Disclaimer: I do not own Kamen Rider W and Kamen Rider Franchise. I only own the characters and several elements in this story. And this work is purely fictional. Meaning that this fanfic is just a mere fiction to entertain the readers [hopefully]. Nothing bad intended in this work, i swear.
Author's Note: So, this is my attempt at Re-telling Kamen Rider W. There will be plot difference[s], and the main rider is switched from W to... uh, you know who. I hope i did a good attempt to re-tell this story. I hope you guys enjoy this story as much as the original one!
SKULL
A Tale of Masked Rider
Prologue: A Start of New Life/The Power of Skull
01.00 AM.
One night at Futo, the Windy City…
It's cold and silent. There's no moon, yet there're no stars on the sky, making this night a dark one without a doubt. A sound of speeding motorcycle can be heard from a random road. It's a black sport bike, with a man in brown leather jacket riding it. The engine roars proudly, breaking the silence of the night…
*Vrooooooooooooo!*
…until someone suddenly appear few meters in front of the bike.
*Screeeeeeeeeee!*
The man on the bike quickly stops his ride and slides it sideways. Hoping he doesn't collide with who, or what is in front of him. The bike skidded with so much force, making it so hard to control. He almost falls terribly if he didn't properly get a hold of the steering bar. And after few seconds of fear, terror, and adrenaline rush, the bike stopped one meter in front of the mysterious figure in a black trench coat. The man sets his bike to stand and removed his helmet, revealing an Asian, gangster-looking face with a short, spiky hair. By looking at the gesture of his face, the man looked angry, VERY angry.
"Holy Crap! Can you, at least, LOOK around before crossing the street?" He exclaimed, approaching the person in front of him, which is revealed to be a female appearing in her late 18s. Since her body mostly covered in trench coat, only the face that can be described. Shoulder-lengthened bluish black hair with some bangs covering the forehead, a pair of cold blue eyes, and feminine, yet strong-accented lips. The infamous wind of Futo waves her long hair to the side. She glared the man back stoically, which annoys the man more. "God, even a 5-year old kid KNOW how to cross the street! What the hell is wrong with this girl…?" The man stated in his mind. He finds it annoying if someone doesn't realize what they've done. And that kind of glare annoys the man more. "What's this? Trying to be cool?"
And finally she speaks. She replied with:
"Give it back."
...while she stares the man unemotionally. "Give back what?" The man questioned angrily, feeling irritated with the personality of this young lady. "The Lost Driver, and Skull Memory." The man silenced for a while, though his expression didn't change. As she saying what she wants, and judging from appearance and other stuffs, the man comes with a conclusion. "…Lost Driver…? Skull Memory..? Oh good! I have to fight, again…" He muttered inside his mind. The man sighed, looking at the young girl. "Look, I just had a fight with one of your friends an hour before, and then you showed up. Can't I be peaceful for A SINGLE MINUTE?" He growled furiously. "Then give me the Lost Driver and Skull Memory. We won't fight if you be nice and do what I say." She replied, with another cold tone. The man only gives a "Grrr" sign, and suddenly stops his anger, starting to be serious.
"Hell no." He said, as he takes something inside his jacket. The woman also tries to take something from her pocket. "Then we have to fight." She said as she shows an object, a long, 7 to 9-ish centimeter, vermilion rectangular object, which looks like a big-sized USB Flash Drive, the ribcage design of the USB is very unique and distinctive than normal USB Drives, the man barely can see a symbol resembling a "B" alphabet on the drive. The man managed to draw something from his jacket in same time, his right hand holds some sort of metallic device about a size of a Hard Disk Drive would be, with a red slot. On his left hand, there's something resembles an USB Flash drive. The USB Drive looks very different from the one that the female hold. It looks more rectangular and nearly same with the Normal USB Drives. It's about 5-8 centimeters with a purple color and a symbol of a something resembling a skull.
"Yeah, whatever."
The man sets a straight face as he put the device on his waist. The device lets out a metallic strap, and let it circling around the waist. A "click" sound can be heard as the end of the strap reached the other side of the device, giving a signal that the device is ready.
"Are you capable of using that device?" The female asked as she pressed the button on her USB Drive, letting it plays a loud cry.
[BIRD]
"Go and find out by yourself." The man said as he does the same, pressing the button on his USB Drive. A similar voice also plays from the USB, only the object that the voice said is different.
[SKULL]
The woman smirked, as she pulled her left sleeve, revealing a tattoo with some kind of futuristic pattern of USB Port on her arm. "Heh." She plugged the USB to the tattoo. Her eyes are glowing, giving a sign that the transformation starts. The man use this chance to transform himself too, he inserted the USB Drive into the red slot on his "buckle" device, a mechanical sound can be heard as he put the Skull Memory inside. Now, only the "S" Symbol of the Skull appeared on the belt slot. "You will regret this, lady…" He whispered in low tone as he snaps the slot to the side.
[SKULL!]
As the device shouted "Skull", a holographic projection of the symbol appears, with "Skull" written below the symbol. Slowly, black squares surround the man, as the man replaced with a new figure. As the female now completely transformed as a green, bird-like entity, the man's transformation is also complete. As the hologram fades away, the man now wears a black bodysuit-like armor, with some silver trimmings on the chest, shoulder, wrist, and ankles. The head of a figure very much resembles a silver skull with big eye holes. The interesting feature from the man's new appearance is the white scarf on his neck. As the wind blows the scarf gracefully, the man, now in his new form, glares at the bird creature in front of him.
"Now… count up, before you dead!" The new figure pointed his index finger dramatically to the monster…
…And the fight begins…
(The Man's Narration)
…Well, let me tell the things here. So this is Futo, Eco-friendly, windy city. Yeah, this city has so many winds I don't know why. And to clarify that Futo is Eco-friendly, we used wind as alternative energy here. So wind takes the control here. Most of the electricity in Futo comes from the windmill generator, while the rest are from batteries (duh). So, this city was supposedly become a peaceful city and with the people living in harmony. Even we have a… uh… adorable mascot of the city named Futo-kun. But in reality, Futo is a city full of terror, for me.
So, I heard this organization called "The Museum" run by some upper-class family. And I heard they distributing some kind of USB Flash Disk that makes people turn stronger called Gaia Memory in "underworld". And I believe, that's the cause of the rising crime rates in this city. These Gaia Memories indeed making the users become stronger being called Dopant. And… I'm not good at explaining things. To make this bullcrap thing short, I was dragged into this conspiracy and I have to fight against the Museum and this mysterious family, with a thing called "Lost Driver", and an USB Flash Drive called "Skull Memory". Well, doesn't make sense at first, yes?
Maybe after I come up with better words, I'll try to explain this…
(Narration End)
*THUD*
That's the sound of a body being collided with the asphalt. And to be specific, that's the Birdie that was collided. The skull-ish figure stands before the monster. The skull figure looks calm, yet furious inside. "I have enough fight, now I have to END this." Tranquil, but stern tone starts to threaten the air. Emphasizing on the "End" word, the skull figure pulls off the USB drive and places it in the slot on his right waist. The belt announced something as the USB inserted in the side slot
[SKULL! MAXIMUM DRIVE!]
Coincidentally, the wind blows the scarf gently. Making the moments before the skull launched his finisher move goes heroic. "Gah…" the female avian figure tries to regain composure, but as she stands up, it's too late to counter, guard, or even running from the attack.
"TOH!"
"UGYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!"
The skull figure already jumped and kicked her right on the shoulder. The monster knocked several meters away after the kick connected. The figure passed out, and suddenly flashed back to the female figure from before. And then, the thing which suspected to be the Bird Memory ejected from her arm, falling to ground. The man plugs out the USB as he returned to his normal human form. After placing back his gears to the right place, he walks closer to the female figure. First he looked at the female, and then the USB, and then the girl, and then the USB.
The Girl,
The USB,
The Girl,
The USB,
The Girl,
The…
*STOMP*
The man crushed the USB with his feet. "Hmph." The man stared furiously at the broken USB, saying: "Note to self: Next time I should kick it, on the right spot." And then back to the girl. "Now what should I do with this girl…" He tries to figure out something. "Bring her with me, bring her to my bed, and… duh. Don't be pervert, Ryo…" He planted his palm on his face. While he is exploring his mind for ideas, the girl starts to wriggle slowly, and moaning suggestively. "…Oh crap." The suggestive moaning makes the guy snapped out of his mind. His attention now changes to the awaken girl.
This time, the girl looks different. Although she bears the same appearance, the gesture of the face somehow shows some difference. It's like more…jolly. She changed 180 degree, from cold and icy lady, into a (seemingly) cheerful, happy-go-lucky, and innocent girl. Although she looks friendlier, it doesn't mean that the man should lower his caution. "…Where am i? Who are you? What are we doing here?" she asked, with a tone that is totally different from before. The man raised his one of his eyebrow as he scratched his head in confusion.
"Why this girl suddenly has a change of heart? Does she have personality disorder or what?"
"Uh… you don't remember what happened?" The man in confusion asked. "…No. I don't remember anything, even I don't know my name." she said. Another palm is planted on his face while saying some "Duh!" to himself. "Oh god… first I was given strange devices, then I have to fight mutating criminals with USB Drives, and now I'm standing here with an amnesiac girl? I am sooo happy…" He emphasized his sarcasm on the word "happy". The girl blinked in confusion. "Ergh, don't mind about that. Anyways, since it's late and you don't remember anything, I'll take you to my place." He shrugged his shoulders while looking away from the girl. "Fine with you?" he asked. She only gives a weak, small nod. "…Yes…" she said as she sounded like hesitating about her decision.
…And again, the man facepalmed. Having some kind of gangster face indeed makes a problem…
The man gives a dull look to that girl, and then exhales his breath grumpily. "…Duh. I'm not the kind of the guy that takes a girl to his place, do her, and throw her away. I'll be troubled handling the "product" of my work." He tried his "not-so-good" way to persuade the girl that he's not as bad as he looks. "I'm only offering this help because you have amnesia, and because it's late night. Nothing else..." he decided to stare at the empty sky for some reason. After few moments, the guy looked back at the girl and stresses his offer to her one more time. And he doesn't want the girl to refuse the offer. He just can't leave the girl alone at the street.
"I'm a human being too…"
"…I offer this once again before you have to wait till morning and some random police finds you: Do you want to join me? Choose wisely, and choose it quick."
The man crossed his arm, waiting for the girl's response. And it took about 10 minutes for the girl to decide "yes". The man groaned, shaking his head.
"You can do it faster, can't you?"
The man helped her to stand, and drives away with the newfound girl from the street.
"And here's another day of Ryo Fukuda, screwed with USB-powered humans and going late for work…" He muttered to himself while he races through the time…
-Prologue: End-
Enzan: So, what do you think about the prologue? Is it cool? Is it sucks? ...Well... i have nothing much to say,but i hope you will be prepared for the next chapter!
Oh yeah, i forgot to tell you guys. The Kamen Rider Skull used at this Story is the "Skull Crystal" Form. The one without "S" crack on the head.