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Chapter 1: Unleash the Darkness

Author: Toku Warrior

Rating: M for Mature

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In the middle of the city park, a battle was taking place. There was debris scattered every where and small fires could be seen which had engulfed a few trees, park benches, and a trash can. The fountain in the middle which had a statue of an angel had been damaged as the angels' head and right wing looked like they had been blown clean off. The crying of a little girl could be heard in the background while loud sounds of swords clashing against one another could be heard from all directions.

The little girl was cowering behind a small light poll, watching the battle as she cried. The child looked no more than 5 years old while wearing a white dress with a picture of a sunflower on the front. She had chin length black hair and blue eyes filled with tears. In her eyes, you could see both fear and awe at the same time. She saw fear because of the monster she had seen which had killed her father there in the park. Even more though was the fact that she was in awe at the armored being fighting the monster.

The little girl looked on and then noticed that one of the fighters had been knocked into what remained of the angelic statue of the water fountain. She then saw the attacker and looked at it in fear. It was the monster that had killed her father. The monster looked like a cross between a werewolf and a bull. It stood near 7 feet tall, was red in color and had spikes protruding from its shoulders, elbows, knees, and one big one from the center of its collar bone. It's had was shaped like a wolf but it had a pair of bull horns sticking out from the side. It had feral looking eyes that were purple in color and long sharp claws. The creature also seemed to be holding a long broad sword that was nearly as big as it was. The monster let out a menacing growl as it slowly moved towards the broken fountain.

The little girl turned her attention towards the fountain and was concerned about her rescuer. Suddenly, the rubble of the fountain exploded in all directions as a slender, armored figure leapt out from the rubble and flipped over the monster, landing behind it. The armored being then spun on its left heel, slashing at the monsters back with its own sword which looked similar to a rapier. The monster tried to dodge the slash but was unable to move fast enough and ended up getting slashed across its chest which sent both sparks and blood out every where. The monster let out a pained howl as it fell back on it butt and held its chest in pain while looking at its opponent.

The armored warrior prepared to strike again and the little girl, while still hiding, finally got a good look at her rescuer. The armored warrior had a feminine figure and the outer armor was white in color. The chest area of the armor had a blue organic look to it and the shoulder guards were also blue in color while having spiked edges. The gauntlets were white with gold trim. Her hands were also covered in armored plating that were silver in color. She wore knee high white boots with gold trim and the bottom of the boots meet at the ankles which were covered in silver colored ankle guards.

Her boots themselves were silver in color. The body suit under her armor was black in color with the exception of a couple patches of her inner thighs. Her outer thighs had small armor plates that were attached to them. She wore a white belt with gold trim and the buckle was in the shape of a wolfs head with a blue gem in the center. Her helmet was white as well with a silver mouth guard. The top of her helmet appeared to have a halo design embezzled on it and the eye pieces looked like a pair of wings.

The monster looked at the woman with hatred in its eyes and pointed its sword at the woman, "You'll pay for this Exis. I swear by my name that I'll make you regret ever fighting me."

"Oh really? I'd like to see ya try, especially since I'm not the one whose getting his ass handed to him by a girl," Exis retorted back to the monster.

"Ha! I don't think you'll be able to finish me off even if you could," the monster snarled in a sarcastic manner.

"Well, we'll just have to see about that! Are you ready Eris?" Exis asked, looking at her wolf shaped buckle.

"Ready as I'll ever be. Let's send this bastard back to the abyss that it crawled out of," the wolf buckle replied to its master.

Exis lower her rapier down so as the front of the hilt was facing Eris. The hilt had a blue gem embedded in it which began to emit a faint glow. "Charge it up!" Exis shouted in which the gem on the wolf buckle began to glow as it transferred energy into the rapier. Upon the completion of the charge, Eris howled out, "Angelic charge!"

Exis began moving her rapier around in the air, forming a pattern which began to glow brightly. While she was doing this, a figure was standing in the shadow of a tree up on a hill overlooking the battle. The figure turned its head to the patch of trees behind Exis and noticed a group of another 5 monsters that looked exactly like the one that was about to die. The figure turned its attention back to the fight and let out a sigh.

"Baka, you should pay attention to you surroundings instead of gloating," the figure said quietly to himself but just loud enough for someone, or should I say something, to hear and reply to.

"Are you going to help her Lucas? It really is none of our business you know?" a voice replied.

"I know. She'd probably end up attacking me in the process because of what I am. Of course, who says I have to rescue her. I'm more concerned about that little girl hiding down there. If that female Rider loses, then that little girl is a goner," Lucas responded while looking down at his dragon shaped buckle.

"You have a point. Heh, humans, they think that they know everything there is to know in this world. They also think that they are completely righteous when they slay a monster or demon.," the dragon buckle quipped in a sarcastic tone.

"You may be right Draconis, but we should not judge people for their beliefs but instead by the way they carry themselves throughout their lives," Lucas replied back to his partner.

"You're right. Well, let's do this. I'm hungry and you said you'd make me a steak tonight," Draconis said to its master.

"Hai!"

Exis finished making the symbol in the air and brought the sword up to her head with the hilt facing her face while the blade pointed straight up. The monster looked up at Exis the n looked behind her and let a wicked smile cross its snout. Exis then looked at the monster and say that it was smiling. 'Why's it smiling? Is it just going stupid, knowing it's about to die? Meh, who cares.' She thought. It would be this thought that would cause her to lose this battle.

"Alright you unholy beast. I, Kamen Rider Exis, in the name of the Divine Order, hereby sentence you t—"

Wham!!

Exis was never able to finish he sentence as a clawed fist impacted her in the face which sent her sprawling back into the water fountain. Her rapier fell were she once stood and was then picked up by another monster which looked like the one she was about to execute but much, much bigger and black in color. Exis picked herself up slowly while holding her head in her left hand. The blow to the head had made her disoriented and she was having a hard time standing up. After a moment she was able to get her bearings and saw something which scared her to hell and back. She saw a whole group of wolf monsters and a big black one was grasping her rapier. One thought began to cross her mind, 'Oh Shit!'

"Well, well, well. Don't you Divine Order bitches know that my kind travel in packs? Serves you right. So boss, what do you want to have done to her?" the 1st monster asked the big black one.

"Well, if I remember correctly, we are in need of a new play toy back at the den…..right boys?" the Alpha male of the pack asked its brethren. The other members howled in unison to the leaders' idea. They looked at Exis with lust and hunger in their eyes.

"Cerica, we have to get out of here," Eris told Exis.

"Right, but first we need to get back my sword or else—"

She never had a chance to finish her sentence as the Alpha male used the rapier which was still infused with destructive energy and rushed at Exis while striking the blade of the sword in a downward diagonal slash against her chest, sending sparks flying from her armor. The force of the impact and power that was released from the sword shattered her armor away and she was once again in her human form. Eris' head floated up I the air and reattached itself to the bottom of the hilt of the rapier, returning the weapon back into her gas cloud body. She floated in front of Cerica, preparing to defend her master to the very end.

The Alpha male just swiped his claws in the air with enough force that the shockwave sent Eris flying backwards into a bush. The wolf monster then picked up Cerica by her left shoulder and brought her face close to his. He then began to lick her face and neck and then began to let his tongue slither down the front of her shirt and under her bra. Cerica let out a desperate and disgusted yell which was then answered by her back being slammed against a wall and being pined against it by the monster holding her arms stretched up above her head. The monster used its left hand to hold both her wrists while he began groping her thighs and butt with his right.

"Prepare yourself slut! As of this day forward, you're my BITCH!" the monster howled as his tongue began wrapping itself around one of her breasts. Cerica couldn't take much more of this and began to think of the moments that had led up to this moment.

(Flashback)

Cerica was walking through the park with Eris floating next to her. They were on patrol as there had been many reports of monster attacks on the people who were in the park. So far, they had been looking for over 4 hours and still found nothing. Cerica stopped for a moment and sat down on a bench and took a swig of water from a plastic battle she was carrying. Some young men that were probably still in high school kept eyeing her as they walked by. They had good reason to be eyeing her. She was wearing a white mid-drift long sleeved shirt and a pair of very short blue jean shorts. She had on a pair of black, zip-up boots and a necklace with a cross attached to it hanging from her neck. She had chin length silver hair with a patch of it covering the right side of her face. Her eyes sparkled and her clothes hugged her body tightly.

She wasn't ashamed of the way she dressed. In fact, she like to tease boys with her gorgeous looks and making them drool. Of course, she never considered herself a diva or a primadona because she didn't really like any of the boys at her school. Sure, they were plenty of hot and cute guys at her school, but none of them were her type. She liked guys that were kind, funny and gentle but also cunning, daring, and straight to the point. She wanted a guy that would want to be with her just because she was her and not for how she looked. Someone who'd be there for her and defend her and not just try to get in her pants. Despite how gorgeous looks, she was also very smart. She was ranked among the top 15 of her school.

"Ugh, why can't I find a descent guy!? Eris, why isn't there a guy out there that would just want to be with me just cuz I'm me?" Cerica asked her spiritual familiar.

"Don't know. Maybe if you stop flaunting yourself around like you're a common day whore, then maybe you'd find a descent guy. Anyway, we're here to find and kill the monsters that have been attacking people here in the park. Focus on that instead of you guy troubles," Eris replied back.

"Yeah, you're right. I guess I'm just a little worried. I mean, it's my last year of high school and I've never had a boyfriend in my wh—, WAIT!? Did you just call me a whore?!" Cerica shouted.

Eris never got the chance to reply as at that moment a bunch of screams began to emit from the center of the park. Cerica and Eris looked at one another and headed off towards that direction. When they arrived, they found a few people running for their lives while a few more bodies were lying on the ground lifeless. Cerica couldn't believe her eyes as she saw puddles upon puddles of blood everywhere she looked. She then heard the scream of a little girl and ran towards the area where the cream had come from. When she arrived, she saw a grown man, around his mid 30's, laying face first in a puddle of his own blood with a little girl kneeling over him with a look of fright on her face. Standing before her was a wolf-like monster completely covered in red fur. This site infuriated Cerica and she charged at the monster at inhuman speed and dropkicked it in the side of its head as it began to reach for the girl. The force of the kick sent it flying into a trash can, knocking it over.

Cerica landed right in front of the little girl and motioned for her to find someplace to hide. The little girl did as instructed just as the monster picked itself up and looked at her with eyes full of anger and hunger.

"Alright you bastard! It's time for you to pay for your atrocities against the innocent. Eris, now!" Cerica commanded.

Upon hearing her masters' command, Eris flew straight towards Cerica and phased right through her chest. As Eris began phasing through her, Cerica's eyes began to glow white. Eris exited from Cerica's back but now, instead of having a gas cloud body behind her wolf-like head, she had a solid body that was in the shape of a rapier. Eris then made a u-turn and flew around to Cerica's right side. Eris the began to fly past her front when Cerica reached out and grabbed the hilt of the rapier with her outstretched right arm. She firmly grabbed Eris' head in her left hand and removed it from the hilt. She then lowered her right arm while raising her left one until Eris' head was near her own. Cerica looked at the monster with eyes filled with rage and while looking at the monster, a glowing circle of feather appeared around her waist which then compressed and formed a white belt with gold trim. With the belt now fully formed, Cerica locked Eris' head into the center of the belt to act as the buckle. Upon locking the Eris buckle in place, she then uttered a word that would certainly mean the end of the monsters life.

"HENSHIN!!!"

"ANGELIC BURST!" Eris shouted out.

Cerica was suddenly surrounded by a mass of glowing feathers. The feathers continued to glow brightly until they burst way, leaving Kamen Rider Exis in Cerica's place.

(End Flashback)

While remembering those last few moments, tears began to fall from her eyes. The Alpha male leaned in closer and began to sniff her. His eyes shot open in realization and made an announcement to his comrades, "Hey fellas, looks like we have ourselves an angelic half-breed. Two for the price of one."

To her, all of her hopes and dreams were about to fade away when she all of a sudden heard someone shout out, "Please, leave her alone!" Cerica and the pack of wolf monsters turned their attention to see the little girl away from her hiding place and looking at them with tears streaming down her cheeks. The Alpha male just looked at her and thought, 'Well, it's never good to ravage a pretty woman on an empty stomach.' He then commanded the rest of his pack to bring him the little girl so they could have a little snack before they satisfied themselves with new play toy.

"NO! Don't touch her. Please! I'm begging you! Please don't!" Cerica screamed at the top of her lungs.

The rest of the pack marched towards the little girl who was starting to back away from them. One of the reached out its clawed hand and was about to grab the little girl when…

(Insert song: "Roots of the King" –Theme of KR Saga)

BLOOD WHIP!!!

A crimson red energy-like whip lashed out at the 5 wolf monsters heading for the little girl and decapitated all 5 of them. Another crimson colored whip then slashed them all in half vertically without even spilling a drop of blood. The bodies of the 5 wolf monsters the exploded into dust and faded away. Cerica, the little girl, and the Alpha Male looked around for the owner of the energy whips when the Alpha male let out a painful howl as Cerica fell down to the ground. She looked at her wrists and noticed that the wolf monsters' hand was still grasping them. The wolf monster turned to his right to find his attacker and instead his face was hit by a fist that sent him flying into 20 foot tall statue at the other end of the park. Cerica looked to her left and noticed a figure standing under one of the light posts and was amazed at what she saw. It was a new Rider.

This new Rider had a black body suit with red armor. His shoulder guards looked like grey demon heads with blue rounded tops. His chest armor was black in the center and looked like muscle. There was also a gold crest in the area where his abs were located. His arm gauntlets and chest armor had glowing purple gems embedded in them. His hands were clad in armor padding and the tips of his armored fingers were in the shape of claws. He wore knee high boots that were red on the outer half and silver on the inner half. His helmet was also black in color with a silver mouth plate and he his eyes pieces were pointy and blood red. He wore a black belt with gold trim and at the center was a buckle in the shape of a dragons head. His right arm, shoulder, and whole leg were covered in black tribal patterns and were reeking with dark energy. She then saw something which made her stare in shock. Wrapped around his upper right arm and his right wrist were a pair of rosaries. Though what scared her even more was that, even though he was wearing holy rosaries, he was emanating a powerful demonic aura.

"W-who are you?" Cerica asked.

"I am called Kamen Rider Shadow, but you may call me…Yami." Yami responded.

"Y-y-you're a-a-a-a demon!" she stammered.

"Half, actually." He replied in a monotone voice.

The remaining wolf monster, the Alpha Male, stood up and saw the new Rider. 'This Rider is even stronger than the girl. I can also sense demonic power coming from him. If he's a demon then why's he helping those that hunt his own kind?' the monster thought to himself. He then noticed the little girl was right next to him and then decided to cut his losses and run away. Though, he would be damned if he was going to leave empty handed. He lunged for the little girl only for Yami to lash out one of his blood whips. Of course, this shocked everyone when, instead of hitting the monster, the blood whip wrapped around the little girl. Yami tugged on the whip and brought the girl to his side. He held the girl in his arms and released his blood whip. The girl saw his armored features and began to cry.

"Hey now, it's okay. I'm not going to hurt you and neither will that big bad monster over there," he replied softly to the girl while gently stroking her hair, calming her down.

"You mean….you want to help me? You're not gonna eat me?" she asked.

"Eat you? Sorry kid, I don't eat humans. Let me guess, I look scary to you because of the way my armor looks?"

The little girl nodded lightly. Yami then set the girl down next to Cerica and then kneeled down next to her. He started stroking her hair with one of his clawed hands again very gently which in turn made her smile. He then wiped her tears away with his free hand.

"Look now, let's have no more crying, ok? A pretty little girl such as yourself is best suited with a beautiful smile instead of tears. Don't worry, I'll get back at that monster for what he's done to you," Yami told her gently which caused her to blush.

Yami began to stand up as the little girl moved next to Cerica. The demonic Rider then returned his attention towards the monster and made a death gesture by mock-slicing his throat with his thumb. The monster, who wanted nothing else to do with this new Rider, began running as fast as he could away from the area. Only, it was too little, too late for him to go anywhere. Yami then crouched down, stretching his arms out from his sides. The symbols on the right side of body began to glow a dark purple color while a black aura began to surround his right leg. The monster was about to reach the steps when Yami lashed out another blood whip which wrapped around the monsters legs. Only this time, the energy whip did not dissipate. Yami then focused his power into his legs and launched himself into the air. It was dark out by this time and there was a full moon out. The silhouette of Yami's body could be seen in front of the moon and then the dark Rider came crashing down towards the wolf monster with his right foot extended out, surrounded by dark, demonic energy.

The wolf monster looked up only in time to see his demise. Right before the attack made impact, Yami shouted out the name of his attack. "DEMON CRUSHER!" His boot impacted with the monsters chest which caused the monsters to burst into dark flames. After a moment of burning, the monsters body exploded, soul and all. Yami walked out of the flames and proceeded towards the little girl and Cerica.

(End Song: "Roots of the King")

Eris had watched all this from behind the bushes and had contacted the Divine Order the moment the new Rider had appeared. Eris then arose from the bushes and flew towards Cerica's side. Yami knelt next to the little girl and gave her an assuring nod that the monster was gone for good. The little girl smiled and tears of joy appeared in her eyes. She than jumped up and hugged him and cried her heart out on his armored chest.

"Excuse, miss? I think you may want to alert the local authorities and have them come here. That and this girl will need a place to stay," Yami instructed Cerica.

Cerica agreed and pulled out her cell phone and called the police to let them know what had transpired. After she hung up her phone she then returned her gaze to the demonic Rider and noticed him talking with Eris. It seems that they were discussing the current monster and demon attacks. After talking with Eris for a few minutes, Yami then turned around and started to leave. The little girl ran after him and grabbed onto his right leg. Yami stopped in his tracks and looked down at the girl. She let go and he knelt next to her once again.

"What's that matter little one?" he asked in a sincere voice.

"Can I come with you? Those monsters killed my father and I got no where else to go. Please!" she begged him.

"I'm sorry cutie, but I'm a half-demon and I don't think you'd like living with me since a few of my friends also happen to be pure-blooded monsters and demons and even other han-buns." he explained.

"I don't mind. I know that if I'm with you, I can live with it. Also, what's a han-bun?" she asked curiously.

"Well, for starters, a han-bun is Japanese for half-breed. 2nd, I think it would be better if you stayed with the humans so as you'll have a better chance at living life to the fullest.

"No, I want to stay with you!"

"You don't even know who I am under this armor and yet you want to live with me?" Yami asked which earned him a nod from the girl.

Yami lowered his head in thought and began to think of what kind of life this girl would have if she stayed with him. That was when he got an idea. "How about this then? I know a very well respected priest that could take you in. You can stay with him and I'll promise to come visit you every weekend. Would that do?" he asked, hoping that this would suffice.

"You promise?"

"Of course. On my honor as a Rider and on my soul. Here, I'll give you a nickname so you'll know it's me when I visit. How about Tenshi, Japanese for angel?" he asked which got him a big bright smile and a nod.

"Ok then, but remember but to tell anyone that nickname or else it'd would be a secret nickname, ok?"

"Right. Oh, by the way. My real name is Rachel."

"A very beautiful name."

After talking with Rachel, they headed over to Cerica who was then asked to take this girl to see the priest, Father Roland. After waving goodbye to Rachel, Cerica and Eris, Yami walked into a shadow that was against a wall and disappeared. A moment later, the rest of the Divine Order arrived followed by the police. Cerica gave her report to her superiors and then head to the church where Father Roland was located. After all this excitement, the young female Rider was going to need a nice long bubble bath.

Three days later it was a warm Monday morning. Cerica was sitting in class with her friend Drake and was telling him about the new Rider. They both agreed that the extra help was good but that since he was part demon, he could end up being a threat. The Divine Order had also come to this conclusion and placed an order that stated if he were spotted he was to be brought in immediately. It was the middle of homeroom and Cerica just couldn't get the new Rider out of her mind. 'A new Rider. I wonder what he looks like under that armor.' Her thoughts were soon derailed as the door opened and a young man whom she had never seen before walked in. She knows every guy in the school since they all, with the exception of those that were close friends, hit on her. All the guys in the class starred at him wondering who he was while all the girls were starring at him with hearts in their eyes. Some were even beginning to fantasize about him in a not so descent way. The young man approached the teacher and gave him a note. After taking a moment to read the note the teacher then turned to his class to make an announcement.

"Alright class. I have an announcement to make. Starting today, we're going to have a new student joining us." The teacher said motioning his hand towards the young man. "Well go on. Introduce yourself."

The young man stepped forward. He was wearing a white undershirt with a black button-up over shirt which was unbuttoned. He had on black khakis and a black belt. He also wore black boots. He had red eyes and red hair with black streaks. He wore a big cross around his neck and had a rosary tied around his right wrist. He looked around the classroom and noticed Cerica. 'Well, seems like she's in my class. I'll have to see is we have all the same classes.' He then went back around to scanning the rest of his class before he cleared his throat.

"My name is Lucas Ketsu. It's a pleasure to meet all of you. I hope we can be good friends."

Thus begins the story and many adventures of Lucas and his friends. What dangers will he face? What other powers will he display? How will he go about life without revealing his true identity as a half-demon? Find out in the next chapter of Kamen Rider Shadow.

Toku Warrior: Well, how was this first chapter to my newest story. Love it, hate it, let me know. Please send me reviews.