Rise of the Supreme Multi-King
Chapter 7: What's Important, An Old Friend and the Gravity Combo
Disclaimer: I do not own OOO or GX.
A couple of days have gone by since the last Yummy. Ankh is still pissing off Alexis and undermining Jaden, Alexis is still overpowering him, and Jaden is still carefree. At the moment said rider is outside on a bright, sunny day flapping his jacket. "There we go." He hangs it on top of the Cous Cossier sign. "Who needs dryers when you have the good ol' sun?"
His mind goes back to the dysfunctional family he's a part of, and laughs remembering the times Alexis slams Ankh for being himself. "Well, at least things have been quiet."
Alexis comes out to see Jaden, asking, "You're still washing that?"
"It was a gift from an old traveling buddy named Koyo Hibiki," Jaden replies as the wind blows. The cool air also lifts her hair. "If I didn't take care of this thing, I wouldn't be as prepared as I would be right now. Then again, I meet a lot of people on my journey, but some of them I take to heart, like this one guy who has 2000 talents."
"Who could have 2000 talents?" she asks, just as the wind blows away his jacket.
"Ah! Koyo's gift!" Jaden prepares to chase after the jacket, wondering how strong a wind could be to lift up a wet jacket.
The jacket falls into the hands of a passing through traveler. This guy with brown, greased hair looks upon the rider and Alexis. "Yo, Jaden!"
"Ah! Bastion!" he yells, running up to join him. "Dude, how long has it been?!"
"Eh? Is he your friend?" Alexis asks. Bastion approaches them, handing over Jaden's jacket.
"Still caring for this, huh?"
"You have no idea," replies the jacket wearer. He then turns to Alexis to say, "This is Bastion Misawa, a friend of mine back in school. You still got the notebook of formulas?"
"Always." Bastion accompanies Jaden inside of the Cous, and Alexis follows. The rider raises his head up high, glad to see a familiar face. With what happened to him back then, he's glad to get a break from everything.
As this goes on, Gamel searches underneath a Ride Vendor. "Come on, where is it?"
In the voice of a sweet little girl Mezool asks, "What are you doing?"
"Mezool's been feeling sick lately, so I'm looking for some medals to make her-" He couldn't finish because she pulls him by the ear. He ends up transforming and flinches seeing her. "Ah! Mezool!"
"I don't want some medals on the street," she tells him, folding her hands in her pockets before looking out into the city. "If anything, I want the medals OOO stole from me."
"Right! For Mezool, I'll do it!"
Uva watches from above with a scowl, his dark skin bathing in the light. "Gamel's an idiot...Still, now's my turn...Where can I find a human greedy enough?"
Syrus walks down the steps leading to the Kougami Foundation. A guy in a suit brushes him by. "Oh, Syrus. It's funny seeing you here!"
"Not now Jagger." Syrus tries to walk by him.
"I had heard you left the Police force to join the Kougami Foundation; wasn't it to support that guy? What was his name?" Syrus pushes him away before stomping off angrily.
Back With Jaden...
"So, any luck with your scientific progress?" asks Jaden of Bastion as he drinks some tea. "Or, did you get turned down again?"
"...Do you even have to ask?" Bastion says with a shrug. "Things have been hard lately; not only has Japan changed, but I can't even find someone to work with."
With a sigh Jaden responds, "Well, I'm hoping you can find something on your way. You'll have better luck than I did on the road."
"Why, what happened? Did you fulfill your dream?" Bastion asks.
"...No...things kinda...blew up in my face." Alexis turns to him, noticing the hurt look on his face; she could tell he's referring to the war.
"...I see." Bastion shrugs before looking up and saying, "Oh well; Mai pen rai. I'm going to try and work on something. I'll see you later."
"See ya." Bastion leaves the Cous and heads out. "Been a while since I've seen him..."
"It must be nice meeting old friends, huh?" Alexis comments. "By the way, what does mai pen rai mean?"
"Saa." Jaden shrugs before turning to Alexis. "I've been meaning to ask him about that; now that I think about it I also should have warned him about what's been going on."
"You mean the Greeed? You don't think he'd be picked by them, right?" As she speaks Ankh comes out before going to the kitchen.
Jaden watches him and says, "He did say he was having problems getting recognized; that might spike someone's desire radar."
Back with Bastion he's set up in the park trying to work on an essay, unaware that Uva is watching him. "If only I could get their attention, I'd be able to fulfill my dream."
"Allow me to fulfill that desire." Uva tosses a medal into his slot, drawing out a white Yummy.
Uva, as his dark skinned human appearance, approaches Bastion face to face. "Oi, what would you do to become famous?"
"Huh?" Uva stares intently at him. "Well, I guess if I had better speaking skills I could appear on television or the radio, and then people would notice..."
Uva quickly disappears, and his Yummy goes to work.
"Pheh..." Ankh then looks out to the city. "Yummy!"
He detaches himself and flies ahead. "Take care of the body!" Jaden dashes out the door following Ankh. Alexis clutches her brother's body.
Ankh arrives to the scene in time to see the Yummy molting into a butterfly. "This is what you wanted; take it!"
It sends pollen out to Bastion.
Jaden says, "Ankh, stay near the body okay," before holding his hand out for Core medals.
"Don't give me orders!" Ankh drops Tatoba in his hands. "You better earn allot. Those Ride Vendors aren't free!"
He slips them in one by one and scans. "Henshin!"
"Taka! Tora! Batta! Tatoba-Tatoba-Tatoba!"
OOO rushes in and swipes his fingers at the butterfly Yummy, who blocks his attacks easily. He spreads his wings and takes flight, before dropping dust ball bombs upon the rider. OOO rolls over in pain as the butterfly takes off. Syrus rides up just as it gets away.
"Ow...I didn't think it would grow up that fast so easily." His eyes spot Syrus nearby. "Syrus! You see where it went?"
"How could you let it get away? Are you really taking your task as OOO seriously?" asks the blue haired boy.
"Let it?"
"What do you know?" Ankh lifts himself and looks out to the city. "The Yummy is heading north."
"Thanks." OOO looks for a Ride Vendor to chase it, while Syrus leaves.
"So, OOO let the Yummy get away?" Kougami asks of Syrus minutes after he returns to the foundation. He turns around slowly in his chair.
"Is it really the best thing to do by letting him be OOO?" asks Syrus, his eyes staring into that of cake boss.
"Syrus, I can't help but feel you're being a little jealous..." Syrus looks away at the assumption, spotting Satonaka enjoying the rest of a cake at the side. "Truly compelling."
"...I'll be on my way then." Syrus walks off, bowing to Satonaka as he does.
"Wait!" Kougami holds out a box in front of him. "These are Doctor Takuma's newly developed Candroids. I want you to bring them to OOO for testing."
He then tosses the box to him. Truesdale sighs, feeling disgruntled after having to go through deliveries again.
As Jaden our favorite rider continues to ride, having joined up with Ankh who returned to Atticus' body. "Let's see...the last victim was a famous novelist, so what kind of pattern might this be?"
"It'd be easy if we knew what the host was."
The Yummy flies over a car and begins to attack it, causing the vehicle to crash. Out crawl away two scientists, one of which gets drained by the butterfly. The Yummy raises his wings, saying, "This is what you wanted; take it," and sends pollen to Bastion again.
While this is going on, Gamel jumps in front of Jaden to toss his motorcycle in the air. Ankh comes flying up, saying, "Gamel, we don't have time for you!"
"Hand over Mezool's medal!" he grumbles.
"OOO, take his medal instead!"
Elsewhere...
"How long do I have to keep doing this?" Syrus asks himself as he prepares to use the Ride Vendor.
"I believe Truesdale-kun is perfect for protecting the world," says Saiou as he approaches him.
"Dr. Takuma, what can I do for you?"
"Kougami may not believe it, but you can actually prove yourself to him." He adjusts his doll. "The end result is the most important thing."
Back To Action...
Jaden growls as he tries to hold off Gamel, almost wondering how it was possible to pierce through his skin. Gamel pushes him into a parked truck, his back denting it. Using the Taka medal he searches through his body, but there were so many cell medals used as thick armor that he can't track any of his medals.
"This isn't going to be easy."
"OOO, use this!" Ankh flies to Jaden and hands him Cheetah.
He slips them in and scans. "Taka! Tora! Cheetah!"
Gamel comes charging in, but OOO rises and claws his arms away, providing a more flexible approach to his attacks than before. "I guess I can outmaneuver him."
He runs all around Gamel, who tries to catch him but fails. "My eyes!" OOO then comes in and throw machine gun kicks to his chest, hoping he can dig through like with Kazari's Yummy. Gamel's medals are still too thick for him, so instead he just knocks him aside. Ankh gets caught in the crossfire and knocked to the ground.
Jaden looks back and sees two blue medals in his hands. "Eh? Ankh, what are you doing?"
"Hey! You were the one who knocked him into me!" replies the bird hand.
"Mezool's Core Medal?" Gamel looks in his hands to see two Tako medals, surprised he actually managed to do it.
"Get them back!" Ankh demands.
"I'll get his if I don't get the Yummy in time," replies the rider before he takes off. "Besides, you said he'd be around her most of the time, right?"
"Hey, OOO get back here!" Ankh shouts. With what he wants Gamel leaves too, leaving Ankh to shout, "Gamel, don't move! Damn it!"
As this goes on, Alexis looks for Bastion. The words Jaden told her about him probably being a Yummy's host worries her. She manages to track him, just as he's about to appear on a talk show. "Is he really being affected by a Greeed? I wish I knew him better to tell the difference."
In the sidelines, Uva watches Bastion prepare himself. He grins, thinking, 'Release more! Desire more!'
Her eyes take notice of Uva. 'Where have I seen him before?' That's when it hits her; a similar person was there two months ago when she discovered Jaden was a rider. "He's the bug monster who attacked Jaden!"
Having heard her, Uva glances at Alexis; he instantly recognizes her. "OOO's woman..." Transforming, the bug Greeed walks towards her slowly. "Prepare to die."
She screams and runs away, causing everyone to see him and go off too. This also scares Bastion, who runs away saying, "What the hell is that?!"
Uva leaps at Alexis and claws at her back; she narrowly dodges, only her clothes getting cut. She then lifts a giant podium and tosses it at him, but he slashes it in half despite being shocked at her strength. Desperate Alexis uses a fire extinguisher to create a smokescreen.
Uva curses vehemently before hopping off, Bastion and the others long gone. Alexis rises up from some rubble, having hid there during distraction. "I have to tell Jaden!"
The Yummy lands before another famous person. "It's not enough; give your talent as well!"
Luckily, Syrus rides up and fires at the monster with twin pistols as much and as fast as he can. Cell medals fall out with each shot, until he runs out. "I will prove myself!"
He unhooks his bazooka and fires, but the Yummy takes flight and scratches at his chest; even though it's padded with a protective vest he still gets hurt. "Did you think you could defeat me?!"
OOO comes running in at full speed, which is why he can't stop himself when he crashes into a wall. 'Gotta work on the stops!' "Let's go!"
He leaps in and claws at the Yummy's back. "Syrus, you okay?"
Ankh manages to catch up with Jaden. He tosses Kamikiri, saying, "OOO, clip its wings before it can fly away!"
Jaden nods as he slips it in, leaving Syrus to lie in rest. "Sorry for leaving you behind," says the rider before he scans them.
"Taka-Kamikiri-Cheetah!" With the mantis blades and his cheetah speed, he dashes in and wildly slashes at the butterfly. He throws a roundhouse kick and cuts his face, before kicking him in the same spot. With his blinding speed the Butterfly Yummy couldn't keep up.
With the Yummy injured enough OOO gets himself ready. "Scanning Charge!" Three rings appear in position before him. He rushes through, the Hawk eyes focusing on the monster's body.
At that moment Syrus was as well, firing his bazooka upon the butterfly. Unfortunately it sees this, so the Yummy adjusts its body so OOO ends up getting caught in the explosion. Screaming in pain, OOO gets blown wayward into the stairs. He rolls over the ground in pain, his transformation canceling and complaining, "If it wasn't for the suit, I'd be dead."
The butterfly laughs before flying off. Ankh floats towards Syrus and growls, "Why did you shoot OOO?!"
"He just got in the way!" replies the 'messenger boy'. "Besides, I don't feel Jaden can properly save the world."
Ankh scuffs. "Huh? And just how are you protecting it?"
"If I had the power of OOO..."
"Syrus, I think it's best that you don't have OOO's power," Jaden tells him. "From what I heard, it's dangerous...then again, it would be nice to take a break now and then. Wanna partner up?"
"Are you making fun of me you idiot?!" Syrus tells him.
"You idiot!" Ankh adds, slapping Jaden in the face. "Besides, you're the one who unsealed it; you're the only one who can become OOO!"
"Jaden!" Alexis calls out as she runs up to them. "You were right! Bastion's in trouble!"
He gives out a sigh and says, "I hate it when I'm right...We just need to find Uva, so maybe if we find the Yummy we'll lure him out."
"Oh, is that your plan? Lure your friend to you and expose Uva?" asks the red right hand.
"You have a better idea?"
"...Alright, let's try it out. You've been having good ideas lately." Ankh flies off, seeking out the detective's body. "Soon as I get back."
Alexis watches as he goes, the cut on her clothes exposed to Jaden and Syrus. The brown haired hero looks to her and feels his throat clench up.
Little Syrus on the other hand couldn't be bothered with it, and instead heads back to Kougami without giving Jaden the Candroids.
"That's what scares me a little; I think Ankh's starting to rub off of me." Jaden turns to Alexis as Ankh returns as Atticus.
"Good! That'll be one step closer to you and your incessant caring for others going away," Ankh says before he reaches a Ride Vendor. "Let's head back for some ice."
"It's not going to go away Ankh."
"No more ice!" Alexis follows after them.
Back With Syrus...
Kougami is currently making batter. After hearing of what happened, he's remained silent to the matter. Satonaka states, "He's become a bit of a problem lately."
"Yes, amazing. You decided to take actions into your own hands instead of following my order...A new Syrus Truesdale has been born! CONGRATULATIONS!" Kougami practically bellows.
"About the new equipment that even a human can use-"
"You deserve a gift..." Syrus remains silent. "And that's punishment. For now you're on unpaid leave, suspension. Got it?!" Syrus nods in response to Kougami's words. The big ham then continues making batter, letting some spill out and hit Syrus in the face.
The poor boy heads out, still determined to work on earning that system. Before he could leave he meets Saiou. "So, on your way home for your leave? Poor boy." A chuckle escapes his lips like a gasp of air from a leaking balloon.
"Don't talk to me again!"
Elsewhere...
"Mezool, here!" Gamel, having returned to the abandoned bar, holds out the two medals to the little girl.
"My Core medals?" Shocked, the blue Greeed approaches him slowly before taking them. She then inserts them, and feels power brimming back inside of her. Back in her Greeed form, her clothing is still non-apparent, she says, "Thank you Gamel. You worked so hard."
Mezool pets him on the head, who giggles. Uva comes in. "Gamel, nice job."
"Uva, how's your new pet going?" asks Mezool. "Keeping more medals to yourself?"
"OOO got in the way again." Uva pounds the counter.
"Then let's get him; four of us will be able to kill him once and for all." Mezool prepares to head out.
Gamel grabs her. "No! Mezool stay!"
"That's right; you gain your energy. Gamel and I will kill OOO!" Uva and Gamel walk out the bar. His eyes look back to her as he thinks, 'Afterwards, I'll have more medals for myself.'
Back at Cous Cossier the trio find Bastion looking around. "Bastion!"
Bastion looks to Jaden and says, "Jaden, I need a story for my next essay; I was hoping to borrow your story during that war!"
"How can you ask to do that?" Alexis asks of Bastion, despite knowing he's under the influence of the Yummy.
"Uh, why not go as an Archaeologist's run of the point of view of the citizens of an unknown kingdom 800 years ago?" Brown hair then turns to Ankh, giving him a look that screams, 'I'll pay you in Ice Cream for a week if you help me out,' but mostly along the lines of 'Help me!'
Even the red bird can tell that what happened back in the civil war is a sore spot.
"A what?" Bastion asks.
Ankh looks out ahead. "Time to harvest. The Yummy is nearby." Ankh then hands Jaden the Tatoba combo. "If this goes well you can hold onto those again."
"I'll pay you in not just cell medals if you can distract him," he says with a nod. Jaden then pushes Ankh before Bastion. "Here's your Archaeologist. He'll tell you about his findings about the Kingdom!"
He then dashes out the restaurant, boards a Ride Vendor and transforms. "Henshin!"
"Taka-Tora-Batta! TATOBA! TATOBA TATOBA!"
After Jaden leaves Ankh grabs Alexis and says, "You do something."
"Eh?" Alexis looks at Ankh, who heads to the battlefield after Jaden. She then comes up with an idea. "Bastion, I gotta show you something."
"Huh?" Alexis, with her strength, pulls onto Bastion and takes her to the fight.
OOO rides along the road in search of the Yummy, but is also looking for Uva or Gamel to ambush him. Ankh STILL had four of their medals. The Yummy lands before a celebrity and attacks her, but OOO steps in and kicks him aside. He then helps her up, handing over a shoe that fell off. "Get going!"
Upon arrival Alexis and Bastion see OOO in battle with the Yummy. Alexis points at the Yummy, saying, "That's a Yummy."
"Yummy?"
"They're monsters born from the desires of humans. I'm sure a man in green approached you, and that's how it came from you. It might have also been attacking famous people and stealing their talents," she says to him. Bastion then thinks about it, and realizes that she's right. That would explain everything that's happened to him. "Jaden's history with the civil war is personal to him, which is why he doesn't want to let you use it. Not only that, but I feel that what a person does is more important."
Syrus comes to the battlefield as well, just in time to hear her words. "What one does?"
Bastion takes a moment to think, realizing everything's true. He then sighs. "You're right; I've been contemplating on how to become famous and have my genius exposed, but in reality I never did anything. I just got jealous of people who did and wanted to be like them."
'I'm the same...I talk about saving the world, but I've done nothing but cause trouble. On the other hand, Jaden has been doing small things like saving people day after day...' Syrus thinks.
Using the Tora claws he gets in a couple of slashes. But that's when someone else slashes at his back. He looks back and spots Uva. "You! Are you the one who attacked Alexis?!"
"Hand over your medals, OOO!" Uva jabs at OOO, sending him into the ground.
Syrus goes into action, unhooking his bazooka and firing at a fleeing Uva. "OOO, new Candroids!" He then tosses the box of Unagi Candroids over.
The box opens up and the eels fall into the bewildered hands of the three layer rider. He drops them and backs away. "YEAGH!" OOO takse a minute to look at them, and sighs. "Oh, sorry. Thought those were snakes. I really hate snakes after that one incident with a cobra...oh, here comes Gamel."
"Who?" Syrus gets tossed aside by Gamel.
"Syrus!" Gamel begins throwing harsh punches at Jaden, who also gets blindsided by Uva and the Butterfly.
"OOO!" Ankh comes flying into the scene. "I've got an idea to stop the Yummy's flying abilities. Grab Gamel's medals!"
He then takes off when Uva returns to the scene.
"Thanks for the new Candroids." OOO activates and tosses them as soon as he could at Uva, before his body receives several blows from the Butterfly. He draws the Medajalibur and inserts a Cell medal, before scanning it.
"Scanning Charge!" As Uva breaks free OOO makes a quick spin, slashing away all three of them. He then dashes at Gamel with his Tora Claws, throwing a strong punch into Gamel's stomach; the heavy Greeed knocks him aside, but groans as his body loses his pants.
"I think I got all three of them," he says, opening his palm and looking down at the medals. The butterfly takes him in the air and drops him upon the ground.
"Jaden!" Alexis is just about to head for him, but Bastion and Syrus hold her back. OOO picks himself up before inserting the medals inside of him. He then brings out the scanner just as the three monsters prepare to pounce.
"Sai-Gorill-Zou! Sagozo. SAGOZO!"
OOO's new gray form appears more bulky as it has gorilla fists, a rhino's helmet, and elephant feet. Just looking at him shows how heavy he could be. However, that's when the excess energy kicks in as OOO beats his iron lungs while making a hot blooded scream.
(Sun Goes Up can be heard)
Much to their surprise, Uva, Gamel and the Yummy get caught in a gravitational field that sends them and some debris flying in the air. Gamel falls on top of Uva, causing him to cough up a Kuwagata medal. Ankh is just about to complain about him using a combo again, but stops when he sees the green coin; flying up he grabs hold of it. "Guess this is a prize for our hard work."
Uva and Gamel, the latter of which lost his pants, run away so as to keep the rest of their medals. "I'll remember this!"
"Go Jaden!" Alexis cheers, happy that Jaden managed to turn things around. Bastion joins in as well.
Taking out the scanner Jaden slides along the driver. "SCANNING CHARGE!" Using gravity Sagozo OOO leaps high in the air and comes crashing down in a powerful landing. The three rings that form on his charges appear by the Yummy, dragging it towards Jaden. OOO raises his gorilla fists up and raises his rhino horn, before bashing all three into the bug and destroying it. Medal rains down upon him and the others as the collateral damage fixes itself.
After de-henshining, Jaden makes a pained groan. "Next time, I have to check the weight ratio... Not exactly agile in that form..."
Syrus approaches Jaden and offers his hand. "I'm sorry for being such a jerk lately."
"You're forgiven; although if you're out of a job, I could probably ask Sarina to take you in...that is, if she wasn't taking a vacation in Brazil sometime later." Jaden takes his hand and pulls himself up.
"I'll be fine for now," Syrus says to him.
Ankh watches Jaden from the sidelines, as Alexis and Bastion join up with him. "This OOO already has reached the expectations of the previous king; not only can he resist Latoratah but also Sagozo."
"Jaden," Bastion begins as he approaches him. "I'm sorry too, for asking about your story."
"Actually," Jaden pats him on the shoulder. "I should be the one to apologize; I knew how much being famous meant to you, and I didn't remember to tell you about the Greeed." He prepares to walk forward, but finds himself stumbling a bit. Alexis helps him up, her strength more than capable of doing so.
"Right. I won't be so selfish anymore," Bastion says.
Ankh spots a couple of people coming to the scene and taking photos. He also notes one of them has an ice pop. Alexis grabs him by the ear before he could take it. "Hey!"
"What if my brother gains a bad attitude because of you?!" Alexis is just about to whack him on the skull, but keeps herself from doing so thanks to Jaden.
The four, excluding Syrus, return to the Cous. Bastion his stuff and prepares to leave. "Well, I guess I'll start by doing what I can do. Mai pen rai."
"That reminds me; what does that mean?" Jaden asks of the genius.
"It's Thai for no worries; things will work out." He stretches his arm out and prepares to leave. "Good luck being a hero."
"Oh, one more thing." Jaden digs into his knapsack and pulls something out. Surprisingly, it's a yellow jacket in the same style as his own red one. "Eh, yellow fit you more than it did me."
Bastion sweat drops a bit, but otherwise accepts the jacket. "Sure thing. Thanks."
As they leave, a Batta Candroid attached to an Unagi hops away. Back in Saiou's lab he watches. "Syrus has made progress...but he's still sour and prideful. He'll be a perfect assistant." His eyes look back to spot a white haired human in the shadows.
Next Time on Kamen Rider OOO...
Kamen Rider, to the inner core of the Earth!
