Kamen Rider Zeta (Z): 777

Act Faiz 1: The end justifies the means

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Holycrapohmygodroflcopterzomfgbbqwtfisgoingonohmanohmanohman....

I look around. Why the hell is everything yellow? Oh wait, no, vision's going normal again...I look at myself. It seems that the cellphone gave me some sort of body armor. Mostly black, it seems; I like black. It's also got some white armor and some red highlights. I also have a rather stuffy helmet on... OH MY GOD WHY IS THAT GUY CHARGING AT ME OHMYGODOHMYGOD OH GOD THAT HURTS SO MUCH!

"Uuurgh..." I grunt. Or like, very meekly cried out. I don't know what I'm doing anymore. I look at my assailant, and see him sliding his feet on the pavement like a bull getting ready for another charge. While it looks comical and fitting since he's a bull Orphenoch, it's definitely not a good thing as he's obviously aiming at me. I slowly get up and get ready to dodge his rather obvious attack.

"OWw..." I got hit again. Damn my slow reflexes. And lack of athletic ability. And my lack of any sort of exercise. Damn it, I'm not going to win against this guy without changing to my proper form. So I took the belt off, and the armor slowly dematerializes, with the red highlights slowly blinking out last.

"What are you doing?!" the girl who gave me the belt and cellphone yelled at me. I'm in no position to give an explanation right now, so I just transformed. Which, in hindsight, does not seem to be a very good idea as I was getting my ass beat a few minutes ago as a stag beetle. But, just my luck, it seems that the girl is wearing a red jacket, which I somehow just realized now after trying to...and failing to, protect her from the bull guy.

"Give me your jacket!" I told her.

"Why?"

"Just do it!" I yelled quickly as I saw the bull readying another charge again. Then I realized he was aiming for the girl again. Wow, this guy really loves red. I guess it's a good thing I took the belt off; the red highlights made me a living target. Being an idiot gentleman, I got in his way to protect her again at the last moment. Damn it. That really hurts LIKE A BITCH. I couldn't get into position for my counterattack fast enough.

I saw enough from the North American TV channel called the Discovery Channel to know how Stag Beetles fight horned insects: basically, Judo Flip my opponent off whatever branch we were duelling on. And, oh look, it seems that this fight is conveniently placed on a bridge that I was taking an anti-depressant walk on. Lucky me. Yay.

Anyways, the girl realized my plan and gave me her jacket. We couldn't help but look worriedly at each other since this plan seems like something that would work in silly kid's cartoons, but it's not like we have any other options.

This is so embarrassing. People are looking at us, police are calling backup...the works. And the bull Orphenoch is just so damn focused on that goddamn red jacket.

I slowly position myself in front of the bridge's railings, and sure enough, the Orphenoch aims his charge at me again. So I hold the red jacket to my side. Oh, I might as well just go full stop on the idiocy since EVERYONE is watching. "Ole!" I yell.

The bull orphenoch rams through the railing and falls to the river below. It's about 30 meters in do deep water; even an Orphenoch will have trouble going through that unscathed. Then it hit me. I can't believe it worked. I chuckled with relief.

The girl pulls my arm and looks at me. She then just pulls me and told me to get on her bike. Ok, I can do that. She then immediately proceeds to just zoom away from the commotion. Yeah, it'd be a bad idea for Orphenochs to be seen in public for now, that short skirted chick said earlier.

As soon as we got out of public view, I transformed back.

"My name is Mari," I told my savior. Now that I look at him, I feel kind of underwhelmed. The chances were astronomically low that I would meet another Orphenoch that would want to protect humans, but here he was, in all his, or lack of, glory. Messy, unstyled hair that needs cutting BADLY, bags under his eyes that show lack of sleep, some very light acne close to his mouth, VERY thick glasses, and an average build. Well, not as skinny as a typical Japanese boy his age, but at least he's got some muscles. Well, he's no Kusaka, but I wouldn't dismiss him just because of his looks. And he's also got such an emotionless face, which was the first thing I noticed about him, by the way. I am not so desperate for a man to be with that I'd look them over in such a shallow way before I notice anything else. Really! Oh who am I kidding.

"Eiji. Nice to meet you, Mari," he says in an obviously fake upbeat voice. Wow, it's the first time I've met anyone so depressed. "So...uh, um..."

An awkward silence follows. Naturally, I've got to break it, since it doesn't seem like he'll talk. However, as soon as I started to talk, he says, "Would you please tell me WHAT JUST HAPPENED?"

So here's the story so far. Apparently, after the Orphenoch King disappeared, Smart Brain tried to get the rider belts again. The belt and cellphone that I used to transform earlier was the Faiz belt, one of the three belts that company, under the orders of Mari's foster father, created. I learned from Smart Lady, the short skirt chick, who has a rather ironic name, by the way, since she doesn't act all that smart...anyways, she told me that they recently found out that becoming an Orphenoch greatly decreases a person's life-after-death-span. So Smart Brain operated on all existing Orphenochs to prevent that decay, and the treatment has so far been successful. She also told me that using a rider belt decreases an Orphenoch's life...you know what, let's just call it lifespan... even faster as it depletes our Orphenoch DNA or something; I wasn't really listening since I was looking at her shapely legs. Your thoughts go everywhere when you're depressed, apparently. ANYWAYS, the treatment lets me transform with the belts without that happening, as long as I actually HAVE a belt. Right now, Smart Brain only has 6 mass produced-type Riotrooper belts, which are far lower in combat ability than the prototype belts. These prototype belts are supposed to be used to kill as many humans as possible to multiply the number of Orphenochs so our race could expand, she told me. They also have another belt that is being produced that she felt the need to tell me flirtatiously for some reason that I forgot. I think it was because of legs. Sexy, knee-sock covered legs...with zettai ryouiki...yeah...

There's a special force of Orphenochs that have naturally become one; as in, we didn't get killed and converted by another Orphenoch. This force's job was to find and get the prototype belts. I was a prospective member of that force, because I became an Orphenoch "naturally." I got killed by having my life force sucked by a vampire. Actually, half-Fangire, if I remember correctly. Does that count? Anyways, I say WAS, since well, I just narrowly defeated one of these special forces members. Not only that, I just helped one of the people who were keeping the belt secret to foil Smart Brain's plans of converting humanity to Orphenochs and were pretty much wanted dead by Smart Brain. Oh boy, I love how deep I'm digging my own grave.

It seems that Mari's best friend (and possibly someone she loved from how she described him as a pretty boy tsundere that usually saved her behind from attacking Orphenochs much like I did today, but with less fail and much more badassery, which was a point that this girl WOULD NOT DROP) was the person who was the owner of the Faiz belt and died from the aforementioned life-draining effect of the belt. Takumi Inui, as he was called, was a central figure in the Orphenoch vs humanity conflict, along with the other belt owners Yuji Kiba, Masato Kusaka and Shuji Mihara. Actually, Mihara wasn't all that important, and he kind of disappeared "like the coward he is" as Mari put it, but I digress.

Mari finished her explanation of her predicament. She looks at me with a cute girly pouty face and asks, "Would you fight for me as Faiz? I have no one else to turn to."

Of course, after that ass whupping I got earlier, I refused. "Sorry, but I got my own problems to deal with," I told her. She started to protest, but I interrupted her before she could say anything. "Of course, I know this a very important thing for you and humanity in general, but I don't want any trouble."

"Please?" she pleaded in a childish way of talking...a devastating tactic when done with a young girlish face. She slowly took her pants off, revealing rather skinny but smooth attractive legs and strawberry pink lacy panties which, try as I might, I could not look away from. I tried to say something but what came out was a mere "durr." This is the first time anyone did that for me outside of watching a porno. She slowly inched closer to me and I just sat frozen in place.

"So, would you fight for me?" Mari says as she slowly slides her fingers down the middle of my chest. She calmly looks at me in my eyes and I try to look away, feeling shy from her abrupt advance. Her face was lustful, and I can feel my heartbeat rising quickly and my face is turning bright red and I think I have a boner coming along and I think she sees it and is looking at it happily and is smiling and is licking her lips and I think I better turn it away quickly before shit gets real and I think my girlfriend would kill me if she found out oh wait she killed me oh man so does it matter oh look her hand is in my pants hey that feels gooooooooood....

"Mari I'm home!" a voice bellowed as I heard the front door open. Thank whatever loving God there was; I wasn't about to get humiliated by looking like a total virgin in front of a cute girl. Mari looked a bit disappointed, but then smiled at me coyly as if to say "we're not finished." Oh I bet we're not. I quickly zipped up my jeans.

"ACHOO!" the man who entered sneezed. There was a pause, then, "OH MY GOD IT'S AN ORPHENOCH GET IN THE CAR!"

"Relax, Keitaro, this one's nice," Mari told him.

Keitaro's head peeked slowly into the living room as he eyed me very cautiously. "So..." he said, "you're an Orphenoch, eh?"

"Damn it Keitaro, just get over here with your masker on so we can talk to our guest."

"All right, all right..."

After making us some tea, Keitaro, a rather bland looking person and apparent owner of the place where Mari lives, sat down in front of the couch Mari and I were on. Oh yeah, she moved sat beside me and leaned on me and girls feel niiiice...um, when he was making the tea. Well, from watching enough movies, I know her type. The type that does favors for you to get what she wants. Still feels nice though

"So, Sakamoto, you've heard our story," Keitaro said, interrupting my train of thought on Mari. "What's yours?"

Open your eyez for the next Zeta...

Wataru: "...Mio?"

Mari: "Who are you?"

Wataru: (tears up) "Mio! You're alive?!"

Tendo: ...So this is Real Faiz's world, huh.

Wataru: Um...the moment, you're kind of ruining it here.

Tendo: Yes yes that's very nice but I need some help in keeping my Ultimate zecter from exploding, you see.

Walking the path of Heaven, the man who will rule over everything. Not the main character. Eiji gives the Gattack belt a try.

Characters so far:

Eiji Sakamoto: Cynical and sarcastic main character. Very out of shape, and rather depressed after getting killed by his girlfriend (explained next chapter). He's rather perverted, but is an otaku and a virgin so when the situation calls for manly sexual prowess, he just clams up like an embarrassed little boy. Mari is making him work out and wear the Faiz belt to protect her with its numerous gadgets. He's obviously going to become Zeta, as he's the main character.

Mari Sonoda: Still the strong-willed girl she was after the Orphenoch conflict. However, after Takumi died and Smart Brain has seemingly calmed down, she became more focused on her job as a beautician. She's smartened up a bit from her idealistic self and realizes that sometimes, the end justifies the means. So to that end, she's more than willing to sell out her body to others to protect her so she can protect the rider belts.

Keitaro Kikuchi: A man whose dream was to make everyone in the world happy by cleaning everyone's laundry. Was, as in, that's no longer the case. He became cynical after Takumi's death and after finding his lover Yuka died. However, he's still the kind soul that would help anyone in trouble, just in a less stupid and reckless way than he would have before. Lately, his Orphenoch allergy has gotten worse, so Mari uses him as an Orphenoch radar.

So this is my first fic after a loooooooooong hiatus. Hopefully it doesn't suck. The romance will mostly be from MariWataruShizuka. This is a crossover with all the Heisei riders, but focuses mainly on Faiz and Kiva.