The world of Guyver has revealed that mankind was made as base materials for bioweapons. The alien race, the Creators, fled Earth when it was learned of the terrifying possibility of a Guyver unit bonding with a Zoalord. The unit, a bio-boosting armor, was standard equipment for the Creators, but combined with mankind it magnified his power 100 fold and worse, was beyond any control of its masters. With the technology of the Creators gone, the only masters left were the prototype weapons, the Zoanoids and their 12 masters, the Zoalords, to continue the work. Into this, 2 humans have obtained the power of the Guyver to resist them and try to keep mankind free of Zoalord control.
Many battles have hunted Agito, Guyver III, and Sho, Guyver I, but now they have obtained the power to stand toe to toe with the greatest Zoalord, Arcenfel himself. Dr Balcus, fearing the power of the Guyvers, has researched all methods to overcome their terrifying new powers of Guyver Gigantic but has concluded that biology is not the answer, technology is.
For all that there are gaps in the knowledge left behind by the Creators, Balcus has had centuries to learn it and see the potential.. With the few dead husks of ships still available to him and highest priority to deal with this issue, he has finally come upon a plan that only the new Gigantic enhancement will allow to happen.
A new one time use Zoanoid has been ready made, much like Enzyme before, but this one is unique in that it is not meant to kill the Guyver, but sever it from it weapons forever.
It had been a troublesome problem to be sure. The monster children had proven more resilient than even his predictions had shown. The terrifying ability of full regeneration from just the control metal had stunned him, but now he remembered these things were tools. The Guyver Remover was long destroyed but the methods of these machines still remained true.
The ancient Zoalord in the shape of a wizened balding old man moved his considerable girth with more ease than any human ever could. He had been quite old when he was remade into one of the 12, but Dr Balcus had the most power as well. His pale eyes with the large red crystal between, looked at the readouts of the optimization of the most interesting Zoanoid he had ever created.
No matter how he looked at it, the Guyvers were impressive for forcing him to get inventive in ways he had never considered. In many ways, what those two had done had pushed the Zoanoid optimization to the maximum it could ever be. In Aptom it had revealed the dangers as well of pushing too far.
His wrinkled brow creased even more at that memory and failure. The Lost Unit had become troublesome in many more ways but he at least was understood and could be beaten once cornered. He had proven that once and would do so again.
Now he grinned wickedly and let his robes shake with a chuckle. Not since his work on Richard Guyot had he felt so invigorated. He had pushed the Zoalord technology to its utmost and still fell short of Arcenfel, but he had glimpsed potential not seen before then. He did so again now if in a different way. The world was now Chronos' to do with as it pleased but the Guyvers gave hope to those that wanted the world back. It was time to crush that once and for all.
The tank readouts finally entered the green and began to drain. Void was ready.
The Zoanoid battalion vanished in a flash of light and shaking earth as Guyver III used his megasmasher to open a hole in the enemy. Since the return of Guyver I, the Thunderbolts had gotten new found recruits and interest world wide. Agito seethed over the fact the Gigantic only seemed to answer Sho, but according to all they could work out, it should work for either of them.
Right now though, he was glad to let the more experienced of them use it as it did take a toll on the user. Sho had shown improvement but each time he disengaged it the exhaustion showed through. The massive Gigantic was erecting a barrier around their trump card, Tetsuo's new machine. He claimed to have found a way to break the Zoalord mind control, which would be a coup indeed if he could pull it off.
His side senses felt something change and the whole of the battle changed tone. The very air seemed to resonate with him and then gave him a slight headache as all the Zoanoids in his field of view stopped confused. The mix of scales, feathers, and bio-lasers they all possessed seemed to shock no few of them. This time the local Zoalord had forced them to transform and now the human beings inside were aware again. He had done it!
"Nicely done Segawa!" He opened his other chest plate and unleashed the megasmasher again. He heard the protest but was shocked when the Gigantic barrier stopped his attack cold. Its powers were beyond a simple Guyver and Sho was unreadable inside of it. His speed was greater than anticipated as well.
He closed the distance and disengaged the Gigantic to confront him. His honorable view was often grating on Agito's nerves, but he understood it. The former army was wondering away or running in some cases that had noticed the near miss. A few seemed to want to keep coming but looked at where Sho had been and thought better of it.
"They are free Agito! There is no need to kill them!" Sho felt rage like he had rarely known. More and more, Agito was killing those he need not. A part of him voiced the objection that once outside the range of the jammer, the Zoalords would reassert control, but right now they were the men and women they once were.
He said a small prayer of thanks that all knew what they were and were not devoted entirely, he even saw a few change back. The only saving grace of Chronos' take over was their harsh reality was in the open. The Guyvers were hunted as treasonous people true, but they were not cold blooded killers.
"Still such a little boy Fukamachi! They are Zoanoids, there is no going back for them and a quick death now as themselves is preferable than the slow death as slaves!" It was not entirely empty words, but Agito barely had a heart. He had grown up in their world and Sho wondered if that was what drove him now. Both stopped as the jammer suddenly ceased sending.
The army did not reform but they saw that Tetsuo was frantically trying to find out what happened. His glasses slipped a bit as the slim form of Mitsuki checked the power from below the blocky unit. The brother and sister had willingly come to the battlefield but if their machine was erratic, it was no good to them.
Guyver I moved like a bolt of blue to get to them but no Zoanoid moved in their direction. They kept milling away or staying back. Sho used all his eyes to see and sense the world, but nothing was coming back their way. It disturbed him the Zoalords were not pushing the advantage with the claws of a Gregorl or even an Enzyme or two. The entire battle had been difficult but planned as a test of the jammer.
It had worked but now something had failed.
"—don't get it. Power is on, field is stable, so why did it stop?" His oldest friend was looking at his creation in confusion more than fear. He often forgot about the horror of the Zoanoids if a problem was put before him. His love merely looked at him and smiled thanks. She had changed the most of them all, although considered he had died twice now, that was not exactly a fair comparison.
"What is wrong Tetsuo?!" His large friend looked up at him but he was only confused. He shrugged and pointed that all the readouts were green. It was not being cancelled out by a Zoalord, so what was happening?
He felt Agito suddenly spike in pain through his Guyver. He whirled around to see the dark from of Guyver III plop onto the ground prone. He was still alive, even missing his right arm and massive blood loss, the Guyver would not let him die from that. The Zoanoid that did it was new however and Sho had not felt it at all!
"Get out of here now!" He screamed to his two closest friends and they quickly retreated. By whatever Gods allowed it, the Zoanoid never even glanced at them. It was white skinned with dark crystals throughout its body. It reminded him of Guyot and his gravity bullet form. This one was more human in size though.
"You are Guyver I?" It spoke so softly and Sho realized it was blind! It did not move its eyes at all because they were crystal as well. What was this thing? How did it attack Guyver III without seeing him?
"You are quiet. That is wise. Guyver III was not quiet and I find I do not like him. I have no hatred of you but I am here for you. The sound hurt my ears so I made it stop, I sent it away." The calm way it spoke sent chills up his spine. There was no control here, this Zoanoid had been made for a purpose and it was sent out. What did it mean it sent it away?
He was near exhausted but the Guyver would sustain him for a time. He extended his blades and felt the whine of the blades go up as they vibrated. He saw the creature frown but it did not seem to disapprove. It now was looking right at him. Sho launched at full speed and ripped the earth in his wake with the strength of it.
The white Zoanoid easily dodged his blade, but the head beam got him directly in the knee as he passed. There was no cry of pain but a smile broke on its face that was more crystals than teeth! Sho stared as he saw the knee undamaged and then his memory replayed in slow motion.
The beam had been about to hit when the crystals changed color to blue and it vanished.
"That was well done Guyver I. I gave you a decoy to use and did not expect the combo attack." The praise sounded honest but Sho felt the chills again. This Zoanoid was strong, fast, and it had a trick they had not seen before. It seemed risky to try again, but he could equip it one more time. They had to win and get Agito out of here at least.
"GIGANTIC!" He called forth his enhancement of the Guyver and saw the Zoanoid smile wider still. The feeling of dislocation came and then all the crystals glowed blue. Something had gone wrong! The Gigantic was in his field of view but it was not enclosing him as it normally would. He also saw dark blood begin to flow from the nose and mouth of the Zoanoid.
"Dr Balcus did not get it quite right. I can just barely stop it but to truly sever it will take all that I am. He made me to die but that is all right. I do like you Sho, you are much more honest than Guyver III. Too bad I have to kill you now." Pain lanced over the connection and Sho felt the Gigantic being pushed as it tried to enclose him. Something had stopped the summoning!
Guyver, we can do this! His old habit of talking to his unit was met with the glow of the control metal on the Guyver and the Gigantic. He did not know what it meant but he saw shock on his enemy.
"I am the Void! You cannot defy me Guyver I!" Blood gushed and the crystals flared but no ground was gained either way. Pressure was building on both sides and Sho hoped the Zoanoid would bleed out before the units failed.
Wind began to buffet them both and Agito was able to crawl away and watched the strange battle. He feared what this creature was, it had absorbed his gravity blast as if it was nothing at all. He had only vague ideas and would need Segawa to confirm or find an explanation but the Zoanoid had goaded Sho into bringing back the Gigantic.
It had been sent to sever the power from them somehow and it was meeting with unexpected resistance. He also suspected it was like Enzyme I, meant to die after completing its mission but had been told otherwise. The Zoanoid was gushing blood but still stood somehow.
It smiled wider and wider as the battle went on. It then laughed as it shot out energy to Guyver I, but instead of piercing him, it surrounded him. The light of the control metal shone, as did the Gigantic's. The light grew on both sides until the air ripped asunder and something like the rift Agito had once traveled showed itself.
It was a maelstrom of chaos and the effect on this Void creature was amusing. It was shocked and crying.
"So wrong…you got it so wrong Balcus!" The words were screamed into the chaos and then it burst into pieces as its power tore it apart. Thinking it over, Agito watched in horror as the Gigantic closed over Guyver I and was pulled into the tear. It snapped closed and he could no longer feel Guyver I at all.
"FUKAMCHI!" Agito screamed in impotence as the weapon he wanted and ally he needed vanished once again. He heard the sounds of choppers and other vehicles, the Guyver had partially regenerated his arm so he could move more easily. He moved off to the meeting point to tell the others that once again Sho was beyond their reach. He refused to believe he was dead…a Guyver never dies.
His head hurt, a lot. The Guyver Gigantic was still around him but he was aware he was in water. Given he had been far inland by his last memory, this was not a good thing. Agito had told him the Gigantic could move them through a different space, maybe even how the Creator ships traveled the galaxy, but he remembered nothing of it.
This time he probably had experienced it but never wanted to again. He would need to get his bearings and hope he was not near a Zoanoid base. With ease, the Gigantic gravity controls glowed and raised him just enough to see the surface.
He reached out with all his senses looking for Zoanoids through out the city and buildings, but he seemed to be lucky or the Gigantic planned the landing better. There were no Zoanoids at all. Sho felt a distrust of this but then his senses picked up something odd.
It was a group of students picking on a young girl. It sharply reminded him of the life he left behind, even in its cruelty. The odd thing was he felt threat from the group picking on her. The senses of the Gigantic screamed these were a threat. Even so, he saw they were only human. He submerged and dismissed the Gigantic for now. He was about to leave when he heard the group clearly.
"You No-Stars need to know your place better, under my heel!" The leader of the group was a boy maybe only a year older than Sho in the grade he had been, but even though it was overkill, he could not fight a group like that as just himself. He also would not let this pass if it was becoming more than school bullying. One was a fact of life you had to learn to deal with and overcome, but the other was not acceptable at all. The world is unfair, but not without allies.
"Leave her alone." He saw the shock on their faces and expected any moment to have them call for Chronos security, but they stood stock still, unsure what to do. Confused, but not going to look a gift horse in the mouth, Sho quickly got his armored arms around the young girl.
Surprisingly, she sprang up, bleeding slightly, but full of energy.
"WOW! Is that a new Goku uniform?! It looks super scary powerful and very revealing, I don't know if I could ever wear something like that!" She spoke so quickly he thought he might have misheard her. He had no idea what a Goku uniform was but the 4 people arrayed against him had assumed smug looks.
The Guyver was still feeling a threat but nothing like a Zoanoid or Zoalord. They blurred in front of him, but then the Guyver caught up to their speed. They were easily 5 times faster than most humans and their strength was considerable but he barely felt it as they pummeled the Guyver armor. His blue plates barely flinched, but their strength was confusing. No humans that were not optimized could do this, yet these were. The girl with mousy brown hair had her jaw dropped and Sho decided he had done enough.
With lightning speed, he hit the gut of all 4 students but just enough to wind them. They dropped stunned to their knees.
His left side eye felt the attack coming and dodged a whip of some kind. Expecting a Zoanoid, he was again stunned to find a very well built man in a school uniform with 3 stars on the front looking at him in rage. This man was far faster but the Guyver was able to track the whips as they came at him from his sleeves.
Sho was becoming more confused but rather than fight he opted for a show of power.
He extended his blades on his elbows and tried to slice through the whips. He was stunned when his blade bounced back. It had nicked it, but not cut the whip at all! What is that made of?!
The damage to the whips gave the large man pause, then he arched an eyebrow and glared at him.
"I am Gammagorri of the Elite 4! You will submit to President Satsuki immediately or I will make you pay with your life!" Sho exhaled sharply and changed tactics. He concentrated and unleashed a gravity attack that smashed the street and covered the area in debris smoke. He quickly dove into the water and got the Guyver to get him away quickly.
What was going on? What are those uniforms and what are they made of? Sho surfaced at the end of the bridge he was next to and looked back in true confusion. All of the changes to Japan he knew had been done by Chronos after their take over. He had seen complexes and sky scrapers more than he cared to in his battles. What he saw now was some kind of mashed together slums below more well built homes that all lead up to some huge structure at the top of a hill.
That was not anywhere in the world and it was clearly a place of power based on what he had just seen. He disengaged the Guyver and found his clothes were, thankfully, intact this time. He quickly found a trash can with a paper in it and saw a world he had not known since he found the Guyver. There was no mention of Chronos, Zoanoids, or anything he was familiar with. Mostly there was news of a conglomerate taking over most of Japan's clothing lines called Revocs and the Academy he had been at was there too.
"What is going on? Where am I?" He looked at the paper and saw Honnouji Academy was accepting applicants. He needed answers and right now the only people he knew anything about were here. There had to be an answer.
For 3 months Sho came to learn about the place he had found. He learned of things called Goku Uniforms and made his way as a No-Star. He learned there was no Chronos here and somehow he was in a Japan that had never known that nightmare. Trapped but with no way back or to know what had happened, Sho enjoys the relative peace of Academy life. Occasionally, a strange armored man helps people but he is pursued by the Elite 4 and their President.
Sho is left feeling more desperate by the day but he has no resources to investigate what happened to him with the Void. Then a new student arrived like a storm, Ryuko Matoi.