{Welcome to Fuuto!} I was able to make out that much as I exited the train. The city took my breath away. From where I was, I could see the Fuuto Tower in the distance. I couldn't wait to start exploring, but first, I had to find a place to stay. I pulled out my phone and started up the GPS so I could find a hotel, and started walking out of the station. It wasn't long before I bumped into someone, and, of course, it was a young mother. "I'm sorry! I'm such an idiot!" She looked at me a little confused. "Oh... right..." I quickly looked at my phone and found what I wanted to say: {I'm sorry. Are you okay?} She smiled and nodded. {Oh, I'm fine! Aren't we Sokichi?} I had no clue what she just said, but by the smile on her face, I assumed she wasn't upset. {Nerumi Akiko-desu!} She held out her hand that wasn't holding her son. I shook it and stumbled my way through a very basic sentence. {My name is Mitchell, Ryan.} She giggled at my struggle. I was pretty embarrassed to say the least. {Well, Ryan-kun, where are you from?} All I understood was my name and I'm pretty sure my face showed that. She giggled again. Perfect...
Then it happened. A building about two blocks from us shot up into flames and the shockwave knocked both Akiko and I back. I was fast enough to protect her from getting hurt, but got winded when she landed on me. {ARE YOU OKAY?!} She tried to help me stand, but I motioned her to her son, who was crying and screaming at what just happened. "What the hell was that...?" I coughed and slowly got to my feet. Debris was everywhere, and people were panicking. I set my backpack down and tried to help a few people, but the language barrier was a huge road block in my plan.
"New...A..."
What the hell was that? I turned around and only saw people running around. Akiko was now on her phone, probably calling police or something.
"New Age..."
It was louder this time and more clear. Where was it coming from? I felt something bump into my shoulder and it brought me out of my daze. A man in an all white suit was walking away from ground zero. He was carrying a silver briefcase. My eyes were drawn to that briefcase. I don't know why. He quickly spun around and punched me in the stomach, knocking what little air I had out of me. {Keep your eyes where they belong.} For a little guy, he was pretty strong. I fell to my knees and began to gasp for air. My eyes fell on the briefcase again.
"NEW AGE!"
I don't know what made me do it, but I grabbed it out of his hand, and ran. Hell, I don't even know what was making my legs move. I didn't get very far. I heard a loud bang, and my feet left the ground. I landed, somewhat, softly on my side and slid down the street for a few feet. I opened my eyes and saw the little guy in the suit had been replaced with a giant, golden knight-looking monster. "What the shit is that thing?!" It was walking towards me. I looked over at Akiko and she was off her phone and was yelling something at me. I couldn't make it out, not because she was speaking Japanese, but because my ears were ringing from whatever sent me flying. I started to crawl away and fumbled to stand up, tripping over my feet in my panic over whatever was walking towards me.
"CYCLONE! JOKER!"
A saw a black and green man jump in and kick the thing away. He turned and helped me stand up. {Are you okay?} I nodded. And he turned back around to face the monster. What is this guy? What is that thing? What's wrong with this city? A man in a red leather jacket took me by the arm and escorted me to a safe location. He showed me his badge, which I figured meant he was a police officer. "Are you okay?" Oh thank God, English!
"Yeah, I'm fine. What is that thing and that... other thing?" He looked at the two, now fighting. "The one that helped you is a Kamen Rider. The other... is called a Dopant." That only confused me more.
"MASQUERADE!"
Before I could ask him another question, we were surrounded by some human-sized looking things. Their faces were black and white but other than that, they looked human. The officer stood up. He pulled what looked like motorcycle handlebars out from somewhere, placed it against his waist, and it became a belt. Some of the Dopants, I guess, charged and he kicked them aside and pulled what looked like a red flash drive from this jacket. He pressed a button on it:
"ACCEL!"
{HENSHIN!} He placed it in the middle of the handlebars and reved the throttle. "ACCEL!" The was a red flash of light and the officer was now covered in red armour. He quickly began fighting off the dopants surrounding us. I sat in awe at how strong he became. He grabbed me by the arm and pulled me up "Get out of here!" and pushed me away. I could see Akiko waving at me, so I decided to go to her. {KICK THEIR ASS, RYUU-KUN!} Well, I guess I know that officer's name now.