Author's Note 1: I freaking love Kamen Rider Gaim! I personally think its a great example of how great writing and characters can more than make up for the ridiculous premise of having fruit-themed armored warriors that somehow involves dancing and time travel. I've wanted to take a crack at a Tokusatsu fanfic for a while and Gaim seems to be one of the best series to do this with.
So without further or do, let's enter into a new stage!
It was happening again, as it had happened a hundred times before. The blonde woman looked on in sadness as the wind blew her white clothing. She stood on a grassy hill as three armies faced other in the clearing, their armored generals leading the charge.
The kind-hearted orange samurai who led by horseback.
The arrogant yellow knight that charged in on his motorized steed.
And the two brothers that sought to destroy them both.
As they had done in every cycle, the armies clashed again, intent on fighting until the last man standing. But this time, something extraordinary happened. From above came a golden ball of energy that impacted in the middle of the clashing armies, knocking them back. When the light faded, the four generals saw an armored woman in red & silver who stood in the middle.
The knight drew her weapon and stabbed one of the brothers through the torso. The older brother attacked in retaliation but the knight blocked his sword and the orange samurai used the chance to continue his battle with the yellow knight, ending in him piercing the knight's stomach, the red & silver knight disarming the older brother and knocking him out. As the last two armored warriors stood amongst the carnage of the battlefield, the blonde woman looked with interest as they didn't engage in battle, but laid down their weapons as the two remaining warriors embraced.
Finally, after so many cycles, a change has occurred.
Navek Presents
A Kamen Rider Gaim Fanfiction
A Valkyrie Rises!
Chapter 1: Henshin!
The day went as it usually went in the planned city of Zawame as the people were going about their day. However, one high school boy was pushed against an alley wall by some larger bullies.
"Come on, hand the money over!" One of the bullies said as he cracked his knuckles. However...
"Hey, jackass!" The four turned their attention and saw a woman in her early twenties with short brown hair, blue eyes, and an athletic figure. She outfit consisted of a red t-shirt with the Sengoku Basara version of Sanada Yukimura on it, long back jeans and sneakers while she carried a long blue sports bag draped over her shoulder. "You too scarred to fight someone your own size?"
One of the bullies smirked as he started walking towards the woman. "Why don't you just get on out of here chicky?"
Hearing this made the woman smirk as she cracked her neck. "Make me."
The bully swung his fist but the brunette evaded and socked him in the gut before delivering a kick to the face. The second bully looked on in confusion and grabbed a nearby pipe. The woman saw this and placed her bag on the floor.
"You want to use weapons?" She said as she unzipped the bag and pulled out a wooden kendo sword. "I'm game."
"Don't fuck with me!" The bully said as he swung his pipe but the woman parried over and over before knocking the pipe back and elbowing the bully in the chest. Walking past the downed men, she saw the last bully was looking in fear as she held out her bokken.
"So, what's your next move?" She asked. The bully dropped the smaller boy and ran away screaming. "Good choice." She said as she walked back to her bag and re-zipped her bokken in it. The teenage boy looked in amazement and bowed his head in gratitude.
"Thank you, Nee-San!" The woman smirked and messed up his hair a bit.
"No problem. Now you should probably head home." She said, the teen nodding and running back home.
"Aw, I missed it." The woman turned and saw another woman her age with black hair in a ponytail, purple-framed glasses, and black eyes. Her outfit consisted of a red dance jacket with a purple blouse under it, black spats, purple sneakers and red wristbands on her wrists. She looked over the knocked out bullies and whistled. "How long did they last?"
"Combined, I think about...twenty seconds." The brunette said nonchalantly.
"Going overboard again, eh Tatsuki?"
"Shut up, Sora." The kendoist said as she draped her sports bag over he shoulder again as the two women started walking away. As they walked, Sora pulled out her phone and showed her friend the latest video of Zawame city's most recent phenomenon; Armored Rider Gaim.
"You know, I might just get into the Inves game if that's the new feature." Tatsuki stated as the two watched a video of Gaim using his Pine Arms to destroy two low-grade Inves.
"I know Haru thinks so." Sora said, referring to her big brother who was big fan of the technicals of the game. "Team Gaim must've bribed a lock dealer to get this."
"You're just mad they beat you in the ratings." The brunette said, making her friend pout. The two decided to take a shortcut through the industrial district. But as they walked through the empty district, their attention was caught by an odd sight. A portal leading to a strange looking forest was open.
"What the hell?" Tatsuki asked as the two took a close look at the weird plant life growing just outside the portal. Sora took out her phone and snapped a picture of the plants and the crack. However, the women saw something heading towards the portal and backed up. Out of the portal was a man in early forties in a brown shirt and pants with a lab coat over them. In his left hand was a black rectangular case. The man started panting before he looked up and saw the two women looking at him and he only said one thing.
"RUN!" He yelled as he started run past them.
"Run from what?" Sora asked. As if an answer to that, another being came out of the portal. This one being an inhuman monster with blue lines over it and orange antlers. "A Shika Inves?!"
"Okay, I think that's what he was running from." Tatsuki said as she and Sora ran after the older man as the horned creature roared and chased after them. However, the creature unleashed energy from his mouth and fired it. While the blast didn't hit them, the force of the blast managed to knock the three humans into air and they landed with a thud.
"Shit." Tatsuki said as the Shika Inves prowled towards them. Scowling, the brunette unzipped her bag and pulled out her bokken. She got into a kendo pose, staring down the horned creature before charging with a yell.
"Tatsuki!" Sora yelled as her best friend swung at the creature. She keep swinging at it, but the Inves almost looked like it was confused. It swung but the brunette evaded and swung back. She jumped back to evade another swing. As this exchange continued, the older man looked up and saw Tatsuki evading and striking at the Inves.
"Sora! Take the old man and get out of here!" Tatsuki yelled as she evaded another attack.
"What about you?" The bespectacled woman asked.
"Never mind me! Just get out of here!" The kendoist yelled. The Shika Inves seemed to have had enough and fired another blast that knocked Tatsuki into some nearby garbage cans. Groaning and working through the pain, the brunette used her bokken as she started to get back up. However, the man saw that the creature was closing in on her and decided to intervene. With a yell, the older man ran and stepped in between the two combatants as the Shika Inves brought its claw down, slashing his torso. Seeing this shocked the two women as Sora saw and nearby brick and tossed it, the concrete object hitting the creature in the head and angering it.
"Come on you ugly freak!" Sora yelled as she started running and the Inves decided to run after it. Tatsuki looked worryingly as her friend lead the Inves away and looked down, seeing the bleeding man breathing heavily as the red liquid leaked out of his chest.
"You...you jumped in...and fought the Inves without a second thought." He groaned as he continued to bleed out. With his last bit of strength, he opened his suitcase, revealing a Sengoku Driver and an apple lockseed with the word 'TABOO' on it instead of a number. He grabbed the two objects and handed them to the shocked kendoist.
"Please...use this power...to save..." The injured man whispered before he passed away. After being shocked by the the man's passing, Tatsuki looked at the belt and Lockseed in her hand. With righteous anger coursing through her veins, she got up and glared at the horned Inves. She charged and yelled as she kicked it, getting its attention.
"I'm your opponent, remember?" Remembering the videos she had seen of Gaim, the kendo enthusiast placed the belt on her waistline, a yellow belt manifesting.
"Tatsuki, what are you doing?!" Sora asked as she looked at her friend.
"I don't know what this is about, but I can't let this monster keep hurting people." The brunette woman held up the Taboo Lockseed and unlocked it. "Henshin!"
Ringo!
Triumphant horn music started to blare as as crack unzipped above her, letting a big mechanical apple into this dimension, making the Shika Inves and Sora look up in shock. Tatsuki placed the Lockseed in the drive...
Lock On!
...and used the tiny sword to open it.
Come on! Ringo Arms! Desire Forbidden Fruits!
The apple came down and unfolded. When the light faded, Tatsuki was covered in an Armored Rider form that consisted of red, black and silver with an apple motive. In her left hand was a red shield with a sword held in a holster. The kendo ace looked at herself in astonishment as her best friend looked in surprise.
"Woah! You transformed! Just like Gaim!"
"I know! It's awesome!" However, her celebration was interrupted as the Shika Inves charged and swung its claw. With heightened speed, Tatsuki blocked the attack with her shield before drawing the sword, slashing the creature as she drew her blade. She swung at the dragon again and again, creating sparks every time she hit the beast. After getting up, the dragon fired an energy blast from its mouth. Tatsuki blocked the attack with her shield before turning to her friend.
"What now?"
"Well, Gaim usually does a finisher by slashing the tiny sword."
"Okay." The armored woman did just that.
Come on! Ringo Squash!
Energy started to gather around her sword. With a furious battle cry, the armored woman charged in and sliced at the beast's abdomen, creating an apple construct. Standing back up, Tatsuki started sliding her sword back into its holster.
"Fall." And with that, she sheathed her blade as the construct exploded, taking the Inves with it.
"That was so cool Tatsu-chan!" Sora exclaimed as she hugged her armored friend. "That was like something out of an anime!"
"Yup. Took me three months to get that move down." Tatsuki stated confidently, before remembering the old man and closed the lockseed, making her armor disappear. The two women ran towards the man and Sora quickly searched for a pulse, only to be horrified as she found none.
"He's...he's dead." Sora cried. Tatsuki scowled and clenched her fists. The two looked at the suitcase and the kendoist saw a green lockseed. Sora then saw an ID on around the man's neck. She looked at it and saw that his name was 'Burai Katsuragi' and that he was an employee of Yggdrasil.
'What the hell is going on?' Tatsuki thought to herself as the events of the day started to truly dawn on her. 'What was the portal? Why did a real Inves come out of it? Who is Burai Katsuragi and why did he have the same tech that Gaim guy has?'
Unknown to the two women, a young man with scruffy black hair, a green plad jacket, long jeans, sneakers and a black fedora looked on with a bemused smile. He held up an intrigant silver lockseed with folded wings as he started thinking to himself.
'Looks like things are about to get wild.' He thought to himself before walking through a crack that zipped up behind him.
To Be Continued...
Author's Note 1: In case anyone was wondering, Tatsuki's rider form is the Armored Rider Idunn armor and the second lockseed in the case was the Watermelon Lockseed and not the Suika Lockseed.
Next Time: As the Tatsuki and Sora reel from yesterday's events, the two try to find out the mystery behind the belt and the real Inves. And the only one who seems to know anything is the latest sensation to hit Zawame City: Armored Rider Gaim! Come back next time as Team Gaim and Team Valkyrie come head-to-head in 'Clash of the Riders!'
Until next time, please remember to read & review!