientist had gained during his time inside the underground lab. Kyle began the conversation by bringing up the woman he had failed to save once. He also mentioned about her job as a scientist that conducted the research of human-kaijin genetic mutation.

"I see... Monica, she... she was our voice of reason." Eric cracked his voice. They finally had the name of the woman.

"She's one of you guys?" Kyle asked.

"Yes, she used to be stationed alongside us in the lab. She was transferred to another lab around a month ago. I... never thought that she was used as the first test subject of her own research. That's just... cruel." Eric sobberingly explained.

"It's Dai-Shocker that we're talking about. There's no end to their menace unless we do something." Kyle slightly growled under his breath.

"So, what about this research that you had?" Tsukasa asked the scientist.

"It's the very same research that you all had been investigating: the human DNA manipulation. The ones that you had encountered in the Mirror World were just prototypes. The research still goes on, and they had tried various methods to fulfill it. among the methods was the red mist that plagued Vale before." He continued. The revelation made the Riders widened their eyes.

"Wait, that Red Mist? Ganma World's toxic atmosphere?" Shouichi asked.

"From what I heard, they were using it in order to gain full details of the citizens' physiologies. The citizens' decreased immunity was just the tip. In reality, it has been developed into a much more menacing version of its own. I believe you're all familiar with Bugster Virus, no?"

"Bugster Virus!?" the Riders gasped.

"Bugster... it was M's, right?" Kyle tired to confirm.

"Yeah, the developed game virus that plagued one of our comrade's world. It was also known for taking over its victims minds, or even turning them into Bugsters themselves." Tsukasa explained as he was also chilled himself.

"To think they're gonna use it on the civilians..." Shouichi muttered.

"True, but they're not exactly using the virus. It's more like they're going to use the same method in order to perfect their own version of the virus. I'm afraid it's the only detail I've got. They took notice of me overhearing them and quickly pushed me back to the lab. No more details around it were mentioned, afterwards."

Bugster Virus... The Mirror World... it seems that Dai-Shocker had acquired the horrors of the other Riderverses. As the Riders had already knew, Dai-Shocker was an extension of the original Shocker, who was supposed to be destroyed by the Showa Riders much long ago. The addition of the word 'Dai' turned out to be not just for show. If the knowledges were pieced correctly, then Dai-Shocker had become the unity of the Kamen Riders' villains throughout their universe. That, and the addition of Remnant's lack of knowledge, would make the evil organization becomes more troublesome.

"So much for keeping Remnant safe." Kyle baffled.

"Then you know why we can ignore them no more, Kyle." Shouichi said.

"Oh, I don't plan to just sit back, Shouichi. I'm moving on with you guys." Kyle replied.

"I know, bud."

"Alright then, thanks for the intel, Eric. We'll make sure that they won't cause any further mess. We're forever in your debt." Tsukasa thanked the scientist as his fellow Riders nodded in acceptance.

"And I also thank you all for rescuing me and the others. I certainly hope for the best of you lot." Eric returned.

---

On the following day...

Vale's Police Department was always busy from time to time. multiple cases, either Kaijin related or not, came through the reports the officers received from their resources. Even though they didn't have much power nor the influences like the Huntsmen did, the VPD still played a susbstantial role of keeping the citizens safe, including enforcing the law that even the Huntsmen must obey. That being said, they had become models of what law-abiding citizens must be.

And of course, this had never been overlooked by the All Kamen Rider League.

Amidst the crowded, yet focused officers, two of them was seen sitting on the same desk of one's private office while exchanging reports together. The two men were the Rider League's Shinnosuke Tomari, along with another man who was wearing red leather outfits over a black T-Shirt, along with a pair of black army boots. He also had a short brown hair. This ws the man who owned the said private office.

Ryu Terui was one of the Kamen Riders that had been stationed in a police department, in order to blend in with the citizens further after the Riders' disappearance from the public years prior. He and Tomari's police officer backgrounds had made them much cappable of accomplishing numerous cases in VPD. This was also a part of the Rider League's surveillance in order to keep them updated from the outside world while they operated underground.

Whenever there was a case involving strange things, especially Dai-Shocker, the police Riders would often gather to discuss the matter at hand.

"Anything, Tomari?" Ryu asked.

"Well, there had been lesser strange cases ever since the Mirror World kidnappings. Just the ones that we can simply handle without resorting to our special gears." Shinnosuke reported.

"Any Dust robberies?"

"Only the ones that we took care of last week, sir."

"Alright, excellent work, Tomari." Ryu complimented.

"Finally... some milk balls for us dedicated officers of justice." Shinnosuke sighed and flexed his body from the fatigue.

"That's an overstatement." Ryu noted.

"Well, not as exhausting as my Dai-Shocker reports." Shinnosuke uttered while yawning. "Say, have you got a call recently from your wife?"

"Oh? You must be talking about Haruna and Eiji." Ryu replied.

"Think they're doing any better?"

"With Haruna taking the 'big sis' role? I doubt there'd be anything worse happen to them."

"You know, sometimes I have this foggy idea of them being bound together. I mean, how come I'm not surprised when I heard them attending the same school? I kinda have to agree that Lord always works in mysterious ways possible." Shinnosuke lamented.

"We're always bound by our fate as Kamen Riders, Tomari. Maybe that's why our relatives might end up meeting each other and going together towards the world we're heading. Just so you know that I'm ready to help them when their time comes." Ryu answered.

"What, to take on our legacy? Great idea, though it's still too far to think about it."

"Then they'll be ready when the time comes." Ryu said.

Suddenly, the two Riders heard a knock from the office's door. It came from an officer who was holding his Scroll. It seems that she had an important report to tell.

"Pardon the intrusion, sirs!" the female officer saluted.

"What is it?" Ryu asked

"There's a report from Hikawa that there had been a Dust shop robbery two clicks away. He asked you both to come in." She reported.

"Dust robbery? After more than a month? Odd..." Shinnosuke muttered.

"Alright officer, thank you for the information. We'll be on our way. Shinnosuke, let's get going." Ryu ordered as he stood up from his chair.

"Yup. Here goes our ride." Shinnosuke said as he straightened up his red tie.

---

The Vytal Festival was drawing near for the next months ahead, proven by Vale's decorated streets with colorful steamers and balloons. The Shopkeeper was also seen putting up a sign that reads "WELCOME TO VALE!", which was clearly designated for the foreigners. The festival itself had been designed in such way to give the foreigners of each kingdom a warm welcome. It was also important in keeping the peace that had been established in the World of Remnant. And of course, another bloodshed was the last thing the people ever wanted.

Among the figures who were seen in the streets are team RWBY and their special addition, Kyle Morgan. Weiss Schnee was the most enthusiastic one for the festival's upbringing.

"The Vytal Festival! Oh, this is absolutely wonderful!" she cheered.

"I don't think I've ever seen you smile this much, Weiss. It's kinda weirding me out..." Ruby said with a little frown on her face.

"How could you not smile? A festival dedicated to the cultures of the world! There will be dances! Parades! A tournament! Oh, the amount of planning and organization that goes into this event is simply breathtaking!" Weiss squealed as the group continued walking.

"You really know how to take a good thing and make it sound boring." Yang pointed out, causing Kyle to snicker.

"Quiet you!" the heiress countered.

"Hey, I heard that team JNPR went with a training against Kamen Rider Gills. Is that right?" Kyle asked.

"Oh yeah! Man, you should've listen to the whole story! Gills was really savage when he was dealing with them. Heck, even they weren't bothering on staying up late last night." Yang explained.

"He's also Agito's partner, though." Blake pointed out.

"Anyway, uhh... just asking, did you have a rough night?" Ruby asked the Rider.

"Well, not rough, Ruby. Just some lengthy pep-talk with our seniors, is all." Kyle answered.

"Is everything really alright, back there?" Weiss also asked.

"No worries, Weiss." He said. He didn't have to explain the details to the girls, but he would surely remind himself of it over and over again.

"Remind me again why we're spending our Friday afternoon visiting the stupid docks?" Yang wryly asked.

"Ugh, they smell like fish!" Ruby groaned as she covered her nose.

"Yeah, tell that to the sailors, Ruby." Kyle replied, much to Ruby's shameful giggle.

"I've heard that students visiting from Vacuo will be arriving by ship today. And, as a representative of Beacon, I feel as though it is my solemn duty to welcome them to this fine kingdom!" Weiss pridefully stated.

"She wants to spy on them so she'll have the upper hand in the tournament." Blake clarified.

"You can't prove that!" Weiss scoffed.

"Oh, so we're going on some covert ops, now?" Kyle smiled.

"Cool! We're all gonna be ninjas, then! Wha-Chaaa!" Ruby exclaimed as she was demonstrating her ninja chops.

"You mean... Ninjas of Love?" Yang smirked, which caused Blake to spurt in surprise.

"Wha-how... did you...?" Blake stuttered, worried that Yang might knew she had one in her bunk.

"Oh come on, Blake. Even bookstores sell that book. I and Rubes here took a few peek of it two days ago." The blonde brawler said.

"So, how was the book?" Weiss asked.

"It was great! Oh not to mention... the poster inside." Yang slyly grinned.

"No, please no, Yang! It was a filth! Filth! FILTH!" the hooded Huntress exclaimed, much to Blake's embarrassment which the Rider took notice of.

"How come it's a filth?" Kyle curiously asked.

"It's... better if you don't know." Blake answered. Her face had had a slight blush.

Whatever she was thinking, it must be in Kyle's own best interest not to push further. Besides, this 'Ninjas of Love' book must be aimed towards teenage girls like his companions, so 'girly' stuffs and thoughts were expectable in the novel. Prying much further would be unsettling either for her... or himself. Even once he said to himself that he didn't want to dig further about girl's fantasies towards men. Perhaps, that's what Ruby mentioned as a filth.

"Alright then, if you insist." Kyle sighed in acceptance.

"Hey guys, look!" Ruby shouted softly at her teammates, causing them to look at the direction she was pointing at.

The heroes were looking at a shattered window of a Dust shop. The shop's door was covered by yellow caution tape in courtesy of VPD. There were also two detectives present, with one of them was writing on his pad. There had clearly been a case went on in the scene. The heroes then agreed to walk over to the scene for more details.

"Excuse me, sirs. What happened here?" Ruby asked.

"Robbery. Second Dust shop to be hit this week. This place is turning into a jungle." A detective replied.

"That's terrible." Yang sadly frowned.

"Wait, wait, wait, Dust robbery? After all this time?" Kyle asked.

"Yeah, we also noticed that there had been a robbery over two months ago. We also saw you all on the news. Anyways, I should say good job on kicking that monster's gut back then, especially you. You're that armored Huntsman, right?" the detective said, which slightly taken the Rider back.

"Umm, yeah?" he said.

"Heheh, there's no need for that frozen face, kid. I always see your actions on the scene, and I'm really proud of what you an your friends always did to protect people. Though I must say, I agree with our senior's decision not to further expose your information to the press media. I'm Burns, by the way, and he's Heyman." The man named Burns introduced.

"Hey there! I really like how you guys handled the red mist that time. Nice armor you got there, by the way." Heyman said to Kyle.

"Oh yeah, hehehe... thanks!" Kyle thanked.

It seems that the detectives had nothing to be worried about. They clearly stated that they were thankful for the heroes' actions. The townsfolk of Vale, and maybe the whole Remnant, had been accustomed by the warriors' presence in the world. However, he was still bugged by his senior Riders' words of them being put with a bounty in the past, though thankfully they were managed to cover their tracks. Hopefully, none would try to bring it up again at the moment.

"Anyways, like I said, this is the second shop to be robbed. The first one happened yesterday night. At first, we thought that it was just an occasional robbery. However, two shops at two nights are too much of a coincidence." Burns informed.

"And what's strange is that they always left the money all over again. Only the Dusts were reported missing." Heyman added.

"Huh?" Ruby slipped.

"Only Dusts, huh?" Weiss said hypothetically.

"Yeah, just doesn't make a lick of sense. Who needs that much Dust, anyway?" Burns wondered.

"I don't know, an army?" Heyman replied.

Of course, the heiress and her friends had a really good idea on who was behind this, and they had no need to explain it further. Dusts had always been the best ammunition for weapon usages in Remnant. A large quantity of it could arm an entire armed force. It was also clear that Dai-Shocker had no use for Remnant Liens. Besides, who needs money if they could just take it for a world domination campaign?

"You think it's the White Fang?" Burns asked again.

"Yeah, I'm thinking we're not paid enough." Heyman complained as he removed his sunglasses.

"Don't put up that pouty face of yours, Heyman."

A new male voice called out from behind the detectives. It came from an officer who was seen wearing a navy suit, which covered his white shirt and black tie. His hair was combed all the way to the back neatly.

"S-Sir!" the detectives saluted at their senior police officer.

"At ease, gentlemen. I've heard dozens of complaints that you said, Heyman. You don't have to worry about it being unheard of." The oficer assured the detective as his two subordinates went back to their usual composure. Heyman simply nodded.

"However! While you are right about us needing payments, our duty as Vale's security officers still remains the same! We musn't let our resolve to protect people waver no matter what! Not by monsters! Not by money! Not even by plushie bears..." the officer resolved, shile saying the last statement wryly. The heroes could only froze upon him.

"Whoa..." Ruby gleamed softly at the officer's unwavering resolve.

"Nice, but... what's with the plushie bears?" Kyle wondered.

"Is he... talking about his lottery last night?" Heyman asked his fellow detective.

"Well, it's always him in his prime." Burns pointed out.

The officer cleared his throat, disregarding the comments before he went back to the detectives. "Now then, Burns, Heyman, I've received a confirmation that Tomari and Terui will be arriving here, shortly. You two are going to hand out your reports to them. I'll be taking the investigation from here, and I'll also inform you of any new details I could find. Is that clear?"

"Yes, Sir." the two complied and they went off for the assignment.

The officer then drew his attention towards the heroes. "And as for you five... we can finally talk clearly here."

The man showed them his Scroll that displayed the emblem of All Kamen Rider League, in which they quickly took notice of what it meant for.

"I see. so, you're with the Rider League, then." Weiss pointed out.

"Correct, Ms. Schnee. Makoto Hikawa, at your service!" the man saluted at his future successors.

Everyone returned the salute, sans Weiss and Blake which Ruby took notice of. The hooded Huntress gestured at the two to do the same and the latters did so sheepishly. Kyle then gave his word. "We've seen another Makoto before, though."

"Oh, you must be talking about Fukami. Yes, he's a dedicated man, indeed." Hikawa said.

"You know, this kinda feels like when we just find out that there's a Kamen Rider whose real name's also Ren. Our friend, Nora even made a joke of it." Blake pointed out.

"My goodness! Sometimes I can't believe how small this world could ever be. Nice to be of acquintance to you lot." Hikawa chuckled.

"Likewise, Sir." Kyle replied.

"Then, I guess it's safe to say that this is Dai-Shocker's work... or White Fang as their associates, if I'm right." Yang noted.

"That's our highest possibilty, Ms. Xiao Long. It could be that they need to boost their progress so much that they resorted to rob Dust shops once more. Hell, even I couldn't think on a much better theory than that." Hikawa confessed.

"How about Torchwick? He's the most suitable guy for this kind of short work I could ever think about." Ruby pointed out.

"That... goes to our query, then." Hikawa said, meaning that it was also still a possibility without any concrete evidence.

"Say, what about your Rider codename?" Blake asked.

"My designation is G-3X. Kamen Rider G-3X, hailing from Agitoverse." The officer proudly introduced.

"Shouichi and Ryo's partner? And a police Rider, at best!" Yang gleefully asked.

"Right you are, ma'am. See, our Rider Systems' diversity is considered the most unique of all the Riderverse. Shouichi's mystical, Ryo's organic, and I'm here using a piece of technology." Hikawa informed as he showed his Henshin device. It was a simple, metallic buckle with a thin rectangular red line on its mid-section. It wasn't long before he pocketed it back.

"Mystic, organic, tech. Man, that's a holy trinity!" Kyle jolted.

"Cool! It's always amazing to know how Rider Systems are much alike with our weapons! They're so diverse!" Ruby gleamed with the Rider.

"Holy trinity, eh? Now, where have I heard that before..." Hikawa joyfully said.

---

Minutes later...

After the chat with the police officer-Kamen Rider, the heroes bid the man farewell as the latter continued his investigation. Even though the man was seemingly strict with his orders, he didn't seem to mind in giving his juniors some time and a good talk. It was always nice to know that the Kamen Riders were in Remnant; everywhere, to keep the innocents safe.

However, their joy was cut short with Weiss being disgruntled on the fact that the White fang and Dai-Shocker might be behind all of this.

"Hmph! The White Fang. What an awful bunch of degenerates! To think they'll work with Dai-Shocker like that..." she grumbled, crossing her arms and pointed her nose in the air with her eyes still closed.

"What' your problem?" Blake discomfortly asked the heiress.

"My problem? I simply don't care for the criminally insane." She replied.

"The White Fang is hardly a bunch of 're a collection of misguided Faunus." Blake corrected her teammate's argument. She started to cross her arms in a matter of seriousness.

"Misguided? They want to wipe Humanity off the face of the planet!"

"So then they're very misguided. Either way, it doesn't explain why they would rob a Dust shop in the middle of downtown Vale!"

"Hmm... Blake's got a point. Besides, the police never caught that Torchwick guy I ran into a few months ago. Maybe it was him, or... or just a Kaijin! right?" Ruby pointed out.

"That still doesn't change the fact that the White Fang are a bunch of scum. Those Faunus only know how to lie, cheat, and steal." Weiss denoted, much to Blake's growing anger.

"That's not necessarily true..." Yang said.

"Guys, seriously, are you gonna always bring this up the entire time? arguing like that is just gonna get us nowhere. Look, all we need to do now about that is only-"

"Hey, stop that Faunus!"

"Investigate... right, that's our cue."

Kyle's word of advice was cut short by a sailor's shout. The heroes overheard the cry for help and rushed over to investigate the docks. There, they witnessed a young man who was seen running down the length of a boat and swiftly leapt on to the edge as he avoided the sailors that were about to apprehend him.

The person in particular had a striking, spiky blonde hair. He was wearing an unbuttoned short-sleeved white shirt which revealed his torso. On his neck was a metallic necklace. He was also seen wearing a pair of red gauntlets, blue rolled-up shorts, and a pair of black sneakers. What was more surprising is that he also had a yellow monkey tail, which implied himself as a monkey Faunus.

"Thanks for the ride, guys! Haha!" he mocked his pursuers as he continued his escape.

"You no-good Faunus!" another sailor roared.

"Hey! A no-good Faunus would've been caught! I'm a great Faunus!" the Faunus said pridefully while hanging on a lamp post with his tail and peeling back a banana. Before he was even managed to eat it, Detective Burns drew his attention by throwing a rock at the former.

"And enough with the racism already!" he spat.

"Hey, get down from there this instant!" Burns growled.

However, this didn't keep the Faunus from messing around. He dropped the banana to the detective, much to his own amusement and the latter's anger. After he twirled off the lamp post, he proceeded to keep running away from his pursuers. As he ran past the heroes, he gave a joyful wink at the astonished Blake.

"Well, Weiss, you wanted to see the competition, and there it goes..." Yang uttered as the Faunus kept getting farther and farther away.

"Quick! We have to observe him!" Weiss declared. The heroes started to give a chase towards the Faunus. However, the Kunoichi was momentarily lost in thought and stood still.

"Hey, you comin', Blake?"

Kyle, who noticed this, snapped Blake out to reality. The latter stutteringly nodded to the Rider and quickly followed the others.

---

Makoto Hikawa was still searching through the vicinity of the robbed Dust shop, searching for any other evidences. Broken displays, blast marks, broken cashier machines... the robber surely had the time to wreak havoc moments before leaving with a large quantity of Dusts. no threat letter was left by the robber. No one was found injured during the robbery. Good. It must've took place when the shop was closed by the owner.

However, he simply couldn't shake the feeling of the Kamen Riders' archenemy being involved in this. They had started their movement, gathering supplies to bring chaos towards the World of Remnant once again.

It was them. It had to be them.

Not long after he went on searching, two other police officers came into the scene. They were the ones that Hikawa called to. His fellow Rider legionnaire; Shinnosuke Tomari and Ryu Terui.

"Anything new, Hikawa?" Shinnosuke asked as he and Ryu came in.

"Still nothing new, sadly, other than my foggiest feeling of Dai-Shocker being involved here." Hikawa said.

"We read the reports from the detectives, Hikawa. There hasn't even been a single evidence of their involvement here. I mean, there aren't any traces of a Kaijin colateral damage here, unlike the past few months." Ryu pointed out.

"That still doesn't change the fact that there had been two robberies in a row, though." Hikawa lamented.

"Hey, I found something!" Shinnosuke shouted, drawing his fellow Riders' attention.

"A cigar brand?" Hikawa pondered.

"Maxburgh... there hasn't been a cigar with this brand since six years ago. The company was reported bankrupt after a scandal happened inisde it." Ryu said.

"Well, I've got a pretty good idea on our perp. There's only one person who was still ordering this cigar from the black market, and he's the one that's on my top list of 'Most Annoying Robbers of the Century'." Shinnosuke said.

"Let's go take this to the forensic lab, then." Ryu ordered.

"So, lunch anyone?" Hikawa asked to his comrades' agreement.

---

The heroes wre still chasing after the monkey Faunus. They rounded the next corner of Vale's streets, only for Weiss to bump into someone and tripped. She could only look into the Faunus who jumped on to a building and disappeared from her view.

"No, he got away!" she cried out.

"Uhh... Weiss?" Yang pointed strangely at the girl underneath the heiress.

The said girl had a short orange curly hair with an ahoge on the top. Her eyes were bright green. She had a light skin and freckles. she was wearing a pink bow on the back of her head. Her garments consist of whitish-gray, old-fashioned blouse with a short gray feminine overalls, as well as a black and green collar with a matching pair of stockings.

"Sal-u-ta-tions!" the girl greeted, despite her current condition.

"Umm... hello." Ruby sheepishly answered.

"Are you... okay?" Yang asked.

"I'm wonderful! Thank you for asking." She cheerfully answered. The heroes looked at her in bewilderment. This girl didn't even seem to be bothered by the fact that she was still lying. Not even a hurtful groan was heard from her mouth.

"How is that supposed to be wonderful, anyway?" Kyle muttered.

"It's because I'm okay!" she replied.

"No! I mean, the fact that you're still lying on the ground, and... and not even any broken ribs? Seriously, are you even really hurt or anything?" Kyle asked again. This girl was very perceptive just by catching his unintended attention.

"I'm 100% functional."

"Okay, and no offense, but... you're creeping me out."

"None taken!"

"So, do you... wanna get up?" Yang spoke up again.

"Yes!"

The girl regained her stand by simply leaping on her feet, which caused the heroes to step back a little. For a girl with such looks to stand up in such manner was not even ordinary. Even normal people wouldn't stand up like that after they got bumped.

"Creepy." Kyle muttered again.

"My name is Penny Polendina! It's a pleasure to meet you!" the girl named Penny introduced.

"Hi Penny. I'm Ruby Rose."

"I'm Weiss Schnee."

"Blake Belladonna."

"Are you sure you didn't hit your head?" Yang asked. Blake then hit her side, reminding her to introduce herself, too. "Oh, I'm Yang Xiao Long."

"And my name's Kyle Morgan. We're students from Beacon Academy. I believe you're also a student from a foreign kingdom, are you not?" Kyle spoke up.

"You're right, Kyle Morgan. I'm a student hailing from Atlas Academy. I came here in regards of the Vytal Festival welcoming ceremony. I look forward to our relationship, too!" She answered.

"Atlas, huh?" Weiss muttered.

"Likewise. Well then, welcome to Vale, Penny. And please, just call me Kyle." The Rider welcomed and offered the girl a handshake.

"Wonderful! It's been a pleasure to meet you!" she accepted the handshake.

"You already said that, anyway." Kyle pointed out.

She paused for a bit and said, "So did I!"

"Are you really okay with this, Kyle?" Weiss asked about Kyle's casual action.

"What? Isn't it our job to welcome students from the other kingdoms, too? Besides, I admit she may have some quirks, but come on, at least we should show some hospitality for that." Kyle pointed out.

"Umm, yeah. It's just that... ugh, nevermind. Well, sorry for running into you!" Weiss apologized as she and her friends walked away.

"Take care, friend!" Ruby waved the girl goodbye. Unbeknownst to the heroes, Penny was startled by Ruby's words.

"She was... weird." Yang whispered.

"Now, where did that Faunus riff-raff run off to?" Weiss said.

"What did you call me?" Penny suddenly showed up in front off Weiss, which caught the heiress in surprise.

"Oh, I'm really sorry, I definitely didn't think you heard it!" Yang apologized as Weiss was still frozen in shock.

"No, not you. You!" Penny pointed at the hooded Huntress.

"Umm... me? I-I don't know. I, what I, um, uh..." Ruby was startled.

"You called me 'friend'! Am I really your friend?" she asked.

"Umm..." Ruby was unsure of what to said in front of the recently-met person. Her teammates motioned her not to accept it, in which Kyle witnessed in confussion. however, Penny's gaze forced her to quickly take an answer.

"Am I really your friend?" Penny asked again. This time, she emphasized the keywords of her query. In Ruby's vision, her cheerful face was somewhat glooming over her, seemingly demanding for a right answer. Ruby Rose herself must thread carefully, or else she would became a victim of her own nightmare fuel. At least, it was what she thought of.

And her answer was, "Y-yeah! Sure, hehe... why not?"

Ruby's teammates, sans Kyle, fainted comically upon the red reaper's answer. They motioned her to leave Penny out in order to continue their search towards the monkey Faunus. Now that Ruby accepted the ginger girl's proposal of friendship, their mission would seemingly be impossible. They had to deal with much longer talks, afterwards. As for Kyle, he could only look at it in bewilderment. He let out a gasp with an "Eh!?" in the end.

"Sen-sational! We can paint our nails, and try on clothes, and talk about cute boys!" Penny exclaimed in joy.

"Guys, come on, What's your deal?" Kyle asked the fallen girls as he helped them to stand up again.

"What else than searching for that guy?" Blake said.

"Well, take it easy. It's not like we're gonna catch him much sooner. Penny seems enthusiastic about our service, though." He casually noted.

"With the way she was asking Ruby? I don't think I could process that nightmare fuel." Yang said.

"I think she doesn't seem that obsessive, though."

"Oh, is this what it was like when you met me?" Ruby groaned to Weiss.

"No. She seems far more coordinated."

"So... mind if I ask what are you doing in Vale?" Yang asked.

"I'm here to fight in the tournament." Penny answered.

"Wait, you're fighting in the tournament, too?" Weiss asked.

"I'm combat ready!" Penny saluted, proudly stating her words.

"Forgive me, but you hardly look the part." Weiss politely rejected.

"Says the girl wearing a dress." Blake replied.

"It's a combat skirt!" Weiss countered

"Yeah!" Ruby zoomed to her friend and gave her a low-five.

"And thus, the Combat Skirt Sisters are born." Kyle narrated.

"Catchy! We can make a good use of that name! Right Weiss?" Ruby gave Kyle a double gun-finger before she turned to Weiss.

"What about your real sister, then?" Weiss pointed at the sulking Yang, who was seen comically crying on her knees as Blake calmed her down by patting her shoulder. The scene went dark as a lamplight flashed on the mourning brawler.

"I-I can't believe it... my dear little sister abandoned me..." Yang bawled.

"Oh no, Yang! I would never ditch you! Please, you are my lovely big sister!" Ruby sobbingly assured her sister.

"Oh Ruby, I love you!"

"I love you too!"

The sisters -true sisters- embraced each other in what a seem to be a soap opera-dramatic scene. They also bawled each other, showing their sisterly love. Blake, who stood right next to them, could only shook her head.

"I wonder if they're always like this, though." Weiss cringed in bewilderment and wonder.

"I, uhh... I'm sorry?" Kyle stutteringly apologized.

After the whole goof, a sudden realization hit the heiress, and she started talking to Penny by grabbing her shoulder. "Wait a minute. If you're here for the tournament, does that mean you know that monkey-tailed... rapscallion?"

"The who...?"

"The filthy Faunus from the boat!" the heiress furiously identified the Faunus in question by displaying her a poor drawing of him.

"Why do you keep saying that!?" Blake had been visibly fed up by Weiss' constant insults.

"Huh?"

"Stop calling him a rapscallion! Stop calling him a degenerate! He's a person!" she furiously countered by walking over her teammate.

"Oh, I'm sorry. Would you like me to stop referring to the trash can as a trash can? Or this lamppost as a lamppost?" she sarcastically motioned to the aid objects.

"Stop it!"

"Stop what? He clearly broke the law. Give him time; he'll probably join up with those other Faunus in the White Fang!"

"You ignorant little brat!" Blake growled.

"How dare you talk to me like that! I am your teammate!" Weiss countered.

"You are a judgmental little girl."

"What in the world makes you say that?"

"The mere fact that you would sort that Faunus boy with a terrorist group solely based on his species makes you just as much of a scoundrel as you believe him to be!" Blake was still staying firm to her argument.

Knowing that there would be no end to this, the blonde brawler slowly sled to her sister and Kyle. "Um, I think we should probably go..."

"Where are we going?" Penny asked after she popped up behind Ruby. She was still cheerful as she was.

"So you admit it! The White Fang is just a radical group of terrorists!" Weiss argued...

"That's not what I meant, and you know it!" and Blake countered again.

"This is getting out of hand... umm, Penny? Do you mind walking away for a bit while we... try to cool their heads down?" Kyle asked the ginger girl as the argument kept escalating.

"Perhaps I can be a help for you?" she asked.

"We'll uhh... try to sort this ourselves first, okay?" the Rider said, which Penny accepted by a single nod.

"I'll accompany you for your walk!" Ruby chirped, offering her assistance to keep Penny away from the argument.

"Why, thank you, friend!" Penny thanked. The two then slowly strode away.

"You sure about this, Kyle?" Yang asked, unsure of what someone as calm as Kyle would do.

"I'm gonna have to try..." Kyle replied. He took a deep breath before stepping in.

"I don't understand why this is causing such a problem!" Weiss criticized her fellow Huntress.

"That is the problem!" Blake countered.

"Guys, stop!" Kyle shouted.

"You realize you are defending an organization that hates Humanity, don't you? The Faunus of the White Fang are pure evil!"

"Stop!" the Rider shouted again, to no avail.

"There's no such thing as pure evil! Why do you think they hate Humanity so much? It's because of people like Cardin, people like you, that force the White Fang to take such drastic measures!"

"Guys-!"

"People like me?"

"You're discriminatory!"

"Dammit..."

The constant yelling from them both prompted Kyle to take his own drastic measures. He should've known that angry people around his life wouldn't listen to a single word to anyone else but their own arguments. Attempting to stop them by simply shouting at them was clearly futile. Their arguing would just keeep dragging on and on. He had tried those attempts before in his earlier days, so it was no surprise for him. Only this time, he had thought a way of how to effectively stop the conflict, and the tool to do so. In hopes that it would work without escalating it, of course.

He drew his Ride Booker gun from his already-attached Decadriver, and shot the ground in between the conflicting Huntresses a couple of times.

This, of course, took them by surprise. They didn't expect gunshots from their friend would broke them out. Kyle himself admitted that he hadn't been good at his own voice to stop a conflict, let alone having a glooming voice of a conqueror. He never liked yelling to no end, either. So, he did what he thought best; by a bit of a brute force.

He never thought of doing it at the first time he thought of it. However, the situation demanded for him to do so. He may not be an anti-riot army, but at least he could do his best to prevent the conflict from escalating.

"Do I have your attention?" he growled.

"Wh-what in the actual hell, Kyle!?" Weiss furiously barked.

"Did you just tried to shoot us!?" Blake angrily followed.

It was about time for him to use his mouth, finally. "I'm simply asking you both to cool your freakin' heads down, because in case you hadn't noticed, we had a visitor who is looking forward to our cooperation and sportivity in the Vytal Festival. Now, both of you, calm, down. Or I will calm you guys down myself!"

The emphasize on the word 'myself' caused the two Huntresses to gulp in fear. Kyle may not be barking his words, but he could still growl and deepen his authoritative, yet threatening voice for it. his face displayed a pure, strained rage and an utter frustration of not being able to hold down from shooting at them. He was clearly intimidating them to do what he said; just calm down.

Blake and Weiss may still retained their anger, but they could only stand without a word to voice out. Their sweats watered over their faces. They were clearly terrified. It was either effective, super effective, or perhaps... too much effective. He might even gave them quite a nightmare.

And as much as he hated to admit it, he had quoted to himself that sometimes, fear conquers over rage.

The Rider then backed down from his friends a few steps. He tried to calm himself down too. He took a deep sight while covering his remorseful face with his free left hand. He paused his actions so that he wouldn't pressure them any further. Yang was about to voice her own concerns, but she cancelled her plan and frowned. She was sure that Kyle would've understand his own erratic actions, and it probably would take a long talk, either.

"Unbelievable, Kyle. Un-friggin'-believable." Kyle quietly muttered in disappointment to his own rash actions.

After his frustration had been drowned by the silence, Kyle closed his eyes momentarily to calm down again and sheathed his weapon back. "Now, I want you both to think about your arguments calmly, and let's try do it as peaceful as possible."

This time, he had handled his speech better. his fellow Huntresses nodded in agreement, suppressing their anger towards each other in the process. Now that the roars of rage had been ceased, all he had to do is to sort things out.

"First things first, Weiss, why do you think you hate the White Fang so much?"

"I thought I said it clearly; They're terrorists. They hurt people. Liars, thieves, murderers, they're all the same." Weiss wryly talked.

"Then what about the entirity of Faunuses in this world? Does that make them all as deranged as you always described in each of your deragatories?"

"Well, I..."

"You see, I ,myself, am sure as hell not wanting to refer the whole Atlas citizens as a bunch of bigots, either. Though, I'm still wondering if you had ever learned of such term in your school, judging by your manners. Now, I'm not trying to side with Blake here, but at least we can sort this thing out together before it gets any worse. So, what would your true reason be?"

Kyle was right. a reason that shallow would prove her nothing than a bigot who knew nothing of what a Faunus is. the heiress dug her own bitter memories of what the White Fang had done to her life. In truth, there were much more of it.

"Because... I am a victim... of their own atrocities."

Weiss' voice was clearly being pushed out by her own will, similar to what she did to Kyle in the Mirror World. She had been keeping her own image of strong, independent girl that could stay true to her own beliefs. She hated being looked down by the others. She hated being the meek, helpless and weak one. However, she had to tone herself down if she was about to finish the conflict. It was the only way for everyone to come to a mutual understanding.

This revelation surprised Blake as she widened her eyes, along with the others behind them. They had never seen her like this.

"You want to know why I despise the White Fang? Why I don't particularly trust the Faunus?"

"Go on." Kyle nodded.

"It's because they've been at war with my family for years. War, as in actual bloodshed. My grandfather's company has had a target painted across its back for as long as I can remember. And ever since I was a child, I've watched family friends disappear; board members executed; an entire train car full of Dust, stolen. And every day, my father would come home, furious. And that made for a very difficult childhood."

---

Weiss' well of memories shifted back to the time when she was just a children, a beautiful, innocent one, of course. As the future heiress of the well-known Schnee family, her talents and passion in music were recognized by the other wealthy elitists of the Atlas Kingdom. Everything went well, until the White Fang struck their party and wreak havoc. For as much as she could remember, everything she told was all according to her very own point of view. She remembered hiding from the renegades inside a wardrobe, hearing the screams of the party attendants who were either fled or being slayed.

Once her vicinity was clear enough for her to walk out from the drawer, she hid herself and peeked from one of the balcony's pillars. There, she saw the White Fang forces surrounded the captured elitists, either they already had a family or not. Some of them pleaded to the White Fang to stop while being forced to confess their accusations towards the Faunus race. The captured elitists screamed in fear and agony as their wealthy, glamorous lives were about to come to an end. And true to what the heiress told, she saw them being gunned down right in front of her eyes. The corpses of the elitists were left lying down to the bloody grounds of the party.

She was small. She had yet to have any knowledge about fighting at the time, nor having the courage to fight back. She could only cover herself from place to place, all without being seen by the White Fang forces. Though she was small, again, her little survival instinct sparked for the first time. she held her tears back. Her heart was aching, beating as fast as her stepped out from one place to another. She could only cry, as no help was there yet for her to cry out to.

Until luckily for her, after the White Fang left, the Atlesian soldiers came to search for her. She was successfully rescued from the vicinity and escorted back to her home.

This process, sadly, was perpetual in some, if not most of her childhood. Though it happened in many different ways, the despair she felt was still the same. She could only ran and hide, or being escorted by the Atlesian soldiers to her Bullhead transport the they held the White Fang back. She could helplessly looked at their valiant efforts from the window and the poor citizens of Atlas being subjugated, saddened due to her inability to fight back.

As for her daily life in the Schnee manor... the frustration of her father would always haunt her. Until the day she decided to walk the path of a Huntress.

---

"I-I'm so sorry about it..." Blake said.

"And if this is the way we're going to settle things, I want to know why you're so keen on defending them, Blake. Now I ask you, how much do you know about the White Fang?" Weiss glaringly demanded.

"Like I said, I know the reason behind White Fang's actions. It's because as... poorly-treated Faunuses, they're-"

"Tired of always being pushed around. Am I right?"

The heroes were caught in surprise the the voice's answer. It was none other than Xiphon, the very archnemesis hailing from Dai-Shocker. The so-called dark prince descended from the rooftop he appeared from. Like the other Kaijins, whenever he appears, trouble always follows.

"Xiphon!" Blake growled.

"Back off, you freak!" Yang angrily shouted at him as she prepared her Ember Celica.

"Just when I think I could conduct a peaceful negotiation..." Kyle complainingly sighed.

"What do you want now, Xiphon!?" Weiss demanded.

"Truth to be told, I'm very excited to see where this whole... squabbling of yours is going to. However, I decided to step in so that I can offer you the most detailed explanation possible." Xiphon answered as he took out his sword.

"We don't need you for that!" Yang denied.

"Then why bother drawing your weapon?" Kyle calmly asked.

"A warrior's tradition, Kyle. I'm sure you know it, as well."

This means only one thing; he must fight. Xiphon himself wouldn't simply stand there just to wait for Kyle's approval. He could threaten anyone, endanger anyone, and jeopardize anyone. Of course, the heroes wouldn't ignore such thing.

Luckily for Kyle, he already had his Driver belt on. He just needed to draw a Kamen Ride card to get things started.

"Fine. You and me, mano-a-mano." Kyle said.

"Wait, you're fighting him alone?" Weiss asked.

"Yep, and I need you guys to stay put. Oh, and keep an eye for any Combatants and Grimms sighted." The Rider ordered.

"I believe there's no need for that. No Combatants. No Grimms. Just the two of us." Xiphon proposed.

"And I believe I shouldn't put much trust on that. By the way, the name's Decade-Kai, now. Kamen Rider Decade-Kai." he countered as he inserted his card to his Decadriver.

"Decade-Kai?" Blake and Weiss wondered about the name.

"Wonder what that means." Yang muttered.

"Oh?"

KAMEN RIDE :

"Henshin!"

RYUKI!

The two warriors charged towards each other, with Kyle changing into DK-Ryuki after the mirror shards on his armor exploded to reveal his active armor. Xiphon was unfazed by the said explosion. In response to Xiphon's sword slash, the Rider quickly drew his card to conjure the Drag Saber.

ATTACK RIDE : SWORD VENT!

Their weapons made a gruelling contact as sparks flew from the impact. Their attacks revolved around parrying and attacking. Even though their attacks met their respective targets, they were still unwilling to give in first. It all started with scratches around their armors as they sent out sparks upon the contact. Then, each of their hits grew much stronger, harder, swifter, and of course, more painful than any normal human could ever bear. It was thanks to their armors , skills, and durability that they were able to hold out longer.

As the battle had hit the stalemate, they resorted to fight with their most unorthodox tricks they could think of. Xiphon started it by grabbing the Drag Saber's tip, holding the pain from its heat and forcing his way to grab it away from the Rider and proceeded to fire his chest beam. DK-Ryuki took notice of this, and kicked Xiphon away just as he was about to fire it. as a result, a pillar of dark plasma beam appeared in the skies of Vale, which caught the attention of Ruby and Penny who happened to be not too far the location.

"Is that a Dust blast, Ruby?" Penny asked.

"I think I've got a good idea on what it is." she answered firmly.

"But a single, normal Dust blast wouldn't be that much powerful." Penny noted.

"Then it's an abnormal one. C'mon, Penny! We've gotta help our friends!"

"Don't worry, I am combat ready!" the Huntress firmed.

DK-Ryuki used the chance to stab Xiphon's chest while the latter was still lying, attempting to bring his chest beam down. Xiphon countered by kicking the Rider while he was still open to sudden attacks and got back on his feet. Knowing that the fight won't be much easier, DK-Ryuki switched to another form on his disposal.

"Try this on for size!"

FORM RIDE : KUUGA PEGASUS!

His armor was then engulfed by a gale of wind, which caused a green energy construct to appear on his chestplate, right upper arm, and left shoulder guard, whilst the rest of his armor changed its colors to mostly black with a bit of green and gold on the knee pads, bracelets, and anklets. His helmet also changed into Kuuga's. The green constructs then revealed itself to be new armor parts for the Rider.

The armor was mostly dark green. His chestplate was modeled after a faced-down arrow. A green, sharp spaulder was seen covering his left shoulder. His right shoulder guard might not sturdy enough, but his green armlet made up as its bulk. His visors also lit in bright green upon activation. DK-Kuuga had completed his transformation to his Pegasus Form.

Inside the helmet, the Rider could feel his concentration being heightened solely to his target, as if he was fully prepared of what moves would stroke him next. Just as it proved, DK-Kuuga was managed to block and dodge most of Xiphon's attacks. His reaction speed was dramatically increased. He even managed to grab Xiphon's sword for him to use against its wielder. After few strikes to the latter's chest plate, which sent sparks to his chest beam, DK-Kuuga kicked him away in the same spot to further injure the Dai-Shocker general.

Not only that, DK-Kuuga even favored his Ride Booker gun in his close-range attacks to inflict more damage to Xiphon. A point-blank shot-induced strikes was anough to put the latter at a disadvantage.

"Not so bad now, aren't you? Say, how is your theraphy after that day?" Xiphon asked.

"That's rich, coming from you." DK-Kuuga spat.

"Oh, I'm just making sure you're in your prime. Can't have much fun if you're being strained, yourself." He said.

"I'm not gonna fall to the same pit twice, Xiphon. That's how I... no, that's how we are gonna bring Dai-Shocker down!" DK-Kuuga declared.

"Impressive display of resolve, Decade-Kai. Now then, how about this!?"

A sudden jolt on DK-Kuuga's nerves kicked in. It told him about Xiphon's next treacherous move: a high-speed induced charging punch. The Rider, caught by suprise, could even narrowly dodged its sudden strike. He rolled out of the trajectory, only for him to dodge his next attack. His senses might had been heightened, but Xiphon's rapid strikes exhausted him to the point his dodges were rendered useless. He was first hit by a jab to his chin, added with a kick on his back and more strikes to the rest of his body.

"Kyle!" Yang cried out as the girls were ready to back him up.

"We're coming!" Ruby appeared along with Penny. The former had her Crescent Rose ready.

"Kyle is an armored Huntsman? That's sen-sational!" Penny exclaimed.

"Right!? he's so cool with his armor! Oh, and another one!" Ruby followed.

"Ruby! Penny!" Weiss called out.

"Not now, guys!" the Rider rejected their help, knowing that Xiphon would inflict further damage to them should they interfere.

"I won't miss this one, Rider!"

Xiphon charged up his fist with his own dark energy pulse. He was seemingly attempting to punch DK-Kuuga right in front of him when the latter was yet to be ready. The Rider did managed to avoid it. however, he soon realized that it was just Xiphon's own afterimage. He could still feel his enemy's presence, but it moved from place-to-place in a matter of seconds. Xiphon was speeding up to add more velocity to his finisher. Who knew where he would appear next?

"He... he's gone." Ruby said.

"I kinda doubt he'd run away just like that." Yang pointed out.

"Oh, he won't, Yang." DK-Kuuga replied.

"How are you going to respond to his next attack? Should I help?" Penny offered.

"It's fine, Penny. That's where my trusty bowgun comes in."

DK-Kuuga grabbed the said weapon from a green gale of wind, which appeared out of nowhere. The wind conjured the Pegasus Bowgun for the Rider to use. As it described, it was a mix of a black and gold long-barrelled gun with a golden bow attached vertically. There was a green arc with a golden trimming in the middlo of the bow, which connected to its golden arrow muzzle. A golden hammer was attached on the weapon's back.

Ruby's eyes gleamed over the Rider's newly-conjured weapon. The mixture of two long-ranged weapons surely caught her undivided interest. A soft "Whoa" was heard from the red reaper.

"Do you like weapons, Ruby?" Penny asked.

"Of course, Penny! It's the most essential, and coolest tool Huntresses like us could have!" Ruby exclaimed her answer.

"Now, I need you guys to stay quiet and let me concentrate." DK-Kuuga ordered, which the others complied to, with Ruby straightened her face and nodded for it. the Rider then took out his Final Attack Ride card.

FINAL ATTACK RIDE : KU-KU-KU-KUUGA!

He pulled the hammer of his weapon, causing it to empower itself with a strong gale of wind on the bowgun's arrow tip. The green arc lit itself up brightly. He had his weapon ready for Xiphon's next strike.

Thinking back, he had zero experience in handling real guns, let alone a sniper rifle. He had no instincts nor the patience most snipers had. Not even arcade games could make up for it. and yet, he was faced in this situation, where his life depended on it. it was almost like how he was when he first came to the World of Remnant. Either the horrors devoured him alive, or he survived. Perhaps, this was how snipers truly felt.

At first he aimed the bowgun to the direction where Xiphon left. He waited for roughly 10... or 15 seconds as his heart beated fast. The faster it became, the clearer Xiphon's presence came to be. The Rider gritted his teeth under his helmet and clenched his bowgun tightly. He had no time to think about his confidence in whether he could do it or not. Just as Xiphon had appeared on his right with a deadly finisher on his fingertips, time appeared to have slowed down for a moment. the heightened senses of DK-Kuuga Pegasus Form gave him a vision and precision that no one else had.

He had the time to react.

He had the momentum to counter-attack.

He had the chance to strike back.

And he was sure as hell won't miss it.

"There you are!"

DK-Kuuga quickly aimed at the direction where Xiphon came in. He let the hammer go to fire his Pegasus Bowgun. It sent off a powerful blast that even caused the Dai-Shocker general himself to trip off from his tracks. A small explosion accompanied Xiphon's defeat as the Rider kept his composure as solid as a mountain. The former finally hit the ground, failing to execute his own finisher.

Due to the excessive amount of adrenaline he had, and the overstimulation of his senses just for the momentum, DK-Kuuga was also bent to his own knees. He was panting heavily at the cost of his victory.

"Whooo! How's that for fast, Xiphon!?" D-Kuuga boasted. The villain simply groaned from the pain he had just received.

"Decade, are you still good?" Weiss asked as she and Ruby helped the Rider up.

"C'mon, let's get you back up." Ruby said.

"Thanks, guys. Yeah, this is one helluvan armor I'm wearing, now." D-Kuuga replied.

"You have such an impressive performance, Kyle! I'm glad to get to know a Huntsman like you!" Penny congratulated.

"Thanks for the vote for flattery, Penny. You see, I'm not just an ordinary Huntsman. I'm called as a Kamen Rider, designation: Decade-Kai."

"Kamen Rider Decade-Kai. Your valiant deeds will always be remembered." Penny spelled the name, and the Rider nodded in acceptance.

"What's with the 'Kai' word, anyway?" Ruby asked.

"It means like 'Decade-Custom', as in codename for a modified version of the original Decade." DK-Kuuga explained.

"Nice!" Ruby complimented by giving him a shiniy thumbs up. The Rider returned it with a smile under his helmet.

"Hehehe... wow, that was, urgh... spectacular, I must say." Xiphon chuckled as he writhed on his own. He looked up only to see the two of the heroes pointing their weapons at him.

"Stand down, Xiphon. You lost. Lay down your weapon." Blake ordered.

"You better not make this harder for yourself." Yang growled.

"Harder? Oh, I doubt it would be. But not for you." Xiphon obliviously muttered.

"Huh?"

The Dai-Shocker general threw out 5 silver discs from his right gauntlet. The discs seemed to have no effect at first, until it emitted a loud ultrasonic noise that disoriented the heroes to their knees. They held their ears in pain, unable to move away from the emition radius. DK-Kuuga had it the worst. He screamed in agony as the noises drilled his ears violently. He felt that his pain was much more than his comrades could imagine. Even thinking with a clear mind was a very hard time for the Rider.

"Penny... how...!?"

Until he saw Penny, who was surprisingly unaffected by the noise. She was still able to stand, but she clearly showed a concern for the heroes. She looked rather unsure of what to do; either to locate Xiphon, who was nowhere to be found once again, or to save her newfound friends. As the crisis escalated, an idea had stuck to the Rider's mind. He detached his Ride Booker from his belt, switched it to gun mode, and threw it to Penny.

"Kyle!"

"Penny... gun...! Use it!"

Understanding what the Rider meant, the ginger Huntress used the gun to destroy the ultrasonic emitters, in which she did in quick succession and precission. She only needed one shot for each to finish her job. the painful noises had finally stopped, and the heroes could breathe easily.

"Nice shot, Penny." DK-Kuuga complimented with a thumb up, which the girl returned with a joyful nod. The Rider then opened his helmet.

"Is everyone okay?" Ruby asked the others.

"Worst. Experience. Ever." Weiss denoted.

"Blake? Blake, you okay!?" Yang cried out to her friend, which was the last one to get up, possibly due to the amount of pain she had.

"I... I'm okay. It's alri-!"

The Kunoichi suddenly felt a gush of wind rushing from her right. she also had a strange feeling on her head as if something had just been taken away from her. She slowly checked on it, to find out something... horrible, happened to her.

Her bow was gone.

Her black cat ears were exposed.

It was at this moment that Blake's identity as a Faunus was exposed to the public.

However, the horrors didn't just end like that. Especially, if it was Xiphon they were facing against.

"B-Blake, you... so, after all this time... you're a..." the bewilderment went from Weiss...

"A-are those... cat ears...?" to Yang...

"Blake is a Faunus!?" to Ruby...

"Oh my." And Penny.

"Oh no." Kyle sorrowfully muttered.

"To think that a Faunus like you would roam around this city, even attend a Huntsman academy at best... you had a really nice bow to cover your true self, Blake Belladonna."

The heroes glared at Xiphon, who was standing behind the frightful Blake. On his right hand was Blake's very own black bow. He had forcefully untie it to reveal the Huntress' Faunus trait. It seems that Kyle's attempt to keep his friend's Faunus heritage secret was proven futile at the hands of their own archenemy, and Xiphon still had his own ways to further ashame his target.

"Dammit! What the hell do you want!?" Kyle roared angrily.

"Since you've managed to give me quite an entertainment, and since our big players have gathered here, I'm gonna give you all a new hint! And just so you all know, I've been waiting for this perfect opportunity!" Xiphon presented.

"What!?"

"Blake Belladonna isn't the girl... no, average Huntress you've always known. Her cat ears are just the icing on the cake. If you have a good pair of eyes yourselves, you'd notice something... extraordinary from her."

"Blake's skills and experience would never be obtained just by learning from a Novice Huntsman Academy. She came from something more; a place where her spark was lit up for the Faunuskind's liberation. She would resort to anything in order to fulfill it, even if she must spill the bloods of innocents and join your ranks without even revealing her own past! The most violent organization, whose ambition is the power over humankind!"

"Don't tell me..." Kyle muttered.

"I-it can't be... I can't believe it..." Weiss horrified by the truth.

"No! Please, stop!" Blake cried out, to no avail.

"Yes! Blake Belladonna is the member of White Fang!"

The revelation struck everyone present on the scene like a thunder. For the heroes, all this time, Blake had never bothered to tell more details of her own past herself. She was mostly seen either quiet, or reading her books. The girl was considered to be one of the most skillful students of Beacon. who knew someone like her would hid such a deep secret. The only thing about herself that she had ever revealed was her Faunus heritage to Kyle Morgan only. And for Xiphon who forcefully revealed her secrets, it must be reasonable that Dai-Shocker had somehow gained the White Fang's assistance. It must be from there that Xiphon had his own hands on such priceful information.

"Now... what are you going to do about it?"

"Wait!"

The Rider could only watch the villain escape, and shifted to Blake's frightful expression. Tears came down from her eyes, showing that she didn't handle the shock very well. She was breathing heavily in fear, knowing that her dark secrets had finally been revealed, and that her friends might abandon her for that. She couldn't find any words to express her guilt. Fear had fully eluded her mind.

"I... I..."

"Blake..." Kyle softly muttered her friend's name.

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(A/N)

Hey, guys! RWBY : DCD's hype train had reached its 17th stop! And well, it had been more than just a hype train!

I gotta admit, this has been a fun chapter for me to plan and write out! Not that I'm saying I love to ruin our beloved heroes' lives *sob*. Anyways, yes, it had been a heck of a story.

First, Kyle was still healing from his traumatic experience from blindly tempted by Xiphon's tactics without even knowing that saving her would mean taking her own life away. He had to make sure that he wouldn't do the same mistake again, despite the fact that it was the enemy's influence. Also about his actions on stopping Weiss and Blake from further arguing... well, call it erratic or a questionable act, if you may. As I stated above, he had a rather poor experience when it comes to shove. His speech might be good for resorting through problems, but he was also annoyed by the fact that angry people won't listen to anything else other then their escalating arguments. That's why Kyle needs to have their attention forcefully shift into: third-party violence. Ugh, what the hell am I saying? I can only assure you that he, himself is also aware of this.

And then, our dear heiress, Weiss Schnee. Judging from the story she told for her reason of hating the White Fang, I decided to put more depths to it. I'm trying to depict how desperate she was to survive the attack and overcame her trauma as she grew up. I think that would make her hatred and bias towards the Faunus and White Fang more reasonable, other than the fact she even had no Faunus friend, to begin with. I certainly hope it's much to you, readers' satisfactory.

Lastly, Blake Belladonna's revelation. I figured that if Kyle had managed to calm the conflicting Huntresses down, Blake wouldn't slip his tongue to reveal her true identity. That is, until Xiphon came in. So, it's safe to say that Xiphon is the perfect man to ruin someone's day in a blink of an eye. After all, he's cunning enough to do it *evil grin and dark chuckle*.

The horrors of Blake's revelation had finally came true! How will our heroes deal with it? has Blake truly been spying on them? Has Xiphon's plan to divide his enemies come to fruition? Stay tune for more chapters!

And as always, please leave your comments below and remember, BE CONSTRUCTIVE.

Until next time.