Hello everyone! Welcome to my latest crossover from outside of my usual domain. If you haven't already figured it out from the brief synopsis, this story has the involvement of the G2 continuity from Bionicle (some G1 elements may come into play later, one of which will be hinted at in this opening chapter). The opening 10 (possibly 12) chapters will be set between the end of Volume 1 and before the start of Volume 2 for RWBY. So for now, I hope you will enjoy what I have got in store for you.

Disclaimer - BIONICLE is owned by The LEGO Company and RWBY is owned by Monty Oum and Rooster Teeth Productions. Neither franchise belongs to me and are the sole properties of their respective owners.

Trees. Only that and the grass beneath him that did not seem to change at all to indicate a straight path for him to follow. That was all that he had come across through his search for answers. A loud, collective groan sounded out from the figure as he could do nothing but express his frustration out in the open from where he was standing. His appearance, although humanoid to an extent, seemed much more metallic to the first glance for anyone unfamiliar with the sort of appearance that he and the others carried. He was clad completely in bright red armour, with several detailed gold attachments present near the waist and on the armour that was on his shoulders and arms in addition to the golden armour piece that was present at the top of his chest which possesed several tribal like markings.

Mounted on his back were two small golden swords, weaponry that he could call upon to defend himself for the given moment if he needed to. The figure also wore what appeared to be some sort of golden mask, obscuring his face completely save for the bright blue eyes that could be seen through the eye holes. This mask had a vent of some sort that was present near the top at the forehead, two smaller vents on each side that was covering up the figure's cheeks and a squarish like circle that was idented at where the mouth was being covered over. Although his facial expression was not seen, his eyes were more than enough for anyone who approached him to see that he was not in the best of moods.

Clasping ahold of the giant silver blades with the flame like patterns that they held in their interior, that he held in his hands of the same colour, he slammed them down to the ground in fury, letting out a large cry of fury as he did so. This resulted in him unleashing a torrent of flames that struck the large tree that was several feet in front of him, incinerating it and the grass leading up to it in a matter of seconds. The figure then stood back up, huffing under his breath in an attempt to keep his composure from the situation that lay in front of him.

If this is what Lewa calls his idea of 'fun' in his own region, then I do not see it.

He looked forwards towards the tree that he had incinerated moments ago to see that it was now nothing more than a charred trunk with several small flames surrounding it. Sighing under his breath, he took several steps forward in the silver boot like feet that he had, feeling no pain from the scorching hot ground that he was treading over by the second. His gaze remained fierce as he continued onwards, until he stepped on a twig from the scorched tree which cracked loudly with a SNAP! As the figure was about to take another step forward, he suddenly heard a noise. Pausing instinctively, he could hear that same noise getting louder and louder towards him.

Turning around, he quickly held out his large silver blades out in front of him, just in time to see a pitch black, sleek creature of some sort with red eyes, several white spikes sticking out from its arms, shoulders and spine and what appeared to be some sort of white mask on the top of its head. The creature that he could see appeared to resemble some sort of bipedal wolf. The mask was different from his own, its appearance having determined that it would not be suited to be worn by humanoid like beings such as himself, the red markings being somewhat of an indicator to that factor. It growled viciously under its breath as it dashed on its hind legs towards the red armoured figure as he braced himself for impact.

The creature using its white nailed claws, slashed against the two blades. This slightly knocked the figure backwards, but not enough for him to stumble around or become disoriented. Now seeing that the creature in front of him was hostile, the red armoured figure gazed fiercly at it before charging headforth towards it, as it did towards him. Both slashed at each other with his blade and the creature's claws matching blow for blow as each one tried to overpower the other with their own brute strength. Both gazed into each other's eyes, their determination for victory having now become present in their expression. Then, after a brief stalemate in their clash, they were pushed back several feet, awaiting for one of them to make a fatal mistake.

"You hold brute strength that can match my own," the figure boldy declared "But it appears you do not know of what I hold!"

The figure then held up his two silver blades, a fiery orange like aura surrounding both his entire body and his weapons, heat and flame now beginning to course through him. The creature growled as it suddenly charged towards him, as the figure suddenly gazed upon it once again.

"For I am... the MASTER OF FIRE!"

The 'Master of Fire' then slammed his weapons down into the ground in front of him, much like he did when he took out his anger and fury upon the tree he incinerated earlier, unleashing a large torrent of flames that struck down across the grass in a wide, straight line. The fire struck the creature head on, causing it to shriek loudly in the pain, the fire and the heat having an effect on it. Eventually after a short while, the flames had died down, revealing that it had now been severly weakened by the attack that it had barely endured through on its own. Most of its fur had now been incinerated, with small flames still being present on the patches that had been not completely reduced to a smoldering pile of ash.

The red armoured figure then let out a mighty battle cry that echoed across the area of the forest that he was now present in and charged towards the sleek and formerly vicious creature, slashing past it with both of his blades as he passed it. The creature then fell to the ground, now completely motionless amongst the smoldering flames and the ash that it now lay amongst. Seeing that the threat to him was now gone, the figure turned around and briefly looked at it before continuing on his way through the dense glade of trees that he was advancing through previously. As he passed the burnt tree trunk that he was previously doing so before the creature attacked him, he suddenly turned his head to focus in on a certain sound he heard.

It was a rustle of leaves and that could only mean that something else was nearby. Was it like the creature that had attacked him at this very moment or was it something or someone else? The 'Master of Fire' then held his two large blades at the ready in a defensive position as he took a stance of the same sort, his eyes fiercly gazing in the direction of where he had heard the rustling leaves come from. Then he could hear what appeared to be footsteps from what he could make out from the small noises he could hear just now.

"Show yourself!" he declared, feeling ready to take on any hostile opposition that happened to come before him now.

What appeared before him now however seemed to be anything but hostile, compared to the creature that he had fought moments ago. A middle-aged man with tousled gray hair and thin brown eyes came into the view of the red armoured figure. He had a light complexion and sharp facial features. The man wore shaded glass spectacles and a dark-green scarf with a small, purple, cross-shaped emblem on it and carried what appeared to be a cane of some sort. His outfit consisted of an unzipped black suit over a buttoned vest and green undershirt in addition to black trouser shoes and long, dark-green pants. His gaze was directed upon the figure as was the figure's upon him.

"It appears from the destruction here that you have demonstrated much, strange being," he spoke "Or 'Master of Fire' as you have called yourself."

"Who are you?" the red armoured figure asked, his voice still retaining a hint of some fierceness to it.

"I am Ozpin," the man answered "I came to Emerald Forest outside of the borders of my domain to investigate a strange anomaly, only to find you and the element you possess. If you have a name, would you kindly address it?"

"I am Tahu," the figure replied, his tone now more bold rather than partially fierce "Master of Fire, Defender of the Region of Fire and one of six Toa of Okoto. If you will excuse me, I must return to the City of the Mask Makers to find my team and Ekimu, the Mask Maker."

Ozpin at first said nothing in response, taking everything into account that Tahu had told him about at this very moment. The fact that he mentioned there being six Toa had somewhat intrigued him, wanting him to know more about these others that he had briefly mentioned. However, he felt that there was somewhat of complication with the Master of Fire's desire to go to this 'City of the Mask Makers' that he had brought up. And he felt that if there was anything he could do to prevent an unforeseen unfavourable outcome for him, he would have to tell him about it.

"I am sorry to disappoint you," he spoke "But I'm afraid I don't know anything about this Okoto or the city that you are looking for."

"What are you talking about?" asked Tahu "As far as I am aware from all of this... greenery, this should be the Region of Jungle."

"Where you are now appears to now be beyond your familiarity," Ozpin replied "This is the Emerald Forest, on the Kingdom of Vale. As far as I am aware, there is no Okoto on the world of Remnant or its history."

The Master of Fire remained still, his head still holding many questions about where he was and why he was apparently no longer on the island of Okoto and away from the other Toa. The fact that Ozpin had claimed to have never seen Okoto on 'this world of Remnant' had only led to even more questions than he had of answers. The man looked more closely at Tahu, managing to take some note of the confused and somewhat frustrated expression that he could see through his blue eyes from behind the golden mask that the Toa wore on his face.

"If you wish to know more about where you now find yourself," he spoke "Then if you could kindly follow me back to Beacon Academy where I may find it easier to explain everything to you."

"Very well then," Tahu replied as he eventually lowered his blades before stashing them on his back, just beneath the two smaller golden swords he already had stashed there.

Ozpin smiled a little before he turned around to make his way back to this 'Beacon Academy' that he had mentioned about just a few moments ago. The Toa of Fire followed suite, inwardly sighing in relief that he could now find his way out of the dense forest after spending the entire morning trying to find his own way out. Much like a certain other Toa that he knew of very well, he wouldn't admit this fault to the others. Not on his own watch.

Eventually, after several long minutes of walking, both Ozpin and Tahu had eventually exited the Emerald Forest and made their way to the top of Beacon Cliffs. Although the man had suggested to taking his route around the cliffs to make it to the top, the Master of Fire had little trouble making his way up the sheer cliff face by stabbing his larger blades into the rock face, one at a time which allowed him to make his ascent with slow, but efficient ease. He seemed thankful however that the Toa was still willing to wait for him to eventually meet with him at the top after taking the longer route upwards. He then continued to lead the way through some more trees, thankfully with not as many on this path to infuriate Tahu any further from his earlier trouble.

They walked onwards for just a little longer until they could faintly see what appeared to be a tall tower in the distance. When they had eventually left the brief glade behind them, the two of them then walked onto a hard flat surface that seemed to resemble a road or a pavement of some sort that held several lamposts on both sides of the pathway. They then came to what appeared to be a four way crossroad, though they could easily see that the path to Beacon Academy was on the pavement that branched off to the left. Ozpin walked out in front as Tahu followed closely behind before the man suddenly came to a stop. The Master of Fire followed suit as he looked out in front of him to see why exactly he had stopped at this very moment.

Out in front of them and approaching them in somewhat of a hurry was a young silver-eyed girl with shoulder-length black hair with a red tint to it, who was dressed in a black blouse, a black corset with red lacing and a skirt with red trimmings, complete with a red cloak. Her expression seemed very intrigued, with a hint of eagerness to it as she eventually stopped in front of both Ozpin and Tahu, much to the Master of Fire's partial confusion.

"Ozpin!" she called "I heard you had gone into the Emerald Forest and... I saw smoke rising from there!"

"At ease, Ruby," Ozpin spoke, placing a hand on her right shoulder to calm her down. "I understand your concern, but what happened down there was merely the result of an outrage of flames."

"I see..." the girl, now known as Ruby, replied as she then looked over towards Tahu. She couldn't help but take particular interest in the golden mask that the Toa wore and the two large silver blades with the flame like patterns that he still held in his hands.

"So... who or what are you?" she asked in curiousity.

"I am Tahu, Master of Fire," he answered, maintaining a bold and somewhat proud tone to his voice.

"Right..." Ruby replied, still unsure of what to make from the way that the Toa of Fire spoke out as she looked back to Ozpin. "So... did you find him in the forest?"

"That is correct," he replied "I came across him after witnessing his sheer power of heat and flame against a Beowolf that had attacked him. Although he was successful in overpowering it, I believe he still has much to learn about the dangers of Remnant."

"Are you saying there are more dangers out there like that 'thing' I defeated?" Tahu asked, his gaze sharpening and his voice shifting his tone to match his partial uneasiness to this news.

"All will become clear to you once we step inside the walls of Beacon Academy," Ozpin answered as he turned his attention back to Ruby. "If you could be kind as to bring the rest of your team along to the Lecture Hall that is not in use? I believe we all have much to discuss before Tahu can become fully acqainted with his new surroundings."

"Sure! I'll get right to it!" Ruby replied enthusiastically as she then ran off around the fountain near the end of the pathway before waving goodbye to the two of them and entering inside the academy through the large front doors. Tahu didn't know what to think after meeting the girl. Although she seemed somewhat bewildered after seeing him for the first time, she didn't seem uncomfortable with the fact that he looked different compared to the kind that she and Ozpin were a part of. The man then walked out a little in front, indicating for the Master of Fire to do same as the two headed towards the front doors that Ruby had used to enter the entrance hall of Beacon Academy. The Toa looked up for a brief moment to see the imposing height of the Academy's tower before finally stepping inside the building in front of him.

When Ozpin and Tahu entered the inside of the Academy, the first thing the Master of Fire could immediately notice was the amount of stares that were suddenly brought to his presence in the entrance hall. He could see that a majority of the students, particuarly the more younger ones had all brought their attention towards him, mainly for his strange appearance. Most of the stares were made up primarily of confusion from what he could make out, although none of them seemed hostile in any sort of way. A small cough from Ozpin caused the students to resume whatever conversations or activities that they were doing prior to his and Tahu's entry as he led the way to the empty Lecture Hall for the Toa.

After walking through several corridors and hallways, with the occasional confused and surprised glances that were directed towards Tahu from more students as they passed through, the two of them arrived at a single door. Ozpin opened it up, revealing a large room with several rows of seats on either side of a small bookcase, a desk at the very front with a large blackboard mounted to the wall directly behind it and on the two angled walls on both sides lay a single bookcase and hanging from the roof above on those same walls were two seperate large fabrics that had a green and blue colour along with their own unique emblem respectively.

"Please take a seat of your choice, if you wish to," Ozpin spoke, interrupting Tahu's thoughts for a brief moment.

The Toa looked across towards the rows of seats and chose to go towards the row at the bottom of the stairs to his left and took up the first seat that he had come across. He was somewhat surprised that even with the weight of his armour that it did not break immediately, but chose to ignore that thought. He then turned to face Ozpin who was now standing in front of the desk at the front of the Lecture Hall.

"So, where would you like to begin?" the man asked.

"I would like to know of this Remnant, that you say I am now in," Tahu replied "What exactly is it?"

"Very well then," Ozpin answered "Remnant is the world that we 'humans', faunus and many other creatures currently live and you currently reside in. Every one of us and the other beings that inhabit this world possess the physical manifestation of an aura that is simply known as a soul. Much of its earlier history has been lost to the recesses of time itself, but it is believed that our kind, as you have seen around the Academy have come into existence from the substance known only as Dust. Dust is the name given to the power and substance that humans had used to turn the tide of the conflict in the days of old. We were born into what was at the time, a hostile and a somewhat very different world, forced to survive against the soulless creatures of darkness known only as the Grimm."

"Then that 'Beowolf' as you described earlier... That was a Grimm?" the Master of Fire asked, briefly interrupting.

"That is correct," the man replied "You were only fortunate that its fur had made it extremely vulnerable to your power of heat and flame. There are much stronger Grimm across Remnant that may be more resistant to your kind of power. Now moving back to my answer, the world of Remnant is split into four kingdoms. The one where Beacon Academy is stationed and where we currently stand is Vale. This Academy was founded in the purpose of training younger humans into becoming hunters and huntresses so that they will be able to fend off the threat of Grimm on their own terms."

As he finished up his answer, the door to the Lecture Hall opened up, bringing both his and Tahu's attention towards the doorway at the top of the stairs where they could see their all too familiar acqaintance that they had met outside of the Academy's front entrance.

"Ah Ruby," Ozpin spoke "I'm happy to see that you and the rest of your team could join us."

Ruby smiled as she entered the room along with three other females that were just a little taller than she was. They all shared equally confused expressions in regards to seeing Tahu for the first time, but eventually mellowed out as they approached the Master of Fire, having been informed of his 'different than usual appearance' from Ruby beforehand when she went to their dorm.

"Well, my sister wasn't kidding when she said you looked a little strange," the first of the three girls spoke. She had long and somewhat messy blonde hair with purple eyes and wore a tan vest with gold piping over a yellow low-cut crop top with a black crest that seemed to resemble a burning heart. The vest has puffy cap sleeves with black cuffs, each side possessing two golden buttons. She also wore a brown belt with a buckle, a pouch, and a small banner-like object that possessed a golden coloured version of the crest on her top with black shorts underneath that seemd to resemble a pleated skirt in the back. Over the short shorts but under the belt was a white asymmetrical back skirt.

"And you are?" Tahu asked.

"Yang," the girl answered. "I guess it's nice to meet you, Tahu."

"My name is Blake," the next girl said. She had amber eyes and long wavy black hair with what appeared to be a large bowtie like ribbon tied to it at the top of her head. She wore a black buttoned vest with coattails and a white sleeveless undershirt that exposed part of her midriff with white shorts along with black low-heeled boots and stockings that started off black at her hips before gradually fading to purple as they got near her shoes. Blake also wore black ribbons on both of her arms, with a black detached sleeve and a silver band on her left arm.

"Weiss," the final girl answered, her tone seeming somewhat more mannerist, reminding Tahu of a certain Toa who spoke somewhat like that. Weiss had white hair and light and wore blue eyes a pale blue bolero jacket over a similarly colored thigh-length dress with a piece of black lace making up the neckline of the dress. The inside of the bolero was red with the sleeves becoming blue as they got closer to her wrists. The back of the bolero displayed the a crest of some sort, which bore a resemblance to a snowflake.

"That's everyone else," Ruby spoke "And together, we form Team RWBY!"

Tahu said nothing in response to the younger girl's enthusiastic appearance and tone of voice, but even so, he could find it hard to believe that these four 'humans' that Ozpin referred themselves to as would have the same capability of fighting off threats that could be considered somewhat similar to the dangers that he and the other Toa had encountered on Okoto. If only the Toa of Fire knew exactly what one of the four girls standing by the doorway was not exactly like the rest.

"Well, now that you are all here," Ozpin spoke out "Perhaps you would be willing to share your own history with us Tahu."

"So, where do you want to start?" Ruby asked "It looks like you don't come from around here."

"That is right," Tahu answered "I was on the island of Okoto, on a different world as Ozpin has pointed out to me. My history before arriving there however, I do not know."

"What do you mean?" Blake asked in curiousity.

"All I know from the beginning was that I seemed to crash down upon the island from the stars," the Master of Fire explained "I wasn't aware of this at the time, but I wasn't the only one to have arrived under those events. I was met by several villagers from the region I had awoken in along with their elder, Narmoto, the Protector of Fire. He told me that he and the other five Protectors had summoned me and 5 other Toa from the stars with the Prophecy of Heroes to find my Golden Mask of Power and defeat the evil that had been plaguing the island."

"You mean that gold mask you are wearing now?" asked Yang.

"Yes," he replied "The first threat that I had to encounter on my journey to claim this mask was the Skull Spiders that had been enslaving the villagers across Okoto by taking control of their minds. After recieving my mask, I gained amazing powers of heat and flame and was then able to hear the voice of Ekimu, the Mask Maker. Narmoto then told me that I had to make my way to the City of the Mask Makers near the edge of the Region of Jungle where I would meet up with the other 5 Toa and together, we would awaken the Mask Maker and defeat evil. When we met for the first time at the bridge to the ruined city, not all of us became well acqainted."

"Who are these other 5 Toa?" asked Weiss.

"There were Gali; Toa of Water, Lewa; Toa of Jungle, Onua; Toa of Earth, Pohatu; Toa of Stone and Kopaka; Toa of Ice," Tahu answered "We all had a disagreement on leadership and before we could settle for a vote after Kopaka and I brawled for that right, we were faced with the Lord of Skull Spiders. Attempting to attack it from our own angles, we found our lone efforts to be meaningless until Onua suggested that we worked together to bring down our common foe at the time. Following his sound advice, we succeeded in defeating him. Afterwards, we heard the voice of Ekimu through our golden masks and following their energies, we battled through many of the undead in the city until we finally came to the tomb of the Mask Maker himself."

All of the girls in Team RWBY and Ozpin continued to listen to the Master of Fire's story, intrigued by everything that he and the other Toa had been through so far up to where he had got to in his explanation.

"Using the power of our combined elements," he continued "We awoke him from his slumber and discovered that the root of the evil in Okoto was through his brother, Makuta and that at this very moment, one of his servants Kulta, otherwise known as Skull Grinder, was starting up his forge to destroy his own mask, the Mask of Creation. With no time to lose, we set off to stop him, briefly having a minor setback with his final guard, Skull Basher. When we arrived, Kulta donned the Mask of Creation as his own, leaving us to fight him whilst Ekimu had to quickly attend to something. Despite our best efforts, although we could slow him down, he had quickly overpowered us in the blink of an eye. The last thing I remember seeing before falling unconscious was seeing Ekimu using his reassembled hammer to knock Kulta off balance to give him the chance he needed to reclaim the Mask of Creation. When we came around, our masks were repaired and that we were now tasked with rebuilding the city to accomodate the return of the villagers from across the six regions."

"So... how did you get to the Emerald Forest?" Ruby pondered.

"That is something that I don't entirely know," said Tahu. "Whilst we were making our way to the bridge to try and rebuild it after an accident from Onua in a previous battle, some of the Skull Warriors that he seemingly 'buried' in that same 'accident' had ambushed us. In the cold hands of one of them, was a strange golden mask that looked like nothing we had ever seen before. Before Ekimu could exclaim as to what it was, the undead warrior put it on his face and then... everything after that, I do not remember."

The entire room fell silent as the Toa had eventually finished up his tale about himself and how he had gotten himself into the world of Remnant. Whilst Ozpin had remained composed, yet still intrigued from everything about Okoto that he had heard from the Master of Fire's story, the girls however were mostly surprised, with Ruby and Yang being somewhat speechless to an extent. To think that there was some kind of world that existed beyond Remnant was something they believed could only exist in the realms of fiction and yet, seeing a being before them that actually existed from said other world was somewhat of a marvel to behold.

"It sounds like you and the other Toa have been through a lot," murmured Blake.

"Did any of them end up in the Emerald Forest with you?" asked Weiss.

"No," Tahu answered "But if they did come with me, then it looks like we have been seperated from each other. For now, my only goal is to return to Okoto to restore the peace there and help Ekimu continue the fight against Makuta's evil."

"But without that mask you said the undead warrior was wearing," Ruby murmured "Even with the technology in Remnant, I'm not sure how you're going to make it back to Okoto."

The Toa remained silent for the moment, having known that the huntress-in-training was correct in her assumption. Unless he could somehow find something that could have a similar power to the mask that the Skull Warrior had put on his face, there was no possible way for him to return to Okoto. Even if he could, who was to say that the other Toa or even Ekimu were no longer in the City of the Mask Makers and stranded across Remnant, much like him. Before anyone could think of anything else to break the silent tension in the room, a panting noise was heard as a student suddenly came rushing up to the doorway, just stopping short in front of Ruby and Yang who turned around in response to the sound.

"Grimm sighted... near the Academy Entrance...!" he panted "Some of them... look like skeletons!"

The sudden short, but brief description was enough to make Tahu to leap out from his seat towards the doorway in front of him, prompting everyone to move clear as his silver feet hit the ground. He ran through the corridor to try and find his way towards the entrance, ignoring the confused glances by everyone else in the hallway and the student that had come to deliver the warning. That was when the answer had hit Blake.

"Tahu must think one of them might be the warrior with that mask!" she gasped.

"Then we'd better go and help him," Ruby replied, the first to make a decision on what to do.

The other girls nodded in agreement and followed her in pursuit of the Master of Fire whilst the out of breath student was held up on his feet by Ozpin who had come up to the door. As he watched Team RWBY run off down the corridor until they were no longer in sight, there was only one thing on his mind in regards to the day's events thus far, including the appearance of Tahu and everything that the Master of Fire had told him about in regards to himself, the other Toa and the island of Okoto.

"This should prove to be very interesting indeed," he thought.

And there we go! As Tahu charges forth to join the battle in which he believes the Skull Warrior that wore the strange golden mask that had brought him here is present from a description given, Team RWBY rush to aid him against the Grimm that were sighted on the said battle. Can the Master of Fire recover the strange mask from the undead warrior, if he is even there, and more importantly, will he be able to reunite with the other Toa despite not knowing where they are? All will be revealed in the next chapter of the Masters of Remnant. Feel free to share your thoughts in the reviews and I'm always open to any suggestions or criticisms you may have. Until next time, I'll leave you to guess what exactly that strange golden mask could be.