Hey there everybody, what's up? Fenikkusumaru here and Serpentdragon and I are giving you another chapter of Kamen Rider OOO: Unlimited Adventiure! You think last chapter was crazy, well wait till you see this one! So let's get to it!
Disclaimer: Same thing.
Well this is just great. Koji and I get sucked into a portal getting separated from him, landed in the water then were rescued by pirates; then this huge island appeared and a huge wave, washed us all up! What the heck is going on around here?!
Groaning, I pushed myself up and found myself on the island. All around me was some stuff from the ship and Luffy, the guy who was apparently the captain of this pirate crew.
"H–Hey! Luffy!" I said, running over to him. "Wake up! You okay?!"
"I'm fine." Luffy said. "What about you?"
"Yeah, I'm ok." I nodded.
"Well that's great!" Luffy suddenly said excited and immediately jumped up to his feet.
"You sure are a happy camper…" I deadpanned.
Luffy then got a big grin as he looked around and said, "WHOOOOOOOOOA! WHAT A VIEW!"
"Yeah, question is: Where the heck are we?" I wondered looking around too.
Smiling, Luffy put his hand on my shoulder and said, "Let's go find out! It'll be like an adventure!"
"Well…" I said uncertain. "I guess it couldn't hurt to look around." But then I noticed something off. "Wait a minute… Where's your crew and the ship?!"
Luffy looked around in confusion for a few moments before saying, "I don't know. I don't see my crew or the Thousand Sunny anywhere. I guess we'll just have to look for them while we scout this place out."
"I'm surprised you're this calm about things…" I sweat dropped.
Luffy laughed as he said, "What's to be worried about? I trust my crew will be alright. So I might as well enjoy the trip to find them."
"Well, okay… if you say so…" I said, looking around more. "Still, what'll we do about the stuff? It's all a mess. We might as well clean up first before setting off for wherever we're heading." Come to think of it, I never actually got a good looking of my surroundings.
"Best to just grab what we think we'll need." Luffy said as he began looking through the stuff to find what he thought he'd need to bring.
As Luffy did that, I climbed up on a rock to take a look around. Luffy and I were near one of the edges of the island that I could tell from the ocean being right behind us. The island or least this part seemed pretty rocky, having a lot of raised elevations. But overall, it was very green. There were a few trees all around with lots of grass and bushes.
After looking around more, I went back to our impromptu camp site and sighed in relief finding my duffle bag and found what's left of my OOO stuff. I only have the OOO Driver, Scanner, and the Medal Holder that held the three core Medals needed to become OOO. I opened up the Medal Holder containing the three Core Medals. I used to have a complete collection of them. Red, Yellow, Green, Grey, Blue, Purple, and Brown. I never even bothered getting the Black Core Medals, because it was never used in the movie by Eiji, not knowing what combo that would become, but to make up for that, I gained the Imagin and S.H.O.C.K.E.R Core Medal.
I looked at the Taka Medal and took it out of its holding, to admire it and… it felt like metal? Trust me, there's a huge difference between plastic and metal. My Core Medals were all plastic and dye–cast… yet for some reason, they became metal. I checked the other two Core Medals and they were the same too? What does it mean?
"Dang…" I thought as I held the things in my hand. "All that time collecting that stuff… and now it's mostly gone." However, as I held the stuff in my hands, I couldn't help but notice they felt… different. They didn't feel like plastic. They felt… real. Unable to describe, I attached the OOO Driver and Scanner around my waist.
And before I knew it, it did attach to me and a belt wrapped around my waist!
"Whoa…" I said as I held the Medals in my hand. "I wonder if... Nah, that's stupid," I said as I put the Medals back in the case.
"Hey, Kurogasa, let's go!" Luffy shouted at me, shaking me out of my reverie.
"Uh, yeah…! Right!" I nodded.
"You okay?" Luffy asked, before noticing my belt. "And what's with that thingy around your waist?"
"Oh! Yeah… This is… something special to me. It's something from my world. It's a toy based off one of my favorite TV characters, Kamen Rider OOO."
"Huh? What's that?" Luffy asked confused.
Oh crap, me and my big mouth…
"Um…" I said as I tried to think, "Well… TV is form of entertainment back where I come from. It's like reading a book, except it's got moving pictures with voices."
Luffy blinked for a while before saying, "Oh, ok!" He smiled widely.
Phew… I thought he'd stay confused. "Uh… anyways, let's get going and find the others." I suggested.
"You got it!" Luffy said. "It's time for an adventure!" He cheered, raising his arms in the air.
I couldn't help but chuckle at Luffy's enthusiasm. "Alright, if you say so. Let's go find our crew."
(Cue Theme Anything Goes by Maki Ohguro)
(You count the medals: 1, 2 and 3 Life goes on, Anything Goes, Coming up OOO) Kurogasa and Koji are seen falling from the sky as the Core Medals scatter across the sky. As Kurogasa lands on the Thousand Sunny, the Straw Hat crew, look at him suspiciously before smiling and helping him up.
(Instrumental) As the Taka, Tora, and Batta Medals fall into his hand, Kurogasa inserts them into the OOO Driver and slides the O Scanner across them, transforming into Kamen Rider OOO as the title logo appears.
(Iranai motanai yume mo minai FUREE na joutai sore me ii kedo [Kokkara hajimaru The show we're waiting for Count the medals: 1, 2 and 3]) Luffy holds up the orbs as it glows, making the logo disappear as we suddenly see him, Kurogasa, and Nami running across the island as they battle a swarm of Trash Yummies and Navy soldiers.
(Unmei wa kimi hottokanai kekkyoku wa susumu shika nai [Michi naru tenkai Give me energy Count the medals: 1, 2 and 3]) Usopp and Chopper freak out seeing the many Trash Yummies and Navy Soldiers, but Zoro and Sanji charged at the Yummies and Navy soldiers with Robin and Franky following them from behind.
(Dai~jo~bu ashita wa itsudatte Blank) Looking up, Kurogasa and Luffy see the Greeed standing on a cliff above them, staring down menacingly at them.
(Jibun no kachi wa jibun de ki~me~ru mono sa~ [OOO! OOO! OOO! OOO! Come on!]) Grabbing his Core Medals, Kurogasa slides them into the Driver, bringing the Scanner across them as he shouts, "HENSHIN!" As the OOO chant goes on, we see Kurogasa quickly change from TaToBa to GataKiriBa, RaToraTah, SaGoZo, TaJaDor, ShaUTa, PuToTyra, BuraKaWani, TaMaShii, and then Super TaToBa.
(Anything Goes! Sono kokoro ga~ atsuku naru mono~) Luffy stretches his whole body up while OOO in TaToBa form jumps up with the Batta legs and both try to land a blow on the Greeed, only for the latter to dodge.
(Mi~tasareru mono wo sagashite) Popora appears and distracts the Greeed when they get shot by Koji with the Birth Buster before turning into Kamen Rider Birth.
(Life goes on! Honki dashite tatakau no naru) All of a sudden, the entire battle stops as the Straw Hat crew, Popora, OOO, and Birth turn towards the Evil Guardian golem statue, going on a rampage.
(Makeru ki shinai hazu!) OOO turns into Super TaToBa as Birth transforms into Birthday Form as they, Luffy, and the rest of the crew attack the Evil Guardian, causing a huge flash of light. When it fades the Straw Hats plus Kurogasa and Koji are back on the deck of the Thousand Sunny, looking into the sunset as the title logo appears again.
Chapter 2: The Crew, Yummy, and Kamen Rider OOO
So with that Luffy and I set off to find the rest of the crew, wherever they may be at in this island were on, but so far, we had no luck of finding them. I sighed as I stopped for a breather, sitting on a big rock. "I didn't realize how big this island was. Your crew could literally be anywhere."
"Or they could be behind this weird blue wall thingy here." Luffy said. Wait, what? Looking up, I saw up ahead this blue aura of a wall, whatever it was, just beyond a canyon of sort. What the heck is it doing on an island? Was it guarding something important?
Walking up to it, I gently placed my hand against it. It was solid… and impenetrable. "Great… we can't get through…" I grumbled. "How are we gonna get in?"
Just then… we heard some screaming from behind the wall!
"What the–!" I got out.
"Is that them?!" Luffy wondered. "On the other side of this wall?" He then thought about something until he got an idea. "Okay then, let's do this!" He said, as he… stretched his arm 50 ft. back?! What the heck!?
I watched in awe as Luffy pulled back his fist so far. "Whoa! L–Luffy! H–How are you doing that!?"
"It's nothing really." Luffy grinned cheekily. "I ate the Gum–Gum Fruit and it made me into a rubber man!"
"Gum–Gum Fruit?" I asked confused.
Luffy didn't seem to hear me as he looked back to the energy wall before us, shouting. "GUM–GUM PISTOL!" His fist came, flying forward like a catapult, heading straight for the barrier, but that failed, as his stretchable arm bounced back to him. "Uh–oh." Luffy said as his fist went flying back, right into his face, knocking him back. He rolled across the dirt before coming to a stop on his butt. "Oof… That didn't work."
"You okay Luffy?" I asked worriedly, while running over to him.
Luffy shook his head slightly, no doubt seeing stars before nodding to me. "Yeah… just wasn't expecting that. Got my head spinning a bit, but I'm okay now."
"Okay." I sighed in relief as I helped him up, before both of us looked at the barrier. "How are we gonna get in now?" I wondered. That was when something blue in one of Luffy's big pockets. "Huh? Hey Luffy, what's that glowing?"
Luffy looked down as he noticed the glowing as well. "Huh? Oh! That's the orb I found in the ocean before the island appeared and you fell from the sky!" Reaching into his pocket, he pulled out the orb and held it out for us both to see.
When we looked at it, the orb glowed really bright, blinding us temporarily before we saw the energy barrier glow the same glow and it… disappeared?
"Whoa…" We both said in amazement. "Well… that was convenient, wasn't it?" I asked.
"Sure was." Luffy grinned.
Suddenly, Luffy and I looked up as we heard a strange jingling sound. Looking up, I had just enough time to see a blue rabbit dressed in all gold with a scepter leap up and nail Luffy on the top of head before turning to me to do the same. "OWWW!"
"What the–!" I cringed in pain.
"Hey! What did you do that for?!" Luffy shouted before the blue orb shined brightly again.
When the light faded, I no longer saw the island, but instead I saw strange visions. The first was of that rabbit, but he was talking to a man I did not know. He was dressed in a top and tuxedo.
The next one suddenly changed to Luffy when he was a kid, who was talking to a man with red hair in the same style like Luffy's, and was wearing the Straw Hat that Luffy was wearing.
"I'll let you hold onto his hat." The man said, taking off the Straw Hat and putting on Luffy's head.
The next thing I saw was… Wait, no… it couldn't be… I could've sworn I saw Kamen Rider OOO! And… it looked like he was attacking an army!?
But as soon as I saw that, everything went back to normal.
"W–What the–!" I got out.
"Huh… me and Shanks. What was that?" Luffy wondered. Wait, he didn't see that vision of OOO?!
"Um… I don't know, but," I asked hesitantly, "Did you also see the guy in the strange armor?"
"Huh? A guy in a strange armor? No." Luffy said, shaking his head.
That's impossible! How could he not see it?!
"You sure? He was fighting a huge army single–handedly."
"Nope, didn't see anything like that." Luffy said. What the heck's going on? Next thing we knew, that blue bunny creature ran off. "Hey stop!" Luffy shouted, but it was no use, because it was already gone. Just then, we heard more screaming. It must be the crew! "Oh right! Our friends! We better go find them!"
"Uh, right!" I shouted as I ran after Luffy… until I realized– "Crap! I don't have a weapon!"
"Well what can you use?" Luffy asked.
"Uh… well…" I said thinking about it. I mean, I could use the OOO Driver, but it's impossible. It's not real! Then again…
"This might sound crazy, but…" Touching the Driver, I said, "I might be able to do something with this.
"Really?" Luffy asked. But before I could answer, we heard more screaming from the crew. "Uh–oh, we'll worry about that later! We gotta get to our friends!"
Nodding to Luffy, I continued to run after him. As we got closer and closer, we could hear the sounds of battle grow louder, particularly grunts, battle cries, the clanging of swords, and the shooting of guns.
"Never knew there were actually inhabitants on this island!" I noticed.
"Crazy, right? Especially since it was underwater!" Luffy said.
When we got to the clearing, we found three members of Luffy's crew: Nami, Usopp, and Chopper. They were surrounded by and being attacked by guys in white naval uniforms.
"Oh great, the Navy…" Luffy groaned.
"Navy? Isn't that good?" I asked.
"No, they've been hunting me and my crew!" Luffy replied.
"What?!" I asked incredulously. "Like they have a bounty on your head or something?"
"Yep." Luffy grinned. "My bounty's 400,000,000 Beris. And I'm proud of it!"
"SAY WHAT?!" I gawked.
Ignoring my question, he began spinning his rubbery arm and said, "C'mon, let's go save our friends!" And then he leapt into battle.
"H–Hey wait!" I called out, but he ignored me anyways. Oh man… something tells me this isn't gonna end well. Groaning in defeat, I ran after him as he charged into the fight, swinging his rubbery limbs about at the Navy soldiers.
"Feel the awesome lethality of Usopp the Sniper!" Usopp shouted as he shot at the soldiers.
"Luffy!" Nami said happily, happy to see him.
"Kurogasa!" Chopper cried out.
"Great timing!" Usopp said. "Hurry up and do something about these guys!"
"Okay! Leave it to me!" Luffy nodded with a grin.
Flipping over some guys, his legs like Slinkies, he delivered a kick that knocked over a few of the soldiers. When one of them dropped their sword, instinctively, I picked it up and started to fight as well. After all, I needed a weapon. One of the Navy men was about to slash me from behind until I blocked it with the sword. Good thing the Kendo training paid off.
Quickly, I fought my way over to the three with Luffy as the Navy men began to surround us. "Man, these guys are tough! You fight them a lot?" I asked as I dueled one.
"Are you kidding me?! We're basically an enemy to the World Government!" Usopp cried out.
"World Government?!" I asked in disbelief, raising an eyebrow. This world is actually run by one government?
Chopper nodded before he leapt at one of the soldiers and kicked them in the face. "Yeah, and they really don't like pirates!"
"I can see why…" I deadpanned.
In a cave not too far from where Kurogasa, Luffy, and some of the other Straw Hats were fighting, a stone coffin lay glowing in a bright golden color. Suddenly, it then exploded, shattering the coffin into pieces. When the smoke cleared from the explosion, there stood five figures. The first was a green colored figure who appeared to be a mix of different insects. His had had the horns of a stag beetle and what appeared to be the blades of a praying mantis striking out from his shoulders. His name was Uva. Cracking his neck, he said with dark glee, "At last, we're finally free!"
"Free! Free!" A second one cried out childishly. He was a gray figure with an appearance of mixed heavy set animals. His head looked like an elephant with a small trunk and pair of tusk with a rhino on his head. He had large gauntlets, the size of a gorilla's arms and his feet resemble elephants too. This was Gamel, the dimwit of the bunch.
A female giggle could be heard as the third walked over to Gamel. Gently patting him on the head, she said, "Yes, dear, we're free… and we can at last take revenge for OOO sealing us away." The Greeed's name was Mezool and she was comprised of many aquatic animals. She had a head that was shaped like a full killer whale with a slender body, an electric eel seeming to slither down her cleavage, a blue cape draped over her shoulders, and fingers that appeared to be the tentacles of an octopus.
"My, my, we're finally free aren't we?" The fourth said. It was a male this time sounding lazy. His name was Kazari and was compromised of cat animal. He had a cat face with braids of hair to resemble that of a lion. His claws were sharp like a tiger and his legs were spotted to represent a cheetah.
"Yes... And it is time, as Mezool said, that we take our revenge," said the last and final figure. He was undoubtedly the most physically imposing with his appearance being taken from that of dinosaurs. He was a purplish figure with the head of a tyrannosaurus rex for a helmet with a purple horizontal lens instead of eyes with a human–esque mouth, a triceratops head chest plate, pterodactyl head shoulder pauldrons, a long cape, dinosaur claws for hands, and big, muscled legs. "We shall have vengeance for our imprisonment and the death of our fallen comrade Ankh." he added as he opened his hand, revealing several red medals.
"OOO will pay! OOO will pay!" Gamel chanted jumping up and down.
"Patience, Gamel, patience." Mezool said soothingly as she tried to get Gamel to calm down. "Before we can do that, we must first handle a certain issue."
Uva nodded as he said, "Namely, getting our stolen Core Medals back. Some of them are missing."
"And I have the perfect Yummy to track them down." Kazari said.
Uva scoffed, crossing his arms as he sat on part of the coffin's remains. "I'll believe that when I see it, lazy bum."
"Oh you'll see." Kazari said, as he took out a Cell Medal from his body and held it close to his head. Strangely enough, a coin slot appeared like you would see a vending machine and he slotted it inside his head.
Sliding the silver Medal into the slot, his body briefly glowed yellow before a grayish mummy–like figure with what appeared to be a port hole from a deep sea diver's helmet on its face. It moved around briefly before changing shape. It was a mainly black figure with a panther's head on top of its own head while its real face appeared to be a gray closed eyed human face with its mouth shut. It was wearing what seemed to be African tribal clothing and carried a sharpened Bo staff.
"You know what to do." Kazari said coolly. The Yummy nodded with a bow, growling lowly before running out of the cave, sniffing the air. Chuckling, Kazari then said, "Watch. It won't be long before we're at full strength again."
"Che. This I gotta see." Uva scoffed.
Man, there's no end to these guys! It seemed like for every one of these soldiers we took down, another was in its place. And not to mention I was getting really tired out, not being used to fighting like Luffy and his pals.
"Man, what are we gonna do?! At this point, we might as well surrender!" Usopp panicked.
Luffy, however, remained cheerful and confident. "Come on, guys! It's fun! If there's no challenge in the fight, then what's the point!?"
"THE POINT IS, IS THAT WE'RE GONNA LOSE!" Usopp yelled, for some reason having his teeth all sharp and pointy like a shark and his eyes being angry and soulless at the same time, when talking to Luffy.
Nami groaned as she beat back a soldier with her Clima–Tact. "Will you two stop acting stupid and focus on the fight!? We're gonna get overrun if we don't get a miracle!"
And we got something, but it was hardly a miracle.
Suddenly, from the back of the pack, a pained scream could be heard, and then another, and then a few more. Looking back, several Navy soldiers were on the ground, a few were together a shiskbab on a pointed Bo staff while several were either cut up by claws or looked like they had chunks of flesh bitten off of them. When I saw the source, I couldn't believe it. "Is–Is… Is that a… a Yummy!?"
"A Yummy?" the crew asked confused until they saw it.
"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" Usopp and Chopper freaked out, having their eyes bulging out of their eye sockets somehow.
Nami screamed and… um, wow, she… ran behind me for cover. "Kurogasa, what is that thing!? What is a Yummy!?"
"For now, all you need to know is that it's not good!" I cringed.
Luffy, grinning, much to my surprise cracked his knuckles and said, "Well, let's see how tough it is. GUM–GUM PISTOL!" Then, he unleashed his powerful punch, his arm extending farther and farther to make his fist connect with the Yummy. But when it connected…
*BONG!*
"YEOOOOOOOOOOW!" Luffy pulled back his arm, and fist was all swollen.
The Panther Yummy didn't even move. It had let Luffy punch it. However, it began to sniff the air and looked straight at me and muttered its first words. "Core Medals… Three… Taka, Tora, Batta… Medals of Ankh, Uva, and Kazari… Must retrieve…"
"N–Nani? Gh!" I cringed, taking a step back.
"Huh? What's he talking about?" Chopper asked.
Hesitantly, my hands went to my Core Medal case, pulling out the three Core Medals, the Yummy mentioned and was instantly reminded of how much more real they felt in this world. "It's these he wants…"
"Those coins?" Nami asked.
"Then give it to him!" Usopp urged.
"I can't!" I snapped.
"WHY NOT?!"
Groaning, I said, "Because if I do, he's gonna bring them to his bosses and they'll only become stronger! And his bosses will destroy the world if they get all the Medals like these back!"
"How do you know this?" Nami asked worriedly as the Yummy slowly began to walk towards us.
"I might as well show you." I said, before stepping forward. I looked at the three Core Medals in my hand again. Time to see if it's the real deal. With the OOO Driver already around my waist and the Scanner on my side, I placed the three Core Medals in their respective places. The Taka Medal in the right slot, the Tora Medal in the middle, and the Batta Medal on the left slot, and tilted the Driver to a slant.
"What are you doing?" Luffy wondered.
I ignored him as I took the Scanner and gripped suddenly making the pulsing sound. I scanned the Medals across the Driver making the same pose that Eiji Hino did while the Scanner made the three chiming sounds.
"Henshin!"
"Henshin?" The crew asked confused.
Then, to my surprise and theirs…
TAKA!
TORA!
BATTA!
TA–TO–BA TATOBA TA–TO–BA!
I became surrounded by the holographic spinning colored Medals which accompanied the transformation. I then stood up straight to allow the transformation to go smoother. Images of the three Medals I was using appeared. Taka was on the top, Tora was in the middle, and Batta was at the bottom. The three images then combined into one large crest which flew backwards and into my chest. My body then became enveloped in energy which swiftly hardened into solid armor.
I knew the suit by heart. The helmet was mainly black, save for the red faceplate which looked like a hawk with its wings spread out in flight. On my forehead and acting as the hawk's beak was a red crystal and my head had green lens eyepieces. Running from my chin and down my neck was a red line that was connected to the top portion of the image on my chest. The torso armor had rounded shoulders that had yellow lines on them. Yellow lines ran down my arms and into the yellow gauntlets decorated with what looked like folded claws on the forearm. Lastly the legs were minimally covered with segmented green armor not unlike that of a grasshopper's legs, connected by green lines to the lower section of the crest.
I had become Kamen Rider OOO!
BGM: "Regret nothing ~Tighten Up~"
While the three pirates stared at me in disbelief, the Yummy froze mid step and gave a gasping growl. "O–OOO! IMPOSSIBLE!"
"Heh!" I chuckled, "I would've thought so, too, until now." Pointing at the Yummy with my right hand, I then said, "Now, get ready, Yummy! I'm going to show you the power of Kamen Rider OOO!"
"Kamen Rider…?" Usopp whispered.
"OOO…?" Nami and Chopper murmured.
"WOOOOOOOOW!" Luffy said excited with sparkles in his eyes. "That looks so cool!"
I scratched the back of my head sheepishly at Luffy's reaction and said, "Heh, heh… thanks."
The Yummy growled as he said, "Enough of this! I've come for the Core Medals and I intend to get them!"
"Not if I have anything to say about that!" I shouted as I charged towards the Panther Yummy with the latter charging towards me. As that happened, I heard the sound of a tiger roaring as the Tiger part of my O–Lung Crest flickered momentarily before the yellow light traveled to my arms and the Tora Claws sprang forward to the front.
Leaping through the air, I slashed my claws down at the Yummy. He reached up to block them with his staff. He then flipped me over his head, though I managed to land on my feet. Before turning, I gave him a back kick right to his lower back, sending him stumbling forward a few feet before he regained his balance. Not giving him any chance to recover, I slashed down my claws again at it. This time it damaged him, making the Panther Yummy roar and "bleed" out Cell Medals.
Growling in pain, it turned to me and slashed me across the chest, causing sparks to fly off of me, and then it followed up by swiping the pole at my feet and tripped me, sending me falling onto my back.
"Kurogasa!" The Straw Hat crew cried out.
"I'm fine…" I gritted as I slowly stood up, while smoke came out of my armor. 'I gotta find a weak point in this guy.' I thought. Then strangely enough, the Taka Head activated, making the lenses on my helmet glow red.
As the Yummy and I circled one another, I kept moving my head about as I tried to detect a weakness. A few times, the Yummy jabbed its staff at me with the pointed ends, but I managed to block them with my claws. Unfortunately, I was nonetheless on the defensive. However, luckily, I saw a weakness: a small spot under its right arm. 'Bingo…'
Knowing what to do, I knocked away its spear with my Tora Claws and the Batta symbol flickered green before the green light went to my legs. With that, I jumped up high and kicked at its weak spot under its right arm.
The Yummy roared in pain as I hit the spot, causing loads of Cell Medals to come flying out of there. When I landed, I then saw why it was a weak spot: the Yummy had a cracked Cell Medal there. No doubt it was a tender spot for it because of that.
"Yeah! Go Kurogasa!" Luffy cheered.
"Amazing!" Chopper said in awe.
"You got 'em on the ropes!" Usopp cheered.
Meanwhile, Nami watched with an amazed expression and said, "Wow… he's incredible… I've never seen anything like it."
Not relenting, I kept on hitting that spot with my kicks and claws and he kept bleeding more Cell Medals each time I hit him.
Finally, as it flipped through the air from my latest kick and fell to the ground, I said, "I think now it's time I finish this!" Grabbing the Medal Scanner, I then slid it down the Driver, generating a red ring, a yellow ring, and a green ring.
SCANNING CHARGE!
With that, the Batta legs glowed as it transformed into Grasshoppers legs and I jumped up really high in the air as everyone looked up. After my legs returned to normal from the high jump, a red circle appeared in front of me, followed by a yellow and green circle, heading towards the Panther Yummy who was staggering up. I'm finishing it off with OOO's Rider Kick known as TaToBa Kick.
"SEE–YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!"
Sliding down through the circles, I went flying towards the Yummy and slammed my foot right into the weak spot, cracking the Cell Medal completely. Then, in a huge explosion, the Yummy was destroyed, unleashing a rain of Cell Medals.
End BGM
Landing on the ground, I breathed a deep sigh as I detransformed, catching my breath. "Phew… that was exhausting." Just then, looking to my left, I saw… I saw… Nami look at me with hearts in her eyes? "N–Nami…" It looked like she was about to run towards me, but… she ran past me and began picking up the Cell Medals.
"Oh my gosh! Look at all these coins! It's beautiful!"
"H–Hold on, don't touch those!" I shouted.
She froze before she grabbed them and looked to me. "Wh–Why?"
"Trust me, its best that you let me handle them." I said. "If you're thinking about throwing them in the air with joy, don't, because you might create another Yummy."
Every one of the Straw Hats there looked at me in confusion. "Wha–What do you mean?" Nami asked.
"Is something wrong, Kurogasa?" Luffy asked.
"Yeah… those are Cell Medals. They make up the body of a Yummy. They react to the innate desire of a person. If the Cell Medals can detect a powerful enough desire, it can form a Yummy."
"GAH! That sounds horrible!" Usopp freaked out.
"Look, maybe its best that we get back to camp and I'll explain everything then." I suggested.
Chopper leaped into the air, kicking his legs excitedly. "This sounds fun! Let's go hear the story!"
"Well…" Nami said, thinking about it. "Alright…"
"Okay. I'm gonna need some help picking up these Cell Medals back to camp."
After filling up a few bags with the Cell Medals, we carried them back to the camp Luffy and I had set up back near the coast. Sitting down in the tent we had set up, I looked at the Straw Hats, sighing for a moment before beginning to explain everything about the Yummy and OOO. "So… where should I start?"
"The beginning…" Usopp deadpanned.
I shot Usopp a look as I said, "Funny, smart guy…"
Nami smacked Usopp on the back of the head. "Don't be a jerk, Usopp! If he knows something, then let him talk!"
Luffy smiled at me excitedly as he said, "Go on, Kurogasa! Tell us your story!"
"Right, right." I nodded. "Well, this happened 800 years ago. There was this King of a mysterious civilization. Unlike most kings who normally are supposed to be accepted and loved by all of his people, this king was greedy and wanted to rule the world. But he knew he couldn't do it with his soldiers alone. So he had alchemists make any kind of weapon he could use to achieve that goal." I explained. "Eventually, they created these," I took out one of the Cell Medals. "This is a Cell Medal. With these, they could create creatures driven by desire." I then replaced the Cell Medal with the Core Medals I had with me. "But it wasn't enough, so to make the Medals more powerful; they infused them with the essence of animals. Each alchemist preferred a different kind of animal to use. There is a set of Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue and Silver originally. The results were the Core Medals. Using these, the alchemists not only created them, but went beyond that and created actual homunculi."
Usopp looked at Kurogasa in confusion. "'Homunculi?'"
Nami then explained, "Artificial beings. Some define them as living dolls."
"Exactly." I nodded. "However, these homunculi didn't do anything at all. They didn't want to fight, didn't want to eat or anything. They simply sat there and existed. Back then, those creatures had ten Core Medals each. In an effort to try to turn the homunculi to his cause, the King ordered one of each Core Medal destroyed."
Chopper then raised his hand enthusiastically. "Ooo! Ooo! Ooo, Kurogasa!"
Chuckling, I said, "Yeah, Chopper?"
"Why did the King think destroying one of the Core Medals for each homunculus would do anything?" He asked.
"Well, he thought he could animate them more." I said. "But he couldn't be more wrong. Thanks to him destroying the tenth Medal in their sets, the homunculi were filled with a void in them, and went on a rampage in an effort to try and fill it. Nothing that anyone tried was able to stop them. They were then named the Greeed by the people since everything they did was geared towards satisfying their own desires."
Luffy looked at me in amazement. "Whoa! That's crazy! Did anyone ever manage to beat them?"
"Well, the King was responsible for making the Greeed, so he had to clean up his own mess. He had his alchemists create the OOO Driver and Scanner." I said, showing them the said items. "It can use the Core Medals to give the wearer the abilities needed to fight the Greeed. With it, he managed to defeat all the Greeed and drastically reduced their power by taking more of their Core Medals away. However, that's when his greed got the best of him."
Nami quirked an eyebrow at me as she asked, "What happened to him?"
"Remember, the King wanted to rule the world." I reminded. "Seeing how powerful the Greeed were, he thought scanning all of the Core Medals at once would make him a god. But it became too much for him and it turned him to stone. All of the Core Medals as well as the Greeed were sealed inside him as a stone coffin. Pretty ironic isn't it? He saved the world just so he could try to take it for himself."
Nami chuckled as she said, "Looks like that King didn't know how to handle his loot."
Usopp said, "Hey Kurogasa, you said there were originally the six groups of Medals. What did you mean by that? Did that change?"
"As I said before there were originally six groups. Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, and Silver. The Red Core Medals are bird themed. The Orange, are reptile themed. The Yellow are cat themed. Green are insect themed. Blue are aquatic animal themed, and Silver were heavy land animal themed. The Greeed came from the Red, Yellow, Green, Blue, and Silver Core Medals."
"Why is there no reptile Greeed from the Orange Core Medals?" Chopper asked.
"Well…" I said, thinking about it. To be honest, the series never did explain why, so I had to come up with a reason. "The Orange Core Medals were a sort of prototype, you could say. It gave the powers, but it produced no Greeed because it wasn't strong enough to make one. And to answer your second question Usopp, it did change. Because there was a seventh set of Core Medals."
"Seventh?" Luffy asked. "What color were they? And why were they different?"
"These were the Purple Core Medals." I stated. "They are dinosaur themed, which dinosaurs by the way are really large reptiles that already went extinct. The Purple Core Medals were created from and is the antithesis of desire." I said being suddenly serious. "While the other Core Medals were made from desire, these purple ones were created from the total opposite of desire. Think about having no dreams, not wanting or needing anything. Think about only waiting… for everything… to end."
Nami couldn't help but shiver at that thought. "That sounds… horrible…"
"It is. And if I try to mix the purple ones with the other Core Medals, they'll be destroyed instantly. No ifs, ands, or buts about it."
"Why would the king make Core Medals like that?" Usopp asked, scratching the top of his head. "That sounds kinda counter–intuitive to me."
"The king didn't make the purple Core Medals."
The four of them looked at me in confusion. "Then… who did?" Chopper asked in a slightly terrified voice, like a kid listening to a scary story.
"If I had to guess, it was probably one of the king's alchemists, making them as a way to keep the Greeed in line." I shrugged. And it was true too. When Kiyoto Maki revealed the Purple Core Medals to Kazari in the series, he flinched and backed off just from seeing them alone. "Somehow," I continued, "They formed into the Greeed Giru and fought against the king as well, wanting to end his desire to rule the world. But in the end, he wound up getting sealed away as well."
"Wow… that sounds crazy!" Luffy said.
I nodded as I sat down in front of them. "Tell me about it. I just can't believe, though, that the Greeed actually exist here on this island. I wonder if their story is the same as on the show…"
"Show?" The four asked confused. Crap! Me and my big mouth again…
"Uh… on the… shores… of my world… that's what I meant! Heh, heh!" I said perhaps a little too conspicuously.
Nami and Usopp eyed me suspiciously. Chopper looked confused. Luffy, though, was unreadable… That is until he suddenly got a big grin and leapt up, shouting, "Welp, that's good enough for me!"
Phew… that was close.
"Yeah, that story sounds amazing! Despite how scary it was on that last part." Chopper agreed.
Nami and Usopp looked suspicious still for a moment before Usopp said, "Well… I guess that's possible."
Nami then looked to me as she got up and said, "Alright… if these guys trust the story, I'll give you a chance."
"Thanks." I said.
"Alright then, let's go find some food!" Luffy exclaimed. "I'm hungry!"
"And the rest of the crew!" Nami reminded, grabbing Luffy's ear.
"Owowowowowow!" Luffy cringed.
"She's right! That was our main goal in the first place after all!" Usopp recalled.
Trying to prevent a fight, I stepped forward and said, "Guys, I know we want to find the crew, but Luffy might be right. If we want to find the others, we need to be in top shape, so we should probably find some food so we're not fighting our hunger and whatever else is on this island."
Nami grumbled a bit before letting go of Luffy's ear. "Fine… we'll go find some food first."
Luffy breathed a joyful sigh of relief when Nami let go of his ear as he ran off, causing Usopp and Chopper to run after him.
When it was just me and Nami, I went up to her hesitantly and said, "Hey, uh… I'm sorry about contradicting you just now with the whole food situation."
"No, you're right." Nami waved off. "We all haven't eaten ever since those three ate all our food in an eating contest."
I couldn't help but chuckle at that. "Heh… That does sound like a problem."
"Yeah." Nami said. "We better go after them and keep an eye on those idiots. Who knows what might happen."
"Right," I said following after her, though I paused after a few steps as I looked again at the OOO Driver and Scanner on my waist, still in shock I had actually become Kamen Rider OOO. Not to mention that the Greeed are out here and that most of my Core Medals were scattered throughout the entire island. I have to find them all no matter what before the Greeed do.
And there you have it! The second chapter of Kamen Rider OOO: Unlimited Adventure! I know it's short and all, but hey, Serpentdragon and I are alright with it! Anyways, stay tuned for the next chapter! You don't wanna miss it! And as always, thanks for reading!