Disclaimer: I do not own Kamen Rider. There are characters from the Rider series within this fic, but I DO NOT own them. This is purely fan-made.
Authors note: For those of you who read my recently-completed-and-sequeled fic Shinobi Rider Hopper, you'll notice I've changed Saisho's concept. Why? Because the original concept made no sense whatsoever (considering this is tokusatsu, that's saying something) Anyway, enjoy.
Kamen Rider Saisho
Chapter 1- The Journey Begins
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The World of the Rider War. A world thought to have been destroyed by the heroic actions of Tsukasa Kadoya, Kamen Rider Decade. The numerous worlds did part and are no longer merging…however when they separated, "ghost worlds", or spirit-like replicas of each world, merged together safely and created a new world…The Rider World. In this world, Kamen Riders are public heroes. They appear anywhere and everywhere in the Rider World. Duplicates of Riders from every world find themselves famous and powerful. Police Forces and Military have found themselves becoming, or being replaced by, the Riotroopers of Faiz's world and the ZECTroopers of Kabuto's world. While the heroes were abundant in this world, a new threat, M-Shocker, formed from the remains of Dai-Shocker and Museum, find themselves in a new world, years before the first Kamen Rider, Kamen Rider Ichigo, would surface. They take this advantage and take over this world. Now they have begun to emulate Apollo Geist and Dai-Shocker's mission to unite the worlds in order to destroy the riders. And with a new evil…a new Rider must be born…This is the tale of Kamen Rider Saisho.
We begin our story in The Rider World…in the year 2020.
Hirako Tachiagari was a simple man. He had a decent job, was in top physical condition, and spent his weekends with his friends. He looked normal, with dark skin and black hair. The only unusual thing was his golden eyes. He never thought he would amount to much. He admired the riders that kept the world at peace, and had dreamt of becoming one since he was a child. Into his adult life, he thought that dream would never come true. But soon events would be set in motion that would make him one of the most powerful riders in history.
"God that was horrible!" Hirako yelled at his co-worker and friend, Kenji.
"Dude what are you talking about? We didn't do anything today." Kenji said
"Precisely." Hirako said. "My life is a bore. I don't do anything remotely important. Not like the Riders do."
"Oh here we go again!" Kenji sighed as he held his palm to his face.
"What? Is it wrong to emulate heroes?" Hirako asked, somewhat annoyed.
"No, but you're a little over emulation my friend. Somewhere between emulation and obsession" Kenji replied.
"Ah, shut up, Kenji." Hirako said.
Later that night at Hirako's apartment
Hirako sat and watched the news about new attacks that kept surfacing all over the city.
'Interesting.' He thought to himself. 'The Riders have destroyed most threats…'
"Indeed they have, Hirako." Said a mysterious voice inside Hirako's head "And soon you will destroy the rest…"
"Who's there?" Hirako yelled. He got no response and dismissed the incident.
The next day
Hirako sat at his desk, in his suit and tie, doing his work as usual. He hummed to himself to pass the time, as he did every day.
"Hirako!" Yelled a female voice coming from down the aisle
"Oh. Hey Yuri." Said Hirako as he turned his head. The voice was coming from his co-worker, roommate, and long-time friend, Yuri Kisaki. "What's up?"
"You forgot to feed Prince!" Yuri whined. Prince was Yuri, and to a lesser extent, Hirako's, pet cat. "He was sad this morning because he didn't have his wet food."
"Sorry, Yuri, I forgot. I went to sleep early last night." Hirako said.
"Well don't do it again. You know what will happen…" Yuri growled as she cracked her knuckles. Hirako's eyes widened as he nodded his head. Yuri then left and Hirako went back to his work.
End of the work day.
Hirako walked out of his office and began walking to his car when he heard screams and gunfire. He turned and saw people screaming and running around the corner. He saw Riotroopers and ZECTroopers heading in the direction the civilians were running away from. Hirako ran up to one of the Riotroopers.
"What's going on?" Hirako asked the trooper.
"Unknown creatures are invading the city! They aren't like any we've seen before!" The Riotrooper answered before running off.
Hirako considered running away before he decided to follow, and help the Riders in any way he could. He ran around the corner and saw creatures that seemed to be embodying emotions. He stumbled back in horror for a moment before he heard the screams of Kenji and Yuri. He turned around and saw these creatures ambushing his two friends. He ran at them and tried to push them off of his friends, but he was flung into a wall on the other side of the street. He groaned in pain as he slid down the wall.
'God damn it!' He cursed in his head. 'I finally get my chance to help and I'm completely useless…and the Riotroopers and ZECTroopers are having as much trouble as I am. DAMN IT ALL! If only I was a rider…if only I had more power! The power to protect those I care about! The power to protect EVERYONE!'
"Looks like you're ready, kid." Echoed a voice in his head. Suddenly, Hirako found himself standing in the middle of pure darkness. Out of the darkness walked none other than Tsukasa Kadoya, Kamen Rider Decade, in his signature black trench coat with his camera hanging from his neck.
"Y-you're Tsukasa Kadoya! Kamen Rider Decade! The savior of the universe!" Hirako stuttered
"Ha! Looks like this new world is educated about the Riders that created it." Tsukasa chuckled.
"But you left to travel the worlds after Dai-Shocker and Cho-Shocker were stopped! Why are you here?" Hirako asked.
"Because once a Rider has finished his journey, a new rider must follow in his footsteps. But my successor couldn't be a simple protector of one world." Tsukasa said. He reached into his trenchcoat and pulled out a belt that seemed similar to the Decadriver, except it had one emblem just above the circular window in the center of the belt. Also, the window was no longer a red color, but now was a goldish-yellow. Once Hirako had taken hold of the belt, Tsukasa also pulled out the book that held his cards.
"Why are you giving me these?" Hirako asked. He pulled out some of the cards in the card book and realized they were not Decade's cards.
"Because I can't be a Rider anymore… I have other duties to attend to." Tsukasa waved his hand and showed the Rider-less world that Natsumi had resided in. Hirako saw that Natsumi was holding a child. "I have spent the past year looking for a successor. I knew that this new threat was coming…I was hoping that I would be able to find one and train him before the time came for him to fight. But now you're going to have to learn by doing like I did." Tsukasa said with a smile.
"What is this new threat?" Hirako asked.
Tsukasa's smile faded as he turned back to Hirako and the image of Natsumi and the child faded. "They call themselves M-Shocker."
"M-Shocker?" Hirako asked.
"Yes. They were formed from the remnants of Cho-Shocker and Museum, who had fled their world after Double had defeated them. These two organizations found themselves in a world of the past, years before Shocker would even form, and thus, years before the first Kamen Rider would appear. They used this advantage to take over their new world. After finally succeeding, they set a new plan in to motion. They were going to try to merge the worlds once again. However, they knew that I would stop them if they tried immediately, so they waited. Now that I have a family to think about, I can't be there to fight them. So it is up to you, Hirako Tachiagari, to do so for me."
Hirako let this all sink in before a look of determination appeared on his face. Tsukasa helped him up before pulling him to his side.
"One picture before you go, Hirako." Said Tsukasa. Hirako posed next to Tsukasa with a smile on his face. Tsukasa took off his camera and held it away from them. "Say cheese." Tsukasa snapped a picture and then pushed Hirako through a dimensional gate. Tsukasa then walked through his own gate and returned home.
Hirako now found himself back in his own world, staring at his friends still being attacked. The look of determination returned as he strapped on the belt and drew a card from the book.
"HEY UGLIES!" Hirako yelled. The monsters turned and growled at him. "Leave my friends alone." He held the card out in front of him with the picture of the rider facing forward.
"HENSHIN!"
Hirako then flipped the card so the emblem was facing forward and slid it into the belt. A red holographic circle appeared with two words written along a line that ran across its middle. A deep voice then rang out from the belt, announcing the two words.
KAMEN RIDE
The red holographic circle remained as Hirako pushed the two levers on either side of the buckle inward, activating the card. The emblem of a new rider appeared. This emblem was like Decade's, except there were only three barcode-like vertical lines on the helmet, all evenly spaced, and instead of two eye pieces, there was a horizontal line going across the others. The voice then rang out once more, announcing this new rider to all around.
SAISHO!
10 grey holograms of armor then circled Hirako, each with its own emblem. They all then crashed on his body and 4 yellow card-like holograms, one larger than the rest, appeared next to his head. The three average sized card holograms spun and slid into the helmet, evenly spaced from each other. The fourth and final card turned until it was horizontal, and then spun into Saisho's helmet, crossing with the other three to form a visor. When the final card had entered the helmet, color ran down the armor in a pattern that looked digital. When the armor was complete the visor flashed, signifying the transformation's completion.
This armor was similar to Decades, with the center portion of the body armor being black, color on the outside of the black, and white on the insides of the legs. Also like decade, two silver and black Tesla-band gauntlets adorned his forearms, with the bands extruding from just below the elbow. These bands also adorned his ankles, but did not extrude out, and were much smaller. However, where Decade's armor was its trademark magenta color, Saisho was a brilliant yellow. Instead of a Roman numeral "X" on the chest, Saisho had a Roman numeral "I". The "I" was formed with a large black line, outlined in silver, which ran horizontally across the top of the chest, which crossed with a single vertical black line, also outlined in silver, on either shoulder plate. The shoulder plates were yellow in color, and were rounded out, other than the lines used to make the "I". The helmet's visor was formed by lines like the lines that created the "I" on the chest. Formed by the holographic cards during the transformation, there were three large evenly spaced vertical lines, each about two inches wide, with the one horizontal line crossing them in the middle. The horizontal line formed the main part of the visor, which ran from ear to ear across the helmet. This was Kamen Rider Saisho.
Hirako now charged at the creatures that were attacking his friends, punching them out of the way. He then proceeded to chase them away from his friends before grabbing his SaishoBooker and pulling out the handle all the way. A blade then sprang out, transforming the Booker into its sword mode. He proceeded to slash these creatures repeatedly before they started to attack back. Hirako took some damage before pulling out an Attack Ride Card.
ATTACK RIDE: SLASH!
Hirako used the enhanced slashing power to chop down one of the enemies that had been attacking him, which exploded. He then folded the blade and closed the handle half-way. A gun barrel then popped out, transforming the booker into a gun. He then took out another Attack Ride card, opened the belt, inserted the card, and closed the belt.
ATTACK RIDE: BLAST!
Hirako then fired rapid-fire blasts at the remaining two monsters, leaving them stunned. Hirako then closed the handle, and the booker returned to its book mode. Before putting it back on his belt, he drew one more card, A Final Attack Ride card. He opened the belt threw the card in, and closed the belt.
FINAL ATTACK RIDE: S-S-S-SAISHO!
Hirako jumped into the air and 10 cards lined up between him and his enemies. He then performed a flying side-kick through the cards and kicked the two monsters, which exploded. With the threat gone, Hirako opened the buckle and took out the Saisho card, ending the transformation. He then ran at his two friends, who were staring at him in awe.
"Don't just sit there, move! Back to the apartment!" Hirako yelled
The trio then entered the apartment. Hirako sat Kenji and Yuri down and explained everything to them.
"Wow…" Kenji said.
"So how are we going to get to the other worlds?" Asked Yuri.
"I can help with that." Said a voice from the other side of the room.
The trio turned and saw none other than…Prince?
"What? Never seen a talking cat before?" Prince said. The trio shook their heads. "Well in any case, traveling the worlds will be my duty. You see it's no coincidence you found me in the street all those years ago. I was sent by Tsukasa years ago to watch over you. I am no ordinary cat. I am similar to Kivat Bats, but I am a Cat. Coincidentally, I am the prince of my race, so you may continue calling me Prince. But in any case, let's get this show on the road!" Prince then jumped up and slashed at the drapes on the window. The drapes then reformed in a different pattern, that of a full moon. Knowledge then flooded into Hirako's head.
"Eclipse no Sekai, Ka?" He said with a smirk.
Chapter 1: End
And so it begins! The third in my three series destined for a movie is off! Now, this fic will rely on fan-made riders, so if you want to donate a rider, please send me a message with information that follows this format.
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