Level 3: He who came in with a Bang!
"It's all right. I won't hurt you." Davis was back in the Pediatric ward dealing with a new patient.
"Yuuki, you won't get better if you don't get over your fear of doctors." The boy's mom said putting her hand on her son's arm making her look at her scared.
"Let's go home, mom."
"I know! Do you like games, Yuuki? Tada!" Davis said taking out a handheld with Mighty Action X on it holding it out for the boy. "I'm really good at games, you know. Do you wanna play with me?" Davis asked making Yuuki stand up and run away making his mother sigh.
"Yuuki!"
"Leave him to me please!" Davis said running after the boy. But he accidentally tripped on the mom's foot making him fall hard on the floor. "I'm fine."
"Long time no see, quack doctor." The brown haired man was looking at his phone in a park when suddenly Graphite started walking towards him shocking the man.
"Graphite...!"
"You're just a wandering corpse of a man at this point. I'll put you to rest!"
"What a coincidence! I was just thinking about how much I wanted to see you." The man said standing locking his phone showing his wallpaper which was photo of him and Kari. This man is the Ex-Doctor Tai Kamiya, he is...or was...Kari's older brother. Tai then took out his Gamer Driver ready to put it on ready to get revenge. "Payback time for what happened five years ago...and I'm gonna make you suffer just like she did." Tai said preparing to put on the device but suddenly Pallad appeared walking behind Graphite playing another game.
"Don't do anything rash, Graphite."
"Who're you?" Tai asked as Pallad finished his level of Mighty Action X making him look at the man and smile.
"Anyway, let's have a bet. Let's see which Kamen Rider is the strongest, and can clear the most games." Pallad said making Tai look at them both as if they were crazy.
"You're a strange one." Graphite said until they suddenly disappeared leaving Tai thinking and grab a small silver whistle in his pocket.
"Yuuki, wait up! Wait!" Tai turned around hearing someone yell and saw Yuuki still running followed by Davis until the boy stopped running to catch his breath. "I won't do anything to you. There's nothing to be afraid of."
"I can't trust anything you doctors say! I'm cold..." Yuuki said suddenly holding his chest making Davis realize what the boy could be sick with and pointed his stethoscope at him making the screen reveal heat symbols coming off the boy shocking him. "The game sickness?!" Davis then began to think and remembered what the mom had told Yuuki at the hospital and looked at his clothing for a second. "I'm stressing him out because he's scared of doctors!" Davis then threw off his coat and dialed Kari making Tai smirk and walk towards them. "Kari? The Bugstar Virus is breaking out in my new patient, I need your help!"
"I'll take care of him." Tai said walking towards them making Yuuki take a step back scared of this new person.
"Um, can I help you?" Davis asked looking at the man who suddenly and quickly put on his Gamer Driver. "A Gamer Driver?!"
"You liar! You said you wouldn't do anything to me!" Yuuki yelled at Davis who didn't know what to do now as his plan to wait for Kari was being ruined. But suddenly this stranger to him started walking towards his patient making him run up to and stop Tai.
"Stop it! He's scared of doctors!"
"Move it, you tick." Tai pushed Davis away on the floor and continued walking towards the boy making him hold his chest more until suddenly his eyes became red.
"Commencing counter attack." Yuuki then became one of the gigantic orange Bugstar Unions but this time in the shape of a pistol roaring and aiming at the two making Tai smirk.
"A Bugstar from the same genre as my game, huh? Perfect for warming up." Tai said taking out his Gashat and pushed the button activating it and generating the level with several barrels around them.
BANG BANG SHOOTING!
"Henshin." Tai spun the Gashat on his finger and again until he pushed it inside his Driver beginning his transformation.
GASHATTO!
LET'S GAME! SUPER GAME! ULTRA GAME! WHATCHA NAME?!
I'M A KAMEN RIDER!
GASHACON MAGNUM!
"Mission Start." Tai became a Level 1 Kamen Rider with a helmet resembling an army soldier's and what resembled a piece of hair over his right eye and a small gun similar to Ex-Aid and Brave's weapons with a green A button and an orange B button formed in his right hand. This was Kamen Rider Snipe, and he's known for never missing his shot. He then began to jump around shooting the Bugstar who tried shooting at him as well but Snipe was avoiding each and every shot. Snipe then stopped moving around and jumped up beginning to spin turning him into a yellow bullet which then fired at the Bugstar immediately separating it from Yuuki but sending Snipe rolling on the floor too.
"Yuuki, are you alright?" Davis asked running up to the boy as Snipe began to stand back up picking up the Gashacon Magnum.
"Damn...it's a powerful attack, but a real double-edged sword, too." Snipe said seeing Yuuki was back to normal when suddenly Kari finally arrived and began to look at her as she looked at him too in shock.
"Davis...what's he doing here?"
"Do you know him?"
"Yeah...that's Kamen Rider Snipe." Kari said making Snipe look down and shake his head turning around and begin to go for the Bugstar.
"Kamen Rider...Snipe? This field...isn't this that game in development hell, Bang Bang Shooting?" Davis asked looking around making Kari nod.
"You sure know your stuff, you really are a genius gamer. In this first-person shooter, your target is the commander, Revol." Kari said as the Bugstar stood up ready to fight.
"You fools! Go forth troops, and commence the battle!" The Bugstar Virus NPCs appeared in soldier costumes and began to fire at Snipe making the other three hide from the fight.
"Yuuki, over here!" The three watched the fight continue as Snipe quickly and expertly took out each of the Bugstar Viruses...but no one expected what was about to happen because of Yuuki.
"STOP IT!" Yuuki yelled getting scared the more Snipe fought making the viruses that he had just defeated rise back up with more appearing as well.
"The virus is multiplying...it's because he's scared." Davis looked at the boy and put on his Driver and took out his Gashat ready to put matters in his own hands. "HENSHIN!"
GASHATTO!
I'M A KAMEN RIDER!
"Stop shooting! All you're doing is making the virus multiply more!" Davis quickly became Ex-Aid and got in the way of Snipe stopping him.
"Move it, you tick!" Snipe said pushing Ex-Aid off. But he quickly got back up and grabbed him again.
"Listen to what I'm saying!"
"Well, aren't you so high and mighty?" Snipe pushed Ex-Aid off him again and kicked him sending the other rider on the ground and firing two shots at him knocking him back further.
"What are you doing?"
"To game is to defeat all other players, don't you think?"
"Stop dragging your feet, soldiers!" Snipe turned around and began to fire more at the Viruses making Ex-Aid take out his Gashat and end his transformation.
GACCHOON!
"Let's go." Davis said grabbing the two and beginning to run while Snipe continued firing at the Viruses defeating each and every one.
"I'm sorry, Yuuki. You must've been so scared." The three stopped running catching their breath as Davis put his hand on Yuuki's shoulder making him sigh.
"Yo, Poppy Pipopapo." The turned to see Tai walking towards them making Yuuki hide behind Davis as Kari looked at the man angrily.
"Why do you have a Gamer Driver, Tai?" Kari asked making him look away and grab the whistle in his pocket before turning his attention to Davis.
"You. Your personality changes when you game, huh?" Tai asked remembering what happened back in the park when he transformed.
"And what of it?"
"We'll play again, genius gamer." Tai said walking away making Kari take a step forward trying to get his attention.
"Wait-!"
"Just who is that guy?"
"That's Tai Kamiya. He was a Rider with CR 5 years ago...and my big brother." Kari said making Davis look at Tai then at her wondering what the man's intentions were. But then he realized what Kari just said making him look at her in shock.
"BROTHER?!"
"I have a bad feeling about this." Director Ishida said as he, Davis, Kari, and Yolei were in the CR talking about Tai's reappearance as he took a puff of his Cigarette.
"Why is Tai back here?!" Yolei yelled slamming her hands on the table making Davis look at them all confused.
"Just what happened exactly 5 years ago."
"Davis you're still new to the CR. Until you've been a part long enough-" Yolei was interrupted by Director Ishida who began to speak answering Davis's question.
"Zero Day. Five years ago Zero Day happened, it was never made public knowing the mass hysteria that would come from it so the Ministry of Health and Genm Corporation worked together to keep it under wraps. Many people were infected by the Bugstar Virus and disappeared, the CR was still just a project by the Ministry and Genm Corp. Tai Kamiya, he was an intern like you, he volunteered to be the first one to be a Kamen Rider." Director Ishida explained putting out his cigarette making Davis look down wondering what exactly happened.
"A while back, Yuuki was seriously injured and he needed surgery for it. Since then he's been scared of doctors." Yuuki and his mother were in Quarantine in the CR as she explained Yuuki's fear to Davis.
"It's okay! This is a happy place! Sing together with Poppy Pipopapo!" Kari walked in in her Poppy form trying to cheer Yuuki up but he simply looked at her uninterested.
"No."
"What-?! Wha..." Poppy put her head down saddened as Davis put his hand on the boy's shoulder.
"I was really hurt once too, but it's thanks to the doctors that I'm alive today." Davis said making Yuuki give him a face of disbelief making the intern smile at him. "Don't worry. We can fight it together!"
"I hate doctors. That doctor even tried to attack me."
"Yuuki, your sickness is a special case! Listen to what the doctor says!" His mother yelled making Davis stand up and walk towards Poppy.
"There's something I need to know."
"Hello?" Davis walked into an abandoned clinic looking at instructions from Poppy until he saw someone familiar in the doorway.
"Hey, genius gamer." Tai said making Davis stand up straight and look at him.
"It's your first time here in my office, isn't it? Dr. Takeru Takaishi?" Ken was sitting in his office as T.K. walked in wearing a suit looking angry.
"I'm going to ask you straight up: why did you give Tai Kamiya a Gamer Driver?"
"He's a suitable candidate."
"I'm sure you know, but that man is no longer a doctor. 5 years ago, he became obsessed with the power of games-"
"Performed a fatal medical error. And took the life of a patient." Ken said interrupting T.K. making the surgeon look at him in surprise that he knew. "But, his skill as a Kamen Rider is genuine."
"That man alone is unacceptable. That man...took something precious from me."
"My patient Yuuki is scared of you. Please don't get involved with this case-" Davis and Tai were talking inside an office in the abandoned clinic with the intern explaining what happened with Yuuki.
"I do what I want. Stop playing doctor, and enjoy the game!"
"Don't you even want to save people, as an ex-doctor?"
"All I'm after are Gashats."
"What?"
"Whoever collects all 10 Gashats will gain the power to completely destroy the Bugstar Virus. Fight me, Ex-Aid. Let's see who can beat that kid's Bugstar first. We'll bet both our Gashats on the line." Tai said making Davis think until his phone rang making him answer.
"Hello?"
"Davis bad news! Yuuki's escaped!" Poppy yelled on the other line until suddenly Bugstar Viruses ran in making Davis hang up as the two started fighting the NPCs.
"I knew they'd come here. Doctors stress the kid out." Tai said easily fighting the Viruses while Davis wasn't having such an easy time fighting them on the stairs.
"HALT!" Yuuki was running when suddenly his Revol Bugstar appeared stopping him making the boy back up from fear. "Finally found you boy."
"When your stress levels hit their peak, you'll disappear and I'll finally become complete!" The fight the two were having moved to outside with Tai still having the upper hand over the Viruses until suddenly the Revol Bugstar appeared holding Yuuki angering Davis.
"No!"
"Yuuki! That's it, I've had enough!" Davis got out of the Viruses' grasp and put on his Driver and activated Gashat generating the level.
MIGHTY ACTION X!
"I'll change Yuuki's fate with my own two hands! HENSHIN!"
GASHATTO!
LET'S GAME! SUPER GAME! ULTRA GAME! WHATCHA NAME?!
I'M A KAMEN RIDER!
"DAI-HENSHIN!"
"Interesting, I'm joining in. Henshin."
GACCHAN!
LEVEL UP!
MIGHTY JUMP! MIGHTY KICK! MIGHTY MIGHTY ACTION X!
BANG BANG SHOOTING!
GASHATTO!
LET'S GAME! SUPER GAME! ULTRA GAME! WHATCHA NAME?!
I'M A KAMEN RIDER!
"Second Tactic."
GACCHAN!
LEVEL UP!
BA-BANG BANG! BANG BA-BANG!
BANG BANG SHOOTING!
GASHACON MAGNUM!
"It's game on, Ex-Aid." Ex-Aid became his Level 2 form as Tai became Snipe who immediately became Level 2 as well now resembling a cybernetic soldier with a neon yellow cape on his right side.
"Bring it on! The target is Commander Revol!" Ex-Aid said pointing at the Bugstar as the Gashacon Breaker appeared in his hand.
GASHACON BREAKER!
"I'll clear this with no continues!"
"Mission start." Snipe and Ex-Aid began to run fighting the Bugstar Viruses with a scoreboard above them with the numbers increasing the more one of the two would hit a Virus. The two seemed to be doing so with the greatest of ease with Ex-Aid quickly defeating each with his Gashacon Breaker. Meanwhile Snipe pressed the B button on his gun making the shots that came from it go from like a pistol to a continuous burst defeating all of the Viruses he had to. Then T.K. ran up to the battle and noticed Snipe putting on his driver.
"You're back from America. T.K. please-"
"I'll be taking back your Gamer Driver and Gashat. Proceeding with Level 2. Henshin."
TADDLE QUEST!
GASHATTO!
LET'S GAME! SUPER GAME! ULTRA GAME! WHATCHA NAME!
I'M A KAMEN RIDER!
GACCHAN!
LEVEL UP!
BATTLE FOR YOUR FUTURE! FIGHT FOR THE ADVENTURE!
WELCOME TO TADDLE QUEST!
GASHACON SWORD!
"And to your existence, you unlicensed sham, I say no thank you." Brave quickly became his Level 2 form and got his Gashacon Sword ready pointing it at Snipe.
"Let's take this battle to a grander stage shall we?" Snipe said pressing the button on the side of his belt making a stage select screen appear and turn the area into a junkyard. Brave then ran at Snipe trying to slash him making him dodge and try to kick his head making Brave dodge it as well. Snipe then shot Brave's arm making him drop his sword and then began to deliver several punches to his head until Brave kicked his sword back up and slashed Snipe's chest and again until he fired several shots making Brave back off. Then when the two charged at each other again, Ex-Aid noticed the Bugstar Viruses headed their way and began to battle each of them. While he did Kari arrived and noticed the translucent Yuuki making her yell at Ex-Aid.
"You need to defeat the Bugster now! Yuuki's disappearing!"
"You're too late little miss."
"Stop it, you two! There's a child's life on the line!"
"We'll settle this later." Snipe said breaking the clash between him and Brave who then ran at the Viruses that where shooting at them quickly slashing and defeating them. Then it was Snipe's turn firing a continuous burst at the viruses taking them out as well, when he noticed more headed his way, he pressed the Green A button making the barrel of his magnum extend and aimed his weapon at the NPCs. He then pulled the trigger sending one shot like a sniper defeating those, he pressed the B button making a holographic scope appear aiming at more Viruses locking on each of them and fired one more attack defeating those as well.
"It's not over yet! Far from it!" Revol said as five viruses stood up and turned into him shocking Ex-Aid.
"Until you defeat Commander Revol, his troops will keep coming back stronger!"
"They can keep coming back all they want, I'll just shoot them down."
"Nothing gets passed my soldiers. Troops, open fire!" The viruses resembling Revol then bean to fire upon Brave and Ex-Aid sending them flying backwards almost depleting the bars on their chests.
"Keep an eye on your Rider Gauge! It's game over if you hit 0! You'll die!" Kari yelled making the two look at their chests and hide behind a car as the Revols began to unleash hell on the two.
"My gauge is almost at zero, this is too risky." Brave said pulling the lever and taking out his Gashat ending his transformation shocking Ex-Aid.
GACCHON!
GACCHOON!
"What are you doing?!"
"Knowing when to stop is another part of being a doctor."
"What?" Ex-Aid turned around seeing Yuuki's scared expression making him stand and walk forward taking every hit from the Revols but he kept walking towards Yuuki.
"Ex-Aid, aren't you scared of getting a game over?!" Snipe asked hiding from the assault as well seeing the rider keep walking.
"I made a promise with Yuuki! I said we'd fight this together! Yuuki, we're in this together! If the two of us work together, you have nothing to be scared of!" Ex-Aid yelled falling to the floor still taking the attacks head on making Yuuki nod. "All right!" Ex-Aid jumped up and broke a block making a silver item coin appear and absorbed it turning him into metal. Then while the attacks bounced off him, he hit the B button on his Gashacon Breaker repeatedly and slammed it on the ground making a shockwave that defeated and destroyed the Revol clones.
"It's no use! Reinforcements come forth!" Revol ordered but no other Viruses arrived making him look at Yuuki who became solid once more clenching his fists.
"Yuuki's stress is gone...?" Kari asked as she and T.K. looked on in surprise as Snipe cracked his neck standing up.
"So they've stopped multiplying huh?" Snipe said getting his weapon ready watching Yuuki run away as Ex-Aid turned his Gashacon Breaker into its sword more and put his Gashat inside.
GASHATTO!
HIMEWAZA!
MIGHTY CRITICAL FINISH!
Ex-Aid then jumped into the air spinning like a wheel as his sword began to glow pink and slashed Revol and the Virus next to him destroying them both. But the field still looked the same confusing the Kamen Rider.
"What? Why isn't the game over?" Ex-Aid asked looking around as Snipe walked up behind him getting his magnum ready to fire taking out his Gashat and putting it in the back of his weapon making T.K. and Kari start running towards them.
"I knew Tai couldn't be trusted!"
GACCHOON!
GASHATTO!
BANG BANG CRITICAL FINISH!
Ex-Aid turned around seeing Snipe aiming the now glowing weapon at him and got ready to dodge the attack as Snipe put his finger on the trigger. But when he pulled it, the attack zoomed past Ex-Aid's head and into a camouflaged Revol that was behind him surprising the other three.
"How did you-" Revol said before he fell exploding making Ex-Aid duck as Snipe turned around getting the victory.
"Mission Complete." Then the field reverted back to normal as Ex-Aid and Snipe turned back into Davis and Tai who held out his arm. "I won this round, hand over your Gashat." Davis took his Gashat out and looked at it before Tai snatched it shocking Kari.
"What are you doing?! Give it back!"
"If you want it back, I'm up for another round. Well, if you can even transform that is." Tai said smirking beginning to walk away making T.K. walk up next to Davis looking at the former doctor.
"You reap what you sow, this is what happens when you operate with the risks so high."
"But...I was able to save Yuuki, that's all that matters to me." Davis said turning around smiling at the boy who ran up to him giving him a hug. "Sorry for putting you through all of that." Davis said putting his hand on Yuuki's head while the blond haired man from before was watching yet again from a corner.
"Now we've got four players...time to start the race." The man said looking at the group before leaving while Davis turned around to look at Tai.
"Don't bother Davis, he's the reason why his sister and my best friend Kari Kamiya's dead." T.K. said making Davis look at him in shock and at Kari.
"What? B-But-"
"I know what you're about to say, but that's Poppy, not Kari anymore...Poppy Pipopapo's a Bugstar that took over Kari's body after Tai got her killed."
Next time:
"The coroner, Matt Ishida."
"Just what are you after?"
"My friend was one of the casualties of Zero Day."
"Get on Genius Gamer! The ones to win this race-"
"-will be us!"
Level 4: Begin Operation Dash!
