(Author's Note)

Hey guys! 0n3dgeGaming here.

So from the moment episode one came out, I've had the urge to write something ZI-O related, and well, this is kind of the product of it. Side note: I think this might be the first ZI-O fanfiction... in general. I might be wrong by this point, but that's neat... I guess.

I feel like I'm jumping the gun a bit... Nah, this'll turn out good in the end.

I wan't to be clear from the start, this story is gonna take it's time getting to the henshin, it'll most likely show up by chapter two. Also, this story will be worked on whenever I feel like it, which means there might be some gaps of time between chapters. Chapter 2 is already being worked on, so I don't think it'll be too long before that gets up.

With all that said, I hope you enjoy!

Disclaimer: I DO NOT OWN KAMEN RIDER ZI-O OR RWBY. ZI-O is owned by Toei Company and RWBY is owned by Rooster Teeth. I only own the OC.

ON WITH THE STORY!

I would love to start this by saying that I've had weirder days… but I've told lies that weren't

even close to being as stupid as that one.

At the very least I can say that the morning was normal. I woke up at the crack of noon, fitting since my internal clock was most likely messed up almost to the point of no repair.

It was… the ninth of September for me, and I was awaiting a package to come in. I had previously ordered another item, known as the Evol Driver, but luck had it that it never showed up. So with the money that I had once again found in my hands, I had ordered the build ride watch over from Japan.

I made sure I chose a shipping method that didn't leave me waiting 2 and a half months.

My eyes blinked the sleep out, as I pulled myself into a sitting position. "...i need a drink… heartburn is a bitch in the morning…"

I climbed off my bed, my foot stepping on a box of cardboard, which proceeded to give way underneath me.

I sighed. "My room… also needs to be cleaned up… yay…"

I walked out my room, throwing a pair of sweatpants and a t-shirt on. The T-shirt had the words: Sarcasm, because beating up stupid people is illegal.

I like to consider myself a funny man.

I grabbed the milk from the fridge and filled a glass with it. I then proceeded to chug it down as quickly as humanly possible.

"Ah… crisis averted…" I muttered, putting the milk back in the fridge and the glass in the sink. "Now, food…"

Before I could get too far, I heard the doorbell ring. I stopped what I was doing, which was taking out a frozen pizza, as I walked towards the door.

I placed my hand against the door handle, and opened the door. Outside was a delivery guy with a package under his arm. "Order for… Bryce Bridged?"

"That's me." I said, as he handed me something that looked like a debit machine, but was designed for signatures. I took the touch pen on the side of the device and scribbled my signature.

"Have a good day." Said the man, as he walked away towards the delivery vehicle. In the passenger seat, a man with a hood on his head sat. In his hands was a strange looking book. I blinked for a moment, and he was gone.

"...Yeah… You too…" I muttered, closing the door behind me. I looked down at the package in my hands, as I read the item description. "DX Build Ride Watch… Well, it's here…"

I walked over to the kitchen, as I unplugged my phone and headphones from the nearby wall. I placed the charger and my phone in my left pocket, and then rested my headphones around my neck.

"Alright, now let's open this up…" I muttered, grabbing the scissors nearby. I quickly got to work leveling the shipping box down to the product box. I nodded, before opening the side up, as I slid out… a black ride watch.

"...Uh… What the hell?" I asked aloud, as I took the ride watch out of the plastic holding. "...There's no tab that needs to be pulled out… and the button isn't pushing in… did I get a gashapon release? But… that doesn't explain the black colouring… and the fact the dial isn't turning…"

I sighed, placing the ride watch in my pocket. "Great, I can't ever have nice things I guess…"

I walked over to the living room, as I grabbed my tv remote and pressed the 'apps' button. The Tv turned on, and a row of apps loaded up along the bottom of the screen. I scrolled about 4 to the right and selected youtube. I sighed, taking out the ride watch. "...I'm going to need to send a photo of you to the seller when I ask for a refund…"

I scrolled through youtube, before I stumbled across a video. "Red trailer? Isnt this that… ruby thing my friend was trying to get me into?" I looked to the side, before pressing the play button. "Eh, might as well check it out."

As I watched the video buffer, I felt the Ride Watch in my hand… start to pulse. I looked down to see it start shining, and a second later, I was falling into a pile of snow.

"JESUS CHRIST!" I exclaimed, jumping back out of the snow, dropping the Ride Watch. As the Ride Watch landed into the snow bank, the light that had shined earlier started to fade, the Ride Watch back to normal. "What the hell was that?"

I looked around. "...Why the hell is there snow everywhere? I know I live in canada but it's SEPTEMBER! Not DECEMBER!"

I crossed my arms, a shiver running up my spine. "...What… what was I doing earlier? I remember loading up youtube… and… what video was I watching again?" I asked myself, before I looked down, remembering I hadn't worn socks when I came downstairs earlier. "Oh that's not good… Okay, find out where I am and work from there."

I started walking away, leaving the Ride Watch in the pile of snow. It's been more trouble than what it was worth, so why should I bring it along?

I slowly moved through the forest, shivering all the while. Eventually I saw what looked to be an open field ahead of me. It was still snow covered, but it would let me take a look at the sky and see if I found any constellations that I might recognize. I walked onto the open area, and looked up. At a first glance, none of the stars in the sky seemed to match any I've seen.

And then my eyes landed on the moon.

"What the…!?" I muttered, looking at the shattered moon. "The moon… Holy shit… It looks like someone blew open the side of it from the inside…" In my, I felt something try to nag at me, but for the life of me I couldn't figure out what it was.

My thoughts were cut off by the sound of something growling at me. I turned around, seeing a large group of what looked to be black werewolves, each one wearing an identical white mask with red highlights.

"...Nice… wolves?" I asked, before one charged me, causing me to break into a sprint in the opposite direction. "Not nice! NOT NICE! NO NO NO NOPE NO NOPE! NOT NICE!"

I looked behind me for a second, only to see the wolf lunge at me. I spun around, falling onto my ass as I raised my arms in a last pitiful act of self preservation.

And then, a gun shot was fired, and another, and another, and then a girl in a red cloak appeared in between me and the wolf, a giant red scythe in her hands as she cleaved the head off the wolf in a quick beheading. The head dropped to the ground as smoke started to rise from the creature as it slowly disintegrated.

The girl looked towards me, a pair of silver eyes staring into my green ones. "You okay?"

"Yeah… I mean, not for long with those things!" I shouted forward. "Behind you!"

Red suddenly disappeared in a flurry of rose petals, before reappearing behind the next wolf, as she quickly sliced it's arm off, and then it's torso down the middle. "Badass…" I muttered, standing onto my feet, as I watched the hooded girl get to work, slicing and dicing the various monsters around us.

And then, she collapsed her scythe, and an explosion of sound erupted in my ears. I held my hands to my head as I watched her fire round after round from what I first assumed was just a mechanical scythe.

"WHAT!?" I exclaimed, before the girl quickly shifted her weapon back into it's scythe form. I watched as one of the wolves lunged at her, only for her body to break apart and scatter into a pile of rose petals floating in the wind. "...What the fu-"

"Heads up!" Shouted the girl, as I snapped my neck upwards, finding her up in the air, her form highlighted by the light of the broken moon behind her. I watched with bated breath as she dropped down, sniper shots blasting in the distance as the hord of wolves around me slowly fell to the ground, bullet holes in multiple places.

The girl finally landed, as a cloud of black smoke rose around us, the bodies of the wolves disintegrating. The girl turned around, her hood falling off her head as I took in the face of my saviour. She looked young, probably around the age of 15 or so. Her hair was a mix of black and red. Her eyes shined silver like they had when I first saw them- and... she was looking at me funny now.

"Hello?" She asked, leaning in suddenly. "You still there?"

"Huh? Oh, sorry." I said, blinking back to my senses as I looked around. "Holy shit…"

"Language!" I looked back at the girl with a raised eyebrow, she had her hands on her hips and a look on her face that looked like it was meant to be scolding. It turns out, when a girl fails to look like they're trying to scold you, it just looks rather cute, kinda like right now. I looked behind her, finding her scythe still stabbed into the snow.

"...Sorry?" I said, unsure, as she nodded with a smile on her face. "...What the hell was all that?"

"What do you mean?" She asked, a confused look on her face.

"Uh… The scythe that's also a gun… the army of black bone mask wearing wolves… whatever that petels thing was… I have SEVERAL questions." I said, motioning all around us.

"Oh, that…" The Girl said. Before she could continue, I saw a black form charge her from behind.

"BEHIND YOU!" I shouted, as the girl seemed to grab her scythe and with a single flourish, decapitate the beast just as it was about to bite into her shoulder, the head flying a few steps behind me, before it started to disintegrate.

"I'm a huntress in training! This weapon here is my baby, Crescent Rose, and I just finished saving you from a pack of grimm!" Said the girl, as she folded her weapon up into a slab the size of a messenger bag. "I'm Ruby, what's yours?"

"...Bryce. Bryce Bridged…" I said, swallowing a lump in my throat, as I looked around.

"Nice to meet you!" Said Ruby. "If you don't mind me asking… why are you out here right now? You do know the grimm here are getting more and more aggressive, right?"

"Uh, well… what about you? Why are you here?" I asked, shifting the attention off of me. "If it's as dangerous as you said, why come?"

"That's… personal reasons." The girl said, looking to the side, a sad look on her face.

"Oh… Sorry." I said, licking my lips. "I uh… Don't exactly know where I am?"

"You… don't know where you are?" Asked Ruby, as I nodded, rubbing the back of my neck.

"Yeah… One moment I'm back home… the next I'm in a snowy field with a moon that seemed to have exploded a second later." I said, looking around. "I also don't remember having wolves that aggressive around. I don't even think wolves could get masks like those…"

"You… Don't know what the grimm are?" Asked Ruby.

"Out of all that, the fact I don't know what the weird wolves are is the biggest point? Uh, hello… entirely different moon here!" I said, as Ruby looked at me.

"...Hey, what's that in your hand?" Asked Ruby, as I raised an eyebrow in confusion. "The black circular thing."

"What black circular- What the hell!?" I exclaimed, dropping the Ride Watch once again, finding it had found its way back to me. "How the hell did it…?"

"Ooh, what's this?" Asked Ruby, as she picked up the Ride Watch. I sighed, rubbing the back of my head.

"The reason I'm here." I said, taking the Ride Watch out of her hand. I flipped it around, looking at the pattern on the face of the watch. "It's called a Ride Watch… but it's not active right now. I think it needs an emotional response to activate, but I could care less about that right now."

I turned back to Ruby, a sheepish look on my face. "So uh… you mind if I stick with you for now? I don't really have a way to defend myself and all…"

"Huh? Oh, no problem! I have one other thing to do real quick though." Said Ruby.

"That's fine, you're in charge boss." I said, as we started walking further into the forest nearby.

I looked over at Ruby. "So… what's a huntress?"

"You don't know what a huntress is!?" She exclaimed, turning to me in almost a flash.

"Well… I know YOU'RE one… in training, which actually kinda makes me scared of FULLY trained huntresses… and that I think it has something to do with the… uh, grimm?" I said, scratching the back of my neck.

"Hunters and Huntresses are the protectors of humanity, we protect people like you, from the monster of the world, the grimm." Said Ruby, as I looked at the snow falling around us.

"Huh, that's neat." I said, as I looked up at the moon. "What happened to the moon?"

"No one knows, it's just been like that for as long as anyone remembers." Said Ruby, as she looked to me. "...You don't really know a lot of things."

"Every second I spend here gives me more of a reason to think that I'm on another planet entirely… Ruby?" She nodded, as I continued. "The moon at home was completely whole, and there… isn't any grimm to speak of. And by extension I guess that includes hunters and huntresses."

"Woah… So does that make you an alien?" Asked Ruby, looking at me in wonder.

"...Maybe? The better question is how and why am I here?" I asked, looking at the Ride Watch. "...It must have something to do with this."

"...We're here." Said Ruby, as I looked ahead to see a cliff side, on the edge was a grave, english seemed to have been etched into the stone. Summer Rose 'Thus Kindly I Scatter'

"Hey mom…" Said Ruby, as I took a step back. I let out a breath at the sudden heavy feeling in the air. "It's been a while… Dad said I shouldn't go right now with all the grimm around… but I needed to talk with you."

'So… Ruby Rose is her full name then…' I thought to myself.

"...Yang's heading off to beacon in a month… It'll be weird for a while without Yang around." Ruby continued, looking down at the ground. "Dad is doing better. He's started giving Yang some pointers before she heads off."

"...Uncle Qrow left for another mission of his a week ago…" Said Ruby, letting out a sigh. "I wish he would stay around longer than days at a time…"

"...I'm starting my second last year of signal in a month." Said Ruby, looking back up at the grave. "...I'm going to become a huntress. Those… heroes from those stories you told… I won't ever forget that image of what I want to be."

"...I even saved someone." Said Ruby, a small smile forming on her lips. "He's… rather strange, but he seems nice enough. His name is Bryce, and I'm almost certain he's not from this world."

"...I miss you mom... I'll come talk to you later." Said Ruby, walking away from the grave.

I let my eyes trail on the grave, before I walked towards it. I crouched down, and closed my eyes. I took in a breath, before I opened my eyes again. "...Your daughter is every bit the hero she wants to be… I think you'd be proud… but I don't think I need worry about letting you know that."

I stood up, and turned back towards Ruby. "...You want to talk about it?" I asked her, as I walked away from the grave.

"...Mom was a huntress." Ruby said, as we started walking back into the forest. "She was awesome. Slayer of demons and master of cookies…"

"Sounds like you really looked up to her." I said, as we walked back into the empty field.

"She was my hero…" Said Ruby.

"...I meant what I said at the grave, you know." I said, looking at her. "I think she'd really be proud of you. I mean, you saved my butt, that's all I need to see you as a hero."

"...Thanks… uh…" Ruby stopped, looking at me.

"Bryce. Bryce Bridged." I said, holding my hand out. "Now let's not go forgetting it this time."

"Alright then, Bryce." Said Ruby, shaking my hand. "Ruby. Ruby Rose."

Ruby had ended up making it sound like she was James Bond for some reason, leading to me stifling a laugh.

"Ruby! You here!?" A worried voice yelled out, as Ruby let out a gasp.

"Yang!" She shouted, suddenly disappearing in a flurry of petals, as I felt the wind around me pick up, tripping me back into the snow.

"Gah-Cold…" I grit out, pushing myself out of the snow. I looked ahead to see the red cloak wearing girl meeting up with what I could only assume to be someone trying to mimic goldilocks.

"Why are you here? You know dad said the grimm in this area were getting more aggressive." Said who I assumed was Yang, as she stood next to Ruby. Real Older Sister kind of vibe. Certainly more… developed than her sister.

...Stop staring dammit.

"I know… but I wanted to see her…" Said Ruby, before turning to me. "Oh yeah! Bryce, let me introduce you to my sister!"

"One sec!" I said, jogging over. I stopped in front of Yang, standing a few inches taller than her.

"Bryce, this is my sister Yang. Yang, this is Bryce." Said Ruby, motioning from one to the other.

I extended my hand. "So you're sisters? You… I want to guess half siblings?" I asked, to which Yang nodded.

"Yep! Most people find it hard to believe we're siblings at first. So, who might you be?" Yang asked, taking my hand into hers.

It was in this moment that I realized my mistake, as the grip on my hand tightened. I grit my teeth as I felt my hand slowly collapse from the outside.

"I'm just a guy who your sister saved from being mauled. Also, you have a REALLY tight grip." I said, breathing quicker and quicker with every second.

"I've been told." Said Yang, a smirk on her face. A second later she let go.

"Pffffffffffff…." I shook my hand in pain as I sucked in a breath through gritted teeth. I looked back at Yang. "...Ow."

"Oh I'm so proud of you…!" Yang said, suddenly grabbing Ruby and pulling her into a hug. Judging by the look on Ruby's face, I'd say… well, oxygen isn't THAT important, is it?

"Yang… Breathing…" Ruby tried to get out, before Yang suddenly let the girl down. "...Thanks…"

"Well, I think we've spent enough time here. Bryce, it was Ice to meet you, but we need to head back home now." Said Yang, as Ruby let out an audible groan. "Oh come one sis, Chill Out!"

I couldn't hold back any longer. I let out a sigh, that almost immediately turned into me wheezing. "Oh my god…" I laughed, to which both sisters looked at me. "Oh that's so bad but DAMN is it good…"

"Well, good to see someone likes my puns." Said Yang, hands to her hips.

"I just wish I could actually think some up quick enough for it to be funny." I said, shrugging. "...So uh… mind getting me a trip back to… well, civilization? I uh, kinda don't know exactly where I am…"

"...You don't know where you are?" Yang asked in what I assumed was a deadpan.

"It's weird, Yang. It's like he's from another world!" Said Ruby, as I resisted the urge to facepalm. "I had to explain what the GRIMM were. He even freaked out over the moon!"

"You're exaggerating, right?" Asked Yang, as she looked over at me for clarity.

I looked to the side. "Well… She's… not wrong…" I said, a sheepish smile on my face.

"...What planet are you from?" Asked Yang.

"...Earth?" I said, as the two looked at each other, before turning their attention back to me. "What?"

"Well Ruby, you just saved an alien… If he injects me with eggs, I'm blaming you." Said Yang, as I felt my eyelid twitch.

"I'M NOT A XENOMORPH!" I exclaimed, as the two jumped back. "Jeez, as far as I can tell, I'm just as human as you two… if not a little less since Ruby can turn into a bunch of petals… is that normal? Does Yang turn into sunflower petals?"

"...Every moment I spend with him makes me start to believe it more and more…" Said Yang, as she walked over to me, hand outstretched..

"...What are you doing?" I asked, an eyebrow raised.

"Yang… please stop…" Ruby said, as Yang poked my cheek, pressing into the skin. I proceeded to open my mouth, making her finger press deeper into the skin, before closing it, biting down on both my cheek, and her finger.

"...Are you… trying to bite me?" Asked Yang, to which I stopped biting down and nursed my cheek.

"Why did I do that…?" I asked aloud, rubbing my cheek. "We literally were having a normal conversation a few seconds ago, and now you're all freaked out?"

"When you put it like that…" Said Yang.

"Look, so there's a bit of a possibility I… might be from another world." I said. "And… I also probably, definitely don't have a place to stay… anywhere."

"He could stay with us." Said Ruby, looking at Yang.

"Woah woah woah. Are you suggesting what I think you're suggesting?" Said Yang.

Ruby pointed to me in what I assumed to be excitement. "He's an alien from another world! Who knows the kind of things he knows! And besides, what else would we do? Leave him here for the Grimm?"

"...Alright fine, I'm convinced. But you know Dad will get the last say." Said Yang, before turning to me. "Alright, let's go."

"For what it's worth, thanks." I said, before I smirked. "Snow place like home, right?"

"Hah!" Yang laughed, as we started walking away. "Oh I think the two of us will get along just fine…"

That… was a month ago. To give you the TL;DR, Their dad, Taiyang Xiao Long, let me stay at their place for the month. And only the month. When Yang moved out to Beacon, I would be on my own at that point. The date seemed… rather specific, but I wasn't going to turn something like this down.

In that time, I've gotten fairly familiar with the two sisters. I've spent a fair amount of time with Ruby, a fair chunk of it working on my stupid Ride Watch. The other time was mainly me and her playing twenty questions. I apparently learned that Ruby was a fan of Kamen Rider. Though the conversation was cut short there so I didn't get to ask anything else of it.

Good to at least know someone might get my Toku Memes…

And on the other hand, there's Yang. And spending time with Yang…

Well, I'm with Yang right now, so you'll have a live example.

"You… really need… to slow down…" I said, letting out long breaths. "I thought I was gonna die…"

"You're fine. Come on, we've arrived." Said Yang, as she started walking to the club.

"Are you sure I need to be here? I feel like it's gonna end up being a hazard to my health…" I said, as I ran up to her. "Like every other time you couldn't get information."

"You of so little faith. I got this!" Said Yang, a teasing grin on her face.

"Sure you do." I said, rolling my eyes as I sighed. "Just don't burn the place down this time…"

"No promises." Said Yang, as we walked into the club.

I immediately made my way to the bar, making sure to sit a bit away from Yang.

"Hey barkeep." I waved over. "Give me something to make everything numb but not enough to make me too drunk. I need something to make the incoming stupidity easier on my mind…"

He looked at me, before getting to mixing up a drink. I let out a sigh as I let my eyes wander to Yang. "This is gonna suck…"

"Aren't you a little young to be in this club, Blondie?" I heard the voice of an man over from Yang's position.

Yang giggled, which to someone who knew her, sounded… weird coming out of her mouth. It was the kind of giggle a school girl would have. "Aren't you a little old to have a name like Junior?"

"So you know who I am." Said Junior. "You got a name, sweetheart?"

Yang smiled. "Yes, Junior, I've got several. But instead of sweetheart, you can just call me sir." She said, grabbing his groin before she began squeezing down in a way I am no doubt sure was painful. Junior seemed to agree, as he let out a cry of pain almost immediately.

"Here's your… drink sir." Said the barkeep, as he turned to look at the conversation next to me.

"Thank god…" I muttered, grabbing the drink. "This is the third time this has happened you know, always ends up the same. I honestly forget why she brings me along anyways…" I started taking big gulps of the drink in my hands, trying to ignore the incident Yang was about to start.

"People say you know everything." Said Yang, taking her scroll out and showing the man a photo. "Tell me where I can find her and I'll let you go."

"I've never seen her before, I swear!" Junior strained.

"Excuse me?" Asked Yang, squeezing a tiny bit tighter.

"I swear, sir!" Said Junior, as I watched a bunch of his men circle around Yang and him.

"Here we go…" I muttered, taking another sip.

"Hmm, looks like we have an audience. This must kind of embarrassing for you, huh? Awkward..." Yang said.

"Listen, blondie, sir. If you want to make it out of this club alive, I suggest you let me go. Now!" Junior got out.

A moment later, and Yang let go. Junior let out a sigh of relief, and I took another sip of my drink.

"You'll pay for that…!" Junior said, putting his sunglasses on as he walked away from Yang. Yang on the other hand, went in for the pursuit.

"Oh Junior, I was just playing with you!" Yang said, as I finished my drink, turning back around to watch the fireworks begin. "Don't be so sensitive! Come on, let's kiss and make up, okay?"

Junior turned around to look at Yang, who put her hand over her lips as she tried to stiffle her laughter. "Huh? Oh, okay." He said, before he began to lean in. As he closed in, Yang pulled her fist back, before launching her punch at Junior's face, sending him flying towards the other side of the bar, while also having him crash into a pillar of glass, I honestly don't know what that even is.

"...Here we go." I said, sighing as I put my hands to my face. I removed them to see all the other civilians run out of the club, while Junior's men circled Yang. "I would've stopped this, but I learned rather quickly during the first time I went with Yang to a club that things will always end in a fight…"

Yang smirked, as she activated her gauntlets on her arms. She pulled her right arm back, cocking the shotgun system imbued in her gauntlet. The guys around her charged, closing in on the blonde. Yang ran towards one of them, before jumping and kicking off his shoulder. She reared her fist back, and with a smirk on her face, slammed back down onto the floor. The floor seemed to wave from the force, knocking her opponents onto their asses.

"Alright, that's enough out of this for today." I said, walking to the side of the club, as I made my way outside. "I am not getting caught in Yang's crossfire…"

I walked outside the door to the club, to find Ruby walking down the street. "Hey, Ruby!"

"Bryce? What are you doing here?" She asked running over to me. I looked back at the club and to the sounds of gunfire and explosions, and we both at the same time responded. "Yang."

A second later, and I saw Junior fly out of one of the windows, knocked clean out. Yang soon followed, landing a few feet away from him.

"Yang?" Ruby asked, as Yang stood up, her eyes changing from a bright red back to their normal violet.

"Oh, hey sis!" Yang responded, before she looked at me. "Oh, Bryce, when'd you leave?"

"About the time you punched Junior through a pillar of glass." I said.

"What were you two even doing here?" Ruby asked.

Yang sighed. "It's a long story."

"You can tell it at home. You need to finish packing for Beacon, and I have a new issue of weapons magazine to pick up in town." Said Ruby, nodding to herself.

"And where does that leave me?" I asked the two.

"...Wanna come with?" Ruby asked.

"Anywhere is better than with Yang on another club run." I said, walking with Ruby.

"It wasn't that bad!" Yang yelled to us.

"Yes it was!" I yelled back.

So here we were, a store called 'From Dust Till Dawn'. Ruby was in the back corner of the store looking through the new magazine, while I was in the other corner fiddling with my Ride Watch.

"It's been a month already… The hell is it going to take for you to activate already?" I asked in annoyance, adjusting my headphones around my neck. "Come on…"

"Do you have any idea how hard it is to find a Dust shop open this late?" I heard a voice ask from the front of the store.

"P-please! Just take my Lien and leave!" Said the shopkeeper.

"This isn't good…" I muttered, ducking behind one of the shelves near the back.

"Shhh, shhh, shhh, shhh, calm down, we're not here for your money." Said the voice. "Grab the Dust."

I peaked from the side, watching some of Junior's men placing canisters into the dust tubes. I looked over at Ruby, who appeared to be none the wiser to all this.

"Alright kid, put your hands where I can see 'em." I heard a voice asked, and instinctively put my hands up. "Hey, I said hands in the air! You got a death wish or something!?"

I raised an eyebrow, before a saw one of Junior's henchmen spin Ruby around, her hood dropping as she looked at him in surprise. "Shit…" I muttered, placing the Ride Watch into my pocket. The man motioned Ruby to remove her headphones, to which she complied.

"Yes?" She asked.

"I said, put you hands in the air! Now!" Said the man.

"Are you… robbing me?" She asked for clarification. I suddenly was a lot less worried for her safety.

"Yes!" The goon yelled.

"Oh…" It happened almost immediately. Ruby suddenly dashed at him, dropping the mag in the process, sending the man back into the store front. A second later, another man showed up, pointing a gun at Ruby.

"Freeze!" He shouted, to which Ruby burst into rose petals to gain speed, before reforming in front of him as she smashed into him, the both of them flying towards the store window, crashing through.

I leaned against the wall, seeing the guys responsible for this 'heist' distracted by Ruby. I started working my way towards the front, surveying the situation to see if I could get out of here without harm. "I'm stuck in a dust heist… This is crazy…" I peaked my head around the corner, my eyes locking onto a man in a white coat, a black bowler cap over his orange hair. "That's the Torchwick guy, right?"

"Okay…" Said Torchwick, as he looked at Ruby, before looking back at his goons standing around. "Get her!"

"Not much of a chance of me getting out of this with him there…" I muttered, as I saw his head tilt in my direction, his left eye locking onto me. "Shit."

"Ooh, wrong place and the wrong time, kid." Said Torchwick, pointing the end of his cane at me. The bottom of the cane flipped up, showing a targeting reticle. "Now get over here."

I slowly walked towards him, arms raised. I looked over at Ruby, seeing her take down the last henchman, sending him flying towards Torchwick. The goon landed a few feet away from Torchwick, as he sighed. "You were worth every cent. Truly, you were." He said, voice laced with sarcasm, before he grabbed my shoulder and pulled he in front of him, his cane pointed under my chin. "One wrong move, and the kid dies!"

"Bryce!" Ruby exclaimed, as she spun her scythe around, ready for another attack.

"Ah-ah-ah!" Torchwick pushed his cane into my skin. "Out of the way."

Ruby walked to the side, as Torchwick pushed me towards a nearby ladder. "Start climbing."

"How is it that RUBY got me in more trouble than YANG ever did?" I muttered, climbing up the latter, equally aware a gun was still pointed at my head. Once I reached the top, I was pushed towards the edge of a building. The sound of gunfire behind me drew my attention, as I looked around to see Ruby on the roof.

"Persistent…" Said Torchwick, the sound of roaring engines suddenly rising behind me. I looked around to see a bullhead, what replaced the helicopters in this world I guess. Torchwick shoved me aboard, before taking out a red dust crystal. "End of the line, Red!"

I watched as he tossed a red dust crystal towards Ruby, before he aimed his cane at the crystal and fired. A moment later, a huge cloud of smoke was in the air.

"Ruby!" I exclaimed.

"Whoa-ho-ho-ho!" Torchwick laughed, before he noticed something in the smoke. "Huh?"

The smoke cleared, showing a woman in a purple cape in front of Ruby, who is apparently unharmed. There was a strange rune around them, probably a protective field of some sort. Her eyes locked to mine, before she pointed what looked like a riding crop at me, and motioned towards her.

I felt something pull me, as I was suddenly flung out of the bullhead. "Oh shit!" I exclaimed, crossing my arms over my face as I approached the rooftop. A moment later, and nothing. I opened my eyes to see my floating just above the rooftop, before I was unceremoniously dropped from whatever hold I was in. "Ow."

"Bryce! You okay?" Asked Ruby, as I stood up, my Ride Watch lying on the Rooftop.

"I'm fine…" I said, picking it back up. The strange woman looked at me, before her attention refocused on the bullhead. She waved her weapon at the bullhead, summoning several streaks of purple energy at the craft, each crashing into the ship as Torchwick tumbled around inside.

"We got a huntress!" Torchwick shouted to someone else in the bullhead, as he switched places with a woman in a red dress, her face obscured by shadows. The Huntress seemed to glow purple, before she fired above the bullhead, a large storm forming above the craft.

"Holy shit…" I muttered, watching as large chunks of hail formed from the cloud, before falling down onto the bullhead below, piercing the craft in multiple locations.

The woman on the bullhead took a second to steady, herself, before her arms and legs lit up like fire. She aimed at the Huntress, before launching a burst of energy at her target. The Huntress blocked the initial attack, but some flames split off from the attack and splatter behind her. They began to glow, as I felt the heat rise around me. The Huntress suddenly back-fliped out of the way of the attack, a rather large explosion that of which destroys part of the roof.

The Huntress waves her riding crop as she begins to gather the shards of the roof to create a large makeshift arrow, which she propells at the craft. The fiery woman fires off several blasts, shattering the arrow, but the debris of each attack just reforms back into the same arrow shape. The arrowhead barely scrape the side of the bullhead, as the ship tilts to the right just in time to avoid any major damage.

The arrow separated, reshaping into more arrows that began to encircle the jet. I let out a low whistle watching the scene above. Strange glowing rings formed around the woman on the bullhead, as they suddenly expanded, destroying the shards from all directions.

"You alright if I help out?" Asked Ruby, as I nodded. She reverted her scythe to it's sniper mode, and quickly began to shoot at the woman on the bullhead, each of her shots being blocked by the woman's hand. The woman swipes her hand, as the ground below us suddenly lights up.

"Does anyone else feel warmer?" I asked, before a familiar force pushed me forwards. I rolled to a stop, as I felt an explosion go off behind me. To those who say you can't feel an explosion if it doesn't hit you, you can feel the aftershocks from it almost immediately. I looked up to see the hatch close on the bullhead as it quickly flew off into the night.

I pushed myself onto my feet, before my attention was caught to the sight of the huntress picking up my Ride Watch. I walked over to her, only for Ruby to suddenly cut in between us.

"You're a huntress!" Said Ruby, as we both looked at her. A second later, and her face had morphed to one of awe-struck, yet also pleading. "Can I have your autograph?"

I looked at the Huntress who had basically saved my life, as she looked at the two of us. "I'm going to need you to come with me." She said, before looking at me. "Both of you."

"...Yay…" I muttered.

"I hope that you realize that your actions tonight will not be taken lightly, young lady. You put yourself and others in great danger." Said the Huntress, as she paced around the table Ruby and I were sitting at. She stopped to look at me. "Including your friend here."

"They started it!" Ruby tried to defend herself.

"If it were up to me, you'd be sent home... With a pat on the back…" Said the Huntress, as Ruby let out a smile. The Huntress seemed to notice, as a second later she swung her riding crop on the table, electing an 'eep!' from Ruby. "And a slap on the wrist."

I jumped at the action, as I let out a breath. Damn jumpscares…

"But... there is someone here who would like to meet you." Said the Huntress, as a man in a dark green suit walked in, a plate of cookies in one hand, a full cup of what I assumed to be coffee in the other.

" Ruby Rose…" Said the man, as he leaned in to look at Ruby. "You... have silver eyes."

"Uh, um…" Ruby looked to me in confusion, as I shrugged, just as lost as she was.

"So! Where did you learn to do this?" Asked the man, motioning to the tablet the huntress was holding, a video of Ruby taking down junior's men with her scythe playing on the screen.

"S-Signal Academy." Said Ruby.

"They taught you to use one of the most dangerous weapons ever designed?" Asked the man, as I let out a low whistle at that. Well, Ruby just got a little more badass in my mind.

"Well, one teacher in particular…" Said Ruby.

"I see…" Said the man, as he placed the plate of cookies down in front of us. Ruby looked to me, before she tentatively picked one up. She took a single bite, and then, not seeing any rebuttal, shovels the rest into her mouth. I managed to take a single cookie before ruby practically took over ownership of the plate.

"It's just that I've only seen one other scythe-wielder of that skill before. A dusty, old crow…" Said the man, looking to the side.

"Oh! That's my uncle!" Said Ruby, though you wouldn't understand that because her mouth was completely full. I gave her a deadpanned look, to which she blinked, and then quickly swallowed down whatever was left of those cookies. "Oh, sorry. That's my Uncle Qrow! He's a teacher at Signal. I was complete garbage before he took me under his wing. And now, I'm all like— Hooowaaah! Witchaaaa!"

I had to duck to the side, as Ruby began swinging her arms about in some kind of makeshift karate style. Ironic considering she sucked at hand to hand combat.

"So I've noticed." Said the man, as he placed his cup on the table, sitting down opposite of Ruby. "And what is an adorable girl such as yourself doing at a school designed to train warriors?"

"Well... I want to be a Huntress." Said Ruby.

The man raised an eyebrow. "You want to slay monsters?"

"Yeah! I only have two more years of training left at Signal! And then I'm going to apply to Beacon!" Ruby said, her talking speed growing faster and faster, her enthusiasm growing with each sentence. "You see, my sister's starting there this year, and she's trying to become a Huntress, and I'm trying to become a Huntress 'cause I wanna help people. My parents always taught us to help others, so I thought, Hey, I might as well make a career out of it! I mean the police are alright, but Huntsmen and Huntresses are just so much more romantic and exciting and cool and really, gosh, you know!" Ruby seemed to explode at the end, as she stared at the two in front of us with wide eyes. I leaned back, suddenly very uncomfortable.

The man looked to the Huntress, before looking back at Ruby. "Do you know who I am?"

"You're Professor Ozpin. You're the headmaster at Beacon." Said Ruby.

"Hello." Said Ozpin, smiling.

"Nice to meet you." Responded Ruby.

"You want to come to my school?" Asked Ozpin.

"More than anything." Said Ruby.

Ozpin glanced at Glynda, who showed her disapproval with a "Hmmph". He turned back to Ruby, a smile on his face. "Well, okay."

Ruby smiled, wide-eyed and open-mouthed. Ozpin looked over at me, before back to Ruby. "Ms. Rose, if you'd excuse us, we'd like to speak to your friend here privatly. We won't be long."

"Oh uh, okay!" Said Ruby, probably still on a high from learning she was suddenly accepted into Beacon, as she walked out of the room, her body shaking slightly from the excitement.

"Bryce Bridged…" Ozpin said, looking at me. "Aren't you the curious one?"

"Uh… I'm sorry?" I said, confused.

Ozpin reached a hand over to The Huntress, as she reached into her pocket, only to stop when she couldn't find what she was looking for.

"If you're looking for this…" I began, taking my Ride Watch out of my pocket. "It has a… tendency to reappear on my person, even if I'd rather it not."

"May I?" Asked Ozpin, as I passed the blank Ride Watch over. "Fascinating… It's been a long time since I've seen a new one."

"A… new one?" I asked.

Ozpin smiled, handing me back the Ride Watch. "Tell me, do you know of the Kamen Riders?"

I widened my eyes, as I nodded. "Yeah… their heroes who transform to protect people. They were given the title of Kamen Rider because their first appearance was almost always of them masked and on a bike of some sort."

"You certainly know a bit about them." Said Ozpin, as he looked at the Ride Watch in my hand. "As I said, it's been a while since I've seen another Rider emerge… that Ride Watch tells that you might be the next."

"I'm sorry… next?" I asked. "As in… there've been previous?"

"You seem surprised. Which is curious considering you know of them." Said Ozpin, as I swallowed down.

"...Well, I hate to break it to you… but this thing hasn't really responded to me yet. It seems to love getting me into trouble though…" I muttered, as Ozpin looked at the Huntress, before looking back at me.

"I want to offer you a proposition." Said Ozpin, as I looked up. "I see the potential for you to become the next Rider, and I want to help you become the best you can be."

"So I'll ask you, would you accept a spot at Beacon Academy?" Asked Ozpin, as I blinked in surprise.

"What? I mean… I'm not really a fighter… I don't know the first thing about combat… I mean, there was a bit of hand to hand stuff I learned from Yang, but to ask me that…?" I rambled off.

"I see potential in you. As I did with Ms. Rose. All that you have to do, is take the first step." Said Ozpin.

I looked down at the Ride Watch in my hand, before I looked at Ozpin. "...Alright, I'm in."

Ozpin smiled, before he stood up. "Tell Ms. Rose that you'll need to be at the airstrip by tomorrow at noon. I expect great things from you."

I watched Ozpin walk out the door with the Huntress close behind. I sighed, before standing up and walking out of the room.

"You all finished up here Ozpin?" Asked a man in a black suit with a red tie, a strange belt on his waist, looking like a mashup of a car's speedometer and a dashboard.

"I am. Thank you for the help today, Shinnosuke." Said Ozpin, as I felt my eyes widen as I looked at the police officer in awe.

"...Oh my god…" I muttered, as I looked at a real life version of Shunnosuke Tomari. "...it's-"

"Kamen Rider Drive!" Both my and Ruby said, me in a mutter, while Ruby yelled it out as she raced over to the police officer. I blinked as I watched Ruby start geeking out in front of him.

"Oi, Ruby!" I shouted, running up after her. "Give the officer a break, okay!"

"It's alright." Said Shinnosuke, as he looked at me. "So, you must be Bryce. It's nice to meet you."

He extended his hand, to which I shook it. I understood what this was. It was a greeting yeah, but to one Kamen Rider acknowledging the 'alleged' next Rider.

"Shinnosuke, there are reports of roidmudes!" Shinnosuke's belt suddenly lit up, as the police officer looked down.

"Got it, Belt-san." Said the officer, as he looked to the both of us. "Duty calls."

Both Ruby and I watched as the man known as Kamen Rider Drive ran off, awe on both of our faces.

"...So… guess who also got accepted into Beacon?" I said, looking over at Ruby, as she looked over at me surprise written all over my face. "Yeah… about my reaction as well."