GKC: What's up, everyone! This is GKC here bringing you another chapter of Remnant's Climax Heroes!

SR: Backing him up is SR and KRD!

KRD: That's right! We're getting into one of my favorite parts of the RWBY series! And it's the dance party!

GKC: Aye! And not only that, but we also get to the secret agent scene with Cinder… in that sexy black catsuit…

KRD: Someone's gotta stop her though…

GKC: Not to worry! I have just the thing!

KRD: You do… -_-

SR: I feel we should be concerned… but it's Cinder so I don't think she gets any niceties.

GKC: Yep! Now then for the disclaimer: We do not own, except our OCs, RWBY or Kamen Rider. All rights belong to their respective owners.

SR: As always, be sure to enjoy the series!

Chapter 33: Dance Partners and Masks

"Well guys? Whaddya think?" Kurogasa asked, showing off his formal attire to his team. His attire consists of a black uniform jacket that stopped at his waist, as it had a silver collar at his neck and a silver rope that was hung over his right shoulder, and his arms and legs were equipped with gunmetal grey gauntlets and greaves. He carries his Kage Ryuujin that was attached to a blue belt that was hung across his body and he wears a blue shoulder cape on his left side, pinned by a blue brooch, as the long shoulder cape covers half of his arm.

"You look like a stereotypical prince from a fairy tale." Aaron answered bluntly.

"Oh c'mon, Coco made this look badass for me." Kurogasa said.

"I didn't say it was bad. Just… stereotypical. You kinda remind me of one of those isekai protagonists from a medieval fantasy anime series."

"Look on the bright side, at least Weiss will like it." Orion pointed out.

"Not sure how Koa feels about dressing up though…" Orpheus remarked while reading a book.

*CRASH!*

"HOW DO YOU STILL WALK IN THESE STILTS OF DEATH?!" A familiar voice shouts.

"Do you think you can get her some decent slip-ons instead of heels, Kuro?"

"Hm… no," He answered.

'SO CRUEL!' Orpheus cried out.

"Even if I wanted to, I can't. I spend my Lien commissioning Coco to make this and Weiss's dress and getting her those supplies for clothes."

"So you spent it all on yourself and Weiss…" Aaron said bluntly.

"Yep. Oh and Yukina too. Besides, all that money is Jacques' anyway, so it's his money, meaning it's his problem, not mine if I maxed out his credit."

"If the dude even has a limit on his credit cards…" Orpheus remarked.

LINE BREAK

Meanwhile…

Weiss was on her way to her dorm room to get ready for the dance. When she arrived at the dorm room, she saw Ruby and Yang already dressed and ready.

Ruby wore a short, red, sleeveless dress with a thick black sash around the waist and black trim along the bottom. The bodice of the dress is split vertically to the sash and laced with black lacing. The yoke of the dress is transparent mesh with an opaque collar and hem, as well as opaque lines connecting the collar to her shoulders. She also wears black stockings and pumps.

As for Yang, she wore a simple short, white, halter neck dress with a pale gray hem and white pumps.

"Oh hey Weiss, Kuro said he left this for you." Yang said.

Weiss turned around to see Yang pointing to the dress bag. She walked over and opened it, gasping in surprise at the contents.

"So pretty…" Ruby went starry-eyed at the dress.

Weiss pulled out the wonderful dress and examined it. "Oh my gosh… this dress…"

"Wow, someone's being spoiled." Yang grinned.

"Oh hush you!"

Yang merely snickered, as Ruby was looking through the closet.

"Anyone got a pair of spare slip-ons? Hearing Koa crash into things is getting old real fast."

"Nope, sorry, little sis," Yang said nonchalantly even though she had a Chesire grin on her face.

*CRASH!*

Suddenly, Koa fell into their dorm room. She began to groan and flail in frustration.

"NOT FAIR NOT FAIR!" Koa complains, before looking at her high heels. "I WILL CONQUER YOU, DEATH STILTS!"

"Anyways, are you sure Blake will show up?" Weiss rolled her eyes.

"Trust me. She is. I talked to her the moment she woke up and I took her to an empty classroom."

Flashback

"Yang, if you're going to tell me to stop, you may as well save your breath." Blake said, as Yang was sitting cross-legged on the central desk of the empty classroom they're in, orange light shining across her calm features.

"I don't want you to stop; I want you to slow down." Yang said.

Blake continued to pace with arms crossed, still irritated. "I don't have the luxury to slow down."

"It's not a luxury; it's a necessity."

"The "necessity" is stopping Torchwick."

"And we're going to. But first you have to sit down and listen to what I have to say." Yang then pats the part of the desk across from her.

Blake looked away for a moment until she relented and draped her legs over the desk's edge. "Fine."

"Ruby and I grew up in Patch, an island off the coast of Vale. Our parents were Huntsmen. Our dad taught at Signal, and our mom took on missions around the kingdom. Her name was Summer Rose, and she was, like… Super-Mom: Baker of cookies and slayer of giant monsters. And then… one day she left for a mission and never came back." Yang looks down as she says this, and Blake looks sorry for her. "It was tough. Ruby was really torn up, but… I think she was still too young to really get what was going on, y'know? And my dad just kind of… shut down. It wasn't long before I learned why. Summer wasn't the first love he lost; she was the second. The first… was my mom." Blake looks amazed at this information as Yang keeps talking. "He wouldn't tell me everything, but I learned that the two of them had been on a team together with Summer and Qrow, and that she'd left me with him right after I was born. No one had seen her since."

"Why did she leave you?" Blake asked.

Yang sighed, then turned to the chalkboard. "That question… Why?" She gets off the desk and walks to the chalkboard, picking up a piece of chalk. "I didn't know an answer, but I was determined to find out. It was all I thought about. I would ask anyone I could about what they knew about her."

As the reminiscent blonde starts drawing on the board, the scene shifts to a flat-painted flashback of a young Yang, with orange bows holding her pigtails, looking at the photo found in a smashed picture frame.

"Then, one day, I found something. What I thought was a clue that could lead me to answers, or maybe even my mother."

The next shot shows Yang walking down a long winding path through the towering trees shedding their leaves with a little creaking wagon pulled right behind her, her little sister in a crimson hood sleeping soundly inside.

"I waited for Dad to leave the house, put Ruby in a wagon, and headed out. I must've walked for hours. I had cuts and bruises, I was totally exhausted, but I wasn't gonna let anything stop me. When we finally got there, I could barely stand, but I didn't care; I had made it. And then I saw them. Those burning red eyes…"

In the shadows of the worn-down house the siblings had arrived at, beastly red shapes glow from the darkness.

"There we were: A toddler sleeping in the back of a wagon and a stupid girl too exhausted to even cry for help. We might as well have been served on a silver platter. But, as luck would have it, our uncle showed up just in time."

As the Beowolves leap into the air to devour their young prey, the familiar sound of a gun-scythe follows the sight of them all being cut into pieces by a caped warrior. His bird-haired silhouette fades away to present day, where Yang has just finished drawing a clockwork eye.

"My stubbornness should've gotten us killed that night."

"Yang…" Blake muttered. "I'm sorry that happened to you, and I understand what you're trying to tell me, but this is different. I'm not a child, and this isn't just a search for answers! I can't just-"

Yang was still facing the board, fists clenching. "I told you: I'm not telling you to stop! I haven't! To this day, I still want to know what happened to my mother and why she left me, but I will never let that search control me. We're going to find the answers we're looking for, Blake. But if we destroy ourselves in the process, what good are we?"

"You don't understand! I'm the only one who can do this!"

"No, you don't understand!" Yang snapped as she turned around sharply to reveal red eyes and the sound of flames. "If Roman Torchwick walked through that door, what would you do?"

"I'd fight him!"

Yang pushed Blake away. "You'd lose!"

"I can stop him!" Blake tiredly tries to do the same to Yang, but she doesn't even budge.

"You can't even stop me!" Yang said, pushing Blake again, knocking her to land on the desk. Yang, still angry-eyed, walks toward Blake as she gets up, but then does the unexpected and embraces her in a hug, her eyes going back to their normal purple. "I'm not asking you to stop. Just please, get some rest." She pulls back to look at her partner. "Not just for you, but for the people you care about. Especially your brother. He's been very worried about you." Yang then steps away and starts walking past the startled Blake, who turns when she says over her shoulder. "And if you feel like coming out tomorrow, I'll save you a dance."

Yang winks down at Blake, and Blake stares at Yang as she leaves before sighing heavily and walking away.

End Flashback

"Wow… that was pretty deep, coming from a brute." Weiss said, to which Koa nodded in agreement.

"Hey! I have my moments!" Yang exclaims.

"You mean before or after you're fussing about your hair?" Weiss pondered mischievously.

"H-Hey!"

"Ooooooh, buuuuuurn." Ruby oohed and ahhed.

"Et tu, dear sister?!" Yang looked at Ruby incredulously. Koa laughed at Yang's misfortune, who puffed her cheeks.

LINE BREAK

The sight of the lonely, abandoned rose turns into a large collection of the same flowers, one dropping outward, in a large vase behind Yang, now in a short white dress with black heels as she stands at a podium. The doors in front of her open and she flips out upon seeing who walks in.

"Ooohh, you three look beautiful together!"

She refers to Ruby, Melody, and Orion. Ruby herself groans as she looks distressed about pumps. "Can we have a serious talk about how Weiss fights in these?" She grunted as she tried to maintain her balance as she walked to the podium, much to her laughing sister's amusement. While Orion was wearing a regular tuxedo, Melody was wearing a silver halter top one-piece dress.

"I would have thought you'd learn from Koa's example, but it was you who wanted to look like an adult." Orion deadpanned, with a hint of tease.

"Well excuse me for wanting to look the part!" Ruby huffed.

"Mom, it's fine. It's just going to take some getting used to."

"Ugh… I feel so choked in this noose of a tie." Yin growled as he was wrestling his tie.

"At least Koa has figured out how to walk in those heels." Orion adds. He turned towards said Greeed, who was walking as if she mastered them with a slight stumble here and there.

"The Stilts of Death obey me now!" Koa says proudly. She was wearing her hair in a braided bun, showing off some green gemmed earrings. She was also wearing an orange and white striped dress with a short skirt. She also wore tan thigh high stockings, which accented the brown heels she was wearing.

Orpheus and Rei sighed as they followed Koa in, making sure she doesn't make any messes. And both of them were wearing tuxedos.

Yukina also came to the dance wearing a short, white, sleeveless dress with cutouts on both sides of her waist. The yoke of the dress is translucent mesh and she also wears white pumps.

"Hey, where's your Dad?" Yin asked.

"Oh, he's here. He's just waiting for Okaa-sama at the door." Yukina said.

Kurogasa was near the doorway that led to the auditorium to the dance hall, wearing his custom-made formal wear and after what seemed forever, he turned to finally see Weiss in the dress that Coco made. He was definitely starstruck by her appearance, as she had her ponytail resting on her right shoulder, wearing the accessories that came with her dress. It was a beautiful white dress with a snowflake design to it with thin spaghetti straps. It was slim and sparkling, with a leg slit that would go up to her thigh. It would come with a pair of diamond earrings, one on each ear, and had a diamond teardrop necklace around her neck.

"W-Were you waiting long?" Weiss asked as she fidgeted a bit.

"N-No, you look… amazing…" Kurogasa blushed. Weiss smiles as she holds out a hand towards him.

"Shall we?"

"Yeah." He said, taking it before the two made their way towards the dance floor after being registered by the reception desk.

"Ah, young love." Yang sighed blissfully.

"And what does that make you?" Kurogasa raised an eyebrow. "An old flame?"

"Go dance with your girlfriend already," Yang said with a wave of her hand.

"Yeah alright." Kurogasa rolled his eyes before looking at Weiss, and holding out his hand to her. "May I have this dance, ojou-sama?"

"Kuro, it would be my pleasure." Weiss smiled, gingerly taking his hand. The two walked towards the dance floor and began to dance.

Meanwhile outside, Sun is seen walking around and wearing a new black jacket (which is now closed up) with a white tie hung around his neck, which he proceeds to fight with before going inside.

"Stupid… dumb… neck trap!" Sun muttered

"I knew you'd look better in a tie."

Sun stopped struggling and stared at the dark purple dress worn by Blake, now looking like she traded her dark bags for violet eyeshadow, as she steps forward and takes him by the arm.

"Sooo, does this mean we're going… together?"

"Technically, though my first dance is spoken for."

"What about your brother?" Sun asked.

"He agreed that I could dance with you, since he's going to dance with Yang." Blake explains. "Just this once."

"Speaking of… where is he?"

"Right here," said Aaron as he approached the Faunus duo dressed in a custom tuxedo colored crimson with a black bow-tie and even a fedora hat of black and red. "Had to get my hat."

"You're good to go?" Blake asked.

"Yeah, just had to take care of a few things." Aaron grinned. "Shall we?"

LINE BREAK

And so the Vytal Ball Festival was underway as random students were schmoozing at the dance. Bartholomew Oobleck is shown to be listening intently as Peter Port laughs over some unheard anecdote. Ozpin is standing off to the side with Glynda Goodwitch until General James Ironwood offers his hand for her to dance with him.

Aaron and Yang were having a dance together. Obviously, the buxom blonde liked how her man looked in his tux and Aaron had similar thoughts in Yang's dress.

"Rawr, look at you, ya Smooth Criminal." Yang purred.

"Just wait until the music plays, babe." Aaron said with a smirk. "I'll show ya a Smooth Criminal."

"Do I have to arrest you for being so handsome?" Yang winked.

"Guilty as charged."

"Ugh, Mom…" Yin facepalmed.

"Oh hush, you're our kid so you've seen us do lovey-dovey stuff before." Yang chastised playfully.

"Yeah, when I walked in on you and Dad when I was five…" Yin deadpanned.

"Oooh, that must've been scary…" Aaron comments. "We at least said we were dancing or wrestling, right?"

"…Sure, let's go with that." Yin deadpanned even further. "Cause that's not what I saw."

"I would ask why you were up in the middle of the night but I'm pretty sure that is a future rule I'm not privy to."

"Yeah-huh…" Yin muttered.

"Why aren't you dancing with your girlfriend?"

"I would but…" Yin said, as he looked to see Yukina as she seemed out of it, watching her parents dance.

"Yin, let me give you a piece of fatherly advice…" Aaron said, putting his hand on his future son's shoulder. "…Don't let a good thing go. You never know when you might lose it."

Yin thought about it as he looked at his girlfriend for a moment, before he nodded. He loved Yukina ever since they were kids. They've been through everything together. They made it this far, and they're not going to stop. And he wasn't going to let her go. Not now and ever. "…Right." Yin said, before he went over to Yukina.

This time the song had changed and the song became more soft and melodious with the strings, oboe, and piano playing. Kurogasa and Weiss were still dancing to the melody as they looked into each other's eyes, as if lost in the moment. Yukina could only watch as memories of old came back to her. When was the last time that she saw her parents this happy? It seemed like a lifetime ago.

"Hey, you alright?" Yin asked.

"Huh? Oh… yes, I'm fine." Yukina smiled sadly as she looked back at her parents. "It's been… so long… since I've seen Otou-sama and Okaa-sama dance like this. So long since… I've seen them this happy…"

"Yeah." Yin nodded. "I'm sure we'll find a way to bring our Kuro back to the way he was."

"You're right." Yukina said. Yin then held out a hand to Yukina, scratching his cheek with embarrassment. Yukina, despite the blush on her cheeks, accepted her boyfriend's offer to dance.

Koa was being led by Orpheus in the dance, though she was nervous about it. "Y-You sure I won't screw this up?"

"Relax, you got this." Orpheus smiled. "I mean just look at them." He said, as he pointed at Ren and Nora who were dancing just fine.

"I-if you say so." Koa blushed, following his lead.

As the night went on, the dance was going on as planned. And finally, Yang and Blake got the chance to dance with each other. And after a while, Blake was spun around by Yang before they curtsey to one another, and Sun comes up and takes his date's hands as Yang gestures for him to do so. She goes to hang with Ruby and Melody, watching Blake laugh and enjoy herself before smiling at her team.

"I told you she would come." Yang grinned.

"Then I guess it's mission accomplished."

"Soooo, what do we do now?" Ruby asked.

"Just have fun!" Yang smiled as she proceeded to walk away and do so.

"Does that mean I can change out of these stupid things and into my hood now?" Ruby called out.

"Nope!"

Ruby pouted as she waddles around in her painful footwear. "Stupid lady stilts!"

"Mom, you just gotta get used to it." Melody said.

"Easier said than done…" Ruby grumbled.

"Not enjoying yourself?"

Ruby was surprised to see the headmaster step up by her side, but shakes her head and laughs. "Oh, no, everything's fine! I'm just not much of a fancy pantsy… dancey girl."

"Well, you can't spend your whole life on the battlefield, even if you may want to." Ozpin said.

Ruby crossed her arms, looking annoyed. "Yeah, that lesson's been floating around a lot lately."

"If you think about it, fighting and dancing aren't so different." Ozpin said. "Two partners interlocked, although one wrong move on the ballroom merely leads to a swollen foot."

"Or a twisted ankle." Ruby pointed out.

"It's not every day that friends are able to come together like this. Time has a way of testing our bonds, but it's nights like these that can help keep them stronger than ever. Nights like these are ones we'll never forget."

"Time, huh?" Melody finally said.

"Hm? Something on your mind, young Melody?" Ozpin inquired.

"No, it's nothing." The wolf Faunus answered.

"Hm… well then, enjoy the rest of your evening, ladies." Ozpin said, before walking off.

Ruby then turned her head at the sound of the doors opening. Yang is back behind the podium, and smiles at the new arrivals.

"You guys are just in time!" Yang happily greets them.

Mercury smirks as he and Emerald step in with their ballroom best on. "Wouldn't miss it for the world."

["Hey boss, it's go time. They're here."] Aaron heard Orpheus's voice on his ear piece.

"Ah damn…" Aaron mutters. "Do we have anyone at the CCT?"

["No. You and Ruby gotta intercept Cinder now while you got the chance."] Orpheus said. ["We can't let Beacon fall…"]

"Shit, and I was hoping to do some Michael Jackson moves…" Aaron cursed.

["Do that after you stop Cinder. Now hurry up."]

"Yeah, yeah." Aaron sighed. "Hey Yang, I gotta take off for a bit."

"Huh? Why?"

"I uh… gotta use the bathroom."

"Oh, ok. Hurry back."

"Will do." Aaron said, before running off. "Hey Ruby, come with me."

*ZIP!*

"Uwhaaaaaaaaaa! Aaron where are we going~?" Ruby cried out.

"Saving ya from boredom."

"I'm still wearing lady stilts!" Ruby exclaimed, stumbling in her heels.

LINE BREAK

Jaune was leading Pyrrha on the dance floor when suddenly, the music changed, causing the two to nod and walk forward to the center of the crowd. "Ren. This… is… happening!" Nora exclaims, flailing excitedly.

"Wait, what "is happening"?" Ren asked, looking at the audience.

Nora then grabbed Ren and dragged him out onto the dance floor with Pyrrha and Jaune. JNPR performs a short but elaborately choreographed dance, culminating in Jaune spinning Pyrrha.

"I had no idea you were quite a dancer." Pyrrha complimented.

"Yeah, well, these things tend to happen when you grow up with seven sisters." The Blonde knight compliments, dipping and spinning her away. As Jaune and Pyrrha continue to dance, Ren and Nora do a kind of disco dance, Sun and Blake join the mix and Penny and an Atlas guard are shown doing the "robot". Mercury Black and Emerald Sustrai are shown to be observing the students from the next tier.

"It appears all the dancers have partners." Emerald said.

["How long do I have?"] Cinder asked.

"You should probably be home by midnight, to be safe."

LINE BREAK

Cinder Fall is shown to be somewhere outside, holding her fingers to her ear. "I'll keep my eye on the clock." Cinder says, placing a mask over her face.

Ruby and Aaron, having made their way to the exit, walk out of the dance and into the night air. Aaron points to a figure running along the rooftops and then they both move to pursue. Outside the Cross Continental Transmit System Tower, Cinder (dressed as a cat burglar), stealthily approaches an armed guard. She knife-hands the back of his head, rendering him unconscious with a stunned grin on his face. She drags him behind some bushes.

Inside the building, Cinder approaches more guards. "Excuse me, no one's allowed in this area." The Atlas Soldier warned but Cinder continues to approach. "Stop!" The soldier opens fire when Cinder does not heed him. She charges in and manages to overpower him, punching the soldier then grabbing his arm. Cinder kicks another soldier and uses the first one's gun to take him out. She then kicks the soldier's knee and throws him against a handrail. Two more soldiers rush her wielding batons. Cinder flash-forges a pair of black blades from fire Dust and slashes at both of them. Batting the first aside she advances on the second and strikes him before sweeping both legs. The first soldier recovers but she blocks each swing with her blades. After blocking a kick she elbows then shoves him to the floor. As he tries to get back up she flips over to kick him in the head, checking for more guards before moving on.

Two guards are shown to be on an elevator.

"Hey, man, do you know the Wi-Fi password?"

"It's Beacon, but replace the E with a 3 and add a pound symbol to the end."

The elevator door opens to show Cinder waiting. One of the guards noticed the fallen men outside. Both guards grow apprehensive as Cinder casually walks onto the elevator, the doors closing as she turns around. Thrashing sounds can be heard from outside the elevator.

LINE BREAK

Outside the building, Ruby and Aaron approached and saw the unconscious guard.

"Damn… she's already going up." Aaron said.

"What's going on, Aaron?" Ruby asked.

"Remember last semester, about the whole thing of "knowing about all the events of Remnant" after Kuro turned into a Kamen Rider?" Aaron asked.

"Uh… yeah? What about it?"

"Well, there's someone up there that's going to do something bad and we need to stop her quickly."

"Say no more!" Ruby said and pulled out her Scroll, dialing for her weapon locker which crashes into the courtyard and opens to reveal Crescent Rose. Upon taking it, she saw Aaron materialize one of the Drivers around his waist. Specifically the Fourze Driver.

With the switches in place, reaching to the device, he flipped the four red switches, hearing some kind of noise like a rocket engine coming to life while the screen in the center of the belt lit up with the image of an armored being with a blue torso and red limbs. He clenched his left fist in front of him while his right hand grabbed the handle on the side of the Driver.

3!

2!

1!

"Henshin!" He called out, pressing the handle forward into its drive position. A ring of metal appeared in a flash of light around his wait before it raised into the air and showed the silhouette with white light. Wireframe lines appeared over them, covering him with a suit of armor which solidified into an actual suit. Once the energy formed completely, the ring vanished and the light died down to reveal the white suit that appeared to be made of a material which had wire mesh in it, making it look like a space suit of some sort. The torso had orange lines running down the sides with black on the shoulders. The shoulders themselves were silver on the front with black on the rest. His arms and legs were covered with white mechanical gauntlets each with their own decoration. His right arm was adorned with an orange circle, right leg with a blue x, left leg with a yellow triangle, and his left arm with a black square. Finally his head was covered in a white helmet which was pointed with a black face, large orange eyes, short silver antennae with a green stone on the forehead. At the sides on the jawline were small wings like off a spaceship. On his back was a small propulsion pack, like a rocket exhaust.

Aaron became Kamen Rider Fourze.

"Yosha!" Aaron said before squatting down. "Uchuuuuuuu kittaaaaaaaaaa!" He cheered, going into the Fourze pose.

"Spaceman!" Ruby squealed happily.

"Astronaut, actually." Aaron corrected before he pressed the Rocket Switch button.

ROCKET ON!

An orange glow came from the circle socket on his right arm then in a brief moment, a toyish orange rocket engine engulfed the entirety of his right forearm. He then wrapped his one arm around Ruby's waist. "Hang on!" He said, before the rocket launched off into the air.

LINE BREAK

Inside the building, the elevator doors open to show Cinder examining a Scroll. The two guards are knocked out.

"Oh! That's handy." Cinder said.

["A party guest is leaving."] Emerald said.

Cinder sighed. "Which one?"

["Ironwood."]

["I guess the general's had enough fun for one night. Should we intervene?"] Mercury asked.

"No. This will be over quick." Cinder said as she walked out of the elevator and towards one of the consoles and was about to type in something when-

*CRASH!*

"Kamen Rider Fourze and his friend have arrived!" Aaron declared as the Rocket Module propelled him and Ruby around the room after crashing through the glass before he landed on the floor in front of the masked Cinder.

"What?" Cinder gasped as Ruby let go of Aaron.

"I would advise that you step away from the console." Aaron warned. "Otherwise…" He slammed a fist into his palm.

Cinder glared at the two pests in front of her… and threw out a wave of fire at them both.

"Whoa!" Aaron and Ruby cried out before dodging.

Cinder produces a container of dust from her belt expelling a cloud that glows. Condensing into glass shards that go flying at Ruby. A battle ensues as she defends herself then opens fire. Cinder blocks each shot with her hand as parts of the outfit glow. She once again summons a pair of blades, Ruby launches herself forward but Cinder dodges. Her eyes and outfit glowed again as she combines the blades into a bow and fires three arrows. Ruby stumbles back from the resulting explosion and they stare each other down.

ELEK!

ELEK ON!

An electric high energy techno tune played as electric modules came out, the electricity keeping them in gravity before they pulled back to him and sparked brightly. After a few seconds, his armor turned golden with black lightning bolt designs and his eye lens became blue. He was also equipped with a handheld cattle prod-like baton with three sockets for an electrical cord plug called Billy the Rod.

"Ooooh, you're so shiny!" Ruby said with her eyes sparkling like stars.

"Let's do this man-to-man!" Aaron said before plugging the cord in one of the sockets and then charging in at Cinder. He swung Billy the Rod, but Cinder blocked with her blades and was deadlocked. "I'm not letting you destroy Vale, princess."

"!" Cinder gasped. How did he know?

"This is where things will change! Starting with me kicking your pasty white ass!" Electricity pulsed from Billy the Rod as it coated the shaft of the baton. He then took out the Elek switch and inserted it at the bottom.

LIMIT BREAK!

"Rider Ten Billion Volt Break!" He shouted as he broke the deadlock and swung hard at Cinder.

The half-Maiden forced her body to bend in an unnatural manner to avoid the finishing move then used her pilfered Fall Maiden powers to blast the floor around her, sending up strong flames that nearly blinded Ruby, forcing her to shield her eyes while Aaron's helmet saved him from the glare due to the lens of the eyes reducing the light.

"Tch… your Maiden powers won't save you forever!"Aaron grunted. He swung Billy the Rod to get at his foe once more but when the smoke cleared and the flames were reduced to more cinders, the masked girl was already gone. "Damn…" He said before going back to civilian form.

"Aaron? Who was that?" Ruby asked.

"An enemy we'll be seeing later down the road." Aaron answered before going to the console to check that the virus wasn't implanted. He sighed in relief, knowing that she didn't do it. "Phew… thank goodness." He then typed away at the keyboard, putting a protection program in the CCT's mainframe putting a lot more firewalls than usual. "Heh, sorry Watts, but your little virus won't be breaking into the CCT that easily…"

"Uh… who?" Ruby blinked.

"No one important." Just then the two of them heard the sound of the elevator. "Uh-oh, we gotta scram."

"How? We got in here by crashing into the glass." Ruby panicked.

"Simple, we jump." Aaron stated.

"What- whoa!" Ruby was grabbed by Aaron before the two went out the window and jumped off. "I hope you have a good landing strategy~!" She wailed.

"Of course," The team leader of JOKR replied with a smirk then brought his thumb and index finger to his lips before whistling loudly. In the next second, the Machine Kurenai drove towards them, using the arches of the castle as makeshift ramps until it was directly beneath Aaron, who grabbed on to the ignition with Ruby seated behind him as she screamed loudly.

"Your bike can fly?!" Ruby shouted.

"Nope! Just defy the laws of physics!" Aaron answered with a near-maddening laugh as he moved his bike so that its wheels were aligned with the wall of the CCT as he drove towards the rapidly approaching ground. He leaned back so that he performed a wheelie. "Brace yourself!"

"Yeaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrghhhhh!" Ruby wailed out as the back wheel touched the ground and the forward wheel soon touched as well before they sped off. "Woohoooooooo! That was so cool! Do it again!"

"Sorry, one-time deal." Aaron said.

"Doh!"

LINE BREAK

This was infuriating! Her mission failed! How did those people know she was gonna be there?! The plan needed the CCT to be hacked! But those two interfered, and now her leader's grand plan is threatened. The girl was nothing more than a pest but the boy… he proved to be an opponent Cinder could not take lightly.

"It seems this will be more bothersome than I thought." Cinder hissed as she changed back into her formal wear and came back to the dance floor to meet with Emerald and Mercury.

"What happened?" Emerald asked.

"The mission failed. Aaron Jaeger and that red-head interfered." Cinder grimaced.

"That's it. I'm kicking his ass now." Mercury growled.

"Don't bother. He may have stopped us for now… but soon, he and his friends will fall just like everyone else." Cinder stated.

"But what can we do now? Our plans have gone off course." Emerald said.

"Not to worry, there's always a Plan B. And Plan B always works." Cinder smiled sinisterly.

GKC: And that should do it!

SR: Yeah!

KRD: Oh c'mon! Beacon's still gonna fall?! I thought Aaron changed that!

GKC: To quote Grima in Future Robin's body, "You may have altered the course of history, but not it's destination."

KRD: …Dammit.

GKC: Yep, so bad juju is still gonna happen during Volume 3. It'll just have a different approach.

KRD: So~ let's roll the preview clip!

PREVIEW

Announcer: Jikai! Remnant's Climax Heroes!

Ruby: Zwei!

Aaron: Where did the music come from?!

Kurogasa: Everything okay, Velvet?

Velvet: There were just too many.

Next Time: Field Trip of Destruction

Oobleck: Who's ready to fight for their lives?!

SR: And with that, we say peace out everyone!