Chapter 1: Visiting Subaruboshi

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Sakuta Ryusei yawned as he walked out of the gates of New Amanogawa High, having signed off the last of his forms, completing his transfer period at the school. It had been an eventful semester, he thought to himself wistfully, as he gazed around him. Green foliage surrounded the path back to Subaruboshi High School, their leaves swaying peacefully in the wind. Still, it would've been nice to have had someone see him off...

"Ryusei-kun."

Speak of the devil. Ryusei turned around at the sound of his name being called by a familiar voice. He smiled warmly at the younger girl and her friend that tagged along. However, something seemed off about the way that she called him.

Oh wait.

Tomoko-chan said 'Ryusei-kun', thought Ryusei, his mind going through multiple scenarios in his head at a frantic pace. She said 'Ryusei-kun' instead of 'Ryusei-san'.

He took in how beautiful she was, drank it all in, as he realized he would not be seeing her for a long time. Her shyness, her long flowing black hair, even her makeup that bordered on goth-like. All of it Nozama Tomoko, whereas their friend JK who was accompanying her was wearing his usual fifty shades of ridiculous underneath the blue school blazer.

"Thanks for everything," she said as she played with her hands, twiddling her thumbs.

Crossing his arms, Ryusei said, "Come visit me at Subaruboshi."

JK nodded immediately, his grin already there, while Ryusei watched as Tomoko lowered her head a little bit. Her mouth quirked before she tilted her head, avoiding his gaze.

"But you have a girlfriend, don't you?"

Ryusei's eyes widened, "Eh?"

This time Tomoko did meet his eyes as she looked at him, almost pleadingly.

I had a girlfriend at Subaruboshi? Ryusei thought, ignoring JK's finger camera. Wait, don't tell me...

"Oh... You mean Shirakawa-kun?" he asked her, referring to a friend back at his school.

Tomoko nodded, her heart beating in anticipation to his answer.

"I don't have a girlfriend," he said, relieved to clear up the air. His smile returned as he continued to stare into Tomoko's eyes. "We're not like that."

It was Tomoko's turn to be surprised as she let out a small gasp.

Two seconds had barely passed before Ryusei grew slightly uncomfortable. Should I ask her out now... No, wait, maybe I should wait. Yeah. Yeah, I should wait.
"See you later," he said as he attempted to compose himself. Turning away from the two second year students, he thought to himself, I'll see her again, right?

Behind him, JK was already pointing fingers, making a heart with his hands, as Tomoko revelled in glee of what she just heard. "I see... So she wasn't his girlfriend..."

A faint pink aura began to form around her, as JK stepped back from her. "I can see a pink aura..." he said as he watched Tomoko run after Ryusei.

"Ryusei-kun!" she called after him as he once again turned around. "Um... can you give me your number?"

"Eh?" Ryusei nodded dumbly as he passed his phone over to her. Tomoko quickly entered her number into his contacts and sent off a blank message to herself. A small chime went off as her phone received it.

Ryusei laughed quietly as Tomoko offered his phone back to him. Pulling her in closer, he hugged her tightly. Tomoko blushed furiously, but returned his hug, squeezing his back.

"Promise to visit?" he whispered into her ear.

"As soon as I can," she answered back.

Ryusei released her from his embrace and took back his phone from her, continuing down the road to Subaruboshi with a more livelier step in his walk.

Meanwhile, alone and forgotten by the two, JK snapped his phone shut, a smile working its way around his face.

"Information, get!" he said gleefully.

One Week Later

Tomoko walked hesitantly past the gates into the grounds of Subaruboshi High School. Her bright blue school uniform clashed violently against the pale beige uniforms of the Subaruboshi students. Many of the male students were beginning to take notice of her, slapping each other on the back loudly and yelling out to her. Unhappy with the attention she was getting, Tomoko clutched her black bag closely to her, her left hand gripping her cell phone tightly.

In the past week since the new semester had started at New Amanogawa, Ryusei and Tomoko had sent each other a flurry of text messages and late night calls. On Tomoko's side, her mother was happy that her daughter was finally acting like a "normal" teenage girl, staying up late to talk to a boy, there was no doubt that she was pleased. On Ryusei's side... well, Tomoko never asked about his family. Every time the topic came up, Ryusei would switch it to something else. Eventually, Tomoko learned quickly that he didn't want to talk about it.

However, a week away from each other's presence had taken its toll on each of them. Tomoko would go into the new clubroom, expecting to see Ryusei there waiting for her, while Ryusei kept on looking back at his side, only to remember that Tomoko wasn't by his side anymore. So, after a bit of deliberation and pushing from her female sempai, Tomoko had skipped a bit of school in order to surprise Ryusei with a visit. Except...

From: Tomoko

To: Ryusei

Is class over for you yet?

From: Ryusei

To: Tomoko

Yeah, but I'm borrowing the gym for a sparring session with Jirou.

Tomoko closed her cell phone with a sigh. She should've known better and made plans with Ryusei, instead of thinking that he had nothing else to do after school. With a slightly scared look on her face from all of the stares she was receiving, she entered the school building, hoping to somehow find her way to the gym.

"Oh!" Tomoko turned around to see a trio coming towards her. "Aren't you from Amanogawa?"

The only female in the trio stepped forward, her short hair pulled back a bit by two pink hair clips. Tomoko thought hard... she looked so familiar.

"I'm Shirakawa Mei," the other female introduced herself. "Were you looking for Ryusei-kun?"

"Ah!" Tomoko finally remembered. This was the girl that Gentarou said had a crush on Ryusei. Ryusei-kun said that they weren't dating though.

Tomoko nodded, attempting to cover up her realization of the girl's identity, "He said he'd be at the gym, sparring?"
"I think he said something about that," Mei said as she led the way to the gym. "He's been happier since he returned, did you know that?"

"Really?"

"Yeah. Something about a really good friend that likes natto," Mei said in a casual tone, gauging the other girl's reaction out of the corner of her eye. Not realizing she was being watched, Tomoko bit her thumb as she smiled at the news.

"We're here," Mei said as they rounded the corner. The gym doors were wide open, and inside were only two people, sparring.

"The other one is Iishi Jirou," Mei told Tomoko.

"Oh, his friend," Tomoko nodded her understanding. "He told me that he'd be attending Subaruboshi."

Mei nodded, as they watched Jirou and Ryusei duke it out. A series of chops and kicks amongst the two boys were exchanged as Ryusei managed to sneak in a hit on Jirou's chest. Jirou fell back two steps as Ryusei didn't hesitate to press his advantage, advancing onwards with a flurry of jabs. However, Jirou managed to catch a few and hold on to Ryusei's fist, locking in.

"Aren't you tired yet, Ryusei?" Jirou taunted him.

"Think I can still beat you, Jirou!" Ryusei shouted as he broke the lock. He quickly thrusted his hand forward, his palm open and with a "Wachaa!" he pushed the other fighter back, the strength of his attack forcing the other boy back and onto the ground.

He clapped his hands together, pretending to dust them off. Walking over to Jirou, he extended his arm and helped him up.

"Good fight," he congratulated Jirou.

"Ryusei-kun!"

Ryusei gave a start and looked over to the source of the voice. "Tomoko-chan?" he slapped his face lightly to make sure that it was really Tomoko that was coming towards him and not his hallucination.

"Ryusei-kun... are you alright?" Tomoko asked him once she had reached him. Curiously, Mei had stayed behind.

"Oi, Ryusei," Jirou clapped his friend's shoulder. "Who is this dark beauty?"

Ryusei brushed off his friend's hand, his facial expression slightly distorted with annoyance. "One of my close friends from Amanogawa."

Turning back to Tomoko, he looked around. "No one else came with you?"

"It was just me..." Tomoko replied, nervously biting her lip. "Is that alright?"

"Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah," Ryusei nodded quickly. "It's fine." Ryusei smiled at the girl, "It's good to see you again, Tomoko-chan."

Jirou punched Ryusei in the back, unhappy about being ignored. "I'm going to go now," he said. "Why don't you take your girlfriend out?"
"S-she's not my girlfriend!" Ryusei spluttered, while Tomoko blushed.

Jirou merely laughed it off as he walked over to Mei. "Is this what you want?" he asked her in a low conspiratorial tone.

Mei shrugged, "Can't do anything about it. I know when a battle is lost." And with that, Mei turned away from the sight of the reunion.

Back in the gym, Ryusei was attempting to apologize for Jirou's girlfriend remark. "That guy... he's kinda... well... rude... sometimes," he was saying.

"It's okay, Ryusei-kun," Tomoko consoled him. "I'm not offended."
"You aren't?" Ryusei asked in relief. "Oh, thank god."

Tomoko giggled, before turning about, observing the gym.

"So why are you here?" Ryusei asked her.

Tomoko stopped and faced Ryusei. "You told me to visit," she answered simply.

Ryusei grinned. "I guess so.

"But it's so quiet, and there's nothing to do here," he said. "Do you... maybe... want to go out for a snack or something...?"

Tomoko nodded, "As long as they serve natto, anything is fine."

"You can't just add natto to everything!" Ryusei argued as they walked out of the doors.

So I guess this is my first big comeback to the Kamen Rider section of Fanfiction. I hope you've all enjoyed it!

So... this will more or less take place in the five years before Movie Ultimatum and I'm just going to try and write my own headcanon into this. Hopefully it'll make sense and you know, it won't blow your minds and things.

So this starts out from the last scene that we have in the finale, of course, watch the DC because so much more Tomoko/Ryusei goodness -dskjgaskljg;afg-. i'mcool.

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Look forward to the next chapter!