So… a recent tribute arc in Zi-O was Kamen Rider Blade. ...and it has a heroic character from that season turned into Another Blade. *just exhales* What stupid luck. If the next arc had been announced to be Kiva instead of Agito, then I would be a little bit concerned that I now got Sougo's dream prediction ability.
I'll bluntly say that I kind of don't really care that Blade has gotten an arc and Kiva is the next arc, as of this being made, because I just want to tell this story. You can just think of this as an alternate canon to Zi-O or… something. Zi-O is already operating under the idea of multiple timelines, so that would make sense.
Just to bring this up… the DVD for Heisei Generations Forever has recently come out and clips have found their way online. One thing that is admittedly odd is that Kuuga is the only Rider in the movie to not make a single sound. The other Riders had their original actors reprise their roles (Sento, Takeru, Tsukasa, Ryotaro/Momotaros, Shinji, and Shouichi) or were voiced by old audio (Faiz-Kabuto, Kiva, Double-Drive, and Ex-Aid). Hibiki's actor had old audio used in spite of him saying he will never work for Toei ever again. Meanwhile, Kuuga didn't in spite of his actor regretting the role being a misconception. Odd.
Not much else to say other than I hope you enjoy this story regardless of what canon does.
Kamen Rider belongs to Toei, Bandai Namco, Shotaro Ishinomori, etc.
Woz was, once more, sitting in the dark place with his book in hand, "According to this book, average high schooler Tokiwa Sougo embarks on a path which leads him to become the demonic king of time, Ohma Zi-O. As 2018 draws to its close, though, a series of kidnappings leads him to encounter not just one, but two Another Riders at the same time. Nevertheless, he has a plan to-"
He then quickly shut his book and exhaled, "Too far, once more…"
January 2004
Blade took out a card and tossed it right at the Locust Undead, sealing it away, before he collapsed on his back as the card returned to him. He was about to get up when, suddenly, time seemed to completely freeze around him.
"What the…?" he gasped.
"I've got good news and bad news for you," Ora spoke as she walked over to the indigo Rider, "Your battle will eventually end. Those monsters will all be sealed away. However…"
Blade simply continued to watch Ora and, when time unfroze, he was now transformed into Another Blade. Ora simply smirked at her handiwork and walked off.
A short distance away, Kamen Rider Garren was simply walking along. However, his suit then glitched and, after a moment, faded away. He looked at his hands for a moment before he let out a wild and fear-filled scream.
Elsewhere, Kamen Rider Chalice was looking for an Undead to do combat with. He came to a stop and then placed his hand over his heart before he vanished in a puff of smoke. All that remained of the Rider was the Joker Undead card as it harmlessly fell to the ground. Suddenly, though, something else fell to the ground and landed next to the Undead Card...
Since 2000
20 Kamen Rider Kicks
Jidai o kakenuketa Heisei Kamen Rider-tachi. Ima sono chikara ga mirai e uketsugareru! Iwae, aratanaru-ō e no tanjou! (The Heisei Kamen Riders have passed through this era. And now, they pass their legacy on to the next generation! Rejoice, for the birth of a new king!)
Oh yeah… Ohh…
Isshun de tsukamitoru no sa Are you ready? [Are you ready?] (Catch it in an instant! Are you ready? [Are you ready?])
Atarashī rekishi wa soko ni Feel it! Feel it! [Crazy crazy!] (That's where the new history is! Feel it! Feel it! [Crazy crazy!])
Hikari wo kate ni kasokushite (Use your bonds of light to accelerate)
Konomama Shout it out! Shout it out! (Just keep at it! Shout it out! Shout it out!)
Ima wo susume yō (Let's keep going in the present)
Madō hi mo ikudo tonaku asu no tobira tatake... (There will be confusing days, but knock on the door to tomorrow...)
Mitsumeta sono saki ni tobikonde mitara (Just plunge into what's ahead of you!)
Believe Yourself!
Now, Over "Quartzer"
Toki no ame Surinukete Tomo ni (Let's slip through the torrents of time together)
You, Over "Quartzer"
Mirai wo koe yō (Let's cross over to the future)
Kako no ishi wa Uso de wa azamuke nai (Lies can not fool the will of the past)
Kanjiro sō Nexus Future (Feel it in your bones! The Nexus Future)
Now, Over "Quartzer"
Mabayui sekai... (That dazzling world...)
Misete (Show me it)
Kamen Rider Zi-O: Another Story
Episode 02: Turn Up 2004
"...ondurur ragitta ndesu ka, BLADE?!" Zi-O yelled
Kazuma just laid there with a look that didn't convey any kind of emotions towards the younger Rider.
"TELL ME!" Zi-O shouted.
Kamen Rider Geiz continued to try and hold off Another Kiva as best as he could. Another Kiva managed to parry an axe attack from the Rider by summoning what looked to be a corrupted version of Kiva's Garulu Saber. The red Rider dodged out of the way of an attack, quickly changed his weapon's mode, loaded in a Ride Watch, and pulled back on the arrow.
=YUMI!=
=FINISH TIME!=
The Build Ride Watch, which was in the Zikan Zax, charged the tip of the arrow with blue and green energy that started to form into an aura of a train of sorts.
=BUILD, GIWA GIWA UCHI!=
Before the blast could hit Another Kiva, though, time then froze around everybody but Another Kiva and Kazuma. Kazuma managed to get back up, grab the Another Blade Watch, and then start fleeing.
"I'm assuming that one is yours?" Heure asked Ora as the two walked over to the area.
"And this one is yours?" she responded as she motioned to Another Kiva.
The two Time Jackers exchanged looks and chuckled a little at their handiwork with the two Another Riders. Another Kiva proceeded to take his leave, followed by the Time Jackers, and then time unfroze. Kamen Rider Geiz's blast attack ended up continuing to fire, but it only hit a nearby lake.
"...why?" Zi-O muttered in confusion.
Kamen Rider Geiz just sighed in response to this. He walked over to Zi-O, got him to stand up, pulled out the watches in Zi-O's belt, and then smacked an untransformed Sougo unconscious.
"Geiz!" Tsukuyomi yelled.
"He needed to stop sitting and doing nothing…" the red Rider responded as he pulled out his Ride Watches to turn back to normal, "And we need to figure out what to do about two Another Riders. Fast."
Geiz's Time Majin was fighting off a large monster of some sort, the Build Ride Watch atop its head, when Sougo's flew forward to knock the monster back a bit. It posed a bit in the air as, from within, Zi-O spun his Driver around.
An armor spawned in front of the Rider, accompanied by a strange symbol, and then it quickly attached onto him. Pink katakana was the last thing to attach before Zi-O grabbed the controls for the Time Majin.
=ARMOR TIME! *guitar melody followed by the Mighty Form transformation sound* KUU~GA~!=
The Ride Watch flew out of the Time Majin and attached to its head...
Sougo soon began to wake up, first noticing an ice pack on his head, then he saw that he was back home in his room. He got up out of bed and quickly began to walk out.
"Sougo-kun," his uncle called.
"Yeah?" Sougo asked.
"Your friends brought you back unconscious. What happened?"
"I'm… honestly not sure," Sougo admitted.
"Well… I hope it won't happen again on New Year's Eve."
"Right…" Sougo nodded before he proceeded to head outside.
Sougo eventually located Tsukuyomi and Geiz at a bridge and quickly ran over to the two of them.
"Hmm?" Geiz blinked as he heard Sougo approaching, "Oh. You."
"Good to see that you're alright," Tsukuyomi added.
"What happened?" Sougo asked.
"Nothing," Geiz said quickly.
"Anyway… we're dealing with two Another Riders at the moment. Another Blade and Another Kiva…" Tsukuyomi reminded.
"We're going to need to split up to do this," Geiz added, "I have a lead on Another Kiva that I'm going to be looking into. You're going after Another Blade."
"...alright…" Sougo nodded, "Where should I start looking…?"
"That is for you to figure out," Geiz informed before he walked off.
"Geiz!" Tsukuyomi yelled as she chased after him.
Sougo simply stood there for a moment before he saw Woz approach him with a relaxed expression.
"Waga maou, allow me to aid you," Woz requested.
"Please do," Sougo told him.
"Kamen Rider Blade, after the final battle with the Joker Undead, had went into hiding for reasons that were lost to history. Given the injury, it's likely he hasn't gotten to far away and is in hiding in a place where people wouldn't notice…" Woz explained.
Sougo snapped his fingers in realization before he quickly hurried off.
Sougo eventually arrived at a forest and began to roam around it in search of Kazuma. He gave a calm exhale as he continued to search, yet his thoughts kept going back to pondering what caused Kazuma to become Another Blade. He eventually came across what looked to be some sort of red trail and slowly followed it.
"You again…" a voice exhaled.
"Kenzaki-san," Sougo called out before he saw Kazuma sitting by a river.
"Who are you and how do you know my name?" Kazuma questioned.
"I'm Sougo… and the answer to that second one is complicated," Sougo responded as he approached.
Kazuma exhaled again before Sougo sat down next to him.
"Why did you do this…?" Sougo calmly asked.
Kazuma got up, pulled out his belt, and turned to Sougo, "Fight me… and you will have your answers…"
"Wakatta…" Sougo nodded as he got up and got out his own belt.
Both proceeded to put their belts on as they simply observed the other.
=ZI-O!=
"Henshin!"
=TURN UP!=
=RIDER TIME! KAMEN RIDER~ ZI-O~...=
Blade simply stood still for a moment before he took out the Blade Anotherwatch and activated it.
=BLA~DE…=
Electricity spread over Blade's body, causing him to yell in pain, before the top half transformed into Another Blade. He quickly pulled out a card and proceeded to scan it.
=RECOVER!=
Another Blade let out a slight sigh of relief in response to the wave of healing energy that floated over him. He then quickly scanned another card as Zi-O summoned his weapon.
=METAL!=
Zi-O charged in and slashed at Another Blade… only for the attack to not cause any damage. Zi-O quickly slashed agained, but ended up with the same results.
"This again…" Zi-O muttered in realization before he dodged out of the way of an attack from Another Blade, "I know what you're doing…"
"Do you?" Another Blade retorted as he scanned two cards.
=MACH!=
=GEMINI!=
A duplicate of Another Blade appeared before both quickly ran around Zi-O. Zi-O tried to keep an eye on the real one, but both were moving too quickly for him to be able to tell them apart
"Then let's try this…" Zi-O muttered as he switched his weapon to gun mode and fired in front of him… only for it to bounce back.
=REFLECT!=
"Come on…" Zi-O complained as he watched Another Blade come to a stop.
Another Blade didn't say anything as he scanned another pair of cards.
=THUNDER! KICK!=
=LIGHTNING BLAST!=
Another Blade jumped up, electrical energy surrounding his leg, and he soared towards Zi-O.
"If you're not making this easy… then I'll do the same!" Zi-O shouted as he got out a Ride Watch.
=OOO!=
He quickly loaded it in and spun his Driver around. A trio of animals came charging in, defending Zi-O from the attack, before they got into position.
=ARMOR TIME! TAKA, TORA, BATTA! OOO~!=
Zi-O then charged towards Another Blade, clawing at him, before he followed it up with a powerful kick. Another Blade tried to scan more cards, but the rapid slashes from the claws managed to knock the cards away from him.
"You will answer me!" Zi-O shouted as he slashed at Another Blade once more, "Kamen Riders are supposed to stand for justice… yet… look at yourself!"
Another Blade rolled along the ground after another slash, though he was capable of standing back up. He simply stared at Zi-O for a moment before he got out more cards, "Tell me something I don't already know…"
"Eh?"
=SPADE TEN! JACK! QUEEN! KING! ACE! ROYAL STRAIGHT FLUSH!=
"Shoot..." Zi-O muttered before he quickly got an idea. He grabbed his sword, got out another Ride Watch, and quickly loaded it in.
=GAIM!=
Another Blade's arm transformed into a sword like shape as he swung towards Zi-O.
=GAIM, GIRI GIRI SLASH!=
Zi-O quickly stabbed his weapon at the ground and was surrounded by a giant orange that successfully managed to block the attack. Another Blade got knocked off of his feet by the recoil of the attack, so Zi-O quickly prepared his Driver for a finisher.
=FINISH TIME! OOO!=
He then quickly spun around his Driver, jumped into the air, readied his kicking motion, and began to soar down towards Another Blade.
=SCANNING TIME BREAK!=
A trio of Core Medals with katakana on them appeared as Zi-O continued to soar before he made contact with Another Blade, "SEIYA~!"
Another Blade got knocked back, sparked for a moment, had his top half vanish, reverted back to Blade, and then reverted back to Kazuma. Zi-O landed on the ground and quickly detransformed. Sougo then walked over to Kazuma and offered him a hand to get back up.
"...I did say I would explain myself after you won…" Kazuma stated as he got into a more comfortable position before he motioned for Sougo to sit down as well.
Sougo proceeded to sit down next to Kazuma and gave him a motion to start.
"One day in early 2004, after I managed to seal an Undead… I meet this strange woman…" Kazuma began to explain.
"I've got good news and bad news for you. Your battle will eventually end. Those monsters will all be sealed away. However… you will need to sacrifice yourself for that victory. And I don't mean die… you become the monster you're trying to contain."
"...what…?" was all Blade could say in response.
"Don't believe me? Look at this…" the woman told him as she handed him what looked to be a watch with the Blade symbol on it.
Blade took it in his hand and memories of things to come flashed through his mind.
"I could see what seemed like hundreds of years later… many battles that still happened in spite of the Undead being sealed, what looked to be them being unsealed again, humanity going through another world war, and being one of the last Riders standing against some golden overlord bent on conquering the world…" Kazuma explained.
"...golden overlord…" Sougo muttered.
"...what…? Was that…?"
"The future. You can avoid it all… if you take this power…" the woman said as the watch turned into the Blade Anotherwatch.
"I accepted the offer because I thought it was a good idea at the time, but… the more I thought about it, the more I realized it was a mistake. I've had to live with this mistake for over 14 years now…" Kazuma said with a heavy amount of regret in his voice, "And the people who gave me this power have recently said I need to attack people or else I'll die…"
"Kenzaki-san… we all make mistakes…" Sougo commented, "But we can always find a way to become better from them going forward. And, right now, I can clean this mistake up. Do you trust me?"
"...I'll give you a chance, Sougo," Kazuma responded.
Suddenly, a light blue glow came from one of Kazuma's pockets. He took out a blank Ride Watch and the two watched it transform into the Blade Ride Watch.
"Here," Kazuma said as he passed the watch over to Sougo, "Good luck with… whatever it is you're going to do."
"Arigatou," Sougo smiled as he took the watch and quickly headed off.
Zi-O and Kamen Rider Geiz both ran towards their Time Majins in a hurry.
"You got the Kiva Watch?" Zi-O asked.
"Yeah. You got the Blade one?"
"Yep!"
"Zi-O, heads up!" Kamen Rider Geiz shouted as he tossed something towards him, "Guy who gave me the Kiva Watch also had that."
Zi-O looked to see the Ride Watch he was just handed depicted Kamen Rider Chalice, "Uh…?"
"I don't completely get it either," Kamen Rider Geiz admitted before he took off in his Time Majin for 2008.
Zi-O simply nodded his head before he took off for 2004.
January 2004
Zi-O jumped out of his Time Majin and could see Another Blade just roaming around in confusion.
"Oi," Zi-O announced, successfully getting Another Blade's attention, "I hope you're ready, Kenzaki-san."
"How do you know my name?" Another Blade questioned.
Zi-O simply got out the Blade Ride Watch and activated it.
=BLADE!=
He quickly loaded the Ride Watch in, got his Driver into position, and spun it around.
=ARMOR TIME!=
A large Rouze Card appeared as the Blade Armor generated in front of Zi-O.
=TURN UP! BLA~DE!=
The Armor then quickly broke into parts and attached onto Zi-O, finishing with pink katakana at the helmet.
Woz then walked over from seemingly nowhere, book in hand, and he simply smiled, "Iwae! Zen Rider no chikara o uketsugi, jiku o koe, kako to mirai shiroshimesu toki no ouja. Sono namae wa Kamen Rider Zi-O Blade Armor! Matahitotsu Rider no chikara o keishō shita shunkandearu!"
Zi-O looked towards Another Blade and simply pointed towards him, "Duel!"
(Insert Song: Passionate Duelist)
Another Blade then charged towards Zi-O and tried to punch him, but Zi-O managed to block using the shoulder pads that resembled the card holster of the Blay Rouzer. Zi-O then summoned his sword and slashed at Another Blade.
"Gah!" Another Blade shouted as he got knocked to the ground. He managed to get back up and then quickly scanned a card.
=TACKLE!=
Another Blade recklessly charged towards Zi-O, but Zi-O easily dodged out of the way of the attack. Zi-O quickly closed the gap and rapidly slashed at Another Blade with his sword. Another Blade then tried to punch Zi-O, yet it was easily parried by Zi-O's weapon and he was knocked aside.
"Might as well use this," Zi-O muttered as he got out the Chalice Ride Watch, switched his weapon into gun mode, and loaded it in.
=FINISH TIME!=
=CHALICE, ZURE ZURE SHOOTING!=
The blast hit Another Blade and ended up stunning him.
"Yosh!" Zi-O shouted as he tossed his weapon away and readied his finisher.
=FINISH TIME! BLADE!=
Zi-O then quickly spun his Driver around.
=LIGHTNING TIME BREAK!=
Electricity generated at the shoulder pads and traveled down to Zi-O's right leg. He looked to Another Blade, who was still stunned, and then smirked, "Kore ga ore no kirifuda!"
Zi-O charged forward and quickly kicked Another Blade right at the top of his head. Another Blade got knocked back, exploded, and then Blade simply fell to the ground as the Blade Anotherwatch shattered.
(End Insert Song)
Both the Blade Ride Watch and Chalice Ride Watch faded back into blank Ride Watches. Zi-O removed the now blank Blade Ride Watch as he approached Blade, "You ok?"
"Why did you do that? I could've averted so much pain a-"
"But you would've lived with regrets about it. You gave up one thing that would've certainly saved everyone…" Zi-O told him.
Blade was stunned silent before Zi-O kneeled down to him.
"But don't worry. The mistake has been cleared up," Zi-O told him as handed Blade the blank Watch, "Keep it safe, ok?"
"...who even are you?" Blade asked.
"The one who will inherit the power of all Riders…" was all Zi-O said before he walked off.
Blade simply looked down to the item the Rider had handed him in confusion before he simply walked off as well.
"Hey… Woz?" Zi-O spoke.
"Yes, waga maou?" Woz said as he suddenly appeared.
"Can you make sure this gets to Kamen Rider Chalice?" Zi-O requested as he handed the blank Ride Watch over to Woz.
"It would be my honor," Woz responded as he took the Watch and headed off.
"...hope Geiz's fight against Another Kiva is going well…"
Woz arrived earlier the same day of January 2004 and used his scarf to carefully slip the blank Ride Watch to a currently asleep human Kamen Rider Chalice...
Special thanks to: Gammatron and his story Blade Brave for helping with the opening scene and Japanese YouTube commenters for certain katakana.
Jikai, Kamen Rider Zi-O: Another Story
Geiz: I need to do something about Another Kiva… soon.
Tsukuyomi: Geiz...
?: Oh no hanketsu o iiwatsu. Shi da! (The King's sentence is given. It's death!)
*Kamen Rider Geiz was then shown fighting Kamen Rider Saga*
Another Kiva: *standing atop a bell tower* We must prepare a proper welcome, Kamen Rider…
Ora: Isn't he a Fangire? Why is he still here?
Heure: Might have something to do with what I did in 1987…
=GABU!=
Another Kiva: What is a man?
Kamen Rider Geiz: You talk to much!
Chapter 03: Wake Up 2008
?: Mark my words… the history of the Heisei Riders started by Kamen Rider Kuuga will come to an end…
Kamen Rider Zi-O: Another Story
Another Supplementary Plan
02: Canon or Non-Canon
Sougo and Kazuma sat with their scripts, in the forest, before Kazuma was handed the Blade Ride Watch to put into his pocket.
"So, it says that I'll give it to you after I say that I'll give you a chance," Kazuma commented.
"I… have a question…" Sougo stated.
"What?" somebody off-screen responded.
"Why is it we're fighting Another Blade and Another Kiva? Both of those have already happened in canon… or… will happen…" Sougo questioned.
"What do you mean?" Kazuma questioned.
"We canonically defeat Another Blade when I obtain the powers of Zi-O Trinity…" Sougo explained.
=TRINITY TIME!=
Both Kamen Rider Geiz and Kamen Rider Woz transformed into what looked to be watches and flew towards Zi-O.
=MITSU NO CHIKARA, KAMEN RIDER ZI-O~! (GEIZ, WOZ!) T~RI~NI~TY~! TRINITY=
The watch forms of the two other Riders attached onto Zi-O's shoulders and his own face moved down to his chest region.
"Ore no kao! (My face!)" Zi-O shouted before the form was completed. He looked at himself for a moment before he moved his hands to his head, "Something incredible just happened!"
"Wh-what is this?!" Geiz's voice shouted.
"We seem to have combined…" Woz's voice noted.
Zi-O Trinity stood there for a moment before he spoke in Woz's voice, "Iwae! Somehow the three Riders' powers have combined into one, this is probably the King of Time who will create the future. Sono namae... Kamen Rider Zi-O Trinity. This must be the beginning of a new legacy."
"Hey, is that okay to say?" Zi-O's voice responded.
"So… is this story not canon anymore? Cause I was told this was supposed to be canon…" Sougo pondered aloud.
"I'm sure that the writer is figuring things out… right?" Kazuma asked.
A thumbs up came into frame to confirm Kazuma's question.
"Alright…" Sougo responded before another thought occurred to him, "But… if this is canon, then how did both Another Blade and Another Kiva come back for what happens later? The Another Rider powers can't come back after they're destroyed…"
"Wasn't Another Zi-O capable of recreating the powers?" Kazuma retorted, "Plus, isn't Another Den-O supposed to be coming back?"
Sougo nodded a bit before he sighed, "This is so confusing, Tsubaki-san…"
"Cut!" somebody from off-screen yelled.
Sougo and Kazuma both just laughed a bit at the mistake before they walked off. The camera that had been filming the two, however, was still running. Geiz then walked over, two scripts in hand, and looked to the staff behind the camera.
"Oi. I've gotten two copies of the script for the next episode and they have different titles on them. One says 'Wake Up 2008' and the other says 'Judge It King 2008'. Which is the one we're using?"
"First one," somebody off-screen informed.
Geiz nodded as the tossed away the second script and began to read the first one, "...wait… Another Kiva's real name is Mont Alu? ...sounds a bit weird…"
We'll get to the name origin for this version of Another Kiva next time. Also, the "Wake Up 2008" vs. "Judge It King 2008" thing was something I was actually debating about, but I ultimately ended up going with the first one at recommendation from KKD after I asked him. I hope that you will enjoy what I have planned for next time.
Garren and Chalice would both be stand-ins rather than the actual actors who played them. I honestly couldn't think of a good way to include either of them in this story, so that's just the way that the cookie crumbles. Oh, and the scream Garren would have at losing his powers is the scream that was a meme. Just use of old audio for the sake of that.
Something that, in my opinion, is very fascinating about the Another Riders is that they're foils in some way to the original Rider they're based on. One such example of this is Emu vs. Another Ex-Aid. Emu is a gaming doctor who was saved from death as a child and helped people beat games that had infected them, and Another Ex-Aid is the parent of a dying patient who infects other people with the virus by putting them through an unbeatable game. Another example is Gentaro vs. Another Fourze. Gentaro believed that friendship gave him strength and has canonically given up his powers so as to inspire another hero, but Another Fourze is a loner and freaked out as he began to lose his powers.
Heck, this even shows for the next storyline that's coming up between Souji and Another Kabuto. Both are perfectionists and have a wide array of talents, but while Souji is calm and idealistic, Another Kabuto is strict and more prone to anger.
Anyway… the point is that this is a recurring element of the Another Riders. The idea I had going for Kazuma here is that, originally, he willingly gave himself up to become an Undead so that the Battle Fight would never end and the others could then live in peace because of what he did. Here, he willingly gives up the peace of the others and becomes a different kind of monster. Clever, huh? And, heck, the reason I had Sougo use OOO Armor is because Eiji is the type of person who would willingly give up his own life if it meant saving another.
I am working on figuring out a way to reconcile this story's continuity with the continuity of the show, but that's taking a while to figure out. Give me some time there. Oh, and yes, Another Den-O is coming back in canon. ...I don't get it either.
My favorite parts have to be the two battles between Zi-O and Another Blade. I had a lot of fun writing them and I enjoyed having Sougo need to make something up for a catchphrase for his use of Blade Armor. Think it works.
Well, be sure to come back next time for the last chapter of this story. "Wake Up 2008" will actually be occuring at the same time as the events depicted in this chapter. Just FYI.
Just Live More.
