Well... That was something... I sighed as I finished up on my side of the dare: watch all the forms a single Kamen Rider took. Still weird, though.

I sighed again before getting up and stretching. Maybe I should go for a walk and clear my head...

Nodding to myself, I grabbed my phone and left, musing about the villains throughout media and their powers.

As I exited my room and went out of the house, walking down the road and towards the library. Just as I crossed the street, I suddenly felt searing pain that crashed into me from behind, hearing something crack as I blackout.


"Ngh..."

I slowly opened my eyes, before scrambling to get up as I found myself in a forest. I gripped something before looking at what was in my right hand. I looked and saw that it was one of those weird things I saw while watching the forms of one of the riders. The front of it was completely white, save for the middle being a sharp contrast. I quickly pocketed it while getting up.

I muttered to myself, "Where the heck am I?" I carefully walked around, trying not to trip over roots and find an empty space like a clearing or road to have an actual sense of where I am.

Taking a break at a stream, I looked at my reflection so I could see how I looked, and to my relief I looked like normal.

I ran my free hand through my black hair and looked into the reflection of my grey eyes. My black aviator jacket was over my dark purple shirt, the grey fluff/fur lining the inside of the jacket. My dark jeans that were slightly worn out and purple sneakers were still there. However, when I looked at my waist again, I panicked again.

There was this weird belt on me. The part at the 'buckle' looked like a creepy grey one-eyed monster with no mouth.

But this meant it was that... 'Ghost Driver' that those Kamen Riders had!

I'm a Kamen Rider?!

I froze at the thought, before chuckling, that developed into full blown laughter.

I asked out loud to myself, "I'm dead, aren't I? I became the original character that died and got revived while being transported into another world!"

I continued to laugh at the part truth, the events before unconsciousness returning back to me.


CRACK!

I felt my spine break as I smashed into the road, skidding a bit and beginning to bleed out.

I struggled to look up and saw that someone dropped a bottle and screamed.

Judging by the tone, it's female.

Heh...

I died via drunk driving...

I chuckled and coughed up blood, a crowd slowly surrounding me as my vision blurred more.

Who crashed into me?

Will there ever be a dubbed version of the Kamen Rider series?

Huh, that's a weird thought...

But there's still so much I wanted to do...

How does volume 5 end...?

So cold...

The cold grasp of death...

It feels warmer than I expected...


So I'm literally dead...

I looked back at, what I now know is an, eyecon that's in my right hand. I then looked back at the driver on my waist. I sighed, "Well, might as well see what happens. Hope I can at least understand what it means..."

I examined the eyecon carefully and muttered, "First, press the right side of it so the iris changes the image..." The button 'clicked' and the iris changed color, showing a letter 'P' in it.

I looked at the driver and continued, "Second, open driver and insert eyecon facing outwards." As I did so, I noticed that the top part was blank and missing an image.

I closed the driver, a ghost flying out of the belt. It had purple eyes and looked like a black jacket with dull purple lining on it. As it flew out, I suddenly heard a chime coming from the driver.

"AYE!"

"BACCHIRI MINAA! BAT-CHIRI-MIRO...!"

Those last two phrases continued looping to some slightly haunting music. I shared a look with the ghost, who just shrugged, clearly confused as I am.

Oh well...

I got up, speaking out loud, "Final step, pull lever." I looked at the ghost, asking while slightly excited, "Ready?" The ghost nodded eagerly as I pulled the lever on the side of the driver, muttering for the heck of it, "Henshin." Instantly, a body suit appeared on me. It was mainly black, but had dull purple glowing lines. On my chest, there was this blue eye pattern. However, unlike the series, there were no wisps going out, making the pattern look like a normal eye.

"KAIGAN: PHANTASM! UNKNOWN! DON'T GROAN! PULSE-POUNDING SOUL!"

I mused after the ghost merged with me and placing the jacket on, "Well... the beginning is something I don't understand... At least the rest was in English." I looked into the reflective stream again. My face-plate had two purple ovals, both having two black lines running through them from left to right.

I tested out loud, "Kamen Rider Phantasm... A bit of a mouth full, but no complaints on the name... Only the title..."

I asked myself as I continued on my way to find a clearing, "After all... What does it mean to be a Kamen Rider?"

Suddenly, I heard the sound of a fight occurring.

"Well... time to find the meaning of my legacy..."


Hey, guys, finally got out of my writer's block. I was reading some of swift56's Kamen Rider crossover stories and got inspired to write this. Speaking of swift, they're going to help me out with this story and give me pointers. Go on ahead and check out their stories!

That being said, this story will update at random, like the rest of my stories. I'll try to write more than this, but it depends on my mood and how creative I am.

Criticism is welcomed.

By the way, did you know that a bright orange mixed with a dark blue can create a dull purple? The more you know.