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Title: Kamen Rider Brimstone
Author: GX7
Summary: After his parents death, Dante Alighieri Lee receives a weird belt buckle from a inheritance. With it he's given the power to stop a satanic cult from destroying Christianity. But he also has to avoid the Catholic Church from destroying him.
Author's Note: This is inspired by Kamen Rider Den-O, Ghost Rider, The Divine Comedy, and Todd McFarlene's Spawn.
The Wild West was based off of legends and myths. However some of those stories are actually true. They're legends because no one wants to believe them. This story is one such legend that has been told for many years. My grandpa told me it when I was a kid, and I believed it to this very day. Even telling my granddaughter the story. However my son and his wife think I'm crazy and I'm not allowed to see my granddaughter again. But it's still true. It has always been true, and will remain true. As long as it is passed down through the generations. This side of the story began not to long ago. After a funeral that I presided over...
Dante Lee, a bald headed Italian-American, stood by two coffins. Both coffins contained the young man's parents. The priest, Reverend Theodore "Tex" Stanton, a Nazarene preacher from Texas. Hence his nickname. Dante was the last person standing there, while the rest of his remaining family had already left. It is cold and snowy outside, as it is the winter on the island of New Brighton. This island sized city is in Put In Bay of Lake Erie. So it would be snowy. Since they're on a large lake leading to Canada. Pastor Tex walked by Dante and placed a hand on his shoulder.
"They're in a better place now." Tex said.
"I know." Dante replied.
"Come on. You'll freeze out here son."
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The next day was the reading of the will. Dante and other family members met at the family lawyer's office. The will was read by the lawyer, and there was some outrage when Dante received everything. The house, all of his parents fortune, everything. After everyone left in anger, Dante was told to stay put. The lawyer had something else for him.
"Your father told me to hold on to this till you were old enough to take on the responsibility of it." the lawyer said. "He told me it was a legendary item that was passed down through the generations of your family."
The lawyer handed Dante a letter and a silver belt buckle with a human skull sticking partway out of the belt buckle. Dante looked at it curiously.
"This is the legendary item? A belt buckle?"
"Your father wrote a letter pertaining to that buckle. He said you have to read it when you're alone. No one else must know about that letter."
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Dante went to Tex to inform him of the letter and buckle. Tex listened to Dante's story of how he obtained both.
"Well Dante. I think you need to open that letter, and read it to me."
Dante opened the letter and read the contents. The letter said:
If you're reading this my son. Then I'm dead. I left the belt buckle with Mr. Tuddles, because I fear there is no safe place for it. After you read this letter, please burn it. So no one else will know how to use it. You see my son, this buckle is a item given to your ancestor, in the late 1800s. He had sold his soul to the devil, and was granted this belt buckle to do the devil's will. However he rebelled against the devil. Sealing him in the nineth ring of hell forever. There have been legends about a masked rider, who had used a item from Satan to fend off the constant evil that has spread throughout the wild west. That legend is actually true. Pastor Tex believed it, and it cost him his credibility with his son and his wife. But the story is true. Now it's time for you to become the next masked rider. I fear the cult, led by Satan back then is going to return. To continue where their predecessors left off. Then you must fight and protect this world. Just like the masked rider of old.
I know you can do this. Just let the belt buckle take a sample of your blood, to activate it. Then simply place the buckle onto the belt that appears. You must do this Dante!
P.S. The masked rider had help in the form of four rebellious demons. They originally were assigned to help Brimstone do the devil's work. But turned against Satan, when Brimstone fought him. You won't be able to find them. They'll find you. The belt buckle does have a mind of it's own. Just so you know.
Dante and Tex didn't know what to think. Basically Dante is the decendent of a legendary figure in the old wild west.
"Does he expect me to believe this?" Dante asked.
"Well I believe it." Tex replied.
Opening Song: "The Next Decade" by GACKT
Chapter 1: Dante's Inferno
Verse 1: Return of Brimstone
Two months later...
Special Agent in Charge Frank Stone, a aging FBI agent in his mid forties, walked under police tape to a body under a white sheet. The coroner showed Stone the body and and it made him gringe. Another civilian slain in the park, which is home to the city's circular lake, Lake Hove.
"Time of death?" Stone asked.
"Two hours ago." the coroner said. "Judging by the claw marks and I assume they are claw marks. I'd have to say this is another animal mauling."
A animal mauling, just great. Stone had been to several in the past few weeks. So far police turned up with tons of leads. All dead ends. When they thought they caught the stray animal, they were at another dead end. As it wasn't the animal that did it. In fact every animal they picked up, was given back to it's rightful owner or given to a local adoption agency. Never would a animal go to the local pound, unless it was rabid.
"Keep me updated." Stone said.
Stone is a Special Agent of the FBI Behaviorial Analysis Unit in the New Brighton branch. He has been assigned the task of working with the police in finding the ones responsible for six grizzly murders as of late. Not knowing that there is more than meets the eye. In his opinion they have all been animal maulings from a strange animal. A animal that has only five claws. Really long claws as a matter of fact. He walks away to rejoin his team. Not knowing of a humanoid wolf watching from behind the bushes and trees of the forest, where the body was found.
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Dante sat in the living room of his house. Watching the evening news on the story of the body found earlier by the FBI. However the unbeknownst to him. The wolf humanoid was watching through the window. It's eyes glowing a eerie red.
"Brimstone..." it said with venom in it's voice. It quickly ran away.
"I sense something..." said the belt buckle, named Virgil.
"Just your imagination." Dante replied. "Now make yourself scarce. Neighbors will see you through the living room windows."
The posessed belt buckle flew off. To someplace quite till it was needed.
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Stone entered the police station the next morning. There has been another supposed animal mauling. However the animal present is still around the crime scene. Stone is leading the SWAT team, as this animal is probably rabid and will have to be put down. Animal control was called in yesterday. The victim of this attack was in fact the animal control agent sent in to find the animal. Stone rode with SWAT in their SWAT Van. Where he briefed them at the location of the murder.
"Alright we're dealing with a large rabid animal. It has already killed a animal control agent." Stone said. "I want everyone to keep an eye out. This animal is very dangerous."
After briefing them, Stone waited in the back of the line. As SWAT filed out of the van. Weapons ready, every eye searching the wooded area. The Wolf Shade, a demonic entity that is a warrior of Hell, watched it's latest prey. Studying the team to get the element of surprise.
When the Wolf Shade sees it's chance. It swiftly sneaks up on the only female SWAT member. Then kills her by ripping out her throat. The surprise attack made SWAT and Stone to open fire where the Wolf Shade once was. They only found the female cop's bleeding corpse. Her blood gushing out like the geyser Old Faithful.
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Dante was reading his Bible for the thirteenth time in a year. When Virgil came out of his hiding place to warn Dante of the dangers.
"A Shade has appeared!" Virgil said. "It's attacking the SWAT Team!"
"Let them handle it." Dante said. "I'm busy doing my Bible Study."
"You don't understand. They can kill a Shade. Only you as Brimstone can..."
Dante closed his Bible and grabbed Virgil. "If you say so."
Dante left on his Harley Davidson motorcycle, to which Virgil named the Redemption.
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The SWAT team continued to get taken down one by one. Only Stone and the sergeant in charge were left.
"What exactly is that thing?" Sergeant said. "I have never seen a animal like that. Except in the Wolfman."
"I'm thinking the same thing as you are." Stone said. "I've never seen anything like it either, except in old movies."
"Just how can we kill something like this?"
"I don't know..."
They looked out of their hiding spots to see Dante arriving at the scene. Everywhere was the dead bodies of the SWAT team. All of the blood had gushed out onto the hiking trail. By now the Wolf Shade noticed Dante, and moved in for the kill.
"Oh no he's going to get killed!" Stone said. But he wouldn't have time to shoot the Shade. He could only watch as the Wolf Shade made it's move to claim another victim.
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Dante knew something wasn't right. He was oblivious as to what, till Virgil yelled at him.
"Dante! Behind you!"
Dante turned around and delivered a back kick to the Shade. Who was knocked down but recovered. Dante grabbed Virgil out of his pocket.
"Well let's see if you work like my dad said you would." Dante holds Virgil close to his left hand. Then a small needle extends out of Virgil's mouth.
"SACRIFICE!" came the voice of Virgil as it took a sample of Dante's blood. Then his belt appeared around his waist, and Dante's eyes have a demonic red glow.
"Transform!" Dante's yelled and slid Virgil onto the belt. Dante is then engulfed by a sheet of fire and sulfur. Which Dante rips off of him. Dante was covered in a black and silver armor. His legs, arms, and chest were all black. While the gauntlets, greaves, and open vest were all silver. His helmet is in the design of a human skull, with red eyes in the eye sockets of the helmet. A ten gallon hat, to which he removes, on top of the helmet. The belt buckle was of coure Virgil. However there were four unlit buttons on Virgil. Those would have a use later on. At Brimstone's right hip is his weapon, a double barreled shotgun/sword gunblade, called the Brimstone Gunner.
"Brimstone...!" the Wolf Shade said with the same venom as last night. It attacked Dante/Brimstone, but Brimstone took out the Gunner and sliced the left eye of the Shade. It howled in pain, before Brimstone open fired on it. The Brimstone Gunner didn't need ammo and it didn't need to be reloaded. He just kept cutting and shooting at the Wolf Shade. As the two law enforcement officers watched on in dismay.
Finally Brimstone has had enough of this fight. He pulls out two red shotgun shells and loads them into the Gunner.
"FINAL JUDGEMENT!" Virgil exclaimed. "ETERNAL DAMNATION!"
Brimstone lept into the air and fired both shells at the Shade. They turn into two spikes that imbed themselves into the Shade's skull. Then Brimstone energizes his foot with fire and planted a jump kick ont the spikes. Pushing them into the Shade's head. Causing the Wolf Shade to howl in pain before exploding into flames, with the smell of sulfur. Brimstone reverts back into Dante, who falls to his kness in exhaustion. Stone and the sergeant rushing over to help him.
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Up on a mountain, on one of the islands of New Brighton. Sat a humanoid salamander, dressed like a native american apache warrior. Including the headband with a single eagle feather on the right side. The demon appears to be meditating. Until he opens his eyes and looks down on the main island of New Brighton.
"So finally a new Brimstone has been chosen." he said. "I, Efreet, will lend my aid to the new Brimstone and aid humanity in escaping the darkness and sin they're trapped in."
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In a underground Church of Satan, the Anti-Pope and head of the entire Church of Satan, Damian Walters finishes his sermon. In front of the statue dedicated to their lord and savior, the devil. A bunch of Satanists became increasingly worried when they felt the sensation of Brimstone's revival. Damian is re-assuring them, that the Church of Satan will not fall down this time. Like the many times before it's current incarnation.
"Don't be afraid my children." Damian said in a soothing voice. "Our god Satan, Lucifer, will always be the victor over the Christians. For Jesus is dead, and he never conquered death. I have the proof. We will be the victors and those Christians will be enslaved when our lord returns to conquer the Earth. Just believe like you never believed before."
It was true that Damian became a world wide sensation over the years, by claiming he found the remains of Jesus Christ. The remains are still in the New Brighton Museum of World History to this day. In fact it was the most controversal discovery ever. The Catholic church called the discovery hersey, and even asked the other denominations of Christianity to not believe it. To which they still do. In fact every year, on the anniversary of the discovery. Various Christians prostest the anniversary. However Damian has had attempts to turn it into a riot. By having his church members do something within the crowd of protestors. The protest turns into a riot and the SWAT team is called in to arrest everyone. Yet Damian never got tired of seeing his enemies get every inch of the life beaten by law enforcement and sent to the prison hospitals till their trial. In fact he takes great joy in it. Anything to give God the middle finger I guess.
Afterwards, Damian leaves the sanctuary and goes into his private quarters. Where he "sheds" his skin. Revealing him to be the satyr like demon, known as Baphomet. The son of Lucifer and harbinger of Hell. Baphomet's main goal is to destroy the Christian churches, by waging war against them. He looks into a full body mirror, only for his reflection to be replaced with that of another goat legged demon, Satan.
"Father, Wolf Shade was destroyed. It's Brimstone, he's back!" Baphomet
"I know..." Satan said. "But continue with the plan. I'll give you one more Shade. But if that one fails. I'm sending the first of my nine generals."
Baphomet gringed at the thought. He never did like those nine guardians of the nine circles of Hell. They always got on his badside growing up in Hell. He didn't want any of them on Earth. They would ruin his war plans, he was sure of it.
"I know it will never come to that father." Baphomet said.
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Stone was back in the NBPD, and being debriefed as to what happened. Even though the chief couldn't believe it himself, he had to when Sergeant Alexander Newman confirmed the report.
"I'm going to be putting a task force together." the chief said. "I called your superiors and they have agreed to letting us keep you for a bit longer. In fact you're heading up this new task force."
"I don't know what to say chief..." Stone said. This was not expected at all.
"Once the funerals are over, you're to help Sgt. Newman replace the SWAT team and form the new Special Crimes Unit."
"Well I guess a thank you will do for now."
"Don't thank me yet agent. If what happened yesterday was any indication. Then this is far from over. We may be looking at a War on Hell. And before you ask. I did some checking. It seems these Shades are conjured up by the Church of Satan. Now there have been no cases in any other place than here in New Brighton. But there have been people reporting strange creatures leaving the underground Church of Satan in this city. It's something to look into when the new team is formed."
"I'll look into it chief." Stone got up and left the office. Then headed back to his now indefinite office.
Ending Song: "Stay the Ride Alive" by GACKT
Next Episode of Kamen Rider Brimstone:
Stone
I need you apart of the Special Crimes Unit. You're the only who can stop those Shades.
Dante
Why should I join the police and FBI. Do you really need my help after you lost the entire SWAT team?
Baphomet/Damian
This Shade is unique. Very unique...
Stone
I've never seen a shark like being run so fast before.
Beatrice Porter
Dante! Help me!
Verse 2: Fast As A Shark