Chapter 2

"He's waking up. Natsumi, he's up." A female voice said as Harry started waking up again. As soon as he opened his eyes, the first thing he saw was a tiny white bat.

"Hello sleepyhead." The bat smiled at him. Out of shock, Harry instinctively slapped it away.

"Ouch! That is not the proper way to treat a lady!" the bat yelled as it slammed into a wall.

"Calm down, everything's alright." Harry looked beside him and saw an Asian woman sitting next to him. "We got you away from Shinigami."

"What… what happened?" Harry was utterly confused. Is this some sort of initiation ritual before one joins the magic world?

"We are not sure yet. We will explain everything once Tsukasa, Yuusuke and Daiki return. I'm Natsumi by the way, Hikari Natsumi."

"And I am Kiva-la. Nice to meet you, just don't hit me again, or I'll bite." The white bat said with a grin.

"I'm Harry, Harry Potter." Harry introduced himself, not knowing what else to say.

"Nice meeting you Harry. I'm Eijiro, Natsumi's grandfather." An elderly man said as he brought forth a tray of tea. "Please, help yourself."

Harry slowly reached towards a cup. He took hold onto it, only to shatter it into pieces and spilt the contents.

"Sorry!" Harry immediately apologized.

"Not to worry, we have plenty of cups." Eijiro replied as he took a towel and wiped the spilt drink. Natsumi, however, looked concern.

"Harry, doesn't your hand hurt?"

Harry looked at his hand upon hearing the question. While he had felt the heat, he was surprised that he didn't cut himself with the broken cup.

"What happened to me?" Harry wondered out loud. The 'alterations' mentioned by Professor Shinigami came into mind.

"We just found out." A new voice answered.

Harry looked up and saw three newcomers. The first man had a slight look of arrogance, and a pink camera. Behind him was a tired looking youth, followed by a cheerful-looking man holding a strange, blue pistol-like device.

"I am Kadoya Tsukasa. This is Onodera Yuusuke, and that smiling thief is Kaito Daiki." The young man with the camera introduced himself and his companions.

"Tsukasa, what did you found out?" Natsumi asked.

"Harry Potter, do you know what a Kamen Rider is?" Tsukasa asked, ignoring Natsumi's question. Harry just shook his head.

"Harry, you are now in a different world. And I don't mean hidden like the magical world. Yes, I know about that world of yours; no I am not a wizard." Tsukasa said as Harry was about to ask. "I am a passing-through Kamen Rider, and I traveled to many different worlds, or dimensions. And in most of the worlds I been to, there's at least one Kamen Rider that protects the world against people like Professor Shinigami."

As Tsukasa paused, Harry quickly took the opportunity and asked, "He said he made some alterations on me. What does that mean?"

"You are no longer human Harry, but an altered-human, a cyborg if you will." Daiki answered. They intend to make you a monster minion of theirs to help them take over multiple universes. But we managed to rescue you right before they brainwash you."

Harry just stared at him. He is no longer human? That's, that's impossible.

"Harry, I know this must be hard for you. But trust me when I say that I know exactly how you feel?" Yuusuke said, putting a hand on his shoulder.

"You mean, they did something to you as well?"

"Not exactly," Yuusuke fidgeted a little. "But I know how it feels like when all of sudden your life suddenly changes in ways you fear and don't understand, and you get a nearly impossible task placed upon you."

"Anyway, I think to help him understand better, some, demonstrations, would be more practical." Tsukasa said as he pulled a chain attached to a pillar and a picture rolled down from the ceiling. "Kaito, are they on the train?"

"Minami Kotaro, Wataru, shonen-kun, Hidari Shotaro and Philip are all ready to teach. Get ready to learn, Harry."

Harry was about to say something when Tsukasa just dragged him across the room and towards the door. They exited, and Harry soon realized that he was on a train.

"Welcome to the Den-Liner. Would you like some coffee?" A woman in white greeted.

"Harry, meet Shotaro, Philip, Wataru, Asumu and Kotaro. They are all Kamen Riders from their respective worlds." Tsukasa said to Harry, who was still confused over what had happened to him.

"Erm, Mr…"

"Just call me Tsukasa"

"Tsukasa, I still don't know what a Kamen Rider is, and what it has to do with me."

"You haven't told him yet?" the man wearing a hat, Shotaro exclaimed.

"I thought it would be best to just show him. Henshin!" Tsukasa held up a card and placed it into a strange looking belt buckle that Harry was sure it wasn't there just now.

"Kamen Ride. DECADE!"

Nine transparent images appeared around Tsukasa and merged into him. In an instant, Harry found himself starring at a pair of green eyes and a set of weird magenta body armour.

"Can't have you stealing the limelight. Stealing is my job." Kaito Daiki said as he put a card into his gun. "Henshin!"

"Kamen Ride. DIEND!"

Daiki was soon equipped in a set of cyan armour.

"That, is what you really are now. A Kamen Rider." The boy introduced as Wataru said to Harry.

Harry was shocked. He can't think of anything to say, apart from, "Why me?"

"Harry, I know this must be a terrible shock, especially for someone your age. But I'm afraid there's nothing you can do about it, except to make the best out of it. I did not choose to be made into a cyborg by Golgom, yet it happened to me." Kotaro, the man dressed in black leather told him.

"Wait, but I thought…"

"As Tsukasa had said, there are many different worlds, each with different Riders. Some gained their powers by themselves, some are inherited, and some, like you and Kotaro-san, are being forced upon." Yuusuke said, his voice lowered as he finished.

There was a moment of silence. Nobody said anything for a while, until Harry asked, "What am I suppose to do now?"

"Neo-Shocker planned to make you their ultimate weapon against their ultimate enemies, the Kamen Riders. They had researched us and our powers; and had given you the ability to use any of our powers, to use against us. But that is not going to happen. We are going to train you to use our powers, against whatever agents they had lying around in your home world."