Hello Fanfiction readers! Ashbel Longhart here today's newest chapter. This story's off to a good start which makes me glad that people like it so today, I present you today's chapter. I bet you're surprised to see the next chapter up so soon. Guess I just felt like doing another before getting to my other stories. Anyway, time the disclaimer.
(Disclaimer: I do not own Senki Zesshou Symphogear or Kamen Rider Faiz. I also don't own any songs that appear here. They all belong to their respective owners. I just own this story and my OC's. Please enjoy)
Alright everyone, it's time to open you eyes for the next Faiz! Let's Ride!
Song 1: The Lone Wolf Meets The Singing Valkyries
(Last Time)
*HONK!*
STANDING BY
"Henshin!"
COMPLETE
*STAB!*
"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"
EXCEED CHARGE
"Damn you...FAIZ!"
(Alleyway, Nighttime)
The scream of a woman could be heard through the alleyway, but anyone who passed by it ignored it, wanting nothing to do with whatever was happening in said alleyway. From my hiding place, I see a woman backing against the wall, trying to distance herself from the thing walking towards her.
Said 'thing' was an Orphnoch. It's humanoid body was covered in spikes as its head was like that of a cactus. Ironically, this Orphnoch was the Cactus Orphnoch, go figure.
"G-Get away from me!"
"Come on, I don't bite. You're about to be reborn as something greater than you are now." Judging from his tone, I already don't like the guy.
Seeing that the Orphnoch was about to try and sire the woman, I make my move, dialing: 555.
STANDING BY
"Henshin!"
COMPLETE
In a flash of Photon Blood which drew the attentions of both the Orphnoch and the woman, I stepped out of my hiding place, now as Faiz as the Ultimate Finder and my Photon Veins glowed in the darkness.
"Faiz!? The missing Gear!? But how!?"
"Step away from the woman if you know what's good for you." I said.
"Oh yeah? What're you gonna do if I don't?"
Before he even had a chance to go touch the woman, I dashed towards him, grabbed his head, ignoring the pain of touching his thorns as I threw him away from the woman. Turning to said woman, I said, "Run. Get out of here and forget everything you just saw."
The woman just nodded, grabbing her purse which had fallen to the ground and took off running. Once she was gone, I turned back to the Orphnoch who crashed into some trash bins, throwing aside bags of garbage as he got back up.
"You're gonna pay for that, you bastard!"
I just simply flicked my wrist and charged towards the Orphnoch. He threw a punch at me, but I easily ducked under it and gave him a few punches to his gut, causing him to bend over from the pain, holding where I just punched. I used this chance to knee him in the face, sending him reeling.
Seeing that the Orphnoch was trying to get back up, I used this chance to take out the SB-555C Faiz Shot; a digital camera-shaped knuckle-duster, as well as the Mission Memory, inserting it into the Faiz Shot.
READY
Hearing the confirmation, a handle grip detached itself from the Faiz Shot and I grabbed it. I then opened up the Faiz Phone and pressed 'ENTER.'
EXCEED CHARGE
Once I saw the beam of light enter the Faiz Shot, I ran towards the Orphnoch. He had gotten back up by then and threw a punch at me, but I was able to move my head at the last second as I threw my punch to his chest.
"Grand Impact!" Feeling my attack connect, nothing happens for a while until the Orphnoch gasps, blue fire sprouting until he disintegrated into ash like any Orphnoch that dies, Faiz's insignia appearing before fading away. Seeing that my job is done, I remove the Faiz Shot and Mission Memory and put both back in their slots, walking back to the AutoVajin and riding back to my apartment after I undid the transformation first.
(Inside a private jet)
"Finally! After a long tour, we finally hit Japan!" A girl with red hair and eyes said. This was Kanade Amou, one of the singers of a popular Pop-Idol group called Zwei Wing. She then turned to the girl next to her. "What do you think Tsubasa?"
The person Kanade was talking to was a blue haired and eyed girl, the same age as Kanade. This was Tsubasa Kazanari, the other singer of Zwei Wing and Genjuro's niece. "Well...it is nice to be back home, Kanade."
Looking out the window, Kanade gestures for Tsubasa to join. "Look! You can see Japan from here!"
Tsubasa nodded in agreement. "It's good to be back, isn't it?"
Kanade nodded and picked up a remote. "Why don't we check out the news? See if anything's changed since we've been gone."
"Sounds like a good idea." With her agreement, Kanade turns on the TV to watch the news.
TV: Thank you for the weather Ken. And now, onto more updates on the Noises.
Just hearing the mention of Noise made Kanade develop an angry expression. Her family was killed in a Noise attack and not only that, but they killed thousands of people. Kanade couldn't wait to teach those aliens a lesson in pain again.
TV: Like always, Noise have been appearing from all parts, wrecking havoc where ever they go. Just when things look their worst, a man in armor suddenly appeared out of no where and takes on the Noise.
Both Kanade and Tsubasa then develop a look of surprise when they saw footage of Faiz taking on the Noise with his Faiz Edge and was even more surprised that he was actually able to kill the Noises.
TV: No one knows who this mysterious man is as the government has no connections to this armored man's appearance. No one knows how he's able to kill the Noises, but at least the people have a new hope to look up to. Now, onto the-
Kanade then turned off the TV at that point as both her and Tsubasa were speechless.
Finally, Kanade broke the silence. "Well...that was something."
"Do you think the Commander knows about this?" Tsubasa asked.
"Don't know, but what I do know is that home has changed a little since we've been gone." Kanade said.
(Insert PSI-missing by Kawada Mami)
(Instrumental) We first see a blurry screen before it clears up a bit to reveal the face of Faiz. The screen becomes blurry again before Faiz's face is replaced with the face of Haru. After that, the title appears as the song begins.
(Koko ni ikiru sono wake mo) Getting off a train, we see Haru getting off and walking away to who knows where.
(Kono basho de deau subete mo) We then see Hibiki hanging out with Miku before she receives a phone call. Going to pick it up, she notices Haru passing by and just watches where Haru was going.
(Tatoe chigau sekai demo) We see Haru again walking past Tsubasa. Tsubasa seems to notice Haru as she stopped walking and stared back at him.
(Doko ni ite mo kono omoi ha yuruganai) Haru once again walks to who knows where. We then see Chris at a vending machine, getting a drink before noticing Haru walking by. Haru then walks by a hooded teen who looked towards Haru's direction.
(Mune wo CHIKURI to sasu itami) We then find ourselves within the Second Division Base. We then see Genjuro looking up at the surveillance camera before looking towards us.
(Sore wo warau shiawase na mono tachi he) Sakurai, who was looking at something on a clipboard, turned to us and then go see Kanade who smiles in our direction.
(Sei wo mukeyuku) Then suddenly, alarms go off, signaling that Noises are attacking.
(Touzen no kurushimi wo unmei ga sasou) We see both Hibiki and Tsubasa arriving at the scene, activating their Relic before going in to fight. Not far behind, can see Haru coming in, riding on the AutoVajin.
(Furuedasu ashi ga oboeteru.. kakushin ni) Haru then jumps off the AutoVajin and transforms into Faiz, running to go join the girls when suddenly, Orphnochs appear, stopping him from helping. Refusing to back down, Faiz charges at the Orphnochs, throwing a punch at them.
(Yume dake ja mamorenai) We then suddenly see Chris falling into a black void as Haru tries to reach and save her.
(Tayoranai chikara) We then see Haru on a hill top, overlooking the city as Haru seemed to enjoy the view. Hibiki, Kanade, and Tsubasa then appear out of no where and join Haru in looking at the city and Haru didn't seem to mind the new company.
(Ima kono te ga shiru kara mayowanai) We then go back to the fight in the city where we see Hibiki and Tsubasa about to send out their most powerful attack while Haru jumps and Rider Kicks towards the screen, his kicking feet glowing red, before the scene changes to the Faiz Gear lying next to a grave, rain pouring down as the song comes to an end.
(Apartment Building)
*ALARM CLOCK NOISE!*
*ALARM CLOCK NOISE!*
*ALARM CLOCK NOISE!*
*CLICK!*
Fucking alarms clocks and their alarms. I get up and stretch, cracking any kinks as I stare at the clock. 5:30 a.m. Better get ready for work. Getting up, I brush my teeth, take a shower, and put on my clothes which consisted of a simple white T-Shirt, black pants, , black shoes, and a black trench coat. Grabbing half of a sandwich from the fridge and putting the Faiz Phone away in my pocket, I went out, got on the AutoVajin, and took off for work.
It's been a week since I've arrived here and became a Kamen Rider. Having encountered an Orphnoch back then, I've begun to do patrols around the city and I was eventually rewarded with more Orphnochs, proving that I was right about there being more.
During that week, I was able to get a job as a waiter at an okonomiyaki restaurant called the Flower. The owner, as well as my boss was a kind woman who was nice enough to give me the job when I showed her what I could do which in turn, helped me earn enough money to rent an apartment. I then arrived at said restaurant, getting off my bike and throwing away the wrapper that was used to keep my sandwich fresh before opening the door.
Upon hearing the door open, my boss, who was wiping some tables, turned to my direction.
"Ah, Haru, so glad you could make it." My boss said with a smile. "Hurry up and get ready. Knowing the kids that come to my restaurant, they'll be here any second."
"Hai, hai..." I said, going to the back and hanging up my coat before grabbing an apron and tying it around me. Once I got done, I went back out and already saw some kids here, wearing the Lydian Private Music Academy uniform.
Not far from here was a school called the Lydian Private Music Academy and as in the name, the academy promotes music. People and Students who are very passionate or are seeking a career in music usually go to that academy for it's produced some very talented people like, for example, the Pop-Idol group know as Zwei Wing. I had actually seen a couple of hologram boards of them when I arrived here in this world and I may or may not have a few albums of their songs.
And yes people, I said world. How do I know I'm in another world, I'm a Kamen Rider and their are Orphnochs here as well as Smart Brain. Doesn't take a smart ass to figure it out. Also, onore Dikeido.
Taking orders from the Lydian students, I hear the door opening again and turn to see two familiar faces.
The first was a short cream colored hair girl, about four years younger than me with two red clips on either side of her head and dark orange eyes.
The second was the same age as the first with short dirty green hair and aquamarine eyes.
These two were Hibiki Tachibana and Miku Kohinata. These two were usuals here and I got to know them during my time here.
"Welco-oh, it's just you two."
"Hey! What kind of greeting is that!?" Hibiki asked.
"My kind of greeting." I said, directing the two to a table. "So, the usual?"
"Yes please!" Hibiki said, sounding very excited for some reason.
"You sound excited today." I pointed out. "Something good happening today?"
"You bet!" Hibiki said. "Today, me and Miku are going to our very first Zwei Wing concert!"
"Really?"
Miku nodded. "It kinda surprised me, but I was able to win some free tickets from a contest Hibiki made me enter in."
"Can you at least try to say that without making me sound like some bad guy?" Hibiki whined.
Miku giggled at her best friend. "Sorry."
Shaking my head in amusement, I went and gave the boss the order. A few minutes later, she had the order ready and I grabbed it, placing it on a platter with other orders. Going around, I finally made it back to Hibiki and Miku and gave them their order. "Here you go."
"Thanks!" Hibiki said before say, "Itadakimasu!" She then proceeded to mow down her food.
Both me and Miku sigh at her lack of manners. Must be the excitement. "Hey, slow down. You choke if you eat that fast."
And true to my word, she started to choke. I sigh again as Miku handed her best friend a glass of water; Hibiki instantly drowning all of it, gasping for air later.
"You should save your excitement for the concert." I suggested. "Well, better get back to work. Have fun at the concert."
Going to take more orders, I notice someone outside trying to steal my bike. There's only one kind of 'person' I know that would want to steal my stuff.
"Boss, I'm taking my break." I called out, putting my apron down on a chair.
"Eh? Already?" I heard my boss as I stepped outside.
Once outside, I head towards the man trying to steal my bike.
"C'mon you stupid thing! Work!" The 'man' muttered, trying to get the AutoVajin to move which of course didn't work. Even before coming here, I had asked for the bike to be designed so that only I and anyone who I allow to ride it.
Grabbing the 'man' by the hood of his hoodie, I quickly dragged him to a nearby alleyway, out of human eye as I retrieved the Faiz Gear from the case.
"What the hell man!?" The 'guy' shouted at me.
"I don't appreciate when someone is trying to steal my stuff." I said, taking out the Faiz Gear from the brief case and strapping it on. "Especially when it's an Orphnoch trying to steal it."
Having been discovered, the 'man' transforms into an Orphnoch with the features of a mantis. This was the Mantis Orphnoch.
"I'll be taking back that Gear." The Mantis Orphnoch said, holding out a hand.
"You'll have to take it off of my ashes if you want this so badly." I said, dialing: 555.
STANDING BY
"Henshin!"
COMPLETE
With the appearance of the Photon Veins, they burst out Photon Blood, garbing me in my Sol Foam suit, Sol Metal armor, and Fullmetal Lung chest armor.
"You transformed!? But how!? Humans can't use the Gear except for the Delta Gear!"
I shrugged at his question. "Hell if I know, but what I do know is that I need to kick your ass." Flicking my wrist, I charge towards the Orphnoch. I duck under a swipe of its arm blades and blocked another before I kicked him in the chest,, making him back away. I didn't want to cause too much commotion so I wouldn't draw attention, plus my break was only five minutes max so I need to make this quick. The Mantis Orphnoch runs up to me and tries to land a hit, but I dodge and block all of its attack. He almost hit my face before I punched the Orphnoch in the face before throwing punches to his chest, finishing off with a kick that sent him flying.
Seeing it down, I remove the Faiz Shot and the Mission Memory, inserting it into the Faiz Shot.
READY
Like always, I open the Faiz Phone and press 'ENTER.'
EXCEED CHARGE
The Orphnoch finally gets back up, but it was too late as I was already in front of it and punched his chest, causing him fly into a wall as Faiz's insignia appeared for a brief moment. He struggles to get up before blue fire starts to sprouts and later, the Orphnoch disintegrating into ash.
Seeing that the Orphnoch was dead, I removed the Faiz Phone and hit 'END' undoing the transformation. I tuck away the Faiz Phone in my pocket before I step out of the alleyway and returned the gear into the case, stepping back inside the restaurant, putting back on the apron as I got back to work.
(Later)
At a futuristic stadium, a crowd of people were gathered. Among this growd was Hibiki herself and she did not look happy.
"Eh!? What do you mean can't make it, Miku!?" Hibiki exclaimed into her phone.
-Sorry, Hibiki, but my grandmother got into an accident. We're packing up to go there now.-
"But, Miku, I barely know a thing about this group." Hibiki whined.
-I'm sorry, but don't worry. I have someone who'll join you over there to make sure you don't get lost.-
"What do you mean?" Hibiki got her answer faster than she expected.
"Yo." Turning around, Hibiki jumped in surprise when she saw none other than Haru in front of her.
"Eh?"
(Haru)
How the hell did I get roped into this? Me and the boss were just about to close up shop when Miku suddenly walked up to me and asked if I could go with Hibiki to the Zwei concert. She told me the reason why and the next thing I knew, I'm agreeing with her and now, here I am, with Hibki, in a line to get some glow sticks for the both of us.
"Were you surprised to find out that Miku sent me to look after you?" I asked, striking a conversation as a way to pass the time and to make this line go faster.
Hibiki nodded. "I'm surprised she asked you of all people to look after me."
"And what's that supposed to mean?" I asked.
"Well, you aren't the most sociable of people." Hibiki said nervously as if trying not to offend me which I wasn't.
"Oh, in that case, should I leave you just to show my anti-social ways?" Okay, I may have been offended a little.
"No! Please, don't leave me all alone here!" Hibiki begged.
"Hai, hai..." I said, finally getting to the stand and buying some glow sticks for us. "Well, better go find some seats before they run out."
Hibiki nodded in agreement and we went to go find some seats.
(Backstage)
Inside the backstage area of the stadium, the workers were putting the finishing touches on everything just to make sure everything was perfect. While they were doing that, Tsubasa, who was wearing a hooded poncho that kept her stage outfit clean as a lock of her hair could be seen poking out from under the hood. Sitting behind a crate with her legs curled up, she hand her hands together in a praying position, as if wishing for luck.
Just then, Kanade came up to her and interrupted her pre-show ritual.
"Get's rather boring, huh?" Kanade asked, sitting down on an adjacent crate. "I just want to go crazy out there."
"I know what you mean." Tsubasa said.
"Don't tell me; are you nervous?" Kanade asked.
"Of course I'm nervous, Kanade!" Tsubasa said. "It's only natural. Sakurai said today is especially..." The bluenette was then interrupted by a flick to her forehead.
"What are you being so serious? Lighten up!" Kanade said, trying to lighten up her best friend's/partner's mood.
"There you two are." Genjuro suddenly appeared, walking up to the two girls.
"Commander." Tsubasa said, looking up at the man.
"Well, well, Old Man Genjuro!" Kanade said. "Come to wish us good luck?"
"I trust you two understand how important today is?" Genjuro asked.
"No need to worry Manager. We know that today is paramount blab, blab, blab." Kanade said casually. "Just leave everything to us and make sure that hunk of rock doesn't blow up on us."
"I'll hold you to that, Kanade." Genjuro said. "And don't worry, it's in good hands. Today's performance will be paramount to mankind's future."
(Underground Lab)
In an underground lab, a group of scientists setting up equipment necessary for their impending experiment, one that involved a slab of rock placed under an observation deck. Sakurai was amongst these scientists and went to answer her phone.
"Hello~! Sakurai Ryoko speaking!" Sakurai said to the other person on the end. "Everything is ready on our end!"
(Backstage)
Nodding a few times, Genjuro said, "Understood. I'll be right there."
"Leave the performance to us, alright?" Kanade said confidently, earning a nod from their manager. Just before he walked away, Kanade stopped him. "Wait."
"Hm?"
"What do you think are the chances of that mysterious guy in armor showing up here?" Kanade asked. Ever since she saw the footage of him on the news, she's been plagued with curiosity about him.
"I'd say one in a million." Genjuro said. "I just don't see that guy coming here at all just for a concert."
(With Haru and Hibiki)
"Achoo!" I sniff and rub my nose with my index finger. Is this one of those feelings when someone is talking about you?
"Are you OK Haru?" Hibiki asked, a bit of worry in her voice that was unnecessary in mu option.
"I think someone's talking about me." I said.
Before Hibiki could ask me what I meant, the lights died down as small lights were showing up on the stage.
(Play Gyakkou no Flugel)
Once the music started, I winced as my ears were blasted by the sounds of the people here cheering. How is it that when people gather, they're loud as fuck? Suddenly, feathers started to fall from the ceiling and a few moments later, two females descended from the runway. That was also our cue to light up our glow sticks.
The red headed girl who I guess is Kanade Amou wore a light pink and hot pink strapless pleated dress with a light yellow petticoat, a large coral colored bow and a right wing on her bustle. She also wore it with a light pink scarf and white heels.
The second girl who was a bluenette was probably Tsubasa Kazanari. Her clothes consisted of a high collared crop top with white shorts and a lowly belted pleated skirt cut diagonally from her left hip and a large light blue bow and left wing on her bustle. She also wears white and blue stocking up to her thigh, and light blue boots with the left one reaching to her knee and the right reaching to her ankle.
I have to say, in the looks department, they were both very beautiful girls.
"Kikoemasuka...?" Gekijou kanaderu MUJIIKU
Ten ni toki hanate!
"Kikoemasuka...?" INOCHI hajimaru myakudou
Ai wo tsuki agete
Haruka kanata Hoshi ga ongaku to natta... Kare no hi
Kaze ga kami wo sarau toki Kimi to boku wa KODOU wo uta ni shita
Soshite yume wa hiraku yo
Mita koto nai sekai no hate e...
Suddenly, the ceiling of the stage opens up, surprising me and making me jump out of my seat. They must have one hell of a manager.
Yes, just believe Kami-sama mo shiranai HIKARI de rekishi wo tsukurou
Gyakkou no SHAWAA Mirai terasu
Issho ni tobanai ka?
Just feeling Namida de nureta HANE
Omokute habatakenai hi wa Wish
Sono migi te ni soeyou Boku no CHIKARA mo
Futari de nara Tsubasa ni nareru Singing heart!
Upon the completion of the song, Tsubasa stood in front of Kanade, turned her back to her partner, dropped to one knee, and then both of them raised their hands to the sky as one would in prayer.
(End Song)
Everyone in the crowd were cheering like crazy, hurting my poor ears as just simply clapped. Looking next ti me, I saw Hibiki staring at the two singers, looking like she was having the best time of her life. I smile, glad that the girl was having a good time.
Just then, more music started to play. They must be getting ready to play another song.
"We're not done yet folks!" Kanade shouted into her mic, trying to rile up the crowd more as she and Tsubasa began their next song.
(Underground Lab)
In the laboratory under the stage, the experiment was going as planned.
"Phonic Gain growth within expected range." reported one scientist.
"I guess we can write this one off as a success." Sakurai said with a sense of accomplishment.
Genjuro breathed a sigh in relief. "Great work everybody."
*ALARM!*
Suddenly, alarms started to go off as flashing red light filled the room.
"What's going on!?" Genjuro demanded.
"The dampening system can't handle the rising internal pressure!" A male scientist said, causing Genjuro's eyes to widen in panic.
"At this rate, the Relic will awaken and go berserk!" a female scientist said as their experiment's test subject was starting to emit an energy that started to wrap and convulse until...
*BOOM!*
"What the!?" Hibiki gasped.
"What the hell!?" I jumped out of my seat, looking around to find where the hell that explosion came from.
Then, everyone started to scream, for a reason. Looking up to the open ceiling, the beings that people feared, Noise appeared in the sky, firing and dropping off its fellow Noise creatures. Just the sight of the Noise caused everyone to run in a panicked matter, making it hard to get away as I saw men, women, and children getting slaughtered.
'I need to get the Faiz Gear!' Just as I finished that thought, I got caught up in some running crowd, separating me with Hibiki.
"Haru!" I heard Hibiki call out to me.
I tired to reach out to her, but to no avail. "Hibiki! Dammit, move out of the way!" As much as I tried, I soon later found myself outside. "Shit! Hibiki's still in there!"
Images of the time when the little girl died in front of me flashed in my mind. "No! I refuse to let another person die on me!" Running, I headed towards the AutoVajin, hoping to make it in time to save Hibiki. Now I regret parking so far away from the stadium.
(Back at the Stadium)
"We need to fly, Tsubasa!" Kanade said. "Only we can fight them!"
"B-But the Commander hasn't-" Tsubasa could say anymore as Kanade had ran and jumped off the stage. "Kanade!"
"Crotizall Ronzell Gungnir zillz..." After singing her song, Kanade was instantly changed into a new outfit, consisting of a white, black, and orange bodysuit that exposed her stomach, a pair of black thigh-high boots, a pair of bulky gauntlets on her wrist, and a pair of rabbit ear like headphones. The energy caused from the transformation caused the Noise to change color.
(Play Kimi to Iu Oto Kanade Tsukiru made)
Kanade brought her hands together, causing her gauntlets to fuse and change into a white and orange spear with a red glass-like center. She charged at the Noise and using her spear, sliced two of the Noises in half, causing them to disintegrate. Then she ran and another one through, continuing to run and cut down any Noise that got close to her. Kanade then jumped into the air and then threw her spear which began to muliply as soon as it left her hand. These spears all rained down on the Noise without any mercy.
Stardust∞Foton
(Underground Lab)
While Kanade was fighting in the stadium, back down in the now wrecked lab, Genjuro, who seemed to be the only survivor as the others were crushed in the rubble, stood up and looked around or at least tried to.
"Ryoko..." Genjuro said, struggling. "Is Ryoko still alive?"
Suddenly, a rainbow-colored glow caught Genjuro's attention, prompting him to look at the source which was none other than the experiment's test subject. "Mesphisto is...preparing." Then crumbles of rock fell over the Relic, prompting Genjuro to get out of the ruined lab, knowing that he couldn't get the Relic as the place was starting to come down.
(Back up at the Stadium)
Back at the battle, Tsubasa was donned in her own Relic which consisted of a light blue and black bodysuit with forearmed gauntlets, black headphones, and a blade on each of her ankles. This was Tsubasa's Relic, the Ame no Habakiri. Her weapon was a white katana which, along with the blades on her ankles cleaved any Noise she came across.
Meanwhile, with Kanade, she was continuously carving out a warpath, creating a miniature cyclone with her spear that tore a mammoth-sized Noise that looked like a fated centipede to shreds.
Last∞Meteor
Together, Kanade and Tsubasa left nothing but ash in their wake. While these two were fighting, Hibiki, who was still here and alive somehow watched the battle unfold, shock and fear immobilizing her from moving. "What is..."
Suddenly, the Noise turned themselves into makeshift bullets and shot themselves at Kanade and Tsubasa, but to no avail as they cut down the incoming bullets.
(End Song)
As the battle dragged on, Kanade noticed that the color of her suit started to fade and flicker. "Shit. My suit's running out of power." In her frustration, she failed to stop a Noise going past her, heading straight towards Hibiki. "Oh shit! Run!"
Hibiki heard Kanade's call, but her legs would not move. She could only stare at the in coming Noise, ready to turn her into dust. At least, that's what she thought was about to happen.
*VROOOM!*
Out of no where, Haru came riding the AutoVajin and landed on the Noise before it could do harm to Hibiki. Revving up the engine, the wheels of the AutoVajin turned, crushing the Noise underneath.
"How does my bumper taste bitch?" Haru asked as he watched the Noise disintegrate into ash. Haru still had his helmet on so Hibiki wasn't able to recognize him.
(Haru)
I breath a sigh of relief, glad I was able to get here and save Hibiki in time. Turning around, I saw Hibiki looking at me. "You OK?"
She just simply nodded, probably still shocked that she was able to escape death.
"That's good." I may have been unable to get here on time to save any other survivors, but I'll be damned if I let Hibiki die on me when I'm supposed to be looking after her! Turning back, I saw both the singers of Zwei Wing, Kanade and Tsubasa actually fighting and killing the Noises. It made me wonder how they were able to do it since even the military hasn't found a way to combat the Noise but I put that thought away for later. Looking at the two, I notice that Kanade was more exhausted than Tsubasa as she failed to block an attack from a Noise. Surprisingly, she didn't disintegrate when she was hit. The suit must be protecting her.
I then saw one of those mammoth-sized Noise appear. Guess It's time to help. Lucky for me, I already had the Faiz Gear on and the Faiz Phone out, dialing: 555.
(BGM: Dead or Alive by Shinichi Ishihara)
STANDING BY
Like always when I'm about to transform, I raise the Phone into the air and shout, "Henshin!" before inserting it into the belt.
COMPLETE
Once I was donned in my armor, I revved the engines and took off towards the huge Noise, passing by the two girls. I then pushed a button on the AutoVajin before jumping off.
BATTLE MODE
I then watched as the AutoVajin transformed into its Battle Mode, immediately taking flight and instantly fires at the Noise with its Buster Wheel handgun. Like today, I took out the Faiz Shot and inserted the Mission Memory into it.
READY
Running, I jump high thanks to the suit boosting my abilities as I jumped on AutoVajin, taking me up higher. I then opened the Phone and pressed 'ENTER' before I let gravity take control of me as I fell down towards the Noise.
EXCEED CHARGE
"Grand Impact!" Shouting out the name of my finisher, I punch the Noise's head, instantly killing it was the head disintegrated into ash with the rest of the body following.
"You're..." As I was taking off the Faiz Shot, I turn to see Kanade and Tsubasa looking at me.
"I never expected popular singers like you two having such great power." I wonder if it was possible for them to take down an Orphnoch? I had to save the thought for later as the Noise started to surround us.
"We're surrounded." Tsubasa stated the obvious.
I flicked my wrist. "Nothing we can't handle, right?"
Kanade looked at me for a moment before she smiled at me. "Think you can keep up?"
My answer to her was removing the left handle from AutoVajin, inserting the Mission Memory in order to materialize the blade. "Let's find out." I then turned to AutoVajin. "Go protect Hibiki."
The mecha did as told and practically pushed its way through the Noises in order to go over towards Hibiki.
"By the way, what's your name?" Kanade asked.
Not wanting to give my real name, I said, "I'm Faiz. Kamen Rider Faiz."
"Kamen Rider?" Tsubasa repeated.
"You can say I'm someone who protects humanity's freedom." I said. "Now, are we just gonna stand around here and talk, or are we gonna fight?"
Their answer to me was raising their weapons.
"Good answer." I said, opening up the Phone again and pressing 'ENTER.'
EXCEED CHARGE
"Is that a lightsaber?" Kanade asked when the beam of light entered the Faiz Edge
"Kinda." I said, swinging the Faiz Edge to the front, back, and side of me, lifting any Noise that got caught in the anti-gravity pulse. "Go!"
Seeing that I've immobilized the Noises, we all charged and took care of the ones I immobilized before we took on the ones that were still running around. I sliced one Noise in half before giving another a side way slash, also cutting it in two. I saw one coming from behind, and just when I was about to turn around, Kanade appeared and stabbed it, killing it.
I said nothing when she threw a smirk and a wink at me as I went and stabbed a Noise that was attempting to sneak attack her, surprising her.
"Now we're even." I said, getting a shrug from her.
I then notice some Noises trying to surround Tsubasa so I took out the Faiz Phone and typed: 103.
SINGLE MODE
Turning the phone into the Phone Blaster, I aim and fire continuous beams of Photon Energy at the Noises, killing a few them before I typed a different code: 106.
BURST MODE
Taking aim again, I fire rounds of Photon Energy until I run out. I then notice Kanade staring at the Phone Blaster. "What're you looking at?"
"Where do I get one of those phones?" Seriously? That's why she was looking at it?
"Sorry, these aren't for sale." I said, getting a frown from her as I typed: 279.
CHARGE
After that, I placed the Faiz Phone back in the belt and go to kill some more Noises.
(BGM End)
I slash a Noise as Tsubasa slashed another, both of us getting back to back.
"Careful, these things like to pile on you." I said.
"I know!" Tsubasa said, killing off another Noise before killing another with her ankle blade.
From the corner of my eyes, I saw Hibiki running with AutoVajin, the robot using its Buster Wheel to shoot Noises and protect Hibiki from danger. I then saw one of those big Noises shoot some sort of green fluid at them, but then Kanade appeared and protected them by spinning her spear. I was about to leave Hibiki to Kanade, when I noticed her armor starting to crack. Then suddenly, a fragment from the cracks shot out at a speed AutoVajin couldn't react to as it headed straight for AutoVajin and Hibiki where it...pierced Hibiki straight in the chest!
My whole body froze when I saw blood pour out of Hibiki. "NO!" I ran towards Hibiki, killing any Noise that tried to get in my way as I could practically feel my heart beat against my chest in worry. I rudely pushed AutoVajin aside and crouched down to Hibiki, trying my best to stop the bleeding. "Hibiki! Oh god, please, don't die!" I was practically begging at that moment for death not to come for Hibiki. "Open your eyes dammit! Please, you have to live dammit! YOU HAVE TO LIVE!" Then, relief flooded my body when I saw her eyes slowly opened, looking at me slightly. "Oh thank god." I was able to save someone this time. I felt tears of happiness welling up, but because of my helmet, no one saw them.
"Faiz!" Kanade called out. "How is she!? Is she alright!?"
"She'll live." I said, making her sigh in relief. I don't blame her since she practically almost killed her, but I don't blame her. "She'll live, but she needs to get to a hospital fast!"
Kanade nodded and then looked at her hand, tightening it into a fist before looking at me. "Faiz, look after her! I'll end this quickly!"
"Huh?" I was confused. What did she mean by that?
"You know, I used to want to sing while feeling absolutely nothing." She said while walking towards the army of Noise, confusing me further. "But look at how many have come to hear me today. "That's why...I'm going to give them everything I have. This will be my final aria." She then raised her spear in the air, speaking in a tone of someone who was about to...die.
"What do you plan on doing!" I demanded.
"My Swan Song." She answered as she began singing, a single tear flowing down her face from her eyes.
"Kanade! No! Please, don't sing that song!" Tsubasa cries in a desperate plea.
I look between Kanade, Tsubasa, Hibiki, and back before looking over at Tsubasa again. "What's going on!?"
"She's...planning on killing herself, taking all the Noises with her!" What!? As in a Kamikaze!? "Please Kanade! Don't do it!"
She's planning on sacrificing herself in order for us to survive!? That's...I can't let that happen! I won't let it happen! What kind of Kamen Rider would I be let every person in front of me die!? Setting Hibiki down against a wall, I turn and run towards Kanade, grab her by the shoulder, make her turn to me, and punch her if the face, making her stop singing.
"You idiot! What are you thinking!?" I shouted as I glared at Kanade who was holding the place I punched her at. "If you think I'm just gonna stand aside and let yourself commit suicide, then you're dumber than you look!" I don't care if I was being harsh. I was not going to let this girl die right in front of me! I then continued to lecture her while looking at the army of Noise. "As long as I am here, as long as I still stand, as long as I'm still alive, I will not let anyone die! Not when I still breath air!" I never thought I had to use this, but the situation calls for it now.
First, I remove the Mission Memory from the Faiz Edge and throw away the handle. Next, I remove the SB-555L Faiz Pointer which was a laser pointer and inserted the Mission Memory.
READY
Strapping the Faiz Pointer to the metal brace around me right leg, I then remove Axel Mission Memory from the Axel Watch and inserted in into the Faiz Phone.
COMPLETE
Not even looking, the Fullmetal Lung chest plates rise out of their recesses and rotate from the scapula to form shoulder pads, revealing the Faiz Core in the center of my chest. My Photon Veins turn silver in color and the Ultimate Finder turns red. I was now in Faiz's Axel form.
Still not looking away from the army of Noise, I could tell that Kanade and Tsubasa were gaping at me from my sudden new transformation.
"Now, sit back and..." I said, flicking my wrist. I then thought back to the Lost Paradise movie and said, "Watch me cut away the darkness and return the light!"
I then press the button on the Axel Watch.
START UP
Ignoring the pulsing noises, I crouch down, arm on my leg before the entire world around me began to slow down.
Kanade and Tsubasa didn't know what to think when they actually saw the mysterious armored man named Faiz appear. At first, they were skeptical of him since he wasn't using a Relic to fight, but they brushed away the thought when they began to fight. As they fought, they got to know the mysterious armored man's name and what he was like. He was a bit reserved they guessed, but his heart was in the right place when they saw his reaction to the girl getting pierced by a fragment of Kanade's armor, clearly worried.
If Kanade could find the right words, she was impressed with Faiz's equipment. He had one hell of a punch, he had an interesting sword(she swears that it's a lightsaber), a phone that can turn into a gun(seriously, where can she get one of those?), and a motorcycle that can turn into a robot! After seeing what Faiz could do, she was glad that he was on their side.
When Faiz went and stopped Kanade from finishing her Swan Song, Tsubasa didn't know whether to feel happy or angry. Happy because her best friend was no longer singing the Swan Song and angry because Faiz punched her best friend in the face.
Both Tsubasa and Kanade were then amazed by Faiz's sudden new transformation after he had given Kanade a piece of his mind. Then, they jumped in surprise when Faiz suddenly disappeared.
"Where'd he go!?" Tsubasa wondered, a small part of her mind thinking that he had ran away.
The world then proved that thought wrong when suddenly, appearing above the army of Noises were tons of red energy cones that came down upon the army, causing explosions that killed any nearby Noises. Tsubasa and Kanade could only stare in shock as they guessed that Faiz was the one that was doing all of this.
3, 2, 1
TIME OUT
They then saw Faiz again, snapping him arm to the side and his back turned against the demolished army as explosions nearly filled 1/4 of the entire stadium. They continue to stare at Faiz in awe when they saw a surviving Noise, a big one come out of the explosions, its sights on the death of Faiz.
"Behind you!" Tsubasa called out as Faiz turned to look at the surviving Noise.
"Looks like I missed one." Faiz said, flicking his wrist. "Not for long anyway." Opening up the Faiz Phone once again, Faiz pressed 'ENTER.'
EXCEED CHARGE
Crouching down first, Faiz runs towards the Noise, jumping high into the sky that even impressed Tsubasa and Kanade as he did a flip and stuck his legs out, a beam of red Photon energy shooting out of the Faiz Pointer before it turned into a red cone of energy where Faiz yelled and kicked into it.
"Crimson Smash!" Once in the cone, it hits the Noise and starts to drill into it. As if appearing from a computer as data, Faiz appears on the other side of the Noise before it exploded, Faiz's insignia appearing before fading.
Both girls were gaping at this point until Kanade's armor fully disintegrated despite her Swan Song being interrupted as she fainted from using all of her remaining energy into the Swan Song. Seeing this, Tsubasa wasted no time in going to her best friend's side.
"Kanade! Kanade! Please open your eyes, Kanade!"
(Hospital)
When Kanade's eyes finally opened, the first thing she saw was a white ceiling. Looking around, she concluded that she was in a hospital. Feeling that someone was grabbing her hand, she looked next to her and saw Tsubasa sleeping next to her, grasping her hand.
Kanade smiled at her sleeping best friend before her attention was driven to the door when it opened, revealing a bandaged Genjuro.
"I see you're finally awake." Genjuro said. "You gave us quite the scare."
"Well...I guess that's what happens when you use your body as a weapon." Kanade said. "How long was I out?"
"A couple of hours." Genjuro answered. "Do you remember anything that happened back at the stadium?"
Thinking back, Kanade answers, "I was trying to sing the Swan Song and then...Faiz stopped me from finishing it."
"Faiz?"
"Oh, it's the name of that armored guy that's been going around killing Noises." Kanade clarified.
"So that guy's name is Faiz." Genjuro said to himself.
"Although, I don't think that's his real name since he also called himself a Kamen Rider." Kanade added.
"Kamen Rider? What's that?" Genjuro asked.
"He said something about him being a protector of Humanity's freedom or something." Kanade said. "Where is he anyway?"
"He drove off before we could even question him." Genjuro said.
"I see." Kanade then remembered something else. "What about the girl!? Is she alright!?"
"Relax, she alright." Genjuro said. "She's undergoing surgery right now, but from what we can tell, she be fine." Kanade relaxed after hearing that. "Also...we recently discovered that despite not singing the Swan Song all the way and making it out alive, what you sung so far was enough to completely destroy your Gungnir."
"So I'm just a normal human being now..." Kanade said, sadden that she could no longer fight against the Noise. "Guess that's what I get after trying to do a suicidal attack."
It was then that Tsubasa started to wake up. "Kanade?" Rubbing her eyes, she gasps when she saw Kanade up and awake. "Kanade! You're alright!"
"Tsubasa...you're killing me!" Kanade manged to say, struggling for air.
Tsubasa looked after after she loosened her grip. "After what you did today, I have the right to kill you! I literally thought you were gonna die!"
"Maybe I did and I'm just a ghost." Kanade joked.
"I can't believe you still have the energy to tease me right now!" Tsubasa said.
Genjuro then stepped out of the room and when he closed the door, he took out his (new)phone and looked at surveillance footage of Faiz fighting alongside Kanade and Tsubasa.
'Faiz...just who are you?'
(Apartment Building)
-Are you sure she's going to be alright!?-
"For the last time, Miku, she's going to be alright." I said to the person on the other end of my phone. "The doctors said that she needs surgery, but she's going to be fine."
-I'm just so worried about her.-
"I'm sorry. I should have looked after her better." I said in shame.
-It's okay. There was nothing you could do.-
"I'll call you tomorrow to tell you about Hibiki later, okay?"
-Okay. Good night Haru.-
"Good night Miku." After that, I ended the call and lay down on my bed.
I did it. Despite everything's that happened...I was able to save not one, but two lives, a huge improvement from before. I still regret that I wasn't able to save any other survivors, but I can't do anything about it now. They're dead and there's nothing anyone can do about it. That's a cold hard fact. Still, Hibiki was this close to dying, I can't let that happen next time.
Seeing that it was getting late from the time on my clock, I put on my sleep wear, set aside the Faiz Phone, turn off the lights, and fall asleep.
And done! I bet you guy weren't expecting the Faiz's Axel Form to appear so soon. Considering the situation at the time, it was a need for Haru. Well, I have to go work on my other stories so this is Ashbel Longhart here, signing out. Until the next ride.