Previously known as The Tenth World. However, with time, more information and an entirely new decadriver on its way, I figured it would be best if I try and improve on the story. This time, there will be less mess when it comes to the plot and personalities will hopefully be made a bit more reminiscent of their actual characters among other things. Anyway, let's go!
Super hero time!
Umber: Back into action and feeling better than ever! Issei, how are you doing back there!?
Issei: Run! there's a psychopath on my heels and he's got a buzzsaw-axe-thing!
Umber: Oh, you mean like our transforming weapons? Sounds pretty cool actually!
Issei: Not cool! NOT COOL! HELP ME!
U + I: Here we go! Phone up the future!
From Dust 'til Dawn. It was a simple shop, brought to life by a shopkeeper who had spent many a good year trying to find the best possible produce he could for the cheapest possible price. Though it didn't look like much at first, it was difficult to find any better source of dust in the area save for buying directly from the Schnees. Not that the shopkeeper advertised this at all, more than happy with the small customer base that he already received. It was why when the shopkeeper heard the chime of the door, the first response was a happy greeting, only to be immediately cut off by a blade at his throat.
"Do you have any idea how hard it is to find a Dust shop open this late?" it was the tone of someone who clearly held the advantage and knew it, the orange haired man waltzing through the shop doors as if he very well owned the place. If it had been any other situation, the shopkeeper would've responded with some sort of sharp witty comment and prepared his own weapon ready to defend his business. Those days were long gone however, the shopkeeper having quite a few years under his belt and his weapon was currently out of his reach. Besides, he knew perfectly well just who he was dealing with.
Roman Torchwick. One of those dapper gentleman kind of thieves who thought themselves above the world because of their acts. The shopkeeper wanted to slap the man around the head with his own cane and kick them all out, but without a weapon and the skill he had before, there was nothing to do. Reluctantly, the shopkeeper began to open the till, pulling out several of the cards held within.
"J-Just take my Lien and leave…" the shopkeeper growled out, watching the orange haired thief's smile grow as he looked at the cards. It was almost as if he was actually willing to go along, only for a black gloved hand to knock them to the side, the Lien scattering across the counter.
"Calm down old man, we aren't here for the money." Roman lackadaisically replied, turning back to the men with him as they all brought out black cases. "Grab the dust. As much of it as we can hold."
Turned out, each of the cases held several canisters perfect for the dust dispensers at the side of the shop. Normally, even limited amounts of dust could rack up a fair price seeing the sheer flexibility the substance had in its usage, particularly with the various huntsmen who came by to use it; with how much the men were able to take with their cases, the shopkeeper would be put out by a fair fortune once they were done. The fact that the one who had their blade to his neck suddenly placed another empty case on the counter, gesturing down to the uncut crystals he displaced within it was only fuel to the fire.
"…I came at a really bad time, didn't I?" the way the newcomer said that was as if he totally didn't purposely arrive at that specific time, a bright grin on his face as he tugged at his coat's lapels. Green hair was hidden beneath a suave fedora similar to the one that the henchmen wore, held up by way of greeting as amber eyes shone with humour. If the shopkeeper wasn't still being held at blade's length, he would've just gestured for the boy to get on with it, the dust was still being taken as is! "Well, no time like the present I suppose, unless you're willing to pay for that stuff?"
"…Guys, get him. And the girl." Torchwick immediately barked out in return, several crimson blades coming out of their sheathes to point directly at the new arrival. Rubbing a hand in his hair, the boy gave a small chuckle as he pulled aside part of his coat revealing the odd belt he was wearing and opening what appeared to be some kind of holder at his side. Naturally, the henchmen immediately launched themselves forth to stop him before he could start his attack, only for the bright pink buckle on his belt to rotate as the boy pulled apart the black handles at the side, sliding in the card and rapidly pushing the handles back together again.
"Henshin!"
KAMEN RIDE: DECADE!
Several silhouettes blocked the attacks from the black suited men, pushing them back as the green haired boy smirked. A second later, those very same silhouettes, bearing strange symbols at the centre of their body, all collided upon his body to form a completely different grey suit of armour. Seconds later, various lines of black formed in the air, slamming down on the helmet to give it the appearance of a barcode, the main bulk of the armour turning magenta while bright green eyes glowed with power. Pulling the holder the boy had used from his side, the armoured warrior pulled out the handle, a sword blade sticking out of the top.
"…Let's do this!" one henchmen tried to full on body tackle the armour boy, a simple sidestep and a kick to the back sending that particular poor soul flying straight through the window. The sounds of guns preparing themselves soon had him moving forward, slashes at speeds unheard of resulting in those very same gun wielders falling to the ground in agony, the sword was held up, the square white section where the boy had pulled his card from blocking the next shot that came in his direction, a pull downwards resulting in the sword section retracting o be replaced with a gun barrel, several shots putting down three more men. If it weren't for the fact that Roman showed no response to the act whatsoever, he might've thought this would be an easy battle.
"Oh, so this place is getting robbed!" the excited exclamation caused the battle to momentarily pause, the sound of shifting mechanisms bringing their attention to where a young black dressed girl was eagerly brandishing a gigantic red scythe of all things, the red hood falling from her face to reveal a pale young black haired girl. "I hope you don't mind, but I kind of like this place too and I've never stopped a robbery before, so… Hiya!"
Planting the tip of the scythe into the carpet, the girl lifted herself into the air, spinning herself around so she could kick two of the henchmen in the head, knocking them out immediately. Half of the men were simply standing there shocked as a single pull of a trigger resulted in the scythe firing out bullets and cutting another pair of them down, the humongous blade curling into itself until it was a simple sniper rifle aimed in their direction. The boy in armour merely held up his own transformed gun, sniping the back of three other men before they reacted.
Hey, it was their fault for pausing in the middle of a goddamn battle.
Roman gave a small scowl as he stuck a cigar in his mouth, the girl literally becoming a blur of red petals as she slammed the butt of the rifle into the head of seven more people in a row, the armoured boy's own sword cutting down a couple more despite their feeble attempts at fighting back. Stepping back to avoid the henchmen who fell right before him thanks to the back of a scythe head slamming into his stomach, the grand thief gave an exasperated sigh.
"That's why you don't bring a bunch of wannabe thugs to a gun fight." Roman muttered, a smile appearing on his face as the armoured boy appeared next to the girl, the cane Roman was holding now pointed in their direction with a sight flipped up. "I want to say it's been a fun time, really, but it absolutely hasn't. Red, Pink, I think it's time we said our goodbyes for now."
"Hey, it's not pink! It's magent-!" but the armoured boy's objection was soon drowned out by the sound of an explosive heading in their direction, the girl soon finding an arm wrapped around her midsection as he dived away from the shot. With his protection stopping the debris from hurting either of them, they looked back to see only the shattered street and the men they had brought down, not a single speck of Roman to be found.
"Hey, shopkeep. Here, for everything that went wrong." The armoured boy called out, a small bag thrown in the elderly shopkeeper's direction.
"Umber, I can-"
"Shut it old man, you act like I don't have the money to spare." The now named Umber interrupted, turning to his impromptu fighting partner with a small grin behind his helmet. "Now, what's your name? I don't like to fight with someone and only call them little girl."
"Hey, I'm not a little girl! ...Name's Ruby, Ruby Rose." The girl yelled with a pout, Umber merely giving a sharp laugh as he rubbed the top of her hair, Ruby trying her hardest to throw off his hand to no avail. "But where did you get this armour from? Is it related to your weapon? Do you always wear it around with you wherever you go?"
"Nah, it's thanks to this little thing." Umber replied, pointing to the pink device at his waistline. "Meet the Decadriver Neo. It lets me become a legendary warrior, utilising the powers of the past… but there's no time to talk, we need to catch up with Roman before he escapes onto the rooftop."
"Darn it, we were talking too long! We'll never catch up to him!" Ruby cried out, the orange haired thief taking a moment to give them a jaunty salute before running away on the roof. If they climbed the ladder, they would be far too slow to catch up with him… Ruby turned back to find a card in Umber's hand, a small chuckle on his face as he opened up the driver. The card within rose, disappearing into particles as the new one took its place, a sideways face with incredible hair peeking through the small window of the pink buckle. "Wait, what?"
KAMEN RIDE!
"Don't worry, I have a way of getting there faster." Was Umber's cheeky reply, a buzzing noise filling the air until Umber slammed the handles of the driver closed once more, the buckle twisting and correcting the face shown in the window.
EX-AID!
MIGHTY JUMP! MIGHTY KICK! MIGHTY-MIGHTY ACTION! X!
Ruby leapt back as a pink hologram moved out of the belt, growing to life size with a white silhouette upon it. As the screen fell back, pixelated energy formed around Umber's body until the suit he was wearing suddenly became an entirely different creation. Where once hard protection was, a pink bodysuit took its place with a chest plate holding some sort of game HUD design to it. Green boots took the place of the previous pair as bright anime like eyes appeared on the helmet within a goggle like visor, three spikes of 'hair' appearing in the bright pink, an copy of the face without they eyes appearing upon his back. Ruby hadn't ever seen anything like it before, and she wouldn't get any more time to question it as a hand slipped around her waist, several brown blocks forming in the air.
"Come on, we're going for a little ride!"
"Wait, I can move by myself! I'm FAAASSSTTT!"
But it was too late, for they were already jumping from block to block, covering an incredible amount of space in mere seconds. Before Roman knew it, his escape had been blocked by a barrier of pink, Umber smiling behind his helmet as Ruby unfurled her scythe, pretending that the movements hadn't completely disoriented her… until she realised she was facing the wrong way and turned to face Roman properly.
"And who are you meant to be?" the thief questioned, playing around with a red crystal in his hand. This was meant to be a simple walk in, get out mission, yet these random people were really getting rather annoying. "Damn, your costume looks even more stupid than the first guy."
"Hey, don't judge people by their armour. This guy grew to become invincible you know." Umber remarked in return, white hammer with a pink and green button on the side of it appearing in his hands, Roman forced to dodge around the strikes that came with surprising agility. Armour had largely fallen out of trend with people as it proved to be rather restrictive to their movement, something that could easily get you killed in the middle of an important battle, yet the way that Umber moved was even more agile than quite a few of the people Roman had fought against in his time. Then again, he looked absolutely ridiculous while doing so, meaning it was a fifty-fifty as to whether he was actually impressed or not.
FORM RIDE: EX-AID!
ROBOT-ACTION GAMER!
AGACCHA!
GEKITSOTSU ROBOTS!
A red robot appeared before Roman, trying its damn hardest to chomp down on the thief before it was shot back with an explosive blast from the man's cane. Rather than break however, it simply fell onto Umber, unfolding into additional crimson armour for the boy as a giant fist punch Roman right of the edge.
"Oh, damn it!" Ruby rushed over to the edge; there was beating a robber and pushing him off to his death, but there wasn't any sign of the man falling. Instead, the red hooded girl was forced to roll back when a bullhead appeared out of nowhere, steadily revealing itself as if it there was a mirror around its surface shattering. Roman's laughter echoed out, a small growl escaping Umber.
"End of the line you two! You don't get to get rid of me that easily!" the thief cackled as he went deeper into the vehicle. The red crystal he had been holding however decided to make itself known, the man callously throwing it over his shoulder resulting in a grand explosion that filled the night air. Rather than seeing any dead bodies however, he was met by a sight that he definitely didn't need that night.
A purple barrier protected both of them, a blonde woman carrying a crop swiping it forward, several purple blasts streaming themselves towards the vehicle. Watching as the bullhead fluttered in the air, the attacks messing with the controls, the woman prepared another attack, only for several flames to suddenly fly in their direction, splashing against a hastily repositioned defence.
"Well, this just got more dramatic." Umber uttered as a yellow card entered his hands, different to the pink cards he had been using up until this point. As Ruby finally regained herself and prepared her sniper rifle, several pieces of wreckage reformed into arrows at the woman's command, shooting towards the bullhead only to explode when the rings of newly formed fire spread outward.
FINAL ATTACK RIDE: E-E-E-EX-AID!
Ruby's sniper shots however were blocked by shields of pure fire, a woman gradually revealing themselves from the shadows of the grey flying vehicle. The burning eyes caused the girl to hesitate, allowing a blast in return to nearly knock her out of the fight if it hadn't have been for the blonde woman's quick thinking, her telepathic skills throwing Ruby out of the explosion radius. The woman in the aircraft looked pretty pleased with herself, only to not notice the giant fist rocketing towards her direction until it impacted the metal, leaving a massive dent as the vehicle limped away. Even if it didn't manage to hit a vital area and bring the bullhead down, it was still worthy enough as a final 'screw you'. The woman looked towards them, a frown on her face as she reviewed the destruction around her. Ruby however?
"Oh my gosh, you're an actual huntress!" the girl… well, fangirled, met with something that could be only described as pure distain as Ruby tried to ask for her autograph. Umber merely let a sigh escape him, closing the driver without a card in it to revert back to his normal form. That was what caught the blonde woman's interest, especially when Umber lifted her hat in greeting.
"Umber Forest. I would've thought you would return to your home. Here I find you causing a ruckus in the streets." The woman remarked quietly, Umber giving a small shrug and an apologetic smile. Ruby merely looked between the two in complete confusion.
"Ah, Ruby, you don't know her?" Umber remarked, a slight tension to his voice that hadn't even been there when talking with a well-known thief, the woman's frown only growing when she heard that tone. "She's one of the teachers and the second most important person at Beacon Academy. Semblance of telekinesis, allowing her to control dust and move objects through sheer willpower."
"Whoa, you're from Beacon!?" at least Ruby recognised the most prominent of the huntsmen academies Remnant had to offer. If she didn't even know about that, she would've had to have been living underneath a rock or something. Goodwitch didn't immediately reply, blocking out the instant fangirling Ruby had over her riding crop as she focused her attention onto Umber.
"Do not try to redirect the conversation Umber. You claimed yourself that you would be returning back home immediately. From what I'm aware of, your home is within Menagerie."
Would you be willing to accept that I got a little distracted?" Umber tried to suggest, only to shrink back when Goodwitch's attitude refused to change at all.
"You can take a bullhead directly to Menagerie from Beacon."
"Ruby, wait, you came from Beacon too Umber?" Ruby questioned, a terse nod coming from Umber. His very words held an incredible amount of distaste for the situation, not at all helped by the tension between teacher and… well, not student.
"Yeah. First guy in a while to get kicked out."
Yup, there's the first chapter along with the first big plot twist of this story. Of course, now there isn't just Decade to pull from for crossover elements - with Zi-O currently airing, who knows what kind of twists on the legend rider aspect could occur? In fact, one of those twists has been put into the next chapter... what is it? Please, review and read on!
Super hero time! See you next time!