Author's Note

IWAE!! What sorts of strategies will our new leige comes with? No doubt, it will reveal a new legend's birth to come!!

Because What You Might Unpack Is Rarely Expected.

Fengàri Kattalakis - FPoV - Everfree Forest, 61514-15135-260914
The fact that Woz was looking at the beast with unabashed interest did not escape me. It gave out a moaning cry before it fired off close to a dozen half inch thick, two inch long spurs of wood that only shattered against the breastplate of OOO TaJaDor Form before I spun, ducking as I twisted as a good inch thick vine with nasty looking thorns that looked to be a good quarter inch in diameter at the base and at least three inches long every half inch or so flashing out, missing me by inches. Had I not moved, it'd have wrapped around my throat and no doubt tightened like a noose.

"Shit… this is not what people mean by dirty fantasies… cause I hate thorns," I grumbled as I let my hand rest lightly on the Tajaspinner before I shifted my weight, flicking a couple of burning shots at the beast. To my mild surprise, the creature slaps away one fireball that turns a brilliant iridescent silver as it shoots at Tsukuyomi as it narrowly evades the second fireball, though I notice what seems to be a thick sap burn away from the creature's shoulder. The red fireball gains arcs of yellow before both Geiz and Tsukuyomi snatch the fireballs from the air, the embers blowing away to reveal their Ridewatches.

I feel a warmth on my shoulder blades as the wings extend as the creature sends a surge of thorny vines ripping up the ground, noticing Woz employing his scarf to take to the trees as I take to the air as I see both Geiz and Tsukuyomi transform.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=1SdJj6VpH6h

A soft sigh escapes me as my fist clenches as I shift, diving into a low dive before my fist ignites in bluish purple crimson tipped flames as my fist plows into the beast, a shockwave of flames throwing it backwards. This was the Magna Blaze technique. My feet brushed the ground as the wings retracted before I tumbled, barely being missed by a thick foot and a half wide knotted wood 'fist'. I was a bit surprised by an abrupt eruption of sparks and smoke before a white glove was in my face.

"You're definitely not Sugou… he wasn't that clumsy, one… and two… how'd you change the Driver?" Tsukuyomi commented as I grabbed her hand before I blinked.

"Changed… the Driver? Huh?" I repeat in confusion before looking down to see, rather than the Ziku Driver, the OOO Driver. I blinked several times before cocking my head, scratching the helmet. "I… have no idea. But I'm guessing that thing tanked a Rider Kick?" I deadpan.

She sighed, seeming exasperated. "I don't know how it did, but hai," she groaned.

"It seems to have a coating of some sort of sap or honey over its body. Probably disperses attacks like an armor… though the fact that thing was using that Werewolf basically as a meatsuit…. I don't know why… but it pisses me off," I sigh, noticing Tsukuyomi staring at me.

"Your voice shifted in pitch… almost like a growl… at the end," she observed.

I cocked my head, realizing she was right. Though I don't see how. "I'm gonna see if it'll block a Giga Scan Prominence Drop," I mutter as my hand dips, gripping the OOO Scanner as my hand pushes the Driver down so it clicks sharply. "Ready to take that thing off at the root?" I quip.

I get the sense she rolls her eyes, but let's out a small giggle as her fingers depress the button atop her Ziku Driver even as I notice Geiz pelting the wooden beast with shots from his Zikan Axe - Yumi Mode. "Yo, Geiz!! Overcharge!!" I call.

He cocks his head before getting the message as I take two quick strides into a diving roll as the beast fires more thick wooden spears before I hear the declaration from both their Ziku Drivers.

"TIME JACK!!"

TIME BREAK!! YUMI YUMI SHOOTING!"

even as I swiftly Scan the Medals before I push off as I hear Ankh's voice cry out "GIGA SCAN!!" as the wings extend, blazing with prismatic flames before the creature leans up and back, blasts of dark purple sludge being spat at me even as I notice the barbs on the toes of the boots extend as the shin guards flip up, the barbs on the sides extending to form the talons of the Prominence Drop as they ignite in goldenrod flames as I lean slightly, drifting a bit as I drop, the sludge shooting past me twice before I slammed into the wooden beast as an explosion enveloped the beast as its honey sap armor ignited as I somersaulted back from the landing, gagging from the foul stench of the sludge before I hear:

"HISSATSU!!"

which sounds like it's coming from Geiz's Driver before I hear a louder boom as the ground shudders as I spin before I feel someone collide with me, tumbling me onto my back before I realize it's Tsukuyomi.

"That thing certainly was a hard stump to break," she mutters.

"And you thought my wood pun was bad, chèr," I tease before she swats my chest as she manages to stand before her hand dips, the OOO Driver shimmering back into the Ziku Driver as she tugs free the TaJaDor Ridewatch.

"Huh," she commented thoughtfully, sounding surprised even as she tugged off the Tsukuyomi Ridewatch before holding both out to me as her armored form dissolves in golden dust.

I gently press her Ridewatch back towards her. "Just because I collected the Ridewatches… doesn't mean I'd use them all. Besides… I don't have the body to pull off your armor… not much up top, if you get my drift," I quip with a small smirk.

She definitely blushes before her gaze dips to the Ridewatch.

"They did release Ridewatches for most of the female Riders. Those will most likely go to you as well. And I do have all of Geiz's Ridewatches as well… though I have no idea how the heck the Zi-O II Ridewatch turned into the OOO TaJaDor Ridewatch… or even how I know I have the others… as I'm certain that the only Ridewatches I had when that Rift opened… was the Grand Zi-O and Zi-O II Ridewatch…. in that box," I comment.

"You're no Sugou, kid, but you've got some potential if the idiot noticed you," Geiz deadpanned as he flicked a thumb at Woz as his feet touched the ground.

"Curious… but the Shin Ōma Kōrin Reki seems to be on the fritz… I believe the phrase is. It shows some things more clearly than others," Woz commented thoughtfully.

"Damn… you're lucky you dodged whatever that thing was spitting," Tsukuyomi commented as the insectoid woman was half liquified with a grayish purple slime dripping very slowly down.

"Speaking of… that shit smelled so foul, I damn near passed out. Smelled worse than rotting gator in the middle of summer… an' some of them can reek to the point of knockin' ye outta yer boots," I drawl with a cough.

"Let's find our way out of here, preferably without more of those things showing up," Geiz deadpans.

"Hey, at least it didn't have a hard on for anyone in particular," I drawl with a small smirk before Tsukuyomi swats me hard in the back of my head.

"Baka," she commented bluntly, rolling her eyes.

"All right…. you don't have to be so wooden about that pun… though… ugh… I can't keep that up… not even sure where that came from," I sigh, shaking my head. I blame those Yang Xiao Long RWBY videos.

"They are a bit broken under the pressure," Tsukuyomi commented nonchalantly with a slight smirk.

My eyebrow twitched upward at her humor. I wonder if RWBY was known in their Worlds before, if Woz is to be believed, Sogou went hyper-nuclear.

Thankfully, it didn't take us long to get out of the Forest.