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A lot has happened in the last chapter, and it only gets better as the story goes on. If you like anything about the story, please feel free to leave a review or send me a PM, the reviews tell me that people are enjoying the story, and that's all I want, is to make readers enjoy what they are reading. I will advise that this is one of the chapters that gets a bit mature, not as much as in the later chapters, but is still a little mature.
Chapter 3: Necromancer
The figure stopped in his tracks from where he had entered. He looked over at Satyr and the Talos Automos. Satyr was taking the defensive when the figure had appeared, while the Talos had stopped in their tracks. The figure then looked over to Haruto and Kosuke, who were trying to sort out what they had just seen, while the resurrected Ghouls stood in between Satyr and the riders like a wall. Just exactly who was this person?
"No, not you again! You already interfered once, I will not let you do it again!" cried Satyr. This figure and Satyr must have encountered each other before.
"Who are you?" Haruto asked the figure, wondering who exactly who this figure was.
"I am Kamen Rider Necromancer" replied the rider. His voice was dark, yet it was also calming in tone. Necromancer looked over to Satyr
"It's time to die!" he proclaimed as he took his scythe in both hand, flipped the blade towards him and collapsing the handle. Three of the knobs opened from the top, while a trigger flipped from the bottom. The scythe had transformed into a firearm, looking like a steampunk shotgun.
"Eh?!" uttered from a surprised Kosuke.
Necromancer ran towards the Talos as they began to move again. As he was running, he aimed the weapon towards one of the soldiers, pressing down on one of the knobs, and fired a red burst shot towards its shoulder. The shot went through the Talos' right shoulder where the gears were exposed. It fell to its knees with its head down.
"Ghouls, assist!" he called out.
The ghouls dissipated from their walled formation, running towards the downed Talos Automos and attacking it with their clubs. Haruto and Kosuke watched the Ghouls attack the statue in a non-organized attack. What surprised them was the fact there was something different about these particular set of Ghouls. The ones they have face were accounted like ordinary foot soldiers. However these Ghouls were much appeared much stronger, because they were actually inflicting massive damage on the Automos. The statue was nearly torn apart by them.
The aura from the crack in the ground looked unsettling, so Haruto and Kosuke stood watching Kamen Rider Necromancer fight.
Necromancer ran towards another Talos, but one of them saw him and swung one its hammers at him. Necromancer dodged the attack, jumping to the right side of the hammer. The Talos Automos began swinging both hammers this time, as if it was holding fly swatters and Necromancer was the fly.
Necromancer dodged the two swings, running towards the back of the Automos, sliding beneath one of the hammers. Jumping back to his feet, aiming the gun at its back, and pressing down on a different key.
"Blast Scythe!" shrieked Necromancer, shooting another burst shot from the scythe, but it was blue and electric.
The Talos was stunned by the shot, dropping its hammers and going to its knees. The Ghouls left the first Automos and repeated what they did to the first.
He ran towards Satyr, flipping the scythe blade forward and cocking the handle out, turning it back into the scythe. A massive force knocked Necromancer back, noticing he had forgotten to take out the other two Automos, who readied their hammers for battle.
"Oh, now you two want to play?" he said sarcastically reaching for the one pyramidal ring on his belt. The ring was engraved with markings resembling a giant crack or fissure. He replaced the Rift ring with this one, swiping it over his driver.
"Fracture, Summon!"
The ring opened, violet light glowing from the core. The light enveloped Necromancers arm, forming cracks around the arm. One of the Automos charged at Necromancer, swinging both its hammers, ready to smash him. But Necromancer jumped halfway between him and the Automos, gaining a lift from the hammer and punching the Automos in the face. Landing past the Automos, he watched as the same violet line began forming on the creature. Necromancer turned to the statue and slashed its arm with the scythe. This time, the arm actually fell off the creature instead of reshaping itself. He continued to slash at the Automos, slashing its other arm, legs and torso in half. Finishing off with slicing the head. The last Automos stood in between Necromancer and Satyr, ready to kill its opponent.
Kraken left the trees to return to Haruto, floating in between him and Kosuke. Kraken was losing mana, with Haruto removing the Kraken ring to give him a rest, although Kraken had been the only way that the others were able to see the fight from the shop.
"Look at him fight off those things Haruto?" Kosuke asked, engaged in the riders' battle. "He's barely taking a scratch!"
"I can see that. He's good, but something seems off?" replied Haruto
"What do you mean?" asked Kosuke
"Remember how he fought earlier? Dodging and firing at specific points, letting the Ghouls finish the first two off? He was quick and nimble."
"I saw, is there something different about him now?"
"Notice the way he takes on the third one, he used a spell on the beast, and then he slashes at specific points of its body in a much more brutal fashion than before. It's seems like he is not trying to the kill the creature, but rather slowly hurt it before it dies" Haruto said, watching the rider.
"I see what you mean" replied Kosuke "So what are you trying to say?"
"I'm saying that something is going on inside this Necromancers mind, something unbalanced?" replied Haruto
"Well Satyr, it's just you, I and the Automos. Why don't you tell me what you're doing here, and I won't have to rip this statue to shreds?" proclaimed Necromancer
Satyr questioned Necromancers proclamation. It had to have been a lucky guess or something else to make that assumption
"How does he know? How would he know about the others who have not arrived yet?" Satyr asked himself "That is none of your concern, however you will not be the one doing the killing today. That honor goes to me."
"Very well, I guess I will have to use force to get you to squeal." Necromancer replied, looking at the Fracture Ring. "Let's hope you don't bruise too easily?" He inserted the ring into a socket on the scythe, opening up and expanding the socket.
"Fracture, Final Hour"
The scythes' blade suddenly glowed purple, then became pitch black. A seal formed in front of Necromancer, similar to the one that comes when Haruto and Kosuke use different spells and rings. Necromancer spun around clockwise, and with all his strength, struck the Automos straight across the torso, causing the beast to fracture into pieces. Satyr saw the attacks wave come towards him, and even as tried to protect himself with his cane, the wave knocked him back off feet, shattering parts of his armor.
He lay on the ground, smoke all around him. He couldn't tell where Necromancer was. A strange glow radiated from the gem on his left gauntlet. Satyr smiled at the glow.
"Finally! Its time!" he said, reaching out his right hand to call back the pieces of his fallen Talos Automos. The pieces engulfed Satyr, disappearing into the ground.
"Damn it! He got away!" said an annoyed Necromancer. He held his temper back, and used a sort of energy to make the scythe disappear, and the aura from the ground disappear. Haruto and Kosuke walked over to the new Kamen Rider, eager to find out more about this new rider.
"Man, that was some good fighting you had going on back there" Kosuke said.
"Like you could have done any better?" replied Necromancer "You're lucky I got here when I did, or else those Automos would have used you like punching bags."
"Hey, we could have done this ourselves you know?" said Kosuke
"You could have, but you stayed behind the aura from the ground doing nothing." Necromancer replied. "That aura is not dangerous; it's just an after effect of the spell I used to summon the ghouls back."
Kosuke hesitated asking Necromancer another question. He was not afraid, but was starting to get annoyed with his attitude. Haruto stepped in to continue the questions.
"While we may not have been able to help you this time, we will do so the next time we encounter one another? Thank you for the help today" said Haruto
"Sorry Wizard, but I don't work well with others, kind of the lone wolf." Necromancer replied back, his tone suddenly changing from arrogant to helpful wit. "But since you two didn't get in my way, I'll throw you two a bone for your troubles." "Here"
He snapped his fingers towards the Ghouls, exploding into rings of mana for Kosuke to feed on.
"To replace the mana you lost from them." He brought Haruto and Kosuke close to him
"Alright, listen closely, because I will only say this once and once only. Beware of Satyr when he is around. He is unlike any Phantom you have or possibly will ever face; he's dangerous and precise when it comes to his plans. This attack was just the beginning of what he has in store. Just be warned." said Necromancer, turning around to walk away from Wizard and Beast.
"Hey!" Haruto called out, Necromancer stopped where he was "Who are you, and is there any way of defeating those statue things?" he asked
"To fight the Automos, they are just like ordinary statues, use pressured heat and brute force to take them down, and my name, you'll find out soon enough." Necromancer replied back to Haruto, continuing to walk away.
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Necromancer continued walking until he entered a long dark tunnel and when he exited, he had transformed back into his civilian attire, revealing himself to be Will.
"Why is it that every time I try to have a normal day, you have to come along and fuck it all up?" Will said out loud, even though no one was around. His head immediately turned to the left, his face changing from questioned to angry.
"What do you mean fuck up?" he said, in a calming yet cold tone. "You were the one transformed and fought Satyr; I merely came along for the ride." His head then immediately turned back to the way it was before.
"No, I mean this morning at the antique shop. You made me call that girl a doll, who should be played with, and I could tell what you did to me during the fight with Satyr and the Automos, what the hell was with you smashing one of them to bits?
"First off, if I had not done that, you would not made it out of that fight like you did, and the girl, what about it, she was cute. Even you admitted it yourself"
"Yes I did, but I know exactly why you think she is cute, and I won't let you do what you have planned to her. Just because you're my Phantom does not give you the right to take over my body and thoughts when you please."
"You don't know what I had planned, second if it were not for me you would never be able to become Kamen Rider Necromancer at all!" the dark voice replied.
"Speaking of Kamen Riders, why did you have to make me sound like an arrogant ass in front of them after the battle? I was trying to help them and maybe even join them. Thank God I regained control when I did."
"We don't need to work with anyone. We can take them on, and knowing them, they will more than likely try to destroy me?"
"You don't know that for sure? They could use our help. We are the only ones who know what Satyr is capable of doing, and today was no exception."
"I get what you are trying to say, I partially agree, but we do not need their help. I did feel that Satyr was different than he usually was. He usually retreats after we fight him, but I guess not this time?" the Phantom side replied.
"Your right on that part" Will said, taking out his phone to check the time. It was getting close to 10:45. He found next to phone was the piece of paper Yuki had given to him earlier, contemplating on whether or not he should take her up on her offer.
"I think we should try to track down Satyr and see what he is up to?" Will said, deciding to skip the walk around the city to hunt.
"Why should we?" the Phantom asked, making Will's face smile wickedly "We have been working all morning, I think we deserve to have a break?"
"Oh no, I know what you want to do, and it is not happening!" Will said, trying to regain control of himself, he had been fighting all day to control the Phantom, until his eyes shimmered black like they did earlier when Koyomi. Will's physical expression became slyer and laid back as he opened the piece of paper, which had Yuki's number on it, and dialed the number into his phone.
"Hi Yuki?...It's Will…from the café this morning. I ran off in a hurry when that thing happened this morning…..Oh it was nothing bad, just a broken pipeline…Say I was wondering if you still wanted to give me that tour of the city?...Excellent! When do you finish work?...An hour?...I'll be there…I say it sounds like it's going to be fun….Bye." Will said while he smirked a devious grin.
"Oh we are going to have fun today. Oh yes we will." he said, laughing to himself while walking towards the lake.
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Haruto, Kosuke, Wajima, Shunpei and Koyomi were all back at Omokagedo sitting in the main room, about ready to discuss the battle from this morning. Haruto and Kosuke had arrived earlier, and even on the way back they were still trying to process Necromancers words
"They are just like ordinary statues, use pressured heat and brute force to take them down, and my name, you'll find out soon enough."
Haruto also remembered the words: "Beware of Satyr when he is around. He is unlike any Phantom you have or possibly will ever face." Those words made Haruto think closely of some of the other Phantoms he and the others had face before. A few who are more dangerous than others, and one who Haruto felt uncomfortable talking about.
As Haruto sat down on the couch, the door to the shop flung open followed by a young woman running through the door.
"Haruto! Are you alright!? I missed the call when Shunpei called me earlier and I rushed right over here as soon as I heard the message. Did you and Kosuke get hurt? What exactly happened? Was it a Phantom attack? Who and where is the Gate?" the woman asked frantically, checking Harutos' face and eyes for any signs of injury like a monkey trying to groom its mate.
"Rinko we're fine." Haruto replied, taking Rinko's wrists in his hands and removing them from his face. The young woman was Rinko Daimon, an up in coming detective at the Toriizaka Police Station. She was one of Harutos' first allies to join his cause when the Phantoms began to attack. She too almost feel into despair after she lost hope as a police officer who could help the innocent, but was given renewed hope thanks to Haruto. Rinko is a dedicated officer of the force and is not one who will take insults lightly, often having to deal with her not so bright chief of police, and has a tendency to be a bit over protective of her allies. She uses her resources as a detective to find out who the targeted Gates are, and even delving into the backgrounds of Phantoms, though this causes her to push her nose into business she is not authorized to use, especially through the paranormal investigation of Section Zero.
Shunpei slid to the other side of the couch, Rinko made herself comfortable. She was nearly out of breath from running all the way from the station to the shop as fast as she could go.
"So what exactly happened?" Rinko asked
"While Kosuke and I were at the park, Koyomi reported a Phantom attack to us nearby. The others watched everything from Kraken, while we got there to see this new Phantom named Satyr" explained Haruto.
"Yeah, this Phantom was really different from the others. It was covered almost head to toe in armor. He had a whole troupe of Ghouls near him" added Kosuke, who noticed that Shunpei had opened an old book, flipping through its pages heavily
"When we beat the Ghouls, Satyr summoned these new creatures we had never seen before. They were much more powerful than the ghouls, we couldn't take them apart" said Haruto.
Rinko listened with intrigue as the two told the story, Wajima was also listening closely to the story, as was Koyomi.
"Just when we thought the worst was about to happen, we get help from another wizard!" said Kosuke
"Wait, another wizard?!" Rinko asked, her eyes wide open and on the edge of her seat. "It wasn't the White Wizard?" They had not seen the White Wizard in about a week. Last time they had encountered him, he had taken a girl named Mayu to train with him, as she had the potential to become a wizard herself.
"Yes another wizard, but it was not the White Wizard. He managed to defeat the creatures, but unfortunately Satyr got away. We tried to talk to him and ask if he wanted to join us, but he said he worked alone" Haruto explained.
"Yeah, and he was rude in the beginning. But then he was strangely nice to us towards the end. He gave me extra mana, and he told Haruto and I how to fight Satyr next time" added Kosuke.
"He calls himself Kamen Rider Necromancer" said Haruto
"Necromancer, that's what his name was!" cried Shunpei who turned to a page in the book he had opened. He placed the book on the table which was about wizards and magic, this section was on Necromancers.
"Necromancers: often associated with the occult and demonic supernatural, these magic users practice magic in the ways of the dark arts. They have the power to control the shadows and darkness, and even have the ability to resurrect the dead as either zombies or puppets for their will" Shunpei read aloud to everyone, who stood around reading the book together.
"That would explain why those Ghouls were brought back from the dead" said Kosuke.
"This doesn't make sense? This description implies necromancers are evil, yet Kamen Rider Necromancer saved us. There has to be something going on?" implied Haruto
"Haruto, while he may have helped you two, which does not mean he isn't dangerous. What happens if he tries to kill you or any of your friends?" asked Rinko, who started becoming concerned for Haruto. It wasn't the first time they had been betrayed before, and Rinko understood this first handedly.
"He said he prefers working alone. I doubt we will see him again?" uttered Kosuke.
"No, don't say that until it happens" Koyomi replied, she had been looking out the window after reading the book. "I feel that you will encounter each other."
"What makes you say that Koyomi?" asked Haruto
"Because he is a Kamen Rider, just like you two, and a Kamen Rider protects the innocent from evil." Koyomi replied.
Haruto knew deep down that Koyomi was right, no matter what happened.
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Two Phantoms walked through a concrete tunnel, towards the light at the end. The two changed from Phantoms into their human guises.
"Wiseman, we have some news for you" said one of the Phantoms, whose voice sounded like a young woman's voice.
"It's very important" added the other Phantom, whose voice was that of a young man.
These two Phantoms were the Phantom Generals Medusa and Gremlin. Medusa was one of the deadliest Phantoms around, her powers based from the Gorgon Phantom, most notably Medusa the Gorgon Queen. Medusa was once a beautiful and kind young woman named Misa, who also happened to be Mayus' twin sister, but fell into despair, killing her parents and becoming the monster she now recognizes herself as. She is cold and unemotional, often using her ability to sense where both Phantoms and Gates are around the city, she is also the closest Phantom to Wiseman.
The other Phantom was Gremlin. Gremlin is partially new to being a Phantom General, his powers based on the Gremlin Phantom. Gremlin is conniving, laid back and quirky, the complete opposite of Medusa. He was once a man named Sora, whose past is completely unknown to anyone but himself. He became a General after one of the previous Generals had been defeated by Haruto. That General was Phoenix, who was once a kind young man named Yugo, had been a loose cannon and violent general who became obsessed with violence and death for the fun of it, to the point where he brutally burned and injured Rinko to use her as bait. Phoenix was based off his namesake Phoenix Phantom, and could return from the dead, stronger and much more powerful than he was before death. It wasn't until Haruto blasted him into the sun to forever die and be reborn in an endless cycle for the rest of his days.
"What is the news you bring to me?" replied the mysterious figure who they called Wiseman, appearing before them. Wiseman was the leader of all the Phantoms. His Phantom is based on a Carbuncle Phantom, though no one knows when he went into despair, or who his old identity was before, always lurking in the shadows and giving orders to Medusa when needed.
"I'm afraid that there is a new wizard here in the city?" answered Medusa.
"What do you mean a new wizard?" Wiseman asked caustically
"The ringed magicians may have another wizard to help them, since that white one hasn't appeared for a while" added Medusa.
"Why do you assume there is a new magician?" Wiseman asked
"I saw him with my own eyes" replied Gremlin. "I happen to be in one of the many trees in the park this morning. He brought a group of Ghouls back from the dead, and defeated these statue like creatures, even managing to best a Phantom who I have never encountered before."
"I'm more curious as to what kind of a magician he really is?" Medusa asked, thinking over the new enemy she would probably be facing in the future.
"He's unlike any wizard you'll ever face!" cried a voice from the shadows.
Wiseman, Medusa and Gremlin looked up to the see the figure who had spoken. It jumped down from the pipes it was perched upon to reveal itself
"Who might you be?" Wiseman asked the figure
"I am Phantom Satyr, at your service Wiseman" Satyr replied, bowing to the three.
"You're that Phantom I saw today fighting the wizards. You had a pretty good thing going with those statues of yours, until that other wizard came along" remarked Gremlin.
Satyr was really annoyed about the battle from earlier, yet he maintained his posture and tone
"Don't remind me. I would have been successful had it not been for him showing up and ruining everything!" Satyr stated.
"What kind of wizard is he?" Medusa asked
"He's a Necromancer. A powerful dark magician who is unlike any wizard you will see. Different from those other two I encountered earlier." Satyr answered. "I'd like to help you defeat him and those other wizards, if you will make me a General?"
"Why should I make you a Phantom General?" Wiseman curiously asked, interested in this Phantoms motivation and figuring out where they hid.
Satyr walked forward, changing into his human guise. Like William, he too was foreigner. Dressed in a similar suit, but with a purple shirt instead of white, Satyr appeared as a tall, and athletically fit, with blue eyes and blonde hair.
"Because I have dealt with the Necromancer in the past, and only I and my colleagues can take him on" proclaimed Satyr.
Where might these colleagues of yours be?" Medusa asked.
Satyr smirked at Medusa and snapping his fingers. Suddenly four figures came from out of nowhere behind Satyr, their faces hidden in the shadows.
"Right here" Satyr replied, the five figures transformed into their Phantom forms. This managed to surprise Medusa and Gremlin, but impressed Wiseman, who began thinking these new Phantoms may be of some use for this new wizard.
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Will woke up in a bedroom that seemed unfamiliar to him. The room was like any ordinary apartment in Japan, and from looking at the window, it appeared to be early evening. The time when some are coming home from a long day of work, or walking around the city nightlife.
He felt sweaty, looking in front of him to see he laying underneath a blanket on a bed. To his left, he became startled when he saw what was next to him. It was a person. Will looked over the person's shoulder, and pushing some of its hair out of its face.
The person who was next to him was Yuki. Yuki was fast asleep, holding a part of the blanket with her arm, which was bare. He looked around the floor of the bed to see his suit, and what appeared to be Yuki's outfit strewn on the floor. That's when he noticed Yuki was naked, as was he.
"Oh fuck, not again!" he whispered, as he did not want to wake Yuki up from her sleep.
Will got out of the bed, and quickly but quietly got dressed. He could not remember anything that had happened after this morning. He did understand what could have possessed him to do this, especially to Yuki, a girl he only knew for barely five minutes. But he had a sure feeling he knew who could have made him do such a thing.
As Will grabbed his hat, he reached for a piece of paper and pen that were on Yuki's desk. He knew he should just leave, but he felt he needed to right some part of the wrong he had done.
"Yuki,
I apologize for leaving you in the dark.
Had to leave in a hurry, situation that needed to be taken care of.
Didn't want to wake you up.
Had fun with you today.
See you again?
Will
He left the note folded up on the pillow next to Yuki. Before he left, he took the part of the blanket he had been using, and folded it gently over Yuki's side of the bed. He leaned in to give her a gentle kiss on the cheek, which made her smile in her sleep. He hated having to do this to her.
Will gently opened the door to her apartment, grabbed his shoes and other belongings, and locked the door from the inside, gently closing it. He walked down a flight of stairs, looking out at the horizon to see where he was going, and began walking. Right now he was filled with remorse, regret, disgust, laced with a load of anger.
"Why do that to young innocent girl like Yuki? Why? Why? Why!?" Will said to himself in a fit of frustration. He knew what the reason was, and he was going to get to the bottom of it.