In the last episode.
" Something's wrong, as far as we know Kyubey never form a contract with a girl that young before. What make him targeting that girl?"
" I have an important announcement to make. We are getting four new students in our class starting today."
'So, the Kurosaki twins are here…then that means he's in the city as well.'
'When did you make the contract with Kyubey, Sayaka?'
"So…that's the rookie, eh?"
"Sakura? Sempai?"
'Just…what is she?'
Final Vent
Advent
"I'd rather be a hypocrite than a fool who lets people die just because others were acting rash."
"How do you know that I won't go after her again?"
"Fine. But don't you dare expect me to go easy on her the next time I see her."
Episode 6: Tragic of the snake, Ouja origin
"Explain to me again why we're bringing the Pervert of all people with us?" Ryu said in strong annoyance as he sat next to Kyoko and across from said pervert who flinched at his words.
Currently they were on a bullet train ride to Asurano to deal with some missing case, which normally would not be a problem for Ryu if it were not for the thing sitting across from him.
Kyoko simply sighed. "I sympathize with you, I really do but Oni-san wanted to test him out against other Puella Magi." Before she frowned. "But in all honesty, he might just be a liability." She said causing the pervert to jump up in annoyance.
"HEY!" Issei protested loudly. "I know that I'm not as awesome as you guys are but I sure as hell can hold my ground against other monsters!" He exclaimed loudly to the duo as the male half slowly turned to him with a flat look.
"Do you always yell loudly in public places or are you suffering brain damage right now?" Ryu deadpanned as Issei blushed and quickly looked around to see no one and glared back at Ryu as he snorted. "You're lucky nobody takes the Bullet Train at Four in the morning here otherwise you might be sent back to the mental institute." Ryu said in amusement.
"Y-y-You…!" Issei seethed out as he tightened his grips and looked at Ryu angrily.
"So, I have to ask Issei." Kyoko spoke up causing the Pervert to quickly turn his attention to her. "For what possible reason did you join the Rider War?" She asked as Ryu slowly looked to Issei indicating his interest in this.
Issei's response was to simply grin goofy and gained a perverted look in his eyes. "I want to use the wish of the Rider War to become a Harem King!" The pervert declared as the duo simply blinked once then twice, and one last time before they scowled at him.
Issei, who wasn't paying attention to this continued on. "I want to have a harem of women with big boobs and sexy bodies, that way I can play with their breasts and their bodies as I have fun and love this as they moan out my name begging for more and more…" Before being violently cut off with a punch to his face from Ryu, who looked furious at him.
"You mean to tell me." Ryu started off rather furiously. "The only reason you joined this war. Was so you can get yourself laid!" He snarled venomously. "THIS IS SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE ARE WILLING TO KILL AND DIE FOR, YOU FOOL!" He shouted furiously before the terrified Pervert.
At hearing that Issei got paled. "Wh-wh-what? I thought people just lose their decks and are kicked out of the war with no way back in." He said weakly as even his own excuse sounded weak to him.
Ryu simply just scowled at him. "Idiot do you really think that there's something as convenient as that?" He snapped back at Issei who simply flinched at the response before Ryu shook his head. "I don't even know why you entered the War with a will as weak as that." Ryu spat back as Issei flinched once more.
Then Ryu got back into his seat as the rest of the way there was in silence before Kyoko decided to take pity on him and started whisper talking to Issei as Ryu seems to have fallen asleep.
"Issei while you may not know it, but almost every Rider that entered the war has a reason to be fighting and killing each other to win." She whispered back as Issei flinched. "Ryu is no exception, he's possibly the most devoted to winning the war among us." She whispered as the trio got out of the train station.
Soon the trio got out their decks and stealthy entered an ally and found a broken mirror on the ground before both boys started to transform with the buckle appearing on their waists now. Soon they all got out to pose.
"Henshin!" The duo nearly shouted as glass formed around the duo before shattering to reveal with Riders.
Ryu was clad in his familiar purplish Egyptian themed armor once more with his staff with a cobra figurehead at the top of it.
Issei was clad in black bodysuit with a brown top and horns on his shoulder with horns on his helmet and a grill with knee guards and his visor by his leg. This was Kamen Rider Imperer!
Kyoko, however was clad in a her Puella Magi outfit which gave her a sorcerer like look with a butterfly theme going about her.
Ouja looked back to the two and spoke again. "We can take a shortcut here so keep up guys." He said as he jumped through the mirror as Kyoko unhesitatingly followed through with Imperer being the last as he hesitated a bit more before he finally jumped through as well.
Soon, both Riders and Magical Girl were in the Mirror World and Ouja quickly worked his way to the top of the roof on one house and he started putting more energy into his legs and jumped effortlessly as the other Rider and Magical Girl did.
There was a major reason why most Riders prefer to fight in the Mirror World unlike the Real World. In the Real World, most Riders have parts of their powers limited to prevent casual destruction but in the Mirror World all limitations come off allowing them to put more power and speed into anything they can do.
It is also part of the reason why the Riders can leap over roofs easily as Ouja, Imperer, except Kyoko are doing right now. And strangely enough, the Labyrinths of Witches worked similarly enough that Riders can use their full potential as well.
As they were jumping on the roofs Imperer was in thought as he remembered what Ryu said about people willing to kill and die for their wish and that made wonder if his wish is really worth granting and wondered what kind of wishes do the other Riders have.
Ryu was not really happy with him so he decided to ask Kyoko. "Hey Kyoko." He called out causing said girl to grunt to let him she's listening. "What kind of wishes do you guys have?" He asked as then Kyoko started to sag a bit as Ryu was ahead of them before she finally responded.
"That's a rather personal question Issei." Kyoko warned as she continued on. "Most people have wishes that are dear and close to their heart and my wish is something I am not comfortable discussing." She said as she shut down that door.
But there was still another that he could ask about. "Then…what about Ryu? What's his wish?" He asked as Kyoko now looked anxious when she heard that. "Is something the matter?" He asked.
Kyoko looked somewhat conflicted before Ryu interrupted the both of them. "If you want to know my wish you need to know the context for it." He said as he stopped on a roof and looked to Kyoko. "Feel free to tell him, it's not like it makes any differences to me." He replied blankly as he continued to head towards a certain direction.
Meanwhile Kyoko took a deep breath and though Issei could not see her, he knew that she was somewhat anxious about it. "Okay then, but please pay attention cause it's kind of a long story." She explained.
Flashback
Ryu didn't know what was going on, he was somehow walking to this weird place alongside a bunch of other people even though he was told to never go wonder in places you never know about.
And he wasn't the only one as a lot of people were doing the same thing and then he started to feel cold and shivered in fright as he got into a dark place and soon he could see people being picked up one by one and he had no idea as to what was going on.
Then he heard slurping sound and the thump of bones and bodies and soon he could no longer take it and whatever was holding him in place started to hurt his mind before his eyes widened in pain and screamed as he lurched forward before collapsing on the ground.
Soon as he got up wobbly as he breathed heavily what he saw could only come out of a nightmare as he saw destroyed building spider webs everywhere and people with the same blank look on their faces and soon he peeked a bit further and saw a gigantic monster spider like thing sucking out people and dropping their husks to the ground after it was finished with it.
Soon he could see smaller spiders coming towards them and it was with a horrifying realization that he became aware of what he is here and where he is.
He was the cattle and this was the slaughterhouse.
So, he did what any sane person would do in that situation.
He ran for it as though the Devil was on his path. Which would be accurate as the gigantic Spider Monster slowly turned to Ryu and smiled viciously. "Mine." It hissed as it slowly followed the terrified boy.
(Ten Minutes Later)
'Gotta run, gotta run, stay far ahead and don't look back!' A terrified Ryu thought to himself as he heard a loud sound behind him that gave him no end of goosebumps and cold sweat.
'Think Ryu, Think!' He berated to himself as he tried to recognize what familiar landmarks there are hoping to use them as a source of reference before seeing several buildings, a junkyard, and a…mall. Yes! That was familiar to him, it was the Junes Mall that was set up about a couple weeks ago, last, he heard.
There should be some supplies and soon Ryu quickly ran for the place maybe finding something that he can use as a weapon. Then he heard the loud sound again and this time followed by some creepy laughter that would not sound out of place in a slasher flick. 'Yeah I think I will get a weapon first.' Ryu thought to himself quietly as he ran much faster for the mall.
(Another Ten Minutes Later)
'Okay this seems stupid but it's better than nothing.' Ryu thought to himself as he was covered up in baseball gear and carrying a metal bat. Normally people would have gone for the gun store but Ryu didn't know how to fire a gun and he would rather not risk anything by poor shooting or misfires.
Then he saw the small spiders heading for him and then giant spider thing heading to him as well as he realized suddenly upon seeing the smile upon that giant spider lady of sorts now that he got a closer look at it.
'This was all but a game.' He thought numbly to himself. 'A game to see if I can outrun it long enough before I die.' It was then he saw over hundreds of the smaller monsters appearing at of nowhere did Ryu felt the last of his will died as he slumped to the ground.
'I can't do this, I won't survive.' He thought as the monsters broke into the mall and finally cornered him. 'This is where I die.' He thought as he closed his eyes in resignation.
Then he heard a loud crashing sound and sudden gust of wind pushing him away causing him to open his eyes in shock as he saw before him what could possibly be the most ridiculous thing he has ever seen.
Actual living Magical Girls!
It could only be that as no other living person that he knows of would wear a skintight suit and frilly skirts with weapons that can seemingly smash any of those monsters away, the same monsters that broke through walls with ease.
There were about three of them in total with one having long blue hair tied up in a ponytail like fashion with a black and blue bodysuit with a long silver blade and armored leggings and weird symbols all around as she seemingly danced around the monsters and cutting them down.
The second one had a red and black themed outfit with a large weird looking lance that she swung around and smashed anything around her to bits as she also had armored leggings and some black gauntlets.
The third and final one had white hair and a scowl attached to her face and dressed in a purple and black outfit with no leggings or sleeves at all. It was at that point she wielded what appeared to be Gatling cannons as she blasted everything away from her with ease.
And Ryu could care less as once they all eliminated the smaller monsters they went after the giant spider lady monster and utterly annihilated her.
"Thousand Tear!" The blue haired girl cried out.
"Impact Thrust!" The red-haired girl shouted.
"Burn to Ashes!" The white-haired girl screamed.
As they combined attacks destroyed the monster and reformed everything back to normal. Before the red-haired girl sighed in sadness upon seeing the utter destruction.
"Yet again we failed to save anyone from the Witches and their Familiars." She said sadly.
"But Kanade, at least now the citizens will no longer be in danger from the Witch's Barrier and the likes." The blue haired girl interjected as the white-haired girl nodded in agreement.
"Tsubassa is right, at least now the people will be sleeping more easily." She replied.
Still, Kanade sighed as she looked sadly to the destruction. "I know Chris, but still…I would like there to be a survivor one time." She said sadly as the other girls looked sadly at her.
At this point, Ryu got out breathing heavily as the three girls turned to him and looked at him with wide eyes and were smiling now.
The biggest smile belonging to Kanade as she ran over and tackled Ryu and started crying as she repeated her line.
"You're alive, you're alive, you're alive!" She cried out as she hugged the tired Ryu, who at this point had so many questions he wanted to ask.
(Much Later and some Explaining)
"So, what do you think?" Kanade asked nervously as she and her friends looked at the boy who was staring at them blankly and it honestly unnerved them a bit.
Ryu simply sighed and gave them a tired look. "If it weren't for the fact that I had seen this shit with my own two eyes I would have been convinced I was going insane." He admitted as the other girls nodded understanding that feeling.
"It's not a walk in the park if that makes you feel any better." Tsubassa said as she tried to comfort Ryu a bit. Long story short, it did make him feel better.
"Still though…the proof is undeniable." Ryu stated as the girls simply smiled at him for accepting their words. "When you eliminate the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth." He added in.
"Well that takes care of that." Kanade said cheerfully now. "The real question is where do we go from here?" She asked causing everyone to hum in in response as generally they never rescued anyone who was still conscious.
It was then Ryu spoke up, "Is it possible for normal people to remain unaffected by the Witch's Kisses or Familiar so to say?" He asked timidly to which the girls looked at him in confusion before Kanade spoke up.
"In general, regular humans don't have that kind of immunity." She said before looking at Ryu in a new light now. "But you somehow managed to not only resist the Witch's Kiss and escape on your own." She said as the other girls looked at him now.
"But there are exceptions such as Magical Girls providing some kind of enchanted protection." Tsubassa spoke up.
"Which brings the question." Chris added in.
"How did you break out of the Kiss?" Kanade asked as the girls looked to Ryu who looked just as confused as them before he shook his head.
"I don't know." He admitted. "All I could feel was as soon as I got infected I knew something was off and whatever was affecting me was not normal in the least and it terrified me and somehow I broke out of it and then I started running." He stated as the girls looked contemplative.
"Maybe your adrenaline levels were running high?" Tsubassa offered.
"Maybe it wanted to screw with you?" Chris added in.
Ryu simply shrugged at that. "Perhaps it may have been the latter or the former or perhaps both." He admitted. "But I just have one question for you." He said as the girls looked at him closely. "Is there any way that I can help?" He asked catching the girls off guard.
"…What? Why would you want to help?" Kanade asked as she regained her composure as Ryu looked down for a bit before looking straight up right back into her eyes.
"Because, how can I simply just ignore that innocent people are now in danger? How can I simply just go back to my regular life and not do anything about it?" Ryu said as the more and more he talked the more and more the girls looked impressed. "I know I may be powerless." Ryu admitted. "But that doesn't mean I can't do anything, now can I?" He asked as he looked at them.
The girls looked conflicted and soon they separated to talk about it in their own little group. From what he can hear someone was against it, another was unsure, and the last wanted me to be safe. But one of them talked about me being an abnormality and they also seemed to be talking to thin air?
Eventually they disbanded and look back to me with serious eyes.
"Okay then." Kanade spoke up.
"You seem like an earnest guy and all so we don't mind the help." She said as a ghost of a smile appeared on my face. "But you need to listen to everything we ordered you to do, understand?" She all but demanded as I nodded my head as she then smiled. "So, let's get started."
Over the next three months Ryu helped out the girls in any way he can from helping them buy their groceries, to helping them study for classes, to listening to their woes, even cooking for them, to even evacuating civilians when he can, but the most amazing thing that Ryu has ever done was when Ryu showed his own martial prowess.
Ryu breathed heavily as the girls were fighting off a Witch in the background and meanwhile before him stood a Familiar that was rather humanoid and looked kind of like the doll while Ryu was armed with nothing more than a magically reinforced metal bat and knife as well.
"Well now, aren't you a little annoying little gadfly?" Ryu commented in annoyance as the familiar jumped at him before Ryu sidestepped to the right letting the familiar pass by him before he spun around as he lifted his metal bat and smashed the familiar to the ground.
Earning a groan from the familiar before it jumped straight at him, causing him to drop his bat as he struggled to keep the familiar from choking him before he gripped his knife tighter and jammed it straight into one of its eyes causing it to shriek and writhe around in pain.
In that time, Ryu kicked the familiar off of him and he started rushing for the metal bat that still had the magical enchantment on it and he slowly walked over to the screaming familiar taking calming breaths as he gripped the bat in his hand with both hands and once he got over to the familiar he started bashing its head in.
He smashed everywhere that he could to make the damned thing scream and die and soon he found that the part where the knife was jabbed in hurt the most for him and so he started bashing that area in till he could no longer see the knife and then jabbed the bat's tip into where the knife was and soon the familiar let out a dying croak before it vanished.
As he saw the familiar vanished Ryu finally collapsed to the ground breathing heavily as the other girls came in just as they finished off the Witch and all of them were utterly amazed at what he did.
"Ryu, that was amazing!" Kanade cheered as she went up to Ryu as he gave out a small grin at that.
Over the next month or so, Ryu then grew closer with the girls learning more about them and helping them out in whatever way that he can. He was then even able to learn of their wishes. As it turns out Kanade lost her family in an archeological dig and lost the item they were surveying and her wish was to simply regain the lost historical artifact and have displayed in a museum.
Tsubassa had her wish revolving around her family. As it turns out her grandfather was actually her father and that her father was actually her half-brother. Her wish was to simply be the daughter of the man that loved her and treated her as his daughter rather than be the daughter of the old man.
Chris's wish revolved around her dead parents, who died in the Middle East, and her wish revolved around being able to continue singing in the memory of her dead parents after her vocal cords got damaged during a bombing attack.
All in all, everything was going well for them. The girls had someone to talk to and rely on, they were protecting more people, Ryu had three new people he can finally call friends and so on.
But, all good things must come to an end at some point.
"I don't understand! How could this have happened!" Ryu cried out as he witnessed the most horrifying moment in his entire life. Before him was Chris's human body and her soul gem nowhere to be found as the damned soul gem turned into Witch!
"I don't know!" Kanade cried out as she dodged out of the way of nasty blast from Chris's Witch form as Tsubassa tried to get closer now. "Regardless we have to stop her!" She shouted as she started charging in.
All the meanwhile Ryu could only take unsteady backwards steps completely shocked by what happened. "How could this be?" he muttered to himself as he looked on in horror. "From what they told me the being known as the Incubators gave the girls a wish." He muttered to himself.
Then he remembered one important details. "Why are Grief Seeds needed?" He asked himself. 'Why do Soul Gems look like Grief Seeds…Wait! From what they told me the Incubators are uninspired so that means…' He thought before his eyes widened in horror and despair.
"Witches…were…Magical Girls." He choked out as he looked to the Soul Gems. 'Their bodies are intact…but their souls are not…they're in that thing.' He thought with increasing horror.
Then he growled. "Incubators!" He growled viciously. "I should have realized it, nothing ever comes without a price." He snarled as his eyes went wide and saw that Tsubassa was killed as a blast smashed her directly leaving nothing behind and that another blast smashed him against a wall and left him concussed.
As blood trickled down Ryu's head he blinked once before he saw that Kanade had a tear stricken face and a sad smile as well. "K-Kanade." Ryu gurgled out as he tried reaching out to her as she stood still.
Then she looked back to Ryu and walked to him gently and took his offered hand into both of hers. "Ryu." She whispered. "I won't be able to laugh and hang out with you anymore." She said as his eyes widened. "Just promise me, even though you may mourn for us, never get involved in this pain ever again." She pleaded, no…begged of him.
"…Kanade." Ryu said again as his eyes started to tear up as he realized what she was planning to do. "Please…don't do…it." he begged pathetically to her.
Kanade simply gave him a loving smile before she knelt down and kissed Ryu, surprising him with her soft and wet kiss. It felt like time stopped still for them before she separated from him and giggled. "That was my first kiss you know?" She said sadly. "Please do not ever forget me, Ryu." Kanade said before she went to face Chris's Witch form.
As she walked up she pulled out the Soul Gem that she always carried and then she started singing.
It was beautiful.
It was powerful.
It carried all of her emotions.
It made one hoped for a better tomorrow.
Yet it was tragic.
This was it.
This was her final battle.
Then as she finished singing, she turned to me one last time and smiled as blood flowed from her mouth and gave me a thumb up as she ran towards Chris and her Familiars.
Then she jumped straight to Chris, she exploded and everything was affected.
Nothing survived that suicidal attack.
Except for me.
I couldn't say anything, couldn't scream anything, all I could do was let my tears flow out of eyes as I finally lost conscious.
This was it.
The end of three of my friends now.
I was alone.
Flashback End
Issei looked shocked as he heard that from Kyoko and for some reason he couldn't stop crying as he heard that as Kyoko had her own bitter look upon hearing that.
"Is…is Ryu's wish to revive those girls?" Issei asked as Kyoko shook her head in reply.
"No…his wish is much more than that." She said before she continued again.
Another Flashback
Ryu just continued another day of walking forlornly to his school, it has been over a month since they've died and he has yet to gotten over it. No matter how hard he tried to focus on the class lessons, or the latest news, or anything really. He could not get over the loss of his dear friends…especially Kanade.
Her death hit him the hardest out of all three of them. She was the first one to have made friends with him, encouraged him to help out, and…even gave her first kiss to as well.
Ryu shook his head out of these thoughts and focused on the lecture at hand. He made a promise to her, and he would keep it.
In other words, another boring school day for him…or so he thought.
As Ryu was walking back home to his empty apartment once more he noticed something in the air was off and soon he heard a strange ringing noise that then suddenly stopped as the window besides him rippled a bit and before he knew it a flash of light appeared out of nowhere in front of him.
Then as the light dimmed down before him was a sight that would be forever burnt into his mind for the rest of his life.
Before him was a being clad in crimson and gold armor with wing like protrusions on the helmet and shoulders. And in its right hand was a scepter with its figurehead shaped after an eagle closing its wings.
"I am Odin, Master and Referee of the Rider War." The being declared causing Ryu to snap out of his fervor to pay attention to what Odin said.
"Rider War?" He mumbled in confusion as Odin nodded.
"Yes, the Rider War is a battle to determine the strongest and greatest of Riders." Odin stated as the Master of the War explained everything from the Mirror Monsters, to contracts, to the War and even the grand prize for it. "The last remaining Rider shall be declared the strongest and will be granted a wish, a wish that can do anything." Odin said.
Ryu was silent for a while till he found his voice again. "And why was I approached?" He asked cautiously as Odin shifted ever so lightly to look at Ryu calmly in the eyes causing him to feel a bit anxious before Odin spoke.
"You have more reason than most would have to fight." He started off. "Your own mental fortitude and your will is beyond that of simple man. Would you really deny a chance to revive your friends or perhaps even stop the Incubators from destroying the lives of innocent girls?" Odin asked as my throat went dry.
Ryu will admit that the prospect does sound very tempting and all. But, he was one among many contestants being offered this chance and what reason does he have to take away their lives? What made his wish more important than others? Not to mention that promise…
Ryu simply stood straight and shook his head. "As tempting as that may sound, I already made a promise to never involve myself in danger ever again." He said.
"…I see." Odin said though from what Ryu could hear was a tinge of disappointment. "Till we meet again." Odin stated before he vanished into thin air leaving golden feathers behind.
As soon as Odin disappeared Ryu dropped to the ground breathing heavily with cold sweat running down his face. "That…was…among the most terrifying…events, ever." He breathed out as he wobbly got up and left.
Though Ryu declined the invitation to join the Rider War. The tempting promise of that wish in which he could use it to save his friends or stop any more Witches from being born would forever haunt his dreams. And so, he would continue to just be a student and would still feel that despair for as long as he lived.
Till he met someone very important.
After another night of eating dinner by himself, he soon received a call from his mom on his cell, causing him to frown a bit.
His parents divorced when he was five due to his mom ditching him and his dad because she saw a great job opportunity for the company she's working for in Canada. He never forgave her for that since. Not to mention the amount of teasing he got from his classmates due to various parents gossiping about it.
It was only about two years ago, that she started to talk to him again, and that was mainly because his dad passed away due to cancer and she mainly appeared to tell him that she doesn't have time for him and just sent him money to live by himself.
All the meanwhile revealing she got remarried again and had twin kids.
He never really forgave her for that and also holds an unjustified grudge against the company that she worked for as well.
As soon as he picked up the cell he got straight to the point. "What do you want?" He asked coldly.
(Well that was rude don't you think? Not giving your mother the proper respect and greeting.) She whined, causing him to seethe a bit.
"You haven't been a mother to me for as long as I remembered." He spat back. "So, get to the point or I'm hanging up on you." He stated.
All he heard was a sigh and wince from the other side, he took the time to resist snorting as he knew full well who was responsible for each response.
While he certainly holds no love for the woman that gave birth to him, he can be considered…neutral with his mom's new husband. Though to be fair he still didn't like anyone associated with his mom.
(Fine then, I will be blunt, you see about two weeks ago, my older sister was killed in car accident alongside her husband.) She reported making Ryu frown.
"And what does that have to do with me?" He questioned.
(It has everything to do with you because after the accident they left behind one daughter stuck in the hospital on a pacemaker.) She stated causing Ryu to hiss a bit.
Of all the things that she had to say, she knew full well that he did not have it in his heart to leave someone by their lonesome.
"And let me guess, you want me to visit her or something like that then?" He asked bitterly.
(Yeah, pretty much) She replied without any hesitation.
He gripped his hands tightly before he sighed and responded again. "Where is she at and what's her name?" Ryu asked.
"She's at the city's hospital so you can easily drop by and her name is Homura Akemi, thanks for doing this for me, love you." She said.
"Whatever." He stated before he hung up on the phone before looking to his schedule and finding out he had no classes tomorrow. He could visit Homura tomorrow then.
(The next day)
As soon as he got to the hospital he asked the receptionist where Homura Akemi was staying and soon made his way up to the floor and room and then when he got to the room he steeled himself up and knocked on the door.
"Come in." A young female voice spoke out as Ryu opened the door and to his nonexistent surprise, he saw Homura.
She had long black hair that was styled in a hime cut of sorts, with a black headband, violet eyes, pale skin, and a neutral look on her face.
So, this girl was his cousin?
(Sometime later)
After some awkward introductions, and some silence, Ryu decided to break the ice about some of her hobbies.
"So, is there anything you like to do?" He asked kindly as Homura thought for a bit.
"Well, I do like to read and draw when I can." She said softly before frowning a bit. "But I couldn't do any of that since…" She trailed off and Ryu took the hint.
"Well if you want I can bring you books, coloring kits, and notebooks if you want." He replied as Homura started to beam at him now.
"Oh, that would be wonderful!" She said with a smile that managed to melt Ryu's heart a bit as his eyes softened. "Thank you so much." She said as she bowed to him.
"Heh, don't sweat Homura. We're family you know?" He stated as Homura froze for a bit before looking at him with a look in her eyes. "Is something the matter?" he asked.
"Are, are we really family now?" She asked trembling a bit. As Ryu realized this must be a bit sudden for her to accept and the likes. "You wouldn't mind being family with a clumsy and weak girl like me?" She asked once again as she awaited his response.
Ryu simply knelt down and held onto one of her hands gently and gave it a warm squeeze that surprised her. "I won't abandon you Homura." He said firmly. "Not now, not ever." He said with a smile.
With that Homura smiled and leaned into hug Ryu as Ryu returned the hug as well. For the first time since his friends died, Ryu felt surprisingly at peace now.
And so, for the next six weeks, Ryu has made it part of his duty to stop by the hospital to visit Homura every day and stay for as long as he can to make his cousin happy.
From telling embarrassing stories about himself, to reading her stories, to bringing in baked goods and fresh fruits, to telling her about his school life, and even talking about his adventures with Magical Girls, albeit in fantasy ideas that he may or may work on.
While it may be silly to him, it felt really good to get it off his shoulders and Homura simply liked the story and consoled him on how it ended and believed that in the end that the ordinary boy learned a valuable lesson in life and death and chose to move on.
And over the time they spent, the two gotten closer to the point that Homura now affectionally called him "Big Bro." And that Ryu has gone out of his way to even put up forms for Ryu to be considered her guardian.
The only downside was that Odin appeared once more and offered him the chance to join the Rider War and telling Ryu that he could fix the heart condition that Homura was dealing with and once again, he rejected the invitation.
And when it came to her birthday, Ryu baked a chocolate cake for her and got her a cat plushy that she hugged gratefully and smiled at and then naming him Whiskers.
And there was that one time that was able to meet Madoka when she came here for a hospital visit for her brother and soon got to know each other.
Eventually He was able to move Homura around in a wheelchair and helped her enjoy the fresh air and Homura smiled gratefully for the chance that he gave her. That she even gave him one of her headbands that Ryu eventually used to hold up his ponytail now.
Unfortunately, all good things must come to an end.
"WHAT DO YOU MEAN HOMURA WENT MISSING!?" Ryu yelled furiously at the scared receptionist as two police officers tried to restrain him.
"Sir, you must calm down or we won't get anywhere." One of the officers pleaded with him.
"LIKE HELL I'M GOING TO BE CALM WHEN MY COUSIN WENT MISSING UNDER THEIR SUPERVISION!" He roared out furiously at the hospital staff as they looked a bit scared of him.
"Sir calm down or else we won't be able to get anywhere with finding your cousin!" The second officer pleaded and everyone let out a sigh as Ryu started to calm down a bit.
Then he glared at the hospital staff who gulped heavily at his glare. "If I found out any of you had something to do with her disappearance..." He trailed off letting the warning hang in the air.
Before he left and started doing everything he could to find Homura, hoping that somewhere out there someone did know about the location for his cousin.
Unfortunately, two weeks has passed by and there was no trace of where Homura went and soon Ryu started to lose hope and despair over the loss of another precious person before he started wandering around aimlessly and collapsed on a bench in the park late at night.
"…Homura…where did you go?" Ryu asked himself in despair, before a familiar flash of light appeared before him once more revealing Odin.
"If you wish to know what happened to your cousin then allow me to show you." Odin said as the referee snapped his fingers and revealed several screens showing a familiar girl.
"…no." Ryu said in denial upon seeing Homura pulled out an object.
"…No." He repeated again upon seeing her transform.
"NO!" Ryu started to scream as the proof was right before his eyes.
His cousin became a Magical Girl, and that would mean she would become a Witch and that he would lose her forever now.
Odin spoke again. "As you know from the proof that I showed you, you know exactly what will happen to her if the cycle is not stopped." He stated. "But you can stop that cycle." Odin said temptingly as a snake before its prey.
"Will you abandon the promise you made to your friend or will you abandon the only family member you give a damn about to her fate?" Odin asked as Ryu looked down to the ground before he looked up and started to stand up now.
Unknown to Ryu, Odin smirked upon seeing what Ryu will do now.
"Is the invitation to join the Rider War still open?" Ryu asked seriously while in his head he apologized to Kanade for entering back into the supernatural.
Odin nodded as the referee pulled out a black box of sorts. "This invitation is still open Ryu Wang, find a Mirror Monster and make a Contract with it." The Golden Rider ordered as Ryu accepted the deck. "Thankfully for you, there's a powerful Mirror Monster close by." Odin stated as Ryu followed the ringing noise in his head and raced towards the source.
And before him stood a magnificent purple cobra hiss as it spat out acid at one of the Mirror Monsters it was fighting and slithering around the monster and started strangling it to death.
"Venosnaker, a powerful Mirror Monster." Odin stated. "Venosnaker will not make a contract with those weak of will." Odin stated before turning to Ryu. "Do you have the courage to ride alongside the Devil?" Odin asked mockingly.
Before Ryu calmly walked up to Venosnaker and when Venosnaker noticed him, it hissed at him but still. Ryu continued walking and Venosnaker narrowed its eyes at him before it slithered up to him and grabbed him by its tail and raising him up to its face.
And yet Ryu was still very calm and even challenging the Mirror Monster.
Then Ryu pulled out the Contract Card as Venosnaker hissed, knowing full well what it was, before Ryu spoke. "Venosnaker, you may be strong and I know I may be weak in your eyes." Ryu started off. "But I will never let you down, you may abandon me whenever you like and I won't blame you." He stated as he looked down a bit. "I'm weak, I know that, I don't have the power to do anything and that's why I need your help, but even so." He nearly yelled. "I still have need of your powers, so will you lend me your aid?" Ryu asked.
Venosnaker took a long look at Ryu before it gently set him down and even licked him in the face. Giving its consent. "Then by the power of the Contract Card, I declare you my Contract Monster!" Ryu shouted as the card started shining and then the buckle formed around his waist.
Before a cobra symbol appeared on his Advent Deck and soon armor started forming around him and then a bright violet light shined from him before revealing Kamen Rider Ouja!
Once Ryu took a deep breath and looked at himself. He let out a ferocious roar, challenging all those who dared stood in his way as Venosnaker looked proud of its master.
Far away Odin smirked at what he saw. "To have tamed Venosnaker and gained its respect." Odin muttered. "Truly a most worthy adversary appeared on this war." Odin stated before he vanished a puff of golden feathers but not before saying one last line.
"Welcome to the Rider War. Kamen Rider Ouja"
Flashback end
Issei was left in shock at what he heard and he turned his head towards Ryu. "So, everything you've done." He started off before being cut off by Ryu.
"Everything I have done from start to now of this Rider War was for the sake of my cousin. I swore I would eradicate the Incubators, stopped the cycle and save all Magical Girls from their fate." He stated as Kyoko smiled a bit at that, knowing that he would save her as well. "Because Homura is all that I have left and I cannot afford to lose her the way I lost the others." Ryu stated.
Issei was silently impressed by what he heard then he had another question. "Then how did you and Madoka found out about each other's secrets as a Rider?" He asked.
"We fought each other, then I recognized her voice and called her out on it and then she told me about the Incubators even more and we forged an alliance since then." Ryu stated.
That also left Issei with one more question. "If you've been looking for Homura all this time, then why didn't you visit her at school?" He asked.
At that Ryu lowered his head. "Don't get me wrong, I wanted to." He started off. "But the way she moves and speaks is vastly different from the Homura I know that I don't even know for sure that it's my Homura." He explained. "I just can't deal with the idea that this Homura is the Homura that I knew and loved." He confessed.
Kyoko looked at him in worry and sadness. "Ryu…" She said softly.
Ryu shook his head. "At any rate, we're almost there so chin up both of you." He said as both of them nodded and jumped through a mirror and once they exited they saw a group of Magical Girls already fighting a bunch of Familiars.
Ryu then turned to Issei. "Show us what you got then rookie." He ordered of Issei as said guy nodded and jumped into the fight as Kyoko followed him.
Just as he was about to join in, his cell ranged revealing to be Madoka and then he noticed something off to the high roof are and saw a Rider. "What is it Madoka?" He asked as he focused on the unknown Rider.
Meanwhile said Rider was clad in white armor on top of a black bodysuit a gladiator themed helmet and vertical grills on its helm with a butterfly themed Visor on its right arm.
"How interesting." The Rider noted upon seeing the fight. "I do hope they're prepared for Papillon to enter the stage." The Rider stated.
At the other side of the city
Meanwhile Jiro brought Ginta to a crime scene that he was investigating showing violently dismembered corpses and one pinned upside down on the wall. Ginta pull out one of the nails that been used to pinned the victim.
"Hey kid don't mess with the evidence!" One of the officer said but Ginta ignored him and put the nail at his ear.
"So, got any idea for who did this?" Jiro asked unaware of Ginta's increasing rage as Jiro looked at him in concern. "Ginta?" He asked in worry.
Then Ginta snarled viciously as Jiro backed away a bit.
"It's him!" Ginta said venomously.
A man with white hair and shark like teeth was humming to himself rather cheerfully as he walked down the ally.
"Ah what a glorious day to be spreading retribution and punishment for God!" The man cheerfully stated to himself before hearing a ringing noise in his head. "Oh, what's this? A sinner in need of punishment?" The man stated before he laughed to himself.
"Ah truly God has blessed me on this day." The man said cheerfully as a Mirror Monster followed him through the reflection.
Chapter end
Okay now that's a sad story and believe me there'll be more coming so stay tune.
Now on to the rider list.
1. Kamen Rider Ryuki: Tendo Takashi (my oc) Status: Active
2. Kamen Rider Knight : Ginta Tenshi ( my oc) Status: Active
3. Kamen Rider Femme : Madoka Kaname ( Puella Magi Madoka Magica) Status: Active
4. Kamen Rider Scissors : Raito Yagami ( Death Note) Status: Active
5. Kamen Rider Zolda : Jiro Takeshi ( my oc) Status: Active
6. Kamen Rider Raia : Nanashi Hanamura ( belong to TheEmeraldMage) Status: Active
7. Kamen Rider Gai : Saito Katori ( belong to general ironox) Status: Active
8. Kamen Rider Ouja : Ryu Wang ( belong to RedRad8) Status: Active
9. Kamen Rider Taiga : Kirika Kure (Puella Magi Oriko Magica) Status: Active
10. Kamen Rider Imperer: Issei Houdou ( High School DxD) Status: Active
11. Kamen Rider Verde : Freed Sellzen ( High School DxD) Status: Active
12. Kamen Rider Cerberus : Kazuya Kishigami ( belong to Gundam-Knight-Chris) Status: Active
13. Kamen Rider Papillon : Kanna Hijiri ( Puella Magi Kazumi Magica) Status: Active
14. Kamen Rider Abyss : Arata Hajime ( belong to Toa Solaric) Status: Active
15. Kamen Rider Ryuga : Makai Takashi ( my oc) Status: Active
16. Kamen Rider Guld : Aono Hoshi (My Oc)Status: Active
17. Kamen Rider Wasp : Mikoto Misaka ( To aru series) Status: Active
18. Kamen Rider Kyoryu : Ichigo Kurosaki (Bleach) Status: Active
19. Kamen Riber Zero : Haru Yamamoto ( belong to Ashbel Longhart) Status: Active
20. Kamen Rider Odin : ? ( No spoiler) Status: Unknown