Hey guys! I have returned with the latest update to this story. I really apologise for the long month wait as I know some of you wants to know what happens next! But I will tell you guys once you get to the end of this chapter! so without further ado, fire those engines and lets dive into this chapter! Henshin!
Chapter 2: Arrival to Lastation!
A lilac haired girl had just opened her eyes after a good sleep from the previous day's fight. After all, she had ga
ined her confidence back and with the assistance of a young teenage boy who became a masked hero, their mission had only just started after taking a good step further. And their shares had went up for a certain percentage under these few days doing quests.
"Munya..." Nepgear yawned as she rose from her bed and stretched. She then left for the bathroom to wash herself up. After brushing her teeth and refreshing herself by taking a bath, she changed into her usual clothes and went down to the dining room where her two friends were eating their breakfast meals.
"Oh Nepgear. Good morning." IF greeted.
"Good morning Ge-Ge. Let me get your meal." Compa said as she got up to head into the kitchen.
"Good morning. Where's Eugene-Kun? Did he ate already?" Nepgear asked.
"That's your first question? Are you concerned?" IF teased with a smile which caused the young CPU to blush.
"I-it's not how it works! C-can't friends look out for each other?" Nepgear counted trying not to blush any further.
"Haha I'm just kidding with you. I haven't seen him yet. Probably he's still sleeping?"
"Then I shall go wake him up then." Nepgear then got up to look for the young man.
"Here's your food ge-ge. Eh? Where is she?" Compa asked as she came out with a plate of food. She then looked at the brunette who was giving off a small smile.
"It's only a few days and she's already infatuated with him. Well so long those thoughts do not distract her mind."
"Yes. Our quests had been doing well so far thanks to her and Eugene too. I hope we could do well in the other 3 nations too."
"Let's hope." The 2 of them then sat down continuing to eat while waiting for their two friends to arrive.
Nepgear was walking along the corridor to her room while remembering how she did in the previous quests with the young man assisting her in his armor. She smiled a little before arriving outside his room. She then knocked on the door hoping to wake him up.
"Eugene-Kun? Are you there?" She asked but there was no response. She knocked and asked again but no response again. She then touched the door handle and turned it before opening the door. As she got inside, there was no sign of the man, only his bag and a untidied bed was present.
"Where could he have gone?" She muttered before remembering another place: The drive pit that she was shown too a few days ago.
The CPU candidate walked towards the secret entrance door that leads to the pit. As she walked down the stairs, she could hear noises coming from the other side, precisely conversation and she recognize the voice immediately. She opened the door to find a pissed off man talking on the phone. The tridoron sat there in the center raised on the support bars with its tyres removed, exposing some parts. Around it laid tool boxes and some car parts. She looked again at the man who was clearly not happy at all.
"Like I said! I want my new disc brakes ready by tomorrow! Don't give me bullshit excuses! It's important otherwise I won't be able to pull off the car to its max speed to the rescue!" I said as I held my phone talking to another person.
"But Mr Eugene. The car itself has no problems as of-" The voice from the other side replied.
"No excuses! Sure this car is a whopping machine but I'm planning to make it a full run undercover cop car. Plus my disc brakes are damaged from that last fight. How many times must I drill that into your thick ass skull you dumbass?!"
"I-I will try to see what I can do on my end. I will let you know by tonight."
"I will be in Lastation by then. Have them shipped over once your done. I will send my coordinates when I'm there. Understand?!"
"Y-yes sir!" And with that, the person hung up. I put my phone on the table before giving a sigh.
"Such a pain in the ass." I muttered before looking up to see Nepgear with a sweatdropped face.
"Who was that?"
"Mr. Braun. Or Mr dumbass to be exact."
"You sound so pissed what happened?" Nepgear came up to me asking out of concern.
"He was supposed to have my new parts delivered today but for some reason, he called to say it can only be delivered in 2 days time. Which is nearly impossible because the car is important in our missions." I replied.
"And why is that so?"
"Remember that last battle?" I asked.
"Hmm..." She pondered back into that incident.
(Few days ago)
"Nepgear! Your right!" I shouted in my type speed armor to Nepgear in her purple sister form as a dogoo prepared to attack.
"Take this!" Purple sister shouted as she blocked a attack by a charging dogoo. She used her strength to push it back before firing a shot at it, causing it to disperse into the familiar pixels.
"And that should be the last of it." I said as I reverted back into my civilian form and sheathing Dainsleif into the scabbard. Purple sister also reverted back to Nepgear.
"Good Job you two." Mr belt said with a happy emote on the driver's screen.
"Then shall we..." But before I could say anything further, I caught a bullet flying through at high speed. It was headed for Nepgear and she couldn't react in time.
"Nepgear!" I shouted as I pushed her aside while I drew out the katana again to make contact with the bullet.
"Eugene-kun!" She shouted with shock.
"Ngggg...rahhhhh!" I used my strength to resist the bullet but the bullet suddenly left the blade and bounced off a tree as it made contact and... into one of the tridoron's disc brakes. A sharp sound could be heard from the contact the bullet made.
"AHHHHHHHH!" I screamed comically as I ran to check for any damages and sure enough, I was right.
The disc brake on the front left had a huge dent, clearly proving that the bullet made a huge impact before flying off in another direction which I have no idea where. But with a huge dent, it's going to affect a huge road trip ahead.
"Why..." I felt like a letdown like as if I let my baby got hurt. And I could swear I heard whoever shot that bullet laughing behind my back. And all Nepgear could do was watch with question marks all over her head.
"Ahh that incident." She now remembered.
"That's right. With a damaged disc brake, we are getting nowhere. We can cross to Lastation but not for long road trips that can build up its mileage. That's why I called Mr Braun to have him deliver the new unit to me but, I guess he can just never make it in time. Reminding him a thousand times was also useless." I said as I pressed my hand against my forehead.
"Well if there's anything, you can ask me. I would be glad to do anything." Nepgear said with a smile.
"Thanks for the offer. But a car's work is my duty. So leave it to me. I will have more work for you so your workload will be worst than mine since I'm not a science and machines expert."
"You make it sound like as if you have no knowledge even though you have." She pouted.
"Trust me, I'm just a engineer that does maintenance. That's all."
"Hai hai." She then sighed, wanting not to argue with me any further. "Anyway. Breakfast is ready so do come quick."
"Be there in 5." I replied and she closed the door.
Behind the door, She leaned against it while looking at her hands.
"I'm sure Eugene-kun would want me to do my best with him. After all, I couldn't do anything back then 3 years ago. Onee-Chan and the others are in this state now because of my fears. But now I have my strength back, I'm counting on your support, Eugene-kun, to help me save Onee-Chan and the others. "
And with that, she headed back to the dining area.
"ACHOO!" I sneezed out loud.
"What's wrong, Eugene? Someone talking behind your back?" Mr belt asked as the drive driver's screen lit up to his face on the nightstand.
"I hope not. It has not even been a month since I came here not even 2 weeks." I said as I removed my working gear.
"I do understand that your trying to do your best to maintain the car and after all, we need that new disc brake. But I sensed that you have modded the Tridoron with just the tuner's set we have and you may do it more. It is a car I created so try not to tune it too much."
"Whenever I take control of a car, I do whatever I want with it." I said as I used a wrench in my hand to tap the driver lightly before walking to the tools set to place it back. "But when you decide to leave me, I will re-tune it back." I added.
"Well. If you say so. the Tridoron's not under your name in terms of ownership I'm just reminding again." Mr belt then said as I washed my hands at the sink.
"Thanks for the reminder Belt-San but don't worry about it, I just need it for speed for our missions. I will be back later."
"See you later then." Mr belt said as he powered down. I then turn off the lights and headed out of the pits to the dining area.
As I walked down the hallways, I couldn't resist but rewinding my thoughts to the incident. Just exactly who shot that bullet and why is it targeted at Nepgear and not me. I could not help but think that because of her goddess or CPU Candidate status that lands her into this. Now that I have seen it, I swear to protect her no matter what as a Kamen rider. Even as a CPU, they have the rights to live as a human being. No way in hell they will be treated as potential targets from anything, ASIC or Roidmudes or even humans tainted with evilness.
As I made a resolve to protect and utilize drive's powers, I realized I had arrived at the stairs leading downstairs. I walked to the dining area where I was greeted by the three ladies.
"Morning, Eugene" IF said as she was taking her bites while looking at a newspaper at her side, which was supported by a stand.
"Morning Eu-kun." Compa said with a smile and a wave.
I waved back before taking my seat. "Eugene is fine. I don wish for weird names on me." I said.
"But, your name is so hard to pronounce. Even the rest I have trouble pronouncing their names too that's why I gave short names." Did this girl even take English classes? Or school?
"...I will make this an exception." I said as I began eating.
"Thank you. Eu-kun." She smiled back which in response I gave mine back.
"Hoho. Looks like your popular huh Eugene?" IF said as she was digging her nose into the newspaper.
"I kinda expected that I guess. Nepgear has been out with me for multiple quests. But at least my true identity is hidden." I said as I was looking at Nepgear in which she looked at me before looking away with a slight shade of pink on her face.
"Are you sure you can say that?" She said with a serious tone. Wait, are you kidding me for real? Drive's identity revealed this quick?
"Let me see that!" If I was drinking, I would have probably done a spit take.
"I was just kidding. There's no way you would be discovered that quickly." She said as she relived my panic off.
"Knock off the heart attack jokes please." I said as I sighed and sat back on my seat.
"But at least it's not just you but our citizens seemed to be putting its faith back into this nation once again. The shares have gone much higher when we first started off a few days ago." She said as she turned the newspaper to us, well specifically at Nepgear.
CPU OF PLANEPTUNE RETURNS! CITIZENS HAVE RESTORED FAITH IN THE GODDESS! UNKNOWN ARMORED MAN ARRIVES AT CIVILIAN'S HELP!
The headlines read.
"That's actually great right Ge-Ge?" Compa smiled at her friend, pleased with the current situation.
"Eh? U-um yeah. I guess..." She said with a sullen look.
"What's wrong? You seemed to be down and unsatisfied." I asked, noticing the expression on her face.
"Eh no I wasn't. It's just, I wonder if this world's citizens, not just us will be able to restore our faith in us goddesses. The world has gone corrupted with our absence so I'm worried..." She said as she looked down from eating, her bangs covering her eyes.
I then touched her hands in which she looked at me, small tears in her eyes. I guess her encounter with that magic must have really gotten her bad that it can be really called PTSD.
"It won't be bad, I promise. After all, we are traveling to the different nations to bring forth our help. We would be even called heroes if we pull that off. And also, we are here to support you. I wouldn't let you experience that fear once again. Kamen rider drive will support you from your back. So keep your hopes up high alright?" I said.
"Mmm. I will try. Thanks Eugene-Kun, I really appreciate that." I'm glad she's relieved from her worries.
"No problem. Now let's eat up and continue our journey." I then turned my head back only to find the other 2 on the table with Compa's being some sort of jealous and IF with this stonic look on her.
"Stop flirting in front of us." Was all she said, which almost made me spit take again.
"WE ARE NOT!" I replied back in annoyance.
"Hm?" IF then noticed one of her cell phones were vibrating. She took it from her belt and opened it up and began reading what was inside.
"Looks like we got one more quest from the guild. A emergency one and it's related to you." She said as she tossed the phone to me. I caught it and began reading.
A series of attacks targeting at school girls happen frequently at a park. They have reported that the culprit sends out "time stop" waves that causes them to slow down. We specifically require the armored man to show up.
"Tch. What kind of roidmude is a pervert." I said setting the phone down as I finished up my meal quickly.
"I don't know but since they requested you, you better go." IF said.
"Definitely have to. I will handle this alone. I will head to sky harbor immediately once I'm done." I said as I got up to return to the drive pit to gear up.
"Wait!" Nepgear suddenly stood up.
"Hmm? You wanna come?" I asked.
"Y-yeah. I feel like I need to be more useful. Our missions so far have more involvement in you so..." She said as she held her hand to her chest.
"Figured you would kinda say that. Follow me." I said as I began walking.
"Right! IF-san, Compa-san. I will meet you guys at the harbor so you guys go first."
"Fine by me. Get it good." IF said as she pointed a thumbs up at the CPU Candidate. She then nodded and headed off to the pit.
We arrived at the pit and began to gear up. I got all the tools out once again and began inserting the tires back to the Tridoron.
"Belt-San. We got a mission. We are leaving the moment we are done with this." I said as Mr belt still on the nightstand drove to me.
"Got it but what about Miss Nepgear here?" Mr belt asked.
"She's coming with me. Nepgear, I need you to help me start the engine once I'm done putting the tires back. Belt-San will help you with it."
"R-right!" She said as I passed her the Tridoron key.
As I finished installing back the tires, I immediately lowered the car and she got into the driver's seat.
"To start up the car is different from a normal. Just insert the key into that slot beside the gearbox." Mr belt told her.
"Hai! Let's see... This one right?" She said as she slotted the key into the slot, making the car come to life and oh boy, my tuning paid off. The car definitely sounded louder than previously.
I then went to the tables and picked up a extra shiftcar rack and as she got out I passed it to her.
"Here. Put this on, you will be able to put the shiftcar I lent you onto it. You will be able to fight this way without the shiftcar falling off you. " I said as she took out justice hunter and placed it on the top slot of the rack.
"Cool! Right let's go then." She said as she put the rack on and got to the passenger seat.
I then grabbed Mr belt, got in to the driver's seat, attached him to the dashboard and prepared for launch. The launch by the way wasn't the same method in the show. Instead of the platform going up, it's like iron man style where Tony was testing his mark 2 suit for flight. But just that there's a ramp as we go up to surface.
"Belt-San. Locate all nearby parks." I instructed the belt.
"Eh? Why not all parks?" Nepgear asked.
"If you think about it, the target would target places with lots of people in it. Especially being a roidmude, they attack humans. And the schools in the city are most likely the main targets." I said as the platform carrying us reached the surface.
"I have scanned all the parks. There's only 2 of them in the city." Mr belt reported.
"Good. Then we shall head off to investigate then. You ready guys?"
"Absolutely."
Nepgear just nodded. We then took off.
(At one of the parks)
A schoolgirl was walking through the park's route listening to her music. This is the route they usually take for heading to her school. And everyday, it was peaceful in the park. The usual visitors that visit the park, old people doing their morning exercises to people jogging will wave at her every morning they see her.
She pretty much well known in the park because usually at her free time after school, she would always go around chatting with the old folks and other visitors to make them happy, which in turn they even had a nickname for her: Cheerer.
But today, she was not her usual self. She still walks through the same route wearing her school uniform which consists of a white long sleeved buttoned shirt that's worn over by a grey vest and a red ribbon that is layered over by a navy blue blazer carrying the school's emblem on the left hand side, a short navy blue skirt with white knee length socks and the school's outdoor shoes.
But as she walked past the usual people that will give her the wave, she did not wave back in return, which surprises the formers instead because usually she would wave back but today, she has a depressed look on her.
One of the visitors went up to her and asked. "You okay? You don't seemed to be in the right mood."
The girl then looked at him before replying with a weak smile "Yeap. I'm fine. Don't worry about me." And with that, she continued walking.
But only after taking a few steps, a hooded figure stopped her tracks, prompting her to look up which she instantly felt a sense of fear.
"Now don't you look sad? I can help you cheer up." The figure said.
"U-Um I will be fine by myself. Thanks..." And with that, she went around him and walked at a rapid speed but only to find the figure faster than her and blocked her path again but this time, he held her hand.
"What are you doing?!" The girl shouted, attempting to call for help.
"I told you. I can help you cheer UP!" The figure said again and began morphing into a humanoid alien form, which is not a sight for anyone to see. He has the same appearance as the roidmude from a few days ago which got defeated by a red armored warrior but just the numbers on his chest read 057 instead of 029.
"AHHHHHHHH!" The girl screamed before using her leg to kick his dragons, which caused him to wince in pain, letting go of her hand. Immediately she tried to flee and call for help but the roidmude immediately sent out a huge wave, causing his surroundings to slow down heavily.
"What...is...this...?" The girl asked as she tried to move, along with the others around her.
The roidmude then came up to her and grabbed her chin and smirked.
"Your one interesting subject. Perhaps you should just die... I have no interests in you pathetic humans..." He said as his hand drew out a blade.
"Someone..." The girl then pleaded.
"No can do-" But before he could land a strike, he was struck by some shots from someone. He then turned around, with the girl's shoulders now in his arms. He then heard a screeching sound like a car braking hard.
"Who did that?!" He asked loudly hoping his surprise attacker would show up rather then still in hiding.
"Right here!" A voice said which caused him to turn around.
As he turned around, he saw a heavily modified red car with 4 barrels representing gun barrels at the front along with a front bumper that protruded out. The car was decked out with "R" symbols as if it was a brand but to the roidmudes, they knew this car immediately at one look. It was the car that was created to combat them: The Tridoron.
Beside the driver's door was a red armored warrior that had a car look on him. He was the same warrior that hit news headlines around the nation a few days ago and apparently everyone was talking about it. No one except for those close to him and the roidmudes knows his exact name only to be given a code: Armored red. On the opposite side of the car was a lilac haired girl wearing a one piece sailor uniform with d pad hair clip on her head.
"That's now how you properly asked a lady out." I said as I leaned against the driver's door, arms crossed.
"Y-You are Kamen rider?! How are you here?!" 057 asked surprised by my appearance. Looks like some roidmudes were not briefed that drive would appear.
"I don't need to answer your question. Now surrender or die." I said calmly as I walked a few steps forward.
"Heh! Like as if I would be your dog! I should be the one asking u to not move!" He said as his blade now at the girl's neck.
"You could say I'm lucky today that I don't have to chase your ass for that long. Let's finish this quick before I get devil's luck." I scoffed before turning around to Nepgear.
"Alright you know the plan, get the girl and get to a safe place. I will hold him off." I said as I got into my stance, ready to charge at the pervertic roidmude.
"Ok." She replied.
"Don't think I know what your plan is! Your little buddies will strike me from somewhere right? To think your stupid enough to do that." 057 bragged while laughing.
"Nope. Definetly not." I said as I charged at him and kicked his face, making him lose his grip on his hostage. As he fell to the ground, the CPU candidate saw the chance and rushed forward to pick the girl up before getting back to the Tridoron.
"The car's automatic under Belt-san so don't worry about it!" I shouted back before she gave me a thumbs up and the car departed from the scene.
"Alright. Now that everything has been cleared, I can go full out!" I said as I did the iconic drive pose.
"KISAMA!" He shouted as his right arm morphed into a heavy machine gun alike. He then began to shoot me but I do have my speed. I turned on the ignition key and pumped the shiftcar 3 times.
SP-SP-SPEED!
The tire on my chest began to spin once again and I rushed forward triple times the speed, avoiding his shots as he tried to shoot me with his sight. I then used my speed boost to grab him from behind before throwing him against a nearby tree, face forward.
As he turned around, I deliver a number of kicks to his stomach before doing a full punch to his face, causing him to fall on his butt.
"Had enough?" I smirked, confident in my victory.
"Definitely not heheh. That was just barely half my strength. Now you shall taste my power!" He said as he got up before liquid pixels begin to surround him for a few seconds. When the pixels cleared, the same roidmude stood there but with a complete look.
Instead of the standard roidmude face, it became more alien like with small red 'z' shaped eyes, with a hole probably serving as the mouth. His entire body became more human like with a bulked up chest, now without the register number. His armor on his arms look like tonfas, a form of melee weapon used in combat. And not to mention that all of his armor are purple. This was his advanced roidmude form, Iron.
I was taken aback by this because this form was supposed to be 029's evolvement and not this guy. So how did 051 copied the appearance of 029? My memories while watching drive back at my world may not be full so I am not too sure if I had missed out anything.
"You..." I started.
"Heheh. Surprised?" He replied back.
"Definitely. You copied the appearance of 029 or Iron I should say?"
"I like your guesses. But sadly, I'm not 057. In fact, I was alive when you destroyed me. My core wasn't destroyed. I just faked an explosion to make it look like I was dead."
"That can't be..." I muttered.
"That's right. It can't be. But now it happened!" And without warning, he charged at me and punched me in the gut, sending me flying upwards before I landed face front.
"Where's that confidence earlier huh? Show me!" He said as he kicked me on the helmet, then picking me up by the helmet and then throwing me upwards before he leaped into the air and used his tonfas to strike me downwards, creating sparks that flew off my armor. And that last strike made me coughed out sailva because that strike at the back was probably the worst. He was clearly not giving me any chance to retaliate back.
"That was easy. Maybe I can achieve further perfection with that girl, until I defeat you!" He said as he placed his foot on my helmet, pinning me down hard.
"Just a cocky stupid brat I guess." He smirked, now having gained the upper hand.
"And you think I'm stupid enough to send my stupidity to you? I didn't come fully unprepared you know." I answered back.
"Huh?" He asked confused before getting shot from his back again, causing him to stumble forward, losing his grip on me.
"Now who is it again?!" He demanded but not long before she jumped out of her hiding spot.
"Took you long enough IF." I gestured to the brunette who was holding two pistols on her hands.
"You sure are crazy enough to make me walk into this situation." She said as she got up from her landing.
"That's because your a guild agent. Direct involvement in matters." I replied as I got up but the stinging pain just got to me.
"Ugh." I grunted as I was on one knee with my left hand on my back.
"What did I tell you? Now how are you going to answer to gear? She's probably gonna freak out and scold you for getting hurt." IF said as she was next to me trying to help me to my injuries.
"That's where I have him. Doctor!" I raised my right hand. The sound of an ambulance was heard before a mini track appeared with the shiftcar rolling on it before landing on my hand. It was a ambulance-themed shiftcar: Mad Doctor.
"I won't let you!" Iron said loudly as he prepared to strike me before I could heal up but IF stood in his way, with her qatar blades locked with his tonfas.
"Quick! While I hold him off!" IF turned around and gestured.
I then held doctor up and looked at him before saying "I'm counting on you, Doctor." I then loaded the shiftcar into the brace.
TIRE KOUKAN! MAD DOCTOR!
"Use the finisher to have him heal you." Mr belt said.
"Right." I then activated the finisher move.
HISSATSU! FULL THROTTLE! DOCTOR!
And with that, the shiftcar sprang into action. It began to glow red before four syringes materialized and began to heal my back. It kinda stings abit to be honest, because of the electricity sparks it created from the syringes and being a backside from using it. In just a few moments, I felt the pain on my back go away, meaning that my back was healed.
Just then, I looked up and saw IF struggling against Iron. The last thing I wanna see is her getting injured just by one strike.
"Just how strong you are?" She asked Iron as they entered a deadlock.
"Very. Much stronger than you think. Now die!" He shouted as he pushed the brunette away with his force.
I rushed forward and blocked the attack.
"Looks like your healed." IF remarked as she brushed off the dirt on her clothes before drawing out a blade on one hand and the other taking out a pistol from one of the holsters.
"Now it's my turn." I calmly then turned the ignition key before removing the midnight shadow shiftcar from the rack and loaded it into the shift brace, replacing shift speed and then pumping it.
TIRE KOUKAN!
Somewhere in the distance, the Tridoron's left front opened up and a dark purple tire with 4 extruded blades that represented a shuriken materialized beside the main tire before it launched and flew behind the car.
The tire then found its way towards me before docking to my back, replacing the speed tire and hit the roidmude. The drive driver's screen then changed from a 'S' to a 4 star shuriken symbol.
MIDNIGHT SHADOW!
"Let's do this! Get back. I will handle this." I gestured to IF and she backed off with her weapons retracted. We then charged forward. Our fists met before I used my left leg to kick his gut to create a distance for both of us. His eyes then glowed before his tonfas suddenly extended. I dodged most of shots but I was hit a few times, each hit creating sparks.
"You got those? Then I will
show you these." I then pumped the shiftcar three times after turning on the ignition key.
SH-SH-SHADOW!
Two purple shurikens then materialized from both of my hands before I sent them flying towards the roidmude. I sent more to keep him to weaken his power. I then turned on the key once again and pressed the button on the brace before pumping the shiftcar.
HISSATSU! FULL THROTTLE! SHADOW!
Suddenly, another me appeared beside, surprising me for a moment before I remembered that this tire allows me to duplicate myself. The 2 of us then unleashed a huge shuriken each.
"Hah!" We shouted as we threw them towards the roidmude, ultimately reverting him back to his regular state rather than being iron. And this time, the register on his chest read '029' rather than '051'. My clone then disappeared.
"Don't you think this is over drive! I will return!" Iron declared before he reverted back to his core state and flew away.
"He got away." I muttered.
"It seems so. Looks like he may head off to the next location where we would probably go." Mr belt said.
"Which is an issue. We won't even know if the citizens of Lastation know of my existence and only me being able to hold them off." I continued.
"For now, let's just head over there. I will call back the Tridoron."
"That would be helpful." I said before I turned my attention to the brunette.
"You safe and not hurt?" I asked.
"Does it look like I have injuries on me?" She replied.
"Well it's best you get to the guild to report this back. Go now and we will meet at the harbor." Just then, I saw the Tridoron returning.
"Don't be late alright?" She said before she got back on her bike and took off.
The Tridoron carrying the girls then arrived. Aside Nepgear, the other girl was surprised to see me in my armor. I opened the door for her to come out.
"Is...it...safe already?" The girl asked.
"Yeap. And your free to go now." I replied.
"T-Thanks for saving me." She said as she looked away. I guessed she's the shy, embarrassed type of girl.
"Anything similar happens, I will be there no matter what. Plus you can trust me and your CPU ruler." I gave her a thumbs up as I pointed to Nepgear looking at us. She then nodded with a small smile on her.
We both then walked in opposite directions, her heading to school while us going to the other nations.
"A-ano!" The girl suddenly shouted, making me turn back.
"What isit?" I asked.
"S-S-Shino!"
"Hah?!"
"Izumina Shino! That's my name! Thanks for saving me u-um..."
"Kamen rider drive!"
"Thanks for saving me drive! Later!" She then turned around and immediately ran. And I think she probably would have smiled without letting me know.
"You definitely made her happy, Eugene." Mr belt said with the smile emote on him.
"Of course. A Kamen rider's duty is to protect people's happiness from evil." I then removed the shiftcar and pressed the button on the brace, reverting me back to my civilian form.
NICE DRIVE
"Now let's going shall we, Nepgear?" I said to her as we both got in to the Tridoron and placed Mr belt on the dashboard stand.
"Hai! Let's get the other CPU's and save gamindustri!" She said with a fired up tone.
"Sounds like your engine has fired up once again." Mr belt remarked.
"Of course! I want to save onee-chan and the others quickly." She replied back.
"Good thinking. Now let's go!" And with that, we drove off towards sky harbor.
It was a good half an hour of driving, that we finally arrived at the sky harbor or what I saw was just a checkpoint like a border checkpoint back in my world where you cross either prefectures or countries in Europe. And sure enough IF and Compa were already there waiting for us.
"You are here finally." IF said.
"Hey. You could just call this a checkpoint border. What's with that sky harbor name when it doesn't even look like a harbor in the first place?" I asked.
"That's what they called it. Look up." Compa pointed upwards which I looked up and sure enough, it said: Sky harbor.
"They sure do not have a sense of naming these checkpoints." Mr belt remarked.
"Definitely not. I will probably expect more weirder names on the other checkpoints probably. Anyway let's get going." I gestured to the two of them.
Because of my arrival just a week ago, I wasn't familiar of how things work here with the officers. I mean back at my home, it was just a scan of your own passport with the officer stamping a chop before letting you pass. Not to mention luggage checks for any prohibited items depending on which country you live in. And if you get caught, your in trouble big time. For my homeland's case, any prohibited item found could result in a jail term and fine.
So right over here, IF showed me how they do things here since she told us that as a guild agent, she has to travel to all 4 nations for quests and such. First there was this thing called a card, which is to let the officer at the guardhouse scan it and if your a first timer crossing to the next border, you have to do some signing on some papers to get yourself verified in order to cross. After which, you eventually do get a passport that keeps your record on your travels among the 4 nations here. And the passport is not a book, but rather a device so you can pretty much see how high tech and what the future could probably hold.
After we are cleared of our checks, the gate barriers lifted up and we drove through a tunnel. After about five minutes, we finally exited the tunnel and we entered the city called Lastation.
"So this is Lastation huh?" I looked over at the city which sports a whole different look from Planeptune. While Planeptune looks like a city in the future, Lastation's city has a steampunk industry feel because of the machine like looks on their buildings and it also reminds me of industrial buildings back at my home.
"Wahhhhhhhhhhhh." Nepgear squealed upon seeing the city.
"Let's find a nearby place to park." I said to IF on the walkie talkie we had.
We drove down to the city and found a nearby shop selling machinery and parked right outside. We then got out.
"No doubt from a city that has a steampunk industrial feel to it." IF remarked as we looked around.
"This place is filled with nifty gadgets and machines!" Nepgear said excitedly while looking at one of the machines on display at the shop we parked outside.
"Is this your first time coming here, Ge-Ge?" Compa asked.
"Yeap. But only stories from Onee-Chan. Sometimes she will bring me bags of gears sometimes. Ahhh, it looks like a place for tinkering. It would be great if we can look around for a abit..." As she continued, she trailed off, her eyes going sparkly.
"Remember we are here to deal with more important things right now. We can probably visit the shops later, or maybe a factory..." I said looking at a familiar jet flying in the air.
"That's right, I need to focus on our mission else this place will be in danger too." She replied, slapping her cheeks with both her hands.
"In the meantime. I sense some shiftcars around here." Mr belt spoke up.
"Eh? What do you mean? Not all of the shiftcars are with us?" I raised my eyebrows.
"What I mean is, some shiftcars that I have never seen before. But yes, not all of them are with us."
"Then it shall be obvious then. Hunter and cab." I called out to the two shiftcars which cab came out of my pocket while hunter being on Nepgear's side all the time exited her shiftcar rack. The both of them landed on my hand.
"Go find whoever you can find alright? But no forcing them to come. Since Belt-san said that he sensed new buddies." I instructed to the 2 of them which they honked a few times before driving away on their respective mini tracks.
"Now that's out of the way. What so we do now?" I asked IF.
"Well I suggest heading to the guild. We can get Intel and take on quests there to regain shares there." She replied.
"Alright then let's go then!" Compa said.
It didn't took us long enough to find the guild, well thanks to IF being with us, else we could probably be lost. If your asking about the Tridoron, it needs time to gather the whole city's data in order to create GPS.
We arrived at the entrance and walked in, only to find lesser than ten people sitting around and chatting away.
"Not very much traffic here today." Compa remarked.
"Means that this place must be firmly controlled by ASIC. Let's hope we get some good Intel." IF said.
"Then, while you guys gather information, me and Nepgear will go and get some quests running." I said with the said girl nodding.
"Don't flirt like last time." The brunette teased with the CPU blushing instantly.
"And screw you. Come on Nepgear." I looked at her which she immediately snapped out of and we walked towards the counter.
"What's with that for?" Nepgear sweatdropped.
"How am I supposed to know? But for know I sure..." I said as I looked down, feeling my face heating up.
"What is it?" She asked.
"N-nothing! Ah here we are!" I brushed off the subject quickly. The lady at the counter was at the back so we have to call her out.
"Excuse me, I will like to see what quests are available." Nepgear called out, only to find another voice doing the same.
This was where I noticed another girl beside her. The girl was around Nepgear's age with long black hair that reaches down her chest with some of it tied up into pigtails held with light blue and black ribbons. Her outfit was a black dress with milky blue lining, a odd belt like piece with a bow behind it and a big circle with white lining connecting the dress to her collar, not to mention at the bottom of the circle has the word of this very nation itself printed on it. She also wore long fingerless black gloves with milky blue coloring at the top and similar short boots. On the left side oh her clothing is what looks to be like a small device, probably a cell phone.
"Huh?" Nepgear looked at the girl.
"Hmm? A girl?" The girl looked back before continuing to ask. "Your here to do quests too?"
"Me? Yeap, that's right." Nepgear replied.
"You sure about this? You look like a kid to me. You can have your guy friend there to save you when in need." She teased while looking at me.
"Aren't you a kid too?" I mocked back.
"I'm an exception. And I don't think you know what's my strength, plus I need to get stronger too, so I could..."
"You could?" I asked.
"Nothing! So why are you two looking for quests?" She brushed off the topic and went back to her inquiry.
"We want to help the people of this nation gain back lost shares for the CPU's here." Nepgear replied.
"Quite the confidence eh? Miss goody two-shoes honor student?" The girl raised her right eyebrow smirking.
"Ehhh? What's wrong with being serious about a serious problem?" Nepgear asked, sounding abit irritated.
"That's right. I see no problem, if you have any trouble, find me instead." I shot back too, also getting abit irritated with this girl.
"Hahaha! I was just kidding! I haven't talked to a girl my age in a while too. So cut the hostilities." She replied while a small smile.
"I haven't met one before for my case since everyone's older than me I guess." Nepgear said.
"I see. Well I believe we almost got off to the wrong footing. My name's Uni. What's yours girl?" The girl now introducing herself as Uni asked.
"I'm Nepgear. I hope we can become friends, Uni." Nepgear smiled.
"I hope so. What about you young man?" She asked me.
"Eugene. It's nice meeting you Uni." I said as I offered a handshake.
"Likewise too." She then shook my hand.
"Nepgear and Eugene huh? Then since we just got acquainted, wanna team up and complete a quest?" She asked.
"Sure!" Nepgear happily replied.
"It would be great to have a helping hand. I will take up that offer." I replied.
"I mean I always do these stuff alone so might be great to try out these while working with someone else." Uni said.
"The more the merrier. Best wishes to our success Uni." I held out my first which she did the same.
"Now then, let's get this done over with. Miss, can we see the quests available?" I asked the lady now in front of us.
"As you wish sir." And with that, she typed some things on her tablet before swiping it down to the screen in front of us. Apparently it looks like there are a couple of quests to choose from.
"Think we shall start from this area called Rebeat resort. But unlike previous quests we did, this one dosent have reports on it." I looked at the quest details.
"Then it's a go then. You alright Nepgear?" Uni asked.
"Yeap. We shall do this then!" She replied.
After registering the quest we wantef, we met the other 2 at the entrance before setting off.
"Looks like you two have made a new friend." Compa said.
"Oh. So looks like you guys aren't alone after all. Well, I mean probably if it's you alone, I bet you won't have much strength to give it a success." Uni teased to Nepgear.
"D-don't say that! I'm not weak, well maybe just a little but..." She said with a bit of sadness in her.
"Oi. Don't make her feel down again. Her engine's just got running again. Don't shut it down." I said.
"That's why this quest will be a joke if there's five of us now. Let's just get it over with quick. All right?" Uni said.
"That's right." Mr belt said.
"Huh? Who's there?" Uni looked around.
"Ah! I forgot to introduce him yet. Meet my partner, Mr belt." I said as I went over and pulled the belt out of the dashboard stand and showed it to her.
"It's nice meeting you, miss." Mr belt said with the smile emote on the screen.
"Eh?! A talking belt?!" Uni exclaimed.
"He's been our partner for awhile too." IF explained.
"I-I see. That's a total shock knowing there's a talking belt now."
"Well, there's a story behind but I will let you know when it is time." I said.
"Well then. The name's Uni. Nice to meet you, belt."
"Belt sounds a bit rude though..." Mr belt gave the deadpanned emote look.
"Unless you have a real name."
"Just call it Mr belt for now." I sweatdropped.
"Fine fine. Now then let's go shall we?" She said as she got to a black coloured bike which I assumed it's hers.
The rest of us then got into our rides and we drove off towards Rebeat resort.
The entire resort was outside the main city so the drive was pretty long. But we were treated to a beautiful scenery when we arrived. The entire placed looked like a resort for sure, henceforth the name. It had lots of bridges probably serving as walkways above the waters around houses. But we weren't here to see the scenery. We looked down to see different and new kinds of monsters around, probably themed after marine life. We got out our rides and summoned our weapons.
"Now that's something I don't see everything." I pointed at Uni who was holding a assault rifle.
"What? Never seen a girl wielding a gun before?" She asked.
"Nope. Never. Now then let's go shall we?" I said as I summoned the katana I had in my possession.
We immediately sprang into action. And we pretty much did what we usually do. With Compa's syringe poking, IF Qatar blade throws and slashes, Nepgear sometimes defending herself but was able to do some work and with my own kendo or some of the techniques from the anime asterisk war which the main character uses the amagiri shinmeiryuu techniques, I think I only copied a few moves but of course, since they were small monsters, just a few kendo moves will do the trick and with Uni's shooting skills which I observed, we were able to wipe out waves of monsters easily.
Meanwhile, while the group was wiping out waves of monsters, a familiar green haired girl with a hoodie was hiding and observing the group.
"Tch! They got here already. At this rate, they will probably be in my way..." The girl muttered.
"Looks like I will finish them off this time before they knew what was coming their way." She continued before hearing a voice behind her.
"And what are you looking at?" She turned around to find a man in his 20's looking at her. His hair was light brown while he seems to be wearing white framed glasses. His outfit was similar to a business suit which consists of a white shirt which is covered by a 2 layered blazer, the bottom being dark grey while the top was a forest green with the top button buttoned on the top right. He also seems to have a yellow handkerchief slotted onto the blazer's pocket. In his possession was a customized tablet.
"B-Brain sama!" Linda was surprised to see one of the roidmude leaders here.
"Shh! You will blow our cover you idiot!" Brain said as he covered the girl's mouth.
"But it's good to see you again huh?" He released his grip and asked.
"T-that's right! ASIC is where I am so I'm determined to kill the goddesses." She replied.
"Then, allow me to help you out..." Brain smirked evilly.
"T-that's not needed! You can head back to HQ."
"And what if you fail this time?"
"I-I won't fail! I-It was just my miscalculations! Plus a red armored warrior too was in my way."
"Red armored warrior huh?"
"You know him?"
"More or so. Though it isn't the same user."
"What do you mean?"
"Don't ask further. We are going out come on."
"W-wait!"
"And that should be the last one." I said as I stabbed the last monster, making it turn to pixels before I sheathed the katana back to its scabbard.
"See what did I tell you, it's easy!" Uni said.
"We definitely finished fast. Uni, you are really strong."
"I didn't expect your shooting skills to be of marksman level. Maybe you could rival me." I remarked.
"Thanks. But I will always be stronger. That goes for you too Nepgear. Your better than I thought. But nowhere near a match for me!" Uni commented to Nepgear.
"Aww. Now your flattering me..." The said girl blushed abit.
"Good for you Nepgear. You found a good friend and rival." I smiled.
"Mmm!" She smiled back happily.
"Looks like those three are already so close." Compa watched from a distance.
"Same. I think that's the first time I see a sincere smile from Nepgear since we rescued her." IF said.
"But I'm a bit jealous too. I mean, I know Nepgear longer than that girl..."
"Oh just stop it. Let them have their time."
"And just what do you brats think you are doing, having a picnic in a dungeon?!" A familiar voice said.
"Huh?" I turned around to see a familiar girl sneaking behind IF and Compa.
"IF! Compa!" I shouted as I rushed forward and pushed them out of the way. The girl's weapon hit the shift brace on my hand. Luckily the material for the brace was strong enough to withstand the impact but the shock spreaded to my whole body, causing me to feel pain.
"Eugene-kun!" Nepgear shouted as she ran to my side.
"Eugene!" Uni did the same.
"Are you hurt?" Nepgear asked worriedly.
"Just got a shock. So, what do you want Linda?" I asked the girl in front of us as I got back up on my feet.
"Tch. And I thought I could get the chaperones first." Linda huffed.
"Who's this?" Uni asked.
"I think her name is underling, one of ASIC's peons." Nepgear replied
"Nope. Her name's Linda." I shot back.
"Glad you remember it." Linda smirked.
"ASIC? Stay back you two. I will handle this one." Uni said as she got in front of us, her gun at hand.
"And let you get beaten? No way." I took out my weapon once again.
"Don't underestimate ASIC on this. Low ranking or not, they are strong enough for a regular human to die." Uni warned.
"Then I will have you known I kicked her ass once with fire." I replied.
"Fire? Oh! So your that ass that tried to kill me. And your that red armored warrior!" She sounded pissed on that one.
"Yeah and what your going to do about it? Your just a easy target even without me transforming." I said as I got into a stance.
"Transforming? What are you talking about Eugene?" Uni asked.
"I will tell you later if possible." I replied
"I will fight too." Nepgear said in a serious tone as she stood beside me.
"But you-" Uni said.
"I won't let her get away for what she did the other day! Haaaaaahhh!" Nepgear shouted as the familiar pillar of light surrounded her once again, transforming her into Purple sister.
"Nepgear, you... Guess I can't help it now." Uni said as she closed her eyes and the same pillar of light surrounded her?!
When it cleared, the look on Uni changed too. Instead of the long black hair, she now has long white hair tied up into twintails that looked like drills. Her eyes became green with the power iris on them. And just like Nepgear, she wears a one piece swimsuit too but it was black in this case. Not to mention... Her chest became smaller. And above her head were 2 black diamond shaped hair clips but they were floating rather than being on her head. And her rifle now became like some giant ass beam rifle. Her back had small wings too, again floating rather than sticking.
"Shit! Your kidding right?!" Linda said.
"Let's do this girls." I said to the two which they nodded.
And after awhile, with a couple of slashes from Nepgear or Purple sis and myself assisted by Uni's bullets, we were able to knock down the ASIC girl in front of us.
"That...not fair! Two CPU candidates plus a swordsman against a normal person is never fair!" Linda said.
"I suggest you shut your bloody mouth before I take your head off that wimpy body of yours." I said coldly as my blade was pointed at her face.
"Don't even think you can get away with this! Stupid boss isn't here either!" And with that, she stumbled away.
"Nepgear... Your a..." Uni was at a loss of words now, at the same time sounding a bit angry.
"You too Uni? So your Lastation's CPU candidate! We came here looking for you!" Purple sis said, unknown to her newly found friend's feelings. So Uni's the CPU candidate here. That explains why she was able to transform.
"Can you help us? We want to save the CPU's and our sisters and protect gamindustri." Purple sis continued, offering a hand.
"That's right! You can be a help to us." Compa added.
"All of you... Don't come closer!" Uni suddenly snapped, slapping away Purple sis's hand.
"Huh?" Purple sis asked, confused.
"Why are you here and not my sister, huh?!" Uni demanded.
"Oh... That's because..." Purple sis tried to reply but Uni continued to lash out.
"Three years ago, she was there when I wasn't. I could have saved them if I went! I could have done what you failed to do!"
"I'm...sorry... I couldn't help back then but now I'm trying my best to rescue them." Purple sis apologized.
"Just shut up already!" Uni suddenly pushed her against a wall and pinned her hard.
"Oi! Enough is enough!" I stepped in and broke the fight.
"And what do you know?! Your just someone who's strong but... You never know what it is like to-" Uni tried to talk back with small tears in her eyes.
"AND YOU THINK I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT FEELS LIKE?!" I suddenly shouted, silencing everyone including her.
"She's the same too. Her sister's there with yours. Your strength isn't the best too I can tell, sure you can beat down some people but have you ever considered their feelings?!" I asked.
"I..." Uni stammered.
"Apologize to her now. Else I won't let you leave." I gripped her hand tight.
"I...I..." I noticed tears falling from her eyes now.
But suddenly, a familiar wave spreaded on us, causing everything to slow down except myself, IF and Compa. Because of the hunter shiftcar that left Nepgear, she was also in the effect.
"Shit I forgot!" I said.
"That's right and now these two beautiful ladies will suffer the pain." A familiar voice said.
"That voice...it can't be...!" I muttered.
A man in his 20's stepped out from some bushes carrying a tablet in his hands. From his whole look, I recognized him immediately as being one of the roidmude leaders.
"Brain." I said.
"It's nice to meet you, drive." He replied calmly.
"What are you doing here?!" I asked.
But he didn't reply, instead, he transformed into his advanced roidmude form, which is mainly a brain alien look, to match his name, accompanied by dark green with silver colors for the armor on his whole appearance. At the very least, his face had maintained a human look.
He walked up towards Uni, and because of the slowdown effect, she couldn't turn her eyes in time to see who was it.
Brain's headtop began to glow a familiar green that then transferred to his index finger and dropped a dip to her head, the same thing when he did the same to Shinnosuke back in episode 5. After Which, he cancelled the slowdown effect, turning everything back to normal.
Uni, who got affected by the drop yelled in pain as the green substance spreaded to her whole body, visibly seen from our eyes. She then fell to the ground, struggling like as if she was heavily stabbed in the body before the green substance faded away. This was brain's poison used to poison people to death.
"What did you...?!" Purple sis asked with her eyes widened.
"Brain poisoned her." I replied coldly while clenching my fist. "All of your get back, this is my fight. Belt-San!" I called out.
Seconds later, a mini track carrying Mr belt appeared and I grabbed it, placing him on my waist.
"Impossible! Brain poisoned her?!" Mr belt asked.
"He's gonna pay." I growled.
"And I think I had enough fun. I shall allow Iron to accompany you." Brain said before a familiar purple roidmude appeared, this time looking much stronger than before.
"Hahahaha! Thanks brain! I shall not waste this opportunity!" And with that, brain walked off.
"Wait you bastard!" I shouted but Iron used his tonfas to block us from moving.
"None can do. I shall have you watch your dear friend die here..." He said.
"Nep...gear... Someone... Help...me..." Uni cried as the toxin was slowly taking her life away.
"Uni!" Purple sis cried out before she summoned her weapon.
"Eugene-kun... I don't like what that guy did. I want to save her now! We have to!" She declared.
"That's what I think. You ready Belt-San? Let's go for a ride!" I said as I turned the ignition key.
"Alright! Start our engine!" Mr belt said.
I took out shift speed from my pocket and loaded it onto my shift brace before pumping it.
"Henshin!"
DRIVE TYPE SPEED
The holographic cylinder surrounded me before the red armor bits materialized and clamped onto me, forming my drive armor. At the same time, the Tridoron arrived at the scene too, with the speed tire materializing and docking onto my body.
"IF! Compa! Get back!" I gestured to the two which they agreed.
We both charged forward but Iron's strength got much stronger so he was able to block our attacks easily and swiped us off. Since Purple sis had the ability to fly, she regained her footing once again and used her gunblade to shoot off some bullets but it wasn't effective enough. She then unleashed her skill attack.
"Mirage dance!" She shouted as she executed a couple of huge slashes across the roidmude's body.
But Iron seemingly unaffected jumped towards her and used his tonfas to slash her, causing her to scream fall towards the ground.
"Nepgear!" I ran forward and managed to catch her in my arms.
I noticed that she had a cut on her shoulder. "Ow. That hurts."
"You okay? Don't faint on me." I said.
"I...won't...faint..."
"He's too strong for you so allow me to handle this. Get Uni towards the Tridoron and stay there."
She nodded and ran towards the other CPU candidate. Iron then noticed it. "Your not getting there!" He then used his tonfas to extend and attempt to block her path but I rushed infront of him and punched him back. Purple sis took this chance to grab Uni and walked towards the car.
"I had enough of you already! You shall fall here drive!" He shouted as he shot his tonfas at me, creating sparks off my armor feeling the pain.
"Gah! I think I should say the same! Let beef this up a bit" I shouted back as I turned on the ignition key and took out the funky spike shiftcar and replaced shift speed on it.
TIRE KOUKAN!
The Tridoron's left front opened and a green spiked tire materialized before flying to me and replacing the speed tire.
FUNKY SPIKE!
The tire felt much heavier than the flare or shadow tire but I guess I could managed it. Iron tried to land a strike on me again but it wasn't going to work the same. The tire shot out small spikes that caused some sparks and explosions to shoot off his armor. He then used his jump ability to leap towards me and knocked me away, causing me to roll on the floor.
"He's too strong! Even the tires are not affecting him." I said to Mr belt.
"That's where they come in!" Mr belt replied.
"They?" I asked confused.
The sound of honking of heard almost immediately and two sets of tracks appeared with two...no three shiftcars with the third following behind the police car.
"Looks like hunter and cab have returned with a new friend." Mr belt said with a smile emote. The new shiftcar landed on my hand while hunter and cab raced towards the roidmude and attacked him, making a distance for the both of us before cab returned to my pocket and hunter to Nepgear's side.
"Who's this new shiftcar? Never seen it before." I asked.
The shiftcar honked in only which Mr belt could understand.
"Seems like it is called Chest invader." He said.
"Ehh? Chest invader? What name is that?" I examined the shiftcar. It was pretty much similar to funky spike except it was that of the human colour and instead of spikes, it was lumps.
"Looks like if you use it, you will boost your human strength powers." Mr belt explained as he finished scanning the new shiftcar.
"Alright then. Invader, your coming along for the ride." I said as I turned the ignition key and replaced the spike shiftcar with the new one.
TIRE KOUKAN!
The tire then materialized from the Tridoron before replacing the existing tire. It's appearance was similar to funky spike's just except like the shiftcar, it was mainly human color and the spikes were lumps. The groovings read the name itself.
CHEST INVADER!
A ringtone that is to signal the end of a wrestling match played and I could hear it.
"Wrestling huh? But I don't feel any heavier though." I said as I didn't feel any extra weight on me since I expect it to be like wizard's excite ring, which completely buffed him up.
"I think you should just try attacking him rather than sit here and talk." Mr belt deadpanned.
I then walked towards the roidmude who had already gotten back up and he tried to use his weapons to knock me down. I held my hand up which took the full impact but surprisingly, I didn't even fall down nor I had to be pushed. It felt like as if a midget was punching my arm.
I used my force to push his hand back which he then tumbled backwards. I then picked him up and threw a few punches, each punch giving a huge impact on him. By the last punch, he was pretty much dizzy.
"That felt pretty good. Now your shall fall!" I said.
"Finish it with this tire!" Mr belt instructed.
I nodded as I turned the key and pressed the button before pumping the shiftcar.
HISSATSU! FULL THROTTLE! INVADER!
The tire then began to glow as my right hand glowed too. I then rushed forward and delivered a final punch to Iron's stomach, and through his body, creating a hole.
"No...no... I can't fall here!" Iron shouted as he exploded, along with the core this time.
"He's finally gone." I said.
"Definitely." Mr belt continued.
I then suddenly remembered about Uni, who got poisoned by Brain earlier. I ran to the girls side, in which Uni was sleeping, already reverted back to her human form, along with Nepgear who was sitting and leaning against the Tridoron.
"How's she?" I asked.
"She was cured by your ambulace shiftcar." IF pointed to Mad Doctor who was sitting on the bonnet of the car.
"Thanks Doctor, for healing Uni and Nepgear too." I said as I looked at Nepgear. The shiftcar honked before going back into the Tridoron's shiftcar rack.
"So what's next for us? Those roidmudes did got us good." IF asked.
"Not really, I defeated 029 already. And with Brain appearing earlier, I knew we wouldn't stand a chance. For now, let's take Uni back to the basilicom." I said.
The girls nodded and we set off towards the basilicom.
"Onee-Chan! Let me go with you. This is dangerous!" A girl said to her sister.
"I can't allow that. Your not strong enough to be on my side yet. Sorry Uni, I promise I will come back as soon as I'm done with this." The elder sister said to the younger one.
"Wait! Onee-Chan!" The younger sister noticed her elder sister then walking away from her. No matter how much she ran, it felt like the distance was too far.
"Onee-Chan!" Uni shouted as she rose up from the bed she was resting in, tears filled her eyes.
She noticed it herself before wiping it away and then looking around her surroundings. Guns filled the walls of the room with small lamps handing around. A black drawer was infront of the bed with a bookshelf beside it. There was also a chair and a mirror table filled with makeup items.
"My room? What did I..." She started to remember what happened before she was out cold.
"That's right, I was out with Nepgear and her group fighting. Then I remember Nepgear transforming into a goddess. That's right... I said some harsh words onto her. She's been through so much too..." She thought as she looked out at the window at her bedside.
"I was told to stay behind because I wasn't strong enough to help the others. And I thought I would have gone stronger earlier.. But Eugene was right. I didn't consider others feelings at all... If I went, probably it would have gone worst. And that's why I'm trying to grow stronger!"
"Nepgear... What should I do if I run into you again..." She muttered.
"Apologize." A voice said before she turned around to see a young man at the doorstep of her room.
"Eugene!" Uni called out.
"Your finally awake huh?" I said as I entered.
"How did you know where I was?" She asked.
"I had to carry you here you know when you were knocked out." I explained.
"Ohh... I'm sorry..." She apologized.
"What are you apologizing for? There's nothing to apologize about if you have done nothing wrong."
"I was poisoned by that alien guy... I didn't even notice that coming to me."
"That's not your fault. Anyone can never notice it under a slowdown effect."
"Slowdown effect?"
"Can I have a talk with you? I will explain everything I know of the roidmudes existence since your somewhat now involved."
"Go ahead." She looked at me.
Meanwhile, somewhere in a cafe, Brain was sitting looking at his tablet before he noticed a car parking right outside with a man walking into the building.
Seconds later, the door opened with the same man walking towards Brain. He was around brain's age with curly styled black hair, and wore a huge red leather jacket with a fuzzy looking scarf surrounding his neck. The jacket's sleeves had silver platings on them. And he wore black long pants.
"Heart. It's been a while." Brain said to the man now known as heart.
"Same right here. 029 was defeated." Heart explained.
"Looking like he's no match for drive."
"That's what I thought. I thought Krim would be great enough to not choose a second drive after Tomari Shinnosuke. But I guess if we are here, and if Shinnosuke's retired from the action, someone has to take his place."
"Why are we even having ASIC under us anyways? It's pointless."
"Because I sense the rest of the riders will be here soon to take them down. And ASIC controls much of this world."
"So I guess we are back to our own objective huh? Without Banno around."
"That bastard will never get anywhere trust me. And he's gone for good. Gou defeated him. But, we have also come to learn human emotions back at earth. So, we will spice things up abit..."
"What things..." Brain looks up to see heart smiling.
(Onto the next chapter of drive!)
"I'm trying to help you girls save the world." I said.
"I...will see what I can do. But I need your help too. Please help me!" She begged.
"I will test your new powers. Kamen rider."
BREAK UP!
"Let's go for a ride!" I shouted.
And that's it for this chapter. How did you guys felt with Brain's appearance? and Uni's attitude? Fear not as the next chapter will deepen the bonds between Uni and Eugene. But there are a couple of announcements I will like to make.
First off, my schooling life. Right now, in my final year a project called Final year project (FYP) has began and in this stage, I am at the most busiest in terms of my studies ever since I have been learning new topics. The FYP is something I'm not taking a joke for as it could be considered as the final exam before I know of my final results for this year. So therefore, I wont be making any new chapters except for the fact, you wont be able to see it, I will remake some parts on these existing chapters already. But new chapters won't come until the end of November or next year. So I do apologize for it.
The next one is the next Kamen rider installment after ghost, Ex-aid. As of current when this chapter is uploaded, Kamen rider ghost has officially ended with our main rider Takeru officially regaining his humanity so next week, if your reading this chapter now, Kamen rider ghost's special chapter will air as the final appearance of ghost on TV, before the very soon to air Ex-aid will take its place. And for the fans I'm sure you know by now. Kamen rider Ex-aid is a medic/gamer motif rider who will combat against the Bugster virus alongside Brave and Snipe. And since this story ties in with Hyperdimension Neptunia, which is basically a series that's mainly game consoles based off, I'm sure a lot of you will wanna write crossover stories between Ex-aid and Neptunia. And if you guys ask me, NOPE. I'm still sticking with drive and neptunia since drive is my favourite series. But Kamen rider Ex-aid will appear in my stories eventually (Read my bio proposals) but for sure I know is I wont put a full Ex-aid X Neptunia story remake since writers Ashbel Longhart and Shadowbladeknight have confirmed to write full Ex-aid stories. So the drive will continue till Ex-aid appears. But for all I know, I'm pretty excited for Ex-aid now like you guys probably so we shall see where it actually leads. But for one thing is: EX-AID WILL APPEAR EVENTUALLY AND MEET DRIVE IN THIS FANFICTION.
The last one is if you noticed my bio, I have kept rewriting so many proposals at the same time adding them and you may be asking, why write so many proposals when you havent gone far in the existing stories already? Well, those stories are in proposal stage but they will eventually come as I keep writing if I feel like it but for sure is those proposals are what I really want to write and this story, Hyperdimension drive itself is what I really want to keep going till the end like a anime series. That's why you would have seen the next story that will continue once this story has concluded to its end. But I wont be too sure if I can keep uploading or will I eventually retire from fanfiction. So keep your fingers crossed. But one small thing: Hyperdimesion drive apocalypse will be deleted by the end of the month so if you guys wanna read it for the last time, do go read it as I don't really wanna put tragedy into this story for I want it to end off with a happy note rather than sad.
So there are the announcements I will like to make. So if there's nothing much, I will see you probably next year with more chapters. And as always, keep those engines running and read other fanfictions by other authors! Peace!