If something is true in Gaim, the concept of hope and despair from Wizard. Regardless, having done some thinking I figured a concept was born from the idea of hope and despair. This story will have different characters going through thoughts of hope and thoughts of despair, and this will be told from how a certain character perceives the world. However, you won't know who the character is, unless you can figure it out through the actions and thoughts seen from the chapter.
Regardless, I'm kinda throwing canon out, beyond this chapter, it'll be my own take on how the rest of Gaim will end up going. So, without further ado, let's get this going.
I don't own Kamen Rider, it belongs to Bandai, Toei and such.
I had finally returned, only to see… what had remained.
The city had been turned into a No Man's Land, there was hardly any signs of human or animal life anywhere, with the plants of Helheim spread everywhere. I let out a sigh and took a moment to sit down and think. Had there been no point in trying to protect the human race? ...maybe this isn't a good time to sit around, asking myself questions.
I spent about a day walking around town, trying to see if there was any trace of life… beyond the new resistance to fight the enemy. And sure enough… there wasn't any left. With that off my plate, I had a new goal. Find him, and try to see what has been going on. However, when I tracked him down, something unusual had begun.
There was someone else there aside from me… someone close to me. With no idea what was going on, I chose to follow them and listen to what that person close to me had to say to him.
I listened close… and had seen what that person close to me had done… he had stolen me… and used my name to try and kill him, the hero. I could only listen and watch as their blades clashed, I had to fight back my urge to cry at what had happened to the person that was close to me. Internally, I was wishing that I had crushed that cherry-yaro for giving him that taste of power… because it's driven him to near insanity.
With the hero on the verge of possibly being killed, I charged in, despite having nothing to defend myself with, I pleaded to that person who was close to me to stop this madness… he refused to listen to me. Saying I was nothing…
He had managed to get away, thanks to help from one of his new allies… I headed back with the resistance to try and figure out what was going on. I met up with a former ally, who I had thought was sent in to spy on the hero and the resistance, but turns out I was wrong. She had been abandoned, and the resistance took her in to help fight the monsters threatening the city, and by now, the entire world.
I talked with her, and said anyone who allied with the enemy… is our enemy, and must be stopped. Even if it means that person I care about.
After a conversation with the hero who had brought me hope, I knew one thing: the fault of the person who I cared about going astray was not his… but my own fault. So… I had one thing to do, stop him myself.
But only one problem with my plan, I had nothing to fight with, the person I cared about had my powers… and I couldn't use the one that was supplying me with energy… but it was then, I recalled one thing, I did have one more source of power. Even if it was weaker than the one the person I care about stole it was still my best shot to try and stop him.
With our dueling location set, I headed out to hopefully stop that person before it was to late. He had arrived and told me about what plans he was scheming, and that he could save the world… or something along those lines. I told him that he's my shadow, with him figuring that if he's the shadow, he needs to get rid of me to escape it.
That sort of made sense… I suppose, but I had to stop him, here and now, because if I didn't… who would? Thus, I activated my abilities, as did he, and we charged forward and begun our battle. While he had the stronger armor, I had the better skills, meaning in terms of the advantage I managed to hold it for a long while, while he could only get clear hits on me by cheating. But in doing so, he managed to partially unarm me, but I continued to keep on fighting as hard as I could.
At one point, he pinned me down and asked me what it was I was always 'babbling' about. "Noblesse Oblige", meaning that the most gifted should be the first to be sacrificed. After I managed to get him off of me, the one I cared for told me that if I was going to die for anyone, it should be for him, as he prepared to try and kill me. I readied to defend myself, and finish this fight.
With my katana in my hands, I charged forward with all of my might… but I let a single tear drip down from my eyes, as I remembered what this person meant to me. Was this really what he wanted? I… couldn't end him, I just couldn't…
My katana had stopped only a few inches away from him… but he took full advantage of my hesitation, and slashed at me with his weapon, and it sent my flying back, with my buckle flying off of my waist, damaged from the attack… I could only hope and pray it wasn't destroyed… and that somehow… someway, someone would find it, and use my powers for good… to save the world…
I was knocked into a lake, quickly running out of oxygen as my unconscious body sunken down to the bottom… I knew this would be my final moments… if I could regret anything… it would be allowing the person I cared about to stray from the right path…
With only a few moments of air left… I thought about what the hero had told me earlier… he was raised by his sister… and I had thought that if the person I cared about was as well… if I wasn't his family…
I could only hope… no… my hope was shattered. There is only… shattered hope…
This my friends, is how "Remains of Hope" will work. You'll see the world through a character's eyes, you won't know who it is, and you gotta use the clues in the chapter to figure it out. And FYI, this will be the only chapter that will be based in the actual show… possibly.
Anyway, guess who this is about, there's a hint. A term that the character has said.
Just Live More.