Kamen Rider Anomaly

by MaskedWriterWaffle

Demons and Kamen Rider, what more could you ask for. (I mean, a bit of time power shinanagins would be cool too.) (Oh and knights.) God you ask for so much. This is Kamen Rider Anomaly!

Demons, they are known as the denizens of Hell. While most take on the appearance of man or woman, each of them holds a more sinister true form that matches their diabolical nature.

However, some demons in lore were known as heroes and protectors of various things. Like, that guy, or uh, yeah I don't actually know any but, I'm sure there is some!

Either way, this story is about the best of these demons. In fact, it's not just a demon. It's a man working in perfect sync with his partner, the two of them fighting destiny and time itself! Both of them under the singular title of…

Kamen Rider Anomaly!

Episode One

The Contract is Go

Ragged breathing, the sounds of footsteps echoing through the many dark alleyways of a city. While many figures in what could only be described as cloth tunics be seen searching through as many places as they could in the area, what they were looking for remained unknown. That was in the corner of the area a blue light started to shine before disappearing into a wall, unknown to the group. Appearing on the other side, you could see its full form.

The first thing to note was the figure heavily resembled a ghostly wolf. Notably most of his body was composed of a yellow spiritual energy, notably his claws, "hair," and entire lower body. Besides that he notably had blue armor pieces molded into the energy, most likely being whatever kept the form stable. The head reinforcing the wolf aspects of his form, his chestplate notably had some black charring amongst its dark blue coloring. And his red eyes were bolting around every corner whilst trying to plan a route.

Then he suddenly zoomed forward, a fire in his eyes being his only fuel.

"I've got to find him… Everything depends on it!"

Akuma City, or just Akuma.

Date, March 26th 2018

Despite what the name implies, it was a peaceful place. It was a hustling and bustling time in the city as it was well, the day before graduation for Samsara Academy's senior students. Samsara Academy being the local prestigious high school for the rich and smart students of the city! Senior students were currently goofing off in classrooms, laughter echoing all throughout the school. Sure there were the rare students who were still doing some sort of academic related things.

One such student was a young man, known as Raiden Hikaru, or Hikaru Raiden. A eighteen year old with short brown hair that styled to fall back, he also had blue eyes, with a pair of googles, you know, the kind those cool Digimon protagonists wear. He was wearing the standard school unform of Samsara Academy, which was, a pair of black pants with white strips, black shoes, a white undershirt, a navy blue tie, and a black jacket with a similar white stripe design to the pants.

He was currently sitting under a cherry blossom tree, a pen in his mouth, and a paper which he firmly held in front of him. "Ugh!" He groaned, taking the pencil out his mouth and tossing it on the grass as it began to roll down the small hill. "H-Hey wait!" He shouted as he slightly scrambled after it. The pencil then bumped into someone's shoe. It was a girl, the same age as Hikaru mostly likely. The girl glanced down. "Oh Raiden.." She said, shaking her head as she crouched down and picking up the pencil. Hikaru then stood up and dusted himself off. She walked over to him, tossing him the pencil. Hikaru caught with well, lightning fast reflexes. He smiled and nodded. "Thanks Rei, you always manage to help me at the best of times." The girl, known as Rei Ikazuchi laughed. "Oh shut up."

Rei was eighteen years old like Hikaru, she had long straight black hair, blue eyes, wasn't really wearing any makeup aside from lipstick. She was currently wearing the female Samsara Academy uniform, which was a black sailor uniform with white highlights across the side. She was also wears an orange ribbon around her neck and some black boots.

Hikaru and Rei walked down the semi packed hallway of their school as she attempted to peak over his shoulder to see the paper he was holding. "Just let me see it!" She said, as Hikaru shook his head. "This is confidential stuff Rei, I'm not sure you should see it." She huffed and stood in front of him. "I could just tell everyone that like that certain someone and then you'd be in some deeeee-" Hikaru nervously fumbled as he quickly handed her the paper. "There happy?" While on one hand Hikaru was completely indifferent to this outcome, on the other hand, Rei was not. "A college application?!" Admittedly it was kind of shocking, Hikaru was not the most, well how do I put it? School loving stupid t, he certain tried his best of course. Getting the best grades he could was important to him as his parents threaten to basically disown him if he didn't succeed and take over the family business. They were also the ones who got him into Samsara Academy, using their fortune to pay his entry.

"Hikaru being accepted into college? Yeah that'll be the day." Someone said from behind them as Hikaru sighed. "You know Retsu, just because you're top of the class, doesn't mean you get to be a absolute jerk." He said turning around and seeing his best friend, a black haired male that was presumably the same age as Hikaru himself, wearing the same uniform as him albeit without the jacket, he also had brown eyes. He was known as Restu Kuroshima.

Retsu then shrugged. "I mean, it comes with the territory?" Rei giggled as she glanced at the two. "Aren't you guys supposed to be best friends?" She asked. Nodding, a huge smirk grew across Hikaru's face as he then wrapped a arm around Retsu. "Right, best buddy?" Retsu grumbled, moving the other male's arm off of him. "I guess…"

Hikaru would've have made a comment until, a under classman would suddenly run up to the trio. "Raiden!" He said, panting. Hikaru lowered down to the other classman's level. "What's wrong Akira?" The boy, Akira known as continued to pant. "It's, Tsubasa. Some upperclassmen are threatening to beat him up!" Retsu sighed. "And you come to u-" He was caught off by the sight of Hikaru running down the hallway and out the door. "Does he always do this?" Retsu mumbled, Rei unwillingly nodding. "It's Hikaru, what did you expect?"

It wasn't long before Hikaru pushed open the doors to the school's other courtyard. His eyes dashed around frantically searching for where Tsubasa was. He found him, being grouped around of some of Hikaru's classmates, who he wasn't too fond of. Tsubasa Tengokuwas a year younger then Hikaru and his friends. He had the same uniform as Hikaru and Retsu, he had short blond hair and blue eyes. Making his way over to the three, he grabbed one of them by the shoulder. "Hey, Jotaro! Leave him alon-" Hikaru was also cut off by the feeling of getting punched in the stomach. "Ok-Okay ouch!" He said loudly.

Hikaru would then try to punch of the bullies, but one of the others punched him square in the jaw and knocked him onto the grass. "Butt out, Raiden. This is between us and Tsubasa." Hikaru then forced himself to stand, and then wiped a little bit of blood from his mouth. "Well, I'm making it my business." All three of them just sighed at that. "Whatever, we'll just get you too."

"Well, if it's Hikaru's business then…" Suddenly, someone ran into the fray and kicked one of the bullies away. It was Retsu! Hikaru smiled at that "Hey pal, boy am I glad to see you!" Retsu and Hikaru then stood side to side, and took on fighting stances. The bullies then rushed the two of them, but the attacks were dodged and countered with some sick moves.

However, before the fight could really get good…

"HEY YOU DUMBASSES! BREAK IT UP!" Hikaru and Retsu then looked at each other shocked. It was one of the teachers! "Mr. Midoriya!" They did not want to get in trouble for fighting now, they'd probably have to spend some time doing community service during the summer! And boy did these two have some real good shit planned for then. Like…

Look they just decided to grab Tsubasa and ran the fuck off. Okay? Next scene.

Hikaru and the rest of pals exited the school after getting a stern talking to from their teacher. He stretched out his arms and yawned. "YOSHA ITS FINALLY OVER!" Retsu stared at him for a moment. "Are you okay?" Hikaru slowly dropped his arms down. "I'm just excited man! After tomorrow we're finally done and off into the real world!" Tsubasa rolled his eyes. "Yeah for some of us." Rei smiled and tapped his shoulder. "Don't worry about it, you'll be done soon enough." Hikaru also smiled. "Alright I'll catch you guys later, I'm heading home." Retsu scoffed as he slung his bag on his shoulder. "Is the little rich boy tired?" Hikaru rolled his eyes and lightly punched Retsu in the shoulder. "Whatever noodle boy." He then hopped down the staircase before suddenly stopping. "Almost forgot!" Turning around, Hikaru smiled and winked at Rei. "What." Rei blinked. Hikaru also blinked. "Fuck, I forgot."

Date, November 2nd 2018

It was now fall in Akuma City, leaves fluttered through the air and on to the ground as the moon glowed brightly in night sky. Panting was heard as the ghostly wolf stopped in his tracks. He was now in front of a large set of gates. Said gates were in front of a large mansion. "F-Finally, I'm here." He muttered, he suddenly groaned in pain. "Damn, I thought I would have longer.." Suddenly, he held out his 'hand', a simple square box appearing in it. He swiftly dropped the box onto the ground as he floated down to it. Removing the lid of the box, the wolf then held out both his 'hands'. Electricity began crackling around him as it then flowed on to his open palms. The electricity suddenly formed into a simple all black card and a strange looking buckle. The buckle was mainly silver and blue rectangular belt, on the right side of the buckle, there seemed to be a slot to insert the card. there is a place tn the middle of the buckle, there was clear screen. Running all throughout the belt, were these golden zigzagging lines. He grunted in pain as he dropped the two items into the box and grabbed the cover of the box and, well, covered the box with it. "Not my best delivery method, but it'll do.." He muttered as he suddenly turned into a blue whisp of energy and flew into the box. Upon closer inspection, there was a shipping label written on the cover, it read "To: Hikaru Raiden. From: A Friend."

Date, November 3rd 2018

A sigh was heard as Hikaru Raiden flopped on to his bed. He stared up at the celling. Graduation had come and gone as Hikaru had enrolled in a nearby college, studying business being told by his mother and father to do that. He had returned home for the weekend and finished his work for the week a few moments ago. He sat up, glancing around his messy room. A few photos of him and and his friends hung on the walls, one picture featuring him on his motorcycle, a picture of him and Retsu at a kendo tournament, Hikaru holding the second place trophy while Retsu held the first place one, and of course a picture of him and Rei. "Where did the time go.." Hikaru muttered. He did his best to occasionally to talk to his friends, Retsu was running a ramen shop in Akuma. Rei was off in college too, Tsubasa and him occasionally talked as well but not often.

A pair of goggles were hung on a nearby coat rack along with a black leather jacket. He then heard a knock at his door. "Master Hikaru, I have a package for you." A voice said from behind the door. "Right coming." Hikaru replied, quickly getting up and opening the door. Opening the door revealed the Raiden family's Butler, Sojiro Nijima, a older fellow who had been in the service of family ever since Hikaru was a child. Hikaru smiled. "Thanks Sojiro, how have you been?" He said, taking the box from the man. Sojiro smiled in response. "I've been well, it's nice having you back here even though it's for a short time." Hikaru nodded. "Yeah, it's nice seeing you too. Any word on when mom and dad are returning?" He asked, causing Sojiro to scratch his chin. "Pretty soon." Once again, Hikaru nodded. "Alright I'll let you get back to work." Sojiro nodded and walked away as Hikaru closed the door. He walked over to his desk and pulled out his chair. Taking a seat, Hikaru rested the box on the box and glanced at the label. "To, well me, from a friend?"

He glanced at the label in confusion for a moment before lifting the cover off and resembling the contents in box. A card and a belt buckle. "What the?" Hikaru muttered, as he then picked up the card. The card was pretty plain, just all back with some random white markings. The card then suddenly shocked Hikaru with electricity causing him to jump and drop the card. "Ow!" He then looked at the buckle. Something about was just, calling to him. Hikaru picked up the buckle.

[Oh hey!]

A voice shouted, causing him to drop the buckle back into the box. "What!" Hikaru shouted. He looked around, not seeing anything or anyone in the room. His eyes then turned back to buckle. "There's not way." He picked it up again. [There is a way.] The voice suddenly said. Hikaru stared at the buckle. "What?" He asked cautiously. The voice sighed. [I said, there's a way that I'm talking to you Hikaru.] Suddenly, a blue whisp flew out from the belt and took shape. That shape being that ghostly wolf creature! Hikaru rolled backwards in his chair, looking at the creature. "Y-You're some kind of demon!" Hikaru shouted.

The creature nodded. [Yeah actually, good guess. I'm Duke, a demon of many talents.] He said, introducing himself as Hikaru glanced at the buckle. "H-How come I can only hear and see you when holding this?" He asked, Duke scratched his 'chin' using his claw. [I sealed myself inside that Driver in order to save my own life as my body was destroyed and demon spirits can't survive long in the human world without a body or, forming a contract with a human like yourself.] The Demon explained, Hikaru nodding. "Right... Well Duke, I'm not really in the mood for a body sharing experience so, I'm gonna put you back in the box." Hikaru began rolling back towards his desk as Duke quickly flew down in between him and his desk. [Wait wait! Listen! Do you ever feel like, your destiny is just set, and you can't change it no matter how much you want to?] Duke asked, Hikaru stopped dead in his tracks. "I-I uh..." He muttered, thinking for a moment. "That's how I always feel. No matter what I feel like my parents are trying to make my life theirs and there's nothing I can do about it." Hikaru glanced down at the buckle or a 'Driver' as Duke called it. "You can help me change that?" He asked, glancing up at Duke. Duke nodded. [I sure can.] Hikaru took a deep breath and let it out. "Show me, let's make a contract." Duke then held out his claw hand thing, Hikaru grabbed it. A crackle of electricity flowed between the two. [It's done. Nice to have you, partner.] Duke said cheerfully.

Somewhere, deep in another realm, a realm of the dead and demons, Hell. There rested the caste of the ruler of all demons, the Demon King. Inside the throne room, a armored knight looking figure sat in a large black colored throne. The figure was tapping his fingers against the armrest of his chair, suddenly the tapping stopped. "It begins again.." The figure said, in a demonic male type voice. "Eclipse." He said. Suddenly a figure appeared before him, this was another male with white hair, a black coat, black pants, a white shirt and white boots and with a large sword strapped to his back. "Yes my king?" The figure, known as Eclipse said, swiftly kneeling before his king. "Ah, my favorite Knight. Send Arukeni out to the human world to find the traitor and, you know, kill him." He said, waving his hand, implying Eclipse could stand up. Which Eclipse did. "Would you like me to accompany him my king?" The King shook his head at this. "No need, he is nearly a pawn to me.." The King chuckled at his own joke. "I'm funny. Right Eclipse?" Beelze swiftly nodded. "Yes you are. Like honestly you land some real nice jokes." Eclipse said, The King nodding. "Thank you, Alright this friendship stuff makes me sick go get the spider and send him on his way." The King ordered, Eclipse once again nodding before he swiftly bowed and exited the throne room. The King sighed as he clutched his armored fist. "Here we go again.."

Hikaru walked down the a sidewalk as Duke floated behind him. "So just to be clear, no one else can see you other then me?" Hikaru asked, Duke nodding. [Unless there's something special about them, normal humans can't see me unless they have a contract with a demon. And demons' with bodies can be seen.] He explained as Hikaru then pulled out the card. "So what's this for then?" Hikaru asked, before he looked at the card. "Whoa! It changed!" The card had indeed changed. The front now featured a stylized drawing of Duke in front of a background of lightning, along with a bar going across the bottom with the label of 'Lightning Knight' written in very fancy looking English letters. Hikaru flipped the card, now looking at the back. It featured a stylized A with a sword going through it and it seemed to be crackling with electricity. "Wait why is there an A?" Hikaru then turned to Duke. [Oh yeah, my title when I was a Royal Knight was Anomaly.] Hikaru blinked. "You were a Knight? And what royalty?" Duke sighed. [Yeah so there's this evil man called the Demon King and pretty much I was apart of his twelve Royal Knights before I realized what was up with him, I manage to escape but I lost my body in the process.] Duke then floated ahead of Hikaru. [Is there any where to eat around here? I'm starving.] Hikaru scratched his head. "You can eat? You like, don't have a body, or like organs." Duke stopped and turned to him. [Well, I just eat whatever energy you get from eating. So yeah, I can eat.] Hikaru rolled his eyes. "Whatever, I know a great spot for food! I think!"

As Hikaru and Duke walked down the sidewalk, a portal opened on a nearby rooftop, Eclipse stepping out of his. "Hurry up." He said, a figure then stepped out of the portal. The figure was, a spider-like monster. Its' body was a dark crimson, a web pattern ran around all of its body, colored in purple. The monster also a pair of spider legs dangling from its' back. The head/face of the creature resembled that of a spider, while it had a large set of horns jutting out from the sides. "The traitor has a partner now?" The creature asked, as a green liquid dripped from its mouth and on to the ground, causing it to dissolve. Eclipse gave a look of disgusted as he stepped a few feet away from the monster. "Just do as your King requests, Acid Demon." He said, the Acid Demon looking at him and growling. "That's Arukeni to you!" The Demon shouted. Eclipse rolled his eyes. "Whatever." A portal opened behind him. "Good luck." The Knight swiftly turned and walked through the portal. "You're gonna need it.." He muttered, as the portal closed. The Acid Demon then looked at the street below, Duke and Hikaru were, already gone! "Wow, I lost them already. Maybe some rampaging will cause the traitor to show up.." The Demon then ran and jumped off the side of the building.

Hikaru arrived in front of a small shop in between two taller buildings. The building had the main shop below at ground level and it appeared to have a apartment level on the second floor. It also had a large sign attached to it that read 'Wonder Ramen!' in large Japanese text. Hikaru smiled at the name, as Duke stared at it. [Why are you smiling?] He asked, Hikaru glanced back to him. "Oh this is my friend's shop! I haven't seen him in awhile, so I'm kinda excited." Duke nodded as Hikaru then pushed the door open to the shop. A bell jingled as Hikaru entered the building. It was your average sized establishment, tables and chairs filled with a few patrons here and there. In the back was a large bar with stools in front of it. Above it was a large display that had list of all the bowls and different foods the restaurant offered. Sounds of cooking could be heard from the kitchen. "I'll be right with you!" A voice shouted, as Hikaru sat down at the bar stool, and read the specials listed on the menu. A man then stepped out from the back kitchen, he was dressed in a chef's attire and had a black apron on as well. Hikaru turned his attention from the board to the man.

"Retsu!" He said happily, wow, shocker, the chef was Hikaru's best friend, Retsu Kuroshima! You know, that guy from earlier! Retsu swiftly delivered the other patrons' food as he made his way back to the counter. He then blinked as he stared at Hikaru for a moment. "Retsu?" Hikaru asked, snapping his finger in front of Retsu's face. Retsu quickly shook his head. "Right sorry, I was in shock that you're really in my shop and I don't want to instantly make fun of you." Hikaru scoffed at the comment. "Oh come on, you don't mean that, you're my best friend and I'm yours." Hikaru said, Retsu begrudgingly agreeing. "Yeah, Yeah. Anyways, what do you want to order?" He asked, causing Hikaru to look up at the menu once again. "Just give me that Naruto ramen I like." Retsu rolled his eyes. "Sure, not like it's not on the menu or anything." Retsu stepped back into the kitchen as Duke appeared behind Hikaru. [This is a very nice relationship you two have together.] He said, Hikaru laughed. "Yeah, he's always been there for me. He might not act like it, but I know he cares for me as much as I do for him.." Retsu soon returned with Hikaru's bowl of noodles, placing it down in front of him. "Who were you talking to?" Retsu asked, Hikaru began stammering. "U-Uh, myself! Yes! Me, myself and-" [Duke.] "Duke- I mean, I or me! Yeah!" Hikaru exclaimed before he dug into his noodles. Retsu and the other customers stared at him for a moment before going back to their normal business. "Anyways, I'll get to closing up and we can catch up, sounds good?" Retsu asked, Hikaru nodding in response as he continued eating.

The two friends exited the shop as Retsu flipped the sign that hung from the door from opened to closed. Duke floated closely behind the two as they began catching up on the happenings in their lives. "Yeah so studies are going well." Hikaru said. "How's business?" He asked, Retsu smiling. "Pretty well surprisingly, people here really enjoy my food and the money's great. Although I could use some help in the kitchen, might put a help wanted ad out soon." Retsu explained as the two wandered into a nearby park, sitting down on a bench as Duke floated in front of Retsu. Retsu then glanced at Hikaru's neck. "You're still wearing those?" He said, flicking the one of lenses of the pair of goggles around Hikaru's neck. Hikaru laughed as he gripped them with both his hands. "Oh come on Retsu, you know how much I love these things. Ever since that guy saved me from dying of a deathly cold in a snowstorm and left these behind, I've always worn them in case he recognizes them and I can finally thank him." Other people were out and about of course, a family was having a picnic on the nearby grass, a few people were walking through the park as well. [Hm...] Hikaru glanced at Duke and cocked his eyebrow. [What? I'm inspecting your friend here.] Hikaru rolled his eyes. Retsu eyes then suddenly locked on Duke's eyes, causing the demon to jump in surprise. [AH!] He shouted, flying back into Hikaru's body. Hikaru quickly turned to Retsu. "W-What are you looking at?" He asked, Retsu glanced at him. "Oh this kid throwing a frisbee." He then pointed to a kid throwing the disc object to one of his nearby friends. Hikaru quickly nodded as Duke appeared behind him. [That was, odd.]

A figure watched from a nearby building, it was, of course the Acid Demon. "There he is, guess he made friends with some humans." The monster chuckled as acid dripped from his mouth. "So can I!" He then jumped from the building and slammed into the ground below. Nearby people turned towards the monster and screamed in terror. He laughed manically as he fired acid at the civilians, causing the ground around them to dissolve. People quickly ran away from the Demon, straight past Hikaru, Retsu, and Duke. Duke quickly turned to see the Demon. [Great, it's Arukeni.] Hikaru and Retsu both got up from the bench as Arukeni approached them. "You've been marked for execution traitor!" The spider demon shouted, pointing at where Duke was, causing Retsu glance at the spot. "There's no one there?" He commented, causing Arukeni to laugh. "Oh I guess your friend over there hasn't told you yet!" Arukeni then pointed at Hikaru. "What! Shut up you stupid uh, Acid Monster!" [Demon.] "Acid Demon!" Hikaru retorted. The Acid Demon growled. "HOW DARE YOU!" He then fired a huge blast of his corrosive liquid directly at the duo. Hikaru and Retsu both braced for the attack, but Duke quickly flew in the way and slashed the attack away with his claws. "Thanks for the save.." Hikaru mumbled, Duke nodding. Retsu began slowly stepping backwards. "Hikaru I think it's time we used the Kuroshima Family Secret Technique!" He shouted, Hikaru glanced at him. "Run away?" Retsu laughed. "No, we stand and fight!" Duke glanced at Retsu. [I like this guy.] He said, then turning around to Hikaru. [Alright partner, it's time I showed you what we can really do now. Take out the Driver and the Tarot.] Hikaru nodded, taking out the two items, Retsu watching him. "What are those for?" Hikaru thought for a moment, before answering honestly. "I don't know to be honest." Duke groaned. [Attach the Driver to your waist and push the right most button.] Duke then flew into the Driver. [ANOMALY DRIVER!] Hikaru nodded as he slapped the Driver against his waist, causing belt straps to suddenly appear and, well, strap the belt to his waist. He quickly then pushed the right most button, causing a slot to pop out from right side of the belt, big enough to fit the Tarot. [DEMON LINK!] The Driver annouced, a jingle then beginning to play, it was a mix of a piano and a guitar. "Okay so now what exactly?" Hikaru asked. Duke groaned. [Insert the Tarot and slam the slot back into place.] Hikaru nodded as the Acid Demon suddenly fired another blast of acid at Retsu. Hikaru swiftly reacted, he ran in front of his friend, and inserted the card into the slot before slamming it back into place. Electricity surged from the belt's screen, creating the outline of a suit, before a lightning bolt then struck Hikaru, causing a bright flash of light and causing the acid to evaporate.

[LINK COMPLETE! LIGHTNING KNIGHT! GO-GO-GO FORTH AND STRIKE!]

The light faded away, revealing an armored figure standing in front of Retsu. The figure's helmet was fashioned to resemble a knight's helmet, the top of the helmet was accented with a thick dark blue line that went backwards down the helmet until it hit the shoulders of the suit. The rest of the helmet was a pristine silver. The upper body of the suit shared the knight motif, the chest and torso specifically were fashioned to resemble chainmail. The sides of his torso, and his gauntlets were also a dark blue color. Lastly, the legs were a standard silver color that look really nice and shiny. They also looked like they hurt! Attached to his back was a sheathed sword. Now displayed on the belt screen was a stylized lightning bolt with a sword going through it.

Electricity still danced around Hikaru's suit for a few more moments as Retsu looked up at him from his position on the ground which was a result of the lightning bolt knocking him to the floor. Arukeni growled. "Duke! How dare you give that human our power!" Retsu blinked rapidly as he got up from the ground. "Hikaru?" He asked, the armored figure turning around. "Yes?" Hikaru replied. Hikaru took a glance at himself. "Dude I look sick!" He said cheerfully, Retsu tapped his helmet, getting a slight shock of electricity. He shook his hand rapidly before thinking for a moment. "You know Hikaru, you kinda look like a Kamen Rider." Hikaru was about to say something before Duke interupped him. [First of all, Arukeni's behind you.] Hikaru then swiftly spun around and roundhouse kicked the Acid Demon into tree. Hikaru glanced at his leg that was surrounded in electricity. "Whoa! You know if I know I would be able to do that I would've taken up soccer instead of kendo." Retsu and Duke both audibly groaned at Hikaru's comment. [And second of, tell your friend that it's called Anomaly.] Retsu blinked. "I-I can hear you mister belt." Duke thought for a moment. [Okay, uh, I'll worry about that later. Hikaru go fight the Demon.] Hikaru looked down at his belt. "Gotcha, guess that makes me, Kamen Rider Anomaly!" Hikaru swiftly turned around once again and ran towards the Acid Demon. Arukeni pulled himself to his feet. "How dare you threaten me!" The Demon then ran towards the newly christened rider, who jumped into the air and slammed his fist into him, sending him flying backwards further into the park. Hikaru landed and chase after him. Retsu also followed behind as well.

Music Cue: STORY by camino

The Acid Demon fired another blast of acid directly at Hikaru who swiftly ducked as the blast hit a tree, causing a hole to instantly form. "You missed!" Hikaru shouted, electricity then surged into his fist as he slammed it into the Demon's chest, Hikaru then recoiled. "Ow!" He looked at his fist, cover in acid, he rapidly shook his hand, flicking the acid off. [Use the sword you dunce.] Hikaru had a 'Oh' moment before reaching to his back and pulling out the weapon.

[ANOMALY SABER!]

The sword had a large straight blade that's was colored silver, with several gray lines going down the sword. The hilt was gray and had a spiral design to it. On the base there's was the Anomaly symbol, that stylized A that was on the back of the lightning Tarot. There was also a button to make it flip upwards so that the rider could insert a card into it.

Hikaru held the sword for a moment glancing at it and swinging it, missing the demon fired another blast at him. Hikaru swiftly reacted, slashing the blast in half, sending the two pieces flying behind him and causing them to explode. [Wow, that would've been bad if it hit you.] Duke commented, Hikaru noddeding as he slashed the Acid Demon rapidly. "Take this!" Anomaly then slashed him again, pushing him backwards. "Nice work Hikaru!" Retsu shouted from behind a nearby tree. The Acid Demon then chuckled. "Perfect! Take this!" He then fired a rapid burst of acid shots, directly at Retsu. "Uh Duke!" [Snap your fingers and shout Time Acceleration! I'll handle the rest!] Hikaru did just that. "Time Acceleration!" Then suddenly, time crawled to a slow pace. "What just happened?" [Short answer is, I used my time powers to speed up your time in order to make you go faster and make everything seem slower. I can't do it for that long right now so hurry up and destroy those blasts!] Duke exclaimed. Hikaru nodded, dashing over the array of shots and rapidly slashing them to pieces, causing them to miss Retsu. Time then resumed to its normal pace for Hikaru, but for Retsu and the Acid Demon, it look like Hikaru just moved at insanely fast speed.

Anomaly now stood between Retsu and the Acid Demon. [Alright, I'm tired of playing, Hikaru, hit the middle button.] Hikaru tossed his sword into his left hand as he pushed the middle button on his driver.

[TIME TO GO!]

The Driver annouced as a more fast pace version of the transformation jingle began to play as the slot of the driver popped out once again. Electricity surged around Hikaru as he slammed the slot back into its place.

[LIGHTNING BURST!]

Time then, actually stopped. "Wait what." [Finishers stop time completely for a brief moment but the enemy needs to be pretty weakened for it to actually kill them, instantly doing it won't work, but you're welcome to try if you feel lazy or worried.] Hikaru nodded before panicking. "How do I kill this guy exactly?" [Uh... Kick him?] Duke said, Hikaru couldn't really tell but Duke was definitely shrugging. Hikaru nodded as he ran forwards and jumped into the air. He flipped before going into the signature rider kicking pose as electricity exploded shot off of him rapidly. "Time for the Super Hikaru Lightning Burst Kick!" He shouted, flying towards the Demon and slamming his foot into its chest. The rider then landed back on the ground and turned around, facing away from the monster. [Please never say that again.] Hikaru did a fluriosh with his sword before slowly sheathing it. "I don't make promises." Time then resumed, the Demon suddenly exploding in a massive fireball behind Kamen Rider Anomaly. "Partner." Hikaru said happily.

Music Cue End

Back in hell, The Demon King and Eclipse both watched Anomaly defeat the Acid Demon on a large smokey screen. "Your highness-" Eclipse was about to start before the King held his finger up. "It's not your fault Eclipse. He was on death's door anyways. If anything, that fool did is a favor." The King explained. Eclipse nodded before suddenly the King conjured a large ball of black flames in his hand. "However Eclipse, I expect you to choose someone you might actually have a chance against this pest next time." Eclipse kneeled before the King throne. "My King, I will do everything in my power to make sure that traitor is brought down and eliminated." The Knight then stood up and exited the throne room. The Demon King sighed. "I can't keep doing this over and over again..." He mumbled to himself as he dissipated the ball of flames.

Retsu walked over to his friend who was taking another look at himself. "Hikaru?" He asked, Hikaru then turned around, the suit disappearing of him. "Yeah uh, I can explain." Duke then flew out of the Anomaly Driver. [Sure you can.] "Oh shut up Du-" Retsu then pointed at Duke. "What the hell is that." Hikaru looked at Retsu, then at Duke. Duke then looked at Retsu and then Hikaru. [Okay, We can explain then.]

Duke and Hikaru both explained how they met to Retsu while they quickly made their way back to Wonder Ramen. The sun was now setting as they arrived at the entrance. "So yeah, now I'm a Kamen Rider." [Demon Knight.] "Kamen Rider is more heroic." [You will respect my title.] "Don't tell me how to live my li-" The two's bickering was interrupted by the door to Wonder Ramen suddenly closing. "Well, Alright! See you Retsu!" Hikaru said cheerfully. Hikaru stretched his arms. "Come on Duke, let's hit it." [Alrighty my partner in life.] The two then made their way back to the Raiden Manor.

Hikaru walked into his room, tossing his leather jacket on to his coat rack along with his goggles as well. He flopped on to his bed, Duke floating out of his body and hovering over him. [So, when's dinner?] He asked. Hikaru thought for a moment. "Soon hopefully." He stared up at the celling again. Someone then knocked on his bedroom door. "Master Hikaru?" The voice of Sojiro asked. "It's open." Hikaru said, the door then opening. "I'm glad to see your home safely. News has spread about some sort of monster attack and I was very worried." Hikaru quickly got up and walked over to the man. "You don't have to worry about me Sojiro, I can handle myself. Now what's the word on Mother and Father." Sojiro then sighed. "That's what I came to tell you. Your mother and father have decided to extend their vacation for another month, believe it was something about enjoying the cultural more then they expected." Hikaru slowly tightened his fist. "Right. Anything else they said?" He asked. Sojiro thought for a moment. "Oh right, they said they did however manage to set up a job interview for you. Your father said 'This is type of thing Hikaru was born to do, I'm sure he'll enjoy it.' And I believe that was all." A small faint black glow surrounded Hikaru's fist as Duke looked on in a slight shock. "R-Right.." The black glow faded as Hikaru opened his hand. "Well. Tell them that.." He glanced at Duke and then at the picture of him holding that kendo trophy, then the picture of Rei and himself. "I don't care. Sojiro, I'm sorry. I can't live like this. This isn't what I want. I want to choose my own fate, not be forced into the one they want for me." He swiftly turned and walked to his closet, grabbing a large duffle bag and dropping it on to his bed. Sojiro walked into Hikaru's room as well. "Master Hikaru if you could just recons-" Hikaru interupped him by throwing clothes into the bag along with some toiletries. "Sojiro, don't try and defend their shitty actions. I know they pay you to put up with it and that's great, but they don't pay me too. I'm not taking it anymore." Hikaru grabbed the photos from his wall, placing them into a pocket on the bag. He grabbed his leather jacket and goggles, putting them on. He grabbed his other bag as well, which was just a backpack filled with some items he brought home from college. He was about to leave when Sojiro blocked the doorway. "H-Hikaru." The older man choked up a bit. "I want to give you something before you leave." He exited the doorway, walking into a nearby closet and pulling out a wrapped present. "I wanted to give you this on your birthday, but considering this may be the last time I see you. I want you to have it now." Hikaru took the present and gave the man a hug as best as he could. "Thank you, I know you probably think this is me being stupid but. I'm done, I hope I see you somewhere Sojiro. But please, don't tell them to come looking for me." Hikaru then walked away. He headed down into the garage of the house, strapping his bags to his white and blue colored motorcycle. Rain began pouring outside as he drove off the premises of the Raiden Manor, hopefully, never having to return. As he rode into the city of Akuma, Duke sighed. [You Alright?] Hikaru didn't answer, concentrating on driving but Duke already knew the answer anyways.

Hikaru screeched to a halt on the side of the only place he knew where to go, Wonder Ramen. He knocked on the upstairs door rapidly, holding his bags and present. Retsu opened door, seeing the rain covered Hikaru and the clearly tear stained face of his friend. He swiftly brought his friend and slammed the door shut.

Date, November 4th 2018.

A woman stood upon a rooftop, looking down at Wonder Ramen. "I guess Hikaru-San made his choice." She sighed turning around, revealing that it was Rei. "I just hope it was the right one."

Next Time on Kamen Rider Anomaly!

Hikaru is seen struggling to make a ramen bowl while Retsu and Duke watch in disappoint.

"This is more difficult then kendo!"

"Shut up Hikaru!"

Rei and Hikaru are seen sitting next to each other at Wonder Ramen.

"So have you been?"

"Decent, I guess, I left home."

Tsubasa is seen watching Kamen Rider Anomaly battle a green colored demon, a grin across his face.

"So this is the power of the demons."

The King and Eclipse are seen playing a game of chess.

"You suck."

"Wow, I'm hurt my liege."

Episode Two

Ramen Is Difficult.

Author's Note.

I'm terribly sorry for the delay on this story's release. I blame Devil May Cry Five. I hope you all enjoy where this story goes and continue reading it.