Flashback...
Ziden's eyes gently gazed over the Remains of Gensokyo, looking at the scorched earth, the destroyed landscape reeking of the power of Death, all from the rampage of the Saigyou Ayakashi's revival. The power it exerted during its awakening was something Ziden didn't get to see, as he was trapped in Hell until he got out thanks to an odd woman aiding him in escaping.
Though he was too late, seems that alot of people died during the attack and Ziden was only able to save Marisa from the cursed tree, he could feel it,, that tree was not fully destroyed, how could he tell? Yuyuko fusing with his soul like she did, even looking to the woman floating next to him, it was rare for him to see anger on her face but he could certainly tell tthat she was enraged about what Phantom did to their home.
He will get his just desserts, he was certain of that.
Timeskip...
Ziden now began his walk to his manor, seeing that the Eientei crew had made themselves at home in his manor, his home was never that full so having all these people and rabbits here, felt somewhat good, never a lonely moment to be felt here. The rabbits all bounced around their new home.
Inside, was of course, the bubbly princess herself, opting to make herself the head of the manor while he was gone, actually doing a great job with it, which surprised him. So he ended up making her the head of the manor whenever he leaves on an adventure she doesn't want to come on, however, she did want to do something with him, which Sanae placed in her head.
To head to the world of Pokemon and take their own form of a Pokemon Journey, except in the Physical Plane, Pokemon X and Y had came out during that timeframe so instead of buying the games, the duo wanted to live the adventure, which is why Ziden was suckered into it by the duo, the NEET and the girl of miracles who wanted to meet Pokemon in person. However, with Ziden's weakened state, Sanae thought ahead and decided to bribe him with a way of fighting even in his current state.
The Present...
Ziden was seen standing in the control room before Sanae and Nitori who were handing him an odd little device, it was thick and rectangular and seemed to hold four coin slots in it, he was confused about its purpose but they did say that it would be able to help him on this world incase combat was a thing that was gonna occur and according to Yukari, it was very high that they would get into a fight here with the Scions of Oscura.
" So...what exactly is this thing anyways?" Ziden asked, bouncing the object around in his hand before Sanae piqued up.
" This! Is the Spirit Driver! This is the bad boy that will allow you to fight like you normally do, except in a far cooler and flashier fashion!" Sanae seemed way too excited about this, will we know why? Probably in this chapter later on.
"" Yeah, took us a long time to make this bad boy, but damn, was it worth all the sweat, tears and alot of broken bodies that were made from testing this bad boy!" Nitori bragged while ziden soon tried to place the object away from him, only for Sanae to slam it right back into his hands.
" No! You keep that item and you love it Ziden!" Sanae even hissed at him with that, what a scary high school goddess.
" Fine fine, I guess you will tell me how to use it when the time comes, right?" Ziden asked while looking at her, his hands moving down to his belt, adorned with various pokeballs while Sanae's only had one on it, her Togekiss.
Of course, it would not be a journey if he wasn't tackled off of his feet by everyone's favorite destructive sibling, Flandre. " Ziden! Are we going on another journey!?" Flandre asked, the girl squeezing him hard, actually causing him to wince.
" Yeah I am but its just gonna be me, Sanae and Kaguya on this journey." Ziden said, trying to explain to the young girl, whom was already tearing up upon the decline. " And of course we can find a way to fit you into you into our lil shindig!" Ziden watched how quickly her face beamed up from that and watched her run off to get her pokemon, and when she returned of course, leads off into why there was such a large group at the Kanto docks.
Vermilion City [ Pokemon Heart Gold & Soul Silver]
"...This was supposed to be a small outing of folks, not an entire army with us." Ziden said while looking over at the ten extras that were with them, Reimu, Marisa, Sakuya, Meiling, Byakuren, Miko, Flandre, Mokou, Remilia and Komachi.
" You make it sound like you detest having us intrude on your voyage, Ziden." Reimu pointed out while jabbing him in the face with her gohai, giving her a mere grumble in response.
" Sides, we will be coming and going from Sanctuary so we can skip out on the long ass walking we will have to do!" Marisa seemed especially happy about this.
" I for one, do not plan on going to this, Sanctuary at all." Miko stated while walking up to Ziden, gazing up at him before Byakuren did the same.
" As much as I hate agreeing with her, I shall be doing the same and walking the full way with you, my up and coming Buddhist." Byakuren clasped her hands together and showed that happy smile of hers, it seemed motherly atleast.
" Not unless he wishes to become a Taoist and be with his fellow man." Miko said, doing the same as Byakuren as Ziden wished his ship would get here alot faster.
" Sucks to be the guy to be dragged into a religious thing, huh?" Mokou asked, giving him a cocky smirk.
" It does and remind me to punch you to hell and back later." Ziden said before Mokou stepped up to him, grabbing him in a headlock and choking him. " GACK!"
" Guess you forgot that you're not that powerful monster that you usually are right now! Weak enough for me to put you in your place!" Mokou quickly began to give his head one hell of a burning nookie, all while everyone watched this happen.
" Is marriage supposed to be this violent?" Meiling asked, tilting her head in confusion.
" No, these two are a special case. Extremely special." Remilia grimaced at the sight, seeing Ziden's scalp actually catching aflame.
Sakuya was more focused on her Pokemon, a Gardevoir who have been working with her at the SDM for a few months now, such a loyal and elegant Pokemon she was glad to have found, such a lucky maid she was.
Byakuren and Miko actually have yet to find their Pokemon partners, planning to seek out their pokemon in these lands.
" So tell us Ziden, what exactly is your real reason for coming to this world?" Yuyuko slowly formed from the white blob constantly floating around him, springing into a perfect shape.
" Well, as ya know, Yukari ran into-"
" Well, I can just tell this story myself if you want, my dear, stupid nephew." There comes the familiar sound of a gap slowly opening up and the familiar shape of the purple woman appeared and landed next to Ziden.
" Sure, sure, call me stupid and I was gonna save you the trouble of doing this nonsense." Ziden scoffed at this before poking her right in the cheek, the youkai biting off his finger. " OW!"
" The reason you are all here is simply this, I was told by a mysterious man who met me upon Mario's world around 2 months ago. He told me that we should come to this world and help out with its issue, now, I have no clue what region is currently in major trouble right now but I did have a reason for wanting Ziden to go here. And it pertains Gensokyo."
Everyone's carefree demeanor instantly gave way into a serious one as Yukari began to speak once more. " After the Rampage of the Saigyou Ayakashi, it seems that there was a severe affect on the lands of our home, Death Energy has leaked into our soil and made the lands unlivable or even visit-able by non immortals. So in order for us to rebuild our home, we have need of a Pokemon that should exist, one that is the embodiment of Life. I have no clue if it exists but considering this world has the Creators of Time and Space here, so there being a Pokemon of Life, shouldn't be too far fetched." Yukari said, gently closing her fan and looking to the trio who wished to explore this world.
" While we journey, basically, you want us to search for the Pokemon of Life, capture it and bring it to Gensokyo to purify the land so you guys can remake your home right?" Ziden asked while looking at the woman nodding. " Good, we can handle that, now take it easy, don't want you breaking a hip, old lady!"
" Ziden I will harm all of your body right now." Yukari said before Yuyuko pointed out at the massive white ship in the distance pulling its way to them. " Tch, anyways, we have no clue if this Shocker group is truly here, but for now, everyone, be careful, especially you Ziden." Yukari said before vanishing into light, heading into sanctuary.
Soon, the group began to embark onto the boat, gently going to take their seats and relax on their long voyage, or rather, it was not a relaxing time for Ziden as Sanae and Kaguya were getting on his case about something.
S.S Aqua [ Pokemon Heart Gold]
" YOU CAN'T CARRY YOUR ENTIRE TEAM WITH YOU ON THIS JOURNEY! THAT IS NOT FAIR! SEND AT LEAST 5 OF THEM BACK!" Sanae was waving her gohei right in his face while he was leaning back as Kaguya was yelling the exact same thing.
" Fine fine, but i am only sending back 3, jeez." Ziden said while taking out three of his pokemon and dropping them into a portal, letting out a groan as the duo seemed to calm down.
" Bah...I always hated the sea, even with this protection, it still makes me sick." Remilia was laying right down on the deck of the ship, feeling the ship drive across the seas, it was gonna take atleast 3 days to reach Kalos from its sheer distance from the other regions. "Ugh! 3 Days of this hell! Someone kill me!"
Flandre was seen staring down at her older sibling literally blue faced on the floor while jingling her wings about, the ship had only the girls and Ziden on it due to him renting it out for them. " So we get to see more Pokemon, and that's great!" Flandre seemed excited about this, as was her Deino whom was literally waddling back and forth.
Reimu herself was enjoying herself with her Persian next to her, often petting the money magnet, her shrine income did somewhat increase since the pokemon kept finding yen for her to keep her alive, the poor thing. " Shocker, what a weird name for an enemy group, but then again, I am still new to this Multiworld hero thing so, I guess this is normal." Reimu said to herself while looking up at the clouds as Marisa was soaring around with her Mismagius.
" Heh! Yah know, you're pretty fast for a Ghosty! That's pretty good, you're my partner in crime! Remember that!" Marisa told her pokemon while the ghost happily chirped up.
Meanwhile, Mokou and her pokemon seemed to be training together, throwing kick for kick at the pokemon, even teaching him the special fighting style Mokou had. " So after that, you slam your knee into their chin and watch em go right out!" Mokou taught the young Blaziken well.
Komachi, however, was literally resting on her Pokemon's arms, literally sleeping as the pokemon cradled her back and forth like a small child would be handled, a really odd sight.
MEiling seemed to be training with Mianshao as well and all while Byakuren seemed to be meditating, curious about which Pokemon would she be bonded with and which would travel with her.
Sakuya seemed to be enjoying her time off, having opted out of the maid uniform for something more casual, she never did stick to her guns and left the SDM however, she has been prone to sneak out to try and see how Ziden was doing. She was gazing down at her Pocketwatch, trying to figure out what the writing inside it was, a language she had never seen before nor had Remi and the others. " Just what is this writing and what does it mean?"
Yuyuko seemed to be having fun, feasting down on the buffet table, watching the crew members shrink away from her in horror of how much she was feasting down on, not leaving food for anyone else to eat on.
The Captain was talking to his second mate about something vital. " Bah, with how things are in Kalos right now, I'm glad to not be there, Lumiose has been taken over by those weird freaks and they're making sure no one can mess with em, we had to make a new dock near Vaniville just to compensate!"
" We know Cap'n, but what can we do, its bad enough that Team Flare was running around, now we have these weird monsters here too, should we really bring these kids and women to that place?" The second mate asked, the Captain thinking about this for a mere moment.
" These people are not our concern, they paid us, and we will send them to this place, if they die, it is not our concern." The Captain spoke the cold truth about the situation. the second mate seemed upset about it but what could he do, speak against his Captain? No, all he could do, is hope that these folks could stay safe in Kalos.
3 Days Later...
They finally arrived at the docks and soon disembarked from the ship and onto the docks, the group finally on solid land, of which Remilia was the most happy, even hugging onto the ground itself.
"...Was she that seasick when we went to Rogueport?" Reimu asked while the others shrugged.
" Guess even vampires get seasick." Kaguya said while holding her sleeve over her lips before Ziden looked at the map the captain gave him. " Seems the nearest town is like, a few hours away, which means got some walking to do."
" You mean, you've, got some walking to do." Reimu retorted about to fly before Sanae pulled her back down.
" No! We can't do that! This world doesn't have flying humans! We'd stick out like sore thumbs!" Sanae stated making sure to enforce the no flying rule.
" So we can't fly, that's not a problem, not like we haven't walked long distances before." Meiling pointed out, refering to their last journey 3 months ago as Sanae was still going on about no flying.
" We are rather new to the Adventure thing since I joined with you guys near the end of your journey." Byakuren stated while nodding while Miko simply taps her jaw.
" While I, on the other hand, have never been on such a grand journey before, I do hope to bring back stories to my disciples." Miko seemed to like the idea of this journey.
Ziden was about to say something before he heard a loud feminine scream in the distance. " The hell was that?" Ziden asked before the group all gathered their things and ran off into the port, seeing a blue haired woman and her son being surrounded by odd men in wrestling esque outfits.
More Danger! [ Paper Mario: Thousand Year Door]
" Ziden, those men, they are the same ones who attacked me and Shadow on the Shake King's ship. Be careful." Yukari warned Ziden about these foes before he watched them surround the duo, the younger boy was standing before his fallen mother.
The strange men soon raised one of their hands and smacked the son hard enough to send him flying into a nearby table.
" Calem!" The woman cried out for her child before the strange men grabbed at her and began to shove her around.
" YEEEEEE!" They all did this in unison as a large and very odd creature came into view of the girls and Ziden, all blinking hard at the confusing appearance of the creature.
It was a literal humanoid tiger, seeming to look like one of those old fashioned costumes you would wear on Halloween, most odd about this guy was the massive cannon on his back.
" Well now...this day got weird. Don't tell me this is the evil team of this region." Kaguya said, actually grimacing at this sight.
" Out of my way, Combatmen!" The tiger was seen shoving several of the Combatmen out of the way and going to the woman. " You and your son all skipped out on your rent this month, care to explain why you didn't pay up?" The tiger was seen grabbing onto her face and keeping it clenched.
" Because...you creeps keep upping the rent, I can't even keep up the payment anymore, So I had to get away from this place!" The mother explained while trying to pull away from the monster.
" Now that, is a bad answer, now, your child, will have to live without their mother from now on!"
Of course, while this was happening, the others were making Ziden handle this by himself.
" Why do I have to fight these guys by myself!? You guys are the ones at 100%!" Ziden pointed out while Reimu shrugged.
" I dunno, the latest incident made me pretty darn tired and sore, feel sluggish." Reimu even faked her body being very heavy.
" Sides Ziden, this will do your body good, its not as fragile as it normally was, so your best option is to fight and get your body back in the grove!" Yuyuko stated as everyone nodded, well mostly everyone, Sakuya looked as though she wanted to help out.
" Now get in there and kick some ass, ze! We'll save your ass if you do end up getting messed up again!" MArisa said, giving her bright ass smile to the young male.
" Jeez, then I better get started then." Ziden said while turning around to see that the tiger was about to slice the woman right down the middle, breaking right into a dash, leaping into the air and slamming his foot right into the neck of the tiger and sending him rolling along the ground. "You alright mam?" Ziden asked as the woman nodded heavily. " Get to your son, I'll handle things here." Ziden looked to the tiger as he slowly got up to his feet, slowly reaching for his swords, only to release they were back on the ship, unusable by him in this state anyways.
" You punk! You dare mess with us, Shocker and me, Tiger-roid!? In our turf?" Tiger-roid gets back up to his feet while letting out a growl and walking around the man.
" What can I say? I'm the type of guy that likes to get in trouble with all kinds of folks, and extorting poor people like that, that's just disgraceful." Ziden said, pointing at the monster while giving one of his cocky smirks.
" Heh, we have alot of your kind in these parts, reckless kids who think they can mess with the rule of Shocker! Combatmen! Get this punk!" Tiger roid ordered the combatmen to charge at Ziden who got ready to fight.
Fight on! [ Final Fantasy 7]
The Combatmen all began their charge at Ziden who quickly began their quick kicks onto them, hitting them all over and sending them scattering, now taking them on one by one.
" Feels like I'm in one of those cheesy cartoon Ranger shows with these silly enemies!" Ziden soon began to flip around and spin kicks one of the Combatmen in the face, knocking them right down and following up with a strong slamming kick onto his chest, causing sparks to shoot out.
Another Shocker Combatman came up behind him, quickly prompting him to do a backwards flip kick and sending the combatman flying up into the air and into the sea. " Woo! Looks like I still got it!" Ziden said before sweep kicking another one of them and then punching him hard in the throat, knocking the odd man out before staring at the tiger.
" Heh, looks like you have some fight inside you! Then lets go!" Tiger-roid charges right at ziden, swinging those claws at him, in which Ziden dodged and slammed his leg into his face, watching as the attack barely phased him at all. " Was that all you had in that kick? Or was that earlier kick just a fluke!?"
Tiger-roid took no time and literally sliced Ziden hard against his chest, sending the male crashing right into several boxes nearby, groaning in pain and bleeding from his wound. "Forgot, I'm not as strong as I used to be." Ziden said, a red streak appearing across Yuyuko's chest as well as he got ready to charge at the man again.
" Ziden! Wait! Use the Spirit Driver!" Sanae yelled out while Ziden softly scoffed.
" What the hell would that thing do for me here!?" Ziden asked, holding the Spirit Driver in his hands.
" Okay first, slam it onto your waist like a belt buckle!" Sanae asked as everyone looked at her like she was crazy, Ziden, really not having much of a choice, did just that, actually surprised when a dark black belt shot out from the right of the device and wrapped around him, soon clicking into the other side and securely holding it on him.
" Whoa, that is uh, certainly something. Now what?" Ziden asked as he watched Sanae fumble around in her robes before throwing him a red coin, looking at the dragon head on it and how it gave off powerful magical energy.
" Okay, now take that coin and put it in the top most coin slot on your belt after holding it out in front of you." Sanae explained while Ziden did exactly that as the coin began to glow.
" SALAMANDER!" The coin lets out a draconic roar before glowing bright red as Ziden placed the coin in the slot, looking back to Sanae.
" Now then! Strike a pose and say this exact word, Henshin!" Sanae said, doing her own form of a pose.
" What in the world-" Reimu seemed confused at her fellow maiden while Remilia was still back at the docks, hugging the wood and kissing it. The ship captain was peeking out at this sight from his ship.
Ziden did just that, moving his arm across the area in front of him slowly before flipping his hand into closed fist. " Henshin!" At the mere moment he said this, a large red magic circle formed right behind him, sending out a massive serpentine dragon to fly around the area around him.
Tiger-roid was caught off guard by this as he staggered back. " What is this!? No, it can't be!"
The dragon flies around alot more before flying right down onto ziden and crunched right down onto him, causing a small burst of fire to rise up, consuming Ziden and coating him in a weird full body spandex, shards of armor began to form onto his chest, arms, legs and head into a samurai style armor, except less bulky and more condensed to fit a body suit.
His armor was a bright red armor, seemed to be styled after dragon scales, the gauntlets and greaves were Draconian and even the helm had the design of a dragon's head, a silver faceplate to cover his mouth and bright red glass orbs for eyes. On the helm was a fireball with the kanji for Fire on it in pure black. Most notable was the buckle on his right waist and that the gauntlet on his right arm had a card shaped indention on it.
Ziden now swings his arm and dispersed the flames, showing everyone the armor. And this of course, caused Sanae to squee while Reimu calmly smacks her on the back of the head. " Gods, calm yourself down Sanae, explain to us, what the heck is with that armor?"
" Oh that's simple, with the power of the great Kanako and Kappa technology, we have granted our friend Ziden, a legendary power of Japan itself!" Sanae said as Miko raised a brow at this.
" A legendary power? Of Japan? This is news to me." Miko said, observing the odd armor around Ziden, who himself was observing it.
" Yes, of the Modern Era, the legendary power of the-"
" Kamen Rider! I can't believe this, a Kamen Rider was born here!?" Tiger-roid seemed rather upset about this as he was seen bending forward and aiming his cannon right at the man. " Take this!" A large cannon ball was fired right at Ziden before he simply swings his fist at the object, sending it flying right past the girls, smacking Mokou right in her face and taking her head clean off and hitting the ship head on in an explosive rage, taking out the Captain who was in its direct path, Karma works real fast at times.
" Kamen Rider? I don't know what that is, but if this armor is gonna allow me to beat you down, then I don't care what its called, hell, might as well name this bad boy now. Avenger!" Ziden was seen pointing up into the heavens and then pointing at the Tiger-roid. " Come on! Lets settle this on the fields of battle!" Ziden took no time and quickly began his dash right to the Tiger-roid.
The monster was still shocked by the fact he reflected his attack with ease before feeling a powerful fist slam into his chest, causing sparks to shoot out of the impact and send him rolling. " What!?" Tiger-roid punched the ground hard before whipping out those claws and running at Ziden.
Ziden responded by throwing three powerful kicks at his chest, knocking the monster back with each strong strike, sending more sparks out from each impact before landing one more strong kick on his chest to send him flying. " Hah, this armor really is like fighting in my old state, this is awesome!"
" Ngh! Combatmen! To me!" A swarm of Combatmen appeared around the duo. " Then I am just gonna overload you with so many opponents to fi-" And of course, when that happened, a blur of green shot through the horde and sent several of the mooks flying into the air as the girls finally decided to get involved.
" Not really a fair fight if you have to wuss out and call for back up, daze~" Marisa pointed out as she had that Mini hakkero blaring up and blasting down Combatmen with a myriad of stars.
Miko was skillfully using her blade and slashing down any Combatmen in her way, watching the sparks rain down onto her flesh with each slash. " Even if you are evil, atleast try and show some form of honor in a duel."
" Even if you are a disgraceful mess." Remilia pitched in, biting down on a Combatmen before spitting agressively. " Gah! They have no form of blood! What are these freaks!?"
" Who knows, but all I know is that we must defeat this horde and get our answers." Reimu said, leaping to dodge a slice from one of their knives, and slamming both of her feet into their face, sending them reeling backwards from the impact.
" Ziden! Reach into that Card holder and use a card! Finish this cat off and send these freaks packing." Sanae said before Ziden reached into the Card holder and pulled out a bright yellow card, soon sliding it onto Card slot on his arm.
" CARD SET! LETS GO FINAL ATTACK!" Ziden watched as his feet was now burning red and covered in flames before he cracked his neck.
" Time to end this fight with a flashy finish!" Ziden leapt high into the air before doing a front flip spin and aimed his foot downwards, the flames expanding into a flame cone. " Burning Impact Kick!" Ziden shot down like a rocket and slammed into Tiger-roid's chest, leaving a large burning foot on his chest and blasting the Tiger back, sending him rolling along the ground, his body sparking violently.
Ziden lands on the ground with his back to the Tiger-roid, gently rubbing his thumb across his faceplate. The tiger could barely stand before raising his hands high. " Hail! Shocker!" The large beast began its slow fall backwards hitting the ground and violently exploding in the background, even doing so multiple times with various camera angles.
The others were seen knocking the combatmen off into the distance, watching them explode as well before they wiped their brows, felt different, fighting for real instead of using their Danmaku.
The mother was seen finally coming over with her son in toe, gazing at the group of strong fighters. " You.. defeated that monster who had such a tight grip on our town. Thank you so much." The woman quickly bowed her head as Ziden rubbed the back of his helmeted head.
" Heh, we're heroes, its what we do." Ziden said while wondering about something for a minute. " How do I-" Ziden asked before Sanae removed the coin from the slot as Ziden's armor vanished into a glass breaking like effect.
" So it seems...that this land, is in grave danger." Yuyuko stated while looking at the others, all while Mokou was healing her head back and looking over to the riight and seeing the sinking ship.
" Guessing we won't be getting back that way it seems." Mokou said while looking at Kaguya sticking her tongue out at the other immortal. " TCH!?"
" But, if you guys are heroes, can you please come to the town, we could use your help, you see, there is a man there that could use your help there." The mother asked while Calem gently struggled to stand.
" Yeah, ever since those guys came here, they took over every town in this region and because of this, they canceled the Pokemon League, this is a crisis and I'm even unable to start my journey." Calem looked upset about this before Kaguya pat onto his head.
" Its okay, we'll make sure to beat back these invaders and save these lands and have our own little Journey!" Kaguya said, softly smiling down at the boy, reassuring him that they woulod save these lands.
" Geez, leave to us to want to get involved in another Non Gensokyo incident." Reimu said while letting out a sigh.
" But atleast we get to meet Pokemon!" Flandre seemed alot more focused on the Pokemon than anything else.
" But first, we should escort these two back home, atleast." Sanae looked to the mother and son with a soft grin, nodding to everyone.
Elsewhere...
In an old house in the upcoming town, a ginger haired man in a colorful outfit was outcold on a bed, unable to awake or move from his slumber, waiting to be awakened on this new world.
Trivia:
1. Yes, those weird Gimp men are from the Kamen Rider series, mainly Kamen rider 1!
2. Tiger-roid comes from Kamen Rider ZX and yes, he is as simple as he is described.
3. The other series involved in this crossover is indeed, Kamen Rider. A very fun series to watch and read on, you guys should watch it. Do it.
4. That sleeping man is another Kamen Rider whom will be revealed in the next episode and is possibly the most unique one of the series.
Author's note: Should note that this plotline will be dark just like X and Y and hell, you might see some horrifying things in gory detail, maybe, nah, not gory, but still kinda crazy though and yes, this is a Ziden/Sanae/Kaguya focused story so they are the main chars with Reimu and Marisa right behind them. But yes, it will be similiar in tone to the last one, bad jokes, puns, flirting and alot of madness. And Ziden/Mokou/Kaguya carnage, have a good night and leave reviews if you want.