Xamusel: Well… this is now a new thing. Takeshi and I decided to rewrite this story from the ground up, after over a year away from the whole thing, including the original Foreign Saga side story for the first version. We hope that this time will be better overall.
Oh, right, by the time this chapter comes out, we'll have had a minimum of five extra chapters written for not just this story, but for the side stories (yes, you read right, more than one)... all in reserve on the off-chance Takeshi and I are incapable of doing more writing for the series at any given point in time. We don't know whether or not we'll have to stop the series… we hope not.
Now, before I forget, neither Takeshi nor myself own the series' used in this series of fanfics. If we did own what we wrote about… would we be writing this to begin with?
On another note, there's something at the bottom I feel the need to share with you guys, so please stick around.
Well, then… The Wheel Of Fate Is Turning. Rebel 1, Action!
A Wizard in Iwatodai Ultimate Rewrite Edition
Story written by Xamusel and Takeshi Yamato
Prologue: The Wizard Arrives
23:55, April 6th, 2009
The sound of traffic could be heard from the streets of big cities all around Japan, even as the highways started clearing up, since people were trying to get home or to their destination before things could get messy. The highway to Iwatodai was hardly any exception, even as a young woman of about 16 years old, wearing a black jacket over a burgundy shirt, light blue pants, a black motorcycle helmet, a pink backpack, black biker boots and two strange rings on her hands was trying to get off as soon as she could. It was less to do with trying to get away from the police, even though she did have a run-in with them before about a year ago, and more like she was hoping to make it to the hotel she booked before morning.
Nayuki Kinomoto, the woman on the motorcycle, was indeed in a hurry. She was about fifteen minutes away from Iwatodai at top speed, but the world seemed to conspire against her, because there was a lot of traffic on the way to that particular city. The hotel she booked a room at requested that she show up by 0100, which seemed to be impossible at this rate, even for a Wizard.
"Jeez, this is nuts," she said, as she weaved through another gap as the exit for Mikage-cho, the city between her and Iwatodai, got closer. "Note to self, never drive between cities at night again."
Taking the time to zip to the exit, she pulled off the highway and rode towards the next available highway entrance, putting miles in to get over to Iwatodai. On the way there, she saw something out of the corner of her eye, causing her to stop for a short bit. "What the… the SEBEC building is still up? I thought that company was bankrupt because of what Kandori did…"
Of course, her ruminations were stopped by a police officer waving to get her attention. "Hey, lady! What are you doing out here in the middle of the night?!" the police officer called out.
"Sorry, Officer," she said as she pulled up to him. "I'm trying to get to Iwatodai - I have a hotel room reserved, but they want me there by 0100, so I'm… in a bit of a hurry.
The officer blinked a few times in succession, before he opened his mouth to speak… and was transmogrified into a crystal coffin, as the surrounding environment changed on her. Everything turned green, all cars and lights around her turned off, and any water on the ground seemed to turn to blood. The only thing still running was Machine Winger.
She sighed. "Not again," she muttered. "I've been experiencing this every time I've been up late for the past few years… It's somewhat annoying by this point."
Taking the time to ride on over to the next highway entrance by that point, she noticed that there were a few people not affected by the environment, or so it seemed. If there was indeed anyone truly unaffected, she'd be happy, at the least.
Finally… after what felt to be twelve minutes, she made it to the highway entrance, continuing along to her destination. It would take her about fifteen minutes from that point to get to the city… and about thirty minutes more to get to her next stop.
Dark Hour, April 6th, 2009
Minato Arisato was surprisingly calm for being in what he had realized long ago was a time paradox. Then again, he'd had 10 full years to get used to the thing. Though he was all by himself - even his sisters were usually stuck in those crystalline coffins whenever it occurred.
With a sigh, he walked along as he thought to himself, 'This has got to be the worst possible time of my life ever… I just hope that I can meet with my friend in town later. Poor her… having zero idea what's going on in this time of day.' As he continued walking, he thought he heard an engine going off, and nearly dismissed that as absurd for good reason… were it not for the motorcycle nearing him.
The motorcycle approached, slowing as its rider neared him, revealing them as a woman with a rather large bust, and what looked like icy blue hair emerging from under her helmet. "Hey!" she called out. "Need a lift?"
Minato blinked in confusion, before asking, "How did you get that to work?"
"Well… let's just say it's not a normal motorcycle," she said. "It runs on something other than gas… and that apparently allows it to run during whatever the heck's going on right now."
Minato gave it some consideration, before he finally nodded. "Alright," he said. "I'm heading for a dormitory in the area, the SEES dormitory, which should be nearby… but I think I'm lost."
The rider nodded. "Alright… I looked at a map earlier, and that should be on the way… by the way, do you have any idea what this actually is?"
"Some kind of Time Paradox is all I can figure out," Minato replied. "It seems to function like a 25th hour to the day, only most people aren't aware of it because of… well…" he pointed to a coffin.
"Right," the Rider replied. "Well, get on - I should be able to get you to your dormitory soon enough."
"Thank you," Minato nodded, before he got on the motorcycle. "I hope you have another helmet, do you?"
She passed it over to him. "Here," she said. "Hang on… but if you grab in the wrong place, you're getting smacked."
Minato paled considerably at the threat, before putting on the helmet and making sure not to grab an inappropriate spot. "By the way, the name's Arisato… Minato Arisato. What's your name, miss?" he asked her.
"Nayuki Kinomoto," the woman, Nayuki, replied. "Now, hang on, Machine Winger's pretty fast."
With that, they rode off to the SEES Dormitory.
Upon arriving in front of the dorm, the two riders of the motorcycle got off, only to realize something was not quite right. For starters, the dorm had lights on, which didn't make any sense. For another thing, nobody seemed to be in the building, though that seemed to be a trap.
"Er, Kinomoto-san…?" Minato asked.
"I'll go in with you," Nayuki replied. "I'm rather handy in a fight, so if something goes wrong, I'll back you up." She moved her hands down to her belt, which was when Minato noticed some… eccentricities of the belt. The buckle seemed to be a hand, primarily in black but outlined in gold, styled as a right hand pointed downward and to her left. And on the left side was a chain loop, holding… what looked like more versions of the Rings on Nayuki's middle fingers.
Minato looked at her in surprise, before shaking his head. "I'd ask, but I think you wouldn't give a straight answer…" he said.
"Likely," she said. "OK… your dorm, so you go first."
Minato took the opportunity to walk to the door, placing an ear to it to make sure there wasn't anyone else there. When he was certain that the coast was clear, he opened the door and walked on in.
Nayuki was close behind him, ready for just about—
"You're late," a young boy's voice said from their left, as Minato had taken off his earbuds by that point. "I've been waiting a long time for you."
Of course, Nayuki wasn't ready for a young boy in what looked to be prison get-up.
As the two of them looked at the young boy behind the welcome counter, he said, "Oh? Another with the ability to see me? I had not expected that to happen… well, then again, a Wizard is able to do the most amazing things with their form of the Potential."
Nayuki looked at the boy. "How do you know what I am?" she asked, her eyes narrowed.
Before the boy could answer, Minato turned to her and asked, "You mean you're a Kamen Rider?"
"Indeed, she is," the boy answered. "Then again, how I know is not really important yet, since I'm only here for a short time tonight."
Nayuki sighed. "No point in concealing it from you now, I guess… but don't tell anyone, I'm trying to live as normal a life as possible for now after dealing with Wiseman."
"Right, I see," Minato nodded, before he thought to look back at—
The young boy snapped his fingers on his right hand, getting their attention in front of them. "Now, if you want to proceed, mister," he started, before gesturing to their left and at the welcome counter, "please sign your name there."
Nayuki narrowed her eyes. She could tell this boy was supernatural somehow. "That had better not be harmful to him," she warned.
"Oh, you mean the contract?" the boy asked, a brief hint of amusement in his eyes. "Not to worry, all it says is that he will take full responsibility for his actions while staying at this dorm."
Minato paid full attention to what was said, even as he walked over to sign the contract. "No extra clauses or anything?" he asked right in front of the contract. "Because I want to know what I'm getting myself into here."
"No extra clauses," the boy answered, shaking his head. "You can even check if you want."
"Be careful," Nayuki warned him. "It's your call in the end, but you always have to be careful with contracts involving the supernatural."
Minato looked at the boy and asked, "What happens if I refuse to sign the contract?"
"Then you won't be able to proceed," the boy answered. "You will only go to a different part of life, but with no way of knowing how you got there… of course, that won't be found in the contract at all because of how the contract itself was made."
Nayuki sighed. "Again, your call in the end," she said.
Minato thought it over, before asking, "Would it really be a bad thing to not sign the contract?"
"In more ways than one, yes," the boy answered. "You don't want to doom the world, do you?"
Minato paled at the thought of dooming the world, before he turned to the contract and signed it.
"What do you mean by that?" Nayuki asked the boy.
"Unfortunately, Mankind is ultimately self-destructive… more than the individual person would want," he answered. "If he didn't sign the contract, the world would die, through one means or another."
Nayuki sighed. The boy had a bit of a point, though she knew there were some who worked behind the scenes to channel that self-destructiveness to their own ends.
Minato then returned the contract to the boy, saying, "I hope you can read English."
"Thank you," the boy answered, taking the contract in his hands. "No one can escape time. It delivers us all to the same end. You can't plug your ears or cover your eyes." As soon as he said that, he rotated the hand holding the contract, causing it to vanish into thin air. After a bit, the darkness started going back to how it should be in the dorm, with the boy vanishing into the shadows. "And so it begins…" he finished, extending a hand to Minato and Nayuki, before it vanished at the end.
"Well… that was certainly unusual," Nayuki remarked. Though before Minato could reply—
"Who's there?!"
—he heard a very familiar voice.
'What the… Yukari? No, it can't be… she said she was in a secret group's dormitory, not where I'd end up full-time!' he thought. However, before he could continue to deny that it was her, he saw her… a young brunette woman in a pink cardigan and a black skirt, and… was that a gun in the holster on her leg? "Yukari?!" he called out.
"Minato-kun?!" Yukari called out in reply, staring at her childhood friend.
"Wait, you two know each other?" Nayuki asked.
With a sideways glare to Nayuki, Minato asked Yukari, "What are you doing here? I thought you'd be in a different dorm!"
Before Yukari could reply—
"Takeba, wait!"
A slightly older woman than Yukari called out, causing everyone else to stare at her. She was a redhead with burgundy eyes in a white cardigan, and someone that looked eligible for a significant other… and she had a gun attached to her left waist.
After a few seconds, the lights went back on, and Minato's earbuds played "Burn My Dread" more.
The magic rings, the Wizard Rings.
(A red magic circle appears over a black background. Four lights appear at the main corners of the Circle, from which appear the Flame, Water, Hurricane, and Land Style Rings.)
They shine on both hands of the modern mage.
(The Rings float in different directions, Water, Hurricane, and Land going off the screen as Flame lands on Nayuki's left middle finger as she appears silhouetted in front of the magic circle, Driver On Ring on her right middle finger)
As she changes despair into hope.
(A close-up image of Nayuki's head and shoulders, still silhouetted, as the helmet and upper outfit of Wizard Flame Style super-impose themselves over her form.)
(BGM: Life is SHOW TIME [TV Version])
Maji ka? Maji de? Maji da! Showtime! (Seriously [it's magic]!? Really!? I'm serious! Show Time!)
(Wizard Flame Style does a few spins in various positions relative to a red magic circle on a white background, before appearing on Winger WizarDragon, which flies off the screen before WizarDragon flies back onto the screen, lobbing a fireball from its mouth as Wizard releases a Magic Circle from her ring before the flash resolves into the title logo.)
Maru de tsuki to taiyou (It's like the shock)
(Nayuki is seen standing atop the Iwatodai Dorms building, overlooking the whole town, before the scene shifts to a solar eclipse, then to Wizard Flame Style spinning to face her right, and finally to Nayuki spinning to face her left.)
Kasanaru toki no shougeki (When the moon and the sun collide!)
(Nayuki stands in the middle of a crowded street, head down, before raising it somewhat to look at a boy in a style similar to that of a jailbird, who looks up to reveal Pharos.)
Dare datte kiseki shinjite mitai (Everyone wants to believe in a miracle)
(Pharos lifts his right hand up, the back of it facing Nayuki, and the screen shifts to show them reaching for each other's hand, before it shows them walking across the street to each other, Mitsuru appearing on Pharos' side, Minato showing up on Nayuki's side.)
Kitto hitotsu you fukaketsu no ENAJI kokoro no da ne (The indispensable energy that people need comes from the heart)
(The background shatters, before Mitsuru drives up on her own motorcycle, pulling off her helmet before brandishing her rapier and Evoker. Minato then appears, a silhouetted image of Thanatos behind him. Pharos and Nayuki appear in front of a Velvet Doorway.)
Yume to yosou ii imi de uragitte kureru mono (Dreams and expectations will betray you in a good way)
(Yukari Takeba is seen looking through a tome of magic, while a magic ball shows Nayuki transforming into Kamen Rider Wizard, the ball being held by Pharos.)
3! 21! 1! Showtime!
(The scene shows Pharos' immediate area glowing in light.)
Magic Time!
(Wizard Flame Style is seen in front of a building, jumping and spinning in place.)
TRICK ja nai! (It's no trick!)
(Wizard Flame Style lands on the ground, lifting her right hand to her mask, before lowering her arm.)
Mahou HIIRO hanpa nee ze (The Magic Hero is no pushover!)
(A red magic circle appears under her feet, with three separate magic circles, red, blue, and yellow, underneath the Red Garuda, Blue Unicorn, and Yellow Kraken PlaMonsters respectively, before Wizard Flame Style spins around and sends her familiars out.)
Mo-to halelujah
(Three red magic circles appear around Wizard Flame Style as flames appear behind her.)
Kioku no roots moguri-konde kibou sukui-dase (Dig into the roots of memory and save that hope!)
(Wizard Flame Style leaps through a blue magic circle to her right, becoming Wizard Water Style, then leaps up through a green magic circle to become Hurricane Style, then drops down through a yellow magic circle to become Land Style.)
Show Time!
(Nayuki and Pharos reach for each other's hands and grab them.)
Life is showtime! Tobikiri no (Life is Showtime! It's exhilerating!)
(Wizard Flame Style is seen falling through magic circles.)
Unmei to RAIFU mucha shite mo (Even if you're reckless with fate and life!)
(Wizard Flame Style is riding Machine Winger down a road, as WizarDragon flies up alongside. Machine Winger and WizarDragon combine to form Winger WizarDragon, with Nayuki still riding.)
Mo-to halelujah
(Back with the close up on Nayuki and Pharos' hands, as Nayuki moves the Hope Ring towards Pharos' finger.)
Kinou, kyou, ashita, mirai (Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow, and in the future…)
(Nayuki, Minato, Yukari, and Mitsuru are in the Iwatodai dorm, each doing various things. Their positions switch two times, with each switch showing a new set of activities.)
Subete no namida wo (…all those tears…)
(Nayuki is riding Machine Winger, Mitsuru riding behind her.)
Show Time!
(Nayuki finishes sliding the Hope Ring onto Pharos' finger, the ring beginning to light up.)
Kouseki ni kaette yaruze (…I will change them into jewels!)
(Wizard's four main Styles come into view, Flame in the center, Water from the right, Hurricane from above, and Land from the left. The four pose identically as Water, Hurricane, and Land turn into light and merge with Flame.)
Maji ka? Maji de? Maji da! Showtime! (Seriously [it's magic]!? Really!? I'm serious! Show Time!)
(Brief shot of Nayuki holding up her left hand with the Flame Style Ring on it, followed by Wizard Flame Style doing a brief spin and posing in front of Machine Winger, the story logo once again flaming into existence in the foreground.)
Xamusel: Finish!
…no, I don't know why I said that, either. Anyway, here's Takeshi, everyone!
Takeshi Yamato: Well, here we go again. Seriously, the muse is a fickle thing, and when it got back to this plot idea, there was so much to fix starting over seemed the best bet.
First off, Minato and Yukari. We're still going with them as a pairing, but this time they're childhood friends. This means they already have a basis for a relationship, which meshes better with Foreign Saga in my book.
Second, there's no contract that Nayuki has to sign. She'll still get a Persona from Philemon, and will still have access to her Dragon Styles and Infinity Styles restricted until later, but she's not going to need to sign a contract for that.
Lastly, notice Minato mentioned sisters, instead of just one sister. Trust me, we'll get into that as time goes on.
Now, Xam has one more thing to say, so I'll pass it over to him.
Xamusel: As far as what I wish to say, well, there are things I tend to support that need my monetary input. Of course, there are ways I could get said money, but I decided to take a page out of the books of Vimesenthusiast and Auto-nin on this one. I decided to use to earn cash for what I wish to support.
Please note that you can find my account on by means of entering www com/xamusel (do not forget the periods in there)… and please note that this is the last of my things to be posted on my profile without financial support. I will still help others for free, and won't use their time and energy to earn cash, though I do wish to help those who help me write for my profile earn compensation should they so choose. Yes, this means whoever I co-write with has the chance to earn from this, should they want the cash.
There will be three tiers of rewards per posting period… which is going to be between a week minimum and three months maximum (hopefully). If the first tier is unlocked, one story or chapter will be uploaded and published in that period of time. The second tier unlocks two stories or chapters, and the third unlocks three.
Thank you for understanding… and, please, leave reviews of what you guys think of the story. Anyone and everyone who's an author will tell you that we thrive on the stuff. The next story to be updated will be this story that you're reading right now.
Until we meet again…
~Xamusel
PS: How many of you can guess what we've got in mind for the planned sequel?
PPS: This actually would've been out yesterday local time had I been able to access the internet at all... sadly, however, I'm a day late. I'm just glad that I have this day at all to post this. Nominally, however, I'd like to start posting my updates like this on Saturdays (local time).
Well... farewell.