Hello everyone, Blueheartz here and welcome back to another Chapter of Rabbit! Rose! BEST MATCH! I am honestly amazed at the positive reception this story has quickly received and I'm glad. Kamen Rider Build was the defining Kamen Rider series, other than Ex-Aid, that got me into Kamen Rider and I am determined to do it justice in this crossover. But I'm sure you are all here for the chapter so first let's get to the reviews.
(merlindante): ...All Ima say, you're not right but you aren't wrong either.
(merendinoemiliano): Thank you! I do try my best.
(DCDGojira): Hmmm. Ima need those ten bucks bud. But in all seriousness, no comment on Weiss being turned into a Smash yet.
(TheOkWriter): That's perfectly fine. I didn't expect everyone to be on board with this switch. To each their own opinion.
Now with all that said and done, on with the chapter!
Chapter 3: Dragon's Love/Tearful Goodbye
Sento: In the city of Vale, home to genius physicist Sento Kiryu, mysterious monsters sow discord among the citizens making them magnets for Grimm. But they may fear no longer, for their hero, the Kamen Rider, has arrived!
Ryuga: Hero? You? You are an amnesiac old man who is playing babysitter.
Ruby: Hey, we can hold our own against the Smash!
Yang: And in case you forgot, we aren't the fugitives here! Sento is joined by Huntresses in training, the cute Ruby Rose, and badass Yang Xiao Long. And in case you haven't heard him already, this is Ryuga Banjo, the escaped convict and murderer.
Ryuga: Hey, I ain't none of those things!
Sento: In my infinite kindness, I took pity on his crying and begging and decided to save him.
Ruby: Even though this turned all of Vale against him, this brought us one step closer to bringing down the masked men from our dreams. What will happen next? Find out now in Chapter 3-
Ryuga: I wasn't crying!
Yang: That was a really obvious lie dude.
Sento: And that rebuttal took way too long.
"Hey hey hey hey!" Soichi beckoned over to Sento, Ruby, and Yang "Do you 3 realize what a mess you've all made?!" He loudly whispered
"Mess? What did we do?" Yang asked
"Oh I dunno, maybe you haven't noticed the giant elephant in the room in here!" Soichi pointed to said elephant, Ryuga Banjo who was currently staring at a giant board filled with numerous equations.
"You guys say something?" Ryuga looked back at them.
"It's nothing don't worry about it!" Ruby sheepishly waved. Ryuga shrugged and went back to looking at the board...even though he had no idea what the hell he was even looking at.
Sento lightly groaned and massaged his forehead in preparation for the incoming headache. "Look Owner, we didn't have a choice. If I handed him over he would've gone straight back into prison"
"And right into the hands of those scientists," Ruby added
"Scientists?" Soichi said
Soichi, Sento, Ruby, and Yang all popped their heads out of the corner to look at Ryuga. "Yeah, apparently the same scientists that got to Ruby and Sento had their hands on him too," Yang explained further.
"But wait. If they had done anything to you two, then all 3 of you would've become monsters." Soichi pondered. "And unlike you two he hasn't lost his memory. If he has his memory, then he must know where their base is!"
"He doesn't remember the place." Yang bluntly shot down the idea. "Not that I blame him. I honestly wouldn't want to remember being experimented on."
"Maybe there's another way to trigger Banjo's memory?" Ruby suggested. "Like trying to uncover how he ended up there to start with?"
"That could work." Sento put his hand to his chin. "If we can unravel the murder Banjo was caught up in, it might lead us to the bat man and his organization."
"Perfect. So now we have a start. So let's-Hey!" Yang rushed over and pulled her sunglasses off of Ryuga's face. "No touching the sunglasses!"
"Jeez, my bad." Ryuga raised his arms placatingly. "Why the hell were you just leaving them around anyway?"
"I left this place in a hurry and forgot to grab them, leave me alone." Yang huffed.
"That's kinda stu-" Sento bonked him on the head before he said something he would regret. He got a small witness of Yang's anger and he did not want that being unleashed on his lab.
"Learn to shut up when it's needed, idiot. For now, tell us your story." Sento said
"Tell you what exactly?"
"Everything."
"Fine." Ryuga sat back and crossed his arms. Thinking back to Episode 1 of his life. "I was born in a maternity hospital in the city of Mistral. I was a healthy 3203 kilo-" The trip down memory lane was soon derailed by Sento bonking Ryuga on the head again. "Ow! What was that for?!"
"When I said tell us everything I didn't literally mean everything!" Sento said. "Figure it out from context you idiot."
"Idiot?" Ryuga grabbed Sento's shoulders and started shaking him. "And who are you calling an idiot huh?!"
"Guys guys stop fighting!" Ruby tried pulling the two of them apart, which Sento assisted by pulling Ryuga's arms off of him. Soichi groaned and went to sit outside, the idiocy was giving him a headache already. And Yang wasn't far behind as she facepalmed and groaned.
"Look Banjo, buddy. Don't focus on the little details. Just tell us how you were thrown in prison." Yang said
"Ohhhhhh," Ryuga said in understanding to which Yang nearly facepalmed again. "Well, I was introduced to a scientist for a job. When I went to his place, he was already dead. Then the cops showed up-"
"OBJECTION!"
Sento pointed to Soichi. "Yes, Owner!"
"That's a bit too convenient, the cops showing up to the scene just as you get there," Soichi said
"Well was there anyone else there that could've called the cops on you?" Yang asked
"No. Last I remember it was just me and the scientist there. I didn't see anyone else!" Ryuga said, slowly getting frustrated. "Look I'm not lying about this shi-"
A loud DING! soon interrupted Ryuga sending him, and Ruby, into a high-pitched shriek in surprise. Yang nearly bowled over laughing from seeing Ryuga being surprised by the machine.
"I don't think I'll ever get used to that..." Ruby cried out with Yang patting her head reassuringly.
"Oooooh!" Sento enthusiastically jumped to the machine and grabbed the newest Fullbottle. "Oh, so this one is Gorilla!"
The machine door opened and out came one Penny Polendina once more. "Congratulations on the newest Fullbottle Sento. It is my pleasure to continue assisting you."
"Who the heck is that?!" Ryuga pointed at Penny. Penny directed her gaze at Ryuga looking him up and down as if she were scanning him. "Ryuga Banjo. Age 23. Mistralian. A former MMA fighter who gained renown in Mistral for throwing fights-"
"Stop analyzing me that is creepy!" Ryuga interrupted, crossing his arms over himself in slight terror, making Penny stop before walking over to sit down on the couch. "What is with her..."
"Where did she get all that information on him from anyway?" Yang thought aloud.
"She's got a really great memory and Owner pulled up the information on him beforehand, don't worry about it" Yang couldn't help but frown a bit at how quick Sento was to deflect her concern. But Sento continued before she could question it. "Now then, if both the murder and his jailbreak were set up, there must be a common factor between them. We'll have to investigate that."
"Do we know where to start?" Ruby asked
Sento raised his hand to answer but stopped when he realized he didn't have an answer.
"So that's a no then." Yang bluntly remarked.
"Then allow me to offer some assistance."
All heads soon shot up in the direction of the stairs, as a pale woman clad in black heels, navy pants, a purple dress shirt under a black suit jacket, pale white hair, and gold-brownish eyes walked down to meet up with them. The familiar face of one Lisa Lavender. "So, you are Vale's famous vigilante. It's a pleasure to finally meet you in person"
"WHO THE HECK ARE YOU?!" Ryuga yelled
"That's the second time he's yelled that now." Penny happily recounted
"Though this time we're all sharing that sentiment," Sento said in shock. "So to repeat, in a much nicer way than that idiot "OI!", who are you exactly?"
"Better question, how did she even get here?" Yang said
"One of you had left that strange refrigerator door open," Lisa said in a matter-of-fact tone.
Sento immediately drew his eyes to the likely culprit. "Owner..."
"It wasn't me!" Soichi immediately denied it. "I made sure it was closed. Ruby and Yang were the last ones in!" All eyes turned to the two sisters and Yang immediately raised her hands in defense. "Wasn't me"
"...Ruby?" Sento crossed his arms, seeing that Ruby looked sheepish and nervously sweating. "Ruby..." He repeated in a scolding tone
"Sorry, Sento." Ruby put her hands together in apology.
Lisa ignored their little scolding session and instead walked further into the basement. "So this is the Kamen Rider's base. Never imagined I'd be here."
"Woah woah woah hold up." Yang stopped her from walking any further. "Banjo's a bit new to this and I'm sure we've all kept a tight lip on our little secret. So how did you know about that?"
"Because I was there. When you became a Smash." Sento, Ruby, and Yang's eyes widened in surprise. "I was a witness to the entire thing."
"Oh," Yang frowned, unsure how to feel about that. She still had unpleasant memories of her time as a Smash, especially knowing that she had put Ruby in danger from her rampage. Knowing she had some witnesses did not improve those memories.
"Speaking of that, are you alright? Any adverse effects from that transformation?" Lisa asked with slight concern
"No...at least not that I think of. Pretty sure I'm fine." Yang responded, caught off guard by the concern. Lisa seemed to accept that answer, even though it looked like she had more questions in mind.
Sensing the increasingly awkward atmosphere, Ruby decided to ask another important question. "Well then, how did you find this place? Me and Yang made sure that we weren't followed."
Lisa responded by pulling out a simple matchbook. "Our Kamen Rider friend here dropped this."
"Wait what?!" Sento grabbed the matchbook in shock. "Why did I even have this?!"
"Yeah, that's my bad," Now it was Soichi's turn to look sheepish. "I gave you one in hopes that you would advertise Cafe Nascita."
"Oh come on Owner!"
"I'm sorry!" Now it was Soichi's turn to put his hands together in apology.
"You have no reason to worry. Your secret is safe with me." Lisa said. "On one condition."
'No reason to worry huh?' Yang thought with a frown.
"That condition being?" Sento raised an eyebrow.
"You let me cover the Kamen Rider for a freelance article," Lisa said simply.
"So you instantly resort to blackmail?" Yang crossed her arms in slight anger.
"Hey, you use what you need to get what you can get. I'm at a critical point here. The network is tired of the constant Smash stories and they want something new. The Kamen Rider is a perfect source of juicy info that I can exploit." Lisa stated smugly before turning a side-eye to Yang. "Unless you want the Kamen Rider's identity to be revealed and to have you two outed as his collaborators. I highly doubt that would look good on your records and at such a young age too."
'This bitch!' Yang thought in anger with her eyes flashing red, even Ruby frowned in displeasure.
"Fine." Soichi agreed, shocking everyone.
"Old man it's not fine!" Yang yelled.
"It can't be helped! We've been caught red-handed here. The only thing we can do now is roll with the punches. But we have a condition of our own." Soichi said.
"Sure. Name it." Lisa took out a notepad to write.
"No revealing our identities. At all. I doubt you'd want the destruction of two youthful careers on your conscious." Soichi stated.
"Are you guilt-tripping me?" Lisa raised an eyebrow in amusement and smirked when Soichi didn't answer. "How refreshingly shameless. Don't worry I have no intention of doing such a thing. I believe this choice can mutually benefit us all. Don't you agree?" She asked Sento who was leaning on the far end of the wall holding his head in annoyance. When Lisa turned to address him, Sento only had one thing to say about the situation currently.
"This sucks."
"Are you guys sure this is necessary?"
"Yeah! What the hell is this for?!"
Ruby and Ryuga were currently commenting on Ryuga's current state as Sento and Yang had chained him down to a nearby frame pillar.
"Can't. Still don't exactly trust you dude." Yang said sitting on a nearby stool.
"Plus it won't be for long. It's only until I come back from my job. Until then, you've got Ruby, Yang, and Penny watching over you, and on the plus side they'll educate you more about the Fullbottles and the Smash." Sento said as he put on his brown coat. "I figured you'd understand it quicker if you had someone else, who also took quite a bit of time to understand it, explain it for you."
"Hey!" Yang immediately knew he was referring to her and stuck her tongue out at him. "Jerk!"
"Least I ain't dumb!" Sento bolted up the stairs when Yang chucked an empty Fullbottle at him. "See you guys in a bit!"
"God he annoys me." Yang rolled her eyes amused as Ruby couldn't help but giggle at their antics.
"Well, you heard him, gang! Class is now in session!" Ruby declared as she put on a pair of glasses. Penny popped out of her room, also wearing a pair of glasses, and dragged a blackboard over to Ruby's position.
Only an object drop could be heard as Ryuga took in the scene before him with a confused head tilt. "...What the heck is happening?"
"The only class we are ever going to enjoy teaching," Yang smirked as Ruby held out some glasses for her to grab without even looking.
"...Where did you guys get those glasses?"
"Penny! Ruby! Yang! Why am I missing 3 of my glasses?!" Soichi had called out from upstairs, prompting all 3 girls to stiffen nervously. Ryuga stared at them unimpressed as they all collectively sweatdropped
"Don't worry about it." was Ruby's quick answer before focusing back on the board, which had a ton of notes that Ryuga couldn't read from down at his place chained to the pillar. "Alright, introductory question, how are we able to defeat the Smash?" Ruby pointed out, using a ruler as a teaching stick.
"Uhhhh..." Ryuga's brain was already blanking. He hated school as is and this was not helping. "You...kick their asses until they stop moving?"
"Well...your right but you're also wrong." Yang said with an arm motion of "so and so" with Ruby nodding in agreement. '
"Indeed. The Smash must be defeated but the element corrupting them must also be removed." Penny explained making Ryuga "Ohh" in understanding.
"So beat the crap out of them and then remove the element. Got it." Ryuga summarized
"Then with the element extracted, I am eligible to purify it in the Conversion device so that Sento can use it as a Power-up item" Penny finished with sparkles all around her as Ruby blanched in shock. "Friend Ruby?" Penny tilted her head in confusion when Ruby's expression turned sullen. "Is something wrong?"
"She ruined my teaching bit..." Ruby cried as Yang sympathetically patted her shoulder. Ryuga, however, wasn't paying attention to that and instead found himself staring down at a certain item of interest. Ruby's scroll! She must've dropped it in her excitement. If he could grab it, he could call her to see if she's okay!
"Oh really?" Ryuga tried taunting, catching Yang, Ruby, and Penny's attention as he pointed his foot up at the orange-haired girl. "I don't believe you. Prove it and make one right now. Or are you just lying?"
"No, I am telling the truth. I have no logical reason to lie to you as you have not been understanding Sento's explanations for the past 5 hours." Penny answered so honestly that Ryuga did a double-take. He was not expecting that response to his taunting.
"Plus, we're dealing with monsters formed from creepy gas and a girl capable of purifying that stuff is what's unbelievable to you?" Yang honestly still didn't understand how Penny was able to purify the Smash elements but she found it hard to believe that Ryuga found that as the most unbelievable thing he heard.
"Oh please. Proof or it didn't happen." Ryuga tried again trying to direct their attention away from Ruby's scroll on the floor
"You saw her walk out of the machine after Sento grabbed the new Fullbottle, how is that not proof?"
"That doesn't prove anything. That was too much of a coincidence!"
"That doesn't make any sense-"
"Banjo." Ruby's voice stopped them as Ryuga realized she caught where he was looking as she bent down to grab her scroll off the floor. She hadn't even realized she dropped it until she noticed him staring at it. "Why were you staring at my scroll?"
Ryuga stopped talking and looked away. His eyes refused to make contact with the 3 girls as he curled in on himself, not wanting to answer them. Ruby frowned at seeing Ryuga hide away in himself until Yang spoke up again.
"You mentioned having someone to return to...did you want to contact her?" Yang asked for confirmation and though Ryuga didn't verbally respond, he did nod his head in yes.
"Why didn't you just ask?" Ruby said, slightly saddened.
"Well seeing as you guys chained me up even though I wasn't gonna do anything," Ryuga grumbled and Ruby couldn't help but frown in guilt.
"You haven't given us an exact reason to trust you Ryuga. You are still a wanted criminal." Yang crossed her arms. While it was understandable that Ryuga didn't exactly trust them to just ask if he could call his girlfriend, at the same time he wasn't exactly giving them reasons to trust them.
"Not willingly!" Ryuga snapped. "I never asked to be caught up in all of this crap. It's those scientist bastards, they're the ones that did all of this to me!"
Yang wanted to say something in offense but couldn't find any arguments against that. Penny stood in the midst of them, unsure of what to do as an awkward silence took hold until Ruby walked up and crouched down next to Ryuga.
"What's her name?" Ruby asked softly.
"...Kasumi Ogura."
Ruby then opened up her scroll and opened the call app. "Tell me her number."
"Ruby are you sure-"
"Yang please." Ruby interrupted her, Yang's doubt and uncertainty softening at Ruby's pleading look. "He's been locked up and experimented on for who knows how long. He should know if she's ok."
"Yeah but...ok fine." Yang finally relented, sitting down on a stool with a frustrated huff. Satisfied, Ruby turned back to Ryuga who, with some hesitance at first, told her Kasumi's phone number. As she was tapping it into her scroll, "...Hey" Ruby popped her face up from the scroll's screen when Ryuga spoke up. "Thanks..."
Ruby was slightly surprised but was quick to respond with an earnest smile. "You're welcome." The scroll dialed a bit before the call was answered. Seeing she answered it, Ruby placed her scroll up to Ryuga's grateful ear. "Kasumi? Kasumi it's me!"
However, what was heard next was the exact opposite of what he wanted to hear.
"RYUGA! RYUGA PLEASE HELP ME!"
"Kasumi?!" Ryuga yelled out, startling Ruby and Yang at how panicked he looked. "Kasumi what's wrong?! What's going on?!"
"Ryuga Banjo" A modulated and garbled voice spoke up from the other side. Ryuga could just hear how malicious it sounded but it weirdly also sounded familiar.
"Who are you?!" Ryuga yelled out
"It doesn't matter who I am. What matters is my generosity, I am allowing you to see her again" The garbled voice spoke sinisterly before promptly ending the call.
"Kasumi? Kasumi?!" When he didn't get an answer, Ryuga shook with fury, straining the chains on him and freaking Ruby and Yang out.
"Banjo calm down please!"
"Dude what's gotten into you?!"
"THOSE BASTARDS HAVE KASUMI!" Ryuga roared out, silencing Ruby and Yang and shocking them further by breaking out of his chains with nothing but pure strength.
"Banjo wait!" Ruby tried to speak up but Ryuga wasn't having it. Ignoring her, he grabbed his jacket and a few Fullbottles before moving toward the exit.
"Seriously man just take a second!" Yang grabbed his arm.
"No! You guys are not stopping me!" Ryuga wrenched his arm away from her until Ruby grabbed his other arm.
"We're not trying to stop you, we're going to help you!" Ryuga paused in his fury-driven stride and looked down at Ruby.
"No way. Not a chance. I'm not putting you guys in danger from this. This is my choice and my responsibility." Ryuga shot down the idea, making Yang frown at him.
"What you think we can't handle ourselves?" Yang accused, crossing her arms.
"I'm not going to needlessly throw you guys into danger because of my problems!" Ryuga argued back but Ruby wasn't having it.
"But we can help you Banjo, you don't have to do this alone. I can't just leave Kasumi in trouble knowing I can help do something about it," Ruby said resolutely. Ryuga was a bit surprised at how earnest and determined she was being. Wordlessly, he turned to Yang and she shrugged.
"I still don't trust you if I'm being completely honest...but I can understand your feelings. If that was Ruby on the line, I would be freaking out too." Yang admitted with a sullen frown before it turned into a small smirk. "Besides, it wouldn't hurt to have some extra help against these guys that took your girl right?"
Ryuga had to find his words a bit, caught off guard at how they were genuinely trying to help him. But he soon, albeit reluctantly, nodded and rushed up the stairs.
"We'll be right back Penny!" Ruby called out as she and Yang rushed after him. Stepping away from the board, Penny looked in the direction they left. She was conflicted. On one hand, she trusted Ruby and Yang enough to keep themselves and Ryuga Banjo out of trouble. But at the same time, Ryuga wasn't supposed to leave the cafe while he was a wanted criminal. So to ensure their collective safety, Penny made the logical choice.
"The Kamen Rider is now wanted by the police."
This was what Gentoku Himuro declared as he and several Vale Institute employees were watching the latest news report on the Kamen Rider's actions the following day.
Catching this declaration as he was walking by, Sento stopped in his tracks and turned to the report they were all watching.
"Yesterday, the Kamen Rider was declared a wanted criminal by the Vale Government. A special forces division searching for him encountered and engaged the Kamen Rider today. He then fled the scene and his whereabouts are currently unknown"
"Don't think you can make an enemy of the government and escape." Gentoku scowled. Sento narrowed his eyes at him but their immersion was broken by the sound of Sento's sudden ringtone.
"Sorry!" Sento quickly apologized as Gentoku's attention was drawn to him. After quickly stepping off to the side, he answered "What?"
"I apologize Sento but this is important. It's Ryuga Banjo, he's left the cafe after Ruby allowed him to call a loved one of his. Ruby and Yang followed him so please track them down from their scrolls to ensure their safety."
As they called each other, Ruby, Yang, and Ryuga rode down the street as fast as they could on their bikes. Thankfully, Ryuga was wearing a helmet so he just looked like a normal biker to other pedestrians. But while Yang and Ruby talked amongst each other on Bumblebee, Ryuga found himself lost in thought. He was infuriated that his girlfriend was getting used as a lab experiment like what they did to him.
No matter what it may be, life always seemed to kick him down just like it did with her...
"R-Ryuga...Oh, Brothers..." A young Snake Faunus said, completely speechless at the sight in front of her. Standing a few feet away from her and Ryuga was a large cherry blossom tree that was practically sparkling in the sunlight.
"It was really hard to find a place like this outside of Mistral, one that wasn't infested with Grimm" Ryuga admitted as he gently took her hand, leading her over to the tree. They had sat down for a little picnic, to celebrate Kasumi's 23rd birthday. "Well, Kasumi? What do you think?"
Kasumi turned to him, completely misty-eyed as she gazed at him lovingly. "I love it..." She said that but Ryuga could strangely sense a "but" as she stopped to wipe her tears. "But...when did you have time for an outing like this?" Ryuga slowly turned away as he didn't wish to answer that. "Ryuga...did you get banned from fighting for me? I understand that it's getting harder to pay for my surgery but you didn't have to throw that match for me." Kasumi raised her hand and caressed his bandaged cheek, her snake-like tongue flickering back and forth.
Ryuga internally scowled at the reminder. Due to the discrimination against Faunus, it was getting harder and harder to find people who would willingly treat Kasumi's illness. And it sickened him, the fact that they wouldn't treat her just because she was "different" than everyone else. But by now, Ryuga found out that this was a topic she did not like hearing about nor did she like seeing him upset. So when her hand caressed his cheek, he played it off with a smile and gently took her hand in his. "Don't be ridiculous!" However, his playful smile stalled when he took a closer look at her hand. 'She's lost weight...'
"But..." Kasumi looked down, her words getting caught in her throat as Ryuga looked on in slight concern. "I saw you...looking for jobs last night"
Ryuga slightly frowned, remembering how frustrated he was that night since he couldn't find a single job that would accept him after he got banned from fighting.
"I'm sorry..."
That snapped Ryuga out of his musing as he looked at her in confusion. "What are you talking about?"
"You've gone through so much trouble for me...I can't be worth it..." Kasumi's gaze turned to her hands which soon found themselves in Ryuga's as he gazed right into her golden orbs.
"Kasumi. Listen to me. You will never not be worth the trouble." Ryuga spoke softly but devotedly. "For you, I'd do anything...do you remember that time back in school, when people were making fun of your eyes?"
"You ended up kicking one of them in the jewels." Kasumi chuckled slightly
"Mhm." Ryuga nodded proudly. "He sounded like he inhaled helium for about a week." The two of them shared a much-needed laugh as Kasumi began to tear up. Ryuga pulled her into a gentle yet firm hug as he rested her head on his shoulder. "I don't care what it is Kasumi. If it's for you, it's never not worth it." He allowed some silence to fall on as Kasumi softly cried into his shoulder.
"If it helps, I think I found a job that could help you?" Kasumi's voice had a slight shake after crying for a bit but her hands had tightened over his hold in appreciation for his words. "There's a scientist named Takumi Katsuragi who's looking for an assistant...maybe tomorrow you could go and see him?"
Ryuga thought about it. This could be the chance to get their lives together without having to resort to further sacrifices. And then, Ryuga could finally settle the money problems regarding Kasumi's surgery! With his mind now set, Ryuga smiled and wrapped an arm around Kasumi, planting a soft kiss on her head. "Thanks, Kasumi. I promise for your next birthday, we'll be back under the cherry blossoms. No strings attached."
The next week, Ryuga left home earlier than usual, arriving at exactly 8:00 to apply for Takumi's job offer.
"This should be his apartment" Ryuga noted, as he knocked on the door but the door slightly creaked open from the force. 'It's open?' He thought in surprise. Slowly, he pushed the door open and stepped inside. "Mr. Katsuragi? I'm here to apply for that job?" Ryuga looked around the seemingly empty room before he froze in his slow stride.
There lying on the ground was a man in a pool of blood, with a knife plunged into his back. Before Ryuga could process what was happening, a group of police officers barged into the room, pointing their guns at him.
"Ryuga Banjo, you are under arrest for the murder of Takumi Katsuragi!"
To think his life completely changed like that all in the span of a few minutes. 'Her birthday is coming up soon...we'll see the cherry blossoms again. I'll make sure of it.'
"Uh, Banjo?" Ryuga was brought out of his thoughts when Yang called for him, both she and Ruby wide-eyed. "We've got company!"
Ryuga leaned forward and gasped at the small troop of Guardians driving straight toward them, more specifically him. "Ryuga Banjo located. Commencing capture."
"You two go! I'll drive them away!" Before any arguments could be made, Ryuga accelerated and made a sharp turn to the left, forcing himself to take the long way around as he drove down a hill, with the Guardians giving chase.
On the other side of the small area, Yang quickly hit the brakes and made a U-turn. "Crap...we can't be seen actively destroying Guardians or we'll be criminals too"
While still holding onto Yang, Ruby reached around and grabbed Crescent Rose in its Sniper Mode off of her back. "But that doesn't mean we can't support him from a distance." She said with a determined smile.
Yang looked back in surprise before said surprise turned into pride at her little sister. "Ruby." She activated Ember Celica on her wrists. "I like the way you think!" Revving the engine, Yang put the pedal to the metal as the sisters raced to assist Ryuga.
Meanwhile, Ryuga had been busy trying to lead the Guardians in circles around the area to lose them. U-turns, diving through numerous factories, and nothing was working!
'Do these things ever run out of battery!' Ryuga thought in a panic as he raced through his fourth factory in an attempt to shake them off. But this time, the Guardians were ready as two without their bikes moved in front of him to block off his exit. Soon enough, he was surrounded and forced off his bike, dodging a swing from a Guardian's rifle as he landed a solid punch to its midsection. But he was quickly getting outnumbered, as they prepared to capture him.
But soon the sound of the engine of another motorcycle rang out in the building, as Sento, already in Build RabbitTank, drove in and slashed a few Guardians with the Drill Crusher. Stepping off his bike, he moved to Ryuga's side, switched the Drill Crusher to its gun mode, and inserted the Harinezumi Fullbottle.
Ready, Go! Vortech Break!
"Why did you run away?" Build asked as he gunned down the Guardians with rapid-fire hedgehog needles.
"I had to! They've got my fiancée!"
Build nodded in understanding before quickly looking back at Ryuga. "They've got WHO?"
With the last of the Guardians destroyed, both Build and Ryuga rushed out of the building. "Where's Ruby and Yang? Penny told me they went with you."
"I sent them ahead to draw the Guardians away from them!" Ryuga said as they sprinted up the road but stopped when a second troop of Guardians marched in front of their path. Before their eyes, the Guardian troops began to combine until they emerged in their new form of a giant tank robot.
"DID THEY JUST BECOME A TRANSFORMER?!"
"Well, that's new."
Both Ryuga and Build quickly duck to the side as the rotating turret begins to fire at them. But a sudden shot from the distance would cut off part of its gunfire. Build looked out the window and saw a red-hooded figure on the roof of a nearby building. Then a barrage of explosive bullets obliterated the giant robot's legs. Reacting quickly, Build quickly cranked the Vortex Lever and jumped out of his hiding spot.
Ready, Go! Vortech Finish!
With a clean jumping kick, Build crashed right through what was left of the robot, sending it exploding in a large ball of flame. Seeing it finally destroyed, Yang finally walked up into a view with a proud smile. "Well, that went smoothly."
A few minutes later, they were all gathered at a hillside as they gave Ruby time to descend the building she climbed and meet back up with them. While she did that, Yang was explaining to Sento why they all left the cafe with Ryuga elaborating more on Kasumi.
"Well... it's too late for me to pull you guys out of this. And something tells me you two will just leave the cafe again even if I drag you back" Sento said not so subtly staring at Ruby who nervously rubbed the back of her head. "I'll lend my assistance. So let's get a move on before we end up being too late."
With Ryuga leading them all on his bike, all 4 of them drove to the location he had been sent, an empty construction lot surrounded by empty buildings. Ryuga remembered he had been looking for possible apartments to move into with Kasumi. 'Kasumi...'
"So this is the place?" Yang asked, taking off her helmet and stepping off her bike.
"Yeah..." Ryuga took off of his and was ready to rush in when suddenly the apartment building exploded, engulfing the top row in a ball of fire.
"The apartments!" Ruby shouted in horror as more explosions rang out but soon they all had to dodge as fireballs were thrown toward them. Gazing up, they saw a Smash approaching them. This one was orange in color, with a huge head, bulbous ball-like shoulders, and an arm resembling a flamethrower.
"A fireball throwing Smash. That's new. Guess we'll call you the Burn Smash then." Sento was quick to stand up and grab two Fullbottles, with Ruby and Yang activating their weapons to assist him. But suddenly, a sinister laugh rang out throughout the area.
"This isn't your ordinary Smash, Kamen Rider" A garbled voice spoke up before a cloud of dark gas appeared behind the Smash, forming into an armored man in black. Exhaust pipes stuck out of his silver armor, bat-like wing blades formed his gauntlets, and a bat insignia was plated on his chest with a similar bat forming his visor.
Instantly, Ruby and Sento's eyes widened in recognition of this figure. How could they not? If the laughter wasn't a dead giveaway, then his appearance once. It would be difficult to forget the man who callously experimented on them.
"I-its him..." Ruby slightly shook in fear of him. Yang's head whipped to Ruby in shock, looked back at the man, and her eyes instantly turned red in anger. "THAT'S the bat man?!"
The man stopped for a second, registering what Yang just called him before letting out a small chuckle. "Night Rogue actually."
"You...you made Ruby a lab rat!" Yang's hair exploded in flames, her Semblance, Burn, activating from the sheer anger she felt alone as she rushed at Night Rouge sending punch after punch with the intent to knock his head clean off. "You experimented on her! YOU HURT HER!"
Night Rogue casually parried most of the strikes, taking care to dodge and weave the swings that let out shotgun shots. "Has anyone ever told you you have anger issues?"
And speaking of anger, a certain genius physicist wasn't far behind in that regard. "You..." Sento stared him down, his anger growing with each passing second. "You're the one who took my memories!" He slammed the two Fullbottles into his belt and rapidly cranked the Vortex Lever
Rabbit! Tank! Are You Ready?
"Henshin!"
Hagane no Moonsault! RabbitTank!
When Night Rogue parried and backhanded Yang, Build came rushing in and kicked him in the chest, sending him skidding back. "Not bad. Caught me off guard there. You're already doing better than this failure" He callously disregarded Yang, who yelled in anger and threw numerous gunshots at him which he blocked with his arms. Night Rogue blocked a few of Build's attacks, directing a punch to the wayside to throw him off balance before kicking him away just as Yang fired her gauntlets to bring herself back into the fight. But Night Rogue was one step ahead, sweeping her legs and grabbing her arm before throwing her right into Build. The two quickly pushed themselves off of each other as they stood up and stared down the smug Night Rogue.
"Come now, is that truly all you two are capable of?"
Yang practically roared and charged right at him while Build said nothing, yelling in anger as he replaced Rabbit with Harinezumi and rapidly cranked the Vortex Lever.
Harinezumi!
"Build Up!"
The Rabbit Halfbody was quickly replaced with the Harinezumi Halfbody as Build rushed forward and took the reigns on Yang's assault on Night Rogue when he knocked her back with a kick in the face. "You used Ruby and me in your experiments! What did you do to our bodies?!"
"I can't remember every single guinea pig." Night Rogue callously disregarded him as he grabbed his arm mid-swing and threw him right into Yang again. Then the two were forced to dodge the docile Burn Smash as it launched a stream of fire toward them.
Ruby quickly rushed forward and helped steady Yang while Sento was quick to recover, extending the spines on the Spine Knuckle before launching a flurry of spikes. Night Rogue batted them away with ease but looked back when a few struck the Burn Smash, sending it stumbling back. "Hmph, I'd be careful. You may just hurt Kasumi after all"
That stunned everyone as they all stared in growing horror at the groaning Burn Smash as it struggled to its feet.
"That's Kasumi...?" Ryuga could barely believe his own words and Night Rogue just had to twist the knife further.
"Of course it is Ryuga. I'm a man of my word. I promised you would see your woman again. But don't despair, you two can still have your wedding. Although, you may have to find her a bigger wedding dress." They couldn't see it, but Build, Ruby, and Yang could practically hear the shit-eating grin on Night Rogue's face as he took in Ryuga's despair. Ryuga felt his chest grow heavy, falling to his knees as tears began to fall. Night Rogue relished in this sight.
But before he could do anything else, he felt a slash mar his chest, forcing him to step back.
It was Ruby, bearing Crescent Rose in its scythe mode. Her eyes were teary and fearful of Night Rogue, but now there was anger in them. Anger at his callous disregard for the lives he experimented on. "How could you?! These are innocent people you are experimenting on! Innocent lives you're toying with like it's some game! What is all of this even for?!"
Night Rogue resisted the urge to roll his eyes under his helmet as he summoned a weird blade a gas valve on the side. "I wouldn't expect a naive idealist to understand, none of you would truly understand what it takes to achieve my goals."
Ruby grits her teeth in frustration before aiming back and firing a shot behind her, propelling her forward as she swings her scythe at Night Rogue. He ducked under the swing and spun around simultaneously with her to clash their blades before Night Rogue kicked her feet out from under her. Thinking quickly, Ruby spun her scythe in a 360 to slash at Night Rogue's legs. Night Rogue jumped back to avoid the attack and spun the valve on his weird blade.
Elek Steam!
Electricity sparked on the edge of the blade before Night Rogue shot it directly at Ruby. Ruby just barely rolls to the side to dodge, rushing back in with the use of her Semblance as she slashes Night Rogue's chest again. His eyes widened behind his mask at the sudden speed increase as Ruby flipped around and fired a few shots that Night Rogue ducked and parried before turning the valve of the blade again.
Ice Steam!
Just as Ruby rushed forward with Crescent Rose, Night Rogue waved his blade out and sent a large cloud of ice steam, freezing Ruby completely in her tracks.
"Ruby!" Yang yelled out in worry as she scrambled to her feet to try and help. Night Rogue chuckled cruelly before kicking Ruby's side, breaking her out of her frozen prison and right into Yang's arms. Ruby groaned in pain as Yang quickly checked her Aura reserves and saw that they were both close to the red.
"Guys watch out!" The two barely had time to recover before Build dived into them, pushing them out of the way of the Burn Smash's latest attack as the stream of fire flew right past them.
"You are all inexperienced. Do not delude yourselves into thinking you can defeat me." Night Rogue stood back and allowed the Burn Smash its playtime as it shot numerous fireballs at them. Build, Ruby, and Yang were forced on the defensive as the Burn Smash poured on the fireballs.
"Get out of our way!" Yang rushed forward to strike at the Burn Smash but shockingly, Ryuga stepped in front of it. "Banjo move!"
"No, I won't! I won't let you guys hurt Kasumi! I can't lose her!"
"We can extract her essence from her if we defeat her you idiot! Move!"
Yang's anger was quickly exchanged with a cry of pain when a sudden bullet hit her in her stomach, dropping her aura dangerously close to zero and sending her tumbling to the floor. "Yang!" Ruby rushed over to her side as Night Rogue stood from afar, holding that weird blade like a rifle. "Do that and she'll die."
"What are you talking about?" Build said
"Have you ever encountered a Hazard Level 1 Smash?" Night Rogue inquired, freezing Build in place.
"What's Hazard Level 1...?" Ruby couldn't help but ask even though she was already fearing the answer.
"Hazard Level 1 is when the subject's weak constitution to Nebula Gas deteriorates their body and traps their soul in an armored shell. Within seconds of Smashification, the host deteriorates with their body and soul dying out. What you are fighting now is basically a zombie" Night Rogue explained. "Normally I wouldn't use a Smash like this but I made the exception this one time. After all, Ryuga Banjo needs to face the consequences of running away."
"What...?" Yang breathed out in complete shock
"No..." Ruby breathed out, her hands over her mouth in horror.
"Kasumi..." Tears were filling Ryuga's eyes while Build's anger only increased. Screaming in fury, Build rushed out at Night Rogue, sending out more swings that Night Rogue continued to parry with ease. "How dare you, you bastard! People's lives aren't just yours to throw away!"
"Like I told the rose, I wouldn't expect any of you to understand what it takes to achieve my goals. I don't care if I rip away a few lives along the journey." Night Rogue shut down his left hook with a disrespectful smack before looking back at the Burn Smash. "I've spent enough time here. You go clean up that mess Build." Pushing Build back, Night Rogue emitted gas from his blade before surrounding himself in a cloud of gas. "Remember this Build. If we are to survive in this cruel world, sacrifices must be made." And in that moment, he was gone. Build looked around, frustrated that he got away, before turning his attention back to the Burn Smash, who was surprisingly docile even though it had Yang and Ruby dead to rights.
The Burn Smash slowly approached Yang and Ruby before pausing in its stride, like it was struggling to move forward. Fire wildly spewed off its shoulders as it suddenly aimed its flamethrower arm in its face and shot a fireball at itself.
"What's it doing...?" Yang questioned.
"When you turn into a Smash, your personality disappears...but she shot herself..." Build trailed off as the realization slowly built itself in Ruby and Yang's heads.
"It's her love...for Banjo..." Ruby solemnly said, watching on as the Burn Smash struggled to stand with fire spewing out from it in droves.
"Kasumi..." Ryuga cried out for her. "Kasumi snap out of it, please! We promised to see the cherry blossoms on your birthday...please...I can't lose you..."
The Burn Smash stared at Ryuga longingly as it cried out in pain, finally standing up but holding its position. Like it wanted to be attacked.
Build seemed to catch on to what it was trying to do but he hesitated due to the pain it may cause. Quietly, Build turned back to Ryuga. "Do you want me to extract her Smash essence?"
Ryuga looked up at Build, the realization of what he was asking hitting him like a truck as he put a hand over his mouth to stifle his sobs. He knew it had to be done. Leaving her in this state was just cruel. But it still hurt, like someone had just stabbed Ryuga in the stomach. The thought made him want to vomit. Ryuga gripped the ground so hard his fingers drew small craters as he slowly stood up and pushed his fist against Build's shoulder. "Save her...please..."
Build nodded before turning back to Ruby and Yang. "Yang, give me the Lion Fullbottle."
Yang, having stayed in silent anger over this entire screwed-up situation, turned to Sento in confusion. She reached into her pocket and pulled out the Lion Fullbottle but Sento's intentions still confused her. "You sure one of your trial matches will be enough for her?"
"Nope. I know it won't. I'm honestly taking an educated gamble here." Build responded as he took the Fullbottle. "But it's a gamble I'm willing to try. You three stand back." Build moved himself in front of the Burn Smash while Ryuga, Ruby, and Yang stepped back. With the Lion Fullbottle in his hand, he also took out the Soujiki Fullbottle before inserting both in the Build Driver.
Lion! Soujiki! Best Match!
Beforehand, Build would've been cheering for success at a newly found Best Match. But this wasn't the time for it. His gamble paid off, now it was time to go to work. Rapidly cranking the Vortex Lever, runners surrounding him formed the Lion and Soujiki Halfbodies.
Are You Ready?
"Build up."
The runners slammed down on Build, revealing his new Best Match form in all of its glory.
Tategami Cyclone! LionCleaner! Yeah!
"The law of victory is set." Activating the Long Range Cleaner, Build proceeded to suck up all of the excess fire the Burn Smash was producing, storing it inside of the Trash Converter. Switching it from suction to blow, Build cranked the Vortex Lever once more.
Ready, Go!
Vortech Finish!
Build unleashed a powerful vacuum that drew the Burn Smash in, dragging her along the vacuum's pull to send her high in the air as the Battle Lio Shoulder charged with energy. Unlocking the Trash Convertor, Build sent all of the energy he had absorbed into the vortex to deal rapid damage to the Smash before the whip inside the Shoulder came loose. Sento grabbed the whip as it took the shape of the Lion's maw before he threw it right into the Burn Smash's chest, causing the lion's head to bite down right on top of the Burn Smash.
Ryuga averted his eyes as he waited for the inevitable explosion. It was painful to watch as is, he didn't want to see her die right in front of him.
"No way..." ...What?
"Ryuga look!" Ryuga looked back and his eyes widened as he saw a figure being pulled out of the lion's head before the whip from earlier fully removed itself from the head, with a humanoid figure alongside it, one Ryuga instantly recognized.
"Kasumi!" Ryuga sprinted to his feet and caught her before she could hit the ground. "H-how...I thought you would..."
"This was the best I could do..." Ryuga looked up and saw Build above him, now holding the cleaner with both hands as he struggled to hold the vacuum containing the lion's head up. "I'm containing the energy the best I can...but it's gonna have to release soon...say your goodbyes while you can!"
"Ryuga..." Ryuga's attention was drawn back to Kasumi as she stared up at him. "I'm sorry...I've been a huge curse on your life...you had to go through so much trouble...because of me."
"No..." Ryuga's eyes watered as he took her hand in his. "I already told you. Anything I do for you is worth it. You were the best part of my life Kasumi...And you always will be."
"But...if I hadn't suggested...that job...you wouldn't have..." Kasumi's voice was growing weaker and weaker by the second. "I should've never trusted that man...Nabeshima...he told me...that if you went to the scientist's place...he would rescind your ban..."
"Kasumi...the ban never mattered to me. It was just a stupid belt. I cared more about you. You are not a curse on my life and you never will be!" Ryuga cried as he held up their interlocked hands, the ones that bared their wedding rings. "You made me the happiest man alive. And nothing will ever change that."
"Ryuga..." Kasumi teared up.
"Grgh..." Sento struggled to hold up the vacuum as it started to tumble forward.
"Oh no!" Ruby quickly rushed forward with her Semblance and grabbed the handle of the vacuum to help lift it.
"Ruby?!" Build exclaimed in surprise before he felt another force lifting the vacuum back up. "Yang?!"
"They're having a moment and it ain't getting ruined on our watch, now put your backs into it!" Yang yelled as Ryuga and Kasumi looked up at them.
"Thank you...all of you," Kasumi said before looking specifically at Build, Ruby, and Yang. "You three...I know it's a lot to ask...but please look after Ryuga for me...it's time for me to go..." She could already feel her body rapidly fading away into light as Ryuga's grip on her loosened. Before Ryuga could protest, it was but moments before Kasumi closed her eyes and fell limp, fully fading away into light.
"Move!" At that moment, Sento could no longer hold up the vacuum. Ruby, Ryuga, and Yang quickly ducked to the side as Sento smashed the vacuum onto the ground causing the lion's head to finally explode.
"Why..." Ryuga sat there, watching the last light of Kasumi's light fade away. "We were going to see the cherry blossoms for your birthday again..."
Ruby couldn't help the tears falling from her eyes while Yang held nothing but sympathy for Ryuga as her fists clenched in growing anger.
Build was the only one who was completely silent as he removed the Fullbottles and deactivated his transformation. Once he collected all of the Burn Smash's essence, he walked right past them. "The Guardians and Vale's police will be here soon. Let's move."
"No...it's fine." Ryuga curled up into a ball as he sobbed to himself. "What's the point...?"
"It's fine?" Sento walked up to Ryuga before grabbing him by the collar of his shirt. "What's fine?! Do you seriously think this is fine?!" He shouted suddenly as he forced Ryuga to look at him. "If you get caught now you'll just stay a murderer! Are you fine with that?! Will Kasumi be fine with that?!" He went on as he shook Ryuga who kept crying. Sento said nothing more as he let go of Ryuga and walked away.
"Banjo..." Ruby moved to his side but Yang stopped her, shaking her head no. He needed space. His next choice was all his to make.
So as the 3 returned to their respective sides, they looked back at the sound of footsteps behind him, with Ruby growing a small smile seeing that it was Ryuga. He still said nothing but he mounted the bike he "borrowed" from Sento before they all drove off back to Cafe Nascita.
Back in the Cafe, Ruby had her head in her arms laid across the table she was sitting at while Yang was sitting on a stool with a downcast expression. Ryuga was currently in his room as he still needed some space but before he did, Ruby hugged him and reassured him that they'd be there for him. He made sure to return the hug, appreciating the thought before he left the two by themselves.
"It seemed so easy. Just defeat the Smash and then extract the essence. Then they would be saved. I didn't think..." Ruby sounded almost on the verge of tears and Yang quickly stood up and pulled her into a hug. "I know our lives aren't like a fairy tale or those superhero stories I read...but..."
"I know...it really did seem easy," Yang said. "But we're not going to let them get away with this. Night Rogue...and everyone he's working with. They're all going down." Ruby looked up at Yang and the two sisters shared a determined smile their moods lightened after what had happened. "Come on, let's go check on Sento and Banjo."
The two girls opened the door to the shop and walked down, right as Ryuga finally came out of his room(thankfully they gave him a place to sleep, sharing beds was going to be extremely awkward).
Ruby was quick to approach them and though she didn't hug this time, there was concern in her eyes. "Hey Banjo...how are you feeling?"
"...Better...ish," Banjo admitted with his hands in his pockets. "Thank you. All of you. You all helped me talk to Kasumi one last time."
"Honestly...you should be thanking Sento. He helped you more than we did." Yang reluctantly admitted. "Though on that note...Ryuga, I'm sorry."
"What for?" Ryuga asked.
"For how I was treating you earlier," Yang said, referring to how much she distrusted him earlier.
"Oh, that...honestly it sucks how you and Sento treated me but it's understandable. I was still a wanted criminal that you guys didn't know much about. I don't hold it against you." Ryuga sincerely admitted before walking up to her and holding his hand out. "I dunno how much help I'll be against these guys but I'm here to fight against them the whole way. So let's start over. I'm Ryuga Banjo."
Yang was initially shocked that he was taking this so well. But then she earnestly smiled and shook his hand. "Yang Xiao Long."
"And I'm Ruby Rose!" Ruby placed her hand over theirs, brandishing a toothy smile that couldn't help but make Ryuga share one in turn.
However, the Purification Chamber seemed to have taken a new job as a mood killer since it suddenly beeped in completion, surprising Ryuga and Ruby.
"BOTTLE!" Sento suddenly awoke and sprang up from his seat.
"WAIT YOU WERE ASLEEP?!" Ryuga, Ruby, and Yang all exclaimed.
Sento rushed up to the Purification Chamber and opened the microwave door, pulling out the new Fullbottle. At the same time, the side door opened and Penny fully stepped out. "I confirm the Fullbottle element to be Dragon, Sento!"
"Dragon huh..." Sento looked up at the Dragon Fullbottle before looking back to Ryuga. "Hey Banjo!" Sento called out to him, gaining his attention, before he tossed the Fullbottle to him. "You keep that, think of it as Kasumi's last gift to you," Sento explained as Ryuga gazed down at the Dragon Fullbottle in his hands. "I am Sento Kiryu, leader of Team Build and as Team Build's leader, you can thank me when your charges are finally dropped." He patted him on the shoulder as he walked right by him.
"Wait a minute why are you the team leader and team name?" Yang asked.
"Because I brought this team together, I'm smarter than all of you, I'm the only one who can turn into a Kamen Rider, and overall I'm better than you. Does that explain it?" Sento recounted smugly as Yang felt a tick mark emerge on her forehead. 'There you go again being a jerkass.'
"I dunno, I kinda like Team Build" Ruby admitted. "Plus if we tried to do it Ozpin's way we'd be here all day trying to find a color that matches us."
"True."
"Good point."
"How has he not run out of ideas yet?"
"There are millions of colors in existence moron, he's not running out of ideas for a while"
"WHO ARE YOU CALLING A MORON?!"
"If you all are done arguing," Team Build turned their attention to the appearance of Lisa, who walked in with her notepad in her hands. "I found the man who drugged Banjo and tipped off Kasumi." She opened her notepad, displaying the numerous pictures and info she got in her search. Ryuga grabbed one picture in particular as it nearly crinkled in his fingers from anger. "Oh sure I'd love to have my hours of work crumpled into balls," Lisa commented, prompting Ryuga to sheepishly put the picture down. Sento reached down and grabbed the picture in his place.
"So that's the guy huh?" Yang said as she, Ruby, and Penny looked over Sento's shoulders to see the man for themselves.
"Masahiro Nabeshima..." Sento said to himself before he smiled at Ryuga. "We found the connection between your jailbreak and the murderer." He said before looking back down at the picture. "It all starts with Nabeshima."
And that's that! Chapter 3 is done! Apologies for the longer wait, this was a bit harder to think of as I didn't want to make certain characters sound too OOC while at the same time making lines too short and bland. Honestly, I think with my fanfics in general, my biggest challenge going forward will be balancing dialogue and fight scenes, especially the fight scenes. But I'm up for the challenge, I've said it many times before and I'll say it again, I don't ever plan on abandoning these fics.
Now Next Time on Rabbit! Rose! BEST MATCH!:
Ryuga: Faust?
Masahiro: The organization that experimented on you. Human or Faunus, they don't care who.
Yang: You better keep my sister safe.
?: Help...me...
Sento: If you're expecting a reward, that's not justice.
Chapter 4: Borderline of Justice/Vital Division