Kamen Rider Sync

by Hurricane's Quill

Teisuke Tamori was just a DJ trying to make it big. But after he comes across a strange portable CD player on his way to a Zwei Wing concert, he and his friend Hibiki Tachibana will have to rely on their new powers and each other to defeat the alien Noise, with only the song in their hearts as their weapon. That, and badass battle armor. Kamen Rider Sync, on air!

1. Track 00

I'd wanted to make this story for a while: a Symphogear crossover with an all-original Kamen Rider. And finally, I feel comfortable with my position on it to post it here. It is also on SpaceBattles, because I wanted to get some help creating the character and suit for it, and after a few chapters, I'm fine with where it's gone.

So now, you can enjoy. Salud!

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Track 00: The End

With eight thousand cries,

the lil' cuckoo's blood red tongue,

Like a flame singing.

Miku Kohinata had heard the phrase before. It was said that the little bird would continue to singing, even as it continued to cough up blood. It had been accompanying her ever since she got on the bus, dressed in a rain-soaked school uniform and carrying a bouquet of flowers. Nobody really seemed to notice she was dripping all over the floor, they were just trying to get some sleep from the previous night's destruction on their way to their next destination.

The battle that had raged was one of the most devastating in Japan's history. Whole swathes of districts had been laid to waste and thousands of people had been killed. Victory had been attained, at the very least, but the costs were going to be massive. In Miku's mind, they had already become insurmountable.

The bus stopped at Miku's destination. Miku stepped off the bus and into the graveyard, which had also suffered damage in the melee but not nearly as much compared to the inner city. The rain had stopped, but the puddles on the stones and the rain dripping from the nearby eaves were a reminder of the storm that had just come through. She finally stopped in front of two gravestones, but one in particular, adorned with flowers and a picture of a young girl with short brown hair in the same uniform, a look of surprise on her face. The epitaph simply read a name.

Hibiki Tachibana.

And Miku promptly fell to her hands and knees, the bouquet flying out of her hands in a flurry of white petals.

"I wanted to see you…I hate that I can't...Hibiki…!'

Hibiki was just like that cuckoo bird. She sang her song and paid for it in blood.

The rain started again. And the rain drowned out Miku's sobs.

How could things have gotten to this?

That story shall be told.