Asikawa High
Chapter 02:
Old Friends, New Friends
Ryuga stared at Miyako from the Mirror World. Ryuga was about to walk out of the sign when he heard a ringing in his head. With a sigh, Ryuga turned away and chased down the Mirror Monster. Ryuga followed the sound to the Gymnasium and saw the Spider Mirror Monster, Dispider, looking for a target. When Dispider saw Ryuga he instantly charged at Ryuga. Ryuga sighed and pulled the Drag Black Visor head down and inserted the Sword Vent card.
Sword Vent. The Black Drag Visor called out as the Drag Saber fell from the sky into Ryuga's hand. Ryuga rushed at Dispider slashing the Drag Saber across it's chest, causing it to reel in pain.
"I don't have time to deal with you." Ryuga said as he pulled a card out of the Advent Deck and inserted it into the Black Drag Visor.
Final Vent. The Black Drag Visor calls out as Dragblacker began to circle around Ryuga. Ryuga began to floating higher and higher. Ryuga crashed down upon Dispider. On contact, Dispider exploded into a glowing ball. Dragblacker flew at the glowing ball, eating it.
"That didn't go as planned." Ryuga said as he walked out of a mirror in the boys lockeroom, deactivating his transformation. Ren put the Ryuga deck in his pocket and began to walk towards his dorm. He saw a few other kids pass by him, but they didn't seem to notice him. Ren walked into the guys dorm to see Yunosuke, Tadasu, and Hoshie sitting on couches and talking.
"This school sure is great. On site dorms, free meals, and a lot of other people to meet." Yunosuke said. Hoshie just rolled her eyes.
"You never change Yunosuke, always looking to befriend everyone, someday you are going to meet someone who won't be your friend." Hoshie said.
"He already has. And here he comes now." Tadasu said as he saw Ren walk into the building. Yunosuke saw Ren walk in and jumped up off the couch he was sitting on and walked up to him.
"Hey, can I at least get your name? If I'm going to see you just about everyday, I should at least know your name. I don't want to keep calling you antisocial kid."
"My name's Ren." Ren said after a short pause. "Don't think this makes us friends." Yunosuke was downtrodden, but decided to ignore Ren's comment.
"Come on, hang out with us." Yunosuke said. Ren looked at the trio and walked into the elevator.
The elevator stopped on the top floor and Ren silently walked to his room. Ren opened his door with his student ID and walked inside. Ren put the Ryuga Deck on his nightstand and grabbed a plain white tee-shirt and a pair of sleep pants from his suitcase. Ren walked into the bathroom to take a shower.
That was nice of them, trying to be friends with you. Dragblacker commented. Ren ignored Dragblacker and continued to wash his hair. You can be a little too cold at times, Ren. You should ease up and make some friends.
You know that won't happen. Ren retorted. Dragblacker let out a sigh and decided to drop their conversation. Ren got out of the shower and dried himself off with a towel. Ren put on his sleep clothes and headed for bed.
OP Theme: Flashback – Rin feat. m.c.A.T
The next morning Ren woke up to the blaring of his alarm clock. Ren crawled out of bed and grabbed the school uniform from the closet. Ren quickly changed into the uniform and grabbed his bag. Ren stopped at his nightstand and decided to put the Ryuga deck in his bag. After making sure he had everything, Ren walked out of his room and into the hallway. Ren saw some of the other students leaving as well. Yunosuke spotted Ren and walked over to him.
"Ren, you heading to breakfast too?" Yunosuke asked. Ren gave him a strange look and looked forward again.
"Yeah." Ren said as he walked into the elevator. Yunosuke and the other students that were up walked into the elevator. It was quite cramped and Ren and Yunosuke were standing next to each other. Someone near the front of the elevator pressed the button to the first floor and the door closed. Everyone was silent as the elevator descended to the first floor. As the door opened the students poured from the elevator into the main lobby of the guy's dorms. Some of the students walked over and meet up with their friends. Some students stood around waiting for their friends. Tunosuke walked around, looking for Tadasu, while Ren exited the building and headed towards breakfast. Ren walked into the cafeteria to see some students already eating. Miyako and Natsuko were sitting with a few other girls, one Ren recognized as Hoshie. Ren continued walking into the lunch line and was served his breakfast. Breakfast was pancakes with scrambled eggs and three strips of bacon. Ren sat at a empty table and poured maple syrup over his pancakes. Just as he was about to dig in he heard a voice behind him.
"I didn't expect to see you here, Ren." the voice said as it approached Ren. Ren turned around to see a boy about his age with long wavy gold hair and piercing green eyes. He wore a strange belt that looked like silver double doors around his waist.
"Same to you Keitaro." Ren said as a small smile appeared on his lips. Keitaro Nonomura sat down next to Ren and put his plate of food down.
"I'm glad you remember me." Keitaro joked. Keitaro reached into his bag and pulled a large bottle of mayonnaise out. Ren just shook his head as Keitrao poured the mayonnaise on his pancakes.
"You never change." Ren said. Yunosuke and Tadasu walked up to Ren and were surprised that he was having a conversation with someone.
"I never thought I would see this." Yunosuke said as he saw Ren talking to Keitaro. "Do you two know eachother?"
"We go a long way back, but I haven't see him in years. My name's Keitaro Nonomura, a pleasure to meet you." Keitrao said as he smiled at Yunosuke and Tadasu. Yunosuke and Tadasu smiled back and went to get their food. "I saw Miyako here. You still avoiding her?" Keitaro asked in a serious tone.
"Yeah," Ren said with a sigh. Keitaro took a bite of his pancakes as he listened to Ren.
"You have to realize it wasn't your fault, Ren." Keritaro said, trying to counsel Ren.
"But it was my fault, if I hadn't..." Ren trailed off. He promised himself he wouldn't think about it anymore. Keitaro decided to drop the subject.
"Whatever, who's your homeroom teacher?" Keitaro asked.
"Mr. Adachi." Ren said. Keitaro let out a sigh.
"I have Mrs. Kakutama." Keitaro said, obviously saddened that he didn't have class with his friend. After eating their breakfast the bell rang for them to head to class. Ren and Keitaro said their goodbyes and headed to their classrooms.
As Ren walked into his classroom he saw Natsuko sitting in the front row alone. Ren quietly took his seat and watched the other students roll into the classroom Miyako walked about a minute later. Mr. Adachi walked into class and everyone went silent. After a quick roll call, Mr. Adachi handed out the rules quiz. As Ren received the quiz he looked down at it. Ren knew it was going to be a long day.
As lunch time rolled around Ren took his spot under the tree again. After a few minutes Keitaro joined him.
"Still like a lunch time nap huh," Keitaro said as he sat down next to Ren.
"It calms me." Ren said as he opened his eyes. Ren saw Minami and her posse walk by. While Minami tried to ignore Ren, her posse gave Ren some dirty looks. Keitaro raised a eyebrow at this.
"already done something to piss someone off?" Keitaro asked.
"It's a long story I don't want to repeat." Ren said as he closed his eyes again. Keitaro let out a sigh and ate his lunch.
Isn't this nice? Meeting a old friend that you don't despise. Dragblacker commented. Next a giant fucking rabbit is going to eat all the carrots in the world.
For a dragon that represents pure evil, you have a strange sense of humor. Ren said. He knew Dragblacker lived up to his reputation, but some times, he didn't act like himself.
Natsuko and Miyako were sitting at a table talking. Hoshie was sitting next to them with Yunosuke and Tadasu sitting across from her.
"Who's the guy talking to Ren?" Natsuko asked. Miyako had a far off look in her eyes, as if she was remembering something.
"His name is Keitaro Nonomura, he was a good friend of Ren and I." Miyako said. "He moved away not long after Ren and I stopped being friends. I haven't seen him since."
"It brings up old memories, huh." Natsuko said with a soft voice. She didn't know what her friend was going through, but she knew it brought up bad memories. A faint smile came to Miyako's lips.
"It's alright, those memories are fond ones, that I would never give up." Miyako said. Natsuko gave her a questioning look.
"What do you mean? I thought you hated Ren?" Natsuko asked.
"Ren's too hard on himself. It wasn't his fault." Miyako said.
"What wasn't his fault?" Natsuko asked.
"I... I don't like talking about it." Miyako said as the smile fell from her face. Natsuko decided not to push it. Then the bell rang, signaling the end of lunch.
After classes Keitaro was heading towards the guys dorm without a care in the world. What he didn't see was someone in a red hoodie following him. Keitaro continued walking down the path, and when he was alone the hooded figure revealed himself.
"You're the new kid aren't you?" The hooded kid said. Keitaro swirled around to face him. Due to his hood, Keitaro couldn't see his face. He could see that he was wearing the standard black pants of the school uniform.
"Who are you?" Keitaro asked. Keitaro balled his hands into a fist, ready to protect himself. The hooded student did not respond but pulled a phone out of his pocket. It was a blueish silver flip phone. The hooded student opened the phone and held it like a kanji brush.
"Shodophone! Ippitsu sojo!" the hooded kid yelled as. He then drew the kanji for fire in front of his face. To Keitaro's surprise, his brushstrokes appeared as red in in mid air. The symbol moved towards his face and wrapped around it. In a flash of light, the hooded figure now wore a red helmet with the fire kanji as a black visor, outlined in red. He wore what looked like a red samurai vest with black pants and red boots.
"What the hell!?" Keitaro exclaimed at the transformation.
"Shinken Red! Going forth!" Shinken Red said as he charged at Keitaro. Keitaro rolled out of the way of his katana slash and fumbled for something in his pockets. As Shinken Red charged at him again, Keitaro finally found what he was looking for.
"There they are!" Keitaro said happily as he pulled two rings out of his pocket. The rings were quite big and had strange designs instead of stones. One of the rings had a design that looked like a smaller version of the buckle on his belt. Keitaro slid this ring onto his right middle finger. The second ring had a gold face with green bug like eyes. He put this ring on his left middle finger. Keitaro dodged another swing and moved the ring on his right hand over his belt buckle.
Driver On! Came a voice from Keitaro's belt. Shinken Red was stunned to see a larger belt with the same double doors buckle appear around Keitaro's waist. Keitaro stuck his hand in the air, with his palm facing towards Shinken Red.
"Hen...shin!" Keitaro said as he inserted the second ring into a slot.
Set! Open! The Beast Driver announced as the doors opened to reveal a golden plaque with the images of a falcon, and dolphin on the inside of one of the doors. A image of a bull and chameleon on the other door. In the center was a lion with a green gem in its forehead.
L-I-O-N, Lion! The beast driver yelled as a golden circle appeared in front of Keitaro and moved back and through him. As his body appeared on the other side, Keitaro was now covered in a black suit with gold lines down the front of his legs being covered by his golden knee pads and shin guards. His hands were covered with white gloves. His chest had golden armor covering up his upper left side that looked like a lions mane. On his left shoulder was a lions head. His helmet looked like a lions mane and had green bug eyes.
"It's lunchtime!" Beast said as he ran at Shinken Red swinging a fist at his face. Shinken Red dodged the fist and slashed his sword across Beast's chest. Beast staggered back, gripping his chest. "That's a nice sword. Sharp too." Beast commented as he moved his right hand over his belt, pulling out his Dice Saber. Shinken Red ran at beast but beast easily blocked his Shinkenmaru with his Dice Saber. Beast slashed out at Shinken Red's head but his sword was parried and Shinken Red sent a slash across his arm, causing Beast to drop his Dice Saber. Beast dodged another slash from Shinken Red and pulled a ring from the ring holder on his side. The ring was green with a chameleon on it. Beast put it on his left hand and inserted it into the slot on the left side of the belt.
Go! Ca, Ca, Ca, Ca, Chameleo! The Beast Driver announced as a green circle moved across his left arm, revealing a green mantle with a chameleon head on it.
Insert Song: BEASTBITE – Rider Chips
"Playtime's over." Beast said as a green circle moved through him, making him invisible. Shinken Red looked around wildly. Beast sneaked up behind Shinken Red and knocked his Shinkenmaru out of his hands and sent him sprawling on the ground. Beast reappeared and took off the Chamelo Ring. Beast picked up his Dice Saber and pulled off a orange ring with a falcon on it.
Fa, Fa, Fa, Falco! The Beast Driver announced as a orange circle moved across Beast's left arm, creating a orange mantle with a falcon head on it. Beast spun the circle on his Dice Saber and inserted the Falco Ring. Causing it to stop on the six.
Six! Falco, Saber Strike! The Beast Driver announced as a a large magical circle appeared with six smaller ones. Beast slashed through the larger magical circle, causing the six smaller circles to summon golden falcons the slashed out at Shinken Red. Shinken Red was cut up badly from the attack, with a lot of cuts in his suit that were trickling blood. Shinken Red struggled to pick himself off the ground.
"I should kill you, but I'm not a killer. I'll let you off with a warning." Beast said as he transformed back into Keitaro. Keitaro turned away from Shinken Red and continued towards the guys dorm. Shinken Red picked himself off the ground and limped over to behind some bushes and undid his transformation. The hooded student gripped his arm and tried to regain his breath.
Keitaro entered the guys dorm and quickly went up to his room. Inside of his room he sat waiting for dinnertime to roll around. Keitaro took off his dirtied and slightly ripped clothes and went into the bathroom to take a shower. As Keitaro walked out of the shower he quickly changed into his casual clothes. Keitaro now wore a black tee-shirt, black jeans, and a golden zip-up hoodie. Keitaro walked out of his room and down to the guys lobby to see Ren relaxing on a couch. Ren was wearing a gray tee-shirt with a unbuttoned black shirt with a pair of jeans.
"This school sure is nice." Keitaro said as he sat next to Ren.
"Yeah," Ren said simply. They both heard the elevator ding and saw Yunosuke walking towards them. Yunosuke was wearing a white long sleeved shirt and a pair of jeans. Yunosuke sat down on the couch across from Ren and Keitaro. Suddenly Tadasu staggered in, badly cut up. Yunosuke jumped up and ran to his friend.
"Tadasu what happened?" Yunosuke asked as he helped his friend sit down on the couch.
"I... was... attacked." Tadasu got out before he began to cough up blood. Keitaro was worried that maybe Shinken Red had attacked Tadasu out of anger.
Maybe I should have killed that Shinken Red guy. To attack a innocent person like Tadasu is terrible. Keitaro thought as he watched Tadasu wipe blood from the corner of his mouth.
"Did you see who attacked you?" Yunosuke asked. Tadasu didn't say anything at first but he eventually spoke.
"A guy in red armor with a samurai sword." Tadasu said. Keitaro froze at this as he now knew for sure that Shinken Red had done this.
"I'm going to take you to the nurse okay." Yunosuke said as he wrapped Tadasu's arm over his shoulders and helped him walk out of the building and into the night.
"I hope he'll be alright." Keitaro said. Ren just stood up and headed upstairs. Keitaro slowly stood up and left the building, looking for Shinken Red.
Keitaro couldn't find Shinken Red and eventually gave up his search and headed to the cafeteria for dinner. When he got there he found Ren already eating with Yunosuke and Hoshie.
"It's terrible what happened to Tadasu, who would want to hurt him?" Hoshie asked, clearly distraught over what happened to her friend.
"Don't worry, Hoshie, the nurse said he would be fine. He just needs to rest." Yunosuke said, trying to calm Hoshie. Ren sat in silence, eating ramen noodles. Keitaro got in line for food as the thought about what had happened. As he exited the line with a cup of ramen, he sat down next to Ren.
"I wonder where the attacker is now?" Keitaro asked Ren. Ren just shrugged his shoulders. Keitaro took out his bottle of mayonnaise and poured a lot of it on his ramen. Hoshie looked disgusted by his habit but decided to not ask.
Ren finished his dinner quickly and left the cafeteria and headed for the guys dorms. Dragblacker watched Ren from the reflections as Ren walked to the dorms.
This keeps getting more and more interesting. Dragblacker mused to himself.
