KamenRiderZER0: Okay, let's see, paperwork...paperwork…*puts giant folder into a shredder* Right where it belongs, anywho, let's see, new fic project, RWBY and Kamen Rider Ex-Aid. Guys...we got work!

Seanzilla115: *shoots up from the couch, pausing my game on my 3DS* SWEET! Finally, something new to work on!

Z0: GT, wake up, we got work to do! *begins collecting resumes*

GT: Huh? *looks up from playing Kingdom Hearts 3D on my NEW Nintendo 2DS*

Z0: Boys, we have a new project to try! *drops folder labeled Kamen Rider Ex-Aid: Grimm Eclipse* We're taking the Gamer Riders to Remnant!

SZ: Ohh~! Hell, yes! This is gonna be amazing!

GT: Neat. Can't wait to see how we'll make twists to the canon stories of both with this.

SZ: Eeyup. And considering Ex-Aid is ending soon...what better way to pay tribute than cross it over with an equally amazing series made by the late Monty Oum?

Z0: Indeed, plus both shows literally thrive off game themes and references. Of course we will have to change some things to really make this feel like our own story. *flips through papers before some fall out* Oops...I'll pick those...hello...this is an interesting idea. *holds up Jaune's file next to an image of Brave* Hmm….

SZ: While Z0's pondering ideas, might as well get this out of the way since it's technically the first chapter of this story. We do not own anything in this story, nor do we own the Kamen Rider Series, or the RWBY series. We do, though, own any OC Bugsters that might-keyword being might-appear in this story.

Z0: No. there's gonna be OC Bugsters, it's too much fun not to just do it out of fun.

GT: Very true. All kinds of gaming genres out there, meaning all kinds of Bugsters.

Z0: Plus Ex-Aid's story is great and all...but...there are like...I want to guestimate not even more than 12 Bugsters...or even less, considering two of the main Bugsters in the show...don't even have monster forms...so we often just got the same 10-ish monsters. I mean the final enemy has like three different versions, Black, Blue, and Red.

SZ: Oh….well in that case…*presses a button, causing a wall to slide open and reveal an entire library's worth of video games* We got a LOT of material to work with when we get to the OC Bugsters.

GT: Very true.

Z0: Anywho, yes, we'll make original monsters, but that's as far as the concept of OC's will go. All original characters from the show only. Anywho, this fic will be our big three-writer collaboration, so when the three of us are free we shall indeed work on it.

SZ: Hai. But I think we've delayed things long enough...Z0? GT? Care to start us off?

Z0: Right, we'll be borrowing Ex-Aid's narrator to start things off. *pulls out Mighty Creator VRX and plugs it into a Genm Corp game system*

GAME START!

'The World of Remnant is a vast one. It is a vast and dangerous world, filled with the terrors of the Grimm, who have existed for ages. The Grimm have always attacked from the darkness they are born in, humanity constantly in danger. But Humans never give in so easily, brave young heroes step up to defend the world from the evils that escaped the darkness. These brave people are called Huntsmen, trained in combat, Aura, weapons and everything else to make them the experts of their field. But the darkness is always waiting to unleash another evil. Can the world adapt to the new strain of evil? That is where this story's heroes come in, a group of young next generation who shall clear the darkness. To protect the lives of people with no continues. Let the Game Start!'

Large glistening air ships with 4 wings that helped keep them afloat in the sky slowly flew threw the air. Their occupants, the young minds who shall be taught and trained in their future days at the prestigious academy that the ships were taking them to. None other the Beacon, the academy to train Huntsmen to go out into the world and defend it from the evil Grimm. All of them exceptional examples of future heroes who would go out into the world with skill and professionalism…

"Whoa….Mmmm…" a young man with messy blond hair clad in a black hoodie and blue jeans with white and gold armor over his chest and arms, with red gloves over his arms, and a sheathed sword at his waist rushed out of the first Airship to dock, his hands clasped over his mouth before he found a waste receptacle for him too, "Bleeeeh….Blleehh...bleh."

The second and third to walk out of the ship were a pair of girls, the first having short length black hair with hints of dark rose-red in it at the tips of her hair while the second had long blond hair that faded into pale gold at the tips that reached to her waist. The taller of the two, the blonde, wore an intricate outfit. She wore a tan jacket that showed off her slim, toned stomach, with golden brown piping and short, puffy sleeves with black cuffs that featured two gold buttons. Underneath, she wore a low cut yellow crop top that fit snug on her ample bust with a symbol resembling a ball of fire on the left breast in black. A brown belt covered by a pleated brown piece of material that reached from hip to hip around the back of her waist fit snug on her, with a symbol of a ball of fire emblazoned on the right-most pleat in gold. Underneath that was a longer, white, asymmetrical piece of material reaching to her knee on the right side, as well as a pair of black mini-shorts, giving a snug fit on her toned behind. She wore brown, knee-high boots and orange over-the-knee socks, with the right sock pushed down just below the knee and a lavender bandana tied around her left knee, letting the upper half of her toned, slender legs be shown. An orange infinity scarf and black fingerless gloves completed her outfit.

The shorter, black-haired girl, wore a more modest outfit. She wore a long sleeved thick black blouse with a high collar and red trim on the sleeves, a black waist cincher with red lacing up the front, and a black skirt with red trim. She also wore a pair of thick black stockings and black combat boots with red laces, red trim around the top and red soles. But the most interesting thing she wore was a large, red cloak with hood that was fastened to her shoulders by a pair of cross-shaped pins. A large silver brooch shaped like a rose in bloom was pinned to a wide black belt slung around her hips on an angle complete with a pouch on it.

Both girls walked with all the other interestingly dressed students carrying bags or weapons of some sort. The girls stopped at a water fountain as they could take in the image of Beacon Academy itself, the large castle style architecture, towers and columns forming a large exterior, they stared down the path leading up to the massive castle, it was lined with light posts and a large atrium style opening with large walls of marble forming a courtyard. It led up to the main building, a large castle wall colored in marble grey and accented with darker grey, behind it the outline of several towers could be seen, the tallest stood above the ground with what looked to be glowing lights moving around within the large open top.

"Wowwwwww~" The two girls awed at the school, it's view was just breathtaking for them. The mere visage and impact of the academy just left the two girls in awe, it was beautiful.

"The view from Vale's got nothing on this." The blonde girl compared, crossing her arms as she looked over the school one more time with a nod of approval.

"Ohh! Ohh~! Sis!" the short haired girl gasped, stars in her eyes as she looked at the various individuals walking by, "That kid has a collapsable staff! Ahh! And she's got a fire sword!" she beamed as she ran off...before the blonde dragged her back by her hood, "Ow, ow…"

"Easy there, little sister. They're just weapons." the Older sister sighed, having reined in control her younger sibling.

"'Just weapons'? They're an extension of ourselves! They're a part of us!" the short haired girl argued before squealing a bit, "They're so cool~!"

"Well why can't you swoon over your own weapon?" The Elder Blonde asked with a small smirk in her tone, "Aren't you happy with it?"

A loud 'Shing' was heard as the shorter sibling now held a giant mechanical red and black scythe over her shoulder like it was nothing. The intricate blade looked like it folded over the handle of it which almost looked like the build of a rifle gun, with a sniper's scope and a short ammunition clip attached to the bottom. The girl rubbed her weapon as if calming down a beloved pet, with a happy smile on her face.

"Of course I'm happy with Crescent Rose!" she replied, "I just really like seeing new ones. It's like meeting new people, but better..."

"Ruby, come on, why don't you try to make some friends of your own?" The elder sibling asked, trying to push her beloved sister into making relationships, all while she reached over and yanked Ruby's hood over her face. What? Siblings are still siblings.

"But…" the short-haired girl, now dubbed Ruby began as she pulled her hood back down, "Why would I need friends when I have you?"

"Hey Yang!" a voice interrupted them as the blonde/Yang turned to see a man wearing a colorful floral print shirt, tattered jeans and a red leather jacket hanging off his shoulders like a cape, he waved to the Blonde girl with several other people his age, all of whom getting off the second airship which brought students from farther away, "You coming!?" he asked as he put a pair of round sunglasses on.

"Well actually my friends are here now." Yang stated as she began backing away from Ruby, "Gotta go catch up! Kay! C'ya! Bye!" she said quickly as she ran off to join her friends, the speed of her sudden exit leaving Ruby spinning in place confused.

"Wait!" Ruby shouted as Yang joined her friends as they began laughing and running off to...get into teenage mischief, "Where are you going?! Are we supposed to go to our dorms?! Where are our dorms?!...Do we have dorms?...ugh, I don't know what I'm doing..." she groaned, her eyes replaced with swirls as she fell over, falling on some briefcases.

"What are you doing?!" a voice demanded, making Ruby groan as she looked up.

Glaring at her with icy-blue eyes, crooked scar underneath the left eye, was a girl with pale-white skin and white hair done into a ponytail, the hue of it almost like it was freshly fallen snow. She wore a thigh-length strapless dress with a faint color gradation from white to pale blue at the hem. A small piece of black lace sat in the front of her neckline and the hem of the dress is scalloped and stitched to resemble snowflakes, with layers of white tulle under the skirt. Over that she wore a bell sleeved bolero with the same color gradation as her dress from shoulder to wrist, lined in red and with a ruffled collar. She also wore a small apple pendant on a silver chain and thin, rectangular silver earrings. Her boots were white, wedged heeled and higher at the back than the front. They had a small silver decoration across the top of the foot and were lined in red. Completing the elegant, yet somewhat outdoor-fitting, attire was a thin white sash tied around her slender waist with a pouch attached to the back.

"Uh...s-sorry," Ruby apologized.

"Sorry?" the white-haired girl repeated with a frown, pointing an accusing finger at the short-haired girl, "Do you have any idea of the damage you could've caused?"

"Uh…" Ruby blinked a bit as she picked up one of the briefcases.

"Give me that!" the white-haired girl snapped as she took the briefcase from Ruby and opened it, "This is Dust, mined and purified from the Schnee Quarry."

"Uhh…" Ruby muttered, holding her head in understandable confusion at the sudden lecture she was getting from the girl.

"What are you, brain dead?" the white haired girl, whom Ruby could only assume had the last name Schnee, continued as she reached into the case and pulled out a bottle with red...well Dust inside of it. As she slammed the case closed, several different clouds of dust were puffed out from the force, "Dust! Fire, Water, Lightning, energy!" She listed, shaking the bottle, forming a cloud of red as Ruby got back up on her feet.

"Uhh…" Ruby began before she breathed in the mixed cloud of dust caused by the girl yelling and reprimanding her, causing Ruby to begin sniffling from the foreign contaminants entering her nose.

"Are you even listening to me?" the girl asked in annoyance as she put her hand on her hip, after dropping the briefcase, "Is any of this sinking in?" she asked, shaking the red Dust bottle more, "What do you have to say for yourself?!"

"Uhhhhaaaahhh-CHOOOOO!" Ruby sneezed, her breath igniting the Dust in her nose and still in the air causing a sudden explosion of fire, lightning...and some ice around her and the girl in White. The explosion knocking a young man who was walking past them away and into a bush.

"Ah!" the man cried in shock, he wore a pair of blue pants, a bright yellow shirt with an 8 bit 86 on the front, and a white hooded jacket with bright yellow trims and a pink trim around his hood, he wore sneakers with one colored red the other blue. "What the heck was that?!" he shouted, digging his head out of the shrubbery as twigs were stuck in his short black hair. The red Dust bottle that use to be in the girl's hand then flew off and bonked him on the head before it landed on the path and rolled away, "Ugh…" he groaned, faceplanting into the bushes again.

The bottle rolled down the path and stopped after tapping against a black boot belong to a girl reading a book inside of a brown book jacket with a latch to keep it closed.

"Ugh...Unbelievable!" the white-haired girl snapped, shaking the soot off her as she glared at Ruby, "This is exactly what I was talking about!"

"I'm really, really sorry…" Ruby whispered, poking her two index fingers together in a meek fashion.

"Ugh! You complete dolt!" the white-haired girl groaned, "What are you even doing here?! Aren't you a little young to be attending Beacon?"

"Well...I…"

"This isn't your ordinary combat school! It's not just sparring and practice you know! We're here to fight monsters, so watch where you're going!" the white-haired girl huffed, crossing her arms as she turned her head away from Ruby.

"Hey, I said I was sorry, Princess!" Ruby talked back, finally getting tired of the girl's attitude.

"It's Heiress, actually," a new voice spoke up, making the two turn to see someone walking to them, "Weiss Schnee, heiress to the Schnee Dust Company, one of the largest producers of energy propellant in the world."

The person in question was a young woman with amber eyes and long black hair that reached down to her back, a lighter black ribbon being seen in it. She wore a black buttoned vest with coattails and a single silver button on the front. Underneath that was a white, sleeveless, high necked, crop undershirt and white shorts with a zipper on the front of each leg, emblazoned with a YKK logo. She also wore black low-heeled boots and full stockings with a color gradation of black to purple at her ankles. An emblem resembling wisps of shadows bunched together was visible on the outside of both thighs just below her shorts in white. On her left arm was a detached sleeve with a silver cuff around her bicep, and black ribbons were wrapped around both forearms. A small, loose scarf was wrapped around her neck and a gray magnetic backpack was strapped to her back, hidden by her hair.

"Hmph. Finally, some recognition," the white-haired girl, who Ruby assumed was named Weiss smiled a bit.

"The same company infamous for its controversial labor forces, and questionable business partners," the new girl finished, letting Ruby herself develop an amused face at the reaction it had on Weiss.

"What?! How dare….the nerve of…!" Weiss sputtered in anger before snatching the bottle of Dust out of the new girl's hand and stomped off, "Ugh!"

"I promise I'll make this up to you!" Ruby called out at the angry Heiress. After a few moments, she sighed realising just how bad that went, "I guess I'm not the only one having a rough first day." she spoke to herself before she turned to look at the mystery girl who told off Weiss, "So what's-?" she began, only to see her already walking away without even another word between them. Ruby sighed as she slid down and fell to her knees with a sigh, "Welcome to Beacon…" she said to herself.

Ruby closed her eyes, feeling emotionally drained from that last little exchange, she just wanted to let the sun shine down on her for a while before she felt something block the sun's blazing light. Ruby opened her eyes as she looked at two boys looking down at her, the one she blasted into the bushes just now and the one who was tossing his breakfast back on the airship.

"Hey," the blond boy greeted as the black haired one held a hand out, "I'm Jaune." he introduced himself.

"Emu." the other boy smiled as Ruby took the hand and was hoisted up.

"Ruby." she smiled in response, the girl smirking slightly at seeing the leaves in Emu's hair before she looked at Jaune, "Aren't you the guy that threw up on the ship?" she asked bluntly, earning a stifled laugh from Emu.

The three began walking as Jaune tried to defend himself best he could to the two classmates of his.

"All I'm saying is that motion sickness is a much more common problem than people let on!" Jaune defended his case as the three walked around the courtyard.

"Well yeah...in people who don't travel much…" Emu argued, "And people with terrible balance…"

"Look, I'm sorry. Vomit-Boy was the first thing that came to mind." Ruby apologised.

"Oh yeah? Well...what if I called you 'Crater Face'?" Jaune countered.

"Hey! That explosion was an accident. Emu knows that." Ruby argued.

"How do you sneeze explosions?!" Emu asked.

"It was because of some Dust!" Ruby snapped.

Jaune smirked at that as the attention was finally off his embarrassment, "Well, the name's Jaune Arc! Short, sweet, rolls off the tongue - ladies love it!"

"Do they?" Ruby skeptically asked, raising a brow in disbelief.

"They will!" Jaune replied quickly, "Well, I-I hope they will. My mom always says that…" he sighed, "Never mind."

Ruby giggled a bit as she was at a lost for what to say. She took a second to think what to do to strike up a conversation with the two boys. She was drawing blanks, then she figured she'd try to strike up a conversation about her favorite subject in the world. She reached and grabbed her Crescent Rose before unfolding it from its compact form and into its Scythe mode.

"So I got this thing." she smiled as the tip of the scythe was jammed into the ground.

"Whoa!" both boys gawked at that, "Is that a Scythe?/That's so awesome!" they both shouted in unison.

"Thanks. It's also a customizable, high impact velocity sniper rifle," Ruby added, earning a nod from Emu.

"A what?" Jaune blinked.

"It's also a gun." they both replied.

"That's cool." Jaune nodded in amazement.

"So what do you guys got?" Ruby asked in interest.

Emu went first as he reached into his backpack and pulled out a hammer. It was all white with a green face, and pink spikes along the top, it had two buttons a pink A button and a Green B Button.

"This is my Gashacon Breaker," he smiled before he pushed the A button and the spikes folded up before extending into a broadsword.

"Whoa…" Ruby gasped at seeing that, "What do the buttons do?"

"In Hammer Mode, it makes it so the strikes are layered, so I can hit someone and do 5 hits worth of damage, and in Sword Mode, it can create invisible energy wires that can be used and set up for traps and slash at multiple angles." Emu explained as the sword folded away and he hid his weapon inside of his jacket.

"Invisible wha?" Jaune asked, confused again.

"It makes sharp nets to cut you." Emu explained.

"What about you, Jaune?" Ruby asked as the two looked at him in anticipation.

"Oh. Uh...I got this sword," Jaune answered as he pulled out a from the sheath on his waist, earning a shared 'Ooooh' from Ruby and Emu, "I also have a shield," he added as he gripped the sheath, letting it transform into a pure white shield with gold trimming, the front sporting an gold emblem.

"Ooh. So what do they do?" Ruby asked as she touched the shield, causing it to revert back into a sheath as Jaune tried to catch it, as the sudden springing of the mechanism caused it to bounce around, constantly opening and closing a few times.

"Well...the Shield gets smaller," he explained as he reverted the shield to sheath mode, "So...when I get tired of carrying it...I can just put it away."

"But...wouldn't it weigh the same?" Ruby blinked.

"...Yeah, it does," Jaune slumped.

"Oh…" Emu muttered at that as he looked at Ruby to change the subject.

"Well, I'm kind of a dork when it comes to weapons." Ruby explained, taking the hint as she smoothed Crescent Rose, "I guess I did go a little overboard in designing it." she explained sheepishly.

"Wait. You made that?" Jaune blinked in slight awe.

"Of course! All students at Signal forge their own weapons," Ruby nodded, "Didn't you guys make yours?"

"Not really. Mine was designed by my Sponsors at Genm Corporation." Emu explained, making the two blink for a second.

"Sponsors...you...you have a sponsor?" Ruby blinked.

"I use to attend a super stuffy Preparatory Military school in Atlas." Emu explained, "I chose to come to Beacon because it seemed more free and fun."

"Hey back up another sec...you're sponsored by a gaming company?" Jaune asked.

"Well they also make new weapons tech, but their games are what sells the most." Emu explained as he pulled a hand held out of his pocket, "But hey, I got my Breaker, and I get all the games I can play and beat." he smirked.

"Seriously? Lucky…"

"...uh...What about you, Jaune?" Ruby spoke, hoping to change the subject, "Didn't you make your weapon?"

"Huh…" he muttered, looking at his sword, "It's a Hand-me-down." he explained, "My great-great-Grandfather used it to fight in the war." he explained, looking down as he realized that these two had such amazing and advanced weapons leagues greater than his own.

"Sounds more like a family heirloom to me," Ruby commented, "Well...I like it."

"Me too. Nothing beats a classic cool sword." Emu added, picking up on the feelings of the two.

"Yeah...a classic," Jaune nodded.

"So…" Ruby began as they began to walk off once more, "Why'd you help me back there? In the courtyard I mean."

"Eh, why not?" Jaune shrugged, "My mom always says; Strangers are just friends you haven't met yet."

"That's about it. I just felt like helping. Plus, you looked like you needed someone to talk to," Emu added as the two kept walking, "Also really? Your Mom says that?" he asked Jaune with a chuckle.

"No kidding, she does." Jaune laughed with him.

"...Hmm…" Ruby pondered for a moment, "Hey...where are we going?"

"Oh...I dunno," Jaune shrugged, "I was following you."

"Well I was following Emu...right?" Ruby asked.

"Eh...I was following Jaune." Emu countered before, after a moment, all three of them began laughing, "We are so freakin lost...hahaha."

"Heh...yeah…" Jaune chuckled a bit, "...You think there might be a directory? Or maybe...a food court? Some sort of recognizable landmark?"

Ruby snorted as Emu chuckled freely.

"Is that a no?"

"That's a 'no'." Ruby answered.

"Where is she?" Yang whispered, standing within a crowd of new students, "Hey, Kiriya! Ya see Ruby anywhere?!"

"Ruby...Ruby….wait...who's Ruby?" the man in the red leather jacket asked as he sipped a soda, "Oh...OH! Your Baby sister!" he remembered, "No...I haven't seen her." he chuckled, earning a light punch to his shoulder. "Easy, easy! Don't break the arm of the guy who's spent the last hour with you finding all the places to skip class."

"Well keep looking. I've been saving a sp-" Yang began before she spotted Ruby entering the room with Jaune and Emu, "Oh! There she is!"

"They really should put a directory here or something…" Jaune whispered.

"We found the cafeteria...which is kind of a food court." Emu explained, eating a donut.

"Those were some good donuts." Ruby agreed, "But hey. At least the Lunch lady told us where to go...after you guys apologised for causing some kind of 52 plate pick up disaster." she smirked at the memory.

"Who would leave a banana peel on the floor like that…?" Jaune muttered, blushing in embarrassment.

"My ears are still ringing from the shield to the face." Emu reminded, not really upset but more out of self worry.

"Haha…" Ruby snorted at the details, "Ah...anyway, I better find my sister Yang."

"Hey, Ruby!" Ruby looked over to see Yang waving her over, "Over here! I saved you a spot!"

"Oh, hey I gotta go! I'll see you after the ceremony." Ruby said as she ran off to meet her sister.

"Hey wait!" Jaune called out..only to get no response in return, "...uh. Great...where am I supposed to find another nice, quirky girl to talk to?" he slumped as he walked off.

"Ah, no worries buddy. I'm sure there are plenty of nice quirky girls around this school." Emu cheered his new friend up with a pat to his shoulder, the two walking past a red haired girl with emerald-green eyes as they tried to find a spot.

"How's your first day going, little sister?" Yang asked Ruby once she regrouped with her.

"You mean since you ditched me and I exploded?!" Ruby asked with attitude in her voice.

"I'm out." Kiriya spoke up, "Kiriya don't do drama." he stated, high fiving Yang as he left.

"Yeesh...meltdown already?" Yang asked once Kiriya was gone.

"No. I literally exploded a hole in front of the school," Ruby clarified, "There was some fire, and I think some ice…"

"...You sure you weren't playing a video game?" Yang asked, "Or are you just being sarcastic?" she asked in a teasing tone, proud her sister was becoming a sarcastic and edgy teen like normal.

"Ugh! I wish!" Ruby groaned, "I tripped over some crabby girl's luggage, and then she yells at me! And then I sneezed, and then I exploded, and then she yelled again, and I felt really really bad, and I just wanted her to stop yelling at me, a-!"

"You!"

"Oh no, it's happening again!" Ruby cried as she jumped into her sister's arms.

"You're lucky we weren't blown off the side of the cliff!" Weiss shouted as she leaned in to leer at Ruby.

"Oh my god, you really exploded," Yang blinked in disbelief as she looked at Ruby with widening eyes.

"It was an accident!" Ruby said, jumping out of Yang's arms so she could look at Weiss, "It was an accident!" she repeated/reminded before a pamphlet was shoved in front of her face, "What's this?"

"The Schnee Dust Company is not responsible for any injuries or damages sustained while operating a Schnee Dust Company product," Weiss stated, Ruby swearing that her voice was getting a bit faster and higher pitched with each word spoken, "Although not mandatory, the Schnee Family highly encourages their customers to read and familiarize themselves with this easy-to-follow guide to Dust application and practice in the field."

"Uhh…" Ruby muttered, confused as to what she just heard.

"You really want to start making things up to me?" Weiss asked, leaning in closer.

"Absolutely." Ruby answered, not sure what would happen next.

"Read this, and don't ever speak to me again." Weiss ordered, handing her the pamphlet.

"...Ahem!" Yang quickly cleared her throat, catching their attention, "Look uh...it sounds like you two got off on the wrong foot. Why don't you just start over and try to be friends, okay?"

"Yeah! Great idea, sis!" Ruby smiled before clearing her throat and extended her hand to Weiss, "Hello, Weiss! I'm Ruby! Want to hang out? We can go shopping for school supplies."

"Yeah, and we can paint our nails, and try on clothes, and talk about cute boys like tall, blond and scraggly over there!" Weiss 'smiled,' jerking a thumb over at Jaune.

"Oh wow, really?" Ruby gasped.

"...No," Weiss deadpanned immediately, dropping the fake smile for an annoyed look.

The sound of a mic being tapped earned the attention of everyone in the room. Looking out to the stage, they saw a man with white hair wearing a green suit comprised of a pair of pants and a blazer buttoned down his chest with a green scarf/muffler neatly tucked around his neck clothing, a cane, before a microphone, looking out at the crowd behind small tinted glasses with a zigzag pattern to the arms. Two other people stood behind him, one was a man taller than the other two wearing a white doctor's jacket, with a black shirt underneath camouflage patterned pants and combat boots, his black hair had white fringes along the left side and small white patches on the right side. Next was a woman with blonde hair tied into a bun with glasses over her eyes, she was wearing a white blouse, black corset and skirt with matching stockings and boots, and a purple cape hanging off her shoulders.

"I'll... keep this brief," the man announced, "You have traveled here today in search of knowledge, to hone your craft and acquire new skills, and when you have finished, you plan to dedicate your life to the protection of the people. But I look amongst you, and all I see is wasted energy, in need of purpose, direction." whispers began to be heard among the crowd as the man's amber colored eyes scanned the many students, "You assume knowledge will free you of this, but your time at this school will prove that knowledge can only carry you so far. It is up to you to take the first step."

"You will gather in the ballroom tonight," the woman went next, as the two men walked off, "Tomorrow your initiation begins. Be ready. You are dismissed."

"He seemed kind of off," Yang went first once the teachers left.

"It's almost like he wasn't even there." Ruby added noticing the same thing as her older sister. The girls unable to see Emu as he tried to hold Jaune back as he got near them.

"I'm a natural blond you know." Jaune spoke to Weiss as he walked over to them, Emu shaking his head several times at hearing those words escape his newly acquired friend's mouth.

'Maybe I should introduce him to some dating sims…' Emu thought as Weiss put a hand up to her head while shaking it from the same basic train of thought as Emu. "Just why?" Emu finally spoke.

Night came after hours of the students being allowed to roam the Academy to let them learn their ways around and familiarize themselves with what would soon become their new home for several years. Everyone followed the teacher in the white lab coat to the Ballroom. He stopped before he turned to face all of them.

"Okay, brats. Ground rules. Guys are on the left side and girls on the right. Anyone tries any funny business and I'll make you regret it." the teacher explained to all of them with a scowl, "Just so you know, I'm not just your babysitter, I'm your future Health class teacher, Taiga Hanaya. So be careful what you say, or you'll never pass my class." he introduced himself before he pulled back his coat to reveal a gun on his hip, "Again...no funny business." he warned, opening the door, "You got sleeping bags here and here." he motioned to both his sides, "Restrooms are that way, so feel free to change into sleepwear...but keep it PG." he explained, "Well...go." he motioned as everyone flooded in.

After a few moments of taking trips to the restrooms, everyone was dressed in their sleepwear and setting up spots to sleep while keeping to Mr. Hanaya's ground rules. Said Teacher was sitting on the staircase with his jacket acting as a cushion for him to sit on. He was busy reading from his scroll which was painted in black and navy blue with green accents and a blue glow to the screen.

Ruby found herself a perfect spot to the side near the windows as she wore pajamas consisting of white pants with pink roses dotting them and a black tanktop with a light pink heart shaped wolf with sharp teeth. She also had a sleeping mask themed after red monster eyes on her head. She was laying on her front as she wrote something down on a piece of paper.

"Isn't this awesome?" Yang asked as she plopped down onto the sleeping bag next to Ruby, wearing a pair of black short-shorts and an orange tank top, "It's like a big slumber party!"

"True, but i don't think dad would approve of all the boys though…" Ruby countered while she focused on her writing.

"I know I do." Yang purred, looking at the boys on the other side, many of them just wearing pajama pants and walking around shirtless exposing their muscles.

Key among them Emu as he wore a pair of orange sweat pants with a pink 39 on his left leg and walked around shirtless, exposing his muscular build like all the rest his fellow male students. Their training making them all the peek of male physical condition. Emu smacked his forehead in disapproval as Jaune walked over, wearing sky blue full body Pajamas with a white rabbit head on the front, and rabbit eared slippers. Jaune turned to look at the girls as Yang developed a disturbed look. Jaune waved to them before he turned to someone laughing as it was Kiriya wearing a red robe over his button up pajama shirt and pants made of red silk,clearly making an effort to be stylish with his sleepwear.

"What's so funny?"

"Hahaha!" Kiriya laughed as he pulled out a fake pipe that he put in his mouth, he then blew into it making bubbles come out, "Dude, are those Pumpkin Pete Pajamas? My little cousin has a pair of those...he's 5….you're 17! Hahahaha!"

"Hey! I-" Jaune began before Emu dragged him off.

"Jaune, don't…" Emu sighed, "You're just gonna give bullies more reasons to...well, bully you…"

"Hey come on M, I'm sure it's not such a big deal." Jaune argued, using the pronunciation of Emu's name for a nickname.

"Jaune...as your newest dude friend...please...listen to me on this." Emu begged.

"Emu, a guy can wear anything as long as he does it with confidence." Jaune argued calmly, "Trust me, I got this."

"That's something a lot of people have said...it has not turned out so well for them." Emu countered.

"Look, I really appreciate it buddy, but trust me, I'm not gonna have any problems. I'm at Beacon, best school around." Jaune reminded, "I'm sure this place is full of nothing but cool and professional type people."

"Laugh! Look at him and laugh!" Kiriya cheered with several of the other guys.

"Okay...so maybe you're right." Jaune sighed with a slump.

"Well...that just happened," Yang muttered, having watched the scene go down before looking over at Ruby, "What's that?"

"A letter to the gang back at Signal," Ruby answered, "I promised to tell them all about Beacon and how things are going."

"Aww, that's so cuuuute~!" Yang cooed in a teasing manner before a pillow was tossed at her face, "Gah!"

"Shut up!" Ruby snapped a bit, "I didn't get to take my friends with me to school. It's weird not knowing anyone here."

"What about Jaune? He's…" Yang paused, trying to find the right words to say, "...Nice. There you go! Plus one friend! That's a 100 percent increase."

"I'm pretty sure Weiss counts as a 'negative friend.' Back to zero."

"What about Emu? He's nice, and cool, and...hehe...looks nice shirtless." Yang said mostly to herself, looking at Emu as he struggled to help Jaune. "Besides there is no such thing as a negative friend, you just made two friends-one of which I'd like to be introduced to by the way-and one enemy." she smiled before a dog-themed pillow smacked her in the face.

"Goal!" Kiriya declared before ducking under a pillow thrown at him, "Ha! Missed!" he cheered before an entire sleeping bag filled with them smacked into him, knocking him over with a groan of shock.

"GOAL!" Emu cheered as he high fived Jaune.

"Grr…" Yang's eye twitched for a moment before calming down, "Look, Ruby, it's only been a day. Trust me, you've got friends all around you. You just haven't met them yet." she said in a loving tone reserved only for her little sister.

Ruby was about to say something before a small light caught her attention, making her sit up to see the mystery girl from the courtyard this morning, wearing a black yukata over a purple undershirt as she was reading a book.

"That girl…" Ruby whispered.

"You know her?" Yang asked.

"Not really...she saw what happened this morning, but left before I could say anything." Ruby explained in memory of the explosion event with Weiss.

"Well now's your chance." Yang smirked jumping up and pulling Ruby to her feet against her will.

"Wait...what are you doing?!" Ruby asked, so shocked her voice squeaked as Yang dragged her over.

"Helloooo~!" Yang waved as the girl lowered her book in wonder to who was calling out to her, "I believe you two know each other?"

"...Aren't you that girl that exploded?" the mystery girl asked, looking over at Ruby.

"Uh, yeah…" Ruby chuckled sheepishly before extending her hand out, "My name's Ruby, but...you can just call me...crater...actually, you can just call me Ruby."

"...Okay," the mystery girl replied as she returned to focusing on her book.

"What are you doing?!" Yang hissed to Ruby.

"I don't know. Help me!" Ruby hissed back.

"So…." Yang began with a smile, "What's your name?"

"...Blake," the mystery girl answered, looking up from her book once more.

"Well, Blake, I'm Yang, Ruby's older Sister." she introduced herself pointing to herself with her thumb dramatically, she then paused as she thought where to take the conversation, she was drawing a blank, "...I like your bow!"

"Thanks." Blake said quickly, probably feeling a little annoyed.

"It goes great with your...Pajamas," Yang added.

"Right." Blake agreed still reading from her book.

The two sisters looked at each other this was becoming awkward for both of them really.

"Uh...oh! Nice night, don't ya think?" Yang asked.

"Yes. It's lovely...almost as lovely as this book," Blake replied, "That I will continue to read…" a slight eye twitch occurred as the two continued to stare at her, "As soon as you leave."

"Yeah, this girl's a lost cause," Yang deadpanned.

"Woo~" Kiriya shouted from across the ballroom. The girls turning to see him as he was wrestling with Jaune. "Give in!"

"Never!" Jaune shouted as they rolled across the ground.

"You two knuckleheads are about to get it!" Taiga shouted as he marched down the stairs.

"Ah...I miss all the fun." Yang complained, seeing the teacher as he chased the two down and take them down in one fluid motion, by tackling into Kiriya and rolling over him before swinging his leg and tripping Jaune.

"...What's it about?" Ruby asked, ignoring that.

"Hmm?" Blake blinked a bit, looking over at Ruby.

"Your book. Does it have a name?" Ruby asked.

"Well, it's about a man with two souls, each fighting for control of his body." she explained finally looking up from her book.

"Oh yeah...that's real lovely…" Yang muttered as that description just sounded...creepy to her. Then again she was never really the novel type.

"More like a snooze fest!" Kiriya's voice shouted, before a loud smack was heard along with a snorting laugh from Jaune,"Gah! Cheap move! Cheap move!" he complained as Mr Hanaya moved him and Jaune to the corner furthest from people.

"...What's…?" Blake began.

"Ignore him," Yang waved off.

"I love books." Ruby spoke still ignoring them, which at this point was just impressive, "Yang use to read to me every night before bed." she explained as Black looked up at her. "Stories of Heroes and Monsters, they're one of the reasons why I want to be a Huntress." she explained.

"Why is that?" Blake asked, "Hoping you'll live happily ever after?"

"I'm hoping we all will." Ruby answered. "As a girl, I wanted to be just like those heroes in the books. Someone who fought for what was right, and who protected people who couldn't protect themselves."

"That's very ambitious for a child." Blake smiled, finally putting down her book before her smile faded into a somewhat sad frown, "Unfortunately, the real world isn't the same as a Fairy Tale."

Ruby smirked at that as she already had a response, "Well, that's why we're here…" she responded, "To make it better."

"Ohh, I'm so proud of my baby Sister!" Yang cheered as she walked up to and lifted Ruby into an unwanted bearhug, while making baby talk noises.

"Gah! Cut it out!" Ruby snapped, slugging Yang in the face before pulling her into a fight cloud, the sound of cats yowling being heard.

"...Well, Ruby, Yang...it's a pleasure t-" Blake began.

"What in the world is going on over here?!" the trio looked over to see Weiss, wearing an ice-blue night dress, stomping over, "Don't you realize some of us are trying to sl-"

"Oh, not you again!" Yang and Weiss complained in unison as they noticed one another.

"Shh, guys. She's right. People are trying to sleep." Ruby said quickly.

"Yeah! Everyone can hear you!" Kiriya shouted before everyone heard a loud smack, "Ow!"

"And no one wants to hear you." Taiga's voice groaned.

After a few seconds, the girls turned their attention back to each other.

"So...uh...quiet?" Ruby spoke up.

"Oh, so now you're on my side." Weiss frowned.

"I was always on your side!" Ruby reasoned.

"Yeah, what's your problem with my sister?!" Yang asked as she glared at Weiss, "She's only trying to be nice!"

"She's a hazard to my health!" Weiss argued.

Blake grabbed her Candelabra, which provided her section of the Ballroom with the light with which they all used to talk and see, before blowing out the flames...and causing the entire room to go dark.

"...How does that work?!" Kiriya lampshaded.

"Shut up and go to bed!" Taiga shouted as a gunshot went off and the sounds of scared teenagers rushing to find their sleeping bags was heard.

Morning, a time for when people chose to either stay in bed, or get up and face the day fully refreshed. Unfortunately... one particular person in the room was about to receive a rather abrupt wake up call.

"Wake up, Lazy Bud!" a cheerful voice sang as a young man opened his eyes to see a girl with short orange hair and turquoise eyes. She quickly bounced away as the young man groaned and sat up.

The young man had long black hair tied in a ponytail with a magenta streak in the left side of his hair and matching eyes. He was already in his clothes...or rather it seems he slept in his day to day clothes rather then change into sleepwear. His clothes consisted of a green and black tail coat with a red interior with pink cuffs, and a diagonal buttoning with gold trimmings. White pants and black shoes finished off his attire. The girl who awoke him stood behind him happily singing.

"It's morning, it's morning, it's morning, it's Moooorning~!" she sang as she seemed to jump from spot to spot with untrackable speed.

She was wearing a black vest with armor framing the sides and multiple colors in the center, a white sleeveless shirt underneath with a heart shaped opening between her collarbone and cleavage with white detached sleeves on each arm, and pink fingerless gloves on each hand. She wore a pink skirt ending at her thighs and pink and white sneakers.

"Who singing so loudly this early?" Kiriya groaned, having been woken up by the loud singing. The fun loving male putting his sunglasses on to relieve the glare of morning sun.

"I like it." Emu responded, dressed in his normal clothes already as he packed up his sleeping bag.

"I can't believe we've been at Beacon for a full 24 hours!" the excitable girl spoke to her male friend as they brushed their teeth, "Not that I thought we'd get kicked out or anything. I mean, you're the perfect student and I'm, well, I'm me." she went on as the male finished brushing his teeth.

"Why are you in the dudes' restroom!?" Kiriya shouted at seeing her as he came back from getting changed. "Wait. Does that mean I can go over into the other one?" he asked, leaving as the girl didn't even notice him.

"But it's just crazy, you know? We've been friends for soooooo long," the girl went on, brushing her hair as the man was tying up his sleeping bag, "What are the odds we'd still be together?" she asked before blushing, "Well not 'together' together. Not that I'm not saying you're not handsome! You are handsome, but that'd just be weird...right?" she fumbled over her own words at that bit of admittance.

"That's not what everyone else heard!" Kiriya called before a pillow slammed into his face, sending him onto his back from the strong impact. Yang laughing as she high-fived Emu for her shot.

"Right. What was I thinking?" the girl mumbled through a full pancake in her mouth, the boy slicing into a stack of his own prepared with syrup and a pat of butter, "But still I hope we end up on the same team together." she said while slurping up the pancake in one quick motion, she then held up her hand as she had a moment of inspiration, "Ooh! We should come up with some sort of plan. To make sure we end up on the same team together, what if we bribe the headmaster? No that won't work he has a school."

"Dear god, woman! How are you still breathing?!" Kiriya gawked before his pancakes were stolen by Ruby and shared with Jaune, "Hey!"

"I know! We'll have some kind of signal! Like a distress signal!" the girl cheered, the man opening a locker as he pulled out a pair of emerald green pistols with blades attached to the bottom just in front of the trigger guard, before she gasped, "A secret signal so we can find each other in the forest." she then blurred over and poked his shoulder, "Can you imitate a sloth?"

"Nora." he finally spoke as she dashed over to his other side.

"Yes, Ren?" she asked calmly as he raised his hands and his guns dropped into his sleeves...somehow.

"I don't think Sloths make a lot of noise." he responded honestly.

"..." Nora took a few seconds to register his response, "That's why it's perfect! No one will suspect we're working together."

"Come on, Nora, let's go." Ren smiled as he began walking.

"But not 'Together' together." she giggled following him.

"I wonder what those two were so worked up about?" Ruby asked, getting stuff out of her own locker with Yang.

"Oh who knows… So you seem awfully chipper this morning." Yang noted with a smile.

"Yup! No more awkward small talk or 'getting to know you' stuff," Ruby smiled as she pulled out her Crescent Rose in its standby mode, "Today, I get to let my sweetheart do the talking."

"Well remember, Ruby, you're not the only one going through initiation," Yang reminded, "If you wanna grow up, you're going to have to meet new people and learn to work together."

"Ugh! You sound like dad!" Ruby complained as she put Crescent Rose back in her locker, "Okay first of all; what does meeting people have to do with fighting? And secondly; I don't need people to help me grow up. I drink milk!" she said as there was a moment of pause between the siblings.

"But what about when we form teams?" Yang asked, putting her hands on her hips and genuinely worried for Ruby now.

Ruby's attitude melted away as she realized her sister was right. "Uhm...I don't know, I-I'll just be on your team or something…" she mumbled, looking away from her sister.

"Maybe you should try being on someone else's team." Yang offered as she grabbed and began messing around with her long hair.

"Uh-oh…" Kiriya spoke as he overheard them before he ran off.

"Wait...traitor!" Yang called after her friend.

"My dearest sister Yang," Ruby began as she walked up to her sister while poking her with her finger, "Are you implying that you do not wish to be on the same team as me?!" Ruby asked, leaning forward with her hands on her hips.

"W-What!? No!" Yang waved her arms defensively, Ruby might be small and cute, but she had quite a vicious angry glare of accusation, "Of course I do! I just thought...I don't know, maybe it would help you break out of your shell."

"What the?! I don't need to break out of my shell!" Ruby snapped, "That's absolutely…!"

"Ridiculous!" Jaune shouted, walking past them while looking at a map, "There's no way I put my gear in Locker 636 yesterday!? I would have remembered having to count that high." he complained as he walked past Emu as he was at his locker, twirling around his Gashacon Breaker before he slotted it onto a belt around his waist and hidden under his jacket. "Emu! Where was my locker?"

"It's 636." Emu stated, "Remember it was either that one or Locker 666?" he said as he put his game system inside the locker.

"Ugh...why does this have to happen today?!" Jaune cried as Emu walked with him.

"So, Pyrrha, have you given any thought to whose team you'd like to be on?" Weiss asked as she stood next to the red haired girl from yesterday, "I'm sure everyone must be eager to unite with such a strong, well known individual such as yourself."

"Hmm...I'm not quite sure. I was planning on letting the chips fall where they may," the red haired girl answered.

"Well, I was thinking maybe we could be on a team together," Weiss stated.

"Well that sounds grand." Pyrrha smiled happily at the offer of friendship.

"Great!" Weiss smiled, she then began talking to herself mentally, 'This will be perfect! The Smartest Girl in class combined with the Strongest Girl in class. Together we will be unstoppable! I can see it now: We'll be popular, we'll be celebrities, we'll get perfect grades! Nothing could come between us now!' a mischievous mental Weiss plotted maniacally.

"You know what else is great? Me, Jaune Arc. Nice to meet you." a voice spoke as Jaune put his hand on the locker next to Weiss, literally separating Weiss from Pyrrha.

"You again?" Weiss frowned in annoyance.

"Why?" Emu asked, bashing his head into someone's locker, "Why...why….why?"

"Nice to meet you, Jaune," Pyrrha greeted before Jaune pushed her to the side.

"Yeah, yeah." he said as he looked at Weiss, "So Weiss! Couldn't help but overhear your fondness of me the other day."

"Oh you've got to be kidding me." Weiss facepalmed.

"I know, right!?" Emu shouted.

"M, buddy, I love ya, but I got this." Jaune said quietly, looking at Emu.

"I politely beg to differ," Emu replied with a sweatdrop.

"Your friend sounds incredibly smart." Weiss pointed out, "Maybe you should listen to him."

"Oh, don't worry, no need to be embarrassed." he turned back to Weiss, "So been hearing rumors about teams. I was thinking you and me would make a good one. What do you say?"

"Actually, I think teams are comprised of four students each. So-" Pyrrha began as Jaune turned to look at her.

"You don't say. Well hot-stuff, play your cards right and maybe you could join up with the winning team." he smirked, walking up to Pyrrha as he pointed at himself confidently.

"Well...he sure can talk the talk." Emu muttered.

"But he can't walk the walk!" Kiriya laughed appearing next to Emu, "What's up, Ace?" he greeted slugging an arm over his shoulder, "You're Emu Hojo, right? As in the guy who did so well in combat testing, he's already sponsored?" he asked with a mischievous smirk and getting the others' attention. "You're second only to our Battle Princess Pyrrha herself."

"Who now?" Jaune asked, confused.

"Really...really?" Weiss asked, "Do you have any idea to the people you've been talking to at all?"

"Not in the slightest, Snow Angel," he responded to Weiss.

"Snow Angel…" Kiriya snorted back a laugh, "More like Snow Demoness."

"This is Pyrrha." Weiss finally said as she motioned to Pyrrha.

"Hello again." Pyrrha waved happily.

"Pyrrha graduated top of her class at Sanctum." Weiss explained.

"Never heard of it." Jaune replied honestly.

"Ha! Strike one!" Kiriya chuckled.

"Grr...she's won the Mistral Regional tournament 4 Years in a row, a new record!"

"The what?"

"Strrrrrike...two!" Kiriya laughed with a whistle.

"...SHE'S ON THE FRONT OF EVERY PUMPKIN PETE'S MARSHMALLOW FLAKES BOX!" Weiss shouted waving her arms around in anger.

Jaune gasped as he held his arms up in a not so manly manner, "That's you?! They only do that for Star Athletes and cartoon characters!"

"I love those!" Emu said happily.

"Homerun!" Kiriya laughed, enjoying Weiss's anger.

"Yeah, it was pretty cool. Sadly, the cereal isn't very good for you." Pyrrha responded, blushing at the sudden praise from Jaune.

"Well yeah, but it's the only thing kids will eat." Kiriya responded.

"Quiet, you," Weiss ordered with a frown before looking back at Jaune, "So, after hearing all of this, do you really think you're in a position to ask her to be on your team?"

"...I guess not," Jaune slumped, "Sorry…"

"Actually Jaune, I think you'd make a great leader." Pyrrha praised him to help him cheer up.

"Yeah, besides, I'll be on your team buddy." Emu smiled patting his back.

"D'oh! Stop it!" he smiled, happy to hear all that.

"Ah look at that. He got the two strongest of our class to want to join him!" Kiriya laughed, "You could barely even get one Princess!"

"Grr…!" Weiss growled, her eye twitching violently before she stomped on Kiriya's foot.

"Ah!" he groaned falling over, "My baby toe!"

"This kind of behavior should not be encouraged." Weiss groaned walking up to the others.

"Sounds like I got two people on board for team Jaune. Better hurry up spot are limited and filling up quick." Jaune smiled as he turned to flirt with Weiss more. "Now I'm not suppose to do this, but, maybe I could pull some strings. Find a place for you. What do you say?" he asked leaning in close to Weiss.

"Alright. That's a bit too close," Weiss said, backing away from Jaune a little, "Pyrrha, a little help please?"

"Jaune seriously buddy you should give her-AH!" Emu cried as the hood of his jacket as well as Jaune's where speared by a golden and red javelin. The two were stuck to a wall and left in an awkward position as Jaune turned around once Emu spoke. "This...never...happened…"

"Agreed…" Jaune groaned.

"I'm sorry…" Pyrrha apologized.

=Would all first year students please report to Beacon Cliff for initiation? Again, all first year students report to Beacon Cliff immediately before Professor Taiga comes and retrieves you himself=

=Move it brats= Taiga's voice growled in the background.

Weiss walked past the awkwardly pinned Jaune and Emu, Pyrrha came up and held her hand out as her weapon flew back into it after a second.

"It was nice meeting you." Pyrrha said, walking away.

"Likewise…" Jaune groaned as he and Emu fell to the ground before moving away from one another.

"Ooh...so close there champ." Kiriya chuckled as he took his sunglasses off.

"Having some trouble there Lady Killer?" Yang asked as she and Ruby walked up to the guys, they overheard everything.

"I think he needs to catch a girl first before he can be called a killer." Kiriya muttered bluntly.

"...I don't understand…" Jaune sighed, "My dad says all women look for is confidence. Where did I go wrong?"

"Snow Angel, probably wasn't the best start." Yang explained.

"Also...it's one thing to be confident, another thing to invade the bubble…" Emu groaned getting up, "You didn't like me in your bubble...that's how you made Weiss feel."

"Ace gets it." Kiriya said as he held a hand out for Emu to take and lift him up.

"Why do you keep calling me ace?" Emu asked.

"Well you're one of the best here, and dude at that, so respect is due. I know...Meijin!" Kiriya offered an alternate nickname. "It sounds cool."

=You brats better get a move on before I start sniping you with chalk!= Taiga's voice snapped from the PA system.

"Move, move, move!" Kiriya shouted in panic, "That guy is psycho! I'm not going for that wild ride again!"

"Race ya!" Yang cheered as they both ran out as fast their legs would take them.

"Come on, Jaune! Let's go." Ruby said helping her friend to stand.

"You'll do better next time." Emu encouraged, "Maybe try a different girl though."

"Maybe…"

Everyone all lined up at the cliffs overlooking a large expansive forest. All of them standing on these strange pads. Their teachers all standing in front of them. Their Headmaster stood in front with a mug of coffee in his hands as he enjoyed the morning breeze.

"For years, all of you have trained to become warriors. And today your abilities will be evaluated in the Emerald Forest," the Headmaster explained as he took a step back, letting the female teacher step forward to take over from there.

"Now, I'm sure many of you have heard rumors about the assignment of teams." she spoke, looking at her scroll which was larger than normal, while her bright green eyes looking up at all the students, "Well, allow us to put an end to your confusion. Each of you will be given teammates...today."

"What?! Aw…" Ruby muttered in fear at the concept of socialization.

"These teammates will be with you for the rest of your time here at Beacon. So it is in your best interest to be paired with someone with whom you can work well." The Headmaster added.

"Aw…" Ruby groaned again.

"That being said, the first person you make eye contact with after landing will be your partner for the next 4 years." he finished.

Ruby took a second to let that sink in as it felt like her entire world just shattered into millions of pieces. "What!?"

"Hahaha...losers." Kiriya smirked as he put on his sunglasses, "Can't make eye contact with sunglasses." He then turned to Emu, "I'll see you soon Meijin!"

"I need an adult!" Emu panicked.

"See? I told you." Nora spoke happily to Ren who stood beside her.

"After you're paired up, make your way to the Northern End of the forest." The Headmaster spoke up as the students had time to absorb his last bit of exposition. "You will meet opposition along the way. Don't hesitate to destroy everything in your path or you will die." he advised sternly.

"Heh…" Jaune gulped at that.

"And any dumbasses who try some bull like hiding, will be expelled." Taiga added, "Don't think your not being watched and evaluated the entire time."

"That's right, Professor Hanaya, they will all be monitored and graded on the duration of their initiation. But keep in mind, no instructor will intervene." The Headmaster added to Taiga's….threat/warning. "You will find an abandoned temple at the end of the path containing several relics. Each pair must choose one and return to the top of the cliff. You will regard that item as well as your standing, and grade you appropriately." he explained as Jaune and Ruby both looked really nervous. "Are there any questions?"

"When do we begin?" Emu asked with a confident smirk on his face, his voice sounding...deeper.

"Yeah, um, sir? I-" Jaune began.

"Good. Now, take your positions," the headmaster stated as everyone all crouched down in a ready position.

"Uh, sir? I've got, um, a question." Jaune held his hand up, trying to get any of the three teachers attention.

"Fire." Taiga said as one of the pads catapulted a student into the forest, said student being Weiss.

"So this landing strategy thing, uh, w-what is it?" Jaune asked, despite not getting acknowledgment, "You're like dropping us off or something?"

"No. You will be falling." the Headmaster smiled as Taiga pressed the button launching another student.

"Oh I see…" Jaune scratched his head, "So, like, did you hand out parachutes for us?"

"Game on!" Emu cheered as he was catapulted.

"Woohoo!" Nora cheered, going next.

"No. You will be using your own landing strategy." the Headmaster explained further.

"Let's go for a ride!" Kiriya cheered as he was launched next.

Yang pulled out a pair of sunglasses of her own before she winked to Ruby as she was catapulted next. Ruby smirked as she followed shortly after.

"So what exactly is a landing strateGGYYY!" Jaune cried as he was launched last.

"I love this job." Taiga smirked as he watched the students fly through the air. The Headmaster smiled and sipped his coffee as he joined Taiga in watching them fall. "I give the scraggly one an hour."

The Headmaster turned to the teacher with a smile. "The usual then, Mr. Hanaya?"

"You're on, Ozpin." Taiga replied as he pulled out the scope from a sniper rifle and used it to view the students in the distance.

The calm serene silence of nature, a thing that is often taken for granted in life. It is a place where things of nature can be enjoyed, such as the sounds of birds chirping. One bird flying through the calm sky without need for direction. All was so calm…

*SQUAK!*

"Birdy no!" Ruby cried as black feathers fell from the sky.

She looked back down before she pulled out Crescent Rose and began shooting, using the sniper rifle's blowback to slow her momentum as much as possible. As soon as she saw a thick enough tree branch, she transformed her weapon into scythe mode and used it to hook the branch, using several swings around the branch to slow down her momentum before she jumped off into the tree tops.

Weiss pulled out a long silver fencing blade with a revolver style chamber in the hilt, the chambers filled with a variety of Dust. She swung her arms around quickly before a white circle with an intricate design in the middle formed under her feet, stopping her momentum and allowing her to safely jump into the forest. Ren used his body to swing himself down before using the blades on his guns to hook into a tree as he began grinding against the trunk using the friction to slow himself down till safely touching the green forest floor. Ren dusted his sleeves as he put his guns away, he then stopped as he heard an explosion.

"Woohoo!" Yang shouted gleefully from the skies as her two bracelets extended into gauntlets before she started firing off shotgun-like buckshots from them with punches, the explosion from each one sending her flying forward further and further, picking up more and more speed opposed to the others who were slowing themselves down, "Ahaha! Yeah!" she cheered, jumping off a tree top and blasting herself forward again. "Ali oop!" she whooped, doing spins and flips through the air. She tucked her body in as like a cannonball as she tore through the branches of several trees, she then began bouncing off tree branches before she landed on the ground with a roll and began running further into the forest. "Nailed it!"

"Cowabunga!" Kiriya shouted as he extended his leg and kicked a tree, ripping a large chunk of it off, before he crashed into another tree and into several more before crashing into the forest floor, causing it to rain splintered tree bark. "Whew! Let's go on that ride again!" he cheered, fixing his sunglasses and jacket.

Pyrrha pulled out a golden shield as she crashed through several trees before safely rolling onto a branch. As she did she got to her feet in one quick motion while grabbing her spear as it transformed into a rifle. She looked through her scope before catching sight of Jaune falling through the air flailing around in panic. She quickly flipped her weapon around as it transformed into spear form once again, she took a few seconds to adjust her aim and plot Jaune's course, before she tossed it while it fired from the rifle barrel that acted as the lower end of the spears staff, the recoil helping to launch it through the air. Pyrrha waited a few seconds before she heard a loud thunk sound.

"Thank you!" Jaune shouted as loud as he could.

"I'm sorry!" Pyrrha shouted back.

"Whoo!" Emu cried as he flew past the trees, he pushed his legs down before a burst of air launched him back into the air. A smile on his face as the wind blew his hair back, he pushed his legs down as another burst of wind sent him flying further. As he began descending he kicked his legs down as another burst of air slowed him down before he touched the ground. "I'm gonna clear this in no time!" he cheered to himself as he ran into the forest.

Ruby touched down on the forest ground somewhere, she looked up before she began running into the forest as panted, 'Gotta find Yang! Gotta find Yang, gotta find Yang, gotta fiiind…' she chanted to herself as she kept running, "Yaaang! Yaaang!" she shouted as loud as she could, 'Ugh this is bad! What if I can't find her? What if someone finds her first?' she asked herself as she began thinking of her backup options, 'There's always Jaune… he's nice. He's funny! I don't think he's very good in a fight though.' she thought as she imagined Jaune being attacked by wolves. 'Oh what about Blake? So mysterious, so calm. Plus she likes books. Well then again, I'm not sure I'd be able to hold a conversation with her.' she shook her head, 'Emu? He's nice, he's funny, and he's actually suppose to be good at this he's already sponsored. But...then again, that would mean he'd be super popular...I'm sure he must have a ton of other people looking for him...so...many people...and he'd get all the super hard jobs too, like public speaking...ah!' she panicked at the thought. 'Okay! Who else do I know in this school? There's Yang, Jaune, Blake, Emu, and…' she immediately skidded to a halt when she spotted a certain white-haired heiress, who soon noticed her in turn.

The two stared at eachother for a few moments, Blue eyes staring into Silver, Ruby trying to shoot a friendly smile at Weiss….until she began to walk away from her.

"Wait! Where are you going?!" Ruby called out, only to be ignored completely by her, "...We're supposed to be teammates…"

Weiss made her way through the bushes best she could getting scratched a few times as she did. She sighed, dusting her skirt before she blinked and heard grunting sounds.

"Ugh...come on, you stupid urg… Come on Agh…" Jaune grunted stuck to a tree by a spear, he looked down at Weiss and waved nervously with a chuckle. Weiss turned and left making him groan.

"By no means does this make us friends." Weiss said, grabbing Ruby by her hood and dragging her through the woods.

"You came back!" Ruby cheered happily.

"Hey wait! Come back!" Jaune cried, "Who's gonna get me down from here?"

"Not it!" Kiriya shouted, running past him with his eyes closed to avoid eye contact, "I'm coming for you, Meijin!" he shouted as Emu shivered in the distance.

"...What am I gonna do?" Jaune slumped.

"Jaune?" a voice spoke, making him look down to see Pyrrha standing below him, "Do you...have any spots left on your team?"

"Very funny." Jaune harrumphed in sarcasm. But after a few seconds, he looked down with a happy smile as blue eyes met green. Pyrrha smiled back at him.

"What's the hurry?" Ruby asked, still being dragged through the forest by a disgruntled Weiss.

"I will not let my mission be delayed because you're too slow." she complained as she let go and began walking on her own as Ruby followed, "I swear if I get a bad grade because of your-" she began before Ruby appeared in front of her moving her arms like paws. "What the?!"

"I'm not slow, see? You don't have to worry about me!" Ruby smiled proudly.

"When did…?" Weiss began in confusion turning back to see where she was.

"Weiss, just because I don't exactly know how to deal with people doesn't mean I don't know how to deal with monsters," Ruby argued logically as Weiss crossed her arms, "You're about to see a whole different side of me today, Weiss!" she cheered as she walked over and slung her arm around her new 'Partner'. "And after it's all over, your gonna be like 'Wow! That Ruby girl is really really cool… and I want to be her friend'." She smiled before she dashed off before Weiss could say anything, leaving a trail of rose petals behind her.

"You may be fast, but you still excel in wasting time!" Weiss called after her partner as she waved the rose petals out of her face, she waited for some kind of response, but she was met with a few seconds of creepy silence. She then turned towards the sound of rustling leaves, "Ruby?" she asked as more and more rustling was heard. "...Ruby?" she asked more carefully before taking a step back.

In the bush a few feet away, she saw a pair of red eyes staring at her. They then began multiplying as each and every bush had eyes glaring out at Weiss. Said girl turned around to see she was surrounded by the figures all waiting in the forests vast foliage. Weiss then turned to a much louder growl to see a figure stepping out of its hiding place. It was a large bipedal wolf monster, its body covered in disturbingly black fur with bone spikes across its long claw ending arms and across the back. A chilling mask made of bones seemingly growing out of its face laid on its skull.

"Ruby!" Weiss shouted as the wolf roared.

"So it begins." Taiga spoke, looking through his scope, "The Grimm have finally become restless at the scent of multiple emotionally overbearing humans."

"You mean teenagers." The female teacher smiled.

"What's the difference?" Taiga asked as he pulled out a bottle of water. "Ah...damn…" Taiga groaned.

"What is it?"

"I lost my bet with Ozpin. The scraggly one nagged Pyrrha as his partner." Taiga complained, lowering his scope as he took a sip of his water. "I was looking forward to that win."

"You know it was never going to happen."

"Glynda...a man can dream." Taiga responded simply. "So where's the one Kuroto picked?"

"Why?!" Emu asked as he jumped away from a swipe from one of the Beowolf Grimm before he pulled out his Gashacon Breaker and started using the hammer to smack away one of its swings.

He then jumped up before he slammed the hammer down on the Grimm's skull, smashing it into chunks. The body fell over, lifeless, before disintegrating into a black dust. Emu turned around as several more Beowulves jumped out of the forest. Emu smashed the A button as his weapon changed into sword mode. He jumped and slashed, taking off the head of one before he kicked his legs and jumped higher into the air, avoiding another swing. As the Beowulves looked up, Emu slammed the B button four times before he pulled the trigger on the handle. Emu came down as he slashed once at the same time as the Grimm leapt at him.

Emu landed on the ground unharmed before sliced up Grimm fell around him, fading into dust, "Ah...man, that spooked me."

"Hey, Meijin." a voice said behind Emu.

"Huh?" he blinked turning to see Kiriya super close to his face with his glasses taken off.

"How you doing, partner?" he asked, wiggling his eyebrows.

"Ah...ah…." Emu realized as his black eyes stared into Kiriya's brown ones. "Your….eye contact…." he sputtered.

"I know….I'm stoked to have me as a partner for life, too! So hop on! The ride begins now, Meijin!" Kiriya smiled as he put his shades back on. He then spun around and kicked his leg out just as a larger than normal Beowulf jumped at him, his leg met its jaw and sent the beast's head flying away into the horizon. "Come on! I know a shortcut!"

"A shortcut?"

"Yeah, it cuts right through a Grimm cave!" Kiriya cheered.

"Ahh. A Grimm cave," Emu nodded before it caught up to him what Kiriya just said, "...A GRIMM CAVE!?"

The swamp area teamed with life...and a fair deal of bugs. As Yang had learned after stumbling into this area of the Forest. She walked around the area in hopes of finding anybody. At the moment, she had little to no luck in that factor.

"Helloooooo?" Yang called out, hoping for a response from another human. Yang then tensed as she felt something run around the bushes and out of her range of sight, but she ignored it and kept moving, "Is anyone out there? Helloooo?" she called out, getting very much annoyed now. "I'm getting bored here." she complained before hearing more rustling, "Is someone there?" she asked, walking up to a bush, and parting it, "Ruby, is that you?" she asked before looking up at a large and burly figure, "Nope." she replied simply as she ducked out of the path of an Ursa pouncing on her.

The large bear-themed Grimm growled as it landed. It had bone spines along its back and bone armor on its legs with large sharp claws. Like the Beowulf, it too had a bone-like mask growing from its face, adding to its intimidating visage along with its great height and imposing size. Yang glared at the Ursa as her bracelets transformed into gauntlets again. She then jumped as a second Ursa tried to attack her from the side. The two beasts regrouped as Yang waited for them to make their next move. One of the Ursa charged with its claws held up to slice at the small human girl. It stopped as Yang simply punched her fist into its stomach before an explosive shotgun burst launched it across the ground and away from Yang. The second Ursa charged only to be struck with an uppercut to the jaw, making its head fling back. Yang punched the air as her gauntlet fired and propelled her forward for a powerful kick to its chest, sending it crashing into the ground with its comrade.

"You guys wouldn't have happen to seen a girl in a red hood, would you?" Yang asked in a cheeky tone, the Ursa's rose up and growled in anger as if offended, "You could just say no!" she cheered backflipping away from a swing aimed at her head, she landed a good distance from the two grimm with a smile still on her face, "Aah, Ahahaha!" she laughed standing straight in a relaxed posture as she put her hand on her hip, "Geez. You two couldn't hit the broadside of a ba-" she began before pausing as her eyes saw a small strand of blonde hair falling to the ground. "You…" Yang, sighed closing her eyes.

"Uhh?" One Ursa asked its comrade in confusion to the sudden change in mood.

"Rah?" it shrugged, unsure as well, but both could feel an odd sudden rise in temperature.

Yang's eyes opened as her once lilac eyes became fiery red. "You Monster!" she shouted as a sudden explosion of flames ignited around her very body. With a sudden burst of power and speed, she dashed forward causing the ground where she stood to explode. "Hyaaaah!" she cried as she landed one explosive punch to the first Ursa before hitting its jaw with an uppercut. As the Grimm fell, she pointed both her arms back and fired a shot from both gauntlets before she reached the Ursa and unloaded a barrage of explosive punches to its chest. She delivered an uppercut to the beast again, keeping it airborne, before one left hook sent it flying back further, "Ah!" she shouted, charging and landing another punch combo before spinning into a hook kick, sending it tumbling back once more, "Ha!" she shouted, landing another explosive left hook before going into another chain punch combo, sending the poor defenseless Ursa flying further back.

She reared her left arm back and landed on final right cross punch that sent the probably already long dead Grimm flying through the forest through many trees and leaving a path of burning ground. Tree's fell over as Yang's gauntlets ejected spent shells while reloading in new ones. The second Ursa growled and charged up to her, trying to avenge its fallen comrade.

"What?! You want some, too?!" Yang demanded while raising her fists. her eyes still glowing like fire.

"GRAAH!" it roared before a slicing sound was heard, "Uhhh?" it asked before falling over, dead.

Standing behind the now fallen Grim was Blake with a black ribbon tied around her arm as a weapon was jammed into the Ursa's back. Blake smirked looking at Yang, their eyes meeting. Yang huffed as she finally calmed down from her sudden rage fit.

"I could have taken him." Yang smirked.

"You hear an explosion?" Emu asked as he and Kiriya where passing the swamp area.

"Huh? ...Oh yeah. I know that noise. Someone just got messed up," Kiriya replied as he pushed some branches out of is way and found a clearing. "Bingo."

"What are you up to?"

"Nothing~, Ex-Aid." he smirked, making Emu's eyes widen.

"How do you know that?" Emu asked as he reached for his weapon. School rules or not, he has to be cautious Kiriya knows something he should not know.

"Oh trust me...I know a lot of stuff." Kiriya chuckled as he held out a strange neon green and pink device resembling a large buckle device with two slots on the right side, and a neon pink door with a handle that opens in front. "This is why I choose you as a partner, Meijin. We are destined to work together."

"I feel like I just got swindled." Emu explained with a sigh as he finally relaxed.

"You're welcome!" Kiriya shouted, "Also we should get going….like right now 'cause this is an Ursa's nest."

"Graah!"

"Really?" Emu asked as they both turned to see an Ursa larger than the ones that attacked Yang, be at least three times the size, and was covered in thick bone armor and spikes all over.

"Time to get to work, partner!" Kiriya smirked.

"I still feel like I got tricked into buying something I didn't want!" Emu shouted, pulling out his Gashacon Breaker in its sword mode.

"You'll learn to love it." Kiriya smirked as they both charged.

Weiss blocked a swing from one of the Beowolves as she was sent sliding back across the ground. The girl regained her footing as she took a stance, ready to attack. Weiss took a breath to calm herself as she realized she was fighting so many enemies all at once.

'Remember your training, Weiss,' she reminded herself, 'Head up, shoulders back, right foot forward-not that forward,' she reminded herself of each correction to her stance she needed, 'Slow your breathing, wait for the right time to strike… And…' "Now!" she called out as she aimed her sword forward at the Lead Beowulf.

The chamber on her sword spun as a red crystal lined up with the lines on the sword. Weiss dashed forward, intent on striking the Alpha of the pack to scare off all the smaller Beowolves. But she had to stop herself as a red flash appeared in her path as Ruby slashed at the same target.

"Gotcha!" Ruby shouted, landing on the ground as a scar formed on the Alpha.

"Gaah!" Weiss shouted as she stopped mid dash and swung her sword out by accident, sending a wave of fire across the ground and then slamming into a tree and lighting it up in seconds.

Ruby blinked at that before she used her scythe to block a slash from the Alpha she just assaulted. The strike sent her crashing into Weiss, who barely held her footing.

"Hey watch it!"

"Excuse me! You attacked out of turn! I could have killed you!" Weiss reprimanded.

"You'll have to try a lot harder than that." Ruby said under her breath.

Ruby then twirled her Crescent Rose around as she reloaded it before twirling and holding it with the gun barrel at the head of the weapon pointing behind her. She grabbed the lever as she reloaded her weapon with its new ammunition. The Alpha Beowolf howled as its underlings all began to further surround the two girls. Both of them looked around ready to fight back until burning trees began falling around them. Weiss looked around in worry, realising how bad the situation was becoming. She grabbed Ruby's arm, catching her by surprise.

"We have to go!" Weiss ordered as she dragged Ruby away from the fight.

The Beowolves howled as the burning trees cut off their path, forcing them to retreat for the time being. Weiss and Ruby were able to make it to a safe distance away from the burning section of forest. Weiss panted from the running as Ruby looked confused and upset at being forced to retreat. After finally coming to a stop Ruby took this chance to voice her obvious frustration.

"What was that?!" Ruby shouted at Weiss, "That should have been easy!"

"Well perhaps if you had exercised even the slightest amount of caution with the placements of your strikes, I wouldn't have set the forest on fire!" Weiss argued, earning a scoff from Ruby.

"What's that supposed to mean?" Ruby questioned.

"I'm just surprised that someone who talked so much would communicate so little during an encounter."

"Well, I'm sorry you need my help to win a fight," Ruby frowned, "I'm just fine on my own."

"Well, congratulations on being the strongest child to sneak your way into Beacon, bravo," Weiss mock-applauded as she walked away from her.

Ruby let out a cry of outrage at that. She whipped out Crescent Rose, unfolded it in mid-draw, and swung it at a tree. She followed after Weiss while putting it back into its place on her...while the tree that had seemed to be untouched slowly slid off its lower half before collapsing completely behind them. Unaware to either of them, a feather the size of the half of the tree that fell landed near the tree, black ash-like dust falling with it as if coming from the feather itself.

"Did you hear that?" Jaune asked as he and Pyrrha walked out of a few bushes. The two heard explosions and gunshots off in the distance.

"Gunfire. It seems some of our comrades have encountered the enemy." Pyrrha spoke as she moved a branch out of her path with her shield. As she stepped forward and let go of the branch, it snapped back and smacked Jaune in the face, knocking him over.

"Auuhhh…" he groaned, holding his face as a scratch formed on his cheek.

"Jaune! I'm sorry." Pyrrha called out in worry after seeing her new partner get knocked down.

"Heh...it's okay. Just a scratch." Jaune replied, putting his hand to his face.

"Why didn't you activate your Aura?" Pyrrha asked.

"Huh?" Jaune blinked, standing up.

"Your Aura."

"Gesundheit."

"Jaune, do you know what Aura is?" Pyrrha asked with a very skeptical look to her face.

Jaune scoffed at the question, "Of course I do…" he replied before his poker face faltered, "Do you know what Aura is?" he asked, fishing for the answer he clearly didn't know.

"Aura is the manifestation of our soul." Pyrrha explained, simply deciding to just go ahead and explain in a calm tone. "It bears our burdens and shields our hearts."

Ren walked through the thick grass while looking around feeling someone was watching him.

"Have you ever felt like you were being watched without knowing someone was there?"

"Uh yeah."

Ren stopped as he felt the presence sneak up from behind him. A large black colored snake resembling an anaconda rose from the tall grass. It looked bigger then a car and who knows how long the Grimm was, but unlike others, it merely had bone ridges growing from the top of its skull, making a somewhat crown piece. Its tongue slithered out and found the scent of a pray, the appendage slicking back into its jaw as several large fangs could be seen within for that moment. It shot forward but suddenly curved. Something felt wrong, but the single Ren didn't even seem worried by it.

The serpent instead slithered away before coiling itself to move its head higher and stare down at the human. Ren slowly spread his arms apart just as the Serpent shot forward, its jaws open to swallow the poor human.

"With practice, our Aura can be our shield. Everyone has it. Even Animals." Pyrrha explained, walking around Jaune as he turned to follow her.

"What about Monsters?" Jaune asked in interest.

"No, the monsters we fight lack a soul." she replied quickly.

Ren backed away as the snake charged at him. Using its armored scales to ram into the ground, it quickly coiled around and flew at Ren, who was jumping back in mid-air. Ren raised his arms as the snake smashed into his defensive stance.

"They are creatures of Grimm."

Ren tucked his body in and spun around to gain control of his momentum. He landed with his legs spread putting him in another prepared stance. The Grimm tried a different tactic as it quickly began to slither around Ren, trapping him in a ring made of its own body. It began picking up speed as its body began overlapping over itself.

"The manifestation of anonymity."

Ren moved his arms, his guns sliding out of his sleeves, as the Grim began forming a large coil, intent on crushing him. Ren jumped through the slowly narrowing opening with a flip.

"They are the Darkness and we are the light."

"Right."

Ren aimed and fired mid-air as he hit the Snake Grimm's head. The bullets bounced off its scales as it then shot its head at Ren, intent on swallowing him whole. Ren had none of that as he quickly kicked his leg and used the beast's own momentum and his aura to cause damage back to the beast as its head was sent rocking back.

"That's why we fight them."

Ren jumped as he began slashing at the Grimm, intent on taking its head from its body. But he barely left a scratch on its scaled hide. It quickly shot away before turning back, refusing to give up on this prey.

"It's not about why; it's about knowing."

Ren leapt over the biting snake head, leaving it to slam into the ground, causing a crater as rock and dirt flew up from the crash. Ren let gravity take him down as he used it and a forward roll to stab his blades into the head of the Grimm. Ren dug the blades in as deep as he could through the scales and skull till he hit something softer, causing the head to stop struggling as the pain sank in.

"Understanding both dark and light helps us manifest our Aura. Everyone has some of both."

Ren blinked as he turned around, he noticed that the body of the snake began turning white further down. He felt a second hiss as a white head shot at him intent to bite him. Ren yanked his weapons free before he flipped over the second head's strike. Now free, the Black Head rose with its white half, revealing the full length to Ren. The twin headed serpent hissed as both heads coiled around but never tangling.

"By bearing your soul outward as a force, you can deflect harm."

Ren rushed as he jumped over the black head before he began sliding across its scales. As he did, he unleashed a hail of bullets across its back, leaving cracked scales as he continued his momentum across its body.

Emu and Kiriya jumped away as the giant Ursa slammed its claws into the ground, causing a shockwave that tore apart the ground. Both of them looked at eachother before pulling out the same belt devices.

"All of our tools and equipment are our conduits for aura."

Both men then pulled out game cartridges. Both were meant to be held in one hand with a handle over their fingers and a glass-like cassette card with data lines. Emu's was Pink and read 'Mighty Action X' with a small pink mascot. Kiriya's was yellow and read 'Bakusou Bike' with a figure riding a bike. Emu held his in his right arm as he clicked it while Kiriya held his the same before Kiriya spun around and stopped as he looked over his left shoulder with his game pointing at the Grimm.

"You Project yourself and your soul with fighting."

Ren slid across the body of the snake Grimm before he realized he hadn't seen the White head, but turned around to late as it tackled him sending him falling. Ren bounced across the ground dropping his guns from the shock. The black head, knowing what its white half, did quickly turned around with a snarling hiss, intent on ending its prey.

"No!" Ren called out as he raised his arms.

"It's like a force field!" Jaune shouted in realization.

"Yes, if you want to look at it that way." Pyrrha replied with her back to Jaune at the moment. She then turned around with a smile.

Ren grunted as the palm of his hands were held open as he used them to block the sharp spears that were the Grimm's fangs. His palms were glowing a very faint purple/lilac aura of light, resonating as they kept the fangs from piercing his hands. Ren grunted as he pushed against the beast. It lost the force from its attack and instead was only relying on the muscles directly in its neck. Ren grunted before he moved his hands and grabbed the fangs and, with all his force, snapped them off, causing the Grimm to roar in pain as shards of teeth flew away.

Ren quickly spun around before he swung his arm down and jammed the fang in his left hand into the beast's eye. As the beast let its head hit the ground with a hoarse growl, Ren quickly moved his arms around to get into a palm thrust stance. Then with all his arms' might, he punched his palm into the fang, which went into the skull through the eye socket. After a few moments of gurgling, the head exploded and the fang shot forward still. The now headless...tail(?) fell down limp as only one brain remained to control the body. Ran charged at the white snake head as it hissed in anger.

The Ursa cried as two bright lights blinded it. Standing before it where….two figures in extremely thick white and black body armor. They had white shoulder armor, rounded gauntlets, black armored hands, large boots, a white chest plate and backpack with a silver section of armor on his chest. The right side of the chest plate had circular pad with 4 buttons in a cross pattern clockwise colored in yellow, red, green, and blue while the rest was a blue screen with a bar meter colored in red/orange. Two icons in the shape of a hammer and sword formed in the pectoral. Both of them had huge helmet, but each different. One had a silver jaw/mouth plate that framed his jaw. Large goggles covered most of the head with two orange eyes behind the glass with white pupils, a green gem in the center of his forehead, and...large pink spikes atop the head resembling sculpted hair and more hair-like sculpting sweeping along the top of the head. The other had a yellow helmet with a large silver chin resembling exhaust ports and silver goggles with bright blue eyes, pink spikes formed a mohawk atop the head. What was very interesting to not were the two motorcycle handles that formed from the sides of the head. It's chest armor had a scythe and bow symbol instead of sword and hammer like the pink headed one.

"Rah..?" the Grimm blinked in utter confusion seeing the two...Chibi figures.

"I'll clear this with no continues!" the Pink figure spoke in Emu's voice as he held up his Gashacon Breaker.

"Let's go for a ride!" the yellow one spoke in Kiriya's voice as he held up two tonfa weapons with bike tires hanging on the back, the one in the left was shorter and bulkier with shotgun like barrels, the other was yellow and slimmer with long machine gun barrels.

Both figures then jumped catching the Grimm by surprise before bouncing from tree to tree and hitting it from multiple angles. Kiriya slammed a tire into its face as it spun and left a skidmark like scar on its face. Emu slammed his hammer into its face, crushing its right eye. The Grimm roared in pain before Emu kicked it and sent it into Kiriya, who belly flopped the monster while sending it back to Emu, who spun around before smashing his hammer into its side, sending it flying up. Emu jumped and rolled into a tight ball as best his body could before he shot forward and tackled into the Grimm, sending it sliding across the ground to Kiriya, who began spinning around on his feet and tackled the Grimm, cracking more of its armor.

"Finish time!" Emu said, taking the game cartridge out of his belt and putting it into the slot on his left hip as the bar of energy began glowing.

=Kimewaza! Mighty Critical Strike!=

Emu roared as he jumped with his leg held out as it was covered in pink and blue light energy. His kick slammed into the Grimm and caused a huge explosion.

Pyrrha walked up to Jaune as he looked at her in confusion as she move her hand up to his face. "Now close your eyes and concentrate." she ordered as she put her hand against his face.

"Uh...Okay." Jaune replied as he closed his eyes.

Pyrrha closed her eyes next as she took a few moments to concentrate. She then opened her eyes as her pupils began to shrink. She closed them just as suddenly as her body began glowing. Pyrrha was covered in a deep red aura of light around her entire body. After a second, Jaune's own body began glowing as well, but a bright vibrant white.

"...For it is in passing that we achieve immortality. Through this we become a paragon of virtue and glory to rise above all," Pyrrha recited, "Infinite in distance and unbound by death, I release your soul, and by my shoulder protect thee." as she finished her recitation, the glow faded from her as she slumped a bit.

"Pyrrha?" Jaune asked in concern.

"It's alright," Pyrrha assured, "I used my Aura to unlock yours, but the energy that protects you now is your own." she smiled as she noticed that Jaune's cut vanished in barely a moment, "You have a lot of it."

"...Wow…" Jaune whispered, looking at his Aura in awe.

Ren panted as he stood atop the downed serpent Grimm. He held up his arms and the guns slid back into his sleeves. He proceeded to start wiping his arms off of dirt when a peculiar sound came out of nowhere. It sounded like someone was trying to make a chirping gurgle of a noise.

"Qrrrraaww! Qrrraaww!"

Yeah, like that. Ren looked around before Nora popped out, hanging on a tree branch by her legs. Ren just stared at her as she grinned at him.

"I still don't think that's what a sloth sounds like," Ren noted.

Nora's response was a light touch of his nose, "Boop."

"Our last pair has been formed, sir," Glynda noted as she and Taiga walked up to the Headmaster, she and the Headmaster looking at their larger Scrolls, "Nora Valkyrie and Lie Ren." she explained, pulling up a clip of the team being formed. "Poor boy, I can't possibly imagine those two getting along."

"At least the two of them can take down the largest Grimm in there on their own." Taiga spoke up, "I've never seen one person take down a King Taijitu."

"True. Still…" Glynda paused, changing to show a clip of Jaune and Pyrrha, "He's probably better off than Ms. Nikos."

"That damn scraggly one…" Taiga sighed as he pulled out a handful of papers and handed them over to Ozpin.

"I don't care what his transcript says, that Jaune fellow is not ready this level of combat." Glynda added as she pulled up his file.

"It did seem a little exaggerated." Taiga added as he pulled his scope out and began searching the forest.

"I guess we'll find out soon enough," Glynda said as she closed out of the file, "At their current pace, they should reach the temple within just a few minutes."

"For most…" Taiga muttered as he began walking away with her.

"Speaking of which, what did you use as relics this year?" Glynda asked, stopping while looking at her fellow teacher.

"Beats me, I was just tasked with keeping the ruins a safe zone," Taiga replied as they both turned back to Ozpin.

"Hm…" he muttered, looking at his own scroll.

"Uh...Professor?" Taiga spoke up.

"Professor Ozpin?" Gylinda tried.

=It's definitely this way= a clip of Weiss and Ruby played, the former walking off while that latter was sitting down in the grass.

"I mean...this way!" Weiss spoke, walking past Ruby who was so bored she found this random leaf on the forest floor the most interesting thing to her silver eyes. "It's definitely this way!" she pointed one way before turning around with an annoyed tone to her voice, "Alright it's official, we passed it."

Ruby got back to her feet as she was so bored...she was bored of being bored. "Why can't you just admit you have no idea where we're going?" she asked her partner.

"Because I know exactly where we're going!" Weiss replied with attitude as she walked past Ruby, "We're going to… the Forest Temple!" she said after a moment of hesitation.

"Ugh!" Ruby groaned at that.

"Oh, stop it! You don't know where we are either!" Weiss frowned.

"Well at least I'm not pretending like I know everything!" Ruby argued, turning around to shoot a glare at her.

"What's that supposed to mean?" Weiss asked.

"It means you're a big stupid jerk and I hate you!" Ruby snapped.

Taiga slowly looked over at Glynda, "You sure she's only two years younger than the normal starting age here?"

"Positive." she nodded.

"Not to sound...like a certain other man...but...was this a wise idea, Professor?" Taiga asked Ozpin.

"We shall have to wait and see." he finally spoke up.

"Oh sure. That he hears." Taiga groaned.

=Why are you so bossy?=

"I'm not bossy! Don't say things like that," Weiss scolded as she walked back towards Ruby.

"Stop treating me like a kid!" Ruby snapped closing the distance.

"Stop acting like a kid!" Weiss snapped back.

"Well stop acting like you're perfect!" Ruby countered.

"I'm not perfect!" Weiss admitted, catching Ruby by surprise at that bit of admittance. "Not yet. But I'm still leagues better than you." she finished as she turned around and began walking again.

"You don't even know me…" Ruby sighed as her 'Partner' left her behind.

Yang and Blake both stood on a rocky hill overlooking a set of ruins. They looked like the decrepit remains of an old stone tower, the tower part long since destroyed and spread to the wind. All that remained was the stone floor foundation with several of its pillars holding up a fraction of wall, leaving a large opening in the center. The two girls looked closer and could see multiple podiums set up in a semi-circle.

"Think this is it?" Yang asked her partner.

Blake just shrugged and walked forward Yang following after a moment. After walking down and to the ruins, the girls found each of the podiums was holding up a collection of chess pieces, either painted black or gold.

"Chess pieces?" Blake asked, walking up to one of the black pieces; King to be specific.

"Some of them are missing. Looks like we weren't the first ones here," Yang noted.

"Well… I guess we should pick one." Blake offered, Yang already looking through the pieces for one that she liked.

Jaune and Pyrrha stood before a cave entrance, the wall directly outside had ancient cave paintings depicting stick figure people surrounding what looked like a giant scorpion.

"Think this is it?" Jaune asked.

After the time it took for Jaune to find the things needed to and then light a torch, the two walked into the darkness of the cave before them.

"I'm not sure this is it…" Pyrrha finally spoke after they walked a few steps in to the point the light from the entrance was all but gone.

"Pyrrha…" Jaune sighed, "I made the torch. Could you at least humor me for five more feet?" he asked before tripping on a rock, his torch flying out of his hand and into a puddle of water that dripped down from the ceiling, "Ow..."

The two stood their in the darkness of the silent dank cave. Pyrrha blinked as she looked around best she could. She had a feeling that something else was with them.

"Do you feel that?" Pyrrha asked.

"Soul crushing regret?" Jaune replied, his eyes emoting his regret and sadness at what just happened to him.

"No it's… warm." Pyrrha corrected as Jaune's eyes widened in worry.

Yang stopped at a Gold Knight piece, not that she knew or let alone cared for the accurate name. To Yang's eyes it looked cute. That's all that mattered.

"Hmmm… How about a cute little Pony?" she asked excitedly as she lifted it up.

"Sure." Blake rolled her eyes at that sentence.

"That wasn't too hard." Yang smiled, walking up to her partner.

"Well, it's not like this place is very difficult to find." Blake replied walking up to meet with Yang as well.

"Ah!" a voice shouted as Kiriya ran out of the bushes. "Oh...I hate those things!"

"Thanks...for leaving me behind to deal with the Rapier Wasps!" Emu shouted, following after him.

"You're welcome!" Kiriya smiled as Emu sputtered in anger, "Besides, we made it here f-"

"Um, hello?"

"Yang!" Kiriya cheered, seeing her, "Oh thank god…You haven't burned the forest down yet." he joked.

"Oh. It's just Kiriya." Yang waved off.

"So…" he spoke as he slid over next to Blake, "Who's….who's your silent friend here?"

"Could you just like kill him for me?" Emu asked, panting for air.

"We've tried. Does not work," Yang joked.

"She's not lying either! She's literally shot me in the face!" Kiriya smiled.

"D'oh!" Emu groaned.

"Hey...look at that buddy...we made it!" Kiriya said looking at the relics. "You go ahead and pick one out. I'm gonna...do nothing." he smiled, putting his sunglasses back on while taking his jacket off and draping it over his shoulders again.

"Hahaha...ah good old Kiriya." Yang shook her head at her friend.

"What? We had to fight this giant Ursa like 3 stories tall!" Kiriya pointed out.

"That's all?" Yang smirked, "Pfft sounds easy."

"And w-" Kiriya began before he heard a scream, "...Anybody hear a girl in distress?"

"Blake did you hear that too?" Yang asked her partner, "Some girl is in trouble!"

Let's rewind a couple of minutes.

Jaune and Pyrrha walked through the cave further until they found a glow at the end of the tunnel.

"That's the Relic!" Jaune called out as he saw a large hanging object glowing gold. He reached out to grab it, but it moved away from his hand. "Hey!" he complained, "Bad Relic!" he complained, reaching for it before he jumped and grabbed it. "Gotcha!"

"Jaune…" Pyrrha spoke as the relic pulled Jaune closer to something. A hissing sound was heard as several glowing red insect eyes illuminated the darkness. Jaune screamed so loud his voice cracked and became high pitched. Pyrrha did the smartest thing she could currently think of...run!

Pyrrha ran out of the cave as growling was heard before the large scorpion Grimm burst through the wall the poor boy still hanging tightly to its stinger. The Grimm had a black shell except the top which was all white with red mars and many times thicker than the rest.

"Ahh! Why?!" Jaune cried, for some reason still holding the stinger, "Ahhh! Pyrrha! Pyrrha!" he shouted as the stinger began swinging him around, "This is not the relic! It's not! Ahh!" he cried still being swung around like a goofy ragdoll. "Do something!?" he pleaded.

"Jaune! Whatever you do, don't let-!" she began before the Grimm got tired of the boy, and flicked him off into the forest, "...Go." she finished as she looked at the angry Grimm who clicked its claws together as if to intimidate her. Once again, Pyrrha made a wise decision….she ran!

"Was there always a Death Stalker in there?" Taiga asked, looking through his scope before he whistled, "Wow...nice air." he said as he moved his head with Jaune's flight path. "And he's gonna...crash into Ruby Rose?" he blinked, rubbing his eyes for a moment before looking back through the scope, "...Okay. How in the actual hell?"

"Look up," Ozpin replied.

"?" Taiga raised a brow at that as he did so, "We really need to take notes of what stuff lives in there."

Okay Last Rewind, we promise.

"Ruby!" Weiss' voice shouted as intense wind pushed against the two girls who held onto a mass of black feathers, "I told you this was a terrible idea!"

"We're fine! Stop worrying!" Ruby assured.

"I am SO far beyond worrying!" Weiss snapped.

"In a good way?!" Ruby asked hopefully.

"IN A BAD WAY!" Weiss snapped for a second time, "In a VERY BAD WAY!"

"Well why don't we just jump?!"

"What are you, Insane?!" Weiss shouted in shock, then she waited for another response, but received none. She looked up as best she could at the spot where Ruby was suppose to be...and saw it was now empty, "Oh you insufferable little red-!"

"Guys, did you hear that? What should we d-?" Yang asked the three with her as they all stared at the sky.

"Oh my god... My dream came true...It's raining girls!" Kiriya shouted.

Blake just pointed to the sky along with Emu getting Yang to follow their eyes. Yang's eyes widened into white dots as she saw her little sister falling to the earth while flailing her arms.

"Heads up!" Ruby screamed as she fell...until a screaming Jaune crashed into her, sending them both into a nearby tree.

"Wow…" Emu blinked as Yang and Blake just shook their heads. "That was...uh...what even was that?"

"Dreams come true, buddy." Kiriya said as he came back holding a Black King piece, while everyone stared at the trees, he slid its a second counterpart of the piece into his back pocket.

"What was that?" Ruby groaned, stuck in the trees with stars and wolves spinning around her head along with her eyes spinning around in spirals.

"Ahem!" Ruby quickly shook her head to see Jaune...hanging upside down in front of her, "Hey, Ruby…"

"Ruby!" Emu panicked as he ran over to help.

"Did your sister just fall from the sky?" Blake asked Yang.

"And then get flying tackled by a gangly wannabe ladies man?" Kiriya added as he held his chess piece in his teeth like a cigar.

"I…" Yang began before a growling sound was heard.

The two looked out to see some trees falling as something approaching. Growling and moving about was a large Ursa. Yet instead of trying to attack them, it seemed to be trying to get something off it. This was made evident when a pink flash went off on its back and it collapsed, dead.

"Yeehaw!" Nora cheered as she rolled off it before getting up, "Aw. It's broken." she zipped onto the top of it as Ren jumped over one of its legs, "Eeeeeewwww…"

"Nora?" Ren spoke up, panting, "Please...Don't ever do that again…" he then looked up...only to see no trace of Nora anywhere minus a flashing outline of her.

"Ohh~" Nora awed, looking at a gold rook Chess piece before snatching it and began to sing, "I'm Queen of the castle~! I'm Queen of the castle~!"

"NORA!-!"

"Oh god, make it stop!" Kiriya begged as he put his jacket on normally.

"Hehehe! Coming, Ren~!" Nora giggled as she dropped the piece into her hand.

"Did that girl just ride in...on an Ursa?" Blake asked.

"Talk about getting taken for a ride." Kiriya joked, moving to put on his glasses, only for Blake to knock them out of his hand. "Hey!"

"Uh…" Yang began before a loud screech was heard, "..."

"Oh now what?!" Kiriya complained before the trees were knocked over by the Death Stalker chasing after Pyrrha. "Da...heck….is...that?"

The Death Stalker roared as its claws kept swiping at Pyrrha, who always dodged each time. "Jaune!" she called out, not too bothered by the giant scorpion monster currently chasing her.

"Pyrrha!" Jaune shouted, still hanging upside down from a branch.

"Jaune!" Emu called out jumping up to the same branch as Ruby.

"Whoa!" Ruby called out as she jumped off.

"Ruby!?" Both boys called out to her before Emu grabbed Jaune and yanked him down and onto the branch. Ruby landing on the ground near her sister.

"Ruby?!" Yang blinked in surprise.

"Yang!" Ruby called out happily, about to hug her sister….

"Nora!" ...only for a certain orangette to pop up between the sisters, startling both.

"Nightmare fuel!" Kiriya shouted as the Death Stalker got closer to them.

"Wait. Did she just run all the way here with a Death Stalker on her tail?" Blake asked as everyone ignored Nora doing a little dance of excitement behind them.

"Rrrrrr…!" Yang's hair erupted into flames, "I can't take it anymore!"

"Mt. Yangvius has erupted!" Kiriya jumped behind Emu, who had just returned along with a panting Ren.

"Could everyone just chill out for two seconds before something crazy happens again?!" Yang snapped, glaring at everyone with red eyes.

"Yes, Ma'am." Kiriya saluted along with Emu.

Ruby looked up before raising her arm and tapping Yang's shoulder to get her attention away from her currently seething rage outburst. "Um...Yang?"

"...What n-?"

"How could you leave me?!" Weiss' voice shouted, causing everyone to start looking up to see her hanging onto the talong of a giant Nevermore the same size as the Deathstalker. The giant crow like Grimm circling them all from the sky.

"I said jump," Ruby pointed out.

"She's gonna fall." Blake stated bluntly as they all looked up.

"Totally." Kiriya agreed, pulling out a spare set of sunglasses as he looked at the sky.

"She'll be fine…" Ruby tried to assure.

"She's falling," Ren deadpanned.

"Yep." Emu nodded as everyone just stood there, kind of dumbstruck. "...Ah! She's falling!" Emu panicked as he and Ruby woke up and ran to try and help.

Jaune heard everyone shouting as he was climbing out of the branch. He then blinked as he saw someone in white falling from the sky. It took him a second to realize it was Weiss...then it took half a second for him to think of his next move. Jaune jumped out of the tree with all his legs' might with his arms held out, and by some leap in the logic of momentum and physics...it worked as he caught Weiss gently in his arms.

"Just dropping in?" Jaune asked her mid-air as she looked down, making him do the same, that's when proper logic sank back into Jaune's head. "Oh god no!" the two held onto each other out of fear as they fell, their swords being left behind for a moment.

"I got 'em!" Emu shouted as he jumped into the air before he jumped off the air itself and grabbed at them….only for all three to crash as Jaune landed first, then Emu who cushioned the landing for Weiss. "Ooof...my spleen…"

"My back…" Jaune groaned.

"My heroes…" Weiss deadpanned, all while the Death Stalker continued to chase Pyrrha in the background.

"...three...two...one…" Yang counted down before Pyrrha landed beside them, "Great! The gang's all here. Now we can die together."

"Not if I can help it." Ruby replied as she transformed Crescent Rose and charged at the Death Stalker while firing a round to shoot her forward with more speed for her slash just as the beast swung its claw at her.

"I swear to God, this is the craziest bunch of firsts years ever. My exam wasn't near this crazy." Taiga compared, looking at them through his scope.

"I never thought anyone would really find and wake up that old Death Stalker. It's been asleep for so long, it has plants growing from it's shell." Glynda added.

"Riding a Nevermore is a new one, too...I'm tempted to give them some points for creativity." Ozpin muttered.

"Please don't." the other two teachers spoke simply.

"And it looks like said Nevermore is about to attack," Taiga noted, looking through the scope.

The Nevermore screeched out as it flew towards Ruby. It then paused mid flight before it flapped its wings hard, sending a flurry of large razor sharp feathers at her. Ruby kept running as the feathers fell around her before one pierced her cape making her gag at the sudden stop, while the rest of her path was cut off keeping Yang from reaching her. Ruby groaned as she began tugging at her cape to either dislodge or tear it free.

"Ruby, get out of there!" Yang shouted as she began to work her way past the feather darts.

"I'm trying!" Ruby replied, unable to free her cape from the feather.

The Death Stalker looked at the scene. It didn't care for what its bird species brethren was going for, but it meant one of the humans that had disturbed its territory was now left in the open. It began crawling over while raising its stinger, intent on ending this with its deadliest weapon. The stinger rose up as its tail extended to give the Death Stalker the range needed to end it from its current stance, no sense in risking getting to close. The Deathstalker hissed as its stinger leaned back before shooting forward with all the power its tail could allow.

"Ruby!" Yang shouted as she pushed one of the feathers out of her path as she saw the stinger being prepared. She then blinked as a white blur just flew past her at great speed.

The stinger came down at the girl as her wide silver eyes stared at the instrument of her possible death. Ruby closed her eyes… but nothing happened. She heard a crackling sound as suddenly it felt cold.

"You are so Childish!" Weiss voice shouted over a distinct ringing in Ruby's ears.

Ruby opened her eyes and the first thing she saw was a glowing stinger just inches from her face, but was trapped in a giant wall of blue ice. "Weiss?" Ruby blinked seeing her partner crouched down with her sword pierced into the ground, clearly the origin of the blue ice wall that saved Ruby from the stinger.

"Knew she was an ice queen," Kiriya noted as he looked at the wall of blue ice before looking over at Emu, "Think I can get away with calling her Elsa?"

"...really?" Emu asked.

"What? It was popular," Kiriya shrugged.

"I know, right!?" Nora spoke, appearing in between them.

"AH!" Kiriya shouted in shock as he fell over, his glasses falling off and breaking. "Oh come on… That was my last pair!"

"Oopsy," Nora giggled a bit sheepishly.

"...And dimwitted, and hyperactive," Weiss spoke, listing off that faults she saw in Ruby.

"Not as hyperactive as this one," Kiriya deadpanned, jerking a thumb over at Nora.

"You've seen nothing." Ren spoke up.

"And don't even get me started on your fighting style." Weiss sighed as she pulled her sword free and turned to look down at Ruby, "And I suppose, I can be a bit…difficult." Emu and Ren quickly covered Kiriya's mouth to keep him from taking that freebie, "But if we're going to be doing this, we're going to have to do this together. So if you quit trying to show off, I'll be….nicer."

"I'm not trying to show off." Ruby explained with a sigh as she was finally able to free her cape, "I want you to know I can do this." she ended her piece as she looked up at her partner.

"You're fine." Weiss replied simply as she walked away leaving the very annoyed Death Stalker, trapped.

After a moment, Ruby held her hands up to her chest with a sigh before she whispered to herself, "Normal knees…" she quickly got up before looking at the trapped and sadly trapped Death Stalker, which seemed to be groaning in sheer annoyance. "Whoa!" Ruby backed away before turning the sound of crunching frozen grass, too late to react as her big sister grabbed her in a tight bear hug.

"So happy you're okay!" Yang shouted in relief.

"It's so beautiful, Emu… Let's make a great team like them!" Kiriya fake cried into Emu's shoulder.

"...Uh, guys?" Jaune spoke up, looking at the sky to see the Nevermore still flying around, "That thing's circling back. What are we gonna do?"

"Look. There's no sense in dilly-dallying." Weiss spoke up, as she looked at the relics, "Our objective is right in front of us."

"She's right," Ruby agreed, "Our mission is to grab an artifact and make it back to the cliff." she said as Weiss smiled and nodded in agreement. "There's no point in fighting these things."

"She has a point." Emu replied, "The main mission is what counts, side enemies are just for if you got the time to spare, but better to get the job done with extra to spare." he smiled, holding his hand up in a swooshing manner Kiriya chuckled at his partner's wording but smiled as well.

"Run and live," Jaune noted, "That is an idea I can get behind."

With that, Jaune and Ruby went up and grabbed the last Gold Knight and Gold Rook pieces to be collected. The two smiled at the feeling of accomplishment from that. Everyone turned to the sound of cracking as the Death Stalker was finally getting its tail free from the ice.

"Time we move!" Ren spoke up.

"Let's get on the first ride out of here." Kiriya added in a much more calm and serious tone.

"Right," Ruby nodded as she turned to look at the others, "Let's go."

Yang took a second as she watched Ruby lead everyone away, a strong feeling of pride coming over her to see her beloved sister not only interacting with others, but leading them in her own way. Blake turned to her partner in worry.

"What is it?"

"Nothing." Yang shook her head as she watched Ruby use high ground and her cape to read the direction of the wind. The two then followed after the others.

The two Grimm growled as the humans escaped, leaving their territory. But that was it, the beasts supposed. They had no reason to leave their own land to chase after humans. Besides, even they could tell more would come for those odd things in the ruins.

"Go…." a voice spoke as the two Grimm twitched for a moment.

The Nevermore landed as the Death Stalker finally freed its tail. The two beasts stood there as a figure walked up from the woods. Its body was clad in green scale like armor. The figure had a green leather belt with a black hexagonal buckle and a cloak of reptile leather hanging off the left hip. The right had a small dragon head hanging off it and a larger one acted as shoulder armor on the left. Its barrel chest heaved as a golden orb in the center was glowing. The left arm had a fur cuff as two spikes extended from the crux and end of the elbow while the right was covered in red scales and flame like spikes. Two tusk like fangs hung off the figure's back. The figure's head seemed to be helmeted. His mouth was a black mouthplate with green lines along the sides, from the sides they looked like the outline of a fanged jaw and from the front just stylistic lines. His eyes and nose were covered by a bone mask resembling a plague mask mixed with the skull of another dragon. Spines grew from the back of the head as scale flaps hung from its head and protected its neck.

"Go my loyal monsters. The Game is far from over!" The monster roared in a man's booming voice, "The humans and Faunus invaded your territory. You can't just let them escape. Fight them until you have claimed your pray!"

The two Grimm roared as their eyes were glowing. The monster held his hand up as the Nevermore bowed down and the monster mounted it.

"Let the hunt...begin!" he laughed as it took off.

The three groups continued to run as they reached an old temple like area hanging above a fair large foggy canyon, the remains of a stone tower standing in the middle of the ruins. Before anything could be said, they saw the Nevermore flying above them, heading towards the stone tower ruins and roosted on top of it, giving out a large cry as it unfolded its wings. Everyone scattered and split up and ran to two sets of stone ruins that framed a courtyard opening, leading to an old stone bridge between the edge of the canyon and the old tower.

"Well that's great." Yang replied in sarcasm.

"Whoo...it picked up speed that time!" Kiriya complained, "Well...at least it can't get any…" a screech from the Death Stalker caught their attention as it burst out of the forest, "...Worse."

"Seriously?!" everyone shouted.

"What!? I thought the damn bug wouldn't leave its territory!" Kiriya replied before everyone heard something crash into the ground.

"Oh, now what?" Jaune asked as they all saw a figure standing in the smoke between them and the Death Stalker.

"Humans!" the humanoid dragon monster shouted as he stood up, grabbing the two fangs off his back as a staff connected them into a double edged sword/lance weapon.

"The….the heck is that?!" Jaune shouted.

"What…?! A...humanoid Grimm?" Blake guessed with wide eyes.

"Be proud! You all fall today to I, The Dragon warrior...Graphite of the Bugsters!" the now named Graphite introduced himself.

"Bugster?!" Emu, Weiss, Kiriya and Yang all exclaimed.

"What's a Bugster?" Nora asked, "Oh! Can you kill it with insect repellent?! ...No. It looks more like a dragon man a-"

"NORA!" Ren snapped.

"You." Graphite pointed at Emu. "Fight me, Emu Hojo!"

"Why me?!"

"Because I know who you really are. You are the only one in the world who can give me the challenge I seek. You are the one who now bears the title of…"

"Stop! Stop! I'm not allowed to let anyone know!" Emu shouted.

"Kamen Rider Ex-Aid!" he spoke as his classmates all looked at Emu.

"No clue what he means...hehe…" Emu shrugged with a sheepish chuckle.

"What's a Kamen Rider?" Nora asked, somehow moving over to Emu, making him jump.

"And why does it sound like something really cool?!" Jaune asked as they all ignored the atmosphere for a second.

"Uh…." Emu droned out, trying to ignore the prying eyes of his fellow classmates.

"Emu, you got some explaining to do," Ruby frowned.

"Eh...I was never supposed to let anyone know!" Emu countered.

"Oi…" Graphite muttered as the humans were all dragged into their own pacing.

"What do you mean 'never supposed to let anyone know?'" Pyrrha asked.

"Well.."

"What exactly does a Kamen Rider do?!" Nora asked.

"I..."

"Oh that's simple," Kiriya spoke up, "Emu here has a very special genetic trait that lets him use a new weapon that lets him put on a suit of armor that is powered by his Aura and boosts his physical powers to extremes beyond that of normal Huntsmen." he stated, "It's made by the Genm Corporation working with the kingdoms of Remnant. Emu is more or less a superhero."

"Kiriya!" Emu shouted in outrage.

"EH?!"

"Grr…" Graphite growled out in annoyance, starting to feel angered from being ignored, a few tick marks forming on his head.

"You aren't suppose to tell anyone!" Emu shouted shaking Kiriya with the intent to throttle him.

"Why...Kiriya is one too." Yang pointed out.

"What?!" Weiss shouted.

"Wait...you two know!?" Ruby and the others shouted.

"Why does Yang know?!" Emu asked.

"'Cause I showed her!" Kiriya replied with a cheeky grin as Emu went back to throttling him.

"Grr….THAT'S IT!" Graphite snapped as he raised his fang weapon before swinging it and launching a wave of fire that they all avoided. "Ex-Aid….fight me! I came all the way out to this forest just so I could have my fated battle with a Kamen Rider, and I shall… not… be IGNORED!" he then snapped his fingers, "Nevermore, attack!" he ordered as the Nevermore flapped its wings and fired feathers at everyone.

"Nora, distract it!" Ren ordered as everyone dodged the feathers. Nora laughed as she pulled out her grenade launcher and began shooting at the Nevermore, distracting it.

"It's controlling the Grimm...It's controlling the Grimm!" Jaune shouted as Graphite sat on the Death Stalkers back.

"I heard you the first time," Kiriya deadpanned.

"Crush the goofy one first, he irritates me," Graphite ordered, "Maybe if I take down some of your little friends, you'll get more serious, Ex-Aid!"

"Hoo boy…" Jaune gulped at the threat.

Blake and Ren jumped as they slashed the claws, keeping them away from their friends and making the beast step back. Jaune cried in surprise as Kiriya tackled him out of the way as Weiss grabbed Nora and moved her away from the Death Stalker.

"My friends don't need me to save them!" Emu replied as he jumped onto the Death Stalker's back.

"So they don't…" Graphite replied as he held his hand and weapon up, "Now duel me, Ex-Aid!"

Emu pulled out his buckle and put it on over his waist as a belt shot around his waist.

=GAMER DRIVER!=

"Alright, but don't regret it later scrub!" Emu shouted, pulling out the game cartridge in his right hand as a gust of wind blew his hair back. He then clicked the button on it.

=MIGHTY ACTION X~=

At that, a wave of digital energy swept over the entire area. Everyone stopped running and looked back as Emu let the device fall and hang off its handle guard on his finger. He quickly grabbed it with his left before holding it up and above his head as his eyes began to glow bright pink.

"Say the word…." Graphite spoke in excitement.

"Henshin!" Emu shouted, slamming it down into the slot.

=GASHATTO!=

At that, a character select type ring formed around Emu depicting multiple masks it stopped on one with goggles, orange eyes, and pink spiky hair. Emu raised his hand and slammed the character as light formed around him before it began to solidify into white armor. Graphite looked on in excitement as the bulky Chibi like mascot armor put itself on Emu.

=Let's Game! Mecha Game! Mucha Game! Whatcha name?!=

Everyone stopped in confusion at the figure that stood in front of Graphite...it was actually somehow shorter than Emu.

=I'M A KAMEN RIDER!=

"The heck is that?!" Jaune shouted in utter shock.

"What the…?" Blake muttered in awe.

"Oh my god! It's adorable!" Ruby and Nora both squealed, seeing the Chibi hero called Ex-Aid.

"Aw...he's so tiny." Yang cooed.

"I didn't know they looked like that." Weiss muttered.

"Well...at least it looks...sturdy." Pyrrha spoke.

"Hm? ...Oh! This is just Level 1." Ex-Aid addressed the others as he heard them, "But it's time to take this up to the next one, just for you buddy." he said sarcastically to Graphite.

"Yes! Do it!" Graphite exclaimed.

"Dai….HENSHIN!" Ex-Aid shouted, pulling the panel open on his belt.

=Gachan! LEVEL UP!=

A screen of light formed in front of Ex-Aid from the new window in the center of the buckle. Ex-Aid ran through it before he leapt into the air.

=Mighty Jump!=

Ex-Aid kicked his leg out as he was sent further up into the air.

=Mighty Kick!=

Ex-Aid rolled around before his armor all broke off, leaving just the giant mask as the lights in its eyes dimmed.

=MIghty-Mighty Action X~!=

After a moment, 4 new limbs extended out along with a normal sized head. The mask lost its eyes and seemed to close up as the new figure turned around. It was Ex-Aid, only now he was clad in a pink-colored bodysuit with four black streaks going down the left side of his suit before angling like a circuit pattern and three black stripes doing the same on the right side of his suit. Pink shoulder armor formed along the tops of his shoulders that were pointed but conformed to the shape of his shoulders. His arms from the elbow down where covered in black arm sleeves with neon green edges at the ends merging into armored bracelets around his wrists and silver armor along the sides of his forearms silver plates on the back of his pink gloves with green straps going around the palm of his hands. Black sleeves covered his legs just above his knees with the same green edges as silver knee and shin pads armed the fronts of his legs. His feet were covered in boots that emulated sneakers, colored mostly in neon green with black and pink stripes along the edges and even showed tongues with pink triangles. Silver armor covered the sides of his chest with the same buttons and screen display across his chest as before. A green collar lined the sides of his neck which was covered in black fabric before ending at his helmet. His helmet was all silver along the front and sides with ear-like pads on the sides of the helmet, the same armor along the ridge of his jaw formed and covered most of his mouth. The rest of the mask was black with the same orange compound eyes with white pupils, white goggles resting over the mask. Four pink spikes curved to the right side of his head acted as sculpted hair with the same hair sculpted along the top of his head.

Ex-Aid landed on the ground between his friends and the Death Stalker before he held his arm up, suddenly words appeared across his chest reading….

LEVEL UP!

After a few seconds, Ex-Aid lowered his hands as both his fists now rested on the sides of his Gamer Driver. Ex-Aid looked to be taller then everyone present actually, not counting his hair and even more muscular as well. Everyone took a second to take in the new form Emu took.

"...What did I just see?" Blake asked, raising a brow.

"That's...very pink," Ren noted.

"So cool~!" Nora and Ruby exclaimed, stars in their eyes.

"Talk about your growth spurts," Yang let out a slow, low whistle.

"Interesting," Pyrrha noted.

"I'm...so lost right now," Jaune admitted, "I mean, he went from some chibi cartoon character to looking like an action hero out of a comic book or-or a video game."

"Well, the device did call itself 'Gamer Driver,'" Weiss rolled her eyes, "Still...Why pink?"

"Because the main character Mighty is Pink." Ex-Aid replied, turning to them as a video game opening screen appeared behind him. "My powers come from the popular side scrolling adventure platformer, Mighty Action X, and I literally become the main character; the adorable pink mascot Mighty!" he explained as everyone looked between him and the hologram screen as they looked at the tiny figure made of solid pink with three spikes for hair, gloves, sneakers and goggles, "Besides, a real man can make pink work for them." he added in a cocky manner.

"That feels like a sick burn and a reference to something." Kiriya muttered.

"Plus I got tired of calling it Lightish-Red." Ex-Aid joked.

"Okay, I know that's from somewhere!" Kiriya barked.

"You can't call me out on it!" Ex-Aid replied as he calmly grabbed the Death Stalker's claw. The Grim growling in shock, unable to take it away. "Now...where was I?" he asked, snapping the tip off the claw and making the Grimm back away at Ex-Aid strength.

"Well before we were RUDELY INTERRUPTED!" Graphite began, shooting a glare at the others before shooting back at Ex-Aid, "WE were about to fight!"

"Okay," Ex-Aid said calmly, taking the others by surprise, "I'll clear this with no continues!" he shouted heroically as he held his hand up in swooshing pose. "The game begins. I'll take care of Graphite, you guys can have fun with his buddies."

"Wait, how is that fair?!" Weiss demanded.

"You realize Graphite is the one controlling these things, right? Meaning if we fight them together, then he can coordinate their attacks." Kiriya spoke up. "Also, pretty sure it'd take all of us to take down the two of them."

"Besides...not even sure I'm on the same level as Graphite." Ex-Aid added.

"What?!" they all shouted.

"Ex-Aid!" Graphite roared as he jumped into the air and spun his weapon around before swinging down.

Ex-Aid jumped into the air causing the bridge to shake from the force of his legs. Everyone looked up as Ex-Aid caught Graphite's Fang weapon. The two spun around in the air before kicking one another away. The two fighters then stopped mid air with Ex-Aid spelling a gust of wind from his shoes as Graphite was able to catch the Death Stalker's tail. Ex-Aid and Graphite then launched themselves at one another again with their left and right respectively cocked back before punching with all their might, a pink aura covering Ex-Aid's fist as flames coated Graphites. Everyone cringed at the loud shockwave as both fists met mid-air.

"Hoo boy..this is getting int-" Jaune began before the roars of both Grimm caught the group's attention.

"Go go!" Pyrrha called out as the group ran towards the stone bridge, Pyrrha pulling out her rifle as she shot at the approaching Death Stalker a few times. Ren pulled out his guns and did the same as the others all ran across the bridge.

Ex-Aid and Graphite landed back on the grass on the cliff. Ex-Aid turned to his friends in worry before he ducked a swing from Graphite. Ex-Aid pulled out the Gashacone Breaker before he unfolded it into sword mode. The two charged and slashed clashing weapons. Ex-Aid ducked back and flipped around sideways using the momentum to kick Graphite across the face, the monster backing away in surprise before he swung his Fang low, only for Ex-Aid's legs to burst air and send him rolling away from the swing. Both roared and charged clashing weapons again as their arms moved in blurs, wide swings flying ay one another leaving streaks of Green and Pink in the air. Ex-Aid blinked and turned as he saw the Nevermore flying back around.

"Guys!" he called out, only to be slashed across the chest and causing the energy bar on his armor to drop a bit.

The Nevermore screeched as it swooped low as the others ran across the bridge. It used the skull armor to bash the bridge, sending stones flying away and leaving a gap that separated the group of teenagers from one another. Leaving Blake, Ren, and Pyrrha on one side with the Death Stalker, while Jaune, Nora, Ruby, Weiss and Yang were forced left on the remains of the bridge.

Jaune grunted, getting to his feet as he heard Ruby aim and shoot at the Nevermore as it flew off to swoop around for another of those charging attacks. Jaune looked across the fall separating him from his friends. Pyrrha and Ren continued to fire off at the Death Stalker as Blake swung her weapon around on its ribbon in hopes of cutting into the monster's armor. Sadly, all was to ill effect as it shrugged off every blow. Jaune blinked before looking around, noticing that Kiriya was missing.

"Ha!" Ex-Aid shouted as he clashed blades with Graphite.

"Your friends look to be in trouble Ex-Aid!"" Graphite taunted before he was shot at the back. "What the...?!"

"Tada!" Kiriya called out in his level 1 Rider form, "Kamen Rider Lazer has arrived."

"Another one? Oh now this is a happy day! Now level up, Lazer!"

"Yeah….no." Lazer shook his head, "Can't!"

"I'm going to crush you like a twig."

"Wo-oh!" Lazer gulped as he ran. "I crawled under the scorpion to help my partner not get killed!"

"On some level….I should have seen that coming." Jaune muttered, watching a second Rider get chased by Graphite. He then looked back at the others as the Death Stalker knocked Blake away while the others kept shooting to keep it away from them. "Man, we need to get over there. They need help." he spoke as Nora walked up next to him.

"Ooh! I have an idea!" Nora beamed, not even explaining it as she seemed to already begin implementing it, "Let's do this!"

"Eh?" Jaune blinked at that as Nora's grenade launcher shifted into a large hammer. She then pushed him back before she turned around and raised it up,"No! Wait, stop!" Jaune panicked.

Nora ignored it as she jumped before bringing the hammer down and launching a chunk of the bridge up like a catapult. This effectively fired Jaune across the gap and to the other side, screaming all the way. Nore smirked as she turned to face the other side while she balanced herself on the hammer. She pulled the trigger on the handle of the hammer and fired a grenade that exploded, rocketing her across the gap. As Jaune landed on the edge of the bride, Nora flew over the others before she rolled forward and slammed her hammer on the Death Stalker's head. After a few moments, she pulled the trigger after noticing its stinger move. Another explosion rocked the Grimm as its mandibles hit the dirt in surprise. Nora still had to block the stinger as it lunged at her, the force sending her skidding across the smooth rock bridge and into Blake, sending her falling over the edge.

"Uh-oh!" Lazer noted as he was stuck in a tree as Ex-Aid and Graphite clashed swords again.

Blake quickly adapted to the situation she was suddenly stuck in. She tossed her chain-scythe upwards as the pistol build into the weapon fired and launched it further faster and hooking into a stone support beam. She used the fall and her weapon to give herself the swing and momentum to rocket her back upwards into the air and towards the Nevermore. She cut into it's flight path, as she did she retracted her weapon just as a clone of herself was used to propel her forward even faster. She held up her weapon as it transformed into a sword along with the sheath before she landed on the beak of the Nevermore, she then began running while slashing at it's back before jumping off and aiming for the tower.

Once on the tower, she was joined by Ruby, Weiss, and Yang as they all climbed up the resolate tower to get better chances to aim at the flying Grimm in hopes of taking it down. Blake jumped over next to Yang as they watched the Nevermore fly around.

"It's tougher than it looks," Blake stated.

"Then let's hit it with everything we got!" Yang replied as her gauntlets reloaded rounds.

Blake's sword folded back in a scythe mode as she aimed the pistol section forward. Ruby's Crescent Rose unfolded into Scythe mode and hooked into a part of the wall as she loaded in another round. Weiss swung her sword around forming multiple snowflake magic symbols she aimed at the Nevermore. All four girls began unloading every round they had at the Nevermore, many of the shots exploding upon impact. The Grimm screeched before it flew down and crashed through the tower all of them were standing on, completely destroying it as the girls used the rubble to climb back up.

"Ah...oi, Emu!" Lazer complained, seeing everyone fighting the two Grimm.

"Not...now!"

"Shut up, useless one!"

The two fighters clashed weapons again. Graphite swung his fang weapon around in a large arc as Ex-Aid jumped over it before landing behind him. Ex-Aid then jumped over another low swing while slashing Graphite across the back. Graphite laughed at the feeling of pain. The monster turned around swinging with all he had whipping up a huge gust of wind as he lanced Ex-Aid's shoulder. Ex-Aid stabbed his sword forward and into Graphite's shoulder making the monster stumble away. Both stumbled back as sparks flew off their bodies. Both roared and charged swinging their weapons, clashing before swinging their arms rapidly causing multiple clashes.

"Ah man… They're both totally in warrior mode." Lazer complained, "He's not gonna be much help." he groaned, grabbing his weapons as his right one charged up before shooting a shotgun burst that exploded on Graphite.

"Chance!" Ex-Aid shouted as he kicked Graphite and, with all the force in his leg, sent himself flying away. Lazer ran after him as best he could with his stubby legs. "Okay...got a plan?"

"I have one." Lazer informed, "But I'm gonna need you to trust me and not take what I say to be a joke."

"That depends on what it is."

"Then hop on and ride me!"

"..."

"Hey...I warned you."

"You are kidding, right?"

"Nope. 2nd Gear!" he declared, flipping the lever on his Gamer Driver.

=Gacchan! Level Up! Bakusou Dokusou! Gekisou Busou Bakusou Bike!=

Lazer's armor split off, but unlike Ex-Aid, what landed was….a motorcycle?!

"EH!?" Ex-Aid shouted at seeing the bright yellow dirt bike landing in front of him, it had healthbars and button pads on the side, Lazer's head became the headlight with a second one pointing back acting like the speedometer, and it had his Gamer Driver strapped along over the Gas Tank.

"Vroom! Vroom!" Kiriya's voice came from the blue eyed headlights, "See? This is what I meant by can't before. I'm a freakin bike!"

"How...why….HOW?" Ex-Aid shouted.

"No idea...You don't even want to know where some vital organs get moved around too...yeah...ew…." he chuckled. He then lifted up on his rear wheel as he moved around to face Ex-Aid, "This is why I searched out for you, this is why we are a perfect team, Emu. Now let's hurry up and deal with this….cause I doubt the others will do well if we let this guy boost their smarts much longer."

"I don't understand it...and I don't even think I want to...but...well you got a point. A Smart Grimm is never a good thing." Ex-Aid said as he carefully went over and sat down on Lazer. "This feels so weird."

"How do you think I feel?" Lazer replied, his eyes rolling.

"Eh...good point…" Ex-Aid muttered before revving the handle and turned around, aiming at Graphite.

"A mount?" the monster looked at the bike Ex-Aid was riding.

"Don't call it that!" both Riders shouted as they drove up to Graphite and slammed the front wheel into his chest, sending him stumbling back.

Ex-Aid then twisted the handles, making Lazer spin around and start kicking up dirt before the exhaust pipes began shooting lasers at the monster, forcing it to dodge. Graphite groaned before he felt the two pass him by, Graphite looked down and blinked, his fang weapon was gone. He then looked up as Ex-Aid held it up.

"Return to me, my weapon!"

"You mean this weapon?" Lazer taunted as Ex-Aid tossed it up before slapping it away, sending it falling down the canyon.

"Oops!" Ex-Aid laughed as they charged at Graphite again. Graphite roared and raised his arms to catch them as they crashed into him. The three skid across the forest floor as the monster grunted and sparked. The two Grimm groaned as their eyes lost the glow from before.

"Emu...we're disrupting his control over the beasties!" Lazer noted.

"That means they won't be as clever. Everyone has a chance now!" Ex-Aid cheered.

The two Riders looked up as the Nevermore shook its head before it was suddenly bombarded by shotgun blasts from Yang. The Death Stalker growled as it was forced to back away from the continued fire from Nora's grenades, giving both groups the space to regroup.

"Hey... It's not as tricky as before." Ruby noted, seeing the Nevermore get hit more and more, "I have a plan." she smiled, looking over at Weiss, "Cover me!" she shouted, jumping off.

The Death Stalker roared as it struck the base of the bride the others stood on, causing it to slowly shake loose from its foundation.

"We have to move!" Jaune shouted, feeling the bridge shaking more and more. The four of them all nodded as they charged forward.

The Death Stalker swung its right claw at the four charging teenagers, only for Pyrrha to block it with her shield before slashing the claw out of the path for the others. The Grimm, undeterred, swung its left, but Jaune however ran up and blocked the claw with his shield before Pyrrha jumped over him and struck the claw once again, forcing the Grimm to move its arm away from the shock of the attack. Ren ran forward while shooting at the Grimm's eyes. The Death Stalker launched its stinger to crush the boy, but Ren stopped just short of the attack hitting and used the chance to grab the Grimm's deadliest weapon. Ren grunted as the tail swung around, but regardless he jammed the barrels of his gun into a small crevice between the shell plating before firing once again, the bullets going straight for the soft flesh that connected the stinger to the tail.

The Death Stalker cried in pain as it began flailing around more wildly, its swings forcing Jaune and Pyrrha to back away. Nora transformed her hammer back into its grenade launcher mode before she aimed and waited as the Grimm used its own arms as shields. She then fired off several grenades that exploded against the claws with enough force to make the Grimm move them. Pyrrha noticed the provided small opening and held up her sword as it transformed into its javelin mode. She then tossed it with the same fire from the rifle barrel propelling it like a missile through the opening in the defenses before piercing through the Death Stalker's eye. The Grimm cried as its tail flailed around, tossing Ren away and into a stone pillar.

"Ren!" Nora called out in worry, seeing him crash into the stone ruins.

Jaune got back on his feet with a groan before he saw the Death Staker's stinger was literally only hanging on by literal strings of what must be tendons. Jaune quickly looked over to his partner, "Pyrrha!" he shouted as she noticed the same thing.

"Done!" Pyrrha replied, tossing her shield as it spun around, the flat edges cutting through the last of the tendons and letting the stinger fall and pierce into the Death Stalker's own armor, causing it to screech out in pain.

"Nora, nail it!" Jaune ordered as Pyrrha caught her shield.

"Heads up!" Nora said as she jumped into the air with her hammer.

Pyrrha raised her shield as Nora sat on the handle of her hammer as she landed perfectly on the shield. With a grunt, Pyrrha jumped up at the same time as Nora fired a round. The resulting combination of forces ripped up the stone bridge while launching the girl high into the sky with a happy smile, enjoying the ride. As soon as she began to fall due to gravity, she aimed her hammer so the barrel faced up and she looked down at the groaning Grimm. She fired it and launched herself rolling down. Combining all the momentum and force, she slammed her hammer onto the stinger, sending it through the armor and shell and into the soft flesh beneath and, most likely, the vital internal organs within. The force smashed into the base of the bridge and launched Jaune and Pyrrha over the Death Stalker, Pyrrha grabbing her spear in one swift motion. Nora, for added measure, pulled the trigger and fired another round, causing an explosion that sent her flying over the edge with her friends and the Grimm to fall to the endless crevice of the canyon.

Jaune landed on his back with a groan, Nora landed on her rear with a surprised face but quickly got up. Pyrrha, however, landed in a cool pose with her right arm supporting her, leaving her in a heroic landing pose. Ren jogged up to his friends, panting, before he grunted and fell over face first to the ground.

(Begin Insert song: Red Like Roses Part II)

They all stood up and split their attentions between the two fights still currently happening. The NEvermore screeched doing another fly by while being shot at by Yang. Meanwhile Ex-Aid and Lazer drove around trees as Graphite pulled out some strange gamepad device colored purple and black with a Red A button and Purple B button, a chainsaw end looping around the B button and twin red barrels on the A button side. Graphite aimed and fired at the two as they weaved around the trees. One tree fell over before they jumped up and rode along it before jumping over the monster.

Graphite roared before he jumped with all his might and landed on the Nevermore. He aimed and fired at Ex-Aid and Lazer as they drove towards the edge of the cliff.

"Emu….Emu...cliff!" Lazer panicked as Ex-Aid jumped up and stood on the bike before he leapt into the air before a brick platform formed for him to land on. "Crap!" he cried as he reverted to his humanoid Level 1 and rolled to a stop, "Is the world still spinning?" he asked, his blue eyes replaced by white spirals.

Ex-Aid began jumping along platforms as the Nevermore circled around. Ex-Aid grunted as he jumped and landed on the Grimm's back before he charged at Graphite, the two begining a fist fight as they swung their arms around. Ex-Aid swung a right as Graphite blocked with his left before Graphite moved to uppercut with his own right, only for Ex-Aid to block with his left. Both fighters moved to lock the other's arm under their own before bashing their foreheads together. The Nevermore screeched before its head was hit by an explosion, rocking both fighters.

"What?" Graphite blinked, looking at Yang, "Grr...take care of her!" he ordered as he turned back to Ex-Aid.

The Nevermore screeched as it flew down and directly at Yang. It opened its beak, intent on eating the girl, but to it and Graphite's shock, Yang jumped into the Grimm's open jaw and quickly punched the top and kicked the bottom, keeping it open.

Yang raised her free right arm as it reloaded. "I! Hope! Your! Hung-ry!" she grunted, punching shots into its jaw multiple times.

"No...stop!" Graphite shouted at seeing that.

"Yang, jump time!" Ex-Aid shouted as he pushed himself away from Graphite before he slammed a kick to the monster's face.

Yang and Ex-Aid jumped away just as the Nevermore crashed into the taller cliff wall. Graphite was left to fall down and through the roof of an old stone temple below while the Nevermore landed down with a groan. Yang and Ex-Aid landed on the ground before Weiss dashed past them, Yang ran off leaving Ex-Aid to turn and watch what Weiss was doing. Weiss leapt into the air before she stabbed her sword into the roof of the temple as a large chunk of blue ice formed and snagged the Nevermore's tail, keeping it trapped as it tried to escape back into the sky.

Ex-Aid blinked before he turned around, he saw Blake toss her weapon in it's chain-scythe mode as Yang caught it, both girls hanging onto one of two pillars framing the stone bridge and forming a long black cord between them. He blinked as Weiss ran past him again. Ruby then jumped up with the blast of her Crescent Rose before she twisted around and landed on the ribbon/cord as it stretched like a rubber band and began to pull back, Weiss stopped and turned around before she formed another magical glyph as it turned black in color and caught Ruby keeping her in place.

"Oh...it's a giant slingshot." Ex-Aid bopped his right fist onto his palm as he understood the plan now.

"Of course you would come up with this idea." Weiss muttered as she aimed… well Ruby to be fired at the Nevermore.

"Think you can make the shot?" Ruby smiled.

"Hmph. Can I?" Weiss smirked a bit.

A moment of silence followed.

"...Can y-?"

"Of course I can!" Weiss snapped.

Ruby looked up as she reloaded the chamber of Crescent Rose as Weiss spun around swinging her sword, causing the Glyph to change to red before it and the shot from Ruby's weapon caused a huge burst of force that sent the girl rocketing into the sky as rose petals were left in her trail. Ruby began shooting to increase her speed more and more. She got to the Nevermore before she slammed the blade into its neck and slammed the back of its head into the cliff wall. Ruby grunted as her feet touched the stone as Weiss quickly formed a trail of blue-ish white glyphs as Ruby began running up the cliff while shooting her Crescent Rose to propel her up the wall to the top. The Nevermore squawked in pain as the blade began digging into its throat.

Ruby reached the top of the cliff as the Nevermore was left stopped on the stone wall as she flipped up into the air while shooting her final round. The combined force and sudden stop caused the blade to slide through the hard feathers and into the flesh and then through the bones. Rose petals fell all around Ruby as she landed on the top of the cliff in a stance with her scythe held over her shoulders, the Nevermore's head landing on the ground as its body was left to fall down.

"Whoa… That was…. Awesome!" Ex-Aid shouted, putting his hands on the side of his helmet in awe.

Graphite groaned finally stepping out of the ruins. The monster held his head as he looked down at a stupefied Ex-Aid. The monster grunted, ready to attack, before he stopped seeing black feathers fall around him. The dragonic monster looked up before gasping, seeing the headless Nevermore fall down and into the endlessness of the canyon.

"Never...more…" he spoke as he grabbed one of the giant feathers. He then looked at Ex-Aid and the three girls behind him.

"Graphite!" Ex-Aid spoke up, finally seeing him.

"How could you….?" Graphite spoke, smoothing his arm across the feather before it transformed into a sword with a pitch black blade shaped like the same feather and about twice his size. "HOW DARE YOU!"

"...I think we should run…" Blake spoke with wide eyes.

"Well….that's a thing." Yang added as the monster walked forward.

"Ex-Aid! You die here!"

"Game's far from over!" Ex-Aid shouted.

The two charged as Ex-Aid jumped over the giant swing before landing behind Graphite. Graphite roared and spun around to swing again as Ex-Aid twisted around and kicked the blade away, letting it cut into the stone bridge beneath them. Ex-Aid jumped up as he summoned another brick platform for him to stand on. Graphite jumped up and swung at the block before many more formed all around them in the sky. Ex-Aid landed on the side of another one before grabbing the top.

"You humans have really pissed me off now!" Graphite shouted swinging his new sword at Ex-Aid, who jumped forward and rolled around the slash. Ex-Aid passed Graphite mid jump as the two glared into one another's eyes.

Ex-Aid quickly tucked his body and rolled forward before he jumped off a stone pillar that once supported the bridge. Ex-Aid jumped up before punching through one of his own blocks. He then grabbed a yellow coin that showed a shadowed figure running really fast that emerged from the destroyed block.

=Kousoku-ka!=

With that, Ex-Aid began to glow yellow before he began jumping and running around Graphite, hitting him from multiple angles. Graphite grunted, taking each hit before swinging, only for Ex-Aid to land on the flat side of the blade. Graphite swung down to smash his enemy off, only for him to already be gone, jumping to platforms higher into the sky. Graphite twirled his sword around before he aimed the bottom upwards and it was enveloped in fire before reforging into a long spear.

"Take this, Ex-Aid!" he shouted, tossing it with his left arm's full force, making it into a flaming spear that flew up at Ex-Aid.

"Huh? Whoa!" he cried, seeing that as it collided with his chest, making sparks fly before he was left to fall through his brick platforms and into the ground in front of Yang, Blake and Weiss. "Uh…." he groaned as the bar on his chest dropped to 40 percent.

"...I take it that's bad," Blake guessed, noticing the bar go down.

"Never gone down that far…" Ex-Aid groaned, flipping back to his feet. "But the guy who gave it to me said never let it drop to 0 or bad things will happen."

"Bad things like the dragon man running right at us?" Yang asked.

"Y-wait, what?"

"RAAAGH!" Graphite roared

"All in favor of running and fighting another day?" Blake asked.

"Aye/tempted to fight, but nope, so aye," Weiss and Yang answered.

"Alright. Everyone get behind me and get ready on my signal." Blake said.

"EX-AID!" Graphite shouted as his fist was covered in flames as he reached forward to punch at them. His fist then went through Blake, "Stupid girl, get out of my… Wait… No blood?" he blinked as he went through a copy with little mass. "What?" he blinked before seeing Ex-Aid form a bridge of blocks, "No!"

"Running!" Ex-Aid shouted as they all ran along them before they formed a staircase up to the cliff.

"Whoop-whoop-whoop!" Lazer panicked, carrying Jaune, Ren, and Nora, who was sitting on his head.

"Whoo~! Go, tiny bike man, go!" Nora whooped.

Graphite roared, pulling out his spare weapon and plugged it onto his arm and began shooting at Ex-Aid and the girls.

"Why does he like me so much?!" Ex-Aid asked as he backhanded a laser blast away as they kept moving.

"We got it!" Ruby and Yang shouted, using well-timed shots to block a few blasts as Weiss used her glyphs to make shields.

"Rah!" Graphite roared in anger.

"Emu!" Lazer called out holding Ex-Aid's Breaker. "Here!" he said as Pyrrha took it, "Hey!"

Pyrrha reared the weapon back before she tossed it through the air. Ex-Aid looked up before he jumped up and grabbed the weapon in his hand. He landed back on the block staircase he made before he pulled out his game cartridge.

"Well...it's worth a shot," he whispered, blowing on it before plugging it into the back of his weapon.

"What are you doing?" Blake asked.

"With any luck, buying us an opening out of here." Ex-Aid replied as he changed it to sword mode.

=Kimewaza! Mighty Critical Finish!=

Ex-Aid held up his sword as it was covered in pink and blue fire. Graphite looked at this as he took the weapon and reversed it so the chainsaw was facing forward and revving. Both stared at each other as Ex-Aid's eyes lit up brightly.

"Dragon Fang of Rage!" Graphite roared, swinging his arm in an cross slash forming a giant red 'X' of energy.

"Ha!" Ex-Aid roared as the flames grew brighter on his sword before they shot up, extending his sword into one of giant pink flames.

"Whoa…." Ruby gawked as Ex-Aid jumped into the air.

Both Ex-Aid and Graphite roared while swinging their arms, sending the X flying up as Ex-Aid launched a giant sword slash of pink flames. Both attacks clashed with a large explosion that blinded everyone.

=Kimewaza! Mighty Critical Strike!=

"Now Yang!" Ex-Aid shouted as Yang spun around and tossed Ex-Aid like a missile at Graphite. Ex-Aid rolled forward as his leg was covered in bright pink, green and blue energy.

Graphite roared as red fire energy surged around his fist. He then swung forward as Ex-Aid rolled forward and aimed a flying side kick at Graphite. Both attacks neared each other, causing a large surge of light and electricity that caused the stone construct below them to begin crumbling. Both attacks met, causing a huge shockwave that shook the ground and made everyone stumble back in surprise. After a long moment, an explosion rocked the area even more and Graphite was left to fall to the canyon, roaring in anger.

"Emu!" Lazer panicked as he and Pyrrha looked over the edge.

"Oh no…" Ruby gasped before they all heard a loud crash behind them. The girls turned to see Ex-Aid flopping around in pain.

"Ah my leg!" he cried, rolling around holding his smoking leg. "The pain!" he cried, rolling around and trying to put out the smoke.

"...That's one way of getting hot foot," Yang noted.

"Yang…" Ruby groaned.

"Oh….it's cramping!" Ex-Aid complained.

"Well...he's okay." Lazer spoke from the other side while revving the handle on his head in place of scratching his head.

"..." Nora began to reach for the handle before Ren gently caught her hand and gently pushed it back to her.

"So…." Jaune spoke up, looking at Lazer, "What are you guys?"

"...running!" Lazer shouted, only for Ren to trip him. "Ugh...curse my stubby little legs."

"How long have you been able to do this?" Yang asked.

"Uh…A while?"

"You mean to tell me you could turn into a motorcycle and never told me?!" Yang demanded before pouting a bit, "Now how is Bumblebee gonna top that?"

"That's exactly why I didn't tell you! I knew if you knew I could become a bike, you would try to get me to act as a replacement bike so you could save on gas money!" Lazer complained, "You know my power as a bike is all based off my stamina. And by that logic, I refuse to drive you around to dance clubs so you can fight everyone in them."

"Oh 5 times tops." Yang countered.

"Uh….better question: how do you become a bike?" Ruby asked.

"I don't know. All I know is it feels like the world's most awkward yoga, and I'm 80 percent sure that my internal organs are moved around into uncomfortable places." Lazer explained, earning an 'Eww' from most of the females present.

"How far can you go?" Nora asked.

"Why is everyone asking me?! Emu can do this whole transformation thing too." he pointed at Ex-Aid, who was hobbling on one leg with Blake helping him stand.

"It's because you become a bike and he turns into a guy in pink," Yang replied.

"You're just jealous 'cause I make it look good." Ex-Aid joked.

"Ren had pink first," Nora pouted as Ren rolled his eyes.

"If I may interrupt." Pyrrha spoke up, "What...was that?" she pointed down to where Graphite fell.

"That was a Bugster. Strong one, too." Ex-Aid spoke in a calm tone, "I only know the basics of what I was told, but they are related to the Creatures of Grimm but like a virus that infect people and even electronics. The first sample they found was studied by Genm Corporation."

"But…." Lazer spoke up, "Some of them got loose into their computers and that's how they got loose. As a result of Genm Corp being a game production company they got mixed up with all sorts of video game files." he explained, "So the guy in charge affectionately nicknamed them a Game Virus, being they work like an all purpose virus, they took in data from their multiple files of games. So….they come out looking like well….video game characters."

"What?" Jaune asked in shock. "I'm sorry. I thought you just said you fight video game characters."

"Hey, I didn't pick any of this nonsense." Lazer replied, "Point is a Bugster is a new kind of monster… only… human-ish." he rolled his hand, "Yeah, it's silly and goofy, but hey it helps get the job done."

"Backtracking a bit...but didn't Yang and Weiss also know what they are?" Ren spoke up.

"Oh...yeah, I told her this stuff already." Lazer replied, "So...that just leaves you, Ice Queen."

"Ice Queen?"

"Would you prefer Elsa?"

"Pfft…" Ruby and Nora laughed.

"You did know about them, too. And you haven't said a word in a bit." Blake pointed out.

"I think I remember hearing something about a joint effort with the Schnee Dust Company." Ex-Aid spoke up, as he closed the lever and pulled the game out, making his suit vanish in a pink flash of light. "Your family is working with Genm Corp to help contain information, aren't they?" he asked in a much calmer tone than when he had his suit on, something most of them noted.

"...Somewhat…" Weiss replied, "But...it's my father who deals with most of the family business."

"So how did you find out?" Lazer asked as he reverted to Kiriya the same way Emu undid his suit.

"I...have my sources."

"Oh…" Kiriya nodded, taking that answer as it was. "Welp that seems like everything."

"Wait!" Yang said, grabbing his collar and dragging him back.

"Ack! Not so hard, woman!" Kiriya gagged a bit, "Besides, don't we have a test to complete?"

"Ah! He's right!" Ruby panicked.

"This is so not over." Yang said, letting go of him.

"I refuse to be forced to share all my secrets...not without some in return." Kiriya smiled, "Information never comes cheap from me. You know that, Yang."

"Boy is that an understatement." Yang rolled her eyes.

"I promise to tell you all everything later." Emu replied, "Besides as it stands, I'm sure I'm in trouble for letting my secret get out."

Everyone began clapping as the first years returned. Now was the team ceremony where Professor Ozpin would decide the teams and names them while also picking out their team leaders.

"Russel Thrush, Cardin Winchester, Dove Bronzewing, Sky Lark, the four of you retrieved the black Bishop pieces," Ozpin stated to the four teens in front of him, "From this day forward, you will work together as Team CRDL(Cardinal), led by Cardin Winchester." he stated as the crowed cheered for them. The four boys walked off as the screens cleared.

"Eh...so this is how it works?" Kiriya muttered as he and Emu stood near the entrance. "It's too bad we can't be part of this bit."

"Well it can't be helped, we are the only ones who found the White King piece." Emu countered.

"Yeah, 'found' hehe." Kiriya laughed with air quotes around 'Found'.

"...What did you do?"

"Huh...oh well I can't afford having two dead weights getting involved in our stuff." Kiriya explained, "So...I took two matching sets. No rule against it."

"Eh!?" Emu shouted.

"Look at it this way Meijin, a room for just you and me!"

"What have I gotten myself into?" Emu slumped, crying waterfall tears.

"You and me got one wild ride. Oh look, its Jaune!" he smiled as their friends walked onto the stage next.

"Jaune Arc, Lie Ren, Pyrrha Nikos, Nora Valkyrie, the four of you retrieved the white Rook pieces," Ozpin stated, "from this day forward, you will work together as Team JNPR(Juniper)," he named them as Nora jumped and hugged Ren "Led by Jaune Arc."

"Huh?!" Jaune blinked at that, "L-lead by…?"

"Congratulations young man." Ozpin smiled faintly.

"Whoo! Go Jaune!" Kiriya cheered from the sidelines.

Pyrrha smiled as she playfully punched Jaune's shoulder...but he fell over with very little effort, taking her by surprise as the crowd began laughing.

"Just walk it off, Jauney boy!" Kiriya shouted before Emu hushed him, "What? Can't a guy be supportive?"

"You are many things….but Supportive is not one of them." Emu hissed.

"Oof...nearly gave me a flat tire there…" Kiriya cringed a bit before looking back at the stage, "Oh, look. Yang and her sis are up next!"

"And finally, Blake Belladonna, Ruby Rose, Weiss Schnee, and Yang Xiao Long." Ozpin smiled as the girls walked up on stage, "The four of you retrieved the white Knight pieces. From this day forward, you will work together as Team RWBY(Ruby), led by...Ruby Rose." he explained, taking the girls by surprise.

Ruby smiled in surprise before Yang ran up and hugged her once again, "I'm so proud of you!"

"Go Ruby!" Emu and Kiriya cheered.

"Looks like things are shaping up to be an...interesting year," Ozpin noted as he looked over at Emu and Kiriya.

The moon shone over the docs of the city as rows of shelves holding supplies were lined up in an old unused warehouse. The doors burst open as Graphite dripping with water walked in.

"Ugh… I'm back!" the monster sighed, walking forward.

"Was that really necessary?" a man with orange hair wearing a white jacket and black pants asked as he fixed his hat. "Do you know how long it takes to fix those things?"

"Don't start with me, Roman. I'm having a bad day."

"Why?" the man asked, lighting a cigar as he put it in his mouth, "Lost in a hunt, or did one of your 'pets' get loose?"

"Rah!" Graphite roared kicking a crate making Dust Crystals fall out he aimed his arm mounted weapon, "Don't test me human, the only reason I haven't given you the end you deserve is because we need you alive. I could end your miserable existence here and now with one shot!"

"Ooh, big talk from the oversized lizard man!" Roman laughed, not threatened.

"I'm a dragon, carrot top!"

"And yet you look more like a lizard."

"...One day, when you're eaten by a Grimm, I am gonna enjoy every single moment of it."

"Yeesh, you care about those things too much. They're not even real animals," Roman scoffed.

"Say that again, I dare you!" Graphite growled.

"Graphite." a voice spoke as the two turned to a young man in a black trenchcoat with cables hanging around it's belt loops, the collar closed around his neck, but was open revealing a blue shirt with a yellow fire pattern along the collars, and a pair of purple capris with multicolor Tetris block pattern along the bottom and his attire is finished with a pair of laceless leather boots. He sat on a large shipping container playing a videogame on a red and blue scroll, "You know she won't like you two fighting right now."

"Tsk…" Graphite growled, lowering his arm.

"Finally, someone with some common sense around here. Thank you, Parad." Roman spoke to the boy.

"I just didn't want to clean up the mess Graphite would have made." Parad replied, playing his video game, "Besides, the best part of a puzzle is all the effort in finding the right pieces and making them fit into place, like a plan." he smiled as he jumped down and looked at a map of Vale City. "And boy does this look like a fun puzzle."

Roman and Graphite looked at the map with him as it laid out the entire city with a large purple circle around one specific section. It had words next to it reading: Genm Corporations new office; BIG SCORE!

A fourth figure stood watch from the shadows as his red ring like eyes flashed. The lights of the warehouse went on and off revealing… a Black Ex-Aid, who slowly walked away after watching the three.

SZ: Whew...just like that, the adventures of Ex-Aid and the girls of team RWBY has begun.

Z0: Oh this is gonna be a lot of fun. Also as of the time we finish writing this, Ex-Aid has officially Ended! Ah man that was a good ride.

SZ: Indeed. Ex-Aid was truly one of the best Kamen Rider shows to come out in years.

Z0: I will be one of the few to say...I liked Ex-Aid… better than Gaim. Wait! Hold those pitchforks, Gaim Fans, I'm not saying anything bad about Gaim, Gaim was still great. But I like Ex-Aid….a little bit more. Why….well….they handled the epilogue bit better no bullshit bringing back all who died, people stay dead.

GT: *slowly lowers the pitchfork and torch* At least you didn't try to compare it with Ghost, Den-O, or Double.

Z0: To be fair, it's universal that shows like Double and Den-O are very highly ranked among fans. Ex-Aid for sure has taken the number 1 spot on my personal list bumping my first show I watched as it came out OOO to number 2 and everyone else down one making Gaim 3 and etc and etc.

GT: True...I did watch OOO as it came out near the end of its run. But the first one I ever truly watched was Kamen Rider Double all because of the Hyper Battle Video showing up on a list of suggested videos on YouTube.

Z0: Yeah W had a really really fun Hyper Battle DVD, I loved it came in two parts, one for randomness, the other as a sort of recap of their powers. Sean what's your list like?

SZ: Well...if I may be honest, my first outing into Kamen Rider was Kamen Rider Dragon Knight, but...I went off it after it went off air...but thanks to GT, my very first true kamen rider series was Kamen Rider Den-O.

GT: No problem. *snickers* That was my third series I watched after OOO thanks to the OOO movie involving all Riders.

Z0: I was actually watching Den-O sort of parallel to OOO, since I got into the fandom mid way through W, but I didn't know it was the newest show so I put it off till later. Slight regret but eventually it was worth it. So I was like shocked when the OOO Den-O movie was announced and I felt like it was some freaky cosmic confidence. But I loved OOO more for that really. Anyway, off track pun slightly intended.

SZ: Yeah. Point is, we're all Kamen Rider fans, and we love to make crossover stories involving said series. And we hope you all enjoy this little crossover of ours.

GT: Very true. We also hope that everyone reads and reviews it. We enjoy reading what you send us in reviews since it helps us feel inspired to write more.

Z0: Same here, I love getting a good review or even one that's constructive, it helps me know someone likes this enough to take the time to say this or that. Anyway this is chapter 1, and from here on out we will work hard to evenly share screen time with the cast, and worry not, a big rule for this story is at no time ever are any of the RWBY characters meant to feel helpless against the enemies of Ex-Aid. Except maybe one….but that guy is a broken son of a bitch. You know who I mean.

SZ: Oh yeah.

Z0: Alright, that seems like everything for today. Guys anything you'd like to add?

SZ: Hmm...nothing much. Just hope you all enjoy this story, and expect more action and comedy later on for the first few arcs, because if you know both shows….yeah. I'll just leave it there. GT? Any words you'd like to say?

GT: Yep. I feel that son of a goddamn bitch cheated Karma. They better bring him back just to be rightfully slaughtered in an Ex-Aid X Build Movie...AND NOT AS A FUCKING TAISEN!

Z0: Watch the end of Ex-Aid guys, you'll totally understand it. I refuse to ruin this epic ending fight.

SZ: Yeah. Ahem, anyways, until next time...I am Seanzilla115, and I hope like Hazama/Terumi, Masamune dies...a...wait a demon second. Z0...you don't think…?

Z0: SZ both of them are colored Green and Black, and are total maniacs of evil.

SZ: I know but…

Z0: SZ, remember Ex-Aid's thing is if you look close enough there are so many game references you feel stupid not seeing them sooner.

GT: …*walks off, whistling while hiding a folder*

SZ: ...GT? What are you hiding?

GT: Hm? Hiding? What do you mean? I ain't hidin' nothin'.

SZ: ...he's definitely hiding something. Z0?

Z0: Indeed, but what could it be...GT you by chance haven't found things we haven't have you? *leans in on my toes ala Smooth Criminal*

GT: No, no, no.

Z0: Suspicious *appears right behind him with super speed*

GT: Eek! *jumps up and drops the folder, revealing photos of Hazama wearing the Bugle Driver and holding the Kamen Rider Chronicle Gashat*

SZ: ...you son of a bitch I knew it! Also…*grabs Gt and shakes him*ARE YOU A MAD MAN?!

Z0: That's case closed folks, we'll see you all in the next chapter folks which will be called…

Chapter two: The Badge and the Burden of a Sniper