Kamen Rider Zeta (Z): 777

Act Faiz 3: Where am I going to go?

Even as the monster is charging its laser, the other rider is chilling. Instead he orders me around in the most bored voice I've ever heard. "Press one of the buttons on the belt and say Clock up."

"Uh, okay, Clock Up." I did as he told me to. Gattack followed by announcing "CLOCK UP!" as well. Hey, everything is suddenly all bright and fuzzy. Wait, did Keitaro just stop moving? So...Clock Up stops time? SWEET! Oh wait, is that laser still getting bigger? So it just slows down time. Slightly less sweet. Well, I know what to do now. First things first: avoid getting killed.

I run towards the monster and wildly punched him. I don't know how to fight, sue me. Then I push his cannon upwards to aim it away from me. His GIGANTIC LASER OH MY GOD THANK GOD I CAN SLOW DOWN TIME.... ok, good thing it missed. That laser shot easily had a radius of like half a meter!

"Clock Over!" Gattack announced. Everything stopped being bright and fuzzy again. Oh great. Time is back to normal, I'm going to get my ass whooped.

"You can do it again, but it would be better if you just finish him off now," the rider continued to instruct me, still sounding bored. "Open Gattack's pincers and say Rider Kick. After the electric surge is over, close the pincers and kick the monster."

"Rider Kick!"

"RIDER KICK!"

Gah! Hey that kind of tickles! I feel the surge finishing as it reaches the tip of my suit's pincers. Since the surge went upwards I kinda assumed that all the power kinda went to the tip of my head, but I'm no expert with rider suits. So I run at the monster and kick him in his chest. Luckily for me, it was able to send him reeling back, but it wasn't enough to finish him off.

Suddenly, Gattack fell off my belt, and the transformation cancelled.

"Huh. Gattack is out of energy as well," the other rider said, amused. I almost yelled at him angrily out of exasperation, but now's definitely not the time. The monster is hurt, but it's still able to get back up. Looks like I have no choice now. I transform into my Orphenoch form, which at least managed to raise the other rider's eyebrows, and face the monster head on. Looks like Yuki was right. I AM a masochist.

I charge at the monster, trying to attack it with my pincers. Of course, charging headfirst was probably a pretty stupid idea since I'm not a bull like that guy from the time I met Mari. The monster just swatted me sideways into a wall across the street. Damn thing is even stronger and more pain-inducing than the bull. Still, the only thing I could do to this guy is just hold him until Mari gets our rider gear ready.

"Here it is!" Mari exclaimed as she FINALLY ran out of the house with the Faiz gear. "You guys still alive?" I answered by being thrown into her. "Ouch!"

"Oww, sorry," I apologized. I transformed back into a human and immediately transformed into Faiz. I sure as hell don't like getting hit without armor on.

"He looks like he's weakened enough! Finish him off! Use that watch!" Mari told me, as she noticed that it was struggling to get up.

"How?"

"Uh...I think Takumi just turned the dial on the watch to move really fast...and to do a finishing move, press enter on the phone."

I turn the dial. Then the chest armor moves to my shoulders, my vision becomes red, and my armor's highlights become white. What's with these rider suits sacrificing my armor at every possible turn? Are all riders masochistic or something? I seriously don't like getting hit here! Anyways, nothing is happening. I sighed, and start running to do a jumping kick, but then the watch said, "Start Up," and I started moving really fast. I ran headfirst into the monster and he goes flying. I keep running at him and punching and kicking him. After some awkwardly landed attacks, which I somehow managed to do without leaving a comical Faiz-shaped hole in the nearby walls, I press enter on my phone.

"Exceed Charge," the phone announced. I'm not sure what to do now though.

"KICK HIM!" Mari yelled at me, sensing my confusion.

OH ok, yeah, kick right, everybody loves to kick. I take a running jump and extend my leg to kick him...and a FREAKING ENERGY DRILL SHOOTS OUT OF MY FOOT COOL BEANS! The drill stuns the monster in place and I continue to fall into the drill at a really high speed. Soon after, I landed on the other side of the monster and as I turn around, it shatters into colourful stained glass, leaving only a red 0 with a slash through its middle, which I guess signifies that I, Faiz, had just killed it. Must say, I did not expect to actually WIN. The watch then said, "Time Up, Reformation." The Faiz armor then returned to normal. Sure, moving really fast is awesome, but I like not having my vital organs exposed to lasers and stuff thank you very much.

"So Mari, what about that sexy time you promised?"

"Oh you know you can't handle the sexy time," Mari joked. She's got me there. I looked down at the ground, embarrassed.


I wake up to find Mio...er, a girl that looks like Mio sleeping on a chair beside me. Aww, how nice of THAT WENCH to take care of me. I got up. It looks like I'm wearing some pyjamas. They were really girly; with strawberries all over it, so I assumed that these were hers. Aww, how girly and hospitable of THAT WENCH. Bitch better lay off MY Wataru. I slowly walked out of bed, not wanting to wake THAT WENCH up. I opened the door and got out of THAT WENCH's bedroom. In what I assumed was the living room, I saw Tendo sleeping on a couch with an unfamiliar looking man sleeping on another couch. I think he was fighting the NF earlier as a blue rider. Tendo's bug things were laying down on the table, their circuits fried or something. Whatever happened to them, they're no longer moving at all.

I then realized that some people were talking outside the house through an open door. One of them was my Wataru. Awesome. I walk outside to find him helping this bland looking guy patch up his window. I wonder if that was because of the fight earlier? I snuck behind Wataru and put my hands around his eyes. "Guess whoooo?" I said in what I hope was a flirty way. I'm not sure how good I am at this flirting thing since all my advances on the only guy I liked went completely unnoticed. So! Since I'm in a new world with none of my friends present to judge me for acting slutty, I push my whole body against his back.

"Sh-Shizuka?" Wataru stammered. Oh, that's a new reaction. WHAT THE HELL? How did I get it to work just NOW? It's never worked when I did it before! He turned around and looked at me. "H-How are you feeling? Are you okay?" he asked me. Great, he's back to the caring 'best guy friend' again. I must figure out how I did that earlier. But I guess this was an improvement. He was blushing a bit when he turned around.

"Shizuka, this is Keitaro Kikuchi," Wataru explained. "Tendo somehow convinced him to let us stay at his dry cleaning place as long as we work and help him clean up this mess."

"Well, don't worry about it too much," the bland guy, Keitaro, assured Wataru. "I'll get Tendo and Eiji to fix it when they wake up. It's mostly their fault after all."


Something is strange about this world, I think to myself as I try to insert a new window to the one destroyed by Gattack's Cast Off. This world's main rider, Faiz, was supposed to be a man named Takumi Inui, a wolf Orphenoch. Moreover, the world was supposed to have been completely taken over by Smart Brain and overrun by Orphenochs, which Inui and Mari Sonoda are fighting as members of the surviving human resistance. But Inui is dead, and instead we have a completely new Faiz, Eiji Sakamoto, a stag beetle Orphenoch.

I cannot use the new Faiz. He is very inexperienced, cowardly, and doesn't want anything to do with being a rider. He is helping me fix the window right now, and from what I've seen, his physical capabilities are below average and he is rather clumsy and spaces out sometimes. So for now, I must train him to get stronger with Mari's assistance. Kiva should be strong enough as he was involved in his world's conflict as well.

However, I cannot do anything about being stuck in this world until the Ultimate Zecter has fully charged up its energy. I must also find a way to repair the other Zecters. The only Zecters that went through the jumps undamaged, as expected, are Kabuto and Gattack, but they must recharge their energy as well. Only after that will I be able to leave this world.

I can only theorize that, like the Den-O/Kiva world, this world was reset by a singularity point. The only I can think this is possible is, like in that world, the singularity point's memory was changed to make it a world not overrun by Orphenochs. While it was a shame that I could not get in touch with the DenLiner crew, I had to go to the next world before the Ultimate Zecter ran out of power. Even I would have trouble getting that world out of the trouble it was in.


"THIS IS GOOOOOOD!" Keitaro exclaimed. We're eating Tendo's cooking for dinner. "Wow, I'm sorry for doubting you Tendo. You can stay as long as you cook for us all the time, OK?" Keitaro offered. Tendo simply nodded with what I think is his trademark emotionless face. "It's too bad Eiji has to go to work. He's missing out so much!"

"So don't touch his portion! Geez," I scolded Keitaro as I smacked his hand away from Eiji's meal. This is the first time I've had a lively dinner, but it's also the first time I've had an uneasy dinner too. Wataru, another rider who always has a tiny dragon and bat flying around him, keeps looking at me. He would clam up when I try to talk to him. Whenever I catch his gaze, he quickly avoids eye contact. Then there's his friend from his world, Shizuka. For some reason, she always gives me a really hostile gaze. I hope Eiji would come back soon. His dark sense humor would give a break from this uncomfortable sile`nce, as depressed as he is.

"So, Tendo," Keitaro said with a mouth full of food, "you said something about expanding the store. I've thought about it before, but I was against it because I was happy with just helping people. But I realized I'll never realize my dream that way. Could you help me with that?"

"Grandmother said this...A man is not someone who only speaks of a dream. A man is someone who acts upon it," Tendo replied calmly. "Your reputation precedes you. You should have no problem getting support from your loyal customers." Tendo ate a little, then continued with his explanation. "You'll first need to find a few new places and some people to hire to manage them..."


It's been a rough two days. Thank god it's Sunday today. It's a good thing I raided my apartment earlier for my books; I have school tomorrow. Actually, it's a wonder I was able to remember that at all after the chaos that's happened. So let's see...Girlfriend was a vampire, she killed me, I turned into a monster, I got into a fight with another monster, became a superhero, people found out how much of a sad virgin I am, I met other superheroes, I fought and somehow killed another monster, and I managed to somehow forget how depressed I am. But now that I thought about Yuki again, I'm depressed again.

I sighed.

"Sempai! Sempai!"

I snapped out of my trance. I looked towards where the voice came from. It was my co-worker, Nijiko Karasuma. Three years my junior at my university, she works in the same lab and convenience store as I do. She's about an few centimetres shorter than I am; so I guess 165 cm? Kind of bland looking girl; medium length black hair, uneven bangs that stop slightly above her eyes, size A breasts. But that ASS. DAMN. It's a sight to behold. Too bad she dresses in unflattering clothing most of the time. She's a quiet girl with a husky voice, and kind of keeps to herself most of the time.

"Sempai, could you help me for a second?" Nijiko asked me quietly, and looked at some customer. I followed her gaze and...AW, CRAP. The local annoying shopper, Mrs. Ginjiro. Always complains about us not having what she wants or our stuff sucks too much for her. Always uses CRAPLOADS of 1 yen coins. Always asks us to bring her stuff to her home when she clearly knows we don't deliver; it's a convenience store for crying out loud. Geez woman, go somewhere else. Naturally, none of us actually said that too her because both of us don't have spines. Nijiko always has trouble dealing with her, and with the manager having left for today, it's up to me to get her to leave. Again. As I walked up to her, I grimaced as I noticed she had her equally annoying friends, Mrs. Kojiro and Ms. Shinjiro with her. No wonder Nijiko looked like she was about to cry. Usually Mrs. Ginjiro can't do that.

"HEY! Boy!" Mrs. Ginjiro snapped at me. I saw a prepared bento that looked like it was thrown on the floor. I sighed, and asked her what was wrong. "This thing doesn't have enough meat! Let me talk to the manager! The quality is really bad today! What's wrong with you!" The other two women followed suit with the complaining. I couldn't get a word in. Then all of a sudden, the ladies just snapped. "Look I've had it with the crappy service we've been getting the last few times we shopped!" Ms. Shinjiro yelled. I thought I saw Nijiko slip away to the back room; damn her for leaving me to deal with this crap. Then AW GODDAMMIT AGAIN? The women turned into Orphenochs. "I think we'll just let you have a piece of our mind!"

What are the goddamn chances? Aren't Oprhenochs supposed to appear really rarely? "Can't we talk this over?" I pleaded then in a dejected monotone, knowing that it's totally not gonna work. I do not need this crap right now. I should have listened to Mari. 'Bring the belt with you, it's safer that way.' 'How is being a bright red target going to be safer?' I asked. Then I remembered something. Tendo said that after the Zecters have recharged, I should be able to call Gattack since it recognizes me as its new user now. So I'll be able to save my ass again!

Sure enough, at my thought, Gattack came...by crashing through the glass doors. That's gonna be a bitch to clean later. At least it saved me by attacking the Orphenoch ladies. I quickly grabbed it and ran out the door, the alarm blaring loudly behind me with the Orphenoch ladies following suit.

Gattack dropped the belt it was carrying into my hands. It was slightly different from the one Tendo gave me before. I guess this is the belt it was supposed to use? Whatever. Time to fight back. I think. I'm not sure I'll be able to handle three Orphenochs. Then again, they're a bunch of old ladies, and they deserve a good bitchslapping for being really annoying. Have to keep them away from Nijiko's wonderfully big ass, too. I put the belt on my waist as I run, almost tripping on the sidewalk as I led the women to the back of the store where no one can see us. "HENSHIN!" I yell to Gattack. I then put it on the slot at the front of the belt, and the hexagons and heavy armor started appearing. The women stopped in their tracks for a moment, but then ran towards me again.

I learned the hard way that, no matter how old you are, as an Orphenoch, you're fit as hell. The first one clotheslined me, another kicked my back, and the last kicked me in the crotch. Of all the important organs the Gattack armor protected, WHY NOT THE GROIIIIN OH DEAR GOD. I can hear them laughing at my predicament as I roll on the ground clutching my privates. This is obviously not going well. I stumbled a little further away from the store, since I know of the collateral damage I would cause. As soon as the women were close enough, I opened Gattack's pincers and said, "Cast off."

"CAST OFF!" The pieces of armor went flying into the women, making them fall flat on their asses. How'd you like our crappy service, bitches?

"Change Stag Beeeetle...." The transformation cancelled out again. I sighed. Looks like the charging wasn't finished yet. Thankfully, before I got run over, Wataru came over with my bike and ran the bitches down.

"Oh wow," Wataru said, out of breath. "Thank god you're in trouble. It was really awkward with Mi-Mari," Wataru told me. Asshole is glad I'm in trouble? What the hell? Eh, I'll take what I can get. He then realized it and apologized profusely. I simply turned him towards the angry charging women and we quickly rolled out of their way.

Current Music: Supernova by TETRA-FANG

Wataru's bat-thing, Kivat, and his dragon-thing, Tatsulot came as well. "Ready guys?" Wataru asked them. "KIVATTE IKUZE!" Kivat yelled. Kivat flew into Wataru's belt and Tatsulot became a bracelet on his left wrist. "HENSHIN!" Wataru yelled. In a flash of gold light and some cool fire effects from his cape, Kamen Rider Kiva, Emperor form appeared. "Zanvat!" Wataru called. A sword with a golden hilt fell from the sky into his hands. Man, for a socially awkward kid, Wataru's pretty badass. Following his lead, I activated the Faiz gear as well.

"Henshin," I said as I put the Faiz phone into the belt.

"Standing by...Complete," the gear announced as the red highlights appeared, and then the armor appeared above. I don't think I'll get used to my vision turning yellow right after transformation any time soon. I joined Wataru in fighting the three of them.

Wataru was a flurry of slashes and the women had no chance to fight back at all. I guess I should learn from him and Tendo when I get back later. Not guess, I REALLY need to so I don't get humiliated again. They're old women, but they're still monsters.

Wataru pressed something on his left wrist, where Tatsulot became a bracelet, and Kivat announced "Wake Up Fever!" Wataru pulled the hilt upwards towards the tip of the blade and the blade became blood red. He then pulled the hilt back down to the handle. Then as the women attacked him, he cut through all of them quickly while ducking under their attacks. Soon, two of them were dust. Which left one more for me to take care of

I was glad Wataru did most of my work for me. I pressed Enter on my phone. It announced, "Exceed Charge." I took a running start and jumped, extending my leg to shoot that awesome looking energy drill thing again at the old lady. I forgot which this one was, but I'm sure not going to miss her. She was stunned by the drill and I kicked through her. After that, she turned to dust and the 0 with the slash appeared again. I never really got how Faiz's finishing moves work. It seemed like I just kinda went through her, and all of a sudden, she dies from massive internal injuries, with a symbol that clearly says, "PWNED BY FAIZ". What the hell did I actually do?

"So..." Wataru said as he de-henshin-ed, "what do we do now?"

"Aw man, I gotta clean up Gattack's mess and talk to my boss about this. Sorry, but I think I'll be back a bit later," I told Wataru. "I hate my life...unlife....undeath?...so much right now," I muttered to myself as Wataru waved goodbye, going back to our base of operations.

"Hey, Wataru," I called to him, stopping him. "How does it feel to kill a person? I mean, you just killed two housewives. They're really annoying women, but they're still people. People are still going to miss them."

Wataru looked at me with an unexpected expression. He seemed unfazed by my question, as if to signify that this is nothing new to him. "I've...well, I've killed more of my friends than I'd like to, I admit," Wataru sighed. "But...I...I'm sorry, I'd rather not talk about it." With that, he left me. Well, I didn't expect that from the kid, again.

I walked back to the store to complain to Nijiko about the mess. But seriously, what are the chances those three old ladies were back from the dead?

Open your eyes for the next Zeta...