Hello everyone! This is my attempt at taking a shot at writing a Kamen Rider fic! If there is any confusion, this takes place 40 years after Double finished his saga (and is congruent with the Neo-Heisei World) however, there will be allusions to the Neo-Heisei Riders and their adventures! This is somewhat of a tribute to the Neo-Heisei era of Kamen Riders that have already passed, so I hope you enjoy the story and let me know what you guys think about it!
Disclaimer: Kamen Rider is the property of Toei Company and its subsidiaries. Burst, however, is an idea from me. Want to take credit for something!
Alright let's get to it! XD
In this world, those who don the title of 'Kamen Rider' are the heroes of many. The two-in-one detective: Double(W), the combo-changing chimera: OOO, the friendly astronaut: Fourze, the ring-bearing magician of hope: Wizard, and the fruit-weilding samurai: Gaim. Even after these five Kamen Riders protected our world, there are those who have taken up the mantle to stop evil. This is a story of such a Kamen Rider that takes place 40 years after the birth of Kamen Rider Double.
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(BGM: Sonic Generations OST- Crisis City ~Classic Version)
"We need...to get...out of here!" the young man thought, while panting as he ran with all of his might and strength.
"Get back here!" Behind him, were many guards with electric-powered batons, chasing him, "The selection of the Emperor is in commencing!"
"Not this time, you bastards!" he turned around to face them and his eyes flashed light-emerald green.
"ESP-0075 is attempting to escape!" The guard in front shouted to the others, before activating his baton, "Set your batons to stun or higher...if necessary!"
"Not a lot of good that will do you..." the young man put his hand in front and the aura from it was the same color as his eyes flashing. The guards began to get lifted into the air, before being thrown into a wall unconscious.
"Requesting...immediate...backup..." one the guards said into his radio before fainting.
"If you'll excuse me, I will be taking this..." the young man said to the guard before taking one of the batons and throwing it fully charged into a generator, thus shutting down the place and unlocking all of the doors. At that moment, an entire massive group of kids from 5 year olds to teenagers came flooding out.
"Dude! Over here!" the young man saw a group consisting of three guys and two girls within the crowd. When he made it over to them, he got flicked in the head by the one who called him over, "Are you insane!? You could've been killed!"
"Leave him alone!" the second boy told him, and noticed his expression, "Where's Ishida-sempai?"
"He...held off the other guards so I could make it here..." he stated before pulling out a note, that was partially tattered and had a bit of blood on it, for one of the girls, "I'm sorry..."
"I-It's okay..." she began to hold back her tears as she took the note.
"Alright, everybody listen!" the third guy jumped onto one of the poles so everyone could see him, "We have an opportunity to get out of The Facility and see our families again! Let's g-"
[BOOM]
Just then, swarms of guards and a demonic bat creature that was leading them, smashed through and began to creep onto the escapees. As they continued their advance, the prisoners began to fear the worst as the bat began to snarl and snicker at them.
"You all have been very naughty~" the bat creature said in a tune, "The doctor would like for you all to be good little boys and girls and wait for the coronation of your Emperor!"
"Like hell we will! Everyone...NOW!" the third boy said as all the kids' eyes flashed and the guards and the bat were pushed back.
"Take...no...prisoners...!" the bat sneered as the guards began to charge. He then stopped one of the elite guards and whispered into his ear, "ESP-0075 is to not be injured...and get his...empress ready..."
It was mass chaos as the guards fought the ESPer children. Though most of the kids were able to handle their own, the guards continued to overwhelm them. Knowing this, the young man began to get as many of the young kids as he possibly could and began to get them to the exit.
"Remember, when you make it out: hide. Don't come out until we give the signal," He told the kids as they were escaping. But before he had time to think, something he never expected happened...
COMMENCING TELEPORTATION OF FACILITY IN T-MINUS: 5 MINUTES! A ringing alarm stated as everyone was now beginning to panic.
"Takeda! Masaru!" he called out to his two friends, who just made it to him, "Take care of the kids!"
"Where are you headed, Hiro!?" Takeda asked.
"I have to find Misaki..."
"What are you, SICK IN THE HEAD!? DID YOU NOT HEAR THE ANNOUC-" Masaru began to yell, before Takeda put his hand over his mouth.
"Find her...fast!" Takeda warned.
Hiro nodded to his friends before letting a burst of his ESP through his body and rushed through to make it to where she was defending the third guy and the second girl from a bunch of guards and the bat creature. He then let the aura surround his hand and clocked the bat square in the jaw, reeling him back. He then activated more of it to take of more of the the guards. After he felt it was safe enough, he rushed over to his friends.
"Hiro-kun!" Misaki said relieved as the third guy got up as he was in a battered mess.
"Misaki, Inoue, Shin...we need to go!" Hiro said as he helped up Shin.
"Yes...it's what Ishida would want..." Inoue said as she gripped the note.
"YOU...ARE...NOT...GOING...ANYWHERE!" the bat got angry as he howled, "YOU'RE THE HARBINGER OF HUMANITY'S EVOLUTION!"
"There's no way in hell I'm doing that!" Hiro retorted back as the alarm went off again.
COMMENCING TELEPORTATION IN T-MINUS 1 MINUTE AND COUNTING!
"Hiro-kun...I-I'm sorry..." Misaki said under her breath before using her ESP to use a massive push on the three, "If this can prevent them from going through with their plan, I'll stay behind..."
"MISAKI! WAIT!" Hiro tried to use his own ESP to repel the push, but was completely drained from rushing in to help them. All he could see was Misaki tearfully smile at him and the bat creature about to strike. He reached out for her, until a blunt force made it go dark for him. The three were completely pushed from the range of the teleportation and the after-burner caused the ones who already escaped to be knocked back. The last thing Hiro saw were two people; one: an armored person, clad in red with blue eyes and two: someone who looked very blue and had what seemed to be butterfly wings, hovered over him.
(BGM Ends)
"Don't worry, you're safe now..." the blue person kneeled down at Hiro and helped him.
"W-Who are y-you?" Hiro said weakly as he was fading out.
"You...are...among...friends..." was the only thing Hiro could hear from the red armored man before he passed out.
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"Crap...that dream...again..." Hiro woke up from his sleep, drenched in sweat, "It's still feels like it happened yesterday...but it's been two years since-"
[KNOCK] [KNOCK] Outside of his room, someone was knocking on it like there was a dire emergency.
"Hey lazy, get up! Or do I have to get the dog?" a woman's voice was muffled behind the the door.
"N-NO! I'M UP! I'M UP!" Hiro yelled frantically as he jumped out of bed putting on his clothes.
This is Hiro Ichiyama, now 16 years old. A very calm and relaxed person with shaggy black hair with an odd streak of silver running through it and onyx-colored eyes. He put on his black school uniform, although he tends to dress like a delinquent. As he left his room, the was a pinup board of several different news articles that depicted various silhouettes of armored men and strange bug eyes. On the top of the board was one phrase: 'The Legendary Armored Masked Men'. He finally got all of his stuff together and made it down the stairs and as he did-
"Nii-san, catch!" a little boy shouted as he threw an apple at Hiro's face. Although Hiro winced, his ESP sensed the danger and stopped the apple a few inches from his face. The little boy then sat back down at the breakfast table, pouting, and snapping his fingers, "Oh man! I thought I was going to get you...this time!"
"Nice try..." Hiro smirked as he sat down next to him and ruffled his hair, "...maybe next time, Kura..."
"Kuraki..." across from both of them, was a older version of Hiro, but with more smoother hair and no silver streak of hair, looking at the young boy intensely, "...what have I said about playing with your food and trying to attack your brother!"
"S-Sorry...O-Otou-san..." Kura stammered as he hung his head low.
"Papa~" Hiro and Kura's father turned to see his wife who called him in a singsong voice, "Aren't you being a little too hard on him?"
"H-He m-must learn t-the rules!" the father began to stammer as he knew what might happen.
"But Papa~..." she then began to pout as she hugged him from behind and began to whisper in his ear, "Why don't you just let him off this once, ne?"
"W-Well...I..." their dad began to redden, and a bit of blood was leaving his nose.
"Wow, dad's a sucker, huh?" Kura snickered, as he asked Hiro.
"Yeah he is, be sure to thank mom later..." Hiro whispered into his little brother's ear, before footsteps of someone coming downstairs were heard.
"You're the worst...falling for a woman's charm so easily..." everyone turned to see a young woman who dressed up for the weather outside, "Mom! What did you and still see in him?"
"I will tell you when you're older, Mayu..." their mother playfully said, after getting off of their now overheated father.
"I'm twenty..." Mayu deadpanned, as the mom began to skip back into the living room, she then noticed Kuraki waving a fan in their father's face, "Come on Kura, we have to get you to school!"
"You got it, Nee-san!" Kuraki saluted as he grabbed his bag and the apple he threw before leaving out with his sister, "Nii-san! Otou-san! Okaa-san! See you guys later!"
After they left, the mom went over to Hiro who was packing the rest of his bag, "You, Takeda-kun, and Masaru-kun are still competing, right?"
"Yep!" he then got up and stuffed a piece of bread in his mouth before getting up and headed out, "Later mom!"
"Be safe! And good luck; we'll be cheering for you!" she waved to her son as he began to become less visible to the house.
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It was a very windy day in Rail City. As Hiro walked to his high school, he still marveled at the city's design. It was a very high-tech and expanded city that needed various train systems run through it, and the many rails that were designed into the buildings, hence the name of the city. With all of these rails, an inventor thought of a way for the youth to enjoy them by making soap-style shoes(yes, like the ones in Sonic Adventure 2), for insane amounts of grinding and trick parkour. So, you could probably take a good guess how he traveled to school everyday. As he was grinding on a rail, he spotted something out of the corner of his eye, that made him jump off the rail.
"She's...in my class..." he thought to himself as he saw that the girl was wearing the girls' uniform from his high school. He also noticed that she was getting ganged up on by three street punks.
"Come on, don't be shy..." the first one said as he inched closer, "...we only want to go to karaoke with you."
"I-I'd...rather...n-not..." the girl said as she kept backing up before getting stopped by the wall.
"Looks like you have nowhere to go..." the first punk said with a mischievous grin, as he put his hand on the wall near her head, "...so why don't we-"
[WHAM] Suddenly a schoolbag impacted his head and he fell over.
"Boss are you okay!?" the second punk rushed over to the first guy, helping him up.
"Whoops, sorry guys!" everyone turned to see Hiro, chuckling nervously and scratching his head, "I thought I had that grind handled, but I lost my footing!"
"Ichiyama-kun!" the girl said, surprised to see him.
"Hanabi, right?" Hiro asked, to which she nodded, "You'd better get to class...you know how Sensei can get..."
"W-What about you?" she asked him, worried about what the three might do.
"I'll keep them company..." he smiled to her, and she proceeded to leave, before he turned back to the three, ready for anything.
"You...little...piss-stain!" the third punk charged Hiro and tried to punch him only for the latter to catch it.
"Why call me that? Clearly, she didn't want to hang out with you guys..." he told the punk yawning, which pissed the guy off even more.
"You little-" the punk said before using his other hand to punch Hiro in the gut. As Hiro reeled back, the punk got his other hand and then punched Hiro in the face sending him into the wall.
"Good job!" the first one said, patting the third one on the shoulder, before squatting down next to Hiro pulling his hair, "Now it's time to teach you a lesson in interrupting people!"
They then began to beat up Hiro for about a good few minutes. When they were done, his clothes were in a battered mess, his hands were bloody with scratches and bruises, and his face had a few bruises. The boss then squatted next to him and held him by his hair, as he pulled out a switchblade and put it close to his chest.
"You better be thankful we're sending you to heaven now!" the boss said as he pulled Hiro's hair harder.
"S-Sure thing...*cough**cough*" Hiro coughed out a little blood before speaking, "...b-but first..."
"I think he wants a last request, Boss!" the second one smirked as the third one started laughing.
"Sure kid, what do you want?" the boss smiled as he pulled Hiro's hair harder, "I'm generous..."
"The fuzz..." he pointed towards out the alleyway, which freaked out the three. Taking the advantage, he slipped out of the grip, knocked the blade from out of his attacker's hand, and head-butted him in the head.
"Boss!" the third one called out.
"The brat...tricked us!" the boss got up and held his head in pain, "Slaughter him!"
"You got it!" the two shouted as they charged Hiro.
Getting back on his feet, he dodged the second person and ducked under the third person's punch before using his leg to sweep him onto the floor. He then turned around to see the other one pick up a metal pole and began to dodge as the guy swung it wildly. At first, the guy thought he had an opening on Hiro's head and try to strike, until Hiro let the pole hit his head and it was shattered, shocking the guy to fall on his butt.
"Y-You! A m-monster!" the boss trembled at what he just saw.
"No...but you three will be paying for my injuries!" Hiro started to crack his knuckles and devilishly smiled, as the blood from his mouth and forehead made him look like a deranged psychopath.
"AAAAAHHHHHHHHH!" the three thugs screamed in terror.
[A few minutes later...]
"Thanks for the money guys!" Hiro said as he took the money out of the third wallet and then threw the three wallets at the three, who were now unconscious with a variety of scratches, bruises, lumps and whelps on their faces, "I hope you guys find better jobs!"
"Police! Is something wrong here, young man?" Hiro turned around to see the officer finally showed up, "I heard screaming..."
"Thank goodness you're here officer, see these guys saw something strange and started screaming, running around in a panic and toppled over everything!" Hiro 'explained' to the officer.
"You seem to be injured, do you need any assistance?" the officer asked concerned after looking at Hiro's injuries.
"Nope, I'm fine...besides if I'm late, my teacher will be way more pissed..." Hiro said as he bolted off. He left in hurry, only to stop at a newsstand and see a very peculiar front page on a newspaper. He took it in surprise as he read it and thought to himself, "I guess this isn't a coincidence...".
He then paid for it, stuffed it in his bag, and headed off to school.
...
"Where the hell is he?" one student frustratingly asked as he was reading a comic, "We need to plan for the competition today!". He had spiky brown hair and brown eyes and dressed a little similar to Hiro, except he wore a black cap backwards on his head.
"Relax, Masaru..." Takeda was beginning to say before a girl student entered his class and he began to trail off, "I'm sure he...has...an...explanation..." Takeda, was more properly dressed out of the three, had wavy blond hair and green eyes. But for some reason at the moment, he looked as if his jaw hit the ground and had drool leaking from it.
"Takeda? Oi, Takeda!" Masaru began to wave his hand in front Takeda's face, until he saw who entered the classroom as well, "Oh great...it's Hanabi; he's not going to be listening to me at all..."
"Hanabi-chan, are you alright?" one of her friends asked as some of the students began to crowd her.
"Usually you aren't this late..." another student said as he noticed that her uniform was a bit ruffled and dusty.
"I-I met some thugs earlier and then-" Hanabi began to explain before the students heard clatter from the back of the classroom.
"Who were they that hurt you!? I won't forgive anyone who tries to hurt you!" Takeda then began to crack his knuckles in fury as she began to slightly blush at his antics.
"He's overdoing it again..." Masaru huffed in his head, before getting out of his seat, "Hey! Why don't you just outright say that you like her? Everyone in the class, including her, know it for a fact!" He said bluntly, causing the students to snicker, 'aw', 'ooh', and 'woo', at them, making Hanabi and Takeda turn redder than tomatoes.
"Masaru...YOU'RE DEAD!" Takeda then rushed Masaru and the two began to get into a scuffle, in which some of the students began to cheer on. As the scuffle started, the two threw punches and kicks that always put them in deadlocks and stalemates. It was kind of obvious why though: the two had been friends since they were little so it was only obvious they would know how to counter each other. Masaru, was more of a street-brawler and had a wild and feral style of fighting, that it earned him being one of the toughest students at the school within the delinquents. Takeda, on the other hand, was more refined with the way he fought, although it was to be expected. His father was a detective in the police force for the city and had his son trained in karate and kendo, for self-defense purposes. Their classmates didn't mind though since everyday, they would get some entertainment before the classes start. It was then that Masaru decided to lunge for Takeda and grab for his shirt and the two began to roll on the floor. Since the commotion had all the students in the room focused on the two, no one noticed Hiro perching himself in one of the windows.
"Guys, it's not even lunch time and you're fighting?" the fighting stopped as the students looked to see that Hiro came into the classroom through the window and the circle for the scuffle dispersed back into the little groups it had before.
"Well, look at who finally decided to show up!" Masaru got up and angrily said as he patted his cap.
"What the hell happened to you? You look like your dog finally decided to try and eat you!" Takeda brushed himself off and looked worried as he saw a bunch of band-aids, and injury pads on Hiro's face.
"That's what I was trying to say..." everyone saw Hanabi was talking again, "Before those thugs could do anything to me, Ichiyama-kun stepped in..."
"That's usually not like him..." one student said as he leaned back in his chair.
"He probably wanted something out of it..." another one said as her friends nodded in agreement.
"That's not true!" Hanabi defended, "He really did help me..."
"C'mon Hanabi..." a bunch of girls said to her before grabbing her and walking her to her desk, "Why worry about that? By the way did you happen to see Himura-kun and Daichi-kun? They were so dreamy..."
"Are you going to just take that!?" Masaru gritted his teeth out of anger, "They are-"
"It's fine, man..." Hiro smirked as he took his seat, "Do I ever look like I need their approval?"
"Alright, everyone take your seats, class is beginning!" the students heard their teacher's voice as class got underway.
As Masaru took a look at his classmates around him, he grumbled and planted himself in his own seat. Hiro chuckled at his friend's face as he looked out of the window, as he teacher began the lesson, "Besides, none of them should know what we had to go through..."
...
So after hours of study, it was lunch time and the three decided to eat on the roof. Masaru was stuffing his mouth with rice-balls as Takeda was drinking a soda and looking out at the students conversing on the grounds. At the corner of his eye, he spotted Hiro, on his back looking at the sky.
"You have to eat..." Takeda walked over to Hiro and threw him a small case of fried shrimp, "...the competition is today."
"I had the dream again..." Hiro said blankly, causing Takeda to widen his eyes and Masaru to choke on his food.
"I thought you were the one to tell us to forget about it..." Masaru deadpanned before downing a bottle of water.
"It's about those two guys who saved us..." Hiro said as he opened the case and ate a shrimp.
"I wouldn't know..." Takeda shrugged, "I was knocked out by the after-burner of 'The Facility' teleporting..."
"So was I..." Masaru said as he got up and brushed the crumbs off his shirt.
"One of the little kids was fully awake and did say that the red one looked like-" Takeda started to say before Masaru cut him off.
"What like one of those urban legends and myths?" Masaru scoffed.
"It's not a myth; my dad was saved once by the one that looked like a magician and used those rings..." Takeda defended.
"My uncle said he witnessed the fight on Fuuto Tower with the two-in-one guy..." Masaru said before waving his hand in front of his face, "...but he probably was delirious..."
"What are talking about, you moron!?" Takeda smacked Masaru in the back of his head, "The near destruction took a while to bring Fuuto back to the way it was; it may have been 40 years ago, but it's still talked about, even now!"
"Take a look at this..." Hiro got up and pulled out a newspaper article out of his school shirt pocket and let both of them see it. It showed a picture of what looked to be a person in blue armor with yellow bug-composite eyes, fighting off what looked to be a guy in a black suit with a strange head that looked like it showed bones. The article was entitled: 'Hope Restored! The Kamen Riders Have Returned!'.
"Oh please! This is clearly some stunt to get more readers!" Masaru scoffed as he looked at the picture with disinterest.
"Why would someone lie about something that serious?" the three looked up to see two people walk up to them. One had grey hair that was in a knot and spikes coming down his forehead and a bandage covering one of his eyes, that were lavender. He was about Takeda and Hiro's height and was carrying a book that had a picture of a sun on it. The other was the taller of the five with black hair and black eyes. He was sporting an advanced tech-guantlet on his left arm that he was tinkering with.
"Kazuya-san! Daichi-san!" Takeda recognized the two as he gave them a bow.
"Yay! The pretty boys are here!" Masaru sarcastically squealed right before giving both of them a scowl.
"Ichiyama!" the one with the grey hair called out to Hiro, "Mind if we take a look at that article?"
"Sure, why not, Kazuya-san..." he said as he walked over to him and gave him the article. Kazuya then looked at it with a bit of excitement on his face and eye.
"Kamen Rider...Aqua..." Kazuya said as he looked on with amazement.
"You're kidding!" Daichi said as he glanced over the article, and his eyes widened in surprise, "So it is...looks like Miharu finally got into his stride..."
"Do you guys know him?" Hiro curiously asked, making both of them flinch.
"Whoops, well would you look at the time...?" Daichi said as he hit a button and a digital clock appeared giving him the time, "Gotta run!"
"Sorry, if you'll excuse us..." Kazuya then gave Hiro the article back and bowed to him and then the two left.
"Freaks...what do all the girls here see in them?" Masaru scoffed.
"If we list their good points and match them to you; you won't like it..." Hiro said as he began to laugh and Takeda started to snicker.
"Not...FUNNY!" Masaru said as he got angry and began to chase his friends.
...
[Meanwhile in the city...]
A young man with glasses on, in a white lab coat was holding a metal briefcase, pacing back and forth frantically. Just then his friend came out, wearing the same things, barring the glasses, of a shop holding a...melon?
"Kenji...ARE YOU SERIOUS!?" the first one yelled frantically at him.
"Hayato...relax...I didn't have any breakfast..." Kenji said as he held his stomach.
"We don't have time for that!" Hayato snatched up Kenji by the collar, "The Professor's disappearance two years ago, and we now get an emergency message from him to get this to the base!" He released him and started to pat the briefcase, "We are his legacy! We don't need to screw this up!"
"I know...kinda wish Sol was here to help us..." Kenji said as both of them began to leave.
"He can't right now! He said the moment he leaves school and with that he probably won't be able to make it in time; not if the Professor's message is accurate! Come on, let's move!" Hayato said as he began to pick up speed.
...
[At the same time; on a rooftop...]
"Sir, we have detected a very contained amount of ESP energy on the move!" one of the men soldiers stated as he looked up from the tablet. The soldiers had simple black combat gear on but for an odd reason they had strange bracelets on their upper arms. The person reported this to someone who turned to him, who had the same gear, but he had no bracelets and there was a strange tattoo of a bat on his forehead.
"Good..." he began to say as he started to grow a twisted smile on his face.
"They seem to be heading into a massive crowd of people..." the soldier said as he went back to tablet.
"No doubt to hide themselves in the stupid competition happening today!" another said as he looked at it as well.
"Start sending the units to their respective points..." their commander said as they began to pack up, "...these ignorant people will soon know who we are!"
...
[RING] [RING]
The school bell rang for the students to finally end the scholastic day. Most students were getting ready for the annual Rail City Parkour Competition. It was a fun race that let competitors use the grinding systems of the city to get to the central plateau. The winner of the race would be getting a special prize from the creator of the same inventor who made the special sneakers for grinding in the city. Although Masaru and Takeda weren't participating, they have been helping Hiro train for it for the past year. Another participant was Daichi, who decided to make it over to the three, although he was being followed by a bunch of girls from the school.
"Hey, Ichiyama-kun!" Hiro turned to see Daichi walking up to him, "First race?"
"Y-Yeah..." Hiro chuckled nervously.
"Don't worry, the moment you start going, the jitters will completely leave you..." Daichi assured him, "I hope to see you in the Top 5!"
"Yeah right!" one of the girls said, "He may make it to the Top 5, but he won't be #1!"
"Yeah! That will belong to Daichi-kun!" a second one chirped up.
"It's a shame Himura-kun couldn't make it; then it would've been a tie to see who would get the #1 spot!" a third girl said slightly disappointed.
"Good luck, Ichiyama-kun!" Hanabi told him before getting dragged away from her friends.
"You're supposed to be cheering for Daichi-kun!" all the girls scolded at her.
"I guess I'll see you on the track then!" Daichi waved before heading off.
"Hiro, kick...his...ass!" Masaru started twitching in anger, "Don't let him win!"
"Jeez, man!" Hiro groaned before getting whipped around by Takeda.
"Listen, Hanabi-chan has wished you luck; you have to win!" Takeda then gave him a bear-hug.
"I get it! I get it! Don't worry gu-" Hiro told the two of them before something gave him a unwavering sense of danger around him.
"Dude, are you okay?" Masaru looked and saw Hiro's expression change and Takeda let go.
"I don't know..." he told them, looking around at the skyscrapers and the massive amount of people around him, "...but it feels too familiar..."
"I guess they wouldn't let us completely escape, huh?" Masaru huffed.
"What do we do?" Takeda asked concerned.
"We keep going like normal," Hiro told them both, before closing his right hand except for the index finger, "But be ready for anything..." As he told the two that, the two scientists with the briefcase passed them and were still in a hurry.
"Jerks, I wanted to see the competition today..." Kenji mumbled as he kept up with Hayato.
"I did too, but we can't..." Hayato told him, "...and we're in a bad situation because Sol can't help us we still haven't found the person with the right ESP synchronization with the Driver!"
"We have to alert the police! The people here are in danger" Kenji tried to say.
"They won't be of any help for what is coming; we have to pray the casualties won't be as many..." Hayato had his head down as he kept moving.
"Alright everyone! It's time for the Rail City Parkour Competition!" a DJ with swirling goggles, headphones around his neck, and a black bandanna with white lightning streaks on it, announced into the microphone, to which the crowd responded with thunderous applause, "I'm your host and announcer, DJ Breeze, the cool dude always bringing you the hottest jams and music from the past, the present, and hopefully the future! Are we ready to have a radical time!?"
"YEAH!" the crowd responded with thunderous applause.
"What the hell was with that weak-sauce!?" DJ Breeze said in disappointment, "I'm going to ask again: Are we ready to have a radical time!?"
"HELL YEAH!" the crowd yelled even harder.
"That's more like it!" DJ Breeze said, with explosive energy, "I'm sure I don't have to let you guys know how this game works but let me say it again for all the rookies competing today!"
"I think he means you..." Masaru patted Hiro on the back, while snickering.
"Just remember to get ready..." he told the two before heading to the starting point.
"It's like this: Since all of these rails are here in the city, along with the crazy city design, no one should be on the ground for more then 10 seconds! If you are, you're canned from this race and have to wait until next year!" DJ Breeze told the crowd, as well as those watching from home, "If you make it to Central Plateau first, you will be awarded with one of the newest soap shoes! So...I don't see anybody at the starting point; get your asses there, competitors! We want to see an awesome race!"
So the competitors got on their starting marks and were about to get ready. Once again, Hiro felt uneasy about what could happen in the next few minutes; but he brushed it off as he got ready for the race. Including him and Daichi, there were 15 competitors getting ready for one of the more fun and exciting competitions in Rail City.
"Alright, now that the competitors are here, Let's begin the countdown in...10!"
"9!"
"8!"
"7!"
"6!"
"5!"
"4!"
"3!"
"2!" Hiro then felt a massive surge of energy being activated, and took a false start, which Daichi noticed at a glance.
"1-"
[BOOM] The building behind DJ Breeze exploded in a fiery explosion and he flew. Before he could plummet to the ground, Hiro caught him by grinding on a rail and jumping at him in mid-stride, before descending and catching another pole.
"Who the-!? How the-!?" DJ Breeze frantically said before he finally passed out.
"Good, he's out cold..." Hiro thought before establishing an ESP link with Takeda and Masaru, 'Believe me now?'
'That type of explosion...' Takeda started before coming to a horrifying conclusion, 'No...it can't be!'
'Damn it! I thought when they teleported they would just leave everything alone!' Masaru voice was filled with anger.
The crowd was in a complete chaotic frenzy. After seeing the explosion, many people tried to find a way to escape. The police that were on duty at the place were having a handful trying to quell the situation and block off the explosion site, before all of a sudden, a bunch of men, clad in combat gear came out of nowhere and contained the chaotic crowd, as well as kept the police at the site of the explosion. The main one then grabbed a microphone and began to walk up to a point where all the cameras would be fixated on him, Masaru and Takeda recognized who the man was.
'You have got to be fucking kidding me!' Masaru said to the other two.
'It's impossible!' Takeda said before falling to his knees.
'Takeda! Masaru! Who is it!?' Hiro was getting frantic because he felt a familiar ESP wave, but it felt twisted.
'It's...!' Takeda and Masaru were about to say at the same time.
...
[At a high school, in a different city...]
"Come on! You're not going to believe what happened at Rail City's Competition!" a bunch of high school students in blue school jackets, that had a galaxy lapel pin on it, were running to the cafeteria.
"What the hell is the point!?" one student with a silver bandanna on his black hair holding a coffee milk in his hand said as he walked into the cafeteria, "A new promotional stunt?"
"Shin, aren't your friends living in that city?" a student asked him, "Man, you're heartless..."
"They'll be fine..." Shin said nonchalantly as he popped open his drink and began to down it, before thinking in his head, "Believe me, we've been through worse..."
"Look, it's the leader of that group who destroyed the building..." a student said as they kept watching the television.
At first, Shin wasn't paying it any mind; that was until he saw exactly who it was that was on the screen. He then did a spit-take, threw his drink down, and passed through the students to get to the front row, "THOSE BASTARDS!"
...
[In a detective agency...]
"Inoue-chan! Can you go grab the mail?" a man with a sleek black fedora with the name 'WindScale' on it, asked a girl with long flowing brunette hair.
"Yes, Hidari-san!" she bowed to him as she left out the door. She had walked outside to a cool and refreshing breeze. It had been two years since she reunited with her family in the city of wind, Fuuto. Since then, she got a job as an intern at a detective agency that was highly recommended and has kept in touch with Shin, Masaru, Takeda, and Hiro as much as she could. After she got back inside she noticed Hidari-san staring intently at the television. It was a news channel that was live in Rail City that had the caption under the video footage: 'Terrorists Attack Rail City'.
"Inoue-chan, you did say that you have friends there, right?" Hidari asked as he began to pull out a phone that looked like a black stag beetle.
"Yes...I...do..." she began to trail off as the camera zoomed in on what looked like the leader of the group, "I-Ishida-kun..." As she saw his face, she trembled as her eyes began to water and she fainted.
"Oi! Inoue-chan!? Inoue-chan, hang in there!" Hidari caught her before she hit the ground, and gently shook her to try waking her.
"What the heck is it with all that racket!?" a muffled voice yelled from behind the door with all the fedoras on it, "I'm trying to catch up on my reading!"
"Stop and help me get her something she can drink when she wakes up!" Hidari yelled back at the voice as he rested her on the couch and looked back at the television with worry.
...
...
'You're lying! It can't be Ishida-sempai!' Hiro told the two in disbelief, 'I saw him go down with my own eyes!'
'How can you tell us!? We're looking right at him!' Masaru retorted.
'Guys...he's about to say something...' Takeda alerted the two as they both stopped bickering.
"Greetings mortals, I come bearing a message from The Order. You are all in the presence of the next step of humanity's evolution. If you accept us, we will do no harm to you; however should you try to resist, we will have no choice but to...kill you..." Ishida said in a serious tone, prompting his captive audience to continue screaming in terror.
"Freeze! Police!" a few police officers were able to make it to where Ishida was and pointed their guns at him, "This terrorist attack will not be happening!"
"I was hoping you could cooperate with us..." Ishida sighed as his bat tattoo begin to glow and he began a gruesome transformation into the bat creature from the facility two years ago, "But you can die now for all I care!"
"Take him down!" one of the officers frantically yelled as they began to shoot at him to no avail, "I-Impossible!"
"I am an ESPer whose body has been modified with extraordinary powers! I am now the kaijin, Akoumori(Demon Bat; combining 'aku(demon/evil)' and 'koumori(bat)')!" Ishida cackled before unleashing a sonic blast from his mouth, killing the cops, "Now! PSI-units, kill them!"
"Yes sir!" the soldiers saluted before the bracelets on their upper arms began to glow and turning them into feral creatures with sharp claws.
"PSIjin! Kill...them...all!" Ishida, or now Akoumori, called out as they now began to rush the crowds and begin killing them.
(BGM: Sonic Generations OST- Chemical Plant Zone ~Modern Version)
"We gotta go! Now!" Masaru began to drag Takeda as they ran away from the chaos.
"This is just impossible!" Takeda yelled as he and Masaru dipped into an alley when they noticed a group of people getting ripped open by three of the creatures, "This is got to be some kind of nightmare!"
"Listen, we have to do something..." Masaru started, "...if not, who will?"
"There's no other way...we know somewhat how they operate..." Takeda said as he felt his heart race.
"You haven't gotten rusty, have you?" Masaru asked him as he generated a field of aura around his right hand and on his left foot.
"Not at all..." Takeda chuckled as he stretched his hand out and a few rocks floated over to him, beginning to shape them sharper.
"I'll close in on them..." Masaru determinedly said as he peeked his head out only to see a body flying past him into a few trashcans. He then gulped and turned to Takeda, "Please find a weakness before I end up like that!"
He then ran out of the alley and charged the three creatures. One of them tried to slash at him, but he managed to duck and back-step out of reach before delivering a right hook to the creature's face sending it back a few feet. The other two jumped over the first one and tried to attack only to face-plant into what seemed like a wall. Masaru turned around to see it was Takeda, straining to keep the shield up.
"Why are you using that, you idiot!?" Masaru yelled at him, "You know that it drains you, right!?"
"Oh, I thought you didn't want your insides outside your body!" Takeda yelled back, "Sharpen your PK and strike the bracelets on the arms!"
"Got it!" Masaru smirked before letting the aura on his right hand cover his entire forearm and an aura blade sprouted out, and his left foot now had an upward sickle on it. Takeda let down the shield so Masaru could use a roundhouse kick on one of them before slicing the bracelet off the other one that was standing. The creature then reeled back in pain as the other two began to snarl. Before they could attack, Takeda used his abilities to throw a few trashcans at them to slow them down. Masaru then sliced the second bracelet as he ran towards the third one.
"Need a boost?" Takeda asked as he floated a can right in Masaru's path.
"Just what I needed!" Masaru grinned as he jump onto the can before forward-flipping and then holding his left leg to perform a drop kick on the final creature's head, successfully knocking him out.
"AGGHHHHHHHH!" the creatures began to scream in agonizing pain as they transformed back into lifeless humans.
"They're dead..." Takeda said after running over to the two and checking their pulse.
"It might have to do with-" Masaru said as he began tugging the bracelet before-
[SNAP] Masaru broke the bracelet, causing the same thing that happened to the first two happen to the third one.
"Hang in there!" Takeda tried to help the man.
"N-No...use...c-connected...t-to...heart..." the man said weakly, before looking at the two, "...t-thank y-you..." He then fell over limp and lifeless.
"I guess we're on kicking ass duty, huh?" Masaru asked.
"Did you get that Hiro?" Takeda asked through the link they still shared.
"Yeah, do whatever you can to minimize casualties..." Hiro told the two, "But if you run into..."
"We know! Now hurry up so you can help us!" Masaru told him.
"Masaru! Look!" Takeda pointed over to where Daichi and the girls he were with running from one of the creatures. As they were running, Hanabi tripped over and fell to the floor. She turned around with a look of terror on her face as it was about to strike. It raised its claw and was about to strike her.
"Hanabi! Get out of there!" the girls and Daichi called out to her, to no avail as she was frozen in place. Right when it slashed she winced, not knowing what was going to happen.
[SLASH] When she looked she now saw a body in front of her, holding her as she saw that the claw tore up the back part of the person's shirt. She, along with the others in complete shock, saw the face of the person who shielded her.
"T-Takeda-kun!" she whispered very softly.
"G-Good...t-to see...you're s-safe..." he chuckled hoarsely as she could see in his eyes that he was in serious pain.
The creature was about to strike again before getting socked in the jaw by Masaru, "What the hell are you guys doing here, looking dumbfounded and stupid!? Get out of here!"
"What are you-" one of the girls was about to yell before Daichi gave her a warning glare, not wanting to argue in a situation.
"He's right..." he said, "We all are going..."
"Sorry, no can do..." Masaru told him, surprising the group.
"He's r-right..." Takeda struggled to get up, with Hanabi's help, "T-The cops won't be able-, *cough*" He then dropped to one of his knees so he could cough out a bit more blood.
"Neither of you are in a condition to fight!" Daichi told them.
"That's what you think!" Masaru scoffed, before patting his friend's shoulder, "Takeda, you know what to do."
"R-Right..." Takeda nodded before the group saw in awe an aura on his back healing his injuries before vanishing.
"What the hell was that!?" one of the girls exclaimed.
"We can use...psychokinesis..." Takeda explained, making the girls look at he two of them in horror, "Kind of like those creatures that attacked..."
"You're not like those guys though, are you?" Daichi asked.
"We just saved you, didn't we?" Masaru threw the question back, beginning to spark his inner fuse.
"Knock it off, man! Daichi-san...we will explain everything later, but making sure you get out of here is the main objective!" Takeda said after telling Masaru to cool it.
"B-Be careful..." Hanabi told Takeda, to which he nodded.
"What do we have here?" the group turned to see Akoumori with a few off the PSIjin with him, "I recognize those two faces...escapees from The Facility..."
"Ishida-sempai, why?" Takeda pleaded, "Why did you help them? We were all supposed to leave that dreadful place two years ago together!?"
"Sorry, but the one who you cared for named Ishida is dead!" Akoumori snarled as he grinned showing his blood-soaked fangs before getting ready to strike, "Now I will help you join him!"
"NOW!" both Takeda and Masaru shouted, holding their hands out, and a large psychokinetic barrier was formed to protect them and the others.
"I know you two are only C-class ESPers!" Akoumori shouted in glee as he slashed at the barrier with his razor-like wings, "You can't keep this-!"
[BOOM] A blast from a laser-like weapon hit the bat creature and sent it and the other creatures a few yards back.
"This way! Come on!" the group saw what looked like two scientists holding a briefcase, motioning them to follow.
"You heard them, let's go!" Daichi told them as they all began running.
"S-Sir, w-what was that!?" one of the girls frighteningly asked.
"Hopefully something that will take care of those monsters..." he answered coldly looking at the one who was with him and then shooting Daichi a knowing glance.
The group eventually got into a secluded place that was already savaged by the creatures. As they began resting, Masaru and Takeda went on lookout duty to make sure they weren't followed.
"Masaru, you sense the energy, right?" Takeda whispered to his friend.
"I'm not that good at sensory techniques, but yeah; it's coming from their briefcase..." Masaru whispered back motioning to the package.
"Takeda, Masaru, you don't have to keep watch all the time..." Daichi assured the two of them.
"As you can see, it's not exactly the safest place around..." Takeda deadpanned as he pointed outside of where they were.
"Those monsters! Look at what they did to Ishida-sempai!" Masaru gritted his teeth.
"Are you saying those two can use-?" Hayato asked Daichi before he shushed him.
"Yeah, and it seems they have a history with that bat creature that attacked..." Daichi told the two scientists.
"Maybe one of them has the right synchronization of ESP with...this!" Kenji opened the briefcase to reveal a bulky silver belt that had an emerald jewel in the middle of it, "The...BurstDriver!"
"Argh!" "Ahh!" The three turned to see the girls cowering in fear as Akoumori grabbed Takeda and Masaru by the collars.
"It's time to have some more fun!" the demon bat cackled.
(BGM Ends)
...
[On route...]
"Dammit! It's so much destruction..." Hiro pounded his fist as he looked around the ravaged streets.
"Hiro! We're in trouble!" Hiro stopped as he heard Takeda in the ESP link, "Ishida-sempai is- AAAGGGHHH!"
"Takeda!" Hiro screamed.
"Stop freaking out!" Masaru chimed in, "He's fine, but he's losing blood! Get over here, now!"
"Where!?" Hiro asked frantically.
"Let me give you a signal!" Masaru told him before Hiro looked to see a wave of ESP in a direction east of him.
"On my way!" Hiro determinedly said as he ran to his friends' aid.
...
[Back at Masaru and Takeda's location...]
"This is tougher than I thought..." Masaru panted, before charging at Akoumori only to get swatted into a wall.
"You two shouldn't push yourselves!" Hayato tried to reason.
"He's after that briefcase, isn't he?" Takeda said, causing the two scientists' eyes to widen, "If we stand by and he takes it, he'll kill us anyway..."
"Besides...I lived a good 16 years..." Masaru chuckled as he rested on the wall before getting up and cracking his knuckles.
"You two may still be of use to The Order; as for the others..." Akoumori started as he looked at the terrified girls and Daichi protecting them, "...but you're right, they can't live!" He then snapped his claws as a group of the creatures began to draw nearer.
"Got a plan?" Masaru linked up with Takeda.
"I thought the plan was to hold on until Hiro got here..." Takeda held his injured ribcage, knowing trying to heal himself now was dangerous.
"It's time to put you to sleep!" Akoumori then released a sonic blast from his mouth, causing the two hold their heads in pain. At first, the two tried to fight it back, but completely lost as he flapped his wings to send them back into the wall along with those they were trying to protect, "Sweet dreams!"
"Damn...it..." Masaru muttered as he took one step before he passed out.
"Just...a li-little...more..." Takeda felt like his legs turned into jelly as he struggled to stand up, "...until...Hiro-"
[WHAM] He was struck in the back of his neck by Akoumori, who had transformed back into Ishida, and hit the floor unconscious.
"Sir," one of the creatures turned back to normal, "What shall we do?"
"Take those two and apply the braces and get Professor Yoshi's students and Driver..." Ishida then looked over to where Daichi and the girls were, "Check their ESP levels, if there are none, you can kill them!"
"I don't think so!" the creatures and Ishida turned to see Hiro finally make it. He was panting as he was out of breath as he was running the whole way there and his clothes were slightly ripped due to fighting the PSIjin.
"It's like a reunion!" Ishida smiled as he looked onto Hiro, then over to Masaru and Takeda, "The only ones missing are Shin, Inoue, and Mis-"
"Ishida-sempai! I saw you get gunned down...how are you alive!?" Hiro interrupted him, more shocked that the person who took care of him in The Facility was the one who destroyed most of downtown, "Why are you doing this!?"
"Is that all you have to say to someone you haven't seen in two years?" Ishida calmly asked with a friendly grin, "After all, you did leave before your coronation..."
"You know that I would never do something like that!" Hiro retorted pointing at the bracelets on some of the creatures, "That sick dream will destroy the world!"
"I thought you seeing me get gunned down would give you the realization The Order will fulfill their mission..." Ishida muttered, although Hiro heard every single word.
After he heard Ishida, Hiro felt every bone in his body lock up and his blood run cold he tried process everything. This was the person who took care of him and his friends when they were kidnapped by the 'men in white suits'. If it wasn't for Ishida, Hiro would've given up hope leaving that dreadful place; even vowing to live a better life in his memory when he reunited with his family. To now find out that it was a ruse, made him feel like he was living a lie for the past two years. Before Ishida began speaking again, Hiro felt his anger begin to rise as the aura started to fume from his eyes and hands.
"I was in charge of making sure your little escape plan didn't work..." Ishida nonchalantly stated, "Remember all those times, the previous plans failed? That was...me!"
"What about Inoue?" Hiro asked, making Ishida flinch, "She's been in pain for two years since she thought you were dead!"
Before he answered, he composed himself, "I told her to find someone else...if she found out what I did, it would kill her..."
"Then stop this!" Hiro pleaded as he felt unshed tears on his eyes.
"It's...too late..." Ishida replied as his head was down. His voice then became more distorted, "We still need him...take him!"
The PSIjin charged towards Hiro as he rolled out of the way. He stretched his arms out to activate an PK push and flip away when one came to the side and tried to slash him. He proceeded to jab the creature in the stomach before delivering a right hook to the creature's face. He began to concentrate as the aura in his right expanded. He opened his eyes throwing the aura blast like a baseball at the creatures, causing it to explode. After the blast made contact with the creatures, the residual energy shot in the air like fireworks. Noticing this, Hiro put both hands in the air stopping the energy and shaping it to look more sharper. When he saw some of the creatures were discombobulated, he brought his hands down with a strong force as the energy impaled the creatures, subsequently breaking their bracelets and turning them back into human. He panted as he felt the stamina he had in his body almost completely drain. Before he could take a step, he ducked just in time before one of Akoumori's wings slashed him.
"DON'T THINK IN ANY WAY THIS IS OVER!" Akoumori yelled as he took to the air before swooping back down to attack.
"I f-feel...like I j-just...went through the ringer with...G-Gamel and Leo..." Kenji groaned as he groggily woke up from his unconscious state to see his colleague and the others he was with still knocked out, "Right, no time to worry about that! Hayato! Hayato!"
"Crud, he's out for now..." Kenji sighed as he turned to see a new person fighting off the bat monster, "Kid, this is dangerous! Get out of here!"
"This is personal! Take those guys out of here!" Hiro retorted back as he chucked another PK blast at the bat.
Kenji, on the other hand, was in awe as he saw Hiro hold his own, as best as he could, against the bat creature. He then looked over to the briefcase and rushed over to it as he began unlocking it, "Sensei...Hayato...I'm sorry, this may be one of my stupid 'gut instincts', but this kid might be our last chance to stop The Order!"
"It's...OVER!" Akoumori yelled as he smacked Hiro sliding him over to Kenji, "Thank you for opening that! Now hand it over!"
"I-I'm not done ye-!" Hiro got up before he felt his right arm was grabbed by Kenji, "What are you doing!?"
"Take this..." Kenji said as he showed him the belt, "As it stands, you're not going to when in his transformed state!"
"W-What is that?" Hiro asked, as the belt mesmerized him.
"The BurstDriver: it enhances the user's ESP within their body to transform them into a...Kamen Rider!" Kenji told him, "It is the remaining legacy of my teacher to stop The Order..."
"Then shouldn't you be using it; after all, it is your teacher's...?" Hiro asked, wondering why Kenji was unable to do so.
"I'm not an ESPer, this can only be used by someone like you," Kenji retorted and as he did, the belt's emerald jewel shined brightly blinding the two as well as the bat creature.
"It has chosen..." Akoumori mumbled as he shielded his eyes.
After the jewel stopped glowing, the belt was now around Hiro's waist, much to his surprise, "What the-!?"
"Let me check this..." Kenji mumbled as he took out what looked to be a scanner and punched in some numbers. After a few seconds, the scanner started beeping and as he looked at it, he jumped for joy, "Yes! 100% SYNCHRONIZATION WITH THE BELT!"
"Until I rip his head off!" Akoumori sneered as he charged the two, readying a killing strike.
"Activate the belt!" Kenji told him.
"How!?" Hiro panicked as he moved himself and Kenji out of Akoumori's attack range.
"Take the main part of the belt and separate it, when you do that use the activation word: Henshin!" Kenji responded.
(BGM: Mega Man Zero 2 OST- Departure)
"O-Okay..." Hiro hesitantly said as he placed both of his hands on the buckle where the jewel resided and separated it. The result was a pulsating noise coming from the belt as Hiro felt his body surge with a new power. Looking at his hands, he saw strange laser-like lines, that was the same color as his PK, running on them. He then thrusted his right arm outward while his left arm stayed in a horizontal stance over the belt. He then called out the activation word like he was instructed, "HENSHIN!"
The jewel activated again, this time enveloping Hiro in armor. On his head their was a dark navy blue helmet with streamlined silver horns heading towards the back with an emerald jewel at the front of the helmet where the silver color merged. His eyes were covered by red composite bug eyes and a red scarf tightened softly around his neck. The armor on his body was mainly the same dark navy blue as the helmet except for the vest, forearm gauntlets, and knee high boots. Those were mainly silver with an emerald green color scheme. On his right side was a holster, for what seemed like a weapon. After the transformation, Hiro began to marvel at what he now was.
"This...is...INSANE!" he exclaimed.
"The BurstDriver has finally chosen its wielder..." Kenji looked on in awe and disbelief, "...Sensei's lifework...Kamen Rider...Burst!"
"Spending the better part of two years researching what those armored men are and I become one...a Kamen Rider..." Hiro thought as he still inspected the new attire he was bestowed.
"So...it's come to the point where you are now a threat to The Order..." Akoumori said as he snapped his fingers, causing a few more PSIjin to show up, "Take him down! If you can, make sure the Driver is still in use!"
They charged once more and as one began to open his mouth to bite, he was hit in the face at a breakneck speed, sending him flying past the bat. At first, Hiro was stunned at how much power he received due to the armor, but he had more pressing matters to attend to. One of the creatures now picked up a large boulder to hurl at him. As he put his arms up in defense, a vortex-shaped shield blocked the massive rock, and almost out of instinct, he grabbed the shield and threw it at his attacker like a windmill shuriken.
"Amazing, the normal PK abilities he uses are more advanced due to the armor!" Kenji looked as Hayato began to wake up.
"K-Kenji, what's...going...on...?" Hayato had no idea what transpired as he saw the armored warrior fighting off the PSIjin, and looking over to the opened briefcase he ran over to Hiro and yanked him up by the collar, "Who...is...using...the BurstDriver!?"
"Someone who completely synched with the Driver," Kenji noted simply as he look to now see Hiro sliding over to the two, "Listen, the holster on your side, it contains your main weapon, the BurstEdge!"
Hiro nodded as he took it out and it was as sleek and streamlined silver kunai. He began to see another laser like come from his vest, through his shoulder and down his arm until it reached his right hand, now setting the blade ablaze with green aura, "My PK automatically responds..."
He then flipped it to wield it in a reverse grip before fighting off the PSIjin. He jumped as he sliced one of them in midair before throwing the kunai at the last one, ending him. As he retrieved it however, Akoumori came from behind and slashed him, causing sparks to fly off the armor.
"I guess I'm just going to have to do this myself!" Akoumori cackled as he continued to slash at Hiro.
"Ishida-sempai! Stop, you don't have to do this!" Hiro pleaded as he kept getting hit.
"The armor's defenses are fading fast!" Kenji said in horror as he looked back at the scanner.
"Kid! You have to fight back!" Hayato began to yell at him.
It was then Akoumori pinned Hiro to the ground and tried to bite his head off. Hiro stopped his advances by holding the bat's head with all of his power, "I know you're in there! Come on, Ishida-sempai! Fight it!"
"Tch! He's going to get us killed!" Hayato gritted his teeth.
"Come on, I know you can do this!" Kenji began thinking as he watched in anticipation.
"Hiro? Can you hear me?" a voice began to enter his mind.
"Ishida-sempai?" Hiro now thought he was going insane, "How are you-?"
"Now's not the time; I need you to listen very carefully..." Ishida's voice was stern, "You have the power to end this, you have to end me!"
"That's crazy! I'm not doing that!" Hiro shouted, "There has to be away to save you!"
"I have already sold my soul, there's no other option for me..." Ishida's voice was now more sullen, "I'm glad that you and the others were able to make it back to your families..."
"Damn it all!" Hiro was completely distraught, to the point he almost received a bite from the bat. Luckily, he moved out of the way in a split second before pushing it off of him. He still felt, even with all this power, he couldn't save the person standing in front of him. He then clutched his head in anger and melancholy before letting out a ferocious scream. Doing so the jewel activated once more and all of a sudden, a sudden breeze, started to circle around him.
"He's tapped into the jewel's reserves!" Kenji exclaimed as Hayato looked on in disbelief.
"This is it then! Bring it on!" Akoumori yelled before sending out another sonic blast from his mouth.
"100% SYNC!" The belt called out as the wind that generated was now around Hiro's right leg.
"Let's throw down!" Hiro yelled as he started running forward. He could feel the wind at his aid where it seemed as though he evaded some of the sonic blasts. He then jumped into the air and performed a forward flip before extending his right leg out, before kicking Akoumori in the chest, "CYCLONE...CRASH!"
(BGM Ends)
The force from the kick sent the bat flying back towards a car before both it and the car went into a fiery explosion. As he landed, Hiro felt the need to collapse but before he could, he wanted to check something. He raced over to where the explosion was to no longer find Akoumori, but Ishida instead. He rushed over to him and tried to help him out as he could see the blood coming from his chest, mouth, and the tattoo still on his forehead. Hiro began to fear the worst before Ishida began coughing, "Ishida-sempai, you're alright!"
"Y-You did it, g-good job..." Ishida smiled softly.
"Let's get you some help-" Hiro was about to say before Ishida stopped him.
"I told you...this is...how it...ends for me..." Ishida told him.
"No! It can't end like this!" Hiro pleaded once more, "You don't have to die!"
"This is the only way to pay for the sins that I have committed..." Ishida told him, "I'm...f-fading fast...so listen..."
"T-Tell Inoue...and the others...to f-forgive me..." Ishida's voice was now beginning to break, before he got close to Hiro's ear, "And...one last...t-thing...Misaki is..."
As he whispered the last part into Hiro's ear, a smile came unto his face as he rested his head back in place before taking his last breath. The hand Hiro was holding began to fall as he went completely lifeless and the tattoo began to vanish from his head. Hiro just stared in shock until the belt closed its own buckle, thus canceling the transformation. All he could really do was cry a few tears as he felt his energy completely drain and he passed out.
"Why didn't you stop him!?" Hayato scolded Kenji as they ran in the direction of Hiro, "Now we have no idea if he'll just take it!"
"He's not going to..." Kenji defended.
"Is this another one of your insane 'gut instincts'?" Hayato asked until they found two bodies over by the location of the explosion. The two rushed over inspecting both bodies. After he checked the pulse of the one in the combat gear, he turned to see Kenji inspecting Hiro, "So I take it this one is the one you gave the BurstDriver to?"
"Poor kid..." Kenji muttered as he saw Hiro's face had a few tears rolling and that his eyes had dilated pupils.
"Where is the Driver?" Hayato looked over and assumed it would be around Hiro's waist.
"It's...merged...with his...body..." Kenji said in shock as he looked at the scanner once more.
"You're kid-" Hayato was about to retort until they heard ambulance sirens.
"You two!" One of the medics exited the ambulance rushed over to the two, "Are there anymore survivors?"
"Yes!" Kenji said as he began to pick up Hiro, "There should be seven more who are badly hurt over there!"
"It may be much, but can I ask for your assistance?" The medic turned to Hayato.
"Of course!" Hayato answered as they rushed over to help the others.
Kenji started to walk Hiro over to the ambulance, and he looked over to the unconscious person before he looked over his shoulder to the person the kid had just killed. He then continued as he started talking, "I'm sorry...because of me, you were dragged into a fight you shouldn't be apart of. I will make this right, somehow..."
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[On top of a building, overlooking the incident that just occurred...]
A pair of people in hooded black cloaks just finished looking at the events that happened. One of them got up from his seat at stretched himself before beginning to talk, "Aw man! Not only was the mission a bust, but there wasn't enough bloodshed!"
"..." The second figure stood there silent.
"At least a new player has entered this game!" he commented as he audibly licked his lips, "I hope he will provide a challenge!"
"Enough!" the second one spoke with a feminine tone, "We must report that the BurstDriver is unattainable at the moment..." She then vanished.
"Hmph..." the first snorted before looking down to where the one who just defeated the bat was being assisted into the ambulance. A devilish grin then creeped onto his face before he vanished, "The games have begun to take an...unexpected twist! Don't die on me, I want to see how far you go!"
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End of Chapter 1
Closing Note: Hope you guys enjoyed Chapter 1! If I suck at the description of the Kamen Rider's armor, it is based off of Zero from the Mega Man Zero series of games, with a few tweaks here and there.
Let me know what you guys think! Constructive criticism always helps!
See you guys next time!