Episode #2: Giving Up the Mantle: Refusal to Be A Superheroine
Is this real? Is this really me?
"Eh you annoying little pest. Ah wait! Aha! So you must be the escaped test subject. So you've finally discovered your true form have you. It doesn't matter if you dare to resist us now. You will die like any other human before me. FUSUTOU SUIGIN KIRI!"
The liquid mercury inside the thermometer tubes expanded again and fired straight from the tips of Fahrenheit Frill Tokage's claws. Instinctively I jumped high into the air and landed on another rocky platform. I was surprised that I must have jumped 20 meters high into the sky and then landed 10 meters away from where I originally was.
"How in the …"
"Eh Shiniiiiii!"
The kaizo-ningen continued his mercury onslaught again and I jumped right to where they were along with Emiko and Ami.
Two henchmen came and went to grab me. They proceeded to knee me in the stomach several times but I barely felt any damage. I then proceeded to loosen from their grip and chop one aside while I threw the other across me.
One rushed to me which I redirect my body over his back and send him flying down into the cliff below.
The other eight henchmen started bearing their wrist like switchblades and began charging at me. One Taiji Guerrilla came at me with five stabbing strikes with the hidden blade that I blocked with each of my hands before I grabbed both of his wrists. He struggled to try and get a good stab at me but unexpectedly I was stronger and accidentally twisted his arms throwing him right behind me.
Another Taiji Guerrilla came and charged at me while I was dealing with his comrade. As he came in for the kill I redirected my current assailant to the charger to which he stabbed right into his comrade's heart. The meatshield fainted and I delivered a chop to the top of the charger's head, before more of them came at me swiping their blades towards me.
I dodged four swipes by rolling and then came upon the hostages. I grabbed one Taiji Guerilla and with a quick throw tossed him into the air where his head hit a rock formation below knocking him out. I then took the henchmen grabbing Emiko and kicked him the face knocking him out stone cold.
"Emiko, Ami get behind me."
"That voice … Kiriko?"
"Eh FUSUTOU SUIGIN KIRI!" the spray launched and this time it hit its mark namely me. I felt a scalding pain all over across my body from the boiling mercury.
A Taiji Guerilla jumped into the air and got a good stab on my shoulder blade. I knelt to the ground crying out in pain, that's when all the henchmen decided to gather up and grab me from all around. I buckled and repelled all of them back but struggling to stand my ground.
"Burn freak! FRILL TOKAGE HONO BURESU!" flames suddenly started erupting from the kaizo ningen's mouth nonstop. The three of felt the brace of the flames heat and slowly backed away. With the pressure kept non-stop a miniature fire explosion soon erupted next to us and the three of us were sent tumbling down the hillside of the mountain.
"Yata! KEEERUUUBIIINNN!"
The monster and his henchmen proceeded to look over their handiwork down below.
"KATSUSOU SORATOBE JUMP!"
I then soared into the air with Emiko and Ami in tow my armpit draping butterfly wings expanding. I flew into the air far from the reaches of the monster and his entourage.
"ONORE! You think you can escape from Negashocker this easily!" The kaijin grabbed a walkie talkie from a compartment in his chest and then issued a command.
"Prep the artillery strike! Shoot that butterfly thing down from the sky!"
All of a sudden military grade artillery guns started propping from hidden vent compartments on the mountainside. They began to fire in earnest and the sky, the shells exploding all throughout the sky.
I did my best to dodge all of the shots but one exploded really close to us in the air and deafened our ears considerably. Several minutes later we were clear away from anymore exploding shrapnel. We past the mountain and several forest ranges before we finally appeared to reach the main city of Tokyo. Activity was bustling everywhere and the sounds of traffic and honking resonated.
"Kiriko if that's really you, do you think you could get us down there … Kiriko? KIRIKO?" But I was not to hear those cries as I passed out midair. The damage from the scalding mercury and the stab wound made their toll on my body and I eventually started plummeting out of the sky. We fell towards a dank alleyway and crashed sideways on metallic stairs to an apartment. We crashed into several more surfaces before we finally landed into a trash dump. I flashed blue and in a second was back to my original human form cushioned against the garbage with the three of us.
Ami looked at me. "Kiriko, oh my god it is you. Are you alright?!"
I barely could stutter an utterance as the stab wound on my shoulder was visibly seen and third degree burns covered the entirety of my upper torso.
"Oh my god Kiriko! Kiriko hang there with me. Kiriko! Ambulance someone, please call an ambulance we need help …"
Hearing those last words I passed out.
It felt like forever before I woke up again but when I did I was clearly in a hospital room. My limbs felt wobbly and all over the place.
A nurse entered the room and bowed towards me.
"You have visitors expecting to see you. May they have your permission to come in."
I nodded. The door opened and soon greeted my eyes the presence of my mother Ami and Emiko.
"Kiriko! Oh Kiriko! What happened to you?" She came and hugged me from where I was in the bed.
"Okaa-san."
"How did this happen? When I heard you had burn marks all over your body from Ami I rushed in as fast as my crooked back could carry me. Please tell me what happened?"
I had no choice but to lie to my mother that on the way back from seeing Sachiko's competition that I got into an accident where a fuel truck crashed into a nearby wall and ignited exploding in flames all around me. I also told her that I gave my greetings to Sachiko and left the match although I knew that the real truth was sadder than what I hoped it to be.
"I'm just glad you didn't die from the accident." Sob sob
"I wouldn't know what I would do if I lost you too."
I let my mother drown herself in her tears until all was over. Then I told my mother:
"Mom, do you mind if you let us be for a minute."
"Of course dear."
My mother then left the room leaving Emiko, Ami, and I all alone.
Ami was the first to speak up: "Kiriko, what happens now."
"What happens now? What happens now?" I looked at her incredulously.
"What happens now is that I'm getting my mom and I out of Tokyo in the next few days that's what! Do you know what they called themselves at the base over there where they kidnapped us? They called themselves Nega Shocker! That's Nega plus Shocker as in the former Nazi terrorist organization that tried to conquer the world along with its reincarnations of Gel Shocker, Destron, Black Satan, Neoshocker, the Badan Empire and so forth? The only ones who managed to stand up against them and bring justice are the …" I was sounding hysterical
"Kamen Riders" Emiko suddenly uttered.
We both stared at her.
"Kamen Riders. The warriors of justice riding motorcycles who always defend the weak and innocent from trouble. Kiriko-senpai, you're a Kamen Rider now aren't you."
All I could do at this point was shake my head in utter denial.
"No! No! I'm not a Kamen Rider! I'm not a superhero! I'm just some high school girl goddamnit! My family's been through a divorce that left our family broken and now my sister's dead! So why? Why does someone who has suffered so much as me have to carry the mantle of responsibility now?!" I raised my voice very sharply and yelled at Emiko.
"Because that's your duty. You're the only one who can stop them. The only one who can avenge my father's death! You were so brave to save me from those Sukeban back then Kiriko and now how could you be so selfish like this!" tears started raining down from Emiko's eyes.
I calmed my voice down being very sensitive that Heihachi Yasuhiro Hakase was no longer among the living.
"Emiko … Look I'm sorry. Your father's death was unfair in every way possible. The Sukeban were street punks. These guys Emiko, they're something else. They can kill and they know how to do so effectively and efficiently. There's a reason why they're called terrorists. But when you saw me fight just now to protect you … I ... I almost died. These wounds are a testament to that. I'm sorry Emiko. I can't be the heroine you want me to be."
"ONEE-CHAN IS A DIRTY LIAR! YOU CAN DO IT! YOU'RE JUST TOO AFRAID BECAUSE YOU'RE A COWARD!"
With that Emiko ran outside of the room with rage and tears.
"Emiko!" I cried out in desperation but my protests were in vain, she was already long gone.
"Kiriko." Ami said. "What are we going to do?"
"You'd best take my advice and find a way to get out of the country or go to some far prefecture away from here Ami. There's nothing we can do to stop them. At the end of the day we're just humans. Well human and half a freak of nature that is."
"Kiriko, stop. You're not a freak of nature. You're human just like us."
"Yeah one who fails to fulfill their supposed just purpose at that" I snark cynically.
"You know. It's ironic really, but I see the point now of what Igarashi sensei said in class. I really am like the Princess Kaguya who was lost from her people in the Moon stranded on Earth and with no way to go back until much mishap has passed for me."
"Kiriko."
"Please go after Emiko. Make sure she feels better and tell her once again I'm sorry."
Ami nods and leaves the room.
Ruriko Iijima my mother comes entering the room and says "Kiriko what happened to Emiko. Why she just came out crying …"
"It's okay mom I'll explain later but first things first I have to tell you something urgently. We need to leave the country now in the next few days …"
…
"You failed me again. Just like Jigoku Taishi, General Monster, Titan and countless other commanders before you, you let another Kamen Rider cyborg test subject be remodeled and escape from our premises again. Please tell me why I shouldn't make an example of you here and now!"
"Please wait venerable Dai Shuryo! Yes I apologize for the fluke but the test subject is just a high school girl not a young adult or a university student. As such she must clearly be more inexperienced than the rest of the pesky riders you've faced in the past. The other test subject rider is also now dead so she won't pose a threat to us anymore. Fahrenheit Frill Tokage saw to that. Please forgive us Dai Shuryo!"
"Very well I trust your judgment as of now Kamisori Tsume Hime. Continue your plans to conquer Japan, and see to it that I am never upset like this again.
"Yes Dai Shuryo." The emblem blacked out.
"Eh BAKAMONO!" Kamisori Tsume Hime slashed the kneeling Fahrenheit Frill Tokage standing behind her sending sparks flying and the kaijin tumbling onto the ground.
"You let those three test subjects escape, one of them being a potential new thorny Kamen Rider on our side and you made me lose face to the Dai Shuryo. You disgrace me Fahrenheit Frill Tokage!"
"Your majesty I am so sorry!"
"Enough with your pitiful blather. It annoys me. Anyway we must be rid of this nuisance at once. This Kamen Rider must not be allowed to grow in power. She must be eliminated as swiftly as possible. Fahrenheit Frill Tokage, assault the city of Tokyo and at once and draw out her attention. The screams and suffering of the meek humans cannot evade her notice. Kill her then. Fail me and it will be your execution!"
"Huha Kamisori Tsume Hime-sama! I Fahrenheit Frill Tokage born underneath the covers of Ayers Rock in Australia will make sure your desire is fulfilled."
…
Three days later
This is Narita Airport the next airline for Singapore SQ-713 will be boarding now in thirty minutes.
"Kiriko I don't understand what the meaning of this is. You recover from the hospital earlier than you were supposed to and now you tell me there are terrorists after us and we have to leave the country. What kind of conspiracy theory have you gotten yourself into."
"Mom you have to trust me. These people are dangerous. We have to leave right now. I've already sent my apologies to the school and Igarashi-Sensei and they won't be expecting me to come to class anymore. It's too complicated to explain. Can you please just believe me and do what I say."
Beep Beep (mobile phone ringing)
"Hang on Mom give me a second. Ami is that you what's up? EH! EMIKO'S GONE MISSING!"
"Not just that if you're at a TV nearby, turn to channel 15. It's Negashocker, they're launching a full out attack on the city."
"WHAT!"
I quickly rush to the closest TV available, which was in use by an old man. I looked at him bowed and said "domo sumimasen" to which I grabbed the remote from him and immediately turned to channel 15.
What I next saw I could only describe with abject horror. Thirty plus Taiji Guerrilla armed to the teeth with carbine guns were indiscriminately shooting at cars and bystanders on the streets. Spearheading the attack was the lizard kaijin Fahrenheit Frill Tokage. He spat out a giant spew of magma from his mouth that instantly liquefied a truck in seconds. Bursting tires and cars exploding were heard and seen everywhere.
"What in heaven's name" the old man shouted.
I had no time to register his voice because I started putting two and two together and came up with the worst-case scenario possible.
"Oh no!"
"What?" Ami said on the phone
"It's Emiko. I think she's in danger. She must be heading out there right now. That's why you lost sight of her. Damnit!"
"What are you going to do!"
With that line the last words of Yasuhiro Hakase replayed back in my mind.
"But please, keep my daughter safe!"
Dammit! Dammit! I thought mentally in my head.
"Kiriko?"
"I'm going."
"WHAT?! But Kiriko we saw what they could do. We saw what that thing did to your sister!"
"I know but I can't ignore Yasuhiro Hakase's final promise. I'm going no matter what."
"But Kiriko! KIRIKO! … [hang up]"
I turn to my mom.
"Mom stay here and no matter what you do don't follow me. I'll be right back." I run off in the far distance.
"Wait Kiriko where are you going? KIRIKO!"
…
"DETTA-KOI KAMEN RIDER KOZO! FRILL TOKAGE HONO BURESU!" More flames breathe out from the kaizo ningen's gaping maw and roast a couple of policemen exiting a patrol car shooting to defend the citizens from this onslaught. Screams of agony flooded the streets then the patrol car itself burst in an explosion altogether.
"If you don't show yourself anytime soon I will raze this damn district until there's nothing but cinders left! SA DETTA-KOI!"
Unbeknownst to all the footsteps of a young 15-year-old girl determinedly plodded along the streets and stood her ground.
"STOP!"
They all stopped their rampage and looked at the girl.
"Fahrenheit Frill Tokage-sama kore wa onna no dashousha desu (that's one of the female escapees)" one of the Taiji Guerilla muttered to him.
"Nani? Oi shojo (little girl) what do you think you're doing pulling this stunt off?"
"I'm obviously going to stop you. I won't let you harm these innocents anymore."
"Warewa sawenyo (don't make me laugh) there's nothing you can do to stop this. But if you're looking for an early grave I'd be happy to oblige! KEEERUUUUBIIINN! FRILL TOKAGE HONO BURESU!"
Flames scattered everywhere and exploded all throughout the barren street, Emiko taking the full brunt of the damage.
Meanwhile I rushed as fast as possible to the scene of destruction. She made it just in time to see Emiko fall down to the floor with burns all over her body.
"NOOOOOO! EMIKO!"
I rushed to grab her in time before the flames consumed her body using my sweater and jacket to shield us from the flames.
The kaijin stopped his flame assault seeing that the eye of the prize has finally come forth.
"Arawaretana (so you've finally appeared) Kamen Rider!"
"Emiko!"
"Kiriko-senpai! You came!"
"Emiko how could you act so reckless."
"I'm sorry nee-san, I couldn't stop myself. I had to make sure justice wins. So Kiriko please. Please be the hero I want you to be."
She fell unconscious. I was immediately shocked and went to check her pulse but there was a heartbeat felt. Relieved I gently placed her on the ground and proceeded to stare coldly at the group of monsters in front of me.
In their great numbers I could feel a seed of anxiety seem to sprout inside of my stomach but that could do not stall the immense rage at the injustice I saw before me.
"KISAMA! Fahrenheit Frill Tokage! Yokumo! (How dare you). How dare you harm an innocent child."
"Hahaha spare your peevish human sentimentality. Everyone who dares to defy our rule has no place living in this world."
"You … you … AAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGHHHHHH!" with every fiber inside my body I did the inevitable I started running. Running straight towards the monster with only one intention in my mind: to defeat him.
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"Eh! Yakiteshimae (Grill to death) onna-mei! Taiji Guerrilla-domo, shoot her!"
More flames spurted out from the maw of the monster along with a torrid of bullet fire hitting vital parts of my body and explosions bursting forth behind me as I was running. It seemed I was heading face first towards my death but an incredible reaction happened. The gusting wind batting from the flames gave a strong enough draft that my belt started spinning like crazy. I then glowed a bright blue before I actualized in my Rider form. I cocked my left arm back ever so tightly and with great might gave a powerful punch to the kaijin's face.
"TOOOORRIIIIYAAAA!"
Fahrenheit Frill Tokage was sent flying knocking out four men behind him and sending him crashing into a parked car where his body dented the entire vehicle.
I stood triumphant in all my glory as the kaijin staggered upwards in anger.
"You bitch! That hurt! I asked this once before and now I'll ask again, who the hell are you!"
"I …. I'm …" I clenched my fist in great determination. "I'm Kamen Rider Papillon!"
"ONORE Kamen Rider Papillon-mei. This time I will send you to hell if it's the last thing I do, KAGARI!"
All thirty plus Taiji Guerilla henchmen opened fire at me with their carbines. I was relieved to find that most of the bullets reflected off my body. Taking advantage of my bulletproof nature, I grabbed a gun from one of the minions proceeded to bash him in the head and let him take all the bullets that were fired at me. At the same time I fired from the gun I was holding taking out at most five henchmen and injuring a few others. They continued firing their bullets at me to which with my gymnastics training I artfully dodged them by cartwheeling twice.
I disarmed one of their guns by kicking it out of the reach and then kicking him in the head sending the minion falling down. I then grabbed another henchmen and clotheslined him seizing his rifle. I proceeded to use the rifle like a baton stick and batter the heads of the surrounding henchmen. I twirled the mouth of the gun and had the butt impact three henchmen in the forehead sending them stumbling back. I then butted the end towards one stomach and then to the back of the neck leaving that minion unconscious.
Seeing that guns were not working, the Taiji Guerilla switched to their hidden blades and began to charge at me. One aimed a swift strike at me to which I grab his arm and shoulder, push his arm to the ground and proceed to elbow him in the face
One Taiji Guerilla that snuck up behind me got a backside kick to the face before I ducked under to the swipe of another hidden blade cross punch.
I upper cutted the offender staggering him before grabbing his torso and flipping him onto the ground where I grabbed his other arm and proceeded to twist it until I heard the bone break.
From two cars above behind me, two other mooks made jump kicks towards me. I completely swatted one's leg aside with my left hand and redirected the other with my right hand till he was standing next to me. That Taiji Guerilla then made a stabbing motion for my neck which I countered, holding his arm still while using my other fist to repeatedly punch him in the gut until he fell over.
I grabbed another henchmen by the shoulders and threw him straight into the air.
"TAIIIIIIJIIIIIIIII!"
He went flying and crashed into the front of car before rolling and toppling over.
Three henchmen came at me once they stabbed high for my head I ducked, then lashed out back with three kicks to their heads knocking them out.
I grabbed one henchmen and charged with him into a car door. The glass pane was cracked doing so. I kneed him in the stomach several times then chopped on the side of the head to knock him out.
I avoided a Taiji Guerrilla coming in two stab with his two hidden blades extended. He hit the glass pane of the car window and was stuck there. I kneed him in the face. That freed him from the window and he came stabbing at me with his left wrist to which I countered by spin kicking it with my left foot. I then spin kicked him again sending him tumbling onto the floor
Two more Taiji Guerillas came to stab me. I grabbed the offending arms and flipped them back to which the minions proceed to back handspring in succession evading my kicks to them, until one stopped. I kicked the chest of one sending him down while I chopped the head of the other and then cross-punched him to the ground for good measure.
One Taiji Guerrilla now unsheathed the hidden blade from his wrist and started throwing it toward my head like a dagger. I caught the blade and used it to stab an assailant heading toward me in the stomach. Another Taiji Guerrilla came to grab me to hold me down so I took the dagger and stabbed him in the cervical spine paralyzing him and sending him down. I finally jumped into the air towards two henchmen. I send two flailing kicks towards them using them to gain height before I use my dagger to hit the mark and stab a Taiji Guerrilla straight in the throat. I slowly move the knife shearing through the wound before blood started to leak out.
A Taiji Guerrilla came behind me to which I spun around avoiding his jab and then crossed the knife over to the side of his neck slitting it and sending blood spraying out.
I then jump into the air and throw the knife back at its owner in the chest making him scream in pain before he flip topples onto the ground.
By this time the attack guerrilla forces were strongly thinned to just six men left including the kajin.
Fahrenheit Frill Tokage then appears livid with anger. The thermometer like tubes on both his arms begin to fill up with liquid mercury and he then begins to spray some from the tips of his gloved claw like hands.
"FUSUTOU SUIGIN KIRI!" (Boiling Mercury Spray)
I dodge the shot once while the liquid proceeds to liquefy a lamppost behind me bubbles boiling hot on the surface as the metal slowly corrodes away.
He fires another spray that I dodge but hits two Taiji Guerillas that scream in agony as the spray scalds their bodies before they completely melt onto the floor.
I proceed to make a jump chop to the kaijin's head but he blocks the attack with his closing frills and then while three Taiji Guerrilla stab me immediately from behind. I duck letting their blades clash onto each other then turn around grab the heads of two of them and proceed to bash them together while I kick the other behind with both of my feet.
Fahrenheit Frill Tokage proceeds to flail his tail towards me and coils me ever close to his body.
"KERUUUUBIIINN! Let's see how you deal with my 1300 Degree Celsius magma!" Lava like substance begins pouring outside of Fahrenheit Frill Tokage's mouth. The burn I felt on my body was tremendous and I struggled to break free from his tail grip before I melt into a goopy mess.
With whatever power I had left I stomped the kaijin on a part of his tail, which made him cry out in pain and loosen his tail grip around me. I then dealt a flurry of beatdown punches to his chest, stomach, and torso before finishing it with a blow to head and sending him toppling over.
"Onore! FRILL TOKAGE HONO BURESU!"
Hot flames emanate from his mouth and burned my armor as he walked slowly closer.
I began to slowly walk back reeling from pain as the flames drew in closer. The flames were so hot they began to ignite a ring of fire around me. Smoke rose from the hot flames as I was completely immobilized.
"Moero! (Burn) Rider!"
It was at this moment, at this desperate time, I had to do it; I had to give a finishing Rider Kick just like many Riders before me. I calmly processed what I had to do in my mind.
Jump
Somersault several times in the air
Extend one leg out and deliver the pain to a fatal spot
With my mental preparation ready I jumped into the air proceeded to somersault and then deliver my finishing attack.
"PAPILLON KICK!"
The kick hit the side of the kaijin's frill. My move was clearly ill made as I could feel my right foot scalding. It sent me rebounding off where I fell to the ground.
Fahrenheit Frill Tokage proceeds to scoff at me.
"Ahahhahahaha! Stupid Rider didn't I already tell you 1300 degrees Celsius of thermal energy courses through my veins? With my manipulation of heat I am virtually untouchable! Now do me a favor and die ALREADY! Hissatsu waza ukete miyo (Witness my certain kill technique), RAJIATOR NETSU ONPA" (Radiator Heat Wave)
The sidelines of the kaizo ningen's frills light up bright red and a swirling heating aura approaches me as the background turned into complete infrared. I jump out of the way and the ground around me explodes into sparks.
"Eh! Moto Kurae!"
I jump to the side and another explosion occurs behind me. Explosions proceed to happen again and again with sometimes-large flames jutting out of the ground as the assault continues and I kept falling back down.
I can't keep this up! If it goes on longer like this I'll be defeated. I need to find a way to settle this now.
I jump backflip into the air as more flames burst out of the ground and land gracefully.
"You can't beat me Papillon!"
I then noticed how the liquid inside the thermometer tubes on Fahrenheit Frill Tokage's arms were slowly rising up and down.
Maybe … That's it! That has to be his weak spot.
I grabbed an incoming Taiji Guerrilla and then judo flipped him onto the ground where I proceeded to punch him on the ground knocking him out. I hurled another Taiji Guerilla in a monkey flip behind me. I finally grabbed one last Taiji Guerrilla by the arm, slowly twisting it till it was in a good breaking point and then crushed it with my elbow. The minion cried out in pain. At this moment I took the opportunity to remove his hidden blade.
Then with a quick toss, I threw the knife at the kaijin's tube arm. Red liquid immediately began to squirt out of the punctured hole.
"NOOOOO! What have you done!"
I ran up to the staggering kaijin and proceeded to jump punch him in the head. There was still a bit of a heating sensation but it felt dissipated compared to before. With Fahrenheit Frill Tokage staggered, I proceeded to grab his arms and slowly with my enhanced super strength grabbed deep enough into his flesh to tear out the tubing right out of its socket.
"My precious mercury NOOOO! My power its slipping!"
As red liquid mercury began to spray and ignite into fire everywhere I delivered three cross punches to the face before I grabbed his body and kneed him four times in the stomach. I then spun kicked him in the face send his face crashing into a nearby store window.
"Mada mada da! RAJIATOR NETSU ONPA!"
I ran towards the kaijin as explosions bursted in front of my path and I could feel the pain of the heat scorching towards me. I grabbed the kaijin by the shoulders and then rocketed skyward into the air with him I proceeded to flip him over and grab his legs while grappling my legs around his head. We then both proceeded to fall with Fahrenheit Frill Tokage's head aiming face towards the ground.
"PAPILLON DUNK!"
The Kaijin's head fell flat on the concrete road. The frills on his neck flashed again before they combusted now on fire.
We both stood up from the ground. The Kaijin spilling out dust that was gathered in his mouth.
"Noooo! My radiator frills. They're broken!"
"Imada!"
With my grip strength I tore out the frills right from his neck with his arms and draped them over his head.
I reverse axe kicked him in the head sending him reeling and then proceeded to jump somersault into the air once again.
"PAPILLON KICK!"
The kick hit him right on the head and sent him flying into the air where he flopped over and crashed onto the ground. He proceeded to stand up walking back and forth in a pained daze.
BGM End
"KEEERRRUUUUBIIIIIINNNNN! Sa … Samui!" (So … So Cold)
With that final utterance the kaijin fell backwards on the floor and proceeded to combust into a giant inferno that sent flames spewing out everywhere.
"KABOOM!"
I did it! I won!
As I quickly reveled in this quick victory I went out to go and check on how Emiko was doing. She was still unconscious from the burns on her body. I draped her over my shoulder and then started to notice that the civilians in hiding from the carnage started appearing back again. They saw me singlehandedly defeat the army and began slowly but surely increasingly clap for me.
I could see the smiles on all their faces as they were aglow.
"Kiseki da, kiseki da, kore wa atarashi no Kamen Rider ja"
"Arigato Kamen Rider" some of the children started saying.
From the first start being a hero was the last thought that could have entered my mind and I was truly though quite adept thoroughly terrified during that battle. But to see such welcoming gratitude, perhaps that is the gift given to those who decide to fight for justice.
I grab Emiko and with great might yell "KATSUSOU SORATOBE JUMP!". We both soared into the air heading directly for a hospital as soon as I could. The strong breeze from the flight slowly woke Emiko up from her stupor.
"Mmmm … Kiriko-nee-san?!"
"It's okay, It's okay, I got you."
"You came back, even after you said you wanted to get away and have a normal human life. You came and save me. Why?"
"Ever since that day I saved you from the Sukeban I've come to grown attach to you. As annoying as you were at times you were like the little sister that I never had in my life. I was always in the shadows and looked up to my big sister for inspiration. That and more importantly your father's last dying words to me. I couldn't the words of a man who cared so much for his daughter end in vain just like that."
"Nee-san?"
"Ah shush now we're almost at a hospital. I don't want to be seen when I un-transform."
As we just landed and I said those words I conveniently glowed bright blue and turned back into my regular human form again. We walked into the hospital where Emiko was treated for her burns immediately right away.
…
In another dark lair of Negashocker
"Kamen … Rider … Papillon-mei!" Kamisori Tsume Hime cracked her long nails into several pieces as she watched montage footage of the fight downtown happening ending right with the explosion of her first warrior.
"I seem to underestimate how powerful you can truly be. But if you think Negashocker will crumble underneath your meddling alone then you are truly foolish indeed. We will recover from this. We are immortal. Begin the next plan!"
…
I was standing on a corner of a garden to Jounan Prep High during after school hours. My eyes looking serious but determined as I gaze at the sun starting to set at 4PM in the afternoon.
I heard footsteps approach from behind me and knew who it was.
"Its you two guys isn't it?"
Very enough indeed Ami and Emiko appeared behind me in their school uniforms.
"Something on your mind?" Ami said.
"Well for starters, what the hell have I gotten myself into." I continued to stare straight ahead.
"You know there's no turning back." I said. "I came and destroyed one of their cyborgs, there's no way they're going to take me lightly now. They're going to target everyone close to me. My friends and family and if they get their hands on them who knows what I would do to myself."
"Kiriko about that, we've decided. We've decided to help you in your crusade henceforth."
"What? Everyone … I? You do realize you'll be in constant danger here on out."
"It's okay, as long as little miss Rider keeps her A game on we'll be in no trouble. We're counting on your utter support."
"Kiriko-senpai" smiled Emiko.
"Battling against an evil hell bent world dominating organization, who would have thought. My identity and our battle will be a precious secret between the three of us then."
"Agreed" Ami said
"Agreed" Emiko said
With that the three high school girls shook hands and formed a pledge to thwart the plans henceforth of the nefarious Negashocker. A new journey of strife, happiness, and friendship has begun. Tatakae! Ware wa no Kamen Rider Papillon!
To Be Continued