" So the goal is to head for Kabukicho in Shinjuku then?" Ziden asked while looking at Yukari through the Screen on his jacket as Luffy was moving around him, amazed by the tech.
" Correct, the Red Light District is there, no doubt Bison left it be solely because its easy to keep the rabble happy by leaving their sinful entertainment be." Yukari said while looking at him. " So is it true that you cannot get through to that Chaldea place at all?"
Ziden shakes his head. " No, ever since that wave of energy blasted through the area. When i came back in time on that train, I felt a shift in spacetime like someone traveled here but nothing has come up yet." Ziden said while shaking his head and soon leaping up out of a manhole and now in the streets of this Ruined world.
Tokyo ( Shin Megami Tensei 4)
" So it really is true that music plays around you, what an odd occurrence! Yohohohoho!" Brook uttered while soon hearing the sounds of someone being chased, Ziden's sharp eyes spotting a Behemoth chasing down two people. A purple haired woman and a silver haired woman.
" What the hell, those people are being chased!" Ziden said before he sees Luffy vanishing in a second, bright red and his fist pulled back and spinning at the Behemoth.
" Gomu Gomu No Jet Rifle!" And that fist smashed right into the Behemoth's face and sent it soaring right down the street, careening and smashing along the road.
" Huh, speak of the devil and he hands you answers on a silver platter." Ziden said while looking at the two running over to the group. One was a face he remember, she was called Mashu Kyrielight if he recalls, the other woman is new, Silver hair, orange dress top, black and white jacket.
" Mr Ziden! We found you! Thank goodness!" Mash was quick to run over, holding an obscenely massive shield.
Ziden was quick to stop them however and taps his foot on the ground 3 times. " Eh? What the hell is this?" The Silver haired woman watch4ed a manhole appear and soo watches Ziden's face.
" I can already tell, you guys have had major trouble and you want me to help, well, its gonna wait until we get back, majorly important mission." Ziden said while the woman soon scoffs.
" Excuse me, I am Olga Marie Animusphere and I shall not be disrespected with a weird form of magecraft!" Olga seemed offended as ziden was seen picking her up.
" Mashu, was it? Get inside and take her to a building hidden in the maze, don't worry about getting lost, Yukari is listening in and she'll let you in." Ziden explained.
" But!-"
" Mashu, I will listen when we get back, trust me kid but friends of mine are in danger and I need to get to rescuing them from their hell." Ziden said while Mashu slowly nods.
" Very well." Ziden drops Olga into the hole as she complained during the grop as Mash went in with her shield being desummouned so she could fit as she heads inside.
The manhole slowly vanishes as Sanji blinked. " Looks like you got into some hijinks while we were on the seas back home." Sanji said while nudging his side.
" Yeah, but so were you guys, lets get moving before that Behemoth comes back." Ziden said while nodding as he sees Luffy running back to them.
After a long series of walking...
" The Red Light District, is not what I was expecting..at all." Brook said while looking away at the random, unwanted happenings of the streets around them.
Ziden himself was focused on the mansion before him, holding onto his Driver as the 3 was curious as to what it was. " They won't hurt their girls, so, I reckon we go in Guns Blazing. Any objections?"
" No way! I'm ready to punch out these creepy pervs!" Luffy slams his fists together all while Sanji takes a drag of his cig, Sanji's legs were already in heavy use from what he saw and their rescuing of the women here was his top priority.
" Yeah. No more talking, lets get moving!" And into the Mansion Sanji went, kicking down the door as Brook and Luffy watched what Ziden was doing as he slapped his Driver on.
Ziden held out the Salamander coin with a stern look on his face. " Salamander!" Ziden slides the coin right into his Driver while softly holding out his hand, making an L shape before quickly changing it into a fist.
" Henshin!" Ziden soon watched as that fiery dragon spun around him and soon slammed down onto him, the Samurai like Armor forming as his clear eyes on his helmet turned fiery red as Luffy and Brook's eyes were shining.
" WHOA, HE TRANSFORMED! LIKE ACTUALLY FOR REAL TRANSFORMED!" In unison they spook and ran by they were as Ziden ran into the mansion's lobby as the music, well, disgusted him.
Strip Tease ( Persona 4)
" What disgusting music." Ziden said as he sees Sanji wasting no time with kicking men right in their jaws to send them flying as he kicks the locks off of many of the cages of the women.
" Get outside! There will be a manhole for you ladies to escape into!" He could hear Sanji's voice from upstairs as Luffy was taking care of cages himself. ziden soon focusing on the Shocker Combatmen soon coming right to him.
" Attack Card Set! Salamander Saber!" Brook was peeking out as Ziden slide that card into the Reader into his Gauntlet and summoned his blade as he ran right through the crowd and began slicing and dicing the enemies apart with that blade of his, showing little mercy with that blade of his as he was going through each room and slicing down the Combatmen in his path, slowly and surely making his way to the room where Remilia and Flan are.
Upstairs...
A depressed Xiaomu could be seen on a rather lavish bed, wrapped up in rather overly embellished sheets as she can hear the sounds of the slob in the bathroom getting ready for their 'date'
" Oh yes yes yes, it has been a long time coming, but i tire of seeing you dance in costumes! Today is the day, I shall taste of your fruits and truly make you one of my women of this manor!" Corneo be heard laughing in the bathroom as Xiaomu did not seem to care at all.
" Reiji...why did I survive that raid but you didn't, its not fair...but...if this is my way to atone for this guilt, then with this disgusting pig, I'll offer my body up to." Xiaomu said while hearing an explosion coming up from below as she leapt up from the bed.
" HO!?" And one could hear the sound of the large man hitting the earth like a boulder as he came out of the bathroom in naught but a robe, blue boxers and a white undershirt as he was red at the face. " You wait here my princess, I shall go and see what is going on!" And Corneo stepped out of the room, only for a red fist to smash into his face from below, true unluckiness as Corneo was sent skyborne and spiraling through the air as Xiaomu watched.
"That...is new, is someone leading a raid through this place?" Xiaomu asked while gently looking to her clothes and soon nodding.
Downstairs...
The explosions by Ziden's attacks on the Combatman caused the door to Remilia's room to blown wide off as the Vampire in the cage soon looks out blankly. " Yo, Remi, hope ya like fresh air and sunshine. Well, forget the second part." Ziden said while he sees Remilia leaping to the cage before screaming and peeling away from it, her skin burnt as Ziden sliced down the cage with that blade.
" Seriously, I'm guessing everyone else is fine?" Remilia asked as Ziden asked, as she gently comes down out of the cage as Brook enters the room and stands at the door, seems she took her teenage form.
" Where is Flandre, we should grab her too." Ziden said as he sees Remilia stagger as the two men overheard on the raido as her wings flare up and Ziden could not even register what happened, nor could Brook, all he could see was a blur of red and a moment of a scream before it was cut short and all he could hear was dripping in the hallway.
"...Where is Flandre? She's gone...dead, executed by Bison as she screamed for me! I COULD DO NOTHING BUT WATCH FROM THIS SILVER CAGE! I HEARD HER SCREAM FOR ME TO SAVE HER FROM THAT DEMON IN THE FLESH OF A MAN!"She stood in the mess of those two men that came to see her again. her wings out in full force as one can see her licking her hands clean. "...Just get me out of here. I want to take out that man."
"...Gotcha." Ziden said while Brook only remained there open mouthed.
"...That was, rather...messy...Yohohoho." Brook said before quickly recovering and speeding right by two Combatmen coming up behind them as their cuts froze up and they were soon frozen up to their necks.
" Lets get out of here." Ziden said while Remilia simply walked after him as that blue light came from his gauntlet and soon showed a Screen of Yukari and commotion behind her was alot of movement. "What's going on?" Ziden asked as Yukari sighed.
" Did the math and everything with Ran, we need a far bigger base, so luckily, one of those people you let in told us of a place in Ginza we can move our hide out." Yukari explained while looking back and telling Franky to be careful as Ziden and Remilia began to run outside before seeing Xiaomu coming down the stairs.
" Whoa! Who is the fancy tin can?" Xiaomu, cracking a joke about Ziden in his armor while the sound of sighing could be coming from it.
" ITs me you jackass!" Ziden said as Xiaomu looked confused before putting it together.
" H-hold on! That is not possible at all! You-You should be dead Ziden!" Ziden blinks at this as he blinks for a moment and soon stops in his tracks.
" What?" Ziden asked while looking at Xiaomu as Remilia continued walking outside and soon took in the sunlight, feeling it over her as her protection spell was still quite strong.
" Ziden, we will let you know later, all i know is that a powerful force is coming down from the skies at your location, be careful." Yukari stated while gently sighing and closing the comm link, Ziden catching Mash helping with the move as he was seen heading outside.
He could see Luffy and Sanji soon taking out a horde of women and Sanji doing the trick to summon the manhole outside as the women soon leapt down into it. " We got em!"
" Good, now we can" And soon Ziden sees a fat man soon crashing down onto the ground before him, Don Corneo has a massive mark on his face.
" Eh? Who the heck is that bozo?" Luffy asked while tilting his head as Corneo was steaming.
" So I see, it was a damn Rider trying to take all of my precious women from me! Well too bad! I will not let you take any of my women!" Corneo was seen looking right at Xiaomu while spinning around. " Including my precious fox who I shall be making sure to bond with heavily!"And now he was pelvic thrusting, causing Ziden to cringe under his helm.
" No way, even if...even if Reiji is dead, I'm not letting anyone touch me, especially not a fat slob like you!" Xiaomu declared as Ziden blinks for a moment.
" But Reiji'snot dead, he's at the HQ for the resistance." Ziden said before finding a hand slapping the hell out of the back of his head with a coughing noise coming from his lips.
" ZIDEN! COME ON! YOU DON'[T JUST SPOIL THAT TO SOMEONE LIKE THAT, YOU RUINED THE DRAMATIC MEETING!" And Xiaomu was yelling right in his ear.
" Jeez, fine fine! I am sorry for telling you that for some weird thing you are talking about!" Ziden said while holding his hands out to stop her from hitting him again, Remilia had leapt down into the manhole as Luffy stepped forward.
" So this guy is the pervert that runs this place?" Luffy was about to fight him before Ziden stops him as Brook looks on.
" You, people, will not take my women from me at all!" And Corneo began to roar before watching himself be covered in a myriad of coins and soon became a massive overweight cat thing.
" GAh! What the hell is that thing!" Ziden never saw one of these things before, these were a whole new enemy type.
The screen on his device appeared once more as Sanae this time appeared.
" Ziden, that's a Yummy! A creature made when a Greeed inserts a Cell Medal inside of a human and it fully grows! Seems that guy fully grew out alright!" Sanae explained before Mash was looking through the screen as well.
" You've got this Mister Ziden!" Mash's words of encouragement caused Ziden to focus on Corneo as he gently drags his claws along his fat.
" This guy is all mine, sides Luffy, I haven't had a fight in a while so let me take this guy on." Ziden said as Luffy groans.
" Fine! But you gotta show me what that cool armor can do!" Luffy says as Sanji and Brook lean against the wall to watch this battle
" Fine, alright Corneo, time to put your sleazy ass out of business." Ziden said while cracking his knuckles and soon taking his blade and charging right at him.
Greed Showdown ( Kamen Rider OOO)
Ziden wastes no time at all in running right at the fat Neko Yummy and slashing at his belly, only to see his blade constantly bouncing off of him. " What the!?"
" Heh! This girth of mine is alot more than just impressive to the ladies, my belly fat can stop even swords!" And a quick powerful downwards swipe was seen slashing Ziden along his body, causing sparks to ring out as he rolls along the ground.
" IF that's the case!" Ziden stabs his blade into the ground and cracked his knuckles as Luffy and Brook looked excited.
" Transforming outfit huh..." Sanji seemed uncomfy with the idea but soon watched Ziden leap right in with those lethal kicks.
" Gwah!?" And those hits hurt as Ziden was kicking and punching the creature back as Ziden blocked that claw swipe and proceed to strike him right across the face and sending him rolling along the ground.
" Looks like hand to hand is the best way to go! Lets heat things up!" And Ziden made sure to activate the fire abilities of the armor and began to punch and kick, each strike causing fiery hits to come out with each strike.
The Neko was seen flying and crashing into a bunch of Garbage cans before he was seen getting up and soon dashing right at him, which caused Ziden to start dodging. " Come on big boy, guess outside of bed, you're a slow one?" Ziden asked, soon delivering a spinning kick to his head and knocking him right down to the ground while he smacks it.
" How dare you! I am Don Corneo! Even then my mansion in Midgar fell, i came to these lands to start over with my women!" Don was seen letting out a battle cry before his claws struck Ziden over the chest with a powerful strike and followed up with an upwards swipe, sending Ziden flying backwards.
" What?!" Ziden was seen landing down right in front of Luffy who was about to get up and strike this fat guy before he sees Ziden pulling out a card. " Alright Kitty, play time is over!" Ziden slides the card right into his Reader and soon stand sback up with his chest smoking. Ziden could feel the wounds on his chest, damn those claws are sharp.
" Card Set! Special Attack Armed!" A large magic circle formed in front of him as Ziden gently clenched his fist and reeled it back as Luffy and Brook watched on with glows in their eyes
" Lets do this! Burning Dragon Rampage!" Ziden hits the circle with his fist, causing it to explode in fire as many fire dragons came out and soon slammed into the Neko Yummy and sending it skyhigh with those Dragons juggling him in the air.
" No! No! My legacy will not end here! I escaped those barbarians in my manor, I escaped when the Sector went down but i refuse to take this!" And as he was being hit, many coins were raining down from the strikes as Ziden began to ignore them for a moment.
Ziden soon grabs one of those cards of his, and slides it into the Reader. " Card Set! Finishing Strike Time!" The phrase changed once more as it seemed to cause the Driver to glow as he soon leaps up into the air as a magic circle forms down below them and soon sends fire up into his right leg as the dragons grabs onto the limbs of Corneo.
" Lets go! Burning Dragon Rider Kick!" Ziden's foot soon turned into a burning Dragon;'s head as its mouth opened wide and was roaring as it was coming right for Corneo.
" No! I will not die here!" He tried to get free, only for Ziden's foot to crash right into Corneo's chest, causing the dragon to grow massive and completely chomp down right into Corneo. " GAAAH!" And an explosion followed as Ziden was flying back down to the ground as Cell Medals were raining down around them as Luffy was hopping up and down.
" That was awesome! You kicked him and he exploded into money!" Nothing about what happened would make sense to those grounded in reality. Nami who watched from the Screens at Ginza could barely get it but with how Sanji was going about collecting the coins with Brook, seems they knew what she would say.
" Corneo is done. One last thing to do." Ziden said before spinning and using his blade to cut a massive hole in the Corneo Mansion and caused it to catch aflame before detransforming, seeing the Salamander coin floating before him for a moment before going into his pocket. " What the...?" Ziden looked concerned before he could hear the sounds of a chopper nearby. " No time to waste, into the hole!" Ziden said as Sanji and Brook went right in and Ziden and Luffy followed as Xiaomu breathed out.
" Atleast he is alive." Xiaomu said before leaping into the manhole and soon watched it vanish, the chopper soon reaching the area as a woman with a glowing purple eye clicked her tongue, seems she missed the action entirely.
After a long trek through the tunnels...
Ziden was amazed by how much Ginza was untouched in the attack as it was still as good as he heard it was through the grapevines but he knew Ginza was hit. But all the shops and everything were fully stocked and untouched. Yukari made sure to check and see if the food as safe and it was.
" So this is Ginza huh...Looks amazing." A large open area with a fountain and openings to mall areas that people were going in and out of, the survivors happy to have somewhere safe as Ziden sees Luffy and Sanji heading towards the large doors beyond the fountain, seeing Nami and Tsukasa coming out of it.
" So this will be our new headquarters, far better than the old timeline." Tsukasa said as he sees Mash running out of the building as well.
" Yeah, according to that Blonde woman, that black haired woman Kaguya is using her 'magic' to hide this place like she does for her place back home." Nami said while Mash was waiting to speak.
" Yeah and the Radio has already picked up on two things." Tsukasa was seen holding out the radio's new mobile accessory that looked alot like a cellphone.
" I see, so Balrog wants to have a match against that lightweight champ, Lil Mac? Well, knowing him, that squirt will die in that third round no doubt. And he has no hope of being saved. All the Riders minus Decade and Ghost have been dealt with. So come on babe, lets go out and get wasted as we watch this fight!"
Ziden simply looks at the device before sighing. " I see, well, that is our next goal." Ziden said before Tsukasa stopped him.
"No, we need you to go somewhere first, we're gonna go and get W." Tsukasa said as MAsh nods.
" I know that I am in the middle of a vital mission, but i want to help your world be free of this tyranny." Mash said while looking at Ziden. " If you don't mind that is Senpai."
Ziden's eye twitched from this. " Fine, but don;'t call me senpai, makes me feel uncomfortable." Ziden said while looking at her.
" Ah yes but, we have to make a contract, since, my full potential can't be used until I have a Master." Mash said as Ziden raised a brow.
" I don't uh, roll that way lass, especially with one so young." ziden said before the Eggplant girl turned red in the face.
" No not like that! Its uh like this, I am a Demi Servant so I need a Magus to funnel me magic so I can co9ntinue using my power without worry of draining my own supply of mana." Mash explained while giving him the basic rundown on how this works.
" I see, so I just make a contract with you and its done?" Ziden asked while she nodded and they soon shook hands, Ziden feeling something burning onto his hand, three red marks, making a phoenix symbol on the back of his hand.
" But i know you are in the middle of something but Dr Roman wanted me to tell you something vital before we get separated." Ziden paid attention to this. "The humanity of my world, has been completely incinerated and wiped out." A stunning silence flows through the area as Ziden clenches his fist.
" I see. Well, once this is over, I shall help the best I can, for now, lets go, tell Romani to link up his comms through mine, we can keep in contact easier." Ziden said while gently sighing.
" Tomorrow, we head out to find W in Fuuto. And then we go and save Lil Mac so he can aid us in this struggle." Tsukasa said while looking at him. " Mash, Nami and Sanae will be coming with us tomorrow, so sleep good."
Ziden nods at this before looking at the sight behind them, the sight of Xiaomu hugging the life out of Reiji as he softly smiles. Even in these dark times, there is a bit of light to see.
Trivia:
1. Don Corneo is directly from FF7 before he ended up becoming a monster here and finally dying properly at the hands of a Rider Kick.
2. The Neko Yummy is an enemy from Kamen Rider OOOs.
3. Mash and her story come directly from Fate/ Grand Order, a mobile game i happen to play but major story changes shall occur due to the multiverse being the way it is right now.
4. Lil Mac is from Punch out but i am sure many of you knew that.
5. W is the Main char of Kamen Rider W.
Author's notes: A bit late but hey, gaming really side tracks you, but this story will be sliding out often enough.