Elemental City (2031), the futuristic city that really came alive during the night time and it has become one of the main attraction of the cities of the world that joins with other big cities such as Hong Kong, Tokyo (Japan), Miami (Florida), The Big Apple (New York) and so on. It is said that this city has one of its darkest days in the past. 70 years ago, 6 Dark Sorcerers were commencing a ritual in order to summon out the ruler of the Underworld and had once have become the ruler of the Elemental City, Dark Void. Since his appearance to the city, it has controlled it with an iron fist, with the help of its creation, the Lost Elements. But then, a Mysterious Man, Kira Thantos, appears in the desperate times of helping out the people to live for peace, has chosen 6 people in order to wield the Elemental Scanners (E-Scanners) and the Gaia Staff to change them into Kamen Riders. Despite they have managed to defeated them with their newfound powers, as long as Dark Void isn't defeated by one of the Rider's form, which it said to be the "Ultimate" form, it will continue to live on and rises again in the future. Since then, the belt and staff has been passed down to the next generation in order to fulfill the previous owner's wish of wielding the belt and staff and they will continue to fight on for freedom and justice.
20 years ago (2011), 6 new generation of Elemental Riders appears and combined their strength in order to fight out the new forms of kaijins, Infected. Even with that power, they have managed to defeated the 6 Masters of Dark Elements and one of the riders has managed to defeat the Dark Void with the Ultimate Form, Galaxy. After manage to pull the last trigger on the Dark Void, the city has finally released from the grasp of Dark Void, which it can no longer revived.
And now, as the old chapter is coming to a close, a new chapter has been unfolded to their next generation and this time, its role are much larger than just saving one city. The only question is... can that Rider do the impossible?
This is the story of a Rider that will reflect your actions... and her name... is Kamen Rider... Mirage!
Round 1: A Heroine Appears, Mirage!
(Normal Point of View)
(Somewhere in the city)
A man in his 30s with a black hair combed to the back and has an unshaved beard, wearing a black T-Shirt and blue jeans with a torn on both knees, black sneakers and a blue jade bracelet on his left arm runs as fast as he can through the crowds, ignoring if he has collided with some of the people and how tired he was because he was being chased by something that lurks within the shadow in a rapid speed.
"Darn it, I better find a suitable girl to use this Driver for good sakes. Why in the world would she sacrificed herself just to make sure I'm alive? No thanks to that, I lost all the power that I needed to face these creeps! I won't let those fools get their hand on this Lever Driver, no matter what!" the man said as he kept running away from the shadows.
The bell rings on the Elemental High School as the summer vacation has finally arrived. Most of the students were rushing out from the school to begin their summer holidays as a group of three girls, which they wear an identical brown sailor suit with red ties and brown knee length skirts with black long stockings as they were chatting together to discuss about their plans for the holiday.
"Man, that last paper sure was as hard as a rock! It really gives me a headache about it!" said the girl in one of the group.
"Don't worry about it, Mika. I'm sure our overnight study should show some good results. Let's just hope that most of us are passed with flying colours," the other girl said to Mika.
"I guess so, Michelle. But forget about school for now and start thinking of how to spend your youth and summer vacation! Say, Michelle, what are you going to do for this summer?" Mika asked the blonde girl with interest.
"Well, since that today is the beginning of the summer vacation, my family and I are decided to go back to the USA to spend my holidays with my parent's relatives who lives there," Michelle said as she was really excited to go there.
"Aw~, you're lucky, Michelle! I have to spend my summer vacation in a summer camp at Neo Tokyo starting the day after tomorrow!" Mika said with a sigh as both of the girls shift their attention to one of the silent one who only hears their plans. "Alexia-chan, what about you? How are you going to spend your summer vacation?"
Alexia with shoulder length jet black hair, wearing glasses over her blue eyes, magenta Alice band on her hair and a silver heart-shaped necklace around her neck, was a little bit surprised from Mika's sudden question as she ponders for a bit before explaining to her friends. "Well, truth to be told, I honestly have no idea what I'm going to do for this summer. I mean, I've taken martial arts' class with Kazuma-sensei and helped out Melissa-san's burger shop as a part time job. I might as well work to earn some more money for buying new Kamen Rider CLAW DVD that will came out next month…" she said to them, which both of her friends sweatdropped on her comment for a moment.
"What is up with her Kamen Rider reference?" both of them thought in unison before getting back to the topic.
"Wa~ you're such a lucky girl! I mean, spending your time with the once famous Elemental Riders, the saviors of the city! Even your parents are the Riders as well, not to mention both of them seem to be their leaders! I envy you, Alexia-chan!" Mika said to her, which makes Alexia blushes a little bit.
"C'mon, you two! Don't say that out loud! It's quite embarrassing!" Alexia replied as the girls are chatting happily on their way back. A black limo horned and parked next to them. As the window rolls down, a man with a light long brunette hair tied in a ponytail and wears a black suit was looking at the girls, especially towards Alexia.
"Alexia, need a ride home?" the man asked.
"Alexia-chan! We were about to go to your home. C'mon, hop on! Maybe we can send your friends home along the way as well!" the woman with her waist length light brunette hair and her left and right side of her hair is tied with a ribbon said to her in a cheerful tone as she wears an above-knee white cocktail dress with silver decoration on it.
"Akira-san! Akane-sama! Sure, why not? What do you guys think?" Alexia said as she looks at her friends, who seem surprised with the appearance of Akane.
"No way! Akane Inayo, THE famous singer and the former Kamen Rider Raito, here, in the flash?" both of them said in surprise, which Alexia just sweatdrop and the three of them enters the limo and make way to their destination.
(Alexia's Point of View)
(Insert song: Tobotobo Aruki from Kamen Rider Decade OST)
As Michelle and Mika-chan were chatting happily with Akane-sama, even up to the point of taking pictures together with her and having her autograph, Akira-san and I can only just sweatdropped from what we're seeing. Well, I can understand that she's famous, hence she got a lot of fan from outside. Meanwhile, Akira-san and I just have a friendly chat. You might wondering why I didn't call him Akira-sama and instead calls him Akira-san? Well, actually… Akane-sama wanted me to call with that honorific and Akira-san has no problem calling him with that honorific.
"So, how did the exams go? I hope it wasn't too difficult. Even with Akane-nee-sama's teachings, it should be a lot easier…" Akira-san mentioned to me as I still rubbed my head. You heard me right, Akane-sama always come by to my family's house, just to hang around with dad, or more specifically… clinging on him whenever she has free time and hence, she was also my tutor since the twins are quite an excel students, according to dad.
"Akira-san, I don't want to hear another word about exam. Not to be rude or anything, but I wanted to enjoy this summer, but I still have no clue what should I do about it…" I said with a sigh, which makes Akira-san laughs nervously with a sweatdrop.
"My, my… like father, like daughter… well, today is that day again, a reunion with the other Elemental Riders. And this time, it will be at your family's house." Akira-san said to me, which makes me remember about it.
"Oh yeah! It's that time of year again, huh? Last time we had that kind of reunion, it was at your mansion, ne?" I said to him, which he replied with a nod.
"I just can't wait to see Storm-nii-sama again after that a month tour to Europe!" Akane-sama said with a happy tone, which makes Akira-san sweatdropped.
"But, Akane-nee-sama, you always visit him during your free time, remember?"
"Akira-nii-sama~! Parting with him for a month seems like an eternity to me! You just don't understand a girl's feeling at all!" Akane-sama told him, which makes him back off for a bit. To tell you the truth, I still have no idea why she would still stick with my dad, despite that he's already married to my mum, Aquariu Myers or Aqua Ryder.
"I just hope that Akane-sama find a suitable candidate for her to marry with…" I said it with a sweatdropped as the driver dropped my friends to their place as they waved happily towards her.
"Well now, let's get going to Storm-nii-sama's place!" Akane-sama shouted with full of confident.
(End of Insert Song)
(Night time, at Ryder's residence)
(Insert song: Hikkoshi from Kamen Rider Decade)
"Kampai!" all of the Elemental Riders shouted together as their glasses are hit and drinks together as the feast was begun. My 10-year-old little brother, Tetsua, which he has dad's hairstyle of spiked to the back but having mum's looks and brown eye colour on him, in his white shirt with a picture of Kamen Rider CLAW with its mechanical animals on it and with a wristband which it has a picture of the CLAW device with short blue pants and I, in my casual clothes which consists of purple blouse and blue hooded jacket with dark blue knee length skirt, my glasses, Alice band and my necklace are my priority things that I must wear all the time, also joins in the reunion as well as both of us are having an OJ instead of something that makes us drunks due to our age.
"Ah, it sure feels good to have this kind of celebration every year! It kinda reminds us of our good ol' days that we had!" Kazuma-sensei in his 40s, having short silver hair that was combed to the back and also having a moustache with a few white hairs on it, in his black T-Shirt and blue jeans which it has a torn at the knees and also wears a black socks, said in a happy tone as well as his usual big laugh to live up the mood and it usually works…
"That's right, dear. And I'm sorry if our son isn't gonna make it for the reunion since that he's on an early summer camp outside of this city…" Melissa-san, who has blonde front drilled hair, and her long tied-up hair rested on her left shoulder, wearing red long sleeved blouse and black knee length skirt and long silky socks and wears a heart shaped necklace around her neck, said politely to the rest of the family, which makes my dad understand her situation.
"Don't worry about it too much, Melissa-chan. It's something which it inevitable after all… kids these days are more active as time passes by…" my dad, Storm Ryder, with his casual blue shirt and brown pants and wears an apron and a red bandanna that covers his head, told her with his cheerful manner. You might think why dad wore an apron and a bandanna. The reason is that he's the one who's been taking care of the house and us while my mum is working outstation frequently and thanks to that, dad has this motherly side of him but he also helps out Akira-san's works of the new things and also got paid as well, where he usually bought some of the Kamen Rider toys and figurines, which he never gets tired of it, but my dad keep some of the money, just in case of emergency for other important things. That's right, all of the meals that he prepared on the table, even this feast, are cooked by him.
"Ne, ne, Storm-nii-sama, after this feast, wanna go somewhere together?" Akane-sama said to him as she does her usual cling on his arm, which my mum, who has shorter black hair, wears the ribbon of my late aunt, Annet-san and tied the same way which she wears it, in her business attire of white formal shirt with blue coat with white, horizontal, thin lines on it and with a dark blue miniskirt, pulls Akane-sama's cheeks away from my dad.
"Even though he's already belong to someone, you still have the guts to keep clinging onto him…" my mum said to her as she continues to pull her cheeks, as Akira-san tried to stop the fighting as my aunt, Ilya-san, who has long below waist black hair with a few streaks of white hair at the front of her hair, wears velvet dress and white silky socks, glares at my dad with a little warning.
"Mi-chan, I think you should handle this matter between your wife and your little "sister" before things can gone from bad to worse…" Ilya-san said as she takes a sip from her drink, which leaves my dad laughs nervously with a sweatdrop.
"Ne, ne, nee-chan, mummy and aunty Akane is at it again…" Tetsua pointed out the obvious and the only thing I can do is just sweatdrop on while this scene is happening right in front of me, where my dad now is right in the middle of the tug-of-war between my mum and Akane-sama as Akira-san tried to break up the fight again… even though this keep happens all the time, but at least it cheers up the mood and strengthen up the bonds with the others.
(End of Insert Song)
Once that we all have our feast together, I decided to take a little walk outside to make the digestive system inside of me working more effectively. I can hear the laughs from the inside of the house, which they told some of the good memories they have in the past. I better let them have their fun and as I walked out of the gate, I can see a man lying down on the ground. I wonder if he's out cold or some another mad man on the loose. I might as well try to wake him up from becoming another trouble.
"Hey, mister, are you ok?" as I tried to wake him up as all of the sudden, a cat kaijin appears out of nowhere and it seems like it had its eyes on this man before it shifts its attention to me. What's so weird about this Kaijin is that this one wears a black school uniform that the boys usually wear… I wonder if this Kaijin is still learning to become a better one or it's just plain weird to see one… one thing I do know is that this Kaijin isn't from any Rider world that I can remember…
"It seems like there's a witness here. Oh well, I might as well try to eliminate you from seeing on what I'm about to do next…" the kaijins said as its claws appears out from its paw and pounced towards my direction, only to have the same man to take the blow for me as he dropped some sort of gear that he kept holding for quite a while now.
(Insert song: Accelerated Chaos from Namco X Capcom OST)
"H-hey, mister! Are you ok?"
"Don't… let that thing… get that… driver…" the man said in a painful tone after taking that blow for me as I shift my attention to the mentioned driver and right next to it, there's a glass-like GaiaMemory with a letter "M" on it.
"Now, I suggest that you be a good girl and hand me that Lever Driver that you have there…" the Kaijin threatened me as I began to step back while hugging the driver close to me. And sure enough, as soon as it rushes towards me, the kaijin received a kick from a familiar rider as he looked at me with full of concern.
"Alexia-chan, are you ok? Are you hurt anywhere?" Kaze, in his Rider form with a damaged E-Scanner that he equipped on his waist, asked me.
"Don't worry, dad, I'm ok. That thing just attacked that man for the sake of this driver." I explained to him as dad began to step forward and the battle between the two has begun. The rest of the Elemental Riders are seeing this as they took the man inside the gate, since that most of them are forgot to bring along their drivers in case of emergency and I have no idea where mum was at. As I kept looking at dad's battle, it seems like the Cat Kaijin has the advantage since that it has been a long time since dad haven't fought any Infected or Lost Elements for quite a while.
As I took a careful look at the Lever Driver, it seems to have a handle at the middle and a cartridge to slot in some sort of cards. And on top of the lever, there it seems to have a slot for a GaiaMemory… when I linked the driver with the glass GaiaMemory, there's only one thing that I can think off as I placed the driver on my waist and a belt is there to keep it in place as I pressed on the button on the GaiaMemory.
= MIRAGE! =
"Mirage?" Akira-san said in confusion.
"Wait, are you thinking on what you're going to do? You can't be serious, can't you, Alexia-chan?" my mum said in a confusion tone.
"Well, someone's gotta help dad while he's on a disadvantage!" I said as I slots in the GaiaMemory on the handle and I think I should turn the lever to the right side.
"Henshin!" I shouted after pulling the lever to the right but nothing happened. I wonder why I didn't change?
"Eh? Why didn't she change?" Melissa-san said with a concern tone as I kept looking on the belt as I accidentally pressed the GaiaMemory in to let the driver announced it.
= AXESS… MIRAGE! =
"Nee-chan, look up!" Tetsua told me as I look up, I can see a mirror appears above me and all of the sudden, it fell fast towards me, which I covered myself from the incoming impact, but nothing happened to me. Instead, after I went through the mirror that was falling on me, I can see my armor which consists of black bodysuit with white breast armor along with short white skirt and on my bodysuit and armor has black and white lines that resembles cracks as if the armor was about to break. And my helmet design is like one of those Gokaiger's white helmet which it has a long vizor and a silver mouth guard and there's also a black 'M' shaped accessory on my forehead helmet. As I keep inspecting myself, there is also a black slot at my right side of the belt that is used for a finisher… it kinda reminds me of W's Maximum Slot.
"Whoa… what is this power? I can feel the power is running inside of me…" I said in surprise as even Tetsua-chan seems impressed as well, while the rest of the former Elemental Riders are shocked to see me. And as I was still awed by my new form, a whack at the back of my head was felt and it was mum in her Rider Form, Mizu, with her Magnum in her hand.
"Instead of just gawked by your form, I suggest we better help out your father…" she said as she began to advance and shoots the Kaijin casually.
(Insert song: The Long Chorus Part of Double Action Gun Form from Kamen Rider Den-O OST)
As the battle continues on mum manages to push back the Kaijin as dad and I are started our attack on it as well. The kaijin tried to defend from three different attacks but each time it manages to block one attack, the other two connects as mum shoots its head, making it dizzy as the three of us took this chance to finish it off.
Mum swipes her cartridge on top of her Magnum and slots it onto her magazine holder as dad does the usual scan on his cartridge belt. Meanwhile, I figured that since that this is a GaiaMemory of some sort, I took it out from the lever slot without turning it upwards before slots it inside the black slot for a finisher.
= SCANNED, NATURAL DISASTER! =
= MIRAGE, MAXIMUM IMPACT! =
Maximum Impact? I thought it might said Maximum Drive… oh well, better not pay attention to that for now as dad's kicking foot now surrounded by a highly compressed mini tornado as mum's Magnum began charging up for a charged shot. As for me? Well, since I don't float like how W does it, I just prepared my stance for a kick as the Kaijin slowly stands up while it still wobbles from the earlier shot.
"El Viento!"
"Mirage Kick!"
As dad performs the roundhouse kick like how Kabuto does it, I tend to do the Karate Kick right on its chest and thanks to the Maximum Impact, it makes the kaijin walks back further than normal as my mum does the finishing blow by pulling the trigger and lets out a water based charged shot at it, which makes the monster explodes and end the battle.
(End of Insert Song)
"Yosha! We did it!" I said it with full of happiness as I was able to defeat the first Kaijin that I've ever encountered, with the little help of my parents, of course as all three of us reverts back to normal.
"What kind of Infected was that, just now?" she asked as my dad just shrugged his shoulder as he also don't have any clue on the kaijin.
"Dunno… never seen that one before. How am I supposed to know that kaijin is still under study?" my dad joked about as he looked at mum. "And wow, Aqua-chan, despite many years, you aim is still as sharp as ever. I'm lucky to have a wife like you," dad mentioned as he does his usual childish smile, and mum's face was suddenly turns red as she turns away.
"Y-you idiot! Don't say something embarrassing like it was nothing…" she said as she makes her way back inside the house in a quick pace, followed by the rest of the Elemental Riders as I just giggles on mum's reaction just now.
"Wow, dad… this is some driver…" I said while taking a look at it.
"Yeah, c'mon… let's get inside. We can ask the man about it later on, ok?" he said to me as I only just nodded in agreement. No matter how strict mum can be, dad always manage to make her blush and goes all deredere… I wonder if mum was a tsundere during her time as a rider?
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